Nebraska Newspapers

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ABOUT NEBEASKA.
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H Tho Tribune says there la a movomont
H on foot , and it seems to be gaining good
H headway , , in the interests of Mrs. Anna
H MoPherson for postmistress for Fro-
H monk She is the-widow of a soldier who
H died soon after tho war from tho effects
H of wounds received in that bloody strug-
H Mrs. Eliza Owens from near Bloom-
H ington was before the examining board
H on the charge of insanity. The board
H decided that she insane. She will prob-
B ably be sent to Lincoln.
B The Nebraska legislature will stand
H as follows : Senate , republicans , twenty-
B H seven ; democrats , six. House , ropubli-
H cans , seventy-sovon , demoorats , twenty-
H one , independent , one.
H The Madison Reporter says tho
Hh county must liave a better jail , tho littlo
M 10x12 , made of pine lumber , having al-
B most become useless. The sheriff , it
H B Bays , oannotbe oxpected to guard all the ;
H prisoners day and night , in order to keep
H them , besides some one is liable to be
B B frozen during tho winter in such a place.
B B A fatal accident occurred in tho Bur-
B lington & Missouri yards at Plattsmouth
B last week , the victim being Charles Bub-
B h bell , a boy of 10 , who , while crossing the
m , track near the depot , stopped to play
B H with his dog , when several freight cars
B H were backed down unperceiyed by the
boy , and which striking him from be-
bind broke his arm and dragged him
BB | several yards , when tho wheels run over
BH his left , completely crushing it. Physi-
B H eiansdressed tho limb , but the poor boy
died in a few hours after the accident.
H Herman Wachendorf , of Talmage ,
H ohargedbythe village board with sell-
H ' ing liquor without a license , had his trial
BH at Nebraska City before County Judge
BB Mapes , and was bound over to the dis-
BB triot court in tho sum of § 500.
H Dug McQuire , one of the noted
BB Quinlan gang of burglars , was found
BB guilty of breaking into and carrying
H away from tho Star clothing house ol
BH Crete , goods to the amount of about
BBS00. . Judge Morris sentenced him tc
BBm serve six years at hard labor in tho pen-
BBv itentiary. This is HcGuire's second trij
BBV to the pen.
T * " The twenty-third annual meeting oi
H - > the Nebraska State board of agriculture
will bo held at the state university
Bfl chapel in Lincoln , commencing January
5,1889.
B A passenger left his pocketbook ,
B containing $100 , in one of the Burling-
B ton cars at Lincoln. The car was left at
Lincoln while the owner of the pocket-
BB book went on to Omaha. A telegram
BM | was'sent to him that the missing article
BM | y iiadbeen found , with all the contents
BM < intact. By his orders § 10 was given to
BBW / Peter Nelson , the honest finder.
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BMBJB # It seems from the report of the meat
inspector that Lincoln people eat § 1,000
BH beeves every thirty days.
Bk The next meeting of the Nebraska
P\ state historical society has been fixed for
B January 7th and 8th. It will beheld , as
fl usual , in the chapel of the state univerI
B x sityThe exercises promise to be more
BB ] than commonly interesting. Papers will
BM De presented by Prof. H. "W * . Caldwell ,
of the state university , Royal Buck and
others. Prof. Caldwell's paper , it is
Bi said , will treat of certain features of our
B > r" f state university work , as compared with
Bh that of other states.
BK
John Miller , confined in jail at
B Geneva , charged with forgery , escaped
B lost week. The sheriff had taken him
B home with him and during the meal he
B stepped into another room and escaped
BJj in the darkness. The sheriff and posse
B were out all night searching for him ,
B bnt was not successful.
B Brownville has been infested for
BJ some time with a gang of footpads. A
BJ - prominent citizen , Mr. T. A. Bailey , was
BE f held up on the street by three men and
Bj relieved of $50 in cash , and notes to the
BJ amount of $300.
H | A man named Daniel Graves , whe
BJ has been passing himself off at PlattsT
BJ mouth as a Pinkerton detective , skipped
H out the other day , leaving the landlord
BJ of the Biddle house in the lurch foi
BJ about $85 of a board bill. He was sub-
BL. r sequently nabbed at Omaha.
H Henry Walters , of Nebraska Olty ,
BJ died on the 23d of December. Two
Bj days later he was to have been married ,
H Kfty head of hogs sold from the Sa
H line county poor farm brought $802.
H # The Grand Island Independent says
H a revival has been in progress for six s
H weeks at the Methodist church. Seven-
H teen men have been saved from the to.i
Bj bacco habit. Twenty adults have been '
Bj converted. Numbers have sought and "
B found a clean heart , and family difficultt
B ties and troubles of years'standing have tl
B been settled.
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Two Omaha physicians , or alleged V
physicians , have been bound over at S
Nelson , Nebraska , to answer the charge 21
of having obtained money under false 3
pretenses.
The Dairymen's Association at Gibh
- * bon passed congratulatory resolutions e
on the election of W. D. Hoard , an hon"y
oraiy member of the association , as gov
ernor of Wisconsin. C
Fremont is to vote bonds io the
amount of $35,000 to erect two new f
school houses.
* N. Barnes , ex-county treasurer 01 of
Merrick county and recently convicted h
of embezzlement , decamped from Cenj ]
tral City Christmas night , leaving a sj
heavy judgment hanging over him. -w
JJoian's grocery at Grand Island , ai
was cracked Christmas night and $100 tl
- J worth of olives , shoe blacking , mackerel ii
and other edibles purloined. as
Governor Thayer dined on a one-
* pound brook trout Christmas , captured jj
at Bazile mills. The stream was stocked K
with brook fry in 1884. j (
r The Grand Island Independent says 1
* the pleasant weather has thus far this ei
winter effected a saving of 50 per cent c . (
* * in coal bills to the citizens of that city. "
f < < Organized labor in Omaha is making \ \
a move in the direction of ballot reform. E
b One or two meetings have been held , to
fj. nnd others are to take place at an early
fy ' • day. Trades and labor organizations .
r- nre interested in the work-and will en- ?
