Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TKIBUKE.
F. HI. & E. m. KIMJIEMj , Pubs.
McCOOK , NEB.
OVER THE STATE.
THE SUICIDAL TtTATfJA.
Mrs. Hugh Thompson , who lives in the
ccond story ol tho building'occupied by
McCaffrey's saloon on the northeast cor-
er of Fifteenth and Douglas , had a very
Harrow escape from crossing the "dark
divide" yesterday moining. Shortly after
midnight a young girl darned Nellie , who
rooms in the same building , came into the
room and found Mrs. Thompson sitting up
in bed , having just swallowed some liquid
out of a glass. The girl asked Mrs. T. in
an astonished manner what she was drink
ing. That lady vouchsafed no reply , but
calmly commenced to swallow powder from
a small package which had been lying on
tho table. "That's arsenic , " she said , "and
I am going to die. " Tho young girl at once
sent for a doctor , and had an antidote of
iron given to the would-be suicide. In less
than half an hour the antidote acted
properly , and the woman's life was
saved. Yesterday she was still confined
to her bed , but the doctor considered her
out of danger.
Mrs. Thompson "refuses to say much
about her motives for attempting the act ,
though she insists that she still wants to
die. Her husband left her about a week
a'go , on account of alleged misconduct on
her part , and this has so worked her that
she made up her mind that life was no
longer worth living. She is a handsome
woman , about twenty-seven years old.
Thompson is employed as water inspector
for the water works company. [ Omaha
Bee.
Lincoln special to the Omaha Herald : A
young lady named Dora Johnson , nged 22
years , yesterday took morphine with the
intention of taking her lire , and has prob
ably accomplished her purpose. She has
T > een employed as a domestic in the family
of E. M. Streator for several years , and a
couple of years met a young man to whom
she became engaged. Of late tho young
man has been treating her coolly , and last
Wednesday evening at a party , he refused
to even recognize her. This preyed so
heavily upon her mind that she decided the
disappointments of life were too great for
her to bear , and she deliberately took the
poison. Mns. Dr. Lane is in attendance
and says there is no hope. Miss Johnson
was a girl that was highly respected by her
associates , and agaihst whom not a word
has ever been uttered. For prudent reas
ons the name of the young man is withheld
though he is a resident of Lincoln and em
ployed by one of the leading wholesale
grocers of the city. _
THE ItAXLROAD RUMORS.
Hailroad rumors are constantly agita
ting the circumambient air. Many of them
are based upon good grounds , but far the
greater portion are found to be idle gossip.
Among tho latest reports concerning tho
Union Pacific is one that the company is
preparing to surrender its main line to the
government under a foreclosure of the first
mortgage , in the event of such a step be
coming necessary. The proposed plan is to
run in another track from Valley station ,
which track would give them their own line
to Denver by way of Lincoln , thence to the
Kansas Pacific , which road they also oper
ate and own. By building a branch to tho
Oregon Short line at Granger they will then
have a through line to the coast of the Pa
cific. Thus they could let. the government
take the main line , on which the mortgages
are piled to such a heavy extent. In con
nection with the report a man about town
said yesterday : "I don't know but this
would be the best thing for the people and
all concerned. 1 am nob sure but it would
be an excellent thing thus having a line
across about half the continent nnd
under government control. It would
serve as a check upon the other
great lines of railroad to prevent
pooling and the placing of the rates of
tariff at so high a figure , The laternal
lines would serve as feeders to this road ,
and they would have an assurance of
equitable rates of transportation. Just
think of it. Such a line could be extended
across the remaining portion of the con
tinent to the cost of the Atlantic , and
when the necessity arose , as it surely would
if it doesn't now , the government could
place a check on all pools , extortionate
rates and such discriminations as now ex
ists against the city of Omaha. Just think
of that. Looks beautiful , eh ? Sucha , road
would have a two-fold capacity it W9tild
beasoul.ce of revenue to the government ,
and it would very much lighten the burdens
of the people. It may not be carried into
effect right away , but I shouldn't be sur
prised to see it done somp day , and I am
inclined to think it is within the bounds of
probability , and believe that it is some
thing that'will be adopted in the future. "
The general manager of the Union Pacific
is away at present , and could not , there
fore , be approached about the rumor.
Officers of the road could only smile and
shake their heads doubtfully. In all
human probability the rumor has little
foundation , but it is given for what it is
worth. [ Omaha Herald.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE 3IATTEP3.
