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H jhw Hs" "&$.'- .. t COUNT) &! Thomas Cat. VOL. I. NO. 30. COLBY, THOMAS COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER i, 1885. Sl.oOi kEI W mmuzi ? i W. 31. LD WARDS, 31. D., :Pty: sician & Surgeon, COLBY, KANSAS. Bimlrer Hill Holier Mills, IIEALE & FEAKLV.S, Proprietors, JUWICEn HTii, KANSAS, Caparity, 200 Carrels Per Da?. One of the Mot Complete Roller Mills in the State. M A RTXPTD 0 TTnTTCPT -i-r-L-CJ-hD JliXv O XiVj J. JliJ-l, I'm nv v4VKis A I"cti House. Hoard and Lodging bj Hie Day and Week. 510A11D, $3.50 PER WEEK. y. G. PORTE K, r .Attorney at Law and Notary Public. All Land Business Promptly and Ac curately Done. COLBY, - - - KANSAS. .1. R. COLBY, Notary public. All Itlusiness in this Line Promptly At tended to. C. C. REYNOLDS, Attends to nil Kinds of LAND -:- BUSINESS. Cull and see hnn when you go to Oborhn. i. T. HE3IMIXG, lT. S. LAXD LOCATOR AND SURVEYOR, QUICKV1LLE, THOMAS CO., KAN. JOHN A. WALKER, L1VERV AXD FEED STABLE tJood Higs and Plenty of Stabling Feed. COLBY, KAIVSAS. and W. A. WILSON. G.J. TACHA. THE OLD RELIABLE LAND OFFICE OF WILSON & TACI-IA. X"ja.-ir gushs, locatoh. Special Attention to Utioin is county. NEWT. SIMPSON", ATTORNEY AND REAL ESTATE G-xszan?, OXjnSXTLIjXW ICAIVSAB. 1IEIT31AX & SILLER, Land & Real Estate AGrEKTS , OBEKLIX. 1CAN.SAS. T C TITFFT FY PAINTER ANDJIGN WRITER. Sign Writing a Specialty. COLBY, KANSAS. A3TJTCI-IER SIIOl? T. P. PEEHAN. Fresh and Cured Meats on Hand at Cured Meats on All Times. COLBY, - - SfLV2VS.AJS. S. J. OSUOKX. LEE MONROE. OSBORN & MONROE, Real Estate Agents, WA-KEENEY, KANSAS. T. S. SEE, LAND LOCATOR, CUMBERLAND, KANSAS. LAW, LOAN AND LAND OFFICE DONOVAN, CARPENTER & BAILEY, OBEKLIN, KANSAS. Z. P. BENTON, House, Carriage & Sign Painting COLBY, KANSAS. W. W. COX, Xotarv Tubllc, Seward. Xcbnuka YKAXK PING KEE, Notary PublicColby.Kan COX & PINGREE, Eeal Estate and Insurance AGEAI M'S. Wo have choice farms and wild lands in Nebraska, aKo school anil deeded lands In Thomas County, Knnsas. Locating dono in Thomas and Sheridan Counties promptlj and accurately. Correspondence solicited. J. J. SEAltS. T. B. MORTON. SEARS & 3IORTON,. Real Estate Agents, GILMOItE P. O.. CLEVELAND CIATIOX, St. John County, Kansas, TJ. P. It. IL, Kansas Division, here all trains stop. We arc doing a General Land Business. Locating- in Thom as and St. John Counties made a specialty. Plenty good Government lands in thoso jvioccupiou. voniesting claims ana lousiness promptly auenaeu to. NE. THOS. REED, Gnnnell, Kan. .Kan. tBSE &REED,' LOCATORS. iic: Farms and School Laaaf tuoiwv: NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gleaned by Telegraph and Mall tFASHKfGTOM NOTES. Umted States Minister Hall tele graphed to the State Department from Guatemala announcing a revolution there , and stating that a state of siege has been I declared. j Secretary Manning is in receipt of re- j quests from all parts of the country for uu aim iuu uuuor uuies la iargu IJUttUll- " I: says "e 8Upp,y or tUese notcs , sufficient to meet all demands. There w ties. Ile says the supply of these notes is ' n0 'nlniediate prospect of a resumption of the issue of one and two dollar notes, The Secretary of the Treasury has ap pointed X. B. Bacon superintendent of the custom house at Toledo, O. Mr. Bacon is a brother-in-law of President Cleveland. Rev. Jeremiah O'Sullivan, of St. Feter'a Church, Washington, was conse crated Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile at Washington on the 20th. TnE office of Chief of the Post-office In spectors has been tendered by the Post master General to William A. West, of Mississippi, a prosperous farmer living near Oxford, Miss, and formerly a suc cessful merchant in 8t. Louis and Xew Orleans, and President of a bank in Ox ford. Secretary Lamar, who was confined to his house with a govero attack of influenza, was reported as being somewhat better. His physicians, while entertaining no ap prehensions of serious results, havo urged the Secretary not to leave his house for several days. Tint President recently ordered the court-martial which tried and sontonced Paymaster Smith to reconvene. The rourt-martial sentenced Smith to two years' suspension from service. Surgeon General Wales had been tried on a sim ilar chargo a short time previously and was sentenced to five years' suspension, and it was understood the President did not approvo of tho inconsistency of the verdicts. Commissioner Sparks, of the Land Office, has refused to honor surveyors' ac counts held by Western banks because of irregularities in land surveys. THE KANT. A meeting of independent citizens of the Eighth Senatorial District, Xew York, was held the other night in behalf of Stephen Merritt, undertaker in the Grant funeral, who was nominated to the State Sonate on an independent ticket. President Depew, of tho Xow York Central Railroad Company, has denied tho truth of the statements published in Pittsburgh to the effect that his road had been purchased by the Pennsylvania Com pany. Ax outbreak similar