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THE NOUFOL1C NEWS : FRIDAYI UN 13 IUJOD3. Y Bound Over on Charge of Kill ing Berrys , JDAIL IS REFUSED THE PRISONERS Accused Men Will Do Taken to Jail at Goodland Under Military Escort. Defense Introduces No Evidence at Preliminary Hearing , St. Francis , Kan. , Juno 18. Chaun- -coy Dewey , Clyde Wilson and \V. J. McDrlde , churgad with tlio murder of the llorry 1'amlly two weeks ngo , wore Louml over to tUo uuxt session of the district court without ball. They will bo taken to Goodlaud , where they will await their trial. They will bo escorted across the country to Good- laud by the Osborno mllltla company , which has bcuu guarding them throughout the tlmo since their ar rest. Sheriff McCullough thiuks ho can protect his prisoners , If the ml- lltla help him take thorn to jail at Goodland , In splto of the threats uiaclo by ino settlers. At the conclusion of the evldc'nco given by the state , the attorney for the Dowcys announced that the de fense would not present any evidence , fearing that their cause might bo In jured thereby. Justice Hall then or dered the men committed to jail at Goodland. Their trial will bo held early In the fall. Interest was manifested In the trial all day because of the persistent re fusal or the cowboys from the Dewey ranch to answer any of the questions put to them. Warrants are out for most of the men called as witnesses by the state from the Dewey ranch. Ben Slade , a Dewey cowboy , became angry under the questioning of Attor ney General Coleman and Intimated that It would not bo good for the at torney to question him further , and Justice Hall ordered him-s.qnt to Ja"- Subsequently Slado and the others eent to jail for contempt were re leased , owing to the inadequate jail facilities In St. Francis. Captain Cun ningham has taken extra precautions to ensure the protection of Dewey and his men. According to the orders of Governor Bailey , the militia can not protect tbo Deweys after they have been landed in jail at Goodland. JETT AND WHITE MAY GO FREE. Disagreement of Jury Is Expected at Jackson , Ky. Jackson , Ky. , Juno 18. It is impos sible * to describe the anxiety here as to how long the jury will continue Its deliberations and as to Us finding In the casesof Curtis Jett and Thomas White , on trial for the murder of J. B. Marcum. The preponderance of opin ion still seems to bo that the death penalty at least will not be given and that the jury is likely to hang between life imprisonment and acquittal. There was more expression of opin ion than on previous days , as the people ple were attracted much moro by the eloquence of the attorneys than by the statements of witnesses. Curiosity was also taken in ganlng at Mrs. Mar cum , Mrs. Cox and the widows of many other victims of the feud , who were present to hear the final pleadings. It was stated by residents who are well acquainted with the people here that there were present at least a score of widows of feud victims , and A they represented only a small part of the bereavement of the county from such causes. One of the first things on the program was the giving of the Ho In the court while ex-Judgo French was making the opening argument for the defense. Two lawyers were pre vented from getting to blows by offi cers of the court. After Judge Red- wine threatened to send ono of the attorneys to jail for contempt and reprimanded another for using unbe coming language , the proceedings con tinued without any disturbance. A hung jury Is expected , because of the alleged attitude of two of the members. As the case draws to a close alarm among citizens because of the probability of the troops being with drawn is manifest. Two courts were again in session here. That of City Judge Cardwell succeeded the arson inquisitions. One faction has controlled the county and the other the town offices. Owing to assassinations and intimidations the latter had become almost defunct. Judge Cardwell had not held city court for eighteen months until mar tial law was recently declared. Llko others in his depleted faction , ho had been a prisoner in his own home and unable to get { o his office. Meantime Town Marshal Cockrlll had been killed and his place never was filled. The troops now make arrests , and It waste to hear the cases of such arrests that the local court was resumed. The men who assaulted witnesses after they had appeared before the grand Jury In the arson cases were brought before Judge Cardwell by the guards of the provost marshal and convicted. The fines and imprisonments Inflicted are said to bo the first penalties for the violation of law Imposed on feudIsts - Ists for years. The principal witness , B. J. Bwen , escaped with most of his family to Lexington. As he has nothing to Icavo behind him ho is now considered out of reckoning , but thcro are other wit nesses for the prosecution who are also considered In danger. Robbers Take the Stamps. Doa Molnea , Juno 18. Robbers broke into the postofllco at Rhodes , Marshall county , twenty miles north east , and cleaned out the place of every stamp In the possession of the .postmaster. The loss will ba $1,000. DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain Scores a Personal Triumph , London , Juno IS. The whole oven- ng session of the house of commons was occupied with the discussion of a motion to adjourn , made by thu lib eral lender , Sir Henry Campbell-Han- norimui , In order to obtain further light regarding the government's po sition on the preferential tariff ques tion. The motion was finally rejected by 252 votes to 132. The opposition was scarcely moro successful than heretofore in drawing the government Into a discussion of the general scheme of preferential tnulu within the empire. Premier Ualfour and Co lonial Secretary Chamberlain emphat ically declared that the government of Now South Wales was under no mis apprehension regarding the attitude of the homo government , and , In fact , the cabinet , as a whole , thoroughly agreed with the sentiments of Vlco Admiral Lnwson , governor of New South Wales , whoso dispatch concern ing the attitude of the New South Wales government was the cause of the debate. The result of the debate la recog nized as a great personal triumph lor Mr. Chamberlain. The intention of the liberals was to drive a wedge be tween the colonial secretary and the premier , who has throughout endeav ored to maintain a noncommittal atti tude toward the preferential tariff pro posals. Instead of his attaining this aim , the effect of the debate was to drive Mr. Dalfour Into the colonial secretary's arms , and practically com- mlt the government to a policy of re taliation. A feature of the situation was the changed attltudo of the conservatives toward Mr. Chamberlain. Ho was greeted with ringing cheers through out his speech , and he himself were the brisk and satisfied air of a man foreseeing his triumph. Whether Mr. Balfour was equally pleased at being forced into the adoption of the colonial nial secretary's policy is doubtful , but it is recognized on all sides that Mr. Chamberlain has immensely strength ened his position and cut off any re treat from a full discussion of his plan. Rumors circulated in the lobbies to -the effect that the debate would re sult in the resignation of Chancellor of the Exchequer Ritchie , the Duke of Devonshire and other free traders in the cabinet , but these reports were not regarded seriously. It Is'rogardcd , however , that the government position is more than ever precarious and that nothing can delay an appeal to the country on the question. BLOOD RUNS IN RIVULETS. Young Jews Parade In Russian Poland and Are Brutally Beaten. Berlin , Juno 18. The Tageblatt , In advices from Lodz , Russian Poland , gives an account of disturbances there. About 5,000 young worklngmen , Jews , paraded the streets in an order ly manner , but as a socialist demon stration. The police , in view of the number of those engaged , called on the Cossacks for assistance , and then the police and Cossacks charged the workmen , beating them with the flat of their swords and fists , and merci lessly continuing the beating after a number had been arrested and were helpless , and further beating them at the station , where , according to the advices , blood "ran in rivulets. " It Is reported that ten young men were beaten to death and that of the 100 who were arrested all were seri ously wounded. Surgeons worked for five hours sewing up wounds after the fury of the pollco had been spent. LOCKOUT IS NOW COMPLETE. On Hundred and Fifty Thousand Men Idle in New York. New York , June 18. Ten thousand employes of the George A. Fuller Construction company were thrown out of work by order of the company , thus making the lockout In the building trades complete. Whllo not joining the Employers' association , the Fuller company took this action on the same grounds as those maintained by mem bers of the association. The 150,000 mon who are idle be cause they are members of building trades unions have been served with the usual ultimatum that they will re main idle as long as the individual firms refuse the plan of agreement by arbitration proposed by the Employ ers' association. Two Warrants Are Issued. Washington , Juno 17. The federal grand Jury here resumed the consid eration of postofflco department cases. It is said that two warrants were is sued at the district attorney's office for the arrest of persons involve In tbo scandals. No Information canbo obtained as to where the persons are against whom the warrants are directed. Baseball Results. National League Plttsburgr , 6 ; Chicago cage , 3. Philadelphia , 2 ; Now York , 1. American League Philadelphia , 0 ; St. Louis , 3. New York , 1 ; Chicago , 0. Washington , 6 ; Detroit , 1. Boston , 0 ; Cleveland , 7. American Association Indianapolis , 4 ; Minneapolis , 0. Louisville , 4 ; St. Paul , 12. Toledo , 5 ; Milwaukee , 13. Desert Land Thrown Open. Los Angeles , Cal. , Juno 17. Ono mil lion acres of government land were thrown open to settlement. The land Is along the line of the Santa Fo rail road from Negates to Mojave , and Is all desert. Only half a dozen applica tions , were received at the land offlco. Camden Postmaster Missing. Camden , N. J. , Juno 18. ito tidings bavo been obtained of the whoro- tbouts of Louis T. Derousso , postmas ter of Camden , and his disappearance bos created a sensation In the city. / Three Hundred Corpses Have Been Found at Hcppner. CITIZENS CRAZED WITH GRIEF. Tear Madly About Ruins Seeking Per. Ished Loved Ones Relief for the Sufferers Is Promptly Giver , Cas ualty List Not Reduced , Hcppner , Ore. , Juno 17. I attnmtcs of the loss of llto by the cloudburst differ widely , but thu