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THE HEP CLOUD CHIEF. 0 tt M h m A 1 a & K It' t !';I Mi GEN. ALGER'S JtEFOKV SUGGESTIONS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Ihedrnd ut Mi'iitrnnnt tlrneral Htioulri be ltrlv-d Additional Krglntontl of Artllkrj t-rdml Military Attanhrs Appropriations. WASiitwnox, Nov. 33. In his first itnnunl report, Secretary Alger makes tnimy recommendations (or tho bettor mont nt tho administration of tlio war department, based upon tlio conclu sions of hU subordtnnto ofllcen. He asks fuvorablo consideration for thu proposition to add two regiments to tlio artillery branch, pointing to tlio valuable fortifications now being1 erected, which, ho snys, should not be manned by n corporal guard. He suy of Alaska tbnt as ninny as 100,000 people will bo gathered thoro next yenr, and u military force should be sent to the tcrr.tory und largo eraorgctiry powers should bo granted to tho president to repress lawless ness. Probably the creation of addi tional military reservations, llko that of Ut Mtohnol's, mar bo the best meant to meet the problem. A Ixmt for the patrol of tho Yukon Is ul.so asked for, as well as increased pay for the enlisted men serving In Alaska Secretary Algor recommends the revival of the grade of lieutenant gen eral, saying that nil the groat nations gtvo their officers much higher rank than does the United States. Ho Indorses the recommendation of th superintendent of the military academy that the number of students at West Point bo increased by allow Ingcnoh senator to nominate a cadet As an alternative, he suggests that the president bo authorized to ap point ten cadets at large each year. Favorable comment Is made upon the work of the military colleges of the country, but It Is suggested that tho law be amended so as toauthorlzo details of army officers only to such colleges ns havo at least IfiO pupils ac tually present. Attention Is called to tho neod of a proper system of criminal Jurisdiction over inllltnry reservations nnd a hall of records for the storage of official papers. Tho estimate for army trans portation is Increased by 5100,000 to provide means for moving heavy ord nance. To provide for the now posts needed on the sea coast an nstlmato of S2,000,(M)y Is submitted. Unt 1 recently, the hospital at Hot Sprinn was open only to soldiers of tno regular army, but Secretary Alger has just ar.juded the regulations so as to a ithorlzo the admission of suit able cisos among tho veterans of tho lato war. !u the opinion of tho secretary, an incrense In the engineer corps In oill cen und enlisted men is Indispensable. HoMio.nts to the immediate value and extent of tho work now in tho hands Vf this corps and contend that it Sid ho hotter supervlsod and itn vod in quantity nnd quality by the gnmont of moro officers, which is now impossible. Sectftary Alger transmits without reducttonstho estliuato of tho chief engineers fior tho tho next fiscal year, amounting (to 83,723.100, more than double tho appropriations for tho cur rant year. Ilo Hays these are largely in oxcoss of what they should be at a tlmo whon the demands upon the treasury aro as great as now; there fore, ho recommends a largo reduc tion. Secretary Algor especially com mends for patriotism, genoroslty and real, Colouul liuffington and Captain Crosier, the iuvoutors of tho disap pearing gun oarrlngos, who generous ly donated tho lnvontlon to the gov ernment Tho report closes wltti tho renewal of the recommendation that provls Ion bo mado for tho orcctlon In Wash ington of a statue to General Grant The oatlmatcs for tho noxl 11 seal year nggregato S'jO..13,415. as ngainst 903,822,417. tho amount of tho appro priations for tho current year. Tho principal items of increase are the rivers and harbors, wliuro tlio cstimato is 848,723,100, us against tho appropri ation of 33,279,0?8; fortifications and sea const defenses, S13.37S.Sll, as ngainst S!),r 17, HI, and military posts, parks