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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1884)
THE TRIBUNE. " lM. . & K. M. KJMMKLI , , Fnbs. " ' MoCOOK , : : NEB ITEMS. , * . , ' - J ' * - Hastings Nebr skan : During the last twenty years trader the * interna\ revenue aV Nebraska-has paid $ KOOO,000 , Into the United States treasury , or $908,000 more than Kans&s , Colorado , Idaho , Dakota , Utah , Montana and Wyoming combine1. Five years of that time Nebraska was under territorial administration. thp . case of tbo kiUbig pf tJessio Snoll at a road houws near Omaha on the .iSth , the coroner's jury found that "the said JossioSnell , alias Jessie Wright , came to hef death by means of a pistol shot wound , from a certain pistol In the hand of one William Snell , and wo dd further find that said killing was uninteutlonall BO far as William Sncll was concerned , but was done by him unlawfully while in the commission of , an unlawful act. ' ' Snell was held and committed for man-slaughter. Lincoln is pressing her claims as the most available point for holding the Ne braska state , fair , and among other items is one to tha effect that the saloon keepers of that city have offered to donate $1,200 to wards paying the expenses of the fair. .The only proviso Is that the council shall grant them the right to keep their saloons open unntll midnight' during the week of the fair. Material for the new church building at Hebron is on the ground and work will be commenced at once. James Agard , a wealthy grain dealer from liockford , 111. , fell on u defectiveside- walk in Omaha , receiving injuries which re sulted in his death a few days subsequently. Two failures occurred in Omaha ou the 14th the Western Steam Heating com pany. with liabilities at $22,000 , and Henry O. Richter , fur dealer , with liabilities of over $7,000. Ainsworth News : Last Thursday Sheriff Simpson brought up- from Bassett two young men , Thomas Anderson and John Bolari , whom ho arrested upon a war rant issued by the county judge upon an in formation filed charging these young men with having committed the crime of per jury , in proving up on certain claims near Bafeeett. It is said that the arrest was made at the instance of the United States land officers. It seems that 6omo time last sum mer , about 15 or 20 young men' from Chicago cage located on a choice tract of land near B&Ksett , and proved up recently , and the next day or so after proving up deeded all the land to certain parties in Chicago. It Is claimed that ttie young men were hired by Chicago parties to locate the claims and paid BO much a month for occupying them , and were furnished the money to prove up by these parties with the understanding that the boys should deed the land to the Chicago arties. Fremont will make an effort to secure the G. A. K. reunion. Bill Hyke , the reputed chief of the gang of freight-car robbers arrested last week , has turned state's evidence and "bobs up serenely" as prosecuting wit ness. Vic. McCarty , John McCarcy and BUI Petty 'have been held in $2,000 each and taken to jail at Omaha to await the March term of court at Papillion . Omaha Herald : Omaha has become a market In which the products of the four corners of the earth can be found at almost any season. In the midst of January , with the mercury at 30 degrees below zero , let tuce , radishes and pie-plant grown by gar deners near this city , were to be had. and in a few days tomatoes and pie-plant will be in .he market. Fresh pears from California obtainable , and occasionally strawber ries at a dollar a box are brought from the south- The Ainsworth News says Brown county's real estate has more than doubled in value in the last six months. While in the town of Ainsworth lots are to-day sell ing for four times the amount that was ask ed for them nine months ago. Stock men in the Niobrara country report their bovines in splendid condition. J The Union Pacific railroad are chang ing the smoke stacks on all their engines tea a straight pipe , euch as are in use on many of the eastern roads. The estimated cost of the change is $100,000. The case of Woods vs. Heed , in which the right of possession of about $30,000 worth of real estate and personal property was involved , was settled in Hastings a few days ago in accordance with the recommen dation of Judge Wm. Gaslin. Standard time has been adopted by the heads of the several