Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 25, 1895, Page 5

BURDEN OF CUILT T00 HEAVY| pezsler Surrenders Himself to the Lincoln Police. Ohicago Bar HIS CONSCIENCE HURT HIM VERY MUCH Charlex I 1 . Van Inwegen Confesnes to & Stolen Forty-Five Dollars pm Mis Employer and Get- ting on a Glorious Drunk. LINCOLN startling case of conscienc in Lincoln m Melick received the f rery July 248 cial.)—Quite broke out Chiet of letter, his morning llowling writte on hotel stat “LINCOLN, Neb, Police, Lincoln, Neb. left 8 Fifth avenue, Chicago, 111, (where ! was employed by one James McKinney), la Wednesday night with $45 which did not b long to him. Remorse over my actiems prompts me to write u that T am willing to &lve myself up and return for trial without delay. 1 am rooming at 932 P street and will surrender at any time. 1 am, yours very respectfully “CITARLES L. July 1595, Daar Sir Chief of The writer VANINWEGEN om Is next to 21, at end of hall.” f lost no time in locating Van and soon had him down to the sta he told his He sald he was a b for McKinney, who runs a printing office. The establishment was moved across the street last Wednosday. Nearly all drinking and he, himself, be came considerably under the influence of liquor along with the rest. While In a state of Intoxication he took $15 which was In the vault and left Chicago that evening. He stopped awhile In Council Bluffs, going from to Fremont, and when he sobered up und himself in Lincoln. The money was all gone. Chief Melick wired McKinney at Chicago and recelved instructions to hold VanInwegen and communicate with the Chi- cago chief of police, which he did ARRESTED AN IOWA WOMAN. A remarkably comely woman of apparently 22 years of age Is Mrs. Ida May Shafer, and she Is now in custody at the police station awalting the arrival of a sheriff trom Pacific Junctlon, Ia., the charge against her being adultery. One week ago today a constable from Glenwood, la., was here on the same errand, but failed {n his mission and went home. This morning Officer Sipe discovered her In a boarding house and escorted her to the station, from whence the lowa officials were wired. It s evident that she is arrested at the instance of her husband. She says however, that she left her husband ‘three months ago at Glenwood, and at that time he was in Jail for selling liquor without a license. His name, she says, is John Shafer. She denfed that she had come away with any man but somewhat confidentialiy remarked that a “friend” had come on to Lincoln ahead of her, and when she had ariived she secured a room at his boarding house. She expressed confidence that her husband could not prove adultery. because, as she explained, each of them liad « separate room. The name of tho friend she declined to give. Two months ago, she said, she came to Lincoln and be suit for divorce. This Is true, as shown by the records of the district court. The papers on file show that she was married to John F. Shafer at Hastings, Neb., November 29, 1893 At the end of a month he drove her from home, as related in the affidavit, and com- pelled her to seek the protection of tho sher- iff. Since then he has continued his abus at inte She asks, also, to be restored to her maiden name of Ida May Wilkins. John F. Shafer i the son of a wealthy prop- erty owner at Plattsmouth. A young man named McElwaln from that city has be seen escorting Mrs. Shafer around the city during the past two or three days, but it is understood he is not the “friend" referred to. She says her parents live at Shellon, Neb. and that she hdd come from that town about ten days ago to look after her divorce suit She s very self-possessed and not at all alarmed over the probable outcome of her ar- Test. “My r The cf Inwegen tion, wher st the boys wer RELICS OF A LAND BOOM. Nell Griffin flled an interesting deposition in the district court today in the case of the West Side Improvements company vs F. W. Brown. The latter was one of the subscribers to the capital stock of the as- soclation, which is the one that built the Western Normal college. He declines to pay the balance of his assessments because the company failed to carry out its agreements Griffin is a farmer of Barneston. In his deposition he swears that he was brought to Lincoln by Prof. Croan and one Kinsley in the fall of 1881 to help them work their scheme of locating the college here. He say he was induced to give it out that T Moines had made Croan splendid offers to locate in that city. Because of Lincoln's superlor railroad facilities they preferred to remain in Lincoln. He swears that Croan and Kinsley put down as subseriptions large sums of money, Croan's being $5,000 or $10, 000, the idea being to convey to those for whom they were fishing that they were put ting into_the enterprise their bottom dollars As a matter cf fact, they, ze crding to Griff'n