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THE TEIBTJNE. F. M. & E. m. , Pubs. McCOOK , NEB , OVEE THE STATE. THE YEIR'S SHOWING. The Home of the Friendlessociety held their annual meeting at Lincoln last week. Reports show good work done throughout the state. The report of Mrs. A. 51. Davis , the treasurer , is as follows : Amount on hand Oct. 12,18S3 S G16.43 Kccelpu during the year 3.C19.56 Total W.236.W Disbursements for the same time for wlilcli voucher * arc filed1J09.13 Balance Oct. 8 , ISSa 20.06 EXPENSES. Green house 213.63 GioccrUsand bread 1,2)3,83 ) Statlonety. priming and letter press 9C.40 Fuel uud irelsht 701.16 Telephone 89.37 Haidivarc.tlnwarc.crockery and fur niture 172.80 Drugs and ftmcrul expenses 205.20 Milk , cow 8 and freight on same 318.70 Meat 300.29 Feed 11455 Labor and repairs 153.26 Dry poods 87.12 Miscellaneous 319.27 Total 8lmiS s HILLS AUDITED AXD ITOT PAID. M. A.DIsbrow. sash forgreen house.3 100.00 F. E. Newton , kitchen range 112.27 "Whteurea ! > .t Coal company 144.99 "Wawoord & < .o 32.33 Total t SS6.45 The superintentendent's report gives th'e following : ADMITTED. DISMISSED. Adults Si Adnlts 5. Children 127 Children Si Total 182 Total 135 Children surrendered to the home , 48 ; placed into homes , 32 ; kept for mothers and friends until a home could be provided , 61. There were 1.000 letters written. Inmates have been received from the fol lowing counties : Adams , Antelope , Boone , Burt Buffalo , Butler , Cass , Clay , Douglas , Dodge , Franklin , Gage , Harlan , Hamilton , Howard , Kearney , Lancaster , Lincoln , Ne- inalia , Otoc , Pawnre , Platte , Richardson , Red Willow , Saline , Stanton , Seward , Saun ders. Thayer and Webster. Also letters from Wyoming territory , Kansas , Illinois , Iowa and England. The report of the recording secretary , Miss L. P. Elliott , shows : Number of auxiliaries during year 5C Number of auxiliaries disbanded 7 Numbers of auxiliaries at present 55 Letters written In January 55 Letters written in March 5C Letters written in May 5c Letters written in July K Letters written In August 55 Letters written in September. 51 Total 325 The report of the financial secretary , Mrs. H. II. Wilson , shows : Received from dues S 3j3Ci Received from donations 1,243 K9j Received from boar.l 1,177.30 Received frumcollcctlons 125.C4 Ifecelved from miscellaneous sources 5'H.U3 Received fiom green house since June 1.1SSG. 124.34 Total 3C26.T7 The report of the physician , Mrs. Mar garet L. Sabin , M. D. , is as follows : Mrs. President and Ladies of the Board : There have been sixteen deaths in the Home during the last six months ; females 10 , males G. Number of deaths during each month : April , 4 ; May , G ; June , 1 ; July , 1 ; August , 2 ; September 2. Total , 1C. The following are the mortality statis tics : Deaths from marasmus , 4 ; cerebral congestion ; 1 ; cyanosis , 1 ; enteric fever , 1 ; convulsions , 1 ; exposure , 1 ; inanition , 2 ; gastro-enteritis , 2 ; from drinking lye prev ious to coining to the Home , 1. Total , 1C. The ages of the dead are as follows : Less than 1 month , 2 ; from 1 to 2 months , 4 ; from 2 to 4months , 5 ; from 4 to G months , 3 ; 2 years , 1 ; 21 years , 1. Total , 16. The total number of cases of sickness in the home lias been less than lastyear. The infant mortality is mostly due to heredita ry disease , exposure and neglect previous to being brought to the home , and inability to assimilate artificial food. Numbers of infants have been taken from the homeina healthy condition and returned back. PINE RIDGE INDIANS. Capt. J. M. Bell , of the Pine Ridge agency , is in the city , having just been relieved from duty as acting Indian Agent by Col. Galla gher , the new appointee from Greensburg , Indiana. Capt. Bell reports affairs in good condition at the agency , although a little excitement has recently transpired. On the 2cl of October , one of the Indians re from with Buf : turning a summer sojourn ' falo Bill's Wild West show found that his wife had been stolen by a young buck of the Cheyenne tribe. Formal complaint re ; garding the matter was made to Capt. Bell , who at once ordered the arrest of the transgressor. Six of the Indian police went to arrest the young Cheyenne , and found him armed to the teeth and prepared to fight to the last. Orders were then given to capture the obstreperous Indian , dead or alive , and again the police went forth. This time they found the Cheyenne arrayed in war-pnint and mounted upon his pony and backed by his aged father , both being well armed. Failing to secure a peaceable surrender the police fired and a pitched bat tle ensued , during which the young Chey enne's horse was shot from under him , he himself was badly wounded and his aged father was killed. In the confusion which followed the vrounded Indian made his escape to some adjacent buehes and disap peared. "The Indian police , " said Capt. Bell , "are very efficient and