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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBEIt 28, 1901.
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BATTLE FOR GRAND LODGE
reraccnt HsadquirUri of A. 0. U. W.
Still a Hons of Oontentloi.
g:a;id island in thick of troubles
Apitl'ntlons for Wrllii nf Mnnrinmtia
and rrnrn for Injunction
Spcclnl Hrttnlnn Mkcl?
lie Callrrf.
CHAN'D ISLAND, Neb., Oct. 2V.-(Rpc-clnl.)
Applications for writs of mandamus
and prayers for Injunction ere following
each other thick and fast In the matter of
the location of tho permanent headquarters
of the granil lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen of Nebraska In this city.
In July, nt the time of the session of the
Frond torigo's flnancn committee In this
city, It wan related In these columns how
the members of the conimlttee purported
to fear that they might ho held personally
responsible If they carried out the Instruc
tions cf tho grand lodge In the matter of
tho purchase of tho local Ancient Order of
United Workmen building; that perhaps the
rrand lodgo had no authority under IU
constitution and by-lawn to take the ac
tion It did. And how It was agreed upon to
havo a friendly suit In tho courts to de
cide this question of personal responsibility,
the decision to be final,
Tho mandamus proceeding was recently
heard befcro two district Judges, Thompson
of this city and Paul of St. Paul, and the
attorneys of ench slrto are now preparing
briefs covering the testimony and the
precedents In law. Tho time allotted by
the order of the court will have expired
In about twenty days and a decision Is
looked for within a month.
However, tho finance committee of th?
grand lodge, at a mcctlnR held last week,
derided not to wait for this decision be
fore taking further action, but took an
unexpected step. It serured an option on
tho banking room of the Security bank
building, a block nnd n half distant from
the Ancient Order .of t'nltcd Workmen
bnlldlnCi nnc' ftperted to move Into tho
lame next week.
Plrnl Injunction iiril.
This contemplated actlcn resulted yester
day afternoon In Injunction No. I, Tho
Injunction Is to restrain the grnnd recorder
from moving Into thi Security building or
rlscwh?re. The grand recorder fjlvrs It out
thnt the move Is taken to save rent. At
the present headquarters the sum of $35
has been paid. Th? Security banking room,
vacant for some time, has been secured for
1.10 per month. Including heat. Tho other
lease did not provide for heat. It appears,
though up to a recent date the local lodges
have been furnishing heat for the grand
lodze. A sttnngo part of the tranoactlon
Is the fact that the committee, at this
rcto, can rent nnd docs rent only month
by month In tho new building, thus being
subject to u ralso nt any time, and nslde
from this fact moving will cost about $100
to $l"0, nt I ho lowest estimate, not com
puting tho Immense work to tho grand re
corder of moving nil tho records nnd putting
them In ordi'r In the new building.
Won hi I'n If I-'IkM.
Members of the local committee of cltl
eiiB nnd members of the organisation, hi
fought a stubborn tight at tho mectlnR of
tho grand letlso nt Nebrnskn Olty and won
!io permanent headquarters nnd cr.torod
into n contract with (he grr.nd lodge to sell
th Ancient Order of United Workmen
building fcr ?lt,00O. no1 that It Is a mcvo
on tho part of Lincoln to sreure a rcopen
ltiS of tho question In tho grand lodge nnd
havo tho tight all over ngalu In tho hope
of winning but. This contention Is Insert
upon tho IntcrvenoiH entered by the Lin
coln lodge In "Iho mandamus proceedings
nnd tho further supposition thnt iho mem
bers of tho finance committee nre In favor
of Lincoln ns tho permanent headquarters.
Tho latter, ns a matter of course, Is some
what of n speculation. However, that tho
object Is to defeat tho action of tho grand
ledge nt Its session In Nebraska City there
Is little dcubt In tho minds of the local
committee.
Hitherto tho local lodgo members, of
vhlch there are over 800, have viewed the
contentlcn as. a friendly one. H Is viewed
In that light no more. Prominent mem
bers state unreservedly that there will now
be a light to the flulsh. Tho expenses
of the dofonso on tho part of the finance
committee havo so far been borne by the
grnnd lodgo treasurer, so that, as the local
mombera view It, they have complacently
been contributing to a fund with which to
fight themselves, Since the contemplated
action In moving out of the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen building, with the
Apparent effort to discredit tho same, they
object to paying any further bills for at
torney's fees, railroad faro, etc., and there
li strong talk of a second Injunction, to bo
applied for Monday morning, restraining
the Issuance of any further warrants In
payment of such bills.
Special Session of Grand Lndar.
