Nebraska Newspapers

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THE TRIBUNE ,
W. M. Jfc . BB. KIMMEXili , Pubs.
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McCOOK , - - - NEB.
j D7EB THE STATE.
i tjffk stock : bates.
Tho enforcement ol the principles of the
'Inter-state commerce law with respect to
Tiitea on livestock resulted in a very mixed
utate of affairs as regards rates from Ne-
braska points to Chicago , and a freight
agent in 'Omaha for a Chicago line was
culled upon for an explanation of the diffia
ctilties.Said he : "The whole thing lays
i * with the Union Pacific road. When tho
I inter-state commerce law went into effect
that company failed to notify their local
1 agents to have all stock billed to Chicago.
> By reason of this overnight on the part of
j that road , which was tho result of an
I HccumUation of work over the prepara-
J timi sf tariffs a large amount of stock was <
I shipped to South Omaha at Nebraska
' local rut eft , and if shipped on to Chicago
would have to be billed at the regular
• rates from Omaha to Chicago. For in-
stance tho rate to Chicago is § 70 from
Omaha. Under the law allowing roads to
do a pro rata business , a car of stock can
be nhipped from a Nebraska point to Chi-
cago for say § 85. Of this the Union
Pacific railroad receives 40 per cent , or
$34 , and the Iowa road GO per cent , or
§ 51 , or a saving of § 11) for the shipper by
billing the car througn. Shipping local to
'Omaha and then robilling to Chicago would
( make the rate § 103 , $34 being the NeI'
braska rate and § 70 the rate from Omaha
to Chicago If , when tho stock arrives at
, South Omaha , tho shipper wishes to sell ,
* the Union Pacific will makohis shipping bill
J read South Omaha and charge him only
j the Nebraska rate. Nebraska shippers
must have their stock billed through to
Chicago direct if they expect to go on there
3t all or pay the extra § 19 a car when re-
shipped from South Omaha. "
"Isn't that a little evasion of the law ? "
"No , the law permits it and it is necestl
fcary for tho existence of Nebraska. While
one continuous road may not do so the
law permits such discrimination in rateson
the part of two companies acting in conti
junction. If Nebraska shippers had to pay
{ the full rate to Chicago over each lino they
I could not do business. " Omaha Republi-
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I T1I.IT APPORTIONMENT BILL.
I .Lincoln special to the Omaha Rcpubll-
can : It is now definitely known that when
I the legislative apportionment bill passed
I bothhouses.no provision was made for a
S representative from Sarpy county. After
the committee of conference of both houses
had reported the final amendments to the
bill and these amendments had been .
printed and the roll had been called in both ;
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houses on its final passage , some one , pre-
• sumably a member of the conference com-
mittee , wrote on a narrow slip of paper and
pasted it on the conference committees' re-
port'the following :
"District No. 9 shall consist of the counni
ty of Sarty and be entitled to one Repreol
-sentative. " As this amendment has never
been printed as the constitution directs ,
j and was not a part of the bill when it pnssd
J both houses , it is the opinion of many lawsi
* l .yera that it invalidates the whole bill.
f -Without that amendment Sarpy would be
j without representation and there would be
| but ninety-nine members. It was from a
partial knowledge of these facts , together
1 with a realization of the manifest injustice
done 'to 'Adams , Saunders. Washington , c
j and some other counties that the gover- "
i nor was led to withhold his signature from
i "the bill , and it was from a feeling that
| great injustice would be done to other
j parts of the .state if the bill did not
become a law that kept him from placing 0
his veto upon it. It was a choice between
iiwo evils , and he took what he supposed
"to be the least. A certified copy of the
bill , .with all the proceedings relative |
thereto , has been made and given to
Adams-county lawyers , and itis undera'
stood that proceedings will be had to test n
the legality of the act. It is rumored that n
this amendment was attached to the con- [
ference committee's report and enrolled in
• the bill after it had been signed by the
presiding officers and attested by the secreoi
"tary of the senate and chief clerk of the
house , but this is only rumor , and nothing
certain is Icnown at present regarding it. „
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jWISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS. in
A lahce quantity of school land in Box
Butte , Chase , Cherry and Dawes counties "
is about to be placed in the market by tho "
state board of public lands and buildings.
Ik the trial of the train wreckers at Ne"c
4 braska City , Bell , one of the accused , c0
] turned state's evidence and testified that *
f Hoffman misplaced the rail for the purpose
I of robbery ; that he ( Bell ) was too drfink pi
} at the time to take any hand in it. When tli
j he had completed his task he remarked :
j "There , now ; I'll havevit in a minute , " na
j meaning tho booty he was after. Bell said
I I he did not realize theenormity of the crime , ini
f 8 though he knew all tliat transpired , and re"i
i jg membered it distinctly. He told very clearly to
| SB and straight how they entered the B. AM.fie
J | j tool-house and procured the implements to be
; I misplace the rail. en
j " I The B. & M. coal sheds at Hastings *
! i ourned last week , causing a loss of § 1,000.
S The prompt work of the fire department 31
I 1 laved several hundred tons of coal on.cars.
| | | The Beatrice Ministerial association of a"
I J f the Methodist Episcopal church will meet aF
jll in Tobias May 23,24 and 25. An interestPr
; " | I ing programme has been arranged.