AN insane man named Maxon , claiming
to be a physician , recently made four at
tempts to commit suicide at Beatrice. The
first time he used a pocket knife , then a
pair of scissors , next a lead pencil , and
finally tried hanging. His plans were frus
trated each time and he was nlaced in iail.
THERE are nearly six thousand teachen
in Nebraska , of which four.thousand belong
to the feminine gender.
THE G. A. R. post of York is preparing to
hold a fair. The object is to raise money
to build a G. A. R. hall.
IT is reported that the headquarters ol
the "bridge and building department of the
Union Pacific road is to be removed from
Julesburg to Sidney.
THE Ancient Order of United Workmen
of Omaha and'Lincoln celebrated the nine
teenth anniversary of its establishment.
THE northern railroad project has again
quieted down in Omahn , and there are
some who seem to think the last has been
heard of it.
THE new hall of the G. A. R. at Grand
Island will be dedicated with a ball.
THE Union Pacific is grading a section of
road seventy-five miles long up the Wood
river from Kearney.
OVER 20,000 head of cattle have been
"rounded up" on the Omaha reservation
during the last week.
A MAN named Jardine , an Omaha book
keeper , while on his way home the other
nightwas attacked by sluggers , but he
stood them off in good shape and they se
cured no booty.
OAKLAND special : Poke Hampton , of
Craig , who has been running a billiard hall
at that place , committed suicide Saturday
evening by shooting himself with a revolver.
Papers were out for his arrest for selling
intoxicating liquor without a license. He
would not be arrested by tho constable.
His place was surrounded with about fif
teen men armed , but Hampton held the
fort with a shotgun and revolver until
Sheriff Skinner arrived at 8 o'clock. See
ing the sheriff and a large crowd of men on
the outside , ho concluded to put an end to
his life. He was considered a desperate
man and leaves three children. News has
also reached here that the eldest son of
Hampton , who committed suicide at Craig ,
has had notice to leave inside of twenty-
four hours. It appears the boy has been
making some grave threats. He is only 17
years old.
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THE farmers of Adams county have de
cided to build a 550,000 elevator at Hast
ings on the St. Joseph track.
ABOUT Sidney the hills are full of the best
quality of building stone , and Messrs. Ket-
tenring & Crawford of Omaha , are contem
plating the opening of a quarry in that vi
cinity.
THE Union Pacific is having 500 freight
cars made in the shops of Indiannpolis and
Detroit.
LAND COMMISSIONER SCOTT , irho hns
been examining the new insane asylum at
Norfolk , reports the building a magnificent
structure.
A CHICAGO detective has been looking up
a convict in the Nebraska penitentiary
who is wanted for crooked work in the
cast.
cast.Mns.
Mns. THOMPSON , of Omaha , took a dose
of arsenic with the intention of getting rid
of her troubles , but the doctors saved her
life.
life.Two
Two Union Pacific conductors at Omaha
criticised the manner m which the road
was run. The next day they were given
their time , and new men appeared to take
their plac" * "
A THEATRIC. . f ' n recently went
to pieces in Falls Cit.jr.t. . ; , h9 members
of the companj * , including the two "stars , "
went to work in Waltmeyer's canning es
tablishment , tho leading heavy man ,
named Kelley , soldering cans , and his wife
peeling tomatoes.
DR. HART , the physician in charge of tho
wounded men brought into Lincoln from
the Burlington < fc Missouri construction
train wreck , reports all of them improving
with good prospects of their ultimate re
covery.
Tun Young Men's Christian association
of Nebraska met in annual convention in
Lincoln last week. The report of the state
work read by George A. Joplin of Omaha ,
was very full and complete. There are six
teen associations in the state , being an in
crease of one over last year , with a total
membership of 2,500 , being an increase of
about 500. After all bills being paid there
is still a surplus in the state treasury of
556. Several places are seeking to effect an
organization. Reports from local organiz
ations thus far reported were read , and
comprised Doane college , at Crete , Fair-
field , Hastings college , at Hastings , Lin
coln Boys' State university at ; Lincoln ,
Omaha , Santee agency at Valparaiso and
Nebraska City.
OMAHA capitalists areboring for gas ,
: oal , or anything that will pay to work.
A COMPLAINT has been filed with the rail
road commission by Mr. Philpot , of We ep-
ing Water , tothe effect that the Missouri
Pacific are charging exhorbitant rates on
live stock to Omaha. Ho claims he is
charged 519 per car while his competitors
pay but 515 per car.
