The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, July 27, 1899, Image 1
i s k V ey J A T General Hcurcaux of San mingo Assassinated Do- KO DISTUUHAME OF Till ITOPlK WfuUlucton CrcilllH llntiroiiux With u WIko Administration ami mi Cunn Tor 1 the Crimp U Known TIuiiirIi At tempts Unto Uoen Mnilx Font dk Fkancr Murtitiiquo July 27 General Ulysses Hcurcaux presi Went of the Dominican Republic was assassinated at Moon Sau Domingo nt hulf paBt 4 oclock yesterday afternoon llninon Caceros tho murderer suc ceeded in making his escape but an energetic pursuit was at onco begun and it is probablo that ho will soon bo cap tured Presldoiit Goneral Wencolao Eiguereon immediately upon tho an nouncement of tho presidents death assumed tho direction of affairs At present calmness prevails in tho republic Ths remains of President Hcurcaux will probably bo taken to Sauto Domingo for tho funeral servicos Washington July 27 No informa tion was received last night from tho consular ropresontativos of tho United States in San Domingo regarding tho assassination of President Houreux Pending ofilcial advices of tho assassina tion no formal action will bo taken by this government William V Powoll the minister teHayti is also chargo daf faires to San Domingo whilo this gov ernment is directly represented in tho republic in the person of Campbell T Maxwell who ih consul general and John A Read who is vice consul Officials hero recall that attempts have heretofore been mado on tho lifo of President Houreux Secretary Hay paid a brief tribnto to tho work of tho deceased president saying ho under stood that he had given tho country a good administration Secretary Long said he could not re call that there were an ships of tho United States now in San Domingo -waters Should tho developments of tho next few days show a feeling of un rest and uncertainty a United States man-of-war will be dispatched to protect American interests CEUS BANDITS PUNISHED They Fired on Ainorlriin Troops A Regi ment ItulHcil in the Philippine Washington July 27 Three cablo messages from General Otis Were re ceived at tho war department yesterday One reports another engagement with bandits in Cebu in which the American forces were victorious us iullows Following from Ccbu today Bandits In Cobu mountains robbing and impress ing peoplo of tho coast towns On Mon day Liuutenunt Moore with dctauhmont of Twenty third infantry whilo scouting in tho mountains was fired upon from a strongly fortified position one private killed name not given no other casual ties Enemys los3 five bandits killed seven captured Another rofors to tho organization of volunteer regiments in tho Philippines as follows Boll has enlisted about 600 men Wal lace still south has about -100 Iiockett now enlisting has over 400 applications which are coming in rapidly Might raise hero an additional regiment exclu sively voters Tho third dispatch says Storm has abated Sherman coaled loaves today with all troops from Califor nia Grant being coaled leaves in about four duys with troops of North Dakota Wyoming nnd Idaho Minnesota prepar ing to leave on Sheridan soon as trans port can be unloaded and coulod Other volunteer organizations leave boon as transports aro available It is stated at tho war department that General Otis has mado no com munications to the department regard ing the organization of any provisional governments in tho islands or provinces but it is presumed that ho may bo doing 60 if conditions warrant lcace Keuclicil at Storm Lulce Fout Dodge la July 27 Tho ten sion of tho situation at Storm Lake where tho Minneapolis and St Louis and tho Milwaukee roads havo neon en gaged in a struggle for right of way has been relieved and tho Minneapolis and St Louis is uow in possession of the grounds Tho roads have signed an agreomout by which tho Milwaukoo will withdraw its mon and will not in terfere with tho St Louis in tho build ing of its track aud the St Louis will go ahead and put four tracks over tho disputed right of way Both sidos agree that noithor side will loso auy allogod rights by signing tho stipulation Iowa Cattle Going Illlnd Fout Dodoe July 27 A very pecu liar diseaso among cattlo has been dis covered in tho herd owned by James Cunningham