Nebraska Newspapers

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THE TEIBUNE.
. M. & K. M. , Pub * .
McCOOK. NEB
NEWS Off NEBBASKA.
NEBRASKA RAILROAD EARNINGS. Follow-
ng are brief summaries from the reports of
the several railroads of the state made to
the board of railroad commissioners :
UGION PACIFIC.
EARNINGS.
Total earnings freight departm ent
foryear. . . . , 112,001,697.84
Freight earnings per train per
mile ? . . ; . ; 2.10
Total transportation earnings 17,240,9S3.CO
Proportion of transportation earn
ings for Nebraska 4,293,488.63
Rent receivrd for use of road 132,218.70
Rent received for use of stations. . 82,804.41
Car mileage , credit balance 7,792.88
Earnings of nil other sources 417.t > :233
Telegraph earnings 25,510.86
Total earnings from all sources.$17,730,831.43
- Jt OPERATING EXPENSES.
i. < * Maintenance of way and build
ings $ 2,0(4,819.02
Maintenance of motive power and
cars I laT3.070.00
Conducting transportation 3,917,132 81
General expenses1includ'g taxes. . 1.803.30L44
Total operating expenses and
* . taxes. ; . S 9.003,323.93
MISSOURI PACIFIC.
EARNINGS.
Total earnings freight dip't for
year $ 5.4C8.C97.83
Freight c.iraings per train , mio !
run , 2.47
Total transportation earnii gj 7,511,869.41
Proportion of earnings lor Ne
braska 330,474.77
Earning * from all otber sources. . CC2.904.13
Total earnings from all sources. . . S.174,773 54
Proportion of above for Nebraska. 326.090.t4
OPERATING EXPENSES.
Mnintenenceof waynnd build'ngs.S ' 1,096 04" ) 05
Maintenance of motive powers. . . 1,10040824
Maintenance of cars , 83,8 > 1.0
Coniuctlng transportation 1,530,330.87
General expenses 141.09347
Total operating expenses and
taxes 54,400,680.99
Proportion of expenses and taxes
for Nebraska S 192,284.57
OMAHA & REPUBLICAN VALLEY ROAD.
EARNINGS.
Total earnings of freight depart
ment foryear S 499,318.82
Freight earnings per train per
rciio 2.0 ?
Total tiansportalion ei nlngs ( W.OGO 26
Rents received for use of stations. 1,0.18.83
Earnings from all otber sources. . . 4,634.1' }
Telegraph earnings 3,13231
Total earnings from all sources. . . 075,502.27
OPERATING EXPENSES.
Maintenance of way and build
ings 5 104,869.15
Maintenance of motive power and
cars 214,271.65
Conducting transportation 160,72311
General expenses , Includ'g taxes. . 66,547.70
Total operating expenses 5 606,411.62
OMAHA , NIOBRARA & BLA.CK HILLS.
EARNINGS.
Total cannings of freight depart-
mcntior year 5 107,102.34
Fio'pht earning por train permilo. l.bfl
Total transportation earnings 167,701.90
Rent received for use of stations. . 2.00
Earnings from all othir sources. . . 2,083.19
Telegraph earnings 1,779.99
Total earnings from all sources .5 169.792.09
OPERATING EXPENSES.
Maintenance of way buildings. . . $ 43,566.88
Maintenance of motive power and
cars 40,90324
Conducting transportation 43,972.41
General expenses , includ'g taxes. . 35.533.55
Total operating expenses $ 163,976.01
FINANCES OF THK Bio FAIR. Secretary
Robert W. Furnas has given out the follow-
low ing statement of receipts and c pendi
tures of the state fair for 1883 up to Octa
ber 17 :
RECEIPTS.
Gate receipts $12,075.00
Railroad tickets 8.5GG.OO
Amphitheatre and quarter-
stretch tickets 2.209.50
Booth privileges 2,288.98
Speed money , stall rents and
programme 2GG4.10
Omnibus and camping privi
leges 47G.OO
Chicago horseman appropria
tion 200.00
Actual fair receipts. 1885 § 28,479.58
Balance on hand from 1884 712.35
State appropriation , 1885 , to
be paid 2,000.00
Total revenue for 1885 § 31,191.93
EXPENDITURES.
Actual expenditures , 1885 $19,834.97.
Add balance , 1884 712.35
Total expend.1885 to Oct.l7.$20.547.35
The $712.35 over from 1884 was , within
a few dollars , paid out for 1884 premiums ,
awarded at the winter meeting 1885.
