Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TRIBUNE.
F. M. & E. Itl. KIMOTEM , Pubs.
McOOOK , NEB ,
OVER THE STATE.
THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE.
LINCOLN , Jan. 10. HOUSE. The follow
ing committees were appointed : Judicinr ;
Russell , Bowman , Slater , Andrews , M <
Canaughey , Sullivan. Agee , Cnldwcll
Smythc. Finance , Ways and Means-
Nicol , Raymond. Latta. llarrett. Heimrod
Dempster , Newcomer , White , Peters , Me
Grew , Thornton. Agriculture Ballard
Wilson , Abrahamson , Cameron , Fen toe
ITuclis , Giimore. Roads and Bridces-
Aken , Fox , Tingle. Dickinson , Fuchs , Bent
ley , Tyson. Militia Sweet , Cole , Baird
Yutzy , Carver. Alexander , Satchel , Ward
lau , Norrin. Public Lands and Buildings-
Caldwell. Andrews , McCanaughey , Ward lav
Wilsey. Tyson. Diller , Bailey , Young , Eislej
Leisveld. Internal Improvements Norrh
Ellis , Eggh'ston. Green , Gamble , Wilhelm
Ben , Roper. Federal Relations BaSlej
Thirty-fourth distr.ct ; Eisley. Thornton
Wolenweber , Keiper , Swnb. Enprossci
and Enrolled Bills Jeary , Pemberton
Benlley , Swab , Aiken.JTorrirt , Lord , Brown
Tyson. Accounts and Expenditures Agee
Wilson , Andrews , Peters , Leisveld , Popei
Craig , Hnyden. Cole. Constitntiona
Amendments Slater , Cope , Tracy , Me
Caimnghey , Abrahamson , E lis , Thirty
fourth district. C unty Boundaries
County Seats , and Township Organize
tipn Sullivan , Crane , Slater , Haydon
Jlicf , Thornton , Kenney. Lord , B'aird
Railroads Whitmore. Watson , Shamp
Ballard , Miller , Agc < , Camveon , Bowman
McCann , Gilmore. Barrett.rirrison , New
ton , Wetherald. Bick. Committtce on Priv
ilegcs and Elections Eisley. Cope , Kenney
Lord , Veuch , Marshall. Diller. Newton , Gil
more , Russell , Wright. Committceon Stati
Penitcntinv-y Bowman , Sharp , Nichol
Simms. Andres , Randall , Sweet. Blind
Deaf , Dumb and Insane Asylums Cole
Gafford. Mutthieson , Keiper : Ballard , Over
ton , Leisveld. Corporations Miller , Min
nix. Green , Wright , Pemberton. Watson
Heimrod. Library Yutsey , Fuller. Knox
Dickinson , McKennn , Marshall , McGrew ,
Citiesand Towns Smythc , Raymond , Ellis ,
Craig , Ewing , Young , Minnix. Banks and
Currency Newcomer , Ran-dall. Alexander
Overtoil , Harrison , McGrcw , Hayden
Common Schools Fuller * Overtoil. Gam
. ble , Jlorst , Jeary , Cameron. University
and Normal Schools Dempster , Cannon
White , Alexander , Knox , Whit more. Wil
eey , Dillcr , Green. Public Printing Ewing
Kenney , Hprst , Aikcn , Brown , Dempster
Frautz. Mines and Minerals Cope , Rief
Nichol. McCann , Wilson , Crane , Fuller. Im
migration Shaup , Brown , Cameron , Me
Kenna , Babcock , Bailey. Fusch , Simanek
Woleuiveber , Diller. Manufacture and Com
merce Wetherald , Bentley. Simanek. Mat-
thewson , Tingle , Frautz , Shamp. School
Lands Wilsey , Babcock , Knox , Egglerton
Satchel , Underbill. Tingle. Randall Mat-
Wu . neons Snbjecrs McCau-
aughe.v , Simms , Turner , Wilhelmser , Fen-
ton , Fox , Gofford. Ga.ims 'Wilson , Miller ,
Dickenson. Garvey , Crig , Minnix , White.
Abrahamson , Raymond. Live Stock and
Grazing Barrett , Frantz , Fox , Underbill ,
JSggleston , Simms , Wetherald , Latta. Rief.
Rules Dempster , Newcomber , Sullivan ,
Watson , Smythc , Horst , Mr. Speaker ,
llevenueand Taxation Cannuti , Randall ,
Peters. Yntzy , Turner , Roper , Satchel ,
Heimrod , Kiefer. Labor MarHhal , Andres ,
Underbill , Thirty-fourth district ; Tracy ,
Gofford , Bayard , Pick , Garvey , Pember
ton , Yeach , Russell , Wardlow. Apportion
ments McCann , Babcock , Jeary , Gamble ,
Whitmore , Newton , Caldwell , Sweet , Fen-
ton , Turner , Bick , Newcomer , Latta.