are entirely trustworthy. They are selected from among the best and ruoHt reliable Indians , and are invested with police authority which they exercise with excellent judgment. They wear uni form provided for them by th'e government , and the captains are attired in military style. The police receive $10 per month , besides their food and clothing. " , The census of the Indians at the Pine Ridge agency taken not long ago , shows about 4,700 , which is much less than the number carried upon the rolls for a long time. "Efforts were made at various times by Agent McGillicuddy , " said Capt. Bell , "to have the government authorize a cen- BUS of the Indiana upon the reservation , in order that the exact number might be ascertained ; but his endeavors were not successful. Since his retirement a census has been taken showing that the number of-Indians upon the reservation was greatly overestimated ; but I don't see how McGilli cuddy can be blamed for it. " [ Omaha Re publican. MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS. THE physicians and midwives of Omaha eeem to be ignorant or unmindful of the law which imposes upon them the obliga tion to report , within three days after tho happening , all cases of deaths and births that come under their professional notice. THE graders have completed their work on the Missouri Pacific road between Omaha and Papillion , and the track is being rapidly laid. The cars will run across the country before the frost. C. S. HOWARD , a horse thief , has just taken a position in the penitentiary for eighteen months. He hails from Douglan county. ROBBERS cracked the trunk of arvey Potter in Scotia , securing ? 46 and an old gun. THE Lincoln salt well contractors have the well in shape again for resuming the downward journey as soon as the new ma chinery can bo placed in position. UNION PACIFIC passenger conductors aver age about 5125 per month. .TiiE improvements now being made in and around Onjaha by the Union Pacific , irrespective of the new 'bridge , will cost , it is estimated at § 750,000. The retaining walls of the Sixth street viaduct alone will cost § 150,000. GKAND ISLAND special : A young man by the name of J. A. Northway , shot himself accidentally last evening. He was living with a family by the name of Gillette , about four miles west of this city. North- way shot a dog , and while reloading , the gun was discharged , the load entering the left breast , killing him instantly. His clothing was set on fire and his body was badly charred. His parents reside at Gothenberg , Dawson county. THE Union Pacific road has just about completed a new station at Valley , and the building will soon be ready for occupancy. ALVA MAGUIRE , of Lincoln , for beating his wife , got ninety days in jail. WILLIAM SCHUPP , the B. & M. brakeman injured at Bennett , died from his wounds. R. B. BABCOCK , a lawyer at Hastings , has been arrested for uttering and publishing false affidavits in the McCok land office for the purpose of entering lands under the timber culture law of the United States. Shorthand writing is an employment to which ladies may profitably turn their at tention. Business men are realizing the great advantages of employing a steno grapher to write their letters from dicta tion. From these dictated shorthand let ters the amanuensis writes the letters com plete with the typewriting machine. The business man is thus enabled to dispose of as much correspondence in one hour as he could in half a day by the old way. Many of the students at the shorthand institute at the Lincoln Business college are ladies. These students readily obtain remunerative employment , not unfrequently before grad uating. The usual time required to com plete the course is aboutsixmonths. Some do it in less time , however. One young lady , Miss Lottie Byrne , who has devoted less than three months to this study , writes 120 words per minute from dictation. Miss Byrne has already secured a position as stenographer in thelargest publishing house in Nebraska , and will step out of school into this responsible position in about three months from the date she first took up this study. JJEATH is announced of Samuel S. Mar- many , a resident of Columbus since 1859. ALEXANDER GARROW. of Dunbar , has fifty acres of corn averaging fitty-six bushels to the acre. THE barn of William Starkjohan , near Plattsmouth , was burned , together with three horses. DURING the month of September there was shipped from Dakota City sixty-four cars of corn , ten cars of brush and one car of hogs. There was more corn shipped last month than there was the whole of last year , being upwards of 32,000 bushels. Tnn people of Beatrice will decorate in honor of completion of the water works. OMAHA'S letter carriers decided to give a ball , but as the selling or peddling of any matter was in violation of the civil service rules , Postmaster Coutant requested that the scheme be abandoned. THE Blair bank , which suspended in Au- just , will pay depositors in full. THE B. & M. expects to have its tracks laid Srto Wahoo between the first and the fifteenth of November. A CATTLE man living near Rogers lost a pocketbook containing110 and a number Df valuable papers on the Grand Island ; rain going to Omaha the other day. The oook was in one of the pockets of his over- oat , which he carried in his arm in going 'rom one car in which there were but few passengers , to another which was full of hcm. lie does not know whether it drop ped on the floor and was picked up , or stolen from his nocket. THE American Press association will move its branch house , which has been located at Des Moines , Iowa , to Omaha. REV. MR. BITLER , under whose labors over eight hundred were converted in Lin coln last winter , is about to hold a series of meetings at Beatrice. A COUPLE of Nebraska City bloods , one of them a married man , obtained the key to a business man's office , without his con sent , the other night , and passed the night there with a couple of prostitutes in a high old time. The entire gang will be prosecu ted if they can be caught. THE threshing season is about over , and the average of crops is found to be fully equal to that of last season. Oats in most cases will overrun in weight the machine measure. Wheat is found to be good and fully matured. LAST Saturday afternoon , says the Grand Island Independent , FrankBoehle , a farmer living near the Howard county line , was re turning to his home from this city with a . wagon load of lumber , when he met with an accident which caused his death. While crossing the Prairie creek bridge , near Ridell's place , the abutment of the bridge gave way. The wheels suddenly jumped down and the stakes holding up the load of lumber broke , precipitating both driver and load to the ground. The wheel passed over the neck of the unfortunate man , causing instant death. He leaves a wife and three children. THE Masons of York are about to dedi- ctte their new hall. PROPRIETORS or the forthcoming new hotel at Omaha have decided to make it a six-story structure. A NEW time table for the running of the freight and passenger trains of the Burling ion & Missouri River railroad in Nebraska , Kansas and Colorado , and its leased lines went into effort last week. THE Women's Christian Temperanre Onion , in session at Fremont elected offi cers for the ensuing year as follows : Mrs. Jennie F. Holmes , Tecumseh , president ; Mrs. M. A. Hitchcock , Fremont , vice-presi dent at large ; Mrs. Ports Wilson , Lincoln corresponding secretary ; Mrs. C. M. Wood ward , Seward , treasurer. The session * * were well attended and much intere.it shown. THE Lincoln Journal reports thatcil\ again infested with thugs and thieves o every description. AN Omaha sneak thief who stole an over coat before any cold weather had put in an appearance got thirty days in jail on bread water for the offense. THE merchants of Hastings , have suc ceeded in getting the city to give § 25 a month towards a merchant's police , whose duty it shall be to watch the business houses. THE state convention of the Christian Missionary society at Fairfield closed its labors last week , and the following are the newly elected officers for the coming year : J. Z. Briscoe. president ; II. H. Ingram and William Sumpter , vice-presidents ; Mrs. S. E. Alley , secretary , and C. C. Munson , treasurer. A CAR loaded with cattle that had been taken in an Omaha train at Tckama , caught fire Monday evening near Blair , and in spite of all the efforts of the train men burned the stock in a horrible manner. When the train arrived at Blair six were dead , and all the balance , with the excep tion of two , were so badly injured thatthej had to be shot. THE people of Lincoln county will vote on a proposition to band the county at the coming election for the purpose of building two new brigas across the Platte , one east and the other west of North Platte. THE work of digging the proposed well at Omaha for gas or oil will be commenced as soon as the council nets upon the petition of the projectors for the use of certain city propertv near the river. THE Odd Fellows of Lincoln are making extensive preparations for the annual ses sion which convenes in that city on the 20th instant. A public reception will be tendered to the grand body. Ox account of ill-health J. J. Wogaii who for the past eight years , has had charge of the McCormick machine business in the South Platte country resigned , and ac cepted a prominent position with the Ne braska Loan and Trust company of Hast ings. A COUNTERFEIT § 10 bill has made its ap pearance in Northern Nebraska. THE Plattsmouth Sportsmen's club has divided its members into two teams for a ; rand club hunt. STUDENTS of the state university deplore the loss of one of their number , Frank L. Wheeler , son of Hon. D. H. Wheeler , of Plattsmouth , who died of typhoid fuver after a lingering