Plattsmouth herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1892-1894, October 13, 1892, Image 6
: i i uii i Iowa and I etrr.bka armors Aru at W..r. MAYOI7 MILLER IS DEAD. ACIaar C.Ts pf Suicide Instead of Murilur Everything Points to Him lakln His Own Lite- Other News. The attempt of i Cdiiplt cf Iowa iarnu'iH to change tlit rmirne of the Missouri river near lk-llevue, and thereby iir;ietio;illy ttc;il a trark of Nebraska land amounting in all to ntiotit 2,SiK) acres wan brought to a Kiulden Kto yenterday. Ah Hthted in Tm: lli.KAi.ii a few days iiifo an injunction was issued in Jinle Scout's court restraiiiiu the ditch ers from fc'uiuji any further with their work,' hut notwithstanding the injunction a force of men were kept busy niht and day and the result w, is two real ditches were the resuO of their labor-our feet in leiij-tlt 'and another feet oi). The farmers on the Nebraska tid c whose lands have been jeop ardized by this contemplated channel in the channel of the Missouri river have 'jeeu in a state of desperation for several days, and it is highly probable blood would have been spilled ere this had it not been for a few who were cooler headed. Yesterday Deputy Sheriff McCarty ai IJellevue, and his posse arrived at the bceneof the ditch "lining sections seventeen and eighteen in fcarpy1 county, at 'A o'clock in the afternoon and, as advised, found a tfaiifj of men at work. Without ceremony the entire party was placed under arrest anil inarched to a vacant building in the vicinity and a strong jfuard put over them. They refused to divulge their nam es, paying t liey had been hired by the day and were innocent of any intent to wrong any ojie. Tliif, however, is evidently only a part of the deep laid plan of Isam Wright and K. Jenkins, the in Htigatorsof the trouble and the parties responsible for all damage, netual and prospective. That these laborers are perfectly cognizant of i-lii.i-M .!. .,f Hi.. . .ill 41....- . ... engaged in is undisputable, as in the gang are one or two wl)o were at u-ork upon the ditch when inter Tiiptcd a few days since by Mr. Ilenjaniiu. At that time he fully informed tliem of the rik they were lakini;',aul chargcil them that if they persisted they would land iu the penitent iary. This informa tion was also liberally tendered Abner Wright, the contractor, who laughed at the idea, saying he was merely an employe, hired to do certain work by others. When questioned by Deputy Mc Carty one of the ditch diggers told him that t lit- trouble had only begun, that a large and formidable force of workingmen were coming over from the low.i side at night for the purpose of digging all night. lie further stated that they would be prepared for any emer gency, and it would require the most stringent measures to balk them in their intentions. Upon this intelligence Deputy Carty immediately took precau tions to fortify himself against treachery, and, Bending for addi tional iiid, gave it out that he would remain on the scene all night. The highly sensational condition - t( nfYaira w:m twit tint li.ti.r 1 .t Iw.i.w.- heralded throughout the surround ing country, and before sundown the farmers of the immediate vicin ity were up in arms, only too anxi ous to lend a helping hand to the law. They are estremely incensed over the dastardly work of Wright and Jenkins, and if there are any increasing signs of aggression on the part of the Iowans there will be Homebody hurt. It has been a dillieult matter to restrain them thus far, and it would be hard to nay what may happen if land-grab, ucra continue in their unlawful operation. Simply A Case of Suicide. Mayor Miller of South Omaha, who shot himself Tuesday ifter noon at Kight and Dodge streets, died at he Methodist hospital at i:'M o'clock yesterday afternoon. The remains were at one removed to the morgue. , I ue ueceaeu im not re consciousness fi-oin the tiuu. mi i lie i was found lying in tli weeds and died without being able to utter a j word. During the dtv, and alurj the results of the night's inveMi;.i- , tious had been nude known, the' near friends of the deceased yave j up their theory of murder and ! . were compelled by statements (.f the facts iu the ca-e to