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The record-union., 1891-09-17
DEMON STEER OF KANSAS.
a Mastodonic Wild Ok That Creates
Terror on the Plains.

George Wilson, one of the best known
cowboys of the Southwest. tells a re-
markable tale about mastodonic wild
steer which has roamed the ranges along
the border Tor many years, and whose
aggresSlvenesS and power make him the
dread OF every roundup outfit in the
country, writes a correspondent of the
st. Louis CbTOaicte.
No brand has ever been placed upon
the animal, yet no adventurous rustler
has ever dared to appropriate him. The
pugnaciouS brute is known far and wide
as the demon steer' on account of his
freaks. The animal knows no fear, and
his immense size makes him the terror of
everything that comes in his way. With
lowered head, glistenIng eye and sonor-
Gus below ne will madIy charge at any
thing that crosses his path. Many outtits
have rounded him up with the other
cattle, but when the circle gets too small
10 suit him he rushes past the riders as if
no such obstruction existed in his line of
flight.
Once one Of the big outfits determined
upon his capture, but it was sadly de-
morallzed outfit when he got through
with 1t. He gored two horses to death,
scared a dozen cowboys out of their wits,
stampeded the entire herd, and then
rushed through the camp scattering the
equipage i'll every direction, completely
abandoned, and from that time until now
no attempt has been made to capture
him.
Wilson says the steer killed big silver
| tip bear in a fair fight two years ago.
The combat was terrible affair and was
| witnessed from q safe distance by two
| cowboys. The bear attempted to creep
up on the steer, but the latter saw him
and at once gave battle. AS the steer
charged the bear rose to his hind feet and
gave the OK terrible blow with his paw
which served to stagger the beast for a
moment, but, with a below of rage, the
steer again rushed at the bear, and before
he could administer another blow had hit
him fair in the ribs and sent him rolling
on the grass. The fight then became fast
and furious, and soon the bear was seen
trying to crawl away from his enraged
opponent. The steer was too quick for
him, however, and headed him off and at
last gored him to such an extent that
death ensued.
The steer will die of old age and re-
main the king of the plains of the Pan
handle country until he becomes food for
the coyotes.
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CRACK MARKSMEN.
Presentation of Prizes Won at the
National Shooting Contest.