departments at the apitol in Lincoln. Oakdale Journal : A. J. . Motter cap tured a thief on Wednesday which he will keep in prison for some time to expiate ite crimes. It is a monstrous owl which meas ures four and one-half feet from tip to tip of its wings. The owl will be caged and placed in the office of the Commercial house. The bright sun of Wednesday completely blinded the owl and it was with little diffi culty that Mr. Motter made the capture. . Hastings , it is said , had $850 of the G. A. K. reunion fund from * last year' leftover over and Invested it in street lamps. Nebraska Oity Press : An old man named Rhodes attempted suicide on the public highway below Mrs. Donahoo'sfarm. He warfound lying in the road with a pla- tel wound In his- abdomen , and an empty , pistol by bis side. The cause of the at tempted suicide , it is alleged , is trouble' with his sons , who have shown great ingrat itude by not providing for him. NEWS OF .THE WEEK GENERAL. The trial of James Nptt for the kill ing o Dukes , in PannHylvanla , Is now In prpgrew at Pltteburg , having commenced * ' bta the 14th. . --The rush to the Guyotoa mines in Ariaona'is unabatedJ--Water Is scarce1 and selling at a dollar a barrel. Many new dis coveries are reported , and the'noxclteraent IB so great that the reports are not consid ered reliable. , i The powder magazine of the Cornwall - wall ore hiHB explod djit Lebanon , . Pa. , ' and a'workman named Posey was blown to ' ' atoms. Reports from twenty-seven leading clearing houses of the United States for the week ended on the 12th , gives the total clearances at $10,446,277.57 , being an In- oaease of 4.C per cent , as compared with the hame perio'd last year. . , As soon as the weatfier permits thirty- seven construction trains will be put In operation over the Canada Southern division of , the Michigan Central railroad for the pur pose of double-tracking the line during the ensuing year. ' S. A. Bridges died at Allentown , Pa. , on the 13th , of dropsy , aged 82. He * was a member of congress from the Tenth district , during the years 1848 to 1855 , and 1876 to 1878. 1878.Henry B. Payno7 was elected United States senator from Ohio without opposi tion from the republicans , both houses voting ing blank. Application will be made to Canadian parliament for an act to incorporate a com pany to construct a tunnel under the'St. Clair river , for railway purposes , from Bariiia to Port Huron. The Baptist chnrch at Port Norris , N. J. , burned. Two hundred children were attending Sunday school at the time , but were removed unharmed. It is rumored on 'change in New York that several laree grain houses are In a shaky condition , one of the principal ones only putting up half margins. At the republican caucus of the Iowa legislature Senator Allison was renominated for United States senator by acclamation. Every republican member In the legislature was present , and the nomination was made amid great enthusiasm by a rising vote , and every one of the ninety-one members rose and voted In the affirmative. Prolonged and repeated cheers greeted the 'result. The statue to the late Senator Mor ton was unveiled at Indianapolis on the 15th. Senator Allison was renominated by acclamation by the Iowa republicans , The bill for an immediate appropria Ion for Mississippi river improvement gave rise to a heated discussion In the house. Fourteen people were injured on the Texas Pacific , near Weatherford .Texas , caused by a broken rail. A consolidation will in all probability be formally'effected by the Hannibal and Council Bluffs roads with the Burlington , at a meeting for that purpose early in Febru ary. ary.Tke Tke Indiana republican state commit- ec has issued a call for a convention tonom- nate candidates for state offices June 10th. Che state convention to elect delegates-at- arge to the republican national convention will belield here June 17th. ' " * In. the case of a man injured while raveling on a railroad on Sunday , the court at Boston instructed the jury that the plain- iff could not recover unless he should be raveling on a mission of necessity or charity * Invitations have been sent out to all Ibora ! members of commons , requesting heir attendance at the opening of parlia ment , on the 5th of February. A young man in jail at Anderson , Ind. , confined on the charge of bastardy , nearly succeeded in killing his prosecutor. The plea of emotional insanity