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VERY QUICK VORK Another Bold Hold-Up on the Texas Pacific Railroad Near Fort Worth. ONLY THREE MASKED MEN They Did the Job so Quick That the Passengers Can't Tell the Story. FORT WORTH, Tax., Dec. 7.-The east bound Texas & Pacific passenger train was held up at a trestle seven miles west of here at 5:30 p. m. yesterday. Several shots were tired from the front end of the train and the passengers were warned to keep their heads in the win dows. The train was detained ten or fifteen minutes, during which time those who caught a glimpse of the proceedings saw three mesked men with gune leveled marching the engineer and trainmen in and out of the baggage car. When they finished their work the robbere made the engineer back the train over the trestle and while it wan crossing disap peared in a thick forest. It is not known how much booty was secured. The robbers had possession At the ex press car until they accomplished their object. One valuable package is known to have been obtained and the safe of the meesenger was carried off. It is learned on good authority that upward of $100,000 was secured. Passengers say the whole thing was done so quickly that there is little to tell. The local management of the Pacific Express comr pany says it is impossible to say just how much the robbere got away with, as all the way bills are missing. It is believed they got very little booty, how ever, as it was mostly local express mat ter. The contents of the iron through package box arrived here intact. A sheriff's posse of fifteen men, led by Deputy Rea and Police Chief Maddox, have been out with a pack of blood hounds since last night following the three robbers, who are well mounted and armed and traveling southward. The safe which the robbers looted was the same one opened in the Gordon rob bery a short time ago. The best infor mation obtainable warrants placing the amount of booty se'ured by the robbers at $40,000. The omcere are confident the desperadoes are members of the Cook gang and are making for Indian Territory. A detachment of state rang ere has started from Quanah to cut off the retreat. Eloped with Another's Wife. SI:JALiA, Mo., Dec. 7.--Otilher Creasey f the police force drew his salary last aturday for November aol eloped with Ire. Amanda llobbitt, wife of a local ainter, going, it is believed, to Texas. Creasey left his wife without a dollar nd also many creditors in the lurch. obbitt had separated from his wife be ause of her waywardness and Creasey became infatuated with her two months ago, since which time he has almost wholly neglected his family for his new love. An effort is being made to locate and arrest the elopers with a view to prosecution. An Auimerican Duchess. LONDoN, Dec. 7.-The sudden death of the earl of Oxford is announced. He will be succeeded by his nephew, Robert i Horace Walpole, who in 1888 married I Mime Louise Melissa Corbinof New York and was sued for breach of promise by a German governess of Constantinople. Death of a President. Bos-row, Dec. 7.-Thos. E, Proctor, resident of the United States Leather I ompany, died today. ENJ)Ei) IN NHIAME. he Life of a Beautiful Washington Girli Flickers Out in Jail. NEW YORK, Dec. 8.--The death of c re. Edith Armstrong, better known as a 'Dovie" Cometock, in a Kansas jail ends is strange career of a beautiful but noto. iou. woman. She was the daughter of a C. Forney, founder of the Washing- a on Chronicle, and a niece of John W. g orney. All those who knew "Dovie" mutock in her childhood speak of her ainty beauty. The name was given her d ecause it fitted her. She was a laugh- w g, wayward child. It seemed natural p at she should fall in love with Walter P . Comstock of Providence, who was a ch, young and handsome. His father a as very rich. He is a near relative of h be Armours and was in the wholesale hi eat business. at They lived in Providence on Parkie hi enue, in the finest house in the arit- at crati Elwood section. They plunged b once into the social wnirl. It was t long before she gathered about her a di terie of young men. These young men ank quantities of wine. Young Com- at ock's eyes were opened and he got a bh vorce. It is said the co-respondent ra ar, as Samuel Post, the man who was lied by Ella Nason. di Some time after Mrs. Comstock came to New York and lived in various hotels. Cl July, 1890, she moved to No. 344 Smith ag rest, Brooklyn. It was there she met tic heo. Larbig, who lost his life through ot] Sr. He was 43 years of age and a man an ho had seen life. Constant Intercourse fr< ith many people, coupled with check- do r ered and valuable experience in Cal. ifornia, had given him a certain polish. But it was his great strength and self confident manner which attracted Mrm, Comutook. He became a constant visitor at her flat when he was in town. In May she moved to No. 278 Sackett 1 street and took as a boarder Darwin J. Meserole, son of General Meserole. She had known Meserole several years and had been very intimate with him. On June 27, 1891, Larbig called at the house and began quarreling with Mrs. Com stock. Meserole interfered and a fight ensued in which Meserole shot and killed Larbig. The trial attracted a good deal of attention. The young man was acquitted. Ten months later "Doie" was married to John L. Watkins and a short time afterwards she went west Being a victim of the opium habit her downfall was rapid. w THE LAW AND FACTS. w Formal Judgment of the Court as Entered ri in the Hershfield Case. gi FAaoo, N. D., Dec. 8.