Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 25 September 1897 — Page 3

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Victims Wore Shot Down In

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Vtfailles, Ind., Special Sept. 15: The

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a occurred here, early Wednesday mornins wlit'ii live men In juil on burflary charges were shot down in their

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and then dragged out uml lynched. -i'l,iee hundred men. masked and on

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rode into town at 1 o'clock,

nviit to tlie jail and called out Deputy jailer Tilf Kenan. As soon as the door was open, three of d„. leaders presented revolvers and deinamled tlie keys to the cells. Kenan reCiisi'd to give them up. Thereupon he ivas jumped on by several of the mob and the keys were taken away from him by force.

Without a moment's delay, the mob purged into the cell-room, and, after shooting down the five prisoners, placed pipes around their necks and dragged tlioin out. The mob proceed,d to a tree

square away from the jail and Immediately sitting up the live prisoners. The men lynrhed were:

LV1JJ J.KVI.

JIENKY SHULER, JK RMFFOKD GORDON.

WI I.LI AM JENKINS, Jr.' H1CKT ANDREWS. Andrews and Gordon had already been vutinded, having been shot several times v.-:!.- attempting to rob .1 store at Correct. last Saturday night Shuler was in jut! i. attempted burglary and Levi and Jenkins had just been Indicted by the eraml jury I'm robbery. Tliey had failed -'i'"* and were put in jail Tuesday niyht.

It is thought that Tcvi and Shuler were hoili deade when taken out of the jail. Tin: bandages that were on the wounded ii"*n were found later Wednesday morning. along the street xxdiere they had jiiTM torn from them at, tliey were dragged along the road. i.,\le Lex xvas an old soldier and bore on his face xvounds received dftring the dvil xvar, while lighting for the Union.

None of the lynchers are known. They ^11 cum® from a distance, presumably •rum the neighborhood of Correct, where the two men were arrested Saturday aislit.

The greatest excitement prevails In the city, ihere being an unusual crowd in town, oxvlnp to the fact that the county court is in session.

CAUSE OF THE LY.NCU1XG.

Sonic of the Outrages The Gang Hai BeVn Connected With.

Osgood Special to Indianapolis Journal: An unusual number of robberies during 'lio last few months is responsible for the lynching last night. The gang has terror,2td this community with wa.vlaylngs and -uiglarles until people in Osgood were actually afraid to be 011 the streets at night. Strangers who came to Osgood were sure to be marked and If they did not get out of town before night they would be knocked down and robbed. There have been several such cases, and one instance recently one of the victims xvas shot.

Ahout six weeks ago four masked men filtered Herman Cammon's home near Milan, beat Cammon insensible and robbed the house while Mrs. Cammon and their -laughter. Mis. Butts, of Osgood, Ftood by in terror. Sch liter was supposed to be in the gang, and Dr. Alexander Joseph and his son, Peter Joseph, of Osgood, were arrested and discharged on the preliminary hearing. Mrs. Butts claimed she knew Dr. Joseph by his voice. He was her physician in Osgood and had learned that Mr. Cammon had come to 'invn to get $J0o from her divorced lius""d. Andrexvs and Schuter, two of the i.w::l:e men, gave evidence for Dr. Joip-- alibi in his case. Bert Andrews and Clifford Gordon, who were wounded in the light xvlth the sheriff Saturday night ut Correct, and who then escaped 'heir homes here, called Dr. Joseph to 'hvssthelrxvnonds, and hisorder that they were una bio to be removed to jail was overruled by the officers on Sunday.

Dr. Joseph accosted Pete Hostutler, the detective who trapped the gang, and Hostutler knocked Joseph Hying. Later John Johnson, a witness lor the lynched men their preliminary hearing yesterday and ,1 friend of the gang. also accosted Hostutler. and was knocked down and had tlnce ribs broken on tlie street here.

Hostiitkr has been in this vicinity for a Kai. coming here from Tipton county. He is a pugilist and whipped '-Bunk" "evl. a soil of Tom Levi, a few months 'SO- II os!-.it lor easily worked himself a.ji the ci:iliuence of the gang, and went

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them to rob the store at Correct •'..tiadiiv night. Ho first notitied the dieriiY. and yesterday nave his evidence Without fear. His life was said not to be ^oitli anything after that, and merchants *tiu ha,] employed him to get in with the B"»E made up a purse to get liim safely away.

had also whipped the McMil-

'•n hoys, who live in the country and been severnI scrapes. Charles cXiniin xvas in the eell with Bert An''en the mob visited the jail.

