FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE
TWENTY-FIttST YEAH. OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 2(5 ( , 1891. NUMBER 100.3
NORFOLK SCORED A SUCCESS ,
Traveling Men's ' Day at the North Nebraska
District Fair.
THOUSANDS WERE ENTERTAINED.
KIUIHHH nnd Soulli Dakota Contributed
UcncrotiNly to the Visitors
Attrautlvu I-'caturcs ol" tlio
Great
Nonrot.K , Nob. , Sopt. ! ! 5. Special Tclo-
pram to Tin : IJni : . ] TuU was the greatest
oay Norfolk has over had , the occasion being
traveling men's day at the great North Ne
braska District fair. At an early hour special
trami commenced arriving over all roads ,
loaded to their utmost capacity wltb visittng
Bursts from all over Nobraika , Iowa and
South Dakota , besides many wholes.ilo job
bers from Now York and Chicago. Two
traveling salesmen
hundred nnd twenty-seven
men registered , besides 700 merchants of
northern Nebrasxa.
Omaha was not as well represented as was
desired. However , n goodly number from
the metropolis were present. The hundreds
of traveling men , headed by the famous
Knights of Pythias band of Sioux City , met
every train and escorted their brethren and
friends to headquarters.
After making the high noon parade a visit
was made to the Norfolk boot sugar factory ,
when all ware surprised at the magnitude of
the largest beet sugar factory In the world.
The machinery wns not in operation , but will
bo in n v ry few days. After visiting the
factory the guests were nil driven to the fair
grounds xvharo the best , fair ever held in the
Etato outside of Omaha and Lincoln wus
Been.
Been.No lois than 7,000 people wcro assembled.
The knights of the grip escorted their guests
to nil immense pavilion prepared especially
for the occasion whcro free lunch , fruits of
every description , lemonade and the finest
ilavanas , were served to the invited guests
indiscriminately. After tlio races and re
turn to tbo city ii most gorgeous display 01
llroxvorUs was mado. The iiroworks were
purchased by tbo traveling men and llromcn.
After the paruilo all assembled in Marts'
hull nnd the Masonic ball adjoining , whcro n
most sumptuous repast was served and
( lancing was engaged in. All visitors agreed
that the traveling men and Norfolk's citizens
had surprised them in n most ngveeablo man
ner. The entertainment was far better than
the most visionary had dared to hope. Super
intendent Reynolds kindly hold all trains on
bis road until Sr : > 5 , allowing nil to see the
llroworks before leaving the city.
IJentricp NO\VH Notes.
BEATIIICI : , Nob. , Sept. 2. > . [ Special to Tun
Ilnc.J Mr. J. IJ. Carrutbers of Grand
Island arrived in Iho eity Saturday to enter
upon Iho discharge of his duties ns general
secretary of the Beutrico branch of thu
Young Men's Christian association. Secre
tary Carrutbers comes to Ueatrico highly
recommended.
"Undo" Dan Freeman , the first homo-
Btcadcr , has issued n call for the annual meet
ing and plcnto of the Oago County Pioneer
society , to bo hold at the Beatrice * Chautau-
qua grounds , Wednesday , September DO.
Thooiiglblcs are those who settled lu the
county prior to 1S70.
( ! ngo county and Ueatrico will , after
considerable dclibaration , t.iku part In the
Nebraska exhibition train , and arrange
ments to this effect are now rapidly pro-
grossing. Judge Seth II. Craig has boon
designated to accompany the Gngo county
exhibit.
Ueatrico bus just concluded arrangements
for the location of an oxtonslvo plow factory
In the city. Contracts have uiso been en
tered into for n shoo fnctor.v , and it is also
very probable that n distillery will bo among
the manufacturing acquisitions for the cur
rent year. The Hoard of Trade Is doing
Eomo splendid work in oclu.lf of the manu
facturing development of the city.
Ilorrihlo Huioulo of a Tramp.
DAKOTA CITV , Nob. , Sopt. 2. > . [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Uii.l : : Coroner Bates was
notified to go to Umcrson to hold an inquest
on tbo body of nn unknown man killed thrco
mltoi west of Hubbard this morning by
Omaha passenger train No. 1. On the approach
preach of the tram tbo man placed himself
on his hands and knees in thu center ot the
track evidently with a view of meeting death
by the engine route. Ho wns undoubtedly a
tramp tired of lifo and took this as a sure and
swift method of dying.
Grant ) ( slant ! IIIili\vuymen.
I i.ixi > , Nob. , S'jpt. 25. [ Spoclal
Telegram to Tin ; Bun. ] Last night about 0
I o'clock , while on his way homo in the west
ern part of the city , Ktl LniiLro was stopped
nt the point of a revolver nnd was robbed of
bis watch and n small amount of cash ho had
about his person. The pollco were at once
notitled but. no duo could DC obtained. This
Is the second affair ot the kind thnt has hap
pened hero within n week's time and the
police nro mnklntr strenuous efforts to dis
cover tbo offenders.
linn Over liy a Stioet Car.
PIIIIMOST , Neb. , Sopt. 25. [ Special to Tin :
Bnu.j About noon today the 5-year-old son
of Landlord Str.ltb of the line hotel , wns run
over by a street car on the Uroail street line
nnd painfully. If not mortally , woundod. Ho
fell from the front end of tno car and rolled
under the wheels , which passed diagonally
over his loft hip nnd groin , crushing the
bones and indicting dangerous wounds.
at Tckamali.
Tr.KMVII , Xob. , Sopt. ' , ' 5. iSpoclal Tele-
cram to TIIK HBK. | BiirgliiM continue to
make nightly raids in this city dosplto the
vigilance of the exasperated 'citizens. This
tlmo It is the Jewelry store of B. I. Gnilln.
Ills place wns robbed about a month ago.
This morn In ? Jewelry and silver ware was
taken from bis store to tbo value of about
1100. _
llt'.snlt of a S | > roe.
FIIHMONT , Nob. , Sopt. 'J5. [ Special Tolo-
Eram toTni : BKK.J Coroner Dovrios today
held an Ituniest on the body of Andrew Hen-
dorof who died nt Scribnor yesterday. The
nvldenoo developed iho fact that the deceased
had been on u seven dav drunk , and the
verdict rendered was that bo came to his
death from that debauch.
Ki-t'innnt Itt'hli
FuKMoNr , Neb . Sopt. 25. [ Spoclil to Tin :
Ilin.- : ) two-story residence belonging to
Otto Magellan , situated in the south part of
the city , near the creamery , was partially
destroyed by llro last night. The damage Is
estimated to be nUoutfVH ) , with that amount
of Insurance In the Homo FIre Insurance
company of Omaha.
Valuable Hoi-no Stolon.
BF.i.i.r.vtB , Nob. , Sopt. -Special [ Tele-
cram to TUB llEK.j A valuable horse was
Btolcn from H. T. Clark's pasture at this
place lust night. A good description of the
thief was obtained from parties who saw him
riding the none away , and the o Ulcers are in
bet .
pursuit.
