The Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital from Topeka, Kansas • 1

3 VOL. XV, TOPEKA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1893 NO. 19. 3 of St. Louis, and adopted, resolveB That tbe National League musicians Bhall endeavor through political actioD, to secure the repeal of the McKinley bill, especially that portion of it placing duty upon musical instruments and supplies.

A CROWD AT THE FAIR Yesterday Was Catholic Knights of America Day. Conductor Watkins and Chief Sargeant, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen After adjournment Governor McKinley and grand officers were entertained at luueneon by Mayor Major. At 3 oclock the reai work of the convention began in secret seas. on. Tonight the Ladies' Auxiliary held a reception for the conductors.

The convention will be in session the remainder of the week. southern battle fields as well as those who, from illness or acoideot, have lost the power of walking. So far as has been learned the wheel chair concern has filed no protest with the ways and means committee against the use of cork or other artificial legs by fair visitors. Yet the functions of trio invalid chair are closely akin to that of the artificial member. GALA 1) FOR BUFFALO BILL.

Makes Its First Slash In Railroad Rates. WILL NOT 3SIM MATTERS. A Bg- Reductio i Made From Utah to Colorado Common Points A Fight. Alma'll, Certain to Follow The Kio Grandes Latest Move. I'nwiMivcr Kates.

Omuii, May 9. he Union Pa-cilic today, tne I of wading for an adjustment of ihe rate tiouble in Colorado, took a hand in the matter and made its fiit slaeh rates. Orders were issued this morning to soil tickets from Utnh common points to Colorado common points fer cT.l, ai.l for round trip, 82G. Ihe prev aiLug ratu3 have been $25 and C'o ihe action has been forced upon the riion Pacific br the combination of rates made by the Rio Grande Western by the nae of mileage tickets, and the Denver A Grandes $1 rate from Grciid Junction to Colorado common points. The round trip rate is put into effect to meet the same competition from the points mentioned and only applies to east bound business.

Whether the Un on Pacific will also extend the cut to west bound business is a mooted question. 9 ho action of the Union Pacific will undoubtedly precipitate a tight in this territory and the consequences promise to be lar reaching, involving both Utah and Colorado lines. This evening E. L. Lomax said if the rate announced today by tne Union Pacific was met by tne Rio Grande he would make a $10 rate, and if that did not settle the fight he would put the figure at $1 at once.

He would no mince matters, he said. Lot is. May 9. The Southwestern railway and steamship rate committee in session today, adopted a resolution looking to the improvement of the rata Situation in the southwest. understanding was reached prowling that tha terms of the agreement, so far as tha iit.es lepiesented ere concerned, bhould become effective at once.

Chicago, 51 ay -The Denver Rio Grande too ay announced a of 82 from Dei.voi to Pueoio, an ii ciense of $1 over the rate which has exv.tsd between ti.eee points for tin 'SslIoiC-mght. It wih now rest on its la wait to be what action the Atc.iiScn will take, and the Atchison, too, uiio it ill do nothing until 2b, and between now and then, every cltoii, tbut can possibly elt.e the tig tit wdlbe made Bulk tne Rock Eland tbe Burbnglcn are very uno.sy the Atcllbl'U Will begin io cut Tates east of the riv e. a as it is out of tha association. 2u. REFORM IN is CompTcib Will Here after Vv t.ii sx Giiai Institution Closely.

Washing v. Comptroller of the 1 1 1 1 1 dmls is giving- close v. 1 i safer than tiiov have been in the past. Heretofore it ha neen the aim of the comptroller's office to have the condition ot each bank in the United States looked into by a bank examiner. Mr.

Eckels proposes to have at least two examinations made every year. In ord-i' to I this the country' will be divided into examination districts and twice as many districts will be made as exist at parent. This will necessitate an increase in the number of bank examiners to just about twice the present number. It is also proposed that a two successive examinations shall be made by the same man, and. after an examiner has examined one district, he will be transferred to some other district.

It is expected that this system will result in great benefit. There will be no additional expense to the government, as the salaries of the examiners are raised by an assessment on the banks in proportion to their capital stock. WHERE IS THE OLD LADY She Walked Prom St. Louis to Chicago But Can Not Now be Found. Chicvgo.

