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ROBBERS AND BOOTY CAPTURED.
All of tho Former and Part of the Latter
One of Them Con fesses.

All OF tho Former and Part of the Latter
Ons of Them Con fesses.
CALUMET, Mich. Sept. 1S.-Geo. Liberty,
locomotive fyeman lately discharged
from the Duluth. South Shore & Atlantic
railway. has been arrested, supposed 30 be
the man who handled the throttls on the
engine at the time of the train robbery Fsi-
day. He is claimed to have made . CON
fession. impioating King and his COM
panions. and Express Messenger Hogan.
consainsa in trunk which he shipped
from Houahton TO Marquette Saturday
morning. The trunk was found by the
officers. but tho money was not there,
Hogan. the express messenger was arrested
last night in this CITY. Aspecial from Mar
quette says six others besides Liberty and
Hogan are under arrest and la gs portion
of the money hns been recovered. Liberty
has beens associated with Butle., King
Chettew and other hard characters alleged
to be implicated in the robbery. Soon
after arrest he made clean bre,s Of the
| whole affair. He Ia in the Nj arQuetts jail.
| The officers remain very retioent reKasd-
ing arrests. but admit that they now have
| all the mon they want and arc directing
their energy to finding the remainder of
the stolen funds. They refuse to state how
muoh money Was recovered or where found.
| but report 10 current that the amount is
Sl4 900, and that it was found Ia possession
of the Shea brothers. who run saloon in
| Marquette. The entire plot Was Matched
| there and in consequence of Fireman L. A.
| Liberty'A confession the police arrested
| John and Michael Shea saloon keepers;
Moses Longtime, n brakeman on the pas-
senger train; Tom Winters, bnRRagemaster;
ID. w. Hogan. express mcssengec on the
Mineral Range train; Ed Hogan, bartender,
and Wesley Shoup. a hack diver.
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TELEG RAPHlC BRENITIES.

QUEENSTOWN. Sept. lS-The ship 81.
Monnn, from Tacoma. Wash. arrived here.
reports enoounteripg a feagful hurricane
and meeting a number of icebsrgs in the
south Atlantic.
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 1S-Tho First
National bank. OF East Portland, resumed
business TO-DAY. This makes the third OF
tho seven banks of the city which sus-
pended last July to reopen.
ROME, Sept. lS.-The pope has sent let.
ter 10 Satolli In which he treats OF Amsri-
can religious questions and expresses satis-
faction at tho union of tho Amerioxn. o.ersy
through the efforts of Satoli.
DENVER. Sept. 1S,-Crippsn. Lawrence &
Co. fled q deod of assignment this nfter-
noon. The firm 10 one of tho la gest lean
concerns In ths city or the west. They
have done business running up into ths
millions.
ST. PAUL, Sept ls.-Ths dry spsll was
broken TO- DAY BY n furious thunder sto IN,
accompanied by heavy rain. Then came a
downpour OF hail. During the storm two
people we're killed. by lightning while sit
ting in the house. Some damage was done
by hail.
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INTERNATIONAL BILLIARDS.

Ives Leads the English Champion at tho
Close of the First Night.
CHICAGO, Sept. 18.-John Roberts. cham
pion bi,liardist of England. and Frank G.
Ives. American champion. began six
night billiard game in Centn al Music hall
tonight 70 81, COO, the match 70 consist of
LOCO points each night. or a total of 5000
points. Tho game is English billiards.
spot stroke barred. with two and one-quar-
tor inch bnlls, and ia played a. on a six
pocked table, s!x by twelve feet, brought
from London. Roberts never before played
in America. Prior to the opening of play
IL was announced that Roberts would play
any man in the world $4,000 pointe reuulnr
En1lish game, for $1,000, odds of 5000
points.
The Enslishman WAS the frs. TO get
under headway tonight. With fine com
mand, force in hts drives. and great facility
in using the winning aud losing hazards.
he rapidly drew ahead. A run of 1T in the
twelfth inning was fine example of deli
cate nuroing and accurate position play.
He missed a masse shot, however, that Ives
or Schaetfer would not miss in a thousand
times. Az the end of tho fourteenth inning
the score was: Roberts 3G4, Ives seventy.
three.
The Chicago boys turn came In the
seventeenth inning, when he rallied tht
balls. When he had reached the corner hs
had clicked off 106. He turned the corner
with ono stroke and got the balls on the
long rail in perfect position. At 1913 cam.
freeze and Ives missed.
In the thirtieth inning Ives won BIG
round of applause by jumping over the
white and pockstinR the red ball. II was
the only way he could overcome a hard line
break and was I'm extraordinary shot. Al
the close OF the frsty-foufth inning Rob.
erts was 257 points in the lead. In the
ffty-fourth inning Ives got the balls on the
rail and passed his opponent easily and ran
the game, 1000 points. out. leaving the
balls in perfect position to renew playing
o-moriow night.
Roberts' scoro was S93. Averages, Ives
Is 8-54, Roberts 16 45-53. Highest runs.
Ives 1888, 304. Robsrts 81, 1l6.
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TAlL-END COLLISION,

