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The Omaha Daily Bee i
I NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 17 1889. NUMBER ISO , ji
THE VERDICT IN AT LAST
Ooughlln , O'Sulllvan and Burke Got
Llfo Imprlsonmout
KUNZE GIVEN THREE YEARS
Bccgn Dcclnrcd Innocent Xho llircc
Sentenced Irishmen Turn Pnlo
nnd tlio Little Gcrmnn Iircaka
Down Completely
The Hoeno In Court
CntCAoo Dec , 10. Ono of the mostnicm-
orablo trials In the crlmlnnl history of
America closed this afternoon when the
Jury , Impanelled three months ago , rendered
> lts verdict In the Cronln case That the Jury
did not disagree Is a source of much congra
tulation In the | iubllo mind , and although
there Is naturally much division of Bentlmcnt
the tense of relief which is experienced
at the ilnnl culmination of the case is unani
mous However bitter too may have
been the feeling engendered bv the two fac
tions Into which Irish people have been di
vided m the case , It cannot fall to bo a source
of congratulation to Judge McConnell that
his impartial conduct as presiding Judgo.has
been such as to win for him not only the ap
plause of both these opposing factions but
the approval allko of the leading jurists of
the land upon the validity of his rulings
As coutt convened at 3 p. m. to rocolvo the
verdict of the Jury there was a momentary
illcnco as the vust audience broathlosslv
awuitcd the first words of Judge McConncll
as ho mounted the bench
The jury is prepared to make a return in
this case , " said his honor
A moment later a door leading from the
jail opened and the five defendants marched
In to hear their fate Hardly a sound was
heard as every eye was turned towards John
T. Boggs who led the procession The face
of the senior guardian of Camp SO was palo
nnd anxious looking , but ho faced the stare
of the audience boldly
Daniel Coughlin affected his usual Indiffcr-
incn , but his restless , furtive eye betokened
( ho tcrrlblo mental suspense the ox-dotcctrvo
experienced as ho awaited the dread an
nouncement
Hardly a person In the court room suc
ceeded In catching the eye of Patrick O'Sul
llvan Ills looks were directed toward the
floor and whatever emotion ho may have
foil at this critical moment was not shown
Martin Burkes face Hushed for n tnoniont
as ho approached his seat , but Immediately
after his features regained their natural ox-
pacsslon and with affected nonchalonco ho
resumed the cbowlng of gum as has been his
wont during the trial
For the first time since his trial the llttlo
Gorman , John Kunze , secmod to apprectato
the gravity of the situation and his usual air
of jauntincss was absent
As tp.o audience wore contemplating the '
prisoners and commenting upon their demeanor -
meaner the nolso of many footsteps was
strain suddenly heard without and in a mo-
meat the twelve men on whoso judgment w
" " " posed the lives of the defendants cntorcd [
tlio room hooded by Foreman Clark Every
prlsonor simultamously turned hi ; eyes on
the jurors as If to read in their lmpassivo 1
features the secret of the verdict , but there i
was no sign to glvo themhopo or fear
' The cleric will call the roll of the jurors "
Every person in the audience started ns
the sound of the Judges voice broke the 1
silence , only to add a decpar awe to the i
solemnity of the occasion Slowly the jurors i
answered to thotr names , and the twelve
men were announced to bo pacscnt
"Qontlomon , " said the court , "I under
stand you have reached a conclusion in this
. "
case i
With a bow Poroman Clarlco took from his
pocket a largo envelope and handed it to the
judge , who in turn hanUod it.to the clorlc
The olerk will road the verdict , " said the
court Instantly a hush foil upon the audi
ence a husn so profound thnt as the clerk
toro open the envelope the sound fell dis
cordantly upon anxious oars A moment
later this nnxioty became painful in its in
tensity , ns the sonorous voice of the clerk
began reading the verdict
Wo , the jury , find thd defendant , John F.
ileggs , not guilty •
Wc , the jury , find the defendant , John
Kunzo , guilty of manslaughter as charged in
the Indictment , and fix his punishment at
Imprisonment in the pcnitoutlary for a term
of three years
We , the jury , find the defendants , Dan
Coughlin , Patrick O'Sulllvan and Martin
Jlurlto , guilty of murder In the manner and
form ( is charged in the indictment , and fix
the penalty at Imprisonment In the peniten
tiary for lifo ,
Forrest of counsel of the defense at once
requested that the jury bo polled To each
juror this question was put by the clerk of
court :
Was this ana Is this now your vcrdictl"
Foreman Clark was the first toriso und an-
wor firmly In the affirmative The cloven
others followed in turn and gava the same
answer
Simultaneous with the announcement
of the verdict , Coughlin , O'Sulllvan
and llurlto turned deathly palo , while Kunzo
started suddouly from his scat and dropped
his head on his breast and broke into tears
Hoggs' face was luminous with joy , nnd
Immediately after the polling of the Jury ho
arose from amid the prisoners , walked over
totno jury box , uud during tuo breathless
lull that followed shook Foreman Clarks
bund and said :
Qcntlcmon , I thank you I trust that the
future may confirm your judgment upon me ,
and that you will never i egret that you
found mo not guilty of this terrible charge "
As ho shook hands with the jurors each
man bowed bis head in acknowledgment of
the grateful words of the llboratod mall
The only soupd that broke the itlllncss
was the ( loop sobs of the llttlo German
Kunze Ho burst out with :
God knows I am innocent I was never
In LakoYiow that night 01 God knows I
urn Innocent , gentlemen "
O'Sulllvan was Uio only one of the ether
thrt-o prisoners who found refuge in tears
For a moment they twinkled down his
checks , but a mluuto later his black eyes
flashed with dollance or a revival of courage ,
bud dashing his hand across his brow ho
braced up In his seat uud cast u glance
around the court room , The only evldenco
of horror to bo perceived in Cougblin's face
was the increased pallor that overspread his
Countonaneo as ho fully realized the signifi
cance of the suutunco to llfo Imprisonment ,
uud his lips twitched nervously during the
colloquoy tbaifolluwcd between the attor
neys und the court rolatlvo to u motion for a
now trial , Martin Burke was unquestiona
bly tbo least affected of all the prisoners
His usually florid face took on u slight pallor
as the verdict was announced , bnt a intnuto
later his ju\\B began the methodical uiastica-
lion or gum as regularly at at any time pre
Vious during tbo trial
When the verdict was announced the largo
audleuco Lontemplutod Kuuzo's grief Hoggs
turned to a reporter aud ald ; "It Is a shame
< to , sentence Kunzo , the poor little follow is
M Innocent at 1 uai , It Is a d-U shams to
send him to the penitentiary for three years ,
] Ho had no more idea of being found guilty
than you had of being declared an accomr
plica i In this crime . "
In the meantime the expressions of opinion
nmooc the audience wcra ns varied as were
the Individuals that constituted the assomr
bingo l Friends of Ueggs elbowed their way
through 1I 1 the crowd nnd grnhped the hands of
the I senior guardian of Cnmp SO in follcltn-
tion J upon his exonorntton Ueggs took a scat
n ono of the jury chnlrs after vho retirement
of that body , nnd spent the next halt hour
necordlng interviews to the scores of news
paper j men who crowded around him
Forrest , on behalf of the four convicted
defendants , entered the accustomed motion
for a now trial nnd after considerable dis
cussion the Judge fixed January 18a1 * the day
on which the motion for a now trial should