lielieveth.it, while temporarily deranged, the mayor had fired the shot which proved fatal. ThJ investigation of Detectives ILue and Dempsey have convinced 1 1 1 alio seaioii-al which his riends and acquaintances cannot under stand. Men who have known him f ir 111'- l.i-1 I t uly years say that j 'they lever kmw that be was a; driuk.T f i 'I ili .il '.be id. a that he 1 wo il I al'ine 'a.ike a nutnd of the burn' dis'ricl is to tueui iinbeliev-' able. Hut ai coiduig 1" fie inmate, of the '!i-'C; nvbi- hi.usf-s in that lie III in bond 'le mil on H did so on tll' niglit beti. re bis -b ath, but i. a well known visitor there and had I a particular friend at Kit) Dodye I street who lives it li Daisy Cum- tilings. I I.ate Monday rniht Miller went to the house kept by Jennie Mack j a' K'4 South Kii.'hlh street and annoiineed that he was going to j make a niyhl of.it. lie stayed there j two h-'itrs, buying beer ami talk-I in4 with the inmates. At H o'clock yesterday morning he was at Hirdie .Mann's, Vt North Ninth stieet.aml aflera short .-t' ip left, say ins; he would come .lu.iiu. At 4 o'clock he was back and bought a Couple of bottles of beer. While there he took down the name of Ida Gibson, one of the inmates, and gave his own name as that of A. li. Small of Helena, Mont. II'-left at blil). At 10:;i o'clock Tuesday Miller visited his fawnite, Dude (iibson. The girl says he was very drunk and talked in a rambling way on all sorts of subjects. While a majority of the South Omaha people concur in the belief that it was a case of suicide a few still cling to the belief that the mayor was murdered. A physician wdio hail been in the army during the war bases his belief of the fact that he has seen hundreds of men shot in the brain and never knew a case where the victim failed to hold with a death grip on whatever he had in his hand, while Mayor Miller's revolver was found lying at his side. It is really the unanimous opinion of the mayor's friends that he has been out of his head lor two or three days. Monday Mr. Miller went intoC.C. Sta nicy's office on N street in Soutii Omaha and talked for a long time on municipal matters. Mr. Stanley is certain that he was demented at the time, lie would begin to talk on one subject and suddenly seem to forget all about it and break all abruptly and talk of siiiuelliingcntircly different. When Mr. Stanley asked him one or two trilling questions he seemed entirely unable to com pre he ml what he' was say in it. It is well known that the mayor has worried constantly over some of the vexations of hi.', office and his peculiar actions have been noticed by others, lie was not a man who could be intimidated, but very anxious for tear be might offend some of his friends. The possibility in connection with the closing of the gambling houses constantly worried him mid he has often spoken about it to Mr. Stanley and others. The funeral occurs Sunday at 1 o'clock under the auspices Lilly division No. S, Knights of l'ythias. Between Two Fires. I'rot. W. I'. K'ogers, principal of the commercial department of Weslyan university at Lincoln has disappeared, leaving over $l,eJ)0 in debtedness. A week ago he de parted telling his friends that he was going to Kansas City to attend a wedding and would be gone about ten days. Although a single man he took along his tri.nk. Yesterday a professor of the uni versity received a letter from him stating that he had given up his position and was going to Alaska, the note being written enroiite on one of the southern railroad. He gave as a reason for leaving that he was involved in love affairs and didn't know which one of the two girl to choose. The young ladies in question are above reproach and the real reason is that he would not face creditors. The institution is a victim to the extent of nearly !f;i(H. One man is out on a loan of ir'JoO. A board bill of over .fliKl is led unsettled and numerous other accounts should receive his at tention. He is well connected and his family resides at Palmyra. I'he above named professor is the man that started the short hand school in this city some time ago. He tailed to make it pay and sold ittoMi Kiltie Wharton who cm ducted a nieces,-1 ill school for