The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
June 10, 1890

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Xans. Historical SocJetya tol. xm, JTO. 19. WICHITA, KANSAS, TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 10, 1S90. WHOLE NO. 18S& BY A Measuie Kcpoited to the House tor the Protection oi Amciican Citizens. All Absentee Land Owners Obliged to Become Residents Within Ten Yeara or Withdraw. VTast Estates in the United States Owned by Subjects of England and Other Countries A Grave Question Be fore the People Mr. Cockrell Speaks foi Tree Coinage Items from Wash ington. Washington, June 9 Representative Oates, of Alabama, from the committee An the judicial j, todav reported to the hone the bill to prohibit aliens fiom ac quiring title to or owning lands within the United States "Yom committee has ascertained,"' ,ajs the report, "with rea fionable certaintj, that certim noblemen of Europe, prircipallv Englishmen, have acquired and now own about 21,000,000 acresfcof land within the "United States We have not sufficient mfoiination ro state the quuntitv owned by whens, nor is it so important, as it is generallj held m 'mailer nodie.s Tins ihen non resident ownership "w ill, in the course of time, leid to asvs tern of landlordism incompatible with the interest of the free institutions of the Uniteo States '1 lie foundation of such a s stem is hlng laid broad r in the west era states and teintonea Theav inco and "enterprise of European capitalists have ciusod them invest many millions m Aincnun railroads and land bonds, covering perhaps, 100 000,000 acres, tho greater part of which under fore clOBurc sales will most hkcb before many years become the property of thte foreign bondholders in addition to their present princelj posse-sions Tins nggns Rive foreign capital is not confined to the 1 aids it his piirchasul, but, overleaping its bound ines, has caused hundreds ot miles of public domun to be given up to the grazing herd-, of cattle and set at de fi.mct tho rights of the honest but humble ALARMING ENCROACHMENTS FOREIGN CAPITAL J( settler The bill proposes to place these ttliens under the disabilities of the cnil law as to ill ltituie attempts to ac quire lands m this countij In other words the leport sivs the bill is a declar itiou against ibsentee lnndloid ism It declares all foreign bom persons who have i.ot been naturalized mcipible of taking title to lands an w here vv ithin the United btates except to leasehold for not exceeding In e 3 e irs, and it h is no r"lative but a prospective operation It also contaiwa piovision which will com pel alien landow ners to cease to be such or to become citizens of the United btate& within ten ear I ie bill, the leiiort says, -would pre ent nnv more abuses like that of a Mr Scullv who residas m England and is a subitet of the queen, but who owns )Q 000 acris, occupied bv tenants mostly ignorant loreigners, from whom he ic cehes .1 rent of $"200,000 i irlj and expends it in Euiop A part of the Scully estate. nbout 2,000 acies lies within the citj limits! oi I'lttsuuig anil Allegnauv, troin the itnLsof which the subjects of the Bntish omen draw aniiunlh not kss than s.100, t00 This is an instance of ihen lindloid lminAnieiica I he tenth census shows th it the e nited States lias 570 000 f umcis, tin 1 imest number possessed bv any natio 1 111 the world In 0 inclusion, the repoit avs "With the imtui il increase in people and tin 0 OjO foieigners w ho flock to 0111 shores uniui illj and bv competition are reducing the wages of liboi, nuking the bittle of life lianier to win, how 1 few je us hence to piovide homes foi 0111 poor people, is a pioblem for 0111 Ynieucan statismen to -olve. The multiplication of the own ers of the soil is a correspond mg cnlaigcment of tho numbir of pitnotsand even land owner 111 thistoun tr should own allegunce to the United States IN THE SENATE k Vote Will he Asked on the Silver Bill Fnday. Wwnc.TON lune 't The silver bill was takin up and Mi Coekiell addicssid thesmato Ilesudthit all the bunfit that could be claimed loi the proposed bill was tli it the seen Mi would bo compelled to purchase ntOO 000 woith ol silver ever uonth more th m he now had the to purchase, .ana that the currencv would In increased to that extent nsked whether thero was mv valid reason justify mg tin lontmuanie of tlie existing disrriinin itiou in favor of the free aud tin hunted coinage of gold, and of tlie issue of gold ceitihcatcs lor gold bullion mil ngunst tlie fiee and unlimited coinage of filvei bullion 111 standard dollars and the issue of ceitificates tor silvei bullion At the close 01 Mi Cockrell's speech the house silver bill was laid before the sin ite Mi Tellir moved tint the bill be printed nnd 1 ud on the table. Mi Ham- A ithout reference to the fm nice committee9 Mr. Teller Without itfnii it Mr Hoai We should w ut until some uu mbc r of the committee is present Mi Teller Let it be oixiered printed and laid o'i tho table. It was so oiderod Mi Vest, 111 pin sii nice of tho notice j.ivenb mm last wek agun isked the n ite to take up and cojisidn the bill ic portid bv him from the select committee 011 the tiansportation and s.Je of meat pioducts, to prohibit a monopolv in the transportation of cattle to foiugn coun tru- and st ited asa icason whv anion should be taken lmiiiediaMv that tho t infl bill (os-he had bien informed bv a member of the finance committee) would be before the senate within a week Mi PI Ut thought that the senate should to on and dispone of the sltr lull He gave notice that henceforth the siher bill could not be 1 ud aside except ou a ea and nav vote. Ah btiwart asked unanimous consent tint on End u next at 3 o clock the -on ue shall vote on the silver bill