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IIUSSIA VS. ENGLAND.
THE JLATTER APPEARS TO
LOSING HER GRIP.
BE
fclnv Inllncncca rteclnnlng tnl'rcrtomlnnlo
In Chin to tlio Commercial Sorrow of
the Anglo-Saxon Kecent Slcnlllrnht
.Motes on nil Bides LI nunc Chung In
Dlufntor.
Washington, Sept. 2C Reports to
officials ami to tlio diplomatic repre
sentatives of Eastern countries indi
cate that tlio Slavonic, or Russian, in
fluence is becoming dominant and tlrnt
the Anglo-Saxon, or English influence,
which lias been hitherto uppermost in
the development of tlio East, is being
systematically and surely eliminated
from the control of China and tlio
East. Tlio advance of Russian and the
retirement of British influence lias
come by almost imperceptible stages,
none of which 1ms been Mifllciont in
itself to attract marked attention, but
nil of them combined show Mint Russia
is seeking complete supremacy.
A striking illustration of the change
in LTitna lius come to the attention of
the otllcinln here. An American who
recently arrived in Washington, after
being in China for tome time negoti
ating for the building of a railroad
Willi American capital, found the Rus
sian inltuunco so strong that he went
to the Russian ambassador at L'ekin to
learn if the project would be viewed
with favor by tue Russians. The am
bassador said: "Yes, Americans and
American capital will bo welcome in
the development of China, but British
capital is not wanted." In the most
emphatic manner tlio ambassador
made known his opinion that British
influence in China was at an end and
that Russia had openly entered upon
her course of conti oiling and develop
ing China.
In an indirect way the United States
has becomo involved in this evolution
of Chinese atl'airs. The present con
dition was foreseen by Great Britain
before tlio Rosebery government went
out of of.ico. Lord Kimberly addressed
a nots to this couutiy suggesting joint
action in the t-.etllemcnt of the Cliinu
Jnpan war. It has since been dis
closed by British ollicials at Washing
ton tliat the purpose of Lord Kimber
ly was to cement English against Rus
sian influence. The United States de
clined Lord Kimborly's overture, and
as a result Russia has been left free to
execute her broad plan of bringing
the Eastern world under tlio influence
of the czar.
It appears also from an oflicinl re
port received here, dated the latter
part of August that Li Hung Chang is
again in disfavor and that the leaders
of the ignorant native factions are
uppermost. The viceroy of Nankin is
the head of tlio opposition, and the re
ports reaching officials here show that
this Nankin viceroy is the new power
in China. A purely normal title of
"Imperial Chancellor" has been con
ferred upon Li, but It has no powers
or duties It has been found, how
. -ever, that Li is the only man capable
of negotiating the new commercial
treaty with Japan and he has been
named for this duty. A serious hitch
has occurred on the treaty owing to
the Japanese demand that Japanese
courts snail have extraordinary juris
diction in China, while no such Chinese
courts are to bo allowed in Japan.
This is a humiliation which the
Chinese resent.
POSTOFFICE STATISTICS.
I'actn of Jntertwt In ItCRnrd to Wetcrn
Or.loc.i Tlio Coolc U.-uiu'n Work.
WAsiii.vr.rox. Sept 2o. According
to the report of the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster general during the last fis
cal year Oklahoma had Ihe greatest
incrcaso in the number of poHofliees
HO, while tho Indian territory's was
CO. Nineteen stntcb showed decreases,
with Kansas leading with tho greatest
loss 53. l'ostollices established dur
ing tho year numbered: In Kansas,
40; in Missouri, 115; in Okluhoma, tfo;
in the Territory, 78. Postotlices dis
continued: In Kansas, 03; in Mis
souri, 9,-; m Oklahoma, 29; in the Ter
ritory, 18. Fourth-class postmasters
res'gned: In Kansas, 310; in Missouri,
aim; in Oklahoma, 'JO; in the Territory,
10.1. Fourth-clnss postmasters re
moved: In Kansas, 7s; in Mi'souri,
71; in Okhihtina, i.0; in tho Territory,
VI. Fourth-class postmasters deceased:
In Kansas, 10; in Missouri, 23; in Ok
lahoma, 2; in the Territory, f.
