THE TKIBUNE.
F. 31. & E. 21. K1MMEIX , Pubs.
MoCOOK , NEB
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
I IUTE3TOTnn STATE FAIR.The following
rates have been rna < lo by the B. & M. com
pany for rqund trip tickets to the state fair for
1833. These tickets will be good on all regular
trains carrying passengers and upon any spcda *
excursion trains which may bo arranged for.
The rates include -admission to the fair
grounds , and will be sold from September 11
to 13 inclusive , good to return on or before
September 1'J. In special cases , in order to
accommodate exhibitors , following rates will
apply for tickets at an earlierdat'- , upon appli
cation to the agent :
STATION. BATE. STATIOH. RATE.
Adnms $1 Kearney 5390
Alma 400 Konosaw 330
Arupalu > o 525 Kesterson 200
Ashland. . . .
Atlanta 4 tt ) LaPlatto 200
Auburn 230 Liberty 210
Aurora 238 Louisville 101
Axtcll 3 ICi Lowell 3C5
Ayr. 320
Malcolm 85
Beatrice. . . * 170 Marquette 200
Bellevue 200 McCook CM
Bellwood 200 Miliord 110
Bennett 1 05 Mlnden 370
Benkleman 7 Sn Morton 225
Bloomington 4 65
BluoHlll 040 Nnponoo 480
Bradshaw 200 Nebraska City 203
Brownvillo 2 55 Ne'iraha City 255
Burcbard 230 Newark 370
Byron 3 70 Newton 75
Caldwell 1 700doll 230
Cambridge 5 CO Omaha 2CO
Cedar Cieok. 1 75 Orleans 490
Central City 2 Oxford 49J
Cheney
Chojicr 3 Palmyra 125
Columbus 2 Pawnee 225
Cowlca 3 Peru 235
Crab Orchard 2 Phillips 2(55
Crete 1 Plattsmoutu 2 CO
Culbcrtson G Pieabant Dale 95
Preston 295
David City 1
Daweons 2 Red Cloud 391
Deuton Republican 4l < 0
De Witt. 1 Reynolds 310
Dlller 2 Kivcrton 425
Dorchester 1 Roca 90
Duubar. , . . . . . 1 Ruby. 120
< .Ituld 315
Elk Creek 2 OORulo Y 303
Emerald 75
Endicott 2 75 Salem 265
.Exoter 1 Saltlllo 75
Saronville 230
Fairmont 2 Seward 125
Falls City 2
Filoy 2 0. * Smartv lie . ISO
Firth 1 20 South Bend . 150
Franklin 4 Staplohurst . 145
Friend 1 Sterling- . ICO
Strattun . 703
Garrison 1 50 Superior. 395
Gcrmantown 1 0 Sutton 220
Grafton 8 Swanton 1 95
Grand Island 2 51 Syracuse 155
Greenwood 1 05
Guide Rock 3 95 Table Rock 210
Tamora 150
Haiglor 8 Tecumseh 2 W )
Hampton 2 Vobias 205
Hardy 3 Turlington ISO
.Harvard
tllysses * . . ll > 3
HeartwelL 8 SO Unadilla 145
Hebron 380 Utica 165
Hlckman 95' '
Hoidrege 4150 Verdon 280
Hubbcll o 85
Humbolt 2 30 Waco 183
Wavorly 90
Jnavale 435 Western 200
Indlanola 5 l-fi Wilber 145
Inland 2 7U Woodlawn 70
Wymore 200
Johnson 2 C5
Juniata 3 10 York. 200
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
The capital city of Lincoln requires but
three night policemen.
Members of the colored Baptist church of
Nebraska City are again in a row.
There Is a g oed opening for a general store
In Plainview. Don't all speak at once.
A fire at Columbus destroyed property In
the aggregate to the extent of about $7,000.
Falrbury expects to do more building this
year than last , and then itwas unusually largo
Mr. Storey will commence operations upon
his creamery enterprise nt Pierce at an early
day ,
Pierce Is receiving her share of immigra
tion. There is not an empty housa in the
town.
An edict has gone forth from the marshal
of Omaha that the vagrants and bunun ers
must go.
Seventeen families have alrendy arrived r nd
made settlement in the vicinity of Coleridge
this spring.
J. A. Lenekor paid to Nebraska City th
urn of $9.70 for theprivilogo of using obscene
language.
Hastings has all along existed without a
skating rink , but the institution is soon to bo
forthcoming : .
1 Fairburyhas a monopoly on Bowing ma
chine agents , there being six < of them located
| U that town.
The Sioux City Journal reports the ferry
boats crossing numerous Immigrants to the
Nebraska side.
There was a public reception to Bishop
"Worthington nt the residence of Mrs. J. E.
Smith , at Beatrice.
Hon. N. K. priggs , late consul to Chemnitz
Germany , gave a lecture recently in Ashland.
His subject was "Music. "
Moody , the evangelist , drew largo audi
ences in Omaha , but it is not perceptible that
he made many converts.
Fred Hardy , of Silver creek , near Ponca ,
vas badly torn by his own dogs while endeav
oring to part them In a fight of their own.
Two men who burglarized a store in Lin
coln have , with their booty , been overhauled
In Omaha and are now in jail in that city.
