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I JHE CAPTAIN'S STORY
H | JOE TELLS OE THE DISASTER TO TOE
B , . SEA WINd.
B r
H The Vcaacl In Good Condition a-nd tho
B "Wind Alone Keaponalblo for the
B Catastrophe Senator * being Hcmon-
M atrated With for Waiting : Valuable
H Tlmo Ifllnncaota Farm era' Convcn-
B S M tion The Nominations Ma do and
B Platform Adopted A Family Cream-
K atcd Indiana Ktarvluj.
R * Y Captain 1Vcthercn > * Story. ,
Hj St. Paul , Minn. , July 18. Captain
K "Wetheren and six of tho crow of the
R ill-fated steamer Sea "Wing1 , which was
H wrecked at Lake City Sunday night ,
B Iiavo arrived here and Government In-
K spectors Yenger and Knapp are coni
B ducting' an investigation of tho affair
H | behind closed doors. Captain Weth-
H ren and Clerk Niles have given to tho
H press statements of tho disaster. Thoy
H say the steamer Sea Wing had been re-
H contly inspected and found in good
H -condition , and with the barge she had
H ' in company , was allowed 250 passen-
B gers. Tho number of passengers on
B board at the time was under ono hun-
B -dred " and seventy-five. There wero on
H the boat and bargo 200 floats , 187 cork
Bf and tulo preservers " and seven skiffs.
Bv Tho boat left Lake City at 8 o'clock
Hi and proceeded up the lake about live
BK miles. "When tho storm struck the
Bf steamer it was completely and in-
Ht stantly overturned. Captain "Weth-
B > -oreii was at tho wheel and did all in
Bff his power to keep tho boat headed into
R tho wind and remained in tho pilot
Wh house until completely submerged.
Br Then ho broke through tho side and
B , -succeeded in reaching tho shore. Tho
Bf -engineer stood at his post until the
B ? "water filled tho engine room and then
mk made his escape. When tho boat up-
BI se * > there was no water in her hull and
Bft nothing but the forco of the wind up-
K sot her.
H The barge was not cut loose until
By tho steamer capsized and then only to
H save it from being swamped also. The
B [ . -crew were all able men and understood
B ; their business. No liquors were on
B' ' "board and nono of the crew drank a
B' ' -drop that day. And more , none of the
K -crew were drinking men.
K When tho boat left Lake City the
K storm seemed to have pissed and tho
H ; -crew deemed it safe to start. Tne pas-
B ; sengers also wanted to go , and the
K boat started on her return trip.
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H | Roinoiistraiicc ! * Being Becclved.
I Washington , July 18. The memr
aWv
K bers of the senate are receiving letters
my of remonstrance , particularly from tho
{ • commercial and legal associations of
| the country , against giving so niuchat-
| tentiou to political measures like the
If -election bill when there are other mat-
1 ters before congress which to them ap-
| , pear of greater importance to the peo-
Si pie. There lias been a formidable de-
fi mand for the passage of the bankruptcy
h' bill at this session of congress and
g. many committees representing various
commercial organizations of the coun-
i try have visited Washington several
| i times to urge its immediate consideray
fj lion by. congress , and the members of
* the bar of the supremo court are also
very urgent in their demands for the
passage of some bill to relievo the
docket of that bodj * . A bill passed tho
houso some months ago creating a
number of additional district and cirI
• cuit judges and was referred to the sen
ate committee on judiciary , where it
has slumbered ever since. Mr. Evarts
is responsible for the delay , and it is
* aid that he is now preparing a sub-
I -stituto which proposes to create an ap
pellate court and which is an altogeth
er now measure , but both tho bankrupt
bill and tho bill to provide additional
judges for the United States courts
have received the endorsement of the
national bar association , and they will
not relish the substitution of a new
• scheme for one to which they have
given their approval after a great deal
• of discussion and reflection. A great
' -deal of impatience is shown at the neg-
\ lect of the business interests of the
I -country in this particular to promote
| the political prospects of some mem-
1 Jbers who want an. election bill passed ,
. .
