Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TEIBTJNE.
F. M. & E. m. , Pubs.
McCOOK , NEB ,
OVEE THE STATE.
THE YEIR'S SHOWING.
The Home of the Friendlessociety held
their annual meeting at Lincoln last week.
Reports show good work done throughout
the state. The report of Mrs. A. 51. Davis ,
the treasurer , is as follows :
Amount on hand Oct. 12,18S3 S G16.43
Kccelpu during the year 3.C19.56
Total W.236.W
Disbursements for the same time for
wlilcli voucher * arc filed1J09.13
Balance Oct. 8 , ISSa 20.06
EXPENSES.
Green house 213.63
GioccrUsand bread 1,2)3,83 )
Statlonety. priming and letter press 9C.40
Fuel uud irelsht 701.16
Telephone 89.37
Haidivarc.tlnwarc.crockery and fur
niture 172.80
Drugs and ftmcrul expenses 205.20
Milk , cow 8 and freight on same 318.70
Meat 300.29
Feed 11455
Labor and repairs 153.26
Dry poods 87.12
Miscellaneous 319.27
Total 8lmiS
s HILLS AUDITED AXD ITOT PAID.
M. A.DIsbrow. sash forgreen house.3 100.00
F. E. Newton , kitchen range 112.27
"Whteurea ! > .t Coal company 144.99
"Wawoord & < .o 32.33
Total t SS6.45
The superintentendent's report gives th'e
following :
ADMITTED. DISMISSED.
Adults Si Adnlts 5.
Children 127 Children Si
Total 182 Total 135
Children surrendered to the home , 48 ;
placed into homes , 32 ; kept for mothers
and friends until a home could be provided ,
61. There were 1.000 letters written.
Inmates have been received from the fol
lowing counties : Adams , Antelope , Boone ,
Burt Buffalo , Butler , Cass , Clay , Douglas ,
Dodge , Franklin , Gage , Harlan , Hamilton ,
Howard , Kearney , Lancaster , Lincoln , Ne-
inalia , Otoc , Pawnre , Platte , Richardson ,
Red Willow , Saline , Stanton , Seward , Saun
ders. Thayer and Webster. Also letters
from Wyoming territory , Kansas , Illinois ,
Iowa and England.
The report of the recording secretary ,
Miss L. P. Elliott , shows :
Number of auxiliaries during year 5C
Number of auxiliaries disbanded 7
Numbers of auxiliaries at present 55
Letters written In January 55
Letters written in March 5C
Letters written in May 5c
Letters written in July K
Letters written In August 55
Letters written in September. 51
Total 325
The report of the financial secretary , Mrs.
H. II. Wilson , shows :
Received from dues S 3j3Ci
Received from donations 1,243 K9j
Received from boar.l 1,177.30
Received frumcollcctlons 125.C4
Ifecelved from miscellaneous sources 5'H.U3
Received fiom green house since June 1.1SSG. 124.34
Total 3C26.T7
The report of the physician , Mrs. Mar
garet L. Sabin , M. D. , is as follows :
Mrs. President and Ladies of the Board :
There have been sixteen deaths in the
Home during the last six months ; females
10 , males G.
Number of deaths during each month :
April , 4 ; May , G ; June , 1 ; July , 1 ; August ,
2 ; September 2. Total , 1C.
The following are the mortality statis
tics : Deaths from marasmus , 4 ; cerebral
congestion ; 1 ; cyanosis , 1 ; enteric fever , 1 ;
convulsions , 1 ; exposure , 1 ; inanition , 2 ;
gastro-enteritis , 2 ; from drinking lye prev
ious to coining to the Home , 1. Total , 1C.
The ages of the dead are as follows : Less
than 1 month , 2 ; from 1 to 2 months , 4 ;
from 2 to 4months , 5 ; from 4 to G months ,
3 ; 2 years , 1 ; 21 years , 1. Total , 16.
The total number of cases of sickness in
the home lias been less than lastyear. The
infant mortality is mostly due to heredita
ry disease , exposure and neglect previous
to being brought to the home , and inability
to assimilate artificial food. Numbers of
infants have been taken from the homeina
healthy condition and returned back.
PINE RIDGE INDIANS.
Capt. J. M. Bell , of the Pine Ridge agency ,
is in the city , having just been relieved from
duty as acting Indian Agent by Col. Galla
gher , the new appointee from Greensburg ,
Indiana. Capt. Bell reports affairs in good
condition at the agency , although a little
excitement has recently transpired. On
the 2cl of October , one of the Indians re
from with Buf :
turning a summer sojourn
'
falo Bill's Wild West show found that his
wife had been stolen by a young buck of
the Cheyenne tribe. Formal complaint re ;
garding the matter was made to Capt. Bell ,
who at once ordered the arrest of the
transgressor. Six of the Indian police went
to arrest the young Cheyenne , and found
him armed to the teeth and prepared to
fight to the last. Orders were then given
to capture the obstreperous Indian , dead
or alive , and again the police went forth.
