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HAS TWO RECEIVERS
Short Line and Utah Noftharn in
a Sad JumbIe.
HEAVILY LOADED WITH DEBTS
Before the Order Is Operative Il Vast
Snrn IN Interest Must BE
Paid over.

Salt Lake, Utah. June 10-Judge
Merritt OF the Third district court
handed down q decision In the Oregon
Short Line and Utah Northern case to-
day. He appoints John NJ. Egan Of St
Faul and ". IT, Bancroft Of Salt Lake
receivers Of the enIire property within
the jurisdiction Of the count. This IS
upon The condition that the interest
no4e due on mortgages be paid by July
], and all interest falling due thereafter
be paid within - days from maturity.
Otherwise the property shall be sur
rendered to the receivers Of the Union
Pacific road. Bancroft is one Of the
general superintendent Of the Union
Pacific system.
The decision has been the all-absorb-
ing topic in railroad and commercial
circles today. Before the order OF the
court is operative. it makes it ineum-
bent upon the American Loan and
Trust Company to pay $734. 900 interest
due on the mortgages July and to pay
all interest falling due thereafter with
in 30 days after maturity This includes
the interest due On the Utah Southern
mortgages If default should be made
SSL't ~
surrendered to the present receivers.
1t was also stipulated that the entire
rooG should be operated In one interest.
NO 'eference was made to the issuing
Of receivers certificates. The loan and
trust company made q strong fight FOR
single receiver, claiming that the APP
continent OF an associate receiver
would defeat the objects oi the suit. In
some quarters it s claimed that the
loan company Will not accept the condi- /
9ions imposed by the court. This opn-
ION is in part shared by Glr. Egan him
self.
TIE friends of ,jr. Bancroft point to !
Gis clean and aucceasful management |
Ct the Rio Grande {, Western railroad |
during his six years management as |
receiver and general superintendent. |
also 5fa vast improvements made by |
nim on fhe Oregon Short Line, and |
GhiniI that Nis association with such an
able railroad manager as Mr.. F.gan |
could not fail TO bring satisfactory re
suits to every interest involved.
AIr, Egan leaves for the east tonight,
and Senator Thurston goes to Idaho
for n few days recreation.
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kooTENAl COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS
Indebtedness 40 Be PAID Off by the
LSiaL MaN Of RnrrnMino

Rathdrum, June 8.-The county com
missioners have decided to issue bonds
for the funding of the warrant indebted.
ness Of kootenai county, which amounts
to something like $4,000 special cleo
ton will be held August q, at which time
the proposition will be submitted to the
people. 1t will undoubtedly be a stroke of
economy to issue bonds, as a much lower
rate of interest can be obtained than the
outstanding warrants are now drawing
The annual school election in this dis
trict was held Monday. NJ. D. Wright was
chosen to succeed himself and 2-mill
tax was voted for maintenance of the
school during the coming year.
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British Threatened hy Foes,

Calcutta, June S.-Dispatches from
Sinlla say 500 tribesmen in Cheiral are
again threa tening to attack the
British troops in the vicinity Of Darga.
The latest dispatch from Simla says
the Shirantls surprised a village 20
miles from Fort Sandeman, in the Sc
hobo country, and killed British lieu
tenant and seven men.
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A. R. U. OFFICERS TO GO TO JAIL
Eugene Dehs and Associates Begin Their
Terms Today.

Chicago, June 10.-Eugene V. Debs
and other officers of the American
Railway Union will be sent to Wood
stock jail tomorrow. A certified order
Of the supreme court was received here
today. The men under sentence are: E.
Y. Debs, G. ". Howard, s. Kelliher,
L. W. Rogers, James Hogan, w. E.
Burns, r. NJ. Goodwin and Martin FL
lott. There is a question as to the
time the men will serve. The original
sentence was six months for Dehs, and
three months for his associates in two
different contempt cases. the sentence
being made concurrent by the court.
Defendants attorney later had the SEN
tences made cumulative in order to
take the desired legal action. It is
thought probable that an effort will be
made to have Judge Wood reinstata the
concurrent sentences
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DEBS PREFERS HIS PRESENT LIFE
Never Dreamed of Being q Candidate for
inn IAz,nc liz