Grand Recorder Dartou Is quoted as say
ing that the action of the local commltteo
In applying for an Injunction restraining
him from moving Into tho Security building
will result In a special session of the grand
lodge. Some of tho members of tho local
commltteo state that thoy nro entirely will
ing that there shall bo such a session, ex
plaining that Grand Island In a square and
Mir fight won tho permanent headquarters
and that It has done nothing for which It
(tumid bo punished or which should lose It
friends. It has, met with ovcry require
ment, the, building has been approved u
fully up to the standard and the require
ments by the architect selected by tho
grand lodge, Mr. Kimball, and that but for
nn Inimical finance committee the deed
which has been In tho hands of Mr. Steven
son ot Lincoln for weeks would long since
have been turned over.
Another Hone of Contention.
A woll Informed member of the Ancient
Ordor of United Workmen of this city,
though not a member of tho committee,
states that there Is another matter which
has long since been the bone of some con
tention and for the settlement of which an
extra session of tho grnnd lodge Is desired.
It Is tbut'of tba letting ot tho printing ana
other contracts, particularly, however, the
printing. Ai the tlmo ot tho letting of tba
contracts for the publishing of the Work
man, tho official organ of tha order, tbero
were sevcu or eight blddeiM, most of whom
vera present, and who had bids ranging
from IS per 1,000 copies to $9 per 1,000. Mr.
Huso of Norfolk, who received the con
tract, Is said to have had In two bids, one
quite a low one, the other at $9. Tho other
bidders were given a brief opportunity to
ba heard, they allege, and when they were
off tho carpet Mr. tluce was called on and
received Iho contract at the highest price
bid for It Is said that some of the unsuc
cessful bidders havo laid the matter before
tho members of the' order, through circular
letters, and that thoy are awaltluK the ses
sion of the grand lodge with the view or
demanding an Investigation.
That the building offered by the Grand
Island people has met every requirement is
admitted by the grnnd master, whose let
ters to this effect are now a part of the ev
idence la the district court, and In view
of all the circumstances the losal commit-
tee Is resolved to carry the case up to the
highest tribunal If It Is necessary.
KILLED BY PASSENGER TRAIN
Kdtrnrri Dnlnn, Sl'onx CHr llrll Ilor.
Itnn Over While Walking
Track er Gretna.
OftRTNA. Neb.. Oct. 27. fSpcclsl Tele
gram.) Edward Dolan, aged 20, was killed
last night by being run over by passenger
train No. 11 five miles west of Gretna.
The body was taken to Ashland by a
freight train following the passenger train
and Coroner Betz of Itcllevue was notified.
The body was brought here today and a
coroner's Jury found the death was caused
by ascldent. Dolan's parents, who live at
Galena, III., have been notified. Tho cor
oner will hold the remains hero awaiting
Instructions from his people.
Twrf boys, Willie St, John of Alcester,
S. I)., and Bert Klcdge of Plattsmouth,
Neb., who were beating their way from
Omaha to Lincoln with Dolan, furnished
the Information concerning him and a note
book found on his person gave his name
nnd nddress, Deceaecd was bell boy at
Hotel nutlaud, Sioux City, until two weeks
ago.
LIQUOR MEN STEAL A MARCH
net Mrenne Grnnted In llamtiolrit Vn
der Another .nnie In Spite
nf Opposition.
HUMPOLDT. Neb., Oct. 27. (Special.)
The city council, In special session last
night, granted a liquor license to James
B. Davis, against whose application no re
monstrance hnd been (lied. An applica
tion for mandamus to compel the council
to revoke tho license of Hiram Quacken
bush Is pending In the district court and
If the movement Is successful nnd his place
of business Is closed, the house will be at
onco opened up under Davis' license. Tho
temperance people were taken by surprise,
as the general Impression had been that
Davis did not really wish a license, and
they therefore neglected to file their re
monstrance within the proper time. Tho
license advocates consider It n decided vic
tory. STEPS IN FRONT OF TRAIN
Wllllntn Mill Driven to Shocking
Suicide ly Worry Over Ilia
III llenllti.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Oct. 27. (Spe
cial.) William Mills of Ttock Bluffs pre
cinct was struck nnd Instantly killed by
an outgoing train Friday night. The en
gineer ot tho train said Mills was walking
beside tho track and when tho train was
near hlra ho stepped In front of tho engine,
which ground his body under Its wheels be
yond recognition. The only reason given
for the nrt was his HI health. Sheriff W.
D. Wheeler held an Inquest over tho body
yesterday nnd the verdict of the coroner's
Jury was that ho committed suicide. De
ceased leaves one child, his wlfo being
dead.
Church Oj-atrra Dlnnppcnr.
ASHLAND. Neb., Oct. 27. (Spcclal.)-The
members of the First Baptist church of
this city had planned to havo an oyster
supper ot tho home of Israel Beetlson, near
town. Thursday night nnd tho guests hnd
all assembled, but when thoy came to look
for the oysters, which had been left to
cool In tho pantry, It developed that they
had been stolen. Their loss was $10.
CnntiiKlon nt Pender.
