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rAnLJSIIED JUNE 19 ! , 871. . 01\AIIA \ , SATURDAY : MORNING , SE1'TEfBEU 28 , 1805-1.rEL'lE - r.A.GES SINGTJOO1Y u lJ'IIYE ClEN'J1S.
ARE GROPING IN TilE HARI ) (
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Durant's ' Attorneys Evidently Hoping
Something Favorblo May Develop
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ALBI \ lAS FALLEN TO TiE GROUND
) lrrlll Cnii tliiurs 10 )11 % I I. . it the
Utl".t Ulco'rl I" I th. . . Puce or
1 11.I"K I Coil I t . . - ' .I.lclee
l'roll.co II the 1illire.
SAN FRANCISCO . , Sept. 27.-I Theodore
Durrant has anything tangible upon which
to base hb denial of the charge that le
murdered anche Lament anll Minnie Will-
IamB , his attorneys have failed to give sat-
Ifactory evidence of the fact , After two
days devoted to th ! testmony of the defense
the trial wal adjournd at loon today un-
ti next Tuesday. In the meantime , how-
ever , the deenso has disclosed enough to
'allsfy the prosecution that Durrant's attorney -
lorneys are groping In the dark In the hope
that something may develop within the next
( few days to save the prisoner's life. The
weakness oC the defense Is made more apparent -
parent at this time on account oC the extravagant -
travagant assertions that lurrant's attorneys I
p have uniformly made since the trIal began. I
When the lro'ecution was engaged In put-
tng In Is ease flh1 the situation looked :
darkest . for the young Sunday school super-
Iltendont Attorney lenprey was accustomed
to snap his fingers and remark that he had
no fears for the future oC his client.
) "We will clear him In three minutes " said
' . . Deuprey , "and the Public will be at a lou to
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Understand how Durrant'R name was ever
connected with the case. " The same line of
extravagant claims was continued when Attorney -
torney leuprey nude his opening spech for
the dorense. "Not only will the prisoner tel
you with hi ! own IIJs the simple story at
his life on the day Banche Lament was
murdered , " salll Dcuprey , "but Dr. Cheney
will tel you that Durrant was at Cooper
. . - Medical college at the very hour when the
\ . murder oC Blanche I.amont Is salll to have
tkol place. lesldes that we will prove to
you that Durrant never tried to pawn Misi
Lamont's rIng at Oppenheim's store. On the
contrary we will brIng forward the young
man who did try to pawn a ring at Oppen-
LI helm's shnlar } to . the one worn by Miss La-
I iliont. "
CnUILED IN A DAY.
; In vIew _ oC these startling statements I
( I "as first believed that the defense mIght
have a strong cain . In one day , however
the case oC the defense crumbled and fell
of Its own weight , and today Durrant's alb\ \
has not a leg upon which to stand. Dr.
Cheney , who was expected to tel so much
for the defense , \\"s as strong a wlnegs for
toe prosecution as has taken the stand dur-
. stant
- ) Ing the trial Instead oC fulfilling Deuprey's
statement and swearing that lurrant attended -
tended lecture at Cooper Medical college
on April 3. he saIl he hall no recollection
oC seeing the young medIcal student there.
Time denial dumbfounded time defense ;
If further proof were needed of the belief
that the defense has little to offer In reCuta-
ton of the case put forward by the prosecu-
ton , I was furnished today. Instead of plac-
Ing witnesses on the stand ( to tesUCy to some
material ' facts In connection with Durrant's _
acs
alleged alibi , two gasnter were called t
testy with regard to the sunburers In the
gallery at Emanuel church. For two hours
the crowd was bored and the jury madl tired
\y a long series ot questions and answers
. relative to the mlnute part of the eonstruc-
I " ton oC sunhurners Not once durIng the en-
tire session was the name oC Bqnche Lament
mentioned , nor was lnythlng 111 to Indicate
that I was not a suit to collect a plumber's
bill , Instead of a murder trIal that was be-
I Core thc court. The evIdent purpose oC the
examination , however , was to show that thc repairing - i
pairing oC the sun burers would neccsarly
result In the escape oC a great deal of gas.
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This testimony will be used to substantiate
Durrant's statement that he was surerlng
Cram partial asphyxiation when he came
down from the church belfry trembling and
flushed , and met Organist ICing In the audl-
, torlum.
A significant featmc oC the testimony of the
two gasfters was the fact that each testified
that ' 11 made an examlnaten oC the sunburn-
ers In manuel church on September 21. The
prosecution Interprets this to mean the de-
tense had nothing upon which to base a case
until the case oC time people was nearly com-
1leto. , Only when confronted hy the actual
necessity oC opening Its case Is It believed
that the defense made an attempt to secure
. , witnesses to testify with regard to the con-
l1ton of time sunburners .
DUnHANT IS UNIOVED.
The apparent hopelessness of his case. how-
eyer Produced no change In the demeanor . of
Durrant. Day aCer day he sits In .the court
room beside his father and mother and listens
to the evIdence against him without a sIgn
oC emotion. This stoicism oC the prIsoner Is
only surpassed hy that of his mother. Irs.
Durrant seems to have no conception oC the
gravIty of her son's posHlon. Attired In wav-
Lag plumes anti a tailor made gown such as a
lady might wear at a nmatlnee. she laughs and
chats with her friends whlo the evidence that
the prosecution believes wi hang her son Is
being put In against hIm. To frequenters oC
the court room. lrs. Durrant's conduct Is almost -
most its unfathomable ap thnt at her soil
. Durrant's IS Cather. however , looks careworn
and gives evidence of tIm intense .mental
strain through which ho must bo passhmmg.
The prosecution during tIme presentation oC
its evidence against Durrant was unabo : to
present testimony tending to show that the
accused was of Immoral character and hall
viited Immoral resorts. When the time for
rebuttal comes , however , It .Is time Intention
to present all of that evidence. I Is ralme1
by the detectives that they hl1e suOcent :
proof to offset everything that may be offered
to prove a good character for the accused.
The rpor that limo defense In tIme Durrant
case would produce a witness who would tes-
. try that she \ the aeculcd medical student
enter the Emanu(1 Baptist church on the
afternoon oC April 3 1 , between 4:30 : and I
o'clocl , before whIch time Ilnche Lament
Is BUpposC to have been murdered . has ben
confirmed , but time few IJeoplo to whom this
wines confided the story guarded her name
scdulQusly. Wilam A. Dond. II stockbroker .
knows the woman who may thus tt"mtify. and
Is In possession of the natura of the evidence
silo will glvl .
Mr. flood said : "I know of thl , witness
because tIme story "a , tel ! to me. Several
others know of I Alt are pLedged to se-
crecy. When the Ilroper time comes anll to
the proper authorities the evIden'o wi be
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given. .
' : . ' story a known ! In IJolo ( circles Is that
this oman met a young man walking toward
time church on the afternoon of the day ( men-
tlo1ill and accosted him , mIstaking 111m at
frt for n Crleml. She apologized , passed on .
RII then , curIous about her mistake . turned
) all 13W the stranger entering the chur.Th.
Recently she h I sid ! to have Identified Dur-
rant u this ) dUn ! man she epoke to on that
afternoon .
