TUB OMAHA BGEt SUNDAY , SKPTIilMBISLl 23 , 180 * .
PECULIAR CRIMINAL CASE
Aged Beward Oountj Citizen Acquitted of a
Horrible Charge.
CHARGED WITH MURDEROUS DESIGNS
to Have fired IIU Sun's Ito lilenco
it I III a Vlott ol Cninlnt ; Ills IVIfn'a
Uratli Along rtllli
Others.
WILDER , Neb. , Sept. 22. ( Special Tele-
gram. ) A rcnmkablo criminal case was
trlod before Judge Hastings licro today.
Michael Knlcr of Sctrnrd county , aged 74
years , was charged with having set flro to
his son's residence al Friend , In July , 1893.
In the house at the time were hla aged wife ,
to whom ho had been married fifty yeara.
his young grandchildren and' a hired girl ,
who narrowly escaped , death whllo asleep ,
the building and contents being consumed.
The parents of the children vvero at the.
World's fair.
As the old man hid tonic trouble with his
wlfo on account of property and family mat
ters he ivas arrested on suspicion of harlnR
committed the tlccd In order to get her out
of the way. When arrested ho told several
parties ( hit he had dine 1C and1 In Justice
court pleaded guilty. It la claimed , under
coercion. In the dlttrlct court a plea of
not guilty was entered , the defense bolns
that he was physically Incapable of perform
ing the acts ttlr buttd to him by the prose
cution and also menially Irresponsible.
After a few minutes absence the jury re
turned a verdict cf not guilty. ,
A1TAIKS AT LINCOLN ,
I'anrnbrakurrriUnI far Mol.iUrif ; the
City < ) r lliini > cc .
LINCOLN , Sept. 22. ( Special. ) One of the
pawnbrokers of the city was arrested today
for a violation of the pawnbroktng rules. It
is said that he refused to report the number
of articles pawned with him.
Sheriff Vlckery of Taylor county , Iowa ,
stopped In Lincoln today and lodged for sat ;
Ucoplng during his stay In the city a pris
oner named C. G. Wherry In the city Jail.
Wherry Is wanted In Taylor county for for
gery and was captured out In the state.
\V F. Qurley of Omaha , was the orator
for the opening of the university , which re
curred yesterday , nnd hla address Is spoken
of ns one of the finest ever delivered on
such an occasion In the state.
One of the ssnsatlons In the district court
today was the order asking for the return
of Ilud Lindsay , -who was asked to appear
to answer to the charge that ho had unlaw
fully disposed of his property.
In the big damage suits brought by Mar
garet Clark agulnut the city for damage to
the prop rty at Twentieth and F street tlie
defendant has filed an answer , stating that
the property Is not damaged , Ila asserts that
the property has received some special bonc-
flts by reason of th ? changing of the crade.
Schnylor Nntrft anil JVr oimls.
SCIIUYLEU , Neb. , Sept. 22. ( Special. )
, O , 3. Itobcrts , until recently In the harness
business here. Is going west to look for a
new location.
Miss May Elclen , who has been teaching :
muslo here for two years , has returned 10
her home In DCS ilolncs.where a class
avraltB her
Hank Cashier E. F. Folda of the 1'olda
bank , nnd vice president of the- State Itanlc-
ers' association , Morris Palmer of the First
National bank , and J. M. Simmons of HIQ
Nebraska State bank , attended the meetIng -
Ing oC the Slate Hankers' association at
Omaha this week.
H. J. QuickenctciU and L. V. Graves
ol Leigh wcro In Schuyler Tuesday.
County Treasurer JI. F. Ilcdnar Is absent
to attend the Satlno county fair.
M. K. Shipley , foreman In the Herald
ofQce , Is off for a uiuiiih'd vacation In
Iowa.
1 A Dorcas society has been organized by
the ladles of Holy Trinity parish , with Mrs.
Thomas Bryant president ; Mrs. W. W.
Wells , vice president ; Mrs. II. A. Cameron ,
secretary ; Mrs. C. J. Phelps , treasurer ;
J.Irs. Oeorge II. Thomas , chairman of execu
tive committee1 , comprised of herself ai.d
Mesdomes W. W. Uces , J. C. Kahl. II. W.
Nleman and . Lamhofer. The society Is
organized to relieve distress among tl'C
.poor during the coming winter , and have
already begun preparing new clothing anil
repalrliiK old that needs It.
fiincrnl < > T II u in 11 ton CimpiT.
AUDUHN , Neb. , Sept. 22. ( Special. ) The
funeral of Hamilton Cooper occurred this
afternoon at 2:39 : o'clock anil was largely
attended , the entire business portion of the
city being closed , during the funeral , The
city officers tndl the County Fair association
attended In a body. The funeral was con
ducted by Hev. L , L. Combs of the Church
of Christ , under the auspices of the. Odd
Follows.
The Nemaha County Fair and Driving
Park association , the Odd Fcllowa and the
city council all passed appropriate resolu
tions of respect.
Mr. Cooper wua 67 years of ago , and one of
the foremost of Auburn's citizens In ad
vancing everything of benefit to the city.
Kin-full ; liiinUx Consolidate.
NORFOLK , Neb , . Sept. 22. ( Special Tete-
gi&m. ) U Is oftlclally announced this evenIng -
Ing that the Citizens' National bank and the
Norfolk State bank have consolidated , the
change to takj effect Monday morning. The
nunio of the Citizens' National bank Is re-
JtJlncd. The new organization will have O. A.
Lu'tart , formerly at Tllden , Neb. , as Its
president , whllo It. A. Stewart , former cash-
lor off the State bank , will bo the new cash
ier , The former officers of the Citizens'
Nbtlonal , C. M. Swank , pr.bldcnt , and O. L.
lies , cashier , both retire. The bank will
occupy the old location of the State bank ,
and Its capital will remain $50,000. as be
fore.