There yet remains unadjusted , pending
claims for 1885 , not to exceed $1,000.
As showing the growth of the fair in one
year , the following comparative statement
of totals for the work of 1884 :
Actual fair receipts 1884 $10,130.60
Add balance from 1884 3,876.49
State appropriation 2,000.00
And incidentals 2,190.95
Total revenue $25,198.04
Total expenditures lor 1884. . . 24,485.69
MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS
THE Nebraska City distillery is making
preparations to start business again. The
architects are now at work on plans for ex
tensive additions to the present buildings
with a view of largely increasing the capac
ity of the concern.
MB. WILKINS , of Geneva , has patented an
improvement in type-writers , so that the
machine can be used directly on the pageo !
a record or other book , thus greatly in
creasing the speed and tfe * legibility in all
cases.
WASHINGTON special : Senator and Mrs.
Van Wyck arrived here quietly the other
evening , and kept BO closely to their homt
that theywere not discovered by theii
friends. When the senator called at the
White house to-day his presence became
known immediately. He is looking very
robust after his summer with the grangers'
fairs in the bracing air of Nebraska. He ia
interesting himself in a new government
building at Nebraska City , and a hundred
other things , for his constituents.
OMAHA'S skating rink has been foreclosed
by mortgage sale. The building , which
formerly cost $6,000 , went for $1,700 fre
of incumbrance.
A average of about twenty cars of stock
are shipped from Hastings each day.
IT is reported from Hastings that W. F.
Ollard , of that place , who attempted to
commit suicide about a week ago , is able
to be around again , and it is thought that
he will not mako another attempt. He is
all right if whisky can be kept from him.
IT is reported by special from Hebron
that Mrs. John Morgan , living a mile and a
half from Belvidere , was burned to death
by the explosion of a gasoline stove. The
woman died soon after the accident. The
hoiie.e and contents were destroyed and one
child burned dangerously.
WORK on Plainview's new school house is
going forward with good speed. There is a
growing demand in Nebraska for institu
tions of this kind , and they are being pro
vided in all sections of the state.
RECEIPTS of the Butler county fair were
suflicient to cover all expenses , including
premiums.
THE present population of Nebraska is
740,645. Five years ago , it.had a popula
tion of 432,402 , making an increase ol
288,243 , or about 13 per cent per annum.
The same ratio of increase if continued dur
ing the next five years will give us a popu
lation of 1.212,520. These figures speak
volumes for our growing young state.
THERE is a rumor to the effect that a
union depot is to be built at Hastings.
WILLIAM KELLER , of Adams county , re
cently lost 200 head of hogs in one day
from cholera.
THE $25,000 in bonds voted by the city
of Fremont for the construction of water
works were sold to Chicago parties for
$25,301.
THE citizens of Fullerton have presented
a large bell to the Presbyterian church
society of that place.
SAFE blowers tried their hand on the safe
of Burrus & Phelps at Alexandria , but did
not get much wealth.
A NEW addition to the town of Humphrey
has been platted and put in the market. It
includes a public park , which will be beau
tified by trees and otherwise.
The store of Mr. Crane'at Kenesaw , was
burgarized last week. Tho safe was
"cracked" in a thoroughly scientific man
ner , and about $50 in money secured , be
sides a number of notes and other valua
ble , which were subsequently found back of
the building. The jewelry department wan
also visited , and all the best of it selected
with a judgment creditable to their knowl
edge of the genuine article. Here the loan
was about § 100.
GAYLORD , wife of the late Deacon
Gaylord , of Fontanellef died at Blair last
week. Mrs. Gaylord and her husband
were among the very first settlers in that
portion of Nebraska and were both loved
und respected by everybody.
Miss KITTIE HICKS was nominated for
superintendent of schools by the demo
crats of Harlan county , but declined the
honor because she was not of ago.
THE large stationary engine at Stout's
quarry , in Cass county , will soon be ready
for work. It is a mammoth piece of ma
chinery and is the largest stationary engine
in the state.
AHCHIE WATT , of Colfax county , lost hli
threshing machine separator. He was at
work with it in D.odge county , and some ol
the gearing became wound up with straw ,
and the friction started a blaze. A high
wind was blowing , and so quickly did thi
flames spread that the harness had to be
cut to get the horses out of danger. Two
stacks of grain in addition to the separatoi
were destroyed. *
W. LYTTON was refused a drink at a sa
loon in Schuyler recently , whereupon a
racket arose. Lytton was put out of the
room , but afterwards returned with his
wagon-whip and "cleaned out" the saloon.
