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, 1889-10-31

DENVER, Oct. 3O.-The only business
OF Importance transacted by the engineers
tn day was auditing the charity claims,
which amount to about $50, 900.
The committee of ten appointed on
Monday to confer with a like committee
from the Knights of Labor and Brother.
hood OF Firemen on the federation ques.
ton reported they were unable to reach
any conclusion and asked for for further
orders. The convention sdded to this
committee Geo. w. Vroman and sent
them back for further elaboration. Vro-
man a candidate for grand chief and is a
warm supporter of federation and the
opinion is that these committees will rec
ommend the adoption Of the articles OF
federation presented at Atlanta with a
slight modification,
The convention will probably adjourn
Tuesday or Wednesday next.
The remains of Brother Mccormick
were sent to Boone, Ia, this evening.
, 1889-10-31
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Advices from Scutari state that 200
houtes in that place hav been destroyed
by fire.
According to advices from Belgrade.
ex-King Milan will shortly be married to
a Partisan lady.
John L. Manning. ex-governor of
South Carolina. died near Camden, N.
j., Tuesday, aged "a.
Col. Witzler, ex-chief Of the national
bureau of statistics, is dangerously i'll at
his home in Columbus. Mo.
The Paris Figaro says the marriage ar
ranged for Prince Murat and Miss Gwen
doline Caldwell has been abandoned.
George B. Mcclellan, son of Gen. Nc
Clellan, and Georgiana H~ecksher, of New
York. were married yesterday at Newport,
r. l.
1t is stated that Archduke John of
Austria will Join the staff of a New York
paper. His name has been stricken from
the army list.
At Topeka, Kan, Thursday, the first
conviction under the Kansas Prohibition
law for the sale of hard cider was secured
in the district court. The defendant was
a proprietor of a hotel.
lue autrlCdn HOTse SNOW Openeu al
Expo5ition building. Chicago. yesterday,
with a very fine display of equine animals
of all varieties. embracing many of the
most famous in the country.
Chief Moves will advise the Cherokee
council to accept the governments offer.
Bushyhead will join in the recommends
ton, and the prospects now are that the
Cherokee commission will meet with sac
cess.
DIR. Schwinfurth the we'll known Afr.
can traveller, has written the Berlin
National G0zette that a letter from Emin
Pasha which reached Capt. Wissmann,
justifyies the fact that Emin and Henry
NJ. Stanley will arrive at Upwapa.
On Tuesday night a near Otisville, N.
j., part of a freight train broke away
and backed down down grade, crashing
into another freight and wrecking the en-
CINE and twenty four cars. Two were
killed and some others severely injured.
The president male the following ap-
pointments in the navy yesterday: A.
Windsor to be chief engineer with the
rank OF lieutenant commander, William
b. Caperton to be lieutenant, Harry
Hodges to be lieutenant, James A. Ring
to be paymaster, Charles A. Atwater and
John II. l. Holcombe to be lie~utenants,
Junior grade.
One of the large boilers of the Bellaire
blast furnace at Bellaire, o., exploded
yesterday with terrible force. The nail
factory was entirely demolished and win
dows were broken in all adjoining build
ings. The wreck was scattered over an
area of 100 yards. Damage $500, 900. No
one injured.
Advices from Brisbane state hat ma
tives of Southwest New Guinea have
massacred the Rev. Mr.. Savage, sent out
by the London Missionary Society, and a
number of native teachers and the crew
of the cutter Mary belonging to the soci-
ETY.. The steamer Albatross, belonging
to the Queensland government, has been
dispatched to the scene.
, 1889-10-31
RAILROAD WRECKS.
Three Accidents on Eastern
Railroads Yesterday.
Bedford, Clarke 6 Co., Will Re-
sumo Business.
The All-American Excursion
lists in Kansas City.
Railroad Wrecks.

