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JCST A BUSHED JU 'E II ) , 1871. OMAHA , TUUKSDAY MOK INC , SEPTEMBER 10 , 185)7. ) S1XOL13 COPY PlYE CENTS ,
HOB HANGS FIVE MEN
People cf Riploy County , Indiana , Take
Justice Into Their Own Hands.
STRING UP QUINTET OF BAD CITIZENS
Victims Accused of Having Committed
Many Bobberies.
TERRORIZED THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS
Sheriff and Assistant fa'.ch Them While
Burglarizing a Store.
GIVEN A TIP BY ONE OF THE GANG
Governor Mount InMriiclN ( lie SliurllT
to HrliiK in Siiiiiitinr > .Illntluu
All \Vlui Took 1'nrt lu
the I. ) nchliiK. '
LOUISVILLE , Ky. , Sept. IE. A special to
the Evening Post from Ongood , Ind , sajs :
Incensed by numerous depredations , re
peated burglaries and daylight robberies , the
jicoplo of Ulpley county , Indiana , have taken
the law Into their own hands and meted out
to the perpetrators a punishment greater
than provided by the law. Five men , who
have long been a terror to the citizens of
this county , met their death at the hands of
on enraged populace , and when the cjtlrelis
of Versailles , the county scat , arose this
morning It was to IInil the bodies of live men
dangling from as many limbs of an elm tree
In the center of the public square. Stout
ropes not over six feet tti length had served
to send each to cternllj , and thult feet were
but a few Inches from the giound , while their
liauds and feet had been securely pinned
; wlth strong ropes
Versailles Is n town of some 800 people H
Is one of the oldest lu the state and although
it Is llvo miles from a railroad station and has
no telegraphic communication with the out-
dido world , as have more pretentious towns
of the county. It is still the county seat
Per four or livejears , and even longer ,
the farmers of the county have been the
victims of a lawless gang , who , apparently
lacking tti ftar , have plied their vocation to
the terror of the people , for thej seemlnglj
liavo had no visible means of earning a liv
ing Partners would come into town with a
bunch of cattle or load of farming products
and the next morning they would bo found
along the roadside sunorlng fiom a wound
and minus the proceeds of their sale. Old
Germain farmers have been visited and both
men and women have been subjected to all
the toitures that a hardened mind could de
vise. An aged German woman has been put
on a hot stove in order to compel her to
Btato the location of omc hidden treasure
These outrages have occurred unceasingly
Efforts have been made to dulcet them but
the gulltj paitles had covered up their law
lessness and It was seldom that conviction
followed.
ONE MEMBER INFORMS.
During the last week robberies had In
creased alarmlnglj On last Saturday vvordv
was received by the sheriff that the store of
AVooley lit us. at Correct , Ind , ten miles from
huio , was to be entered. The Information
was given bj uno of the gang's confederates ,
who had been under suspicion. Sheriff Henij
Bushing arranged that his Inform utt should
occompouj them , and , securing live deputies ,
they went to the place Sheilff Bushing con
cealed himself In the cellar , while Ills depu
ties were stationed at a convenient distance
outblde. Shortlj after midnight the gang
reached Wooley Bros ' store. Clifford Gor
don and the sheilff's Informant were desig
nated to break into the building G rdon
effected an entrance and Just lib he stepped
insldo the sheriff grabbed him Doth pulled
pistols nt the * > ame time and began firing
licit Andrews was with the robbers , and
lie , too , joined in the fusillade , while
the deputies came to the assistance
pf the sheriff Some thirty shuts were fired
jho sheriff was phot through the hand an. :
Gordon was shot several times Three pistol
balls entered his body ml he was also slioj
In the leg. Gordon and Andrews succeeded
In escaping and como to OsgooJ , where thej
( were arrested. The robbers had driven out
to the place 1 a buggy belonging to Lylc
X.evl , and from Information subsequently
gathered It was learned that the robbeiy
Jiad been planned at the homo of Will am
Jenkins. The two latter were arrested as
.accessories All were takeu to the Jail at
( Versailles
HEADY roil BUSINESS.
Henry Shultcr , 24 years old , was put In the
Jail for robbing the barber shop at Osgood
last week , Lcvl was f > 7 years of age , Gordon
22 , Andrews 30 and Jenkins 27. While the
citizens have not been nblo to fix the various
robberies upon these men they were thought
to bo part of a gang that has committed a
Oiost of them When It became known that
they weio In jail , It was quietly suggested
by the victims and sjmpathlzers that
"Justice" bo summarily dealt the prison
ers. It was 1 o'clock this morning
iwhen horsemen seemed to como from all
nuirtcrs and dismounted on a hillside near
( VeisalllPfl. Little time was last , for the
details had been prearranged Quietly about
400 men marched Into the town The Jail
was In charge of William Kennan , Sheriff
Bushing's brother-in-law the former being
nt homo on account of his Injuries In fro.it
of the Jail proper Is the ievidence , and In
that were Acting Jailor Kennan anil Robert
, llai ret t William Illock and Wcnzctt , depu
ties.
MAKR OlIIfiTf wnitlf.
Shortly before 2 o'clock there was a knock
nt the dooi and when Kennan and the others
opened the doors they were confronted by
pistols In the hands of thieo masked men and
risked to turn over thu kejs , This they did
and then t'to ' mob filed Into the Jail. Three
of the prisoners , Levl ; Jenkins and Shulter ,
voru oiv the lower door , whllo Gordon and
Andrews were in the upper tier Lcvl ana
Jenkins and Shulter showed light and the
former was shot through the breast whllo
tlio skulls of the two latter were crushed
with a stool , Hopes were In readiness and
adjusting a noose around the neck
of each , their fret and hands
( were pinioned and then th *
jnnrcli began They were not carried , but
TV 1th several men at the end of each rope the
llvo prisoners were dragged a distance of 200
feet to an elm tree , where their bodies were
impended. It Is allegc'd that Jenkins anil
Khulter were dead bcfmu they leached the
jilaee. Death resulted from hanging In the
cuteof Gordon and Andrew a.
Justice of ( ho 1'caeo Charles Loswell held
mi Inquest ever the flvo bodies this morning
None of the citizens beom to deplore the ac
tion ft the mob , but. on the contrary , the
Imiifilng of three or four more members of
thu pang la being talked of. No troops have
lienn asked for and the citizens say that they
aio not wanted ,
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 15. Governor
IMcnmt has adit the following to the sher'ft
of Ulpley'county ;
Win * me at once the particulars of Ij nett
ing thul hut ) occurred In jour countj' , I
further dlri'et tliut jou proceed Immediately
with till the power > ou can command to
tiring to JiiHtleo all parties guilty of par
ticipating In the murder n/ the llvo men
iilleni'l to have been Ijjiohetl , Such law-
le ttnenH Is Intolerable end nil the power of
the Htute , If necessary , will bo vigorously
fii.plojed for the arrest nnd punishment of
ii.l parties Implicated ,
JAMES A. MOUNT. Governor.