At Hie end of the postofliee-year
Kansas had 1,701 poVoflicus, Missouri
2,725, .Oklahoma 403 and the Indiun
territory 4 It). These, states lead tho
Union: Pennsylvania, 1,050 offices;
New York, 3,('.'.'2; Ohio. 3.301; Virginia,
:i,lSS; North Carolina, 2,870 and Texas
A peaceful year Is looked for in tho
postal service, the expectation being
largely based on the favorable reports
from tho Indian territory. During
the year 1,501 postolilces, fifty-four
mail trains and &tusres and sixtv-nino
letter boxes wore robbed, the work of
tho Cook gang.
TO REFORM THE LORDS.
The I.omloii C.'liro-ilolo Miike l'ulillc
Alleged ConsiiruitUo I'liuu.
London, Sept. 28. The Daily
Chronicle, an organ of tho Liberal
party, states to-day that tho leaders
of ilio Couservativo party intend to
make the hou-u of lords an elective
body, either adopting tha principle
already "xhttlng in relation to Scot
tish puers sitting in tho house of lords,
or having tho house of commons elect
an upper.ciininher from tho peerage.
It is a'.so, according to tho Chron
icle, intended to give the peers, tlio
right to forejro tho house of lords' pre
rogatives aud ontr the house of coin--nous.
Lf.avknwoicth, Kan., Sept. 28.
Early yoslorday morning Daniel Me
Council, aged 3l, was run over bj- a
Missouri lfc.ielfic freight train, four
miles below thW city and fatally in
jured. It is supposed that ho was ljf
ug on the track asleep.
Old Boldler I'uvorcd.
Kinoston, N. Y., Sept, 28. Tho
question of exemption from taxes of
tho property of veteran soldiers in
this state, purchased with pension
money, has just bean decided in the
ufllrmitlvo by Judgo Alton B. Parker
la special term.
IRISH WAR PLANS.
Formation ot Military Companies Itocom-
mended to Strike When Opportune
Chicago Sept. So. Tho Irish conven
tion ndoptcd the following:
Resolved, That this convention rec
ommends the formation of military
companies wherover practicable, in or
der to foster and proservo the military
spirit of tho Irish race, ond to bo pre
pared for -action in the hour of Eng
land' dlfliculty.
After tho resolutions were disposed
of J. J. O'Connollof Chicago presented
the following as tho report of tho com
mittee on organization and ways and
means:
"Ihe new movement" organization
shall bo known by the stylo and title
of tho Irish National Alliance.
It shall have for Its object the secur
ing of the indepondene,e of Ireland by
any means within its power consistent
with tlio laws and usages of civilized
nations.
Tlio qualifications for membership
shall be irood moral character, birth
on Irish boll, or decent from Irish par
entage on paternal or maternal side,
or both, and tho taking of the follow
ing pledge of honor: "1 hereby pledge
my word of honor to aid with every
menus within my power in conformity
with the constitution and by-laws of
the Irish National Alliance, in secur
ing tho independence of Ireland."
The election of ofliccrs of the newly
created Irish National Alliance was de
clared in order and resulted as follows:
President, William Lyman, Now
York; vice president, O'Neill Ryan, St.
Louis; treasurer, R. V. Fitzputrick,
Chicago; executive council, J. J. Don
ovan, Lowell, Mass.; Chris Gallagher,
Minnesota; Martin Kelly, Tennessee;
Cnptaln Mangnn, Wisconsin; J. Shec
hy, San Fransisco; J. M. Kennedy, An
aconda, Mont.; Thomas .1. Duudoii,
Ohio; Thomas II. Grcevy, Pennsylva
nia, and James Lawler, Texas.
The convention closed with tho
singing of a new Irish song, composed
by Mrs. Teresa Beatrice O'llaro of
Cleveland, Ohio, called "God Bless
Ireland," after which tho delegates
arose and Gang "America" and "God
Bless Ireland."
CULBERSON IN EARNEST.
Governor of Torn Cults tho Legislature
In Scmlon.
Aitbti-, Texas, Sept. 2 6 Governor
Culberson has issued a proclamation
calling a special session of tho legisla
ture for October 1, that will bo re
quired to pass a law that will knock
tho Corbott-Fitzsimmons fight Into a
cocked hat. Tho governor issued tho
proclamation Inst night after a lengthy
consultation with his cabinet. Ho
gave the press correspondent as the
reason for his action that in the pres
ent condition of tho law, fight man
agers arc llablo to pull off the light
while tho courts aro rowing over it;
that the chief justice of the court of
criminal appeals has ruled against tho
state, and now there is a mandamus
case pending in the supreme-court that
may go in an entirely different line,
thus inising a conflict between tho
two highest courts in tlio state. In
order to settle all possible contention
lie issued the call, convening tho leg
islature next Tuesday in tills city, nnd
sots forth the purpose of the call as
follows:
First To denounce prize fighting
and kindred practices in clear and un
ambiguous terms, and to nrohlbit the
same by appropriate pains nnd penal
ties, putting tho law into immediate
operation, mid making necessary pro
visions for its enforcement, so that the
proposed exhibition of this character
within this stato may be prevented,
tlio undoubted will of the people upon
the subject respected and this affront
to the moral sense and enlightened
progress of Texas averted.
