OMAHA DAILY
TWENTYXETKST YEAH. OMAJ-TA , WED SESDAY MOKNING , SEPTEMBER 9 , 1891. NQMBEK S3.
THOUSANDS VISIT THE FAIR ,
Kelira-ka's ' Great Exhibit Draws Great
Throngs to Lincoln ,
PROSPEROUS FARMERS TALK CROPS.
from Itellahlo Source *
of the Supply the Stato'H Fields
Have Yielded This Vein-
NotcN.
Ltscoi.v , Nob. , Sept. 8.-.Special [ to Tins
AUK. ] At 9 o'clock this morning the heavy
clouds which had prevailed since lust night
broke nwuy nnd the sun came out , making
the day a perfect ono for fair purposes. MX-
curs I on train nfter excursion train rolled up
to the grounds , nnd nt noon It wns
estimated that there were not fewer than
15,000 people on the ground. Among
tbcso were hundreds of school children to
whom the gates had boon thrown open fruu
of chnrgo.
All the pavilions were thronged with
visitors , and the exhibit of blooded animals
especially attracted a lurgo number of
( spectators.
The music on the grounds Is furnished by
the Humboldt band , and is appreciated by
very inrgo audiences.
Messrs. H. K. Grecr of Kearney , A. L.
Strnng , world's fair commissioners , viewed
the exhibits with n view to making a selec
tion for thu Columbian exposition.
Commissioner Mnrlln of Omaha is expected
tomorrow.
Itlooded Stook.
The dlspmy of blooded animals is ono of
the greatest features of ttis exhibition. The
Btnlls for the nccommodntlon of these animals
me located nlong the fences of the inclosuro
nnd scattered in several p.aces throughout
the grounds. The horses mainly belong to
Nebraska owners , though quitu a number of
them come from ubroud.
Among the dealers OB the cround nro the
following : F. W. Upton , Beaver Crossing ;
O. S. Wolcott & Sons , Archer : J. N. An-
tine , Tumorn ; N. U. Judd , Duwson ; J.
Flum , Tnmorn ; Joseph Watson it Co. ,
Hcutrlco ; Frank James , St. Paul ; Georiro N.
Wrlcht & Co. . Ctirluton ; George L. Abbott ,
Stuplehurst ; Peter Iloplev it Co. , Lewis , la. ;
D. Moono.v , Wymoro ; W. G. Durrcll , Lin
coln ; A. H. MeUcllun , Trumbull ; Alex
Sloun , Uniidilln ; Joseph W.itson , Beatrice ;
L. Bunks Wilson , Creston ; 13. A. Wustcott ,
Malcolm ; Ephnmn Ktfo. Lincoln ; J. N.
Cameron , Kuvmond ; C. II. Crawford , Lin-
; J. W Hoylo. York ; W. H. Barstow ,
Crete ; Wostcott , Gibbon & Co. . Wcstcott ;
A. C. Sabln , Beatrice ; Bent Aslimoro , Lex
ington.
Poultry Kxlilhlt.
The poultry exhibit hna been located in n
Inrgo fniino building of the shape of St. An
drew's cross. The walls are lined with cages ,
crates , boxes nnd coops nnd In them nro
sheltered several thousand put nnd farm
poultry from thu diminutive bantam to the
massive nnd imposing Langsham'.s. The
presence of lordly chanticleer is otberwiso
mndu known by the Incessant crowing in n
hundro'l different stylos. The exhibit is the
largest ever mndo in tlio state and tbo va
riety is much more interesting than it wns a
year ngo.
Among the lending exhibitors nro the
Beatrice Poultry nnd Pot Stock association
with Klfi entries ; Omaha Poultry und Pot
Stock association , li > 0 ; S. J. it H. Cnr-
pcnlor , Wuvorly , ,30 ; Smith brothers , Lin
coln , 12 : A , Armstrong , Greenwood , IS ; Carl
J. Week , Kllsworth , ICnn , 15 poultry , SO
pigeons ; Mrs. W. O. Fletcher , Lincoln , 8 ; T
F. Lester , Lincoln , 20 ; Thomas Dobson ,
Germantown , SO ; L. P. Harris , Lincoln , 20 ;
Dr. 1Cnaup , Lincoln , 18 ; L. C. Lemon , Uni
versity Place , 10 ; J. A. McNnbb , Lincoln ,
IIS ; J. L. Lvman , Lincoln ; William Uotlon ,
Jr. , Unadllla ; E. 13. Day , Weeping Water , 15 ;
G. F. Dnvls it Co. , Dwver , Ind.
The exhibit attracts hundreds of visitors ,
who Unit an accommodating superintendent
in J. U. McGahan and an assistant in J. A.
Alley.
They Tnllcod Crops.
Senator Wilson , Dnwes county Wheat
wilh us will run slxty-livo pounds to the
bushel nnd forty-one bushels to the ncro. Wo
hnvo not yut got through harvesting. Oats
will roach from sixty to nlntv bushels lo thu
ncro nnd forty-five pounds to thu bushel. Wu
bnvo hud some trouble on account of the rain.
Wo need dry weather now to ripen the corn.
A lurgn number of our farmers will prove up
on their hinds this year , the shocrful pros
pects nnd good crops giving them
nil the encouragement they need.
A number of the settlers up our
way loft us nnd wont homo during the win
ter , but tlioy have sincu returned. They
went nway with the permission of Iho gov
ernment , which allows settlers six months'
/ leave of absence when n failure of crops upon
% -thoir claims ocei'rs. AH they hnvo to do is
to file an iiflldnvlt of the failure nnd the
settlers can go where they please for the
tlmo allowed.
W. A , Duy of Hull County The crops nro
generally very good. Melons , however , nre
very poor. There am very few of our fnrm-
crs raising sugar beets , for tha reason thnt
they do not consider that they huvo been
treated rightly. They do not tlnnlc they have
hoen well enough paid. You know there can
bo no such thing as a full crop. It has
never taken place. Well , thut wns
-/rxpected of the farmers wbo were raising
C sugar boots. They could not have mixed u
full crop of anything , more especially of
hoots , something they had never raised he-
fore. I know it to bo n fnct , though , that
f-omo of thu farmers did bettor when they
wore cultivating tbo boots in their own wny
thun they did when tlioy weru under the In
struction of thu exports who hud bcon im
ported from abroad.
N. H. Hnnson , Hunter , Dlxon county
The irops this year nro ttio boat wo h.ivo
hud for four yeiiM nnd everybody feels
hnppy over ttio prospect. Wnyno and Dlxon
county uro settling up rapidly. 1 never saw
fiuch immigration. They nro coming to
us from nil parts of the country.
They nro attracted to us bocuuso
wo have had good crops every year , except
possibly thrco years ncro when small grain
illd not show up veiy well. Corn Is n little
late , but it is that wny nil over the country.
It will yield with us from forty to sixty
bushels per ucro ,
J , J. Morris , Humboldt , Hlchnrdsoncounty
It the frost keeps off till the corn Is
matured wo shall huvo n good tmrvcst. Some
of the corn Is good and some U not good. It
is all owing to the peculiarity of the season.