* r deavor to push it to successful issue. * ?
p They will demand by Nebraska the j *
! ? adoption of the Australian system of fr
% conducting elections or some other plan |
? / - -whereby the purity of the ballot box 5' '
'i can be maintained. ,
i. The traveling public and business j s
% ' men of Crete are rejoicing over the fact c (
fp > that the Burlington & Missouri officials tl
g . have decided to have Nos. 1 and 2 , comct
M- monly called the "flyer , " stop regularly "
m at Crete on and after January 1. ThiB - | -
9 is but justice to tho citizens , who have "
V lieretofore felt somewhat aggravated at "
the railroad people for their action.w
"
M. 0. Frank , editor of tho York ReA
publican j , met with an accident at Plum
. Creek ( last wcok that cost him his right
hand. Ho arrived ou tho west bound
train j and had been sitting in a cramped
position , so that one of his legs had be3
como benumbed. When ho stepped ofl
tho i car his leg refused to carry him and
ho fell just as tho train was moving from
the water tank to tho coal shed. In fall
ing i ho threw his right hand forward to
protect 1 himself and tho wheels of tho
coach passed over it , necessitating ampu-
tation. j
. The Red Cloud National bank gave
its depositors a holiday surprise by sus-
pending ] tho day before Christmas.
Among Ainsworth's improvements
for ] 1889 will probably be a system of
water works.
Tho South Omaha Drovers' Journal
srvys arrangements have been completed
whereby all shipments of live stock in
And out of Omaha and South Omaha
will be made on the standard scale of
100 pounds in weight
JOTTINGS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Major Charles Dickey , of the Eighth
infantry , has been reported unfit for
active service , and placed on tho retired
list.
Tho following fourth-class postoffices
will be raised to the presidentil class on
January 1 : Britton , Dak. ; Albany , Mo. ,
and ' Appollo , Pa. " "
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the organization of the First
National bank of Johnson City , Tenn. ,
with a capital of $50,000.
John Baker has served papers on W.
S. Forman ( dem , ) , congressman-elect
in the old Morrison district of Illinois ,
: that he will contest his election on the
gronnd of fraud.
Sidney E. Mudd served notice of con-
test on Representative Barnes Compton ,
of ' the Sixth Maryland district , for the
seat in the Fifty-first congress. Mr.
Mudd's grounds of contest are intimida-
tion and fraud.
Chairman Britton , of the inangnraj
tion committee , has received a letter
from : a man in the Isle of Wight stating
that arrangements are being made for
\ an excursion from those points to the
inauguration. , They state that a great
many American citizens in the British
isles , and others , propose to take udvani
tage of this opportunity to attend the
inauguration.
During November past 25,419 immiJ
\ grants came to this country , against 32 , -
198 in November , 1887 ; during the
eleven ' months of the year , ending Noi
vember 30 , 498,583 immigrants arrived
in this country , or about 1,100 more
than during the eleven months of 1888.
Of < tho immigration last month Germany
furnished j 0,457 ; England * and Wales ,
4G34 ; Ireland , 2,525 ; Sweden and Nor-
way , 2,720 ; Russia ; 2,082 ; Italy , 1,230 ,
and Scotland , 1,054.
Merchandise exports from the United
States duringNovember last aggregated
in value $70,370,545 , or about $1,000,000
more than in November , 1887. Imports
during November aggregated in value
$53,860,151 , or fnlly $0,000,000 less than
in November , 1887. For the eleven
months of the present 3'ear exports ag
gregated $006,005,590 , against $632,061 , -
493 for the eleven months of 18S7. Im-
ports for the eleven months of tho presi
ent yearwere$6G4,733,204 , against $650 , -
707,250 during the eleven months of 1887.
Tho light-house board issue a notice
that on or about January 1,1889 , the ar
rangement of the electric-lighted buoys
in . New York bay will be changed , so
that thereafter the three red lights will
bo shown on the starboard side , and the
three white lights on the port side of the
channel entering from the sea. Also ,
that on same date , a fixed light will be
shown from a lantern suspended from a
mast painted white , on the north end of
the dyke , in the bay of Long Island
sound. The light will be twenty feet
above low water.
Complaint has been made to the treasjj
ury department against the action of the
surveyor of customs at Kansas City ,
Mo. , in requiring a bond for the pro3
duction of bills of lading , in addition
to those attached to the immediate f
transportation entries of goods for
warded to that port. Secretary Fair- °
child has informed the snrueyor that the
determination of the question of the n
ownership of merchandise in such cases , °
rests with the collectors at the port oi
first arrival and has instructed him to |
discontinue tho practice oi requiring P
other evidence of ownership than is fur- "
nished by the transportation entry and "
accompanying documents. . j
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THE MEWS FROM ZANZIBAR.
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Mope for Stanley's Safety Js Oner More ReIV
vtved by the latest Jteports. tv
A Zanzibar dispatch says that one of li
the special messengers sent into the in-
terior in October , in the hope of ob- gj
taining news of Emin and Stanley from 5
the caravans , has sent a dispatch ann
nouncing that he met Arab traders from cj
Wadelai who positively affirmed that j
Stanley met Emin there about January
20. Stanley , the traders said , had about s
330 ; men and plenty of stores. He had
endured great privations , bnt he and all b
his party were well , although extremely f3
exhausted. : The delay in reaching \ \
Wadelai wa3 due to difficulties on- n
countered ( on the route. Emin was a'
then m a fairly good position , although
some of his Egyptian officers
! of
were grumbling , and many of _ _ his
soldiers had deserted. The kings
TJrganda and TJnyoro were w
hostile to Emin , who was obliged g
November to repel predatory incur-
sions from the east. His general health "
was good. A fortnight after Stanley's
arrival Emin received a message from
the' Mahdi his
, pompously intimating tj
intention to subdue the whole coiyntry
. ' far as Great Lake , and promising gj c
good treatment if Emin submitted.
