The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 14, 1897, Page 6

“HELD AS HOSTAGES. Leaders of Klondike Expedi- tions Prisoners of Deluded Prospectors. Captives Will be Lynched Unless Re- hef in Sent to Their Dupes. Port Townsend, Wasb., Oct. 7.— The schooner Sailor Boy arrived here to-dny, seventeev days from St. Michael's, with senentional news of the condition of things at the mouth of the Yukon river, where mayor Wood, of Senttle, who took the Huin- boldt expedition north, and D. K. Howard, who had charze of the ill- fated Eliza Andcreop, were practi- om held by a vigilance ccmmittee, made up of disgusted and desperate members of their Klondike expedi- tions. The two men are threatened with lynching unless they succeed Colonization in Kentucky. Kanees City Times. publican campaign methods. Through the arrest of a negro for perjury, it transpired that the re |publicacs have been colonizing | negroes by the wholesale. At Mem- !and taken to Louisville, where they | were registered in order that they | might «xpress the will of the people. | Such methods have been resorted | to £0 often by the republicans that | we can not pretend to be surprised at these revelations, except as re | gards the extent and openness cf the frauds. The discoveries, however, cerve a useful purpcse as furnishing some idea of how the last election was won. thus active it is easy to see how Kentucky was “carried” for McKin- ley by a few bundred votes The Kentucky republicans area | The campaign in Louisville bas furnished a splendid example of re | phis over 300 were berded into cars. When tke election thieves are} AGRICULTURAL ATTACHES. | Secretary Wilson Thinks More Attentioz FARMERS’ BANK, BUTLER, MO. We furnish deposit and check book count opened. free of charge with each new ac- We solicit the acccunts of ladies, as well a3 gentle- men. It's much safer to have motey in bank than around bouse THompson, Pres’t. SENNETY, Vice Pres't, — | h.D. Kipp, Cashier. G. W. NEWBERRY, Asst Cashier, GP. Wyarr, = “6 A RRR RR RRRPRL PR RRRRRPRPRPALRRPRPRPR DD ssi JOY OF FARMERS TURNS TO Sorrow--Long Drought Upsets | { badly damaged Hogs are reported | | dying in many counties for want of water. NO WATER IN THE TERRITORY | Wilson, of Should Be Patd to Our Farm Producte Abroad. WASHINGTON, the Oc ment, is marke! There Are Other Place: Porr Te an eviden where than } of Topeka, w brought an no are yin AUSPICIOUS OPENING. Fine Weather Marks the First Day of the Leavenworth Reanion and Carnival. in having settled the dust. an flags, bunting and other dec- thad hung limp and wet were floating to the breeze. Were decorated more before attempted s, Grand Army e carnival colors, n, predominat- presented 8 2 ever ers’ home d ns Were in the camp. g exercises were be- ith Col. Sidney of Herington, presiding. United tes Senator Baker delivered the coming address on behalf of the A SOLDIER'S PUNISHMENT. Private Hammond T by the Feet and Frodded with a Sword by His Captain. Ciicage, Oct. 12.—Private Charles Hammond, charged with being absent in getting the miae:s to the head- waters of the Yukon, which is now was tied by the feet by particularly ecourdrelly set, but they | t. Leonard A. Loveing and Siloam Sprioge, Ark, Oct. 8. —! | have no echemes that are rot hnewn | Their Visions of Prosperity. an impossibility, and their few friends who came down to-day ex- press the greatest avxiely about the liyes of both Wood and Howard. Some security was felt when it was learned that the United States eol- diera are now on the way to St. Michael’e, where their presence will be needed to preserve order. It had been snowing for four day# prior to the departure of the ‘Sailor Boy, on September 19, and ice was then beginniog to form on the water outside the mouth of the Yukon. The river itself had not yet begun to freeze, but the cold weather had come to etay and the river is too low to admit steamer travel, thus shut- ting off the possibility of further communication with Dawson City until next June. The Elizabeth Anderson’s passen- gers, who abandoned her at Dutch ‘Harbor and went to St. Michael's on the schooner Baranoff, found cn their arrival at the mouth cf the river that it would ba impossible to proceed to Dawson this winter, and then trouble begao. They had paid their passage and freight morey to be landed in Daweon, and Howard, _in charge of the party, coolly an nounced that the expedition was a