-HE EXPZdXED HIS CRIME.
Jim Reynolds Hanged at Sidney , Neb. , fot
Murder of the I'lnlxtonn.
Sidney ( Neb. ) Special of the 21st to the
Omaha Herald : James Reynolds was
hanged at 3:27 o'clock this afternoon for
the murder of James Pinkston and his son
Johnnie. The condemned man was awake
till last night , talking with his minister , to
whom he confessed hm crime. Whenever
mention was made of his family or .the
Pinkstons he would burst into tears , and
could only be comforted by the clergyman ,
in wbpm he placed great reliance. During
his conversation last night ho expressed
himself TIB being willing to die , although lie
would have liked to live a few years longer
in order to make his peace with God and
man.
man.He
He arose at an early hour this morning
and received the rites of baptism. Ho
EH afterwards ate a hearty breakfast and
passed the remainder of the morning in
EHm
conversation with the clergymen. Ex-
m Sheriff Fowler was with him part of the
time and was requested to accompany him
to the scaffold. He said that he wnsdeter-
mined to die game. A few minutes after
3 o'clock Sheriff Eubank entered his cell
and read the death warrant. The sheriff
tieeined to be nervous and read the warrant
in a slow , faltering voice. The prisoner's
breath came jn quick gasps , but aside from
that he manifested no symptoms of emo
tion.
tion.He
He was neatly dressed in a suit of black
clothes , and did not show tho results of his
confinement.AT
AT THE SCAPrOLD.
The trap and drop had been tested with
175-pound sand bags and found to be in
excellent working order. At 3:22 o'clock
the procession , consisting of Reynolds ,
Sheriff Eubank , Deputy Moore , thejilev. E.
Stephens and Samuel Fowler , started for
the scaffold. Reynolds stepped upon the
drop with a firm tread , and was apparent
ly the coolest man in the party. He put
his feet firmly together in order that they
could be tied. When the noose was placed
over his head it was found that the knot
was too tight , and it took the combined
efforts of the sheriff and deputy to loosen
it. During this trying operation Reynolds
manifested no agitation beyond a slight
twitching of his fingers' . He did not open
his lips after ascending tho scaffold.The
Rev. Mr. Stevens made a prayer , and while
be was still speaking the sheriff gave the
signal for the drop to be pulled.
When the signal was given Reynolds shot
down through the trap , falling a distance
of six feet. There was a few slight convul
sions and then the body hung motionless.
The shock of the fall disarranged the knot ,
causing it to slip behind the man's neck.
While the body was still hanging , and be
fore life was entirely extinct , the sheriff re
adjusted the noose. In thirteen minutes
the body was cut down and it was found
that his heart aud ceased to beat. All the
doctors in the county were present , and
although only lOOspectntors were present ,
a large crowd gathered in the vicinity. He
was buried at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
HIS LAST LCTTEU.
This morning he wrote a letter to his
family , of whom he could not speak with
out emotion. The letter was as follows :
Dear Folks at Homo : Before this reaches
you I will be in eternity. I am executed to
day for taking the life of James Pinkston
ami his son. I did it not intentionally.
There was a foolish dispute about a settle
ment which resulted in the killing. The
minister sends you a paper with my state
ment , which is correct in everv particular.
I have kept nothing back. The sentence is
too severe but is lawful. With the help of
God I will die like a man. I have made my
peace. Don't grieve , for life is short and
full of sorrow and sin. Watch your tem
pers that they don't lead you through the
path of mine. I give George Keep my colt
in memory of my unfortunate brother. I
send my ring to Dollie. Keep it for life as
a dying brother's wish. Don't grieve for
me. JAMES REVNOLns.
In the confession he made to the minister
last night he said that the published ac
count of the murder was correct in every
particular. He attributed the crime to his
violent temper and said that he alone was
to blame for it. He expressed his thanks
to his attorney and his friends a d said
that everything possible had been done for
him.
0 ' THE CRIME AJfD TRIAL.
The crime for which James Reynolds was
sentenced to hang was the killing on the
night of September 1C , 18G5 , of James
Pinkston and his son Johnnie , near what is
known as Pulser's horse camp , on Middle
creek , thirty miles north of Sidney , in Chey
enne county , Nebraska. The elder Pink
ston , a man of 55 years old , Johnnie Finks-
ton , perhaps 21 years of age , and Jim Rey
nolds had traveled together from Saline
county , Mo. , where they previously lived in
the same neighborhood. Less than two
weeks before the time of the tragedy the
three men had made filings on adjoining
claims about a mile north of tho horse
camp , and at the time of the tragedy they
! V were building a dugout , the three working
together , on old man Pinkston's place , and
bad finished the excavation and hauled
several loads of logs for the building.
"Wednesday evening , the IGth of Septem
ber , about sundown , supper was being
1 eaten when a blight quarrel arose among
the men , and according to Reynolds' own '
confession afterwards , he seized the axe
and struck both the Pinkstons. No human
being saw Jim Reynolds strike the fatal
blowsexcept , possibly , the two victims and
it is probable they did not see him , as the
boy had been struck on the back of the
bead , and the old man on the back and
top , his skull being literally crushed. As
soon as the crime was committed Rey
i nolds undertook the work of hiding it. The
two horses were hitched to the running
gear of the wagon , the bodies thrown on
and hauled about a half mile into a sand
draw , where a shallow pit was dug , and
both piled in a heapand covered with sand.
