Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel (Newspaper) - September 26, 1895, Lemars, Iowa 0 1 77. LE SEPT. 26,1895 $ 2.00 PER YEAR G E N E R A L Jolin M. commander of the United States retires 2 under the ( M year it. He was horn near 29.1831, and did conspicuous vor with during the Atlanta Sheridan in 18S; s us commander of the L Proceedings of the Deep Waterways Convention at ALL TALKED FOE United States and Canada Officially Represented at the Delegates From Fifteen States and Provinces I n Sept. 25. At the of the morning session of the deep waterways convention today a partial report of the committee on credentials indicating the presence 30 delegates from 15 states and President Howland stated that ho bad received a communication from Sir Mackenzie premier of designating an eminent Mr. to represent the Canadian government at the Mr. v ind then invited Lieutenant P. f: who came to the convention as a representative of the United States and Mr. to take s ii the He said the act. o of the two governments in sending to the convention did not in t. tiy way commit them to the policy of tiie A rer adopting a rule limiting the spi s to 10 discussion was declaim 1 in and Mr. Richard R. Dobell of Quebec and Mr. A. L. of the Minneapolis board of trade ga ve abstracts of papers which they had on Export Lumber and Mr. in closing the convention to year in I. Wisner of Detroit read a paper on Lake in which he suggested lie regulating of the stage of water in Ibices Huron and Michi gan by inea s of a dam n. the head of ra L Johnson of Chicago also read a paper on Lake He said their regulation will secure an io water navigable depths in the several kes affected to the amount of several fe besides rendering the depths at a- times more nearly d enabling ships at all times to can v nearly full The utility with to what is preserved may far more FOOTE'S FRAUD of NEW Sept. 25. The largest sale Amer. can railroad bonds of the year has escaped the attention of Wall to i e extreme secrecy observed in sui i; transactions by the firms prominently id with the late government A r e c- o u number of the most influential banking houses in New York and L have purchased from the i syndicate of the Erie railroad io 0T\ 0: of first consolidation r i ii 4 pi r cent It is understood that iho larger proportion of the bonds i be posed of in All tint More DES S- 25. Nearly all the reports o the e institutions of Iowa for the T. period which ended Jane 80 last have been filed with Governor In one feature they ali the on that they are crowded for room and that better and more ve quarters must be i i ' i to be cared for as well as Silver SAN er City de for China and Japan nts in i i- e. ei r. 5. The - which sailed the largest amount o taken to tt The b i u i f c r t i d hint n o f in Mexican dollars t 1 ver iii over f h has been two oni the various netted v. $ 905,400 was id 2r, 000 in All 5ro* i n. Sept. 25. A. i records for speed in long p. - 5 travel by railroad were broken morning by the New York World's which carried this morning's from New York to this The distance between Albany and Syracuse - 148 miles wa- i covered by the special in ] 80 an of 68.3 miles per Mrs. In r. SAN i. pt. 25 Mrs. Eliza beth F. the eastern turf who mysteriously disappeared from Chicago two irs has been found in this She is at present with Norman the official for the California Jockey She came to this city with him from Saratoga in 1893. Wy Officials Send an Open Letter to Secretary Hoke Sept. 25 Governor Richards and other Wyoming state officials today sent an open letter to Secretary Hoke Smith denying generally and specifically the charges of fraud made by Robert state senator from Johnson against certain state officials and prominent citizens of The letter denies the charge Of fraud made by Mr. and corrects a number of misstatements concerning the mode of procedure of the state land board under the Carey land and gives the correct manner by which applications for land under the Carey act are considered and acted upon by the state engineer and other state It denies that Mr. the present member of Mr. the state and Mr. Gilchrist have been given water under this act for any lauds in the It asserts that neither Senator Warren nor Senator Clark have any direct or in any of the irrigation enterprises mentioned in Mr. Foote's The letter gives in detail the action of the land board and state engineer in considering applications for selections of land under the Carey and gives the names of all The letter denounces Foote's charges as scurrilous and and states that no attention would have been paid to them had the author not in addition to assassinating the reputation of Wyoming state to attack honorable in good in accordance with Wyoming are giving their money and energies to the development of the state's HEATON NOT HANDY WITH A Hanker of Plattsmouth and Cashier Shoemaker Were His Sept. 26. Morgan Heaton made a desperate attempt this morning to kill J. M. a and turned