did not pay anything and never intended to do so. Agaln he deposes that another scheme, successfully worked, was for the stock agent to represent that, under no circumstances, would subscribers ever be called upon to pay more than 15 per cent of thelr assessments. It was also to be claimed that a number of prominent ‘“giltedged™ people of Lincoln had agreed to take stock It was represented that the capital stock should not be over $100,000 and that the land was worth twice that sum. Griffin swears that he himseif headed one list with $5000 subscription, the arrangement being that he should never be called upon to pay it. OMAHA PEOPLE IN LINCOLN. At the Lindell—S. Fleming. At the Windsor —J. W. Burns, E. W. Arthur. At the Lincoln —R. L. Metcalte, C. W. Caulficld, J Greene, E. P. Simeral. GOSSIP FROM THE STATE HOUSE. Dr. J. T. Steele € nmissioned as Au- sistant Physl at Hustings, LINCOL July 24.—(Special.)—This aft ernoon Governor Holcomb afixed his signa- ture to the commission of Dr. J. T. Steele, to be assistant superintendent of the Hastings Asylum for Incurables. The appointment will date from August 10. Dr. Steele, who succeeds Dr. Kern, was born in Boston, Mass., In 1852, and has resided in Ne- braska about twelve years. For a number of years he has been a resident of Hastings, and Is well acquainted with the present off cials of the hospital. The doctor says they are now preparing to open an addition to the sylum which will accommodate about 100 1nore patients. Congressman n Kem, ex-Congressman Me Keighan and Fish Commissioner May were callers today on Governor Holcomb. Con- gressman Kew bas just returnel from a month's visit on business to the southern portion of Colorado. He aid not find an op- portunity to accompany the hraska congressional delegation to er to look over the Indian trou- bles in Thurston county, although he expressel himself heartily in sympathy with the objects of the expedition. Commissioner May sald_that he was preparing to make an elaborate display of fish at the state fair next September. Aside from the exhibit of the state he has Interested a number of private pond owners, who will join with him and demonstrate that the fish culture of the state is not confined to the state's ponds in Sarpy county, A petition to Governor Holeomb for the pardon of William Pike has come down from Omaha. Three years ago Pike was sent to the penitentiary by Juige Davis in Douglas county for ten years for chicken stealing The offense was aggravated, however, by the fact that P'ke had once before been in state's prison and had been pardoned out Attorney Var Dusen today brought down the aMdavit of the prosecuting attorney in the case and a number of witnesses for the state, who also join in the petition. The governor has the matter under consideration. Attorney General Churchill is at work upon an opinion which Is to be submitted to the governor concorning the powers and duties of the latter in connection with the various state institutions. It is expected that the opinlon will bs qui elaborate. The docu ment may be ready for publication shortly State Treasurer Bartl went to Omaha this evening and Land Commissioner Russell to Grand Island Pen Menaced by Hussian Th NORTH PLATTE, Neb., July 24.—(Special.) ®=Ope farmer recently walked into the land THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: :"MITURSDAY, ofice at this place and voluntarity relin- quished his n oa timb claim connty, His reason for so dolng was that the tand was not he cost of ,yf-»yyv”‘ nthwest L rong start find themaselves severely taxed requirer of the law, as in tled portions of the county wiere ry tenth g occupied tricts, are land _all owned by ronre ars find t absolut with GIRLS DROWNED IN THE PLATT Thetr Lives While ing Year Columbus. COLUMBUS, Neh., July 24.—(Speelal 1 ram.)—Lizzle, aged 13, daughter ot Charles Kiaus of Columbus; May, aged 11, and Hulda aged 7, daughters of Gotulcib Klans, who live near the Platte bridge thres miles south of town, went bathing in the Platte river about ok this evening and were drowned The bodles of Lizzie and Hulda were ored by M. Welch and R. Lisco about mile below place where they drowned. May's body was taken out by Lisco | ana awk abont two miles below. A fourth member of the party, a Klaus girl of 15, was carried half a mile by the current | ana escaped on a sandbar and gave the | alarm. Three 1 Dath 1 recov a half were % Are Genern July 24.—(Special.)--Two days of fine rain has fallen here. Corn doing nicely. Nothing but a ha hurt_the corn nc AUBURN, Neb, erday’s rain refre FREMONT, July 1 n this immediate vieinity fously for rain Some of the beets show effects of dry weather. Corn is ta; and tho ears just beginning to form | With plenty of rain within a few days the corn crop will be a big one. The northern part of the county has had rain last week and reports all crops in good shape, though rain would be beneficial. NEBRASKA CITY, July stalk of corn measuring thirteen feot six inches in height was brought into the city yesterday. It is said the fleld will yield 100 pushels per acre. PIERCE, Neb., July 24.