THE Lancaster County Teachers' asso-
: iation will meet at Raymond Friday
Bvening , Nov. 22 and Saturday , the 23d.
CARL TISCHIN , a Lincoln 15-year-old boy ,
rms sent to the reform school by Judge
Parker , for whipping his mother severely.
IT has cost the Union Pacific railroad
something like $1,20'0 for hay that has
been burned in Colfax county.
KNIGHTS of the jimmy aro active in
Omaha. Several safes have recently been
burglarized.
THE U. S. internal revenue office of Ne
braska will soon pass into the hands of the
new collector.
A GANG of house burglars struck Omaha
last week and successfully went through
many residences.
THE Hoffman-Rosewater libel suit at
Lincoln ended by tho jury finding for the
plaintiff in the sum of 51,000. The case
will be appealed.
WORK has commenced on Omaha's new
hotel. It will be six stories , 132x132 ,
built in the most approved style. One
year will be required to complete the work.
THE Nebraska City board of trade has
two propositions from manufacturing firms
offering to remove to that city provided
sufficient inducement is given.
THE festive burglar is giving the Capital
City due attention. Last week they made
six successful entries , capturing over 5500
in money nnd goods , and only two arrests
were made.
THE Mechanics' insurance company of
Pennsylvania has complied with the insur
ance law of this state and received author
ity to do business.
THE other day Mrs. G. Anderson , of
Springfield , arrived in Omaha over the
Missouri Pacific road and went up town
to do some shopping. She soon discovered
that she had lost her pocketbook and
immediately returned to the depot , and
went through the car where a thorough
search was instituted , which resulted in
the discovery of the pocketbook , with its
contents intact , under one of the seats of
the car in which she had ridden.
GEORGE H. PARSONS , of Lincoln , who has
been engaged in the grocery business , has
absconded and the sheriff has taken pos
session of the stock under six or seven
attachments.
AN old man about GO years of age , was
badly injured near Malcom , Lancaster
county , by the passenger train from Grand
Island to Lincoln. He lay with his head
upon the track at a curve , and could not
be seen by the engineer in time to stop his
train. The left side of his head and his
back were badly hurt , but he was not
killed.
THE Union Pacific hired of theWabash
eight locomotives for thirty days to help
out on the rush of freight.
PASSENGERtrains will be run on the B. &
M.'s Ashland cut-off November 15.
THE young man who played an impor-
thant part in the suicide of Dora Johnson
at Lincoln is named Andrew Lorenson.
When he was called to the house after the
poor girl had taken tho fatal dose she re-
marked to him that it was his fault. He
seemed very penitent that his neglect
had caused the girl to take her life , but as
usual in such case , penitence came too
late.
late.A
A MAN named Monyhnn , from Blair ,
went to bed in the Metropolitan hotel at
Omaha the other night. Attention was at
tracted to the room the next morning by a
strong smell of gas , which issued from it.
The door was forced open , and the unfor
tunate man was found lying in bed , with
his face distorted and his lips covered with
foam. In a short timo life would have
been extinct. A young doctor , who boards
at the hotel , was summoned , and through
his efforts the stranger was brought to.
WASHINGTON county will soon vote on
the proposition to bond the county in the
sum of 530,000 with which to erect a new
court house.
PRAIRIE fires are still raging , and in some
portions of the state are causing consider
able damage.
THC Methodist church of Nebraska has
appointed a committee of twenty to locate
tho M. E. university.
DR. LOWMAN ; a pioneer of Hastings , died
a few days ago. Heart disease was his
malady.
THE Nebraska Tract society will remove
its headquarters to Lincoln.
THE Knights of Labor of Hastings are
making extensive preparations for their an
nual dance.
OTTO RASMUSSEN of Lincoln , was found
dead in his room in that citvlast week.
JACK HANLEY , a sporting man who has
been in the penitentiary the past few years ,
has served out his time and been released.
MICHAEL DAVHT , the Irish agitator , gave
a lecture in Omaha last week.
TOM CARNAHAN , the colored member of
the Lincoln police force , has been treated
to a genuine surprise by the arrival of his
brother from Texas , whom he lias not
heard from in twenty years. Before the
war Tom and his brother were slave chil
dren in Arkansas and were separated by
the war. Tom drifted to the north and
his brother to Texas. A short time ago a
letter from the latter place informed Tom
that his brother was alive and well and
the reunion was agreed upon and carried
out.
