THE TEIBUNE.
F. 7H. & E. M. K1MMEIX , Pubs.
KcCOOK , : : : : NEB
OVER THB8TATE.
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AN ATEKTED HORROR. Mr. George J.
Stcrnsdori , of this city , has received word
from relatives in New York of a strange ex
perience o ! his cousin , Mr. Charlotte Mc-
GuinuLs. The lady , who lives in Richmond ,
Vn. , had while on a northern tour , been
stricken with illness so severe that she was
unable to travel further. She was com
pelled to stop in New York , and there was
taken to the house of friends. Despite the
attention of the beat medical skill obtain
able she sank and within two weeks ex
pired , dying tranquilly and without pain ,
thin , to all appearances. Her grief-
stricken friends prepared for her burial.
Her cold and pulseless body was shrouded
and placed in a collin. On the day follow
ing her death the funeral services were
held. The minirtter had pronounced the
rites of the church , iind the pall-bearers
stood prepared , while the friends of
tho deceased were taking their last
look on the face of tho dead. As tho
line of people passed around the casket ,
une lady started and with a slight cry ,
fainted. Instant excitementprevailed.and
looking for a cause for thelndy's emotions ,
the eyes of the corpse ( as itwas thought to
be ) were seen to quiver and then to open
wide. Nothing can do justice to the feel
ings of the bereaved relatives of the sup
posedly dead lady. Physicians were sum
moned and further restoratives applied.
That was two weeks ago , and to-day Mrs.
McGninnis is in sound and perfect health.
She says that while in the trance she was
conscious of all about her and contem
plated in powerless horror the prepara
tions of her friends * o consign her to a
living grave. Mrs.McGninnis will probably
visit Omaha this year , where she has many
friends. fOmoha Bee.
POINTERS ON PENSIONS. A few days ago
tho Hon. John C. Black , commissioner of
pensions , wrote to Gov. Dawes asking him
to obtain from competent legal author
ity an opinion on certain legal ques
tions connected with the pension business
in this state. The letter to Gov. Dawes
and the opinion of Attorney General
Lecsc , to whom Mr. Black's letter was re-
fered by the governor , are given below :
. . DEPARTMENNT OP THE INTERIOH , PENSION
OFFICE , WASHINGTON. D.O..Ian. H6 , 3-386.
His Excellency , the Governor or .Nebraska
Dear Sir : Claimants for pensions from
the state of Nebraska filetheirdeclarations
in this office executed long before the coun
ty clerks , clerks of commissioners' courts of
the several Nebraska counties , and other
courts of lower rrsort.
Section 4714 of the revised statutes of
the United States provides that "declara
tions for pensions of claimants shall be
mndebpforea court of record , or before
Borne oflir.er thereof having custody xif its
Heal. " The question has arisen whether
the commissioners' court of any of the
counties of Nebraska , or the clerks thereof ,
are courts of record within the intent of
the statute. Unless declarations are exe
cuted befoie a court of record it becomes
necessary to return the same or to require
applicants for pensions to file a nexv di-ola-
ration executed" before the proper officer.
This is the cause of great d lay in the ad
judication of such claims , and in many
cases works great inconvenience and hard-
Hhips uiiou claimants , all of > vhich I am ex
ceedingly juiiious to avoid.
Inasmuch a * the statement of this ques
tion is a matter of interest to the citizens
of your efate. I take the liberty of making
a request : Will you cause the proper legal
officer to giveanopinion upon tho question
whether or not declarations executed as
herein specified are executed under courts
of record uuder the laws of the btate of
Nebraska.
I remain very respectfully ,
JOHN G. BLACK ,
Commissioner of Pensions.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 1 , 188G The Hon.
James W. Dawes , Governor of the State of
Nebraska Dear Sir : In reply to yours of
this date , to which is attached a letter
fiom the Hon. John C. Black , commission
er of pensions :
Under section 7 of chapter 2G , in each
county halving a population of less than
8,000 inhabitants the county clerk shall
be ex-ollicio clerk of the district court and
perform all duties devolving on that officer
by law. In each county having a popula
tion of 8,000 or more there shall be elected
a clerk of the district court in and forsuch
county. Therefore , whi're counties have a
population of over 8,000 inhabitants and
a clerk of the district court has been elect
ed the county clerk ceases to be a clerk of
a court of record. In counties wherecoun-
ty clerks are clerks of the district court ex-
officio their certificates should show that
fact , that is , clerk ex-officio of the district
court , and under the seal of said court.
Very respectfully , WILLIAM LEESE ,
Attorney General.
STATE
A HUMOROUS illustrated weekly news
paper is to be started at Omaha.
THE chances are good for Wakefield be
coming the distributing point for northern
Nebraska of the Skandia Plow company.