bo argued , nnd the prisoners were taken
back to Jail , Bcggs proceeded smilingly to
his old cell , staying only long enough to get
his hat and cent
It wes not until after noon today that the
jury finally carao to n verdict nnd then it was
that Juror Culver , who had been voting for
acquittal for nil the defendants slnca the jury
went out , consented to a compromise The
other jurors were for hanging Burke , Cough
lin and O'Sulllvan , nnd whllo ho was for let
ting them all off , Culver finally agrocd to life
sentences ior the throe The jury was prac
tically unanimous on the subject of Bcggs'
acquittal , and but llttlo time was needed to
fix Kuuzo's term of Imprisonment
JUDGE Jl'CON'NEM , INTEUUEWED
What do you think of the verdict ,
Judgol" asked nn Associated Press rcpro-
scntutlvo of Judge McConncll after the ad
journment of court for today
Judicially , of course , I can pass no opinion
upon the vefdictj as an individual , however ,
and without being cognizant of nil the pro
ccodlngs In the Juryroom , I might say I think
the verdict Is the result of the probable ob
jection of sotnoof the Jurors to the death pen
alty on circumstantial evldenco "
"Mr , Culver , probably I"
"No , not Mr Culver necessarily I under
stand ho was In favor of ncqulttal from the
start It was only nfter long and harassing
deliberation thnt ho agrocd with the rest
upon this vcrdlcf You will prooably Und
that Mr Culver was not the only man upon
the jury who was opposed to the hanging of
the three principal defendants "
Hut the Jurors all swore on bolng exam
ined as to their competence that they had no
conscientious scruples against capital pun
ishment on circumstantial evidence "
That Is all true , but behind nil this each
man probably had the mental reservation
that the evidence must bo convincing beyond
reasonable doubt Now If some of these
men should think there was oven the faint
est shadow of a doubt us to the , guilt
of the three men , do you not see how natural
It would bo for thorn to mentally resolve to
compromise the matter with their conscience
No matter how conclusive ) their judgmout
might be , by favoring llfo Imprisonment in
lieu of the death ponnlty , all because the
case was ono of circumstantial ovldouco "
"I believe you feel reliovcd ut there not
being a disagreement ! "
"I do , most assuredly Although If the
jury had disagreed and it becanio necessary
to try the case again I should not have
flinched from presiding again "
THE rillSONCRS JIUAT
About 4 o'clock an Associated press repre
sentative wont to the juil and found the four
convlctod defendants out in the corridor
with the other inmates taking tbo usual ex
ercise before supper
Kunzo seemed to bold himself apart from
the other prisoners and remained in his cell ,
refusing to bo comforted in his misfortune
Coughlin and O'Sulllvan were at the en
trance of the cage discussing the case with a
couple of the members of Camp 20 , who had
called to offer their sympathy or congratu
lation , who knows which At the approach
of the press representative they quickly
lapsed into silence and the visitor dopartcd
A note was subsequently sent to Coughlin
nnd bis companion requesting an interview
and tboy finally approached the cage
"I am sorry to disappoint you , " Bold
Coughlin very courteously , but I dent de-
slro to bo interviewed "
But what Is your oulnlon of the vcrdictl"
"I am afraid I shall Have to refer you to
Mr Forrest , my uttornoy , for an auswor to
that question "
Are you disappointed at the verdict ! "
Well , I suppose no man regards a verdict
of llfo imprisonment with any degree of en
thusiasm , " said the ox-detectivo grimly ,
but really gcntlomon I must decline to bo \
interviewed " With this sentence Dan L
Coughlin retired pleasantly bowing good L
evening as ho went
It was evident to nil that the prlsonor is in [
a mood nearly approaching elation , and to i
Dan Coughlin nt least the verdict was a i
source of self congratulation Ills habitual
mood during the past six months has been ,
ono of taciturnity , but this ovonlng n bright
smile Illumined his face aud his stop wan \
light and buoyant
In the boys department Martin Burke was ,
found walking up uud down smoKing a cigar
Ho seemed entirely composed and good nn-
turcd ns ho greeted the Associated press re
porter
Well , Hurko what do you think of It ! "
"I am not saying a word , " said the young
Irishman 1 ; the Chicago papers have baa ;
enough ' to suy about mo already , and I
dent ! want to pivo thorn any excuse for ouy
moro "
Hut dent Include us in your gcncrnl
damnation i "
"I'm not damtiing the papora , " said
Hurko "I'vo nothing against tbom , but I
guess they can get along without mo "
All efforts to extract any commouts from
Hurko on the verdict were in vain Ho expressed -
pressed himself ns delighted to converse on
what ho tormed."soclal tonics , " but on this
other business , " as no called it , with a Jerk
of his bead towards the courtroom , bo was
as dumb us an oyster
When tno verdict was read this afternoon
V nn Coughlln's wlfo and llttlo girl were sit
ting out In the main corridor of the criminal
court building , Some ono rushed Into
the corridor and called out the result
Mrs Coughlin gaspeJ , stood erect , Bhrickod
and fell back into her chair She burled her
face In her hands and moaned wildly The
child too began to cry loudly Mrs ,
Wbulen O'Sulllvan'a ' sister In-law
, - , was
standing by and turned savagely
on the men who were waiting
on Mrs Coughlin , "O , you cutthroats , you
tried your best to hang them and now you
hang nround to gloat nt us in our misery "
she shouted unit then followed Mrs Coughlin
lute a nrlvato room
Judge Lotogonockor , when asked If he was
satisfied witn the verdict replied that it was
a compromise verdict aud that's all anybody
could say about It It was quite plaln'that
the stuiu attorney was uot pleased at tbo
outcome ,
Bnaas' vow
John F. Ileggs left the jail this afternoon
soon nfter court adjourned In company with
his lawyer As he Btopped into the street a
frco man ho was hoard to say :
"I am golug to spend the rest of my llfo
hunting tbo men who killed Cronln "
Hoggs spent u faw minutes at his oQlco ,
and than hurried homo where ho positively
refused to receive callers this evening
JUHVMKN TALK ,
After the jury was discharged this after
noon and whllo the gentlemen were watting
for their certificates a crowd of reporters
besieged them for information about what
bad tmntplrod in the jury room and the cause
of the delay ,
Its uo use , " said Juror Marlor , "wo
agreed not to say anything From what I
have heard slnco I got back into the world
tbo newspapers have been doing some
pretty tall lying Juror Culver was
not the cause of tbo delay aud there was not
any unploasautuoss or any knock down ns
one paper hns declared , "
Juror North vfix * angry at the statement
mentioned ubno- The man who wrote the
story of the row In the jury room ought to
bo punished , " said ho There was no
trouble at all nnd wi > passed the time us
pleasantly as wo could under the circum
stances
Juror John Culver was seen at homo in
Evaston tms evening aud refused to umbo
anv fctutoment as to what took place in the
jury room or whether or not ha was the dis
senting member All ho would say was :
"I took what to mow as thoonly justcourse "
Mr , Culver warmly domed the stories of
quarrels uuioug the jurom
KiiuIIhIi Comment ,
London , Dec , 10. The Morning Post com
•
menting on the Cronlo verdict Bays : "If the
case will result in a thorough nwakening of
public opinion In the United Status to the
character f , of the Clun-nn-Gncl then Cronln's
llfo was not sacrificed wholly In vain "
The dally Nowi says of the Cronln trial !
