THE TKIBUNE.
F. 1H. & E. M. KIOUEELL , Fobs.
'McCOOK , NEB
OVER THE STATE.
THE STATE FAIR AT LINCOLN.
Prices at Whlc/iJtailroad Tlc7cctstlncliidln >
Admission , Will be Sold to the State Fait
to be Held September lOth to nth.
Special tickets to Lincoln and return
which include one admission to the Fair
will be sold September 10 to 1G , inclusive
nnd for trains arriving on the morning o
the 17th , at rates given below. To actun
exhibitors tickets may be sold at thes
rates one day before the date for publi
sale :
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
fierce special to the Omaha Herald : The
entire Downey family , Nicholas Downey ,
his wife and their three sons , all men grown ,
living in the edge of Pierce county about
five miles from Burnett , were brought in
Saturday by Sheriff Heath and Deputy
Box , charged with attempting to murder
Charles Erskins three or four weeks ago.
It will be remembered that in April , while
Erskins and some more men were moving a
school house inlfadison county afterdark ,
George Downey , who was under the influ
ence of whisky , came up and raised a dis
turbance. He was ordered away , and dur
ing the quarrel Erskins struck him on the
head with the blunt end of an axe , crushing
in his skull. Downey died two weeks after
ward , and at the preliminary examination
at Madison Erskins was placed under
bonds to answer for murder at the next
term of court. While going home at night
about lour weeks ago from a harvest field
near old man Downey's house , some cow
ardly wretches concealed in the large sun
flowers in a drain shot Erskins twice , one
ball passing through his lung and the other
through his left arm. Erskins lay at the
point of death for several days , but is now
rapidly recovering. The feeling in the
neighborhood had grown intensely bitter
and more shooting was feared. Erskins'
friends finally secured the services of Attor
ney Boone , of Norfolk , and he had the en
tire family of Downeys arrested. Erskins
claims to have evidence enough to convict
them all. The preliminary examination
came off Wednesday. Nicholas Downey ,
the old man , who is charged with doing
the shooting , is about sixty years
old. Theold ladyand theboys arecharged
with aiding him" The Hon. Fred Pox and
Judge Henderson have been employed by
the defense.
AUGUST SO , 1S5G , ASD 1SSG.
There are three of the seven men who lo
cated the city of Fremont , August 26 ,
1S5G , now living here. "Where thirty years
ago no white man had ever before lived ;
here , where .there was one vast waving
" meadow of high grass , which from the bluff
looked like a deep green sea ; where no house
or tree could be seen to break the wild ex
panse , inhabited only by the wild buffalo ,
elk , deer , antelope and wolf ; where then 4- ,
000 Indians roamed , chased their game
nnd met in battle their ancient savage foes.
Here , where the red man and war painted
savage knew no master , had one of the
three white men now living , while in Buf
falo , N. Y. , mapped a transcontinental
railway , and who had met another of the
three in Des Moines , and there proposed to
him a company to locate this city. Here ,
where the one to whom this proposition
was made was the first to come upon the
' location pointed out to him by the other ,
and before these two could get their outfit
from Omaha , the third man of the three
was upon the ground. These three , who
drove the first stake and made the first
settlement nnd thus shaped the future pi
the prettiest city in Nebraska , are still
here with families reared on the ground.
[ Fremont Herald.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS ,
Pitisoxius in the city bastile at Lincoln
struck against doing any work because the
grub with which they were furnished was
not satisfactory.
_ TnE fall meeting of the Adams county
Sunday school association will be held in
the opera house , in Hastings , Tuesday and
Wednesday , Oct. 5 and 6.
LocAij dealers in Lincoln report the vege-
_ tabie crop short and poor in Quality.
IN Seward county petitions favorable to
township organization are being freely
signed.
BEATRICE shows up real estate deals lo
one week amounting to § 75,000.
TUB first special train from to the Gran
Island reunion went out with fourtee
loaded cars.
of incorporation of the G. A. I
Building association have been filed in tli
secretary of state's office. The principt
place of transacting business shall be a
Grand Island. The general nature ol th
business to be transacted shall be the pui
chasing or leasing of such real estate a
may be necessary and to erect thereon
building lor Lyons Post No. 11 , of th
Grand Army of the Republic.
