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THE TRIBUNE.
F. M. & JE. 01. KIMJtIELIj , Pub .
McCOOK , NEB.
OVER THE STATE.
XOOKI\a OUT FOR THE PZEURO.
Lincoln special to the Omaha Herald :
Dr. Gerth , state veterinarian , has returned
from Chicago , where he attended tho veter
inarians' meeting. He says the session
iras attended by about eighty leading vet
erinarians and members of sanitary coin-
Tnissions , representing nearly every state
and territory. Dr. Gerth took pains to
ascertain as well as possible , by personal
investigation , tho facts concerning thopres-
ence of pleuro-pneumonia in that city. He
Bays that there are a great many cases o' '
the disease there , and that the authorities
"will begin the destruction of diseased cattle
"to-day , and will probadly kill 500 of them
before the end of the week. Dr. Gerth be
lieves that not less than 5,000 cattle have
been exposed to the disease in the city of
Chicago , and is more emphatic than ever in
liis opinion that no precaution sliould be
spared to prevent the possibility of the in
troduction of the disease into this state.
3faj. JSirney , of Crete , one of the members
of the live stock sanitary commission , also
attended the meeting.
A. SAD DEATH.
i Day before yesterday Chief Engineer
Ulickensdcifer , of the Union Pacific road ,
who is visiting in tho east , received the sad
intelligence that his youngest son , Herman ,
was fatally wounded last Friday at a point
eighty miles below Ontario , Oregon , where
ie was with a surveying party * It seems
"that the party were going into camp , and
"wliile unloading a wagon a transit man
named Simenson-accidentally discharged a
line. The ball struck young Blickensdei-
ler's abdomen and passed through his body.
Twenty-four hours later he was .1 corpse.
3fi < brother , SuperintendentBlickensdeifer ,
ol tho Idaho division of the Union Pacific ,
-was notified of the sad affair , and started
Tit once from Pocatello on a special train
"to secure the remains , which will be interred
at Lebanon. , Mo. They will be met here by
"the bereaved father , who will arrive this
morning. Herman Blickensdcifer left Oma-
la lost August. He was a levelman of a
surveying party and a promising young en
gineer. [ Omaha Republican.
THE COAT. DISCOrjSRT.
The news that a wide scam of fine coal
lias been struck on the river bottoms in
Omaha , is the sensation of the hour. The
capitalists , who for weeks past have been
patiently drilling through clays and rocks ,
in search of natural gas. have been rewarded
by a discovery which , in nil probability ,
means a fortune to themselves , and a last
ing prosperity for this city. It promises
to be the solution of the questfon of cheap
luel , the most perplexing problem with
-which tho people of this section have been
wrestling for thirty years past. A seven
loot vein of a fine quality of bituminous
coal , at a depth of less than GOO feet , is a
bonanza , which will do more to push for-
ivard Omaha's permanent prosperity than
n , dozen .assumed booms.
There seems to no reasonable doubt ol
"the size of the vein or of the quality of the
coal. Competent judges have declared that
it is not lignite , and havc pronounced tho
.specimens brought to the surface to be a
a superior quality of fuel. The mine , for
BO it may now be called , is in the hands of
men with ample capital and its develop-
inent will be promptly pushed.
Cheap coal at any great commercial cen
ter means a prompt development of all
classes of manufacturing industries. It
means cheap fuel and cheaper living for
wording people , and cheap living for
mechanics means the ability of manu
facturers here to compete with other
manufacturers where the cost of living is
low. Aside from the large number of
laborers employed in mining , coal mines
tvt Omaha promise to this city an imme
diate industrial growth which will make
all other booms fade into insignificance.
0maha Bee.
A. DEADLY KICK.
Almeria special to the Omaha Bee : A
sad and fatal accident occurred at the
farm-house of Bird Spangler a few days
ago. From conflicting reports received it
appears Mr. Spangler had dismounted from
a. fractious horse , on returning from ol
hunting trip , and set his loaded shotgun
against the side of the house. The horse
continued cutting up and finally kicked the
gun and discharged it. The chargo struck
Mrs. Spangler in the head , killing her in
stantly. Seventy-five fine shot penetrated
lier skull. A four-months-old babe , which
the mother held in her arms , was uninjured.
Mrs. Spangler was only nineteen years of
age and leaves two children- .
JCTSOELXufJTEOUS 8XAXE MATTERS.
J. L. EVERSON , on trial at Stanton for
the murder of Albert Davidson lost August ,
was found not guilty.
ArouNomen's republican club has been
organized at Seward.
MAYOU LAKSH , of Nebraska City , raided
n gambling den the other night. It was run
"by strangers , who got acquainted with , the
railroad men , and when pay day came
. made a practice of enticing them to their
den for the purpose of robbery. Ten per
sons were captured , while a number es
caped.
