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-r-srf,rti. vrw & verve i xn.xx;rfzz-rttwrit. t- ivmt-r ia .rarr pirag: fitfrasJttrfftVTTJ t-W --iivuai. WBlt-3KeWUft"JWBs5VKaW?PTnfS jpvwaJ! fc t& K ft r f x I r r It- W 1. r M m NO SUGAR BOUNTIES. THE LAW IS DECLARED UNCON STITUTIONAL. Tho Comptroller of tho Treasury Renders an Opinion on tha Celebrated Oxnard SuRar Bounty ClaimsClaimants Can Go Into Court nnit Tcit tho Validity of Tlielr Uamnndi An Important Dccts Ion. Declared Unconstitutional. Washington, Sept. 7. R. H. Bowlor, the comptroller of tlio treasury, yes "tentay rendered nn opinion on tho now celebrated Oxnard sugar bounty claims, In which ho holds In effect, first, that he, as comptroller has jurisdiction of the case, and second, that, in his opinion, the net of March 2, 1805, malting the rtugar bounty np "propriation is unconstitutional, lie, howevor, decides that tho papers in tho caso bo sent to the court of claims for tho rendition of a judgment, in order that thero may bo furnished "a precedent for the futuro notion of the oxceutivo department hi tho adjust ment in tho class of cases involved in those sugar bounties." Tho particular claim doclded is sub stantially on the samo footing as all other bugar bounty claims, for tho satisfaction of which congress, nt its last session, appropriated S5,283,289. Tho comptroller answers at great length tho arguments presented by counsel at tho hearing, in which his jurisdiction was attacked, and in the course of his reply, ho says btatutcs which do not conform to tho constitu tion, aro not law, and therefore, when a statuto is in apparent conflict with the coustitution it becomes tho duty of the executive officer to determine for himself as between the statute and tho constitution whether tho statuto is tho law. As to the constitutionality of tho act, tho comptroller says in part that the principle has so long been doclded that taxation must bo for a public pur pose; that an attempt to take money from the people by tho forms of taxa tion for a purpose other than a public one, is not nn exerciso of legislutivo power and, therefore, that nn attempt to do so is a mere nullity as nn effort 1y tho legislature to exerciso power not granted by tho constitution. Manufacturing establishments havo been uniformly treated as private rather than public enterprises. Nu merous decisions are cited tending to show that factories of all kieds, saw mills, rolling mills, etc., arc private, and are in no sense public enterprises. It is suggested that when congress gets out of the domain of law and into the realm of equity and justice thoir power is unlimited. That would bo no doubt true if congress could get out o the domain of law, but it can not do so. The bounty of the act of 18S5 is not limited to those who may have suf fered an injury by failure to receive the bounty of the McKinley act, but is given to nil alike, whether they suf fered loss or not. There is nothing which Indicates that it is intended to mako compensation for such Injury, -.i,nTiiLiJiat.ca.niiqUlAiutulicd..,.,i ,. ,..,, ,. ay u juiubm lu pay mo i;uiuin mu ultimate rights of the claimants are in no ay affected, for they have a per fect remedy in court to test tho valid ity of their claims aud obtain payment thereof after n final determination of the constitutionality of the law, if it be held unconstitutional. A CONSPIRACY CHARGED. tetter Trom n Daltith Man Who Bays tho I'rlsoncr Is Not Fruiter. Toi'KKA, Kan., Sept. 7. Tho Kansas Independent, n Populist paper, pub lishes a letter from a citizen of Duluth to lts editor, I. W. Pack, which pur ports to exposo a conspiracy on tho part of the Insurance companies and the chief of police of Topcka to arrest William Schnclt and palm him off for Ocorgo V, Frakcr of llfo insurance fame. Tho letter Is written by a Ger man of the name of Ilnrberger, and is to the effect that Frakcr or Schnell Is a crazy hermit, whoso great ambition Is to achieve notoriety. The author of tho letter declares thnt It can easily be proven that Schnell has lived In tho woods of Minnesota and Wisconsin for years, and that he passed in tho locality where ho was arrested as ''King of tho Forest." It is alleged that it is not tho intention of tho insurance coin panics to push his prosecution nfter the money handed over to Frakor's cxeiutor