Going back to the camp the murderer dug
up a few of the bloody spots of earth ,
changed his clothing , set the tent in which
they had been living on fire , and mounting
one of the horses rode to a neighbor's
place and told a made-up story of two men
who looked like cowboys , but were black
ened up like negroes , having come to their
camp , and after demanding the money of
the party with drawn revolvers , one of
them had taken the axe and hit the two
Pinkstons because they refused to give up ;
he had turned his pockets wrongside out
and they had spared him. His narrative
then continued that the two alleged cow
boys had hitched up the team , buried the
bodies and set the tent on fire , compelling
him to accompany them , and finally , when
they had finished all this and secured
about $50 , they started west on foot after
telling him to "skip , " which he proceeded
to do by taking one of the horses as before
mentioned.
That night Reynolds stopped with ayoung
neighbor named Lee Nunn , and slept with
him , telling his story and going over every
detail. In the morning they took breakfast
at the house of Lee Nunn's father , a half
mile down the creek , and then Reynolds
and young Nunn started to town , arriving
about noon. In Sidney the story created
great excitement and parties were rapidly
organizing to go in search of the murderers ,
but the strong improbability of the story ,
Lee Nunn's suspicions , which he had im
parted to the coroner , and other suspicious
acts of Reynolds led to the swearing out
before Justice Shuman and serving of a
warrantby C. E. Trognitz , acting for the
sheriff , nho was absent.
The coroner's investigation and aexmina-
tion of thebodics. madetlmtoveningestab
lished very clearly the impossibility of
Reynolds' story being true and tho proba
bility almost certainty of his own guilt.
The sheriff hud some fear of the prisoner's
safety the second night after his arrest , and
took him to Lodge Pole , eighteen miles
from Sidney , but ho was only in danger of
being lynched on Middle creek. If he liad
been taken back there when arrested there
is little doubt as to what his fato would
have been.
At the Cheyenne county district court ,
commencing December 28 , 1885 , Reynolds
was brought up for trial , but a fc'wdaysbe
fore court met ho began to be afflicted with
nervous spells , and lost apparently , all
reason. Judge Hamer convened tho insan
ity commission , who after examining Rey
nolds , and five doctors returned their ver
dict that ho was sane. The trial then pro
ceeded , the state being represented by H.
M. Sinclair , prosecuting attorney of tho
Tenth judicial district , and tho defcnso by
W. C. Reilly , Esq. , of Sidney , and Charloi
Reilly. of Kearney. The state did not oxer- !
cine its right to a single peremptory chal- | I
lenge ; the defense refused five of the jurors.
A clear circumstantial case was made
against the prisoner , and in addition his
confession to different parties , after he was
arrested , was put in evidence against him.
The defense had practically no proof , but
pleaded that their prisoner , if he could
speak , would testify to a quarrel , in which
he killed a man to defend himself. At 10 I
o'clock Thursday night , Dec. 31st , Judge
Ilamer read his charge to tho jury , and be- !
fore the ringing of tho now year bells a verI I
diet of murder in tho first degree was re- j
turned against the prisoner , and Judge
Hnmcr passed the death sentence , fixing
May 21 as the day of execution.
AMPLE TIME FOR REl'.ENTANCE.
Alderman Jaehnc , of Neic Yorli , Getf Nearly
Ten Years in the JL'cnitentiaru.
New York dispatch : Alderman Jaehnc was
sentenced by Judge Barrett to nine years and
ten months Imprisonment In Sing Sing. The
court of Oyer and Tenniner was filled with
spectators anxious to hear Judge Barrett pro
nounce sentence upon Alderman Jachne , con
victed of bribery in connection with a Broad
way railroad franchise. Jaehuc was in atten
dance , guarded by a deputy sheriff. His face
was pale and his eyes had a weanlook. . Af
ter the judge had taken his seat the district
attorney moved far sentence to be passed on
the prisoner. Gen. Pryor , of Jaelme's coun
sel , made a motion for the arrest of judgment
upon tte following grounds :
First That the indictment was insufficient
in substance.
Second That the count in the indictment
upon which tbe verdict was returned , was In
sufficient to sustain the verdict ; and
Third , That because in law there can be no
judgment upon indictment and verdict.