—(Special.)—While other counties are boasting of their enormous crops it might be well for Plerce county to give a few samples. William Korth has a 1d of oats near town that will yleld over 100 bushels to the acre. Matt F erton, a farmer living east of Plerce, has a large fleld of oats tnat will average about the same. The heads of the oats are from twenty-three to thirty inches in length, and contain from 200 to 260 grains each. Some barley that has en threshed gave 117 bushels to the acre. Pierce county will be right in the swim at the state fair RANDOLPH, Neb., July 2 (Special Tele- gram.)—Threshing of barley has begun here and some heavy yields were reported today. August Gerlains, living four miles south west, threshed out a quantity that averaged sixty-one and a half bushels per acre, ma- chine measure. He measured the ground and is accurate. Two_other neighbors of his raised fifty-one and a half and fifty bushels machine measure, respectively. One oth yield was sixty bushels. The acreage is not large, but the yield shows what can be pro duced in good y Oats and wheat har vests now in full swing and grain will all b saved. Good 1t TRENTON, Neb,, July 24, hed all prods (Special.) are look (Special.) IR Farmers ng anx th ng ou are 24.—(Special )—A His Wife. July 24.—(Special)—About two months ago Joseph Ruen, a German farm hand living near North Bend, was married to Josephine Simerka, a Bohemian girl of the same neighborhood, Joseph being at that time under arrest on a charge of bastardy preferred by Josephine. After living with his wife a few days Joseph skipped out, taking with him what little money his wife' had saved from her wages as a sevvant girl, and has not been seen or heard of since. Mrs. Ruen has no relatives or acqualntances in this vicinity and was taken to the county poor farm yesterday. Matters took a new turn in the Backer fail- ure yesterday. Backer undertook to get pos- sossion of the stock which was held by Krohn, who bought it on a mortgage sale claiming that Krohn was to hold it for him As soon as it was known what Backer was doing A. Zlotke and Max Rosenthal, creditors of Backer, swore out attachments, and_the stock is now in the possession of Deputy Sher- it Noe. Bu FREMONT, with 1l NEBRASKA CITY, July 24.—(Spectal)— Charley Rollins, colored runner for Hotel Watson, narrowly e ped being burned to death last night. In lighting a gasoline stove the ofl ran down and caught fire, causing a big bla In extinguishing the fire his clothes canght and before the flames could be put out he was badly burned. He will recover. Garrow Bros. commission brought suit against the recover $600 and interest which they claim belongs to the firm and which the bank refuses to turn over. The money is claimed to have been deposited by plaintiffs to be drawn by F. R. Finney of Union, Neb., in payment for hogs which he was to buy for rrow Bros. So far he has failed to buy any hogs and the bank refuses to give up the money, so plaintiffs clain e. merchants, have Farmers bank to Musical Event at Auburn, AUBURN, Neb., July 24.—(Special.) day evening at the Presbyterian church a class chorus of fifty voices was organized under the direction of Prof. William Apina- doe of Chicago, organizer and secretary of the World's Fair International Welsh Eis- teddfod. He is the guest of John E. Thomas Prof. Apinadoc is pronounced a master in music and the class chorus is a great success The work the chorus goes through in theory and reading of music has created much inter- est in musical circles. The Teachers' institute is in high school with every plishing good work. Prof. Apinadoe, Mrs Mrs. Fellows, Kan., Friday, concerts. ~Mon- ession at the prospect of accom- Thomas, soprano, and ompanist, go to Hiawatha, and Stella, July 30, to hold Demine Mrw, James Kerr. AURORA, Neb., July 24.—(Special.)—Mrs. Kerr, wife of James Kerr, an old resident of this county, died at Grand Island Friday, aged 66, of cholera morbus, The Hamilton county Teachers' institute is in session today and promises to be largely attended. Nearly all the teachers in the connty are present The new court house is receiving its fin- ishing touches. Its exterior is as neat as eny county bullding in Nebraska. The in- terfor arrangement is almost perfection. It cost $60,000. Wedded at Arlington ARLINGTON, Neb, July 24.—(Special)— At 10 o'clock today Miss Jessie, the daughter of John Fink, and Major Ormsby, son of Colonel L. M. Ormsby of Casper, Wyo., were married, the ceremony being performed at the residence of the bride’s parents by the county judge. The wedding was performed in the presence of the immediate relatives of the contracting parties only. Colonel Ormsby and son are extensive sheep raisers in the Big Horn mountains ¥ YORK, ram.)