FOLLEKTON is holding public meetings and
making arrangements to protect the bridges
in her vicinity in case of a raise in the
Platte river when the breakup comes.
Tins postmaster at Kearney has been
suspended pending an investigation of his
accounts.
A SUBSCRIPTION paper is in circulation at
Lincoln to raise funds to pay tho expenses
of the Fitzgerald Hose company , who will
go to New Orleans in March to try their
powers against the world in the tourna
ment which will bo held at the exposition.
CHARLES NELSON , of Arlington , had his
right leg crushed while at work in the F. F.
& M. V. supply yards east of Fremont. It
will be many weeks before he will again be
able to work.
H. 0. THOMAS , of Fremont , has recently
patented a clasp for holding bed clothes to
the foot of the bed.
FREMONT has quite a number of Giina-
men "who duly celebrated their New Year.
They erected a pole about eighteen feet
high , put a pulley on the upper end and
passed a rope over the pulley ; to this rope
was attached a solid row of fire cracker
bunches the full height of the pole. The
lower pnd of the string was lighted and t.'io
Jan began. As the firo went slowly up the
string the crackers gained went down in
showers into a hole beneath and kept up
an unearthly popping for about half an
hour.
twentieth annual meeting of tho
State Teachers' association will be held
March 30th to April 2nd. The programme
is an elaborate one , embracing payers by
many of the leading educators of the state.
The meeting will be held at Lincoln.
Two boys named Broth well , of Nance
county , were recently convicted of stealing
twenty new railroad ties , and fined fifteen
dollars each. Tho father was also arrested
ns an accomplice in the offense , the receiver
of stolen property , and contributed ten *
dollars to the school fund as g , reward for
his wickedness.
HASTINGS proposes having a firstjphiss
system of water works , the cost of which
will lx ? about § 100,000.
A CHEAT temperance revival has struck
Nebraska City , and many old soaks are
being reclaimed from tho gutter.
ANjigoiit of what is alleged to be "The
Railroad Employes Benevolent associa
tion , " with headquarters at St. Louis , is
abroad in the state soliciting patronage
among 1 he railroad men. Tho business is
said to be clouded in crookedness , and the
alleged "agent" will bear watching.
OMAHA is again overrun with burglars ,
who make nightly hauls without any ol
them being detected.
PERSONAL property taxes became delin
quent on the first day of February , and
vill hereafter draw interest at the rate ol
ten per cent. Pay them before tho sheriff
seizes upon your goods and chattels and
compels payment according to law.
IN A recent decision of the state supreme
court it is set forth that thepersonal prop
erty which any woman in this state may
own at the time of her marriage , and the
rents , issues , profits , or proceeds thereof ,
and any real , personal or mixed property ,
which shall come to her by descent , device
or the gift of any person , except hor hus
band , or which she shall acquire by pur
chase or otherwise , will remain her sole and
separate property , notwithstanding her
irarriagc , and will not be subject to the
disposal of her husband , but the wife may
sell and convey such property and enter
into any contract with reference to the
same , as a married man may do with ref
erence to his property. She may dispose
of her personal property , and if sold in
good faith , the title and right to possession
will pass to the purchaser without any ref
erence to any rights of the husband.
A PEW days ago a. young man from the
country went to Lincoln to get a keg of
beer to bo used at the celebration of tho
nuptials of his sister. While in town he
got in with a gang of toughs , got drunk ,
was put in the cooler and the keg of beer
was stolen from his wagon and drank up
by some of his newly made friends. The
wedding had to proceed without the liquid
cheer.
NEBRASKA editors will get together in
convention at Lincoln on the 23d inufc.
THE twentieth annual mooting of tho
State Teachers' association will be hold at
Lincoln from March 30 to April 2. A large
attendance is expected , and tho meeting
promises to be of more than usual interest
THE G. A. R. society hold a rousing camp
fire at Dorchester lost week.
BEN HOCAN , ex-prize fighter , who is now
putting in lusty blows for the Lord , will
attack Fremont at an early day.
ALiVERYfirm at Omaha will in the spring
build a feeding stable 204 feet wide and
G82 foot long which will contain 3,000
stalls.
THEISE are 320 convicts in the state peni-
tcniiary. Since Mv. Nobes has been in
charge he has turned out G2G of them.
DURING tiic month of January there were
d2 deaths in Omaha.
Tiu : Cedar County Agricultural society
has a balance of § 54.78 to start next fall's
lair.
WASHINGTON special : The senate to-day
received a favorable report from the com
mittee on public lands on Mr. Van Wyck's
bill providing for the sale of the Winnebago
lands in Nebraska. The senator says he
will push the passage of the bill at an early
day. Senator Van Wyck also introduced
a bill appropriating § 100,000 for a public
building at Grand Island.
