The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, March 09, 1900, Image 3
J DEATH IN M fl New York Lodging House In. mates Lose Their Lives, IT WAS A VERITABLE FIRE TRAP Unltwnj-tt Itlorki'd by n StriiKKlliiK Man of Humanity Injured ItcMiicd by Firemen nnit l'olltcnicii l.lt- tlo I,n4 of l.lfo. Vive persons burned to death nnd three were injured shortly after 'J o'clock Sunday morning In a flro which oeeuried In u seven-story lodging house at -H U 48 llowcry, New York. Tlie dead are: Charles lluttle, forty years old. John Chirk, llfty years old, Kdwiird Doyle, thirty-five years old. Henry Jackson, colored, thirty-live ycuis old. One unidentified man, about fifty years old. Stephen Carney, seventy-five year-, old, was liurned about the body, face and hands, and Is In a serious condi tion. Martha Gallagher, llfty-thrcc years old, was burned about the face and hands. Kd ward Walker, forty-seven years old, was slightly burned. The lodging house was cut up into 1 3'i rooms and ninety of these small places were occupied when the lire broke out. The hnlhvays wore instantly filled with a crowd of excited people. Po licemen forced their way to the uppjr Hours in an effort to rescue some of the helpless. The y carried out Thom as Harper, a one-legged man, and I'M- win I walker. Mcplicn I arncv was found lying on the floor in his room with his hands, face and body badly burned. The firemen succeeded in putting out the flames without gict loss to tin1 budding and then they began a search. The bodies of all flro of the victims xveto found ou thellfth floor. The place wa-. conducted by ico Miluuo, and was a cheap Domin 1 low cay lodging house. Stephen Carney died later at the hospital, bringing Jtlio list of dead up to six. AN APPEAL IN AMY EVENT Argument In Umitiicky Content Con i lulled ul I.oiiIhvIII. After hearing argument by Former Governor Hrndlcy for the jcpublicans and Zach Phelps for the democrats. Judge Field in the circuit court at Louisville, Ky.. took miller advisement the cases to determine the rights of the rival claimants to the ollices of governor and lieutenant governor. An opinion is not expected for several davs. When it is announced an appeal will be taken to the state court of appeals, which the democrats claim has final jurisdiction. The republi cans, however, will try to get the case before the United States supremo court !f the decision is against them. KAISER MAY BE MEDIATOR Itepirdcd in Moil Kitting I'itiuu to I'lay l'iirl of ruuconmker. Th Paris Courier du Soir, which is usually legarded as an inspirrd organ touching political matters, states that there is reason to believe Fmperor Wil liam is disposed to oll'or Ins service, in favor of mediation in the Transvaal difficulty, knowing that he is no longer unisolatcd, and all the powers recog nize him as the most lilting sovereign to act as the part of peacemaker. His telegram to the queen after the victory of Lord Kobert is lclievcd to haTe been intended to pave the way for Midi a step. liny I. otii lilt ICya-Oght. James Hoggs, a deaf and dumb boy, who resides with ids sister, Mrs. J. A. l.inford, near Sinartville, Nebr., Is suf fering from the effects of an accident that may cost him His eysight. He was using some chemicals, preparatory to the finishing up of some kodak pictures, when a bottle containing nitric acid nnd other ingredients exploded In his face. His face was filled with the acid and small particles of glass. Msn Charged With Murder. ".Tacit" McCrystal was arrested at Sioux City, la., charged with the mur der of John Hobson, a prominent pio neer eitiren and bridge contractor, on the night of Deeomlicr .'10. Hobson was attacked with a hatchet while alone in his oflice. Motive for the orlmc is be lieved to hnve been robbery. McCrys tnl is a well known police court char acter. Cochran l'oand Guilty. Jm the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Herbert 'Cochran, charged with burglary at Fairmont, which hns been on trial nt Geneva, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty, An elTort was made to show that Ctchran was in Table, Hock on the nlgU the burglary was committed at Fairmont, hut the nlabi failed, and the couU will pass sentence