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NEBRASKA.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Portugal is said to be greatly
"worked up over the danger of a repub
lican coup by the Radicals.
A mix has been introduced in Con
gress to prohibit the sending of lottery
advertisements through the mails.
It is considered certain in Mexico
that Lorenzo, the Yaqui chief who re
fused to surrender, has been killed.
Tn: St. Cyr military college at Paris
has been closed because of the preva
lence of the influenza among the cadets.
Dr. C. IF. Nichols, superintendent
of the famous Bloom ington Insane
Asylum near New York City, is dead.
The railway projects of China, it is
said, have been suspended, owing to
political intrigue and popular opposi
tion. The Portuguese Government is en
deavoring to have its dispute with
Great Britain as to African possessions
submitted to arbitration.
Twenty Catholic churches in the
Russian province of Kiel! have been
closed by order of the Governor of the
province. No reason was given for the
act.
Refurts have reached Lisbon of
great discontent in the Rio Grande
provinces, whose inhabitants have de
clared that they would rather unite
with Uruguay than consent to a
federation of the Brazilian States.
Tire: First Comptroller has decided
to a" low the accounts of United States
Marshal Needles, of Oklahoma, and the
United States Commissioners appointed
by Judge Shackelford, in that Terri
tory, on the ground that the' services
rendered by them were legal and
proper.
TnE St. Paul jury investigating the
case of the mutilated body found re
cently at Lake Johanna, Minn., censure
Health Commissioner Hoyt and his
son, Dr. J. II. Murphy, Bert Austin,
George Lynch and others for violating
the State law in regard to dissection
and burial.
President Harrison has trans
mitted to the Senate the extradition
treaty with England referred to in his
annual message, negotiated by Secre
tary Blaine and Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the British Minister. By its terms the
number of extraditable offenses is
largely increased.
The mixed commission composed of
Turks and Christians sent out by Cha
kir Pasha, the Governor of Cretd, to
Rethejmo to investigate alleged out
rages there, has completed its work.
Their report conGrms the previous re
port that several unarmed Christians
were killed by gendarmes.
The State Department is informed
that the Government of Salvador has
issued a decree imposing an export duty
of one peso on each one hundred
pounds of coffee sent out of
the country during the next twelve
months. The revenue derived from
this tax will be used in recon
structing and restoring to its former
grandeur the National Palace, which
was recently destroyed by fire.
Secretary Proctor is making an
effort to reduce desertions in the army
to a minimum, and is giving the sub
ject much personal attention. He re
ceives monthly reports from all the
regiments, showing the desertions dur
ing each mouth. The reports for No
vember have been tabulated and show
158 desertions from the force of 24,000
enlisted men. The desertions among
the colored regiments arc fewer than
among the white troops.
Representatives of the railways
"have concluded with the Governor of
Iowa a general settlement of all litiga
tion between the State and the rail
road. The State agrees to dismiss all
the suits which it has brought for al
leged violations and the railroads
agree to dismiss the injunction suits
which they had brought in the Federal
court to resist the enforcement of th9
Commissioners' schedule of rates. This
ends the long conflict between the rail
roads and the State of Iowa.
The President has approved the joint
resolution to extend the time of service
of the delegates of the United States
to the international maritime confer
ence; the act makingappropriationsto
supply a deficiency in the appro
priations for public printing and
binding for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1890; the joint resolution to print
the agricultural report for 1889 and the
joint resolution to pay the officers aad
employes of the Senate and House of
Representatives their respective sala
ries for the month of December, 1889,
on the 30th day of that month. These
were the first measures approved since
the present session began.
A set of aew regulations governing
the transit of Chinamen through the
United States has been prepared at
the Treasury Department. Heretofore
Chinese travelers have been required
to give bond for their direct transit
through the country and speedy de
parture. The new regulations will re
quire the railroad transporting them to
give a bond in the sum of 610,000. It
will also be required to furnish the
.Qustoms officer at the port of arrival
with a certificate from the customs
officers at the port of departure showing
that the Chinese described in the cer
tificate had left the country within
weaty dys after their arrival.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gleaned by Telegraph and MaJL
CONGRESS.