Presentation of Prizes Won at the
National Shooting Contest.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-The closing scenes
of the national shooting contest was wit
| messed at Fort Sherman to-day, when
| Major-General Miles, accompanied by
his brilliantly uniformed staff, presented
the winners of the medals, prizes, etc.,
| with trophies in the presence Of the full
Fifteenth Regiment and large number
of civilians from the city General Miles
made brief speech congratulating the
champions and thanking them on behalf
OF the United States army for their good
work. Each man then came forward
| separately and the medal was pinned on
his breast by General Miles, who ad-
| dressed to each a few words of personal
congratulations.
| The first awarded were the army rifle
team, four gold medals going to Sergeant
f. Rose, Sergeant f. O. Howell, Corporal
j. o. Holen and Sergeant n. Ray Six
silver medals went to Lieutenant F. g.
Ramsey, Sergeant j. w. Magyar, Lieuten-
ant NJ. j. OBrien, Lieutenant G.. Ger
hardt, Sergeant j. Quinn and Corporal j. !.
Dramey. respectively. The medals to the
| three best scores among the distinguished
rlf1emen went to Sergeant Byron Mer-
win, who captured the Buffalo" gold
medal, while Sergeant J. w. Davis and
| Corporal V. Sweinhart took the silver
''Tepee'' medals.
| Then came the cavalrymen, the army
carbine team, for place on the rifle team.
A Texan won the first place Sergeant H.
Heyser. The other three gold medals
went to Corporal L. T. Mitchell, Sergeant
J. L. Jackson and Sergeant NJ. Rohrer,
while six silver medals were carried off
by Sergeant f. E. Toy, Private J. B.
Foley, Captain w. 2. Hall, Sergeant G..
J. Henry, Sergeant T. Rankin and Ser
geant j. Hoffman. In the ranks of dis
tinguished carbine men blacksmith S.
Keiser, whose record of 648 points in four
days work has never been beaten. won
the gold Buffalo" medal. The silver
ones went to Corporal p. NJ. Hoke and E.
81. Steiner.
Then came the presentation of medals
| offered by newspapers and business
| firms. Lieutenant NJ. J. O'Brien took
| the Chicago Herald gold medal for the
! best total skirmish record, and the Shur-
| ley medal for the best individual skirmish
run among officers. Lieutenant W. M.
| Hughes took the Tribune gold medal for
| the greatest number of bulr s-eyes at two,
| three and five hundred yards among off,
GERS. The Chicago Inter Ocean medal to
| the officers making the highest score at
all ranges went to Lieutenant +. G. Ram
sey. Lieutenant-Colonel Hotchkiss of
the Illinois National Guard received the
Spalding medal for the best total at all
ranges; also the shotgun of Montgomery,
Ward IL Co. Sergeant F. Rose secured
The Herald purse of 500 for the highest
| total score at known distance and the
| Tribune purse of 500 for the best total in
skirmish firing. Sergeant A. G. Austin
gets 800 from the Inter Ocean for the
greatest number of bulps-eyes at all
ranges, and Sergeant Merwin $50 for the
best single skirmish run.
There were number of other prizes
offered by business men distributed.
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dressed the convention. The speaker re-
viewed at great length the history and
traditions of the Republican party, its
principles and its record in Congress.
The Republican party, he said. stands as
o bulwark against the movement for the
free coinage Of silver without the pre-
ylous international agreement. Every
man who believes in honest money and
who is opposed to inflated currency must
vote with the Republican party. If he
does not he is giving direct support for
principles which he abhors, and for busi
ness perils which he breads. The Re-
publican party has kept its pledge about
the tariff
The speaker then referred to reciprocity
and protection, coupled with subsidies to
American steamships, and in this, he de-
clared, the party had kept its promise to
develop commerce. Touching upon the
expenditures of the last Congress, he said:
If the Democratic party is opposed to
an increase in expenditures for the eff
cheney and extension of the postal service
of this great Government, a service which
touches the convenience, happiness,
business and homes of the people Of the
United States, let them say so.'
Reviewing the administration of Presi-
dent Harrison. the speaker drew favor
that OF the one preceding. He spoke of
the work of the State Department under
Blaine in glowing terms.
Continuing, he said: I'VE welcome
honest immigrants, but the time has
come to exclude the vicious and igno-
rant. To that work, now rising to the
first place among public questions, the
Republican party is ready to address
itself AS a national party we present
to the voters our works of the last two
years as pledge for the work we will do
the coming time, and on this ground we
ask support"
AT the conclusion of the speech the
Credentials Committee reported. Ex-
Governor Long then placed w. w.
Craper's name in nomination for Gov
ernor, and General Longwen that of
Charles II. Allen.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
platform. 1t was unanimously adopted.
The convention then proceeded to bal
lot. AT 2:25 the balloting was completed,
and recess was taken until 3 O'Clock to
allow time for counting votes.
The convention reassembled at $40 and
the result of the ballot was announced.
OF the total number, 1,23l, Charles ii.
Allen received 713. His nomination was
then made unanimous.
The following nominations were then
made: VIM. III. Hale, Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor; VIM. Olin, Secretary of State;
George a. Maiden, Treasurer and Re-
ceiver- General; Albert Z. Pillsbury, At
torney-General. The last two We're re-
nominated.
The convention then adjourned sine die
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Special to the RrconD-us1oS.

SALT LAKE (Utah), Sept. 16.-In the
irrigation Congress to-day, Francis ID.
Newlands of Nevada argued that the
field of individual effort in the matter of
irrigation was now exhausted, and the
time was ripe for the action of the Gov
ernment and States. The United States
should make grants in the arid regions
with view to developing the school in
terests. The Government should also en-
force the preservation of the forests.
A resolution was introduced and re-
ferred, calling for the issue of bonds to
the amount of Sl5O.OOO, COO for irrigation,
the bonds to be redeemable in treasury
notes issued against them.
In the afternoon, Judge Goodwin of
Salt Lake, Senator Warren of Wyoming,
and w. III. Mills and John p Irish of
California were the chief orators. Irish
did not favor the ceding of lands to the
States and Territories by the National
Government, but thought that the State
Government should assume the relation
of trustor and trustee, on a plan similar
to that of Illinois in the days of Stephen
A. Douglas. The question of irrigation
he considered largely of population.
Congress should be asked to deed arid
lands to the respective States and Terri
tories in trust
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THE CoNsUEGRA DISASTER.
Intense Misery Existing Among the
Survivors.

