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5WWBJ r Vi, I ACTS ON THE DEFENSE CAUSE OF THE CUBAN REBELS IS NOT HOPELESS. The Insurrection St rone nnil llnlly Gain ing aronnU-A Letter Frnm tlio Ishiml Sets I'orth tlio btluntlon l'tnlnly Itetolutlnntst Heretofore Humane America to Ho Appealed, to for llelllg crcnt Itlghts Losses of Spain Thus Far. OUR PRODUCTS ABROAD. Spain on tlio Defense. CnicAao. Any. 81. Jonquln A. Vcr ffns, ox-Moxionn consul bore, has re ceived a letter from a friend near to the high Spanish officials in Havana. It is dated August 22, find has this to say of the progress of the Insurrection on that island: "The insurrection is , itrong and dally gaining ground. As a'fyroof. oyer sinro the very beginning the government forces are the ones who arc on the defensive, while the iiiturgenls are the attacking party. Spain begun active measuroG to quell the rebellion February 21 last with hn army of over 70,000 men. regular and volunteers. Of those, though, by buttl &tad discasu, she has lust in .six months about 18,000 man. In Roma localities the troops have found them selves in such perilous situatious that many of the soldiers and some of the oilkcrs have suicided, while others haiclost their reason. The Cubans have fought with unexumplod bravt ry, and have so far conducted themselves with manliness and honor. For in stance, the Spaniards left their wounded comrades on the field to die. They are taken in mid eared for by the Cubans, and when restored are set tit liberty. Hut this humane conduct is not likely to last, for Martinez, Cam pos' party is continually working on the Cubans to get them to institute a veritable reign of terror. If that hap pens, the torch will be applied broad east over the whole island and no (Spaniard will then bu spared." , THIRTEEN MEN DROWNED. STORY OP DARK CRIMES, Tivo Colorado lilacs Kiigulfoi by n Hushing Torrent. Cc.VTnAr. City, Col.. Aug. 31. Tho accidental Hooding of tho America and Sleepy Hollow mines yesterday afternoon caused the death, it is be lieved, of thirteen miners. Every ef fort is being made to rescue the unfoi tunnte men, but littlo hope is enter tained. A littlo after 3 o'clock the water in the lower workings of Fisk mine, east of the main shaft, broke through the old workings of a vein that has not been worked for a nuin her of years. Coursing eastward it struck the Americus, where two Italian miners, w hose nnmes have not been learned, were at work in tho lower part of the shaft. They wero both drowned. In its course tho water diverted to the Sleepy Hollow mine, the easterly por tion of the Fisk vein. Fourteen men wero working in tho Sleepy Hollow, three of whom escaped. A courier was . , eimtjAojthoudjaeent mines and nil the workmen1 escaped. The rescuer who first descended in the bucket. Mr. 11. 1. Risk, was found a; the 320 foot level. On reaching tlio surface ho was almost in an iusenslblc Plate. Other volunteers wont down aftcrwnrd, but were not successful In reaching a lower point in tho shaft, owing to tho raising of the water. Ex tra water buckets were sent for and brought to the mine, which are now wot king with a view to lowering tho water. GUMRY OWNERS BLAMED. They Aro Censured for Kinplnylng an Incompetent Kuglnccr. Dknvkh, Col., Aug. 31. Tho cor oner's jury, after six days' investiga tion of tho Gumry hotel disaster, made its report last evening. It says th .t the testimony was conflicting and that it is impossible to fix tlio responsibility for the disaster on any one person, but thut tlio owners, Peter Gumry and It. C. Grenier, were blamablo for re quiring of their engineer sixteen hours' work out of twenty-four, und for em ploying an inexperienced engineer, whoso habits wero dissipated and un reliable. Engineer Hellmtith Loeseher, the re port says, hud been drinking on tho night of the disaster, and further ho had not examined tho safety valvo to the boiler for two months, proving him to be unfit to occupy any position of responsibility, 'ihe citv boiler in spector is censured for failing to in spect tlio boiler after recent repairs wero made upon it. Tho report closes with a recommendation that an or dinance be passed regulating tho use of steam boilers. LOVE PO l luW HOISON. Continents nnit Criticisms of tlio Amor lean