May 9. Mrs. Christina Lindborg, a C2-year-old lady, whose feat of walking to Chicago from St. Louis excited much comment last Friday on her arrival here, has mysteriously disappeared. The old lady came here in search of her daughter Annie.

The later has been looking in vain for the former aod the eearcli so far, proving fruitless, she has become greatly alarmed. Mrs. Lindbotg was accom; a-nied on her tramp by her husband. After she had been installed at the Harrison street station, her husband appropriated her two gold rings she woie and disappeared. She was taken in charge by a Mrs.

Esthorn. Neither can now be found. PLEASED WlTimiEIR TRIP. The Foreign Naval Officers Return From the Worlds Fair Big-Rush of Visitors. New York, May 9.

The admirals train, bringing back the foreign officers from the Worlds fair, arrived at Jersey City this evening. The officers are much pleased with tbe trip and passed resolutions of thanks to Prebident Depew and President Roberts, who extended the use of the trains. As this was the last day of the EogliBh ships in port, there was a big rush of visitors. The Biake was crowded with society people, who attended the luncheon there, given by Admiral Hopkina, the United States sailors on the flagships Philadelphia and Newark gave a reception to Jack Tars from all foreign ships this afternoon. ABSOLUTELY! FOR GERMAN Le Young Kaiser Declares Emphatically That He Will Have Hi3 Way.

Berlin, May 9. While reviewing the troops at Tempelhof the German emperor directed the imperial guard to gather around him and addressed them as follow: I have been seriously disappointed in the patriotism of the late reiclistag. I hope the coming reiclistavr will adopt the military bill, but if it refuses to adopt it I am determined to carry the bill into effect despite the unpatriotic opposition. 1 know myself that 1 am alone with the federated princes and the people. The emperors condud ng words in addressing Ills olneeis were: "1 felt the necessity to tell you candidly my decision, as 1 told you inv hopes when the bill was first proposed.

The officers who lieai the enipei ors words maintained abso.uie silence, although evidently in deep sympathy itn the kaisers views. The speech is causing enormous excitement amony the people. There is a prolound and widespread impression that the emperor would not hesitate to ri-ffi a conflict with the new rcichs'cag should it prove hostile to the bill. FIRE IN A FACTORY. A Forty Thouand Dollar Loss In St.

Louis A Fatal Gasobno Explosion St. Louts, May 9. Fire this evening destroyed the factory of the Great Western Mattress company, corner of Nineteenth and Locust streets. The loss was partially insured. At the same time a gasoline stove exploded, in the resinenco of Frank Bellows on North Eighth street, completely wrecking the place and fatally injuring Bellows and Beriously injuring his wife.

The confusion of the two happenings bv the police department leci to the report that two people were burned in the ni t-trees factory fire. THREE NE0R0ES LYNCHED. Au Arkansas Mobs Hangs the Murderous Assailants of a Merchant. Camden, May 9. Three negroes were lynched at Bearden early this morning for a murderous assault Saturday upon Jesse Norman, a prominent young business man of that place, with an axe as he was returning home from his store at midnight.

Two Ar ries of Brazilians Ia Deadly Combat. SLAUGHTER WAS TERRIBLE. Four Thousand Government Troops and fcix Thousand Insurgents Get Together and Mix It Up In Rio Grande do Sul Result In Doubt. RraziHans Battle. Vaipap.aiso, May 9.

A battle which lasted six hours was fought last Saturday near Uruguayna, Kio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in wqich 4,000 government troops and insurgents were engaged. Conflicting reports have been sent out concerning the result of the engagement. The contest began about noon and lasted until nightfall. Great determination was displayed by the soldiers in each army. Charge after charge ordered by Generals Hipolvte and Sima, who commanded the two wing's of the government forcesf were repelled by the insurgents.

The slaughter was terrible. Men on each side fought with the knowledge that the result of the combat would probably settle the fate of the revolution, the insurgents being the more desperate because they realized that should they win the victory thousands of secret sympathizers would openly join their ranks and fight for their cause. Without decisive result for either army the battle raged until near nightfall. Although the insurgents far exceeded the government forces in number they were not so well equipped or well disciplined. As the night approached the revolutionists attempted to withdraw to a better position, but the movement had been foreseen by the commanders of the government army, who threw all their forces against the retreating revolutionists, and turned the defeat into a complete disaster.