Mr. Daud will neither deny , nor confirm
tbla. lie said . that he hall no motive for con-
cealng nn.thlnThe point with hIm was
that the lady might be mistaken and until
she found she was mint It was unnecessary to
brIng her name : before the poUce.
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m.NVEH , Sept. 27.-A specal ! to the
Times , Cram Oel\1(1 Sprln\s. Colo. , says :
. Green } her and Dave Fisher . members cC
the gang of cattle thieves who escaped to the
hIlls aCer a battle with a sheriff's pose :
few days ago have surrendered tinder
romlse oC lroteeton , alI have just been
_ : - _ . placed In jll In that town.
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. AlION. 0. . Sept. 27.-0IJ N. Gardner
f ! of Jamestown , N , Y. . ox-city elcluler of this
r cIty . DanIel Omlr all Josiah \trl ' r , were
, . hdlcted this afternoon the '
hlJctel Ceruoon by cr'ld jury
. ' , for bribery. The crime I said to \\0 been
comnmmmhtted In connection with Imolr.rtmunt \ ' ,
commited connecton wih hUJrtnnt IJ\,1 I
tng coutracts , for whIch the mu vere billI I I
Uer.
leu.
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LOUSVILI.E , Sept. 27.-The second day of
the convention of the Order of St Andrew i
opened this morning with a unLn service at
Christ church cthedral. itt. 11ev. D.
Nichols , bishop or California , acted as cele-
brant. The morning business selon met
promptly at 10 o'clock at Liberty hal , wIth
I'restdent ' Jlro : presiding. Hev. nlcharll : c-
Crtry oC Owensboro offered the opening
prayer
In regard to the resolution offered yesterday
by the ChIcago delegation to have the con-
vnton held earlier In the year because this
time interferes with the work of ministers at ,
the beglnnlng , and ale oC delegates who are I
engaged In business pursuits , tile committee
recommended that this be adopted. Accepted.
The committee recommended that the reso-
lution offered yesterday to have the next con-
venton international In character be allotel1
This was accepted. In regard to tIme different
resolutlns offered yesterday as to the place
where the convention shall be held next year
the commitee made the following rleom-
mnonda tb ns :
mellatons
All suggestions and resolutions with reference -
once to the tme of the next annual con-
vontlon and other details oC the same be sub-
mited to the Incomlng council for acton :
and that at tomorrow morning's session oC the
convention ten minutes he allowed the delegates -
gates Cram each oC the cites asking for the
convention to present their respective claL'Js.
Thl ! wa accptCI with an amendment that time
Canadian delegation also be allowed to speak
on the subject.
Time following resoluton by 11ev. Waiter
10ughson was accepted.
"We protest against the atrocities committed
by time Turkish authorities against the Chris-
tans of Armenia , and express the hope that
the English and American churches will use
nit means to pre'ent further repeUton of
those outrages. "
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IAIUISnS os UXICIPAL 11 I"Olnl.
F-1'riM 1. ) . t St Full h. . j , h'n"1 I i'M
111"HI City ( : I"'rll'ut ,
INDANAPOLtS , Sept. 27.-Gcneral Benjamin -
jamin harrison has expressed htnsel on
the enforcement of the law , which I the
duet Issue In the municipal campaign In
this city nt the coming election . tie said :
"The Imprtance oC an honest , economical ,
business administration oC city offices and
time frm enforcement oC alt the laws cannot
bo o\'erstatll1 A city so managed attracts
business amid reputation. I believe wo l\ave \
now these things. anll we shall contnue
them L Mr. 'frusler , the republican candidate -
date , Is elected mayor. The Idea that a
mayor or chief of IJolca Is at liberty to permit -
mlt any ordinance to be violated Is mon-
strans. \c choose executive efcers to enforce -
force laws , all not to repeal or sUlpend
them at their pleasure I Is subversive of
' and destructive oC facial order
our s'sle destructve arter
and pace of our communities to allow our
execulvo omcers to choose what laws they
will enforce. I Is not at all a question
whether I like the law or whether the of-
fleer likes the law. What sort oC a conditIon
of society would we have IC no man obeyed
the law and no officer enforced I unless be
IllCII I ? Such questions arc for time legls-
laturo and the council. To find fault with
an officer for enforcing the law Is t : re-
pllate the system and to vote against a
candidate because he Is pledged to enforce
the laws Is to associate onesel with the
lawbreakers "
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IMI'ILISONEI ) AN . \I nIC' CI'rIZB
Arl11ItA ClthlH I'rii.i'tioii tr.m its ,
Order .r ' 1'iiriee.
( OSTANTINOi'Li . Sept. 27.-An Arme-
milan named Ouedjlan , who chimed to be a
citizen of tIme United States , was recently
sentenced to a long term oC Imprisonment on
the charge oC being an emlasary oC an Armenian -
nian revolutonary society. The UnIted States
consul at Aieppo where GurIjlan was con-
fnell ( , was not allowed by the authorites to
visit the prIsoner. Mr. Alexander . Terre
the United State minister to Turkey de-
mantled of the Sublmo Porte that sentence
11 the case of Guedjlan b3 suspended until It
could bo alcerhlne whether or not ho had
CorCeed the right of protection by the Unle.t
States. The Porte has now telegraphed to the
authoritIes at Aleppo to allow the UnIted
States consul to InvestIgate the cae and ale
the prisoner. _ _ _
'Vh&iilI.M I Ii t' l.urllH Cunl.1 lIe 11llru\'c.l.
LONDON , SelJt. 27.-llespondlng to a toast
to the 10100 oC Lords at a banquet given at
Ripen tonight , the marquis oC Lonulonderry
sal ! that he thought the 10use of Lords could
be Improve In many ways , and he hoped the
unlon1ts woulll grapple wah the quest on.
The house of Lords might hereafter have to
opp050 the House oC Commons In measures not
so unpopular as the hOle rule measure.
Therefore ho wIshed It to bo so strong that no
stone could be cst at its action .
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Itmiginjish G..tll . Iii IiIrmi'Nt.
LONDON , Sept. 27.-The Ial Mal Gazette
his afternoon prints a dispatch Cram Shang-
hat which says : Appearances Indicate that
England Is finally In earn st In regard to
the maesacres In China. Five war fhlps are
noon the river ang.tse-Klang , proceed-
Lag towanl the scenes oC disturbances , and
four more are expectell to start tomorrow.
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10mh 'hrowcr Gets 'l'lirec Yemsr .
PARIS , Sept. 27-hiouteilse , the man who
on September I curled a cocoa tin containing
chlorate oC IJotlsh and ordinary gunpowder
Into the vestIbule ' oC the Iothschlll banking
house 11 the nue' I.ante , where he was ar-
rested tie was tryIng to Ignite the
as 10 ) Ignie corn-
pound from a cIgarette , has been sentenced to
three years Impronment. !
. \rr..t .r . \ll. . . .1 l ' rl'lwl :1,1. " ,
LEIISI Sept. 27.-The Grleht Zelhlg
fnys that as n result oC time arrest oC a
Frenchman and n German at Cologne tour
Germans have been arrested at Essen , : latlc-
burg and lierUn . all connected with 11 ex-
tensl\e system oC espionage IJrOmottl by the
1.'r.nc'l wih the object oC obtaining drawings
oC the defensive works
H.I'I. J.f."tc.1 I ) . tiii' SI."n".I.
