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Si4cy&uy < 3L o OMAHA DAILY BEE. ELEVENTH YEAE. OMAHATUESDAY MOVING , DECEMBER 18 , 1881 , NO. 148 CIGAREmSMOKERS. READ CAREFULLY , and consider whether it is not a wise policy for you in buying to bo nuro you nro getting tlio PUKGHT and BEST cigarottoa made. The DUKK OF DUUIIAM CIOAIIKTTEH arc made of the rujiKsr ami JIKST TO- IIACCO , grown immediately around Durham , North ' Carolina , which is now universally recognized as being the finest and best grown in the world for smoking qualities , nnd always commands the HIOHEST riucEs in the markets. They are ABSOLUTELY free from opium , valerian nnd nil other deleter ious drugs , and covered with genuine imported French rice paper. An ex perience of seventeen years in the manufacture of the celebrated DUKK OK Dunn AM smoking tobacco , whioli is now well known and used throughout thu length and breadth of this fair land of ours , has taught \V. DUKK SONS tfc Co. , that consumers know and appreciate iv good article when they got if and this policy of always using the viuiv IIKST leaf , regardless of cost , and of keeping thuir goods up to one uniform mini standard , lias re sulted in iv steady nnd rapid increase from n small beginning until they are now one of the largest smoking to bacco establishments in the land , This s.uiiu policy will bo pursued with reference to the Duke of pur- ham Cigarettes , und they are offered to the trade on tlmir merit alone , nnd think consumers will appreciate the effort to give them the purest and best Cigarot e made , if THIJY uo COST MOUE THAN cheap Cigarettes niado of poor tob.icco wrapped with rag paper made from the filthy scrapings of rag pickers nnd ilavored with most injur ious matter. Our most positive- advice to all smokers is to avoid using nny "DOO TOUED" Cigarettes , but use the purest and best natural loaf , such as North .Carolina alone produces. North Carolina leaf stands head of the list for its fine smoking qualities , and commands the highest prices of any tobacco grown in America , and docs not need thu addition of noxious drugs , as it possesses natural merit. liu.MKMUPii that Duke Sons & Co. , are among the oldest manufacturers in Durham , N. C. ; that they have one of the best appointed and equipped smoking tobacco factories in America ] that they are headquarters fov this .fino leaf and have KIUST OIIOICE of the crops ; that they use only the BEST imported rice paper for wrappers , and that the trada mark below , in connec tion with the firm name of NV. Duke Sons & Co. , is an absolute guarantee of true excellence. P. S. Ask you dealers for a trial package of the DUKE or DITIUIAM Cigarettes. Blair Notes. Correspondence rf THK DEK. BiiAiu , Neb. , December 12. Cor- bin & McClintock had an auction sale of Kentucky short horns hero on Sat urday , at which the stock sold at good prices. T. R. Wilson paid 8155 for a i X fine bull , and T. M. Colter paid $97.50 for a two-year-old heifer. We noticed Judge Crounso looking them over , but did not learn of his buying any. any.Quito a number of sleighs wore on the streets yesterday , and your cor respondent enjoyed a Hying trip around the streets in ono of them. C. F , McCoy , lately from the cast , has been appointed division superin tendent on tlie S. C. & P. railroad , with headquarters at Bluir. It is rumored hero that the S. C. it P. railroad company will remove their headquarters to Blair , occupying all the vacant rooms in the new bank building of Howgato & Crowoll. Mr. Crowoll is ono of the directors of the road. road.Alec Alec Finlayson has opened a con fectionary store in the post ollicu building. Howgato & Crowell nro having n fine black walnut counter built in their bank , costing about $700. Some of Blair's young folks wont to Omaha to hear Clara Lou.se and re ported it very fine , nnd seemed to think her totally incapable of getting away with a § 40 lunch. The Baptists got up a New England dinner and festival on Thursday even ing in the interest of the Munday school. These that attended had a very enjoyable time. Their profits are 870. The sociable given at the residence of A. Castollar , last week , in the in terest of the Library , was ono of the most enjoyable gatherings of the sea son. This week the sociable will bo at the residence of J. T. Davis. Blair is to have an open house next season. Holler & Lamhoer recently put n fine show case , being thirty feet long , into their drug store. The 'Pilot folks have their engine in running order now so that the press is run by steam. The Washington County Democrat lias removed to Bell Creek. The Cosmopolitan club will give their fourth party of