THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.1

SEVENTEENTH YEAB. OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 18. 1887. NUMBER 61J

CHARLES PARKER CAPTURED

The Bobber of Paymaster Bash Arrested atNorth Platte.

PART OF THE MONEY RECOVERED

The Trial of Itlchardaon For the Kill-

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of "Skip" Wlllard Openedat Lotip City Other N-

oliraika-

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Flash's llobbcr Gaptnred.N-OIITII

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PI.ATTE , Neb. , August 17. tSpcc-lal

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Tcloeram to the BEE. ] Parker , whorobbed Paymaster liash , was arrested atGaudy last night by Sheriff Doan , of Loicaucounty , after a desperate resistance , and Uhow In Jail at North Platte ; 1,26 0 were re-

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, A writ of habeas corpus has beensued out by Parker's friends , returnableto-morrow. If the United States otllcialswant him they ought to bo nulling.H-

UI'l'OSEU.

TO BE PAltKF.lt.-KKAHNEY

., Neb. , August 17. ( Special

Telegram to the BEE | Marshal Francis ar-

rested¬

a man by the name of Uagnell on No.4 last Saturday morning. Ho had 83,000 Innow bills on his person. Ho was released Inthe afternoon on a habeas corpus , rearrestedby the marshal and turned over to the sherifffrom Dawson county , who took htm to PlumCreek Sunday morning. He Is supposed to-

'bo the man who robbed Paymaster Bash.-

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AKTKIl THE I'lllSONKll.-CHEYENNE.

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. Wyo , , August 17. | SpecialTelegram to the BEE | United States Mar-shal

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Jeff Carr and Paymaster Bash wilt go toNorth Platte to-morrow to brine to thisplace Jlin Harris , nllas Charley Parker , ar-

rested¬

by the sherlu ot Loifan county , Ne-braska

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, on suiplclon of having robbed MajorBash of 87,000 at Douglas , Wyo. , in Marchlast. Parker, who had formerly lived InLogan county , returned there shortly afterthe robborv with plenty ot loose cash , tookup a ranch and purchased material to fit it-

up In the best possible manner. His actionshave been closely watched and the conclu-sion

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finally reached that he was the man whocommitted the robbery , whfch.was a datingfeat , the money being taken from under thevery eyes of the escort and carried off undera shower of bullets. From the general dls-Bcrlptton

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of the man under arrest there seemsto bo no doubt but that ho Is the partywanted.

Opening of the Hichnrdson Cage.Lour CITY , Neb. , August 17. [ Special

Telegram to the BEE ] . The trial of llichard-son opoHod this morning. The forenoon wastaken up in argulnga motion made by CountyAttorney Keath to depose Sheriff Pedlar onaccount of his alleged prejudice In favor ofthe prisoner. Strong arguments sustainingthe sheriff were made by Lambcrtson , butthe motion prevailed , and the sheriff was ro-

tured-

from further service In the case. A-HKO objection was made to the coroner bythe defendant , and it became the duty ofJudge Hamer to appoint some disinterestedparty to select a jury. On court conveningat 1 o'clock , Lambcrtson filed a motion toquash the Indictment , which was ably ar-gued

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pro and con by himself and JudgeMason , but overruled. After the motion toquash was disposed of a plea of abatementwas filed , and at this hour Is being argued.Great interest Is taken In the case by the cit¬

izens. The prisoner maintained great com-posure

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, now and then Indulging In a lightlaueh at the Incidents of the court. It Is verydoubtful whether any evidence Is taken with-in

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the next two days on account of the diffi-culty

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of securing a Jury-

.Buddon

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Death.-IlEnnoN

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, Neb. , August 17. | Special to theBEE. I W. U. Llvcsy died this afternoonfrom the effects of a wound received sometwo weeks ago. Whllo working at hisslaughter house , his knife passed through arope Which h was cutting , and made an-

ucly gash In his loft log , a little way abovethe. knee. Ho was discovered some twohours afterward near the li. & M. railroadtrack , where ho had crawled till ho becameexhausted from loss of blood. Ho has slncobeen doing well. Yesterday he sat up andseemed especially cheerful. This morningabout daybreak his wife discovered that hiswound had been bleeding very profusely,and soon after ho became Insensible fromloss of blood , and little hope was entertainedof his recovery by the physician when called.-Ho

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leaves a wife and two children. He wascharter member of the A. O. U. W. lodge

at this place ,

Holdrcgo Happening.H-OMHIKOK

., Neb. , August 18. ( Corre-

ipondonceot-

the DEE.J Last night a tre-mendously

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heavy rain fell here ami from ap-

pearances¬

It was general throughout westernNebraska. This rain will do late and broom-corn a great deal of good.

The , Teachers' institute for this countybas been In session since Monday ot lastweek ana will close on Friday. Elghty-envon

-are enrolled and tbo Instructors are

Mrs. Metcalf , of Lincoln ; Prof. Hart , of theHoldrego public schools and Prof. Thrasher ,ot Edgar. The attendance Is the largest otany Institute ever held in this county andthe Instructors are doing excellent work.-

A.

boy bouclit a package of powder this morn-ing

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and laid It in a now tin pan in a wagonwhere the sun could strike it , and went offabout other business. Not long after this anexplosion occurred which frightened theloam and the people , and lol the powder wasgone.

Honda Brollne , a farmer, died suddenly athis bachelor homo four miles north of town ,on Sunday.

Politics begin to Interest office seekers.The republican county central committee Iscalled ahd soon the smoke of battle will ap-pear

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F. Hollgron , the present treasurer , willbo a candidate for a second term and willlikely not hiwo much opposition. George P-.Hhea

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will try for a second term for countyJudge. S.A.Haldon and Peter Piersonaro canaldates for county clerk'and others will likelycome out. The present Incumbents for tinoffices of sheriff and county superintendentwill likely bo rcnomlnatcd without opposllion-

.Dokempcr'a

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Body Probably Found.N-

EUIIASKA CITY , Neb. , August 17-

.Speclal.-

[ Telegram to the BEE. | The bed }

ot a boy about eight years ot age was takeifrom the river last evening about three mileabove East Nebraska City , la. The body hatevidently been In the water some time , hat

i on a shirt and striped trousers, and Is sup-posed to bo the boy Harry Bokempcr. oOmaha , of whoso disappearance the BKImade mention in Its Sunday Issue. Tlibody was taken to East Nebraska Citywhore It now Is-

.Pullerton

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FUI.I.KRTON , Neb. , August 17. ( Specla-to the BEE.J The prohibitionists have heli

their convention , nominating a full tlckolFrom present prospects there will bo foiltickets In the Held-

.Crabtreo.

