THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JU TE an , J871. OlMjUFA. Fill DAY [ MOttXING. OCTOBI3K 1 ! , 189-1. SINGLE COL'Y FIVE CENTS.
FIGHTING THE INEVITABLE
Champions of the Contin cnt Candidate
Preparing for a Final Onslaught.
HAVE RAISED A NEW CORRUPTION FUND
All thai Motirjr , rn anil I'lnitlng Volrr *
C n Do Will lln l > imr CHlnmltjr Cru-
Still rnciittiitpr Itclmn >
from ItinliirBS Men.
The managers of the Majors campaign are
enable to conceal the fact that their situa
tion Is most deiporate. Up to within the *
pant ten days they have cheerfully c'almed
everything In sight and have assured their
friends all over the slate that success was
nol to bo doubted. Within the past few days
they have been compelled to face the true
situation Tor weeks they have spent money
with a lavish hand. The railroads contrib
uted thousands of trippasses. . Trains have
lieen run for their special accommodation.
.Everything that money and railroad Influence
could supply has been at their disposal. And
yet lesn than two weeks before election they
lire compelled to acknowledge the certainty of
defeat.
Bo desperate ) Is the situation that the
Ilurllngton railroad has added $15,000 to the
$19,000 already contributed to the campaign
fund and other sources , have been appealed
to for funds The money thus contributed
IB to be used ai a corruption fund with which
to purchase voters , and It Is to the plans
for the purchase of the necessary votes that
the campaign maruRcrs are bending their
every attention at Ihe present time The
scheme for ( he corruption of the ba lot box In
Omaha and South Omaha is already per
fected. In addition lo the purchase of votes
In the cities It is proposed to colonlre
voters In western nnd northwestern parts ot
the state In order to do this successfully
the most careful arrangements are being
made The old polling books of last year
Imvo been secured and from them have been
taken the names of thousands of voters who
are known to have left the slate. The names
of these absent voters will be given by the
colonists who expect to vote without being
detected by the unsuspected peopc In the
rural districts Within a few days the an
nouncement will bo made in the columns of
I" ' the railroad press that Investigation has re
vealed the fact that the exodus from Nebras
ka has not been ncarl ) so great as had bean
lupposed. In this way the railroad managers
hope to discount the effects ot the discovery
3l the presence ot thousands of Illegal votes
nhcn the returns comeIn
It Is also learned that plans have already
been considered ( o contest the election ol
ludgo llolcomb In the event that his plurality
lu within 3000 votes of the total vote glvoi
to Majors. In order to bolster up ths scheme
and give It a semblance ot respectability
the public vvlll within a few days be notified
that a reward will be pnld by Ihe state cen
tral committee for evidence of Illegal voting
BOGUS HUSINESS S115N
Although the Omaha Iluslness Men's as
sociation Is composed of considerably less
than 100 members Includlrg- duplication
of names a persistent attempt Is being made
by the manufflctuiers of faXe campaign ma
terial to convey to the state the Ide-i tha
the movement Is aided by nearly every one
of the business men of the city The officers
of the organization flnsl announced that the
list contained l.GOO names This fact was
iiulckly disproved here In Omaha , but a II
travels In seven-league boots while trull
Is getting out of bed When the story reachee
1'remont the list had grown to l.iOO A
lleatrlco It had Increased to 3,000 At Lin
coin the list was said lo contain 00 per con
ot the names of all the business men o
Omaha Ity the time the story has reached tin
confines of Chatte county It will assert will
cheerful confidence that the list contains tli
names of nearly 18,000 wholesale merchants
not to speak of several thousand bankers
The facts are that of the 300 and odd mine
In the list nearly 100 are not even referred ti
in llradstreet's or Dun's reports. There IIP
hundreds of business men In Omaha \Ui
have refused to sign the roll , and many wh <
did sign did so at the urgent solicitation o
the banks , and have no sympith ) with th
movement They signed It rather than Incu
the displeasure of the barks allied to th
I ) . & M railroad
It was but natural that the friends an
allies of the I ) & M at Lincoln should foi
low the example of the railroad depositor
banks la Omaha , and organise a bus ties
men's association to bolster up the totterin
cause of the continent candidate foi gov
ernor. A call for a meeting was publlshc
and a number of bu Inois men assemble
ind passed the usual resolutions Then th
names of the business men were affixed l"ol
lowing the example of the promoters of th
enterprise In Omaha tha names of man
bus ness men were attached to the roll o
membership before their wishes were con
, f lulled In the matter , and as a result som
r'RorouB protests luvj already bscn rccorde
with more ; to hear from. A corresponds
( t Lincoln gives the facts with regard to th
organization , showing that the names o
business men who were not present wer
elgned , without ( her knowledge or cotiscn
The facts nre ns follows
WHAT IT HI3ALLY COMP1USES.
LINCOLN , Oct. 2o ( Special. ) Some Inler
cstlng developments have been made toda
In reference to the biMne > ss men's meetln
held , at the Lincoln hotel hist evening. Th
tnenllng was held In ic"-pon-e to a call b
C. J. Daubach uml others and wan nHondo
by twelve or thirteen iltlzens. c J Dai
bach called the * little uiaetnUlage to ordc
uml wus chosen clmliman Jliief sp.-ei he
were made byelib Hiton , Jame.s Heatoi
J. L. Teeteis , A M K'lvls , C. H. Gere un
others. The committee on resolutions nun
l repoit n'eelglng ( ho Mippoit of the bus ne-K
men of Lincoln to the defeat of the popu
list candidates
The iisolutjons were printed In the H X
M. Journal this morning , and nttiulied to
them were the signature ! * of mail * ot the
lending business men ot the city. The pub-
llcatlon of lh < ' list brought out wjver.ilig -
OIOUH protests ! ami an Investigation rc'Venlcs !
Ihe fact ( hat ( he slcnaturcs WCIP > ntllxed
by Ihe putties who had enjj-ln eted th nue'r
Ing.
Ing.The
The local manager of c H Havens S.
Po , ce > al dealers , was ono of the men who
did not sign ( he resolutions anil who wants
Ills name taken on" C. H Iliidge , senior
member of the hardware- firm of Undue fc
Morris , was anothet , nnil both members of
HIP llrm have leglstored n protest This
forenoon C' . J Daubach , who pi-ems to lie : >
the prime miver in ( ho nonpattNiin move
ment , ami who with Webb Kiton and U . e.1
licre , bus taken the- lead In Its promotion ,
visited Ihe afternoon , paiuru and requested
thnt ( he above1 names be omitted from the
list , frank. Helming mniianerof the Fnnke
opera lieu e. Is nnotlitr butliie'-n nian who
illd not know- that his name was on Iho - 10t.
liut after scclne It there he permitted It t.to
remain.
The iial energy back of the movement IH
Btimmc'd In t' J "
up Daubach "Webb Huiun
nnd C. H. Geie. Vtntibacli Is a well known
U. & . , M
republican. Webb Katon 1ms no
visible business enterprise In charge anil
has lone been recognized an ( he coadjutor
of J. II , Agcr In tun piumollnn of the
Majors boom , while C H Gere la the cdltoi
of theII & M. Journal There Is but lltlle
Interest taken In ' liep
the1 business men's move
ment In Lincoln
HOW lIOLCOMli DOKS
While the railroad mouthpieces in Fre
mont and Lincoln are collecting allldavlts
relating to Judge Ilolcomb's record It Is
BUKEosted ( hot they have overlooked ono
which vtas bent from Dodge county today.