thu hcuson on Friday evening. IJix. Appointed Traiflo Manager. National Associated LOUISVILLE , December 12 , M. II. Smith , general agunt of tlie Pennsyl vania railroad for Now York and Now England , has been appointed traflic manager for the Louisville & Nash ville railroad. A HOWLING MADMAN. So Dr , SpitBka , the New York Expert , Says. Quitoau Was of Unsound Mind When Hd Shot the PreBi- 1 dent , And Was Such a Lunatic That Ho Didn't'Know What Ho Was Doing. An Asylum Bharp Who Made Lots of Fun For the Spec- gators. TUo Condition of Giittona nnd the Cnsopotiornlly. GUITEAU. National Assocmtixl Press. KXl'EHT TESTIMONY. WASHINGTON , December 1'J. When the prisoner was brought into court tliis morning he looked pale and sub dued. Uo greeted his sister and brother John in a quiet manner. Af- ler court was formally opened a deal- ) liuo stillness prevailed. The illness of the colored juror , who came into court with n Imndiu'o around his head , led to some apprehension that ad journment was imminent. John W. Oiiiteau said to a reporter : "Wormloy is plucky. Ho is risking his life in performing his duty. " Scovillu stated that he wished Shaw recalled , as some information had come to him privately that was im portant for the defense. Corkhill said that Shaw had left town. Scoville - "Then I shall have tosub- pcima him. " The court All right , Scoville. Sir. Spitzku , of New York , was placed on the stand for the defense Ho related his training nnd experi ence as an export on mental diseases. Had examined the prisoner yesterday in jail ; had seen him before. Scovillo- State the result of that examination. "I will , " answered the witness , "if the court compels mo. " Judge-Cox remarked the question was proper and relevant. ' Well , said the witness , "tho re sult of my examination was that the man is insane. I Juivo not the slight est doubt on that subject. I exam ined his oyea with a desire to make my study of the e.iso complete. I found them normal , anu healthy , but there was nothing in their condition to change my opiirnn ns to thu'iu- sanity of" the prisoner. " In answer to questions , Dr. Spitzka said : "Itwill , bo vpry difficult for ino 'to rotidor'.mysoliplirjiT-to'.jiiiy. juryoiob composed of experts. 1 may siy , however , a marked feature of this man's insanity is the tendency to de lusive or unsound opinion and to the creation of morbid an plmntastical projects. There is a morbid element of imbecility ot judgment , and while ho had no other evidence than the ex pression of his face I should also say the prisoner was a moral imbecile , or rather a mor 1 monstrosity. I deem him as insane as any itinuto of any asylum I over eaw. " A hypothical case propounded to n previous witness was submitted to Dr. Spitiska. In reply ho suid : "I con sider that the prisoner lias been in a morbid mental state throughout his life and probably was intnuu at the time ho shot Garliold.1' Witness was subjected to a sovcro cross-examination by Davidge. A regular sally of words ensued between them and the audience was frequently convulsed with laughter. Counsel in sinuated iii one question that the wit ness was a veterinary surgeon , but the retort came sharply , "only in the sense that 1 trout nssea who ask me foolish questions. " As to the definition of insanity , Spit/.ka Slid , "I cannot give an ap proximate definition of the term , I call insanity any profound deviation from the nominal standard of human thought and action , excluding thu or dinary phenomena of common ner vous disease , intoxication or febrile delirium. " Witness then declared that Judge Porter had applied to him to testify us an export for the prosecution Davidge was severe at this point , but witness persisted in his statement. "Yes , " interrupted the prisoner for the first time , nnd speaking in. un usually quiet tones , "that is the way yon get all your witnesses. " Witness in answer to other ques tions told Jud 'o Porter lie would bo glad to appear for the prosecution but ho had already a settled conviction as to Guiteau. The prisoner's insanity was , in his opinion , proved by his pub lished writings and the expression o hia face. Moreover , ho had eonio to this conclusion prior to the examina tion of Guiteau by reading what was said in public prints , by his utter ances and conduct in j > U1 and court. The bodily health of the prisoner ap peared indill'urent , but tlio witness did i.ot pay much attention to the condition of his skin. His head was healthy externally ; there was a little eruption , but nothing to bo called disease , The head was un even in shape , but ho expressed no opinion on that point because ho re garded phrenology