He "hurled pool-balls in every direction un
til he had sole and absolute possession ,
doing considerable damage. Next day hi
offered to settle all damages , but was in
formed that he would bo prosecuted be
sides , when he jumped aboard a train and
left for parts unknown.
HASTINGS was the scene of a damaging
fire a few days ago , about § 10,000 worth
of property being destroyed , mostly cov
ered by insurance. There is no question as
to how the fire started , as everything
points to ite having been started purposej j
ly. A slight suspicion has been aroused as.
to who the incendiary is , but as yet there
is no good clue. The matter will be thor
oughly investigated and , if possible , the
guilty parties brought to justice.
THE Nebraska live stock commission has.
decided not to raise the quarantine against.
Illinois.
At West Point last week two men were .
chased by an individual on horseback , with ,
a revolver in his hand , a few miles ,
outside of town. The pursuer was evident
ly under the influence of liquor , and had no
cause against the pursued. He was after
wards taken in by the sheriff.
MR. ALBERT WATKINB , of Lincoln , receiv
ed information from Washington a few days
ago that he had been appointed postmas
ter of that city.
ST. STEVEN'S church , Ashland , has been
greatly improved of late new carpets , new
table spreads , new railings , newly painted ,
and.a . new minister , whose congregations
are growing.
LITTLE Allie Bricker , aged nine months
and four days , of Saunders county , died
suddenly at Fairland school house in that
county last week. Shewas apparently in j
'
good health at the noon recess ; but shortly'
after the teacher noticed that she was in' '
tears.l'Do you feel sick and want to go
home ? " asked the teacher. "Yea , I'm sick
and can't walk , " was the reply , and within
fifteen minutes little Allie was a corpse.
The cause was , no doubt , an affection of
the heart.
OMAHA house-breakers now chloroform
their victims , thus gaining unrestricted
way of the premises.
THE recent fire in Hastings showed the
great want of water works , the presence of
which would no doubt have soon put aa
end to the conflagration.
THE South Platte land company have
laid out an addition to Fairmont and will
oon put the came on the market for sale.
A LINCOLN spcial says the little fire
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months-old child of a family named Wat-
eon , living at Waverly , was found dead in
bed the other morning. It is supposed the
child died from suffocation.
IN the vicinity of Keneeaw the demand
for farms to rent is largely in excess ol the
supply.
ROBERT MURRAY , of Diller , was found
dead in the hay loft of Mr. Zook's barn.
Verdict morphia administered by his ow :
hands. *
POBIS SIMEON , a young man 23 years old ,
living in the vicinity of Decatur , was ad
judged insane and sent to the asylum ,
hobby was , Love and Religion.
LINCOLN is again being infested by the
galorious burglar. Several houses have
been entered recently.
PETER SWEIGART , the 17-year-old son o !
Henry Sweigart , living abont two and
half miles southwest of Hooper , suicided
last Sunday by taking strychnine. The
cause of the act is unknown , but it was
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committed in a fit of despondency. The
deceased was an industrious andupright
boy and had many friends.
G. A. BRYANT , editor of the Waterloo
( Douglas county ) Gazette , has been sued for
criminal libel by Councilman Leeder , ol
Omaha.
IN a rumpus in a hotel at Hastings , Mr.
Ridley , the landlord , was severely cut in
the arm. He attempted to fire a guest out
of the house because he was too familiar
with tho hotel girls.
JACOB HALM , of Omaha , wants $20,000
from the Union Pacific railroad company
for permanent injuries received while jour
neying over the line. He was hustled off
the cars while in rapid motion and so bat
tered and bruised that he is no good any
more except to draw breath.
THE check confidence game continues to
be played at the depots of Nebraska rail
ways. Thelatestgreeney to be taken in put
in an appearance at Omaha the other day.
He yielded up $410 to a man for whom ho
has since been attentively looking.
DURING the month of September the
Beatrice canning factory employed 150 men ,
and put up goods to the wholesale value of
$40,00 * .
A FIRE at Wymore destroyed the build
ing of Murphy & Nye , implement dealers.
Almost everything in the building was con
sumed. The fire originated in a stable at
the rear of the building.