LINCOLN , Jan. 11. SENATE. Resolution
by Colby That the matter of the contests
of the seats of Senator C. A. Holmes , of
Johnson county , and of J. K , Yandeinark ,
ol Saunders county , be referred to the
standing committee on privileges and elec
tions , with instructions to report at the
earliest possible moment. Adopted. By
Casper A bill for 'an act to establish
freight rates on railroads in Nebraska , fix
maximum rate charges for transportation
tbereon to prevent discrimination between
persons and places , and to provide penal
ties for the violation thereof. By Keckley
A bill for an act to prohibit grain deal
ers , partnership companies , corporations
I or associations from combining or entering
IP into any agreements or contracts to pool
P or fix the price to be paid for-grain , hogs or
l cattle , or stock ol any kind.
LINCOLN , Jan. 11. HOUSE. A large num
ber of bills were introduced among others
for an act to provide for loaning money
lying idle in the treasury of the several
counties in the state. Cole offered the fol
lowing : That our members in congress be
i requcbted to be at their posts in the senate
and house for the purpose of voting on the
Cullom-Rcagan bill , should it come up.
Tabled. By Pieice A bill for an act to
amend Section 2 and 4 , of Article 5 , of .in
net entitled , "An act lo fix a maximum
standard of freight charges on railroads ,
and to prevent unjust discrimination
therein or secret rates , rebates or"draw-
backs. " Hayd i offered Ihe following : That
"the representatives of Nebraskain congress
be instructed by the house to use all means
in their power to secure the passage of the
Cnllom-Rcagan inter-state commerce bill.
LINCOLN , Jan. 12. SENATE. Tho com
mittee on printing the governor's message
reported in favor of G.OOOcopies in English ,
3,000 in German , 1,500 in Bohemian ,
1.500 in Swedish , and 1,200 in Danish.
Among bills introduced were : Memorial
and joint resolution urging upon congress
the submission of an amendment to the
constitution of the United States providing
for the election of United States senators
by a direct vote of the people. To incor
porate cities of the first-class havinga pop
ulation not less than 60,000 and more
than 25.000. To provide for the sinking
of test wells in the state for the discovery
of salt and other minerals. To prohibit
the maintenance of'willow or other hedge
row over three and a half feet high within
100 feet of a public highway.
LINCOLN , Jan. 12. HOUSE. The speaker
' announced the . following increase of com
mittees and new committees as authorized
by the resolutions of the house : Additional
members of tho apportionment committee ,
Watson and Wetherald ; of the public lands
nnci buildings committee , Harrison and
Minnix ; of the claims committee * Shnamck
and Slater ; of the lunatic asylum commit
tee , Fox and Andres ; of revenue and taxa
tion committee , Diller and Knox ; ol public
printing , Barrett and Schwab ; the new
committee on asylums , Gafford , McGrew ,
McKinney , Cole. Wilson , Young , Green.
Whitmore and Tracey. A large number
of new bills were introduced ; others were
placed upon second reading and referred to
appropriate oommittees.
LINCOLN , Jan. 13. SENATE. Walt Seely ,
secretary ol the senate , asked for an in
vestigation of the charges made by the
Dakota City Argus , that ho was in pos
session of documents showing that Van
Wyck paid $2,500 for a vote in the legis
lature which elected him six years ago.
Senators Lininger , Lindeey , Wright. Snell
' and Sprick were appointed a special com
mittee on such investigation. Senator
Colby , from the committee on judiciary ,
reported back the following bills : To pro-
vide for attorneys' fees in certain cases , re
commending its passage ; to amend the codi
of civil procedure , recommending-passai-e
to prohibit non-resident aliens from acquir
ing and holding real estate in Nebraska , re
commended to the committee of the whole
to amend statutes entitled "Notary Pub
lies" recommending its passage ; to rcpea
tho statutes entitled "Divorce and Ali
"Inony.
LINCOLN , Jan 13. HOUSE. In the King-
Fisher contest case Mr. King was given the
Bent. A memorial to congress was offeree
by Horst , as follows : Whereas , It is th <
sense of this house Hint existing circuit ]
stances demand the election of a United
Slates senator by the people , the house o' '
representatives of the state of Nekraska re
spectfully petition your honorable body te
submit an amendment to tho constitution
of the United States , providing for tin
1 election of United States senators by a di-
I recb vole of the people. Dills were intro
duced to create an immigration bureau foi
the state of Nebraska , and to provide for
defraying the expense thereof from Febru
ary 17 , 1877 , to February 15 , 188'J , tci
apportion the state into judicial districts
and for the apportionment and election ol
judges therefor.
LINCOI.X. Jan. 14. SENATE. Kills were
introduced : To appoint the Blate treas
urer bank examiner of the state , and to fix
the charge of each bank examined at $15.
To redistrict the state for senatorial repre
sentation. To prevent fraudulent manip
ulation of election tickets. A few bills were
read tho second time und referred to the
committee. The special committee , to
whom was referred the communication ol
Senator Van Wyck , reported that Walt M.
Seefey stated under oath that the news
paper statement concerning him was un
true , lie hud never made such statement
as therein charged , und had no documents
in his possession as intimated. Mr. Lin-
ingcr , therefore , as chairman of the com
mittee , moved the adoption of the report
and discharge of the couimitree , which was
carried.
