- THETRIBUNE. . .
F. M. & E. M. K13IMEIX , Fnb .
McCOOK , : : : : NE1
OVEE THE STATE.
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A CIRCULAR FBOM THE STATE SCHOOL St
PEEINTENDENT. The last session of thi
state legislature , says the Omaha Republi
' can , passed a law relating to the teaching
in the schools of Nebraska , of physiology
and hygiene with special reference to nice
holic and narcotic stimulants , and in ex
planation of the law State Superintenden
Jones has issued and sent out a circular
After reciting the provisions of the act
which in substance states that provisioi
shall be made for instructing the pupil
in all schools supported by publi
money , or under state control , in physi
ologyand hygiene'with-'special reference tt
alcoholic drinks and other stimulants anc
narcotics upon the human system , he says
It will be seen from tho language ? used thai
teaching this subject is made compulsorj
in all schools supported bythestate. Thii
includes all primary and high schools , tin
university , normal schools , reform school
the institutions of the deaf and dumb , ant
blind.
Great care should be taken in sclectin ;
text-books upoh this subject , and when
the pupilN are too young to use books the
teacher should be thoroughly informed anc
should teach it orally. The place in tin
course of study should be fixed by the dis
trict board. The manner of teaching ii
should be the same as for other studies
This will of necessity be left largely to the
teacher. It should not be given unduf
prominence , and on the other hand ii
Hhould not be crowded into some spar <
half-hour onco a week. It should be re
inenibered that there are other importanl
matters to be considered in connection will
the subject of physiology nnd hygiene , foi
there are questions as to what we shall eat
and wherewithal shall .wo be clothed that
are almost as important as what we shall
drink. All questions concerning life and
health are important. Zenlshould be tem
pered with knowledge. The truth should
have an impartial hearing. The instruc
tion should be with reference to scientific
fact , and great pains should bs taken not
to make the instruction have a personal
bearing upon any pupil. Not one of the
little ones should be offended since it is bad
enough to have intemperate parents with
out having it brought to the notice of the
BchooL
"THere are districts in which a few inju
dicious words would raise a tempest of op
position that would nullify all efforts ol
the teacher. There are others in which
some unguarded statement would bring the
whole matter into ridicule. The daily
preparation for this instruction in temper
ance-hygiene will draw upon the teacher's
resource of skill and knowledge as no other
subject can. "
"Givenwithout controversy , without
"
malice , with "the'greatest prudence , with
boundless charity , this scientific instruc
tion will certainly tend to a fair solution ol
a vexed question. "
As'to the second section of the law it
cannot ba retroactive ; it cannot effect cer
tificates given before the law came into ef
fect. But in all examinations from now on
the subject must be considered. .No certifi
cates should be renewed or endorsed unless
the superintendent knows that the appli
cant has passed this examination. I do
not think that the ordinary examination
upon physiology , such as all teachers have
been required to take in the past , will come
within the meaning of the law.
MK. POTTER TALKS. Vice President Pot
ter , of the Burlington , is still in the city ,
having been kept here with the rest of the
delayed travelers by the storm of the week.
He submitted patiently and has been put
ting in his time to the best advantage pos
sible in arranging some important matters
in connection with his road. Mr. Potter
was closeted all day yesterday with Traffic
Manager Kimball , of the Union Pacific , in
considering the subject of a renewal of the
Nebraska pool , of which the Burlington
and Union Pacific are members. This pool
relates simply to freight .business , tho
passenger department being run on
an independent basis , because there
are so few competing points on
the two lines in the state. Mr.
Potter was seen and asked concerning the
renewal of the pool. He replied that the
two roads had been fighting on the matter
for several days , but that there were still
certain questions to be considered before
an arrangement trould be made. He admit
ted , furthermore , that there was no doubt
of an agreement being reached within a
day or two.
"Yes , " he continued , "I was intending to
make a trip further west , but got snow
bound. I expected to have left Omaha
three or four days ago , but have had to
submit to the inevitable delays of the
storm , 'Our road will be all opened up to-
* . Our
morrowi morning without doubt.
trains are running between here and Lin
coln , and the line west of there will be in
working order in a few hours. "
"What do you think of the delay of the
last mail ? "
' This is the "first time that there has
been a se'rious delay since it began running.
But they ought to have gotten through.
But you must1 remember that it is notthe
snow that has caussd the most serious
trouble. It is the cold that has bothered
us. The engines froze up and 'went dead , '
as the expression is. It requires the most
skillful engineers and the very best ma
chinery , and even then it is very hard to
avoid trouble. The fast mail due here tp-
uightison time thus far and will not be
Tery much delayed. "
Mn Potter avoided talking on topics
pertaining to railroad building in Nebraska
next season , but it is well understood that
his visit here means the definite arrange
ment of all the details in regard to the
Burlington's new branches and new west
ern extension. [ Omaha Republican.
