Nebraska Newspapers

    LYNCHERS GOT THEM.
TWO BANK ROBBERS SOON PUT
OUT OF THE WAY.
Taken to the Hank Which They At
tempted to Uob, Where an Improvised
Scaffold AVa Ready for Their Recep
tion 'Tlie Kid" the Nerviest Man who
FTer Faced Death on the Frontier
The (lid Mau Weakened.
JodC I.jnch Tak- t harg;e.
Wichita Fai l., Texas, P'eb. 25.
At 8:30Tlast night, a mob of several
thousand persons attacked the jail
here, where Foster Crawford and "The
Kid" were contined. After a show of
resistance on the part of the author
ities, the mob battered in the jail
doors and forcibly took possession of
the prisoners
The two men were taken to the
bank which '.hey attempted to rob
Tuesdaj, and ;m improvised scaffold
was erected. The first impulse of the
nub was to burn the prisoners, but
calmer counsel prevailed.
Yells of l,IIung 'The Kid first" went
tip. Then oihers, ".No. hang the old
e-t first-' The Kid" refused to say a
word, and those having him in charge
y:nked him Dnto a box. The scene
was a weird one. One had on high
heeled boots, black pan's and a deep
re '. flannei shirt, which added a grue
some brilliancy to the scene. In a
moment the rope was about his neck
and a man who. some say. looked like
one of the men whose horse had been
taken, fixed one end across the cross
bar. Ail tnis time "The Kid" was
Verin at the audience, laughing and
cursing. He never quivered, lie was
a-ked to say what be wanted, and was
told he would be given a hearing.
He said: "That's all right. If you
are impatient, swing me up now. I
a: n't afraid to die, not a d n bit of it.
I'll LI the rope. '
A voice in the audience: "You are
gf:r.g to die now. Tell us your name."
"The Kid:" "My name is Younger
I.wis, and my father and mott ?r re
sine at Neosho. Mo."
"Any message?" from a voice in the
cr wd.
"Well, tell my father I was not
s.-ared a bit; that I died like a nervy
man. "
"Anything for your mother?"
No, not a word. She will see the
message to the old man. Say, you
ffliows go and look in that dugout and
you will find 1',i00 there."
"The Kid," or Younger Lewis, as he
at the last moment says he was, con
t inued laughing and chatting with the
crowd, poking fun at them and curs
iDg for a moment, and then some one
veiled: "Time is up."
"The Kid" said: "I am 20 years old,
and robbed that bank. I
am dead game and ready to die. Go
ahead."
In an instant he was pulled up
ai-ove the throng. He never quivered
or kicked. He just went up in the
a.r and was left hanging. Men on
the frontier for j-ears and years say
no gamer man ever died. He was the
coolest man in all the great crowd.
All the while Crawford was a spec
tator of the scene. lie begpi to
weaken and confessed, giving some
valuable information. He placed the
responsibility for the crime on the
"Kid."
The mol pulled him onto the im
provised platform next to the bank
he attempted to rob, and his head was
Hvout on a level with the dangling
fefet of his companion. He asked for
Captain Burnett. The latter was a
spectator in the crowd. He went to
l rawford and had a long talk. Craw
ford had worked on Burnett's ranch
fur years and was a trusted man. He
be;:an stealing his employer's stock,
however, and associating with terri
tory outlaws. Crawford confessed to
the bank robbery, but denied the mur
der. He w;i a small man, poorly
ciad. with red face and short clipped
l-'.atk mustache.
When they b-?gan to look for a sec
ond rope, he begged for whisky. It
was given to him. He talked and then
begged for more. He again addressed
the crowd in Comanche, English and
."Tianish. Those who understood him
say his utterances were incoherent.
The rope soon arrived and it was put
about his neck. lie fell, either in a
faint or from the whisky he had
drank- He was soon strung up along
with his companion and their bodies
re still dandling in mid-air.