This time they found the Cheyenne arrayed
in war-pnint and mounted upon his pony
and backed by his aged father , both being
well armed. Failing to secure a peaceable
surrender the police fired and a pitched bat
tle ensued , during which the young Chey
enne's horse was shot from under him , he
himself was badly wounded and his aged
father was killed. In the confusion which
followed the vrounded Indian made his
escape to some adjacent buehes and disap
peared.
"The Indian police , " said Capt. Bell , "are
very efficient and are entirely trustworthy.
They are selected from among the best and
ruoHt reliable Indians , and are invested
with police authority which they exercise
with excellent judgment. They wear uni
form provided for them by th'e government ,
and the captains are attired in military
style. The police receive $10 per month ,
besides their food and clothing. "
, The census of the Indians at the Pine
Ridge agency taken not long ago , shows
about 4,700 , which is much less than the
number carried upon the rolls for a long
time. "Efforts were made at various times
by Agent McGillicuddy , " said Capt. Bell ,
"to have the government authorize a cen-
BUS of the Indiana upon the reservation , in
order that the exact number might be
ascertained ; but his endeavors were not
successful. Since his retirement a census
has been taken showing that the number
of-Indians upon the reservation was greatly
overestimated ; but I don't see how McGilli
cuddy can be blamed for it. " [ Omaha Re
publican.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS.
THE physicians and midwives of Omaha
eeem to be ignorant or unmindful of the
law which imposes upon them the obliga
tion to report , within three days after tho
happening , all cases of deaths and births
that come under their professional notice.
THE graders have completed their work
on the Missouri Pacific road between
Omaha and Papillion , and the track is
being rapidly laid. The cars will run across
the country before the frost.
C. S. HOWARD , a horse thief , has just
taken a position in the penitentiary for
eighteen months. He hails from Douglan
county.
ROBBERS cracked the trunk of arvey
Potter in Scotia , securing ? 46 and an old
gun.
THE Lincoln salt well contractors have
the well in shape again for resuming the
downward journey as soon as the new ma
chinery can bo placed in position.
UNION PACIFIC passenger conductors aver
age about 5125 per month.
.TiiE improvements now being made in
and around Onjaha by the Union Pacific ,
irrespective of the new 'bridge , will cost , it
is estimated at § 750,000. The retaining
walls of the Sixth street viaduct alone will
cost § 150,000.
GKAND ISLAND special : A young man by
the name of J. A. Northway , shot himself
accidentally last evening. He was living
with a family by the name of Gillette ,
about four miles west of this city. North-
way shot a dog , and while reloading , the
gun was discharged , the load entering the
left breast , killing him instantly. His
clothing was set on fire and his body
was badly charred. His parents reside at
Gothenberg , Dawson county.
THE Union Pacific road has just about
completed a new station at Valley , and the
building will soon be ready for occupancy.
ALVA MAGUIRE , of Lincoln , for beating
his wife , got ninety days in jail.
WILLIAM SCHUPP , the B. & M. brakeman
injured at Bennett , died from his wounds.
R. B. BABCOCK , a lawyer at Hastings , has
been arrested for uttering and publishing
false affidavits in the McCok land office for
the purpose of entering lands under the
timber culture law of the United States.
Shorthand writing is an employment to
which ladies may profitably turn their at
tention. Business men are realizing the
great advantages of employing a steno
grapher to write their letters from dicta
tion. From these dictated shorthand let
ters the amanuensis writes the letters com
plete with the typewriting machine. The
business man is thus enabled to dispose of
as much correspondence in one hour as he
could in half a day by the old way. Many
of the students at the shorthand institute
at the Lincoln Business college are ladies.
These students readily obtain remunerative
employment , not unfrequently before grad
uating. The usual time required to com
plete the course is aboutsixmonths. Some
do it in less time , however. One young
lady , Miss Lottie Byrne , who has devoted
less than three months to this study , writes
120 words per minute from dictation. Miss
Byrne has already secured a position as
stenographer in thelargest publishing house
in Nebraska , and will step out of school
into this responsible position in about
three months from the date she first took
up this study.
JJEATH is announced of Samuel S. Mar-
many , a resident of Columbus since 1859.
ALEXANDER GARROW. of Dunbar , has fifty
acres of corn averaging fitty-six bushels to
the acre.
THE barn of William Starkjohan , near
Plattsmouth , was burned , together with
three horses.