At a late I'our tonight Kelly was taken
from the jail and lodged at the hotel under
Kuard After McMillan had been release 1
Kelly was the sole occupant of the cell pait
of the jail. Ho la only 14 years old and the
tiorroro ot las.1 night so preyed upon hit wind
that he was overcome by nervous ( right tnd
calling Deputy Jailer Kent begged plteously
to be tak n out for the night. The mntter
was referred to Circuit Judge New who
gave the desired order.
nuns OK REVENGE.
VCHSAILLU3 , Ind. . Sept 15. No private
citizen of Versailles probably has reason to
fear personal violence , the danger dreaded Is
arnon Humors of threats are rife on the part
of the friends of the men who were mobbed
Thu public olllccrs nrc also subjects of these
threits That Is why this little city Is dis
turbed tonight and under the closest guard
If trouble comen It Is expected from Osgcod ,
which the people of Versailles say Is the
headquarters ot the band whoso depredations
have been so widespread and which Is the
h-mo of those who were last nlfht so ruth
lessly rushtid Into eternity The feeling be
tween the two places Is of the bitterest klud
and the opinion expressed here tonight H
tint there are plenty of people In Osgood
who deserve the same fate of the five dan
gling from trees this morning Of many
hundreds seen today at this place residents
and visitors , not one was heard to express
a word of condcmnitlon of last night's work
The people of Versailles declare that the
Ijnchers vvcro all non-residents and that not
a man living In or near town had any hand
In the slaughter. There Is a goncrJl under
current of approval of the deed and It Is
raid that no effort will be made to apprehend
any one who took part. The coroner's In
quest began todaj1. It was conducted on lines
of strict formality and the verdict will be-
that the five men came to their death at the
bunds of a mob , the members of which arc
unknown.
II VMCintS MIJIJT AT MOI'V OT\ .
WI-UMIIIU-M mill IHUIIK | OIIN Diirlntr
the ln.i mill a Iliuuiiift nt Mulit.
SIOUX CITY , Sept , IB ( Special Tele
gram ) The State Association of Bankers at
the annual meeting held In Ottuimva last
Maj decided upon sectional meetings of
bankers nnd In accordance with this ar
rangement group No 2 of the State Bankprs'
association held a meeting hero today , at
tended bj about forty bankeis from towns
in northwestern Iowa. They were welcomed
to the city bj Major CIcland and D r. Oil
man and the response was by C T Tupper
of George and 0. I1 Miller of Hock Haplds ,
prisldent The sessions were dcvo'ed tea
a discussion of matters of spccUl liitjre.il. to
bankers n H Ilubbard of this city spoke
on uniform laws governing commercial piper ,
and i : 1) Huxford of Cherokee ope-ied up
an Intcicstlng discussion on the matter of
making exchange charges uniform. The
bankers held a banquet tonight.
mnvnrir.s ami nv ami KIM : .
HllMlllllIll IllNOMITH tllllt HIM WlfO AVllH
Iliiriii-il III Death In ( lie W rt-L-U.
CiUAH HAI'IDS , Sept. 15. ( Special Tele
gram ) Mrs. John T. Gunning , who left hero
Tuesday evening for her home at Ouray ,
Col , was one of the persons killed In the
tcrilble wieck nt Newcastle , Cole , on the
Denver & Hlo G ramie and whoso body was
burned to a hes Her father , William Lang-
ham , a prosperous farmer living west of
heie , received a telegram today fiom her
husband stating ho had found a ring ani
some trinkets In the wicck. Mrs. Gunning
was bom and lalsed In this countj ami was
quite prominent In school circles , having been
a successful toicher. She married about a
jjar ago and was on , hei waj to join her
husband In their now- homo at Ouiay when
she met death.
CVMHUVli : SHAW AT Mill \ CJ1 \
( Innl.crn Cull tin Him mill Itf Iiilrr-
ilt-MH l.nlior I.cailfrx.
SIOUX CI FT , Sept. 15 ( Special Telegram. )
L M. Shaw of Denlson made his first visit
to Sioux Citj today since his nomination
for governor on the republican ticket and
liundreds of republicans of the city and
uoithvvest Iowa called on him Mr Shaw ox-
prcsseJ himself as well pleased with present
piospects of the campaign and with the cor
dial manner In which he has b'en greeted
by the republicans of this pait of the state
Ho will open his campaign at Hed Oak in
ten davs and will from that time on be cou-
stantlj on the stump.
UMIUIN < : THU STVIICIIouics
flll'i 'lt > of nil Important Slou\ < ' ! ! >
I'afdirj ( u lit- Doublet ! .
SIOUX CI TY , Sept , 15 ( Special Telegram
General Hiram Duryca , the starch king
his let contracts for the doubling of tin
capacitj of the Sioux City btarch works
of which he Is the principal stockholder In
addition to this the company will nt once
cieit a largo warehouse and barns for the
feeding of a largo number of cattle This
will involve the outlaj of a gieat deal o
money and will give employment to a large
foicu of men.
riiMloii 'I ! ! . < ( In I.lmi Coun < > .
CHUAH HAI'IDS , la. . Sept. 15 ( Sp.clal
Telegram ) The democrats of Linn county
fused with the populists today and nomi
nated the following ticket' Representatives
John M. Hodmond and D. C. Hosenberg ; for
treasurer , H. G Oxley ; for sheriff , C L.Scott
for county superintendent , M. W Couttnoj
for eoioner , John Pugh ; for surveyor , J II
Larj' . It Is reported that Mr. Hcdrnond wll
not accept the nomination for representa
tive.
\\ootlincii Clerk IN Vi iiU il.
COIN la , Sept 15 ( Special Telegram )
Charles II. Mackoy , clerk of the Coin cami
of Mqdern Woodmen of America , was at
tested this afternoon , charged wit. * the cm
b z2lement of about $50 of Insurance assesb
ments.
Mini COIDIH IN THI : mvic HILLS
Ti > iiiiti iituri * PiiIlM Port ) lcii' < 't'K li
Tito HoiirN.
HAl'ID CITY , S. U. , Sept. 15. ( Special Tel
eg.am ) A cold wave struck the Iliac
Hills this afternoon. Thu temperature fcl
fortj degrees In two IIOUN , Haiti Is fallln
In the northern hills And a frost Is expecte.
tonight.
\\orK oil UK * HUiT nt Ymilvtoii ,
\ ANICTON. S D. . Sept 15 ( Special Tele
gram. ) The government Improvements to th
Missouri river channel at this point bcgai
toduy. Mark Naughton of Sioux City , con
tractor for suppljlng willows , Is here will
men and teams. Ills contract Is to cut am
haul 1,000 cords of willows to the river. Tw
experts at riprap work are hero , and till
part of the work will bo completed In thirty
ikijs. Engineer Weber Is In charge , and ha
established headquarters here The govern
iiient boat engaged lu this work will arrlv
tomori ow.