THE Beatrice Express says that last
Thursday night James , son of C. A. Hunt ,
a well-known farmer living four miles east
of that place , left home and nothing can be
learned of his whereabouts. He has been
attending the high school in Beatrice , and
was considered one of the brightest scholars
in the school. Mr. Hunt is naturally very
much exercised over the affair , and will be
glad to hear from any one knowing any
thing regarding the boy's whereabouts.
THE latest advance madeby the Fremont
normal and business college is the comple
tion of new rooms for the business depart
ment , said to be better lighted than Bry
ant's business college , Chicago , and to be
equally spacious and well-equipped. An
other important improvement is the com
pletion of rooms for lady students in the
college building , where they will enjoy the
home care and privileges of the president's
family.
A PRAIRIE fire , in the bottom between
Tekama and Decatur , the other night ,
burned forty-nine large stacks of hay for J.
P. Latta and M. M. Harney , besides de
stroying a large quantity for Teeters , Ber
ry , Moore , Rabbit , Williams and others ,
amounting in all to many hundred tons.
A REAL ESTATE dealer in Oakland is cred
ited with having cleared $1,200 in one day
by land sales. *
THE residence of Bob Wooden , on the
Keya Paha , was destroyed by fire.
THE safe in Capt. Smith's lumber office at
Osccola was broken into recently by bur
glars , but it contained only about fifteen
dollars in silver.
GEORGE LILLEY languishes in the Beatrice
jail awaiting the action of the grand jury.
He was arrested at Homesville and tried
before a Blue Springs justice on a charge ol
an.attempt . at rape on Miss Laura Bald
win , of Holmesville. At the preliminary
examination , strange as it may seem , he
plead guilty. Considerable excitement was
manifested at the two townsbefore his case
was brought to Beatrice , and it was a close
call for him.
THE surplus fund which remained in the
hands of the Grant memorial service at
Omaha has been divided between tho St.
Joseph and Child's hospital , each organ
ization receiving $41.21.
AT the comiuj election in Omaha four
special propositions will be submitted to
the voters. First , to sell a portion of tho
poor farm , the proceeds to be used in
erecting and providing necessary buildings
for the county poor and insane ; second ,
for the erection of a city hall ; third , to
issue $20,000 paving bonds ; fourth , to
authorize the school board to expend tho
sum of $78,000 to secure sites and erect
new buildings.
The Union Pacific is anticipating a rad
ical change in its time of running trains.
THE contractor for putting in water
works at Grand Island thinks he can com
plete the work in thirty days.
THE editor and publisher of the Greeley
County Tribune has "jumped the country , "
leaving not a few to remember him for dis
honest and disgraceful actions.
J. G. WHITE , of Wayne county , although
over 82 years of age , still retains much of
his youthful health and vigor. He and his
son put up 350 tons of hay this year , the
old gentleman taking a full share of thg
work upon his shoulders. He cut over 300
tons of hay alone besides assisting in caring
for it after it was cut.
IT is rumored that Geneva is to have
another paper in the near coming months ,
the politics of which will be democratic.
Benjamin Butler always closes both eyei
when he eats Boston baked beans.
Men are guided less by conscience than by
glory ; and yet the shortest way to glory is to
be guided by conscience.
DEATH 2Jf EACH OTHER'S ARMS
Wo * U Suicide or Murder , or Bolh ANeicly-
Married Couple End Ti.elr Lives lyTaJilne
Morphia ,
Lincoln Journal : When was read in yes
terday morning's issue the account of the
marriage of Thomas Whitely , of St. Louis ,
and Josie Kutcher , of this city , nothinj
could have been further from imagination ,
probably , than the sequel which we are
called upon to lay before the public now.
The newly-made husband and wife ar-
riTed'here Tuesday afternoon and took a
room at the Commercial. In the evening
they received a largo number of their
friends , who went home about half-past
ten o'clock , leaving their host and hostess
in the best of spirits , as far as appearances
would indicate. The intention of Mr. and
Mrs. Whitely was to go to St. Louis yester
day on a bridal tour.
Yesterday morning they did not make
their appearance at breakfast and after it
became quite late a bell boy was sent up to
call them. He called several times but re
ceived no response. The clerk , Mr. John
son , being called , assisted the boy over the
transom. He at once discovered the true
tat of affairs. Whitely and his wife were
lying in each other's arms , while their heavy
breathing and blackened faces told thai
they were almost in the embrace of death.