Some of it is spotted. The wet season pre
vented corn from maturing. It would muku
one stulk shorl nnd allow another to grow
lull. Wu shall not bnvo n great crop , but wu
ihnll bnvo a good one.
Joseph GralT , Firth , Lancaster county
. corn with us Is not us good as It was two
\onrs ngo , though our small grain Is much
butter than it over wns before. Wo can't
nccount for the backivnrdnoss of the corn ex
cept bv the hot winds which prevailed for
thrco or tour dnys. Wo nro nwuy houl : of
last yunr , though.
13. llrcnry. Fullerton , Nnnco county
"Everything Is favorable for a grand crop.
Flux Is especially good , Many of our far
mers wi-ro pivtty hard pressed lust winter ,
but ttiU crop \\lil bring them out of trouble.
Thcru h Halo Immigration to our county bo-
cnuso it 1 already settled up.
H , ( ilubb , Inland Thu crop last ycur was
pretty nearly knockud out. This
year , it will bn thu greatest In
three yean , Wheat will sbow up
from twnntv to twenty-live bushels
to the nrnt , llax , ton to twenty-two bushels ,
1 tmvu rulicd eighteen and ono-hnlf buhhcls
to the ucro und bavo thirty-live buktiols
iilnntcd ana .sold thu produce for S'J cents a
biishul. In money mutters the people nro in
pretty good shupu. The were n little tight
uurlnir the winter , but they are going to bo
helped by this crop. Wo have never had a
teetotal fallutv , though last year was the
nearest to one I have over icon.
Dr. Lewis , Albion -Tho corn Is late , the
Wheat U good , the oats excellent , 'i'lioj are
the bast evur raised la the county. Money U
rather IOBU-O , though real citato has taken a
rise nnd Is maintaining It. This crop will
put the farmers on their feet. We hnvo never
had nny relief In our county , the people bavo
nlwnys been enabled to pull out under nil
dinicultlo.'i.
Gcorgo F. Mllbonnic , Mlndon The fnrm-
ors uro elated over the crop prospect. Thov
uro awny ahead of nny crop they overbad.
In my nmneiHato vicinity , wheat will run
from a third tn a half moru than nt nny other
tlmo. Corn will bo four times greater , nnd
wlicnt from thruo to four times moro than
before , Thu further west you go , the belter
the crops become , which Is , purhnps , Just us
thu people require.
S. J. ICryder. Dorchester The storm took
down our oats so that wo shall not huvo nn
nverngu crop. Thuro were some outs which
wuro taken down so low that they will not
bo cut. Wo nro nil hoping thnt the frost , m i.v
not como. Lust yenr.on thu 12th of this mouth ,
wo bad frost which fro/u all vepetatlon.
D. Anderson , Burwcll Thn farmers In
our neighborhood mo nearly ull now ones.
Mnny of them came there with very llltlo
money. They got Into ilout. These of them
wbo hud been In debt before lasl your , found
it prottv hard last winter. They bave found
it prottv hard even during the past season.
Mnny of ttioin did not have sulllcient feed
for tbclr horses and they could not give tbo
oropur attention to their crops. As n result ,
the crops In such instances will not average
well. Those farmers would put their
horses out to feed one-half of tbo duy on
crass and work thorn the other half. Hut
they conlil'nt cultivate well in that manner.
O. Wilson , Burwoll Let mo glvo you u
sample of what wo hnvo raised. S. T. Flur-
rlor threshed thirty-eight bushels of wheat
to the acre , and in ono ucro nnd tbroe-qunr-
lors iho yield was sovunty-four bushels. That
wns good enough for f'-an-ncro land. Wo nro
sending out two men Monday next systemat
ically to advertise. They nro going to Illinois
und oilier stutcs especially to seek people
with means to como and settle among Us.
O. P. linger , near Lushton Nothing was
raised among us last year , not enough to feed
the stock. This year every product is great
and fruit Is especially plentiful. Winter
wheat Is making about forty bushels to
the ncro. Oats , however , nro not oven.
Tins Is owing to the vnrloty Ihnt wns u ed.
The rust set in nnd struck some of them.
Vegetables nro in abundance. Wo have few
settlers coming into our country. Thcro Is no
lam ! but what Is owned by the residents.
Thcru are no speculators nnd no rnilroad
Muds.
Hess Colwell , Kxoter All ngreo thnt the
crops of this year will makeup wbat was
lost lust year. I huvo hoard none of tbo
farmers tnlk about thn excessive charges of
tbo railroads.
II. C. Hnrdnock , Alvo The crops have
been somewhat injured by the ruins. The
farmers are diacu.sjinif freight rates and
want some reduction. Some of them propose
to hold their grain until they can get the
prices thuy want , but these wno nro renting
cnn not do this. Some of these renters are
paying f . 'iO for oigtity acres.
O. J. Moello , Montclalro , Nuckolls county
I haven't heard much kicking nbout rnil
road rules , but they are certainly high
enough. I think it will hardly pay for me to
ship my grain , because I believe the specu
lators hnvo special rates. These shippers
nro preferred to tbo farmer. I huvo planted
fifty acres of winter wheat and will realize
1,500 bushels from it. The crops are bettor
now than thev have over been before.
K. H. Boll , Dunbar If tlm frost will stay
awny two or tbroo weeks wo will havu ex
cellent crops. Wo can stand a tittle frost ,
Just enough to stop vegitation and ripen the
corn , but not too much. '
William Campbell , Nebraska City The
railroads could reduce rates one-llfth nud
still make money. Wo ship beef and pork
und fruit. They charge mo 27 cents to ship
apples to Columbus , u distance of 127 miles ,
and it costs mo only the same amount to
ship Icattie to Chicago , a distance of 000
mllos. Otoo county will tTiis year shin 150- ,
000 barrels of apples and a largo part of these
will go to Chicago. Ono firm will take 30,000
of them because the npplos can bo shipped
east cheaper than it can bo shipped west.
Tomorrow's Programme.
Class O Instruments. Whole of this class.
OInss P Agricultural society. Whole of
this ulass
( Jlass ( ) Discretionary. Whole of this class.
Cluss -ripeolal nrumluius. Whole of this
ulass.
Ulnss A Horses. Driving horses , all pur
poses. ulltliiK liursus , mulus nnd nssos.
Ulass li Cuttle. Natives grades Jurscys ,
Ciui'nwnyM , llolstelns. milch cows.
Ciuss ( J Hiuep , Orossus of uny breed.
Grand 9\vooj > takcs No. I.
Cluss -Swine I , mall Vorkshlros.
Clans K Poultry.Viuile of this class.
Cliihs V l < 'urn > products. Vuxetubles.
Cluss CI Textile department. Machine
sowing , painting , cake. etc.
Cluss II Kino arts. Lot three , lot live , als-
urpllonnry.
ClUhS M Mechanical nrts. Lot four , manu
facturers : lot five , discretionary.