to that of Plymouth f(ver, has made its appearance in Xanti coke, Pa. The epidemic was said to bo caused by the use of well water, polluted in some unknown manner. SMALL-rox: has broken out in n Grand street tenement house, Xew York. Ruckam & Co.'s shirt factor-, Troy, X. Y., burned the other night. Loss, 73,000; covered by insurance. United States Collector Smalley, of tho Vermont District, has reduced the sal aries of a number of Deputy Collectors 200 a year, and thewngesof a number paid by the day from $3 to 5. The efTect is n saving of 2,000 per annum in his dis trict. Barnum's big tent fell upon the nudienco at Titusville, Pa., recently. The peoplo cut their way through the canvas. No one was seriously injured. In tho Xew York Republican convention, held at Saratoga, on the 22J, Hon. James W. Husted was elected permanent chair man. Only one ballot for Governor was cast, when the convention adjourned till next day. The Rev Howard Cosby in n recent let ter to tho Xew York Post-Express says: "I am in favor of the insertion of a high license plank in tho platform of "tho Re publican convention." Captain Xathaniel Percv, of tho ship Standard, w ho was convicted of cruelty at Philadelphia, and who was sentenced to thirty days' imprisonment and $300 fine, has been pardonod by President Clove land. The Smith-American organ works were destroyed by fire at Boston the other evening. Loss, $100,000. Insured. Two accidents, resulting in three deaths, occurred on tho new aqueduct at Xow York one day recently. Off the coast of Maine, near Eastport, during a fearful gale on the 22d, a party of men, numbering ten or twelve, were drowned on the wreck of the Spanish steamer Humacoa, lost six weeks pre viously. Four miners were drowned on the 231 in an old mine at Houtzdale, Pa. The vic tims were John Mehan, Peter Folk, Joseph Hampea, a Hungarian, and John Forsythe. The Genesta won the 300 mile yacht race and the Bennett international cup. The race took place through heavy fogs and storms. The time was 4S:07:05. Ira Davenport was nominated for Gov ernor of Xew York, in the Republican con vention held at Saratoga on the 23d; Joseph B. Carr, for Lieutenant-Governor; Anson J. Wood, of Franklin, for Secretary of State; James W. Wadsworth, of Liv ingstone, for Comptroller. The Governing Committee of the Xew York Stock Exchange has admitted to the list $1,500,000 first mortgage 6 per cent, bonds of the Chicago & St, Louis Railway Company, application having been made in July last, The sloop yacht, Puritan, was sold at public auction at Xew York on the 23d for $13,600 and Edward Burgess, who designed the yacht, was the purchaser. After the sale he stated that he had bought the Puri tan for a gentleman in Boston. TUB WEST. United States District Attorney W. C Perry, of Kansas, has received instruc tions to make personal Investigation of the cases now pending against the Oklahoma "boomers," and if in his judgment he fonnd that the "boomers" had left the In dian Territory, to dismiss all of the indict ments. The committee having in charge the ex amination of the wheat in the Union ele vator, St Louis, reported 110 bins in good condition and eleven bins weevily; The reports of weevils in St Louis had depre ciated the wheat market considerably. The report of the eommtttee restored eoni- A VERi malignant form of so-called hog cholera was reported making its appear ance in several localities in Taylor County, Iowa. The British Columbia authorities re cently refused to allow fifty Chinamen to land when they were returned by United States officers until the $50 per head license was paid, and they are now con fined in the penitentiary at Fort Town send, W. T., pending instructions from Washington. The difficulty is a mutual one and will have to be settled by diplo macy. The jury in the Marquis de Mores mur der trial at Bismarck, Dak., returned a verdict of not guilty. The last census returns having shown that the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis possessed a population in excess of TTi,000, those cities have bcerr raised to the first grade in the free delivery service. row occurred between different fac tions of the St Heidwlg's (Polish) Church Society, Milwaukee, on the 20th, in w hich a number were cut with knives, wounded with stones and clubs or seriously injured in other ways. The Cleveland (0.) rolling mill strike ended by a split in th ranks of the strik ers, a great number of whom w ent to work on the terms of the employers. The threatened trouble in tho Dakota Constitutional Convention was adjusted by the adoption of a substitute for Campbell's bill of rights, w hich declared all political power inherent in the peoplo and that the Federal constitution was the supremo law of the land. A riot broke out against the Chinese re cently in Huntington, Ore. Xo one was killed, tho mob being contented with driv ing the Celestials out of town. At the session of the Cigarmakers' Union In Cincinnati the report of tho President show ed that during the past two years it had cost tho union over $210,000 to