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THE PRISONER IN THE WELL , Ho la Not Yet Rescued , But Bo- maina Hopoful. EMMONS TAKEN TO BEATRICE. Itan Away With Another Mati'H Wife 1'ctcr Lmrnon'H Price On TJOVC A DlwaHtrons Ilnil Storm State News. Anderson Is Cheerful. JOHNSTOWN. Nob. , July 'JT. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] At 11 o'clock to-night John Anderson was still Imprisoned In tlic well. Work to-day has progressed very slowly. Anderson himself has worked most of the day. Food and water has been given him In an Increased quantity and ho Is gain ing strength. To-day n coat and hat wcro lowered to him and to-night blankets for him to make a bed. Ho Is In good spirits , mid feels more confident of being saved than those who arc trying to rescue him. Ho has done most of the planning to-day nnd his head seems to bo as level and his Judgment as good as though nothing had happened to him. Old , experienced well diggers ana minors say It is the most diftlcult mid dangerous job they ever saw. The sand being coarse and loose runs ana slides very bad und at times It is very hard to keep it from coming In on the man and smothering him. To got out ho will have to como up through this sand. To prevent an accident , a small curb has boon made nnd when the hole Is inado large-enough the plan Is to Imvo Anderson get In the curbing and to pull the man and curbing both out.nt the nauio time. What the result will bo will likely bo known to-morrow morning by 8 o'clock. Considerable dissatisfaction Is being mani fested by the people in the vicinity owing to the tltnn the rescuing party has been at work without being successful. His rumored that If the man Is not taken out to-morrow , others will take charge of the work and see If they can bo moro successful. Sued By Glmlrinnii LINCOLN , Neb. , July 27. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BKK.J Four libel suits were brought In the dlsti let coin t hero this after noon against the publishers of the Lincoln Daily News and licnjainln P. PInnco , chief detcetlvo of the U. & M. railroad company by Chairman Ilogo and wife. The suits are brought for f j,000 each. Two of them nro against the News and two against I'lnnco , Mr. and Mis. Hose becoming separate party plaintiffs. The actions nro based upon a par agraph published In the News a few weeks ngo charging that Hogo is n blackmailer and his wile a woman of easy virtue and of baa reputation. While Chairman Hogo was hero last there came near being bloodshed. Ho called upon the publlshei s of the News and would have taken summary vengeance had it not been for the influence of friends who wcro present. The News gave Piimco as authority for the slander. 13y their attorney the suits were instituted to-day. They will be followed by arrests and prosecution for criminal libel under the code of the state. Rendered DcHtitutc Ily Hall. NOUIIKN , Neb , July 27. [ Special to Tun Bm : . ] A strip of country extending from the reservation to the Niobrara rlvor. and about three miles wide , was recently visited by n most disastrous hall storm. Hall as largo as duck eggs cut the corn all to pieces , killed chickens and ducks and badly bruised several parties who happened to bo out in the storm. The crop In the section visltod by the hail Is u total failure and loaves about one hundred and thirty families destitute , as they wore depending on this crop to get on their feet after going through the hardship incident to the Ufa of a homesteader. A meeting wan hold In Norileti to take steps toward soliciting alii from the state and to relieve Immediate distress. Any contribu tion ? can bo sent to the relief committee hero nnd will bo Judiciously distributed. It looks singular to sco In one Weld the corn pounded Into the ground while perhaps not , ten feet away Is a line stand. Outside of the hail belt crops are doing flnoly and a big yield Is assured. With Another Man's Wife. FitCMOXT , Neb. , July 27. [ Special Tele gram to Tun DUE. ] Sheriff Malone , In ro- spon so to a telegram to-day from S. D. Walker , deputy sheriff of Hcrmosa county , Dakota , arrested Fred A. Shaver and Mrs. Maud Peterson on the down train on the Elkhorn road. Shaver says the girl Is only fourteen years old , though she looks older , and that she was abducted from her homo , last Sunday by onoPetcrsonto whom she was married , and who has been arrested by the girl's father. Shaver says ho is a Methodist minister and is acting us escort to the girl on her way to LodlVIs. . , and has a power of at torney from the girl's father to prove his statements. The girl says she has known Peterson for two yours , und she loves hlrn and wants to go back to him. She is negli gently dressed , though of comely uppear- wico otherwise. The girl's fattier , whoso tuinio is Steele , ana tUn deputy sheriff have been telegraphed for. The girl ami her min isterial chaperon will bo held hero until they nrrlTe , when some rich developments are looked for. The case Is badly mixed. Spirited Him A-way. PAIINBU CITY , Neb. , July 27. [ Special Telegram to Tun LJnu.An inquest was held on the mut-dored girl , Sctiult/ , this morn ing. The \\ound was ono and u half inches long. The knlfo severed the cartilage that Joins the second rib to the sternum , pene trating the pericardium and upper veins of the heart. The funeral service was held to day and the burial look place in the cemetery near the st.ito lino. While the mob was talking lust night Shci iff Strunck took the prisoner from jail to a dark corner In the sub urbs , whcro a fast team was waiting , und rapidly drove him to Steluover. There a Mock Island night train was Hogged and the murderer taken to Heatrlco und left with the sheriff there. The prisoner claims .to know nothing of the affair now , nor did he on the road to Beatrice , although on leaving the Jail ho said ho was glad of it. Next week he will bo brought back for trial. Opposed to liowcr Baton. HASTINGS , Nob. , July 27. [ Special Tele- Kram to THIS Ucs.1 The executive commit- ice of the Hastings board of trade have 'United in u written uddrcss to the state board of transportation requesting no reduction to bo nrndo in the railroad local distance tariff , asserting that the present rates are fair and reasonable , and. claiming that lower stats rates would bo of no bonc-llt to the funncr , but disastrous to the business Interests of this section , putting u stop to