Nebraska Newspapers

    I THE M'COOK TRIBUNE ,
H F. M. KIimiEIili , INibtuiicr.
H McCOOK , NEB ,
1 1 * anan
I AEOTJT NEBBASKA.
H Prairio fires havo of Into been of fro-
M qucnt occurrcnoo in tlio vicinity of Over-
m -Dannebrog citizona have raised o
1 bonus for now roller mills , nnd the on-
m torpriso is now regarded as a euro thine : .
H The people of tho First Baptis.
H * church nt Grand Island have a no * *
m house of worship as well as a now pastor ,
1 The damage to tho B. & M. bridgt
B over tho Bluo , mentioned as burned yes-
H torday , says the Beatrico Express , if
m moro extensive than at first reported ,
m About two luindred feot of tho north np-
M proach to tho bridge is practically do-
M stroyed. Bcpairs aro being pushed as
M rapidly as possible.
M The Fremont public schools aro full
HH to overflowing , notwithstanding tho two
H now buildings erected this year. The
m question tho schoolboard is trying tc
m eolvo is how to dispose of tho "surplus. "
M Last Thursday evouing , saj-s the
H Chadron Democrat , while Jackson Creed
B -was pulling a train of stock from Casper
B to this place , tho engine ran into a herd
B of cattle that had pre-empted the track ,
B and without warning the entire train
B was piled up in the ditch. All the train
B hands , who had escaped injury , at once
B rushed to tho engino , but tho escaping
B steam made it impossible for them to
B see tho engineer , and when found he waE
M bo badly scalded that he lived but a shod
B time.
1 Tho sudden death of Benjamin
1 Falmerton , the venerable Odd Fellow
B of Beatrice , in Omaha last week , was a
B shock to tho entire Beatrico coininu-
B nity. No man in Beatrice was so well
M known and so well liked as "Undo
B Ben. " His remains were brought home
B in charge of a special commit too np-
H pointed by tho grand lodge. Mr. Fal-
M merton was 04 3ears old , and came to
B Beatrice from Ohio about fifteen years
B ago. Of late years he had been engaged
B in stock raising.
M A Custer county lad started to at-
H tend a charivari Thursday evening and
1 carried a gun. While holding both
B hands over the muzzle the weapon was
H accidentally discharged , shattering both
B hands and tearing away tho rim of the
B lad's hat. Ho will be a cripple for life.
m At Omaha last Sunday l3aao John-
1 son ( colored ) received fatal injuries by
M being struck by a locomotive on tho
M Missouri Pacific track , at tho intersec-
fl tion of Grace street. Johnson was
H walking along the track , and the weather
H being inclement , he sheltered himself
m with an umbrella. At this point , an en-
m gine that was running to the round-
B house came along at a rapid rate , in the
B same direction that Johnson was raov-
B ing. and without any warning ho was
m hurled from the track a considerable
m distance and died from the effects a few
B moments afterward.
M Tho democrats of Omaha will make
m a final political effort on the evening oi
B November 3d On that occasion they
B expect to have more torches in line than
B on any previous occasion.
B The Lincoln board of trade build-
B ing association , organized with a capital
B stock of $250,000 , composed of some of
B the leading capitalists of Lincoln and
B the west , filed articles of incorporation
B * with the secretary of state last week.
B Tho promoters of tho natural gas
B project in Omaha assert that they have
B in no way abandoned the enterprise.
m A pipe 550 feet in length , extending
B from the tank to the intersection of Six-
M teenth and Burdette streets has been
1 laid , and the fluid burns brightly after
B being conveyed that distance. A new
B movement is now on foot to further in-
m vestigate the supply by sinking a hole
1 2,000 feet beneath the surface.
m A Nebraska City special says : Itfrs.
H John Hall shot her husband during a
1 family quarrel this morning. Hall had
B been drunk for two weeks , his family
B having been driven from home every
M night this week and compelled to sleep
m nt the houses of neighbors. This morn-
m ing they became engaged in a quarrel
H and Mrs. Hall drew a revolver and
m threatened to kill him. Her husband
1 told her to shoot. Mrs. Hall then start-
M ed to leave the room when her husband
B caught her around the neck and at-
H tempted to take the pistol froin 'her.
H Dnring the scuffle the weapon was dis-
H charged , the ball striking Hall on the
m left side of the neck. The wound is con-
b eidered dangerous. Mrs. Hall being in
M a delicate condition was not arrested ,
B , bnt a guard was placed over her to await
m ' the results of her husband's wound.
B B Hall is a brother of Mast Hall , who
B B killed a man at Auburn a few years ago
P B and escaped with a light sentence.
B A fellow left a pair of shoes thai
m needed mending in a shoe store in South
H Omaha and marked directions on them
M us follows : "Tapt and i sold. "
B Tho onlj' gambling den in Fairbury
m has been broken up , the proprietor hav-
H ing been arrested , found guilty and
B fined.
M Beatrice lias completed a sewerage
H system 30,000 feet long and $35,000
H deep.
M South Omaha 'thieves have no use
B for preachers in their midst. A reverend
B gentleman in that city engaged in build-
m ing a house has had 1 ,200 feet of lumber
B stolen from him 800 feet first and then
H 400 feet.
B . Charles S. Jones , an old resident ol
M - _ j' Juniata , died there recently agedseven-
B ty years. He was a distant relative ol
M the late Samuel J. Tilden , nnd during
B the warwas a member of tho Twenty-
B Eeventh Michigan infantry.
H The furniture store of W. C. "Wood-
1 -woiih , at Exeter , was destroyed by fire
H last week. Loss , about $2,000.
H The state meeting of the Y. M. O. A >
H vrill be held in Beatrice October 25 to 23 ?
H A cannery , a packing house and a
H oilroad bridge are amonj Fonca's im-
m C odiatA wants.
H 'J-Tho Madison Chronicle reports big
H droves of cattle passing through town
H almost daily , bemjj taken from the
B rango to irinter quarters ,
H Whitcman & Hamilton , of Overton ,
H had three car loads of hay burned , il
H being set on fire by a passing engine.
H The Journal opines that Falls City
Kf * * will enjoy a prosperous year tho coming '
Br twelve months. Everything , it says , '
M shapes that way. '
H n elevator boy in tho Millard hotel '
H at Omaha lostweek robbed a guess of \
B $185 , nd then leffc for p known. .
