In
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j • THE M'COGX TfilliUWE.
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I f j AEOUT NEBBASKA.
h | | Tho Wostphalon Monument.
j ? Fremont special to Uio Omaha Hco !
I ! The Fremont Marble works
| j to-day com-
I | * i pletcrt anil sent to the cemetery the
I ' * monument for tho two Westphalen chil-
I drenwho perished in the blizzard lasl
I January , and in wStose' behalf the Bee
I assisted in raisins a fund for the pur-
I : \ - pose of commemorating their heroism ir
I ! _ imperishable mr.rble. The monument
I f • is of a handsome design , fourteen fee"
I in height and made of Rutland blnr
IB „ ' marble. On ( he lower base is the word
II < 4 Westphalen" in largo letters. A ec
IX ond base is placed between this and th <
Is „ dieon the front of which is the follow-
IB , " ang inscription : "Sacred to the memorj
IB , of Eda C. and Matilda M. , daughters o
IB * Peter and Catherine "Westphalen , whe
| g , .perished in the great storm of January
Ik ' 12 , 1888. - " On one side is tho name o ;
IP > Fxla C. r.nd dato of death , with "age lc
ls v years. 4 months and 10 davs. " On an
| other face is the name ' " fati'da M. , c
h years , 7 months and fl days , " while ot
mk -still another is the following epitaph :
IE j How hood , alna , our brightest prospects lull ,
F • / As autumn leaves befcre tho drlviufs Kale.
I i ; Meteors nn Instant. gllttcriiiK through tho Hky :
I - • " Like t hem they ( all bnt not like them they die :
I ! \ , In cloudless glory they nhall over bloom ,
| - , 1 New lite Inhale immortal from tho tomb.
I * The cemetery in which tho childrot
t
I j were buried is near Bethel clxnrch , ii
I ! . the central part of the county. Th <
j * ost of tho monument was 8235.
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I ' . SUTE JOTTING'S BRIEf.
The prohibitionists of Cass county
I have placed 6.lull legislativeticket ii
I | She field.
I A number of "Wahoo children par
B 1 took of toad stools andwere made quid
BI • sick for n time , but no fatalities occurred.
II The McOarthy-Brooks prize Ught n\ \
B I Nebraska City was declared off on ac-
BI -count of McCarthy's failure 'to appear.
fl I . Holdreoe has voted S8.000 ( for engiiM
11 -houses and fire eauiument.
B | -t'he books ot a Airs. Elliott , a
II boarding house keeper in Omaha , show
B & I tuat she has been swindled out of $42 ?
BI I 'ky members-of the salvation.army.
III Blaine county votes on a proposition
II I "to issue bonds to the amount of $5,000
II ' ' . for the erection of a new court house on
flj | 'the lst'of August.
Ii David City Dispatch- very rare
Ii < cactus plant of "the night blooming cere-
II us variet } ' , belonging to the family of C.
i S. Taylor , of this place , bloomed last
II night. Therewere two beautiful fiow-
II ers , pnro white , very delicately tinted
IS • opening out at sundown , and was out in
If fnllllost at about midnight , and this
11 morning at daylight had closed up
i ready to perish. Itwas a 'thing of rare
I beauty , and Mr. Taylor's house was
H | -thrown open to visitors who watched its
Kg opening and decline till long after mid-
Hi -nigrit. Hundreds availed themselves r7"
l | the opportunity to see it.
HI A three-year-old child of Charlsa fe.
I | Koog , of Holdrege , was accidentally
Hi shot with a revolver. The ball entered
Hi the breast two inches above the right
H | nipple , and came out one inch on the
H | right of the spinal column between the
Hi ninth and tenth ribs. The child is still
H | i living , with prospects of recovery. Two
H | children found the revolver in a trunk
Hf * in a sleeping room in tha barn and while
Hi slavingwith it it was discharged.
H § The dates of tUe Adams county Ian
HJ have been changed to the 23th to 28th
H | I of September inclusive on account of
H | ! the former date conflicting with 13ar-
H | num's circus. Big amounts are offered
H1 for the agricultural department and
HI , speed ring.
Hi i A "Wilber dispatch says : Yesterday
HI | T. G. Montgomery , a well known citi-
H | ze of Gago county , went with other
HI parties to spend the afternoon on Frank
H | Chaloupka's place on the Blue rive.
H | / near "Wilber. He was accompanied r ,
H | ] his son Lee , a bright boy of ten yeav.5
Hi J of age. On reaching the place the bo-
HI j | was sent with the team to Chaloupka's
H | 'i aonse ; a mission he filled. Later on
H | 1 the party in going down tho stream
Hij ! found the boy's clothes on the bank of
Hy , the river. Search was instituted , and
Hi the body was found about 100 yards
H $ ; further " down tho stream.
H J-i ! • G. Cornwell , a freight conductor
H | | on the Geneva line and former resident
H' | of Fremont , had his foot badly mashed
H < ; J it Surprise last week by dropping a
Hji coupling link on it
Hl | Ii takes $10,000 monthly to pay off
Hl | the Omaha postoffice force.
H | The First M. E. church of "Wymore
Hli was dedicated last Sunday. Bishop
Hu | Jovce , D.D. , preached the sermon , and
H | | Chancellor Creighton , D. D. , of Lin-
HkW cqln , was also present and assisted in the
H | § ! services.
H'l The Methodist campmeeting for the
H | | | Hastings district will be held at Deweese
H | | beginning on the Gth of August and con
H | | tinning over the following Sunday. The
Hl gathering has been widely advertised
Hf- andwill doubtless be a grand success.
Hf Some weeks agovsays the Fremont
Hy Tribune , the familyiving on J. "W.
Hl Love's fcrm called his attention to a
H | ' large turkey gobbler which they said
Hjj | was setting on a large nest of turkey's
Hjjj | eggs. The affair failed to interest Mr.
H | | Love until , being on the place , he was
H | | shown Mr. Gobbler strutting around
He | and tenderly caring fora large brood of
Hg | young turkeys of his own hatching. Ho
"
H | manifests all the traits of maternal affec-
H n tion and adds the superiority of pluck
H n | and strength which he possesses over
H ji the hen in defending his brood and in
H M defying too close an approach.