a prosperous farmer near Clare in the northern part of tho coun ty The cattlo aro becoming bliud and within a month out of a herd of 75 one third have lost their sight There is no known cause for the diseaso as the pasturo is ouo which has been used for several seasons The blindness is caused by a film forming over the oyo Voter imiry Surgeon Gibson will examiuo tho herd this week Mloiirl Argonauts Hani Lurk Paris Mo July 27 Chris Ruerk Thomas J Murphy and Dennis M Fields all bronzed and travel worn havo returned to Paris after an absence of 17 months iu Alaska Together with 22 other Paris prospectors they started to Alaska in 1893 with between 35000 and 450000 in cash expecting to amass a fortune in trading and prospecting All they have to bhov for their outlay is n big accumulation of hard luck CLEVELAND STRIKE TO END City Council In tiling tlin Men iittil limn puny TiiRiitlii1 GtKVKiiAND July 27 A stop inwhioh thcro is much hope of conciliating tho street ear company nnd its striking em ployes was taken hero Inst night by tho committeo of tho council which suc ceeded in patching up an agreement over ho difficulties which oausod tho first striko a month ago Tho commit teo mado a request for a spocial moot ing o f tho council to moot tonight to discuss ways and means of putting an end to the present distressing situation It is regarded as probablo tho old bom tnitteo will bo reappointed and at onco sot about its labors Thoy succeeded in tho first instance after tho board of jirbl tration had failed at a coinproiiiso Tho union inon on tholr part ugrcfcd to treat tho nouuulonlstH working with them with every consideration sUown members of tho brotherhood Ovtf al legations mado by both sides that1 tho other had violated this agreement tho striko which started n wook ago Sunday grew Tho work of tho committor will bo to discover if tho agreement has boon violated and if so by whom A boy was shot last night by a non union conductor but whothor it was nn accident or not tho police havo not de termined Tho conductor who stood on tho front platform with tho motor man carried a revolver in his hand Suddonly it was discharged and tho boy was hit by tho ball on tho right I03 just below tho groin AMERICAN BEEF FAVORED Kent fiction Unit Will Appurontly liar all Ollmr Slock from Culm Washington July 27 Tho secretary of agriculture has amended tho regula tions recently issued for the freo admis sion of cattle into Cuba for tho next year so as to provido for division in spectors at Cuban ports instead of at American ports which was originally contemplated Tho change is mado at tho iustanco of tho war department and is intended to permit tho admission of cnttlo from other countries upon tho same terms as from tho United States Tho regula tions as at first drafted requiring tho stock to be graded and also immune from fever will bo maintained It is believed those requirements will result in the practical limitation of tho cattlo to American stock as tho South Amer ican animaLs would not generally bo graded and those from Europe would not bo immune as a rulo Moro NrgrooA for Kauna Mine Independence Kan July 27 A train passed through hero yesterday with two coaches of negroes from Ala bama for Weir City to tako tho places j of the striking mmers thero An off or t was mado to keep tho negroes from on toriug Kansas which causod consider able delay aud put the train bohiud timo Tho negroes aro lockod in tho cars and guarded by armed men as trouble is oxpeotod at Weir City Tho fooling thero is very strong against tho imported negroes who havo already caused trouble Hospital lutlents Milrltlo Dubuque la July 27 Allen A Wilson a porter on tho steamer Quiucy was left hero on the boats last trip suf fering from typhoid fover Later whilo delirious ho jumped from an upper story of Mercy hospital and was instantly killed Ho lived in St Louis Suicide Fever at Muscatine Muscatine la July 27 A suicide epidemic has struck the city Out of threo attempts two men and one woman ouo was fatal Goorgo Satter thwaito a carpenter and brother-in-law to tho murderer -of Mrs Crippon last Sunday took laudanum and died TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS The strike ou tho Hauua ore dock has ended Tho