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rcv, Kyc^ &, i jSy*^sS* i SAID BY ed lag the QTj 1} TIT A "NT P*rlo *HH OHIO STATESMAN PUBLISHES HIS BIOGRAPHY The Book Contains Some Interesting Political SecretsSeveral Promi nent Republican*. Some of Whom Aro Now Dead, Characterised a Scheme rs. Chicago, Oct. 20.The intrigues, the Jealousies and the traitorous knife thrusts of the last half century of American statecraft are revealed in the fierce light of stern criticism in "John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet," just published in this city. The fear thnt trie venerable senator would roveal secrets long kept from the public 4u his forthcoming work has been to an Senator Sherman extent realized. Grant, Garfield, Blaine, Arthur. Harrison and other Republican leaders are spoken of with unstinted praise for their high personal worth or states manship, but each is in guarded and covert language shown in the less com mendable light of scheming politicians. The cuticism is almcst invariably implied rather than direct, but it stands out clear ly in the woik as a whole. Owing to the expectation th at the work would be in a measure sensational, and the anxiety felt in diplomatic circles over its forthcoming, frequent effort has been ma de to gain information regarding its contents, but the Associated Press is enabled to-day to pio^eut for the first time a resume of Mr fehoi man's autobiography. A antici pated, the feature of the book is Its e\- tieme fianlnuss The stjle in which Mr Sherman has expressed himself shows the statesman rather than the professional bookmaker The woik Is marked by clear-cut sen tences and blunt expressions of oninlon, and but little attempt at literary grace Is nude The book Is very evidently intended by the author as an exposition of the financial policv of the Republican party, which to a great extent is his own, and about the extensive and elaborate history of American finances are woven anecdote and personal reminiscence, replete wi th Interest to everv student of politics. Garfield's Nomination. upon discussionsenatothe IP02 vhe !ftWWi?ik.. ade- arfl of nitional convention of the remarks later developments I became satisfied that I lU ti m,e DiratO StOl'Vn. The bark HeS- Harrison could not be elected that Pint and a powerful New York influence would defeat him if Pel" Sailed from Newcastle, JN. VV nominated. I therefore preferred the nomination of a new man such as William McKmlev but he tind committed himself to Harrison, and. according to mv code of honor could net accept a nomina tion even if tendered him Blaine and Sherman When it was rempmbered that Blaine was also a candidate for the presidency before tho convention that nominated Garfield, tho significance of the following explanation on the part of Senator Sherman of why he was not reappointed by President Garfield as secretary of the treasury is readily un derstood In the latter part of November, 1SS0 Gen Onr *pld came to Washington and called upon Mr. jUalne who, it wns understood, was to be secre tary of stete Oirtield came to mv house directly f-om Tl i no's and Informed me that he had ten dered tint office to Blaine and that it was ac tepted lie said tint Blaine thought it would Cot be pontic to continue me as secretarv of the I watch was Otherwise made Up Of St. trea^irv ns It would be regarded as an iinfriendlv dlse-ic lmHon bv othei members of Ilnvps' cnb- i Inet I piomntlv replied that I agreed with the opinion of Blaine, and was a candidate for the mtp Asa in the author reverts to the Chicago convention in discussinsr the character of rrcsul"nt Garfield Of his personality and eloquence he speaks In the highest terms His will power, he says, was not up to his poisonal magneti sm adds that his opinion changed easily In this connection bo savs "Wh en I proposed to him to be a delegate at large to the Chicago conven tion he no doubt meant in good faith to support nomination." Charges Corruption Something of the political scheming that #gain resulted In the defeat of the Ohio statesman In the national convention of 1 and brought about the nomination of ex-resident Harrison, can easily be read fcetween the lines in th at part of the work devoted to this struggle. In discussing the result. Mr Sherman sa ys th at he became satisfied that one delegate from New York controlled the entire delegation from that state, and between Saturday night, when the nomination seemed certain to go to Sherman, and