MADRID , Sept. 27.-Tho crew of the cun-
boat Marque del Duro have defeated the
rebels In the Island of Tatan amI have killed
eighteen ; oC them. Others were taken to
Mania and several of them shot.
Uh.lllli ( 'tutters . " I StrIi . .
MSTEItD.M , Sept. 27.-Tcn thousand diamond -
month cutters struck here today upon the refusal -
fusal oC the employers to adopt conditons
upon which the emitters' union Insisted.
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LONDON , Sept 27.-hlarry Ia'ne. the
I.antomlme clown , Is deaJ.
lImit liters . husiIIi't'd.
NEW YOHK , Sept 27.-Tbe grand jury
today ordered indictments for manslaughter
In the second degree against the followIng
men , who are bold ronslble for the co I-
l'IJB oC tIme Ireland buIlding August 7 last .
when fifteen mtn were killed : Thomas lur-
pim ) , n1SOUS foreman : Thoma Walter ,
superintendent ; John Parker contractor ;
DennIs Buckley. Inspector oC the huldlng de-
patmL'nt : O. E. Ilyrnes architect , and Ed-
ward J. YeuIale , architect's aslstant , The
grant jury dlsmiascil the conwlJluts against
Joseph Guider , contractug plasterer , and Jet.
Cerll Sllck , who succeed,11 Murray as
nmasnn' ' fcmrernamm The punishment on con-
\'leUon for this offense may le as hIgh as
ImprIsonment for ten . years .
l'II'Jl Q"lllt ) . ot ' .1.1"(0 lIiirmeii .
CINCINNATI , Sept. 27.-'lre tonight
destroyed enl of limo storage houses oC tht
Cincinnati Leaf Tobacco company between
laN and \Ile streets . Two thousand ,
seven humln'll ant cvcnty hogsheads of to ,
laeco were store In them by actual count
malle toII Time Ieugcontents oC a
hog.heall It t.OO pounds At a'ery low
Ilrtco the tobsclo stored In this warehouse Is
worth $ OUO. 1'tl buIlding and tobacco
are : total loss . a'neunttng to not less than
l < , 'O
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VENEZUELAN TAUt REVIVED
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Stto Department Officials Say Toro Have
Been No Now
Davolopment
MINISTER ANDRADE KNOWS NOTHING
1 lorl ot time . \1'rlcl" S1,1cnll I.
'rnl . , , Ait'isuiiigi ! ot I. Ce.iiis- !
Mlol :11) ' Url.1 : .tcr. to
nil Ispiuie. -
WASHINGTON , SCllt. 27.-There Is no ad-
vance nor change In the status of the
Venezuelan question , so Car as can be learned
Cram all available official sources In Wash-
Ington , Including the Vcnezeulan minister.
Notwithstanding this fact there has been
much speculation emi the subject In the last
few dl'S , rome being oC a wnlko tendency ,
Indicating a determination on the part of the
administraton to adopt vigorous steps In assorting -
sorting the Monroe doctrine as applicable to
Venezuela At time State. department there
I i great reticence on the subject , not so Car
as lan be learne because there Is need
oC wihholding anything for reasons oC ex-
I'eliency , but because there has been a hal
In time negotiations since last sprIng.
Senor Andrte , the Venezuelan minister ,
was asked tonIght concerning the reports
"I have no Inormaton whatever of any
change or development , " said he. "If there
Is any new phase It has not been communicated -
municated to me 1y calls at time State department -
partment were for the purpose oC presenting
my respects to tIme secretary , and there has
been no menten oC tIme boundary queslon ,
as thee were no new phases open to con-
aid eratlon. "
Senor AI drade added that he hind noted
time widespread eommnt oC late as to time
Venezuelal IUel.ton. including the vigorous
speeches oC General I.ongstrcet at Chata-
nooga amoC ex.Governor Campb of Ohio.
The minister looki. ' at this ab a general awakening -
cnllg oC Interest In the subject rather than
as an Indication ot a change In the stalu
of affairs. SInce Lord Klnb < ly's answer to
: lr. Bayard setting forth England's posItion ,
an AmerIcan syndicate has secured large
concessions from Venezuela of land In the
disputed territory . I Is along the south
bank of the Orinoco , so situated that
IC the American claimants enforca their con-
cession and have the support oC the United
States n direct Iaumo I with England Is In-
ovltable.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia , who
Is familar with the affairs oC the American
company , says that men will be sent to take
posseslon of the territory. lie has expected
that this would lead to a conflict . In which
case the company would appeal to the United
States for protection of Is rIghts. As 'et.
however , there has been no Conflict and
no appeal for governmental support and so
far au can bit learned It Is premature testate
state what the government would do should
the American company bring about anissue. ,
allssue.
F'AOmtFi ) 'fl'tVNSI'rt ' " .
JA "tIU 1 Tt" SI'r Sg'I"lI.I lS.
1.1..1 Olliip ! H'I"lo. 1'er".1 I. .
X"I"'I"I.n Ciuse.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 27.-Special ( Tele-
gram.-In ) the land case oC the state or Ne-
brslm against the trustee3 oC t 1 townsIte
oC Butte , the secretary oC the Interior today
reversed the decision oC the commissioner of
the general lam office and awarded the land
\0 \ the deCendants. The land In dlsputo Is a
quarter section oC section 1G. granted to the
state for 8chool purposes , and Is a part oC
the great Sioux reservation added to the state
In 1882. The secretary rules that the act of
IS59 protects the townsie settlers who occupied -
pied the lanll prior to its survey and the
patent houhl issue to them. TIme state will
bo allowed to select the land In lieu therefor
In satisfaction oC its school grant.
News for the Ar1 . . I
WASHINGTON , Sept. 27.-SpcIal ( Telo- I
gram.-An ) army retIrIng board Is appointed '
to meet at Fort Logan Colo. , for examInation
oC officers - ordered before It. Detail for the
board : Colonel henry C. : Merriam Seventh
Infantry : Lieutenant Colonel Daniel W. Ben-
ham , Seventh Infantry ; LIeutenant Colonel
AIred A. Woodhul , deputy surgeon general ;
Major I Augustus A. DoLoffro. surgeon ; Major -
jar Charles C. hToomi Seventh Inrantry ; First
Lieutenant Daniel A. I Frederick adjutant
Seventh Infantry rconler. First I.leutenant
John W. Heltman. transferred Cram battery F
to light battery K ; First Lieutenant John P.
Wll'Jer. light battery K to battery F . FIrst
artillery. Captain WIlliam C. Crazier , ord-
nance department , will proceed to Bethlehem
Iron works , Pennsylvania , on buslnrss per-
taming to the manufacture oC ten-Inch dli'-
appearing gun carriages. -
Major John Egan , First artillery Is
granted leave for two months.
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Slnli CI.h"H t lit' ,7rl Irlr.
WAShINGTON , Sept. 27.-Seerrtary Oney
received information today that the Mora
drat for almost $1,500,000 I had been paid In
London today by the Spanish financIal agent
'he money was paid In gold and probably
wi be transferred to thIs country hy cable
drafts and Illaced to Secretary Oiney's credit
tn the New York sUbtreasury.
SV'M4ermt 1..t..h.r. . \I'I'"lllc.l.