a loii" time. "If Jim K'oitse i elected commis sioner," lcmaiki'd a '''utlemail from Mr. Kmise's home, "he w ill have to get there without the aid of ins iiei-H!.or. -- l.lmw t.od licit o. 1 he above is tic man ocrats epi ct to siipi nns-ioiier in -lead f making I nomination. week The f liuwoud Feho f lliir- announces the arrival of a little gill at the residences of Mr. and Mrs. Hud Critchlield at their home in J.huwood. MMr -"T"lTCrr?,,1S- - "Vi 1 . Refused to Nominate a For Commissioner. Man AT THE ELMWOOD FAIU. Louisville Eoy Severly Kicked By a Hos- Mor About ;fiH Ditches -Tl Republican Ma i ng Postponed. I'.MON, Neb., Oct. 7.-(Special to TflK IlKUAU. -The democratic county convention met in this city this afternoon. G. V. Noble of Plattsmouth was elected chairman, and Walker D oling and S. Hullish were elected secretaries. After dinner the convention met and proceeded trt nominate a county ticket. lion. 1 K. White of this city was nominated by acclamation for senator. G. V. Il.irshman of Avoca was nominated by acclamation for rep resentative, and on the third bal lot Jos. Mullen was nominated as his running-male. II. D. Travis, the present incum bent, was nominated by acclama tiou for county attorney. When they struck the commis sioner they left it blank and will tie up with the independents. W. 1 1. Ueering was elected chair man of the county central commit tee audChas. D. Grimes waselected secretary. Very little enthusiasm was ex hibited and they wenj about the work of nominating candidates with little interest. Elmwood Fair. The second day of the Khmvood fair was a great success. Fully 3,000 people were on the grounds. Those who were in attendance were greatly disappointed in J. Sterling Morton not putting in an appacr ance as advertised, but the windy young congressman was there and as usual attempted to define his position on the tar i IT. After spend, ing a good deal of time informing the people wdiat he had done in congress. His talk on the silver question wits "cry weak. The crowd was greatly disappointed iu the "young man eloquot." The display at the fair is good and the racing first-class! Catherine won ll e 'J::i trot Del thorn, second; Sleepy Dick, third. Time, 'J:.Vi. The -recti race was won by Ned die K, Maud, second; flor IJ third. Time, l::i2'o. Today is independent day and Van Wyck and Gee Roam Sliamp are the speakers. Tomorrow wilj be republican day and Hon. l.oreiuo Crouse, the republican nominee for governor will speak. Arrangements are being made to run an excursions from I'lattsmoiith, Nebraska City and Weeping Water to the fair. The third day of the Klmwood fair was attended by an im mense crowd. Never before has that portion of the county wit nessed such a crowd. Yester day was independent day and the town was in their hands. A happier, more contended and more prosperous looking gathering was never seen, contrasting strangely with Van Wyck's talk on calamity The old gentleman made a talk of an hour aud a half that was listened to attentively, but enthuiasm was conspicious for its absence. On the track there were two races. In the three minute trot Superin tendent won, Huceppus second. Dandy Bashaw third. Time, 2:45. The half mile dash was captured by Whiteeye, Sleepy Jane second. Time, 1:50' t. The trotting race won by Superin tendent was the feature. The horse is owned by W. G. Iiohanan of Lin coln, and the time, '':45, on a track eight second slow, is considered good. Friday was the last day of the Klmwood fair and it was also re publican day. The largest crowd of any previous day was present to hear Hon. Lorenzo Crosunse, the next governor of Nebraska talk on live topics of the day. At 2 o'clock Yice-l'resident R Critchlicld intro duced Hon. Loren.o Crounse, who spoke for about an hour. Al though laboring under the severe pain of his in jured eye, which was the more irritated by the terrific wuui ami iittst ne made a rousing i speech. In his remarks he exposed i the demagogic career of llrvau in congress iu its true light, showed l the beneficent results of lilt Mc i Kinlev bill to the farmers and ridi- i i ctiled Van Wyck's position as the friend of the farmer. He said' Van that the !em-Wck was about eighteen years be iort tor com-I ,j,i the time; that the grasshop- per plague of 17 1 was the time to I howl calamity. He also spoke tuion the ctirrenev oue-ti,m n,nl ev- habited fifty samples of state bank j bill of 1S77. convicing many of the sound policy of the republican I ,,rty nn t-ie subject. Mr. Crounse's l,U4 " Ociavis Cuius!"" " '-'lOl, 111. ,11 llll.t Lilt : , - . made a a I I i'-i, SI! Ml., ' ami I a )"(! miii re.