_ _
Important Question Sottleil.
Lixan.x , Nob. , Sept. 2i. ( Special Tele-
cram to TUB UEK.J- The Important iiuoatlon
ot converting Lincoln Into u sewer district
wn * submitted to the people tcUay and the
veto was almost unanimously for It.
of Until luKul 117.
NEIIIUSKA CITY , Nub. . Sept. 25 Special
Telegram to TUB UEK.J Deputy Sueritt
CiUdwcU of Aulmru today arrwloJ Locu
Shuman and Bert Olbbs of this city , charg
ing them with bootlegging at , un alliance pic
nic September ' . B < nh men were taken to
Auburn tonight. I'ho dofeudants claim they
can provn an ultbi.
They Iiikt ;
Mumm , Nob. , Sopt. 23. [ Spiclul to TUB
Bnu.l The annual fair ot Perkins county Is
now In progress nt Madrid , having boon
opened Tuesday , Soptsmbsr 22 , and will
close tonight. Such a display of agricultural
products Is very rarely sesn nt n county fait ,
anil the exnlblts of grain , vegetables and
fruits , as also a line lot of horses , cattle , hogs
and sheep , would make n creditable snowing
for some state fairs farther east.
This afternoon Hon. Thomas J. Majors addressed -
dressed the farmers at the fair grounds ,
The universal sunsblno of prosperity
throughout this region has dispersed the
calamity gang and their predi 'od deluge of
woo has failed to materlall/D.
O A number of firms have been purchased
In tbo last few days by farmers from Illinois ,
who have prepared tbo following statement :
\Vc , the inidersbrnod citizens of MeLean
roiinty , IIMiioN. helm now on an Invostlzat-
Ins trip of tbo country In the vicinity of
Mad rlil. Neb. , will say tnat we are more than
pleased with wb'it HO have seen. It Is cor-
talnlv a beautiful country Dle'islirr to the
eye , smoother than Mel , oan county anil with
a rli'b swntd of buffalo , hunch and other
grasses , and Mieh crops of corn , wheat , oats
and ru would bo a credit to McLean county.
Illinois , oats 'iMlir. ; In some Individual In
stances at lil h as seventy-three bushels per
acre , winter wheat twenty to forth-live ,
spring wliL-.it twenty to forty , barley forty to
llfly , corn thirty to llfly , when the land has
been properly farmed. Vegetables of all
kinds grow to perfection. Hull , rich , black
Hindu loam , thrue to five feet deep. A most
healthful climate , best of water nnd a line
class of people. _
Lincoln' * Now College.
LIXIOIA , Neb. , bopt. 2. ) . ISpucIal Tele
gram to TIIK UnK. ] Union college , Lincoln's '
latest educational institution , has been for
mally dedicated and will bo thrown open im
mediately for students.
G.I in ; cvuxri' run TICS.
Actions of Alliance and Democratic
Ij al ( < > rt Much Criticl/.eil.
Bn.mitrK , Nob. , Sept. 25. fSpecinl to TUB
BCK.I The strong democratic tendencies ot
a majority of the alliance county ticket , and
tbo sub-sequent unanimous endorsement of
that ticket by the democratic : county conven
tion , is creating considerable feeling against
that ticket liy some of the alliance people of
former republican tendencies , which prom
ises to militate much in favor of the repub
licans. There is also some talk of a straight
democratic ticket yet being put in the Hold
by the mos'- > back democracy. A petition to
this effect has been widely circulated and
"
numerously signed in the "northern part of
tlio county. Whether it will materialize into
a reality yet remains to bo seen.
Generally Commended.
Fnr.MONT , Nob. , Sept. 25. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BEU. ) Nothing but , words of
commendation are beard in Fremont for thu
action of the republican state convention.
The opinion * of some prommctit citizens were
obtained. They are as follows : L. D.
Kichards 1 have known A. M. Post a great
many years. No abler or cleverer man was
over'nominated for any cfiico on any ticket
in Nebraska and there Is no doubt of his
election. I also know botn candidates for
regents nnd consider thorn able young men.
Arthur Truosdoll Post is all right. I
consider him entirely unimpeachable In
character and ability. It was the best nom
ination that could have been made.
L. M. Keene I think it n juditious nom
ination. Ho is a man who will certainly bo
ncceptabio to the people. Ho is an able judge
nnd n good lawyer. His career on the bench
In this district is above reproach.
H. B. Schneider I am very much pleased.
The convention could not have suited me
any bolter. Post is positively clean anu bis
record shows ho has never pandered to any
body or any element. No faction of the re
publican party object to him.
James Balding Post just suits me. Ho
will be a magnlllcout Justice of the supreme
court.
Mayor Fried Years of acquaintance with
Judge Post has shown mo that ho is a in.m of
excellent character and a Judge of exceptional
ability.
John K. Shervin , democrat Judge Post is
a good man. I don't see how the party could
have nominated a better man. Post would
bo an honor to the supreme bench.
1C. H. Uurnard Post stands very high In
my estimation , both ns n Judge and a gentle
man. He will ornament the bunch.
H. J. Leo-Post will lill the position in a
first class manner. Ho is a man who could
neither be bought nor cajoled into doing a
wrong.
J. B. Frick-Tho bar of this district
esteems him moit highly. Hois a Jurist of
rare ability and a man of high integrity.
Plane County Citizens IMciiHOil.
Coi.i-Miifs , Nob. , Sept. 25. [ Special Tele
gram to TIIK BEE. I The depot Br ° u.mls and
platform was crowded with a dense mass ot
people when the Lincoln train pulled Into
the Union I'acillcdonot in this city at2:10 :
o'clock this afternoon bearing Judge
Post and tdo 1'latto county delega
tion to the roniibllcan stuto con
vention. When Judge Post was sighted
on the platform a simultaneous
cheer went up from n thousand throats. Tbo
Colnmmis band was en hand and rendered
several very appropriate selections. A dele
gation of the Columbus bar hcatlail by Mayor
Kagat/ escorted the judge to his homo.
Plutto county citizens seem jubilant over securing -
curing so coveted n plum.
Harmony In ( lit : -cventli.
GKNF.VV , Neb. , Sopt. 25. [ Special Tele
gram to THE UEI.J : The republican judicial
convention mot hero today and Judge .Morris
was nominated for judge of the Sovomh judi
cial district witnout any opposition , no other
names being nrc.sciitcd.
ri.i i tnit
For Omaha and Vicinity Generally fair ;
warmer.
For North Dakota Fair ; warmer ; south
erly winds.
For South Dakota Generally fair , except
light local showers In southern portions ;
warmer ; southerly winds.
For Nebraska Local light showers ; varia
ble winds , shifting to southerly ; generally
warmer.
For Kansas Light local showers ; south
easterly winds ; becoming variable ; warmer
in northwest ; cooler In southeast portion.
For Missouri Fair ; northerly winds ;
slightly cooler In northwest ; stationary tem
perature in southeast portion.