Guatemalan Central railroad has been sold to a Now York syndicate Tho government secret service has ar rested Frank Farroll at Knoxvillo Tonn for raising 1 certificates to 5 Tho government will assist 40 desti tute miners at Fort Wranglo Alaska and possibly 100 others to their homes The report tho Rock Island road will absorb tho Chicago nnd Eastern Illinois nnd St Louis Southwestern is positively denied Captain W H Elliott director gen eral of posts for Porto Rico hailed Wed nesday from San Juan for his homo in Indiana Socrctary Hitchcock has disposed of tho Cass Lako Minn controversy by announcing tho government will sell tho lands Tho pig iron stringency predicted weeks ngo appears to havo materialized None is to bo had for shipment sooner than Sept 1 Tho big stnko among the employes of tho finishing mills at Youngstowu O has beon settled by an advance of 25 per cent in wages Representatives of big shoe concerns havo agreed to an advance iu prices rather than a cheapening of tho quality because of highor leathor Tho body of tho czarowitz was in terred iu tho cathedral of St Peter uud St Paul at St Petersburg Wednesday iu tho preseuco of the czar Rumors that American politicians have arrived at Trieste to consult with Admiral Dewey regarding tho presi dency aro without foundation The transports Ohio and Newport loft San Francisco Wednesday night for Manila with four compauies of tho Nine teenth infantry and 700 recruits Messrs Greyson Orowloy Switzer nnd Jones expert clerks in tho postal servico iu the Philippines aro being in valided home on the transport Shorman The Washington Post says Bryan will bo a delegate to tho next Democratic national convention and quotes Con grehhimui Clayton of Alabaiii us au thority i22rIclIB3 3m Ni MONROEISM IS SAFE Arbitration Cannot Jeopardize It Says Mr White Tin AMiiAssAwm iNTKiivinwri Anirilrnn Chief IVnrn Ituprommtntlvo Do olnro If nny IMocllllcutlun U ier Mucin of Hint rnllry It Cannot lie Done Tlirotiilt Implication In n Treaty London July 27 Tho Hague corre spondent of tho Times reports a long conversation with Andrew D Whito Unlnod States ambassador at Merlin and bond of tho Amorioau delegation in which tho ambassndor said I boliovo that 11 vaBt majority of our people will wolcomo our arbitration trcnty and in that connection havo a serviceable plan from the outset from which 11 moro Important system will bo evolved Ah tlmo progresses without doubt references to tho tribunal will bo como increasingly natural and normal aud thus wo may hopo to havo every advantngo claimed for obligatory arbi tration without its ovorwholming dis advantages Dut it could hardly bo ex pected that wo would bo willing to ac copt the requirement to sweep away hero and now tho policy of Monroeism If any modification is over made of that policy it must bo mado by tho United States after It has had the op portunity to study the matter in all its bearings Snch a chango cannot bo made hero by Implications in a treaty for another purpose aud it is import ant that thoro should bo no doubt on this point Mr White thon referred to tho doop almost religious conviction in tho hearts of the American peoplo against any foreigu entanglomont Ho nddod how ever that the declaration of Monroeism would lonvo tho United Statos iwlicy exactly what it had been heretofore aud would not in tho slightest degree ham per tho operations of tho arbitration plan On the contrary tho United States would fully and faithfully co operato in tho judicial settlement of international difficulties by means of tho agency and machinery provided by the convention JEFFRIES OFF FOR EUROPE Champion In Irline Conillllon for HI Content With Mitchell nml Hmlth New Yonrc July 27 James J Jef fries tho pugilist arrived in this city yestorday after a pleasant trip across tho country Tho big follow will sail for Europo today on tho Fuerst Bis marck Ho is in prime condition for his contest with Oharloy Mitchell and Join Smith which is to take placo abroad within a fortnight Joffries will return hero about Sept 15 when ho will go into training at Asbury Park for his fight with Shnrkey Tho Sailor said Joffries has been doing considerable talking about how quickly ho will polish mo off when we meet I dont say