Consul at Liverpool. Washington, Aug. 31. Tho mar kets for United stoics products in Great llritainnro roviewed in detail in recont consular reports. At Liverpool cattlo from this country arc re ported as superior to tho nativo cattle, tho latter including many immaturo and young animals slaugh tered for food and also a greater pro portion of old animals. Consul Noalat Liverpool reports, however, that sheep from tho United States and othcrcoun tries do not eomparo favorably with tlio llrltlsh, Inciting tasto and tender ness, ami it is mtirirostod by experi enced men that this might bo greatly improved by shipping thoshcop young er, say 1 or 2 years old. Largo quantities of apnlos arc re ceived from various countries of Europe, but tho importations appear to be regulated by tlio size of the ap ple orop in tho United States. Ameri can apples command the hlghust prices. Forty-fivo per cent of tho wheat and ninety per cent of tho Hour in the Liverpool consular district come from tho United States. Consumers depend to a largo extent on the importations of bacon and ham from tho United States and Canada. The'strongest objection made by tho Liverpool trade to hog meats packed In tho Unitod States is that of insuffi cient curing. Tho consumption of Amerienn canned ments is falling oil .tnd that of Australia is increasing, due largely torolativoly high prices of American goods. Cousul Neal recom mends that tho Unitod States make more of the finest goo.ls for export to compote with other simply sources. SEIZED BY GERMANY. An Amerienn Cltlren Thrown Into 1'rlsim ut Hamburg. Decatuii, Intl., Aug. 3L R. M. Romberg, a prominent livery man of this city, left hero about two months ago to visit his old homo at Hamburg, Germany. Word has just been re ceived hero that ho has been taken b tho German officials and sent to prison for twelve years. Tho erlmo with which ho is charged is that of whip ping an official in the army prior to his eomincr to this country. Romberg came hero about twelve yenrs ago, and has during Lin stay here accumulated quite a fortune. Ho is a prominent member of tho Democratic county cen tral committee. Ho has n wife and five small children hero who are wild over the news. FIVE RECEIVERS NAMED. Juilco Sanborn's (Inter In tlio St. Joseph mill Grand Inland Mutter. Omaha. Neb., Aug. 31. The order of Judge Sanborn of tho United States circuit court in the ease of tho Central Trust company of New York agninst the St. Joseph and Grand Island has been tiled in thu circuit court of No bruska. The order provides that the live Union Pacific receivers be ap pointed receivers of all the property and franchises of tho compuny, and direuted to maintain and operate such lines and property until otherwise or dered by tho court, ns a part of the Union Pacific system. Iluut-l Itrtcrsva Iteportctl. Havana, Aug. 31. General Antonio iMaceo attacked Plantation Union near San Luis. The garrison of the fort, fifty-nine iV. number, for three hours sustained Che tiro of tlio insurgents, who finally retired, leaving among the killed Lieutenant Juan Vega ami among tho wounded Captain Marces Hamier, who died soon afterwards. Slv sharpshooters and swordsmen of the command of Lieutenant Colonel Tejera recently succeeded in ambush ing and killing the insurgent Lieuten ant Rablo Lauondo. Tlio insurgents succeeded in making their escape through tho country districts, but troops are in pursuit. A WliuUiill for n Hunk. PAiNKbViu.r.. Ohio, Aug. 31. Whon the Palnesvlllo Savings bank cnllapned four years ago anung tho assets found was SL'iO.OOO worth of stock in a West ern mine. At that time the mine wns thought to be worthless, but it is pay ing a fair dividend, and the stocK is nearly at par. The indication; aro thnt the depositors in tho wrocked bank will secure a good dividend, with the prospects that ultimately they may receive their deposits back in full. Convict Connection 1 tlio A South Dakota Girl Nearly Kill Object of Her Affections. Sioux dry, Iowa, Aug. 31. For aotno time Lena Dnhl, daughter of a fanner living near Wcstfield, S. D., had loved Henry Halseth, a young and prosperous neighbor. Last weolc she visited a mudium and bought from her an alleged lovo potion. Tuesday she succeeded in putting the stuff into a boitlo of coin