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' SERIOUS CHARGES
Strikers's Lawless Acts Aro Set
Forth By the U. P.
non-U .ion mi:n
Ti:ititoKi.i:i)
MrlkerM liven Ilo So Var nn to Tliri-ntcti
llrntrnrtlon of I'roniTty liy lymi
m mile I'rotertloii of l'lillm It
Conntnntly .VYftli-l,
An Omalia, Siit. IGth, dlspnti h says:
The following statement litis been
Riven out by John N. Haldwln, general
attorney of the Union Pacific nillroail,
explaining tho present strike Hltnatlon
from the railroad's standpoint;
"Tho Union Pacific eumpnny Is en
titled to full protection of Its property
and to tho security of lis employes
from Insults and assaults, and to se
cure such protection It will call upon
the city, state, or federal authorities,
If necessary. The frequent acts of
violence must stop, or decisive aitlon
will lie taken.
"If the public knew the full d tails of
the many lawless nnd brutnl nits re
cently committed by the strlkeis, then
would be less sympathy expressed for
them and less encouragement held out
to them to continue the strike. Look
ing over the list of assaults during the
last week, It Ib remarkable that such
a state of affairs should be tolerated in
this city, and much more remarkable
that It should be encouraged by appar
ently well-meaning citizens.
"Crowds of strikers nnd their sym
pathizers frequent the Kates of the
car Jefferson nark.
i to him nnd asked him If he
wi' ' , .
was working In tne snops. ne replied
ti.at ho was, and the man Knoeueu mm
down without nnother word. Another
striker kicked him In the back. He
wns almost senseless for awhile, and
when he tried to got up they came
back nnd knocked him down again.
"Sovernl days before this attack Mr.
Gulnotle's wife went down to the ynrds
to seo him. She was stopped at the
gate and the pickets swore nt lier and
frightened her so that sho was afraid
to go in. Other ladles who havo tried
to seo their husbands, or tried to send
word to nnd from the gates, have been
treated in tho sumo manner. They
tell pitiful stories of tho brutal oaths
and threuts dealt out to them by tho
pickets. , , ...
"Last Friday K. H. Held, one of the
workmen, wns stopped and assaulted
by striker Leo Harrier (or Hamway),
and was threatened by others. On
Sunday K. J. Winters, ono of tho shop
guards, wns caught outside the yards
and was badly beaten. There are sev
eral other eases of minor assaults, and
tho threats recently made not only
promiso bodily harm to ForMnan Tur
tlo and others, but they sny the new
Demand for Reading Matter.
Sompjfiea of tho Increasing nppctlto
of tho "American peoplo for "reading
matter" is conveyed by tho census
bulletin on "Printing and Publishing."
Tho number of newspapers and porio
dlcalB published in 1900 was 18.22G
and tho aggregato number of copies
issuod In that year was 8,108,148,740.
Tho latter staggering total was an
IncreaBO of 74 per cent over the cor
reapoudtng total of tho census of 1800.
Don't always bellcvo a woman's no.
It's her eye that tells the tale.
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Bmokestnck Is to be blown up with
dynamite.
"Tho most rerent case Is that which
occurred Wednesday night. Two of
the gtiai ds. named Fnuver ami Ish,
stopped work at six o'clock and left
the ynrds to go to their homes. They
were tollowed by a gang of ten or fif
teen strike and were attacked. lull
was badly beaten and was seriously In
jured by having one of his eye-glasses
broken and driven Into bis eve. Fuuver
escaped serious Injury by nuking nn
actic light, prosing too shifty for his
cowardly assailants. This affray oc
curred in open daylight, and the crowd
of strlkei s hung after Fuucr, throw
ing missiles nnd using foul epithets un
til the police finally appeared. As Is
frequently the case, the pollie arrested
the first rami they came to. This was
Fauver. and most of the assailants
hurried nwny to stir up moro trouble
or 'bend their eneigles' elsewhere.
"It is a curious condition of nffnlrs
when any asinclatlun of Individuals
enn 'ofllclally' blacklist a business
iionsc or factory in this city and sta
tion men before the entrance to warn
peoplo not to go In. or to insult nnd
assnult those who disregard their
warning. In such eases It is dllllcult to
discriminate between the terms 'black
list' nnd 'blackmail.'