JOHN WAITE , of Nebraska City , was
found guilty of the crime of rape and sen
tenced to three years in the penitentiary at
liard labor.
THE sheriff last week took to the asylum
n veryviolenfcpatientwhohas been at that
place some four different times heretofore ,
and whose unalady apparently is worse
r than ever , so that his residence at the asy-
Inm must bo permanent.
THE law of Lincoln compels property
owners to clean their sidewalks of snow ,
and they attend to tho matter with
promptness for fear of a fine. -
THE Depot hotel at Lincoln sustained
about § 350 damages by Cro on the 17th
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THE board of stato printing have
forwarded advertisements to a number of
papers in the state asking for. bids for tho
printing of the biennial reports of the stato
officers and for printing tho house rolls and
eenatc files for tho coming session of tho
legislature. The bids will be received
and the awards made the coming month.
A NEW side track , station building and
fe chipping yards are being put in on the lino
te of Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
railroad between. Norfolk and Battle
Creek.
COLD weather has put a stop to work on
the , post-oDice building at Nebraska .City.
NORFOLK special : A passenger from Long
'Pine ' says Ole Anderson , arrested nearBas-
sott. ( or murdering liis wife last Wednesday
and throwing the remains in a well , bas
confessed the crime. He says he quarreled
with her because she would not consent to
the sale of some stock to pay his debts.
The prisoner CAme near being lynched by
the infuriated neighbors and only escaped
the fate by the alertness of the sheriff of
Brown county , who lodged him in theAins-
worth jail.
BEATRICE celebrated completion of its
water works last week.
-TiiERE are seventeen licensed gambling
houses in Omaha. A year ago there were
only nine.
BEATRICE special : A man supposed to be
John Kilouki , a"section hand , was struck
by a Burlington & Missouri train from Ne
braska City this afternoon and instantly
killed. The qccident happened three miles
east of town in a curve. The whistlo
sounded , but probably on account of the
high wind the man didn't hear until too
fate.
HASTINGS is badly in nwd of a better
postoflice building.
THE Blair Republican speaks of a banker
in that place who invested § 20.000 , and H
house and home in whisky , which ho con
sumed in eighteen months.
THE diphtheria plague is still abroad at
Seward.
THE sheriff of Mills county , Iowa , cap
tured a horse thief in Omaha last week ,
and also recovered flve horses that he had
stolen from Iowa me n.
THE charter for the Kansas Midland rail
way company has been filed in the office of
the secretary of-state. The corporation is
to construct , operate and maintain a line
of standard guage railway and a line of tel
egraph in connection therewith from the
city of Wichita , Kas. , toRed Cloud. Neb.
THE late enow blockade extended over
more territory than any yet experienced
by the Burlington. It was an expensive
blockade , as blockades go , for the first
snow is more easily handled than that
which follows , when the sides of the cute
are.filled and there is no place to throw
the beautiful that drifts in.
ACCUSE STONE , of Lancaster county ,
has been convicted of bigamy , and will
have a term of three years in the peniten
tiary to think over his illegal proceedings.
"WEEPING WATER always has and always
expects to get along without saloons.
SAM JONES talks to big houses at Omaha ,
but the number of conversions is distress
ingly small.
BURGLARS went through the house of
Henry Erenfhart at Omaha , securing con
siderable booty. Mr.E. fired several shots
but the only thing he hurt was the wall.
THE trial of John Shafer in the district
court at Minden , on the charge of murder
in the first degree , closed with a verdict
from the jury of guilty as charged.
THE full amount of insurance on the
burned Barker block in Omaha , § 18.500 ,
will pe paid.
THE Baptists broke through the ice in a
brook near Ainsworth in order to perform
the rile of baptism upon a couple of con
verts.
Ay effort is being made to secure § 3,000
bail for James Casey , now confined in the
county jail at Beatrice and awaiting his
second trial for manslaughter. Casey had
served about a year in the penitentiary on
his new sentence , when he was granted a
new trial.
ED STAGGS , the Pierce county desperado ,
is again confined * in the county jail at West
Point. He is awaiting the convening of
the Antelope county district court , having
taken a change of venue from Pierce
county. .
THE B. & M. Railroad company has com
pleted the survey for their new track to the
South Omaha stock yards. The line , as
surveyed , leaves the Ashland cht-off at the
big cut west of the stock yards.
THE annual report of the Union Pacific
railroad to the railroad commission was
received last week , and the report of the
B. & M. is the only one now delinquent.
These reports are for 'the year that ended
July 30 , and will presumably be incorpor
ated in the annual report of tho commis
sioners to the legislature.
THE Union Pacific is advertising another
California excursion to leave the Missouri
river on the8th. of December , with a rale of
$00 to San Francisco and Los Angeles , or
§ 64 to Los Angeles via San Francisco.