W. E. HINMAN , Lincoln's music deale
who is charged with forgery , and who s
abruptly took his departure a few daysngc
was overhauled in Gage county , and will b
given nn opportunity to explain concerr
ing his crookedness.
\ FBOM Albion it is reported that bot
town and country are highly elated ove
the prospect of the F. , E. it M. V. railroa
being completed to that place within
year. Guarantee lands have already bee
given for right of way and depot ground
in and through the town , and § 10,000 c
precinct bonds , and the company are undo
contract to run trains there before nex
August.
THE U. P. surveyors are extending thei
survey-north of Neligh. A very favorabl
route has been found.
THE Hastings driving park associatio :
will hold a meeting September 21-23. Th
association was organized in Hasting
among the business men , who have spen
time and money to make it a success. Th
meeting is looked forward to with interest
OMAHA horse shoers to the number o
thirty-seven , quit work the other day be
cause wages were not satisfactory. Mos
of the bosses acceded to the demand an <
the equities were attended to with due reg
ujarity. The horse shoers have now or
ganized a union , and propose to stam
unitedly lor better pay hereafter.
Wir. NELSON , living two miles southwes
of Bonnet , has completed a large barn , th
timbers of which were grown on his farm
The barn is immense , and he is proud o
the fact that he can point to the buildin ;
and say that he has "grown that barn'
from the soil of Nebraska since the stati
was admitted into the union. The ban
will stand for generations ( unless firo de
stroys it ) as a witness of the possibilities
of Nebraska.
NEBRASKA City and Weeping Water wil
soon be connected by rail. The work o
building is now in progress.
THE Pcicific hose company of Grand Is
land , which won the state champion prizi
at the firemen's tournament at Fremont
on reaching home were met by a large dele
gation of citizens with the City band anc
Sons of Veterans corps and escorted tc
their hall. The boys are very justly prout
o ! their achievement , having so successfully
contested for this prize against the besl
teams in the state.
A FREIGHT train on the Union Pacific ran
into the rear end of the Missouri Pacific
freight train one mile east of Papillion. A
man by the name of Eli Cook , who was ic
a freight car with a valuable horse , was in
stantly killed and the engine on the Union
Pacific with several cars were totally
wrecked. Fireman Norris was seriously
hurt.
AN Oakland special says : Pursuant to
a call from the Farmers Union , one of the
argest gatherings of farmers assembled here
; o-day ever known in this part of the coun
try , organized , elected directors , and will
soon commence business. By the demon
stration to-day it is indicated that down
with the monopoly in the grain business
icre is the intention.
THE citizens of Hebron are using ice' ship
ped from St. Joseph , Mo.
ABOUT fifty teachers attended the session
of the Brown county teachers' institute.
THREE thousand dollars has been raised
as a bonus to the party who will put up a
Irst-class mill at Ainsworth.
McGiFP , a Hastings contractor , lit out
the other night for parts unknown , leaving
debts behind to the extent of about100. .
ECe has proven himself a dead beat of the
Irst water , and creditors are anxious that
be be passed around.
MANAGERS of the Cass county fair offer a
premium for couples that will get married
on the grounds on the occasion of the fair.
The Journal thus speaks of the matter :
"Where are the competitors for the Cass
county wedding ? Remember entries must
be filed with the secretary on or before Sep
tember 10. The officers of the society de
sire to issue cards of invation to every
family in the county to attend. The prem
iums offered are valuable. Fine silk dresses
'or the bride from Herrmann , elegant up-
lolstered Britton Brussels patent rocker
from Unruth's furniture emporium for the
jride and groom , and even a matrimonial
fruit basket offered by genial Henry Boeck.
Well , come forward with the entries. Secre
tary Wilson has aninsullied sheet of paper
to hold them. "
THE crop of prairie chickens in Dodge
county is said to be larger than for a num-
jer of vears.
AT Nebraska City , Jacob Buck was ar
rested for an assault on Mrs. Minnie Good
man with a hatchet , with which instrument
le threatened to terminate her earthly
career.