A Whole Family Cremated.
j Quebec , July 18. At 2 o'clock this
! .morning fire broke out in a barroom
j . -owned , by Delamere Oulette. Tho
\ flames made such rapid progress that l
"the whole building was soon consumed.
It was only after the fire was extin-
\ /guished tna a fireman came upon a :
• family of five persons who had per- '
ished. The family consisted of Pierre
Jkleranda , his wife and three children , c
I "who had recently returned from the I
| United States intending to settle in
"their native city. It is thought others c
| .perished in the flames. c
ITIInnesota Farmers In Convention.
i ' St. Paul , Minn. , July 18. At the
* "farmers' alliance and the united labor *
i -convention here the first business was
] the report of the committee on resolu- "
t. tions , which was adopted. ,
- V- It demanded that "the war tariff" be .
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radically revised , especially denounc- (
7 ing tho McKinlejT bill as a howling in- i
t iamy of protection. It demands gov- \
1 „ -ernment control of railroads ; demands
II • free and open markets for grain and t
- ' , proper facilities for transportation f
-I thereto ; believes the Minnesota rail- ]
' / .road , commission should be governed
; ' } "hy the Iowa schedule of rates ; holds t
, . -that.the mortgage indebtedness should i
j
| , { fi , be deducted from the tax on realty ; de- T
I " " mands lower interest and a severe t
Jjt penalty for usury ; favors an increase in r
I r -the volume of money and demands the e
J V j % free coinage of silver ; favors the im-
IV provement of the great water waj's ;
[ Jtj. . - * asks for the Australian ballot system for 1
U.f , the whole state ; holds that the United 1
; - / _ : .States senators' nd railroad commis-
! 11 sioners shquld be elected .by ballot ; i
w • demands the prohibition bf child labor ; I
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wiT.im itjiin > lniinwjjti ] fiuitl < u1.1ii.imi mm BwdWIHWpl
a BiMa iiaMaaMBMMBBBM aa aa a aMaaMiMaaaiaaaw
favors arbitration to settle labor
troubles , and equal pay for equal work ,
irrespective of sex ; "considers tho re
cent supreme court decisions fraught
with danger to our form of govern
ment , and invites to its support all
who toil and all who agree with them
in opinion.
Gen. K. II. Uaker was nominated for
governor , and tho ticket was com
pleted as follows :
Lieutenant governor , J. O. Barrett
of Brown's Valley.
Secretary of state , M. Wesonburg of
Duluth , Scandinavian.
State auditor , P. II. Rahilly , Waba-
has county.
State treasurer , Eric Matteson , La
Qui , Paelry.
Attorney general , J. M. Burlingame ,
Owatona. (
South Dakota Indiana Starving.
Washington , July 18. The secre
tary i of the interior has transmitted to
congress , a letter from tho United States
Indian ; agent at tho Sissetan agency ,
South < Dakota , stating that the Sisseton
and Wahpeton Indians of Lake Trav
erse reservation aro in a most destitute
condition , tho drouth of last year hav
ing j almost totally destroyed their crops ,
and asking that Spy , 000 bo appropri
ated for the purchase of provisions to
keep ] them from starving.
A Gloomy Day In KcdAVIng.
Red Wing , Minn. , July 17. Sixty-
six bodies that wero brought hero yes
J
terday were laid out in an empty store
room , and to this place of death camo
tho \ mourning friends to claim their
dead or look in vain for absent ones-
All day long coffined bodies wero be.
ing carried to stricken homes in the
city and at many hearthstones but ono
or two survivors of tho family awaited
the coming of tho remains of their
loved ones. This is a day of funerals ,
j nearly all of the bodies yet recovered
being interred in "God's Acre. "
. Funerals were held right along dur
ing tho day , ono of tho mournful pro
cessions passing along the street every
few minutes. Business houses gener-
erally were closed and in mourning-
garb , while the whole place wore an "
air of disconlate grief. Coroner
Ivyllo went down to Lake City to view
tho sceno of the disaster. He will
hold an inquest at onco on the body of
E. A. Johnson of Darota , who was to
have been married yesterday , and
whose betrothed was also one of those
who i > erished.