Second To consider and net upon
sucli other matters as may, bo present
ed, pursuant to section -lu, articles 3,
of the constitution.
SURPLUS IN TREASURY.
September Statement of Receipts nnd
i:xpondlturcn of the Government.
Washington. Sept. 28. For tho sec
ond time in tho Inst twelve months tho
forthcoming monthly statement of tho
receipts nnd expenditures of tho gov
ernment for September will show an
excess of receipts over expenditures.
This surplus, which has now reached
5112,741, will probably bo increased to
nbout $2,000,000 by the end of tha
mouth, by which time tho recaipts aro
expected' to reach 820,250,000. Tho
only o'tlier exception to tlio deficit rule
during the year was in Juno last, when
ihe icceipts exceeded the expenditures
by nearly SI, 000,000.
The October figures, however, arc
expected to show a deficit of nbout
55,000,000, as during that month tho
pension and interest payments nlono
will approximate SI 000,009. Tho re
ceipts on account of customs have
shown a gratifying increase of late, as
havo those from internal revenue
sources, although in a less degree.
Yesterday tho treasury lost 850,000
in gold for-export to Canada, leaving
the true amount of gold reserve at the
close of business 804,013,153.
To I.lu Near Kit Carson.
Dkl Noutk, Col., Sept. 28. Ar
rangements havo been completed
whereby the remains of tho noted
scout and Indian fighter, Colane.'
Albert Henry Plelffer, aro soon to bo
removed from Del Norte, where they
wore buried in I&80, to tlio National
cemetery ut Santa Fe, -the govern
ment bearing the expenses. The body
of Colonel Pleiffcr will bo interred by
tho side of that of Kit Carson, at
.Santa Fc, in compliance with a wish
oxprc&scd by Colonel Plclfl'cr just
prior to his death.
A Veneruhle Mini Struck by u Train.
Atchison, Kan., Sept. 28. C. II.
Lee, aged 0J, was struck by u Missouri
Pacific passenger tmin to-day und
fatally injured. He is Atchison's old
tixt. ftliizcu.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,
At the Iliusbuw murder trial in Dan
ville, Ind., front scats wero sold foi 82
each.
A meteor fell at Hot Springs, Ark.,
tccompanled by a vivid flash of light
and a nlssicg noise.
FOE OPEN HOSTILITY.
IRISHMEN FOR WAR
ENGLAND.
AGAINST
Tlio Idea Now Ik to free Krln by Torce
WroiiRH of the Green Iiilo Set Vorth
In n "Declaration of rrlnrlplo" mill
tlio night to t!o Arms for KedreRi of
ThctrGrlenuceii Agnlmt Great llrltnln.
IrUhtuen Declnro Wnr.
Ciiicaoo, Sopt. 27 Tlio Irish-American
convention got down to real busi
ness to-day, tho principal work being
the consideration of the platform sub
mitted by tho coinmtttco on resolu
tions and tlio report of tho committee
on ways and means for national or
ganization. O'Neill Ryan of St. Louis was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers when
ho appeared to read the platform pro
posed. Ills powerful voico and tho
Bilenco of tho delegates made u deep
impression ns he proceeded to read,
under tho title of a "Declaration of
Principles," tlio following:
"Tho peoplo of lrelanil aro a sover
eign people. Ireland is by nature
boparato irom every other country,
and liberty Is tho birthright of her
peoplo. Ireland was known through
out Europe ns a nation long before tho
dawn of Christianity mid was tlio
homo of civilization' while England
was still barbarous. England's claims
to uulhorlty in Ireland originated in
force, and have been maintained by
corruption and coercion. They have
never ripened into n right to rule. Tho
title by conquest has never been per
fected inasmuch as tlio Irish people
continually by constitutional ugitatlon
or revolutionary movements resisted
England's power nnd endeavored to
destroy her unlawful supremacy.