aud all amend ments propo-ed The pre-uiiug officer (Mr Ingall-) sug gested that thire should be at least a quo rum present when unanimous con-ent wa askeiL Mi Stew art 1 lieu I give notice tint when that bill is taken up tomorrow I ill ask unanimous consent to hive a time nxid for taking the vote Mr Vest's bill was then taken up nnd a discussion of its provisious was cained ou between Mr. Vest in defence ot them and Mes-rs Hoar and H Je in attacking them Mr Hale offered an amendment and when ir came to a v ote no quorum v otni and the senate without further action ad joarneJ. REWARD FOR THE ROBBERS. W snrsGTON Hune 9 Tlie postothce di -jiaitment has offeieda reward of 10 000 in the thearre-t md conviction of the parrle- who robin d the registered mail pouches w hen thev the held up n trum m oouth Dakota on Saturdnv l.iat. PENSIONS FOR WESTERNERS. Wvshingtov, June 9 Pensions were granted to the following In Kansas To John J. Bradley, of Burns Andrew W. Murray, of Burton PhilSpencei, of Strong, John W Johnson, of LTbmg, John Keller of Howard, Ed ward Drewev, of Atchison, William J Milhken, of Oswego William Kcjdel of Knislev Charles A. Sadiar, of Haj s Citj James W Aiken, of Ottawa, Robert Reed, of Leavenworth Joci ih Baker, of Long ton, Elias II York, of Hillsdale, Augustus Ale Ulster, of "Woodston, James F ilcCai cie, of Independence lob Vaughn of Columbus, Albert Jastatt, of Attica, Noah luraei, ot Independence, William A Suit of McPheion, George W Winner, of Humboldt Amv A Vaughn, of Colum bus, and Marj Kienzell, of Atchison In the Indian terntorv To Robert Batv, of Kingfisher TOE PROGRAM, What the Lawmakers at Washington Ex pect to do This Week. W yshingtov, June 9 The Republican raenibeis of the senate will hold a caucus 'I uesday e ening to make choice of a sue ci-soi to Sergeant at-anns Canada whoe lcsi-cnation takes effect on the first of net n.oiith 'J ncro are sev cial caudiates in the field, tlie chief of them being ex Represen titive Valentine, of Xebiaska Deputy seigeant-at-arnis Charles B Reed, of Alaine his a stiong following and the friends of llliam B uley, of Philadelphia, Sen itor Quay's candidate, think he has a ch nice of winning the prize Col Swoids, of Iowa, is a candidate, and Mr Reed of Mmneot i, is in the race It is not nn possible th it when the Republican sena tors get togethei they vv ill consider the possibility of making other changes m the executiv e staff of the senate The passage by the house of the caucus silver bill will doubtless operate to cut shot t the silver debate in the senate A Republican caucus maj be held on the senate siue of the Capitol eaily this week, foi the purpose of determining vv hether 01 not the sem tew ill endorse the action of the house on this question The irener il be lief is that the Republican senatois will not be able to agree upon a measure, uid th it the senate w ill pass a bill differing from the house bill, cspeciallv in the bullion re demption feature and that the whole mat ter w ill then be settled in eonfeience be tweentho houses Whatever the caucus determines, it is hkelj this is the last week of silv er del) ite in t he senpte ben itoi Vest promises that he will bring up soon 1 now subject foi debate, the dis 1 ussion of w Inch in i occupy sever il dav s 'I he special committee, of which he is chairman, which spent many months in the investigation ot the transpor tatiou of beef and beef products, has report ed a bill and during tho past weik the committee on agriculture and forestry reported a substitute foi it Mr Vest has given notice th it some afternoon during the coming week, after the set speeches on silvci h is been m ule, he will call up these bills and uige their consideration to a con clusion One or two appropriation bills mi be called up for di bite, audit is not impossible that the conferees on the pen sion bill w ill come to some soi t of under st Hiding and leport to tho two houses al though this is not likelv The nver and haibor appropn ition bill ma be reported to the sen ite during the w eek The com mittee on commerco has 111 ide such piog less with it th it Senatoi Five thinks its considi ration mav be concluded bv the mid die of the w eek How ev er, there are sev eral hcanngs to be given bv the committee and tliev ma prolong the discussion to the end of the week The sen ite finance committee had hoped to have the tanfl bill ready to report be fore the end of this vv eek, but the mdica- tioi.s now are that the bill willnotbercadv to leturn to the senate befoie the begin ning or middle of net vv eek The Repub lie m members of the committee hav e turn edoveitothe Democrats several of the schedules and ill of the more important items in the bill w ill be passed upon before the end of the weeK There is a piospect of a comparativ elv dull week in tlie house The committees that have appiopnation bills leid toie poit will piobiblv have full sw in g auu the appropriations committee w ill call up the siindr civil bill foi discussion If this is linished before Piidav some of the other committees tint have appiopn ition bills leadv will call them up loi discussion A d iv 1111 be taken up 111 disposing of sen ite bills on the speaker s t ible that .11 e sunilii to house bills that have passed the house, and on bituidi, beginning .it 1 o clock, iiilogies to tin nicmor of the.1 ite Samuel J R md ill will be dehv tied Eulo Cits on the 1 ite repie-ent itive- Wilbei and Cutting of Xt York, will be de liveicd Ihuwlav A BAD ERROR IN NAMES Wvshington June 91 here are four Wilsons 1111 mbers of the house of repre sent itiv es and once in iw lule the pre-ence of so man persons with 1 common lannly 11 ime ociasion- slight mistakes in the Rieoiaofthe proceiding of the house the moie especi