I will beat him in a punch in four rounds or anything of that sort Sharkoy is a big strong fol low and has a chanco to defeat me but I think I will got tho decision when wo moot Regarding tho talk ubout 11 fight be twoen himself and McCoy Jeffries said ho did not consider tho Kid in his class McCoy he said is a good clover middleweight but has no chanco against heavywoights If McCoy how over insists on a match with me ho can obtain it providing ho will agroo that tho winner tako all I am not iu the fighting gamo for fun I want to got all tho money out of tho game thero is in it whilo I am on top Whon some follow comes along and boats mo I want to havo a bank account on hand A beaten fighter is not of much account unless ho has money iu the bank Justlcn IrouiUml to Italy Rome July 27 United States Secre tary of State John Hay has instructed tho American embassy to assure tho government of Italy that tho United States will adopt overy legal measure warranted by tho facts to insure justico in the Tullulah affair The communi cation adds that Scoretary Hay has ox pressed to tho Italian chargo daffaires at Washington tho regret of President McKinley for tho deplorable occurrences To Ileturn Captain Forliyi Itody Washington July 27 Actiug Socre tary of War Meiklojohu yesterday is sued orders to Quartermaster Gonoral Ludiugtou that the body of Captain Lee Forby bo brought from tho Philippines in conformity with tho wishes of his father O H Forby of Omaha This action was taken on tho earnest request of Sonator Thurston New Zinc FieliU In Ununn Independence Kan July 27 Zino ore which is pronounced by exports of excellent quullty has been discovered at soveral places among tho flint hills wost of hero A great deal of prospecting is being dona in that section and froir re sults so far it is believed that another great mineral district is to be opened up in Kansas Kmlomttil lCvitim anil MoKlnley Atchison Kan July 27 John A Martin post of Atchison is not iu sym pathy with tho light being mudo by the department of Kansas G A R on Pension Commissioner Evans uud has ploptod resolutions censuring certain state officers of the G A R nnd en dorsiug Evans and President McKinley Jor IlnpLlns anil Ciiininlii Pkiiky la July 27 The Republican senatorial convention iu the Seventeenth distiict yesterday nominated PM Hop- I kins of U1U1tL tor state t nutm and in- structott ror a Stains senator tj uumnuu tor u linen Icntnll Hill lallix liiipioteiiimit Washington Inly 27 lofforMm bar racks secures an allotment of 75001 from the gonci al appropriation for tho liuprovumuut of army posts HEADY FOR INCINERATION A Special Train OoinrjA 1iiRnritlt llinly to Nimt Turk New Youk July 27 Walston tho beautiful homo at Dublin Ferry where Robert IugoiMill died was a quiet place yesterday Tho body of the dead ag noitlo lay on Ills lower covered bier Only tho widow and daughters sat near ll tho othors kept awny Three hundred loiters wore rorelvod yesterday from all over tho country most of them from Intimate friends Among them letters from J II Man loy of Maine Mrs Elizabeth Oady Stanton who wrote a beautiful letter of hopo ami sympathy Ootavo Tlianut and Owen Miller prosldont of the American Federation of Musicians Colonel Ingersolls body will bo cre mated today Tho coffin was sent to Dobbs Ferry yostorday but It remained all day at the local undertakers It is a plain black oloth oovorod coffin with out ornaments or handles of any kind and without oven a name plate It is simply a box iu which tho dead may Ho at roNt during the joumoy to the crematory at Fresh Pond L I The body ot tho dead agnostic was transferred from tho bier to I ho coffin this morning and whenever tho widow is ready tho hearso will start down tho long hill that has been the joke of Col onel Ingersoll man a time A special train will tako tho party to New York city It is only a fow min utes ride to Freshpond Tho ineinurn tiou will bo strictly private The tlmo has not even been set in order that the public may not know The funeral party will wait during tho hours whilo tho body is being consumed to tako tho ashes back with them The funeral urn has already been selected It is the choice from 1000 of George Grey Bar nard the sculptor and tho dead mans