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I- I Bi ROSEWATER. Editor.
STAY AWAY.
Workingmen of Omaha must :
crowd around or congregate in I
streets or near the grouuds wh
soldiers tire stationed. By koopl
away you will deprive the authorit
of 'ovory excuse or pretense that j
mean to create disturbance or res
to violence. Lot the expensive fa
of military occupation of a peace
city proceed. The stupid blunder
who have called for the army will
duo time rue their folly.
ARBITRATION would have savoi
human life in Omaha.
THE responsibility for the killing
Mr. Armstrong must rest with t
men who called out the troops a
quartered them on our city.
A TEXAS postmaster reports that
a , recent cyclone nil hisjpostago stain ;
were blown away. They have a roac
way of explaining official doficionci
in Texas.
ANY offense iigainat law and ord
now will give the enemies of labor
Omaha the very opportunity whii
they arc aixiuus to improve with ba
onots and cartridges.
SKNATOU SAUNDEU'S civil sorvii
sohomo does not scorn to moot wii
general favor among politicians. Tl
rewards of office are too sweet ar
too dearly acquired to bo easily la
down.
AND what do the incendiary shoo
who have been inciting violence ;
Omaha by influmimr the passions
I M tholaborinpmen by their loud mouth *
abuse think of the first results <
their devilish work.
THE Mississippi legislature has a
propriatod $50,000 to secure immlgr
tion to that state. The boat indue
menti that Mississippi can offer to i
tending immigrants arc free- school
social recognition and fair play
elections.
TOE increase in general business
forcibly shown by the increase in.t1
receipts of thirty-nine postoflloea f
February , which average tivonty-fi
per cont. Omaha shows up fourth i
the list , with thirty-throe and or
third per cont.
NAVOLROK once said that nowsp
pors were moro to bo dreaded th
N . bayonets. The law abiding citizo
of Omaha may apply this to a pap
which from the outset of the troul
has sought to incite violonoo by ;
loud mouthed abuse of working m
in our city.
Tnu naval bill has gone to the bi
torn of the calendar and it ia doubtl
f whether anything will bo done I
wards the reorganization of tl
branch of the service bofuro the nc
aession of congress. Meantime
are paying dearly for a navy dupa
tnont with no navy back ot it.
KENTDOK Y has experienced n sudd
revulsion of morality and a bill 1
been introduced in the utnto logis
turo to fine every one who tolls a
or every ono who "by word of moi
attempts to deceive hia fellow mat
It ia understood that the provisions
this act will not apply to the sti
press.
WIIOKVKII published the Oatfip
Rosooranz luttor'whieh was a privi
communication of one friend to i
ether was guilty of n offense agaii
the memory of the dead preaidi
which is inexcusable. Nothing 1
given a bettor illustration of the i
portanuo under some clrcuimUn
of being preserved from ones irioi
than this wretched work of hum
ghouls.
railroads in Nebrai
do nut compute any moro than they
in other atatna. On Thursday the gi
eral freight agents of thu Union J
citio , Burlington & Miaaouri Ri'
and Central Branch of the Union 1
oifio hald a conference in Chicago ,
order to agree as to what portion
the business originating in Nebrai
and Northern Kansas tributary to 1
Burlington & Miaaouri River raitroi
hall bo olaaaod as competitive a
pooled in the southwestern pool. I
porta state that they were unable
agree , and the matter will bo ruferr
for arbitration under the tormi of t
now pooling contract.
INCREA5INO IMMIORATIO
The stream of foreigners , which
moving in a swifi and strong cum
towards our shores , shows no aigni
abatement. During the first moi
of the present year an increase
thirty-eight per cont. over the con
pending month of 1881 was not
Statistics for February sliow a s
further gain. At this rate nearl
million permanent visitors. .fr.oniJ
ciga lands will land at our scape
dunng the present year and make
themselves homns among our pee (
Last year 720,000 immigrants w
registered as arriving in this count
Amid a population of fifty million p
plo their coming was scarcely notic
Yet if all these persons had nettled
ono place and built houses for the
solves and their families , it woi
have made a city larger than Bro
lyn or Chicago and just twice the s
of Boston. Placed in Wyoming t
ritory , it would bo entitled to 1
members of congress under the n
apportionment if admitted as a st
with a population only a little 1
than Minnesota , and greater than tl
of all the territories together.
The countries which this yi
will contribute to the tide
immigration are much the sa
as last. A few years (
the Irish constituted moro than ah
ot our immigration. Last year it v
less than a tenth of the whole , n
less by nearly 14,000 than the Ir
immigration of 1880. Troubles
homo seem to have disinclined I
paoplu to immigration , and funds fr
America which , in ether years , lit
been used to assist friends in the <
country to seek other homes , ho
boon applied to making it possible
them to remain in their own abrot
Nearly every country in Europe a
Asia contributed to fill the tot
Germany led with 250,000. Engla
gave us 70,517 , Sweden 55,808 , Oar
du 95,188. The immigration frc
jormany was carried on in the face
every discouragement which offic
ngonuity could deviso. For thoco
ng year it promises to bo still grcati
and the Hamburg steamers n
already tilled to overflowing a nu ;
jor of passages in advance.