When the Senate met on the 16th various
petitions were presented, and anion the bills
offered was one by Senator Ingalls for the
allowance of cumulative pensions. After an
executive session the resolution for a holi
day adjournment on the 19th was agreed to.
A message from the House announcing the
death of.Reprcsentutive Gay, of Louisiana,
was received and the Senate adjourned In
the House a Deficiency Appropriation bill
was passed and a resolution presented and
referred offering a reward of $,000 for the
capture of Silcott, the defaulting cashier of
the late serjeant-at-arms. Mr Springer
introduced a bill for the organization of tlio
Territory of Oklahoma. Mr. Laeey (Iowa)
introduced a resolution for a rigid inquiry
by the Elections Committee, and report re
garding the Clayton-Breckinridge contest in
Arkansas, pending which Mr. Clayton was
assassinated. The passage of the resolution
was favored in a speech by Mr. Breckin
ridge and it passed without division. Ad
journed. After the disposition of several reported
bills the Senate on the 17th passed the bill
to provide for the deficiency in printing and
binding and for preliminary printing of the
eleventh census. After several resolutions
had been appropriately referred and unim
portant matters discussed the Senate ad
journed The session of the House wa9
brief and entirely void of general interest.
When the Senate met on the ISth resolu
tions were presented, among them one by
Senator Morgan recognizing the Brazilian
Republic. No general business was trans
acted. After an executive session (during
which Judge Brewer was confirmed as Asso
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court) the Sen
ate adjourned The House agreed to the
Senate resolution for 'a holiday recess from
December 21 to January 6. A resolution au
thorizing a reward of $5,000 for the capture
of the defaulter Silcott was adopted. Many
bills were introduced and the death an
nounced of Representatives Cox and Nutting,
of New York, Laird, of Nebraska, and Towns
hend, of Illinois, and the House adjourned
until Friday.
TliK Senate on the 19th concurred in the
Hou-e amendment to the resolution for a
holiday recess. Somewhat of a tempest in a
tea-pot was occasioned by the debate upon
Senattir Chandler's resolution in regard to
organizations among naval officers to secure
Congressional legislation. The resolution
was llnally adopted. After an executive ses
sion the Senate adjourned.
The Senate on the 20th debated at length
Senator Morgan's resolution recognizing the
Brazilian Republic, which was llnally re
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
After an executive session in which many
continuations were made the Senate ad
journed The House passed the Senate
resolution extending the thanks of Congress
to Chief Justice Fuller for the appropriate
address delivered by him at the recent
memorial services of the inauguration of
George Washington. Many bills were intro
duced, and pending discussion of u restitu
tion as to the disposition of money in the
possession of the late sergeant-at-urins the
House adjourned.
PERSONAL and political.
Brewer's nomination for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court has been
favorably reported by the Senate Ju
diciary Committee.
Chairman' C001.EY, of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, has been
obliged by ill health to leave Washing
ton for his home.
Captain L. G. SnEPHARD, com
manding the revenue steamer Rush,
now at San Francisco, has been ap
pointed chief of the revenue marine
service.
Mr. Stead has resigned his position
as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette. He
proposes to start a review.
Seroeant-at-Arms Holmes, of the
House, hits appointed E. J. Hartshorn,
of Iowa, to be cashier of his office, in
place of the defaulter Silcott.
President Harrison has sent to
the Senate the nomination of Cyrus
Leland, Jr., of Kansas, to be collector
of internal revenue for the district of
Kansas.
The Ohio Supreme Court has decided
that the biennial elections amendment
to the State Constitution was not
legally adopted.
William S. Harrison, nephew of
the President, and assistant to the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul gen
eral freight agent, died at River Forest,
111., recently, aged twenty-five.
Emperor Willi am"s ear is trouble
some again. It has recently grown
worse. He is under treatment all the
time and is in constant pain.
A meeting of Virginia colored Re
publicans at Richmond adopted reso
lutions calling on Congress to pass a
general election law.