H Freight train number 20 ditched hex :
H cn-ino and nine fruit cars at Claries the ,
BBT other day. The accident was caused by i
defective switch which could not be j
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m foemaSd enSneer jumped in time to 1
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A workman on tho street gang of
graders at Flattsmouth recently found
a Spanish silver coin of tho date of 1700 ,
a little larger and not quite so heavy as
a silver dollar. It is apparently made
of purer silvor than the United States
coins of to-day. It had evidently lain
covered np a long time , and when
brightened up showed its inscriptions
quite plainby. One gentleman offered
S5 for it , but tho man who found it pre
ferred not to give it up.
Ed Burke , Harry Matterson , Wil
liam Welch and Charley Mooro , four of
tho trampB arrested at Nebraska City
for highwpy robbery , had their trial and
were bound ovor to await tho action of
the district court , which conVones No
vember 12. Harry Migles and Tommy
Miles , two toughs who came from
Omaha , were givun $10 and ten days for
being found in tho gang. Word was re
ceived from the Chicago police to hold
tho four above mentioned , as it was al
most certain that one of them was want
ed in that city.
A four horso team with a load oJ
lumber ran away with B. Jungbluth al
Arlington , breaking his arm in two
places and otherwise badly bruisinghim.
Tho lumber was scattered for a mile
along the road.
Three hundred and ton students are
now on the books of tho Stato Univer
sity register. Ono hundred and ton oJ
these aro new this j'ear. Others are ex
pected before the close of tho term.
Seventy are registered in the present
freshman class and tho seniors will num
ber thirty.
Additions to the state university
library aro not commonly largo but they
are'always choice. Between 400 and 50Q
now books have been added this year.
Among these are complete sets of Black-
woods magazine and Dublin university
magazine. The former number 112 anil
the latter sixt\T-eight volumes. Prof.
Bessey has also added some very fine
foreign works to tho botanical library.
Last week the body of a man was
found in tho Missouri river at Florence ,
and the coroner was summoned. An in
quest was held , resulting in the discov
ery that the body was that of J. D.
Burke , a farmer residing about eight
miles from Florence. About one week
ago , Burke was in the above town on a
protracted spree. He was seen late at
night in n drunken stupor. , and it is
thought while in this condition , ho fell
into the riyer and was drowned. Tho
inquest resulted in a verdict accordingly.
Burke leaves awidow and eight children
in destitute circumstances.
Slicnnndoab lias narrowly escaped
her second traged } ' . Ben Smith , pro
prietor of a foundry , got into an alterca
tion with a moulder in his employ , named
Frederick Stephenson , over the settle
ment of the week's wages. Smith struck
Stephenson over the head with a bar of
iron and , after felling him to the ground ,
endeavored to shoot him. Stephenson's
skull was fractured and he now lies in a
somewhat precarious condition. The
preliminary examination was postponed
to await the result of his iniuries.
A cowboy from the Snake rivor conn-
try brings news to Cheyenne of the
lynching of F. W. Adams , and a com
panion known as "Dutchy. " Tho two
men had been slaughtering elk and deer
for their horns and hides , in violation ol
the state law , and "were remonstrated
with by an ex-ranchman named John
sonwho said ho would report them to
the authorities if they did not desist.
This enraged the hunters , who that
night burned down the house of John
son , and threatened to kill him if he in
terfered again. Johnson rode to the
settlement near by and gathered a force
of forty men , who caught the hunters
and hanged them.
The German-American bank is a
new financial institution established in
Fremont.
J-ancoln now has two telegraph com
panies.
The largest bet made in Nebraska
, City on the coming election was made
last week , James Wilcox betting $500
that Cleveland would be re-elected. The
bet was taken b3T H. F. Cady of Omaha ,
and the money put up.
A daring burglary was committed at
the residence of a Mr. Walsh , in Lin
coln , last week. The family were all
away from home , leaving the house
securely locked. When Mrs. Walsh re
turned she at once discovered that some
one had been rumaging in the drawers
and closets , and upon investigation
found : that a nickel plated watch , several
gold rings " and other articles of jewelry ,
a ' coat , overcoat , shoes and other wear
ing apparel had been taken.
A train of five box cars was smashed
last week between Liberty and Bur-
chard. After leaving Liberty eastward
the water supply was found to be low.
The engineer with the engine having
gone to Burchard for water was return
ing to his train , but failed to etop his
\ engine until it ran into the trainwith ,
the above result. No other injuries are
reported : and no one seems to know the
cause i of the trouble.
Ed. Gillson , a fireman on switch en
gine No. 22 , met with a severe accident
at ( Flattsmouth. The water glass on his
engine , bursted and a piece of the glass
entered < his arm , severing the main ar
tery. Gillson started for tho doctor's
office < but before reaching it ho became
weak from loss of blood and had to be
supported. He is getting along as well
as ' could be expected.
George N. Sroat of Nebraska City has
a valuable souvenir , an autograph letter
written by Abraham Lincoln , in 1859. It
is an answer to an invitation to attend a
banquet in Boston on the anniversary of
the birth of Thomas Jefferson. The let-
ter concludes with the following tribute
to the author of the immortal Declara-
tion yf Independence : "All honor 'to
Jefferson , to the man who , in tho con-
crete pressure of jx struggle for indoJ
pendence by a single people had the
coolness , forecast , and capacif } * to intro-
duce into a merely revolutionary deen-
ment an abstract truth , applicable to all
men and all times and so to embalm it
there that to-day and in all coming days (
it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling j
block to the harbingers of reappearing (
tyranny and oppression. "
Eviction of Iowa Settlers. j
Des Moines special : United States
marshals within the past week evicted
five settlers from the so-called Des i
Moines river lands in Webster and
Hamilton counties. To-day something
of a sensation was caused by B. E. BoynI I
ton , president of the Settlers' union , the 1
organization which Jias been litigating ;
and Jighting-the river and-'corapanv'fi
title for twenty-five years , buying the
companies title , thus retiring personally '
from the controversy. Several weeks '
ago tho settlers fired on a deputy mar- '
shal who was executing a writ of eject- \
ment , and since then moro yigorous
measures have been pursued against '
them. No less than five prominent setf
tiers have given in this week and bought 1
the company's title. The fact that a \
writ of ejectment was out for Boj'nton
probably induced him to settle. He has '
one of the finest farms in Hamilton 1
county and has lived on it twenty-three J
years. i -
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AN OASIS'IN THE POLITICAL DESERT.