Monday morning, when the tide turned in favor of Harrison, a corrupt bargain was ma de in the Interests of the latt er which secured him the support of New York and gave him the nomination. Continuing, th* author states in fairness to the ex-president: "It is to the credit of Gen Harrison to say that if the reputed fcai train was ma de It was without his con sent at the time." On the eve of another national campaign. In which ex-President Harrison is expected to figure prominently*, Mr Sherman does not hesitate to state- that in 1802 he did rot eonsldpt Harrison a stiong candidate To 1 is rolA and abrupt manner he attributes his un po'tu.tiitv at that time Snnce Is de'otpd bv the author to an account r' important cents of each administration In this connection Mr Sherman lavs bare mmiv r- rt fi.o lotiniis'eq political bicKpiines and rl^sh TT,bt"nnF. that rlistrrb the hnminnv of the faity in power. Of Grant's administratis he BMJS it vns a pciiod of Scandal and Slander TVrhpps tho severest criticism of Gen. Grant's pt-ntesmanship Is found in tHe following extract from Mr. Sherman's worfc: "During the entire '&% i i* !g i 3E Grant's administration I was chairman the coumltteo on finance of the senate, and had to act upon all questions of taxation, debt, banking or finance, and had occasion to talk with the president ujion such measures, but he larely expressed any opinion or took any interest in them." At the age of seventy-two, Senator Sherman rooalls the affair over the attempt to leinove Chester A. Arthur from the collectowlilp of tho poit of New York, with much feeling. The eor lespomlence bearing on the eontroveiay never be fore published is given in full, and Mr. Sher man'a part as seeretaiv of the treasury Is stated in detail. Arthur is bhown un in an unenviable light, and the attitude of Roscoe Conkllng to ward the piesident is caustically commented upon. The former's nomination as vice president, the Ohio statesman sn.vs, was the whim of Oonk llnic to annoy President Haves. Thioufrhout that part of the work relating to President Hayes Mr. Sherman speaks in the highest praise of the chief executive of the na tion. Th following interesting Incident, which occurred near the olote of Piesident Hayes' ad raln!tiatlon, is related1 "When near the close of his teim he (naves) gave the usual dinner to the members of the outgoing and tho incoming CR'Mnets. It was purely nn official dlnnei, but I.'yes snld there were but two gentlemen present who were not in office We looked aiound to see who the un happy two weie, and found they weio GniflMd end mvself. Garfield had not yet became presi dent, and I had resigned as sect eta IV the dav before This happened to be the onlv day that I was not In public office since March 4, 18no A Regards Himself. There ti less of a personal narrative In the book than might be expected Mr. Sherman speak* modestlv of his boyhood days, of his family and of his first appearance In public life Many or his importantt public addresses during the slavery agitation and during the political campaign in which he took pait are embodied in the book His account of the civil war and of his associa tion with Abraham Lincoln is full of interest as a narrative and as a historical recoid of the stirring events of that period. In writing about hhnselt. Mr. Sherman is candid to the point of self criticism. For In stance he states that at the age of nineteen years he got into had company and was on sev eral occasions conscious of being intoxicated In relating the Incident which influenced his whole life In this respect, he says "On one occasion the fall of 1S30 I went homo very sick from drinking. My mother received me with much surprise and sorrow, but neither complained nor scolded, and with the utmost kindness put me to bed and watched over, and cared for me. I was not enough stupefied to he unconscious of my degradation and her affection, and then and there resolved never to be in such condition again Of his wealth and the various personal and political attacks that have been made upon him he makes this statement after giving his reply to an accusation on that score made vears ago: have often since been accused of the crime of 'being rich,' but as nearly all my possessions are visible to the naked eye, and their history and acquisition are known to so many, I think I am not required to prove that I have not mide them as the result of legislation or my holding public trusts As showing the