-si' n uoon the ! I ! f v bom were enl reined plane. 1.iiiCO:i ud- n. il.e i il itiii-i c !i M ,r- .i ! i 1 i an i a l ' ' ' Ion. T die- - : (irei i.-!a i Ill'lS. C.I ; il tie v i qil U dei I I cred the ) i . ., : to lie in i.ivor of a in ' 1 t.ur count, w hile thee m..- i wen; not, and that the rcpnl.ii'-.n patty made the currency qm -ii - i nat ional issue while the di im r.itic party wished it tohea.-' ii- m itter. He affirmed the McKii ! ! II to he for the poor man a. mm-i the rich and not for tiie ti ii aid against the poor, as democratic friends would have us believe; also that the republican party ha I made ail the trusts and corporations riimual offenses and. said the courts were full of suits caused by the law. His speech was well re ceived ami He was coiii'im.iiiv forced to slop by heraty bursts of applause. The Klmwood band en livened the meeting by patiiotic music, and taken altogether the eve ning was a lilting close to the great fair week just past. A Hard Kick. Yesterday the live-year-old son of J.W. Sievers, who runs Geo. W. Holdredge's big farm near Louis ville, was kicked by a horse with such force as toj break the roof of his mouth. The boy was brought to this city hist evening by his father and Dr. ilasse micr and taken to the office of Dr. Livingston wdiere his wound was dressed. One side of the roof of his mouth had failed down on his lower jaw. Dr. Livingston and llassamier dressed the wound and the little sufferer is resting easier but is not yet out of danger. More About the Ditch. About eighty rods of ditch is all there is to mark the spot which has occasioned so much interest tic- hist week near Itellevue. A few shovels lie strewn along the bauk, but where are the workers? From the Sarpy county jail at I'apillion conies the answer five ditchers holding sweet converse over the work of the la-t week. No resist ance whatever was offered. The fact is the ditch was being dug for .1 dual purpose not only toacquire a good slice of land from Aebrack.f. but also to protect some valuable land on the Iowa side three miles tielow Manawn, near Mosquito creek. At present the river is with in a few rods, of this creek, and iu the event of another Hood, as there is liable to be in the winter or spring, the Missouri will wash into the creek and thereby ren der several hundred acres of valu able bind on the Towa sidr worth less. U is with a view to save this hind that this precautionary step of ditching lias been taken. Had the same time and labor that has been spent in ditching been expended in rip-rapping it would have accom plished the purpose and not placed in jeopardy bind aud property of farmers under the jurisdiction of Nebraska. This afternoon Henry Hons, by his attorneys Beeson He Koot and Byron Clark, filed a petition with the commissioners asking that Justice of the Peace W. B. Short be removed from office. The impeachment proceedings are the result of the cases recently tried in Justice Short's court wherein he refused to grant a change of venue until he was com pelled to do so by a mandamus is sued by Judge Chapman. The petition charges J ustice Short with corruption, oppression, extor tion, mal administration of office, and the the petition asks the com missioners to remove him from of fice. The matter will come up before the commissioner Monday October 17th for hearing and in the mean time Justice Short is barred from doing any business as a justice of the peace. The case is one of unusual inter est and will be watched by many. GOSSIP AROUND COURT ROOMS. The transcript in the case of the State' of Nebraska s. Fred Kroehler was filed today with the district clerk. Kd Hedititid and Bennett (Meson took 'out their first papers this morning. No business was transacted iu p lice court today as Judge Archer was in attendance at the democratic comity convention at I'nion. Judge Kamsey issued marriage license- today as follows: Frank Deilrich and Bertha l lohinan of I.otlis il and John Baumgartner and Liebeth Denhsing of South Betid. Judge Archer rendered a judg ment this morning in the case of John Krolick vs. Geo. Casford, for ;)7 in favor of plaintiif. Soecia'ly Adapted for Use in Haid Water . V i i.. v'x """"i io;i;. A elegram was re.