Tttreiitl-ltwe Topic * 1'nl Aside and ( f-c Pub
lic 'JVe.ilI to Some'nliw More Iimp-i-iny.
There was a great political demonstra
tion at Limo , Ohio , on the 2Gth. Judge
Thurman and Speaker Carlisle were tho
central figures , the former dropping the
tariff and occupying his time in tho dis
cussion of other matters. Touching
upon the Murchinson-Sackville corres
pondence , ho said :
The republicans want to get rid of a
discussion of the tari-F. They want to
got rid of a disoussion of the fisheries.
They want • to get rid of the Chinese
question , and so they have started a new
dodge , invented a new scheme , which
you may have seen in the Cincinnati pa
pers of to-da3r . 'They claim that an
Englishman by the name of Murchin-
son , living somewhere in Hlinois , that I
never heard of until I saw his name in
the papers , wrote a letter to the British
minister at Washington to inquire of
him whether a naturalized Englishman
in California ought to voto for Cleveland
or vote for Harrison , and that the Brit
ish minister made him a repty , ' and this
letter , which it is alleged Murchinson
wrote , boils over with mean insinuations
against Cleveland and the democratic
party , as if thej' were the hirelings of
Great Britain , and boils over with ful
some praise of Harrison , as if he were
the incarnation of American virtue and
patriotism. Now , my friends , I want to
say a word to you about that , not that I
am at all satisfied that this so-called Mr.
Murchinson ever wrote any such letter ,
or that the British minister ever replied
to it , as is pretended , for I should
saj' , looking at the correspondence , and
especially at Mnrchison's letter , or so-
called letter , that it bore on its face such
evident marks of downright shameless
forgery that I might be as likely at once
to denounce it as a forgery and then say
no more about it. [ Cheers. ] Whether
it is a forgery or not I don't know , but
this I have to say , that , be it a forgery
or bo it a genuine letter ; be it a letter
writteirby Murchinson or be it a letter
written by some cunning republican par
tisan to which Murchinson has lent his
name ; be it one or the other , it is the
production of a deliberate villain who
deserves to be scorned by honest men.
Here Judge Thurman gave the con
tents of both letters , and continued : |
Murchison pledges to tho British min
ister that not only shall that letter that
he writes to him bo kept secret , but that
of the minister shall be kept secret.
Now , my friends , when you come to
look nt tho letter itself you see that it
nevt was written by a man who for one
moment thought of voting for Grover
Cleveland. On the contrary , it is writ
ten by some skillful , as he thought , cun
ning republican politician , who thought
to entrap the British minister and get
from him some reply that could be used
against Cleveland in the presidential
election , so that when that man
professed to be friendly to Cleveland
land , and only seeking out correct
knowledge , he was lying with ever3r
breath that he uttered , with every word
that he wrote , when he said that the
answer of the British minister should
be kept a profound secret. He was ly
ing , for he never intended it should . be
kept a secret if he were fortunate
enough to get one , unless that letter
should disappoint his hopes. Now , my
friends , if that man intended to be or
was what he said , how does it come that
the letter to his British minister , which
was marked "private , " and the letter of
tho British minister to him , which he
solomuby pledged his honor should
never see the light , how comes it that
those letters are in the public press to-
day ? But that is not all. Just look at
it. This letter of Murchison professes
to have been written on the 4th of Sep-
tembcr last , and the British minister's
answer professes to be written on the
13th of September , and yet for more
than one month , yes , considerably moro
than one month , no man ever heard one
word of there being such correspon-
deuce except the men who are in the
conspirac3 %
Last week there was to be a greater
meeting , as it was called , of Irishmen ,
although I do not think very maii3r lion-
est , thoroughbred Irishmen were in the
gang. But it was announced that there
was to be such a meetingas thatat Mad-
isoh Square , in the cit3' of New York ,
and thnt James G. Blaine was to address
that meeting , and according ' the meet-
ing Avas'held. When was it held ?
Speaker Carlisle Last night.
Judge Thurman Last night only ?
Then for the first time the terrible cori
respondenco comes out which is to prove
that the sworn president of the United
States , the sworn secretary of state , the
sworn cabinet of the president , were all
a set of conspirators against the people
of the United States. It comes out just
tnen , on tne eve ot Jtsiame's meeting ,
the Irish meeting in the city of New "
York , and among the first things Blaine
does is to hold up his hands in horror
over this theme of official depravity.
At the republican demonstration in
Madison square , Mr. Blaine was the prin-
cipal speaker. He spoke mainly to the
Irish element , and in the course of his
remarks also referred to the Murchison-
Sackville correspondence as will be seen
by the following extract from his speech : (
Mr. Chairman I speak to-night to <
men of Irish birth , but not in relation r
to their connection with the British emt
pjre. I speak to them in relation to their t
citizenship to the American republic <
[ applause ] and of the duties the3 * owe c
and I the policies they should pursue ; and
I : aver that the strongest lesson for an
Irishman ; in America is to be found in
his experience in his native laud. ,
The fairest land and almost the rich- *
est ( portion of all Europe , destined to
poverty and to suffering , and to the exile
of < millions of her children because of t
misgovernment destined primarily to v
untold privation because her power is
applied for her own use aud her own ad
vantage , the poor people for the protecl
tion , of which all Irishmen should strugr
gle , in America. So great is the agricul0
j tural wealth in Ireland that onlv fortv e
years ago she shipped a greater amount <
J of produce across the chaunel te Engji
land j than tho United States exported to ji
all , counties greater than the empire of i
Russia ; sent to the other countries of I
Europe ; , and with all this , where is Ire- \
land j to-day ? She shares tho fate of all 5
countries purely agriculturalshe shares 1
the Tate that would in a larger degree 3
overtake the United States if tho free n
trader j should l.avo his wa3' and (
redu.-e u * to nn agricultural people , t
[ Applause. ] And yot to-night the fear $
•
is that a majority of the lri-.li voters of r
"
Anierica , or the Irish-Americau voters t
will cast .their ballots on the 6th day of t
November as the present government of
England would desire them to cast it \
[ Cries of "No , n"J Inrish you could *
make that "no" a largo majorit3' of the '
Irishvote of theJJnited States. For E
the last four months the democrats have '
been denying and the republicans have *
been affirming , ' that the last and conr
stant wish of England is that Mr. Clever
land's administration should bo bus- °
tained bytho whole force and effect of
English public opmidh. And just when t
they _ had begun to make an expression
and impression upon the American peo- r
pie that such might not be the fact , wo *
have the letter of tho British minister at . "V
Washington himself [ groans ] , urging "
tho re-election of Mr. Cleveland. And s
3Tou. can never interpret a letter until rJ
you know the letter that called it forth , r
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correspondence , yon must have both
sides of it , and this letter from tho Brit
ish minister was called foith by a letter
from California written by a native of
England.