Counsel moved for a new trial upon two
grounds : Misdirection of the jury in mat
ters of law and against evidence. The mo
tions were both denied by the Judge. The
counsel then took exception to the denial of
the motijn. Jaelme then stood up for sen
tence , aud in reply to the usual questions of
the clerk gave his age as So years and resi
dence at 30 Vandam street He also said he
had learned the jewelry trade. He was asked
what he had to say why judgment should not
DO pronounced against him according to law.
lie made no reply but kept his eyes fixed upon
tne rail in front of him. The Judirc then
sentenced the prisoner to nine years and ten
months in tbe State prison. He said the pris
oner had been convicted after a fair trial. He
! iad hail every advantage that defendant could
: iaT i and able counsel. He had the services
of two of the most eminent members of the
jar , one a veteian of the criminal bar , noted
for his power and force , and another of equal
abilitwhose services were ever ready at the
command of the poor , unfortunate and op
pressed. The case was a sad one. It was a
iumiliating spectacle that a man who was
selected to a publiccoffice should h ve so hein
ously betrayed his trust as the prisoner had. (
[ t was humiliating ; to the people of the city ,
State and country , thatsuch aspectccle should
be presented in a free government as a , < r jon
betraying his trust as the prisoner had. It
was sad to see a man with advantages in a |
Dosition in which he now was. "I could not *
) e unmoved at the spectacle of your weeping ; c
wife and broken-hearted mother , but the sad- j \
dest thing of all in your case is the doubt ' (
which pervaded many aud honest minds ! E
of your conviction. There was no <
doubt in your guilt. It was universally con-
ceded when the evidence was in that the case j
igainst you was clear , convincing and over- .
whelming. Doubt se2ms to have arisen from j
the lack of faith in the efficiency Of our jury f
system , the zeal of our public prosecutor and c
the efficiency of our police. These doubts will v
je dispelled by your conviction. It teacuas '
an important lesson to the majority of people *
n public life who have not their price. Let '
me again say at this point that your offense j
was not technical bribery but stupinJjus (
) ribery for tbe furtherance of a stupendous c
transaction. Have the people of this ct3' ! ceasf
cd to remember the fate of Tweed , ( Jcnet , '
Crowly , Fish and of WardJ The people arc I
'not all honey combed with corruption. Ac- 1
cording to the testimony in your case the two r
only honest tnen in the board were sne : rd at ,
byou as dudes. Our worthy shreiff ( GranO I
refusd the proffered bribe , and it is entirely
immaterial as was suggested whether they ex
pected Edward Grant to run for Mayor and
O'Conner for Governor. " Judge Barrett then c
passed sentence.
The applicatioi for a stay of execution of
the iudgment in the Jachue bribery case was
argued before Judge Daniels in the Supreme I
T
court. General Pryor argued for a stay and .
Assistant Nichol opposed it for the people. {
Judge Daniels denied the motion and Jachue
was taken to Sing Sing. IJ
It
STILT AFTER 2HE ANARCHISTS. t
Chicago dispatch : The grand jury re- *
sumed investigation of the anarchist cases J
at 11 o'clock this morning. There is now {
good reason to believe that the indictments r
against August Spies , Fielden , Parsons , C
Fisher and Schwab , will be returned within *
the next twenty-four hours. It is also .
thought that the same testimony which c
has led up to this will be introduced to- ;
day by Captain Schaack agninst the prisT
oner , Louis Ling. County Physician Bluc
thardr , the first witness called to-day in c
the Haymarket case , was rigorously exi
amined regarding the result of the post
mortems made by him and his assistant
on bodies of the police victims of the riot.
His testimony was substantially the same
as that given by him before the coroner's
jury at the several inquests. The charac-
ter of the wounds was faithfully described , d
Lieutenant Mike Quinn , of West Chicago ]
avenue station , who commanded a divis- .
ion of police at the riot , and who saved
himself and his men from the bomb by exee
cuting a flank movement , was next led into '
the jury room and gave his version of the r
affair at great length. *
(
THE new band of Rushvillo is practicing
nightly. The local of the Standard is open
for congratulation , his residence being two ;
miles from town.
MISCELLANEOUS POLITICAL NOTES.
New Haven dispatch : The Register this
afternoon prints an interview with Walker
Blaine , son of James G. Blaine. When
nsked if his father was preparing for the
presidential candidacy , he said : "Not ex
actly ; a presidential contest , with which
my father has nothing to do would bo a
novelty , would it not ? But I don't sup
pose he thinks of being a candidate. He is
greatly interested in the success of tho
party , 'however. "
The Illinois republican state central com
mittee held a meeting in Chicago on the
20th. Among speakers on the occasion
was David Littler , who is the Illinois mem
ber of the republican national committee.
Ho gave Governor Oglesby a severe scoring
for his alleged timid course in relation to
labor outbreaks , and denounced in strong
terms the civil service reform la - . Hesaid
the republican party should pnss resolu
tions on tho laborand strike question , and
proclaim that the majesty of the law must
be preserved and that all who defy the law
must be punished. It should advocate the
increase and better support of the militia ,
to the end that every citizen , high or low ,
bo protected in the employment of life ,
liberty and property. He would charge no
dereliction of duty on any public official ,
but if he had been governor he would have
put in force promptly every power at his
command to stamp out defiance of law.
lie believed in the right given to strike for
higher wages , but not in allowing strikers
to practice intimidation and violence , or
to train under red fings and to practice tho
devilish principles it symbolizes.
