Nebraska Newspapers

    27115 CRI3CINALS CONFESS.
Tlif Mystery Surrounding the XCiiiourl Foci
flc Wreck Cleared Up.
KA.KSAS CITT , Jan. 15. The Journal saya
Mr. J. W. Dalby , division superintendent e
the Missouri Pacific , lu this city , received a din
patch from Nebraska City , Neb. , yesterday , t
the effect that David Huffman and James Bell
the two men under arrest for wrecking th
passenger train near Dunb&r , had made a ful
confession of their terrible crime.
A special telegram received by tbe Jburnc
from Nebraska City later on confirms tbe met
tage to Mr. Dalby. It toys : "Huffman am
Dell , the men accused of wrecking the Mlesout
Pacific passenger train at D unbar and causlnj
the death of Engineer James De Witt
tnado a confession at the Grand Pacifi
hotel Tuesday night In the presence of Sherll
McCullom and Missouri Pacific detectives , wh
have been with the two men since their arrest
Two men who registered M Gcoree Falrcbih
* nd Frank K. Tutt , Kansas City , came to th
Grand Pacific late 1 hursday evening and wer
assigned to room T4. About midnight JjlieriJ
McCullom and the state's attorney came to tin
room with Dave Huffman , who remained then
for about au hour. Bell "was then brought h
and remained for au equal length of time
Their stories were exactly similar , nlthougl
Huffman tried to throw the principal part ii
the fiendish deed on Bell. This is not bcllev
cd to bo the case , as the ' facts already shov
that
IT WAS nUPTKAX TVHO PLAXNED THE WKECK
There is iiovr no doubt of their guilt and i
will be uo surprise if they are liken from jal
and epccdily lynched. The guard at the coun
tv jail has been increased aud officials are on
the alert to prevent any attemot to hang tb <
prisoners. Excitement I * at high mark ant
shows no &igu of kDatciueiit Bell lives neai
Umadilla , a small station on the Burliugtor
& Missouri River , fourteen miles from Dun
bar. Bell is a. renter , while Huffman was
formerly a brakcmau on the Chicago , Burling-
tou & Qulncy , but has lately been living ot
a farm with his brother , near Dunbar. Bel
came to Dunbar lost Saturday with a trait
and spent his time In drinking at Mof
Jat's saloon. Huffman was his constant
companion and up to Tuesdaj
night they were intoxicated most of th <
time. Tuesday a farmer named Roger * came
down , to Duub.ir from Umadilla to see about
Bell's team , on which he held a chattel roort
gage , and which tie thought Bell was trying
to dispose of. He pressed Bell to satisfy the
morteage , and Tuesday evening they had t
row in Moffat's saloon , which culminated it
the airest of both. They were taken before a
justice aud gave security for their appearance.
Huffman and Bell soon returned to the saloon ,
but about 10 o'clock their conduct became sc
noisy tbat City Marshal Nelson ordered Moffat
to close the doors of his saloon , which he did
Huffman and Bell went out ou to the &tree1
and soon disappeared. Tficn their devilitl
work began. It seems that they had plaunet
for several weeks to wreck a train
POK THE I'UUPOSE OF IIOU1JBUT.
Both of them were broke aud theywantet
to leave the country , but could not do so or
account of their straitened circumstances. The
express car contained in the neighborhood ol
516,000" in its safe , and carried eighteen huge
eilver bricks consigned to Kansas City , which
were worth fully $1,000 each.
Shortly after they left Moffat's saloon thei
made for the Missouri Pacific train aud fol
lowed it up in a northerly direction. A shorl
distance out of town the Burlington and Mis
souri River crosses the Missouri Pacific track ,
and at this point the two men stopped tc
break in n tool house and carry away s
claw bar and track wrench will
which the spikes were drawn and
the fishplates removed. It was a clear , moon-
light night , and as the wreckers resumed theii
journey , they could see three miles of straight
truck before them. Huffman said in his con
fession that the fish plates had been taken ofl
and some of the spikes drawn , when the head
light cf a locomotive loomed up in the distance
aud the cast bound passenger came thunder-
Ing along with its load of bixty human lives.
Huffnmu and Bell threw down their tools , and
not stopping to carry away the plain evidence
of their guilt , scampered off "into a ravine
They heard plniuly the crash , the hissing of
the escaping stctim , and the cries of the pas
seiigers , but they stopped for a moment ouly.
They then ran up through acorn Held and
turning cast approached the house of Huff
man's brother , John Huffman , a respectable
young fanner , which was about 3JO yards from
the point of the wreck. Huffman had gone to
the assistance of the passengers , and his wife ,
who had been aroused , was
STAXniXO XK1R THE HOUSE.
Huffman went up to her r.nd she said ,
"Have you seen tbe wreck ? " "No. " he re
plied , with appiirent surpriou and before go
ing to it stopped to introduce Bell and say
that they bait walked Irom Dunbar to spend
the nighr. Huffman and Bell went out to the-
wreck and offered to assist the passengers , but
did not do FO , and returned to Huffman's
brother's house. Here is where their neive
went b.ick on them and both agree that they
intended to rob luc espress car of its valua
bles but they did not have the opportunity.
" "
Huffman said they had no "idea of "the
amount of money that was on the express that
night , but thc-y'knew they would c ruiuly get
eoinethinir if they Bitched the.down . passen
ger. While they were working on the track
Bill weakened and suggested"that they go
home without tampering with it any further ,
paving that several people would surely be
killed. Huffman replied , "It don't make a
d n bit of difference how many get killed.