"Ireland Is deprived of almost every
civil right, which tlio American peoplo
most dearly cherish. Unexampled
cruelty and brutal vlndicllvcnoss havo
been tho dibtiuguishing features of
English rulo in Ireland. England has
destroyed Ireland's industries and
ruined her commerce; she 1ms placed
upon her statute books laws making
it a crime to educate an Irish child:
she burned Ireland's schoolhouses nnd
destroyed her churches; sho has
driven into cxilo or left to per
ish in her dungeons thousands of
men whoso only crime was lovo of
Ireland. Every measure for tho last
century looking towards legislative
independence of the Irish people has
cither suffered defeat in tho commons
or been urbUrurily rejected by the
lords, .England, lias violated e cry
treaty and broken every pledge and
with nlmost evevy year of tho century
she has imposed upon Ireland brutal
laws of coercion and one of the most
drastic character is now upon her
statute books. To tho pleas of tho
peoplo for justice und their prayers for
mere-, England has responded with
the scourge and tho scaffold, und yet
to-day Ii eland enthralled, but en
slaved, crushed but not conquered,
is in spirit a nation.
"It has become evident after many
years of earnest endeavor to obtain
a meusuro of independence, from
tho English government Uy peaceful
agitation that appeals to reason,
for justice, arc futile. It is left,
therefore, for tho men of tho Irish
race to proclaim again the truth re
corded by all history that tho liberties
of tho peoplo and the independence
of a nation cannot be achieved by do
bate, but must be won upon the field
of bnttle and we declare our belief
that the men of Ireland who nio being
driven into exile or into graves of serfs
in their native land by English nils
government aro entitled by tho laws
of God and man to use every menus in
their power to drive from their coun
try tho tyrant and usurper, and wo be
lieve that Ireland has tho right to
make England's difficulty her .oppor
tunity and to uso nil possible means
to create that difficulty.
"In view of these facts, the mem
bers of this convention appeal with
confidence to their American fellow
citizens and nil lovers of liberty to co
operate with them in aiding the peoplo
of Ireland in the achievement of the
same measure of liberty enjoyed in
these United States."
Distinct from tlio "declaration of
principles," Chairman Ryan ulso sub
mitted resolutions protesting against
the continued incarceration in English
prisons of Irish patriots us inhuman
and against tho policy of civilized na
tions, tho men having acted only in
interest of thoir country nnd
human liberty: declaring sympathy for
the people of Cuba, who aro struggling
for political independence ami tlio es
tablishment of a republic; and recog
nizing tho importance to tho Irish na
tion of preserving the language, liter
ature and music of the people; com
mending work now being done by the
Gaelic league and tho National liter
ary society in Ireland, und by tho
Gaelic societies of thi- country.
IMPORTANT TO IMPORTERS
Nov Jtesulutloim In llelntlon to linino
dluto Tninnpnrlutloii Good.
Washington, Sept. 2 7. Tho officials
of the customs service have mnlo nn
important change in tho regulations
governing what is known as "iuiuiu
diatc transportation" goods. Under
the law goods intended for certain in
terior points of the United Stntos may
be billed und sont to their destination
without examination nt the port of
arrival. Under tho now lobulations
the importer tuny change the destina
tion of the goods ftom ono Interior
port to another on reaching tlm port
of arrival. This regulation gives tho
importer the advantage of any favor
able change In the tovcral markets of
tho country.
REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Over BO Tor Cent Jecrene for Tiro
Month Compared With Int Year.
Washington. Sept. 27. Tho month
ly statement preparod by tho commis
sioner of internal revenue shows tliat
tho total receipts of his office during
July and August of tho present your
wero 525.742,523. ns against S51.l'25.401
during July und August, 1801. This
is a decrea&o of $20,182,881, or over CO
per cent. The -net decrease for the
sin glo month of August was $14,203,-OSO.
DEFENSE OF DURRANT.
Tlio l'rlionor'n Sldo ot tho Cmo Outlined
by Coninel.