It Is as follows
Stale of Nebraska , Dodge Count } , FB AVll-
t. Ham M. Stuart , n resld nt of rretinnl , Ntb
ays : I llveil In Custei county , Nebraska ,
from IS > 0 to IS'W ' , was personally acquainted
with Milan A. Holconib anil have hail busl-
IICHH relations with him I know him to be
an honest , upright man. In the jeur 1SMJ 1 I
vvntt farming , nrul , owingo my stralteneil
rlrciimstancef. v > ns nnuble to buy need
wheut. Mr. Ilflcomb come to me and vol
untarily gave me f.M with wliH'h to bu >
Hied vvncut. I took thf money , inirclnue.l I
the teeil wheat , anil after hun-i-silng mil 1 ,
veiling my crop I went to Mr llolcom'j and J '
pnld him back the ( JO and naked him what I
Intf > rr8 ( he wanted. Mr , Holconib ref'im oil l
to I'hurgu me any Inti-rcst nt all I t > hnll |
Kupport Judge Hodcomb for governor , llTh ,
though I am now and have awu > n been n
republican. During tny rcaldence In Ouster |
ounty and long acquaintance with Mr.
lolcomb I never knew of any charges
hatevcr being made against his honesty
ml Integrity
WILLIAM M STUAHT
Subscribed ami sworn to before me this
Ith day of October. 1M > 4
WUNKIL : : LIGHO Notary Public.
nXDOUSHMCN'T OK THH CHUUCU
In no campaign In the recent history of
Nebraska have the church people taken so
een an Interest as they have In the present.
lie serious charges against the I ) & M.
andlJate for governor , charges which he
are not meet , have opened the ejes of Chris-
Ian citizens to his true character. Under
uch circumstances , lestlmcnlala like the fol-
owing from the pen of a prominent min
ster In Illalr are not unexpected , and the
xpreg'lons of the writer voice the rentl-
ntnl of thousands of others throughout the
late. The letter below , published In the
Jlalr Republican , speaks ot Judge llolcomb
n terms cf strong endorsement
III.AIH , Neb , Got 23. 1631 IMItor Heptlb-
Ican : Deal Sir In ) our last week's Issue
he central committee of the "people s
arty" ilcslres to know from mo whether
consider Judge llolcomb "a safe man to
ntiust with the ntfiilis of this great state- . "
In reply I woulil cay , that while 1 am
lot n politic Inn Iti theenso In which tint
vonl Is u c'd today. > et I hive my Individ-
ml opinion In regari ! to what I think a
nan ought lo be ( o 1111 such a position
Having been acquainted with Ju Ige llol-
iomb for nenil > six 5 ears , I may sav that
believe him to be a man fully capable of
llllng the iiositlon he applies to
1'liyslcally , he possesses n body strong and
Igorous unvvcakrned by a single luxury
instalned by a. single- vice HTs
are all subjected to a rightly dl-
ected vvlll 1 have nlwnjs known him to
uni nslde from th" seilurtlotis ot a corrupt
o-clety an. ) the fasrlrntlom of sensual plea"-
ure
Intellectually , I believe him to be a man
of great ability puses tng a mind well cul-
ure < l anil < 1eveloji d. able to lay hold of the
> rofoundest pioblcms of Mate and maintain
he polution of the same amid the opposl-
lon of i > ollllcnl tricksters ami conupt par
tisanship lie Is n man broad In Ills Ideas
uul j-ct very conseivatlve and Independent
n all his dealings with men and with prln-
'Iple-s .An a jmlgp , I have wntcheil his < le-
cltili ns closely ami have found him just
ind HtraiBhttorwnid In Ills decisions thus
linking a ii'conl enviable lo many He
nnile for himself n name In C'u'-ter county
is a i ItUtn , as a tuwir , and In that d tr ct
is a Judge of eMTptloii.il ability
Mor.il ) > , I believe his leeuid Is c-lcnn If
le be not a true nnil honest man. ab'e ' to
rl'-o above the clfMine s of the times nnd
i.iitv , the hollow nnd nairovv conventionali
ties of Bocletv , to break down anil trample
iindPr his iniilgnant feet the lion trammels
of lobbyists unel si mil self-pulsed amid the
; loomlcst discouragements that come fiom
ihe oppoMtli.il ntul endure with fortitude
the Inevitable Ills of his position then he
s not the man for the position ; but I he-
lev e he is &uch n man and that If elected
ns governor ol this state we may e\pect
i vl" < e and judicious management of all the
urtalis of state .in far as his position will
ullow.
There Is but one fault I have ( o find
against Judge llolcomb , and that Is that he
ought to bo In the piohlbltlonlst part ) , but
as the judge thinks otherwise , we must
wait with pitlence foi his cunverIon to the
prohibition platform
In older that none may mistake vvheie 1
sin ml , a'lovv ' me to sa > tint I urn a prohi
bitionist win-never theie Is a chance to do
nn > thlnir. but when there Is not , then. 1 am
Independent of all rallies ami vote1 for the
i leanest .ind safest man. even though he
inaj illfter from rne on other minor points
I stand first last and all the time for the
p iilfleitlon of politics In the city , state and
nallcn I lemaln jours tiulv ,
Pastor I'lrst liaptlst Church
HIGH I'llICDD LITnUATUHU
The managers of the Majors campaign have
employed the services of a corps of paid
willors who are devoting their entire time
to the manufacture of faked stories and
No story Is too preposterous for
Ihrse Imaginative literary gentlemen to re
late and their pictures of ruin , distress and
calamity me luild with fiction of the most
palpable character. They make a specialty
of supplying the country press with stereo-
editorials all ot which ring the
changes of the calamity war cry The people
of Nebraska are assured In one pi ice that
' the election of the populist tlcl.el and the
consequent loss of state credit and state Im
migration will decrease the value of our
lands fully $5 per ncre. " It Is claimed that
land In ono county In Kansas l > lng adjacent
ti ) similar lands on the Ncbiaska side ot the
line ire worth $5 less per acre. Such stories
arc- intended only to frighten the credulous In
distant parts of he state who have no means
ot investigation There Is nothing in the
to warrant such outrageously false
assumptions A trip along the entire
boundary line between Nebraska and Kansas
wl I convince any fair minded man that lands
In Kansas are worth as much. Improvements ,
character of thesMI , topography and drainage
being equal as the lands on the Nebraska
side. This is not n mere1 statement drawn
from the Imagination It Is susceptible of
proof , and , moreover , It has bjcn proved.
o
.v/i./.jo.vs . .sirun. ; .
Mlnln , ; Claim to lie I'imeil Upon
In South Dnl 'l Next Mould.