PEN DEP.. Neb.. Oct. 27. (Special.) An
other case nt dlphtherlA developed here last
night. It was thought that the course of
tho dlseaer had been stopped, as tbla Is
the first caso that has boon reported for
ten days.
The smallpox epidemic among the Win-
ncbagocs Is reported aa bad as ever. It Is
reported hero that thcro hnd been 300 caaos
nnd twenty deaths thus far.
l.lRlitnliiK II limn Knnner'a Arm.
STB.ANO, Neb., Oct. 27. (Special.) A
heavy rain and electric storm struck Strang
Friday night about 6 o'clock and 1.50 Inches
of water fqll In an hour and n half. Isaac
Thedford, one and one-halt miles from
town, was standing in the door ot bis res
idence when ho was struck by a flash of
lightning that burned his right arm.
For Tnhle Rock School.
TABLE KOCK, Neb.. Oct. 27. (Special.)
The school board has let the contract for
heating tho new school building for $1,300
to Frank Kobanda. It Is to be completed
by December IB. Tho work on tho roof
of the new school building Is nearly com
pleted and the plastering was begun
Thursday.
Monument to Mr. Cnmnhetl.
ASHLAND, Neb., Oct. 27. (Special.) A
monument to the memory of Mrs. Mary
Etta Campbell of Memphis was unveiled
before a large crowd at 1:30 this afternoon
at the Ashland cemetery. Tho ceremonies
were In charge of the Memphis Woodmen
circle, of which the deceased was a member.
Jailer Harrison Improve."
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct. 27. (Spe
clnl.) Ex-Supreme Judgo T. O. C. Har
rison has been dangerously 111 with typhoid
fever, but is on the road to recovery.
Grnnd lalnnd Capture York.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Oct. 27. (Spe
cial.) Grand Island college defeated York
foot ball team yesterday afternoon, 48 to 0.
In accordance with the sentence ot the
court, the asuassln of President McKinley
will pay the penalty of bis Infamous crime
"during the week beginning October 28."
The day nnd the hour are left to the discre
tion ot the warden ot Auburn prison, where
the assassin Is confined and where ho will
be executed. The probabilities are that the
execution will take place today or tomor
row, and according to statements attributed
to the warden only twenty-six persons, the
minimum number fixed by law, will witness
the execution.
The putting to death of Ciolgosz for the
terrible crime bo committed will bo the
same as that ot any other condemned man
In a capital case. On tho morning of hU
electrocution Ciolgosz will be given his
breakfast, will don a new suit ot clothes
and then be permitted to have a meeting
with his spiritual adviser. The witnesses
to the carrying out of the law's mandate
and (he official surgeons will assemble In
the chamber which contains the electric
chair. The condemned, when he and his
spiritual adviser have finished tbelr de
votions, will be marched from bis cell with
the clergyman and "surrounded by guards,
headed by the warden, will proceed to the
room where the witnesses are assembled.
The strapping of the condemned Into the
chair and applying the electrodes to bis
arms and legs and the adjusting of tho fatal
electric cap will be the work of but a few
minutes. Then a minute Inspection will be
made to see that everything Is properly ad
Justed. The order to apply the current will
follow and In an Instant death should re
Pa vifirr t"H -r ?n tr How the President's
Ictyill HIE? lfcPIIdliy Assassin Will Die.
fEflDf ETAIII iMhUIC DUDTf
bLUKbbbuULU AAUHlOr Mil
lead Offlott.il f Miiiwi Pacific Cm to
Visit Nibruka.
TRIP TO INCLUDE BRIEF STOP IN OMAHA
Student of University Will Hold
Memorial Service for Alfred thu
Great Onmlmn Arc Guest
of Governor,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Oct. 27. (Spcclal.)i-Prealdent
George Gould and a party ot officials of
the Missouri Pacific railroad, who are now
making a tour of Inspection In the west,
are expected to arrive In Lincoln within
two weeks. They havo traversed nearly all
ot the west and ' south lines owned by
Gould nnd If their present plans are car
ried out tho north lines In Nebraska will
be visited next. Accompanying President
Gould nre: Mrs. Gould, their two sons,
Jay and Kingston, and tutor; Mr. and Mrs.
L. Waterbury of New York, Russell Har
ding, third vice president and general man
ager: Colonel W. C. Stlth, general traffic
manager; Major S. P, Schuyler, an official
of the Gould railroad system; C. G. Warner,
second 'vice president; Major R. M. Mc
Donald, general manager and vlco presi
dent of the Missouri Pacific coal Interests;
J, C. Lincoln, general freight agent, and
A. G. Cochrane, general solicitor. The trip
In Nebraska will include a brief stop In
Omaha.
In Memory nf Alfred the Great.
