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i 4 (Minute ' m mmrnl 4 -" VOLUME XXX. NUMBER 16. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 26, 1899. WHOLE NUMBER 1,524. - L ::. Et.fr? PP . v.. . : a69t bjf5J r ? - fc--:-." GATES ARE NOW OPEN First Greater America Colonial Exposition Opens with Elaborate Ceremonies. IS lETTER THAN LAST YEAR Kathaslastlc Crowds Testify to 8immi of th. Klg Show and Prals. Omaha - Eaterprlse-Many Attraction, and More Are Constantly Being- Added. Promptly on time the gates of the First Greater America Colonial Exno- .- - anion were opened on the morning of July l, and the last great educational enterprise of tbe 19th century is now well under way, its beautiful grounds and magnificent buildings thronged with crowds of visitors, who are sur prised and pleased to find their ex pectations more than realized. The buildings and grounds are complete and the principal exhibits already in place. A large force of men, working day and night, are rapidly bringing order out of chaos and a few dayB will serve to put all the splendid displays In position. The grounds cover about two hun dred acres and are arranged in four sections, or divisions. The most im portant section is the Grand Court of Honor, where the principal buildings are grouped around the lagoon. East of the Court lies the Bluff Tract, the LAGOON AND FINE southern part of which is arranged as a park, with stretches of green sward, avenues of shade trees, and plats of flowering plants i.nd shrubs. In this tract stands the Horticultural Build ing, given over to the display of fruits and flowers, and In front of which is a large aquatic basin almost filled with water-lilies and other blooming plants. Within the building will be a magnificent display of tropic and sub tropic plants, trees, vines, and fruits Stately palms, orange trees and all the ADMINISTRATION ARCH. flora of the Philippines. Cuba. Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands have been tastefully grouped, and will show the resources and vegetation of our colonial possessions. This is one of the interesting exhibits of the exposi tion. On this tract will also be found the Woman's Building and the building devoted to the use of the various fra ternal societies, the grand band-stand, and several other structures. At the GOVERNMENT north end of the Bluff Tract will be found East Midway with its Streets of Cairo and other attractions. Across the viaduct comes the West Midway with all that the name implies. Be yond on to the north, is the lake for the fireworks, and further west e half-mile race-track and the Indian Congress. On this north section will COLONIAL EXHIB The bluff tract will have 3,000 more lights than last year and the horticul tural building will stand out in a blaze of radiant beauty. One hundred and eighty-seven additional arc lights have been "placed about the grounds, some eighty of these around the new half mile track which has been built on the north tract and where races will be run at night This is to be one of the novel features of the exposition. The Dorflinger Cut Glass Co. of New York has taken space for an exhibit in which it will show in actual opera tion its process of manufacturing cut glass. "mM - - aV xMlA nMBLmWmWmmWmXSmmiWmOiJmmtMimm SaBmP'Tj5?TJmBA)4sBmUBBsBmBmBmB baCMHfialnMaaalaaaaaaaaasaaSJaskA TfTSaMaW BBmBrTnTrn ,-Mf,rv "- j-t- ay ...... . BBaBZ RSLSSan-HZKlaHlBa jfiyBBBBaBaJ!mBBBBBjSsBBaJBBB""BBSj TaafmmS '?Sa3FX JsmBBTlmmfW ' i if am it , ttufilllali, -. also be found the agricultural exhibit, which promises to surpass anything of the kind ever seen In the West. The principal buildings hare been changed but little except to lmproTe here and there, and to brighten up and add a few finishing touches to exter iors. More important changes bar been made in the landscape gardening. The general plan followed last year has not been changed but It has beem added to and vastly improved. About the Court of Honor sections of the brick walks have been removed and a number of small gardens relieve the eye and Increase the pleasing effect of the whole. Tropical plants and flow ers will give a brilliant touch of color to the scene rnd supply the necessary contrast to the white and stately buildings and the reaches of green ( UU1IUIUQO OUU V"W aa w- 0 8Ward. in the center of the court tfce clear waters of the lagoon give back to view the fairy picture, while the fountain flashes in the sunlight and gaily decorated water-craft glide here and there. Rudolph Ulrlch, the well-knowm landscape