illv ls the Wilsons do not all owe fealt to the same political partv Vn nist nice of thi happened batunl i in the vote on the siher bill Mi ll-on of Missouri a Ut mot r it, was reported in the press ucount in giving tin vea md 11 o vpte is voting in fivoi of the bill when us he voted I'gunst its pessage, while Mi Wilson, of W ishington a Republic m, vv is put down among those opposing the bill, although he voted in favor of it The eiror occurred through the leading cleik in idvertentlv cvlling the name of Mi Wilson, of W ishington, before that of Mr Wilon, ot Mis-oun thus reversing the order in which their names are pi iced on the roll call THE HOUSE SESSION W vsniNGTON June 0 On motion of Mi Comstock, ot Minne-ora the title of the silver bill pa-ssed Nuurda wa amendtd so is to lead as follows 'Directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of other purpo-e- 'I he fioor w 1- then accorded to the com nnttie on the Di-tnct of Columbia bevtral of tho bills were p i-ed uid then the house took a rece the evening -t-. sion to be for the consideration of private pension bills At tlie ev ening -e ion no pi iv ate pension lull- were passed owing to objection nmue bv Mi Cn'oe of lennes-ee but ibout thirtv five went over with the previou. questioa ordered ITEMS FROM THE CAPITAL Wshin(,ton June J W Pike of Wichita ha- boon appointed to a po-ition in the census office md Lawrence Wil-on of Kan-as to the clerkship in the second auditor office Colonel Marli Muraock and wife of WuLitu are at the Riggs, Fitzhugh Loe Haves of Foit Reno at. the Ebbitt, D C Mollis and wife of Topoka at Wilhard s and L V- Biegar of Hutchinson, Kan at tin National The lollow ing fourth cla-s Kansas post mister- were appointed ve-terday F Kuo at Decatur, A inn at Lainbern aud A Simmons at Saltv die AN ADVERSE REPORT. Wathington, June :-enator Plumb tod.i rt ported adver-eh from the nublip land committee a bill to protect 1 md clum mts witlnn rulroad limit- bv per mittmg them to purcha-e the land from the government at $2.50 per acre wherever it is held not be within theland grant to the railroad- AccompanyingthebillL-a letter from tlie commissioner of the general land office recommending that the bill be not gassed for the reason that the interest of ona fide -ettler- are sufficient protected under tlie present law THE HARRISONS FETURN Wv-lUNGTON June 0 The president and tanulv returned to Wn-hmgton ou tlie -teAiuslun Dispatch nt noon from Fortress Monroe, Ya 111 COWLES SIT. SENSATIONAL TFiAGEDY MONTREAL. AT His Biother-in-Law Attempts Lite'in Defense of 3Irs, Cobles. His The Wronged Wife Seeking Possesion of Her Daughter at the Time the Deed 13 Committed Story of Evil Xife of the Son of the Late Cleveland Editor Masked Men Hold Up a Train in North Dakota The Express Agent Safely Escapes with Large Sums of Money. Montreal, Can June 9 Yesterday af ternoon Eugene H Covvles, ot Cleveland, O son of Edwin Cowles, late editor of the Le ider,w as shot by E C Hale, of the same city, brother of Cowles' wife Cowles was at once taken to the general hospital There whs a close examination and a hur ried consultation and it vv as announced that theie was no immediate danger. The ball had entered the right side of the neck, and after piercing the right aw bone had emerged through the cheek of the opposite side When it became known that there was no immediate danger an mquirv into the f icts of the case was besun Hale briell lelated the stoiy of tno shooting and gave up on the chaige of shooting with intent to kill He took a brief leav e ot his friends and w as then shown to the cell he was to occup Cow les w as v lsitmg his mother in Clev e land, as has been his cutom His little daughtei, who was stopping with hei mothei, was permitted to visit her father at his mother s house Ho took her in charge and went to the station, accompan ied b his sister, but he escaped from her, and at once took .1 tram This trim lan on to Conneaut There ho got horses and drove tw ent eight miles to Guard, Pa to be out of the state From theie lie took a tram for Buffalo, .md was next located at the Welland hotel, St. Catherines Ho was met by SheniT Sawer, who had a long in terview with him On Thuisday Cowles took a boat foi Toiouto about foui hours' sail Cow les and his vv lfe had not been liv mg together for some tune About two weeks ago he vv as attacked with a severe hemor rlmge of the lungs at Ficepoit, N Y, vv hei e he is eng iged in business Feeling tlie necessit ol going west foi Ins health, he made a visit to Cleveland to bid his mother and friends eood bv e When ho left here last Monda he took with him his little daugnter Floieuce, aged about 10 vears unknown to the mother The child's absence was soon discovered and se uch for her began When Mrs Cowles learned that her husband had taken tho gnl with him she at once be gin suit for divorce and an ordei w is issued b the cou-t giving her piocesston of hei daug ter, pending the lie iring of the cise Covvles went from Clev el md to Toronto aud Mrs Cowles, ueomp mied b hei attorne, hidj, e J h Ingersoll, hei sister add hei brotnei foi lowui in onler to regun p-se-ion ol the child T11 the meantime Cow les h id gone with his d uightei to Montreal where he was ovci taken b them Ten eais.ago Cowles was married to Miss Alice H lie, daughter of K B Hale. 1 bankei of Cleveland, O For five vears all went will, when Cowles bee in to ab sent himself from home, illeging that business cilledhim to Lockport N Y Instead of this he useil to go to the I10 j quois house, where the woman Claia 1j1 licschloss, as she was Known was stop pint. On one occasion, when in Europe, Cow les cabled to Ills wife to come to his aid, sivngthathe was sick She did go, ac conip mied b hei child but