Special services In commemoration of tha
death of Alfred the Great will bo held at
the University of Nebraska tomorrow after
noon. The program, which will be Inter
spersed with music, Includes tho following
addresses: "Tho Political Work of Alfred,"
Prof. Guernsey Jones; "Alfred In Legal
History," Dr. Roscoe Pound; "Alfred's In
fluenco on Education," Prof. Luckey; "Al
fred's Culture and Rank In Literature,"
Dean Sherman. The exercises will be In
Memorial ball.
Ordered to Iteport In Omahal
Lewis S. Ryan of this city, who haa suc
cessfully passed an examination for a com
mission In the United States army, has
been ordered to report at the headquarters
of tho Department of the Missouri In
Omaha. He has been assigned to the Thir
tieth company of artillery, now stationed
at San Diego, Cal.
Cemetery Aaaoclatlon lleornanlae.
The Pleasant Hill Cemetery association,
which owns the cemetery at Yankeo Hill,
has reorganized by electing the following
officers: George Exlcy, chairman; S. W.
Burnham, secretary;' trustees, Cyrus N.
Carter, Robert Pickle, J. F. Hay, A. L.
Pound and G. Hr Exloy.
Pnnernl of Mra. Heeae.
Services over the body of Mrs. M. B.
Reese, wife of Dean Reese of tho Univer
sity of Nebraska College of Law, were held
this afternoon at the family residence, 1216
K street. The service was conductod by
Rev. Fletcher L. Wharton of tho Methodist
Episcopal church, assisted by Chancellor
Andrews.
Omnliana aa Guenta.
Mr. and Mra. J. W. Thomas of Omaha
were guests of Governor and Mrs. Ezra P.
Savage at an Informal gathering In the
executive mansion last night. Mrs. Thomas
was ono of the soloists at the Nebraska
day ceremonies at tho Pan-American ex
position. At the mansion last night she
gavo soveral vocal selections, accompanied
on tho piano by Miss Maude Rlsser of this
city.
ItcRiilar Hate for Foot Hall Game.
It Is intimated In railroad circles that no
reduction will bo made In the regular trans
portation rates for tho Nebraska-Wisconsin
game at Milwaukee next Saturday. The
reason for this. It Is said, is that the rail
road officials fear a disarrangement of tho
rates between Chicago and' the Missouri
river. Two of the roads still have the mat
ter under consideration, however, and it la
posslblo that a reduced rate may yet be
put Into effect.
Dedlcntlnn of St. Paul'.
The dedication of the new St. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal church edifice at
Twelfth and M streets has been postponed
from November 10 to November 17. Tho
building Is fast nearing completion and It
Is expected that the McKinley chimes will
be In position In time for the dedication
ceremonies, which will bo conducted by
some bishop of tho Methodist church.
FOR PARDON OF ARGOBRIGHT
CltUena nf Vrrdon Auk that Ilia Life
Sentence Dc Com
muted. VERDON. Neb., Oct. 27. (Special.) A pe
tition has been started at this place which
will be presented to the governor asking tor
tho pardon of William Argobrtght. who Is
new serving a life scntonce In the peniten
tiary. The petition Is being signed by every
business man and citizen In Verdon. It Is
also known that tbo counsel for both sides
nnd nearly every ono of the Jurymen and
the Judgo who sentenced Argobrlght will
sign the petition. Six years ago William
Argobrlght and his fnther-ln-lnw. Mr.
Schmelzer, quarreled at a schoolhouse near
Shubert, nlno miles from Veidon. During
the fight Argobrlgh't shot and killed Schmel
zer. Then came ono of the bitterest legal
battles In southeast Nebraska, resulting In
tho llfo sentence. The strongest efforts
sult. To make death doubly sure a second
application of the current Is always made.
Tho doctors then examine the executed man
and next perform an autopsy on the body.
What disposal will bo made of the body
haa not been determined. It Is not unlikely
that the bones of the assassin, like those
of Gulteau, will be consigned to a govern
ment medical museum. Tho bones of the
assassin of President Garfield have been
stored away In Washington fur many years.
They are not on exhibition, because It Is
not desired to excite a morbid curiosity In
the popular mind, as would be the case.lt
they were shown to tbo public. People
would come In crowds to gape at them
and the effect would be rathor unwholesome
than otherwise.
The body of Gulteau on being cut down
was burled at the Jail, but was promptly
dug up again at the request of the phy
sicians and conveyed secretly to the Ford's
theater building, at that time occupied by
tho army medical museum. It will bo re
raembered, as au Interesting coincidence,
that this was the very building In which
Abraham Lincoln had been murdered sev
enteen years and two months previously.
Tho body of Wilkes nooth, assassin of
President Lincoln, was not skeletonized, but
throe vertebrae of his neck are preserved
In the Army Medlcul museum In Washing
ton. The body was first burled In the
yard ot the district Jail, but later removed.
The story of the removnl and disposal of
the body was detailed recently by Captain
E. W. Hllllard of Metropolis, III., who par
of ,ho '"Iob People of the township
be exerted In behalf ot tho young man.
will
r'ualonlste Draw Small Home.