as charlatanism. Guiteau said ho iiad no objection to the president personally but hu was in the hauds of Blaine. "Why did you not remove Blaine ? " asked the wit ness. "Oh , " was Guiteau'H answer , excitedly , "that would have done no good. A Hlaino man would have stepped in his shoos and Arthur wuuld not have been president and cemented the republican party together again , " Guiteau then bo- camn violently excited about thu course of the trial , and shouted that the prosecution was hacking him un mercifully and unjustly by raking up his past record , Conversation ran f\ In this strain some tune , and nt last Guiteau exclaimed that America would never see him sacrificed , and ho intended to go Europe for three months after his acquittal , nnd return and make a great deal of money by lecturing. This , remarked the witness , WAS sure indication of unsoundness of mind , Ho regarded the prisoner as a. third-rate shyster. Ho displayed n certain amount of judgment , nnd parried some questions while answer ing others freely. Since Guiteau be came a lawyer , ho , in witness' opinion , had been conscious of result ot ordiniry criminal acts. Prisoner excidodly Yes , but remember - member I have not been n lawyer for live or six years. Ask him if 1 was responsible on the 2nd of July last ; that's the point now. Davidgo endeavored to puzzle wit ness on the definition of insanity and the meaning of the term "morbid projects , " but his questions wore answered with preat adroitness. The shooting of Gnrfiold , witness declared , was prompted by delusive opinions on Guiteau's part. "Might it not result from depravity of t ho heart ? " solemnly asked Davidgo. The prisoner jumped up quickly and shouted , "There is nothing depraved about this case und you have no right to use the word. Thoru is nothing in my cecord that indicates dupr.ivity. I have always been a chrislinn except whun 1 committed adultery to get u divorce , and this talk is absolutely a liu nnd you know it. " Thu Court , Keep quiet. Prisoner cannot keep quiet while this is going on. I have been criti cised for interrupting , nnd I nm told that I am doing thu cose harm. I want to say now ( pounding the table , his face flushed ) that I am not afraid to hang if it's the Almighty's will that I should go to the scaffold , but I believe liovo thorn will bo a special act of God to thunder this court out the windows to prevent my conviction of murder. Guiteau was with thu greatest diffi culty quieted , and a recess wns then taken. Court was resumed at li : 0 , and when thu prisoner wus in his place hu explained ! "There aru good poodle dle dogs in the newspaper business , and 1 want to express my contempt fir those dogs. I am glad to notice that thu high-toned conscious press of this nation aru say ing that it would bo n stain on Amer ica to hang a man who was in thu conditi m of mind I was on the 2nd of July when I was precipitated to shoot President Garliold. " "Keep quiet , " ordered the court , aeveruly. "All 'right , " said Guiteau , "that's enough now. " A gruff man in the audience shouted out , "lUli ! Shoot him now. " This created intense excitement and thu oliicci'3 sought in vain for the offender. Silence being restored , Dr. Spitzk. * resumed the aland and was asked his opinion about mesmerism. Hu stated tUu 'subjecting jof persons to motmerism " drd' Tot ' 'afFe t"rfliom" mentally or physically unless it was done frequently or for a long time. Ho thought live out of every ton per sons wcro susceptible of mesmeric in fluence. Ho was then questioned about phrenology and said that the difference in.thu sides of the human head was of no consequence unless very great. There wore certain cranium formations indicative of moral monstrosity , but it would bo impoa- piblu to exactly define such shapes. Ho thought facial expressions was nioro to bu relied upon than thu shnpu of the head in forming opinions as to insanity. Thu abnormal shape of Guiteau , the witness thought , and certain other physicial oviduncua , such as his defect in speech , should convince him that Guiteau was in- sane. If , said the doctor , the man had only thu mean facu ho has I should bay hu had a depraved mind or was n moral nion- trosity. Besides , Guiieau has a lop sided smile and that it is an uffuct of congenial insanity. IIis tongue also goes to the loft aide when ho puts it out , and that's another evidence of tin- soundness of mind. At this pjint Dr. Spitx.k.i asked por- inifsion to sit down , saying ho was guttering from trouble in his right heel. "Oh"Baid Mr. D.widge , "it's your heel , is it ? I thought it wns higher up. " [ Great laughter 1 The witness was not allowed to