For Iowa -Generally fair ; northerly winds ;
shifting to southerly ; warmer in northwest ;
stationary temportiuro In southeast except
In extreme southeast portion ; cooler.
For Colorado Local showers ; southerly
winds ; generally fair.
7ii ; .sj7.\ ( ; or.i r/.r truant.
llomurkitblo At'L-iilt-nt at Cincinnati
Narrow KHUI | > PS.
CiNTixNtn , O , . Sept 25. A remarkable ac-
dent , fortunately not attended with loss of
life , happened ttm afternoon nt the electric
power house on the Heading roadnear McMil
lan street. The ponderous tly wheel , weighing
twenty tons , twenty feet In diameter anil tlvo
feet In width at the rim , burst while making
boventy revolutions a minute. Tno effect
was disastrous. Tnu Hying pieces toro their
way tnrougn tlio building to the roof , ana
out of the structure In two sections , ono
pleco striking and badiy damaging the great
smoke stack. Six man were In tbo building
at the time , but only ono was burt , and bo
but slightly. The damage U estimated at
$10.000. The rower house furnished power
for four electric- car lines and was ono of tbo
largest In the city.
\ \ III Admit \\onion.
OSIIK "ii , WI.1. . Sopt. S5.TUo Wisconsin
Methodist conference , by a vote of 10J to 119 ,
voted la favor of admitting women ta lay
to lUo general couforouco.
ENGLAND'S ' GRAND OLD MAN ,
Ho Continues to Hold a Good Share of
Englishmen's Attention.
HIS VIEWS ON SALISBURY'S ' DIPLOMACY.
Trials nnd Tribulations ofnn Amateur
I'hotojjrapher Tlio Cases of Sirs.
Mnyhrlulc and Austin Hldwell
tlilna'M Urgent Appeal.
Lox6ox , Sopt. 25. The communication
from the Pokin government , offering com
pensation to foreigners who have suffercd'in
the reccntriots In China , with iho strongest
assurances of future protection , are received
with distrust In the foreign ofllco hero , llsu
Cuing Chang , the Chlneso ambassador to
the European courts , has recently been
in St. Petersburg , whore ho succeaed
in inducing the Russian government to with
draw from the Joint action projected by the
powers. Ho arrived In Berlin today with
thn view of trying to influence Chancellor
Von Caprlvi , but it is certain that ho will
not alter the determination of the German
government to co-operate wltb the British
In taking decisive measures. The Pekln
note , as given to the papers , falls to Indicate
the real character ot the appeal made by
Hsu Ching Chang to the European govern
ments.
China. Desires to I'rotect Forclsncrs.
Ho has urged that the imperial government
was entirely honest In desiring to suppress
the disorders and seeking time to deal with
the anti-foreign movement , nnd that precipi
tate action on the part of the powers would
defeat its object and bring China into nnar-
chy. His communications distinctly suggest
the probability of such a potent political up
heaval in China as might overthrow the
Manchu dynasty.
The panicy feeling existing in Pekln Is
made known hero by urgent telegrams sent
through the Chlneso embassy , imploring
Lord Salisbury to instruct Sir John Walsham ,
the British minister to China , to adopt a
more friendly attitude.
Desires a Show of Force.
Minister Walsham advises the foreign
ofllce that persistent diplomatic pressure ,
combined with a naval demonstration at cer
tain of the treaty ports will bo the only ef
fective means to prevent recurrent outrages.
Ho complulas that the promulgation of the
emperor's edict against attacks on foreigners
has boon unnecessarily delayed. Ho asked
the officials to use the telegraph in publish
ing the edict , but the oflicials refused , saying
that there wus no precedent for so doing
and that tlio edict must bo distrib
uted by the ordinary couriers. The
minister also complains of the uncertainty of
the punishment of the real leaders of the
outrages. If Lord Salisbury supports Min
ister Walsham's policy the powers will ac
tively Intervene in order to protect Euro
peans , leaving the tartar dynasty to take
care of itself. In spite of the chaotic state
of the present troubles the foreign ofllco hnro
hopes thnt the ultimate result will bo an ex
tension of trade to important centers on the
Yang-tso-Kiang which are now closed , but
where the government intends to establish
consulates.
Text of the Olliuial I'ekiri Note.
The following Is n summary of an ofllclal
Pokin cablegram received on Monday nnd
handed to the foreign oftlco authorities on
Tuesday :
bpecillc sums nuvo been offered to the
treaty powers by China as compensation of
the loss of lifo and proporey atVuhu ,
\Vusuch , Tanyang , Woosein and other places ,
where disorders have occurred. Four lead
ers of rioters have boon executed nnd twenty-
ono have been baniabod. Five mandarins
have been adjudged culpably remiss in not
adopting measures to preserve order and
have been reported to the throne for punish-
punlshment. The Imperial government ,
recognizing its entire responsibility
for the preservation of order at the
treaty posts for the protection of
missionaries in tbo interior , has ordered the
viceroys of Chinll and Nanking to despatch
the northern and southern squadrons to
patrol tbo Yang-tsc-Kiang and offer protec-
llou wherever the life or property of Eu
ropeans is still apparently threatened.
Though rumors of further troubles still ex
cite uneasiness in certain places , the govern
ment has no doubt of Its ability to effectively
thwart attempts at gross breaches of the
peace , whether from the operations of secret
societies or as the result of local or acci
dental circumstances.
Nothing is known respecting the reports
cabled of an attempt to seize the Fee Chow
arsenal , but undoubted evidence of activity
of secret societies has boon obtained In other
( lunrtera. Thirty-live cases of foreign rilles
consigned to a British subject , employed in
the imperial customs oftlco at Chlnklang ,
have been seized by the customs ofllcers nt
Shanghai and the consignee has been ar
rested and scut to Shanghai for the British
authorities to deal wllh.
The same man had in his possession n
quantity of dynamite , which with the rifles
ho confessed wns Intended for the use of n
secret society itt Chinkiang. The arms came
from Hong Ivong. Three other British sub
jects and six other foreigners ( nationality
doubtful ) residents of Shanghai , are Impli
cated in this transaction , which is being in
vestigated.
Mr. Gladstone. Arouse : ) Interest.
Mr.Gladstono's coming speech at the liberal
federation meeting Is Invested with further
importance by the authorized announcement
that he intends to review Salisbury's foreign
policy and declare what his own will bo if ho
should again oo placed In power. The feder
ation proceedings uro not likely to astonish
the world with any startling variation from
the cut and dried programme ; but If expecta
tions prove correct Mr. Gladstone will maico
the meeting inemor.ib'o ' bv a statement of
foreign policy committing the liberals to a
line of action directly opposed to that of Lord
Salisbury.
Mr. Morley has already declared that the
next Gtadstono administration will accom
plish the evacuation of Egypt with tbo brief
est possible delay.