TnE Spanish Chamler of Deputies
has approved a measure giving the suf
frage to officers in the army and ex
cluding soldiers in active service.
Wilhelm Von Giesebreciit, the
German historical writer, is dead."
Ex-Congressman Joseph Lyman,
of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was stricken
with paralysis while at his office. His
chances of recovery were slight.
It is stated that Consul Lewis, who
has created so much trouble in Moroc
co, has been recalled.
The Prohibitory law has passed
both houses of the North Dakota Leg
islature. Malietoa has been proclaimed King
in Samoa, and has been formally so
recognized by the Consuls.
miscellAn eocs.
The Western States Railway Pas
senger Association was dissolved at a
meeting of thegeneral managers of the
lines at Chicago on the 18th.
The Grand Portage Indians of Min
nesota who were in danger of starving
have been relieved by the Government
agent.
The Meade-Van Bokkelen Company
commission merchants, dealing in
California fruits at Chicago, recently
failed or 8250,000. The assets were
much less.
Investigation of two years of the
accounts of the suicide secretary of the
Milwaukee school board shows a short
age of 812,003.
ueukge ulakk, ageu nine years,
was run over by a cable car and killed
at Sioux City, Iowa, the other morning
wnue on his way to school.
A package of $1,410 was snatched
and stolen from the State National
Bank at Pawtucket, R. I., the other
day.
Emile Roux, one of the directors of
the Prefecture of the Seine, France,
has been murdered by M. Regan, his
former secretary. The murderer had
a grievance and could get no redress.
TnE new loan of the Mexican Gov
ernment has been more than subscribed
for in London.
It is reported that France and Rus
sia have assented to the conversion of
the Egyptian debt.
Pratt County, Kan., voted the
$100,000 sugar bonds, notwithstanding
the recent scandals.
Several more arrests have been
made in Salt Lake City in connection
with the recent developments before
the grand jury. All gave bonds.
TriE distillers and cattle feeders'
trust at a meeting in New York de
clared its usual monttfly dividend.
Mexico has decided to adopt the dec
imal system at once. All worn coins
to be redeemed at par for decimal coin
age. At a meeting of Irish landlords in
Dublin the Duke of Abercorn presid
ing, resolutions protesting against the
compulsory sale of land were adopted
and measures taken to buy out the in
terests of tenants.
Tns Italian Chamber of Deputies by
a vote of 196 to OS passed the bill de
priving the clergy of the direction of
all charities. The Vatican organs vig
orously opposed and condemned the
measure.
1. o.. . ..! :.. x',.. v.i- n:t..
m.x . iuiuuicu mflcn -lot wij
that the steamboat City of Kingston, I
which left two weeks ago to go around '
Cape Horn to Oregon, had been lost, j
No ground for the rumor could be
found.
The Gettysburg Battlefield Associa
tion has refused to remove the Second
Maryland cavalry monument, and de
clares that all ex-Confederates shall
have the right to commemorate their
dead similarly.
A sad accident occurred during a re
hearsal of a Christmas entertainment
at the Tilden public school, Detroit,
Mich. The gauze clothing of a num
ber of girls became ignited and eight or
nine were burned, one fatally.
Culver, the recalcitrant Cronin
juror, has brought suit against the
Chicago Herald for $25,000 damages
for libel.
TnE old soldiers and personal friends
of General Jackson have published an
appeal that the anuiversay of the bat
tle of New Orleans be made a public
holiday.
TnE New York World estimates the
wealth of the United States at 861,000,
000,000. A Mississippi City special says that
the wlfble assessed valuation of the late
Jefferson Davis property in Harrison
County is $7,040. The personal assess
ment was SoSl. Beauvoir is assessed
at $4,500.
The Guemsey-Scudder Furniture
Company's building at Third and Lo
cust, St. Louis, burned recently. The
loss was heavy.
Tub Albany (N. Y.) Evening Times
has been made the Hill administration
organ, taking the place long occupied
by the Argus.
The Presbyterian Hospital, New
York City, was in flames on the 19th.
The patients were removed safely.
Four firemen were somewhat burned.