Hold Work of Thief.
BEATIUCK , Neb. , Sept. 22. ( Special Tele-
grnm. ) Last night Sam Wymoro went Into
the barn ot Louis FJnk , near Wymoro , and ,
hitching a team to a wagon load
of wheat , struck , out for Kansas. He
was easily traced the next mornIng -
Ing by wheat strewn along the road , It
having leaked oul of the wagon. He drove
to Oketo and sold the grain for less than
$5 and started on the return trip , but was
captured. He said lip Intended returning the
team to Its owner. Wymore In his
youth was an Inmate of the reform school.
Ho was brought to Beatrice- tonight and
lodged In jail ,
Met IH'iicli In n Well ,
DENNINGTON. Neb. , Sept , 22. ( Special. )
William Crile , a farmer living two miles
northwest of town , met with a horrible
death this morning while digging u well
for his neighbor. James Snyder.
Crile had been working- for several
days and was down to a depth of about
eighty feet. He went to work this worn-
Ingas usual , but hail not worked long : when
the two men who were handling ; the wind
lass lot go of the bucket , which fell to the
bottom , striking him on the bead and killIng -
Ing him Instantly ,
Alleged Cow Thief In Court.
FREMONT , Sept. 22. ( Special Telegram. )
The preliminary hearing of Jesse Wheeler
on a charge ol stealing- cow from A. 1C.
Dame , resulted In Wheeler being bound
over for trial la tbo district court In J500
bonds. Wheeler
waived preliminary ex
amination on the cbargo of stealing ; a caw
from 0. J. Wllcox , and bo was also held , ,
for trial on tali charge In $ SOO ball , ills
bonds In both Instances were signed by
James Q. Smith.
District court commences neit Monday ,
Costly Ulmo nt L'luilu Center.
TLATTB CENTER , Neb , , Sept. 22. ( Spe
cial Telegram. ) Last night the Urge ware
houses , coal aheds , machinery ware rooms
and carload of corn which -was on the
Union 1'aclflo ildo track , were totally de
stroyed wltb all their contents. Th Ore
U supposed to to of Incendiary origin , but I
nothing defmlt at this tlrno can bo itated. I
The tolat loss will amount id about $1,000 ,
insurance 11,000.
SOLIMKU'S aiOJIUJII'.NT UNViaL.HI.
.Ill Btorllnfr Tnkr I'ttl In- fin Patriotic
UxorrlvM.
STERLING , Neb. , Sept. 22. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Thirty-five hundred patriotic citi
zens , headed by the Tccumseh band anil ICO
0rand Army of the Republic members and
200 school children , marched to tha ceme
tery where the first public soldiers' monument
ment In Nebraska was unveiled today. lion ,
Church IIowe , with an appropriate address ,
tied lent oil the monument In the name of Sill
post , Grand Army of the Republic , No. 89 ,
Miss Kellora. Idcn unveiled the monument
with a highly appreciated address , nnd State
Superintendent Ooudy read the dedicatory
ode.
ode.In
In ilia afternoon Rev. Van Lutlerman ot
Cook delivered a flno address In German and
was applauded many times by his hearers ,
after which Father Murphy of Tccumsoh
delivered a patriotic address that brought
applause from all classes. Then came the
oration ol the day , delivered by Hon. John
M. Thurston. It was ono ol his best , nnd
brought forth hearty npplnuae.
The evening addresses were delivered by
Messrs. Holcomb , Churchill and Thayer to
n crowded house. The weather was fine , and
no accident happened to mar the most suc
cessful nnd patriotic day the village of Ster
ling ever participated In. The Ladles' Relief
corps nnd Sill post are receiving congratu
lations for the success of the day.
The monument , which stands In the center
ot the Sterling cemetery , one-half mile cast
of Sterling , represents the llfrura of a sol
dier , nix feet six Inches In height , standing
at parade rest , fully equipped nnd holding a
gun In his hand , placed on n triple pedestal
which raises him over seven feet from the
ground. The base ot the pedestal Is six
teen Inches nbovo the level ot the ground.
The first division of the pedestal Is four feet
square and eighteen Inches high , the second
la throa feet square- and sixteen Inches high
and the third section Is three feet high
with sides sloping upwards , and a top sur
face measuring twenty Inches ncross. On
this stands the figure of Hie soldier , which
Is madeof flnp Indian stone , and cost $700
The money was ralsofl by subscription , and It
Is due to the ladles of the Woman's Relief
corps that the movement -was started nnd
carried through to a success. The Inscrip
tion on the monument reads as follows :
Erected by Sill Post No. 99 ,
G. A. R. ,
To the Memory of
OUIt DEAD HEROES.
Omifmn Arrouoil in Thlavo * .
SCIIUYL12R , Neb. , Sept. 22 , { Special Tele
gram. ) A large number of petty larceny
thieves Infest this vicinity. C. A. Marian's
house In Schuyler and A ngers McLeod In the
country were entered and ransacked. Five
suspicious characters were arrested , four
supposed to be from Omaha , but the evl-
ilcnco igalnst them Is meager , us no more
has been dona than to find bundles ot goods
at various places.
1'nrcml Ch < * o'-R.
GRAND ISLAND , Sept. 22. ( Special. ) W.
A. Mason , a stranger , who Is believed to be
Implicated In some crookedness In Central
City , attempted to pass forged checks on
Horace Morgan last night and was caught
In the act. He pleaded guilty at the pre
liminary hcnrlng this morning and was bound
over to district court In the sum of $500.
Vrellmlnnry llrurlns of Allrucil Tlilovot.
HASTINGS , Sept. 22. ( Special Telegram. )
Hugh Qltna , Jr. , and Harvey Dreckner
wore up before Justlco McKlnney this morn-
ln for robbing the- store of F. P. Uerllng &
Sons at Ayr. The case was adjourned to
September 2S End the defendants released enc
c bond of $500 each.