The attack in the rear, according to the report telegraphed from Buenos Ayres, demoralized the revolutionary forces, and they ran before the advancing government army as fast as possible. FAILURES IN BUSINESS. Attachment Against the West Superior Iron and Steel JCompany. New York, May 9. Sullivan Cromwell, council for the Land and River Improvement company of West Superior, have, on behalf of clients, placed an a tachment of 8200,000 on the West Superior Iron and Steel company.

Cromwell says it has been discovered that the deposed President Weeks, of the Land and River Improveraentoompany, loaned, while president. 8300,000 of the improvement company's money, without the knowledge or consent of the directors of the former concern. The steel works shut down yesterday. New York, May 9. H.

H. Warners attorney says that Warners liabilities amount to several hundred thousand dollars. Business men estimate them ut 85CO.CLO. The assets comist of stock and homestead, but the exaot amount can hardly be estimated now. Newark, N.

May 9. Frederick K. Day of Elizabeth, and Herman Clark of New York, were today appointed permanent receivers of the United States Paper company, the tissue trust which failed a few days ago. The receivers were required to give a bond of 8150,000. The principal creditors are E.

L. Montague, II. M. Fulton and Wallace Smith, all connected with the cordage trust. Chicvgo, May 9.

County Treasurer Kern said today that his cashier, Felix Schweietnal. took $42,000 in sums of 85,000 to 810,000 to tide along Micnael Scbweisthal, the banker who failed some time ago, Michael was a brother of Felix and both thought the banker6 embarrassment would only prove temporary. Felix turned over 830,000 in real estate in restitution, and County Treasurer Kern refrained from prosecution. failed 5t a Tie. Chicago, May 9.

F. M. Durant and Slater Howard, bicyclists, who raced from Atlanta to Chicago, arrived here this evening, so close together that it was agreed to call the race a tie. The journey was completed in fourteen days and twelve minutes. RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.

In Session at Toledo Hear a Speech By Governor McKinley Ladies Auxiliary. Toledo, May 9. About 1,890 delegates are here attending the bien-niel session of the Order of Railway Conductors, including their wives, who have an organization known as the Ladies auxiliary. Mayor Major opened the session with a brief word of welcome and presented tbe keys ot the mty to the Grand Chief Conductor and then introduced Governor McKinley, who welcomed the conductors to the state. He received a perfect ovation.

His speech was largely devoted to a review of the growth of the railway system of the United States. Grand Chief Clarke replied in fitting words, and he was followed by Hon. J. M. Brown of this city, in an address on Organized Labor, and Assistant Chief Harris Leaves Behind More Reasons To Frovo Ills Innocence.

YIYII CLEMENCY WAS ASKED The Remains Taken to Northfleld, Where They Will Be Interred A Dramatic Event During the Private Funeral By Harris Mother. Harria Last. New York, May 9. The last statement made by Carlyle W. Harris, the young wife murderer who waa executed yesterday, sent by the warden to the prison department of the state, was today given out.

Harris canvasses his review, refers to his giving himself up when he learned of the warrant for his arrest, recurs to his refusal of proffered means of escape from Sing Sing, and then says in part: So, how is it that in a case where so many facts and the entire behavior of the defendant all invite executive clemency, together with the petition of over 50,000 citizens, among them many who are prominent iiYnational esteem, such clemency should be denied because the action of the court was not justified by the facts in the case. There is au idea in the minds of many that at the time of my wifes death I desired marriage with Eome other woman. Such person has never been found, nor uoes she exist. No one had so many reasons, a'l sentiment or love aside, for desiring my wife to live as I had. She would have brought me money and professional success; she would have graced my home, and had I known of her sad habit, it would have been my happiness to shield and cure her.

I have now to die; the manner of my death is small amount to me. I have waited patiently so long as there was the slightest chance of obtaining refusing to run away even when under sentence of death. And now, face to face with the greatest mystery known to man, knowing that no concealment or untruth can mitigate my end, I do solemnly declare I am innocent of the crime for which 1 am condemned to die. The remains of Harris were taken from Sing Sing this morning to the railway station whence they were placed in a oar for Northheld, where the interment will take place. A private funeral service was held at the prison at 10 this morning.