The mon sentenced for llfo nro three of the
vilest ; , wretches ever loft unhung The , Jury
has done substantial Justlco nnd 11 is to bo
hoped j that nothing will bo allowed to disturb
.
the righteous verdict
The dally Telegraph charni'torlzcs the ver
dict , . as surprising , " but reflects that it
must be thankful for small mercies
The Times says ; When the difficulty or
ompnnnclinga jury Is considered the verdict
dict , may bo regarded us satisfactory , The
murder was plainly the consequence of a
squabble over corruut financiering nnd wai
ono of the mo9t atrocious crimes perpetrated
outside of Russia in modern dais "
The Standard ssys It Is strange Illegal
verdict and speaks llttlo for the juslsprti-
denco of America that n court snould have
taken so long to arrive at such an abortive
verdict
Tlio Verdict In Omnlin
The news of the verdict in the Cronln
case wes rccol ved in Omahn yesterday after
noon nlout 3 oclock
A few moniontB later a Bpeclal oditlon of
Tub Hnn was on the streets nnd was rapidly
bought by the throng which had boon ex
pecting the news for many hours
In many ways It may bo said that the verdict
dict was n disappointment Mono could bo
found who hnd forecast the result Even
friends of the accused felt thnt Coughlin ,
O'Sulllvan and Hurko would bo sentenced
to death ; that Kunzo would bo given llvo or
ten years In the ponltentinry whllo Hoggs
would bo sentenced for a much longer term ,
Many nttrlhutod tlio verdict to un alleged
fact that the Jury was fixed , whllo others as
cribed It to the fact that the evldenco wns
only circumstantial , and tint some of it
scorned to bear the marks of having been
manufactured to supply links which the
prosecution could not otherwise forgo
Iho following is a reflex of views of cit
izens on the subject :
Thomas Hrcnunn , cx-secrotary of the Land
league I have very llttlo to say on the stib-
ject A murder was committed In Chicago , <
and it is for the people of Cook county to see
that the guilty parties nro punished and the
innocent go frco The fact that I am of the
same nationality ns some of the men tried
docs not glvo mo any additional right to
make comments on the trial just ended Hut ,
as an American citizen , I am anxious that
men tried for their lives should bo tried ue-
cordlngto the law and the facts , and not by
the uuju3t use of poivor or bv public clamor
I will sav , however , that I have read
Judge McConnoll's chnrgo to the jury and
consider it ono of the fuircst ever uelivered
in a murder trlul Hut tno action for a portion
tion of the Chicago press , day after day in
referring to mon on trial for their llvos as
murderers , before the jury had Bpokon and
while the law had presumed to lis innocent
is not , to say tbo laast of It , In accordance
with Amoncan ideas of Justice and fair play
What reparation will the papers now inako
to Mr Ucgg for the many times they called
him a murderer ) Their action in s' .ylin ;
men murderers whom the states attorney
cannot nnd dare not , for want of a particle
of evidence , put on trial is Ju9t and repre
hensible Whoever is guilty , I believe u
great wrong has been done to some mou
whoso names have been dragged into this
horrid business and the press and the public
will yet recognize that fact
Major Whcoler I am sorry the first report
wns not true If the mon are guilty they
should bo hanged
W. N. Nason Its all right except in
Kunze's case He is ns innocent , in my
opinion , as Hcggs and should have been ac
quitted
Euclid Martin It I had been on the Jury I
would have been In for . hanging the three
principals The ca30 was a perfect ono
against thorn ,
M. S. Lindsay The verdict was according
to the evidence
C. O. Lobcck They got all the evidence
warranted , if not moro
Colonel Chase The men were convicted
by public sentiment The evidence never
warranted a verdict of guilty against them
J. A. Wokedeld It looks pretty rough to
Uud such a verdict on circumstantial evid
ence If I had boon on the jurv I dent
tnink I would have boon for conviction ,
John T. Tallan The murderers of Dr
Cronln should hnvo.bcon hanged Hut there
Is nothing-to provo that these are the mur
dorors The evidouco is all circumstantial
These men should either bo hanged or nc-
quitted They are olther guilty or not guilty ,
and If found guilty they should rccelvo the
extreme penalty of the taw and I dent bu-
licve capital punishment has been expunged
from the laws of Illinois
John D. Howe They lot the lpllnws off
entirely too easy They ought to have received -
coived a sentence ordering them lumped on
the end of an olectrio light wira and then let
them sizzle
John Rush The case is very peculiar
There is no doubt hut that it w.u a cold
blooded murder , and that the clrcumstancas
were quito strong against some of the do-
fondants Yet if I were on the jury I could
not ' glvo a verdict of capital punishment , because -
cause ' I dent think the evidence sufilciontly
positive j Viovving tbo whole matter from Its
lncipiency ' every fair minded man must
acknowlcdgo ' that there was some sort of a
conspiracy j , and whether tno conspirnoy was
the ! result of factionalism in the ( Jutted
Hrothorhood j I dent think wds proven Tlioro
is ' to my mind only ono argument in favor of
factional conspiracy , and that is the declnru-
Hon inndo by some members of CampSOaftor
tbo ' disappearance of Dr Cronin that bo • (
would turn up nil right and that ho had gene
to England Another is the veuomoui attack
upon ! his character Ho was a man respected
in his own community and lie lived a con
sclontlnus ' Christian llfo , nnd why his character -
actor should bo assaulted after his death is a
mystery .1 , ns an Irishman , deplore this uu-
fortuuato miserable affulr It casts a shadow
over ' our entire race .