stinging criticism of which he is capable the following statement made bv Mr Sherman at the time the impeachment proceed ings against President Johnson were instituted is of interest. He said of Mr. Johnson. "The truth is, he is a slave to his passions and resentements No man can confide in him. I regard him as a foolish and stubborn man, doing even right things in a wrong waj, and in a position where the evil that he does is im mensely incieased bv his manner of doing it His Financial Views. The views of Mr. Sherman on the financial question are so well known that it is not neces sary to repeat them It is sufficient to sav tint he is consistent All of the legislation on this subject during the last half century is ceiefullv recited and analyzed The details concerning the passage of the act of 1S73 are fullv recouled. In 1S7G Mr Sherman prepared and delivered a speech on the repeal of the resumption act of 1S73 which he savs is the best presentation he has ever been able to offer in support of the financial policv of the government and especlallj in support of the resumption of specie pajments These extracts fiom the address are quoted as indicating Mr Shermnn's theory of money. I "All intelligent men agree that every gi I commeicial nation must have both a metallic cuirencv and a paper curiencv the one as the stand.ud of value by which all things are meas ured, which daily measures yoar bonds and notes as it measuies wheat, cotton and land and also a papei or ciedit currency, which, fiom its i convenience of handling or transfer, must be the medium of exchanges in the great body of I the business life. "I am one of those who believe that a United States note, issued diiectly by the government, and convertible on demand into gold coin, or a government bond equal in value to gold, is the best currency we can adopt that it is to be the cuirency of me future, not only In the United States, but in Gieat Biltaln as well and that Owing to the close association of Mr. Sherman and James A Garfield, the critl- sucha currencymight pioperly continue to he a cism of the nomination of the latter for legal tender, except when coin is specifically president of the United States Is perhaps one of the most striking features of the book The author, while carefully avoid ing a direct charge of treachery on the part of the ex-president, very significantly makes it plain that Mr. Garfield was nom inated at a convention to which he had gone as the trusted leaderof the Sherman forces After showing by the publication of private letters, covering a period of years of close political and personal asso ciation, that Mr. Garfield va in reality his political protege, Mr Sherman gives in de tail the history of the national convention of 1SS0 Following the account of his own struggle for the nomination, he says* In time I became thoroughlv advised of what occurred at the Chiogo com pntlon and had lis come entirely moneiled to the result, tno'urh frpi nentiv afterward*! I heird incidpnts and tail* width ocpaslonpl me great pnmG anedl which SeniPd to establ sh the wanotf o0fe sincerltv on the /i OnnoT-Tniicon t\ PT-A hnnffPd part of some of theIlomlniltlon stipulated for." Another extract from the utterances of tne author defines in a word his position on the silver question. After relating his axioms on sound finance he concludes: "So that for all practical purposes we may regard gold as the only true standaid, the true money of the woild, bv which the value of all property, of all productions, of all credits, and of everv medium of exchange, and especially of all paper money, is tested Rkh in ripe conclusions, fun of Interest as a personal narrative, instrnctivc as a political record and complete as a financial histoiv of the countiy. the work adds to recent books of American hisforv one of geneial interest and of value to students of politics and finance MUTINEERS HANGED. Thomas St Clair and Hans Hansen Suffer Death in San Francisco San Francisco, Oct. 20.Thomas St. Thev killed Mate Fitzgerald, of the delegates, and tended to show Clair and Hans Hansen weie naubt-u that) for time before the meeting of the tO-daV for murder Oil the high Seas. bePnPagl0esomte Tie stine felt bv Garfield's defection is80 is baik Hesper, and threw his body over- inadvertentlv shown bv a sentiment expressed dur- I oai( The story Of the murder and mutiny on the Hesper reads like an JZ~L M^^lo W on Dec. 22, 1892, bound for Honolulu. Thomas St. Clair, Hans Hansen, Her