Emin replied that before evacuatinghe
must wait for the Mahdi to prove legitig
macy of his claim to the province. Emin
told Stanley that he did not desire to tv
leave Wadelai The entire route to the
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east coast was most dangerous on aoq
count of the incessant agitation among
the tribes and the hostility of Mwanga. f.
Toward the middle of April , hearing j1
that a force of Mahdists was coming , rj
Emin ordered his advance posta to retire ]
Wadelai , and Stanley sent mes- jy
sengers to the kings of Uganda and nj
Unyoro. About the end of April ,
when the traders left Wadelai , Stan- tc
ley was anxious , owing .to the absence of
news from the rear ' * guard on theT t |
Arnwhimi , and was arranging to send a jE
Btrong detachment in search of them
along tho route which he himself had f
followed. Stanley also again urged
Emin to leave Wadelai with him and re-
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gain the coast. Stanley sent several
couriers with news for Europe. One was
the courier who was sent by the foreign
consuls at Zanzibar to appraise Emin of 8
the departure of the relief expedition. st
This courier had remained at Wadelai p
and was sent back to the east coast after h
the arrival of Stanley. Another courier b
was sent in the direction of Aurwhimi. 1 ki
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A COMMfTTEE WITH ITS HANDS FULL
Quite a Suinbff of Congressional Contest *
to be Acted Vpon.
Washington special : Up to this time
only \ one notice of contest has been filed
in 3 the office of tho clerk of tho house.
This [ is tho caso of Hartsuff against Whit-
ing ; , tho latter being tho sitting momber
of the Seventh Michigan district. Tlioro
are twenty-one counlain his indictment ,
and he charges that votes were cast at
wrong places , that aliens voted without
restraint ] , that fraudulent naturalization
papers | wore issued , that illegal restrio-
tions | were common , and that persons
were } compelled to vote the democratic
ticket | under threats of porsonal injury.
Mr. ] Hartsuff lajs particular stress on
what ho calls the "corrupt fund. " This
includes i a contribution of $2,500 from
tho 1 national democratic committee ,
81,000 S given by Mr. Whiting , and be-
between 1 $2,500 and $3,000 assessed on
the I foderal employes. The latter , Mr.
Hartsuff 3i 3 claims , wore particularly per
nicious i in their efforts in Mr. Whiting's
behalf. 1 .
Quite a number of cases will arise out
of ( the narrow majorities received by
some ! of the successful candidates. Such
is \ the foundation of tho contest mado by
Sidney i E. Nudd against Representative
Barnes Compton of tho Fifth Maryland
district , whose majority has been placed
as 1 low as one vote.
In the Fourth v Now Jersey district ,
Samuel Fowler ( "dem. ) was elected by
only 5 soventy-two votes , and N. _ W.
Voorhees wiil try to overcome this by
contest.
Congressman Shively ( dem. ) of In-
diana was returned by a still smaller
majority , less than forty votes , and
William A. Hoyne ( rep. ) , his rival , will
endeavor to secure his seat.
, Charges of fraud will also bo mado by
F. , B. Posey ( rep. ) , who was defeated by
William F. Parrott in the ' First Indiana
district. For the first time in many
years ] a contested election case is re-
ported 1 from Connecticut , where in the
Fourth district Edward R. Seymoui
{ fdem. ) will endeavor to unseat Fred R.
Miles.
William Elliott , of Beauford , S. C ,
the j brother of an Episcopal clergyman
here \ who had a contested case on his
hands 1 during this congress , is again to
experience the same trouble.
Other cases which will be of interest
are those of T. G. Phelps ( rep. ) against
T. J. Chinie ( dem. ) in the Fifth Cali-
fornia i district , and Jehu Bake , who de
feated f "Bell" Morrison , and who has in
turn { succumbed to W. T. Forman.
Judge Waddill , of Richmond , Va. , will
J contest with George D. Wise the honoi
of representing the Third Virginia dis-
trict. He charges fraud and illegal vot-
ing. i This long list does not include the
West Virginia districts , which are al-
most certain to be contested.
. The next committee on elections will
have | its hands full , and will be one oi
the J most important to be appointed by
the successor of Mr. Carlisle.
Clerk Clark of the house of represent-
atives has received the certificates of 250
members-elect to the next house , and
has been officially informed that cer-
tificates t have been issued in all but
three congressional districts. Of the
certificates issued 163 are to republicans
and 159 to democrats , and of thoso dis-
tricts still in doubt two of them are in
West Virginia and one in Tennessee.
In all of them the republican candidates
claim \ majorities on the face of the re
turns.
THE FEMALE ANARCHIST WILL NOT DOWN.
She J.caitt in a UTeetiuy Tit at Passes Het
nwictatory Ilesolatious.
Chicago dispatch : Anarchist Parsons ,
the dark-skinned widow , to-day made
good her boast that she would speak in
Chicago in spite of the police. It was
in Waverly hall , one square from Mayor
Roche's office , and is the same place
which was closed against her one week
ago. Four hundred people were crowdf
ed into tho pokj' little auditorium , and
scores of others choked up the entrance
and stood upon the chairs. The meetT
ing . was one called by the socialistic
labor party "to transact business and for
the promotion of socialistic doctrines. "
The proceedings opened with the introc
duction of a resolution condemning the
police for their recent "lawless" inter-
j
ference ( with public meetings. The res-
olution was unanimously adopted.
i'Tommy" Morgan , a socialist , was the j
first speaker. He said the employment s
of force by workingmea was futile. It
appealed to the lowest instincts of mana
kind and was wrong from the moral , in- p
tellectual ( and practical standpoint. Its I
impracticability had been demonstrated
in this city by the Haymarket and its n
results. The hanged anarchists was
proof enough that force
was impractica-
ble. j
The meeting was then open to any { ,
one who wanted to talk ten minutes. a
Mrs. Parsons rose. The crowd cheered
when it saw her familiar face. "I should ]
like very much some of these days to a
answer the assertions Mr. Morgan has
mado against those who are dead , " said
she , "but the ukase has stone forth from
Roche and Lord Bonfield , that I am
never to make another speech in Chi- .