friend This is only temporary but it will satihfy Mrs Ingersoll until a finer one can be mado She is determined that tho ashes shall not bo away from her a single moment TO PREVENT DEADLOCKS Senator Htowartn Plan to limim Htiuit torlal lilectloiiH In Htatim Washington July 27 Sonator Stew art of Nevada In order to obviate tho apparent nocosslty of an amendment to the constitution to seouro nt all times a full representation of states in tho United States senate at tho next session of congress will offor relief by legisla tion Ho proposes that tho following paragraph bo added at tho end of sec tion 15 titlo 2 chapter 1 of tho Revised Statutes If on tho third Tuesday after tho organization of tho legislature no per son has recoivod such majority thon on that day or ou any succeeding day tho person receiving a plurality of tho votes cast a majority of all tho members elected to both houses being prcsont nnd voting shall bo declared olocted This ho believes will insure tho olection of a United States sonntor in overy state at tho time specified by law Krnmout Canal FruuolilMo irantari Lincoln Nob July 27 The npplica tiou of tho Fremont Canal and Power company for right to tap tho Platte river for a powor canal and to construct a reservoir whose capacity shall bo 1254528000 cubic feet of water has loon granted by State Engineer Wilson Tho work of constructing tho canal must begin not later than Jnu 25 1000 and bo comploted Jan 25 1003 TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Six prostrations from heat wero re ported Wodnesday in Chicago Manager Torroyson of tho Grand Rapids-Columbus baseball team will aban don Columbus for Springfield Brickmakers In all tho union yards in Chicago havo stopped work in pursu unco of an ordor for a goucral striko Two sons of Henry Gorman aged nino and 1 1 years wore drowned while bathing at Kewaunee Wis Wednes day Thero was uo sottlemont of the dis pute botweeu the coal operators uud miners of Illinois at the meeting Wed nesday P L Stocking assistant postmaster at Taooma Wash has beon appointed assistant director general of posts at Mauilu A oyolo match for the championship of tho world aud a purse of 1200 lias been arranged for Aug 12 at New York betweou Harry Elkes uud Tom Linton Judge O O Koblsuat of Chicago in an address before tho Bankruptcy con vention Wednesday opposod tho now bankruptcy law aud declared it should be repealed Tho five men who held up the Wis consin Centrals through Chicago train Within eight miles of Waupaca Wis in 1805 aro said to havo been captured Wednesday Alfred Vnnderbllt son of Cornelius Vanderbilt William P Burden sou of James P Burden William Iselin and Douglas Cochrau left New York Wed uosduy for u years tour of tho world EnauN nil nilHM IN ALASKA Government Officials Accused of Claim Gobbling flltAYi CONDITION AT ANVH CITY A MitIIiiu of Mlnnr Unlit AiritlnM tlin McIIhhW of to tho Htitlim Cninnilmlontir DlnpiMnil Prntrt UiiIIimI hy Ilin Tinin Milium IIIkI on Many Tlnirn Bkatmk Wash July 27 Advices received on tho Mourner Ellhu Thomp son from Dawson indicate that the miners of Cameron and Anvil Oily are wrought up to a high pilch 011 account of the notion of United States Commis sioner Shoppard backed by the United States soldiers A miners meeting of nearly 1000 men wns dispersed on tho night of the 15th by a squad of soldiers ou tho ground that they were not prop erty owners The meeting had boon called regularly after five days notice to protest against tho policy that has been followed lu lo cating claims These miners declared that a clique or ring hud been formed to gobble up all the good properties iu the country It is charged by minors who came In 011 he Thompson that the ma chinery of tho federal government on tho Yukon has been turned to theHo Ille gal practices Thoy say some of tho Laplanders who wore sent up thero un der live years emit runt by tho govern ment have since arriving been natural iod and claims have been staked in their nanies Even tho reindeer which these Ijupliuidfrri wero hired to tako euro of have been used for hauling stakes into tho country to mark the claim boundaries for thu members of the ring When tho steamer left tho nioinbers wore signing a protest which is to be