THE OMAHA' ' DAILY BEE.
.ESTABLISHED JUIS'E 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY ! MOltNC&jG , SEPTEMBER 28 , 185)7 ) SINGLE COPY PIVJE CENTS ,
CARNIVAL OF BLOOD
Iowa Man Murders His Wife and His Six
Children.
WINDS UP BY TAKING HIS OWN LIFE
Woman Shot with a Shotgun and Children
with a Revolver ,
BULLET HOLES IN CHILDREN'S ' FOREOD3
Infant's ' Brains Are Beaten Oat by the
Unnatural Parent.
BODIES FOUND LOCKED IN THE HOUSE
Illlll All\llH IjltCMl Illll | > H >
luT iiiiil .No CIIUHC CM ii
HiNxlKiinl ( or ( lie 'lor-
rlhlv Crime.
CAnitOLL , la. , Sept. 27. The slaughter of
n mother ami her six children occurred at
the home of John llocckur a farmer living
eight iiillca northwest of here , last night.
IMward , the fiendish husband , completed his
bloody work by sending n bullet Into his
own head , Inflicting a fatal wound. The
family were piospurous Germans and aa
far an Is known lived happily. No motive
for the tiagedy has been disclosed.
Hocckcr H victims are his wife and these
children Caroline , aged 11 , Christine , aged
D ; Hcnrj , ngcd 8 , Ll/zic , aged G ; John , aged
tl , and an Ijifnut. All are dead but Henry ,
and the latter caunot recovery from his
.sounds.
Uoccker had an engagement to help a
neighbor thrash this morning nnd on his
not putting In nn appearance , his brother ,
Hcnry who lives about twenty rods away ,
went about 9 o'clock to sco why he did not
come. The doors of the house were locked
nnd theio wire no nlgna of life about
Homy tiled to get Into the house , but met
no response and finally Kicked In the door
and canu1 upon a horrible scene.
HORRIBLE SCENE.
noocker , with his wife and baby slept In
u back room , and the corpses lay on one
bed. 'Ilie wife had been shot in the neck
\\lth \ aehotgun which stood In the corntr , the
ibaby had been shot and Its head crushed
with the butt end of a revolver. The man ,
still breathing , had a bullet hole high up
on the foichead and by his eldo was a s'x- '
uhootcr with two chambers emptied.
The Hoc-diet home 'Is a story and 11 half
frame homo and upstairs Henr and Lizzie
lay on a bid with a bullet hole In theli
heads , thu latter dead , the boy still breath
ing. In the opposite corner of the tame
room Caroline , Christine and John were
dead , eaih with a bullet hole in the fore-
bead though Caroline had two.
Late this afternoon the bodies were btlll
untouched , the sheriff and coroner being
occupied In arranging for the Inquest and
other preliminaries The Inquiry will be
jiutihed tomorrow by the coroner's jury.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
It Is undoubtedly a case of murder and
suicide. The Indications are that Hoscker
flrat dls.natihed his wife with the shotgun ,
shooting her in the neck , then used the
revolver on the baby , first shooting It and
then knocking out its brains wlih the butt.
BoeX-kor then went upstairs , vvhoro the five
children were sleeping and killed thim He
must have used a light , for his aim w-n
effective , laih victim belixg shot In the fore
head. All but two children met Instant
death , foi the blood clots were under their
heads and they lay as calmly reposed as if
In sleep. All except Henry , who Is not yet
dead , weie attired in night robes. Hoeckcr
bad reloadid the weapon while upstairs and
evidently se't the secon-1 bullet Into the
oldest gill's brain just bofor-3 leaving the
room. floliiK downstairs he stretched him
self beside the eops of his wife mil shot
himself. His right hand was burnt by the
powder , bhowlng the rapid use 01 the re
volver. The weapon he had borrowed finm
hid brother Henry last Thursday , remarking
that he wanted It to kill rats In the cellar.
It Is now recalled that Doecker had since
then practiced target shooting with it ,
IIOEOKER'S ANTECEDENTS.
Hoc'cker was 34 years old , end for o\ei
twenty yeaia lived in the 8)1110 neighbor
hood ; In fact , on the same farm He has
been reminded as a prosperous fanner t nd
only ii'centlj bougJit a 200-ac-o faun a few
miles from the old homestead. Yisterday
lie attended CathoUc services with his t\m-
lly. Later ho was visited by a neighbor ,
iwho says that when he left the Doecker home
In the evening they were seemingly a happy
family and not a premonition of the awful
tragedy enacted a few houis later was given
by Hoecker or any ono of the household >
'McmbevH ' of his. father's family say lin had
no tatuliy trouujM , his financial affairs were
In goo 1 shape. , and they can assign no motive
far tii' teinblo crime. On the other hand ,
U Is said that John had ( Unagreed with the
old folks and Henry over the occupancy
of the fa : in on which John livid and this
Is assigned by nome as tl'rf cause of the
t-ouble which culmlnaUd In murder and
milcldc. Tht ) family are Germans and highly
respected citizens.
Kll.l.r.U JIV AN KI.KCTHIO1KJU. .
t'ni-Iton i : . ( ilt on MI-OS * Uoutli In a
I'l-i'iillar Mumicr.
DHCATUK , 111. , Sept. 27. The peculltr cir
cumstances attending the death of CJilton
, 13. Oh en , the real estate and loan brakr
* at his homo In Riverside p.aco last night
were fully Investigated today. M < * Glveu
had been hiving trpublo vvlt'i the electric
light jn his resldsnce , but was unable to lo-
L.I to the cause. Lact night ho dlvt-'tej him
self of his coat and went to the bueratul
to hang n curtain and repair the broken cheiK
draft chain for the furnace.
A few mom ntu later Glvcn's wlj found
him dead , with his body lying across the
inntal air duct face down , and one hand
touching the Iron base of the fimuce and
" 4. tire lushing from hands and fee ) , The mother
o ! Ghen and his vvlfo ma Jo several attempts
to pull the body from the air duct , but each
time the women were , knocked down. Two
lunn came , and took hold of the clothing
tbtjH got the body away. Glvon WSB
Investigation shows that a portion of the
braided Insulation ol ' 'ho bailment light v , Ire
bad worn off , the exposed wire renting on
a tin lunger for the furnacu conducting pipe ,
the entire voltage charging the furnace and
the a > r duct. The converter was found to
bo out of repair. The lighting voltage should
haui boon 62. Instead It was 1,000 , Action
for damages will bo instituted against the
company that did the wiring. .All of the
i. i wiring of the residences In the city will be
Inspected at once. Given was formerly a
resident of Evtnston , where he ban a brother.
Ho wa 33 ynra o ( age , and wan a popular
taan in the city ,
11:1.1 , or IH\Y < > , - i\cr.ssns.