THE old Wymore & Blue Springs Street
Railway company has transferred all its
rights and property to the Wymore & Blue
Springs Railway company for the sum ol
§ 04.70.
STEPS are being taken at Blair for the
erection of a canning factory. Representa
tive citizens agreed at a meeting recently
held to subscribe a sufficient amount to put
the same in running order. There is also a
fair prospect for a pork packing establish
ment to be started there.
KEENAN & HINCCCK , one of the strongest
live stock commission firms of Chicago ,
have established a branch at the Omaha
stockyards.
Fox , the Pierce saloon-keeper , who was
arrested for the seduction of Eniina Boett-
zer , was brought before Justice Berka at
Omaha the other day. The plaintiff was
present and represented by J. T. T. Mori-
arty , her attorney. Fox was unattended
by counsel. The girl testified that Fox
was tho father of the child about tobeborn
to her. The matter was settled by Fox
giving the-girl § 400 , § 200 of which was
paid in cash , and the remainder in a note
for three months , with security. Fox was
also put under § 709 bonds to reimburse
Douglas county for maintenance of the
child.
HASTINGS hopes to induce the Elkhorn
Valley company to extend the line from
Lincoln to that city. The managers have
the subject the under consideration.
THE Blair Pilot tells of.a man who was
employed to haul a load of coal , furnished
by f ho county , to a poor woman , who took
part of the load to his own house. The
county supervisors heard of it. and made
the fellow follow out his instructions.
AN Omaha an who has laid out an ad
dition to that city has named the streets
after the president , the late vice president
and the cabinet officers.
IT is expected that Gen. Howard , now
stationed at Fort Omaha , will succeed Gen.
Hancock in rank. It lies between him and
Gen. Terry.
WORK has been commenced on the Fre
mont water works project.
AT a meeting of the church of Christ at
North Bend , called for the purpose of hear
ing the evidence concerning the innocence
or guilt of their chosen minister ( which was
then in the hands of the elders ) , the follow
ing facts were obtained : First , that there
was no evidence to sustain the charges
brought against him by Lizzie and Anna
Btubert. Second , jt was then moved and
seconded that he bo exonerated from the
charge , which motion was carried.
A COMPANY is being formed at Ponca to
tap the coal bed at that point.
THE prohibitionists of Hastings have re
solved to put an anti-license , ticket in the
field at the coming spring election.
An Omaha lady Miss Morgan has re
nounced the world by taking the black veil.
WEST POINT has assumed an importance
that calls for a board of trade.
NELIGH is again figuring on water works.
Harry Birkinbine , of Council Bluffs , has
made an estimate of 'such works as tho
town needs , and claims that § 5,000 would
cover the plant.
MR. CYRUS SWAIN , who lives near Cedar
Bend , says the Beatrice Express , met with
a very serious accident sometime ago while
attending to his stable horses. One of the
horses made a lunge at another one , and in
the struggle the horse got Mr. Swaiii's baud
in his mouth and bit tho thumb off and
otherwise injured the hand.
DEATH is announced of Mrs. Hay , wife of
Dr. Hay , assistant physician at tho hospi
tal for the insane at Lincoln.
CONGRESSMAN DORSEY is president of
three national banks.
ABOUT one hundred and fifty Lincoln
dogs have bit the snow sinco the war of ex
termination in that city commenced.
THE Presbyterian people of Lincoln Jiave
concluded to postpone dedication oftheir
new cJ "urch until spring.
Two NEW towns will soon be located in
the south part of-Fillmore county.
A LINCOLN Journal correspondent at
Fairmont says that town liui a mad stone.
Mr. Ryburn , father of Frank Ryburn , a
barber at that place , has one in his pos
session. This stone is said to have inado
many cures , and for the benefit of any one
who may have the misfortune to have a
mad dog bite them they can secure the ser
vices of this stone.
HENRY Fox , a saloon keeper at Pierce ,
has been arrested on the charge of seduc
tion of Miss Boettger , whom ho sub
sequently turned adrift. The girl , aided
by the authority proposes making it hot
for him.
'THE charter of tho First National bank
of Broken Bow has arrived from Washing
ton.
LINCOLN will make an effort to secure the
next reunion of the G. A. R.
CHICAGO police are after a man named
Jack Lawler , who is wanted for murder
committed in that city in October last.
They think he is somewhere in Nebraska.
FULLERTON needs an opera house , and
the Journal says the man who puts his
money in such an enterprise will find it a
profitable investment.
THE Republican makes a strong appeal
to the business men of West Point to or
ganize a board of trade.
Two BOYS coasting on an incline near
Weeping Water ran into a passing team ,
and both boys were severely injured.
