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    / TA HE OMAHA DAILY BEE
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , OMAHA , MONDAY a , OCTOBER LI , 18T. ! ) SLNTGLI3 OOI\r JiTVH
SPAIN MAKES HASTE
Acts with Dispatch in Attempt to Straighten
Out Cabin Tangle.
WEYLER RECALLED AND BLANCO APPOINTED
Cabinet Promptly Gezattes Decrees Making
These Important Changes.
QUEEN RISES FROM DINNER TO SIGN THEM
Mail Steannr Ordered Held to Allow
Blanco to Sail on Tuesday ,
HALT IS CALLED IN RIGOROUS METHODS
Gut eminent TcloKraplm to Author
ities at llai aim to I.rt tli on Sc-
N \\e ler Ordered to
Inmicilltilcl ) .
( CopyrlRit , 1SS7 , by 1'rrm Publishing Company )
MAD1UD. Oct. 10. ( New York World Ca
blegram. Special Telegram. ) With the ex
ception of conservatives and republicans ,
who persist la courting Weyler , a majority
ct the p-ess and public opinion approve the
new government for gazetting toJay the
decrees recalling Wcjlcr and appointing
Marshal Illanco governor of Cuba. Sc deter
mined was the cabinet , to act vigorously di
rectly the council of ministers approved
the above decrees that Count Xltiucna ,
minister of public works , carried them to
the palace , the queen got up from < llmier
to sign them and the minister of war tele
graphed the Transatlantic company to post
pone the departure of the mall steamer to
allow Ulanco to embark Tuesday with his
numerous staff , six generals , able officers ,
twho had served under Marshal Campos dur
ing the early part of the present war. Tin en I j
thousand men , reinforcements , will follow
In Hovon.bcr. Vho minister of war also tel
egraphed Weyler to embark Immediately af
ter himllDR his command over to M-mmls
Ahumada. General Lllarct and all high
civil officials and the principal lieutenants of
Weyler are to bo replaced promptly. The
Kovcrnmont tclcRttphpd to rcasc Instantly
_ nil severities and the rigorous methods of
yM n Ji rfaro practiced hitherto Blanco Is not
oXiJccteil to bo In a position to foim a cor
rect estimate of the situation or suggest the
best course to follow for leading up to
pacification. Ho cannot begin his rcfoim
policy before the middle of November. Mil
itary operations will continue directly If
flno weather permits agilnst the Insurgents
If they are not disposed to submit on hear
ing of Iho contemplated reforms and a re
versal of the policy of the last two joars.
The gov eminent has received the un
favorable Intelligence of a revival ot the
Insurrection In the Philippine Islands. The
situation Is now serious. Tour provinces
ore In active rebellion. Considerable rein
forcements will have to be sent to Manila
before the fine season , when the rebels will
likely become offensive , because the present
govcinor. Marshal UUera , sent home half
the nuropcan force , believing the rebellion
was subdued. Marshal Campo1 ! declined to
go to the Philippines because his presence
In Spain -was more necessary It eventualities
In colonial wars made military dictation
necessary. AnTHUU E HOUGHTON.
wmi.nu wuii AT o\rn ,
Illniicu Sallx In Pour In\s Vliiiiniitlii
HUN Itr.sliAiiril.
MADRID Oct 10 Captain General Blanco
will sail for Cuba on the Ifitli and General
Weylcr will return to Spiln Immediately ,
General rvistcllanos resuming the direction
of affal'a In thi > Island until Blanco's ar-
rh il
The martinis do Ahumada , who was Cap-
lain G < neral Weyler's. sccord In command ,
lias resigned
At the cabinet meeting ycstcrdty It was
h decided to send ro'nforcemonts ' to the Philip
pine Iflnnila. iMaishal Prlmo Hlvera , who
succeeded General lllanro as governor gen
eral of the Philippines will bo lecallcd Im-
i
medlitoly
LONDON Oct 11 The T mes , comment-
In , ? editorially this morning or , the Cuban
Equation , says "If Senoi Eagasta. fulls to
adopt a bold reform policy In t'uba likely to
dlfarm Ameilc.ui jlnsnlrm It might turn out
to have been bc-ttoi to have allowed General
Woylcr to finish Iho war In his own fashion "
Thu Standard , after asking why Gcne-al
WoylCt Is iccttllul If it lb Inttndcd to con-
tlnuo the campaign , hays1 "It BO IUS only
too plain that Senor SagSHta's tourse > nil illy
deserves th" name of policy It Is almost
ft devlco fm parrying * Ametlet's liupntlunate
questions \\'n Biispect that Jit Woodfoid
presented homethliiK very ll'ce an ultimatum
nnd that but for American presume nothing
would have been heard ot autonomy Wo
doubt that n Cuban Battlement Is much
ncaicr There will bo more fighting nnd
more negotiations. Fonoi Sagasta mint walk
vvjflly If ho pi opened to us moro than a
diplomatic match for the American ambas
sador On the other hand , thn Washington
cabinet ban need to be clicumspect. Spain
lias only Cuba nnd h- nor left nnd any open
Intcrfemice with bti rights DMT Cuba
would Kindle- fire of icpentmcnt In which
nil talk of autonomy would dlmppcar and
the struggle attain wider dimensions. "
HVV\NA , Oct , 10-Oeneial Weyler has
JfBued n decree allow Ing Iho rituin to the
Joland of Senor Gonzale Lcinuza , a judge
of the Biiptctno court of Havana nnd a pro
fessor In the university ; Dr. imll ! nn Nuner. ,
n well known lawyer ; Alfied Znyatt , Adclfo
DISK , Ignaclo I.asas , Mnuuul Castro Pnlomlno ,
Juan Eiirat , Jinn do la Cueva Miguel Fer-
rol , Jcs More , Josa Gay , Antonio Diumy.
Antonio nclb , Victor Mlromla , Jull.ui Cargo ,
Miguel Ilatuey and 121 others who had been
expatriated ,
Suior Gnmundl , sec'etary general of tlip
Ko\eriimcnt. has rctlgncd
i-J SI'vTN TO HlT > IVI\ COO I , .
I.oiidiin I'ONt 'I'lilUn of "McKllllej 'K
I' rot iMMillv e .VI 1 1 hide , "
LONDON. Oet 10. The Morning Post , In
an editorial today , accuses the American
of "dying ta fane a quarrel wither
or Spain for thu purpose of divert
ing tup attention nf the country fiom home
doubles , Bryanlun and the general revolt
ngaliut the domination of pinfc 8loiml poli
ticians" It xpremB the hope that Spain ,
llko Lord SMIsbmy , "will maintain toolnewi
nnd good temper In Ihe fare of President
MeK'nley's ' provocative attitude. "
AVAMJ * . itinsis : ; TO" MII : > IVTI : .
