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NEBRASKA
STEEET CAES TIED UP
PEDESTRIANS IN THE CREAM
CITY MUST WALK
Officials of the Road Refuse to Ar
bitrato and Prepare to Operate the
Eines with Men from Other Cities
Ambassador Uhl Meets William
Tie Up the Lines
A strike of the 900 employes of the Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light Com
pany was inaugurated Sunday and as
each car was run into the barns motorman
and conductor left it not to return until
the demands of the union for increased
pay recognition of theemployes organi
zation and several minor concessions are
granted When it was learned by the
officers of the union that men from other
cities were being imported and that the
company was preparing to till the places
of the old employes it was determined to
ask a conference with the officials of the
company The request was sent to Vice
President Payne who replied that the
company would receive no communica
tion from the men and would in no man
ner treat with its employes further When
this answer was announced at the meet
ing a vote was taken on a motion to de
clare a strike which carried unanimously
The directors of the road sent their re
ply to the men in which they positively
refused to grant two of the leading re
quests those for high wages and the set
tlement of difficulties by arbitration The
officials however signified their willing
ness to discuss the minor grievances with
the men General Manager Wyman said
that no discussion would alter the deter
mination of the directors to concede
nothing relative to wages and arbitration
and the men said that no agreement could
he accepted by them in which present
conditions in these respects form a part
AN AUDIENCE WITH WILLIAM
Ambassador Uhl Presented to the
Emperor
Sunday was set for the first audience by
the Emperor to Edwin F Uhl the United
States Ambassador to Germany appointed
it the death of Theodore Runyon The
audience was given during a driving rain
storm but the ceremony was otherwise
an unqualified success
The entire personnel of the United
States embassy assembled in the Kaiser
hoff Mr Ulils temporary home Baron
TJsedom court chamberlain whose func
tion it is to introduce diplomats to the
sovereign called with three gorgeous
court equipages In the first of these rode
J B Jackson first secretary of the em
bassy bearing the letter of credentials of
the new embassador In the second car
riage xode Jdr Uhl himself and Baron
Usedom preceded by two outriders bear
ing the white and red Brandenburg colors
Their uniforms being trimmed with heavy
silver embroidery All of the officials
wore elaborate uniforms and numerous
lackeys were in attendance in livery
The horses were gaily comparisoned
While driving up Unler den Linden
the military guards marched up to the
carriages and presented arms to the roll
of the drums There were large crowds
in the streets to witness the pageant
At the conclusion of the audience in
the white salon Mr Jackson and the
suite of the embassy were admitted and
shook hands with the Emperor who con
versed pleasantly a few minutes with all
of them He then led the way to a
smaller room
Mr Uhl was thereupon summoned to an
adjoining salon where the Empress and
the ladies of the court waited
Baron von Mirbach as the Emperors
court marshal introduced Mr Uhl The
Empress conversed affably with Mr Uhl
for a few minutes and next received and
conversed with the suite of the embassy
Altogether thirty five minutes were con
sumed within the schloss Then in the
same carriages and with the same elab
orate ceremony the members of the em
bassy returned to the Kaiserhoff
Believed to Be Cremated
It is stated that a shoe drummer sup
posed to represent the Standard Shoe
Company of Cincinnati who was stopping
at the Portland Hotel Cripple Creek was
seen to enter his room in an inebriated
condition half an hour before the fire
started and has not been seen since Two
trunks marked S- S Company Cincin
nati saved from the buildings have not
heen claimed
Commander McMurty Dead
Commander Eeliv McMurty U S N
eaptain of the League Island navy yard
died Sunday of heart failure He was
one of the best known officers in the navy
end had served the country in every quar
ter of the world He was under fire more
than forty times and was conspicuous for
his intrepidity
Killed His Brother-in-Law
Sunday morning at Austin Texas
James Nixon shot and instantly killed
Xempsy Brown his brother-in-law
J3rown in his dying agony returned the
fire with his double barreled shotgun
emptying both barrels into Nixons face
Mrs Booth Tucker III