ATWOOD & Co. , of Red Oak-la. , , have
leased the Columbus packing house for five
years , and will start up in ten days. They
will employ seventy-five men and slaughter
1,000 hogs every day.
WORK has been commenced on the new
depot at Pawnee Citv. It will be 22x90
feet.
RULO was out of coal during the late
storm.
. MR. L. K. HoLMES-of Lincoln , met with
a severe accident theother day while water
ing some cattle at Oak creek. Holmes had
driven several cows to the creek , which was
covered with snow and ice. One of the
cows ventured too * far and broke through
and sank into the water. Mr. Holmes
sprang to tho rescue and had succeeded in
driving the bovine to the bank , when sud
denly the animal slipped and fell upon him ,
breaking his right leg.
A MUCHLY-FRIGHTENED boy about thir
teen years old burst into a Beatrice drug
store the other night and called for a doc
tor to extricate a piece of apple which Had
lodged in his throat and refused to come
up or go down. The physician forced the
apple down with an instrument and tho
boy departed feeling greatly relieved.
AN order has been issued at the Sidney
military post forbidding the use of coal oil
for the lighting of fires.
THE Sidney Telegraph says that Fort
Sidney boasts of an unprecedental prison
record during the past two weeks. Last
Saturday was pay day , and prior to that
time there were two prisoners confined in
tho guard house. On Sunday morning
there were three prisoners , the next morn
ing four , the next three , and the next but
two again. " As pay day usually produces a
great many offenders , the cause of this
change for the better is attributed to the
work of the Stars and Stripes lodge , I. 0.
Q. T.
FREMONT is considering the proposition
ofK. . Griffin , of Arlington , to operate a
Backing house in that city and kill from
/wenty-five.to one hundred hogs per day.
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THE editor of the Lincoln Democrat has
received a letterfrom Gen. Victor Vifquain ,
consul at Barranquilla. He is in the en
joyment of excellent health and spirits and
likes his place.
BOONE county agricultural nooiety will
hold a meeting December 4th for tho elec
tion of officers.
THEHE arc 1G7 pensioners in Adams
county who draw § 1,570.75 from the
government every month. Of this number
154 are invalids who draw § 1.420.75 ; five
are widows who draw § G7 ; one a minor
who draws § 20 ; four dependents who draw
§ 48 ; one survivor of the war of 1812 who
draws § 8 ; one widow of the war of.fl1812
who draws § 12 per month.
TiiE'land agents of Sidney are all happy
here over tho news that Cheyenne county
carried-off the second premium for the best
show of corn at tho great cattle show held
at Chicago.
EDWARD M. NCEDLES , president of the
Pennsylvania Mutual Insurance compciny
of Philadelphia , has purchased the whole
issue of water bonds of Hastings. He has
already taken § 40,000 and will take the
rest whenever tho city is ready to turn
them over to him.
THE railroad surveyors drove their last
stakes at Sioux Citythe day before the
snow came.
THE trial ofLauer , the alleged murderer
of his wife , is about to take place at Omaha
for the second time.
SIDNEY is booming , with three Or four
railroads pointing that way.
THE chicken thief is said to have been
getting in his work quite successfully ol
late at Fiillerton.
THE opera house atBeatrice recently had
a , narrow escape from burning.
THE B. & M. will put in an ice bridge at
Nebraska City.
GRAND ISLAND'S street railway system
will be commenced next year and several
miles laid.
THE Masons of Osceola have taken pos
session of their new hall , which is said to
be a fine one.
.LINCOLN street cars are comfortably
warmed. ThoseatOmaha arc not warmed
at all.
ANNIE ANDERSON , the Omaha girl acci
dentally shot by her room-mate , died from
the effects of her wounds.
THE foundation has been laid for a new
Baptist church at Tobias.
DBIUNO the recent storm the snow drifts
were so deep in the vicinity of Benkleman
that one man had to cut a hole in the roof
of his house in order to get out.
THE Omaha Republican places the esti
mate of damage done to the railrosds of
the state by the late heavy snow at § 2- ,
200,000.
Rev. BERRY , of Connecticut , has been
called to the Congregational church at
Fremont.
1 THE firemen of North Bend gave their
third annual ball Thanksgiving evening.
SAM MEYERS , living near Glencoe , had a
horse valued at § 200 so badly cut in a
barb wire fence that it is thought it cannot
recover.
THE F. E. & M. V. railroad will run on
mountain time on and after the first of
December , from Long Pine west. That is
one hour slower than the present time.
THE December ST. Louis MAGAZINE is an
excellent issue of that interesting monthly.