number of dead is certain to reach 300 , and It may bo swelled to COJ , when all are accounted for. One hundred and tun bodies have been burled nul It Is known that ISO moru nro missing. Still others , who woio strangers In the town , are f > ui > - posed to be among thu lost , Puoplo are coming hero trom all directions in wagons and on horseback , and the work of recovering bodies and burying thu dead Is proceeding n fast as pott- elblu. A pall of devastation and death hangs over thu razed homes , frantic' , half-crazed people nro charging about the ruins , hunting for loved onus. Dozens of families have been wiped out. In the fifty-loot wall of water which swept through the town dozens of bodies were carried down Willow canyon for miles. In the rush of sub siding waters during the night cries of I distress were heard in monumental piles of debris and the first volunteers i of aid worked like demons to hunt out and find perishing wounded , but In many cases It was too late by the time they were located In the darknoss. I The scene from the hillside over looking thu town Is one of desolation. Hugo piles of wreckage , in many places fifty feet high , fill the canyon for half a mlle below the town. As the debris , which Is covered many feet by mud , Is cleared away more bodli'a are found. Immense boulders , weigh ing tons , were rolled along by the flood and deposited In the midst of the town or lodged against buildings. An ap peal has been sent out for aid , the most pressing need being for men to clean the streets and to assist In searching the great mass of dobrls for bodies. I Several thousand persons have ar- 1 rived from outside places and an army of men and horses is sifting great wastes of debris. AThreo hundred bodies ies have been /ound and there are men who say the work Is only half bocun. An army of women take charge of the bodies ns they are borne out of the wreckage by the men. An arm , a log , a too , a finger , a lock of hair , a tuft of clothing these are harbingers of horror beneath the mud. Babies and little children He there , burled with many a gash "or brulso on their tender bodies. Forms of women frequently come to light , bereft of all clothing. The bodies arc berne to Roberts hall , to bo washed and dressed by women , to bo shrouded In coarse white clothes , to he laid In rough wood boxos. There Is no time for ceremony. The floors swim with the half diluted mud that drips from the victims , but the living patter through It or swoop It out when It gets too deep. Thorough rough boxes go to the cemeteries , not singly In hearses , but many at a time , piled high on wagons. The whole row of houses next to the creek was swept away. Spectators of the calamity describe the structures as falling like card houses. The buildings were tossed about like bob bins and most of them fell completely to pieces. The town had perhaps 250 houses , nearly 200 of which were de molished. The whole business part of the town would have been swept away had not the Palace hotel , a heavy brick structure , diverted the current. Houses on brick foundations fared bettor than others , because the flood could not so easily wash under them. PETER IS' KING IN NAME ONLY. Revolutionary Leaders Decide to Keep Power in Servla. Belgrade , Juno 17. The position of King Peter I promises to bo little moro than that of a royal captive. The real government of the country will bo a military dictatorship , under the lead ers of the revolution , Colonel Maschin and Colonel Mltschilitsch. The new king is almost without any personal adherents and the ruling spirits of the army , it is thought probable , would just as readily murder him as they did bis predecessor should ho oppose them. At the present moment the whole country Is under military rule and al though no prefects In the country dis tricts have been removed , each is ac companied by an army officer , who at tends the prefect wherever he goes , oven to the telephone. This policy has led to ono good result not a single case of disorder anywhere has been reported. Extremely forcible ar guments were found necessary to re press the radical aspirations of a re public. The foremost advocate of the creation of a republican form of gov ernment was L. Jubomlr Schiokovlcs , editor of the Belgrade Odjek. Finding him impervious to arguments , the con spirators invited him to a dinner at the officers' club last Saturday. Dur ing the dinner his host told him that unless ho agreed to support Prlnco Peter there would bo one head less In Belgrade that night. M. Schiokovlcs yielded to the force of this reasoning and accepted the situation. Ho is now minister of justice In the new dynasty. Geneva , Juno 17. It Is stated that King Peter considers that as the kupshtlna has voted immunity for those concerned in the revolution , It Is needless * for him to take cognizance of the events that preceded the vote of the national assembly electing him king. ARSON CASES DISPOSED OF , Dreathltt County Qrnntl Jury Find * No Indictments , JiH'Umm , tty. , Juno 17. Crawford mid Tlnirp , teamsters for JtulKu liar- gla , were not free , no Indictments for arson being rutnrnud by the grand jury , Homo express tbo opinion Unit the murder easoa will close In the uiuno way and that Jolt anil White aluo will bo roleiiHod , It IB stilted by HIOHO whu will talk oven secretly on thu mutter that the Krnnd