Mrs Booth Tucker of the Salvation
Army is very ill at San Francisco bun
her attendants believe she will recover
All her engagements on the Pacific coast
have been canceled and she will make no
effort to visit the northwest going directly
to New York as soon as able
Deaths from Plague in Hon Kong
Sir William Robinson Governor of
Hong Kong telegraphs that there have
been seventy five new cases of bubonie
plague and seventy five deaths from that
fdisease in Eomj Kong the past week
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SAVED BY THE GUNBOATS
Spanish Troops Nearly Annihilated
toy the Patriots
A Key West Fla dispatch says A
hotable victory has been won by the in
surgents commanded by Gen Calixto
Garcia in the province of Santiago de
Cuba Advices received from Cuba state
that Garcias forces fell upon the Spanish
column commanded by Gen Munoz and
almost annihilated them The battle oc
curred near Zanja on the banks of the
River Cauto Garcia was moving west
with 1500 men intending to cross the
river Munoz who was at Manzanillo
decided to prevent Garcia crossing He
led 2500 Spanish soldiers out of Manzan
illo and ordered the gunboats to proceed
up the river to co operate
Garcia heard of Munozs movement and
effected a junction with the columns of
Rabi and Rodinghans thereby increasing
the forces under his command to nearly
2500 men Garcia stationed his men near
Zanja and when the Spanish column un
der Munoz appeared struck it in front
and flank doubling it upon the river
The Spaniards were taken by surprise
and many of them rushed into the river
and were drowned The lire of the insur
gents also did great execution When the
annihilation of Munozs columns seemed
certain the gunboats appeared and saved
the remnants Over 300 of Munoz men
were killed by insurgent bullets or
drowned The insurgent loss was small
News of the advance of Gen Gomez has
been confirmed He entered Matanzas
province at the head of 1200 well armed
men He has seven pieces of artillery
and plenty of ammunition Gomezs
forces are advancing westward rapidly
and in a short time will be in Havana
province It is said in Havana that Go
mez is moving to attack the trocha from
the east while Maceo hurls his column
against it from the west
Weyler is evidently expecting a sim
ultaneous assault on the trocha by the
forces of Gomez and Maceo for he is
hurrying to the line every soldier not
needed lor garrison duty
CHINESE LAUNDRY WAR
New Yorlc Company Starts a Fight
on the Six Companies
The Boston Standard says the Lea
company of New York the new Chinese
laundry company will open in that city
at once its fight against the Six Compan
ies of San Francisco The concern is
supposed to control nearly all the laun
dries in the country Already a cut of 10
per cent in laundry prices has been made
and a bigger cut is promised Ah Sing
who is connected with the Chinese mis
sion in Boston says the fight means the
demoralization of the laundry business
On the -Trail of the Trust
Attorney General Moloney is investiga
ting charges which have been made
against the officers of the four principal
Chicago gas companies composing the
trust which he is fighting in the courts
to the effect that there has been a viola
tion of the mandate enjoining the pay
ment of any dividends on the stock certi
ficates held by the Fidelity Company of
Philadelphia
Cyclone in Missouri
A severe destructive cyclone passed
over sections of Boone Audrian and
Monroe Counties north of Centralia Mo
the other night Trees and fences were
leveled and at the farms of J W Sexton
and J L Sappington whole orchards
were destroyed and barns dwellings and
outbuildings swept away No one is re
ported killed
Wisconsin Cloudburst
A terrific electrical storm followed by
a cloudburst occurred at Sheboygan J
Wis Several buildings were struck by
lightning and two dwellings burned The
electric street railway all telephone and
fire alarm wires were blown down Water
-to the depth of a foot flowed through the
streets The Chicago and Northwestern
track was washed away
Gives Birth to Five Boys
The wife of Oscar Lyons a iarmer liv
ing one mile west of Mayfield Ky gave
birth to five children all boys The
children are all well developed and
healty Four of them weighed four and a
quarter pound each and the fifth five
pounds making a total of twenty two
pounds for five children
Oppose the Cigarette Bill
The House Committee on Judiciary has
decided to report adversely the Terry
cigarette bill which would have subjected
cigarettes transported into a state to the
laws in force therein and waived the ex