nnd cemeteries, Esisso.tlW, against iWJ.auf. Murder !' is UettilliiK l'siil. Nbw Yomc, Nov. 23. A murder broke up tho wedding feast nt the marriage of Isaac Goldttcm to Katie Gordon last night In tho Hat of Vettn Gordon in a toueinmt housu on Meaty street Charles Shapiro nppearcd at tho festivities armed with a revolver, hot Louis Lluhermaa in tho abdomen, Inflicting a wcuud from which I.ieber muu died shortly afterward. Schaplro was urrosUil. Miss Gordon told the police that sho had refused to marry Shaplro because ho wanted her to work after the mirrlago. Ituntcrt ti ll on Sunday. STUnar.nK, Mo., Nov. 33. -Iter. P. T. Ocntry, ono of tho oldest ministers in Missouri, and a man with a state rep utation, died Sunday afternoon, aged 85 years, luavlng a wife to whom ho has beon married slxty-flvo years ami seven children, soma of whom hold responsible positions of trust iu Klrits Hie, Mexico, linonvllle nnd Columbia. It wus his desire to die on Sunday, Ton Decreet lis low Zero. CnioAoo, Nov. 23, Thoro was a general fall In tho temperature of from IS to 30 degress throughout the Northwest yesterday. Havre, Mont, and Medicine Hat, N. W. T., carried off the honors, tho thermomator at both points registering 10 dogrcos bo low. -zero. flecuuse llr (.over daft Mer. Mkma, Ark., Nov. 23.- Miss Sadie Rice committed aulcldo hero to-day by taking Htrychnlnj). Tho cquso wut that her lover had forsaken hor. She was 18 yca,ra ot ego and well re tpected yoyjy 14.-. DICKERING WITH CUBANS. Oonernl I'aihIo Nrrlilnc to V.tul the Hnr Trjlnc.l" liny Lenders. Havana, Nor. 23 Gcnorol Pnnilo started by train Inst Saturday to take (hargnoftho campaign against tho insurgents. He was accompanied by his full staff and was escorted by u company of artillery. It Is stated on very good authority that ho hns been commissioned by Marshal Jltanco, tho captain genornl, to cuter into com munication with tho insurgent leaders with the vluwof arranging for peace. Datnlon Caballero, who hud been Imprisoned upon tho Islo of Pines for acting us n spy for tho Insurgents and bringing about a disaster for tho Spanish troops nt Cneno, province of Sautlugodo Cuba, tho godfathtir of Hnbl, has been pardoned nndsontthcro with n considerable sum of money and causod him to be landed ut Man 7.inl!lo, province of Santiago do Cuba, where a goo J horse wus placed nt his disposal. Ho wns also furnished with official documents, empowering him to act in bchulf of the Spanish com mander. IVom Mnnutilllo Cnballero mado his way secretly to tho Jlguanl hills, where General linbi bus lib headquarters. General Pando instructed Cuballoro to offer Gonoral Itnbl a high rank In tho Spanish nrmy and a large sum of money, to bo distributed among tho other insurgent leaders of that part of Cuba and, in addition, n largo amount of money for himself. In tno event of his succeeding in arranging terms. Ho whs also instructed to in form insurgent lenders that the -Spanish authorities would honestly establish tho now autonomist regime if the leaders of the Insurgents would uocept the proposition made to them. Although Caballero has not ro turned from Santiago da Cuba, con fidential advices which havo reached the Spanish officials here seem to In. dlcate that ho has so far been unsuc cessful. It Is understood General Iliibl has teplled that he believes that a successful ending of tho wnr In favor of the Insurgents Is approach ing; that tho Cubans, with the uld of thu United States, will ln their independence, and that, there fore, he prefers to continue fighting tho Spaniards until tho ilnal vletorv shall be won Caballero also nemi. tinted with General Diivnlon, tlio I'Vench leader of tho insurgents. There seems to bo no Intimation as to tho result of thoso negotiations. General Pando, in the meantime, has been nnd still is in negotiation with threo leaders of tho Cuban revo lution, endeavoring to indiu-o them to go to different insurgent camps, there lousotiielr Jiilluonce to bring about