PrTTsBURG, Oct. 3O.-It is reported
from Rochester. Pa, that the New York
and Chicago limited express on the Penn
sylvania road was wrecked this morning.
The rear of the limited was run into by a
freight train. The observation car was
wrecked, Brakeman Peters killed and the
engineer and fireman seriously hurt. The
passengers were badly shaken up.
GOSHEN, Ind, Oct. 30.-The limited
vestibule train. west bound on the Lake
Shore road, vas wrecked at Wawaka this
morning. The entire train was thrown on
its side. The wrecking train with railroad
officials and physicians have gone to the
scene. Various reports are rife as to the
loss OF life and injuries to passengers.
A later dispatch says: The accident was
caused by the breaking of the sidebar of
the engine. Three cars and the engine
were ditchee. One passenger was slight
ly hurt.
LYNcHBURG, Va, Oct. 3O.-A passen
ger train bound east and a freight train
going west on the Norfork & Western
railroad collided last night between Lab
erty and Thaxtons. Both trains were
wrecked. 1t is reported the fremen and
engineers of both trains were killed. One
pa ssenger was killed and many hurt.
, 1889-10-31
The Cronin Trial.

CHICAGO, Oct. 80. AT the opening of
the Cronin trial this morning the state 8
attorney secured an attachmcnt for Ed
ward Spellman of Peoria, ILL.,. district Of
icer OF the Clan ma Gael. The first wit
ness was Dennis O'Connor. He testified
to the proceedings of Camp 20. on the
night of Feb. S. His memory was very
deficient.
Patrick Nolan, financial secretary of
Camp 20. testified that at the meeting of
the camp the night before Cronin was
murdered there was a call for the report
OF the secret committee appointed Feb. s..
and Beggs, senior guardian. said the COM
mlttee was to report to him personally.
The next witness was Capt. Thomas 4.
OConnor. the man who created the ex-
element in Camp 20 on the night of Feb.
8 by saying that he had heard read in an
other camp the report of the committee
hat tried the triangle.
Capt. O'Connor said Andrew Eoy made
a speech saying the disclosures by LeCa-
ron showed there were four British spies
in the Clan nj Gael ana it was necessary
to reorganize in order to get them out.
OConnor then said the organization was
run by a parcel of roguss. as the executive
body had squandered over 800. 900 of the
organization's funds and sent its best men
into English prisons; that LeCaron was
the agent of the executive body and paid
by them. O'Connor then told of hearing
In another camp the report of the COM
mlttee to try the triangle and had seen a
report OF 300 closely written pages. Then
, 1889-10-31
GIant spIders of ceyIon.

Far up in the mountains of Ceylon and
India there is a spider that spins a web
hk bright, yellowish silk, the central net
of which is five feet in diameter, while
h supporting lines, or guys as they are
called, measure sometimes ten or twelve
feet long, and riding quickly in the early
morning you may dash right into it, the
stout threads twining around your face
like a lace veil, while, as the creature
who has woven it takes up his position
in the middle, he generally catches you
right on the nose, and, though he seldom
bites or stings, the contact of his large
body and long legs is anything but pleas
ant. If you forget yourself and try to
catch him, bite he will, and, although
not venomous, his jaws are as powerful
as a birds beak, and you will not forget
the encounter.
The bodies of these spiders are very
handsomely decorated, being bright gold
or scarlet underneath, while the upper
part is covered with the most delicate
slate colored fur. So strong are the webs
that birds the size of larks are frequently
caught therein, and even the small but
powerful scaly lizard falls a victim. A
writer says that he has often sat and
watched the yellow and scarlet monster,
measuring, when waiting for his prey
with his legs stretched out, fully six
inches, striding across the middle of the
net, and noted the rapid manner in which
he wound his stout threads around the
unfortunate captive. He usually throws
the coil about the head till the wretched
victim is first blinded and then choked.
In many unfrequented dark hooks of the
jungle you may come across most perfect
skeletons of small birds caught in these
terrible snares, the strong folds of which
prevent the delicate bones from falling
to the ground after the wind and weather
have dispersed the flesh and feathers
from the body.-Exchange.
, 1889-10-31
OUT TO-DAY.

THE WEEKLY LEADER, issued
this morning, is the largest and best
family newspaper published in the
weSt. 1t contains SeUenty-two COL
umnS Of latest dispatches, foreign
and domestic, a resume Of the weeks
doings in Cheyenne and Wyoming and
much selected miscellany, stories of
adventure and travel. sporting and
theatrical HewS and a chess depart
ment. Only 5 cents q copy; 50 a
year, strictly in hand paid in advance.
This is a splendid paper for eastern
people or those who do not receive
mail daily.
, 1889-10-31