hns been recovered. It ex plains that tho reason why Fraker's -companion In Minnesota was not taken into custody was that he would swear that the prisoner is not Fraker and furnish tho names of any number of -witnesses who would so testify. J. P. Davis, president of tho Kansas Mutual Life Insurance company, in an interview said thero was no doubt of Fraker's identity, and that no effort -would be mado to secure the return of -the insurance money until all Inter ested admitted it Ho said that ho believed Fraker would be sent to tho penitentiary, although lie admitted that a number of prominent Knnsas and Missouri attorneys whom he had consulted had exprchscd the opinion that he could be convicted of no crime. Tor Killing Daniel btone. Lwkhtv, Mo., Sept 7, George W. Russell was arrested at Smlthvillo this morning on the charge of having mur dered Daniel Stone, tho farmer who was found June 25 at his home, a mile cast of there, with His skull crushed. The officers bay that tho evidence is very strong against Russell, lie runs a pool hall at SmithviUc and has had a bad reputation. Ho once lived in Kansas City, and is said to have killod a man there. A Florida Olrl's Terrlblo I'ate. AMIM.A, Fla., Sept. 7. Last Tues day night Stella Johnson, tho j 0-year-old daughter of a widow who lives jiear here, was kidnaped. This morn ing the nude corpse of the girl, btrnp ped to a log and horribly mangled, was found lloatlng in a small lake about six miles from her home. Tho girl's neck had been broken and her throat cut from ear to car. Her right arm had been severed from her body at tho shoulder. WILL SECURE JUSTICE. Tlits Country Will Inresttcato Chlneso lllots. Washington, Sept. 7. The United States government, it is announced nt tho stato department, has decided to enter forthwith upon an independent investigation of tho Cheng Tu riots, with tho co-operation of a Chlucso rep resentative. As nt first arranged, tho inquiry was to havo been mado in co-operation with England, but thoro has been n chango of plan within tho past few days, occasioned partly by tho fact that tho British consul nt Chung King, who is to conduct tho investigation on behalf of his government and to whom, with tho concurrence of nn American missionary member, It was nt first proposed to entrust tho pre liminary investigation of tho fucts, has boon detained at his post, and, it is said, will not bo ablo to begin tho inquiry for a month or more. Thero are also understood to bo other reasons why tho stato department has decided upon nn independent investigation, such as Franco has already made and such ns England will make later It is said at tho state department that it Is not true, however, ns has been represented,, that the policy of this government has been changed by any feeling of dissatisfaction or re bentment caused by any apparent do lay on England's part In proceeding with the Inquiry. Tho department has other roasons, which it is not yet pre pared to mako public. China is expected to lend her sup port to tho American inquiry to tho extent of supplying an escort to tho Ecrsons who will conduct It, but who avo not yot been designated, and will probably furnish nn official who will co-operato with tho American in vestigators, as in tho Ku Cheng in vestigation. Tho investigation is ex pected to be mado by some officials now on the Chineso coast. TRANSFERS IN THE ARMY. I'ltcnsUo Changes of Infantry Companies nnd Troops of Cavnlry Ordered. Washington, Sept 7. Extensive transfers of troops In tho West wcro ordered to-day by tho secretary of war as follows: The present garrison of FortBuffulo.N, D., to Fort Assinubolnc, Mont; two companies of tho Twenty second infantry from Fort Assina boino to Fort Hnrrlson, Mont; one company of tho Second infantry to Fort Yates. N. D., to be joined by an other company of tho tamo regiment now at Fort lveogh, Mont; three com panies of tho Tenth infantry now at Fort Yates and thoir commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Comba to Fort Niobrara, Neb., from which two companies of the Eighth infuntry aro to depart for Fort Russell, Wyo.; tho three companies of tho Seventeenth infantry now at Fort Russell to fro to Columbia barracks, Ohio.; four troops of tho Seventh cav alry now in the department of Texas, to the department of the Col orado; four troops of tho