Physicians were summoned at once , and
n examination of the rooms made. A
Iwo-ounce morphine bottle , nearly empty ,
was found on the dresser , while another
hill of morphine was found in the pocket
f Whitely'a pants. It was evident that
Ihe coupb were suffering from morphine
poisoning and steps were taken to resusi-
tate them. Doctors Beachley , Carter and
Paine worked with them all afternoon and
evening , but up to the time of the present
writing , 10 p. m. , neither have shown any
signs of consciousness. Tho constant
efforts of the physicians and others who
have been with them has been all that has
kept them from relapsing into a comatose
condition that would speedily end in death.
As was stated in yesterday morning's
Journal , Whitely has been travelling for
the Standard Shoe company of Jefferson
City , Missouri. A year or so ago he fell
very sick at the Commercial hotel and
Miss Kutcher nursed him carefully and
attentively until he recovered , and he
asked her to marry him a short time after
his recovery. It is said that she refused
andthat , he attempted at that time to
poison himself with morphine. The report
was published at the time but the hotel
people refused to give any particulars and
it was hushed up.
This was explained by his friends by say
ing that Whitely was accustomed to taking
morphine and had taken an overdose.
This explanation is also tenaciously
adhered to by some of his friends , but it
seems strange that if he was accustomed
to using the drug he should make a mistake
the second time , and also run the risk of
giving a large dose to his wife , who was not
accustomed to it.
It is thought improbable by the friends
of the woman that she could have desired
to commit suicide and the only explanation
they can give is that having become men
tally unsound through tne use of the drug
be gave it to her with the assurance that it
was all right , as he was used to it. If either
or both should recover the mystery may
be cleared away. If fato should be less
kind it will probably never be unravelled.
At 2 o'clock this morning there had been
no change noticed in the condition of the
patients since midnight.
LATER. Special from Lincoln : At 8:30
this e\ening Mrs. Whitely breathed her last ,
after having had two severe spasms and
without regaining consciousness. Her hus
band lingered a little longer , but a few min
utes before 10 o'clock ho also passed into
the great beyond , leaving no earthly means
of unraveling the mystery. It is said that
Whitely's effects reveal tho fact that hehad
but fifty cents , and this , coupled with tho
story that he had been discharged from the
eniploy of the firm he was traveling for ,
furnished grounds for the theory that tho
murder and suicide , if such it was , was com
mitted on account of his straightened cir
cumstances. This , however , is counter
acted by the statement that hia folks are
wealthy and that he could have gotten
plenty of money for the asking. It in alto
gether likely that tho truth will never be
COLLAPSE OF A CHfCAGO BUILDING.
OnezMan Instantly Killed and Others Seri
ously Wounded.
Threo men and a woman were buried in
the ruins of a frame building which col"
lapsed onWabash avenue , Chicago , on
Wednesday. One of tho men was killed
outright and his companions and the
woman , who was in an upper part of the
building at the timo of tho disaster , re
ceived serious injuries. The building was a
two-'story frame affair under which six men
wcro at work preparing to lay the base
ment wall. Suddenly , ithout a moment's
warning , there was a crush and a cloud ol
dust that drew a crowd of people from the
neighboring dwellings. The building was a
pile of ruins , and three of tho workmen
who had not been caught by the falling
walls created a panic by saying that six or
seven persons were buried in tho wreck.
Some one turned in a firo alarm and the
excitement of the crowd was soon doubled
by the appearance of half a dozen fire en
gines and several patrol wagons. The
crowd assisted the firemen to Tttnove a
portion of the roof and the dead body ol
F. C. Gilman was discovered. Tliescreams
of a woman directed the attention of some
people to another part of the ruins , and
Mrs. Kate Hope , badly bruised about the
limbs and head , was extricated from a
mass of debris. Considerable more digging
among the ruins brought to light the ap
parently dead body of a workman named
John Green. He recovered consciousness a
little later , however , and will probably re
cover from the effects of his injuries. Mrs.
Hope's three children being discovered to
have been away from home at tho time ol
the accident , the only person known to be
still in the ruins was a contractor named
Duane H. Kimball. He was finally taken
out alive , but severely injured.
HORSE AND TURF NOTES.
Joe Davies beat Phyllis at Omaha in the
§ 2,000 trot. Time , 2:19
Over § 2,000 were turned over to Mrs.
Moran , mother of the killed jockey , by the
Brighton Beach Racing Association.
Fast walkers are much more needed than
' and moieSm-
'ast trotters , performamuch
jortant part in the industrial economy of
; he country.