has been entered by the defense in the Xutt rial. rial.No No action will be taken on the bills relating to the Henuepin canal project until printed reports of tno engineer are re ceived. A joint republican caucus of senators and representatives was held to appoint a congressional campaign committee. More ban 125 members of congress were present. Senator Edmunds presided. Senator3111- er , of Pennsylvania , was chosen secretary. In taking the chair Senator Edmunds said the outlook for the republican party for .684 wa > at this early period of the cam paign better than at any time for the past ifteen years. The message of .Governor Hale * , of Wyoming , compliments the people on their prosperity , and predicts a great future. io reviews the mineral and agricultural re sources and advises a radical change in the veterinary laws , in order to prevent the m- rodnctioq of contagious diseases among lorses. Pittsburg glass workers received a Deposition from Toledo capitalists to go to that'place , build a warehouse , and take a. large Interest In the concern. The Bartholili pedestal committee announce the Travelers' Insurance com pany , -of Hartford , has subscribed $1,700 to the fund. A special engraving of the * statue complete will be prepared for the American press. Special Officer J. M. Wilson , of the United States treasury department , seized , a small package in the mail from Amster dam on the 18th. It contained diamonds valued at $20,000. The general offices of the Indiana , Illinois and Iowa railroad at Kankakeo , III. , burned a few days ago , destroying all the company's papers and accounts. 1 George Allnian and James Hardy , who were slightly acquainted , met in the hallwav of a building on Hudson street , " " Now'Yo"rk" Angry words passed and a scuffle followed , Allman fell , stubbed , and died/Instantly. JIardy ran , knife In haudj Commissioner Pilrson , of New York ; states that according to an arrangement be tween the four trans lines represented in the joint executive committee , and the Mis souri River , Lackawuna and West Shore roads , passenger rates will be reduced to . CMMl-l. , , . On the 18tb , in Alexandria Ky. , Miss , Weaver , affianced of "Ed. Beler , went to church with Nicholas Biehl. Beior became so enraged that he went to the bouse of Mies Weaver and demanded his presents. Be ing refused , he put a pistol to Miss Weaver's head and snapped it twice .without shooting. ' He then went to the back door and shot himself twice , one of the balls penetrating the heart. John Flemming and Fred F. Loring , of Chicago , convicted before Judge Blod- ' 'g'ett , of the "United States district court , of carrying on an extensive grain swindle under the firm naraeof FlemingaudMerriamwere sentenced to twelve months in the county Jail and pay a fine $500. 'A writ of error was granted in the case , however , by Judge Drummond , of the circuit court , and the prisoners released on $1,000 bail. The case of Frank James , for the Blue Cut train robbery was called In the criminal court at Kansas City on the 14th , and continued till Febuory 11 , on account of illness of the defendant. The case of Charles Ford on the same charge , was also continued to February 11 , it appears that Ford is at St. Louis , too ill to attend. . John ElfersJ who killed Ben. Hag- garty , because he would not pay him four bits , was hanged at 'San Francieco on the 15th. 15th.John John Kippe , a grain buyer at New Albia , Iowa , hung himself In his ware house. He "was aged 30 years. Whlsky and a love-affair are supposed to have been the cause. i While resisting arrest , W. A. Alex ander , a cowboy and noted desperado , was shot and killed on the reservation at Keno , Colorado , , bya detachment of soldiers-One soldier was killed and two wounded. Tommy G. Walker , aged 14 , was arrested at Boston for setting fire to a school building. He had a mania for setting fires. The dead body of Amelia Olsen , 17 years old , was discovered on the open > rairie near the northwestern outskirts of Chicago. The deceased was employed as a domestic , and met her death while return- ng home after nightfall from her place of work. There were evidences that she had met with violence , and the belief is enter tained , that she was choked and left insensi ble , and died from the effect of her rough usage , or that combined with the exposure of the cold night. The locality through which the girl passed