Sa Fiiancispo, Cat., SopL 527 Tho
defense in tho Durrant case hesran yes
terday with nn opening statement
from Attorney Duproy. His Intima
tion that the murder was committed
not by Durrant, but by Rev. John
Gcorgo Olbson, pastor of Emanuel
church, mado in a significant allusion
to the resemblance of tho preacher's
handwriting with tho lettering on tho
paper enclosing ltlnncho Lmnont's
ring, created a marked sonsatlon. Tho
nddrosn of Duproy began with defini
tions of tlio duties of n juror in capital
cases. Ho nttneked tho newspapers
for tho articles written and published
concerning Durrant, nnd warned tlio
jury ngnlnst improper deductions from
circumstantial evidence. Duproy thou
said:
We will show that tho marks unon
tho belfry door aro tho marks of
a chisel nnd that tlio chisel was found
in tho pastor's study in a tool box.
Wo will show you, as long as they havo
introduced a paper hero with fetters
on it ns compared with letters found
in Emanuel church that thoy aro
letters written by Rev. John Gcorgo
Gibson. If wo aro to act upon
suspicions we will show you that
there aro others who havo been cast
Intd suspicion nnd worse than tho
defendant. Wo will show you that on
April :i Durrant wore a dark suit of
clothes of blue cloth, while tho wit
ness Vogel said Unit ho had light
trousers. Wo will show Hint the eye
sight of Mrs. Leak and ilrs. trossct
aro lmpared and that tho reputation
of witness Quintan Oppenhaim and
Phillips for veracity is bad. If wo can
prove what wo havo outlined now, wo
should havo tho spirit of Blanche La
mont call upon you to realize tho
truth and if her spirit could conio
before you It would say: 'Let tho do
fondant stand out, lot him bo free, for
ho harmed nio not. Theodoro Dur
rant is innocent: we stnul for his life;
wo demand his liberty."
A PRIEST INVOLVED.
A St. Joseph Girl Mjftterlottidy MlMlng
I'ulhor tVnBner Arcmed.
St. Jorki'H, Mo., Sept. 27. Maudo
Stoldel, tho ifl-year-old daughter of a
widow, has been missing slnco last
Sunday night, nnd the efforts of tho
police nnd detectives to find her havo
been in vain. Tho mother charges
Father Dominick Wagner, pastor of
St. Mary's Catholic church, with ab
ducting the girl, but lias been unablo
to sccura enough evidence of his guilt
to obtain a warrant for his arrest.
Tho priest donics all knowledge of
the girl's whereabouts. Ho isa young
man of good appearance and address
and has been in tho city during tho
past six yearn. Iloforo entering tlio
ministry ho was a printer in Chicago.
Mrs Stoidel says that the priest had
been paying her daughter attentions
during tlio past year, much against
her will. Neighbors aud relatives of
tho misstng girl liavo threatened to
mob tho priest unless ho reveals tho
girl's hiding place. It is said that
Father Wagner has fallen heir to a
fortune in Germany und inlands to re
tire from the priesthood, and members
of his church profess to believe that
lie intends to take the girl away with
him and marry her.
Tim Sullii'i Keuiilnn.
Sauna, Knn., Sopt. 27. Tho second
day of the G. A. 11. reunion was a great
success. Speeches wero delivered in
tho afternoon bv Senator Pcffor, Con
gressman Culderheud, Rcrnnrd Kelly
und others. Senator Poller declared
it to be liis belief that a service pon
linn bill would pass congress be'oro
his term of ollico closed. At night J.
R. llurtou mado a speech at tho Sons
of Veterans meeting, Morrill and In
galls will bo hero Friday. Stato and
regimental reunions ore being held at
all hours.
I'lfty Cent Gn.
Kanras City. Mo., Sept. 27. The
Philadelphia Gas trust this morning
cut tho price df Its gas In Kansas City
to fifty cents a 1,000 cubic feet. Tills
is the biggest single cut over made in
Mie price of gas in America. Gus has
gone lower in past gas wars elsewhere
but usually tho cuts havo been grad
ual. The new gus company expects to
furnish gas by December 15, and tho
cut made by the old company is easily
accounted for.
Tin' Tomsito Crop Short.
Li:avknvouth, Kan,, Sept. 2"1.
Julius. S. Edwards, secretary-treasurer
of tho Western Canned Goods
Puckers association, estimates that
the lot, ao crop in the most of the
Western states this year will not bo
more than one-third of that of Inst
year. Ho predicts a sharp udvuuco in
pricu before January 1.
Vrtlkyrlu Will Stay Hero.
Nnw Yoisk, Sept. 27. Lord Dun
raven has ordered the Valkyrie III to
be made ready to spend tho winter on
this tide of the Atlantic in order to
have her racu again and, incidentally,
it is said, to silence those of his critics
who have asserted that ho was afraid
to have his yacht meet tho Dcfiinder
a rain.