SIOI'X TALT.S S D , Oct -Special ( ) -
Dining the term of United States court
now In s-eslon here the ciiFe of Samuel AV
Allerlon against the Highland Mining- com
pany vvlll be tried Mr Allerton Is ex-
pro lilrnt of the First National bank of Chl-
caw and one of the largest stockholders In
both that Institution ami the Allerton PackIng -
Ing oompanv of Chlctgo. He hues for ( he
toioverv of n llvo-thlrty-oeconds Intel est In
the Hoinestake No 2 mine In the Illack
Illllh , $ ' . ' ,313,730 , the amount of theprotlts
fiom the ilviMhhty-PtLomls of that mine
Hlncu 1ST3 , and $00,000 damages for ( he
wionicful withholding of the property from
( he plaintiff since 1S79
The tomplalnt states that the mine In qu" -
tlon Is situated on the divide between Gold
Itun and Bobtail gulch , just north of Lead
( ' ! ( > , and that the plaintiff has been the
ilKhtful ownei of and entitled to possession
of a Uvp-thlrty-spoomlH Interest in ald
mine hlnce July 16 , 1S79 That since thai
date the Highland Mining company has
withheld funn the plalntllC the possession ol
dip Mild flve-thlrty-fccoiids Interest , and
for this the plaintiff auks SM.CO ) ilamiiges
Thf complaint ulhgcs that the rentsi , liues l
ami piotlts of the said gold mine Hlnce Julj
li. ( 1873 , have been M 1.000.000 nnil that Ilve-
thirtsecondH of this 01 $ -,313.760 , belong *
to ( he plaintiff
In uhHvvviIng the rompanv admits the resl-
denrc of the plaintiff , but denies any knowl-
edg" as to whether he Is a citizen of the
state of Illinois or of the United States
AdmltH the existence at the Highland Min
ing comptinv. aa descilbed In the complaint
but denies all other allegations. That an ( o
the J.1,113,75) pait of the caiist
htutisl In the complaint , the sim
Uhl not accrue six yearx before the com
mencement of tlile action. Thomas J. Orler
piiperllitcmlcnt of the Hoinestake Mining
compiin. which includes Ihe Highland cam
pnny , makes atltduvtt as to the coirectneHs
of th ' answer
The plaintiffs attorney Is Colonel \Vllllan
H I'arKer of Deailvvoou , and the defendant
( ompanj Is loprosinted by ItB own utor
IHM , ev-Vnlted StiitfS Senator Gideon I *
Mcii.l.v . and Hon r J IVasliabaugh o
DeuihvooO , iisshted byVinsor \ . Klttredgt
of this city
Tlicie Is another suit pending In the Illuck :
Hills against this mining corpoiadon In
volvliik' S7W,000 worth of limber lands The
United Stutca Is plaintiff in this latter
lutlon.
/us n / / v.v rR.tm > ,
Sfinallun il IllMiroo < IISB luvolilng rronil
iifnt I'copH on 'Irlnl.
CIIirAOO , Oct. 23. The divorce caseo
Kverett IX Stiles against Lillian llrovve
Stiles , in which Herbert P. Crane , son o
( millionaire elevator
man. Is named ns co
respondent , was opened ( oday by Judg
Kwlng. The charges made by Sir. Stiles h
his bill , the counUr charges of Mis. Stile
In her cross bill nnd the testimony of the
complainant today promise sensational Ui-
velopineiits. Sir Stiles testliled that diirlnj ,
a vlHt ( to Crane's Biimnit-i home nt Lake
UenovaVls. . he
, , actectecl Crane coming ou
if the room occupied by Mrs Stllew H <
went In anil fount ) Ills wife In tears um
lolil her Hhc must not allow the visits o
Mr Ciune to continue. Later , he avers , hi
wife melvecl love letters from Mr. Crane
and when he nmonstrated bhe becume IDS
terit-ul uul told linn to go away for two
we-eks and give ) her time to collect he
( hough ! * He went us she requested an.
up n bin teturn found another man In hi
houxe wh m he thought had no business
Iheie and then he and his wife repainted
Th ruse Is expected to la t for ten days
All iMrtl s to the suit are uf high soda
RA8 AFTER THE FIRST ROUND
Chinese Dropped Their Guns and Sought
Safety ia Plight ,
JAPANESE FORCES CROSS THE YAIU RlVEH
Preparations Ilclng Mniln In Ailtnnro on tlin
Plum 1'oilllon of the Cliliipnc St
of ( ho Cell st lull Not Materially
lurri-nxcd l.atclj.
LONDON , Oct. 25. A dispatch from Toklo
dated today , pays that Field Marshal Count
Vatncgeta has telegraphed to the war office
that a detachment of l.COO Japanese Infantry
crossed the Yalu river on Wednesday morn
ing and attacked the encmv. The Chinese
force consisted of COO cavalry and 100 In-
f.intry with two guns. The enemy lied
The Japanese captured a Chinese fort , two
guns and many rifles. The Chinese loss
was twenty killed ami wounded The
Japanese sustained no loss. The Japinese advance -
vance columns Llsh-III-
are marching upon - -
Ycn.
Ycn.A
A dispatch doted W-Tu , October 24 , ap
parently delajeil In t < emission , was re
ceived hero this -evening , giving de-tails of
the above fight. It says that ( he Japanese
were ferried over the Yalu river at Suko-
Chln nt daybreak Chinese earthworks had
been thrown up to oppose the landing of the
Japinese force , but a slight devotion en
abled the Japanese to cross the river and
land without opposition The Chinese lied
after the first few rounds were fired at ( hem.
The Japanese captured the works with a
rush The Chinese fled to batteries that bad
been constructed lower down the river throw
ing away their arms in their flight These
vvero found to be ant quated muskets. The
advanced detachment now holds SuJ-o-Chln
ferry to guard the passage of the Japancs.3
main bcJy , the advances of which will com-
lenoe at dawn tomorrow ( Thursday. ) The
apanese engineers have pontoons thrown
cross the river in readiness for the army
o pass over The Chinese nre still In force
n the batteries opposite \ \ l-Ju Their
trength has not materially Increase I during
he past week The main attack upon ( he
Chinese position will nol occur before Sim-
'ay.YOKOHAMA
YOKOHAMA , OcS. 25 The main body of
he Japmeso army Is reported ( o be aUack-
tig ( he Chinese position at Kuilcnsted , North
VI-Ju.
SHANGHAI , Oct 25. An official telegram
epcrts that a battle look place onVeducs -
lay between the Chinese and Japanese on
h ? Chinese side of ( he Yalu river. The
Ightlng was proceeding when the message
as dispatched. No details are given
YOKOHAMA , Ocl 2" . Liter advices fiom
he front show the Japatip.se army crossed
he Yalu river on Wednesday without further
ipposltlon and Immediately advanced to the
it ack of the Chinese at Klitleiiste. The
wttle Is now proceeding.
IAS I.VMM.I ) M : ui rnitr Airuuu
Ojaniil It. Itrporlcil li > He on Clil-
IH-KU 'nil uitli IIIn Atrnv.
SHANGHAI , Oct. 25. It Is reported here
hat the Chinese have evacuated I'ort Ar-
httr.
httr.A
A report Is also current that the Japanese
lave effected a landing at Tallen Wan ba )
u the Corean side of the Kwang-Tung pen n-
ua ! , not far from Poit Arthur.
YOKOHAMA , Oct. 25. U Is reasserted here
hat the army corps under Held Marshal
Oyama , formerly minister of war. has el-
'ectcd a landing at Selkloaso near I'ort
\rthur.
