Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 26, 1895, Page 1

——— ESTABLISHED JUNI OMATIA, FRIDA MORNING, JULY 1895. 26, S[;\'(‘-LE cory FIVE CLEW TO ANOTHER VICTIM| | Mrs, Doyle Lets Drop a Remark Concerning | One of Holmes' Intimates. POLICE COMPEL HER TO STOP TALKING Resenrchen in the Cellar of Holmes' Chicago Housxe Revenl Another Quantity of Bones and P of Women's Drexs Good CHICAGO, touse yielded July 25.—The Holmes charnel new horrors today. Several more bones and a small plece of dress gools have been found there. The made when the search was Qiscovery was resumed in the basement of the Hclmes premises this morn- | ing. Before the police had been at work an hour two more human bones were found mouldering in the damp ea of the base. ment and with them a bit of discolored cloth, apparently a portion of a woman's dress. One of the bones found, a shoulder blad was appparentiy that of an adult, while the other, also a collar bone, was smaller and appeared to be that of a child. The police by the discovery today were confirmed in their belief that the skeletons being un- covered are those of the missing Mrs. Con- mer and her daughier, Pearl. Mrs, Pat Quinlan, wife of Holmes' Janitor, was found by the police today glven a severe cross examination. She been reported as missing but declared ghe had made no attempt to hide herself. What evidence she was able to give against Holmes the police refuse to say and Mrs. Quinlan had evidently been instructed by the detectivgs to maintain strict silence re- garding the case. The story that Quinlan’s 11-year-old daugh ter had been murdered by Holmes was dis- posed of today when a Mrs. Doyle called at police headquarters and declared that the girl was now with her father's parents nine miles from South Haven, Mich. Mrs, Doyle said that her mother owned the house in Toronto in which the bodies of the Pitzel children were found. Her apparent familiarity with the case was considered strange, but nothing regarding Holmes' record could be learned from her. The police after an extended Interview with Mrs. Doyle became certain that she would be a valuable witness. She disclaimed any particular knowledge of Holmes, but in an ungarded moment remarked that pictures of the Pitzel children, publis in the Chicago papers, were gocd ones. When her attention was called to the statement Mrs. Doyle hesitatingly acknowledged that shé had met Pitzel and knew the family slightly. All efforts to get her to talk freely were unavailing. LEARNED OF ANOTHER VICTIM. That the police regard Mrs. Doyle as an exceedingly important witness was evidenced by the care with which they guarded her while she submitted to a newspaper interview. 1t is evident that through her the police have learned of another of Holmes' alleged victims who had not heretofore been heard of. In talk- Ing to a reporter Mre. Doyle said that one of the prettiest of the women who ever came under Holmes' {nfluence is also missing. Her name was Miss Cigrand and she was orig- inally from Indiana, said Mrs. Doyle, and she was on the point of giving further information when the.police curtly ordered her to cease talking and ended the interview. Willlam L. Doyle, the woman's husband, who Is a mason and contractor, was found at his home not far from the Holmes' building in Sixty-third street. Doyle said that in the latter part of 1891 he rented the flat in the Holmes block that had been occupied by the missing Mrs. Connor and her daughter. He #ald that he and his wife thus became ac- quainted with Holmes and Minnie Willlams. Doyle said that Mrs. Connor's disappearance dated from 1891, instead of 1893, as has been reported. More proof was found today that Julia Con- nor is dead aud that she was made away with by Holmes. It was determined that she dis- appeared before June, 1892—an important fac- tor in the search for her. As late as Novem- ber, 1892, Holmes, as shown by letters which have been found, was writing her parents as to her whereabouts and stating that she had gone to St. Louis. But on June 5, 1892, he wrote to her brother-in-law, Ira Yantis, of 320 Wardrobe avenue, Waukesha, Wis., giv- ing him a fictitious address as to her where- abouts in St. Louls. Yantls wrote back to Holmes on June 9, and this letter was found yesterday. At that time Yantis had no sus- plcion that Holmes had made awsy with his sister-in-law, and supposed him to be her friend. His letter was written three weeks ex- and had was in going to establish a this city Miss Kate Durkee, who lives with her brother at 4320 Burdette street, was for- merly very intimate with the Wiimette wife of Holmes, who is now living in Chicago, and whose malden name was Belknap. Of late years Miss Durkee has visited the Holmes residence about once a year, the last occa- sion being in August, 189 At the time of these visits Holmes was living in a nice resi- dence In Wilmette, Some years ago he lived at Sixty-third and Wallace streets, where he ran a drug store, but was not in such good circumstances as he appearéd to be in late years. The latter place Miss Durkee says she never visited. Since the arrest of Holmes Miss has not heard from Mrs. Holmes. She s positive, however, that the present Mrs. Holmes is the Miss Belknap with whom she was 80 well acqualnted. She is certain that this woman has not the slightest knowledge of her husband’s crimes. TORONTO WANTS TO TRY | detective agency Durkee HOLMES, Ixtraditt re y Been TORONTO, July The verdict of the coroner’s jury in the case of the Pitzel chil- dren was laid before the attorney general to- day, and proceedings for the extradition of Holmes will be at once entered upon. Every effort will be made to have Holmes tried In this city. It is thought here that Toronto's claim wili have precedence with the Phila- delphia authorities over those of Chicago. The tenant of the cottage in which it is al- leged the murder was done has found a small plece of material, apparently a portion of what has been a light colored waist, and a | scarlet hair string. This furnishes still an- other proof of positive identification of the bodies as those of Alice ani Nellie Pitzel. Inspector Stark and other court officals sald today in regard to Mrs. Doyle, the mew wit- ness In the Holmes case who has appeared in Chicago, that they know nothing of any one related to her having anything to do with the house on St. Vincant street, where the Pitzel children were killed. They will make further inquiries, however, based on the latest infor- mation from Chicago. HOLMES READY TO GO TO CANADA, District Attorney Confident of Secur- ing a Conviction. PHILADELPHIA, July 25.