It is a good plan in dry , hot weather , and
whenever the horses' hoofs become hard
and brittle , to oil them every day with
sweet oil.
Freeland has this season won about as
much as all the others got by Longfellow
combined. Deductinghisown stake money ,
Freeland has this season won upward of
$19,000.
The largest livery stables in London use
American horses entirely and the proprie-
Ura say they are hardier , tougher , and
lave better feet and lega than English
lorses.
It is well said thatahorsocannot be kept
sleek , no matter how much grooming may
be bestowed , without abundant exercise.
A horse needs his blood warmed up every
day to keep his system properly regulated ,
and to make his hair lie down and be bright
and sleek.
Lucky Baldwin believes he has the best
colt of the year in Volante. He is willing
to match him against Pierre Lorillard's
filly , Wanda , for $5,000 a side. The Call-
fornian evidently feels disappointed at
Volante's defeat in the Bridge Handicap
race at Sheepshead.
President Cleveland bought a span of
horses from John F. Curtis , of Upper San-
dusky , Ohio. They aie of the Hamblaton-
ian breed. Mr. Curtis purchased them when
but yearlings in Paris , Ky. , where they were
born and bred. The president paid § 5,000
for the span. This is a hoax , says the
Paris , Ky. , Kentuckian.
Goldsmith Maid made her best record
when she was seventeen years old and re
peated the performance two years later.
She trotted a mile in 2:14. She was on the
track for twelve successive years and hole
undisputed sway to the title of "Queen o :
tho Turf. " She was the first to beat Dex
ter's 2:17j gait. Maud S. now trots a mile
in 2:08&
CHRONICLES JSX" CABLE.
tRseellaneous Matters of Interest Pertaining
to Foreign Countries ,
The London Standard's Berlin correspond
ent telegraphs as follows : Russia and Aus
tria being unable to agree upon a settlement
of the Balkan difficulty , 1'rince Bistnurtk ,
moved by a determination to prevent war in
terf-csed. This action of Germany resulted
in an agreement between the three powers to
restore outwardly the status quo in Bulgaria
and Servia , and Greece will probably be
choked oft
A large contract was signed to supply coal
to the English fleet in Turkish waters. T
fact , coupled with the announcement that
Russia is making every possible etlort to in
crease the strength of her navj * , causes much
speculation.
A special meeting of the Loyal Defence
union was held at Cork. Reports were read ,
showing that through the efforts of agents of
the union boycotting had been materially
checked. A resolution was passed establish
ing a financial branch of the union in London ,
and amid much enthusiasm it was resolved to
equip a strong force of farriers , who will
travel through the country , shoe the horses
of boycotted farmers , and attend the cattle
sales for the purpose of buying boycotted cat
tle , paying lair London prices therefor.
Admiral MIot , commander of the French
forces in Madagascar , has been recalled for
the disobeying of orders of tne War Depart
ment , In fighting the Hovas at Tarafat on the
10th of September last , the French govern
ment treating with the Hovas for a peaceful
settlement of the difficulty through the Ital
ian Consul at Tananarive.
Lord Randolph Churchill delivered a cam
paign speech at Lj me Regis. He was inter
rupted by continued howls of a body of radi
cals , who endeavored to silence the speaker.
Hia speech was very prosy and contained
nothing calculated to arouse enthusiasm. BTe
abandoned his old aggressive tactics and ap
peared as a tiicc-worn tory.
Joseph Chamberlain delivered a brilliant
speech before a caucus meeting at Birming
ham. He slashed Lord Churchill right and
.eft , and spoke of him as the bright partfcu-
ar star now eclipsed by the heavy hand of !
jis master , Salisbury. His much vaunted ;
jnlliancy had disap eared and coarse , flatu-
lant abuse alone remained. Chamberlain
concluded his address with a terrific outburst
of eloquence , pleading for an extension of the
iberties of the people and beseeching them
a have confidence in tbe democracy. So en-
; husiastic a meeting has seldom been wit
nessed in Birmingham.
Lord Salisbury and the Secretary of For
eign Affairs have informed the porte that
England will send an energetic remonstrance
to Seryia and Greece against their formid i
able armaments and advise them to keep
quiet.
The trial of editor Stead , of the Pall Mall
Gazette and tbe other parties Indicted In
this cause celebre , for the abduction of Eliza
Armstrong , commenced in London , Oct. 20th.