THE Union Pacific excursion train ( § GO
for the round trip ) pulled out of Omaha
last week with twelve well filled cars.
THE city council of Fairmont has ac
cepted the water works for 56,500. They
estimate tho difference between this and
the contract price , which was 58,900 , will
be sufficient to make the well of the capac
ity specified 250 gallons per hour.
THE sporting friends of Jack Hanley , the
pugilist recently released from the peniten
tiary , arc going to give him a benefit at
Omaha at an early day.
DR. BUCKNER , of Polk county , arrested
for selling liquor without license , plead
euilty and was fined 5125 and costs.
A HORSE thief being brought to Nebraska
from Chicago jumped through the window
of the car while passing through Iowa. He
was recaptured and is now confined in the
jail of Douclas county.
Mrs. Al Prehm , of Indianola , fell down a
steep flight of stairs in the jail of that place ,
receiving quite serious iniuries.
THE Grand Islandcreamery is doing a
flourishing business. Tho orders for its
product are so numerous that it is impos
sible to supply the demand.
D. L. CRAMER , at Ewing , has failed , with
59,000 liabilities and 52,000 assets.
A NEW no.v hotel is to take the place of
the one recently destroyed by fire at Nor
folk.
folk.A
A NEARLY fatal accident occurred afc
North Bend recently. A man named Vav-
ra had boon out hunting and had left his
loaded gun at J. Rada's house. The wea
pon was discharged by Rada's boy , a little
fellow about 7 years of nge , mutilating the
face of Mr. Becan's little ( laughter , 4 years
old , in a frightful manner. The right
cheek was terribly lacerated and the eye is
likely to be destroyed.
A MAN who save his name asV. . B. Max-
son , attempted suicide at Gage county
hist week , using a knife for the purpose.
He is thought to be insane and will be sent
to the asylum.
THERE are thirty students attending the
academy at Homer.
A PETITION has been forwarded asking for
the establishment of apostolficeat Wellner
Bros' , place on Wild llorse draw , nineteen
miles north of Sidney , with Gus Wellner as
postmaster.
THE Omaha Bee says : The fact that the
present postoffice building is inadequate to
the demands for room made it by the in
ternal revenue , judicial and postal officials ,
has.frequently been adverted to in these
columns. So much so , indeed , thatalthough
steps haA'o been taken to remedy the defects ,
the latter are of such a nature as to require
the matter to'bo brought through the secre
tary of the treasury to the attention of
congress. Before the close of the present
year , the heads of the respective depart
ments of the governmental service , now
occupying the building , will make a de
tailed report of the condition of his quar
ters , number of his employes , tho business
transacted , the limited nature of the space
allotted to him , and the needs in the way
of enlargement of his working rooms. This
will be given Senator Manderson. who will
present it to the secretary of the treasury
whose duty it will be to either recommend
or oppose the suggestions.
COMPTROLLER MAYA'ARD'S REPORT.
Second Comptroller Maynard has made
his annual report to the secretary of the
secretary of the treasury , from which it
appears that during the fiscal year ended
June 30 , 18SG , ho settled accounts , claims
and cases to tho number of 50S2S. involv
ing the sum of 5225,310 , being an increase
of 36 per cent over the number of claims
and accounts adjusted during the previous
fiscal year and an increase of 5105,146-
162 , or over 87J | per cent in the amount o !
accounts and claims adjusted. The large
increase in the amount of the accounts ad
justed , he says , is the result of an effort to
dispose of the unfinished work in tho ad
justment of the accounts of disbursing
officers which had accumulated in previous
years , and mainly those of army paj'mas-
ters and pension agents.
A. CALAMITY TN TFISCOJfSIir.
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An Accident on t/te Sail Resulting in Great
lass of Ztffe *
Portage ( Wis. ; dpecial : Last night soon
after midnight the west-bound
- limited ex
press was ditched at East Rio Sio Siding , a
small station about thirteen miles east o
this city on the main line of the Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. There are
two side tracks at the place and at the
time the train was due there last nigh )
both were occupied by freights ; one by a
wild train and the other by train No. 14 ,
Conductor H. P. Hankey , of this city ,
which had-just pulled in from the west to
allow the limited to pass. No. 14 was very
long and the conductor was at the head ol
the train , relying upon the bralceman to ,
attend to the switch. One report says the
rear brakemnn , whose business it was to
close the switch after the train , for some
reason neglected altogether to do so. Tho
other and more probable story is that he
started back to close the switch , but before
ho could reach it the limited , which does
not stop at any except large places , came
tearing down grade at fifty miles an hour
and left the rails at tho open switch. Sid
ney is in a cut where the road curves so
that the switch light can not be seen from
the east until tho train is within a
few rods , so the engineer of the lim
ited could not see the switch light
turned wrong until too late to stop. The
engine left the track , ran a short distance ,
and brought up against the bank. The
regular coaches followed , while four sleep-
eis kept the rails. The engine and cars
that went off were badly smashed and
took fire from the stoves. Engineer Little
and Fireman Ejran were badly bruised and
scalded. The baggageman had a leg broken.