I LINCOLN.Tan. . 14. llousn. The com
mittee on privileges and elections reported
favorably to seating T. A. Truesdell m
place of Roper , of Tfca-yor county. Bills
were introduced : To prevent tho negotia
tion of bonds held by the stale as a per
manent school fund in case of loss by theft
or otherwise. To provide for warming rail
road coaches by use of steam. To provid e
for tliu appointment of a board of com
mipsioncrs of public charities and definin ;
their duties and power. To provide for al
public bridges that 'cost over $5,000 bein ; ,
state bridges and to provide for the care
and paying for the same. To amend chap
ter1. . nf the compiled statutes of 3885 en
titled "Insurance Companies" and to pre
vent the insertion of any claims in any
policy issued for fire insurance that allow
such companies to pay a less sum than ii
specified in the i oliry in case of a tola
loss and to provide for a penalty for the
violation thereof.
MISCELLANEOUS BTATJS MATTERS.
A NEW Methodist Episcopal society has
been organized at West Beatrice.
Tnc gross earnings of all the railroads in
the state for the last year make a total o
§ 15.720,747.93 , an increase over 1SS3 of
§ 1,571,420.15.
AMONG the pages ol the Nebraska lower
bouse are three girls.
AT the recent public installation of offi
cers of Farragut Post , G. A. R. , Lincoln ,
Gov. Thayer delivered an address.
THE Masonic fraternity of Fremont has
invested in land on which to build a com-
modius lodge.
* TTE Methodist church at Madison has
oeen thoroughly overhauled and is iiow
"good as new. "
MEMoniAL services in respect to the
memory of the late Senator Logan were
given by the Madison G. A. R. post on Sun
day last.
THE fact has just been discovered tliat
the B. & M. company propose to do con
siderable railroad building in the vicinity
of Omaha next summer. They have now
completed two surveys for two short lines ,
one of which runs from South Omaha to
the Gilmore feed yards , and the other to
their river road from the stock yards.
THE improvements in Fairbury the past
year foot up nearly ? 100,000.
WAYNE'S improvements for the pastyear
amounted to $02.000.
A FIOIIT between an Omaha hackman and
a policeman on theOth inst. resulted in the
officer losing his nose by the teeth of his
assailant , after which tho officer landed his
man in the calaboose in triumph. lie pro
poses to prosecute the belligerent "or
mayhem.
THE following is garden Nobes' resigna
tion to Governor'Thayer , tendered him
January 10.1SS7 : To his excellency John
M. Thayer , Governor of Nebraska : Dear
Sir I have the honor to tender you my
resignation as warden of the state peniten
tiary. Wishing your administration suc
cess , I am very respectfully yours , C. J.
Nobes.
THE husband Of the brainy Mrs. Colby ,
Df Gage , says the Fremont Tribune , "fired
ten bills into tlu pcnate one shot , and that
body immediately adjourned for three days
to recover from the shock. "
RESOLUTIONS on the death of Gen. George
VI. O'Brien were passed by the bar of the
dnited States district court at Lincoln and
iloquent and affecting remarks were made
jy F. M. Marquett , Pat O'Hawcs and
Fudge Morris , of Crete.
THE regular annual meeting of the Ne-
Draska State Historical society was held in
; he university chapel at Lincoln on the
Llth. Four hundred dollars worth of
jooks have been added the past year. The
-reasurer reports a balance of § 1,34.5.87
n the treasury.
FRED WITTE , the German , who got so
; loriously full of Oakland's beverage a
nonth-agp and laid out on tho prairie for
jightcen hours and froze himself , is still
ingering. Dr. Thompson , of West Point ,
vas called in consultation with Dr. Leeper
ind both came to the conclusion that both
lands and one foot would have to be am
putated.
PLATTSMOUTH records 157 marriages the
last year.
A BILL has been introduced in the legis-
atnre providing for the location , erection
ind maintenance of a new state normal
ichool at Broken Bow. and appropriating
520,000 therefor. Custer county , of which
3roken Bow is the capital , 'Is the banner
: ounty of the state in be number of its or-
; anized school districts , it having at pres-
snt 15G school districts with 5.200 school
ihildren. With all the necessities thus pre-
lented yet thero is not even a high school
) fany nature within 100 miles of the
: own where the location of this new normal
s contemplated.
SKVEIU.L seven story business structures
irill bo erected in Omaha during 1887. i
So MANY loafers and crooks arc hangini
around Columbus that it has been decmec
necessary to put another man oa tho polici
force.
THE bank of Superior closed down on thi
harness establishment of H. J. Whiting ir
that town , to satisfy a chattel mortgage o
$3,300.
MERNA , in Custer county , hag aboul
twenty business houses and a good eleva
tor. It has come to the front wonderfullj
tho past year.
Two Omaha borse-shocrs propose con
testing their capacity in a match for § 50 (
a side.
