flcbrasha "Olotco j Work bis commenced on the erecti m of a mill at CorlUnd. D, Blank meypr of Pen'er li m gone t the Argentine Iiej.u'.lie to seek his fir tube. The child en's home society of Nel.rus ka has reerntly orgmued a local branch at MeCook. The Fairmont Creamery company put apon the inarki t 1,4 0,000 pounds of butter (or its work during IK'M. The new creamery at Guide Rock is proving a Bonanza to larmerd and it patronage is steadily incieaiing. Wood Hiver buBinesn ni'-i are making an eltort to organize a company to build and operate a butter and cheese factory. Has'.iiigj firemen are asking for the next annual meeting of the volunteer firemen of the state to be held in their city. The Palvat'nn army has looked up"-, North Pl.itte ai a good point for wi rk. and last wceko;pn-d barrncl:" at thai place. Frankli i has organize 1 a creamery station, and 'he f irmer of that vi.-i -ity are coming enthusiastically to its support. The farmers of V rdon areenthusiatic over their new creamery and report re ceiptg for miik as exceeding their ex pec tations. Frank Coleman of Red Willow county while out hunting ret-to 1 the muzzle ol hii (tun on his right foot. He is now in a hospital. Hyannia, a town on the Burlington in the gand hill country to the northwest, received 170 car of merchandise during the year 1897. The paving brick manufacturing husi ness at Table Rock repor: a prosperout year and a propoced enlargement of the plant for lhOi. The MethoHiat church of Schuyler that has been very suiceesful the lant year, will hold a three days jubilee the first of February. The Polanders around Neligh are pre paring to devote a large acreage next season to the cul i nation of beets for the Norfolk sugar factory. Wheat thieves at Litchfield have been arousing the people of the vicinity and aeveral arrests and trials in court Lavt resulted from the awakening. Fremont points with pride to its re cord of bank clearances the first week in January, showing an increase of 82 per cent over the corresponding week a year ago. Ogallala baa incorporated a creamery oompany which will commence opera tions, using the milk from 500 cows. The farmers of that vicinity are preparing to profit by the enterprise. Dr. Hutchinconof Madison had a mon strosity born to one of his pet c-ws in the shape of an eutit legged calf. il baa told it for $250 to parties who wil. exhibit it at the Omaha exposition. Members of the state militia are re calling that it was seven years ago thit month when tbey went on iheir memor able campaign to the north, which ter minated at Wounded Knee. There is an epidemic of diptheria in the vicinity of Alexandria, Thayer coun ty. The deaths have been numerous, mostly among children, but one man forty years of age succumbed to tlr m,i lady. Washington county is in goot'. finnn rial shape and its affairs have lren econ omically managed. On January 0 thert waa $(12,075.39 in cash aii'j availahl. resources. Of this amount $01,O3t.29 waa in cash. A new swindle :s being worked in Ne hraska. Parties advertisa to aeud ie yards of the finest silk, any color, for $1. The victim who sends receives ten yards of fine silk thread, which is of course, as much as is promised for the money. Two young men who residence is unknown and who give the names ol William and Bryan Armstrong, have beenarreated at F.igin. They are char ged with frightening the school children and the young woman teacher by flour ishing revolver and threatening to hoot them. Campbell, Franklin county, is not a large place, but the people of that vici nity raised a crop last year and made some shipments. The B. & M. road that aeees through the town took from Campbell in 1 897 in carloads, corn 893, wheat 197, 'oats 31, barley 0, hogs, 50, cattle 25. Total of can shipped, 617. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Holly, living southwest of town, ays the Battle Greek Republican, goi a sandburr in her throat on Friday of last week, and for a time she was in a critical condition, her throat swelling ao badly that she could scarcely breathe nntil the doctors inserted a tube for that purpose. Up to the present time the sandburr it still in the little girls throat, the opinloo being that it would Una ly be coughed out; but if it is not, the doctors will try to remove it with instrument. The lit tle girl picked the burr out of her mit ten with her teeth, which waa tbs means of it getting in her throat. I Receiver Watkin of the defunct Nat onal bank of Ponaa, accompanied by Counselor Learned of Omaha and Judge Tibbies ol Lincoln, are at Pone to take testimony to be used in a case which waa brought by the receiver to racovei a dividend which ia claimed to hart bean wrongfully allowed and paid by Um firat National. Two hundred and fifty cars of io wen received at North Platte in Are days last week logo toward (1 ling the tTnloij Paeiflc lew boueaa at that point. VrAKaSJllI fJ"0 HAVANA J.4CLE SM'S STEEL WARRIOR BAILS FOR HARBOR. r. 8. Ftrniii-lilp Mlne 1 Or-lnrrd to Pro-C''i-l l-i l'h:it I'lure Artlnu U lM-lllierat Afl r h Ii-r ui,.ii iu the 1'rei-iiJeiit'r ('!.iet lint hpaln Thin as. Wanrrs(T"K, Jan 25. Within forty eiyht hour, lor ti e iirrt timo ni wo the iiiMirrei tj, j) l.ri l.Hi ut in theOiha three years I'ifi, i,t. United MHt H poem nient w II b re; ren-n'e.1 in the harbor of Havana by a w.i.shi,.. The do i-ion to Hend the I'n ted btaes steamer Ma ne a f nally a'eed to at a special meeting at the White Loupe yesterday iiiorrrtujf U tu-en the prei-id.nt, Secre tary L nu, AriHt,lf,t s-erelary Day, Attorney-iienera! M.-Kenna and Gen eral Mile-i, anrl it is an accepted fact tha', n ith t he exeep ion of the ceere tary oi the navy and the attorney-iren-' ral, not a n eu,l,cr of the cabinet knew of the prsi,li,i'H intention to take this radical anion. It is not den.ed, how ever, that sirne pneti move has long b.en in coiiiemplation, us a evidenced in the foll.iwing nateineut of AHaistant t-ecietary lay, made yesterday morn ing: "The een iing of the Maine to Havana mean - (-imply the reeump ion of friend ly naval rtlatioi s nitb rpnin. It is UBiomorv for naval vesne.s of friendly na ions to pass in and ontof the harbors d other countries with which they are at peace and ftritiHh and German war hipn liave recently vioi ed Havana. This is no new move. The president i as intended to do it for tome time, but heretofore aometu ng bag happened to postpone it. The orders to the Maine mean nothing more than I have said, and there Is nothing alarming or sensa tional in them. The Hpaniah minister here is fuhy informed of what is going on, and to tar as 1 know hag not made i he td.ghicHt oi'j etion to it. Further, Assistant Secretary Day said that Ooiihu -General Lee had not sent lor a wargtup. MOV TAKKN DELIBERATELY. This Buiieiufut fch.tts tnat the move lias been taken deliberately and that it ou'd net have been taken if there were iloutits h to the resulia in Havana I he pen ml heli. f here ip, however, that in M.i!r'd rather than in any Cuhan uiwu is trouble to be looked for if there rhoiitd bu any misapprehension of the ,j'irpme of our government in (tending iIibM.iIi.oU' Havana. I'he temper of t"e 0pO-ilnm newspapers in the Span ih ca,. li his bten threatening for ouu.e l.iue, ajd it may require the strong hand oi thn ne ab censor iu -epress utter ancea thai uotnd lead to rioung. Admiral Ct carl 8 orders were not madv pub.ic in their luxt a-i the uavy d pait- nenl, but it was slated that the sub- nam e of tin ui was contained in the niaU uieiit ina le by ISfcrt-tarv Lontr, t'he ordera were not Bent Uireoily to tlie .vlaiii. , lor tli reason thai she is no reguia ly atti.cned io toe equa iron, ai.d tue naval re ulauorn r q .ire ad ruch ordt-is to ko iliruiigii ihetupenoroflice. 1 he details of the Maine's movements are neueved to be let L lor ll. e arrange ments ol Admiral hcird, bu. it h thought tnat ihe all p ni.uii put to sea wiih tlm hqua.lrou Hill return to Key Went before going to H ivana. f.utlcert u the gtaud Aaln. CiiiOAOo, J..n 2o Aiolph Luetgert'a Btory ol the ciroinniaiicei surrounding the disappearani e ol his wife Louisa lai May wan reruuieu on the ilne.-8 giand yenteriUy. Luetgr-ri explained bow the 6 airway door leaoing lo the basement bad been blocked, and thus, it is alleged excited the suspicion of Biaik, the old watchman, wi.o, when h returned with toe Huuyadi water, for which ho had been aent, found that he could not enter the door, and he made use of the eleva tor door Exact y us Willi im Chirl s told the j ry, Lueigert said boxed had been moved about to give the dogs a cnauos at the rata which infested that part of the basement used as a storage room for odd and ends. "You had no intention of blocking the door against enterauce?'' the witness was asked. "None whatever; the door waa seldom used." Mi. 11 rm.Hi atkid a few questions a.Rjji. ui.iiv .ilid nt-A .. 