A SAD accident occurred at Wood River
last week , causing the death of Mrs. Samuo
Guy. While .standing near the kitchen
stove her dress caught fire , and although
the flames were extinguished in a few mo
ments , she had inhaled sufficient of the
scorching air to cause death in a few hours , j
She was GO years o ! age.
A TRADE journal will be started soon by
the Fremont board of trade.
THE Waterloo creamery is to bo resur
rected for the summer trade.
THE law and order league of Liucoln is
after the lawless inclined red hot.
THE Lincoln Fitzgerald racing team of
twenty-four men arc about to start for
New Orleans in charge of Manager Hohman.
A special car has-been engaged , in which the
boys will not only journey to and from tho
Crescent city , but make their homo during
their stay there.
OMAHA will enter a middle-weight cham
pion in the national prize ring this spring.
The gentleman is well known and is now in
training. He will reduce from 180 to 150
pounds , harden his muscles and go east.
A PROHiyEXT PUBLIC 3TAX DEAJ ) .
Ex-Gov. Seymour , of Xcic York , Passes to
Eternal Jtcst.
Ex-Governor Seymour died at 10 o'clock
on the night of the 12th at the residence of
his sister , Mrs. Roscoo Conkling. He ex
pired without a struggle , and as peacefully
as if falling asleep. The Omaha Bee thus
speaks biographically of the deceased :
[ Horatio Seymour , LL.D. , was born at
Pompey , Ouondaga county , N. Y. , May 31 ,
1810 , removed in childhood to Utica ;
studied at Oxford and Geneva academies ,
N. Y. , and atPartridgc's military institute ,
Middletown , Conn. ; was admitted to the
bar at Utica , 1832 , but soon withdrew
from its practice to devote himself to the
managemcntof the large cstatehe inherited
by the death of his father ; was a member
of the staff of Governor Marcy 1838-39 ;
was elected to the senate assembly ns a
democrat 1841 , and three times re-elected ,
serving as speaker in 1845 ; was Chosen
mayor of Utica 1842 ; was an unsuccessful
candidate for governorlSSO ; was governor
1853-5r > ; vetoed a pohibitory liquor law
March 1854 ; was defeated in the election of
that year by the prohibitionist candidate ,
Myron H.Clark ; was again elected governor
as a war democrat 1SG2 ; aided in suppr ss-
ing the riots in New York city , and for
warded efficient co-operation to the na
tional government in the war of the union ;
was defeated in the election of 1864 , in
which year he presided over the national
democratic convention at Chicago , as ho
did again at New York 1SG8 , when he was
himself nominated forthe presidency much
against his will , and 'received 80 electoral
votes. Since his defeat for the presidency
in 18G8 , Mr. Seymour took no active part
in political affairs. ] _
AA OCEAX HOKROK.
A special to the Philadelphia Record says
that during a dense log the Austrian bark
Kraljevikn , from Marseilles , Fiance , struck
on Barnegat shoals. The life saving crew
of Barnegat station went to her assistance ,
when their boat was swamped and three
men drowned. The crew of the bark , fear
ing that the life guards would be unable to
save them , had left the vessel in their own
boat. It capsized and sunk , and eight of
the crew were lost. The piaster and five of
the sailors saved their lives by swimming
ushore.
y POLITIC AI. JtUCTIO\S.
Senor Don J. M. P. Caamano , a resident
if Ecuador , was attacked at Yaguachi ,
and one of his aides was killed. He made
his escape to Guayaquil , where he is closely
guarded by his adherents. On -arrival
in that city a disturbance occurred with
some of bis political opponents. During
the melee the chief of police and three
Dthers wero killed and several persons :
wounded.
GREAT GEJfERAZ GOXE.
Gen. ITlnflcld Scott Hancock SuaOfiily Passes
Aicay at Ills Ifome on Governor's Island.
Gen. Hancock died at Governor's Island ,
New York , February 9th. His death was
the result of a malignant carbuncle on tho
back of his neck , which had confined him to
his bod for several days. No serious alarm
was felt until shortly before he expired.
The news caused profound sorrow in com
mercial and financial circles as well as
among business men generally. When tho
sad event was known in the exchanges and
custom house flags wore immediately or
dered at half-mast. It has been generally
known that Gen. Hancock was at Wash
ington a week ago and was obliged to re
turn home without paying his respects to
the president , the carbunclo which caused
his death having Jiinde its appearance on
the general's neck at the base of the brain.
The Commercial Gazette says : Gen. Han
cock had been failing for some time and had
been unable to actively attend to his mili
tary duties on the Island. Ho suffered
from a complication of diseases , but still
fought against his ailment , but the recent
development of a carbuncle while ho was at
Washington compelled himto remain at
his house. From this attack he did not
rally and his condition had been considered
precarious for a day or two past. His only
son died hist'autumn and since then helms
not been given strength to resist the disease
with the determination he had previously
exhibited. When he expired his wife was
beside him.
