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FHE OMAHA j DAILY BEE ESTABLISH ED JUNE 1J ) , J807 , CXMAJIA , THURSDAY aLOH&HftjL-f , SEPTEMBER i ) , 1S)7 ! ) , SINGLE COPY 1T1V.E CENTS , HOLD IT IN CHECK Health AntboriticB Have Control of Yellow Fever Outbreak. BUT THREE CASES SO FAR AS KNOWN Thc83 Are tlis Ones RoportoJ at Biloxi on Tuesday Night. DR , GUITERAS AT OCEAN SPRINGS Examines Oases There and Hays They Are Not Yellow Fever , STRINGENT MEASURES USED AT BILOXI J'.vrry I'oxxllilu ItfTtirl IN lloliiK 1'ul Forth lo I'ruvrnt tlio Sltrrail of tinKt'iinrKi ? from All I Infected 1'olntN. NEW ORLEANS. Sept. fi. When Hie lloartl of Health met Ionian Or. Olllplunt had no additional cases to repovl to that body as having occurred In Ns-v Orleans and was able to say that tlic local altti.illon had vastly Improved and that them worn no present pros- jiects of uvll results following the death of the Gclpl child. The public pulse h-ire Is vastly stronger end New Orleans Is almost ready to declare ill31 It has ) had a scare for nothing , Dr. 0111- jihant and his staff have slept but little In tliu past seventy-six hours ami have fairly honoycombcd the city fur suspicious cases of fever without result. Now tlioy are ready to render any assistance In thslr power to the government and MhV.sslppl authorities In bottling upwhatever fever oxl ts In Ocean tSpilnga and Illloxl. Ijip ; Interest has lut- urally been felt here In the outcome of the examination of Dr. Gultoras , who arrived at Occun Springs this morning. Under Instruc tions from the superintendent of the Louis ville & Nashville , Dr. Gultcras was put off In the woods a couple of miles from Ocean Springs. It wvis not long thereafter before the doctor ran up against the quarantine troclm and the distinguished visitor had fully to establish his Identity before ho was per mitted to run the line. On his arrival In Ocean Springs Dr. Gulteras went Immedi ately to work and In person Investigated a number of eas.-s of prevailing sickness. He found only two cases. It Is said , that deserve servo the term "doubtful" or "suspicious , " nnd In answer to an Inquiry he said ho hoped lo be able to wlro the result of his examina tion to Washington this evening. In the meantime a correspondent wired to the city that he had learned from a source that could not be doubted that Dr. Gulteras was satis- fled , after his examination , that no yellow fever had existed or did exist In Ocean Springs. The local physicians are not prepared pared to pay what an opinion of Dr. Gultcras , counter to that expressed by the other ex perts who declared the fever cases they In vestigated were yellow fever , would have. CASES AT OCEAN SPRINGS. A thorough canvass of the wards of Ocean Springs completed late this evening shows there have been US cases of prevailing fever Elnce July 8. There are now thirty-seven etlll sick. The total deaths have been nine , and In several Instances physicians' cer tificates show the fever was complicated with other diseases. There are believed to have been only two deaths duu to yellow Jack. At the suggestion of Dr. Gain every liouse where there had been sickness or there Is now , Is being fumigated. Dr. Gant eays whether the prevailing disease \ yellow fever or low malaria it Is certainly conta glous. Final arrangements to handle the Rllox nnd Ocean Springs mall were completed to day. The railroad managers sent over a mal train today and the pouches will be takei by trains both wayu after the bags have been fumigated. After Dr. GultcraB has completed bis investigation a quarantine de tcntlon station will bo opened. Those who are 111 will bo detained at the station un til they are. considered worthy to be glvei clean bills of health and will then bo per inlttcd to go to their homes. There art tlxty-flvo residents of New Orleans who aru tied up In Ocean Springs anxious to get awaj and seine fifteen from other points. As Indicated by the dllllculty Dr. Gultcras Jiad In getting Into the Springs , quarantine Is being very strictly maintained. Flsiier men and hunters who were out of towi when the cordon was established have no been permitted to return. Armed men are TWted In every direction and Ocean Springs scorns ( o bo determined that no more sick ness of nny kind shall bo Imported within Its borders. The cases are very rare wherein the gauntlet has been run am generally the guards have made no dlscrim Inatlon as between rich or poor , white o black. There Is a law In Mississippi agalns the violation of quarantine laws. Usually In yellow fever epidemics however , an un written law , enforced by the shotgun , ob- Inlus , and that Is the law which Is now In effect about Ocean Springs and Ilflnxl. SITUATION AT DlLOXI. Iljloxl people are not absolutely convinced there U yellow Jack at that place. Dr. Har- rolson has so pronounced tlm cases , but when ho has completed his Investigation at Ocean Springs Dr. Gulteras will be asked to visit Illloxl and determine positively whether Dr. Harrolson has correctly diagnosed the cases. Until a report Is made by the hospital expert the Illloxl people de clare they will not bo satisfied. Whatever the fever Is , It bus a good effect , for on all liandn residents are carrying Into effect Mayor Howard's recommendation to put their bonus In proper sanitary condition and to abstain from congregating anywhere In crowds , This morning the throe patients at Illloxl were doing well and It was thought they would recover. Their homes have been completely isolated and thoroughly disin fected. Some 760 people were brought to New Orleans by the morning trains from the coast. There were very few passengers on i the evening trains and both Pass Christian | and Hay St , I AMI Is have been depopulated to far as mimmcr visitors are concerned. All j coabt trains on the Louisville & Nashville were discontinued today and through trains will do whatever local business is necessary , while a special Is alwajs at the disposal of oltlclala who are Intcrcsu-d In stamping out the fever at lilloxl and Ocean Springs. The LouUvillo & Nashville ofllplals believe that the federal and state olllclals will soon wlpo out the plague , Ilaton Ilougo , the state capital , Is the latest town to declare quarantine , Iluslne'ss men who had shipments to