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1 hat when they go* them all in the lynching would happen. The mob *.iid to have been made up of citizens "n Milan, Elrml. Correct. Versailles •hd Osgood. Although Lyle. Levi had connected wrth miy roociit ensos ^'ern the Saturday night affair at Cor-

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tioiiH to Hie Sheriff of Ripley .. County,*,

^(lverufif Mount. pon receipt of infor^'ition that.men had been lynched, wired foi.ow my nic«s :iso to the sheriff of y-uunti'4

"To Sheriff of Ripley County, Versailles. Ind.:

"Wire me at once particulars of lynching reported to have occurred in your county. I further direct that you proceed immediately, xvitli all the power you can command, to bring to justice all parties guilty of participation in the murder of Iho five men alleged to have been lynched. Such lawlessness is intolerable, and all the power of the State, if necessary, will be vigorously employed for the arrest and punishment of all parties implicated.

JAMES A. MOUNT, Governor." After forwarding the above telegram, Governor Mount in an interview said: "The reported lynching of live men who were incarcerated in the Ripley county jail fills me with inexpressible regret. Assoon au 1 received information of the lamentable occurrence. I telegraphed tlie sheriff that the participants in the infamous outrage—the murderers of lb 11 men awaiting trial -must be appivV-mled and brought to justice with the least possible delay. Kin-h lawlessness must not be permitted to go unpunished Wliite-capi:-:m and mob violence must be stoiipod, and I shall vigorously use all the power of the executive authority of the State to that end."

RESIGNATION WITHDRAWN.

President Andrews Will Continue to Control r.rown University.

E. Benjamin Andrews has withdrawn his resignation as president Kr.ixvn University, lie students celebrated the event, and the university will be reopened with renewed activity and vigor. President Andrews's letter to the officials i.» as follows: "To W. V. Keel]en, ,T. H. Stines and R. (I. Hazard. Committee: "Gentlemen—The resolution of the corporation of Brown University of the 1st inst., communicated to me by you, has been carefully considered. I take pleasure In assuring you that the action referred to entirely does away with the scruple which led lo my resignation. At the date, however, when you laid tho communication before me 1 had undertaken to perform in the coming year certain work, which after learning the judgment of the corporation on the subject. I came to regard as Incompatible with the duties of the presidency. I, therefore, felt obliged at first to adhere to my resignation. Hut. being now freo to give the university my undivided service. have withdrawn my resignation and have notified the secretary of the corporation to that effect."

CORN CROP SHORT.

Excessive IIe.it and General Drought Throughout the West Hus Seriously Uauiageil the Corn.

The weekly crop bulletin, issued by the Agricultural Department for the week ended at 8 a. m., Sept. 1: says: "Tho week has been excessively hot and for thu most part dry in nearly all districts east of the Rocky mountains. With sufllcien) moisture tho conditions would have been most favorable to corn, but in most oi the important corn states the crop, more particularly the h.te planted, has suffered seriously from drought, and is being prematurely ripened. Much of the crop is now safe from frost, and cutting has begun in the men- northerly sections. In Nebraska recent rains will improve late corn, and with favorable conditionin Iowa during the next txvo weeks somo of the late corn will make a fair yield, the early crop having been rapidly ripened under the excessive heat of the past two weeks, with some detriment to quality. In Kansas most of the early corn has been cut and the late planted is suffering from drought. Subsequent weather conditions will have but little effect upon the crop in Missouri, where it ha^ been seriously and permanently injured."

WHOI.frJSAT.E MURDER

Committee! by a Mother and ller Son— A Confession.

Joplln, Mo., special: The conviction ot George Stafllebaek and his mother ol murder at Columbus, Kas., Monday, has developed a sensational feature in the testimony of Cora Staffleback. a sister ol the defendant, who says that three moro murders are now known to have been committed by the gang in Galena.

A mob of 500 people are standing arounil an abandoned mining shaft from which tho water is being pumped to find the dead bodies supposed to bo there.