—While the ap- plication for extradition of Holmes, who was charged with the murder of the two Pitzel children by the coroner's jury in Toronto last night, must necessarily be made to Governor Hastings at Harrisburg and the papers issued from his office, the question as to whether the crimiral will be taken to Canada to stand trial for murder rests with District Attoruey Graham, Holmes is a self-convicted conspir- ator and is now awaiting sentence, so that it remains practically for Mr. Graham to say whether he shall be taken across the border or remain in this city, where he has long been suspected of killing Benjamin Pitzel. The district_attorney is much pleased with the turn affairs have taken in Toronto. He be- lieves that the result of the deliberations at the coroner’s jury in Toronto is equivalent to a conviction of Holmes in the criminal court. It is now almost certain that Holmes will be taken to Canada to answer there for the bloody deeds which it is confidently believed he committed in Toronto last October. Aithough there has been some talk of a requisition from Chicago authorities for Holmes, no papers have yet been received by the officials here. If Holmes is sent away from this city to answer for his misdeeds the claim of Fort Worth, Tex., where he is wanted In connection with the forgery .of deeds, really comes first, as a detainer was lodged some time ago, but the opinion here is that he will be sent to Canada first, where conviction seems more certain than in Chi- cago or Philadelphia, because of the direct nature of the evidence. Both Holmes and his lawyers have asserted that they will not resist extradition proceed- ings from Canada. District Attorney Graham decisively an- nounced that H. H. Holmes will be tried in this city for the murder of Benjamin F. Pit- zel in the Callowhill street house. In view of the fact that the district attorney has sald Holmes would be trled wherever the strong- est case could be made out against him, it is believed that the authorities have recently learned more fmportant details of the crime which insures his conviction, but they would not talk on this featurs Searching for vard Pltzel. INDIANAPOLIS, July 25.—Detective Geyer of Philadelphia, who is here searching for some trace of Howard Pitzel, worked all day among the rental agencies. He thinks Holmes rented a house in this city in which he killed the boy. He intends to stay here until he has thoroughly searched the city. He found nothing today. e WATER SCATTERED THE MOB. before the one in which I. L. Connor accused Holmes of breaking faith with him. The let- ter refers to his daughter Pearl. From this it would appear that Mrs. Connor was killed first and the child afterward. ALL CHARGED UP TO HOLMES. Late today twe well dressed women called on Chief Badenoch and told him that a 16- year-old girl, the daughter of wealthy and Tespectable parents, had become acquainted with Holmes during the fall of 1593, and after- ward disappeared. Where she went or what became of her has never been ascertained, and her parents, though clinging to the hope’ that she is still alive, fear that she is dead. Until the recent revelations about Holmes' life wers published in the Chicago papers, they did not connect their daughter's disappearance with the English druggist, but now that the search- light of investigation hus been turned upon the man and his horrible crimes exposed, they are certain that their danghter was one of his victims. The two furnished Chief Badenoch the girl's name and the address of her par- ents, and the chief will investigite their story. Until he has full corroboration, however, he says he will not aisclose the girl's name. 1, L. Connor, the husband of Julla L. Con- nor and the father of Pearl Connor, both of whom are thought to have been murdered by Holmes, was in Chicago today, and’the Inter Ocean tomorrow will run a long Inter- view with him. He hys no positive proof that Holmes killed his wife and child, but he believes such to be the case. He does not know when the crime was committed, but thinks it was done in this city. AN OMAHA RECORD. Employed Here as a Detective by the Elkhorn Rallroad, 1t 1s now established to the satisfaction of the pollce that H. H. Holmes, the famous insurance swindler and alleged murderer of a dozen or more people, has an Omaha record. Some time ago when the Holmes' crimes were first made public photographs of the man were sent to all of the police stations of the country, together with photographs of the people Who are missing and are sup posed to have been murdered by Holmes and his accomplices. These photographs have been in the hands of the officers and they now claim to have positive evidence that Holmes was in Omaha in 1891 for a short time and was here again in 1893 for several months in the employ of the Elkhorn rail- road as a speclal officer. At that time he went under the name of H. M. Howard and Howard Mudgel, both of which aliases he had used at other places during his long career of crime. While in Omaha Holmes stopped for some time at the St. Clair hotel and afterward at the Pullman house. He was seen in the gen- eral offices of the Blkhorn road and the con- ductors of that road had him marked as a spotter, After his service here tarminated he went to St. Lolus. Omaha police thought at one time that Holmes, or Howard as he was koown to them, was implicated with the Hedspeth traln robbiug gang. The fact that Hedspeth was instrumental in giving Holmes' record to the police lent some color to the opinion, but his connection with the gaug could never bu clearly established. Holmes' last visit to Omuba was in March, 1898, when he stopped at the Merchauts boig (or o oy, He clalmed then that he HO HAS Two Lines of Hose Turned on a Crowd of Would-Be Lynchers. INDIANAPOLIS, July 25.—The fever of excitement resulting from the brutal murder of little Ida Gebhardt had in no way abated today when it was learned that Charles Davidson, 18 years old and an insurance solicitor, had been arrested by the West Indianapolis police, charged with a criminal assault on Ivy Hutchinson, 11 years old, In a vacant house in the suburbs not far from the Gebhardt home. Davidson was taken to the West Indianapolis calaboose, and rumors of the alleged assault spread rapidly. An angry crowd began to gather and cries for swift vengeance went up from the crowd. Two lines of hose were attached to water plugs near at hand and streams of water were directed at the mob, which gave way and scattered. During an interval of com- parative quiet Davidson was hastily brought to this city and lodged in the county jail. Using E NEW YORK, July he Trenton Iron works made a contract with the Cataract General Electric company for the construction and equipment of an experimental line of four miles for towing boats on the Erie canal by means of electricity. The elcctric power is to be taken from the Niagara Falls Power company and the line is to be built at a point to be designated by the superintend- ent of public works in tha vicinity of Tona- wanda. The line is to be completed and veady for operation within sixty days. The cost of the system will be about $2,500 for a single mile or $5.000 for a line on each side of the canal. The equipment of the Erie canal and other waterways of the state will involve an expense of 0,000. B Robbed the Jockey Club Safe, KANSAS CITY, July 25.