NEBRASKA JfEfTS AND NOTES.
Miss THORPE , of David City , was the vic
tim of a runaway a few days auo. In at
tempting to jump from the bdggy she was
caught by some of the side irons and
, dragged for some djstance , but with re
markable pluck and persistency held to
the reins until the horse was stopped and
she was rescued from her perilous position.
Her dress was considerably demoralized
but she sustained no serious personal in
jury.
THE new county officials are now in
stalled all along the line. Many of them
are their own successors.
BUTLER county's new court house , ac
cording to the David City Tribune , is not
large enough to accommodate all spectators
when a trial of unusual interest is on. The
Tribune suggests that it bo lengthened to
sixty feet
THERE was a report abroad , says the
Lincoln Journal , to * the effect that eighty-
five children at the Homo for the Friend
less were suffering from cold for want of
proper clothing , and that help for them
was promptly and badly needed. The
rumor was investigated at once and found
to be entirely false.
THE snow blockade cost the Lincoln
street railway company Sl.OOO.
J. B. PHICHAHD , , cashier ol the .Westen
Union Telegraph company in Omaha , hat
disappeared , leaving a shortage in his ac
counts of about $700. A woman is sai
to have caused his downfall. The company
loses nothing , being secured by rcliabl
bondsmen.
DUBINQ the recent cold snap at Omaha
man named Thomas Rogers was broughtii
in a pitiable condition. He was found bj
a farmer in a section along the line of th
railroad track a few miles from town. H
said he had been out in the storm for fou
days , and that a great portion of the tim
he had been without food. He said he wa
afraid to start out in search-'of-nassistanc
lest he should lose his way and perish i
the snow. When found his ears , nose anc
lips and feet were frozen so that they wen
perfectly black. He was sent to the poo
farm.
BEX BARROWS , for ten years consul to
Dublin , appointed from Nebraska , is back
to his adopted state.
OMAHA citizens arc having trouble with
the gas men , refusing to pay tho cxhorbi-
tant charges for a very poor article of light.
THE normal school at Fremont has 160
students.
AN official notice of the death of Father
O'Connor has been received by Father
Boyle , of Fremont. He was pastor of the
Catholic church at that place for nearly
four years. Hewas about thirty-five years
of age , and a priest about eleven years. Ho
left Omaha for his native home , in Ireland ,
about three months ago. A paralytic
stroke so prostrated him that it was neces
sary to carry him from tho steamer on
which he sailed , and since then he has been
failing.
A LAND firm at Oakdale disposed of 25.-
527 acres from May 1 to December 31 ,
1885 , at an average price per acre 01 $8.50.
WALTER JOSEPH , who says he is a de
serter from company A , Eighteenth infant
ry , gave himself up to the police at Omaha.
"SPEAKING of real estate , " says an
Omaha letter-writer , "I might mention in-
ciduntally that it is one of the-biggeafcjn-
dustries Omaha has got. The fact in every
man , woman and child in the city is a
dealer , or rather a speculator , in 'mud. * II
you a man in Omaha who hasn't bought a
lot or is in the very act of buying one , you
will point to a stranger that haa not been
in the city longenoughto write his nameoa
the'hotel register. "
THEPqnca Advocate makes a very flat
tering showing of the solid improvements
and progress of that town in 1885.
ACCORDING to the Blair Republican they
are lively workers at Kennard. Last week
they commenced to talk up a public hall ;
next day organized a joint stock company ;
the following day the click of sawa nnd
hammers startled the oldest citizens ; Fri
day night of that same week the new struc
ture was dedicated by a ball so well at
tended that the net receipts were § io.
THE Ewing Item says : Mr. Henry How
ard , of Marshalltown , Iowa , an old-time
friend of Adam Roberts , was in Ewing last
week. Mr. Howard is a breeder of Clydes
dale horses and he was looking for a farm
near town to devote to that purpose. He
expressed himself well pleased with Ewing
and the country adjacent and has his eyes
on a certain quarter-section near here
which he thinks strongly of purchasing , to
ocate on in the spring.
OMAHAis preparing to give another
charity ball. That last winter netted a
landsome-sum for the benefit of the poor ,
and strong efforts will be put forth to in
crease the amount this year. *
A NEW order was received at military
icadquarters in Omaha a few days since.