Mr Blaine then read the letter , in
which the writer states to Mr. Saville-
West that his faith has been shakon by
President Cleveland's administration
and writes to the British minister to dis
solve his doubt , and Mr. West sa3's to
the California man that the recent pro
ceeding of tho president is only a little
by-phij' , which does not mean anything ,
lie need not bo afraid , and all tho other
English voters can go ahead with per
fect confidence.
Mr. Blaine resumed :
Three ministers of the United States ,
rerlainb' two , have had their walking
papers for offenses less grave than that ,
aud to-night if an American minister at
England should write to an English
voter advising him to support either
side as the one favorable to tho United
'late.w , he would bo politei3' invited to
ail home by the next steamer. And
what does the secretary of stato do ?
> \li3' , he says it was no harm , it was
only private. Well , suppose he sends a
private circular , suppose he issues 10,000
• if them and marks them private in tho
corner , and there came a discovery ? I
suppose Secretar3r Ba3ard would say
"not a particle of harm , so long as you
mark them private and as long as you
mark them private they will have so
much more beneficial effect when the3r
.cet into the public print. "
And so this has done its perfect work.
ft was written for Grover Cleveland.
Groans. ] It was written m aid of him
I > bring the whole naturalized English
voters to his support , and Mr. Cleve
land's premier at the head of his cabinet
sa3Ts it is all right , and we are to have a
British minister at Washington giving
his opinion as to what wo should do in
this country , in our political and our
domestic parties. One remark ho makes
I wish to comment on particularly , for
I call it an insult to the republican
party. I protest in tho name of that
, iart3r against Lord Sackville-West say
ing that tho rejection b3 > - the republi
can senate of an outrageous and
miserable and dastardly fishery
t. , , eal3r was a mere political ruse for this
campaign. He has no right to sajso. .
Ho has never seen a senate heretofore in
the histoiy of this republic , democratic ,
or whig , or republican , or federal , that
would for one moment have entertained
that fishery treaty. Not one. And
Lord Snckvillo West has no right to sa3r
to the American people that the sena
torial representatives of that great party
in looking after tho national honor aro
merety committing a political ruse. He
will find a political ruse of that kind will
last so long as the honor of the Ameri
can flag is to be preserved and the right
of the hnrdy fishermen of America to be
protected. rCheurs. ]
THE LATE DISASTER AT MUD RUN.
Fiiidhuj'f of the Coroner's .Jio-y In the T.ehlijh
Vulleif Accident.
Mauch Chunk ( Pa. ) dispatch : After
a three days' session , the coroner's jury ,
which has been investigating tho recent
accident on the Lehigh Talley railroad
at : Mud Eun , 1)3 which so many lives
.
wero lost , reached the following verdict j
to-day : "Wo find that the engineers of !
locomotives 452 aud 4GG of the seventh ,
section i , were guilty of gross negligence ,
first in failing to discover the red signal
in : time , the evidence clearlj * showing
;
that this signal was in full view as their
train ! approached , and , secondh' , for not
approaching i the station under full con1
trol , as required ly both general and
special : orders. The evidence also shows
that i the air brakes of the entire seventh
section i were under the control of the
engineer t of locomotive 450 , and that he
could i have stopped the train in spite of
locomotive 1 No. 452. We find that the
lookout ] men of locomotives Nos. 452 aud
4GG were guiltjr of gross negligence in
failing i to report to their respective en
gineers j the red light at the station as the
train 1 approached. The men wero placed
on < their respective engines as an addij
tional i precaution , L'l-w ' r special duty
being 1 to lookout foe - ' • "oals. The
lookout ] man on No. 4 > > 3l2d to
see * tho signal. The other one on
4G6 testified that ho saw it when about
one < hundred and fifty feet from the sta- -
tion 1 , and 3Tet he reported all right to the
engineer < and claims that he did not -
think 1 the red light meant an3thing , as
nobody i used it. We find that the rear \
brakeman 1 of the sixth seetion was guilty r
of < gross negligence , for when hv ? train 3
stopped , instead of promptly going back x
the 1 proper distance toward the approach-
ing i traiu , ho stopped at the station. c
There was time enough for him to have j
gone \ back nearly half a mile , but he
went * less than 400 feet. We find that x
the 1 conductors of the two sections failed t
in i their duty first , in not conforming
to 1 tho rule requiring each conductor to t
see personally that his brakeman proc
tects the rear of his train ; and , secondv
in not requiring his train to approach t
the \ station "under control. " 2
The coroner's jury investigating the
recent railroad accident on tho Lehigh
Valley railroad at Tamend , by which
eight persons were killed and several
others fatally injured , rendered a ver
dict to-day charging the flagman with
gross negligence in not signaling tho t
approaching train sooner and censuring r
the engineer of the Penns3rlvana freight r
train for running too fast and _ the en-
gineer of the construction train for not ,
carrying out the orders issued. \
The Quartermaster General's Report. t
Washington dispatch : The annual rea
port of the quartermaster general has ,
been submitted to the secretaiy of war.