Washington special : The senate com
mittee on public lands are considering the
bill to classify and fix the salaries of regis
ters and receivers of land offices. The bill
provides that in lieu of compensation and
allowance provided by tho existing law ,
these officers shall be divided in four
classes and be paid as follows : Offices
where fees , etc. , provided by law shall ex-
ceed.56,000 a year , shall be denominated
offices of the first class , and the regis
ter and. receiver shall be entitled
to a salary of § 3,000 a year each ;
offices at which receipts are less than
§ 6,000 , and exceed ? 5,000 , second class ,
at a salary of § 2,500 per year each ; re
ceipts between § 5.000 and1,000 , third
class , salary § 2,000 ; receipts less than
§ 4,000 fourth class , § 1,500 a year. The
classification provided for by tho bill is to
be fixed upon the basis of tho preceding
year. Whenever a new office is created it
is to be graded tho first year as fourth
class. All fees to registers and receivers
for reducing testimony to writing , and for
abstracts , plats or diagrams of township ,
are to be deposited in tho treasury as pub
lic money , and credited to the appropria
tion for incidental expenses of the several
land offices. Moneys received at the gen
eral land office as fees for furnished tran-
cripts of records and plats are to be de
posited in tho treasury and deemed an
appropriation for making such copies , and
the commissioner of the general land office
is authorized to use any portion of this
appropriation for piece work or for tem
porary clerk hire , by the daj" , month or
year , at such rates as he may deem just
and fair , not exceeding § 1,200 a year.
WHO THREW THAT J1OMH.
A. Statement l > y One Who Has Organized
Several Socialistic Societies.
Cleveland ( Ohio ) dispatch : William
Webber , a German machinist , who organ
ized several socialistic societies here and
then went to Chicago , is now here , it ip
said , to raise money for the. defense of the
Chicago anarchists. "He makes the follow
ing statement with regard to tho throwing
of the bomb in the Haymarket square :
"After the trouble at the McCormick works
Monday afternoon a special meeting of our
club was called to take action. Spies , who
is our president , called the meeting to
order and a committee consisting of Par
sons and two others was appointed to
draw up a manifesto. This was the one
headed : 'Revenge ! Workingmen , to arms ! '
The advisability of using dynamite if tho
police interfered with any other meet
ings was discussed , and it was de
cided that twenty bombs should be
prepared for the next night , Tuesday.
Volunteers were called for to throw
the bombs , but no one wished to
speak up , fearing arrest should it be
come known who had offered to act.
It was then suggested that 500 ballots be
distributed , and that a skull and cross-
bones be inserted inscribed upon twenty of
them. Tho persons who drew the latter
ballots were expected to procure bombs
and Le on hand. This was done , and the
chief , Spies , is the only man who knows
who were drawn. I know that the twenty
men received their bombs. 'To arms ! ' was [
the signal for throwing tho bombs. The
meeting was almost through on Tuesday
night when the police ordered the anarchists
to disperse and it is presumed that the
other nineteen men had started for home ,
or were injured by the discharge of tho
police revolvers , which immediately fol
lowed the throwing of the bomb. If the
police had appeared an hour sooner there
would have been terrible havoc and mighty
few of the blue coats would have escaped.
The anarchists are not subdued yet , and ;
you need not be surprised if another out
break occurs. "
Washington special : The American mer
chants in Guatemala sent to Postmaster b
General Vilus a complaint in regard to the
stupidity shown by the department ir :
sending mail to' Central America via Ja >
maica , a route that occupies several times
the time used to be required to send the
mail by way of tho Isthmus , tinder the >
present system mail goes from New York to
Jamaica on one English Etenmer and lies
there till another English steamer comes a
along to take them to Aspinwall , then j tl
they are carried across to Panama and c (
wait for another boat to take them up to I w
Guatemala. The shortest way is via New'n
Orleans , from which place a little steamer I _ tl
runs to Livingston , the northern pore of ' s <
Guatemala , and it should not require more I e :
than four days to cross the Caribbean sea. j t (
The merchants in Guatemala think the . d >
idea in Washington is that as long as the T
correspondence is put on board an English ' k
vessel in New York it makes no difference
whether it ever arrives at its destination
or not , and they have suffered a great deal
of inconvenience and loss by the delay and
miscarriage of mails.
CAR DRIVER ASSASSINATED.
Denver special to the Omaha Republican :
About 9:30 o'clock to-night James Whita
ney , a driver on a Broadway car. was shot
lead at the southern terminus of the road. P
rhose who were nearest saw in the moon- :
ight a man running from the car , but he
escaped capture. The cash box was not n
taken and this leads to the impression that d
robbery was not the motive. The ball env
tered the right side and passed directly r (
through his body , coming out under the f (
left arm. The assassin stood so close that i ;
Vhitnev's clothing was powder-burned. 3
rhe remains to the '
were brought coroner's si
Dffice and an investigation will be made in cc
he morning. In the meantime the police H
ire hunting for the murderer. ( b
HOUSES XORN TO FRAGMENTS.
Men and Women Killed and the Country
Devastated for Many Miles.
A Kenton (0. ( ) special saysOne of the
most terrible storms ever known in this
section of country passe ; ! over the north
ern part of tho county last night , and its
pathway is marked with wide-spread deso
lation and death. The storm commenced
on the Whiteside farm , about eight miles
north of the city of Kenton , whereitsfruck
a new brick house which now lies in ruins.