emption applying to original packages
Ohio Buggy Company Fails
Creighton W Black has been appointed
receiver of the Ohio Buggy Company at
Columbus The receivership was the re
sult of judgments taken amounting to
about 15000 The assets and liabilities
are said to be about equal
Booth Tucker Is Arrested
Commander Booth Tucker of the Sal
vation Army while out on a slumming
expedition in New York was arrested
and taken to the Elizabeth Street police
station
Minister Willis Very 111
Albert S Willis United States Minister
to Hawaii is seriously ill of pneumonia
at San Francisco Although reported bet
ter he is not yet out of danger
New Bank at St Louis
The comptroller of the currency has au
thorized the organization of the Commer
cial National Bank of St Louis Mo
capital 1500000
Louisvilles Offer to Ward
John M Ward the base ball player has
been offered 5000 to manage the Louis
ville Base Ball Club both on and off the
field
Small Bore
The story of a feat of mechanical
skill of wonderful delicacy is told in
Iron Age An expert mechanic is said
to have taken a common sewing needle
of medium size 1 inches long and
drilled a hole through the entire length
from eye to point the hole being just
large enough to admit of the passage
Ol a very fine hair
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IS BELOW EXPECTATIONS
Improvement in Business Not What
Was Hoped It Would Be
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review oi
Trade says As ihe season advances
there is more business but advices indi
cate that on the whole the prevalent feel
ing is that the gain is less than there was
reason to expect
The general range of prices for com
modities farm and mine as well as man
ufactured products is nearly 1 per cenf
lower than it was April 1 and the lowest
ever known the decline since October
1892 being 167 per cent Wheat has de
clined 4 cents for cash with better ac
ccounts of winter and rapid seeding of
spring Wool is weaker the wool year
closing with the greatest quantity of wool
on hand ever carried at this season Ex
ports continue both of domestic and for
eign wools and sales by manufacturers
who lack orders to continue production
Woolen goods have not improved in de
mand and flannels are 5 to 15 per cent
lower than last year The decrease in
the shipment of woolen goods from Eu
rope has been quited marked and stocks
in warehouses are large and increasing
The anthracite coal concerns have ad
vanced the price 25 cents per ton
Failures for the week have
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been 238 in
the United States against 231 last year
and 31 in Canada against 35 last year
Brown Resigns
The members of the First Congrega
tional Church of San Francisco met to
consider the action of the Bay Conference
in suspending their pastor Rev C O
Brown The meeting was secret only
members of the church being admitted
Dr Brown offered his resignation as pas
tor and by a vote of 191 to 17 1 the con
gregation refused to accept it He was
not satisfied and urged his congregation
to reconsider Another vote was taken
which resulted in 174 in favor of accepting
the resignation and 173 against
The meeting was the stormiest and
most sensational his congregation has
held
The pastor has as yet no definite pur
pose in the future The fellowship which
the conference of California withdrew
frohi him was compensated by the fellow
ship which he received the other day
from Dubuque Iowa conference Thi
re establishes him as a Congregational
minister and leaves him free to perform
the functions of a preacher of his denomi
nation
Murder in Chicago
M J Wyckoff an engineer employed
by the Huessner Baking Company of Chi
cago shot William Wagner a wealthy
manufacturer through the left breast in
flicting wounds from whieh Wagner died
within a few minutes The two men
were neighbors and did not get along
well and two days ago it is claimed Wag
ner during a row struck Mrs Wyckoff
blacking her eye It was for this that the
murder was committed The killing was
done at Lake and Market Streets a
crowded spot in the day time and after
two officers had taken Wyckoff into cus
tody a large crowd endeavored to take
him away The policemen fought hard
for their prisoner but were on the point
of losing him when a patrol wagon load
of officers came in response to a riot call
Even with this Reinforcement the
officers had all they could do and
were compelled to
in order to get the
use their clubs freely
prisoner to the wagon
Several heads were broken in the fight
but no serious injuries were inflicted
Bicycle in Cuban War
The first practical application of the