I'rlneeVIII > ot > lls I'll In the lin-
KlueerliiK Ulvimte.
LONDON , Oet 10. The prince of Wales
liav declined an Invitation to mediate In the
ruglnet > rliiK ( Tsptito , In the courte of hi *
tetter of refuial lie t.ays that he deeply de
plores the 'MUantrous 8t < ati < of affairs " but
fcclu It would not bo riflit or proper for him
to attempt In any way to Interfere or to mix
klmsnl ! therein.
I'uxli the CIIKP Into Court ,
CITY OP MEXICO , Ost 10 Judge Chapl-
tal ot tbo federal district court has granted
a fUy of proceedings In the cat * ( tte
Monterey & Mexican , Gulf Railway company ,
which wni ordered to dpp-slt $4.000,000 as a
guaranty to creditors , among -whom are
Americans
Thlfl ease l a very Important one and will
now have to bo revise } by the supreme court
The Belgian capitalists who came Into pos
session of the property agreed to make the
deposit for the benefit of creditors , and then
took the grour.l that asthey were creditors
there wa no need of doing go. The American
creditors viewed the deposit ta obligatory.
The Help ans have now succeeded In delaying
action. The case excites much Interest nnd
the- Americans will undoubtedly make a
great legal fight when the case reaches the
uuprcmo court.
'un o % HIcinc : rit V.MJI : .
Henri 1'nlllllNnrnil VeeilNed of n ,
Jeitelr > llolilicrj.
PAUIS , Oct. 10. A dlfratch from Havre
says that on the arrival of thn t > a ChampaKno
this mornlri the police , acting under In-
Btruct'.ons ' from New York took Into custody
Henri Palllusseau on the charge of com
plicity In the rchbery of dlaaiond Jewelry , the
property of Miss Susan do Forest Day , owner
or the steam yacht Scythian. Miss Day's
Jewelry , valued at $6,000 , was stolen from her
yacht while lying off Whltcstone. L. I. , about
a month ago.
Ktolnnc Cassolton , a young Frenchman who
was accused of the theft , made a full confes
sion and asserted that ho had disposed of the
diamonds to Leon Husacll , a Frenchman re
siding In Now York City. HUrsell , who has
been Indicted for complicity In the tobbcry ,
Is understood to have said ho gave the
Jewels to Henri Palllusseau as security for
$100 , but th'ts statement Is doubted by the
police _
WILL CALL M ) SI'KCI VI , bKSSIOV
llrltlNh nxeeiitUe Will Take. Care of
Pauline Sufleieix.
LONDON , Oct. 10 In reply to a petition
nlgned by slvty-four members of the Irish
party In thu House ot Commons asking the
government to call a special session oC Par
liament to deal with the exceptional dli-tress
In Ireland , Arthur J. Balfour , first lord ot
the treasury and government letder In the
Houio ot Commons , has written to John
Dillon , the Irish leader In the House , aa follows
lows-
"Iho government hao observed the partial
failure of the potato crop with gteat coi-
cern , and Is watching amlously the condi
tion of the people In the threatened dls'rlcts.
There Is no need , hoAOver , to siimmen Par
liament earlier than Is customaiy. The ex
ecutive la empowered to adopt the necessary
inn surcs v Ithout waiting for the sanction
of Parliament.1'
WIM. iioi.ii.o .SM.MR nnsnuvE.
Untile nf niiKlnnil VliniiilotiN the I'ro-
Jeeted Soi > to IlliiiclalllslN.
LONDON , Oct 11. The Times In Its
financial article this morning c\piesses the
belief that so far as the Bank of England
Is concerned nothing more will be heard of
the offer to hold sliver ns a portion of the
reserve.
Iho Tlmei deplores the mischievous effect
the governor's letter has had abroad and It
quotes at length from a letter written , by a
big American manufacturer , whose tmme Is
not given , dilating upon and regretting the
fact that the bank's offer was to some ex
tent a confession of the advisiblllty of nvhat
Mr. Bryan had claimed.
CHIN VMIN M uti : A men STIUICC.
Valuable 01 o 111 PI nils In the CaNNlar
nixtrlet.
VICTORIA , B. C. , Oct. 10 Two Chlna-
mon who have been mining In the OasMar
district of British Columbia anivcd hero on
the steamer Seattle today. They took out
$30,000 and have drafts on the Hudson Bay
company to show for It. Theto Is much ex
citement In Chinatown
MlMM Orino ' ent to an VN > | IIIII.
( Copyright , 1S87 , l > y Pi CM I'ubllslilnB Company )
LONDON , 0.t ( , 10 ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram ) Miss Hilda
Ormo , vocalist and composer from Boston ,
who was mysteriously bhot on the night of
September IS on the doorstep of a house
where hhe was loJglng on Keppel street.
Bloomsbury , by a man whom ohe alleged
spoke with an American accent , has been
removed fiom the hospital too lunatic asy
lum. During ithe week following the shootIng -
Ing Eho gave n clrcunutantial account of the
clack made upcii her and nl-o entered IntJ
the particulars of a prolonged persecution
to which Fhc alleged ahe had bscn subjectel
both In. . America and Cngland Confinement
to her room was rendered nrccst'iy by the
Injury which had such an effect on her
mind that It became Imperative to place her
temporarily undei restraint Instead of Im
proving , the t'afortunato young woman bc-
eamo seriously worse her ccidltlcn neccssl-
Litlng removal to an asylum Th's ' took place
this mornln ? , Miss Orme , being conveyed
under the magistrate's order to CMney Hatch.
Chlniiimin Vrrenteil for PoiKery.
VICTORIA , B C , Oct 10 Hook Taw , a
Chinaman , was arrested here last night
chaiged with forging letters , which vvero
used nt ,1 recent Investigation at Port Town-
8en.luml which Implicated Collettv Saundcrs
and Wee Gee , the eustoms Interpretel , In a
coiibplracy to admit Chinamen Into the
United States Interpietcrs t = ny that tbo
li'Ueis aio in Hook Taw'H Itandvviltine.
l > lHi'o > er \ellim Pever Curt * .
LONDON , Oct. 11. A dispatch to the
Times from Montevideo says thit Prof.
Sintello , who dlscovcted the yellow fever
bacillus , announicB the dlhcovcry of a cura
tive terum
Ano'her dispatch says that the locusts have
re/ippoared la the noith and west of Uru
guay.
ICVNSVS CIT > si one A vims cv.n.