Letters from Mr. Gladstone to the Servian
politician , Yovomovltch , which will appear
in tomorrow's issue of the Speaker ,
uro likely to causa a sensation In
Europe , ns they show the widest
possible dlvorgenco between the liberal
and the present conservative policy. Mr.
Gladstone advocates the closest harmony
among the Balkan states , repudiates Lord
Salisbury's diplomacy , ns tending towards
the supremacy of linlgnrla over the other
states , and udds that ho feels warmly with
the subjected countries of southwestern
Europe. As the last phrase can only npplv
to Austria's inning possession of Bosnia and
Herzegovina , the latter Is interpreted to
mean that Mr. Gladstone desires to oust the
Austrlnns from Bosnia and to support the
formation of a federation of tbo Balkan
stales.
The Gladstone liberals continue to nrrantjo
for the future on the supposed contingency
of their being In power by the autumn of
1MW. The conservatives now talk of post
poning the general elections until the remot
est period , which will bo April , iv.i.'l , In order
to enable the government to get tbo Irish
local government In working oder.
An Inereaso In linlllon Shipment * * * .
Economic exports agrco that the net ad
dition to the normal imports of American
grain has not exceeded 1100,000,000 , ot which
part will bo tukon in luxuries and part In
gold. If the extravagant laying of Ameri
can railroad bccurlties continues tbo English
ludobtednoss wl'l ' bo further enhanced and
will lead to aa increase of bullion shipment * .
.Mr. Ultlca a recent estimate that 10,000,000
i
In gold would bo the Hnitt for export to Now
York is not disputedTwt even this maximum
Is expected to entail An increase of the Batik
ot England rate to 5 or'O ' per cent.
Austin nlihvellamlMrs. Mayhrlek.
The appeals ot the friends of Austin Bid-
well to Homo Secretary Matthews to remit
the remainder of Bldwoll's term of impris
onment have failed , in ? pltc of the fact that
they wen ? supported by high Influence. Sec-
cretary Matthews refuses even to reply to
the memorial. The efforts to secure the release -
lease of Mrs , Maybrlclc will bo equally fu
tile. The convletsvsolcltor ! has boon nd-
vised not to proceed with trio ugltullon or
tlio homo olllco will docltno to rc-opcn the
case In any form ,
Amateur Photofjrnphcr Dlscom-aged.
The American tourist , Mr. Graves , who
wns recently arrcstod In Germany for taking
photographs of scenery , has nrrfvcd In Lon
don. Ho says ho was arrested at Mayenco
while taking n harmless view of the
town from the fort works and was confined
for thirty hourIn a cell furnished with only
a dirty mattress. Ills food consisted of black
bread , a mug of coffee-wash nnd rotten soup ,
until ho was allowed to Buy his meats. Ho
was released through the American consul
and then wont to Mctz , where ho was again
arrested for taking photographs in the
streets. From Metz ho was hunted over the
French frontier.
Mrs. Pnrnell entertains a largo shooting
party nt her husimnd's Irish seat , Avondalo.
She does not go Into society. The party con
sists chiolly of men.
Mr. Bnlfour has rosistored bimsolf ns a
voter in South Dublin. The conservatives
propose his candidature for icouiber of par
liament for that scut.
IHS.1STKH.
All Appalling List of Killed nnd
Wounded.
Nr.WAiiK , N. J. , S < Mit. 25. The accident
which occurred in the Italian quarter of this
city last night was more disastrous than at
first reported , and the list of killed and
badly injured is an appalling ono. 'Iho exact
cause of the accident cannot bo learned , but
it is thought to have resulted from the over
loading of H imortar , used to discharge llro
works Into the air. Following Is a list of tno
killed nnd n partial libt of .thoso Injured ,
The killed are :
CIIAHLES STEWART.
MICHAEL O'NEIL.
KHANK MILLER.
AKTIM7K KLYNN.
i.i//.in ucmiEs. r
\A7.7AK \ MtMt HY. i
1IENKY 111'KG ESS. '
FHEI ) WEIS.s- .
ANTONIO CIIEITO.
MICHAEL ANSALON'A.
I'ASOI'ALE UEI/.IN'O.
til'HKl'l'A YAKUOSA.
The names of the injured , ns near as can bo
learned , are as follows :
AXTOxn FIUXTS , right band blown off.
Jens CAStni.i.o , right nrm blown aff.
M.ix PiifM , right foot torn off.
Au unknown Italian bad his foot blown
og , nnd an unknown Italian woman bad hot
head frightfully cut. '
OUIArTAXO At'/AI-OXA.
GKL-TKM.A. AUIIOLOXI , severely cut In head.
NICOLA AtZAi.ix.t'sligntly injured In the
arm.
arm.Gr.ouoi : BUOWEK , part of foot torn off.
'
Mono Cuirro , loftnf'm torn off.
KIUXCISCO AXTOXIO , 40 years old , part of
right hand torn off.
Jens U.u.i.umi : ! , 'right hand injured and
skull fractured.
CiiAiii.EsS. Oiucas , wounded in groin and
hand.
LIZZIE GOI.DEX , la'xrated ; ! leg.
Jo-jBi'ii TitEi'AXO , wounded In the stomach.
A hi ? copper casing mortar wns used for
the bombs. Those \Vbro filled with colored
fire and shot in the air , whore they burst ,
throwing opt a , , Jiowor _ p.f vari-colorod
sparks' " . It'was this mortar that exploded and
caused all the harm.
There were hundreds of men , women ana
children standing around watching with
great expectancy. When it exploded the
air was lilted witli tbo shrinks of the injured
and dying. Intense confusion followed. A
platoon of pollco were on the scone and they
had great difficulty Iu preventing the fright
ened multitude from trampling the injured
to death , Tbo explosion is supposed to bo
due to nn overcharge of powdor. It was
rumored thai dynamite had been placed In
the mortar , but. the rumor lacks foundation.
Iloport of Commissioner for the Fiscal
Year , ICndliiK .Inno MO.
WASIIIXOTOX , D. (3. ( , Sept. 25. Report of
Commissioner Carter ol the operations of the
general laud ofllco during the fiscal year end
ing Juno 30 , 1891 , was made public today ,
During the year cash sales of public lands
amounted to 2,14,1,090 acres of miscellaneous
entries ( not cash ) , 5,010,393 acres , were home
stead ; 009,000 acres were entered under the
tlmbor culture law. Hailrond selections
amounted to 1,857,572 acres ; state selections ,
174,404 acres : Indian allotments , 117,485 ,
and original swamp selections , 23,107 acres.
Total cash receipts during the year $5,429,220.
Patents to land granted railroads during the
yearnmounted to 3,033,079 acres , an increase
over the previous year of 2,724,807. The
vacant public lands in public : land states and
territories is 57UG'il ' , < 533 acres. The commis
sioner makes u strong plea tor the Irrigation
of arid lands.
