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ABOUT NEBRASKA.
m Tho store of John Voboril at Lin-
H wood , was broken into last week by
H forcing the rear door , and a largo quan-
M tity of tho best goods taken , consisting
M of underwear , dress goods , etc. A hand
1 car was stolen from the Fremont , Elk-
B - horn & Missouri Valley railroad depot ,
B and it is supposed tho thieves loaded it
H with their booty and escaped. Nothing
H is known as to who done tho deed.
H A curiosity in the shape of a blind
H oentaur , says the Sterling Bun , was the
H property of Mr. Hugh Oingles last
H week , until he tired of ita terrible do *
H fortuity , cut its jugular vein and let it
H bleed to death. It was a colt , born
H without any front legs and no eyes. It
H clambered around on its hind logs ev-
H ery where , inul there is no tolling what
H it would have grown into if allowed to
H live , but it was a fearful spoctaclo.
H Tho governor last week issued a re-
H qwsition for Nat Shervington and
H James MoKce , 'who stole a couple of
H valuable mares fram Carl Fuehring , a
H farmer living near Seward. Sheriff
H Smilejr , of Seward • county , has tho men
H in custody at Leon , Kas.
H O. E. Worthington , an employe at
H * the Antelope well in Lincoln , the source
H of tho city water supply , was Beverely
H injured while at the bottom of tho well.
H He donned a rubber coat and desoended
H somo distancedown the well , for the
H purpose of inspecting the machinery ,
H when he was suddenly caught by a re-
B volvingcosr-wheel , and before foe could
H be rescued , every particle of 'clothing
H was torn from , his body , even to his
B flocks. When-taken from the well ho
H was black and blue and literally-covered
B with wounds , although not a bone was
m broken. Ho is in a serious condition ,
H but will recover.
M It has been decided that Ibis year's
M -excursion of the Nebraska Press asso-
B ciation will be to Portland , Ore. , and
H the Yellowstone Park. Although the
M route will probably be over the North-
m ern Pacific , it has not been definitely
1 determined yet Lon Wessel , chair-
M , man of the excursion committee , has
tl . the matter in charge , and will issue a
T1 * - . circular containing full particulars in
M the course of a couple of weeks.
H The Arlington Democrat says the
Wk law providing for the restriction of fish-
H ing with nets and seines is being sadly
L neglected in that neighborhood.
' The excursion of tho Nebraska press
m association will occur early in July. _ It
H will probably be over the Union Pacific
H to Portland.
H Both tho Union Pacific and Burling-
H ton roads suffered by tho late big blow
H in Nebraska.
H A. T. MoGuire , a farmer living south
H of Nebraska City , had J. B. Bentley , a
H tenant , arrested on the charge of arson ,
k claiming that he set fire to his farm
H _ house which was burned ,
b-r The fifteenth annual tournament of
PPr the Nebraska State Sportsmen's associa-
T tion , commences in Norfolk May 21.
H During a violent rain and thunder
H storm at Wahoo on the 6th the Nebraska
H Telephone exchange building was de-
H stroyed by lightning. The building
H stood in a frame range of seven build-
H ings and by tho vigilance of the fire de-
H _ , partment and the efficiency of tho water
H Works the fire was confined to the one
_ / building. The building was insured for
F 4r its full value in the Connecticut of Hart-
H ford.
H A great many railroad grading out-
H fits are collecting along the line of the
H Sioux City and Ogden Short line , ready
H to commence work.
I South Omahaites are on the anxious
I seat as to who will be the next postmas *
H tar.
H An attempt was made last week to
burn the residence of Mr. Caldwell , of I
L Lincoln. The would-bo incendiary
B made his escape.
H Ella Worhinger is a thirteen-year-
H > . old Omaha girl that was willing to work
HI for $1 per week , and a saloonkeeper
v w * % named Harold is the man who hired her.
g She worked two weeks , and he tried to
m beat her out of the $3 , but she sued for
it and got judgment.
I A Beatrice firm with a capital stock
of $25,000 has .been organized to manu-
facture paving brick.
I The late storm at Grand Island
scattered the husking sheds of the can-
* ning factory in all directions. The
I sheds are a total wreck , but the main
L buildings are all right
Senator Nesbit , < on * return trip
V from Oklahoma , was seen'by an Omaha
H Herald correspondent. He said he was
k perfectly willing to return to Nebraska
k and had gone to ihe new territory < out
HL -of curiosity alone. He is of the opinion
| nine-tenthi ; of the men who are now in
B Oklahoma should come up to Nebraska ,
v -as there are hundreds of chances here
P HF 'where there are none in the new coun-
g try , everything ds so overdone there.
H Arrangements have been perfected
r whereby Lincoln is to secure this year a
5200,000 hotel
The traveling men held a meeting
in Lincoln last week to make .arrange-
ments for the summer outing to be held
, at Coshmaa park. It was decided to
f begin the festivities Monday , June 24 ,
T"- " and continue through the week. Tues
day , the 25th , will be Omaha and Lin
coln day , and will be the banner time of
the outing. Energetic committees have
v been appointed and several thousand
? - persons are expected to attend the pie-
1 * S nic Thursday will be given over to the
jr * * " undertakers of the state , who will at
that time be in annual session in that
> city.
% Thieves burglarized the Catholic
* ctinrch at Blair recently , getting about
" \ $60 belonging to the priest
gs . A lodge of the Enights of Pythias
5l ; . has been organized at North Platte.
| r The third annual May musical fes-
& tival of the Lincoln Oratorio society will
l [ \ " be held on the evenings of May 14 , 15
' and 16 , at Lincoln. Preparations for
W this event have been going on for over
_ ' six months and the concerts will possess
] tf\ \ much more than ordinary merit
William Butherford was taken from
f
| the penitentiary and romoved to Grand
k' . , Island last week by Sheriff Wedgewood ,
I to answer to the charge of arson.