Plniil llenrliiir ( letoher I1Ilefure
Juiliures Pouter anil Tim JIT ,
TOl'HKA Kin , Oct. 10. iho stipulations
made bv , the attomvys foi the Kantjs City
Stock Yards company nnd the attorney gen
eral concerning the fuithci proceedlnga In
the tc-ht case now rending In the United
States clicult c urt were agreed to by Judge
Poster ycHterday , and the fli.al hea-Ing by
Judges Fostei and 'Ihayci will bo held hero
October 18 In making this agreement Judge
Poster practlcilly ruled that the Kansas
shippers who have been taKliiR ftock to Kan
sas City sliicn thn date tet for the law rcgu-
latlng the etock yards to take effect could
recover from the Block yardn company the
difference between the latex charged them
ami the rates fi\cd In the no.law
"Tho ttock jnrds company has foi months
been violating the sute law. " said Judge
Foster , "unless , of COUIBC the higher couitb
hold to the contrary , and the Injured per
sons me the shippers who lave been taking
sto"k to the KsnfUB Pity markets There
should be some anangement mada for In
demnifying tht m Befo-e this there riiould
havu been a plan of Ubulng oxeicharge
chutkH to shipper * , Bhov.lng the amount they
paid and the amount they would have pild
had the new law been In octlve effect , the
difference to ho lefundcd If iho higher courts
sustained the Kaunas law '
The attorneys for the stock yards com
pany agreed lhat the company would hold
Ilkulf liable uiidtr the bond alieady given
fur all o\crch.iKe ) The matter of compcn-
sitlon fnr the w.irk already douo by Special
Master George W. Clark wci taXtn up , ami
Mr. Clark sucgestcd that an allow mice ot
$5,000 be made This was objected to by
tbo repreentRtlv-H of the sto-k yards com-
pny , and the matter nat referred to Ihe
court. "ThU I * rather lurd question , "
raid Judge Foster , "Not long ago , In the
Santa FP foreclosure tuto , a man was given
$25.000 for a fen hourn' work. I consul 'red
that an outrage. I don't believe that Iho
t'nltoj States courts should bo liberal to
wistefulneKi , and propose to FCO that thl
court 1s not. Judge Clark worked hard an-l
his bervlces were valuable , but I believe
13,000 , with expenses la addition , would IB
it reasonable amount. "
BETTER MONETARY SYSTEM
Aim of th : Gomm'siSon Which Tksamos Its
Work Todiy ,
PLANS RFOSM IN EVERY DIRICTION
ThorollRli IntrMlKUtlon nt I lie AVliole
Cnrrener ntiil HankliiR Scheme
I'rniionrit rroMii'Ottl1" < > (
the ( ) riiinlrntlon.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10. The members of
the monetary commission will con vena again
Momla > morning and begin their real work
of Investigating the currency problem. It Is
not llkelv that the commission will take an
other adjournment for 33 long a time until
It finishes Its labors , though It Is p obablc
that It will freiucntly adjourn over Sunday.
During Its brief session In October Its time
WES devoted to a discussion ot the uatuio
nd scope of UB work nnd to properly or
ganizing so as to carry out Its work In n
sjetcmatlc fashlcn The work was divided
under three general heads , metallic cur
rency , demand obligations of the govern
ment , and the 'banking system. The com
mission divided Itself up to handle theb-e
three subjects with the following commit
tees :
On Metallic Currency C. Stunrt Patter
son of I'ennM } IvanUi , Louis A. Garnett of
California , J. Luirence Luughlin ot Il
linois
On Demand Ohllfratlons of the Govern
ment Ilobert S. lay lor of Indiana , Stuv-
ve aiit Plslv of New York , J. W I rle-s of
North Carolina , George r. ndmunda of
Vei mont.
On the Hanking System Clmrlei S Falr-
rhlld of New lork , T Cl. Hush of Ala-
buna , W H Dean of MlnneMpalls , George
U. Lulghton of Missouri.
In the meantime the secretaries have been
busy cla&slfying and picparlng In convenient
shape the great mass of dafal and suggestions
that have already reached the commission.
Much of It had accumulated in the haLils
of the executive committee before the com
mission was appointed , and a great deal had
been received slnco that time. Chairman
Ilanna of the executive committee arranged
a very slmplo scheme for the preparation ot
this data As It eomcs before the commis
sion II Is all upon paper ot the- same size ,
perforated ler filing In convenient shape.
That pertaining to metallic cuirercy Is UIKHI
paper tinged with buff The paper upon
which the data , concerning government de
mand obligations Is presented has a green
ish cast , and matter concerning the banking
system la upon. rol tlm'cd paper. All the
data Is prepired In duplicate , one copy for
each member of the commission , and a mem
ber can tell at a glEiiee by the tint of the
paper whether It Is matter pertaining to his
own committee or one ot the others Ihus
while each man gives special attention to the
n-atter with which his own committee Is oc
cupied , ho Is keeping In touch with all that
comes before the other committees , and there
are , of couiso , frequent consultations of the
whole commission.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONTINUES
The executive committee did not cease
opeiatlons when the commission was ap
pointed and organised. In fact. Chairman
Ilanna regards Its work as only begun. He
regards the commission as a quasi-Judicial
body to pass judgment and make a report
upon the matter presented to It , and will
f > ce thai expel ta upon finance and banking
are brought before commission to give
their vlev.s and that all data obtainable from
all parts of the world Is properly presented.
The work of the committee upon metallic
currency will bo the simplest of the lot.
The monetary convention declared fora gold
standard and this committee will probably
report the same way , though It will make an
Investigation of the operations of the single
gold standard and the single silver stand
ard in various countries , as well as the ef
forts to maintain a bimetallic standard , and
will report upon the result of their investiga
tions.
The committee on demand obligations of
the government has a much more dllllcult
task. It will report upon the history of the
various paper currency systems the world
has known and give Its estimate upon the
\aluo and the effect of the various syotcms
of paper currency.
The committee on banking will not only
Investigate and report upon the various
systems of banking that the world lias
known , but will endeavor to make such
recommendations as will in Its judgment
hi ing about a better system of banking in
the United States. The commission is Im
pressed with the Idea that American methods
of bulking do not affoid the facilities they
should for the small farmers and men of
very moderate resources.
BAD FEATURES OP B\NKING.