coffee, which ho took with his luuch to tho Holds whoto he was harvesting. Then alio watched him from behind a hedge. At noon he drank tho coffee. Soon nflorwurd HnUoih became seriously ill. A few drop, of the liquor still remained in tho bottle and a brief investigation showed that strychnine entered large ly in:o its composition. The iortune tailor deoampuU when she heard what hnd happened. The girl has not been nrresteU nor has she Wwii llaLath's love. Sul:itlou Army Cmnlry. Dkxveii, Col., Aug. 31. Tho Salva tion urmy of Denver organized a caval ry corps of young womtn yesterday and last night Urlgadior General French of St. Louis dedicated the now branch of tho servico at tho First Ilap tist church, which was hardly largo enough to accommodate tho crowd. This corps enjoys the distinction of be ing tho only mounted Salvation army fighters in tho world. BANKER FRANCE DEAD. The lining Man tVu Killed. Git.v.ND Rapids. Mich., Aug. 31. John Smallcy, the supposed train rob ber, killed by deputy sheriffs at Mc lialn, was, it has been learned, at lit-inton visiting his old neighbors last week at tho time of the hold-up anil until after the killing of Detective Powers in this city. Tho train rob lcr.s and the murderer of Detective Powers are still at large and tho offi cers have us yot obtained no definite elno us to their identity. M'hlto Cnpi to 1 1'rosccutcd. ExrKi.sion SpittNOS, Mo., Aug. 31. Nothing has been heard from tlio two mon who woro taken from tho city jail hero and whipped Tuosday night. Tho colored people are highly in censed and have taken steps to have it legally investigated. Vllrn Tells of Ills With Holme. LiTTi.K Rock, Ark., Aug. 20. J. C, Allou, alias Caldnoll, the convict sor" Ing a ten yenrs' setttoneo hero f r horse stealing, hns mado n statement to Warden Moore 111 tegard to 11. 11, Holmea and his operations. Tho war don belioves tho man knows a great deal more thnu he has told, but he hail tin- statement put in writing, mid to Allen and verified in every pnrtlculnr. He first met Holmes under the naino of Pratt in Tennosseo in lha lull of lsos. About three weeks afterward Holmes, Piotzel, .Mlnnlo Williams nnd Allen met in St. Joseph and Minnie's Fort Worth ptor-erty was deeded to Allen in the name of A. E. lloud. Tho deal was made with tho understand ing all around that it was to bo swind ling operation After making trips to Leadvtlle and Denver tlioy wont to Fort Worth. '1'letr.el's conduct nt Fort Worth caused Holmes to send him to Ktuuiu City. While in Kansas City Plctxul wrote several throntoning loiters to Holme-, in which he said that ho wouid turn up till the rascality unless Holmes sent him money. Plct.-.el was furnished money three times sent by mc at Holmes' rouuost. Holmes vis ited Piateel ut Kansas City to got liltn to sign the necessary papers to securo a lo.in of sJln.oOO on tho Port Worth property. While Pietzel wns in Knn ms City", Holmes and Pal Qujnlun, who had joined us at Fort Worth n short time before we left that place, had several talks abont putting FleUel out of tho way, because Holmes had bo come afraid of him on account of his drinking too much nnd knowing too much. (It was known to us all thnt Pietzol carried a 810,000 life in surance policy). At oui Inst talk upon this subject, thrco days before leaving Port Worth, it wns understood thnt Pietzol was to bo killed. I was selected to assist Holmes in doing tho job, but in what manner it wns lo bo done was not definitely settled, only that Hoimes remarked that ho had something that would mnko tho job casv, and a hirgo trunk wns purchased In Port Worth in which to place Plot zcl's body after being killed. At this noint Holmes patted mo on the back nn-t said: 'Mascot, it is S10.000 and a trip to Long llrnnch, nnd from there to California and moro buildings. That night I advised Holmes to quit tho busltiebs, as lie hail enough money not to resort to murder, lie replied that ho had been at the business so long that It had become porfeetly natural to him, nnd ho would not qu t "Tho plan ngrced upon to dispose of Pietzol was tliat we ware to meet, mm in St. Louis and together go from there to Chicago, where ho was to be Mixed.' It was between Foit Worth and Denison thnt Holmes told mo that 1 must have my life Insured for SlO.OOO in favor of my littlo niece. Remembering the largo trunk bought for Pietzel's body, 1 determined to part company with Holmes, which I did nt Denison. and I havo never seen him since, but received as many as three letters from him. "The hist time I saw Minnie Will iams was at our meeting in St. Joseph. Holmns told her that she must leave the United States for a period of three ,. 