THE docket of the September term of the
listrict court of Otoe county has been
ssucd. Court convenes on September 14 ,
and the case of LeanderShellenberger is the
irstone on the criminal docket. John C.
.Vatson . and F.F. Ransom will defend Shel-
enberger. The case of his wife , charged
vith the same crime the murder of their
daughter follows.
A NUMBER of proprietors of hotels and
restaurants in Lincoln have decided to
raise the price on meal tickets.
A CATHOLIC church is soon to be built on
; he farm of John Bernt , Polk county.
HASTINGS' water works are progressing
finely and the city is in the midst of great
> rosperity.
THE prohibitionists of David City have
organized a club.
THREE hundred musicians were on the
reunion grounds at Grand Island. Bands
without number made "music in the air. "
LINCOLN and other Nebraska prohibition
ities have been asked to help raise § 200-
)00 ) with which to start the Kansas City
lerald , a third party organ.
THE residence of Mr. Shorvin , of Fre
mont , was entered by burglars. Ever
cent of cash in the house was captured
and besides sonio valuable articles belong
ing to different members of the family.
TIIE Hastings Nebraskan is reliably in
formed that a number of young ladies ii
that city eat arsenic for their complexion
THE old citizens of Kearney are painet
' to learn of the death of Mr. W. H. McCon
nell , of Corning , Iowa. Mr. McConnell wai
a newspaper man in Kearney in 1874 , anc
had many friends among the old settlers.
RED CLOUD will vote on the question o.
water works some time next month.
JENS JENSEN , living four miles north ol
Bennett , while whittling a stick with ai
ordinary pocket-knife , a few dttys since , cul
an artery in his right arm , which has re
sulted in the loss of the arm , amputatior
* > poomjn2 riccessarv.
COHONEK ROBERTS , of Lincoln , decided
that an inquest in the Smiley case was no )
necessary , as the young man had left let
ters to his wife and mother telling them o
his intention to commit suicide. The
latest obtainable particulars do no change
first reports mucli. Stewart Smiley was
about 23 years old and roomed at the res
idcnce of his mother , Mrs. Dr. Leslie , on I
street. About a jrcnr ago he married ir
New York a handsome young woman o
wealthy family , and brought her to Lincoln
to live. He was a poor manager.'and ir
his efforts to support his wife in the style
to which she was accustomed he became in
volved to the amount of § 500. A few days
ago he sent his wife east on a visit to hci
relatives , and since then seems to have
brooded more or less over his financial
troubles. His creditors began to harrass
him , and about 5 p. in. on the day of the
suicide he retired to his room and blew IHE
brains out.
IN the firemen's contest at Fremont the
Pacifies of Grand Island won the cham
pion belt in the state race. The "boys"
were given a grand reception on their re
turn home.
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A NARROW escape from a frightful acci
dent occurred at Hastings. Mr. J. Stro-
mer and daughter , residing near Juniata ,
started home about 3 o'clock. At the Lin
coln avenue crossing the switch engine was
moving three or four cars , and Mr. Stromer
tried to cross ahead of the train. A car
caught thehorsc and one wheel of the buggy
and dragged them about forty feet. The
buggy escaped without perceptible injury.
No one was hurt , but the escape was a mir
acle.
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A YOUNG Dane narrowly escaped drown
ing in Salt Creek at Greenwood an evening
or so ago , and wan only rescued after great
difficulty.
THE loss from the North Bend fire
amounts to $70,000.
FREMONT is having a good deal of trouble
with the water works recently put in. An
expert has been sent for to see what is the
M-.ixtf.a-
OMAII.V'S city council is on a trip to Den
ver and the mountains of Colorado , and
are being wined and dined sumptuously at
all points.
Tins has been a fatal year for the family
of Mrs. M. A. Isgrig of Fremont. Her
mother , two aunts , an uncle and a cousin ,
all living in Ohio , have been taken by
death , and a sister is now lying dangerous
ly ill in San Francisco.
BOTH of the packing houses at the Lincoln
stock yards will begin cutting meat in No
vember.