It i estimated that the defense will
cost some § 50,000 , nearly all of which
has been contributed by the BaptlUt
and Methodist churches. Jn his defense , Mr.
Stead will present many startling revelations
of vice In high places in London. The grand
jury returned bills against all the prisoners
charged with the abduction of the girl Eliza
Armstrong.
The Servian Minister to England has writ
ten a letter to Mr. Gladstone in defense of bla
country's action. He sajs that Servia dosi ;
not herself desire and cannot allow Bulgarii
to attain undue leadership. He hopes thai ;
tbe present war cloud will clear away , and
leave cordial relations between Bulgarians.
Servians and Greeks. Lord Salisbury hai In
formed the porte that England will send * i
energetic remonstrance to Servia and Qrseci
against their formidable armaments and ad
rise them to keep quiet :
Mr. James Stephens Is preparing a manlles ,
to in the shape of a public letter to Mr. Mich
ael Davitt The ex-Fenian leader will de
mand that the Irish national democracy ol
both Ireland and America be united in on
confederation , with a view of enabling Irish
men to unfurl the flag of revolution In the :
event of Mr. Parnell effecting the restoration
of an Irish parliament Meanwhile Mr. Ste :
phens will cordlnlly support the Parnellites.
and will use his influence with the dynamlteri
to eive Mr. ParnelTs method a fantrial
Calcutta dispatch : Contingents of tbe :
[ ndia army from Madras and Calcutta are
being rapidly transported to Rangoon where ,
he expedition force Is being assembled for
he Invasion of Burmah. The Burmese
Government Is actively preparing to resist
he advance of the British troops. Engineers
are busily engaged in erecting earthworks ,
Wanting torpedoes , building fire rafts , loading
mlks with stones and sinking them and
placing chains across the river to obstruct
lavigatlon. King Thebaw Is disappointed
jecause the majority of the cabinet officials
at a council held to consider the situation :
avored a peace policy. After the council
the principal peace advocate telegraphed the i
Burmese delegate at Paris the details of the
council Notwithstanding the active prepa-
ations of the Burmese force , the British of-
icers expect that the campaign in Burmah
will be short
The salary of a good designer in jewelry
JB $4.000 a year.
As an archer makes straight his arrow , so
a wise man makes straight his thought ,
which Is difficult to turn.
. SUTLER TAKES A BAND. * - ,
Did President Johnson Attempt to Revolu
' Version
w's
tionize the Oocernment-Dfp
Substantiated.
the Grant-Johnson
In an interview on
controversy , Gen. Butler soys there aro
that John
many reasons why the charge
son desired to revolutionize the govern
ment was not brought up in the impeach-
ment trial. The ch * f reason , and a con
clusive one , was that the offense was not
charged in the articles of impeachment , and
he ( Butler ) as counsel in that case did not
care to offer incompetent testimony. The
charge was not embodied in the articles ol
impeachment because it could not be sus
tained. The talk between Gen. Grant ana.
Johnson , his commander-in-chief , was in
the nature of a privileged communication ,
and that Gen. Grant so held it was shown
by the fact that he did not disclose it till
long after Johnson's death.
"There was another project of President
Johnson's to revolutionize the government ,
some of the details of which were partly
known at tho time , but which would not bo
proven which had not taken the form of ac
tion , and which were not brought into tho
impeachment proceedings. I , myself , hod
some very strong moral evidence upon two
questions which I did not care to mako
known to the public in the impeachment
proceedings , but one of which I investigated
secretly as chairman of the committee for
that purpose , and while there was declared
to me some very damaging fasts , under the-
circumstances they were not so conclusivp A !
that I deemed it proper to exhibit an arti
cle of impeachment , against the president of
the United States in that belief. I still re
tain some of the instruments of evideuco
that strongly lead to support my beliefs
The other proposition of Mr. Johnson to
control the government differing from that
of Gen. Grant in the moaeures to be taken ,
but not in the end to bo reached ( it now
seems to me for the first time , must havo
been made after Gen. Grant had refused to
accede to Johnson's proposition ) , and
knowing now what had been said to Grant ,
it would seem to show that that proposi
tion was entertained because of Grant's re
fusal , and while what was known to mo in
regard to it gave me strong belief it was
not in shape to be brought before the pub
lic. "
Gen. Butler declined to say what theso
proofs were , and intimated that they
would probably not bo made public till
after his death.
THE NATIONAL PRISON CONGRESS.