TIIE city marshal of Louisville arrestec
four tramps on suspicion of being con
cerncd in the robbery of some bard wan
store. They were first suspected on ac
count of disposing * of valuable pocket
knives at 25 cents each. When arrestec
they had twenty-two pocket knives , fivi
razors and one 32 calibre double action re
volver , all new , besides over a dozen thai
they had sold to boys in town.
A LETTER from G. M. Sweney , acting sec
oiul assistant postmaster general , was re
ceived by tho postmaster at Bodarc , con
taining this official notice : "The contrac
tor on Route No. 34,363 , from Fort Rob
iiiaon to Bodarc , has been instructed , ii
pursuance of an order of the postmaste.
general , to embrace and begin at Harrison
omitting Fort Robinson , and increase ser
vice to twice a week. " Tho order took ef
feet January 1st.
DANIEL MCCARTHY was convicted in the
United States court at Lincoln of suborna
lion of perjury. McCarthy's crime was ir
getting affidavits , false ones , in Omah.i
that were used" in the United States court
at Kcoknk , la.
THE Union Pacific has received a new
steam shovel , which it has sent out to
work at Duncan , in this state. It is one ol
the late.'t and most approved patterns ,
working with a piston and a number ol
other devices.
GRAND ISLAND will do tho handsome
thing for the Baptist college , if it is seen
fit to locate it at that place.
A MAN named John Prokcs , of Colfax
county , a Moravian , middle aged , suicided
on tho 12th by taking Rough on Rats. He
has a wife and a daughter. For nearly a
year he has had some kind of a family diffi
culty and has lived separately from his
wife. This domestic trouble is assigned as
the cause.
THE bonds of the state officers have been
approved and filed with the secretary of
state. The heaviest indemnity is given by
Treasurer Willard , his bond covering the
on in of two millions of dollars.
THE general fund in the Douglas county
treasury is exhausted. No more warrants
will be drawn on it until after the collection
of the tax which falls due May 1.
Tin : population of Wilber is put down at
1,200.
IN a fight in a Hastings billiard saloon
the other day one Tanner so badly used up
a man named Chamberlain that his life is
despaired of.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says : Mrs. Anna
E. McKenna was to-day appointed post
mistress at Gretna , Sarpy county , vice
Augustine P. McKenna , resigned.
GRAND ISLAND'S board of trade is about
to reorganize. New officers will bo elected.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN , the pugilist , gave ex
hibitions at Fremont and Omaha , drawing
large audiences in both places. By the
way , John is said to have rejected an offer
From Barnum of 510,000 a month on a
year's engagement. He can make more
money by running a show himself.
A BOGUS siverware peddler named Shu-
bert was arrested and jailed at Geneva ,
charged with obtaining money under false
pretenses. He had fleeced an ignorant
young German out of about § SOO. He
will probably take a term in the pen.
WASHINGTON special : The struggle hero
between the housu chccso parers and Sena
tor Manderson over the matter of the ap
propriations for forts in Northern Ne
braska , to protect the settlers and people
generally against possible Sioux raids , was
virtually ended to-day by thesenator , who
reported the house bill from the senate
committee on military affairs with an
amendment reducing the appropriation
from § 175,000 to § 85000 , § 55 of the § 85
being for Fort Robinson and tho balance
[ or Fort Russell.
MEASELS and scarlet fever are prevalent
in many towns of the state.
CHRIS KEONUKE has been elected chief of
tho Plattsmouth Cre department.
THE Salvation .army has made a stand
it Omaha. They march through the
streets with drum and song before com-
nencing exercibcs at religious headquar-
: ere.
ere.HON
HON WILLIAM LEESE , who has just en
ured upon his second term as attorney
general , is a native of Tennessee , having
seen born at Athens , in that etate , April
JO , 18-10.
DR. GERTH , state veterinarian , reports
, hat 311 glandered horses have been killed
> y the commission within the past eigh-
een months. He estimates the number of
lorses in the state affected by glanders to
je probably 1,000. He thinks that if the
aw passes to allow owners compensation
; o the amount of two-thirds of the np-
iraised value it will average about § 70.
Ex-Gov. DAWES will remain in "Lincoln
mtii the close of the legislative session
vhen he will proxably return to Crete and
esume his business. It is not yet known
nto what avocations Secretary Roggen
ind Superintendent Jones will step down.
TiiEreceiplsof merchandise at the Platts-
noulh depot in 1886 amounted to 907
: ars , and shipments 1,008 cars.
WEEPING WATER'S business record for
.he pnst yeir shows the bhipnient of 1,348
: ard of stock grain , produce and merchan-
lise. The receipts were 400 carloads.
JAMES NELSON , of Bntsom , Ord county ,
ras thrown from his horse on the lonely
irairie last week and frozen to death.
HERMAN NATEASTADT , for several years a
rngonmaker and blacksmith at Columbus.
ias made a jump for a more congenial
lime , leaving many creditors anxious as
o his whereabouts.
REAL ESTATE at tho capital city is com-
nanding high prices and a great deal of it
s changing hands.
HON. JOHN FITZGERALD , of Lincoln , per-
onally contributed § 1,000 to tho Logan
und.