"There are two or three difficulties , " said
oao of the members of th commission a
few days ago , "that I think can possibly bo
obviated In the first place our banking fa
cilities and banking capital might , to advan
tage , be somewhat more evenly distributed
throughout the countiy. The-o Is surely
some method of doing away with this thing
of having money command 9 and 10 per
cent Interest In the touthcin and western
agricultural communities upon piper that Is
perfectly sound , when It will only command
4'Xi and 5 per cent upon paper of equal
s-jtmJneso In the northern seaboard states
Then we should find a way to encourage
the making of small loans. I am convinced
that half the discontent that finds expres
sion In the periodical demands for currency
InfUtlon arises from the fact that the man
of small resouices finds It dlfllcult , If not
Impossible , to obtain a loan at a icasonablc
rate of Interest. Under cur system the banks
do not care to bother with loans of less
than $1,000 , and I have never heard of them
making one for lets than $100 Yet n man
who has a single bale of eotton , JOO bushels
of wheat 200 or 300 bushels of corn , era
a like small amount of product , ought to be
able to obtain a loan that will enable him
to carry that cammed.ty until In his Judg
ment the market price for It Is right. It
Is seldom that wheat commands the highest
prices just at thrashing time or that cotton
can be cold to best advai age right after
the picking1 , or that corn can best bo sold In
husking time. Yet the man who has not
enough to fill a largo npirtmcnt In the ware
house and take out warehouse receipts has
nothing upon which ho can borrow money as
collateral If hi- did hold a warehouse re
ceipt for a single bale of cotton or 100
bushels of wheat he would ( In 1 It Impossible
to go to a ban < and get a loan upon It The
bank w 111 not do so because the care of such
loans , the salaries of clerical help necessary
to co It , the cost of exchange and that crt
of thing , would eat up the profits of the
loans The borrower Is therefore compelled ,
If ho cannot borrow from a personal friend ,
to go on 'having thingx elurged to him at
the store , at the highest prices , or to hypo
thecate his products , or pay chattel mortgage
rates of Interest for a loan. 'They do these
things belter 'In rranco. ' With their pro
verbial thrift nr.l care for the Interests of
the email proprietors the Trench people have
u banking gyrtrm that enables them to get
leans fro-n the barks as tnvall as 100 fraiRB ,
and through the ilJank of Ftunre these loans
are- carried at a very small profit. I be
lieve it Is possible ) for us to sbaw the way In
this matter and to educate our banl.a and our
people up to a tjstem that will give a much
wider distribution of Kink ng capital arj
will afford the pcorjnau banking facilities as
coin en lent ns those enjoy oi by his wealthier
nclghboc. "
Heoiirftllcpurnllon from Sluai ,
W\SHINGTOX , Oct. 10 United' States
MlnUtor llarroit < it Bangkok has reported to
thu Slate department by cable thai he Inn
met with conipletn guccois In his efforts
to beruie reparation for the tieatutnt ac
corded United States Vlco Connul Kellett
latt spring by th local Siamese authorltU-s.
Mnol Ho the Hltflil He * filter.
WASHINGTON' , Oft , 10-The whereabouts
of the lcng-lr > t revolver used by Qulteau
in the assassination ot President GnflelU ,
which the police etlhort } ) rt tcvcrul d ys
ago nnnounc'd had Ijccn fmnd and turned
over to them , l apparent ! still n myste-y.
The weapon which th > p lice hold and
which Is said to haife bet i In the posses-
tlon of the late Ju ge " ilVocate General
Swnlm , U , S. A. , bin A wo len hindle , while
the newspaper record * cxn lined today unl-
formly describe thejweip n as having a
white bone or Ivoryrhandl
m.vrs ruov , < H sti.s AIIUOMI.
Volume nn Commercial Itclntloit *
Alioiit ta lie PublUheil ,
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10. The bureau of
commerce of the State department Is just
now buoy In the preparation of the volume
known as "Commercialdelations of the
United States , " embaying annual reports
from United States consuls from every coun
try In the world on the trade conditions ! > i
their respective districts. Within the last
three years the value of this annual publi
cation to the uiMlncRs Intcrccia of the coun
try hits Improved In an astonishing comll-
tlrn , ow Ing to careful httcailau cf the con
suls to the nature of Information desired
IB ml the thorough revlpw prepared by the
ehlef of the bureau , RetMog out conclusions ts
to general trade tendencies that may be
Impartially drawn from the * vast store of
matter supplied by the consuls.
The forthcoming volume IB of larger scope
oven than Its predecessors and Instead of
being little more thin the dry compilation of
figures It formerly was , "The Commercial
HelJtlons" for 1810-87 will present such a
ma < ; s of Information a * to ho valuable r nd
of Interest not oaly to Iho export merchant ,
but to the public men , tojnanufacturcra and
to technical workers. An Indication of Iho
character of the work U afforded by the ex
tracts that have been made from the reports
received within the Ust week only and ha1 e
bcsn given the benefit of advance publica
tion.
tion.Prom
Prom Hanover comes an account of the
Installation , of an electric railway tor hand
ling heavy freight ; GUtjge llons for plac'ng
American tools In Germany and talk of an
opening for broikfast cereals. The trade of
Spain as affected by the Cuban war ; the
Spanish woman's aversion to the bicycle
nnd upon tariff and financial questions
Prom nearby Santo Domingo comt-s a re
port of railway development ; of tariff changes
and a comparison of European a-.J Ameri
can credit systems The depressing effects of
American competition upon the Swha watch
trade arc descrloed by the consul at Geneva ,
who also tells ot the preference for Ameri
can , bicycles and of the growing demand for
American canned goods , California fruits and
solo leather. The leather trade Is also
treated by the consul at Bristol and he adds
a chapter on bacon that should be Interesting
to hog raisers and packers , because of the
technical hints upon growing and curing for
the English markets.
The Inroads that American lead pencils are
making Into the former German territory are
the Mibjcct of a chapter ot the ccnwul at
Nuremberg. The consul at Stratford ropatts
on corn and barbed wire ami the consul at
Coatlcook throws out some hints to Ameri
can publishers as to the means of obtaining
a sale for their publications In the Dominion.
SWISS I > AI nil 1IVK12& WITIIIJIIAW VI , .
CharucH I'rejiullolnl to Vinerlcnu
Meats Ire Taken llnuk.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10 The secretary of
agriculture has received through the Depart
ment of State two gratifying communica
tions of special Interest to American meat
producers. Ono of thcso comes from United
States Minister Lclshman , our representa
tive at Berne , Switzerland , and.conveys the
gratifying Intelligence that the * Swlfcg fed
eral council , on request ot the United States
government , has procuredthe wlthJfaVal of
certain charges calculated to prejudice con
sumers against American meats , which were
published last May by the Schwelzorlsche-
Spczorel Handels and Geschautz Zeltung. Al
though this Is an unofficial journal for whose
utterances the Swiss federal council repudi
ates all responsibility , tbo council , neverthe
less , communicated to the editors of that
Journal the protest made by the United
States minister and' transmitted to It the
effectual reply to their charges prepared in
the Department of Agriculture by Dr. Sal
mon , chief of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try. Upon these representations the news
paper In question , with commendable prompt
ness , has acknowledged the- receipt of the
department's communication , which It pub
lishes In full , adding a request that all Swis3
papers that have discussed the subject will
do likewise. The Department of Agriculture
thus promptly and effectually vindicated
American meat producers from baseless and
Injurious charges by means of the hearty
co-operation of the Department of State and
our representative at Berne , and the cour
tesy of the Swiss government and the fair
ness of the Swiss Journal referred to.