Seven Persons Killed and Sixteen Injured
on tho big Four.
CHICAGo, Sert lS.-Seven wers killed and
sixteen injured in a tail-end collision on
the Big Four road near kankakes to night,
he hrst section of special passenger
train which loft Chicago early in tho even
ing had stopped for some m
known reason NJ Mantsno and The
second section, coming In at full
speed, crashed In the rear end. wreck
ing train was sent from Kankakss us soon
as possible and the dead and injured are
now being brought 30 Chicago. where they
will arrive about three o'clock. IL will be
impossible to obtain further details until
tho arrival OF the special T., ain.
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MONTANA HORSE NEWS.
How Marcus Daily Came to Get the Great
Senator Grady, Kto.

How Marcus Daily Came to Get the Great
senator Grady, kto.
That luok figures 10 more or less extent
In obtaining great colt 10 illustrated In
the case Of Senator Grady. J. &. O'Brisn.
OF Saltwater. who owns shs Senator'S
brother. st. Cfoix. sent an order east last
year 10 buy shts splt. unfortunately. says
the Breeder and Sportsman. he made =
limit of $2.5O0. and Marcus DAILY secured
hiIa At $3,800 ''St. Croix had not won up
TO that time" said O'Bften, . few days
since. and when ] named 42.b00 a. my
Limit did not think the colt. now Senator
Grady. would bring as muoh AZ that
amount. Why. would have given 2b, 900
fos him. ~ he was the image Of 81. Croix
hns Of more size and substance. look for
| him TO close the ssnson the king Of two
year-olds Of 1893. Domino IL an early colt.
nnd that kind rarely raos on 10 fame with
ago. II Is generally the late colt that be-
comes the world-bsatsr. and I look for
Aarous Days son Of Iroquois 10 prove tho
peer OF Foxhall Kssns's colt before the
season ends. Had secured ths younRstef
he would have swept the board for INC and
made what has thus far been a rather bad
season glorious success for the Lakeland
stable. This ia the fortune of the turf,
however. and what is one mans loss 10 an
Others gain: The copper king secured
Senator Grady and will win . fortune with
him, while l. we'll. guess / will have 10
PICK out another yearl!na next yeas and
take chance. ana You can go broke that
there will be no limit to my bid on the next
one that FANCY. Twill have him At any
| prioo."
The report comes from Butte that Hugh
kirkendsll intends taking his horses east.
Montana 10 running in great form, and IL is
the opinion Of many that IL will take a
high class stake horse TO take his measure
just now. Tho old mare Nevada ID just
about 40 good ~ she ever WAS, and ought
to pick mp quite a little money.
Uncls Bob. the American de by winner
Of 1890. great stake winner. disposed Of
ths day before The derby for S17. 800, was
sold tho other day for $35. With him went
a tent and q lot of cooking utensils. He
was bought BY . party In Anaconda. and
it's to DO hoped that the poor. broken down
old fellow will be turned ont and given a
! we'll me lied rest. He 10 the only horse
ever raced With broken log.
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Disappointed Boomers by the Score
Coming Back Tired, Dirty
and Sore.
Ton Mon for Every Claim, With
Murders and Contests In
Consequences.
frairie Fires and siishtinR winds Cons
tinne-Hiyat T"wnsites At War
Bodies Strew the Prairies