cago. and that I am forever to be de- * *
prived of that right under the constitnC
tion. But I cannot sit hero quietly and h
hear it said that those who are dead and w
silent ; in their tombs had airy thing to do l
with the throwing of tho Haj'market
bomb , though in tho war against the n
tyrants , all things are justifiable. Those g
h < say anything else are curs. They ai
were miserable curs who on last Sunday c
night allowed themselves to be driven jv
away ' from this hall by the police. " ,
Mrs. Parsons then read what pur- ?
ported to be an extract from the speech 9
J Thomas Jefferson , in which occurred ?
the following words : "God forbid that D
our country should bo for twenty years T1
without a rebellion. " "Did Parsons or T ]
Spies ever utter anything more revoluV
tionary than that ? " said Mrs. Parsons.n
"Ihas been said that dead martyrs are
no good , but their memory is dear to us , u
and a perpetual inspiration , because ?
they died before they would ask pardon "
for deeds they did not do. When liberty
shall be crowned with immorality , the a
brightest names in her crown will be ? i
those of Parsons , Spies , Fischer and ?
Engel , who died for her. [ Cheers. ] I H
am for peace on principle. If you see j
two rival armies approaching each other '
and take a poll of the men , you will find
that nine-tenths of them are for peace , P
but they are homo on by irresistable y
forces to the _ conflict. Before we can "
have ( peace in a society like our own , *
rivers of blood will have to run. " [ Ap- "
plause. ] Tho chairman interrupted
Mrs. Parsons and said that her ten min
utes hud expired. A number of detec
tives were present but made no attempt
interfere. After a number of other tl
8peeohes . , some in a decidedly fiery vein , a
theIiall was cleared and a private meet- by
ing held by prominent members of the ;
socialistic labor party. " When the con-
ference ended it was announced that arP
rangements had been made to continue he
meetings every Sunday afternoon. fl
William Black , the novelist , is de-
scribed as tightly built , lithe of limb , a ]
strong in the arm , capable of great to
physical endurance , below the medium h
height , "with short black hair , thick , q
biown mustache , dark hazel eyes , a firm he
) uth and a square forehead. } fl
A ; SECOND IISASTER ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
Xhe HUamer John It. Banna Burns to the
Wuicr' * JIdtje.
Plaquomine ( La. ) dispatch : Tho
steamer John H. Hanna , loaded with
cotton ' , from Ouachita , burned hero
early this morning. Tho boat and cargo
are a total loss. The numbor of people
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who , perished is not yet known. It was
just before Christmas day was being
ushered in that the fine steamer was
coming ( down tho river. Several of tho
.
passengers were seated in the cabin
having ] a merry time , and with no
thought of the impending catastrophe.
Many i of the crew and passengers were
asleep t when the firo broke out and
spread with indescribable rapidity.
The details of the sufferings and death
of ( some of tho passengers are harrowing
in j tho extreme. ,
, Clerk Powell was up stairs at the
time , and when he saw the flames ho
heroically ran through tho smoke which
filled ' the cabin and tried to arouse the
sleeping people. He kicked at the doors
and J in a short time almost everybody
was awake. Then confusion worse con
founded appeared , and the frautic peo-
pie 1 ran to the different exits to mak
their ' escape , but the boat was piled high
with cotton and the passage ways wore
filled with smoke.
As soon as the smoke and flames be1
gan I to start up the sides of the boat
| Capt. Jolles , the pilot , swung the boat
for the shore. A fall head of steam was
! on and the boat soon ran into the bank.
Before she did so , however , she was
doomed. ' All her timber was furiously
burning. '
When the steamer struck tho bank she
bounded ' away again and swung around 1
and j drifted down tho stream as she i j
burned. ' Then Capt. Jolles jumped out '
over ' the cotton bales and , springing into
the 1 river , swam ashore. The sight was
a ' weired one viewed from tho bank and
th 1 > town was aroused. Floating cotton ,
charred ' timber and other debris filled
the ' river and many people were strug-
gling ' in the waterfortheirlives. Some
of them were able to swim ashore but
most of them were so badly burned or
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thoroughly ' exhausted that they strug-
gled j but a few moments and then sank
to ' rise no more.
, Plaque mine was not slumbering when
tho ' fire broke out , and when tho dis-
! coverywas made that the Hanna was
burning [ , almost the entire town flocked
to the river bank and watched the ves-
sel ; burn. The struggling unfortunates
who reached the shore were taken care
of ( , and doctors and others came to their
assistance ' and tried to alleviate their
sufferings. ' The City and Central hotels
and ' private houses threw open their
doors ' to the ill-fated people , and fed and
clothed ' them until this morning. The
survivors ' telegraphed accounts of the
disaster ' to their homes.
No one saw Clerk Powell , who dis-
olayed much heroism in waking up the
passengers ] , after he had rapped at the
j doors , and it is quite positive he was
burned ! to death , and went down with
the ] steamer. No attempt was made to
save any of the steamer's books and
papers ] and everything , together with
the ' clothes of the crew and passengers ,
war. lost. The boat burned rapidly after
she reached the bank , and in a very
short S time after the alarm was given she
had burned to tho water's the hull sank
and ! nothing was left of tho Hanna , but
tho floating timber and burning cotton.
, None of the men could say what was
the oirgin of the fire. The general im-
pression , however , is that some careless
smoker threw a cigarette among the cot-
ton bales and thereby caused the disaso
ter. The death of John Crafton , tho
carpenter , was a sad one. He was in the
upper portion of the boat , struggling to
get near the front end. The flames were
twisting and sweeping all about him.
He tried to reach the bow , but dropped
and burned to death before the eTes of
the people who were not able to render
him any help.
A special from Flaque mine gives the
following account of the death of Capt.