DURING the month of September there
was shipped from Dakota City sixty-four
cars of corn , ten cars of brush and one car
of hogs. There was more corn shipped last
month than there was the whole of last
year , being upwards of 32,000 bushels.
Tnn people of Beatrice will decorate in
honor of completion of the water works.
OMAHA'S letter carriers decided to give a
ball , but as the selling or peddling of any
matter was in violation of the civil service
rules , Postmaster Coutant requested that
the scheme be abandoned.
THE Blair bank , which suspended in Au-
just , will pay depositors in full.
THE B. & M. expects to have its tracks
laid Srto Wahoo between the first and the
fifteenth of November.
A CATTLE man living near Rogers lost a
pocketbook containing110 and a number
Df valuable papers on the Grand Island
; rain going to Omaha the other day. The
oook was in one of the pockets of his over-
oat , which he carried in his arm in going
'rom one car in which there were but few
passengers , to another which was full of
hcm. lie does not know whether it drop
ped on the floor and was picked up , or
stolen from his nocket.
THE American Press association will
move its branch house , which has been
located at Des Moines , Iowa , to Omaha.
REV. MR. BITLER , under whose labors
over eight hundred were converted in Lin
coln last winter , is about to hold a series
of meetings at Beatrice.
A COUPLE of Nebraska City bloods , one
of them a married man , obtained the key
to a business man's office , without his con
sent , the other night , and passed the night
there with a couple of prostitutes in a high
old time. The entire gang will be prosecu
ted if they can be caught.
THE threshing season is about over , and
the average of crops is found to be fully
equal to that of last season. Oats in most
cases will overrun in weight the machine
measure. Wheat is found to be good and
fully matured.
LAST Saturday afternoon , says the Grand
Island Independent , FrankBoehle , a farmer
living near the Howard county line , was re
turning to his home from this city with a .
wagon load of lumber , when he met with
an accident which caused his death. While
crossing the Prairie creek bridge , near
Ridell's place , the abutment of the bridge
gave way. The wheels suddenly jumped
down and the stakes holding up the load of
lumber broke , precipitating both driver and
load to the ground. The wheel passed over
the neck of the unfortunate man , causing
instant death. He leaves a wife and three
children.
THE Masons of York are about to dedi-
ctte their new hall.
PROPRIETORS or the forthcoming new
hotel at Omaha have decided to make it
a six-story structure.
A NEW time table for the running of the
freight and passenger trains of the Burling
ion & Missouri River railroad in Nebraska ,
Kansas and Colorado , and its leased lines
went into effort last week.
THE Women's Christian Temperanre
Onion , in session at Fremont elected offi
cers for the ensuing year as follows : Mrs.
Jennie F. Holmes , Tecumseh , president ;
Mrs. M. A. Hitchcock , Fremont , vice-presi
dent at large ; Mrs. Ports Wilson , Lincoln
corresponding secretary ; Mrs. C. M. Wood
ward , Seward , treasurer. The session * *
were well attended and much intere.it
shown.
THE Lincoln Journal reports thatcil\
again infested with thugs and thieves o
every description.
AN Omaha sneak thief who stole an over
coat before any cold weather had put in
an appearance got thirty days in jail on
bread water for the offense.
THE merchants of Hastings , have suc
ceeded in getting the city to give § 25 a
month towards a merchant's police , whose
duty it shall be to watch the business
houses.
THE state convention of the Christian
Missionary society at Fairfield closed its
labors last week , and the following are the
newly elected officers for the coming year :
J. Z. Briscoe. president ; II. H. Ingram and
William Sumpter , vice-presidents ; Mrs. S.
E. Alley , secretary , and C. C. Munson ,
treasurer.
A CAR loaded with cattle that had been
taken in an Omaha train at Tckama ,
caught fire Monday evening near Blair , and
in spite of all the efforts of the train men
burned the stock in a horrible manner.
When the train arrived at Blair six were
dead , and all the balance , with the excep
tion of two , were so badly injured thatthej
had to be shot.
THE people of Lincoln county will vote
on a proposition to band the county at the
coming election for the purpose of building
two new brigas across the Platte , one east
and the other west of North Platte.
THE work of digging the proposed well at
Omaha for gas or oil will be commenced as
soon as the council nets upon the petition
of the projectors for the use of certain city
propertv near the river.
THE Odd Fellows of Lincoln are making
extensive preparations for the annual ses
sion which convenes in that city on the
20th instant. A public reception will be
tendered to the grand body.
Ox account of ill-health J. J. Wogaii who
for the past eight years , has had charge of
the McCormick machine business in the
South Platte country resigned , and ac
cepted a prominent position with the Ne
braska Loan and Trust company of Hast
ings.