! t is from the secretary of war , and is in
regard to paying for telegrams. The order
reads as follows : "If the Western Union
or any other independent companies build
or maintain a telegraph line which runs
alongside of and and occupies the same
territory as one of the bonded Pacific
roads , it is intended that every paymaster
shall refuse payment to said independent
companies for messages received or sent
over said lines. " Another clause in the
order stipulates that messages shall be
sent by the subsidized lines in preference to
he non-subsidized lines if possible.
IN the police court at Lincoln , Charles
Watrous was found guilty of assault upon
Irs. Alice Albright , and was fined $25 and
osts.
GEORGE T. WALKERwho founded the
Omaha Nail works in 1878 , is now in that
ity perfecting arrangements for the forma-
; ion of a new company to reopen , the
) maha Nail works which closed on Christ
mas. Mr. Walker is the owner of extensive
teel nail works in Oakland , Cal.
DURING the late severe storm in Ne-
> raska a train was thirty-six hours in
; he drift between Hastings and Hanson.
Tanners in the vicinity of the snow-bound
, rain looked after the comforts of the pas-
engers and train men , so that they suffer-
d not for good fare. George Locke , the
laggageman , had both feet badly frozen
while shoveling snow. Otherwise the crew
and passengers passed through the ordeal
afc and sound.
OMAHA will pive its annual charity ball
on tho 22d of February.
THE Chicago and Northwestern is build-
ng eight new parlor cars for its main line
and four for its Omaha line.
THE worst thing the Fairmont Herald
ieard of in connection with the storm was
a man near that town whose cows were
> uried in a snowdrift. He shoveled out
the "hind ends , " so as to get at the dairy
part of the animals , milked them regularly ,
and left the1 fore-quarters to thaw out by
leat of the'sun.
A GOOD many Congregationalists in and
about Geneva are talking up the need of a
louse of worship , and it is probable that
he structure will be built this year.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the J. M.
3urks implement company have been filed
at Lincoln.
LAST week R. T. Mahoney , while on his
way to Fairbury , found Andrew Cashman
yingdead on the hill south of Kesterson.
Andrew was an old man but seemed very
lealthy in the morning , so he started on
lorseback to sec his daughter. He was
subject to heart disease and this was the
cause of his death. ,
AN old man named Dickman , living near
3cribner , blew his brains out with a shot-
; un last week.
ARTICLES incorporating the American de
tective association of Omaha have been
filed in the office of the secretary of state.
s
. Joiix BIXOIUM , living northwest of Lin
coin , fays a good deal of stock perished it
his neighborhood during the recent cole
storm.
TIIE Neligh land office disposed of 83,41c
acres of land during the past year.
LAST week a stage coach was robbed neai
Fort Robinson , several tic/usand dollan
being taken that was intended for the pay
ment of troops.
THE Beatrice canning company declarei
a net dividend of ten per cent , besidei
standing an accidental loss that wus quit *
heavy.
TWENNY-FIVE traveling menwere , strand
ed in Hastings during-the-blockdde.
A WASHINGTON special says Senator Man <
derson's speech on the three battalion bil
is regarded by members of the upper houst
as a vigorous and statesmanlike effort.
A FULL and free discussion of the water
woritB question has been had af Beatrice
and the result seems to be that tho peopli
are in favor of it.
THE Kearney canal company recently
paid off ten thousand dollars worth of bills
and levied another assessment of 5 per
cent. The finances of the company are in
excellent condition.
NIIR Fairbury , a mnn who was drunk
fell from a wagon , receiving injm'ies from
which ho died in a feudays. .
\ViiK.v the case of Peter Schwonk rs. the
Fremont , Elkhorn and Missouri Valley rail
road company was called up by the board
of commissioners at Lincoln on tlic 12th , a
ivpru.si'iitn-tivtt of the road asked for a con
tinuance. statin : ; that the snow blockade
had prevented tho officials reaching Lin
coln. The r quest"wjus granted and tho
case set for February 2.
A SPECIAL from Sidney says : It hasbaen
learned on good authority that Judge
Hamcr , who sentenced Ilcnnolds to be
Imnged May 21 , docs not believe the con
demned in his right mind. 'A great deal of
importance in this connection is placed on
the judge's remark when passing sentence ,
that if the prisoner remained in his present
statc'he-would summons a special jnry to
Lry him on the question of his sanity , be-
! ore the day of execution.
Mit. WALTMEYER , of Atchison , Kansas ,
iroposes establishing a canning factory al
Falls City if a bonus of § 10,000 can be
raised.
A THREE-STORY opera house is among con-
; emplated improvements in Falls City the
present year.
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM BAILLIE , of Ash
3rove , Sherman county , have been married
fifty years.