man Sparf and others were members of the crew. St. Clair planned a mu tiny and the otheis joined in the con spiracy. They planned that they should at night seize the vessel, after murder ing its officers, and sail to Chile an engage in the coastwise trade. It wrad decided to kill the officers, beginning with Morris Fitzgerald, the second mate, who was not popular. The oth er officers were to follow him to Davy Jones' locker by the same route. The night of Jan. 13 was selected for the disposal of the officeis. The starboard Clair, Hans Hansen and Herman Sparf. There were others in the con spiracy, but the case against them was less strong'than against the thiee named and they were used as wit nesses by the government. The* murder of fitzgerald was ac complished according to probrammc. The lest of the plot was not carried out, and the men were arrested when the ship leached San Francisco. RUSSIA CHIPS IN Japan Warned That the Bear Will Talce a Hand in Corea Faris, Oct. 20.A special dispatch to the Eclair from St. Petersburg, which is published to-day, says that an ex change of communications has oc curred between the Russion govern ment find the Japanese minister at St. Petersburg with reference to the recent disorders at Seoul, the capital of Corea. It Is added that the Japan ese minister assured the Russian gov ernment that the culprits would be punished. But Russia is said to have replied that she would be forced, in consequence of the riots, to take the steps considered necessary to preserve order and to make the Corean govern ment independent of foreign interfere once Stay for Cadottc Helena, Mont., Oct. 20. Joseph Cadotte was not executed to-day at Fort Benton. At the last minute an appeal was taken to the supreme court, which, under the new codes, act3 as a stay. Cadotte is the first murderer to appeal in that manner from the old codes. The governor had to grant a respite when the appeal was taken. ^tf Av*^kisy rfx TILLMAN A TALKER. The South Cnvollnan Will Probably Stir Up the Senate. Washington, Oct. 22.It is believed (hat a stirring experience is in store for the United States senate when Benjamin Ryan' Tillman speaks on its floor. Gov. Tillman, who served South Carolina In congress from 1878 to 181)0, and since that time lias been governor of the slated is one or the most remark able lenders in the South. He enters tho United States senate next De cember, lie has been the absolute ruler of South Carolina, and it is said of him that he has humbled the cities, exalted agrarians and destroyed the saloon power. lie is now at the head of a movement to disfranchise negroes Tillman in the state. Gov. Tillman was born in South Carolina forty-eight years ago. He is self-educated and a nat ural dictator. Until 1878 he took no part in politics. PROTECTION O THE STATE Asked of Gov Clougrh Freaud. tt Jacob St. Paul, Oct. 22.Jacob Freund, an rtderly and wealthy resident of Blue JKarth City, Faribault county, has ap plied to Gov. Clough for police protec tion. He tells a weird story in a pe tition to the governor, of alleged peise Cution at the hands of reputable citi zens of Blue Earth City. He goes so far as to claim that they have twice tried to kill him, and failing, have made three attempts to cause not only his death, but that of his family, by setting fire to his home. He asserts that the authorities of Blue Earth City turn a deaf ear to his appeals for protection and, fearing that he will be murdered, he asks Gov. Clough to intercede in his behalf. From the alle gations contained in Mr. Freund's pe tition, it appears that he claims he is being made the victim of a secret or ganization, composed of twenty-one persons, who, he alleges, have sworn to take his life. Whether or not this is true, it, nevertheless, appears that Mr. Freund's life has been made mis erable by systematic persecution ever since last spring. Mr. Freund is be ing persecuted because,'it is alleged, he caused the death of a young woman at Blue Earth City and has since been released on bail and stands a chance of being acquitted of 'tlie terrible charge preferred against him. ORGIES I N A CHURCH. An Important Witness in the Dur rant Case Is Found San Francisco, Oct 22.The prose cution in tho trial of W. H. T. Durrant has found a witness who will testify that eveiything v\as not right in Emanuel church prior to the murder of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams. This witness is i colored bootblack named Uudrl