HJ | The elopement of Miss Cora "Wilcox
mM an ° olj Ingersoll occurred at O'Neill
H | | last week. Miss "Wilcox is a daughter ol
Hf A. L. "Wilcox of O'Neill , and is consid-
Hp | ered a very estimable young lady. Boh
Htt is a cowboy. Dakota caught the way-
E ] | ward couple.
(1 ( Tho body of the boy found floating
Bp o n e TrvCT flhove Nebraska City
Ef proved to be that of Jacob Heim , one ol
B the three boj's drowned last week while
K bathing near the water works at Omaha.
m The parents of the dead boy arrived in
H the city and positively identified the
H bodv as that nf their Rnn.
K A petition was last week filed in the
j supreme court in the case of Jefferson
Hj H. Foxworthy vs. tho city of Hastings ,
H ] which comes up on error. The litiga-
m tion arises out of a claim of damaees on
H | the part of the plaintiff for $20,000 for
H | injuries alleged to have been sustained
HP from a fall through the sidewalk.
H | Michael O'Brien , a laborer in the
I cmplo3r of Armour & Cudahny , at South
HI Omaha , left for his work on switch en-
I gine 11G9 , and when near the depot the
I locomotive slowed up for him to get off.
V O'Brien's foot caught in a pile of cm-
m fterSt throwing him down , and his right
1 ierr slipping under the driving wheels
1 was crushed midway betxeen the foot
and knee. He had to undergo amnuta-
H tion of the injured member.
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Balph Senter , aged Syeai-s , asoW of
Thomas Senter , living a mile east of
Bancroft , was thrown from his horso ,
breaking both bones of his arm , and dis
locating tho wrist of tho same arm.
Tho Burlington & Missouri has is
sued a circular containing full informa
tion as to harvest excursions.
A David City load of hogs sold in
tha South Omaha market at 80.no. Tho
load numbered sixty head , which aver
aged 308 pounds.
Plans and specifications have been
drawn up for an extension to the Union
Pacific depot , Denver , 'from Sixteenth
street to Eighteenth street. A hotel
and other improvements on a largo
scale will bo added. Poor old Omaha
is allowed only a cowshed.
Safvadoro Incle , nn Italian laborer
working in the construction gang on the
B. & M. near Lakeside , just east of Alli
ance , was run over by tho work train
and fatally injured. Ho was brought to
Alliance for medical service , but died in
less than ten minutes after tho engine
carrying him arrived. Ho .leaves a
• mother and sister in his native land who
were dependent upon him , but no rela
tives hero.
Charles Emory , the twelve-year-old
son of William Emery , living abontsix
miles west of Blair , was last week "bitten
"by a rattlesnake. The boy was working
in the harvest field barefooted , and on
raising his foot to take a sten was struck
"by the snako in the heel. His case was
precarious at last accounts.
On tho 2d of August , a little before
11 o'clock tho livery barn of C. B. May ,
at York , was discovered to be in flames.
The'barn , with its entire stock of fifteen
horses , besides carriages , liarness.
grain , etc. , was totally destroyed.
Among the animals burned was a thor
oughbred jnok valued at & 300. a Norman
stallion worth $800. C. M. Carpenter's
roadster mare worth SG00 and other-val
uable horse flesh. Tho total loss foots
up $7,000 , without a dollar of insurance
Madison has organized "two building
and loan associations.
The Methodists of Columbus liave
paid off their church debt.
Aurora is infested with burglars.
Tho other evening while Mr. Waddle
and another gentleman were out aiding
about two miles from town
• , they no
ticed two men dn a buggy some distance
ahead of them , and their queer action
in getting out-of the buggy , tying the
horse to a fence near by , and each tak
ing a stand near the road , created a sus
picion that all was not right. Mr. "Wad
dle and companion laying on tho whip
they dashed by them in safety.
Governor Thayer on the 30th re
ceived an official notice from the gov
ernor of Golorado of a call for a deep
water convention of states west of the
Mississippi river. The purpose of this
convention is to secure the united and
harmonious action of the middle and
western states in a movement looking
to the establishment of a deep water
harbor somewhere upon the gulf of
Mexico.
The 11-year-old daughter of Michael
Brennan , living near Hay Springs , met
with a horrible death last Tuesday. She
started to lead a cow to the house , when
the animal became frightened and
started on a run. The little girl became
entangled in the rope and was dragged
to death. Her parents were horrified
spectators of tho affair , but were unable
to render assistance until life was extinct.
John "Wagner , who formerly resided
at Dj-ersville , Dubuque county , la. , but
now located near Fremont , has just lost
a son by drowning. This is the third
unnatural death that has occurred in his
family since he left Dyersville. One
child died from eating poisonous roots ,
another committed suicide and the third
has just been drowned.
A Hajr Springs brute has been given
public warning that unless he desists
from castigating his little stepson with a
rawhide he will bo given a big dose of
his own medicine.
The spots in Nebraska that are not
to be blessed with an overflow of grain
and corn , this year , are very ftew and far
between.
The state board of agriculture held
a meeting on the 1st.
The month of July has been a good
one for Nebraska City merchants. Busi
ness men generally say • their sales for
this month have been better than during
the same month for several years.
Construction trains are running over
the new bridge at Nebraska City daily ,
and it is expected everything will be in
readiness for the formal opening within
two weeks. This bridge is said to be the
shortest crossing the Missouri river.
There are two spans , each 400 feet long ,
and one of 300 feet. The height of the
truss is fifty feet. There is a trustle on
the island , opposite the city , 2,980 feet
long , Jknd this is now being filled in with
earth.
earth.Delbert Simpson , the sixteen-year-
old son of a Custer county farmer , com
mitted suicide in a most deliberate man
ner on the 24th. He had been sent out
to plow with a team of oxen and took a
double barreled shotgun with him.
Beaching an unoccupied house he went
in , took off Ins boot and sock , cocked
both locks of the gun , and with his foot ,
after placing the muzzle of tho barrel in
his mouth , discharged the gun , which
blew the whole top of his headoff , scat
tering the brains and skull bones all
over the room and even up to the roof
over him. The cause which led to the
suicide is not known.