WASHINGTON , Sept 27.-Speclal ( Telo-
gram.-A ) postoOee has been established at
ArabIa Cherry county Neb. . with Johanna
Jordan as postmaster bawls H. Nel was
today commissioned postmaster at Webster ,
Neb -
S'I'lUCK OIL - AI' ' Glenx 11"1n.
'I'limit I'rudmmm't IIeIIi'si.mI to 1'xlt In
l'mi yl ' ( I lea.
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GfEE RIVER , \Vyo. , Sept. 21.-Speclal (
'eleram.-Ol ) was struck yeterday In the
veil now being drilled In this city \y the
Green River Fuel and Oil company at a
depth oC 490 Ceet. Many people were nt first
skeptical and Incilneml to disbelieve
eptcal Inclned disbeleve the story.
Then the newly sharpened hit stuck In the
veii. It was drawn later In time day and this
morning the sand pump was set to work to
raise the drillings . which were empted Into
tub mind minutely examined They were so
saturated wIth oil that no one could longer
doubt that the mich sought for oil has been
struck , although In what qummmmtity Is to he
determined The drillIng I now brown shale
find wIll be continued to ascertain I the few
oC oil Increases with , depth. The people of
Green lver feel ( now that this city Is surely
wIthin the oIl belt oC . Wyoming
Receiver for n 1.01n . ' . .oelnton.
ST. LOUIS , Sept 27.-8tate Treasurer L.
Stevens applied In the circuit court today Cora
a receiver for time Peerless Building and
Loan aseociation alleging that the concern
la bankrupt. The mater was presented ( to
Judge Russell In chamber by Attorney General -
oral H. P. Walker , and next Tuesday was
set for the hearing. In the meantime . C. I.
Sawyer. the secretary oC the auocatbn , Is
enjoined Cram carrying on the busines oC
disposing oC the boks and papers.
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I I.I.cOIII Ch'rK In Con\"Uun.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Sept 27.-Speelal (
Tehegratn.-Ttie ) t lennlll convocation oC the
Episcopal clergy of South Dakota con\enell
here last night The session wi last two
Ilays. Lat night 11ev . Canon Hewitt of Lin-
coin Neb. , delivered an addreu. The at ,
terdanee Is large there being about fifteen
Sioux clergyman here to participate.
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SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 27.-Dr. James E.
1.le'thal , 1 prominent physician , member
of tinS Insanity commission and professor of
chldren's : diseases In lahnemann college ,
died this afternoon .
. \Iel ) ln nnn UOWI lu"t IUle.l.
ATCHISON Kan . Sept 27-Il. C. Lee
aged 9t ) 'cas. was struck by a Missouri Pa-
cHic train at the Tenth street crossing this
afeloon dea. and instantly killed . II was quite
100S' ' Til' ) 1'ltICl ' Si'GAlL.
Coinlil . or 11 ; 'aHt ' \ 'luile.mu1era
A llm'mtm'cl to Ilmue iiCt'u . "orl1..I.
ChICAGO , Sept 27.--1010M the big re-
tall grocers mini ! depirtnJmt stores have
to face what [ ems to bo tbo strongest combine -
bine ever formed to control the price at
sugar I IB said that the wholesale grocers
hive nearly perfected an arrangement with
the sugar trust , taken as the factor planer
or modified equality plan , by which retail
grocers and department stores will be cut
off. Several of the realer department
dares have already Men notified by the
agents oC the trust that they will not be
sold any more sugar on , a parity with the
wholesalers I Is said that the
combinaton has been In process of Carma-
ton for the past two motmths The grocers
assert that the scheme hal' ' its organization
with thc trust while the agents of the lat-
ter are equally positive that It emlnated
Cram the wholesalers. Time plan proposell Is
that the grocers art to act . : S factors for the
trust , forwardIng to It within receipt oC the
goods , the amount oC tie Invoice less 1 per
cent trade discount al 100 barrel lots wih the
right to deduct I per cent additional IC
the forwarding of each Is madl In seven days.
The dealer Is not to be Permitted to sell
sugar , either directly or Indirectly , at less
than the rate book prices oC time trust. A
con'mlsslon oC one-eighth of one cent a
pound Is \ealowed the grocer hy the
trust , and one sixteenth of one cent addI-
tonal Is to go Into 1 general untl for main-
tubIng a local association. I hi sall that
the trust proposes to purwe similar tactics
In all the leading eltEs In the country.
' 'I.I. I11 \ \'IXI AVA I" 'IDI. : .
U'hltc I" th. . unlh C.rolnl Cun-
, ' , 'nlln I II et.cp Ill I'M . \nlmlt..I. I
COLUlIA. S. C. , Sept 27.- sensational
debate held In the
< was tonight constutonal
conventIon over n measure proposed by
Colonel Robert AldrIch oC Iharnweil , that In
all elections for member of the legislature
only whie citizens should be eligible. lie
mndo nn Ingenious argl'ment to show that
while the fourteenth and fifteenth amend-
mcnts to the United State constitution can-
forced the right oC citIzenship amid suffrage
upon the mmegro I did not canCer upon him
the right to hod : office. Senator Tilman led
the fight against the measure and ! said that It
woull be both foolish and Idiotic to do such
a thing.
A moton was made to postpone the this-
cnsslon unt tomorrow , but Senator Tlhnan
jumped to his feet and londly e'claln1l :
"No ; let It not go to time world that wo
even took tme to consider such a thing. I
would be a colossal blunder. I will ruin us.
We arc now trying to devise a law to retain
white supremacy , " he said , "and for God's
sake don't let us do anything so idiotIc as to
Jeopardize what wo may accoumipiish. The
sUreme court would nlver sanction such a
thing nor would the , sentIment oC the coun-
try countenance It. "
AldrIch taunted Timan with being afraid
that the United States army would be sent
again to South Carolina , alld said he stood
before I once and was never arald.
Timan replied : "r am not afraId , Colonel
butt I am not a fool. " -
1\.JOI AIDtgS Di 'rIloUullE . \G.\ .
; \rr""I.,1 for ' \'r1ln Gemit'rzit Schu-
tcl.1 mime In.n1ll I.l.tl'r.
NEW YORK , Sept 27.-A special to the
Word from WashIngton B"y : Captain C.
A. Armes , retired . \et r known as Major
Armes was arrested at hiE' hOle , Armes-
leIgh park , this evening by a file of soldiers ,
and Is tonight twifined . In. the Washington
barracks. The order ( or' his arrest wat'
signed hy Assistant Adjutant General VIncent -
cent , "by order oC the acUng secretary
oC war. "
General Schofehl was today ( the acting see-
'
retary. There has been a personal quarrel
or twenty yean" standing between General
Schofehl and Major /trmes. The dispatch
says that Major Armes was refused an In-
tervlew with the general and wrote him an
insulting letter. He at first attempted to
resist arrest when the Hcutenant commanding
the squmad . Lleutmant Gordon , rad the
order but finally coneanted ' fa enter the
ambulance which came for him.
Major Armes was court-niartlaled for pul-
lag time nose of Governor heaver oC Pennsylvania -
vania at the Inauguration of Presilent Gar-
neld.
IOIsevl.I.Y I 1'0 Ig AX AMiltlC.tN. .
'm'uo1 ; omit :111"llz"Unl Il Il' " ' tn
Ih.t,11 Ills l.mmmi.l.