The loss was $100,000.
TnnEE of Bushirfs head men have
been hanged by the Germans in Africa.
Judge Brewer, in the United
States Court at Kansas City, decided
adversely to the Beales claim to the
Maxwell land grant of 60,000,000 acres
in New Mexico, etc. It was said an
appeal would be taken to the Supreme
Court. The decision affects a Kansas
City land company that bought the
Beales claim.
additional dispatcher.
The west bound passenger train on
the San Angelo branch of the Santa Fe
was held up the other morning at Bangs
station, 132 miles west of Temple, Tex.
A brakeman named Penn shot at the
robbers, but paid for his bravery with
his life, the miscreants wounding him
so that he soon died.
J. R. Jones, a farmer living near
Bloomfield, Tex., was shot dead by
Dan Blackburn and Rufus Uughey
during a quarrel recently.
During a dense fog in New York
harbor two ferryboats collided, but
neither was seriously injured. The
passengers were panic-stricken and
women fainted.
Business failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended December 19 num
bered 342. The figures for the corre
spoiVding week of last year were 311.
TnE strike of the Belgian miners has
ended in the defeat of the men.
TnE business portion of Franklin
ton, N. C, was destroyed by fire the
other day; loss, $30,000.
The German theater in Pesth, Hun
gary, has been destroyed by fire. The
adjoining buildings were also damaged.
Alfred Cowles, publisher of the
Chicago Tribune, is dead.
Dr. Parke, Stanley's physician, was
reported dangerously ill with fever at
Zanzibar.
The Emperor of Germany has the
influenza.
Governor Lowry, of Mississippi,
has refused to pardon Kilrain, the con
victed pugilist.
Two bars of silver, each valued at
$2,000, were lost from a truck at New
York the other night. They were in
transit from the American Exchange
National Bank to a Cunard steamship.
Nelson Jones, living near Valdosta,
Ga., has been attacked twice in the
near past by Whitecaps and both times
barely escaped with his life. He had
threatened to avenge the whipping of
an old friend.
Reinforcements for Captain Fran
coise, commissioner to the German
stations in Southwest Africa, have
sailed from Hamburg.
Beach, the oarsman, has accepted
the challenge recently issued by Han- '
Ian for a rowing match, and is willing
that the race should be rowed over the
Paramatta coarse, N. S. W.
The Canada Southern,
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juiiuigtui
ujnirai auu tne xaKe onore ivanuer-
bilt lines) directors nave declared the
regular dividend and extra dividends
of one per cent. each. . '
CEONDTS SLAYERS.
The Great Trial Ends in a Compro
mise Verdict.
CPSalllvaa, Ooaghlla aad Barke Sentenced
For Life, Kuase Gets Three Tears aad
Begs Acquitted Sceaea la the
Court Roans
CmcAGO, Dec. 17. One of the most
memorable trials in the criminal his
tory of America closed yesterday after
noon when the jury, impaneled three
months ago, rendered its verdict in the
Cronincase. That the return of this
jury is a verdict and not a disagree
ment is the source of much congratula
tion in the public mind, and, although
i.- ; noir..u.. m,...l. .livlcmn nfcon.
nwowiwuiwijui iu -
timenton the question of approval of
the Verdict, the Sense Of relief Which IS mated that, including roads being bnllt at "" "'-w"-- vtun.ii .u-uuui i) u.
OTnorionciul if tho finil rntmm:ition of ! the timeof the preparation of ourlattantuuil i IHsCd to remain a member Unless it was
the case is unanimous.
Hardly a breath was heard as every
eye in tho vast audience turned to John
F. Beggs, who led the procession of tho
five prisoners. The face of the senior
warden of camp 20 was pale with
anxiety, but his eye was full of confi-
rtonnn as it: lmlillv fanml tlm nt.irn of
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, the audience.
Dan Coujrhlin affected his usual in
difference, but his restless, furtive eye
betokened the terrible ment.il suspense
the ex-detective experienced as he
awaited the dread announcement of
the penalty to be meted ont to him by
the law.