Mrs. Harris and her son Allen were the mourners and the public were strictly excluded. A dramatic feature of the last rites was the placing in the coffin of the affidavit of Juror Crawford Mason. It will be remembered tnat in his speech before the recorder, Harris, waving the affidavit in his hand, said: Do not hie this here, Mr. Howe; fiie it in my coffin.

The document was dropped into the coffin by Mrs. Harris at the funeral services this morning. NEIY LEADERS IN THE FIELD 'I he Republican National League Meeting Likely to Te a Lively One. Louisville, May 9. Business houses and public buildings are decorated with flags and bunting- and the city is assuming a holiday attire while the hotels are fast filling with ineoinj ing Republicans from every part of the country, gathered for the meeting of the national league of Republican cRibs here to-morrow.

The principal events of the week vv ill be the election of officers for the ensuing year of the Republican national committee; of the national Republican league and of the American Republican college league. In the national Republican league there will be a lively contest for the presidency. The candidates now in the field are W. V. Tracy of Spring-field, 111., president of the Illinois state league; W.

1. Squire of Toledo and J. Sloat Fassett of New York. It Is also said that J. S.

Clarkson will not be a candidate for re-election, but this has not been formally announced. Ex-Senator Spooner of Wisconsin will also make a bid for the office of president. Tonight President Clarkson was ill and unable to see callers. He is Buffering from an attack similar to that which prevented his speakiDg at Buffalo last fall, and it is feared he may not be able to make the annual addreps tomorrow. Mr.

Clarkson sent out word tonight that under no circumstances would he accept the presidency of the league for another year. The St. Clair County Jndjes. Kansas City, May 9. Judges Copenhaver and Johnson, of the St.

Clair county court, appeared before Judge Philips this afternoon in answer to a writ to show canee why they should not be committed to jail for contempt of court. They refused to make a levy to pay bonds of the county at their last session after Judge Philips had them ordered to do so. Judgo Philips to-day read a long opinion on the case. He eaid he waa not adverse to a compromise. He thought a compromise on the basis of 10 to 20 per cent would be hbout right.

Slntional Leaxoe Musicians. Detroit, May 9. The National League of musicians, in eighth ah-nuftl convention, convenod today. A resolution, presented by delegate Miller, WHAT SUNDAY CLOSING DID The Gates Closed While the jb akirs Fleeced the City Visitors Wonderful Generosity to Invalids Expose of Extortionate Charges Still Going On. grow its Worlds Fair Grounds, Chicago, May 9.

Todays warm weather brought the largest crowd yet to the exposition since the opening day. Ihe programme included exercises by the Catholic Knights of America, this beiug their day at the fair. Outside of this the time of those not engaged in sightseeing was occupied in meeting the Worlds fair officials, meeting the national commiesion, and hearing the orchestral concerts in Music hall and the band concerts in the Agricultural building. WORKINGMEN WERE DISAPPOINTED. Chicago, May 9.

No fairer sun ever emblazoned the crystal domes of the white city than that which Sunday beamed within and without the closed gates of the Worlds fair. Without the gates, from early morning to tardy twilight, fakirs tieeeed the city visitors and long-haired men and short-haired women distributed tracts which were felt. So deeply did these pious papers move tne hearts of the barred-out visitors that only the presence of the police prevented the tract recipients from falling on the necks of the holy men und incidentally breaking them in tbe fall. But the side shows and the fakirs, the vendors of celluloid sandwicnes, the father of that large family of petrified children now running rival exhibitions on Stony lsiand avenue, the young man with hailstones on his voice wt.o sells complete maps and guides all that army of shifty but unclean, grasping but gracious, beneficiaries of Sunday closing, did the biggest days business snce the Words fair was opened. There web not a vacant seat in a beer saloon within half a mile ot the Worlds fair grounds.