( Mitrnm1 * C'oiiiinlltpd li > InnnrKi'iitx n <
\ Irtorla ip I , an Mum * .
HAVANA , Sept. 27 Alleged details of the
capture of Victoria do las Lunas , province
of Santiago dc Cuba by the Insurgent forces
have been issued from the palace here They
nay that after the Spanish troops surren
dered the Insurgents tiogan plundering the
stores and private residences and committed
many brutal acts upon women and girls ,
"not even respecting the Sisters of General
Vencente Gircla. " the Insurgent leader of
the last war An aged women na nod Nlco-
leca Is said to have sivcd her life by throw
ing her Jewelry to "tho negroes" and there
by escaping.
Continuing the official report siys : "Then
commenced the horrible mutilation of ninety-
eight volunteers , Inclusive of Innocent
children. Pedro Snares saw his three sots ,
still boys , cut down with machetes and nf-
terwards Ramon Ktrbla saw his two sons
treated In the same manner
"A Mme Popllllo Santa Ana was hanged
by her feet and burned alive. An Insurgent
who had surrendered opened his veins and
the feet of n guide of the Spanish troop
were hurried off and the man was afterwards
killed with machetes. The Insurgents also
tortured and killed a soldier who was nearlj
blind after killing his son , only 11 > ears of
age , by burning his feet.
" .Mme tKcrnando Ilodano and her two boys
were decapitated as was also a police In
spector. Machado Ramon Diaz , whose legs
were first cut oft' and afterward his arms
"Tho widow of Dr. Trista was tortured by-
having fire applied to the lower part of bet
body so OB to oblige her to deliver up her
money to the Insurgents. A sacrlstoran was
h.ingcd by the wrists until dead. It Is Im
possible to relate the man } other brutalities
committed upon women and girls. "
cocjir\Ti i. VTI'S IMSMVUCK.
( U-fiitlou In ( Iiiiiiu-liliiK of CrtiUor
Niinii'il for Hie Prliift * .
LONDON , Sept 27 The lUmburger Nach-
tilchtcn toda > sija that Emperor Wllliim
telegraphed his congraUilatlor-s to 1'rlncc Ills
nuicK upon the occasion of the launching
of the new German cruiser , Kuerst Dis-
marck , at Kiel on Saturday last. The dis
patch was as follows
Trom m > hear * 1 congratulate jour serene
liihiieiji upon the liunch of the armored
ciuifier I'ncrst Ulsmarck , and I rejoice at
| knowing the name of your serene highness Is
| In the closest connection with mj fleet tor
all time You will be the more proud of us
1 slnco tbl Is the llrst armored cruiser built
In nut country Admiral vcn Tlrpltz , by my
outers will tranonill a model of her to youi
ItlKhno's "
t'rlnce Ulsmarck rrplled "Your Majesty
1 most humbly bes jour gracious acceptance
of mj very respectful thinka for the dlstlc-
ttoii conferred upon me in christening the
crul&ei. and ut the saito time mj ver > re
Hieclful thanks for jour majesty's telegram ,
| whercbj the honor bestowed on m > name in
jour aajeatj's licet Is greatly enhanced "
< r\st iius MVHTIMCVMIOS. .
lliiMinit I'll per rimlM I'll ii 11 nltli HIM
OlllolNin ot Wi-jlrr.
HAVANA , Sept. 27. El Pils , the organ of
the autonomists. In an editorial entltleJ
"Tiic A'e of Spades , " directed against the
lecent letter of General Martlniz Campos
and other officials , published In the Madrid
papers In criticism of Wejlersajs. . "These
geneiali : are now seeking , amid public opin
ion and bj the use of facile phrases , a sii c ss
they were unable to obtain amid the dlfll-
eultles of a campaign in Cuba In which they
participated. "
El Pals defends Captain General Wcjler's
campaign , adding : "These generals have
criticised him in the spirit of passionate ,
puerile rivalry , thinking with criticism to
reduces aces into Jacks. "
C.ililalii CrulUHliiuiKITII ! > ; II < M | .
LONDON , Sept. 27 At Dow street police
court today "Captain" J. H. I. Crulkthanic
vv.u agair. analgned on remand , charged wltu
defrauding Ladj Randolph Churchill .and her
bisUrs , Mrd Morton Prow en and Mrs Leslie ,
out of the sum of $7,750 , end with defrauding
other women out of sums arJlng fiom ? . " > 00
to $18,000 , the whole amount being about $30-
000 Attcr a preliminary hearing the prisoner
remam'ed.
wa- > again
six \ iinrclilHlMrr < -Nt Ml.
MADRID , Sept. 27. In consequence of reve
lations as to an anarchist plot , the police ar
rested EX ! anarchists today. A number of
bombs have been sebed.
1 vv U.HV 'rtiKiirr
Sfiirt'H of ( In1 KUo I mill UK Ciuuiicll-
IIMH nt KortMiiKiitf , > . VI.
DRNVbll , Sept. 27. A special to the Re-
liubllean from Tort Wingate , N. M , says
The cavaliy target competition tDday con
sisted of ten shots by each at rectangular tar
gets ftom the following tanges : Two hundred
judii and 300 yards , EOO and COO yaids. The
possible score for the nay's work Is 200. The
icoieb of the five leading contestants we'e :
Valentino IJuckeyes , sergeant , troop G ,
Seventh cavalrj , 169.
Samuel Pette , sergeant , troop D , Ninth cav-
alij , 1S9.
.luhn Carlson , private , troop D , Fifth cav-
ahy , ir.S.
Charles Abe ! , sergeant , troop I , First cav-
alu , ICs
Charles A Jlorrls , sergeant , troop K , Fifth
cavalry , Ifi7
CHIO\GO , Sept C7. The regular compe
tition of the cavalry of the departments of
the easvnil of the Missouri began today on
the Fort Sheildio range The firing was
at00 , , ! 00 , 500 and COO yards The score of
Ilia ten leading contestant ! ) < \as aa follows ,
the highest possible score being 200 Private
IHwere , Tlilid cavalry , 177 ; Sei'geaut Woods ,
Sixth cavalry , 100 ; Sergeant "Onelette , Third
cavaliy , 1GS Sergeant Emulen , Third civaliy ,
li)3 , Seigeant Lee , Third cavalry , 102 ; Piivato
Do IJnswi'ie Second cavalry , 1C2 ; Private Hat-
te'son , Sixth cavalry , 1W ; Sergeant lobln ,
Plret cavalij' , 101 ; Corporal Murphy , Second
cavalry , M > 0 ; Corporal Sledge , Second cavalry ,
15'J ' The tin between Lpe , De Ilusscre and
llattorton was settled according to the scoreo
mane .it the longer distances.
SV-MI'lTIIY IH WITH THU CAH Mf5V.