neaco, on tho promise of Cuba being accorded n really autonomous form of government It is generally ndmlttod that Gon- eral Pando is somewhut iuortllled at tho non-.sueccss of his phuis up to the present The general, it is under stood, will continue his efforts to come to nn understanding with tho insur gents, and tho military authorities be lieve the best way to do this is to in lllot upon tho enemy the signal defeat which Goncrul Pando liopos to nceoui pllsh GENERAL ORDWAY DEAD Ksplrei at Hotel After llrlnf Ill ness Ilia Notorious Uunchtrr. Nr.w Yomc, Nov. 23. General Albert Ordway died ut 7:15 o'clock last night nt tho Hoffman hoiiho lu this cltv. When death camo the general's wife, j his sister, Miss Emma Ordway; Dr. IVase, tlio attending phyolelan, and hleutonnnt Very, u eloso friend nnd business associate, woro nt his bed side. General Ordway nnd his wlfo re turned from Europe Inst Wednesday. Thoy engaged rooms ut tho Hoffman house. Next day tho general wus taken sick, und ho continued to grow weaker and weaker until 7:15 o'clock last evening, when ho tiled. The gen eral's death was doubtless hastoned by tho Had anil rccont events In connec tion with his wayward daughter, llcttlna Gerard, tho notorious opera singer. Tho latter, n comp'ete wreck, was a day or two ago transferred to u private nauitnrluin from Hellovuo hos pital. Owing to tho pleading of hli wife, who had become reconciled to her daughter, General Ordway finally consumed to tho return of the prod. Ignl and n reunion of tho fumlly In Washington was arranged. General Ord way's death lb attributed by the attending phyhtclan to jaundice and pleurisy, which developed from a cold contracted In Paris. Hrovet llrlgadler General Ordway, who was born in 1813, sorvod with credit and galluntry throughout the civil war, the greater portion of the time with his reg mont, tho Twenty fourth Massachusetts infantry. Eor gallantry at various times, nnd becatibu of his ublllty, ho had been Rueeehblvoly promoted until, ut ii years of age ho was mado brevot briga dier general, beinir tho vonmr.-al officer In tho service to receive thai grudo. After being mustered out, General Ordway went luto business at ltlolimond, and nbout ten venrs latet removed to Wnshiuglon, "whore, ui commanding officer of the National Guard for a number of years, he brought that organisation up ton hlgb standard. NO TRACE OF ANDREE. Korvreslan Htetmer Itoturiit Aftor m futile hearth. TunifsoR, Tromsoo Island, Norway, Nov, 23. Tho stcomer Victoria, whleh was fitted out by the Governor of Tromsoe, to search for Professor An dree, tho missing aeronaut, and his party, and whleh loft her.) on Novem ber 5, has returned from Spitsbergen. She brings no news as to the where ubouts or movements of Profossor An drei.', although exploring parties landed ten times at various poluU la DanraaBsU Isle, PREACHER AS A POISONER, i Uttirlnliln In Oriler to Hurry m Tnpnka Woman Clinrgert. Toi'M.A, Kan., Nov. 81. Tho Topekn police hnve arrested tho Key. A. Ii .Morrison, Methodist, of Panhandlo, Texas, and are holding him on sus picion of murder until tho shitrifl can arrive from Panliaudlo nnd talto him home for trial. for several months Morrison Iirs Iven engaged to Miss Whlttolsoy of Topoka, u sister of tho owners of tho Hhlttoltey Grocery company, and they Mero to bo married hero during t te Christmas holidays. IVom tho Information tlio poltco have received It is supposed that Mor rison s the s.iniu person as a minister of tlio same name whoso wifo died suddenly nt Panhandle, Tex., October S after an Illness of only four hours, f iir.ilor circumstances which pointed to poison. Morrison had been in Topoka at tending tho fall festival just a wcok before. Ilu rjturnod to Topoka Octo ber 21 and has been hero most of tho t i since. Only last wcok he pro sen led Miss Whlttolscy with a car riage and liorso, which, according to the police, had not been paid for. Morrison und Miss Whiltolsoy wore angaged to bo