HARTINGTOX shows up § 40,000 worth of
mprovemcnts for the past year. '
LYONS done well in improvements las
year , but expects to do much better ii
1887.
PROP. McGiNTiEiis working up a loan am
building association in Neligh , and is meet
ing with good success.
SEVERAL coses of scarlet fever havin ]
been reported at Norfolk , parents ant
guardians were requested to keep childrci
out of school who were connected witl
families wherein tho disease existed.
HARRY CLARK , of Snrpy county , has in
stituted suit to recover a premium fron
tho agricultural society.
THE improvements made the past yeai
in Hastings will reach at least § 1,200,000 ,
HASTINGS has good prospects for securinj
$109,000 for a public building.
A lodge of the Ancient Order of Unitec
Workmen will be organized at Ainsworth
People along the Scribner brunch of thi
Fremont , Elkhorn < fc Missouri Valley roat
are clamoring loudly for a daily mail ser
vice.
vice.An
An enthusiastic railroad meeting wai
held at Geneva last week.
At Lincoln last week a state senator re
ceived seven applications for railroac
p.isscs from his constituents.
A "fire at Neligh destroyed two houses.
Cavert & Hageman , Norfolk , grocers , as
signed to Banker Burrows. Liabilities
about § 1,500 ; assets , § 1,000.
THE State Bee-Keepers' association wnf
in session last week. The attendance was
not large , but a good deal of interest was
manifested in the discti-sions.
A MEETING has been called at Lincoln tc
talk up the question of establishment of a
canning industry.
GOSPEL armies arc at work in both
Omaha and Lincoln.
JOSEPH CHARVOT. by his next friend ,
James Charvot. demands $15,000 from
the Union Steel Nail company of Omaha
for personal injuries. Joseph is a 12 year-
old boy , and was in the employ of the nail
company July 3. 188G , in the cutting de
partment. On that day his right hand was
caught in a machine and badly injured , the
thumb and a fingerbeingcut off. lie alleges
that the company was negligent , that the
machine was defective and that he was not
warned.
THE Weeping Water academy began its
second term of the year on Tuesday the
4th inst. Between ten and fifteen new stu
dents were registered the first day. This
school is fast taking rank with the best in
stitutions of learning in the state and will
in a short time have a verry large attend-
aiice.
A BILL extending municipal suffrage has
been introduced by Renresentative Cole.
ONE HUNDRED and forty-eight prisoners
were discharged from the Lincoln peniten
tiary last year.
CHARLEY HINNINGS , a Grand Island lad ,
was struck by a backing train on the 5th
infat.and . knocked down and injured about
the head , causing unconsciousness for some
lime.
A CRIPPLED sailor named Scofield was
picked np at Lincoln on the 6lh inst. from
a fall in which he broke his right leg below
the knee. He was provided for in his suf
fering by tho assistance of the charitable
people of that city.
XERItUiLJS WRECK.
Tn JF/iic/j Tiro 3Zcn Are Burned to Heath.
Reading ( Pa. ) special : The details of a
fatal accident on the Wilmington & North
ern railroad this morning have jiisfc been
received here. When near Lenape .station
the engine of the northern bound freight
became stalled , and the fireman got down
to clean the grade. A flagman was sent
back , but he had gone but a short distance
when another freight came dashing along
and crashed into the rear of the stalled
train. The caboose of the standing train
was badly urecked and Harry Hubert , the
conductor , and William B. Martin , a pas
senger , who were asleep at the time , were
instantly killed. The stove in the caboose
was Overturned and the debris took fire ,
the two bodies being cremated in the con
Ihigration. Henry Knox , a brakeman , who
\\ati also in the car , escaped with severe in
juries. When the collision occurred the
fireman of the standing train was under
the engine and was terribly injured. The
engineer and fireman of tho second train
escaped by jumi i : g.
FIGIITTXG FOR 1CAXSAS.
Topeka special : A new departure , and
one that will be a plensanb surprise to tho
people of Kansas , will be that of the
Union Pacific Railroad company , which to
3ay filed thirteen charters for railroads
covering over 1,800 miles , all within tho
state of Kansas , and reaching every sec
tion. This movement is the commence
ment of an aggressive war , in which mil
lions of dollars will be pitted agninst mil-
linns , and two gigantic corporations will
contend for the mastery in this state. It
is not a war on paper , but one in which the
contending forces will be armed with picks ,
shovels and scrapers , and tho territory
battled for the productive lands of Kan
sas.
sas.Only surrniars can bo miide , bnt it is be
lieved that the Union Pacific , feeling itself
being crowded to the wall , has determined
not only to have its own half of the bed ,
but concluded to have it all. In tho mean
time some one will bo gainer in this
struggle.
TUE 1'LOT FELL THROUGH.