Is Infested with a rough class. Edward Tappan , arrested for con nection with the Townsend outrages , at Hunters Point , L. I. , confesses that his brother John and.himself were concerned in he murder of Mrs. Maybee and her daugh ter at Brook\llle. They took their lives by choking them. A. J. Rogers and Geo. W. Fowler , Pullman-car conductors , connected with Jains running between New York and Chicago cage , on the Pennsylvania railroad , plead- d guilty to the embe/zlpment of railroad ickets. Sentence was deferred. At the Nutt trial' on the 18th , medi al expert testimony as to the prisoner's mental condition was continued. Several > romSnent physicians \vereexamined , all of vhom agreed that at the time of the nhoot- ng of Dukes yonng Xutt was insane. At he conclusion of the' expert testimony the etters thuthave given the Dukes-Nutt case uch fearful prominence were produced by he defense. With the reading of the let- ern the defence closed. WASHINGTON. Senor Romero , th'e Mexican minister , laid on the 14th the eighth installment of he indemnity due January 31 , 1884 , from Mexico to the United States. Follett , who will have charge of the jension bill when it reaches the house , is trongly in favor of abolishing entirely the pension agency business. Senator Beck has introduced in the enate a.bill identical with Willis' houge bill extending for two years the bonded period on distilled spirits. Also a bill to provide nn act empowering the secretary of the rcasury to ue the surplus in the treasury or the ledemption of United States bonds , > Ut not to be construed to authorize him to pay a premium therefor. In response to the house resolution the secretary of the treasury has addressed a letter to that body stating that the em ployes from Indiana in his department , re ceived an assessment circular from the In diana republican state central committee , mthewas unable to discover the person who distributed them. The live stock dealers , through Rep- esentative Hatch , submitted to the house a , petition asking for legislation to stamp out > leuro-pneuinonla by slaughtering all in- ected cattle and that government inspec- ion be made of all export meats at the ex pense of the importer. At a meeting of the house committee on public lands consideration was given the arguments of Pryor In favor of the Texas Pacific hind grant to the Southern Pacific. The subcommittee In charge of the forfeit ure of land grants to railroads directed the report of a bill declaring tHe land grant for feited , Tho' committee of ways iuitl means , has decided not to act for the present on * Townshond's bill for the restriction of im portation of goods from governments which prohibit the imports of American good It Is thought that the * mere introduction of the measurement have the desired of feet. i * w At a mooting of the sonatefooinmittee on public lands , Senator Van Wyck's bll for the relief v of settlers on the publicdo 'niainlu Nebraska and Kansas was' ordered reported favorably. li provides for the pay ment of $2.CO per acre to persons who took up lands under the homestead or prc emption laws within the limits of the North ern Kansas land grant. With this sum. the jilalmaut is expected to extinguish the tltl of the company. Two hundred thousand dollars was appropriated. . Robert Murray , nominated as sur goon-general of the navy , has been con " firmed. The house committee on elections has decided that the scat neither belongs to Chalmers nor Manning on prima facie evi dence. The bill prepared by the cattlemen for the extirpation of the lung plague was submitted for consideration to the follow ing * members of the house committee on agriculture : Ha tab , Debrell , Winuns , Cullen - len , Wilson and Ochlltree. Senator Edmunds was present at the meeting of 'the'senate committee on post- offices and post roads , and gave his view. upon the points involved In the consitlera- tion of the postal telegraph bill , and enter tained no doubt of the constitutional right pf the government to build telegraph lines , but strongly opposed the purchase of exist ing lines. The * committee authorized the chairman to fix an early day for persons who represented the teloirraph interests to be heard. OThe senate session rejected , the Mex ican treaty. A motion was made to recon sider , pending'Which the senate adjourned until Monday. Beyond these facts the re ports in regard to the matter are contradic