[ Winfield S. Hancock was born in Mont
gomery county , Pennsylvania , Feb. 14 ,
1824 ; received his early education at Nor-
ristown ( Pa. ) academy and in 18-10 was
appointed a cadet at the United States
military academy , from whence he gradu
ated and was promoted in the army to be
brevet second lieutenant of infantry July
1 , 1844 , receiving his full commfssion of
second lieutenant in 184G ; promoted to be
first lieutenant in 1853 ; trnnafered to tho
quartermaster's department in 1855 with
the rank of captain ; promoted to be major
in the same department in 18G3. For
more than two years subsequent to his
graduation he served on frontier duty ; in
the war with Mexico in 1847-48 he served
with his regiment at , San Antonio , at Cho-
rubusco , Molino del Rey and tho assault
and capture of the City of Mexico , where
ho displayed conspicuous gallantry , receiv
ing the brevet of first lieutenant for Con-
treras and Cherubusco. From 3848 to
1855 Gen. Hancock served in the west both
as quartermaster and adjutant , after
which ho was transferred to the quarter-
mas'ter's department and was in Florida
during the Scminole hostilities , in Kansas
during the disturbances there in 1857 , and
in California at Los Angeles as quarter
master of the southern district , where he
was at the breaking out of the late war ,
and where he exerted a powerful influence
during that eventful period. At his own
request he repaired to Washington and ap
plied lor active duty in the field. He was
assigned to Kentucky as chief quartermas
ter of Gen. Anderson's com maud , butbefore
entering upon that duty ho was appointed
a brigadie'-general of volunteers. The his
tory of Gen. Hancock's career through and
since the war is already well known to
every American. He distinguished himself
at the siege of Yorktown , nd led the bril
liant charge in 1SG2 which captured Fort
Magrauder and gained the day. His ser
vices throughout the entire rebellion were
conspicuous and valuable , and the brevets
of major , lieutenant colonel and colonel
were conferred upon him , and ho was
recommended by Gen. McClellan for pro
motion to major grneral. For his con
spicuous services at Gettysburg Gen. Han-
'cock received tho thanks of congress. He
was wounded there and disabled from re-
'siiming active duty till December , 1SG3.
Ho bore a prominent part in the battle of
the Wilderness. On August 11 , 18G4 , he
was appointed a brigadier general in the
regular army. In August , 1SGG , he was
transferred to the command of the depart
ment of the Missouri , having in tho mean
time relinquished his volunteer commission
and been promoted to be major general in
the regular army. From September ,
18G7 , to March , 1868 , he com
manded tho department of the Gulf ;
the military division of the Atlantic from
March , 1RG8 , to March , 1SG9 ; the depart
ment of Dakota from 1869 to 1872 , when
he was assigned to the command of .the
division of the Atlantic , with headquarters
on Governor's Island , which position he
held up to the time of his death. Although
not an aspirant for political honors , Gen.
Hancock's name was frequently used in
1868 and 1872 as a desirable democratic
candidate for president , and in 18G9 tho
democratic nomination for governor of
Pennsylvania was tendered him , but he de
clined. In 1S80 he was nominated by the
democrats at Chicago for president of tho
United States , accepted the nomination ,
ran against James A. Garfield and was de
feated. Since that time he has led a quiet
lifo on Governor's Island , appearing promi
nently before the public only once , and that
was ns grand marshal at the funeral of
Gen. U. S. Grant. ]
THE ACREAGE OF WINTER WHEAT.
creased.
The Chicago Farmers' Review prints the
following summary of its crop returns : A
close study of the reports sent in by corre
spondents gives little indication thus far as
to prospects for 1886 beyond tho general
statement that the acreage in none of tho
winter wheat states has been increased
over that of ISSo. In Illinois and Kan
sas , which proved tho greatest sufferers
among the wheat-growing states last year , < :
the acreage shows a decrease , but to what ]
extent can only be approximately stated ,
With the exceptions of Tennessee and Ken- ]
tucky and a few southern counties in In-
diana and Illinois , the fields , un to the j
end of last week , were covered with snow ,
and the generality of reports give butter
promise for seeded fields than at the same
time last year. In Tennessee the reports
show that the crop in various sections has :
been seriously injured owing to fhe extreme :
cold and lack of protection. Reports from
Dakota * nd Minnesota indicate that from
two-thirds to three-fourths of the old crop
has been marketed . - > . Reports from Ne :
braska , Iowa and Wisconsin indicate that
only from one-fourth to one-third of the
wheat remains on hand , In various por
tions of Kansas , Missouri. Illinois and
Iowa mills are importing their supplies and
in a number of cojjnties in all three of the
states are reported as practically barren of
this cereal.
jT7.4Lftrr.Vfr THEIR CAUSE JCVOTTA- [
A special from Dallas , Texas , says : The
merchants hero have been visited byacom- :
mittec of the Xnights of Labor , who ex
plained to thorn tho cause of the boycott
against the Mallory Steamship company ,
and requested them to withdraw their pat ' .
ronage from that line. The committee re
ceived from a majority of the merchants
assurance * of support and sympathy , and
uijrej5sion < of a belief that their cause for
complaint was just and deserving of sup
port. A few merchants were non-commit- >
UU.