support members during strikes and lockouts, of which there had lieen 152. Sixty-nino of these strikes had been successful nud sixty-nine unsuccessful. Captain AVilliam Jones, of tho life boat service at Racine, Wis., was drowned recently while out practicing with his crew under direction of Superintendent Rogers. Five Chinamen implicated in tho mur der and robbery of Daniel Frazier in Pierco City, Idaho, wero taken from jail by citi zens tho other night and hanged to con venient trees. Reports havo been received of four schooners wrecked at various points on Lake Michigan during the itormof tho22d, the crew being rescued in each case. Fears were felt for the safety of a number of other vessels. The Bankers' Convention nt Chicago, on the 2M, pasod resolutions condemna tory of silver coinage. Five of tho Chiricahua bucks who left the Apache reservation with Geronimo, crossed the reservation line the other night and stole away two squaws, carrying them oif to tho mountains. The squaws wero the same tw o that originally wont w ith tho band and wero captured by tho Mescalero police and returned to tho Apache reserva tion. THE SOUTH. A negro rapist, of Elicot City, Md., wns recently lynched by men of his ow n color. His victim was a girl seven years old. At Dutch Mills, near Fayetteville, Alk., tho mistnke f a druggist, who put up mor phine for quinine, was tho cause of the death of two children of a widow woman. The convicts who escaped some time ngo near Little Rock, Ark., were reported mak ing their way to tha Indian Territory. During n heavy rain storm which pre vailed at Dublin, Coahoma County, Miss., recently, lightiiing struck a cotton house in which wero sheltered Charles Smith, his wife and son, Henry Isnacs and Tom Xeely. Xeely, Smitn's wife and his son were killed and tho others knocked sense less. The Shenandoah Iron Company nt Milnes, near Harrisburg, Va., has de faulted on the payment of some of its in debtedness. The liabilities of the corapany are about $000,000, $500,003 of which i3 first mortgage bonds. Reports have boen received at Eagle Pass, Tex., of the confiscation of the Las Cruces silver mines, in tho Carmen Moun tains, Mexico, by Mexican soldiers, upon an alleged trumped-up claim by a Mexican sergeant, antedating Owens', Stapps' and nil other American claims. The sixty-first session of the Sovereign Grand Lodgo of tho Independent Order of Odd Fellows opened at Odd Fellows' Hall, Baltimoie, on the 21st. The boiler in tho Fable Soap factory at Louisville, Ky., exploded the other day. Edmund Earnest, tho engineer, was in stantly killed, his body being thrown into the creek, fifty feet distant The damage to the building was $15,000. A detective recently arrested Albert Waller, at Xashville, Tenu., who was wanted for train robbery and murder com mitted at Coolidge, Kan., on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, three years ago. Engineer Hilton was killed and George Todle, the fireman, was wounded in the affair. Ten convicts recently escaped in the Brazos Botton near Hearne, Tex., by cut ting through the roof of the prison house. They made their way to the town, and en tering the Montgomery House while the guests were asleep, stole garments the male members of the Stultz Theatrical Company, leaving tho convict suits be hind. Eight men recently attempted to cros3 the Kentucky River a few miles below Frankfort, when the boat swamped and five of the occupants were drowned. Four of the unfortunate men were colored and one was white. Eighty miners were recently imprisoned in theRoane mines, near Rockwood, Tenn., caused by an explosion of fire-damp. They were all ultimately rescued. The damage done was considerable. Commodore Alexander A. Semmes, Commandant of the Washington Xavy Yard, died suddenly at Hamilton, London County, Va., on the 23d. UENERAI- An insurrection broke ou recently in Roumelia against the Turkish Government, the insurgents demanding annexation to Bulgaria. It was alleged the insurrection was incited by Rassia and was part of the programme agreed to at the'Kremsier in terview betweoi the Crar and the Emperor of Aastrla.'TriBce Alexander, of Bulga ria, luu Issaed a proclamation accepting the sovereignty efRownelia. TheTarhtsh -Goranor, Gabriel Farts, was placed am. ldararrst. The sanguine hopes regarding the con dition of. the Egyptian cotton crop have been somewhat lessened by recent reports. It is now said that rainy weather, fogs and cold have reduced the expected crop 50 per cent. The rise in American railroad securities was general on the London Exchange dur the week ended September 19. Contractors and civil engineers, em ployed in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, have been accused of defrauding the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by false measure ment -- ." ANAncnY was reported at Albania. Turkish troops and n body of Albanians havo had an engagement near Prizend. TnE London police continue to break up Socialistic meetings. Several merchants implicated in the Cacerist movement have been banished from