The approvals during the year under the
different grants to the several states for ed
ucation purposes and under the sallno grant ,
'
having tho' effect of n patent , omoracod
an area of 750,172 acres. Of this
amount Nevada received approvals for iSbi ! > l
acres ; Oregon , ' .M.fMS ; Idaho , 40,00(1 ( ; boulh
Dakota , 4IIS2 ! ; Colorado , 37,433 ; Minnesota ,
30,131 ; Missouri , .10,821) ) ; Louisiana , 10,415.
Thu Increase in the approvals for educational
purposes during the year was 21C,3'J3 ' acres ,
Uuriiifc the year surveys have boon accepted
to the amount ot fc.O'.HI.OOl acres. The larg
est amount is In South Dakota , 3,3lit1. ! ! ; )
acres , with Oklahoma next with 1,337,322
acres.
At the close of the flacal year there were
found to bo S',053 final entries ending in the
olllco , against -05,001 at tbo closo'of the
previous liscal year , a decrease of 125,00(1. (
Uallroad selections amounting to 28,840,577
acres were pending ou July 1 , IbOl , which is
a decrease of 930,078 as compared with thu
last , preceding lisc.il yoar.
The following shows the vacant public
lands In acres in aach of tbo public land
states and torrltorieH ;
Alabama , UI7.310 ; , Arizona. 5 > , MI,005 ;
Arkansas , 4itls,3M ! ; California , -,2y.i,4.JU f ( ;
Colorado,42,197,030FJorlda,3,4US.3Sl ; ; Idaha ,
: i3,7Slij5l , ; Iowa , 0,000 ; Kansas , 799.07S ;
Louisiana , 1,24:1,118 : } Michigan , 781.H10 ;
Minnesota , 0,819,975 ; Mississippi , 11,201,280 ;
Missouri , 1,023.S'.W ; Aionluna , 7I.372.7U9 ;
Nebraska , H.ICO.IM ; Nevada , 53,089,521 ;
New Mexico. HfiKVW ; North Dakota ,
10,135,440 ; Oklahoma , a,502,40t ! ; Oregon ,
3y,220lM ; South Dakota , 14OS5,3y | ; Utah ,
35,42SiS7 ! ; Washlnnton , 20,401,0'.ll ; Wiscon
sin , 1.U02.133 ; Wyoming , 50sl2,431. Total ,
.TOMVi-l.lMi acres.
Mr. Carter protests that the unsatisfac
tory exporlenco following the granting of
swamp lands to the stales cannot properly bo
urged against the plan proposed for tlio set
tlement of the arid land question and then
says : "Wbllo tbo swamp lands grant states
may have been Indifferent and unwise In
dealings with n grUnt which was but a more
Incidental matter , tno desert land grant
states could not afford to thus deal with and
consider a qiiostloa of such vital Importance.
Indifference would court adversity , and reck
lessness would bring ruiu. When a proposi
tion of this gravity U submitted to any or-
ganutd body of American citizens , directly
interested in Its v-Uo consideration and solu
tion , tlioy will consider wisely and act well. "
Troubles m'jt oinicotluiit Oflluinln ,
NEW HtvBX , Conn. , Sopt. 25. In tbo
superior court this morning tno state's attor
ney informed the court that ho had issued
two moro writ * of quo warranto In the polit
ical controversy against K , Slovens Hoary ,
stale treasurer , and it. Jay Walsh , secroiary
of state. Tbov tvoro made returnable Octo
ber 0. Tbo paper * were delivered to the
sheriff for service.
TOWN LOTS AT A PREMIUM ,
Chandler , Okl. , Will Bo the Next Scene
of Excitement.
SOLDIERS AND MARSHALS TO KEEP ORDER.
Unsuccessful Settler * llcvengc Tlinii-
BclvcH for Tlielr Failure to Secure
Claim * by Klrlng the I'ralne
Casualties ol' tlio Hush.
GfTitmn , Okl. , Sept. 25.--Tho Associated
pro s correspondent at Chandler , the silo
selected for tbo county seat of the upper
county of the Indian lands just opened to
settlement , sends the following by courier.
Governor Stcele Arrives.
CiuxPt.Kit , Okl , Sept.2.1. GovornorStcclo
arrived hero yesterday afternoon. As soon
ns his presence became known a largo crowd
gathered around htm to inquire when the
town site would be opened. He addressed
the people In a brief speech. Ho said the
surveyors were hastening their work as
rapidly as possible , but he could not say
when it would be completed. It is oxpacted
tbo opening will take place tomorrow at
noon. Tbo people are scattered about so that
it is imposilblo to make a very close estimate
as to their nutnbor. ICuthuslastic man place
the number at ; " > ,000 , Including the milltry ,
1,500 seems to bo n fair estimate.
Tno northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter has been reserved for a public park ,
possibly because It is so cut up with cliffs
nnd gullies , that it has been impossible to
survey it. The site occupies an edge of a
cliff. It is impossible to go n distance of
twenty rods without the use of a ladder. Tbo
public square and principle streets are to bo
loca'.cd on tbo west half of the cast half.
Opening ; of the Chandler Town Site.
Captain Styles , with his company of in
fantry , arrived this morning. Captain Hayes
with his troop of cavalry have been temporarily
arily relieved in order to tnko much needed
rest.
rest.Governor
Governor Steele intends , just before giving
the signal for the opening of the town site , to
have tlio military deployed facing both north
and south and drive nil tbo people from the
townsite. There will bo soldiers and deputy
marshals enough to place the men at Intervals
ol about twenty-live yards.
The water supply Is still a source of considerable
siderablo annoyance. There seems to bo
'
plenty of wator'just below the surface and
wells are now being dug. Considerable lum
ber is arriving and as soon as people who in
tend to transact business got a location they
will commence to put up buildings.
Killed in the Hush for Claims.
Ilia reported killing of the man Wood , n
former resident of Gutbrio , has been con-
llrmcd. Another man was killed south of this
place while engaged In the race Monday by
his horse making n lunge over a deep gully.
Horse and rider were both killed.
An amusing feature of the preparations for
the rush is the practicing for tbo race. Bx-
pectant claimants strip themselves of all
superfluous clothing nnd with watch in hand
note the time it takes to make the race.
ltnveiicfiil Boomers.
AIIKVNSAS CITT , Kan. , Sopt. 25. A great
many wagons arc trailing back over the
Cherokee strip with people who failed to got
claims in the Indian lands opened last Tues
day. Almost all of thum will drift about
living under canvas , waiting for the strip to
open. They seem to feel that everyone on
tbo strip is their enemy and are said to bo
firing the trass in hundreds of places. They
don't know when they are on the strip or
when they are on the Indian reservations ,
nnd the reservations along the Snntn Fo
have suffered greatly. About Ponca yesterday -
torday the grass was burning on every side ,
and It was only after a hard light that the
houses , a little way from the station , ware
saved. To the west the whole line of the
horizon was a wall of smoke , looking like , a
great chain of mountains covered with snow
to their base.
Thoprass is cottlng very dry and burns
readily and the lircs are sure to cover the
larger part of the strip and render it useless
for winter grazing.