The second communication Is from Gen
eral Draper , United States-minister at Home ,
? nd conveys the Information that the dis
criminating exaction Imposed on meats com
ing from the United States , by which all
certificates of Inspection" required the vise
of Italian consuls In this country , will very
shortly bo removed. It seemed at first that
the Italian government proposed to make
use of any concession In this matter on
its part as a lever to secure modifications In
our tariff as a fleet Ing Italian products. The
exaction of the vise In the case of Ameri
can moats was so clearly a discriminating
one , no surh requirement being exacted In
the case of meats Imported from other coun
tries than the United States , that the rep-
resontatlvca of our government have finally
prevailed to secure Its unconditional re
moval.
KNOW > OTIIttG OI' JOSniMI Il.VI-I. .
TrriiKiirj Department1 HUN No Knowl
edge ol ail AlU'Ked TriiNl.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. The Treasury do-
( xiitmcnt has had many Inquiries from time
to tlmo as to the estate of ono Joseph Ball
of Philadelphia , which Is supposed to bo hell
In trust In the Treasury , department. The
letters speak of this trusf and ot an alleged
eighty-four year lease given by Mr , Ball to
certain valuable property. In Philadelphia
Some tlmo ago It was seated that , ex-1'resl-
dcnt Harrison was Interested as an attorney
In'tho estate. Many hundreds of people all
over tbo country have b en drawn Into the
struggle for the money,14 which they erro
neously Imagine lies In the treasury awaiting
distribution To all of these replies are sent
out Informing the "helrq" that there Is no
Biich fund In the ticasurj and that the only
record In the Tivasuty"dcj5ar.tmeut of "Joseiih
Ball of Philadelphia" relates to a claim ot
about $3,000 which ho filed an an underwriter
against the government In 1SS1 for cargoes
seized by the French , The claim Is ono of
the ordinary French ; spoliation claims.
imv.miaii irEti.s IA
Collected that He WUI Iteturii to lln-
MIIIII in a K < - v JiiM ,
WASHINGTON. , Oct. 10 , General TlUhugh
Leo , consul general to Havana , came to the
city at a late hour and registered at the
Shoreham. It \ > a.a been generally under
stood that General Lee wan to return to
Havana about tbo middle of October and bis
icturn to the city at .this time presumably
Is for thepurposu of receiving his final In-
Etructlons from the president before sailing
for hit , post ot duty.
ItiiNslnii MliilhlrrVIII Sot Itetiiru.
WASHINGTON , " Oct. 10. It Is utattd on
good authorfiy that - MjK.j da Kozebue , Iho
Russian minister to the Unlttd Sta'cs who
Isnow at St Petersburg on a. leave of ab-
Eence , hae decided nc-t to return , tt'.u rea
son a for this are stld to be of a family char
acter.
\curn ( of > eNoit \ . MlleN.
WASHINGTON. Oct , 10 Major General
Xclton A. Mlleut commindlng the army , ban
returned beic'from his Huropean mlll"ry
obsarvatkns , tin came In late In Iho after
noon ard denied hlnnelf to rallern.
I'rlnee llotUlm * \VuNhlnuton. .
WASHINGTON , Oct 10 Prince H'tklne ,
the Russian delegate to < be International no 1
ccaference to bo held In this city In a few
weeks , has arrived here. Ho Is the first of
tbo foreign delegates to reach Washington ,
FOUR-FOOT MAIN BURSTS
Ten Million Gallons of Water Flood Now
York Residences.
LOSS REACHES TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IlnllilliiK for Several Utnekn
A rou nil U Duiinmuil Ii > the
Torrent , VVhleti riovrN fov
Plve IluiirH.
NEW YORK , Got 10. A large Croton
water main burst early this morning at the
corner of Madison avenue and Tort } -eighth
street , the heart of the fashionable district ,
and wrought great hn\oc with propcrtj ,
both near and remote. Tor blocks aroun.I
scarce ! } a building escaped Injury , by rea
son of the \olumcs of water that poured
Into the streets , cellars and basements. The
has will reach far Into the thousands.
The damage by water extends as far west
us Sixth avenue and as far east as First
avenue. The setters vvcfe choked by the
great rush of water and then the flood rose
In the streets. The bli ; water main was
probably cracked by a bhst which was fired
In a sewer excavation late Satuiday after
noon. Then In the night time , when the
strain on the plpo was greatest , It gave way
and the flood followed.
The breaking of the four-foot plpo was an
nounced by a rumbling nMsc whkh
awakened the people In the Immediate vlcln-
lt > . Looking out ot their wlndovs , they
sJiw a great geyser In the middle of the
avenue shooting a vast \olumc of water Into
th ? air , a column so high that It reached
almost to the top of the electric light pole
on the corner. Iho&a who had no view of
the fountain heard a minhty rush of v.atcr.
Tor five hours this column shot Into the
ah' before It was shut off at Its source , ancl >
In that time 10,000,000 gallons of vntcr had
tun down the a\enuc and side streets on
cither hand All the streets east of Madison
avenue slope gradually , and clown them the
watoi surged In a torrent , flooding the cel
lars and basements.
The most serious damage was done to the
building of the railroad branch cf the Young
Men's Christian asociatlon and to the
Knickerbocker Athletic club house. In the
basement of the latter place the dvnimos ,
machinery , bowling allejs , etc , and the big
s-vlmmlng tank have been greatly Injured
by the flood The loss Is placed at $15,000.
The club house will be closed until the dam
age has been repaired.
After five hours the flow was stopped. Al
most without exception the houses In the
vicinity of the break were so flooded that
they have been damaged from ? 300 to ? 2,000.
The residences of J. Hooker Hammersley ,
William Eusticc. J. Talbot and the club
house of the Delta Phi were among those
most damaged.
II UV F U.I-S I > I1IIY I1 1. VCib.
Drouth In tin- Central AVeM IN IlroUou
at I.tiHt.