I Jj m c Sixti'iwo bills passed by the legislature as
' m 1 are now in force by reason of the emergency be
M S clause , which puts them into effect iinmeD
5 § diately after being signed by the governor , bu
B 1 The botanical department of the state
B § university has just received 150 specimens .
H 1 from Washington. They are quite inter-
H C esting , for they come from all over the
H J 9 world India , Abyssinia and south Europe en
1 contributing some of the most valuable.
B a Neak Ognllala , on the Sth , a fierce bla-ze
H was discovered issuing from the rick of
B s baled hay belonging to C. D. Ferguson.sfcl
B I Later the charred remains of William Sims , °
II a tramp , were found in the burning mass.
B 9 Thomas Gainer , another tramp , and part- • a
1 ner of Sims , was badly scorched. He atclc
M tempted to escape , but was captured about sti
Mm three miles from town. Nearly § 1,000 to
I worth of hay was destroyed. James Mcmi
1 Elhany and Mikn Dunihan are missing , and
11 are supposed to be in the burning debris.n"
k On the same day tho stable of John .Arm- ' *
I strong , living eight miles from Ogallala , was "
I burned and two horses and one mule were mji
< lost. Another team was also burned.niJ1
I'A cask of death from glanders occurred te |
f north of Eudicott lastweek , the victim Jj > '
being a Mr. Clark who took tho disease °
with it and 0.
from a favorite horse afflicted
* hose bTe he tried lmrd to save.
iJKATiucE enters complaint that first- "J1
l\ class shows have of late given the town a of
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f Ik the innumerous railroads that are
building , Tectimseh expects some of thero
to • ctriko that town.
Bye & Bkadt , of Gago county , last week
purchased 1,000 head of sheep , paying
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therefor over § 1,000. The entire lot will
bo shipped to Chicago. .
The Chicago , Kansas and Nebraska railw
way is now running regular trains ia-and
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-out of Hebron.
Hoffman , tho train wrecker on trial at
.Nebraska City , was found guilty , the jury
beiiig out but half an hour. Tho judge son-
tonced him to bo hanged tho 22d of July.
, Mks. Kevs of Sarpy county , frightened
by a runaway team , jumped from the
-wagon and had her leg broken alaovo tho
ankle. The horses wore got under subjec
tion soon after she jumped out.
Omaha , now ias nine wardtj-under the
wow charter.
The water works at Hastings will cost
about l § 85,000.
TnE' Madison cornet band , which took
'the first prizo at the Norfolk reunion last
year / , has been reorganized.
. . Ghand Island indulges in the hope that
the government will come to therescuo and
enable it to build the soldiers' home.
The sales of stamps , stamped envelopes
and wrappers at the Beatrice postoflice for
the quarter ending March 31 , 1887 , wore
$8,031.88. This is a * gain of 20 per cent.
over the corresponding quarter of last
year.
The recent meeting of the State Teachers'
association at Lincoln was a pleusant and
profitable ' one. Tho principal topic of dis
cussion was manual training schools as the
connecting link between tho high school
and j the university. The convention will
bo held at Fremont next year.
Since the burning of tho Pacific hotel , the
largest house in Norwalk , various schemes
for rebuilding have been canvassed. Be-
cently < John Xoenings.tein , proprietor of
the ] building destroyed , offered to rebuild if
tho citizens would make him a loan of § 10-
000 one year without interest. George
Williams went onthestreet with a subscrip
tion paper and secured § 10,500 to carry
out this plan , and the rebuilding is now
assured.
The little son of Sheriff Adams of Seward
county , met with a severe accident a few
days ago. While whittling , his knife slipped
and . stuck in his eye , causing the pupil to
fall . into the lower part of the eye. Mr.
Adams took the little fellow to Lincoln for
medical treatment , and it is thought that
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the sight of the eye can be saved.
It costs Milford about § 3,000 a year to
conduct < its public schools.
The school board at Kenesaw has voted
to employ a third teacher and to fit up auin
other room for the rieiug generation.
Thehe is an artesian well on the farm oi
Mr. ' Gene Hubbard , near Chambers , saj's *
the O'Neill Free Press , that is only fortydi
nine feet deep and flows out over the top
ol the pipe which is about two feet above
the j surface of the ground.
Some of the dogs of Indianola have ,
shown signs of hydrophobia.
Faikfield's creamery has commenced "
operations. Indications are that it is go-
iug to prove a profitable industry.
. Rev. Mr. Mahakfic has resigned his
charge in Norfolk and will take up his resi-
deuce in Kansas.