—The Ralph h Woodruff Bound Over, N July 24.—(Special Tele- preliminary examination of Woodruff, ~charged with hay- ing fllicit intercourse With & young girl of this place, was held today and Woodruft bound over. The hearing of Charles E. Mathews, under arrest on a similar charge, will be held Saturday. Lincoln County Popul NORTH PLATTE, Neb., July 24.—(Special.) The populists have ealled their Lincoln county convention to be held in this city Au- gust 24. The call for the populist judiclal convention of the Thirteenth district has been issued for September 10, at Sidney. Re- publicans have issued no convention calls as yet Found Dead in Bed. AURORA, July 24— (Special.) — John Klimpe, a bachelor, 46 years old, was found dend in his bed yesterday noon in this city. Heart disease is said to be the cause. He has three brothers in the county, old settlers here, and prosperous farmers. The de- ceased had resided here eight years. Seribuer Team Active. SCRIBNER, Neb., July 24.—(Speclal)- Next Monday Scribner's team will play two games of ball, one with Lyons, in the morn ing, and the other with Ashlind, in the afternoon. These are return games, and will ‘b. hotly contested. in this il storm can | | railroad has | and made it e WESTERN MILITARY CHANG Eb | } Fort Meade and Much of that Territory | Transferred to Department of the Platte. WILL FACILITATE MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS WASHINGTON, July 24.—(Spe Tele gram.)—The secretary of war toduy issued an order increasing the boundaries of the De: partment of the Platta. All that portion of the state of South Dakota lying between the fourth and forty-fifth parallels north e and west of the Missouri river is taken from the control of the Department of Dakota, with headquarters at St. Paul, and attached to the Department of the Platte with headquarters at Omaha. By provisions of the secretary’s order General Copping will assume command of the territory and troops serving therein This question of extending the limits the Department of the Platte has been r | ing the attention of Secretary Lamont ever sinco he retwrned from his western tour of in spection. The first and principal reason for this action was that it 10 be mor venient supply military forces in this newly ached scction from Omaha than from Paul. The ently built Elkhe greatly simplified transportation r to communicate with the Hills country from Omaha than for- merly. As long as that section was attached to the Department of Dakota it was nec sary to send to St. Paul all official mail, the destination of which was Washington. This was considered a very indirect way of trans porting mail, and often caused serious and vexatious delays. Now that it has been at tached to the Department of the Platte all official mail for Washington will go through Omaha instead of St. Paul OBJECT OF THE PLAN. In the language of an official of the adju- tant general's office the Department of the Platte was extended “in order to simplify military_control and administration.” Fort Meade s the only army post now in that section of South Dakota which has been ded. Fort Meade is headquarters for the ith cavalry. The following troops of the Eighth are there: B, D, E, F, G, H, I and K Fort Meade !s in command of Colonel Carlion who recently had a misunderstanding with Lientenant General Schofield and was tempo rarily relieved from command The forty-fifth parallel passes th center of the state of South Dakota. It touches Faulkton, S. D., and St. Paul. Al south of this parailel and west of the Missouri river has been added to the Department of the Platte. It is said that during his visit to Omaha and other posts in the Dopartment of the Platte, Secretary of War Lamont was mpressed with the advisability of makin this change, and thought it would be advar tageous to the army service, and hence took action as stated above soon after his return 8¢ for latity ely wo con at re n Black ugh the MORTON MAKES A NEW DEPARTURE Ansistant Devise Compiling th HINGTON, July 24. ew departure been made in the publication work of the Agricultural department. Hereafter it will call on specialists ‘in certain lines of agricultural work, though not connected with the office, to make investigations of im- portance to agricultural interests and to pre- pare brief papers or articles embracing the results of the work. These will be paid for at rates which the department regaris as reasonable, the funds being provided for in the congressional appropriations. Many per- sons well known here and abroad will asked to contribute. The new scheme originated with Assistant Secretary Dabney and it is stated has never before been adopted by any branch of the government. Its object is to do away