Peru. Brigands near Salonica have captured an Archbishop's niece and another lady. They demand tho sum of 3,000 for the ransom of tho prisoners. The Belgian Government is preparing a bill to authorize the sending of paupers to tho Congo country as colonists. The Hilton trophy, worth $3,000, was shot for at Creedmoor recently by threo team's of twelve men each a regular army team and the Xew York atid Pennsylvania Stato teams. The regulars won with 'Ml out of a possible 1,200 points, Xew York Stato team DCS and the Pennsylvania team 057 points. Alarming reports havo been received at Paris to the effect that China is massing a large force of troops on the Touquin fron tier. King Humbert, of Italy, recently an nounced his determination to vNit the cholera-stricken districts of Sicily if tho plague continued. c The Xurth German Gazette on tho 22d described ns a fablo tho statement recently made that Germany was coveting Cuba, but admitted that in tho event of a war be tween Germany and Spain Cuba would bo an important object of attack. It ridiculed tho idea of permanent annexation of Cuba by Germany. The Constantinople newspaper, La Tunjue, officially announced on the 22d that the rebellion in Roumelia would be supprcsseil by tho Porte. The Bulgarians w ero arming to resist the Turks and a gen eral levy of all able-bodied citizens wns ordered. Tho insurrection w as condemned in Germany, nud it was thought in various quarters that the ttatu quo would bo re stored by tho powers without bloodshed. Yellow fever was reported decreasing on tho 22d at Gtiaymas, Mex. TnE illness of King Alfonso wns reported serious. Officials of tho piilace endeavored to conceal his actual condition. The semi-official statement was made nt Berlin that the Powers would not look calmly on tho breaking of tho trellty of Berlin by Bulgaria, but would side with Turkey, and if Russia opposed them she would be isolated. Only after tho Bul garians had been restored to common sense could tho Powers decido what should be dono for Bulgnrinn unity. Advices to tho Associated Press from Birmingham, Vt, Ottawa, Out, Rondout and Kingston, X. Y., Milford, Mass., Weirs, X. II., and Chelsea and Chester, Vt, reported falls of snow on tho ?.d. CnRiSTiNE Xii.SbO.v recently gnvo a con cert nt Stockholm, Sweden. After the concert a crowd of 30,000 gathered before the Grand Hotel," to give her an ovation, and in the fearful crush seventeen person lost their lives. Crete, the large island in the Mediter ranean, belonging to Turkey, was reported in a slate of revolt The United States steamer Juniata, which was sent to inquire into the detention of certain American vessels by the Portuguese custom officials on tho east coast of Africa, has cabled her arrival at Mozambique. THE LATEbT. James C. Pusey, tho defaulting clerk of the Kansas Penitentiary at Leavenworth, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was aentencod to eight years' imprisonment. In the Supreme Court at Boston, on the the 25th, Franklin J. Moses, ex-Governor of South Carolina, pleaded guilty to an in dictment charging him with obtainiug money by false pretenses from ex-Mayor Cobb and others, in February, 18S4. Ho had but recently served out a term in Mid dlesex County jail for a similar offense. At Battleford, X. W. T., on tho 25th, sev eral Indians w ere sentenced to be hanged and to various terms of imprfsonment for murder and other crimes committed during the recent troubles with Riel and his fol lowers. Business failures throughout the coun try for week ended September 24 num bered 185 against 178 the week previous. The lumber yard of Gardner & Co., Chi cago, was recently in flames. For a time the fire was so threatening, spreading to adjoining yards, that many persons feared a repetition of the disaster of 1871. Loss, $100,000. Three coaches of a passenger train con taining over 100 persons were thrown down a high bank near Warm Springs, X. C, recently. Twenty people wero injured. William Connelly, J. H. Winning and Miss Brayles, of Ashville, received fatal in juries. Reports were received recently of a cy clone at Calcutta, in which several skips foundered and a great many persons were drowned. John Morrissey, of Washington, D. C, was killed and three other workmen in jured by a dynamite explosion recently at York Haven, near Harrisburg, Pa. A statement prepared by Superinten dent Bell, of the Foreign Letter Mails Bureau, shows that the weight of the for eign letter mail decreased 7,790 pounds during the last fiscal year, while tho weight of the printed matter increased 33,319 pounds. The cost of ocean mail transit was $327,179, or just $28.50 less than the cost during the preceding year. The President has appointed the follow ing collectors of customs: Charles C. Sweeney for the district of Galveston, Tex.; Otto L. Threlkeld, for the district of Salura, Tex.; J. J. Cooke for the district of Brazos de Santiago, Tex. Lv the New York Democratic Conven tion at Saratoga, on the 25th, Fred Cook, of Monroe was nominated for Secretary of State; Chapin for Comptroller; Dennis