I'rosiifct of a Strllo * on Clili'iiun
Surface ItoinlH ,
CHICAGO , Sept. 27. Mayor Harrison sa'd
today In speaking of the threatened strike
of tlie employes of the City Railway com
pany ' If It Is tiuo that those men vveio
discharged because they were active In organ
izing a union for their protection I believe
tint public sentiment should support thn
Mro.H car men In the event of a strike being
declared. There Is a great deal of talk of the
rrllrcads combining in their own Interests ,
and I see no leasou why ti'o mn should nut
ha , 9 tl" ? same right to organize"
Action may bo taken at tonight's "ouncll
meotlni , ' that may result In the various street
car companies Etching the carrying ot t'nlted
StatcH mall The point ! rnadd tluit mall is
freight and that them Id nothing In the
franchises of the roads ronv eying authority
to cairy frulg.it of any sort
At the weekly meeting of thu congicga-
tlonal ministers today a resolution was
pasted expressing oyn/patby for the em
ploys.
IrraUiiiiiim Killed liy ( In * Cum.
DOUGLAS , \Vyo , , Sept. 27. ( Special Tele
gram.v'hllo ) switching in the yards here
today John Hurley , brakeman In the employ
of the Elkharn , slipped and fell acrott the
track and nine cars and an englnn pa&sel
over him , cutting off his right arm at the el
bow and b'fi right leg and lacerating the
trunk In a frightful manner. Ho lived about
two hours ,
Illtr Tiilmrt'o VI aim fuc Kir IT
RICHMOND , Va , Sept. 27 , A telephonic
message'rom Wrstbrook toys that at S 15
o'clock Major Lewis Olnter of the big to
bacco firm of Allen & Glnter Is dying The
metiage says ho ran survive only a few
hours at most and the cud may coiuo it any
moment.
LUETGERT AS RAl1 IIUNTHl
Ho and Eu ! Pnrtntr Help a Tcirier in It
Search for Rodents.
STOf.Y TOLD BY WLLIAM CIMRLES
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l'iu'torVtiM Itarilciule-il anil
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XVun I'ureliiiHt'il.
CHICAGO. Sept. 27. The leading event
of the day In the trial of A. L. Luctgert
was the evidence of Wllllnm Charles , Luet-
gerl's business partner. He explained why ,
as he claimed , thu caustic potash In which
the body ot Mrs Louise Luetgert Is alleged
by the prosecution to have been dissolved ,
was bought. According to Charles' story
the potash was purchased as the principal
Ingiedlent of a quantity ot soft soap to bo
used In cleaning up the big factory pre-
puatory to Its sale lo an English syndicate.
The witness said be suggested this me the 1
of putting the factory In shape himself and
that Luctgcrt , acting upon the suggestion ,
ordered a barrel of caustic potash weighing
375 pounds sent to the factory In March
last. This was about the tlmo the defense
claims the negotiations were pending
between Luelgert and Davy , the mvstcrlous
Englishman , who Is said to have represented
the syndicate , and who borrowed something
like $25,000 fiom Luetgert.
CHASU FOU RATS.
Charles aU > o offered an explanation of the
apparently barricaded door to Iho basement
stairway by telling about a chas ° toi rats
In which a small dog was an active pirtlcl-
pant Ho said that the factory had been
Infested by lats for some time and an effort
had been made to get rid of them The
evening of April 30 he nnd Luetgert with
others were In the basement when u ter
rier , which belonged to the witness , got
after a rat Charles Lue gert and th
others moved bo\cs. barrels and o'her ob
stacles to aid the dos In bis ch-'sc and the
bo\cs and barrels weie hurled In a pile
against the door The barricade of the door
was unintentional he saU It just h-n-
ppnpd that the articles were thrown there
without thought of the door at all.
Charles savs besides the caustic potash
two or three barrels of tallow , a quantity
of gtcass and some chipped bone which waste
to bo used in making the soft SMT was de
livered at the factory. Ho sild he aided
Odorofsky and Levandowskl the two
laborers employed In the factory , to place
sonio of th stuff In the middle vat. He
also saw Frank Blalk In the factory it the
time. The caustic no ash vvns put In the
vat and Luetgert said he would see to turnIng -
Ing on the steam and boiling the stuff.
Charles said hp met Luctgert In a saloon
opposite the factory on the evening of the
nlUit Mrs Luctgert dlsapne-ired and Luot
gert said he was going over to the factory
and trim on the stoiin At 9 o'clock the
same night Charles said ho went to the
bisoment of the factory and1 found Lnetgert
there and the steam turned on The mivture
boiled o/er once 01 twice and splashed upon
the floor be said The following day he
visited the factory basement and saw the
mixture In the vat. The tallow was In ono
poi tlcn of the vat and the grease or lard
had collected in another pirt ot the vat by
itself. Luetgeit again turned on steam In
the mixture , the witness said.
TELLS A GOOD STORY.
On cross-examl-ation bState's Attorney
Deneen Charles denied ho " "
, had "doctored" the
bookp of the concern so as to Jhow a joaily
profit of $30,000 Thla line of cross-examina
tion was objected to by the defense , but the
couit permitted It fora time , thp result being
a complete denial by Charles He acknowl
edged that It was he who Intro luced Pro
meter Davey to Luetgert , but he said ho was
deceived by the man at. well as Luetgert.
Frank Dlttler told of seeing Mrs Luetgert
vviinglng her hands on one occasion. It vva-J
dining the lattei part of April and the wit
ness declared Mrs Luetgert bald the business
was broken up , everything was gone and
that she was going away also Liter the wit
ness said Mrs Luctgert promised to attend
the wedding of hU daughter in Juno and
make the prospective bride a present.
At the close of the afternoon session of
court ex-Judge Vincent and Attorney Phalen
were much pleased over the evidence of wit
ness Charles.
"Ho told a pretty fair story , " askuowledged
Assistant State's Attorney McEwen at the
close of the trial. "H was one of these
stories upon which there Is nothing left to
cicss-eiamlne. First he sought the oppor
tunity. He says he was In thp basement of
the factory that night and that Luetgort be
gan to make soap. Ho and Luetgert are the
only ones who really know the real object
for which that euustlc potash was bought.
Th"y are not going to toll any other stoiy
than the one told by Charles So what Is
the use to cross-examine at length on that
point. But we have some other evidence on
this point that will change the complexion of
Chcrlcs' evidence when It Is submitted. "
Physical Improvement , duo to Sunday rest ,
wa noticeable In Luetgert's appearance as
he entered the court room todiy. The big
sausage maker ntlll used his crutch , but bo
did not suffer the pain ho experienced on occa
sions last week Luetgert came Into court
smoking a cigar and greeted hU attoineys
and his son pleasantly. The alleged murderer
seemed to bo In an exceptionally pleasant
frame of mind and joked and laughed with
his eon and William Charles , hU business
partner , until Judge Tuthlll appeared upon
Iho bench.