From this point the storm moved east
ward. A barn owned by Henry Gerlich was
blown off its foundations. The orchard ol
Michael Zigler was totally destroyed and
the roof blown off his barn. Tho houses
belonging to James Fisher and J. N. Sur
plus wero totally destroyed and the mem
bers of the families badiy hurt. AVil-
liam McElrco was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. Tho Higgins
church was blown flat to tho ground.
David Higgins' house was shattered. A
Hchool hon.sc in thecentcrof Jackson town
ship was entirely destroyed. A new barn
belonging to W. II. Fleming , of this city ,
was blown into fragments. The damage
cannot be estimated , but will reach into
the hundred thousands.
A special from Forest (0. ( ) saj's : The
htorm here last night was one of the most
fearful that ever visited this section ol
country. It came up suddenly , inky black
clouds being livid with light , which made
the atmosphere black as night. A roaring
noise accompanied the storm. In this
vicinity it swept a clean track half a mile
in length , not striking a town to any ex
tent. Win. McElree , wife and mother-in-
law , and Mr. Higgins were buried in the
ruins of a largo brick house , and the first
named was killed. The rest were injured ,
tho last named fatally. Mrs. Leo was
killed in her l.ouse. Isaac Lambert was
buried under the house and fatally injured.
A L. Packert was fatally hurt by falling
timbers. ThomasMoore was buried under
the ruins of a large frame house and badly
hurt. Charles Packert and J. V. Thomp
son , sleeping in the same bed ia this house ,
were carried a long distance and landed
safely in the bed , Thomas Hart and wife
wore blown from their bed in the second
story and the latter is perhaps fatally hurt.
A ten year old son of Joseph Hummel had
his collar bone broken and was otherwise
hurt.
Two churches , the Union Bethel and the
Methodist Episcopal , were destroyed. The
pastor of tho latter had succeeded in pay
ing its large debt only a few days ago. Two
brick school-houses were destroyed , the
bell of one being carried a quarter of a
mile. Large stones and limbs were carried
long distances , trees were uprooted by the
acre and hundreds of orchards arc-com
pletely gone. Some farms are swept clean
of everything. Large numbers of sheep
and horses were killed. Feathers were
blown from chickens , trees were stripped ol
their bark , ground was ploughed up , and
devastation and ruin arc on every side.
The Chicago express on the Fort Wayne
railroad i had a rough experience passing
through 1 the tornado which struck eastern
Ohion. ( Lightning flashed continuously
from I the time the train left Fort Wayne at
S ! o'clock p. m. , and rain de.scended almost
solidly until Lima , Ohio , was passed. Such
fI fi storm the passengers had never seen be
fore I , and the ladies , of whom quite a num
ber ] were on tho train , were greatly freight-
cni'dj and the gentlemen were too Bcjired
themselves to be of much service in allaying
their fears. The wind steadily increased in
fury and the breaking off of trees and the
rnMiing sibilation of telegraph wires made
a concord of wild sounds. The train passed
a forest 220 miles west of Pittsburg about
10:35. : The engineer was then sending the
locomotive along at about thirty miles an
hour. The engineer put on more steam ,
and when about three miles from Kirby the
storm was at its height. Suddenly there
was a dull roar in the distance and then
the cyclone tore across the level plain on
the south side of the track and , catching n
big tree , tore it up by the roots and flung it
across the cars. One lirnb struck the loco
motive and cut the cowcatcher in two.
Another limb fell upon tho platform and
steps of the first car and demolished it.
Other branches smashed in windows along
three ordinary cars and two Pullman
sleepers. Telegraph poles came dancing
down at the same time and rocks and
brushes blew through the air in riotous
scurry. The car windows were smashed
to pieces and cracked and splintered and
glass flew in every direction. The train
kept on the rail and the engineer , applying
the air brake , brought it to a standstill
within two hundred yards. Every pas
senger was in a paroxysm of fear. The
sleepers were transferred intodens of wildlv
excited men and women. The railway men
Thestormcontinued. Theairwasstillfilled :
with flying branches and stones while the
jlare ofelectricity from the clouds intensified
the horror of the sreno. Though every win- .
low in the sleepers ' .Bnden" and "Salamis"
wero fractured , and almost every pane in
the other coaches were smashed , it is re
markable ( hat very few passengers were
hurt. Mr C.C.Bow , amcrchnnt ofCanton , '
Ohio , was in his berth in the sleeper "Sala-
mis" when tho tree shivered the glass about
liim and drove one piece under his right :
jye with such force tliat the eye was liter-
lily cut out. A lady in the same car , who
refused to give her name , was also cut , :
though i/St seriously , about the face. A
ow others had their hands cut. Thestorm
lid not abate much , except that the tor
undo passed away. An idea of its force
may be conceived from the fact that rocks
ivere blown into the cars on the south side
ind had sufficient impetus left to pierce the
ivestera windows as clear as if they were
bullets from Catling guns.
GOOD 3EEDICIN12 FOR ANARCHISTS.