It is expected that nearly If not quite 09
buildings will go up in Hastings thla year
The population of that city is now fully 7,000.
The land office at Valentine is now a busy
place. Land agents and land hunters keep
up a constant swarm and the officers are kept
on the jump.
Census Commissioner Lane is busily en
gaged preparing the necessary blanks and In
structions for the taking : of the state census ,
to begin June 1.
One hundred and nine carloads of immi
grants'movables passed through Lincoln in "
one day last week , all bound lor points in the
western part of the state.
Dan Lauzway , a tough character in Nebras
ka City , was arrested for stealing a horse in
Kansas and bound over in $1,000. He is also
wanted for resisting an officer.
Henry C. Smith , a live real estate dealer of
Palls City , offers to donate to that town $100
worth of shade trees , providing the city will
set them out and take care of them.
Frank Moore , a Union Pacific conductor.
whie out hunting along thePlatto a few days
ago , killed a swan weighing thirty-five pounds
and measuring seven feet from tip to tip.
It is probable that no tlruo within the his
tory of Nebraska has there been so much
building as the present year will witness-
.Thus early in the season it Is booming all
long the line.
While wor men were engaged In laying
brickonatwc-itory business block In Hast-
Inga , the front of the building foil in with a
terrible crash , owing to a defect in the wall
of the adjoining building.
Every railway In the state reports heavy
freights In immigrants' movables destined
for points in the western part of the state
Settlers and land prospectors are pushing
toward the Black Hills country.
Judge Broudy writes Sheriff Fowler , of No
malm county , advising him to bo cautious
about accepting bail for the murderer , Mart
Hall , by any of Mart's relatives , as the intent
is to work up straw bail that the murdcror
may skip.
The Blair Pilot says the women of the
W. C. T. U. of that place have been imposed
upon by Rov. Mr. Holmes , and through his
effort * they have got a half-witted orank on
their hands that they would like to have
somebody help them let go of. *
Thopnbllo library of Crete has boon en
riched to the extent of nearly 175 volumes by
the gift of Mr. M. B. C. True of his largo
library , which belonged to him during bis con
noctiou with the Globo. The volumes con
slst largely of important congressional re
ports.
Two Omaha men engaged in a legal ect-to-
about an umbrella , to the value of $1.50. The
dispute was kept before the courts until the
costs reached about fCO , when both contest *
antsngiecdto withdraw tbo suit and each
pay half of the bill incurred by legal pro
cccdings.
The participants in the hanging of Mrs.
Taylor and Tom Jones , at Spring Ranch , Clay
county , the other night , are said to be in hot
water. A thorough investigation Is to be
made , and if the lynching was without cause
tbo perpetrators will como to grief at least
some of them.
'
Chancellor Manatt , of the state university ,
has a Sanskrit grammar , bearing on the title
page the name of "Hjalmar Edgren , Professor
ser of Sanskrit in the University of Nobras (
ka , formerly Professor of Sanskrit In thei
University of Lund , Sweden. " Prof. Edgren
Is the newly elected professor of modern lan--
guagcs , who will arri ve in Lincoln soon.
Frank Stanley , aged IB , and his would-bo
bride , still younger , eloped from Juniata. On
their way to Miudcn , where they proposed to
wed , they became lost on the open prairie at
night , drove into a washout , broke down , and
walked nine miles to their destination , whore
young Stanley listened to t'ao reading of a
warrant charging him with abduction. The
wedding was postponed.
The Beatrice Express says the citizens' com.
mitteo appointed to select a location for the
asylum for the feeble-minded has already
found several suitable sites and will soon re
port the same to the board of public lands
and buildings. The site approved by the
board will be purchased and the Institution
erected thereon. As the location has to be
approved by the board , itwas thought best to
submit all of them offered before takingsteps
toward purchasing.
George Powers , of this city , says the B e
atrice Express , now a postal inspector , has
ovei taken and arrested his first man for rob
bing the mails. The postofflce at St. Deroln ,
Neraaha county , was broken into androbbed ,
of money , stamped envelopes and several let
ters some time ago. Last Saturday morning
Inspector Powers arrested Wilson Lowe atSt
Deroin , charging him with the crime , and
turned him over to Deputy U. S. Marsha.
Gulp. He was taken to Lincoln for examlna.
tlon. - .
B. O. Smith , aged about GO years , started
from Ponca for his home in Dakota county ,
near Jackson , on foot. Nothing was heard of
him until several days after , when a farmer
named Gurgin , who was hunting horses , came
accross Smith , who was lying on the prairie
some seven miles from his home , on the
highest peak in that section , and had appar
ently been dead two days. No traces of vio-1
lence were discovered on his person and the
presumption is that the old man sat down to
rest and died.
The oily council of Lincoln has directed the
mayor to consult and correspond with engi
neers having the necessary qualifications , for
the purpose of ascertaining the cost of fl
proper and adequate plan of a system of sew
erage for the city of Lincoln , with the neces
sary maps , drawings and detailed specifica
tions of the proposed improvement , and that
he report to the council the result of such
consultation or correspondence as soon as
possible.