I , Auditor Benton has prepared a state-
W ' menfc of public accounts , showing in de-
f \ tail the amount of money appropriated
L * by the last legislature and for whatpur-
poses. The total amount appropriated
was $2,880,323.88. Tho amount for coX-
strnction of new buildings , improve-
k ments and repairs was $316,240. Of this
k amount S50.000 is lor a new building for <
the industrial home at Milford , which is
H the only new building provided for.
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A citizen of O'Neill offers to pat up
$5,000 toward a $20,000 hotel in the
town.
town.Gov.
Gov. Thayer lost week appointed
Dr. W. M. Stone , of Wahoo , superin
tendent of the nBylura for the incurable
insane at Hustings ; also J. W.Livering-
houso of Grand Island to be steward of
• ho same institution. •
Tho Grand Island trotting associa
tion has-been regularly organized under
• he rules of the American trotting asso-
jiation , and tho following officers have
been elected and can be consulted with
in regard to entries : H. H. Glover , pres- "
Ident ; J. W. Ereeman , superintendent ;
T. H. Withers , secretary ; H. J. Palmer ,
ireasnrer.
Ten saloon licenses have been
rranted in Covington and eight in South
3ioux City ; tho Covington license has
been placed at $600.
Work is rapidly progressing on the
Bloomington creamery , and it is ex
pected that the building will soon be
ready for business.
There is now in process of organiza-
rion in Beatrice a brass band that is ex-
oected to bo the equal of anything in
< ho state. All tho members are thor
ough musicians.
Ulysses has organized a base ball
jlub and will be open for challenges till
• he autumn days.
The business men of Bed Cloud
have organized a prospecting company.
The capital stock is $5,000.
The West Point Kepublican says
that Leo Brown , of Wisner township ,
was the owner of a colt which had no
front legs , and was intending to raise it
for the show business. It appeared to
be healthy but suddenly sickened and
died.
The many friends of Judge E. K.
Valentine in Cuming county and else
where , says the West Point Bepublican ,
will be glad to learn that he is gradually
recovering from the attack of rhenmatio
fever with which he was prostrated.
He returned from Chicago Saturday ,
and on Sunday went to Hot Spring ,
Dakota , where he will remain until
fully recovered. The judge has lost
thirty pounds in weight during his ill
ness.
The house occupied by J. W. Wy-
song , one mile south of Grand Island ,
was struck by lightning and destroyed
by fire with all ita contents. None of
the occupants were in the building
when the stroke occurred.
A NewYork t gentleman , it is said ,
will erect packing house buildings in
Norfolk. He puts in $75,000 to start
with and citizens of Norfolk put in
$25,000 with the expectation of both
parties that the capital stock will be in
creased if it is found to be necessary.
There is shipped daily from Water
loo station about 800 gallons of milk
and cream.
The Grand Island Independent says
that Johnson , the check raiser , made a
break for liberty the other evening , and
topt running in spite of repeated shots
t > y the deputy jailor , but he was finally
japtured , and again safely jailed , and
ivill be watched with still greater care
next time he is out for an airing.
The Morse lock factory at Seward
Is crowded with orders. Indications are
Jiat they will be obliged to increase
; heir capnoit3 in the near future in order
K > keep up with the demands.
The American loan and building
association has established a branch at
Waterloo.
The whisky element of Culbertson
has filed a petition for license and the
temperance people have filed a remon
strance , setting up gross irregularities
and fraudulent representations iu se
curing names on the petition.
A large institution , to be known as
the Nebraska conservatory of music , is
to be erected in Lincoln at an early day.
Prof , and Mrs. O. B. Howell purchased
a loHast week for $10,000 , and a com
modious structure will be built at a cost
of $25,000. The enterprise is backed
by capital and is an assured success.
The institution will be patterned after
the New England conservatories and in
struction will be given in all branches
of music.
A stranger , giving the name of G.
E. Stuart , called at the Salem bank ,
last week , with a check of $500 on the
Bank of Hiawatha , Kan. , claiming to
be a farmer who had sold his cattle.
Mr. Gist , the president , refused to cash
the check , as the man was a stranger ,
but gave him a bill of deposit for col
lection. It subsequently turned out
that the stranger was a fraud. Officers
failed to catch him.
An important case has just com
menced at Teoumseh , in which Mrs.
Sarah Borne , of Sterling , sues Wm.
Torphy for selling her husband intoxi
cants , causing his death in the latter
.part of last August
At Grand Island the jury in the
Butherford case returned a verdict oi
guilty of the crime of arson , in the
tburning of Stephen Jones' barn to
gether with a lot of live stock , grain ,
etc. , all of the value of several thousand
.dollars. Butherford at the time of the
burning of the barn was working for
Jones , and he stole a span of mules and
-a mare , all of which were found in his
possession near Albion , four days after
the theft and Arson.
Omaha dogs that do not wear tags
will be shot by the properly < constituted
authorities. .
A man giving his name as W. W. J ' i
Smith , and who. stole a horse from
,
John Eord , near Madrid , was run down I
and captured in Hayes eounty. He' ' I
made a desperate fight , and several of'
the pursuing party were hurt Sheriff
Winchell took the prisoner io Ogallala
for imprisonment It is thought a den
of thieves exists in Hayes or Chase
county , and a vigilance committee will
be organized to break it up.