BOELUS. Neb., Oct. 27. (Special.) The
fuslonlsts held a rally Friday night. Judgo
Swain, candidate for district Judge, was
the principal speaker, assisted by Captain
P. II. Barry and some of tho local candi
dates ot Howard county. The attendance
was small.
WHY CRISS HAD THE PACKAGE
rtemarkahle Sociability nf One llnford
and Ilia Peculiar Method
of Knforclnsr It.
A man In the crowd In front of the
saloon explained to the policeman why
William Crlss, colored, should not be Ar
rested for being drunk on the street.
"This coon's no friend of mine," said
he. "Never saw him before, but 'taln't
no fault of his getting the package on, ntul
you'd clono tho sumo thing yourself, lt'it
tho Buford coon back there with his head
on the table that ought to be pinched.
Buford comes up to this shlno hero nnd
says, 'Hello, friend! Have n drink on mol'
And this shine says, '1 don't know you,
but that sounds good to mo, nnd then
Buford says something to tho man behind
tho bar.
"Then Buford goes out and pretty soon
he comes back again, and sees this same
coon, and says, 'Hello, friend! Have a
drink on me!'
"And this coon says: 'I nlu't hud no
breakfast yet, and I'm ofrced If I tako
another geezer I'll get woozy,' ho says,
Just Ilko that.
" 'Well, tako one with me you nln't had
nono with me,' Buford says.
" 'Yes, I Just had ono with you,' this
coon says.
" 'You're another,' says Buford. 'I ain't
seen you before today, and you're my
friend, and you've got to hnvo ono with
me.'
"Well, they chews on llko that away for
awhile and the first thing' I know Buford
has n gun In his hand nbout so long (hold
ing his hands two feet npnrt) and ho's
giving his friend a talk llko this: 'If you
don't drink with mo I'll shavo your head
with this cannon, and then I'll pour conl
Ho on your wool nnd set a nowspaper atlro
and scorch It all every little bit ( off, nnd
you'll bo the baldest headedest coon In tho
Third ward.'
"That's the kind of talk he handed him.
Naturally this shlno here gots thirsty
about this time. It's up to him to get
thirsty, and you'd get thirsty, too, officer,
If someone's trying to give you a hair cut
with a forty-four If you don't drink.
"Well, Buford had something more to
say to the man In tho apron, and by tho
time he'd renewed the conversation tlvo
or six times this shlno that you've Just
pinched for beln' tanked on the street for
got all about breakfast and Buford was
using the gun to drive nails In tho Uir
with. And that's why I say Buford Is tho
coon that ought to be pinched, and this
young fellah you've got hero ought to havo
a medal for saving his own life."
Tho officer doesn't make a practice of
taking advice fclvon him by bystanders, but
he did In this Instance at least he took
such of It as pertained to the arrest of
Buford, and now tho Jail record shows
this entry: "II. Buford, col., drunk und
carrying concealed weapons' This morn
ing In. police court tho 'cannon' will bo
offered In evidence. It Is a tt-callber dou
ble action revolver eighteen Inches long
and Is In an ornate leather holster.
STRANGE DEED OF A DANE
IlanioD Kills Box for Money and
Later Snrreadera Becaaae the
Crlsae Paid Small Hetnrna.
MONTREAL, Oct. 27. "I killed boy
last night," said Tobln Hanson, a Dane 35
years of age, to the officer In charge when
he walked Into Central police station to
day. "I killed him for money and I only
got 60 cents. That Is not enough, so I
camo to give myself up.",
Hanson described the locality In which
tho deed had been committed and the
pdllce found the boy's body. It was Iden
tified as that of Samuel Marotte, a son of
Samuel Marotte, a well known spice and
coffee merchant.
PENSIONS FOR WESTERN VETERANS.
War Survivor Remembered by the
General Government.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. (Special.) The
following western pensions have been
granted:
Issue of October 9:
Nebraska: Orlglnnl-James II. Hulett,
Cairo, $6. Increase, Restoration, Reissue,
Etc. David Mooney. Lexington, $12; Wll
llntn Whonn, South Omaha, $12: Robley D.
Harris, Sidney. $2t. Original Widows. Etc.
Ella D. MpColm, Randolph. $S; Nancy
Ingles, Box Elder. $8; Cyntha Densmore
(special accrued October 11), Wymore, $8.
lown: Original Olo O. Langland. Roland.
$10. Increase, Restoration, Reissue, Etc.
Charles W. Chapman, Muscatine, $10; An
drew Anderson, union, $10; Knud Oullkson,
Ilu3tad, $12; William Rtttenburgh, Cedar
Rapids, $12; Lnrs J. Larson. Story City, $S;
Solomon Haney, Cedar Falls, $(j; David P
Van Horn. Cotter, $8: Anderson Thomns,
Loveland, $8; Martin Flnley, Sanborn. $12:
Joseph Stewart, Indlanola, $12; Felix
Brooks, Independence. $12. Original Widows.