railroad build ing and retarding the development of u grout portion of the stutc. The First Train. NnnuASKA Cirv , Nub. , July 27. [ Special Telegram to TUB BEK. ] The first ttaln crossed the new Chicago , Buillngton & Quhicy bildfc at 5 o'clock this evening. It consisted of an engine and three cars. A number of Individuals were present and crossed with the train , which was In charge of Engineer Crosby , lion. J. Sterling Mor ton nnd u number of other prominent per sons nlso eroded. The bridge wi'.t be upon for general tritOlo In a few weeks. The test ia caiirvly * ut ! factory. She Preferred NoUun. . OAM.IXD , Neb. , July 27. | Siiccial to Tim llds.V-T'cicr Cursor brgnh tu.t. m ilto die- Ulct court ywurdny nfulcftl Peter for$10,000 damages for alienating his wife's affections. Lanton and his wife cnmo to this country from Denmark about eighteen months ago , and as they were very poor both decided to hlro out. The wlfo went to Peter Nelson's to keep house for him , as Nelson's wlfo had recently died , nnd the husband hired out to another former. Evorthlng nj > - varcntly went on serenely uilt ! ' * * short time ngo. The hl ! bam1 thought ho would pay III * wlfo and child a visit , but when bo reached the residence of Nelson his wlfd nnd Nelson" ordered him away and his wife refused to longer llvo with him. Will Test the Sloomnl ) Ijnw. NEIIIUSKV CITV , Nob. , July 27. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Him. ] Major John C. Watson and Colonel F. P. Ireland , as attor neys for Charles Meyers , the man fined S1CO under the Slocumb law , have made a motion to set nsldo the conviction , which was sus tained. Meyer was lined for giving Intoxl- : atlng liquors to his friends on Sunday. His ttorncys are backed by n number of proml- icnt Qermnns , and it is proposed to test the lonstitutlonallty of the law. MoCarthy Failed to Appear. NIIIIIUSKA CITV , Neb. , July 27. [ Special 'clegram ' to THE Bun. ] The Brooks-Mo- Jarthy nrizo fight , announced to take place o-day near Nebraska City , did not occur , luch to the disappointment of a largo lumber of sports and newspaper men. i'ommy Brooks , the Council Bluffs light vcight. with his friends , was promptly on land , but McCarthy failed to put In an ap- leurance. No explanation is given. Visitors From Klimvood. Nr.musKV CITV , Neb. , July 27. [ Special Telegram to Tun BER , ] A special train on ho Missouri Paclllc of four coaches and baggage car brought about thrco hundred ex cursionists to Nebraska City from Elmwood , Neb. , this morning. Drowned in the Missouri. BUOWNVIU.U , Neb. , July 27. [ Special Tel egram to THE BUD. ] While swimming In .ho"Mlssouri river with several other small > oys about 2 o'clock this afternoon , Milton Ulce , aged nine years , was drowned. Search was commenced at once for the body , but up to late this oven Ing It had not been found. A Heavy Itnln. BIIOUNVII.LE , Neb. , July 27. [ Special Tel egram to Tin : BII : : . ] The heaviest rain known in this section for years commenced about 4 o'clock this afternoon , doing damage to crops and washing out several bridges. SUICIDED IN CIIUUOH. Xcn/.iuH Drinks Carbolic Acid Diirlnt ; a Prayer Mectiiiir. , July i.7. Eugene Zcnzlu , a n young man led tnnn of St. Paul , Minn. , who has been hero for some weeks with his wlfo , attended prayer meeting services at Merldan street church last night , and upon entering was handed u hymn book by one of the ushers and took putt in the services. Suddenly leaving the room ho entered a class room adjoining , and a moment later the con gregation was startled by his groans. Going into the room X.en/lus was found dying from the effects of carbolic nold , which ho had drank from a bottle which lay oy his side. Ho was in tcrnblo agony , and died in n few moments. Ho was comparatively unknown here , nnd it is supposed tie committed suicide on account of failure to get work. TO PREVENT I/YNCH1NG. The I'awnoo City Murderer Taken to Hcntrlco for Safety. BRAIKUT , Neb. , July 27. [ Special Tele gram to THE BII : . ] Fremont Emmons , the man charged with the murder of Bertha Schultz last night at the Exchange hotel , Pawnco City , was brought to the Gage county Jail at 4 o'clock this morning for safe keeping. He was brought by Sullivan and Lcvondorff , deputy sheriffs , nnd U. A. Huntley - ley , of Pawnco. Ho had deliberately stabbed the girl on account of having been rejected in marriage. She lived but twenty minutes. The citizens grow so furi ous over ttio matter that Emmons was hur ried out of town to avoid being lynched. Since arriving hero ho scorns to have for gotten all about the tragedy. His examina tion will bo hold to-morrow at Pawnee. Ho claims that ho was engaged to the girl and says ho bore no 111 will against her. A POWDER BOMB. Chicago IMS Another Sensation on a Small Scale. CHICAGO , July 27. The people of Lake View , Chicago's nearest northern suburb , were startled early this morning by n loud report in the neighborhood of No. 075 Lin coln avenue. Upon investigation fragments of an exploded gas pipe bomb were discov ered on the sidewalk. It had been about eight inches lone and two inches in diameter , and had evidently contained a no uioro pow erful explosive material than powder , as the pipe itself had not been blown to pieces. The police are investigating the caso. The House of Common ? . LOSDO.V , July 27. The local government bill this mbruing passed a third reading in the commons ami a first reading in the lords In the commons Morley laid on the table un amendment to the Parnoll commission bil to ensure precedence for an inquiry into ani report upon the Parnoll letters. O'Uonnoll's letter to the speaker , giving notice of bis intention to appeal trom the do clslon in the Times case- , protests that Web stcr's unproved allegations , being assumed us a basis for legislation , arc an innovation in the pending appeal. Glass Blowers' Scale Sicned. PiTTsnnto , July 27. At u confercnco of the glass bottle blowers and manufacturers hero yesterday the wage scale for the ensuIng Ing year was amicably arranged nnd 5,000 workers in the west will resume operations bor 1. The scale slightly advances wages on when fires are started in the furnaces Scptcm novelties , but olhuiwlbo istbosauio as las year. The Kloperrf in California. Los AKGCLUS , Cat. , July 27. A reportei who formoi ly occupied a position on the staf of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , while stand ing at the Sauta Fo depot In this city Wednes day , saw a man and woman on the north bound tram whom ho identified as Editor Henry Moore and Mrs. Norton , the runaway couplu fiom Topcka. To Form a Soap Trust. PiTTfiiiuno , July 27. A movement Is on foot among the soap manufacturers of the United States to form a soap trust , A meet Ing was hold in Now York recently am ; plans of organization discussed , but no dclln Ho action was taken. MnrlboroiiKh Legally Married. NKW YOIIK , July 37.