Class N Machinery. Implements , vehicles ,
titp.
titp.Spopd I'oals of ISS. trolling , mlle honts , 3
In n , I.WO ; " :4'i : ' class , trotting , iririranteed
pin e , J 1,000 ; ' . ' : 10 class , pacing , t > jO ; running ,
biilf niilo und repeatilUU.
NotcH.
The P. P. Mast & Go's exhibit Ihls year Is
abend ot former years. It includm Buckoyu
pressed drills , buy rakes , cultivators , cider
mills , etc. The oxhlbit is in chnrgo of their
mnnngor , Mr H. D. Cone , who reports their
Undo good. Their nuw Bucuoyu pressed
drill is having u very lurgu trade , nnd the
factory nt Springfield , O. , Is far behind in
their orders.
Box But to county makes n flno showing.
It was Incorporated March M , 1SS7 , and nl-
Ihough young is ono of the foremost in the
state ns is proven by Ihu exhibit. Several
samples of oats and straw are over six fuel
high ; oats that weigh forty-eight pounds to
the bushel and some that weigh only forty-
two pounds ; samples from nn eighty ncro
tract that yloldod olghty-oiio biuhuls and n
pock per acre ; several samples of wheat live
und n halt font high ; thirty acres in Box
Butte yielded fifty bushels of wbcut to the
acru. Kya samples nro ns good ns nny over
shown. They havon't thrashed nn ncro that
bus yielded loss thun twenty bushols.
Uyo nvoraso.s eighteen tn twenty-
eight bushels ; wheat average is
twenty-live to thirty-live bushels ;
Fine samples of sugar beets , cabbage nnd
squash uro displayed In varieties ; also pota
toes , fifteen of which make a bushel by
wulght. They nru Mammoth Pearl and 13arly
Ohio. All the native grasses ot Iho stnto are
exhibited , ns well us tobacco , tomatoes , flax ,
lima beans , etc. Samples of garden fruit are
shown.
The Crete nuroriosshow)00platosof ! ) fruit ,
112 vdriotlOM of apples , grapes , plunu , pears
and Siberians too numerous to mention. Al
tbo head of the tnblo at thu west entrance is
printed with fruit a quotation from Solo
mon's son ? , "Comfort ire with npplos. "
The panel work on the south hide of the
tnblo is of fiults nnd ovcrgrecns udvortlslng
the Crete nurseries. They bnvo the largest
exhibit in the hull. They show tlieso as
samples from their orchard yielding in Ib'Jl ' ,
15,000 bushels of apples. Single acro.s of
Ibis orchard by measure nro yielding ubovo
1,00(1 ( bushels. In nursery stock they show
their usual lines of fruit trees , fruit plants ,
evergreens , shudo and oriiamantul trees.
The nurseries brought to tbo fair thirty oar- ,
rols of fruit and 200 baskets to distribute
among eastern visitors nnd editors with n
vlow to udvortkilng the resources of iho
stato.
Fnirbaniis , Morse t Co. of Omaha exhibit
the celebrated Fairbanks' scales. Kclipso
wind nulls , pumps , tanks , etc. This enter
prising linn huvo orectcd n railroad water
tank on ttio grounds twelve fool high uy
twenty foot in diameter with n cap.ielty of
825 barrel * . Thri'o pumping wind mills nud
ono largo power mill nro sot up and working.
They also have a fancy weighing and meas
uring scale upon wnii'h they weigh nil com
ers. Two wngon jua'.oa Help to complutu thu
oxhlbit.
Itcpndiato the Call.
New YIIIIK , Sopt. S. The municipal coun
sel of the Irish National league of Now York
mot tcnlcht and adopted n resolution repudi
ating the notion of President Fitzgerald ot
the Irish national I.ea uo ot America , tn Is
suing a call for a national convention In Chicago
cage on October 1 nnd 2 , on the ground that
the basis of ioprisoiitntion ns stated in the
cull li in dlroct conflict with the league con
stitution , and that the proposed change from
Philadelphia to Cbluago of the meeting place
of the convention li an unauthorized and un
warranted action on the part of the league's
president and executive committee ,
LOOKS BAD FOR O'FLAUERTY ' ,
Verdict of the Ooronor's Jury in Harting-
ton's ' Poisaning Caso.
ADMINISTERED WITH FELONIOUS INTENT.
Defendant , 1'rjjcd an Immediate
and wan I'liiucd uu
'trial Funeral of Ono
ol' the Victims.
HAIITIVOTON , Neb. , Sept. 3. [ Special Tele-
gumto Tun BEI.J : In the poisoning case ,
full purilculars of xvhlch appeared in yester
day's Bin : , the coroner's Jury brought In n
verdict that Oloson came to his death from
poison administered by Dennis O'Flaherty
with felonious Intent. Martin ICudson's life
is still hanglnc by n thread. O'Flahorly ' de
mands an immediate preliminary hearing.
The testimony adduced nt the coroner's In
quest was very damaging to the accused.
Thi ] principal witness , Hnns Schagcr , ono of
the men who wnro poisoned , says that
O'Flnhorty gave them n boltle In response to
n request for something to drink. Tbo bottle
wns labelled "poison , " but was not noticed
or hccucd by tbo men.
After all had drank , O'Flnhorty remarked
that It was bedbug poison , and drove away.
O'Flaherty says ho though nlcotol nnd
cotroslvo sublimate were put up by phnrma-
clsisl In separate packngcs.
The preliminary hearing wns commenced
this afternoon ntid continued until tomorrow.
The funeral ot Andres Olson , one of the
poisoned men , occurcd this nfturuoon. It
wns largely attended. The attending physi
cians say Martin Kudson , nnothur of the
poisoned men , cannot live longer than a few
days.
yKllll.lSK.l'S J'.llll COMMISSION.
I'erfoctliif ; Arrangements to Exhibit
thoState'H Inexhaustible Ilcsoiirucs.
Lixcot.x , Neb. , Sopt. 8. [ Special Tolo-
grain to THE Birc. ] There was a mooting at
the Lincoln hotel tonlcht of the Nebraska
Worlds fair commission. The members
present were Messrs. R. II. Green of ICoar-
noy , director conorul ; A. L. Strung , Omaha ,
president ; J. H. Powers of Hitchcock
county , secretary ; Seth P. Mobley of Grand
Ibland ; Samuel Brass ofJunlata ; J. Miller
of Wayne , and J. S. Morton of Nebraska
City. There were present also about forty
representatives of the counties in the western
part of the state which have exhibits at the
stnto fair.
The object wns to enlist the services and
Influence of the men In securing a first-class
selection of exhibits from nil parts of the
state in the World's Fair. The greatest on-
enthusiasm prevailed. All the county repre
sentatives pledged themselves nnd their
counties to allow the commissioners to use
the exhibits now at tbo state fair , together
with any products which might bo required ,
either now or In the futureto give Nebraska n
first class representation nt the fair. The
commission will moot again tomorrow morn
ing in the governor's chambers .it the capital.
Soldiers' and Sailor * ' Jlonnion.
