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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY , JUJDY 80 , 1895. SINGKLE COPY ITtVE C1CNTS.
JAPAN NOT READY FOR WAR
Eolations with Eussia Friendly and Likely
to Oontinno So ,
RESERVE CORPS OF THE ARMY DISBANDED
for War , However , Will He
llronileneil nml the Jinvy Will
lie SroiiKlhe.iio.a fur I'o-
Hllilu Ei
WASHINGTON , July 29. Al the Japanese
legation here the report from Vladtvostock
via St. Pelcrsburg that Japin Is raising her
army nnd navy lo a war fooling Is given no
credence. No Immediate trouble with Russia
is anticipated. According lo ihe ndvlcss re
ceived here the second or reserve corps la
being disbanded. Japan Is said , however , to
be broadening the basis for her posslblllllcs
In case of war , In that she Is arranging to
further recruit her navy. No vessels , how
ever , have been purchased yet. The cruiser
Esmerdlda was purchased from Chill before
the Chinese war onded.
Mall advices iccelved a few days ago indi
cate lhat the fighting on the Island of Formosa
mesa has been rather heavier than cable
reports Indicated , but Ihero Is no Informa
tlon here to show lliat the rebels are being
supported by the viceroy of southern China
Whflo It Is considered probable , any aid so
furnished would be rendered secretly. That
f.n additional detachment of the linpurla'
body guard has been senl lo Formot/a / Is con
sidered probable. The Imperial guard corro
gponds here to the regular army and com'
prises over 60,000 men. No credance I
placed In the report that the fortifications ai
Port Arthur have been blown up. Evenlu
ally whcp Ihe Lt.io Tung peninsula Is sur
rendered 'lo China In accordance1 vllh Ihe
terms of the treaty the Japanese will , of
course , dlsmmille Ihe formications' , but as
Port Arthur would be held as hos'agi-.for the
payment of the Indemnity the report thai 11
has been blown up al this time Is consid
ered absurd. _ _
INSl'IMJENT HANDS IHSPIJIISKI ) .
Humors tlmt u lU-uvj' KnpHiKomciit 1
1'i-ourresslnK Near JlKiinitl.
HAVANA , July 29. It la asserted here this
afternoon Hint Antonio Maceo , at the head
of 0,000 Insurgents , Is altacking the town of
Jlguinl , near Dayamo , In the province of
Santiago do Cuba. General La Chambro , with
2,000 troops , has gene to the relief of
Jlguanl. No further Information Is obtain
able at present.
The guerilla forces of the Songo district
and a detachment ofmen from Cuban regi
ments numbering 100 soldiers have dis
persed the Insurgents near Songo , Santiago
do Cuba , Iho enemy leaving two dead In the
field. Lieutenant Colonel Talavera , In com-
mnnJ at Haracoa , hearing the Insurgents had
burned the village of Sabana , near Baracoa ,
In order to force the- garrison to surrender ,
left Baracoa. recently In a steamer having on
board 300 soldiers , nnd landed at Mala bay ,
under tlio protection of the cruiser Alcedo ,
which shelled the woods and other spots
likely to shelter the Insurgents. The troops
then started for Sabana cn3 met and dis
persed the Insurgents , who left eight men
killed ut-im the Held. On the side of the
troops only four men were wounded. The
garrison ot Sabana made a heroic defense
and was many hours without water. Lieu
tenant Colonel Talavera , fearing Ilaracoa
might bo attacked , re-embarked his troops
having previously deslroycd the fort nt
Babanq.
Antonio Maceo , with 3,000 Insurgents , re
cently attacked the tort at Unyara. The garrison
risen , consisting of forty men , made a gallant
resistance until they had fired their last
cartridge , after which the soldiers broke
their weapons to piece ? , so that they should
not fall Into the hands of the Insurgents for
UE3.
UE3.It Is rumored that a filibustering expedition
has landed at Ca 'lunos.
FAVOIl A.Vr.VHCTIG EXPI.OltATION
International ( Jeojji-aplileal
Takes l"i till * Siilijoijt Sorloiisly.
LONDON , July 29. The session today ol
the International geographical congress was
opened with the description of polar explora
tion. Dr. Ncumaycr and Mr. Joseph Hooker
a survivor of the Arctic expedition headed by
Sir John Itoss , 1829-33 , urged lhat fresh ex-
pcdlllons be equipped , -and Dr. Murray at
leader ot Ihe Chalenger parly argued In
support ot Iho Iheory lhat the Antarctic con
tlriont was not a succession of volcanic Is
lands , and thai Investigations In the Antarc
tic ocean ought to bo undertaken by the na
vies of the world and as a result ot prlvati
enterprise. A small committee wns appointee
to draft a resolution In favor ot further ex
ploratlons.
There was only n small attendance nt to
day's session. According to general oplnloi
the paper read by General A. W. Greeley wn
too techn'cal to bo popular. Most , of the In
tercst of the day ccnteted In a paper read bj
M. S. Tangrce , proposing a ball turn trip <
the north pole. The Idea seemed feasible a
propounded by the explorer. The only dlfll
culty appeared lo bo how lo make sufllclen
gas for the balloon. Then again , promlnen
geogrnphlsls seemed to think that the proposa
would fall without Iho use of boats , will
much prov.slcns to rely upon In case of ac
cldcnt , The general Impression ot the con
grcss , however , was that the proposal wa
lacking In practical application.
PAUDONED roi.rriCAi.
CIIIUIIOM I.vtt'iiilN Clrmoiioy to Insiir
Heats Uiuler Sonetioo of D ath.
HAVANA , July 29. Before leaving Manza
nlllo for Clcnfugos , Captain General do Cam
pos pardoned all the political and war prle
oners and ordered them to bo set nt liberty
The prisoners thus released Include yd
who were under sentence to be shot accord
Ing to military law , nnd others had bee
condemned to Imprisonment In the Africa
colonies.
The captain general has granted thre
moutas Icavo ot abserce to General Satcedc
who will shortly Icavo for Spain. Generr
La Chambre has been appointed Inspector c
artillery at Havana.
Detachments from the battalion of Estr
Madura and the Plezarre squadron have ha
a skirmish with the Insurgents while recoi
nolterlng on Mount Arnolu In the Dcpartmen
ot Santa Clara. The troops afterwar
found one dead and two wounded Insurgent
on the Held. It was badly stained wit
blood and this Uads to the belief that llei
mudez Is seriously wounded.
Lieutenant Colonel Holoa captured seven li
su'gents while pursuing the Insurgent ban
commanded by Zayas.
( irEi'i < EI.KCTION HIOT :
Ittvnl Political 1'artlfN In France Itc
tiort to ClMjm mill Stones.