Henry Mowery , who lives three
miles east of Lyons , Neb. , lost his barn , •
sheds , nine head of horses and foui
mules , by fire. Tho loss is estimated
at about $6,000 , which is covered by in- .
snrauce to the extent of S1.100. Mr. i
Mowery came home from Lyons be
tween 5 aud 6 o'clock and after putting
his horses up , he went to supper. The
hired man went out to feed , and on go
ing to the mow discovered it to be on , ;
fire.
During a recent storm the house oi
John Delaney at Eairmont was struck (
by lightning and nearly ruined. Not- (
withstanding nearly all the lath and ;
mortar was torn from the walls and coil- '
ing , neither Mrs. Delaney nor one of :
her fivo children , who were asleep in j
the house , were seriously , injured nor '
did the building take fire. ' ' 1
The engineer's annual report of i
public improvements in Nebraska City '
shows a total of $100,000 expended. j ,
It is understood that the Nebraska j
delegation in congress has decided to , •
recommend Major Clarkson for'post- ! :
master of Omaha. < '
Omaha paper i unanimously protest
pgainst tho council committee consid
ering plans for the city hall in secret
session. It looks as if somebody is play
ing for boodle.
deeding is carried on to suoh an ex-
sent about Plainviow that a home mar
ket is created for all the corn produced.
Fitzsimmons will answer to tho dis-
; nct court on the charge of murder in
me first degree. Tho young man had
lis preliminary hearing before Judge
3tewurt , and the.story of the. horrible
tragedy at Waverly , in which William
Reed was killed by a blow from a bil
liard cue in tho hands of the accused ,
was vividly retold by tho witnesses for
iho state.
TWO NEBRASKA MEN ENDORSED.
The Xrbranlta Drlrgatlon llecommenA
tFitdye avoffand the lion. Jlrtuto Tznelntelt
to the Administration. *
Washington special to the Omaha Bee :
The president this evening appointed
Frank W. Palmer , of Illinois , to be
public printer , and Theodore Boosvelt ,
of New York , and Hugh S. Thompson ,
of South Carolina , to be civil service
commissioner. Mr. Enander , of Chica
go , who was nominated and confirmed
as minister to Denmark , will probably
never fill that place. There seems to be
very weighty reasons why he should
not go abroad as a representative of our
government , and another man may soon
bo appointed in his place.
GBOFF INDORSED.
All the members of the Nebrasba del
egation in congress were present at the
conference in Senator Mandersou's sen
ate committee room this afternoon. It
was finally agreed that there should be
a united indorsement of Judge L. A.
Grofffor a place on the inter state com
merce commission , and that Mr. Pemb-
erton , of Mr. Laird's district , and Dr.
Yutzy , of Falls City , should be indorsed
for special agencies in the general land
office. The delegation agreed to renew
its indorsement of Chancellor Menatt
for the Greek mission.
The delegates have arranged to call
npon President Harrison , to-morrow ,
aud present tho indorsements of Judge
Groff for the position on the iuter-stato
commerce commission. They will add
their personal , earnest solicitation to the
written indorsements already made.
Hon. Bruno Tzschuck was unanimous
ly indorsed by the delegation , to-day , as
consul to one of the principal cities in
Germany.
satjndeb's prospects.
Senator Paddock and Bepresentative
Dorsey were at the white house , this
afternoon , looking after the interests of
some of their office-seeking constitu
ents. It is believed that ex-Senator
Saunders , of Nebraska , will be ap
pointed on the Utah commission this
week. The Nebraska delegation is in
sisting upon the commissionership _ _ of
the general land office. The delegation
has recommended for the registership of
the O'Neill land office Mr. Gillespie , of
Holt county. It is expected that a
change will be made in this position
within a week or two.
porter's purgatory.
Bobert P. Porter , the superintendent
of the eleventh census , has been having
a regular picnic with office seekers dur
ing the past week or two. The civil
service law does not extend over his
army of employes , and the word was
passed around.among the congressmen
who are seeking places for constituents ,
that .this was the harvest 'field. No
sooner had Mr. Porter got well down in
his official chair than they began to
pour in upon him. The raid became
general and every man with a petition
seemed to regard it his religious duty
to call in person and urge his peouliar
fitness for any place in the census bu
reau. One cume to-day who illustrated
very cleverly the general character of
many of the applicants. As soon as he
utered the door he approached Mr.
> "V rter , and after announcing that he
was an applicant for office , said :
"I don't fetch you any recommenda
tion because I am enough of a. recom
mendation for myself. This is how I
do it , " and he picked up a large sheet
of blank paper on the superintendent's
desk and writing a long column of fig
ures ran his pencil up and down the pa
per as quickly as the eye could follow it ,
and after writing the sum total said :
"There yon have it , I am the lightning
calculator. " Later on the mathemati
cian called and brought with him an ed
ucated dog , for the purpose of demon
strating his ability to transmit his ma
thematical learning. He insisted upon
occupying Mr. Porter's attention and
demonstrating the dog's ability to count
figures , much to the amazement of the
visitors present and the discomfort of
the superintendent of the census.
"Yon are just the man we want later
on , " said Mr. Porter dismissing the
caller. Mr. Porter says that he has
secuied enough employes to organize
his office for the present , and that no
more application papers will be exam
ined before a year from next June , aud
that , there , it is useless for officeseekers
to apply for positions. Tho work of
taking the census and further equipping
the bureau will not begin under thirteen
months. This ought to be sufficient to
relieve the superintendent of the census
from further annoyance on the part of
officeseekers.
A PROJECT FOR MORE FREE LAND.
Xhe SlsMcton Indian ll'servatlon. Ziltely to
be Open to Settlement.
Waterton ( Dak. ) special : There IS
Considerable prospect that tho Sissetol
Indian innervation will be opened to set-
tlesest ihiB season. This reservation
is a triangular piece of land in South
Dakota close to the Minnesota line and
surrounded by the eounties of Coding
ton , Day , Marshall , Grant , Boberts ,
Sergeant and Bichhind in Dakota and
Traverse in Minnesota.