O'Brien, present incumbent, for Attorney General. Hon. B. P. Flower was reported 'as having "declined the nonisnatioa for Lieateaaat Governor. " I TaPppa,waarported to have agreed te aMaJato' aatwaf immaay aaa pata KANSAS STATE NEWS. In the case of Chastine Hughes, tried at Topeka for bigamy, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. Two printers named Organ and Reupen got on a spree with a man named Mallery at Topeka the other night, and all three went to bed in Organ's room. When Mal lery awoke next morning his companions wero gone and his valise, containing a gold watch and chain and other articles, was missing. Reupen was arrested but allowed to go because he reported that he had also been robbed by Organ, who skipped out. Patents lately issued to Kansas inven tors: Hfram Childers, El Dorado, com bined anvil, drill and vise. The Stato Inspector of Mines has re ported to tho Governor that he has visted, sinco his appointment, nearly all the mines in Osage, Cherokee and Crawford Counties. So far he has found plenty of room for im provement, but has found a willingness on the part of a majority of operators to remedy all the defects so as to comply with the requirements of the law. In some cases tho law was being disregarded through the ignorance of the parties, but in a few cases through the miserliness of the mino owners. This last class of mine owners, he states, aro those most difficult to deal with. They think anything that costs money is unnecessary, and he notices that such operators do not run a very suc cessful business. TnE Directors of tho proposed Kansas,, Xebranka & Dakota Railway havo chosen tha following officers: John Francis, of Topeka, President; John Keller, of Lan caster, "Pa., Vice-President; Alex McGraw, of Philadelphia, Treasurer; II. W. Bush, of Lancaster, Secretary; II. It. M. Whit man, of Philadelphia, Chief Engineer, and A, A. Harris, of Fort Scott, General Attor noy. The prospect for tho construction of this road is considered excellent, as a num--ber of Eastern capitalists and railroad builders have interested themselves in the enterprise, which is also receiving substan- j lial encouragement from counties along the line. Gus Schmeckle, groceryman of Leaven worth, died recently under suspicious cir cumstances, and an investigation showed ho had taken an overdose of aconite, w bother purposely or not is unknown. He bad taken enough to kill a dozen men. Schmeckle's physician, who prescribed the ncouite the day before, told him tho nature of the medicine, and warned him against taking too much. Trail City is a new town on the line of Kansas and Colorado. The Stato Veterinarian says that this year the hog cholera is more prevalent than at any time within the history of the State, and the losses will undoubtedly reach $1,000,000 or more. The counties which havo suffered most heavily are Brown, Marshall, Jackson, Osage, Bour bon, Butler, Lyou, Chose, Dickinaou, Saline, Reno, Barton, Sedgwick, Stunner and Shawnee. Large numbers of hogs are boing shipped to market that are infected with this disease, and as a consequenco it is appearing in counties not before infected. He further says that the treatment of hog cholera, w ith the object of securing a re covery, does not pay. He urges that the animals bo killed and burned tho moment they show signs of sickness, nud active measures taken for the suppression of the disease. It is estimated that there are at least 32,000 acres of land seeded to tame grass in Labette County. C. L. Xash, of Salt Creek, Reno County, has raised this season sixty acres of water melons. Ho clears about $150 per car load by shipping them to tho mountains. In a late quarrel in Shawueo County over a division of crops, J. W. Jones shot and killed E. H. White. Both aro colored men, and Jones had been working White's farm on shares. White lovied on tho crop of corn and in trying to effect a settlement on tho farm a disputo arose with the above result White was once a member of the School Botrd of Topeka, has edited the Colored Citizen and Tribune newspapers and been quito prominent in local politics. Jones claims that he did the shooting in self-defense. At Leavenworth the other day John Williams went to his work, leaving his wife apparently well and hearty. About eleven o'clock a neighbor informed him that his wife was very sick and told him to bring a doctor. He hurried home and found his wife in spasms. She died a few hours later. About six weeks previous Mrs. Williams bought some quinine. She took some of it and placed tho rest in a tumbler and covered it with a saucer, where it had since remained. On the day of her death she began to feel as it she were going to have a chill, and took some of tho quinine. In ten minutes she was taken with spasms, and in four hours later was a corpse. The symptoms were those of strychnine poisoning. All doubt as to the trial of Minnie Wal lace Walkup, for the alleged poisoning of her husband, taking place at Emporia has been dispelled by its being placed on the docket of the Lyon County District Court