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\ DESPERATE BANDITS TRAIN ROBBERS KILL FOUR CALIFORNIA OFFICERS. THREE OTHERS MORTALLY fODNDED UanilltH Evans .and Soutaff Will Now Ho Killed on Sight The United States Marshal Among the Dead The Whole Country In the Neighbor hood of the Conflict Aroused by the Tragedy. FHKSNO , CaL , Sept. 15.A pursuing posse encountered Evans and Sontag , the train robbers , at Sampson flats yesterday and an exchange of shots took place. The robbers made a des perate defense and killed four men and mortally wounded three others. They made their escape. Those killed arc United States Marshal Mc- Ginnis. Dick Olsom , a man named Wilson and one whose name has not yet been learned. George Witly , who was wounded before , was again hhot. and the horse ridden by Constable Warren Hill was shot from under him The news causes great excitement and additional officers are going in pursuit The whole country in the neighbor hood of the encounter is aroused and it is said no further attempt to take the train robbers alive will be made. They will be shot on sight if dis covered. QUARTERS ASSIGNED. Assignments of Kansas and Missouri Vet erans at Washington. WASHINGTON , Sept. 15. The follow ing is the revised assignment of quar ters for Kansas and Missouri G. A. R. posts during the reunion : Kansas McCaslin post of Paola , 100 men ; New Albany -post , In men ; J. G. Blunt post of Linn , 10 men ; Hiawatha post. 25 men ; W. H. Gibson post of Leeds , 5 men , Greenleaf , 12 men. All of the above posts are assigned free quarters in the Washington monument lot at what will be known as Camp Alger. The Missouri assignment is as fol lows : Frank P. Blair post of St. Louis , 500 men , are to be quartered in the Franklin school building ; Colonel Uas- sendeuble post , 200 men , to be quartered at Forest hall ; Ranson pest of St. Louis , 150 men , to be quartered at St. .John's college ; Harr'sohville post , 20 men at Camp Algcv ; Harry P. Harding 5' * post of St. Louis , 30 men , Lates school ; ? v Stanton post of Carthage , 50 men , Thompson school ; Colonel Ja * ob Smith post of Trenton , 35 men. Wormley school ; M les Carroll post of Ibena , 20 men , \i'i6rmley school ; Colonel Shaw f SL Louis , 40 men , Logan school. > * 1 * QUIET AT FIRE ISLAND. The Normannla's Passengers Wild With Joy to Bo on Shore Again. NEW YOKK , Sept 14. At 8:10 o'clock last evening the last of the quaran tined passengers of the steamship Normannia were landed from the ex cursion steamer Cepheus on Fire island , the baymen having retreated when the Sixty-ninth New York muitia and the naval reserves ap peared on the scene. The trouble is thought to be over. Great bustle followed the arrival of the passengers at the hotel. Con sidering the fact that 500 guests arrived within five minutes , it was natural that some confusion should result. Everyone was good natured , however , and waited patiently until assigned to their quarters. Such progress was made by the. temporary hotel clerks that inside of two hours ' all were comfortably located. No dis tinction was made in the disposition of rooms. It was all a lottery , but there was no grumbling ; everyone was too happy. Gray haired men jumped about in the sand like boys. The second end cabin passengers were put in the west end and the first cabin the east erly. Crops In Missouri. COLUMBIA , Mo. , Sept. ir > . The weather crop bulletin of the Missouri weather service for the week ending September 10 says : Sunshiny days and cool nights with heavy dews characterized the week until the 10th , when one of the most general and beneficial rains of the season began , continuing through Saturday and Sunday. This rain has advanced late corn be yond all danger from drought condi tions , but an early frost of sufficient intensity to damage the lowland crop is greatly feared , as many farmers place October 10 as the earliest date of assured safety. The early plant has matured finely and cu tting has already commenced in many of the southern counties. Irish potatoes are very poor. Sweet potatoes are very poor. Tobacco , cot ton and sorghum are in fair condition. Fruit prospects continue to decline , and a very small yield is expected. The acreage of clover seed is below that of last year. Burglars Working1 Emporln. EMPOIUA , Kan. , Sept 15. Burglars last night visited the residence of Hon. Frank Flenniken , formerly pri vate secretary of Senator Plumb , and among other thing succeeded in cap turing the gentleman's trousers. Burglars also entered the store of J. W. Weyler and rifled the money drawers. Several other burglaries have occurred within the past few days and it is thought that a gang of professionals are working the city , although no arrests have as yet been made. _ An Editor Arrested for Iilbel. , LA.WBENCE , Kan. , Sept 15. Ed Mar- tindale , editor of theXawrence Record , was arrested last