ARKANsAs CRY. Kan. Sept. 18.--Disap-
pointed boomers are returning by tha hun
dfeds. There were at loaet ten men to
every claim on the strip. As consequence
there will be contests without numbe and
there are repo t. Of several murders com
mitted On account of them. Deaths By
prairie fres nss repo ted TO be numerous
The sttip WAS again visited by hot winds
to-day. The wind here reached a velocity
Of thirty-ti1 mile an hour. Ii WAS laden
with intense heat and sand and made life
bu den. /. caused the rapid spreal OF fires
and reports of loss of life in ths flames are
expected to be numerous.
Nearly every townsts in tho strip has
rival. Enid, one OF the official county
seats on the Rock Island road, has rival
with tho same ZANE two miles south Of il.
The government refused to locate tho site
at the Rock Island station becaus an In
dim allotment was taken adjoining il,
Now the Rock Island refuses to stop trains
Mt the government site and is doing all il
can to aid the rival town. The governments
town Of Porfy ia a.so being ignored BY the
Santa Fc.
Asa Youmans. of Carthage, NO., paid by
a asndicate, took two lots in the ct in be-
fore opening Boomers attem pted to dis
lodge him. One asked for his eertinoate.
Youmnns said he had killed two sett era
and would kill more. The men strung him
up to tree and left his body as q warning
to 'sooners."
This evening two more mu- ders are re-
ported from Perry. George Hastings shot
and killed Hugh Johnson, of Arkansas,
over disputed claim. and a man named
Bedford shot one Hildebrsnd during a
quarrel over woman.
| KANSAS Cry, sept. 1S.-Kansas and Okla
homa were swept to-day by another hot
wind. The sky was obscured by clouds
to ninety fve degrees in this city. and in
various points in Kansas the thermometer
recorded aa high as ninety and
ninety-eiRht deg ees. Late corn, already
damaged by the long d ought, has been
badly bu ned and all vegetation parched TO
a cr.sr. The wind reached q velocity vary
ing in localities from thirty -fvs TO 70 "
| miles an hour. In cities and towns sliuh,
| damage is reported.
he retreat from Cherokee strip is still In
full force. Each traln which pulls In to the
union depot from the southwest brings
hundreds of disconsolate boomers. Ona
and al tell the same story of mismanage-
ment of the registration booths and ths
| mad race for land last Saturday. The tale
ls a severe tete otion on the governments &
management of the opening of the strip.
GUTHRIE o. t., Sept. lS.-A courier Just
in from the Pswnes reservation states that
hundreds Of settlers have been compelled
to abandon wagons. tents and outfits and
flee for their lives on horses. Sevsi al dead
bodies have been found, and IL is feared
many will perish. Boomers returned to-
day by hundreds dirty. tired and sore.
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WREAkED THEIR VENGEANCE.
Masked Men Iynoh Three Negroes and
Torture Three More.

Masked Men Iynoh Three Negroes and
Torture Three More.
New ORLEANS Sept. 1S.--Volsin, Basile
rnd Paul Julian, brothers of Rosslius
Julian, who murdered Judge Victor Es-
topinal, in Jefferson parish last Friday
afternoon. were arrested Saturday. charged
with being accessories to tho crime. and
confined In Jail at soushport. Saturday
night mob of armed mon rode up to the
jail. When they arrived at the Jail the
door was noiselessy opened and four men
entered. In a few minutes they reap
peared with two of the prisoners Nooses
wore made and quickly fastened around
the neoks Of tho two terror stricken negroes
and they were swung up.
Another visit 10 the jail was made and
again prisoners were brought out. three In
number. In a dense, secluded spot two
were tied up. thsir clothes stripped of and
they were lAshed and focqed with black
snskes until their backs were ruddy with
almost Hfe's blood. Then they were re-
leased, shown to the woods and given
| twenty minutes in which to leave tho par.
ish. The third was taken to the camp par
| apet and there met the same fAte that had
befnllsn his two brothers.
RICHMOND Va. sept. 1S.-A mob this
morning attempted to lynch Charles Allen,
n negro. who attempted to assault white
woman. The militia was called out 30 de-
fend the jail. Tonight the mob 10 gaining
recruits and a collision 10 feared.
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TO-DAY the General Passen-
ger and Ticket Agents of the
American Association meet at
Milwaukee, Wis.
The enormous extent to which
railway construction on this side
of the Atlantic has been carried,
places our total mileage away
beyond the one hundred thou
sand mile mark. Our railway
system aggregates several billion
dollars in value, and the annual
total Of our railway passenger
traffic surpasses the dreams OF
fancy.
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Mexico. Central and fouth America Hn I'll
and Ban Domingo to join the United atntcs
In conference In Washington, four
months after tbs pnaaaRs of the not. to 80
cure the adoption Of common silver dol
lnr Of not less than 3533l Rtaina nor mora
than 3s3. l3 grains pure silver, to be issued
by each government, be a loyal tender for
NIL commercial trnnaactiona between all
citizens OF Nil American staten; that the
hndin0 OF tho delegates shall DO binding on
the governments which sent them. ana on
nm agreement being renched, the govern-
ments represt nted shall open thor mints
TO the unlimited coinage of silver for tho
benefit Of depositora.
Petsr's resolution of inquiry, whether
legislation 10 neceHaArv to prevent tho in
terruption Of interstate trains by robbers,
was taken ur and was still under consider
alton when the senate adjonrned to take
part in tho centennial ceremonies.
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ON THE RACE TRACK.