—The safe of the Kansas City Jockey club at Exposition park was robbed of $2,000. Secretary Cunninz- ham had left the office for a short while When he came back the safe was open and the money, $2,000, was gone. It is thought some thief slipped in during his absence and got the stuff. The police are investigat- ing. Canal. ————— Indicted for Extortion. CHICAGO, July 25.—W. E. Miller was in- dicted today for attempted extortion. Mil- ler's crime was his work as “‘go-between’ in the city council ice scandal in connection with Aldermen Finkler and Martin, who were recently indicte 25, At New York from Liverpool. At London York At Gl ton. At Southampton—Arrived—St. Louls, from New York. At New York—Arrived—Bresia, form Ham- burg. At Hamburg—Arrived—Morovia, from Balti- more. At San Franclsco—Arrived—City of Pe- king, from Hongkong and Yokohama. De- parted—Alameda, for Honolulu and Sydney. At Queenstown—Arrived—Britannic, from New York. Arrived—Germanic, Arrived—Mohawk, from ow—Arrived—Hibernia, from Bos- At Oherbourg—Arrived—Normannis, from New York, saabe e | service ONTARIO. FARMERS ASK AID Have No Hay for Stock and No Money to Buy it With, MANY ARE SHOOTING THEIR CATTLE raxshoppers Alwo Doling ge and Daily Prayers eld for the Exters of the Pests. Being mination NEW YORK, July 25.—A Montreal dis- patch to the Evening Post says: = Advices from Ontarlo say that the deplorable con- dition of the farmers throughout that prov- ince is dally becoming more Intensified. Mestings of farmers are being he'd at various points and petitions prepared for transmis sion to Ottawa asking the Dominion govern- ment to help farmers to bring the northwest to feed their cattle. In a part of the northern district there is no hay at all, and as freight rates are high, without government ald it will be impossible for many farmers to keep cows throughout the Winter. In some parts of the province farmers are shooting their cattle, At St. Martine, owing to the dry weather, the grasshoppers became so numerous that they frightened the farmers, who went to the parish priest and requested him to ofter public prayers to avert a calamity, Last Sunday the people were called to the church to take part in public prayers. Similar has been held at St. Urban, Beau- harnais, and other places, hay IOLERA IS RAGING IN JAPAN, Brought b roops Retur From Recent War, FRANCISCO, July 25.—Cholera ging in Japan and nearly every province in the little empire reports a heavy death rate from the disease. The officers and pas- sengers of the City of Peking tell tales of death from cholera in the streets of the city, where the steamer called. From the out- break of the disease until the day the steamer sailed from Yokohama 1,183 deaths had bLeen reported. The disease was brought to Japan by the forces returning from the war in China and Corea, and whenever a regiment was sent home and disbanded cases of cholera began to develop, and the discase spread with such rapidity that the physi- cians of the district were unable to check it, Military quarantines were established and all regiments returning were held until all traces of the disease were stamped out. In spite of such precautions and the united efforts of the quarantine officers and physi- cians the plague has become prevalent and all the way from fifty to 100 deaths a day are reported from it, and as many more are said to occur that never reach the ears of the authorities, ONE OF TH g SAN DISCHARGED, Coombs Children Arrnigned for the Murder of Their Mother. LONDON, July 25.—Robert Coombs, 13 years of age, and Nathaniel Coombs, 11 years old, the sons of Chief Steward Coombs of the steamship France, who were arrested with a man named Fox, charged with murdering Mrs. Coombs, the mother of the boys, by stabbing her to death while she was asleep at their residence at Laistow, a suburb of this city, on July 8 last, were formally charged with murder at the Westham police court ta After the police had presented the evidence against the accused, which showed that the elder boy alone committed the deed, Na thaniel Coombs was discharged from custod: and Robert and Fox were committed for trial. The only reason given for the crime was that Mrs. Coombs whipped the younger of the two boys. The body lay in the house for nine days and when discovered the bovs were playing cards. Fox, who Is charged with being an accessory to the crime, is described as half-witted. FRANCE OBTAINS Her Treaty with China W 1 Asnint Her Com ree. SHANGHAI, July 25.—The treaty agreed upon between France and China to regulate the commercial relations between the Chinese provinces bordering on the French poszes- ssion and the latter gives France the right to maintain a consul at Tien Hiang Lunchow, in the province of Quang-Si, north of Vang-Song and Mong Tse, to French and Annamite commerce, makes Hokhow an open port, permits France to maintain a consul there, opens She-Mao to commerce, permits French citizens to settle along the rivers and use the rivers Laso and Mekong for the transport of merchandise, provides for a reduction of duties and ailows the right to extend railways and establish telegraphic lines. 5 Give Vent opens to Their Feel RIO DE JANEIRO, July 25.—A hostile crowd made a demonstration of protest against the occupation of the island of Trini- dad by the British, in front of the British consulate at Sao Paulo today. The police patrols have been increased on account of demonstrations here. LONDON, July 25.—The Rio de Janeiro correspondent of the Times says in reference to the demonstration with regard to the occupation of Trinidad that the government is acting in restraint of actual violence, but is advising moderation. Celebrating Battle of Lundy's Lane. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., July 25.