The lynched men raided the City
National bank at Wichita Falls, Tex
Tuesday afternoon, killing Cashier
t ra.Dk Dorfv and wounding Book
keeper I. I. Langford. They were
uptured nine miles from town, after
a tgilt of an hour. The robbers were
in a tliirket snrrounded by pursuers
and surrenvlert'd only when all hope
t gone. They were taken to Wich
ita Fails an.i State rangers guarded
'iit-m all ni''ht. Yesterday morning a
1:1 .b 'gathered for the purpose of
!vnching the two robbers, but feared
' advance on the jail as long as the
rungers were inside with the prison
ers. Last night the rangers left and
'lip mob soon had the men.
t 'hillirothe' Maiir Temple dedicated.
'mixicoTJiE, .Mo., Feb. 28. The
i. w Masouie temple in this city was
!"dicated yesterday afternoon. Ten
i'xlres from near by towns attended
services. Dr. IL Barney, district
i-luty graud master, presided at the
opening of the grand lodge and con
flicted the dedicatory exercises. The
address was made by James L. Davis
of this place.
A ldo.OOO Fire at Florence, 8. C
Flokknce. S. C, Feb. 28. The en
j ire business portion of this town was
destroyed by a fire which broke out at
4 o'clock this morning. Loss. SI 00,000;
insurance. S-'-O.OOO. (Jeorge Williams,
a printer, was cremated.
The Urant Monument.
New York, Feb. 28. The trustees
of the Grant Monument association
met yesterday. The funds on
hand will be sufficient to complete
the monument. The granite work
will be finished in June next. The
marble lining in the mam structure
and crypt, the stairways, interior dec
orations, carving and the sarcophagus
will be completed in about a year and
if no extraordinary and unforseen
delays occur the structure will be
finished and ready to receive the body
of General Grant and to be dedicated
upon the anniversary of LU birth,
April 27,
GOOD NEWS FOR CUBANS.
Boone Committee Reports Belligerent
Resolutions.
Washixotox, Feb 23. The House
committee on foreicn affairs, after a
session of two hours, adopted a con
current resolution declaring it to be
the sense of Congress that a state of
war existed in Cuba, and that the insurgent.-,
should be given the rights of
belligerents, and that it was the sense
of Congress that the government of
the Fnited States should use its in
fluence to stop tne war it necessary by
intervention and pledging the support
oT Congress.
The resolutions were greeted with
cheers when read, and Mr. Sulzer,
Democrat of New York, asked unani
mous consent that the resolutions be
made a special order for Tuesday.
Mr. Meredith of Yirginia suggested
that they be passed immediately. More
cheers and loud applause greeted this
suggestion. Mr. Hitt, chairman of the
foreign affairs committee, said that
the committee would ask the earliest
possible consideration of the resolu
tions. All but two members of the
committee who were present voted for
them. The ayes were: Hitt, chair
man: Smith of Michigan, Cousins of
Iowa, Heatwo'e of Minnesota, Quigg
of New York, Pearson of North Caio
lina. Adams of Pennsj-lvania, Repub
licans; Newlands, silverite, of Nevada
audDinsmore of Arkansas. McCreary
of Kentucky, Democrats.
The nays were: Draper of Massa
chusetts, Republican, and Tucker,
Democrat, of Virginia. The absentees
were Taft of Ohio, Republican, and
Price of Louisiana. Democrat.
RIPE FOR REVOLUTION.
Tbe Icarapuan Outbreak a Spark for
Other South American Countries.
Panama, Feb. 2 8. The leaders in the
revolution against the government of
President Zelaya of Nicaragua are
General Ruben Alonzo. ex-minister of
war; Jose M. Chavarri. military gov
ernor of Leon; Francisco Baca, ex
minister of the interior, and General
Godoy and others. The uprising has
spread over the west provinces, in
cluding Chinandega and Chichigalpa.
The port of Corinto has been closed
and Mr. Zeverich, the general agent
of the Pacific Mail company, has been
notified. Steamers will not be allowed
to touch at that port. The port on
San Juan ael Sur is still open. More
than 503 tons of cargo for Corinto are
now awaiting shipment here.
A private cable dispatch reports that
fighting has taken place between
rebels and government forces near
Momotombo. on Lake Managua. It is
said the rebels captured two lake
steamers. Telegraphic communica
tion has been interrupted between
Corinto and Leon with Managua, the
capital. The Pacific mail steamer
Barracouta is unloading freight here
which was destined for Corinto.