Cora Staffleback states that about two weeks after the murder of Frank Galbreath, her mother and step-father murdered an Italian peddler and threw tho body in the shaft. A week later they murdered txvo Gentians who knew of the crime. The murders were for the purpose of robbery.

.:A MILLION IN GOLD.

Steamship Excelsior Arrives at Sun Francisco With Yukon I'KHsengerssind About $1,000,000.

San Francisco special: The Alaska Commercial Company's steamer ExceVsior, which sailed from St. Michaels, Alaska, on August 14 last, but was compelled to put into Unalaska for repairs on account of an accident to her propeller while :.l sea, arrived in port today with sixty-three passengers and about $1,000,000 in treasure. It was at first reported that she brought doxvn two and a half milli-in dollars worth of gold dust, but tills proved upon investigation to have been greatly exaggerated. The Alaska Commercial Company alone had on board about $"00,000 worth of gold dust and nuggets. Fifteen passengers had from 110.000 to $.00.0011 each. Twenty-live more brought doxvn from $2,000 to $10,000 each.

Inst Mail Wrecked.

Lake Shore fast mail train No. 6, east bound, was delayed at Ashtabula, O.. Wednesday by a wreck which might have been very serious. Through a misunderstanding of signals the engine xvas run upon the derailing switch at a cross-over. Tho engine side-xviped a string of coal cars, and with two mall cars was tumbled into the ditch. Engineer Michael Regan and Fireman H. II. Brooks jumped and escaped with slight injuries. The passengers were not disturbed by the wreck.

STEAM SLEDS.

SECRETARY ALGER PIjANXIXG TO OPERATE A MVE ON THE YUKON" 1J1VER.

Provisions Will lie Hauled to Dawson City by Steam For Relief of Needy

Miners.

"Washington special. Two representatives of the North American Trading and Transportation Company—Messrs. P. B. VY eare and Michael Cudahy, of Chicago— arrived here to-day. They came at the special request of Secretary of War Alger, who desired to confer with them in regard to the question of sending relief supplies to the gold seekers in tlie Klondike country, should the inx'estigation now being made by Captain Hay, of the army, show such measures to bo necessary. Shortly after their arrival in the city the two gentlemen went to the residence of Secretary Alger, whero they remained in consultation with him the greater part of this evening.

The possibility of the need of government aid of the miners during the coming winter was broached by Secretary Alger irt a Cabinet meeting during the past week, the Secretary feeling that the interests of humanity dictated that some plan whereby aid could be extended should be determined upon in the event it xvas found necessary. To-night's conference was mainly a preliminary one in which, however, the whole question was gone over in a very thorough manner. Mr. Weare, who has spejjt some time in Alaska, was able to gix'c the Secretary much information bearing 011 the topography, climate, distances from place to p'.ueo and other conditions xvhieh would hax'o to be confronted if aid were undertaken. Secretary Alger said to-night that nothing (inal had been determined 011 and that nothing would be until a report had been received from Captain Ray. The latter is supposed to be now at Dawson City and his report is expected here about the middle of October.

An important matter upon which Secretary Alger especially desired the opinion of Messrs. Weare and Cudahy was the feasibility of a locomotive sled designed to draw logs and other material over the Ice. This has been In successful operation in logging camps in Wisconsin and its adaptability to this work influenced the Secretary to believe that it might be put into practical operation in Alaska should relief measures be necessary. The representatives of the trading company had examined a drawing of the sled and had it.^ working briefly explained to them, and they expressed the opinion that it might be feasible for the purpose contemplated. Secretary Alger's idea is that the sleds might be taken to St. Michael's by ship, but even if this were not possible he believed they could be taken piecemeal ov^r the Cliilkoot pass and thence to the Yukon. Messrs. Weare and Cudahy say there are ample provisions for fi\*e thousand men for one year at St. Michaels, and they believe that if found necessary the sleds could be used to transport these supplies to Dawson City during the coming winter.

Secretary Alger has received a letter from the superintendent of construction for the patentee of the sleds, in which the writer says he understands that the Yxikon river freezes solid enough to be used as a road also, that between White pass anu Fo.t Selkirk, a distance of 350 miles, the land is practically level and a good wagon road can be easily made. That, he says, is within two hundred miles of Dawson City, and the river would furnish the road the rest of the way. .•.