"While the insults, threats and nets
of intimidation on the part of the law
less element hnve been of dally nnd al
most hourly occurrence since the be
ginning of the strike, the cases of
actual violence nre on the increase dur
ing tho past week, Indicating thnt the
recent declaration of the head officers
of the union that 'every energy would
now be dltected to the Union Pacific
strike' was no Idle threat. The news
that several of the most lawless men
from Rawlins and Cheyenne have been
transferred here to do picket duty for
the strikers Is followed Immediately by
a number of brutal aits on tho streets
and in open daylight. The police force
of the city has been too scattered to
prevent these acts, and gangs of pirat
ical pickets swarm up the streetK and
assault men whose only offense Is that
they desire to work for a living nnd
spend their wages in the city for the
benefit of their families."
WAGE WAR ON HOUSE FLY.
ashlngton Authorities Seem to Have
Undertaken Bin Job.
Many gonoratlons of American
usekecpers havo been hurried to
Ir grnvos by worrlment over tho
isca domcstlca, the stomoxya cal-
runs, the droso-'illa ampelophlla
short, thu house fly. At last tho do-
rtment of agriculture at Washing
has determined to extermtnato
e nuisance If possible. So long as
only meandered gontly over tho
hie, buzzed lusido tho patent screen,
i uown upon tno stlcKy paper
oughtfully provided for uls reposo
d drove the housewife to tho vcrgo
Insanity to keep him outdoors tho
was allowed to go his way in
ace. But now that It has been din-
ivcred that tho fly, like his llttlo
lend, the mosquito, carries germs
out with him tho department of
rlculturo has decided that ho must
). Incidentally the American house-
Ife, when she hoars this, will prob
)ly smile a. little bitterly and decide
at tho department of agrlculturo
s undertaken tho biggest job In
hlch it has yet engaged In short,
as bitten off moro than It can chew.
ho dcrirtment hns begun its cam-
algn by tho Issunnco of pamphlets
irough tho division of entomology to
ealth hoards, doctors and Indlvid-
ls all over tho country, asking them
seo that no breeding or feeding
aces aro afforded the llttlo fly
they can holp it. 'As If any per-
m on earth can help It," quotli tho
enry housekeeper aB she makes ono
ore wild swipe with a towel.
Thorough Paced Economy.
A young man living in Cincinnati
a closo worker in money matters,
it is, he stays cIobo to tho shore
th his expenditures. He had ths
lod luck to marry a girl whoso
Ircnts nro quite wealthy, and is at
lesent Ilv'ng with his wife in ono
his father-in-law's houses.
Ono day not long since, whllo dls
sslng affairs with a friend, tho hit-
Ir asked:
"Did tho old gentleman give you
at houno?"
l"Well-er-no, not exactly," was tho
answer. "Ho offer"d It to me, but I
wouldn't accept it."
"How's thnt?" asked tho friend.
"Well," answered tho man who had
made the lucky matrimonial venture.
"You Bee, the houso really belongs to
me. I'm living in it, rent freo, and
I'll get it when tho old man dies. If
accopted it now I'd have to pay tho
taxes."
Two Hundred Miles to buy a Hat.
A writer in tho lloston Journal Is
responsible for tho following story:
"What aro you doing in Boston?" I
asked a friend of mlno, n New Yorkor,
tho other day, as wo mot in Postof
(lco square.
"Came on to buy it hat."
"Why como to Iloatou for that?"
"Well, you see. in New York when
you put on a now hat all your friends
promptly remove it nnd look Jusido
to seo If it wns bought at n swell
Btoro. Not having tho prlco tho swell
Btoro wanted and helng favorod with
a railroad pasB, I enmo on to buy mina
hero and fool tho crowd. Goln-r back
tonight."
A Cosmopolitan City.
Up to the time of the I'russinn
Austrian war the old fortrOBB of May
once of tho Gorman Confederation
was beyond doubt tho most cosmopoli
tan city in tho world. At that tlmo
the olTlcIn! language was German, tho
law French, tho government Hesse
Darmstadt, tho church Roman Catho
lic, tho administration Austrian, tho
military commander Prussian, tiio gar
rison mostly Italian, tho postofilco
Thurn and Taxis, tho gas works Hnden
and tho telegraph Uavanan.
Cast Iron quoltB.