The new reservation in question is oc
cupied by a population of 1,500 Indians
who were removed from Minnesota soon
after the Minnesota massacre of 1862.
It contains about 1,200,000 acres of ex
ceedingly fertile hind in the midst of
the well settled counties above men- '
tioned. It is about the size and more
fertile than Oklahoma. Under an act of !
congress the 300 Indians , who are heads <
of families , have taken their allotments in <
severalty , and the surplus , which exceeds i
1,000,000 acres , it is desired to open to set
tlement The Indians , however , led by
Chief Benville , claim that there is due
them from the government about $200 , -
000. Their annuities were for a while
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confiscated on account of their alleged
complicity in the Minnesota massacre.
This they deny and want the confiscated '
annuities paid them before consenting <
to the surplus lands being thrown open I
to settlement. Some are inclined to >
take sides with the Indians , while oth- <
ers maintain that they have taken thoir <
allotments in severalty and now have <
no more rights upon the reservation , t
The war department has ordered the i
fort to be abandoned June 1 , and the 1
soldiers are already preparing to leave , i
It seems .but justv that the million * of
fertile acres upon the extreme" eastern : t
side of Dakota should now be thrown (
open to settlement
Several meetings have been held at
Shis city by the people of the countiei
interested in the opening of tho reserva- <
rnon , and committees appointed to con * c
ier with tho interior department af 1
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BLAMING THE INTER-STATE LAWS.
It Fetter * Homn Roads WIMe Leaving For *
rl/n Corporation * Freo ami Untram-
tnrled.
Now U > rk dispatch : Tho senate inter
state commerce investigating committeo
met again to-day. Tho first witness was
President George B. Boberts , of the
Penusylvana road. He ctated that his
road had very little actual business rela
tions with any Canadian road. Iu an
swer to a question as to what he had to
say of the relations between tho Cana
dian roads aud those of the. United
States , he replied :
"Since the United States has begun
to regulate railroad companies by speo-
ial legislation , the latter have been
placed at a disadvantage in their com
petition with those of Canada. The ef
fect of the Grand Trunk roads being
independent of the legislation which
affects thosa of the United States is a
constant menace to the latter. I do not
know that at present the Canadian roads
do any serious injury to American com
merce , but they are in a position to do
so at any time the managers see fit. The
Canadian Pacific is heayily subsidized
by the government so as to encourage
the development of tho country. Both
the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific
roads draw their supplies from England
free of duty. "
Wheu asked what remedy he had to
suggest as au amendment to the law
that would place American and Canadian
roads on an equality , Mr. Boberts said
that any foreign corporation doing bus
iness should be subject to the same laws
as tho roads of this country. Senator
Gorman asked President Boberts the
same questions that Wimari answered
• yesterdajr , whether or not it would be a
fair proposition for the United States to
demand that all Canadian roads doing
business in tho United States should
conform to American laws or else stay
out of the country. Mr. Boberts replied
that he thought it a perfectly fair de-
maud and one which should be made in
the interest of American roads.
He was in favor of pooling.
When President Boberts had ended ,
President Van Horn , of the Canadian
Pacific , in answer to a question from
Senator Cullom as to what per centage
of traffic was taken from the United
States , said he did not know the exact
figures , but aside from coal , the per
centage taken was very small. He then ,
in reply to a question , detailed the his
tory of tho Canadian Pacific road ,
and said that the government had in
many ways , financially aud by privi
leges , aided the road. It has not made
any money , but many of its bonds have
been bought in with the money made
from tho sale of lands which the gov
ernment originally gave the Canadian
Pacific. The total amount of subsidy
and aid given to the road by the gov
ernment amounts to a little over $62 , -
000,000 , according to Van Horn's state
ment. The transcontinental trade from
China , Japan and the western part of
the country over the Canadiau Pacific
is constantly increasing. It gets about
10 or 12 per cent of all the western and
Pacific trade.
"The impression is general , " said
President Van Horn , "that the relations
of the Canadian Pacific road with the
government are exceedingly intimate ,
but I assure you that the relations are
anything but intimate , and not as cor
dial or kiimate as those between the
Pennsylvania road and the govern
ment at Washington. Then nearly all
our rails aud materials come from tho
Uuited States. Altogether we have no
advantage over the American lines , as ,
although labor is somewhat oheaper
with us , the greater portion of our ooal
comes from Pennsylvania and Ohio ,
and therefore costs more than it does
your roads. "
Van Horn was followed by President
and General Manager Newell , of the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. He
testified that his road suffered severely
from the competitive practices of the
Canadian roads , and offered to furnish
the committee with documentary evi
dence of unfair dealings and methods of
the Grand Trunk railroad in particular ,
which , he said , was one of the largest
carriers ont of Chicago. Secretary Cul
lom accepted his offer.
President and General Manager Led-
yard , of the Michigan Central , said his
road was losing business rapidly by
reason of the fact that the Canadian
roads were practically free to do as they
pleased , while the American roads were
fettered by the inter-state law. Led-
yard was quite bitter against the Cana
dian railroads , and favored special leg
islation against them.
Nebraska's Big Showman Arrives in Paris.
Paris cablegram : There was some
commotion on the platform at the St.
Lazarc station , in Paris , yesterday
morning. The passengers looked with
inquiry at two large saloon carriages ,
into which two stately waiters ushered
the persons who had been met by Mr.
Crawford , the financial director of Buf
falo Bill. They were the Paris journal
ists coming here to meet the Persian
Monarch , which Colonel Cody had spe-
ciallj' chartered to bring over his Wild
West show. During the run down an
elegant cold collation was served.