bicycle in war is to be made by the Cuban
insurgents On the steamship Arbandhu
clearing from New York was a supply of
wheels shipped by a firm of New York
manufacturers They were consigned to
Neuvitas Cuba The wheels are to be
used by the officers of the insurgent army
As the rainy season will soon set in over
the island the actual worth of the bicycle
in war should get a severe and thorough
test In addition to the consignment of
bicycles other supplies for the Cubans
were said to have been dispatched by the
steamer
Ohio Murderer Executed
William Paul was executed at the Ohio
penitentiary at 1210 Wednesday morn
ing His neck was broken and life was
extinct in just eleven and a half minutes
Paul was indifferent to his fate to the last
He declared his innocence on the scaffold
although there is no doubt as to his guilt
He shot and killed his father-in-law
Joseph Yockey in Brown County near
Ripley July 5 1894
Woman Kills Her Father-in-Law
An old man named James T Rowland
living on Mud Creek Indian Territory
about ten miles south of Chetopa Kansas
was shot three times by his daughter-in-law
Mrs James Rowland and his death
occurred shortly after The trouble grew
out of the daughter accusing him of suck
ing three eggs
Killed His Wife Through Jealousy
Albert Rieuliff a mulatto shot and
killed his wife and then killed himself at
Seattle Wash Jealousy was the cause
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle Stockers and feed
ers 315 to 362J Hogs Pricesranging
from 5310 to 315 Grain Wheat 50c
to 52c corn 15c to 20c oats 16c to 16c
rye 20c to 25c hay 450 to 600 but
ter Mo to 15c eggs 7c
Chicago Cattle Beef steers 315 to
Uo stockers and feeders 290 to 375
Hogs Prices ranging from 310 to 372
Grain Wheat No 2 spring 62c No
3 spring 63c to bMJc No 2 red 65c to
66c corn No 2 2Sc to 28c No 2
yellow 29c to 29Kc oats No 2 18Kc
No 2 white 20c to 20c No 3 white
17Kc to 20c rye No 2 35c flax seed No
1 91c timothy seed 322
Kansas City Cattle Beef steers 275
to 390 stockers and feeders 225 to
400 Hogs Prices ranging from 325
to 840 Sheep 300 to 315
South Omaha Cattle Beef steers 325
to 390 stockers and feeders 275 to
380 Hogs Prices ranging from 310
to 830
Minneapolis Grain Wheat April
GOc May 59c July 61c No 1 hard
on track 61c No 1 Northern- 60c
OE A GEEAT STATE
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
Omaha Indians Declare the Land
Leased by Mrs Farley was Ob
tained by Fraud and Will be Re
pudiated by the Tribe
Omnhas are Mad
The large tract of Indian land that was
leased by Mrs Rosaile Farley of Bancroft
from the alleged Omaha Indian council
about a month ago has created quite a
stir among that tribe The following is a
copy of the remonstrance sent by them to
the Secretary of the Interior at Washing
ton and signed by over 140 male members
of the tribe
Omaha Agency April 28 Hon H R
Smith Secretary of the Interior We the
undersigned Omaha Indians are unal
terably opposed to leasing any of our
tribal lands to Rosalie Farley or any
other person We desire that an im
mediate allotment be made of them We
have heard a lease has been made and
signed by some Omahas claiming to be
the Omaha council The legal regular
council elected by the Omahas last sum
mer knows nothing of it and will re
pudiate it The Omaha Indians have not
been consulted in legard to the matter
and look upon it as a trick and fraud on
their tribe and respectfully ask you not
to approve of any lease without giving
ample notice and call the whole tribe to
gether to hear its wishes
The lease which Mrs Farley holds en
titles her to 11000 acres of some very fine
laud near Bancroft for a term of live
years
Wants Three Years
E W Hyinan who recently escaped
Aom the county jail and fled to Iowa de
ires the county attorney to allow him to
mter aple a of guilty and take three years
n the penitentiary That official refuses
o do this as he says he has a sure case
f robbery against 11 y man and can secure
a sentence of five years if not longer
Hyman held up C Y Fisher a St Louis
traveling man a short time ago and re
ieved Lim of 15 at the point of a wicked
ooking knife When he escaped from
ail he sawed off ten iron bars He is re
garded as a very slippery individual The
naximum term for highway robbery is
fifteen years and Hyman seems certain
of conviction
Packing House Accident
L Olson an employe at Swifts pack
ing house at Omaha met with an acci
dent the other day which cost him his life
While working around a rendering tank
tie tried to kick open a valve and slipped
and fell into the tank of boiling grease
Only his head was left above the edge of