MET A FRIGHTFUL DEATH.
A. Koclter , a track walker on the North
western , was torn to pieces by the cars six
niles west of Carroll. It is supposed that
lie stepped from the track to avoid a train ,
ind was drawn under the cars by tho suc- l
ion of the wind and train. He leaves a
ivife and one child. s
A. YOUXG 3TA2f > S SSAJIE.
He RODS IHa SloUter of Tltmtsana * t > y a Sys
tem of Forgery.
Edward Crowl , says a Cleveland ( Ohio )
dispatch , arrived in tho city to-day from
Newburg. N. Y. , and was arraigned before
Justice Ryan on a charge of forgery , and
jailed in default of § 10,000 bail. ( S-owl
was until 1SS4 considered the most
promising young business man in Cleve
land , with all tho shrewdness of his father ,
a wealthy lumber m9rchant , then recently
deceased. He was considered a great
matrimonial catch , but when Lillie Guy ,
a pretty girl who was giving whistling con
certs , gave an entertainment in tho church
attended by young Crowl she whistled her
way into his affections and he wedded her.
She stands bravely by him in his adversity.
Crowl was the favorite son of his widowed
mother , and transacted her business for
her. She went to .the Citizens' Saving &
Loan Association bank to draw somo
monoy , and was horrified to find that she
had a balance of only § 250 there. Her
bank book showed a large balance. An
entry of § 33,250 to her credit Feb. 16 ,
1884 , tallied with the amount she had
given to her son to deposit , but it is
claimed he put but § 250 of it in the bank ,
and altered the entry to satisfy his mother.
A month later Mrs. 'Crowl had given her
son § 16,750 and a month later $5,000 to
deposit in tho name bank , but it is averred
that ho used the money in bucket-
shops speculation ? , lost it , and made
false entries in his mother's bank book.
After that time notes on which , with his
mother's signature , he had borrowed large
Hums of money from various Cleveland
banks were coming due. Mrs. Crowl dispu
ted the signatures. Matters were getting
hot for the young man , and he fled from
the city. He went ti > Holland , and lived
in and from there
an out-of-the-way place ,
went to South America. Then he returned
to Now York City , and while there encoun
tered some of the creditors of whom ho had
borrowed money. 'J hey did not cause his
arrest , becausa they still believed in his as-
eertion that his mother's signatures to tho
various notes in the banks were genuine.
The matter was finally tested by the trial
of a suit of the Union National bank
against Mrs. Crowl for § 4,500 borrowed by
her son Edward. Crowl camo here to tes
tify for the ba k , but left the city before
doing so and returned to Newburg , N. Y. ,
where he was running a bucket-shop when
arrested. Mia. Crowl was victorious in the
suit of ( lie Union National bank against
her , upon the Around that she never signed
the note , and tho bank had Edward Crowl
arrested. The Cleveland National bank ,
with a claim on a note for 54,000 , and the
First National , with an § 8,000 claim , have
joined the prosecution. There are other
claims against Crowl. with his mother as
indorser , all of which she disputes. An
attorney in the case avers that Crowl was
at that time speculating heavy with Wal
lace and Hubert Wright. Meeting with
losses and needing money , he went to the
banks. The Broadway Savings & Loan
association having just opened , Crowl got
$8,000 of them on the opening , nearly one-
third of their paid-in capital. The Cleve
land National and Union National were
opened shortly after , and Crowl knowing
that new banks were anxious to begin busi
ness cot $4,500 of the Union and § 6,000 of
the Cleveland National , each on the open
ing dav of the banks jn question. If all
the notes arc forgeries the achievements of
young Crowl surpass that of any forger
that ever worked the city. The oldestand
most careful banks loaned him money.