Intense Misery Existing Among the
Survivors.
MADRID, Sept. 16.-The loss at Consue-
gra by the floods is estimated at two and
half million. The misery existing is
intense. The inhabitants are compelled
to sleep in the open air, and ON a food
supply of the most meagre description.
Sixteen robbers have been caught riffing
the clothing of corpses. So far 945 bodies
have been recovered, and the search still
continues. The relief fund has reached
100000. The students are collecting
money for the suffering in the streets of
Madrid
The town of Templeque has been con-
verted into an island by the flood, and
communication with it is almost impos-
sible.
The storm wrought immense damage in
Murcam, Sarcargosa and Malaga. The
railway works at Ronda were greatly
damaged.
a gendarme at Consuegra. who was an
eye witness of the disaster, SAYS the
storm was accompanied by terrific thun-
der and lightning. He and companion.
on the order of the Mayor, ran to the
river to assist the unfortunates whose
houses were being flooded. With much
difficulty thirty persons were saved. The
mayor farrlVed on the scene and applied
to all possessing carts to assist in trans
porting the unfortunates to the upper
part OF the town, but the people were so
terror-stricken that they could hardly
move to the assistance of their drowning
comrades. Those in danger seemed in
capable of realizing that danger. Houses
collapsed one after another, and were
swallowed in the seething torrent, When
day broke he saw hundreds of men and
beasts struggling in the water, whirling
along so rapidly to destruction that they
could not be saved, and were soon lost to
sight. 1t was sight never to be forgot
ten
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MEXICAN CONGRESS.
DIAZ OPENS THE SES-
SION WITH a SPEECH.
The Country Progressing and Deve1-
oping It's Resources Without
Commissions of Any Kind.
Special to the REcoRp-UNror.

cpCSlsI W Ille DECOhD-ON1ON-
CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 16.-President
Diaz opened the Congress last night. In
his speech he said: ''Our foreign relations
are excellent. / have named Commits
sioner to the Monetary Convention at
Washington, also Commissioner to ar
range a treaty of reciprocity with the
United States. The convention with
Guetamala for arranging the frontier
limits has been extended two years.
Treaties of peace, friendship, commerce
and navigation have been signed with
Santa Domingo and Italy.
The Mexican Government refused
coal to the Chilean vessel Esmeralda, but
afterward consented to supply small
quantity, which was absolutely neces-
Junta asks for recognition, but we have
demanded time for investigation, as we
wish to be neutral.
Diplomatic relations have been com
menced with Japan, the Argentine Re-
public and Russia.
Mexico sent a Commissioners to the
Geographical Congress recently held in
Switzerland. A new Ministry, that of
Communications and Public Works, has
been established. A new sanitary code
has been promulgated, The penal code
has been reformed The school system
has been improved. Mining is progress
ing. Public land is being rapidly taken
up. Agriculture is flourishing.
Mexico has accepted the invitation of
the United States to attend the Chicago
Exposition, and / expect that Congress
will grant the amount of money neces-
sary that we may make showing worthy
of the place we occupy among civilized
nations.
"Our postal relations with foreign coun-
4,-,o r.
tending the postal facilities and routes.
Seven new steamship lines have con-
tracted to carry mails without subsidy.
THE Government telegraph lines are
being extended, the same as the rail-
roads. There are now 10000 kilometers
of railroads in operation. The works at
progressing. The Tehuantepec route
will soon be open from the Pacific to the
Atlantic.
''The works for the drainage of the
valley are progressing. New customs
tariffs have been published with lib
eral reform to increase the commerce.
| am sure that our receipts will more than
cover the expenditures. The Indian
| troubles in Sonora have ended. The
| army is being modified scientitically.o
In conclusion the President said: ''Y ou
see the country is progressing and devel-
| oping its natural elements without the
! precipitation of convulsions of any kind,
and consequently without the risk of a
crisis or panic, and we show the world
| that the country is satisfied with its insti-
tutions, dedicated to the peaceful deyel-
opments of its natural resources and
tending to the consolidation of her credit
by prudent business reserve and respect
for obligations.v
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FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION.
A Freight Train Runs Into the Rear. of
the Express.