OUT Till ! ir. lllfJCII. .
Dre.xcl , Morgan Jt Co. Ajjrce to Take
Collateral Notes.
BOSTOK , Mass. , Sept. 25. Union Pacific
ofllcials have received dispatches from Now
York to the effect that Drexel , Morgan &
Co. have agreed to turn their J.,0ao,000 , en
dorsed by Gould , Ames and Dillon , and take
collateral notes on the same basis as all the
other creditors. This has removed the only
hitch nnd makes the total subscriptions of
creditors * 12BOO,000. Thorn will bo u meet
ing of the creditors tomorrow and It is be-
Moved if n further extension of the plan is
necessary it will bo granted.
NEW YOIIK , Sopt. 25. A conference was
hold between the creditors' committee nnd
the directors of the Union Pacific companv
during the day , and this evening the crotl-
itors' committee announced that nt tbo di
rectors' meeting Drexel , Morgan & Co. will
tomorrow offer tbo public $5,500,000 collateral
extension notes at O2'ij. Those notes ore
part of the issue authorized for the purpose
of extending the floating dabtof tlio company
and bearing interest at the rate of 0 per cent
per annum.
Tno Tribune will tomorrow print this :
Late In the dav it was learned that Mr.
Gould had agreed to subscribe for $1,000,000
of now collaternl trust notes , besides accept
ing the now notes for bis unfunded oblig
ations against the company. Knssoll Sngo
is also understood to have subscribed
$500,000. In turn , it is said , that a sterling
loan to the Union Pacific company , Indorsed
by Mr , Gould , Sidney Dillon and Frederick L.
Ames , made by Drexel , Morgan , t Co. , will
bo inodllled as to release the creditor * from
penal obligations , and that thu notes will bo
exchanged on Iho sumo basis as the
other floating uobt. It is understood
that the amount is nt least $ lonoooo ,
and sotno authorities place the figures at
from f > ,000,000 to $ : ixx ( , ooo. There are be
lieved to bo largo claims hold by Mr. t.ould
against the company which will bo unllleu
with these of other floating debt claims. The
amount of existing debts which will bo ex
changed for the now notes Is estimated nt
from $12,000,000 to SIH.IXW.OOO , Inaving
about f,0ixooo ! ) of floating debt yet
unfunded , The surplus notes to bo Issued to
provide cash to pay off the creditors who re
fuse to accept the thrt'c-jear extension have
been underwritten by .Mr. Gould and the
banUors interested in carrying tlio schema to
success to the extent of over 1,000,000. This
practically assures Its success ,
e.im.nr.ii ity HKI.IUIOX.
Mysterious DlMiiiipoiiruituo of a Greek
MI Nionary Irom Chicago ,
CnifAoo , 111. . Sopt. 25. Sotno time ago
Fares Anton Uohnnnosey , boy ot 12 years ,
came to this city from Damascus , Syria. Ho
had been converted to Cnriitlanlty and took
It upon himself to do missionary work In the
Greek colony in this city. This finally got
him Into trouble and ho was beaten by bis
unwilling listeners. Ho disappeared on
Wednesday evening and nothing bus been
seen of him since. His friends fear ho tins
met with foul play. Two of his relatives loft
for Greece ut about the time of hU disap
pearance nnd are to sail from Now York to-
morrow. There are suspicious that ho has
been kidnapped by them.
Online Invents a Now
MutioN , Ind. , Sopt. 25.Dr. . Hichard J.
Gatiing , the inventor of tno ( Jailing gun , has
Invented a prooois for the manufacture of
heavy guns \vinch be behoves will bo as
great a success us hi * wonderful machine
gun. A manufacturing ipnny bas been
organized ticro. Dr. llati , g tins sover.il pat
ents which cover both tni composition and
mechanical process. The former he declares
to bo much greater In to us Ho tttrongth than
any heretofore known , nnn by the latter ho
colU molten metal about k core , securing the
strength nnd cliiitlclty ot a w lu wrap , witti
none of Its defects. The composition has
boon subjected to tha sovei'jst tejiH , which
It has withstood even hotter th * oxpocto.1
by the Inventor. *
inr.\si.\iin \ \ nv ; / / . IK.S.
In a lmrie Section of .Mlnni'xnia
Sweeps Kverythlii't * llel'oro Them.
ST. P.u-t , , Minn. , Sept. 25.--.I. A. West by ,
who has largo contracts for government sur
veying , came In last inB'hi from the upper
Mississippi by way of the Duiuth road and
reports terrible devastation along the line.
He says hundreds ot cattle nro burned and
many homesteads tlestrovod. The train on
which ho came down stopped atone place and
look in seventeen men , women nnd children
who barely escaped with their lives. Unless
heavy rains fall nt once all the llttlo villages
and homesteads along tlio road for mile * will
bo burned. There Is no doubt , ho says. , that
many human lives were lost and expensive
logging outiits burned.
The country nionir the lake division of the
Kastorn Minnesota , particular ! v south of
Hinckley , Is suffering heavily. The country
is sparsely nettled , generally , but the rail
road company has largo forces of men at va
rious points at work In an etfort to save their
property and check the llnmes. Tno colony
of the MilloLacs Lumbercompany at Mllacca
has been lighting llro for two days and still
the danger Is not averted. Oak Park , on the
St. Cloud & Hinckloy branch of the Great
Northern , is reported in ( treat danger nnd it
will bo miraculous it it escapes destruction.
AXIII.VMI , WK , Sept. 25.Koports fnun
along the line of the Omaha road are that the
forest fires nro rapidly advancing and eating
up everything before them. Homesteaders
surrounded by a wilderness cf woods nro tio-
Ing burned out mid arriving in town tell of
narrow escapes from boinp burned to death.
The high winds have been effective in spread
ing the fires. To add to the discomfiture of
the excessive heat , Ashland is filled with
smoke and navigation is seriously impaired
owing to the heavy smoke.
Other
ST. PKTEK , Minn. , Sopt. 25. A disastrous
llro which visited tlio village of Kasota de
stroyed the eating house , depot. Lomann ho
tel , the express ortlco and several other small
buildings , causing a loss of $50,000.
Livrui'ooi. , Sept. ' . ' 5. The Gaiety theater
of this eity burned tills morning.
iiEi' . .tut. jtfi : < -n.uii nK.in *
The Preacher Politician Pa S PH Quiet ly
Away at Saratoga.
SAIIATOOA , N. Y. , Sept. 25. Kev. Samuel
D. Hurchard of New York city , who has
boon unconscious since early this morning ,
died at 'i o'clock this afternoon. Ho attended
the First Presbyterian church last Sunday
and was taken ill in tno evening , but ho was
not considered to bo in a serious condition
until Tuesday. His Minors developed into
peritonitis , and last night he reached a crit
ical stage.