We want the money. "
Huffman and Bell stopped the remainder of
the nighr at the house of tbe former's brother's
fiud wenj formulating plans to leave the coun
try in case there was any suspicion aroused
against them , when they were supposed to ap
pear before the coroner's jury , which began Its
investigation of the wreck at Duubar on Wed-
Bosdav.
THH SITRKOGX DIXO COUXTJIT
had been thoroughly aroused by the fright-
lul did , and po&ses of farmers were speedily
organized and started out in every
direction. At the coroner'.i Inquest the
next day John Huffman testified that about
11 : 30 o'clock Tuesday night he went out to
draw a bin-tat of water aud saw two men walk
ing oc thu * * ck , one of whom he recognized as
his lv wiiei Then , too , footprints were found
in tkf snov hicn corresponded exactly to the
shoes of IlffJCman and Bell. They were fol
lowed from : he track down into the ravine and
through the cornfield into the house. Huff
man and Bell both testified that they had
come from Dunbar by an entirely different
routs , and that they "lied was shown by the
tracks-in the ravine and through the cornfield.
Sheriff McCullom arrested them shortly after
they left the witness stand , and with Mr. Dal
by of the Missouri Pacific , brought them to
this city to preyent them from being lynched.
THUT LKIT XONB TOO soox ,
For in ten minutes after they departed with
Bell and Huffman , both heavily manacled , a
mob of citizens appeared nt the jail and de
manded the prisoners. Sheriff McCullom has
spread it around that the prisoners were to be
taken awivy en the train , but instead of this
they quietlv secured a sleigh , and managed
to hustle them out of town before the people
were aware thev had cone. The mob was
surprised at being so cleverly outwitted , and
seeing pursuit would be of no avail , disband
ed.
ed."Neither -ot tbe two men belong to the
Knights of Labor and their sole object , ac-
cordinff to their own confessions , was to rifle
the express car after it had been thrown into
tbe ditch. They thought that the confusion
would enable them to do this , but they were
mistaken , and the fruit of their crime doubt
less made them weaken. Their preliminary
examination occurred yewterdsy , and they
waived their heariue , being bound over until
the next term of tbe district court without
bond. Bell is about 5 feet 8 inches tall , of
Scotch-Irish descent , aud unmarried.
' He is apparently about SO years old and is
rather dissipated. Huffman is two inches
tailer and is a man of fine physique. He has
two brothers now employed as bmkemen qn
the Chicago , Burlington &r Qnincy. He has a
florid complexion and In the vicinity of Dun-
bar has the reputation of being a thorough
buliy. " _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ranking high among the recent transfers cf
"mineral lands In the southern states , : i the sa'a
of a controlling interest in the town of Annis-
ton , Alabama , for $6,000,000.
THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Texas expended over $2,000,000 for th
public schools during last year.
One mayor of a Paris arondissement d :
vorced 300 couples tho other day.
There were over 3,000 miles ol new rail
roads built in this country last year.
It is now beleived that Archer , tho fara
ous English jockey , left a fortuno ol ? 1 ,
000,000.
A 'detachment of United States soldier
fired upon a party invading Oklahoma
which they had ordered back , and killec
one man.
The cholera has appeared in Chili.
Father McQIynn has again been sum
moned to Rome , but refuses to'obey.
The Rev. W. E. Parsons of Washingtoi
City says that city ia "tho wickedest" it
the union.
During the first six months of last yea :
in England 4-iO persons were killed by rail
road accidents , and 1,680 were injured. 0
the killed 202 wero railroad employes , ant
of the injured 958 wero employes.
A table compiled from dispatches to thi
Boston Post from tho managers of the lead
ing clearing houses of the United Statei
gives the total gross exchanges for the vreel
ending January ll lSST , compared witl
those of the corresponding period of 188 (
to be $982,210.648. Omaha stands thir
teenth on the list with a total of § 4,767-
283 ; increase , 49.8 per cent.
In conHequenco of tho ill-health of tin
archbishop of Arrnogh the popo has ac
corded him a co-adjutor bishop.
Negotiations wore completed at Jackson
Fla. , by which a Dutch syndicate of bank
ers in Amsterdam , Holland , acquired fron
tho Florida Land and Mortgage company
limited , a vast body of timber land ii
West Florida. Tho purchasa embraces i
olid area of nearly 900 square miles
heavily timbered. This is the largesl
transaction made in the state since thi
jreai ; Disston sale in 1881. Tho syndicat <
propose to form a great land and coloniza
tion company-'building a railroad into thi
purchase and colonizing from Holland.
Parsons ( Kas. ) dispatch nays : Lasl
week the Christian church , threo uiilei
north of here , was totally destroyed bj
fire. The origin of the fire was a mys * rj
until to-day , when a half-witted yin (
man named Ruby Coufiman confessed ha1
he had set the building on fire to warm thi
cattle that were shivering with cold in tin
pasture near by. Tho young man was ar
rested and lodged in jail at Erie.
ON TO OKLAHOMA.
Hut Halted liy V. S. Troops , and One Boomer
Tttracd Into a Stiff.
Ft. Leavenworth special : An official re
port received here to-day from Camp J. P.
