Show bs 1 l montana men slaying 1 STRANGE DEFENSE 0 r A grand trotting race at bol finana caal condition A force ol 01 montana cattlemen have killed twenty fiegan horse thieve maxwell frays that preller la not leid but will ai trial nar has beaten phalla roache assets are telco a great 63 his debts land patents will not K ia ily at present mexicans irom yellow ever districts are stealing into texas Senator Vests health jita ja S r 9 by western abad press to the ilena ld j i f BATTLE WITH INDIANS horn thieve killed by Bett leri ilona ilo nl aug 14 ed goulding associate cattlemen on Mussel sli ell yesterday met a marauding ma band between razor and halfbreed half breed creeks the numbered twenty accod pained by 75 stolen horses gould party fired filling ono indian but as th e cattlemen were greatly outnumbered they belled to retreat for reinforcements these they obtained and overtaking tho killed the entire party and recovered the etolen horses what effect this battle may have on neighboring bands is unknown but no trouble is anticipated astounding DEFENSE maxwell denies that preller i dead R j and say he can prove ith sr loria aup 13 of maxwell the alleged murderer of arthur droher will probably be that no murder was committed at all about a month ago a report was th at Pr ellers life was liea vily insured id and that the companies had refused the money that it was a put up jou to get the insurance and that the body found in the trunk was no but a subject frama medical college according to the telegrams from san francisco maxwell now says that the conspiracy and that in due time he will produce preller alive acdwell an dwell and show where he got the body found in the trunk further than this he will say bothin no thin the here abis do fenie and that aminat him is sufficient to convict they do not claim to nave any evidence than aliat is known to the public they do not believe that Pr life wag insured for any lare amount the prisoner will arrive here next sun 1 I a v maxwell is reported to have faid ahli is the agist of the st louis mystery which has puzzled tho country for four months preller and 1 were old fr Sends we came to bos ton from liverpool on the steamer we were constant companions and made to meet at st louis at the southern aptel there tocarra to carry out a echeme wh ich Preller had devised for netting the insurance on bia life we met according to agreement rein room in the hotel about all he time there but mind you preller was only at the hotel three days lie remained in seclusion for the remainder of the time at an kotlier hotel lie left sti alouis ialine and well the E adoo day i started west that Fr ellers body found inthe trunk at the hotel when th e cabe comes up for trial T shall have proof of where the body found in the trunk was procured who blought ht of at what hour it was brought to the hotel and all the de 1 of the plot I 1 can tell brought t the hotel in broad daylight everything waa arranged to give color to the cry of sadden maraer and hasty flight to let preller out of tha country before the body was dis co verca and once in australian Australi aI thought it would bo easy to bury my identity inn the indies things had been forgotten i preller now is or what arrangements 1 I have with him of course of abo question for me to tell you can rest assured on the facts I 1 have given you they will be proven on the trial declined to liine patent i i aligi U acting commissioner walker of the general lan office has declined to issue any more patents to the northern pacific pending the decision fixing the legal elatus this he follows u role laid down by commissioner sparks in relation to tho california Call fornia and Oregon and oregon roads the question at elated ia tha tithe the amo required by law and that unell congress t abea step ono way or another no steps should be taken to place it beyond the power of the legislative branches of the gov eminent protect to i t V fi i i ff li 1 ft anahu Sent tor A texas aug 13 united states senator coke inaugurated an in nan county tonight to night lie announced opposed to prohibition because it was an attack upon personal liberty declared it could en farced by that lua incompatible personal alb berty tho movement waa a political one aimed at and intended to democratic pary and as an enemy must be met and van ed by the of the par ty that has stood in defense of the personal of the people 1 3 S i i vt f it i A SUPERB RACE harry wilke defeats thel magnificent stallion phallas Ph allai aug ila about persons visited park today to day to witness the match trolius tro Uius race between J I 1 cases brown etal lion phallas auda ci franciss bay gelding harry wilkes for a special purse of of which 1000 went to the second horse best thieo in five heats phallas Phal laa was driven by bithers while frank van ness held the reins over wilkes the track was in per feet order the betting was brisk phallas ruling a bit favorite beffre the start at to 28 and thee ame odds on the Bt allion were forthcoming in any amount even after the first heat to hilkea the race ay eventually won by alio tho first and fourth licals tho del which tare as follows HEAT after three false score in which broke just before reaching the fair start was deflected avilles Becu aj half length with the head before the was reached and holding it all the way around to the head of the stretch where phallas left his feet and the gelding won by lengths in the word go was given at tho second trial broke badly before he was a pasti the wire phallas having eix lengths the best of t at the quarter and almost as much at the half As the pair p the three quarter post hilkea with surprising ease phallas coming backas if anchored and on the turn into the stretch the elding went by him like a streak molding his lead to the cirei where tie was two lengths to the goal in HEAT wilkes won alic preceding neat with such apparent ease the completely changed and after a few pools biad been sold to 80 in his favor the odds increased as hagli as to 80 they were sent away at the second trials wilkes breaking so badly in the first yards that cholost all chance and was a distance beliinda at the liala mile at the three quarter phallas made a momentary break and wilkes shut up ft fraction of the gap but although lie trotted very strong and steady in the stretch phallas got the verdict by a dozen lengths amid loud cheering time neat the pools now to ag in favor of wilkes and alic layers of odds were rewarded by seeing their choice win handily by ten lengths after ibling apparently beaten it the one half mile phallas broke badly just before reaching the three quarters and wilkes going up passed him on the turn into the homestretch bithers seeing that phallas was beaten pulled him up in the last hundred yards time boachi debt and aceti YORK aug 14 the schedule bf assets and liabilities of john roach is to be filed this afternoon they show liabilities of over two million two hundred thousand dollars the nominal assets are stated to bo and actual assets 4 senator teat improving the condi on of senator vest who has been buffering acutely from a neuralgic malady during the past few days is improved and tho patient at two was able to sit up in bed appointed custodian washington aug 14 robert G sims of greenville miss ha been appointed of the abandoned military reservation of utah at a salary of 60 per month appointment Kevol ced washington aug 14 cotwright Col Wright commissioner of the labor bureau had the appointment of 0 P jadd as special agent of th 0 bureau revoked because of his recent arrest in colorado on the charge of horse stealing and his admitting his guilt and also that he biad served two terms in tho penitentiary or tho learning civilization SAN feancisco aug 13 Hop kee ise co the largest wholesale chinese boots and shoes on the coast have failed with liabilities placemat pla cedat unknown the firm has a large and prosperous branch house at victoria BC when the san francisco got into financial trouble tha victoria firm repudiated ted connection with it and dishonored its drafts this wa the immediate cause of the failure tho members of the firm are raid to bo worth over half a million the question is whether the creditors can sues ceca in reaching them the pal creditors asre believed to be among tho white leather dealers and tanners of tins city but who they are hop kee refuses to eay this is the first chinese failure of any import anco that has ever occurred here stealing fait quarantine AUSTIN texas aug 13 governor areland today to day issued a proclamation reciting that persons from vera cruz other places in mexico infected with the yellow fever are entering thag sta tevia El larido and other points by railroad jand private conveyance ln violation of lila quarantine he declares that the quarantine ahall be enforced on the against alie i infected places in mexico quarantine station will iw at once established Eln Paso and inspection made of all the incoming trains r |