MET DEATH WITHOUT FEAR.

Display of Nerve by a Mexican OHiocr Who Was Shot For Murder,

City of Mexico special: Captain Cotta, of the Twelfth Infantry, was some time since condemned to death for insubordination in the killing of a major of his regiment in Sonora during the Yaqui rebellion. He was shot here Saturday. Detachments from all tho garrisons were present, about 1,500 men being drawn up on three sides of the square. When all was ready a carriage containing Captain Cotta and three friends, guarded by soldiers. drew up. At the farther end ot the square, opposite the Eastern mound, in front of which the execution was to tako place, the coach stopped and the condemned man alighted. He xvas immediately conducted to the place of execution by a picket of infantry. His nerve xvas indomitable and his courage superb. As he advanced doxvn the length of the square, a distance of at least one hundred yards, he xvas quietly puffing at a cigarette, and when tho squad halted he xvalked deliberately to the position assigned to him. Not ex-en there did hi? courage forsake him, for when the officer strode toward him, bandage in hand, xvitli tho intention of blindfolding him. Captain Cotta at once motioned him away, declaring that he was not afraid. Not even as the officer in charge of the firing party took his place and with his sword motioned the order to the men, "Ready! Present! Fire"—not even during this trying period—was there the least trace of fear 011 the face of the condemned man. At tho first discharge lie dropped dead.

MONEY 1JV THE TON.

Fifty Thousand Dollars Tukin From the Fair Grounds to Indianapolis.

At. 10 o'clock Friday night a dray left the State Fair grounds, north o! Indianapolis, for the city, xvitli the treasurer, txvo clerks and two policemen xvlth revolvers. The dray contained -.100 pounds, or over one ton of money, it xvas the silver taken in Friday at the fair grounds gate. The bullion xvas placed salctv deposit vaults tor sale keeping. On tho wagon was $30,000 in money o,' all kinds

General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., attended the rex'icxv of French troops held at St. Quenten in honor of tho King ot Riam, and at xvhieh President Fail re xvas present. Tne General greatly admired the Frcncli soldiery.

LETTER FROM BU\ AN.

Refers to an Editorial In aNew York Paper on tlie Wreck in Kansas.

William J. Bryan, in a letter published in the Nexv York Mail and Express, refers as follows to a recent editorial in that paper regarding .Mr. liryan's xvork in the Kansas railroad diaster: "1 beg t"' thank you for your generous words, but am afraid your praise outruns the nii-iit of my xvork on that occasion. 1 did no more than the others xvlio escaped uninjured, and none of us did more than could have been cxpectcd from any person under like circumstances. Some of the wounded people were suffering intensely and no one could have refused any assistance xvhieh could possibly bo rendered. It is often the lot of public nu to be criticised when they do not deserve it, and I suppose the unmerited commendation which they sometimes receive is necessary to form a just average. However. I appreciate the charity which you. a political opponent, have shown. Very truly yours, "WILLIAM .T. BRYAN."

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. I, 1897. The editorial referred to was in part as follows: "His coolness, gentleness and helpful service in the presence of so much confusion, suffering and death discloses nexv depths in his character to which every true American will pay a hearty tribute of respect and gratitude. It was the real Mr. Bryan who was on duty In Kansas yesterday."

AN UNHEALTHY PLACE.

T.x phold Fever Prevulent at Dawson Otvlng to Filthy Water.

John &bley Webb, attorney at Washington. l^C., has made, a visit to Dawson and the Klondike mining district for the sole purpos#of informing himself of the conditions of living there and in Alaska generally, in order that he may speak and act understanding^ when matters affecting Alaska aro discussed in Congress and questions as to the feasibility 01 postal arrangements, schools, etc., are 011 the tapis. "I have been all around the coast route, as it is called, and up lo Dawson," he said. "I have visited the mining camps of Bonanza creek and somo of those 011 Eldorado creek. Dawson is low and flat, and even in the height of summer the ground is frozen half a foot below the surface, and ice is encountered beneath tho muck. The development of the creek was followed by the washing down into the River Klondike and thence into the Yukon above Dawson of large quantities of filth and refuse, swooping by the very doors of the inhabitants of Dawson. It is no wonder that there should bo sickness and death. In the little cemetery at Dawson there lay no less than twenty victims of typhoid fever, and noxv the number has no doubt been increased considerable. Tho drinking water at Dawson is very bad and this adds to the sickness."