NKIIIIASICA CITY , Nob. , Sept. 8. [ Special
Telegram to THIS BEE. ] The soldiers' and
sailors' reunion of southeastern Nebraska is
now in full blast in this city and nil Indica
tions point to it being ono of tlio most suc
cessful of any yet hold. The citizens nro
prepared to welcome the old veterans. Ccn-
Irul avouuo Is ono continuous stream of buntIng -
Ing , Grand Army of the Hupubllo emblems
nnd Hags of welcome. From every building
is floating to the breeze lings with the forty-
four stuiT. At the c.imp everything is ready
for the boys. From u high polo tbu stars and
stripes shows the visitors where headquar
ters uro. "
The band from Ashland arrived here at
1:10 : p.m. nnd wns mot at the depot and
marched to Camp Larsh , where everything
was formally turned over to the veterans.
Tno Auburn band arrived tonight. The Au
burn | est will bo hero in the morning on a
special train. ' Hon. John C. Watson will de
liver the address of welcome.
The exposition Is in full blast and is a great
IISTINOS , Neb. , Sept. S. [ Special to Tuc
BKB.J At n special mooting of the city
council last night the paving petition was
discussed. From the outset there appeared
to bo some legnl questions which would huvo
to bo settled ooforo an election could bo
called nr bonds issued. These questions were
referred to Acting City Attorney Tibbotts
for examination. Another special mooting
will bo held In a day or so , when the matter
will Bo further acted on.
The account of the bnll gumo nt Beatrice
yesterday made the score Buntrlce , 11 ; Hasl-
U. It should have been Beatrice , 11 ; Fre
mont' ' .
The prevailing soniimonl nmong Iho Adams
county democrats is in favor of a straight
county and Judicial ticket. A very respecta
ble minority , however , uro in favor of placing
no ticket in the Held.
The city has boon raptured by the now
students of Hastings college , which opens
tomorrow. The two now professors , Udwln
Unndnl , A.B. , of Wnbash , mathematics , und
S. Irvine , A.B. , of Parsons college , Greek ,
huvo arrived.
Comity Independents ,
FIIE.MONT , Neb. , Sept. S. [ Special Telo-
grain to Tin : BIE.J : Tbo Dodge county pee
ple's Independent convention was hold this
afternoon nt the court room. They nominated
n full county ticket , PS follows : Charles
Folchtlngor , treasurer ; J. A. Garner , clerk ;
K. Johnson , sheriff ; G. N. Fru'.or , Judge ; E.
Crist , clerk of the court ; J , B. Street , sur
veyor ; Dr. Charles Inches , coroner , and W.
J. Gregg , superintendent. Resolutions were
passed endorsing tbu Clnoinimll , Hastings
nnd Columbus platforms , endorsing the judi
cial nominees ot the Sixth district , declaring
that the non-partisan movement on the part
of republicans nnd democrats in thu nomina
tions of Judges Is in the interests of the
monopolies , nnd pledging thu nominees to
these principles nnd forbidding them to ac
cept nominations or endorsements nt the
hands of nny other party.
Un'on Alllaneo i'lenlc.
Afiii'ii.v , Nob. , Sept. , S. [ Spot-In ! to
Tin : BIK.J : Thcro was n grand union
alliance pintle helu nt Julian , a
small station on tbo Missouri Pact llo rail way ,
seven miles north of here , today , by thu
Hock Creek ullinnco No. 1,2I8 , ! nnd Pleasant
Valley alliance No. lTi0. ! Glen Hock and
other prominent alliances from various parts
of Otoo and Ncmaha counties were in at
tendance. About 1,000 farmers were
present. Samuel Levitt of Clucugo and a
prominent mdn from Kansas addressed the
largo audience. Thu Auburn Cornet hand
was present wltti twenty-four men and fur
nished excellent music.
The band loft tonight for Nebraska City
for n two days' outing ut the reunion ui that
place. _
PremlnniH on lloiitrltie linmls.
IlKvriucK , Nob. , Sopt. 8. fbpoclal Tolo-
grnm to THE Bnfc.l--Tbe 115,000 school dis
trict bonds were sold last evening by Iho
Bonrd of F.ducntlon to Messrs. Scott nnd
Wrltloy of Wyoming , HI. , for 1150 premium.
1'reHldcnt l''lt/cernld Vek-y III ,
LINCOLN , Neb , , Sept , S. ( Spejlal ' 1 elogram
to TIIK BKK.J Jolin Fitzxernld , prtiMdcntof
the Irish Land League of America , lltj seri
ously ill at his homo with conKestiou of the
brain. His condition Is critical nnd there are
but slight hopes of his recovery. Business
cnros , with the nnxlety of n f.'llMXuoo ) suit
ngainst him nro said to bo tho1 cnuso of tlio
attack. Tonight Mr. Fitzgerald's condition
was reported to bo somowhnt favorable.
Instantly Klllud at Oakland.
OAKMND , Nob. , Sept , 8. [ Social to THE
flRf.l Mrs. F. F. Johnson , living Ilvo miles
cnst of town , was thrown out of n buggy and
InstnnMy Killed , lust Sunday afternoon. She
wns returning with u party of friends from n
neighbors , wbcn the lioise.i , In turning In nt
the gate , turned to short und tipped the
bugpy oycr , throwing the ludyout nnd break
ing her neck.
OkKi.is-D , Nob. , Sopt. 8. ISripcIul to TUB
HBB.J lirncst , tboiycnrold son of S. K.
Lindvnll , was run over und killed by way
freight No. 15 whllo switching la the yards
hero at 'J o'clock this iiflornoon. No hlnmo
can bo attached to tbo railroad company , ns
it was purely accidental. .
SnddiMi Death at Oakland.
OAKLAND , Neb. , Sopt. 8. [ Special to Tin :
BEK.I Mrs , Charles Beckmun , n highly
esteemed lady , died very suddenly Saturday
afternoon after an illness of onlyn few hours.
She wus one of the llrst settlers of Oakland ,
having como here over twenty years ngo.
The funeral services were conducted Sunday
afternoon by Hev. 11. H. Mlllnrd of Blair.
'
She leaves a'husband nnd four children.
Kn Ilonte to the Itiiiininii.
PEIIV. Nub. . Sept. 8. [ Special Telegram to
TUB line. ] Tlio Martin A. ! Stowel post
Grand Army of the Republic' of this place ,
accompanied by Howo's military band , left
this afternoon for Nebraska City , where
they will nttend the annual encampment of
the Grand Army of the Hcpilbllc of south
eastern Nebraska.
S.tll ) TO Jti : A MfTIf.
No Truth lii the llcported.Terrible Ao-
uidcnt Near Dijon.
[ O > / > l/rf//it ( / laoi li\i \ Jiimrx ijiinlan tlcnncU. ]
LONDOX , Sopt. 8. [ Now Yortt Herald
Cable Special to TUB Bnn.J Next to the
famous victory gained by Balmnccda over
the congressional troops , the choicest bit of
news provided for European readers for some
tlmo past , was sent out by Dalzicl's agency
September ! ! . It announced an appalling
railway accident near Dijon , in whicb. n
'
train carrying men to the autumn
mamcuvrcs ran off thu line find wont clear
ovoran embankment. Invent such a situa
tion as this und It will not do to have a .small
number of casualties. Ono may ns well go
in for the entire animal at once. So Dulzlol
tixcd the deaths at 200. beside. ? a largo num
ber of injured. Uudyard Kipling himself
could not have piled on horrors higher. This
news spread n gloom all over the continent.