There are signs that the revolution
in Northern Nicaragua may spread
over Central America. It has a dis
tinctly religious cast, and the Leon
ites say they can count on aid, not
only in this republic, but in the other
four republics as well.
The Liberals have no confidence in
the ostentatious display of sympathy
for Zelaya by leading Conservatives in
this city. It is believed that it is a
device to lull apprehensions and give
the revolution time to grow. Presi
dent Zelaya cannot hope. for aid from
the Conservatives, the richest, most
influential people in the country. The
influence of the highest social classes
is against Zelaya.
Guatemala is ripe for revolution,
owing to the deep seated dissatisfac
tion of the intelligent portion of the
people with the military rule of Bar
rios, whose humble extraction and
record for cruelty have turned the
upper class against him.
HIS FATHER A CONVICT.
Younger Lewl, Lynched In Texas. In
herited Ills Criminal Tendency.
Neosho, Mo., Feb. 28. Younger
Lewis, "the Kid," lynched at Wichi'.a
Falls, Tex., for tbe murder of Cashier
Dorsey of the City National bank, is
the son of Jim Lewis of Neosho. The
boy, who would have been 20 years
old next month, left here last fall in
company with a cousin. His father
has served a term in the state peniten
tiary for complicity in the raid of
Seneca. He said he knew nothing of
his son's conduct until he received a
telegram stating that he had been
hanged.
Younger Lewis is a cousin of J. T.
McElhaney, one of Neosho's leading
citizens, and though connected with
reputable people he was always prone
to be a worthless fellow
BLACKBURN MUST RETIRE.
Sound Money Democrats Are Weary of
Supporting a Hopeless Fight.
Frankfort, Ky.. Feb. '28. A reso
li tion has been prepared by
the gold standard Democrats who
have been supporting Senator J. C. S.
Blackburn for reelection to the
United States Senate, asking his
withdrawal. A caucus will be held
Monday and some other candidate
selected. The gold men have assur
ance from Judge Petrie and two other
Republicans that they would join
the Democrats at any time in an effort
to elect a gold "standard Democrat.
and the call on Senator Blackburn's
personal followers to unite with them
in an effort to induce Senator Black
burn to withdraw from the race.
If Senator Blackburn refuses to with
draw, a pronunciamento will be issued
next week and twenty-five Democrats
will vote for some other Democrat.
The thirty-five ballot resulted:
Blackburn G, Hunter C2, Carlisle 5,
Uolt S, Colson 1, Bate 1.
A massacre Instead of a Spanish Victory.
Havana, Feb. 22. Refugees from
Punta Brara and Guatao, arriving at
Havana, say that a reign of terror ex
ists in their locality in consequence of
troops having massacred peaceabie
people. The official government re
port issued Sunday states that the
fight near Punta Brara resulted in a
glorious victory for the Spanish arms,
twenty insurgents having been killed
and fifteen prisoners taken. Resi
dents of Guatao have identified eigh
teen of the dead as peaceable citizens.
One cf the prisoners claims American
citizenship.
HOUSE TARIFF BILL.
SENATE REFUSES TO CONSID
ER THE SAME.
A Decisive Tote Against Consideration
Canses Mr. Morrill to Read Certain
Silverites Oat of the Republican Party
Treasury Relief Now Nearly Impos
sible Tariff Dead as Julias Caesar.
Tariff Again Defeated.
Washington, Feb. 2o. Mr. Morrill,
chairman of the finance committee,
moved in the Senate to-day that the
tariff bill be taken up. He spoke,
briefly, urging that the needs of the
treasury and of business demanded
action.
On the roll call Mr. Morrill's motion
was defeated yeas 22, nays 33.
The vote was as follows: Yeas
Republicans, Aldrich, Allison, Baker,
Brown, Burrows, Cameron, Clark,
Cullom, Davis, Gear, nale. Bans
brough, Hawley, Lodge, Mitchell (Ore
gon), Morrill, Nelson, Perkins, Proc
tor, Quay, Sherman and Shoup 22.
Nays Republicans Cannon.Carter,
Dubois, Mantle and Teller 5. Demo
crats Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery,
Call, Chilton, Cockrell, George, Gor
don, Gray, Harris, Hill, Lindsay,
Martin, Morgan, Palmer, Pasco. Roach,
Turpie, Vest, Walthall and White 22.