artist, has been at work on the grounds nearly 3 months now, having a large force of men In his department. During May he had more than one hundred men employed, and In June that number was more than doubled, as several car-loads of trees, plants, and shrubbery from Calfornla, Florida. Louisiana, and Hawaii, are now arriving, and many men will be needed to take care of this stuff and place it In the ground. Many of these will be strictly native plants, and very valuable and rare In this latitude. some of which have never been seen ARTS BUILDING. by the people of the north and west. This Is especially true of the Florida plants, and also of the Hawaaian col lection, several cars coming from those Islands. In addition to the plants already on the grounds there has been over 250.000 new plants set out this year. The palm and oleander features will be conspicuous, as It is intended to have a wonderful collec tion of these among others- In addi tion to the trees on the grounds last year, nearly two thousand new ones have been set out, making the Grand Court and other parts of the grounds, green, cool, and shady, as well as add ing greatly to the general effect. A race-track, half-mile, has been made, which is very neat and attractive Then a lawn of several acres has been added and the whole resown with seeds, making the several tracts rich with grasses, flower-beds, and foliage. A rare musical treat Is In store for visitors to the exposition of 1899. From the opening day there will be a succession of grand concerts by the most famous musical organizations of the world. The world-famed British Grenadier Band, generally known as Godfreys brltish Military Band, give daily concerts for five weeks. From Omaha it goes to San Francisco and from there to Australia. Following will come the famous Bellstedt-Ballen-berg Band of forty-five pieces from Cincinnati for an engagement of five weeks. Herman Bellstedt the leader BUILDING. is- recognized as the greatest cornet virtusoso of America, and each mem ber of the band is a famous soloist In September the Hawaiian Govern ment Band is expected, end other famous organizations will give con certs during the latter part of the ex position. Among these might be men tioned the Indian Boys' Band. ITS BUILDING. The Hawes Hat company of New York will have a hat factoiy in contin uous operation turning out hats for market and bearing the Omaha stamp. In the patent department will be shown in actual operation the David son roach and water-bug trap, a uni que invention. Admiral Dewey, the hero of Manila Bay, who has declared a wish to re turn to America, has been formarded an invitation to attend the Greater America Exposition at Omaha this summer. He will probably reach here in late July of early August ARCH OF STATES. SUGAR BEET CDLTDRE Basalts of Experiments Begun Some Months Ago. REPORTS ARE NERY GRATIFYING Effort, of the Barllagtoa ta Eneowntg-o Olverslfled Farming- Beet. Arriving are Bather Large bat Firm and Eton la Saecaarlae afakeap. Gratifying results are coming !n to the Burlington passenger department from the comprehensive experiments In sugar beet culture begun in Ne braska this spring, says the Omaha World-Herald. It was with the Wea of flndlng out where sugar beets would thrive best and could be grown most profitably that good seed was secured from the state university and sent to responsible farmers located in sixty localities, representative of the entire state. In doing this the Burlington seeks to encourage diversified farming in this state, that a crop failure along some particular line may leave the farmer still with good crops, with all of the good results to be derived from rotation of crops. At the same time close watch Is be ing kept on experiments in New York on a system there introduced of hav ing beet sugar separators, or plants for the preparation of the saccharine substance Into the syrup form, located in every locality where beets are grown. This crude syrup is then shipped to immense fineries In the large cities, there to be made into the finished product So it is the hope that in time every station will have Its syrup or raw sugar plant, which will reduce the weight of the material to be shipped to the refinery to about 15 per cent 'of the beets as they are delivered by the farmers, thus reduc ing freight charges to a minimum, and giving back to the farmers, or the Immediate localities, the 85 per cent of refuse, one of the best cattle feeding foods in the world. Consequently, all of the beets .now arriving at the offices in