Holmes : The brave captain met the
most awful death. He remained at his
post of duty till every chance to save the
lives of the passengers was gone. Then
he attempted to swim to the shore , but
it happened to be boggy , and he was
seen to make frantic endeavors to extris
cate himself without avail. Tho burn-
ing boat was fast nearing him , and while
ho was on his knees in the mud , he put
his hands up to protect his back from
the intense heat. It was an awful mo-
ment for those on shore , who were maks
1112 ] : every endeavor to rolieve him with
shifts and with ropes from the bank. j
One man went out to him and placed
a box between him and tho flames to
protect him from the increasing heat ,
He said :
"Never mind me , I'll bo dead in a few \
minutes anyway. " _
He was finally freed from his terrible
situation by tying a rope around his j
body and dragging him on shore , bnt
loo , late. Ho died about half an hour
a
after being rescued.
Latest reports place the number jj
known to be last by the Hanna disaster
at five whites and sixteen colored.
ba Health ef Conaressrnan Laird.
tVashington special : Nothing further
has been heard from the bedside of v
Congressman Laird , but his friends
here believe that he is quite as ill as the
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worst reports make him out to be. The
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trouble with Mr. Laird is that he has -
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not the requisite physical stamina to
get well. He is of that peculiar temper-
ament which'cannot stand pain or dis- r
comfort. , To all outward appearances
he is the picture of health , but just be- e
fore the session closed he was worn out s
bjr the worries of the campaign con-
ducted at long range. The worry c
brought on insomonia and insomonia
was followed by a severe nervous prosr
tration. It is from the latter difficulty K
that his present trouble arises. When
he left Washington for Nebraska he S
wore a troubled air , which he seemed y ;
utterly unable to shake off. Through-
out the campaign ho allowed every ] }
trifle to ruffle him , and it is said there t
were weeks during the last days of the ] ]
canvass , when he did not sleep ten con- A
secutive minutes. It is thought now fo
that tho strain he has forced himself to s
bear , without the slightest necessity j ,
therefor , has worn ont his wonderfult \
strength , and his brain has given way , j ,
from sheer inability on the part of the R
patient to believe he can recover his y
health. There is a chance that tho de- C
lirium accompanying the fever may t ]
serve to aid him , through the oblivion tj
which it will produce. ' c.
c.ri.
Killed His Mother and Sister. tl
Muscogee ( L T. ) dispateh : A terrible ai
tragedy occurred Sunday night three m
miles west of here on the farm ocoupied "
a widow named Johnson and her four
children. A went to
10-year-old boy a
neighbor's on a visit Sunday , and when
returned home in the evening found
his mother and 12-year-old sister dead ,
their heads being beaten into a pulp
with a huge club which lay on the floor. °
Tho 3-year-old baby in the house was S
alive. The eldest son , aged 10 , was not
be found , and as he is known to bo a t <
hard character and has had frequent p
quarrels with his mother , it is supposed b
, in a fit of rage , committed the murn
ders. J s
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HOSTILE I TO THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
Ttie President's Position In Jlegard to tht
Measure Miscellaneous Washington Mat.
ters.
. ters.Washington special : Tho president
has given notice that ho will veto the
river and harbor bill. Representative
j
Craine , of Texas , went up to call on him
to-day , with a party of people from Gal
veston who. are interested in tho im
provement 1 of the harbor of that city ,
and were told very plainly that if they
expected any legislation in that direc
tion they would do well to bring it to
tho ' whito house as a separate measure
and ' not as a part of the usual river and
harbor ' bill. "You mean , then , to veto
the ' bill ? " asked Mr. Craine. "All such
questions , " replied the president , "are
more easily answered when tho time
comes l for their executive consideration.
I merely remarked that if I were inter-
ested ( in sudh a measure and wanted to
Becure it , without probability of failure ,
I would not trust it to the river and
harbor bill. "
the TEnnrroiiiAii muddle.
Congressman Springer , chairman of
the ' committee on territories , who has
been the most bitter opponent of the bill
for * tho division of Dakota , up to the
present j session , now expresses tho belief
that tho bill will go through tho house
without difficulty directly after tho re-
cess , and he further says that ho does
not 3 believe there will bo any organized
opposition to a division among the peo-
pie I of tho territory. Mr. Springer also
says that , in his opinion , the bill to
create tho territory of Oklahoma will bo
passed I at once. Against tho latter meas1
ure there is , however , a great deal of
earnest opposition. The bill in its pres-
ent shape is very objectionable to such
'men as General Hooker of Alabama ,
Barnes of Georgia , and Pa3Tson of Illi-
nois and a host of others. They aro do-
termined J that it ahall not go through
tho house without important amendI
ments \ , and these amendments , all in tho
interests of tho settlers , Springer pro
poses I shall not bo adopted. Owing to
the ' persistency with which the chairman
of the committee on territories presses
this ' bill in the shape in which it camo
j from the committee , there is a growing
belief that thero is something not
altogether right with it , and those who
oppose it at first are still vigorous and
determined in their opposition. If they
persist 1 it will probably result in the doj
feat of all the terriorial bills at this sesj
sion , in spite of tho assurance of the
chairman of the committee that tho
Dakota question will be settled.
goff's election.
A special dispatch to tho Evening
Star from its correspondent at the capi1
talof ' West Virginia says : "Tho con-
cession by the democrats of the election
of Hon. Nathan Goff is virtually ad
mitted by the announcement here to-
day j that Judge Flemming has completed
his notice of contest and will serve it in
a few days. The republicans have been
expecting this , and while not totally un1
prepared I , have done littlo toward col-
lecting ' material for a reply. The con-
test * will be made before the legislature ,
which is democratic by one majority.
Every republican member has been
urged to let nothing prevent his being
on hand at the organization of the legis-
lature 1 , as tho absence of one or more
democrats would throw tho control of
tho organization , settlement of tho
gubernatorial contest , and tho election
of a United States senator into republij
can hands. " Senator Kenua is hero
looking after affairs. Ex-Senator Davis ,
who for awhile loomed up as a possible
and dangerous opponent to Kenna , has
lost his prestigo in consequence of the
importance i his name has received in the
allaged movement on the part of Gen-
eral Harrison to break up the solid south ,
and in his personal intimacy with Gen-
eral Harrison , S. B. Elkins , Mr. Blaine ,
and other prominent republican leadf
ers. "
OREGON SWAMP IiAMJS.