LET MARY OFP EASILY
Mary Slemniprlnp , the servant girl , whose
crojs examination was In piogress Saturday
when court adjourned , was recalled , Around
this witness , according to the prosecution , the
motlvo for the alleg ° il murder of Mrs Louise
I.Letijprt centors. Luetgert's Infatuation for
hlj pretty servant girl Is stated by the pros
ecution to have been the Inciting motive
to this celcbra'cd crime When she
wont on the witness stand today
( D again endure , ar aim Mip-
posed , the cross-eyamlnatlon of Statu'o At
toiney Dcencn , which Is electric In Its
rapidity , Mary Slemmenng appeared com-
.nosed and defiant. Her cheeks were Hushed ,
which Indicated apparently sonic mental PX-
c'lloincnt ' , but the young woman , It was
evident , had made up her mind lo control
her ft-ellnga and not permit the state's a-
, ornoy to confuse her. Greatly to her sur-
prls * , and apparent relief , Assistant State's
Attoinny McEwen asked the question and
did not keep her on no witness stand long.
Ilia cross-examination was not Ecvrc ,
"Did you not say before the grand Jury
that Mrs Luctgert was a good and kind
mother ? " obked Mr McEwen
"I did , " confessed the witness
"Now yon say she beat her children and
was press with them ? "
"When I went to the grand Jury room to
testify Inspector SchaacK was there Ho
told me If I did not say what I did he would
punU'i mo , " said the witness ,
Tno photographs which were Identified by
witnesses from Kenosha were handed Jo the
witness and she Identified them Thp pic
ture , which Included M s Luetgert and her
two children , was tikon two years ago , the
witness said Several questbns of un Im
peaching character vvfre asked and Mary
Slemmerlng was excused She left the wit
ness ft a ml A 1th a smile and took 9 eot
within the Inclotturo and remained to listen
to other wltntMes ,
MRS. LURTGERT DEPRESSED.
Jacob Melber of Wheaton 111 , testlflel that
on May C hr 4W a woman at the depot Ir
Wheaton at " o'rlock In thn morning whoae
de > crl | > tlon resembled that of Mrs Luetgu t
She Inquired the way to Ulmhurst Melbei
U a butcher He scld ho &aw Mrs Luelgert
once lu t March \Mic'i aiked upon crosi-ex-
amlnatlon to detcrlbe thu inUtlng woman be
could not do eo xnd was excused
Charles Boehnke , who had worked for
Luetgert for sixteen ycais , testified that on
April 28 he bad a brief conversation with
Mrs. Luetuert. Sb seemed much
the witness said , and remarked that ' 'things
were going bad ln\tho house. " She said , ac
cording to tbc witness. , that nhc would go
to the country and'fto to frork as a servant.
"Wo are aboiltVrulned land I will go to
the country andork ojit ; I cannot stay
here , " the witness-told were the words of
the Apparently distracted' womin
" 1 told her tba $ , times were as hard In
the country as thto- were in the city , " said
Boehnko , "and advtfcd he 1 not to go "
When Mrs. Augunta 1C cb , .a neighbor of
the Luetgerts , who Knew Mrs Luetgert well ,
was called to the stand , Juror William Harler
w s called upon to act asintorprcter This
was the second time since the trial began
that Juror Harlcr had been similarly cilled
upon , despite the fnpt of the discovery that
ho vuis Indicted tcn yearn ago In connection
with the Cook county commissioners' boodlu
scandal. Slatc'i Attorney Docncn Ins the ut
most faith in Juror Hnrler's honesty anl
today gave out for publication a letter from
ox St te > Attorney Longcnecker , concerning
tie Indictment of Harlcr. Kx-Statc's Attor
ney LongcnecRor declared that Harlcr should
never have been Indicted. lAftcr a thoiough
Investigation of the case , ho entered a nolle
pro cqui of the case , and llnrlrr wig never
arraigned for trial. Mrs. Koch said she had
known Mrs Luctgcrt for eleven years and
had lived near her mo t of th's '
tlmo. She had talked with Mrs" Luctgcrt
T
the Jast week In April , Mrs. Luetgcrt was |
depressed and talked about going away.
She told the witness , according to the stile-
ment of the latter , that Lnetgert had been
swindled by a man who had piomlscJ to ,
pay him a big sum for an Interest In the
saieage factory. Lu ° tgert had let the man' '
have a large amount of money and the
man had run away. This evidence was In
support of the statement of ex-Judge Vincent
at the opening of the trial to the effect that
a promoter had swindled Luetgert out ot
$25000 and that this was the beginning ot
the troubles of the sausage maker Other
vvl msaes tcbtlfled along this line later In
the day.
CRUSH fOR ADMITTANCE.
The crush around thp criminal court build
ing today was something fearful. A number
of extra policemen had to bo placed on duty
to assist the court bAllltts In keeping back
the throng that clamored for admission , and
they had their hands full U was only with
the greatest difficulty that those having busl-
nf.ss In the court room could gain admission
and many people who lui.l tickets cntitllnt ;
them to enter the court room were compelled
to turn away because ot Inability tj foico
their wij through the crowd This morn
ing the pressure on the state's attornej for
tickets of admission was so gieat that he and
his assistant , Mr. McEwen wore compelled to
hide In the private ofllce ot the state's attor-
n ° y In order to transact , tliclr woilc prior to
the opening of court. No crlmiml tr'al that
has been held In Cook county has excited
as much Interest as thclpresent cise The
anarchist case was the recoi 1 breaker until
the trial of the sausagu maker be an , but
It Is In the second place LOW. Amain ; tin-
spectators today was an Esquimau from
Alaska , whose home Is neai th" Klondike
Ho Is in Chicago exhibiting Klondike dogs.
The trial will prbbablj' last for another
month.
ir.v VIIK CIM.IS s\is nn s > vw iinn.
'I'd. n in nli Mloriicv , 'jTellK a StraiiKi <
Stor > ol HIM Own ExiicrlciK-c.
If. Wade Glllls of Tekjamah , Neb , was In
Omaha Sunday re'turnlnj ; from Chicago
While In Chicago he attended the Luetgert
trial through curiosity. "lie declares that ho
suddenly dlscovciud from the descilptlon
given byone of the witnesses of the alleged
victim that he bad seen Mrs. Luetgcrt slnco
she Is said to have beea.'bdlled In a sausage
vat by her husband. .Glllia declares that
about May , 27 a strange jiroman , came Into his
office at Tekamah amnniado very earnest
Inquirleacabout securing , a divorce. She- re
fused to glvo her namejand acted In a very ex
cited manner , bo much * go as to cause him to
remark about It to a number of persons at
the time. She said she had deserted her
husband , who was a wealthy Chicago man ,
on account of his neglect , and asked what
effect he1 disappearance would have upon her
chances for ultimately' { securing a divorce
and the custody of her tv.o boys She said
she had Just como from Michigan and was
going back there. She did not explain her
pretence In Nebraska , and appeared very
much excited all the time. The occurrence- ,
Glllis says , had passed from his mind , and ,
though he had read the papers giving reports
of the Luetgert case. It never occurred to
him that the strange woman with whom
ho talked May 27 was the same woman said
to have been cooked In a sausage vat until
he dropped Into the court room by accident
In Chicago Wednesday. He said nothing
about his dlscoverv imwl he reached Omaha ,
whe'n he wired the law sera for the defense.