J. K. GRIFFITH , of Weeping Water , was
iiriously attacked the other day by a cow
that was supposed to be mad , and came
very near being seriously if not fa tally * in
ured.
A SPECIAL from Hastings says : Lastnight
about 8 o'clock , a young woman giving the
name of Georgie Belle Brakey , committed
suicide at the Arlington hotel by taking ten
rains of morphine. She died about noon
to-day. The deceased came here about a
week ago in company with a man who gave
iis name as George Reynolds , and a woman
giving the name of Effie Nufer.These last
two occupied a room together as man and
wife , while the deceased used a room across
the hall. Their board had been paid in ad-
vance , and no account was taken of their
actions. Last night about 8 o'clock Miss
3rakey went out , and proceeding to a drug
store under an assumed name , secured ten
; rains of morphine , and , repairing to hei
room , took it all , as it is supposed from tli
act that none could be found in the room.
SCHUYLER special : The remains of Lapour
ivere , upon the order ol the eoroner. taken
n charge by Undertaker Cnnntin this after
noon to await the cominig of his family ,
vhich is expected to-morrow. Crowds ol
urious people were at the court nouse yes-
; erday and to-day to view the remains.
THE electric light now makes plain the
xithway of the belated Kearneyite.
J. S. HOOT , of Rivcrdale , has been ex-
libiting a porker in Kearney that weighed
n the neighborhood of 1,000 pounds. It
vas raised in Buffalo county , and is now
hirty.four months old.
THE Red Willow county jail was slightly
corched by lire on Chiistmas morning.
OMAHA is feeding about two hundred
estitute families at the present time.
A MAN from Chadron says there are a
reat many families out there , and single
larties holding down claims. Many are
iving in tents or in board shanties covered
yith paper. Destitution prevails to some
xtent. *
BERNARD Donn , who resides near Jericho ,
herman county , drove his team over a
luff and was instantly killed. He was ri >
urning from Loup City at the time.
WALKER S. TUCKER , a tourist for an
astern jewelry firm , has begun suit in the
Douglas county court for ? 1,000 damages
or assault and battery against H. L.
Ornery , a traveling representative of the
tar plug chewing tobacco company of St.
THE young son of J. A. Mattick , living
ear Hastings , was accidently killed lass
eek. ] Je was riding at a rapid rate over
hD prairie , and when near a deep draw the
orse , owing to the icy condition jot the
round , slipped and fell , throwing the boy
jver onto him. This happened just on the
op of the draw , and the force of the fall
ent the horse sliding down the bank to the
jottom of the draw. The boy had becomfi
astened under the horse , and when it began
liding down the bank the boy was dragged
lown with it , so that when the bottom was
eached life was so badly mangled that he
vas beyond recognition. His clothes were
own off and pieces of flesh were left lying
n the track of descent. The bones , in his
jody were crushed , and altogether he pre-
untcrl a sickening appearance.
IN the stage robbery near Fort Robinson ,
vhcreby the thief got away with money in-
ended for payment of Uncle Sam's troops ,
b is thought the driver knows more than
IB is willing to tell.
Two BROTHERS named Buck camped near
Stockvillc , Frontier county , and during the
light , while moving about in their wagon , a
un was accidentally discharged , killing one
jf the men. The bullet passed through hia
jowels and lodged in his spinal column.
IN searching the cells of prisoners in the
ancaster county jail the other evening ,
Sheriff Melick found some keys made ol
lard wood and a file manufactured from n
ase knife , two things that helped to show
hat the victims confined were preparing to
Hake a strike for outside aire. before Ions.
A REFORM Ef THE MUSIC.
A * Inaugurated by President Cleveland at
tlie Recent State Dinner.
The president gave his first state dinner
of the season on the evening of the loth in
honor of his cabinet. The white house was
tastefully arranged for the occasion and
presented a brilliant appearance. The east
room and parlors adjoining the state din
ing room were lined with tropical plants ,
and the mantels were banked with choice
flowers. The principal decoration of the
dinner table was an immense floral ship of
state , which was surrounded by many
smaller floral pieces of different designs.
' of the "house
'One of the'oldestattaches
said the table had "never presented a more
beautiful appearance. The Marine band
was stationed in the main vestibule , and
discoursed its finest music during the din
ner. One reform instituted by the band
was the omission of "Hail to the Chief"
from its reportoire. This was done out of
respect to the president , who is said
to be very tired of hearing that
tune. The following is a list of the
guests : Secretary of State and Mrs.