A COUNTERFEIT § 10 bill has made its ap
pearance in Northern Nebraska.
THE Plattsmouth Sportsmen's club has
divided its members into two teams for a
; rand club hunt.
STUDENTS of the state university deplore
the loss of one of their number , Frank L.
Wheeler , son of Hon. D. H. Wheeler , of
Plattsmouth , who died of typhoid fuver
after a lingering illness. He was 2 years
old.
old.ABOUT
ABOUT seven thousand people were in
tendance one day at the Buffalo couiu/
fair. The showing of horses , cattle and
hogs surpassed anything that has ever Leon
seen in that part of the state.
THE lion. J.F.Burns of Ainsworth , form
erly state senator from Dodge county , 1ms
begun action in the district court of lirov.n
county to procure a divorce from his wife
on the ground of adi.ltery.
THE republican central committee have
sngnged Gen. Lew Wallace for three speec'ies
in this state.
OMAHA has organized a Flambeau club
The object of the club is togivepyrotechnii
and flambeau exhibitions on political anc j
other big occasions when their services an
desired. There will be 100 men in uniforn
all carrying flambeaux and fireworks at
each display , besides a gun club of twenty-
five men and a drum corps of eight boys.
THE people of Lancaster at the count's
election will vote on the question of town
ship organization.
THE wife of James Drenning , of Lyons ,
has employed an attorney to bring suit
against two of Oakland's saloon men , foi
selling her husband liquor , causing him tc
fall from his horse , breaking one of his
arms.
THERE were ninety-four new postofficei
established in Nebraska from January 1st
to August 1st ,
CHARLES MEHURRER , of Omaha , died last
rreek from the effects of the kick of a horse.
Ele was unconscious from the lime of the
iccident.
NEBRASKA CITY will , on November 16 ,
vote on the question of granting a bonus of
§ 40,000 to the Missouri Pacific to bring
their line to that city.
THE Chadron Democrat is informed by
parties who reside in the western part of
the county , that a large number of men are
engaged in the business of cutting timber
on government land and selling the lumber
to the lumber dealers at Crawford and
Whitnev.
THE golden wedding of Rev. Thomas
Pugh and wife took place at Fairfield last
week. The ministers and members of ail
the churches united in giving to the aged
pair their hearty congratulations and to
kens of esteem. The Catholic priest sent a
letter of regret that he was unavoidably
prevented from being present. Prof. Ilub-
bell , in a neat and appropriate speech , pre
sented the groom with a beautiful gold-
headed cane , humorously alluding to the
cane ( Cain ) our firstparentsbegan to raise.
J. K. Oliver , of the Herald , presented the
bride with a pair of gold spectacles.
JULY 16 , E. Hurlbut , Sr. , of Columbus ,
purchased ten shoats which weighed 620
pounds. He sold them back to Mr. Wig
gins Oct. 4 , when the lot weighed 2,000.
During the two months and eighteen days
that Mr. Hurlbut fed these hogs , the feed
ninety barrels of buttermilk and forty bush
els of corn cost him § 17. The shoats cost
him § 25. He sold the lot when fatted for
§ 77 , leaving a net profit of § 35 on the in
vestment.
AT Lincoln , J. E. Pugh was sentenced to
two years in the pen for an assault on Con
ductor Ballinger of the B. & M. with intent
to kill , the weapon used was a large knife.
He plead guilty.
STUDENTS at Barbley can get board and
room , with stove , chair , stand and bed
stead , for § 2.50 per week.
OMAHA'S postoffice is becoming too small
for the business crowding upon it.
HASTINGS has put up 175 houses thus far
this season and the number will be very
materially increased before the building
season is over.
BERNARD KIRSCHSTEIN , an employe on the l
new railroad bridge at Omaha , died last
week from the caisson disease.
THERE are at this time 131 children in
the reform school at Kearney ; 31 of these
are girls.
A. L. RINKER lad
, an 18-year-old residing
at Oxford , was lodged in jail at Lincoln last
week on complaint of his father , who
claimed the boy was disobedent and would
not behave. The board of insanity will
hold a couniol over him.
SLOW GERONIMO WAS CAUGB.A
Report of the Commander of the
Department of Arizona and New Mexico.
General Miles' annual report as com
mander of the military department of
Arizona and New Mexico , which has been
received at the war department , is a vol
uminous document containing a full his
tory of his operations against Geronirno
and his band , together with a statement
of his position in regard to the terms of
surrender. It is learned that this part of
his report sets forth minutely the official
orders received by him ; hia own orders
placing Captain Lawtonin immediate com
mand , the system of signalling adopted ,
etc. , and afterwards recites substantially
the following details :
Some days prior to the surrender a de
serter from Geronimo's band came into
General Miles' camp with the information
that the renegades were short of food ,
clothing and ammunition , were footsore
and nearly exhausted from long marches ,
and could not hold out much longer.