On the arrival here the party was met
by Nate Salisbury , who said the ship
had been signalled off the Scilly Isles ,
and would arrive at half post 5 o'clock.
At 5 the whota partv started for the pnr-
pose of meeting her , and cruised in
about a ten-mile circle until , at :
half-past 6 , the captain sighted
smoke on the horizon. The tug made
for her , and in less than an
hour made ont the Persian Monarch.
The tug then turned and made for the
harbor. The steamer overtook her and
steamed slowly , with the tug puffing full
speed alongside to keep pace with her.
Buffalo Bill was on the bridge , and
crowds of all sorts of Indians were on
the upper deck. A shout of welcome to
Colonel Cody was received by the cow
boys' shrill cry , and j'ells of delight
from the Indiana.
The band on Buffalo Bill's ship struck
up "Yankee Doodle , " which was ap
plauded ; by those on the tug , followed
by the "Marseillaise , " raising shouts of
enthusiasm and cries of "Vive l'Ameri-
que" from the French pressmen on the
steamer.
The Railroad Rales Too Low.
Pensacola ( Flo. ) dispatch : The su
preme conrt of Florida decided that the
rates fixed by the state railroad commis
sion for the Pensacola & Atlantic railroad
company are too low to permit the road
to earn operating expenses , and conse
quently a deprivation of property with
out due process of law and without just
compensation , and therefore amount to
confiscation , and are repugnant to the
state and federal constitutions. The
state had obtained judgment in the .
lower court for penalties amounting to
several thousand dollars for the refusal
of the company to adopt the rates. The :
company appealed and the supreme •
court reverses the judgment J
President Harrison intends to let the j
old machine run itself occasionally -
during the summer , while he takes a i
few hours off and goes out to see a (
game of base ball. ' <
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AN UNUSUAL SCENE ON THE GALLOWS.
She Victim * Fall Struggling Through the
Trap and are Lifted Hack to the Scaffold.
Ozark ( Mo. ) dispatch : Tho Bald
Knobber captain David Walker , his
son William , and their partner in crime ,
John Matthews , were all executed at
Ozark , to-day. A now pago of horrors
is added to the history of executions.
SOME OXE HAD BIiUNDERED.
Strong men turned deathly sick and
rushed from tho awful scene. Terribly
affecting scenes transpired at the jail
this morning. Bevs. Grayston aud Horn
offered fervent prayers for tho prison
ers , broken by frequent responses from
the deeply suffering men. Several la
dies of Ozark were kneeling in tho cor
ridor utterly unmindful of tho dirt and
pools of tobacco spit on tho floor. The
prisoners joined heartily in singing fa
miliar songs. John Matthews was
asked to lead in prayer , but , instead ,
he preferred to sing his favorite hymn ,
a wierd campmeeting song , in which
none of 'tho others could join.
Boporters were permitted to view the
scaffold insido the jail yard , with the
three awful ropes already knotted and
suspended threateningly above. John
Matthews' wife and sister wero alone
permitted to see him through the grated
door. He did not sleep at all through
the night , and looked far more haggard
than yesterday.
Tho knobber chief slept soundly from
11 last night to 4 this morning. A
strong guard was posted around the
outer jail yard , but there has never been
any need for a guard , save to keep away
crowds of inquisitive visitors. The
prisoners have spent much time in writ
ing to their friends , and it was hoped
that some statement of the bottom fnch
of the crime would be made public. Bill
Walker was asked to make a statement ,
but he replied in a dignified and well-
worded note that a statement could not
possibly benefit him nor comfort hfc
friends , and that after he was hanged il
should never be said of Bill Walker that
he weakened , or tried to cast any dis
credit on the evidence of tho poor wo
men whose husbands had been killed.
John Matthews talked somewhat ex
citedly while putting on the neat black
suit in which he was to make his exit
from all that is mortal. He exhorted
the gathered listeners at the grated win
dow. He expressed his hope of salva
tion in the world to come and protested
his innocence of any premeditated
crime.
At half-past 9 the jury and several
clergymen and reporters wero admitted
to the inner jailyard , from which a hole
had been cut in tho brick wall through
the back end of the jail. At 9:34 : John
Matthews' voice was heard in loud ex
hortation. A few moments after , the
three prisoners walked through the jail
Bteadily and composedly , and ascended
the steps. Bev. Home read a passage
of scripture and a hymn , and the pris
oners joined in the singing , broken by
pious exclamations from Matthews.
Bev. Home then offered prayer.
The dentil warrant was read , and the
prisoners were asked in turn what state
ment thej' desired to make. Matthews
called loudly upon heaven to witness his
innocence of any premeditated crime.
Dave Walker said : "I am to die for
a crime I could not help. " Bill Walker
Bimply responded : "I hope I am fully
prepared to meet my God. "
At seven minutes before 10 the trap
was sprung which should have launched
the three men into eternity. Then en
sued a most fearful scene. The ropes
yielded so much that the feet of both
the Walkers touched the ground , aud
their necks were not broken. The
bungling noose around Bill Walker's
neck slipped and stretched. His head
pulled through and he fell moaning and
praying to the ground , where he lay
rolling and lamenting for three minutes.
Dave Walker in the meantime had
been lifted up and the rope shortened.
He was left to die of strangulation.
Poor Bill was picked up and carried.to
the trap , which could not again be
sprung until the others were dead and
cut down. John Matthews' neck had
been broken by the fall. In sixteen
minutes Dave Walker was pronounced
dead. During these awful minutes Bill
had sat upon the scaffold supported by
Sheriff Johnson , moaning occasional *
and saying to the sheriff : "For God's
sake put me out of this horrible misery. "
Again he was placed upon his feet , and
at 10:16 the fatal trap again fell , and
again the horrible scene , intensified a
hundredfold in horror , was repeated.