Judge Doano I have not paid very oloso
attention to the trial , having only read the
brief reports in Tub Hee , but I think , from
what I have seen , that the defense were
given every opportunity to prove their sldo
of the case I saw that the wcb'of circum
stantial ovidoiioo was growing stronger day
by duy until it scorned to ma there was uo
escape I was particularly Interested In
watching tbo evldenco concerning ICunzij
Ho seemed to bo intimately con
nected with tbo nffalr The evidence
against him was Btrong aud was mainly ob
tained through his own admissions on tlio
stand It Roems to ma there can be no
ground for working up a strong feeling of
sympathy for the condemned mon on account
of unfuirncss in the court proceedings , and
it also appears to mo thnt the evidence , if 1c
justified conviction at all , cortamly justifio 'd
it verdict of.canltal punlshmont , but In Illi
nois the Jury have tnu right to fix the punish
ment and It is probable tbero wns Borne ono
on the Jury who was opposed to this penalty
Mr John Grove I urn hardly prepared to
express my opinion on the matter , ns I have
not paid a great dent of attention to it lutcy ) ,
but I do think that it is a very important nf
falr for every ono concotnod , or who is In
terested In the cause of the Irish people , as
It will , no doubt , throw n dampc-r on tlio
cause In the minds of some people It is un
fair , ulso , to throw the blarnu of this affair
upon the Irish pconlc , as a race , for It Is a
matter for which n few individuals are en
tirely responsible , and they alone should bo
uuido to boar tbo blatno and not the Irish
people They have enough to bear as it is ,
and should not bo made to shoulder tbo
blatno for this occurence
J , J. Points I think the verdict will glvo
general satisfaction , nnd 1 believe It was con
sistent with the evidence
Leo Estclle The verdict is a Judicial out
rage It should have elthor boon hang or nc-
quUtal It Is tumpcrlng with law und Justlco ,
County Attorney Shields I do not think
the verdict was In accordance with thpmorlts
of the case If the men were guilty they
should suffer the extreme penalty of the law ;
If any doubt exists tboy should have boon ac
quitted
Judge II E. Davis As to tbo verdict Itself
I do uot care to state a positive opinion As
regards a new trial I incline to the oplulou
that Judge McConncll will not grant ono
The supreme court , however , may do so
There are , I understand , ever two thousand
exceptions to rulings made and if properly
presented a new trial will doubtless bo ob
tained
MR 1 , BRECKINRIDGE'S ' EXCUSE
Why Ho Made Net Move In the
Clayton Oriso
WILL \ CONSTRUCT A'TARIFF ' BILL
.
The Wnys nnd Monns Commlttco to
Begin Work Imnudlatoly Nebraska -
braska SIcnibsrH United on
Ualccr and Gurloy
Washi.sotom Uuueiu Tub Omiiu Bcb , )
513 FouiiTEBsrn StnnBT , >
Washington D. C , Doe 10. J
It required a very decisive move on the
part of the republicans In the house tcday to
smoke , Clifton A. Urocklarldgo of Arkansas
out , of his hole It willbj remembered that
General Clayton whllo last wlntor taking
testimony in the contest ho Intended to mnko
of , Hrccklnridgo's sent In congress was
assassinated ly political friends of Hrockln-
rldgo Notwithstanding thf fact that mil
lions of people throughout the country have
been shaming Urecklnrldge and declar
ing that It was nn outrngo that
ho should occupy a blood-stnlnod
seat without the proper denunciation
of the assassins of his opponent , ho quietly
sat in his chair in the house for moro thnu
two weeks without oven saying word about
thoterrlblqclrourastancos ' unilor which ho
is permitted to enjoy his privileges as a
public man Ho has beoa expected every
day to rlso 'lu his seat und ask tbo house to
Investigate the circumstances under which
his opponent was assassinated and oxouorato
himself of any blame for the murder When
the republican side today offered a
resolution authorizing the committee or
olectlons to mnko proper iuvostlgatton Mr
Ucckinridgo got up nnd said that ho would
himself hnvo done this had It not been for
tlio fact thnt a republican courts in Ills statu
had the affair under consideration and ho
thought it would bo moro proper for the republican -
publican sldo of the house to take the Initia
tive step hero The oxeuso was pcr.orully
regarded 03 a very flimsy ono " It is a won
der that the house and the galleries did not
hoot him Crisp of Georgia , who was chair
man of the committee on elections under
the Into democratic ronimo protested against
the proposed investigation nnd declared the
resolution out of order Speaker Heed al
most took the breath out of the democrats
when ho calmly submitted to the house the
question raised by Crisp Ho wonted to
glvo the democrats nn opportunity to vote
ugalnst the resolution , as they were all un
doubtedly anxious that i tbo proposition
should fall They had not ' , the courage , however -
over , of their convictions and refused to veto
against the proposition The com
mittee on elections ! will mnko
an Investigation and see whether
Mr Ureckcnridgo is in any degrco responsi
ble for tho.outragcous assassination .of Gen
eral Clayton , and if it lsjsbown that Clayton
could have made n successful contest or
Hrccklnridgo's seat the latter will bo ousted
In nny oveat Mr Hrecklnrldgo has not shown
himself to bo that fair-mln dod man which ho
would of late years hive Ipd the country to
believe that ho Is , und there is uo sympathy
expressed for him on any hand It is safe to
say that * there are very fey men in the coun
try who would occupy the seat that Mr
Hrookinridgo has taken1 . They would have
promptly declined it nfter ituo assassination
and permitted the people a\tho polls to again
express an opinion *
XEUUASKA MBSfllErjt COXUEB
There wns a conteroncoitliis afternoon of
the three Nebraska member * of the house in
roferoiico to a number ofNobrasku appoint
ments It was determined thnt all throe
should pull together to bring about a number
of changes They ugreed unauimously to
push Mr Bauer , who was a member Ojf the
last legislature , for the position of United
States district uttornoy , nnd Will Gurloy as
as nsslbtant district attorney ,
The ways and means committee vir
tually agreed upon tbo construc
tion of a tariff bill , nnd by the
duys they have fixed for the hearing of vari
ous Inteiests show that they do not intend
to idle nway the two wneks or moro of the 1
holiday recess The hearings of tbcao inter
ests began Thursday , December 80 , and
ended January 10. At tbo conclusion of the
hearings the committee intend to take up
scriatum tbo subjects which have been dis
cussed by the pensions advocates who ap
pear before them and promptly compile a L
bill , bo as to report to the house urly in
February The ooinmtttco on ways und [
moans was composed with a view to nblo
and rapid work uud the notion of the mum
bcrs today in adopting the programme they
have fixed will uot disappoint the speaker or
the country
Tlio two senators from Nebraska met with
the I members of tlio house A letter of en
dorsement recommending Judge Dundy for i
the ' position vacated by Judge Drowor was
drawn ' up und signed by all It was expected
that < the letter would bo presented by tbo
delegation j to tlio president today , but tbo :