he had no soonei reiovered thai" he left her and re turned with a sti.ange worn m to Vmcric 1 and registered in a hotel in the Catskill mountains as man and wite On another Decision he lived with hei in ban Fran Cisco alleging that she wis his widow td si-ter, and occuping tdjoinmg loom Thefitherot Co.vle- during the abence of his son bee iin su-piciou-5 of him and calling his daughtei 111 1 iw, qui-tioned hn whether he had h id anv trouble with hei husband Receiving a replv in the negative he told hei that if it an time an tioubh should an-e she was it once to communicate the fait to him bccui-c he believed he h id moie lontiol ovei his son than anv both els'-had List October she di-covered win c -he nelieved to be his treacher, and c tiled on his father when the -on was cut oft w ith 2 "50J a year, the bulk of the moni going to his wife Ye-terday an interview was effected. Cow tes n-i-ted that onlv h.s wife should be present but her brother would not con sent and he ai conip mud them in the cat) for a drive in Mountain park The inter view was in progress when Covvles made 1 move a-if to maw v revolver when Hale anticipated him with the le-ult -rated llus morning Cowles is reported -let ping quietlv with an elevation of temperature indicating -eptic complication- Haie appeared 111 the supenor court an der nricst tin- afternoon on the charge of shooting with nitint to kill his brother 111 law Mr Eugene II Cow le 1 hi re alo ippeared Mrs Cowles aud her daughtei Florence, Tudge Ingersol coun -el for Mr- Cow It-, and II Gib-on repre senting the Drummond :-ecret service agenev at Wa-hingtou Mr "Hale looked ven thoughtful was laultlo 1 ittired and a tnfio pale after his night s confinement Mr- Cowles haI lit 1 child Florence bv her -ide and her si-ter in law, Mr- Bolton, was in constant attendance This morning Mr Ju-tice Tact isued ,1 peremptor order to the nuns to bring the child into court, which the did placing her 111 tlie care of Bailiff Laplune-s. COW L s NOW i KT KErENT VNT The Cowles abduction ca-e has neen abandoned Thi- afternoon Cowles called for Superintendent Kirkpatnck, of Mon treal general hospital und -tnted that he was vviih.ic to give up the child to hi w lfe Mr- "Covvles w c- then communicated with and received the news with jo Though tne case is adjourned till Wedne da, Judge Tut said lie would give a hear ing tomorrow morning and have the case formerlv -ettled Cowles was -een as lav m bed. There was no private apartments for his reception, and he 1- placed in public ward 3, -urrounded b -creen-, here to remain till more private qu irter- can be found He -aid to the re porter that he had no quarrel with his wife, that with men he could fight all tho v ear round, but with a woman not twe minutes He aid that if Hale -hould not liave interfered he and hi wife were com ing to an amicable understanding and all would h?ve been well. His condition wa- quite serious inas much as he also suffers irom con-umption. "If I me," he said. and I am afraid I will, it will go hard with poor Cleve (Hale.) Hale wa- relee-wl todav from prison in charge of two officer- anil 1- -taring witn friend-at the Wind-or General -!fc Uon L- felt at the niRxperted turn in the OH-e V. moment s oonver-ation wn- hud with Hale He stated thut he feared an attack and only anticipated by sfaoetms. THE COLUMBUS STRIKE. Colcmbcs O June 9 The Consolida ted street railroad succeeded m getting their first car out at noon The police had massed at one barn vv hei a the effort w as to be made and where 200 people and strikers had congregated. The new men, sixtj or more in number, were taken to the barn As the first car pulled out it was boarded by police, strikers and a gen eral crowd It was derailed after running a mile The dnv er vv as pursued through allev s and barel escaped. A second car was taken to High street and was there thrown across the track bv strikers and their friends. The dnv er and eonductor escaped, one of them being being stoned The police w ere unable to do anything with the excited thousands w ho had gathered The employes of many of the largest works of thecit were laying off to aid the strikers The compan con templates asking for the military through the sheiifr and governor. DARDTG TEADTBOBBEBS. An Express Held TJp by Masked Men in Dakota. New Salem, X D June 9 Saturday night as the e est bound St Paul and Min neapolis express was coming through the long lav me two miles west of this place the tram was signaled to stop, and before it had come to a standstill a masked rob ber jumped upon each side of the tender aud presented a brace of rev olv ers at the heads of the engineer and hremen, and at tlie same moment two other robbers en tered the first passenger coach and cov ered the conductor and passengers with guns The rev olv er of one of the robbers m the cab w as discharged, and Express Messen ger Angerine, hearing the shot and m stantl divining what was going on, hid the large packages in his car, shoved 600 in his pocket, locked the safes,, jumped from the tram and ran tc this place. The mallear was first attacked the robbers Onl one mail aent was in the car and he immediatelv obeed orders by turning over the mail matter Man lemsteied letteis were taken and thei the two lobbers turned their atten tiou to the express car This thev found deserted, much to their chagrin, and mistaking the fireman lor m epre-s messenger they 01 d ered him at the poiutot pistols to open the safe He protested I hat he knew nothing about them and finally satisfied the robbers Ihen the train moved on to ew fc ilem and finallv went on cast The epre-s messenger preeived Jus incognito and got on the ti am as it mo ed awaj from New Salem Iho passengers were not touched One put his hid out of a win dow dunng the dela, but was told to get it back, and a bullet whistled past his caput a a lemindor that orders had better be obe ed Onl four masked men were seen at an one time, but suspicions aie rife the otheis vveie on cuaid in the bushes during the eontrov ers In tho m ul car tho mask fell from the face of one man, who K reported to be of medium height and build, with light hair and with seveial das growth of light beard Several small tram robberies have been committed, south of here recentl, and the mm engaged .up believed to he a b md of Wv omingoutla w s of daring equal to that of the Younger and James boys back in the sev enties Searching parties are still out after the lobbers who went thiouuh the Noithern Pacific tram at New Salem If c night thev will probably be"lnthed Lxpruss Me.