SPRINGFIELD , Ill. , Sept. 27.-'hrough his
agents In this city It has been learned that
Lord Sculy , who owns nearly 100,00 acres oC
land In Illinois , as much more In MissourI
and still more In Kansas and Nebraska , has
taken out naturlzaton papers In New York
.
CI ) . I Is his intention to make that city
his future home. He has purchased prop-
erty there and has ordered substantIal
Improvements In keeping with the taste anJ
staten oC his family. Ills object In taltng
this step Is to enable him to purchale lore
tand. The legislature of IllinoIs . Missouri
and Kansas have all passed laws prohibiting
an alien Cram acquiring real estate . His
agents spent last year and I portion at the
present year In Missouri , ' where they bought
thousands oC acres , but were checked by the
adopton oC I measure by the legislature. He
owns one whole county In Kamas ant nore
In Nebraska.
1"'llrlc F'l ciiii thl' I Clmi'ro1eti' Strll" ,
KIOWA , Kan. , Sept 27.-A disastrous prairie -
rio fire I raging In the western half or time
Cherokee strIp and Is sweepIng everything
before It . Several houses principally prairIe
shacks , and ' may stacks without number have
been burned. The fire startl south of
Kiowa and It was thought that It would
enl at the Soother Kanss railway , but It
jumpel the track anti now has n clean sweep
for a distance of 100 mIles wihout anything
10 stop It. Luckily the country is thinly
populated but there are a great many cattle
and goat ranches that will suffer . Three
homesteaders ' louses north oC Alva caught
fro In spIte oC efforts ' to sa\O them and
burned to the groundwitim thelr contents.
SI'lm.r " .lh Sntniipos . \holrl.
NEW YORK , Scpt 27.The steamer Wordsworth -
worth , which arrived from Brazilian ports
nJls afternoon , had I cas oC smallpox In the
'
crew. Phip Dreen , a'staan , was removed
to the reception hospital 'af Eat Sixteenth
street tonIght Dreen ham nearly recovered
from the disease , but the health officers de-
cared that It would be necessary to send
him to the hospital and hold the steamer for
disinfection. Time Words\9rtl wi be dlsln-
fected those who were In i contact wlt11 the
sIck man will be removed to Herman Island
for observation and the steamer wi be released -
leased before noon tomnorr9w. . - -
Jlrt l'IIK" FiitrrjirIei''liua .
FORT DODGE , Sept. 2.-Special-Fort ( )
Dodge enterprise has suieeeded In getting
the Des Moines shoe Caetnrf away Cram Des
Moines . Stock was subscribed by local cap-
ialsts to the amount oC $ ! 5.(00 , and an ad-
diional bonus oC $0,00 presented tD them.
The concern employs 10 men and has a
pay roll oC $ GO.OOO a ysar . The directors
are : n. o. Green , I. C. Gren , S. J. Ben-
net Z. " ' . Thomas , E , G. Larson , Charles
Wheeler , n. M. Wright. S. J. Bennett was
elected president , I. C. Oreen vIce president ,
and n. O. Green secretary and treasurer.
} n.llr..1 - Jllr.i . U. . . Actiume . '
NEW YORK , Sept. 27.The state democracy .
racy organization met tonight and formally
endorsed the report made by lion . C. S.
Fairchild oC the treatment oC the state
democracy delegate , at time Syracuse conven-
tion. The report rehearses at length the
proceedings before the committee on cre-
dentals and on the floor p ot the con\'enUon.
1.'Iflnh'lle ) ' : I"\tor Ilumrmsc.h .
ILEASANTVILLE , la. . Sept. 21.-Sptclsl (
Telegrammi-Tlme ) elevator belonging to the
lchenberry 1 estate , leaN by J. O. Stewart
& Co. of Chariton . burned at midnight The
building contained 42,000 bushels oC oats.
8.000 lushel oC rye , and G.OOO bushels oC
wheat , Total Ion about $0,00. Tie fire
118 I supposed to be Incendry.
STEALNCS BY JOhN SPOERL
Hypothetical Dog Drowned on Paper to
Secure Public Dolars ,
ISRAEL FRANK FIGURES IN TilS , TOO
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1"llh. lt I lie log 11..1 .ttirt' 'I'h"
louiilt'mi . . . Orlt'r limit liii' CIt ) '
Ti & 'matmii II y ' I. ! gl.I !
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l'lln.\'I..I.
Another outright robbery of the city treas-
ury has been brought to llgimt.
Almltl ant abetted b ) Israel Frank , meat
Inspector , and perhaps with the colusion of
other city officials , John Spoerl , pound-
master , has been for months , I not for years ,
deCrautlng the taxpayers by mens oC padded -
ded bills for drowning dogs ( rudulenty cer-
titled hy the Inspector , detailed by the Board
of health to keep account or the number
of dogs dlspatche
Under tH ! city ordinances the punt-
master , during the summer inomitims Impund ,
alt ownerless dogs Coul11 running loose wih-
au the license tag attached. The dogs
are kept for three days , and IC the owners
do not come to clim their property ant pay
the required fees the dogs are kIlled by
Irownlng. For this work the pouurlmaster
collects $ for each dog ( rom the city.
The bills , accompanied by thma , report of the
Inspector , detaied to be present at cach
drowning , are Passed upon by the Board of
Healh , a\1ed by the comptroler , . Ineludell
In the appropriation bill b ) time city council
and paid by warrants drawn upon time dog
fund.
Cunl.INCTED AN IVESTJA TIN.
Soon aCer taking charge oC the Omaha
police force the attention oC ChieC oC Police
Whlow as called to the apparent mile-
clpaneles In loUllm8ter Spoerl's bills
by the receipt oC the following letter :
OMAIIA . G.-Chle at l'oiice . .
OIAllJuly - Polce. City :
Dear Sir-Tho counci commitee on polce ,
or which I am chairman. ts called upou to
report monthly on 1 hill renderel h ) the
pound master for drowning dogs. I hve
never been able to Clly satisfy myself that
the bill lit correct , and I would 111cc your
slstance In verifying the count this month
only. The logs are supposed to be drowned
every evening about 5 or G o'clocl , In the
presence oC II'wl Frank or some other inspector -
specter of the Hoard of health. The number -
her reported to have been drowned during
Juno Is 331 , em' over ten every day on nn
average.
Can YOI ! end a man on tin' quIet down
there every afternoon during the remainder
oC July and get the facts for me ?
I called at your ofce today , blt you were
out Kindly inform mo oC ) 'olr actIon.
l ItK : J. nUIKI.gy.
Chairman Committee on I'olhce.
Chief Whlo was engagel' at the time In
other Important blulness , hut , soon deviser
n plan to check up the number oC dogs act-
ualy drowned The mater was placed In
the hands oC Thomas McGuire , special secret
detective , who arranged to have two or more
inca on haml at the pound every tmo the
drowning oC dogs tool place. I was already I I
past the middle oC July and In order to
male sure there was no 1lstale the daily
count was contInued through the month oC
Augnst. Before the reports oC the detectives
could be put Into final shape , Chief White
was visited by time new police commission
and time exposure of this shrewd swindle de-
laye : .
ILLS INORDINATELY PADDED.
The bill oC John Spoon for the month oC
July was for $ 39 for drowning 3 ! Ilogs.