Until l-a\oriililc tn Miirtln.
HOWAHD , S. D. , Sept. 15. ( Special. ) Botl
the populists and the democrats held county
judicial conventions In Howard Saturday
The. populists Instructed tbolr delegates t
the judicial circuit convention for L J Mar
tin foi judge. The democrats elected dele
gates filendlj to Martlu , but did not In
struct.
Cniiliirt * mi KiiKllhli Iliulifxjili r.
DKNVnn. Sept , 15.-Deputy United State
Murtihal I'po anlved In this city today In
charge of James 11. Lovcrock , who U belnt ,
taken to Dublin , Ireland , to stand trial or
the charge of embezzling Kovcr.il tliousum
pounds from the HrltUli government. Love
rock up to last December vvus In the gov
eminent poulal savings bunk at Dublin I
U all ! tied that he appropriated J1U < 1,0 >
from the Dublin postolllce and departed fo
America , leavInn H wlfo ami novcn chll
dren Per the pit > t three moutliK Lovcroe
has been working nt the Maltmil ! ( oil inln
near hero. II U stild ( hut he has virtual !
adml'ted his guilt iind exi > ie si3 his willing
ness to leturn to Ireland.
> o > < MV of ClriMiimlii ,
Qrni\STOWN , Sept -Tho While Sta
line ttteamshlp Germanic , from New Yor
for Liverpool , arrived here tonight nnd re
ports that though she kept a. careful look
out she BUVV no sign ot the disabled Ancho
line steamer Clrcaaala ,
STRIKERS PRESERVE ORDER
Maintain Silence nnd Commit No Broach of
the Poacj.
ITRE CHANGE IN THE SITUATION
tumor * lit n l ) > iiiiiiittr Plot \nnln * (
( lie Siilillernulfnle Their Ciiiuii
mul Cnline lixtrn I'revun-
tloiiN lo lie. Talc on.
HAELnTON , Pa. , Sept. 15. A calm per-
adcit Hazloton and Its environs toJay. The
trlkors maintain silence nnd good order. An
xtra guard was placed above the company
tores at Lattlmcr today In consequence of a
urrent rumor tint the foreigners were plot-
Ing to blow up the buildings Thej have
eised dealing thcro and arc now bujliig
heir provisions In Hazlcton. Some arc go
ng so fir as lo move into town. Largo
; roups of the miners consantly hover about
ho Jtorcs.
Per some reason which could not be
earned extra vigilance was maintained at
he camp of the Ninth regiment at Hazlc
tark todaj. The guard was strenstiioned
and not a soldier was permitted to leave the
camp. The Pourth regiment shifted from
\\idcnrcld to Drlftou this afcrnoon and es-
ubllshed camp on the hills. There Is no
ndlcatlon of double , but Gcneial Gobln sent
he regiment there because the miners In
collieries Nos. 1 and 2 are likely to strike
omorrow. They are 500 strong and are dis
cussing the que'tlon at Prccland tonight.
Arrangements are under way for n monster
nass meeting hero Saturday night , and It Is
inderslood that efforts are being made to
irlng Eugene V. Debs and other prominent
abor men hero to address It.
Another story of the day was that William
J Bryan had been secured as counsel for
the probecutlon of Sheriff Martin nnd the
deputies. It was scouted by the strike lead
ers as absurd
The arrangements for the prosecution bj
the Austrian societies which hive taken up
the cause have been brought to a pause by
Geneial Gobln's order forbidding the ar
rests , of the prospective defendants Several
meetings were held , but It was flmllj de
termined to let the matter rest In abcy-
ince until after Coronei Bowman has held
Ills Inquest That olllclal has not jot tl\cd
a date for the Inquirj , but thinks It will bo
some time In the early part of next week ,
fifty 01 sixty witnesses will bo examined ,
Including Sheriff Martin and a number of his
deputies and some of the miners. No matter
what the verdict may be the case will bo car
ried Into the courts.
The strike conditions were not materially
changed today. None of the malcontents
manifested any disposition to return to work
ujd a few more Joined their ranks , . These
were the Audenreld washerles , about 100 In
number. So far as can be learned , no plans
are under consideration by the strikers lookIng -
Ing to a resumption. The 500 men em-
plojed at the Beaverbrook colliorj of Dod-
son & Co met last night and decided to de
mand an Increase of 10 per cent In wages
and the sale of powder at $2 per ke ? In
stead ot at | 2.75 It the company refuses
they will Join the striking aimv. The
Ucavcrbrook men vvero out n few dajs ago ,
but returned to work josteidaj- .
Humors continue to agitate brigade head
quarters and the various camps What v.as
set down as a startling djnamlte plot came
to the usual lame nnd Impotent conclusion
todaj' . It Hashed In from Cranberry. Local
detectives gave the Information that a quan
tlty of the explosive had ooen con"octtd by
the mil ers there Two deputies armed with
search warrants and guarded by a detail of
cavalrj wont over and made a thorough
seaich of eight houses without discovering
anj thing to conn nil the suspicions The
troopers went from there to Aulenreld ,
where they visited the camp of the Twelfth
regiment and then to McAdoo and Beaver-
brook , to take a look around.
The signal station p ° rched on top of a culm
bank at Lattlrner made a report thjs moinlng
which caubcd some uneasiness. It was to
the effect that suspicious lights were seen
moving up aul down the mountains surround
ing Mllncsvlllo until J o'clock this morning ,
giving thoappsaranc1 of a march or a me tlig
of miners Kvcrjthing In the district was
quiet todaj- , however , and no furthet Information
mation was obtained ,
The funeral of Clemeno Paltrock , another
victim of the shooting occurred In Cran
berry todaj. Two carriages , cc'iumlng
mourners , and about 700 mlneis were lu the
line of march.
COLLCCTING EVIDENCE
The work -of collecting evidence for
the Inquest Is already being prcee-
cuted by the strikers' representatives
and others , Including the coroner. Dr.
Thodcrovlch , secretnty of the Austro-
HunKa Ian consulate , Philadelphia , vlsltei
the hospital and took the statements of the
Injured. He asked one of the wounded Hun
garians If the mob ran when the deputies
commenced to flic.
"Thej ran like the mischief , " was the
rcplj- .
Dr. Thodorovlch was a'ked whether ho hai
read Sheriff Martin's statement that two o
the strikers had revolvers and thrcatenei
the sheriff's life.