-The findings of di facts, conclusions of law and order for st judgment is the Hershfleld case have dt been signed by the court. The court recites the particulars of the case, names the attorneys for the parties, makes notes E of their appearance, states facts as to services, examinee as to jurisdiction and enters the following finding of tact: Hi First-That plaintiff is a resident in o good faith of North Dakota and had o been for 90 days preceding the com mencement of the action. Second-That they were married in b Chicago Nov. 27, 1893, in due form of law T and are now husband and wife, in Third-That the marriage has never been dissolved, vacated or annulled, but is now in full force. Fourth-That defendant gave birth to a child at Helena about May 20, 1891, of which child plaintiff is the father. da Fifth-That defendant did not, prior de to said marriage, have sexual intercourse til with any other person than the plaintiff, pih nor did she prior to such marriage con- Jo duct herself in a lewd, lascivious or en improper manner. th Sixth--That plaintiff entered into said va marriage contract of his own free will ch and accord; that there was no duress or min fraud upon said plaintiff. - da Seventh-That plaintiff was sound in th. mind prior to, on and subsequent to the idi date of marriage. on Eighth-That both were in all respects hil capable of intermarrying at the date the feo marriage was entered into of their own o0c free will and accord. Jo Ninth-Allows a reasonable sum to be pit paid the defendant for expenses in tak- rat ing depositions, securing attendance of HE witnesses, and other expenses connected he with the defense aside from attorneys' in fees.- Ti Tenth-Allows an additional sum for thi attorneys (amount not yet agreed on). etc Three hundred dollars has heretofore been allowed for this purpose, and $1,000 for other purposes. 'ih The conclusions of law are: First-That the court has full jurisdic tion both as to cause and parties. cup Second-That the marriage contract ad( was in all respects valid and binding; lut that the same was and is free from the fraud and duress; that the plaintiff was leg mentally sound at the time same was law solemnized. wb Third-That no cause exists under the cot evidence for the annulment of the con- the tract. fail Order of the court: Let judgment be entered denying the prayer of plaintiff's complaints, and dis missing this action with prejudice to the commencement of another based on the same or similar grounds, and for judg ment againt the plaintiff in favor of the defendant for the sum of (to be settled upon later after a consultation). PUBLIC OPINION IIf the President'. Message as Expressed by Newspapers. St. Louis Republic (dem.): Mr.Cleve land's message would be more useful it he had elaborated his views upon the currency and referred briefly to the re ports of his secretaries on other subjects instead of stating other subjects fully, and contenting himself with an indorse ment of Carlisle's plan for a change in the currency. Reorganizotion of the currency is by far the most important subject that has been urged by any pres ident since the war. In the absence of settled knowledge in their own minds the great mass of citizens would very much like to have at length the reasons which have induced Mr. Cleveland to give his unqualified approval to a rever sal of the whole monetary system of the country. St. Paul Globe (Dem.): In the presi dent's party the message will be read with comments varying from the ap proval of the conservative element to ex- I pressions of disappointment by the rad ical wing. His recommendations on the currency will be satisfactory to all who are not infected with the greenback * heresy or the free silver mania. Those, ii however, who regarded the Wilson bill t as it came to the house as a full redemp tion of the Chicago plank will look on his recommendation that the differential and discriminating taxes on sugar and those on coal and iron be removed as being all that could be expected of him. - Now Orleans Picayune (Dem.): It is doubtful if there has over been pre sented to a congress a more conservative ri and judicimus address than that sent in n by President Cleveland. It is free froin radical views and aggressive proposals ce and should create harmony in the e: councils of the party in these its last b days of power for somn time to come. It is the first time Mr. Cleveland has failed to hurien his mess. J ago with a policy. Once hl dwelt on the necessity for civil service reform, another time it was tariff reform, iail still an other it was a radical oiourve In ilawwii, it and at another en anti silver palley. This time the president ies kept free from any violent positivelenm, end ite thas done well. tv The Perpetrators and Causes of Two Crimes Made Known by Con fessions. IT WAS MONEY IN EACH CASE Story of the Dark Deeds That Have Made Chicaro and Minne apolis Shudder. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 8.-Andy T. Hay ward has confessed that Harry T. Hay ward planned the murder of Miss Kath rine Ging and that C. A. Blixt, the en gineer at the Ozark flats, committed the deed. Blixt was arrested early this morning and locked up in the central station. After committing the bloody deed Blixt returned to the city and die. posed of some of his clothing to a work. house prisuner named Ole Erickson. Erickson left the nevt morning for Sioux alle, where his wife is employed in a hotel, and there had the clothing washed. He returned to this city and sold some of the clothing to a pawnbroker in Washington avenue month. The remain der of the clothing was undoubtedly burned in the furnace of the Ozark flats. The motive for the crime was the secur ing of the ineurance on Miss Ging's life. IN COLD BLOOD. Barnes Was Murdered by a Man, Who Wanted His Job. CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-John B. Jersey to. day confessed that he, with Edward Jor dan, murdered A. D. Barnes, whose mu tilated body was found in a French ship ping case yesterday. Both Jersey and Jordan are under arrest. They were the employee of Barnes and the motive for the crime is thought to have been ri valry between Jordan and Barney for the chief janitorship of the Hiawatha build ing, Jordan being first assistant. Jor dan has exhibited remarkable coolness throughout, having been the first to identify the body. Jersey said Jordan on the afternoon of the murder gave him some money and told him to get a few drinks and be back to work at 8 o'clock that night. When be reappeared Jordan asked him to carry out the ship ping case, and in so doing some blood ran from the box on to Jersey's sleeve I He asked Jordan what that meant and I he told him that there was a dead man in the box and he had better keep quiet. The badly scared Jersey kept silent until the terrors of the sweat box wrung the story from him. HATHEIR REVOLUTIONARY. The Koll, Men in Alabama Islue no Al ternutive Manifesto. Moro;oMERY, Dec. 8.--A secret cau cus of Kolb's friends here last night adopted the following compromise reso lution: "Resolved, That we act inside the law until the present session of the legislature closes, and if a fair election law is passed as well as a contest law, by which the last state election can be fairly contested, we will stand by the report in the contest; but if the legislature shall fail or refuse to pass the two acts above referred to we shall call upon the chair man of our state executive committee to call a state convention to consider the situation and adopt some line of action by which we shall be given our rights." FACING HIS FATE. Young >andersoen Arraigned in London For the Kensington Murder. L"Noon, Dec. 8.-Reginald Sanderson, charged with the murder on Nov. 0, of the woman Dawes in Kensington was ar raigned today. He is a tall, dark, well built youth of gentlemanly appearance. He seemed extremely depressed. A let ter which the police received from Dub. lin, giving aetaile of how the girl was murdered, was read. It wab signed "Jack the Ripper." It is said to be in the prisoner's handwriting. After formal I evidence had been presented the prisoner was remanded. ANOTHER CHICAGO MURDER. A Mutt Murdered inluia lied intl His aWife and Clerk Under Arrest. CHioAGo, Dec. 8.-Nicholas Leguda, at meat dealer ou Western street, was mur dered in his bed early today. His clerk, Frank Heller, who told the police he was sleeping with Leguda and saw him shot by a burglar, was locked up. Mrs. Le guda, who told several conflicting stories, is under police surveillance. The police t place little confidence in the burglar story told by Heller. o t GETTING IN 51Alt-;. a Chintu and Japan Arrunging -reliminaries for Negotiat iotas. W ai imrey, s, Dec X.-information has J reached here that the Chinese govern- b meet will appoint an ambassador to pro ceed to Japan and treat for peace. It is expected Count Ito and, in all proba- of bility. Mr. Mateu, Japanese minister of gi foreign relations, will represent the 9t Japanese government in the negotiations. p at IiATTri,: IiEE:TWEEN TRCAMI'S. ni tl Riesults in the Death of Thrte of ia Travel- tI linitg liand. C It.rtiiiA, 0., Dec. 8.--In a fight be- in ween tramps in a box car on the Balti- dl more & Ohio train two persons were killed and another fatally wounded. The fight occurred about midnight last night and the murder was not discovered until the train reached this city. The dying tramp, named Harris, says the murder era left the train before it reached Foe torts. Harris gave the names of his companions as Leslie and Morgan. Hle stated the men who did the shooting were driven out of Garrett, Ind., yester day and boarded the train at Auburn. Sixteen dollars was stolen from Harris and considerable amounts from his com panions. THE INCOstE TAX. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Lar gent Will soon Send Gout Blanks. The rich men of Great Falls will soon have a disagreeable request from Uncle Sam's officials to furnish him with a sworn statement of the amount of their annual income. All incomes of 64,000 or over per annum from salaries, money at interest, or any other source will be subject to the tax. For example, if a man has a salary of $3,000 and receives rent, or interest, or any other outside In * come to the amount of $1,000 additional it brings him inside the law and he will have to pay Uncle Sam 2 per cent on the amount. Deputy Collector Largent states that the blanks for his district, which in eludes Cascade, Meagher, Fergus, Teton, " Valley, Cnoteau, Flathead, and all of Lewis & Clarke outside of the city of Helena, will soon be sent out. A special deputy will be employed to collect the tax. Secretary Carlisle will ask for a special appropriation for this purpose at this session of congress and about March 1 the wealthy cattleman, bonanza mice owner, banker, and money loaner will be called on to "pungle up." He says there are a good many more people in his district who are liable to the tax than would at first be supposed, but would not make any estimate of the number at this time. AFTER A BURGLAR. Marshal Pontent Leaves for Missoula to Bring a Bad Man Back. Marshal Pontet left yesterday for Mis soula in response to advices from the police department of that city to the effect that they had a prisoner there who was wanted in Great Falls on a more serious charge. The man referred to is Patrick Fitzgibbons, who is charged with burglary in this city, committed some weeks ago. It appears that he broke into a residence on the West side and stole $45 in cash, a coonskin coat, a valise, and a new suit of clothes and managed to get out of town on a freight before the lose was reported to the police here. They suspected him strongly of the theft, however, and sent his dame and description to various cities in Montana. The marebal at Deer Lodge first learned 1 of his arrest at Missoula, where he com mitted some petty larceny and was com mitted for 3tdays, and notified them for what he was wanted in Great Falls. The authorities at Missoula stated that they were willing to suspend the balance of I his sentence so that Marshal Pontet could bring him here to answer to the graver crime, and he accordingly left yesterday, and his prisoner will be re- l leased at Missoula only, however, to jump out of the frying pan into the fire. Are Our Legs to Vanish ? Dr. Emil Young, professor of physiol ogy at the university of Geneva, allow ing scientific speculation to run away with him, is corcerned lest (in a thou sand years or so) the legs of the human species will practically disappear. "Men refuse more and more to walk, though walking is the wholesomest of physical exercises. Steam, electricity, the rope railways, tricycles and bicycles have changed the whole aspect of Swiss tour ing. Everybody seems anxious to get everywhere any way except by the use of their legs. In another generation our traveling balloons will hang outside our windows or our electrical coaches stand outside our doors. They will be pro duced no cheaply that every man will have his own chariot. Hence our legs will become superfluous, then they will be crippled and shrink to hideously small dimensions until at last they will finally disappear." This seems to be science run mad. Dr. Young is unneces sarily alarmed. But even if the year 3.000 A. D. should verify his apprehen- I sion, the people of America, especially those residing in Illinois, Iowa, Wiscon sin, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Ne braska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota, will be well taken t care of by the grand Burlington Route, which then, as now, will be the popular I line of travel to and from all leading cities of those states. For information in the present concerning this system, apply to your home ticket agent, who t can furnish maps, time tables rates and tickets. or address W. W. Johnston, Commercial Agent, Billings, Montana. F K. of P. Election. The following oftcers were elected by t the K. of P. lodge at their meeting a held Thursday evening. They will be h installed on the evening of Jan. 3, and a the ec nt will be celebrated as usual by t( one of the K. of P. banquets which have p the reputation of being the most social and lIeasant affairs of the kind given by any society in the city. J. .