Jlr. Hurehard was born In Pteiihen. N. V. ,
nn September 0. 1S12. lie roci'lved an aca
demic odiK'atlon and when 1 > > years old hit rc-
movi'd to KtMitueky. In 1M > ho was gr.idu-
utt'd at 1'entrn college. Danvlllv. Ivy. Soon
after leaving follene be bi > gin : to lecture on
temper nice , slavery nnd lellijloiis questions
and wide rcptit-ulon In tin' state. He also
won many friends In Kenlurky by his
services as a volunteer nurse during
the eholera epidemic of ls.17. lie was
licensed to proacn In ISiS and wa * > Inst'illed as
pusterof the Thlitecnth Street Presbyterian
church. New York , on .May 1 , tS'W. Dnrln : his
paslorshlp'lio was madn chancellor of ln'4ham
university at I.oiov , N. V. , which otlleo he
Illlcd In donnectlon with his church duties.
Dr. llnrchard was a pastor of Murry Illll
I'rosbytcrlan church from l0 to Isifl , when ho
giive tip pastoral work.
Dr. iturohard came prominently before the
public In Ksi when a reception to Mr. Ulalnc.
the then repiibllcvin candidate for president ,
was tendered at the Fifth Avenue hotel In
Now York by several hundred ministers of
various denominations. Dr. Itureharil wis :
there and had hcon chosen to address Mr.
Illalne In behalf of the elorgy. As
Dr. Hurehard neared the close o' his
address ho used practically these words :
"And wo admire and we welcome you , Mr.
Itlalno , as the stcadfiist opponent of Kiiin.
Komanlsm and Rebellion.
Years later Dr. llurehiird. while spanking of
the Incident , said : ' Well , I don'l Know hut
that I may havti been the humble. Instrument
In the hands of Dlvlno power to ulfncl exactly
the contrary of what I bad in my heart to do
when 1 spoke that day. "
1)11 Kb VIIIX < ! tillV ll'KltS.
Ualn Interfere ! ) with Kadroad Travel
In > ew v oxlio.
Ai.nuQ.rniio.rn , N. A' ' . , Sept. 25. Central
Now Mexico has been without mall from the
east and weit for several days owing to
washouts on the Atlantic .t Pacific near
Luguna and HIo Puorco stations. Water
covers the track for several hundred yards
in many places and the bridge across the
Puorco is dangerously weak , and fears are
entertained that It will go down tno stream
tonight. Manager Guliol of the road , how
ever , believes that the worst has been
reached and that the bridge nnd the wash
outs will bo repaired by tomorrow evening.
Several passengers nro on the other side of
the breaks. This morning a bobtail train was
made up here and sent to the scene of the
wrecks nnd passengers , tnr.il and baggage
brought It. On the Sunta Fo there is n wash
out near Ilornallllo. Two passenger trains
have been abandoned on account of the de
lays , but a special train with the passengers ,
mail nnd hacgago arrived from the north
late this afternoon. It was turned back an
hour later containing the Pacific coast pas
sengers and mail going east. The rain * are
heavy and very general.
C.IXXIITMISTICII'.ITK. .
Jnnios (1. HhilnoYrlteN a Letter to an
Chit ) Republican.
AKHOX , O. , Sopt. 25. Colonel A. L. Conger ,
member of the republican national committee
from Ohio , recently wrote to .Mr. lUaino to sco
it lie could tnko part In the Ohio campaign
this full. Colonel Conger today received the
following reply :
STASWOOII. IUu HAIIIIOII , Mo. , Sept.ivn. .
Colonel Al. Conger , Akron , O. , Mj Dear Sir :
Your favnr received : 1 cannot take part In
the Ohio campaign this year for many loasons
which I need not give , but I hone no
elfort will bo spared to elect Mclvlnley.
Ills victory at this time H very
Important to the country and the
parly. Ho and Mr. Campbell represent the
honest dlllereni.'es between the two parties at
this time. ThITU Is no dodu'lng and noevusl < jn
and the voter need not bo tleuelvod. Tlio t-lo.1- !
tlimnf McUlnley moans the pulley of protec
tion and honoftl money. The elect Ion of
Cmnphe.ll means free trade nnd the corrup
tion nf currency. I believe Ohio will stand by
Mclvlnley. Very sincerely youm ,
JAMKS ( i. II i.A INI : .
Federal Appointee In < .hirji : .
Dn. us , Tex. , Sopt. 25. Koceivor Dilllng-
ham , the federal court appointee , took charge
of iho Texas Trunk railroad this morning
and trains nro now running. Receiver
Moroncy of tin state courts retires , all claims
having boon settled by thu ugunts of C. P.
H > ititngton. !
Man'M 1 roubles ,
CAIUU lUi'ins , la. , Sept. 25. ISroclal
Tologramto TUB Ilii : : . | H. P. Holder , a
prominent business man nt Central City , has
hcuii arrested charged with opening and de
taining lottori ot Cornelius Mcrrilt , a former
partner , _ _
Steamer Arrivals.
At London Sighted : Montana , from
Baltimore ; Umbria , Irnm Now York.
At Nuw York HntannicNurrn \ , from
Llverxwl. |
At LIvorjiool Goilla , from New York.
Lannovln ( Joes Ht-ot I1 rec.
Orrm t , Ont , Kept .M. - The majon'y ' ro-
ixirt exculpating Languvlu hm bcuu udupiud
by the Louse.
FOUND L\T \ THEIR CRAVES ,
Bodies cf the MurJeroil Robinions Un-
oarthflil Near Hnrlan.
TEXT OF THE ASSASSIN'S ' CONFESSION ,
Knihcr and Son Ih'llhernlely Shot
Down While Suspeotlni ; no D.III-
Kcr Story of a Cold-
Illoodcd AlTnliv
ft Him. isla. . , Sept. 25-rSpocial Telegram
to Tin : lHi.JTho : : bodies of the Hobtnsons ,
who wcro murdered two von PA ugo , were
found lit 2 o'clock this nftcrnooti about w'jcro
Cutubcrtniul , lit hU confession of their mur
der , said ho buried them. The river had
washed six foot of ground over the grave 111
the bank tnitl a largo amount of cartli had to
bo moved. Hundreds of people have gathered
n round the hole from which the nearly do-
e.iyed bed 1 01 are belli , ; removed. A coroner's
Jury tins bi < on omp.innclod.
The following confession has been matlo by
Cumberland :
Stale of Iowa , Pottuw.iltamlo county : I. .f.
K Cumhi-rlnn I. llrst bring ilulv sworn. im my
oath say that I am thu .I. K. Cumberland helil
by thusiierllTnf Slu-lby county , lowi . nciMii-cd
or ullllni : .liiini-H and Jasper Itohlnsiwii. of Har-
lan , la. That I did Mil said parties on Soi |
tern her 'jr. I-s'i ' , : ini | that s-ild klllltiK happened
and wus doiio as hereinafter state. I.