—The cel- ebration of the eighty-first anniversary of the battle of Lundy's Lane and the unveiling of the monument erected by the government of Canada in momory of the British soldiers who died on the fleld took place this after- noon on the historic battlefield. The cere- monies were in charge of the Lundy Lane Historical soclety. Hon. W. H. Montague, secretary of state for Canada, who had been invited, was unable to be present, but many members of Parliament and others attended. Sit at Colon Still Threatening. COLON, Colombia, July 2i The situaticn here growing out of the spread of the strike of wharf, ship and other laborers c threatening. The members of the Americin colony are much disturbed over the infor- mation which reaches them that no warship is at present available for the protection of American Interests. A British warship is ex- pected here shortly. Wi ive € HAVANA, July aptain General Marti- nez de Campos is expected today at Santiago de Cuba, where the inhabitants are prepar- fng to glie him an enthuslastic reception. The celebrated insurgent leader, Berdarnio Jiminez, who was in command of the in- surgent’ forces in his part of the country, has been killed by a civil guard sixty miles from the plantation of Ceiba, in the Sagua district. B B S W with Abyssinia Decided Upon. ROME, July 25.—Government officials here openly declare that war with Abyssinia has been decided upon. The Corrlere confirms the news and adds that no doubt France and Russia are preparing to make their new alliance felt and wish to have England and Italy engaged in Africa while they would be free to carry out their plans in the Mediter. ranean in the east ntinues Sensation In Finau MONTREAL, July 25 sensation in the financial situation is the resignation today of Mr. Benolt, manager of the Banque Na tional, All sorts of rumors are afloat, but no more dednite statement can be secured than that it was the result of differences cf opinion bstween himself and the directors, Circles. Bishop of Win, ter Dead, LONDON, July —Right Rev. An- thony Wilson Thorld, D.D., bishop of Win- chester, is dead in his Tist year, Wheel Stopped Several Hours, ftrom | | purchases being, | a f Earls court, an_imitation on a Iatger scale of the famous Ferris wheel of the World's Fair at Chicago, stoppei last night and im- prisoned crowds of passengers. Several hours elapsed before the wheel could be moved and the Nev SYDNEY, N. 8. W., July 26.—The results of the gencral elections Im New South Wales are as follows: Ministeffalists, 61; labor, supporting the ministry,’ 19; government total, 80; opposition, 44 independent, 1 Otherwise classified the " resnlt is: Free traders, 62; protection, 44; labor, 19, Tr Dashed Into the Station. BERLIN, July 25.—A mixed local train while entering the station at Raudeten today dashed through the building and the engl- neer and several passengers were killed The accident was due to a defective brake. One Survivo ed. LONDON, July 25.—One seaman landed at Dover today as the sole survivor of the crew of fourteen of the French fishing boat Celine Felice, which was sunk in collision with the German ship Vailor yesterday. PR S o ING AND LOAN ONVENTION. CLEVELAND, July The morning se sion of the United States League ot Building and Loan associations’ convention was opened today by an address on “Thirty Years' E perience as Treasurer of Building Assocla- tions” by Joseph K. Gamble of Philadel- phia. “Is the Time Ripe to Reduce the Rate of Interest to Borrowers?' was the subject of a paper by George L. Gould of Walden, Mass. J. Huffman read a paper by Espy P Williams of New Orleans entitled ‘“‘Relative Merits of System of Maturing Stock at Par or Over and of Paying it off Through Force Withdrawals in Advance of Actual Maturity and the Probable Effect of the Latter Course n the Body of the Stockholders,' This was followed by an address upon the builiing association by _Rebert Elliott of Mo., and on “Fruch S'ranger Than by G M. Nattine r of Omaha Tre res utl ns committee reported in favor of Philadelphia as the next place of meeting and recommended that the state legislatures be petitioned to exempt from tax- ation to the extent of $1,000 every house oc- cupled by the owner as a home. A resolu- tion was introduced by the committee at the request of the New York delegates, but tabled, providing that the National League ' petition congress to make tha next issue of government bonds that is necessary in a manner that will ad- mit of a popular subscription for them. Tonight the following officers were elected: President, Julius Stefn of Chicago; vice dents, M. J. Brown of Philadelphia, P. . Enslee of Minneapolis and John E. Hoff- man of New York; treasurer, J. N. Shumway of Illinols; secretary, Will J. Fiich of Cin- cinnati; assistant secretary, W. C. Sheppard of Grand Rapids. Executive committee: Illi- nois, George F. Penfleld, Rdckport; Indiana, G. W. Smith, New Albany; Louisiana, W. H Williams, New Orleans; Massachusetts, D. Eld:edge, Boston; Michigan, Irviag B. Rich, Jackson; Minnesota, Charles Smith, Duluth; Montana, A. H. Barret, Butte; Nebraska, Thomas J. Fitzmorris, Omaha; New York Hon. Seymour Dexter, Elmira; Ohio, Hon Fred Bader, Cificinnati; Pennsylvania, Joseph Paist, Philadelphia SETTLING Union Pacifie Hold « CHICAGO, July 25 transmissouri roads continued the work of forfiiing a pas- senger assoclation today, but todk no posittve action, the entire session being taken up with the considération of the agreement. The Rio Grande Western and the; Union Pacific, whose disputes over the Utah business havo kept matters unsettfed In that terfitory for some time, have agreed to hold a conference and make an effort to settle their differences within the rext two weeks. It has been agreed that the headquarters of the associa- tion will be at Kansas City and B. D. Cald- well of the Western Lines Passenger associa- tion will be its temporary chalrman until it is definitely determined whether the associa- tion will stand by itself of be part of a gen- eral association. It was said yesterday that the transmissouri lines would stand alone, but doubis as to the advisability of this have arisen and the matter will be settled later. Meanwhile the Kansas City office will be in charge of the secretary, who will be under the direction of Mr. Caldwell. and Rio Grande Will TO DBUILD BRANCH ROAD Rallrond Compa Wy ing to Construct Lin CHEYENNE, July 2.—(Special Tele gram.)