jury waa compouod of residents of Ureathttt county , drawn by thouu who are Iduntllled with the dominant faction , and that no Indlclmuntu for niiythliiK were expected troin a Jury drawn In this county. On the other hand , It la pointed out that the jurorn In the case of Curtis Jett and Thomas White are from another county , and that a verdict of conviction may The secret departure on the part of seven ; ! of the Kwon fntntly and ar rangements for the rest to got away Indicates tbo fooling that HWOU'H llfo IB not safe o < on after till his property baa been deutroycd. The dofeiiHe cloned Ita testimony and there In now great Interest In an ticipation of the charge that Judge Uudwlno will give to the Jury. It la believed that the verdict will greatly depend upon what the court Hays be fore the Jury retires. The witnesses consisted of the relatives , omployos and close friends of leaders of the Hargls faction and the drift of all waste to prove an alibi for the prisoners. BRIBE LEE TO KEEP SILENT. Boodlcrs Offer Lieutenant Governor $1,000 a Month. St. Louis , Juno 17. Former Lloutou- ant Governor John A. Leo ( entitled bo-1 fore the grand jury that he had been offered $1,000 a month to place him self beyond the reach of the grand jury until after the boodle Investlga- tlon is ended. The proposition wan made to him just after he went to Kansas City from Jefferson City. Mr. Lee said ho was approached by some man ho did not know , who offered him $1,000 a month In cash to keep clear of the grand jury. The grand Jury IB anxious to take up the Investigation Into the beer tax bill , but the sheriff Is having great dllllculty In finding witnesses. SCARS REMOVED FROM CHIN. Young Victim of Mont Pelee Disaster on an Operating Table. Now York , Juno 17. Marguerite Stokes , a child who barely escaped tbo fate of her mother and brother In tbo Mont Pelee disaster , has been oper ated upon at a hospital in this city. Ugly ecars on her chin caused by her injuries In the volcanic outburst on Martinique were covered by skin from other parts of her body and the third finger of the right hand whs sacrificed in order that the adjoining ones would bo made useful for the rest of her life. The Ilesh of the amputated linger was utilized In the grafting operation. Killed by Falling Derrick. Omaha , Juno 17. Charles Grlor , aged forty years , was Instantly killed while at work at the Union Pacific shops by being struck on the head by a piece of heavy machinery , which foil on him. Grlor was a drill press operator and was at work at his ma chine , which stood near a locomotive tire derrick. Workmen were moving the derrick when In some way the legs got caught and it was upset. As It started to fall Grler Jumped from his machine and the top of the derrick struck him on the head. Ho was KnocKca aown anu luneu instantly , uis head being badly crushed. Chatterton Replies to Hitchcock. Cheyenne , Wyo. , Juno 17. Governor Chatterton haa written another letter to Secretary Hitchcock at Washing ton on the subject of forest reserves , in the course of which ho says : "I deslro most emphatically to assure you that neither the people of Wyom ing nor myself are playing politics. The forest reserve question is a sim ple , but very urgent , business propo sition. Neither the people nor my self are opposed to forest reserves. Wo believe in them , but wo want them confined to the area of the tim ber and supervised on business prin ciples. " Arrested After Desperate Struggle. Neenah , Wls. , Juno 17. Joseph Barber - bor , reputed to bo an escaped convict from the Iowa state prison , was ar rested here after a struggle , in which Chief of Pollco James Brown , Andrew McCabe , an Oshkosh detective , and Barber nearly lost their lives. In at tempting to take Barber from a house boat , on which he was living , the off ! cers were pulled into Lake WInne bago , and it was only after a desperate struggle that they were able to overcome como Barber and place him in a naphtha launch. Barber was wantec on a charge of larceny in Oshkosh. Woman on Trial for Hep Life. Cheyenne , Juno 17. The trial o Mrs. Agatha Barton , nco Stull , for the alleged murder of James Barton , post master at Arvada , father of her dl vorced husband , has begun. Two days were consumed in getting a jury. A largo number of witnesses have been examined and thcro remains abou fifty yet to testify. The case will no go to the Jury before Saturday night Cuban Mayor Shot by Offlceseeker Havana , Juno 17. Dr. Pedro Portal the mayor of Guamajan , province o Santa Clara , was twlco fired upon by a disappointed local political asplr ant , named Celestlno Bencomo , who lay in wait for the mayor. Ono of the bullets penetrated the mayor's lung and his condition is precarious. Th assailant has been arrested. Our Seasonable Goods Inoludo ' Lawn Mowers , R Garden Hose , Garden Tools , D W * Gasoline Stoves , Refrigerators , A Ice Cream Freezers. 4 4 > ' 4 > < ' G.E. MOORE. . . . YOU MUST NOT FORGET Thai , \vo nro coiialai.Uy growing ' > M o art of milking Kino I'holos , and our products will al ways 1)0 ) found to embrace Uio and Newest , Styles in Cards and Finish AVe also carry a line line of Moldings suitable for all kinds oX framing. DYSPEPTIC WORM CAKES Are a Positive Cure for Indigestion , Constipation , Penvcrs , Foul and weak Stonmchi. 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