his revolver on Cashier W. T. Shoemaker of the Norton State The bullet directed at the latter also went wide of its mark and Heaton was finally Craig was one of the defendants in a case recently brought by Heaton's and which was decided against Feeling between the two men has been bitter since and at 9 o'clock this morning when they met on a prominent street in quick fired three shots at Banker Intense nt followed the and in the melee Heaton None of the shots took and when it was found that Craig was uninjured attention was turned to He had made for the Norton State Upon entering the bank building he went immediately to Cashier Shoemaker's desk and fired a shot at that Heaton's aim again proved to be and he was arrested before he could fire another Sept. 25. A verdict of murder in the first degree was returned today E S. one of the most stockmen of who been on for three to at with the murder in January last of his Harvey B- Barry Seriously 111. ATLANTA N. 25. Harry of the National League staff ot and manager ol Philadelphia baseball is dangerously ill. the ID State Democracy Get Small Recognition and Leave the WIGWAM HAS ITS OWN State Ticket Nominated by Men Will Have a Ticket of Their Own on Local Secretary of HORATIO C. Attorney General NORTON State Treasurer C JOHN B. State Engineer Judge of Court of JOHN G. Sept. 2b. At the Democratic convention hall the delegates began to gather as early as 9: 30. The band arrived at 10 o'clock and enlivened the place with popular which the delegates vigorously The delay in opening the convention was caused by a conference being held in the rooms occupied by Messrs. Murphy and It was said to be for the purpose of trying to persuade John Boyd Thacher of who is personally friendly to both sections of the to accept the nomination If or the Mr. Thacher refused absolutely at and then GRAIN CROP OF THE Basalt of the Tear Will Ke About the Average Sept. 25. Consul Judd of Vienna has forwarded to the department of tate a report on the grain crop of the world for 1895, compiled from the report of the annual international grain It shows that the barley and oat crops of Europe are What the while corn is exceedingly and it is expected that the yield will be one- half again as large this year as it has been on an average for 10 Canada shows an increase of about 6,000,000 meter in while India shows a loss of about double that both as compared with 1894. Most of the Russian provinces indicate an increase in wheat and The Hungary wheat srop is poor in quality and less in quantity than A lighter wheat crop is also indicated in the United The French crop is estimated at 98 per cent. The wheat crop of Great Britian and Ireland is put down as poor and is estimated at from 40 to 50 per cent of the Egypt will export considerable It is estimated that the loss on wheat in India and the United States will be compensated for by the gain in Canada and Russia and the result for the year will be about equal to the average INDIANS IN HIS FOR A STANDING ARMY Plan of the National Convention o f WILL SIGHT FOR Permanent Officers Elected With Uninterrupted Chairman Finerty Makes Impassioned Address For the New | VETERANS FOR CUBA War Advices From Havana via Several Slight Sept. 25. The government hk decided to send hereafter only to Cuba for the suppression of the insurrection Advices from Havana report several slight skirmishes between Spanish and insurrectionary and the appearance of General the Cuban in the province of Santa Captain of the coasting steamer which sunk the cruiser in a cot in the entrance to the harbor of Havana on the night of Sept. 18, and who is to undergo trial by courtmartial on the charge of culpable has been ordered to find bail in the sum of $ 10,000. Andres Martin aide de camp and secretary of the insurgent Cartagena and Lieutenant Oliva and Florentine Rabasa have surrendered to the authorities at Santiago de Cuba and given up their The police have captured at the Alencia in the province impor tant - correspondence of the insurgent besides a banner and other property of the Hernande Pietro and his in whose possession the correspondence and other articles were have been arrested and Propaganda CITY OF Sept. 25. Minister Ransom and Consul General Crittenden had an interview with the foreign inin on the proposed ary crusade against the worship of the Virgin of Guadeloupe and it is said that they assured that the missionaries would postpone their propaganda until after the critical period of the coronation festivities next Terrible ht of French Sept. 25. Dispatches re here from Madagascar state that all the provisions of the French expeditionary force which were stored at Mad have been spoiled by high It is also reported that French soldiers stationed at are dying at the fate of 30 to 40 a One K i l l ed by a Sept 25;-^- received here rabian province of report that 100 lives have - lost by a which overwhelmed Y- Jage lof H n d e y a ' EX- GOVERNOR a series of arguments by the leaders to