First cavalry now in tho department of tho Col orado to Oklahoma, two troops going to Fort Sill and two to Fort Reno, re lieving four troops of tho Third or dered from Oklahoma to Jefferson III, , II Mil Mil MM I ' 1 M .11 Fort liuford, N. D., and Tort Han cock, Texas, nro discontinued as army posts and directions given to turn over the public lands to the Interior depart ment Where tho troops and compa nies to be transferred have not been designated in tho order, tho depart ment commanders will mako tho selec tion of the troops to bo removed. AFTER ROTHSCHILD. Another Attempt to Dynamite llira in Ills Paris Hanking House. Paiub, Sept V. M. Rothschild's banking house In this city wns tho scene yesterday of another nihilistic attempt At 3:20 o'clock a man en tered the banlc from tho Ruo Lafittc. In tho vestibule a detective, who was on guard there, saw tho stranger try ing to light tho fuso of n bomb which ho carried, with a cigarette. Tho ashes on tho cigarette prevented tho ready ignition of the fuse, and tho man, seeing that he was observed, throw the bomb upon tho carpeted lloor. Tho weapon did not explode, aud the man was arrested. When ho was tuken to tho polico office ho boldly nwowed himself an anarchist. lie made a desperate attempt to use a razor before ho was overpowered by tho detective and a policeman, who hnd como to his assistance. Police officials believe, from the appearance of tho culprit, that he is a brother of Paweis, who perpetrated the Made lino outrage. To Coinl),U bUvurlte. Chicago,, Sept 7. Democrats from all parts of the state nro intending the meeting to-day of the Honest Money league of Illinois at the Palmer house for tho purposo of preparing for the prosidontlnl campaign of l80u Load ers of tho party wero present, nnd after transacting routine business dis cussed the work of i'.io coming year and tho means of combatting the free silver clement of the party. A Tennessee Negro Lynched. Nashville, Tenn.. Sept. 7. At Fay etteville last night, Dock King, colored, arrested on the charge of attempting to criminally assault Mrs. Charles Jones, near Faycttuville. was taken from jail by a mob of L'OO men and hanged. He protosted his inncconce, but lio was identified by Mrs. Jones and her si&tor as tho guilty man. Two Topcka l'apers Consolidate Toi'KKA, Kun , Sept 7. Tho Kansas Uroeze, tho official btato paper, F. C. Montgomery aud T.' A. McNeal, pub lishers, and tho North Topoka Mail, Arthur Capper, publl&hor, have been consolidated and beginning next week will be publUhed us tho "Kansas Urcczo and Topeka Mail." Mr. Harrison Wants Adirondack Land Old Fohoe, N. Y Sept 7. The ne gotiations which ex-President Harri son Is carrying on with Dr. Steward Webb, owner of thousands of acres of Adirondack land, will probably result in his buying a number of lots near First lake, in tho vicinity of Dodd camp, where ho now is. FEAKER BEHIND BARS WHERE HE DRAWS BIO CROWDS TO SEE HIM. Many Old Friends nnd Acquaintances llnvo a Tnlk "With tho Swindler In tho Kansas City Jail Taken to Ktelunonil lawyers All Acreo that Ho It Sure to do Oior the ltond. rrnker, tho Strlndlor. Kansas Citv, Mo., Sept C Dr. George V. Fraker was brought back to Knnsas City at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. .1 nines Pattcnon, a druggist of Ex celsior Springs, was tho flrat to grasp his hand. 'Well, Dr. Fraker, how do you do?" ho said with emphasis. The doctor answered In a scarcely audiblo voice: "How aro you, Jimmy?" Judgo A. II. Dooley of Excelsior Springs was tho next to speak to him and ho was recognized, too, by tho doctor. Melvin L. Zenor, tho manager of tho Hartford Llfo and Annuity com pany, which hud paid S15.000 for Frukor'.s "death," spoko to tho doctor but 'was not remembered by him. K. L. Moore, manager of Tho EIuib hotel at Excelsior Springs, Attornoy D. J. Halt, J. P. Davis, president of the Kansas Mutual Llfo association, the company which ran him down, and United htatcs Marshal Jo O. Sliolby wero among others who crowded around tho doctor nnd spoke to him. He was hurriedly driven to tho sher iff's office. As ho sat with nervous hands clutching the hat on his crossed knees, ho wns beset, browbeaten, vol leyed with questions. Every dotcctivo nnd lawyer aud newspaper reporter in tho room took a hand nt It Ho an swered all questions with tho samo nlr