the tank He screamed with all his might
and the attention of other employes was
called and he was quickly taken out of
the vat A doctor was sent for and
dressed the burns as well as could be done
under the circumstances Olson was then
taken to his home where he died
Want Him to Resign
Officer M F McWilliams of the Lincoln
police force has been given notice that
his resignation would prove very accept
able to the excise board No tangible
reason is alleged for this request and Mc
Williams is at loss to know why the board
is so anxious to dispense with his services
So is the general public of Lincoln which
has always found in Officer McWilliams
a dilligent official in the exercise of his
duty
Fatally Wounded His Baoy
A sad accident happened at the home of
John Hynek several miles northwest of
Pierce Hynek was getting his shotgun
out of the house in order to kill a hawk
when the gun was accidentally discharged
and the full charge taking effect in the
abdomen of his 7-year-old girl Ihe
child cannot live
Reunion at Falls City
Circulars announcing the Grand Army
of the Republic reunion for southeastern
Nebraska to be held at Falls City July 20
to 25 inclusive have been issued The
reunion will be in Hintons Park one
mile from the city The park has a lake
provided with boats and the Nemaha
River form a boundary on two sides
York Thieves Caught at Quincy
A telegram was received at York from
the chief of police at Quincy 111 stating
that George Kingen and William Winne
gar had been captured at that place and
Jailer Welsh left for there at once A
reward of 100 was offered for their cap
ture
A Boom lor Bancroft
The lease to Mrs Farleys 10000 acres
of land for cultivation has arrived at Ban
croft and a large number of teams have
left there for the place on the reservation
Work will be pushed rapidly and the re
sult will be a boom to Bancroft and vicin
ity
Stockmen Have a Wolf Hunt
A large circle wolf hunt was organized
by the stockmen and others south of the
B M Railroad in Deuel and Grant
Counties covering a territory of many
miles A number ot coyotes and wolves
were killed
Coal at Ponca
The Gaths have struck another vein of
harder coal than they have taken out be
fore They have drifted 180 feet into the
bluff The coal is in pockets with indi
cations of a vein behind a seven foot wall
of slate
Issues a Parole
Governor Holcomb has issued a parole
for William A Chapin a convict who has
been confined in the penitentiary for
ho re stealing
Hastings Store Glosed
The city drug store at Hastings owned
by C T Hurst has been closed by the
First National Bank on an attachment for
1126
Killed by a Fall from a Horse
Robert E Bradshaw aged 18 a native
of Liverpool England was thrown from
a running horse at Plainview and killed
Was Too Soft Heartcd
Two tramps made an attempt to break
into George Wallins home at McCool
Junction Mrs Clara Wallins met them
with a loaded revolver but did not have
the heart to shoot They succeeded in
getting away Officers are now looking
for them
Held for Burglary
H C Browning was arraigned for the
second time in justice court at Beatrice
for burglary He was bound over in the
sum of 800 and sent back to jail He is
also held for carrying away mortgaged
property
BANK IN BAD SHAPE
Affairs of Chadrons Failed Institu
tion Reported by the Examiner
District Judge Westover has appointed
A A Riccord of Chadron receiver of the
Chadron Banking Company which failed
two weeks ago His bond was fixed a
25000 The report of State Bank Exam
iner Cowdrey shows that the bank was
in a very bad condition when its doors
were closed A number of persons owe
the bank from 2000 to 6000 on their un
secured notes On these the examiner
figures a large loss and on the total assets
of the bank real estate notes and all
amounting to 5016260 he estimates a
total loss of 34802 leaving about 15000
net assets
The deposits amount to about 20000 of
which amount Dawes County has 4000
The greatest part of the stock of the de
funct institution is held by Fredonia N
Y parties three brothers of President
and A L Putnam holding 6900 worth
A C Putnam the president having about
10800 worth to his credit The balance
of the 25000 of capital stock is held by
various parties
Perished in the Storm
Miss Leota Brown a young woman 22
years of age daughter of Benaga Brown
a farmer living two miles southwest of
Imperial accompanied by hersister went
out on foot on the prairie to look after the
stock during a severe storm The girls
became separated and the younger sis
ter arrived home almost exhausted The
family consisting of the mother sister