There.is a handsomely illustrated article
on Hartford , Conn. ; four good western sto
ries by John R. Musick , Mrs. H. A. Chute ,
Horace S. Keller and Minnie W. Armstrong ;
Editor Alexander N. De Menil has articles
on Miss Cleveland , Henry George and other
writers ; the poetry is by Maude Meredith ,
Laurence Muiston. L. F. S. Barnard , Ed
ward L. Fales and others ; "Light Moods"
is the best humorous department in any
magazine , and "Home and Society" is of
particular interest to ladies.
OMAHA is full of garoters , sluggers and
house breakers , few of whom are being
nabbed.
LAID AWAY TO REST.
The Funeral of the Late H. JIT. Hoxie Held at
His Otd Home.
Des Moines special : A special Rock
Island train from Chicago , bearing the re
mains of the late H. M. Hoxie and wife and
friends , arrived here juat before noon , a
Wabash train bearing associates of the
dead railway manager arriving from St.
Louis a few minutes sooner. Several
thousand people were at the depot The
procession , which exhausted every avail
able carriage in the city , promptly formed
and proceeded to St. Paul's , where Dr. Van
Antwerp rendered the Episcopal service ,
intersperced with vocal selections as fhe
vast crowd filed in. The casket was of
plain but rich black velvet with eight sil
ver bar handles and a simple silver plate
bearing the words :
Horncrt If. Hoxle.
aged S3 years and 'J months.
Died. Xew York , Nov. 23.1836.
It'was placed on trestles at the bead of the
nave. The church was well filled with old
settlers , railway magnates and employes
and local visitors , and the sun breaking
through the clouds for a few moments
shone through the stained windows and
lent a soft harmonious color to the scene.
Tbe altar held two floral pillows of Easter
lillies and white roses , one bearing tho
words "Not forgotten" and the other , "He
is not here. " Tbe space before the
chancel rail was occupied by four large
handsome crosses and a beautiful cen
trepiece. The crosses were of Easter lilies ,
white rovses , mosses and evergreens , taste
fully arranged. The centrepiece was a tall
column with a large anchor resting at its
base. On this were the words "Hoxie
Employes. " The top of the casket wns
covered with flowers. A funeral sermon
was dispensed with at the request of Mrs ,
Hoxie , as it was her husband wish tlmt
his funeral sliould be as quiet and simple
as possible. The cortege then wended its
way to Wood lawn cemetery and the re
mains , after being replaced in the box ,
were consigned to the earth , while the
short service was read. The grave is in the
northeast portion of the cemetery , on the
level , in a veritable woodlawn spot , where
it is most beautiful in summer. Oue other
grave occupied the lot , that of Mr. Hoxie's
little boy , who died several years ago.
Mrs. Hoxie , wife of tbe deceased , and Capt.
R. S. Hayes accompanied the remains as
mourners , with William H. Hoxie , of Corn
ing , la. , ann Melville B. Hoxie , of Schuyler ,
Neb. , who arrived this morning.
NOT A fOLICE INSPECTOR.
Washington special : It is stated at the
executive mansion that the president re-
senta the manner in whicb. his name has
been coupled with the police investigations
and the efforts now being made by various
interested parties , or their representatives ,
to secure his intqrference. The president ,
it is said , sees no reason at present for tak
ing any action iu reference to the acanduL
I.A.TEST FROMffnt CJ7JrM2AOS.
ZTc Givcs Hitiisef Dead Away in a letter to a
lUoberly Stan.
Moberly ( Mo. ) special : TheDaily Head
light , of this'city , to-day received a letter
from Jim Cummings which 1ms excited a
good deal of Interest in police circles , and
may possibly afford a clue by which the
robbers of the Adams express company
may Le traced and detected. The letter
came through the mails in the regular way ,
reaching here'at noon on theWnbash train
from the west , the envelope , a common
one , addressed in open backhand , "Editor
Headlight , Moberly , Mo. " It was post
marked at Council Bluffs , la. , November
24. 8'JO : p. m. , both the post mark and
the stamp cancellation evidently being
genuine postoflica work. The letter is
written upon a sheet of note paper , legal
fold. Tho penmanship is tho same open
backhand seen in the letters to the St.
Louis papers and shows in tho circulars
Bent out by tho express company and tho
detective association. It read as follows :
"OMAHA , Neb. , Nov. 22 , 188G.
"To the Editor of the Headlight :
"I was in your city on the 4th of Septem
ber , and I guess that Jim Blackwell wil !
recollect my visit there to the tune of § 120.