Thereupon General Miles ordered Lieuten
ant Gatcwood , who knew Geronimo and
Natchez well and spoke the Apache lan
guage , to take a guard of two men , obtain
a parley if possible with Geronimo , and
see if he would surrender. This mission
Lieutenant Gsitewood accomplished suc
cessfully. He informed Geronimo , in
answer to the chief's question , that he had
no authority to offer him terms. Ger
onimo then asked to be taken to Captain
Lawton.who was in the immediate neigh
borhood. This was done , and on repeating
the question asked Lieutenant Gatcwood ,
Captain Lawton told him that he could
make no terms and that he must surrender.
Geronimo then wan ted to see General Miles.
and both parties Captain Lawton and
command , and Lieutenant Gate wood and
Geronimo , Nati'hezand their band set out
for the north , traveling for some cltiys in
parellel lines , and within sight of each other.
In the meantime a messenger had been sent
ahead to notify General Miles of their ap
proach. On coming into General Miles'
camp , Geronimo , as before , asked what
terms would be given him if he surrendered. [
The general replied he had no terms to offer ;
that if he and his band surrendered at all ,
they must surrender as prisoners of war ;
that they must lay down fieir arms and
trust the president of the United States.
Upon this Geronimo laid down his arms
and signified his willingness to surrender.
ButNatchez , whohacl in the meantime-kept
out of reach and refused to come in , sent
word that he wanted to go to the White
mountains for a month , whereupon Geron
imo went out after Natchez and soon re
turned with him. Geronimo , in explana
tion and justification of his conduct , said
that he left the reservation for the reason
that there WHS a conspiracy afoot there ,
headed by Ghetto , to murder him. Geron
imo , Natchez , and two others were loaded
into an ambulance , followed by the rest of
the band in charge of Captain Lawton , and
taken to Fort Bowie station and shipped
to Texas.
General Miles , in his report , argues at
some length the question of punishment ,
and calls attention to the fact that hereto
fore in such cases removal has been deemed
sufficient. He cites several cases in which
10 greater punishment has been inflicted ;
speaks of the great good done Arizona by
their removal , and suggests that they be
treated as other Indians have been treated
under similar circumstances. lie highly
compliments Captain Lawton , Lieutenant
Gatewood and the officers and soldiers gen
erally for their meritorious service during
the campaign.
From an army friend of Lieutenant Gate-
wood it is learned that he found Guronimo
and his band encamped near the Mexican
town of Fronteras , in Sonora , an old Mex
ican adobe hamlet , surrounded by an
adobe wall. It was at one time a mission
settlement , founded by Jesuits. When
Lieutenant Gatewood came upon the band
he left his guards and alone walked into
Geronimo's camp. On seeing the intruder
the Indians seized their guns , but on the
lieutenant's laying down his arms and
beckoning Geronimo , whom he recognized ,
the Indians also laid down their guns and
came forward. The two seated themselves
on a pile of stones. Geronimo wanted to .
know what kind of a man General Miles '
was whether he had a bright eye or a dull
one ; whether ho talked fast or slow ;
whether he was a large man , and what was
his general appearance. He wanted to
know all about him. Gatewooa replied
that Gnneral Miles had a bright eye , did
not talk much , but what he said could be
relied on. The Indian was much pleased
with this assurance , and together they
walked away to find Captain Lawton.
ANTI-SALOON REPUBLICANS.
Tlicl'oints They Atleocate in Their Address ,
Chicago dispatch : The following are the
principal points in the address to the re
publican party , issued by the national
committee of anti-saloon republicans , ap
pointed at the conference held in Chicago ,
September 1C : After dwelling upon the
magnitude which the liquor traffic attained
in America and the resulting evils , the ad
dress emphasizes the disastrous effect on
the working classes , refers to crimes accru
ing from the non-operation of prohibitory
laws , and says : "This widespread violation
of one set of wholesome laws breeds gen
eral contempt for all laws'and opens a
hospitable door to those modern allies of
the saloon system communism and an
archy. " The saloon power in the United
States uses a corruption fund to carry
elections by the purchase of votes , to
obstruct the cause of justice by tampering
with juries , and to punish with defeat pub
lic servants who incurred its displeasure.