From July 19 , when the watch was placed
upon the pound , there were by actual count
only fifty-four dogs drowned. The bill of
John Spoor ! for the month oC Auglut was for
$ :85 for drowning 385 dogs. Accompanying
It Is time following report Cram Israel Frank ,
meat inspector :
OMAHA . Sept. 30.-To the honorable
Mayor and City CouncIl : Gentlemen-I hero-
wih hand you my report of the number
of dogs drowned for the man tl eliding
August 31 , 189 ; . h ) John Spoerl , cIty pound-
master :
late. Dogs. Date Dogs.
Algust . 1. . . . . . 29 August 21 . . . . Dogs. . ,
August 3 . . . . . . 21 August 2 . . . . . Ii
August 5 . . . . . . 27 August . 21 . . . . . . 37
August G. l . . . . . 21 Aurst G . . . . .
August 8 . . . . . 30 August 27 . . . . . . 21
Auglst 10 . . . . . 1 August 2 . . . . . 7
AUglst 12 . . . . 21 August 30 . . . . . 25
A' ligust 13 . . . . . . 18 _ ;
August 1 . . . . . 301 Total dogs . . 38
August 20 . . . . . 20
RespectfulY , ISflA1r , FnANK ,
lent Inspector.
The appropriation for this bill was male by
the city coutcl at Its last ' mimeating and the
money has already been drawn out of the
city trcasury. OC the $3S : thus taken Cram
the city treasury , $259 are stealngs pure and
sImple. This Is easily proved by n glance at
the following table :
. C : :
i ) $ m Oa
S , f " 5
,
,0 as "
Oa . te Isn ! , ! ' ; r
C" 2 , ' .
: : : "
. ee
- - ' ,
. : 'I : C
. . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . "
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 81 .
. . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 23
4 Sun < la } . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
a. . . . . . . . .27
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 21 21
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
! : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : . : : : : .a : : , )
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ml Sunda ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 21
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. . . 18
H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
i : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : . . . . . : : : :
.
18 Sundn ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 ao
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i . . . 20
; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 .
21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS 19 . 31
2 ; Simrm4iy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26 . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 716 .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16. . . .
29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . - . . . - . - . .
Tel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 16 _ 3S5
WHAT TIlE TABLE SHOWS
A word oC explanation . Th ( frt column
shows the number oC dogs actually drowned
each day reported by the detectives who
were on hand every tIme the pound was
emptied. Time second column shows the num
her oC dogs whose skins were sold by Mr.
Spoerl to Oliver R. Gilbert , the taxIdermIst ,
from whose memoranda they are taken :11
Gilbert pays 22i cents apiece for time skIns
of the drowned dogs. lie Is free to reject
the eklns oC the dogs he does not want But ,
aE ! r. Gilbert says , nil oC time skins are
offered to him. The poundmaster's men
would not throw a dead tog away , because
that would be time same as throwIng away
22V cents. There seems to bo a ship 11 the
memorandum of the taxldermst ! , which paces !
fifteen dogs skinned on August 12 , Instead oC
August t3. The detectives further reported
one dog dead In the pound on August 2t ,
which accounts for the extra dog In the
column oC dogs .klnned.
Glancing over the tabie ! the favorite trick
of Spoerl and Frank seems to have been to
double the number actually drowned on days
when drownlngs took place. On days when
no dogs WOe drowned they lImply injected
THE BEE L3UL.LETIN.
Weather Forecast for Omaha ant \Iclnl ' -
i'agt' . IncreasIng lloullleul ilimewers'atnmer ; . .
I. icfcumsi Iii 11 Ilrrlut ( :1' : '
\ 'ciii'zimehitmi . iitt ( cr4 'lkl'n UI' ,
! ! 11 I by I , , IIullllol'r.
Url')11 Short . . , . . Urll'rrlt SmImI.
: . Ncw \ 'Irk110 ( rout 15.eltimiort' .
Eu vim Up wih I I th" I 1lgl.hl"l. : ,
Uln.hl 1111 I..h'r" 1"Igu. , .
3 , I.II/ Il'I.II'k 1:111. : II I I Iov . .
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h'rlnmmtrlt's th.to Ni CoiiteMts.
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is. U. 1"I"t KIli.'ml Iy . Clr ,
Arl ) ' Cmiii him , iid era II.l'I"I.
O. Coulcl IlimilTs 1.1"11 .llmstti'ra.
Story ) ' Ir thl 1.uwrcimce .Imsusere.
7. CIIIHrc..lln.1 . II mm : , mm ilmst.
lu.II' . ' I r the' Vi'c.k item leweil .
8. lln"'II'"t l.ciigilc Covers C un tJIty .
liij forum : . .111 Iii t II . IIgli : t Ii.
U. 1.lis A.I for 1 CUlllt'"l' .
StulO 11111'11 for S , 'eu ii ml 1'llce.
" 'r"ll , 11111111. . aImmimtnlmms.
a 0. " 'ho II1p . I.h'r , ' . "
1 I. Sh ; tttimitiis Ir 1"I'Ihl Ilrlll" ' " .
1.11. " 'it et tinil. . Ir Couit roll I mm g Cmi cii.
1 : . Czar's 111,1 Ill' , CiiInmi.
It..I i . Ihn Nut lomimil " "hh ) ' ,
an arbitrary number to brng ! the total bill UlJ
to the average. The Idea seems to have
been to approximate 400 , because ul' ' to that
lmIt they apparenty thought no suspicion
would bo aroused.
arouset.
LONG CONTINUlm STl AI , .
How long this systematc fraud on time tax-
payers through the Board eC lenlh has been
going on , Is ,10eul to tell. Most lIkely It
has been prctced regularly sluice the all-
vent of Spoerl Into the dog catching bU31-
ness , I not under his predecessors. Never
\eore. Imowever has luch onelusl\o IlrooC of
crookedness In the deall dog bills been se-
cured. The evIdence In the case bas been
placed by exCimletVlmite nt the disposal oC
tIme county attorney , who will doubtless
have warrants served today on both John
Spoerl and Irel I'rank.
.
'i'ItAmN im'lCIIID ) BY A Mtil.1I.
ligli t m's , sac ii gcrp4miid 'I'w" "r thc
'Irnl. I Gr..w I , ijiirv.l .
CARKSVILI.I , : a. , Sept. 27.-The northbound -
bound rassenger train on time St Louis lc3-
kul & Northwester road struck a mnu'o at
the switch at Ammmmzmda . eight miles south oC
this PlaCe . this evening The engine and
tender and all the cars were derailed ant
badly wrecl < rd. Conductor Moulon was severely -
verely cut about the head. The nreman
Frank I HaCner , jumped Ind escaped unhurt ,
but the emigimmeer J.P. Murphy , stucle to hh
cnglne amid was .badly Injured. The injured
passengEos arc :
James WI on anll wife loekport , III.
Mrs. : f S. Iaterson. : : lead\le , Mo.
J.v. . honker Dorchester , Neb.
Mrs. James Brown , liannibai Mo.
Miss hello Fleming Hannibal Mo.
'i' . P. Turner , lanlbal : , Mo.
U. A. Collins . colored cook on dining car.
Prank S. Brown . 110 Broadwa , N. Y. , tray-
cling for D. W. Iyman & Co.
I Is not believed that any of the Injured
will die.