-engei Augeime, whose presence of mind saved theexpiesscomp inv'- treasme, Uvea at Bismarck He shipped tho treasme bo to bt. Paul this niorrn g It contained from $10,000 to $13,000 in nonev. The expiess compan .Iost nothing but w ill offei a big reward foi theanestand conviction ot the robber Postal In spectoi Watkms, of Washington, I) C h ippined to be in town and is now woik nig up the cae The sev en registered pouclus are e-timated to have contained iiOOO 1 lie whole country isthoioughly at arms and it seems ilmost impossible for the lobboi s to e-( ape BY A EIYAL SUITOR. A Kansas Cityan Probably Shot with Deathful Effect. KansAsCitv, Mo, June 9 Benjamin r Knight deput count .marshal, was shot in the bie 1st bv an uuknow 11 assailant lost night, on the Ma-tin bridge road, about eight inile- south of the citv He was returning home on horsebK-k from tlie houit, ot hi- fiancee Mis- Mav Foree, whose fathei is a prominent farmer, when lie met a m m coming fiom the opposite direction Knight w is unable to see tlie features or dress of the m 111, as it was daik lust is he p issed the man shot and then 1 in Knight tell fiom his hor-e but vv u-able in a lew moments to rai-e and walk to his hor-e which h id w mdtred onl a short distance aw.u He rode to tlie nearest farm houe md 1 doctoi v.as summoned He w i-, con-cious this moiuing, but theie is little chant t of his recover llliam Scroggms a gi md iipIipw of Foree, was airesttd this mon m etiarged with the shooting bcrom- was infatuated with Miss lo'ee and, it is alleged, v is jealous of Knight He was present a the house veterdav afternoon wh n I Inight said lie wa- going over the uppts' road, the one on vvnich ho was trivilh.ig when shot About one hour befo'-e the -hoot.ng Scroggin-. w is -een goipg along tl e load Wh"n 11 re-ted he denied all knowledge of the crime, siymg he vv x- looking foi a cow Vn investigation of the immediate vicinity ot the shooting show id tnat the man had ben 1 mg 111 ambush for Knight to ap proach Knight is 25 ears old and un married tscroggins will be arraigned to morrow morning bcrocgins m ule .1 confession tonignt ar knowledgid that it was he who had laid in Ambush for Knight and hat1 fired the fatal shot He said Knight w a- inteneh jealou- of him aud him threatened to kill him if he did not discontinue his atten tion- to Miss Moore Fearing that Knight would execute the threat he croggins) had concealed him-elf bv the side ot the road and shot his rival SAVED SIX YEARS IN PRISON. Xew York, June 9 Judge Barrett, of the supreme court toda remitted the fip of 2 000 lrapo-ed upon 4 Honest John 0 Veil, of the lss4 board of aldermen, in uldition to tue te-m of imprisonment to which he wa- -entenced on bis conviction 01 bribery O Neil undrthis decision will be relea-ed from Sing Sins on Juno w hen hi- term of imprisonment expire. HjmI the fine not been remitted O Veil would have had to sen e a day for each dollar of the fine PELL GIVEN SEVEN YEARS Xlw York June J Recorder Mnithein part -econd or the general se ion- court thi- morning sentenced broker George H. Pell, of Mth National bank wrecking fame, to impn-onment at hard labor for sev en years and six montns in the state prison SHOT HIS BROTHER'S SLAYER. DvVmule. Kv.Jun 9 la tbe court hou-e at Liberty Ca-jy countj .Kentucky on Saturday during "the trial of Bnd Wnght, a negro cnarged with the mnrdr of Alonzo Brown wnite. Iawrence Brown, a brother of the deo?a.-ei. hot "Wnght twice m tne head and once in the back with a rt-volver, inflicting necfcranly fatal wounds. THE TROUBLE SUBSIDED Washington-. June8 -Geaeral ScoQrki, 1 w an is ctmir a- -ecrerarv ot war aa jb- oeiTii inforniAtiou from General Rager to the effect that The trouble on ta n-r-rvd i Sjefveen the -ettlers and the CbeyeaBe -eenii to have submieo. The Indian bare agreed to -urrender the poswnecs d. raafidca by tht autksrKK:. AWABDED TO WIGEETAlfS: The Finest Flag and the Best Appearance at the Turn7erein. Special Dispatch to the Dally Easle. Topeka, Kan June 9 The state meet ing of the Turnverein societies convened here toda Fifteen companies are present tonight. At the parade this afternoon the Wich ita division was awarded the prize for hav ing the finest flag and also the prize for making the beat appearance A uniform parade was giv en in the meet ing headed bv Heal v's band and the Metro politan police. Singing by the vocal sec tions of the arious Turner societ'es was a feature of the da 's exercises The prizes for althletic contests were awarded as fol lows In society contest- First prize Topeka Turnverein, second prize, Wichita Turnverem, third prize. Newton Turn verein, tourth prize, Marsville, Turn verem Junior class prize First Topeka. sec ond, Leavenworth, third Marysville. In the single contest the fo'lowmg were the warmers Jumping, climbing and pole vaulting combined Fust prize, Henry Schwenng, of Topeka second I eo Von Lagean. of Topeka Junior class First, Richard