Chicago dispatch : The fact was devei-
ped to-night that when the drug store of
Samuel Rosenfeld , on the corner of Center
ivenue and Eighteenth street , was raided d
y the mob of anarchists , and the rabble
cizcd upon every bottle that had the ap-
icarance of being the receptacle of spirits ,
large bottle of carbolic acid was among
he others carried away , and owing to its
olor and general resemblance to whisky , it >
ras passed from hand to hand after the ;
aid and drank by half a dozen or more oi
he mob. The acid began to take effect as
oon as it entered -.tomachs of theriot-
rs , and in spite of the best efforts of doc-
ors and emetics , two of tho drinkers are
lead and three more arc at death's door.
Che residence of three of the victims is [
oca ted on West Seventh street , near the
cene of thefray , and others are on Twenty- "
irst street.
ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The president has transmitted to con-
Teas the report of the secretary of state
rith accompanying papers in respect to the
ocation of tho frontier line between Alaska
md British Columbia. Bayard says the
British government is prepared to take >
art in the preliminary investigation ol
he boundary question , and that nothing
low delays action but want of an appro
priation by congress to enable this govern-
nent to take part in thesurvey. Tho presi-
3ent , in his letter of transmittal , says : "In
flew of the importance of the subject , I
ccommend that provision be made by law
or a preliminary survey of the boundary
ine in question by officers of the United
states in order that the information neces-
lary for the basis of a treaty between this
lountry and Great Britain for the es ab-
iahment of a definite boundary line may
be obtained. "
THJ2 MATTER OF PENSIONS.
Features of the Measure Ttiat Has Recently
fasscd the Senate.
The full text of the pension bill as passed
on the 20th by the senate is as follows :
Bo it enacted , etc. : That every person
who is specified in the several classes of
enumeration in section 4G93 of tho revised
statutes of tho United States and amend
ments thereto , who served in the military
or naval service , as mentioned in said sec
tion , for the period of three months during
the war of the rebellion and has an honor
able discharge therefrom , and who is or
shall become disabled from any cause not
not tho result of his own fault , and shall
be dependent upon his own exertions for
supportorupon thecontributions of others
not legally bound thereto , shall , upon
making due proof of the facts , under such
regulation as shall or may bo prescribed by
the proper authority , bo placed upon the
list of pensioners of the United States and
be entitled to receive a pension during tho
continuance of such disability , and such
pension shall commence at the date of tho
filing of tho application therefor. The
highest rate of pension granted under this
section , which shall be for total incapacity
to perform any manucl labor , shall be § 24
per month , which is hereby made devisable
upon that basis for any lehS degree of disa
bility , provided that no person entitled or
receiving an invalid pension under the exist
ing laws or such as may be hereafter en
acted granting pensions for disabilities con
tracted in the military or naval service ol
the United Stales in tho lineof duty greater
than that provided for herein shall receive
the benefits of this act. but any applicant
for such invalid pension having an applica
tion therefor pending or shall hereafter file
his application for such pension may. by
declaration over his signature at any time ,
elect to prosecute his said claim under this
act or under the general laws , and his pen
sion , when allowed , if prosecuted under
this net , shall commence from tho date of
such election , provided , further , that no
pension paid under any law hereafter shall
be rated at less than § 4 per month.
Sec. 2. That in considering c'nims of
dependent parents the fact and the cause
of such and the fact ( hat the soldier left
no widow or minor children having been
shown as required by law , it shall be
necessary only to show by competent and
sufficient evidence that such dependent
paycnt is without the present means of
comfortable support other than his or her
own manual labor , or contributions of
others not legally bound for his or her sup
port , and such as may be found to be enti
tled to § 8 per month under the existing
aws , as modified by this section , shall re-
leive in lieu thereof § 12 per month from
end after the approval of this act.
Sec3. That in all applications underthe
general pension laws , including this act ,
where it appears by record evidence that
the applicant was regularly enlisted and
mustered into tho service , that fact shall
be conclusive of soundness at the time of
his enlistment , except in case of fraud.
Sec. 4. That no person shall be entitled
to more than one pension at the samutime
under any or all laws of the United States ,
whether such pension shall have been nl-
ready obtained or shall bo 1 ereafter ob-
taincd unless the act in dcr whic.i such pen-
eion is claimed shall specially so declare.
Thebill nowgoes to the house for concur
rence.
THE COMMUNISTS TO JT.ITE .1 1JEMJTNG
The grand jury that nil ! pass upon the
cases of the anarchists , Spies , Schwab ,
Fielden , Parsons and Fischer , were im-
panelod on ths 17th. The jury is made up
of well known business men. Judge Rogers ,
in his charge , said :
We hear a good deal lately ol what con
stitutes freedom of speecti. There is no
constitutional righls for men to : is-.cmblo
and engage in wild harangues anil incen
diary speech. If men are incited to riot ,
arson and other unlawful acts , the men re
sponsible for this may be held answerable
for the results. Mete spectators , mere
lookers on , are not ths guilty ones only ,
but the men who ndxiscd the commission
of the crime are guilty as well.
In the course of his instructions he fur
ther said : "It is only your province to deal
with the crime which has been committed.
The principle.- the law inculcate the doc
trine that the men who teach rioh , who in
cite unlanfill gathering to incendiary acts
are responsible for the effects of these liot-
ings. The nd flag is a public menace. Jt
is the emblom that no quurterwill begivcn.