illness. He was 2 years old. old.ABOUT ABOUT seven thousand people were in tendance one day at the Buffalo couiu/ fair. The showing of horses , cattle and hogs surpassed anything that has ever Leon seen in that part of the state. THE lion. J.F.Burns of Ainsworth , form erly state senator from Dodge county , 1ms begun action in the district court of lirov.n county to procure a divorce from his wife on the ground of adi.ltery. THE republican central committee have sngnged Gen. Lew Wallace for three speec'ies in this state. OMAHA has organized a Flambeau club The object of the club is togivepyrotechnii and flambeau exhibitions on political anc j other big occasions when their services an desired. There will be 100 men in uniforn all carrying flambeaux and fireworks at each display , besides a gun club of twenty- five men and a drum corps of eight boys. THE people of Lancaster at the count's election will vote on the question of town ship organization. THE wife of James Drenning , of Lyons , has employed an attorney to bring suit against two of Oakland's saloon men , foi selling her husband liquor , causing him tc fall from his horse , breaking one of his arms. THERE were ninety-four new postofficei established in Nebraska from January 1st to August 1st , CHARLES MEHURRER , of Omaha , died last rreek from the effects of the kick of a horse. Ele was unconscious from the lime of the iccident. NEBRASKA CITY will , on November 16 , vote on the question of granting a bonus of § 40,000 to the Missouri Pacific to bring their line to that city. THE Chadron Democrat is informed by parties who reside in the western part of the county , that a large number of men are engaged in the business of cutting timber on government land and selling the lumber to the lumber dealers at Crawford and Whitnev. THE golden wedding of Rev. Thomas Pugh and wife took place at Fairfield last week. The ministers and members of ail the churches united in giving to the aged pair their hearty congratulations and to kens of esteem. The Catholic priest sent a letter of regret that he was unavoidably prevented from being present. Prof. Ilub- bell , in a neat and appropriate speech , pre sented the groom with a beautiful gold- headed cane , humorously alluding to the cane ( Cain ) our firstparentsbegan to raise. J. K. Oliver , of the Herald , presented the bride with a pair of gold spectacles. JULY 16 , E. Hurlbut , Sr. , of Columbus , purchased ten shoats which weighed 620 pounds. He sold them back to Mr. Wig gins Oct. 4 , when the lot weighed 2,000. During the two months and eighteen days that Mr. Hurlbut fed these hogs , the feed ninety barrels of buttermilk and forty bush els of corn cost him § 17. The shoats cost him § 25. He sold the lot when fatted for § 77 , leaving a net profit of § 35 on the in vestment. AT Lincoln , J. E. Pugh was sentenced to two years in the pen for an assault on Con ductor Ballinger of the B. & M. with intent to kill , the weapon used was a large knife. He plead guilty. STUDENTS at Barbley can get board and room , with stove , chair , stand and bed stead , for § 2.50 per week. OMAHA'S postoffice is becoming too small for the business crowding upon it. HASTINGS has put up 175 houses thus far this season and the number will be very materially increased before the building season is over. BERNARD KIRSCHSTEIN , an employe on the l new railroad bridge at Omaha , died last week from the caisson disease. THERE are at this time 131 children in the reform school at Kearney ; 31 of these are girls. A. L. RINKER lad , an 18-year-old residing at Oxford , was lodged in jail at Lincoln last week on complaint of his father , who claimed the boy was disobedent and would not behave. The board of insanity will hold a couniol over him. SLOW GERONIMO WAS CAUGB.A Report of the Commander of the Department of Arizona and New Mexico. General Miles' annual report as com mander of the military department of Arizona and New Mexico , which has been received at the war department , is a vol uminous document containing a full his tory of his operations against Geronirno and his band , together with a statement of his position in regard to the terms of surrender. It is learned that this part of his report sets forth minutely the official orders received by him ; hia own orders placing Captain Lawtonin immediate com mand , the system of signalling adopted , etc. , and afterwards recites substantially the following details : Some days prior to the surrender a de serter from Geronimo's band came into General Miles' camp with the information that the renegades were short of food , clothing and ammunition , were footsore and nearly exhausted from long marches , and could not hold out much longer. Thereupon General Miles ordered Lieuten ant Gatcwood , who knew Geronimo and Natchez well and spoke the Apache lan guage , to take a guard of two men , obtain a parley if possible with Geronimo , and see if he would surrender. This