Bayard , Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Manning , Secretary and Mrs. Endi-
cott , Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Whit
ney , Postmaster-General and Mrs. Vilas.
the secretary of the interior , Speaker and
Mrs. Carlisle , Lieut.-Gen. and Mrs. Sheri
dan , Admiral Rogers the admiral of the
navy being indisposed Senator Harris , the
democratic nominee for president prp.tem.
of the senate ; Senator and Mrs. Edmunds ,
Miss Love and Miss Utley , of Buffalo , who
are guests at the white house ; Hon. Ed
ward Cooper and Mrs. Cooper , of New
York ; Mr. D.V. . Willis , Miss Weddelt ol
Cleveland , who is a guest at Secretary
' McCnllo'ch and
Whitney's ; ex-Secretary
Mrs. McCulloch. President pro tern , of the
Senate and Mrs. Sherman , who had ac
cepted the president's invitation , were
called out of the city. The attorney-gen
eral was unable to attend by reason of n
slight disposition. The president escorted
Mrs. Ba3rard and Secretary Bayard escort
ed Miss Cleveland. After dinner a short
lime was passed in promenading through
the parlors and conservatory which was
illuminated for the occasion.
RT THE CARLE.
Greece and Servia are negotiating for a-u
alliance against Bulgaria.
Count Rascon 1ms been appointed Span
ish minister to London in place of Marquis
Do CasoLaiglssiar , who has been trans
ferred to Washington.
The king of Bavaria has forbidden the
Cabinet to interfere with his exchequer.
The members will resign. The king's debts
amount to 15,000,000 marks.
President Grevy has signed a decree
granting amnesty to persons convicted of
political offences since 1870 , and reducing
the sentences of many offenders against/
common law.
The London Daily Telegraph says the
government will introduce a bill abolishing
the viceroy of Ireland. It is known that it
is this fact that induces the Earl Carnar-
vttii to resign the lord lieutenancy.
It is stated on good authority that Mr.
Gladstone and his qolleagues have become
reconciled ; that Earls Spencer , Granvillo ,
and the Marquis of Hartington have given
nnsent to a course of tactics suggested by
Mr. Gladstone , and that he will take the-
first chance to overthrow the conservative
government.
*
'Archbishop Walsh , in an address atDub-
lin , said Parnell hoped to obtain a settle
ment of the Irish question from Gladstone.
The speaker trusted the hope would ba
realized and that sad results would not be
\\itnessed by desperate men , despairing ol
eccuring freedom by constitutional.mcano
having recourse to dynamite and the dag
ger of the assassin.
The Emperor William opened the Prus
sian diet. In his speech his majesty said :
"I am grateful for the care and fidelity o !
my people , and for the benevolent sym
pathy which has been extended to me by
foreign countries. Our foreign relations
are friendly , and support fully our beliel
that the peace of Europe is sure to con
tinue. "
CHICAGO'S'RirAI J2V THE WEST.
The Garden City Losing Her Grip on the
Western Cattle Trade ,
Chicago specia.1 to the Omaha Bee : The
'act that Omaha-is rapidly becoming a
langerous rival of Chicago , is far as the
: attle market is concerned , is now even ad-
nitted by Chicago live stock men. The
'ollowing significant dispatch is published
n the Journal here this evening :
WASHINGTON , January 13. Samuel Aller-
ton , of Chicago , is reported in New York
lorrespondence to-day as saying that Chi-
: ago is rapidly losing ground as a cattle
iiarket , the trade tending to center now at
Dmaha , Neb. , and Kansas City , Mo.
The Journal publishes an array of figures
n its endeavor to show-that Chicago is not
osing the trade , but it is well known that
iHiicago commission men realize that they
lave a dangerous rival in Omaha. With
; he help of the railways , who are all repre
sented in the directory of the Union stock
, * ardshere. , they have been fighting Omaha
n every possible way for the past two or
; hree years , but some of the shrewdest
louses have given up this mode of ware-
are , and instead have established houses
n Omahaa as well as Chicago , a move
vhich shows that Allerton's assertions are
veil founded. The fact is that these Chi-
: ago men have "killed the goose that laid
; he goiuen egg. " Cattle owners all over thfe
vest have been compelled to bear their ex-
lorbitant charges for years , and now that
i rival is in the field they are doing all
hey can to buiid it up.
T.A\DS OPETO SKTTLEaiEXT.
In Important Drcixinn hithe Secretary of
the Interior.
The secretary of the interior , in response
o applications of settlers in New Mexico to
lave the tract of land known as the Nolan
rant ( No. 39) restored to the public do-
nain , has made a decision favorable to
heir application , which throws open to
ettlement 570,000 acres of land. Tho
ccretary holds that as these lands were
latentcd to the heirs of Nolan , then de-
eased , the acceptance of the patent by the
icirs under the confirmation act was in full
atisfaction of any further claims against
he government , and he directs that the
ilats of public survey be restored to the
Deal land office at Santa Fe , and that the
amis hitherto held in reservation because
if this claim be at once restored to thepub-
ic domain subject to entry and settlement.