It shows that the balance in the treasury t
to the credit of the quartermaster's det
partment at the end of June 30 , 1887 , e
was $1,409,230.56. The various appror
priatious for the seryice of the departv
ment for the 3Tear aggregated $9,219 , - c
057. G7 , and $778,222.23 was received from s
sales to officers , making the total receipts r
$ ll,40a,519.4G. The total disbursements 1"
amounted to $10,14S,01G , leaving a bali
ance June 30 , 1888 , of $1U17,503. Durt
ing the 3Tear the construction of a num. - 0
ber of new buildings at militaiy posts
was authorized at an estimated co t of •
S1S8.232. Transportation was provided " ?
by tho quartermasters department for f
3GG.012 persons , 115,029 tons of material t
and 1,677 animals at a cost of $1,007.24-1. n
Other expenses paid from the transpor-
tation fund swell the total expenses to t
$2,506,183. The cost of the movement s
of troops was $216,046. The accounts of t
the bonded Pacific road amounted for 5
transportation of troops in the aggroa
gate to $310,699. The sum of $56,51 ? n
was paid for military transportation ovei
the grant railroads. Tho total value of
the clothing and equipage issued to the
militia was $112,639. •
The "quartermaster general says that ll
the question of providinglighter clothtl
ing to troops stationed in extremely hot c
regions has been settled by the selection
of garments made of cotton duck. 0
All the switchmen and yardmen in in
the employ of the Denver & Eio Grande * |
railway at Pueblo struck last week , aud j ,
tho freight business is greatly interfered n
with. The cause is said to be a grievn
ouco the men have against B. X ) . Thonip-
son , superintendent of train service , jj
They unite in asking for Thompson'j t to
removal , which , it is understood , will n
settle tho strike. h
' Till'ilBwWWtf rrffr - * , k * - - * - -
) 'J.a J * | < * ' | r--- ,
, * . ' ' * ' ' -
OPENED HIS MOUTH AND PUT HIS F001
IN IT.
TIte Xettinegi a irZ Despatch With Which tho
Jlrilish Miniver Wat Entrapped.
Following is the letter of Murchinson
to Lord Sackvillo West , British minister
at Washington , and the hitter's reply ,
which has called forth so much criticism
from the press nnd public , both in this
country and England. The correspond
ence fully explains itself , and at the
samo time shows how completely the
Britisher was entrapped into giving ex
pression to views that ho did not expect
to be made public :
THE IiETTER OF MrmCITINSON' .
Pomona. Cal. , Sept. 4 , 1888. To the
British Minister , Washington , D. C.
Sir : The gravity of the political situa
tion here and the duties of those vofcers ,
who aro of English birth , but still con
sider England the motherland , consti
tute the apolog3' I herebj' offer for in
truding for confirmation. Mr. Cleve
land's message to congress on the fishery
question justly excites our alarm and
compels us to seek further knowledge
before finally casting our votes for him ,
as we had intended to do. Manj' Eng
lish citizens have for 3ears refrained
from being naturalized , as the3 * thought
no good would accrue from the act , but
Mr. Cleveland's administration has been
so favorable and friendly toward Eng
land , so kind in not enforcing the retnl-
iator3r act passed by congress , so sound
on the free trade question and so hos
tile to the d3namite school ol
Ireland that by tho "hundreds j'es by
the thousands they have become nntJ.
uralized for tho express purpose ol "
helping to elect him over again. The
one above all of American politicians ,
the3' consider their own and their conn-
tr3r's best friend. I am among these
unfortunates , with a "right to vote for
president in November. I am unable
to understand for whom I shall cast my
ballot , when but one month ago I was
sure Mr. Cleveland was the man. Could
I feel and think he was pursuing a pol-
icy toward Canada temporarily for the
sake of gaining popular ' and continu-
ation of his oilice four 3'ears more , "but
intends to cease his policy when his re-
election is secured in November and
again favor England's interest , then I
should have no further doubts , but go
forward and vote for him. I know of
no one better able to direct me. sir , and
I most respectfully ask j'our advice in
the malter. 1 will further add that tho
two men , Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Harrij
son , are very evenlj' matched , and a few
votes nia\r elect either one. Mr. Harri
son is a high tariff man , a believer on
the American side on all questions and
undoubtedly an enemj' to British inter-
ests , generalby. This state is oqualhy di
vided between the two parties , and a
mere handful of our naturalized connT
hymen can turn it either way. When it
is remembered that a small state ( Col-
orado ) defeated Mr. Tilden in 1876 and
\ elected ttyes , the republican , the im-
portance of California is at once nppar-
ent ' to all. As 3'ou are at the fountain
head of knowledge on the question , and
know whether Mr. Cleveland's present I
policy is temporary 011I3' , and whether
he j will , as soon as he secures another
term 1 of four 3-ears in the presidenc3' ,
suspend 1 it for one of friendship and freo
trade 1 , I appljto 3rou privaieh' and con- ±
fidentialh' . ' for information , Avhich shall {
in turn be treated as entirely secret.
Such information would put me at rest
ni3self , and , if favorable to Mr. Cleve-
land 1 , enable me , on 1113 * own responsi
bility 1 , to assure maiy of our counhye
men that they could do England a ser-
vice by voting for Cleveland and against v
the republican S3'stem of tariff. As I c |
before 1 observed , we know not what to
do , but look for more light on a m3s- '
terious \ subject , which the sooner it
conies will better serve true Englishmen rj
in j casting their votes. Yours , very re
spectful * , Mcrchinson. '
IiOKD SACKVIIiTiE WEST'S KEPXiT. l
[ Private ]
Sir : I am in receipt of j-onr letter of
the { 4th inst. , and beg to sa3' that I truly
ippreciate the difficult3 * in which 3011 a
find yourself in casting jour vote. You ]
are probably aware that any political r
party which openly favored the mother r
counhy at the present moment would
lose popularit3 * , and that the partjr in .
power is fully aware of this fact. The [
n
partj * , however , is , I believe , still desir-
ous of maintaining friendly relations g
with Great Britain , and is still as desir- c
ons of settling all questions with Canada S
which have been unfortunately re- u
opened since the retraction of the treaty
by the republican majority in the senate
and to the president's message , to which e
3'ou allude. All allowances , therefore , Q
must be made for the political situation
as , regards the presidential election thus I
created. It is , however , impossible to
predict the course which President
Cleveland ma3' pursue in the matter of a
retaliation should he be elected ; but
there is eveiy reason to believe that , { .
while upholding tho position he has j
taken , he will manifest a spirit of con-
ciliation in dealing with the question in- l e
volved in his message. I enclose an ar- _
ticlefrom the New York Times of Aug. g
22 , and remain , yours faithfulby.