Cleveland. Ohio, June 8.-The A. r. U.
organization has received letter from
Eugene V. Debs. who says: Il can not
be considered q. candidate for the presi-
dency. [ would not permit myself to
harbor such aspirations an instant /
have little enough of liberty as it is,
and what little there is I do not want
to sacrifice on the political altar. Not
that [ would fear to face the whirlwind
Of denunciation which such ambition
would arouse, but [ wish to remain un-
traneled and do what little l can in nv
own way to free the American people"
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New York, June 1Q.-It is said that
the reorganization OF the Anaconda
mine was for the purpose Of concentrat-
ing certain interests hitherto too diver
sified. The personnel of the company
Will remain unchanged. The stockhold-
ers will receive new shares in direct
proportion to their former holdings.
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Iron Hall Affairs.

indianapolis, June 10.-Today marked
the limit of time allowed by the supe-
rior court for filing claims against the
Order of Iron Hall. Fifty claims on ma
tured certificates, aggregating $4,000
were allowed by the court and ordered
paid,
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Killed Detective lawson

Los Angeles, June 10-Detective A. B.
Lawson was shot and killed this after
noon by S. ]. Kennett, his former part
ner. The shooting was the result Of a
dispute about the reward for the cap
ture of Kid Thompson, the train rob-
Der. Kennett was formerly chief Of po-
lice at st. Louis.
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ORATORS CHOSEN IN ADVANCE
brilliant Speakers for the Republican

Cleveland, June 10.-J. 3. Hoyt Of this
city. one OF the most brilliant after
dinner speakers in Ohio, has been Sc
lected as The toastmaster for the great
banquet at the convention Of the Ma
tional Republican League. Chauncey
NJ. Depew has been assigned a toast
1t is expected that Governor Mckinley
and Ex-Governor Foraker will be able
10 attend the banquet.
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The fcUadOr Revolt

New York, June S-A special from Pan.
anna says: Ecuadorians who sympathize
with the revolution are being closely
watched by government spies. Three for
eign warships are now at Guayaquil. It
is reported that Traitor Maldonado has
been shot by order of General Bowen
Alfaro has left Corinto for Ecuador.
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DEFENSE OF CUMMINGS OUTLINED
Murder Case at Gul..le Taken up After
q Brief Rest

Colville, June 10.-The Cummings
case was resumed today at II o'clock,
upon the return of Mr.. Grlffitts, for the
state, and Judge Arthur from Spokane,
where they went on Saturday to spend
the day with their families. Upon the
opening of court Attorney John B. sla-
ter, for the defense, briefly outlined the
defense, which would be proved to the
satisfaction of the jury. The defense
viii be justifiable homicide, and about
20 witnesses will give testimony for
Cummings. The defense will also en-
deavor to show the bad character of the
Roberts boys.
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FATAL cLoUDBURsT IN GERMANY
Fatalities Number Nearly IOO-Dauuhe
and

Stuttgart, June lit is officially an
nounced that the fatalities which re-
suited from the cloudburst Wednesday
over the Wurtemburg portion of the
Black Forest amount to so. At Balm
gen 80 houses We're demolished by the
rise Of the river Eyach.
There was another cloudburst last
evening over the same district and
Eyach valley was again flooded. The
damage done is not known. Rome val
ley was also visited by a waterspout
and there have been heavy thunder
storms throughout the southern portion
Of Wurtemburg. The Danube and Nee
har are greatly swollen.
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FOREST FIRES RAGING ONCE MORE
smoulderirs Emhers Have Been Famed
luto Fierce Flames

Bradford Pa. June 9.-The forest fires
OF last week began burning fiercely
again yesterday. and are still burning.
flres are reported IN the vicinity of
the Kane oil fields. and a force of men
are lighting the flames. No damage
has been done there so far.
Ormsby Is again the scene of de-
stfuetVe fires, and large amount of
Valua BILE timber has been DESTROYED.
Fires are reported in the vicinity OF
Mount Alton and Mount Jewett. At
Iamar Place some timber land was
burned over, and the Bradford chemic-
al works are in great danger of being
destroyed unless the wind shifts.
y destructive fire was burning at
Sugar Run, a small lumber town IS
miles west of here today, and destroy
ed the trestle on the Allegheny & Kon-
sea railroad. A large amount of tim
Der has been burned.
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Renalred the Dam