Omaha from out the state are being broken to pieces and pinched to test the firm ness, and chewed up to test the sweet ness, and put to other tests. When fall comes, however, the samples from all localities will be submitted to an analytical test to determine results for further experiments. The beets so far arriving are quite large as sugar beets usually go, but are very firm and apparently quite sweet, thus giving the hope that they will prove a rich saccharine product Aa Entire Family Drowsed. OMAHAXIb & PPP H. Wade Glllls of Tekamah. who was In Omaha, informed the World Herald that a report was received by the Modern Woodmen of Tekamah, announcing the drowning of a famuily from Burt county. A few weeks ago A. W. Blades, his wife and eight chil dren started for Minnesota in an em igrant wagon. At a point In Southern Minnesota, the name of which Glllls had forgotten, the family camped for the night on a creek. A cloudburst raised the creek twelve or fifteen feet and the family, team and wagon were swept away. No trace of them had been found save in treetops some dis tance down the creek. Mr. Blades had resided In Burt coun ty for twenty years, and for the last two or three years had lived on the A. B. Fuller farm near Decatur. The oldest of the children, a daughter, did not accompany the other members of the family on the trip. Condition of the First. Official reports from Colonel Mul ford, of the First Nebraska, for the months of April and May reached the state house last week. The reports for April showed an aggregate of 996 present and absent of which 921 were enlisted men and 45 were officers. There were 506 enlisted men for duty and 22 officers for duty. Forty-three officers were present, but only 22 were reported for -duty, 3 being on special duty and 18 sick. There were 506 enlisted men reported for duty, 34 on special duty, 289 sick in quarters, 76 in hospital, one under arrest and one under arrest and in confinement mak ing a total of 907 enlisted men. The losses for the month of April included 1 killed in action, 6 died of wounds, 2 died of disease and 22 discharged. Two officers were killed, including Colonel Stotsenburg, eight officers were pro moted and three resigned. Leasing of School Lands. The land commissioner's office has received reports from the auctions held by Commissioner Wolfe last week In Wheeler, Antelope and Pierce coun ties and find that in Wheeler county he offered and leased all that was va cant 8,037 acres, upon an average val uation of 71 cents per acre. He suc ceeded in leasing 4.080 acres at the present appraisal, and upon four tracts aggregating 2,000 acres he secured a bonus above the appraisal, amounting to 220. In Antelope he offered 1,640 acres and leased all that was offered except 160 acres at an average valuation of $1.48 per acre, and secured $19 bonus on two tracts aggregating 400 acres. In Pierce county Commissioner Wolfe leased 1,760 acres, all that was vacant at an average valuation of $3.10 per acre. Battler's Bondsmen to Pay. Judgment was rendered in the dis trict court at Omaha in favor of the state and against all the bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Hartley except Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, of Lincoln. Mrs. Fitzgerald was released from liabil ity on the ground that she was tem porarily of unsound mind at the time she signed the bond. The judgment is for $646,382.45, of which $555,790.66 is the principal of Bartley's defalcation and the remainder is interest A mo tion for a new trial will be filed within a day or two. Bartley is now serving a twenty years' sentence for embez zling the money. Richard Whitten, John R. Jones and a Mr. Zimmerman, farmers living south of Wymore, are losing their stock from hydrophobia- Last fall a rabid dog bit several head of cattle in that neighborhood, .but the cattle showed no effects of it until a few days ago, when several fine cattle went mad and had to be killed. More stock In the same locality is affected and will be killed. The farmers are consider ably alarmed over the balance of their stock, as the loss is already quite heavy. Condition of the Crepe. Reports from the following conn ties will show the general crop outlook in various parts of the state: Butler Rye and wheat being cut; fall armies scarce. Cass Early corn silking some; ear ly oats cut; spring wheat ready to cut, some fields full crop. Clay Winter wheat harvest com pleted, thrashing begun, yield fifteen to twenty-five bushels per acre; oats being cut crop good; corn growing