This precaution he tnoKbecause he was very
busy and could not afford to bo detained In
Chicago He says lie VJs ready to give his
deposition and will swea absolutely that the
woman he saw answered perfectly the descrip
tion of Mrs. Luetgeit. ,
iniMM.n (5i\ns cniiTiriHi ) CHICK.
Will Setllr Tilth flip Mate furii >
ShorttiKt * In IllN Ari-oimtH.
PIERRE , S. D. . Septl 27. ( Special Tele
gram ) Ex-Auditor Hippie today placed a
certified chock for $2331 In the state Meas
urer's ofilco to bo bold' In trust until the
final examination of tb& recordb of the In
surance department shows just the amount
of the discrepancy which exists. The de
posit has been approved by the attorney
general on the part of the state. The public
examiner , after again going over the work ,
finds that this Is the ( amount due on his
figures. Hlpplo sayg be can show offsets
when ho has the opportunity to secure the
required papers which will materially icduco
the discrepancy fipmv this amount. Thn
complete examination will take several days ,
as the public examiner- , will have to secure
records from his oDeo | , at Huron for final
verification of his worhj.
: \T-Tjr-rs v i.it n cicon'i ) .
Man ; l-i-nplc Will 'vitfiiil ( In- Smith
DnKota Sitf | 1'a I r.
YANKTON , S D , Sent 27 ( Special Tele
gram ) The South Tjaljota State fair opens
tomorrow In this city j'Tonlght a good-sl/ed
crowd Is here. The bifslness portion of the
city Is Illuminated by $00 Incandescent and
eight are lights , presVnuiiB a beautiful sight
Goregous decorations aljcund In eveiy direc
tion At the groundsi each department Is
btralned to Its utmostito accommodate the
entries , new buildings' ' being erected yester
day and today In congefjueuce. Stock entries
arc pom Ing In from allVportlons of the stato.
rive fast horses frjhn Omaha were added to
the bpeod departim-iit "tonight. The attrac
tions to bo prcsbntcd at the giounds are all
first-class , it Is expected that 20,000 people
wlli be here , ,
Snow Ktorin "siopM ] 'itrrxt Tin * .
RAPID CITY , S. DSept. . 27 A do-
btructlve timber fireh s been i aging In iho
Hlg Horn country , ( J , W Green spoclal
agent of the Interior department , who hat.
chiTgo of public ilmbk , Jas just retuincu
and reports llty-four ( cfiuare miles of the
heaviest timber destroyed. The estimated
103H Is over J 500 , 000 , ( The 11 ro was finally
extinguished by n snowntorm.
Ciimiilrti'H School of Vllnt-N I'lii'iill ) ,
HAPIU CITY , S. ' B * . Sept 27 ( Special
Telegram. ) The State iloJid of Regents has
elected Prof i.uclur Boyd of Trinity college ,
Dublin , to thu chal otanetallurgy and geology
at the -hnol of mluof. The faculty U now
complete. The opening day Is Octobei 4
'I IKMIVlnlHtiis Sill ) Out ,
MILWAUKEE , Wls , , Sept. S7 Ton Sen
tinel tome tow will tay
fourteen WUeoubhl'malsters ' of prominence
will not Join thaJTVmerlcan Malting comn-jny
anil promise to fight the syndicate to the bit
ter end At ColumbU , liillllngtan , Went
Dend , Waterlown , Shoboygan. Joffmon , May-
vlllc , Fen du Lac , there are malt bouses lo
cated thst have an annual outi.-ut of 2,000,000
bushels , and In Milwaukee theie ate three
conrn8 whose capacity approaches 1,000,000
bushels , making the total o-itput of the autl-
trutt houses 3,000,000 bushels , while Hi ? men
who propoee to join the syndicate control
0,000,000 bushela.
I'OLliS ' HAVE' A BLOODY RIOT
Boarders ut Rival Hotels Fight with Guns ,
Axes nnd Olubs ,
M\NY ARE K'LLED ' CR WOUNDED
I'nrllflpiiiil * Scrrrlr Tlirlr Injured
I'r I null , anil Pull i\tont of tin-
NIiiiiKtitcr l Not Kni > n .Si'-
lliicl to llnzlrton ' 1 rouble1 * .
GtRARDVILLE , l > a. , Sept. 27. At least
nine men received fatal Injuries and poeatbly
two score others were more or less seriously
wounded In a bloody riot here Into last night
and early this morning.
The battle was the outcome of a quarrel
over the Hazleton troubles Thirty-six men
are known to have been wounded and about
fifty moro are being secreted by their friends
who fear they will be sent to Jail , Twelve
of the ringleaders were brought before Jus
tice Ellas Kissinger and ten before Justice
II. U. Johnston. All were charged with as
sault with Intent to kill , houscbrcaklng and
rioting and were held In heavy ball for
court. Many more wirrants have been Ibsticd
but have not been served hs jet. lr. Charles
Schlesman attended to twenty of the
wounded , nine of whom he nays will die. Dr.
WlllUm Monaghan and Dr. James Uonaghuo
attended fourteen others and Imu many
other physicians cared for Is not known.
Tinee other men have1 been reported dead ,
but this cannot be verified yet on account
of the uncommunicative nature of the par
ticipants.
BAD ULOOD EXISTED.
Several hundred Polanders boarded at Wll-
lUm Culaccabage's hotel on Second street.
Joseph Cavendish Is proprietor of a hotel
at the cast end of town , where bovoral hun
dred more Polanders make their hcadquar-
teis. flad blood has existed between them
for a long time and the iccent strike trou
bles at Hazleton embittered them still more.
Last night matters came to a focus.Cul ic-
cabaio and his followers to the number
of several hundred , It Is said , arming them-
selvcb with gunb , revolvers , knives , n\es
and clubs , marched to Cavendish's hotel ,
where several bundled of their enemies were
celebrating pay day. The Cavendish men
ascertained thit their foes were marching
on them and , arming themselves huritedly ,
awaited their arrival.