\ Gocketetter, 1'. C.; J. A. D)un- of can, (. C.; M. L. llridgenuin, V. C.; F. M. lu k, Prelate; C. Wegner, M. of E.; J. I3. Terhune, M. of I'.; A. S. Sires, to M. A.; W. I). Benson. K. 1i. of S; C. w Birnbaum, M. W. et P. I;. I )olman, department commander CL of the Nlntana U. A. I., has issued a general order calling attention of post commanders to the fact that an annual fie insp-ction of posts must be made before December 20th of each year, in accord- et. ance with rules established at the last fri national encampment. The members of at the G. A. R. are requested to see that nc the law in relation to parties wearing U. A. Ii. badges who are not in good standing in the order is strictly enforced in another general order signed by the department commander. sti T IHE AIDED ROADS Representative McGuire Will Vigor ously Oppose the Fund Ing Bill. AND GIVES HIS REASONS Forfelture Does Not Necessarily Mean Ownersh!p by the Government. 1 WAHIINOTON, Dec. 8.-Less than 25 members were present when the house i was called to order at noon today. In the morning hour Mallory from the com I mittee on interstate commerce called up the bill to promote the efficiency of reve i nue cutters. This bill was considered several times last session. It provides for the retirement of officers in the serv . ice incapacitated by reason of Infirmities or physical or mental disabilities. Mal lory, English and Covert supported the bill, but it was antagonized by Clark of Missouri, who deliberately avowed his intention of talking it to death. Clark's speech was characteristic, humorous and audacious to the point of sensationallim and it kept the house In a confusion of laughter, cheers and jeers. The morning hour expired without action and Brown of Maryland gave notice that Thursday next he would call up the contested election cases of Williams vs. Settle. The house then resumed consideratilon of the railroad pooling bill. TILE PACIFIC ROADS. Representative McGuire Insiats That the Government Shall Foreelose. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Representative McGuire of California will make vigor ous opposition to the effort to take up the Pacific railroad funding bill. He will also contest the measure on the floor if Chairman Really succeeds in hav ing Speaker Crisp fix a time for the bill before the holidays. Said Mr. McGuire: "It is true the bonds are about to ma ture and the government will have to meet them, but it has been paying inter est on the bonds for years and these pay ments reach the amazing figure of $50, 000,000, while the principal is only $27, 000,000. There should be no alarm, there fore, over the payment of the principal when the government has already paid out twice as much as the principal. The main objection to the bonding bill is that it extends for fifty years the abo-i lute dominion of the Pacific roads over the traffic of the great -eat. It also lim its the security of the government to certain designated roids. It will be bet tor if congress lets the subject alone and makes no adjustment rather than make one of oisedvantage to the government and to western development." McGuire was asked if congress did not act whether the Pacific roads would not lapse into government control. '-Un doubtedly they will," said he, 'and it 1 would be a practical realization of gov ernment ownership of railways. It would not be necessary for the govern ment to operate them, however, unless private interests required to carry this on. Their forfeiture to the government would follow the course of any other mortgage forfeiture, and the actual as sumption of government proprietorship would come sometime between January 1, 18l)5, and June 1800. TALKING WAR. r Utah Settlers Are I)eterumlned That the it lndiant, Must Go. d W.miaaumeroN, Dec. 8.-Delegate Rawl ine of Utah says he looks for war in Utah s before the Indian difficulties are settled. II The Indians have advanced within thirty I miles of Moab and caused the settlers a great deal of trouble, robbing, pillaging and driving olf stuck. Rawlins Bays that r the white settlers have notified every. - body to have the women and children V removed to places of safety. The settlers are arming and intend to drive the Indians into Colorado. Rawlins has notified Secretary Smith that the settlers I will remove the Indians if the govern- I ment does not. Will Try Pereuaclon. WACSHINTON, Dec. 8.--The secretary of the interior has instructed Agent Day of the Southern l'te agency in Colorado to proceed to the section of Utah invaded by the Colorado Utes and endeavor to persuade them to return to the reserva- A tion. He will leave tomorrow for the scene of the trouble. There are several hundred dissatisfied Indians in Utah s and the elfort to induce them to go back r to their Colorado home is expected to f prove a 'lilticult matter. c C'rowdlnl; the 'louroers. t (i.o , IDec.. ---The representatives of the transcontinental lines have agreed w upon a basie of advance in freight rates I` to the coast from all points oeast. There will le a substantial advance, in some al cases ranging as high as 50 and 7 s er cent. - Pearful rA1 A .ranlre. Ml1t o, Dec. 8.- The Universal pub- fo lishes a telegram from Tuuxita, Chipas, se stating lien. Lopez has just returned ch from a reconnaisance of the frontier line and is if the opinion that there will be no war with Guatemala. The Bank Statement. t. Now Yous, Dec. S.-The weekly bank I statement show: Reserve decrease, $19,. 