The Juniata Herald says Fred Shammer , n
German larmor living about ten miles south
west of that town , met with a very serious
accident , just as he was about leaving for
home. His wagon was heavily loaded with
coal and other articles , and as he was passing
across the big draw near Samuel Howland'a
place , on the edge of town , a sudden lurch of
the wagon threw him forward and onto the
ground. The front and back wheels of the
heavily loaded wagon passed over him. in'
dieting injuries from which it is feared he
cannot recover.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Pcrcival , tholi
infant child , Hugh Mair and Baird , all flvo the
victims of the terrible Nance county murder
of September last , passed through Omaha the
other day in course of shipment to Owatonna ,
Minn. J. L. Percival , father of the first vic
tim , and Dr. Tanner , father of Mrs. Porolval ,
accompanied the ghastly freight. The bodies
were encased in four coffins , the child lying
by its mother. The bodies will bo interred at
Owatonna , although it is intended at some
atcr date to give them final burial in Eng
land , the native home of all.
Last week , says tro Pawnee CityRopubll-
can , W. C. Lane purchased of James H. Bray E
a cow , for which he paid $50. The day after c
the purchase the cow gave birth to a calf r
without a single hair upon its body. The skin
of the calf is as tender and soft as that of a
child at birth , and there are no indications
that it will ever be anything else than a per
fectly hairless animal. This is the second
birth of the kind that has happened in thla
county the first one occurring near Table
Rock a few years ago. Hundreds of our people
ple have called to Bee the curiosity and all
agree that it is a very strange Bight.
The Union Pacific railroad company has
issued a circular in which it is set forth that
"on and after April 1,1885 , each assistant sur.
geon of the Union Pacific railway will procure
medicines for Union Pacific employes of eomo
apothecary in the town where he resides. The
apothecary will be allowed 35 cents for each
prescription furnished an employe. The as
sistant turgeon will see that the name of each
employe forwhom a prescription is furnished
is written upon the prescription , and also
that the name of the employe appears on his
weekly surgical or sick report ; for an employe
should te reported as a patient to secure pay *
ment for prescriptions furnished him. As
sistant surgeons will Bend in the name of the
apothecary with whom they intend to deal as
soon as possible. Division Burgeons wflL as
heretofore , send in their drug bills at the end
of every month. "
The governor of Nebraska went to New Or-
yesterday , and are located at the Boaoh ;
whcro they will remain several days prior tea
a visit to New Orleans. Through the courtesy
(
of Thomas H. Sweeney , Governor Dawos and
party were yesterday tendered an oxcurslonj
to the outer roadstead on the steam tug Es-
tolle , and were there very handsomely enter
tained by Captain Larson upon the bark Alex
ander , lying at anchor. The party comprises
Governor Dawes , of Nebraska ; Judge and
Mw. Morris , of Nebf aska ; Mrs. Hipp , Mrs. D.
S. Walker , General and Mrs. Hauby , and Mr.
Bond , of Nashville. They were accompanied
on the excursion by Captain Journesy , of the
shlpWilliam ; Captain Andreason , of the brig
Bams ; Harbormaster Thomas Chubbs and
Mr. Thomas H. Sweeney. It was Governor
Dawos""first trip on salt water , and ho ex
pressed the hope that when Galveston made
another effort to secure deep water Nebraska
would likewise put her shoulder to the whccli
and he had been practically convinced during-
bis visit hero of the great necessity of the
work. "
arac MOVEMENTS OF BARRIOS.
Belief that It Witt te Well for the United
States to Prepare for Worle.
Washington dispatch : Information received
here as to the movements of Barrios is not re
assuring. Diplomats and naval ofllcers are
keeping a close watch of the situation , and
1i there < is a great deal of gossip both as to the
intention i of Barrios and as to the allies upon
whom he ultimately expects to rely. Special
interest attaches to the suggestion that Bar
rios is Inspired by France In the interests of
the Panama canal , on account of an interview
imputed to Rear Admiral Jouett , the com
mander of the North Atlantic squadron , who
has been ordered to Central American waters.
According to this statement Rear Admiral
Jouett Is of opinion that the French are behind
Barrios , and that the United States will do
well to get readv for business. lie is reported
to have said : ftWc'll have to take a hand in
this matter sooner or later , and , in my opin
ion , the sooner the better. It is for this
reason that I am so desirous offending to the
seat of trouble all the vessels that we can
muster , and have suggested that the 'Talln-
poosa , ' 'Dispatch' and 'Dolphin' all
be sent to join my squadron. I
want to show them that we have
some vessels and do not intend to be walked
over rough-shod. The French are going to do
everything in their power to prevent the con
struction of any canal but the Pauama canal ,
and In my opinion Barrios' movements are not
made of his own accord , but you will find that
the French are at the bottom of them. They
will stay at the bottom until the time to come
to the top , and then they'll come , and we had
better look out. Now look at that Panama
canal , the French have spent millions and in
tend to spend millions more , and they do not
intend that it shall be wasted. To this end
they have securetl the ownership of nearly the
whole of the Panama railroad , and on that lit
tle strip of land , less than filty miles wide ,
thev have massed 15.000 workmen.