mnrrled October 3, ne'irly a week before tho date of his wife's death. Ho was here from the latter part of September until October ', lieu he left suddenly for Texas, having, it is alleged, secured a post ponement of tho marriage on the ex cum' that he had a large herd of cattle in Tevasniid the animals were dying ut fever MOTHER AND CHILD BURN. Sirs. lirl'jKs and Little Ulrl of Topelca I'erlih together In Their Horn. Toit.ka, Nov. 23. About 4 o'clock yesterday morning the houso occupied ntid owned by Mrs Mary h Grlgcrs, a widow of ."',', nnd tier sou Walter, uged IS. and daughter Kthol, ugod in, caught fir." from the kitchen stovo und u.is soon iu Humes. Mr Griggs arousad her son, who, after vainly attempting to cscapo down the stairway, jumped from a window and uu niiklo was sprained. Then the mother ran down tho hall to call her daughter, and thvs sho lost her life, for after tho firemen had partially extinguished tho flames they found her body, frightfully burned, just inside the daughter's room close to tho child's bed. Tlio body of the Utile girl was found in tho room burned bluck by tho flames, but not destroyed. The child hud left her bed and tried to reach tho door where her mother "was. DEAD IN A WATER BARREL. ,V lupelt: Hatcher Htrlokeu With Url DlseittB mill Then Ilrowned. lui'Ki.A, Ivan.. Nov. !1. Ed Itnecli nor. .i,jed .2, a dealor in provisions und piesideut of tho Arlou society, was f iinid dead this morning in his shop Mill his head under water in a b.irrfl used to catch drip water from a retriiii-rntur. The barrel contained some ce cry for which he was evi dently reaching when attucked with he.irt d (tense. Hucchner was ono of the best Itnowu and at one tlmo ono o the rie.iust Germ i:is in Topoka. limn llnulc llolibor t'iiu;it Mouumrow.v, N. J., Nov. tiel J. ritchlo, arrested for 10, Sam- ' robbing a freight ear at Port Morris, was Idcn titled to-ilay by Sheriff Dowllng as ono of the gang which robbed tho ltradley bank of Eldon. Iowa, of 59,000 last February NEWS IN BRIEF. Me. llryan says that ho expects to remain iu politics all his life. It Is reported that Gladstone's health Is r.ipidty fulling. The government has abaudouod tho attempt to make soldiers of Indians. Legrand Earow of Lamar, Mo., ro Jolces lu a beard beven feet in length. Tho CiiMir d'Aleno country is flooded for the second time iu its history. Fort Scott is without water. The supply Is entlroly exhausted on ac count of tho long drouth It.mk robbers fulled in nn effort to loot tho llrecklnrldgo, Mo., savintrs bank. Tho lending racing men of tho coun try have decided to boycott tho Cali fornia Jockey club's tracks. Eleven buildings woro burned in Kansas City, Kan., nnd four badly damaged. Loss, S23.O0O. The Spanish cablnot has prohibited tho proposed demonstrations iu honor of General Weyler. Miss Edna Whitney, tho Chilllcothe "Labor Queen," will soon move to Kansas City and study for the stage. George Tubb, ono of Du rant's law yors, bus been missing blnco last Juno, and foul piny Is feared. Tho conductor and grlpmau of a Kansas City cable car wore badly wounded by n highwaymen who at tempted to rob tho conductor. Major J. K. Hudson has joined tho opposition against Inland In Kansas, und has given out a fiery Interview against Republican bossistn. Tho officers of tho O. M. II. lodge, Lawrenco, Kan., have bjen convicted of selling liquor und maintaining a uuisanco. William Jnoubton, a teacher in the Indian school nt Carlisle, Pa,, has (loped with Julia ltuliard, a quarter bred Sioux girl. Football scores: Kansas City Medics ' tt Kansas University 0; Yalo 0, Prince . ton 0; Pennsylvania IS, Harvard 0; Carlisle 23, Illinois university 13. John Finlayson, father of Margaret Mather, tho uctrest, hat been sent to tlio Detroit poor house because of ex treme poverty. He do.