The Hastings Gazette-Journal ventures
tho j , prediction that the B. & M. will be at
work on a lino northwest from Hastings co
before the autumn leaves begin to turn."a
TnE late gale in "Nebraska did consideraSh
ble damage in and about Grand Islandye
In a recent storm at Columbus almost Tl
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total . darkness prevailed at 2 o'clock in the of
afternoon. Several theories are advanced
as to the cause of such a strange pheuome [
non , but it was doubtless a sandstorm
from the southeast. tir
A prairie fire destroyed 15,000 ash trees a
oi the farm of West & Schlotfeldt , Hall th
county. Se
The Nebraska Association of Horse pil
Breeders i will hold its annual trotting meetini
ing in Omaha , August 10 and 11 , 1887. gu
Rev. J. L. Mills , lately of Colorado , has
been called to the Presbyterian church of is
Beatrice. '
Hastings is in hopes of getting a big it
flouring mill , parties with capital having cei
concluded that it is a good place in which
° put money for such an enterprise. ga
Hastings lumber dealers have raised the bo
price § 2 per thousand , being compelled by lai
the increase in the eastern markets. fer
The commissioner of lands and buildings
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has set dates for the sale of school lands in
the different counties from which appoint
inents have been returned. To these sales
tho commissioner will go in person , except riv
° Madison county , where the amount to sin
sell is so small that his attendance will not tive
necessary. The dates fixed in the differme
ent counties are as follows : Cherry county , By
May ' 17 ; Dawes county , May 24 , Box to
Butte ' county. May 26 ; Chase count } ' , May dei
; Madison county , May 24. The Fulton to
tract adjoining the town of Nebraska City , he
and comprising twenty-two acres , has been P01
col [
appraised at § 200 per acre and tho apt |
praisement approved by the board. to
The bond of W. W. Abbey , of Falls City , her
one of the live stock commission , has him
been filed with the secretary of state , with } Dr.
V Stephenson and Grau Ensign as
sureties. ture
A communication lrom Decatur states Mi
that an authorized live stock inspectorhae msi
headquarters there , and that Decatui the
V ivcll
wishes to be added to the list of ports ol
entry for Iowa cattle. ing
The Omaha board of trade will soon hold ' a
meetings in their new building. : i { !
Arrangements are being made for a bei
state shooting tournament to be held in
Omaha , June 7th.
The Broken Bow Milling company , with
capital stock of § 50,000 , has filed arti- pers
of incorporation with tho secretary or .
ley
state. The purpose of tho corporation is . .
construct and operate a roller flouring
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mill. - ,
1'lattsmouth's water works includes four ttl
miles of mains , with fifty double nozzle r.re boi
hydrants. ' ' w brief ]
The accomplishment of a change in the wel
management of the Omaha postofiico was tient
made the occasion of a banquet that was rho
tendered at the Millard hotel in that city past
the citizens of Omaha to Mr. C. K. . jj.
Coutant , the retiring postmaster , and Mr. H.
,
V. Gallagher , his successor. to
A white crane weighing fifteen pounds ivas
measuring seven feet from tip to tip bhe
wings , was captured by a hunter near
Creighton. j bride
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TnE sc'aool census , just completed , gives
Fremont a population of 7,300.
No part of Nobraska will receivo a
greater immigration this year , says the
Hastings Gazette-Journal , than tho South
Platto country. This magnificent portion
of ' thettato will in a few years contain a
wealth-and population worthy of an em-
prre. It is undoubtedly the finest agriculT
turat country in tho world. It is being
rapidly covered with a net work of rail-
-roads and new towns are springing up in
every 1 direction.
Steele City proposes at an early day
to organizo a bocrrd of trade.
A meeting has been called at Auburn to
organize a ladies' relief corps.
The team belonging to John Elsanger.-ot
'Cuming ' county , ran awny with a plow last
week. One of the horses had oneof its
hind legs bo badly cut that it had to be
killed. .
The editorof tho Omaha Bee , it is ann
nounced will epend a year in Europe.
A furious wind and sand storm , the
, worst in years , swept Pierce last week.
Many fields of lighter soil were so scooped
out as to do much damage to lately sown
grain and weaker vegetation.
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Bell , tho accomplice of Hoffman in
wrecking a train on the B. & M. road ,
plead guilty and was given ten years in the
penitentiary.
All tho saloons on the former outskirts
of Omahasire now within the limits and
will have to pay § 1,000 license. Thoy
have , been notified to put up or shut up.
A Valentine special Bays : Mh.ny sad
reports are coming in from all over the
country ' of damage by the terrible prairie
fire which burned over nearly the entiron
county from Friday until Sunday , many
people barely escaping with their lives ,
losing everything thoy possessed , including
homes and all kind of stock. E. < S. Bar-
rett ( , of Gordon Flats , was but an instance
of the many who suffered. His wile and
children , by great effort , mnde a narrow
cscapo to plowed ground. The house and
barn , including five blooded mares , hogs ,
poultry and other stock , were all destroyed.
Many | are utterly homeless and some destio
tution must follow.
The corner-stone of the new Methodist
Episcopal church in WeBt Beatrice has been
laid.
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The B. & M. has more than doubled ita
business in Grand Island the past year.
A Lincoln special says : It is a well
known fact that several counties of the
state were seriously dissatisfied with the
legislative apportionment bill passed at
the last session of the legislature , among
them being Saunders and Adams counties.
These ) counties have been looking for a flaw
in the bill for the purpose of devising a way
tc defeat its operation , and' think thefr
have succeeded. In the bill , as enrolled ,
the ' ' county of Sarpjconstitutes the Ninth
district , and is entitled to one representaCl
tive. ' It is said that this did not appear
in the original bill , and that the record on
the bill does not show that such an amendal
ment ' was ever made.
Thugs , thieves and houssebreakers are
becoming so numerous and bold in Omaha
that a vigilance committee is about to be
organized to rid the city of them.
S. ' B. Jones , assistant ticket agent of the
Union Pacific , has been offered tho secreT
taryship of the inter-state commssion.