evening afc the instance of County Commissioner H. B. Asher on the charge of. criminal libel. Martindale was released on bail * 1 : Still Married. SAIT FBAKCISCO , Sept. 13. Arthu * McKee Rankin , , the , actor , was ysester- m day denied a dirorce 2rom T" * wlff. wnom he sued onvthe ground of dese > tion. Shot at Greelejr Center. GHEELBY CENTEU. Neb. , Sept 13. T. A. Gardiner shot and killed llich- ird Hulcora Sunday" night bet\eon 9 tnd 10 o'clock. Gardiner and Hal- Join are farm hands employed by iVidow Nason , who resides eight miles lorth.of . here. The story as told by Snrdiner , the man who did the klll- .ng , is as follows : Halcom came home last night between 9 and 10 intoxicat ed , und drove him and Mrs. Nason ) ut of the house with a gun , firing at ! hem as they went out. After driv- .ng them out he broke every article of jousehold furniture in the house to 3ie.e3. Gardiner entered the houeo igain and w : s fired at by Halcom four Junes without effect. Then Gardiner ihot him in the neck , the ball coming ) ut through the top of his head. The first intelligence of the news which reached here was brought by Sardiner , who came in and gave him- lelf up to the sheriff and told the story claiming it was done in self defense. County Attorney Griffith and Core ner Finn Uavo gene to the scene of the murder. Nebraska Manufacturers. OMAHA , Sept. 18. The annual meet- .ng of the Manufacturers and Con sumers association of l\jbraska , for the purpose of electing directors , was held in this city yesterday afternoon. The attendance , though not large , tvas fair , considering1 that the meeting tvas held during business hours when the majority of the members were oc cupied with their individual affairs. The following were elected members of the association : Seward Cob Pipe company , Seward , Neb. ; fiazelmoos & Hazelet Chicory company , O'Neill , Neb. The election of directors re sulted as follows : M. C. Peters , R. F. Hodjin , Daniel Farrell , jr. , Samuel Rees. Adolph Meyer , J. T. Robinson , M. G. Kibbe and W. A. Koinser. Nearly Finished the Job. OMAHA , Neb. , Sept. 13. George Post , who killed Laura Day and tried to kill himself , almost completed his job in jail today. By distending his lungs he to o open the wound which was nearly healed , and was rapidly bleeding to death when discovered. He was cared for and so bandaged thpt he cannot repeat his attemp't. Con Enright , aged thirteen , stabbed Ed Maloney , aged eleven , in the .hip as the result of a boyish quarrel this evening. The knife sevped an artery and young Maloney almost bled to death before assistance could be ren dered. Their Opening Debnte. LINCOLN , Neb. , Sept. 13. The Lan sing theatre was never so crowded as lafet night to hear the joint debate be tween Judge Allen W. Field and Hon. W. J. Bryan , republican and demo cratic candidates for congressional honors. It was an inspiring1 audience and both men acquitted themselves creditably and set their respective ad mirers into ecstacies of applause. The audience were pretty evenly divided in their applause. Of course , the friends of both speakers claim a vic tory for their favorite. Fatally Injured an Old Man. INA.VALK JN6D. Oept. .13. JXOV. . , . . . . . . Herrington and wife , an elderly cou ple from Stromsburg1 , traveling to Wilsonville by carriage , were run into near here yesterday by an intoxicated man. The rig was overturned and al most completed demolished and. the old gentleman was probably fatally injured. He was brought to town and placed under the best of care and is improving , but the physicians do not give much , if any , hope. Considera ble feeling1 is expressed against the perpetrator by the people here. Believed to be Cholera. MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Sept. 13 A special to the Tribune fromNorthfield , Minn. , says F. L. Delancy of this state has been taken seriously ill with what is considered Asiatic cholera. He was at the state fair in charge of horses from France that arrived in New York just previous to the quarantine procla mation. It is thought the infection was caused by baggage which came over with the horses. His physicians refuse to talk. A Largo Acreage. GIBBON , Neb. , Sept. 13. There will be a large acreage of winter wheat sowed in this ( Buffalo ) county. The fall wheat just harvested is much su perior to the spring wheat , both in quality and quantity. The corn croj will not be so good as the indications showed earlier in the year , yet the yield will be above the average. uy a , JLTUIU. GOTHENBURG , Neb. , Sept. 13. Pas senger train No. 5 struck a runawaj dray team belonging1 to S. A. Tollman today and demolished the wagon throwing part on the depot platform , spraining the leg of one horse and crippling the other so thai it had to hi killed. The Holiness Meeting. LYONS , Neb. , Sept. 13. The holi ness meeting being held under the auspices of the Methodist people east of town is attracting quite an interest Rev. Mr. Walker of Chicago is with them and his sermons have awakonec great interest in religious circles. Took Rat Poison. CHAPPELL , Neb. , Sept. 18. Littli Paul Ewing , aged 2 years , died here last evening from the effects of ra poison. He was the youngest son o George P. Ewing. Cut Hla Throat. x RiBiNoCirr , Neb. , * Sept. IS.