H Is also again averted here that Ihe
Japanese army under Field Marshal Vatna-
; uta has successfully crossed the Yalu river
nto Manchuria
It was announced on September 26 that
? leld Marshal Count 0 > uina had sailed from
Hiroshima with Ihe second Japanese squad
ron Since then It has been repeatedly
asserted that the Japanese had effected
: anding near I'ort Arthur and It has been
stated that a report was current that this
important place has been captured by the
Japanese On the other ham ! the Japanese
, ! iave several times been reported across the
Yalu ' river and also as having been re
pulsed For Instance on October i ) i
Shanghai dispatch slated ( hat Held Marsha
Oyama had crossed the Yalu river and the
last time he was reported to have been
repulsed was October 23 when It was ns
sertcd that 3,000 men met lu the engagement
which lesulted In the Japanese being driven
southward If the Japanese have been sue
cessful In their operations against the Chi
ncsc. it Is dttllcult ( o understand how the )
have so many of their soldiers wounded am
already sent to the rear.
A dispatch from Chemulpo on October 21
announced that 1,800 wounded Japanese liac
arrived ( here , asserted there vvas a larg' '
number of wounded Japanese at Seoul am
stated that 2,200 soldiers of the Jnpanesi
ami ) had already been sent back to tha
country Supposing the "large number" ti
mean another 2000 wounded , this would
show that the whereabouts of about 0,00
wounded are already known at Chemulpo
and It Is safe to assume that this numbe
does not Include those who were engagei
In the recent fights Bald to have occurrei
about the Ynlu river
LONDON Oct 25. Inquiries made at th
Japanese legation In this city show that ni
news confirmatory of the reported landing
of the Japanese army tinder Field Marsha
Count Oyama'near Port Arthur has been
received here. But the Japanese official
fully credit the report They add that 1
seems certain that Ojama's e-vpedltion wa
dspatchel with Ihe purpose of attacking
I'ort Arthur or Wel-Ilal-Wel or both
i.i iitiMi * * * nM ; u.i : si'v.
Irii'sted ' In Illriiililiiiu ltli 11 J-o.nl
J.ii.uif | r SerrctH Other War 2S ,
VANCOUVER. D. C , Otl 23. Among th
advices brought by the Empress of Japan t
news of the arrest at Hiroshima of a femal
spy who gives her name as Otata. She ha
been using her wiles with effect among Jap [
uticss ofllclats and had several of them at her
beck and call , with the result that she wa&
filling up on a magnificent load of Informa
tion for wily old Ll Hung Chang , ono ofT
whose extensive household It appears she was
Slip Is beautiful and accomplished in seduc
tive arts and ns she spoke Japanese fluently
v as admirably fitted for ( ho work to which
she was assigned. Her accent betr.ijs her
Chinese birth The oRlcers who had been
pa } lug for her smiles vvilh military secrets
will pay the penalty of their rashness.
At ( he battle of Yashan the Chinese loss
was , killed , 700 , wounded , 252.
Two different accounts are published in
Yokohama papers with reference to the Chi
nese troops having creeled six forts on the *
southern bank ot the Yalu river and fourteen
on the northern. They hare about eighty
guns In pos<lon and the- force assembled to
dispute the passage of the Japanese army
Ino ( Manchuria Is about "U.OOO The Nippon
publishes un account of un encounter between
the Maya Kou and ( our ChineseHhlps In Yel
low sea , where the Maya KOII was reo niwltcr-
ing. A tierce flwhl ensued In which the
Maya Kou sank one ol her opponents and then
escaped In a more or less injured condition
As the Maya Kou Is a # unboiit Dl but < J15
tons the engagement Is regarded as a myth
Prince Momltu and Count Kamura ve
left for Corea. The prince U a lieutenant In
Ihe navy and has been recalled from pe -
to res nine his post on the Nanlwal lt
Count Kamura U a rear admiral and It ltIs
rumored will take command of the squadron
In Corean waters.
The aggregate amount of bullion tilting
Into the hands of the Japanese 1 estimated
at 1 1S4.420 yen
Navigation In the Shlhtousha channel Is
now very dangerous , COO submarine mines
having been laid. A large junk atruck a tor-
edo recently anil both It aid c fishing boat
ere blown up nnd tho'crew tletroye < l. A
hlnese gunboat was ale > destroyed In the
atne manner.
A Seoul correspondent state * that a plot
i which partisans of thu TaMxjon-Kun were
npllcfltexl has been dlscover < l. The con-
plrators Intended lo raise lo the throne Ll
'o Shu , grandson"of TaPLon-Kun , and drive
ut of Corea the proJapanesestatesman
hn plot Included an lUtnc-k on the Japanese
esldenta In Seoul
Fierce persecutions lurvt broken out In the
wo southern provinces or Corea against the
ntlve Christians. This Is- headed by Tong-
laks , allies of the Chinese * In Corea. Already
. largo number o ( native cqnverts have been
nurdered and many robbed ami beaten. Pere
oseau , the French missionary , was captured
i > General Yeh while on Hie way to Seoul
lo nnd an attendant were Interrogated nnd
eaten by soldiers In the presence of General
Ych They wire afterwards seized by six
oldlers and hoisted oft the prounil by their
ars. While In this position Jo cau was
tabbed with a bayonet Iti his side by ono of
l' he ' ' soldiers The prisoners were Ihcn thrown
n their faces and their heads literally hacked
ft. General Yeh and staff complaccntlj re
garded the whole transaction and then went
way without a word , leaving the two head-
ess bodies on the hank .of Ihe river So
great Is the terror of Christians that It
was two days before Ihe native Christians
entured ( to bury the bodies.
At Peking and Tien-Tsln great fear Is
'elt by the foreign residents of an attack by
natives. The latter appear to have the ex-
raordluary idea that ( he foreigners are help-
IIK the Japanese.
The Ilrltlah steamer Patlianvvhlch wns seized
> y the Chinese war ship Yansheng , has been
eleased on demand of theIlrlttsh minister.
The Chinese claim that the Pathan had on
> oaril two cates of revolvers nnd ono of
cartrldRes for Japan ,
Telegrams to the Japan Stall from Kyoto
mder date of October 6 say a , gieat battle
vas expected lo lake place at Kn > ou within
he next fortnight.
rt > i.in > in WITH AS UNKNOWN stur.
I tig Striimi t CHIIUI O.It .VII Klght. lull tile
Into ol the Oilier Nol leiirneil.
SOUTHAMPTON , Ocl 25 The collision
letween the Amcrlcin steamship- Paris , Cap-
aln Walklns which arrived hare last night
'rom New Yoik , and an unknown ship which
sank soon afterwards , us cabled exclusively
: o the Associated press Is the subject of an
nvestlgatlon here upon the pait of the agent
of the American line. According to first re-
lorts , the col Islon took place between 130
and 2 a. m. Wednesday during thick weather
accompanied bj heavy rain. As soon after
ho collision as possible 'the 'Paris ' waa put
about and a. search was madb for the ship ,
which , although sighted for a moment , dlsup-
icared before a llfebou could be lowered
and nothing more was seen of her , although
ho Paris searched until daylight. The liner
was compelled to proceed for this po-t with
out having sighted thti wrecked vessel again
or having saved any of the crew , which Is
supposed lo have foundered soon after tlie
collision.