There was not a for men ody fake side show tented on that same sectiou which did not have to turn ready money away. But the fair was closed, the Sabbath kept S3 holy as the retarding influences would permit. That ciabS of men who are fitting tnem9elves fora life beyond without regarding the proper amenities of the necessary present existence, and th3t class of men who view lifo mainly when out on bail, were banded vesterday in the brotherhood of golden success. Visitors and citizens generally had a bad day of it. By 9 oclock the gateways to the Worlds fair were thronged with visitors who clamored, in no Sabbath tongue, to know why they were barred out.

Thousands of workingmen of tbe better class, with their wives and children, came in the day, not knowing that the gates were to be closed. Many of them had purchased admission tickets at the down town depots, and when the Sun-day-closing delegation began distributing religious tracts about bears eating up bad children and the advantages of early rising, thc-se eame workingmon came near making their innugural visit to a police station as participants in a righteous riot. There be pious men who, subsisting on the alms of public indifference, can loaf six days in the week and sweat their jaws; on the beveuth to give to that same public their excuse for being a part of the general plan, but workingmen have not that privilege. To tnem Sunday is their only holiday and naturally they went yesterday to see the big fair. Naturally tney came early.

They were turned away. Some of them swore and went home. The churches down town were open, some of the smaller ones at least, and there was room for them there, but as a matter of record no one was hurt in the crush to get there. The saloons were also all open, and, while no one was hurt there was plenty of plain drunks. WONDERFUL GENEROSITY An agreement has finally been reached whereby invalid chairs and thoir occupants may enter Jackson park during the period of the Worlds fair.

The company having the concession for renting wheel chairs thinks it has done a noble act and is not at all backward in declaring that the people who have been protesting against tbe rule prohibiting unforntunate cripples from bring their vehicles into the grounds should now be satisfied and give the company credit for exceptional generosity. Here are the generous terms: Invalids or cripples will hereafter be allowed to enter the grounds in their own obairs providing they pay the regular charges made by the concessionaires for their own vehicles, to-wit: $3.50 per day. Mr. Adams, the manager of the wheel chair concession, was not in yesterday, but his chief was there. He admitted that tbe terms of tbe new agreement were in accordance with the foregoing.

Asked as to the number of persons who were so unfortunate as to require au invalid chair and who would be liable to visit the grounds the clerk said that the number waa a very large one. In other words the concessionaires expect to reap a considerable profit from the unfortunates obliged to use artificial means for getting about tbe grounds. This general class comprises many a fcritt nta who leak hl limbi oa the It was a great day for Colonel Buffalo William. lle entertained his grime the duke of Veragua and suite, the officers of a half-dozen navies, and something like 15,000 ordinary Americans. There has been nothing since opening day like the crowd that swarmed into tne wild west show yesterday afternoon.

Perhaps it was on account of the fine day, perhaps it was because the dune was to be there but anyhow men and women fought with each other to get into the wild west show. The naval officers, the mest of them inconspicuous in citizens raiment, came to the grounds about 3 oclock in tally-hos. They were escorted to boxes by Major Burke. Major Handy and a party of foreign newspaper tnen were there too. But the carriages bearing the duke of Yeragua and his party were late.

Annie Oakley was ju6t filling the air with fragments of clay pigeons when the ducal party arrived. The pigeon shooting as suspended for a hile and the great crowd btood up and cheered while the visitors were entering their box. They appeared to be vastly interested in the show. Her grace, the duchess, did look a bit distressed, though, when a roan broncho with a bad white eye capered across the arena dragging a lusty cow puncher at the end of a lariat. Midway in the performance Johnny Burke No Neck, accompanied by Mr9.

No Neck, entered the dukes box. Johnny is a Sioux lad picked up on the battle field of Wounded Knee by Major Burke and Chief No Neck and adopted by them, whence his euphonious name. Johnny presented the duchess with a great cluster of roses. He looked as if he hadnt been bo badly seated since Bitting Bull went on the war trail. After Buffalo Bill had shown how fast he can crack glass balls with a Winchester be, too, paid his respects to the distinguished visitors.

It was worth riding an hour to see that courtly old diplomat and scout sweep his sombrero before the duchess and teli how honored he felt. He was most graciously received. OWNER OF CARLO THERE. Prince Boland Bonaparte arrived at the Richelieu at a late hour last night, and was shown immediately to his suite of seven rooms, for which he will pay 870 a day during his three weeks Btay in Chicago. Roland Bonaparte is not entitled to the rank of pnnee which he has assumed.