tory. Senate confirmations. : Elias Skinner , postmaster , . Hanson , lewa ; Commodore ' Robert W. SHnfeldt , Alexander C. Rh'ind , and Thos" Pattirion. rearadrairals . | The house committee on private land claims has unanimously agreed to report favorably the bill for the relief of Myra Clrrk Gaines. .It provides for the issue of patents for 38,457 acres of land on account of grants made by Spain to John Lynd and riios. W. Quhart , provided that no mineral lands are included. FOSEIGN. - , KKRANCK. Prime Minister . Ferry received a telegram from Tricon , French diplomatic representative in Annam , in which he says : ' 'The king and members of the council ex- arcising regency formally received me to- 3ay in a ceremony without precedent. It svas conducted with oriental pomp. After salutations were exchanged the kingjrequest- 2d me to approach , as he desired me to con vey to the French government the assurance 3f his respect and devotion. He expressed Lhe hope that theseverity of the treaty stipu lation between the two countries would be mitigated. " I assured the king of our sym pathy and. good will. " ENGLAXD. Castelar , in an interview , said : "Like i majority of the Spanish republicans I am 'avorable to free trade as a means of im- ? rovi ig our relations with England , France > nd the United States. These are our na- ; ional friends. The English-speaking race ra both sides of the Atlantic have no better 'riend ' than myself , even though I some- imes have dissented from their foreign jolicy. ' ' CHIXA AND FRANCE. A letter from Canton , dated Decein- > er 5th , says that China is determined to Icht , and war can only be avoided by France jacking clear down. France made an awful nuddlfrof the whole affair bv not acting ivith force at the first. Chinese troops are souring in from the north and being raised it Canton. The feeling is that the Chinese nust rise up as one man and crush the pride > f the French , which they pronounce the nosttrouolesomenationthat ever existed. The State Board of Agriculture. 'pcclnl to the Omaha Kcpub'Icaa. LINCOLN , Neb. , January 15. Arneet- ng of the state board of agriculture con- rened in the utate houe this afternoon at { 'o'clock , President Mclntyre in the chair , rhe president appointed Messrs. J. Jensen , 5V. E. McCloud and W. B. White to" act as i committee 011 credentials. The committee reported that several counties had failed to 111 their annual reports , but on motion all .vere admitted to seats and full privileges. Various unimportant committees were ap pointed. The report of thetreasurer show- id the total receipts /orthe past year at$20- ' 16 ; expenditure ? , $16,839 ; balanceintreas ury , $3,876. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President , J. B. Dinsmore ; secretary , K. W. Furnas ; : reasurer , Chris. Hartman ; vice presidents , [ i. Daniels and J. B. McDowell. Theloca- ion of the fair was postponed until to-mor- ow. I B LEWIS. IOWA. Dr. M. J. Davis says : 'Brown's Iron Bitters give the bebtof sat- sfaction to those who use it. ' ' THUNDERING INTO FIRE. Burning ef a 1'nssenger Train on Uio liln- xuii Kami , and Itn Attendant Horrors Bradford , Pa. , January 15. A stream of * va8teoll flowing from a tank ; \uroe the Bradford , Bordoll & Kluzua railroad caught fire this morning. A passenger twin from Wellsnlte for Bradford ran IntoIt and"the train/wax immediately enveloped In flami-M. The track for a distance of 100 yards was covered with oil. It Id bellevod gas coming In contact with the fire box of the engine exploded , tiring the oil , which spread like hurricane winds and enveloped the doomed train in an in tant. The ino&s of flames % vas so intense that the windows cracked and foil in. In less time than it takes to write , the passenger coach andbftggago car were converted into seethiug , hissing fire. It .vas a terrible moment. One coaoh won filled and there was a rush for the doors , but the heat was so intense that the panic- stricken passengers were driven back and forced their way through the windows to nf landing In the snow. A relief train with surgeons and cots was dispatched to the scene. Upon" arrival a terrible sceuo pre sented itself. 