The address declares that the saloon ought
to be put out of existence , and that until'
destroyed the saloon should be crippled by
every restraint and disability which local
public sentiment will enforce , and made to
reimburse as much as possible the public
loss it causes. The address believes this
policy the proper one to pursue. The ad
dress insists that the republican party is
called to this work. By attacking sreat
wrongs consecutively , it has destroyed
them in detail , and at each success has
prepared the people for another step. And
the hour has struck for the next advance.
f
RUINED jsr WIND. a
ORLEANS , LA. , Oct 13 A special from c
the Mississippi quarantine station says that *
one of the most terrific and damaging hurri- j
canes since I860 prevailed In that neighbor-
hood yesterday and last night. For thirty-six t
consecutive hours the wind blew a regular hurr
ricanc from the northeast , driving the water
from the bay and destroying the "property of
the unfortunate inhabitants of this place , who
had hardly become reconciled to their hard
'
fate of ha'ving no orange crop this year , caused
y the heavy frost of last year. This latter
Trouble , however , would have been surmount-
ed had it not been for this disastrous storm ,
which leaves a majority of the most indus
trious and deservingpeople almost penniless.
This storm , or more properly called this
cyclone , was of such violence as to tear away
old levees of seven vears' standing , carrying
destruction to late rice planters. Last night
all the inhabitants of the quarantine station
waded a distance of a mile m water three feet
deep to the United States custom house for
protection. Dr. Abey , the quarantine physi if
cian , and his family , were driven from their
home and forced to seek refuge in the custom
house.
THE TIME NOT FAR DISTANT
When the Anarchists Will Have to Answer
for Uieir Crime * on the Gallows.
Chicago special : As the concluding scenes
In the great trial of the anarchists ap
proached the close more interest was taken
and the suppressed excitement becam
more marked. Hundreds and hundreds
of people wended their way toward the
criminal court building to-dny , each one
j desirous of listening to the conclusion o
the speech by Anarchist Parsons , and witl
the expectation of hearing the death sea
tence pronounced. Parsons resumed his
speech as soon ns the court was opened
He proceeded to discuss the course of him-
eelf and his colleagues in regard to
arms and dynamite. He quoted some
alleged utterances of railroad men and
others in regard to the means to bo used
to suppress the riots of 1878. Since these
utterances were made it had become the
custom to call out the militia in the cases
of strikes. Monopoly , he declared , had
been the aggressor. It had first suggested
the rifle diet and thehand-grenade. "And , "
he continued , "the bomb thrown at tho
HaymaiUet was thrown by a man em
ployed by monopoly sent here from New
York to throw it. in order to break up the
eight-hour movement. " Parsons read in a
prosy sort of way from manuscript several
pages about watered stock and fictitious
capital and the profits thereon , to the in
jury of employes. Mayor Harrison's New
York World interview was also read and
commented on at some length. Parsons
asked if he was to be hanged because he
wan a member of the American group , and
maintained that that organization was
justified in benringnrms. Judge McAllister
had held that the police could not invade
the meetings of workmen and break them
up , and it was for the purpose of repelling
an attack and for the purpose of defense
that the workingmen bore arms.
Parsons next attacked the informers ,
Waller and Seller , and said that they had
not only been paid for their testimony by
the state , but had life and liberty promised
them if they would squeal. The means em-
ployed to connect him with the alleged con
spiracy he described as absurd. Lingg ho
had never heeii before the Haymarket meet
ing but once. Next he commented on the
testimony atldured regarding tho bomb-
throwing , and said it was absurd to hold
that a sensible man would light a machine
and throw a bomb , with the police stand
ing all around him. The meeting at the
Haymarkct was a lawful and peaceful as
sembly , entitled to protection under tho
constitution. Parsons made nil appeal for
an adjournment at the usual time , saying
that he would need two hours to close , but
was weakened by confinement and unable
to.proceed. Judge Gary declined to ad
journ , but gave the prisoner all the time he
wanted. Parsons then proceeded with his
reading and denounced capitalists , the
police and the press at great length.
Juilge Gary in addressing the prisoners
said he was quite well aware that what
they had said , although addressed to the
court , had been addressed to the world , yet
nothing had been said which weakened the
force of the proof or the conclusions there
from on which the verdict was based. The
judge expressed sorrow for the unhappy
conditions of the defendants and the terri
ble events that brought it about. Hedis-
tlaimed any intention to reproach or ex-
Sort the prisoners , and hoped that what
ae said might come to the knowl-
id e and be heeded by the ignorant ,
deluded and misguided men who had list
ened to their compels and then followed
their advice. "It only remains , " said
Judge Gary , "that from thecrimeyouhave
committed , and of which you have been
ionvicted after a trial unexampled in the
patience with which an outraged people
have extended to you every protection of
the law which you derided and defied , that
the sentence of that law be now given , in
form and detail. That sentence will ap
pear upon the records of the court. In
substance and effect it is that the defend
ant , Neebe , be imprisoned in the state pen
itentiary at Joliet for the term of IHteen
years , and that each of the defendants.