with tfe publishing of labored articles of unusual length, couched in_technical scientific language and of little interest or importance. The plan is o be carried out in all branches of the service, though many of the publications will be written by experts in the employ of the de- partment. Messrs. R. B. Handy and John Hyde, jr., have been detailed to assist the editorial division in supervising the work. Concerning the change in the method, As- sistant Secretary Dabney sald today: “There are printed from year to year a larger num- ber of coples of the superintendent’s annual report than any other book printed in the English language, with the single exception of the bible. Hitherto, however, the annual volume has been a collection or divisional re- ports, in which at one time or another lists of clerks, estimates of expe the dis- paragement of the work of other depart- ments, the exploitation of new varieties of agricultural products subsequently found to be of little or no value and more or less matter of a highly technical character has been intermixed with whatever was of real practical interest and value to the agricul turlst. All this Is now changed. “Work has already begun on book for 1895 and it is the int troduce into it further new Farmers' bulletins will hereafter be issued every two weeks and it will be the endeavor | to make them interesting and instructive and of as practical a character as possible. Among those now iu course of preparation are bulle- tins on sheep feeding, poultry feeding, potato culture, silos and silage, frosts and freezing, the culture and diseases of the peach and alfalfa. Hix « W has the year jon to in- features OF HORS S CARRIAGES, Result of o Practi Test WASHIN W. Chancellor, United States consul at Havre, has made a re- port to the secretary of state on the subject of horseless carriages, in which he tells of the recent competition in France between carriages of various kinds of motors other than horses. The course prescribed was from Paris to Bordeayx, a distance of 358 miles and back, any vehicle which consumed more than 100 hours on the road to be disqualified. wero offered, the principal one amount- 40,000 Tranecs for four-seated carriages. The best time was made by a four-seated and a two-seated vehicle, both propelled by gasoline, They covered the distance in twenty-four hours and fifty-three minutes, making about fifteen miles per hour. This record, Mr. Chancellor says, is considered very creditable in view of the necessity of climbing long lines of hills. These hills ap- pear to have proved too much for the elee- tricity propelled carriages, only one of which got through. The electric carriages lost time by being compelled to stop frequently to re- new their dynamic charges, as did the steam propellors by stopping for fuel and water, while the petroleum machinas carried suffi- clent fuel for a twenty-four-hour run. Mr. Chancellor says the ordinary feeder is used for short distances in the pétroleum carriages, containing less than four quarts of oil, and this is sufficient for a journey of twenty miles. He also wentions a petroleum cycle which entered this race and held its own with the larger vehicles, and says that the time will soon arrive when gasoline will come into general use for propelling bicycles, tricycles and even four-wheelers. Altogether he concludes that petroleum is destined to become the popular agent of the future for conveyance without horses in the streets of ereat cities and on smooth country roads. NO WARSHIPS YET SENT TO COLON. No Vessel Now Near the S Trou WASHINGTON, July 24.—OfMcials of the Panama Railroad company at New York have forwarded to the State department a letter concerning the labor troubles on the isthmus, stating that the railrosd is ob- structel and calling for help. At noon today Secretary Herbert had not ordered a warship to either Panama Colon to protect the Panama railroad prop- erty. He would say nothing as to his inten- tions, however, and from the {fact that Acting Secretary of State Adee was agaln in consultation with him it is expected | that some naval force will soon be dispatched | to the scone of the trouble. The dificult probably arises from the lack of a warship | at a convenlently near place. In view of the peculiar nature of the restriction of the e of the or | compel th » v | to merely | clded JULY 25, 1895. of to the 1t 18 operation structions sent to |'r||nv‘ has the rigtt | tion on the raite the Pamma railrond, the the naval commanier who tsthihus ‘must b guardedly af that the United States walntain free communica- vad it nt that Colom- | bia fails to carry her obligation to keep {1t open, and If thete'is any forcible obstruc. ‘v on to traffic our paval forces will loub edly remove it. But rther than doing this and incidentally pro e property of | the rafiroad from ¢ v damage, the \diers cannot do. , The @ no power to ikers to pperate the road RICH MINERAL LANDS OF rogress Made § | [ Suevey | the Conarensic | mmission. WASHINGTON, July 24.