Hardly a person in the vast court
room succeeded in catching the eye of
Patrick O'Sullivan. The piercing black
eyes of the ice man sought the floor,
and whatever emotion he felt at this
moment was invisible save in the gray
ish pallor that overspread his features.
Martin Burko flushed for a moment
as he approached his seat, but a mo
ment later his features regained their
natural appearance, and with affected
nonchalance he resumed the chewing
of gum as has been his wont during tho
coarse of the trial.
The elated air of John Kunze was
absent, and for the first time since his
arrest the little German now seemed
to fully appreciate the gravity of bis
situation as he awaited the verdict of
the jury.
The jury soon filed into the room
amid a profound silence.
After the usual formalities the fore
man of the jury handed in the follow
ing verdict:
"We the jury, find the defendant,
John F. Beggs, not guilty.
"We, the jury, find the defendant,
John Kunze, guilty of manslaughter,
as charged in the indictment, and fix
his punishment at imprisonment in the
penitentiary for a term of three years.
"We, the jury, find the defendants,
Daniel Coughlin, Patrick O'Sullivan
and Martin Burke, guilty of murder in
the manner and form as charged in the
indictment, and fix the penalty at im
prisonment in the penitentiary for the
term of their natural lives."
Mr. Forrest of the defense at once
requested that the jury be polled and
this was ordered by the court.
To each of the jurors the question
was put by the clerk of the court:
"Was this, and is this now, your ver
dict f" Foreman Clarke was the first
man to rise and answer firmly in the
affirmative. The eleven men followed
in turn and gave the same answer.
Simultaneous with the announce
ment of the verdict Coughlin, O'Sulli
van and Burke turned deathly pale,
while Kunze started suddenly from his
seat, and a moment later dropped his
head upon his breast and burst into
tears.
Beggs' face was luminous with joy,
and crossing to the jury he thanked
them and shook hands with them.
As he shook hands with the jurors
each man bowed his head in acknowl
edgment of the grateful words of the
liberated man. The only sound that
broke the stillness was the deep sobs of
the little German, Kunze. He burst
out with:
"I am innocent. God knows I am
innocent. God knows that I neve, was
out to Jrkeview that night. Longe
necker bought two witnesses, I am sure
of that, they went out and bought
farms with the money. Him and
Schuettlerdidit."
O'Sullivan was the only one of the
other three prisoners who found refuge
in tears. For a moment they trickled
down his cheeks, but a moment later
his black eyes flashed with defiance or
revival of courage, and dashing his
band across his brow he braced up and
cast a long glance around the court
room. The only evidence of terror to
be perceived in Coughlin was
the increased pallor that over
spread his face as he fully
realized the significance of a sentence
to life imprisonment, and bis lips
twitched nervously during the colloquy
that followed between the attorneys
and the court relative to the motion
for anew trial.
Martin Burke was unquestionably
the least affected of all the prisoners.
It was not until the afternoon that
the jury finally came to a verdict, and
then it was that the juror Culver, who
had been voting for acquittal for all
the defendants since the jury went
out, consented to a compromise. The
other jurors were for hanging Burke,
Coughlin and O'Sullivan, while he was
for letting them all off.
Liberality la Brazil.
Lisbon, Dec. 17. The Brazilian
Consul here has received a telegram
from Rio de Janeiro announcing that
a decree has been promulgated declar
ing all foreigners residing in Brazil
citizens of the Republic from the date
on which the Republic was proclaimed
and that all foreigners in future shall
be considered Brazilian subjects and
enjoy all civil and political rights, ex-
cent
toe ngui ui uecoming cuiei oi
ofaiAstftor a rpsiftaiiM nt two VA.irs.
jn aH -ases the Government reserves
the right to refuse citixensbip. The
decree is .sigued by Da Fonseca and
JUodo.
MILEAGE AND EARNINGS.