The police have the right to suppress the
people to prevent the commission of crime ,
riiey have the right to quell all such dis
turbances. Thepol'ccand chief magistrate
of the city did their duty uhen the time
ame and acted like men. Men have the
right to strike. They have the right to quit
work if they please , but when they go one
step further and say that others have not
the right to work they violate the law and
can be punished. "
AN or-daon TII OF TUT : STRIKE.
To ; si.a ( Kns.ipecial ) : As an outgrow th
nf t he ivccnL h.i ike a new organization was
hnrtered to-day called the supreme lodge
if thi ? law and order league , a secret organ
ization to counteract the societies that so
eary ! turned business lopsy turvy. Its
purposes aie defined as follows :
To associate tog'lln-r fraternally nil
reputable American citizens forthes > tudy
jf faociai SK once.
J'o cteatea labor bureau.
To secure equitable arrangement and
inrmoniotis action between capital and
]
To educate the industrial classes and
unke moral worth tho true standard. (
To secure i-qual pay for equal work.
To cultivate our social natures , temper-
itc habits and economy.
To prevent riotous strikes , boycotts and
lisrcpulablc practices.
The organization of subordinate lodg ° s.
Tosecure permanent aid and protection
it a nominal &nm to all member-a ml their
a milieu in case of accident or death.
To collect and pay out to the members
r their families or legal representatives
ui'h bum or btnns as they may be entitled
The place of business , or rather the head-
juarters , named is Kans.is City. Kas. The
ncorporators are W. B. Schoonmnker ,
Plainville , Mich. ; V. .1. Lnnc. R. E. Collar ,
Peter Eager , J. L. B. Eager , Kansas City ,
vas.
"OUR CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
Akron ( Ohio ) dispatch : The home of
Irs. Mary Mooney , a widow , about three
niles north of Akron , burned to the ground
hortly bef jre midnight and four of Mrs.
looney's children perished in the flames.
Jrs. Mooney woke in the night choking
dth smoke and , snatching a two year old
aby , told the other little ones to follow
ler. She sprang out of a window with the
ittle babe , landing unhurt. Mrs. Mooney
ind her brother-in-law. Lawrence
- - . Mooney ,
ushed into the house to rescue the chil-
Iren , but were beaten back by the flames.
Ir. Mooney was terribly burned , the flesh
tanging in shreds on his bands. It took i
tut a few minutes longer fo. the flames to
onsume the little building and this morn-
ng charred bits of flesh and the larger \
tones of the four little ones were found in
he ruins. Mooney's injuries may prove
ital. Mrs. Mooney and two grown daugh-
ere are wild with grief. The fire caught
rom an over heated stove. i
GEROXIMO , THK INDIAN FIGHTER.
T.'ic lltmtilcn Surprised and Sla > nprileilf Jttit
Strike JJnrfc Wickedly.
A Tucson special from Huachuca says :
Captain Hatlield , with a. troop of cavalry ,
struck Gcronimo a heavy blow yesterday
morning ten miles southeast of San hi Cruz ,
but a few hours later ho received a heavier
blow in return. Friday afternoon the has-
tiles , about seventy Ktrong. struck Milea-
pia'rt ranch , rounding up thirty horses.
Hntficid arrived half an hour later and fol
lowed tho trail till dark. Yesterday nioni-
ing lie Htit-pfitiL'd and stampeded the hos-
tilerf , capturing their entire camp , outfit
and hotvc.s. Ho then started for Santa
Crux. In passing through Box canyon a
galling fire was poured upon his little com
mand. 'J ho men then dismounted anil
madea gallant light for one hour , losing
t wo killed and thieevoiiiulc.l. . .Many In
dians fell. Tlicniimhcr is nut known. Cap
tain ilntlield tvached iSaiita Cmwhere lie
will be joined by Lieutenant Cook uith
tho Dursto troops.
Maj. Rinr.e. with a largi * Mexican force ,
reached Santa Cruz last night and joined in
the pursuit thi.sniornin l'npt. Lebo. Lieut.
Davis , with troops , ( jov. Loires. of Sonora ,
and Prefect Rivers , of tin ; Mngilclann dis
trict , are here in consultation.
( Jov. Lories linsivreixcd a. dispatch from
the prefect of ( Jiiayiiuis stating that Gen.
Marlinerouted the Ynqm-.s from their
stiongluild in Sierra ' 'acatehcon the loth ,
killing one liimdivd and capturing two hun-
Irnl. The Mexicans lost twenty killed and
fifty * vuundcd. Cnjfineoscaped , but i.s being ;
tmrsiicd by'troops on the land and by gun-
lioaltt on the river. This virtually ends the
Ynqiie war.
A Tombstone ( Ariz. ) special says : A
courier arrived at l Vn. Miles' headquarters
brings information ( hat six of llatlield'ts
men uere killed in an ambuscade by In
dians. Tin-report comes from Dt-iiiingthat
untchfircs have been soon in the vicinity
and aie supposed to bt , > calling out Mfscnl-
lero Apaches. It is fuaied that a raid of
tho country is contemplated by ( roniino'ti
bund and couriers are being sent out to
u a ni the seltlun ) .
OLEOMARGARINE FIGHT.