Populists Allen. Butler, Jones (Ne
vada), Kyle, Fetter and Stewart 6.
Total, 33.
Early in to-day's session Mr. Allen
of Nebraska offered a resolution for
the appointment of James B. Lloyd of
North Carolina second assistant door
keeper of the Senate. The resolution
finally went over.
Mr. Morrill, chairman of the finance
committee, followed with a distinct
surprise, in the form of a resolution to
take up the tariff bill. Mr. Morrill
began with a brief statement as to the
complications on the bill. He said
that it had been apparent for many
months that there was a deficiency in
the revenues. During every month
since the present tariff bill went into
effect there had been a deficiency.
"How was it before?" interjected
Mr. Cockrell.
The deficiency up to the present
time, went on Mr. Morrill, reached
fjO.OOO.OOo. If we went on at the same
rate the deficiency would be $30,000,
000 for the year. It was manifest that
Congress should do something to re
lieve the treasury and assist in the
revival of business. Therefore, he
moved that the Senate proceed to the
consideration of the tariff bill.
The roll call proceeded with many
interruptions in order to allow Sena
tors to pair.
The announcement that Mr. Mor
rill's motion had been defeated yeas
22, nays 33 was not unexpected in
view of the vote some days ago.
Mr. Morrill again addressed the
Senate. It is now evident, he 6aid,
that the Republican party was in the
minority in the United States Senate.
Derisive laughter came from the Dem
ocratic side of the chamber at this
statement. Mr. Morrill, not noticing
' the interruption, declared that in his
! judgment the tariff bill was defeated
by a vote including five silver Repub-
licans and six Populists. There was
no substantial change in the present
' and former votes. The Republican
members of the finance committee
would be ready at any time before
Congress adjourned to come to the re-
: lief of the treasury. "But as to this
: bill," concluded M. Morrill, "I do not
think it would become me to ask any
further time."
I Mr. Teller secured recognition as
soon as Mr. Morrill concluded. The
Colorado senator spoke with earnest
ness and evident feeling. He referred
scornfully to the assertion of Mr. Mor
rill that there was not a Republican
; majority in the Senate. That was a
fact that had long been understood.
This statement, said Mr. Teller, came
with a motion out of time and out of
place, to proceed with tne tariff bilL
The senator from Vermont, Mr. Mor
rill, declared that certain senators on
the Republican side of the chamber
are no longer members of the Repub
lican Darty. The senator from Mon
tana, "Mr. Carter, who was, in the
judgment of Mr. Teller, as good a Re
publican as the senator from Vermont,
Mr. Morrill, had moved to recommit
the bill.
"I charge," proceeded Mr. Teller,
and I will seek to prove later that
this tariff bill never was presented
with any purpose of passingit."
"If the Senator from Vermont," con
tinued Mr. Teller, "thinks he can em
barrass those who have been as devoted
to the Republican party as he has
been, then he is mistaken. I will fol
low my own judgment on this question.
And I will stay in the Republican
party in spite of the senator from Ver
mont." This sham effect to pass a tariff
bill, aaded Mr. Teller, was degrading
to the American Senate. It was de
grading to those who took part in it.
Mr. Morrill interrupted to say: "I
have read no man out of the Repub
lican party."
Mr. Teller responded that the
whole spirit of Mr. Morrill's conrse
was in the line of driving out of the
party all those who did not agree with
him. It was the same intolerance
shown by the metropolitian press,
which bad already lead the silver
Republicans out of the party.
Mr. Frye of Maine took the floor to
declare that the tariff bill was as dead
as Julius Caesar. Business interests
demanded that the statement be made
emphatically that the bill was dead.
He hoped that it would never be
heard from again and that the re
sponsibility should rest where it be
longed. At 2:10 p. m. Mr. Morgan resumed
his speech on the Cuban resolution.
Bill to tbe Interest of Irrigation.
Washington, Feb. 2t. Congressman
Shafroth introduced a bill in the
House providing for an appropriation
of $100,000 to sink artesian wells in
the eastern portion of the State of
Colorado, for the purpose of determin
ing whether the force of water that
flows underneath the ground of that
section can be made available for the
irrigation of arid lands.
lila F?e in Johannesburg.