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A FIELD OF FIRE
Boatimont Oil Fields Become a
Soa of Flames
MANY EXPLOSIONS FOLLOW
TIhiuhmihIh of llurrcl of IVIrolrum
Alilnir - I'lrr MtrciulliiK Itniildlv In
I In- (tll-Sultiriiti-il llroouil, unit
WnrMugtiifii lire llrlplc
A Ilenumont. Te . Sept. 1'J. spct lal
Kays: Hetwren :i and t o'clock this
afternoon the oil running under the
trestle of the Sabine & Fast Texas
railway, near the leading Hacks of the
Palestine Heniimout Oil compnny, on
Spindle Top, wns ignited by sparks
from a passing engine and about sixty
feet of the trestle were burned away.
A tialn wns sent out from Ilenu
mont to bring In the passengers on the
train kouth of the trestle coming from
Sabine. About fifty cars loaded with
oil nro tied up at Gladys City on ac
count of the lire. The lire wns brought
under control after u great waste of
oil. The trestle was consumed. Spin
dlo Top is intact.
loiter advices state that this evening
tho fire In some way had nbecn com
municated to the field and n number
of large settling tanks, containing
thousands of barrels of petroleum have
nlrrndy exploded and others are re
ported as being In the direct line of
tin' fire which has sphead over n wide
area already.
TIic ground Is saturated with oil and
there is no chance for stopping the
progress of the flames tonight.
The fire Is spreading rapidly anil It
is feared the whole field will be ignited
before daylight.
A telephone message from Gladys,
which Is the station at the oil Held,
says the whole of the Keith-Ward
tract, embracing sovernl acres and
containing a large number of wells,
have been burned over and It Is be
lieved that some of the wells havo
caught, though this is not ns yet posi
tively determined, as no one can ap
proach to find out.
At 1:30 o'clock this (Friday) morn
ing the telegraph operator at Gladys
says ho fears ho will be compelled to
leave his post and nil means of com
munication will be iiit off.
MURDER AT PIERCE
Word HneUnl lit Lincoln of Truerily In
Ni'briiNka Tow n
Detective Mnlone. of Lincoln, re
ceived word about midnight Thursday
of a tragedy at the town of Pierce and
was requested to send his bloodhounds
to trace the slayer. A man whose wife
recently secured a divorce came to
town nnd shot his former wife and her
father. The woman wns reported dead,
but the father was still alive. The
person asking for the dogs did not
know the nnme of the person impli
cated in tho tragedy. Detective Frank
lin, who wns at Ueemcr with the dogs,
was directed to go to the scene.
ROOSEVELT IN NEBRASKA
llliirrury of the 1'rmliU'iit Ilurlnic 111m
Vlnlt to NeliruRku
Grnnd iHlnnd and Fremont have been
added to tho places at which President
Roosevelt will stop on his trip pnrt
way across this stato September 27.
That comes In the itinerary from Sec
retary Cortelyou to Senator Millard.
Stops of half an hour each are to be
nuido at Hastings, Kearney, Lincoln,
nnd Grand Island nnd of twenty min
utes ut Fremont.
There will be, It Is said, no deviation
from this Itinerary. It puts the picsl
dent Into Omaha at Ii o'clock In tho af
ternoonthe time originally set.
Mr. Cortelyou emphasizes that tbcro
will be no receptions with handshak
ings, but instead of carriage drives will
be taken. Also the committees nro
to meet the president on his arrival
nt the city at which they reside.
Senator Millard Is writing the mayor
or each city to be visited about the
urrangements.
Tho final text Is this:
Nebraska itinerary of President
Roosevelt's trnln, which prm ceils to
Kearney the nlg.it or September 2ti.
Leave Kearney September 27 nt 8 n.
m., vln Union Pacific railroad.
Arrive Grand Island via some rond
nt 0 a. in.
Leave Grand Island via St. Joseph &
Grand Island railroad at ):'M n. m.
Arrive nt Hastings nt 10:10 a. m.
Leave Hastings nt 10:40 a. m., via
Uurllngton railway.
Arrive at Lincoln nt 1:10 p. in.
Leave Lincoln nt 1:40 p. in. vlu Fre
mont, Klkhorn nnd Missouri Valley
railroad.
Arrive at Fremont at 3:1.1 p. m.
l.cavo Fremont, via Union Pacific
railroad at 3:3.1 p. m.