Major John C. "Wasson and Colonel
F. P. Ireland , as attorneys for Charles
Meyers of Nebraska City , the man fined
S100 under the Slocum law , have made a
motion to set aside the conviction , which
was sustained. Meyer was fined _ for giv
ing intoxicating liquors to his friends on
Sunday.
P. Firestine , a dealer in general mer
chandise at Fremont , was foreclosed un
der a chattel mortgage held by Henry
Fnhrman , of that city , and amounting
to $2,100. Firestine also owes SG00 to
Chicago wholesalers and smaller sums
to Omaha merchants. He claims his
stock will invoice $4,000 , but it is not
expected that it will more than liquidate
the mortgage held by Fnhrman.
The thirteenth annual convention
of tho Otoe county Sunday school asso
ciation concluded an interesting two
daj's' session at Nebraska City ; which
was largely attended and a good pro
gramme presented.
The town of Clarks has voted $8O0C
for a new school.
Tho Catholics of York have scoured
plans for a church to cost $0,000. It will
be built of brick with cut stone trim
mings , and cover 40x80 feet of ground.
Fred Shaver was arrested at Fre
mont in company with Mrs. Maud Peter
son. Both are wanted in Eakota.
Tho Podge county republican con
vention to select delegates to tho state
republican convention will be held in
Fremont August 17th.
Col. Lorin Miller , father of Dr.
Miller , late of the Omaha Herald , died
last week , aged 88 years. He had lived
in Omaha for thirty-four years.
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FIFTEEN DEAD BODIES RECOVERED.
.1 Tenement Flro In Keio York Attended * elth
Terrible Results.
New Yokk , Aug. 3. Thirty people
were burned to death In a six story brick
building , No. 107 Uowery , this afternoon.
3i.ruoro wore burned bo badly that tucy
will probably die. Tho bouso was a ram
shackle affair , hidden in the middle of a
block. Tho only entrance to it being a
narrow alleyway from Uowery. In Jront of
it was a four story building , on the first
Qoor of which wad a saloon. Adjoining
this is Harry Miner's people's theatre. In
the rear of the building were two limn e *
hemming it in cm Hie Christ.a street bide.
In thiaeaged in building lived about 150
people. Each of the six iloors were occu
pied by a single family , the head of which
wa3 a tailor , who made clothing
aud employed from fifteen to
twenty men , women and children
in addition to his own faaiily. They were
all Polish Jews , and employers * aud em
ployed worked , ate and slept in tho crowd
ed rooms of the tenement. The tcuanta
who rented ajuutmeuts wore : S. Coon , S.
Graft , Klein and Mark Harris and If.
Lavin. About 4 o'clock this afternoon ,
while all the occupants of the building were
bu&ily at work ,
flam is muricr ; out
ou the lower floor. The fire hud , when
discovered , already gained such headway
that it was in full possession oftheslair-
way , and escape by it seemed impossible.
The police reserve was called out and in
dliort order 100 blue coats in charge of In
spector Williams were on baud. Alarm
after alarm was sent out alter ambulances ,
and in a very little while surgeons came
up from the St. Viucent , Chambers
street , Uellevue and New York hospitals ,
while the department of charities and cor
rections sent two of their ambulances.
Their services were badly needed. Many
of the frightened inmr.tes rushed down
through the flames and escaped to the
narrow court yard with clothes ablaze and
hands and bodies burned. Six of them
were so severely burned that they were
taken to the hospital aud may die. There
were firo escapes on the front and rear of
the house , perpendicular iron ladders run
ning down tho front and rear of the build
ing , hut beibre any of the inmates had
tried to escape by them , the flames had
ASCENDED 1HKOUGII T1IE HOUSE
and were reaching from the windows , so
that descent by the fire escape was impos
sible. One man , half burned to death ,
leaped from a fifth-story window and fell a
mangled mass of flesh in the little court
yard. Others jumped from tho second
Btory window , and est aped with bruises.
The enormous crowds that bad gathered
shrank with dread and sj-mpathy as some
wounded person shrieked and others
groaned with pain. One poor woman lay
on her back in a little store in the Bowery
with not only her clothing but her hair
burned off. It seemed as if she must bo
dead , but a slight upheaving of the bosom
showed that a little life still remained.
She was unconscious and the surgeon said
Bhe would not live to reach the hospital.
Another young girl was delirious with
pain. She was not so badly burned as the
• others ; but in a mad jump from one of the
windows she has received internal injur
ies and also cut a terrible gash in tho side
of her head , from which the blood gushed
forth , giviug her a ghastly appealance.
She raved and screamed and had to be
held by two attendants while her wounds
were being dressed. The spectacle , as tho
various ambulances received their human
freight and drove rapidly away , was a sad
one , and naturally enough attracted an
enormous orowd , which kept # the police
busy.A. .
A. H. Sheldon , manager of tho People's
theatre , on discovering the fire , pent out an
alarm and the firemen responded , but when
they arrived tho flames already had com
plete possession of the house , and nothing
could be done to save it , and but little to
save its inmates. Charles W. Norman ,
property man of tho People's theatre , with
several of his comrade1" , ran to the roof ot
the theatre , carryiug a .small ladder , which
they stretched over to a window of the
burning building. A woman with her
hair and clothing ablaze was at the win
dow , and no man dared to cross over on
the ladder , She cried back that she could
not
LEAVE HER TWO CHILDKEX.
One man tried to cross over on a lad
der , but the flames drove him back and he
could not save her. Afterwards the charred
bodies of the mother and two children were
found in the building. Three men , how
ever , availed themselves of the ladder and
scaped to the roof of the theater. "When
he firemen had at last drowned the flames
so they could enter the house , they searched
floor by floor as they ascended , and on the
third floor they found the burned bodies of
a man , woman and boy. On the fourth
floor they fonnd five bodies so badly burned
that it was impossible to tell whether they
were those of men or women. On the fifth
floor no bodies were found , but on the sixth
five more were found , and they were also
burned so that it could not he told whether
they were men or women. This made
thirteen bodies found in the building.