-s not wish any assistance from his duughter. A popular subscription U soon to be taken up for the widow of Henry George, APPEALS TO RUSSIA. CHINA WANTS THE GER MANS OUSTED. (irttto Complications Mbj I'imiti Over tlio Action of thu Kulsrr's Worships In Tittlng 1'ossesslttn of :t Chinese Tsliinit UermuiiT After I.iuiil, Nkw Yomc, Nov, SM. According to a Washington dispatch to tho Ucruld, China has nppenled to Russia to oust Germany from her territory as n re sult of occupation by a German force of a part of tho Shan Tung peninsula. As tho Russian legation in I'olclu is lji charge of tho secrotnry, Count Cas slun, tho minister having been trans ferred to Washington, tho ucgotla- t!ous on the subject arc being con ducted in St. Petersburg. It is hoped by tho Chinese that the lutliicnco ex erted by Uussla, which prevented tho rehabilitation of tho Turkish navy, will bo exercised upon Germany with equal success in the matter of her withdrawal from li'iucso territory. Notwithstanding the efforts of tho Chinese government to get Germany to name a date when she would with draw her forces, tho German govern ment has taken no step lu tlio matter, and tho fear Is -expressed in Eastern and European diplomatic circles that her occupation, if not of a permanent character uow, Is simply u prelimin ary to such an end. A diplomat thoroughly conversant with Eastern affairs mado this state ment in regard to the landing of the Gorman force: "At tho time the land ing occurred the Chinese government had already taken xneusurcn for the amends of the murders of tho German missionaries, nnd, lu fact, Instructions of this character had been obeyed to such an extent that several of the cul prits had beon placed under arrest. It was atso intended to require the peo ple of the district in which tho mur ders occurred to pay a suitable in demnity. These facts had been luld before tho German minister in Pekin, who, 1 may say, is of a very excitable tuniporauient, und his fniluro to accept the apology mid await tho result of the nfforts of tlio Chfncao government show that Germany was simply awaiting a pre text to occupy n portion of the terri tory belonging to tho Celestial king dom. Germany hns uhvnyn been anxious to obtain territory iu thu far East Her citizens, who have estab lished themselves In China, have been especially clamorous that tho black, white und rod Hag should wuvo over a section of thul country, and their gov ernment, s.-eing tho opportunity grow ing out of thu murder of tho two mis sionaries, promptly solcd it "Tho attitude of tho other Europcai. governments is of interest Nono of Uhe latter desires to sec Germany ob- ftain shco of Eastern 'territory. though it is said sho lauded hor forces after having informed them of tier purpose. I bcllovu China's reprcsen- tations to Kiimlu will result tn repre sentations being made by the latter government to thu llerlin officials, it will be only in case of pressure, I be lieve, that Germany will withdraw her troops from the Miau Tung pro tnotory. " Lo.niio.v, Nov. -M. According to n special dispatch from Iterlin, received hero to-tlay, the Oermnii government considers that the laud occupied by the forces of uermnuy at Kloa Cliou bay, Shan Tun peninsula, China, is sufficient for n naval station and pro poses to enlarge its holdings tiicre, "diplomatically, If possible." COMPETITOR CREW HOME Too Wruk to ttfsiioiiil tn tho Cheers of Wi-lcoiutt In Niiir Vork. Ni:w Yoiik, Nov. 2 1. Tlio recently released Competitor prisoners arrived in Now York from Havana yesterday. They nro Captain Alfredo Labordc, William Olldea, Ona Melton, William Lcavltt ami Charles liaruutt, an En glishman. The tlvo men were in fair ly good health and excellent spirits on reaching quarantine. Cantaln Ln borde suffered somewhat from paraly sis, which he contracted during his long confhiemoi.t lu the Cabanas fort ress, j The six men who had escaped the fate of tho Virglnius captives wore ' greeted upon their arrival in New I York by an enthusiastic, crowd, who gavo them a hearty welcome. The poor wretches were too weak to ro- spond to tho cheers which had been given in their