long ' session of the senat6 prevented It will [
probably I bo tnlcon to the white house to "
morrow ' , The senators also conferred with
the members of the bouse on the appoint
ment ! of the three supervisors of the cousus , 1
whoso ' names were prematurely announced ,
The names ns announced were agreed ;
upon ' after n full discussion i
nnd ' will consist ns before of
Cook ' of Lancaster , Randall of Cny | aud
Stounnor of Dodge , The situation in respect :
to recommendntions as formerly made on
Which the president hns not acted was dis
cussed ' nnd the understanding was that the
delegation ' would , press certain most Im
portant appointments Today In executive
session Senator Paddock reported favorably
from the cominiUeo on publio lands the nomi
nation of William McCr.nn , receiver of the
Chndron land office , nnd C. II Cornell of the
Valontliio land ofllco , Ex-Senator Saunders
was ulso rcnoitcd favorably as u member of
the Utah commission from the committee on
territories , and Cliaucollor Manatt as consul
general to Athens Senator Paddock today
reported from the committee on public luuus
his bill providing for two additional land
offices In the btato of Nebraska , the offices
to bo located at Alliance and Broken How
*
WOltK 01' WESTCltV BTATESMEH
In the senate today Mr Manderson Intro i-
duced the following , which was referred to
the commlttco on public lands :
KesoH'ed , Thnt the secretary of tbo into i
rlor bo and Is hereby instructed to inform the
senate what military reservations or parts
thereof have been relinquished by the war
department and abandoned by executive
order and placed under the control of the
secretary of thu interior pursuant to the pro i-
visions of the uct approvpd July S , 1831 , and
any acts subsequent thereto ; what military
reservations or poi lions thereof placed uudor
control of the secretary , of the interior under
Buld nets have boon surveyed or subdivided
nnd sold ; what , If any reason exists why the
lands In such said reservations are not sur :
veyed , subdivided , appraised und sold and
what appropriation is nodded to survey said
lands that the satno may be disposed of as
approved by law , "
Mr , MandcMon also preiontod the petition
of the veterans of the late war at Nollgh in
favor of pension legislation as recommoudod
bv the pension committee of the Grand
Army of the liopublia
Mr Manderson ( by request ) Introduced a
bill providing for tjordan suffrage
Senator Paddock Introduced bill
a provid 1-
ing for the purchase of a site and tlio oou i ,
structiun of a publio building at Heatrlco to
costT5.00p. The bill provides for the pur r-
chase of the slto by advertisement and the
selection Is to ba mudo by a commission of >
three persons to ba appointed by the secre
tary of the treasury , the selection to be final
and the commissioners to bo paid -00 each :
and traveling expenses The bonutor also
introduced a bill providing that any settler
upon the publio domain who has taken or >
may hereafter take land by homestead entry
aud wm ] has commuted or may hereafter
commute tbo sanio to cash entry shall upon
proof of cultivation uud continued residence :
"
for a period of five yean bo cntitlod to re
payment of the money paid by him In com
mutation of such entry Ho ulso prcsontod
a bill impropriating fiOO.OOO for ft capltol and
court houio building nt Salt Lalto , Utah , the
site to bo agreed upon In the eamo manner
ns fixed for the building nt Hcntricc
Senators Allison nnd Wilson today pro1
scntcd in tha sonata a largo number of mom
orlnls and petitions from their constituents
asking that congress ennct n law prohibiting
speculation upon farm products nnd dealing
with it In such manner ns lo controlo Its
future price They also presented a lot
of memorials In favor of a moro
stringent Sunday law Sonntor Alll-
son Introduced bills for the relief
of Mary J. Dorr , the owners , officers nnd
crow of the Urltlsh bark Chance , Anna
Piatt , Annlo Slater , Allco Kelly , also Annie
and Ellen G. Leo , John Itrochon , Sr „ Mrs
Amanda S. Wlsnor and Stephen D. licdfleld
Ho nlso Introduced n bill amending the net
authorizing the construction of wagon und
foot passenger brldgo across the Mlsslssipi
at or near Lyons , In The bill provides that
the structure shall be for wagons and vohloI
1 M of all kinds , mil mats and foot passengers
nud , at the option of the corporation , to bo
used for railroad trains upon such reason
nblo rates of toll as may bo fixed from imo
to ttmo by the corporation and npprovod by
the secretary of war , The brldgo is to bo
with unhrokon or continuous spans , n pontoon
teen or draw bridge It Is to bo sufilciontly
high to not to boahlndranco to navigation
No change Is mndo In the time within which
the work Is to be begun and completed
Senator Pottigrcw from South Dakota pro
scntod a memorial ftotn the Commercial club
of Sioux Falls asking that congress appro-
priuto immediately n sum sufficient to com
plete the locks and canal at SaultSte Marie ,
Mich The memorial goes on to say that the
state of South Dakota is vitally interested
and is in dungor by the conditibu of the old
canal and lock , ns they may Injuns transpor
tation by the lake
Congressman ltecktor Introduced a Joint
resolution authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to donate to the state of South Da
kota all the furniture nnd ether property left
over after the recent constitutional conven
tion
Congressman Gifford will , at the first op
portunity , introduce In tno house bills to
open to settlement that portion of Fort Kau-
dall lying east of the Alissouri river , ratify
ing the agreement of the Indians to nllovi
the Chicago , Milwaukee & St Paul railway
lompany right-of-way through the Wabpjton
Indian reservation in South Dakota , grant
ing to the state of South Dakota for school
purposes 5 per cent of the proceeds of the
lands which have been or may hereafter bo
sold from the publio domain In North Da
kota , providing for building buildings in the
principal cities of South Dakota
Hcpreseutativo Hunsbrouglt will introduce
a bill ratifying the agreement of the Indians
on the Ucrthold reservation in North Dakota
to throw open their reservation to settlement
nnd appropriating $00,000 for removing the
Iudinns and $12,000 for removing their build
ings to another locality
Among the petitions introduced la the
senate today were the following :
I3y Senutor Wilson From Alex Will
iams and eighty-six other legal voters
ers in Lafourcho parish , Louisiana ,
favoring a national election law whiett
will compel obedience to the Fifteenth
amendment of the constitution of tbo United
Statc3.
Hy Senator Pettigrow From thirty-two
soldiers of Garry , S. D. , for additional pen
sion legislation
Senator Moody introduceo bills appropri
ating $200OOU for publio buildings at Dead
wood und Rapid City , nlso a bill to reim
burse the state of South Dakota for the
Sioux Falls convention of 1W55.
Senator Pettigrow Introduced a bill appro
priating $230,000 for the erection of a publio
building nt Sioux Falls , also a bill authoriz
ing'tho secretary of the interior to survey
and mark the boundary line between South
and North Dakota
- . . jySJV POSTVIAjSTCIIS . ' * -
Nebraska Murray , Ca3s county , 'J.W. .