, a one-legged old soldier, shefour times at C. Cooney , with whom ho h.v-

trouble.. Two of the bullets passed throug-Coonoy's clothing , Kortr.ls attempted marislaughter the hinge placed the assallau-tuidcr 5MX ) bonds-

.On

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Ills Way to Omaha.-ST.

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. JosEi'ii , Mo. , August 10. [ Special lce-

gram to the BEK. ! Gerrge W. Heed e-

Topcka , Kan. , supreme commander ofSelect KnlgbU Ot the Ancient orderUnited Workmen , passed through St Joeph to-night on his way to Omaha , Netwhere ho will organize to-morrow alegion of the select knights for the state i-

Nebraska. . Mr. Iteed will bo in St. Joseu-ttie mih lust. , and attend with tho. lodges

, this city of the A. O. U. W. , tha auulvcrsar-tKJi g City , Missouri ,

NATIONAL SONS OF VETERANS.Opening of Their Htxth Annual En-

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mpnient at Oca Molnes.-DKH

.MOINES , la. , August 17 [ Special Tel-

egram¬

to thoBER.I To-day was the openingday of the sixth annual encampment of theNational Sons ot Veterans. The street*have presented a gay appearance from theprofuse display of bunting and decorationsand with the members of the order In brightuniforms now visiting in the cIVy. Aboutono hundred delegates and members fromoutside the state are present and perhaps twohundred from this state , making by far thelargest encampment yet held by the order.-Tbo

.utmost good will and enthusiasm Is ex-

hibited¬

among the members. The council Inchief mat last night and to-diy and auditedaccounts and this morning the encampmentmet for business and Commandcr-ln-CblefPayne , of Fostorla , O. , appointed thn com ¬

mittees. In his report General Payne said :

"Wo look with a great deal of pride on thegrowth of our order during the past year.-Wo

.have chartered 614 new camps , with 1,18-

1applicants. . Wo have mustered Into the oldcamps 5,433 members , which makes a totalgrowth ot 17,4' ) and a total membership otir..bOl. What other order has ever made suchrapid strides? Ohio alone has mustered 110camps with a membership of 3,071 , and otherstates have kent close behind. Wo have or-ganized

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new divisions In the District of Co-lumbia

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, Maryland , Montana , Keutncky andTennessee , and new camps In Arizona ,Idaho , Orozon , Ithode Island , Arkansas ,Texas and Virginia. This gives the order asolid footing In twenty-nine states and sixterritories. "

Iowa's Grand LodKOofGnod TemplarsDES MOINES , la. , August 17. | 8peclal

Telegram to the BEE. ] The Iowa grandlodge of Good Templars began Us thirty-fourth annual session In Good Templars'hall this morning. The assembly room wastastefully decorated with banners and flow-ers

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and was filled to Its utmost capacityThere were about fifty delegates presentfrom the lodges of the state and a large num-ber of visitors were also present , GrandChief Templar K. U. Ilutchlns presided , theother grand officers at their stations GrandCouncillor Mary A. Iloyt , of Perry ; HightWorthy Grand Secretary 13. F. Parker , ofMadison , WIs. ; Grand Treasurer O. L. Barrett , ot Council Bluffs ; Grand Superintend-ent

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of Juvenile Templars Lucy K. Fallor ,of Kellogg ; Grand Marshal GeorgeGilroy of Perry and Grand Guard John Caseot Dayton. Uov. F. Brown of Adel offereda prayer , after which the general lodge wasopened In form and the degree confericdupon those entitled to It Committees onappointments , credentials and juvenilework were appointed , and the grand chieftemplar's annual re ort read. After numer-ous

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letters of regret Had been read by Hutch-Ins , he made retcronco to Constable Pottsand Deputy Hamilton , the men who are nowunder (5,000 bonds each for shooting a sa ¬loon man , eulogized them warmly and Intro ¬

duced them to the judge. Tuey were re-ceived

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with a storm of applause , to whichMr , Potts responded. In the afternoonthere were reports trom officers and theirwork , showing the order to be nourishing.

Warden Barr's Report.A-NAMOSA

., la. , August 17. [Special Tele-

gram¬

to the BEE. ] The biennial report ofWarden Harr, of the Anamosa penitentiary ,to the governor shows that only five deathshave occurred there In thn past two years.There are 328 convicts , of whom 15S are tern-perato

-and 12U Intemperate ; SOU are male

prisoners and nineteen female. Seven areunder life sonteuco and two are waiting tobe hung. The system of throwing off tinio-as a reward for good behavior is found towork exceedingly wel-

l.Harding

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County's Veterans.UNION , la. , August 17. [ Special Tevcgram-

to the BEE ! The camp of Harding countyveterans Is alive with soldiers and the plat-form

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and the whole town are beautifullydecorated with flowers. General Tuttlc madea grand speech to the soldiers and speechesby leading members of the Woman's Reliefcorps were given In the afternoon. To-morrow

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Colonel Hepburn will speak.

Representatives Nominated.DES MOINES. la , , August 17. [ Special

Telegram to the BEE. I From specials it islearned that W. S , licdmond , of Powoshlokcounty, was renoinluated to-dav for repre-sentative

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at Brooklyn , and K. II. .Moore , of-Tama county , was nominated for the sameoffice at Toledo. Both are republicans-

.DISCREDITED.

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Rumors of Stanley's Death GenerallyConsidered Baseless at Belgium.C-

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[ 1&17 by Jama (Jnnlin Dennett. ]BKUSSEI.S , August 17. | Now York Herald

Cable Special to the BEE.J The freshtumor of Stanley's death Is firmly believedby the king of the Belgians , but all theCongo authorities hero consider it a bare-faced invention. From the me.ro fact that itcomes from Zanzibar I also believe It false.The same mall which brought mo the newstelegraphed you yesterday brought to KingLeopold a copy of a letter addressed by Stan-ley

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to Captain Lelbricht, district commissaryot the Congo Free State at Leopold. In acopy of the said letter shown me , dated Juno17, Stanley states that he arrived that veryday at the Aruwlinl rapids in good order andgood condition , and thanked the free statefor the assistance during his voyage In thei

Con so. It Stanley has been killed slnco , thei

news could not have reached Zanzibar fivemonths afterword , namely , next November,even by the shortest route from Tanganlkal-ake. . Therefore the Zanzibar news Isutterly incredible. Had it comeby the Congo route Itwould have looked moro likely but It has not.General Stratich has lately received threetelegrams from M. Hanssen , governor of St.Paul Loanda , dated August 3 and anotherfrom Madeira Aujust 9. These contain tnonews ot Stanley's death. Of course , bad anyplausible rumor of Stanley's death reachedGovernor Hansscu ho would have men-tioned

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it In one or other of the telegrams ,

whereas it does not oven mention Stanley's-name. . At the Congo authorities' office therumor Is considered a pure fabrication.-

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course Stanley may be abandoned byhis escort. The last authentic advises , ini

fact a fresh private letter shown mo by inde-pendent

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persons , assort ho has had some dlf-ficulty

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with his escort. These may take a-

traelc turn , but to assort that they have isequal to swearing that there was an earth-quake

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last night at the North Pole.STANLEY KEfOUTED SAFE.