Stout-hearted men grew faint and were
compelled to leave the jail yard. Great
drops of sweat rolled from the agonized
face of Sheriff Johnson , who was almost
bewildered by the fearful blunder.
Bill Walker's neck was broken by the
second fall , and in fourteen minutes
life was extinct , and his body was placed
by the side of his father's. The bodies
were delivered to relatives to he taken
to Sparta for burial.
The most deeply pathetic incident of
the da } ' occurred when the wagon with
the body of John Matthews was driven
by the jail yard and his faithful wife
and aged mother climbed in and sat be
side the coflin , the wife crying as if her
heart was broken , while the blind old
mother said to the crowd : "We didn't j
know what it would come to when Johu ;
joined the Bald Knobbers. Poor souls , I
we didn't have any more sense. "
THE CRIME.
_ _ In the autumn of 1886 a band of night
riders was formed in the rough portions ,
of Christian county , who styled them
selves Bald Knobbers. Their avowed
object was to reform the morals of the i
communities in which they lived l > y j
leaving warning letters , accompanied j
by bundles of hickory switches at the
homes of the supposed offenders. If
the warning was unheeded a second ]
nightly visit was made , the doors of the j
offender's home were suddenly burst
open , and he was rudely yanked out of
his warm bed , tied to a tree and whipped ]
with hickory withes by different mem- |
hers of the band in turn. A saloon at' I
Chadwick was raided , and several barJ
rels of whisky were poured out and the , c
owners j-o terrorized that they left the
country. c
But the rough and ignorant members e
of the band undertook to regulate and
amend all matters not in accord with (
their ideas. Their meetings were held
with great secrecy. There was a terri
ble oath inflicting a death penalty for c
imparting any information to outsiders o
or betrayal of serrets. On their raids c
they wore horrible masks , concealing t
their ideniity. To sneak disapproving
ly of their methods was pretty sure to
be followed by a warning , printed n
roughly in huge red letters ornamented t :
by si skull and cru.ss-bone . Various u
whippings occurred without bloodshed s
until one fatal night , the 11th of March.
18S7. The band , to the number of thirJ
tjmet at night in a dark hollow at a k
place called the "Old Smelter , " where =
they swore in two new members and ti
talked aud planned for the future n
until near midnight , when they broke
up , sixteen of the party going to their .
homes , but fourteen of the older memc'
bersmnrched in the direction of Sparta , °
Near the road lived William Edens , a h
strong , active man , who had been a
warned by tho gang to "stop talking p
about the Bald Knobbers , " and who si
hnd boldly defied the midnight raiders , m
William Edens' house was broken into
and found empty , and the gang rushed
on at a rapid run a few rods to the home w
of old man Edens , where were assemai
" A - •
*
bled for mutual . protection ' William
Edens and family and his sister with
her husband , Charles Green. Tho
honso was instantly surrounded and tho
doors wore broken down with axesbo-
foro tho dazed inmates wero fairly
. Old man James Edens appeared
j at the door with a pistol , but ho only
| succeeded in firing nuo shot in dofense
of Ip s homo before ho was struck in
sensible with an axe. At tho same timo
tho knobbers rushed into tho house and
pulled Charles Green and William Edens
from thoir beds and shot them to death
in the house whilo their wives woro
frantically trying to protect them. Ono
of tho women was slightly wounded
and ono had her night dress
burned with the powder. Old
man Edens was supposed to bo dead ,
but afterward recovered. His ono pis
tol shot , however , had fortunately taken
effect in tho leg of Bill Walkor , a son of
Davo Walker , tho captain of tho band.
After the murder tho masks , guns , and
dark lanterns of tho band were con
cealed and Bill Walkor was taken to
Douglas connty in hiding. An aroused
and outraged public speediby hunted
down every member of tho gang and
after tho arrests there was no difficulty
in procuring evidenco since every knob
ber , excoptiug Dave Walkor aud his son
Bill , was eager to save his own neck by
turning state's evidence against the
others.
_ _ For tho Green-Edons massacre Wil
liam Stanley and Amos Jones are serv
ing a sentence of twenty-one years on a
plea of guilty. C. O. Simmons is serv
ing a sentence of twelve years on tho
samo plea. Wiley Matthews escaped
from the Ozark jail on tho night of the
28th of December , 1888. Jimmy Matth
ews , a 3'oung son of John , was granted
a general continuance by tho court , and
enjoined to go homo and support his
poor mother. Charles Graves , Joseph
In man and William Newton had their
cases nollied by the prosecution to servo
as witnesses.
The Commissioner of Pensions Speaks.
Columbia ( Tenn. ) dispatch : The
Scotch-Irish convention to-day listoncd
to a nnmber of addresses by prominent
persons. The commissioner of pensions
spoke at some length , and in the course
of his speech said : "For long years I
have had one conscientious conviction
in my heart , which is stronger to-day
than ever before , nnniely : That it is
the bounden duty of this great republic
to see to it that no man who wore the
blue and laid it off in honor , shall over
feel the necessity of , or be permitted to
crawl under tho roof of au almshouse
for shelter ; the A\olf of want must , in
common decency , be driven from tho
door of the maimed and diseased vet
erans , and of tho widows aud orphans
of those who have already laid down
their lives. " After giving some statis
tics showing the numper of pensioners
receiving from § 1.00 per mouth to S375
per month , the commissioner added :
"For twenty years , and under vary
ing circumstances , I have plead the
cause of my comrades who woro
tho blue. For years I have been able
only to plead , but now I am thankful
that at these finger-tips there rests some
power , and as that power \ & mine I
broadly say that I propose , just as soon
as possible , to call in every one of the
certificates of pension , the figures of
which I have named , and reissue them
on tho basis of the truth that no man
ought to be down on the pension roll of
the United States for less than the mis
erable pittance of 81 per week , though
I may wring from the hearts of some
the prayer , "God sav the surplus. "
This and some other things too numer
ous to go into detail about I propose to
do , if my life be not cut short I am
clearly of the opinion that I voice tho
dominant sentiment of this country
when I unhesitatingly declare that a
wise policy demands that in treating
with those who have just claims before
this country I should cease to hunt for
merely technical reasons with which to
defeat those claimants , who in the past
did not hesitate to help the country in
its hour of dire peril. "
BRIEFS BY THE WIRE.