EVERY northern state was represented in
the reunion at Grand' Island. The affair
was a great success , both in attendance
and attractive features.
ONE day last week the state house was
entirely deserted all gone to the reunion
at Grand Island.
REV. JOSCHH II. TODD , of the Eighth
street M. E. church , Nebraska City , has re
signed to accept a "flattering offer" and a
wider field in Kansas City.
UNKNOWN parties entered the grocery
store of F. N. Lawrence , Nebraska City , but
were successful in securing only § 10.
New men have taken hold of the Omaha
water works plant , and it is reported will
make extensive improvements. The plant
is to be removed to Florence , six miles dis
tant , or rather an additional plant is to be
erected there. The fall is such that the wa
ter will run into the 'reservoir at Omaha
without any pumping , thus doing away
with a great expense.
OF the 20G cattle stalls onthe state fair
grounds at Lincoln all but ten were taken
two weeks before opening of the exposition.
THE brick buildings erected in Hastings
BO far this season all together would make
three solid blocks.
JOSEPH PAULSON , a , farmer living about
seven miles from Blair , started home the
other night in an intoxictited condition.
He had gone but a short distance until ho
arose to rearrange his lumber , fell from the
wagon and received injuries from whicii he
died in a short time. He was a well-to-do
farmer and well liked by his neighbors as
much liked by them ns lie liked the intoxi
cant that was the primary cause of his
death.
A BOLD HIGmrAT KOItBERT.
A Davcnporter Relieved of $1,300 in Chi
cago.
Chicago special : The boldest robbery
that has taken place in this city for some
time was perpetrated last night on La Salle
street , near the alley running east and
west between Monroe and Adams streets.
AboutlO o'clock John McGregor , a wealthy
stockman living in Davenport , Iowa , was
strolling along the east side of the walk ,
when he noticed four men walking rapidly
towards him from the rear. They came
up with him just as the shadow of the alley
was reached , and he stepped aside to allow
them to pass. As he did so , one of the
men raised his arm qu'ckly and with some
blunt weapon dealt McGregor a power'iil
blow on the head , stretching .him insensible
on the ground. The robbers then cut open
his vest pocket , containing § 1,500 in
money , grabbed the cash and ran away
down the alley. McGregor lay on the side
walk a few minutes before being noticed.
The 7)olicc took him to the station and
cared for him. He is not hurt badly. Mc
Gregor was at the stock yards yesterday
where he sold two carloads of cattle for the
amount stolen , and had evidently been
spotted and tracked from the place of sale
to the point where the robbery wns com
mitted. The police have as yet no clue to
the robbers , and the prospect of finding
them is very dubious.
THE CUT 1 COMPLETE WRECK.
CharJeslon , Sitmmcrville , and Other Place
in Soutti Carolina Partially Destroyed 61
EarlhqitaJie.
Charleston dispatch : The principal busi
ness portion of the city was destroyed las
night by the earthquake , and hundreds c
persons rendered homeless. Men are fran
tic ; women lire beseeching mercy from th
Almighty , and children are in tears. Man ;
persons were seriously , if not fatally , in
jured. Broad street presented a spectacli
of utmost horror. Men with hatchet
fought desperately to rescue imprisonc <
unfortunates. Meeting street , from Broa <
to Hazel , is a wreck and lined with unlor
tunates. To add to the horrors of tin
scene , many fires broke out and were inef
fectually fought by the fire department
The night was hideous with the groans o
the dying , screams of the wounded am
prayers of the uninjured.
It is impossible to estimate the loss o
life or property at present. Up to 1 a. in
to-day there had been ten distinct shocks
At 8:25 : precisely , this morning , anothei
wave swept over the city , coming aa tin
other did , from the southeast and going it
a northwest direction. By that time tin
people , who had been out in the publii
parks and open places all night , venturei
into the houses to get clothing and some
thing tQ eat. The approach of the quaki
was heralded by the usual rumbling sound
resembling distant thunder. Then it grad-
ually approached , the earth quivered and
heaved , and in three seconds passed , the
sound dying out in the distance.This is
the only wave felt since 2:30 : this morning.