When she arrived here It was reported
hat the vessel with which the Paris collided
showed signals ot distress after the collision ,
[ hat bcriMins , were heard aboard of her , and
that she illsplajed a white'light about three
nlnutos befoic the collision. It was added ,
liowevcr , that no led or green light was
visible until after the steamer struck the
now n ship The Paris landed her passen
gers here , some of whom were seen previous
to their elepurtiiie for London , and they all
joined In Buying the shock of the collision
was so light that they dld'notiknoir of the
accident uitil | the- next day. Unt one-prtup ;
passengers were awakened fiy tITe co llslpn
and went on deck. Some of tne crew of the
Paris say that the baric was cut clean In
two , and this Is probably correct , as both
sides , of the bow of Die I'arlS for tlilrty-fho
feat show signs of scraping. In addition one
of her port holes had been driven In , The
sailors of the Paris add that the steamship
was stopped Immediately after the collision
und that she returned to the vicinity of the
spot where the accident occurred. The sail
era ot the American liner agree with the
passengeiH that there was conslderablo delay
In getting the fceirch light of the Paris In
working order. In faot , they assert thai
near ! ) an liour elapsed before the light could
bei thrown upon the water In search of the
wreck. The man on the lookout who sighted
the white light thinks that only two in In
utes elapsed between the sighting of the bark
and tha collision , and that H was Impossible
for the steamship to &teer oft In time to
overt a disaster
Later In the dny It became known that
the watch officers of the I'ails had made
statements which throw additional light upon
the collision , nnd which would seem lo
Indicate that the bark tuny not have foun
dered after all They say they believe- the
vessel Is still afloat and assert thit the Paris
only struck the bark's bowsprit and hud not
touched her hull and they'conclude from this
that a vessel 60 slightly damaged wll
probabl ) arrive nt some channel port ere
long.
-4-
< ] iitnN : < .SDCiAi.iyr OOMMCI.SS.
Ailiou of the Cavnrtau Deputies
StiiiQtlnneil.
I'HANKFOUT-ON-THn-MAlN. Oct 25
At loelay'e sitting of the socialist congress i
was coneluded to discuss the action of the
Havarlari socialist deputies ill voting mipplj
In ( heir Diet. Herr Volmar moved that in
view of thu fact ( he action of ( he Bavarian
socialist deputies vvas one ot expediency , ns
ho explained yesterday , the congress ehouh
regard the affair as closed. Alter a hratei
discussion this motion w-as rejected by a
vote of 141 to forty-three. Herr Bebel then
moved that us the various governments
strenuous ! ) combat the socialist part ) , th
tatter's representatives should not give th
governments a mark of confidence and , a
sanctioning the budget Is regarded as
a voteof conlidencc , the Uavarian
ougt ( o have opposed It Ilerr Stadt
hagen proposed to amend the las
phrase ( o "sanctioning the budget const !
lues ( u vote of confidence" and the amend
ment was carried by a vote .of 131 to 103
Hrrr Debcl's motion , thus modified , was thei
rejected by 101 to sixty-four votes , am
thereupon the matter Vat'declared lo b
settled.
VTBVU
MX Men Kllli-cl nnil J tievcmlVimnilri
Aboard it i rmicb C raUer.
minST. Oct. 25 An explosion took plac
"
today on board the French frnlser Arcthus. .
while her engines were being tested prepara
tory to sailing for thp'eist in order to re
Inforee the French jftuadlron In Chines
waters if such a ttep be tiecesaury Six Me
were killed and twenty -otneni were badl
scalded The first report of the disastc
which had reached the eh ore magnified I
considerably , and It wastfienflnilly believe
ono of the cruiser's bailors- had burst. It I
now believed , however that the cxploslo
was due to the bursting of a steam pipe
The accident cauted great excitement athor
and about the docks , and'tli Inas increase
when It was discovered thai nre had broke
out aboard the cruiser ' Th situation o.
board ( ho warship finally became such tha
her commander brought her alongside one o
Ihe docVis here , mid the flame" had to b
e-xtlnculBhed by the cre'w.srelnforced by de
taoliiiunis of marines and sailors .from th
dockard , before the wounaecl could be ex
Irlcateet.
Arrettml for Muklns lluinui S.icrllk-cii.
ST. PirmnStlUiO. Oct. SB Several peas
ants or the village of Slaral , near , Montan
province of Vlatka , have been a fsted an
will shortly be tried at SarapoUl on th
char KB ot imirrterlr. ) ; . beheading and dls
memberlng a man whom they say the
sacrificed to their ijods ,
.Iiian ] Not V t Itrmly fur Po c ,
LONDON , Oct 2f > . It IB staled that Japa
has again rejected the mediation of a forelg
power In her dispute' with China , while th
latter country lias expressed her readlnes
lo accept an armistice on an ) rcaecnab
condition.
S RESIGNED TO HIS FATE
zai Said to Eo Awaiting His Death with
Great Composure.
EPORTS FROM THE BEDSIDE CONFLICTING
Us J"uIllifill Mlfc Ncirr I.rairs Itl * Mile In
Spite of Her ( lun Illneni Imperial
Drrrvuto He Distributed on thu
Czareultch'H Uc
ST PJTTEHSnunO , Oct. S5 The official
ulletln Issued this morning In regard to
ID health of the czar does not Indicate that
ny real change has taken place In his con-
Itlon.
Telegrams received here from Llvadla this
lornlng say that the czarewltch and Prln-
es * Allx attended a requiem mass } osier-
ay In memory of the Grand Duke Constan-
nc , the czar's uncle , who died In IS92
her mass was celebrated at the castle of
) rlama. ! The czarewltch and the princess
ftervvards visited the Umshttnssu waterfall
The Official Messenger , commenting1 on the
rofound sjmpnthy e\pressed for the oin-
ress , observes that Trance , more deeply
lan any other state , feels how differently
ould have been the relations of the
European powers but for the czar's pacific
ifluence
Hocins are being hastily prepared at the
Inter palace for the reception of the- czarcJV
Itch The work proceeels day and night.
V manifesto lias already been printed at the
Illce of the Olllclal Gazette for Issueon
no occasion of the c/arevvItch's marriage to
rlncess Allx. Two hundred thous-
nil copies of this manifesto will be dlstrlb-
tetl on ( he wedding day
There has been a renewal of the serious
eports In regard to the condition of the
zarlna It Is staled Hut she has to be
heeled Into the czar's room In nn Invalid
hair and that she Is only aide to visit the
mperor a few times dally.
NEUS IS CONFLICTING
LONDON , Oct. 20 The news from Llvadla
his morning Is very conflicting- , each fresh
eiegram contradicting the previous dispatch
Uh the result that no ono can tell what the
ondltlon of the czar Is
A dispatch from Frankfort sajs that the
) owagcr Empress Frederick of Germany Is
aitlcularly allecled about the C7ar's Illness ,
ecalllng , as It docs , the comparatively re-
ent death of her husband It Is added that
he and ( he emperor , her son , have written
otters of 8)inpathy to the czarina.
St. Petersburg dispatches this morning say
hit there Is u general feeling of Indignation
gainst Prof. Zacharln , whose mistaken dlag-
osls In the first place , it is claimed , was
endered more Injurious to the patient b ) the
rofcssoi s negligence nail luck ot medical
kill Prof. Zacharin is severely blumcd , ric-
ordlng to these advices by Prof Ledcn ,
nd It Is asserted that should the c/ar die It
,111 bo because proper treatment was not
ndertaken In time
The dispatches add that slnco the crisis
he czorlna has been subject to continual
rcmbllng and syncope. It Is also stated
hat yesterday the condition of the cznr var-
ed between drowsiness and comparative
heerfulness. Dining one of the latter
eriods ( ho czar Is aald to have been left
alone with Ihe czarewltch for an hour , and
t Is understood that during this Interview
he emperor dictated a loving message of
areweil lo Kuxsla , which message vvlll be
ssucd upon his dealh.