The Kaaaaa Board of Railroad Comiaua
loaera' Report.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 21. The State
Board of Railroad Commissioners have
submitted their annual report. These
figures have been on file with the clerk
of the board for some time, but have
been withheld by the board until the
completion of the annual report on ac
count of a complaint made by the Mis
souri Pacific Company that the state
ments heretofore furnished to the press
in advance of their official publication
have been misleading and frequently
contained gross errors. The statistics
of general interest in the report issued
now are given in the following sum
mary, furnished by the board:
The pat veur has witnessed very much
lessened activity in railroad building than
nu ciiaracierueeu ineturee preceding years.
i On June . IMS. there were reported to this
. 0uicmw5.M miles of main track, itwascsti-
tatu
would amount, up to December 31. lvs to
9,7UG miles. The figures now furnNlted this
otllcu show that this was not correct. The
total mileage, main line, completed and in
operation on June 30 last was s,t:5.l7, making
the amount completed and put into opera
tion between June 30, lfsSand June 30, 1SK.
233LZ) miles. Th present mileage OAceed-i
the figures reported in June last. The
Hutchinson A Southern railroad, now being
constructed from tho city of Hiitchin-ou
south, thirty miles of which wa completed
several weeks ago, is not included in this re
port. The present mileage of railroads
within the State exceeds 8.S00 miles.
The total amount of capital stock Nued
and outstanding by all the companies on
June 30.WSS, was t5G3,077-L81 ; total of all
companies reporting Juno ", lSSO. i.
aafiM; increase ISO over 1$. $l.as0asi.
In this amount, however, there is JK150.0O)
of stock of tho Chicago, Rock Island A
Pacific Railway Company which has never
been previously reported, and for the pur
pose of this comparison should be deducted.
The actual Increase for the past year made
by companies heretofore reported is $l$,l(rt,
2UI.S1; total bonded Indedtedness reported
for June 30, 1s9,Ws7,201,62I; same preceding
year, $4W;5o7,38L Excluding the amount re
ported by the Chicago, Rock Island A Pacific
Kailway Company, viz.: $17,:OO,0UO, it will be
seen that the actual Increase of all com
panies reporting heretofore is R'O.OW.ay.
This increase is due to construction of addi
tional mileage of railroads.
Thi tntnl mi3fnfri!irnIn-4 frir thn war
ended Jnne 30, !. were r.'O.Tlt ..::. Ex-
eluding, for purpose of comparison with
the like earnings of railroads reporting to
this otllce the year preceding the Chicago,
Itock Island ft Pacific passenger earnings,
thu amount would be $17,213tri.U. Passen
ger earnings for tho year ended June 30.
lt8.$lS,K,30.52: decrease in lfcy. compared
with 1SK3, $1,381,657.93; total passenger earn
ings, including mail, buggagn and express,
for the year ended Juno 30, 1SS9, $25,rr,5l5.4.,
including Chicago, Kock Island & Pacific;
total umouut of all other companies. fi!1.4$s.
311.43; total amount of earnings from tho
same source, same companies for the pre
ceding year, $Z!.376l2i7.!i9: decrease in total
passenger earnings, ls, compared with
ibjw.j-ss-vioa
Total freight earnings for the year ended
June 30, 1SW, S.VJ.ICVW;.. excluding Chicago,
Itock Island & Pacific Kailway freight earn
ings, viz.: $8,77JrSi8; balance of all othcrcom
panies.JISl'JfitTT.fet); same for companies re
porting for the preceding year. $j?;ill;H3;
decrease is.y, compared with P,8,S1,13J,W.2:
total gross earnings ISW, JG,H2,M1J; exclud
ing earnings of Chicago, Kock Island X Pa
cllic, $13;.'31J9; balance of all companies re
porting 1SS). $721107.38; same for IfeS, $71,
022,0j5 ; decrease 1, $1,177,477.07. I
Total income from other sources, viz.:
Bonds, stocks, lentals and miscellaneous
sources for the year ended June 3',m,S10,- '
223,127; total earnings and income, fJ.0.v.,
C73.1U; total expenses and payments, exclu- I
siveof dividends, $y5,3 ,a.Cl ; net income,
$746,571.32; excess of expenses and payments
over income, $47.tS. The companies
payingdividends the past year are as follows:
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, half of 1 per !
cent., amount $375,000; Chicago. Rock Island
A Pacific, 5 per cent., amount $2,307,707; Kan-
sasCity, Fort Scott & Memphis, 2'. -percent,
on common stock, amount S217.4J0, and S per '
cent, on preferred stock, amount $211Us0; '
Missouri Pacific. 4 percent., umount $1,73,-
004 ; St. Louis A San Franci-co, 7 per cent, on
first preferred, amount $..13,000, and 4ls per
cent, on preferred, amount $430,000.
