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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1894)
The Sioux County Journal L J. SIMMON'S, Fropriator. HARRISOX, NEBRASKA. STATE NEWS ITEMS. Work on the water system at Pender will begin in a few days. James II . Wilson of Nebraska City died at ttie ripe age of seventy-eight years. A little daughter of D. F. SedJar of Norfolk fell from a bicycle and broke ber arm. Judge Neville of North Platte is a crack billiard player and wants to go to congress. A lodge of the IndepeDdeut Work men of America will be organized in Norfolk in a few days. The small boys of Haigler are court ing premature death by jumping on and off of moving trains. Late advices indicate that Nebraska's wheat crop will lack maty thousand bushels of being a failure. Noah Countrymen, living near Sid ney, makes a success of wool growing in spite of the low market. Five unruly boys escaped from the Kearney industrial school by jumping from the dormitory window. On account of a very low assessment (Grand Islaud's school fund is liable to suffer from a contracted currency. Col. O. D. Crane, editor of the Arca dia Courier, has had thirty years' ex perience iu metropolitan journalism. Bancroft has just voted on a propo sition to build waterworks for the vil lage. The bond question carried by a good vote. During a recent storm at Table Rock a merry-go-round was blown down flat, but the damage was soon repaired and bussiness resumed. C. H. Morris of Table Rock is har vesting. Mr. Morris is the first in his ricinity to get to harvesting. Prospects for wheat are very good. A bricklayer seventy-three years of age was one of a party of wealers put Into the jug at Grand Island for being drunk and disorderly. - Eddie Gerhardt, the 4-year-old son of D. U. Gerhardt, swallowed a tin whistle. It. became lodged at first, but he finally 'managed to swallow it. The acreage planted to corn in Daw ion county the present season is the largest in her history and with plenty of rain for a few weeks will make big crop. William L. Wells, an old and highly respected resident of Cass county, died at his home in South Bend of brain trouble. He leaves a wife and six chil dren. While II. C. Chaafty was cutting the bead from a rivet a sliver of steel flew off, striking his little son in the eve. It is feared that the sight will be perman ently injured. John P. Sprecher, the urbane editor of the Schuyler Quill, looks with sus picion on the move of some of his editorial bretbern who are mentioning him for congress. An all absorbing question at Gibbon that is agitating all classes of society ii "Did the rainmakers produce the rains of the past week ?" The rain makers say yes. The people are divided. Mrs. Sarah Thomas, who has been teaching school in Plsttsmouth at a 'salary of $45 per month, did not relish the proposed redaction of 10 per cent and went to Omaha where she found a like sitnation at $75 per month. Peter Debwnado, an Italian enronte from Butte, Mout., to New Vork, and witti a steamship ticket to Genoa, Italy, jumped from the flyer at Chapman and was instantly killed. He had been act ing very strange on the train and was evidently crazy. The premium list of the Lancaster county agricultural association is now ready for distribution at the office of the secretary, John J. Gillilan, corner of Eleventh and P. streets Lincoln. The fair will be held September 7 to 14. Adam 8. Bridgefarmer of South Omaha is the latest victim of the New York green goods people. He sacri ficed bis little home and went east and purchased plenty of dollars, guaranteed as good as any other dollars, and now be wants to die, and it is perhapt) best that be should. The closing exercises of the year's work of the Institute for Feeble Minded Children were held at Beatrice and were enjoyed by quite a number of in vited guests from the city. The exer cises consisted of drills, singing, recita ti' n. etc., and the perfect precision with which each selection was rendered was a surprise to the guests. Mr. W E. Cbapin, a well known business man of Minden, Neb., and Miss Lara McGrew, daughter of Dr. A. G. McGrew of Gevena were married at Oeneva. The wedding occurred a 9 a. m., at the family residence, in the presence of relatives and a very few Intimate friends. Dr. Porter and wife of Reward, Mr. McFeely and