PARIS , July 29. The elections of membci
ot the council general have resulted In tt
republicans gaining three-quarters of tt
teats. There were several election flgh
at various places In the provinces. At KOI
balx , In the Department ot the North , thei
was a collision between the republicans ar
the collcctlvlsts. and the cenJarmes had I
charge repeatedly biforo the dlsturbanci
were quelled. A number ot persons wei
Injured and a few arrests were made. Serloi
riots accompanied by bloodshed are reports
to have occurred In Ilrabantlne , near Ma
eellles. The troops have been dispatched I
the scene of the rioting.
Iliimcil OR lliilHiuorc ,
QUEENSTOWN , July 29. The lugger Z
tilth hat been burned off Baltimore , Coi
county. The flames broke out shortly b
fora midnight and epread raplJly In spite
tha ettorti ot tbe crew. Nine men a
missing and eighteen others wore rescued
by the coast guard.
AM HUSHED THIS SPANISH TUOOPS.
of ( lip Phllllplnc iNlnmlH Take
( o ( he Wur Path.
MADRID , July 29. An official dispatch re
ceived hero from Manilla , the capital city of
the Island of Luzon nnd of all the Phllllplne
Islands , eays that the natives of Cabagan ,
In the province of Cagayan at the northern
extremity of the Island of Luzon , recently
treacherously ambushed n party of Spanish
troops , killing and wounding several ot the
soldiers. Consequently n Spanish punlllve
column was sent to Cabagan and It attacked
and burned that town after a fight In which
116 natives were killed , Including their prin
cipal leader. The Spanish lost a captain and
sixteen soldiers killed and had ssveral soldiers
wounded. _ _ _ _ _
Tlniiiilcn-r OliJr ' ( N ( o ( lie lllll.
LONDON , July 29. The Times has com
menced an action against the Central News ,
a small news agency of this city , claiming
that the terms of Its contract with the Gen
tral News to supply the news of the war In
the far east was not fulfilled , Inasmuch as the
dispatches were not true nor substantial copies
of the cablegrams , and that some of them
were concocted by or on behalf of defendant
nnd lhat others were largely altered. The
Times therefore asks for a declaration lhat
they , the publishers of Ihe Times , are not re
sponslblo for the claim made for a further
payment of 41 for "such war news. " The
Centrnt News agency denies Ihe nllegallon.
Clin ryrcd AvKIi Ili'lMK an American.
LONDON , July 29. Ur. E. C. Thompson
the defeated unionist candidate for Middle
Tyrone , announces lhat he will pellllor
ngalnst 'Iho return of Mr. Munnaghan lo
Parliament on the grounds lhat the latter Is
a naturalized American citizen.
HIIVo ( Dlvlileil l'l > ( lie1 Knrdi.
ST. PETERSBURG , July 29. The direct
ors of the Russian petroleum companies sa
In the Novo Vromcn that they have not ar
rived at nn agreement with the America :
Petroleum syndicate to partition the po
Iroleum market.
John C.rv HUM HIicMiiuiitlNin.
LONDON , July 29. John C. New , edllor
and proprietor ot the Indianapolis Journal ,
and formerly consul general for Iho Unlled
States In this city. Ins been suffering from
rlioiimallsm for Iwo weeks past , and is now
slightly better. _
CoMlim-itt oil Six'lallNt Defeat.
LONDON , July 29. The Times tomorrow
will print a dispatch from Paris , In which
Its corespondent comments on the complete
defeat of the socialists In the council election
as a victory for the government.
.SI3VKHI2 WIXI1 HTOItM AT ST. I.OUIS.
'IVU'Krnph , Telephone anil Kleetrle
IlKliVlreN llliMvn Down.
ST. LOUIS , July 29. This city was visited
by a terrlllc thunder storm today lhat raged
for more than an hour. The rain fell In
sheets. Hooding the streets and sewers ot the
west end and doing considerable damage.
A strong wind broke .man ) trees , and -.wo
brick houses In course of erccllon were com-
plelely demolished. A number of men were
at work on them when the wind and rain
came up. They barely escaped with their
lives. One of them , George W. Dennett ,
an employe of the Missouri Roofing company ,
was thrown vlolenlly from his posllion on Hie
roof of Iho house and fall lo Iho ground ,
sustaining serious injuries about the bead
and body. He was removed to the dispen
sary. In falling the bouses fell over on ihe
, resldencs of John W. McClaln and did con
siderable damage.
The rain was the hardest on record here
for Iwo years. For five minutes the water
fell at Ihe rate of MX Inches an hour. In
six minutes the government rain guagc
showed a fall of Ihlrly-clghl liundredths of
an Inch. In Ihe west end 11 rained fifty-
five hundredtbs of an Inch In the same
time. It rained steadily for nearly three-
quarters of an hour. Just about the breakIng -
Ing of the storm an ugly looking gray cloud
round In shape and hanging very low , passed
over the city , coming from the northwest.
, The storm was entirely local. In different
parts of the clly telephone and telegraph
wires were blown down. Arthur Libee
the 11-year-old son of Mrs. Labce , 426 Espen-
shled avenue , came to his death as nt
sult of today's rain und wind storm. He
picked up a live wire that had been broken
and thrown on the street by the wind.
, Death was Instanlaneoiis. Over 200 telephones
were disabled by th : storm. The 'phones arc
all protected by fuses and lightning arresters
- and the Ilghlnlng burned oul Ihe fuses , It
will be a couple of days before they cm be
gotten Into working order again. The West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph wires fared
better than was expected and no serious In
convenience resulted. Ths railway wires
were down In a few places and worked badly
for a short time , but the trouble was ol
minor Importance.
WATKU WOHICS COMPANY APPHAI.S
Cly Coneern Will FI M ( ! u
Forooil Sale III ( lie Higher Courts.
BURLINGTON , VI. . July 29. Jusllce
Brewer of Ihe Unlled States supreme courl
has granted the National Water Works com
pany of Kansas City , Mo. , an nppal fron
his decision of las't Thursday In Ihe case ol
Ihe company against the city , on which tht
clly has won aboul every point contended
for. On the granting of 'Ihe appeal lo th
United States circuit courl of appeals Justice
Brewer said Ihe appeal would cerlalnly bi
dismissed. The case Involves an enormoii
amount of money. Twenly years ago the cltj
granted the company rights and franchise
upon condition lint at the expiration of twentj
years Iho clly should have Ihe opllon of talc
Ing the works on payment of $3,000,000 01
leaving the company in conlrol. The cllj
now desires lo purchase and Ihe company li
trying to relaln the property , which now-
according lo Iho evidence , pays more lhan
y- per cent on greatly watered stock and $5 ,
000,000 of bonds. The company sets up Uu
constitutional limitation on the city's debt , I
den being necessary to exceed that limit In orde
en lo purchase the valuable water property
Judge Brewer's decision leaves the plant li
Ihe company's hands , bul under such condl
ec lions as to become- profit to the city and i
, consequent loss to the company.
alof NEW YORK , July 29. The bondholders
of committee of Ihe Omaha Waler Works com
p ny gives notice lo holders of the fifty
three bonds of the American water work
adn who have * not deposited their bonds with tin
nnt : Farmers' Loan and Trust company , under , th
nt agreement of August 20. 1893 , thai the de
rd posits of such bonds Is limited lo August 1
its 1895 , after which no more bonds will be re
Ith celved.