STILL ANOTHER.
Traln Robbers Murler Santa Fe Rrsike-
maD in Tcxhs. aad Get Bat Few Uolltrs
For Their Work.
Temple, Tex., Dec. 21. The west
bound passenser train on the San
Angelo branch of the Santa Fe was
held up yesterday mornintr earlv at
Bangs station 132 miles west of this
city.
While the train was at the station
the train guard, Al Wolf was standing
on the ground, when he saw four men
coming toward him. He thought they
were passengers until they were close
up, when they drew their pistols and
ordered him to throw up his hands.
They then struck him and knocked
him down. He attempted to cross the
train but when on the platform thev
knocked him against the door of the
coach.
The noise attracted the attention of
Brakeman Penn, who, upon stepping
to the platform snatched the guard's
pistol and fired into the gang of rob
bers. The robbers returned the fire
shooting Penn three times in the body,
mortally wounding him.
After the shooting the robbers com
pelled the guard to uncouple the express
car from the next coach and ordered
the engineer to run ahead to a point
distant, where the express car
was robbed. Only about $42 was
obtained by the robbers. Penn, the
brakeman, died at Goldthwaite, whith
er he was taken.
Fatel Cable Accident.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 21. Patrick
Green, while boarding a cable train
on Ninth, between Wyandotte and
Central streets, last evening, received
injuries from which he died at nine
o'clock. Green was a quarryman and
lives at the corner of Twenty-eighth
and Penn streets. He was struck by a
car passing in an opposite direction.
He was forty -five years old and leaves
a family.
Mere Mad Doc at Marshall.
Marshall, Mo., Dec., 21. Little
Montana Mangus, aged nine years, a
son of W. F. Mangus, of near Gilliam,
was bitten by a mad dog while on the
way to school, the animal fastening its
teeth in the boy's shoulder. The dog
then ran into the school room and cre
ated much excitement, causing a gen
eral stampede of the scholars. For
tunately no one else was bitten. The
animal foamed at the mouth and acted
very strangely. It was killed a few
momeste later m the school room. I
The boy's wound was immediately J
cauterized. I
A GREAT BREAK UP.
8llt in the Westers State K-illway Pa
fBgrr Association.
Chicago, Dec. 19. Tho We.stf.rn
States Railway Passenger Association
was dissolved at a meeting of the gen
eral managers of the lines in the asso
ciation yesterday afternoon.
Ten days ago at a meeting of the
association the matter of thy continu
I ance was put in tho hands of the gen
eral managers. This action was taken
t on account of the withdrawal from
membership of the Burlington & North
I ern and Minneapolis & St.' Louis which
; absolutely refused to remain members
, unless the Wisconsin Central showed
iu me iiiuiuoers secret contracts on
passenger business in accord-tun: with
tho association agreement. This the
"Wisconsin Central refused to do. In
i addition to tlit -it vtiril-ivi .wT,.i
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slon
allowed a differential rate.
As soon as the managers fairly re
alized the import of the demand a
resolution was passed dissolving the
association and throwing the whole
blamo on "the preposterous demands
of one of the members." It was aNo
voted impossible to form any new as
sociation with tho same muin! ors un
less tho Wisconsin Central should mod
erate its demands.
The Western State Pas-enger As
sociation has been the lai-git and,
owing to its membership, the mot im
portant in a rate preserving sense of
any of the passenger associations of the
country.
Tho Western and Southwestern lines
will undoubtedly form a new associa
tion, leaving tho Northwestern lines to
fight out their own salvation.
THE NAVASSA
AFFAIR.