PENSION MONEY SHORT.

A Deficiency of About Seven Million Dollars Expected by Commissioner Evans.

Washington special: Commissioner Evans, of the Pension Bureau, in an inter viexv said that he thought it would be necessary this year to ask Congress for a deficiency appropriation on account of pensions. He said: "I estimate that the total payments for the year will not exceed $147,500,000, and the appropriation for the year is $141,263,SS0. If there should bo an unexpected falling off in the revenues, the pensio payments might be curtailed tuxvanls the end of the year, although I do not think that it is at all likely."

The increase in pension payment, he said, xvould be due chiefly to the fact that there are about 200,000 old claims pending which it is the intention of the bureau to adjudicate as rapidly as possible. The claims allowed probably would call for something like $5,000,000. There also had been a remarkable increase in the number of new pension applications, and these would increase expenditures largely. In answer to a suggestion that there might be a deficit In the treasury at the end of the fiscal year, the Commissioner said that he had examined into

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matter somewhat and was of the opinion that there would be a sufficient increase in the revenues before tho year was over to prevent a deficit.

MARYLAND REPUBLICANS.

They Name a State Ticket and Choose a Nexv State Chairman.

Baltimore spccial: The Republican State convention adjourned from Ocean City on August 2G, reassembled in Rainea Hall, this city, for the purpose of completing tlie work begun at the previous session. In the interim many things havn happened that materially alter the political situation in Maryland and render tin outcome of tho elections in November more doubtful than ever. Senator Wellington. formerly head of tho Republican machine, has been deposed, after a bitter factional fight the colored element, whlcij composes more than a third of the Republican voting strength in the Stale, has become dbaffected and threatens tu bolt he Republican party in a body, and unless the present convention strikes a very harmonious note among many discordant elements, the Republicans aro likely to go into the campaign with a hot internecine xvar on their hands. The convention nominated by acclamation Phlliii T. Goldshorough for controller and General Allen Rutherford for clerk of tho Court of Appeals. State Sentaor Norman B. Scott was elected chairman to •succeed United Slates Senator Wellington. xvlio, it is understood, will take no part in the campaign.

Soldiers For Alaska.

TJen' -Co!. George F. Randall. Eighth T'-'ilcd States Infantry, stationed at I Cheyenne, Wyo., received orders Friday night from the War Department to start x-iti-in a xveek with twenty-five enlisted men i'nd txvo oiricers for St. Michaels,

Alaska. Colonel Randall and command will remain at St. Michaels until spring and then proceed to the Upper Yukon countrv and establish a United States military post near the Alaska-British boundary line.

A TEXAS TORMDO. SWARMING REBELS

TWO TOW N'S WRECKED AND SCORE OK PEOPUE MANGLED AND DROWNED.

Huge Tidal Wave From tho Gulf Sweeps Over Sabine PUSH Wind Blew Eighty ML1«H an Hour. n-.

Port Arthur, Tex., special: A hurricane, terrible In Its velocity, struck this littl4 city at an early hour last evening. Sljq people are known to have been killed, xvhile many others were Injured. Build-, ings xvere blown down and great damagil was wrought by the storm. Six persona xvere killed and nn unknown number Injured. Many of the principal buildings were blown down and large numbers of outbuildings were entirely blown away.

From early morning the sky was threatening and a stiff gale blew.

No

rain of consequence fell until 4 p. m.. and then it was accompanied by a heavy wind that Increased in intensity until il rcached the enormous velocity of eighty miies an hour. Every building in the town is of frame construction, except one brick, the Port Arthur Banking Company building, the far end and roof of which were blown away. The bodies of the victims have been sent to Beaumont for Interment, no cemetery having yet been started here. There were many acts of bravery, and the suspense during the. severity of the storm was terrible. 0'

Advices from Winnie, Tex., say tliat nearly all the houses there hax-o beet) blown down and torn away. At WebD all of the barns and one house were demolished and scattered over the country.