'The passenger coach and baggage car were smoking ruins , and the engine lay on Its back , huving turned a complete somersault. It is definitely known that only three passengers , all wo men , were burned to death. The dead are Mrs. L. C. Fair , of Kinzua Junction , who was burned beyond recognition. Mn > . Fair was a young'woman , and had been married only two years. Her husbaud escaped by Jumping through a window. The second is Mltis Kate.Moran , of Aliens , 2 . V , , whono bodv was burned almost tea a crisp. MNs Moran was found hanging outside of the coach window grasping the pill. The othpr woman has not been Identi fied. The badly injured are : 1'rofe-sor Faught , not expected to live ; Patrick tjex- ton , engineer , terribly burned about the faoo and bamfcMike Wolsly , fheman , horribly ribly burned about the face "and arms ; W. II. Belmun jumped from the train and it in jured internally ; Jerry Donegan , brakeman - man , hands badly cut ; Charles Ilcidrirhe. express messenger , burned about tlio head and hands ; George MtCartuev , newsboj , terribly burned about the head and humls and not expected to live ; A. N. Carpenter , of Little , Geneeee , face and left band Imrii- ed ; Jerry Haggcrty , of Ceres , N. Y. , badly burned ubouc the face and heid : Mrs" Black , daughter and son , of Aiken , burned about the fnce . .nd hands ; John Kafoar of Aiken , X. Y. , terribly burned about the face and hands. HUNGBY VIGILANTES" . Hike Cnildiliie and Ilis Wife shim ? Ci > for Murdering a Child by Degrees. DKXVEK , Colo. , January 19. Some three months ago , Mary Uose Matthew- brujht , winsome little girl , 10 years of age , was adopted from the Denver Catholic or phans' home by Mike Cuddiliio and wife , living on a ranch ten miles from Onray , a small mining town in the fcouthern part of Ihe state. A few days ago little Ilowj sud denly died and was buried by the Cuddibles in a distant part of the ranch. The little girl was cruelly treated from the first , the neighbors Paid , and her mysterious death ind hurried burial aroused their su'-pi- cions , and the coroner of Ouray was noti- Sed. He exhumed the body , when un mistakable evidences of her cruel death were revealed. The body was covered withknifo wounds , one leg was broken and her pkull crushed and limbs frozen. She had no Joubt been driven out In the winter storm to lie. Cuddlhie and wife were immediately irrested and .jailed. Yesterday ther were : ried and found guilty of murder. About 1 ) 'clock a. m. aband of m.iskcd men went ; o the hotel where Ctiddihie and his wife , vere temporarily held in custody , over powered the sheriff and guard anil took the prisoners away. They both cried loudly for nercy , liu-t as they had ever been deaf to ; he pleadings of little I OFC for mercy , so ; he vigilantes closed their ears to the cries > f the prisoners. They were taken outside ha town limits , where the woman wa uing to the ridge-pole of a vacant cabin , vhile her husband was strung to the limb > f a tree on the opposite side of the road. Cheir work done , the vigilantes retired luickly.r The bodies were cut down and mriod by the coroner. John Carroll Cud- llhie , a brothel-in-law , was arrested with .he other" , but , for want of sufficient evi- ience , was allowed to go. This is the first nstance of a woman lynched in Colorado. m The Stock Raisers'Bonansa. AUSTIK , Texas , January 14. A ne'mber of the late convention of stockmen wtimates that 2COO,000 head of cattle and lorses are supported on free gass , and that lalf of this gra s irf public property. The jet property is 2o per cent. Two million lead of stock is worth $10,000,000. Owners ) f stock therefore get out of free grass a ) refit of $10,000,009 a year , half of which somes from school and state lands. There s no excpectalion that any leginlation to jompel profits to be divided with [ the state vill be adopted. _ Benevolence in St. Lotus. ST. LOCK , January 16. The will of ? alph Scllew , who died suddenly at the Lindell hotel ye-terday , was probated to- lay. It bequeaths $ SO000 to 8t Louis in- titutions , $10,0.0 of which is to the manual raining school of the Washington univer ity , $10,000 to St. Luke hospital , $10,000to he Miagion free school'and $5,000 each to tlissouri Theatrical society , Episcopal irphans' home , Memorial Home and Oer- nan Protestant orphans home. A leap year society , for the protec- ion of young men , is about to DO or ganized. Many a youn man whose nether would not board himself and a- vife will this year be lassoed by some irdent young woman and dragged [ own to matrimony. The society can lot get to work a moment too soon. 'Louisville Courier-Journal.