Allrxcd llmiat'hrfi.itct'r Aciiiltlnil ,
SHOLTON , Neb , , Sept. 22. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Alley Campbell , who was arrested
for the robbery ot the general merchandise
store of C. H. Mcnzo of StxHon last Sat
urday , had a preliminary hearing today and
was discharged ,
> ot Guilty of Amu nil.
HASTINGS , Sept. 22. ( Special Telegram , )
The case cgalnst U. S. llohicr , manager of
the ball team , for tssaultlng Leslie Green
far trcsspassing , was heard this morning and
resulted In acquittal.
Klnlr KvaUlcnco llobbrtl.
BLAIR , Neb , , Sept. 22. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The residence of C. Dunn' was robbed
this afternoon. A watch and several other
valuable articles were stolon.
ix penu.
Cltlicii of Xun York Inilliimnt at IIU
Trnitnicnt in bouth Amerlcn.
DENVER , Sept. 22 , Patrick McManus. a
citizen of New York , has arrived In Denver
on bis way home- from Uuenos Ayrcs , Ar-
gonllno Republic , -where he has 'bjen for
three years professor of English In tbo na
tional college. Since leaving Buenos Ay re ;
April 2 , ho has visited Bolivia , Chill nnd
Peru , in company with Albert Telolr , a na
tive ot Argentine , and Antonio Duran , a
Spaniard. The tourists went to Cuzco ,
Peru , to witness the feaat , of Corpus Christ ) ,
enduring much hardship on the Journey , j
ind on their arrival were Immediately thrown
Into prison en suspicion that they were spies.
After lying In prison one night they were
released through the Intervention ofthe
Spanish consul , but were compelled to leave
Cuzco at the end of twenty-four hours. Mr.
McManus Is enroute to Washington , where
ha will lay bcforo the State department a
claim for 110,000 damsgcs from Peru.
is A
Exciting Mini Hunt lit Pnitfrnm In IlllnoU
< tftur I.o \Viilker. .
LINCOLN , 111. , Sept. 22. An exciting man
hunt la In progress In this county for Love
Walker , slayer of David' Rohottomon. Dep
uty Sheriffs Pfcund , Shay and Jones , accom
panied by an Informant , William Dalley , are
now In a district called Cornubarg , gradu
ally hemming In the fugitive murderer , a
desperate man from Alabama. He applied
yesterday at a farm house for Bomet'j ; " , to
oat and was seen in the evening h'c ' n * In
tha brush. . The territory Is favorab e for
concealment , but with the farmers aroused
and officers acquainted with tha territory In
the chase armed with Winchester rifles , cap
ture Is only a question of time. The murder
was conjmltted Sundiy night. September 1C.
The murder was1 cool and deliberate.The
parties had quarreled the previous day.
I.S/I J-'OH ITJlVHTi :
Prlnoners In tlio Ht. LuuU Criminal Court
Hun for I'refHloui.
ST. LOUIS , Sept. 22 , A daring attempt
to escape , and succeisfut In tha case of
four , was mide by the prUoncra In the dock
of the criminal court room * here this ( ore-
noon. The men had been brought up to
plead , having been Indicted , nnd It was dur
ing the confusion occurring at the dock gate
that the dash for liberty was midewith
the -result that four got away , while three
others , who got out ot the building , were re
captured. The recaptured men are James
McNamaro and Eld Kelllher , burglirs , and
James C. Barton , alias Bryant , the Chicago
diamond nipper , who Is under indictment for
assault to kill , as well as diamond robbery.
The tour who eat away are William B'ag- '
dien , indicted for assault to kill ; Ed Carr ,
Al Harris and James Foss , burglirs.
Cnptulit Cloudvrln
VANCOUVEK. Wash. , Sept. 22. Captain
W. C , Goodwin , company O , Fourteenth In-
fjtitry , who waa recently court-martialed for
drunkenness , has been acquitted on every
specification and has been restored to his
command by order ol Brigadier General
Otta.
IlllnoU * Anti-Trait War.
BIMimaPIELD , III. . Sept. , The secre
tary ot state today tent out the anil-trust
affidavits to corporations organized and do
ing business In Illinois. Twenty-two thou-
sand were sent out. The affidavits are re
turnable in thirty dara.
TOWNS TURNED INTO ASHES
i but.n Pav Iron Utaasils Lift h
Minnowla's Tirc-lwopi Con itry ,
MCR DEJO.ATE THAN DRIED CORN LAND
Hmoka Hven Vet OlHcnrlng tlui Atmuvplinro
for Many Mllrn-l'mt Atnll ru 5e < t l > y
a Thlrnty Uimnaii l.niid Illnck
nnit linked.
ST. CLOUD , Minn. . Sept. 21. { Special
Correspondence. ) I have traveled for miles
across alkali plains , where nothing grow
ut sago bruin and cactus ; through the banen
ad lands , of Dakota ; through /southern /
Oregon , where the burning , seething white
and extends as far ns the tired eyes can
MJ ; up the summit of Plke' Penlt. with Its
cres and acres of granite boulders ; ncross
ho cold , bleak Ice fields ol Mulr glacier ,
nil through the parched corn Holds ot Nc-
jruska. that made the heart ncho with the
noughts of coming wlnlr , but 1 have nver
ieen a more desolate' sight than the burned
mil blackened forests ot Minnesota. Clouds
of smoke roll across the dreary landscape.