mission Lieutenant Gsitewood accomplished suc cessfully. He informed Geronimo , in answer to the chief's question , that he had no authority to offer him terms. Ger onimo then asked to be taken to Captain Lawton.who was in the immediate neigh borhood. This was done , and on repeating the question asked Lieutenant Gatcwood , Captain Lawton told him that he could make no terms and that he must surrender. Geronimo then wan ted to see General Miles. and both parties Captain Lawton and command , and Lieutenant Gate wood and Geronimo , Nati'hezand their band set out for the north , traveling for some cltiys in parellel lines , and within sight of each other. In the meantime a messenger had been sent ahead to notify General Miles of their ap proach. On coming into General Miles' camp , Geronimo , as before , asked what terms would be given him if he surrendered. [ The general replied he had no terms to offer ; that if he and his band surrendered at all , they must surrender as prisoners of war ; that they must lay down fieir arms and trust the president of the United States. Upon this Geronimo laid down his arms and signified his willingness to surrender. ButNatchez , whohacl in the meantime-kept out of reach and refused to come in , sent word that he wanted to go to the White mountains for a month , whereupon Geron imo went out after Natchez and soon re turned with him. Geronimo , in explana tion and justification of his conduct , said that he left the reservation for the reason that there WHS a conspiracy afoot there , headed by Ghetto , to murder him. Geron imo , Natchez , and two others were loaded into an ambulance , followed by the rest of the band in charge of Captain Lawton , and taken to Fort Bowie station and shipped to Texas. General Miles , in his report , argues at some length the question of punishment , and calls attention to the fact that hereto fore in such cases removal has been deemed sufficient. He cites several cases in which 10 greater punishment has been inflicted ; speaks of the great good done Arizona by their removal , and suggests that they be treated as other Indians have been treated under similar circumstances. lie highly compliments Captain Lawton , Lieutenant Gatewood and the officers and soldiers gen erally for their meritorious service during the campaign. From an army friend of Lieutenant Gate- wood it is learned that he found Guronimo and his band encamped near the Mexican town of Fronteras , in Sonora , an old Mex ican adobe hamlet , surrounded by an adobe wall. It was at one time a mission settlement , founded by Jesuits. When Lieutenant Gatewood came upon the band he left his guards and alone walked into Geronimo's camp. On seeing the intruder the Indians seized their guns , but on the lieutenant's laying down his arms and beckoning Geronimo , whom he recognized , the Indians also laid down their guns and came forward. The two seated themselves on a pile of stones. Geronimo wanted to . know what kind of a man General Miles ' was whether he had a bright eye or a dull one ; whether ho talked fast or slow ; whether he was a large man , and what was his general appearance. He wanted to know all about him. Gatewooa replied that Gnneral Miles had a bright eye , did not talk much , but what he said could be relied on. The Indian was much pleased with this assurance , and together they walked away to find Captain Lawton. ANTI-SALOON REPUBLICANS. Tlicl'oints They Atleocate in Their Address , Chicago dispatch : The following are the principal points in the address to the re publican party , issued by the national committee of anti-saloon republicans , ap pointed at the conference held in Chicago , September 1C : After dwelling upon the magnitude which the liquor traffic attained in America and the resulting evils , the ad dress emphasizes the disastrous effect on the working classes , refers to crimes accru ing from the non-operation of prohibitory laws , and says : "This widespread violation of one set of wholesome laws breeds gen eral contempt for all laws'and opens a hospitable door to those modern allies of the saloon system communism and an archy. " The saloon power in the United States uses a corruption fund to carry elections by the purchase of votes , to obstruct the cause of justice by tampering with juries , and to punish with defeat pub lic servants who incurred its displeasure. The address declares that the saloon ought to be put out of existence , and that until' destroyed the saloon should be crippled by every restraint and disability which local public sentiment will enforce , and made to reimburse as much as possible the public loss it causes. The address believes this policy the proper one to pursue. The ad dress insists that the republican party is called to this work. By attacking sreat wrongs consecutively , it has destroyed them in detail , and at each success has prepared the people for another step. And the hour has struck for