Came ( o YauUtoii for a Dlvoroo. >
Innd YANKTON , S. D. , July 29. Lea Vardlck
nd prominent In New York musical circles , nd
wife of Harry G. Davis , contractor an
builder In Philadelphia , Is In Yanklon for
divorce. Her husband was In Yankton a shor '
time ago and a stormy Interview belwee
them ensued. Davis left the next day , de
.rs Glaring that ho would not object to a divorce
. - but only wanted to prevent her misrepresent
lug the sltuallon.
Its Deny ( lie CoiiKiilliladott Slory.
PHILADELPHIA. July 29. The officials c
ere the Pennsylvania company deny tbe star
nd that that company and the Chicago , Hurling
lo ton & Qulncy are to be consolidated. One c
the vice presidents said : "It U an old stor
that crops out about twice a year. Thcr
has never been a discussion relative to con
led solldatlon of the roads and the story 1s purel
ar- a rumor. "
arto
Movementx of Ocean Steamer * July -1
At Liverpool Arrived Labrador , froi >
Montreal.
At Londoa Arrived Roiarlan , from Mor
treal.
beef At New York Arrived Saale , from Ore
of men , Runic , from Liverpool ; Frletland , froi >
are Antwerp ; Manitoba , from London ,
DIGGING UP THE BASEMENT
Walls and Floors of Holmes' Oastlo Sounded
for Secret Passages.
FOUND A FEW MORE HUMAN BONES
Son of M. S. Chappell , Who ClalniH ( o
Have ArdcnlaU-il ( he SkrleoiiN ,
Sayn ( lie Olil Man In Crar.y
Mm. ( lulnliiu
CHICAGO , July 29. Three warrants for
the arrest ot II. II. Holmes and Patrick
Quintan are now hanging fire. They are not
taken out solely for the reason that It Is the
desire of the complainants to give the police
all the leeway possible before forcing them
to act as to Qulnlan , Circumstantial evidence
Is considered as showing Qulnlan to have been
as guilty as Holmes.
Today's developments at the castle simply
proved that Chappell , the artlculalor of skel
etons , parlly lold the truth as to the tocallon
ot secret tanks. One was uncovered , but not
examined. Moro Important witnesses against
Holmes and Qulnlan were found. A mys
terious bricklayer , who built a box In. the
castle , which he thinks might have been
used as a retort for dead bodies , turned up
and totd his story. Chappell Is unearthing
skeletons for the pollco which he claims came
from the castle. In the lool chest of Pat
Qulnlan , In his Mat In the castle , there have
beti found bloody drawshaves , knives and
chisels. The stained tools will bo subjected
to chemical tesls lo determine whether Iho
blood. Is from a human being. A chemlca
test has been made by Prof. Denlson of the
blood stained wood of Ihe dissecting table
found In Holmes' private office , lie says Iho
stains are blood , but he cannot tell whether
It Is human or animal.
At pollco headquarters Mrs. Pat Qulnlan
wife of the janitor , was again given a severe
vero examination. The woman , who a fev
days ago was cool and defiant , Is beginning to
weaken , and the police believe that she wll"
shortly tell nil she knows of Ihe case. He
testimony Is expected to b3 sensational anil
will , It Is thought , leid to the conviction
of her husband.
Another case of myslerlous disappearance
which may yel be charged lo Holmes , was re
porled to Ihe police loday by neighbors o :
Dr. Rusler , who disappeared In 1890. Dr ,
Husler for several months had offices In th
Holmes building and he and Holmes wen
often seen together , apparently being Intlmat
friends. Some time In 1892 , the date belin
a matter of doubt , the physician dropped out
of sight. He had but few acquaintances , and ,
although the disappearance caused some talk
among Ihe neighbors , little attention wns paid
to It. The recent ttartllng discoveries In
the "castle" have recalled the nffalr and It
Is considered probable by some that the phy
sician may have been among Holmes' vic
tims.
SAYS TUB OLD MAN IS CRAZY.
Charles Chappell , son of M. S. CbappDlI ,
tlio old man who claims to have been an
assistant of Holmes and to have articulated
skeletons for him , says lhat his father Is In
sane. Young Chappell declares that the old
man has been of unsound mind for several
years and expresses the belief that his father
knows nothing whatever of Holmes' doings.
After further examlnallon the pnlica de
cided that the skeleton is probably that of
Miss Clgrand , the Indiana girl , Instead of
that of Mrs. Connor. It had been sold to
the Hahncmann medical college by Holmes ,
the police claim. Today's find , with the 0113
which was discovered yesterday , makes two
cf the three skeletons which Chappell claim ?
lo have articulated for Holmes , and the police
are In hopes of finding the third.
A number of bones were found In Ihe base
ment today and examined by Dr. Robinson.
He pronounced them parls of human bodies.
It was thought an entire skeleton had been
unearthed , but examination showed lhat most
of the bones wore from butcher shops. The
, mixture of human bones and butcher shop
refuse Is a peculiarity ot several finds that
. puzzle the police.
A careful search for the acid proof vats In
which bodies were said lo have been placed
, was mads today , but up to 3 o'clock nothing
- had been found. M. S. Chappell , who told
- the polios that he had constructed the vats ,
was taken lo Ihe house Ibis afternoon , und It
was expected that he would readily point out
. their location unless , us his son declares , he
Is Insane.
It Is probable that all of the secret passages
and rooms In the Holmes house will soon be
revealed , as a brick mason who claims to
have done all the brick work about the place
called at police headquarters Ihls afternoon
and offered to tell all ho knew. He was
promptly Inken care of by the officers and Is
expected to prove an Important witness.
LOCATED THE VATS.
The search of the Holmes bu'Iding ' was
prosecuted today .on the Information given to
the police by M. S. Chappell , Ihe machinist
who says he articulated the skeletons of three
of the supposed victims ot II. II , Holmes.
Chappell lold the police that Holmes had two
vats In the cellar. One , ho said , was In the
southeast corner , and the other in Ihe south i-
western corner of the rear cellar. They hail
bcn s'nce walled up , he said. One of the
: vats , according to Choppell's statements , was '
used as a vessel In which the flesh was eaten
from the bones by use of acids. The other :
was for the purpose of bleaching the bones
Twelve laborers worked nil day digging 3.It
: the two corners designated by Chappell , and
were about to give up the search as unsuc
cessful when one of the men at work on the
southeast corner struck his spade agalnsl
! something which gave forth a metallic sound.