On said date tliosald K bin-on i-alled on
inn to settlo. In making thu si > ttlunu < nt wo
cot Into a JanKlo and tiuunvl and not to passIng -
Ing words oIT Mime inoiiny that I had loaned
tin1 old man. Then Jasper called mo a liar
mid said I did not lot the old man have the
Jir > which I claimed I had loaned him. 1 re-
prated It and told him If utiv hodv was n liar
it as him. At that lie reiu'hed kick In hit
trunk and gut his guti. 1 i ot up and walked
out Into another room , and li-fl them and KI C
my gun. Inn not with Hie int < > nlloii In use It
if I could hell ) It. I did not go hit'k In the
room where they were but utayrd In there
and meditated over what to do. '
Whllo I was In there they were talldiiK In
the other loom , finally they went out to thd
barn. After a while I went down them
with the expectation of compromising and
maUlna a sotilement. As 1 entered the barn
door Jasper shot at mo twice , one ball hitting :
the door. I suppose his Idea was that 1 was
comlnj ; for other purposes than to settle. To
save myself I Jumped back nnd oamo In nt >
another door , and then miulu the bent use of
my gun and my.sclf. I shot the boy tlrst and
then the old man. I conce iled them there
until nltfht. It belm ; 10 or 11 o'clock In the
mornlni ; . Mylfe was not at home that day
and I told her thev had conn away. Thati
nit-lit I slipped out and put them away and
told her 1 was L'olni ; up town. I took the
bodies across the bridge. taUns the old man
llrsl , and u'oln up the stream , ilim a hole In
the l > iiiik and hurled them. 1 due the hole ni
which I hurled them about throe feet deep
anil coveted them both up In the same holo.
I only shut twice , hitting uach of them hi
the bead. Neither of them mnde any outer : ?
I liiil 1 heard. I was so e.xelled I hardly know
what was taking place. I lluew Jasper's ; > l tul
In the river after taking out three cartridges ;
After the killing I remained there about thret )
weeks. I then went to .Missouri Vullev then
to Council llluliX then to M. lee and from
there to Cartlmsn. I llnally went to Spring"
Held. Mo. , where I wns in-rested and brtmifht
back to Iliirlan. ,1. K. CI.MIIIIU.VNO. : : . ' .
Subscribed an < l sworn to before nm this LMtl >
day of September. IMil.
P. A. Tuii.vr.it , Notary Public.
Legion of Honor
DIM MOINTS , la. , Sept. 25. ( Special Tola.
gram to Tin : BEH.f Tbo grand lodKe of th
Northwestern Legion of Honor closed athrcp1
days' session today in this city. There wori'
about snvonty-livo delegates present nnu
business of much importuned to the welfare
of the order was transacted. Ladles nod'
gentlemen delegates were hero from Minnc
sotn , Kansas , Nebraska and various cities la
town Among tVio Important items of legls
iation was the lowering of the rate of IUSCSBT
ment and provisions for the further building
up of the reserve fund which now reached
nearly 20,000. The reports showed thai
Slt'i.pOO hau been paid out for beneficiaries
during the past two year * and besides thirl
largo payment the order has placed 312,000 iu
the reserve fund.
Various other reports showed Muttering in-
creasn in councils nnd a sound condition of
affairs generally. The following olllcers
were elected for the coming two years ;
Grand commander , C. S. Hyrklt of De
Molnes ; vice grand , H. Beck ofVlnflold ,
Kan. ; past grand , A. V. Teeplo of St. I'aul ;
grand secretary , IJ. M. Rowland of Mnrcngo ;
grand treasurer , K. 1C. Alverson ot Marongot
grand orator , H..I. Childress of Dea Monies (
medical examiner , Dr. A. J. Ryan of York ,
Nob.
_
Injured by Moat.
Ou-KXi'oiiT , In. , Sept. 25. [ Special to Tun
Her.- ] The corn crop of this section of the
state seems liuely to fait considerably below
the estimates sot upon it some tlmo ago , not
from the early frosts but from the opposite
extreme , of late bent. Examination of the
cornfields about hero shows tnat the kornela'
ara blighting on tbo cob. The heat seems to
scald them , they stirivcl up and ears that
looked promising two o" three weeks ago are
now dwindling to mere nubbins or to cobif
that contain no kernels at , all.
Experienced farmers hero e.'tlnmto thai
the orop will bo one-third short of that cxl
peeled , and it is feared that what Is I loft will
bo affected so it will grade aw. For u tlmo
in August , the weather was unusually cool at
the very season hot weather was needed tfj
complete the development of the stalk. Thu
heated term following this cold snap baa
done the damngo. Similar reports are being
received from other localities at varying dis *
tances , and It is bellovcii that the damage
will amount to a very largo sum.
I , ol't to Die.
Britr.ixuTox. In. , Sept. 25. [ Special Tele *
gram to Tin : Hcc.JTnomm McCiulro , a
young man from Full River , Mass. , had an
arm cut oil by a Burlington switch oiigino
hero lust night. The city authorities nnd
railroad people wcro notillcit , but both re-
fuseu to tnko the responsibility of sending
him to tbo hosplfil , not wishing io risk the
few dollars oxpcnso that might bo incurred.
The poor fellow was loft writhing upon the
ground for two hours , until a disinterested
gentleman sent him to the hospital at his
own expense. _
ItovolllnStorirN. / .
DivKNi'nirr , Iu. . Supt. 25. [ .Special Telegram -
gram to THE Hin.J : Henry Carpenter , aged
.13 years , was today held to the grand Jury on
the charge of assault , preferred by u girl 11
years of ago. C. II. i yoii , u friend of Cnr >
pontcr , is now on trial on u line charge pro *
fcrrcu by another girl of ! . ' ! . It is charged
by tbesu children that other crimon of ttus
kind have been committed by thesoaml other
men about the city , and revolting stotloi ara
told by them. Carpenter declares his Inno
cence ,
Kuiir KOIIIII : . la. , Kept. 2. " > . Special Tele
gram to Tin ; UKK.J 'I'lio funeral directors ot
nil the llftuen counties comprising the Tenth
congroexional district mot hero today and
formed a dlttrlct organisation. The ofllcur *
elected were C. I' . Lightliand of Uolfe ,
president ; \V. R. Sanderson of I lvormc.ro ,
secretary , nnd C. Laufurswoilor of Fort
Dodge , treasurer. Similar societies will ho
organised In every congresiional district lu
tno stutu to co-operato with the btulo asto *
ciallcu.
to Oil niKnpldH. .
s ! . , Kopt. J."i. It wai dw
cidoil this morning by Gcrinnu liaptuti , ot
Dmmards , in session at Dulla ( 'on torQ bold
ttic next imttonul annual gathering in this
city next Juno , From 'JiiKKJ to 40,000 , pui > i < io
attend tloso ; mcutlngs.
( lUStlll lilt ) Hl-
W 111. . . . i , la . Hopt.i" > The L'ntYOrsaN
siiai * i ui.vei.uon. iu session hero Silica
, M . - j. > i-iu-od touuy Noxi year'i couvou *
i. > \ . uoheilutVcbstcr City.