Martin , I. T. , near Arkansas City , Kns. ,
states that tho troops in that vicinity arc
having quite a lively time. A day or two
lince a party of wood thieves were arrested
by a detachment on the Chickasaw river ,
but refused to surrender , and the sergeant
in charge of tho party ordered that if they
: rossed a certain line they would be shot
: lown. This , however , had no effect , and
the party escaped , as the soldiers were in
floubt about their right to fire. Since then
the boomers have been boomingand think
ing that it needed only a little cheek on
their part to stand off Uncle Sam's men.
A. hxrgo party crossed the line , and had
their wnonn loaded when they were dis
covered by the same party of soldiers
which had made the fruitless attempt
to arrest tho former party The ser-
eanfc ordered the boomers to halt ,
but WHS told to go to a place away above
tero. No halt was made. The sergeant
seeing that prompt action wa nucebnary
'iiuHiaving. ' since the first party escaped ,
received strict orders to alluw no one to
pass , he again ordered the party to halt ,
notifying them , at the same time , that if
tho order was disobeyed they would bo iired
jpon. This order only had the effect of
; ausing the outlaws to level their guns on
the bearer of the order. Before they could
Tire a volley the troops frustrated them in
their purpose , and , with the loss of one of
bheir horses in the leading team , and ono
nan shot through the hand , they surrend
jred themselves and were brought to the
uain cam n to await the action of tha
[ Jnited St.ites cotn-nissioiiers. The party
irrested numbered ten , wldlo the detach-
ueut of trooos consisted ol only five men.
sows n'AstiiyGTox GOSSIP.
Senator Vest , from tho committee ou
omnierce , reported favorably the b 11 to
xtend the provisions of the law allowing
.11 imported merchandise consigned to in-
erior ports of the country to ba innnedi-
tely transported in bond to such ports
rithout appraisement or delay at the orig-
ml port of arrival to such imported mor-
tiundise as may not require appraisement
hen not consigned to such interior ports ,
ut which may be , under certain specified
onditioiii , reconi iied by tho original con-
igne * .
The house judiciary committee hav
nder consideration the resolution puaaed
y th senate last session providing for a
onstitutional amendment changing the
ate for inaugurating the president of th
United States from March 4 to the last
'uesday in April. Tho matter was re-
irred to a sub-committee consisting ol
lessrs. Tucker , Collins and Caswell. Mr.
rane has introduced a resolution fixing
lie date at the lust of December , and pro-
iding fur a longer sitting of congress. A
sinprqmise will probably be mado be-
iveen these two resolutions , and a aubati-
jte reported for passage by tho house.
The state dinner at the white house on
ie 20th , given by the president in honor
f his cabinet , was a most brilliant affair ,
'ho ' president led the way to the state
ining room with Mrs. Manning , followed
y Secretary Bayard and Mrs. Cleveland ,
ecretary Whitney and Mrs. Lamar , Sec-
: tary Endicott and Mrs. Vilas , Postmast-
r-General Vilas and Mrs. Shsrman , Secre-
* ry Lamar and Mrs. Carlisle.
GILDER HEAJID JFHOJT.
New York special : Col. W. P. Gilder ,
ho is traveling toward the North pole by
jo land route through British America ,
iforms the Herald by messenger from York
'actory ' , Hudson bay , under data of Dec.
5 , that he would be detained there until
fter Christmas , owing to the refusal of ths
idian guides to start on a journey befora
liey had partaken of the Christinas com-
mnion. He expects to reach Repulse bay
nd fall in with tha Esquimaux in th
pring.
Andrew Howell , an eminent jurist and law
uthor of Michigan , is confined to his house la
.drian through a recent surgical operation.
TEADES-imiONS AJTO SOCIALISM.
Tlio "WorHi n em en of Europe Genei
ally Infected vvltli Social
istic Ideas.
Mr. Adolph Smith , the official English intc
preter to the workman's congress lately he !
In Paris , has published his not s. They shoul
be read by everyone who wants to understau
the international labor question , says 2V
Londun JTciot , and they will bear reading f <
their dramatic as well as for their ecouom :
interest The congress had its plot aud i :
situations , as well as iU monologue ? . TL
plot may be briefly described aa an attempt t
force the English delegates into declarator
in favor of socialism. It did not succeed , bu
it was not so completely defeated as to pr <
elude anxiety aa to the issue "next time. '
For there it 'to be a next time , and & next
The international tradesunion congress ha
established droit tie cite among the congressc
of the world. We may expect great doing * I
the anniversary year of ' 8'J , and the years b <
tweeu will not be idle. The report shows one
more that , outside of England , tbe workine
of Europe , one might almost say the workine
of the world , look solely to socialism for socu
salvation. The spread of socialism is th
theme of well-nigh every utterance at the con
grcss. The subject is alwats handled in tw
parts , and the first is a terrible recital of th
sufferings of the workman. Itt the speechc
of these skeptics , labor seems to figure one
more as the primal curse. The delegate frou
Belgium could photograph the position of hi
country in a sea truce : "If he were not a sc
clalist'hc would be ashamed to be a Bel
flan ! " There were 5,000,000 Inhabitants o
elgium ; there were but 80,000 electors , aui
of thesa ouly 30,000 were iudepeud
cut The miners earned but 1 shilling 9 pcnc
a day , and some , who worked fire hundre <
yards below the surface , took the 9 penci
only. Tne laborers did not receive more thw
10 or 11 pence a dav " ; the weavers 5 to 6 shil
lings a week. "I d"o not exaggerate. I swea
that whut I say is true ; we workmen flud ui
pleasure in rending our hearts to exagsrerat
ing the misery of the people. " The Austria !