Wilson. Last night when he was soned with a subpoena he told his story to Detective Seymour "1 know King and Durrant so well that they talked freely with me," said he. "At first I was surprised that such religious young men should be carrying on in such a fashion, but af ter awhile I concluded they were about the same as other young men. 1 them tell of the fun they had there, and of the different girls who ac companied them. I know myself of five girls who used to go to the church at night with these boys. The people in the mission would be much surprised if they knew wrhverye th girls were. They all belong to respectable families, and the worst of it all is that their parents never dreamed that such things were going on." 'LONGED FOR THE STAGE North Dakota Girl Goes to New l'orli to Become a Actress New York, Oct. 22.Sarah Rugning er. a fourteen-year-old girl from Rug by, N. D., is in custody of officers of the Gerry society here, and will be sent home when her parents can be communicated with. She was found in the Pennsylvania depot at Jersey City, and declared that she had come to New ork alone to become an ac tress. Her father is a Swede and keeps a butcher shop at Rugby. Thirty People Injured New Orleans, Oct. 22.Great crowds went over the river to see the fire ruins In Algiers, and the mass bore down a pontoon bridge at the ferry landing, about thirty people being in lured and three children and a moinan are missing. Lived Long in Minnesota. Hastings Minn., Oct. 22.Elisha B. Owen died at the residence of his son, A polios Owen, this morning, in the oichty-seventh years of his age. He was a native of Brattleboro, Vt.. set tled in Northfield in 1S34, and came here in 1837. Many People ffomelcsi. Now Orleans. Oct. 22.Fire broke out about 1 o'clock this morning in Algieis, and before the flames were finallv subdued, destroyed about 100 small buildings and about twenty more pietentious stiucturcs, Including the court house It is estimated that 700 persons are rendered homeless. All the records of the fifth district were consumed in the court house. Loss, $150,000. Oliver Cromwell's head Is said to have been found in Kent, Eng. 5u^i ^-ialsMjkt&^^^^^ii BANK IS BLOWN UP. ilOinKRS A ANACONDA, USE DYNAMITE. MONT., Too Much of the Explosive I Used a the Vault I Wrecked and the Hooks Blown Into the Street, hut Robbers Secure N Cash. Butte, Mont., Oct. 22A despeiate but unsuccessful attempt was made to rob Hoge. Daly & Co.'s bank at Anaconda early this morning by blow ing it up. Two watchmen, Thomas Immmerle and E. L. Kunkle, were sleeping in the bank at the time and woio awakened by a noise coming, as thoy thought, from within the vault. They left the building to investigate, and just as they got on the outside a terrific explosion occurred, shattering the plate glass front and ripping out the whole iron front of the vault and scattering bank books and papers all o\er the street, but the cash apart ment of the -vault remained intact. In a very few minutes the bank was surrounded by police and citizens, and one of the robbers was caught on the uof of the building where he stood as if dazed. The others made their es cape. The man caught was identified as A. L. Firpo, a young mechanic who has lived in Anaconda for several A ears and was well known. He re insert to talk or disclose the identity of his assistants, but said he had but one partner in the a Ifair The robbers had gone to the roof of the bank build ing, which is only one story hieh, and cut a hole through the roof and down into the vault. The hole was largo enough to admit a man, and must have been the work of many hours, and it is surmised the men have worked at it for a week or more. After reaching the vault they used dynamite, with which they were evi dently inexperienced and cid not real ize its explosive power. The police are certain to catch the other robber before many hours, as they have a good description of him. and they also expect to get a confession out of Firpo. The bank building is located at the corner of Main street and Commercial avenue, one of the most prominent corners in the city. A few weeks ago the police leceived an anonymous let ter stating that an effort would be made to rob the bank, but no atten tion was paid to tho communication. Theie were several hundred thousand dollars in the bank at the time of the attempted robbery. The damage to the building amounts to about $2,000. Fnpo was placed in a sweat box and confessed the whole