of meekness and weariness which has characterized him since his arrest. Ho had said often that ho was tired and worn out from hiding out from tho men who wero hunting him. Ho said ho wns glad tho thing was over. Ho did not appear glad, but ho did look resigned. Before Fraker was taken away a re porter talked with him. "I notice." he said, "that a great many people scorn to bellcvo thero was a conspiracy with several porsons In It Now this is not true. When 1 went on that fishing excursion I was preparing to take a trip to California to bring back my nephews. I had collected borne outstanding debts and had 5540 in my pockets when I felt in tho river. When I got out of tho water half a mile below whoro tho accident oc curred, my clothing was covered with mud and I wns wet to tho skin. 1 first thought of going back to tho camp, but 1 did not want to return to tho Springs in such a plight, so I stayed in tho brush ull that night nnd the next day and caught a freight train for Kansas City the next night." Dr. Fraker was placed in coll No. 4 on tho south side, third lloor, of tho county jail. From tho time of his ar rival until lato In tho evening tho jail was besieged with pooplo who wished to see hiin. Probably 0Q wero admit ted to see him, but very few succeeded .I. 1 1 nujjir. lin.lit-.i..imm;ttion and fewer secured nny Information from him Dr. Fraker was tired arid slept fairly well last uight, though after enjoying tho freedom of tho Northern woods to long, confinement in u cloiO jail was most disagreeable. About 10 o'clock Frnlcer induced cno of the other prisoners to shavo off his Lurubidcs. Tho amateur barber did a butcher's job before an uudienco that would have delighted tho pro prietor of a muboum. Whon ho had finished Fraker's face was bleoding, but fairly smooth, with no beard left except his mustache, which is light and thin and not very long. The presence of tho crowd disgubted him aud ho would sit reading newspapers nnd pay no attention to tho remarks and questions of his visitors. Fraker was taken to Richmond, Mo., on the 5 o'clock Chicago, Milwaukee nnd St. Paul train this afternoon, Sheriff J. R. llolman of Ray county nnd City Murahal Bycra of Richmond having come nfter him. Attorneys Haff and Van Valkenburg say there Is no chance that Dr. Frakcr will escape conviction in tho circuit court of Ray county, where hu will bo tried on five counts of attempt ng to cheat the Insurance companies. The information lodged by Mr. Van Valk enburg in Hay county against Dr. Fra ker, aud on which tho warrant for his arrest wus issued, chargos him with violating section 38'Jti of tho statutes of Missouri. This statute makes it a felony, punishable with seven years in tho penitentiary, for a person to at tempt to obtain money from nny other person by means of a cheat or fraud or false pretense, or trick of any kind. "You will notice," said Mr, Haff, "that to violato tills statuto it is not necessary for a person to obtain tho money by fraud; tho simple attempt to obtain it is a violation of law. The statement is made in some quarters that because Fraker did not obtain any of tho insurance money, and did not beck to obtain any of it, his will having left it to his relatives, ho can not ho convicted under this statuto. All supremo court decisions on this point hold that it is not essential that the person h'mself should actu ally recolve tho money. It is suffi cient for conviction if it bo delivered in nccordanco with his wish, or for his ndvantnge, or for the purpose of effect ing some object or Ms. Other lawyers who wero asked about tho possibility of conviction in Fraker's case said tho btatutcs covering at tempts to defraud were' vory broad and would undoubtedly cover the case of Fj nicer. souuTiiixo atiout oi:onon if Ann v Although Attorney Ilordek has per sisted in his refusal to saywlicther or not It was Georgo Harry who gavo him the information that led to Frakor's arrobt, Frakor says to-day that ho is positive that Harry was the mau. "How about vour boy at tho shanty where you lived?" "Ho never hoard of mo as Frakcr and did not know anything about my history. That is Fin possible. His name wus Fred Spnngstead and he couldn't possibly have known any thing to toll about ma He thought my name was Schnell." The fact that It was shortly nfter an exchange of letters