Last Tuesday afternoon , Bays the Osceola
Record , Charley Olmstrad's house was discl
covered to be on fire. The mother with a
babe not two days old was on the bed. *
She siezed tho little one and one a few \
years ; older and fled to thestableforsafety.
The house burned to the ground but most
the goods were saved.
Auburn now has a daily paper , issued
from the Post office. }
Setii j Kearnes , a convict in the penitcnh"
tiary , representing Douglas county , made
sly attempt at an escape last week. When j
the convicts were counted he was missing.
Search was made , and he was found on a
pile of boards feigning sleep. Ho evidently D
intended making the attempt after the le
in
guards were relieved from duty.
The new Union Pacific bridge at Omaha
expected < to be ready for use by June 1.m
The ; new mayor and council of Wahoo ,
is understood , will place the saloon li- tli
cense at § 750. th
of
San Goon Omaha Chinaman
, an en-
gaged , in the washing busness , who failed ev
Bome time ago , is said to have secreted a ar
large amount of washing belonging to dif-
ferent parties , and that his whereabouts V\
are now unknown. Tl
not popular inxn CATHOLICS.
Cincinnati dispatch : Dr. McGlynn arta
rived this morning. Some of his friends deue
sired to introduce him to the representa- a ,
business men of the chamber of com- , „
merce , and to that end asked Major John of
Byrne of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad , ye
make tho introduction. Major Byrne an
ileelined , saying that as a Catholic , loyal In
the precepts and authority of his church , jjt
had no sympathy with Dr. McGIynn's ce
position , and that as a good citizen he pi
mild not in any sense re-cognize the falso be
theories which the doctor was attempting
propagate. As a member of the chainin
i of commerce , the same views compelled nn
to decline. Others who were aphe
pruached took the same position , and thus "fi
. McGlynn was not a visitor on 'change , ph
To-night Dr. McGlynn delivered his lec
, "The Cross of a New Crusade , " at
Music hall. The lecture was under the
management of thellenry George club. On the
platform were members of the club as
t
as prominent members of the labor "
party which recently came so near captur- Red
. the offices of this city. There were no tu
L'atholic clergymen on the staqe and none
upparent in the audience. The assembly InS
filled nearly half of the large hall and lium- ' ,
bercd perhaps 2,000. "j"
A XRLDE OF A VAT.
man
Washington special : The morning pasic
theheadof " " wa
to-day under "Marriages ,
announced the wedding yesterday of Bord-
F. Calhoun to Miss EleanorM. Semiues.y \
Under the head of "Died" appeared the anwei
iiouncement of the death of Bordley F.
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Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun was the youngest
of Rear-Admiral E. R. Calhoun , at
whose residence he died yesterday after a I
illness. Yesterday morning Dr. Bromspt
, the attending physician , told his pa der
there was no hope of his recovery , rp
dying man sent immediately for his
father and told him that for three years SDe
he had been engaged to Miss Eleanor war
Semmee , the eldest daughter of Mr. Jno. aci
SemmeB , and asked his father's consent his
an immediate marriuge. Miss Semmes they
sent for , and shortly after 1 o'clock in I riiey
afternoon Rev. Dr. Berry , of St. An-1 boi
brew's church , united the dying man to the I are
rroman he loved. In a few short hours the j Tr <
became a widow. I a r
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CARS SYSTEMATICALLY ROBBED.
Conductors and Bralccmen Jalted at PltttJ
burff and a Large Amount of Plunder
Captured.
Pittsburg , dispatch : The officials of the
Pan-Handle railroad began this morning to
make wholesale arrests of employes of that
Tond for being concerned in a g'gantic con
spiracy or robbery. Tho officials or the
road claim that during the past two years
the cars on tho Pittsburg , Cincinnati < k St.
Louis road have been systematically
robbed of property roughly estimated as
being worth half a million dollars. Early
this morning 100 policemen and detectives
. began a concerted raid upon the boarding
houses and homes of the Pan-Handle rail
way employes and at 9 o'clock forty-four
conductors and brakemen were confined in
the county jail , the officers boarded all
early incoming trains and arrested such
men as were wanted. John II. Hamilton ,
attorney for the Pennsylvania road , was
Been this morning in the office of the detec-
,
tive agency , sitting among a. heterogeneous
collection of plunder. He Baid : "These
robberies have lieen carried on systemati-
cally for several years. The company has
long ' < been aware that there wus a leakage
somewhere , and as early as September ,
18SG , thev quietly commented investiga
tions. Detectives were plnced on the
trains where tho goods could be watched
and the thieves caught. We had already
discovered that the culpritB were employes
of I the company. In September there were
eighty crows of freight trains on the Panh
Handle railroad coming into Pittsburg.