It was not destructive , all destruction hav
ing been done at 9s > 5 last night.
The city is a complete wreck. The two
most historic churches in the city St.
Michael's and St. Philip's are in ruins , as
are also Hibernian hall , the police station ,
and many other public buildings. Fully
two-thirds of the residences in the city art
uninhabitable , wrecked either totally 01
partially. It is impossible at this time to
give a correct estimate of the casualties.
It is expected that between 50 and 100
persons have been killed and several hun
dred wounded. About twenty houses were
destroyed by fire. Scarcely 100 houses in
the city are occupied at this time. The
people are all encamped in the open places.
All stores are closed nnd a scarcity ol pro
visions is feared , not from want of provis
ions , but because no one can be got to
reach the stores to sell them.
The earthquake caused far more loss of
life than the cyclones of the year before.
The city is wrecked , the streets incumbered
with masses of brick and tangled telegraph
and telephone wires , and up to an early
hour it was almost impossible to pass from
one part of the city to another. The first
shock was by far the most severe. Most
people with families passed the night in the
streets , which even this morning are
crowded with people afraid to enter their
liomes. More than sixty persons were killed
and wounded , mostly colored. Among the
killed are M. B. Lynch , Dr. Hammond and
Ai.-sley Robinson. There is no way of leav
ing the city.
The city is wrapped in gloom and business
. aitirely suspended. People generally re
main in the streets in tents and under any
roofed shelter , and will camp out to-night ,
tearing another shock. The gas works were
injured and probably the city will be with
out light to-night. St. Michael's church
steeple will come down , likewise the steeple
of St. Philli p's. The steeple of the Unitar-
an church has fallen. The porticos of the
Hibernian hall and the station house are
iroken. There is much injury to mansvons
on the East and South Battery. The por-
; ico of the Ravenal mansion is down ,
hardly a house in the city escaped injury
and many are so shaken and cracked that
a hard blow would bring them to the
ground. The shock was severe at Sumncr-
ville and Mt. Pleasant and Sullivan's
sland , but no loss of life is reported there.
Fissures in the earth are noticed from
which a fine sand , apparently from a great
lepth , exudes. A sulphurous smell is very
noticeable. Three or four fires started in
is many sections with the first shock and
.he . city wau soon illuminated with the
lames , thus leading all to believe that
ivhat was left by the quake would be de
voured by fire. However , the fire depart
ment was so well divided and handled that
he fires were under control by daylight.
? rom 125 to 150 residences antl stored
w > re consumed. The loss by fire and earth
quake cannot be accurately estimated , but
: an be placed safely at 55,000,000. As
ar as could be ascertained during the night
ifteon or twenty were killed and a much
jrcater number were wounded , in all sorts
if waj's. The loss of human life will be
arge and it will take days to get at the ac-
jrate number.
Shocks equally as severe were felt at a
tlistaiice of five miles and have done ines
timable damage to the railroads and tele
graph property. Charleston is now en
tirely isolated from the outside world. The
ularm and apprehension among citizens
continues unabated this evening. The im
pression has spread amons the people ,
trom some unknown cause , that the shock
of last night is likely to be repeated and
this is the cause of the prevailing anxiety ,
riie streets present a sad picture of desola
tion and ruin. The parks and open places
are the camping ground of thousands of
[ > oory ] clad and discouraged people. There
is a general desire among the more well-to-
: lo classes to get away from the city , and
[ is soon ns communication is established
there will be an exodus. This will be the
: ase independently of the present feeling of
panic. For even after this passes away
there will be main * families who will re-
nove temporarily , while the restoration ol
the city is being carried on. There are also
many visitors who see no charms in the
ilace now and will hasten to their homes
n the north and south.