before adjournment Negotiating W ii I'orl. Tho London Standard says: "We bcllove that negotiations for England's acquisition of a port in Portuguese ca6t Africa, giving asy access to Khodcbla arc on foot aiil likely to suc ceed, in view of tho turn the war has tahen." IterelpU In rlilllAilnen. Tho war department recUved a cabled (statement showing that lio total re ceipts from tho Phlllpplnrislands for tho month of February, lOOUvas 8520, 423, of which amount 8W)oo was re ceived from custom houroe5. DISPATCH KROM ROBERTS lloerg Are I.rri Iiir Startiihcrj; Dully, So (littiicri) ltciort, The war ofllcc has received the fid lowing dispatch fiom Lotd -Roberts, dated Osfonteln, Sunday, Maieh I: "Genoiul CVonjc, on behalf of his party anil Coinmai'duutfJ Wolmarans. on behalf of 4. () other prisoners, who have all now left Modder rlicr, asked the ihiti'.h olllccrn to thank me for the consideration and kindness with which they have been tieated. "General Clements teports that his advanced troops hold Achtcitang and that railway communication would be opened to dnubert's siding today. The enemy Is still in foicc at Norvalspont bridge. "General Ontncrc telegraphs that the number of lioors at Mormberg is dally diminishing. "Colonel Kadcn-Powell icports that all was well at Mafektng on February 1.) and tnnt the enemy s activity was being met everywhere by equal activ ity on the part of the defenders. 'The position is unchanged at Osfon teln. except that frequent heavy show ers have materially improved grazing, to the benefit of the horses and trans port animals." PASSES THE 100,000 MARK Topclui Capital (Idli'o Hurled In n Mim nr Mull. At the close of business of the Capi tal counting room Saturday night, the subscriptions for the Sheldon edition, beginning with the IsMie of March lit, passed the 100,000 mark witli a bushel basket full of letters unopened. An express wagon hauled to the Cap ital office a load of letteis which will require the i.erviees of a do.en extra clerks to open nnd put on the mailing list. It was thought that the rush was only commenced. Thin unique venture in a business way is surpassing the fondest dreams of the originators, and to handle It the Capital needs the facilities of the larg er metropolitan daily newspaper In the United .states. Sub.sciipt?oits arc uoiniug from every civilized quarter of the globe. The Topeka postollluo is already clogged and Postmaster Outline has telegraped to Washington twice for additional help. MRS. STANFORD QUITE ILL Contractu Had t'olil mitt Ilnr Condition Dutigeiotis. Mrs. Lehmd Stanford, widow of the late multimillionaire senator from Cal ifornia, is dangerously 111 at the Fifth avenue hotel in New York. Ten days ago Mrs. Stanford contracted a cold while out driving and the next day was confined to her room. 1l. liny Murder Trial. The trial of tlcorge II. Hay for the murder of Frank Cheesinau of Hrown ville in November, lS'.H, which was to have been called Thursday morning, was postponed until 7:.10 in the evening on account of the snow blockadu south jt Auburn, that delayed the- train ou which was one of Hay's attorneys. A jury has been u-cured and testimony is being taken. Three Children Hurtled. John, Charles and F.mmu, aged re spectively live, sovim and nine, chil dren of Charles Wenger, living eleven miles from Olyinpia, Wash., were burned to death. Tho parents were absent from home attending a dance. An elder child, aged IS, was lmdly burned nhllo trying to rescue the other. NriNiaiur Man Kntnriit. W. L. Morgau, a volunteer in the Philippines, who returned to Chadion, Neb,, after mustering out, and went to Paris last fall on a visit to Consul Gen eral dowdy, is again back in Chadron. lie wan not pleased with France nor the French people. While in KurojMj he was a special representative of a list of American papers. Ai'UUiMed by tlie .lury. The Cartervlllo union miners who have been on trial for the past forty pays at Vienna, 111., charged with murdering five uogro miners, were ac quitted by the jury. Four other charges are peuding ngairot the white miners and the prosecuting attorney of Williamson county announces tha ho will try all of them. Iluldier riant Cloned. The large rubber