CHICAGO. Oct. 10. Rain fell throughout
Illinois and the west today and tonight and
marked the end ot the/ / long drouth that for
months has harassed the farmers of twenty
of the corn producing or cattle raising
states of the union. The states or portlous
of stales In iwhlch the "weather bureau found
rain had fallen were Colorado. Wjomlng ,
Tc\os , Oklahoma , Tennessee , Kansas , Ne
braska , the eastern portions of the Dakotas ,
Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , northern Mich
igan , Arkansas , Louisiana , Mississippi , Mis
souri and portions of Illinois
NASHVILLE , Oct 11 After many weeks
of drouth a heavy lain began falling soon
after midnight In this cltj end the surround
ing countiy.
CINCINNATI Oct 11 Ualn began to fall
here at 1 30 this morning. It Is the fi'st In
four w celts
LOUISVILLE , Ky. , Oct. 10 The prolonged
drouth In this state was broken tonight by
light showers
KANSAS CITY , Oct. 10 Specials to the
Times fiom Kansas , Missouri , Nebraska and
Arkansas points announce the breaking of
the drouth. The rain has been general
throughout Kansas , varying fro.n a good rain
to a regular downpour. At Wichita there was
a precipitation ot thiee inches Other re
ports of goad rains in Kansas come from In
dependence , Emporla , Hutchlns.n , C'-ncordla ,
Grecnleaf , ( Frankfort , Stockton and Atchl-
Eon. A heavy rain fell at Springfield Mo ,
and rcasomble good rains are reported at
Little Keck and SHcam Springs , Ark. , and
Nebraska City , Neb.
CENTUALIA , Mo , Oct. 10 The prolonged
and disastrous drouth was broken this even
ing by a heavy rainfall , vvh > 'ch appears to bo
general over this section of the state.
ST. LOUIS , Oct. 10 Late tonight rain
began falling hero developing Into a steady
downpour which promisee to bo a drencher.
This Is the first rain in two months.
SIOUX CITY , la. , Oct. 10 This section of
country had a good rain today , the first In
many weeks. Reports from numerous notth-
wcstern points tell of good showers.
SHI.L L.VMJ THAT HOBS MT K\IST.
( J ni eo\ereil I"
Went Virginia.
WHEELINO , W. Va. , Oct. 10 A land
swindle similar to that which 1ms been
worked In some western states Is being
operated by some parties outside of the
state. In Wcet Virginia there are enormous
tracts of undeveloped timber and coal lands
lying In the Interior , and this fact has caused
the swindlers to turn their attention to them
as an Inviting field In which to work their
Hellenic. A dispatch from McDowell county ,
lying In iho extreme southernmost portion of
the state , says that InMdo the last two
months deeds have been admitted to record
there purporting to convoy several thousand
acrct ; of valuable coal land for considera
tions aggregating several hundred thousand
dollars , which ar.o believed to bo purely
fraudulent. There are now over 2,000,003
acres on the Und books , while the county
only contains about 000,000 acres all told ,
The scheme of fraud Is simple enough , and
has been worked by the same parties for
some time. The swindlers prepare a deed
for a large tract of coal land In the county
and have It acknowledged before some flc-
tlUoufi notary public In a faraway elate.
They send It to McDowell county , the dis
patch bays , to bo recorded and have the
clerk of the county court forward them cer
tified copies of the deed from the record.
This places them In a pcsltlon to dispose of
the pretended titles for a good price to un-
suapectlng partlcu
It Is not unusual for a stranger to turn
up at Walch , which IH the county seat of
McDowell county , with a deed for several
thousand acres of land , which Is still straighten
on the record , but when ho comes to look for
the land ho cannot find It.
These frauds are not committed by per-
cons In this state to anybody's knowledge
but are by outside people. Efforts are being
made to ascertain their Identity.
I.RPT IJAWSiON 1 % I'll III OK I'AMIMS.
Mliierx Ketnrn to Seattle mill Tell of
the SenrelO of Kiioil.
SEATTLE , Wash. , OU 10 The eteamer
City cf Seattle arrived here tcnlght at 10
o'clock from Skagway and 1-ilya , Alaska
Aracrg Its pasccigers were James Clark and
C Hrowu of Chicago , who left Euwson City
September 10 and came out over 'the ' Dillon
trail , msk'rt ; the trip In twenty-six days.
7 hey confirm previous reports as to the
ir.Arelty cf provlb'ont end they came out for
that rr-B'n , Clark and Ilro\\n bring the
ne r that OT Sep'ember 6 burislarn broke
Vto .he Canadian geld comml ahner'a e-abln
at Davvnon City tnd ttole between $3,000 and
{ J.OOO worth of dust and nuggets.
1,0 MI Mr.nr.t : > nCOMP.S \ VT i.VST.
Yesterday was as bleak and as _ drcary a
day as. has been Keen slnco last winter. It
begun to rain , about 10 o'clock In the mortH
Ing and kept It'ilp all day. The fall was
i slo\v and continuous It was also cold and
cheerless. The temperature began to rise
toward evening ,
i won tea A IIUVMI M\V .S
Smoodi SlrniiRi-r ClieatN a > < oiitli In-
Kotn _ , rnnneiulle IHH | | > .
| SIOUX PALLS , S. 1) . , Ost. 10.-Spcclal. ( )
For the past few days n farmer
named H. Prancls , who resides on
i a farm near the county poor farm ,
has been drawing wheat to the local
i market. Prlday aftetnoon while driving .along
Eighth street with a load of Kinln he- was
stopped by a man who wanted to look at his
wheat. After looking Into a couple of the
sacks of A heat < lha stranger praised It quite
highly. He cald h's homo was In eastern
Iowa , where ho owned a big farm. He also
o.vnod a farm In the vvcsturnrl ot this
county and was out here superintending thu
thuuhlng of the grain on the battle. Ho
found the quality of the grain out hero
much better than back In Iowa and lud de
cided to ship back there a carload for seed
wheat. Ho told 'Mr. ' Prancls that If bis
whevit was all llko the load ho was looking
at ho would give him 77 cents for 150
busiels. Saturday evening the stranger
drove out to Fr-inels' farm , and after look-
in ? over the grain agieed to take 150 busheU
at 77 coats Mr. Piancls was to bring the
first load to town yesterday morning and waste
to go to the Phillips house and Inquire for
C.V. . Kellcy , the name the stianger gave
1 Yesterday morning when the f.umtr came
In with his grain ho met Kelley near the
Phillips house. The farmer was accom-
lunted by his boy , a youth about 14 yeais
old. Kclley said ho v.d not want to let the
gialn buyer at the Great Northern depot
know that he was purchasing cvtru grain ,
and suggested to the farmer that he remain
( up ( own while Kelley nnj the boy took the
grjin to the depot and unloaded It The
1 farmer agree-d to this and Kelley and the
I boy took the grain to thu depot , where It
I was sold , Kelley pocketing the check , On
the way up town they stopped In front of
the Palace livery barn , where Kelley taid
ho wanted to stop a minute and have a
team tent to his farm to bring In a load of
grain. The boy waited until he got tlied ,
when ho drove Lack where his father was
waiting for him.