—Articles of incorporation were filed today with the secretary 'of state for the Colorado, Utah & Wyoming Railway com- pany. The capital stock of the company is $5,000,000. The company proposes construct- ing branch lines of rallway from Rawlin Wyo., to Craig, Routt county, Colo., and fron thence via Yampa Valley to Ashley, Utah, and one from Rawlins north to the Seminole mountains, and to the mouth of the Sweet Water river. The directors named are: E. H. Saltiel, A M. Ghost, R. F. Weitbrec, E. A. Clifford, of Denver, J. W. Harrison,’ St. Louis; K. Mendell, New York. Articles of incorporation were also filed for the Colorado Utah & Wyoming Land company, with a capital stock of $3,000,000. - The directors named for this are the samé as for the rail- road company. A requisition was issued today by Governor Richards for C. A. Courtney, alias Tieman captured at Pocatello, Idaho, and wanted by the authorities of Sweet Water county Wyoming, forgery and passing bogus chec for Will Creat SEATTLE, July ofa’s in St reorgani freight de ofce. 25.—Great Northern off Paul are now making a thorongh tion of western passenger and artments with a view to kesping tiem entirely separated. A new office of general western passenger agent will b created, and R. C. Stevenson, general agent of passenger and freight' department in this city, will be promotcd to the new position His territory will embrice the whole of Vashington, Oregon, afld. California, and his headquarters will be in this city. Granted n Year's Veeation, SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.—Richard Gray, general trafic manager of the Southern Pa- cific company, has been ghamuted a year's leave of absence with half pay on account of sickness. He s urmczd‘ with palsy and in the opinion of his assbclates will uever re- sume his duties. Gray has baen in the em- ploy of the Southern Pacific since 1570, T Commission Man Skipx Out. KANSAS CITY, July King Pro- duce company of 10§ East.Missourl avenue is not doing business today, and shipp: projuce are looking for the manager Ludington, with accounts on which they settlement. The concern has been in bus- iness for three weeks, and it 18 said to have done a thriving business for Kansas and M souri farmers, but the latter have not re- ceived a cent for their goods. One of their victims came here, and through his efforts Ludinglon's place was closed, but Ludington could not be found, pouindt .3 i/l Shipping Horses to France. BUFFALO, July 25.—Messrs, Levy Bros. of Paris, France, today expressed a consignment of 104 high-class horses to New York, whence they will be tmmedlately shipped to France. It iz understood they intend to purchase at least 4,000 horses within the next month, the it is stated, principally on the French government aud for purposes. S Blsn Assist Oklahoma's Destitute, SR, July 25.—In response to an ap- from Rev. J. T. Irwin of Pond Creek, Okl., who is In the eity, the secretary of the Denver Chamber of Commerce has appealed to the public to contribute generously for the people in that territory who are without cavalry win D peal LONDON, July 25.—The great wheel at the necessities of lite. WAR PARTIES 0N THE TRAIL Reports from Northwestern Wyoming Are 8till More Disquieting. MANY BUCK INDIANS ARE OBSERVED Banunocks and Utes, Unaccompun by Squaws or Pappoo: Noticed Near Jucksxon's Hole—A Fight is Daily Expected. Ny CHEYE —General today from M Beaver Canon NE, July 25.—(Special Telegram.) Stitzer wired Governor Richards ket Lake: ‘“Operator at wires here that about 200 Lemhi bucks passed that point today headed toward Yellowstone park.” Colonel Frank M. Foote of the state milit'a stationed at Evanston, sent the message: A. Steed, esq., of Labarge, now on Ham's Fork with his sheep, reports a bunch of Bannocks camped on the east slope of the divide between Ham's Fork and Cokeville, about twelve miles from Cokeville, and between twenty-five thirty miles from Ham's Fork station following and (the message). He counted thirty-six tepees and estimates the number at over 100. He thinks that there is another lot a few miles further up the stream and says they have not less than 800 horses, and thinks they may have double that number. They have no squaws or pappooses with them. It is reported that a bunch of Utes crossed the railroad near Leroy station four or five days ago h north, estimated from fifty to seventy. also reported that another bunch is in camp on Smith's Fork, about ten miles from Fort Bridger. Have no information as to number. They are Killing deer. Sheriff Ward left for Smith's Fork last night, and his deputy, Mr. Calverly, left this morning to either foin him or take the trail of the lot that passed Leroy.” This indicates that the Utes from Utah ani Colorado are moving to join the Bannocks. The news that government troops have been ordered to the front was received with general satisfaction. Governor Richards at once wired General Stitzer at Market Lake and_instructed him to notify the settlgrs of Jackson's Hole that troops were on the way to protect their lives and porperty and return the Indians to their reservation. Also to advise them to act only on the defensive and not to precipitate an attack. LUSK, Wyo., July -(Special Telegram.) —This morning four companies of the Ninth cavalry from Fort Robinson, Neb., com- manded by Major Chaffee, passed through Lusk on their way to Jackson’s Hole, Wyo. the scene of the Bannock outbreak. CHEYENNE, July 25.—(Spec'al Telegram.) —Two hundred and forty colored cavalrymen, E, H and I, of the Ninth comprising troops D, cavalry, under command of Colonel Chaffee, reached here at 10 o'clock tonight over the Chayenne & Northern, having left Fort Rob- inson, Neb., at 8:30 this morning. They were joined here by the Carlin camp train, com- posed of ‘nine packers and sixty-two pack animals, The entire outfit left here over the Union Pacific at 11:15. The train transport- ing the outfit is run in two sections and is ex- pected to reach Market Lake, Idaho, which is 641 miles from Cheyenne, Saturday morning General Coppinger will reach here tomorrow morning enroute for the Jackson’s Hole coun- try on the regular passenger train. He will ba joined here by Governor Richards, who will accompany him as far as Rock Springs The editor of a New York paper devoted to fleid sports and hunting telegraphed Governor Richards tonight: “Prompt and decisive action on your part, such as would result in the extermination of the Bannocks, would b> appreciated by all the best people here.” A EXPECTING CONFLICT HOURLY, rospects that ns and Whites Will Fight Before 'roops Arrive, POCATELLO, 1daho, July 25.—(Special Tel- egram.)