manufacturing plant of the L. Candce Hubbcr com; puny at New Haven, Conn., has leen closed and work will not be resumed until April 1. More than I 2.'i() employes are thrown out of work. Owing to tho extremely mild white- orders have been unusually small aud the factory has been running only five days a week. Alleged Tlilof Located. J. A. Gregory, tho man charged with stealing a mule from 10. D. Laughliu, living near Ashland, October I, 1890, has boon located In Iowa and a warrant vms issued by tho Saunders county, Nebraska, county court for his arrest. Governor Poyntcr will be asked for requisition papers and Greg ory will be brought back for trial. Cur Hum Hum Tho car barns of tho Cleveland, Ilcren. Kylrin ,fc Oherlln electric rail way, located just west of Cleveland, were destroyed by llro. A doz.cn laro suburban cars were bnrncd. Tho loss will probably be botween StlO.000 and 370,000, covered by insurance. MaiuiRO to Nettle Strlltc. A strike at thu Montreal Cotton com pany's mill at Valleyflold, Quebec, by which 2,000 opcrutiven were affected, has been settled, tho men getting an advance of 5 per cent. Work was re sumed Monday. A Enemy Forces General Bates to do Sonic Fighting. THE SOUTHERN LUZON IS INVADED Occupies Nueru Ciirrrcn Aftrr u Single lleiKHljcmcnt I'ouqlit itt CIomi Quarter Willi Orer i Hun dred lnnrKiitH KIIU'il. General Otis has cabled the follow ing account of leeent military opera tions in Luzon: "Manila, Match .1. Hates, with two I battalions of the Fortieth and Forty- fifth regiments and detachments i f ar tillery engineers and signal corps, total '.', '.'00 men, lauded troops on the southeast, northwest and southern coasts of San Miguel bay. Camarlnes province, to nunc ou Neuva I'aeeres, in three columns. The only strong op position was encountered by Godwin and the battalion of Ills icgimcut at Kibnmnnn. northwest of Ncuiu, Ca ceres. Goodwin's loss was Adjutant Gallaher, died of wounds, three en listed men seveiely and five slightly wounded. The enemy left sixty-four dead on the field and many wounded, who were caied for by our medical of licet .H. Codwlu captured a number of armed insurgents, eighteen Spanish prisoners, thhty rifles and considerable aunnunl tion and property. Particulars of minor engagements rf other columns not re potted. Neuva One res was found practically deserted, Inhabitants in mountains. Tioops ate now covering important points in the ptovlnccs of Oimurincs, Albay and Sotsogon. The navy rendeied most valuable aid in lauding tioops and supplies. On February 211 the expedition ar rived at San Miguel bay. landed, and In thtce columns immediately pushed inland, converging upon Neuva Ot eetes, and attempting to control the enemy's toiites to retreat. At Llhma nan, north of Neuva I'aeeres, the ene my was concealed In the rice Held and resisted a battalion of tho Fortieth teglincut, which engaged them at close quaiters with bayonets. After forty minutes' lighting the enemy tied and Llbuiauau was occupied. The Ameri cans burled sl.xty-four of the enemy, whose total loss in hilled and wounded Is estimated at 140. Fiom Llbuiauau the expedition pro ceeded to Neuva Cnceres, tho gunboat Par.igua in riving ten minutes ahead of the troops. The town was found prac tically deserted. The Americans, daily scouting in the vicinity. rcpirL that the enemy have retreated into tho moun tains. The insurgents around Legaspi and Albay, province of south Camarlnes, arc harassing the Americans nightly. Foreigners doing business at Legaspi arc living on ships in the harbor or In the American barracks. TO OVERTHROW EMPRESS Onn of tti Leader of the !toliitlitry J'jrly In America. Leong Kay Ti-ig, one of the fore most Chinese reformers connected with the movement of Kang Yu Wei for the overthrow of the empress of China and the establishment of a new celestial empire, has arrived at Victoria, It. C. He is a brother of Leong Kay Chew, now at Honolulu looking after the in teacsts of the revolutionary party, which Is expected to come northward 1 soon. Like bis brother, the young re J former has been a fugitive from Cliinu since me notorious coup u eiat. oi mt I empress dowager when Yang Yin lied to. Japan. He says that