Edmunds , vice H. F , Hrindel , resigned ;
.Uelby , Sqward county , O. Gowory , vioo A.
J. Rogers , renlovcd ; Wilson , Furnas county ,
J. U. McGraw , vlco W. L. Hell , resigned
South Dakota Elk Crook , formerly
Urownsvillo , Lawrence county , A. A. Ran
dall , Vlco W. O. Hubbard , restgnod ; Fulton ,
Hanson county , O. U. Urooks , vlco N. C.
H-irlc , removed
MISCELIAXEOUS
Chairman McKlnloy expoets to seethe resolution
elution which ho introduced today mid had [
referred to tno committee on ways und !
meauB , providing for the holiday recess of
congress to begin next Friday , reported back
to the house nnd finally pass both branches i
of amended to for the
congress provldo re -
cess on Thursday ,
A telogrum was today received announcing
the resignation of Superintendent Strnnahan [
of the board of publio works , Now York
state This place was uromisod to J. D.
Yoomans of Sioux City His homo was in i
Erie county , Now York , until a year ago
when ho removed to Sioux City to look after
live stock interests
Tlio general land office will awake to the
condition of the fraud division which under
Sparks reign Inn ' 10,000 cases behind The
policy has been to delay action in all cases ,
not moro than a hundred being decided per
annum Hy urgent recommendation of the
South Dakota statesman the en tire division
has boon reorganized nnd business now gees
on
Indian Commissioner Morgan has all the
papers concerning the bridge over the Nee
brara river to the Ponca reservation pot !
tloncd for by the Holt county supervisors
Judge Kincaid urges favorable action on t
this case as do all others in that locality
On Wednesday Secretary Noble will hnvo
a conference with the delegation of chiefs
from the Sioux Indian reservation in South
Dakota and Nobrasku , after which It is ox-
pectod the secretary will report to the president -
dent wl'h it view to tbo issuauco of a pie
clamatlou by the chief executive throwing
the reservation open to settlement ,
J. H. Suydcr of Iowa was today appolntod
a messenger m the house of representatives
A , M. Uowdol , president of the First
National bank of Mitchell , S. O. , is in the
eitv for a week , stopping with John II King ;
C. F. Goodman and It A. Gaylnrd and
wifo'aro at the Normandlo and It C. Patter
son ts at the Ehbltt They are all well known
Nebraska people ,
Senator Fryo today Introdi' cod his bill of ' ,
the last session to provldo for the settlement
of tha claims of the United States growing
out of the issue of bonds to nid in the con
structlou of the Union Pacitlu railroad
Cranch's bill , introduced in the bodso
today by McKinlcy concerning the collection
of customs dues is u compound of several ad ,
ministrative bills wuich have figured before
tbo past congress The basis Is the old
iHewitt udininlstrntlva bill which has been
copiously ameuded by lusortions of phrases > ,
sentences nnd sections from the
last senate tariff bill and a draft
submitted by the treasury department to tbo
last congress , to which McKlnloy has added | j
further suggestions made by tbo present
treasury ofUciuls The result is a bill of |
Ihlrty-two primed pages ,
Tbo democrntio house caucus which was
called to meet tonight to determine what >
position , if any , the party should take in ro- '
gard to iho deficiency has been abandoned ,
Senator I'ottigrow today Introduced a bill 1
to nuthorizo the secretary of the
interior to survey und murk the
boundary lines between North and South
Dakota The sum of 100,000 to meet the ex-
peuscs of the work is appropriated ,
Commissioner of Pensions Kuum today
Issued an order directing that forty of tbo
-dS special pension examiners now in tbo
field bo recalled and nsslgncd to duty in the
pension bureau in Washington , The number >
of examination fields will bo reduced und
their several boundaries extended so as to
cover the entire country General Itaum's
purpose In malting this change is tn iucreaso
1tho cffoctlvo working force of his office ,
The secretary of the interior today ron
dored n decision in the case of 0. M. Fair
rchild vs The Dos Moines Valley railroad ,
company , The lands Involved in this case
woru claimed by the railroad by reason of ,
certification to the etate Juno 14 , 1600. us lu !
dumnlty lands under the act of July 13 , 180'J.
The secrctury , however , holds this certiflvu- .
Hon to have been erroneously made and di-
rects n demand for a relinquishment or ro-
conveyance of tl0 | lands to the United Status
to bo made unon tbo company , In dofuult of
which suit will bo recommended to rot usidu
the certification
Pimr S , Heatu ,
IOWA NKW8.
Preventive j Measures Again Bt tlio
Kprcnd nl' Diphtheria '
Dks Moises , la , Dee , 10. [ SpoiUl Tele
gram to The line I The state board ol
health 1 is In receipt of a lcttor from Now
Hampton ] concerning the diphtheria In that
place ! The house has been quarantined but
the ) family has been making butter In tt
house 1 adjoining the residence.inoinbcrs of the
i family going from Iho back room to the
diary , nnd the authorities want instructions
In j regard to the matter , The board replied
thnt the butter making must bo stopped , aud
butter ) ulrcady made to bo confiscated , A
similar case from Motz , Jasper county , where
milk , and cream was taken to a creamery
from | a House where tlioro was ncaso | of scarlet
fever j This has nlso been ordered stepped
A Mnndniutis Wnntcd ,
Des Moises , la Dee 10. | Speclnl Tolo1
gram I to Tun Uke ] The governor Is In ro-
ccipt * of a communication signed by citizens
of i Chirindn petitioning for interference by a
mandamus , proceeding to prevent the pro
posed . ! tearing up of the tracks of the Clarinda -
inda & St Louis road on Wednesday next
Hn referred the communication to the rail
road commissioners
Died From IIIft Wonndfl ,
Keokuk , In , Doc 10. [ Special Telegram
to The Hed ] Louis Hurrell , the colored
drayman who was shot by Fred Kocchtiiig
Inst Tuesday whllo in the act of stealing
wood , died early this morniug Kocchlmg is
under nrrost awaitiug the uctlon of tbo jury
now la session
Drowned in n Slop Hnrrcl
Rr.n Oak , la , Dec 10. [ Special Tolcgram
to The Uee.1 The slx'ycar-old daughter of
Henry Hruco , living near here , was drBwned
in n slop barrel this morning The little one
was loaning over the edge or the barrel and
foil In headforemost with no one around to
repcue her
Tiip nnoTiiKitiioon riiAVBRs
A Nuiiie , n Constitution and ny-Lnws
are Adopted
New Yokk , Doc 12. The Brotherhood
base ball representatives mot hero this
morning and remained In session untllnearly
0 o'cloidt when n recess was tnken The re
port of the commlttco on constitution and
bylaws was adopted with a few amend
ments Tbo name agreed upon was Players
National League of Uaso Ball Clubs " There
was quito n number of chunges compared
with the constitution of the national league
The Becrotary must bo un outsider ,
new members must have three quarter vote ;
clubs may bo expelled for failure to sign con
stitution ; to pay yearly dues of $1,500 ; to
pay salaries of visiting clubs porcentugo ; to
deliberately fall to play championship games
for selling beer or liquor , pool soiling , open