When I get things straightened out I will
send him the amount , as I only took it as
a loan. If Jiui hacl known that I was tho
original Jim Cummings that was to do up
Fotheriiigham he would not have taken so
much stock jn me. I needed some money
to get the things ready for the robbery ol
the express company. Give my regards to
the old bfbke. Kiely. and _ tell him if he had
had any wealth with h'im that night ]
would have borrowed it from him. But ]
don't need any now. as I have just got
§ 52.500 of tho express company's money
left , having spent S500 since I wrote tho
GIobo-Democ-rat. Holy nmole ! but I am
having a good time ! Tell Kiely I will yet
send him a race horse that can beat any
thing in the west outside of Corrigan's sta
bles. Yours , JIM CUMMINGS. "
Now comes a history of events that give
importance to the above.
On the 4th of September last , three days
before the opening of the Moberly fair ,
there came to the Merchants hotel in this
city three suspicious looking men who gave
their n tunes respectively us Riley , Ryan
and Wilson. Riley approached the land
lord , James J. Blackwell , and professed to
know him , saying that he had stopped
with him when he kept hotel at Slater ,
Mo' . , and alluded to some incidents which
Ratisfied Blackwell that the story was
tine. They professed to have a lot ol
horses at the Moberly fair grounds which
could beat anything in the west except
Corrigan's , and proposed to give Black-
well pointers , so he could win a large sum
of money on the races during the fair.
They were genial fellows , and soon ingrati
ated themselves thoroughly into the good
graces of the landlord and the horsemen
who made headquarters about the hotel.
They spent money freely at the bar , and
could talk horse with the most experienced
jockey. During the evening Riley stated
that he wns about out of change , and
naked Blackuell lo cash a § 10 check on tho
Exchange bank. He wrote the check
and receivedthe "money. This they
also spent in treating and finally pot
the landlord well under the in
fluence of liquors. During the evening
Marshal Lynch had noticed the trio in a
crowd on the street and had spotted them
as crooks. He followed them to the hotel ,
and seeing Riley in close conversation with
Blackwell asked the bartender who they
were. The bartender replied : "Oh , he is
an old acquaintance who has horses here
for the fair. " This allayed the suspicion of
the maishal and he went away. Beforo
midnight the jolly horseman got Blackwell
out for a quiet talk on some beer kegs near
the back door of the barroom. Here he
became unconscious and when he awoko
his friends had disappeared and likewise
SI 20 , which he had placed in his pocket.
Immedfately after securing Blackwell's
money Riley entered the hotel office by the
front door and approaching the clerk of
fered the § 10 and"the checks which had
been laid in the safe to await the opening
of the bank next day. Riley then disap
peared and neither he nor his associates
have been seen here since.
Now , when the descriptions were pub
lished of the express robbers at St. Louis ,
Blackwell at onre recognized them as the
confidence men , Riley , Ryan and Wilson ,
who had fleeced him out of his money. He
mentioned it to the chief of police , and he
also states that the description is the
same , Riley corresponding to Jim Cum
mings , while Wilson and Ryan represent
respectively No. 1 and No. 2 of his suppose
assailants.
It is also remembered distinctly that the
clieck'was ' written in Uie same backhand
which characterized the letters to the St.
Louis papers and to the Daily Headlight ,
and it is hoped that this link in the chain
of evidence may result in locating the ex
press robbers.
The man Kiely alluded to is John Kiely ,
a painter , of this iity and an excellent gen
tleman , but somewhat addicted to drink ,
and they were very social with him while
here.
COXSUKAK SALARIES.
Washington special : If the foreign at-
fairs committee has followed the sugges
tions of the state department in the prep
aration of the diplomatic and consular ap
propriation bills , some revolutionary
changes will be made in the service , that is
if the bill passes. The Chinese mission is
elevated to the first rank with London ,
Paris. Berlin and St. Petersburg. Belgium
and the Argentine Republic are raised to
third-class missions , at § 10,000 , and the
salary of the minister resident and consul-
general to Corca is doubled. Secretaries of
legation are furnished to all embassies
which have not at present that useful ap
pendage , and in addition four secretaries of
legation at lame are provided for. Nearly
all the consulates below SG.OOO are in
creased from § 500 to § 1,500 per annum
each. The consulates of class 7 at § 1,000
are transferred bodily to class 5 at § 2,000.
and in compliance with Senator Beck's
amendment to the last appropriation
bill , estimates are submitted for fixed
salaries for a large number of commercial
agents , consuls and consular agents now
paid by fees. The new salaried ollicers ,
this proposed number thirty-four in the
British dominions , twelve in Germany , six
in France , six in Spain and ten in other
countries , at f-aliiries ranging from
§ 1,500 up to § 2,500. There are no con
sular salaries below § 1,500 in the whole
schedule.
Under the present law there are twenty
§ 1,000 consulships. The entire appropria
tion suggested bv the estimate amount to
§ 1,934,000 , against § 1,35G,000 under ex
isting laws.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT TO A MIXER.