honor. Probublv tho most wretched of the Competitor's crew Is Ona Melton. Last Thursday afternoon ho was taken out of the dungeon, ns ho supposed, to be shot, but in the corridor ho met Con sul General Lee, who, to Mclton'i aurprlso, Informed him that nil of the Competitor prisoners had been par doned. When arrested Melton weighed 10 pounds hut now he could not pull down thu scales to lot pounds. Ho will remain hero foi about n week, und will then return tc his home. Jne Slitter Hurrahs for llrynn. Muxico, Mo., Nov 23. Inn letter to a friend here Job C. Slb'.ey of Penn sylvania siys that W. J. llryan Miould again be named far president by the Democrats. Alvah ItiMikeu Taken, Kinoman, Kan., Nov. 24. Alvah Kooken, tho young cattlo thief, who I held up three olllcura who hud arrested him ut Emporia last week, nnd es c:ip.-d, was captured nt Cheney, u town on tho Wichita it Western, east of here, lust night NfW I'aptr at Kiuporla. EuroniA. Kan., Nov. 24. A. S. Phil lips of the Junction City Sentinel lias I perfeotetl plans for a uew stralghtout .Democratic weekly nowspaper hero, , to be started before Now Yenr'a. APPEAL TO CUBA FRIENDS Aililriss hj tlm Anif-rWun Ltagutv -Foi Action lijr Concri-ts. Nbw Yomc, Nov. 24 Tho Cuban league of the Culled States of Amer ica, hits issued an address to tho branch leagues In various parts of the country urging united nnd energotlo notion in a further effort to Itiduco Congress to graut belligerent rfghts to Cuba. Tho nddrcss, which is signed -y Colouul Ethan Allen, the president of the league, points out, first, that the Cuban problem Is approaching Its so lution nnd demands that the American peoplo should Insist upon their polit ical representatives taking action in behalf of the Cuban Insurgents. "Tho cowardice of wealth," it continues, "reducing our ollleluls to Inaction while murder has been done, the in sincerity of rulers in inventing spoelnl pleas to cover thcla trcncliery to nutlonal duty, tho open nnd unneces sary interference) with the legal cominerco of tho country as nn act of grace to brutitl Spain, and making us her ally against these following our licrolu teachings, havo till run thoir course to tho wounding of national prldo und to our utterly exhausted patience, lint tlmo und the Cu ban sword havo brought tho crisis which foreruns a final cure In Cuban lndcpcndoucc. This i.s tho hour of American oppor tunity. Effuotlvo work can bo dono, which, If well dono, will go far to ex cuse our past neglect. Congress Is tho objective point Cuba should bo put on equal terms with Spain, regarding supplies from our burdened maga zines." The address then calls upon its mem bers throughout tho country to unlto iu demanding that their congressional representatives shall vote for tho grunting of belligerent rights to the insurgents. PIANO TRUST UNDER WAY llio Hit; Mnuiifiit-tururs .Schoinlni; Will bo a U1150 Affnlr. Nkw Yomc, Nov. 24. The World say.s: "Several attempts havo been mado during the past six years to bring the piano industry Into Hue with tho numerous other great indus tries that havo united. Alfred bulge was tho prlmo mover in former plana He has spent years working up the duals of his great project. Among tho firms it is hoped will be come u p.trt of tho organization, nro these: Stelnway & Sons, Sohmor & Co., Haleton Itros., Alfred Dolge & Son, Weber-Wheel ock Co., Struuch llros., E. Gabler & ltros., Spies Piano Manufacturing company, Wcssel, Nlckol & Gross, Haines llros., Kra kaucr llros., Pease Piano company, Decker & Son, Esty Piano company, Jacob Doll, Wcser llros., llehr llros., J. A. C. Fischer, Davenport .t Treacy company, Kotli & Kngluhnrt, Necdhnm Piano .t Organ company, the Krooger Piano company, tho Chlckering, the Kuabe nnd tho Cottage companies. The Steinway, Chlckering, Knabo Kimball nud Cable (Chicago Cottage) companies, will, it Is expected bo thu promoters, with tho sup ply limihu of Alfred Dolgo for the back bono of tho organisation. The orgatilutlon