In London the Times nnd ofjhor papers put
the telegram In the largest typo. Everybody
was eager for further detail - None cnmo.
Dalziol was entreated.to give particulars , out
still the Oracle remained silent What Is the
good of u minor news agency If it cannot pro
duce downright blood curdling sensations
now nnd then nnd prove its superiority over
nil competitors ?
It is now well known that no nccident , big
or little , occurred at the time orplaco stated
or anywhere olso. The a'Jtb. who saw Bal-
mocodn's victory must havoone by his own
railroad to Dijon and saw the special train go
over the Imaginary embankment. All are ,
Including the Times , wondering where ho
will turn up next. Baron 'Mhuchnuson lost
the best chance ho over had by dying bcforo
the news agencies were established. Great
are Dalziol and bis vanishing " correspondent
of Chill ana Dijon. v
Scoured hy I'.trls.
[ Copi/rfo'if ' ISM bu James Gordon ntnnctt. ' }
PAIUS , Sent. 8. [ Now Yoiv Herald Cable
Special to Tun Buu. | Tiio destination of
Iho statue of Mary Queen ofjScots , executed
by M. Hingel D'lltgach ou nn order of the
Duchess do Comar , Is nowscttlod. It 1ms
boon already related how iho duchess had
offered it to the city of Paris nnd
also to the city of Edinburgh , but
us there were some misunderstandings
and she had nuver paid for it , her Intentions
were never carried out. M. Rtngel D'lllgach
has now taken tbo matter into bis own bands
nud offered the statue to the state , to bo
erected in the Jnrdin do Infnnto , opposite
colonado Louvre.
\J1S A.\l > JI/A'/.VO.
America's Mineral UesonrocH at tin ;
M orld's Kalr.
CHICAGO , 111. , Sept. S. Ducldodly the most
Important moetingof Iho World's fair national
commissioners yet hold was concluded this
afternoon , with significant action regarding
tbo mines nnd mining department. The
unanimity and heartiness with which it was
taken was refreshing after the warm discus
sion nnd sharp divisions that characterized
some of thu other proceedings.
This committee adopted a llnttorlng reso
lution congratulating Director General Davis
on thu appointment of Chlof Skiff , nnd
pledging their individual nnd united assist
ance to tmiko the department u success.
After some discussion the resolution was
laid on the tnblo us outside the powers of Iho
commission.
The coniinlltee on Ilvo stock reported , rec
ommending that the chief for thnt depart
ment ho appointed , making It an Independent
department. Koport udoptod.
The committee on legislation then offered a
resolution for the appointment of an historian
of Ibo fair.
Hoforrod to committee ou Judiciary with
instructions to report what salary should bo
paid such oflleml.
Tlio action of tbo commission ,
tnUen lust Saturday , putting control
of tlie Latin-American exhibit In the hands
of the director general , was reconsidered ,
und the exhibit wns again but In charge of
\V. 13. Curtis , subject to the control of the
chief of the foreign department.
The commission than adjourned to moot
again next April.
The board of lady managers mot this morn
ing. A motion was currlpd to meet in
formally tonight to choose a national flower.
A committee was appointed to select
samples of the specially notable und brilliant
achievements of women , to bo made a
separate display in the woman's building ,
The Death Iloll.
Coi.i'MiifH , Nob. , Sopt. 8. | Spoclal Tele
gram to THE BEB.J Judge A.C. Tumor died
in this city this morning , 4od 8'3. Ho was
probate Judge of Hurrls'ou countv , Ohio ,
fourteen years. Ho emigrated to Nebraska
In 1STI. and in company wltti others founded
tlio Colnmbiis Journal , |
Ho was born In Frederick county , Mary
land , Ib'JO , nnd moved with his parents to
Ohio in lb'21. He was married In 18:17 : and
practiced law with Edwin M. Stunton ,
Chniincoy Dewey , John A ; Blngham , Wilson
till mm on nnd other prominent men ut Cudlz ,
O. Ho was prosecuting ( jttornoy for sev
eral terms at Cudlz.
Of n family of cloven children eight are
ttlh living , Including Mr * , Priscllla Gcorgo ,
Perry. In. ; Mrs. Alice Mclvtmild , St. Joseph ,
Mo. , M. 1C. Turner. J. A. , Mnr.v , Frank C.
of this ntp ; Mrs. Buttle Jenkins , Kulamn/.oo ,
Nob. , nnd Gcorgo W , Turner wno Is now In
Kngiuml. Ills death bus cast a gloom over
the ontlro city.
SvFiuxrwo , Gal , , H ° pt. 8. Judge Lor
enzo Sawyer died very suddenly last evening.
This loaves the northern district ot Culilor-
nla without uny federal Judge.
Ciin'Ano , III , , Sopt. H. I lev. Harvey D.
Gniuo , I ) . I ) . , secretary for the Presoytorlun
Board uf Aid for Colleges nnd Academies ,
died suddenly this oven at his homu on
Botden avenue , from paralysis of the heart.
'J icket AcenCa Klect OflleorH.
ST , PM'L , Minn. , Sept. 8. Tno National
Association of Ticket agauts elected ottlccrs
to-day. Wallace ot tha Pennsylvania rail-
n ad waa chosen president.
J
AMERICA'S ' MEAT PRODUCTS ,
Franco and Austria to bo Urged to Follow
Germany's ' Example.
SUCCESS OF THE PLAN ANTICIPATED.
Foreign Moot SiiKur Producer *
Alarmed Over Su ui'stloiiN That
nil Kmhai'Ko May li ! Placed
on that Commodity.
WASHIXOTO.XIlutiBvu or TIIR Bsn , )
fill ! FOIUIT.INTII : STUKBT , >
WASHINGTON . D. C. , Sept. 8. )
Socrctnry Kusli snicl today thnt now Hint
the cmbarco on American meat products hud
been removed by Germany Ins next efforts
would bo directed towards having Franco
nnd Austria adopt u slmtlnr course nnd bo
was sanguine of early success In tbut direc
tion. Tlio Froncb negotiations nro at a
stand still ho said bccnuso the French ns-
sonibly had adjourned. But from Informa
tion ho had received be was satlsllod tbiit the
American meat question would bo ono of
the llrst things taken up and disposed of by
the assembly when it came together again
this fall.
Austria Is llkoly to follow suit for Consul
General Goldschmldt of Vienna has just
reported to the State department thnt the
Austrian sugar producers are much alarmed
at the suggestion that the United States may
put up an embargo against , Australn beet
sugar unless Austria takes down nor emborgo
against American meat products. This
pressure of the sugar makers of Austria , who
ere a power in that country , Is considered
likely to Induce the Austrian government to
malto short work of the embargo at an early
day.