L. L. SackviiiIiE-West. r
Beveblt , Mass. , Sept. 13 , 1S88. "
si
A Clash with the Commissioner tl
Baltimore dispatch : Last July the intl
terstate commerce commission on comE
plaint of individual oil refiners of Balti- |
more , ordered that the charges on crude s
oil for transportation from Washington , R
Penn. , to Baltimore , should not exceed ei
40 cents a barrel. This order was sent f
to the Penns3lvania Bailwaj * company , tl
it having been shown that the rate from ci
Washington , Penn. , had been increased ci
from 4' ' ) to 50 cents a barrel. It seems
that rather than carry the oil at 4 > cents Vl
the compain * decided to abandon the c
traffic , for President Boberts in a letter r
on October 16 , to Judge Coole3' , chairtt ;
man of the interstate commerce coma'
mission , sa3s : The rate of 50 cents , r (
which we had previous * adopted , was
one that was alread3 * so low that we were
satisfied before the action of 3'our com
mission , that it could not bring any " :
proper return to our compain * , and that s (
it would be veiy much better for us that E
the traffic should select Home other route
0
or some other means of transportation , g.
In repby to this Judge Cooty wrote on • ,
Saturday last : "I understand now that ( \
what has been done in this case was done pi
for the purpose of avoiding giving effect 0j
to the decision the commission had vj
made. Certainty the commission canp
not recognize 30111" right to take the ac- w
tion : 3ou have done , which seems to as- - r
serton behalf of j'our company a right je
to accept or decline at will traffic offered
Av
you. Wo shall be glad to meet 3ou at n
time which wilf suit - conve-
any 3-our conveT (
nience in confidence. "
C (
Law-Defying Hunters Lynched. c : i
Cheyenne dispatch : A cowboy from
the Snake river country brings news ot Q ]
the lynching of F. W. Adams and a b ,
companion known as "Dutchy. " di
The two men had been slaughtering oi >
elk and deer for their horns aud hides , ti <
violation of the state law , and wero tt
remonstrated with by an ex-rauchman
named Johnson , who said he would re- . .
port them to the authorities if the3 did u
not desist. This enraged tho hunters cc ;
who that night burned down the house wi
Johnson and threatened to kill him es
he interfered again. Johnson rode th
the settlement near by { rnd gathered bi
force of forty men , who caught the pt
uunters and hanged them. i va
t'
A RAILROAD BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
Tlio Farmers of Dakota Seeking Violecllon
Auatnst the llallroada.
AherAseu ( Dak. ) special : Probably
no question of territorial law has been
moro discussed during tho past few
years , nnd certainly no law has been
Taore abused , than that for tho regula
tion of the railroads. Particularly is
this true in regard to tho shipment of
grain and produce wherein tho farmer
and small dealer has been shamefully
discriminated against in favor of the
wealthy warehousemen and tho olevatcY'
owned and indirectly controlled 1)3' thfe
railroads themselves. It is to remedy
this and kindred evils that tho Territo
rial Farmers' alliance has labored. With
a view of further correcting tho abusen
that are known to exist the executive
committee of the alliance has prepared
a bill for introduction into the next leg
islature having for its object the hotter
regulation of r.Alroads and a practically
free market for the farming classes. The
whole strength at the command of the
alliance will be exerted toward the pas-
aage of the bill , so it is expected that it
will pla3 * no little part in the remaining
da3s of the legislative campaign.
The bill primarily is an act to amend
an act entitled "An act to provide for
the establishment of tx board of railroad
commissioners , defining their duties aud
to regulate the receiving and transpor
tation of freight on railroads in this ter-
ritory. " The first sections provide * cc
.the election of three persons who shah
constitute ( the "board of railroad com-
.
missioners , " defining their duties and
qualifications , and marking out the dis-
tricts , over which each shall have au-
thority. ,
Section 7 _ directs that any railroad
company ( doing business in the territory ,
when requested by itiiy person wishing
to j ship grain on its road , shall receive
and , transport such grain in bulk and
,
permit the same to be loaded either on
its j track adjacent to its depot or at any
warehouso on its sidetrack , at nn > ' sta-
tion , without discrimination or distino1
lion j as to the manner or condition in
which such grain is offered for trans-
port.it 1011.
Section S compels a railroad company
to j extend its sidetracks to aiy ware
houses ] or elevators which aro denied
position on the compain-'s right of way ;
and j which are erected adjacent thereto , '
tho j . track to bo laid and kept in repair '
at the expense of the com pa 113 * .
Section 9 provides for the equal dis-
tribution of . * in
cars among shipper. pro-
.
portion to their daily receipts of grain
or freight.
Section 10 makes it unlawful for any
compaiy to receive aii3 * greater com-
pensation for the transportation of pass
senger.s or freight for a shorter than a j
longer j distance over the same line ; also .
for an3 * railroad company ly 3113 * special
rate , rebate or other device to receive
from aii3 * person a greater or less com- (
pensation for aiy service rendered than
it receives from aiy other person for
doing a like service ; also for airy com- ]
paii3 * to enter into aiy contract with an3T jj
other company for the division and
pooling of business. ,
_ Section 13 _ provides for the construef
tion . and maintenance of "Ys" at all in- t.
tersecting points , and sections 14 and 15 -
call for the maintenance ly the railroad (
companies 01 true and correct scales for j
weighing grain nnd coal. jj
S ° ction 17 makes it obligatory upon n
every company "to print and keep for ' c
public inspection schedules showing tho n
classification . rates , fares and charges for j
the transportation of passengers aud c
property of all kinds aud classes which c
such eompan3 * has established , and which a
are in force at the time upon its railroad.