LONDON , August 17. Letteis were received ]

hero yesterday from Henry Stanley , datedJulv 19 , from Gambruja , a village near therapids of Arumwl , reporting himself anddparty all well.

Meeting of Pacific Mail Directors.NEW YORK , August 17. At the Pacific

Mall directors' meeting to-day the executivecommittee was ordered to take stops to re-duce the capital stock one-half, and If this itdone the payment of dividends will be re-

, . sumed at once. Proposals are being receivedboth here and from England for two steam'-crs of about 4,000 tons, to cost about f400.00-Cor 500.000 each. Nodeclslvo action has boontaken on the purchase of the steamers , bill

si- this will be arranged at another meeting thatmay bo held In a few days-

.Illlnkey

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tie Morgan's Victim D ad.-

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of , August 17. Sherill Clmrle :

Lynch , ot Alpcna, dlod this morning from iisJii wound In Ule ted by the notorious "Bllnkcy1-

Morgan. . Lynch had planned and carriecout a scheme to capture Morgan and other

ot-ry

alleged to be the murderer* of Detecllvi-Hullgan , ot Cleveland. Ills murderer linow in jail at Uavenna , Ohio ,

ATTACKED THEIR ESCORT ,

Four TJtea Gome to Meeker and Ask Fora Powwow ,

ONLY A MURDEROUS SCHEME.

They Got Two Men Into Their Powerand Then Turn on Them With

Knives Sheriff Ken¬

dall's Appeal.

Caught In a Trap.DENVER , Colo. , August 17. [ Special Tele-

gram¬

to the BEE.I The first news receivedfrom the scene of the trouble this morningwas the following :

GLENWOOD SPUINOS , August 17. Gover-nor

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Adams. Justin from front Have hadseveral set-tos with Indians. No white menhurt ; several Indians shot. Sheriff Kendall ,with tbo leading citizens of Meeker holdingcounsel with Indians. Indians want fifteendays to get back to reservation. Troopsshould bo there to protect citizens whllo In ¬

dians are leaving. PHIL. FOOTE ,Deputy Sheriff Garfleld County.-

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11:10: , however , the governor received adispatch came from Adjtant-Goneral West ,and read as follows :

GLONWOOIJ Smixas , Col. , August 17.Governor Adams : Messenger Just arrivedbearing dispatch from Gregory at Meekersaying four Utea who came into town yes¬

terday asking for protection and council ,have acted In bad faltn. They asked forescort through settlements in afternoon to-go out and confer with Colorow. A Mor-mon

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Inspector from Ashlv was with themand a man called "Fatty" Uandall. on whomthey made an attack with a knife , cuttinghim on arm , and then ran. Whites werefired on by party of Utes In hills. Mayorwants troops sent on with all possible dis-patch.

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The same courier brings the following fromSheriff Kendall :

MKRKEit , Col. , August 10 Foneral GeorgeWest : Send men and arms at once. TheIndians have raised hell again. Lose notime. Yours truly ,

J. C. KENDALL.The following reply was sent :

GLENWOOI ) SrniNos. Col. , August 17.Cantaln Gostln has arrived this momentafter an all-night ride. As soon as men arebetter rested will push thorn on to Mecner.Shall order Itcordan to make forced marchthere. They have government troops ; beenordered forward. Ghoitni : WEST ,

Adjutant General.This dispatch showed the following to bo

the situation : Sheriff Kendall and the In-

dians¬

had agreed on a truce and powwow.With this end In view Sheriff Kendall with-drew

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to Meeker , bringing four of Colorow'sUtcs with him for counsel. The citizens ofMeeker agreed to Colorow's demand for fif-

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days' time to leave the country andSheriff Kendall dispatched Deputy SheriffFoote to Glenwood Springs with the news.The four Utes wanted an escort through thesettlement on their return to Colorow andtwo men were given them. These two menwont with them but beyond tha settlementthe four Utes turned on the two white menwith knives. This of course started all thnexcitement afresh and Sheriff Kendall sent acourier after Foote , who gave the news ofthe treachery. UnltedStates Marshal Hillto-day telegraphed General Crook that the as-sistance

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of United States troops was urgentlyneeded. Governor Adams said this morn-Ing

-: "I want United States troops. It is

very well to talk about cleaning out the In-dians

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with state troops but I do not proposeto let a single be sacrificed where the sac-rifice

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can be avoided. It cuts mo to the heartto send militia boys to the front, for theremay be loss of life among them. I am doingonly what I must do. Ilow the trouble orig-inated

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It is still hard to determine. But Imust do what 1 can toward protecting theInnocent settlors. 1 still earnestly hope thatthe difficulty will bo settled without muchbloodshed. "

Walking the Streets With Rides.-MEEKEK

., Cole , , ( via Glenwood Springs' )

August 17 , Tuesday , S-'Xi p. m. [ SpecialTelegram to the HUE.-A] fooling ot se-

curity¬

has prevailed but since , a white manhas been attacked by the Indians and thereis now considerable feeling manifested.Troops will likely bo sent for and are surelyneeded. The Utes have asked for four daysto leave In but they are still coming from thereservation. No ono feels secure , Kendalland his posse got In this morning. None of-

bis comrades are wounded. Arms and am-

munition¬

are needed here.-LATEII.

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. The man attacked was stabbedby a Ute whom ho was conducting out of thecity , the Utobeln ? in to make peace. HowardEdnas has just been sent to Axall to notifySenator Eddy and the Boar river people ofthe situation. It Is now sure that troublewill follow and of a serious nature. If troopsdo not come in a protracted Indian war willensue. Men are now walking the sticetswith rifles In their ban ds.