The secretary of the interior to-day
rendered a decision in tho caso of the
State ; of Oregon vs. the United States ,
which involved about 90,800 acres of land
in j the Lake View land district , compris-
ing what is known as the swamp land list
number five. It appears from the
records that these lands inured to the
state swamp lands under the act of Sep
tember 28 , 1850 , as extended by the act
of March 12 , 1860. Prior to certifit
cation tho greater part of these lands
were sold by the state to various par-
ties in large bodies. Upon reports of
special agents of the department , certi-
fioation ' was finally mado. Subsequent
investigation showed that the reports of
two or three agents were false , and that
a large part of the lands described _ _ in
these reports as swamps were really high
and dr3r . The secretary orders the cerf
tification set aside , and directs the com-
missioner of the general land office to
prepare another-list of which shall cont
tain , lands only known to be swamp.
Such lauds as are found to be not swamp
are ordered to ho restored to the public
domain , subject to any rights which may
have been attached to them under the *
aw. *
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t-atal Rumpus About a Goose.
Sionx City special : A serious riot ocs
curred this morning " near Tripp , Dak. , s
between the RussianMennonites
- Mennonites and c
Americans. A public sale was held at a
farm of a Russian named Sink , and a r
farmer , named Merchant purchased a ' .
dozen | chickens. He tied them in pairs f
and put them in his wagon , and when t
ready to go home found that two had "
been stolen. He complained to Sink , n
who told him to take something else of ?
equal value. He caught a goose and „
started home , but was soon overtaken a
hy a party of eight Russians , who c '
claimed the goose as their property. A j
wrangle ensued that attracted others to jj
the ] scene , and soon a general fight be- [
gan , in which about twenty men were ;
engaged , with the Russians as aggres
sors. ( Two brothers , named Johnson ,
who were passing , came to the assistance
of the Americans , who were outnum
bered two to one , and drawing knives c
the ] Johnson boys rushed among the
Russians , but found the force too strong. a
Russian named Witt-Mayer was stab8)
bed. and he in turn split Charles John- °
son's < head open with a neckyoke , inflicte
ing fatal injuries. George Johnson had p
his right arm broken abovo the elbow
y
by a blow from a. neckyoke , and three 0
Rnssiaus were cut , but none fatally , p
When the Americans found that tho •
crowd ] was to big for them they withr
drow and the wounded Russians were cj
taken care of by their friends , and be- 8i
cause of their cianish customs no particb
ulars are obtainable from them. The ti
affair has created intense excitement in tc
the vicinity , where most of the settlers a ]
are Russians who live in abject poverty n
and have as little as possible to dp with tT
the Americans. Officers are at work and
will arrest the guilty parties as soon as n
sufficient evidence can be secured. he
A Conflict of Authority.
A special from Austin , Tex. , says E (
Sheriff White , who refused to jail Gen.m < j
Stanley and his aid , was arrested on 1 { be
warrant issued by Justice Stnart for con
tempt of court , and his trial is now ir j
progress. United States Attorney Kle
berg is expected here to-night or to 7 !
morrow to institute proceedings againsi 0l
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THEY PREh'ER COMMERCIAL UNION.
Canadians A'ot favorable to Annexation at
the Present Time ,
Washington special : Congressmen
whoso districts are on tho bordors of
Canada aro naturally interested in tho
annexation question. Tho majority of
them , however , do not regard tho pro
position with favor ,
"All that part of tho Dominion west
and north of Minnesota , " said Represen
tative Nelson of Minnesota , "is already
practically annexed to St. Paul and
:
Minneapolis commercially. Lower Can
ada ' is so far away that the peoplo there
aro almost bound to como to us to trado.
Annexation , howovar , I do not considor
at ! all practical. The resolution which
has been introduced in tho houso is
nothing \ but buncombe. The building
of ' tho Canadian Pacific railroad de
stroyed tho last chance of annexation by
binding tho provinces altogether. Bo-
fore they were very much separated , and
i their isolation might havo caused somo
of them to desire to como into the union.
Tho i Canadian Pacific has now strung
them 1 all together liko beads on a string.
Neither ; party in Canada dares to favor
annexation 1 , and tho less said about it in
the 1 United States tho better for tho suc
cess ( of tho cause. Whilo annexation
would bo a good thing for us , tho Cana
dians ( do not desire _ _ it. II annexation
comes , , in my opinion , it must como
either ( through war or inexorablo com
mercial ] necessity. "
DINOIjEV expresses himself.
"I regard tho proposition to annex
Canada 1 as being 'all in tho air , ' so to
speak 1 , " was Representative Liugloy's
remark. :
"Seven-eights of tho Canadians aro
opposed < to it , and tho less said about it
in j the United States tho bettor. If an
nexation ] is desired tho proposition must
come ( from tho Canadians. _ Tho differ
ence < between tho two parties there is
that I tho liberals advocate commercial
union 1 whilo the tories oppose it.
Neither party dare favor annexation.
The [ reciprocity treaty has always been
one-sided. ( It allows Canada to send in
free i , such articles as fish , lumber , etc. ,
that ( we want , and allows to send them
nothing ] that we don't need onrsolves. "
MR. stephensos's views.
"My district , " said Mr. Stevenson of
Wisconsin , "is a harbor one , being on
Lake ; Superior , but the peoplo there , so
far j as I am informed , take very littlo
interest j in tho question. The inhabit
ants i of Minnesota and Dakota , and
i those interested in the fisheries question
in \ tho east , I think would be most bene
fited j by annexation.