Denver special : Ou Saturday last , near
Breckenridge , an old miner met with a ter
rible accident , the news of which has just
been received. He was drying giant powder
and had a stick of it in each hand , a giant
cap between his teeth and a box of caps
lying on the floor. Suddenly both sticks
of powder exploded , followed immediately
by both boxes of caps. His left hand was
terribly mutilated , also his left leg badly
injured. Surgical aid was summmoned
bis left hand amput < ri U. after which cop
flesh. He will
per was picked out of his
recover.
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8BROUDED J.V MTSTERT.
Charles Spi-iiifier the Victim , bitl the Assassin
JlrtjJfcver be Knoii-n.
KIXSAS CITY , Mo. , Nov. 23. The Time >
savs : A murder that promises to be as rnys-
terlous'as the celebrated Con way murder wise
was perpetrated In "Curly's place , " a saloon
on Lydla avenue , between Fourth and Fifth
streets between 11 o'clock and midnight last
night. Charles Springer , the bartender , was
the victim , but who the assassin is may , front
tbe peculiar circumstances of. the case , never
be known. The story of the murder is given
herewith :
Atabout midnight Lewis Shane , alias Curly
the proprietor of the saloon , who had been to
tbe cigarmakers ball at the Ciislno , drove tij
to the saloon In LauJis hade No. 107 with hit ,
little daughter. He entered tbe saloon and
found an old man named Fresl Cur < ! ilius , an
assistant In the saloou , asleep bchiud the
stove. Not seeing Springer Mr. Sham-
aroused Curcilius and asked him where
Charley , meaning Springer , was. The
old man looked arouiid ami replied :
* 'I guess he has zone out. " Mr. Shane then
went behind the bar and saw Springer
stretched out on the floor , with his braius ooz
ing from a bullet wound in his head. Leaving
his little daughter , Mr. Shane ran out of the
saloou and called to the hack driver to call
for the police stating that Charley was dead.
Mr. Shane himself fan doivu. to'Kehoe's sa
loon at the corner of Fifth and Ldij , about
OJ feet distant , and bursting in upon a crowd
o men who were engaged in a raille horrified
them bv exclaiming , ' 'For God's sake tule-
phoue for the police , " Cliarley Is killed. " Wil
liam Blaiue tele-plumed to the central police
station , and No. 1 patrol wagon with Rounils-
mau Grifliu , Police Surgcoii Wood and seve
ral other policemen ou board was at t e scene
o the murder a few moments later.
The patrolagou left the central station at
between 12:15 and 12:2J : o'clock. It went at
the full speed of the horses and nrrivc.l at
Curly's place uithin five minutes from the
time it started. Surgeon Wood found Springer
\v here he had fallen. The heart was still pal
pitating faintly , and the body was still warm.
In Dr. Wood's opinion.he could not have been
shot over thirty minutes after he examined
the bodjThere was a bullet wound on the
left side of the head about two inches
back of the forehead , and the bullet had
ranged downward and backward toward
the ear. Under the b.ir was a tfi-calibur revol
ver which Roundsman Grifliu examined and
found had not been loaded for some time.
The body uas lying doubled up back of tbe
bar where it had fallen. It was removed to
tbe central station and thence to the morgue.
Police Surgeon Wood , with the customary
presence of. mind , took the precaution to take
most of tbe important witnesses to tbe central
station , and from them the facts which rend rs
tbe murder such a mysterious one u ere ascer
tained.
There had been a raffle at "Curly's place ,
where Springer was murdered , as well as at
Keboe's. One witues = states that be left
Curly's at about 11 o'clock and a number of
meuVere still there whose names he did not
know. At about 12 o'clock Mr. Shane , or
"Curley , " discovered the old man Curcilius
sleeping behind the stove and Springer mur
dered behind tbe bar. Curcilius stated tbat
he was sleeping most of tbe night , beard no
pistol shot and knew nothing of tbe murder
tillMr. Shane woke him up. Mr. Shane states
tbat he found empty glasses and a
whisky bottle standing on the counter
as if Springer had set them out to
give some one"a drink. Suspicion natural ly
points to old man Curcilius , but it only needs
a talk with him to convince anyone tbat be ,
as be claims , was asleep. He is a simple , half
witted old man , wh6 was employed to stay
around tbe saloon at night and relieve Springer
if necessary. He says there were still several
persons in the saloon when he went asleep.
JIIsJ appa rent simplicity , his entire lack of
motive and his straight story seems to excul
pate him. Besides , the * fact of tbe empty
glasses , apparently set out for some one to
take a drink , which was never taken , tbe fact
tbat the wound in Springer's head showed
that he was shot while stooping seems to in
dicate that tbe murderer was some one who
came in and ordrcd _ a drink and while Sprin
ger was stooping back of the bar to get out a
water pitcher or something els j tbe person shot
him over tbe bar and escaped. What the mo
tive was is a mystery. No one in the vicinity
heard the s-bot and thu old man was not
awakened. Tbe murder must have been com
mitted between some time after 11 o'clock and
midnight , as oue witness left several men in
the saloon at 11 o'clock , and tbe bod ) ' was dis
covered before midnight. Tbe bullet was
sbot from 33 caliber revolver.