Jpon information that hundreds of suits
lave been instituted against settlers within
he boundaries of thegrant , many of whom
represented as being very poor , the
ecretary has requested the attorney gen-
ral to take charge of the case of Pinkerton
s. Lodeux , which is now before the
npreme court of the United States upon
ppeal , as it is expected this case will ope-
ate as a test case.
SWUNG FROM A RIG TREE.
J8. . Deaman , Sheriff of Col fax County , Rrti-
tafty Murdered by a Prisoner The Fiend
Hung by a Slob.
Schuyler special to tho Omaha Herald :
Schuyler was thrown into great excite
ment yesterday morning. John S. Degraan ,
sheriff of Colfax county , was killed with a
club in the hands of Wenzel Lapour , con
fined in the county jail on a peace wan ant.
Degman went into tho cell with Lapour'a
breakfast and carried a stick four feet in
length with him to use for kindling wood.
He threw this down , and then ordered
Lapour to empty his slop bucket. He
tufne\l and walked out of the cell door ,
supposing Lapour would follow him with
the bucket. Lapour seized the club in
stead , and struck him a heavy blow on tho
top of the head , knocking him to the floor.
He then struck him twice more and started
to run from the jail , but was caught by ex-
Sheriff McCurdy , who happened to see him.
Degmnn's skull was crushed in two places
and any one of the wounds would have
caused denth , He lived about an hour
after the blow was struck , but was not
conscious.
A coroner's jury was summoned and
found a verdict according to the .above
facts. No one saw the deed , but a man
sleeping in a room above Lapour's cell
heard the conversation between Degman
and his murderer. No one else was about
ftie premises.
Degman was 35 years of age.-born in
Kentucky , and a resident here for some
years. He served as deputy sheriff two
years and last fall was himself elected to
office. He was sworn inThursday la.it and
entered on his duties at once. He was uni
versally esteemed and a most worthy
young man. He was unmarried , but rumor
Mays he was to wed a Kentucky girl in tho
8i > i ing. His only relative hero is a brother ,
who is chief of police. The deceased was a
Mason and the society will hold appropri
ate ceremonies this morning , after which
the body will start for Kentucky in charge
of deceased's brother.
Wenzel Lapour is a native of Bohemia ,
about 50 years * old. He is a vicious mon
ster , and has an unenviable reputation. Ho
has been arrested many times for mistreat-
5ns his family.
AtlO:451astnight a body of 200 masked
men gathered at the jail and overpowered
the guard. Lapour was then .taken from
his cell and hung ffom a tree in front of $ ho
court house.
LAWS FOR CATTLEMEN.
aomc Good Measures Passed at the Last Ses
sion of the Cherokee Council.
The Cherokee council at its regular ses
sion p.isseit six general laws , ns follows :
To prevent the shipment of game beyond
the limits of the nation ; making it a pena !
offense to do so.
To authorize the circuit judge to hoh ;
special terms of court for the trial of civil
cases in relation to setting on fire woods
marshes or prairies.
Granting authority to construct a tele-
phoneJine-JroimTatilequah to Muskpgee.
To make a penal offense to skin dead
: attle belonging to others.
To reduce the tax on non-citizen labor
from § 1 to 50 cents per month.
The purpose sought in the passage of the
law relating to skinningdead cattle was for
Lhe protection of the stockmen. There is a
.miversal belief among thestockmen of this
: ountry that in no small number of cases
; ho range is burned by worthless parties
'or the express purpose of starving to
lenth the cattle owned by their neighbors ,
rims "the cow skinner , " as he is termed ,
irofits by the cattlemen's misfortune. The
; ame law was also , to some extent , passed
'or the benefit of the stockmen. A great
iource of prairie fires has always been
; he hunters' camps , and by breaking
; he game shipping the hunter was put-out
if the way also. There was at the opening
if the session a fair prospect thatthestock
nterests of the nation would receive sub-
itantial encouragement. The existing law
irohibits the introduction of southern cat-
; le between April 1 and October 31. It
vas sought to extend the time one or two
nonths in the spring , at which time the
; rass would be up so that cattle could live.
\ . bill was twice introduced in the lower
louse , but failed by a few votes , some op
ponent placing it upon its passage while
: everal of its supporters were absent.
EXPULSION OF THE JESUITS.
In Order by Prince Charles Which He Per
sistently Refuses to Rescind.