make to the slate 'capital this evening learned that orders had been Issued not to let thn Now Orleans trains stop there and the express people had been further Instructed that they would not b < j permitted to togs packages as the train went Jlylng through Ilaton Rouge. Even the afternoon - noon papers were tabooed and the publishers notified that their papers could not bo de livered at the capital. No V vrr ill MontKoiniTjr. I , MONTGOMURY. Ala. , Sept. 8. The followIng - I Ing official notice has been published by the i Hoard of Health of Montgomery ; "Humors to the effect thai yellow fever pxUts In Montgomery are absolutely false. There li not now nor has thorn been a slnglo cane of the dUease In this city. " AVltntH Additional Help. WASHINGTON , Sept , 8 , Surgeon General \Vyiuan has made application to the civil Bcrvlco communion for authority to appoint a number of persons In addition to the reg ular force of the marine hospital service for duty la connection with the reported out- > roak of yellow fever on the nulf coast , and he request has been granted under the pro- Islon Of paragraph 12 of rule 8 of the civil crvlco regulations. Quarantine * Proclamation. MONTGOMEHY , Ala. , Sept. 8. In accord- nee with the recommendation of the State loard of Health Governor Johnston has Is- ucil a quarantine proclamation against all ilucca Infected with yellow fever. KOF \.I.OMSSTIIKKT. . Minn Kltni Dortnrli Aftntiitniit Mltrnrlnn of ( loot-win. ATLANTA , Ga , , Sept. 8. General James .ongstreet , major general In the confederate ormy. United States minister to Turkey and respective commissioner of railroads to suc ceed Gel.cral Wade Hampton , was married at the executive mansion on Peach Trco street at 3:30 : o'clock this afternoon to Mies : ilcn Dortsch , assistant librarian of the j stale of Georgia. Governor and Mrs. Atkln- j son had Issued a limited number of Invttai i Ions to state olllclals and Intimate friends of the bride and groom. These formed a llstlngulshed party which filled the "blue room" of the mansion , where the ceremony ms performed. Ilev , Father Scharwcll of the Church of the Immaculate Conception otllclatcd. J. U. GaMon , mayor of Gainesville. General Longstreet's home , was jeit man. and the bride entered on the arm of Governor Atkinson , who gave her away In the absence of her brother , who Is in Texas. General and Mrs. Longstroet will spend six weeks at Porter Springs , Ga. , after which they will return to Atlanta , where Mrs. Longstreel will resume her duties at the statu 1 Hilary. It IB understood that she will not retl'e from the race for the librarianship - ship , which bhii entered several months ago. A striking coincidence was supplied In the ? act that today Is the anniversary of the jallle of Molina del Key , In the Mexican war. where General Longsireet won his title , as major. ' NEWPORT. R. I. , Sept. 8. The wedding of John Nicholas Drown , the millionaire , to Miss Nathalie Dresser , daughter of the lite Colonel George W. Dresser , U. S. A. , and granddaughter at the late Daniel Lcroy , took iilace at Trinity church at noon today In the iiresenco of a large number of guests from New York , Doston , Providence and Newport. . . . . _ , COXVEXTIOX OP I.BTTKIt CAKIMHIIS. Moil AVho UUtrllitite ( In- Mail llolil Annual Mooting. SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 8. In the Letter Carrie's national convention , the following committees were announced by the chair man : Mileage and Per Dlcm P. Weaver , Lynn , Mass. ; J. F. McElroy , Bridgeport , Conn. ; E. J. Cambridge , Doston. Nominations ( No. 1) ) II. A. F. X. Chal- funt , Kansas City ; J. C. Alton , Jamestown. N. Y. ; P. J. Abt. Detroit ; J. A. names , Maiden. Mass. ; J. R. Dingier. Portland , Ore. ( No. : : ) J. A. Sullivan , Chicago ; II. C. Dwlght , Toledo ; J. J. Shea , Jersey City ; V. B. Gonzales , New Orleans , and S. Sullivan , San Francisco. After the ooard of trustees had been ex cused , Chairman James Atkinson ( of Kail River ) of the committee on appeals , read his rcpor.t , which was accepted. The principal appeal wus that of S. B. Smith of Milwau kee , convicted on a technicality of having received a letter which was accidentally and not Intentionally left In his bag. In the matter of an appeal from Harrlsburg , Pa. , the majority report of the local branch was adopted after a long discussion. The follow ing committees were appointed : On Substitutes D. K. Bcrge , St. Louis ; E J. Helnson , Detroit ; W. J. Coly , Chicago. On Now Business P. J. Carey , Hock Island , 111. ; W. H. Flaherty , Now Orleans ; E. S. McCSesy. Philadelphia ; J. Relchfaft , Minne apolis ; P. II. Duffy , Plttsburg. It was received that all branches submit their constitutions to the national associa tion for approval. After the recess , the re port or the Mutual Benefit association was taken up. SUIT POH I'MVK THOl'SAXII. Wldonof II. K. .li-iiiilson SUCH Col orado Midland Htcclvcr. DENVER , Colo. , Sept. 8. ( Special Tele gram. ) The tragic death of the Western Union superintendent of construction , II. E. Jennlson , last spring was recalled this morn ing In an unexpected manner by a suit Hied In the United States circuit court praylug for J5.000 damages by his widow. The plain tiff claims that death resulted from a broken pledge given her husband by Receiver George W. Rlstlno of the Colorado Midland , whoso telegraph lines he was repairing In the Ilusk-Ivanhoo tunnel when he was over come by the gas. The plaintiff In the suit Is Elizabeth A. Jennlson , and the defendant George W. Rlstlno , receiver of the Colorado Midland. It was whllo In the tunnel that Jennlson was killed , It Is said , "by the negligence In the carelessness of the serv ants and agents of the receiver , by being asphyxiated by gas. produced by the en gines passing through the tunnel. " There we'e no shafts or other appliances connected with the tunnel for Us ventila tion , the complaint sets forth and the use of coal In the engines , with the expulsion of steam , generated noxious and deadly gases. Before his death , It Is alleged. Jennl- son requested of the receiver that special orders ba given concerning the burning of coke In JJ1 engines passing through the tunnel. This was promised , but the orders , It Is said , were never given out , and the II rat engines passing through the tunnel caused Jennlson to become Hick and die before he could bo removed. ltoillun | ( o tilt * I'rrxldcnl. SOMERSET. Pa. , Sept. 8. The streets of this town nre thronged tonight with people , 1,0 < X ) of whom nre visitors from iliffvicul pirtn : of the county , the oecrislon being the pilblli * reception by President MeKlnicy , hold at the KmlHlco residence , where the provident aid ) Mrs. MuKlnloy arrived today The reception began at 7HO : o'clock and for two hours a Una of visitor * , passed through1 the house , each grasping th" pro ident's hand. In the parlors were the pre.sldenl'H wife , Mr. and MM , Abner McKlnley , Ir nnd Mr . ICndHlee , 'MIsx ' Mnbel MoKlnU-y MIsct'H Kittle and ICIla Kndslce and Mr. .1111 .Mrs , Vnschell.