"They are workman now , but when thetlmo
comes they -Mil prove to be so many trained
French soldiers. Do you-suppose that there
are no French army oflieers on the Isthmus of
Panama among those workmen , and do you
suppose that every move we make , or rather
that we don't make , Is not known in France
immediately J If you do you arc mistaken , and
it won't be "a great while before you will find
out your mistake. "
Those who nrj interested in the Nicaraugua
canal scheme neglect no opportunity to en
courage such rumors. Immediate representa
tives of the French legation are mutually un
willing 1t to talk upon such matters , but a gen
tleman well informed as to opinion in that
legation j says that the reports which attribute
the pronuuciaiHcuto of Barrios to French in
flueuces are as false as they are ingenious.
"The simple answer to all this irnssip , " said
the gentleman , " 'sthis : The people ot France
have no fear of any competition to the Pana
ma canal which could be offered by any pro
posed canal alofiz the Nicavaguan route , nor
do the people of France bt-lieve that the pro
jected Kicaraguan caual will ever have any ex
istence except in the minds of the speculators ,
or on paper. For the rest , the Panama canal
scheme is entirely a private enterprise. It in
volves no political interest. The government
of France has had 110 official relation to it at
any time , and does not intend to have , nor has
the French government done anything to indicate
' - under circumstances it would
cate t'-at any at-
t mpt to exert jurisdiction over tills enter
prise. That , in a nutshell , is unquestionably
the attitude of the French government toward
the Panama canal. It therefore is hardly ne
cessary to say that the French goyernmenthas
not inspired Barrios to a revolutionary move
ment wnlch contemplates the establishment of
a protectorate in the five Central American
states in order to prevent the digging of the
not probable canal. "
TIFE A2TD PROPERTY.
The Fire in the Zangham Haute , Chicago ,
Disaslrou-i to JBolli.
Chicago dispatch : The fire which destroyed
the Langham totel on the 21st , proved much
more dreadful in the loss of life and physical
injuries entailed than was supposed until a
late hour last night. It is now known that ai
least five persons were killed and four injured.
Just before the south wall fell upon theFaxon
building , a number of persons besides those of
the fire insurance patrol were inside of the
latter building , assisting to save good ? , as
no immediate danger was apprehended.
There is no means of knowing just
how many of these volunteer
helpers were In the structure at the time , but
the excavations have proceeded to an extent
which justifies the hope that all the dead have
been found. As far as known , those at work
in theFaxon building when it was crushed by
the falling hotel walls , were the following :
Capt Edward Sliepard , James Boyd , Knute
Thime , Patrick Mullens , John "Walsh .and
Frederick Jones , all of the fire insurance patrol ,
aid William Bean , a piano tuner , and John
Hennessey , a clerk , both employed in fha
building. Mulles and Thime being near tko
rear of the building , were forced out through
one of the windows by the rush of air 0.3
the building fell , and not dangerously hurt.
Captain Shepard and Boyd were pinned
down by falling timbers and were res
cued alive about midnight. Both are
seriously hurt , but it is believed will re-
covtr Walsh and Jones were takeu out this
morions , about 1 o'clock , both crushed to
death. Bean was alive when found and taken
to the countv hospital , where he died at 5
o'clock this morning. The body of Hennessey
was recovered at G o'clock to-night. Soon af
ter the walls fell the wreck took fire and the
firemen turned several streams on the blazing
mass to save their comra-les from being roasted -
od to death , though at the imminent risk of
drowning them. The water was Ice-cold and
drenched the poor Imprisoned fellows , chilling
them to the marrow. Mrs. C. V Belknap , who
was killed by jumping from an upper window ,
was the widow of Col. Belknap , wao died sev
eral years ago at New Orleans.
Annual Meeting of Union Pacifle Stock
holders.
The annual meeting of the Union Pacific
stockholders was held in Boston on the 25th.
The following directoi B wore ejected for the
ensuing year : Charles Francis Adams , Jr.
Frederick lu Ames , Elish Atkins , Ezra H
Barker , F. Gordon Dexter and MahleenD.
Spauldlng , of Boston ; Henry H. Cook , Sidney
Dillon. David Dews and Andrew H. Green , of
New York ; S. R. Callaway , of Omaha , Neb. ;
Greenville M. Dodge , of Council Bluffs ; Hugh
Hid die , of Chicago ; James A. Rumill. of
Springfield , Mass. ; John Sharp , of Salt Lake
City. Messrs. Spauldimr. Cook and Callawuy
will be new members of the board , taklngthe
p'aces respectively of Russell Sage , Jay Gould
and S. H. Clark.
The directors of the Union Pacific railroad
elected the following officers : Charles Fran
cis AdamB , Jr. , president ; Elisha Atkins , vice
president ; Henry McFarland , secretary and
treasurer ; Oliver H. Mink , of Boston , assis
tant secretary and assistant treasurer ; James
W. Ham , assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer in New York. In the executive
committee E. H. Barker , of Boston , takes the
place of Jay Gould , who declined a re-elec
tion.
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BEliifc'JJY
An ciploelon of gas in the ten ! tnlnc * a
Lelro. Chill , caused the dosth cf th'.rtr-avt ?
niners. Thirteen were dangerously woundou.
General Grant receives daily about twenty
ippllcatlons for autographs , and his son glvo
notica that these requests cannot bo com
piled with.