forwarded to Washington alleging the officials al St Michaels aro conducting tho affairs of the government to theii own hellish ends Whilo returns be twetii t lie miners and nlllcmls are at a high tension thero has been 110 desire shown to resort to force and no serious trouble is anticipated Conditions aro iu such a confused shape that nothing is being done Hundreds of contests have boon filed but that is as far as tho men can go The rich claims ou Anvil creek and Snow gulch have boon filed on threo or four timos over Men aro afraid to prospect lwcauso they sny if ouo should striko anything ho would not bo able to hold tho claim Tph Million From tho Klonillltn Washinhtov July 27 Information from tho Klondike up to June 20 has reached the state department from United States Consul McOook ot Daw sou Tho consul says 110000000 in steiid of 0000000 in gold will covor the gold product for the past 12 months and adds that reports from Alaska indi cate that moro gold will bo found thero than over will como out of tho Klondike FEWER WAR BONDS IN BANK Tlin Conversion of Coupon Into Hrlntnrit HonclH Innifmnliii Wariiinoton July 27 Tho conver sion of coupon bonds of tho l per cont Spauish war loan into registered bonds continues to go forward rapidly When tho loan was first issued thero wero 80- 81 1000 registered lionds issued on orig inal applications Sinco that time there have been exchanged 07010510 coupon bonds for registered so that tho totul amount of registered bonds of this issuo outstanding for payment of the dividend duo Aug 1 is8t50fil0 For a timo tho amount of bonds regis tered iu tho names of national banks hold as security for circulation and pub lic deposits increased rapidly but for tho quarter ending Aug 1 tho total will bo less than for May 1 Tho number of banks has increased however As against this falling off iu tho hold ings of registered bonds of national banks thero seemed to bo a continued sharp iucrcaso iu individual holdings and tho quarter which will end with August will show tho largest increaso of such holdings of registered bonds iuuny quarter sinco tho loan was Issued OFF FOR LAKE CHAMPIAIN Irenldeiit nnd Mr MoKlnley to Spnnil Kovnrul Weeks In Now York Washington July 27 Prosldont and Mrs McKinley loft Washington on a specinl train at 1 oclock yesterday for tho Hotel Champlain Lako Champlain for a stay of several weoks With the president woro Miss Sarah Duncan his niecoj Secretary Cortelyou and a rotiuue of White House attaches and sorvants A crowd of bovoral hundred was at tho station to soo tho prosidontial party off Tho party is duo to arrive at the Hotel Champlain today PLATTsmma N Y July 27 The presidential party will arrivo at Hotel Champlain today Tho suite of rooms on the main floor which Mrs McKin ley oujoyed so much during her stay hero two yoars ago have Iwoii specially furnished iu light blue hor favorite color Tho president and his wife will tako their meals in their own rooms during their stay at tho hotel Royal aBSOMJIEIV fcURE iMste AKIN6 Powder Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROVAl OAKIQ POWDCW CO hi W VORK a t The Norfolk Weekly News PRESIDKN NORFOLK NEBRASKA THURSDAY JULY 271899 j s mofRow DKIVB - WELLS Will put ilown iinwwnlln or repair nM ohm Iiauin luouions Sharpened ouJKwrftEEo Viifl Plilllp Avn Tnlnpliotm lit i CHAS DUDLEY HACK- LINE TI2M2IMIONB 71 HciiiliiniitlciH mnnvl from Iciiirt hlii In dim DtnllnyH ulnliln on M 1 1 Ht For Plumbing Stun Filling Oar Shep Ih tho Neatest in the City Pimps Tanks Wind Mills Ami all repidr work In tlili Him on 11 W H RISH rUtlifnotlnn InnrMitonrt Klmt ilonr ontb of lll New nffls MRS MARY L STANTON DRESSMAKING Prices treasonable Up stairs over Waroliums Millinery WHEN YOU WANT A GOOD SHAVE or BATH -110 TO- W 0 Halls Barber Shop MAIN rlT TI11KI DOOIt KABT OK FOURTH KARO BROS Everybody wants the est oE meats Wo make a spocial effort to please our trade CRSEILER Sale and Boarding Barn Horses Bought and Sold Commission Braasch Avenue and Third St Highest Market Price Paid Butter and Egrgrs 01 PHONE 44 Groceries Always Fresh and Just as Represented AT UHLES tor THE North Western LINE F E W V R Is the best to and from the SUGAR BEET FIELDS of North Nebraska Money to Loan ON Real Estate MA