4a.u i- 1twllr SI till Sl(ritlI llttrtll unwijMift ...iv.... ... "t," .... .... i the crimo, as mc country to wnicn mio siiiiuiu fero. 1 went to this depot with her, while liolmos hrught tier ticltet and checked her baggn.T'S but where to I did nrt know, w'nllo nt Fort Worth I r three letters from Minnio Williams Holmes. They purported to bo fioai India, the pluoo 1 havo forgotten. If Minnie Williams is dead sho haB been put out of tho way since this excite ment wns gotten up in regard to Holmes. "The building in Chicago known as the 'Castlo' win creeled especially for n 'death trap.' and during my associa tion with Holmes I was in it uftrn.and in fact occupied a room theie. A stranger to the city during the worlds fair wtis decoyed into the oustlo and murdered for his money. He did not have as much money us Holmes thought only $3,700. A bright little bov wns enticed into the castle during the fair and held in u room for fivo days for a reward for his recovery. N reward being offered they wero afraid to turn him out and tl.n gas was turned into his room ut night and ho was suffocated. I could mention other such cases of crime com mitted in tho 'castle' nnd discussed in my presence, but theso ate sufficient except one, and that was of Nannie Williams The catu-c of her killing, us explained by Holmes, was that one of the girls must be nut out of tho way and that ho could manngo Minnie easier than he could Nnnnio. innio Williams was era.v in lovo with llolnns and sho was Jealous of bet' sis ter, as Holmes was paying her some attention too. Ho took particular pains to increase her jealo.isv to work hor up to tlio pour, of jutting Nnnnio out of tho way." Alien concluded by saying that every word in his statement was true and that he did not make it to secure a pardon; that ho knew Governor Clarko too well to bollovo that ho would issue a pardon unless tho evi dence) would break Holmes' t-.eck. THE NEW COMMANDER A KENTUCKtAN CHOSEN CHIEF OF THE TEMPLARS. IIo Vfns Circled by n l'rnctlcatly I'nnnt nionpi Vote I'ltUlmrg Snleeteil ns tlm 1'lnCn fur tlm Next lineHinpment ltnlu Soineirhnt Dampens tlm linjojinent of tho Knight I'olnts of Interest Visited nbotit llostnn. NEBRASKA IRRIGATION LAW. Itccent LATEST HOLMES FIND. Tho Nor Commander. . Hostox, Aug. 80. Tho grand on campmctit of Knight Templar, at its session this morning, elected Right Eminent Sir Warron Lartio Thomas of Kentucky, graud master to bucccciI Most Eminent Sir Hugh MeCurdy. Three hundred ballots wero east, of which tho successful cnudidato re ceived 205. Very Eminont Sir Reuben II. Llojd of San Francisco, was ohoson deputy grand commander. Pittsburg wns then chosen on tho first ballot as tho conclave city in 1S03. The following officers wero elected: Deputy grand commutidor, Very Emi nont Sir Reuben II. Lloyd of Snn Francisco; grand genoKtlisslnio, "Very imminent Sir Henry 1). btodilartl or Texas; grand captain general, Very Eminont Sir Oeorgo M. Moulton of Illinois! grand senior warden, Very Eminent Sir Henry W. Rugg of Rhode Island; grand junior warden, Very Eminent Sir W. II. Melish of Cincin nati, Ohio; grand treasurer, Very Emi nent Sir II. Wales Lines of Meriduu, Conn., re-elected. A dull gray sky and n ram-soaked earth rather discouraged the Knights when they tinned out for tho tiny. Illnck and whito plumes and closely fitting uniform coat gave way to fa tigue caps and business suits. Out-of-town excursions were as numerous und as attractive as yesterday. Golden Gato commundery of San Francisco visited llrockton, whero tho members wero entertained by Ray yiato cotn mandory. Cambridge comtnandry took Its guests, Washington of Atchi son, Kan., on u trip to Silver Springs, R. L, for a fish dinner. Tho Knights of Arkansas and Texas, wlth4 their ladies, wero welcomed at Lowell by the directors of tho Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company. Luncheon was served