Etc. Ellia F. Buckley (special accrued
October 11), Clinton. $8; Marllla Annette
Guild, Fort Dodge, $8; Percllla A. Chilton,
Anthon, $8.
Wyoming: Increase, Restoration, Reis
sue. Etc. Thomns Roe. Klondike, $12.
South Dakota: Increase, Restoration, Re
Issue, Etc. John Nelson, Arlington, $14.
Colorndo: Original, War with "Spain
Frank R. Rehmenklan, Aspen, $12. Increnne,
Restoration, Reissue, Etc. David W.
Holmes, Delta, $8.
ticipated In the gruesome affair. "One
night during the early part of May, 1805,"
says Captain Hllllard, "I, with four other
privates of Sherman's army, was ordered
to report for duty at the old capttol prlnon
at Washington. We reported to a corporal
of detail and with him reported to a mili
tary surgeon nt the prison. Wo were all
Btrangers to each other. The corporal's
Identity I did not learn.
"At tho prison the imrgoon commanded
us to keep the Incidents of the night secret.
We entered and found that a stone slab
had been removed from tho floor. Under
that, In an excavation, lay the body of John
Wilkes Booth. It was wrapped In a tar
paulin andwas badly decomposed. Wo
were ordered to lift the body out and lay It
on a stretcher. The surgeon unwrapped the
head and identified tho body.
"We then carried the body on a stretcher
to the wharf and onto a gunboat. At this
point the surgeon left us and the officer In
charge of the boat Instructed us to place
the body on the forward deck. The boat
then quietly dropped down the river, I
should Judge about ten miles, and slowed
up. We were ordered to tie the tarpaulin
securely about the body and attach weights
to It. It was then placed on a plank and
shoved Into the river. This, to my positive
knowledge, was the final disposition ot tho
body ot Booth, a knowledge possessed only
by five privates, the corporal of the detail,
the surgeon and the commanding officer of
the gunboat. Of course, tho higher author
ity who have the order thus disposing of
the body knew, but we were the only eyewitnesses."
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Ktjitosa Diitr'ct Litf lit Lift at Bit
tliag of Lawsiit.
HOLY TERROR NO LONGER A IUGBEAR
Starts I'p at Fall Capacity and En
ennrnscea Many Other Com.
nnnlen Illne Lead Cop
per Look Roseate.
DEADWOOD, S. D., Oct. 27. (Special.)
The mining district of Keystone, Penning
ton county, is about to take on new llfo
owing to the settling of tho lawsuit by the
Holy Terror Mining company. This com
pany owns ono of the richest gold mines In
the Dlick Hills. It first paid to tho original
owners something like $10,000 and it has
elnco paid to tho stockholders ot the com
pany In dividends $172,000. Tho mlno has
paid for Its development from tho grass
roots down. A barren streak of over 100
feet began at the 200-foot level, which was
lean in gold, and tbo company camo near
not going through to the next pay streak.
The main working shaft Is down 1,100 feet
and a winze Is being put down an addi
tional 100 feel, which will mako tho deepest
shaft In tho Black Hills. The company has
oro that will plate better than $20 a ton
gold.
The original Holy Terror company not
long ago absorbed the Keystone Mining
company, with properties adjoining the
Holy Terror mine on tho north. There
are two stamp mills, one with twenty and
the other ten stamps. The ore in the Key
stono mlno Is more refractory than that
In the Holy Terror mlno, and It will proba
bly bo necessary to Install a different pro
cess In order to successfully treat it. It Is
the Intention ot tho company to start up all
of the stamps' and work everything full
capacity again, which will mean a large
pay roll.
Kllsnhcth to Treat Blamnrck.
The Elizabeth Mining company of Mil
waukco Is building a forty-stamp mill near
Keystono with which to treat ore from tho
Bismarck mlno, which Is close to tbo Holy
Terror mine. Three large ledges have been
blocked out In tho mine, which carry a fair
grade of gold ore. John Barth of Milwau
kee began operations on this property and
considerable money has been expended. It
Is considered one of the best opened mines
In tho Southern Hills.
The starting up again of the Holy Terror
mine at full capacity will encourage a num
ber of eastern mining companies that have
not been doing much on their properties
since the Holy Terror lawsuit. The opin
ion generally held by mining men Is that
the Keystone district has tho extension ot
the Homcstake ore lode. The oro bodies
are permanent and tho ore Is easily treated,
being mostly free milling and concentrat
ing. Copper Looks Brighter.