Thu menagesaid to be of"n purely per-
onal nature , and to have no bearing upon
K > lltlcal matters. The cvar Is reported to be
mich gratified at the e-xpressloti of sympathy
ipon the part of the Ilu.sslin people and It Is
aid that ho fully realises the * gravity of his
losltlon
A dispatch to the Times fiom Si. Peters-
jurg says it Is ret oiled that Dr Kaecharln
s opposed to an operation being performed on
.he czar.
News is expected to Jay or tomorrow of
ho Induction of Pilncess Allx Into the Greek
iluiich and the exchange of rings between
ler and the cznrewltch , but there } is no cer-
tolntjof what may occur There is llttlo
Ikollhood now that the mairluie will be
celebrated at Llvadla Official personages
low- deny thnt there will be any marriage
service ! ( here , but they dc- not reject the
Ikefihoocl of the two prellmlnar ) rites there.
The dispatch further 'ajs that the operations
of the minister of finance to sustain the
price of the rouble' must be costing the gov
ernment dearly ny offering gold to dealers
ind merchants the- price of the paper rouble
is kept tolerably firm , but there Is a strong
tendency to speculate In funds and other
nitlonal securities , despite the finance minis
ter a patriotic appeal.
The correspondc-nt of the Dally News nt
Herlln says The Lolcal Aturelgcr publishes
an Interview with Prof nergmann , who was
reported > estcrda ) as having refused to go
to Llvadla to attend the car. 1'iof Berg
m aim declared surgery was uteless In Ills
majesty's case , because his kidneys were
affected , and the removal ot both of then
would bo as bad as beheading him.
A dispatch to the Dally News from St
Petersburg sajs the baptism of Princess
Allx has not occurred > et. Whether the
delav Is due to her protests against declar
ing the Evangelical church accmsed , as the
Greek church dignitaries Insist she shall do
or to the condition of tlio czar , Is nol known
Alt hope ot sustaining his majesty's life has
been abandoned , and the worst may happet
any moment through heart failure
TO HIS FATO
BEULIN. Oct 25. The UtlBSlan embassy
hero received dispatches from Llvadla , datei
this morning , saying that a slight Improve
ment has taken place In the czar's condition
The St. Petersburg corrctpondcnt ot tin
Cologne Gazette telegraphs that Hie czar re
celved with courage the Intimation of hi :
physicians that there svab no hope uf saving
his life The same correspondent adds tlm
.1 few das later when he was feeling better
his majesty remarked "It Is Bald that a
man of my soars should hate to die , ( hough
personally. I eio not cling over-much to life
If God still deems m ) life of use to mj
country he vvlll make me well. "
This statement was ono which vvas atttlb
tiled to the crar after the railroad acciden
when his majestj's life was only preserve !
by the fact that the car In which he traveicc
was constructed of steel.
The czar , still , according to the Cologni
Gazelle correspondent , then gave orders fo
the settlement of Important questions In con
nectlon with the succession to the thron
and at the name tlmo expressed the wish t
personally bestow his blessing upon th
bride-elect and-the czarewltch. It Is uls
reported here that ( he private marrl.ige o
the czarewltch lo princess Allx has beet
postponed for a short lime and ( hot the cere
me/iiy ot betrothal may only occur on Mon
day , Wednesday nnd Friday
During the past five days It U stated th
czarowltch hat been authorized to sign docii
Hunts In Hie name of the czar.
The Cologne Gazette has the follow in ,
dlspitcli from St Petersburg The czar
strength Is dally decreasing but lie await
death with perfect composure. In order t
counteract the depresHoii ol those about hln
ho has ordered that the bamt at the palac
play during lunch. Though the c/.arlna I
Buffering less , fihe never quits her husband
side. She sits for hours beside the arm clml
occupied by the emperor , and watches by h !
bedside ! when ho Is unable to sleep. Th
czar. It Is. said , has made all hln arrange
ments with a viewof death
PARIS. Oct. 25 A bullc-Un Issued fret
Llvadla at S o'clock this evening cays
"
"Neither somnolence nor spasmodic symp
toruswere observed toda ) His majesty
appetite is satisfactory. The oedemla dl
riot Increase as usual "
The bulletin In signed by the five doctor
In attendance upon his majesty.
Hat I'lrnty ul Gold.
ST. PHTnSnUItG , Oct. 23. With the ol
Jed of refuting the bourse rumors that U
amount of specie at the disposal ol the Ilns
Blan government has been exhausted or r
ducel , the ministry ot finance nas publlshc
nn onlnioi aial&nmut of the total amount
old belonging ( o the Imperial treasury In the
mperlal bank ot recent > edrs The figures
ro ns follows : August 1. 1591 , fi03.dS5,000
oubles , January J , 1MI3 , 605054000 roubles ;
aninry 1 , 1SD-I , 09,111 000 roubles , October
ISOI , G4G,291,000 roubles.
KIND iTOittis roii i ui : cut. .
remler Ito cil > ery l' ) , n High Tribute l
I lie 1 > > IIB II unit n h ,
LONDON. Oct. 25 Lord Kosrbery made
n address tonight at the banquet of the
utler's society ot ShelllDld. In which he pild
high tribute to the czar. Among those
re en ( were 1ho duke of Norfolk , thearch -
Ishop of York , and a large number uf men
ell known In the political world The prime
ilnlster said tint at the- present moment a
ti.ulow clouded the domain of foreign poll-
cs There was not a thoughtful mind In
: utnpe that did not turn to the sickbed In
ne Crimea. Great Hrltaln hid In times
ast had acute subjects of difference with
Uissla but he felt certiln there was nobody
ho was aware of whit hid Inppetied In
Europe during the last Hfteen ) e.irs who did
ot ferl the- Immeasurable- uf oUig-itlon
hat Great Itrltaln hy undei to the czar
ord Itoscbery sild-
"We had In him a momrch whose w at ch
ord , whose relfin and whcse character has
een worship of truth and p-acc " He would
ot say that the czar would rank among the
'aesars ' and Napoleans of history , but If
cace had her victories not less renowned
lian war he would reign In history as not
ess entitled to fame than either Caesar or
Japo-lcan It vvas due to Ills character and
nlluence , as much as any other cnuse , thu
eiee had been preserved Ills death would
lean the removal of ono ot the greatest ,
:
crhaps tho- greatest , guiraiitee ot pe-.ico In
JV tie : world
Lord Koscbery then proceeded to rldlcu'e
ho recent cabinet council t-care and con-
ratulated his. heaicrs upon the fact that the
sill ) session" v.as over He denied that the
ablnel had discussed the question of Inter-
cntlon In the Chlnesc-Japincse war or tint
ny circular had bten It&ued or rebuff 10-
elved. He dilated upon ( he seriousness for
lre.it Drlt.iln of the destruction of the ccn-
ral government of China and said n headless
Jhlna meant such a scene of chaos and horror
s the world has never contemplated Hun-
reds of millions of a barbarlous nnd cittcl
lopulntlon would be let loose wllh their paste -
to as uncontrolled. This would be .in np-
illlng danger lo every Chrlst'an within Us
each. After the first Japanese victor ) , news
ad re.ichcel her majesty s gov eminent from
source of the highest authority that China
vas vv'lllnc to cimcede honorable terms of
eace which considerably exceeded Ihe de-
naiuls made by Japan when she entered
pen the wnr The--e terms Japan might
ave accepted without any diminution of
or prestige. The government could not put
his Information In Its pocket No minister
ould have Incurred such a repronslblllty
'he government 1iad communicated with
ther powers. Including the t'nlle-d States ,
nd the proposals wore well received , but one
r two powers , he thought only one , but
leslred to bo within the truth , were of the
I-'nlnn ' that the ( line had not arrived to
ubmlt conditions to the combatants It was
ItoErtlher preposterous to describe this as a
ebulf.