A well-known citizen thus describes his
; xperience during the shock last night :
'We all made a rush for the street , but
ivhen we saw buildings swaying and walls
roppling into the street in every direction a
eeling of despair seemed to seize upon
iverybodv. I for one realized the useless-
icss of attempting to escape and I saw
> thers stop and stand still as if giving
hemselves up to whatevcrfatehad in store
or them. The sickening sensation caused
) y the movement of the earth was hardly
nore appalling than the terrible noise which
iccompanied theshock. This was not very
oud , but was like a low and threatening
; rowl under the earth. The piercing cries
> f the frightened women and children , and
; he frenzied shouts of the men calling to one
mother and attempting to organize some
neans of rescue , formed a singular contrast
; o this subterranean thunder.
People stood despairing for a moment ,
iml then a tumultuous rush was made for
pen spaces. I ran as fast as anybody.yet
recall vividly the horror pictured on the
aces of those near me. The thing has
uade an indelible impression on my mind ,
indeven now I look for that ominous roar ;
he weeping of the women and the hoarse
ries of the men , as they ran hither and
hither among the wrecks of walls and tele-
raph wires , can never be adequately de-
cribed. " j
The largest crowd of fugitives was col- '
jcted in Marion square , in the center of the
ity. Three shocks followed one another
, t shortintervalsandhardlyhad the panic
aused by one partially abn ted when an-
> ther tremor of the earth renewed the
.larm. So frightened were the waiting
rowd they hardly perceived that each
hock was somewhat lighter than its pre-
ecesaor. It was only late in the morning
liat the prayerful and despairing throng ,
finding the earth once more solid for man
hours , gathered courage enough to ngai
seek the neighborhood of their shattere
homes.
At a quarter past 5 o'clock this eveninf
when thousands of the people of Charles
ton were out in the open squares an
vacant places of the city , lingering and n
signed to another night of anxiety , tea
anil terror , the premonitory symptoms c
another earthquake were heard and felt i
a slight vibratory wave and shock tha
passed along over the city. No additions !
dnmagc or wreckage of buildings followed
but men , women and children out in th
open spaces for a while were greatly agita
ted. Fortunately the weather has beei
pleasant and the privations and hardship
attending the outdoor exposure are no
severe. The situation is becoming despot
ate , with the whole city camped out in ;
terrible state of fear. It is now twontj
four hours since the first quake visited thi
unfortunate city. The negroes have take
possession of all the parks and vacant lot
and are holding excited prayer meetings.
It may be stated now that all the dam
age to properly and all the loss of life wn
caused by the first shock at 9:50 p. in. las
night. Owing to the repeated shocks am
the lack of systematic effort to uncart !
casualties it is impossible to give details
Many of the dead , it is believed , are ye
buried in the debris , nnd no regular relic
psirlirs have been organized to recove
their bodies. Unfortunately the mayor o
the city is now in Europe. His place is in
differently filled. The chief of police , too
it seems , is unable to meet the emergency
Summerville , twenty-two miles iron
Charleston , wns nearly destroyed by tht
earthquake. The passenger train from Co
lumbia to Charleston was thrown from tin
track near Summerville and the engineei
and fireman were killed.
J. II. Averill , master of transportatioi
for the South Carolina rnilruad company
telegraphed from ? timincrville that mam
persons were killed and hundreds wen
homeless. The whole business portion o
the city ia badly wrecked.
Savannah special : The earthquakt
shocks here , commencing at9:30 last night
lasted several minutes. Several Blighl
shocks were felt later in the night. Whei
quaking first began men , women and child
rou rushed into the streets , where many re
mained till daylight. The negroes wen
terror stricken. Bryant street chnrcl
( colored ) was badly cracked and the plas
ter lulling upon the congregation assembled
within , caused a terrible scene of confusion ,
Many negroes thought that the day o !
judgment had come. Nearly every build
ing in the city was more or less damaged ,
and nine-tenths of the people are sleeping
out of doors to-night.
FOirDERLY MUST HE PUT OUT.
So Says Acw Tortc Kniijlits Who are Dissat
isfied It'itli ills Action.
Pittsburg special : The Leader has dis
covered there was a veritable attempt
made so ne time since by a faction in the
Knights of Labor to assassinate Grand
Master Workman Powderly. The faction
referred to is known as the Home club , and
has its headquarters in New York City. A
Leader reporter was sent to New York City
during the past week to work it up , with
the result of confirming the story. It was
on Wednesday , August 11 , that delegates
of a labor committee met in New York to
inquire into the workings of the Home
club. Ever since the date mentioned the
investigation has been going on , but the
evidence , even the names of the investiga
tors , are kept from the knights. In a little
room witnesses are admitted one at a time
so that the evidence of each is unknown to
the others.