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i'isrmiier'a l'ecmuhlmir Ciisc ,
1'lr. , . . I''euln I CIHe
CHAEIAIN , 8. D. , Sept 27.-Spoc1l ( )
-Abram Pankratz , a Turner county farmer ,
Is an object of olctde ! : for his Crlens. SOIO
months ago a mimi dog came along the road ,
and as I passed Panluatz's place bit his dog.
In n few days this dog also went mad and
bit Its owner , his little boy four eC his horss
and sOle o her stock The four her e3 We.t
mad Bl ! had to be killed.'imlle one of limo
horses was raving some of the foam from Its
mouth flew Into I'ankratz's fmce. Tide wor-
nod him at time time and since , as lie was In
fear of imydropimobia. A few misys mmgo , when
ito returned iii time evening from work , he
was very liervoums. this folks triel to immdmmcm ,
him to eat cupper , but failed , for when watei'
was hamided to Iminm he ground his toUhm ,
clenched his fists. foanmed at time mouth anti
begged piteously timat time vater be taken
from his sight. lie grew so violent that lie
was Inipriconol over night In time granary.
Time next day his brothers took him to a
doctor , wlmo gave bin muiemiiclne. The followIng -
Ing day he ate a little anti was timotmght to be
sono : better , bimt the vorst Is tearei. Time
little son has as yet showmm no signs of rabies.
Soil tue mIotlic's ciT Icmul % ' . 'omiipmt ,
ST. LOUIS , Sept. 27.-Amm afternoon pa'mer '
says : Maggie Daltoum , time servant girl thief ,
baa mimade a statement to time police concerning
the recent mmianagemneimt of time female has-
pital , time details of which are so shocking as
to be alimmost Incremhlbio. Time girl gIves time
nanmes of four attaches of time hospItal at time
time Dr. II. itt. iCerley was superiimtendcnt
azmd accures timemu of having made a practice
of ucelllmmg tIme bodies of patients wl died in
the intltmmtlon , Coflumma filled with bricks , slut
says , were painmed off omm time moan who burled
the death , and time bodies were shipped atvay
fronm tlmc city to variouma medical colleges.
Nut A iilOhlN fur Oliice ,
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Sept. 27.-Speclal. ( )
-11ev. W. ii. Jordan , wimo has bcn suggested
by time Vermnlihion Republican and several
other papers as a good candidate anti an
avallaile 0110 fur United States senator , was
seen by yommr correspomideot , lie says that
lie has as munch thmougimt of becoming a semi-
tonal camimhldate as lie has of going to time
noon. amid mme muore. lie says his frienmis
need mutt cultivate closer acquaintance wIth
a view to gettIng pastofilces. Ito Is presiul-
log elder of time Sioux Falls district , anti is
uvoil known about thIs and neighboring states
as an orator anti lecturer.
' 'iui1il Igicie I Is , ' SIlaem' Isamme.
RIChMOND. Vu. , Sept. 27.-Comment lucre
on Unitemi States Senator Thomas C. Martin's
positIon In declining to say how he staimuls on
time silver question has been Increised by lila
speech made last miigimt before time state denic-
cratic committee in wlmiclm ime nmlviseml against
allowing ammy speakers troll ) outside of VIr-
glnia to come here and Inject agitation of thin
currency question. Senator Martin bhIevos in
Ignoring that issue In tt state canvass , but
despite his views , It. Is widely discussed.
PIre'4 5. et'ul I mug 'l'li rough ( lie 1'ori't ,
LOS GATOS , Cal. , Sept. 27.-Time forest
fires wimichi imava been burimlng for the imast
weelc In the Santa Crus immountains have dcv-
imitateml nut area of five sqmmaro miles. Time
fire is affecting time temmmperatmiro of time towmms
in time valley , viiere the thermometer hans
been for the last six days above fever heat.
Ten timousaumul acre' of heavily wooded ter-
rltory are located in tIme Path of time fire ,
anml will unmloubtediy ha destroyed unless
rain opportunely subdues the conflagration.
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aysteriulma .ilurlt'm' lii Symhimey ,
SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 27.-Advices from
Australia state timat time people of Sydney
have been startled by the atrocious murder
of a young girl on time nigimt of September 1.
At mmmiiinight oum a wharf was left a box con-
tamIng tIme body Cf a young woman. Sue had
been scientifically butehmered , time corpse
soaked In carbolic ocimi , amid time renmalna timemi
crushed Into mu dry goods hex , Time lmlemitlty
( if the murdered girl has not been discovered ,
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.qivi'ii.iuta of ( ) 'egiii 'esaels , Sept , 27.
At New York-Arrived-Augusta Victoria ,
from llanmhurg.
At Uoulogoe-Arrlved-Anmstcrdam , irons
New York for ltottermlnm ,
At hlambmmrg--Arrlved-Fuerst Ihismarck ,
from New York , via Southmamnptomi ,
At Liverpool-Arrlved-Cevlc , from Ney
York ,
At Qmmeonstown-Arrived-hitruria , frommi
Now York ,
At Dublhn-Arrlu'eml-Mexicao , from Now
Orleans , via NorfoiL ,
At New York-Arrlyeul--New York , train
Southampton.
ShORT LINE ORDERED SOLD
Decree Entered at Cheyenne at the Request
of' Judge Sanborn.
DATE OF SALE YET TO BE DECIDED ON
SIicuilaI tlmi' hi'fs'mmhmumit ( omiimtmiy 1'i3
i4t7OOl ) iimte'rect lit icfnuilt time
suit Is to Simuimil ihiciimlasc'it-
Clcimsmmil .timtittel ltefe'rt'e ,
Clilfl'IINNE , Wyo. , StIlt. 27.-Srec'rmi ( Tele.
gre imi.-ln ) time United States cIrcuIt eotmrt
tomlay Jtmdgc Itiner slgmieml a decree of fore. .
ciostmro iii time case of limo Amimerlcami Loafi
ammml Trust eommmpamiy 'ersums time Oregon Short
Line amid Utah Northmermi railway comulmantes.
The miecree tas emitered tmpomm the request of
Judge Sai.bormm , circuit jumige , before wimomu
apjihicatiomm for time saute had been mantle.
Time decree recites that time dofemmduummts are In-
detmtd to time imlaiimiff upon comsoiiuhutul : bnd
auth interest in time aggregate imrimmcllmal summi
tmf $ lOS'JlOOO , and that there are miouv overdue
anti payable for Interest emi time boimds sums
aggregating $ S17,000.
It Is ordered by time decree that it the do-
fentlants simutil , within timirty days pay to time
imlahmmtlff these summits of immterest , w ithu interest
on time sammie Irouim tlut tiummo they vero resPectively -
sPectively dmmc to tito tinte of payumment
time stilt is to stanul disumiiescml. lam default of
mtuchm paymmment , all tIme railways coummprisemi by
time coimsohldateml imuortgngo almall be slti tinder
tii ( ' tl irrctlon of Joimim 13. Cielaimml , vlmo is
npiiolimtcmi coummiiiisslommer. Time sale simail be
imy lmmmlmllc ammctioum itt Salt Lake City at time
timuie , muimmi upon such termmma as time commmniis-
abner shall approve. Ammy of limo parties to
the stilt or Imolmiers of ti'ese consolidated bonds
shall be at liberty to bid anti becoimie imur-
chasers itt time sale. Any pumrcimasers preseumt.