The sun looks llko a great rtd ball of tire
It lights up the ashw of rich timber land
and once prospeious towns. For almost
11n
n Ifty miles there Is not a single blade ct
green. The entire landscape Is black. The
.icund Is baked till It la ns hard as half
gibi
burned brick. Charred and blackened logs
biol
of the sturdier timber remain In places , and
oln
now and then a gaunt and armless pine
stands erect. All about are blackened
stumps , with the turf burned from wuler-
81n
niath their spreading roots , lying like great
black : spiders over the smoldering ground.
And with all this comes the memory of the
terrible < suffering ot those who went through
tl he sea of fire which awept over this country ,
tlni
nnd the awful deaths of those who perished
Ir It.
STORY OP THE Finn RETOLD.
The story of the recent forest fires cf
Minnesota Is too neil known to be repeated ,
Briefly told , the facts are that owingto the
unusually dry summer the forest fires had
jeen burning since the middle ot August , and
on Saturday , September 1 , nothing less than
a cyclone of flro swept the country from
1'okcgama cast to SanSstone , carrying everyt
thing bilore It , completely destroying those
towna , together with HlncUloy and Mlllsr.
The loss of life at Hlnckley was about 275 , at
Sandstone about 70 , at Miller 12 and at
I'oUegama 28 , with probably about 60 men
who were In the lumbering camps near these
towns , the cntlr ? loss being about GOO. Thli
region la about seventy-five miles directly
north of Minneapolis , and on a straight line
between St. Clouil and Duluth. The dlree-
tlon taken by the fire was due northeast.
A-rough estimate o the former population
of these towns gives Hlncktey 1,200 , Sandstone -
stone 300 , PoUegama 115 and Miller 100. All
but Illncltley hat ! no reason for existence beyond -
yond the lumbering Interests and ivlll
probably never be rebuilt. IllncUley , which
was nt the Junction ot a branch ot the
Great Northern railroad and the St. Paul
& Duhitli line , was more or less of o railroad -
road town. The soil , even though enriched
by ashes of the forests , Is too light to raise
much b.ntdcs potatoes , so It Is not likely to
bo soon put under cultivation. Tha timber
wealth of the district Is gone and It will be
Itng 1 beftfre It Is anything more than a barren
waste.
THEIIl RECOLLECTIONS ARE VAOUE.
Those who survived the fire seem to know
very little about It. They have , as a rule ,
a sort of dazed rtcollcction of what took
place , and , with the exception of a lew who
are endowed with rather progressive Im
aginations , who seem to remember more as
time since ths fire Increases , It is hard to
get any coherent account ot the awlul
calamity. The air had been filled with a
dense smoke all day , so that U was nlmpst
Impossible to see. Then came that fire-
breathing cycloiiE , and some by Instinct and
some by heroic presence of mind sought
places of safety. No one caa describe what
took place.
A heap of moulten Iron that was once a
cook stove ; window glass run together as
though. It had been wax ; a ralll-raej with
half charred logs , absolutely dry ; railroad
rails bent and twisted like hair pins ; great
roots with masses of clinging earth , showIng -
Ing how the giant pines were torn from
the ground ; and most awful and most deso
late , the gruisome graveyard In tha sand
hills beyond Illncklcy , where a long mound
marks the trench where the charred bones
and half burned trunks of 2G7 human beings
are burled ; all the * ; things , though silent ,
tell their story more vividly than the pen
of a Dante or a Hugo ,
UNDER STRESS OP DESPERATION.
Of course there were marvelous escapes.
It Is almost a mlraclJ that any living crea
ture could havD endured the smoke and
flames of fifty miles * of burning timber.
Every newspaper In the country has told
how John Draman saved fifty persons In the
shallow mill pond at Pokegama and how
Jim Hoot stood like a hero and brought his
human cargo to a place of safety. There
are many more stories of self-sacrifice that
will never be told. When the train , which !
left Illnckley , was already moving , crow3fd
to the platform with pantc-strlckcn humanity ,
a woman ramo running to the train with
her child In her arms , and leapt headlong
from the ground to the platform , narrowly
escaping death beneath the wheels. . This
Is only one of the many Instances of what
sheer desperation will do.
Hut even with such horrible tales' and sad
cases that make one's ' heart achs at hear
ing them , there were humorous Instances
as veil. The night before that awful Satur
day the Einoko had already bicoino quite
dense and fears for the worst were already
apprehended. Ono of the business men of
Hlnckl = y came homo that evening nnd found
Ills wife on her knees , pray luff and crying as
It her , heart would brrak.
"Well , what's the matter now , " he asked.
"Oh ! John , John ! Judgment day has come , "
she sobbed. "
'No ' , you fool , " John answered philosophi
cally. "Not In the night. "
LINEMEN GOT A DRINK.
The fire , of course , burned down all the
telegraph poles and there was no communica
tion through the burned district. A crew of
linemen wvre Immediately sent out la put up
the wires. Ono of the linemen. rcltlng his
experience- , told how they waded knee dsep , at
times , In smouldering cinders. "There
wasn't no well nur creelc In the hull coun
try , " hi said. "There was two un us , un
we hadn' lied a durncd bit ter eat. nur
a drop ter drink for 'leven hours , un I wus
clean baked , inside un outside. I could 'a
eaten roast mult , stuffed with flro crackers ,
un drunk from a horse-trough. Well , just
then , number fourteen , the fast mall , hove
In sight. Well , what d'y think we did ? We
up un fagrd her , with some lighted brush ,
un brought her down In a Jiffy.
"What's up ? ' says hw. 'Bridge down ! '
'Naif , ' says I. 'Breakdown ahead ? ' says he ,
N w , ' says I. 'Well , what the devil do you
want ? ' saya he. 'I want a drink uv
water , ' says I. P'r'aaps y' think
we didn't get it. He passed
us out a bottle , un U wusn't water neither ,
un then he went In , un brought out a basket
ful o' lunch un a halt o' can uv milk. We
eat down on a burned log un hcd a reg'lar
layout. " lie shook the ashes out ot his
pll > e and turned to me , * as he finished , "I
say , panl , a man that'll flag a passenger
train lur a drink uv water ain't 't all bash-
lull. Yer ain't got a , cigar In yer clothes ,
hev yet"
FIRE FIVE HUNDRED FEET HIGH.