That of the man who leaped from the fifth
Btory window increased the death list to
fifteen , while it is feared that tho death ot
some if not all of those in the hospital will
HAKE THIS NUMBER GREATER.
Several of the bodies wore burned so
badly that they fell apart when removed ,
and the firemen were obliged to lower
them from the windows in nets. The list
of dead , as far as known , is :
Philip Talople , r2years old , who jnmpoi
from the fifth fioor.
Mr ? . Adelia Urott and her two children ,
Joseph , 7 years old. and Celia , 1 years old.
The mother is the woman who refused to
escape because she would not desert her
children. Her husband escaped with an
infant child in his arms , and was almost
crazy with grief at the loss of his wife aud
two other children.
The other bodies are at tho morgue
awaiting ldeutiliotion. The fire started
on the first fioor in the apartments of Emiua
Stevens , janitress of the building , and was
caused by the explosion of a kesosene oil
stove. The burned building belonged to
Lawyer Abraham Stern. The damage lu
the building is about $5,000 , covered by
insurance. The loss on the stock of cloth
ing in the various apartments is estimated
at $15,000. It is believed it was not in
sured. The house in the rear of the death
trap was badly burned , and the People's
theatre was slightly damaged by fire and
water.
Tho Troubles in Kansas.
St. Louis , Aug. 3. A special dispatch
says ten companies of the Second regiment
of state militia left Hutchinson , Kan. , for
Stevens county this morning , destined to
Hugoton. Eeports to-day from Stevens
county are to the effect that the situation
is serious , and an open conflict is feared at
any moment. Both towns are preparinji
for war. On "Wednesday evening a Woods-
dale man named Ifarler and a Hugoton
man named Watson met about midway bo-
teen the two towns and had a duel. Sov-
eral shots were fired at long and short
range , and Harler was soriously wounded.
BY THE ROPE ROUTE.
ttemont Emmons , the Pawnee City Mur
derer. Commits Suicide.
Beatrice dispatch : Fremont EiWlnons ,
tho murderer of Bertha Sckttltz , was
lynched at Pawnee City , tho scene ol
tho crime , tit an early hour this morn
ing. Tho particulars are ns follows :
Sheriff Strunk , of Fawneo county , left
Beatrice 3reaterday with Emnioiui , ar
riving at Pawnee City in tho afternoon.
Tho prisoner was promptly arraigned
before Judge Belding and given a hear
ing. He plead not guilty and waived
examination. The people were all the
more infuriated at Emmons' effrontery
in pleading not guilty to a chargo so
heinous and so clearly proven , and hf-
fore dark groups of men could be seen
gathered nt different places in town.
That Emmons' fate was scaled went
• without question. Slowly the groups ol
men drifted towards the court house , in
tho basement of which building is also
tho jail. The county , attorney and n
deputy sheriff , noticing the danger ,
sought to elude "tho hunirry mob by
taking the prisoner to the third floor ol
the building. About 1 o'clock forty
masked men entered tne building , and
proceeding to the basement found tho
doors of the jail unlocked , and lludi
bird flown. After making a careful
search here they proceeded to the court
room , which was in turn ransacked.
Not finding him here some one cried ,
"Look up on the third floor. " The mob
broke down tho door leading up stairs ,
and a mad rush v.as made for the land
ing , where they espied standing before
them Deputy Sheriff 3iiebiendorfor. who
commanded a halt. The command w
obi > 3'ed for a second only. A rush foi
Emmons was made , and in a few mo
ments he was dragged down stairs , n
rope was put about his neck , and ho was
marched off in the direction of the Uock
Island depot. Near this depot is a wa
gon bridge over the railroad , to which
they were first going to hang the victim ,
bnt owing to the protestations of citizens
living near there they marched him to a
railroad bridge spanning the B. & M.
tracks. Here the rope was fastened to a
tie and Emmons was given thirty min
utes to say what he desired. He talked
rationally and prayed frequently , ac
knowledging having committed the
crime. Having finished , Emmons was
told to jump from the bridge. He re
fused at first , but when told he would be
pushed off he hesitated , then leaped into
the space below. The drop was abont
twelve feet and his neck was apparent1 !
broken. He died without a struggle. A
coroner's jnry was empanelled this morn
ing at sunrise , who cut the body down
and returned a verdict of death at the
hands of people unknown.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Pawnee City dispatch : There was
great excitement hero yesterday among
the citizens when Fremont Emmons , the
villain who so brutally murdered Bertha
Sclmltz on last Friday evening , was
brought in on tho Bock Island road from
Beatrice , where itwill be remembered
he was taken by the sheriff to prevent
his being lynched. On stepping from
the train , with a deputy on each side , he
rushed for the bus as if afraid of beiu < ;
foully dealt with. The news soon spread
that he was in the city , and everyone
was curious to see him. He was taken
before Judge Belding for preliminary
examination , which he waived and wa °
placed in jail under the court house.
Great excitement prevailed during the
afternoon and evening , and it became
almost certain that justice would be
meted out in a much speedier manner
than through the courts. Groups oi
men , engaged in earnest conversation ,
could be seen on every corner , but about
midnight everything became quiet and
all seemed well. Deputies Liebendorfer
and Sullivan were arranging to take Em
mons away , as an attack was feared at
most any time , and had taken him out oi
his cell , but found they were being
closely watched and were afraid to risk
starting with him , so thej' determined to
secret him in the court house , which
they did. Between 2 and 3 o'clock a. m.
a body of about 200 men marched stead
ily into the court yard , two men being
detailed as guards at each corner
of the building. The jail door had
b.een left open aud the mob soon found
it was empty , but were determined not
to be bnfiled in their purpose , and be
gan a thorough search of the court
house. They soon found their man ,
and a rope was immediately put around
his neck , when the party marched to a
high railroad bridge on the Bock Island
road crossing the B. it M. Here Em
mons was told he had bnt a short time
to prepare to die. After saying all that
he wished , a minister was called for by
tho crowd. One responded , when "hats
off' was the order , and the minister led
in prayer , being followed by the pris
oner. Bising from his knees he said :
"Boys , I will die like a man. I won't
show the white feather. Now I am
ready. "Where is your leader ? " With
this the party started for the bridge ,
and the rope was finally tied to a beam ,
his hands pinioned , and he was told to
step off. He said if it was to step off or
be pushed off he chose the former.