although a posse of twenty-sl.x has been scut by the empress to kill Yang Yu Wei, he has no fear, for he says he is well guarded. Kang Yu Wei went to Mam at the invitation of the Itlnc; of that country to visit that monerch. The llrltish government has furnished him a bodyguard. MRS.'WOLCOTT GAINS SUIT Wife of Colorado Ni'iistor inttitrd n I)lorcc. liefore Judge Allen of the district rourtat Denver, Colo., Mrs. Francis M. Wolcott was granted an absolute divorce fiom Senator t). Wolcott on the ground of desertion. Senator Wolcott was not present, and no evidence was in trod need for the defense. l.or Three, Hundred Nlieep. I Grifllth. a recent Investor lu sltcep in Dawes county. Neb., has MUtTcTcd the hiss of nearly three hundred of his Hock within as many weeks. They first packed up In a shed and smothered nearly two hundred to death. The next day they stampeded in a storm and a bundled were killed by coyotes, he Is a new man in the business and tho only man reported having lost sheep in that section, Telegraph I.lne Oil, A dispatch from Maseru, Ilitsutoland, says: The telegraph line between Mafe king and Maseru was cut, a whole sec tion being removed, it is believed this was tho work of tiatives prompted or bribed by the Hoots. llimliauil Shoot HI Wife. William Chnppel, aged thirty-six, of Hteubenvlllc, O., entered the house of Ella Miller, at Wheeling, W. Va., and tired four shots nt his wife, Kthel, aged twenty-two, an Inmate. Two shots took effect and the woman will prob ably die. Chnppel was arrested, Clmrcrd Willi Murder, Jack McChrystal, charged with the murder of John K. Hobson, was ar ralnged in police court at Sioux City, la,, but took a change of venue to a justice court. McChrystnl stoutly maintains that he lb innocent. MAKES STAND COLLISION ON G. & I ROAD To Killed Outright ami (Her forty nra Injured Mortally. A millets' train, carrying 400 work men employed nt the mines north of Hraz.tl, lud, to their homes In flic city, was run into by a local freight train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail road and the caboose and two cars were smashed to splinters. Melvin Faster and Charles Croinpey were Instantly killed and more than forty persons se verely Injured. Among those seriously hurt, many of whom will die, arc: 'I hoinas llariowiuan, both legs broken. Will Dudwell, Injurned Internally. William Lumsdom, arm broken, In jured in chest. Samuel Lynch. Internal injuries. John Dickson, back broken. Thomas Davis, both arms btoheu. John Little, aim bioketi. William Vesper, internal injuries. The uicek oceurted In a deep cut in the center of a short eutve. The rail toad company at once sent a special train and (nought the wounded to lira z.ll. They weie placed in the waiting room of the depot. Ilumltcds of women gathered at the depot and grasped their maimed and bleeding husbands and lu others in their arms when they were carried from the train. The wreckage caught Hie from an overturned stove and the men who were rescuing the wounded were forced to turn their attention to the lire to pteveut those pinioned In the wreck fiom being ci emitted. STOCK YARDS AT CHADRON Conimn Willi I'lenty of Capital Will Operate Them. For some time Cltadron citizens have had under consideration the establish ment of sales yards at that place. The project is now sufllclcutly matured to indicate that the yards will be built within the next few days. The plan, under the management of W It. John ston and William MeGannoii, is to es tablish permanent yards for the selling of all kinds of young stock, but princi pally stock cattle, to accommodate stockmen of the adjacent country. While this will be an advantage to those having large herds, It will be es pecially bcncllcial to the owners of small herds for the reason that such parties can purchase just tho number their means will permit or the clrcum. stances warrnnt. FATALITIES IN KENTUCKY Tmi Men Killed In One County lu Ono Night. Millard Hughes was murdered and Henry Itlcvlns and others weie Injured at a dance in Sinallwood's resort, near Fast llcrnstadt, a Kentucky mining town. During the dance Leonard Smallwood, 1 lamp Gragg and others attacked Millard hughes on account of uu old grudge. During