They say that the fire traveled at the rate
ot chcly miles an hour , and au hour after it
sturlcd the whole country was burning from
Pokrgama to Sandstone , Along the road
them are places which the nra seemed to
skip , where the saplings are bent to the
ground nnd huge pines are uprooted. The
direction of the force It readily seen , as
trsxa all lie from the northeast , pointing to
the southwest. An ordinary pile of brush
will flame up three or four times Its dwn
height and those great pines must have abut
a llamo 400 and 500 ( cet In the air. The
wall of moving Qaino must bave been twice
AS high as the High school tower , or four
times as high as The Dee building. With
a. force driving this on with the rapidity < > f
* . railroad train and tha force of a. cyclone no
mind can have the slightest conception of
1U power ot dUtructlon. In. St. Cloud ,
cercnly flra miles swaff today the smoke
from Dm fires la sutnclrtft to be irrltutlng to
BOILER ANirENOINR LEFT.
Golnq past I'oken } fi/Y / on the train one
would nercr know Uitjro hod been n settl -
mint on the spot vrwilflho place not pointed
out. The only vestjge of the town Is the
remains of a boll , r "an J engine , halt hurled
In debr'a ' , where ttyOTtnw mill stooJ. At
UlrcMev Ihe round libitse of the Great
Northern nnd the \iatcr taut : by a strange
freak remain untouched These and the
walls of Ihr brick sMiSH hoiifc arc- all tint
rcn lned sJithtilng iCSaiUie buildings ot a
town of 1.200 re-pie. QUiouscs , whlrh Herd
near thp edge of tlie ( Own. there Is left not
oven the blarhenril Olrttlers ( o show that a
lions' occupied tha tpot UiUnlly a small
pile ot bricks from fhc chimney , a shape)313 )
cook ate o und a few Iran lioussholtl utensils
if the only trace of aliptne. I picked up a
chain , the links of which were welded to
gether , and you could lisa It for n walking
stick. Glass Is often melted on theprou'i.l ' ,
like the drippings of a candle. I taw A
llallton melted so thai It wus hardly recog-
l/ublu ns such and rails twisted llko tele-
Starih wire. In the whole town of Illnckl y
you could liaidly pick up n pleco of wood it *
big as your hand , Everything was burned
to ashes ,
The lumber towns which escaped burning
are by no mojns out of danger yot. There
hnve be n one or two slight showers since
the fire , but , nllh no heavy rain here In
tlueu month : ) , the country Is still very dry
nnd the forests arc burning In many places.
Last nlglil , pnsslnff Mora , the whole sky was
lighted up by Ores probably fiUen miles
to the south. What have once been swamp-
lan.l Is now filled with grasses , man high ,
and dry as tinder. As soon as the frosts
come the grass and undergrowth becomes
very dry and Is highly Inflammable , so that a
strong wind may Bill ] do great damagj to
the timber lands and lumber towns.
CHAIU/E3 C. HOSEWATBIl.
DEATH IN ITS PATH
( Continued Irom First Page , )
tlroly demolishing It , only a part of one side
being left. Then It took the three elevators
and three flax warehouses on the Milwaukee
track , demolishing them and exposing their
contents to the storm. F. J , Trask's ' business
block was quickly smashed down Into a one-
story building as It struck by a mighty blow
from above. C. A. Roy's hardware store was
treated In the same way ana wrecked. The
rnnln part ot Porter & Young's store with
general merchandise waa destroyed. Harry
Cotton's new residence was demol.ahcd . ,
The opera house was nest In the path ot
destruction. A party ol about thirty
couples was enjoying a dancing party there
when the whole building collapsed upon
them , Two dead bodies , those of young Kin-
ley ( nnd Albertson , hnve been taken out. The
others wcro injured'and bruised , but prob
ably not seriously. W. W. Sweet's house
was wrecked but Mr. Sweet and his wife
wore away at the tlmo. J. M. Wlckoff's res
idence | was blown nway. The family were
on their way down Into the collar when the
cyolcno struck them and they escaped with
out Injury. R. Q. Young's house was de
stroyed , but the family took to the cellar and
escaped.
The new Daptlst parsonage was totally de
molished. Klder Bryant nnd his family were
fortunately | In the country at the time. Ono
or two new houses beyond , were also
wrecked. Klllen's store building , Chamber
lain's ] harness shop , Dr. fAsdorfI'B ! office nnd
residence. Sweet's harness shop , I.arabee's
store building and other buildings were
moro , or less racked ( wliu the wind , fronts or
sides , blown In , roofs''lifjicn ' off or otherwise
damaged , , A number of outbuildings and
smaller , buildings were' swept away.
During the a tor in , fire broke out. Flames
were discovered In Totter & Brown's store.
This building was filled nlth a new stock of
goods , which were' totally consumed , with
the building. The flr.e communicated to
Smart & Butler's MtdVyare store and this
was also burned. The JCasswell hotel was
completely burned , the bare brick walls nlono
telling of the disaster1. Strenuous efforts
of the- citizens saved'tlib town from further
ravages by fire. , Th'4' wind fortunately
spared the residence jiortlon of the vlllag ?
almost entirely ortfto list of Wiled nnd
wounded must have btferi'heartrending. The
loss Is estimated nt'ab'onl ' ' { 15,000. ,
The storm had theMsilal peculiar focus cf
a cyclone. One bulIdlYte would be demol
ished completely , while the one next stands-
unharmed. Some of the buildings were
crushed clown as If an Immense weight from
above had fallen on them.
( IN I.AKII su r i : n i o it.