Probably Pightln ? the TrlunGOVERNMENT UOAD , FOUIITEEN MILE-

POST , Tuesday , August 1G , 5 a , m. (via Glen-wood Springs ) Colo. , August 17. J. 1.Iteynold , chairman of the board of countycommissioners of Garfleld county accom-panied

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by your correspondent arrived herolast evening with the stock completely wornout by bad roads and day and night travel.-Wo

.are now fourteen miles from the White

river and eighteen miles from Meeker , whichwo will reach as soon as possible this morn-ing

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, as we have boon advised that the ammu-nition wo have Is badly needed. This morn-ing ut 3 o'clock D. K. VanCleof , county as-sessor and special courier for Adjutant Gen-eral West went over this road and woke upall the ranchmen and advised them to flee toFrank Morgan on the divine , saving thatKendall had had a fieht with the Utcs andthat the agency Utes were moving up theWhite river. When the first trouble occurredbetween J. A. Burgett , the game warden , andthe Utcs , the latter sent runners to thtagency for assistance and ever slnco smallbands of Utes have been noticed coming ujthe river. The last reports are that a largo bodjare moving upon Meeker. The flrst dlfllcultjoccurred between Game Warden J. A. Ben-nett and the Utes. The game warden at-

tempted to servo some papers on the Ind Ian :

for their illegal and wanton slaughter olgame. The Indians made a rush for theliguns and the fight commenced. It Is reported that ono Ule was killed , but this I ;

not definitely known as the Indians alwayipack oil their killed nnd wounded. Ono othe horse thieves who had been Indicted b ;

the grand jury at their last sitting , waiwounded three times. Game Warden Ben-nett was then joined by Sheriff Kendall andhis party , and a running tight has been kep-up ever slnco according to reports. Kendallla reported to bo n great distance away fronMeeker , fifty or sixty miles , but brushes be-

tween the whites and Indians have occurrcconly a few miles from Meeker. Fronwhat can bo learned as wo neathe field of active operations one otwo things must obtain , Kendall Is cltlierighting brush or the whole Ute tribe are oithe warpath. Van Cleef was under instruc-tlons this morning to call out the state milltia , call for volunteers and beg , borrow osteal amunltlon. It is thought that Klne ;

Colorow's son has been killed , as a whltman was seen riding his famous' race horseThe horse is well known in this section i.Since that tlineiuiU) and horse are both

Ing and It Is presumed tbo man has ridden tohis death. If this boy Is killed there will bo-

a long war inaugurated.-

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General Uprising Threatened.G-LKNWOOD

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SPRINGS , Colo. , August 17.( Special Telegram to the Bru.1 Your cor-respondent

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has learned that the White lllverIndians have sent runners to the Un-compahgre

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camp , the Black Feet , the Sioux ,

the Crow and other tribes In Colorado , Wy-oming.

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. Montana and Idaho for aid. Colo-row Knows that It will bo a decisive battleand that it will end the Indianquestion forever. Ho has determined ,

It Is said , to have the other tribesbrought into the present dltllculty and whllothe outbreak has been local so far ho wantsto make it a national one. 'Tho runners arereported to have started for the camps of theother tribes from Yellow Jacket pass onSunday night. Duncan Ulalr , a white ranch-man

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who married a Ute squaw and who Issaid to bo popular with the Utcs Is alleged to-

konw something of It, Ho cannot bo reachedfor two days as his ranch Is some milesabove Meeker. There may be nothingIn the statement but It Is plausibleand I send It , that Inquiry bo made as to Itsauthenticity. The day has been an excitingono here , as sensational reports of the actionsot the Indians as narrated below have justif-ied.

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. Ono company of state militia has de-

parted-

lor the scene ot the trouble , supple-mented

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by an organized band of volunteersheaded by Under Sheriff Clements and JackWard , a settler familiar with Indian tacticsand the country. The other state troops areon their way, and Adjutant GeneralWest has been Indefatigable In hisefforts to get men to the frontas soon as possible. Ho has sentguns and ammunition In answer to tbo ap-peal

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and if the state troops once get In thefield they will , from present Indications , boable to quell the outbreak and compel thehostiles to go back to tlin reservations or killthem , which Is believed to bo tbo most feasi-ble

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solution of the problem. Thn statetroops must move , however , as my ad-

vices¬

, which 1 have every reasonto believe accurate bavin ;; beengleaned from both sides , show that theIndians are concentrating and at least 200ofthem are in the White river country readyfor a battle , which they will be able to main-tain

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advantageously , being In a country withwhich they are thoroughly familiar , andwhich will make their position Impregnable.-No

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very serious casualties have been re-

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yet, but the unprotected ranches arethe prey of the hostiles , and to protect themtroops must begin to work. I think that theprovisions for the campaign , which it ap-

pears¬

Is pending , have notbeen as thorough and completeasthey might bo , and troops should bosupplied with every facility for conducting acreditable contest. The Denver , Leadvllloand Colorado Springs cavalry companies areexpected to-morrow night , although theyhave not as yet reported at the terminus ofthe railway , thirty-live miles distant fromGlenwood Springs , and about 100 from thescone of the troubles

Government Aid Asked.WASHINGTON , August 17. A telegram

w as received at the war department thismorning from General Terry stating thatthe governor of Colorado had requestedGeneral Crook to assist the civil authoritiesin serving process upon the Ute bucks whohad been Indicted by the grand jury. GeneralTerry asked for Instructions for tbe guidanceof himself and General Crook In the matter.-

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telegram was sent in reply , directing himto hold troops In readiness to move at a mo-

ment's¬

notice in case of necessity. The wardepartment bus received no of-

ficial¬

information of the re-

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engagement between Colorow'sband and the sheriff's posse , and the militaryauthorities do not feel authorized to assistthe civil authorities In their efforts to arrestIndicted Indians. In the event ofthe defeat of the sheriff's posse andColorow's taking to the warpath ,General Crook , who Is near at hand , had fullauthority to take any action to protect thepeople. In view of the absence of any ofll-clal

-information of the outbreak , however ,

the war department otllcials are disposed to-charaeterl7.fi some of tlio reports as exagger-ated.

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. _Nebraska and Iowa Pensions.