ITATX CASE SIITTI.r.n.
The Itata case is nt an end. It has worked
Its own solution. There is no probnpillty
that the procedure of the United States government -
ornmont against the Chilian revolutionists
charged with having unlawfully proceeded
from the United States with ammunition * of
war against another government will como
before a court for determination. Wlion the
revolutionists' vessel sailed from a California
port lost summer with a ship load of guns
and ammunition , in violation of neutrality
laws of the United States , a serious question
nroso. When they won their battle ngainst
Bulmacoda and his forces at , Valparaiso , and
the victory was inado complete by
the capitulation of Santiago , the grievance of
tUo United States against them was almost
at an end. When the revolutionists wore
given charge of Chill's govei mental machin
ery and Balmacoda evacuated , a Second and
important stop in that direction was taken.
\Vhen the other day , the Department of State
recognized the government in Chili , the res
toration of peace between the United States
and the revolutionists was practically made
complete. When later , the agents of the
new government proposed to raako restitu
tion with the United States for money ex
pended in overtaking the Jtatu , the differ
ences between this and the now government
resolved itself iuio a mere matter of dollars
and cents.
lll'TUKXINO TO WASHINGTON.
Instructions have been received by thcso
in charge of the Blaine house on Lnfayctto
square to put it in order for the return of the
secretary and his family about October 1.
There Is'little to do in the house , however ,
for Mrs. Blulno does not delight in these
modern improvements and decorative changes
which nra being-mado in many 'other resi
dences about the city. The old Seward
homestead , which the Blainos occupy and
own , has the same' appearance inside and
outside which it had twenty-live years ago
at the time when Secretary Soward's house
hold made it the social center of the capital.
IIKCI'.NT All.Ml O1IIIF.U3. .
The following army orders wore issued
today :
Loam of absence for fifteen days , to tnko
effect on being relieved from recruiting duty ,
is granted Cuptulu Aaron S. Dugged , Second
infantry.
Leave for two months , to take effect on or
about September 15 , 1SU1 , is granted First
Lieutenant Lotus Kilos , Second artillery.
The detail of First Lieutenant Harry L.
Hawthorne , Fourth artillery , as second
lieutenant Sucond artillery , for duty at the
Clinton Liberal institute , Fort Plain , N. Y. ,
made May 19 , IS'Jl , Is revolted.
The leave of absence granted First Llou-
tonnnt Edwin F. Glenn , Twonty-llfth in
fantry , August 22 , 18'Jl , Department of Da
kota , is extended Ilvo months.
The following transfer. ! In the Nineteenth
infantry are ordered : First Lieutenant Will
iam M/Wllllams , from company F to com
pany I ; First Lieutenant Benjamin M. Purs-
soil , from company I to company F. Lieu
tenant Williams will remain at his present
station. Fort Brady , Mich. , until lurthor or
ders. Lieutenant Purssoll will Join the com
pany to which ho Is transferred. The Ken-
eral court-martial appointed to moot nt Col
umbus Barracks , O. , July 10 , 181)1 ) , Is dis
solved , the order to take ulToct on completion
of any case that may bo before
the court at the data of its
receipt. A general court-martial Is
appointed to meet at Columbus Barracks , O. ,
at 11 o'clock a. m. , on Thursday , September
10 , IS'Jl ' , or as ioori thereafter as practicable ,
for the trial of such prisoners as may bo
brouirht boforn it. Detail for the court :
Captains Constant. Williams , Seventh in-
fnntrv ; John L. Clem , assistant quarter
master ; Gregory Barrett , Tenth Infantry ;
Charles W. Williams. Twenty-first Infantry ;
Lovcn C. Allen , Sixteenth Infantry ! First
Lioutcnant Theodore Moshor , Twenty-second
infantry ; John .1. Iladon , Klghth infantry ;
Virgil J. Brumoack , Second Infantry , Judge
advocate.
A greater number of fiftlcors than that
nnmod cannot bo assembled without injury to
the service. Lieutenant Colonel Klchard
11. Jackson , Fourth artillery , in detailed us a
member of the examining hoaru appointed by
paragraph 4 , special orders No. Soi ! : , Septem
ber - , 18111 ; from this ofllco. Vice Major
Frank G. Smith , Second artillery , is hereby
relieved from detail as a member of said
board.
1JOXI ) EXTENSION I'l.AN.
If the bond extension plan of Secretary
Foster is not a complete success it Is surely
not a failure. Two or thrco weeks ngo the
secretary concluded ho would by thU tlmo bo
call upon to redeem about S\7,000,000 ! of the
lj < par cents which bocaino duo a wcok ago
today , and be made arrangements for paying
off the holders in exchange at the various
sub-tronsiirlos. Today it wai discovered In
the department that of f.7,000,000 , only
$9,000,000 have boon presented for redemp
tion , lenviiiK $13,000,000 unaccounted for In
the bands of their ownora. The interest on
the -H ( nor cents ceasud on September 'J , and
the holders who tmvo not scoured extensions
uro shinny using the United Status treasury
for banking purposes. P. S. 11.
Nine l'c < ) | > Iu at the Point of Dnatli from
KntiiiK Poisoned Fond.
Br.u.KViu.i : . Knn. , Sept. S.--Nlno people of
this place are at the point of death as the ro-
suit of having partaken of poison In the food
served at dinner at the house of Oaorgo
Grocfr. Mr. Gregg returned from Iowa last
Saturday , where ho had gene to tiring homo
his wlfound children , who ImJ boon visiting
thuro.
A young lady , a relative , whoso nome has
not yet boon learned , accompanied Mrs.
Gregg. Sunday , Ira Johnson , u neighbor ,
called on the way homo from church and
accepted an Invitation to dinner. Eight per
sona sat down to the table. Mr. and Mrs.
Gregg , their four children , the viMllug rela
tive ana Ira Johnson. Soon after dinner
they all became violently ill , ex
hibiting all the symptom ! ) of pois
oning , Shortly afterwards the serv
ant who had In the meantime eaten diner -
or also bacauio ill , khowlug the * amo
symptoms. Slnco then nil have grown
stnadlty worao and Iho recovery of none of
Ihn victims Is expected.
What the n at uro of tbo poison wns nnd
how It wns administered nro questions that
remain to bo answered.
Mr. CJretrg and hU family nro highly re
spected In the community und It is probable
the poisoning was noj'ntrj. There nro
those , however , who bo\ \ . It was dclloor-
ntcly pliinnod with t\ al Intent , but
bothing tins developed tl v&uniii their sus-
piclons. \
Fi'ttv or .1 n > .v ; ; .
Halifax , N. S. , Scvercl ) , Andled and
'Much Damage Hone to Shl-iplnf ; .