Flyers Over Eastern Courses Who Came
Under the Wirs In Front
LAroNIA. Sept. 1S.-Traok fair. Seven
furlones-Vida, Say On, White Nose. J. 80;
mile-Sister Mary. Ida Rickwick, Capt.
Dtake. 1:4l; six furlones-Golden HOPE,
Destroy, Confidence. 1:l7A; eleven-six-
teenths of mile--Lehmnn. Ganslon,
George Breok, 1:os$l; five furlonas l..
Maryland. Jim Henry, 1:0Sa; five fu longs
-Alibi. Little Mas. Mote 1;03ts.
uR,vrsENp hept, Is. TRICK fair. Mile
nnd one-si1tesnth-Rudolp Prince George,
Loudon. las; hve furlongs, Sam Lucas.
Weinberg Dorian, l;0lls; six furlongs-
Kingston, Pedestrian, Annie Blshop, l;45t, {;
mile and -sixteenth-Sr Matthew
lonestrees, TetriAer, 1:h3; six furlones--
Merry Monarch, Lustre. Highland. l:l44.
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Every Ono for ItmaaiK.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The ways aud
means committee liatsned 10 arguments of
representatives. of a number OF industries
again to-dny, John W. Stewart. represent
ing importers of seal plaehes, declared the
present tariff practically prohibit!vo and
deprived the government Of enormous rev
enue. Seal pushes made here are Tar in
ferior to the foreign article. Col. w. W.
Dudley wanted the duty ON mineral salta
reduced, ns they do not enter into competi-
ton with American.
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The Welcome Rain,

ASHLAND. Wis, Sept. 18.-Fire through
out tie state was extinRuished by heavy
rain to-day. Capt. Day estimates that no
less than 100000 feet of pine on the
Odnnah reservation were burned. causing q
loss to the governments Of $3.50. 900. Neither
shis city nor Bayfield, IL In danger. Tho
Waterworks system has boon put In work.
ing o der again.
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Don't Want tho Central,

MILWAUKEE Sept 1s.-This morning the
receivers of the Northern Pacific appeared
in court and agreed 10 surrender tho Wis
consin Central lines 10 the old management
in view Of the loss sustained by operation
of the line and the poor prospect OF i'm
ptovcment. The details of the matter are
being arranged.
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- . -"
Mmpnied but Not Killed..

CLrARrlELp. Pa. Sept. 1S.-The cable
attached to a onge in Wipton's coal shaft,
near Morrisdale, broke to-day when the
age was near the top and seven minors fell
1856 feet 10 tho bottom. They were all tei-
ribly manRled. but 80 far but one death
has resulted.
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sixteen Bl.wn Z. Pieces.

CoNLoN. N. G.. Sept. ls.-Nsar Whittier
to-day tho boiler In Kosley's sawmill ex-
ploded. The mill was wrecked and ak men
killed-Richard Nichols. James Kelley, Bon
MoMahon, Gates AoMahon, Jeaae Gunter.
Henry Smith. The bodies we're blown 10
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. - Tho rugged,
healthy glow on the president's cheeks and
tho firm. strong upright pose OF his bearing
to- day did much to allay any anxiety on
the part of those who have been troub ed
about recent rnmors concerning his health.
HIS voice was strong and penetrating and
his Qeatutee yigOYors
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ecant News From Rio.

LONDON. Sept. 18.-Sir Edward Grey. par
liamentnTy secretary of the foreign ofnce
in the commons this afternoon said the
British consul at Rio reported trade par
alyzsd. Sir Edward added that the Gap
tains of neutral warsbiis were endeavoli ing
TO pt event fu.thes bombardment Of the
citY.
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The NalkyHis NiShtcd.