the fusil lade Hughes and other were hit with stray shots. Today Leonard Small wood and llainp Gragg were arrested as principals, and I'M wan I Smallwood, father of Leonard, and his tlaughtct Lizzie, ns accomplices. Near Pittsburg. Ky., while walking along the rail toad track, Kdward I'relz.a was fatally stabbed by an un known man. roUoiifil liy KiitliiK Clirene. Dr. S. A. Summons was hastily called to the home of II. J. hammers at West Point, Neb., to ascertain the cause of the serious Illness of the family, it was found to be case of poisoning. Dr. Sammotts called medical assistance aud the two doctors quickly got to work with stomach pumps and were kept busy the greater part of the night. When Mr. Lammars was able to be questioned It was found that the fam ily had eaten brick cheese, which Is supposed to be the cause of the pois oning. The cheese was purchased from one of the local merchants. The family Is now thought to be out oi danger. To Itupi-iil lliitli-N on I'nper. lieprescutathe Devries, of California, has Intioduccd a joint resolution for the repeal of duties on white or print ing paper and tho material from which it is made and directing the attorney general to enforce the anti-trust law against those maintaining a monopoly lu such paper aud material. Forty TlinUKiiiiil to Oppon ItoliortH. Spenser Wilkinson, In the London Morning 1'ost, merely reviews the small events announced In the dis patches from the front and expressed the opinion that the Hoers cannot place more than 40,000 to oppose Jord Hub erts except by a complete abandonment of Natal. 1'rUouerH IMitko it llrenk. It is reported that the Itocr prisoners, while on the way from Paardeherg, un successfully attempted to escape from thu train. F.lcvon hundred of Cronje's men have been placed temporarily on board thu llrltish steamers, Mongolian ami Manila, in Table bay. Ordered to Manila, Col. C. C. C. Carr of the Fifth United States cavalry was a passenger by the the steamer Ponce which arrived at New York from Puerto Hlco. Colonel Carr has been ordered to Manila. Will March Through ZuluUnd. A number of horses have been sent Into Zululand with tho object of march ing thu llrltish force through .uhiland and Intercepting tho Hours north ol lllggarsbcrg. A complete system of hellographiu communication is cstah lislicd between Wecuan and Eshowe. Fell on ley 1'arenient. At Hcatrlco Mrs. Nancy J. Crunclo ton slipped and fell as sho stopped on the ley porch at her home, sustaining n broken collar bono. Lynus Knight fell nnd wn badly hurt. N0RETHAN50DEAD Awful Calamity in a Virginia Mine, West EXP10SI0N COMES WITHOUT WARNING cry IViitnl In the Stute'a IIInIoi I'ur- Ij-llie Rre Yet Ihitoinlicil Mllghl Hope of IteneuliiR .uy of 'I lie in AlHn Itcllor I'rouipl. A dispatch from FlreCic'k. W. Vu., dated March H. says the most disas turns mine explosion ever known in the New Klver district occurred at the Kcil Ash mine shortly after the miners went to work. Although the most he roic work of the rescuing patty has been going ou incessantly all day It is impossible tonight to estimate the full extent of the loss of life and property. Moie than fifty dead bodies have ttl icatly been taken out and the number of the dead may reach seventy-lhe or more. It Is thought tonight that at least forty-live miners are yet en tombed lu the wrecked mine. The lied Ash mine Is a large drift and the explosion oceurted near the entrance, which was thus closed by the falling slate, entombing a large num ber of miners. The scene of the disaster is between tills place and Thcrmnnd, ou the south branch of the Chesapeake A Ohio rail way, and eery assistance possible was t cutlet ed b, the tailway company and the adjoining milling towns. lEclicf parties from gicat distances arrhcl as soon as possible. J. Freil Klllnger, the owner, and his manager, Fred llouell, spaied uoelfort in tlm work of icseiic. The scenes around the entrance lo the mines were beiond description. The whesund children and the neigh bors of those who were kuowtt to he entombed weie then lu full force and theli anxiety and disties-t was most in tense. At a late hour the most reliable es timate puts the list of ictlins at P.'