Denver, June 1o.-By the active ef-
forts Of a large force of men under di-
rection OF State Engineer Summer the
break which occurred in the Monument
reservoir dam was closed today. 1t Is
believed the dam will be safe unless
heavy rains should occur. There was
water spout in upper Kansas valley
last night and the river is very high.
No serious damage is yet reported.
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Cleveland, O., June 9.-Three boys, VIII
liam Sweeney, Patrick Morris and Mich
ael Sheridan. aged II, IL and 13 years,
were drowned in Lake Erie this afternoon
Morris was seized with cramps and his
two companions went to his rescue, when
all drowned
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AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WAS SEIZED
German Authorities Fine and ImprisOn
Morris RQthschild OF New OK.


Morris RothschiId OF New IoTk.
| Bath, N. Y, June 1O.-David Roths-
child, leading business man OF Bath.
has received letter from his brother,
Morris Rothschild, who went to Ger
many last month, stating an attempt
vas made to force him into the Ger
man army. He reached his father S
house at Eishtitten the latter part Of
May. After being there a week he was
arrested, and kept in prison 4S hours,
despite the protests that he was a citi-
zen Of the United States and offered
passports and naturalization papers In
proof. At the end Of two days he was
brought before the military court. ex-
amined and found eligible for service
In the German army. His papers were
taken from him and he was sentenced
to six weeks In prison at the end Of
which time he must begin three years
term in the army.
David Greismar Of New York, who
accompanied Rothschild, employed a
lawyer, who laid the facts before the
military authorities with the result that
the sentence was changed to a fine Of
300 marks. and papers We're forwarded
TO the war department st Berlin, which
VIII decide whether Rothschtld shall
serve his army term. Rothscnild paid
the fine and pending the decision Of the
war department has gone to Switzerland
where he now Is. David Rothschild will
communicate at once with the state
department IN Washington regarding
the matter. One Of the papers taken
from Rothschtld and forwarded to Ber-
In was the regular passport Of the
United States bearing the signature Of
Secretary Gresham.
ANOTHER CASE
Paterson. N. T., June 1O.-Herman II
flick OF Paterson, q naturalized citizen
OF the United States has for five months
been confined under military charge in
the village Of Kohlen Byringstedt in
Germany. The cause alleged for the
imprisonment Is his liability to service
IN the army Of that country, but as he
IS provided with passports from the de- |
partment of state, and is moreover
much under the height required for re-
cru1ts, it Is thought there are other /
reasons. Just before his illness began |
Secretary Gresham received some start
ing information concerning the con-
rlnued imprisonment of American citi-
zens in Germany and though his illness /
prevented immediate action the depart
nent has now taken hold Of 1t yigOrous-
".
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t4AWAlIANS AND THE ENGLISH
Concessions to an Australian Steamship
Line of Great 1t. portance.

Ottawa. Ont, June 8.-The depart
ment Of trade and commerce is advised
that important concessions have been
made to Huddart's Australian steam
ship line by the Hawaiian government.
The company is given freedom from alI
charges at the port OF Honolulu except
pilOtage and water, and also granted
the free use Of land at Honolulu for the
storage of coal for vessels. The COM
pany agrees during a term of two years
to carry all Hawaiian mails without
charge to the government and hold to
the present schedule Of passenger and
freight rates.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-06-15
OFFICERS OF LEWISTON COMPANY
Frances Edwards Captain, Loui, Roos
First lieutenant

Lewiston, June 10,-The Idaho Ma
tional Guards company here held their
election Saturday night Francis Ed
wards was elected captain, Lous Roos
first lieutenant, John Q. Barbee second
lieutenant. John Wiggin bugler. Col
onel 3. Booth of Idaho state militia or
ganized this company Of So members.
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LOSSES BY THE CAMERON FIRE
Fifty Two Houses. Half Of Them Busi-
ness Blocks Destroyed.