Johanxksbubg, Feb. 25. A fire
here this morning caused damage
amounting to $375,000 to dry goods
and other stores, warehouses, etc.
ROASTED HIS FLOCK.
Pastor McKlnney of Hopkins. Mo.,
Preaches a Scathing Farewell Sermon.
St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 26. The Rev.
L. R. McKinney, pastor of the Christ
ian church at Hopkins, Mo preached
his farewell sermon Sunday night,
and came to this city yesterday to es
cape the wrath he stirred up. In his
farewell sermon the Rev. Mr. McKin
ney told his hearers of their faults in
the plainest language he could com
mand. The church was crowded and
he had not talked long when people
arose in their seats and shouted to
him that he was a liar. lie went on,
however, and, pointing the people out
and calling them by name, told them of
their shortcomings. When they be
came demonstrative he shook his list
in their faces and quelled them. He
told one member of the congregation
that he some years ago had deserted
his mother and allowed her to die in
the poorhouse. He told how one
brother had swindled a creditor out of
money, and how another, in the ca
pacity of notary public, had believed
himself vested with the authority to
perform the marriage service and had
actually married a couple. He con
cluded by saying that hell would not
take on mourning when some of the
people died.
Yells of approval and disapproval
were heard throughout the discourse
and the scene was such as the people
had never witnessed before in that
quiet village. The sermon was the
culmination of a longstanding feud in
the church.
LINTON GAINS HIS POINT.
Iloase Rejects the Appropriation for
Sectarian Indian Schools.
Washington, Feb "6. The House
in committ ee of the whole, after a
very interesting debate, by a vote of
93 to 64, decided that none of the ap
propriations on the Indian appropria
tion bill for Indian schools should go
to sectaria n schools. The only sec
tarian schools to which money now
goes are Roman Catholic in denomi
nation, and the fight to-day was led
by Mr. Linton, a Michigan Repub
lican, who is the most pronounced
and openly avowed A. P. A. member
on the floor.
In last year's bill the appropriation
was cut down 20 per cent, with the
understanding it should be reduced
20 per cent each year until it ceased
at the end of five years. The com
mittee on Indian affairs this year
recommended that this appropriation
again be reduced 20 per cent, but Mr.
Linton moved an amendment that no
portion of this appropriation should
go to sectarian schools. In his
speech in support of it he attributed
the defeat of many members two
years ago to their refusal to abolish
sectarian schools and predicted dis
aster to those who still stood out
against their abolition. He also re
ferred indignantly to a statue of Pierre
Marquette, robed m the gown of a
Jesuit priest and decorated with the
paraphernalia of his church, which is
shortly to be erected in Statuary hall
in the presence of high dignitaries of
the Catholic chur
MONETARY VIEWS.
Secretary Carlisle Meets New York
Hankers in Conference.
New York, Feb. 2C. Secretary of
the Treasury Carlisle and the leading
bank presidents of New York con
ferred yesterday afternoon at the
Fifth Avenue hotel. The subject of
the conference was sound financial
legislation.
At the conclusion of the conference
it was stated only the members of the
sound currency committee of the
Chamber of Commerce had been in
vited to meet the secretary. The gen
tlemen mentioned were in Mr. Car
lisle's private room for upward of an
hour and a half. When they left Gus
tave H. Schwab said the time had
been devoted to a general exchange of
views concerning the financial situa
tion and the best methods of carrying
on the sound money campaign.
Mr. Schwab added that the only
definite outcome of the conference was
that it was decided to call a special
meeting of the sound currency com
mittee of the chamber to be hold at
2:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Carlisle said he believed that
both political parties would adopt
"sound money" planks in their plat
forms; he was confident that this
course would be followed by the Dem
ocrats. He said reports from all sec
tions showed that the movement for
"sound money" was gaining in popu
lar favor. The late popular loan, he
added, was fine evidence of confidence.
Silver Movement in Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 23 It was
earned yesterday that a secret meet
ing of advocates of free silver is to be
held in this city on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 26. The notices that have been
sent out say that the object is to or
ganize, not a new political party, but
a new political force to work in all
the parties for silver. It is learned
from prominent silver people that the
special object of the conference is an
effort to capture the Democratic State
convention this year.