at Lakoview, und tho party wns escorted down tho Mtirimac valley to Lawrence. Some of the Arkansas commaudurles and those from Toronto, Canada, visited Worcester ns tho guests of tho Wor cester county commanderv Tonight tho exodus of knights be gun, several commanderies leaving for home. Largo numbers will go to morrow, but many of the delegations, especially those ftom Wcsturn states, will disband bore. TRAIN ROBBERS SENT UP. Qulelt Justleo Metctl Out to tho Nebraska Ilntiillti (Iltcn Ten Years. NoitTit Platte. Neb., Aug. 30. Hnns nnd Kuute Knuteson, tho two young Nebraska farmers who held up tho overland express on tho Union Pacific nt llrndy Island one week ngo, wero taken to tho penitentiary last evening, with a sentenco of ten years eaen for They pleaded guilty. Tho proof of guilt wus absolute. They mid they woro Impelled to do tho work by tho knowledge thnt u great fovtuno might easily bo made. They said thoy secured loss than 830 ftom tho safe which they blew opon in the express car. Tho through safes, which resisted their efforts, wero filled with treasure Tho boys have worked on farms in tho sand hills several years and were not re garded as desperate characters such as their bold conduct in holding up tin express train crowded with people in dicates them to bo. They said they had been camping near Gothenburg for more than u week previous to the robbery, and one of them, Kntttc, did considerable trading, visiting tho stores so often that ho becutno woll known to several of tho merchants. 'I hey took tho wheels off tho wagon in which they had been sleeping, nnd, together with tlio body conceuled them n the woc-ds near camp where they Vi ere afterward discovered. Middling tho two horses they rodo toward llrndy Island, at which point the train was boarded. Tho horses were con cealed In a deserted barn about two miles oast of the place whero tho rob bery afterward took place. Thon thoy proceeded lo hold tip tho train in the most approved style PANIC IN A CIRCUS TENT. It Is to he Tested In Vlur of n .Itulleliil Decision. Omaha, Sept . Coimtcrnntlon has spread among irrigation promoters of tho west owing to u lata decision of Judgo Ross of the Uilttod Stutcs court for California, in which ho tnkea tho startling position that irrigation bonds tiro worthless becauBO Ustted under an unconstitutional law. The decision has caused a ttir not only in the state of California, whero millions of property are affected, but in many of tlio western states whloh have copied after tho Wright law of California. Nebraska is in tills list along with Oregon, Washington, Utah, Kansas nnd North nnd South Dakota. Efforts to test tho constitutionality of Nebraska's irrigation law uro now being actively pushed. At Ognlalla tho care of tho Alfalfa irrigation dis trict is soon to bo nrgued. This caso involves tho Issuance of bonds upon about 7,000 acres of land. Tho princi ple established in the decision of this onso will bo eairorly watched for by tho promoters of enterprises of even groator magnitude, particularly by tho promo ters of the Golden district, extending through Drown, Rock nnd Holt coun ties nnd covering AOO.OOO acres of Nobraska's choicost lands. Tho uniform decision of tho stato courts has been favorable to tho laws relating to tho construction of ditches by public corporations organized with powers similar to those of a municipal corporation, within the particular sphero In which the irrigation work is undertaken. When, therefore, about two weeks ago Judgo Ross in tho Unitod States court handed down an opposite opinion nn outcry was raised such as is seldom heard. J no columns oi too western press teemed with udvorso comments. Judgo Ross undertook to hold that such an irrigation enterprise was not a public improvement, of pub lie moment, public concern and for pub lic purposes. Ho decided that the law conflicted with the first section of tho fourteenth amendmont to tho federal constitution, which provides that "no Ktntn kIihII (iom-tvn ntiv nerson of life. liberty or nroporty without duo process of law." Without considering the Btu pondous benefits to tho land and the almost fabulous increase of property valuations nnd of population, ho simply stated that tlio law was for tho benefit of thoso whoso land needed to