HLOODY BATTLE
After a demonstrative mirch the Culli-
cabago contingent arrived and Immediately
stormed the saloon. Then a bloody battle
endued. The men fought like demons , the
shooting was fabt and furious axes , knives ,
clubs and other weapons were used vvlih
deadly effect. The battle lasted almost an
hour , when the Culllcabage gang was routed ,
leaving their wounded behind. Everything
In the house was bmashed and the floois
wcio strewn with wounded men. The walls
were bespattered with blood and shreds of
human flesh
After the routed rioters had returned lo
their headquarters the Cavendish gang
aimed themselves to the teeth and marched
to their enemies' icndezvous , where n battle
still bloodier than the flrbt ensued. The
police force and the constables of the sur-
jrounJIng region were called to he scene ,
but were unable to cope with the rioting
herds who continued hogtllltles until mom-
Ing. The townspeople did not sleep a-wink
all night and while they watched the pro
gress of the fight they made no attempt
to Interfere The place was In an uproar ,
but all In quiet now and no more trouble Is
anticipated. It is thought thit after the
excitement subsides most of the guilty men
w 111 be arrested. The residences of many
citizens were damaged and several outsiders
were wounded.
VKItUILT ON I.tTIMKIl A ICTMIS.
Mrt Don III at IIiiiulH of SlicrllV
Martin anil Dc-pullcK.
HAZELON , Pa. , Sept. 27. The coroner's
Jury which investigated the death of the
sulking miners at Latlmcr this evening , after
an horn's deliberation , rendered the following
verdict :
"That from the circumstances of the case
and the evidence offered the said Clement
Platock and others came to their death by
gunshot wounds on September 15 1897 , at
the bauds of Sheriff James Martin and his
deputies , and in this we , the Jury , do all
agree. And we , Phil J. Boyle , Thonns T.
Thomas , Barton Tress and Petei McKIer-
nan , of this Jury , do further say that the
said Clement Platock , with others , was
marching peaceably and unarmed on the
public highway ; that they were Intercepted
by said Sheriff Martin and his deputies and
mercilessly shot to death. And we do fur
ther find that the killing was unnecessary
and could have been avoided without serious
injury to either person or property , and we
find finally that tliu killing was wanton and
unjustifiable. But In this we , George Mane
and V. J. MacNcal of this Jury do not con
cur , and we , the Jury , do further say that
there was such a strong suspicion of unlaw
ful violence at the hand of perbon or per
sons unknown to this Jury as to make this
inquest necessary. "
'I'lonpi Ili'Inu VV Ithilrim n.
HAZLETON , 'Pa ' , Sept. 27 The Fourth
regiment will be withdrawn tomorrow and
the Eighth and the city troops of Philadel
phia on Wednesday. It Is prolmblo that the
Ninth and the Governor's Troop will break
camp Thursday , < md unless something un
foreseen occurs in the meantime the entire
staff will leave at the same tlmn No icgl-
mont will remain here , the commanding 0111-
ceis being confident that no further tiouble
is lo be iiarcd
vAimm : is < ; o\niiM > K riN < ; ; : ;
'N 1'lilff HxeiMillvi' IN Ali-
xi'iit No OniKIIIMVH Where.
DETROIT , Sept. 2' , Some of Governor
Plngreo's fi lends are becoming uneasy at the
way tlmo goes by and his whereabouts are
not located The governor left Detroit two
weeks ago , supposedly for a trip "down cast , "
accompanied by General A L Breeler and
Colonel E. R Button. General Hresler has
now returned to the city , saying that ho has
been In New Vork City for the past two weeks
nnd knows nothing of the governor. No two
opinions regarding Ills disappearance agree.
The only clno to his whereabouts Is found In
a dispatch from Curatoa , Wibt Indies , Hay-
lug tbo governor and Mr Button are figuring
on tceurlug a railroad concession from the
Venezuelan government J I ) Howarth , ore
of Mr Plngrco'g partners In the. shoe busl-
nosri , says he does not Know what the gov
ernor Is doing In South America , and many
of his Intimates think that If ho has gone
houth at all It is on a plcasuio tilp , seeking a
test. Careful Inquiry as to his whereabouts
at the govciruir'a residence falls to elicit any
Information , but no positive alarm has yet
been explc i > ed by his family.
To < lnlt lilt * InilliiiiN ,
DENVER , Cole Sept 27 A special to the
Republican from Pocatello , Idaho , bays
Tuo comranlcs of United States cavalry
ftom the Boise barracks cacced through this
city thin morning en route for the lrt Hall
Indian agency at ROES 1'orU to quell thu antl-
rch"ol riots there. Miout 100 of the young
bucks have determined that the glrlu shall
not go to tchool , and they are barked up by
thu old squaws who are also hostile to tin
Idea of having their children placed In school
llnnna < I'lrhriilt'H nil Vnnli crxurj .
( "LEVELSND. Sept -Senator and Mrs
Haniu celebrated < U Glcmncre this cvtnlng
the thlity-third unnlvmary of their we-ddlng
They gave a quiet dlnnei party to a few of
their friends The guests of honor were
Dr. 0 G. E. Webber , recently appointed consul -
sul at Nuerembers , Germany , and bis
Tiimin M\Y ni : sitouniix
Cooler \\Vntlirr In I'ri'illHiMl
Unlit Cmitm or Not.
Hour. Deft. Hour. Urff.
n a. in ( tU 1 | i. in sn
It a. in. . . . . . ( II U p. in Ml
7 n. in ( Id n 11. in S * <
S a. in ( IU . | p. in SS
I ) a. ni (1(1 n | i. in S7
1O a. in. . . . . . 7t ! ( I | i. in. . . . . . S,1
It n. in 7S 7 p. nt SI
12 in NO S | > . in 7S
I ) n. in 7(1
Yesterday was several degrees cooler than
Sunday , yet It was a warm day for this time
of the year The maximum temperature was
8S degrees The weather office predicts
showers for eastern Nebraski today , with
cooler weather generally.
I'OIITU'S IN ( JHKATKU M'.VV VOItlC.
I n I toil IH'MHK-ruey Aoiiiliinti'K Hour }
( ! 'orK ' fiir Maj or.
NEW YOUlC , Sept 27 The most Impor
tant development In tbo grctitcr Now York
political situation was the. unanimous nomi
nation tonight of Hcnry George for Mayor ,
by the united democracy , composed of num
erous free silver and Bryan clubs which
were active In the cimpalgn of last fall.
Mr George once polled CS.OOO votes us a
labor candidate foi mayor of New York
His strength , If he bhoilld accept , would be
drawn principally from the democratic vote.
The united democracy also adopted a rucolri-
tlon condemning the action of the state com
mittee In refusing lo reaffirm" the Chicago
platform and In nominating as candidate
for chief Judge of the cotnt of appeals Alton
B. Parker , whose party fealty Is so doubtful
that ho Is populal-ly believed to have voted
against tin- Bryan and Snwall eltttoral
ticket last fall. The convention nominated
John G Boyd for compti oiler and Wlnllehl
S Overtoil for president of the municipal
council. A belief la current that Mr Gcoig * .
will not accept tonight's nomlnitlon If Tam
many endorses the Chicago platform Ou
the othei hand the oldtimedc'inociatle
leaders profess to Ignoie the silver question
altogether.