Weather Bureau's Benefits.
Washington, Feb. 2a Chief Moore
of the weather bureau has made a
special report to the Secretary of Agri
culture with reference to the actual
money value of cold wave warnings
to the people of this, country. Special
reference to the cold wave of January
2 to 5 of tbe present year is made.
Reports received from 102 stations in
dicate that warnings of the cold wave
were directly instrumental in saving
from destruction property valued at
33,500,000 in value.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The story that President Cleveland
favors Secretary Olney for his suc
cessor is repeated.
Secretary Morton has receded from
his cattle quarantine regulations and
accepted the lines established by the
Texas Comnvssion.
Bruno Bademan, a real estate dealer
of Little Rock, Ark., shot himself. He
will die.
Rev. D. L. Moody became ill at
Selma, Ala., and canceled his Southern
engagements.
FOR A TARIFF BILL.
POPULISTS FAVOR ONE ON
SILVER CONDITIONS.
If There is No Free White Metal Then
There Will He o Increased Revenue
Senator Allen of Nebraska Makes the
Populist Proposition lie Sharply Crit
icises Action of Republicans in the
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 27. Mr. Quay re
ported the army appropriation bill in
the Senate to-daj' and gave notice that
he would call it up to-morrow.
Mr. Allen of Nebraska returned to
the tariff question by referring to the
statements of Mr. Morrill, Mr. Shei
man and Mr. Piatt during the exciting
debate yesterday. Mr. Allen said he
had believed that it was the honest
purpose of the Republican party to
enact a law placing gold and silver on
equal terma But the debate of yes
terday developed that the Republican
leaders, under no circumstances, would
accept a free coinage measure. Under
the circumstances, he would submit a
distinct proposition to the chairman
of the finance committee, namely that
he (Allen) would assure sufficient Pop
ulist votes to give a majority of the
Senate, if the passage of the tariff bill
was accompanied by the adoption of a
free silver amendment.
Mr. Morrill remained in his seat
without responding, but Mr. Hoar of
Massachusetts made the point that the
discussion was out of order.
Unanimous consent was given, how
ever, to Mr. Allen to proceed. He
criticised the financial record of Mr.
Sherman. The Republican party
could not escape, said Mr. Allen, from
the attitude of declining to remone
tize silver. "The Populist senators
are ready to swallow 3-our nauseating
and unjust tariff measure," said Mr.
Allen, "if you will place silver on
equal terms with gold; but you will
not do it."
Mr. Allen then turned his attentton
to Mr. McKinley and had read from
the desk a speech said to have been
delivered by the ex-Governor of Ohio.
Mr. Allen referred to Mr. McKinley as
the chief apostle of protection, and
the speech purported to give Mr. Mo
Kinley's severe criticism of the de
monetization of silver. In conclusion
Mr. Allen held up a bill, exclaiming:
"Now, to test your integrity and good
faith, I offer this bill. It is your
tariff bill, without a 'T' uncrossed or
an 'I' undotted, except in the title.
And I 6ay to you that if you are ready
to show the good faith of your asser
tions for silver and link it with the
tariff bill, we pledge you six Populist
votes."
Mr. Allen's bill was read, it being
the tariff bill and a free silver bill
combined.
Mr. Baker of Kansas asked if Mr.
Allen would agree to deliver the six
Kansas votes for a tariff bill with an
amendment restricting the silver pro
duct to American mines.
'I have not consulted my colleagues
on that," responded Mr. Allen. "And
I do not undertake to direct the Popu.
Ust vote beyond this specific proposi
tion. Personally I would not agree
to it."
There was some discussion as to the
merits of Mr. Baker's suggestion.
The Allen compromise bill went to
the table temporarily.
Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky offered an
amendment to the tariff resolution of
Mr. Carter, directing the finance com
mittee to report back a repeal of the
one-eighth differential on sugar.
KILLED BY BANK ROBBERS.
Cashier Dorsey Shot Dow n for Refusing
to Yield Funds.
Wichita Falls, Tex., Feb. 27. Two
robbers entered the City National
bank, of this city, at 2:45 p. m., and
demanded the money of Cashier Dor
sey, who resisted them. Shooting be
gan, resulting in the death of Cashier
Frank Dorsey and the wounding of
Bookkeeper P. P. Langford. Lang
ford's wounds are not serious, being
light flesh wounds.