bo over llowcd, nnd so wns of prlvato concern. Tho effect of such a decision if left to stand would bo to completely overturn irrigation schemes. Even now tho Al falfa district, which has prepared its bonds for issuance, withholds them, awaiting tho determination of tho Ne braska courts, nnd possibly of tho United Stntcs court. Georgo W. Shields of this city will go to Ogalalla to arguo in favor oi tlio irrigation law passcu nt tho last session of tho legislature. Ho appears for tho Alfalfa irrigation cor poration nnd belioves that the courts will not follow tho Into decision of Judgo Ross. "Tho difference between tho opera tions of a public nnd a prlvato corpora tion in irrigation matters," sayB Mr. Shields, "is remarkable Tho prlvato corporations aro usually composed of foreigners und their enterprlso costs from 30 to 830 per acre. Our enterprise will cost but S.J per acre. Iduho irri gates fiOO.OOO acres in ono district. It costs 3 nnd twenty miles of the cnnal went through solid rock. Wo will probably arguo this question historic ally and show that in all sxgrfc lrrlra-" tlon iins been considered of immense public utility." Tho Uunmlns of Howard Vlet.tl l'onnrt In Imllnnnpolls. ( IwniANAi'Oi.ts, Intl., Aug. 20. In dlanapolls will claim tho right to try II. II. Holmes for murder. This olnltri will bo based upon tho hourlblu dol velopmonUi of yesterday, which In clude the finding of tho charred remains of 0-ycar-old Howard PIdtrol nnd ovldenco which before any jury In the country would convict II. II. Holmes of having murdered him 'and then having vartially burned his body in n stovo. Detectives Govcr of Philadelphia, Rleluirds of Indianapolis nnd Inspector Gary of the Fidelity Insurance com pany have been at work for weeks hunting for traces of tho hoy's body. Ilo wns traced hero with Holmes nntl dlsnppeored. Tho city was scoured and work began In tho suburbs hunt ing for a house rented by llolmos on October 10, ll or 13 of last yonr. Yoston- morning tho detectives went to lrvlngton, a pretty suburb of tho city and the seat of Hutlor college, nnd be'foro they had been nt work nn hour their attention was called by a local teal estate dealer to a smuU va cant eott ngo situated in the woods nt tho edge of the town nnd far removed from any other dwelling, Tho party wont to the house, and n few inlnutas later tho officers found beneath tho sido poroh tho mleslng trunk which was taken from tho bUIo door of tho Circle houso in this city October 10 by II. II. Holmes, and which was thought to contain tho body of tho boy. In a barn connected with tho houso is a large stove of cyllndorlcal shano of tho saino pattern us Holmes bought in Ciuelnnuli. IIo rented tho houso under tho sumo alias, The stovo had been moved from tho houso to tho Btable by tho owner of tho houso nftor Holmes loft. It was ntonco concluded thnt tho body had been burned in tho stove, nnd search was began for tho remains. Last evening Dr. J. F. UnrnhlU's at tention was called by a small boy named Walter Jenny to tho stovo holo whero tho stovo had boen. It was filled with refuse. This wus pulled out and tho remains of tho boy woro found. Physlclnns nnd dentists wero there, and In this pllo of rofiue hun dreds of pieces of charred bones woro found. Tho teeth showed that the body wna that of n boy between 6 nnd 10 years of ago, and nil thu other bones con firmed this. All wero charred, nnd ideces of Ucsh clung to some of them. The skull bono and polvls ndded to tho same convincing truth. Tho body had evidently been burned In n cob fire, nnd in 'tho huge stovo found In tho barn. Howard's overcoat was found at n grocery storo near by, whero Holmes had loft it, saying tlio boy would call for it. IIo never came Ownors of tho houso rccotrnizo Holmes from pict ures, and Foverul neighbors distinctly remember his face. All identify him an tho man who last October rented tho houso with tho same story ho told In Toronto and other places, eamo with tho bdy nnd big stove, wash stand and bed, stayed two days and thon dlsap- eared. beveu pcopiu uavu mcnuuoa m. and all doubt Is removed. Other F,i Tho St. uOftCph, Mo., I'inunclor, Stricken Suddenly With Ilourt Disease. St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 31.