The schedule shall plainly state the ti
places upon its railroads between which
passengers and property will bo carried ,
and contain classifications of freight in -
force upon the lines of such railroad's. " ]
Section IS sa\s : "No change of classit
fications shall be made in the rates , fares }
and charges which have been estab
lished j and published as aforesaid b3 any
railroad compain * in compliance with the
requirements of section 17 , except after
ten days' publication , which notics shall '
dainty , stale the changes proposed to be (
made in the schedules then in force and i"
the time Avhen the changed schedules ]
shall go into effect , and tho proposed c
changes shall be shown by printing new 0
schedules ( or shall bo plainly indicated a
upon the schedules in force at the time ji
and kept for public inspection. " V
Section 19 authorizes the commission-
ers to establish and maintain a schedule
of reasonable rates , and gives them
power to compel all railroad companies
to ( adopt the same. s
Section 20 makes it thb duty of the 3
commissioners to personalty investigate I 0
and ascertain whether the provisions of ' j
this act are violated , and when prosecn0
tion is warranted tho3 * shall cause suits t
to ( be commenced. The attorney senn
eral of the territory and the several dis- (
trict . attorne3s will institute and prose- (
ante all actions which the commissioners n
shall ] deem proper. ti
Section 25. Any railroad company
Tound guilty of violating any of the pro
visions of this act shall be fined in the
mm of not less than § 1,000 nor more j
than § 10,000 , to which shall be added
the costs of action , and each da3's refu
sal : or neglect of an3 railroad company c
to do or to perform an3 * act required by 2
|
this act or thing prohibited by this act ,
shall ] be taken to be a separate offense ,
ind such railroad companv ma3 * be pros
ecuted and convicted for each da3's jof-
Fense separately , and the conviction l\
thereof shall not be a bar to the prose- '
ution and conviction of the same offense , ,
ommitted on any other da3 * . | ; i
The remainder of the bill , which is j ! | !
rery long , states in what manner tho
commissioners < shall make their annual ; • *
report , and the different items that are
o be particularized relating to the stock L
uid ' general satisfaction of the several '
roads. ' •
1 *
Tho Chickamauga Battle. s
Washington dispatch : Gen. Schofield '
odapromulgated an order from the '
secretary of war detailing Capt. S. C. *
Kellogg , Fifth cavalry , for tho purposeY
f | completing the location upon the of- ' . •
icial . map of the troops engaged in the . '
mttlo of Chickamauga. The plates * of \ . •
he survej * of the field have been com- , (
leted for some time , but the positions " •
f the troop3 have not been finally re- : :
rised. Capt. Kellogg was aide to Gen. |
Chomas in this battle , and is familiarj
vith the field. In accordance with his ' • '
nstrnctions he will correspond with the )
eading officers of that campaign and ' '
rill ask them to meet him at Chatta- >
looga ( for the purpose named about No- . . '
ember 10.
United States District Attorney Care3' -
oncluded his examination at San Fran- , , i-
< -co of the fifty-one Chinamen who o.
vqre released from the steamer Belgio l't '
n writs of habeas corpus on the plea ' of ' - "
eing merchants and not laborers. The I * '
listrict attorney says he is satisfied all -
f the with excepfc"1
men , possibly one excep-
ion , aro frands and aro barfed out by
he exclusion act. .y ,
Chief Justice Fuller on the 22d do- °
ivered his first opinion in the supreme j
onrt of the United States. Tho caso t * A
ras that of tho Western Union Tel-
graph company , plaintiff in error , vs. '
ho oommonwealth of Penns3lvania , . '
irought here on appeal from tho snq ° [
ireme court of tho state of Fennsyl- .
im * iiic
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V t inwmi WHIM timi < * m < 1 , * it. , < n.ti o'iwwiwWiii mm 11 , < * r m
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SHORT .N HIS ACCOUNTS $500,000. jf
The City lreamrer of Cleveland , Ohio , He- J H
part * for Canada. j H
Cleveland ( O. ) dispatch : Thomas Ax- 1 M
wortly is city treasuror and very prom- 1 % fl
incut , both as a business man and as a | M
democratic politician. It is tho com- f ( M
mon remark , "Whatovor ho touches- J p M
iurns to gold. " Ho has vessels , real es- * f 1 | M
tate , coal mines , iron ranges nnd other > J M
valuable invo.inents. . Ho has been nb- w - . , | H
sent for some timo and rumor has been I | H
bus3' with his name. Saturday tho , | H
ma3or's clerk submitted" to the city ' * , y J J f
board of revision a partial report of his- I | j |
investigations into tho business methods- ) f W k
of tho municipal officials. Still Ax- I j M
worthy was out of town and j'csterday J V J
morning tho inquiry was , "Where is tho ( jjH
city treasurer ? " His business and of- / H
ficial associates declared ho was in Now / H
York and stopping at tho Windsor hotel. f " > - | |
Telegrams of inquiry were sent to that ) j H
hotel ami an answer returned that Ax- 1 j H
wortly had arrived there September 2p. J H
in tho morning , and had departed in \ j H
tho evening for Montreal , Quebec , and ( j H
there all traces of him were lost. _ Mean- \ H
while his bondsmen began to investi- * * J 1 1
gato. They are United States Senator / * < |
Pa3no and J. II. Wade , jr. , anil are J f M
pledged for § 500,000. They , together f !
with leading city officials and attorneys ' ' l |
were in consultation all night , each re- 1 i H
fusing to sity a word about the meeting. ' - . * 1 H
The finance committee of the common H
council , , after a hasty examination of the- . j H
books , stato that they believe the loss to- H
tho city by reason of Axworthy's disap | J H
pearauce is § 500,000. SenatorPaj-no and. 1 H
J. H. Wade , jr. , bondsmen , early this |
morning : filed petitions and affidavits in > |
\
the \ common pleas court praying for an J * H
attachment j against Axworthy's vessels , i H
real 3 estate and other property Tho / !
schooner , Bopublic and a three-quarter's v H
interest j in tho schooner Page wero at- lH
j tached and his 11101103 * and stocks in the § H
local j banks garnisheed. The sheriff is. \ H
now attaching the real property of tho. H
missing treasurer , including his fnrmj | H
outside the city limits aud his summer , j H
residence on Lako avenue. _ Tho Bank p l
of Commerce also began suit for § 25,000- , * H
to \ recover on n promissory note they had B
discounted. It is said Axworlly had 4 H
§ 200,000 with him. j B
The investigation of the bodies showed 1 M
that there should bo § 870,8S7.05 to tho H
city's credit. Of this amount147,450.05 ' . j H
has been accounted for in tho city banks. ' j |
This j sum has all been deposited in j H
Axwortly's namo and was attached by j * !