affair, and upon his confession Will Darling,,, a young blacksmith, was ariested as an accomplice, and the police are looking for another man. BURGLARS AND FIRE BUGS Functions of the Two Classes Com bined at Madison, S Madison, S. D, Oct. 22.The post office here was entered by burglars caily this morning and the safe blown open, $215 being taken from the money drawer. Three legistered let ters, the money order vouchers for the week and other office documents are missing. Some valuable private pa pers belonging to the postmaster, de posited in the safe over night, were taken. Fire was set by the burglars and a considerable amount of loose papers and old reports were burned and the fire was just discovered in time to avoid a conflagration. A quan tity of postage stamps mutilated by the fire and water were found. The robbeis were evidently after money onlv There is no clue to the robbers, who appear to ha,\ been experts, but it is thought they are not far away. GALE ON LAKE PEPIN Considerable Lumber Lost and a Reed's Landing Man Drownwed Lake City, Minn., Oct. 22. During She heavy gale last evening three rafts of logs and lumber, towed by Uie steamers Ravenna, Clyde and Graves of Stillwater, were broken up In Lake Pepin, about four miles below here, and the lumber distributed through the lake. But little of the drowned last night while attempting to recover drifting logs from the river at that point. He was thirty year^ of age and leaves a wife and two chil dren. Victim of a Consplraej Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 22. Rev. C. W. Hooffer. the Republican nominee fo representative in Daikey county, has issued a lengthy statement in re gard 1o the letter in which he ofierod to vote for any one whom the Demo cratic state committee might name for United States senator if he were fur nished $1,500 to nse in his election. Hoeffer admits the signature is gen nine, but claims the body of the letter 5s a forgery. He says he is the vic tim of a consphacy hatched by a Bible agent named Fuller in whom he placecj unlimited confidence. Hastings, Minn, Oct. 22.The com missioners to locate the fourth insane hospital, consisting of O. C. Merriman of Minneapolis, S. Smith of St. Paul. Alvah Eastman of St. Cloud, J. II. Block of St. Peter, E. Bondy of Eyota, A. J. Carlson of East Union and Henry Hooper of Stephen, were in the city looking over the proposed sites. Thev were received by Mavor George Farker and prominent Citizens and taken out in carriages, dining at the Gardner. Horseless Cnrrinsre Rnce Chicago, Oct. 22.The motocvcle. or horseless cairiage. race from Chicago to WauKecran and return, a distance of about 100 miles, will be contested Saturday, Nov. 2. Fro mpresent in dications there will bo not less than forty starters In the great race. A Lori in Exile Niagara Falls, N. Y., Oct. 22.Lord Alfred Douglas, the son if the? mar ouis of Queensberry, is stopping at tho Cataract lvmse and is "doing tho falls." ITo has been journeying in the United States ever since the Wilde scandal came out, and says he will not go back to Ensrland for five years He has his wife with him. Mining: Town Burned Hazelton. Pa., Oct. 22.The mining village of Stockton was practically wiped out by fire last night. The Report Concerning Prince Hen I Denied. Berlin, Oct. 20.It is officially de nied that Trince Henry of Prussia haa been exiled from Germany by hit brother, Emperor William, as the re rmlt of a quarrel over naval affairs be tween the two. The prince Is at tached to the German navy, and is the idol of that service. As his father, the late Emperor Frederick, was fondly known to the German army as "Unser' Fritz," so in the navy Frlnpe Henry is affectionately and proudly called "Unser Heinrich." Priuce Henry of Prussia is the only living brother of the German emperor, and Is three years younger than the latter. They are totally unlike, even in looks. WIFE MURDER. Sebastian Kills His WifeMarried i Winona Thirteen Years Ago, Great Falls, Mont, Oct. 20.John Sebastian, halt-English, half-Spanish, walked into the county jail this morn ing and gave himself up for the mur der of his wife. He came in from Flathead last night with his brother and went to the house of Mrs. Hoff man, on the river bank, where his wife was working, entered and asked for some guns in her possession. She said if he would give up her clothing, she would, whereupon he raised a 4S-cali- ber Winchester he carried wTith him and shot her through the