HALIFAX , N. S. , Sept. 8. A fearful .south-
easterly gale prevailed in this region last
night , nnd raged with torrlbln violence from
10 o'clock until this afternoon. It has
been disastrous to shipping on the const ns
several good sized vessels nnd n number of
smaller craft went ashore nnd afterward
washed to pieces In tlio harbor , nnd other
damage wns dono. Half of the Inlurcolonin
Hallway bridge , across the harbor at the
Narrows , has disappeared , and the grand
shaft nt tint Intercolonial elevator wns car
ried nway by Iho fierce wind. Trees nhd
fences were leveled in the city and n Inrgo
amount of minor damage wns dono.
The velocity of the wind from 1 to 3 p. m. ,
until the time Iho storm nbatod could only bo
guessed at. Both moturologlcul instruments
wcru entirely broke down during Iho morn
ing.
The wind struck tlio harbor from the
cast nnd swept along the wharves nnd
through iho cily , tearing down ovcry-
Ihlng loose and every insecure'pnrllclo
of property in Us pnlb. Loose thlnglcs
were sent Hying through the air , , slates
bricks , dismantled awnings , swinging signs
and telegraph nnd electric light wires were
strewn In the streets to ftie danger of few
foot passers abroad , and the police nnd elec
tricians were busy nil night clearing up the
debris.
At the Lome club the freshet did much
damage. The bathing houses at the head of
South pier were lifted from thulr founda-
Uons and toppled ouor mlo Iho dock. Nearly
everybody's marine property sustained some
damage by the cyclone.
Advices from places outside of the city
shows thai last night's gale was severely felt
In all parts of tbo province , but so far no
serious dnmngo is reported.
From Yarmouth to Capo Breton the const
was swept , and it is probable that numerous
shipping casualties will bo hoard of In n day
or two.
SIHtATOll / , / , / . > O.V I.V lOII'A.
Itcpulillcaii Campaign Opened in
Cherokee liy a Slr..iiu Speech.
CnunoKKR , In. , Sopt. 8. Sqnator W. B.
Allison opened the republican campaign in
this city this afternoon in a three hours'
speech , and ho rucolvod the applause of u
largo audlonco tnat did not scein weary , al
though thu speech was of unusual length.
The tariff , free coinage , the prohibitory
law and Governor Boles' Now York and
Cherokee corn speeches were the subjects
treated of by the senator. The MeiCinloy
bill , ho said , though not perfect or hi all re
spects us ho would have it , was the best tariff
law ever enacted by congress , and was prov
ing to bo a most beneficial law for the people.
It had not Increased the cost of any article
in common use whllo many staples had ac
tually boon reduced in price since the passage -
ago of thu bill. The reciprocity clnu&o had
already opened the markets of three coun
tries to us , and had alToutcd an entrance Into
Franco and Germany for American pork.
For this feature of the bill wo nro indebted to
that wisa statesman , James G. Blaine.
The mention of Mr. Blaino's name received
loud and long continued applause. The sena
tor claimed that the republican silvercolungo
law provided for the use of nil the silver
mined in the country while protecting Itself
from the billion of foreign silver
which would seek our shores under
absolute free coinage. Considerable tlmo
was dovotud to Governor Boies' Now York
corn speech as ruanirmod in his Cherokee
spcccti and thu llgures of Labor Commis
sioner Sovereign upon which the governor's
statements were analysed. From the same
statistics the governor iigured out a smull
prollt to the farmers by raising this cereal.
15y leaving out articles which the speaker
thought to b ( > extravagant nnd unreasonable
a very substantial prollt resulted.
Thi ) prohibitory law , Mr , Allison said was
enacted as a result of n non partisan election
at which the people said , by UO.O'JO majority ,
thnt they desired to try the experiment of
prohibition. Thu law should.romam and bu
respected nnd enforced until the people by a
similar election demanded its repeal. The
statement made by Governor Bolus in his
Cherokee speech that the attempt to enforce
the prohibition law had caused inoro pa purIsm -
Ism and brought , misery to more homes than
would the unrestricted salu ot alcoholic
bovor.igos in the same lonsth of tlmo ,
was severely criticized , and the speaker
thought with n governor , giving utterance
to such words , elected there would bo hopes
for the passage of nny Inw opposed by a
considerable number of thu people. Thu
senator closed with an appeal for earnest
and united republican notion , which would
result in giving them a victory in the next
election by a majority of i'i.OOO. Statu
Chairman Mack , Congiossmim Pontius suid
ex-Congressman Struble attended the moot
ing , unit nil profess to feel grunt conlidouco In
republican success in this BUI to.
IIA HMO ft y 1'HKI'AH.fl.
New York KopnhltcaiiH Unili'd Can-
didati-H Ilol'ore the Convent Ion.
IloniiKsTKii , N. Y. , Sopt. 8. Ono fnct more
than nny other challenges comment among
the men who uro here to uttund the state
convention of the republicans whi'-h will bo
called to order tomorrow at noon. Thnt fact
is the cordial unanimity of the fnunds of
Hon. Thomas C. Plait nnd the o of Warner
Miller. Thu line of partisan divisions sooins
to have faded awny or been wiped out.
Investigation led to this apparent condi
tion of affairs. Mr. Plutt had conscien
tiously advocated the candidacy of Andrew
1) . White. It might hnvo been thnt ha
would hnvo preferred to see Collector Kassott
actually govurnor , but between a candidacy
and a governorship lay thu battlefield o'f
campaign and election day , and well In
formed men any they belluvo thut us u randl-
( Into inoro likely to survlvo the Journey from
candidacy to the gubernatorial chair A. I ) .
\Vtilto Is tbo inoro available , hut thu duio-
gates with Fuisutt's name on their lips come
thck ) nnd fast through the day and probably
bu will bo nominated nnd will accept
The names of tbu candidates for liuutennnt
governor nnd comptroller most taluud of now
Is Mr. Uliibtuln , slated for the lattur posi
tion , whllo Becker run have the nomination
for lieutenant govurnor If ho desires It.
Handbills uro around ruadinp , "Nominate
Fussottnnd Decker ; voters will see them
cluctud , ( tilgnud ) Domocratlc Protectionist. "
Colonel James M. Varnum , who ran on thu
republican tlcknt for uttornuy general In
Ib > ' , ) , has boon selected as thu permanent
chairman of the republican convention.
IlrltlHli Conuncroo Commuting.
LONDON , Sopt. 8. The Board of Trade re
turns how that the threatened contraction
of British commerce has already commenced.
The decrease In exports Is largely duo to the
falling off In tbo tiu plato trade.
HIS HEART WAS VOID OF PITY ,
Oount Borgor's Oruelty Ends in the Murder
of His Wife and Solf-Doslruction.
HARROWING TALES OF DOMESTIC STRIFE ,
Woinnn'M Comitnnt I.ovo nnd Faltf >
Ui'\vardcd by Ahn.su
and .Murder A Sad
Story.
TornKA , Knn. , Sept. 8. In n pleasant cot
tngo In Third street early this morning Count
Gustavo Bergur shut and killed 1,1s wife ami
then committed suicide by shooting himself
In the head.
The story of the fearful double tragedy is
ono of the uncontrollable pttsslon of Hum , la-
torwovcn with the constant love and faith'
fulnoss of woman.