Washington dispatch : One of tho most
determined and lively fights that has been
waged before congress for yeain has been
pending for ten days between the dairymen
and farmers of the country and the pork
and beef packers. The former class de
mand tho passage of the bill taxing the
imitations of butter and cheese and the
latter fight it. It is astonishing what a
showing is being made in favorof the manu
facturers of bogus and filthy butter and
cheese. ( The pork and beef packers have
thousands ' of agents in the country pro
curing petitions against tho bill and a
lobby ] here fighting it. The investigations
into the manufacture of this stuff has de
veloped a horrible disclosure. Oleomar
garine , it has been shown , is made mostly
of cotton seed oil and the filthiest offal
from ' slaughter houses. Jt is fullof _ animal
life 1 and is injurious to health. Ucspitc the
efforts of the dispensers of offal the oleo
margarine bill will undoubtedly be passed
and the manufacture will be cut off.
WHAT OLEOMARGARINE IS.
The butterinc makers of Chicago have
issued . their promised circular in favor o !
the above product. The circular says that
physicians , chemists and health officers ia
various parts of the country have pro
nounced the product a wholesome article
of food , and in no way deleterious to
health , and the daily increasing demand
for it shows its hold upon the popular
favor , not as an "imitation" of butter , but
as a new food product and a most desir
able substitute for medium grades of but
ter.
ter.The
The circular further declares that manu
factured butterine in this country increases
the value of beef cattle fully § 15 per head by
the use of oleo oil , which is made from the
fat of the cattle. The circular is signed by
Armour & Co. , Swift & Co. , U. Hammond
it Co. , N. K. Fairbanks & Co. , and Samuel
W. Allerton.
Preparing : for "War.
LONDON , May 17. Three thousand men be
longing to the London volunteers and 100
officers of the same force have offered to join
any army put in the field by Ulster in rebellion
against the Irish home rule. The volunteers ,
It is stated , offer to equip themselves and to
fight in the Ulster cause without pay or re
ward so long as their services may be needed.
The British Orangemen were called upon to
hold a mass meeting in London to-morrow
night under the auspices of the Primrose club
for the purpose of inaugurating a league for
the protection of the ' 'unit , , of the empire. "
The meeting will be devoted'to affecting a pre
liminary orjranization , adopting : i title and
agreeing upon objects to which the mission of
the organization is to be devoted. Catholics
is well as Protestant loyalists are invited to
join. One of the purposes of the league will
be , it is declared , to secure the enrollment of
naen accustomed to service. The Standard
contains an advertisement for an adjutant for
the lc"Tis.
MAFuKETS.
OMAHA.
WIJF ' .T Nn. 2 58 ( % > S1 ]
i\miv Xo. 2 -ii @ 44
RYE No. L ' ! . " > ( J 4
Coux No. 2 mixed " 2IK > 21-
OATS No. 2 liV/So ) 22
BUTTKU-Choice table 1 ( $ 12
! LTTIK Fair to good 7 ( ) 10
Ec s Fiesh S (4 SJj
"nit KBXS Live per doz 350 f ! . ' 575
LKMOXS ( hoire (100 ( @ (550
OisANcr-s Mesina . ' 5 75 C J 4 00
UKAXS Navvs 1G 5 ( $ 1 75
ONIONS Per bbl 250 @ 3 00
I'OTVTOIIS Per bushel i > 5 @ 40
Wool. Fine , per Ib 14 ( o ) 10
Fiins Timothy 2 20 @ 2 50
Hiins Blue Grass 1 :50 @ 1 40
HAY Balc-d. per ton 550 fa 625
HAY In bull : 00 @ 7 00
lions Mixed packing 3 05 @ ' 3 75
PEIVIS Choice to extra. . . 4 50 @ 4 00
SHIIP Heavy grades 4 25 © 5 00
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red S7r # % 8SJ
WHEAT Ungraded red 87 91
COISN No. 2 45 ( $ 4G
OATS Mixed western 35 Q $ 43
Pome 925 ( a ) 950
LAKD G 22& G 2S
CHICAGO.
Fi.ouu Winter. 4 40 © 4 75
FLO UK Patents i 05 @ 5 00
WIIK.VT Perbtishel 75 ( a ) 75 %
Coux Per bushel 3 ! X'nj 35Tf
OATS Per bushel 2SJ4f2 > 29
POIK 877 ( n ) 880
LAID 5 S5 ( $ 5 97 (
HOBS Packing itshipping. 410 ( < $ 435
CATTLE Stackers 3 00 @ 4 80
SIICEP Natives 2 50 © 5 GO
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red 78J f2 > 79
LOIIN Perbushel 33 @ 33
OATS Per bushel 2S ( a ) 2S
Hoes Mixed packing 3 90 @ 4 10
ATTI.E Stockers& feeders 350 ( u ) 450
biiEUi Common to choice 3 00 ( a ) 4 00
KANSAS CITY.
\ViiEAT-Perbiishel GO @ Gl
L'OUN Per bushel 2G'i@ 27JJ
OATS Per bushel 25 @ 2G
CATTLE Stackers 3 40 ( a ) 4 30
HOGS Good to choice 3 SO @ 4 00
SHEEP Common to good. . 3 00 @ 3 OS