for October 10, and the statement of Hon. W. W. Scott, Mrs. Walkup's attorney, that he would insist on the case being tried at that time. Both the prosecution and de fense will be represented, by eminent coun sel. A gasoline explosion occurred in the rear of T. H. Randall's hardware store at Mount Hope the other afternoon, causing a serious fire and loss to a nnmber of the in habitants of the town. The following are losers: T. H. Randall, store room and stock of hardware amounting to $8,000, in surance $4,000; W. C. Richards, storeroom and stock of general merchandise, $C,000, insurance $3,000; S. C. Thomas, barn, with machinery, harness, etc., $1,200, no insur ance; the Farmers' and Drovers' Bank, $5,000; Mentor printing office, $500. The post-office, which was kept in the Randall store, and all mail matter and fixtures, etc., burned. - . w Population of Newton, 6,500. " It is stated tnat Hon. W. C. Ferry, United States District Attorney for Kan sas, has received instructions from Wash ington to make a personal investigation of the cases now pending against the Okla homa boomers, and if, in his judgment, he should find that all of the boomers had left the Territory, to dismiss all of the in dictments against them at the next terra ot the United States District Court at Wichita. A ratx supposed to have beencaased by spontaneous rambastioaaaalrely destroyed Rash SpragaVs loarBn&lat Leaven worth oath attarabaar'af taa tttfc. t Urn, IMMW? iwraaoetai,aw FRIGHTFUL GALES. Storms Create Hitoood the. Lakes Span Ian Vessel Lost A Disaster at XUsson's Concert. Chicago, Ilu, September 2L A heavy northerly gale prevailed throughout the entire lake region yesterday and last night. Vessel masters who arrived during the night state that the storm w.i3 a terrible one, and that the sea was running higher than at any previous time this summer. Reports have been received of four schoon ers wrecked at various points on Lako Michigan, the crews being rescued in each case. Fears are felt for the safety of a number of vessels known to be outside of port. Two unknown fishermen were washed from the north pier and drowned jesterday afternoon. Tho lookmit at tha life saving station saw them walking on the pier, and realizing the danger thoy were in, signalled them to return. They paid no attention to his warning, and had proceeded about fifty yards, when a tre mendous breaker was lifted high over the pier and descended upon the timbers with a crash carrying the two men away. Tho life boat started to the rescue immediately, as did also two sailors who jumped from a easel lying close by and ran along the pier in hopes of saing the drowning men, but these brave fellows weie also swept in the lako and although the boat was immediate ly lowered from the vessel and sent to Uieir assistance they would probably have been lost but for the opportune arrival of tho 1 life saving crew, ihe two fishermen, alter a brief battle with the wave, sank from sight and, although tho life savers made diligent search, their bodies wero not re covered. lost in a terrwle gale. Eastport, Me., September 24. Six weeks ago the Spanish steamer Humacoa, bound for Nova Scotia, went aslioro on Murr Ledges, nine miles oil Grand Manan. The owners seut a crew of twenty men from St. John to wreck her. Yesterday afternoon a tug passed the wreck and of fered to take the men ashore as a storm was threatening, but they refused the offer. A terrible gale blew up early In the morn' Ing and when it cleared off tho people on Grand Manan noticed that the steamer had disapiearc(l and there is no trace of the steamer or men. The vessel must havo been broken to pieces during the storm and sunk with all on board. The crew all be long to St Johns. So far as can be ascer tained the following persons were on board the steamer when she went down: James Griffiths, St John, one of the purchasers of the vessel's hull; James Xapier, Port laud, foreman of the gang of workmen; Robert Johnson, Portland, carpenter; James Strajhorne, Portland, caulker; James Clarke. Portland; Bartholomew Arm strong, Portland; Hartley Stockhousc, Portland; Jeremiah Daley; Alexander Scribner, Portland. It is possible there are one or two others. FRIGHTFUL DISASTER IN SWEDEN. London, September 24. Such an im mense crowd attended the concert given by Christine Xilssou at Stockholm yesterday that seventeen persons were crushed to death. Later The accident occurred after the concert and while Mine. Xilsson was singing from the balcony of tho Grand Hotel. The crowd numbered thirty thou sand at the time of the accident. TROUBLE AHEAD. The RoumelUn .Revolt Cauenn Uneasy Ferllng in Europe Trlnco Alexander Firm. London, September 24. An uneasy feeling prevailed on the Paris bourse to day. Rumors are cuirent to the effect that serious disorders have occurred in Mace donia. The Russian newspapers consider tho situation In the Balkans as becoming more critical every day, and they doubt tho possibility of restoring the statu quo. Prince Alexander has issued a circular to the powers In which he announces the