and two boys aged about 15 and 16 made
no eifort to find Leota until the next
morning
She was found lying on the ground
within a quarter of a mile of the house in
an unconscious condition The faithful
house dog that had accompanied her on
her search for the stock was lying by her
side where he had evidently guarded her
from the time she fell exhausted in the
dismal storm She did not regain con
sciousness and died before they got her to
the house
Stabbed Him in Self Defense
Young Raphael the boy who stabbea
Henry Mapes at Hastings after he had
been assaulted by Mapes had a prelimi
nary hearing The testimony of all the
witnesses was to the effect that Mapes fol
lowed the defendant for a block calling
him vile names and finally knocked him
down From the testimony of one of the
states witnesses it was shown that Mapes
was warned that the boy had a knife but
answered that it did not make any differ
ence for he would shoot him if he at
tempted to use it and then made the as
sault After hearing the testimony the
justice decided that the defendant had
uot been guilty of any crime and refused
to bind him over His decision was
cheered by the crowd of spectators in the
room Mapes condition is dangerous
His physicians say his chance to live or
die are about equal
Wonderful Crop Prospects
At no time since the settlement of Chase
County has there been such flattering
prospects for a crop as this year Every
thing is at least 15 per cent further ad
vanced than at this time in 1891 the Sea
son the county raised such a bountiful
crop and took second premium for county
exhibit at the state fair While the acre
age of the small grain crop is not so large
as in 1891 it is making wonderful pro
gress and there can be no doubt now
that it will make a fine crop Every
farmer has been pushing corn plowing
the ground being in splendid shape The
writer has lived in Chase County eleven
years and has never seen such a fall o
rain m the county and never saw a finei
prospect for a crop
Could Not Bear Foreclosure
Police Judge Thomas Johnson of Asn
land committed suicide by hanging Mr
Johnson was a Dane about 50 years Oi
age He received notice some ten days
ago that a mortgage on his home forl40r
with interest for several years would be
foreclosed to satisfy the note He had
been very despondent since and was seer
to visit the cemetery and wander about
He had talked with several of his friends
intimating that he had nothing to live for
He was a plasterer and worked at his
trade until about six years ago While
attempting to get off a train near hi
house he fell and broke his shoulder
and was not able to work after that
Claims a Monopoly of the Water
Chas J Grable and Judge Hamer oi
Kearney filed in the office of the district
clerk of Dawes County a petition covering
seventy pages of typewritten matter in
which the Crawford Irrigating Ditch
Company is plaintiff for a permanent in
junction restraining about fifty defend
ants from using the water of the White
River A temporary writ was granted by
County Judge Rcker The plaintiff
claims a prior right to use the water ami
alleges that it has expended some 30000
in cash in the construction of the ditch
Instantly Killed His Brother
John a youth of 17 son of Thomas
Traush a well known farmer residing
near Roseland accidentally shot and in
stantly killed his brother Edward a boy
10 years of age as the latter stood at a
lable washing the dinner dishes The
The elder boy started to go hunting and
as he tossed his gun to his shoulder the
weapon was discharged The charge
entered the little fellows head and he ex
pired immediately
Work of Firebugs at York
The fire which occurred inthe Commer
cial block at York the other night is
causing considerable comment After
the fire was extinguished it was found
that it had gained much headway on the
inside of the building before the alarm
was turned in The fire originated near a
scuttle hole that leads from a photograph
trallery to the roof It is openly asserted
by many that the fire was deliberately
started
Light Sentence for Criminal Assault
Judge Sullivan at Schuyler passed
sentence upon Louis Lutjehams who a
couple of months since was arrested at
the instigation of his father-in-law David
Legler of Shell Creek precinct charged
with breaking into his house and commit
ting an assault upon a 11-year-old daugh
ter of Legler The sentence was eighteen
months at hard labor in the penitentiary
Defied Parental Authority
R Mickelwait and Emma Hind both
prominent people of Wells County Iowa
were married at Plattsmouth They were