rapidly. Fillmore Winter wheat and rye harvested and some thrashed; oats good and harvest commenced; corn and potatoes good. Antelope Rye cut; barley cutting begun; haying on lowlands commenc ed; hay crop abundant; corn mostly laid by and looks fine. Boyd Wheat filling nicely; some damage from severe storm. Burt Corn doing well, tassellng out; haying begun; barley being cut fine crop; prospects for good apple crop. '-- Cedar Corn laid by; barley ready to cut; all grain doing finely; hay crop and potatoes good; fruit scarce; oats good. Dawson Spring wheat Improving; corn healthy and growing well. Greeley Corn all laid by and fair ly free from weeds. Hall Winter wheat about harvest ed; thrashing commenced; yield light, but better than expected; some oats cut; corn very fine. Howard Harvesting begun; corn making rapid growth and tassel ing nicely; grass and pastures good; spring wheat and oats filling nicely. Franklin A good week for harvest; corn silking and looks fine; second crop alfalfa being cut Frontier Harvesting In progress; winter wheat short, much being cut with headers; second crop of alfalfa light; corn laid by in fine condition. Gosper Yield of small grain light: corn fine stand, generally clean and large, some tassellng out; good rain Cherry Rain in eastern, dry In western part of county. Tmwes Drouaht damaged small grain and pastures; corn doing well. Deuel Fine showers; grass and crops looking better. Keith Small grain will not amount to much; hay fair; corn doing well, but needs more rain. Keya Paha Corn growing rapidly; rye being cut, fair yield. Kimball Rain late for small grain; good for millet and range. Logan Wheat burning up; rye be ing harvested; corn doing well. Xe Balld a Soldiers Monament. Columbus dispatch: The Grand Army of Republic committee which has the work of the new soldiers' mon ument for Frankfort park in hand has selected a design from the many of fered, and will not advertise for bids. From the design chosen the monu ment will be twenty-nine feet three Inches high and the top will be sur nnnntiui with a. bronze eagle with sixty-Inch spread of wings. The two targe cannon donated by the govern ment will be mounted on pedestals four feet high on either side of the monument About 125 names of the old Platte county soldiers will be en graved on the sides of the monument which is to be of the best quality of Barre granite, and will cost about $2,500. Nebraska la Brief. P. D. Armour ft Co.. have completed shelling 100,00 bushels of corn which they have cribbed at Sutton. The corn showed some shrinkage, but was a good quality. It is understood that the Armours will crib at tbe same place again this fall. Henry Schultz. an old gentleman, seventy-seven years of age, was found dead in an enclosure in the rear of a saloon kept by his son at Brunning. He had committed suicide by hanging himself with a small cord doubled with his silk watch chain. A story has been going the rounds for several days that a man by the name of Charles Eads, better known as "Corduroy," had commuted a crime upon a little son of D. C. Mowry of Geneva. About twenty-five young men decided to drive Eads out of town. They soon found him and accused bim of the crime. He would neither deny nor admit anything. He was then tak en Into the presence of the boy, who told every Incident In connection vith the case. He was told go to or take the consequences. He went on the double quick. Mrs. L. E. George, wife of Dr. George of Syracuse, was badly burned about the face, head and arms by the accidental Igniting of a raucerfui of turpentine and lard. Mrs. George was preparing the mixture as an ointment for her husband, who is very ill. and, being called to the sick room for a moment left it heating on the gasoline stove. On returning she found the preparation in flames, and plucklly grasping the dish she carried it from the house, the burning mixture envel oping not only her hands and arms but rising even to her face. An enthusiastic gathering of Sut ton's leading citizens was assembled for the purpose of organising a per manent Grand Army of the Republic association for the central district of Nebraska. A committee of six, in cluding the chairman, was appointed to go among the business men and solicit membership. When twenty-five or more names are secured by the committee the association is to be per fected and a date designated, perhaps In the middle of September, when the fourth annual reunion for the district will be held. Rev. Wm. F. Cowles, a pioneer Meth odist minister who began the minis