London dispatch : Prince Charles III of
ifouaco has expelled the Jesuits from his
lominion , and parsistently refuses to re-
cind the order of expulsion. Twenty xears
igu the Jesuits rented some property from
he prince and opened a con vent and school ,
he latter being for the instruction of sons
> f Italian noblemen. Subsequently , owing
o unenviable notoriety which Monte Carlo
ibtained through its gaming tables , the
Fesuits removed their institution to the
own of San Remo , where they erected a
uitable building. They then asked the
> rince to repay thpin the sum of 208,000
rancs Which they had spent on improving
he convent at Monte Carlo. This the
rince declined to do and the Jesuits prese
nted him ; whereuponheexpelled them from
iis dominion. The subjects of the prince
lave implored him to rescind his order of
xpulbion , but he remains obdurate.
The International Monte Carlo comtnit-
ee at Nice has sent to all European gov :
rnments , perhaps the most eloquent in
lictmcnt of public gaming tables that has
ver been written. It consists of a com-
ilete list of losses at Monte Carlo to the
resent time , and it has been computed in
he hope of bringing the collective action to
tear upon Prince Charles III of Monaco , in
chose personal interests the gaming tables
ire primarily kept going. The number of
icrsons who , seeing themselves face to face
vith ruin , having committed suicide upon
he "lonely rock , " where in Lord Tenny-
on's phrase , "little Monaco's basking
miles , " during the lasteightyears in 1820 ,
i , number equal to about one-fourth of
? rince Charles' subjects. The list gives the
lame of each suicide , and in many cases his
etters of farewell.
The major part of the victims were Ital-
( ins , French and Russians. One-tenth
rere Germans. English and American
lames were very few. Many of these poor
reatures , it is asserted , were unceremom
> usly buried in pauper graves.
AT A
The funeral of Rev. Mr. Jardine occurred
t Kansas City on the 13th. Rev. Dr. Geo.
letts , of St. Louis , delivered the funeral
ration. It was quite sensational and if
lie talk of the city. He spoke mglowinf
jrms in defense of the deceased , and in bit-
; r invective against all who had combined
gainst him. The scene grew highly drama-
: c aa the tall priest stood beside the bier
i the dimly lighted church and facing the
udience declared his dead friend to have
een assass'inated and they , the people ol
lansas City , had slain him. He denounced
le action of the ecclesiastical court at
utrageous , and characterized the bishop'i
Dnduct as weak and temporizing. Furthei
ridence , the speaker declared , would dem
nstrate the innocence and purity o'
'ather Jardine.
\
THAT irscnrsG AT SCHUTLER.
Tltc Murderer of the Sheriff in the Sands of-
Cool Rut Determined Men. jfyt ]
Omaha Beo Schuyler special : Nothing :
eyer cast such a gloom over this place as-
the death of Sheriff Digman yesterday.
This was indeed a funeral town. Business
of every description was suspended , and
men gathered about in knots and croups-
of three or four. The excitement was in
tense , but quiet prevailed. There was no
blustering. All was sober determination.
The universal verdict seemed to bo that
Judge Lynch ought to take the case in hand ,
Tho excitement was not confined to this- * t -1
< ' ,
r &
town alone , but every where along tho line >
telephones were brought into requisition ,
asking information from different subscrib
ers. Arrangements seemed to have been
made to come hero in large parties from
neighboring towns. Every train tlmtcamo
brought some newcomers. Lato in the
evening crowds came in wagons from the
country from filtecn to twenty miles
around. By 2 o'clock there was at least
200 strangers in town.
At half past ten they formed in line and >
marched quietly and orderly to the court
house , where the sheriff , U. P. Degman. jostj
appointed , Joseph Rudersdorf nnd Frame
Frazier were on guard. The mob demanded : J
admittance but were refused. After this
they went to the rear door and commenced !
to batter it down with a sledge with which
they were provided. The doors were
opened by the guards , who tried to reason
with the mob , and ordered them to dis
perse. They were immediately covered by ni
least a hundred revolvers and ordered tc
throw up their hands. The sheriff wat
then seized and the keys taken from him.
The mob then proceeded to open the cell.
At the first approach of the mob the pris
oner , Lapour , began to bellow dismally *
probably realizing what was coming. No
attention was paid to his outcries.
He was in the cell with both hands and f I
feet manacled. The mob seized him , ad
justed the rope around his neck , dragged
him out doors to a convenient tree neai
the fence in front of the court house , when
he was soon swinging between heaven and
earth. Not a word was spoken by the
crowd until they were ready to draw him
up , when all seemed to cry at once "Hani
him. " Death soon took place , after which-
he was cut down and carried into the slier-
iff's office. He did not struggle after beinj
drawn up , as the treatment before had
probably sttmned Iiim.