Orn I.iKlcm Dnrcjn llrcaklns tip Kritr Hun-
cork Kjcrttln HCHCUO of Din Clew
CLEVELAND , Sept. 22. A special from
Hancock , Mich. , says : A storm la now rag
ing on Lake Superior. Xlargc Plcknnda ,
ore-laden , from Ashland to South Chicago ,
went ashore on Kevveenaw point near Kagle
river this morning- . The crew were rescuea
with the utmost ( Hfllcutty. A heavy se
Is running anil the vessel 1st badly exposed
anilwill probably break up , as she Is ex
posed to the full fury of the waves.
Severn M Inil Storm In Diikotn.
ABERDEEN. S. D , , * " Sept. 22. The sever
est wind and dust storm In years Is raging-
here. Much ilamnge has been ilone , Re
ports of heavy losses nre coming from
neighboring tovvna and the country.
IllRli Uln.l t Ilunlap.
DUNLAP. la. , Sept. 22. { Special Tele
gram. ) At 9 o'clock tonight the wind Is
blowing a fierce gale of about thirty miles
per hour.
PACIFIC MAIL'S .YKII'
Now Mailcan 1.1 no Will Operate on lloth the
Allnntlo unit PitclHr.
SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 22. The ChronIcle -
Icle says : The rivals of the Pacific Mall
compuny for the Mexican tradeon the Pa
cific coast hnvo become the rivals of C. P.
Huntlnfiton on the Atlantic coast. Two
concessions were granted to Don Ellso
Canton Julio from the Mexican government ,
one from Santa Cruz to San Francisco , and
the other from the terminus of the Te-
huantepec road on the Gulf of Mexico to
New Orleans. General Coney of Mexico
Bays that this latter concession has been
granted , and Is of the Impression tliat both
franchises were issued to the same com
pany. The terminus of the line of steamers
on the Atlantic will be Progressa , in Yuca
tan , Iluntlngton's line runs from New
Orleans to Vera Cruz , on the Gulf of Mex
ice , Progressa Is just across the gulf , nnd
it Is said the Pacific Mall company has
had In contemplation the extension of the
line to that point. However , affairs at
Washington kept" the magnate too busy
nnd the opportunity slipped by. A great
trade could have been built up by an Amer
ican line of steamers between Yucatan and
the United States , and the new line will
probably reap the benefits. Progressa ! M
the port of entry for Merido , the capital
city of Yucatan. England has the trade of
Yucatan now , shipments all trolnjT bv the
southern coast through British Honduras.
The port of shipment Is Dellz. The natives
ship their cotton arul hemp to England , re
ceiving In return for the most part arms
nnd ammunition. Tha , proposition is that
Huntlnnton will buy ( ie Tehuantepec rail
way when he g-eta readiy. To make a pur
chase , however , there must needs be a
seller , and the Mexican1 government Is not
nctlnfr as If It were very anxious to part
with the new road. . Ift as has been said.
President Diaz la polnir to spend $5,000,009
In ImprovingIhe Santa Cruz harbor. It
would seem that the Rttvernment Is desirous
of mnklnp a trial of government ownership
of railroads. rri
Mexico needs anolher > llne of steamers on
the Pacific skip. Exorbitant freight rates
have not been the , only thorn -wlilrh the
Pacific Mull lian t ru l. | n the people , but
the high rates nf paf | ehier , transportations
You can BO to New York as cheaply as vou
can BO to Panama " -tin1 the Pacific Mall
steamers. 1 * j
Dlicluirctil from flin.Mlllllu In ni crnro.
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. J2.-A refusal to
obey the governor's order has led to n court
martial In the First regiment of the In
diana mill ! In. Colonel Robblns. adjutant
general , said today that Heveral men In
company A and company D of the First
regiment hr.vo been removed from the nilll-
tla because they did. not answer Governor
Matthews' order for troops on June 2. The ,
companies met and expelled themen. . Com
pany A In located nt Vtncennea , and com
pany D at Washington. The names of the
dismissed militiamen are not made known.
Olilrxt OHM Leader in Mlunurl Dying.
MEXICO. Mo. . Sept. 22-John Reed U
dying at his home In this city. He Is In his
90th year , lie was born In Marlon county ,
Kentucky , In 1805. He has the distinction or
being the olileat class leader In Missouri.
lie came to this , state In 1S31 and settled In
J ifoone countyi
EZETA IS NOW A FREE MAN
All tbo Snlvacl rcna Rofn eos Except Ono
Uncharged b ; Judga Morrow.
CFFENSES WERE OF A POLITICAL NATURE
Clpiifnpo * llcld forKxtrmlllliin nn u
of iMtinlrrCommlttml Iteforo the Oii
Ing n f Ilo'tllltlo * AVIII Aii | > rnl
to thn 1'rcslilent ,
SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 22. Three of the
lour San Salvador refugees who wcro brought
hero on the United States steamMilp Hen-
Ington and wcro arrested by the federal au- I
horltles at the solicitation of the govern- i
nent of San Salvador are now free. They are
General Antonio Ezcta , General Leon Bnlanos .
.nd Captain Major Florenclo Dustamcntc. | I
"ho fourth , Colonel Clanfugos , will be sent
, .