try sixty-two years ago in that part of Iowa, died at Burlington aged 80 years. He was known all over eastern Iowa. The citizens of Steinauer were both surprised and shocked at the simul taneous disappearance of Rev. Father Rhlnehart and Mrs. Harry Smith sometime last week. No direct evi dence could be obtained that they had gone away together, but it is now claimed that they did, since it is al leged they have been located in Sprinfleld, HI., by the city marshal I of Steinauer, who is also a brother-in-law of the woman. There has been considerable sick ness in the neighborhood of Wood River of the cerebro spinal menin gitis type. Land Commissioner Wclfe wert to Wheeler county last week to lease state land. Under the new law he leased a great many acres in Dawe? county. This act permits bim to lease the land at a valuation of less than $7 an acre, or whatever he can get for it The Dawes county grazing land was so leased at an average valuation of 50 cents an acre. Cattle and sheep men were competitors in the bidding. Some refused to lease because the bid ding was too high. a The Greatest of All Agnostics Summoned Suddenly. IS CARRIED OFF BY ArOttEXY Death Come, to Illm at Ills Summer Borne, With Wife and Two Daughters Present Brief Biographical Sketch of a Man Who was Known From Oa. End X the Conctry to the Other. NEW YORK, July 22. Robert G Ingersoll died at his home in Dobb's Ferry, N. Y.t yesterday afternoon of apoplexy. Mr. Ingersoll went to his summer home in Dobbs' Ferry two uays ago, apparently v in good health. Shortly afterhls arrival there he complained of a slight indisposition. He spent yesterday morning in his room, and shortly before he was stricken his wife offered to have his luncheon sent up to him so that he would not have to walk down stairs to the dining room below. He laugh ingly replied that while he did not feel quite as young as he used to, he guessed he was not yet an Invalid and he would go down with the others. As be finished speaking and was about to rise he fell back into his chair. A physician was immediately sum moned, but when he reached the house he found that Mr. Ingersoll had died almost instantly. The physician did not give the cause of death, but the family believe it was due to apo plexy. Mr. Ingersoll's wife and two daugh ters were with him when he died. Colonel RoDert G. Ingersoll, gener ally conceded to be the greatest of all agnostics, was the son of a Presbyter ian minister of the strictest sect, and by many at least his views on the bible are thought to be the revulsion of feeling due to the severity of relig ious discipline in his boyhood days. He was a youth of tender years wnen his father was Installed as pastor of a church at Ashtabula, 0.. In 1841. Here he spent several years, removing to Madison. O., and later to Illinois It is somewhat strange that his first fame as an orator should have been won at a Sunday school picnic in Illi nois, where he was put in as a make shift on account of the speakers who had been expected failing to appear. Later he studied law and was admit ted to the bar. He served in an Illi nois regiment during the war, where he earned the title of colonel. He also served in congress from Illinois. He first sprang into national fame as an orator by his speech nominating Blaine for the presidency in the Cin cinnati convention, wherein he por trayed him as a plumend knight In the political arena, ready to meet and vanquish any aspiring opponents. Long before this every man. woman and child in Peoria, 111., his home, was familiar with his powers as an orator and with his keen wit. Thomas Cratty, the very opposite of Ingersoll In personal appearance small, wrinkled-faced and sour looking was his only rival. When it was known that these two were to try a lawsuit It mattered not what the case, the court room was sure to be crowded. There was certain to be clashing of wit, logic and eloquence such as is worth any man's while to listen to. Later, when b.3 became more of a national figure, he removed to New York, where by lecturing and in the practice of his profession he earned large sums of money, though by rea son of his generosity and free spend ing of money he accumulated little In proportion to his opportunities. Personally, he was a most genial man and In his family, as with others, 1 he was liberal to the point of prodi gality. Every man, woman and child in Peoria knew him and his kindly heart and purse were always open to the cry of distress. Whatever else In his creed there may have been to condemn, the people