union of Eastern Roumelia and Bulgaria. He says he has accepted a popular election in no hostile spirit to Turkey. He recog nizes the Sultan's suzerainty and holds himself responsible for the public security. He asks the powers to intervene in order that the union may be recognized as an accomplished fact, otherwise the people are resolved to do everything that lies in their power to uphold the union. Prince Alex ander has also sent a dispatch to the Sultan of Turkey askinz him to recognize the union. At Constantinople there is great excitement over the situation. Tho Sultan presided at a council which was called on Sunday last to settle the question of send ing troops to Roumelia. Pending a discus sion, several battalions of troops havo been ordered to concentrate on the Roumolinn frontier. The cabinet was divided on the question of sending a force to Roiunclia. Some of the ministers were In favor of dis patching ironclads with troops to Boorglias, a seaport town of Eastern Roumelia, and of hurrying forward other divisions by way of Adrianople and Macedonia. Other mem bers of the cabinet thought that the signers of the Berlin treaty should be consulted before any decided steps were taken. Tiie ambassadors of the treaty powers at Con stantinople were consulted by the Sultan, but they had received no orders from thclt Governments as to what course they should pursue. In accordance with the wishes of the Sultan they have asked for instructions and are now awaiting replies. Phtllipopolis, September 24. All the Russian officers in the Bulgarian service have resigned and their places have been filled by Bulgarians. The country Is disap pointed at the action of the Russians, bnt the people are not discouraged. Two fully equipped battalions of volunteers have crossed the Balkans and are proceeding to this town. Prince Alexander, while in specting a body of reserves who were about to start for the frontier, made a brief ad dress to the troops, concluding as follows: "My braves, we have no quarrel with the Turks, bnt if they dispute our action we will fight them to the death. And be as sured that I will always be found in the thick of the battle." The Prince's speech was received by the troops with the great est enthusiasm. The whole province has been declared in a state of siege. Prince Alexander assumes the post of commander-in-chief of the entire army, and Major XicoleS will command the forces of Rou melia. . Driven Off by Moonshiners. NAflHvnxE, Tenn., September 26. Late last night United States Collector Hlilsman received a dispatch from Hunt ingdon, in Carroll County, stating that a party of deputies had had a battle with moonshiners and captured two 811110. Four men, left to guard the first still captured, had disappeared when the party returned, and grave fears were felt last they bad been murdered, as the moonshiners of that county are known to be very desperate and it is 'at the risk ot life that ofaeers go among then. This Rtoralac. however. dissateh was' re ceived ssatiag that tbcaiieafag am bad ease to Hmaayfney.amTiaf beeavdrfrefc ftmaWrettnw.MttsWal THE Commissi Stop Landl "Was: stated at action tak sloner Spa, Ql legal conti&l under what Br. f and In suspend! contracts because of and for the purpose of as examinations whether the nmnprlr nr netuallv execntedT brouV? front the Bank of Nevada ind othefav. in San Francisco as parties claiming II est in the accounts by virtue of loans' n to sun eying contractors, and nsnaeenta-''. tives of the banks are nowhere aing pay-A ments of such accounts to proteat. thera- - selves against the loss. The ComEsjpBioaer rN;y does not recognize the banks as havafg any legal or equnaoie claims against me-gov ernment or right to intervene between, counting officers of the Land Depai taunt and their duties. If banks loaned raoeey to surveying contractors, this was pocety a matter of private business andtaec banks should look to their borrowers for payment. 2ft loans have been made to the United States, nor had the Govern ment incurred any obligations to these financial institutions. Tho annual -appro priations by Congress Tor surveying pul lands were from $300,000 to 5400,000. addition to this tho law allowed individuals to niako deposits which were credited to the survej iug fund and constituted addi tional appropriations. The Land Office xy ports showed some $0,000,000 to be dt-- Vtsiaitful attifta 1 CTO Tliu lnnr inttr a1ltt,n, ioa ffonnsits Tnfliln hv sjitHpra Till fnrt -"V ! appears that they are made only by capital- Lts. It lias been alleged that a "bureau." " iias been maintained in San Francisco which -- acted as intermediary between deputies and ? sureyors general, the business of which, was to supply tho deficiency In field notes and assist in the preparation and adjust ment of accounts with the General Land Office. One of tho contracts revoked by the Commissioner was of an original esti mated liability of SS.000. The Land Office accounts hhow that about $180,000 has al ready been paid out under this contract and -tho bank claims nearly S10.000 