Those who have been watching the
development work at tho Blue Lead coppor
mine at Sheridan are pleased with tho
present showing. Tho hard rock, which
lasted tor over 1,200 feet, has at last been
penetrated, nnd the workings are now In
ledgo matter. Tho question whether tho
vein that outcrops 700 feet above tho tun
net goes down has been settled. While
there Is not any coppor In the vein that !s
now being crosscut, It Is believed that
metal will bo found either with depth on
tho ieln or by drifting cither north or
south. The oro Is a heavy Iron, with gold
values amounting to about $3 per ton,
this average having been taken across a
vein over forty feet wide. The tunnel Is
now In to a depth ot over 1,600 feet and it
will bo continued some distance farther.
Drifting will then begin on the vein.
Cripple Creek Fortune Inveated.
R. M. Maloney, who Is an old Cripple
Creek mining operator, has put Into this
enterprise a fortune, and he has associated
with him John Hnrnan of the Portland
mine in Crlpplo Creek and a number of
heavy capitalists of Chicago. The surface
Indications are strong for a copper mine,
there being many thousand tons of copper
ore that will average' better than 7 per
cent ot that metal. It Is the Intention ot
the company to Install a small smelter at
the mine soon, there being sufficient copper
ore at the surface to warrant Its erection,
not considering the Iron and gold ore that
has been encountered In the crosscut tun
nel. John Harnan, who Is ono of the best
known mining men In the Cripple Creek
district of Colorado, was making an ex
amination of tho Blue Lead vein this week
and he pronounces It a true fissure vein
which will gain Value with depth. He will
return to tbo Black Hills Boon and will
spend a month making Investigations,
S. A. Baxter, a banker ot Lima, O., owns
a large group ot claims adjoining the Blue
Lead mine on the south and east, which
carries the big copper outcropping. Ha
has arrived In the Hills and has com
menced a very thorough system of develop
ment work which Is opening up the big ore
vein. The chnnces are that the copper
values wllll come back Into the ore below
the water level. The belt of ore Is one
of the largest tn the Black Hills.
Deeper the Better.
The deeper the shaft at the Black Hills
Copper company's workings goes the bet
ter ure the values In both "copper and gold.
The mine Is four miles west of Rochford
and tho vein has been exploited to a depth
of 700 feet.
The capital stock of tho Cleopatra Min
ing company ot Aberdeen, S. D is to be
Increased from 260,000 shares to 1,000,000,
all of tho former holders of stock getting
four shares for one. The company pro
poses to expend a large sum ot money In
sinking a shaft to lower quartzlte and in
opening up new oro bodies in the upper
ore contacts. At present a fifty-ton
cyanide plant Is being operated successfully
on a fine grade ot ore from tho upper con
tacts, Oro Is being shipped from the Blon mine,
in the Galena district, east of this city, to
the Golden Reward smelter for a trial run.
Tho Galeua district la coming to tho front
very rapidly now that the two railroads are
building Into tho place. There are a good
many mines opened up there containing a
low grade ot cyanide or smelting ore and
the district has an abundance o( water.
The National Smelting company of Bos
ton will ship oro from the Bullion mine to
the new smelter that is being built at
Rapid City. Some years ago the district
was a great producer ot silver ore.
IleSmet Ileulu i'rentlns; Ore.
The DeSmet stamp mill began treating ore
this week fqr the first time. It le at pres
ent under lease to the Homcstake com
pany and ore will be taken to It from the
Highland mine. It Is at Central City and
fpr av number of yeara It has been Idle. The
DeSmet Mining company has completed a
steel hoisting plant at the rear of the mill,
which will be used for exploiting the Home
stake ore vein below the 200-foot level,
Tho mill will be used by the Homestake
company until such a time as the DeSmet
company will want It back for 1U own
use. It Is believed that an abundance nf
ore will be found In the DeSmet mine when
It Is properly opened up. The starting of
this mill will Increaso the output from the
Homestake mine about $20,000 per month,
niu Deal Cioard nt Rnchfnrri.
A large mining deal has Just been closed
at Rochford, 325 acres of mineral ground
having been acquired. W, I, Howland.
deputy tnternal revenue collector for this
state, and John Mundt both of Sioux
Falls, are two of the principals In the
deal. They will be associated with other
heavy capitalists. A strong vein of oro
runs through tho property In a northerly
direction which carries good values. The
purchasers of the ground will sink a deco
shaft and tho work of surveying the prop
erty Is In progress. E. A. Rlckcr of this
city promoted tho deal.
The University company on Spring creek
Is breaking Into oro In a shaft that was
sunk to catch a shoot of oro on the dip.
fraudulent" widow pays
Sarah J. Klynn Fined One 'Thousand
tloltara In Cash In len
, alon Case.
8IOUX FALLS, S. D.. Oct. 27. (Special.)
Mrs. Sarah J. Flynn of Itke Preston,
who pleaded- guilty In the United States
court to the charge of making a fraudulent
application for a pension, alleging that she
was widow of Silas J. Flynn, who served
during the war of tho rebellion In tho Sev
enteenth Independent New York artillery,
appeared before Judge Carland of tho fed
eral court to receive her sentence nnd
was fined $1,000, which she paid to the
clerk of the court before she left the court
room. This ends a case which was not without
Its' romantic features. Mrs. Flynn and tho
old veteran eloped from Now York twenty
five years ago, coming to Dakota In 1861.