Operations oT the Firnt Assistant Post
master Ocncral'H Ollice.
Washington , July 17. The state
ment of the operations of the office of
the first assistant postmaster general
for the fiscal year ended June 30,1890 ,
shows that the total number of trans-
actions ] in the appointment division
were 23,201 , an average of nearly
2,000 per month , or SO per day. Of
this number there wero 4,332 post-
offices established , 1,024 discontinued
and 1,579 changes of name and site.
In fourth class postoffices there were
9,056 appointments on account of resig-
nations , 5,990 on account of removals
and G38 on account of death of postj
masters. In presidential offices there
were 253 appointments on account of
resignations , 579 on account of ex-
pirations of commissions , 556 on ac-
count . of removals , 31 on account of
death of postmasters and 133 on ac
count of offices becoming presidential.
Of removals of classes about 1,000
were made on reports of inspectors.
The whole number of postoffices in
operation July 1 , 1890 , was 62,400 ,
against j ! 5S. 990 in 1889 , 7,376 in 1888 ,
55,157 in 1S87 knd 40,021 in 1880.
The increase during the last year is
the largest in the history of the coun
try.
Killed Father and .TTother.
Anna , 111. , July 19. A tale of youth
ful depravity hard to believe comes
from Goreville , a small town in the
edge of Johnson county removed from
railways and telegraph stations. Mon
day night when every one was asleep ,
a man , supposed at the time to be a
burglar , broke into the house of a man
named Morris Sullivan , and on being
spoken to fired a pistol at the bed in
which Si-illivan and his wife were sleep
ing i , The ball struck Sullivan in the
breast , inflicting fatal injuries. Mrs.
Sullivan { then jumped out of bed and
threw t herself upon the murderer , but
the pistol was discharged again , and she
fell wounded in the left breast. Her
injuries , too , are pronounced fatal. By
this ; time the alann had been given and
the neighbors came in. On securing
the murderer he was found to be Sul
livan's 16-year old son. He is now in
jail. A few months ago the boy pois
oned some water which he gave to his
parents , but this attempt failed. He
gives as his reason for committing the
crime that he was tired waiting for the
old folks' property.
. An Express Company Robbed.
Chicago , July 16. The Northern
Pacific express company's office , 81 ,
Dearborn * street , was robbed of $1,400 •
Saturday. Two of the clerks were in i
the office at the time working on the
books. There are conflicting stories
as to how the robbery was done. One
of the clerks tells the following : A
masked thief gained an entrance
through the door that leads off the
alley and , after chloroforming one of
the clerks , knocked the other to the •
floor with a blow from a "jimmy. "
He then broke open the money-draw
er and took every dollar that it con
tained. Stuffing the currency into a
bag he hastily left the building by a
rear-door and made his escape down
the dark alley. ! No arrests have been
made. The clerk's story is not gen
erally credited.
The iron and steel workers of the
New Jersey steel and iron works at '
Trenton have struck because the super
intendent has refused to sign the scale
in the absence of President Abram S.
Hewitt in Europe.
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THE POLITICAL BALL
IT IS SET ROLLING ST TI1E FAHMEIIS
OV NEBRASKA.
Proceeding of Their Convention Held
at Columbua A Farmer Nominated
for Consreaa Some Featurea of tho
Platform Opposition to Land Mo
nopoly ! TIore Currency Needed-
Public Property at tho Mercy of
Private Greed The Australian Bal
lot System Recommended.
State Farmers' Alliance Convention at
Columbus.
Columbus , July 16. At tho inde
pendent convention of the state farm
ers' alliance , Knights of Labor , trades-
unions and other labor organizations
of tho Third congressional district , to
nominate- candidate for congress ,
held at tho opera-house yesterday ,
about 100 of the 148 delegates entitled
to seats were present.