Of : these eighty crews no less than seventy-
five were .found to be crooked. The'crown
consist of conductor , flagman and two
brakemen. In some cases all men were in-
volved , in others only part. The state8
ment that tho engineers and firemen were
mixed up in the robberies is wrong ; not a
single one is involved. The goods were ob8i
tained by the cracksmen in various ways ,
In many instances the seals were broken.
while in others hatchets were * used to cut
holes j in the rear of cars , through which the
men crawled and took what they coveted ,
They then reported the car in bad coudie
tion , claiming that the holes had been
made by an accident. The operations
were all the result of a combination. ArT
rangements J ! ! were carefully made and each
rascal was assigned to his particular part
of the work in much the same way as bank
robberies are committed by professional
cracksmen. I do not know that members
of the combination were oath-bound or
anything of the kind , but it is certain that
a- thorough understanding existed among
them and they acted in concert
to cover up each other's mis8r
doings. The thing which alarmed us more
than ' anything else was that they stole
large . . quantities of whisky and drank it
in the cabooses. They needed vessels to
hold j , liquor , so they stole milk cans and
kept it in them , not daring to keep whisky
openly in vthc cars. They tore up the floora
ing and hid it underneath. The men were
continnally { ! reported drunk on duty and
the probability of disaster was something
frightful to contemplate. All kinds of
goods wero stolen , including sewing maco
chines , guns , revolvers , cutlery , silverware , i
cigars , clothing , liquor , groceries , furniture ,
and in fact every imaginable article that
could be carried on a car were quickly relei
moved. The depredations were committed
all along the road and the losers reside as
far west as Denver. Fences were estabfit
lished in this city where the stolen propbe
erty was taken and then sold , the money
being evenly divided among the crews. "
It is now claimed that the amount of
property stolen will not amount to § 300.
The arrests have created great excitement
among the railroad employes of this city.
The scenes about the jail doors this mornev
ing when relatives of the prisoners wero Sj
gathered . to learn the cause of the arrest Bt
were of the saddedt description. Wives ,
children , parents , brothers and sisters with
tear-stained faces stood around the ende
trances . to the prison eager to hear the latest
development ' and pleading with the officers
for admission to the jail to see the prisonclt
crs. At 11 o'clock ten more arrests were
reported. They were captured at the payex
car while receiving their wages. This wl
makes a total of fifty-six in jail here , and wi
jj is supposed as many more have been Ca
apprehended at other points along the Jjij
line. Consternation prevails among the do
proprietors of the "fences" and dens where lie
the ; goods were secreted and sold. In one sa
instance the proprietor of a notorious den j
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was detected in the act of burning stolen i th
property. ' A telegram was received from th
Dennison ; , 0. , stating that J. R. Dunlap. a
leader ; of the gang , was arrested there this sw
morning.
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One Bushby , the worst man in the gang , ni
slipped his handcuffs and recklessly threw pa
himself from the train , while it was going do
and escaped. ail
Spec al Agent Rue stated to-night that fin
the total arrests number sixty , of whom ilC
there are fifty-six in the Pittsburg jail. One rer
the men. named Black , was released on mt
bail. J. T. Gibbs was also released this is
evening. Hois an officer of the company ag
and his arrest was a mistake. Deputy bu
Mayor Griup , before whom the warall
rants were sworn out , has fixed the Th
healings for next Monday at 10 a. m. do
The office of Detective Kilkson is crowded for
with { many trunks and stolen goods , all of Th
which have been labeled as from whom Lc
taken , the date and conditions. They vU j.pj
carefully guarded to be used as eviJcuce cla
against the men. The goods there are the
valued at several thousand dollars , which cai
may be greatly increased by the contents is
a dozen or more trunks which have not the
yet been opened. At the jail all was quiet jt
and no more prisoners were expected tono
night. It is understood that no mora sbi
arrests ; will be made here. In TactDetectivo
Rue said they had all the men wanted exopi
cept ] a few no longer connected with the jou
Pan-handle ; road , who are located , and will en
e arrested within the next few dtiya. 12i
At a late hour to-night J. R. Dunlop , who nes [
regarded ; as the ringleader of the gang , sor
made a confession to the dectives , in which
implicated several outsiders and located
"fences" at Dennison , 0. , New Philadel-
phia and other places.
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iA" ACTOR SHOT. a
Boston , Mass. , April 1L James M. Ward , po
Irish comedian who began an engagement ur
to-night at the Bijou theater in his plaj"The ari
' Fox , " was painfully wounded during the wit
third act by a supernumerary named Cohce. j j >
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In this act Ward Body , the hero , in attemptj j
to escape from prison is shot. Cohee , in and
discharging the gun , aimed too low , and the He
charge of wadding penetrated Ward's breast , | t mv
striking and bending the breast bone. j pec [
The | curtafn was lowered and the injured the
removed behind the scenes , where phy pa ]
sfcians were summoned , while the audience ing
apprised of the accident and dismissed. „ }
The J physicians succeeded in removing the f „
paper wadding from the wound , but say that . both
Ward can not return to the stage for several ? ,
weeks. the
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HOSTILE REDS. j
Helena ( M. T. ) special. A Ft. fhaw tra
special to the Independent says that ihe the ;
lergeaut in charge of the Ft. Asainaboine ; The :
" ihey
Transportation company is here on a * nd
special mission. He says he aaw a large < jj
party believed to be bloods from soon
icross therBritisu line. They started for Chi
team but drew off at Spokane when wit
saw the escort of soldiers in charge , oul
were at Big Lake , 38 miles from here , nat
bouna south. Reports are that the bloods the :
still crossing tho line to this side , wh
rrouble is feared , as they are evidently on shed
raid. con :
15
v PLEADIXQ FOR ARESSDORF.
Judge Weaver Addresses the Jiiry tn the Had1
dock Murder Case.