—The situation In northwestern Wyo- ming, where the Indians are on the war- path, has not improved today. In fact all the advices that have reached this reservation are of a directly opposite nature. Adjutant General Stitzer of Wyoming, who was at Market Lake today, was hourly expecting to hear that a conflict had occurred between the settlers and the Indians in the Jackson Hole valley. Two of his messengers dispatched to that district several days ago have ngt re- turned, although overdue, and grave feats are row entertained that they have been am- bushed by the Indians. From the other direc- tion the news is of an equally disquieting na- ture. Indian police who have returned from the Salt River valley, where the big trading pow wow has been in progress for a week, say that the band of Bannock Indians under the leadership of Jim Ballard has started north toward the seat of trouble. If these Indians reach the belligerents in the Fall River valley before the troops get there, and they undoubt- edly will, the result may be disastrous. Ba lard’s band is composed of the worst element of the Bannocks. a tribe that in the general run is bad enough, for they are as a rule lazy, shiftless, fighting Indians. This partic- ular’ lot, however, are the restless spirits cf the tribe, always ready for a quarrel, even in times of peace, and in the present excitzment it would require much less leaven than ihese fifty turbulent braves to stir to an intense pitch the already excited gathering on Fall river. The authorities at the Bannock agency have all along been congratulating themselves that Ballard and his gang were not at the seat of trouble. MOVEMENTS OF THE TROOPS. From Division Superintendent Vanhousen the schedule was secured of the two special trains that are bringing the Ninth cavalry from Fort Robinson. One train is for the men and the other for the horses, and will comprise a total of forty-six cars. There are 383 cavalrymen coming. The train that is scheduled to leave Cheyen Wyo., at 10 o'clock tonight will arrive at Green River at 11 o'clock Friday morning, at Pocatella at 9 o'clock in the evening, and at Market Lake by midnight. There the troops will leave the railroad and go across country to Marysvale, at the south end of Jackson Hole, by the shortest and b route. Via Rexburg It is 120 mile: The cavalry will not be able to make more than sixty mlles a day at best, so that if conditions are most favorable it will be at least Sunday night or Monday morning before the troops will be in a position to ren- der the besieged settlers any assistance, and during the three days intervening there time for serfous trouble to occur. The news from the north grows more war- like and threatening with every message re- ceived, The latest information that is relia- ble is to the effect that within twenty-four hours 400 Lamhi Indians from the west have crossed the Union Pacific railroad in the vicinity of Market Lake, enroute for Jackson Hole. The Lemhi reservation is in the north- western border of Idaho, just where the 45th eridian, which is the northern line of Wyo- ming, crosses the Utah state line. The Lemhis are a mixture of Shoshone and Ban- nock Indians. The further news has also just be received from the village of Market Lake that umunication with Jackson Hole is now entirely shut off. The latest messengers sent out have returned and say that all the moun- tain passes are heavily guarded by the In- dians, who will ailow no whites to enter SETTLERS WELL ARMED. Additional evidence of the cugh manner in which both the and Indians in the Jackson Hole valley are thor- preparing for battle continues to arrive every | day. lke Hill, the well known traveling man for the Symms Grocery company of Salt Lake, has arrived in Pocatello, having come directly here from a trip through the very portion of the country south of the Yel- | lowstone National park in which the bush- whacking campalgn is belng carried on be- tween barricaded settlers and the ambushed Indians. Mr. HIill, after careful inquiry, learned that there are seventy-five heads of families in the Jackson Hole valley. For two weeks they bave, with rare forsight, beeg sheep owner | | performauce, same of which mention was made In a former | preparing for the condition that now exists. In order to forstall the Indians messengers were sent to buy up all the ammunition that could be obtained In that section of the country, and so well have they suc- ceeded in iaying in a good stock before the passes were watched by the red men that they now have on hand about 100 rifles, and every settler is equipped with 1,000 rounds of ammunition, The reason that there has not been determined action before this on the of the Indlans {s because they cannot pare for war so quickly. In the first place they are from 150 to 200 miles from home and cannot so easily secure the necessary supply of ammunition, first because ft will not be sold to them in large quantities just now, and again, because it is the season of the year when, after the money for their last year's hay and skins has been used up, they are poorer than at any other time. The 1 dians have, however, the best of rifles fu nished by the government, and it has alwa the cause in an Indian uprising that manage to “dig up”’ money somewhere to get ammunition FURTHER PROOF OF TROUBLE. It any further proof 1s d that the Bannocks and Shoshones of this reservation are not on the reservation but up in the b sieged country, it was provided here yester- a had been advertised for a month. The In dlans are passionately fond of such a shcw and it is well known that they would miss a week' rations, r travel fifty miles to see and althoukh scldom is a cus here that s not attended by at least 40 Indians, not twenty-five bucks could have been counted In town yesterday The Indians get no sympathy here in the present trouble, unless it be from those who are directly connected with the Indian agency in some way. The universal comment is, “I hope the —— redskins will be wiped off the earth,” and it is an equally general impression that the settlers of the Jackson Hole country are just the people to undertake the job and do It up right i they once get started The fear s now expressed that when the Indians learn that the troops are surely coming they may endeavor to make a sudden strike, and then make all haste for thei reservatior that by the time the regu lars get here they will be peaceably lounging in_their accustomed haunts. Rumors have been received that trouble may be looked for today or tomorrow, but as that country is distant a twenty-four hours’ ride from the swift Indian messenger, no exact facts have yet been secured. more pre the INDIAN rfirmed Sto of ettlers. —A special to the News from Pocatello, Idaho, says: Reports from Market Lake say that the Rexburg, Idaho, paper of today reports fifty-nine white peo Killed by the but there s no way to confirm and it is not believed here. A courier is ex- pected from the vicinity