the next advance. f RUINED jsr WIND. a ORLEANS , LA. , Oct 13 A special from c the Mississippi quarantine station says that * one of the most terrific and damaging hurri- j canes since I860 prevailed In that neighbor- hood yesterday and last night. For thirty-six t consecutive hours the wind blew a regular hurr ricanc from the northeast , driving the water from the bay and destroying the "property of the unfortunate inhabitants of this place , who had hardly become reconciled to their hard ' fate of ha'ving no orange crop this year , caused y the heavy frost of last year. This latter Trouble , however , would have been surmount- ed had it not been for this disastrous storm , which leaves a majority of the most indus trious and deservingpeople almost penniless. This storm , or more properly called this cyclone , was of such violence as to tear away old levees of seven vears' standing , carrying destruction to late rice planters. Last night all the inhabitants of the quarantine station waded a distance of a mile m water three feet deep to the United States custom house for protection. Dr. Abey , the quarantine physi if cian , and his family , were driven from their home and forced to seek refuge in the custom house. THE TIME NOT FAR DISTANT When the Anarchists Will Have to Answer for Uieir Crime * on the Gallows. Chicago special : As the concluding scenes In the great trial of the anarchists ap proached the close more interest was taken and the suppressed excitement becam more marked. Hundreds and hundreds of people wended their way toward the criminal court building to-dny , each one j desirous of listening to the conclusion o the speech by Anarchist Parsons , and witl the expectation of hearing the death sea tence pronounced. Parsons resumed his speech as soon ns the court was opened He proceeded to discuss the course of him- eelf and his colleagues in regard to arms and dynamite. He quoted some alleged utterances of railroad men and others in regard to the means to bo used to suppress the riots of 1878. Since these utterances were made it had become the custom to call out the militia in the cases of strikes. Monopoly , he declared , had been the aggressor. It had first suggested the rifle diet and thehand-grenade. "And , " he continued , "the bomb thrown at tho HaymaiUet was thrown by a man em ployed by monopoly sent here from New York to throw it. in order to break up the eight-hour movement. " Parsons read in a prosy sort of way from manuscript several pages about watered stock and fictitious capital and the profits thereon , to the in jury of employes. Mayor Harrison's New York World interview was also read and commented on at some length. Parsons asked if he was to be hanged because he wan a member of the American group , and maintained that that organization was justified in benringnrms. Judge McAllister had held that the police could not invade the meetings of workmen and break them up , and it was for the purpose of repelling an attack and for the purpose of defense that the workingmen bore arms. Parsons next attacked the informers , Waller and Seller , and said that they had not only been paid for their testimony by the state , but had life and liberty promised them if they would squeal. The means em- ployed to connect him with the alleged con spiracy he described as absurd. Lingg ho had never heeii before the Haymarket meet ing but once. Next he commented on the testimony atldured regarding tho bomb- throwing , and said it was absurd to hold that a sensible man would light a machine and throw a bomb , with the police stand ing all around him. The meeting at the Haymarkct was a lawful and peaceful as sembly , entitled to protection under tho constitution. Parsons made nil appeal for an adjournment at the usual time , saying that he would need two hours to close , but was weakened by confinement and unable to.proceed. Judge Gary declined to ad journ , but gave the prisoner all the time he wanted. Parsons then proceeded with his reading and denounced capitalists , the police and the press at great length. Juilge Gary in addressing the prisoners said he was quite well aware that what they had said , although addressed to the court , had been addressed to the world , yet nothing had been said which weakened the force of the proof or the conclusions there from on which the verdict was based. The judge expressed sorrow for the unhappy conditions of the defendants and the terri ble events that brought it about. Hedis- tlaimed any intention to reproach or ex- Sort the prisoners , and hoped that what ae said might come to the knowl- id e and be heeded by the ignorant , deluded and misguided men who had list ened to their compels and then followed their advice. "It only remains , " said Judge Gary , "that from thecrimeyouhave committed , and of which you have been ionvicted after a trial unexampled in the patience with which an outraged people have extended to you every protection