—The June r of the twelve mineral commissi d by act of the las cortain the character of the in Montana and Idab b the Interior department. Th are divided four parties are in Montana e i | they have been able on ab )00 acres ou 10,000,000 submitted for t Commissioner Lamoreatx office computes that it ride over ports appoint cong public ng lands ved at missl Thr Idah ar ners par report Al of adjudication general land five yea e territory. examining ir the would ta this immen en if they made no stop for character of the land The appropriation for to $20,000, and the about $4,000. So far a the land examined has b agricultural The procedurs ohserved the character of the ners first file with the register of the al land office a menthiy abstract of their findings, stating® the character of each forty acres examined. Th advertises this report in the local s for Qays, At the end of that he reports to th general land office all cases in which bjection has been made to the commi sion’s finding, which then: becomes absolute and cannot be altered by any subsequent proceedings unless fraud should be st Whenever anyone conte the commission the case local land office and adjud the decision is unsatisfactory had to the dspartment INDIANA MAN ev th this nthly work is limited Xpenses ar fitth of all rtified to be s the same, what ev land. The com mis pape time by the it, and it appeal may bs THE n s PLACE, James W. Fr. Unel Sn New WASHI 'ON, July eral Harmon has announe: to appoint as penitentiary Mr. James W, el Wi w nitentine Attorney «d that he has de- warden of the United at Fort Leavenworth French of Indiana Mr. French was formerly for years warden the Michigan City, Iad., pel but w ently legislated out of the office. He i sald to be eflicient and progressive, and is known as a prison reformer. Mr French will soon be call to Washington when the question of the appointment of other officials and employes will ba discus Mr. Harmon has had an extensive corre spondence with the best known prison officials throughout the country with a view to getting suggestions as to administrativ reforms and it is his purpose to make the first United States penitentiary, the model for all other penal institutions of the country Ne WASHINC gram.)—The riial at Wi Point, N. Y., is dissolved and another genera court martial appointed to meet there Frid: July 26, detail for whic follow Walter L. Fisk, Gorps, engineers Nathan S. Jarvis, medical departn Lieutenant Charles McQuiston, v & try; Second Licutenant Hiram McL. Powell, Siecond fufantry; Second Licutenant William P. Jackson, Twenty-fourth infantry; i Licutenant James P. Jervey, corps enginasrs; Additional Second | Lieutenant George I, Powell, corps engineera; Additional Second Lieutenant Merriweather L. Walker, corps en- gineers; Additional Second Lieutenant Rob- ert P. Johnson, corps enginee Additional Second Licutenant Robert R. Raymond, corps engineers; Additional Seaond Licutenant Wil- liam B. Ladue, corps engineers; Additional Second Lieutenant William J. Dirdem. corps engineel econd Liewtenant Jaunu B. anaugh, corps engineers, j.dge advoeats, Leaves of absence granted to Captain ward J. McClarnard, Second cavalry, on month and fifteen days; Captain Calvin D. Cowles, Twenty-third infant four months Captain Richard E. Thompson, signal corps, one month's extended; Captain Philip Reade Third infantry, five days; First Lieutenant | Alexander S. Porter, assistant surgeon, two S, months' extended. States Kan., 1 July 24 eral court (Special L. gram. postmaster at Neb., vice A. T. Dorgan, resigned. A postoffice has been established at Wenata Davls county, Ta., with Amos R. Lightfoot as postmast he office at Newport, Yankton county, S. D., has bezen discontinued. Mail goes to Menno. Postmasters we follows: Nebraska—Da Presley M. Payton, Dike; nedy. lowa—Matthew M. THINKS THERE WILL BE NO STRIKE, appoin Lancaster county 1 today as 1, Amelia; ber, Ken commission, vid A. Claus: John ¥ VonSt of the Pittsbury Miners Will Help the Situntion. PITTSBURG, July 24.—The action of the convention of the coal miners of the Pitts- burg district yesterday will have an im- portant bearing on the condition of western diggers, according to President O'Connor of the Tllinois miners' organization. In an in- terview today he said “The action taken was the only one that will save the western commercial digge It means a restoration of the Columbus com- promise schedule with some improvements. If this had not been done the 35,000 miners in Tlinois would certainly have becn asked to accept a reduction. We are now receiving 72 1-2 cents for digging, the two prices belng summer and winter mining. The miners of Indiana are now out and the diggers in Ohlo are working at a low rate under protest. If the Pittsburg miners obtain the prices d manded, or If the strike cceurs, it will help us to maintain our present rates, stimulate the prices in Ohio and probably result in a settle- ment of the strike in Indiana. I don’t be- lieve there will be any strike in the Pitts- burg district, as there seems to be no doubt that operators will pay it rather than have their mines closed.” At noon today President Cairnes formally notified the Coal Operators' assocition of the action taken at yesterday's convention. R Boy Injured by u Horse. OSCEOLA, Neb., July 21.