Dan Coughiin moved the appointment OF
a secret committee to find out the source
of O'Connor's information. Senior Guar
dian Beggs said he would appoint the
committee.
On cross examination, Capt. O'Connor
said he did not say in his speech on Feb.
s that Cronin read the report of the trial
committee, nor did he say at what camp
1t was read. He said that he had been
subpenad to appear before the Cronin
coronor's jury. He met Beggs and asked
him if he should disclose the secrets OF
the organization. Begss told him
to go ahead. They we're already public
property. On Reorganization the fact was
brought out that there were five or six
members OF the camp present when wit
ness made his speech of Feb. 8, when
the report in regard to the triangle trial
was given. He explained it was n verbal,
not a written report. There were eigh-
teen Or twenty members of Camp 20
in the other camp when the report was
made. That report, he said. was made
by the late DR.. Cronin, his (Cronin's s.
camp. Subsequently DR.. Cronln showed
witness a written report.
Henry Owen O'Connor. member Of
Camp 20, described the proceedings at
the meetings of Feb. 8 and % without
bringing out new points. AT a subsequent
meeting, however, he said Dan CoughlIn
came up to him and said that information
had been received in Chicago to the eff
feet that a confederate, LeCaron, was in
the organization.
Patrick McGarry. senior guardian of the
Clan ma Gael camp in Lakeview, organized
by DR.. Cronin, told of the visit he made
to the house OF Iceman O'Sullivan on
the Sunday following Cronin's disappear.
ance. He questioned O'Sullivan very
closely about his contract with Cronin
and described the twitching OF O'Sulli-
vans face.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
, 1889-10-31
The E.cursionists i'm ans CIV

KANSAS CRY, Oct. 3O.-When the
all-American excursionists awoke this
morning, it was raining. being the first
rain since the journey began. Among the
places visited here were the smelling and
refining works, where each delegate was
presented with a silver medal souvenir the
size of a silver dollar. Upon one side are
the heads of Presidents Harrison and
Diaz, in relief, with the inscription
Greeting" On the other side are the
words: Reciprocity. The United Ameri-
cans Commerce" Minister Romero of
Mexico returned thanks on behalf of the
delegates. The party then returned to
the hotel for dinner.
, 1889-10-31
ANOTHER DEAL.
It is Said the q. P. has Secured
Control of the Alton.
The Rumor Denied at Boston
Heaquarters.
A Pretty Actress Elopes With
a Russian.

BosToN, Oct. 30.-Thc story that the
Union Pacific has purchased the Chicago
& Alton is pronounced untrue at the
Union Pacific Office.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-"The statement
that the Chicago & Alton has been abb
sorbed by the Union Pacific is a lie made
out OF whole CLOTH" said Vice-Prcsident
McMullen.
New YORK, Oct. 30.-The CONNER
cial Advertiser says: Notwithstanding
the denials regarding the purchase OF
Chicago & Alton by the Union Pacific
it is asserted positively this evening that
the deal has been accomplished. J.
Pierpont Morgan is credited with having
put the thing through. II is asserted
that the papers will all be signed in a few
days and the independence of the Chicago
& Alton will cease.
When the Alton withdrew from the In
terstate Commerce Railway Association
its position was such that 1t must either
begin to fight for business, lease, or sell
out to some other company.
The Atchison finally made an offer to
purchase control at 1925 a share. This
llOpOoilou was hOb odtioiaCbOI1 duu Tue
negotiations fell through. The Union
Pacific, in contemplation of its deal with
the Northwestern, offered $40 per share
and the Alton accepted. Chauncey NJ.
Depew did not seem disposed to admit
the full effect and full influence attributed
to the transaction. He said:
There has been no change of proprie
tsry interest in the Alton system as far as
| know. nor, as | am informed has a
traffic arrangement similar to that between
the Northwestern and Union Pacific been
agreed upon. The newspapers have been
induced to make too much of the mat
ter"
President Blackstone of the Chicago
K Alton said this evening that efforts
were recently made by the Big Four syn
dictate to close a traffic agreement with the
Alton. but none of the plans proposed
were accepted and the matter has been
dropped for the present. There has been
no offer to buy the Alton.
, 1889-10-31