-T-Th coroner yesterday held' an inoues over , > th it o 5rl of D. BowmjagA j firmer residing five miles from " 'here who yesterdaycut his throat with < i " ' - . KJ - > t * * aw razor.1 Bowman VB insanp CHOLERA IN GOTHAM FIVE DEATHS ANNOUNCED IN NEW YORK CITY. IT IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE , One Death Occurred Eight Day * Ago- ' Zho Health Department Unable tr Account for Its Presence crn States Take Action at Chi cagu to Keep the 1'laguo From Coining "West. Yonic , Sept. 14. The 4read scourge has evaded the barriers set up by the scientists of America and has already claimed five victims in this city. Such was the substance of the report issued to-day by President Wilson and Dr. Cyrus Eclson of the board of health on the authority of Dr. Biggs , the em inent bacter'ulogist , who has been at on i/uu cases ever since iney wcro firit reported. The names of those who died from cholera are : Charles JIcAvoy who died Septem ber 6 , age not known. Mrs. Sophia Wigmau , died Septem ber 10 at 708 Eleventh avenue. William Wigman , husband of Sophia Wigman , who died at the same address on the following day. Minnie Levinger , a child , who died September 11 at 411 East Forty-sixth street. Charlotta IJrell , 30 years old , who died at 11 o'clock , September 13 , yes terday morning , at 1704 Sr end avenue. Cholera Beyond All Doubt. All these cases were originally re ported to the health officers as sus pected cholera and had been under the investigation of the physicians con nected with the department. Prof. Hermann Biggs , who is in charge of the division of pathology and bacteriology of the health department , at once began mak ing bacteriological examinations. He reported to the health department this afternoon tlie result of his examina tions and pronounced unhesitatingly that the cases were Asiatic cholera beyond any doubt. Stern Precaution * Taken. The physi ' ins of the health depart ment have been unable to find out how the cholera was contracted in each of these cases. So far as they have been able to learn none of the dead persons came in contact with the cholera germs. Every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of cholera in these different houses. The bedding of each of the patients has been burned and the places have been placed under observation. The health department issued the following bulletin to-day : NEW YORK , Sept. 14 , 2 p. m. Appended to this bulletin are the reports of the bac- terioloHist who has made examinations of all c.-.ses of suspected cholera in this city. The cases referred to in their report have been treated with the same precautionary measures as would have characterized the action of the board if they had been imme diately and positively recognized. Thus far no secondary cases have occurred on the premises occupied by the cases nor have any cases ivrisen from them. The board All * . ) uuubi ( kULULuauiiru vim uuujr Ul. Ci woman who died with symptoms of cholera on September 13. All suspected or re ported cases of cholera since September I have been carefully investigated and kept under observation. No suspected cases have been reported to the board since 7:30 a. m. , Tuesday , September 13. By order of the board or health. CHABLES G. WILSON , President. Last night was by far the worst storm that the cholera fleet at anchor at quarantine has encountered , and it was a mercy that the cabin passengers of the Normannia were allowed to land on Fire island. All during the night the southeast gale raged , and at the hospital sheds on Swinburne and Hoffman islands , the sick and dying spent wretched hours , while even the nurses were un easy. To-day Dr. Jenkins announced that he would almost certainly release the Normannia's cabin passengers to morrow. As regarded the cabin pas sengers of the Bugia , he would , if nothing developed , transfer them to the New Hamphshire and from thence land them on Fire island as soon , as accommodations could be arranged. In a communication dated September 1J , the cabin passengers of the chol era stricken steamer Scandia addressed to the Hamburg-American Packet company the following : We feel well , bodily and mentally , ever since the beginning ol the voyage , so well , in fact , as if we had not pone through a voyage of fourteen days of almost constant ly bad weather , and this favorable frame of mind has only been injured by reports abounding with lies. We were not even aware of the disease baing on board before we arrived in