Tho following persons wero placed.
in nomination for congress : M. F.
Knox of Custer , William A. Poyntor
of Boone , O. M. Kemm of Custer , C.
D. Schroeder of Logan , W. L. Willard
of Hall. On tho second ballot O. M.
Kemm was nominated.
Mr. Kemm is thirty-five years old ,
was born in Indiana on a farm and in
1882 camo to Nebraska and home-
steaded a claim in Custer county , on
which he lived until January last , when
ho was appointed deputy county treas
urer. Ho has been a republican up to
about two years ago , when he cut loose
from the party and joined the alliance ,
helping in tho bitter fight in Custer last
fall. Hti announced that he was poor
and that about all he hau was a family
of motherless children and a $1,500
mortgage pn his farm.
TR15 RESOLUTIONS.
The committee on resolutions , C. S.
Evans , C. W. Potter , M. J. Costello ,
John S. Freeman and C. W. Beal , re-
ported the following , which were unan
imously adopted :
Land is the original source from
which all wealth is drawn. Free ac
cess to it is necessary to life , liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. The
ownership of land is the only true ba-
sis for the establishment of homes ;
hence , the welfare of society and the
progress of the human race depend
upon securing to every worthy person
an opportunity to own land ; therefore ,
We are opposed to every form of
land-monopoly. We demand thatun-
earned , land-grants shall be forfeited ;
that alien-ownership shall be prohibit-
ed ( , and that individuals shall bo pre-
vented from holding large tracts of
land out of use for speculative puri
poses.
Money is to organized industry what
blood ] is to the human system. It should
be sufficient in quantity , good in quali-
ty 1 , and should circulate through every
part of the body-politic. Its scarcity
causes , falling prices , business stagna1
tion and hard times , with all the con-
sequent j idleness , suffering and crime.
A contraction of the currency benefits
no j one but those whose source of
wealth are fixed in value , as bonds ,
stocks f , mortgages , &c , while it wrongs
and oppresses every producer.
We brand tho financial legislation
of , these United States for the past 20
years as unwise and criminally unjust
to the masses. It has been in favor
of , usurers and against producers. The
destruction ( of our paper-currency and
tho demonetization of silver were
crimes against society. *
In order to secure justice to the peo
ple and a return of prosperity to this
country i , "we demand the full and un-
limited coinage of silver and all paper
currency shall be issued by the govi
ernment directly to the people in the
form of legal tender treasury notes and
in sufficient quantity to do the business
of the country.
The moving of products and the
transmission of intelligence by means
of railroads and telegraphs are neces1
sary and important parts of our indus-
trial system. The prosperity of the
country is absolutely dependent on
these great modern inventions. But
they are of such a nature that compe1
tition fails to regulate the prices
charged for their use , and monopoly
prevails. Thus public prosperity is
left at the mercy of private greed , un-
less the government employs its power
to secure the right use of these great
inventions. The right of the govern1
ment to do this is affirmed by the high-
est legal and economic authorities ,
But neither the United States nor the
state of Nebraska has ever effectually
exercised that right. Hence the coni
struction and operation of railroads
and telegraphs is marked by frand , ex-
tortion , contempt of law and political
corruption. The producers of wealth
are oppressed and robbed without stint
that a few selfish men may pile upvast
fortunes. Railroad corporations have
dominated and corrupted the politics
.of this state. By exorbitant charges
they have extorted millions of dollars -
from the toiling masses.
We believe the only effectual remedy
for these evils lies in government own1 1
ership of telegraphs and railroads , and I
this we declare [ to bo our ultimate obi i
ject. But pending such final settle
ment of this question we demand that <
the government shall exercise its right <
of control over these institutions so as
to prevent abuses and secure the rights :
of the people so far as may be possible.
We demand that the government 1
shall foreclose its mortgages on the :
Pacific railways , take charge of them , -
and operate them in the interest of the <
masses.