AtchHuu'H Corn Julilloo.
Atchison, Kan., Sept 27. The larg
est crowil which ever ussomblod in
Atchison is hero to-day to attend the
corn carnival. All tho business houses
ur profusely docoratcd with corn and
visitor are being elaborately enter
tained. It is believed that thorw will
bo 5,000 visitors lioro when all the ex
cursion trains uro iu.
Tho rruiico-KtU4l.nl Alliance of
the
Great (lit Import to I'urope.
Nbw Yoiik, Sept. 27. A special to
tho Herald from lierlln says: The
Krcuz folding declares tliat tho
Franco-Russian alliance has now be
come a political factor of the first im
portance. At any moment war, which
up to tho present moment has been
avoided only by a miracle, muy break
out.
Tho signal for hostilities will, how
ever, declares tho paper, begin from
Paris, not St. Petersburg, where tho
want of a firm hand in the trovernuicnt
Is everywhere apparent.
A HASCALLY BOBBER.
POOR PEOPLE ARE MAINLY HIS
VICTIMS.
Treasurer Vlro of tho Homo Aid Aiunocl
ntlon, ICiuiiiu City, Ship Gut with
Tlioumindd in Klchteen Month 81 It
0(10 win l'nld Illm, of Which Very r.lt
tte Went llnck Alt tho Cnnh Carried
On by tho Itnicnt IVnn n MUtoarl
Corporation.
Gone With Thoimnuil.
KANSAS City, Sept. 1!S. Charles II,
Vice, treasurer of tho Homo Mutual
Aid association, which had offices in
tho Templo block nt Missouri avenue
and Walnut strcots, lias disappeared
and taken with him tho books of tho
association and thousands of dollars
which have been wrung from the pub
lic by false representations within tho
past eighteen months. Ho left not n
dollar in tlio treasury with which to
pay tho claims against tho association.
All that ho did leave was sovoral bush
els of printed nintter, u cheap dcslc
ond a couple of chairs in a bare, un
cnrpctcdrooni. The Homo Mutual Aid association
was incorporated under tho laws of
Missouri, February M, 18u. Its first
officers wero Frank Sullivan of Ediuti,
Mo president; M. 1). llollistcr, Kan
sas City, sccrotory; C. II. Vico of Kill
nn, treasurer, and W. C. llollistcr of
Edinti, financier. It was Incorporated as
a fraternal beneficial order. It insured
men nnd women between the ngesat U
and o" years. An insurance polioy for
$1,000 in tho concern cost tho insured S2
a month, nnd for that lie got $1 a dny
during sickness, not exceeding ninety
days in any one year, and SI n day
when temporarily disabled by acci
dent. If ho wns totally disabled ho
got the full amount of ills policy, or
the full amount was paid to his bene
ficiary at death, Tho boncfltn to
women members wore as liberal as to
men.
Ueforo tho association was a year
old there was a chatigc in ofilccrs nnd
Colonel Adonis Anderson, nn aged
justice of tho pcaco of Mention, Mo.,
because its president, J. F. Snow was
mado vico president, T. J. Randolph
secretary, W.L.Griggs attorney aud Dr.
li A. Hitter, supreme medical director.
Vico was always its treasurer. August
20 last Micro was another change iu
tho oflicinl staff. Anderson and Vico
continued ns president and treas
urer, but L. Vlllcroy nnd William
West of Oklahoma wero made re
spectively vico president und secretary
of tho association. Vlllcroy and West
seem to have been innocent of Mie
condition and purposes of the associa
tion when thoy went Into it. They
say thoy wero and they havo remained
hero to faco tho consequences of Vice's
flight nnd to lay tho mutter before tho
criminal prosecutor.
Vice is from Edina, Mo., wlicro his
father Is a farmer.
W. L. Griggs, who acted as attorney
for the association up to six weeks ago,
says ho resigned because ho discovered
that Vice was grabbing every dollar
he could get his hands on and paying
out nothing. Mr. Griggs is familiar
with the business of tho concern since
it inception. Ho says tho association
had as IiIkIi ns 500 members at a
tiino und that in tlio eighteen months
filnee its incorporation Vice has taken
in Si 1,000 nnd pa'd out S.1,000 in nick
claims Tho association never paid a
death claim, ultliough several have
been presented and there are two
dcatli claims for SftOo each now pend
ing. Claims against tho association
for sick nnd accident benefits aro coin
ing in daily und S800 worth of them
have accumulated sinco tlio departure
of Vice.