-eived Tuesday evening by Mis Mattie Williams of this city from Not way, Mielag in announcing the death of her bus ban I, Warren S. Ailliams. Mr. Williams vv i- , young man an 1 was well known in this ciiy. lie died from the e.fcct- of typhoid lever. Mr. Williams was a ir.ivel ing -alcMii,' a lor Woodford & Co. iiiu:C dealer of Michigan. Hie deceased leaves a wif.. and child lo uioiuii bis loss. Mr.-. Williams is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Vass of this city and is employed as a teacher in the city schools. MfiKfE FIGURES FKOM I'KCK. State Labor Commissioner Peck has returned from New York to Al bany. While there he had a nlk with Jo.-iah Ouincy at the demo ocratic national headquarters and gave him tianscripts of tables which show that in constructive trades, I7,(i7l individual increases in wages had taken place iu I S ( 1 over the year ls'.Kl, and there was only It! decreases. These babies will appear in Beck's report of the effect of the tarilf on labor. KKMhNIUik'KI) ON II IS 1:1 K i ll I A Y. Lincoln Journal. A happy blending of incidents Wednesday morning dispelled for a time the business cares that have a habit of lingering around the state library. The exhibition of a gold watch by a caller as a birthday present served as a reminder to D. A. Campbell, state librarian and clerk of the supreme court, that ' according to the revised calendar there was a birthday exactly due in his thirty-five years of existence. Mr. Cambell so expressed himself and was lamenting the absence of anything to remind him of the fact, when upon turning to his desk he beheld it almost covered by a mammoth floral tribute that came from the clerical force with their sincere wishes for a list of prosper ous birthdays as long as the supreme court docket. f.W'T T KM, 'NIK I k'l III. Til K IlKK'AI.K has always said that the political free trade demagogue would not tell the people the truth and when Billy Bryan stated last Saturday evening in his joint de bate with our next congressman that there was no plush mill in Jamestown New York, and had his liar, the notorious Tiffany of Lin coln certify to it, Tilt: lIliK'AI.Ii knew Mr. Bryan was deliberally deceiving his audience. Kvcry body of ordinary information, ex cept a free trade cranks knows we manufacture plush goods at Janies tow nandas good and cheap,' too. as there is in the wold. Of course, the Journal will swear to its t ea l.-rs that our Bryan tells the truth' TIII-Y I'A Vok" IIKI.H. Many farmers of the vicinity of Klmwood who are strong indepen dents have publicly declared their intention to vote for Judge Field and express themselves confident of his election. They say Bryan was elected by the independent vote two years ago, which will now be cast for Field or Shamp. They con sider Field the best man to repre sent their interests, especially those who have had the pleasure of hear ing his joint debates with the dem ocratic nominee. Miss Grace Woods came out from riattsinouth last week to attend the wedding. She is making her home this fall with her j; rand pare, its, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Clark.-Weeping Water Republi can. l i h K .l A X S C E L E It K A T K. The two hundred and eighth an niversary of the landingof Germans in this country was duly celebrated by their descendants in Nebraska City yesterday. Charles A. Brandt, editor of the Staats Zcitung, and Hon.' Anton Zimmerer made elo quent speeches at the Standard theatre iu the evening to a large audience. The festivities closed with a ball. The friends of the late Mayor Miller of South Omaha have de cided to hold an inquest, some of his friends still seem to think he was inurdered. 