All passengers in the sleepers got out unin-
juredexcept being slightly bruised , but in
one day-conch thirteen were penned and
literally burned to death. Many others
were injured by a severe shaking up. The
names of the victims are not yet known
here. The whole train , with the exception
of one sleeper , was burned up. Supt. Col-
liows was on tho casthonnd passenger
train No. 2 , which was waiting at the
station , four miles this side of the wreck ,
for tho limited , and was soon on the scene.
The wrecking train , with surgeons went
from this city , and did all possible to
alleviate the suffering and save life. No. 2
was obliged to back up to this city and
went over the Northwestern via Harrison ,
Beaver Dam and Fox Lake , the same route
being used by trains to-day. The wreck is
not yet cleared. Conductor .Hunton , of
the freight train , on whom the responsibil
ity of the disaster rests , took to the woods
in despair , leaving his train. He has
always been a most cnreu.il and efficient
man , much trusted by the company. It
was the ino'st horrible and sickening spec
tacle , the roasting people making the.night
hideous with their yells , while tho bystand
ers ere unable to render assistance. It
was the worst wreck ever known in the
northwest.
An evening dispatch from Rio says :
Twelve or thirteen personsuere in the day
coach. A woman whose home is in Wino-
na handed her two children out of a win
dow and was burned to death in the car.
Louis Brinker and Ernil Watcrsdorf , of
Columbus , Wis. , are among the dead. The
names and residences of the others cannot
be learned. The burning of the baggage
obliterates the only clue to the identity of
the occupants of the burned car , and it
may never be known to a certainty how
many perished in the wreck.
Among the passengers were Rosina John
her and the latter's
son , daughter-in-law ,
two children. The two brave women , es
pecially the brave mother , succeeded by al
most superhuman efforts in pushing the
little ones through a window to the out-
aide , and then she perished in the flames.
The loving mother sacrificed her life for her
children.
The two Scherer children , of Winona , are
the only ones in the day car known to
have been saved. The rest , upwards of
twenty in all. not only perished , but most
of them will never be identified.
St. Paul dispatch : Several passengers
[ rom the train wrecked near Rio this morn
ing arrived here to-night. Among the num
ber was Bishop Whipple and his wife , of
Fairbault. The bishop describes the scene
as one of the most terrible lie lias ever
seen. "I was asleep at the time , " said he ,
"and was awakened by three slight jerks
after which the train ran a short distance ,
and then slowly stopped. A second later
a chorus of Ohs ! were heard and wo knew
something terrible had occurred. Stepping
from the car wo saw the passenger coaches
taking fire ; the coaches were seemingly all
piled up together , and the passenger coach ,
liowever , was most badly wrecked. It had
been crushed in at the bottom and bulged
out at the top. It was telescoped a few
feet at each end , and when we cot to it
wo noticed it had caught fire. This was
in less than a moment. We hastened to
the car , which seemed to contain twenty
or twenty-five persons ; of that number
only one man escaped by getting out of the
top of the car. The others seemed dazed
or else they were wedged in so that they
could not get out. One woman , Mrs.
Scherer , of Winona , hung partially out of
a window ; she had two little children. I
; ot hold of one and Mr. McGuinne , of DCS
Moines , tho other , and then we tried to
; et the woman out but her feet were caught.
Before we could do anything the flames
caught her clothes and she was burned to
a cinder. After the first expression of pain
no sound came from the coach , and in fif
teen minutes tho coach and its entire
[ reight had burned to ashes. None of those
in the three sleepers were injured. The en-
; ineer saw the open switch , but heroically
stood at the throttle expecting death. He
was very badly injured , but directed affairs ,
until all was over , when he dropped and
liad to be carried off by some men.