WASHINGTON , August 17. [Special Tele-gram

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to the BEE. ] Nebraska pensions weregranted to-day as follows : Thomas M. Gib-

son¬

, Wilsonvllle , Increase ; Potter MunU ,

Grand island ; Charles Helen , Newman'sGrove , Mexican war ; Achilles K. Harmon ,

Woodlawn.Iowa pensions wcra granted as follows :

Widow of William Hart , Drakevllle. Origi-nals

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: William M , Veneman , Atlantic'Sam-uel

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P. Hyde. Clear Lake : Sheridan R. Tracy ,

Klchland ; Gustavus Kendall , Alta, Increase ;Isaac Heunor , Falrtield ; S'aederF.' Lastertv ,DCS Molnes ; Thr.oplillus GrUgs, Keokuk ;Boyd W. Dysart. Clarlnda : Edwin Shaffer-.Castalia'Jolm

.: Fenton , Milledeevlllo : Elijah

Morris , Hethlehmn ; Matthew In Davis , Htfw-Icyville

-, Samuel S. Mosel , Muscatlno ; Mel-

vin-

Stone , Dos Molnes : Uobort Kopner ,Marengo ; Isaac Sprague , Clear Lake ; Wll-llaiivPovorell

-, Laporto City.

Offers For Bond fining.WASHINGTON , August 17.The offers for

the sale of 5J per cent bonds to the govern-

ment¬

received at the treasury department to-

day¬

amount to 58837000. The rates rancodfrom 103 to 110. It is stated at the treasurydepartment that the government has made asaving of S242l'i'5 In Interest In buying33,500,000IX bonds to-day at a premium of810944100.

Secretary Falrchlld , this afternoon , ac-cepted

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the offer of Harvey Flsk & Sons tosell Sl.000000 coupon , and 81,500,000 regis-tered

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4V < per cents , at 100 44100. All otherbids were rejected.-

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DAHEDKVIli DEED.-

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Snmll Boy AI moat Causes a Terri-ble

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Accident in Chicago.CHICAGO , August 17. | Special Telegram to-

theBun.J A small boy , whoso name andresidence are at present unknown , but whoIs being sought for by the police , created agood deal of excitement at the Lake streetbridge about 8 o'clock this morning andnearly succeeded In bringing about a fright-ful

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accident At the hour named the bridgetender went to the west end of the bridge totighten up the lock a little and for an Instantthe throttle on the main floor of the bridgewas left unprotected. Seeing this the youthdarted out from the passenger walk , gave thethrottle a Jerk , settlnc.tlio bridge In motion ,

and ran away as fast as his legs could carryhim. Just as this had been done a WestDivision car was cominK down to the bridge ,

when the driver suddenly saw the immensestructure turning at full speed. Fortunatelyhe was enabled to stop his car before Itreached the bridge and at the same ti mo theman In chargn of the engine on the secondfloor of the brlduo saw that something waswrong and shut off .steam , bringing the greatstructure to a halt before It had moved half adozen feet. Brldzo Tender Casey set In pur-suit

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of the boy. who ran down Water street ,whllo the policeman at the bridge made chasedown Lake street In Mono of overtaking himthere. Casey had the boy In slu'ht for some-time and followed him to lllver street , overhalf a mile , but the cunnlnir youngster es-caped

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In the crowd at this point.-

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Talk With Admiral Ltico.NEW VOKK, August 17. [ Special Tele-

gram to tlio UKK. ] Tliu Bar Harbor corre-Hpondentof tho. World quotes Admiral Luctassaying ; "There Is no truth at all In the

' story that I am to retireI have still twcyears more to nerve uuder uiy present com

smission -" ', .

LELAND STANFORD'S' ANSWER

It Was Filed in the United States CircuitCourt Yesterday ,

THE QUESTIONS WERE UNFAIR.

Such U Ills Allegation Regarding theInterrogations of tlio i'aolflo

Commission Says Ho WillAnswer IT Compelled.

The Senator's Screed.SAN FIIANCISCO , August 17. [ Special

Telegram to the BEE. | There was Hied Inthe United States circuit court hero to-daythe answer of Senator Lclaml Stanford tothe petition of the Pacific railway commis-sion

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to compel the said Stanford to answerquestions relating to the use ot money forthe purposes of influencing legislation Inconnection with the Central I'acllic railway.After citing at length the history of the Cen-tral

¬

Paclilc , Stanford says that he has takenpart In transacting the business of the com-pany

¬

for over twenty-live years and In pointof value aggregating upward of 8WO.OOO.OOO-

.As.

tha business took place ho was cognizantof It, but owing to Its multiplicity and thepressure of matters moro Important tl.anmere detail , ho Is now no longer able torecollect tbo matters with which ho wasonce personally familiar. After receivingthe circular from the commission In May ofthis year, calling for certain Information , hoendeavored to comply with the request. Illsanswers contain Ing all available Information ,were prepared and submitted to the commis-sion.

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. Since the arrival of the commission InSan Francisco , he has waited upon the , prin-cipal

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officers , and the employes of the Cen-tral

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1'acltlc company have waited upon themand every person in.tlio employ of the com-pany

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whoso presence was desired , or whocould furnish them Information In respect tothe subjects of their Investigations , havepromptly and cheerfully done so. The lawscreating the Central Paclilc company havebeen complied with. The repeal of the actot congress creating the company would notdo away with the Central Pacllic railroadcompany. Its existence does not dependupon an act of congress. It owes itsexistence to the laws of the state ot Californiaand to those laws alone , and however a re-peal

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of the act ot congress may aifoct thebounties , it can In no wise affect the exist-ence

¬ot the company. Annual examina-

tions¬

of the affairs of the company havebeen made by the government officials , andaccounts between thn government and thecompany adjusted accordingly. The presentexamination by the pacific commission hasnot only extended to tlio affairs of the Cen-tral

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Pacific railway , but has extended to a-

seachlng investigation of the affairs of allconsolidated and allied companies connectedwith that corporation , and all business rela-tions

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have been exposed to the public andprying curiosltv of rival business competi-tors.

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. Standtord says that It Is In regard tothat class of property with which the govern-ment

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has no connection that he declinesto answer the questions propounded , andquestions have been asked and a line of ex-amlnlnatlon

-pursued manifestly prompted by

disaffected and hostile parties whoso aim wasmore the pursuit of personal enmity of a pri-vate

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character than In the Interest of thepublic at largo or tbo ends of justice. Not toanswer these objectionable questions wouldnot necessarily give rise to the implicationthat all persons whose names may be men-tioned

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In the questions ttfwlilch answers aredeclinedare-guilty of the acts of commissionwhich are implied 111the bare asking of thequestions. To quote from an answer filed ,

"In my testimony given to the commission-ers

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1 have said In substance and now repeatihat I have never corrupted nor attemptedto corrupt any member of the legislature orany member of congress or any public offi-

cial¬

, nor have I authorised any ouo to do so."In regard to the vouchers

referred to in the present application , Stan-ford

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savs : "All claims covered by thesevouchers have received not only the approvalof tlio board of directors of the Central Pa-cific

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railroad company , but likewise the ap-proval