The metallic objeci proved to b3 a huge tanli
; In Ihe shape of a bDller. It was located jusl
outside the cellar wall , and Its top was foui
feet from the ground surface. Work for the
n'ght ' was stopped before the tank was fullj
uncovered , but apparently It Is e'ght ' feet ! oiu
and three feet nine Inches In diameter.
Except for the discovery of Ihe lank the
( search In the basuncnt was frullless. Above
stairs the search was almost as barren of re
sults as lhat made In the cellar.
UOIMiS TI3I.I.S A.NOTIIKU STOHY.
Alleged ( 'ollfeHMlon of ( lie S\vllullei
1'rliited III Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. July 29. The Bulletin
today prints Ihe following : An enllrely new
slalement has Just been made by H. II.
Holmes , Ihe supposed murderer of the Pit-
zel children. In It the man of many crimes
gives In detail his version of how I'ltzel came
: by his death last September , and also slates
his ( Holmes ) connection with the tragedy.
. The statement was given to a close friend
ot Holmes In Philadelphia , who gave it to t
Bulletin reporter. Holmes says that on Sal-
urday night preceding Ihe death of Pltze
, Ihe latter came to his house , where ho wai
staying wllh " .Mrs. Howard. " Pltzel loli
id Holmes a heartrending story of his pecuniary
ida dllllcultles and of the sickness of his ( laugh
ter In St. Louis. "I must have money , " hi
'r' "
said , or words to that effect , "to send "to mj
" wlfo In St. Louis. " Holmes remonstratec
with Pltzel as to his spendthrift habits an'
/ spoke substantially lo him as follows : "Thei
you have been a good friend of mine. I'l
admit I have made lots of money througl
you , but I cannot keep this thing up. When
Is that $50 I gave you the other day ? I
you don't quit drinking you and I will havi
to separate. "
This conversation Is eald to have been car
rled on along Eleventh street , the men walk
Ing north until Morris street was reached
When they arrived at Ihe corner Pltzel ex
claimed : "I am ot no benefit lo any of you
I will soon get rid of my difficulties. Dfi
has become a nuisance to me. " Holme
avers that he jokingly remarked to Pltzel
111.m "Well , your body Is as good as any other
m but I would not advise you to do anythlni
rash. "
Holmes accounts for making- this remarl
by saying that he and Pltzel had under con
em slderatlon the defrauding of the Fldellt ;
m Mutual Insurance company. Holmes cays Pit
zel then became angry and again vowed tha
ho would commit suicide , Holmes then ex
plains that Pltzel left him.with'tho Intention
ot going home. Holmes says he gave Pltzel
no money that night , but promised to meet
htm nt the Callow Hill street house Ihe fol
lowing morning. H was about ' 10 o'clock
the following day ( Sunday ) , Holmes goes on
lo say , that ho went to vIMtPltzel at the
Callow Hill street house. When he reached
the place no one - apparently was about.
Holmes sat In the kitchen tpr almost twenty
minutes waiting for I'ltzel to appear. The
latter , Holmes supposed , hid gene out for
breakfast. Time wore on nnd "Ben" was
not to be seen. The consplralor then says
that he became anxious about his friend's
whereabouts and began to search the house
for Pltzel.
"As I rose to go up Bta'rs , " he says , "I
noticed a note tying on the counter In the
front part ot the house. It was addressed
to me. " Then Holmes explains that he
opened that note. U directed him to go up
to Iho second floor and open a closet , In
vhlch he would find a largo blue bottle con-
alnlng another letter addressed lo him.
lolmes followed the dlrecllons. Ho found
ho note In the bottle as described nnd was
orrlfled when he read It. It was from Ben-
timln Pltzel and advised Holmes that his
Pltzel's ) dead body could be found In the
louse. The letter pleaded that Holmes look
fter Pltzel's children , und suggesled that
here would be no difficulty In gelling Ihe In-
uranco money from Ihe Fidelity company ,
low that the dead body of Pltzel could be
produced In evidence. Holmes then told his
rlend of the disappearance of the corpse
ind said ho sat In the room wllh the body
or over an hour. He was dazed nnd hardly
tnew what to do. He finally made up his
nlml that -since Pltzel had .taken his life
here would be no harm In fixing the suicide
so that he might be able to get the Insurance
on Pitzel's life without any difficulty.
Holmes has confessed that he thereupon
Iragged the dead body to the second floor ,
aid the corpse upon the floor , pried op ° n the
nouth with a pencil and poured In n quantity
of explosives. He says he then fixed n match ,
when the explosion , which so horribly dls-
Igured the corpse followed. To give the more
forcible Impression that Pltzel came to his
death by an accidental. explosion , Holmes
staled lo his friend lhat he got a pipe ol
Pltzel's , filled It with tobacco , lighted if ,
then ble\v out the flame after the tobacco
had been parlly consumed and placed Ihe
pipe beside Ihe dead man's body.
II was nearly 4 o'clock In theafternoor
before he left the house. He put on a hat ol
Pitzel's to partially conceal his Idenllty am
placed his own hal , which was a felt , under
his coat. The criminal went directly to the
Broid slreet station , "so he alleges and In
quired at what hour the first train left Chi
cago. Holmes cays he does not distinctly
remember al what hour 'Hie railroad agen
lold him a Chicago Iraln would leave , but bo
lleved It was between 9 and 9:30 : o'clock a
night. He then went to the'house where hi
was slaying and made preparations to leave
the city. Ho and his wife left Chicago tha
night.
It Is understood that If the prosecutloi
conclude lo Indlcl Holmes for the murder o
Pltzel In Philadelphia thqy will produce a
witness who , It Is said , heard the couversatlor
between Holmes and Pltze'l on lhat eventfu
evening when Ihe taller ihreatened to di
away with his life. It has also bacn learnei
that the stale lias another witness who wa
on Ihe Iraln on which were Holmes and wlf
enroute for Chicago.
Cole Too Smart ( o Ur
HALTIMORE , July 29. Wllford Cole.
named In a Llttlo Rock dispatch as anotlu-r
possible Holmes victim was not a Ilaltl-
morcan. He , however , visited this cUx In
July , 1894 , repressntlng himself as tbe gent
of an Immense Arkansas lumber company , nnd
Induced several business .jnen. Including-
George Browning , to Invest sums ranging
from $100 to $1,000. Hi returned to Ar-
kansis , but shortly reappsaretl here , report
ing the company In a flourUhlng condition.
In a few days he again went wct. From
Forl Worth , where be Is. said lo have fallen
In wllh Holmes , Cole wrote Drowning lhat
owing lo the big Debs rallroi , ! ctrike th :
lumber company , had been forced 'o close up
This was the last heard from him. In
October last Browning wrote to Wyncotte
.Pa. , where Cole's wlfo was staying with
her father. The letters w.re not returned
for th' reason lhat Drowning thinks Cole re-
celved them. "I hardly believe the man Is
dead , " said Drowning. "He was too smart to
fall a prey to Holmes. "
Toronto No ( AiivlotiH for Holme * .