him to fall in It was even admitted that word had come from Washington that he would be personally acceptable to the For fully an hour the conference lasted behind closed with an anxious crowd of supporters of the other candidates filling the It was 11: 45 when the gavel and the credential committee report was called The report of the Queens and Oswego counties was read and agreed to without Fairchild Men Left the When the New York contest was reached Mr. Bell of chairman of the credentials took the and I had the honor last night to preside over the largest convention ever at a Democratic The whole matter was detailed at and in executive the matter was carefully Mr. Patterson was there and presented his resolution for one- It was defeated by a large and then by a large majority it was decided to give them one- Tammany objected and voted against it. We consider it and we consider it especially because both parties object to it. If it is an insult to offer one- it is an insult to offer one- Hisses and J We had great respect for the gentlemen of the but we had also to consider the question of the Democratic party of the I move the adoption of a resolution endorsing our The resolution giving to the New York state Democracy one- fifth representation was The state Democracy men then left the Flower Made As the Fairchild people filed out there was a repetition of the scene in the Democratic convention of 1894 at They were alternately cheered and When the tumult had the report of the committee on permanent organization was and the chairman appointed John Boyd Thacher and James N. Sheppard to escort ex- Governor Flower to the where he assumed the position of permanent Mr. after alluding to state concerns and giving details of w h a t the contrast between Republican promises and Republican expressed himself on national eulogizing President Cleveland for his financial policy and ascribing the business revival to the Wilson He closed with a strong plea for The platform declares for sound gold and silver the only legal gradual retirement and tion no free coinage of declares against any meddling with the present reformed no and endorses the administration of President above ticket was then nominated by acclamation and the convention ad Charles S. Fairchild of New York said when he left the convention today The Associated Press can announce that we will have a ticket of our own on all local Will you affiliate with the I don't As yet we have not made a Distilleries Postpone Sept. 25. One of the Peoria distilleries is all ready to start up on Oct. 1, but this morning it was notified by telegraph not to start up on that date bat to await further Commissioner Browning's Annual Report to Secretary Sept. 25. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Browning has made his annual the secretary of the It shows progress in nearly all The only new important developments during the year is the trouble between the Bannock Indians and the whites at Jackson's On this matter Commissioner Browning encloses a former special report he made on Aug. 17. Since the the whole matter has been referred to the department of and the attorney general has reported that no Indians are now confined in Wyoming for violating the game laws of that those who were held having been d to The department of justice does not see how redress can be obtained for the Indians who have paid their Commissioner Browning quotes from recent reports of Agent Teter to show that the Indians aie still and they demand that the whites who hounded them be and the commissioner asks whether or not the department of justice cannot do something towards punishing the RELIGION AMONG THE Interesting Feature of the Episcopal Conference of South Sioux Sept. 25. On Thursday and Friday the triennial convocation of the Episcopal clergy of South Dakota will be held in this These conferences with Bishop who lives are as it brings the clergy together to receive advice from the bishop and help him by relating their The work of the Episcopal church in this state is particularly important on account of its large work among the There are already 77 missions established and the work is constantly At the convocation this week the attendance is expected to be and among those who will attend will be probably a dozen Indian Some i them will preach public sermons native and the interpretation will be given by some clergyman who understands both the Sioux and English Killed His Sept. of James living at Mineral were engaged in play when one threw batcher knife at the inflicting a wound from which he Buck Gang to Be FORT Sept. 25. Lucky Sam Lewis Davis and Rufus Ruck were sentenced in the United States court this morning to be hanged on Oct. 31. They are the Buck gang of Denied In Sept. 25. In Cuban circles it is denied that tion has already sailed for Both Sexes In t h e Sept. 25. There is a de mand from all parts of western Kansas for laborers to harvest the immense crop of broom In Morton county the schools