The crowd having been but a fewminutef
at their work , dispersed as quietly as they
had come together. By 12 o'clock the
streets were clear and everything as quiet
as though nothing had happened. It is
thought that thera were between two and
three hundred men on the ground , and but
little attempt was made at concealment ,
though it would be a hard matter to posi
tively identify any one as having had o
Hand in the business. The great majority
of the citizens justify the action of themob ) .
though they deprecate the necessity whicbs
called forth an appeal to lynch law.
SUICIDE XV THE VESTRT.
The Rcc. Jardine Ends a Sensation and n
Life by Poison.
St. Louis dispatch : Quite a sensation
vas produced when late to-night tho coro-
ler announced that the Rev.H. D. Jardine ,
vho was some weeks ago convicted before-
in ecclesiastical court at Kansas City , had
: ommitted suicide to-day. Itappears that
fardine since his arrival here some days
igo to consult with his attorney regarding
iis case , has been lodging in the vestry
oom of 'rrinity church , of which Father
3etts is rector. Last evening the Rav. Jar-
line and his attorney , Mr. Harrison and
father Betts had a prolonged conference
n the vestry room , during which Mr. Har-
won very decidedly expressed the opinion
, hat Bishop Robertson woufd not grant
: he Rev. Jardine a rehearing of his case.
This had some effett upon the Rev. Mr.
Fardine , and he manifested considorable-
celing , repeatedly declaring his innocence
> J the charses for which he had been tried ,
ind the justice of his demand for a new-
rial. When , however , Father Betta and
* lr. Harrison left about 1 o'clock this
norning it was not thought that Mr. Jar-
line was seriously disturbed.
When Father Betts arrived at the church
arly 'this morning he observed the Rev.
ifr. Jardine still in bed , but did not disturb-
n'm , and went on with his early bervice.
Later the sexton of the church went to >
ho vestry room to wake Mr. Jardine , and
nun l him in a deep sleep and breathing
icavily. He immediately called Deacon
) yer. assistant to the Rev. Mr. Betto , who-
) n entering the room detected the odor ol
liloroform , and at once sent for physi-
ians. On the arrival of the doctors they
liscovered that the Rev. Mr. Jardine had
aken chloroform , and immediately ndopt-
d vigorous measures to restore him. After
hree hours' continuous efforts , however ,
hoy announced that he was dead. The-
oroner was notified , and after hearing all
ibtainable testimony , a verdict of suicide
IV chloroform wAs rendered.
TIIK CAXADTAX' TXDUXS.
Outbreak of the Rladfect ami
2'iegans.
Ottawa ( Ont. ) dispatch : Dr. Orton , M.
' In the from Winni
. , arrived city to-day
esIn a conversation this afternoon he-
tated that there was danger of a rising :
mong the Bloods , Blackfeet and Piegans
i the western portion of the Northwest
jrritories. The d'"tor says : "They are >
ell armed , and I have information to the-
[ feet that for some time past they have-
een unusually reticent toward the white-
opulation in fact , their manner has con-
iderably changed. There has been an in-
rease of horse-stealing , and the Indians-
ave been visited by runners from other
ribes in the dominion and across the-
oundary line. " With reference to the ol > -
ict of his visit to Ottawa , Dr. Orton said :
Among other things I have a scheme-
hich , if adopted , will undoubtedly prove-
s successful as a similar one carried outiii
lie United States some years ago. It is.
othing more or less than a plan to take-
11 the leading chiefs of the Northwest on a.
aur through the dominion , treat them
ith courtesy and show them the principal
ights , in order that they may form au
lea of the extent and resources of the-
suntry and the white population. Such a
rip as the one proposed would have a.
owerful effect upon the chiefs. " Dr. Or-
pn advises the disarmament of the In-
ians , and thinks the system of training :
ic Indir.ns in agricultural pursuits should
e vigorously carried on and cattle supplied
> them in lanrc numbers.
IHE
There will be an effort made during the
resent session of congress to have the V
resident give notice to the Hawaiian gov-
nment to terminate the reciprocity
eaty. The treaty was made June 2 ,
375 , and requires a notice otwelve
onths from either party to terminate it.
n attempt was made in the last congress
> take the first step to abrogate the treatv
it it failed. It is probable a more detef-
ined effort will be made during this ses-
on to accomplish the same result. Sena-
> r Gibson , of New Orleans , has introduced
resolution in the senate , and Congress-
an Morrison a similar one in the house
recting the president to give notice that
iis country desires to terminate the
reaty.