New York dispatch : A man named Ferris
nras permitted to enter the Tombs prison
; o-day to visit a prisoner , but after he had
; ot inside it was discovered that he had
: oncealed under his coat a box containing
; wo thinks of oil packed in cork filings and
addressed to Alexander Sweeney , a prisoner
mder sentence of death for the murder of
i canal boatman. It is claimed by tho
prison officials that thi ; intentionvas to
mve Hweeney &ct lire to Ihe filings and
; hrow the box into the hall when , an
ilarm or fire being rnibed , the prison doors
ivould bo opened and in the confusion
Sweeney might escape. Cork filings sutu-
ated with oil from the broken bottles
vould , it is said , be one of the hardest
things in the world to extinguishhen
gnited.
A11E1R TO A FORTUNE.
Milwankee special : An Evening Wiscon-
lin Superior City special says : Alexander
Crawford , a well known Duluth iron manu-
acturer , received notice that by the death
> f his cousin , named John Thompson , in
3allerl , Austria , a fortune of over 1,000.-
100 has been left to him and his four
> rothers , giving them each nearly § 900-
)00. ) Crawford had not seen his cousin in
orty years.
"W. T. Hornadav , of tho national nrasenm
t Washington , who has been collecting sp , c
inens In Montana , reports the visible supply
if buffalo at sixty In the Yellowstone divide
ud oce hundred la Texas.
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THE' EKGISEER KILLED.
An Act for WMeU tin ) Perpetrators , i
Caught , Would Soon Buffer.
Omaha dispatch : News was received !
this city yesterday of a terrible ncciden
which occurred Tuesday night at Dunbaz
Otoe county. Neb.
TheMissouriPacificexprcssbonnd soutli
which left Omalm at 0:10 p. m. Tuesday ii
charge of Conductor Wilson was wreckei
near that place at 11:30 Tuesday night
The engineer , JamesDeWitt , of Wyandottc
Kan. , was instantly killed , tho drop-love
having been forced clean through his body
The fireman , Frank Denter , was slightly in
jnred , and tho express messenger , Franl
Chcnowith , icceived injuries from which h
will probably die. All the cars were throw
from the track and some of them badlj
wrecked.
The bfiggngo car was thrown a distrtnci
> f 200 feet. None of the passengers wen
injured , although all were badly shaken np
In the sleeper were Judge John I. Redick
Williiam A. Redick ami some other Oma
bans bound for St. Louis , bnt none wen
hurt.
The canso of the accident was the re
moral of two rails. That it was premedi
tatcd there is no doubt , for Ihe location i :
on an embankment just near the erosum ;
of a stream one mile west of Dunbar. ant
ju.sfc before the train camu tliunderinj
along two men were seen running awaj
from the place where the railn were re
moved. Two crowbars wcrj found ncai
the scene of the wreck , together with soim
other tools which had undoubtedly been
used in removing the rails. The tools were
of the sort used on traick repairing work ,
and it would appear from this that the
wreckers were railroad men.
Nebraska City special : The terrible acci
dent which occurred last night on the Mis
souri Pacific railroad near Dtinbar , in which
the brave James DeWitt , the engineer , lost
his life , has been so fully and strongly
pushed to see who the miscreants were that
made the derailment that caused his death
that to-night D. W. Hoffman and Jam CM
Bell arc confined in the jail in tliirt city un
der Ihe coroner's verdict of be rig the per
petrators of this hellish deed. J. Stikon
Potter , who prosecuted the beared on be
half of the Missouri Pacific railroad , Kil
Marncll. editor of the Nebraska City News ,
and to Sheriff McCallnm certainly bclonga
the credit of fenvliiiK out and bringing the
guilty parlies lo trial. There is intense ex
citement at Dun bar , and if the prisoner * )
had not been brought to this city to-night
t ere is no doubt hut there would have
been a , lynching. The evidence adduced be
fore tho coroner's jury was Hiich as leaves
no doubt but the guilty parties have been
found.
N-braskaCity special : Nothing new has
developed in the Missouri. Pacific train
wrecking case. Dave Hoffman and James
Bell are in jail here and will have a prelimi
nary hearing to-morrow , before County
Judge Mapes. A strong chain of circum
stantial evidence acainsfc both men is in
possession of the officers , which will war
rant the jud5e in lioldinz them. There is
scarcely a shadow of doubt that they did
the work and evidently with the intention
of robbing the train. A fresh trail was
found Wednesday morningluading from the
misplaced rail in a southwesterly direction
to the creek , thence winding down the creek
to.within . 100 yards of where the baggage
car lay in the creek , where the parties were
stopped by a break in the ice. Here they
climbed the creek bank , an they could go no
farther , and crossinga cot n field in a north
erly direction , went to the home of John
Hoffman , a farmer , living 200 yards north
of the wreck. Mrs. Hoffman testified that
she saw the men cometolhe house through
the field over the trail which the officers
followed on Wednesday. The trail from
fir.st to last was fresh and unbroken 1 > 3' any
other tracks. Lying in the trail , a short
distance from the railroad track , wan the
wrench which had bct-n htoli-n from the 1 > .
t M. section house , and ii --l in removing
the fish bars , it h.ivSntvn : drooped by the
men in their flht. . ( m.M they have
reached the bngKitipM-ar by t tic creek thev
could have c iiif > I off nt ] thi > booty they
might lunv foiiml. and rm-jipcd detection ,
as this i-iir ; is fiown ti ! ; l > ijils , and everv-
one about liiHuiecuuas i'ii4.i.j < ; d in liberat
ing the passengers from the coaches.