Tho following is a correct list of his credi
tors , nil of which notes his mother as in
dorser disputes :
Union National Bank § 4,500
Cleveland National Bank 4,500
Cleveland National 6,000
First National 8,000
Broadway Savings & Loan Associa
tion 8,000
E. B. Hale & Co 6.800
Mrs. N. E. Backus 2,000
Ella Sims' estate 4,000
Rudolph Sprankle 3,000
Henry Wick & Co 2,500
JL otai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . % * . * ) , * sue
Young Crowl also lost in speculation
$100.000 of his mother money , and she
has brought suit against the Wrights
brokers , for the recovery of that amount
The mother is left nearly penniless. Young
Crowl will set up as a defense that his
mother signed or authorized the signing o"
all tho notes. But one trial has already
resulted in a verdict to the contrary.
A TRIRUTE TO HIS WORTH.
2Ia-Gcn. Scliojield Talks Conccrnhuj the
Late ( ! cn. Hancock.
Chicago dispatch : "Gen. Hancock , " said
Muj.-Gi.-n. Schofield , "was a man of re-
markable military ability and great per
sonal worth of character. His death is a
serious loss to the service , and an affliction
to many warm personal friends. I knew
Gen. Hancock intimately , though the ser
vice never brought us in contact with each
other officially to any extent. We never
served together in the war , and I did not
meet him until about its close. I could re-
pall many incidents in our acquaintance ,
but none , I think , which I would care to
make public at this time. He has an ex \
cellent record. I should say that at Gettys
burg , where ho was second in command , he
showed his ability as a general perhaps as t '
conspicuously ns anywhere.
"I have no doubt that Gen. Hancock was
disappointed at being defeated forthepresi-
! ency. That would be only natural. I ,
know he fully expected to be elected , at
least up to a few weeks of the election. ,
Hut if he was disappointed he did not .show
it. .He bore it with great dignity. Ilebure
it like a soldier.
"No , I could not give any idea as to who
will be his successor. By his death Gen. ;
Pope and I are left the only two major-
generals. Gen. Pope , who is at San Fran- ;
isco commanding the division of the Pu-
ific , will retire next month , and that will
.
cave me the only one. I do not expect to
reassigned to Governor's Island , for this is ;
i more important place than that. Of
onrse I shall obey order ? , but , as I say , I
lo not expect to be sent there. Consulting
my own preferences alone I would rather
stay here. I presume that two of thcbriga-
liergcnerals will be promoted to be major
generals , and that one will be assigned to
wccced Gen. Hancock and the other Gen. )
Pope , when he goes on the retired list. The
Brigadier-generals and their present sta-
jons are : Gen. Terry , Ft.Snelling ; Gen.
Jowurd , Omaha ; Gen. Crook , Prescott ,
Arizona ; Gen. Miles , Leavenworth ; Gen.
tanley , San Antonio , and Gen. Gibbon ,
Vancouver , W. T. I understand that the
resident is in favor of observing seniority
u making promotions. Gens. Terry and
Toward are the senior brigadier-soneral * .
believe it is a question which ranks first
n that respect. Gen. Crook is one of the
ildest in time of service also. It is notnn-
ikely that two of those three will be pro-
noted , although this is merely an opinion ,
do not speak from any definite knowledge t
f what will be done.
"Gen. Hancock leaves no family except
lis wife and two grandchildren. Hisdangh-
er died two years ago , and hid son last
ear.
"I have not heard where or when Gen.
lancock's funeral will be held. I should
iot be surprised if he was buried at St.
> ouis , which was his old home. Wherever
t is held I shall attend , of course , and
hall be accompanied by my staff. "
r
I
PEOPLE
Hamilton Disston , ol Philadelphia , has
5475,000 insurance on his life.
Dr. Douglas , Gon. Grant's last physician ,
has sailed to Cuba for recreation.
Mrs. Stanford , tho wife of the senator ,
maintains at Menlo Park , Cal. , a frce'kin-
dergarten with thirty pupils.
Col. R. G. Ingcrsoll has recovered from
an attack of tonsilitis which caused tho
cancellation of fifty of his lecture engage
ments.
Senator Platt , of Connecticut. In a very
tall man of tho Abraham Lincoln build ,
but wears his long iron-gray hair falling in "
a loose roll on his shoulders.
Mark Twain's profits from Gen. Grant's
book , as chief member of the publishing
firm of Charles L. Webster & Co. , will
amount , it is said , to over § 500,000.
Don Cameron always denies the accuracy
of newspaper interviews attributed to him.
He talks so poorly that no correspondent
has been able to make his intentions read
well.
James Russell Lowell is said to havo
made his statement to the senate commit
tee on the copyright question "with a dig- >
nified drawl and an occasional perfunctory
smile. "
Lieutenant Greely now wears long Dun
dreary whiskers , and the. e , with his eye
glasses , give him a dandified air rather
than the appearance of one who bearded
tho great bear in his arctic den.
Rurnum offers to start a zoological mu
seum in Washington City if congress will .
give him thirty acres on the Potomac flats.