delegate told much the same story , with oni
slight difference. lu Belgium , he showed , thi
workmen had the right to complain , whil <
in Austria he hud only the right to be lockec
up for complaining. Tht Swede painted it
the same gloomy tints. BUrvatipu'wiures pre
railed throughout his country , with theexcep
tiou of two or three towns. "The Genual tok
of checkered fortunes thirteen locial demo
cnts returned to parliament , in spite of Prince
Bismarck's laws , aud by virtue of Prince Bis-
inirck's nearly 50 societies broken up , and a
thousand prints suppressed , and all in ssvei
years. Distant Australia txxikup the mournfu
tale in statements , some of which , by the way ,
were continued no later than yesterday froid
another quarter. The colonial aristocracj
were sheep-breeding absentees , who cared noth
ing for the breed of men. There was little
agriculture and les industry throughout th
colony. Skilled artisans at Sidney Were some
times"glad to work as navvies for 15 shilliuirs
'
a week , 10 take a ratiou of bre d and chec'
from public charity , and to borrow u blanket
from the jail. State aided emigration was a
delusion ; it simply sept the surplus misery ol
Europe to swell the misery of this newer world ,
The English delacate was hardly niore ex
bil.ira.tiug. His manner made the chief differ
ence between himself and his foreign col
leagues. Mr. Mawdsley could not forget thai
he stood for the parliamentary committee oi
the trades-unions , and he measured his woras.
All the English building trades , busaid , were
In bad position ; 'so were other leading trades ;
ind their depression wus felt in a thousand
eiiaor callings. There could be no improve
ment till workmen looked more closel to theii
awn interests. But what remedy could the. c
be ? He did not understand their socialism ;
lie had not studied it as perhaps he ought te
tiave done. "He had not f tuuicd their social
ism. " We may imagine the effect of such an
ivowal oa the assembled delegates I From
iTery quarter of the hall , ia more or less cour
teous phrase , the speaker w.is told that it was
i pity he had not The Bflgian delegate had
previously regretted the British workmen's
ivant of education in socialism , much as he
night _ have regretted their inability to sign
their own names.
A itA.Tir.iya SET-TO.
FT/iie/4 Was Decided at the End of tlu
TwentyEighth Hound.
Lawrence ( Mass. ) dispatch : A remark
ibla prize Gght was fought here last nigh !
n the presence of a small number of sport-
ng people , between Jack McAul ffee , ol
3rooklyn , champion light weight of Amer
ca , ami llarry Gilmore , of Toronto , lighl
veight champion of Canada. They fouglil
or Hoik's international diamond prizi
jelt for light weights and a purse of $500.
n addition ? 3,000 was put up inside the
ing on bets. The men were in excellent
: onditionaud both scaled within a limit
> f 133 pound * . Twenty-eight rounds wer
ought , occupying an hour and fifty-two
ninulea. The fight was only finished by
Jilmore falling ( senseless in the ring undei
h terrible blowa indicted by MeAuliffe.
Hiere wns couiiderahl * fighting up to
he tixth round , McAuliffe evidently
omiiig out tho better man. From tht
ixth to ths twenty fifth round the
ortuncs of the men varied and McAuIiffe's
onfhlence was visibly increaxed. lu ths
wenty-fifth round McAulitt * ntarted in to
iniah Giltnore , who had begun to show
igna of weakness , but the latter , whoio
lies wan puffed up badly , fought with dos
leration and continued to make a good
ight. McAulitfe got thu beat of the twenty-
ighth round , but Giluiore continued to
how "jrauid , " and it was not until th
wenty-seventh round that 1m began to eiv
, way , MeAuliffe reining blowa upon him
inmercifully.
In the twentyeighth round Gilmore was
ery groggy and McAuliffe truck him fully
sn heavy blows in th face , Gilmore finally
illing nenaelega on the floor and wasun -
ble to respond when time was called. Mc-
Luliffe claimed thefightand it wa awarded
o him. Gilmore recovered and decided to
ontinue the fisht , but was prevented by
is backers and referees. He wna fright-
illy punished and as put to bed with
hysiclans in attendance upon him.
A TRUNK
Pittsburg dispatch : Th * baggage car at-
iched to the New York limited weit-bound
: presa was almost blown to pieces near
Itoona last night. Baggagemaster Harry
ingus picked up an ordinary trunk and
irew it upon some other baggage when an
cploaiou occurred which blew the roof oH
oiti the car and scattered th * baggage.
iingiis was quit * seriously injured. Tha
unk is supposed to have contained dyna-
lite. The trunk was owned by a miner
amed John Kagman , who cleniei that th *
: unk contained any explosive. He is
nd.'r arrest. The bag.'age was transfe. red
3 another car and the train proceeded
eat.
THS ANTI-CANADIAN HILT.
Mr. Belmont , of New York , introduced
t the holiM on the 17th a bill to protect
merican vessels against unwarrantable
qd unlawful discrimination in parts of
ritisli North America. The bill author-
es th * president to prohibit vessels be r
IE the British fing and coming from such
orts from entering ports of the United
tates or from exercising such privileges
nereiu as he may define. It also an tin. r-
MB the president to forbid entrance by
nd from the provinces of British North
merica of all merchandise , also all cars ,
> comotives , or other rolling stock of anv
lilroaJ company chartered under the laws
f said province * .
Cocaine has nearly brought to the grave Dr.