The investigation shows that in 1883
some radical members of the Home club
hired a couple of New York thugs , who ,
acting under instructions , went to the Ful
ton street ferry one night and waited for
Powderly. That night he was expected in
Brooklyn to attend a special meeting , but
something occurred which kept him back.
Details of the plot are being kept very
quiet , as a. New York member Hard , with
the intention of publishing the whole mat
ter at the Richmond meeting.
John Shields , of Xo. 359 Fulton street ,
Brooklyn , on Thursday , said : "You can
easily tee why everything is being kept so
quiet , as the men who have facts are
mighty careful about making the charge of
assassination in the order but at the Rich
mond meeting the world will kiow that the
two men in New York were hired to kill
Powderly. Powderly himself was before
the investigation last week. His statement
created a sensation. The committee will
seal its report and no one is to know its
contents until it is read at Richmond. "
Another member , high in the councils of
the order , said : "I cannot say what Pow-
ilerly's testimony is , but I understand it
was an astouisher to some of the commit
tee. Every effort is being made to keep the
matter out of the newspapers , so as to
strike the Richmond convention with infor
mation that will result in totally crushing
Hit the Home club. " Continuing he said :
' 'The Home club is a power , which will be
overthrown , but I fear the organization
ivill split. District 49 now has 00,000
members in good standing. They claim
; retter : strength , but we know they have
.ixty delegates elected for the Richmond
Meeting. Then will come the greatest inter-
ial war ever seen among the labor unions.
Districts of Troy and Albany have in
structed their delegates to vote against
jeneral Secretary Turner for any office ,
md if he is found to be implicated in the
[ Tome club they will vote for his expulsion.
Prom nil over the country come 'reports
> f delegates being instructed to down the
ifome club and demand the expulsion of
( very member. If district 49 is downed at
liclmiomi the loaders will bolt the conven-
ion and walk out with 00,000 members to
onn , what will be claimed , a straight-out
xnights of Labor organization under the
> ld rule with the oath-bound secrecy. If
Ii.slrict49. under the Hume club leader-
ihip , should win , the other districts will
cave the Knights of Labor and form a
lew combination with the trades unions ,
lence it looks now as if a split was inevit
able. The committee now sitting can only
eport to the convention. But we have no
lope that the report will improve matters.
"lie Home club is sending members all over
he country to get the feeling of delegates
.ml enable district 49 to control the Rich-
nontl proceedings. "
THE HADDOCK MURDER
Sioux City special : The end of the delib-
rations of the now famous Haddock cor
ner's jury were not reached to-day and
obody longer pretends to predict when
hey will. Various rumors are afloat as to
he whereabouts of H. L. Leavitt , and
rhen he is to be brought back to the city ,
ut upon this point the police preserve a
toical silence. The calling before the coro-
er's jury of a number of men who are con-
iccted with the liquor business , caused
ii uch new talk on the streetas to the
ioint at which the investigation is draw-
ug. It is generally believed , however , that
he jury is carefully investigating the na-
ure of the meeting held by saloonists on
he day of the murder , and also the con-
piracy at the court house. Learning these
icts they will then have a key which will
11 lock the whole mystery. As soon as the
olice have all the men implicated where
hey can easily arrest thrfm the jury will
nnounce its verdict.
Those desiring a thorough business edti-
ation should attend the Commercial Col-
: ge at Iowa City , the oldest and bestinthe
cat. Send for College Journal.
COOK COUXTT 5/rjJCE.V UP.
An Expiation That at a Distance of Ticelto
Miles Broke Strony Plate Glass.
CHICAGO , Aug. 29. A tremendous explo
sion occured at Brighton , ! suburb of Chicago
at half past nine o'clock yesterday morning.
A powder magazine containing thirty ton * of
powder was struck by lightning au.l the shock
was distinctly ftlt In all parts of the city.