1 1 tw s en.ig which Luetgert declaied his intention to the fact of the children's saving bank had been broken open waa called by eithtr Mary Sietnmering or one of hia little sons. "Now," asked the lawyer, "will you tell me how you provided for yo jr wife during the ye ir prior to May 1 7" "Oh, when she wanted money I gave it to her or sh') took it from my pocket," smilingly answered the prisoner. "Shortly before May 1, just when I don't recollect," Luetgert continued, "she took -'0. Hhe knew I'd know who had it, and it was all right." "Did you kisa Mary heimmering of ten 7 hianuiy interrogated the attorney while Lueigert sat up straight in his chair and the spectators looked intense ly pleased. "No, no, no, I did not," came the em phatic answer, which made the crowd titter. "I could kiaa my wife il I want ed to klaa." l'okrr and riht. Pmavtu.a, Ky., Jan. 25. William an I Harvey To pie are dead and Lew Wallace ia fatally wounded aa the result of a pistol duel in a riot in Leslie county near t! IteU ...id Hra county line last night. The Topte boys were Invited by W llaoa to go to hi bouae to engage In a draw poker game. The game aeemed to be onesided. Wallace won all the money. A quarrel followed, pistols war drawn, tbe light shot oat and a desper ate duel Uftn, resulting a above tteted. RUMOR OF LEE'S ASSASSINATION Is Not Continued Vrtil are Iu Sootb ni Patera. Jackhonvii.i.k Ha , Jan. 24. Admiral icar l, with the battleships New York, Indiana, Masiehnnetts, Iowa and Texas, arrived off the bar at Key West at 10 o'clock yesteiday moruiiri. The M line, Montgomery and Hetro.t and ! r; u .. CuHhing ail' Dupont nt ( n' p 'riant t It oM c, l- no i' a ind j iued the fleet. An im eetge a-i ri-s'eived here at or Admiral S'card, but there of transportation to the fl' et. T !f,',.i:i r. ceived from Havana last light eiate iiial extra guard had been lured an r.nd Consul-General 1 e's (ho lor protection. Circulars have ieen di' i i lined mound Havana ci ll i g on volunteer for the protection ol 'e American colony. No news of an it'empt to i -annate General Lee has ieen receive ). v AMiiMiios Jan. Z4. ho lar as oiiid h Ic'irned the adminitttration had io aiivicea from Havana yecterday, doth the state and navy department tlirmed hat nothing had been heard rom Genera L e and profess -d to look upon the lack of news as a y d gih'n 'Jo the other hand the city was full of rumor-i raug.ng in imoor ance from tl ftitemeiit that the White squadron hai 1 .1 e 1 Iroin Key W est to that of Lee o n . a s.iHSiiiat. d at Havana. In t i ry, However, tailed to reveal any oa-ns fo sensational reports. vIadkid, Jan. 21. Tue report tha ArriHucan warships have been ordered to 0 i ban waters has caused great ex j.lement here. The I nparcial, in the course ff a vio lent article, says: ''We see now the eagerness of tbe Yankees to seize Cuba.' A grand banquet wa given at the pal ace a turday evening in honor of the tiirthday of King Alfonso. The mem.' Ders oi the cahinet and the principa members of the diplomatic corps were ..resent. The cabinet met afterward and decided, so it is reported, to ad dress a manifesto to tbe country. One member, in the course of an interview -ai i the iiovernment wa quite tranqu respecting the movements of the Auisri can warships, which were fully known to tbe minister of marine. Kkv Wkst, Fla., Jan. 24 The fleet of t aitleships will sail for Dry Tortugas liiis uioining. KloU In Alglera. Amjibrb, Jan. 24. Anti-Jewish riots were renewed here Sunday. The men invaded the Jewish quarter and pillaged the sh ps in the Rue iiabazoum driving 'he Jewish merchants out into the streets A squadron of chasseurs waa ordered to the scene and charged the mob with drawn swords, but the mob reiormed turther on, cheering for the army. Revolvers and daggers were free- . used. One man who was stabbed In l e back and shot in the head died oi the spot. Many were seriously stabbed one named Cayol dying from hia wounds. The crowd, hearing of this, became dan gerously excited and ahouted: "Tue are murdering us; death to the Jews,' and resumed pillaging. The front of rix shops were destroyed nd the loot was burn d. The policy repeatedly c mr ei the rioters, but were stubborn ly resisted and powerless to restore or der until the troops arrived. CllltMNANH SVVKAR VKN'OEANCB. 