-- special dispute ) from Loiulcn says : The duke and duchess of Marborouih ) have had the legality of tbcir tuarrlago established iu England. The Prudential Parly. NEW YOIIK , July 27. The yucht Susrjue lianna , with the president and party on board , was anchored off the Surf hotel , Fire Island , this reaming. The weather was thick with flue rain. MoNTiir.tL , July 27. James Guest , a wholesale \vir.o rncrclmnt of thin city , as signed yuctcrday. ' LlubllUlcs , 03XX , ( ) : ns * nt5 , notknown. . A SoclntlM Hxptitrlatuii. BKIIM : . July 27. Herr Hnrttima , a wel known Berlin engineer , han been expellee fix-m SwIUci land on supidDU of' tvbijj a t wid conspirator. SEVEN LIVES SACRIFICED , The Stevens County , Kansas , Fight Breaks Loose Again. THJE WHOLE COUNTRY AT WAR. Two Fearful anil Bloody Encounters Between HiiKtitowit and AVoods- dale Men The Sheriff OneofthoVlceimH. Bleeding Kanfl.iN Once More. LIIIF.IIAI. , Kan. , July 27. Shorty , a livery table keeper nt Hugotown , gives particulars ogardlng a terrible encounter between Itieotown and WoodsUalo men In Stevens loutity , whereby no less than seven men lost heir lives. Sam Robinson , city marshal of lugotown , and M. Cook , of the same place , vent to Dudley ranch , near Pony creek , yesterday , accompanied by their wives , to ook up some -cattle which they wcro Irylng o buy. While tuning dinner Deputy iherlff Short , a Woodsdaloman , accompanied by llvo other Woodsdalo men , rode UD to the iarty and asked Robinson lo surrender , as 10 had n warrant for his arrest. Robinson said ho would go a short distance from camp , caving Cook aud the ladles bshlnd , and then give his enemies a chance to take him. He lid so , and on reaching n convenient spot joth parlies opened llro , with the result that four Woodsdalo men wcro killed. The other wo fled to the strip and Robinson escaped without a scratch. Cook hastened to Hugotown and gave the alarm , and soon nn armed squad went to .heir assistance. Meeting a lot of Woods dale men nn encounter took place , in which Lhrco moro persons were killed and u number wounded. According to the Informant the whole coun ty is at war. John Cross , sheriff of Slo vens county , was ono of the men killed in the second light. The names of the other men killed could not bo learned. James Oerrard , depoty sheriff of Stevens county , gives the following account of the affair : A warrant had been if sued to E. Short , constable and city marshal of Woodsdalc , for the arrest of Sam Robinson. Robinson had gone to the neutral strip , and Short and two other went after him. Sheriff Cross , hear ing that Short and his posse had been cor ralled In the slrip , started with four men to his relief , but rould not llnd them , and starlcd back up the trail and went into camp. While nlecp Iho Hugotown party surprised and disarmed them and made them stand up in line and shot them , killing four nnd wounding ono. Tlio four supposed to bo killed are Sheriff Cross. R. Hubbard , C. W. Eaton and R. Wilcox. H. Long was wounded. The latest report is that seven men have been killed. So fur the reports are very con tradictory , but no doubt the Stevens county people nro in u terrible state of excitement and moro shooting Is expected. Another Account. GAIIDEN CITY , Kus. , July 27. Two young men , Jack Timborlako and Jcsso J.Dunn , ar rived to-day from the seat of Avar in Stearns county. Both of them were eye witnesses of the running light between the sheriff nnd his party from Woodsdalo and the Hugotown men. This light occurred early on Wednesday morning , and at 10 o'clock that morning the Hugotown party wcro on their way l.omo. Cross and seven men went into the strip Tuesday night and were to return Wednesday night , but were not seen , and are supposed to have gone through Voorhees In the night. These young men put no confidence in the stories of the killing and laugh at the idea of men go ing to sleep when on such nn errand and be ing surprised on Iho open pruirlo on u clear , moonlight night. ' THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION. Itc'iilt of VcMtcrday'H Investigation By Iho Congressional Committee. Nnw YOIIK , July 27. The congressional committee on Immigration mailers met again to-day. Roberto Mar/o , manager of the Italian Immigration society , resumed the sland. He furnished a list of sub-contraclors who were known to ply their trade among the poor Italian emigrants. These people , ho said , exacted commissions from employe nnd employer. In some cases ho had known emigranls to pay commissions to six or seven persons and then not secure work. Ho sooko of the business of bringing Italian laborers to this country under contract , and cited several cases. Ho said that last May Angola Leo im ported twelve laborers. Ho found them in Castle Garden and Iboro learned of their condition. Leo secured the men In Italy and purposed sending them to ono Unguro , at St. Paul , Minn. In the deal It was shown that each of them , by contract , had to pay fc < i5 to Ungaro for the loan of $21. The witness went on to say that laborers in Italy are very poorly paid , except in harvest time , when they receive fcl u day. After recess the cotntnittco called Angola Antonio do Derro , nn emigrant from Italy , who arrived hero April 27 last. In Italy ho was certain of steady work from eight to ten months each year. Ho was never without something to cat and a place to sleep. As a reward for his labors over there ho received 10 cents a day and bis board. Ho beard lhat a man was making up a party to como to this country nnd ho joined the expedition. The man had an employment agency in the wit- ness' nallvo village. This man said lhat there was work for them In America at $1.25 a day and he was understood to glvo thorn work as soon as they arrived , or lo glvo Ihem food until they found work. But for this man's pursuasions he would not have thought of coming hero. He did not have to pay anvlhing