who knew him could not help but admire these traits of his character. SILVER TeADERS IN SESSION. Bat .last What Was Done Was Not Made 1'nl.llr. CHICAGO, July 22. While the mem bers of the national committee were enjoying a view of the drainage canal yesterday the sliver leaders were in conference at the auditorium annex. Those present were John P. Altgeld, Georee Fred Williams, John P. Tarvin, president of the League of Bimetallic Clubs of the Ohio valley; General A. J. Warner, president of the American Bimetallic union; C. A. Shively of In diana and Moreton Frewen. the En glish bimetallist. Those who partici pated in the conference said that it had no political significance whatever and that they were at the annex simply as guests of Moreton Frewen at a luncheon. ARRIVAL 0E SICK SOLDIERS. The Transport Indiana Conies Into Port With 358. SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. The United States transport Indiana ar rived yesterday from Manila, the jour ney occupying thirty-two days. The vessel was sent to quarantine. The In diana has 358 sick soldiers on board and a number of Red Cross nurses. The sick soldiers were taken from the various regiments and a great many of them are suffering from wounds received in battle. After the work of examining tbe vessel has been finished by the quarantine officers the sick sol diers will be removed to the newly finished hospital at the Presidio. Off for the Fossil Field. CHEYENNE, July 22. The famous fossil fields expedition left Laramie this morning at 10 o'clock. The long caravan of wagons, over thirty in number and carrying over 100 people, made an imposing sight as they wend ed their way from the university through the principal streets in Lar amie. The first stop will be made to night at Lake James, twenty-eight miles north of here. Will Remain Until August 1st. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 22. Sec retary Alger has abandoned the inten tion he entertained of quitting as soon as Mr. Meiklejohn arrives and has concluded to discharge all of the duties as secretary of war until the date set for his resignation, August 1. Acting upon this determination, he went over to the cabinet meeting at 11 o'clock today, taking with him a num ber of routine matters. The federal government has sent agents to several points in Texas to secure horses for service in Cuba. ROBT mm DEAD RA6UE rEACE CONFERENCE. Sei i Proaosltloas Agreed to aad Bejected. THE HAGUE, July 22. Baron de Staal presided at the plenary session of the international peace conference yesterday to place the final seal upon the labors of the first committee. The first point M. van Karnebeck's report dealing with prohibition- of dropping explosives from balloons, was unani mously agreed to. The second point, prohibition of the use of asphyxiating projectiles, was agreed to by all except the United' States and Great Britain, whose ab stention nullifies the agreement of the others. The third point, which relates to expanding bullets, occupied the major part of the sitting owing to the ques tion of the dumdum bullets used by the British army. Sir Julian Pauncefote expressed re gret that the plenary session had been so suddenly summoned, aa the British government had intended to .make a statement regarding the dumdum bal let The conference agreed to leave the minutes of the session open for the insertion of the British statement Andrew D. White, the head of the United States delegation, then made an important speech in opposition to prohibition of such bullets as the dum dum. Mr. White's arguments made a great Impression on tbe delegates, especially when he explained that the adoption of the proposal as submitted would not prevent the use of another bullet, which had already been In vented and would entail the same end as the dumdum but In a more cuel manner. The new missile. Mr. White said, was outside the specific deflinl tions of the proposal. Captain Crosier, the military mem ber of the United States delegation, proposed as a substitute the following: The use of bullets should be prohib ited which Inflict unnecessarily cruel wounds, such as explosive bullets, and In general every kind of bullet exceed ing the limits necessary to put a man Immediately hors de combat THE SUCCESSOR OF ALGER. The Prealdeat Ha. Mad. Cnolce of a New War Secretary. WASHINGTON. July 22. The name of the successor to General Alger as secretary of war may be announced today. The president has made bis selection and it is understood that Ellhu Root of New York is his choice. The