Arrive at Omaha at 5 p. m,
ANDREWS LEGALLY DEAD
Duriuc Niivlcutor no I'roiiouiK'cit
ir
aitiimiii'liiiHfttii Court
Capt. W. Andrews, who twice crossed
the Atlantic in n llftocn-foot cncklo
shell, has been pronounced legally
dead by the Massachusetts courts. Let
ters or administration upon his estate
havo been granted to his turn.
Captain Andrews sailed October fi
last from Atlantic City with his bride,
to whom ho had been married in tho
presence of 3,000 people. Tho boat
wns sighted only once,
MARS PEOPLE SMART
Ileal Thine of llii' Kiirlli In Itr-gnnl te
liiteltlBi'iit-r I
That people superior in Intelligence '
to those of the earth Inhabit the planet
..- -..- 1 . .. t....l,.. ! ..,111 tut nnl
in .llll is ii luiii'iiisiiin mill "in ii' mi
forth by rPof. 11. W. Hough, head ol
the department of astronomy or tin
Northwestern unlveislty, In a icporf
which he is compiling of his summer'i
observations fiom the Dearborn ob
servatory, lie asserts this Is u proba
bility bnsed on iccenl discoveries wit'
adds that, ot course, It can never hi
established positively. ,
The conclusion Includes the accept
ance or the theory of evolution unt!
the statements of lending astronomer!
that climatic conditions of Mars an
the same as of the eaith. The possi
bility of Venus nnd Mercury being in
habited is admitted, because they hnvi
solidified, and the Intense heat reBiilt
IllK from their proximity to the sun
may lime been overcome by u deeper
covering of ntniosnhere. None of the
other planets, the prolessor said, could
(outaln animal life.
THE BAPTISTS OBJECT
Are 0iioril lo Ntlooii Mronio -Minify
llolni: Into Si'limil I'lincl
The First Nebiiiska Uabtlst church
association, which has been In session
at Vnlpainlso, Neb., Closed with an
lustilrlni: sermon by Rev. L. M. Hen-
ton. of Lincoln. Fvery session was
marked by unlimited discussions and,
heliiful suggestions. The meetings
nre said by nil to have been the best
held in many years.
The following resolutions were
heartily adopted:
"Resolved. That we give expression
to our protest against the state law
that puts the proceeds or the liquor
license nnd the lines paid In our police
courts Into the school fund, und that
we urge upon our legislature the en
actment or such a law us will put the
money bo received where It will tnke
care ns far as possible ot the results
of the liquor trulllc."
WONT RECOGNIZE THEM
al I nf
Ouiutm Iti'fimri to llne .t nytlilnu
to Ilo Willi NtrlkiTH
A T.unaqua. Pn.. Sept. It dispatch
says: No notice wns posted this monr
Ing offering concessions it the men
would return to work Monday, ns wan
reported yesterday. The big colllerlcB
lemalncd silent as ever und the miners'
leaders believe nothing will be done
before Christmas.
Collieries No. IU and It are working
and It Is said that 1.G00 ton of coal
were shipped to New York yesterday.
The non-union men are not being mo
lested.
A rommlltr of citizens representing
llm ncoiile's alliance left here this
morning for Harrlsburg, where they
will confer with Governor Stone with
reference to calling an extra session
of the legislature.
.Mllm llrpiirtH for riilllnnlni'R
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
left Washington Thursday for tho
Philippines, where ho will mnke nn
Inspection of the principal military
posts In the nrchlpclago. Tho general's
party, consisting of Mrs. Miles. Col.
Mans, aide-de-camp, and Mrs. Maus,
nn orderly nnd stenographer, occupied
a special car. After a short stop at
Chicago the patty proceeds to rori
Innd, Ore., nnd thence south to Snn
Francisco, inspecting the const defenso
improvements enroute. On September
HO the party sails on tho transport
Thomas for Manila nnd will return to
Washington about the middle of Jan
uary. Klikon I'rlzn 1'lixlil
A mnss meeting was held In Music,
hall, Louisville, Ky., to protest against
the Corbett-McGovern tlglit tailing
place there. No legal action to prevent
tho bout has yet been Indicated,
though an Injunction may bo asked for.
THE NEWS BOILED DOWN
While returning from hunting, Peter
Peters, who lives ten miles northeast
of Hays, Kan., accidentally dropped
his gun, discharging It, killing ono
nlcco four yenrs old and mortally
wounding another, five years old.
A farmer by the name of W. J. Her
ryman, residing live rcllcs northwest
of Lincoln Center, Kan., had a foot
cut entirely off by a mowing machine.