8everal policemen were seriously mal treated. Many arrests for theft have he u made. The Jewish authorities r commend iheir co-religionits to re main indoors. Both the men killed in in the riot wtre Christiana and their companions have sworn to avenge them. It is feared there will be further riot Disturbances and the looting of Jew ish shops continued throughout the eve ning, despite the tfforts of tbe troop to quell disorders. At 1 o clock Saturday night some Jew ish flower stores were pillaged and their con te. its destroyed. The zouave then chained the crowd with fixed bayonet ami dispersed them many persona being injured. At the moment this dispatch ia aent, 11 o'clock, the rioters are reassembling on the quays and setting fire to the Jew ish spirit stores. Troops are being hur ried to the spot. Already there have leen 150 arrests. The maintenance of order has been entrusted to the military. Hbo Wrtnll-rJ jiMWUg;. Black Rivaa Falls, Wis., Jan. 24. Attempt to wreck a passenger train, with revenge for the killing of a horse aa tbe motive, ia tbe charge agaiuat Mary Miles, arrested here Saturday afternoon, Deteotivea aay the evidenoe against ber ia positive and that other arrests will follow, clearing up a mys tery of nearly four years' standing. The woman ia a somewhat notorious character in this locality. The onmi with ahich she 1 charged was com mitted near Withee during June, 1894. A horse owned by her wa killed by i passing Wisconsin Central train and tlm company refused damage. In re venge, it is alleged, she placed tie in culvert to wreck a pasenger train. The obstruction waa struck by a freight train, doing conaiderable damage, but the wreck waa attended with no loss of life. IllDitrnu Daag htor Dea4. Clevbland, Jan. 24. A telegram from Palm Beach, Fla., announce the death of Mr. Mary Payne Bingham of fhia city, daughter of the late Sonator H. B, Payne. Mra. Bingham' husband and children were with her when he died, at wart also bar only surviving brother, Colonel Oliver Haaard Payne of New York and har nle a, Mra. Almerlo Hugh Paget, daughter of tha late Mra. William 0. Whitney, Mra. Bingham's onlyeister. THINK IT MEANS WAR. Jpanl.h NsniiMM-ni k off t Mat Corl Some .11 ore. Marium, Jan 2ti. The Imosrcial ex presses feir that the di- i.-.teh of th United 8ia es battle-diip Maine to Ha vmia will provoke a conflict, and adds ''Kurope cannot doubt A meriea's at titude towards Spjin, but the 3panir.li pe7 e, if necesa'y, will do their cu:y with honi r." The newspapers generally comment unon Secretary long's explanation oi tiie visit of t tie United States battle -li'P -Ma ne to Havana and aree in ex pressing the opinion that her visit is ''inopportune and calculated to encovr age the insurgents." It is announced that, "following Washington's example," the Spanish government will "instru t Spanish wai shipii to visit a few Anted an ports." The Epix-H neks if the dispatch of the Maine to Havana Is intende 1 as a sop to the jingoes, and ad Is : "We cannot thLik the American gov ernment eo naive ami badly-informed as to imagine that the presence ol Anietiean wa- vesstlb at Havana will be a cause of satisfaction to Spain or an indication ol friendship." Va9minut n, .inn. 20. The battle ship Maine in in Havana harbor. The torpedo boat Dunont, which left Key West at 5 o'clock under sailing ordera, hailed the Maine at Dry Tortugas and delivered the orders for the battleship to proceed to Havana at once. The Du pot tl en returned to Key West. It re ports that the Maine was about to sail when the Dupont left. It is believed by the state department that the Maine entered the harbor af Havana at the earliest hour that the Spanish port regulations permit. No cirect report, however, has yet been re ceived from Havana. Havana, Jan. 20. The United States battleship Maine, commanded by Chas. D. higabee, which left Key West, Fla., on January 24, arrived here at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and was saluted by the forts and war vessels. A report is current that the United States consul general, Fitzhugh Lee, and Dr. Congonil, secretary-general of the Cuban government, have had a alight misunderstanding. Generil Lee, when seen by a corre spondent of the Associated press, said that nothing unpleasant had happened bet veen ' imnelf and Senor Congosso. Shortly after the arrival of the Maine, Lieutenant Medrano, representing the captain of the port, Vice Admiral Pa Lore visited the battleship &nd extended the customary countesiea. The arrival