Mr. Farquahar of Buffalo , is enthusi
astic 1 over the subject and thinks it will
come < as soon as Sir John McDonald
goes j out of power. "The peoplo of tue
United States , " said he , "do not know
what a great acquisition Canada would
be 1 to this country. The Canadians are
a 1 hardy and thrifty peoplo and tho
dominion 1 contains half as much good
areable 1 land as the United States. An
nexation 1 wonld be a great benefit to
Buffalo ; in oppening her business to the
north. ] Leading Canadian business men
are 1 in favor of it too and that the peo
plo ] appreciate the advantages that a
United States citizenship confers is
shown ; by the number of young men
who emigrate to this country and be
come ( naturalized. "
the cabinet cranks.
The Post this morning has tho follow
ing j : "Somewhat of a stir among poli
ticians j was caused by the receipt of a
private dispatch from tho west last night ,
which stated that thero were good rea
sons to believe that the president-elect
has ] under consideration the name of
Congressman ( McKinley , of Ohio , for
the \ position of secretai-y of the treasury.
It ] is assumed that Mr. McKinley'sname
was , suggested b3 * Senator Sherman , and
that j the senator prefers to remain in the
senate , because his owu appointment to
the \ cabinet would open the way for one
of the liveliest scrambles that has ever
been 1 known in polities. A general re
arrangement cr the cabinet slates upon
which * Mr. Sherman's name stood as sec-
retary of state , will now have to bo
made , and it is not at all probable that
Ohio < will be honored with two places in
the t cabinet.
HARRISON SECTRCS QUARTERS.
Quarters have been engaged at tho
Arlington hotel for General Harrison
and party prior to the inauguration cer-
emouies next March. There will bo _ in
the \ party General Harrison and wife ,
Russell ] Harrison and wife , J. R. Mc-
Kee ] , wife and two children ; ex-Senator
Saunders and wife of Nebraska , tho
parents of Mrs. Russell Harrison ; E. W.
Halford , private secretary , wife and
daughter.
On the morning of the inauguration
they f wilf go to Willard's hotel , on Penni
sylvania avenue and occupy n parlor on
the \ second floor , where they will view
the procession as it forms.
Grand Distribution From a Christmas Tree ,
St. Louis dispatch : There was a rare
scene * . at the exposition building to-day , j
the occasion being the distribution of
presents to children of the poor from
the Post-Disnatch Christmas tree , for
which a fund of nearly $10,000 had been
subscribed by the general public. Ther
subscriptions were stated with a 10 cent
contribution , with no idea of the mag
nitude tho affair was to assume , and the
result far exceeded tho most sanguine
expectations of the projectors. Fully
1.1.000 children received presents and C
for , hours the streets in the vicinity of C
the exposition building were blocked I
with humanity. The Cavalry depot 1
band , by permission of the secretary of 1
war , furnished the music. There will f
Ijo fund of several
u thousand dollars re-
innming from to-day's entertainment
and it will be utilized for purchasing i
clothing , shoes , etc. , for poor children , q
lohu L. Jennings , editor of the Postj
Dispatch , originator of the project , was 1
presented with an elegant gold watch A
, y the citizens' committee. E
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Murdered by the Minister.
Macon ( Ga. ) dispatch : At a country \
church ; in Coffee county a few days ago II
, man who was disturbing public wor-
ship ) was killed by the preacher in charge p
of the church. There had been considJ
erable : trouble about the retention of the
pastor , who was voted in for another
year. One of the members most bitterly
opposed to the pastor approached the W
pulpit where the reverend gentleman AN
Avas sitting and engaged in conversation C
with him. They became very much exO
cited , and finally the member began to ?
strike the miuister , accompanying his L
blows with vile epithets and jdso spit
ting in the minister's face. The minis-
ter drew a knife and stabbed his assailrj ,
ant repeatedly. Women screamed and 0
men looked aghast , whilo the unforPi
tnnate man fell down by thepulpit and L
died. The friends of the minister hurH
ried him away , and it is reported that Cj
fled the country. Sl
Will S. Hayes , the well-known song
writer , is traveling through Kentucky , Cc
selling pianos. His name is an introO. .
duction to every house and he is said to H
doing a rushing business. Cj
Senor Piedrahita , an electrician of
Bogota , has patented a telegraphic de- _
vise which works without batteries. He q
claims that it will revolutionize telecj
graphy. H
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TO BE WHITNEY'S SUCCESSOR j
Tlie Kaval O/Jleera Working for Ttiomas , of
Illinois.
BECmETART OV THE NAVY.
Washington special : Thero is an or.
ganizod movement on tho part of the
naval officers in this city to sccuro the
appointment of Congressman J. B.
Thomas , of Illinois , as secretary of the t
navy , if possible. Captain Thomas i
vory popidar among this branch of the-
servico , aud as a member of tho commit
tee on naval affairs of tho houso of rop"V
resoutatives , has always boon active and
earnest in looking after their interests.
Thoy think tiiat with him at the head of
tho department they will bo well taken ,
caro of.
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A REMARKABLE GATHKRINO.
Thero will Lo a remarkablo gathering
in Washington on tho 1st of January ,
next , composed of COO delegates repre
senting tho colored members of tho-
Catholic church of tho United States.
Tho object is to start a boom for tho-
church among that race , and Cardinal
Gibbons is to preside over tho session.
STOLEN CANCELLED NOTES.
Tho officials of tho treasury depart' j
ment had another shock to-day when
word camo from tho Central National- '
bank , of this city , that tho receiving
teller of that institution had taken over
tho connter another of tho cancelled-
notes which bore ovidenco of having 1
passed through tho redemption division.