for his passage. Ho had uo money. All lhat ho had to do was to agree lo pay 200 francs out of the first money he earned. There wcro twenty-five of them In the parly with which he left. The agent came hero with them and found them work in Albany. The witness worked twenty-two days and received ? i7.50.of which he paid the ngont all but $3 , und still owes him $35.f > 0 on account of the passage money. The wllness said that ho could live on to cents a day two meals a day at 15 cents each ana 10 cents for lodging. At present ho Is living on credit , having put up his clothes us security. Ho was very anxious to go back to Naples. Ho said ho would rather beg than work for 75 cents a day. KIIljEI > BOTH BROTHERS. A Double Murder Committed by a \ \ onlthy "Wyoinlnjr Rancher. SPOKANE FALLS , W. T. , July 27. [ Special Telegram to Tun BtE.J E. Bley shot and killed the two Moritz brothers , at Kanlatus , about eighteen miles from Paloiue Junction , yesterday. The quarrel started over a stal lion belonging to Moritz Bros. , which Bloy had corralcd. Ho demanded & 10 damages from the Moritz Bros. , for allowing the horse to run at largo. They refused to pay it and exchanged some words. Bloy went to his house to get his six shooter and returned on his horse nnd shot ono of the brothers In the peck. Ho fell Into the arms of his wife who was standing by. The other brother started to run around the corral when Bloy followed him and shot him four times. The first ono shot died inside of four hours after. Both were burled at Col fax. Both parties were worth $50,000. Bley is under urrest to-day. Flumes DeUroy a Theatre. ST. Lous , July 27. The summer theatre at Srhmiiiler'H gardena , wry popular place of resort In the southern part of the city , was. burniHl late Thursday night. The flro broke out about an hour after the performance closed , mill the entire' establishment was do- btro.\cd , Including the personal wardrobes und sffecU of the singers. The company was composed of people from nearly aU the.sum- mor opera troupes , and the loss falls heavily on them. CONGRATULATING HARRISON. Imrgc Delegations Visit the General nt lllft Ifotnc. iNniANAt'oi.is , July 2V. 'A thousand Boo sters , principally from the northern portion of the state , paid their respects to General Harrison to-day. In the course of his re marks , General Hiirrison referred to the legislative apportionment and Application of Washington and Dakota territories for stais- hood. 1 lie said : "Tho apportionment of our state for legislative and congressional pur poses 1 Is known to bo unfair. U was Intended to discriminate against republicans. I hope now that the time has arrived when the sense of Justice which possesses our people will teach the men of all parties that party suc cess Is not to uo promoted at the ex pense I of Injustice to any of our citizens. When the republicans shall secure the t power of making the apportionment , I believe 1I 1 that the experiment of seeking party advantage by public Injustice will not bo re peated. 1 There are other questions affecting the 1t suffrage. There are in Iho northwest several territories organlred under the pub lic 1 law , with defined boundaries , filled up with bravo , enterprising and intelligent young men from all states. Several of these 1i i lorrilorles have been for years possessed of Iho population , wealth and nil the requisites for admission as states. In South Dakota there arc nearly half a million people. For years they have been knocking for admission to the sisterhood of states. The territory has moro people , moro miles of railway , moro po-jtolhYes , more churches , moro banks and moro wealth than any terri- lory ever possessed wncn admitted to the union. Our people are called upon to take part in the presidential election , and the In- telllgcnt and patriotic people of Dakota are deprived of any participation. They are de prived of their appropriate influence in the electoral collcgo only because the prevailing sentiment in the territory Is republican. If wo appropriately express sympathy with the cause of Irish homo rule , shall wo also de mand homo rule for Washington and Dakota ! The day when men can bo disfranchised or shorn of Iheir political power for opinion's sake must have on end In this country. " The general then stepped from the plat form and shook hands with the crowd. TOUCHING TIIKIII POCKETS. AVIiy Farmers Are Interested In the Present Turin" Issue. WASIIINOTON , July 27. [ Special to THE Bun. ] A republican member of the house from ono of Iho western stales was discuss ing , to-day , the interest farmers would take In the approaching campaign , when ho said : "Hoieloforo the farmers have , to u great extent , looked upon the question of a higher or lower tariff us an interest solely affecting manufacturers. I presume that Was largely due to the fact that the republicans in mak ing their revisions of the tariff have retained or increased the duties on agricultural pro ducts , aud confined themselves to a reduction of manufactured articles. The Mills bill di rectly attacks more of the farming interests than all the tai Iff bills heretofore proposed In congress. " "You are right , " interposed a republican member from Indiana. "Wo expect , " ho continued , "to sco Iho'farmers in Iho Iloosior state show more activity in the approaching campaign , on account of the onslaught made on tlio farming interests by the'Mills'tariff bill , than any other class. Let mo take Just ono Item in the Mills'bill to llluslralo what I mean. The bill takes thb entire duty off flaxseed - seed , amounting to 20 tents a bushel , and it puts on the free list , iJifl ta > r > nTl" ! retH'Iii- diana now about thirty or forty tow mills which manufacture flax straw into tow , and they ship it to bagging factories to bo manufactured into bagging mater ial and baling stuff for cotton , hides , etc. , and In Iho .manufacture of floor mailing , rope , twine nnd the like. With flax seed free , it moans-a direct reduction of the price farmers receive for tholr flax seed , amounting to 20 ceuls abushel , und Jute free , which conies into direct coinpotilion with flax straw , there will absolutely be no in ducement whatever for farmers to raise flax seed. Flax straw is worth almost as much as flax seed. "At Muncie is located ono of the largest bagging factories , probably , in the world , and surely the largest in the United Slates. It employs