wife of Minden, Mr. Charles McGrew and wife of Hastings, and Mr. Frank McGrew of BkwBJogtoo, Neb., war among tbe gaeots. Tbe bridal paity took the first train east, bound for Chicago, tbeooa ls tbe Atlantic coast. After their i trip they will make their bom yw bava So artist i fr-c i ca tat Tratlng ik fceareh l.l(hl. 8 axdt IIxk, N. J, June 29 The drat official test with the searchlight be fore tbe ordinance board, of which Major Frank J. Hypbs is president and Captain RwkheiLb and Captain '.Vul iam Crozier are members, was made last night. The Western Union Tele graph Company established connection by wire with the roof of the Equitable building, where the observer. Sergeant Dunn, received the messages which Lieutenant C P. Wheeler sent him by flashes from the search light. The Morse telegraphic code was used. He reported back that be and the assem bled newspaper representatives saw the signals quite plainly, and after a little practice will be able to read anything sent by the flashes. Lieutenant Peck and Lieutenant Harmyn went to the Highlands of Navesink by locomotive, and at proving grounds no one ob served the fl-tsh signals from the West ern Union Telegraph Company's Ma rine Observatory at that place. The following message was transmittal by Lieutenant Wheeler on the search light: "This is the commencement of the test by the ordinance board. U. S. A., of the 200,000.000 candle power search light erected at bandy Hook for de fense purposes." A Keuiarkbli Instance. Kokomo, Ind., June 29. -A remark able instance of tbe restoration of the mental faculties is reported from War ren county. Forty years ago Mrs. Perry .Tames became insane. The fam ily kept her confined in a room of the house, where she was tenderly cared for by the husband until his death four years azo, and since by her two daugh ters. People moved into the neighbor hood, reared families of children, and departed, not knowing of the demented woman, aud a son-in-law lived in the house a number of years without know ledge of her existence. The woman, now 75 years of age, and after a lapse of four decades, has recovered her fac ulties. A few days ago she began to inquire after relatives and friends of forty years ago, nearly all of whom died years ago. The few remaining were brought to her and she readily recognized them, but was amazed at their aged appearance. The old lady now talks inte.ligently on all subjects, and has emerged from her confinement with mind fully restored. R-Elected Prratdent of the National Re publican LHU. Denver, Colo., Juna 29. Nominated by Illinois and his nomination sec oned by half the Mates in the Union, Willia n W. Tracy was re-elected by acclamation as president of the Na tional Republican League. It was a happy outcome of a long and turbulent session of the convention, which began with a struggle over the question of allowing only delegates present to vote. That question was precipitated the first thing, when the committee on credentials made its report, showing tbe total number of delegates present and the number of votes each state was entitled to. This was challenged bv Delegate Henderson, of Maryland, who regarded it as an attempt on the part of tbe Western States to humiliate the Eastern and Southern States by showing that tbey had few men present to cast the big vote they claimed. Judge John M. Thurston had taken tbe chair to relieve President Tracy of any responsibility J for min understand ing in rulings. lie held that the com mittee on credentials bad done just wbat was its duty to do, and said the chair would rule that only delegates present were entitled to vote, unless the convention ordered otherwise. Will bl Burled bjr Hla Faiher. Elkhart, Ind, June 29. Fred E. Hunt, the Chicago murderer and sui cide, up to within five or six years had been a resident of this city. J. F. Hunt, young Hunt's father, was a member of the Chicago wholesale dry goods firm of Hunt, Barbour & Co., and after losing heavily in the fire came to this city, where be established and conducted the largest dry goods store in Northern Indiana, the firm name be ing J. F. Hunt & Co. Fred Hunt, who was but a child when he came here, grew up here, and was always a mem ber of the best society, though decided lv inclined to be sporty. A young woman named Fisher became infatu ated with him here, and