this port , consequently there could not have been a panic among us as published. We therefore feel obliged to emphatically object to the falsa reports. We authorize * ind even req 2st the Ham burg-Air * ncan Packet company to publish this. GUARD TUK WEST. Scientists From Various States Hold a Conference Concerning : Quarantine. CHICAGO , Sept. 15. The Illinois state board of health held and executive session at the Grand Pacific hotel to day with C. N. Hewett , secretary of the Minnesota state board of health , Dr. Solon Marks , president of the Wisconsin state board ; Dr. J. F. Kennedy , Iowa state board of health ; Henry B. Baker , president of the Mich igan state board of health ; C. O. Probst , secretary of the Ohio state board ; Dr. C. N. Metcalf , Indiana state board of health , and J. N. McCormack of the Kentucky state board of health. Dr. W. A. Haskell of the Illinois board , who presided , said that his idea was that the state represented should combine and , if necessary , establish quarantine at the borders of the territory included in the com bination. This , , Toull | do away with the . necessary of es tablishing quarantine stations at each state line and the concentrated effort would resnlHn-more thorough quarantiH * . , The. question . , _ has been * . , - f AV Ji V&tf * * - ' * ( Urf. * lj * * - 1 raised of cpmpi Iung the railroads to bear the' expense of , establishing quar antine stations. -si KIRK'S DIAMOND TARSnAP HEALTHFUL , AGREEABLE , CLEANSING. For Farmers , Miners and Mechanics. A PERFECT SOAP FOR ALKALI WATER. * Cures Chafing , Chapped Hands , Wounds , . Burns , . . Etc. A Delightful Shampoo. Specially Adapted for Use in Hard Water TO AGENTS. Homeseekers' excursions , 1892 , on August30 and Septem ber 17th , a rate of one lowest first class fair will be made from eastern points to points on our line for two homeseekers' ex cursions. These tickets will be sold at all the principal rail way points as far east as Buffalo and Pittsburg. Tick ets will be good within twenty days from the date of sale and stop overs will be allowed after passing the Missouri river. It is expected that there will be quite a large immigration of intending settlers to Nebras ka , northwestern Kansas and eastern Colorado , during this summer and fall. This immi gration can be very largely in creased by judicious advertis ing and work by the various communities tributary to our line. It is therefor suggested that sections proposing to pre pare such advertising matter for distribution in the east in regard to the inducements they have to offer the farmer , the business man and investor , should begin to get their ad vertising in shape at as an early a date as possible. In case their plans contemplate a , gooa advertising man to distribute their matter and attend to their advertising generally , this departmentmay be able to give valuable point ers as to the best method of doing the work. I think it is desirable that editors of the papers along our line should begin agitating the matter in order that the people may be prompted to do more or less individual work with their friends in the east in the way of sending by mail such matter as the different counties or districts may pre pare in pamphlet form or in the shape of extra editions of their home newspapers giving full information as to the re sources and advantages , and directing attention to the very low rates that will be made to enable them to come and see for themselves that the repre sentations are not really up to the reality. The company has recently issued a pampniet in regard to the agricultural resources of Nebraska , which will be furnished free to those who may desire to mail it to their friends in the east. This pamphlet treats of Nebraska , northwestern Kansas and eastern Colorado. I wish you would present this matter to editors at your place and also to other parties who may be interested in settling up va cant farm lands of this state. J. FRANCIS , Gr. P. and T. A. , Omaha , Nebraska. Sufferers from dyspepsia have only them selves to blame if they fail to test the wonder ful curative qualities of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. In purifying the blood , this medicine strength ens every onjan of the body , and even the most abused stomach is soon restored to healthy action. If afflicted with scalp ] diseases , hair falling out , and premature baldness , do not use grease or alcoholic preparations , but apply E-T11'r Hair Renewer. S. M. COCHRAN * CO. , ARE AGEiNTS FOR THE CELEBBA.TED Union Press ? ills and One Horse Hoe Drills , > WAGONS AND BUGGIES. ALSO KEEP REPAIRS FOR ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. Absolutely Rust Proof Tinware Their prices on all goods are as low as tlie lowest possible. S. M. COCHRAN & CO. , , , . West Deimisou Street IlIcCOOK NEBKASKA. A. 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