several hundred men , women aud girls , aud mokes hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bagging every \car. It not ; only buys up all the flax slraw it can secure throughout that section of the state but in the adjoining states , and it buys tow from the two or three tow mills located in that region. For many years it has impot ted train after train load of jute , and hai paid the duty now Imposed upon It. The Jute was bought largely be cause there was not enough flax straw to bo procured to keep the factory at work. Of course If this Jute can come in free it will be cheaper than flax straw , und there will bo no inducement to buy the homo article. Throughout the state there tire n largo num ber of flaxsccd oil mills , nnd they have been run largely for years on imported liax- soctl , of which there- wore millions of bushels imported during the lust fiscal year. Now if wo have free flux-seed and free Jute thpso mills are going lo run on the imported article alone , because it can bo bought cheaper ana can bo procured in quantities desired and at the time they are wanted. Nearly every farmer in the stale raises moro or less of flax. I mention this Industry as nn example of the many items in the Mills bill which will como directly homo to the farm ers in Indiana ; and .T.'hut Is true with the farmers of that state Is true to a largo extent with those of other stales. " "Tho flax and llux seed induslry , " said the northwestern member , "Is of moro interest to farmers in the northwest than In Indiana. Flax Is an immense Industry iu the pruirio sUtcs. DcleKHto Gifford of Dakota tolls mo frco flax seed and free jule means a loss every year to the farmers of his territory of over n million dollars. Flax Is grown throughout the northwest not only as a money making product , but to tame the soil. It takes Iho rank qualities out of now grouna , but the farmers will stop raising it as soon ns they ccaso to make a urollt on it. But the Idea of making a lot of other things f reo brans , poultry nnd articles of this kind will touch Ihe farmer as closely its will free flax- seed. Wo are going to organize tariff clubs among the farmers , and expect them lo show their strength iu this campaign. Frco wool alone is enough to arouse every former in the country , becuuso it means the disappearance of the flocks wherever there are no homo markets for the lamb and mutton , and the market for sheep meat has been 80 flat for years , even with the present duty on fresh meats , that there is no profit in raising sheep for their flesh , except in some unusual Instances In the neighborhood of largo cities whore high prices are obtained for the very earliest iambs. " Indians Drink Fighting Whisky. BitAiNum , Minn. , July 27. Two Indians came here yestcrday7nnd , procuring whisky , started to return , when they met a half- breed teamster and set upon him with knives nnd bludgeons , nearly killing him. Other Indians interfered and a bloody fight ensued. The sheriff has gone out to make arrests. A Railroad Clerk Defaulter. CITV OF MEXiqp , July 27. II. O. McElroy chief clerk of the freight department of the Mexican Central railroad , was arrested at Vcra Crur , Wednesday ulgnt , charged with being u defaulter. The amount is not known Sentence Commuted. NEW YOUK , July 27 , A dispatch from Governor Hill commuting the sentence o Cbhira Cigoaralo , ttr Italian woman who killed bor husband , U imprisonment for life was received by the woman's couiibcl to day Another llojnl Heir. BCIILIX , July 27 , The empress was safely delivered of a son at 1:30 : this moruing at the royal palace at Potsdam. . A COLORED HERO'S ' CLAIM , Ita Allowance Objected to By a Southern Member. THE REBEL TRANSPORT PLANTER. \ Bill to Howard C. : ? Necro Pilot Who Kclncil Canluro thd Prize The Democrats Figuring on Frco Whisky. A War Relic. WASHINGTON Bunco ; TUB OtinBnc , ) 51J1 Fouinr.n.NTH STIIUUT , > WASHINGTON. D. C. , July 27. ) Some of the democrats from the south gava another exhibition to-day of the peculiar love vhich exists for the negro in that section , 'or years there has boon pending a claim of iobert Smalls , of South Carolina , for prlzo noney. Smalls was a pilot at ono of the outhorn harbors at the outbreak of the war , iiul rendered val.iaulo service to the Untteu states In capturing the confederate trans- wrt Planter with n largo quantity of stores and munitions of war In Charleston harbor during the , hostilities. Smalls , at great per- onal risk , ran the gauntlet and successfully illottcd the captured vessel to the union leet. For this service ho and the crow ro- civcil $4,500. If ho had been a whlto man ho would probably have been paid then and hero the appraised value ot the vessel for distribution to his crow. Ho asked cou p-ess to pay him for the vessel and its claim has been pending for many rears. There was a small attendance In the nouso to-day , and Mr. Cannon called up for passage the bill to appoint a board of navy jfllccrs to ascertain the value of the captured .irlzo and authorizing the secretary of the ireasury to pay to Smalls one-third of the imount thus ascertained and the remaining Lwo-thirds to the crew or their hoirs-at-law. Mr. Dibble , of South Carolina , objected , and the bill went over. Mr. Cannon gives notice that ho will call for the regular order , and that hereafter none of the private bills for southern claims shall bo taken upoutof their turn until the Smalls bill is disposed of. Uo- publicans generally will stand by this. Mr. Smalls was undoubtedly elected to the Fif tieth congress , but was defrauded out of his scut , and although the hearing In his case was finished in committee weeks ago , there has as yet boon no report upon it. DEMOCHAT.S FIGHTING ON VUKK WIIIHKV. To-day's investigations by the house com mittee on manufactures Into the whisky trust brought out the fact that the Inquiry is being directed by the democrats in the house with a view to ascertaining what effect the abolition of the whisky tax will have upon the manufacture and sale of the article. Categorical and hypothetical questions , care fully pi oparod in advance by experts , were propounacd to the witnesses with a view to procuring Information to not only bo used in legislation by the party in congress but in the approaching campaign. The witnesses wcro all well known and Influential distillers of line Kentucky whiskies and could only answer from the standpoint of their brand of goods. They said that the abolition of the whisky tax would make no material difference with the manufacture and sale of the ordinary grades of whisky , but that it would reduce the price of the higher grades , such as are distilled In Kentucky , the prices on which are now based upon the govern ment tax. A. lot of distillers located north of the Ohio river are to bo summoned to appear before the committee to testify In relation to the existence .of a trust. Among those to bo subposmed Is Pctur Her , of Omaha , who , it was stated to-day. Is a trustee 'in the trust and one of the most active workers. ntHiior NEWMAN. Bishop Newman nnd wife loft for the cast yesterday. After n month in New England and the mountains of New York and New Hampshire they will go to Omaha. Pr.mtv S. HIATII. : Nebraska and Iowa Pensions. WASHINJTON , July 20. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE. ] Pensions grunted Nebraskans : Original Invalid ( Special act ) B. B. Ting- loy , Red Cloud ; Walter J. Fish , Pawnee City ; Jeremiah Long , ftladison ; Jacob Bee- hole , Columbus. IJcissuo James A. Car ton , Wilbur. Original widows , etc. Hichard M. , father of Charles A. Hunt , Hampton. Widow arrears Harriet H. , widow of Thomas F. McCllntock , Kearney ; Elizabeth E. , widow of James L. Mitchell , Nebraska City ; Emily , widow of I. A. Angell , Omaha ; Jprusha A. , widow of Alvln Hyatt , Western. Pensions forlowans : Original invalids- John O'Brien , Newark ; David F. Swick , Creston ; Jacob ICofford , Oxford. Increase Daniel Bates , Coon Unpids ; Michael E. Jack son , Ottumwa ; P. Swisher , Kco- kuk. Ileissuo John S. Lafavro , Thayer ; Divld L. Hannah , Oak Springs ; Sidney Stickcis , Gresham. Widows arrears Susan , widow of Marion Horton , Conosvlllo ; Anne , widow of William D. Murray , Keokuk ; Vlnzonzia , widow of George Volmutt , Marion ; Mary J. . widow of William M. Baker , What Cheer ; Virginia A. , widow of Gcorgo V. Allen , Lenox ; Har riet M. , widow of Prentls M. Tomllnsnn , Kcinbuck ; Ludlu M. , widow of Samuel D. Lamb , Cedar Falls ; Mary , widow of Luke Stullard , DCS Molncs ; Maria , widow of Rob ert Modfont , Foit Dodge ; Barbara , widow of William T. Bolton , Marlon ; Joanna A. , widow of Michael Harvey , DCS Molncs ; Mugnio E. , widow of Eocnezer W. Brady , Mount Pleasant ; Laura E. , widow of Joseph L. Holt , DCS Molncs ; Anna , widow of Hartman Angola , Daven port ; Nnnnio J. , widow of Charles H. Header , Woodland ; Margaret , widow of Thomas Frazier , Lnion ; Susan , widow of Jacob Wakelield , Fayetto ; Amanda , widow of John Mcrritt , Primrose ; Minerva , widow of JohnS. Wolinan , Ottumwa ; LorindaS. , widow of Steven Van Fleet , Davenport ; Susan , widow of Simeon V. Eatch , Uorydon. Nebraska and Iowa I'ensIotiR. WASIIINOTON , July 27. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE. ] Pensions granted Ncbraskans : Widows arrears Eliza C. , wittow of Fred- crick F. Larklns , Lincoln. Pensions granted lowans : Original In valid Joini T. Alexander , Uock Rapids ; James Ogden , Beaver. Increase JalilCS Moreheao , Perry ; Carlisle Canterbury , Now London ; Nathan Bissingcr , Wapello ; Christian Bauman , Munson ; Joseph Lair , Ottumwa. Hcissuo John McDonald , Straw berry Point ; Jcsslo Ankrom , Agency Original widows , etc Nancy L. , widow of John W. Stone , Chnriton. Army Orders. WASHINGTON , July 27. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. | Major A. K. Chaffec Ninth cavalry , Is ordered to duty in the Department partment of the Platto. Second Lieutenant F. V. King , Eighth in fa-itry , is grunted two months' leave. Captain F. W. Thlbaul , Sixth infantry , Is granted ono month's leave. FIFTIETH "COXOKESS. Somite. WASHINGTON , July 27. In the senate Mr Cullom's resolutions as to the Canadian Pa ciflc railway went over until Monday ncx without action. Mr. Sherman gave notlco that as soon as the sundry civil appropriation bill could bo disposed of ho would insist upon getting the fisheries treaty out of the way. The senate then proceeded to the consideration of the tiahorlea treaty In open executive session and was addressed by Mr. SuulsbUry in favor of its ratification. Ho declared that the president could have made no settlement of the question Urn would have met the approval of a majority of the republican senators. They wouh have agreed to no settlement that woilli have deprived them of au.opportunity of ap pealing to the prejudices of a class of voters against'England. It was voted that they vanted no settlement of the controversy. To what base uses had the senate como at ast abdicating Its high functions ns a roaty-maklng | > ewer and debasing and de grading Its executive power to a political nachlnol Bo defended the secretary of itato against the assaults made upon him by he republican senators , and declared that no nan who has occupied that position has nbored moro honestly than ho to protect the nterests und niatnUun the honor of the ouittry In Its relations with foreign juutrlcs , and that but few of his prcdccos- ors list' manifested an equal lidollty and billty In the uisChirfio of their duties. II night bo that Mr. BiwuRl's success In sccur- n ? nu honorable adjustment of the long landing controversy , which his republican H'Cdecessors hud been unable to secure , had nspirod such assaults upon hlscharacternnd pen the treaty which ho had negotiated. At the close of Mr. Salisbury's speech , lie fisheries Irealy went over without action , ud the senate proceeded to the considera- Ion of the sundry civil appropriation bill. \.n amendment to strike out the item of the mrcau of engraving and printing , with a u-oviso that there shall not bo any Increase n the number of steam-plate printing timeli nes In that bureau , was rejected , and the iroviso retained. Among tlio olhor amendments roporlod ml agreed to wore Iho following : Increns- ngthe uppropilatlon fur ropxirs of light louses , etc. , from f.100,000 to SI.'S.OOO ; in- rcaslng the appropriation for salaries of Ight house Keepers from * , " .5,000 to tOJO.OOOs ncrcasing the appropriation for lighting of Ivors , from $23T.IKK ) to Si50,0)0 ) ; Inserting an tern of ? 