Some of Hie Topics of Discussion in the 3Ieet-
fujat Detroit.
Detroit dispatch : The subject for discua-
Elou at the morning session Oct 20th , of tbe
National Prison Congress was "Disciplinary
Measures in Prisons. " Before this topic was
taken up letters were read from various
prominent men , s.ttinir forth their views in
regard to prison reform. Among thum was
3ne from President Cleveland , regretting his
Inability to bo present The illsussion was
presided over by M. J. Cassi.lv , warden of
Cistern Pennsylvania penitentiary , who
jpened with a paper briefly reviewing the
question , after which he introduced R.V. .
lilcClau bry , of Chicago , w ho read a paper on
"Pr.son Punishments. " .McCluughry believed
that the best way to reform prisoners is to re
form tbe jrison officials. \indictiveness In
tbe application of tlie puuUhmcnt should be
unknown , simplification of the rules advoca
ted and that all prison officials should be
governed by friendship when possible. He
ttpposed humiliating punishments. Prison la
bor Le advocated as necessary.
Warden Nicholson , of the Detroit HOIPC of
: orrection , believed that the society needed
reforming more than the prison officiate do.
funisbmeut be considered a painful necessity
ind gave an account of the different . enaltics
md briefrecited ! some of the simplest rules
or prison use. Colonel Thomas F. Barf , of
be United States Army described the system
) f army prisons , be said that in the army Sbcy
vcrc well satisfied with the present arrange-
n"nls of the state prisons , but could sye that
t v , as advisable to have good nnsons. Dur-
ug a further discussion of the tojiic , "solita-
- couiincfflcnf was shown to b the most
general penalty , but much wjb to be left to
tbe opinion of tbe otlicials.
In tbe afternoon a'Chaplain's Meeting"
vas held , Cbaplaiu llycox , of Michigan State
irison presiding. This is tbe firbt tlnis such
ineetiusr has ever be n held , and tbe chair-
nan considered the progress of the ri htkind.
3ev. Dr. Bi er.5 , of Columbus , gav'1 an account
) I his six years of efforts with \ rlsoncrb ; Chap-
ain Morse , of Black well's Island , followed
nitb a Inef talk of a similar nature ; discus
sions of county prisons catne nczt and sub
sequently Mrs. J. B. Hobbs. of Chicago , en
tered a plea in favor of matrons in police
itatious. Adjourned.
PLURAL MARRIAGES IN UTAH.
Ex-Senator PaddocJf Declares Them
Largely Ceased.
Washington special to the Omaha Her-
ild : "At first it was rather slow work
rith the Utah commission , " said ex-Scna-
or Paddock of Nebraska , to-night. "But
nth a new district attorney we wpre able
o secure convictions at Salt Lake City ,
inder the Edmunds law , and now we have
ibout a dozen Mormon elders in jail.
Plural marriages have entirely ceased in
Jtah and n , large element among the Mor-
nons is opposed to them. President
Cleveland seems to have the courage of his
onvictions , " continued Mr. Paddock. "He
8 moving slowly and cautiously and merits
he commendation of the people. "
"It suits me , " said Senator Van Wyckto
secretary Lamar , while congratulating the
atter upon the campaisn the secretary ia
naking against the western land thieves.
'Your policy is proving what I have been
ilmrging along in the senate. My republi-
an brethren have said that I was all
rronr and very unjust. You are showing
hat I did not say half enough. "
Said one gentleman to him , "I hear that
tome democratic senators are complaining
hat the president does not treat them with
onfidencc. "
"Well , I think the president has good
easons for being auspicious , " said Van
Vyck. "They have forced some very queer
reople on him. "
finding a Jewel by a Dream.
At the Hofer-Arms wedding at Youngs-
on , Ohio , last week a magnificent jewel ,
jresented by the motherof the groomMrs.
Iharles Hofer , of Cincinnati , to the bride ,
ras lost. It was a crescent setting of rare
olored stones , and was especially prized as v
gift to Mrs. Hofer from her husband on
he birth of her son. The gift was received
few days before the wedding. A few mo-
aents afterward , when the bride went to
lisplay her gift to her friends , sho opened
he cose , but the Jewel was gone. Saturday
lisa Maria Manning , a friend of the Arms
amily , dreamed that the jewel was in the
milax canopy under which the bride had \ .1
teen married. Search was made and the
iwel was found where she had sold.
There are a great many evils In the world
rhich must be left to check themselves by re-
tion from excess.
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