TORONTO , Out. , July 29. Though Aci-
Ing Altorney General Karelin has not
yet given his opinion , it Is learned on most
reliable authority that Toronto will not nsl.
for Ihe extradition of Holnus until all other
sources have been exhausted In the United
Stales. The altorncy general is under the
Impression that the pollcS authorllie ? here
have been a llttlo lee sanguine In their belief
that they have strong .enough evidence tc
lung Holmes. He would much rather hav
Illinois or Pennsylvania b.-ar the expense
and trouble than Toronto. The expenses o'
the extradition and trial , It Is estimated
would cost the provinci In Ihe neighborhood
of $8,000.
KKSCrKU TIIH .VKRHO.COI.OXISTH. . .
, Colored Kinli-raiiK ( o Mexleo Careil
for liy Coveriuueiit AiithorKten.
. WASHINGTON , July 29. Thanks lo Ihe
good oflico of T. M. Johnson , -general minager
of Iho Mexican Cenlral railroad , the unfortu
nate negroes of the Tlahuallla colony who arc
making their way home to the United States
from Mexico have been rescued from present
r starvation. United Stales Consul Sparks has
. 'elegraphol the Stite dep rtnunt from P o r s
Ncgras , Mexico , that Mr. Johnson Is feeding
these negroes at his own expense and that all
Is going well now. The Ejgle Pass officials
have guaranteed work -forty-six of the
negroes al lhat point , where Ihe consul had
. landed lliem Friday night. Twenty-five ol
them are sick In Mexico with smallpox , eight
yerlously. The local Mexlcin authorities the.c
have become alarmed and declare they canno'
tuko care of them any longer. The remainder
of the party who are not s'.ck. numbsrlng 150
were expected to reich Pe3ras ! Negras yester
day. The president has also taken steps to
relieve the dlslress of the colonists. RegardIng
Ing Ihe case as one-of'great emergency In
volving the lives of American citizens , ho hss
directed the War department to Issna ration
to them and Instructions were telegraphed the
military headquarters at ; San Anton'o. Tex.
lo forward Immedlalely 1,500 rations to United
States Consul Spirits at ,1'Iedrns Ncgras , II
Is believed Ihey have already1 reached him
and arc befog- distributed ,
. lUvliIemts for llnriU Creditors.
WASHINGTON , July 2'J. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The comptroller of ths currency
today declared n first dfvldendrof 20 per cent
In favor of the creditors-of the.'First National
. bank of Kearney , Nebou 'claims proved
amounting to $148,0931 Also a first
dividend of 25 pr cent In favor
ot the creditors of tha First National
bank of Redfleld. S. D. , on claims proved
amounting to $75,142 , anil a third dividend
of 7 per cent In favor of. the creditors of the
First National bank of Ceiljr'Falls , la. , mak
ing In all 15 per cent on claims proved
amounting lo $126,411.
The comptroller has approved the- Bankers
National bank of Chicago ai a reserve acenl
for the First National bank of Vllllsca , la.
\IMVS for ( lit1 Army.
WASHINGTON. July 29. ( Special Tele-
gram. ) Captain Charles S. Smith , ordnanc ;
deparlmenl , will proceed to Sandy Hook prov
ing ground , New Jersey'on business pertainIng -
Ing to construction of ordnanc ? .
Leaves of absence granted : Major Charlei
,
- I. Wilson , paymaster , one month ; Captalr '
- Alfred M. Fuller , Second cavalry , one month
First Lieutenant Joseph M. Callff , Third ar
tillery , two months ; First Lieutenant Thomai
. W. Griffith , Eighteenth Infantry , two month *
\Ve tern I'OHiinaiiieru Appointed.
: WASHINGTON , July 29. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Postmasters were appointed today 19 :
follows ; Nebraska Amherst. Buffalo county
F. M. Umbenhower , vice WIKUra Wagner ,
moved.
South Dakota Belle Fourche. Bulte county
William H. Stewart. vlc S. R. Holmes , re
moved ; Pearl , Jerauld county , F. W. Trolloe
B. J. Strlckley , resigned.
WHITES WERE NOT MOLESTED ;
Nearest Band of Indians Damped Fully
Forty Miles from the Settlements.
FURTHER NEWS FROM JACKSON'S ' HOLE
Certain ( lint n Lar c Unity of I.eiuhl
IndlaiiH Have Jollied ( he
llamtnuUH Noiv at llo-
havk'H Ciiiioa.
WASHINGTON , 'July 29. Further denial
of tha reported massacre at Jackson's Hole
reached the Interior department today from
Agent Teter. The dlspalch was daloJ Rexbu g ,
Idaho , near Market Lake , July 28 , and says :
"On the 27lh Inst. I mot Sheriff Hawley near
Rexburg , returning from Jackson's Hole ,
where ho had been sent to ascertain If the
settlers had been killed by the Indians. Ilaw-
ley stales Hint the setllers had not been mo
lested by the Indians , who are supposed to
be encamped about forty miles from Ihe
settlcmenl In a pracllcally Impregnable posi
tion. There Is no- doubt ot the fact that a
argo body of Lemhl. Indians has recently
olned the other Indians In Hpback canyon.
Speaking of the Indian disturbance In
northern Wyoming General Schoflcld today
ixprcssed 'the opinion that with discreet
Management the Indians would soon surren
der and return to their reservullon. The
inly way they could cause trouble was by
scattering and taking to Ihe mountains , but
ho thought It unlikely they would preclpl
.ate hostilities now the soldiers were coming.
Up to noon today no information whatever
liad been received nt the War deparlmenl ns
o Ihe progress of General Coppinger's forces
toward Jackson's Hole.
Speaking of the dispatch from Market
Lake slating that the Jackson Hole setllers
would be arrcste-d and tried for killing several
Indians-accused of violation ot the Wyoming
game laws , Commissioner Browning said he
knew of no steus being taken In tills direc
tion nnd nolhlng had been considered by Iho
bureau. He added that the Indian office
would welcome a test of the right of Indians
to kill game In defiance of the stale law ,
"We should like lo slop their hunting , " h
said , "but have no power tn ds o. The
treaty Is plain nnd Is binding on us. If the
courts decide Ihnt the stale law Is superior
lo Ihe Ircaty of the United Stales governmen
wllh Ihe Indians the inattcr will be setlled
nnd we shnll b2 very glaJ of It. "
ANOTHER CALL FOR TROOPS.