A dispatch from Beaumont to-night says that the Southern Pacific agent at that place received dispatch from the agent at Sabine

Pass, who walked from Sa­

bine Pass to Port Arthur, stating that the track for eight miles is washed away and that about thirty people are missing. He reports the sinking of two tugs and tho drowning of Green Moore and Lewis Bettes, prominent steamboatmen of Orange. A still later dispatch reports three lives lost at Sabine and damage slight. It is reported that during tho storm a huge wave rolled over part of Sabine Pass, the water being driven in from tho gulf by the frightful force of the hurricane.

REVOLT IN THE SOUTH,

Whites Shoot a Negro Postmaster After Refusing to Recognize Uiin.

The recent shooting of the negro post?naster at Hogansville. Ga., threatens to entail no end of trouble for the people ot that toxvn. A postofflce Inspector has finished a three days' investigation of the shooting, and it is stated that as a result of his work two of the most prominent business men in the town will be arrested on a charge of attempting to assassinate the postmaster. The people of the town are called upon to face a most uncomfortable state of affairs. Tliey have never yet patronized the negro postmaster directly, the old postmaster, Hardaxvay. maintaining his old postofflce and sending for and obtaining in bulk tho mail matter for all his xvhite patrons. Their letters were mailed 011 the train. The ex-postmaster will be prosecuted foi this, and tho letters can no longer bo mailed on the trains. When this action was announced txvo days ago tho citi zens conceived the plan of having theU mall sent to the next nearest postofflc and sending a carrier for it. They ara now told that this would be a violation of the law, which permits only tho gov ernment to maintain a post route. Feeling is high among both whites and black) and further trouble Is feared.

BARRIOS IS OVERTHROWN.

Sticccss of the Insurgents In the Gtiatemali

Revolution.

San Francisco special: Private advicei received here convey tho information thai after two days' hard fighting the garrisoi of Barrios soldiers at Quezaltenango suo climbed to superior numbers, and the rev olutionists are master of the situation il Guatemala. This Is understood as equlva lent to the end of the career of Reno Bar rios as dictator of the Central America! republic. With the announcement tha' Barrios had caused himself to be electci President by his Congress, local mor chants who have large Interests In Guatemala stopped payment on drafts or Guatemala houses, as it was generally understood that trouble would ensue.

According to a telegram received here, Prospero Morales has been chosen as chief of the rebel forces, which is taken as Indicating that he will be Guatemala's next President. Barrios, it Is said, han few friends In Guatemala, as he carried things with a high hand during bis si.s years' administration. He gained the enmity of Morales by relieving him of the position of Minister of War. merely. It is claimed, because tho latter xvas too popular. Should he fall into the hands of tho rebel chief, it is generally bcllevec that he will be summarily disposed of. If it is a fact that Barrios has chartered a steamer from the Pacific Mall Company. xvhieh has been lying at San Josti de Guatemala with steam up, it i.' thought he will foiioxv tlie example ol Ezeta, of Salvador, and leave the enemy In undisputed possession before escape to the coast is cut off.

DIAZ AKSM.TEI).

Fullie Attempt of lgn-.u-lu Arroyo to Murder tins President of Mexico.

During the celebration of the anniversary of the declaration of Independence ol Mexico at the City of Mexico, Thursday, a violent character assaulted Presldeni l)laz. The villain xvas knocked down by a companion of the President and xvas taken into custody at once. He gave tin name of Jgnacio Arroyo. Thursday nighi an infuriated mob broke into the jail xxiU, huge timbers handled by a hundred meftt Arroyo xvas dragged out and literally cut to pieces xvlth knives. Twenty of tho lynchers xvere arrested.

An earthquake shock was felt In SxvitZ: erland.

HIIJ.S OP NORTHWESTER:,* IX. WIA AlilYE WITH FURIOUS FANATICS.

British Troops Attempt to Relieve Vort Gulistun—Russia Fears Trouble.

Simla. India, cable: There ara now 59,000 men and fifty-nine guns. Including Maxim, mobolized on the frontier and in the garrisons. Eeverythlng is ready fof tho adx-atice from Shabkadr. The men are In splendid condition. The loxver Moh-i tnands on tho border tire anxious to sut-' mit on any terms: but tlie main body ia still determined to light. It is reported, that the Mullah o£ Hadda has failed to raise tho gathering he expected and will retire to Tirah. Fort Call is tan lsstill hard pressed by the enemy. In a sortie tha rarrison succeeded in capturing three itandards.