TO INSURE GOOD SERVICE.
Smaller I'oitoftlce Muy lln I'ut Under
tho Civil Hervlco.
Washington, Sept. 25. Roth tho
postofllco department und civil service
commission are taking great interest
in the movement toward putting
fourth-class postmasters undor the
protection of tho civil servico laws. It
is probable that before the end ot this
administration notion will bo taken.
There aro over 05,00') fourth-clasa
postolilces in tho country und the num
ber Is constantly increasing. Of these
some 20,000 carry salaries of less than
SjO per annum, and at least half are
in places where Micro is much creator
difficulty in finding a competent und
roliablo person who is willing to servo
Minn in choosing between competitors.
It is obvious that there can bo no
question of examination nnd certifica
tion by the usual civil servico methods
in theso offices. Several plaus have
been suggested nnd a combination of
them will probably bo adopted.
Cubiiu Kympnthhcern ICeJolce.
Wilmington, Del., Sopt. 2". As a
result of tho acquittal of tho alleged
lillbustercrs Micro was a largo demon
stration of Cubans and Cuban sympa
thizers in tlio sliupo of a parudo last
night, Thero were 8,000 tnon In
the parade, who, with numerous bands
of music, miircbo'1 throughout the city.
Lover Not to Ilo Thwiirtefl.
Gli:nvooi Si'itiNOs, Col., Sopt. 25.
The youngest daughter of Gcorgo S.
Moyors, tho millionaire tobacco manu
facturer of St, Louis, und Graham E.
llabcock, son of General E. Kabcock,
manager of the Hotel Coronado of Cor
onudo, Col., eloped Sunduy and were
married here.
r.irdond by tho I'retldent.
Washington, Sept. 26. Tho presi
dent pardoned because of ill hoalth,
L. A. Mclvnlght, convicted in the In
dian territory of malicious mischief in
burning a stack of hay belonging to
the United States nnd sentenced Murch
13, ls&l, to ten years' Imprisonment.
Shot III! V.'lfo nnd lllmcelr.
Dallas. Texas, Sopt. 25. S. F. Wil
intns of Kansas City shot and seriously
injured Ids wife and then killed hitn
oelf lust night. Mrs. Williams is so
seriously wouuded as to bo unable to
make a statement. Tlio ennso of tho
truyedy Is not known. The couplo
were guests nt a local hotel.
I-UMTt'iico School Closed.
Lawiiknci:, Kan., Sept. 25, A joint
cession of the board ot health and tho
board of education was held last night
mid tho schools were ordered closed on
account of tho diphtheria epidemic
COL. JONPS KILLED.
Tlio Noted Knninn Mectl 'With "Vlo"'''
lent Urn til.
Iola, Kan., Sept. 25, Colonel W. 0.
Jones, tho noted Democratic leader
and ex-Unltod States marshal of Knn
eu, drove, thin morning, to hi farm,
about five miles from here, und had
passed through tlio gatolnto a wooded
pasture, when tho eplrlted horso ho
was driving became frightened nnd
ran away, throwing him against aCrco
in such n way ns to break ono leg and
crush the fikull.
Physlclnns were summoned ns toon
as possible, but tho injured man died
without showing any signs of con
sciousness. A young man who wns
with him jumped from tho cart nnd es
caped unhurt.
Colonel Jones enmo to Kansas City
in 1800, settling In Allen county. When
tho war began hoenllstodlu the Tenth
Kansas regiment nnd was mado cap
tain. Afterward ho became major and
in that capacity ho Bcrvod until tho
closo of tho war. Later ho was mado
lieutenant colonel of tho Eighteenth
Kansas, a rcglmont organized to fight
Indians who had invaded Kansas and
wero laying wnsto tlio country.
April 0, 18KI, Colonol .Tonus was ap
pointed warden of tho stato peniten
tiary, in wliloh position ho continued
until April 1, 188 when ho resigned.
In 18S1 ho wns a delegate to tho na
tional Democratic convention, "which
nominated Grovcr Cleveland for Presi
dent tho first term.
April 5, 1885, President Cleveland
appointed Colonol Jones United States
marshal for tho district of Kansas
mid ho hold tho office until 1S80. Iu
1800 ho wns chairman of the Demo
cratic stato ccntrnl committee nnd
managed the campaign of ex-Governor
Charles Robins n. Ho was chairman
again in J802, but Mint year Ills party
hud no ticket in tho Hold and his
duties wero llttlo more Mian nominal.