Taxation is one of the most import- i
ant functions of government. A wise ]
use of the power to tax is the best sign 1
of a just and healthy government. <
Taxes should be limited in amount to !
the needs of government , and every
effort should be made to reduce these
needs by economy and retrenchment.
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Taxes should bo levied and collected in
such a manner as to interfero as little
as possible with tho business of tho
country and tho natural course of in
dustrial development. Monoy collected
by taxation should bo kept out of cir
culation no longer than is absolutely
necessary ; nor should funds in tho pub
lic treasury bo used for the enrichment-
of public officials.
Wo demand a strict application of
tho above principles and a thorough
tax reform in every department of our
government , municipal , state and
national.
Wo aro disgustedwith the endless
bickerings and disputes by which tho
politicians try to keep the people di
vided on tho tariff question. We brand
the position of tho democratic party on
that question as weak and oscillating
and unworthy of support. Wo brand
tho tariff rolicy of tho republican par
ty as unsound and unjust , and the Mc-
Kinley bill as an outrago on along suf-
fering people. In place of all this
tariff tinkering we demand a sweeping
measure of reform.that shall give relief
to tho farmers and laboring people by
greatly reducing the taxes on all tho
necessaries of life.
The use of tho ballot to secure a free
expression of the actual will of tho
voter is essential to the success of pop-
ular government. Therefore to free
our politics from corruption and aboli
ish the tyranny of bosses and machines ,
we demand tho Australian ballot sys-
tern.
We favor a liberal service pension
for every soldier or sailor who served
in the union army and who has re-
ceived a ' n honorable discharge. Wo
arraign tho old parties for the repeated
violations of their promises to those
whose heroism saved the nation.
Healthy competition in production
and commerce must be maintained or
wo wo will be forced to adopt some
form of state socialism as our onlj * pro1
tection against the ravages of monop-
oly. Therefore , we demand that trusts
end all combinations in restraint of
production or trade shall be abolished
by law ; that gambling in stocks or la
bor products shall bo considered and
treated as a crime , and that every form
of robbery whether prohibited or sane-
tioned by law shall receive the con-
demnation of all honest men.
We respectfully invite all those who
favor the reforms we advocate and are
in sympathy with our principles and
purpose to aid us with their votes and
influence.
Suggestions In lEegard to the Sugar-
Beet Culture.
Lincoln , Neb. , July 17. Reports
from : the sub-stations established in
the 1 spring by the state experimental-
station ! for the purpose of determin-
ing the effect of the varying condi
tions 1 of soil and climate on the
growth i of and the production of su-
gar { in thj sugar-beet are in the main
good. i
In many places , especially in the
extreme western part of the state ,
beets 1 have suffered from hot weather
and ' a lack of rain as a rule , though
they 1 seem to wtthstand these unfa
vorable conditions as well as corn and
better 1 than small grain.
From some points reports tell us
that 1 insect enemies have begun their
• avages.
As the best methods of cultivation
with us are to be determined by exper-
iment J , the suggestion is made to those
having 1 small plats , that during the dry
weather the • ground be frequently ( at
} least once a week ) hoed or stirred.
Not only will this method of procedure
keep 1 the ground free from weeds , but
it J will also aid the plant to withstand
the 1 effects of dry and hot weather.
This last effect is caused by breaking
up i the little canals or channels , formed
in 3 the soil bjthe passage of the moist
ure i from the ground to to the air , thus
retarding i the evaporation of moisture
from 1 the soil and permitting the free
circulation ' of air throughout its upper
layers. Both of which actions have a
general j tendency to keep the soil cool
and i moist. If possible , hoe one-half
of < the p at every week and the other
half 1 but once in two or even three
weeks and carefully note tho effects on
the 1 growth.