Messall, of Marysville, second, Phil Museller Climbing, vaulting and broid jump First, John Cot tell, of Marsville. second, Leo Von Langan Junior, broad jump hop step and broan jump combined, first Phil Messall, of Marvsville, second, Phil' Maeller, of Marsville Spear throwing first. August Brusne. of Topeka, second' Fred Duph. Running race 100 yard first, Leo Von Langan and Paul Schmidt, of Marysville, time eleven seconds Second, R Shrubardt. second, junior class running, 100 v ards First, John Dooks of Topeka, time 10 3-5 seconds, second, Carl Drver Climbing First, John Saxes, of Leavenworth, sec ond, Frink Metsham, of Leavenworth Broad high jump First, Richard Messall second, Leo Ki tuss I THE INDIANS AC-BEE The Sac and Fox Land Given Up by the Tnbe. Sac and Fox Agi-ncv, I T, June) The Sac and Fox Indians have submitted to the agreement for the sale of thur 3&.V 1SS acres of residue lands The terms ac ctpted weie lbO acres to bt allotted to each member of the tribe wherever the ma chooe to select, $48o,000 or about 11 23 per acre for the lesidue is to be paid Chief Mah-Ko Sah-Toe, with his sixteen counselmen, seemed well pleased w ith the result, and a peace feast was indulged in bv the Indians Outline people are over- jo ed, and boomers are v lslble ev er w here Another suciess theie is assureu as this tnbo is anxiously awaiting the coming of the commission 'J lie negotiation on both side were earned on in a business like way nnd the terms were submitted and re submitted b both bodies in a written form Tho Indians did all their talking through their chief, Keokuk, who is the son of the much famed Keokuk The Potto watomie reservation contains over 3,000,000 acres of land, and there are o.er 700 Indians in the tribe The com missioners will bo in Guthue on or about tho 23th, w hen a banquet will be tendered them bv the cituens E0BINS0N FOR GOVERNOR. Demociacy "Wants a Candidate to Attract the Alliance Yote. Atchison, Kan., Juue 9 There has been considerable talk among a cl iss of Demo cratic leaders here the past few da a, which betokens a movement favorable to ex Governor Charles Robinson is the Democratic nonimie for gov ernor 1 he ex governor was the 1'isf governor of thestate as a Republican He lias affiliated with the Democrac foi sever il i irs past, hav mg been superintendent of the Nation- al Indian school at Indian school at .Lawrince. uuring Clev el md s adniinistiation A fanner on 1 a large scale foui miles north ofLawience, he has been a x igoious vv liter and speaker in faimei reunions, against abuses of ign cultural inteicsts It is hoped and thought his candidacy J would attiact the Alliance vote of the suite. It looks now as though the move nient will hav c the support of the Ic ulers 1 of the party of the entire north cistern p irt of the state None of the vv 1 eel horse- of the partv seem to want to lead the forlorn hope, and if it cm be shifted onto Robin son, the seem to be willing he should have it DEAF AND DUMB SCHOOL COMMENCE MENT OLATilfc., Kan June 9 Tbe commence nient exercise- ofthe deaf and dumb m--titute were held this morrniig The stage was appropriately decor it d with flowers audti igs The exerises were opened b Prof Walker who trauslited 1 praver b tho -.gn language 1 he address prepared b Prof W ilker and translated by Prof Deaibough gave a brief outline" of the progrdss of the sign language T he snl utatorv written b Harviv A Uran-o, was then lead b Prof, Dcarbough while the pupils fcae it m the sign language. Es-as wiitten b Holmes Albright and To-eph Burtthiad were givento the audience through the medium of translation. Miss Lulu btitller bad the valedicton, which wan al-o translated Diplomas were thin con ferred and flowers ind presents showerel upon he pupils w ho pepanited to go to their homes on Wednesday next The e ajs were remarkabl well written The se-sion has been wonderfully successful in all re-pects, there having been an attend ance of 254 ACTION AGAINST A SUGAR COMPANY. Topeka, Kan June 9 Proceedings in quo warranto were besjun bv the stale ex rel Attoraev general Kellogg today in the supreme court against the American iigur company and 0 B Hara'lton, M J O Si earn George M Cockrell and A J Adanron to forfeit the charter of th de fendant corporation The attorney general alleges that the defendant corporation has abused its powers and forfeited its rights and privileges as a corpora tion and has exerci?ed powers noi conferred bv law The frauds of the companv" n southwestern counties frequently cxpo-td in the press are st forth in detail and constitute the ba5 for the action R W Griggs county at torney of Meade count and Ed H M4i -on, connt attorney of Ford county, are among the counM.1 IN THE STRIP'S INTEREST. APKVsss CiTT. Kan, June 9 This evening a large mass meeting wa- held in thrs cit in th interest of the opening of the Cherokee -trp. The meeting toi ad dre.i bv Mt-rv Thomas i- Mnrray Judge I H. Bonsall and Dr Anderson. Resolutions were rms-ed asking tht th Perkins bill be attached to the Indian ap propnatkm bill -o that the strip could be opened this sesaon of congress. SALINA'S POSTMASTER DEAD. SU v. Kan., Jun1 9 X F Carroll, postma-ter here. dii this afternoon of asthma, la gnppe and otbercomplicauoa. He was 45 year of age and terra of oflicr would have expired next February He was highly re-pected by everyfcod. Ur was designati acting postmaster ad senamnt ts universal that she r-taui the office far the unexpired wraa. CHANCELLOP. SNOW HONORED. jLvweexcE. Kan,. Jose 9 TSwr trsste of Princeton coile hav coolerrwl opoc Ckanccjior snow of tbe Kaitsa ttt aniversitr. tbr4egrer oi doctor of la A REE COINAGE r3JLL. Wa5ixtox Jua 1 RefKTeatative MtRAft. of Ari.A-as. Mrflsy nsuvinctid a (ree ostaage b!U 12 tit