New York. Oct. 30.-Stocks were
again irregular, feverish ard unsettled to-
day and, as usual of late, all interest in
dealings centered in two or three stocks,
while the remainder were dull and traded
in within narrow limits. The story that
the Chicago &.Alton would be taken in the
new alliance and with the aid of London
buying, Union Pacific advanced over l
per cent and it crossed 6S for the first
time in nine months. But the advance
was not sustained. The close was quiet
and firm generally at a shade better than
last nights prices.
Government bonds dull and steady.
Petroleum opened firm at 1864 and adj
vanced to l07 in the first hour. Realiz
ing sales then caused a sharp decline. but
in the afternoon the market rallied and
closed firm at 1864.
American cotton seed oil 4I2
Money on call light at 8 to 10 per
cent. Last loan 8.
Following are closing prices of sticks.
, 1889-10-31

In a recent article in the Youth's Com
pdmon, on How to Cure a Cold" a
writer advises a hot lemonade to be taken
at bed time. 1t is a dangerous treatment
as it opens the pores of the skin and
leaves the system in such condition that
another and more severe cold is certain
to be contracted. Many years constant
use and the experience of thousands of
persons has fully demonstrated that there
is nothing better for a severe cold than
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t acts
IN perfect harmony with nature, relieves
the lungs, %liquifes the tough tenacious
mucus, making it easie. to expectorate,
and restore the system to a strong and
healthy condition. For sale by B. B.
David.
, 1889-10-31
A Chickens Devotion.

A correspondent of La Nature, a
French scientific journal, relates that his
young brother had made a pet of a
chicken of the Houdan variety. Every
morning in coming out of the house the
young man brought with him a handful
of crumbs or of grain or of something
else that chickens like, and little by lit
tie his Houdan pet acquired the habit of
following him about the place.
In a grove neal the house there was a
bench. When the young man reached
this bench he invariably seated himself,
and the fowl, jumping up by his side,
picked the food from his hand and was
petted by being stroked on the head and
back.
This had gone on for quite a long time
when h young man left home to go to
college. For the first day or two the
chicken seemed not to be i~nconsolable
over the loss of its friend, but took its
food with the rest.
After a few days, however, the fowl
seemed to become aware that its friend
was not coming back, and it was seized
all at once with an unconquerable mel
ancholy. 1t fingered morning after
morning under the windows of the house
as if waiting for its master to come out.
Finally it betook itself to the bench
where its master had been accustomed
to feed it, and there it remained, its head
under its wing, almost m~otionless, day
and night. 1t was useless to try to tempt
it with food; the chicken refused to look
up when the most tempting handfuls of
grain or dough were thrown down be-
fore it. Its eyelids were closed, and its
intention to die of hunger was so evident
that it was deemed merciful to kill it.
, 1889-10-31

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The Interstate
Commerce Railway Association is practi-
cally dead. The Rock Island. Burlington
and St. Paul road take the ground that
the agreement has been violated by the
traffic agreement between the Union Pa
ci6c and the Northwestern. The Times
tomorrow will say: They will no longer
be bound by the rules of the association,
although formal notice OF withdrawal has
not been given
, 1889-10-31

HELENA, Oct. 30.-The attorneys in
Tunnel precinct case consumed tie day in
arguments on the motion of the Demo-
Gratis for Judgment on pleadings. 1t looks
as though the case will not be finished
thia mnol
, 1889-10-31
skipped with His Bookkeeper.

MILFORD, Del, Oct. 3o.-A great SEN
sation has been caused by the flight of J..
Alexander Harris with Miss May Ellis,
his bookkeeper, leaving a wife and four
children and unpaid bills to the amount
of $4,000, principally due farmers and
small merchants.
, 1889-10-31
Relief for the Settlers.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-Upon presen-
tation by Congressman Elect Hansbrough
as to the suffering condition of settlers,
Secretary Proctor has granted permission
for settlers to secure wood from Fort Tot
ten reservation upon such conditions as
may be agreed upon by the post COM
mander and a board of commissioners to
be appointed from the counties.
, 1889-10-31

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The receiver for
Bedford. Clark & Co., was to day author
lied to pay 5000 judgment of the First
National bank and sell bills receivable and
accounts now in his hands 10 Alexander
Bedford for their face value. 1t is semi
officially stated that the firm will resume
business.
, 1889-10-31

NILES, Mich, Oct. 30.-The trial of
Eliza DAVIS for grand larceny has brought
but the fact Mrs. Monro (Mrs. Davis
mother) Is in reality old Mrs. Bender, of
the notorious Bender family of Kansas.
A requisition has been asked for and as
soon as it arrives the prisoner will be
taken to Kansas for trial.
, 1889-10-31
EIoped with a Russian.