CIosiof the IllaeU IIIIU Pillr.
STUUGIS. S. D. Oct 10. ( Special ) The
Black Hills fair closed yesterday after a
four days' session 1 ho attendance has been
unusually small , owing to the cold weather.
The races were fine , probably the best ever
held In the Hills The firemen's tourn i-
ment was one ol the chief attractions On
the first day Sturgls won the hook an * lad
der contest and the Dcadwood hos team Ihe
wet contest. On the becond day. In the
hook and ladder contest , Sturgis won flrbt ;
Deadwood , Eceom } ; wet contest , Dead wood ,
first ; Hot Springs , second ; novelty noz lo
contest , r ° adwod first and second ; hydrant
contest , Deadwood first and second ; hub and
hub , Deadwood first and Hot Springs second
end ; ladder contest , Sturgls first and sec
ond.
Piiiiernl of Iloiiiextalie Victim * .
LEAD , S D , Oct. 10 ( Special. ) The
funeral service of the three moa who were
killed In the IIomestaKe mining d'osster , oc
curred yesterday. It wab one of the saddest
as well as largest attended funerals ever
held In this city. Each corp e was conveyed
In a separate hearse , which was preceded by
200 membeis of the Minors' union. The
three bodies were laid to rest In one gtavc
In the South Lead cemetery. The coroner' * ,
jury exonerated the Homcsuke company ami
laid the blame of the accident on the un
fortunate men.
Iate SCIIHOII HeliiN I'llriiicrx.
HURON. Oct. 10 ( Special ) Thu first
killing frost of the sensjii occurred heio
and over the cntlro Jim river valley last
night. The average date on which Killing
frost has visited this section dutlng a period
of sixteen years Is September 17. The late
ness the present season has been v ry help
ful to farmers G ° nerally speaking they
are well piepared for winter , better than
for several years. Slock will enter the win
ter In the very best condition and with nn
abundance of feed to carry them through.
rMiMiit.s GO * io THU YUKOV
I'artj or'J' el\e Men I.iaSun Krnii-
clNL'o for the North.
SAN FRANCISCO , Oct. 10 A party of
twelve engineers nnd surveyois left this
evening on the Oregon express for Seattle ,
where they will bo reinforced by eight as
sistants bft'idcs fifty others , who will ball
for Chllcoot Inlet In a steamer especially
chartered for the trip. At fioattle 200 horses ,
150 cattle , feed for fclx months and 200 ton i
ot general stores will be purchnjied for the
party during the long drive from Klukwark ,
at the head of Chllcoot Inlet to Foi t Selkirk ,
the head of steam navigation of the Yukon , a
distance of .100 miles over a tr.ll. Inliob-
pitablc and unfrequtcitcd during the winter.
The oxpc-dltlon Is to determine whtthcr n
railway can bo built over thia 300-mile tinll
The engineers will alto try to locate a now
pass believed to cxlbt north of the Chllcoot
The organizers of the expedition arc fiom
Boston , San KranclBCo and Pugct hound .mil
have formed a company with a capital of
$200,000 to meet neccssaiy expenses The
party expects to arrive ta Junuaiy nt Port
So'klrk , where permanent headquarters for
railway construction will be located. All the
members of the party have been engaged
for two years.
STIiniJT CVH bTIIITCIC IIV A TIIVIV.
Hnrleil Ilixllly fiom the Traek anil
Three People Ale Injure-il.
ELGIN , III. , Oct. 10 A well filled street
car on the State street 1lno was hurled from
the traik by a Chicago R. Northwestern train
this evening. Three people were Injured , as
follows- Henry J Felix , bad scalp wound ;
Prank Flsk , badly cut and brulbed ; Mrs.
Frank risk , cut on head and I/idly biulecd ,
The escape of the passengers fiom death IH
miraculous The car was lifted bodily to
ono side , landing on Its wheels , and was
badly demolished
KHlM a Mail ullli a Criileh.
DHTIIOIT , Mich , Oct -William O
Mlnll of Huffalo died ted ly ut the Kincr-
Kcney hospital an the result of a muiiliTous
assault iiiiidc on him last night bv Phirli'H
Wojdeck Mlall wan In DcninH looking for
work nnd It npponrx bcrnme Involved In n
dl puto with Wojdeck In n culoon The lat
ter , who Is a cripple , followed Mlall out of
thu Haloon and Htuuk I'nlm over the held
! m 1th hlH rrutfli , crushing the unfortunate
ir.an'a nknll.
Ill-Hull tinhllrr lln > In Camilla.
MONTUKAL , Ott 10 A detachment of 173
hlupjdckcta nd marines , under command of
i Lieutenant Commander Smith , arrived here
I on the steamer State of California , today.
I They were at once dlbpatthed over the
Canadian Pa cine railroad for thu Pacific
nation at nsqulmault. The bluejackets arc
K-.ds from the tialnliu ;
UoienirnlN of Oeeau VeNhelN , Oel. 1(1. (
At Southampton Arrived lire-men , from
Now York , for llremeen ( mil proceeded )
At II iv ri' - ArrivedIi Champagne , from
NI/.V York ,
At QufenxtownSilled I'mbrla , from
Liverpool for New York.
At New York An UtU Manitoba , from
London.
HOLD DP STREET CAR
Bold Work of Robbers on the Oregon City
Electric Linoi * !
1 WO HIGHWAYMEN GREATLY IN EVIDENCE
Ono Delibointoly Goes Through Pockets of
Thirty-Fivo Passengers , „ ,
OTHER STANDS GUARD WITH A REVOLVER
Soouro Only Ninety Dollars to Pay Them fof
Their Trouble.
PASSENGERS SECRETE THEIR VALUABLES
Sonic Drop Their Money on the
While Other * Put It lu
Their Mioex or
/ , I StoeklniiH. , y '
PORTLAND , Ore. , Oct. 10. A car on tha
Oregon- City electric lluo was held up nt
Meddrum station , four miles from Orcgoa
City , nt 7 o'clock tonight. Thcto vvero thlr-
ty-flvo passengers on the car and the high
way men went through the pockets of all ofj
them , getting about ? 90 The motormaif
slowcx ! down when he came to a switch ntt
the station. J3ne ot the robbers jumped en
the front of the cat and , vvl'h a revolver M V
hU hand , ordered the motorman to stop the Ji
car , while the second tobber climbed on the
mar end. Conductor John Andotsou stepped
Irsido and imlckly tinned out the lights , but
he was held n pilsonor by the man on the
rear platform , who stood guard with a re
volver.