batac, HMMDBYWiffiAG A AmL DISASTER TO HEX. HORSE- Eight Dead and Twenty-Five Wounded Taken irom a Tram's Debris. Attendants Upon Blooded Horses Meet Death by Derailment of the Train at Warrenton, Ma Heart Rending Scenes Witnessed by the Willing Resoners Fire Fortunately Kept from Adding its Horrors List of the Dead An Atch ison Man Burned With a Memphis Elevator Other Casual ties, St. Lot. I, Mo June 9 A very serious railroad vv reck vv as toda reported from Warrenton, Mo. sixt-one miles west of here on the Wabash road. Dispatches to headquarters of the road sav that two freight trams collided just outside of War renton at I 25 o'clock this morning, that both engines and eighteen cars were vv recked. THE LIST OF TI1F IE VD The following are the names of the dead Williavi H TnoMAS, Cynthiana, Kv Hakrv. Sto, trainer, Harrodsburg, Kv J vmes Kfi ix. Chicago Fi:nk KiLLi, Chicago. Ed Simmons, hostler, Lexington, Ky Fj:nk Morton, 3'i& Noith Fort fifth street, New York The following are known to be injured. William Ta lor, Louis Augustus, George Harle I.ee Lrown, Louisville, Mcrntt Johnson The scene at the wreck was a terrible one Lara and iiigines wero intermingled in one huge mass of debris, from under which came the creams of wounded and d mg, some cursing and begging to be killed, while others were praing for help In ore of the cars neit to the engine was a lornble sight Tho sides had bten cru-lud and the roof was n-ung m an mrlimd position acros- the bid of Jimes Kellty and his son, Frank Killey The were lying on then pillows ju-,t as the retired and never knew whit hurt them although thev were hoi rib! crush ed Vbout two feet from them was an 1111 prisoned negro who was alive but had a hg and arm fast under the w reckage. In thtt same car two other dead iiigro! were found, vvhilvs a little farther ou were found one negro bo having been caldod and litenill cooked alive and ono colored jotker buneu under a car of shelled corn, trom w huh po sition it took"M?veril workmen three hours to ej.tncate him A force of nun worked from 2 a m yesterday rescuing tho unfor tunatis from just i-:ich po-itious as the above and had it not been for a stead downpour of rain the loss of life would have been mui h greater, is the wrttckage would have caught lire I hire werum all tight dt id talui out four white and four negroes, and twentv five woundid Roth eiurnus are complete wrecks and pal ice stotk cars are demolishtd with ver tine bloodtd hor-is It is impossible to find out how ni 111 horses are killed as thirearea great man still under the vvrct k It has been estimated that the loss to the compan vv ill reach 200,000 Nino nor-es n ivc oeen lounti fo tar tuat nre killed, w hile a great many more are badly wounded. 1 here were sev ent in all on thi train 1 he names of thehorses killed are Littlo Pnncoanda 2ea-oId in the same car (no name) Ben Ridglev, Mat tie Park, Egv pt, Lige P Spring Dhii and Turner The rn ire Huntress is liadl injured Iho coroner impaneled a jur and began an mum st but did nothing tonight Of the trainsmen, Taigincer t'plvell Icc Par-ons, Firemen Brown and Bmkimart Norton were mjund A wrerking train was sent out from Molierly ml surgeon from several points were sent to the scene as soon a- posoibl The race horses vv ere en route from La tonia to Kansas City to run at the latter place Thi were consigned to Bernard orrigan, president of th Kannafi City jocktv club but it is not kno.vn to whom thev l)eloiiged Kn- vs C ITT Mo Tune 0 At this hour ver little is obtainable here m addition to that already published concirnlng th" wreck of the tram which was conveying several ia ing stable to this citj from La tonia The train will arrive in the morn mg and before that time the bhiimw of the horses killed or the extent of the in inner of tho-e disabled cannot b Iwirned A telpgrain hsu lfu rtsr4rel Sy Fd ("orrigan from Haitkm tnuir t mg that Huutrts-s hai ben bwlly birrt and will pronabiv never b able to fJlce tins po-t again IlK-patehe httrc lNn riivwi to the iff eel that th LamaNnr, Scrrogain ivelle Pulfonl and tbe Palmer and Lj le stsnless escaped without damage of any kind. BURNED IN AN ELEVATOR Mrvmil- TeDn.Jua Tbe elwato at Wests Memphis, built for the Kamaa City raiirortd at a cont of I75.K0 banttsd this morning at ?5 o'clork. K. C Adam. oi Atohion Kaa the coat ractor. who ban just completed th" baildia and wax kp iag in th Mcotul story tra lot Ho ws 75 yeftrs oki 1 be origin of th flr fat bo known ami it ww flrst dinxtremd ia tbe engine room Tbre was iui infeuraace of ?25 f on tbe WaWr AtKIjjs Kaa Jon-0 It U bolWM tiuu F ns.taf, ot thi cttr perihJ ic to i.-vaur Ut1 at Memphis Ia nitth A fifpiurh from George V Kotfa. ut Atclii on state that Mr Adam ilfpt ia tbe elevator and that h U nuwrfog thi man ing. Mr Adam wa a noted millwnzbt and tbe buiW'T of many elevators in it section He bad jat completed tbe coo stroction of tbe rle-vator at yimpht which be mm employed to roo:ruci by tb KAasas City v Fort Sco Merspbis rowL A STEAMER'S NARROW ESCAPE Liverpool. lane Th" Aacbor Ua steamer City of Home. Captaia Yobd. whKb strack 00 Fftat rtici at 4 o ek-fc yesterday inonla dnnnc a d4M tax while en roat- from S?r York, amwn here this rooming:. A lac pavuern were kav,&g tb- itt&mpr thj kadiy cheered Captain. Y0UH4, who wt&l bi scknos-Vdsfowat from the brid? All accottci; of tbr acridtxt concur tbftf all cabin pagprs behaved witk t!-rabl eaiaiBfc- At he tJnx tb jt-&taer trncl. mKo them came oadect falij Tav fog 1Ki tat t& aonld not "y- -wa -rixsn hif a Mssgth iy Tat wa o dm t sbr roeS: tfeuu any o- kai4g ver tbe bon id be imm T eautti tnt a Ta arckfant ereMti Krent rxciiMi( awatty tbr wMtt otr ia ta ALrsmsr mt at iIk p reQZet xre iawauM, at Uk s ffctt tb fr-pit wm oJJ nt w4r saut tke ataaste-jenefctd Lwxx.