Spies , Parsons , Fielden , Lingg , Engcl.
Fischer and Schwab , between the hours of
10 o'clock in the forenoon and 2 o'clock in
the afternoon , on December 3 next , in the
manner provided in the statute of this
state , be hung by the neck until hu is dead.
Remove che prisoners. "
Capt. Black said that , inasmuch as an
appeal would be taken to the supreme
court , he asked that there be a stay of ex
ecution in the case of Neebe until December
o. States Attorney Grinnell assured the
counsel for the defense that every possible
* would be them in that
! ipility granted par
ticular that good sense and propriety dic
tated. The prisoners were then removed
to their cells.
SUIT TO SET ASIDE ENTRY.
A letter From the Secretary of the Interior
to the Attorney General.
Washington special : The secretary of
the interior to-day addressed a letter to
the attorney general , recommending that
he commence suit to set aside the mineral
entry No. 40 , patented under misappre
hension to Michael E ; rly , in the city of
Deadwood , D. T. After the town site of
Deadwood was laid out and largely built
upon , it was discovered that a large part
of ground through the body of the city was
of a mineral character , and subject to
entry for placer mining. Many entries of
mineral lands were made , and the town
site proprietors had to see the land with
all improvements taken from tinder their
their noses. Long fights before the interior
department , with nil adjuncts of survey
ors , geologists , mining experts and analy
tical experts resulted , and the land proved
to be mineral land , and the town site own
ers hiid to give in. Prospectors continued
to flock in and take up land on the edge of
the placers , and were in a fair way to take
up the whole town. The interior depart
ment has now discovered that an element
of fraud entered into these mineral entries ,
a.nd that among others Mr. Michael Early ,
to whom mineral entry No. 40 , for placer
No. 1C was patented , entered into collusion
with * he deputy surveyor who laid out the
plats , and that together they salted the
Innd , so as to deceive the assayers and
mining experts. For this reason the de
partment recommends that the suit bo
brought to set aside the patent. It is now
question in the minds of the authorities
of the land department as to whether more
of these entries have not been salted , and
whether much of the so-called mineral lands
located within thelimits of Deadwood have
really more than the color of metal on
them. The secretary also refuses to recom
mend that suit be brought to set aside a
patent issued to Robert Hawke , who , he
nays , secured his patent on good evidence
of the character of the land.
CLEVELAND'S LEGACr.
Baltimore dispatch : The will of thelate
Joseph Neal , uncle of President Cleveland
was filed for probate. The document is
written on both sides of note paper in lead
pencil and is dated in 1S70. The estate is
divided into eighteen parts , thus : First ,
six parts to Sarah Gere ; second , six parts
to his sister , Ann Cleveland , widow ( Presi
dent Cleveland's mother ) , or her children , '
any survive , thus making President
Cleveland one of the heirs. The remainder
of the estate goes to other relatives of tho
deceased. The estate is not large.
Jt&E DOORS REMAIN' CLOSED.
Chicago' * Large fuelling Houses Stltt
Xlirouah Labor Troubles *
CHICAGO , ILL. , Oct 11. None of the large-
pork packing establishments at the union stock ,
yards opened their doors this morning and.
none of the 1G.COO men usually employed in-
these departments offered to return to work
on the ten hour basis proposed by the owners.
There was a tremendous crowd of Idle men In.
and about the yards , but no disturbance dur
ing the early hours of the forenoon. Shortly
after 9 o'clock fifty beef killers emplovcd in
the Fowler packluir house stopped work and.
joined the main body of strikers. Shortly af
ter the men employed to load freight cars by
the Armour house also stopped work aud the
pressure from the strike was so great that fear
was entertained that the strike would involve
all the men employed about the yards and oc
casion the entire cessation of work ia all the-
houses.
The presence of the increased force of Plnk-
erton men armed with Winchesters had a very
Irritating effect upon the men this morning-
and was the cause of swelling the force of
strikers to-day.
Armour began bringing In men from all
parts of the country to-day to take the strik
ers' places. lie says he can guarantee them
all steady work anil ample protection. Cots
were put up for the Imported men and room ,
was made for about six hundred. Armour
says the other packing houses are making :
similar preparations.
A FEW MEN STILL AT WORK.
About fifty men and fifty engineers employ
ed by Armour joined the strikers this morn
ing. There were about 400 men all told , or
about one-eighth of the regular force , at work
in the pork department of tin's establishment
to-day. The beef killers were at work ns usual.
The two delegates , sent bv tho general con
vention of the Knights of Labor to endeavor
to adjust the troubles among the men at the-
Btock yards , arrived this moriiing and it once
held a conference with the strikers.