50,000 for the expenses of enforcing ho alien contract labor laws ; Inserting an tern of $ l ! > 0,000 for tlio expenses of collect- ng the revenue from customs for Ibb ! ) In ad dition to the permanent appropriation ; in- orling nn Itnn of $10)H)0 ) ( ) for a survey and ro-loentlon of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio rando. Adjourned. llOIIHO. WASHINGTON , July 27. In the house to- lay Mr. Townsend of Illinois , from the com- nittco on military affairs , reported back the army appropriation bill with the scnato luietidmcnts , and it wns referred to the com- nlllce. of the whole. The house then went nto committee of the whole on the private calendar. The committee remained in session nil the afternoon considering u dozen privalo war claim bills , which wcro subsequently passed by the houso. On motion of Mr. Hovoy of Indiana , a bill wns passed for the erection of a marine hos- lilal at Evansville , Iiul. , at an ultimate cost > f $100.000. The IIOURO then , nt 5 o'clock , took a recess. At the evening session the lioiibO passed thirty-six private pension bills , und at 10:30 : adjourned. Kandall Greatly Improved. WASHINGTON , July 27. Mr. Randall con tinues to Improve rapidly in hoUth. A-- cordlng to nrcspnt arrangements ho will leave for his home to-moirow morning. TII13 CHICAGO ANARCHISTS. An Unsuccessful Attempt to Sccuro the lleloaho of Scvlc. Cmo\fio , July 27 Four well-to-do Bo hemluns appeared before Justice Lyon to-day and offered ball for Rudolph Sevic , the gun smith and dynamiter , who had been held in { 7,000. Justice Lyon accepted them as sure- lies. The four men then wont to the clerk of the criminal court nnd asked for Sovlc's release. A reference lo the court records showed that since the Urst Indictment against the anarchist guuuiaker had boon re turned , h ! wTTicIi'thO'bairtiart been fixed nt $7,000 , the grand Jury had re turned four other Indictments against him ana his fellow conspirators. In these Indictments bail was fixed by Judge Hawes at $7,000 on ono and Sl,000 on each of the others , so that the amount of bail now required for each of Iho prisoners is $15,000. Tno would-be bondsmen had scheduled property valued at nearly $ 0,000 , but Clerk Gilbert declined to accept them on so largo a bond , and Sevie remained in Jail. Ono of the indictments against the men is for manu facturing' , procuring , buyinir , making and selling dynamite : ono for making dynamite with intent to take the life of Judge Joseph E. Gary ; one for the same with intent to take the life of Judge Grinnoll ; another for the same with intent to take the life of John Bonficld , inspector of police ; ono , including the names of all four , and mentioning "tho lives of certain persons to the jurors , un known. " THE BIG TIMUKK JtAFT. Lumber Carriers oil the Atlantic Pro test Against the Scheme. OTTAWA , Ont. , July 27. The maritime provinces vessel owners are trying to induce the government to prevent the departure for New York of the big Joggiiis timber raft as dangerous to navigation. The protests mostly como from owners of feinall craft en gaged In freighting timber to the states , am ! whoso trade may be ruined If thla venture proves successful. The government declines to take action , saying that they have no power to intcrfoio. The minister of marino has promised , however , to look Into the mat ter uut ing recess , and if the public Interests demand It ho will introduce some measure next session giving him power to take any action that may bo necessary for the protec tion of life anil property. HOKDES OIM3IUNA3IE.V. Swooping Down on tin ; United StatcH From British America. EI.LEXIHJIIO , W. T. , July 27. News has reached here of a continued How of China men Into the United Stales across the border from British Columbia. The steamers of the Canadian Paclllc between China and Van couver bring hundreds of Mongolians every two weeks. They work their way down tlio Okanogan river and then down the Colum bia river through a number of placer mines that are monopolized by the Chinese , and eventually llnd their way to a settlement of whites. Manitoba Workmen Htrlke. SAIIK CiiNTiin , Minn , , July 27. [ Special Telegram to THE Bun. ] The Manitoba sur- fad'ijr crow here to-day struck for higher wages this morning. They were receiving 51.50 per day and demanded $1.73. The strikers hero number about two hundred , and It Is repotted that many of the crews between here and Minneapolis have also struck. The crew of Dolnuist , near West Union , eight miles northwest of hero , num bering about seventylivemen , also struck. It is thought that the strike is caused by the fact that harvest Is approaching , and the men believe that this will force the company to como to their demands. Later inquiries dc velop the fact that the company will not no- cede to the demands of the strikers for n ialso of wages. . i. i i " m JCHSO Ponicroy'8 Plea. BOSTON , July 27. Jesse Pomcroy' , the boy murderer now confined in stale prUon , re cently unearthed a statute which provided that no prisoner sllCliW bo sentenced to soli tary contlneincnt for a peric ; ! of morn than twenty days. Ho sent his application for re lease to the board of orison commissioners , who referred the matlcr to the attorney gen eral. In his reply the attorney general says thut Pomeroy's original sentence was death and the governor had made a legitimate use of his pov.cr In commuting It to the lesser icnalt.v ) solitary iinpilsoninuni for lifo. There was no restriction upon the governor when acting In the matter of paidons. Colored Rivlahcr : Ijynch d. DANVIU.E , Va. , July 'J7.-ln Halifax county , near MCdUOviHi * , leslerday , Bruce Younger , colored , committed un assault on Mrs. Robert Dod n , Ho wrs uiToMed and sent to Jail at Halifax Court Houre. Last night a party of men took Younger tnd henprnl Lira to a tree. IOWA'S ' SCHEDULE OF RATES , Examination of Oommleslonora Bo- sumod by Railroad Attorneys. NOTHING MATERIAL ELICITED Flattcrlnc Crop Koportfl Received From All Portions of the State Western Normal ( 'ollcjio Commencement. Tlio Railroad Investigation. Dns Moixr.s , la. , July 27. The oxainlna- lon of the railroad commissioners was re sumed to-day. Commissioner Smith was cross-examined by Judge Vourso , and the cxnmlnutlon-in-chlef was resumed. Nolhlng natcrlal was elicited. The commissioner lid not know of any change being made lu cither the schedule or classification after Its idoptlon. In answering the counsel for Iho company , Iho witness said lhat ho thought the schedule of rates adopted would allow he Rock Island a great pro ill on its lines in Iowa after paying operallng expenses , 'ounscl ' tried to get witness' opinion