—(Special)—While the little 8-year-old boy of Amos Deland was herding his horses gast;of town this after noon he was kicked, in the right leg by a horse and the leg was broken. It was so cut by the horse’s hoaf that the doctors had to take three stitches i the wou Action This picture has no more to do with this ad. has to do with the quality of than the price the full size pianos we sell for $175. t eastern and while you It 1s a per Plano, made, can buy it at $15 down and $8 a month, it don't pay You own it so easy to rent one, $175. HOSPE, Jr. Is far | COLONISTS | Bad Plight of the Negroes Who Went from This Country to Mexico, MUST HAVE AID FROM SOME SOURCE | State De No Fu to Relieve turn Them * Wants or R Thelr Forme WAS been r SHINGTON ved from July the Bad has of American | negroes who went into Mexico some time ago and settled on a tract of land | A telegram eived at of this Consul Sparks the news colony near Llahualilo Department from Unite gras stating that in a deplorable ¢ emigrants went from the southern states of the United States, mostly from Ala- | | bama and the Car under most alluring | promises from the fortable homes in counts they fered gr arrival State morning States | negroes a a ndition m linas " emigration agents of com Mexico, but from all ac have been fll treated and suf 1t hardships from the time of their n that Consnl Sparks says the negroes for along the raflroad homes or food living ¢ to beans and branch water Th that do nothing toward t and he fears trouble, be starving. The railroads | rates to take them out ountry are miles without' friends, scattering relief, are ir cause the n offer to make lib of the country Later the consul reports that ived a telegram from Dr. L. H. Barry reon, Mex., dated July 23, to the eff that 153 of the negroes from the colony were there in a destitut dition, with fifteen cases of contaglous diseases among them. The Mexican police have prevented them from en tering the town. A letter on the subject has also been received at the State department from Representative Bankhead of Alabama, inquiring whether the government could as- sist In bringing back to their homes the members of this colony of colored ecitizens who are destitute and dissatisfied. The de- partment has tried in every way to afford re- in this case, but it is weil nigh power- less, and it is probable if the unfortunate ne groes are to be saved from starvation private aid must be extended to them immediately. The consul at Piedras Negras has besn in structed to render assistance which he can properly extend and to report a i- ous developments. Our charge at the city of Mexico has been informed also of the state of affairs as reported by the consul and in structed to inquire into the treatment of the colonists, The Department of State has no funds which can be applied to maintaining destitute Americans other than seamen in other countries or to provide for their trans. portation home, and has been cbliged to so inform the consul and all those persons who have made inquiries concerning colo nists he has re any these cho of n School Fight. BENNINGTON, Neb,, July 24.—(Special.) One month has elapsed since the school meet ing fight, but the result is still fresh in the minds of the defeated party. Timme seems to realize that his political situation in this part of the world Is that of a drowning man going down for the third time, and conse quently he is grabbing ai everything in sight, but without effect. He still continues to boycott the barber, and is being assisted by his “right hand bower J. Warner, who purchased a barber outfit and is assist ing with all his powers to get a barber to use it. These two gentlemen have succeeded in getting four barbers to come here, but for some unBnown reason are unable to get them to stay. The fourth one took the west bound train this morning. All this trouble is caused by Boyar, the barber, voting at the school meeting as hls conscience dictated. i b e alturists Bang Neb., July 24 summer meeting soclety, which session here the last two days, practically closed tonight, and the members were en | tertained by the business men at a banque: | at the Touzalin hotel, which was a very en- yable affair. 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