> ack to San Salvador to answer for the
rimes charged against him. Such Is the
nirport of the decision rendered by United
States District Judge Morrow. His decision
s a long one. and occupied moro than nil
iour In delivery. The court , after reciting
ho demand oC the government ot San Salvador
vader for the refugees , went Into the hls-
ory of the Ezeta administration , which
began In March , 1SD1. Prior to that Carlos
iJzeta had headed a revolution against tha
ixlstlng government , In which the ] resident
was slain. The court then referred to the
'evolution ' of this year , which began April
2 and ended In the downfall of the Ezctn
government , nnd the Incidents connected
gltl the flight of the rolugees. The fugi
tives had been detained on board the Bcn-
ilngton ! owing lo a demand made for extra
dition ! soon after they had boarded the Uen-
ilngton , The provisional government was
not recognized by this government until
August 24. The court says the matter rested
on whether there was sufficient evidence ot
criminality to justify him , as a committing
naglstratc. In granting the demand for ex-
radltlon. He had proceeded under section
5 i,270 , otthe Revised Statutes. Ho did not agree
.hat proof sufficient to convict would be nec
essary ! , but considered that the evUenca
should be sufficient to convince n cautions
man ot the guilt of the accused. The proper
ilaco for trial was where the crime had been
committed , ; any other course of procedure
would entirely destroy the usefulness ot ex
tradition treaties. These views wore In ac
cordance with former decisions In extradi
tion cases.
tlC The first case considered waa that of
Clenfiigos. charged with attempt to murder
Andrles Maya In San Salvador. The court
held that as the net In question had been
committed about four months before the
revolution. ' It was devoid ot any political
aspect , and so the court would hold htm for
extradition , in the opinion ot the court no
sufficient defense for Clenfugos' action had
been made.
OFFENSES WERE POLITICAL.
The second case was that of Balanos and
Bustamente , charged with hanging four un
known persons In Prlmavcra on May 21.
The court held that Hie- testimony In this
catfb was ot a hearsay character , and could
not bo given any weight. The testimony
also was that military operations were going
on at that time.
The third case was that of all the defend
ants , charged with having hanged Caslmlro
Uonrlqucz. Henriquez waa hanged as a spy.
Of this offense Balanos was Innocent. The
other three were guilty.
The robbery cf the bank ot San Salvador ,
charged lo Ezeta , was next considered. The
court considered the evidence of guilty pre
ponderated I , but llko the preceding case , It
would have to bo considered In Its political
phase. As to the killing ot Canas on the
road j to La Llbertad , It was evident that
Ezeta 1 ami Clenfugos had committed the act.
The more Important side , the court said , was
the t political phase of the cases presented.
Except 1 as to the assault committed by
CJonfugos ( on Amaya , all the acts In question i
had II I been committed during actual hostilities.
It I , hail not been decided what constituted I
a ! p'olltlcal crime. Ho believed that the three
cases 1I 1 here under consideration wcro political.
Opinions I of representatives of the South
American states at the Panamerlcan congress
were cited to show that the character ot the
robbery here cited was common In Latin-
American revolutions. There was no doubt ,
the court said , San Salvador was In a state
of siege during all the tlmo aftei April 29.
when the crimes , except Clenfugos' attack
on Amaya , had been committed. A state
of siege there corresponded with martial law
hero. The court said the overthrow of the
Ezcta government did not change the na
ture of the case. If this were true the case
properly came under a military court , which
was paramount where It had Jurisdiction ,
otherwise the atfsault by Clenfugns was of
a political nature. So the court orders all
the defendants except Clenfugos discharged.
The court's announcement was received
with applause. Clcntugos was remanded to
the custody of the United States marshal to
await the action of the president.
Ezeta Is very bitter towards the San
Salvadoreans. Ereta has outlined n cam
paign against them which he will embark
upon as soon as possible. He will go first
to Washington , where he will work In be
half of Clenfugos , and then will Join his
brother , Carlos , In Paris. Then he will go
to Mexico , meet his fellow refugees , Coloche ,
Bustamcnto and Bones , and organize an army
for tha Invasion ol San Salvador. Ezeta's
friends say that before a year some of the
present officials of San Salvador will be fight
ing extradition proceedings against the Ezeta
government.
Into Don f Tlilovo * .
C. Lovgren Is a hotel keeper of East
Omaha , and yesterday afternoon ho went to
Scuth Omaha with a companion. Lovgren
had a roll of bills In his possession and a
valise. They started to return home last
nlRht , and about 9 o'clock they had
reached Sixteenth and Webster streets They
started up the alley between Webster and
Burl , east of
Sixteenth , and were accosted
by a woman named Mag Alllsou , and in-
vited to enter her house. Thry dltl RO , ml
| whllo talking to the woman Lovgr n was
atri'ck on the head with a bar ot Iron In the
h&t.ds of William Grimes , n negro , nn > l
hutched senselniu. Meantime ) Lovgrcn's com
panion had started for n pollcemnn. When
they returned LovRrcn WAS found uncoil-
sc'iit's ' , and was taken to n physician's ofTUv.
The wound -was an ugly ono , and required
eight Rtltclics ,
Grimes nnd the woman were arrested
Inter by Ofltcers Renfrew and Flsk. The
valise was missing. The assailant hail had
no tlmo lo rifle Lovftrn's pockets.
intSTUonsti aii.ttji uv tritur.Kx.iT.it.
Derision of tiering ; Son Arbllrntlnn Trlliuinil
Itrlnu Ignnrnl.
( Copyrighted IEiy ) ( \ Press I'ubltihlni ; Company. )
TOICIO , Japan , Sept. 22. ( New York World
Cable Special to The Bee. ) The news comes
from Bering sea that the dtclslon ot the In- | j I
tcrnallonal tribunal ot arbitration at Paris <
has been proved to bi a failure , so fur as tha <
protection to the seals Is concerned. Fully
90 per cent of the seals that hnve been taken
this season. It Is reported , were killed out
side the limits prescribed by the arbitrators ,
nnd he worst ot It Is that the most ot the
seals slain by the pelagic sealers are fe
males , whoso destruction by the wholesale
in this manner threatens practical ex
termination of the species In a comparatively
ftw .
years.
_ _
of Mr * . II. .1. Mrycr.