will havo branch houses In New York, Uoston, I'hiladelphla, lialtlmorc, Washing ton, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, ijt Louis, Now Orleans, Denver, han Francisco, and iu n few other large cities. Grent savings are ex pected. On tho output of 10!),000 pianos la good year's product) tho saving in advertising alone would amount to from Si.DOO.OOO to Sl.OOD.OOO, A still greater saving is expected from tho concentration in a few factories in the great cities of the work now dono in n hundred factories scattered nil" oyer the country." ELIOT FAVORS FOOT BALL. HurrardS I'restilntit Co mm Ont h ('hmiliton of tho Gitinn. ISnsio.v, Nov. 24 President Eliot of Harvard makes tho following state ment over his signature: "Everybody cannot play foot bait It lu only tho btrong nnd well built men who can expect to piny tlio gunio with any degree of success. There fore I do not favor foot ball for every body. "So I think foot ball should not bo prohibited without just cause. I havo never heard of any city or stato ordi nance prohibiting tho plnving of tho gamu before the bill In Georgia was passed. And 1 repeat, tho grounds on which tho passing of that bill was affected aro not sufficient to attract my favor." GERALD IS VINDICATED. Waco Jur Holds Tluit He Actnd i Kelf?Dafetise. Waoo, Tex., Nov. 21. At tho heat Ing in the case of Colonel G. II. Gerald, who shot nud killed thu Harris brothers in n controversy arising out of tho Itrnnu-llnytor case, it was shown that Colonel Gerald was justified and he was exonerated by the court It wus shown that Colonel Gerald did not diow his woapon until he hltuiolf was tinder cross flro from tho Harris brothers, nnd that tho shooting was In self-dofenso. Colonel Gerald is resting easily nt his home, and ro eelves cullers freely. Soldier's Murlal for OrrtiTiir. New Yoiik, Nov, 24. General Albert Ordway, who died Sunday night at tho Hoffman houso from the shock sustained on learning of tho illness of his duughter, liettlna Gorard, will bo burled in Washington with military honors. Nejjro Matefaoton llrcitk Jalt Maiiysvii.i.k, Mo , Nov. 24. Jim Gaultling nnd Shlno Groves, negro boys, held pending sontonco for bur glary and larceny, broko jail yester duv and are still ut large. Tho jailers I do not know how thoy escaped. INVESTIGATING RATES. Hoard of Trnnsportiitloii Ht-orrlnrltts nt Month Omnhit. Secretaries Dnlilman, Edgmton, nnd Tiaws of tho state board of iransporla tiouwontover to South Omaha Monday morning nnd began tho investigation of tlio alleged excessive cliurgn for transportation pf live stock by tho railway companies under their now tariff, which charges by tho hundred pounds instead of by tho car ns for merly. This complaint is made a part of the general complaint of overcharg ing filed by T. II. Tibbies, but It Is backed up by J. ir. Van Uobklrk of Alliance, secretary of a live stock ship plug association, which by rcHolutlon utu recent meeting, directed him to prefer and prosecuto tlio charge. Van llosklrk was present today to urge tho ease, although tho commission, or rather Secretary Edgerton, tho lawyer of tlio board of secretaries, propounded the inquiries that brought out tho testimony for the complaint. The railways were represented by 11 big squad of attorneys. A number of witnesses were examined relative to the rates for stock. It appeared from tho testimony that under tlio old sche dule shippers used to pack thu cattlo into tho cars as tightly ns tho safety of the cattlo would permit, an tho cost wus the samo for a packed car ns for ono that was not so well filled. Now tho railroad companies provide a mini mum charge for tho car, nnd If tho load runs over a specified weight ac cording to the length of the car, there is n chnrge of so much it hundred for nil over tho minimum. Shippers thero foro now only seek to bo curtain that they get enough cattle into n car to rcacli the minimum. It is claimed that under the now schedule of rates the cost Is 60 