married at midnight The unusual hour
for the ceremony was explained to the
judge by reason of parental objections
They returned home to seek forgiveness
Horse Thief Gets Nine Years
Edward Wyle the horse thief who es
caped from the officers at Gretna was re
captured near La Platte At Papillion
he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
nine years in the penitentiary
I ENGLAND IS EXCITED y
EVIDENCE AGAINST JOHANNES
BURG CONSPIRATORS
Rhodes in the Plot London Times Ad-
mita His Guilty
Company Furnished Him Arms
and Money
Approved the Jnmcson Raid
It would be difficult to overestimate the
sensation which ha3 been caused in Eng
land by the publication of the substance
of the telegrams and documents which if
have come into tho possession of the au-
thorities of the South African republic
The weight of evidence which they fur i
nish against persons to whom they were
addressed and by whom they were signed
of being engaged in a conspiracy to over-
throw the Transvaal is admitted tode
crushing The opinion of the press very
CECIL nilODES
generally condemns them But strenuous
efforts are being made to prevent a
sweeping condemnation of the authorities
of Cape Colony and of the British Char
tered South Africa Company other than
individuals whose names are included in
the documentary evidence
The Times in an editorial on
the subject says It is impossible to ig
nore the gravity of the conclusion to
which the published telegrams point
They establisn beyond the possibility of
a doubt that Hon Cecil Rhodes the then
premier of Cape Colony Mr Alfred Beit
a director in the British South Africa
Company and Mr Rutherford Harris
secretary of the British South Africa
Company were privy to the movement
against Johannesburg and that the lead
ers of the movement counted upon their
help and countenance to insure its suc
cess
These telegrams must be taken to
prove that Mr Rhodes approved the revo
lution which was desired in Johannes
burg but nothing in the correspondence
goes to show that the actual crossing of
the frontier by Dr Jameson under the
circumstances under which it eventually
occurred was known to Mr Rhodes or
carried out with his approval The rea
sons which actuated Dr Jameson in
JOHX IIAYS HAMMOND
The American Mining Engineer Whose Death
Sentence Has Been Commuted in the
Transiaul
crossing the frontier when he did remain
shrouded in mystery His conduct awaits
the explanation he may have to give at
his trial
A Pretoria dispatch gives the substance
of an interview with President Kruger
in which he said that he had scratched
the death sentence at once to show that
after the law had been vindicated there
was no vindictive personal feeling on the
part of himself or the Government It
is rumored also that President Kruger
has received a personal cable dispatch
from President Cleveland in reference to
John Hays Hamilton
Many State Conventions
The Mississippi Democratic convention
indorsed free silver and Cleveland
The Georgia Republican convention se
lected tnree McKinley delegates The
fourth is understooa to favor Reed They
are not instructed Sound money was
indorsed
In a furor of enthusiasm the Vermont
Republican convention declared its pref
erence for McKinley but refrained from
instructing its delegates Sound money
was indorsed
The McKinley Republicans of Alabama
have agreed to co operate with the Ala
bama Populists The failure of the Mc
Kinley faction to put up a sound money
ticket is a disappointment to sound money
Republicans
The Michigan Democratic convention
indorsed Cleveland and sound money The
free silver men made a brave fight and
were defeated by a small majority Res
olutions were adopted denouncing the
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The Tennessee Prohibition convention
defeated a resolution to indorse the free
coinage of silver The platform declares
against the liquor power for national pro
hibition organizations for woman suf
frage more money for schools a gradu
ated income tax local option for cities
and a State constitutional convention
The New York Court of Appeals has
granted a new trial to Maria Barberi on
the ground of exclusion of proper evidence
and partiality of Recorder GofFs charge
to the jury About a year ago Maria
Barberi -Jed her lover a bootblack
nam
ed Domenico Cataldo in New York who
had let her know
that she
was to be cast
off
Lightning struek a gas wellnar
tno Ind destroying the machinery and
igniting tne released gas The fire raged
furiously for two days and dynamite had1
to be resorted to to subdue the flames
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