Sioux City Bpecial : Tho arguments in
the Haddock murder caso seem to attract
as much attention and draw as largo
crowds as the examinination of witnesses ,
Attorneys Weaver and Lynn , of tho defi
Tense , , have occupied the entire day. Judgo
Weaver began his argument immediately
after the opening of tho court this morning.
Ho contended first that tho defendant was
innocent before the law until found guilty ,
and tho proof must have no reasonable
doubt. Leavitt's and Bismarck's testin
mony was next examined. Tho former's
confession being published generally over
tho country Oct. 8. Bismarck's arrest ocg
curring in San Francisco the 10th , making
it not impossible for them to have cons
nived to make their stories agree. lucidd
ents wero referred to to show that thoro was
such an understanding between them. Tho
preponderance of the testimony is that
Leavitt and not Arensdorf fired the shot.
The state must show outside of tho eviP
deuce of Bismarck and Leavitt that Arens-
dorf i fired tho shot. Tho state muBt
show this to be entitled to
n verdict. The evening or the
murder Leavitt and Bismarck wero
gathering a crowd to assault tho preacher.
That evening , even within a few minutes of
the shooting , evidence shows Arensdorf to
be attending to his business , making collec-
tions , talking with his friends at the Shep-
he-J. Up to the time of the meeting at
Junk's the evidence shows that Arensdorf
knew ] nothing about the plans or tho others
andJie is at Junk's wheusomeono comes to
announce "the buggy has comeback. " The
state's theory is that at and from that in
stant Arensdorf is tho head and front of a
conspiracy about whish , up to that in-
stant | , ho know nothingAand the state , out-
side of Leavitt's evidence , has failed to
show that Aivnsdorr . knew of any conspira-
cy. If the state has failed to show that
Arensdorf \ fired the fatal shot , then the
state | has failed to connect Arensdorf with
the killing , except by the uncorroborated
evidence of Leavitt and Bismarck. If tho
state | does not prove that Aiensdorf fired
tho shot , then tho state proves nothing.
The only corroboration of tho accomplices
j8 Mrs. Leavitt. Then tho character of
Mrs. Leavitt was reviewed and the impro-
liability of her evidence was considered.
The speaker then proceeded to sift the evi-
dence , of the state and call in question
the veracity of some or i'a witnesses , at
the same time explaining shortcomings
and , apparent inconsistencies on the part
ol those called for the defense. Ho further
said that all who did not support the the-
ory of the stale that Arensdorr did the
killing wero intentionally kept away from
the grand jury. Circumstantial evidence
tc be sufficient must be complete and must
be true. Tho state has shown no such
chain : of evidence as fastens the guilt on the
accused. Aside from tho evidence of Leavw
itt and Bismarck , whose evidence cannot
be taken unless corroborated , the state has
brought no true witnesses whoso evidence
might not be admitted by the defense. Tho
contradictions between tho evidence given
by ] Leavitt were reviewed and the alleged
contradictious weropointed out. The
color of Leavitt's pants was dwelt upon at n
length ; the contradicting evidence about
the color by Leavitt and others. The *
seven witnesses swear that the man who "
fired the shot had on light pants and a rubln
ber coat , the same clothing that Leavitt
that evening wore. The course of Leavitt
during the day was traced ; the trip to (
Greenville ; the meeting at Junk's ; themes-
senger with the word that "the buggy had
come. " The crowd goes to the corner. In
al this Mr. Weaver coincided with the state , ,
even though calling the assemblage a con"c
spiracy. 'J he important expedition , an
stated ; , plainly proving that Arensdorf did
not go with tho others to the corner [ ,
where Haddock was killed. Leavitt's evi- *
dence concerning the formation of tho con- "
spiracy is not supported and is impeached. J"
Bismarck undoubtedly expects executive ' ,
clemency , his statement to the contrary , ,
notwithstanding. The prostitution of the ev
executive officer was monstrous. Leavitt , *
who by the verdict of the coroner's jury a
was found to be the guilty man , finding es3'e
cape and detection impossible , surrendered .
himself , and charges the crime on Arensnf
dorf. Bismarck had told Louie Agnes that
charged the murder on Arensdorf to w
save his own nock. As to the color of the D.
pants worn by Leavitt on that evening
there was the evidence of seven witnesses
that the pants were light and that he wore
rubber coat ; as many witnesses as that 'at
swear that the man who fired the shot Gr
"ore a rubber coat and light pants ; as mt
many : swear that Arensdorf wore dark mj
pants and no rubber coat , and that Arens- .
dorf was not the man who fired the shot.
and so of the evidence , that the man who ?
fired the shot ran up Water street and not
across ! the Fourth street bridge. Some difa .
Terence is to be expected in the testi- the
inony of honest eye witnesses ; all that w"
to be expected is that they materially we
agree ) , and as to fact. That not Arensdorf , on
but a man dre-sed as Leavitt was drebsed .
agree excepting Leavitt and Bismarck.a
The state claims that even if John Arens- ijH
dorf did not fire the shot yet must he be ,
round guilty because he was a conspirator. ? ,
There is not a word of evidence outside of
Leavitt's , that Arensdorf knew of any conrea
spiracy. Even Leavitt does not at first aa'
claim that John Arensdorf was present at
meeting at Iloldenreid's hall. Signifi
cantly at this point counsel said : "There
too 1 much in this case to allowittohang ;
there is too much expense connected with Wl-
to 1 allow it to drag ; it must be finished Ba
now even if the feeblu hope on which the iIye
state hangs is disappointed. " Coi
Mr. S. F. Linn followed but had only Oa-
npened his argument when the hour for adBu [
journment had arrived. As a matter of Bu-
jeneral interest it can be htated that over Egi
witnesses have been examined , the witt'm
less fees alone in the case amounting to Le :
something over § 3.000. Ok.