- The president this morning announced hU determination to remain hen till .Monday. _ 1,11V liiNiiriiiK'truiliTvrlli'rs. . CHICAGO , Sept. S. The convention of Mutual llfo Insurance underwrite , whlcl lian been In session at the Victoria hotel for the last two days , came to a close this evening In the organization of tinInter - .stiile Association of Stipulated I'loinlun Llfo Underwriters. The following olllcera were elected : 'President , S. 10 , Humble Kans.tn City ; vice presidents , L. K. Rep loglo of Chicago , O. G. Wilson of Clinton la. ; secretary and treasurer , K. II , Illbben Mur.-ihnlltowii , la , VHorliuir ) ' .SIII'KI-IIIIH' Olllrrrx , NASHVILLE , Tc-nn. . Sept. 8-At the Hosliin today of the United State * ) Veter inary Medical association the following , ollleer.s were elected : Dr. D. B. Salmon * Washington , president ; Dr. J. II. Raynt-r Wefctcheuter , IM. , vice president ; Ur. W. C Uayner , Nashville. Tt'iin , , fciitrul vlct president ; Dr. Austin POIPIB , Boston , Masd. western vice president ; Ur. Stewart , ICan sas City , secretary ; Dr. W. II. Lowe , Pat terson , N. J. , treasurer. TlirNi * lo ! to A iiiitiMillN | , ANNAPOLIS , Sid. . Bept. 8. Addition1. ; candidates weru admitted to the nava academy today , us follows : O. F. Cooper , | North Carolina ; Frank R , SleCrnry , Kan sas ; J. li. Habeock , Iowa : M. O. Cooke , j Kansas ; J. A. Furncr , Wisconsin ; IX A. Weaver. Georgia ; Joseph F. LlmUay. Ken- , ' tuclcy ; J. U Hay , at large ; Rusbel Hastings , Ohio , I HARRISHURG , Pa. , Sept. S.-Qeneral FrunK Reeder , cecretary of tlif common wealth , today tendered MH resignation to Governor Hasting * , to take effect at once. The governor asked for Secretary Keeder's resignation on Thursday , Klotir Oulimt. ST. PAUL. Sllnn. , Sept. K-The Northwestern - western Miller reports the output at Minne I apolis , Puluth , Duluth-Sunerlor and Mil i waukee last we k at iiS.liw barrelu , DRAWING THE LttlES TAUT Prosecution' Continues to Wcavo a Web About Luotgcrti ANOTHIR STRONG POINT BY THZ STATE Mrx. Kddt Idcittlllc * n ItiiMy 1'orkct Knife n Out ; I lie I'rlNonvr ( ! nve HIT After UN Wife CHICAGO , Sept. 8. The defense In the trial of Adotph Luctgcrt for wife murder was Homcwhat surprised by a move of the state today. What Is considered to bo cao of the strongest points of the evidence in the trial was Introduced. Mrs. Christine Feldt , Luct- gert's one-time swcethearl , was called to the stand by the state for the third time. As sistant State's Attorney McEwcn handed her nn ligly appearing pocket knife , the blades of which were stained and rusted , nnd asked. her If she had ever seen It before. She testi fied that the big sausage manufacturer had given her this knife for safe keeping on the day of his arrest. The prosecution asserts hat It was with this knife Luctgcrt mur- ered his wife before placing her body In the oiling potash , where It was dissolved. The gly looking object was passed around for ho Inspection of the attorneys and was lauded to Luctgcrt , who opened and closed he blades , gazing curiously at the weapon ml scraping Ihe blade with his finger , as If o feel Iho stains which covered the blade. lo evinced no emotion , though he knew hat every person In the court room , In- ludlng the court , jury and spectators , were losely watching and taking note of his every nctlcn. In talking with his attorneys he admitted It was his properly. The court opened with the usual crowd lanibcrlng for admission' ' at the door. Vlthln the court room the members of the air sex predominated among the spectators and the little room was crowded to Its ut- uost capacity. When Luetgert entered liortly before court was opened he repeated ils manner of Tuesday and smilingly nodded at the jury. Ho attempted to calch Ihe eye of Judge Tulhlll , but that olllclal refused to lotlce the prisoner. The first witness called was Eugene I ) . 'aimer , a reporter. Palmer testified to hav- ng held a small bottle under the stream of pinkish matter which flowed from the sluiceway of the vat when the police opened he valve. Palmer was followed by W. H. Stuart , also a reporter , who corroborated the testimony of his conferee and alflo tesllfled to having lellvercd this same bottle of pinkish slime nto Iho hands of an experl , who will bo called later In the case. Policeman Bernard Preuss was called and dentlfiod two bits of steel as the pieces he : ound In the ashes which are the supposed residue of bones and other material which was scooped from the wet dump. Policeman Fred Talorwltz testified as to laving found a hairpin In the same pile of refuse and the hairpin was produced as evi dence after an objection by Attorney Vin cent to the effect that It was Improper to ntroduco as evidence any and every object which , owing lo Ils similarity to objects worn by any and every woman , could never > o Identified as having been the property of Mrs. Luetgert. CORSET STEELS IDENTIFIED. Then came the sensation of the day. J. II. Odenbrett and W. G. Cady , coi-set makers. were placed on the stand In succession and positively Identified the two alleged corset itccls as having been the product of their 'actorles. Certain work on the two bits of metal were shown to correspond with similar marks on new steels which were produced in court. The witnesses each testified positively is to Ihe similarity and also to the fact that : he new steels were of patterns usually sold jy their factory. It was considered by the state to bo a' great blow to the defense