"Not speaking In my official capacity , '
said Thodorovlch , "I will say that from
the conversations I have had with the moi
who saw the sheriff's deputies shoot the
miners. I am ot the opinion that the sheriff
h mistaken I know that when the stilUiiK
mlneis were about to start from Harwooi
some of them carried canes. The leaders
told these men that they must throw the
canes awav and this order was strictly com
piled with "
When Dr Thodorovlch visited the woundei
victims In the city hospital to find out their
natlonalltv two asserted they vvero Germans
They are Martin Sofrauek and Joscpl
I'avlacbek. It Is possible that the Gerinai
eoveminent will also claim damages from the
United States.
Among others who will testify at the
coroner's Inquest will bo Miss Cojlo , the
assistant school teacher at the Lattlmcr
chool hoiuo , who saw a deputy shoot one
of the mob on Prlday and as ho fell saw
him shoot again.
A rather peculiar Incident of the nffraj
has come to light In the statements o
Charles Kennedy and Marie McCarron , who
say that the conductors of trolley cars pans
Inc the scene refused to take any of the
dead and wounded to Hazleton unless faio
was paid. The former Is said to have paid
35 cents and the latter U to have them con
veyed to town.
Strike U Oir.
PITTSBUno , Sept. 15. The coal miners
atrlko , as far as the Plttsburg district la
concerned , Is off and the 2,000 diggers wll
resume work tomorrow at the OS-cent rate
Thu decision to Ignore the ten-day clause
which was a condition of the Columbus bet
tlement was arrived at late this afternoon
bj a delegate convention of miners rcpie-
sentlng the entire district. Thcro were only
four dissenting votes when the resolution to
go to work at once was voted upon There
were 133 delegates representing 108 mines.
V Van IK tti U'llliilrim TruoiN. |
HAHHISBURG , Pa. , Sept. 15. Govcnor
Hastings said tonight that the troops wouli
bo withdrawn from the strike region as uooi
as clicumstancos will warrant. Ho IB anx
ious to avoid thn expanse of keeping the eel
dlera there If their presence Is not neces
sary and has asKeil Major General Snowdei
and Adjutant General Stewart to report full )
on the tituatlun
M\er | SeiialnrH Vlxlt TiiUln.
HALT LAKE , Utah , Sept , 15. A prlv'ite
letter from Toklo , Jnpan , announces the
arrival In that rlty of Senators Cannon am
Pettlgrevv and ex-Senator Dubols The let
ter utatea that urarnBements have been
nuulo for an Interview with the emperor
on the silver question , the principal purpose
of the ueiiutorlul visit to the Orient.
AM ) TIII2 KM'OSITIOV
( Jovernor Scoltclil InnncA 11 Special
I'roclaiiiiitlon on tile Siitijccl.
MADISON , WIs. Sept. IB. ( Special Tele-
grAin. ) Besides appointing a committee of
tvvcntj'-flvo to Interest the people of Wiscon
sin In the Transml'sliBlppl nnd Intermtloml
Exposition to be held In Omnlm licit > ear.
Governor Scoflcld has Issued the following
proclamation calling attention to the exposi
tion
By joint resolution the legislature , during
Its last session , authorized the govern > r to
Is uc a pioclamatlon setting forth the ad
vantages to be derived by the state of Wis
consin from the inrtlclpatlon of her cltl-
r n * In the Tran rnlPsl Hlppl nnd Interna
tional Expostlon to bo held nt Omaha In
lsB In compliance with this resolution , I
take pleasure In calling the attention of the
people of Wisconsin to the fact that the
exposition nbovo named will bo held at
Omaha , Neb. for five month * , beginning
June 1 , 1W Political , coelnl nnd commer
cial ties ot n strong char-actor have Ions
existed between Wisconsin and the Trans
mlsslsslppl suites Tlvolisaiulu of nctlve
Wisconsin people have glvon tltelt best ef
forts to the upbuilding of the we'tern ,
northwestern and southwestern states , and
are amone the most cubHtnntlal of their
citizens These Htutew offer -valuable nnd
i ipldly growing market for the products of
Wisconsin fnctoiles and fields. It hoiild
bo a pleaMirc to the people of Whconsln ,
be"iutfc of the commercial advantages It of
fers nnd becausa of the friendliness which
I am sure exists between the people of the
different states , lo nld In whatever wav
thp > can the succ.'si of this TransmlE ls. lppl
Exposition. It will be an opportunltv to
place before the people of thp western state
an exhibit of our products , and to demon
strate the Industrial and agricultural Im
portance of our commonwealth. The legis
lature has made no provision far a di ° -
tlncllvo stito exhibit , but I have m doubt
that through private enterprise ull ) < Mi'iit
funds for the erection ot n suitable bulldlnti
on the exposition grounds can be secured
In the state
rt UNS TIII : sn.vniiiTns DOWN.
New nrl Deinoerallc Committee
( lCM I lie Cold Mionlilcr.
NEW YORK , Sept. 15 The democratic
state committee refused today to accede to
the demands of the free sllvcrltes that the
principles of the Chicjgo platform be re
affirmed. The committee met by authoriza
tion of the democratic state convention ot
last jcar to nominate a candidate for chief
judge cf the couit of appeals. Alton B Par
ker * oC Kingston was the choice of the com
mittee. The nominee Is'sild to bo acceptable1
to Tammany hill and to ex-Senator Di\ld
B. Hill and his following. The committee
expelled from Its mcmbcuhlp Countj Clerk
Henry D Purroj , who has for more than a
year disputed the T mnnny leadership of
John C Shcehau. The committee gave a
hearing to committees representing the
Lojal Democratic league and other free sll
vrr organisations of the democr.itic pittj
who urged the propriety of a reafflrmatlon
of the Chicago platform , and after cour-
tcouslj dismissing the petitioners , adjourned ,
no resolution pro or con having been Intro
duced.
CVJU MUOl'S WITH T1XN UOIMOIHV
Ml of Tliem Injiireil mill I'our of
Them Fntnllj.
NANTICOKE , Pa , Sept. 15. The cage In
which ten men vvero being lowered into shaft
No 2 ot the Aldcn Coal company this mornIng -
Ing suddenly dropped to the bottom of the
shaft. Eight of the men were severely in-
Jdwed and the Injuries of four may prove
fatal. Tluj mine Is 530 feet deep The cage
had started down the ehatt and tlic en
gineer lost control ot > illmachinery. . It
dropped to the bottom at ten Ific.speed. . . The
stbcl cage ltslf was broken tfn'd" misted and
the men nirrqwly escaped Ins'ant death The
four most serlouslj Injured have been re
moved to the Wilkesbarrc hospital.
The Injured arc as follows :
Ma Ion Kulakoaski , '
Joseph Kotzalu. '
Jacob Sack.
Jtxeph Gallls.
Stephen Paleyshefskl.
Teofll Mllfskl 1
Voj click Gulamb.
Joseph Stojki.
T\KI : , 1 uitinr. ov IMIOHVTIOV
IvmiNiiN Man tVeilH , 11 NeliriiHUa
\\oiiiaii Vfler Careful Inspection.