NEW YORK , July 29. John C. O'Connor ,
atlorney of Ihe cxeculors of Ihe late Rober
Ray Hamilton , has received the following
telegram :
MARKET LAKE. Idaho , July 28 , 1855.-
Can you Rf > t n detachment of treiops ordered
to protect Mary Mi re rnnh ? As planned by
Copplnger , no troops within forty miles.
J. I ) . SAROKNT.
Mary Mere ranch , of which Robsrt Ray
Hamilton was a part owner , Is about forly
miles north of Jackson's Hole and close to
the southern boundary of Yellowstone park.
Immediately on receipt of the telegram Mr.
O'Connor phced himself In communication
with the military authorities here In order ,
that c-teps might ho taken for the protection
of the ranch. ,
TIIIMCH THE KII.I.I.VG JUSTIFIED.
-
Sheriff" ( lie .Iiif'Uson'H Hole Coinitrj
r.lves | | Verxloil.
DENVER , July 29. A Fpeclal to the News
from Cheyenne , Wyo. , says : Sheriff John
Ward of Ulnta county Is in the city today.
He denies the charges made bj * Indian Agpnt
Teter lhat the setllers of Jackson's Hole haJ
shut down Indians without provocation and
that the shooting was nothing less than mur
der.
der."I
"I have been sheriff of Ulnla county for
ten years and know the setllers of the Hole
personally. They are thrifty , law abiding
people , -who are building up n thriving set
tlement In that valley. Constable Manning ,
who made the arrests , Is a conscientious offi
cer , not easily frightened , nnd only dpMied
to discharge his duty. If the prlson ° rs had
been while men Instead ot Indians , and had
attempted to break away ns these Indians
did , he would have bean compelled to shoot
them. The fact of the mailer Is lhat there
has been no lawlessness reported at my clfice
from Jackson's Hole except what U
laid at the door of the marauding
bands of Indians. Thesa Indians have been
encouraged In their lawlessness by Indian
Agent Teter , who has Insisted that the
state laws were Inoperative as far as the In
dians were concerned. Acting on his advice
the Bannocks have slaughtered thousands of
head of elk nnd other large game and de
fied the olllcers. When Ihreatened wllh nr-
rest they show passes from Ihelr ngent nnd
say they will fight the whites If Interfere !
with. After Constable Manning arrested the
band he had trouble with , they made an at
tempt to break away when In a wild section
of the country. If he had allowed them to
get away they would have held the stale
laws In conlempt and he had no choice bul
lo shoot them. "
The charge made by the agent that the set
tlers are principally hide hunters Is denied
by the sheriff , who says they guard the game
Jealously , as they depend .on It In a large
measure for meat and do no killing unless
their meat supply is exhausted. The Indian
he says , does not hesitate lo kill a settler
once In a while If they find one oul In Ihe
hills who lias anything they want. In 1891
they killed a man named Clark , who was on
Gray's creek , and stole his camp outfil. On
numerous occasions while men have been
' killed In Ihe hills and Ihe supposition Is lhat
Ihe Indians shot them. Mr. Ward says the
, present outbreak would not have occurred
if the Inlerlor deparlmenl had given heed Ic
Ihe suggesllons conlalned In Iho lellers ol
- Governor Richards of June 19 , In which he
explained fully Ihe conditions as Ihey existed
In the northern part of the state.
:
I.ANDEH PEOPLE ttl'Altni.VR PASSES
,
llorseiueii Set Out ( o Head ( XT Ilostller
Who MlKht Move South.
LANDER. Wyo. , July 29. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Night before last was a night o
anlxety to many people In this section. Ai
10 p. m. fitly thoroughly armed and equipped
horsemen took the road leading to the I1U
Wind river. They were to be Joined bj '
Ihlrty-five mounted men it Hcrse Creel'
, and pick up such recruits as : nlght lo feline'
along the route. Their Jestliitlon wai tin
vicinity of Union Pass , so that they mlgh
, head off hosllles who should come througl
any of the passes leading from Jackson'i
Hole. The men went out In two sectlom
only a few minutes apart. The first squai
, was In command of Arthur M
Sparhawk , ex-sheriff of the count )
and one of Ihe bett knowi
men of the stale. The second was hetded bj
Sheriff Grlmmetl. No horses wer * * tukei
which could not make a hundred miles b :
sunrise. They expected to breakfasl at the E
A. ranch on Horre Creek , and If necessar ;
got fresh horses there.
At 2 a , m. telegraphic orders were receive !
from Governor Richards by the commandei
ot company D , Wyoming National Guards
to co-operate wllh tlio civil authorities for Uu
* protection of the people of the county
The paess leading Into the larger valley wll
be guarded and timely warning be given I
the hcstlles are driven this way by thi
jr'l'tnry. '
At a late hour last night Frank Lowe , lie
old guide and Indian fighter , reported twent ;
Bannocks camped In Little Paopaogle canyon
nineteen miles directly south of this city. I
was said that they were on no hostile mission
simply skulking around the mountains to ge
out of harm's way , and doubtless with ai
eye to future business. The people here arne
. no * frightened , but thoroughly aroused am
Bdetermined. . No news has been received Iron
, any quarter today , but the people will not b
[ surprised at anything. It U generally con
ceded that the Indians will retreat Into Wind
! River country.
I.MIIAX THOL'ni.nS IX KANSAS.
1'nrly of INittnmidHitlci Moot n
Shorlrt'H I'OMNO Midi lllllox.
TOPEKA , July 29. Sheriff Nnylor of
Jackson county arrived In Topeka tonight
and will ask for state Iroops lo put down nn
uprising of Indians on the Pottawatomle res
ervation. The sheriff and posse accompanied
the Indian pollco today to make an arrest
nnd nil had to flee for their lives. The
sheriff says Ihero nro fifty armed redskins
awaiting to resist any attempt lo arresl any
of Ihelr number.
The Irouble nrose over n section of Ihe res-
ervallon land which a parly of while men
claim to have leased from the Indian agent.
Last Saturday the white men began making
hay on these lands and nn Indian named
Matarash and several others drove Ihe white
men off the lands. Warrants were put In the
hands of the Indian pollco to bo served nnd
Sheriff Naylor nnd posse accompanied them to
end nld. When the parly reached Iho reser-
nllon they were met by Matarash nnd about
jfty followers , nil heavily armed. They re
used to bo nrrestcd nnd the sheriff nnd party
vero obliged lo speed Ihelr horses to the
tmost to escape n conflict with the redskins ,
'he sheriff says the Indians arc In war p.ilnt
nd last night held a war dance. He will
.sk Governor Morrlll for troops , ns ho be-
leves the Indians will continue warlike until
lonfrontcd by superior numbers.
Moro TroopM Snroil ( o ( ho l > 'ron ( .