question of his appointment of a successor to Secretary Alger was the subject of a conference last night at the White House between the presi dent and Senator Piatt of New York, who came over on a late train. The conference lasted about an hour and afterward Mr. Piatt said that the pres ident has about decided upon the per son to whom he will tender the posi tion and that an announcement of his name will be made very soon, proba ble today. Tbe senator was noncom munlcatlve as to who the appointee probably will be. saying that he did not feel at liberty to talk of what passed at the conference. The sena tor spoke to the president of the fit ness of General Francis V. Greene for the war portfolio, whom he said was his choice for the position, but it is understood that General Greene is not the president's choice. A good understanding, however, exists be tween the president and the senator regarding the secretaryship, notwith standing General Greene was the sen ator's choice, as Senator Piatt said In speaking of the prospective appoint ment that "we did not disagree as to the man for the position." THEIR HEALTH IS GOOD. Signal Companies In the Philippine, la Flae Shape. WASHINGTON, July 22. The chief signal officer has received the official sick report for the month of April, covering all the signal companies on duty in the Philippines. It shows a total of 14.23 per cent sica, a remark ably favorable state of affairs for any climate. The sick report for the first company for the month shows no sick ness at all. This company had the same record for last month. So far this company has lost but one man from sckness this month. This was from typhoid. The Mayor Dethroned. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. July 22. A State Register special from Taylorv ville says that in the Christian county cirtsMt court today in the contested mayoralty election case of Former Mayore E. Bach, democrat, against Mayor W. E. Peabody, republican, in which Peabody was declared elected on the face of the returns. Judge Farmer delivered his decision to the effect that a recount of the ballots shows that Bach was elected, and is sued a decree to that effect Xezt ConTentlon at Nan Francisco. INDIANAPOLIS, July 22. The ex ecutive committee of the Epworth league occupied in deciding on the meeting place for 1901, finally select ed San Francisco. Thre cities were entered in the contest, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Denver- The former city secured the majority of votes on the first ballot Defaulter to Klondike. CHICAGO, July 22. A special to the Record from Vancouver, B. C. says: "The alleged defaulter Moore, who is wanted on the charge of embezzle ment of $50,000 from the Bank of Commerce of Boston, slipped away on a boat to the Klondike just as Detec tive McMurty thought he had him. Earthquake at Lo. Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. July 22. Two sharp earthquake shocks were felt in the southern part of the state at 4:34 p. m. today. The first shock lasted several seconds and was most severe. The vibrations were from east to west No damage worth mentioning was ex perienced. Iowa Postmasters. WASHINGTON. July 22. Iowa post masters appointed: Jacob Jenewein. at Boyd, Chickashaw county; Samuel G. Wilson, at Delta, Keokuk county, and Thomas W. Nilson, at Norwood, Lucas county. Rear Admiral Palllser Retires. VICTORIA, B. C, July 22. Rear Admiral Pallizer. lately In command of the North Pacific squadron, sta tioned at Esquimault, has been placed on the retired list Quarantine Removed. WASHINGTON, July 22. The Unit ed States consuls at Antigua, W. I., has Informed the department that the quarantine in tbe Leeward islands against Porto Rico has been removed. 1 The egotist is always the first to complain of egotism. BE UPBRAIDS M'KINLEY Got. Pingree Gomes Before the Public With a Prepared Interview. ALGER AND rRESItENT WMMWt A Statement Bearing oa Relet I tweea Them BfrKlaley'. Coarse As serted to Have Bee Uamaaly, If Ifet Llttte Leas than Cowardly. DETROIT. Mich., July 22. Gover nor Plngree yesterday handed to the Associated Press a prepared, signed Interview, giving what the governor asserts to be "facta which are abso lutely reliable .bearing upon the rela tions between General Ager and Pres ident McKlnley, with which the pub lic Is not familiar. At the outset the governor says: "I have no hesitation in saying that the course pursued by the president in this matter is little less than cowardly. It is, to say the least very unmanly." Governor Pingree said his