KANSAS CITY , Sept. 15 ( Special Tele
gram ) A marriage which took place todaj
at Emporla , Kan , between Rojal Laffortj
ind Hosclla McPhcrson was the climax of a
romance Both parties arq middle-aged and
they became acquainted/with , each other
through a mitrlmonlal JgencjLaffortj
lives at Heading. Kan. , and the b'ide formerlj
lived ncai Omaha. She wvent to Emporla to
marry Laffeity and he took her a week on
probation. He tried her cooking , examined
her housekeeping , watched her temper and
disposition , and finally , concluding that she
was all right , loaded her Into his wagon and
went to town , and they nvcre married this
afternoon. The b'ldo-elect had been living
with Laffertj's kin durlin ; the probation
Laffeity says he docs np believe In love
'
and that be Is not to be 'tooled with pretty
letters and nice clothes.
IIIUMi.S TU'U MIIlio > S IN ( JOU ) .
Slemncr i\eclHlor : Arrives In I'orl
f i 0111 AlunUn.
SAN PRANCISCO , Sept. 15. The long
overdue steamer Excelsior , which left St
Michaels , Alaska , for this port Fix week ago ,
but was compelled to put , back to Unalaska
for repairs , after having broken two blades
of Its propellers , arrived 'here ' this morning
with 6lxtj--thieo paascngersaiid about ? 2,500-
000 in gold.
WASHINGTON , Sept. iS The ofllclals of
the Interior dcpaitmcnt today received word
that L B. Shepherd , tbo United States com
missioner to St. Michaels ) Alaska , had ar
rived at his post and was , prepared to take
up the business of his office
YNOTiinu co. % \ i\'i ION roii OMMI\ .
Society of Lulled .Stalex Milllar )
TeleKfiiiili CnrpM IN Cniiilui ; .
NASHVILLE. Tenn. , S pt 15 The So
ciety of the United Stages Military Tele
graph Corps met in this city this attenion ,
Vice President W. B. Wilson , presiding.
The meeting was well attended. The follow
ing officers for the year 'Were elected W
B. Wilson , HolmcsburK , .Pu. , president ; E
Hoscwater. Omaha , vice > president , J E
Pettlt , Chicago , secretary and treasurer. The
convention adjourned to moot next year In
Omaha. -
National Uulf To urn mil cut.
CHICAGO , Sept. 15.-Tie | National Golf
tournament on thp links of the Clcago
Golf club ut.Wheaton was nomewhat handi
capped by a stronc wind and continued hot
weather today The preliminary round to
determine the four players for the neinl-
llnalH brought out the ilxteen honor men
and nearly resulted In the defeat of C I !
MncDonuld of the Chltiurn Oolf club by
John Held , jr , a. comparatively unknown
pUijei. The srinl-llnulu orour tomorrow ,
with MncDonild against Hetti and Whit *
ham against
Ciuiiplcle ( lie llcjiulillcmi Ticket.
HALTIMOHi : , Sept. ' 15t The republican
state convention , ndjournnl from Ocean
City August 26 , reubt mbled In Italne'B hall ,
tblH ilty , today , for tha purpose of complet
ing the work beirun al tha previous session
The convention nominated by acclamation
Phillip I. CioUlFboru for comptroller and
General Allen Itutherford for clerk of the
couit of appeal ! Btnlii Senator Norman 1)
B att VMIS elected chairman to succeed
United States Senator Wellington , who II Is
understood will take no part In the coming
\ndre\vM anilnlt < cr Are Krlenill ) .
NEW YORK , Sipl. 15 A son of John
lirlsbeii Walker suld today that there hail
beui no trouble between lil father and
Presldint Andrews of llrown unlversltj
over the Cosmopolitan university scheme
Whllo ho refused to niake any clellnlto
statement , Mr. Walker hinted that Pi of
Andrews desired to retain ( he position of
president of Brown university ,
CELLDLOSE FACTORY COMING
Maradon Company of Philadelphia Will
Locate in Nebraska.
PRACTICAL USE FOR THE CORN STOCK
I'liuit fur ( lit * Preparation itf ( lie
Several Product * of the VII
tint WaMcil Material to
HL-
WASHINGTON , Sept. 15. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Assistant Secretary of War Mclklc-
Johu hml a long conference today \\lth J. C.
\Vntts , representing the MaisiUn Cellulose
company of Philadelphia , and as a result of
that conference tliu assistant secrctari stated
that Mr. Watts would Immediately leave
for Nebraska , with a view of locating a fac
tory for the manufacture o < f cellulose and bj-
products of corn somewhere In the corn belt
of the Antelope state. Mr. Mclklejohn has
been laboring for a long time to bilng about
this decision on the part of the Marsilen com
pany and believes that Itlll bo of the ut
most Importance to the people of Nebraska
to have such a factory ,
The State department Is In receipt today
of a communication from Ambassador Hay
relative to the Transmlsslsslppl exposition ,
enclosing a copy of a letter from Prime Min
ister Salisbury to tha American ambassador
In regard to the matter. Lard Sallsbuij
states that while the governments of India
mid Great Britain were compelled to dc-
cllno to take part officially In the Omaha
exposition , both Lord George Hamilton , scc-
rctarj of state for India , and Mr. Chamber
lain ot the foiclgn onice of the British gov
ernment would be glad to do all In their
power to arouse Interest In bonds of tiade
throughout the scvcial countries and would
co-opcrato with an > committee that might
be appointed In those countries looking to an
exhibition of private corporations The scc-
tctarj of state for the colonies , It Is under
stood , will undertake to address circular dls-
imtchus to the governors of North America ,
West Indian and Australasian colonies com-
munlcitliiB to them the Invitation of the
president of the exposition , and Lord Salis
bury therefore requested the Immediate
sending of 100 additional copies of the printed
circular Issued by the sccretarj of the
United States treasury , In order that tea
planters and others desiring to contribute
to the exhibit might bo thoroughly ac
quainted with the provisions governing the
same.
Minister Stroebcl has announced In a
cablegram the delivery of the Invitation of
the piesidcnt of the Transmlsslsslppl ami In
ternational i\posltlon : to the pnsldent of the
Itepubllc of Chili , but decs not advUe whether
the same \\lll be accepted or not.
SENATOR THUHSTON IN WASHINGTON.
Senator Thurston arrived In the city this
morning from New York. Ho Is especially
enthusiastic over conditions m the west.