- Charlos 11. Franco, for many yoa-s president of the State National batik of this city and one of tho richest meu in thiso ty, diod suddenly this morning. His uenlh was ontlrely unexpected and was duo to heart dWease. He was 5S years old. He leaves u wife and two chil dren, who will inhorlt ono of the rich est estates in the Platte purchase. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. The stonmer Unwnliiore, ashore in Oregon, is a total loss. Rain deluged the Johnson county, Kuu., fair exhibits at Olathe. Tho Kentucky Democratic state com mittee issued an address to the party, pleading for harmony. It is said that thu administration is going to turn down General Miles in selecting a successor to General Scho Hold. Four prisoners escaped from tho Stoddard county, Missouri, jail by saw ing the bars in two. Welcome to Jtlshop Ifogan. Kansas Citv, Mo., Aug. SO. Ilishop Jatiics J. Ilogan of tliOjdloceso of Kan sas City, returned last night ftom a year's absence in Europe, and wus ac corded u reception such as no other man in a like position ever received In Kuntns City. A multitude of thu pur ishnnors of the diocese met him ut tno Ui.ion dopot; 11,000 of them escorted him llnough the city streets, while numberless persons bade him weloomo as tho procession moved to the cathe dral. The entry was a triumphal one, and overy Catholic in tho city, lntgo and small, old and young, added his or hor quota to tlio gonorul greeting. Tho Oitlcer In Clmrgo of the Mown In dians Iteported Murdered. Ki. 11e.no. Ok., Aug. to. It was re ported horo to-day that Captain Raid win, U, S. A., acting ngent nt the Kiowa, Comanche and Apacho agency at Anadarko, had been murdered last night by tho Indians. Tho report lacks verification us yet, but federal officers credit it, except that they be lieve tho murder was committed by gamblers and whisky peddlera-ngainst whom Captain Baldwin had been wag ing war for 6ome time. A large party of deputy marshals is on tho way to that country. Cloudburst and Tornado nt Uloonilngton, HI. Tiro I.Ives Lost. Bloominoton, 111., Aug. 30 A cloudburst, accompanied by a tornado, swopt tho vicinity of ltloomington yes terday aftetaioon, raging torrents filling tho dry water courses in a few minutes, sweeping away trees and tho tents of tho Wild West show at tho fair grounds. Fivo thousand people were panic stricken and drenched, but miraculously escaped Injury and death. A ravino near Millor park filled and overllowed Morris avenue. MmcIuuics Riddle nnd Roberts, of Hoy worth were driving homo witli daughters, aged 2 und 7 yoars, re spectively, whon their bujrgy was swept from tho bridge by tho Hood. Tho children wero drowned and tho women toscuud with difficulty. Streams in tlio country have fillod tho valleys so as to almost swim horses. A NATIONAL WATERWAY. Koiort of tlio Ito.trd of irnglueers on tho Chicago Drainage Canal. WA8IH.NOTON, Aug, 30. The report of thu bonrd of engineers, consisting of Colonel Poo und Mujors Ruffner and Marshall, appointed by tho secretary of war to examine and report the probable effect of the Chicago drainage canal upon lake harbor levels, was mudo public by Secretary Lamout yes teiday. Tho board suggests that tho caual is not solely a state affair, but says that as soon as It shall be used for navigation it will become n na tional waterway, and that federal su pervision must bo extended to it in duo time. Tlio hoard discusses at some leugth tho water lovels of tho Great lakes, pointing out that theso levels aro n delicato matter and sub ject to many changes. Tho report makes no definite sug gestions excont to point out tho neces sity for actual measurement to doter tnlno tlio effect of the canal upon tho lake ami harbor levels. developments uro expected, nnd with this evldcnco Indianapolis will do muud Holmes-for trial. A Successful House. Mr. Olmsted, of llcntloy & Olmsted, has just returned from Chicago, whero ho went to meut n buyer of a largo westcrp concern, and inspito of tho strongest competition Air. Olmsted brought back tho order, amounting to over SS.O00, of shoes and rubber goods. Tho Des Moines Leader. Arthur Master, son of Lord Arthur Master of Loudon, England, and sec ond cousin to thomarquisof Salisbury, fell from a second story window at Middlesboro, Ky., and was fatally in jured. LlVK STOCK JHV ritODCCUMAUKKT Quotations from "eir Vork, Chicago, . Luuls. Oiniihu nnd IMsewhore. OMAHA St. Mutter Crenmery separator., hutterl air lo pood country. 