and was unexpected by the latter , who hoped to : irove that the two pieces of sttel were scale .Kinds. Karl Klein , Jr. , who Is employed by a dentist , described a set ot false teeth which lie had sold Mrs. Luetgert. Klein seemed to be burdened with a sense of his own Im portance In the case , and In Ihe cross-ex amination by Attorney Vincent , chief coun sel for the defense , he continually objected o the questions asked and refused to answer the several questions until the court or dered him to do so. Ills conduct on the Eland caused considerable merriment amonj ) the lawyers and spectators. Emma SchlmpKe , sister to uottlleoa Schlmpke , who testified to having seen Luct- aert and his wife enter the factory on the fated evening , was placed on the stand to coroborate : the tesllmony of her younger slsler. She was a very fallcTlng witness and suffered under the scathing cross-examina tion to which she was subjected. Emma Schlmpke was apparently Imbued with the Idea that she must testify only to those mat ters which hurt the cause of the defense. Judge Tuthlll administered a kindly but firm lecture to the trembling girl. From her the dcfciue secured the admission that she was not sure she saw Luetgert and his wife enter the factory and the defense also forced her to admit that she could not remember any thing that happened on any other particular night than May 1. When ac-ked the day o ! the week upon which May 1 fell she hesi tated and mumbled "Saturday , wasn't It ? " The defense felt that their cause had gained perceptively from her testimony. RELICS FROM THE VAT. Police Sergeant Spangler , who was active In securing evidence for the prosecution , testified to having secured cither from officers , from the factory and vicinity corset steels , a celluloid hairpin , a half of a tooth , particles of bones scrapings from both the Interior and exterior of the vat In which It Is alleged Mrs. Luctgcrt was dissolved and sllmo from the slulcs leading from the vat. Vlckcrlck Dlcknesc , brother of Mrs. Luetgert. identified two photographs as like nesses of his sister. The pictures were passed around among the attorneys and Luctgcrt attentively compared the two and consulted about them with his attorneys. After' Emma Schlmpko came Mrs. Feldf , whoso evidence has been given above and which consisted merely In the Identification of the knife. DRY EXPERT TESTIMONY. The afternoon resslon was given up to dry expert testimony. Prof. C hallos Gibson , to whom the newspaper men gave the fluid they got from the vat , was examined and toiti- fled to the finding of organic matter In the pinkish brown fluid which ho sunjectcd tea a chemical analysis. Ills answers were de livered slowly and deliberately and were couched In technical terms. It required much time to question the witness to that tls tes timony could be made clear to the jury. The witness asterled as Ills opinion that the dis solution pf the fleshy portions of a body could be accomplished In the tlmo and manner al leged by Ihe state , but denied that the con dition of the bones would be materially Jf- fccled. The defense considered that a point was scored In their favor when the wltni'sa asserted that the hair would bo the first portion tion of a body to dissolve In the caustic mix ture. Attorney Vincent will request the Jury to reconcile this bit of testimony with Ilia alleged finding of hair'in the vat. The last witness sworn was the on of Watchman Illalk. who testified to having on- tlced Luetgeit to his father's room under pretense of the latler's Illness. A detective was concealed uivJt > r Ihe bed at the time and the testimony was Intended to be mernly cor roborative ot portions of the te tlmony of ' .lie ' officer who llvtcned to the cnnvermlon bu. tween Luetgert and Ills old employ ) . The attorneys for the defcniu assort that the day has done their case iiol. I'liiy ex pect to controvert ( he material poln.o lii ihe testimony and Ignore many pu ui * uhlcu they consider to be Irrelct.int ; o the Issue. Luetgert's uiiconi'vr'icd denvaior ceiii-imce and the most dimaglue ovUouce beems to i affect him but little , VliltDICT OItU'lfl'V ' ; , I3\IMCTUI1. .InilKo InilriH'lM tin * .Iur > - | tn Consider HIT. ItiiNiMi'n CoiifexslaiiM. MAUYVILLE. Mo. , Sept. 8.-lSpeclal Tele- gram. ) Immediately after the convening of court this morning Judge Hcrtidon delivered his Instructions to tho' jury ! In the Rasco case. The jury was In&tructcp ( hat It must cither find the nccuicd guilty ] of murder In the fll'Jt degree , or acqull him. In rcfeicnce to the confessions made by Rasco , tlio court said : "Tlio Jury are Instructed that H' they believe from the evidence that the defendant made any statements otter the 'commission of the homicide , and in relation thereto , the jury must consider all the defendant said hi such statements ; whllo the defendant Is enti tled to what he said. If anything , for himself , the state Is entitled to anything he said against himself In any confession or state ment proved by the state. What the defend ant said against himself the law presumes to be true , because against himself. What , however , ho said for himself , the jury Is not bound to believe , because' said In a conversa tion or a statement proved by the state , but it may believed , or disbelieved , accordingly as It Is shown to be true or false by the evidence In the case. " Arguments in the case wore begun this morning , and will close at about noon tomor row , and the Jury will then be sent out. It Is fully predicted that a verdict of guilty wITl bo returned In thirty minutes , but the de fense still clings to the hope of a hung Jury. Interest In the case Is Intense. I'UM. SCHOOL HtUJSK TWO WAYS. 1'atroiiN In a Frcr-for-All ViKlit Over Ils Locution. MARYVILLE , Mo. , Sept. 8. ( Special. ) The people of Highland school dUtrlct , tn this county , are having a great deal of trouble over the location of their school house. A few weeks ago , at n meeting of the patrons , It was voted to move the building from its location 100 yards nearer Hie center of the district. The move was vigorously opposed and to prevent an Injunction being Issued the building was moved between two days. Yesterday another meeting , called by the op posing faction , was held , and an attempt