The robbers secured only a few
hundred dollars in silver. They then
mounted their horses and made a run
for their lives.
By this time many of the citizens
had armed themselves and a small
battle took place. One of the rob
bers horses was shot from under him
and it is believed the robber was
wounded. He mounted behind his
partner and, about one mile from
town met a farmer in a buggy. They
took his horses and made a break for
tbe hills.
In the meantime, citizens had se
cured horses and started in pursuit of
the robbers. Captain McDonald and
his rangers came in on the 4 o'clock
trai.t and lojk the t ail at once. Late
last night wosd was received that the
robbers are corralled in a large thicket
in the middle of a pasture nine miles
from town. The thicket is surrounded
by twenty-five or thirty determined
men, who'are fully armed, and escape
is almost impossible. They have sent
in for twenty-five additional men, who
have just started. Foster Crawford,
one cf the robbers, who killed Cashier
Dorsey, is said to be a noted desper
ado. It is also reported that one of
the famous Christian gang was the
other man.
It is believed a hanging bee will
take place when the robbers are
caught A re ware, of $1,000 is offered
by the Panhandle and City National
banks for their capture, dead or alive.
Five Hundred Miners Retnrn to Work.
Huxsboro, 111., Feb. 27. The 500
miners at the Consolidated Coal Com
pany's mines at Staunton and Mount
Olive, who have been out on a strike,
have returned to work. They failed
to force a raise in the scale of wages.
Farso Odd Fellows to II is band.
Fakgo, N. D., Feb. 27. The North
ern lodge, L 0. O. F., held its last
meeting last night, and its charter
will be turned over to Grand Master
McConville. This action arises out of
the order of the Supreme lodge to pay
back $11,000 alleged to have been il
legally used from the funds contrib
uted after the big fire of 1893 by Odd
Fellows all over the United States.
The Supreme lodge demanded pay
ment of $1,800 this year and security
lor the balance. The lodge offered to
pay ten per cent annually, which offer
was refused.
GEN. SHELBY'S ANSWER.
A Bine and Gray Military Farad est
July 4 Would lie Incongruous.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 27. Jo 0.
Shelby, commanding the United, States
Confederate veterans of Missouri, yes
terday received an inquiry from ft
New York paper asking for an expres
sion of his views on the action of Commander-in-Chief
Walker of the G. A.
R. in declining to sanction the pro
posed marching of the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic in uni
form and the Confederate veterans in
uniform at the Fourth of July demon
stration next summer in New York
city. Replying to the query. General
Shelby sent the following telegram:
WThen General Lee furled the flag
and stacked arms at Appomatox, then
and there the colors and uniform of
the Confederacy were buried for all
time. The idol of brave men lay shat
tered as the stars and stripes floated
again in its old time place. Heroes
wept at the burial, but raised their
faces to salute the flag of an undivided
and indivisible country. And we, who
still stand 'this side of the
weary door of death,' enjoying the
freedom and protection vouchsafed to
us by our common country and that
flag, realize that there is but one flag
and one uniform, one symbol and one
army, for our common country. Citi
zenship is broader than sentiment and
duty greater than tender recollections.
But above all, true Americanism is
chief of this trinity of virtues.
And so the ex-soldiery, whether of
the North or of the South, should
maintain that spirit of duty, citizen
ship and Americanism which will
banish sectionalism, bitterness and
prejudice, and tie us together with a
fourfold bond of respect, esteem.affec
tion and patriotism.
Believing, therefore, as I do, that in
the parade as proposed in your city
July 4 next, of the Grand Army of the
Republic in National uniform, and
the ex-Confederates in grey uniform
with stars and bars, would be incon
gruous and mar the harmony of thai
occasion, I indorse cordially and com
mend the action of General Walker,
commander-in-chief, in the course he
has taken. Our griefs are private
the Sunny Southland all billowed
over with the graves of our dead from
the sea to the gulf, invites our love
and claims our tenderest care. And
it is no part of our duty or patriotism
to obtrude ' ourselves or our private
sorrows into the marching columns of
the Grand Army.