THE yjsirs itniEFi.Y TOLD.
Bradstreet's report indicates a healthy
tone in general trade.
It cost § 30,000 to receive and count the
vote in San Francisco.
The funeral of the late H. M. Hoxie was
largely attended at Des Moines.
Dalrymple , the old Chicago left-fielder ,
has been secured by Pittsburg for 18S7.
A company has been formed formannfac-
turing a substitute for sugar from coal tar.
A man in Cincinnati has been left seven
different legacies by seven different uncles
and aunts.
Judge Comstock , of Syracuse , N. Y. , ex
presses entire confidence in the soundness
of the Tilden will.
The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul is set
tling claims for damages incurred through
the Eio disaster.
s
Three incendiaries were lynched in Frank
lin .county. Louisiana , for burning Har
rison Colcate's cotton gin house.
At Atlanta , Ga. , Robert Hill , shot his
brother , Tony , and then killed himself.
The trouble was caused by whisky.
The total number of business failures oc
curring throughout the United Stated arid
Canada for the last seven days was 21G.
' 1 he loss of the bark Sara Anderson , from
Coquimbo for England , has been confirmed.
The captain , his wife and the crew were all
lost.
lost.The
The Wholesale CliPese , Butter and Eg ?
association of New York indorsed Senator
Warner Miller for re-election on account of
liis work iu behalf of the oleomargarine
bill.
bill.Blind
Blind Tom has been adjudged a lunatic
vnd incapable of-managing his own affairs.
His mother sues to have Tom's manager
account for money received during twenty-
Lhree years.
Forty-one sailors were drowned on the
lakes , and § 500,000 worth of craft , with
cargoes valued at twice that amount
wrecked on the lakes during the bcnson
[ list closed.
There is direct communication between
Buenos Ayres , where cholera is raging , and
Galvcston and New Orleans. Eleven ships
are bound for the two places from Buenos
Ayres , due to arrive by Christmas.
Postmaster-General Vilas is democratic
in his lunches , whatever he may be in poli
tics. He is frequently seen , about the mid
dle of the day , at a dairy lunch counter
with a mug of milk in one hand and a piece
of apple pie in the other.
Keece Sunflotaer : We are Informed that par
ties in this township , old cotton irrowers , have
sent to Alabama1 for seed and Intend next sea
son to try tba experiment of growing cotton
jere , and will devote several acres to the de
velopment of tbe project.
The Chicago , Kansas and Nebraska road
lias let a contract for fencing its road through
Kansas. For this work It pays SHB.5Q per
mile.
lrJf\S-F'S F : " Pff'SiSFSrSfg
' . * -
Terrible Explosion of a CoalXRneln
1 rant a.
Wilkeabarre ( Pa. ) special ; At ten min
utes past 7 o'clock this morning n ten-
rible explosion of fire damp occurred in the-
Coiiyngham shaft , owned rtnd operate * ! by
the Delaware & Hudson Canal company *
and located in the Second ward of this city.
Tho black breaker rises in the centre of
field , off a mine road which was to-day
covered with six inches of snotf. About
filty men bait gone into the mine and were >
sitting in groups about the bottom of the-
shafts-Inch is nearly 800 feet below the-
tun-face , waiting for orders to go to work. .
No work had been done yesterday on ,
account of Thanksgiving. While the miners ,
were engaged iu general chats about tho-
hanpy holiday , the thundering report of nr * .
explosion rang through the dark corridors-
nnd in a second the frantic men hurried to-
the foot of the shaft , all anxiously peering-
upwards. In less time than it takes to tell
it the deadly gas flame circled around tbeir
heads and agonizing screams rent the air- _
Many fell at onco in a heap , whilu otbers-
less injured dropped on their kness nnw
stuck tbeir blistered heads into the ?
stream of water that ran along lite canarr-
way. The fact that the men were in sncfc
close proximity to the shaft rendered their
removal to the wurface an expeditious mafe
ter ; in two hours all were safely taken irp--
As they came up to the surface , two or
three at a time , the horror-stricken crowds
at the mouth of the shaft peered nnslons y
at the faces of tho men. It was impossible-
to recognize any of them at that time. 3n-
some iiistanres'lhe skin had been ripped oft'
in masses , leaving the purple exposed" , ,
which in turn was begrimmed with coaldtrt-
to nu extent that made the faciled s6zar&-
meiit horrible. As each man a lifted
from the cage a thick blanket wasthrown'
completely over him and he was hurried !