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of the stockholders of the company.All parties who could in anywise bo affectedby the disbursements empraccd in thesevouchers wore all satisfied with them ; there-fore

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the commission ought to be satisfiedwith them. It Is impossible not from time totime to do business involving disbursementswhich every dictate of business prudence wit'not admit of being made public ; arrange-ments of a private character , names of partiesnot pubjHly known and the disclosure ofwhich could only result In defeating theends in view and exposing tlio per-son

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so named to obloquy , would forbidmaking the same public either upon tlio-archleves of the company or before the pub-lic

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commission. "Stanford regrets that the commission has

deemed It Its duty to propound questions In-

volving¬

criminality on Ills part but bolus;asked the question ho has felt constrained te-net answer them , acting not merely on hisown behalf , but on behalf of tlioso whoso In-

terests¬

, as stockholders of the Central Pa-cllic

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railroad , are committed to his charge.-He

.feels bound to decline to answer them un-

less¬

the court shall otherwise rule.

The Argument Ho lorn the IT. 8. Court.HAN FRANCISCO , August 17. Argument

was commenced to-day Defore Supreme Jus-tice

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Field and Judges Sawyer , Hoffman andSabln In the United States court In the caseof the petition of the Pacific railroad com-mission

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against Senator Stanford. TheUnited States district attorney arcued thatthe ar.t of congress creating the commissioncalled for an entire expose of the company's-doings. . The counsel for the railroad usedthe samu line of argument , substantially , asSenator Stanford had , assertine "that theprying of the commission Into private mat-ters

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rendered the work unconstitutional. "llotli parties were allowed till Monday to filebriefs.

The Pacltlo Itallway Inquiry.SAN FKANCIBCO , August 17. Ueforo the

Pacific railway commission to-day I ) . O.Mills , of Now York , testified that ho wasoffered in 1ST :) a controlling interest In theCentral Paclilc , consisting of bO per cent ofstock in all the corporations connected withthe road , Ho was offered this tor ?20,000X)0( ) ,

but! declined because ho did not agree Inall particulars of building , and was also de-

terred¬

bv the attltudo of the government.-Klchard

.F. Stevens , accountant tor the com-

mlsson-

, testified that many books were miss-ing

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, also vouchers on which Jarce sums ofmoney was paid by Standford and Crocker.-Ho

.ret erred especially to a voucher for 5518,000

paid Crocker , for back salary , forwhich he could find no authorization.George It. U. Hayes , counsel for Mrs. EllenCoiton In the suit ot Colton vs. Stanford ct-al. . , appeared with the correspondence be-tween

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Colton and Huntlngton , but an In-

junction¬

from the UnltedStates circuit courtwas served restrainIg him from producingIt or the correspondence.

Asked For InstruotlonH.SAN FHANCISCO , August 17. Chairman

PattUon , of tlio Pacific railway commission ,

to-day telegraphed the president , askingwhether the should employ counsel to assisttthe district attorney In the cases pending In-volving

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the examination of witnesses oncertain point-

s.KKYSroMi

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UKPUDhlOANS.

The Pennsylvania Htu o ConventionKndnrscH ISIaino-

.HAiiinsiiuito.

, Pa. , August 17. Tlio repub-

lican¬

state convention was called to orderthis morning and Walter U Lyons electedtemporary chairman. William 1) . Hart was;

nominated for state treasurer by acclamation.Williams was nominated on the lirst ballotfor supreme judse.

The following are the main features of theplatform as adopted : It rcalllrms the decla-ration of IbSC In favorof submitting fo a-

votu ot the people a prohibitory cousiltu-

tlonat amendment and endorses the actionof the last legislature In the submission of-an amendment making suffrage free by abel ¬

ishing tax qualification ; U favors a tariff forthe sake of nurturing American manufactures ; demands the p.issago of moro vigorousnational laws tor scrutiny of Immigration ;expresses abhorrence of anarchistic Ideasand demands that any violations of the lawby this classbo met with severe punish-nient

-; favors the creation of * n Amer ¬

ican marine ; declares that the surplusof the treasury cannot bo betterexpended than In the enlargement of thegeneral pension list , so as to Include all hon-orably

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discharged soldiers who may bo Inneed ; It arraigns the democratic party andthe present national administration for gen-eral

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Inability in dealing with all nationalquestions , affirming that the only energythey have exhibited has been In the displace-ment

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of experienced olllcers and a direct vio-lation

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of their civil service pledges ; chargesPresident Cleveland with endeavoring tonurture sectionalism. In order to preserve asolid democratic south , by preference to adistinguished station of soldiers prominentIn efforts to destroy the eovornincnt , by hisrefusal to sanction pensions to soldiers emi-nent

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in efforts to sustain It, and by his "rebel-llait" order.

Following Is the closing portion of the sev-enth

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plank In the nlatform : "Tho repub ¬

licans or Pennsylvania , the native state ofHon. James G. Hlalno. will view with hUlipleasure his nomination for the presldenoyIn the campaign ot 1SSS. Accldont cannotabate the love of a great party , nor the admi-ration

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of a irrcat people for the statesman ,true alike to his convictions and to his coun-try.

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. "liejolutlons w"ro also adopted denouncing

the discrimination airalnst thu colored raceIn the south and extending sympathy andgreeting to Gladstone , Parnell and associ-ates.

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THK KATE TO 8T. LOUIS-

.It

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! Fixed at Ono Faro Br the West-ern

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PaflSciiKcr Association.CHICAGO , August 17. The Western Pas-

senger association met to-day and decided toadhere to the rate for the Grand Army re-union

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at St. Louis , next month , at a singlefare on roads west and northwest of the Mis-souri

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river, as already agreed upon. Theroads from Chicago to St, Louis will make arate of 1 cent to meet the rate made by theCentral Traffic association.

Road., August 17. Articles of In-

corporation¬

of the reorganized Indianapolis ,

Uccatur & Springfield railroad companywere filed with the secretary of state thismorning. The capital stock Is fixed at JM-

420,000?, -

, and the Indiana line is defined asrunning from Indianapolis to a point on theIllinois line , In Vermllllon county , where Itconnects with the Indianapolis , Qulncy &Mlssouil lUver road. The now company is-to bo called the Indianapolis & Wabash rail-road

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company-

.An

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Kxppctctl Hnllroml Ttattlc.-ST.