. N. Moore , of Sprincfield , Pennsylvania , who
> r weeks has been suffering from hallucina-
ons.
THE DEADLT PANIC.
Scenes of Horror at the Hebrew Xltealer I.
London *
London dispatch : Tho hall in Pinces
street , Spitslfield , where the fatal panic oc
curred last night , ia a favorite resort fo
Jews in that part of London. Last even
ing tho placo was crowded. During th
progress of the piny a man and womai
were fighting outside and near the mail
doorway of the hall. The man used yio
lence and the woman screanitd. Her cr.
was heard by a passerby who misundei
stood it and cried , fire. The woman'i
creams and cries ot fire were heard insid
and created a panic , the audience number
ing 500 , rising in a body and rushing pel
mell for the entrance. The manager ol th
Hebrew dramatic club was on th * stag
when ho perceived at once there wa n (
good reason for it , and did all in his powe
to allay the excitement and to afford al
possible facilities for exit to the people
The hall has a number of entrances , nnc
all were thrown open , and he called on tin
people when they would not remain to di
vide and use all the doorways , but thej
paid no attention to him. The wholi
crowd made for the main entrance. I
happened that among those who firs !
reached it were a number of children am
women , who were overborne by strong mei
attempting to pass by them. As tin
women and children fell at the doorway at
stumbling blocks , they tripped up the oth.
ers who were crushed down by the frantic
crowd. Seventeen corpses were found in
eido of tho theater near the door. Thej
were all torn , cruuhed and disfigured. II
was found that of the dead twelve wer <
women , three were boys , one was a girl and
the other trim a man.
The hu.ll to-day resembles a disordered
auction room. Broken furniture , crushed
toys , children's hats , broken bottles
orange peel , nctor'n wigs , Hhredu of clothes ,
lie scattered'over the floor. There an
muny blood spotH on the chairs and floor ,
Here and there ghantly knots of hair clitif
to the furniture. Bodies were found at the
bottom of the stone ntairs leading from the
gallery. Here a terrible struggle took place
between the front of the crowd running
from the main floor and the leaders of the
throng which rushed down the gallery
stiiirs. The dead lay mostly in two op
posing rows , the feet of each row close to
those of the others , one row of heads lying
cloae to the gallery Htairway , the other
toward the opposite of the hall. The faces
of the dead are distorted with agonized ex-
pressiona. The clothes are completely torn
from the bodies of some. A little girl , since
identified as Eva Marks , was found lyina
at the bottom of the pile dead , her lowei
limbs bare , the upper part of her dress torn
to tshreds. She must have fought hard for
life. Iaaic Levy , a venerable Hebrew , waa
Fannd among the dead. His wife's body
Iny opposite. Beside her lay a little boy
whose punts and stockings were torn to
shreds. A man named Harris Goldbergways
he went to the gallery of the hall , accom
panied by his wife and family. During the
performance some buys , in order to got a
belter view , climbed up thcgns pipes fixed
nlong the walls. Tins started the leak.
Some one shouted , "Turn off the meter , "
just as an actor on the stage made some
cry of alarm. Then the people in the gal
lery rose and ruslifd headlong down stairs.
G-ildber 's wife was tramped to death. Hi *
six year-old son jumped down on the heads
of the mass below and escaped by running
over thi'ir henda. The managers are not
to blame for the disaster. The passage
trom the hall to the street entrance is ten
feet wide where the struggle occurred , and
the door swings both waya. There are sev-
sral minor exits from the gallery , three be
sides the staircase. The disaster arose not
from the crowdinj of tTie passage , but tho
[ ran tic efforts of the people to force their
way down the crowded stairs. The men
und women in front wero driven headlong
into the passage , where they met the ex
cited occupants of the pit , and there was a
block.
THE IXDIANS WILL MOTE ,
They Agree to Relinquish Their Retercatlon
and Sign a Treaty.
Helena ( Mont. ) special : A Ft. Assini-
boine special to the Independent says that
x courier is just in from Ft. Belknap In-
iian agency with a report that negotia-
: ions between the Indians at that poinb
ind the commissioner had been completed
vith the exception of signing of a treaty ,
vhicii is to be done to-day. The treaty is
is follows : In consideration of payment
y the United States each year for ten
ears the sum of 5115,000 , the Indians
igree tc relinquinh all of their present
enervation with the exception of a small
> ortion located in the eastern part of their
ircHent reservation , and bounded an fol-
ow : Beginning , at the mouth of Snak *
: reek and running in a southerly direction
; o the west ide of the Little Rockies ; thenc *
last over the xuminit of the same to the
lead of Beaver creek ; thenc * north to tho
nputh of Peopled creek ; thence following
> Iik ! _ river to the point of the beginning.
riii section will have an urea of about )
rOO square rnilei. Payment is not to b
nade in cash , but to consist of merchnn-
line , cattle , horses , etc. , to the amount
greed upon. The Imliu.ni are reported to
le well provided forat thoir present agency ,
nit without a ningle exception seemed well
ileascd with the proupect of removal to
lew quarter * . Under the influent e of Agenfe
Jaldvvin the Indians begin to realize that
hey must yield to the dissolution of tribal
'
elation aud accept land in severally , and
njage in agricultural enterprises for their
utnre support. The commission trill b-xv *
u I filled its mission in th H section in
. manner mostsntixfactory to all of th *
larties concerned very soon.
t DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE SENSATION.