LATER. Though a mass of bruises and
confined to his bed , Conductor Searle , of
the ill-fated train that was wrecked and
destroyed at Rio , was better to-day. He
will recover. This afternoon he talked
freely. What he recalls of tho passengers
in the coach whose occupants were cremated
is important , as having a bearing in estab
lishing the minimum number killed and
aiding to fix their identity. He remembers
and can describe seventeen people , and
knows that there were more in the coach ,
so that it is evident that the fatality must
liave been at least twenty , nnd probably
more. Among those whom he describes
are Mrs. C. Sherer , of Winona , her children
and her mother-in-law , Mrs. R. Jones ; two
sisters of charity , bound for Winona ; Louis
Brinker and Emil Waltersdorff. of Colum
bus , Wis. ; two women who got on at Chi
cago , one with a child ; Ginrles Smith , who
escaped ; an unknown man of about 40 ,
who boarded the train at Watertown and
who was bound for Mansion , Wis. ; a man
with a ticket for Stillwater , Minn. ; three
loggers ticketed forVansau , probably to
go to work in the pineries. This
list does not include a novitiate who ac
companied the Catholic sisters , nor Walter
Scott , J.T.Lincoln , Mrs. C. M. Maher of
Rock Island , Commercial Traveler Diddle ,
or Mrs. Lowry of Milwaukee. The latter is
probably a mistake , as no such person is
known here. There is little doubt that the
three pinery men , whose presence .on the
car Conductor Searle recalled to-duy for
the first time , perished. He had left them
but a few minutes before they curled up
asleep in their seats. The identity of the
Catholic sisters was fully established to
day. Mother Alexia , superior of tho con
vent at Winona , Minn. , was not one of
them , as at first reported. The victims
were members of her convent , however.
One was Sister Alphonz , assistant to
Mother Alexia , a'nd well known in Catholic
circles throughout the northwest. Another
was Sister Dionesia. They were accompan
ied by Albortine Schmidt of New Castle ,
Wis. , who was a candidate for orders.
A Portage dispatch says : Tho work of
identifying the dead is progressing slowly.
The body of the nmn whose legs and arms
had been burned off and whose distorted
face bore evidence of the terrible agony ho
had suffered , was identified as that of Louis
Brinker. The body of Emil Waltersdorf
was found under a pile of rods and trusses.
His head was burned to a cinder , and every
particle of clothing had been destroyed.
The remains were identified by a ring found
on his finger. The bodies of Sisters Al
phonz and Dionesia were found close to
gether. One was' in a kneeling posture ,
with her hands clasped as though death
overtook her while in prayer. The body of
a man who is supposed to be Walter Scott
was removed from under ase.it. His name
was written on his collar , which , strange to
say , had not been touched by the flame.
As fast as the bodies were removed they
were taken to the village of Rio , where Cor
oner Allen and the district attorney had
summoned a jury preparatory to holding
an inquest. * After the bodies had been re
moved from the wreck search was made for
artirh-s that had been worn or carried by
the victims , that might be of service to
show who had perished. A hat full of
these ghastly relics were picked up.
EXT JTJAAXD IFOJIE.Y.
The late Mrs. Ann S. Stephens was the
first woman to send a message by cable.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts advises
young men who wish to economize to get
married.
Gen. Adam Badeau is described as a mid
dle ngcd man , heavy set and cmick eyed.
He hns gone into literature.
Queen Victoria is still a woman. It is
said that she is enthusiastic over the anti
cipation of the coming of a brand new royal
baby.
Harriet Beecher Stowe denies the impu
tation that her health is shattered. Sho
declares that she needs only rest to put
her on her feet again , Respite her 75
years.
Tho New England woman who invented
forty-seven kinds of pickles and published
a cook book , has committed suicide. Re
morse and dyspepsia has led her to self-de
struction.
Mrs. Leland Stanford is a woman of
wide-spread philanthrophy. One of her
latest benefactions is the establishment of
a night school for the jockeys employed on
the senator's ranches and race stables.
She has also four large kindergartens in op
eration in California.
Dr. Catling , the gun man , lives the life ol
a recluse near Hartford , Conn. He is en
tirely absorbed in designs and experiments.
Secretary Manning's Albany mansion has
been renred to Mr. Wolverton , a contrac
tor , and the secretary will spend the winter
in Washington.