of the law which you derided and defied , that the sentence of that law be now given , in form and detail. That sentence will ap pear upon the records of the court. In substance and effect it is that the defend ant , Neebe , be imprisoned in the state pen itentiary at Joliet for the term of IHteen years , and that each of the defendants. Spies , Parsons , Fielden , Lingg , Engcl. Fischer and Schwab , between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 2 o'clock in the afternoon , on December 3 next , in the manner provided in the statute of this state , be hung by the neck until hu is dead. Remove che prisoners. " Capt. Black said that , inasmuch as an appeal would be taken to the supreme court , he asked that there be a stay of ex ecution in the case of Neebe until December o. States Attorney Grinnell assured the counsel for the defense that every possible * would be them in that ! ipility granted par ticular that good sense and propriety dic tated. The prisoners were then removed to their cells. SUIT TO SET ASIDE ENTRY. A letter From the Secretary of the Interior to the Attorney General. Washington special : The secretary of the interior to-day addressed a letter to the attorney general , recommending that he commence suit to set aside the mineral entry No. 40 , patented under misappre hension to Michael E ; rly , in the city of Deadwood , D. T. After the town site of Deadwood was laid out and largely built upon , it was discovered that a large part of ground through the body of the city was of a mineral character , and subject to entry for placer mining. Many entries of mineral lands were made , and the town site proprietors had to see the land with all improvements taken from tinder their their noses. Long fights before the interior department , with nil adjuncts of survey ors , geologists , mining experts and analy tical experts resulted , and the land proved to be mineral land , and the town site own ers hiid to give in. Prospectors continued to flock in and take up land on the edge of the placers , and were in a fair way to take up the whole town. The interior depart ment has now discovered that an element of fraud entered into these mineral entries , a.nd that among others Mr. Michael Early , to whom mineral entry No. 40 , for placer No. 1C was patented , entered into collusion with * he deputy surveyor who laid out the plats , and that together they salted the Innd , so as to deceive the assayers and mining experts. For this reason the de partment recommends that the suit bo brought to set aside the patent. It is now question in the minds of the authorities of the land department as to whether more of these entries have not been salted , and whether much of the so-called mineral lands located within thelimits of Deadwood have really more than the color of metal on them. The secretary also refuses to recom mend that suit be brought to set aside a patent issued to Robert Hawke , who , he nays , secured his patent on good evidence of the character of the land. CLEVELAND'S LEGACr. Baltimore dispatch : The will of thelate Joseph Neal , uncle of President Cleveland was filed for probate. The document is written on both sides of note paper in lead pencil and is dated in 1S70. The estate is divided into eighteen parts , thus : First , six parts to Sarah Gere ; second , six parts to his sister , Ann Cleveland , widow ( Presi dent Cleveland's mother ) , or her children , ' any survive , thus making President Cleveland one of the heirs. The remainder of the estate goes to other relatives of tho deceased. The estate is not large. Jt&E DOORS REMAIN' CLOSED. Chicago' * Large fuelling Houses Stltt Xlirouah Labor Troubles * CHICAGO , ILL. , Oct 11. None of the large- pork packing establishments at the union stock , yards opened their doors this morning and. none of the 1G.COO men usually employed in- these departments offered to return to work on the ten hour basis proposed by the owners. There was a tremendous crowd of Idle men In. and about the yards , but no disturbance dur ing the early hours of the forenoon. Shortly after 9 o'clock fifty beef killers emplovcd in the Fowler packluir house stopped work and. joined the main body of strikers. Shortly af ter the men employed to load freight cars by the Armour house also stopped work aud the pressure from the strike was so great that fear was entertained that the strike would involve all the men employed about the yards and oc casion the entire cessation of work ia all the- houses. The presence of the increased force of Plnk- erton men armed with Winchesters had a very Irritating effect upon the men this morning- and was the cause of swelling the force of strikers to-day. Armour began bringing In men from all parts of the country to-day to take the strik ers' places. lie says he can guarantee them all steady work anil ample protection. Cots were put up for the Imported men and room , was made for about six hundred. Armour