Feeling his way to the end of the
bridge he sprang off with a drop of
about sixteen feet , and was found dan
gling in the air by the coroner. The
verdict of the coroner's jury is that Em
mons came to his death at the hands of
parties unknown. The prisoner con
fessed he had deliberate ! } ' murdered
the girl because sho had refused to
marry him. .The sentiment of our peo
ple generally is that the law should
have taken its course , but that full jus
tice was done the Avretch. At this time
everything is as quiet as if nothing un
usual had happened.
murder and Suicide.
Chicago. Aug. 1. Tho mystery sur
rounding tho death of Henry Heesch aud
his wife was lifted to-day. The couple
were supposed by Hceseh'o neighbors to
have Lv.d happily together , and sudden
insanity ou the part of one or both seemed
the only theory to explain the death of the
pair , when tho ghastly bodies were found
in their apartments .Monday. This after
noon a verdict was returned by a coroner's
jury declaiing that llecseh , who was a
wealthy ex-saloon keeper , had deliberately
strangled nis hand , oaiu wife and
then suicided by hanging. An
i-ximination of the woman ' s body by the
juror * had disclosed the marks of her hus
band's fingers on irer neck , and"all doubt
was removed when Lowi3 Ma'jkea3teinwho
is engaged t > be married to Mrs. Heech's
sister , testified that on thrco different occa
sions lleoch spoke of Mrs. Ileech and inti
mated that the result would hi her death.
Visiting General Harrison.
IXDlANArous , Ind. , August 3. A large
delegation from Clinton and Montgomery
counties called on General Harrison to
day. Five brass bauds and a drui corps
furnished tho music for the perspiring pil
grims. The log cabin , cider barrel and
coon were conspicuous in the way of cam
paign attractions. General Harrison's
address of welcome was devoted largely to
the homestead laws and protection to
American industries.
Among General Harrison's callers this
afternoon were Mrs. J. Ellen Foster , the
well-known Iowa lecturer , who was accom
panied by Chaplain Losier , of Mount
Vernon , la. , author of many well-known
war boucs and campaign ballads.
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Tho Debt StalomonL
"WASHINGTON , Aug. l.-Tte following
Is a recapitulation of tho public debt state
ment ;
Iutore&-bcarIng debv. > 5 lW ; , "C4,1y 00
Debt 'on which interest has
ce/reod since maturity 2.r J V 0 f >
Dctrttocarlng no interest . . . d-iox > ; S)7 IC
Total debt-Principal and In-
t-orcot 51 , < , < > ' . > ' ' 03
Total debt less available cuhh
Items 1.2 7,7J\ . n >
Net caBh lu ire isury. . 1'JjM } > t i 0 •
Debtees * cash in treasury Aur ; .
1KSS - 1.1' ' l,117a" S fc
Debt tths cash In treasury Juno
1 , 1833 l. 'ft" . • ' • / ' , & >
Decrease or debt ( luring mon U -1,1372 a C
Decrease of debt bIhcc J line 0 ,
18&8 U 7.2SX5 00
An Iowa Scnool Teachor Suicides.
Stockton , Cal. , Aug. 3. The body of
Prof. F. A. Parker , principal of the high
school ot Dubuque , la. , has been brought
hero en route to the eaBt. Ho was one of
the party of teachers who visited the Ya e-
mite valley. "When at tho station , on tho
return trip Wednesday morning , ho shot
himself whilo suffering from an attack of
intermittent fever.
XNATE AND HOUSE OF REPR-SENTATIVES
J. Synopsis of Proceedings in the Senate and
House of Jtrjtrrxentalives.
Bcnate. In tho senate on the 2Sth ,
Senator Spooner reported favorably
from the committee on public buildings
and grounds , public buildings bills aa
follows : Canton , O. , to cost not more
than 8100,000 ; Atchison , Knn. , $75,000 ;
Pueblo , Col. , $200,000 ; Emporia , Kas. ,
S7i > ,000 ; Sterling , 111. , $ -10,000 ; Jackson ,
Mich. , $50,000. Senator Mitchell offered
an amendment to tho sundry civil ser
vice bill to appropriate $82,000 for addi
tions to the custom house at Port Town-
send , W. T. Senator Stewart , from the
committee on mines and mining , re
ported favorably tho house bill appro
priating $10,000 for the investigation of
tha ininintr doln-iq quonhinn in California.
House. In tho house on the 28th the
committee on banking and currency or
dered a favorable report on tho senate
bill to reimburse tho depositors of the
Freedmau's bank , with an amendment
authorizing tho commissioner of the in
stitution to pay the expenses incurred
in the settlement of the account. Rep
resentative Conger , of Iowa , from tho
committeo on agriculture , reported tho
substitute for the Buttorworth bill to
regulate the manufacture of compound
lard. In its report tho committeo says
the object of the bill is to compel tho
branding of compounds sold , as lard so
that tho purchaser may be advised of
tho real nature of the article ho pur
chases. Tho bill is similar in character
to tho oleomargarine law which has
given almost universal satisfaction. The
importance of the measure will become
apparent when it is stated that the an
nual lard product of the United States
is valued at S80.000.000.
Senate. In the senate on the 30th ,
resumption was had of the sundry civil
bill and several unimportant amend
ments were agreed to. Bowen offered
an amendment appropriating $250,000
for the purpose of investigating the ex
tent to which tho arid region of the
United States can bo redeemed by irri
gation and briefly addressed the senate
m its support. Teller moved to add tho
following words to the amendment , and
the motion was agreed to : "As as fast as
such sites for reservoirs shall be sur
veyed , such sitos shall be in a state of
reservation until the president shall
otherwise order. " Without acting upon
the amendments the senate adjourned.