The principal difficulty which tlio expedition against the Mohmands ha» encountered thus far is In getting stores and transport animals to the front. Tho pntire line between Peshawar and Meerut Is practically blocked from lack of locomotives. Long lines of loaded trucks ara malting to be forxvarded. All the available trains aro being used to hurry tha troops to the front.

General Yeatman-Biggs, advancing along tho Samana ridge to the relief -of Fort Gulistan, found the enemy en\renched in considerable force in the Gezra hills. Tho 'third Gurkha regiment Stormed the position. One Sepoy xvas killed and five wounded. Gen. YeatmanBiggs reliex-ed Sangar, one of the posts 011 the Samana ridge, which had been hotly attacked. A mounted messenger Xx-as sent on'by the general to Inform tha garrison at Fort Gulistan that relief waa ioming. The commander also sent guns to the foot of the hills near Fort Gullstan, which shelled tho enemy and to soma sxtent diverted attention from tho fort. The enemy is visible in strong force at Saragharl and It Is feared that, flushed tvlth their success in the capture of that police post, they may attack Fort Guilslan so fiercely that the small garrison, tvlll be unable to hold out until General Yeatman-Biggs arrives.

The severe drought greatly hampers tha tdvance of Gen. Yeatman-Biggs, and altogether tho situation at Samuna Is sufficiently alarming.

A London cable says: According to. special dispatches from St. Petersburg, general Kuropatkin, commander-in-chief of the Russian forces in Transcaspla, after interviews with Emperor Nicholas, ha* suddenly shortened his furlough and returned to his central Asiatic headquarters. It is rumored in Russian military circles that his return is connected with the troubles on the northwest frontier of India.

THE MONETARY COMMISSION.

Chairman Hanna Announces Nine of tha Eleven Members,

H. H. Hanna, of the executive commit­

tee of the national monetary convention that met at Indianapolis last January, Friday named nine of the elex-en men who

will form the monetary commission for the preparation of a bill to be submitted

to Congress. They are: George F. Edmunds, Vermont Charles S. Fairchild, New York: Stuyvesant Fish. New York Stewart Patterson, Pennsylvania T. G. Bush. Alabama: J. W. Fries. North Carolina W. B. Dean, Minnesota George E. Leighton, Missouri Robert S. Taylor, Indiana.

It Is announced that the commission will immediately go about the work of preparing a bill which Congress will ba asked to consider.

BARRED OUT.

Governor of Mississippi Denied Admissloa to the Capitol.

Jackson, Miss., special: The Governor of a sovereign State denied admission to

his capital city—this is the unique state of affairs that exists In Mississippi thia morning, as a result of the troublesome

times in which the people noxv find themselves. Governor McLaurin, at the outbreak of the yellow fever wave, was In the interior of Simpson county, whenco ho proceeded to his old home In Brandon. Being anxious to return to the State capital, he mado application to the city Board of Health for permission to enter the city which was promptly denied by the board. There is a general quarantine rule against persons entering the city, and these public officials had no respect' of persons in enforcing the rule.

THE MARKETS.

a INDIANAPOLIS.

WHEAT. No. 2 red .93% CORN, No. 2 yellow .30 OATS, No. 2 white ,2Hfc CATTLE Shippers 3.60

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Stockers 3.00 4.25 Heifers 2.75

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Cows 1.25 3.50 Bulls 3.20 3 4® HOGS -1.00 4.30 POULTRY Hens 06 HAY—Choice Timothy J6.00 6.50

Springs ..

07

Cocks ".03 Young Turkeys .09 1

Toms ,08 Old Hen Turkeys .j Ducks .08^ Geese JO .u BUTTER. Choice Country..

Tubwaslied

1

V.CJ

EGGS .12 FEATHERS—Geese, per lb. .30 Duck iir.1T WOOL,—Unwashed Medium .15

:,25

BEESWAX 25 .39 HONEY 12 0 .1 HIDES 07% (jj

CHICAGO.

WHEAT -.95^4 CORN .1 -,'.31 OATS .19% PORK, per barrel 8.20 8.25 ..A3:.1") 100 lbs 4.5Q

NEW YORK.

WHEAT 1.01% CORN '.•••) .85 OATS .25