Ho had an Interview with President Mc-
Klnlcy this morning on matters connected
with Nebraska , and said facetiously that as
ho has secured a consul to an Italian port ,
to a Spanish position and to the South seas ,
ho desires now to secure an English place , a
Dutch location , and. If the president wore
Inclined to treat him real nice , a French
mlBslon. Speaking of the manner In which
the national encampment of the Sons of Vet
erans was secured , Mr. Thuiston said he
inaiphed three miles with the boys on the
hottest day ho c\cr experienced , Joined se
cret societies , adjuncts of the Sons , and did
overj thing that would help to bring the
encampment to Omaha next year. "There
will bo a thousar.J delegates to next j car's
convention , many old soldiers joining with
the bojs in annual encampment. In ad
dition to the delegates , there will be manj
others who will go to Omaha for the encamp
ment , BO I believe It will bo a good thing
for the exposition cltj and state "
As to the Ohio campaign. Senator Thurston
spoke hopefully in favor of republican suc
cess nnd Bald he had consented to nil six
dates In that state , September 29 and 30 , Oc
tober 1 , 2 4 and 5
David N. Armstrong was today commis
sioned postmaster at Manchestei , S. D
D. V. Smith has been appointed pobtmaster
at Wllsonvllle , Puruas county. Neb , , vice J.
T. Morris , removed.
Iowa postmasters appointed. College
Springs , Page county , Jennie Davis ; Gravity ,
Taj lor county , A. S. Johnson ; Van Wort
necatut countj , A. T. Howe , Wajno , Henrj
countj , C. E Lcmley. South Dafiota Puk
wana , Hrulo countj , W. W. Davis.
i nsTovsN AVM\ATIOMST.
No Truth III Kfimrt Hint lit- Mill Oji-
IIOMC IllMIIlllllII Treal > .
WASHINGTON , Sept. 15 Senator Thurs
ton of Nebraska , who Is In the city today ,
was asked as to the truth of the report that
ho would oppose the ratification of the
Hawaiian annexation treaty when It shall I
cotno up In the senate next session.
"Nothing , " replied the senator , "could be
further from the truth I am now , as I
have been for years , an ardent annoxatlon-
Ist , and I shall do all that I can to promote !
the approval ot the treaty when It comes up
I cannot Imagine how the supposition got
abroad that I would pursue a contrary course
unlrss It grew out of the fact that I have
advocated the abrogation of the existing
reciprocity treatj , which admits Hawaiian
sugar free That position I took because of
the fact that Nebraska Is a beet sugar rais
ing ctate and that our MI gar comes Into
competition with the Hawaiian article. Hut
while this could continue to be the case
with Hawaii a part of the United States ,
there would be ku manj advantages of other
kinds growing out of annexation that I would
forego my opposition to free Hawaiian migar
In order to secure these benefits. "
The heciator added ho thought the treaty
would bo taken up soon after the convening
of congress.
\IMVH f ir Hit' \riiij %
WASHINGTON , Sept. IB. ( Special Tele
gram ) The order directing the relief of
Cuptaln William C. Gargas , assistant sur
geon , from duty at Port HarancaH , Kla. , has
been suspended.
The following transfers have been made
In the Tw cutj-third Infantrj Captain Wil
liam C , Manning , from company I ) to com
pany K , Captain 'Edward t ) . Pratt , from
company K to company E ; First Lieutenant
William II Allaire , from company H to com
pany G ; First Lieutenant George D. Moore ,
from company G to compary II , In the
Nineteenth infantry Second Lieutenant
James Ilomaync , from company C to com
pany I , Second Lieutenant Henry E Eames ,
from company I to company C. In the
Fourth Infantry Second Lieutenant Guy
H 1) ) , Smith , from company 1 to companj
A , Second Lieutenant I'redorlc T Stetson ,
fron ; companj A to company I In the Ele
venth Infantry Captain Albert L Mycr
from company K to company E , Captain
Halph W Hojt , from company I to company
C , Captain Gioigo L H Drown , from com
pany E to company K , Captain Hobert J C
Irvine , from company C to company I
Leaven of absence Captain Mlllard P
Waltz , Twelfth Infantry , two months , Cap.
tain Alfred C. Sharpe
, Twenty-second Infan
try , two months , Lieutenant Marion I ) Sat-
fold , Thirteenth infantrj , extended one
in on ti.
Transfers of signal service sergeants Scr-
Btant James O'Hrlen , fiom Port Nlobrara
to Angel Island , Cnl , Sergeant George K
Edwards , from Angel Uland to Port Nlo
brara.
Lieutenant \Vllllam J I ) . Homo Ninth
cavdlrj , has been rcllo\ed from dutj at
Kort Duchebne. Utah , and oidered to Join
hl troop.
Ollllcnll ) In Coin SIIIIICIIH | | | ,
WASHINGTON , , Sept ID-The Trcasurj
department hag already experienced some
dlfllculty In making shipments of coin and
currency from the United States subtreaaury
flail the mint atN'eff Orleans it ; gouge-
T1JMPI2HTIHI2 SI.U5IITI.Y COOI.P.U.
Vtiiiniplicrc , However , IN Heat } mill
t neoniforlalilc ,
lliiur. Dcir. Hour. I > CK.
There were Indications of rain all daj
jestorday , but up till 9 o'clock last night
the odlolal register In the weather ofllce
only recorded a fall of 05 of an Inch The
Indications were said to bo good , however ,
for more rain The maximum temperntwo
jestcrday was SO drgroes "Pair and cooler"
Is the prediction for today
quencc of jellow fever quarantines against
that city No pirtlcular Inconvenience would
result but for the fact that between $500,000
and ? 000 000 In subsidiary silver recently has
been coined at that mint which Is now
needed elsewhere. There Is about $16,000,000
In silver dollars In the mint which may bo
tied up. If the embargo is materially ex
truded within the next few dijs , or Is even
maintained as at present , the mint at Phila
delphia will bo temporarily run on double
time.
Appointment * li > the I'rcnlilcnt.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 15 The president
undo the following appointments todij :
Thomas Smith , New Jersejto be consul at
Moscow , Hussla ; Nolan L Chew , to bo as
sistant register ot the treasury. Postmas
ters1 Iowa Anita , S. P Mjers ; Lauren ? ,
Wlllhm K. Atkinson ; Paikersburg , John
Bird ; Waterloo , Isaac C. Huugpr. Kansis
Emporla , William P. Ewlnq ; ; Mound City ,
John H. Madden
DomcMlIc i\imrts.
WASHINGTON , Sept 15 , Domestic ex
ports for August were the largest of any
August of which the bureau ot statistics of
the Treasury department has any recoid
They were valued at $79497,820 , as agilnst
$ CO CS91S1 In Augubt , 1896 , an Increase of
$12S07' > 39 , for the eight months ended Au
gust 31 , 1S97 , they amounted to $ B29 431,371 ,
an Increase of $ C2,217,3S7 over laht jear.
HITS THI : uici : cuounits num.
Storm Destroy * TlioiiKiiiiilM of Dollar *
\Voitli of the Crop.