Ho may survive, though ho Is in bad
condition and his nge is against him.
Tho navy department hns not yet
been advised ofllelally of tho alleged
grounding of the battleship Iowa near
Capo NosBa, llrazll. If the ship sus
tained any serious damngo it Is be
lieved Cantaln Perry would havo
cabled the department.
James Leslie Ingram, the 8-year-old
son of James Ingram, living north
west of Uurllngton, Kan., was in
stantly killed by having his head split
in two. He was playing around his
father's eaun mill nnd his bead got
caught between the specp tho horses
nro hitched to in running tho mill, In
such a way that a knot on the sweeper
crushed his head against n bolt on tho
mill, literally splitting the head open.
Sam Short, a negro prisoner In tho
reforinatory at Hutchinson, Kan.,
made his escapo from tho institution.
He was working in tho sorghum mill
when an offlror rodo up on a horso
and dismounted. A moment later
Short leaped on tho horse's back and
mndo his escape. Ho was seen a few
minutes later by a woman, riding
westward through tho city. Short was
sent up from Wyandotte county for
burglary and larceny about four years
ago.
An engine nnd ten ears of freight on
tho Louisville. Henderson & St. Louis
railway wern derailed at Worthlngton,
Ky.. by a collision with a bull that got
on the track. Fnglneer Hill, of Clover
port, nnd Ilrakeman Leamon ot Louis
ville, wero killed.
Arthur C. Humphreys. Spanish vlco
consul nt oNrfolk, Va., who entertained
Admiral Ccrvera when tho lnttor was
a prisoner of war In this country,
has returned from Spain nnd
characterizes us absurd the stories of
Ccrvera living In poverty. Ho says tho
admiral has nn elegant homo In tho
suburbs of Cadiz.
HENDERSON QUITS
Speaker Declines to Make tho
Raco for Ronomination
AT OUTS WITH DISTRICT
III (Tit on Trim I Uuetlon- t'liiuiiil
I tec
uurlle llltniM'lf to VIi-mn llilil I
t'onnlllueury Oilier Nei of
llrneriil I lit ! rent lo Hi-iiilcrt
A Dubuque, In., Sept. 1(1, special
says: Speaker Henderson, finding that
liln vleu'M In resneet lo the treatment nf
i-iimIm Iiv leilnelnir Hie tariff III whole
r ,MU, ar,, I10t nmin wlth the
lewn of many or his party in Iowa,
has this day declined to accept the
nomination for congress, mid has with
drawn from tho race.
The lollowing letter wns addressed
to C. K. Albiook, chairman of tho no
tification committee, Fhlorndo, la., by
Mr. Henderson:
"My Dear Kir: I havo never un
swerrd the kind notice communicated
by you and your associates advising
me of my iiomtnntlou for the eleventh
time by acelauintlon as the republlenn
candidate for congress for the Third
eougrrsslnnnl dlstrht of Iowa.
Re
ported conditions in the public mind In
my district upon public policies In
duced me to make this delay. Since
my return to tho district I have mniln
u careful study ns to the sentiment
In tho district und state, and I be
lieve there is no little sentiment, nnd
a growing sentiment, among repub
licans that 1 do not truly represent
their views on the tariff (itu-nllon.
"llellovlng this condition to exist
nnd knowing that 1 do not agree with
many of my people I hat trusts, to
which 1 am uud hnve been opposed, enn
be cured, or the people benefited by
freo trade In whole or In part, I must
decline to accept the nomination so
generously nnd enthusiastically made.
I have devoted twenty of the best
years of my life to the service of my
people and my country, and I havo
fought for what I believe to the best
Tor the farmer, the laborer and the
huslmsr, Interests of this district and
stut c.
"1 am grateful for tho devotion that
has ever been accorded me, and to the
hour of my death I will hold In a
great ful heart tho memory of thnt de
votion. 1 will give, laler on. in some
detail my views and convictions on
our conditions nnd on public questions
and will state my reasons why tho
republlenn party and Its policies
should continue in the confidence of
the voters of tho United States ami
why tho doctrines in the democracy
should And no lodgment In the faith
uud teachings of the republican party.
Very truly yours,
"D. II. HFNDFRSON."
Speaker Henderson announced his
wllhdrawnl after u conference of sev
eral hours' duration with Chairman
Glnsser of the congressional commit
tee. Henderson has been contemplat
ing this action for two weeks, but had
intimated nothing or it to his Mends
until yesterday.