of Jackson's Hole with the latest news. There has been no news received at Market Lake for five days of an authentic nature. Four hundred Indians are said to have joined the Bannocks on Fall river and are preparing to make an onslaught on the whites. It Is probable that Governor McCon- nell will be called on to aid in suppressing violence. Several parties of tourlsts are in Pocatello awaiting the result before making their de- parture for the Yellowstone park. A special to the Times from Market Lake, Idaho, says: The Indlans are camped in Hoback canon, No information has been re- ceived and none is expected before midnight, when Sargents will return if alive. He went there last night. It {s the bellef here that the passes to the Hole are guarded by the Indians and that no one has come out from Jackson's Hole for several days. The troops will reach here tomorrow and leave at once for the Hole. Many Indians have been going in_ the direction of the trouble, but they will not taik. A special to the News from Rawlins, Wyo., says: Company B, Wyoming National Guard, was relieved by order of Governor Richards this morning, the explanation being that the government had already ordered four troops of cavalry to Jackson's Hole. Warren Smith passed through here today from th: Jackson's Hole country. He left there Monday morning and reports that the settlers are in good heart and that they will attack a body of Indians if they show up. They told him that the war was on and that now was the time to fight it out. Either the white settlers owned the country or the Indians, and they were willing to fight for their rights, only asking their friends on the outside to send them arms and ammunition. When told that United States troops would be thrown in there Mr. Smith expressed the hope that it would be done quickly, for he feared that the con- fidence of the settlers in their own strength was not well founded. Mr. Smith says there come daily reports of Indians in different parts of the moun- tains, and these it is proposed by the settlers to hunt out and capture. determination to get them either dead or alive. He thinks that the settlers are fast losing sight of the idea of simply enforcing the law, and to use his own language “They are so much in earnest that they are wild. The popular thing in Jackson's Hole Is to attach one's self to a posse and hunt In- RUMORED DEPREDATION. Un n Massacre of DENVER, July 2! the report settiers | dians.” DID NOT DISOBEY REGULATION Bonnock Indians Ha Kill the 3 WASHINGTON, July 25.—In connection with the right of the Bannocks to hunt oft their reservation, the Indian office calls at- tention to the following circular, first issued in 1889, and sent to agents at intervals ever since, whenever the occasion seemed to re- quire To United States Indlan Agents: Fre- quent complaints have been made to this cpartment that Indfans are in the habit of aving thelr reservations for the purpose unting; that chey slaughter game in titles in violation of the law of the state or territory in which th reside, and in many instances large num- bers are Killed simply for their hi In some cases, Indians, by treaty stipula- tions, have the guaranteed right to hunt ified conditi outside their ex- ervations, The secretary of the decided that the privilege of such treaty provisions 1 the it to merely Kill such’ g as may be y to supply the n of the In- , and that the slaughter of wild ani- mals in vast numbers for the hides only and the abandonment of the carcass without attempting to make use of them, s as much a violation of the treaty as an hibition on the part of the ted States inst the exercise of such privilege would be. This fact should be pressed upon the minds of the Indians who ave such treaty rights, that they will be understand - the wanton de- of game will not permitted. the Right to interior h hunting unde righ I ute_p to be of hunting outside of their ex- rvation should be warned agalnst leaving their reservation for hunting, a; they are liab arrest and proseciition violation Aws of the state or in offenses may be com- mitte In view of the settiement of the coun- try and the consequent disappearance of the game the time has long since gone by when the Indlans can live by the chase. They should abandon their idle and nomadic ways and endeavor to cultivate habits of industry and adopt civilized pursuits to secure the means of self-support In ¢ the circular to the terrl which view of bove it is not difficult to believe that the Bannocks believe that they have been only observing the regulations in thelr hunting expeditions. They believe themselves amenable to no law but that of the United States. They do not understand the intricacies of the game laws of the state of Wyoming and it scems that the present trouble is all due to the latter fact The present quarrel between the Indians and the whites is but a repetition of one which occurs with annual regularity. In the present instance the trouble commenced last June, when a Shoshone Indian was arrested in the Grosventres mountains and brought down to Jackson's Hole and fined $15 for killing an elk contrary to the game laws of the state of Wyoming. The Indian paid the fine and was released. Several weeks later a posse of Wyoming officlals went to the Grosventres basin agaln and arrested nine Bannocks for shooting game out of season. These Indians, being unable to pay their (Coutigued gu Becond Page.) part | There was a big circus in town that | nnocks near Jackson's Hole, | They express the | 'STOP EVICTIONS AT ONCE Instructions Telegraphed Hoke Smith by Nebraska Congressmen, RATHER \WARM SESSION AT THE AGENCY Captain Beek Talks Plainly Visiting the to the PENDER, Neb., July (Spectal.)