But nevertheless, he has three indisputable claims to distinction. He bears the name of Bonaparte; the strikingly sensational histones of his father and mother; and, last, he is one of the members of the firm which owns the great public gambling hell at Monte Carlo. Tne wealth he has accumulated as one of the proprietors of the famous place no doubt assists materially in the general acknowledgement of his assumed rank. His mother was Justine Ruffiin.daugh-ter of a Parisian plumber, and his father Peter Bonaparte, cousin of Napoleon III. The marriage of Peter Bonaparte and Justine RulHin was not publicly celebrated until 1871.

His father, Peter Bonaparte, was famed as being the nio-t notorious member of Napoleon Ills family. Tne father, in his early days, killed a game-keeper in Italy and was compelled to tlee from the country. But this is not the only time that his hands were stained with blood. In Paris he shot and killed the reneh journalist, Victor Noir, who had called to arrange for a duel between him and their friend, M. Pascal Groussage.

'J his lust crime precipitated the overthrow of the empire of Franco. After the war of 1870 Peter Bonaparte lost tne allowance which his cousin, the emperor, nad given him. Having no means of making a living, he naturally looked around to lighten hie responsibility, and came to the conclusion that the easiest way to do it was to desert his wife and two children, Roland and Jeanne. Justine, his wife, who had assumed tha title of princess, as soon as the public marriage ceremony was performed, lest but little time in reaching London, where she opened a dressmakers 6hop in New Bond street. The sign on the door read: Princess Pierre Bonaparte.

De confections pour dames. PUT DOWN THF. PRICES. The Chicago Tribune says: The course of the Tribune in exposing extortion in restaurants, hotels and the like is received with tbe warmest approbation. Letters pour in from city nnd country praising the exposuies thus tar made, and telling of individual experiences in the White city.

On one point they all are agreed, and that is unless hotels and restaurants change their policy great harm will be done to the fair and to Chicago. Many of th correspondents say they have written to their friends tell-Wig them of the Bjstem of extortion practiced and advising them to keep away from Chicago until the hotel and restaurant proprietors come to their senses. The experiences related in the letters tell their own etorv. Some of them tell of regular boarders who have Been compelled to leave their hotels because landlords raised the rents beyond their means; others tell of exorbitant prices charged for inferior meals. All show that the writers were not treated as they had expected and that they were not well pleased with their visit to the fnir.

The show further that the dissatisfaction is general and that the subject is one important enough to demand the attention of every one having the success of the fair at heart. HILLM0N FOUND. The Insurance Companies Claim to H.vj Located Him on the Pacific Coast. New York, May 9. If the report of Charlton TV Lewis, attorney for the Mutual liie insurance couipany of this city, Avliieh with the New York Life and Connecticut Mutual life insurance companies, cariied the 849,000 taken out by John VV.

ilillmcn of Lawrence, Kan on his life in be reliable, the hero and alleged chief conspirator of the so-called Ilillman insurance swindle of Kansas has been found. For fifteen years Hillman's relatives have been trying to prove him dead in order to collect the $40,000 insurance on liis life and all this time the insurance companies which held the policies have resisted the claim on the ground of fraud. Now it is claimed by Lewis that the long- missing man has finally been traced to the Pacific coast and he has made a clean breast of the whole affair. It is understood that lie consented readily enough to own up in order to clear himself of the charge that he had killed Walters. This crime, according to the detectives and Lewis, he lays at Browns door.

John W. Jlillmm was borne in Indiana in 1845 and was but z4 years old at the time of his alleged death near Medical Lodge, in 1870. October 3, 1878, he was married to Sally E. Quinn. Four months later he departed for Wichita with John II.

Brown, liis partner, both being drovers. The next heard of Hillman was that he had been shot accidentally by Brown and buried near Medicine Lodge. A few days after his alleged death his widow put in a claim to the Mutual Life and the New York Life insurance companies of this city and the Connecticut Mutual of Hartford for $40,000 insurance on his life. Then for the aro.t time Hillmans neighbors in Lawrence, learned that he had had his life insured. He had always been a poor man and it was ascertained that Levi Baldwin of Tonganoxie, Leavenworth county, a cousin of Hillmans wife and a close friend of Hillmnn, had taken out the policies.