In regard to Madagascar , Lord Uosebery
aid It was BO far removed from the pur-
lew of the last cabinet council that ho
greatl ) doubted If the word Madagascar had
' sen mentioned between the liritlsh and
"Yencd goveinments for the last two years
Vhllo Trance adhered to the treaty concerti
ng Madagascar I'liRlaml would not Inter-
ere. He admitted , however , that some
olonlal questions had caused friction between
: nlrtiid and France. Negotiations for a
ettlenient of these questions were proceeding
nnd there was no doubt that an agreement
vculd be arrived at. He believed Great
Uritaln was united and determined In qur-s-
lens of foreign pollcj lo a degree never
cnown before , and that the small pirty that
Relieved In a degraded , neutral and sub-
nleslvc lirltaln had died.
< ! crmiuis M'atit Oiutar I'ronf.
BEIILIN , Oct : B The trial of Ilobert
Kneebes , the German-American horseman ,
who Is accused ot fraudulent practices In
connection with the running of trotting
lorses , was commenced today The court ,
ifter hcirlng- the preliminary evidence , or-
lered that the maie llethel , said to be In the
United States , two of Kneebes' wltncssc-s
and two- Germans who arc now In the United
States , and who are- able to give tcstlmon )
rcgirdlng Kneebes' identity , bo bioughtfrom
America to this country.
:1ro : | i4 in Ihu I'rontlcr.
CITY OP MEXICO , Oct 25. The Sixth
tifantry , under General Lorenzo Garcia , has
leached Tabasco and has already taken up a
position on thu frontier of Guatemala.
General Antonio Ilzela again claims that
the government ot San Salvador has sent an
agent to kill him Hzeta also claims to have
been robbed of J700 ,
.Several MlillNlHrresleil. .
ST. PirrnUSBUHG , Oct. 25 The pot cr
iave pclzcd a number ot nihilist proclama-
Jens , which have been secretly circulated ,
ami have arrested a number of ) oung men
on the charge ot distributing them In various
quarters ot this city
IIWM VOXKI ifit.t.Mt jtt HOCK iirir.
Old Occun Tran'portu clip llciiiitlful lltiich
uml VililH II to a far.
Ni\V YOHIC , Oct. M The Woihl this
morning sa > n : "Coney Island has been
lashed by a st rm tor the past foity-elghl
hours suc'h < as it has not fxpei It-need since
the memoiablc one of 36S.1. The rain of
WedniHday accoinpanleil by u hurd , driving
nertheasterly wind , stalled the music A
high tide followed , ami with a Hwell such
I'oney Isluntl has lately expeiienced , made
things unusually lively U was high tide
shortly uftei i p tn } eKtetdu > . At that
hour the ocean vvas as lilac Id as a bah }
a leep , but suddenly great combers ilevil-
oped Into high i oiling waves of green
which , as they approached the Bhoie , In kt
upon the beach or ngaliiRt the bulkhead tr
flout of ( he Oriental , Manhattan am :
UrlKhton Beach hotels , with n roar thai
oould be heard far Inland 13ich receding
wave carried iivsay wllh u few feet of the
beach , digging up bulkheads and utulumtn-
Inp the email pavllllons mar the ocean
Between Sea Itiecze av < nno nnd the ocear
n strip of Tire kl > n iltj property , con-
eil by the pjrk depaidnent. Yesterdav
an englneei VMIS hent from Hinoklyn to lint
out how the properly could be suveil fiom
further InrojielH of the sea The englneei
discovered there was nothing left wet ( I
tncndonlng pave Sea. Ilreezt- avenue , am
veij llttlt of ( hat. The rist of the beaiitl
fill be.ie.lt had hern carried awa > In' the
waves ntul added ( a th" ucitiimiltitlon known
us Ilockawns bid , which 5 'ai by year Is
approaching nearer nnil neater to Sand )
Hook. '
TH P.I. t I ! .11 HA HA ro MlU'.n
Itnuf of the Mlno Ciouil In With nit Any
M arn Inc.
nLLTNWOOO , Mich. , Got 25 What may
prove lo be the worst accident In the his
tory of the Meiioinlne range occulted on
the fourth level of Flinft No. 1 ut the I'e
ivali I o mine this afternoon One man I
known to have lieen killed and eleven others
ui entombed , and their fntevvlll not be
known for eighteen hour ? , iia It vvlll take
that length of time for us large u force of I
men as can be crnplojcd In the narrow shaft
lo clear tinny Ihu rubbish. The acclden
wan caused by the yundHtuiie capping vvhlc !
overhung ( tin room coming away with suf
tic lent force to crush Ihe timber * wlthou
nnj warning The nettling commenced I
an old room above theIhlrd level , about ! ( ;
fc-ft In height In
an Interview tlilH e-venln
Superintendent firowne expressed hlmsel
us belni ; confident that ull the ) entombed
men would bo talun out alive. This will t
depend vcr > mue-h on whether the air Is 1
puic ana of HiitllLlint ( luuntlly to keep them
ullve All the men have families.
Kaunas < Ity Oltlm llullilln Iturneil.
KANSAS PITY , Oct -Shoitlj after 1
o'clock tonight Ore broke out In the baxc
mont of the Halrd ImllillnH , which IH IIHC-
for olllce purposes at the- corner of Slxt
'
and U'joiidotte xtrcelt- and shooting up th
elevator shufl , spread all ovei the sixth tin
seventh llooi After ( hese noors and th
roof hud been ilcstio > cil the tinmen nub
dueil the riamca The IciEa vvlll not cxccc
KStf.OCU.
SWEPT BY PRAIRIE FIRES
Lerry nnd Grant Oonntics Devastated to &
Large Extent. 41
ll
R5 CF LOSS CF LIFE AND PROPERTY
no .111111 Known lo Itiivo llreti liurncct to
Death Ulilln righting ( ho 1 la men
anil IhoutnniU of Ions ot
liny
HYANN'IS , Neb. , Oct 25 ( Special Trie-
ram ) This week has been a dreadful one
a large portion ot the sand hills. lo-
astatlng IIres swept through the western
art of Cherry and Grant counties , burning
n the north side of the I ) , .t M. railroad
rack to within about four mile's ot H > annls ,
licd on by n furious wind the > fires trav-
led at n pace that carried consternation as
ell as destruction.
The fire ot the railroad was set the first ,
f the week b > a man and hi : pipe about
n miles northwest of Alliance. The man
; as full , ami In filling and lighting his plpo
lirtw the burning match to the ground ,
vhero It Ignited the grass In nn Instant
fire started , which , fanned b ) the north-
vest wind , at once set out on Its mission
t destruction. Spcclllc reports ol damage
ono on the ranches of some of the- sufferers
ID not In jet.