In Washington township there recently
died Miss Polly Gehris , at the age of 84 ,
who had always prided herself on being a
manly sort of a woman. She hired out to
the farmers to work in the field , and could
always do a man's work. She smoked a
pipe and chewed tobacco for over fifty
years and boasted that she never had a
beau and that no man ever lived that
dared ask her to marry him. We should
rather think not. Steel armor is not tho
modern man's every day costume.
Princess Metternich of Vienna , is de
scribed by a Paris correspondentas "of or
dinary beauty , but supremely charming ,
elegant , witty , original , and steadfast in
lier love and her hate. " Previons to the
downfall of the empire she lived in Paris
'or some years , in the Rue de Varenne , but
could never be induced to'return there since
1870.
SOME WASHIXGTOX GOSSIP.
Third Auditor Williams' report , sent to
the secretary .of the treasury , shows the
total number of claims , accounts and cases
settled and disposed of during the fiscal
year ending June 30 , 1886 , was 11,636 , in
volving 5159,401,824. During the preced
ing fiscal year their number was 8,910 , in
volving § 91.378,605. An increase of 53
per cent is thus shown over 1884-5 in the
number of claims , etc. , disposed of and
about 74 per cent in the money involved.
From the annual report of the second
assistant postmaster-general , A. Leo
Knott , it appears that the annual rate of
expenditure for railroad transportation on
the 30th of June , 1886 , was 515.52.191 ,
as against 514,758,495 on the 30th ol
June , 1883. The estimates for next year
are $15.867,962 , being an increase of only
5272,530 over the appropriation for the
current year.
The secretary of state made another
effort on the 28th to secure further reprieve
ior R."E. Sproule , condemned to be hanged
at Victoria , B. C. for murder. No reply
was received , and it is presumed the Can
adian authorities , who postponed execu
tion three times upon request of the de
partment of state , will not show further
leniency.
Secretary Manning resumed active con
trol of the treasury department on the
28th and Fairchild will be relieved of his
duties as acting secretary , which office he
! ins held from the time Manning was taken
sick up to date. Orders have been issued
to have the treasury mail prepared for the
signature of Manning.
CHRISTIANS SLAUGHTERED.
London dispatch : Details have been re-
neived of the massacre of the native chris-
tians of Uganda , Africa , by order of King
Mwanda. The massacre began in June ,
nnd was directly due to tho refusal of a
Christian lad , acting as the king's page , to
commit an abominable crime. Many
Christians were tortured , mutilated and
speared , and thirty-two were burnt alive
together. The appeals of the missionaries
'or a cessation of the atrocities were un-
availing. The fate of these unfortunates
lid not. seem to frighten candidates for
aaptism , nnd within a week after the mas
sacre many natives were baptized at theh
own desire. Leaflets containing hymns ib
ihe Uganda language are freely bought by
the people , although their possession in
volves the danger of punishment. The diary
of Bishop Hannington , who was put to
death by the king , will soon be published
in London. It is a thrilling and pathetic
larrative of his experience in Uganada up
to the da } of his death.
AXKIXS OTHE UfDIAXS.
tie Halies His Annual Report of lite Work of
the Jitti-enit.
The annual report of Gen. Atkins , com
missioner of Indian affairs has beem sub
mitted to tho secretary of the interior. At
the outset the commissioner refers to and
notes unmistakable evidence of the pro
gress made Dy many Indian tribes during
the last twelve months.
"Tho excellent temper , subordination
and general tranquilitylrich , with two or
three exceptions , hns everywhere prevailed
among tho red men is of itself a most
auspicious omen of progress , " says the re- ,
port. "The active inquiry among many
of the tribes for further knowledge of the
art of agriculture , the growing desire to
take lands in severnlti" , the urgent demand
for agricultural implements with modern
improvements , tho largely increased acre
age of the Indians have put to tillage ex
ceeding that of any preceding year , the un
precedented increase in the number of In
dian children who have been enrolled in
schools these and many other facts fully
establish tho claim that during tho last
year the Indian race has taken a. firmer
step and a grander stride in tho great
march toward civilization than ever before
in the same length of time. Another j-ear's
experience and practical trial of this
'humanitarian and peace 83-stom' only
adds cumulative testimony to Hie super
iority of its methods of Indian civilization
over any other ever yet triod , and all this
progress has been made without corre
sponding increase in expenditures. "
The commissioner devotes considerable
space to the condition of the live civilized
tribes and'the influence of their example
upon the semi-civilized and savago tribes.