Barry , Duller and Sylvester Gault were in
secret conference for a'lpngtime this morning , ,
and the three knights discussed the situation
'
fullr. At the clo'so of the conference Butler
said : "We will hold a meeting to-night and
then decide on what course to pursue. To
morrow we hope to be able to adjust all exist
ing difficulties. "
COMMITTEES DISCUSS MATTERS.
The meeting between the two committees-
having in charge the adjustment of tiie trouble
took place in the room in the board of trade
building this evcninsr. Strikers are represent
ed by Messr ? . Butler and Barry , and two-
Knights of Labor delegates from the Rich
mond convention and three members of the-
executive board of district assembly 57. The-
packers were represented by Ilately of Hute-
ly Bros. , and II. Botsford , by whose decision
all nie packers who signed the ten hours no
tice have agreed to abide. The proceedings
were informal and nothing definite was decfd-
ed upon. The only point in dispute was the-
number of hours which were to constitute a.
day's work. Ilately and Botsford took a very
decided stand for the ten hours system and
were told by the strikers' representative that
it was impossible to conclude an agreement III
on that basis.
Butler would not reveal the full result of k
the conference , but seemed very confident
that au early understanding would be reach
ed.At a late hour to-night Butler , Barry and
Foley and the members of the executive-
boards of 24 : aud 57 , Knights of Labor , wero
In secret session at the stock yards. kI
The mass meeting of strikers to-night was
attended by an enormous crowd. Nothing
was done "except listen to speeches from
prominent knights counseling temperance and
disapproving the use of forceThere was no-
disorder.
A special meeting of district assembly No. I
57 , Kniirhts of Labor , was held last night A
proposal to establish a co-operative packing
house received unanimous support. It was
said the necessary capital could be readily
secured and that there would be no trouble In \
securing a location. The matter of founding ;
the establishment will be considered at anoth
er meeting.
A SCARCITY OF STATESMEN.
Washington dispatch : Seldom of late
years were fewer congressmen to be found
in the national capital , than are here to
day. But five senators and five represent
atives are in town. They are Senators
Pugh , Jones , of Arkansas ; Dolph , Morgan
and Hampton ; Representatives Kleiner ,
Ward , of Indiana ; Heard , of Minnesota ;
Lawler , of Illinois , and Allen , of Mississippi.
Two of the senators mentioned , Pugh and
Jones , leave Washington to-night for New
Hampshire to attend the funeral of Sena
tor Pike.
SULLITAy TO FIGHT RTAX .
Paddy Ryan has signed articles to fight
John L. Sullivan eight rounds with small
gloves at San Francisco within sixty days.
The fight will be for 65 per cent of the gate
receipts. Ryan will commence active train
ing at once , and will leave for San Fran
cisco about Nov. 1st. Sullivan is expected
to arrive in Chicago in a few days to affix
his signature to the agreement.
BEATRICE will have its system of Holly
water works in full blast in a few days.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 55
BARLEY No. 2 43
RYE No. 2 45
CORN No. 2 mixed 21
OATS Xo. 2 17
BUTTER Choice table 20
BUTTER Fair to good 12
EGGS Fresh 17
CHICKENS Old per doz 2 25
CHICKENS Spring per doz. . . 2 00
LEMONS Choice , perbox. . . 9 75
APPLES Choiceperbbl 2 50
BEANS Navys , per hu 1 70
ONIONS Per barrel 3 00
POTATOES Per bushel 50
HONEY Neb.choice , perlb. . 15
TOMATOES Per bu. box 1 25
Wool. Fine , per Ib 1C
SIDS Timothy 2 20
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 30
HAY Baled , per ton G 50
HAY In bulk G 00
HOGS Mixed packing 3 GO i
BEEVES Choice steers 425 I 4 GO
SHEEP Fair to good 2 75 I 309
NEW YORK. I
WHEAT No. 2 red 83& @ 83Jj
WHEAT Ungraded red 71 @ 84
CORN No. 2 43 @ -13 %
OATS Mixed western 30 @ 32
PORK 11 50@11 50
LARD G 70 ( jy 6 80 I
CHICAGO.
FLOUR "Winter. 4
FLOUR Patents 4
WHEAT Per bushel
CORN Per bushel
OATS Per bushel
PORK 8
LARD 5
HOGS Packing &shipping. 4
CATTLE Stockers 2
SHEEP Natives 2
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No.2 red
L'ORN Per bushel
OATS Per bushel
HOGS Mixed packing 4
CATTLE Stockers 4
SHEEP Common to choice 3
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Per bushel
L'ORX Per bushel
OATS Per bushel
CATTLE Feeders 2
HOGS Good to choice 4
BUEKP Common to good. . 4