One or two people were killed by falling win
dow glass in the city and It is reported that
fully a dozen people were killed near the
scene of the explosion. Tin large plate glass
in the board of trade building six miles dis
tant were broken.
A severe shock like that of an earthquake
was felt in every portion of the city. The
cause was the explosion of the Latlln fe Rand
Powder company's magazine , on Archer road ,
near the McCortnJck reaper works. It is sup
posed that a bolt of lightning struck the
magazine and the concussion set oil the dyna
mite and gunpowder stored there. The shock
caused in two magizlnes of the Oriental Pow
der company and those belonging to the War
ren Powder company , the Hazard , Dupont
and Forcite dynamite storj houses. The
Etnn , which stood about threj-fourtlis of a
mile distant , was unharmed. The Lallin &
Rand company's was the only one which ex
ploded.
The house of John Goht , a driver for the
Oriental Powder Co. , was flattened out upon
the ground , a mass of kindling. Gobi and
his wife were fatally injured , and Carrie Eru-
wurtli , their servant girl , was instantly k'lletl.
Thu residence of Mrs. Dcvine was demolished
in the same way. Mrs. Dtv.'ne had her L'g
broken and body bruised , but suffered no
other injuries. Slie was dragged out from
under a heap of splinters and sent to a hos
pital.
A fanner , wtose name could not be learned ,
was driving past toward the city when the ex
plosion occtirrei. His skull was fractured
and his back bailiy lacerated by blocks of
atone. He cannot live. The horse he was
driving was instantly killed and the wagon
smashed to bits.
The whole side of Justice Michael Tearuey's
house near the Oriental magazine was ripped
off and the roof caved in , but not one of the
household wasinjurud. Little Torn Tearncy ,
nine years ohlw.is liftcl bodily from the back
stoop on the outhouse , about 10 fei-t from the
dwelling. Tueontliousecollapsedbut became
ont unhurt. Several peojlt ; raceved slight
wounds from falling stones anil a number of
barns were riddled.
The scene of the disaster was crowded with
people this afternoon. "Where the Luiliu pow
der works had stood was a deep hole in the
clay in which not a vestige of the building re
mained. Over the prairie for half a mile were
scattered bits of stone and slivers from the
roof timbers. A block of stone said to weigh
nearly 150 pounds went through the wall of
the Grand Trunk round house about a mile
north , and another dropped through tha roof ,
smashing in the cab of an engine. The Chi
cago & Alton round house , nearly a mile
northeast , was riddled with small frag
ments , and every window was smashed to
pieces.
John Shannon , aged 15 , and Willis and Dan
Kelley , lads of about the same age , found a
can of black powder on the prairie about
three-quarters of a mile from the explosion.
It was still hot and they had a curiosity to
know its contents. They pried it open and
the powder exploded , scorching them severely
about the face and bands. They may lose
their sight on account of their burns.
Throughout the southern and western parts V
of the city many thousands of dollars of dam
age was done by the explosion. The plate
glass windows all alomr State and Ilalstead
street ? , and on Clark , Madison and several
other streets , fully six miles distant were de
molished. Two plate gla = s windows in the
board of tradu building and one in the John
son building opposite , were distrycJ. .
The congregations at St. Patrick's church ,
corner of Dcsplaines and Adams streets , and
at the Jesuit church on West Twelfth street ,
were stampeded. At ttc Jesuit church , a boy
named Fitzgerald was thrown from a window
by the concussion.
The farmer who was injured and whose
name could not be learned , died to-night at
the county hospital. It is also reported that
Mrs. Devine will not recover.
A PR03IIXEXT PJITSfCXAy DEAD.
Sioux City special : The sad intelligence
reached here to-day of the death of Dr. B.
A. Guyton , jr. , at Lebanon , O. The de
ceased has long been a leading physician of
this city , and has a wide reputation
throughout the northwest for skill and
btircess in his profession. For a year past
lie has been an invalid , and a short time
auo he went east , hoping to benefit his
health thereby , but ; initt-ad the fatal dis
ease gaSm-d on him , with the result already
indicated.
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