New YoRx. sspt. lS.-ln all p,obsb ility
before sunset 10 morrow. II the weather
remains favorable. tho ValkYris will glide
past tho Hook. She was sighted this after
noon by the National liner Spain, bowling
pace.
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Tho Pan Rolig ious Congress

CnIcAoo, Sept. ls.-Col. Thomas Went
worth Hiaainson, Of Boston. WAS the prin-
cipai speaker AT to- days session of shs par
lament of religion'. His subject was
sympathy of Religions" Among the other
speRkers were Bishop Dudley. of Kentucky.
and Prof. Lyon, OF Harvard.
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Cholera in Europe.

HAMBURG Sept, 1s.-Health officers Of
the city admitted this evening thnt there
havo bsen twelve cases of cholera since the
10Th. Five proved fatal aud to. day there
wee three further deaths. Four deaths
occurred in the suburb OF Saint George.
one in Saint Paul. Cases of illness are
scattered through va; ;ious parts of the city.
The authorities are taking energetic meas
ures TO prevent the spr ead of the disease.
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sesttie's Fleeing Treasurer.

sp. PAU. Sept ls.-Adolph Krug. al
legged detnulting city treasurer Of Seattle.
Wash. was arrested AZ ths union depot
ho this evening, Just rs he was about to
take the oastbound Omaha ttain for CHI
ORpo.
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Silonos May Come High,

Silence ia golden. but yOu never rsalizs
how golden until you have TO buy M.-At-
Gibson Globe.
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Cauada's New Governor Installed.

QUEBEC, Sept. 18.-Lord Aberdeen, the
new governor general Of Canada. was
sworn in to-day In tho Legislative council
chamber. which was crowded with the elite
OF Quebec and other cities. Quebec was In
gala dress and all possible ceremonial was
observed during the dav. Both Lord and
Lady Aberdeen made themselves thoroughly
popular. LAZY Aberdeen's address, made
on board the steamer last night. was greatly
admired. In IL she stated that her Irish
village Al the Worlds fair was success.
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PLAYING WAR.

Army Mansuvers on . Large Scale in
GuENE, Sept. 1S.-The maneuvers of the
German army began to-day IN the presence
of q most brilliant gathering of notable
personsges. The meeting 10 an especially
important one and will be conducted on .
more extensive scale than at the recent
great assemblage of German troops at
Metz. which was given extra significance BY
the presence Of the Italian crown prince as
tho special guest of Emperor William.
The principal figures on the field, the en-
perors Of Austria and Germany, the duke
Of Connaught and the king of Saxony,
watched the movements Of troops
with the greatest interest. Tho town
OF Gusne was cspturod to-day by
the cavalry division of the southern
army, which advanced from Styria and met
division of the northern army's cavalry,
consisting of 10000 horse and three batteries,
few miles south OF Gusne. The northern
force was At first suecsssful but was finally
driven back by the infantry foroe which
accompanied the southern division Of cav
alry. Twenty thousand soldiers of tho
southern army advanced through Gnene
this afternoon and occupied the villages
situated a mile north of town. The en-
gagement of the rival oavalFy TO ses was
intensely exciting. Several serious aooi-
dents occu rcd TO oavalrymen In the vaHi-
Gus charges and number of officers and
men were thrown from their horses and
tramplsd upon.
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American Monetary Conrercncc Proposed.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 49, In the senate
stewart. OF Nevada. introduced an amend
mens 10 the repeal bill authorizing the
president 10 invite the governments Of
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eREVITIES THAT CHEER.

''WHY did you arrest this mann
asked the judge, sternly. For prac-
tice," returned the policeman. I'm
new on the force. and wanted TO learn
how, yer honor"
THE children viii drive me crazv'''
said Wearipop. First, they ruin the
hardwood floors with their tops and
now they've got stills toenable them TO
rub their heads on the ceilings
WELL. you know. Mr.. Winters SAID
Miss Bosbysheel. aiTily, "a girl OF eight
cen Is quite as old as man Of twenty
one" "oh, frequently retorted Win
ters. ~ know IN eighteen-year-old
maiden who was born II 1867"
I'VE had buckwheat cakes for break
fast this morning" said Wallie- Does
your mamma let You eat buckwhsat
calzes?" asked Hal, seriously. 40: but
can lock at EN- and kind OF imagine
how they tastes. said Wallie, snac@-ing
his lips with pleasure. -Harpers BazA-.