A Freight Train Runs Into the Rear of
the Express.
BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 16.-The north
bound passenger train, due here last night
at II o'clock and in San Francisco at IL
o'clock this morning, was wrecked in the
mountain between Girard and Tehachapi
last night. The train had been stopped
for the men to remove rock, which was
caused by the fall of landslide, and
while at work down came freight train
of about thirty cars, some filled with
wheat, and ran into the passenger coaches.
Colonel William Harney, President of
the San Francisco Woolen Mills, and a
member of the California Commandery,
No. !, who was standing on the platform,
was killed outright, and his body was
brought to Bakersfield this morning. a.
Q. Baldeman, a travelling man, was con-
siderably bruised, and is lying at the
Southern Hotel. Several others were
hurt, including Mrs. Z. A. Healy of Los
Angeles and Mrs. Emma Shring of
Lafay cite, Ind.
The train left here this morning at
O'Clock with all the wounded on board.
The south bound train is still here,
waiting for the track to be cleared.
LATER-Tunnel No. II, near the train
wreck, has caved in, and another wreck
ing train has gone up with plenty of
heavy timbers, but it Is thought that no
trains will get through for two or three
days.
The train from the south, due here at s
O'Clock this morning, arrived after this
afternoon, the mail, express and passen-
gers having been transferred at Girard.
An accommodation train was immedi-
ately made up and left for San Francisco.
The jury at the Coroner's inquest found
that VIM. Harney came to his death by a
railroad collision last night, being jammed
between the cars, the cause of neglect of
the attaches of train No. Is.
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The Queen of Rounnania.

VENICE, Sept. lot was well known
last night that the Queen of Roumania
would be removed from the hotel in Dun
vile to-day. At an early hour this morn
ing the Grand Canal was crowded with
gondolas all the way from the hotel to the
railway station. Shortly after o'clock a
passage in front of the hotel was cleared,
and the Queen was carried into large
gpndola waiting at the side entrance of
the hotel and taken rapidly to the station,
accompanied by the King.
She wore no vail, and tried to look as
pleasant as possible, but it was apparent
to the few who were able to catch a
glance of her drawn and emaciated feat
ures that poor Carmen Sylvia had suffered
terribly and was now only the wreck of
a once beautiful woman.
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THE POLICE INTERFERED.
President Polk of the Farmers ALI
ance Escapes a Coat of Tar.

President Polk of the Farmers Alli-
ance Escapes a Coat of Tar.
WICHITA (Kas.), Sept. 16.-Colonel l..
l.. Polk, President of the National Farm
ers' Alliance, makes a point in his adj
dresses of denying the stories of his in
humanity to Union soldiers, and denies
that he ever held rank above Third Lieu
tenant, and could. therefore, never have
been in authority at any post. Mr.. Nc
Allister, a veteran of this city, who was
in Salisbury Prison, North Carolina,
when Polk was Governor, holds a sick
parole signed by l.. l.. Polk, Brigadier-
General commanding the post, and gives
the Alliance leader the bIackest reputa-
ton for his conduct TO Union prisoners.
A score or so of old soldiers got together
to-day and perfected plans for applying
tar and feathers to Polk before he should
leave town tonight, but somehow news
of their intentions leaked out and the po-
lice took steps to prevent the projected
assault.
The record-union., 1891-09-17
Special to the RrcoRp-uS1oS.


PITTsBURe, Sept. l6.-After six yearr'
search the son of George w. Whitebeck,
millionaire of Portland, Or, was found
at Homestead yesterday. Detective Ne
gus, who traced the boy, tells the follow
ing story;
George w. Whitebeck was one of the
most successful dealers on the Oregon
coast. He retired from business ten
years ago and married Lydia Robinson,
the daughter of one of the wealthiest Cal
ltornia forty-niners. She was Mr.. Rob
lnson's only child, and he gave her
aowry OF 100000. The happy young
couple built a fine residence on the out
skirts of Portland.
one afternoon, when the child was
fourteen months old, he was spirited
away. DiGgent search was prosecuted,
but no trace of him could be found. The
parents were almost frantic, and offered
fabulous amounts of money for the re-
turn OF the child. About month after
ward the family received conlmunica-
ton from San Diego, Cal, purporting to
be from the kidnapers. stating that if
$4,000 were forthcoming the boy would
be returned. Mr.. Whitebecl advertised
that double the sum would be gladly
pald ana no questions asked If the
anonymous writer would bring the boy
back, but the miscreants, evidently fear
ing trap, did not turn up.
u nave been steadily for two years in
search of the boy, and in that time have
visited almost every city in the
United States. l came across my
first clue at Omaha, Neb., about
six months ago, where L learned
that woman having strange
child bearing peculiar marks which 1
knew belonged to Harry, had left there
two years previously for Pittsburg. /
came here and located the boy near Home
stead. The man who had him gave him
up without any trouble. We will return
to Oregon as fast as possible.n
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slavin Willing to Meet sullivan,