The building trades strike in Pitts
burg has been settled in favor of the
employes.
Thirty persons have been arrested in
Manbnrg , Germany , for selling socialist
pamphlets.
Mr. Cleveland's team of seal-brown
horses and his carriage were sold at auc
tion for $2,043.
In a miners' riot at Gelsenkircher ,
Germany , one miiu was killed and many
persons injured.
Lincoln Curtis , salesman for Congdon
& Aylesworth , of Providence , B. L , was
arrested fov embezzling $12,000.
In a row Hear Louisville , Ky. , three
young men were shot , one dying in a
short time , and one being very low at
last accouuts.
St. Vincent's Orphan asylum at Vin-
cennen , Ind. , was bnrned. The children
all escaped , but Sister Bridget was
severe'y ' burned.
Detectives are still at a loss to account
for the mysterious disappearance of Dr.
Cronin , of Chicago , who has been miss-
ing some time.
Six men were drowned in St. Andrews
bay by the capsizing of their sloop ,
shortly after leaving St. Andrews , home- <
ward bound.
Several business houses , two hotels
and the Jewish synagogue , were de- ,
stroyed Iyfire at Winnipeg , causing a
loss of S35.000. j
General Merritt reports that everyJ
thing is quiet iu Oklahoma , and that ]
there is no evidence of any attempt to (
settle on the Cherokee strip.
Four thousand coal miners at Brazil , J
Ind. , have resumed work , their dis-
putes ' with operators having been ad- ]
justed. The black co.d miners are still i
out , however. I
Attorney General Miller has called \
on Marshals Jones and Needles for an i
explanation of their conduct , as well as I
that of their deputies , at the opening of J
Oklahoma territory. I S
Major George B. Davis , judge advo-
sate , has been designated as the army \
afficer at the head of the commission to
q
continue publications of the records of p
the war of the rebellion.
Already the bluffs along the Missouri
ire white with covered wagons and y
ents of settlers who are ready to enter C :
ipon the great Sioux reservation as C
soon as it is thrown open to settlement. ?
It is stated that will
Germany cony
sent to the reinstatement of Malietoa as C
cing of Samoa provided the United S
States will purchase German plauta-
ions , or the purchase of them by Sa- , ,
noans. , . .
Jacob Peiffer , an old and respected )
sitizen of Trenton , Mo. , was found q
m his farm with his head crashed and
egs broken. The remains were badly . .
iecomposed. Kirk Nichols , an em- ) .
loye of Peiffer. has been arrested on
q >
uspicion of having murdered the old c
aan. jj
The viceroy of China is ill and he
rill surely die. Forty-seven doctors C.
re attending him. ' H
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THE INTER-STATE COMMITTEE.
Charles Francis Adams r.nltghteni With
His Testimony.
New York dispatch : Tho senate com
mittee , which is investigating tho work
ings of tho inter-stato commorco law , . . . . J
and tho matter of Canadian roads doing MkttM
business in and with this country , re- H
sumed its labors this morning. H
Tho first witness called was Charles' H
Francis Adams , president of tho Uniyv 4VJPPH
Pacific road. Adams thought tho Infer- '
state commerce law iu many cases a
cruel one. Those who obeyed it lost hy
its operation , and thoso who evaded it ,
profited. "I should like , however , to-
see it universally oboyed and given a-
fair trial , " ho said , "aud since January
1,1 really beliovo , tho law has been bet
ter obeyed than over before. I know ,
for instance , that largo shippers , who-
heretofore have practically dictated
their terms , can do so no longer. Tho
inter-state commerce commissioners , I
think , are doing a good work , and I am
glad to seo thov nroceod cautiously and
deliberately. This investigation , too , is
going ahead as rapidly as possible.
Publicity is a good remedy for many of
tho evils which wo are seeking toiniti-
gate , and tho greatest sorvico tho inter
state commissioners could do tho rail
roads in general , would bo to prosecuto 1
some of tho offenders. Nothing would
havo a better effect on tho situation.
Sinco the first of the year , however ,
rates havo been very web maintained. " '
Mr. Adams thought a common rail
road law between Canada and the United
States , and a legalized pool would bo a
good thing aud would tond to bring
about a solution of tho present troubles
in reference to tho Canadian roads.
"If you think the inter-stato law is a
good thing then whero does all tho op
position come from ? " asked Senator
Blair.
"Yon must remember the country
has been built on a sj'stem of distribu- '
tion , which the inter-stato law shakes to-
its foundations , and tho long and short ,
haul clauses give in effect to tho smaller
cities many of tho advantages hereto
fore exclusively eiijo3ed by _ tho larger
cities , and tho consequence is in a city
like San Francisco , tho opposition is
verj' strong. "
"Then it is a question of whether the
smaller towns shall bo enslaved by tho
larger ones , or tho largor ones give up
some of their prestige to them ? " asked I
Senator Blair. _ 1
"Enslave is a strong word , " said Ad- ,
ams , "but without a question what is
taken from one goes to the other. "
In conclusion the witness said that
while nominally president of the Union
Pacific railroad , he really knew very
little of its practical workings and re- .
ferred to members of tho Union Pacific <
executive staff at Omaha.