sit lout : , ns Col. Corkhill stated that he could not see the doctor's face , which was a great uesjderutum in under standing his replies , Search was made for a higher stool , but none could bo found , and tho. witness had to stand , which hu did cheerfully , saying thu pain in his foot was unimportant when compared with Corkhill's wishes. Continuing his testimony , Spitzkn said hu believed moral insanity oc casionally existed. Hn thought that while Guiceau's remarks and conduct were sometimes logical , there was no doubt of his insanity. After Mr. Dividgo put a number of questions to got Spitzka idea of sanity or insanity , and the doctor was quick in his replies , Colonel Corkhill took up the cross-examination , and tried to bother thu witness. After interrogatories reflecting on his per sonal honor in regard to a case in which ho was called as an export , ho said : "I have no objection to answer ing Huch'questions , but their object seems to bo to run ino down profes sionally. " The prisoner exclaimed : "Ho does not come hero to be insulted by a little tle- tramp like you. Ho would not spit on you outside of the court room. " This ebullition caused nrippleof ex citement. Corkhill did not Hccm to notice it and continued his questions calmly. "Did you in any article published in The Medical Journal refer to the ofll- euro of the prosecution aj narrow- minded , incompetent officers ? " "Yos , " said Spitzka. "To whom did you refer * " was the next question. "I referred to you , " promptly replied - plied the witness. The audience laughed. Corkhill was unmoved and pressed thu witness ns to his prejudices in fnvorof the de fense. * Spitzkn , who was getting ft trlilo ex cited said ( < I monnC to I , : say , nm nn honest , unprejudiced witness. " "Lot ns go homo , " shouted Guiteau to Corkhill. "It's nearly 3 o'clock. I will toll President Arthur publicly to remove you nt onco. You are nn un mitigated miisixnco. " The court You have said that be fore. Prisoner I think , ! want this matter - tor acted upon nt onco. Corkhill lied to mo all summer and has showed himself to be a man of no conscience or principle. Witness stated ho would not have been in the case only on nccount of the attachment issued for him. There was more laughter in court to-day than over on nny previous day , Court nt 51 p. in. adjourned. The cross-examination of Dr. Spit/ ka will bo resumed to-morrow. THE CASE GENERALLY NiMloiml AMucUUti I'rosi * OPINIONS ANlt CONVICTIONS. \VASIIIXU-ION , December 12 Thu immoysion is becoming stronger hero that the evidence of List week has convinced many who formerly thought Guitouu a crank on the subject of no toriety that the moral depravity of the prisoner is inn o in accord with hia general conduct. There yns the usual crowd of visitors at Ino jail Sunday , but only a few visitors were allowed a glimpsu of the prisoner. Counsel on both sides are desirous of keeping the newspapermen from interviewing him. It was with the greatest difliculty that n representative of the National Asso ciated Press obtained admission to him and a solemn pledge had to bo given to Warden Crocker that no questions should be asked or anything done which savored in the least degree of nn interview. The assassin was not found in his cell ; ho had been allowed to traverse the corridors under sufficient guard for recreation , The warden stated that ho , is laboring under severe mental excitement , and that he is liable to break down physi cally before the trial ends. Gen. Crocker says his deportment is orderly and gentlemanly , but that the excit ing incidents of lost week have un nerved him. When the writer siw him ho was rusting uneasily on a couch in the large cell at the end of the corridor , on which his oun cull is situated. He moved uneasily ns the visitors entered. Not n word was eaid , but the restless eye of the pris oner followed every motion and si'.emed hungering for information froi'i the outside world. A bible rested on the sill > of thov qr.itud win dow , and papers of legal form were scattered around. Guitoau closed bin eyes wearily nnd changed his position sovural timosV riiu jnil phy sician who saw hi u in thu morning , said his digestive organs went out of order but they , could find no other symptom * of physical , derangement. To the' non-professional fmndjCtho , ' ' . , of severe mental strain ami an uticori trollablo fear of an unfavorable result of thu trial. The announcement that Scoville will lecture Wednesday evening has crealud a flutter of excitement. A number of people pronounce this stop not only unknown in the history of n , criminal trial , but unprofessional in the highest decree. Opinion