between himself and Harry that Herrlek got his first Inclination, of Fraker's whereabouts eai&Si moved to Minnesota, nnd not long of terwards Harry disappeared. Simul taneously a svoro was robbed in Ra ton, N. M , whoro Hurry's mistress is said to live, nnd simultaneously, too, Mr. Horrlck's friend dropped out of sight. Harry knew tho nnmo nnd address of tho only man In Wlscon; sin who know Frakor's address. Fra kcr thinks Hirry wroto to this man for his address and that ns ho knew of tho previous correspondence bo tweon tho two tho young man gnvo it If Harry committed tho robbery with which ho is charged thero was a mo tive, for him to keen his whereabouts secret Whon ho uis arrested twe woeits ago thero wns no longer any reason for him to keep himself hid. but ho needed money nnd thero was no easier way of fretting It than by giv ing up Fraker and securing the re ward previously promised, probably more monoy than Harry had ever be fore scon in his life. Harry was ono of tho men who was with Fraker on tho night of tho nl leged drowning. Ho was tho chlof witness for tho Frakor heirs. Ho tes tified that ho saw tho doctor fall in and drown. Ho may bo n witness ugalnst Frakcr at his trial In Ray county, though his formor testimony might impeach his evidence now. It has developed recently that lio has been a professional thlof for years aud that as long ngo ns 1&75 ho wns a friend of Dr. Fraker. In thnt year Attornoy James Gamer wns prosecuting attornoy of Ray county. Tho James gang was looting banks all over Western Mis souri nnd bank officials wero uneasy and in Richmond, Ray county, all sus picious strangers wero arrested nnd hold Until thoy could glvo somo honest excuso for being in town. Among tho suspicious ones arrested in Richmond wns Goorgo Harry and ho was hold till officers from Texas came and took him to Texas on a charge of horso stealing. BOMBS FROM THE CLOUDS. Dytiamlto Ilallnons I'rrparrd for Culmti Itobels. JUmroiiD, Conn,. Sept. (5. Samuel Andrews, a machinist of this city, claims to havo perfected a wnr balloon which ho has sold to a syndicate of Now York Cubans foruso In aid of the Cuban insurgents It has been testod , In tho field nriil is said to work per fectly. "" l Instead of tho ordinary car fixed with nn armored box from which a j number of bombs can bo suspended J tho bombs nro Ignited and rolonsed by uiiiuuiuuii luuvmuury 111 uiu uox uitu after all aro discharged, tho box ox plodis, destroying tho balloon. An drows claims to havo a device by which no can control tno direction of tho ballool. Nkw Yonrc, Sept. 5. Advices from Santiago do Cuba aro that Dr. Donald Dodge! alias Frank M. Boyle, who says h is a correspondent of a Now Yoik reaper and who sailed from Nassau, by tho Ward lino steamer Niagara was arrested by tho Spaniards upon his arrival in Santingo de Cuba' nnd confined, chnrged with being aa emissary of tho Cuban junta in llew York on his way to Muceo's robtl camp. Despite tho Spanish mil itary governor's expressed purposo to havejDodgo court martlaled and shot asaispy, consul Llyntt, alter several lonjj!jnterlcwswlth the civil governor, lucccedtU in bavins tho case trans ferred to tho ordinary courts. THE GOLD RESERVE. Deposits Mado to Offset Anticipated Withdrawals of Clohl. New Youk, Sept. 0. It was quito evident yesterday that the Morgan Belmont bond syndicate expected an other large drain on tho sub-treasury this week. At tho opening of business it was announced that tho Farmers' Loan and Trust company hud depos ited $0,000,000 in tho suo-troasury. No explanation of tho deposit wns made, but it was gene. ally known that it was for tho account of tho bond syndl cnto and tho belief was confirmed later by Washington advices. This Is tho second financial institu tion to como to tho aid of the syndi cate. Tho first was tho American Ex change National bank, which deposited JfSOO.oOO about a week ago. At that time it was said that a number of na tional banks and financial institutions which had been members of tho bond syndicate had agreed to aid Messrs. Morgan & Belmont in their efforts to keep to the spirit of tho contract with the government to maintain tho gold reservo against exports in every way in their power. Medico-Legal Congress. New York, Sept 5. Tho Med lea Legal congress which convened in this city to-day, has attracted