GALVESTON Tex , Sept. 15 The farmers
along Tajlor's bajou In Jefferson county ate
the heaviest loseis fiom the storm of Sun-
dav evening. The rice crop was the largest
In vears and was ready foi harvesting , but
hundreds of acres were tolallj destrojed , the
lo s being estimated at $150,000. Among the
heaviest losen > arcBlttcrbo Bros , who
had 600 ac.es , and will lose $25,000 ; H A
McCajle had 1,000 acres and will lose $30.-
000 , Shoeimker Pox had 500 acres and will
lose $12,000 ; William Gossen had 250 acres
and will lose $8.000 ; L B Pltkln had 300
acres and will lose $10,000 , Herbert Bros &
Brosscard together had 800 acres valued at
$21,000 Had the storm held off nno week
the rice field losses would have been verj
much less , as the crop by that time would
have beenpracticalj ! all harvested This
money would have been lu hand In thlitj
days.
JOSH AMMtADi : HP MIS Tim I'OI.I , .
nievled I'rcslilent of Vellernelll I > >
< H crvi liclmliip : Muj < irll > ,
( CopjrlRlit , 18J7 li } 1'rcta Publishing Compnnj )
CAHACAS , Venezuela , Sept 15 ( New-
York AVorld Cablegram Special Telegram )
Heturns from the presidential election In the
various states of the republic show ovci-
whelming major ties for Jose Andradp , the
former Venezuelan minister to the United
States.
SHMMNC. MOHU ' ' . '
'IHOOI'.S 10 CUII V.
Spain Octlliiir IxijTlioilHlillil Men
In ItcndlitcNN.
MADHID , Sept 15 The War department
is concentrating 60,000 troops with the Inten
tion of Immcdlatelj dispatching them as ic-
inforccments to the Spanish armj In Cuba.
Copious ItnltiH lii India.
LONDON , Sept. 15 The coiiespondcnl of
the Times at Simla savs"Splendid rains
have fallen during the last few'davs o\ei a
wide aica , especially In the Punjab This
assures a bounteous harvest. The rain Is
worth millions of rup3o < ; In the eountrj ami
a fall of prices must shortly occur India
should have a surplus of vvhcjat for export
a few months hence , the crops being exceed
ingly good. "
TWO Kiiiin IIY iinvr cmc\co. .
Until of the Victims ( "omul Dead In
'I heir IleiU.
CHICAGO , Sept , 15 Two deatlu and sev
eral prostrations v.erc recorded today as the
result ot the excessive heat. The dead :
SOLOMON ANDEHSON , laborer , found
dead In bed at his home. 18S Corticll street
JOHN M'BHIDE , found dead In n lodging
house at 89 Desplalncs street.
The thermometer at 2 p m was 90 de
grees above. The humidity was very high
and a hot southwest wind was blowing.
\tteniit lo Tap 'treasure Iln\ .
SEATTLE , Sept. 11-Prior to the de
parture of the steamci Cleveland fiom St
Michaels an n'ternpt was made to rob the
safe of the Noith American Trading and
Transportation compinj' The robbe > in vvero
Intenupted while nt woik and eluded cap
ture. It was thought that they came to
Seattle on the hteimer South Coist , but
the Seattle police have been unable to locale
them. The Information was given to the
Seattle pollco by H S ( Mini chill , formerly
a member of the Northwest mounted police
and wan alco rontlrmcil by letteis rcce'vel
at the local olllco of the trading coini'iny '
Mciinrfincut 'InrKct I'rncllce ,
CHICAGO , Sept 13 1 he annual Infantry
target practice of the Department of the
Missouri began today at Poi t Hliorlilnn
Thirty-three men UHtdi the range todaj' , the
flvo highest bcorc-s being as follow H at a ,
SOO , 500 and 600 yards. Private Kair , Tenth
Infantry , 170 , Private King , Tenth Infantry ,
1C7 ; Corporal Swan , Nineteenth Infanlrj ,
l&lj Corporal McMtuuiey , Tenth Infantry ,
159 ; Sergeant HOHS , Pourth Infantrj' , 15s
The average Kcoro was 118.
title the Cou\lclH n Drop.
KANSAS CITY , Sept 15A rpeclnl to the
Btar from Lanelng , Kan. , SHJH , At the
penitentiary coal shaft this moinlng John
Kllnt , who was lowering a number of con
victs Into the mine , pulled the wrong lever
and the men were precipitated to the bottom
tom E W Hurge , P M. Cloud George
While , Andrew L-iCroHsc , Lewis Worlhen
and William Davis lecelved more or l < s.i
serious Injuries and sprains. None will die
Slemncr MIxhlxKliipl rinateil ,
NEW YOHK. Sept 15-Tho steamer MIs-
Hlsxlppl , which ran aground HOiilli of Kort
WadsAorth as It was coming up the Nar
rows last night han been floated with no
appircnt damage The \ ! | | | , ) | was run
aground In trjlng to avoid a ( ollslon with
a Hallirit ; vessel tnat had tacked across 113
IJOWH.
MllCIIICIllM Of ( I Ill \ CUHClH , Sept. IB.
At New York Arrlved-MoiiKollan , from
OI.IP OA ; Werra , from Naples ; PcrHl.i , from
Hamburg , Servla. from Liverpool , Lnhn ,
from Bremen Balled-St Paul , for South
ampton , Teutonic , for Liverpool , Kensing
ton , for Antwerp
At Liverpool Arrived Auranla , from
Now York Sailed iMajestlc , for New York ,
Hhynlanil , for Phlladclphl i
At Plj mouth Arrlveci-Saale , from Now
York ,
At Lomlon Arrived MiiHsachUHettH , from
New York.
At Queenstown Arrlveil-Germanlc , from
New York
At Antwerp Arrived Pennsylvania , from
Philadelphia
At Itottcrdam-Salled-Spaanlarn , for
New York
At Southampton Arrlv ed-Parla , from
New York
At Copenhagen Arrived Island , from
New York.
MLOW JACK RAGES
Seven Cases of tto Qonnino Article An
Diagnosed at Edwards , Miss ,
FORTY PERSONS ARE SICK IN THAT PLACE
People Are Badly Friphtjnod nud a Dira
Epidemic is Fcarod.
GUARDS TO BE PLACED ABCUF THE TOWN
Strict Rules Are Laid Down for the
Regulation of Railway Traffic.
PANIC PREVAILS AT \CK30N J , MISS ,
HitUNCN Clone , NeT\Nnaiicr
l I'lilillcntlon mul Half the
Population KlecN Sltuntliiii
IniliriM CM nt .NevOrlcmin. .