St. Paul diipatch : A Bismarck special
a the Eioneer Pres say * a eennation was
aused in the house of representatives this
fternoon by a motion to reconsider the
doption of the report of the committoa
n rules and the diaco\ery that a combina-
ion had been formed between eighteen of
lie North Dakota members and neven from
lie South in oppouition to the combina-
ion backing Speaker Crosne. Such a com-
ination would control the house. Its
bjectin * aid"to be the removal of Chief
lerk Eakin and Sergeant-at-arms Roor-
nnsh , the passage of a bill for the removal
f the United States court from Yankton
nd Mitchell , and the establishment of e.
jform school at Plankinton. The course
f Speaker Grouse ha * occasioned consider-
ble dissatisfaction even among some
autbern members. The afternoon was
iken up with filibustering motion * .
GOSSIP FJROSt PARIS.
PARIS , Jan. IS. Tbe chief clerk o the Paris
ostoflice liss stolen 540,000 in postal money
rders and fled.
At the cabinet council to-day Admiral Aube ,
ilnister of marine , withdrew the bill providing
3r a special crant for natal construction and
irtification of harbon and announced that he
ould only ask the chambers , on account of
ae deparfmeat , for credit to spread over scv-
ral years , but not to exceed $4,000,000 francs.
In"the chamber of deputfes to-day a pro-
osal to abolish the indemnity for defraying
le expenses of religious worship In prisons
as rejected by a vote of 253 against 241.
The Anglorench fishery agreement lately
included had to be submitted to the British
overnment , and was not definitive. The ne-
otiations have now been resumed.
ITS PROnSIONS SET FORTH.
The Inter-Slate Commerce Hill as Agree
Upon by Hoth House * .
THE inter-state commerce bill as agree
upon by both houses of congress provide
that all charges made for any service rent
ered in tbe transportation ot passengers o
property by common carrier * shall b
reasonable and just , and every unjust an
unreasonable charge for such service is prc
hibited and declared to be unlawful.
Section 2 make * it unlawful for any com
mon carrier to charge or receive , directl ,
or indirectly , from any persons a greate
or less compensation for any lervice rend
ered in the transportation of passengers o
property than it charge * or receives fron
any other person or persons for doing i
like and contemporaneous service in th
transportation of a like kind of trnfli
under substantially similar circumstance
and conditions.
Section 3 makeo it unlawful for any com
mon carrier to make or give any undue o
unreasonable preference or advaiitHge t <
any particular penon , company , or cot
poration , or locality or particular deacrir.
tion of traffic.
Sections 4 and 3 , the long and short hau
and pooling sections , nre UH follows : Tha
it Hlmll be unlawful for any common cm
rier , subject to the provision * of this act
to charge or receive any greater compenna
tion in the ttcgregnte for the tranaportn
tion of passengers or of like kind of pro
perty , under lunstantially similar circum
dtancea and conditions , for a shorter thai
for a longer distance over the Hume lino ii
the lame direction , the ohorter being in
eluded within the longer distance , but thi
hall not be construed an authorizing anj
common carrier , within the terms ot thi
act , to charge and receive as great com
pensation for A shorter or for a longer dia
tam-e , provided , however , that upon ap
plication to the commiBwion appointed
under the provisions of thin act nuch corn
mon carrier may , in special case * , after in
vestigation by the comnvitsion , be author
ized to charge less lor longer than fo :
horter distance * for the tranHportation o
passengers or property ; and the conunis
nioti may , from time to time , prescribe tin
extent to nhich nuch designated conunoi
carrier may bn relieved from the operatioi
of this section of this act.
Section 5. Thatit shall be unlawful foi
any common carrier subject to the pro
viriioiiB of this act , to enter into nny con
tract , agreement or combination with anj
other common currier or carriers for tin
pooling of freights of different and compet
ing railroads , or to divide between then
the aggregate or net proceeds of the earn
ings of uch railroads or any proportioi
thereof , or in nny case of agreement for thi
pooling of freights an aforesaid , each daj
of its continuance , shall be deemed a sep
parate offense.
Section G requires that after ninety daye
from the passage of the net every commor
carrier subject to its provisions shall hav
printed and kept for public inspection
schedules , sliovuns the rate , fares anc
charges , and in addition to requiring tlu
railroads to give publicity at all of the do-
pots on th-ir several lines it gives author
ity to the commission where it in propel
and nccfHsary to require them to give pub
licity to their rates to other places bey OIK :
the lines of I heir several railroads. It altu :
provide.H that the rates , fares and charge *
shall not be raised except after tei
JayH of public notice ; the notice , however ,
shall be simultaneous with tho reductior
itself.
_
Section 7 makes it unlawful for nny com
mon carrier to enter into nny coinbiuatior
or agreement to prevent the carriage o !
freights trom being conlimioiiH from tin
[ ) lare of shipment to the place of destina
tion.
Section 8 declares that nny common cnr
ricr violating the provisions of thcacb shall
be liable to the person or persons injured
thereby for the fiillamountof damngCH sus
tained in rnn.Heqnence of any such viola
tion , tocether with a reasonable counsel oi
attorney's fees.
The ninth section provi.lea that persons
: ] iiimitij to have been damaged by the ac-
.ion of common carriers may proceed for
fcovery of their damages cither in the
: onrl cif the United States or before the
: oninii. ionliit not before both tribunals.
The tenth section makes it a penal of-
ense to violate any of the provisions ol
hiM act and puts the maximum of the fine
vhich may be impnued at the sum of ; " > 00.