Baldwin was a bankrupt and the company interested in the insurance concluded that only a lunatic or a shrewd knave would take out policies on which he could have no hope of paying the yearly premiums. Then followed the litigation which is still in progress. THREE trials and developments. The insurance companies charge that John H. Brown and Hillman in a lonely place killed a man called Walthers and put his head in the fire so that the features were destroyed.

This body the companies have always held, was positively identified as not being Hillman's. The first trial was at Leavenworth in the United States circuit court in June. The jury failed to agree and in 1835 the case was tried again at the same place before Judg'e David J. Brewer with a like result. The third trial was in Topeka in February, 1833, before Judge Shiras and a virdict was rendered for the plaintiff.

A motion for a new trial was made and allowed and after five years delay it has been set for next November. When the body alleged to be that of Hillman was exhumed at Medicine Lodge a warrant was issued for the arrest of Brown, his partner, as it was alleged that he had killed a man so as to provide a corpse for the insurance claim. Brown ran away to Texas and another warrant was issued for the apprehension of Levi Baldwin, Mrs. Hillmtvns cousin, who had obtained the policies on her husbands life. He also ran away.

Later the insurance companies secured Brown and he declared that Hillman was still alive and he had entered into a conspiracy in De-ember, 1878, with Hillm.in and Levi Baldwin to defraud the life insurance companies by insuring Hillmans life. Baldwin was to furnish the money and Hillmi.n and Brown' were to manage the disappearance of the former. They started for Wichita and on the way picked up a strange man named Joe Berkley. This man. Brown alleges.

was shot, by Hillman, who dressed the corpse in his own clothing and put his diary in his pocket and left. This confession was proved false when the body was identified later as that of Fred A. Walthers, who disappeared about that time. In the meantime Mrs. llillmun had traveled much and the companies concluded that by following her they could find her husband.

This clue failed as she married again. Harrirmr Swept. Sydney, N. S. May 9.

Mail advices state that a hurricane, which recently swept over New Hebrides, obliterated the whole settlement at the Port of Sandwich and submerged half of New Caledonia. At Tchio 10,000 tons of nickel ore were was washed into the ocean and the' mines filed and wreoked, while the coffee plantations were swept clean. Tbe natives are shelterless and destitute. Happy Klevator en. Duluth, May 9.

The first boat of the season from the lower lakes reached here this morning. The arrival waa followed by hn enthusiastic demonstration, on the part of the joyous elevator and mill men. A IGitl on Cabinet Member. Washington, May 9. One effect ot the presidents order closing the executive mansion to office-seekers has been to cause the crowd, who usually thronged the white house, to change their point of attack, from the president himself, th the cabinet officers.

At each department today the number of callers worn on hand and a good deal of time waa consumed in their reception. It ia predicted if this continues ail the membera of the cabinet will adopt the rules which have thrown the habituss of the whita house into confusion. A Horrible Fisd. CDes Moines, lows. May 9.

On going home today Webb Moon, a laborer found Ed Stewart, a boarder in hit family, dead on the floor. Moons wife, stark naked, lay unconscioue acroea Stewarts body, and two children near by were also unconscious. The woman had been outraged and all were -chloroformed. It is thought the woman and one child can be restored. Prerantions Against Cholera.

Berlin, May 9. The authorities o' this port have ordered a quarantil against all vessels arriving from tl ports of the French. The action ia dr to tha spread of cholera in Fraae. Hibernians Meet. New York, May 9.

The forty-fourth annual convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, which is affiliated with the board of Erin, convened today and will continue in session till Saturday. Four hundred dred delegates are present, including those from Illinois, Nebraska, Texpg and Colorado. It promises to be one of the most important meetings for years. The convention was called to order at 1 oclock bv National Delegate John J. Patton, but soon took a recess.

Kmith Must Kansas City, May 9. Governor Stone has refused to interfere in behalf of Tom Smith the colored murderer of George Cameron, another negro, and Smith will be banged in the jail yard, Friday next. v- u. v- 4 I ft 'i -r i I'S-.