attempted suicide by shooting, but tbe wound did not prove fatal. The elder Hunt finally became a manufacturer, lost his wealth and died here a few years ago. The remains of F. E. Hunt will be buried here beside his father's. A Record la Trap Snooting-. Elwood, Ind., June 29. The first day's contest in the interstate shooting tournament developed a most interest' ing fight for the championship. Over one hundred crack shots, among them K. O. Heikes, of Connecticut; J. E. Whistler, of Muncie, and J. A. Ruble and W. IL Skinner, of Chicago, are in attendance, and the expectation ia that the world's record in trap shooting will be bettered. Aeqaltted of forgery. Ihdi anapolis, Jane . Elijah D. Telford, who was tried for attempting to bribe a jam In tbe trial on an in sueiment for forgery, waa acquitted, PraeeeaUng Attorney Holtzman Intl smates that this jury also had been cor rapted and eaya that on tbe trial of the forgery charge to will keep tbe jury trova separating. The prosecuting, wltaees la tbe long-dtauaoa telepbond A ootapony, by which Fvlford waa eov t a (.UARDLNC THE WHITE HOL'Si JL Oloaer Watch to bs kept on Cranks and Anarchists in the City of Washington. MAKES THE PRESIDENT NERUOUS. Doh not Like the Additional Precaution and la aomewajt fluperatltlona. Washington, D. C, June 29. The fact that additional guards have bee placed about the White House, who have been instructed to keep close watch oi any cranks or anarchists who may seek to approach the President, is not to be lnterperted as indicating that the government baa any intimation that any anarchistic attempt is appre hended. The precau'ions are the same as were adoped when tbe excite ment as to the Coxey movement was at its height Prudent persons claim that it has always been too easy to ob tain access to the President, and that tin precautions which have now been taken are those which should always be observed. The friends of Cleveland say that these precautions are not agreeable to him and be is restive un der them. There has been a belief that the President has always desired to avoid crowds, and the fate of Garfield has made him somewhat suspicious. Certain it is that it was a long time be fore President Cleveland was willing to walk over the spot in the railway station marked with a star where Gar field felL During his first administra tion President Cleveland was accus tomed to enter a railway train through tbe car yards and not through the station. A Democratic Situation. Springfield, 111., June 28. The Democratic situation may be summed up very briefly. Tbe MacVeagh man agers claim that if a ballot were taken now on United States Senator their candidate would receive within fifty votes of a m ijority of the 1,063, and they affirm positively that he will have a majority early, easily by the hour the convention assembles. Tbe coming ovt of Congressman Cable for Mr. MacVeagh has greatly encouraged the friends of the distinguished mug wump. Mr. Cable's positiou as na tional committeeman and his well known personality combine to make his declaration for Mr. Mac Veagh one of great significanbe at this juncture. Another striking feature is the posl tive assurance of the MacVeagh peo ple that Colonel Morrison's supporters are practically all ranging themselves on the side of Mayor Hopkin's candi date. This report is strenuously denied by General Black's friends. They re ply to these assertions of MacVeagh's, friends by demanding tbe figures by counties; but these figures are not yet forthcoming. It is claimed by tbe Black people that even Rock Island county, where Mr. Cable resides, is not for Mr. MacVeagh. Tha Pollock B ibbrry Cleared Cp. Omaha, Neb, June. 28. IheOuaha detective department, in conjunction with tha Pinkertons has announced that all the circumstances surrounding the hold-up of VV. L. Pollock, the New York jewelry drummer, two years ago on the Sioux City and Pacific passen ger at Mlssiouri Valley, Iowa, in which Pollock was shot and 8100,000 worth of diamonds taken bv his assailant, will be niade public soon. Ever since the arrest of "Kid" Burke last year for complicity in the daring affair, and bis trial and sentence to imprisonment for seventeen years at Fort Madison, Iowa, detectives have been working on a clew which was discovered in Colorado with out success, but a few days ago one of