The robber who boarded the tiar on the
front inndo the motoiman go Inside ami them
ho ( juicily searched each passenger. Joking ,
as ho went through the car Many of the \
passengers put their money arid valuablco -
In their shoss or tltnpped them on the Iloor4
Ono man had $1S In his pocketboolt , but ho
put all but 70 ceutij Into his shoes and whcd
Ma turn cimo to haml out his money , ho i
simply .gavo up the 70 cents and the robber ) &
was satlsllcd Several women on the car
showed rare piesencc of mind by putt'ns
their money nnd valuables In their stockings.
Af'er Interviewing every passenger on the
car they backed out , all the tlmo keeping
their revolvers ready , nnd disappeared In the
woods
The car then pulled out for Portland , ar
riving ; about 8 o'clock. The police were noti
fied and detectives Immediately sent In pur
suit of the robters.
OPPICnit CIIVHGP.D WITH OltUKI.TV.
( lint lie Ordered u Soldier $
llouoil nnd 111iurnn ! lfHie IleelH.
CHICAGO , Oct 10 The Tribune prints a '
story to the effect that Captain Levering J
of the Fourth Infantry , stationed at Fort , ;
Sherldsn , caused Private Charles HammoniJ * S&
of the same icglnient to bo dragged over 5
*
the ground by n rope for a , distance of 605
yards , badly Injuring him. t \
It Is said that Hammond had been absent
from the post without lenve nnd was under
airest In the Giurdhous * . Ho was ordered J
by Captain Levering , who was acting as offi
cer of the day , to leave the guaidhousa nml > , "
appear before a court v.hlch was to adjudge
his case along with the offeiiBes of other
petty offender Hammond refused to leave
r
the guardhouse , an.l , the story goes , Lovcr-
Ing ordered a number of soldiers to tlo him.
nnd drag him before the court. Hammond , 1
It Is said , wan tin wn down , bound and t
then dragged by the heels before the court. f
The distance Was 603 yards and Hammond *
was In n badly need up condition when ho j
at rived at the bat of justice. j
Ocneial Drool.s , commanding the Department - *
ment of the M snourl. b Id last night that
ho had not hesid the story nnd placed no j
reliance In It whatever Ho expressed him- ?
Belt as being confident that It would bo I
found untrue J
The affair has caused considerable mu- " *
tlnous talk among the enlisted men at the $
post. Hammond was diagged foot flrot by J
four soldiers fiom the guard bouse down a
lllght of stairs to the headnuaiters , GOO yards ,
up the stairs , jhon down again nnd toIho
adjutant's qimitcis flic matter has been ?
tofcrred to Colonel Hall , commandant , but
It Is doubtful If nny government Investiga
tion will bo made. Hammond's Injurlci
vveio confined to bruises and scratches.
I'oi.ici : OUT vrmii TIII : TIIIISVISS.
.Scott of the C.-111111.v IH llolihed \
Property Iteeoxeied. *
NU\V YORK , Oct 10. The homo of
Prancls II. Scott prr-aldent of the Century
Magazine compairy In Orange , N. J. , vvaa
entered by thieves on Friday night ami
wearing apparel and household goods valued
at $10,000 wcro tan led off. The police of
thta city have nircs'cd three persona for
eoinectlon with thu crlmo and have recovered
most of the ptoperty. Ono of them Is a.
woman , Mary Itogeis ullis "Chlcigo May , "
and when the detectives broke Into her loom ,
two revolvers wcio lying on the bed. She
tried to pass them to Iho men , but vvna
ovorpoweii'd bofoio she ( ould causa nny
bloodied Ono of tliu men Is Cyrus Hllnnd ,
the inputed hiinband of "Chicago May. " The
third percori Is Oeoif-.e Dennett , lnovn as
the New Voik Kid
The pilsoofu wtlf lemandcd In a police-
( ourt today nnd vvl'I bo .imlgneil there to-
mot row.
cn vmciv nr.i'ir.v VT \
HeV1I1 DIM ell n Miilue of CIIHIIIIO-
ili Vanilei lillt.
NASHVILLE , Tcnn . Oct 10. Dr , Chaun-
cey M. Depew win < \l'l deliver an oration
toinonow' at thn prp ntatlon of a btatuo o3
Commodoia Vamlerbllt to Vnnderbllt ucl-
vorslty , arrived this dfle'rnorci , Ou a later
train ramo a delegation of 3CO from New
York and Brooklyn. Indudlng St , Clalr Mc-
Klway of the Iliooklyn L'agln ; Mrs. Margaret
Sangslcr , edl or of Harpci'8 Ilaair : Wllllaru
Herl , president of tlo Brooklyn Bridge com
pany , end Mrs Bernard I'etora of the Utook- , , ,
lyn Tlmo. There aUo came a largo detach- ul
ment of the New York state guard. Tha 'I
party will rerrrtln for tlneo days , i f |
Woman HIM-IIM to Death.
CINCINNATI , Oct , 10-A Hpcelal to the
Commniclnl-Tilbune from Canton , O , ruye :
Uosldonfi of iho lemUrloln dHtrlet nt
Dnyton thlH morning vho Invextlfraled
HCie.unH Haw n column of Humes In the rear
yard of the home of AVIIMm Depuysier In
tha IhimeB IVUIB fouu , | Mm Depuyster anil
before aid ruilM lie rcnili ie < I Blip VVIIH dead ,
thn clothing Imrnrrl from her body nnd Ijcr
llcth roautdl ' 1 he kitchen of the IIOIIHO wan
e-overed wit'1 ' ! oil ipolH nnd fragment * of IL
broken lump wcio found In the houm unil
yard DepuvMu when found rould give no MI
explanation of what had occurred nnJ na \
placed under mri'Kt on fua/clon of murder. 41
Neighbors my he ii'id Ills wife had been J
quarreling nil night ' - *
I'n In I Omirrrl on it Kiirin ,
RICHMOND , Ky. , Oct. -IluthcrfonJ
Todd , youngest * on of Prank Todil , a
wealthy farmer , Hthbhcd Dm Little , a
farmer llvlnu on his fathei'H place , yester
day , Inflicting wounds that Mill prove fatal.
The men hud had troubli ; over 11 division uC
crotia. Little u tacked Ted 1 ilth > n ro k.
Todd , who VUIH on lior-cback , leaped from
liij vaddlR and dri.vlni ; a jjo < ketknlfc began
atnbblni ; Little , who fell Todd continued to
curve hln helplet < ! > victim , leaving Mm for
dead Todd surrender 1 to the uhcrlff , unl
wan released on bond pending hla victim' *
condition.