.V The general belief Is that the explo sion occurred by contact with dust when the miners entered in the morn ing with their lamps, and that it was not Ilic damp as had ben em rent ly reported. Nearly all the men em ployed in the mine were white. onl, about ouc-llfth being coloicd. and most of tlie men were married ami had fam ilies. MANY STOCKMEN INJURED Tho IHIiioIn Cuiitrul I'relhl Train Col lide Ntur Chleiico. Twenty stockmen and railroad em ployes were Injured, two piohably fa tally, in a collision between two 111! nols Central freight trains near llroad view, a few miles out of Chicago. The two trains had been running about a mile apart. While climbing a long grade a coupling plu in tlie mid dle of the head train broke. The rear section of the broken train immediate ly started down the back grade and struck the engine of tlie oncoming freight train with a terrille crash. Until trains were ou the way to Chi cago from Western, la., nnd were made up mostly of loaded stock ears, with a caboose ami passenger coach for the stockmen. The c'lhonsc telescoped the coach and pinned a number of the passengers in the debt Is. Fire added to the peril of the situation, but happily no one was binned, HE GETS TEN YEARS. (leorKe ltn I'lcud (iiillly to MiiliNuiii;h ter ill Auliurii. Ill the district court at Auburn, N'eb., Judge Mull passed sentence upon Geo. II. Hay who was tried nt this term for the killing of Frank Cheesniaii at llrownvllle. during the month of No vetuber, IMS. Counsel for plaintiff and defendant mutually agreed that the defendant might plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter, which he did. The court passed the sentence, giving Kay ten years in the peniten tiary at hard labor. The result of the trial gives general satisfaction. Ititiik IIiiIIiIIiir Hum. The State bank building at Indian oia, Neb., was completely destroyed by lire. The loss of the blink Is fully covered by insurance, and it will re build immediately. The loss will not Interfere with the business of the bank. The tire started In the Keporter of flee lu the bank building. The bank and fixtures arc nearly a total loss. Dr. McKeehlhe's loss Is $000, Insurance SSOii; Keporter loss, SsOO, Insurance 8.100; .S, K. Smith. S'iUI), no Insurance. iiii Mil) He SupprmNed, The police of Cleveland, Ohio, re ccived instructions to attend the per formance of ".azu." at the Kuclld av enue opera house, by Mrs. Leslie Car ter, for the purpose of securing evi dence as to its morality. Mrs. Carter did not appear, however, and It Is thought her engagement will not be finished, It was announced that she was suffering from an affection of the throat. Illux to Visit Kipoaltlon, Minister Mnrlscal, Mexican f-ecrctary of foreign affairs, through Fnite'd States Ambassador Powell Clayton has transmitted President Dhu's' accept ance of the invitation extended by the Pan-American reposition company to participate In the exposition of 1001 at Huffalo. Stricken With Punilynlii. F.rlek Shortroin, a pioneer of Stroms burg, Neb., was stricken with paraly sis and is In a dangerous condition with little hope of recovery. FERVID RELIGIOUS APPEAL Kruucr Can't On Soldier to Sliiml 1'iiftt nml liunlic llltlne (liildiinee. A special fiom Lout-cimi Marques, dated Mai eh 1. sa,s: Persistent re ports continue that the Transvaal tepublle has opened negotiations look ing to the securing of pence, On tho other hand It Is asserted the lloers will make a stand at Gleucoe and Lalng's nek and tnnt In the meantime en tieiiehment'i at Pi clot la are being ex tended in anticipation of a siege. A conference between the lloer presi dents, it is added, and the general commanding the lloers in N'ottliein Nutnl was hurriedly arranged ou re ceipt of the news of General Cionje's surrender. I 'ntll Thursday night of tielal continuation of tlie surrender was withheld from the public. Presi dent Kriiger sent a fervid religions appeal, with oi tiers that It should be lend by all the oiUeers of the burghers, urging them to stand fast and strive In the name of the I.oid, for, unless they had faith in tllm. uiwardlce would set In and their position would be hope less the moment they turned their backs on the enemy. The past vic