of th- war ship caused much surprise and excited conaiderable curiosity. AU is qaiet. Captain Sigsbee yester ley evening had a prolonged conference with Consul General Lee. The otlice' and sailor of bo Mnine ill not bo ashore at present to avoid possible trie: ion. Cantain Sigsbee has expreesed himself as gratified by the recoption rendeied and the courtesy and cordiality show. It i reported at ties palace that Gen eral Maximo Gomez has fallen back across the Moron Jucaro trocha into the Camaguay district. A Had Fire Iu Bpokaue. Spokank, Wash., Jan. 2ft. A fire in which the loss will run up to (400,000 worth of property and at the very least five lives were lost, took place Monday night. The Great Eastern Block, at the corner of Post street and Riverside ave- a ne, six stories tn height, and con structed of brick, caught fire about 11 :45 p. tn., and in three hour wa totally demolished. The names of those known to lost are: Rose Wilson, aged eighteen. Rose Smith, an invalid, aged twenty. Mrs. Davies. Other bodies are supposed to be in the building, which is too hot yet to enter. All of the upper two floors and part of the third l )or were used for lodging purposes, and at least 150 people were asleep in the building when tbe fire started. While most of them escaped with only their clothes, it is thought a number perished. Cornell Slgm Article to Fifht. Ciiicaoo, Jan. 26. Jamea J. Corbet! yesterday signed articles calling for a tight with Robert fitzsimmona, which George Considine of Detroit is confident he can pull off next summer. The articles are identical with those governing t tie fight at Carson City, with the exception of the puree, which in this case is f.'5,000 as against $15,000 at Carson City. Considine agreea to poet forfeit of $5,000 to go to the men in case he fails to pull off the fight. In return he demands a forfeit from each of $2,500. Considine expressed great confidence n bis ability to have the tight without uterniDtion. and said that besi.te the puree for Fit.simmona and Corbett he would off r $15,0(10 for Kid McCoy to go against Chonski, Jeffries, Maher or Kublin. Kid Lavigne, he said, had promised him that he would fight Mo- artland at 12 pounds, tor this event good puree will be ottered, Air. Consi dine delared. Considii.e is to meet ntzsimmons in Detroit on Sunday and expresses him self a confident of bting able to induce the champion to write hi name besida that of Corbett on the articles of agree ment. Wanted 8)0,000 or I.lfe. St. Locis, Jan., 20. About noon yes terday a well-dreaed young man aged about twenty-five, walked into the pri vate office of Judge Madlll, president of the Union Trust company, and pointing a revolver at tbe Judge'a head, demand ed $8,000 caah, threatening to kill him if th money waa not paid. Jndge Madill engaged tha man In con venation nntil detective arrived and handouffed him. The would-be robber waa taken to tha Four Covrta and looked np. TO GIVE AUTONOMY A CHANCE. If it Faili. in una I in n- ham Jluy Tk a Hand in Hie War. Wakiiixuiun, Jan. 21. Gentlemen in congees who by their p siti m have rea-on to be accurately informed on the pos tiou of the administration towa-ds C'uhi, say that ihid policy is ia sub stance hs follows: At the present moment it is V that the same national cond.tinns prevail as existed when the president tent his last message to congress, At that time ii wax sT-.tea that tiie piaa of autonomy having been inaugurated, it was the purpose of the executive branch to give pro;,rr time for this plan to he tried. The administration plan was inaugur ated only three weeks ago, so that it is felt that there has not leeri adequate time up fothe present moment to form any lair judgment as to the power- of the plan as a means of ameliorating the c ndition of the ialand. The recent occurrences ft Havana are looked upon aa affording evidence of dipcontent at the pian, but whether this will be tuificient to overcome tbe p an itself is not loos e I upon as estab lished with any degree of certainty, or even approximate ness. kkaijy kok ax kmkrorxcv. In the meantime, w il) clo ely ob serving the progrei-s of the autonomous plan, the administration has adopted every pi eeaurion to guard against any sudden emergency, such as an uprising that will threaten American interests. Thij is not expected to occur, but if it should come it ia said that the naval vessels of the United State-are bo dis posed as