1-KliR l'resh Honey California, per B llcnk Live, per lb .sprlw? Chickens, per Hi Loinons Clmlco Mc&slnas..... Apples nor bbl Oiunuos tflorlilas, per box.... 1 minor.- 'uv ..... Watermelons-per doxen 13 1J 10 II 0 u 7 0) 203, SAO 23 2 01 20 111 OK 10 ft & ki a p 7 60 2 2.1 WJ 00 kl 3) CS 2 50 henna-Navy, hutid-plckod. bu 2 (0 f 2 V) EXPORTATION OF BEEF. Hundreds of Houses llurned. A JtSTBitDAM, Aug 30 . Firo at Hooge, Sewaluwc, Rrnbaut. has destroyed .'413 houses. Fifty famillos have been ren dered homeless. No loss of lifts is re uoi ted. Tb,u Luad Production Increasing. Washington, Aug. JO. A bulletin Aas been issued by the geological sur vey, giving tho production of lead for the first six months of 1605. It shows that tho total production was 103,000 tons, of which b3,000 tons were of de silverized lead and 18,000 tons of soft lead. Seventeen thousand fivo hun dred tons of this wore refined iu bond, The remainder being obtained from American base bullion. The total pro duct Is an increase of 4.S00 tons over the first 6ix months of 1b91, and an In crease of 6,000 tons from tho first six months of 1803, Secretary Morton Issues nn Important Order on tho Subject. Washington, Aug. 30. An import ant order giving full protection to foreign consutnors of American meat products was issued by Secretary Mor ton yesterday. It will provont the ex portation of any beef that is not in spected, and will cause tho exporters of horse moat to mark the puokngos that the naturo of the contents shall bu apparent. mi ll. , Federal Ofllcers Complain, Washington-, Aug. 30. A decision mado by tho comptroller of the treas ury that tho statuto allowing doublo foes to Unitod States marshals, dis trict attorneys nnd clerks In the far Western statos and territories of Washington, Oregon, California, Wyo ming, Montana, Idaho, North and South Dakota, New Mexico. Arizona, I tab and Ntivada did not npply to u ilouge, hns caused much dlssatisfuc ion atnontr thoso officials. ................ ...... ...... 0 00 40 10 175 fO 4 r 4 01 200 3 (10 1 21 2 60 200 1 23 2 01 300 3 00 2&0 liny Upland, per ton unions i or ou thceso Nob. A. la., full cream l'lnoupplos per dor. Tomatoes per bushel Hogs Sllxed packing.,. Hoc Heavy weights ......... htevcs-stocUersunu feeders, lieuf fctcors mills.. mux i taives l CJ IT ) Heifers Wisturr.s ttiouu Lamb tui'op Choice natives 01I1OAOU Wheat No.2. spring GO Corn for ou i ..... i itp tin 1'ork ? S l.urd .............. - hops I'ackers and mixed 4 3U Liutlo Native sicors. 3 w Micup l.iuno J theup Natives 2 50 MW VOUK. Wheat. No. 2. red wiutcr....... ffi Corn No. ....................... in i ..... ....... ..... 1 oru i w l.urd. ........ " t w fcT. LOUIS. Wheat No 2red,cash 01 Corn Per bu ! tiuts l'or bu l liitncMlied nnclnnr: 4 0) t attle llefv btoer 3 78 Hum MtMJdnutlvas 2 2.1 00 0 11 a oo U 460 di 4 W (ft 3CJ (S 4 S3 U!S0 t 3 00 iii'J) & 3 70 tl 3C0 s 480 45 300 e 0Kfe 20K an ais 21 a 9 iTZ'i a t i CONDENSED DISPATCHES' The beer war in Chicago has been settled nnd prlcos havo bueu advanced. Charles Ray shot Mr. Williams dead on tho street iu Middles boro, Ky. Tho mutilated body of a murdered mnn was found near South McAlestor, Ind. Tcr. Mississippi's first bale of cotton was sold at Greenville bringing ten cents a pound. John Wrenwick of Shelby ville, Ind., who had been drinking, shot and I killed his mother. 4Hf8 4 4J- CO 4 5 4t A 75 .(5 35 O 323 .9 C2M 2 24K ill 50 is. CW) cm 34ti Vf 90!( u 4 43 M tt 2) 4 W I.atnlw 3 03 lvA:SiA3 C'lll. Wheat No. I hard.. 53 SO torn No. ! 314 Si turn. No.2 1W S) tattle stockors una fuouur- 2 40 a- 4 20 Lock XllxeU pucker 4 25 41,4 50 hcop-M nitons 2 70 U 3 23 CONDENSED DISPATCHES. At Grant City, Mo., J. J. Hibbs, ex treasurer of Worth county, committed suicide by shooting himself In the head. Hu left a noto stating that he took his life to avoid shame. The trensury department has made arrangements to supply stuali bills with which to move crops. A Now York-New Jersoy-St Louis combine is said to bo trying to crib tho Uncompuhgre gilsonito lands. 'The National .Spiritualist associa tion has begun a two weeks' encamn tnent at Liberal, Mo.