was made to move the building a half mile from Its present location. The meeting ended In a free-for-all fight , In which W. H. Walker was badly beaten about the face. There Is promise of still moro trouble. U'AM'UIl TO OUT OUT OF .MISSOURI. from .ln-illcc AskH for n Tli'Uct fur n Fur-Off Plncr. MARYVILLE , Mo. , Sept. 8. ( Special. ) "I want a ticket to either Portland , Ore. , or Knoxvllle , Tcnn. , " said a min who had just stepped up to the ticket wlidow { of the Uur- llngton depot here yc'tcrda'y'mornlng. The man finally decided that he' wanted to go to Knoxvllle and purchased through tickets to that place for himself and wife. Later In the diy Sheriff Collins was called to the cen tral telephone ofllco and learned that the man was from Clearmonl , In Ibis county , thai his name was H. W. Wallace , and Ihat he had loft there ) the night before Without payIng - Ing a number of debts or a flue that had been Imposed upon him for disturbing the peace and dignity of the stale. Attempts are being made to apprehend , him. MISSOURI .MIMSItSSl'URUNnKIt. . Dofldc to no Iliu-k to'Worlc at tlio Old ItiitoN. HIGGINSVILLE , Mo."Sept. . S. ( Special. ) At a meeting of the striking coal miners at this place this afternoon'resolutions wore passed declaring the strike off and in faVoV ot resuming , work In the , morning" the prices recently paid by the company 3 % cents per bushel. Two years ago the-company paid 4\- cents per bushel. A cut of a half cent was made two years ago , another quf. of a half cent a year ago and under the Im petus of the advance bf prices for the nec essaries of life , 250 of the miners struck last Friday for an Increase to 4 cents a bushel. The company stood firm , .and the miners surrendered Ihls evening to the company's terms. ' * At Lexington , a few miles ; away , the strike Is still on. MiiIS ; MAKU L1TTLK HKADWAI. Force Wlimt I'rlceN Up n lilt , but Ic- < ? ltnik Coini'H Liitor. NEW YORK , Sept : S. Dulls were unable to make much headway yvlth wheat today. At one time they forced' prices up nearly a cent above last night's" , but this was sub sequently cut down to only % @Vi cent net advance at the close , with May showing a fractional decline from last night. The chief opposition to a higher level came from scalp ers who operated freely on the selling side all day. Influences from abroad were all bullish except the absence of foreign buying , which was such a feature yesterday. This was partly overcome later by renewed ex port buying on a large scale at all ports , not ocly of wheat , but also of oats. Jt was esllmated at the close that about 1,000,000 bushels of wheat and 000,000 bushels of oats had been taken for shipment. The story on 'change was that Liverpool houses had pur chased a good share of jlho wheat to cover short sales for the ( lint half of September delivery. December wheat covqre'd a range from 99 % cents to $1.004 and closed at Jl.00 % , belling off on the curb to 09 % cents again. Corn was quiet and weaker , oiwlng to extensive unloading and absence of export demand. AtJAl.VST A COVKIlVMH.Vr I'l.ANT. \nvy Dfinirtnicnt OpiiiiNi-d to HH Own Armor. CHICAGO , Sept. 8. The Post's Washing ton special says : From a high authority In the Navy department , lt Is learned that the Influence of that brauch of the govern ment will bo thrown against the proposi tion to establish a government plant for the manufacture of armor plato for war vessels The special board appointed by Iho secre tary of the navy to Inspect the Hcthlehom , Carneglo and Illinois Sleil company estab lishments , Inquire Into thd cost of armor and collect fads bearing' upjn Ihe desirability of having government armor plate works , will not , It Is understood , make a definite recommendation , but It - < wil ! present such data that Secretary Long may legitimately frame conclusions advoraij to the suggestion , The naval experts will ijtato that In their opinion JIOO per ton1 for armor plato will yield the manufacturers' K handsome profit , but that the government1 ] would save money by paying that price ln | preference to un dertaking the work pn Hf own account. TI1ISV At-'CKP-I ? , TIIB' POSITIONS. CoiuiiilttiMF of tin * Mnn- ' ' < * tur > - Convt'litloi'i .Vt-nrl > Filled. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. ' 8. H. II. Hanna , chairman of the executive committee of the monetary convention thai met In this city last January , announces this aftcrnooon that nine of the floye.moinbes : of the monetary commission tha were to bo chosen , have accepted and authorizes the publica tion of their nurnce , Th ? following are the names of those who lave ; accepted : George F. Edmunds , Vermont ; CJiarlea S. Falrchlld , New York ; Stuyve.tant Fish , New York ; Stuart Patterson , Penim'lvanla ; T. G. Rush , Alabama ; J. W , Fries , orlh Carolina ; W. II , Dean. Minnesota1 George E. Lighten , Mis souri : Kobe-t S , T } 'lor , Indiana. Kill I ItrftiiltM Kiilnllv. ATLANTA. Ga. , Sept. S. Colonel Isaac W. Avfry. ut one time editor of the Atlanta f'onntltutlon und foreign commissioner lo Mexico and the- South American republics for the I'liHoniHuifx and International ex position of IU5 , fell from the porch of his residence In Klrkwood , a suburb of thU city , last nUlil. dying today from the effects of the full. SIIIMV In Montana. DENVER , Colo. , Sept. S.-A special to the Republican from Uutte , Mont. , saya : Snow i fell tiers for several hours this forenoon , , The weather \\vis quite cold , though the | know melted almost as fast a It fell. THURSTON WILL OPPOSE IT Nebraska Senator W11 Eadeivor tj Dafoat Hawniitm Annexation. VISIT THE ISLANDS FO.l THAT PURPOSE While of California , -Mlnn-\v of South DnUoln , Manllc of .Mon tana nnd ( . 