to be in the harbor of Havana within six hours of any crisis which would imperil American intereits. In order that there may be no delay Bhould an emergency arise it is said that Con-sol-General Lee lias been empowered to make direct request to te coDicianders of the warships, so that the veseels could start on receipt of word from him w ithout the delay incident to having his requests paes through the official routine at Washington. To a great ex-t-nt the intelligent judgmen of Gen eral Lee is relied upon as to c Kermin tng f any emergencv requires tje pres ence of American vessels. Tfiis, however, applies solely to the question ot tumult of a critical nature and has no connection with the general qnejtion of intervention f r the purpose of bringing the war to a close. Such a stp i not und r immediate consider ation, for, as already stated, it is pre dicted on the failure of the plan of autonomy, which leeult, it is said, the irovernment does not regard as estab lished by the evidence at hand up to the present time. V-,- Avenged hU Bister. Nkw York, Jan. 21 Inside the Gtagg street stHtion bouae, borough of Brooklyn last nignt, the policeman w-re all in line ready to go' out for night duty. The sergeant was reading to them a descrip tion of Herman G. Hintz, who had just shot and mortally wounded Otto Diehl. He was telling the men to arrest Hint and warned them that he wa a wild westerner and p'obably dangerous. Outside the station house was Hintz doing his beet to get inside and give him self up. He told the doorman guarding the entrance that he had imoortant business inBide and must pass. The doorman declared that no one Bhould enter until the men had been sent out for duty. The policemen filed out past the man they wanted and Hintz went in side. He told "f the crime he had com mittsd and handed Sergeant Ruthen- burg a big revolver, from which a forty four bullet had been discharged. He was locked up. Hinz had been a cowboy in Texaa for tho last sevn year. His mother lives in Brooklyn, and he came to vieit her Christmas. He found that Diehl wa treating his sister brutally and he took her away. He went for Mrs. Diebl'a clothes. Diehl refused to let him have them and Hinz saya threatened to brain him with a kettle. "My sister is dying," said Hinz, "and ynu'er her murderer. I guees it won't be a crime to kill you, and I'll do it,'' and he did. California Will Celebrate. Sam Francisco, Jan. 21 Preparationi for the golden jubilee of California the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the yellow metal are making raoid headway. The celebration will begin on Monday next and continue during the week. It will embrace many entire ly novel features, nearly every country in the State contributing to render the affair a notiable event in the annala of California. In connection with tbe jubi lee a mining fair will be held, which promises to ba the most complete of the kind ever known in the west. San Francisco is afrerdy gaily decorated in anticipation of thecoming carnival week and visitors are arriving in Urge num ber. Governor Buddha leclared the opening day of the jubilee I legal holi day and during the week of r'eativity the public school will be closed. Seldom before haa state and civil pride been aroused to a greater degree, and it is already evident that all former popu lar demonstration here will bo equalled it not eel i peed. ' Mat Qoodwln Dlvorred. Naw York, Jan. 21. Junitice Pryoi in the supreme court confirmed the re port of ex Judge Donahue aa referee, recommending that a decree of absolute divorce be granted Nellie E. Goodwin, wife of Nat C. Goodwin, the actor. Goodwin ia ordered to pay hia divorced wife $75 a week alimony. Shale privi ledged to marry again if ah ao deairea, with right to resume har maiden nam of Barker. Goodwin cannot aaarry again iu this at it. leut;hkt a witness ACCUSED SAUSAGE MAKER WEEPS IN OPEN COURT. -trraka I'onn tVhni Krfrrenre In Made t lit Furim-r Wife II.t.4 llwo Married lbrp. Ti,iii"t -Alt-niitH to Expiate llirt Willi, j)ai.tiirtjice. Chicago, Jan. 22. Adolph L. Lent Pel t v.o-lf nn thn . ilrifica ctanit clu. day am) lolJ the - rv t,,e g of tfa doings in his sausage factory the night of Mav 1. He endeavored to explain the mvH'ery surrounding the disappear ance of his w fe, for whose murder he is bein? tried. An immense crowd gath ered around the criminal court building long before the case was called, but