318,150; loans, increase, $8,273,400;specle, decrease, $17,467,600; legal tender, de crease, 65,406.900; deposits, decrease, $13, 785.900; circulation, iucrease, 621,100. THE COLOR LINE. Good for a Player but Not a Captain to He Off Color. LINCorN. Neb.. 1)e.. 8.-Trouble has broken out in the football team of the Nebraska state university, the western university champions. 'oday the elec tion for captain for next year was held and Flippen (colored), half-back, who has distinguished himself in all the con teats, was elected by a vote of 8 to 7. He is easily the best player in the team, but several players are very indignant over the matter and declare they will not play under a negro. Much feeling has been aroused by the matter and it looks now as if the team would disband unless Flippen declines. SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING To Investigate the Charges Against A. T. Kellison-More Light Wanted. The school board met in special ses sion last night to investigate the charges made against A. T. Kellison. Trustees Pomeroy, Holmes, Poole, Emerton, and Gockatetter were present. Attorney Cooper represented Robert Andrews, who made the charges, and George H. Stanton appeared for A. T. Kellison. The charges preferred were to the effect that Mr. Kellison, who was a teacher in the B. and M. addition school, had made an immoral proposition to a young girl named Maud Andrews, who was one of his pupils. A good many witnesses testatfed on both sides, and the school board was somewhat divided in their sentiment as to the guilt or inno cence of the teacher after listening to the evidence presented. The defense had a number of affidavits which were not laid before the board for legal reasons, and some of the members were desirous of seeing them, and also of hearing other rvidence which was under stood to be available but not forthcom ing in the case, and after a lengthy dis cussion which lasted till after midnight the whole matter was adjourned till the next regular meeting of the board Saturday night, when it is expected additional evidence will be heard and a final conclusion reached. A good deal of evidence was not available, owing to the reluctance of witnesses to become mixed up in any way in so unsavory an affair, and it is not improbable that the whole affair may yet be aired in the courts. Mr. Kellison declares that he will not submit to any such imputation on his character without exhausting every legal resource to prove his inno cense and set himself right before the community. 11AD 1 Iii NERVE. Bill iDooll OuaitwitS Marshasiu altO tleeps fn Ilennensey. GL-runIE, Ok., Dec. 8.-Bill Doolin, the noted outlaw, ant bosom friend and partner in crime of the late Bill Dalton, slept in lennesiy last night and rode boldly out of town this morning, riding one horse anti ltading another, both being good hores. .1 pal of Iioolin was with him, but has nut been seen since last night. Six deputy Lnitttd States marshals had trailed l)oolin and his pal tot Hen. nessey, but failed to locate him, and, thinking that be had again given them the slip, they left on the midnight pas senger train for the south. I)oolin was seen by a dozen people and recognized, but no one seemed to notice him, and he walked his boree through the main streets of the city, keepin, a sharp look out in front and behind, seemingly as unconcerned and cool as a cucumber. Shortly after. )ootlin rode a half mile north of town and turned west towards the Cherokee country CO1Is ?t') LAlOICl. Miti.t1ppi Attthritio-, Tr.ing to lolae a '" iu./t.. JAt^.soN, D0ec. 4.-After Jan, 1. 18i9, the convict leasing system becomes un lawful in Mississippi. and, the farms or dered purchased having not yet been secured, the penitentiary board or con trol has been forced to make other ar rangements. There are about 750 con victs able to work and the board entered into contract today to work nearly 1,000 acres of delta land on the half-and-half share plan, the state furnishing the labor and guards and the landlords the land, teams, seed, etc. Thte state worked two large farms in the delta on these terms last year, and made about 1,000 bales of cotton and 5,000 bushels of corn. besides an abundance of potatoes, peas, pumpkins, etc. RETRIBU'TIV'E JUSTICE. A lair of Idaho Conspirator,, (:et the wtor,.t of It. Gu.1xNtvvILt.r Ida.. Dec. 8.-A fatal shooting affray occurred on Salmon river, two miles above Fiddle creek. Hal !ord, Hepps anti O'Brien were working a claim. Ilalford supplying the grub and he others doing the work. O'Brien and [ltpps, it is said, conspired J to do away with Ilalford when he returned with a oad of supplies. Ilepps and ()'linen tot into a wrangle ovor the conspiracy nd O'Brien shot IliepN, killing him in tantly. Hialford, comning up. took the 'n away from tB linen, 'The latter then an for another gun and in self defense lalford abot hibt through the hips. 11al ird went to Mount Idaho and gave him elf up. O'lirien is said to te a hard haracter. MIolar Market. N E)w YOItt, Dec. 7.-Bar silver, (31; tad, Cl _ Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Hisiast Medal and Diploma.