'annon of t.'lali Will AMMlnt llliu. HONOLULU ( via Victoria , B. C. ) . Sept. 8. The anncxtlonlsts nro very much worried over the discovery of an alleged attempt on the part of the nntl-annexatlonlsts to Influ ence Senators Morgan and Quay , who are icported to arrive here soon on a tour of Investigation. They say that Senators White of California and Thurston of Ne braska , who will lead the fight against an nexation in congress this winter , will also visit Hawaii and attend the mass meeting of natives , which It Is alleged by the an- nexatlonlBts will be called for the purpose of convincing the senators that the natives bitterly oppose annexation. It Is stated that Senators White and Thurston will superin tend the drafting of a monster petition to congress In which the Hawallans will assert that the government WHS torn from them through the action of American Minister j Stevens. It is also alleged that the mass , meeting will be conducted entirely by Ha- wallaus and will be made ns dramatic as possible. The Idea Is to work upon the sym pathies of Senator Morgan and to persuade him , 1C possible , that the natives have been deprived of lands and power by a handful of rich and powerful whites backed by a treacherous American minister. It Is be lieved that the ex-queen may arrive on the same steamer as the senators and that she will address the people at the mass meetings. The second card of the antl-annexatlonlsts will bo played on the arrival here late In September of Senators I'ettlgrcw of South Dakota , Leo Mantle of Montana and Frank Cannon of Utah. They are now In Japan and China studying the silver question. Be fore they sailed by one of the Empress liners from Victoria , B. C. . they secured re turn passage by the Pacific mnll steamer Doric duo here from Yokohama on Septem ber : M , and announced their Intention of re maining over a week In this city to study the annexation question. ItOYAI.TV SI'KXDS A lU'SY DAY. Duke and ) ? | - of Yiirk KliiUh Their VlNlt 111 Ireland. BELFAST , Sept. S. This was a very busy day for the duke and duchess of York and It was the last of their stay In .Ireland. The city was In a state of holiday enthusiasm. Flags and other decorations were to be seen on nearly all the side streets , as well as on the main thoroughfares. Their royal high nesses , on arriving hero from Mount Stewart , the County Down residence of the marquis of Londonderry , drove'to the town hall , where they received no less than eighteen addresses from different public bodies , be longing to the province of Ulster. The duke and duchess were then entertained at lunch by the corporation of Belfast , after which they were present at the formal opening of the new dock hero. No sooner was that ceremony concluded than they Inspected the famous ship building yards of Harland and Wolff. From there they attended a garden party given by the lord mayor of Belfast. After the garden party their royal high nesses went to Belfast Lough , where they embarked on board the royal yacht for Glas gow , thus ending a very successful and pop ular visit to this portion of her majesty's dominions. lllHLAMVS HIPVOI1130 WKATIIKU Kniliire of Ihf l'o < a < o Crop Will CUIIN < > ; ral SiiJTc-rliiK. ( Copyright , U97 , by Press riibllehlnsr Company. ) LONDON , Sept. S. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Lamentable re ports continue to ponr In from all parts of Ireland of the havoc wrought among the crops. The weather continues most unpro- pltlous and all hope of saving a remnant of the harvest is fast fading away. The English tory press Is now beginning to realize the situation , though minimizing Its gravity. To night the ministerial St. James Gazette ad mits : "The potato crofi Has failed every where and there Is something to excuse the alarmist language of those who are beginning to talk about a great famine , but distress on that scale is no more likely thananother In vasion of barbarians. Yet there will be a measure of suffering In Ireland , as real , if less terrible , than that which professional agitators are beginning to predict. " The professional agitator has made no pre diction In the present Instance. The cry has come from people all over the country and English tourists are wrltlug to the press de scribing the ruined harvest they have every where seen. UKVlSn THE KIIE.NC1I COXSTITL'TIO.V. Atlll | > < to .Modify OIHi-e of ProNldeiit of I IKItrpnhllf. . LONDON , Sept. 9. The Dally Chronicle's Paris corespondent says that a startling at tempt to revise the French constitution Is contemplated. The national assembly Is to bo convoked at Versailles to consider a plan for the modification of the ofllco of the presi dent of the republic. . The Chronicle In an editorial says : "If the foregoing Is verified , It is evident that an attempt will be made to take advantage of the visit of SI. Fauro to St. Petersburg to bring the president's position nearer to that of a hereditary monarch. Possibly the Bonapartlsts end OrleanlEts factions might be Induced to support such a movement and there Is no Gambctta to resint It. But wo doubt If any serious attempt will bo mado. M. Hanotaux IB the strongest man In the ministry , but neither ho nor M. Faure is likely to be the pivot for such a change. " TWO IHXIATs"uAIK AT .MADItlll. A/.rnrniKn DON Xot 1'rcfi-r War wHli ( lie li'iill.-d SlalcN. StADRID , Sept. 8. H Is officially denied that the premier , General Azcarraga , has written to the leaders of the present parties saying that the government at Havana would prefer war with the United States to the 'in tervention of that country In the affairs In Cuba. It is also officially denied that an attache of the Spanish legation at Washing ton has drawn upon himself the suspicion of espionage. * 0n the contrary , It Is as serted , the attache referred to crnflned him self to visiting United States forts and arsenals to purely scientific Inspection of these works , similar to that of an Ameri can naval officer during the latter's recent vtalt to Ferrol , Cadiz and Cartagena. ( ira ( Ili'JolHnK lit SuiiUIni , SUAKI.M , Sept. 8. There Is great rejoicing here at the news received of the fall of Berber. The measures to establish communi cation between Suaklm and the Anglo- Egyptian forces along the Nllo are rapidly advancing , The dervUheu have withdrawn their eastern outposts and are concentrating on the Nllo , with Sletemneh as their north ernmost post. To C'oiniilt'li * I'liiianin Canal. ( Copyright. 1897 , by l're I'ublliililnt Company. ) COLOMBIA , Sept. 8 , ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) It IB an nounced hero today that a concession to complete the Panama canal has been given to England , SmtiKKlt'd Tolmrro IN Si'lrfd. ( Copyright , WJ1. by I're I'ulillthliiK Conipan } . ) COLON , Columbia , Sept. 8.--Now ( York World Cablegram Special Telegram.