The 88th anniversary ot the birth of Empe
ror William was celebrated at Berlin with
rrcat enthuB'atm , the streets being brilliant
with decorations.
The postofllco at Ccluia , Ohio , was burglar-
zed. The safe WEB blown open and a largo
lumber of registered letters and stamps and
f COO in money stolen.
Peter Dutley , of Locust Point , Miss. , a hard
irorking man of miserly habits , waa robbed
3f $15,000 byburglais , who entered his hut
nrhllo he was absent.
The Illinois board of health is advised that
of small-pox at
Ihero are fifty-one cnsts
Hound Cily , caused by infected negroes at
tending a revival meeting.
Prof. David Swing , formerly identified with
the Alliance , and latterly with the Weekly
Magazine , has withdrawn from the alter and
become permanently connected with the Cur
rent in an editorial capacity.
F. M , Robinson , of Dubuquo'a most enter
prising and ao'ive citizens , died on the 27th
if tor a brief Illness oj acute perito.iltls , aged
i3. He was a former law partner of Judge
Austin Adams , of the supreme court.
At a meeting of the executive committee of
the Western export association , nt Chicago'
: t was resolved to reduce the production of
hlghwines from 38 per cent of the capacity to
M per cent , of the capacity. This is for April.
A. resolution was offered to reduce thopro-
Juction for May to 20 per cent , but this was
3Ot acted upon.
The North German Gazette ( B'smnrck's or
ran ) states that during the recent official vis-
' .t of Count Herbert Bismarck to London the
relations between Russia and England were
not dhcusscd. The Gazette also says it is not
true the Empsror William has communicated
with the czar on the Afghan dispute between
England and Russia.
The Armour packing ccmpnny nt Chicog
on the 27th received another cable order from
the British war department for 8.COJ add tonal -
al cases of canned beef , i epresenting about
6f.0,000 pounds , and another proposal lor 10 ,
DOO additional cases , which , however , could
not be filled in the time specified. The state
ment is made that orders are already in hand
to have divested all establishments in the
country , from England , in this particular in-
3ustry of their available stocks.
1 ho steamer Mark Twain , running as a ferryboat
ry-boat between Memphis snd Mound City ,
Arkansas , five miles up the river , exploded
her boilers on the 28th , while lying at the
Mound City bank , killing Will F. Tiesi , A. J-
Deraorich , two young men from Louisville
angogcd In newspaper advertising schemes ,
also the fireman , a deck hand and another
nnknown negro. Capt. Gus Engleman had a
'eg ' broken. Capt. Geo. Malone , pilot , also
had a leg broken. The barkeeper was badly
scalded , and L. W. Jones , a colored mossen
jer , bad an arm broken.
The Cheyenne ( Wyoming ) Leader complete8
a series of in erviews with the leading- stock
growers of Wyoming , Colorado and Nebras
ka , gathered at Cheyenne to attend the an
nual meeting of the stock growers' associa
tion. The parties interviewed representover
i million cati ie , ranging at widely separated
points. All .igreo that the past winter has
been the finest for years , both for range and
trail cattle. The losses will be below the av.
erage , and are estimated variously at from 1
to 5 per cent. The larger portion of the
IOFSCS were In tiail cattle , which reached the
ranges late in the season.
The prevalence of hog cholera In Ononda.
ga and other parts of Oswcgo county , New
York , is creating much excitement among
the t farmers smd others engaged in raising
hogs. It Is estimated that nearly 5CO hogs
have died within a few miles of Syracuse in
throe days. The disease seems to have spread
in I all directions. B. F. Dresher , an extensive
farmer , has lost focty. The state Inspector
gives it as his opinion that the disensj was
I Introduced by western hogs , which are
slaughtered at Syracuse extensively. During
the recent cold weather and snow blockade
several car-loads of Iowa hogs were detained
near Rochester.
Wm. Neal.'lho last of the Ashland murder
ers , was taken from Sterling to Gayson , Ky.
on ho 27th for execution. Lurge crowds
greeted him at each station. He was firm and
composed , and maintained his innocence to
all of the many visitors who called upon him.
At 1 o'clock ho was taken to the gallows ,
whcro largo crowds were waiting to witness
the execution , and was escorted by a band of
100 guards armed with double-barrelled shot
guns and pistols. Neal ascended the scaffold
with great composure and said : "I say to one -
and all , you xnow this is no place to tell a He.
I stand here to-day to suffer for a heinous
crime I did not commit. At one day my in
nocence will bo established beyond a doubt.
I bid you one and all good-byo. O Lord ,
Thou knowestl am innocent ; into Thy hands
I come , for Thou knowest I am innocent. "
The last words were spoken just as the drop
fell. Ho was pronounced dead in ten mln-
utee. None of his relatives were present
CAPITA ! BRIEFS.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Mul
drow. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Atkins
and Commissioner of Land Office Sparks ,
qualified and entered on the discharge of offi
cial duties.
The commissioner of Internal revenue has
recommended changes In several collection
districts , and it is expected the president wilL
soon nominate a number of collectors of In
ternal revenue.
Commissioner McFarland , of the general
land office , and Commissioner Price , of the
Indian office , interior department , took leave
of the clerks In their respective offices on the
S7th. Their successors , Messrs. Sparks and
Atkins , Essumed caarge the next day.