In 161)2 Colonel Jones was again a
delegate to tho national Democrntio
convention nnd voted for Grovcr
Cleveland. Upon Mr. Cleveland's re-,
election lie nought ngaln to be United
Stntos mnrshal, but Senator JohnMur
Mu favored Dr. S. F, Ncoloy for tho
placo, and Colonel Jones lost, although
W. U Perry, who had boon United
States uttorney, und 0. Y. (Hick, who
had been pension agent during Mr.
Cleveland's first term secured their old
places.
Colonel Jones took this as an affront
and although ho mixed with the Dem
ocrats ns usual, when ho happoncd to
bo in Topokn ho seldom visited tho
cnpitol and had almost disappeared
from politics nt Mie tiino of Ills death.
Colonel Jones owned a farm near
loin, and his affairs are iu pretty good
condition, if properly managed. Ho
loft a widow nnd thrco children. Ills
oldest, a son, ho hud just placed at tho
stato university. ills second is n
daughter of M and his third a boy of
8 or 10.
While Colonol .Tones was not an
ndroit politician ho wns a successful
one when ho sought ollico for himself
for he had a faculty of bringing strong
influences to bear whenever ho want
ed their nsslstnnco. Ho "stood in"
with more powerful men who could
holp him, mid was successful in com
bining forces "pooling issues," ho
called it. Ho missed tho United States
marshalship in 1804 simply because his
ambition was opposed by a United
States senator. If that Influence had
been out of tha way ho would havo
been successful, although ho had a
fltrht at homo.
ALL ABOUT POSTOFFICES.
Annual Iteport Jtmt Out by AnUlunt l'oxt
uuuter Gauerul Maxwell.
Washington, Sopt. 20. Tlio annual
report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Maxwell shows Mint tho num
ber of postolilces in operation iu tho
United States on Juno 80, 1895, was
iu.uih. uuring tno year v,ia post
offices wero establishes and 2,103 dis
continued. Tho total number of ap
pointments for the year wns 13,112.
During the year tho greatost incrcaso
in tho number of postofllces was in Ok
lahoma, CO. Nineteen states show a
decrease in tho number of postolilces,
the greatest loss occurring in Kansas,
OH; South Carolina losing 41, and Iowa
nnd West Virginia, 38 each. Fifteen
other states show n loss of from 2 to
37 each.
During the year 50,540 complaints
affecting tlio ordinary mall wero re
ceived; al,8 19 referring to letters, and
27,007 to packages. Tills shows an in
crcaso of a.oiitf over last year.
Under tlio hcud of forelgii cases the
report emphasizes tho superiority of
the registry system of tho United
States over that of most of tho foreign
countries.
During tho year there wero 2,240 ar
rests for offenses against Mie postal
laws, of which number 175 were post
mnstcrs, forty assistant postmasters,
fifty clerks in postofllces, twelve rail
way postofiico clerks, thirty-seven
letter carriers, fifty-two mail rnrriora, ,
and twenty-eight were employed in
minor posltious in the postal service.
Tho concluding pages of the report
nro devoted to a scries of sketches of
important ensen. General Maxwell
uses strong lungungo in referring to
tlio escape of Killorun, Allen and Rus
sell from Ludlow street jail, Now
York, their apprehension having been
a matter of great importance to tho
department.
Senator linker I'm or Cuba.
Lkavkxwoivui, Ka'n., Sept. 25. In
A letter to the Chicago Tribune ou tlio
Cuban quostion, Senator Raker said:
"From my standpoint, I beliovo that
our government should immediately
recognize Cuba as a belligerent nation.
Then sho would havo tho right to law
fully bqy arms and enter Into com
mercial relations with us. I beliovo
tho Cubans nro entitled to their inde
pendence." CUNDE.,., , .-.-rtfCHES.
London speculators seem to havo
gone wild over tho Kaffir gold, fields.
Many Illinois, Indiana aud Ohio
farmers nro buying farms in Sedgwick
county, Kansas.,
Prince Lobanoff hassent to the stato
department a transcript of the Russiun
auti-Semitic law
The president has appointed J, E.
Raker, son of the minister, secretary
to the Nicaraguac Legation.
Charles lleacock was sentenced to
one year In tho pen for stealing a 81.50
piece of bacon at Murpkyiboro.