As there are several kinds of in-
sects that altack the beet , and as they
have 1 already been reported as having
begun 1 operations , it seems to be the
proper ] time to begin to learn some-
thing 1 of their ai > pearance , habits
and ; the best means of meeting their j
advances. i To this end the beets should
be 1 watched very carefully from day j
to 1 day and at different times of the
day < and even in the evening for any
insect i , bug or worm that seems to have
any interest in them ; search the leaves , r
pull ] up the beets and search the roots j
and i the top-layer of the soil and't
when any marauder is found send it t
to 1 the experimental station for study j
and : identification. T
Directions for sending such specij
mens I copy from bulletin xiv. , on
"Insects Injurious to Youug Trees on \
Tree-Claims , " just issued. c
"Whenever possible , insects should t
be 1 packed alive in some tight tin box j
the tighter the better , as air holes \
are not needed along with a supply of
their 1 appropriate food sufficient to last r
them on the journey ; otherwise they t
generally die on the road and shrivel (
up. f
' 'Send as full an account as possible
of the habits of the insects ; what part c
of the plant it infests , time of the day
when it is most active , amount of dam- - \
age done , etc. (
"Packages should be marked with ;
the name of the sender and should be s
addressed to the Entomologist of the ]
Agricultural Experiment Station , Linj
coin , Nebraska. " c
It will aid very materially in form
ing conclusions if all people who have
planted seed thi3 season will send , f
from time to time , reports of the conl
dition of their beets to the Experiment *
Station. Address :
H. H. NicnoLSON , a
Agricultural Experiment Station ,
Lincoln , Neb. i
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PK0TRACTED DEBATE.
SIX WEEKS 3W11E TO JIE ( JIVES VP TO
TAltlEE TALK.
Tho Hog Days 1V111 Have Come and
Gone Before CongrcsM Get * Through.
Tho Governor of Wisconsin Ex
presses Himself In Begard to the
Bennett Law Hlorc of tho Lake I'o-
pln Disaster Ono Hundred Bodies
Becovcred A Gloomy Bar In Itcd
lVIng.
Six IVccka Tariff BUI Discussion.
Washington , July 18. Democratic
and i republican senators aro calculating
upon debating tho tariff bill six weoks
or ( more , although no agreement has
yet < been reached on that subject. Tho
tariff : is a great question , and it is ono
in i which all tho people aro interested.
Thero is not likely to be any attempt
made ; to rush the bill through until its
provisions ; have been carefully scruti-
nized ; and explained. The Mills bill ,
after j being debated by tho senate
finance committee , was discussed until
October i 3 , 1888. It will bo reraem-
bered that while it was pending tho re-
publican i senators held frequent cau-
cusses i and resolved to pass a bill be- .
fore 1 consenting to an adjournment.
Finally ; Senator Allison announced that
tho 1 republicans were tired and wanted
to 1 go homo and moved to postpone tho
further j consideration of tho bill until
the 1 following December. That motion
prevailed ] , and , although the presiden1
cy < had been decided , the senate occu-
pied j more than six weeks discussing
tho 1 bill in the second session of the fif1
tieth 1 congress. Under tho circum-
stances thero is every reason to believe
that i the debate on the pending tariff
bill 1 will be equally protracted. The
present ] bill differs in many respects
from j tho Allison bill , and there is
much in it needing full explanation.
The Bennett School Law.
Chicago , July 18 , Governor Hoard
of Wisconsin was interviewed on the
Bennett ] school law , which has aroused
such a political controversy in the state
of which he is the chief executive. Ho
said : "One of the great mistakes made
in the claim that the law interferes
with the course of instructsons laid out
by 1 private schools. Such is not so it
does not affect private schools. It simc
ply 1 said that each child shall each year
receive three months' instruction in tho
English language in history , arithme-
tic and reading. That instruction may
,
be obtained in tho public school or
where the parents will , so long as it is
given. But it must be given out that
we shall insist and we shall be success-
ful. Don 't doubt it.
"The progressive people of Wiscon-
sin , irrespective of party , favor it.