He deserted a wife and she a husband, from1
whom neither was ever divorced. In her
application for a pension Mrs. Flynn al
leged that they were married In Lockport,
N. Y September 3, 1876. Up to the tlmo
of Flynn's death last year they lived to
gether as husband and wlfo and reared a
family. To allay the suspicion ot her wldo
circle of acquaintances Flynn's supposed
widow applied for a pension. Tho legal
widow of the veternn, who lives In New
York state, applied for a pension about
the some ttmo and the exposure and arreat
ot tho Dakota Mrs. Flynn followed.
INSTANTLY KILLS WHITE MAN
Negro at Hot Spring Alao Critically
Wound Woman of Whom
He la Jenlnna.
HOT SPRINGS, S. D.. Oct. 27. (Special
Telegram.) In a fit of Jealous rage last
nfght Luther Estelle, a colored man, shot
and Instantly killed Clyde McMalns, a
white man, and shot and critically wounded
May Berry, a whlto girl. Estelle then ran
to the homo ot his stepmother, shot him
self and died at once. All were employed
at tho Evans hotel. McMalns and the girl
were visiting together on the veranda of
the Evans when Estelle rushed upon them
and began shooting. He was Infatuated
with the girl and Jealous because sho gave
attention to McMalns.
A report from Sunt. J. C. Cluck. Tieform
school, Pruntytown. W. Va., Oct. 18, 1900:
"After trying all other advertised cough
medicines wo have decided to uso Foley's
Honey and Tar exclusively In the West Vir
ginia Reform school. I find It tho
effective and absolutely harmless,"
FAIR WEATHER INTERRUPTED
"hotvrra nnd Clnuria Are Kipeclcil
Monday with Iletter Prnaprcta
' for Succeeding Day,
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27 FnreM.t fnr
Monday and' Tuesday:
For Nebraska. North and South Dakota
Partly cloudy, with showers, Monday;
Tuesday fair and cooler: southeasterlv
shifting to northwesterly winds.
tor Iowa and MIssourl-Falr and warmer
Monday, except showers In western por
tion: Tuesday ehowers and cooler: south
easterly winds.
For Illinois Fair and warmer Mondavi
Tuesday showers; fresh southeasterly winds.
for western Texas Fair In southern,
showers In northern portion Mondny nnd
probably Tuesday; cooler Tuesday; varlablo
winus.
For New Mexico and Arizona Fair Mon
day and Tuesday; cooler In northern por
tion Tuesday; westerly winds.
For Utah Showers and cooler Mnnrfnv
Tuesday fair; northwesterly winds.
For ORlahoma. Indian Terrltorv rtnrt Kan
sas Showers Monday and nrobahlv Tuna.
day; cooler Tuesday; southeasterly winds.
For Arkansas Fair Monday; Tuesday
showers and cooler; southeasterly winds.
For Colorado. Wvomlne and Mnntjino
Showers and cooler Monday; Tuesday fair
and continued cool; variable winds.
Local necord.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER nilllEAir.
OMAHA, Oct. 27. Official record of tem
perature and precipitation compnrcd with
the corresponding day of tho last three
years:
1901. 1900. lfMM 1S!W.
Maximum temperature... &S 73 5f ts
Minimum temperature..., 44 64 37 3t;
Mean temperature 56 8 K fs
Precipitation 00 .11 .00 .00
Record of temperature and preclpltutlon
at Omaha tor this day and since March 1,
1901.
Normal temperature 47
Kxcess ror mo qny 9
Total excess since March 1 7&1
Normal precipitation 07 Inch
uenciency tor ine any 07 men
Total rainfall since March 1 21. 62 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 6.28 inches
Deficiency for cot. period 1900.... 0.73 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period 1E93.... 4.61 Indies
Heporta from Statloua at 7 v. in.
'II
3 : S
-ii :
"111 :
: 3 :
69 68 .00
62 64 T
D2 66 .00
62 66 00
65 66 .00
5S 62 .00
66 62 .00
48 4S .00
62 61 .(0
411 61 .00
62 68 .0)
62 6S .00
64 60 T
62 64 .00
61 66 .00
74 78 .00
STATION.! AND STATE
OF WEATHER.
Omaha, clear
North Platte, part cloudy
Cheyenne, clear.....-, ,
Salt Lake City, cloudy ,
Itapld City, clear ,
Huron, cloudy
Wllllston, part cloudy
Chicago, clear
St. I-ouls, clear
St. Paul, clear
Davenport, clear
Kansas City, clear ,
Helena, cloudy
Havre, clear
Illsmarck. cloudy ,
Galveston, clear
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
I A. WELSH.'
Local Forecast Official.
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