.. l'AULMlnn. , August 17. A Winnipeg

special to tlio Pioneer-Press , says ; It Islearned that the Canadian Pacific yesterdaymorning sent road building material and agang of fifty men over Its southwesternbranch In Morris , where woik was to beginto-night constructing a snur line crossing theroute ot the Ifed lllver Valley road , thus ob-structing

¬the building ot the latter. An open

conflict between the torccs of the opposingroads is expected to-day , as the Ued Itlver-giaders are Hearing this point.

The Condition of Now Foiiucllaiid ,

ST. JOHNS , N. F. , August 17. The Colonistto-day contains the following from Sir llob-ert

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Thorbiftn , premier. "Tho statementspublished abroad regarding New Foundlandare untruthful 'and malicious. There Isneither bankruptcy nor universal destitution.Hank nnd wostern-fisheries aro. successful.Thu Labrador and northern fisheries hithertohave Deed poor , but were Improving at thelatest advices. The general outlook here Ismuch bettor than It was last season at thecorresponding period. "

AllMY 1UFLU SHOOTING.-

At.

Fort Ljcavonworth.K-OUT

.LEAVKNWOHTH , August 17. [Spe-

cial¬

Telegram to the BIK.: ] The following In

the third day's score of the eighteen highestcompetitors In the seventh annual rifle com-petition at Fort Leaven worth :

To-da > 's Totalscore , score.

Hardln , Sd Lieut. 18th cav 70 41(-1Macomb

(

, 1st Lieut , nth cav 01 Ji'J-SJloch , Corp. C , 7th eav Cfl seaSlekamp , Sorgt C , 5th cav 00 ! iS7Munich , Private K , l th Inf 5S 8S4Preston , Private L , 9th cav 65-

Peterbon , Corp. A , 6th cav 40Wild , Sernt, 1 , Cth Inf 51 3buNewton.Sergt. H.Cth Inf O'J b7Keep , Corp. U. SM Inf (Vt 157-2Coys , Private L , 5th cav 47 sot )

Heed , Sergt. K , 5th cav C2 I5C7Hollluger , musician A , 23d Inf. . . .47 807Wunhold , Serct. A , Ibth Inf 12 02Itay , Sergt. A , 10th Inf 52 874

Close of Preliminary Practice.U-ELI.KVUK

., Neb. , August 17. ( Special

Telegram to the UEE. | The preliminarypractice for the Department of the Platteclosed to-day. The weather has been fair forgood shooting , with the exception of the sec-

ond¬

day, when it poured down rain all theforenoon. The firing was not stopped onthat account. At the firing at known dis-tances

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Thursday morning and afternoon andskirmish firing on Tnursday and Friday thefollowing are tlio scores made by the firstfourteen competitors : Lieutenant Kerr ,Seventeenth infantry , 400 ; Lieutenant Gar-rard

-, Ninth cavalry , 4VJ ; Cantaln Glenn ,

Seventeenth Infantry , 4M ; Private Annls ,Twenty-first Infantry , 400 ; Sergeant Lewis ,Seventh Infantry , 401 : Private Uoltz. Seven-teenth

¬Infantry , 400 ; Sergeant Homing , Sev-

enteenth¬

Infantry , 443 ; Corporal Mullen ,Seventh Infantry , 443 ; 1'rivato OlsonTwenty-second Infantrv , 44t: ; Corporal Kelley , SixthInfantry , 430 ; Private Holt , Eighth intantrv ,

46! : Corporal i-'unlis , Seventh Infantry , 485 ;

Lieutenant Mercer Klglith infantry , 481 ;Private Itlerdan , KlglithTntantry , 4IJO. ..ssa-

At St. Paul.-Sr.

.. PAUL , Minn. , August 17. To-day at

Fort Snolllni; was devoted to bullsoyo-shooting. . Lieutenant Avcry carried elf thehonors. At SOO yards ho made four bulls-eyes In tivo shots and the other ono was zero ,

thus winning 4'J' out of a possible 50. At thesame distance Sergeant McKoIvey made sixbulls-eyes in eight shots. At 800 yards Cor-poral

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Uoyno made three bulls-eyes in fourshots. Sergeant Anger , Sergeant Crow andSenceant Michel made five bulls-eyes Ineight shots. At COO yards Sergeant CrowSergeant Wood , Sergeant Farrell , CorporalHoyne , Private Keoney and Private Smitheach made four bulls-eyes In eight shots.

Sentenced Under thn Crimes Act.-DUHMN

., August 17. At Limerick sessions

to-day three persons were sentencedunder the crimes act , two of them to sixmonths imprisonment and ono to fourmouths for resisting the sherif-

f.Amnrlcnn

.

liar Association Meeting.S-AHAToriA

., N. Y. , August 17. The tenth

annual meeting of the American liar associ-ation

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opened hero to-day. Over !iOO lawyersweie present.

An Omnhn Money l'nokniu Lost.Hum : , Mont. , August 17. It has just been

learned that a package sent from Omaha bythe I'acllic express on the 21th , lost be-

tween-

Green lllver. Wyo. , and Pocatcllo ,

Idaho , containing 2ao In 5 hills , wasstolen from the car. No cluu. Kmployesare not suspected.

Weather Indications.For Ncbiaska : Gunernlly fair weather ,

light variable winds , slightly warmer Ineastern portion , stationary temperature Inwestern portion.

For Iowa : Fair weather, Glleht variablewinds , no decided change In tumpcratuie.

For Uukota : Fair weather , light variablewluds , nearly etutlouary temperature. '

,

A DIVIDED CORONER'S' JURY ,

Three of Them Tor the Oompany and ThreeFor the' Section Boss.-

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VERY POOR SHOW FOR JUSTICE

The Verdict In the Chatawnrth Oas8(111 HaiiRlng Flro A Serlou *

Wreck 011 tlin Unltlinoro* . * Ohio. *

Will Summon Moro .CIIATSWOKTH , 111. , August 17. | Special

Telegram t< > the HUE.I The coronet's jurymot tills morning and decided to summonmore witnesses. Station Agent Mnsoti a(Piper Cltv and Headmaster Knnls will bu ox-nmlniil.

-. Some members of tlio jury want'-

to sue If nny blame can bu attached to MrMason , whoso attention was called to the11 ro on the trnck early on the night ofWednesday, August 10. It nlso wants to'Inquire about Mr. Knnls' order before consulIng Coughlln. Thu jury Isovunly divided offthu form of the verdict. 1) . Shaw, a fanner-

V.