r:ftyT'yo Houses. Half of Them Bus1
ness Blocks Destroyed.
Cameron, w. Va. June 10.-The loss
by fire early this morning is now esti-
mated al 100000. The standing proper
~ Of the town was probably worth
$450,OG with Insurance of only S35, 600,
Of which 100000 Is in three Wheeling
companies. Fifty-tWo houses were
burned. TWentyeisht were dwellings,
the remainder business houses. Already
the business men are preparing to re-
build. The homeless families are being
cared for by those who were outside the
path Of the fire.
FIRE AT MILWAUKEE,.
Milwaukee. Wis, June 1Q.-Fire which
broke out this morning in the barns Of
the Foster Lumber Company, Cape and
Cherry streets, spread rapidly to the
adjoining coal and lumber yards and
soon covered three blocks along both
sides Of the canal. The principal losers
are 3. Uhring & Sons, coal dealers, and
the Foster Lumber Company; loss, $75,-
GOO. Had there been a stiff southern
wind the loss would have reached mil
lions, as the river and canal in that
vicinity are lined with immense tan
nerics
RAILROAD SHOPS GONE.
Wichita, Kan, June i0.-The shops
and roundhouse Of the Santa Fe at Ar
kansas City, with many engines, burn
ed TO the ground. The loss IS S150,000
FOREST FIRES SPREAD
Bra dford, Pa, June 10.-A request for
help has been received from Sugar Run.
Fire has broken out and is beyond con
troll.
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Des Noines Saloons Closed

Des Moines, June 10.-Every saloon in
the city was closed today by order of
Judge Spurrier Of the district court,
holding that the so-called consent
statement lacked sufficient signatures
to entitle the saloons to the bar feature
Of bo
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HAS CLEVELAND LEFT WASHINGTON?
Report That the President Had Visited
BuzZard's Bay.

washington, June ct va. rimored
here tonight that President Cleveland had
left the city, but diligent inquiry failed 20
corroborate the report. Private Secretary
Thurber denied empha tically that Mr..
Cleveland had been to Buzzards Bay, but
he would neither deny or affirm the re-
port that he had left the city. II the
president did go away it Is only for
short time, as he has matters Of import
ance to discuss with Secretary of State
Olney.
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Utah Will Not Be Rcpreseuted

Salt Lake. June S.-There will be no rep
resentative from Utah at the Memphis
silver convention. The question was dis
dussed today at meeting of the commit
tee of the bimetallic union and Bartine
and Rawlins, who were urged to go, could
not leave On account Of important bust
ness in the west
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WRECK OF TIE WHEELING TRAIN
Engineer Duffy Dead and the Fireman
RerOrtCd L ilIci.

Wheeling, ", va, June 10.-The spe-
ciaI Baltimore & Ohio train carrying
the Wheeling fire engine and reel to the
relief of the burning town Of Cameron
jumped the track near Rosby's Rock
this morning and went down 50-foot
embankment Engineer Pat Duffy of
Wheeling is in the fire under the wreck
and is undoubtedly dead Dick Dona-
hue, Jr., Of Wheeling is also reported
killed. The brakeman was badly hurt
The fire engine was ruined
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CAPTURED WOMEN or THE GANG
Marshais IN Oklahoma Have Two oer

haIshais in Oklahoma Have Two Mem.
bers OF Desperate Band.
Guthrie, Q. T., June 9.-Deputy
United States Marshals Runnells and
AcCraft came in from Woods county,
this afternoon and lodged in the federal
jail Belle Black and Jennie Freeman
members of the lib Wyatt gang. The
mafshals on Tuesday had a battle with
the members of the gang and drove
them into cave in Glass mountain al
the extreme western end of the Chero-
hee strip, where they still have them
besleged. The two women tried to es
cape by the secret entrance to the cave
and were captured after a long chase.
They had in their possession consider
able money and were going after sup
plies and reinforcements. The Freeman
woman formerly lived with her hus-
oand in this city. The deputies secured
a large quantity of dynamite and left
again tonight for the mountains. de-
ternined to blow up the cave.
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Robbed or Rich Treasure.