-Tho ) customs officials hero have bdzcd fifteen cases brought by the tteamthlp Finance WIJATIIKIL 31KX .MAY VHT SUCCHIM ) . InilM ( tint it In Time for Ilio Cool Wnvc to Conif. Hour. ! ) ( . Hour. lire. * > n , in 7U 1 | i , in. . . . . . 11(1 ( I n. in 7t ! U | > . in St ) 7 n. in 7:1 : : t p. in no S n. in 77 -I | i. in 110 II II. in Si ! r > 1 > . ill ! > ( > 10 n , in. . . . . . sr. t p. in. no 11 n. in S7 7 p. in , ST IS III SI ) S p. tit SI I ) 11. in SU The tcmpeiatu.ro yesterday was n few de grees cooler than on the day before , but the difference was not appreciated by the public , fcr a fierce wind blew from the south all day ami what the thermometer lacked In Indica tions of heat was moro than made up by the general discomfort of the wind. Uncle Sam's weather prophets have rallied for an other attack and again say that there will bu cooler weather with showers for today. from New Yolk. The cases were marked "Lard , " but were found to contain tobacco. The duty on tobacco on the Isthmus Is about twice the value of the tobacco Itself. Six cases from New York arc also marked "lard" and'"prints" were' seized at Colon August 27 and found to contain tobacco. MASCACXt ATTK.Ml'TS iMcr'N .Mind IN Uiihlnurd and lit * IN I'laiMMl I'ndcr Control. ( CopyrlRlit , lf.07 . , by 1'ios.s I'ulillfhlnjf Company. ) LONDON. Sept. 8. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) I hear to night that MascaRiil , the brilliant composer of "Cavalerla Rustlcann , " has attempted to commit suicide at Bologna by taking poison. The attempt Is said to have failed , but Mis- cagnl's mind Is declared to bo entirely un hinged nnd he must be placed under control. .Milrail Itcj DlNiun'caro. CONSTANTINOPLE , Sept. S. Confirma tion la given to the report that Murad Bey , former Imperial commissioner of the council of the public debt and ( he leader of the Young Turks , who recently returned hereafter after having lied to Russia , whither ho went to Paris , has dlsappeaied. Ills fate Is not known. Dlnscttslnii IncrraNr * . LONDON. Sept. S. The Times' Simla cor respondent says that the dissension among the Afrldls is Increasing , owing to the stop page of all government allowances for keepIng - Ing the Khyber Pass open. Slocks llrcaliN n Iti-cord. LONDON , Sept. S. At the Crystal palace the bicyclist- Stocks , with a flying start covered a mile In 1:35 : 2-5 , beating the record for that distance. co.\sii ; , < ; KM : n A i , I.KK is HACK. ArrlvvH at XIMV Yorli After llln Vojntrc from Havana. NEW YORK , Sept. 8. United States Con sul General Fltzhugh Lee , accompanied by his son , arrived from Havana today. Gen eral Lee said he had been suffering from biliousness for some time past , but he felt very much better from the trip. When asked as to whether he would return to Cuba or not , the general shook his head and said : "I cannot answer that , and I would rather not talk MI Cuban affairs until I make my report In Washington. " In speaking of the case of Evangcllna Cosslo Clsncros , tire general said : "The young woman Is now confined In Casa Re- cojodas. She has never been tried , and 1 do not think that It was ever Intended that she should be banished. The stories of her Ill-treatment are very much exaggerated , and were It not for the hubuib which has been raised about her the girl would probably have been released long ago. In fact , I was given to understand that her name was cci the pardon list. She has comfortable quarters and is treated as well as possible under the circumstances. There Is a good deal of suffering In Cuba , but the Americans , numbering about 1'IOU are being cared for fiom the fund of ? 50,000 which was appro priated for that purpose. They receive re lict daily , and np to the present time aboun ? 10,000 has been expended. " "Is there any sign of business Improving or a change for the better In Cuba ? " asked the reporter. "No , I am sorry to say there Is not , " re plied the general. "And there will not be any improvement until the war Is ended. " "When will that be , general ? " To this last question General Leo replied In Spanish , a free translation of which Is : "That Is too much for mo : I cannot say. " General Lee and young Fitzhugh Lee , jr. , will go to Weat Point today to sec his other son , George M. , who Is at the military academy there , when they will leave for Washington Among the other passengers on board were Robert L. Oliver , United States consul at Mcrjda , Mexico , and George W. Fishback of this city , who was said to have been sent to Havana on business for the United States government. Mr. Fishback said that his trip to Havana was purely on private busi ness. Mr. Fishback said that there was a great deal of suffering all over Cuba , and that the condition of the people was even worse than when ho was there last as sec retary to Commissioner Calhoun , when the latter was investigating the Ruiz case. Ho saw Miss Clsneros at the Case Rccojodaa and ho said the reports regarding her treatment - ment were grossly exaggerated and that the young woman was fairly well treated and did not complain when ho was speaking to her. six YUIJXC MiAIII : IHUMV.VKD. il liy Tlirpi * YomiKNlcrN ltoi'kln r n Sail limit. DETROIT , Mich. , Sept. 8. Six young men were drowned 'In a yacht near Windmill Point , In Like St. Clalr , late this afternoon. The dead : THOMAS FRITZ. II. GERTIES. GRANT MURRAY. THOMAS NEWKO.ME. ' CHARLES RICE. JAY TANSEY. A party of ton chartered the yacht Blancbo and went up the lake for a sail. When near the mouth of Fox creek and nearly off Wind mill Point three of the party crawbd out on the boom and commenced to rock the craft , which , being heavily ballasted , lurched nr.il capsized , going to the bottom. Six men who were In the cockpit were drowned. The throe youngsters who caused the disaster mid i-no other were saved by a boat which pulled out from shore , The survivors tell an Incoherent story. All agree that the disaster was raused by their foolish action In rocking the craft. imiii'ints AIII : I-IIHJIITI'.M : ! ) A WAV , Hold I'p a Train , lint .Sliotx Caiintr Tin-in lo. Hun. LATHROP , Gal. , Sept. 8. The Southern Pacific express , train No. 17 , from San Fran cisco to Los Angeles , uas held up at a switch near Morrano at 9 o'clock this ovi.'n- Ing. Elaborate