Imig commsohitlatei imonmis lmnlI bo emmtItled to
lie allowed , as vaiml Il ) ' thmeamm on accommnt of
time Puircimase Immomucy , smmcim aummi as shall be
ultimately payable omit of time proceeds of thm
sale iii respect to smicim bontle ,
It1ISICXA'l'tNS 'iVfllLld ACIII1"t'lII ) .
JiiiigtJ.muIlmma Vlll .tulolimt 'Vlicir
Suit't'eMMirs ' 1'uilmmc ,
\i I L\VAUIlIlI , S'rtlt. 27.-Time resignatlona
of limo Nortimern Pacific receivers have been
accepted and at 10 o'clock tomimorrow Jmmdgo
Jemiklmms will aimpoimit their emmccestor or sue-
cessors. Time' representatIves of time hmomid-
imoimlera today all urged time court to poatpono
action aim time resigmaaton for several veeks
arid thereby enable time several parties Inter.
eatemi to get togetimcr nimml act iii imarimmony.
Iii mmmaklamg time eumggcstiomm time iioe was cx-
liresued that the courts tm'avcrsed by limo
Nortimern Pacific railroad mmmigiit ummtmtually
agree as to which of tlmemn is to have
time mulmpohntmmment of time receivers and
limo admmmiumtstration of time property as a
tmmiit , thus preservIng time integr.ty of the
Northern l'acific : railroad , Colonel Simooner ,
for time receivers , laid stress umimoim the fact
that limo reeetvers , should they commtlnue In
their position , fall to appear before time dr.
cult comirt of time state \Vaaimingtomm emi October -
tober 2 'mext , they woumlul ilace theuiiselve
in contempt of tlmat court , amid Insisted that
tue receivers as time aploimmteas of the court
were entitiemi to time Protection of limo court
that apmoimmted timeumi , anti especially against
time possibility of being lit coImtejnmt of another -
other court.
The arguments occupied several hours Snul
tvero listened to by one of the largest as-
semiibiages of lawyers over seemm Iii a court
In Milwaukee. Finally Jmmdge. Jenkins amm-
miouimced Ills miecisiomi. lie wemmt briefly
over tile imisiory of limo Nortimmurn
l'acifie recaiversimip , recalled time tact that
time hmrilmmary jurisdiction of time cnurt of Mu-
wotmkee limed been recognized for time past
two years by all time courts nlommg tima North.
em l'aciuic railroad , defined time relation of
courts to one ammotimer under miucim circumstances -
stances , spoke of the conmity recognized as a
rule by courts , anti with the remark that ho
woimid gladly wasim his Imanda of the wimole
thmimmg , but that duty compelled blmim to keep C
control of time ca'e , lie umnnoimmmced that ihe
receivers' resignations were acceptcml and that
time noimmiumations of their successors were in
ord or.
. ,
S. ! . I'AUL , Sept , 27.-I'resiulent Brayton
hoe anti Jiamnes McNaumglmt , ox-general counsel
of time Nortiicrmm PacIfic railroad , arrived today
frommi itltiwammhuco amid will leave tomorrow for
Seattle to b presoumt at tue hearing of the
receiversimip case before Jumigo hianforml of
time mmorthm district on October 2. Mr. Ivos
tns seen tonight. by a represcmmtatIve of the
Assodiatemi Press. who suggested timat there
might be ito hearing in Seattle In vIew of
time remignatiomm of the receivers. In reply
to tlmis sumggestlomm Mr. lves saimi : "Timere wilt
at least be an appearance. Timat will be re-
quli reil. ' '
"Vlmo vill fllpOiimt tIme new receIvers ? "
"TImaL Is time great judicial question. While
the resIgnation of time receivers was a gooti
imtovenmpnt It certaInly mllml not loosen time
jmmdlclai tammgle. V'imhlo ve know ourselves ,
and conmnmon sense teaches ums wino are cumtitleul
anti who are not to ajmpolnt now receivers ,
certain processes of law , it would scent , have
first of all to be testeml antI settled upon , "
"What effect hums the resignailon of time
receivers on tim Ihihl-Amlamns deal 7"
"That deal Is a corpse. Time original plan
of Mr. 11111 was morlbunml at Its birth and
imail a very brief simaim of life. You ask moo
imos' It was regarded by time security holders
of time road , antI I reply that It was ahmnot
mmnIverahly unpopuiar , as fmmr as I coulml learn.
It Is not wortim wlmhlo discussing mm dead
issue. "
"Do you feel convinced timat time i-oath wIll
this year amid stmcceedimmg years earn time sht
amid a quarter mmmlhiions or so guarantema ] bj
Mm' . 11111 ? ' '
"Of course , I am convinced of It , "
'I'lmiril lmortgcugt' AsLa l'roti'e ( lost ,
SEATTLE , W'as'ii. , Sept. 27.-Imm the
Northern Pacific railroad ease in tile United
States court today a petition was filed by
C. Ii. Van Nostrand , representIng time third
general mortgage bondholders , In wimich lie
asks that time bonmihoimhars he mamlo parties to
time suit. A similar petltiomi hiss been granted
by Judge Jenklnu , 1mm tha Milwaukee court.
Petitioner reviews mit loumgtim time lmroceedlnga
lea4ing up to the issmmance of recelvera eec-
tlficates anti bears hmeaviiy out the Farmers
Loan anti Trust company , wlmich Is accused
of havIng sought nmainly to protect Its own
intered4s to time Injury of the third inert-
gage bondholders , although It was trustee
for timemmi. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1i imreMP4 Cuimmitnles lii , lve,1 _
NEW hAVEN , Conn. , Sept. 27-The belief
Is entertalmmed hero timat the commtrol of the
Now lieglamid road by the New York , Now
Haven & IiartformI railroad will affect the
llamlted States Express coimmpummmy , That corn-
pammy Imas time exclusive riglmt to iransport cx.
press over the New llnglanul roads , The
Amlamns company imas a contract providing
that it shall have oxclmmalve right of the
Now Yorlc , New Haven & hartford rail.
road. If time Now Englammd is abeorbel the
Adams wlil claIm time road- for its service to
the exclusion of the United States company.
Asiccl jut' ii mm I uij timid I.ii ,
MINNEAPOLIS , Sept , 27.-Attorney then.
oral Ii , W. Chllds today made application to
the distriot court of Ramsey county for an
Injunctlomm to prevent time Great Northern rail.
roaml from carrylmig out its plan of consollda-
lion witim time Northern Pacitic. Tills action
wnt taken pemmdlng the trial of the case in
tIme state courts to preserve all rights to
the state of Minneeola , and prevent any act
teding tow.urd consolIdation before time trial ,
Nortimiveist 1mimiulmermmem , to ! cet ,
SiOUX FALLS , S. I ) . , Sept , 27.-Spcciai (
Teicgram.-S ) , 0. Tutimihi of this city , presi-
hFmmt of time Northwestern Lummtimeramten'a asso-
eLation , lisa caileml a mmteeling of tlmat organiEd.
lion to be hid here omm Thursday , October 3 ,
ft is expected that fully 1(10 ( lumber dealers
will attenil , Time asmmoclatiomi unites in mm-
lcrmmcn : of Iwa , Mimmumesota arid South Da ,
beta.