his ] bondsmen this morning with the rest 1 M
of his personal property. The city will ' |
fight tho claim made to this mon03 * , de- ' - | |
claring that although it was deposited 1 |
in Axwortly's name it can bo shown |
to bo city funds. Should tho bondsmen |
succeed in obtaining it tho cit3 * will bo J H
just that much absolute losers without |
aiy possible means of indemnification. . ' |
In the case the bondsmen should obtain 1 ' H
control the loss would realty onty be the < |
difference ] between tho deficit of § 429 , - j | |
457.59 and the amount § 447,450.05 in ' |
bank. - In addition to the city funds in |
his , possession Treasurer Axwortly also | |
held § 192,000 belonging to the board of H
education § 15.000 of the police pension ' H
fund and § S,000 of the firemen's pension |
fund. Of these there *
sums are no ac- |
counts. Tho board of education money ( j J
is secured ly a bond given ly Sclali H
Chamberlain nnd Truman B. Hard3 * . It H
is estimated that he had money belong- . H
ing to the local democratic committee ' * H
and was the stakeholder of several hun- H
dred dollars in election bets. * The com- H
mon council met to-night to take action ' H
in , the premises. It was decided to de- j H
eiare the office vacant , and that will be H
done as soon as the proper resolutions H
are pa sed when a temporary treasurer H
will be appointed to fill out Axworthy's . f H
Advices from Montreal state that Ax- H
worthy arrived there September 30 , reg- H
istering at the St. Lawrence hotel where H
ho i remained until October 12. Mon- ' i H
treal , dtto3tives could not trace him after - * H
he M
Gigantic Railroad Steal Discovered * H
Eagle Pass ( Tex. ) dispatch : AAvhole- 5j |
sale . S3stem of freight robbery has been | j H
discovered ' on tho Mexican Central rail- ' |
way , which has been carried on for the M
past > two 3'ears. The total loss to the |
compaty is in the neighborhood of § 50 , - 'j l
000. Three conductors , a brakeman , < * < |
and a former agent of the road are in H
jail , and twenty or thirty moro em- * H
plo3es of the road are likely to bo ar- - H
I'uit Against' Mr. 1. G Blaine , Sr. I M
New York dispatch : Colonel Inger- 1 H
soil , General Piyor and General Mc- ' * - |
Mahon are about to begin suit on behall |
of Mrs. James G. Blaine , jr. , against ' |
James G. Blaine , sr. , and wife for § 100 , - M
000 for alienating young Blaine's affec- - H
tions. : Mrs. Blaine , jr. , does not sue foi 1
divorce because she is a Catholic , and ' i H
divorce ] is not tolerated by the church. ' H
One of the points that will have a bear- , |
ng on the case is that 3oung Blaine is ' |
till a minor. j H
The citizens of Crete have raised \r \ H
§ 15,000 to endow a Crete professorship ' /i l
in Doane college. ' < 1
The corner stone of the Lancaster f j |
county court house will be laid on the |
27th. - H
THE MARKETS. - * H
(
l.11.at * No. 2 98 (3) ) 98 ' ' ! * * l
mt.v No. 2 mixed 'JI ( a ) 32 H
J.xrs Ni > . 2 22 ( 23 H
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aii.iv 4 b Ufa49 |
i itik ( ' resiiiH'rv * 20 ( * 23 j H
III TTi.it ( hoit-e country * . . . 17 % 19 t H
( , ; ( ; - , icmIi 10 ( a. 20 l l
liiii. 1 i\ > | i..T < lnz 2 50 ( a , 3 00 j l
.ims Choice , per box. . . 3 00 ( . 4 00 f ' ' H H
if\\ si.s LVr box 5 00 O ) G 00 H
I.M'iNs I'er l'i 30 fa. 40 | H
'otatoi-s 1 X > - - 25 Oil 40 M
uikt Potato us GO ( < ( 80 1
t : : \i'b I'fi-bii 25 ( < i > 30 , H H
im.Ks-lVr lhl 2 00 04 4 00 H
vkkots IVr lm 50 Ot , GO j f
om , por lm 50 Oy GO ' j J
Vooi. I'iiic , per ! b 13 0y 20 M
I'i.kv 1G f y IS H
noPi'KH l cu Perton..l7 00 ( a.17 50 ' H
Ia\ • . .li'i' 5 00 ( ij GOO * - H H
i.n 1 SiiiIVrbn 1 1 > ( j 1 20 ! H
. . , ; - , Mixed pncl'in : ; 5 45 0u 5 55 H
lm- . -iicivy vrd-'ItiH 5 50 @ 5 GO f H
5i.i-i i > Choice steer * 4 00 ( a , 4 25 1
NEW YORIC. , : H
Viiiat No. 2 red 110 ( & 1 10T ' \ ] l
Viu-at r.iuraded . red 80 0 % 1 12 j H
iicn No. 2 50 Oi 50 * H
atMixed western 21 % 3l i H
1G 00 ( a < 'G50 , - H
.Atell. . . . . . . . . $ oU OS j '
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iinAT IVrb.nl.el . 114 @ 1 14' f * l H
ot-N Per hiiHhel 42 @ 42 * | ' " l H
Iats . Per busl.el . 24 ( a * 24. H
'oitic 15 QO @ 15 25 j H
aid 8 60 @ 9 00 > M
Iocs P. ickiiivtshippinj. . 5 40 @ 5 70 I H
ATTi.t * . Western Hangera 2 40 @ 3 50 - + j H
HKir Natives 2 50 @ 4 00 H
iikat No. 2 red cash 1 OS ( & 105 % i M
oun Perbii.shel 39)4f ) $ 40 \ M
at. IVr bushel - 22 © 23 M
Iocs Mixed packiii' * 5 40 @ 5 GO j f H
aiti-U Feeders 2 40 @ 3 20 ' * * H
KANSAS C1TV. N l
iiKAT Per btiHhel 9S @ 9Si I H
i.v Per bushel 30 @ 30 * H
ats Per bushel 24 @ 24 J M
.vtti.e Native steers 4 75 @ 5 25 J H
oas Good to choice. . . . . . . . . 5 55 © 5 S5 Hl