a great number of leading scientists, lawyers and physicians, not only from this country, but from Europe. Tho ses sions of the congress will bo held In the United States court iu tho post offico building. It will continue until tho night of September C, when a ban quet will be tendered tho visitors at tho rooms of tho Press club by tho Medico-Legal society of Now York. For a Hunker's National Association New York. Sept, 5. At a meeting of tho Now York State Banker's asso ciation, resolutions wero adopted de claring In fnvor of a national associa tion made up of delegates from state associations and a committee was ap pointed to urrango for a national meeting Women .Slay Uo Armed. Lexixotox, Ky., Sept C. In nn edi torial in his paper II. II. Gratz of the Kentucky Gazette, bays that the next legislature will bo asked to repeal the law prohibiting tho carrying of con cealed deadly weapons so fur as women aro concerned. He declares that it is necesbary for women to go armed to protect thcmsolvos from negro assailants. An Illinois Leader Dies In Kansas. Blue Rapids, Kan., Sept. 6. Jamti 0. Strong, ex-stato senator of Illinois, died this morning, aged 50. II located in D wight, 111., in 1850, nnd was di rector, secretary and treasurer of tho Plymouth, Kankakeu and Pacific rail rad, and identified with tho Kankakeo River Improvement company. In Jd70 ho introduced the first bill for the ap pointment of a board of railroad com missioners in Illinois. mnding of mtxm. CAPTURCD BECAUSE BETRAYED. HE WAS 'Ito Tells All Ahnut Ills Insurant Rwlnd- llriR Denies that lie expected 830,000 From Ills Heirs Talks Very 1'reelr About Ills Movements Since Ids Mys terious Illsappraranro Distribution of Money Unjoined. Fraker Was Ilntrnyed. St. .Tosnnt, Mo., Sept. 4. A reporter met. Dr. Frakor, tho insurance swin dler captured Sunday In tho woods of Northern Minnesota, aud his enptora, Attorney Robort Horrlck and Chlof of Polico Wllkerson of Topokn, at Tal nmgo, Iowa, on tho Chicago Great Wcstorn railway at 9 o'clock this morning, Botwoon Tnlmagc and St. Joopli, which was reached at 1:50 o'clock this afternoon, tho reporter talkod with Frakor and tho others and obtaiucd tho complete story of tho chnho and capture, now published for tho first time. Speaking of tho capturo, Mr. Hor rlck said: "Wllkerson deserves great credit for his part of tho work. For myself, I nm iho company's lawyer, and it is my duty to protect tho com pany from any Injustice through tho courts. Of course, I shall got a good foe for this work and Wllkerson will got enough to justify him in making tno trip, inoro is no stated reward out All offers of reward havo boon withdrawn." "Tho other clues havo genornlly been fakes and we did not got Fraker until we found somo ono who know him and knew whore to got him. It Is useless to ask who that person is, because I shall never toll." Tho man under nrrost Is Dr. G. W. Fruiter, by his own confession and by the positlvo Idon (lcntlon of Judge M. W. bull Ivan of Excolsior Springs. Any stranger who had never seen him boforc, but had seen his picture, would bo struck with tho resemblance to tho pictures, though he now wears short bnrnsldes with a short mus tache, a mixturo of red and yellow. Ills trousers aro patched, his brown wool shirt bhows uvldenccs of wenr Hint his slouched hat has seen long and rough service. In short, ho looks very much a hermit, who hud lived a long time In tho woods. When asked to toll tho Rtory of Ills wanderings, Dr. Frakorsaid thero was not much to toll. "I did fall Into tho river tho night we worofUhlng," ho bald, "and camo vory near boing drowned. However, there was driftwood lloatlng in tho btreuin and I caught u log and floated down the river for a considerable dis tance. Finally I found a plnco whoro I could touch bottom nnd waded out on. the land. I laid thero all that night and all tho next day." Wli en reminded that tho current at tho point where ho disappeared formed a whirlpool wheto tho host of swim mers would Juot think of venturing, ho said ho know It wns a terribly dan gerous plaeo and considered his es capo fiom drowning n miracle- No amount of questioning or argu ment could mako him change this part oi ino story m tno least don't Imow jost whon it was," ho 1 nued, "that I loft tho river, but .vwiLtiuiiriuiiilftv-.mulliaJr;iir-1.t "l continued gled. my hat lost my hair full ot bundrjwcnfugninsT "3nim55 "nSTAndolnfaxaa"!