1VAR CLOSE AT IIAS1) .
American Comment on tho 'Startling Situa
tion in Europe.
New York special : The Sun says : "We
tloii'L see how any one can read the speeches
made Tuesday in llicreichstag by the great
est statesman and greatest general in Eu
rope without the conviction that war is
: lose at hand. The admissions and warn
ings by which Bismarck and Von Moltko
forced the demand for instant additions to
the German army weie identical in tenor
with those uttered in the Prussian landtag
.hiring the eventful spring of ISGfi , and
igniri four years later in the north German
parliament. The alarm excited on both of
Lhose earlier occasions was but too well
justified at Sadowo. and Sedan and they
: ave profitted but little by such anamobes
xnd such precedents who do not now recog
nize the imminence of a conflict between
Scrniany and France. 'If this bill is re
jected , ' said Mollkc , 'weshall most certain-
y have war. ' With what power ? Not with
Ivussia , as both the context of the general's
ipeech and the whole purport of the chan-
: elor' ! unmistakably demonstrate. It is
France from which Moltke appre'iends an
mmc'dintc attack , unless the empire's
means of defense are promptly strt-ngth-
: ned. As a significant coincidence it
ieems that on the very day when
inch ominous assertions were made
n the reichstag the French govera-
nent decided to increase its extra military
: redit for the current year by more than
317.000,000 , and one of the French min-
Kters declared in the senate that the coun-
; ry , should it now bo put to a test , would
irovc that no time had been wasted in the
ast fifteen years. Bismarck Bpoke four
.imes in the debate , and although his words
it first were more cautious than Mol'ke's ' ,
if gave in the end full vent to a similar
oreboding. From his speech , pronounced
n the face of Europe , the interference can
lardly be avoided that the German gov-
rnment possesses such knowledge of the
trensth of the Frencli army and of the in-
enlions of its official representatives us to
ender counter preparations a matter of
reat urgency. Nor is the probability thata
upreme trial of strength is imminent qual-
lied to any marked degree by Bismarck's
ivertment than under no circumstances
liould the provocation come from him.
That was precisely what he said in the
pring of I860 and the spring of. 1870. and
no.sfc ostensibly and technicalfy he kept
lis word. But when the hour was ripe he
ook good care lo ht-ap up tinder to which
iis antagonists beheld themselves forced
n sheer desperation to apply the match ,
le will find it no more difficult , when it
perns a fitting time to strike , to drive the
Yench republic into a posture of aggrcs-
AX EXPLODED BOILER.
DENXISON , O. , Jan. 10. The boiler of a
'anbandle ' locomotive blew up just as it start-
d across the Gnadcnhutten bridge. The en-
incer , fireman and conductor were on the
ngine bul escaped without serious injury ,
'he ' cause of the accident is not known , as
iere was plenty of water. Tne engine Is a
) tal wreck.
CLEVELAND , O. , Jan. 10. The testimony
before Coroner Lcpper in the fnqncat over Ihe
Baltimore & Ohio wreck this forenoon at
Tiffin , O. , was principally aimed at the Iden
tification of the persons who perished by relics
nicked up at the scene of the disaster , .file
names of T , O. Pemberton , of Payne , O. , Frank
Bowman , of Mccbanlcsburg ; Pa. , and Davfd
Ober , of Oberlinr Pa. , ore added to the llsi of
killed already given.
J. E. Rankfn , . special detective for the Bal
timore & Ohio , was called as a witness , but
nothing could be gotten out of Mm.
Robert Chamberlain , the Republic xmdcr-
nker , who took charge of the bodies of the ;
victims , testified that he took eleven bodies ,
from the wreck and It la certain that thirteen
persons perished.
Alfred Tompklns , of Republic , also testified , ,
corroborating the evidence of Chamberlain ,
lie said that the workmen , In clearing np tie
wreck , paid no attention to the cuarrcil re
mains , which were shoveled off the track with
other debris. "It seemed , " he saW , "that-
they wanted to get rid of the bodies 03 Boon
as possible and try and cover up all they
could. "
The list of the killed is now given as fol
lows :
PASSENGERS.
David Ober , Obcrliu , Piu
Frank Bowmen , Mfeliaiilcsbnnj , I'o.
John S. Gartner , Mceliauicaville , Iowa
M. If. Parks , Wash ngton , D. C.
Joseph Postictliwa te , and his two sonsy
Spencer and Henry , Martluburg , W. Vo.
T. O. Pcmbcrton Payne , O.
TIUINMEN.
William Fredericks , fireman passenger
enclne.
W. S. Pierce , express messenger , Wheeling ,
W. Va.
J. M. Francis and F. Irwfa , Blackhanil , O.t
linemen.
This accounts for twelve. It Is believed
that the body found behind the tender waB-
that of a tramp. It Is suspected that J. L.