the members of the Pinkerton Agency received a confession from one of the gang which gave the officers something tangible to work upon, and they have about run down their game. Tbe snspected persons are alleged to be in Omaha, and they are under contin ual surveillance. Pinkerton is backed by tbe National Jewelers' Protective Association, and be has $100,000 at his disposal it necessary to expend in cap turing the thieves. It has receutly been ascertained that a person in Omaha was interested in tbe robbery, actually planned the affair, and event ually purchased the diamonds for 8.000 The detectives have this man under surveillance. Wrltuta on the Oate. Peuc. Ind., June 28. Many people are considerably agitated over a mys terious circumstance which is thought to indicate disaster. It is the appear ance of the letter "B plainly impressed upon blades of oats growing in fields. Acres and acres in all parts of the county have been found to be thus cu riously marked, and it is no wonder that imaginative persons can associ ate the presence of a letter with fore boding of evil. It is claimed that tbe only other times the letter was ever found on oats in this manner was just before tbe war of 1812 and tbe late civil war, and that tbe "B" stands for "bloodshed," which may now be looked for again. Each blade is marked, the letter, about half an inch long, being, as it seems, pressed into tbe leaf and dlacernable on the other side. Will be Laid to Reel Saad tr. IjOHDOM, June 23. A. dispatch to tbe Daily News from Paris says that the funeral of President Caroot has been fzed for Sunday. Tbe remains will be laid in the Pantheon, where Victor Hugo ia buried, beside tboee of Lasare Oarnor, the president'! grandfather. Tbe correspondent of the paper adda: I am told that M. Carnot shrank from Kbg to Lyons. He waa long in deeida ' to make tbe journey on account of the weanneaa arising from nis Ulbealtb. Both Sldee of tbe Story I ANUKt.E4.Cal., luue 23. Matur day afternoon n man sixty years old w.. gave thf name of IL Day, was found on the roadsid near Sycamore gr- ve in Easi Las Angeles, bleeding frt a the neck and lett -vrist. He was pi. ed up and brought to the receiving ho Dital, where he stated that be bad be a shot and robbed of 8)30 by an un kn iwn assailant. Detectives were dis paiciied in search ot the bold highway man, but before tbeir return a neatly dressed man appeared at the police station and announced that he had shot a man and wished to surrender him self, pending an inv sligation. Tbe man said bis nam-- was Samuel Ho.royd, a minister from Lake City, Colo., and thai he bad been here for several days, intending purchasing some mining property. He identified the injured man and said be was a chance acquaintance who had offered to lead him to some coal claims near the city. When in a lonesome locality Day struck bim on the head with an iron pipe, knowing that be possessed considerable money, whereupon be shot dm iu sell defense, in -ting a wound which will in all p - .bility prove fatal. Holroyd's story was confirmed by the contusion which lie exhibited ovrr his right ear utid the indisputable prov..) which be furnished as to his ideiuiy. Day refused to talk after be found out that tbe intended victim bad told tbe uory to the police. Developed a Kcamlal. St. Paul, Minn., June 25. The mur der of John H. Clapp by Ehle Allen, chief clem at the Merchants hotel, has developed into a scandal. The men quarrelled over Miss Lulu Leyde just , be i ore the fatal stabbing, and it was j learned from Mrs Lamb, who rents the house at 130 west Fourth street, that Allen bad been living at her place for several weeks with the girl. Upon coming to her place Mrs. Lamb says they gave their names as Mr. and Mrs. Moore. A morbid crowd hung around the morgue all the afternoon during the autopsy. It was found lhat the gash bad severed the carotid artery and the jupular vein. The wonder among the physicians was that with such a ter rible gash in bis throat Clapp had ever managed to reach the hotel corridor. The inquest will be held at 10 a. in. on Monday at I lam piers. The police are working quietly on the theory that Lulu Leyde made the wounds with a dim and that the story told by Allen trumped up to save his mistress. Ehic Allen has a larger acquaintance with hotel and showmen than almost any other