- I as in no condition to go bnck to thu Springs, und accordingly I camo ta Kun n City. I hnd fat incrly stopped at first-class hotels, but this time, be cause of my appearanco,Id!d not want to go to ono of them, and so went to a rooming house on Grand avenue south of Fifth street, almost diagonally across from the Ccntropolls. I stayed thero fo,tr days. On tho second day I went to Twolfth street near Walnut street, nn.l bought a razor, and then I shaved off all my beard, nnd if anyone in Kniibas City who knew mo had seen mo on tho strcots he did not recognize me. 1 At tho rooming housono ono asked my name, and I did npt volunteer to tell it. Then I went to Chicago. While there I think I saw Dr. I. N. LoieofSt. Louis, but lie wns talking to &omc ladies nnd I did not approach him. From Chlcugo I went to Milwau kee and btuyed most of the fall of that year. By that thnu tho name of Fra Iccr had been too mdcji advertised, and I Udd a roommato that 1 was from Denver and thnt my name- was William Schnell, I went by tho nnmo of Schnell from that time on." "How about your being called Quick?" was asked. "You don't understand German, then?" ho replied. "Schnell is tho German for Quick, nnd a few peoplq used tho English word for It, that Is all." "I lived In Wibconsin nnd Minne sota evor blncc." "Wero you In tho timber or tho towns?" "1 btayed most of tho tlmo in towns. Thoro aro no big towns outside of Mil waukee in that country. I went from ono plnco to another. No, I won't toll ypu what towns we visited. You must excuse mo now." "Why did you conceal your ident ity?" "I didn't." "Yes, but the assumed name and tho fact that you kept out of sight when the companies wore looking for you proves the contrary,'' "Well, I had not decided to stay away until the papers said all kinds of things about me. Then I knew I was in dl-.gr.ieo and could not make a. liv ing if I camo back. It was you news paper biys whogot mo into it." Thon after u long pause ho said; "No, It was my own fault and no ono ehe'ii. I have wnnted to came back a thousand timob. and came near com iiif, but tho dUgiaeo and what peoplo wero baying about mo kopt mo from doing tu Tliib living death is horrible and I mn flail now 1 am going back." "It wus telegraphed from Duluth that you expected a share of tho iu suranuo monoy." "That was not true. It was all to go to my hair." "Were vou not planning to buy some land with springs aud spend S-'0,ooo making a resort of it?" "The way that came to be told was that 1 said the bprlngs had good medi cinal qualities nud it would tuko 820, to fix thorn up right, I never said I hud that much money, or would de velop the springs. I stayed in tho woods in that part of tho country for 4lA Infct kIv mntittib tn rrnt tl,n ViAnnflfr. I of tho springs, because my health has bjeu bad, I have bqen gjcjc nearly throb years now nnd nothing did, m" any good until I reached thosa springs " Dr. Frakcr carefully avoided answer ing qucstlors intended to roveal his; means of subsistence. Finally, when tho question, "Who gavo you away to tho insuranco companies and furnished the Information that led to your arrest?" was bluntly asked, tho doc tor started suddenly and naidi "I think It was Of or go Harry, ono of tho men who wont fishing with mo, I wroto him from Wisconsin last win ter. Ho was In New Moxico thon. Ho answered my letter nnd I wroto again, but never heard from him." "In my second iottor t told him about a young man, wIioko panio I won't mention, who was vary klinl to to mo when I wnn nick. I told him the young man's uama and I think ho wroto to hlin and gat my address after I moved Into Minnesota. I nm satisfied thnt Horry gave mo away. Ho Is In Now Moxico now under ar rest. Ho was arrested at Moborly two wcoks ago for burglary. I don't know of any ono olso who had tho means of knowing just whoro I was, who wonld glvo mo away." Dr. Frakcr denies that ho has seen Johnnlo Edmunds, his former ofllco boy, since ho loft home. Ho also says ho known nothing of Monendcz, tho Spaniard, who was fishing with him. He says ho has not seen a Kansas City paper or any of his Kansas City acquaintances slnco ho wont away more than two years ago. IIo went smooth shaven most of tho tiros, but grow a beard In Minnesota because