betting , playing witn disqualified clubs ,
throwing gnmes , playing on Sunday , etc
Any member can bo dlsmissod between ono
playing Benson nnd another Hut no
player can bo transferred from ono
club to another without written
consent from him The league is to Uo man
aged by a board of directors , who shall con
sist of stockholders who are not players and
plnyors who are not stockholders , Two
members of each club will form the com
mlttco The agroomeut between the clubs ,
which lasts ton years , wns nmonded by a
resolution providing that each member of
the league sball guarantee and positively
agree to say each player the salary fixed by
his contract upon request and that there bo
raised a fund of $10,000 to bo , contributed by
the members equally , to bo deposited with
the treasurer as aguarantco of tbo perform
ance by each member of the contract
„ The following officers-weroelocted ; Presi
dent , E. A. MeAlpin , New York ; vice presi
dent , John Addisou , Chicago ; secretary and
treasurer , F. H. Hruuoll , Chicago Various
committcos wore appointed It is understood
that Von dor Abo's St Louis team will bo
admitted
tub wimao/vt' / outrage ,
AltlitiUKli the Defendant is Acquitted ,
tlio Affair la Not Kndcd Yet
Holtoke , Wyo , Doc 10 , | SpccIal Tote
gram to Tun Bee | It seems that the dismissal -
missal of the Benkol vs Withorbee case nnd
the finding of the defendant not guilty in
the matter of the whitecap outrage of the
Sth lust , has in no wise put a quietus on the
Investigation Rumors have gained ground
as late as 0 o'clock p. m. that other important j
arrests would bo made in the morning
Ccitaln parties Interested in the prosecution
have been warned to bo on their guard Mon
who have received such warnings can now
bo scon going on the strcot where business
or pleasure may call them in groups of three i
or four iu order for hotter protection in case i
of attack
A DRUNKI2N MANS DEHD
Murder nnd Arson Committed Whiles i
- • Crazy With I/quor.
Contoocook , N. II , Dec 10. Tbo barn of ;
Moses E. Dodge at Hopklnton was burned I
,
caily this morning Two bloody axes and '
fresh blood have boon found Tn a neighbor
ing shed nnd it is learned that a neighbor was i
at the place last evening crazy drunk Dodge
sent him homo , but the drunken man is said I
to have cscapod from his house about the
time of the fire A boy named Henry Soarlo ,
who worked for Dodge , saved the horses in i
the barn , but Dodge was lost In the fire
Over soventcon head of cattle burned
•
Scnpn 1'luto'd Fighting
Lisbon , Dec 10. The pnpors hero give a
long account of the events preceding the re-
contactlon'ot Soprju Pinto in Mozambique
It is nllcgod that a party of engineers but
voylng a railroad line were nttaokod by the
Makololos without provocation and were
compelled to fight , killing six negroes The
reports of the larger affair cannot roach here
for several tveoks , but the official papers
deny that Soppa Pinto has any such force as
tbo English claim ,
,
A Successful Operation on Darrctt
Hostox , Mass , , Doc , 10.--A successful
surgical oporatlon has boon performed upon
Lawrence Harrott consisting of the removal
of some lymphatic glands of the throat As
soon as the patient recovers bo will betake
himself to'somo European watering pluco
for rest and recreation
. •
A Crnzyinnn's Ilalltiolnntlon
NewYoiuc , Dee 10. Joseph Kracke , a
Bohemian carpenter , became Inaauo tonight
aud throw his three young children out of a
window Ho said ho saw Jesus In the yard
and threw the children to him as a Christ
mas present They fell on the fire escape and
were not seriously injured , Kracke then
ran amuck and assaulted several women nnd
men Ilu wns finally subdued after a fierce
Btrugglo with four policemen , Ho is In the
hospital now a raving maulao
I'nn-Amerloniii In New YorK
New Yoiik , Dee 10. Secretary Hlalno
with the All-American congress delegates and
ladles arrived at Jciscy City this afternoon i ,
Tboy were met by a reception commlttco
pnd Mr , Mrs and Miss Ulalao wont to the
Fifth Avenue hotel whllo the delegates and
ladles crossed ut Cortland street and were
cscoriod to the city hall where un infoimal
reception was held by Mayor Grant This |
ovt'iiiug they ure visiting the different the ,
uteis
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The Wouthor Force ist
For Omaha and Vicinity Fair weather ,
'
Iowa , Lower temperature , Morthe rly
winds
South Dukota Fair , lower temperature ,
Forthwosterly wluds ,
Kudu Pnslin Decorated
NllBiiLiN , Dee 1C Emperor William has
confoired upou Emln Pasha the decoration
( second class order ) of the r.rowr with the
\ tar ,
THE 1 CROWELL MURDER CASE J
A Promlnout Cltlzon of That Plaoo } II
Arroatod ;
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CHARGED WITH COMPLICITY ' '
J
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Hon ; Ihlovns aioct With n Illioonr-
ngemont The llnll-IIess Shooting ;
AITrny Tnkon Up hy the
Women Siato Notes
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Arrested Tor Complicity 'i
Fiicmont , Neb , Dee 10. | Special to Tnn J
1 Unci Additional excitement nnd Interest 3
has I boon glvon to the Cra well murder case " §
by 1 the arrest of Herman Dlcrs of Crowoll , a ,9
hotolkccpor 1 nnd merchant at that place , for *
complicity in the murder of Carl Pulslfcr J
The arrest was made by Sheriff Mnllon yes |
tcrdny ( . afternoon and was done so quietly ; <
that the pcoplo of the llttlo vlllai-o know \
nothing i of It until today When the news |
wns mndo public great excitement followed )
The ' prisoner was brought to Fremont last , S
evening i und Is now lodged in jail The ,4 < < H
ofllcors i nnd every ono connected nro very III
closo-moutlicd ' nud it Is.extremely difficult to ;
obtain i exact Information ns to whnt evidence < M
there is thnt Diors wns connected with the ill
case in nny manner Mr Diors , sr , , ofVcst JS
Point , fatbor of the prisoner , came to Fie > • !
mont this morning to look tutor his sons iH
welfare Ho is * very much wrought up over 3II
the now turn taken In triutters Ho states | BI
that ho has been informed that his sons 1
nrrcst wns made on the nllegcd grounds that M
ho hired young Fuist and Shcpbard to kill J
Pulsifcr ; that the consideration was a suit J
of clotlics nnd t-JO in advance and A
81,000 nfter the murder had been 'J '
committed Ho declares his son innocent - \
nocent of the crime Ho says ho bad no J
feelings against Pulsifcr , but that on tbo i
contraTj Pulsifcr nnd Herman Diors were 3
good friends , nud tlmt the latter often took 3
his meals at Herman's hotel aud borrowed * !
tnonoy of him J i
The prlsonor took nn nctivo part in the 1
capture of the two murderers , hut is not J
known lo have displayed nny overweening "S
deslro to ofTcnt their capture thnt would |
savor or suspicion Ho was foreman of the t ,
coroners Jury which sut upon the body of * |
Pulsifcr The only thing certain at this { I
time is that ho has been arrested for com # |
pllclty , which charge , if true , would involve ,1
ill in us un instigator of the plot It Is S
not definitely known whether Furst and rfa
Shcpbard have stated that they were i
hired by Diors j
A Unrni Reception ?