DISMISS THE SUIT
Sui'li In Ail Ire (llten In Itefrrrm e lo
Minimum Itiiln Cum
K. P. Unfile nnd I'M P. Smith, the
two attorneys to whom the Nebraska
supremo court referred the taking of
testimony and consideration of points
raised In the litigation Involving the
muximum freight rate law passed in
lK!:t, recommends to the court thnt the
action bo dismissed. This recommenda
tlon Is on the theory that the stato
board of transportation Is a necessary
und component part of the law: that
when tho Nebraska supreme court de
clared that the board was unconstitu
tionally created, It by Implication, de
clared that the whole law wns void.
This is tho suit brought by C. J.
Smyth ngaltiBt the Union Pacllle while
he was attorney general. He nuked that
$080,000 In penalties be assessed against
the rond for alleged violation of the
maximum freight rnto law. Tho ref
erees made no finding on the defense
of the company alleging that the rates
sought to be enforced nre unreason
able. WONDERFUL CONVENTION
A n mini MiilliiRiir I lie lllil- or I'hrlxt
lit Oiiiiiliu lo He lli'conl ItrriiluT
For the first tlmo In the history of
the United States every railroad Iiob
mndo a one-faro rate to a religious con
vention. Tho convention In question is
tho annual Internatlon convention of
the Disciples of Christ, which meets
in Omalia, Neb., October 1.1-23, 1002.
It Is expected that upwards of 30,000
visitors will be in Omaha during the
convention.
Tho convention will be held In the
Coliseum, which has been redecorated
nnd refurnished for the occasion.
The Coliseum wns erected ror Pnttl
to sing In nnd 22,noo peoplo heard her.
Tho first national convention of the
people's party wns held under Us roof.
William MeKlnley spoke to 20.000 peo
ple within its walls. The great Uryan
Thurston debate was held there, and
2.1,000 people crowded In. Its aceoustio
properties are unexcelled.
The Disciples of Christ In tho United
Stntes number 1,300.000. They havo
O.r.oo pnstors, 10.(100 church organiza
tions. 0,000 church buildings, hundreds
of schools and colleges and numerous
mlBslonary stations In foreign llelds.
AetH I'nrt of Ailvlnor
John P. Jnnsen, of Jnnsen, Neb.,
state representative to the Paris ex
position, has gone to the Yorkton dis
trict, Manitoba, to co-operate with tho
immigration olllciuls lutrying to Indueo
tho Doukhoborn to glvo up tho fanat
ical IdeaB which have possesBed them
of Inte. Published reports of the crazy
and unaccountable actions of tho Douk
honors have brought him from Ne
braska nnd ho will try to dissundo them
from chasing away their rattle and
leaving themselves destitute of food
the coming winter.
NICHOLAS FISH DEAD
llllli-il In it llUftriii'ofiil II nut I m
Nw '
York Hiiloon
A New York, Sept. (1, dispatch pays:
Nicholas Fish, banker; head of one of
the oldest and wealthiest of tho linie.l,
eibocker fnmily, brother or Stuyvesant
Fish, president of the Illinois Control;
father of Hamilton Fish, the heroin
young man who lost his life In tho
notable chaige at Las (luaslmas, died
nt the KoiMcvoli hospital ut. 2:1.1
o'clock this morning after an operation
following Injuries sustained to his skull
In u saloon ami restaurant at Ut'.ri West.
Thlrty-fouilh street, late ycstenlay
afternoon
The police eaily this morning nnest
ed Thomas Sharkey, who they declare.
Is the banker's nitsallaiil,
According to Proprietor Krhunll ot
tho saloon. Fish, accompanied by two
women known In the neighborhood,
came Into the place uud ordered tlrlulm
nnd food at 3 o'clock. He remained ai
tho table until live, when n man, whom
bubltues of (he place recognized an a
frequent companion of women, came In.
walked to the table and engnged In an
argument with the banker, finally
striking him. Fish started to wall,
outside, when his assailant struck him
again, knocking him to the sldewall.
nnd fracturing his skull.
Fish was lemoved lo a ho'Dltal anil
tho affair suppressed. Mrs. Fish waw
summoned fiom Tuxedo Park uud guvo
her consent to nn operation.
Sharkey Is aged forty-eight Mrs.