The secretary of the treasury has prepared
ft circular letter to collectors of customs , re
questing Information as to the practicability
of reducing the expenses of collecting the
revenue from customs by curtailing the pres
ent force of clerks and other employes.
Rev. Dre. H. R. Taylor , Methodist , W. A *
Bartlett , Presbyterian , and W. H. Leonard ,
Episcopal , all ministers of Washington , called
upon President Cleveland to-day and pre-
eented a memorial earnestly urging him to -
enforce the Kdmunds anti-polygamy act.
The president has accepted the Invitation
of the veterans of the First and other corps
to visit the battlefield of Gettysburg when
they make their historical visit there on the
ith and 5th of May , unless prevented by some tlt
urgent necessity of the public service. The t !
president Is Hiixious to be on the field when nIi
the leading generals of both armies arc there Is
to explain their movements. *
The secretary of th treasury has addressed ti
letters to the governors of the states of KenT
tucky. West Virginia , Minnesota and Ne. . j ,
braska , reqUEBting th ir co-operation in the [ of
effort which the federal government li may
in f to have legislatures of states c&do to the
Uultod States tbo jurisdiction of lands Boladt >
bd ns bites for public buildings to bo o rooted
hi Lexington , Clarksburg , Wlnona and Nc *
b roaka City.
The Crltlosays Secretary Endlcott etatcs no
orders have yet bcon issued to General Hatch
to clean out Oklahoma. Ihe president's pro
clamation ordered that all occupants of Okla
homa , whether settlers or cattlemen , should
vacate and a reasonable time will bo allowed
them to comply. In the event of their failure
to remove , the interior department will take
steps to free the territory of all intruders and
if the assistance of the army is required it
will bo given.
Attorney General Garland has furnished an
opinion to the secretary of the treasury , in
which be holds that salted meats which are
exported with the benefit of a drawback of
the duties on foreign salt used in curing
meats are entitled to bo rolmportcd duty free
upon refunding t.o ! drawback. This opinion
applies particularly to the case of the Anglo-
Amorlcan pork packing company , Chicago ,
which recently exported a largo quantity of
perk cured with foreign salt , upon which
they received a drawback.
Commission Black has Issued the following
circular : "To advance any one pension claim
out of its order is to retard by so much tbo
adjustment of thousands of others which pro.
code It In the order of filing. To prevent tbo
practice of fraudulent impositions upon the
pension office it is announced no claims will
be made special that Is taken out of their
order for expedition unless such reaions are
shown In writing as will , In the judgment of
the commissioner , warrant such action. The
merostatements of claimants themselves un-
( jOrroborated by thee of disinterested per
eons will not bo deemed sufficient to warrant
such special action. "
Thomas J. Navin , ex-mayor of Adrian , was
arraigned in the circuit court at that place on
a charge of forgery. He pleaded guilty. His
offense was forging signatures to city bonds
for a largo sum. Ho was sentenced to ton
years in state's prison at Jackson.
Ganson & McConnell's livery stable at Urbana -
bana , Ohio , waa destroyed by fire. Thirty-
seven horses were burned to death , and sev
eral carriages and buggies were consumed"
The fire Is supposed to be the work of a murl
derer whose term has Just expired , whom
McConncll was instrumental in sending to the
penitentiary.
Mrs. Barnardind Wintges and Joseph Fish
er , of Osnabing , Ohio , wore arrested and'
jailed charged' with poisoning Henry Winf
gcs , whose body was found on his farm near
Osnaburg. Foul play was suspected and a
postmortem examination disclosed a strong
evidence of strychnine In the stomach. Fisher
was about to elope with Mrs. Wintges when
arrested. Both protes their innocence.
A formal complaint was made to the gover
nor of Pennsylvania by the commissioners of
the District of Columbia , alleging the miscon
duct of a part of the Pennsylvania troops
while in attendance upon the inauguration.
A long consultation wns had between the
governor and Adjutant GencralGoddard , and
it is believed the military board will go to
Washington and make a full investigation.
It Is determined that If the soldiers are
guilty , as charged , they shall be punished.
In Ocona , S. C. , Wilborn's storehouse was
enteiod and robbed of 50.000. Eight negroes ,
two of them women , were found to have sud
denly left town early next morning. A re.
ward of $1,003 was offered for the burglars ,
and a sheriff's posse started in pursuit of the
fugitives. Ned Kcfntyre , an ex-convict , led
the negroes. They crossed over into North
Carolina , and were surprised next day while
sleeping in an old house. The house was
surrounded and the sheriff called on the
negroes to surrender. They replied that they
would fight. When the besiegers tried to
break in the doors and windows the negroes
fired and severely wounded three of the
posse. The sheriff battered the door in , but
was instantly killed by an ax used by one of
the negro women as he fired. Three negroes
were killed , four captured , and Mclntyreand
one other escaped with most of the money
they had stolen.
Lincoln ( Neb. ) dispatch : "While the family
of U. W. Ensign were ntchurch robbers went
through the house , completely gutting it , and
carrying away a largo amount of clothing ,
jewelry and ? 2 > in cash. While the robbers
were still in the house Mrs. Ensign came
home. This frightened the thieves and they
jumped out of a Lack window , 'followed by
Mrs. Ensign , screaming at tbo top of her
voice. A boy , who was at work in the neigh
borhood , heard the racket and gave chase.