piepgratlons had been made by the train robbers , who piled ton tics across the trnck and bad set the pile on fire. As the Main slowed up the robbers , who were standing beside a fence near the track , fired live t > hots at the trainmen. A tramp rldlnj ; on top of the baggage cam was shot in the hip , being the only person wounded. Two deputy sheriffs who happened to bo on the train tried to return the fire , but thn robbers becoming frightened ran across the fields In the direction of the San Joaquln river without making uny further attempt to loot the train. The deputies left the train at P.ipon and are organizing a posse to purtuo the. lohbcrn. MnvcnifiilN nf OITIIIIVNNIIH , .Siit. H. At New -Salled-Parli1 , for South ampton ; FrlcHliind. for Antwerp , At Rotterdam Hailed-Veendam , for New York. At lionloKiioAiTlvedSpannuUm , from i New York. At Southampton Sailed -Latin , for New York Arrived-8t Loulx , from Now York. At Now York Arrived ThlngvalUi , from [ Copenhagen ; 1'hoenlcla , from Hamburg. TO DEATH Frightful Wreck on tlio Snnto Fo Ncai Emporia , Kan. TEN OR ELEVEN PERSONS ARE KILLED As Many Moro Are Injnntl , Most of Thorn Seriously. TWO TRAINS CRASH INTO EACH OTHER Hetul-Euil Collision of Fast Mail and California & Mexico Express. TWO ENGINES ON ONE.OF THE TRAINS All Ihrco Explode anil Tear a Great Hole in the Gnnml , SEVERAL CARS PILE INTO THE OPENING AVrroU Tnlti'M Klrc mill Srvornl Per * MOIIH Hum to Death AV. J. llrynn oil tine Train , but Xnt Hurt. KANSAS CITY , Sept. 8. A spccl.it to the Times from Emporh , Kan. , says : , One of the worst wrecks In the history ot the Santa Fo railroad occurred three mllca east of hero about 7:30 : o'clock. Ten on eleven persons were killed and as many moro were badly wounded. The fast mall train , going cast , and the Mexico and California express , westbound , col lided , head on. The Mexico and California , express was pulled by two locomotives and when they "struck the engine drawing the fast , mall the boilers of all three engines ex ploded and tore a hole In the ground so deep that the smoking car of the westbound train went In on top of the wrecked mall cars and balanced there , without turning over. The passengers In the smoking car escaped ! thiough the windows. The front end of this car was enveloped In a volume of stifling I smoke and steam belching up from the wrcclc ft below and the roar door was jamnud tight In the wreck of the car behind. The wreck caught fire from the engines. The cars In the hole itnd the smoking car ftI mriu'd to ashes In no time. In climbing out of the smoking car several men fell through the rifts Into the wreck below and It Is 1m- I to say whether they escaped or were burned to death. The westbound train car ried seven .or eight coiches and Its nasscn * gers Included many cxcurslonlstH who had > cen to hear W. J. Hryan speak at the county fair at Burllngame. Mr. Dryan himself was on the train , but was riding In the rear Pull , man , some 400 feet-from the cars which were .vrecked. . lie stairs that nothing but a heavy ! | olt was experienced by the passengers In his coadi. Mr. liryan helped to carry out some of the dead and wounded and gave at tention to their care. . DEATH LIST. The list of dead ns known at midnight , follows : JAMES nilHNNAN , engineer , Topeka. NATE HOLLLSTER , fireman , Topeka. j WILLIAM FR1SHY , engineer. GONZALES. fireman. i J. F. SAL'ERS , express messenger , Kansas ii ; | City. ' R. A. DORAN. postal clerk..Emporia. M. J. M'GLADE , postal clerk , Emporia , d'ed. ' at 11 o'clock. I / SIIURLEY , fireman. DANIEL M'KENNON , boy , Kansas City. UNKNOWN MAN , tramp. HEN WALTERS , fireman , of St. Joseph , Mo. , IK missing. ; 'THE INJURED. Among the seriously Injured arc : Claud Holllday , mall clerk , Lawrence , both legs broken ; may die. D. C. Erter. Kansas City , express mes senger , legs broken ; will die. John Dagan , Topeka , face smashed. J. T. Duller , county attorney , Chans county , hip broken ; may die. William F. Jones , mall clerk , Kansas City , leg and arm broken. , H. P. Mclk. Atchlson , badly bruised. Phil Schlor. Kansas City , hip crushed. C. A. Van Flolt , brakeman , Kansas City , badly bruised. William Patrick , Kansas City , log and arm broken. C. I ) . Adams , City of Mexico , painfully bruised. Jllko Sweeney , Gainesville , Tex. , bach hurt. hurt.R. R. 0. McGco , mall clerk. HOW IT HAPPENED. The tnglncers of the westbound train had , received orders lo meet the fast mall at Emporia and were making up lost time. Thiao two are the fastest trains on the Santa Fo system , and the westbound train must have been running at a speed of at least forty miles an hour. The westbound express was going around a slight curve , and met tlic fast mall probably within 200 feel. Of the Haven or eight cars making ii the Mexico and California cxpmn only the mall , baggage 'and express and smoking earn were destroyed. The coach followluc the smoker was badly splintered. There were not moro than a dozen pas- ticngera on the fast mall , all in one coach , and whlln none of them worn seriously In jured , their shaking up was terrible. Every , seat In the coaeh was torn from the floor anil many floor planks ramo up with the scatn. One man , John Sweeney , was thrown over three scatti and through a window , but es caped with only scratches and bruises. Thn "other cars of the fast mall train , a baggage ] and an express , wen * toUlly wrecked , ORDERS MISCARRY. It is stated that the wreck was caused bj ( a miscarriage cf orders from the trainmas ter. At Emporla the OBNlhound fast mall train received orders to pass the California express at Lang , seven miles eabt. Another order was cent to Lang for the California expects to take the Hiding there , but tlilit order was not delivered and the wcstboun'l train passed on , the trainmen expecting to pass the fast mall at Emporia. During the excitement early In the even * Ing It war reported that nearly all of the six postal clerks on the two trains wo'ti killed or mltslng , Two of the clerks wercj killed. All of the other , * save one are muru or less seriously Injured. The dead were brought to Emporia. Ap midnight a epcc'ul ( ruin left Emporia bearing seventeen of the Injured to Topuka , whe'rt they will be cared for in the railroad busy pital. l