The. funeral of Mrs. H. J , Meyer was held
from the family residence , 19 1C Douglas
Street , at 2 o'clock yesterday nfternoon. The
casket stood In the front parlor nnd was al
most hidden by Its burden of Marcchal
Nlet roses. Besides these , huge pllluwg. ot
roses and a profusion of anchors and other
Iloral effects testified to the- esteem In which
the deceased wan held by those who knew
and loved her
Mrs. Merer was a woman of rare disposi
tion and but few had won so many true and
earnest friends. She was charitable In
word and deeds and had always been most
prominently Identified with benevolent pro
jects. From this phase of her character
sprung the most touching tribute life could
offer to the dead. All yesterday forenoon
thera was a stream of people at the door
for a last look upon the face that had conio
to them In trouble with hope and assistance.
Some of them were almost unknown to the
bereaved friends , but each had been the ob
ject of some act of kindness from the de
ceased. The services were conducted by
Rev. A. J. Turkla of the Kountze Memorial
Lutheran church , who spoke earnestly of
the truly Christian life of the deceased. The
services WCTO very Impressive nd a _ long
line of carriages followed the- remains to
Prospect Hill cemetery. The pall bearers
were Messrs. Emll Durr , Henry Pundt ,
Thomas Foley , George Heimrod nnd Judge
Gustavo Anderson.
Krar Hrul Collision In Knimnn.
TOPEKA. Sept. 22V A rear-end collision
of freight trains occurred this morning nt
KImdnle , n slatlon on the Santa Fc twenty-
live miles west of Kmporla. Biirdettc Hart
ley , fireman , who lived at Argentine , Kan. ,
vviis killed. The trains were badly wrecked.
Hartley's parents live in Lawrence.
Nntmt C Iilcngn Caterer Dentl.
CHICAGO , Sept. 22. Herbert SI. Kinsley ,
the noted Chicago caterer , died In New
York city today. Hla death was the result
of a. surgical operation performed there.
l-'ulr unit Cold or , with Front Sunday anil
Mon.lny Mornings.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 22. Tlie forecast
for Sunday Is :
For Nebraska Fair ; colder : northwest
winds , with frosts Sunday and Monday
mnrnlncs.
For South Dakota Fair ; probably slightly
cooler , with frosto Sunday and Monday
mornings ; northwest winds.
For Iowa Generally fair ; cooler ; north
\ west winds , with frost Monday morning.
' For Missouri Showers 1n the early morn-
, followed by fair ; colder , with frost
Monday morning In the northern portion ;
south winds , becoming northwest.
I For Kansas Fair ; colder , tvlth probably
frost In the northern portion Monday
morning ; winds becoming north.
POPE LEO'S ' FOREIGN POLICf
Bishop Koana Brings Baoli From Rome au
Important Inkling of It.
MAKING UP TO DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES
Hit * Nu Cio for l > cnr > ntUin nnd
Unlvomal SulTraca Under the Moral III-
llUiMU-M of Church llutt Settle
HoHul Problem * .
IULT1MORE , Sept. 22. nlshop J. J.
Kenne , rector ot the Catholic university M
Washington , reached New York by tbi
steamer Britannia. Ho went ID Homo for
the purpose of personally seeing the popa
anil tclllni ; him of tha Catholic university anil
the condition of affairs In that Institution.
In speaking of the relations ot the Qulrlnal
to the Vatican Illshop Kcnne said that thi
policy of the tope , In view ot the recent
overtures In Italy , Is the union of the churcli
with the great democratic powers of th
future that Is , America and Franco , Th !
Is his hope , and toward It all his remark *
nhlo energies are bent. He , ns n clear
sighted statesman , Is opposed to mllitirlsm
and despotism , and Is , consequently , In sym
pathy with France rather thnn nlth tha
Triple alliance , of which Italy forms a part.
The pope thinks that a universal suffr.iga
controlled by moral and religious Inlluenca
iiuut decide the great racial questions of tha
future. The social question the pops recog
nizes as the great one of Ilia future.
iu l.icrnst > fl.
The following marriage licenses were ls
sued yesterday :
Name nnd Address. Age.
nuut Anderson , Orruvfortl , In 2 (
Clara Johnson , Omnhn ft
Allle R. 131 } % Omnha a
Helen M. Cnyley , Nevada City. Mo 11
Ladies' Suits ,
Our ready made suits are now on ex
hibition.
The ladles of Omaha nnd vicinity tire
invited to call and inspect them.
Our tailor in ado suits rungo from $9.09
to $50.00 each.
Our house , dresses range from $7.60 to
$75.00 each.
Send for catalogue of suits.
. | ( . § GOFIELD
1 Cloaks , Suits , Furs
COB 16TH AND PAENAM ST. , OMAHA ,
PAXTON BLOCK. ,
Mrs. J. BENSON
New Fall Underwear.
At Way Down Prices ,
Ladies' fleeced vests and
pants in gray and ecru at 390.
A fine line in ecru in extra size
at 500 : gray at 750.
Ladies' heavy gray and ecru
cotton union suits Si each ;
gray wool and cotton mixed
$1,75 ; fast black 81.85.
Ladies' black tights $1.00 , § 1.50 , $2.00 , $2.50.
Children's gray pants and vents i2c to 380. , '
A nice line of jersey ribbed pants and vests
in mixed wool and cotton and all wool for
children.
a A
Knit skirts from 500 up.
See the Souvenirs we are giving away with
purchases.
Here's a Bargain.
v$8 OO per Pair.
fvVe will place on sale Monday and give
* s
you tlie choice of any pair of ' -j
*
s
Chenille Curtains :
in the house ; not a pair in the lot but what
cost us more than $5.OO , and from that
price up to $7.5O , but as long as they last
take your choice. They are all full size *
fringed top and bottom.
Omaha Carpet Co.
Douglas Street.
After October ist at 1515 Dodge Street , Omaha ,