1 1. K KM SON Ali.XI XST Till; FIEI.ll. (Iimilia llee. While some of the fusion demo crats ot th is state profess to believe that the National ticket of the populists will have a walkaway iu Nehra-ka this fall in consequence of their efforts to throw the demo cratic vole to the Weaver and field electors, it is evident that thi-i opinion is not very generally shared by men outside the state who have money to bet on the election. No belter proof of this fact could be furnished than their action in sending money here lo be bet on Harrison carrying the state. Agents of Kansas City parties received $700 from that place Tuesday morning, and $ 100 of that amount is still unt.iken. Mr. 503 and 507 Main-St., 'ic on eaver i" ' ilea this OUt ... red at even i - mind, and i f .(, even on . i d t is yet .iv oe found i 1 bag. ft ii e.irry e- igaisist the ma Mill St :.lt In i- I i. li, i l I'll.- c mains of Omaha ci 1. 1 e- ovo- i lie re ' e i . C. I . Miller South char-no u.iod of a good many people who thought he had coinim,. o. .Je. All wit nesses ex. i in .1 i. ir have utterly fai'.e'l to re. o.; i,;. M !l-r as being the same m i i alio was out on a two night, s can. i ai. And then de scripiion of ' n. . ' taken for Mil ler does hoi . ,,,u:oe at all with Miller. The uu'mtuna e man was undoubtedly u ,i , , C l-K'EAl. rKOlHHTION. Superintendent of the Census Porter has ju-i issued preliminary statistics of the cereal .production of the United Mates, prepared under the directum of J. Hyde, special agent. The figures are: Barley, WlWm. acres. 7S,34.),(i02 bushels; buckwheat, 81S.777 acres. l'-i::0,;i;s bushels; corn, 72,070,074 acres, 2.124,5.i(),:U2 bushels; oats, 28,. 21)7.272 acres. S(i).!,s,7:i7 bushels; rye, 2,171,022 acres, 2S.122,:C2 bushels; wheat, ,i.t,.)il,:iH acres, 408,:)S,778 bushels- total, 140.1 7'.). ISH, acres, 3, 520,tN)7,.")l bushels. In 1SS() the figures were: Barley, 1,!I7,727 acres, 4H,!K)7,4,)a bushels; buckwheat, 84S, :W) acres, 11,817'I20 bushels; corn, 2.:il(,r)()4 acres, 1,731, SOI ,t7tS bushels; oats, l(i,tll,ri!l acres, 407 S3H,!)!lil bushels; rye, 1,812,2X1 acres, 10,821, 3!i:i bushels; wheat, .X"),4:i0,Xt:i acres. 4,"!),4S;i,i;i7 bushels-total, J1S,(W1,779 acres, 2,('.07,38(),229 bushels. T. J. Pickett, jr., has sold the Ash land Gazette to W. N. Becker, jr. The paper will continue to expound republican di ctriues in the future as iu the past. Bogus White Lead and adulterated paints would have no sale did they not afford dealers a larger profit than Strictly Pure White Lead The man who best guards lis own interests is lever per suaded to buy paint that is said to be "just as good," or "better," than Strictly Pure White Lead. The following brands are standard, manufac tured by the "Old Dutch" process, and always strictly pure : "SOUTHERN" "RED SEAL" "COLLIER" Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. The National Lead Co. man ufacture a line of colors to color strictly pure White Lead any shade wanted. They are put up in small packages ; one pound being sufficient to tint twenty-five pounds of Lead. By using these colors and strictly pure White Lead you know that you have pure paint, which you can not know when buying "mixed" or "prepared" paints. For ule by the best dealers in paints. If you are going to paint, it will pay you to send to us for book containing information that may save you many a dollar J it will only cost you postal card to do so. NATIONAL LEAD CO., St. Louis Branch, Clark Avenue and Tenth Street, St. Louis, Mo. Pick newlaoho and relieve ill thetronblM lneJ rlont to a bilious alateof the jMm, suoh aa Dtuinms, Nauvfft, DrowaluinM. Uiatnwa alter estii.g, l'ain in the hula, Ao. While their most reibMitable success baa bevn shown la cmilig ( Iloa'laclie, yt Csrtor's Llttlo llree IWa tr equally vahmLlo in Constipation, curlnR aud pre vnitiL'ft tuiRnn)'iitfcoiula!iit,wMlottiyal romrtalldmorUiTgui lhHHtmi.u'h.etimHla.tethQ ) .vt and rtgulato I 'm bowels). iun U they oulf IS", i r eletlirTwonltU'ORln!ntprlcloitMhnoT7li9 (a(. t from Una JUvs-ii.c i'.ij l.unt: buifortu. t.tly Ihoirr film;;' l"-i in U'ntUi'rfl,nnl tunas tviiociicot.-yUimnwiniiinl th lit'l.ipilbvilu. ct'lciinaoiiittiiy w.iyst!:at t!iy will not bo wi. iiC t jdo k ltiiuut Iului. 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