have been dismissed and the children sent to the fields to assist in saving the At least 50 young daughters of have donned sunbonnets and gone into the fields with their fathers and brothers and are 10 hours a It is estimated that there are 2,000,000 acres of broom corn in Three Sept. 25; By the explosion of a lamp in the of Leon two daughters of Koch aged 6 and 8, it is fatally Dr. T. S. who rescued the children from the was severely Costly Blase at Sept. 25. A fire at five miles west of Waldee & Foster's extensive floor Martin's lumber yard and damaged several other of $ 60,000. - - ' - % t Taa Leuven Becoming Sept. Pension Agent George M. Van - is 3g_ i The he M. tipped the s e s at 108 ] d ' Insurance Treasurer Takes 9 11,000. KANSAS Sept. 25 Charles H. treasurer of the Home Mutual Aid an insurance has disappeared and taken with him the books of the association and $ 11,000 of its The association started up 18 months ago and during that time 500 people took out policies ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 8,000 and payable at the rate of $ 2 to $ 3 per Women as well as men took out the policies and during that time about $ 3,000 has been paid Seized the British Sept. 25. Captain C. L. Hooper of the revenue cutter Rush has reported to the secretary of the treasury the seizure of the British schooner Beatrice on Aug. 20 within the prohibited zone as fixed by the Paris The Rush overhauled a large number of vessels and on coming up with the Captain Hooper self boarded her and found 140 the taking of only 60 of which was re corded on her For the South Dakota Field S. Sept. 25. Many parties are now on the grounds here with their dogs and trainers for the field triala Nine different states have on the Illinois has three New? York Kansas Missouri Indiana Minnesota California two and Iowa - Several South Dakota towns will be Captain Ray Sept. 25. In the court of county county attorney moved to dismiss l ment which found against - Captain H. H. United States charging with ding cattle with intent to ' oW t h e ST. Sept. 25.^ rived from Wabash ters - of action ODR NEWS By our Correspondents and from Sept. 25. With renewed rigor the delegates to the Irish convention began their regular session on the second day at Association hall Little time was lost in The following officers were unanimously P. J. J. J. F. T. H. McGrevy and J. O. assistant vice J. M. Kennedy of C. D. O'Brien of St. C. F. of New P. Judge of Holyoke and Cornelius Harding of Considerable enthusiasm was created by a motion to admit O'Donovan Rossa to the list of vice but Mr. Rossa All as to interest in the new towards freedom for Ireland were set at rest when Chairman John F. Finerty in an address to the convention declared for an American standing which shall be ready to do battle for Ireland whenever opportunity may present The boldness of the plan as outlined by the ardent speaker created a That the views met with the approval of the delegates was proved by the hearty enthusiasm with which his speech was He outlined a plan by which young Americans throughout the country shall be organized into military which as a constitute a standing army that at a proper strike for Irish Mandamus For Sept. 25.^ A petition for a writ of mandamus to compel State Comptroller Finlay to issue a prize fight i cense was filed with Justice Denman of the supreme court this but it will hardly be acted on until the first Monday in next when court meets at Mandamus papers were also serve on Tax Williamson of this county this morning to compel him to issue prize fight The case is brought by county officers to test the Should the decision concur with Judge it is believed the fight will take Attach Stake NEW Sept. 25. E. M. Friend of House & up to a few days ago counsel for Robert has announced that he would attach part of the stake amounting to $ 10,000. stake money has already been attached for $ 2,500 by the Metropolitan Printing Lawyer Friend claims to have posted $ 5,000 as a favor to Fitzsimmons upon the promise that the money would be returned a month before the fight and claims that his client has made no effort to keep his More Trouble Brewing In NEW Sept. 25. A dispatch to The World from Colombia The members of the lower house of congress at Rio Janeiro have refused to pass the amnesty President Moraes will resign if they do not The senators favor the in its The political situation is Had a Rough GREEN Sept. 25. The Lackawanna Transportation company's steamer Grand Traverse arrived here 48 hours The steamer was caught in Sunday night's hurricane and ran back to Garden She had a rough but was not Robbed a SIOUX S. Sept. 25. P. F. Wickham arrived in the city from S. D. He says that Sunday night the Alexandria postoffice was The safe was cracked open and about $ 300 in money There is no clue indicating who did the Parker Succeeds Sept. 25. Mr. L. F. Parker has been attorney for the St. Louis and San Francisco road to succeed Mr. E. D. recently appointed general attorney for the Santa Fe His headquarters will be in St. M O N E Y S A V E R $ 7 0 0 BLUE AND BLACK CHEVIOT Jockey Murphy Loses Both Sept. 25. James P. a en route from New York to attempted to board a westbound freight train and fell under the Both legs had to be He may Payment t o t h e Sept. 25.