man in the west. A Serere Tornado. Tiffin, O., June 25. The most severe tornsdo that baa visited thlssec- Mlon in a half dozen years swept around Tiffin yesterday afternoon. The day was oppressively hot and tbe storm burst without warning. It uprooted trees, levelled fences, destroyed houses and scores of fine orchards. A double decked electric car narrowly escaped being toppled over a twenty foot em bankment and three Iaige trees were blown across tbe track direcMy in front of it. Tbe passengers were al uoftt frantic with fear. Samuel Stein a farmer just north of town, was struck by a falling tree and fatally Injured, and three men who were In the field with hi-n were throwned off a load of bay and tbe load capsized upon tliein. Neither of them was dangerously hurt. The tornado was accompanied by a heavy storm, which has done great damage to wheat anl other cereals and to truit. Reports later indicate that the path of the tornado extends for many miles from the northwest to the southeast and that a great deal ol dam age will be reported. A Mil e asploeniu London, June 25. An explosion oc curred in the Albion coal mine near Pont-y-Prid, Glamorghanshire, Wales, and two hundred were underground at the time. As soon as possible a res cue party descended, but found their way barred by broken timbers and wrecked machinery. Eventually they left the shaft for the galleries, only to find the wrks so badly damaged as to necessitate almost two hours' delay In getting at the men nearest the en trance. Crowds gathered at the pit from the other collieries and the near by villages. Miner' wives and chil dren were there by the hundreds wait ing the first news from below and making the usual distressing scenes. Tbe first two reports brought up from tbe mine were di's :ouraging and two more rescue parties went down and other volunteers worked until 10 o'clock Saturday niglit before any defi nite news could be ?ol Then it was reported that a hunared men had been killed. At 11:30. however, the estimate was reduced t eighty. The works are so badly chocked with wreckage lhat the exploring is very slow. t.aat Honors to Lord Coleridge. London, June 25 The body of the late Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, who died on June ' 14, was taken to West minster abbey in an open hearse cov ered with II oral wreaths. tlnbol ed tha Halt. Staunton, III., June 25. Early yes terday morning the Chicago, Peoria A St. Louis accommodation, northbound, waa wrecked at the south twitch. Home miscreant unbolted the switch bar without changing the switch lamp. Tbe engine and two freight cars were ditched, tbe engine turning on Its side. It la thought that the Olive strikers did it In revenge for the arrest of many of their number and proeecutlon atbpring- (ARM'S AsSAS IN AIMS. Bt-bbed to Deth-Th Pseple furisted over ths Affair. In- IN THE HANDS OF SKI'-lfUL SURGEONS. fearroundi-d Crls or by aa Anery Crowd WnJI. I.y.ich Him" were Heard on all HI. Ira Paris, June 2rt.-S.dl tarnoi, proi dent of the public, as stabbed mor- : taliv about i: Sunday evening in ' . T...llr. . I.vonsbv Giovanni tanio. an i""'-" . anarchist twenty-one years old. President Caruot went to Lyons to visit the exhibition of arts, sciences and industries. He left the chamber of commerce banquet, given in his honor, shortly af:er 9 o'clock and walked to bis carriage, which was waiting in the Place do la Bourse. He bad hardly taken I is seat when Santo, a newspaper In his hand, paused through the crowd and sprang upon the carriage Btep. President Caruot smarted slightly. Santo snatched a dagger from the news paper and plunged it into the p esi dent's ablouien, near the liver. The president sank back unconscious. He was taken at once to the prefeo- ture and the most skillful surgeoi in the city were summoned, Meantime Santo was arrested. CHEATED WILD EXCITEMKNT. The news spread swiftly to every part of the city. Infuriated crowds filled the streets. Before 10 o'clock an Italian restaurant had been sacked and the police were obliged to strain eveiy nerve to proU-ct the Italian consulate. When Santo was within a few feet of the carriage he waved a paper, s f in- i tending to present a petition, and thus threw off their guard the persons near- est to the president. He was seized lust as he was about to jump irom too step and had but