'Only a short time ago I received a
letter from seventy-five democrats in
one Wisconsin town stating that they
would fight me as a republican but
would support mo as a patriot. We
propose standing by the law , it is the
chief issue in the state and republicans
will win on it. The Lutherans , CathE
olics and Germans have split on it and
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the bolters will support it. "
Speaking of his prospects of re-elec-
tion , the governor said he would cer-
tainly be re-elected if nominated , but
of . the latter contingency he couldn't
talk. Referring to the McKinley bill , '
,
he said it would be yiore generally fa-
vored , when its champions had spoken ;
that the present opposition was due
mostly to the fact that its enemies had
done most of the talking.
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Total Number of Bod lex Recovered
Koiv BeachcN One Hundred.
Red Wing , Minn. , July 17. The
doleful tolling of church bells is still
to be heard in this city , the list of the
recovered dead from the disaster hav-
ing been greatly increased since yestert
day. Eight bodies were brought in
this morning. In the afternoon sixteen
more were brought up and one was
sent over to Lake City and to-night
another boat load arrived. This swells
the list of recovered dead to 100 and.
it is thought about a dozen bodies still
lie in the lake.
The scene at the lake shore , the dis-
aster having occurred two miles this
side of Lake City , in Goodhue county , ,
is a sad one. When the first bodies
were discovered Sunday night and
Monday morning the faces wero calm
and peaceful and showed little or no
signs of having come to a sudden
death. Not so with those found last
night and to-day. All these were blue
and blackened beyond recognition , so g
that clothing , jewels and papers were
the only way for friends to claim their
dead. The warm weather and shallow
ness , together with the fact that several t
big steamers sent up heavy swells to- ±
day as they passed up the river , j.
brought the bodies to the surface very
quickly. Patrolling row boats towed
the bodies ashore , where they were D
identified and as soon as possible , J
boxed and shipped to this city. J
Engineer Sparks of the Sea King to- 3
night"entered an emphatic denial of 1
the that he the r
report , captain or any
of the crew had been drinking. The *
friends of Sparks and Captain Wethz
eren are also indignant at the charge *
of drunkenness. l
The reported arrest of Captain 5
Wetheren is not false. A man who
came to-night from Diamond Bluff ,
where the captain ' s home is situated ,
says the sheriff took Wetheren to St.c
Paul this afternoon , having arrested I
him at the instance of United States
officials. c
Superintendent Porter has received ,
from Supervisor Gilbert the final fig- .
ures of the population of Chicago , .
Which place the'population of that city
at 1,101,263. In 1880 the official count
showed a population of 503,185.
The British government has granted i
all the demands of the telegraphers. r
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A Combine Agalnat Farmora , * \ |
Jamestown , N. D. , July 21 It will g ( | 4
bo a startling pieco of nowa to tho I ,
wheat growers of North Dakota to find * j .
out on tho ove of harvest that nb elo- i j
vator in tho state will storo grain this j J
year. The radical change- tho hand- . I
ling of tho crop has been kopt as so- ? I
cret as possible. It was determined * * j
upon , it is said , soon after the law was s f I
passed this year which makes all pub- f I
lie elevators and warehouses pay an ; I
nual license of $2.50 per 1,000 bush- ; | I
els capacity. Nine-tenths of tho crop j | I
of the state has been horetoforo bought • | I
by tho elevator companies upon Duluth J f I
and Minneapolis quotations. A farmer • I I
could storo his grain in these olovators ' j I
for fifteen days for nothing and keep \ I
it in storo as long as ho desired to pay | I
a small foe therefor. Now tho ele- I
vators will refuse this on the ground I
that thoy arc not public elevators , and M
tho farmer , who is mortgaged to tho M
ears ' , will this year bo compelled to I
sell his crop at whatever price tho I
company ' chooses to allow him. In fl
most cases this will leavehim penni- H
less for the winter. H
Tho law was supposed to be a rea- H
sonablc ' one and was in tho naturo of a H
tax 1 not so easy to evade , as tho old tax |
law ' has proved , but tho companies , in mW
order ' to evade it , will resort to this \
sweeping ! change , which will bring un- M