more still due. The Commissioner refused to accept returns amounting to 520,000 for work alleged to have been performed under this contract, on the ground that the essential prerequisites to legality had not been com plied with, the bond of the deputy not hav- -ing been tiled and no deposits made to pay for surveys, and further that the amount - " charged was in excess of legal rates. It is the opinion of the Commissioner that tho . practice of San Francisco banks in ,ad- ,. vancing money on surveying contracts, . which has grown up within ten years aed .. .. extended so as to include contracts in varl-' ous States and Territories, and which tn' now iirccd as eouitable consideration, caiii not be regarded as m the Interest of the ' public service. He says: "It led the w- vejors returning surveys nninljabited.T'1 mountainous and desert regions, to aug- Jnented nvLexfravneant cxry to loose aim irrecuiar.nKrtaoasj-. ing and survei ing, to prodigal Issufes'of. a posit certificates, W premature survey""oC aluable timber and agricultural lands, followed by their appronriatiou throagh fraudulent entries by rich syndicates 'and large corporations and to the excluslon'of actual settlers from lands ostensibly suri eyed for their benefit but immediately taken up by speculative combinations con nected with or closely allied to snrvcyhix operations. It tended also to do away wltli tha wholesome supervision and restraint which the law requires the Land Depart ment to exercise over 'deputy surveyors. With a shield of powerful syndicates and moneyed corporations Interposed between them and tho Go eminent, they felt Inde pendent of the Land 'Office and became ac customed to look upon it as if it were a machine to settle accounts without" regiinl to their accuracy or justice. Many of iho accounts are now presented for extra com pensation for resurvcys which can not! bo allowed because in violation of instruct! pus which prescribed minimum rates and whlicli instructions are part of the contracts." Iteports reached the Land Office of exten sive frauds in surveys In regions coveredviy these contracts, which the Commissioner, has not yet had time wilh the agencies at his command to thoroughly Investigate, and delay is unavoidable until examinations can bo made. The amount of the alleged dues on surveying contracts eialmed by"he Bank of Nevada Is about S250.000. Washington, September 23. Commis sioner Sparks of the Land Office has pre pared a statement of the disposals of pub lic lands and receipts therefrom during tho fiscal year ended June 30, 18S5, from which It appears that the disposals in acres was as follows: Alabama, 270,901.62; Arizona, 278,174.78; Arkansas, 244,562.90; Califor nia, 1,295,909.03; Colorado, C62.611.05; Dakota, 4,547,749.77; Florida, 282.515.55; Idaho, 284,903.04; Iowa, 11,059.30; Kansas, 3,030,046.60; Louisiana, 151,043.60; Michi gan, 89,511.23; Minnesota, 624,379.49; Mis sissippi, 111,000.03; Missouri, 291,277.33; Montana, 1,112,140.57; Nebatska, 3,698,-r 381.76; Nevada, 171,430.94; New Mex ico, 163,081.57 ; Oregon, 788,267.79 ; Utali, 184,853.02 ; Washington Territory, 1,016,117.76; Wisconsin, 2,184,300.92; Wyo ming, 552,967.14; total number of entries, 226,382; total nnmocr ot acres, so.iib,- 663.38: total value, S7,68S,U4.S0. Tb number of original homestead entries was 22,066, including 3,032,079 acres, rne num ber of originaftimber culture entries was 30.998. Including.4,775,005 acres, tub num ber of final timber culture entries was 750, includine 90.300 acres. The total nnmbei of acres taken under railroad selections-was1 3,558,914, made up as follows: AlabamaJ 33.198: Arizona, 133,052; California. "CTO, 445; Colorado, 14,252; Dakota, 790,693 Iowa, 6,014; Kansas, 195,046; Louisiana, 19. 887; ilinnesota, 108,217; Montana, vjs,iv. Nebraska, 178,039; Nevada, oo.ois; u; eon. 245.386: Utah, I7,ii; nasninci Territorv. 535.210: Wisconsin, 51,819. grand IUUU Ui. ui.-yircHa ui i"" l"," ' 663 acres) includes 881,850 acres of Indian.' , .. I A .llAa.T. nf lnnjl. OAff4. lailUS. lniS IS a uecrease hi uw uuuwcr uif , acres disnosed of as compared with the . vear 1884 of 6.535.656, but as compare4 :- with the year 1883 It is an increase of 68&V-- 030 acres. ,rrom saies oi xnuiau imm .: 05t iM a,a tmIItvI making the total;..' receipts from all sales of lands $7,631I,J& n ifanrAaoA is tfnmTinrpf witfl tfut mefetaai 1 d during 18S4 of $4,159,533, and as copared'- ? wim we year low, 01 eo,w,mi. ' s " jj: Th" Jfoberlr Strikers. - ,J"- Jefferson City. .Mow September 23 jn The testimony in the case of the Xoherly, Jf .lltM. in. MutAlml ii iimI In ii .1. ,k . '".1 Uiuis woo iwuwHmM j vmm ij ns vmiv United States Circuit Court. Taesriacinal feature of the testhnonv wM'iMontad. fnVl the examination of Jesse JHeGeestof :Ei the United States Marsha! feriUto av. Wet He sald'lw ijsaatetasr employ ottne nuroaa.uaiaaaj asv j day as one ot .a nsmoar otjapcuat pa deoiled to 'pweetreotB; taa,aa aboMt tan others hd-0cavKn t actared ia taa.'shoasr ;tat . taority rm WpW-Jl VJ 5T-; i ri0 igb TJt-i deac. wttaarmteaw?irtiM".