says the other packing houses are making : similar preparations. A FEW MEN STILL AT WORK. About fifty men and fifty engineers employ ed by Armour joined the strikers this morn ing. There were about 400 men all told , or about one-eighth of the regular force , at work in the pork department of tin's establishment to-day. The beef killers were at work ns usual. The two delegates , sent bv tho general con vention of the Knights of Labor to endeavor to adjust the troubles among the men at the- Btock yards , arrived this moriiing and it once held a conference with the strikers. Barry , Duller and Sylvester Gault were in secret conference for a'lpngtime this morning , , and the three knights discussed the situation ' fullr. At the clo'so of the conference Butler said : "We will hold a meeting to-night and then decide on what course to pursue. To morrow we hope to be able to adjust all exist ing difficulties. " COMMITTEES DISCUSS MATTERS. The meeting between the two committees- having in charge the adjustment of tiie trouble took place in the room in the board of trade building this evcninsr. Strikers are represent ed by Messr ? . Butler and Barry , and two- Knights of Labor delegates from the Rich mond convention and three members of the- executive board of district assembly 57. The- packers were represented by Ilately of Hute- ly Bros. , and II. Botsford , by whose decision all nie packers who signed the ten hours no tice have agreed to abide. The proceedings were informal and nothing definite was decfd- ed upon. The only point in dispute was the- number of hours which were to constitute a. day's work. Ilately and Botsford took a very decided stand for the ten hours system and were told by the strikers' representative that it was impossible to conclude an agreement III on that basis. Butler would not reveal the full result of k the conference , but seemed very confident that au early understanding would be reach ed.At a late hour to-night Butler , Barry and Foley and the members of the executive- boards of 24 : aud 57 , Knights of Labor , wero In secret session at the stock yards. kI The mass meeting of strikers to-night was attended by an enormous crowd. Nothing was done "except listen to speeches from prominent knights counseling temperance and disapproving the use of forceThere was no- disorder. A special meeting of district assembly No. I 57 , Kniirhts of Labor , was held last night A proposal to establish a co-operative packing house received unanimous support. It was said the necessary capital could be readily secured and that there would be no trouble In \ securing a location. The matter of founding ; the establishment will be considered at anoth er meeting. A SCARCITY OF STATESMEN. Washington dispatch : Seldom of late years were fewer congressmen to be found in the national capital , than are here to day. But five senators and five represent atives are in town. They are Senators Pugh , Jones , of Arkansas ; Dolph , Morgan and Hampton ; Representatives Kleiner , Ward , of Indiana ; Heard , of Minnesota ; Lawler , of Illinois , and Allen , of Mississippi. Two of the senators mentioned , Pugh and Jones , leave Washington to-night for New Hampshire to attend the funeral of Sena tor Pike. SULLITAy TO FIGHT RTAX . Paddy Ryan has signed articles to fight John L. Sullivan eight rounds with small gloves at San Francisco within sixty days. The fight will be for 65 per cent of the gate receipts. Ryan will commence active train ing at once , and will leave for San Fran cisco about Nov. 1st. Sullivan is expected to arrive in Chicago in a few days to affix his signature to the agreement. BEATRICE will have its system of Holly water works in full blast in a few days. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. WHEAT No. 2 55 BARLEY No. 2 43 RYE No. 2 45 CORN No. 2 mixed 21 OATS Xo. 2 17 BUTTER Choice table 20 BUTTER Fair to good 12 EGGS Fresh 17 CHICKENS Old per doz 2 25 CHICKENS Spring per doz. . . 2 00 LEMONS Choice , perbox. . . 9 75 APPLES Choiceperbbl 2 50 BEANS Navys , per hu 1 70 ONIONS Per barrel 3 00 POTATOES Per bushel 50 HONEY Neb.choice , perlb. . 15 TOMATOES Per bu. box 1 25 Wool. Fine , per Ib 1C SIDS Timothy 2 20 SEEDS Blue Grass 1 30 HAY Baled , per ton G 50 HAY In bulk G 00 HOGS Mixed packing 3 GO i BEEVES Choice steers 425 I 4 GO SHEEP Fair to good 2 75 I 309 NEW YORK. I WHEAT No. 2 red 83& @ 83Jj WHEAT Ungraded red 71 @ 84 CORN No. 2 43 @ -13 % OATS Mixed western 30 @ 32 PORK 11 50@11 50 LARD G 70 ( jy 6 80 I CHICAGO. FLOUR "Winter. 4 FLOUR Patents 4 WHEAT Per bushel CORN Per bushel OATS Per bushel PORK 8 LARD 5 HOGS Packing &shipping. 4 CATTLE Stockers 2 SHEEP Natives 2 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT No.2 red L'ORN Per bushel OATS Per bushel HOGS Mixed packing 4 CATTLE Stockers 4 SHEEP Common to choice 3 KANSAS CITY. WHEAT Per bushel L'ORX Per bushel OATS Per bushel CATTLE Feeders 2 HOGS Good to choice 4 BUEKP Common to good. . 4