of tha mosquiton. Ho says his laaln ob jection to coming back is that his prl vato history has all boen rakol up and Bcattcrod broadcast by tno nowspapcra STON'E SILVER WORK. Iho Governor Confers With lllmul Com mitteemen for Four Stales. St, Louis, Mo., Sept 4. Governor Stono, who hnd a conference last night with ox-Congressman R. P. Bland on tho silver question, said to-day: "Wo merely talked over In nn informal way tha work of organization of tho friends of silver In nccordanco with tho genornl plan adopted by tho recent conferenco nt Washington. At that conferenco I was appointed a member of the provisional committee, with instructions to confer With tho lending free Bllvor Democrats in Mis souri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa witli regard to tho solection of a com mitteeman in each of thoso filatcs to tako executlvo charge of tho work. I havo opened oorrespondouco in pur suanco of that idea and as soon as tho free silver Domocrats in tiie states named indicate to ma tho men for tho work I lll report tho names to chair man Harris of tho national committee, who, I supposo will issue a cull for another mooting of tho f riontls of sil ver in order to perfect the organiza tion of tho silver forces In tho Demo cratic party for an cggrcsslvo cam paign." The Ucfmndcd Insuranco Companies Fro coed to Tin Dp Homo of tho Money. Kansas Citv, Mo., Sept. d, -At 10 o'clock this forenoon Judgo Foster', Judgo Sandusky, Judgo Fowler, At torney Claude Hardwick of Liberty, Attornoy Halt and J. P. Davis ol Toi teka were in tho office of tho clerk of tho United States circuit court Mr. Huff filed five bu Its by five of tho dot .frnmlml InRiirntifO finmnnnlnt. Tlutv utor of tho Frakcr estate, Georgo W. Mogruder, trustee for tho Frakcr or phans, W. 77. Fowler, judge of the probato court at Liberty, Nancy J, Magrudor and Cynthia A. Hatfield, sisters of Dr. Frakor, and tho Commer cial Savings bank of Liberty. The court Is asked to sot asido tha judgment which was rendered in favor of tha Fraker heirs, and thnt Lincoln and Magruder bo ordered to pay back tho judgment money, with principal' und interest, and that Judgo Lincoln nnd tho other defendants bo enjoined from paying out any of tho monoy. The court mudo tho order as asked for without objection. Two Moro Victims for Holmes. Dkmvi'-Hi Col., Sept 4. .7. W, Hum mel of Sandwich, 111,, has written a friend In this city suggesting tho pos sibility that F. J. Gregory aud Ills 0-year-old daughter, Dee, who dlsap- S eared from their homo in Kearney, ob., March 0, 1891, may havo been a victim of II. II. Holmes. Gregory hnd Sl'1,000 in his possession when ho loft homo. He formerly worked at Noldredgo, Neb., for J. W. Burnett, a real estate deuler in this city. Thero is no evidence that Gregory over had any bubincss, relations with Holmes. ISlg Clothiers Assign. Louisville, Ky Sept 4. -Henry II. Wolfo & Co., ono of tho largest whole sale clothing firms in the South, filed a deed of assignment in tho county clerk's office yesterday. The urm owea about S2u0,000 aud has assets which thoy believe will equal if not exceed that sum. Hunk Notes Hot Iloycottea. Wasiunotox, Sept. 4. Tha boycott declared by the Knights of Labor i somo time ago on national bank notes uecamo citecuvo yestcruay, nut tno bank notes nro ns eagerly accepted to day as they ever wore. John V. Hayes, secretary of tho Knights of Labor, soys ho cannot tell how long it will tako tho boycott to begin to show its effect, but thinks that in tho course of sixty dayV bunk notes will begin to be turned down by u great many peo ple. , The Ijiddonli Hunk Reopened. Mkxico, Mo., Sept. 4. Tho Farmers bank at Laddonla is again open rnd ready for business. The attorney gen eral, bank o.'.amlner and receiver nud attorneys met hero yesterday and tho matter wn-- settled. The directorj ot tho bank havo fully compiled with tho law. For Venmlo HufTrace. Trbtot, N. J., Sept. 4 Tho gub ernatorial btite convention of the People's party of Now Jersoy was held in this city. V. B. Ellis ot Trenton, was nominated for governor niter several others had declined tho honor. The Omaha platform wns ro nfllrmod nnd n resolution passed favor ing woman tuffrnge. The Duko d'Arcos, Spanish minister to Mexico, nnd Miss Virginia Wood bury Lowery ot Washington wet married at New London. Conn. v