-^ The Indian office has selected Special Agent Mati cus D. Shelby to make payment of $ 49,< 066.64 to soldiers and scouts of the Sioux tribe who assisted in. suppressing the outbreak of 1863. Little Chance For a OYSTER L. Sept. 25. The outlook for a race today between the raters Ethel wynn and Spruce is not promising this There is little or no wind and that the yachts must Big Warehouse Sept. 25. The 6- story wool warehouse of Charles J. Webb ft Co. was destroyed by fire and several buildings adjoining in the rear were badly Loss $ 500,000. Governor Goes Sept. 25. Governor W. A. Richards and Hon. William Van Devanter are preparing for a big hunt in the Big Horn One Fare te 2&--_. v rate for the round trip has been thes for the general triennial convention of the Episcopal which will be 6pene_ J Sept 26 Among c for o- was Miss trained none i f i s | h a q M * who goes 8-_ ( Special Mrs. James Mattison started for Ne braska on Thursday last to join her husband but on account of her baggage being left at Kingsley she was compelled to lay over one day On Friday evening she started across from Moville to Sioux City on the the night was dark and rainy and the lantern refused to they had gone from Moville a short J. As they were crossing a stream in the darkness the vehicle ran off a bridge and precipitated into the creek feet Mrs. Mattison receiving a severe cut on the head and other injuries besides having her clothing torn and her baggage nearly ruined by the mud and She found shelter in a neighboring house till morning where she was cared for and the next evening came back home again to O. D. Heald has traded for the Dan Henderson property in northwest Kingsley and will move to town in a short Dan will probably occupy tne James Mattison Very much of a furry was caused in town Monday evening caused from a port that building and loan association had gone to the wall and had asked for a but soon subsided on learning the truth of the The utmost confidence has always been felt in the solvency of the company and in the officers at its head and no one could even conjecture why it should fail and we are glad our faith is still Mrs. Josie primary teacher in our schools was taken sick Sunday so much so that she is under the physician's On Monday there was no school in r department in consequence and she will not resume her duties for some days and another teacher will take her place until she M. F. Rath burn informs the writer that he positively will not be a candidate for supervisor of the 4th district this It H evident that the west end of the district are determined that the supervisor must come from that locality and when they so determine they will be apt to elect him from one or the other of the Mrs. J. F. Varner started Tuesday morning for to visit an old friend of girlhood Miss Lottie Ingalls has been elected by the school board to assist Mrs. in the primary department of our public A. of has been n town for a few days looking after that big crop of grain raised on his farm north of Oliver son of C. E. has g ne to work in the News office to learn the printing We presume to starting a daily populist paper some time in the ( Special to Mr. and Mrs. James Croston September 11, a James Lindsey is building a good sized new Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Inglett and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. visited Sioux City Wednesday September 18. While there Mr. bought forty head of cattle to lecture at the E. by Miss Trimball was pronounced excellent by those fortunate enough to hear her nd more enthusiasm in missionary work is hoped for as a Rev. Robinson wrote that he would be unable to fill his appointment here as he had accepted a call to Mr. and Mrs. A. McLain have been enjoying a visit from their son who lives in southern James Begg and D. C. Roynolds raised the best and largest plums on the market this People are thankful for the rain which fell for two days and beginning Friday John of has bought the farm of M. section 34 Union township for seven and one one- half dollars per He also made offers on the farms of James Martin and Mott Some of our young people attended the fair at Marcus last Mr. of while on his way to visit his farm in Nebraska stopped for a day or two with his in- law Peter The board of school directors of Union met September 16 and chose Peter Steele W. Hoyt secretary and R. G Smith treas urer for the ensuing The only new officer being the treasurer in the place of Jas who thinks of mov ing to a warmer More About the Populist Report of the nominations made at the Populist convention was given in Mon day's The chairman of the convention was L. F. Gardner and C. H Sibley