After running the robbers half a block the
plucky boy pulled a navy plug from his pistol
tel pocket and commanded them to halt , and
then gave the order "Hands up. " At this the
-men stopped , dropped their guns on the
ground , and raised their hands hteh above
their heads. Before they could realize the
situation the boy snatched up the engines of
death from where they had fallen , and , draw.
ing a bead on eich of the burglar ? , he march
ed them to the police station and turned them
over to the officers. The men were searched
and a largo part of the missing property
found on their persons. They gave their
names us JackDavis and William Duffy. They
say they came to Lincoln from Kansas City.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Carter Harrison has been unanimously
nominated by the democrats for mayor of
Chicago.
Confirmations : Samuel S. Cox as ministe
to Turkey ; Henry D. Muldrow as assistan |
secretary of the interior ; William A. J. Spark !
as commissioner of the general land office.
John Kelly has gone to Florida. Mr. Kel
ly's : health is badly broken by Insomnia. To a
friend he said : "I am out of politics for
good , never to ro-entcr. I am worn out "
Mr. Kelly did not call at the white house
while la Washington to pay his resptctsto
the president.
The Texas house passed the bill opening to
actual settlers the only public lands reserved
for railroads , the reservations having lapsed.
The bill amending the local option law , add
ing imprisonment in the county jail to the
fine for violating the law , was passed by the
houso.
Nominations : Samuel S. Cox , of New York ,
to be envoy extraordinary and m nlster plen
ipotentiary of the United States to Turkey.
Postmasters : J. Knoxhall. at Toulon , I11.S
Thomas J. Bunn. at Bloomington , 111. ; John
Cunningham , at Mattoon , 11L ; James DeAr-
mend , at Davenport , Iowa ; M. if. Ham , at
Dubuque , Iowa ; Joseph Lander , State Cen
tre , Iowa ; GOD. W. Gate , Stevens Point , Wis. (
The communication of the committee of
the civil servio reform association to Secre
tary Manning upor. Eugene Higgins' appoint
ment as clerk , begins with 1S75 , when Higgin
charged with having violated the bal'ot-
box ( Gov. Carroll's election ) after the elec
tion and while the ballo s were in the office of
the clerk of the superlorcourt. He Is charged
with having fraudulently destroyed the bal
lots of one party and substituting the ticket-
the other party.
IV i
Nominations were * cnt to the senator H.
S. Muldrow , ot Mississippi , to bo neatstant
secretary of the interior ; Wm. A.J. . Sparks ,
of Illinois , to bo commissioner of the general
land office ; Daniel McCenvllle , of Ohio , au
ditor of the treasury for the poitomoo de
partment. Mr. Muldrow waa a colonel in the
confederate army and a member of the For
ty-fifth , Forty-sixth , Forty-seventh and For
ty-eighth congroaBos. Mr. Sparks Is * n well-
known democratic politician and served In
congress from 1875 to 1883. declining a ro-elec-
tlon. Mr. McCcnvlllo Is from Sioubonvllle ,
Ohio , and Is private secretary of Gor. Hoad-
ley. . i
FOBEIGK NOTES.
The queen's message , calling out thoro-
. "crves and mllltla for permanent service has
been received by the country with great en
thusiasm. This IB especially marked at the
parlous military stations throughout the king-
lorn. Everywhere active efforts are being-
aborted to got the barracks ready for the re
serves and have arms and accoutrements
ready to equip them. The war feeling Is
strong.
Active preparations are making to get all
the available cruisers and Iron clads belong
ing to the Englkh navy Into condition for
active service as soon as possible. It Is known
that the destination Is the Biiltie sea and the
Black sea , outranco to the latter , however ,
being conditioned to the assent of Turkey.
Members of the Third Royal Fusiliers and
Fifth Rlflo brigade , both mllltla organizations-
are responding largely to the queen's call for
volunteers to servo with the regulars.
In the house of lords , Granville , replying to
the Marquis of Callsbnry , said thoru waa noth
Ing indicating a tendency to lllncbon ttjopart
of the government regarding the Afghan
question. The government Is llrmly adhering-
to the policy agreed upon by both great pollt-
cal parties , while at the same tluio they were
availing themselves of every means to arrive
at a satisfactory solution of the difficulty. Ho
was unable to fix the date when negotiations
will be concluded. Ilussla Is now.couslderlng-
England's dispatch. England considered
Kussla bound by the recent agreement. In
the meantime the ameer of Afghanistan had
Instructed bis chiefs to observe neutrality. ( f
While detachments of English and Indian , ' ,
infantry were making a zercba seven miles jf
southwest of Sauklm they were suddenly surprised - I
prised by a rush of Arabs , who were massed
and concealed in the denies west of Hosheen i
The English' formed n square as quickly as '
possible , but the camels , mules and borsca
were driven back in confusion on the troops ,
causing a stampede , and amid clouds of dust
the Arabs penetrated the south and north
sides of the square. Meanwhile the marines
and Berkshire regiment , who were on the
east and west sides of the square , maintained
a continuous fire , holding tbo enemy at bay
while a charge of cavalry and the fire from
the guns at the Hashccn zercba chocked tbo
onslaught of the Arabs , which at the onset f
threatened serious disaster to thd British.