Ap
ITEW WITNESSES TURN UP. Be. !
Morris (111. ( ) special : The lawyers for the )
p
defense in the Nicholls murder case received
yrc
telegram yesterday from a man in FreeSej
port : , offering to give valuableevidence , and Se
urging { that the defense be "held at all hnzHo
ards. " At 7 o'clock to-night the voluntary SlJ
witness , Daniel Drinkworth. a resident of
Freeport ( , made Iiis appearance in court
( was called to the stand by the defense. - , . - '
said he was in Joiiet the night of the qq1
murder , waiting for his wife , whom he exQa
jected on the train. While walking toward pQ
tank at the western end of the depot lai
platform , he saw two rough look
characters , who , upon eyeing the
witness ] , attempted to hide behind the Wh
tank. He went up closer to them and saw Coi :
i distinctly. One was much taller than Oat )
other and wore a slouch hat. The Poi
shorter man wore a stiff hat and had a Lai
bundle in his hands. When the train Ho
started out one of the men jumped on the Cat !
baggage car , and the other crossed the She
track ahead of the engine. He thought
hoy were tramps trying to steal a ride. . . .
witness watched thum closely , because if
were suspicious-looking characters , tonx
q
he feared they were going to try to Iocs ats
'hold him up. " The following morning , as q
as he heard of the murder , he notified Jr , *
hief of Police Murray and others. The auL
witness maintained his position through-
a protracted and severe crossexamiWn
lation , though he said the men boarded Con
first train , which was not the one on Oat •
nrhich : Nicholls was killed. The witness finCat
his testimony at 8:30 p. in. , and the Iocs
ourt adjourned until to-morrow. Sue
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DRAWING TO JCLOSE. |
Ready to Of < * I
The Case of Arensdorf Nearly ;
to the Jury. wj
Sioux City special : Tho forenoon wa * EK
occupedby S. F. Lynn in addressing the- M |
Haddock jury on behalf of the defense , and IS ,
the afternoon by County Attorney .Marafc m
for tho state. v , a
Mr. Lynn followed in tho lino ofJudg * | |
Weaver so Tar as the position of thode- Iff
. Ho took particular m
fenso < is concerned.
pains to cauterize tho press , however , for | j
helpihg tho state , claiming it was thirsty
and crying for the blood of Arensdorf , ant * t
not for justice. He laid great stress on th * 4 ,
character of the state's witnosses , pleading m
that no man who had previously borne a l
good a reputation nB Arensdorf should be- % ; |
. If a con-
dragged down by such witnesses.
spiracy has been shown there is no eyi- - U
denco that Arensdorf had any part in lb.
The interest tho state executive has taken.
in tho matter , and promise ol executivo- ,
of anomaly. , m
clemency , are somewhat an
{ Tho j governor hns loaned his high oilico to \ > m
perjurors that they might work the ruin or j
an innocent man. Or tho eye-witnesses i M
who . have testified to being present at J m
the killing , seven point to Leavitt and two m
point l to Arensdorr ; these two , Leavittand (
Bismarck . , , have every incentive for testify- m
ing aa they do. Bismarck is promised par- fM
don if he will testify so-and-so. Leavitt ia , H
also promised pardon. Attention was also
called to tho fact that Leavitt fled , while H
\ Arensdorf remained calmly looking after r H
his every day business. Tito defenseha& H
advised silence on tho part of its witnesses , . ( JM
and with reason , for did not 'the eyo wit- i H
ness . Burton testify that tho state had- * M
tried for a whole month to get him to tes- j H
,
tifv : to other than the facts. , ] H
When Attorney Marsh took the floor I M
.