Thenevei following sections contain Hie
: oinniiM ion feature * of the bill. They pro-
ride for a , co'iimiuMon to ronnifc r > f five per-
IOIIH appointed by the prescient ami with
.he advice of the neiiate , whoso term of
) filC'shall be for six yearn , except for tho
irat appointments , whit-hare to be for two ,
, hree , four , five , and s > 5x ye.ira. Their prin-
: ipal ollic shall bo : n Washington , but
hey may hold senaions at other places
han Washington , and a Kiugle member of
he commission may take textiinony any-
'here , as may be directed by tho com min
ion.
ion.These
These commissioners liave salaries of
' 7.500 each. Th * commission haa the
lower to appoint a secretary with an
iinual salary of $ . ' { 500 , and hai anthori-
y to employ and iix the compensation of
iinh oilier employes a it may find nccea-
ary to the proper performance of its du-
ies , subject to the approval of the secre-
ary of th * interior. It i * also provided
hat nothing contained in the act-i shall
bridge the remedien now existing at com-
1011 law or by statutes.
Section 23appropriaten ? 100,000for the
urpose of the act for the fiical year end-
ip.Iune , 1888.
Section 24 provides that the provisions
f the sections relating to the appointment
nd organization of the commission shall
ike effect immediately , and that the re
taining provisions of the act shall take ,
feet sixty d.-tyc after its pHasnse.
XUKDER AND SUTf'IDE.
CLEVZLAND O. , Jan. 20. A horrible mur.ler
is committed here this morning , between 7
ul 8. James Cabalek U a well to do carpen-
r living on Independence * treet , near ths city
nite. He his had employment all win-
r , and his oldest son has worked with him.
! ii morning he and his Fon went to work
9rily before 7. The mother , Antoiuett had
: en out of temper at the breakfast table , and
id refuted to talk to her htuuaud.
Directlv after breakfsut she tent Harry , her
"
-year-old ion , to * . grocery near by , and"still
lother son to the milk depot. When they re-
, rned they could not get into the bouse. Go-
g into the back yard they taw Jarns , tht 13-
' r-old. in a closet bleeding from sixteen
Dunds in bis left tide. They hastened nway
id called their oldest brother , who had gone
f Trith his father , * nd returning , the three
> ys forced sn entrance into the house.
They discov red Tony , the S-year-old zirl ,
ceding from a dozen cuts on "her left side.
a the floor near by were M mie , 5 year * old ;
ntoinette , 3 yean old. and Willie3 tnonthi
d , all dead from dreadful ( tabs near the
iart.
A bloody pair of old shears told the story ,
buut was made for the mother. She was
Und in the cellar hanginc from a rafter ,
ad. She had killed her three children ,
ortally Injured two others , and had then
Icidcd. The two children who-were re-
oved to a neighbor's house , but they will
e. No cause for the terrible deed was given ,
je husband docs not think that his wife was
sane.
THE QUEES'S JUItlLEE.
LONDOS , Jan. 17. At a meeting at Oldham ,
ic mayor nresidiar , a motion to ignore tbe
icon's jubilee was earned , whereupon the
layer said there were cnouch present in favor
" the celebration to warrant htsgoimron with
ie preparations for the event. A sreat uproar
isued , the mayor being roundly hissed and
ooted.
JSTICT1ONS IN IRELAND.
DUBLIX , Jan. 20. Several evictions was
made in Glcnbeigh , County Kerry , to-day.
The tenants did not offer any resistance. The
Crowbar brigade , employed to tear down thu
vacated dwellings , was not used.
rUUTHEH TROUBLES.
GLEXBEIOII , Jan. 0. Commoner Conygby
to-day received a telegram from Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach , who is in London , saying : "It fs
Impossble for me to go to Glenb Igh. From
all accounts it appears that the police are only
protecting the owners in the necessary en
forcement of their rights. Any suffering re
sulting , though much to be regretted , is alto
gether due to others. "
The following replv was nent : "Wearoquitc
prepared to leave it to the judgment of the
public. We utterly deny that th'ere Is a shad
ow of foundation for saying that the suffering
here bus been cauxed by others. You are
clearly bound to explain your statement aud
prove your authority on which you made It. "
Negotiations with a view to an nmicablcset
tlement wero resumed at 7 o'clock this even
ing , and terminated at midnight without suc
cess. Agent Roe formulated a memorandum
to the effect that he would accept a hnlf-year'i > -
rent and cost * already Incurred and givc'a fnlii
receipt from May , IwO , and consent to com
missioners fixing the rent of eidi tenant. '
Dillon and others replied : ' 'We represent the
tenants in this nutter , aud will lay before Mr.
Roe to-morrow proposals in their "iwhalf. "
Later they sent a note saving : "Agent Roe ,
It appears clear , has no real desire for settle
ment , having merely repeated the offer of last
November. There fs no course open but to do
all in our power to protect the tenantry from
the barbarous aud inhuman acting of'Agent
Roe. "
AX ARIUNGESIRXT.
GLKNBEKOH , Jan. 20. Two evicted tenants
were restored to-day as care takers. lu one
case the eviction was postponed , pending ne
gotiations between August Roe anil Commis-
iloners Conybear and Sheelmn. Roe , on con
dition that the tenants surrender the land
offers to accept half a year's rent , and give
each a new letting. Conybear offered half a
year's rent on a basis ot judicial rents , pro
vided there be no costs , and that permission
be given the tenant * to enter the land in court
Coneybear , Dillon and Harrington will meet
the sheriff to arrange the matter.