SALT LAKE. July 29. A special to the
lernld from Market Lake says : The live
lompanlcs of Infantry that arrived hero last
light have received orders to go to the front
t once , and will leave In the morning for
ackson's Hole. H will lake len days lo
jinke Ihe trip. The cavalry went aboul
wenly miles today. Every effort will be
nade to Induce the Indians to return to the
eservatlon peaceably. The troops have re-
iclvcd word that when they get near enough
o render hasty assistance the setllers are
going to nttack the Indians. A band of two
r three hundred Indians were on the Irnll
f ihe troops when they struck camp and has-
cncd towards Jackson's Hole.
> EXVEH IIAXK CLOSES ITS HOOKS.
AVI II IIiiililnU > IH Affairs anil Co
Out of llimliivNN.
DENVER , July 29. Tha Union National
bank , of which R. Wogdbury Is president ,
was closed today. H will liquidate Its af
fairs nnl go out of business. The bank was
closed during the panic In 1893 , but subse
quently resumed business and later was con
solldatcd with the State National bank , which
had also been closed during the panic. It
Is said the depositors will lose nothing and
business will not bo seriously affected.
The immediate cause of the closing of the
bank was Us loss of business. In Us pub
lished stalement of July 11 the deposlls were
given ns about $800,000. Since then the de-
poalls have dwindled to $634.000. The bank's
loans and discounts' , according lo the last
statement , amounted to $1.058,494. It will
be possible lo pay a dividend of 25 per caul
lo deposilors from the resources on hand
Inside of ninety days , and according to a
statement of the clearing house all depositors
will be paid In full without the necessity of
making an assessment upon the stockholders.
The bank's capital Is $500,000 , divided among
400 persons.
David H. Mortal , presldenl of the First
National bank , said today lhat the closing of
the Union National bank would not have any
bid effects upon business or cause any em
barrassment to the other banks. The' Times
Ihls afternoon says editorially regarding Ihe
failure : "Dollar for dollar will be paid de
positors and the gsneral situation will be
Improved by the liquidation of the bank'n
liabilities. " _
WAS AN I'P-TO-DATU OKKICEIt.
ItaHier Than SiihniK ( o 1111 Investiga
tion He llnriiH Ills lloolvN.
DENVER , July 29. T. H. Wygant , county
treasurer of Arapahoe county , of which Dan-
ver is tha county scat , retires from the office
today on acocunt of his Inability lo furnish a
iallsfaclory bond for $500,000. Mr. Wygant
was formerly treasurer of the town of High
lands. An Investigation of the town's affairs
U In progress and Mr. Wyganl was called
upon to produce hl books as treasurer. He
refused let do Ihls , saying ho had burned
them. On account of Ihls and other revela
tions at the Highlands Investlgallon , David
H. Mortal and ether bankers who had signed
his bond as county treasurer withdrew there
from.
The- county commissioners this afternoon
appointed ex-County Treasurer David Hart to
succeed Wlgant , who rcllres solely b > c.iuse
he bus been unable to secure me iiecsbiry :
sureties. Ho leav.es his accounts In good
shape and his retirement Is no
ils administration of the office. It ho rccures
a satisfactory bond within a reasonable time
ie will bo permitted to resume his enuc ? .
LOOKING AKTEH AN INDIAN ARK VI' .
Ills Coiiiluel ( ho Siihjeel of nil Ofllelnl
Investigation.
DURANGO , Colo. , July 29. Great Interest
s felt here In the result of the Investigation
of the Utc Indian agency nt Ignaclo now be
ing made by T. P. Smith , assistant commis
sioner of Indian affairs , and Judge Duncan ,
special agent. The course pursued by Agent
' David Day regarding the removal of the Utes
to the western part of the reservation Is
freely denounced here and led to Iho bring
ing of Iho charges of fraud In Iho management
, of the agency at Ignaclo against him. An In
vestigation has been In progress since last
Thursday and a mass of testimony has been
submitted. The Investigation will close to
day and the findings of the commission be for
warded to the secretary of the Interior.
IIEM.E OF MEMPHIS SAFE IN POUT.
l\lK \ Steamer I'nliijiireil , Contrary ( o
Conoral lleporl.
MEMPHIS , July 29. The Anchor line
steamer. Belle of Memphis , arrived In porl
at 4 o'clock this morning showing no signs
of the reported accident. She left St. Louis
. Friday evening at C o'clock and was due
here at G o'clock this morning , so that she
arrived two hours ahead of time. Captain
Milt Harry says Ihe boat made every landIng -
Ing and that the trip was In all respects a
; pleasant and profitable one. This Is con
firmed by the testimony of the passengers
Captain Harry Is at a loss to Imagine how
the report ot a disaster to the boat origi
nated.
'
scouciir.n A SOUTH DAKOTA TOWN
'
' Fire In Cusler City Hums Out Sev
eral IlilslnesH .Men ,
OUSTER CITY , S , D. , July 29. ( Special
Telegram. ) A fire early Ihls morning destroyed -
stroyed a quarter of a block In the business
portion of Ihe town before ll could be con
trolled. The losses were as follows : Ward
& Donaldson , $1,500 , no Insurance ; David
Shope , $2,000 , Insurance $1,600 ; H. D. Rey
nolds , $800 , Insurance $500 ; Marble photo
graph gallery , $500 , no Insurance ; Custei
Chronicle , $800 , no Insurance ; Custer Leader
$500 ; Insured ; Charles Lanlhan , $300 , no In
surance. _
Must Support Silver.
RAWLINS , Wyo. , July 29. ( Special Tele
gram. ) At a meeting of the directors of thi
Journal Publishing company held today Johr
C. Friend was employed as edllor. A res
olullon was unanimously adopted demandlnf
the free coinage ot silver at the ratio o
1C to 1 without waiting for the action o
any other government , the new editor belni
Instructed to conduct the policy of tbi
Journal on these lines ,
,
It DrovritedVhllo. Ilathliiir.
, SIOUX FALLS , S. I ) . , July 29-Spocla
Telegram. ) Peter Larson , 12 years old , wai
drowned while bathing hero this afternoon
Other young boys pushed him off a tprlii ]
board Into the water. Larson was unable t >
swim and the other boyi were frightened ant
ran away.
BOUND TO BRING ON ANARCHY
Howling Dervishes Determined to Override *
Public Sentiment and Decency.
PLOT TO CAPTURE THE POLICE FORCE
A. I * . A. Leaders , Aliloil liy
Sent ( , Hope in Have Control of
the- City Thursday Dotall *
of ( he riiut.
As the first day of August approaches , the
day upon which Iho so-called Churchill-Rus
sell police law Is lo go Into effect , the Interest
In pollco mailers becomes Intensified. Thla
Interest Is not confined to police circles alone ,
but Is spreading among nil classes of citizens.