The republlcm assembly district liadeir
of the borough of Manhattan toJay decided
to place in nomination at the city convention
tomorrow the following names Mayor.
Benjamin P Tracy , comptroller , Abhbol U
ritch ; president of the council. Ross Appleton -
ton At a meeting of the executive committee
of Tammany hall today the loll ot assembly
dlstilcts for nominations for city and county-
olllcers was called with the following lesnlts
Mayor , Willlim Sotnner , George B. McClel-
lan , Charles H Kno\ president of the b ir-
ough , George W Pluukett Charles V. Allen ,
comptroller , Ashbel B Kltch
A new stir was created in political circles
today by the publlcitlon of a letter , said to
lave been sent to Colonel Williams of the
the New YorK Dilly News by W J. Bryan
urging that the municipal campaign in
greater New York should bo run in harmony
with the principles and declarations ot thu
natloml organization
Vliissiu'lniNftlx Dciuoi'iatM.
WORCESTER , Mass , Sept 27 The pre
liminaries of the demociitlc state convention
to be held here tomorrow were gotten well
under way tonight. Apparently theie will
be no light on the main question , that for the
Chicago platform , and the candidates fo-
oomlnatlon as governor and lieutenant gov
erns will have no opposition The heads of
the * state ticket will be Geoige- Fred Wil
liams for governor and Christopher T. Calla-
hac fa- lieutenant governor There will be
more r lc fet a snuggle for tneotlK.r PJ
slticns. on the ticket.
Spc-rlal Klcc-lloii In XfT * Jrw 'j.
TRDNTON , N J. , Sept. 27. Tomorrow New
Jersey will hold a special election foi the pur
pose of enabling the people to vote on tlneo
pioposcd amendments to the state coiatltu-
tlon The principal amendment is agilnst
gambling , pool belling and bookmaklng. One
of tliP others permits women to vote at school
elections and the third prohibits the gov
ernor fiom appointing ad Interim any person
whom the senate has refund to confirm
.S llKViltT TO iThTICt I-M'S.
lslKlit II Dill" in Oau H . I < > n
KniiHii * ( 'It ; llciii-li.
KANSAS CITY. Sept 27 Judge John I )
Stone and Judge J. H Maish of the county
court quarreled while the court was In bes
slon today and with dc nched fists and eyes
snapping with nnscr , spiang at each otliei
and struck blows which were warded off by
the othei officers of the eouit who vvero
present.
The Board of Equall/atlou recently raised
the personal tax assessment of neaily every
uiei chant In Kansas City Today the mer
chants appeared before Judges Stone , Marsh
and Chrlsham and County Assessor Bower
JIB a board of appeals and entered vigorous
"protests against the lalte. During the prog
ress of the hearing Judge Stone ehargc-il
Messrs Marsh and Bower with being re
sponsible for the enhanced taxation. Maibh
Indignantly denied the chaigo retorting
"You're , making a grandstand play. "
At this the judges , with clenched fists
sprang at each other Before tb e othei
court officers , could Interfere each combatant
had let go bis right Nclthei landed and
further show of fisticuffs wab stopped by
court attaches springing between the an
gered men.
INI\NS IM \ cirTlOI.T1 0V ROM ) .
( 'lileKiiMimNVII1 Urrlii- HI-M-IHIC
from MlnrialN.
DENISON , Tex , Sept. 27 The CTilcusaw
legislature now In fccssion nt Tlskomlng , I T
has passed an act placing a lovally on all
gold Hat Is heieaftci mined In thu ChicKituv ,
nation. This act wag brought about by Indian
cltUens , who llvo near Pur cell , In the Chick-
< uaw nation , taking out samples of 010 Some
of the ClilckaaawH win havn Investigated the
matter , are under the belief tl at the Klondllu
Is a small and InMgnlficant gold field , com
pared with the ono Just discovered near Pin
cell The seciPt of the location ot the gold
Is locked In the bosoms or the dlbcoverein
and a few prominent men of the nation , who
are guarding It bacrcdly
WOMIV IIO .MS vruniir cuNINR. .
MI-N. A. P. . il'nnl to Hat CliniKi' of ( lie
( J III en uo llrlKinli * .
CHICAGO , Sept. 27. Tbo newly organ1/t > d
strect-r leaning brigade which has resulted
from Mayor Harrison's re/sent visit to vari
ous cities has be. en placed in chargu of IMrs
A. 13 Paul , This Is probably the first plaee.
In tbo country where a woman has been
given chargu of street cleaning. Snvural
years ago Mrs. Paul s only child died of
diphtheria Ever slnco ho has devoted her
tlmo to banltary work and tbo betterment
of the city's physical condition , Mrs Paul
Is to have complete charge of the downtown
street cleaning and garbage forcus
KartliijiuiKi * In Wi
OLYMPIA. Wash , Sept 27 A slight
shock of earthquake was felt hero this mornIng -
Ing at 1 30 o'clock Thn vibrations were of
sufficient for-o lo awaken sound ulceperH No
damage has been reported ,
VliiiniinlM of ( li-fiin WuHi'lx , Sc'il7 ,
At New York Arrived TaurJc , from Liv
erpool , Allcr , fiom Bremen ; Spaarndam , fiom
Rotterdam ; Mobile , from Mobile.
At Cherbourg Arrived Spice , fiom New
York , for Bremen
At QueenBtovvn Arrived Gallla , from BOB
ton , foi Liverpool
At Gibraltar- Arrived Wcrra , from New
York , for Genoa.
At nte-men Arrived Spien , from New
York , via Plymouth , Koenlgluuc , from New
York , via Foutbamptrci
At Glasgow -Arrived Sardinian , from
Montreal
At NayletArrived - Marseilles , fiom New
York.
At Liverpool Sailed Cullc , for New York.
At Quoenstown Arrived Gallla , from Boa-
tODi
STATE FAIR FUNDS
Homnrkablo Oondition of Affairs Accordincf
to tbo Official Announcements.
STARTLING STATEMENT BY THE MANAGERS
Declare that Attendance Wns Below that of
Last Year.
FIGURES MADE PUBLIC BY STATE BOARD
Oontontion that There is a Very Lnrgo
Deficit.
BUSINESS MEN ARE VERY MUCH SURPRISED
Street Ilaltnnj IVoplc llauli-.l Jloro
It n | > lc thim U i-p Ili-forc _
.SiiNplclnii dial Soiui--
i tlilnu Itt \\'r mj ; .