JACKSON , Miss. , Sept. 15. All the fcara
of the cltzens of Jackson In regard to the
sickness prevalent nt Edwards have been
realized. Dr. Gulteras , the export , has con
firmed seven cases of jellow fever and sajs
there arc many suspects , Klrst the casca
vvero reported as malarial fever , then after
a tlmo they became dengue fever. Another
wait nnd they were pronounced suspicious
and finally declared to be the genuine yel
low jack. During all this time the disease
has been spreading rapidly at the rate of
six new cases dally , until there nro now forty
cases In existence at Edwards. The evolution
of the disease from malarial to yellow fever
was such that the people now regard denguu
as slmplj a more convenient term than yel
low fever. Dr. Gultoras anlved at Edwards
on a special train nt 4 o'clock this morning
and proceeded at once to work. A telegram
addressed to Dr. Gulteras asking > ! or Infornm-
' lion on the situation at Edwards elicited the
replj that he had no statement for publlca-
i Hon. Shortly afterward Dr Purnell , who has
I been at Edwards for novcnl dajs , wired the
State Board of Hcilth as follows
Di. Gulteras nnlved this moinlng. ITo
visited several cases of which these are
jellow fever At Montgomery Pat Mont
gomery , Mrs Annie Henry , n V Suttlo ,
Miss Mamie Sustln ( three miles out In the
eountrj ) , Mrs Champion
GUARDS AROUND EDWARDS
The board nas Instructed D. Purnoll to
place a cordon of guards around Edwards at
once. Report sajs that the disease has also
appealed at Clinton nnd rimlthstown , near
Edwards The state beard has ordered the
discontinuance of trains on the Woodvllle-
Mibsl = slppl branch of the Yaoo nnd Mis
sissippi Valley rallwaj. The tolowlng order
wis pumulgatcd toJuj by the State Board
ol1 Ho ilta
VICKSBUUO , Miss. , Sept 15-To all
citizen of the st ite of Misslss'ppl , rall-
loid olildala and otlur tiansportatlon lines
anil all new snipers :
On account of jollow fever at several
places along the crtist In this rtate and sev
eral cases of j'ellow fever at Edwards ,
Miss , and reported mispl'ious CISCH nt
various points throughout the Mate , until
further orders by this boinl no persona
will be allowed to gut off trains or boats
nt any Hlallon or point In the Mtitto ot Mln-
Msslppl , and no freight , IHKMIKP , mall or
oxpuss Is lo be hiindlid bj the railroads
01 other tiansportatlon conriinlcs fiom In
fected plaecs No trains will bo allowed
to slop ut Infected pliees Anj peipon from
non-Infected communities v o o destination
Is beyond thu state of Mlsslns'ppl will ba
allownl to boinl trains at all points not
Infected with jcllow fpv < r Triln crews
limning to or from , )1 ices tint are not In
fected by jellow fever will be allowed lo get
off at the terminals.
There was nlsj a new rase reported at Ed
wards.
P\NIC AT JACKSON.
A panic Ins prevailed In J ckbon all day.
Evcijbadv 1 is left town .hat could do so.
BU | IICES houses have closed and newspapers
have hu pendcd publ'ritliii anJ iloscd their
onicr * . Jackfon hap i population of 10,000.
Two-thirds of thcBO have Icberted the city.
Yazoo City , Mlsi , Ins Issued orders for
a shotgun quaiantlno to ( in cnforce-d. No
tialns are allowed to rt p t exrhingo malls
at the quarantliio stations No pasiengeia
aio allowed to leavu the tia'n ' at all and all
nail and express muot IIP fumigated. Giicmls
aio armed to the teeth anl are placed all
along the county boundaries
IMPROVING AT NR\V ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEVNS , Sept. ifi--U the close
of the day's Investigation nt ' ! o'clock the
fever situation bo far as New 0 leans Is con
cerned woe Improved During today there
vvero twenty cases rep itetl to the Beard of
Health for Investlgitlon. Of thccu two are
ttlll under Investigation , two were icported
as suspicious and nb lequlrlim timber diag
nosis , fouilccn vvcro found to bo harmless
cases of fever and two ivo'o pronounced
genuine jellow fever
At Tour there am fame 200 sick people
and the utmost caution Is \i \ inp \ displayed.
In order to provcnt any I'fls Iblo upiead of
the disease.
Millions of gallons of water have already
been pumped th nugli the Htif.etx , nnd with
the general situation as much Improved na
it Is tonight confidence is being strength
ened.
Conductor Johnson of the LouUvllle &
Nashville was stricken t ddj at Ocean
SprliiKB. together with th . > c others. Ono
now case was reported at lllloxl this morning ,
Rev C. P. Emery. naaoi of the Methodist
chuich , making three In hH , family Illloxl
has now fort jnine cases of Rlcknoss Ot
these nlnctriron aio jollriw fevti fix are BUS.
nlclouH and a dlagnoHls ah to thirteen U re-
r.urvcd. There have bjen nu deaths at
Blloxl
Klre llecoril fur n DID.
HEDPIELD , S. D . . rpt -C-pcclal Telo.
gram. ) Prolmblj ( lie worst fire that over
visited HodflHd started from a gasoline
steve at 7 o'clock this moinlng lu the
lodgers' rooms ot the Ar < luibon block. The
fire started In a room occupied by Howard
Williams and wife , and bith vvero burned
very badly. Mr Williams died this af'er-
noon The loss of thn block and contents la
estimated at $25,000 The Andorbon Furnl-
turo house saved a poitlon of Its stock. Th
opara house and contents are a complete
loss Dr Boarilrnan. ilentlH. lout nil bin
olllce effects A W Gncnman , dry goods
and groceries lost almost his entire stock.
Iteuranco light
MINNEAPOLIS , Sept 15 A spccltil to the
Journal from Hedlleld S I ) , reports the loan
of about $40,000 thcro by fire with Insurance
of but $2,000. The Anderson building , a
brick structure , was destroyed by a fire
caused by a gasoline txploslon Howard
Williams was nrobiblv f4tilly burred
COLUMHI'B O. Sent. 15-Bj ( lie today ,
London , ( ) , lout $ S1J ) , The losers are ;
E J. Gould , lumber yard and mill ; John
Welsh , saloon. ClmiltH Hi etcher , mloon ; J ,
H. Hrldgrnjn livery. D D Blake , Kimslnp ,
A fruit tcre ami thu Maillnon house weni
destrojf-'l ' The fire Ktirted In iho lumber
yaid mysteriously Ilvip was asked from
Columbus , SprliiKfleld uml Xenla.
I'miiiiiVIII TaKe I InSluinii. .
CLEVELAND , Sept | -Senator Hanna
next week will take th" Mump In the O ilo
campaign The meeting which havu IK en
arranged for are Sitimln | r 21 at f'an.ll
Dover , Sejitembcr 22 at Marietta , September
23 nt McC'oiimll vlllc. September 21 at
Xaricfcvllle , September 25 ut Delaware.
OhckM Toiiriiiiineiil ,
HEHL1N. 8 < i > t 15 The third round of
the international client ) tournament , now In
pi ogress In this cltj' , was begun this morn-
Int. It was announced that Dardeleben hail
retired from the tournament The game
left unflnlHlud yesterday bet A ten Albln un4
as drawn ,