per cent grcnter than it was uuder the old. Tho railroads, deny this. The hearing was continued to Tues day. CERESCO STORE LOOTED. Ilurglar lUlta Hash and llel Them nelvt-s at Leisure. The store of Nelson & Go. of Co resco was burgalarlzid tlio other night. Admittance wus gained to the store by breaking a glass out of the side window nnd raising tho Hash. The thieves helped themselves to at lenst a dozen pairs of shoes, a dozen or more suits of underclothing. Homo shirts and other urticlcs liavo been misled which 110 doubt woro taken at the samo time. No one sleeps at tlio tore, hence, they had nn easy tlmo helping themselves and escaping with out detection. Worked Uya Stranger. A smooth swindler operated success fully iu the vicinity of Tekamali re cently. Two local physicians eacli had a patient in tho county whom they wero treating for an eye affection. The straugcr dropped quietly iuto town nnd hired a livery rig and went out to visit these patients. Ho re presented himself as an 030 npccinlisl and said ho hnd been sent by tho phy sical! in chtirgo to tnalce un examina tion of the eyes, which liu protcnVlcd to do. He represented to ench pntlnnt that his case was a critical one und demanded expert attention, succeed ing in tllchiug from each a fee of S25 for n worthless prescription which lie left them. Ho drove to a neighboring town und notified the Tukamah livery man to come after his team. Ho bin so fnr successfully eluded capture. Sticar IlCft factory. Considerable correspondence is pass ing between the capitalists desiring to locate a beet sugar factory iu Fre mont and the committee appointed by tho board of trade. It taa a business ring nnd thu committeo is of tho opinion that arrangements can bo perfected Tho iigent representing tho casteners received n telegram Monday stating that they would accept Fremont's proposition of S,iO,000 of bonds and forty acres of ground, pro viding tho bonds bo raised to 57.1.000. The committeo held n meeting to talk tho matter over nud decided to stand pat on its original offer. not 11 Movo on Tlioiti. At n special meeting of tho Omaha city council Monday afternoon, a com munication was read from City Attor ney lialdrldgo stating that uu ordi nance, pending by which it was pro posed to license slot machines, was in cont invention of tho statute ngainst gambling, Tho council thereupon de cided to notify the police to havo tho machines closed by B o'clock Tuesday morning. Monday evening tho board of tire mid police coiumissioueiR held a meeting nnd instructed Chief Gallagher to "ut oiicu" we that tho machines were ;lnscd down, which -h did, thus forestalling tho action of tho mayor, I.lndllln Ciipiuroil. Word comes from Dakota City that Sheriff Ilorowskl had returned from Spink county, South Dakota, having Iu clinrgo James Mndillo, who on the morning of August 23, lf-07, lu ft drunken row nt Goodwin, Dakota conn t,, shot Ileury Carpenter, who died the sumo day from the effects of the wound. Ho was apprehended through W. W. KIssec, n farm bund who know Lindllle, who went to South Dakota to work and run across him. Accident May Cost HI Lire. Thomas Curran, ono of tho indus trious and thrifty farmers about, twou-ty-flve years old, residing near Itrady's Crossing, in Dakota cotiuty, was riding on a load of shelled corn, when in go ing down a hill he slipped off; the wagon went across his back. Tlio loud contained ulxty bushels of corn, lie may die. Edward, sou of Postmaster V. Sells of Hartley, aged about three years wns recently run over by it loaded wagon and his chest so badly crustiud that li died In u fow hours. Peter Wansor, tho oldest residont o llutler county, died Sunday night. Ho was ninety-two years of ago. Ho wita barn on Long Island und wait a votoran of the Mexican wur. Ilu loaves 11 wlff und three chlldien. An unsuccessful attempt was made to blow the safe of 0. A. Pylo'a lumber yard oillce at lienedlct Tuesday night. A well defined clue U being followed. C A'