nan arawn iue dagger. The president bad repeated hemor rhages after he was taken to the pre fecture. He sank gradually but stead ily until 12:44 o'clock Monday morning, when be died. M me. Carnot and her two sous lett Paris by special train for Lvons. All the ministers who could not go to Lyons with the president its differences with the strikers at l ull were In council at the Elysee at mlu- man, the order to boycott all cars owned night. The senate and chamber will by the Pullman company in operation be convokea. on the railroads of the country will take '1 he young assassiu's full name was effect. The instructions to the officers given by him at the police station as of the local unions have been received, Cesare Giovanni Santo. He is neariy and the boycott will be begun slmulta- tweuty-two years old has a very small mustache aud wore a light brown suit, with a peaked cap of the same color. President Carnot had already en tered bis carriage when the attack was made upon him by Santo, lie had partaken of refreshments at the cham ber of commence and tbe procession whlcb hau escorted him from the ex hibition had been re-formed In the Place Des Cordeliers and had started for the Grand theatre, where a gala performance bad beeu arranged in his honor. His carriage bad hardly more than started amid tbe acclamations oC ! the thousauds ol spectators, and l'resi dent Carnot waa acknowledging the enthusiastic greetings of the people. In front of the Credit Lyonnais a man suduenly ran forward to the carriage, jumped to the step and subbed the president to tbe heart with a dagger which be had concealed under his coat. An outcry was raised at once. Hun dreds shouted that an attempt had been made on the president's life Hud the crowd seemed suddenly to go mad with excitement. Meanwhile the assassin had beeu felled to tbe ground from a blow by M. Uivaud, perfect of the Rhine, lie was surrounded by an angry crowd and cries of "Lynch him" were heard on all sides, it wus only with the greatest difficulty that the police were able to protect him from tbe fury of the people. NAKKOW ESCAPE OF TUE ASfiA.HM.V. In fact, had not a mob of mounted guards surrounded aud protected the police on their way to the station the prisoner would have beeu taken away from tbem aud beateu to death. Marie Francois badl Carnot, presi dent of the French republic, was born at Limoges iu August, 1W7. He was a grandson of Carnot, "the orgamr.er of Victory" under the French convention, aud was a civil engineer by profession. At the age of twenty be entered as a student the Ecole Poiylechuiqne and passed with distinction to a school for special instruction iu the building of roads and bridges. During the siege of Paris be was appointed prelect of tbe feeine inieneure, and as commis sary general gae valuable assistance in organizing the defenses of lhat de partment, in February, 187 1, be took his seat in the national assembly as deputy for Cole d'Or, aud subsequently for Beaune. In Ibbt) he took office in tbe brisson cabinet as finance minister. On the resit nation of M. CJrevy in De cember, Ifetrf, M. Carnot was elected president of the republic. An Important Heby London, June 2o. 1 liousand of per sons have stood outside the ates at White Lodge scanulng the bulletins concerning the Duchees of Vork aud fear boy baby. Both patients are mak ing satisfactory prograaa. The sov ereigns of Europe have telegraphed tber congratulations The first of the die patches came from the German em peror, in moot eburcbea the birth of 42. royal beir was observed. fvataatlr StllSaJ. CmrAOO. June 27. Mrs, Carrie Reed, a pretty brunette, lw.uly-four years of age, was shot and instantly killed at half jest twelve yesterday afternoon by au uuknowu man, who immediately turned his pistol upon himself with fatal results. Mrs. Reed who is a type writer for the lumber firm of Georga Thamer & Co., on the west side, waa sitting at her desk alone at the lunch hour hen a handsome msn of about thirty years, six feet tall and well built, . .... ii.u ortirt. and bewail to talk to ruiriru n. ....... - . b ( A(J li(f cU,rkg werJ out ,nil as a tfcamsU.r approached the door to report wl B ioad 0f lumber be saw the man i ,.. Mr. IJiwt unit talking er- ieanm " -- citedly. Suddeuiy lie drew a revolver and tired three shots; but owing to the nearness oi hi