Chinese Troops Mutiny.
Lokdon, Feb. 27. A dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai says that Anhnl
troops at Kiang Yin, ninety-five miles
from Shanghai, have mutined. By
the explosfbn of the main powder
magazine at that point, 200 persons
were killed and many wounded. One
captain has been killed by the troops
and the general has been made pris
oner and is awaiting death. The for
eign instructors of the troops are safe
and are being protected by the Hunan
troops.
Miss Flagler's Sentence.
Washington, Feb. 27. Miss Elisa
beth Flagler, daughter of General
Flagler, chief of ordnance, U. 8. A.,
w-ho last spring shot a colored boy
named Green, was arraigned in court
yesterday. She pleaded guilty to in
voluntary manslaughter and was sen
tenced to three hours in jail and to
pay a fine of $500. General Flagler
paid the fine and the young lady was
conducted to jail and served the three
hours in the matron's reception room.
Bourgeois' Downfall Appears Certain.
Pams, Feb. 27. It is believed that
the coming debate on the proposed in
come tax will determine the fate of
the government The outlook is not
very bright for M. Bourgeois and his
fellow ministers.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From New York, Chicago, St,
Louis, Omaha and I lsewhere.
OMAUA.
Butter Creamery separator..
Butter Fair to pood country.
Ejrps Fresh
Chickens Dressed, per tb
Ducks Per Jb
Turkeys Per B
Geese-l'er lb
Lemnns Choice Messinas
13 to
13 to
94to
74 to
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14
10
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11
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& 3 2
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& 3 25
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to 4 25
& 65
to 29
to 2ht
tolO 05
to 5 AO
. 4 25
to 4 ;o
to 4 70
to 3 65
0 3 25
Homey Fancy white, per lb... 14
Apples Per bbl 2 75
Sweet Dot a toes Good, per bbl 2 60
Potatoes Per bu 30
Beans Navv. hand-picUed.bu 1 40
Cranberries . ape Cod, pr.bbl 6 &
Hay Upland, per ton 5 00
Onions Per bu . 35
Broom Corn Green, per tt. 2
Hosts Mixed packing 8 70
Hnirs UeavvWeichts 3 80
Beeves btockars and feeders. 2 75
Bee f Steers
Bulls
linkers.. ............ . .....
2 75
2 10
2 50
3 75
2 40
1 50
1 85
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3 30
4 00
ta?s
Calves.....
Oxen
Cows ...........
Heifers
Westerns
Sheep Lambs.
CHICAGO.
Wheata-No. 2, spring .. 65
Corn Per bu 29
Oats Per bu 20
Pork 9 85
Lard 5 2
Cattle Native Beeves 3 G5
Hoss Averages 8 9.)
theep Lambs 4 00
Sheep Westerns 3 :c
Sheep-Natives 3 00
NEW YORK.
Wheat No. 2, red winter "5
orn No. 2, 3r
Oats No. 2, 26
Pork 10 2
Lard 5 00
to
754
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to
to
tolO 75
to & 24
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat No. 2 red, cash
71 to
Corn Per Du
Oats Per bu.. ,
Hoes Mixed naeklnz.
2TM'ft
28
2'
1S to
3 t)0
to 3 90
to 4 .0
Cattle Native beeves 3 i5
3 '15
9 7 -i
Sheep N atlves.
Lambs
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No. 2 hard
Corn No. 2.
Oats No. 2
Cattl stockersand feeders..
to 3 75
to 4 50
8 25
49
2;j
54
23
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2 75
3 70
to 3
to 3 80
Hops Mixed Packers
Sheep Lambs 3 75 to 4 35
He Found Thonapaoa Ready.
Pexteb, Mo., Feb. 27. Thomas A.
Thompson, a saloonkeeper at Puxico,
twenty miles northwest of Dexter,
yesterday shot and instantly killed
Lon Kodney. The killinc took place
in Thompson's saloon. On last Christ
mas, Rodney went to Thompson's sa
loon and raised a racket with Thomp
son, which resulted in an exchange of
istol 6hots without injury. Kodney
as since threatened Thompson, and
yesterday afternoon, got a Winches
ter and went to the saloon to kill him,
bnt was himself killed. Thompson
-ave himself up to the authorities.