side. The muzzle of the gun was within two feet of her, and the ball passed through her bedv, carrying some cloth with it, and striking the wall beyond. Mrs. Sebastian rose from her chair and went to another room, falling dead on the floor. As she rose, Sebastian raised his gun to fire again, when Mrs. Hoffman, with a child in her arms, grabbed it and threw it up. The Se bastians were manned thirteen years ago at Winona, Minn., but quarreled a year ago and have lived apart since. They have no children and are aged about thirty-five years. PARDON FOR VAN The Iowa Pension Lawyer Forgiven the President. Washington, Oct. 20.A pardon has been granted by the president to Geo. M. Van Leuven, sentenced in Iowa to imprisonment for two years and $1,000 fine for violation of the pension laws Van Leuven's is one of the most cele brated of all pension fraud case**. He was an attorney with an extensive* pension practice. The original investigation in the Van Leuven cases was begun in the spring of 1893. Van Leuven at the time was doing a flourishing business as a pen sion attorney. Suspicious circum stances led to the detailing of special officers of the government to look up the manner in which he did his busi ness. Some thirty of forty indictments were returned against Van Leuven in Iowa and twelve of fifteen in Minne sota, and on one of the former, charg ing him with attempted bribery of the board of examining surgeons at Cres co, Iowa, he was tried at Dubuque last December and found guilty. There upon he confessed to all the other in dictments tho government then had against him and the court sentenced him to pay a heavy fine and to im prisonment of two years on each of the indictments, sentence, however, being concurrent and not cumulative. CORA PLEADS GUILTY The Xjsterions Charles Kelly Sent for Three Months. St. Paal, Oct. 20.The mysterious Charles Kelly, alias Cora Baker, came before the court to ask that he might be permitted to withdraw his former plea of not guilty and plead guilty to petit larceny. Dr. Amoss had a good word to say of the prisoner. He had worked for the doctor with great fidelity for a year, and had been entrusted with money and valuable property. The doctor had never noticed anything wrong with the defendant until he had returned from an absence from the city. Then the property named in the indictment had been stolen. Even Judge Kelly was a little aroused by the singular alias, and asked the doctor: "He is indicted by a singular alias do you know of anv reason why he should have assumed female attire?" "There ar some reasons." said th doctor, "wrhe he might with propriete have worn female clothing." Named the President Washington. Oct. 20.The president has appointed F. Glenn Mattoon of North Dakota to be Indian agent at Fort Berthold agency, N. D., and P. II. Pernot of Indiana to be a commis sioner to classify Northern Pacific railroad lands in the Bozeman land district In Montana. Fire at Superior West Superior. Wis., Oct. 20. -A row of frame buildings on Lambern ave nue, directly across the street from the American steel barge works, were destroyed by fire to-day, causing a loss of over $4,000, with no insurance. Edgrerton Forced -to Adjourn Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 20. Judge Edgerton this morning unexpectedly adjourned court sine die, owing to his poor health. He will go South in a few days. His condition is not Im proved. Hi..... fefrs. The Osta-lch Swnliowcd a. Lighted Cigar and There Was Trouble. There was a performance in the os trich department of the syndicate shows yesterday which had not been advertised. It took the place of the strong man feature which was adver tised, but didn't come off. Sammie Hughes was standing near the ostrich conservatory, making a scientific study of the biids and smoking a freshly lighted 10-cent cigar. An ostrich sud denly lengthened his neck about a foot and removed the cigar from Mr. Hughes' mouth and swallowed it, fire and all. The length of an ostrich's neck furnishes a wonderful opportu nity for a lighted cigar, and it burned every inch of the way as it went down. The ostrich acted as if he re gretted Inning given way to the prompting of his indiscriminate appe tite. A gentleman connected with the show in the capacity of chambermaid for the ostiiches saw the cigar dis appear within the bud's bill. He ac cused Mr. Hughes of having made a voluntary contiibution and uttered language which was neither moral nor polite, showing