He strongly recommends a division of the
lands in those nations in severally , equally
among the population , so that members of
these tribes who now stand mutely by and
see members of their o 'n race occupy and
cultivate their lands and pocket the pro
ceeds , may be put in actual po sessioii of
that which belongs to them. This reform ,
he advises our red brothers in those terri
tories to hringabout themselves bypassing
just hius for the division of hinds in sever
ally , allowing to each member of the tribe
his own birthright. He nlso urges a change
in their present form of government , re
placing it with a regnlarly-organi/ed terri
torial form of government , to be admitted
at some future time as a statein tlieunion.
There la , he says , a rapidly growing senti
ment in favor of such a change , and the
sooner it becomes universal the better for
all concerned. .
Commissioner Atkius presents a number
of facts and suggestions in the way of'agu-
inent against throwing open Oklahoma ,
surrounded as it is by Indians on three
sies ! , to white settlement. He urges the
passage of the general allotment bill , which
passed the senate at the last session and
was favorably reported in the house , as to
Indians' education. He urges a continu
ance of government support to all of the
different kinds of school nunin operation.
The commissioner repeats his recommenda
tion of last year for an appropriation to
enable him to take a census of the Indians ,
believing that a new census would show a
decrease in Indians below the number now
claimed throughout the country , at least
at several of the agencies , and would ulti
mately result in great saving in thcamount
of rations now issued at these agencies.
Farming by Indians , leases of lands , In
dian police , court of Indian offenses and
Indian trade , sanitary condition of the In
dians and other questions affecting the
government of the Indians and relating to
their interests are all treated carefully and
exhaustively by the commissioner.
PREPARING FOR COXGRESS.
Washington special : Preparations aro
already being begun at the capital for the
session of congress this winter. The send
ing out of invitations to members of the
house committee on appropriations to
meet on the first of the last week in next
month to work upon appropriations , so as
to have the most cumbersome bills ready
to report at the beginning of the session in
December , was the first thing done toward
the preparations. The document rooms
having been well cleared of the matter
stored in them , will be put in condition for
the new supplies. The committeerooms
are being finished up wherever repairs were
begun , and mail is coming in already for
some of the statesmen who expect tore-
turn here at the close of their campaign.
It is intended that more generai legislation
sha'l be enacted during the three months
of this session than the eight months of
last session.
RIOTERS ItlSL'JSRSElt H1T11 J1.1TO\ETS.
LONDON , Oct. 2.1 The crofters or Kilmuir ,
Isle of Skye , attacked a force of police who
were assisting tle sheriff to make evictions
and the military had to be called. It was
necessary to charire the crofters withbaxonets
before they were dispersed. Several of them
were wounded and six were killed.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 5
UAKLEY No. 2 3i
RYE-NO. 2 3.
Conx No. 2 mixed 1 !
OATS No. 2 1 = i
BUTTER Choice table 21
BUTTER Fair to good 1 !
EGGS Fresh 1'
CHICKENS Old per doz 2 2i
CHICKENS Spring per doz. . . 2 0 (
LEMONS Choice , perbox. . . S 5 (
ORANOKS Per box G 0 (
APPLES Choiceperbbl 2 f (
BEANS Navys , per bu 1 4 (
ONIONS Per bmhel 1 01
POTATOES Per bushel 51
HONEY Neb. choice , perlb. . 1
WOOL Fine , per Ib II
SEEDS Timothy 2 2 (
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 3 (
HAY Baled , per ton 6 3 (
HAY In bulk C Of
HOGS Mixed packing 3 7 ;
BEEVES Choice steers 4 0 (
SHEEP Fair to good 2 7 ;
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red 84
WHEAT Ungraded red 7J
CORN No. 2 4J
OATS Mixed western 3J
PORK 11 50 (
LARD G 05 610
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Winter 4 05
FLOOR Patents 4 30
WHEAT Perbushel 74
? ORN Per bushel 3GJ
[ ) ATS Per bushel 24'
PORK 8 85'
LARD . 5 85
Hoes Packing ttshipping. 4 00
DATTLE Stockers 2 00
SHEEP Natives 2 00
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 cash 74
CtoRN Perbushel J
OATS Per bushel 26
HOGS Mixed packing 4 10
CATTLE Stockers 275
SHEEP Common to choice 3 00
KANSAS CITY.
r Perbushel 62 @
N Perbushel 30 @
DATS Per bushel 24J
BATTLE Feeders 2 80
HOGS Good to choice 3 85
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 75