this ' afternoon thecourtliousewuscrowdedH |
as scarcely before since the arguments com- * ' |
menced. a large number of ladies being in * tH
attendance. Opening with a brief view o ? i jM
the . , condition or the city and the comrnun- H
ity at tho time or tho murder , thegood rep- M
utation of John Arensdorf was mentioned , M
his life , his long following of the business ot M
a brewer , his having his all in the business , M
knowing no other business , having no other j H
property than that which was engaged in H
the ' business. Plainly no onehad the motive | B
to wish George Haddock dead excepting the- > H
saloon element , and of this clemtnt none- j M
J" great a reason as John Arensdorf , tha- j H
brewer. . 1 Good character is not a defense. ! H
It is proper evidence in defense , but it does- l , H
not prove the accused guiltless. It is not f'j ' H
to . . be taken as higher evidence than tho ev- ii H
idencc of one who saw and heard. Counsel ' M
denounced the spirit which had misled and. - ( H
misinformed ! those who were telling the- M
truth as to the facts of the killing. The- ! H
spirit ( which had hampered the prosecution. ' M
from the hour of the murder was done ; tha- j |
spirit \ of indifference that had left the pros- '
* B
ecution : almost without funds to prosecute- ' Hi
the case. Counsel for the defensehad * f H
warned : the jury against the misrepresent- 1
ations ' of the newspapers. Was it to be- . l
.j
supposed that the newspapers would stand H
idly by and raise no voice against such a , l
crime ? It was not correct , as stated by- il H
the defense , that the state had the ad van- H
tage , that the machinery was in the hands- J t H
of the state in calling witnes e * without ] H
notice. In the matter of challenges on ( , 1
various . points the defense and not j H
tho ! statu had the advantage. Turning j H
from ' the answer to the a ' rgu- H
ment of the defense Mr. Marsh reviewed m ' 1
the law relating to murder and then went / l
OI to show the difference between the evi- J H
dence ' given before the coroner's jury by H
Arensdorf . and others , and the evidence j H
given by the same man on this trial. A ' H
strange condition of society prevailed , H
when , until the trial alleged , eye-witnesses ' H
hold their peace , telling ueithe'r the officers 'j ' H
nor anyone else. Taking up tli" circum- ll H
stances of the shooting , the county attor- i H
ney said that it must be generally admitted . . |
that ' . the man who fired the shot passed < ' l
Haddock ! , turned and fired. The evidence . a H
" eye-witnesses seeming to differ may be < |
honest , may be in a way correct. Follow- i l
ing ! this Mr. Marsh proceeded to review the |
evidence of the various eye-witnesses to |
the murder , and when the evening hour for ! H
adjournment ' had been reached he had not " - , H
yet finished. H
Judge Lewis is busily engaged in prepar- j H
ing his charge to Wie jury. |
} Following Mr. Marsh Judge Pendleton , |
will : close for the defense and the Hon. M. l
. O'Connell for the state. i ij fl H
S WEPT BY FLAMES. ' . H
Huron ( Dak. ) dispatch : The prairie fire i H
last night swept over a great portion of I j H
Grant township , in this county , doing im- • j H
mense damage. Fred Town's house , seven E
miles south , his barn and other buildings. H
together with furniture , machinery and j H
several head of stock were destroyed. The j H
house was occupied by Edward Maloney H
and his sister Kato and with them when I oHK
. fire occurred was Annie Marine. The i M
wind was blowing a gale , and before they H
were aware of their danger the fire was up- H
n , them. In attempting to reach a plowed |
field all were overtaken by the Ore. Ed- J H
ward Maloney and Annie Marino were l l
burned to death , and Kato was so badly j H
burned that her recovery is doubtml. Ed- - 1 1
'
ward's remains were taken to Preston , J l
Minn. , this afternoon , where his parents ( i H
reside. Other losses are reported in the |
same ' locality. J M
THE MARKETS. M
EVheat No. 2 5S @ 5SJ H
fUiiLEY : No. 2 4-t @ 43 ' j H
: No. 2 44 @ 45 HH
oitx No. 2 mixed 23 ( gi 24 H
3ats No. 2 22tfs ( ) 23 |
iUTTEK Creamery 25 M 27 H
Suttek Choice country. . . . IS © 20 | |
ggs Fresh 9 @ 10 f l
'iiickexs Live perdoz : i 00 @ 3 HO l l
.emoxs : Choice , pei-box. . . 5 00 @ fi 50 l l
Jka.vces Per box 4 00 @ 4 50 ( 1
Vpit.es Choiceperbbl 4 30 @ G 00 4 M
5EArs Navys , per bu 1 30 @ 1 CO |
xio.\\s ' Per barrel 4 00 % 4 50 H
Potatoes Per bushel 40 @ 50 BH
1V001. Fine , per lb IC @ 18 ' BH
seeds Timothy 2 20 ( a ) 2 50 fl
beds Blue Grass 1 30 @ 1 40 H
ilocs Mixed packing 5 20 ( a ) 5 35 H
Uekves Choice steers 4 13 ( jj ) 4 33 V l
hiEEP Fair to choice 3 50 < tf ) 4 00 i l
NEW YORK. fl l
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iViieat Ungraded red 81 @ 93V J l
okn No. 2 •
40K@ 50 i H
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aiK , 1G30 @ 1G75 I H
-AKD 7 50 ( aj 7 Go f H
CHICAGO. l
Vheat Per bushel 77 ( % 77 l H
oix Perbushel 34&uJ 35 " l l
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"K 21 00 H
( h)2L 50 l
-A"0 • 7 50 @ 7 Go / H
loos Packing ttshipjiing. 5 Gt ) % 5 85 ' - ffL H
ff
attle Stockers 2 GO % 413 f l
Iiieep Natives „ 3 00 @ 5 25 l l
ST. LOUIS. H
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Vheat No. 2 red cash 79Kfrtj 80 i' i ' H
' Perbushel
35K@ W H
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Per bushel 27 © Vv " I H
* Mixed packing 5 40 S 5 55 jj l
LvrrLE Stockers '
2 40 to 315 H
Iiieep Common to choice 3 73 ( $ 4 00 ij l
KANSAS CITY. . H
Vheat Perbushel G9'/ © 69V Jj l
. Per bushel ' "
Hl'/M 32 C H
Per bushel
27 Q * 0714 j H
Uttle Feeders zo @ 4 00 l l
Good to choice. 4 90 to U 70 V * l l
ueep Common to good. . ' 2 75 Q 3 00 i' ' H
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