At 11:30 : tho stand wa3 taken by (
Thomas Lyman Green , a transporta- 1
tion expert of this city. Green had no
objection to a legal pool , but wanted
the merchants to have some voice in
fixing the rates.
At 1 o'clock tho committee took a re-
cess until 2. H
President Hill , of tho St. Paul , Min- H
neapolis k. Manitoba railroad , was the H
first witness called after recess. He S
gave an account of the probable route
of the future between Asia aud Europe. (
The Canadian Pacific road , he said , had fl
a fast line of steamers running from its fl
western terminus to Asia , and from ita 9
eastern terminus to Liveri > ooI. _
"Is there much foreign trade , Asiatic B
trade , coming over the Canadian Pacifio jfl
road ? " asked Chairman Cullom. S
"Considerable. Some comes over our
road , destined for Omaha. " H
"Why does it take such a roundabout 9
course ? "
"Probably because 5 or 6 cents a hnnfl
dred pounds is an inducement Wohave " - *
a differential rate , and the time is no fl
object. It pays to take advantage of the > fl
lower rate. " fl
Erastus Wiman spoke strongly in fl
favor of commercial reciprocity. Any jfl
attempt to shut out Canadian lines from > S
operating in this country would bo a
serious blow to western American farm- H
ers , and would be badly received by tho H
Canadian people. 'H '
"Is it policy for the American people , " S
asked Senator Blair , "to help , with H
their resources , to build up a great na- S
tion with a hostile , or at least an alien M
connection on the north of us. " M
"The tie that binds Canada to Eng- * H
land is but a sentiment. The state of M
New York , to-day , in a certain sense , is H
far more important thnn all of Canada. JH
Canada cannot stay as she is. She must M
either become au independent republic M
or join with the United States. There M
are many forces at work in Canada. | H
The hopes of a great party there rest en- M
tirely upon one old man. After the | H
death of Sir John Macdonald will come M
the deluge , M
Wiman spoke at considerable length v M
on various Jesuit , Catholic and Orange M
movements in Canada , but said farmers , t M
fishermen and miners all favored com- H
mercinl union , which itself , was a step H
toward annexation. H
Omaha's board of trade made a visit Lm
; . o the Black Hill's country , being ab- t l k
lent \ ten da3s. The people of that sec- ] |
; ; ion do a good deal of business with the H
Nebraska ' metropolis and would like H
closer railroad connections. H
zivk siocjc axd riionacjc makkvts , M
Quotations from Xew Tori ; , Chicago , Omaha , H
and JCIirtctiere. U
OMAHA. H
Wiikat , No. 2 64 @ 64 # _ H
Cons No. 2 mixed _ 10 ( a ) 19 H
Oath - No . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f" . . > irfi \ f Pois ' 3 S S S S S S S H Sm
Kyk 2554 @ 26 H
Bcttek Creamery 24 (5 ( 25 H
Buttkii Choice ro'l 18 ( a ; 20 H
Eggs Freflh 10 ( a , 11 |
Chickens Live , perdoz 3 25 @ 3 50 H
Tuhkeys Per lb 11 @ 12 H
Lesions Choice , perbox. . . 3 25 q 4 00 , - H
OitANOKS Per box 3 00 ( g > 5 50 ! H
Onions Per bn 25 ( < 30 ' H
Potatoes Nebraska 25 @ 30 ( H
Apples Per bbl 2 30 @ 3 OO < H
Beans Navies 2 00 @ 2 23 H
Wool. Fine , per tt > 1C ( a ) IS H
HoNEr 13 @ 16- H
Hogs Mixed pnekin ? 4 30 @ 4 35 |
Hoas Heavy weightx 4 30 @ 4 40 l M
Hccves Choice steers 3 50 ( # 3 75 H
Sheep Choice Western 3 50 @ 4 75 J H
NEW YOltlv. fl
IViieat No. 2 red 83 @ 83& i H
L'oiin No. 2 44 @ 44 ! H
Dats Mixed western 28 @ 33 j H
LUUhn • • • • • • • ia.i > „ .a „ l0 UU [ llf M % } 4 J j l
L4AIED • • • • • * • • • . . . , . . . . . . • . . . * i iO ( tff I 11,3. . [ [ 1
CHICAGO. H
iViiEAT Per bushel 82 @ 82 j [ H
ohn Per bushel 34 35 flH
ats Per bushel 23 " @ 23 . j M
omc 1155 ( it 11 GO ' [ H
JiiiD- G SO @ 6 85 . M
rioGS Packing ( shipping. 4 45 @ 4 65 M k H
Jattle Stockera 2 50 ( ic 3 60 k H
iieip Natives 4 00 @ 5 00 1
Vukat No. 2 red cash 77 ( a. T t L k
s s s s s s
'ohn Perbiinhel 30Bl | H
at.s Per bushel _ 2Z % & 23 ; H
Iocs Mixed packing. . . . . . . . 4 40 @ 4 55 H
attle Feeders 2 00 ( 3 10 H
KANSAS CITi . H
Viieat Per bushel 70 @ 70JJ ' ? v M
'oicn Perhuslie' 25 @ 25 % . H
ats Per bushel 20 @ 22 H
Uttle Stockers A feeders. 2 00 @ 2 50 M
Iocs Good to choice 4 25 @ 4 45 j H
SIOUX CITY.
; k m s s %
'attle Feeders 2 40 @ 2 90 s sWs s swk
Iocs Mixed 4 30 @ 4 37 . M