New YORK, Oct. 30.-Marie Harton,
the pretty actress who has been playing
"Claudine" in the Drum MAYOR at the
Casino, eloped with a Russian attached to
the embassy at Washington. They sailed
this morning.
, 1889-10-31

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-The report of
commissioner of customs for the last fiscal
year shows that $225, POP, 412 has been
paid into the treasury as receipts from
various sources. The amount paid out of
the treasury on various accounts was $685.
lh3. 9q2.
, 1889-10-31

New York. Oct. 3O.-The steamer
Kanawha from Newport arrived this
morning with the crew of the steamer
Cleopatra, twenty-six IN number, and a
crew of thirteen of the steamboat Crystal
Wave, which was sunk in a collision yes
terdaY off Capes of Delaware. All hands
were saved
, 1889-10-31

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-The Star to-
night says; The civil service commission
have decided to ask the district attorney
to prosecute all persons concerned in the
preparation and distribution of the polIti-
cal assessment circular recently sent out
by the Old Dominion Republican League
to Virginians in the government service.
The finest and cheapest cuts Of all
kinds of meats, can be bought at H. F.
Shuldt's meat market, Seventeenth street.
Fine Greeley Potatoes at
Il. S. JOHNSTON & BRO's.
Fine aUatch repairing bU
g. ". BrOtUn, the 1sth
street jeiUeIer.
Fine Greeley Potatoes at
E. s.. JOHNSTON & Bros.
, 1889-10-31

Fine Greeley Potatoes at
Il. S. JOHNSTON & BRo's.
, 1889-10-31
SOMETHING NEW.

The brilliant discoveries OF the nine.
teenth century, are astounding compared
with preceding ages. The wonderful re-
suits accomplished by steam are innum-
cradle, but electricity is steadily pushing
its way to the front. The names of Ed.
son and Clarke will shine as stars in future
ages, Now, the latest discovery, but not
the least, of the epoch is the mounting
OF animals, birds, ETC.. by electricity.
This wonderful process in taxidermy is ac-
complished BYE. Clarke, the greatest tax
ermist of the age laboratory and mus.
cum at 5l7 West Sixteenth street.
, 1889-10-31

Job Printing at the Leader office.
, 1889-10-31

The finest sausage in town can be OBJ.
tanned at H. F. Shultd's meat market
opposite City hall.
, 1889-10-31

& historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-02-16
Harvard and Columbia to Row.

Boston, Feb. l6-The Columbia freshmen,
in letter dated 18th inst, accept the Har-
ward freShmen's challenge to row an eight
cared, two mile, straight away race at New
London next June, the date to be agreed upon
hereafter. On receipt of the letter Capt.
Kidder, of the Harvard's, wrote to the Yale
freshmen declining their challenge for race
on the ground that his crew could not row
two races i'll the short time it would be at
New London, and that, as the Harvard fresh
men were beaten last year by Columbia, they
feel that they are compelled to row Columbia
this year.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-02-16
The College Lane Question.

We publish in another column the
reply sent to the City Council by the
authorities of the College, giving
their reasons for refusing to reopen
the lane across the corner Of the Col
lege Green. The reasons given seem
to fully justify the action taken by
the College authorities. The re-
sponsibility is evidently on the City
Council to see to it that King George
street is extended as q means of ap.
proach to the Severn River Bridge.
The act of Congress refers evidently
to that extension as the only right
OF way across the government land
granted to the county; and the SCUM
ty is required to keep it in order
The only thing uncertain is whether
the city or the United States is to
pay for the purchase or condemna-
ton of the Freytag and other prop.
erty which now blocks the way
That question, we understand. is
now under discussion between the
city authorities and those of the Ma
val Academy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-02-16

BUFFALO, Feb 16-William f. Jones, the
defaulting cashier of the Continental Oil
company, of Denver, Col, who was arrested
in Toronto on Wednesday, has arrived in this
city in company with the local agent of the
American Surety company, of New York,
which concern furnished Jones' bonds, and
has been lodged in jail Jones told a reporter
that he had taken $1,000 from the company
and fed TO Canada. He was so bounded by
police and others who suspected him of being
fugitive, AMI the money having been spent,
he notified his bondsmen that he desired to
give himself up. Jones left young wife and
four children in Denver when he fed Both
he and his wife belonged to the best families
of that city.