Bently , of Bioomingtnn , 111. , was on tlio train
and perished In the fl.mies. The luqutat will
be continued to-morrcw.
THE WORK COMl'LETCO.
Washington dispatch : The department
of agriculture's estimates of the area , pro
duct and value of corn , wheat and outs for
permanent record arc completed. The of
ficial work of the year has been thoroughly
reviewed with the aid of state co-opera
tion , and all available data of crop pro
duction and aggregates are substantially
those recently rcporlcd. The corn crop , in
round numbers , aggregates 1,030,000,000
bushels , grown on 7i > ,000,000 acres , sind
bus a farm value of $015,000,000. The-
yield is 22 bushels per acre GJjC bushels IIM
than that of last year. Thero is an IM-
crcasc of area of over 3 per cent and a de
crease in product of 34 per cent , while the-
average price has iticrcased 12 percent , or
from I52.S to SG.O cents per bimlicl. The-
gregatc product , of wheat is 457.000.000
bushels from an area of nearly .17,000,000
acres , having a farm value of 5314.000-
000. The average value is OS.7 cents per-
bushel ajjaiiiHt 77.1 for the previous crop ,
and C 1.5 c"nts for the great crop of 3884.
This is a 35 per cent , reduction from the-
average value between 1870 and 1880.
The yield of spring wheat centers is better
than was expected early in the season and
on the Pacific coast much worse. The gen
eral average for winter and spring wheat is
nearly JJ2.4 bushels per acre. Tie ! product
of oats is 020,000,000 bushels , 5,000,000
less than last year from an area of
over 23.000,000 acres , produi-inc : v value-
S1SO.OOO.OOO. The average yield id 20.-1
bi h'lB. against 27.G last year. The aver
age value is 20.8 cents per bushel ; iaelyear
28.5 cents per bushel.
A KKXTUCKf FEUD.
Glasgow special : Frank Laawell shot-
and killed George Seavcr. Scavcr's wifc
had filed nuit against him for divorce , and
pending the trial wcnb to board with Mrs.
Dcaring , Laswell't * mother. Last Sunday
Seaver , learning that one of his children
was sick hurried to Mrs. Dearing's to send
his wife to see the child , but was informed
that Mrs. Seaver was then at Las-well's.
Arriving at the Intter's ISOUHC , Lasnell de
clined to admit him. To-day the parties
met on the street. Both drew their pistols
and a general firing commenced. Laswcll ,
having emptied his pistol , retreated , and
Seaver fell shot through the breuKb and
aide. He died in a few minutes. S-viver
has since tho war been a mail contractor
and accumulated considerable rnonej : .
A STUnOERER'S EXD.
John Wilson was hanged in the jail yard
tit Norristown , Pa. , on the 13th. The crime
tor which Wilson suffered was the murder
of Anthony W. Dealy , n farmer of Mont
gomery county , in a dispute nbonb wages
in January , 18SO , he cut De.ily down with
i cleaver , and then attempted to destroy
L races by cutting the body into pieces and
throwing them inlo the stream. Wiluon
: onfesse < l the deed two years after the mur-
ler , while delirious with drink in Chicago.
Miss SCSAN B. ANTHONY was tendered n
reception at the home of Mrs. Col. Colby , in
Beatrice , the other evening.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
iVlIEAT NO. 2
UARMY No. 2
ilvE No. 2
? OKN No. 2 mixed
DATS No. 2
BUTTIR Creamery
UUTTEK Fresh dairy
SGOS Fresh
JHICKENS Per i9
runKEYS Per Ib
LEMONS Choice , perbox. . . G
} KVNGKS Per box 4
\PPLES-Choiceperbbl 4 450
liEANS Navys , per bu 3
DNIONS Per bu.hcl 1 25 ( u >
POTATOES Per bushel GO ©
ifoNKY Neb. choice , perlb. 15 ( h )
iVooij Fine , per Ib 16 ( rj >
? EEDS Timothy 2 20 f ,
5EEns Blue Grass 1 30 < §
: ! AY Baled , per ton 8 00 ( ft
IAY In bulk 0 00 @ 1
floes Mixed packing 4 50 @
SEEVES Choice steers 4 00
SHEEP Fair to good 2
NEW YORK.
iViiEAT No. 2 red
VHEAT Ungraded red
? oiiN No. 2
) ATS Mixed wern 3 J fe 38
: 'OKK 12 oo < ai2r o
jARD G 70& G 72
CHICAGO.
VHEAT P > rbnshel
'onN Per bushel
) ATS Pebushel
'OKK 12
jARD G
Iocs Packing ( . shipping. 4
IATTI.E Stockers 2
iiiEEP Natives 3
ST. LOUIS.
VHEAT No. 2 canh
toRN Per bushel
) ATS Per bushel
Iocs Mixed packing 4
: ATTLE Stockers 2
! HEEP Common to choice 3
KANSAS CITY.
VHEAT Per bushel
'ORN ' Per bushel
IATS Per bushel
IATTLE Feeders 3
Iocs Good to choice. . . . 4
iiEEP Common to good. . 2