Count Berger at the tlmo of his death was
It ! years of ago and his wife was twenty
years his Junior. Ho had resided in thla
country ton years when ho sent to tha
Fatherland for Miss Johnnnah Prutor , then
a girl of 10 , to booomo his wifo. They were
miirrlod In New York , where they lived thruo
or four yonr.s , and than removed to Topoka.
Thrco sons were born to them , the oldest ,
Uichard , now being 8 years old ; the second , '
Gustavo , ngodt ? , mid the youngest Is Paul , 4
years of age.
The lifo of the count nr.d his young wlfa
has been n stormy ono. The man was ex
ceedingly high tempered nnd upon tha
slightest provocation would procipitnlo a
family quarrel. Tim young woman , too , had
n will of tier own and would not submit pas
sively to the ubuso which was so frequently
heaped upon bur.
Their stormy domestic career was tem
porarily suspended about two years ago bjr
moans of tbo divorce court. Mrs. Uergor
could not , however , hear the stigma which
was placed upon her children by legal sopar.
ntlon. Her life had bcon threatened repeat
edly by her unrcasonnblu husband. Sha
finally consented to a remarriage for thu sake
of her little ones , that they might bo brought
up Inn proper manner. Thu promises made
by her husband at the altar the second tlmo
wuro not long kept , nnd soon thu old sccuei
were being re-onnctod.
Count Berger wiis understood to bo highly
connected with various families li. Us native
land. Ho received from Germany u regulntf
allowance , and would huvo Inherited a larga
estate upon tbo death of n certain rulativo , to
which , however , the orphaned children nro
still heirs.
Count Berger , besides receiving Ins rogui
lar remittance ! ! from Germany , owned several
houses , in the vicinity ot his own homo ,
which ho rents. Yesterday ho received from
one of bis tenants flli , the amount of
month's runt. His wit'u usioil him for $1
with which to buy a pair of trousers for ono
of the boys. The man received this request
with n shower of nbuso , severely censuring
his wife for her oxtrnvneuncc.
At tbo breakfast table this morning yes
terday's quarrel was reopened , nnd linally
hnrsh words were followed by blows. Tha
count praspod his wife by the unit nnd Hung
her to the floor nnd kicked her brutally. Sha
succeeded in regaining her feet and ran out
of the house , when ho wont to the bedroom
nnd , taking n bull dog revolver of t'J-calibro
from the bureau , Hrcd at her as she ran. The
ball struck her Ju.st below the loft shoulder
in the back , killing her Instantly. Shu fell a
few foot from the front stops in the yard.
The murderer then turned the gun toward
himself while standing in tbo doorway nnd
put u hole through his head , thu ball enter
ing Just below the loft eye.
The coroner held nn inques. , 'shortly after
the shooting , nnd thu Jury rut'urnud n vurdict
in accordance with thu facts us heru slated.
Until a year ago Count Burger was oin-
ployud ns a hook-iicoper by II. McConnell &
Co. , lumber dealers , but since then ho ha *
hud no regular employment. The murdered
woman has a brother ! II. Prutor , living ut
Carroll , In. , who has been tulcgraphud to
como nnd tnko charge of the remains and tha
children.
Count Borccr was a man of good personal
habits. Ho was In unusually easy circum
stances financially. His little homu is hand
somely furnished nnd tinishcd , nnd bears an
air of refinement and comfort. Mrs. Borgoc
was by no means nn extravagant woman ,
but she took u pardonable prldo In her chlu
drmi , nnd was always desirous of seeing
them dressed us well as these of her
neighbors.
JtH.t'l' THIN SlIUOTlXfl.
lO.xoellcnt-Work < : f the Knitted Men
and Ofllcers nt Kort Hlierld tn.
CmcAdo , 111. , Sept. S. In the United
States army national shooting tournament
this was the first day's tiring for tha mudali
offered by the government nnd for places
upon the army nnd distinguished teams.
Tbo light and wind were magnificent and
the shooting was in accord xvitb the ele
ments.
Lieutenant F. W , Karascy nguin led the
ranks , mnklng ITT points out of a posalbla
'JOO. Corporal V. Schwulnhurt , company D ,
Twenty-second Infnntrv , wns a close second ,
scoring 1T ( ! points , while Sergeant I'1. Uoso.
company A , Elgbtccnth Infantry , followed
with 1T-1 points.
Lust week n sooro of K',0 was considered a
winning score , but If today's ' style of sboou
ing Is kept up during thu ranmlning days no
man with u Hcoro loss than 1TO will uraco
cither team. Particularly nt the long ranges
wns the shuotlng good , there being several
Instances nt tlio 5(1(1 ( ( ami iioo yards whuro tlva
bulls eyes were made In succession.
H'll.l , .tl'l'K.lll .1(1.11 ft HT HIS ! lt.fi.
IMrrlHli Will Tell What , I To Knows
At ) . ml the Detroit Ahdnotlon "aHi > .
DirrnoiT , Mluh. , Sunt. 8. Chlof ot Pollco
Starkweather Hinted today thnt Frank Par-
rUh , who is on his way here from St. Louis
to testify In tbo Pcrrin abduction case , Is
perfectly willing to tnstlfy , but for fear of
bulng murdorud ho did not duru to remain In
Detroit after it bucumo known to tbo Con-
sidlnes thnt bu would nppuar ugaliiHt thorn.
"All ho wants , " suid Sturkwunlhur , "U
protection mid ho shall havu it. "
The discovery by tha Consldinus that Par-
vis h wns spying upon them camu about in a
singular manner. One night over n gumu of
cards it was claimed Purrlsit had cheated ,
nnd the gnng held him up nnd seurcliecl him.
In n search n document was found In Par-
rlsli's pocket which proved to bo an a roo-
incnt between Josapb Porrib nnd PurrUU
that the lultcr was to receive u cortniu
amount of money If lie could product ! the evi
dence In nonio matters about thu nbdtiulton.
Parrlsh was utmost klllud by the gung that
niuht , but ho usuupod with his life.
II'/.M7 HUH "VlJW/H/.l.f I1.
Otnnha and Vicinity Fair , wannnr.
For North and South Dukota Wnrraer }
fair ; southerly winds.
For Nebraska and Iowa Generally faie
on Wednesday ; winds slilftlnu- southerly ;
warmer.
For Mls&ourl Local showers ; easterly
wlmU ; slightly warmer , except In HOUIU-
cuat portion ; stationary tumpornlurti.
For Kansas Showers ; slighlly warmer ;
winds Hhlfllng to southerly.
For Colorado Pair ; warmer ; southerly
winds.
ItiiHNlu HUH No Spiiulal
LONDON , Supt. 8. Lord Salisbury has writ ?
ton n loiter to a correspondent In which ha
nnys. referring to Uio privilege * wiiluh thq
porto is supposed to tmvo granted Uussla by
permitting tbu vessels of her volunteer Heel
to pas tlio Dardadullus : "Kussla possessed
no rlk'hls ns to thu passage of tiiu Duraunollea
or Ho-tiioru.s which uro not possessed bj
other powuvs also. "