&oL -FATALFALL FROMIA BRIDGE. GlRMtD, Kan., June 9 Yewterdar ar ternoon Rer. J F. Rhoads, pastor of the M E. church o this city and his wife, started to the country in a buggy, where he was to perform a wedding ceremony. When crossing a bridge acroM Lightning creek the hor-e became unmanageable anu backed off the abutment Rev. Rhoads and the horse and buggy fell a disUucu oJ ibout twenty feet, the animal falling on Mr Rhoads, who died between 2 and 3 o clockthis morning Mrs. Rnoads had jumped out of tho buggy before it went ov cr and was noj hurt. Mr Rhoads was popular as a minister and citizen Hb last words were: Tha Lord knows be-t The wife of T J Widby, a promlnanJ attorney, died Saturday Her rumahu w ere buried todaj at Burlington. A BABE KILLED IN A WRECK. Scott City, Kan June 9 An extra sn gine and wn car ran Into and w recked the rear car of the second section of tfaa Colorado east bound pa-senger train on the Missouri Pacihc railway hero today. Five per-oiis were more or le-3 injured ami one baby received iujunen from which it Mib-equentlv died Tho injunos of tba other occupant of the car were compara tiv ely slight. BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK. Xew York, June 9 The Hjde&BI. man theater, on Adams street, Brooklyn, was gutted bv nre at 13 45 this morning. The big xrbucklo building is also on Uro and the Germania bank, next door, throut ened The loss is estimated atpre-ontto reach at least SliXl.OOO. The theater vnw vacant at the time THE WEEK'S OLEAKINGS. A Large Business by tho Banks of the Country. Boston-, Mass., dune Tha following table compiled from dispatches from tho managers oi the leading clearing houses of the 1nited Mates shows tho gross ax changes for the week ending June 7, 1HX). vv ith rates per cent of increa-o or il cna-o, as compared w ith the oorre-iomlr ing week m lvsji Ctu. N v.urfc H-im- fha-.tHphU -4. Ltxrtt lUlllBMKtt. Vnoehem PJUobnn;.. tlDCUlfKlU Krtii-ii- Cltjr Npr OtKHina. t.olvttto MtnitettpeMts HiuThIa VlllWHHkw. Dfuvfr OmahH IWroh --t Thm! t I'-xriMMl utamtMM. Drtllis. KkhnMHul W UMtltSSlSN Stfmlthls Hurt foot Dalnth lulteuatill I rt Won St Iwl N ilatH I'eiirU l'nrtUml Jt Wurret r shHix iltjr rortHiw (JJvr-t.n W tlmluettm, UI TTtlCUti. lrhlta OrntuI RsphlK NorfoJV I hattanHOto. inrmlnctiMin Lowrll Hiiktte I.04 AhkI IxjIIb Ky Topeto. N. vr UUiinl I lncitii xh -Icntmil llallfHi. S 1 TcHhI Otztaklf Vw rk INTERSTATE DRILL. The Enoampmont Closed Tha Lkt of Prizes Awarded. KvvhasCity Mo,.Iuni U rb iwler stnte eocapiiitint closed txinr and vras IHKW nooiicetl a fair suciesH dwpil" the wrttfccb oil inaiHigitrnrnt of e olonul Van Tlw prif vvinnni all nx-eivwl thoir inoaoy aatl wtntawnv happy Thono wh M&1 to re ei ve prize arn about tin only gnniihlcr. The judge v ere thio I nited ritat5 nrt otllcors Irom Kort LT( 11 worth and tkotr conseientionn work 1 highly romHiaiMled b all who participated in the drill Tbn pri7f were awanlwl thii arvwiag m follow Graml interstate Jnfantrv drill omi to all compilings enlistl rcgalnriy m tho NattotiHl tJimnl rl pri IMLSOJ. At lanta Hint- Atlanta (fa Mwufkl nriau JTVl (oiniNtiiy(t Tt Ixitiia Mo i.ra.id iniertintH mMidiftt iufuatry drill, oprii to all i!ommiij that lw aot waa u MMp or intrrsits prize First prlat, (1 000 Omaha .urdt. of Omaha, wnnd pnx' f.Vxi .NjvUooal FaciWoa. C Washington 1) C Artillfrr drill ornjn to all OMMrwtftftint Fir-tinze Wto ImluuiaiJolta IJigbt Arttt lerr IndianHpolit I ml m?cuh1 tH tXri, IiUry A. .St Irtii, Mo i Zouave drill K.rt prie, S1 SW, Chkenxp Zohhtw ond pn. fS09. WaBi Aouhvc 1 Ixrutw IJefwrc thu wnnl wpr mtHimprottmi wa enteral a'Hinwt th MdaoiUw Eitftta, who were nSred in tbr mai4n tirflL TTh protect was ba"d oil their karitue baton won an iairatn;e pna Captain Uaiiack. fxhiWti a letter from Manager Watm in wbkh H ww Oatcd that ti- rtttti wonki be alUrwml to mtT the maWim rht. iaammnck ax only out-third at skn old rotnpa&y ww at yrmnl in tba tnm pany 1 Iw director tl tbf ramp to oroW to ettb tbe diuVuIty. otXrA CWptflte arlo-V IJ 00d to withdraw hi a. Tha offer wm acc-ptM 'H'bco bowvr, Uka award wef made it wa iMtwA UmM (Jbm MoaraJia llMc raaVd fltk io tb eaV ?t aed thf n t h dtrrtrK rvfnawii t pay tbftHOl CnbTwiwjta diatrlbotteM tff th prize? gave B?fTaI oAtWaU. SUIT FILED FO VAR BOUNTr. ytAHtHKLVtavr, U, Jn" 9 K. Brock a mtmhrr of thn Lait4 HCmMh araJry ia running tbroojtb oW ltar&n ot th county dnrpl asieaqi Ibm Jgr wndiap" of tbe lrd of mprri0orxt 1 OS, that ia Dcfnl-r ml tbat jme ft ymm4 a neiotMM xntatin; t rrrry mum wa fbonki oaliv. atr thai tat 311 In Oat Jaanary Mlowtatc tk jfd. pnt& mm other rmoittUott rraatlajr a (Mwatr Vm aU w)m hiu raiiwt! h-ttK or nkmuA Jiajaaf aft-r tbai 'latr ntf in tcOauaaaJ pnfmntm with s r tttiX. ittU-T'tt ou thtt aaawiil amount Hcwk actordiagly &U4 a daian natvrday tor ha or bad r'Owhnx4 tWh vrbrm he rnltotrd Tb- aorraM eraifxMai .tr-l to rrr iweatr oh ywri aanoaatinic to art HOQ b furtbor rrtd tatt it womd Xmkr orr V&JWJ9 1 jjr tbo eLtktm Ut watch oSdwr attatl; tzmm th eaaaty ar rmUtL Tho onij tbajag vrfctrh out pfmmt ibr cot Wot torn ot lM-n mini ia tb- rtatut'- of limitation, waaab. it lrf. dV ant PP7 o ol Maera mU ut h tteta&m KxtHia tenaaa vat fLTf eiyciL OLD A7ES RE5TCWS0 Kjlai Crrr X Jmtte AIJ M nulnu4 today r-tMil peaGr imr to tbetr (orator bi, GmA&valt6e Wanil iayg will, bow-v--. k. dae at tt&mmL wter, a dcSud aeir!tai ptioc to lfak dWa o4 tor tut itmfm tup vntmena. toaaf isc ww Cmttmtmtiy Tmmin. Mm, 11mm Ltt& B Mas t'acll at Mfmw Pa. J Jnm ft Wlaai otlmKT naa rr Uk tm4 mt- Tjavwr. I Amount. I Inc. !o s si5.pu.rm x4 fuasLTM wot,nfi tt.r 1 IUS3 M u.i3sr t n. t ujaiitr k.t Tt.3 I.IS4.MB 8 I wS T"-" I til wil 1 if 1WB H T m$m i 14wJS 14 .1 i !a.nfl ti.4i