In tho presont instance tho note is of the * \
$10 denomination , aud it is regarded as
moro dangerous than tho other , which
was a twenty , becauso thero wasso many-
more of tho tens in circulation , and it '
will bo so much tho moro easy for the- '
thief to dispose of his plunder. The-
treasury people aro utterly at a loss to <
trace tho notes back to tho person who J
stole them , Under tho present sys
tem it was considered impossible that
any of tho redeemed notes could
bo abstracted , bnt tho reappear- (
anco of two within a wcok indicates
that thero aro more out , and further ,
that tho stealing is of very recent j
date. Tho system of checks now in use
was inaugurated some years ago , after n '
very successful raid by ono of the men 1
employed , to see that all redeemed notes 1
wore properly destroyed. In thoso days (
it was the custom to burn all redeemed 1
obligations in tho presence of a commit- >
teo of three. Constant work of thfe |
character made tho committee careless , . |
and it soon devolved upon ono of the- '
three to see to all tho details. Ho had \
things all his own way until one day the
little son of one of tho othersBaid : "Po „
what is that man putting in his pocket ? " •
It was discovered that ho was pocketing
bunches of half notes. His house was |
found to bo literally filled with these
halves , and he had a habit of snbstitut- ,
ing the cut notes for whole ones when- V
ever the opportunity presented itself. It I
was estimated at the time that ho had
stolen § 50.000 or $00,000 before he was. M
discovered. B
SPEAKEHSinP CANDIDATES.
Three new candidates for the speaker-
ship were brought ont to-day by their 'I '
friends , but neither of them mean busi- M
ness. One of them is Mr. Henry Cabot <
Lodge , tho young and brilliant literary M
member from Massachusetts , who is 1
probably intended to divert some of the- M
New England votes from Mr. Reed. M
Tho second is John M. Farquhar. of M
Buffalo , an old printer and ex-president j H
of the Typographical union , wiio is one- M
of tho most useful men in tho house , . |
but will not get much support for the 9B
speakership ; and the third is Thomas- M
M. Bayne , an old member of tho Penn- <
sylvania ; delegation , who worships be- I
fore the throne of Mr. Blaine , and i. - M
always ; fighting the Camerons. Bayne
has ] been making up to Quay lately , nnd m
is j well along towards tho head of the
Pennsylvania procession at present. He 9
probably ] is seeking a good committee. fl
AMERICAN IIISTORICAIi ASSOCIATION' . ' 9
The fifth annual meeting of tho Amer-
ican j Historical association commenced fl
this j evening in this city and will confl
tinne j over to-morrow and Friday. Wm. fl
M. Poole , LL. D. . curator of the New- S
berry ] library at Chicago , delivered the- „ H
opening ( address , and papers on Ameri- M
can ( biography by General .Tumes Grant M
Wilson , and an local constitutional his- ! k
tory 1 by Prof. George E. Howard , of the- jfl
Nebraska ] university , were read this- M
evening. ( M
Four Men Killed at Denver. 9
Denver dispatch : A fatal accident oc- M
curred this afternoon , on Fifteenth. M
street , which resulted in the instant - |
death of four men and mortally wound- M
ing two others. The Denver Gas com- M
pany had ten men employed excavating M
n ditch six feet deep alongside of and J k
underneath the track of the cable car J M
line , when suddenly tho track for an en- H
tire block fell , crushing tho Iifo out of M
and imprisoning the men underneath. M
Men were immediately set to work re- H
moving the fallen track , and the four M
dead and two badly wounded were re- H
moved. The other men escaped with , H
moro or less bruises. It i3 not yet H
known whether any more are under- H
neath the track or not. H
THE MARKETS. fl
OMAHA. |
Whe.it No. 2 - 80 @ 86J { " ' ' H
Cou.v No. 2 mixed - 20 © 20& T M
Oats No. 2 22 @ 23 ' M
IJottek Creamery 2G ( a ) 20 H
BcTTEn Choice country. . . 22 % 25 , H
Eggs , Fresh 21 @ 22 J
Chickens dressed 8 @ 9- M
Tuhkeys 8 © 10 M
Lkjions Choice , perbox. . . 4 50 ( a ) G 00 ] H
OnANQES Per box 5 00 @ 6 0& j H
Onions Perbu 45 fe > 50 j H
OTATOES . -2/ ( Q ) Q > M
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • / *
Turnips Per bu 25 @ 30 H
Apples Per bb ! 2 50 @ 3 00 . H
Beans Navig 2 00 @ 2 25- H
Catirots Per bu 35 @ 40 H
Cabbages Per 100 3 00 @ 3 25 H
Tomatoes , per bu 50 @ GO M
Wool. \ Fine , per tb 13 @ 20 j H
iiONKVf * • • • • lt > ( Cj XI |
Chopped Feed Per ton 17 00 @ 17 50 < H
Hay Hailed 5 00 @ 6 00 < H
Flax Seed Perbu 1 15 @ 1 20 M
Hogs ] lixed packing - 4 90 @ 4 9S j H
Hoes Heavy weights 5 10 @ 5 15 B
IsEErEH Choice steers. . . . . . . 3 25 % 4 25 fl
NEW YORK. * H
Wheat No. 2 red - 1 053 1 06JJ j H
Wheat Ungraded red 90 @ 90& H
Con. < . - No. 2 _ 48& @ 46J . H
Oats Mixed western 29 @ 30 ' H
Poiik . . . . „ „ .14 50 @ 14 75 : j |
Laud 8 40 © 8 45& M
CHICAGO. V _ i H
Wheat Perbushel 1 04 © 104 . | H
Conx Per bushel . 34 @ 34 . I H
Oats Per bushel 25 @ 25 | H
Pome 12 90 @ 13 00 , H
Laud . 8 00 @ 8 05 H
Hogs Packing &shippin ? . 4 90 @ o 20 Ks H
Cattle Western Rangers 3 00 @ 3 90 H
Siikep Natives _ 2 75 © 5 5e < H
ST. LOUIS. ' H
Wheat No.2 red cash 1 02 © 108 ' -i |
Coits Perbushel . . _ 30 @ 30 % ' H
Oats Per bushel 25 © 25f } < H
Hogs Mixed packing - . 5 00 © 5 30 ' H
Cattle Feeders _ 2 00 © 8 75 H
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KANSAS CITY/ . j H
Wheat Per bushel 96 © 96J4 H
Corn-Parbushel 26 @ 26 j H
Oats Per bnshel 21 © 21 % , j H
Cattle Stockers < feeders. 2 80 © 2 20 > H
EJcau Good to choice. . . < S 75 i JM fi H