—Th sentiment of the Nebraska congressional dele« gation now sitting here investigating the Flournoy leases of Winnebago lands came this afternoon in the shape of the following telegram Hon terior now susj lands made | promptiy Hoke Smith, Washington, 8 Dt leads us retary of the Ine Investigation to urge you to sval of leases of Winnebago by Captain. Beck, and to suspend further evictions until we commuticate with you further. Evictions will resuit in tremendo loss of crops to ine necent settlers. WILLIAM V JOHN M. TH GEORGE D. METKLIZOF W. A, ANDREWS, 1 JESSE B. STRODE, Of the Nebraska Congressional Delegation, The seri of dramatic incidents attendang upon the investigation of Senators Allen and Thurston and Congressmen Meiklejohn, Strode and Andrews into the workings of the “lournoy company, claiming leasehold inters in the Winnebago Indian reservation, ani the desires of the Omahas as to the al= lotment of lands, almost reaclied a climax last night at the Winnebago agency. For a time It looked as if Captain Beck would give the word to his Indian police not only to are rest the unruly element he said was in his office, but even the senator: nd members of the lower house of congre: When the delegation arrived Omaha agency last night and went sion at the Winnebago agency, having driven across the prairie some ten miles, that all parties might be heard with a view of shap= ing intelligent legislation on the subjects most desired by the people of Thurston | county, the reception at the agency by Cap= | tain Beck was not of the heartiest sort, as |one member of the delegation remarked. But [there is justification somewhat in this in tho fact that the agency buildings are emall id “hardly adaptel to the requirements of some fifty people, who accompanied the Nes braska delegation. BECK WARMED 'EM UP, After a lunch a meeting was held in Cape tain Beck's quarters. From the outset it was plainly evident that the captain was laboring under some excitement. When Senator Thurston had finished his remarks relative to ‘Ill(‘ object of the visit, Captain Beck, with a copy of The Bee of Wednesday morning in his hand, began a direct denial of the charges made therein, as told at the settlers’ meet= ing of Tuesday night. It was his first authentic evidence of the proceedings of that meeting. To show the maliclousness, as he said, of the charges made by the evicted settlers from the Winnebago lands, that he was favoring a rival company to the Flournoy, he read a long list of sub-lessees who had leased through his office. The list contalned fifty-five names and represented some 15,000 acres of land. He then justified his severe actions by reading telegrams from Indjan Com- missioner Browaing, outlining the policy to be taken and stating plans to be further fols lowed. it was evident bad blood was rapidly belng engendered. After reviewlng the early hise fory of the troubles which resulted In whol sale evictions and arrests, he said that the Flournoy company had sought to deprive the Indians of their just rights. He charncterized as an infamous lie the assertions made that he was discriminating in favor of a numbey of middlemen. At this juncture John F. Myers, treasuer of the Flournoy company, sought to interrupt the captain by a state- ment, At once the battle was on, and for five minutes it looked as if the whole object of the visit would end right thej WARMER THAN THE WEATHER. During the course of Captain Beck's states ment the following rather heated colloguy oce curred Beck--I want to say right here a large number of Flournoy leases were made fictitiously; that the persons with whom leses were made never existed. Myers—The Flournoy company has not a lease of that kind of any description. Beck—They have not only one of that kind, but thirty of them. Not onty that, but it c be proven that they have paid money to the wrong persons Individually. That can be proven. Myers—We have got no leases of that kind and money has been pald to the proper pers sons In every instance, Beck—I don't want any more of that, sify 1 want you to understand— Thurston—Captain, I would like to make an inquiry whether we are in charge for th purpose of this investigation in this office now or not? Beck—Well, Senator Thurston, I haven't the slightest desire to be in any way offeny sive to you gentlemen, and 1 would think you would know that. But when this man, wh has just been arrested on a warrant {ssue by the United States district attorney, coms here to this office and disputes my ‘word don't think you can consider I am’ violating any lw of hospitality. . Thurston—Captain, we are here for the purs pose of conducting a most impartial inquiry, We desire to render you every possible ree spect as the representative of the United States government, Beck—Well, then, T beg your pardon. Will you be good enough to keep this man silent® Thurston—But we also have invited all these men to come here and meet us, and without regard to whom these people are om whether they hold any official po:i:fon op whether they are under charge or under are rest. We ognize no distinction betweem citizens of the United States before us this hearing, and it we are in charge of this place during this hearing we will attend to matters of preservation of order and proteck whenever and wherever it Is neccssary anw person In attendance. If we are not in charge for that full purpose it will be our pleasure— at least mine—to retire from the rcom Captain Beck told Senator Thurston plainly that he did not recognize having any authority at the agency or om the reserv: on. He did not undersiand that the visiting delegation of senators and cone gressman had any rights on the reservation greater than those of other citizens. It was a voluntary expedition, as far as he knew, acting without authority. It was not a cone gressional committee empowered to uct. Hi was in charge of the agency and the reserva. tlon and was responsible to the secretary of the interior for his actions. He did not pros pose to be insulted In his own office so long as he was In charge. Senator Allen explained that the delegation was an unofficlal body, seeking information for its own use, hoping to be enlightened ol points that might aid in the enactment o remedial legtslation. Senator Thurston did not retire, Captalgy Beok apologized for the heat he hal shown, Myer subsided and the inquiry went on, INVESTIGATED JUST A LITTLE. The captain gave the commission much ine formation that was old, considerable thay was new. He stated that thirty years of active service in the army had made him acquainted with the duty of a soldier, and he was too old now to change from obeying the 'orders of his superior oficers. Then 1§ detall he told the story of the evictions, which number 200, at least 75 per cent of this number being lessees holding under the Flournoy company leases. He stated thal the persons evicled had every opportunitp to enter upon the peaceable possession of their lands, providing they would make thelg leases through the agent's office. He cops tended that the Indian was getting left in the general board of trade style of dolng business, and he wanted it stopped. To pros tect his wards orders were glven to the police to eviet all unlawful holders of lands, whi was being done as rapidly as possible. His story was long, and in telling it he paid hi very best respects to Peebles, Myers an ALLEN RSTON, ests from the into ses- that very, him as others. Thomas Ashford, Thomas L. Sloan and Edwin Farley, followed with statements showing thelr connection with the situstjogy