House. In the house on tho 30th , the
senate bill was passed for the erection ol
a public building at Sioux City , Iowa , at
a cost of $150,000. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the de
ficiency appropriation bill. After much
controversy an arrangement was arrived
at , under which general debate on the
bijl ( with the exception of tho French
spoliation section ) was limited to one
hour. The committee rose , leaving the
appropriation bill pending. Tibbies pre
sented tho conference report on the
Omaha public building bill , fixing the
appropriation at $400,000 , but beforo it
could be considered the house adjourned.
Senate. In the senate on the 31st
Senator Fiye from the select committee
on Pacific railroads reported a bill and
accompanying report providing for the
refunding of the Union Pacific and Cen-
trnl Branch Union Pacific companies'
debt. The bill is identical with what is
know n as the Onthwaite bill reported
unanimously by tho Pacific railroad
committee in the house. The bill and
report lias the unanimous endorsement
of the select committee. Senator Frye
stated that the committee found much
greater difficulty in formulating an ad
justment and settlement with the Cen
tral Pacific than with the Union Pacific
road and was not prepared at present to
make any report touching that road.
The bill was placed on the calendar and
with the report ordered printed. Sena
tor Hoar's resolution offered on the 24th
instant for a committee to investigate
the effects of the Canadian sj'stem of
railways upon the commerce and car
rying trade of the United States was
agreed to. The senate then took up the
sundry civil appropriation bill , and con
sidered the same till the hour of ad
journment.
House. In the house on the 3lat the
conference report on the Omaha , Xeb. ,
public building was called up , and after
some discussion the report which pro
vides a limit of $1,200,000 for building
and site and limits the cost of the site
to $400,000 was rejected and the bill was
again sent to conference. A bill for the
revocation of withdrawals of certain
Iowa and Minnesota railroad lands was
passed. It authorizes the secretary of
the interior in adjusting these land
grants , to restore the excess of indem
nity lands to the public domain. The
general deficiency bill was then laid
aside and the army appropriation bill
with senate amendment- taken up
in committee of tho whole. All the sen
ate amendments were non-concurred in
with the exception of those relating to
fortifications and ordnance. Mr.
Townshend , chairman of the military
committee , moved non-concurrence in
these amendments. The house spent
most of tho day in considering the sen
ate amendments to the army appropri
ation bill , and adjourned pending dis
cussion on a motion to not concur in
the Hawley heavy ordnance amend
ments to the bill.
Senate. In the senate on the 1st ,
bills were passed as follows : House bill
to authorize the Winona A : Southwestern
railroad company to build a bridge
across the Mississippi at "Winona , Minn.
House bill for improving the mouth of
the Brazos river in Texas. House bill to
protect purchasers of land tying in the
vicinity of Denver , Col. , heretofore
withdrawn b3 * the government as lying
within the limits of certain railroad
grants. House bill for a public building
at Jackson , Mich. , appropriating $75,000.
House bill , to authorize the Kentucky
rock gas company to hry conduit pipes
across the Ohio and Salt rivers. Senate
bill , appropriating $125,000 for a public
building at "Wilkesbarre , Pa. House
bill , for the erection of an appraisers'
warehouse in the city of New York.
House bill , to provide for the disposal of
the Fort Wallace military reservation in
Kansas. Senate bill , appropriating $30 , -
000 for n monumental column to com
memorate the battle of Princeton.
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House. In the house on tho 1st after
routino business tho house weut into
committee of tho wholo and spent tho
romainder of tho day discussingsenate
amendments to tho army appropriation
bill. Mr. Townshend's motion to con
cur in tho amondmont appropriating
$2,500 for repairs to tho sea wall and
wharf at Willetts Point , N. Y. , was tho
pending question and was agreed to.
Mr. Burns , of Missouri , whilo coucod-
ing tho right of tho sonat to place
amendments upon a house bill insisted
that tho house was the equal of the son-
ato and had tho right to enforco its own
rules. Ho desired to lift tho honso
from its kneea and placo it on its feet
asking for its rights. He opposed the
establishment of a gun factory at Water-
vlcit arsenal. The friends of American
industry were asked to put tho govern
ment into competition with private en
terprises , and to establish n factory to
be controlled by the popinjays of the
wnr department , instead of opening tho
doors to American capital and American
labor. Mr. Hooker , of Mississippi ,
thought tho purpose of the opposition
to the senate amendments was to ob
struct any legislation on tho subject of
public defense. Preparations for war
should be made before war commenced.
House. In the house on the 2d , tho
senate amendments to tho house bill
providing for appraisers of the ware
house at Newport , Ky. , were non-concur
red in , and a conference ordered. The
house proceeded to the consideration of
the senate amendments to tho army ap
propriation bill , and they wore non-con
curred in and a conference was ordered.
The house then wont into committee of
the wholo ( Springer , of Illinois , in tho
chair ) on tho deficiency appropriation
bill. Discussion was continued till tho
hour of adjournment.
Senate. In the senate on tho 2d a
resolution instructing tho committee on
Indian affairs to continue the investiga
tion of Indian affairs , with authority to
visit the Indian reservations , was re
ported and agreed to. A conference
committee was ordered appointed on the
naval appropriation bill , and Senators
Hale , Farewell and Beck were appointed
conferees on tho part of tho senate.
Stewart's resolution , calling on the
secretary of the interior for information
as to cancelled desert land applications ,
was taken up and adopted. The fisheries
treaty was then taken up in open execu
tive session , tho question being on Mor
gan's motion to postpone further consid
eration until December next. Tho mat
ter was under discussion wdien the son-
ate adiourned.
Senate. In the senate on the third
Mr. Yest offered a concurrent resolution
( which was agreed to ) requesting the
president to return to the senate the en
rolled bill amendatory of the statutes to
punish postal crimes. Mr. Cullom of
fered a resolution instructing the com
mitteo on inter-state commerce to mako
.1 full investigation into the relations of
the Canadian railroads with transporta
tion across the continent of commerce
which naturally belongs to the United
States , and made a long speech to show
how , by aids and subsidies granted by
the British and Canadian government
to railroads and steamships , tho Cana
dian lines were obtaining control of
commerce and especially of the trans
portation of a large per cent of the tea
business being now being carried on
through Canada. The fishery treaty
was taken up and Senator Teller ad
dressed the senate in opposition to its
ratification.