Lowell, Main, June 1o.-The fact has
just become known that last Thursday
night the grocery store of J. A. Hutch
inson was entered by burglars and $780,
900 in cash, notes and bonds stolen from
a small tin box in the safe.
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Voted to Accent

Columbus, O., June 10-The vote OF
the Ohio miners as to whether they ac-
cept or reject the proposition of the
operators to pay 81 cents for screened
coal per ton for mining resulted: For
acceptance 5.os1; against. 1881.
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Three Ira1nnS Killed

Cincinnati, June 1o-Near Sidney.
Ohio, there was freight wreck on the
Big -Four today Eight tramps were in
the car. Ed Evans, Stephen Goddinger
and an unknown man were taken out
dead. George Brown of Latonia was
fatally injured.
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Emmett's Examination Postponed.

San Francisco, June 1o.-The prelim-
mary examination Of ]. K. Emmett,
who, While intoxicated, shot his wife
Saturday night, was postponed for a
week on account of Mrs. Emmett's ina
bility to be present.
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MAJORITY AGAINST FREE SILVER

canvass OF Republican Papers or the
State of Kansas.
Topeka, Kas., Jane l0.-A local paper
has made a canvass OF the republican
papers Of Kansas 10 ascertain how
many favor free and unlimited coinage
Of silver. This is the result: Out Of 102
papers IT are for free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at 16 to !. while So
stand squarely on the money plank IN
the last republican national platform.
Politicians who claim TO know say this
is about the way the sentiment runs In
the republican party OF this state.
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MEYERS DAYS ARE NUMBERED NOW
Only Executive Interference Cam Save
the ASOtin Murdcrcr

Olympia, June 8.--The supreme court
has filed opinions in the case of the state
OF Washington. respondent, vs. Charles
q. Meyers, appellant, who was accused OF
the crime Of murder in the first degree
committed in the perpetration of arson.
The undisputed facts, shown by proofs,
were that a certain hotel in Asotin was
destroyed by fire, III which one of it's In
mates lost his life, and the disputed facts
which the prosecution sought to prove
were that such fire was Of incendiary
origin and that Meyers was the incen-
diary. A verdict of guilty was rendered
and the appellant sentenced to be hanged
No error is found in the record and the
lower court is instructed to fix day for
the execution.
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ROBERT LINCOLN TIE DARK HORSE
Thomas James Regards His Preside initial
Chances as Bright,

IHdHCcS sIS ElISnt.
New York, June 1O.-Thomas L.
James, ex-postmaster general, and pres
ident Of the Lincoln Nationa; bank said,
discussing the political question: "I
look upon Robert Lincoln as the like
hest darkhorse In the race for the re-
publican nomination. I believe he viii
get half the entire southern delegatio
and when the break comes on the favor
ite, Lincoln and Allison will get the
benefit Of 1t. The Iowa senator is a
well balanced, sound viewed man, who
next to Lincoln, possesses elements Of
strength where other candidates are
weak It's my opinion Harrison cannot
by any means be nominal ted
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BRUTAL TRIBAL BATTLE IN SAMOA

Three Natives kilied-Thc Rebel Parry
Still Defiant.
san Francisco, June S.-The steamer
Monowai brought advices from Samoa.
dated May 16 AS a result Of tribal
battle in the rebel district three natives
were killed and a number wounded. OF
the dead, one had his head taken off
and another was cut entirely in half
The rebel party still defies the Malietoa
government, which is taking no steps
to quell the revolution1sts.
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FORT MlssOULA SOLDIER MISSING
supposed to Have perished in the Hills

MissouIa, juno S.-Private Williams Of
company B, Twenty fifth infantry, sta
toned a Fort Missoula, has been missing
from the quarters and rollcali since last
Wednesday. Several searching parties
have been sent to look for him, but have
not succeeded in discovering any trace.
This evening an Indian came to the post
and reported that he had seen the body
Of a dead soldier in the hills on the west
side OF the Bitter Root river. A detail has
been sent te the place described by the
Indian
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W. A. CLARK FOR VICE PRESIDENT
The Montana Gentleman Mentioned a a
Possible Nominee.

Boise, Idaho, June 10.--An interesting
fact is developed that there is move
ment on foot to make w. A. Clark the
Montana democrat, a candidate for
vice president on the democratic tick
ct. The information comes from a per
son who is a democratic leader, and
who recently visited Montana The plan
is to unite the west in demand for
second place, and to use the combin-
alton in Clark's interest. Those back
ing the movement expect to carry ev-
erything before them on Mr. Clark'e
ability and his willingness to pay the
freight