failure and he would not undertake to feed the 116 paesengers during the winter, ncr would he attempt totake them on to Dawson in the spring. Then Howard, so it is claimed, tried to leave one of the _ cutters, but was forcibly detained by the miners and notified that he ‘] | must remain there during the win- ter and submit to whatever demands the men might make on him The Mayor Wood party is in the same fix. Their river boat wae ready to start September 19, but the engireer J. H. Robinson, of San Francisco, declared that it drew too much wa- ter to get up the river, and he re- fused to take her, returning here on the Sailor Boy. Even if the Wood | ® party can get into the river the ice | +) will block them before they reach |} the timber line, 200 miles inland, and their situation will then be most serious and many of them will perish from cold before spring. | It is thie condition of affaira that ‘brought down the thirtcea passen- igere on the Sailor Boy, it being ‘their purpose to make demand on Ahe promoters of the Humboldt and Eliza Anderson expeditions for re- gBurn of the passage money and ceighte that were advanced for the ‘trip to Dawson City, representing inall nearly $100,000. Attorney Phelan, of Chicago is to be retained, and the enraged miners will keep Wood and Howard with them until * ithey receive word that their de- mands are to be complied with. The cutter Bear left St. Michael's m September 15, for St. George's) land, to trausfer the Duffeld sur eying party to St. Michael's, and ill transport a band of reindeer to ort Clarence, proceeding thence to aget Sound. The Corwin arrived St. Michael's on September 15. jere is now no possibility of any rther communication between St. ichael’s and Dawson City until xt summer. Vbe fiction in the November num- of Demorest’s Magazine is of a! st attractive nature, including | ) remarkable clever serial “Bobbie Doff.” by Clinton Rose, besides ar first class tales. to, and utiliz-d by, the republicans of Ohio and Indiana. By eli appear- ances, the same car loads cf negroes who were to dsfeat the wishes of the people ia Louisvil'e would have been taken acro3s the river later into Ohio ard registered, eo that they might there also voice the appeal of the people for Mark Harna to be their senator. Such schemes are only what we have always to expec’ from a party of professional politicians with im- menee slush funds. The democrats of Obio and Kentucky must remem ber tbat eternal vigilance isthe price of victory. They will have to fight every form of corruption. If they win it will be bacause they rolled up such an immense majority that it could neither be overcome by fraud ulent voters or counted out. Miss Cisneros Escapes. Havava, Oct. § —Senorita Evan gelina Cossiony Cisneros, heroine of the sensational adventure with the Spanish governor of the island of Pinee, for whose pardon many an American woman cf note pleaded, has escaped from the Casa de Reco gides, where she has been confined for scveral months on a charge of conspiracy against the crown of Spain and an attempt upon the life of Governor Berez, governor of the Isle of Pines. According to tha statemens of the jailers of attendants, the girl made her escape some time Wednesday night. At yesterday morning’s roll caN ske was missing, and when search was made for her the attend- ants found that one of the iron bars of the rocm in which she had been confined had been filed and bent outward. The bars cou!d not have been moved except by a great out- lay of strength, and all the cireum- stances go to prove the co operation of outsiders in ker escape. The authorities bave not yet se- cured any clue to the whereabouts of Senorita Kvangelina. Several of the employees of the establishment have been arrested. Wreck of the Steamboat Arabia. Liberty, Mc., October 8 —Three months ago Jobn Ely, G. C. Henson, Peter McCluraand other citizens of Holt started to work to find the old steamboat Arabia, that eunk in the Miseouri river across from Parkville in 1858. A telephone message was received at Holt yesterday that the} boat had been found. Before be- ginning werk the men learre] at} St. Louis what the boat's cargo con- sisted of, 185 barrels of whisky being part of it. river left where the boat sunk many years ago, acd the distance down is about 30 feet. Bankers Under Arrest Ashville, N C, Oct. 8.