House. The house on the 3d at once
went into committee of the whole ,
Springer , of Illinois , in the chair , for
consideration of the sundry civil appro
priation bill. Laird , of Nebraska , of
fered an amendment appropriating $1 , -
300,000 to pay arrears of soldiers' boun
ties and back pay. Burns , of Missouri ,
raised the point of order against the
amendment , and it was sustained. The
French spoliation claims section of tho
bill having been reached , Long , of Mas
sachusetts , said there was no longer any
excuse for delaying the payment of these
claims in view of the fact that a judicial
tribunal of the government's own selec
tion had , as a conclusion alike of fact
and of law. declared their validity and
the government's indebtedness.
Treating With the Sioux Indians.
Standing Uock Agency , Dak. , Aug. 3
( via Bismarck ) . The commission in this
morning's council with the Indians suc
ceeded in drawing out the fact that four
chiefs , John Grass , Gall. Mad Bear and
Eig Head , backed by Sitting Bull , are
holding the Indians back from assenting to
the act oi congress by Intimidation. Tho
chiefs were asked in open council , in the
presence of all the Indians , to get
np and say that every Indian might act as
he ple.ises and accept or reject the oiler of
the government , and that in thus express
ing his mind he would give no offense to
the chiefs and would not be hurt or in
terfered with on account of his action.
The request was made and repeated twice.
The chiefs sat sullenly in their places and
said notl iug. The commissioners then
stated that they regarded the silence of the
chiefs as an admission that they were
keeping the people back under intimida
tion , and that the people were not allowed
their true sentiments. This caused consid- j
erable sensation , and the commissioners :
adjourned the council till Monday. Every <
prolion of the treaty has been fully ex
plained , and all the objectionamm red.
The commi. souers : htill btl.eve that a
favorable result may be obtained by tak- •
ing time. The Indians hivo b.en assured
and reas-ured that eaeh Indian hhull have [
the right to giv * his assent or dissent , ac
cording to his wish and desire.
The commissioners nie m ormed through
reliable hource tl at the number who
would sign hut for intimidation is increas
ing. John Grass spoke to-day. Jfe showed
a more comprehensive knowledge of the
details of the act than any speech made yet >
by any Indian. This fact encourages the
commissions to persevere and take more
time and care in their acts to have the acl
fully and clearly placed before all. jI j I
Negotiations with the Sioux. j
St. Paul , Minn. , Aug. 2. Tho Pioneer ,
Prc specials about the Standing Kock
conference are rather coutradictory '
to-night. The regular correspondent at •
the : : gency says yesterday's counsel ;
lasted over four hourbut , nothing
was accomplished. The Indians refused to
sign. Speeches were made by d.iil , .Mad
Bear , Sitting Buil and other eh iris. Sit
ting Bull said he was oppo.ed to the :
treaty , and aa many Indians had crops to •
look alter tliere w.is no use of keeping teem
in council longer. Gall said he would !
never sign either paper and that this
was fiual. A Pierre correspondent say > : '
Direct and reliable information to-night . '
from Standing Kock agency to the elled J
that the Indians will sign the treaty. Be- >
yond doubt the reds are simply hold- ;
iug off for presents aud feasts , and r * j
no conference has there been any stron „ ,
opposition to signing the treaty. Intelli- '
gence from Lower Brule and Ciow Creek ,
thi6 morning , to the effect that there was '
no opposition down there , confirms the be- j
lief that the commission will .
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encceed in its work and ,
that within three months the reservati > n
will he thrown open. Governor Church
has returned to Bismarck from Standing ,
Rock agency. He says that whilo the In- ,
dians are stubborn , he believes the com- J 1
mission will induce them to sign.
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Resumption of the I'rtmte , , , , . ( / ; , - pu ' , irit . f
Commission j/j/j. -J
London , August , _ on resumption ol I
• the debate in t „ ionso 0f Common3 to'day
on tho PrneU commission bl J , Balfour ,
chief secretary for Ireland , said tliat the
f'ech of Homo Secretary Matthews , lnsb
ninht , in wj ch ho said : "Tho judges al 1
ready had power to select such of tho I
charges as they dcemod worthy of an in"v j
juiry , " contained what the government j
tiud all along stated. Sir Lyon ±
1'Iayfair , liberal , contended thai •
Mutthcws had extended tho scopa % 1
if tho bill to an enormous extent. ]
Matthews now said tho inqiiisy was intc |
nn organization which induced crime , . T 'j
whereas the honso had been led to beliove. \ \
that the bill was intended to enable cer- I !
tain members to clear their characters. I
Bradlaugh declared that Matthew * hadi j ] '
uiado out an absolutely now c we. 1
Chamberlain repeated his statement thati j :
ha would have been glad if the rango o ( . j
tho proposed inquiry had been limited , . j
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but he said he hud never suggested a. limit \
regarding seasons. ii
Gladstone said the government's cove- f ]
nant h.id been entirely and absolutely- j\ \
changed. jj
He said his partv would take care thai * Jt
tho country should understand theao pro-
ete lines. [ Cheers. ] /
Balfour said that Gladstone ou the eve 08 ,
the inquiry h id pronounced the opinion * |
that the 'limes letters were forgeries. ,
Gladstone : "I said that I was justified' |
in concluding that tliere must be a motive' 4
for the extraordinary way in which thfr i
! "ttcr were now being thrown into > j
aha le. " j
Balfour said Gladstone's remarks were *
moist improper , lledenio * that tho gov- t .
eminent had altored tho bill or changed J
their position. |
Keid offered an amendment providing 1
that the commission shall inquire into ther ]
charges ami allegations only in so far aa the ? ,
same bear upon ths charges and allegations. <
against the members. I
Sir William Vernon ILircourt said ifc |
now appeared that the government's- J
object in creating thu commisiiou w.is- ]
not to give the I'amellite members * {
an opportunity to clear theiusalves of foul * /
and calumnious charges , but to inquire \
ht > a political organization. If that were /
no : so why hadn't the government insti- }
tuted the inquiry long ago ? The govern
ment , wishing to esjape responsibility foe
the commission , asserted that its formation
was proposed at the instance oi I'arnell * 4
yet the house were now told that its object !
was to inquire into a political organization.