WEST ON THE 1UOK3IONS.
Washington special : Caleb W. West , ot
Kentucky , governor of Utah territory , waa
asked if he had considered tho provisionn
of the bill , and what was his opinion as to
its effectiveness when enforced in suppress
ing the evil. Governor West replied :
"It is calculated to effect a great good in
the proper settlement of the Mormon ques
tion. It is absolutely necessary to that
end. "
"Are not the present lares very severe ,
and since they have failed , on what do you
base your hopes of the Tucker bill reach
ing the desired end ? "
"The present laws , as against the per
sons upon nhoni they have been enforced , '
have not accompliHhed tho end intended in
securing their obedience and respect for thd
government and its laws. These siru ani
mated by a religious belief that it is their
duty to practice polygamy. Thev look to
higher law rather than civil faw. Six
months1 imprisonment many can and will
stand , when , if the period wan longer , as in
the new hille , say three yearn , many of
them would promise obedience to the law
upon which cor-d.tion H. iitenco ban alwavs *
been suspended and they were allowed to
go free. "
077.E WEEKLY CROP SUM3IART.
The Chicago Farmers' Review has the fol-
lowi-ig weekly crop summary : 'The gen
eral tenor of reports from winter wheat
states continues to be favorable for seeded
grain. Fourteen Ohio counties making re
turns this week , nil made favorable reports.
The fields arc well protected with snow and
( lie plants look very healthy. Similar re
ports nru made from thirteen Indiana coun-
le. * , with one exception Pike v/bich re
ports a number ol fields Hliowi.-ig severe in
jury from freezing. Eight Michigan conn-
Lies make a uniformly favoralns showing.
Reports xvcre received this week from twen-
Ly-Hevcn Illinois counties , embracing one-
third of tho-e growing winter wheat. All
but five of these report the winter wheat
Diitlook as favorable. Reports from Clay ,
Franklin , Hardin. Lawrence , and Wayno
: c.iinies ! show that wheat has been frozen ,
i ml that fields uro covered with frozen
! "dt. In fifteen Kansas conn tie.the ) pros-
luct ; for growing ijrain is considered fair to
tood , v.lnle Harper , Lyon , and Pioneer
: GUiiti i n-jK-rt the wheat outlook as look
up bailly. Nine Wisconsin counties report
.he wheat outlook an generally favorable ,
log cholera IB prevailing with considerable
. irtilenut * in Illinois and Iowa , and prevails
vith mure or IP H virulence in Missouri ,
ndiaii'i. * nd Ohio. In Johnson county ,
ovrji , tlho are dying in very large nuui-
wra.
FRANCIS AXD THE r.-IT/C.l.V.
ROKI % Jan. 2 \ In view o' tha declaration
if M. Goblet , the Vrench prime minister , to
he coinmittvv which is considering the qncs-
lon of the abrogation of the concordat , that.
Ithoiigh he was in favorof the separation o
hurch and state , he thought that parliament :
, nd the country would oppose it Cardinal !
acobini , papal secretary of sttr , has inttrnct-
d the Liiil nuncio at Paris to remind the
Tench government of its obligations toward-
he Holv See and to intimate that if they were
iot fulfilled that the Vatican would act uccord-
agly.
Cardinal Jacobin ! has resigned the office of
tontififal secretary of state.
A eonsi-itory will be held March 7 , when
onseignor Masella and the nuncios at
"irnna , Madrid and Paris will be hattwl.
The } < c fn ; boa accepted Cardinal Jacobini's
esignation , and aa mark of eat-cciR , invited
,11111. , continue to live in the papal residence ,
'he cardinal probably will be appointed a pre-
sct oi apo.tolic palice . His succesfeorin the
apal secretxryship trill be the nuncio at LIs-
on. \ ho will be rai id to tbe rank of cardinal
Uer the ccnsistorr.
HfcQUAItE GOES UP.
New York special : JudPratt , of the
upreme court , to-day handed down his
ing-delayed decision in the cane of ox-
iiderman McQuade , denying the motion
3r a stny of proceeding pandins an ap-
eal. The argumunta on the motion wero
eard bj the judge two weeks ao. Mc-
[ unde was sentsnced by Recorder Smith
o seven y ars imprisonment at Sing Sinjc
nd to pay a fine of 55.000. The effect of
, denial for a stay will bo to cause his im-
icdiate transfer to the state prison.
Lincoln's Wise Words on Labor.
There is no landing place on the stairwty
rom labor UD to capital. There are no bolted
oors along the ascent. It is treason to maka
ut .in irrepressible conflict between them ,
'be fact wai never better put than by Mr.
.Jncoln In his first annual message : "There
i no such relation. ' ' lie said , ' 'between capital
nd labor : n assumed , nor is there any
uch thing as a free man being fixed for
fe in the condition of a hired laborer. Both
hess assumptions are false , and a.l inferences
rom them are groundless. Many indepen-
enl men everywhere in the.ce states a few-
ears back In their lives were hired laborers ,
'he prudent , penniless beginner in the world
iborj for wages for twhiie , saves a surplus
ith which to buy tools or land for himself ,
ben labors oa his own account for awhile ,
nd at length hires anotcr new beginner to
elp him. This is the just and generous
rstcni which opens the way to alL gives hops
j all , r.nd consequent energy anu progrewi
nd improvement of condition to alL"
igo Advance.