Those losing hav nre ns follows Barllett
elehards. 1 COO tons ; Margrave' , 3DO ; Pat
lore , 100 ; Wist , lOtt ; II. Woodruff , 600 ;
tansbie Ilros. , 1 00ft , J. H Miner , 1,000 ;
ta&on Ilros , 1,200 and barn.
It Is reported that two men were burned
t Mullen One Is dead and ttioother Is ] jln $
i a critical condition and will dlo. At about
ho same time arothcr fire started on th
oulti side of the track , burning cvcrjthing
lean from Likcsldo to the Illuo river
i \Mvii : DOM : .
rtiilln of I ho Illxastruus Conll.igrillnn
liiiiilinilly t inning ui Light.
MULLUX , Neb , Oct. 25. ( Special ) A
ralrle fire swept the country north of hero
Monday , and as reports come In the
umages grow In extent One man , R Lo
.acheur , while- fighting fire , vvas burned to
calh Ho and his brotherinlawero at-
emptlng to ' back fire , ' and Ihe flames from
ho head fire came on them ro quick that
hey had not tlmo to gel out ot the way.
ho clothing vvas completely burned elf from
Ir Lo Lichcur and Mr Illlss clothing waa
II burned elf but his woolen underclothing.
Ir Lo Lachour llvtyl until Tuesda ) about 3
' 'clock Mr. Illlhs Is not expected lo live.
Irs Lo Lachcur has been In ] > oar health for
ho past two yens and the bluw has almost
roUen her down and may result seriously.
There Is a great deal of spcculitlon as to
low the IIro started , but there Is a pretty
trong clew that It was set by a drunken
nan
J'PJ.lTO ttKVHKT IUY C.I I ! l.lii I.E.
rltmhiilim of ( itrmuti l.lrl In Cdttlnc
riiiough r.lllH iMliiiul.
CHICAGO , Oct 23 Voi nearlj a month
a German girl who left the city ot her
> lrth to come to Chicago has been detained
) J the. Immigration ontclals nt Kills Island ,
* evv York , and a petition Is being prepared
'or pi escalation to John G Cntllsle , secrc-
ary of the ticnmit > , asking that she lie
icrmltteil to land The Mrl Is Louise Hoss-
ng No other case Ju t like hers was ever
to the attention of the Immigration
ollklnls Lout" ! ' , who Is 25 jcars of mje ,
vao left nn orphan In the clt ) of Chemnltl.
'or several jeajH i-lie made a living aa a
lomestlc 1 A yeai 01 BO ago Lrulse became
engaged to Max Luther , a young- mechanic
of ' Chemnitz The bins were published. In
church and the wedding daj set. but Luther
ictrnycd hrr and ran away The girl has
but one relative in Hie vvoilil , ami thnt la
Mrs Minn. Mueller of this city Mrs .Mueller
went to German ) to look uftei her sister
anil decided to bring her to Chicago and
Mve her a home They landed In New
Yolk on September 27 but Immigrant Com-
nlsslonet Senrer refused to permit the girl
: o c-ontimie her Journe ) and ordered her
. nrk to Gei many. The commissioner's ac
tion was bised solely on the condition ot
the girl Mrs Mueller huirled lo Chicago
and procured ample bonds to guarantee
lint her sister would never beccme a publla
charge This did not satisfy the commis
sioner , anil the latter refused tn iluuiiic his
ruling There Is no law ( hat applies to the
case except the statute excluding females
of Immoral character , ami the glrl'a friends
offered testimony to prove that , previous to
ler mlsfotttmo , her character was of tha
| | est. J The offered testimony was rejected
and the friends determined lo appeal to
Secietary Cm lisle. The petition liaa been
signed by numerous CrlemlH of the Mueller
'umlly , nnd also bears the signature : ) ot
Maor Hopkins Collector M J Itusbol , Col-
ecor Mle and Postmaster HcHBlng Thee
) o ltlon of the commissioner IB that no bond
can bo given which will guarantee that tn
child nllil unborn vvlll never become a pub
lic charge. The gill's friends have ample
means anil arc people of the bent character.
J)11SI > IX JA.VS.IJW
Oniu I'llinoiiH I'litrnt Miillilno Mnn DlcA
Siulilrnl ) .
TIU3NTON , N J. , Oct 25-Dr IF T.
[ Trlmboltl of Hxtiact of liuchu fame , died
suddenly of apoplexy yesterday In the state )
asylum for the liiMine In thltt city. Ho waa
57 years of age and has been an Inmate of
lie Institution about three ycai-i Dr. Hclm-
liold became Insane supposedly lluough ex
cesses about fifteen jears ago Ho waa
hent to the I'cnnsjlvanla nsjluni at NorrlB-
ton and spent several jcnrs there , when
lilH wife fcc'ciiud his release He then , re-
humed his patent medicine businrHS anil lie-
came a mllllonalie Several years ago ho
took up hla residence nt Long lira rich ,
whore he at dlffeient times cnttrtnlned Gen
eral Giant and other dlgiiltnile : ! . HlH men
tal malady developed nuvv phases and his
conduct led lo his confinement In the oxylum
here Today his attendant found a bundle
of letteis whleh Dr HclmbuM had written
and addressed to Governor WerlH and oth
ers In these he Hinted thnt hevvas snne
ami would pay liberally for his ficeelom
\\HKVKKn \ 11V HVfulUMtll.
llulcl at ItoilicMi-r lu ' -
, , I'lirllallj- Destroyed
Ijy ( TiiKiinivii riTnaim
CHDAH HAPIDS. In , Oct. 25-Spectal (
Telegram ) This morning at 6 o'clock at
Itochester , la , fifteen miles south of here ,
a huge brick hole ) , occupied by Hi ad ley
Ilernhnrl , vvas partlullydestrued and com
pletely wrecked by dynamite ut the hands
of persona unknown.
Atl.intle I.nor ( MU lii ,
PHILADELPHIA. Oct 25-Great anxiety
prevails In shipping circles over the fact
that the North Atlantic Tiidetit line steam
ship , niiMke-r , which sailed fiom thlH port
October 3 for London , with a cargo of mer-
chandlHC vulutcl at J30"OfJO and'i head ot
cattle , has not yet reached her destination ,
She WHS duo at London on- the 17th Inst , .
but no tldlnps of her have been received
ulnct Bhe left Ihe Delaware breakwater
early on the morning ! of the Ith Insl The )
Htenmshlp Falcon and the xchonner John D ,
WIllluiiiH , from Philadelphia O toher C , for
Providence , have also been given up
'I Mr re Cutiilly Inj iri'il IV r. Illntt.
imUNHAM. Tex. Oct. 25-II ) the prernii.
lure explosion of a blast at u ijuariy four *
tetn miles north of here James Qullltr , M.
H Wood and Dick Foster vvero fatally In
jured _
MmemimU nC 8eutoiii Vi' ' < tl * Oct.5
At N < w jerk Arrlv4-Sorrciito , from
Antwerp.
At haulilH-Arrived Chicago , from New
York
At Philadelphia AnlvedSlborlnn , from
filait'ow
At San Krant-lsio Arrived-Chlnn , frcm
HOIIK Kung and ukoharnn
At New iork Arrived Kuerst IJIsmurcU ,
frcm Hambiir.f
At London AnIvcd Steamer Mobile from
Mfr'v Vr rU.