It is hardly to be supposed that a rival in
stitution will be so generous as that , how
ever.
Thomas A. Edison , the electrician , hav
ing paid § 300,000 for a mansion in New
Jersey , is this month to mawy tho young :
and handsome daughter of Lewis Miller ,
the millionaire manufacturer of Akron , .
Ohio. Edison has three young children.
GOSHtf fli'JK WASUSXCTOX"
The senate committee on Indian affairs1
recently reported favorably Senator Man-- / j > |
del-son's bill for the snlcof part of the Win-- < / fl
ncbago Indian reservation in Nebraska.- V
Also the bill for the relief of the Miami In- x
dians of Kansas.
Messrs. Pill.sbury and Chase , nominated- '
respectively to bo internal revenue collcc--
tors of the eastern dintrict of Massachu- '
setts and the southern district of Mainer i
were heard by the senate committee on
finance in their own defense. They ex
plained their connection with the so-called
Garcelon controversy and declared the sub
sequent action of the state authorities was
a vindication of their course.
Tho president gave a state dinner on the-
llth in honor of the supreme court of the
United States and members of the senato
and house judiciary committees. Follow
ing is a list of the guests : Chief Justice and $1
Mrs. Waite , Justice and Mrs. Field , Justico | j
and Mrs. Miles , Justice and Mrs. Gray , Jus- i
ticc and Mrs. Blatchford , Justices Harlan ,
Bradley , and Woods , Senator and Mrs. \
Sherman , Senator and Mrs. Pugh , Senator " )
and Mrs. Edmunds , Senator and Mrs. f
Jackson , Senator and Mrs. Ingalls , Senator i
Cole , Representative and Mrs. Tucker , r \
Representative and Mrs. Morri.son , Repre
sentative Hammond , Mr. and Mrs. Dors-
hcimcr , and Miss Van Vcchter. The presi
dent escorted Mrs. Chief Justice Waite and
the chief justice escorted Miss Cleveland.
MEASURE.
2Iost of tho leading SRtltary Officers favor
Its Earlif Passage.
Omaha Boo "Washington special : A cav
alry officer of the army says i.i today's- f
Washington Herald : "I have been in-
Washington long enough since the meeting-
of the present congress to talk with several-
members of the military committees of the-
house and senate , and this is what I learn ,
from them , and what has been confirmed
by other members of congress not on the
military committees. The present congress. . ( . ,
appreciates the present needs of the army- I
that is , the necessity of legislation which- (
shall put the different arms of the service
on a basis with the corresponding branches
of other armies. They recognize the fact ,
that the changes that have been made from
time to time in our regular army since the
close of the war in 18G5 have "been made
with the object of reducing the force from
time to time as the necessity of the country
seemed to make such reduction justifi
able , and notupon any well-considered plan
of organization for a permanent force ,
which , being as small as possible in time
\il peace , would admit of the greatest-
possible development when necessary ,
rhe first step toward an organization
of such a basis has been taken by the in
troduction of the Manderson bill for tho
reorganization of the infantry. Without
faying anything of the merits or demerits-
jf this plan of organization , i. e. , three
jattalions of four companies in each regi- ' - %
nent , it is but just to say that it meets
vith the approval of many , il not all the
ligher officers of the army. Prominent
numbers of the committee in both the
muse and senate favor the bill , and think
Iiat there is a fair prospect of its passage ,
f it is not killed by the army. I have been
old personally by members of the com-
nittee that they are receiving so many
digestions and protests from officers of
.he army that they are forced to believe
hat the only thing an officer thinks of ,
vhen a change in tlie army is suggested is : I
Can I gain anything individually by the i
hange ? ' As this question is answered
hey favor or oppose legislation. It is-
tfter these interviews that I determined to
iuggest to those who , like myself , are onlv
ndirectly interested in this , that we keep-
ur hands off unless we approve of this-
neasure on its merits , and then it cer-
ainly can do no harm to say so. "
NIAGARA
tcantiful Ire Scenery at Nature's Greatest -
Wonder An Ice Jlridye.
Niagara Falls special to the Buffalo Ex- '
ress , Jan 13 : An ice bridge formed below
he falls last night , which lasted a part of'
lie forenoon. The river is full of ice mov-
ig very slowly , and should it lodge to-night
wouM lorm an ice bridge that would
tay.
The last cold snap and snow-fall has
ran.sformed Niagara's scenery as fara.sthe
ye can reach. Every object is pure white ,
very thing is covered with snow and ice ,
he trees and shrubbery are loaded with ice
oatings , the stalactites and icicles uuder
lie falls and banks have assumed nor-
lons lengths , and the ice cones at the foot- ' . U
f both falls now reach nearly l.alf way up-
a tlie toy of the falls. *