expected ( misery on moat of tho wheat , M
growers of this state , a class of men M
having from fifty to fivo hundred acres M
ingrain , which represent all thoy have M
in ] tho world and which now promises H
tho 1 first actual return for thoir labor in j H
three 1 years. By tho plan of forcing H
private 1 buyers out of tho small sta- H
tions 1 and agreeing upon a prico tho H
principal 1 elevators of tho stato will H
have , as in the past , absoluto control j H
of < tho enormous crop now out. This H
crop will bo so largo that the railroad ' |
commissioners have stated that all tho H
railroads combined cannot furnish cars H
to * move it one-tenth as far as required. H
If ] tho elevators refuse to storo it the W
confusion and dismay that will result W
will r be something unprecedented. U
The Original Puckn-o BUI. |
Washington , July 21. Tho death H
of Congressman Walker of Missouri , U
which occurred yesterday , will proba- U
bly prevent tho vote upon the original |
package 1 bill , which was to have been H
taken t today. It has always been tho H
custom for tho house to adjourn at onco |
after the announcement of the death of H
one of its members , and there is no H
reason to expect that a different course H
will , bo adopted in tho present case. H
The immediate adjournment of the j H
house ] will put the vote on tho bill over H
until Tuesday , and that will necessi- H
tate { the postponement of the vote upon H
tho t bankruptcy bill until Tuesday , or H
one day later than was intended. H
Those who are most active in the in- H
terest ( of the original packago bill aro j H
no better able to judgo of its fate to- H
night than they were a week ago , but H
the return of many absent members to- |
morrow morning will afford an oppor- j H
tunity j to make a canvass and to givo |
the { members of the judiciary committee |
an opportunity to decide whether it H
will be advisable to insist upon the Wil- H
son amendment in view of the opposi- j H
tion and tho strength of tho following H
of Mr. Adams of Chicago. H
South Dakota' * Tin mine * . j J
. Washington , July 21. One of the H
hottest fights that will arise in the sen- |
ate during tho debate on the tariff will H
bo t led by Senators Pettigrew and |
Moody 0 of South Dakota in favor of H
protection [ for the development of the H |
tin interests of that state. There ha3 1
never been any serious efforts made |
until now to develop the tin mines of H
this country. In the Black Hills of |
South Dakota are undoubtedly some of |
the richest tin mines in the world , and |
they have only been looked into suffi- |
ciently to ascertain the quality of the |
ore and something of its extent. H
While lead , silver , especially copper , |
and nearly all other ones indigenous of H
the United States have been given spec- H
ifie i attention in the tariff laws , our tin H
has been permitted to receive only gen- H
eral attention , and very little of that. H
Tin is one of tho most popular articles j H
of consumption in the country , for it H
goes into the use of every familv to a H
greater or less extent. The South |
Dakota I senators say that they have H
enough tin within an area of sbcty H
miles square to more than supply the H
United I States , and that it can be fully H
developed within two years if there is < H
proper encouragement given bv con- H
Notice to Grand Army ITIcn. H
Boston , Mass. , July 21 The re- | |
union committee of the national Grand H
Army . encampment earnestly desires H
the names of all organizations that H
have secured through local members H
and without application to the com- |
mitteo : their own accommodations. |
The committee also desires all military fl
and naval organizations that contem- H
plate holding reunions during encamp- | |
ment week and have not already noti- H
tified the committee should do so at H
once. Notices should be sent to J. H
Payson Bradley , chairman of the re- H
union committee No. 2 , "A" Beach H
street , Boston , Mass. |
Some Good Indian * . H
TucsonAriz. . , July 21. It is now |
definitely known that the eight Apache H
prisoners under Kid , who murdered H
Sheriff Reynolds and deputy and es- H
caped , that all save three have been H
killed. Kid and two others are at H
large. Troops are out in hopes of in- H
tercepting them. Three White moun- H
tain Apache renegades came in today |
and surrendered to the troops. H
The president has accepted the res- Jla iBl
ignation of U. S. Lerty , United States l iB iB l
marshal at Oklahoma H
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