tories, lie declined, showed that the Lord was on their side. The president beseeehed the burghers not to bring destruction on their progeny. Continuing the special says that a high authority lu llloemfontein de clines that in the event of a tepiilse of the Fiee Male forces the latter will retire towards the Transvaal and unite with their Inclined there, maintain ing the struggle to tho lust. A MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY Much Moncj MWxtiii:. Hut llm Method Not I'tiderHlood. When Cashier Wler opened the vault of the Farmers hank at Fnrinlngton, la., Monday morning, he discovered that It had been tilled oT a portion of its contents. The lock showed no sign of having been tampered with, and t In door to the hank was locked as usual. It Is claimed that nearly 817.000 was secured by the tobhers. hut F. D. Ilarr, one of the directors, said tonight that the sum taken amounted to but 81.700. Cashier Weir left the hnuic at HillO Sat urday afternoon to spend Sunday at Fldo'n. Piesidenl Light To it and Dir rector Ilarr left an hour later, after after closing the vault anil setting the time lock for a o'clock Monday morn ing. There Is no clue to the thieves, although suspicious characters who left here Sunday aie lielng hunted for No suspicion rents ou the ca.hler. MAYOR MOORES RE-ELECTED Hun it Mujorll) of ill I. cuit I line Thou- Hllilll t'OIIK. A dispatch from Omaha says: After a hard fought battle Frank L. Mcores has been elected mayor of Omaha by a handsome majoiity. Monies curried eight tint of the nine wards In the city by a majority tanging from eight in the Second lo r.s'.i in the Third. The Seventh gave thirty-nine majority for Poppleton. making Moorcs' majority in the city I. (li!. At 'J o'clock Wednes day morning complete figures on the balance of the ticket are not obtain able, but the entire lepilbllc.iu ticket is piohably elected. Tlie icpubllcans have elected seven of the nine council men sine, and possibly tlie entile nine Kin uiiiiHuir. Prof. F. L. Harvey of the university of Maine shot and killed himself at his home In Orouo, Me. lie had been suffering from menial trouhl s, result ing fit in overwork. Mr. Harvey was processor of natural history nml ety mology, lie was about sixty years old and a native of Ithaca. N. Y. he was at one time president of the Iowa ag ricultural cr l'cgc, and was later con nected with lltunbolt college, Iowa, anil the Arkansas Industrial university. Cole Indicted. Charles 11. Cole, formerly president of the defunct Globe National bank of Itostou, was indicted ou twenty-fiui counts by the grand jury In the United Stales district court before Judge Lo well. Sixteen of the counts are for false entries tin the hooks of the bank aud nine counts ate for misapplication of funds. The case is set for trial du ring the (list week of April. The amount of ('tile's alleged misappropria tion is SI, 007,270. Slick to Hie tloehel I.iim. The Kentucky house by a party vote. killed the bill Introduced by Kepresen tatlve llaswell (republican) which pro posed to repeal the Goebel election law nml to substitute for It the law in force at the time of its passuge anil umler which the election machinery was in the hands of the county judges Clew land A lite to Tiuicl. K.x-President ami Mis, Grover Cleve land left Princeton Wednesday for New York, where Mr. Cleveland will join V), C. Kent-diet and Daniel S. Lamout, with whom he will start for Florida on a three-weeks' llshing trip along the Florida coast. Two HrotherM Killed In IMilllppliiei). Lieutenant F. F. Kochler of tho Ninth Infantry, killed near Turkic re cently, was a brother of Ii. Kochler of Geneva, Neb., and A. Kochler, who was buried there ten days ago. A woman supposed to bo Miss Laura Larson of Denver, Colo., or Given, Iowa, took a largo quantity of wood alcohol on an cast-bouud Hock Island train out of Lincoln und was taken from the train at Omaha lu a dying condition. She was removed to the Omahu police station, where she died. Prof, llcrnard Moses of the university of California has had a conference with the president. Mr. McKlnley tendered him the vacant place in the now riiilipplne commission and Mr., Moses ucceptcd it. (f i r t.