is gen erally expressed that from all si ns , to influence public Hciitimont bcforu the case goes to the jury is the dcs- poratu ell'ort to save the neck uf the assss.nn. Few express nny desire of listening to the extraordinary dis courses , while thu conviction prevails that Guiteau should hang and the opinion becomes stronger as his de praved character is fet forth. There nro certain parties who state that sev eral member ; ) of the jury boliovu in religious inspiration and may bj in clined to favor the prisoner's theory in the will of the Deity in the re moval of the late president. The prisoner is said to bo rustless at nights. JIK COMMITTKI > rouriKuv. CmuAno , December 12 , Dr. Seth Bishop charges the crime of forgery against Guiieau. It seems that , in 1870 Guiteau forged the name of Dr. J. W. Doaiio to a release on a west side lot. WASHINOTON , D. CDecombor 12. The continued indisposition of Wormloy , the colored juror in the Guiteau case , tlirentens to seriously complicate the progress of the trial. His physicians fear Wormloy will bo unablu to hu in attendance mueh long er. Scovillu says ho shall not con sent to proceeding without n tull panel. In an interview Scovill further said that such feeling of ill-will toward the prisoner was growing up throughout the country und that hu didn't ' know but what it would oo best if something should happen to put u stop to present proceedings until public sentiment was more quiet. Hence , if a juror is unable to attend to his duties , the cntio may have to bo stopped , und thu case may have to bo begun do novo in thu March term. Scoville sayn the recent tone of thu preeH lias been little butter than offering a pre mium for the nssination of Guiteau ; lit least he thinks there has been enough said about hanging Gni- toau to the ( 'allows to caimu deep regret in thu future , because hu is uro that if that und even did occur a post mor tem examination would show him to have been insane. Scoville thinks thu trial will last nt least u month longer. JoliuV , I'ornoy'a Funeral. National Asbociatoil Trout. , December ! ! > . The funeral of Col. J. W. Forney , which took plnco thin afternoon , WIIH at tended by the most remarkable demonstration of affection and sym pathy which has been witnessed in this city for many years , , The caskut in thosalooi ) parlor wan Hurroiinded with nn embankment of floral tributes , the two mobt elaborate being sent by John McOullouitli , the uctor , and John Russell Young. Six thousand people of both HOEOB and coloru , representing nil professions. passed through the room and paid their silent homage to the dead , and their were fully ns many inoru in the street. When the hour for clos ing the casket nrrivcd , many affecting scenes wore witnessed ns the veterans who had grown up with the deceased passed thu biur. General llnnrock , who stood at the hund of the coflin for several minutes , was visibly affected. Among those present from Now York were John Russell Young , Judge Sher idan , Hon. J. G. llnhkins and Michael llnrt. The funeral services were performed by Hov , Dr. T. L. Kverett , Methodist , and Dr. K. L. Magoon , Uaptiit , both intimate friends. Forty carriages followed tlio hoarse to West Laurel II ill cemetery from thu tales of which the cotfui was borne to the grave by Gen , Hancock , Gen. Sickles , Congressman Win. 1) . IColly , o.x-Congrensiiiim K. U. llnrt , ox-SpenkorS.imuol J. Uandallox-Gov. Andrew G. Ourliii , A. 1C. MeCluro , Goo. W. Childa , Dan Dougherty anil Lewis 0. Caisidy. Suit Aiiiut the Mil t mil Dillon. Nntloiml AMOclatcxl I'rctt NY.w You ic , December 112. V bill in equity was filed in the ) United Status circuit court against the Mutual Union telegraph company to enjoin that company , together with its contractors , John G. Moore & Co. , and its financial agents , Geo. William Hallou it Co , , from carrying out their present scheme of issuing and nulling the bonds nnd stock of the Mutual Union telegraph company nt prices nt which they have for thu last few monthn been offered by Ballon & Co. The complainant ' plainant 'in the bill is Willinm H Cameron , of Providence , U. L , who nllejjoo that ho is the owner of thu stuck of thu Mutual Union company , which hu purchased in good faith , nnd hu brings suit on buhnlf of himself and nil stockholders in a like situation. The bill charges that the Mutinl Union company have entered into a fraudulent contract with J. G. Moore it Co. , under which the company hns agreed to pay the contractors in thu-compnny's bonds and stock at fifty cents or less on thu dollar or at a rate greatly bulow tlu > fair market value of thu bonds and the par value of thu slock , and in proof of this hu refera to tlio several circulars icMiud by BalUui iV Co. , in which they oiler 35,000,000 of bonds and § r > ,000,000of the stock of thu company at thuriitonf 510,000 of bonds and $10,000 of stock for every eaah paymoiit pf § 10,000. It i.s charged that t'-iu ' stock EO r.ttumptud to bo sold is t ) bu considortul full paid stock , although only u few cents on the dollar , if anything , will bu re ceived for it. This ia declared to bu u fraud on the bomx lido stockholders and upon the creditors as well an the public and strictly contr.iry to the prayer of thu bill. Thu bill is that the 'Mutual Union ccm.pany , J. G. Moore it..Co. , and -Ballon & Co. , be .perpetually eujoinodjiroiii iBRUing or Boinng'ahy-of tlio" Ijond or * ; stock of - > a CONGRESS. Nitlunnl Amticlntcil I'rcRS. IMtOUKKDIMIS IN' T1IK NKKATH. WASHINGTON , December 12. Mr. Edmunds introduced n bill to defray the extraordinary expense consequent upon thu assault upon thu lute presi dent of the United States. Messrs. Sherman , Williams , Cock- rell , Maxoy , Jonei , Fair , Cook , I lump ton , Vest and Ivellogi ; presented petitions for legislation regulating railroad transportation. Hill , from the committee on privi leges and oleetioiiB , rcpoi ted back thu memorials affecting the rights of the two No tt York soimtoiH , and asked the committee ho discharged from further consideration. Their report went over under thu mice. Mr. Garland then at 1210 : ! took the floor , and addressed thu senate on his tariff commission bill. Speaker Koifcr Bays ho will not an- nnuiico the house committees for a week yet. Clerk Mel'hurson has appointed W ! T. Friteh house doorkeeper's clerk , and placed Aimer itopu on the sol diers' roll. The caucus assigned the chairman ship of the committed on thu revision of the laws relinquished by Mr. Mc Millan to Senator Miller , of Califor nia. CASUALTIES. Special Iilijatcli to Tin : HKK. INHl'ANTM" KII.UU ) IV THK I'AIW. INPIANOI.A , Nub. , December 12 , L. F. Duffy , a lending druggist of this place , wus instiu.ily killed by the cars in thu yards at Cnlhurtsou lust night , his body being completely cut in two. Ho loavus a wife and two children , National AHiodatc < l I'rcfH. nn OIIISON nun. I'lTTHiii'iuJ , December 12.John Connolly , thu twelfth victim of thu Gibson litiition fire , died this morning. Thu coroner's jury was convened to day , but aftur hearing one witness who flhcd no li 'ht on the case adjourned until Thursday next. Martin Joyce , thu contractor for the work the men were performing , insists that oil W.IH used to kindle the lire in thu stove and that this was the cnuxu of the dis aster. The wounded are nil doing well with thu exception of Michael Laffurty , who will probably die to-day. FKI.Ii AOAINST A HAW. ATMNTA , Ga. , December 12. John Brown , nted ; 18 , fell ngninst u saw nt Itarnutt'H saw mill near Dora- villu , Saturday , and was HO badly cut ( hat hu died Saturday night. Obituary. National Awoclatoil Pn- . DJITUOIT , December 12 , Hon. Henry G. Kinith , nx-mayor of Grand ltjpidn , and candidate for governor on thu greenback ticket in 1878 , died to-day at Grand Hapids , LouUvillo Boor Mou < Natloml A * oclatul I'ruun. LOUIHVII.LK , December 12. The brewers of this city have organi/.ed and connected themselveH with the United States Brewers' association. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE , How Alexander II , Was Killed by the Nihilists , Ono of Thorn Turns State's Rvi- deuce and Narrates the Assassination , Aan Result , a Nuuibor of Ofll- cinls are Exiled for i gouoiofDuty. luiproaaivo Punornl itavvico of the Victims of the Viouna Theatre Piro MlnoollnnoiHii News Tlmt C.tmo Over tlin Onblu. FOREIGN NEWS. National Avtnilntcil I'mvi. TIIK NIHILIST TI11A1.S. ST. I'irrnitsiiMiii , DuuiMiibcr 12. Extraordinary testimony wan intro duced to prove that ( ho nssnsMiiation of Alexander II , WHS the result of the negllgutico ollicinl duty by M. lloovin- sky , police Chieftain , and Cotisollu- vars Xrtglelf nnd TurssolV. who \yero convicted and exiled to Siberia Saturday. KmiHtiolf a nihilist , turned ntatu's evidence and told that thoru wuro four eoimpiru- torH , hu being one , who , on March 111 , posted themselves on the quny of thu canal an the cznr wan to drive ) by thoru on his way to thu palaee. They met no policemen am1 arranged themselves fifteen paces apart , each with a bomb on his person. Thelir.it threw his bomb without fatal effect ; then the second throw the fatal bomb. Kmilinotf WIIH thu third. Hu saw the bomb explodu under thu Czar's foot and saw him fattally wounded and all bloody. Knowing tlio work was done , hu rushed to the emperor us