—William land, cashier and J. C. Dickinson, a director of the defunct First Nation- al bank of Ashville, were arrested here this morning on indictments from the United States court in ses sion at Greensboro, churging them with embezzlement and conspiracy. | Thirty thousand dollars bail was re- | quired in each case. | National Bank Examiner Maxey has made some startling discoveries. one of these, it is alleged, revealing | the fact that $250,000 of “accommo dation notes” signed by insolvent pereons and filled out by officials and jfome forged papers are in the baok. The main channel of the! through the sand tothe old vessel! E. Breeze, president; W. H = Phen-! INO RAUN FOR EIGHT WEEKS. Big Surplus Expected From Dol- Jar Wheat Wiped Gut Seare- ity of Water General Over the West —Hard on Cattle Two mcn'hs of almost unbroken drought have cbavged the rejoicing of Westerao farmers to mourning. Scarcity of water will in afew days ticipated from ‘dollar wheat” and the corn crop. The drought is gen- kansas, but in all of the Central and Northern States, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Min- nesota and the Dakotas. Wells, ponds, creeks and other sources of water supply have failed entirely, the first time in many years. Farm- ers generally are forced to drive their stock from threa to ten miles for water. In named the total rainfall during the past eight weeks will average less than half aa inch. WATER FAMINE IN KANSAS. Fort Scott, Kav., October § —In Southeastern Kansas the drought that bas continued unbroken for over two months is the worst that is remembered by the oldest inbabi tants. In Cherokee, Crawford and Montgomery couvties not balf an inch of rain has fallen in three months At Galena, Baxter Springs and Columbus the dust is so deep perceptibly affected by it. For « ponds have been dry and the stock feeders and farmers generally have been compelled to drive their stock to the rivers for water. With a large per cent of them this means a drive each day of from three to ten miles The pastures are burned up and most of the stock is being fed Vegetation of all kinds is blighted and the trees have been prematurely in this county the drought did not set in until after the corn and other greia crops had largely matured, but Cherokee and Crawford counties were less favored county the corn was burned early in the tassle Owing to the scarcity of water on an overland traveler to get water for himself and his stock. Nearly every farm gate beara a sign reading, “No Water Here.” that nc plowing bas been done and than for many years, wil be creatly reduced. DROUGHT DAMAGE IN MISSOURI. | Clinton, Mo. Oct S—The last general rain of any consequence 10 this section was during the first jweek in July. Pastures are dry and crisp. Eariy in September trees pre- sented the appearance of having been visited by a killing frost, leaves | off. | The scarcity of stock water i jeausing fermers severe inconveni ‘ence. Within a radius of six or |seven miles from this place farmers jdaily baul water from Clinton's | these are crowded with teams haul jing wagons of barrels and awaiting |their turn. Dust in the country is | stifling. The drought has sericusly afi-eted 'the apple crop and ruined the late peaches. The potato and turaip crop is considered neatly ao extire failure KENTUCKY'S TOBACCO CROP INJURED. Frankfort, Ky , Cet. S —Commis- sioner of Agriculture Moore, in his ) monthly report, says that the tobac- | }eo erop has been cut short 16 per ;cent as a result of the drought in pce The corn crop is also have wiped out the big curplus an- | eral not only in Kansae, Missouri, | Iowa, Nebraska, Oklaboma and Ar. | most of the sections ! that, on 2 windy day, business 13 | month or more the stock | stripped of their leaves. Fortunately | Ia the former | the farms it is almost impossible for | The condition of the soil is such | the acreage of winter wheat, which | would have otherwise been larger | | drying and shrivel ng up and fallirg ving si lis. At every b H 2 a cut | posed she has eloped with Charles! | The drought throughout this sec ion of Arkanses and all the eastern por tion of the Indian Territory still continues und the cituation is daily | |growing more alarming Io many | neighborhoods throughout the Cher | i okee ccuntry deetructive prairie tires | have been raging ever since Monday |The damage bas been very great Thousands upon thousands of tons of prairie bay owned by stockmen tbat bad been stacked out in