,. W. Soars , postmaster , nnd J. It. Blug-

1mm-

, a tariuer , want to brlni; In a vordlcfthat the seventy-seven persons came'-to their death by an accidentwhich occurred two and a half mlle'ieast of Clmtsworth ; that the nccldent wa <caused by the burning of a bridge , which wasentirely burned away when the train reachedIt, and It caught 11 ro through the carelcssnosi-of Timothy CouKhlln , section foreman , andone of the company's aeonts , who acted Inpositive disobedience of orders. P. L. Cookya hardware merchant and 'grocer , H.Turner , a coal and grain dealer , and C. Os*borne , a retired farmer , all of Chatswortli.went to censure the company for running *louble-header. They think the train WM-o hcaw nnd they want to say so. Coronoc-.one. , of 1'ontlac , Is with the company. iltf

Han apparently honest but easy-going gcnV-'cman , who feels uudcr obllgaJotis to the road for passes' !

Vttorney Stevens , a very shrewd and hk'hlyi-vsliouUiertid lawyer, bus been withg at the hotel , on the train and on that

treet corners. It will bo seen that the farm*rs are standing by the company and thewstmaster, who Is fouminn of the jury , a,ustlco of the pcacu and a member of thejonlicdrlm , knows which way the company's'uvors are liable to How if ho does noised'-tial the proper form of verdict is returned.-

. verdict such as Sears recommends oxoner-ites

-.the management entirely and throw*

the entire blnmc on the thin , bony , stammernK Tim Cougnlln , the boss of section 7. TlittNew York bondholders will probably roaojho verdict , and thu officers of the road )

lice jobs at stake.-1'r.oitiA

., August 17. The board of rallrord

net warehouse commisslonor.s was ongagid.11 day In hearing the testimony of mimor-us

-persons who wcru on the excursion

rain , but no Important facts were elicitedA. largely attended memorial meeting was-.icld

.

In the court house square this eveningmil lengthy i'solutions adopted demandinghe closest investigation into the causes o-

ind all the circumstances attendant upon th-Clmtsworth disaster. Symuathy was ex-tended to all upon whom suffering has bcostalled by the disaster , and ttpproc latlon othe good offices ot all who aided In rcsculnand succoring was acknowledged.

Another frightful Aceldont.W-ARiiiNdTON

., August 17. | Special Telot

gram to the UEE. Another frightful accl <

dent occurred on the Baltimore & Ohioroad this morning within the limits of the?

city. As the Cincinnati and St. Loulscxpresjtrain , which Is duo hero about 0 a. in. , was}

rounding Into the "V" at a rate of speed apJ-proxlmatlng forty-live miles an hour, tha-nglueer discovered that the airbrakes would!

nut work. Before the engine could bo slack-oncd

-*

up the train had left the track and'went crashing Into a building which stoodnear. Thoscono of the accident Is ouo of thorutmost desolation. Scarcely a picca-of the engine can bo rceog *

Sorcral cars are entirely demolishedThe signal tower is a total wreckt;

and two houses are converted Into plies otruined building material. It is Impossible t 7ascertain at this writing just what the casualt-ies aro. The engineer and fireman arlead and several of the pass cngers ire saidto have lost tlwir lives. At least twenty uieseriously Injured. It Is believed that thereare many moro under the wreck. Every ap*

uroach to the scene of the accident Is blockedby a crowd of people , all eager to see what 19going on. This makes it exceedingly dlffitcult to ascertain any of the particularsThe place whore the accident occurred see ml-to be the most fatal spot on the Baltimore sflOhio railroad. Within the past three year*live or six accidents have occurred there ,each of which was attended with moro ofiless fatal results.-

A I'KCUMAU.

WUECK.

f.

i

The accident to the lialtlmoro & Ohio rail'road In this city to-day was In some rcsprctione of the most peculiar over tecorded ,

Three passenger coaches were entire ! }demolished , and In addition to this one oithem was completely burled under the debrisof a three-story building which fell upon It.1and yet not a single passenger was killedoutright and the number seriously Injured )was very small Indeed , under the circum-stances.

¬. Tlin signal tower from which th

switches are operated was this morning a-threestory brick building. To-night there lascarcely a single brick In Its original posi-tion.

¬

. If the building had been purposely ;demolished It could not have been racedmore effectually. A rod brick house whichstood near the switch where the engine was,overturned , was painted from ground toroof with yellow mud blown up by the escarn-ing steam. The spot wheru the accidentoccurred was In the "V. " This has beenono ot the most disastrous places along thojcenter line of tills unfortunate road. 4serious accident occurred there only a fovmonths ago , and the company last wcolsettled ttio last claim under that accident.Within the past few ynais there have been a''number of similar affairs In the same localityand the people of Washington have at last'determined that this part of the load must btymaterially Improved. Active steps are to bojtaken to this and at once. The coimulBjJsloners have begun a rigid Investigation , ana ?

the company will bo compelled to adopt somabetter plan to enter tlio city. ,

fl'ressJ An accident occurred to the StyLouis , Chicago and Cincinnati express tralnf-on the Baltimore A: Ohio , which was dufhere this morninir. In which all the cars oxf-ccpt the sleepers were badly smashed upKnglneer Hamilton liroslus and two passen.tiers were killed. The llrcman was badlyscalded , and litteeu passonuers seriously In * '

jtired , Great confusion prevails at the scena-of the wreck and there Is much difficulty Inlearning the lunn es of the dead and woundedlias congers. The accident was caused by thfbrakes not working , which caused the trainto run from the truck and Into a signaltower. i

The injured , who number nine , have .almost all been taken to thu I'rovldenco hos-pital.

¬

. The In juries to Kock m.iy pro vo fataf.-Tlui

.Chicago and Cincinnati sleepers did not

leave tlio track.-LATKH.

.

. Only ono person was killed In thtrailroad wreck this morning.-

A

.

Cumion-Hiill O I Is'on.-DonriE

.

CITY , Kan. , August 17. The ( an-non ball tram on the Union 1'ncilic , duu heretills morning at 4 o'clock , ran into the rearof a fieightualn btanding on the main linein the yanls. derailing nnd tearlne Intosplinters tlui i-nboosu and time cars. FioluhtConductor 1. N. Klliott , who was In the cavboobciis latnlly Injuied-

.DtiHtnrilljr

.

At turn pt at Train W-

ST. . LwUi * , August 17. A diabolical at-

tempt was inailii lo-nlglit to wreck the out*

going passenger train on the Ohio fc Mlsslsi-slppi In the outskirts of the city by dilvlufttwo coupling pins in the fiogs. An office*walkin1; through tlio yard Just before tbtf-tradi was duo discovered and removed tun-ubtirucllnn. . The track ut this point Is on a'-hi J1 embankment aild much of ill*

! vourdllii :<ny a wrecki' . , . . . *'*