one of thu people , looked thu c ir in thu face , and saw hu was dying , * caught him in his arm , and held him until help came. All this timu I'hiitliiioff had his bomb under his right arm. No policeman was in night all ( his timu and it was iwsy fur Kmilinoir to do an hu did without attracting suspicion that , hu was not onu of thojpeoplo. "Did you , " asked the accusorH , "huvo the bomb then and fhuru1 ? "Yes , " nusivuicd Kiiillinnif. "It was 1 who WIIH first to assist the emperor in getting into a tdudgu. Nonu uf your police hounds diired t como near him until 1 took him in my anna. When wo hud seen the emperor driven off and expiring , wo returned to our lodging , congratulating durnulvos on tho'days' work. " ' Thexzar.lias , discovered that the , pnfSomvv'h'6'h"a9pl'ac'6d .tliblhroatoning iatbrtTu5PM3 wjnWSBitri9K5 ) ! prayer book is a wonw'iM/ho hWbocii in the service of the empress eight years. All persons passing Ga'- cliinia are searched. A man has been placed on every train to watch for letters placed in mail boxen. All passports are taken from travelers coming to Utissia at the frontier , and they are sent straight to the place mentioned as the end of their journey ! NtJ.M IIIMl OK VICTIMS. VIENNA , December 12 , the ntate funeral procession of thu victims of the liini ! theatre lire , that wan to have taken place yesterday , was aban doned in cons'ineiicii | of ihu fear that the uxiispciation of the public would lead to an unseemly demonstration and under orders from thu town coun cil hodiui were privatuly convoyed to the cemetery , whore the publio obse quies will bo held to-day in great stato. Thu list of missing is now reduced to ! )17 ) and thu number of bodies re- coveted -170 , of which only 125 have heen identified , Public indignation increases. It ib found upon investigation that thu mon who had charge of thu liie ho.su were occupied as scene shift- 01 H ; that the gas man also acted IIH general Limp lighter , and the pursnn who had eharau of thu iron curtain was absent from his post , while the door-keys of the various outlets woru in the possession of vari ous cloak room attendants. It is slated that thu firumen , in breaking open onu of the locked door.- * , found twenty-fivu bodies , thu vic tims having groped thuir way right only to find thu door too strong to bu forced. It is alleged that a majority of thn victims could have been rescued bur. for the assumption of the policu and firemen tlmtthu pro- plu in thu galleries had escaped. Thu evidence of those rescued shows that during thu hideous struggle of over half nn hour inniJo the burning building the firemen did nothiiiL' , and that oven whim thu vie- timi wuru'aiipualing to thu policu and firemen , tolling them of thu struggle goiiitf on inside , thuir appeals were received IIH incredulous , and they wu e told to wait and all would bu saved. KIJNKKAI.OKTIIK VIOTI.MH. YIKNNA , December 11. A hirgu number of interments of the identified dead from thu Iting thuativ niiim took place to-day , Moot of thu buried to day when living wuro Catholics and thoru was onu general requiem mass tiiid for thu souls in St. Stephcn'u cathedral. To this splendid church by arrangement all thesn dead wuru carried and thu congregation assembled wuu on that account almost entirely ono of mourners. Perhaps never in modern times have thoru gathered at oiu | time under onu roof HO many broken hearted and weupiiiginoiirnurH , Thu scunu was affecting beyond de scription , Outside the church were Ihu funural conveyances for the inoiirnoru of each onu of the dead and after services each huiirsu received its corpse and the scoreu of funural pro cessions started on their jour ney through the street densely packed with people silent and only less mournful than the stricken lives driven by. The govern- ment is doing all in its power to dis play sympathy and quiet the excited townsouplu. | At St. Stephen's cathe dral by the royal order tlio choir that rendered the funeral chants was coin- pot od of the imperial court artisU and at times the singers were so affected that they wuro unable to proceed and at such intervals thu only audible sounds woru those of Weeping and agonizing nebs , Service wan attended by the crown prince , the arch-dukes , the ninhnMiulorn , most of the reichs- rath and nil the higher clerpy. Arch- h'shop Angorer officiated nnd showed m .eh emotion. No sermon was de livered , ns it wns deemed be yond nny man's power to ad dress anch a vast congregation , TO SKA IN A 11AI.LOON. v . LONIION , December 12. Thowcs- cipcd balloon , which got away from Driducport yeiturdav andwent , , ( Hit to ca , carryini ? Mr. Wnlttr'PowollJ' ' ! . P. t'or Mulinesbiirg , Is believed to h.ivu gone down about , tn'o miles out , and the sea ia being dragged , Ml. CAllVltll IIUATKN. LONDON , December I'J.