New YORK, Sept. 16.-A letter was to-
day received from Frank P. Slavin
stating that he was ready to fight John
L. Sullivan for $4,000, bare knuckles or
with gloves, the battle-ground, whether
in England or America, to be decided by
toss. He says he will put up forfeit
reply from Sullivan.
Austin Gibbons to-day notified Richard
X. Fox not to pay over the stake money
in the recent fight to McAulifTe, as he
would hold him responsible for it. Glib
bons will carry the matter into the
courts, claiming that the articles of
agreement have not been fulfilled.
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GARCIA THE BANDIT.
He Crosses Into Mexico With the In
tention of Inciting a Riot.

ne SfoSSes iHUO MEXICO with the In
tention of Inciting a Riot.
SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Sept. 16.-An
authentic report of an incipient revolu-
tionary movement in Mexico was re-
ceived here to-day. Captain e. l.. Ran
dali of the Fifth Infantry, commander at
Fort Ringold, wired General Stanley
to-day that the notorious c.. G. Garcia
had crossed Rio Grandeland Starr Coun-
ties into Mexico with fifty armed men
for the purpose of melting a revolution.
He crossed fourteen miles below Rio
Grande City to the town of San Francisco.
General Stanley ordered Randall to send
detachment of cavalry and investigate
the case, patrol the river and cut off re-
treat in case the band returned.
The Mexican authorities at San Miguel
have been wired, and they are in pursuit
of the invaders. Garcia is professional
disturber, bandit and raider. He is a
desperate character, who once had power
in Tamaulipas, but has been out with the
Government for some years. He has
been wanted in Starr County, Texas, for
misdeeds, and escaped the rangers about
six weeks ago, when he crossed from
Mexico to organize. 1t is said he formed
his plans and started on raid this time
from Charcoa Alemonte in Starr County.
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FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.
Suits to Prevent Them Operating In
This State.

Suits to Prevent Them Operating In
This State.
Los ANGELES, Sept. 16. = Attorney
General Hart to-day commenced suit
against the Pacific Railway Company of
Chicago to prevent it from operating
railroads and doing business in this State,
upon the ground that foreign corpora
tions organized in other States for the
purpose of escaping the personal liability
of stockholders imposed by the Constitu-
ton of this State are forbidden by the
Constitution from doing business in this
State. The Pacific Railway Company is
a Chicago corporation, which owns q
cable system in this city.
The effect of this suit will be to. declare
the transfer from the Los Angeles COM
pany to the Chicago company void, and
reinvest the California company with the
property. This, the cable people claim,
will do their property no material injury.
The suit will, however, injure the Con-
solidated Electric Railway Company,
which was incorporated under the laws
of Arizona to escape personal liability.
It is understood that the Attorney Gen
eral intends to proceed against all foreign
corporations doing business in this State
whose incorporation has been effected in
other States to escape personal liability.
The suit will effect many corporations.
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Street Fight at Merced.

MERGED. Sept. 16.-J. w. Breckin-
ridge, ex-District Attorney, and J. A.
NOVEL;, editor of the Express, engaged in
street fight here last night. NOVEL; q
few weeks ago published an editorial
detrimental to Breckinridge in regard to
his family troubles with Lloyd Tevis,
whose son-in-law he formerly was. They
met last evening on Front street, when
after a few words Breckenridge broke his
cane over NowelPs head, cutting his face
in two places. Friends separated them.
No arrests
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Catholic Socialists.

LONDON, Sept. 16.-What gives special
interest to the various Catholic Socialist
pilgrimage to Rome, which are about to
take place, is that they viii be escorted
and presented to the Pope by
three of the most eminent per-
sonages in the Catholic Socialist
party-Monsignor Langeniux, Archbisor
OF Rheims; Count Albert Demun, deputy
and NJ. Harmel, working man, and
organizer of the pilgrimages.
1t is expected that the Pope will make
speech IN which he will clearly outline
the policy of the Vatican with regard tc
Catholic socialists.