that the spiritual training of this great educational menagerie is not what it is cracked up to be. He threatened to eject Mr. Hughes from the premises. Mr Hughes tried to explain that he was the chief loser by the transaction, and that the whole thing was an affair between himself and the ostrich. Dep uty United States Marshal Ezekiel also began to say that the ostrich had brought the trouble on himself. The showman pushed Mr. Ezekiel aside, and the officer was compelled to ex hibit his gun as his badge of author ity. In the meantime the cigar had been extinguished in the bird's giz zard, and he seemed to have forgotten the episode of the c'gar and was look ing longingly at an empty soda-water bottle which lay on the ground just out of reach.Tucson Star. NEW AFRICAN RAILWAY. Pans Thronsh a Garden-Like Re gion in French Possessions There is a new railway in Northern Africa. It connects the Bay of Tunis with the Bay of Hammamet, and will one day, the French hope, be of stra tegic value in the administration of their North Africa possessions. The director geneial of public works rec ommended the building of this road six years ago. and the line is now com pleted from Tunis to Nabuel. Aside from the strategic value of the road, it has been built rn response to real commercial needs. The line runs through a populous region of great fertility, smiling with gardens pnd producing large quantities of fruit and vegetables. It is said that the plain of Soliman, traversed by the line, has a million and a half of olive trees. Betwoer the Gulf .f Hamma met and the mountains that extend through the peninsula ending in Cape Bond there is an almost unbroken se ries of tillages extending from the town of Mammamet to that of Kalli bia, the latter being near the south eastern point of the peninsula of which Cape Bond is the northwestern point It is a branch road of tho line from Tunis that runs along this nar row zone between the mountains and the sea. There ure valuable stoue quarries in this region, once worked by the Romans, and the towms of Nabuel and Hammamet are surround ed by wide zones of gardens rich in fruit! Beyond these zones lies the desert, so "that the two places look like oases. The gardens are irrigated here from shallow wells, and the irrigated lands are worth from $2o0 to $350 an acre, a very high valuation for farm ing lands in the French North Ameri can possessions. The region traversed by the railway is mainly occupied by natives, and they are said to be un usually intelligentNew York Sun Made Famous a Grape Ephriam W. Bull, who became fa mous as the originator of the Concord grape, has just died at his home in Concord, Mass. He A\as born March 4, 1800. The last two yeais he had been in the home for the aged. He originated the Concord grape about 1849. He was a member of the senate, member of the Social Circle, and a very prominent Mason. He was a past master of Corinthian Masonic ledge of Concord. He was a -man of very strong will, great thoueht, well read and veised in history. He was a mem ber of the boaid of agriculture ten vears, and was at onetime a select man H' dc&ircd to In until he could see his new grapes on the market. Some of the large New York vineyards are cutting from them now. One of these grapes hi called Rockwood. alter Judge Hoar another the Esther, for his mother. A Di% ided Jnrv A man was on trial in Lake county recently on a charge of grand larceny. He was accused of stealing a hog. An old rancher whose interest in the case was due to the fact that he owned sC big drove of hogs listened attentively to the impaneling of the jury and then left the court room with undisguised disgust. "What's the matter. Sam?" inquired an attorney. "That jury's goin' to disagree." he declared emphatically. "What makes you think so?" "Think? I don'c think nothing about it I know it." "Well, then, how do you know if" "Why, they've got six hog men that raise hogs and four men that I knows has stole hogs on that jury, an' ao body ever knowed a hog raiser an' a hog thief as would agree on a hog: case."San Francisco Post. A Autunm Traaedy Iler eyes were downcast as sht* spoke. "No, Mr. Skimpton," she said, "the dream is over. I can never be jour wife." "Spare me this cruel blow," he sanl, in a choking voice. "I thought you loved me." "I did love you," she went on, with out raising her eyes. "Pwtups 1 J--v you j'et. But I can never, never w"d a man who tries to black ate lu^set shoes."Washington. i\*u.v 4