away to'the neighboring offices. Sin&
*
were taken to their homes. All sorts c/5
conveyances were sent to the scene. Many
of the sufferers were passed into commont
coal carts and jolted over rickety ronds
and pavements. Mike Clinton , ono of tbe
men who escaped injury , said : "We were nil
nt the foot of the shaft waiting orders togo *
to work. It was about 7:10. The inside-
boss had not arrived. Most of the in en
weio seated in groups. Suddenly _ _ a.
terrific explosion was heard and in an in
stant we were all thrown down on the bot-
tom of the gangway. Some of the men.
dove their faces into the running water. .
The water was up to the rail and we didn't ,
know whether we cou'd work until it was-
removed. " A laborer named Cornelius A.
Boylewalked to the chamber across whicb
a little board was stuck with the won !
"Gas" on it. He either didn't see this or-
was careless. Anyway he went in with biat
open lamp and thus set fire to tliegns nndt
caused the explosion. Fire Bosses Willinni
Evans and William Williams. Welchmen , .
were both taken out terribly burned. In
side Foreman McDonald wont down niter-
tbe explosion and was overcome by the fire
damp. He will recover. Some forty-fiv&
men were burned , many ot whom will die.
Dozens of others will be horribly Bcarred
and mained for life.
From the indications this evening twelve
of the injured will die. The number of per
sons badly injured is now learned to bo
forty-two , and there were several others ,
slightly hurt.
HELD WITHOUT HAIL.
*
Croston special : The coroner's juryre
turned a verdict that Nelson Hogue carno
to his death from a gun-shot wound in
flicted by A. S. Hughes , with felonious in
tent , and recommended that he be held for
murder without bail. The funeral of Nel
son Hogue took place from St. Malachy's
Catholic church this morning , the Rev. Ste
phen Lynn. O.S. B. , officiating. Therewaa
j. large attendance at the church and along ;
funeral cortege followed the remains to >
their last resting place. Mr. Hogue was u.
good-hearted and popular man. and his un
timely and tragic death is deeply deplore * !
by all classes of citizens. His widow anil
children have the sympathy of the commu
nity in their terrible bereavement. Yester
day was a sad Thanksgiving , not only to > .
the widow and fatherless family ol Mr.
Hogue , tint to the murderer's family as.
well. Hughes' wife is an estimable woman ,
and he has four children , tbe youngest an
infant , who by reason of their father's ter
rible crime , are deprived of support , and ,
in a measure , of the public sympathy. Tha-
family of the murderer are greatly to be
pitied in their sufferings from an act Tor
which they were in no wise responsible.
THE DAKOTA HLIZZARD.
Bismarck dispatch : At noon to-day
snow stopped falling and the greatest
blizzard ever experienced in North Dakota ,
was brought to an end. The wind is still
strong but no snow is flying and citizen e
are out in full , shoveling drifts and making
roads. Scott , the stage driver , between
this city and Fort Gates has not been
heard from. He was due here at 7 o'clock
last evening and there is 'much alarm
among his friends.
THE MARKETS ,
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2
BAKLEY No. 2
RYE-NO. 2
COUN No. 2 mixed
OATS No. 2
BUTTEK Creamery
BUTJEU Fresh dairy
EGGS Fresh
CHICKENS Old per doz
CHICKENS Spring per doz. . .
LEMONS Choice , perbox. . .
OiSANGhS Per box
A PPLES Choice per bbl
BEANS Navys , per bu
ONIONS Per bu * hel
POTATOES Per bushel
HONEY Neb. choice , per Ib. .
Woor. Fine , per Ib
SEEDS Timothy
SEEDS Blue Grass
HAY Baled , per ton
HAY In bulk
HOGS Mixed packing
BEEVES Choice steers
SHEEP Fair to good
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red 8.7
WHEAT Ungraded red 81
I'OISN No. 2 43 i
OATS Mixed western 33
I'OUK 1000
LAUD G 21
CHICAGO.
WHEAT Per bushel ,
COUN Per bushel
OATS Per bushel . ' .
POIJK 0 47
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
l AI D * . . . . . . . . . . . . t > OO MR
HOGS Packing itshipping. J > 50
CATTLE Stockers 2 00
SHEEP Natives 2 50
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 cash
L'ORN Per bushel 34
OATS Per bushel 2G 27
HOGS Mixed packing 3 7O 385
BATTLE Stackers 1 90 275
SHEEP Common to choice 3 Ol > 400
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Per bushel 61
CORN I'er bushel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
OATS Per bushel 24
CATTLE Feeders 2 80
HOGS Good to choice. . . . . . . 3 5O
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 7.5.