Henry .Tones
Tells How
He Chopped
I Footer.
j Baltimore. Md., Use W. In the
trial of the Navassa rioters yesterday
Henry Jones confessed that he killed
j Thomas L. Foster. He said: "No one
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imu uiuuu uiiuii;;ii luuirowuieuyuamiu.'.
J anil I lit four bombs and threw them
at the house. Afterward I went with
James Dudley, George S. Key and Wil
liam Jackson, alias 'Black .Jack,' to the
magaziae to get more dynamite for our
protection in tho barracks, hut not to
throw at the house. I gave Key the
pistol of Mr. Uoby in order to pro
tect himself and kept the
hatchet in my pocket. AVhile re
turning from the magazine and when
near the tank, Mr. Foster ran out. I
struck him across the abdomen with
my hatchet. Mr. Foster said: "Oh
and turned around with his hand in his
pocket. I saw he had a razor and
jumped behind him and cut h;;u in the
back. Mr. Foster then Ml and I
dropped my hatchet and picked
up the razor. As I was go
ing to the officers quarters I met
William James, alias "IlichmoniL
Shorty," (a Government witness) """
had Mr. Fales'gun, which I took nway
James told me he had fixed Mr. Fales.
No one saw mo when I stxuek Mr.
Foster and no one of the witnesses
who have so testified could have seen
me. I did not cut Mr. Fa.'es ami did
not see him that day.'
BREWER'S CONFIRMATION.
The Opposition to Him In tlie Senate Ex
ecutive Scuitlon Ovrrcoine.
Washington'. Dec. 1!). In the se
cret session of the Senate yeienlay
afternoon a great deal of time was
spent on the nomination of Associate
Justice Brewer. Senator Plumb, whose
absence Tuesday endangered Mr. Brew
er's chances of confirmation. w:ls nres-
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duugeiirewers uecisions in me Kansas
prohibition cases and defend them.
After a great deal of unimportant and
! desultory debate, the Senate, by a vote
i f 5- to H confirmed the nomination.
Senators Moody and Pcttigrew, of
South Dakota, voted against the
nomination on the ground that Judge
Brewer recently appointed a Kansas
man clerk of the court of their State.
The other negative votes are those of
Senators Blair, Chandler, Allison,
Wilson, of Iowa, Colquitt, Kenyan,
Berry, Jones, of Arkansas, and Call.
A Volatile Army.
Washington, Dec. 1!). Secretary
Proctor is making an effort to reduce
desertions in the army to a minimum,
and is giving the subject much personal
attention. He receives monthly re
ports from all the regiments, show
ing the desertions during each
month. The reports for November
have been tabulated and show loS
desertions from the force of 24,000 en
listed men. The desertions among the
colored regiments are fewer than
among the white troops. The greatest
numticr of desertions was at Presidio
Barracks, San Francisco, where thir
teen men out of 547 stationed there
took French leave last month.
A Theory Cooceralac Gowen.
Washington, Dec. 19. Cassius M.
Clay Anistette, of the Treasury De
partment, who some years ago was dis
trict attorney of the Eastern dis
trict of Pennsylvania, does not agree
to the theory generally accepted that
F. B. Gowen committed suicide. He
inriists that Gowen was the victim of
the vengeance of the Mollie Maguire
gang whom he so relentlessly opposed
up to the execution of the leaders in
187G. Gowen was buried Tuesdav :ir.
Philadelphia. The services were very
brief. Cota Klca'a New President.
San Jose de Costa Rica, Dec. 2.
The Electoral College met yesterday
and went through the form of "nominat
ing Don Jose Rodruez President of the
Republic. Esquivel having left the
country the most of those elected on
his ticket divided their votes between
Finance, as a fitting tribute to their im
paniai uirecuon or public affairs si
nutiiml CU ..: i it n. ..1
than face with firmness the political
complications of a month since.
i...vu auiu icaigueu uie ouice nuiiw-
Lr. Carlos Duran, Acting President,
and Don Ricardo Jiminez, present Min
ister of Foreien Relations. ."usHri. nmi
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