was The committee on credentials consisted of Cyrus O. N. John Maddison and Eli A county committee was chosen as C. H. C. E. W. R. R. B. M G. W. Fred A. T. O. A. The county central committee instructed to appoint additional men so that there would be one committeeman from each election jept 85 The s at Minnehaha | i f 8 a l - H - i d bo- b| New Fall These are Money THE HOUSE OF The farmer comes to town we And to his favored dealers And as Of proper dealings frequently And those who followed well the Ne'er fail to call on House of The public in a general way A favoritism doth And deal with clothiers each Thus gratify the varied But best of we must Ne'er fail to call on House of The suits we find of every That satisfy full every Of either tweed or finer That will goodly times e'er So ever found times and At prices least at House of This House of both past and Is we must By sturdy With whom there is the least of And and goodly Hence noted is the House of Our $ 10 Line of suits are exceptionally fine new both in cloth and 1 We are sole agents for The Imperial Hat Made of the very best stock and right up to date in We Guarantee Prices We guarantee to sell you goods at the same price as our Sioux City DOW THE C O A L W A R May save you a few dollars but that is nothing to what you can save by making the best arrangements for ECONOMICAL HEATING I set the furnace according to scientific and I will guarantee it to save from ten per to one- half of the coal that you are using in common Estimates on heating furnished t Big bargains in guns and H W W I L C O X L e M t i RECEIVERS Hand In Their DECIDE TO to Jadga Children Who Suffer from skin or scalp ought to be given Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical for purifying the For children who are pale or the is a tonic which builds up both flesh What is said of it for children applies equally to As an appetizing restorative it sets at work all the processes - of ' digestion and rouses into natural and brings back health and recovering from or in convalescence ' and speedily and sorely invigorates - and - builds up the whole r 1 For diseases Vas it gives most Candidate Fer Supervisor Mn K Sept 23, * 9& f EDITOR Please that I am a candidate for subs ject to the wishes of the Republican diss 77tf J. P When a man acts from what he does may be bat it is y r hon c 8 Whan husband wife quarrel THE RAW MATERIAL CRY Resignations Sept. 25. Henry C. Thomas F. Oakes and Thomas receivers of the Northern Pacific have tendered their resignations to Judge He will take the matter under advisement and will decide on the 27th. give a complete history of the appointment of the receivers and dwells upon subsequent Reference is made to the attack made upon the receivers by President Ives in the Washington The petitions et forth and made from the opinions of Judges bert and The receivers then You to administer the trust with justice to the parties interested or if subject to the orders and instructions as to the general ad ministration from two or more independent We cannot abide nor oan we ask our sureties to abide by the danger of differences of opinions of each assuming to be controlling as to the expenditures of the receivership in the general administration in view of the of the sums Ex- Champions Sept. 25. A deal was closed Sullivan and ex- champion heavyweight pugilists of the will meet in a boxing contest of four rounds before the Cleveland Athletic club on the night of - A B n k c m u t F s l l l H e l r to 7SO. Sept. 25.-^ brother had died 750^ 000. Mr. V a on the ' g m i * m y A Doll Sored on a Suit of Clothes Sheep Industry Ruined The oost of the raw material in the manufactured article was a theme of discussion in the presidential campaign of 1892 among the advocates of the so called reform Facts ascertained by investigation show that such cost is very small in proportion to the other For the price of an elaborately made article of household furniture may be $ 100 to $ 150, yet raw material used in the same may cost $ 12 or $ 15. This is equally true of a piano costing from 300 to $ 800; the raw material may cost $ 25 or $ 30, these cases the cost of the material is estimated as it reaches the hands of the workmen and not as iron ore in the mine or wood in the Jts great expense is in the wages of the men who procure i t Mr. Cleveland himself laid great stress upon the free admission of iron ore and coal and was specially earnest for wool to be admitted free of Take an A suit of fine broadcloth with from 6} to 7J The cloth itself does not weigh more than perhaps 6 o r p o u n d s - Suppose an American manufacturer buys the best quality of merino wool tonse in and in order to cover the wastage he buys ten the wool The McKinley i i p e d a duty of 11 cents a pound on that class of this it each broadcloth suit eosta $ 1.10 - Km money because of the Now e type 8tate__ by n order that perhaps 500,000 may each obtain suit of l: lO cheaper all la & 68Jie^ 3g^^ - $ 100,000,000; is r