the around have been destroyed and as a consequence some cf the big feed ers have to sell their cattle or be forced to buy feed WITHOUT PARALLEL Springfield, Il], Octcb-r 8 —The | drought is without parallel for this part of the country It began Au gust 22,tho data of the last beavy rainfall, aud covtinued with little abatement until the prezeat time, a period of forty cix days IN ILLINOIS. DROUGHT NOTICED BY BRADSTKEET'S New York, Ost 8 —Bradstreet’s to morrow, October 9, wiil say: “Distribution of general mercban diss in the Central West and North | west is further ehecked. owing to : the prolonged drought in Kentucky. | INincia, Kans, Missouri, Nebraska, | Towa, Minnesota and the Dakotas | Telegraphic advices to Bradstre-t’s | report ssrious damage in Kansas and | parts of Nebraska and Iowa, where | early planted wheat is budding out; ) that planted later is not likely to (sprout. Fa'l plowiog is now impos ‘sible, six weeks without rain having | dried up pastures and compelled | farmers to feed stcck.” HOT WINDS IN SOUTHERN KANSAS Great Bend, Kan, Oct. S—A |beavy wind from this section of | ' Kansas to-day, drying all vegetation {aud whirling the dust io clouds | This bas heen an extremely bard | day on wheat, and some fields will ‘have to be resown. Wheat which ‘bas lain in the ground for the past ten days is still in good ehape and with proper weather from this on will come out all right. However, that which was sown immediately before and after the last rain has sprouted and is reeding moisture | badly. TENNESSEE CROPS BURNED UP. Chattanooga, Tenv., Oct. 8.—Th- drought in this section is unprece dented. Late crops have been liter- ally burned up, ordinarily large | streams of water have gore dry The Tennessee river at this point, ordisarily at a good boating stage at this season, stows a depth cf only 0 5 of a foot. PARTIALLY BROKEN IN INDIANA La Grange. Ind. Oct, 8.—The drought, which is without precedent |in Northern Indiana, hes been par- tially broken bya ligbt rain. The fire in the Tamarack swamp bas increas, but the farmers are now 8o organized that they anticipate no | great damage, unless the wind sud denly changee. Great fires are burn jing in the marshes near Rochester. Ind. Elop:ment at Garland. Fort Scott, Kan. Oct. 8.—The parents of Miss Annie Hall, a 19 year old girlof Garland, Kan, to day made the discovery that she rau! away over a week ago and it is sup | Clary, son-inlaw of Miller cf Garland, who has also dis | appearcd She started to this city | to visit last week acd was thought) to be here until to-day. home, ostensibly to look for a bus: ness location. two children and bas been a promi nent young business ran of the town. Miss Acna Hall visited in Butler | at one time and is known to qui'ea pumber of ovr people. open prairie without being plowed | y one be em] The the union scale zed the union. Will Spend $25,000 for New Books. Kaysas City, Mo... Oct. the board of cation decided to double > nu on the library shelves spr this it will make use of the $25,000 gift of George Sheidley, w h will be de- rely to this purpose, and the on of books will begin i has of be ore mmedi- Horseshoers in Convention. Sr. Lovis, Oct. i2.—One hundr forty-one cities east of the Mi river and the 22 west were rep at the sixth annual convention of the National Horseshoers’ Protective ciation, which met here to- Ziegenhein made come. Was Once Gen, Hancock's Clerk. LEAVENWORTH, n., Oct. Charles Peaper, -known banker and leading citizen, died morning after two years’ He was born in Holland He came here before the ¢ chief clerk for Gen. Hancoe later town treasurer. asso- Mayor an address of wel- 12.— Didn't Know It Was Loaded. Vinita, I. T., Oct. 12.—The two sons of James HU. Aiken, an attorney of this city, were fp in bed with a small pistol wt » elder, named Strange, aged 15, shot the younger through the head, causing his death a few minutes later. The apon thought to be empty. was Ward at Last on Trial. Memputs, Tenn., Oct. 12.—After a delay of more than 18 months, A. K. Ward, who is under 96 indictments for forgery and embez he secured $ this mornin ement, from which 5,000, was placed on trial in the criminal court. Missouri Towns to Have Bike Races. Ricu Hitt, Mo., Oct. 12.—A_ bieyele racing cireuit has been arranged for +h Hill, Clinton and Joplin. Joplin’s date is October 18; Clinton, October 19, and Rich Hill, October Edward Goldberg. of Wichita, Kan., has been appointed by the president as agent for the Indians of the Quapaw agency in the Indian territory. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Live Stock. City. Oct. 12—€ 1.0%: market s' ressed beef s' ttle—Receipte, to lower: 70Z3.8): weste and feeders, #255@4.40 Kansas Crry, 700 cars; a yea 7.00; choice doz ZHe pF per bu No 1, Se per bas! rb Clary left) ; He kas a wife snd = - HEB Deceme Todo} ) yards by four members of the gu The gallant eaptain fol- i behind and prodded the almost le soldier with his sword, blood at every thrust. A deep | furrow marked by blood was left where ; Hammond's body had been dragged. ; The enlisted men who witnessed the | bs rity were in a state bordering on and dispersed only when told r oned officers that Hammond would have a fair showing. CLEMENS CRITICISES LEEDY. The Death Penalty Declared Unpopulistic— The Call Pardon Held Responsible. Torexa, Kan., Oct. 1 G. C. Clemens as prepared an interview in which he attacks Gov. Leedy’s statement that he believes in judicial hangings. He says the doctrine is contrary to populist principles and that a candidate for governor who would make such a statement could not be elected. governor, he says, is bloodthirsty and he attributes this to the blunder made in the pardon of Homer A. Call. The last governor who spoke orably of judicial hangings was George T. An- thony low EVIDENCE ALL IN. in the Luetgert Murder Case Un- expectedly Offers No Surrebuttal. CHIcaco, Oct, 12.—When the Luet- gert trial was resumed yseterday wit- nesses which the defense had called in surrebuttal failed to respond when their names were called, and finally ex-Judge Vincent announced to the court that the case of the defense was all in. After a brief consultation by the counsel in the case it was agreed to begin arguments to the jury this afternoon. The case will go to the jury probably next Saturday night. BIG STRIKE IN ENGLAND. Four Hundred Thousand Men Called Out Aid the Ship Engineers. Lonpox, Oct. 12.--The secretary of the federated trades, comprising 30 important industries, announces that executive committee has deti- lecided to call out all its mem- bers insympathy with the struggle of the ship engineers against their em- ployers on Friday next, when it is es- timated that a total of 400,000 men will be out of work on account of the great labor dispute. FITZ IS OUT FOR GOOD. The Pugilist Declares He Will Never Again Enter the Ring. CINCINNATI, Oct. 12.—Bob Fitzsim- mons, who is with his theatrical com- pany here, said: ‘‘No possible induceé- ment could make me reconsider my de- termination to leave the ring forever. I will not give up the championship until it is won by some one of the pres- ent heavyweight aspirants and in a fight to the finish. I have no favorite. Peter Maher isa good fighter anda hard man to beat.” A Dangerous Raised Bill Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 12.—The eir- cus and last week's festivities have had result that always happens on ions. The town is flooded with counterfeit money. both coin and currency. The most dangerous bill left behind by th tors is a $2 treas- ury note raised to $10. The work upon it is good enough to deceive almost anyone not accustomed to handling large sums of money one like oe A Fatal Blast. St. Lovis, Oct. 12.—Peter Yogge, a miner at Turkey Hill, near Belleville, was instantly killed by falling coal. He fixed the shot in his room and then, after igniting the fuse, went outside. The shot did not explode at once and thinking the fuse might have gone | out, he returned torelightit. Just as | he-entered the room the blast went off, ; and the unfortunate man was buried | under a mass of falling coal and slate. Gaynor May Supplant Van Wyck. New York. Oct. 12.—Richard Croker | bas held a conference at Great Bar- Mass.. with Judge William be a readjustment of city ticket with Judge | Gaynor’s name in the place of that of Robert A. Van Wyck as the candidate of the party for may | . | | the democrat Killed by Lightning at Charch. ‘. C., Oct. 12.—Last night, as E. . untman, with his wife, ove up tot n Ridge chureh near attend a ijnaker meeting, a tning struek atree and so nan hour. Cattle Poisoned by Sorgham. Arcuisox, Kan, Oct. 12.—Ninety vlooded cattle on Hackerett & Fifield's ranch, near Alton, Kan., got into a feld of volunteer growth sor- | ghum sugar cane and 40 head died in a | few hours. The- ee ens