Gen. Graham reports tbo English losses , as
far as known , to bo two officers and twenty-
two men k lied and thirty-three wounded.
The losses of the engineers' transport corps
and the Indian troops are not yet reported.
The unofficial estimate of the losses of the l' .
British places the killed at titty-two and the |
wounded at clghtv-flve. Nearly all thocnsu- i *
nltics were due to spear thrusts received In
the hand-to-hand engagements. The Arabs | T
got between the transport trains and zerebn ,
and speared the men of the transport corps ' '
and killed the animals. They foughtsava- 'j
refusing to take or give quarter. Con. Mo- i
Neil , who commanded thozercbn , reports that I ,
there were several thousand rebels In the {
fight and over one thousand killed or wounded. i.
zy man
man'r
A Scandal that it Soinrti-hat Disturbing the
Equanimity of Toronto.
Toronto ( Ont. ) dispatch : W. A. Murray Is
the head of the most extensive dry gooda firm
n Toronto , known as W. A. Murray & Co. ' '
Mr. Murray has beenengaged in busincashcre
for many years , and reared a family which Jt >
considered one of the best In the city. Onoof Ji
his daughters married Mr. Furlong , merchant i
and speculator , who bad a very handsome
sister. Miss Furlong was bothrothed to and
eventually married a tea and sugar broker
doing business on Front street In partnership '
with hu brother under the nurue of Itoger ,
Lambee &Uro. For some time mutters w nt *
well with both families and children were
born , but after a while a coldness uro-e be
tween Furlonjr and his wife owinsr to alleged ' ' (
attentions to J-arnboe. In the meantime busi- /
nesu took Furlong to Winnipeg , where he was Ji
obligeto remain over twelve months. On l\ .
his return he taxed his wife with infidelity. Ik
and it is said she confcs-ed to an intimacy i
with her husband's broUi'r-in-law , Roger .
Lambee. For a time the matter was V
kept comparatively quiet , but Lainbee's i\ \
attentions were persistent , and a family * t
council decided to fend Mre Furlong to
England under efficient chai o. Accord
ingly she left on the Germanic a i ut a month
ago "from New York. On arriving at Liver
pool blie managed to esc pe the surveillance
of her chaperone an.d returned to the Ger
manic before the lady had even missed her.
Before leaving Liverpool she is said to have
notified Roger Lambee of her actions , and
when she arrived in New Y/ork last Tuesday
Lambee met Mrs. Furlongand the two eloped. ft
Since that tlmo no tr > ce of either of them ,
has been found. Mrs. Lambee has a fortune l
of her own , which cannot be touched by her I
husband , so trmtshe is not in any want ; but
Fur.ong lias "en largely bereft of fortune >
as well as wife and Lawbee has left a profita
ble business , i which he can hardy over re- ,
turn. Both families were prominent at all I
the reception- Lieuu-Gov. and Mrs. Robin
son and have hitherto moved In the bust cir ,
clea. ft f
TIIE ItURIAL. OF A JJRVISER.
The Funeral of Joe Gosr , Uio Pugilist , in j'
llolon. j
A special from Boston says : The funeral of .
Joe Gos3. the pugilis-1" , occurred this afternoon
at the Saracen's Head , his late residence , on
j
Lagrange street. A motley crowd , numberIng - ,
Ing over 10,000 , gathered In the vicinity , completely - > i
pletely blockading the street to the passage
of vehicles. The services were conducted by 1
Rev. Henry H. Haynes , of St. Paul's Episcopal r
church. Ho referred to his appearance as the [
spiritual adviser of thodcceas and of hfs
last boursonearth. Hesaid that the last time-
lie called upon Goss tie found him very weak I
und unable to speak. He asked him if he (
would uray witli him. and inste id of answer- |
intr Goes made the eizn of the cros < upon his
forehead which had been mad years aso by
hfs old rector In baptism In his boyhood home
across the sea. The remains we followed to '
Forest Hill cemetery by very many people.
The floral offerings were nun TOUS. and in
cluded , among otherp.a floral bHt , emblem of
his career in the ring , presented by David H.
Blanchard. formerly a -ll-cnown ! gambler.
The belt was eighteen inches in diameter and i
five inches high. The back was composed of
delicately-tinted panties and the front of
white pinks , with a buckle in crimson king J
carnations In the centre. Projecting above '
ana below were sprays of English ivy. On
either side of the central buckle were the
words "Rest" and "Friend" in vioiets. John
„ . Sullivan sent a mammoth floral "Gates )
Ajar" five feet high and three feet wide , the '
most expressive tribute to bis dead mentor.
Between post * of candidum lilies were hung
gates of fillet of-the-valley. panstes , and riots -
ts over a bate of English ivy leaves , while
he word "Jo * was worked upon an arch
crowning the whole.
The moss crop of Florida , says the Penacola '
Commercial , .s worth more than the cotton {
crop , and can be put on the market at less ex
pense. The demand exceeds the supply , and '
there Is not a county In which this product is '
not going to waste. I
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