mforma lon did not come from General Alger, but from "one whose knowledge of the facta cannot be disputed." Proceeding, he says that repeatedly since the eastern newspapers began their attack upon Secretary Ager the secretary Informed the president that If these press comments embarrassed the administration In the slightest de gree he would resign at once, but the president as often protested emphati cally that he had the utmost confi dence m Secretary Alger and his con duct of the war department and that the country could not afford to lose his services. The governor says that at the time his "alleged alliance" with General Alger was announced and before his disavowal of inter views criticising the president had reached Washington General Alger told the president that upon the pres ident's slightest intimation he would resign, but the president refused to entertain the Idea for a moment. As to the "alleged alliance" being any reason for asking for General Alger's resignation. Governor Pingree says: "Long before my announcement that I would support General Alger for the senate Secretary of State Hay, on June 2 last, requested Vice President Hobart to intimate to General Alger that his resignation would be accept able to the president and would re lieve him from the embarrasing at tacks of the press upon the conduct of the war. Mr. Hobart very properly declined to be a party to such an un manly, not to say cowardly proceed ing, and expressed his opinion m terms decidedly vigorous. . "After that General Alger, entirely ignorant of this miserable conspiracy, several times offered to end the at tacks by submitting his resignation, but still the president did not have the courage to express himself to his secretary. General Alger finally did hand his resignation to the president, to take effect January 2. "The president dared not face the general In a manly way and ask him to retire and give his reasons for making the request. He finally ac complished by Indirection what he dared not do in an open and frank manner himself. Governor Pingree states that Mr. Hobart was finally prevailed upon by Attorney General Griggs to convey to the secreatary that his resignation was desired. "And gave my alleged alliance with the secretary as a pre text" Commenting upon the whole mat ter, the governor says that General Alger's sacrifice was compelled by the demands of New York politicians, backed by the "unscrupulous and heartless press." He predicts that it will be learned "that the president himself has been responsible for what ever mistakes have been made In con ducting the war.' He adds: "I am told on the very best authority that General Alger made very few appointments of offi cers during the war and that commis sions were issued almost entirely up on the orders of the president" The governor alleges that the more recent attacks upon Alger In the east were caused by his frank declaration of opposition to trusts, and he adds, "there Is a decided odor of trusts around the present administration, with Mark Hanna as the acknowledged 'kingmaker.' " THE rilRCHASE Of HORSES. Otl. to Be Supplied With Animals for Operations. WASHINGTON. July 22. The quar termaster's department, in issuing or ders for the purchase of about 2,500 horses and mules, which will be neces sary, together with cavalry horses al ready in the service, to meet the de mands of General Otis in the Philip pines, has directed that the purchases, other things being equal, be made as close as possible to Seattle, the point of embarkation. The quota will be distributed, however, over all the army departments, except those of the east The purchases will be made by regular army officers and veterina rians and not by the contract system. It is not intended to purchase any Texas ponies, only large, well-broken cavalry horses being desired. Dies of Yellow Fever. WASHINGTON. D. C. July 22. The surgeon general of the army has re ceived a cablegram from Surgeon Peck at Manzanlllo announcing the death of Hospital Steward Gruness of yellow fever. Otis Confirms Press Report. WASHINGTON. July 22. The war department has received the following cablegram: MANILA. July 22. Adjutant Gen eral. Washington: Captain B. A. Byrne, Sixth Infantry, with seventy men, surprised united robber bands in Negros, numbering 4f0; killed 115; wounded many; captured a few rifles and revolvers, many hand weapons, large quantity of stock. Fighting was at close distance. Bryne's loss, one killed, one wounded, names not given. 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