Ever since the appointment of Chief of Po
lice White by the present Board of Fire and ,
Police commissioners nnd until last Sunday ,
tlio opinion prevailed among those who had
watched Iho strained condition of nffnlrs Mint
nn nrmcd conflict wns almost unavoidable It
two rival pollco commissions were to set up
In business , especially If the new board under
Iho Churchill-Russell reglmo should attempt
to secure rival fire and pollco forces.
For weeks the malcontents and the police *
plotters have boon In almost constant confer
ence with the members of the radical elcmsnt
of the American Protective association , better
known as the howling dervishes , of whom
Cunningham R. Scotl Is Ihe chief pusher , anil
Attorney Covell of Helfensteln fame nntl
partner of Churchill , Is Iho leading light.
Nearly nil of the twenty-two policemen who
were recently dismissed by the present Uaard
of Fire and Pollco commissioners have bi-cn
enrolled ns n nucleus of the police force to bo
onr-mlxed by the new bo.iril. All of Iho cx-
pollcemon have retained their arms , and
It Is openly boasted that firearms have b-'cn '
distributed among other men , nnd that a ,
largo force ot men Is ready to fall In line nt
the drop of the hnl when Iho new board has.
been commissioned.
This work has nol been done In secret ,
but , Instead , meetings have been held fit
which men have been detailed for cerlaln
lines of work , aflcr which Ihey have gene
upon Iho slreet corners , where they have
publicly heralded the Information , Intending
to terrorize law abiding citizens by conveying
the Impression that they nnd the men who
were behind them held the balance of power
and that It would be exerted Thursday morn
ing. These men have even staled thai they
were to be nrmcd , nnd thnl If Ihe present
police commissioners did nol see fit to sur
render possession of the clly Jail nnd Iho
clly hall Ihcse places would bo Inken by-
force. They have gone among Ihe recently
appointed policemen and have tried to liuluco
them to delay Ihe purchasing of Iholr uni
forms , lolling them that they would be d's-
chnrgcd on August 1 , and lhat the purclriso
of uniforms would be a needless expenditure )
of money.
WHERE JUDGE SCOTT SERVES.
As a part ot the well laid program of lhe
ranters It has been announced that Judge *
Ecolt had not adjourned his section of the
district court and would be on hand to Issue
any Judicial order required for Iho plans ot
the new board.
When one of these dervishes was pressed for
a reason why Scott did not adjourn his sec
tion of the court and take a vacation , as In
and always has been the custom of the Judges
of the district court , ho elated that eomo >
Judge would be needed In Omaha on August
1 , nnd Scott wns the man who could bs de
pended upon In the event of an elnsrency.
Yesterday the real inwardness of this slato-
ment became manifest when one of lha
howlers of Iho howling In ml told an officer ot
the police force that "II 1 will be popping
next Thursday. "
Asked to be more explicit , this member ot
the dervishes said that the plan was to np-
polni Iho comm'ssloners under Ihe terms of
the Churchill-Russell law at n late hour
Wednesday night nnd have them ready to
lake possession of the affairs of the pollco
force early Thursday morning. If Ihe old com
missioners would not surrender they wore lo
bo arrested. These arrests were to b.J fol
lowed by Ihe arrest of Chief of Pollco While
and all of the olllcers of the force who were ,
not In sympathy with them and who would
not do their bidding. Another part of the
scheme was that Scott was to bo on hand
and issue nil writs that might be necessary
to aid In erecting the machinery of the new
law. Thus the dervishes hope to get Into the
saddle and carry their points , regardless ot
all law or precedent.
Lasl Sunday when Iho lelter of Governor
Holcomb , written to Atlorney General
Churchill and Land Commissioner Russell ,
was given publicity through the press , It waa
hoped thai n conflict could be avoided , as In
the letter the governor advised taking the * '
matler Inlo Ihe supreme courl for Hie pur
pose of lestlng the legality of the new pollco
law. This Is the prayer and desire of the
leading business men and taxpayers of the
city , who are willing to support the governor
In his efforts to avert the Impending trouble.
The howling dervishes have IntlmnUd lhat
Ihey have nothing to arbltrnlc and 'hat they ;
are In for a fight to a finish. The organ
which the dervishes use as their mouthpiece
speaks Ihe sentiments of Ihe crowd when It
says , in speaking of the governor ; "If he
falls to enforce It he violates his rolemn
obligation as chief executive und Is subject to.
impeachment. If he should attempt to prevent -
vent Its enforcement hu would bo guilty ot
treason and should bo punished as a tiaitor.
The prerogative of the governor does not em
body the right to Interpret the legality cf our
laws. "
Among the more- moderate element of tha
A. P. A. and the great mass of citizens tlio
universal sentiment Is In favor of a settle
ment of the question by the supreme court.
Any Intrusion on the part of Judga Scott
would be regarded from the outset as a part ot
the conspiracy and would only fan the Ilimca
of local dlBcord. The Hoard ot Fire and
Police Commissioners and Chief of Pollco
White have determined to maintain their
ground and Buxtaln law and order In tha
city of Omaha until the controversy In final/ )
settled by the supreme court of the slate.
It Is now given out as positively Bellied
that Churchill and Russell have ngrsjd on
the following commission : Paul Vandcrvoort ,
W. J. Droaleh and A. C. Fosler.
PREPARING TIIKUl ANSWERS.
LINCOLN , July 29. ( Special Telegram.- )
, Land Commissioner Ruskell has not yet an
swered the governor's letter denying llio cor-
redness of the records of the Hoard of Public }
Lands and Dulldlngs , as published In the
, commissioner's llttlo pamphlet entitled "lie-
port of Appraisers for Pitrchasa Prison Con
tract and Property 1S95. " It Is reported
around the state house that the answer will
bo replete In details and voluminous In verbi
age. In an Interview with the correspondent
of The Ilee today the governor said :
"As to the misunderstanding between tha
Hoard of Public Lands and Hulldlngs and my
self regarding my position concerning the
amount awarded by the appraisers to Mr.
Dorgan , and the statement In the daily prcta
that the newspapers had been quoting mo as
being 'well pleased' with the award , and
, that I had not denied It , I desire to say that
In an Interview wlUi a reporter a very short
time after the report of the appraisers I stated
In substance that I was In favor ot having
the contract terminated , because I thought
It to be to the best Intereit ot the state and
the prisoners of the penitentiary ; that , as
far as I had been able to observe , the itato
would bo In a better condition with the con
tract terminated In that way than with It In
forco. I distinctly stated that I had not had
an opportnulty to examine Into tun value *
placed upon the property , but as far as I
knew at that tlmo the ttato was getting tha
property at reasonable values. I further stated
without reservation that I regarded the con
tract , which wai appraised at over $ (0,000 ,
as of little , If any , value , hut thai the rebate
allowed rendered It better to terminate tha
contract at thete figures than to cn'er Into
any controversy over It or have It continued.
My prsltlon , thui publicly expressed , Irs been !
modified since only by Information blamed
by a pprsonal examination Into the values M