victim none of them took effect. Mrs. I teed screamed and ran out of a rear door to a lumber shed, where tl e assassin, who had followed, knocked her down with his right hand. I Ml.I.OWrI AM FIllKD AGAIN. I He kuelt on one knee at ber side and I without a word bred two more shots from his still smoking revolver into her breast, the woman dying instantly. The li urderer then arose- and placing the pistol to his right temple fired one shot and fell to the ground dead. The police have as yet lailed to establish the identity of the murderer und siri Icidi. Upon eiaruination at the mor gue it was found that he had cut the I)allt, ,rom h1j jllg 1,,,,-d, but on one of his socks was found the name "Hunt." In his inside pocket reas found a frag ment of a letter which reaas: ' June Hi. It I though for a mo ment that you were amusing Mabel, as vou call her, 1 would be very aiiyry. 1 know 1 am not reasonable, but did you ever meat a woman who was? I mean what 1 say I cannot bear to be jeH0us. Jealously with me eids in a, rhK(,. i have something I want to teli vuU j see you again. Carkie." thinks he is an actoh. Mrs. Heed s husband Is at present in tie wesl -j lie murderer has a strong stHKe Hce and has every appearance of HI) actor. No member of the murdered wom an's fau.ily is able to throw any light on the tragedy. Will Buyout! rail man tan 1 HiCAdO, June 27. Unless the Pull man Palace Car company accepts the proposition made by the American railway union in convention to arbitrate leously in ail the cities where Pullman cars are found attached to trains going out or coming in An idea of the intense ami-Pull. nan feeling which exists among all railway men belonging to the union could be obtained in connection with a mass meeting of railway men held In the Empire, on the west side, to hear President Debs, Vice-President How ard, Editor Rogers of the Railway Times, Directors James llogan aud M. J. Elliot of Montana and otber leaders of the American railway union speak in regard to the Pullman strike and the proposition to inaugurate a national boycott wherever tbe union was strong enough to make the execu tion of the order bear upon the settle ment of the strike in an important de gree. Twelve hundred men, represent ing all branches of railroad work, were present, and intimated by tber vocifer ous applause and their frequent in terjections that they Intended to start the light in ( hicigo in earnest. ?oma po uted references were made by the speakers to the important posili tion which the switchmen would oc cupy in the carrying out of the boycott order. The switchmen gave their ans wer In related applause. A promin ent feature of the gathering waa the bitter perpsonal animosity shown by the speakers, and especially President Debs, toward George M. Pullman, Two Munlerert Captured, Lii.i.k Rock, Ark., June 27. Will lam P. aud (ieorge Taylor, the two brothers charged with the murder of the Meeks family near IJrowiiing, Mo., on the l ight of May 10, were captured at liatesville, this state, by Deputy Sheriff J. O. Stout of Baxter, and brought to this city at noon. The men admit their identity and say that the only reason they have not surrendered beiore now was their fear of lynching. They declare their innocence and say they will establish it if given a fairjtrial They will return lo Missouri without requisition. Their captor will receive the 88,000 reward. The victims were Ous. Meeks, his wife and two little daughters, aged four and two years, re spectively. The third daughter, aged six years, survived her wounds and through her the awful story reached the public. She recognized the mur ueieis it:i the Taylors. Meeks bad been a witness in a criminal suit against the Taylors and the cag wmj tlll pending. One of tiie alleged murderers is a wealthy farmer aud tbe other is a stockholder aud cashier of a bank at 'drowning, Mo. AOangof Vuualarfellera. Los Anoklkh. June 27. A gang of counterfeiters has been unearthed here. Complaints about spurious coin in this city have been numerous, A clew ob tained by espeonage upon an Italian purchasing plaster of parls, acids and otber compounds In a store led to the discovery of the gang asleep in an old shanty. The four counterfeiters are all Italians and are believed to be mem bers of the AbbaU-Vlsoounle gang, captured in San Kranoisoo a year agov