ns to the elfect of the rates on the other lines. Ho said that Mr. Polk , representing the DCS Molncs & Northwestern company , said that 10 rate It could get would bo paying , and ho Deliovcd that there were other roads that wcro so situated that they could not bo prollt- ibly operated with any rates they could get. In fixing the rates for Iowa , Commissioner Smith said Unit It did not seem to him that the reasonableness of such rates , when applied to other states , should Uo considered. Answering a question as to whether the boaul hud had any consultation with the commlssloncis of other slates , ho bald that Commissioner Campbell had at the request of the other members , vis ited the ofilcers of the Illinois state board for Iho purpose of obtaining such Information as ho might uc able to get , but ho got very lit tle. He bought a few copies of the Illinois olabslllcntlon. He did not recollect that Mr. Campbell reported that Iho Illinois commls- innt'is hud said that the proposed Iowa rates were too low , and did not recollect of any coi rcspondence of this board with the com missioners of Minnesota on the subject of fixing rates ; but , if there was , ho would dt- net tlio secretary to produce it , Ho hid not 10 ' < Mt any correspondence with the com- m.ou. ncrs of Missouri , or those of Nebraska. Ho had seen It staled that the commissioners of bomo of the other states were talking about adopting the new Iowa schedule. The witness was questioned as to Iho gross and net earnings of the Rock Island road and the excess of tlio former over the operating expenses , inlcicstuml dividends. The only important jwint brought out In the examination was in u question to Com missioner Smith whether or not the rates llxed by the commission might bankrupt some Iowa rallrooVls. Ho was asked If the com missioners had over considered lhat phase of the subject. Ho said they had not discussed the future. When asked If he did not thlnl : its offc ( t on such u ruad as the Burlington , Cedar Rapids & Northern would bo to drlvo it into bankruptcy , ho avoided a direct reply , though admitting that It might , and said that some roads would prob ibl" have to go under , anyway , being so situalcd that they could not stand the coinputillon. Ho did not think that it was the business of Iho commission to fix rates to keep such roads alive. Western Normal Commencement. SitKNANuoiii , la. , July 27. [ Special to Tin : BKC. ] The commencement exorcises of the Western Normal college , located at this place , have been iu progress during the past four days. Tlio baccalaureate address was delivered on Sunday evening by Prof. O. H. Longwoll , principal of the college. On Tues day evening occurred the fourth annual commencement exercises of the musical con servatory. The graduating exercises of the llrst , second und third divisions of the nor mal class occurred respectively on Wednes- diyafternoqn aud evening nnd Thursday afternoon. The exercises of the scientific de partment were held on Thursday evening. This closed tlio work of the yqar. Theio were four graduates from the musical do- p.utment , about thirty from the normal de partment and ton from the scientific depart ment. The collcgo Is in u most prosperous condition , more than ono thousand students having been enrolled during the past year. New buildings are soon to bo creeled , as Iho old ones are inadcqualo lo the Increasing at tendance. The Crop Prospects. MASON-CITY , laJuly27 , [ SpecialTelegram lo Tnu Bun. ] Never in the history of Cerro Goido county did the prospects for an abund ant harvest look bettor than now , and simi lar flattering reporls reach l\cro from all along the noithcrn section of the state , from Lyou to AllaiB.ikee. Of small grain a largo per cent of the land Is covered with waving Holds of oats just assuming u yellow tinge , Indicating that harvest time Is nigh. It has been estimated that the average yield of this cereal will not bo less than forty-five bush els to the acre. In some localities the yellow rust has badly damaged the straw but has not materially affected the grain. Potatoes are yielding in abundance. Corn is growing rapidly and has already commenced earing. The weather continues favorable nnd farm ers are btorcing away thousands of tons of hay. Too Much ol'a Circus. DUIHJQUK , la. , July 27. [ Special Telegram to THE Brn. ] This afternoon , while Barnum & Bailey's circus was exhibiting in this city , a young man named Sawyer , from Earlville , presented a ticket for admission. Instead of being admitted to the show a whistle was sounded by a company detective who was standing near by. A policeman was sum moned and the young man was hustled off lo Iho clly jail. Ills offense was in presenting to the show a ticket which had been bought two or thrco years ago , but had never boon used. The detcetlvo was asked : "What charge do you bring ugalnstthc youngmani" "Nono at all , " was the answer. The nr- tested party , however , proposes to make it warm for Iho circus company. He paid 60 cents for the ticket two yeatit ago und had never used it , but on presenting' ! ! to-day ho was arrested and thrown into prison. Ho in tends to sue for damages. A MURDIDRIOK JjYNCHKD. \i. S. Klmer , ofVahpetou , lak. , Jlanjjod liy a Mob. WAHPISTON , Dak. , July 27. The body of L. S. Elmer , who so cruelly murdered pretty Mary ICorbol , hangs suspended from a brldgo over Bois do Sioux river. A. mob of masked men , about ono hundred strong , overpowered Sheriff Miller anrt his deputy nnd broke through the cages , after which they took Elmer out. The mob was well organized and heudcd by resolute men of Wahpoton and Breckcnridgo. The sheriff otTcrcd all the physical rcslstonco his 2fiO pounds afforded , but did not attempt to shoot , or light becuuso the mob wcro all his friends and ho said that the life of a murderer was not worth the " 1 Hfp of a friend. After the hanging , the mob vl why ho killed the plrl and was sorry iiu d1' sa. When asked If ho wished to pray , ho hald "No. " An IiiNano Superintendent , JEIISIIY CITV , July 20. Charles B. Smith * assistant superintendent of the Adams ex press company in this city , died In the Hud. son county Insane asylum yesterday. Ilia mind becuino deranged from worrlmrnt ovor- the loss of n package containing t-lO.lHX ) In transit from New York anu not rcixjlvcd by him. This occurred u year apo. Ho aU tempted his life twice in consequence of it * loss.