Llbble Sleight, alias Phillips, and Nel
lie Casey, said to have been the woman
with Fish, are also under nrrest.
Nicholas Fish was the eldest son of
the late Hamilton Fish, governor or
New York. United Stntes senator ami
secretary or state In Grant's cabinet .
Ilo wns born in New York In 184H. In
1S71 be was appointed second secretary
or the legation at Ilerlln uud thnv
years later beenme secretary. From
1S77 to ISSI he wns United Stales:
charge d'alTulis in Switzerland nnd
from 18H2 to IHHii United Stntes minis
ter to llelglum.
Coroner Jackson Ibis morning held
Shnrkey In $10,000 bull to nwnlt the
grand Jury's action. The women worn
held In $.10(1 each.
ALL ARE WELL
l.li-iileiiiiiit I'enry Homeward Ilotinil uml
Nenilx MeftRitKit
A New York. Sept. IB, dispatch says:
Herbert I. llrldgnmnu, secretary of tho
Peary Arctic club, received a dispatch
today from Lieut. R. K. Peary, thu
Arctic explorer, dated Chateau luiy.
Labrador. Lieutenant I'eary says in
the dispatch that ho Is on his way homo
on the relief ship Windward uud tluiL
ail on board nre well.
Ueyoud that contained In the dis
patch received today, Mr. Hiidgmttii
bus no Information ns to the move
ments of the explorer, who sailed with
his expedition to tho north pole July
Uh. 18'JH.
The relief nhlp Windward left No
York In July last.
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lliinilri-ilK Am llwul
The list of the victims of the fores
llres In Oregon and Washington will
number hundreds. In the vicinity of
Knlania. Wash., thirty-eight bodlc
linvo been found and around Van
couver, Wash., sixteen deaths nre re
torted. In other district the loss.. Ik
proportionately heavy, while scores of
farmers, woodsmen and campers nro
missing. The property loss Is esti
mated at three millions. Vast forests
or valuable timber havo been wiped,
out.
Meek AhhIhIiiiii'O
Forest fires continue to rage in differ
ent section of Colorado. A vast Btrip
of territory has been burned over. Sev
eral summer resorts nre in danger.
Along the Wyoming lines flames aro
consuming vast tracts or vnluuhlo
timber und the governors of Colorado
nnd Wyoming have decided to ask the
secretnry of the Interior for aid. Smolm
from the llres obscures the sun at
Cheyenne and the odor of burning
wood Is plainly noticeable, though tliu
nearest fire Is many miles away.
Corn Ih Nlppmt
The national weather bureau's :ro
report Tuesday states that frosts havu
damaged crops in the northwest ami
Mlsslsslpl vnlley as far south ns Ar
skull in a sadTRIc 7-Hzatlo-o.Mknol
kausns. Ohio, fndlana, Illinois, Mis
souri and Kansas escuped Injury ex
cepting in the northern portions when
late corn has been damaged. In Iowa,
northern Nebraska, the Dakotus nnd
Wisconsin Into corn has been serious
ly injured. Very cool weather checked
the opening ot cotton in central and
western portions of the cotton region
llmi Oirrliy Nivlteli llimlne
I'M win H. Ives, trainmnster of tho
middle division of the Snntu Fe rail
way system, wns killed nt Kmporla by
being run over by a switch engine ami
K. Austin, trainmaster of the eastern
division, who3o homo Is ut Topeku.
wns struck by tho engine uud hurt, but
not BerlouBly. The men bad stepped
off ono track in tho yards to avoid
a train and stepped in front of an
other. Strlkn I)r liinil OIT
A Bpeelal report from LIiiiBtoii.
Mont., Bays:
"Lato Tuesday the strike of machin
ists In the shops of the Northern Pa
cific railway was declared off, and tho
men resumed work with the exception
of eight, who have relnsed to nn-opt.
tho decision or Vice President Wilson
of the international machinists union,
who declared the machinists were in
error in walking out.
HIryi'INt Hllleil
While racing from a wMlnB at 81.
Paul's church north of Norfo k. Neb
Otto Zuelow. who wns on n bicycle in
front of a team, was struck senselesK
and did not recover consclouness tm I
toward., evening. It Ib thought he will
recover.
Kiiiiniin Town Hiiriiml
Abbeyville, the third largest town
in Reno county, was almost totally de
stroye'l y (he. Seven retail BtoreH
were biiKied. The losses aggregate
$G0.O0O.
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