SwtixoviEW , Neb , Doe 10 [ Special to J
The Bin ] Lafe ; Bourn , re3hling south of 5 ,
this plnco nnd a stock feeder of considerable i
note , has been losing his hogs , ono or two at , k
njtlmc , for the past ten days Last Weanes- ?
day night he and two of his hired men organ -i
ized a watch , concealing thomsolvcs in a .
straw stack in the confer of tbo , feed lot | :
AboutS o'clock a-man wassocn , gun In hand , • ,
climbing over tlio fvneo Into the feed lot V
Ho was halted and fired upon all ut the same 4
time , when ho threw up his hands with a v ,
groan nnd fcllbackwardB , at tbo same time -fmL
shooting , As there were known to be SI
a number of men on the outstdo of the lot , , , ,1
confederates of the supposed dead man , Mr 31
Bourn nnd hla men kept still in the straw gf
stock to await , developments Thov nad not 7 |
long to wait , as two mon were Been skulking * S
from a canyon just buck of the feed lot and ki
where thoinan was shot off the fence , whom j ?
they picked up and carried off ns fast ( is tUoy %
could go In a few minutes another man was \ \
seen coming from the canyon to the fence %
where the flr&t man was shot Ho picked up k
something-suppoicd to bo a gun and §
stalled bacic , when ho was fired upon by the < *
men in thu straw stuck nnd was without jf
doubt hit , as ho stuggerod is ho ran In all ? |
there wcio twenty shots tired Ono mau is jg
supposed { o bo killed and ono wounded , J
Mr Bpurn tbiults tnero were at least seven *
men m the gang They had a spring wagon * (
and a pair of mules Citizens hero think It )
is a case of the old-time rnstlors seeking ro"V
vengo on members of the virllnnco com'f
mittco Mr Bourn , it iswell known , is a , ?
loader in that organisation Let that bo as tDI
it may , the thieves got a warm reception dm
Members of tlio commlttco have put nn a I
strong force and further trouble is looked . 4
for
Kearney votes 1
KEAitsav , Neb , Dec 10. [ Special Telo- * S.
gram to Tun Bee.1 The city council ordered , ,
nt their meeting tonight n now hcok and 1
ladder cart with a complete equipment i I
costing $ 1,200. This will bo In readiness kT i
when the new city hall will bo dedicated 4
next month M
The third member of Lowls Logan's family - a
ily , living eight miles north of the city , died .
tonight of diphtheria All died within a few |
days , Others of the family are sick The j
dlscaso is attributed to bad water from a well ' 3
improperly protected from filth 4 m
A mass meeting was hold In the opera 3JH
hou90 tonight to discuss the building of rail gill
roads from this city The Kearney & Black gffjl
Hills and Kearney , Hutchinson & Gulf roads , IIjll
both on paper , were freely discussed , The &
former extends from Kearney via Calaway
and on to the Black Hills and the latter to % fl
Galveston via Mlndon , Superior , Wichita . * $ * U
and Hutchinson , A committee was appointed H/M
to confer with the boards of trade in the 'lU
towns and cities on the proposed lines rcla- Hll
tivo to building the road The feeling here -jltD
is that the Black Hills route will bo com $ U
pictcd 111 st -5B
NrbrnHka Udltorlnl AsHOCltiilon WiM
Kcaiinet , Neb , Dec 10. [ Special Tele- IB
grum to The Bee , | The annual session ol vl |
the Nebraska Editorial association will be | B
hold bora January 23 and " < • H. M. Bush $
neil , president , and lG. . Simmons , secro- Wm\ \
tary , were In the city today completing nr- JB
rangoments nnd getting up the programme • aH
Tbo editors of the state and their wives will Wm\ \
bo prcsont , the guests of'tho city , The first wSJ
duy will bo devoted to a business eosslon In -
the evening there will be orations , poems , -H
literary ana other exercises During the . &fl
second day there will bo a discussion of busl- i H
ncss topics nnd Improvements iu newspaper 4&HJ
work In iho evening a grand bimquol will 3 fl
bo hold In tbo Midway ball aH
Ills Life Wns in Dmifror
Wayne Neb , , Dee 10. [ Special to Tn lam \
Bee ] During the Kelley trial last week fl |
tlioro was un uudorcurront of excitement all H
tbo timb , aud a constant apprehension of • Sm\ \
danger to the llfo of Dr Kelley , Mlchaol U
and Mary Soulior , brother and sister of the !
decoasoa girl , and tbo other Germans who . * m\
were supposed to have boon concerned In tuo Ifll
shooting of Dr Kelley last winter , were here H
all the week , nud mudo numerous threats H
that they would kill him nt the first oppor- Mm
tuuity , On one occasion Mary Soulier rushed4HH
at Dr Kelley us ho was leaving the court 3Jmm
house and cried , lu German ; Ill ' kill you , * $9 $ |
you murderer I" Two Omahn detectives Wm\
were hero all the week to guard Dr , Kelley , 'INI
and accompanied h tin wherever ho went , and 3Hi
the sheriff nnd his deputies were couBtuntly JH |
on thn watch The suspected persons ware fll
not allowed in the court room , and a deputy nHl
was Btutlonod at the door to Uoop thorn out f9i
The result of theftnal was no surprise to vjfll
anyone who hoard the evldenco The state - H
failed to convict , not because of any mis- ' 91
management of the case , but because there "jflsi
was absolutely uo evidence to sustain f con - eJHi
Victiou , HH
A I'titnl Pall jH
West Point , Neb , Dee 10. [ Special Tell&m
egrain to The Hee | Word came to towu to- SH
night that a * dead mau was lying lu the road jHJ
about three miles east of this ylaco and eltl- HJ
zonB repaired at oaco to tbo scene of the JHJ
supposed murder , to find ono George Rom * H
, ucrg bad boon foully dealt with , but upon ' * jH