warned by experience the police allowed only those to enter who had tickets of a luiiesion. Judao Gary's court room was packed soma time before the open ing hour. There was an unusal num ber of women present. The audience paid the closest attention to Leutgert' examination. Prior to going on the witness stand Leutgert, white taking exercise in the jail, was accompanied by James Smith, who has been on trial with Chris Merry for the murder of Merry's wife'. Smith was extremely nervous over the out come of the jury's deliberations in his case, but Leutgert spoke encourarigly to him. "I received an invitation to masque rade ball, which takes place on Febru ary 2." said Leutgert to hia companion. "I'll let you have it. You'll be able to use it before I will." After reading the Btory of the various financial deals in which he waa inter ested, Lautgert was asked if during the time he was first engaged in business be was married. 1118 MATRIMONIAL VESTURES. To this Leutgert replied in the affirm ative. 'I was married to Miss Pauline Riielke in 1S72," said the defendant. "How do you spell that name?" "Oh, I don't know. I never could spell it," was Leutgert's reply. Attorney Harmon of connsel for tha defense then went into Leutgert' financial affairs at the time of Mr. Touia Leutgert's disappearance and drew out the statement that Lodger! was worth about $0,000 exclusive of real estate. Attorney Harmsn then asked Leutgert when his first wife died. "In November, 1878." "And how long were you a widower?" "Until January, 1879. In that month I married Wilhemina Mueller. At hi-i point Luetgert broke down and commenced cry ng like a child. See ing the condition the client waa In, Attorney Harmon .sked for a receaa, but Judge Gary refused to allow it. Af ter a few moment Leutgert regained,. control of himself. Tbe display of griel drew smile to the face of Police Captain Bcheuttler, who occupied a seat immed iately behind thedef ndant, and the ju rors looked on in astonishment a Lnert g rt buried hia face in hia hands and sob tied. " Before you we e married where did you and your little boy Arnold live?" waa the next question. "I slept in the store myself and my wife at my mother-in-lawa" "When were you remarried the se oond time?" Leutgert was asked by hi counsel. "In 1883 to Louise Bicknese." There was not a trace of emo ion in the voic of Luetgert, a he mentioned the name of the woman he is charged with having murdered. The defendant then told of the various places he and his wife had lived, and of hi going into business al his latest location iu 1889. The court at '.his point took a recess. Chris Merry Moat UitDf. Chicago, Jan. 22. Iu the case ot Chris Merry, the peddler charged with wife murder, the jury yeaterday re turned a verdict finding him guilty. Smith his alleged accomplice, waafonnd not guilty. The jury was out all night. When the verdict waa read 8mith jumped to his feet and ahouted for joy, but Judge Horton sternly commanded him to sit down. "Bring me a warrant," aaid the Indee "I want thia man rearrested a an ac cessary to the murder after the fact. and I want him indicted by the grand jury toitay." Thia had the effect of cooling Smith' spirits, but he soon recovered and looked pityingly down on his fellow prisoner. "Chris, old boy, I'm sorry for you," he said aa he held out hia hand to Merry. "Cheer np, maybe thing won't be so bad after all. Congratulate ma anyway on my end of it." But Merry was in a date, and holding out hi iiand remained silent. Merry was found guilty on the firat ballot. The reat of the period of tha j iry'a deliberations waa confined to a d scuesion of Smith'a case, the ballota atanding six for conviction and six a -inet until loday. Then with tha understanding, it is thought, that there would be no legal difficulties in the way of Smith' rearrest and indictment a an accessory after tbe fact, it waa agreed to return a verdict of not guilty aa charged. Indianapolis Prepare. Imdianapoms, lnd., Jan. 22. Tha ' work of preparation for the monetary convention ia nearly over, and when tha delegate assemble in this city next week tbey will find everything in readl nesafor tha business at Land. Mat aagee and letter vera raoafvad yeater day from a number of cltia anying they nao appointed delegate ui toe lute el men prominent la basineee and flaMa etel eirelee who will attend Uu aoafai lion are ateedily growing. If If h V 1 ay ...- 4v 2 ',k. mi-