-'Tlio Car ver Gulden mulch was shot to-day , Gordon wlnniuir , killing (17 ( out of 100 to O.irver'rt 111. Thu terms were that Curvcr was to shoot at ill yavdi rise and Gor.lon wat to IIHO only ono hand and stand at 'J4 yiirdt tine. GRIME. N.ttlonnl AMorlntcil I'riw. A 1101,11 mnmi.AiiY. OiuuAoo , December 12. Investiga tion into the c.iuse of thu fire which recently destroyed thu extensive farm machinery warehouse of D. M. Os- bornu t Co. brings to light some start ling developments. It appears that I ho lire had been started by burglars , uithur by accident or intentionally , aftur they had broken into the vault of thu concern. Chief Sweonie exam ined the ollico ' 'cry closely and was greatly puswled to know just how the tire miumged to start there , as there was nothinu of a combustible nature in it , and hu could not seu what there was to burn. He said to Mnrnhal Conway - way thatpurhnp9 | burglars were at work and directed him to wait there until the vault was eool nnd then have it opened in his own prcsiince. His orders wuro carried out and the sur- misu of thu marshal proved to ba cor rect. The iron doom wi-ru pried open and a Inrgu hole found bored in the brick floor. The floor of thu vault ru.-its on the main floor of thu building on iron uirdura and cement , mid thu burglars had guine.d entrance thiongh thu biisument. They then dug uway enough of the brick floor of the vault to allow a man to como in to it with ease , and thevi prrceedcd to clean it out. in a thor iiigh nianni'r. They helped themselves to sv , couple of thousand d > llarn in caahj about § 1,000 in bonds and a quantity of valuable paper and then lit oVit. The thooiy of Chief Tire Mnr&lml Swonio .is Unit thu thieves throw a lamp nwny carelessly and uot lire to the building. patrols and its consequences untailed a total loss of JJItOO.O 0 , about as largo a loss from onu burglary as has ever been known in Chicago. AN ITALIAN MUUllKltKU. SAN FUANOI.SCO , December 12. A shocking double murder occurred last night in u final ! cabin in t'isita'iin ' Valley. An Tluliiui g.uduiur killed his sister and her lover and MjriiH-n'y wounded his mother. Thu 111:111 : viaa stabbed twenty times. The nuuderer i.i about 23 yearn old. A VOUIj MlMtDKIl. Di-.Tiiorr , Mich , 12 - A Lexington Hpuuinl to Thu Evening Nowusiiys ( hat ' ; ast. Saturday u paity of hunters two nilcs from Atnador , Samilac county , , 'ound thu body uf a nmn who had heou foully miirduicd. His nkull hud been smashed nnd his thioat cut and ilher terrible wounds inflected. The wuru identified 'us UIOKO of onu Phillip ? , a wealthy block drover , from Allentoti , Jotvn , who had been iloing busi'iicFs in this nialu for several mouths past. Ono of the party who 'juiid him , J. W. Dixon , of Hidgo- , ' , 'ny , Mich. , acted no suspiciously t1 at Jio was arrested and yesterday liied to commit suicide in prison Dixon had been well acquainted with Phillips ind in his company much of the time. NO I'UUTIIKK TUOU1ILK. NAHIIVIM.K , December 12 , The VortrecH-Smith affair has provoked ID further bloodshed. An iintici- jutod meeting between Mr. Virtrccs und Speaker Moipuu hut-not occurred , ind it is tautily cgreed no demonstra tions will now bu mud . INDIANAPOLIS , December 12.--The ivholeHul" grosery homo of Stout. & Son was totally wrecked yuili-rday ind nothing of the building in now ' 'landing save thu foundation. Dining thu night a defective fluu communica ted firii to tliii timber * Bitpportitig the third and fourth ilnoiB und , these giving way , thu building collapsed , thu front falling outward und thu roof and upper floors crashing through thu second and burying everything in onu mincelliiiieoiis wreck. The first inti mation of danger was thu fall of thu building , which oucuirud about 7 o'clock , uiul thu cutimutud dainauo on it aloirti is Slft.OCO. On. Crrv , ! ' . , December 12. My a collision of cars in Ilardscrabbl coal mine , yesterday , S Suihort was crush ed to death. Cook-a-Daodlo-Dooilla-Doo. - - - - N.llonal Abnoclatnl I'rva , LOUISVILI.I' , Decomlorl2. ) The first annual exhibition of thu southern poultry breeders' association begun at Liedui'kruiix hall to-night. Entries were made and delegates present from nearly ovury state in the union. The exhibition will continue all thu week. The national game tccdora' association also hold an exhibition in the same hall. Obituary. National Associated 1'reta. WAHIIIKMTOX , December 12. Gen. K. M. Uabbitt , formerly of the United States army , died yesterday at For tress Monroe ,