The division ou Mr. hcid's amendment \
was taken and the amendment was rejected
211 to 191 votes. The l'arnellito mem- '
ber8ofthe parliament will meet to-mor- ]
row to arrange a line of demonstration
against a proposed compulsory termination
of the debate on the Parnell commission j
bill. '
CINCINNATI RESPLENDENT j
Wi U Her Ono Hundred I > itf. . VeatlTr-
ltlCM.
Cincinnati's jubilee , in honor of tho
100th anniversary of the settlement oi *
the territory now comprising half a
dozen of the most wealthy and prosper
ous States of the Union , is in full blast , .
and the old city is in a blaze of glory.
The arrangements for this notable Ex- 1
position , which continues from the- )
Fourth of July until tho 27th of October
C100 days and nights ) , were made on a
most liberal scale , 11 fact duo to the- 1
grand liberality and business sense of
her monied men , who subscribed to a.
a guarantee fund aggregating one mil- J
lion and fifty thousand dollars to defray |
expenses. With a portion of this suia
immense buildings , well erected , which
in con juction with her permanent struc- ,
ture , known as the Springer Music Hall , ,
which has the largest stage in the world , ,
and an auditorium capable of holding- , j
8,000 people , gives an area of forty-thre&
acres of buildings under one continuous-
roof , and which affords ne-arly a million. ,
square feet of exhibiting space. Among
the attractions will bo a separate display
from a dozen States , a government ex
hibit from Washington City , an electri
'
cal display of unexampled magnificence-
and hrilliancy , a.\d exhibits in Machine
ry. Horticulture , Agriculture , and ars ' ,
Art Collection , the iinefet ever seen in
this or any other country. All the rail- 4
roads have consented to run on excur
sion rates , and in consequence Cincin- y _
nati will be tho Mecca of millions off
visitors from every section of tho land.
A Texan Stabs Thrp * Men.
Chicago , August 3. A Daily Xew3 spe
cial from Elkhart , Ind. , says : Benjamin
Scott , a Texan , who came here recently .
this afternoon fatally stabbed Con-
Crowley , a stock dealer , George
Ncwall , a leading farmer and capitalist ' '
and James Smith , a colored porter of the
Ciifton house. Xewall and Crowley it is ' ,
claimed by Scott , hail trespassed upon his- *
property. Scott said he would stab any- ,
one who would infriune on his rights t f
to which Crowley said that a man who- I"
wouid use a knife wasa ' cur. At thi3 Scott
drew a pocket knife and stabbed Crowley
in the stomach three time ? . Xewall picked
up a club and snrum : to Crowley's assist
ance , and received a stab in the ;
left breast which reached the lung. '
Smith was also stabbed , but not serioasly. - *
Scott was arrested and taken to Gresham '
for safety. Newall's wound * are danger- r |
ous and Crowley lies unconscious , and his j 1
death is expected at any moment. I
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OMAHA.
Wheat No. 2 GG (3t GG . ' '
oiix-No. . 2 mixed 30 (04 30 ;
Oats No. 2 30 ( Tcj 31
JIVF'l .K 1 C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . flfJOT' \J • > '
l.ARLKY 4 > ) % ( q ) 4 ! )
HrrTKit Creamery 20 ( t $ 21 '
HfTTi.it Cho'se roll 1GJ ) 17
linen Fresh 13 Ciu 1-t-
- 11:1x0Ciiickens per doz. . . 2 7. > ( y 3 25
Li.mo.vs Choice , per box. . . 7 00 Ou S 00
Di.anoi.s Per ! mx 3 7. fe 7 00
Stkixo Kuans I'erbu 75 100 f
Dnions IVr bn 1 2.V5. I 7. >
PoTiTOKs New- -lo ty 75
Tci-xii's Per bu 2 ; " ( ih 30
\er LKs Per bbl 2 00 ( V. 3 00-
. " oinatneper hti 1 " > < a > 2 00 *
iVoor. Fine , per il > 13 % 20 ; '
: fo\-EY 1 t f $ 1G. 4
Fr.AX Secd I'erbu 1 l6 $ 1 20
ilocs Mixed packing C lo fit. G 2- > , -
: loos Heavy weights G 2. ( G 35 I j
! . . : ivr > Choice steers 4 50 fuf 5 25 I 1
: iiiii Fair to medium. . . 3 50 % 5 25 f |
NEW YORK.
A'mi.vt No. 2 re. ! S5 ( & < 12' ' {
.Viieat lisraded red 51 % t)2'i ;
. ' oicn No. 2 ii 7V < $ 57 j
- > ats Mixed western 35 % 38 i |
'oleic .14 2 : > < u.I45h I i
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CHICAGO. X
Viikvt rT. irtlieI 84 < a 8t ' |
'mi-Per haulier 45 % 45 % . } '
) ath Per bushel 2S ( a ) 2SK <
'ouk 14 52 ( $14 CO j ,
.Aim S 65 @ 8 1 0 4
louP. . 'ckii'g itshippiriu' . G 10 ( $ - G 40 t
' iTTr.i : Storhers ' 2 10 ( > 3 7. )
! iiiii Natives 2 75 4 10 1
ST. LOUIs . - * | :
Viik\t No. 2 red each S2 83
'oun Perbiltel 43 % • 131 .
> ats Per biwhel 21 25 \ \ \
Iorrs Mixed packing 5 80 @ G 30 ' 1
'ATTi.n Fcwlers 2 25 @ 3 50 \
jiuep "Western 3 90 @ 4 40 * j
KANSAS CITV. ! | jj
Theat Per bushel GSJ @ GO I jl
onN Per bushel 37J4 ® 38
Iats Per bushel 20 @ 20
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attle Feeders . 1 55 @ 3 9o { \
[ oas Good to choice 5 25 ( Si 6 05- ' , i
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