Omahnns were much surprised to read
In ycstei day's Itmio of The Dee
the official Htatemant of the nl-
ti'Udnnce at < the Slate fair , represent
ing a posltlvti decrease In attendance from
Hint of u year ngo Not only does the offi
cial report contiadlct all expectations , but
It shows that there wire less paid admis
sions to the fall than the number of people
the Omalu Street lailwxy alone hauled
from this city to thu StUi > fair gates
S ( ' . llabsett of Gibbon , a member ot the
Iloiul ot M inagors for the State fair , has
given out the tallowing report made bj 13.
\V. Sc.irlc- , superintendent of thu gates ,
showing the attendance' at the fair last
wool. , with a comp-ulbon with the attend
ance at the fair last jtai.
I'nld Vilmlt. tims IS'iT ISDti. Inc DCo.
H\lho-ul : cuuiiiins r (01 11 < TH ji7j . . . .
( Itiiiinl uilniltslun tlLkrlH . ! > 14. IT CM 7MJi
I'onoc ulumiV lUKits . 7S l , > 01 . . . 7U
MiuiiMllle lltkelB . . K-5 151
'Jntul pall ailniUv 4'i ( > .t S2 liS
Tiio Ail nl'slum
stopu ticiuts BSH r. : ai 62
CluiU pin.cs . J 311 .T.iT 108
cviii | > ! timntiij . 4 7M 7 121
IMoriin . . . . 2 0 .07 3J
OM bulillelH , . -,7J 575
'Jotiil tiff nilinlsFlunn 11 J73 in "Ml
"lorul iiULiiilaiiCf uSUI'J 07 MS
Doe In pilil mlmlsMoiiB . r. 912
I > it In tiee udnilsi-lonK. . . , i'U57
Tolnl dee nttriulnncc . s oG9
nouius IN COMP \RISON.
The olllcorb of the Onuha Street Railway
company yesterday chaiacteilcd ns ab-
sinil the stitoment given out by the lloord of
-Managers of the State fair. The figures ot
adml slons appeared to thorn so Irregular that
they decided to break thfli Ironclad rule
against giving out a - Utumontof the- number
of p uai'iigers hauled. Tip ! following state
ment given out by the company yester
day Nliows tire number ot cash . .fares actually
collected farh-year between the city and the-
fair Rounds. This does not Include any fares
of the return trip , or any paasec used by per-
bens going to the fair or returillng therefrom :
1S05 . 39,360
1S3G . 45,130
1897 . 47lSO |
This shows .111 Increase in the number of
pas-sengers hauled on tba street car lines
of L',050 over last year and an Increase of
7,820 ovet the ycni before.
It will bo noticed that tile tolol paid admis
sions , according to Ml Uassett's statement
numbered only 4" f.7C 'Hip street car com
pany hauled 17,180 pas eng"rs to iho grounds.
According to the managers' statement the 1
free admissions this ycai were 13,273 , making
the total number of admissions 53,948. As the
street can hauled 47,180 nf thla number , sub
traction leucd but It 70J ) pirsona who used
the State fair Mains of the Union Pacific and
of the MUfiourl 1'aclllc lallroada and thoao
who went to the fair In wagons , carriages ,
on horseback and on blevclcB
Tlic tailroad companies ntatcd that
they could not yet tell just how many pei-
s.ons tliny hauled to tin State fair. State
fair trains of both the Union and of the
Mlsooml Pacific did a good bualncas
throughout the week. lialns were run.
about cveiy thirty minutes dining Tues
day , Wednesday , llinmlay and Krirtay. The.
Union Pacific cirricd big crowds troin
Omaha , South Omaha and Council Illuffs , rs-
pechlly on Weinosday and ThuiRday. The
'
trains varied in 'length from five to eight
cars , and on Wednesday and Thursday they
were filled nearly all day. Railroad men
who watched the movement of State fair
visitors sny that there weio many hundreds
more people drove to the fair grounds this
year than ovei before , thn number of car-
iligos going out from Omaha to the race.
coin so having been very rnueh greater than
last year.
ON \NSPORTAT ION FACILITIES.
Olficlals of the Uoiloti Pacific , ot the MIs-
souil Pacific and of the Onnha Street Rail
way were greatly Incensed yesterday at
the reflection of the fill m&nageiH upon the
transportation facilities to nnd from the fair
grounds Their CM use for the pool Allowing
made in thn statement of ailmisslnnn wan
that the trariHportatlfii fa < lllt'cs were cn-
tliely Inailoquate This In strongly rebooted
bv tlio railroad and the stient car men anil
denounced at. puin fibrlratlon. ; An
officer of the Omaha Hticrt Hallway com
pany yestpiday slid "Wo hud a thren-
mlnuto seivicc1 lo the fair grounds through
out the week During the afternoon rush
of WcdncFdriy and Thuihday moro cars were
plated In seivlce nnd wore run every two
inlnnlcH It wan only for a very short tlmo
on 1 bursilay aftrrnoon that the cais wcro
overcrowded We got over the Jam In a vciy
short time , arid that was Iho only tlmo there
vvap any trouble "
The Union Pailflc and the Missouri Paclflo
rallrnadH offered hotter pervlni to the Stata
fair ginundis tbnn over befoie Both rall-
toad rompanles ran HJIPC lal trains
from tholi respctlv ( < > dcpoln In thla
pity dlrtrtly to tln > State fair gates.
In addition the t'nlnn Paclfio ran
trains from South Omaha and fiom Council
Illuffs TliPBo tialns afforded pxcpllent serv
ice the Union Pacificpnilng for the travel
from the tantein part of the rlty and from
South Omaha and Council Ulnffu , and the.
Missouri Paclfip attending lo the wants of
those who live on the north Hldn nf town
and along the Hell line i-nclrcllng the eltv ,
making nlops at a half do/on different polntn
on the Holt line The Iriins wpro run ovpry
half hour and made the trip In short order.
and for the nominal charge of 10 rents. The
train service on neither road was Inter
rupted and In order to prevent crowding aa
soon as a train wax filled another coach
would bo put on so that all Iho paM.cngus
might find seatx
Speaking of the att'-ndanro report made by
the Staid fair managers f ) T Mount of the
Omaha Fair and Snerd association said :
"Tho flgurps given out by thn ollleera of the
State Hoard of Agllcnlturci < iru surprising. I
had nothing to do with thn gite rccolU | anil
for this reason I am unabli' to say how many-
people were on the grounds. The nnwdit
were enormous , and I supposed that the at
tendance was the greatest over seen at any
State fair In Nebrnakn '
BOMH PECULIAR MI3TUODS
W. II. nennott of the Omaha Kalr anil
Speed association said "Thero Is something-
wrong Bomowtieie , but where I cannot nay.
Everybody known that the crowds In town
last week were the largest seen , and the
statement that the attendance at the .Slato
fair was less than In HOC comes Ilkn a
thunderbolt from a clear sky. This year the
weather was flno and the conditions wera
perfect , while last year people wore bard uj <