Every influence which has in tim
list impelled BO many to seek horn
n America is still at work. Industr
mcl commercial depression abroa
wars and rumors of war , onforc
military service , high living and 1 <
wages , and moro' than a
the great difficulty in risi
ibovo the level of birth and surroun
ngs offer inducements to omigratio
Our country is largo enough for i
nnd prosperous enough to maintain i
when they got here. Of the hundro
of thousands who yearly join frien
aria countrymen in the United Stati
none need starve or remain long
rant of active employment The on
granta of a few yean ago provo t
jeat immigration agents of to-day bo
Dy spreading the news of the adva
tagos of the United States and by t
sisttng and persuading others to f
low thorn.
The west gladly welcomes ofch a
oTory honest and industrious n
comer. Bono and nuncio which w
develop her resources cannot bo valu
in dollars nnd cents. The power
create capital by labor resides in ovc
newcomer and only needs to bo 'j
forth to the mutual advantage of t
possessor and the stato.
OMAHA WORKINGMEN.
The 5,000 workingmen of Omn
will compare favorably with anyoqi
number of mechanics and laborers
any city on the globo. They are i
tolligent , industrious and sober ,
point of integrity they are as tru
worthy as any of their employers , n
in point of morals they excel the mi
of thorn. , Muiy of thorn have ostt
lishod homos in Omaha , nnd nearly
of them intend to rcnnin hero as leas
as they can earn n livelihood. To c
nnunoo those moil us a rod-hand (
blood-thirsty mob is n. moit atrooin
libol. A moro law-abiding class
workingmen cannot bo found ai
whore. During the agitation nil
the recent labor strikes nud militi
occupation of this city , they lu
shown more patient forbo-xrnnco tl :
was ever exhibited by any equal nu
her of laboring men uudur such
tense excitement nnd aggravation.
Whatever mny bo said about inci
diiry leaders and throats of arson a
murder , the fact that life and propei
remained perfectly noouro and mm
loited in Omaha during the oxciti
period that followed the disturbnn
on the Burlington & MUaouri dm
speaks volumes for their ditpositi
to respect the right * of property a
the rights of free speech and a fi
speech ,
The ignorance , brutality and pro
dice exhibited by many of their e
ployers in doMing with those labor !
men is lamentable. Jim Stophom
and men of his atamp treat them
ao many mulea or cattle , while in
like Guy Barton class th
with Texan cow-boys or a ga
of road agenta. Because ma
of these workingmen are foreij
born ; they are looked upon aa i
much above the scale of the gorilla
Hottentot , when in fact moro tli
ninoty-fivo par cent , of the dispii
Germans , Bohemians or Scandii
vians , can read and write , and ma
of them are as well informed ns .1
Stcphonaon or Guy Barton.
It is this distrust of and prejud
against our workingmen that 1
frightened capitalists of Omaha <
of their wits , nnd made them i
ngino they were exposed to the h
rors of San Domingo or the turrort
the Pnrin commune.
Now they are beginning
discover that they have mi
commodious asses of tliomsclv
imposed upon the state nnd ratio :
authorities , made Omaha
laughing stock of the whole count
and inflicted incalculable dam
upon their own city. The work !
men of Omaha are its backbo
They must remain hero and thousai
of others will have to join them
fore Omaha can become ono of i
great cities. Upon the contim
employment at living wages of th
woikingmon the future growth
prosperity of Omaha must depend , s
ihoso who would o ppress labor arc sh
sighted and stand in their own lig
IT ia because wo are intimately
quaintcd with our working people n
have the utmost contidonco in th
disposition to respect the rights
persons and property that wo hi
seen no cause for alarm.
UNDER WHICH KING ?
When notice was served upon G <
ornor Nanco by Mayor Boyd n
Sheriff Miller that they were pov
less to maintain order and execi
the civil laws , it became the duty
the governor to * call out iho st
military nnd if deemoi imper.it
to make requisition for natio :
troops to aid in suppressing the
Icged insurrection in Omaha ,
Under this appeal for military p
tcction by the mayor of Omaha
largo force of state militia and U
ted States regulars pUced at the d
penal and under command of Gov
nor Nanco arc quartered in this ci
And now the question arises wl
functions can this military force <
erciso legitimately , and under wh (
directions shall they act while tl
employed ?
Both the national and ctato cons
tutions declare expressly in the I
of rights that the military shall bo
atrict subordination to the civil pow
This vital principle is the corner stn
of every republican governmoi
Civil power cannot bo exorcised <
cept in strict conformity with cc
stitulional limitations which guari
tco to each citizen the right of tr
by jury , the habeas corpus , the ric
of free speech , etc. , while militt
power is arbitrary , and govern
almost entirely by the law of force ,
The commander-in-chief of t
army finds himself * confronted by t
fact that.no obstruction exists to thef i
exorcise of civil authority. The ci
and criminal courts of the city a
county have remained open and t
obstructed. Nobody has resisted f
process served by the sheriff and cc
stabulary , nor has any resistance be
made by any person arrested or
criminal charge , either before or sh
the advent of the army. It transpi
furthermore that the sheriff has mine
no efforts whatever to co-operate w
Mayor Boyd in any attempt to si
proas alleged riots , nor has the ma ]
or sheriff called upon citizens to
thorn OH posse comitatus. The qu
tion therefore remains how can 1
governor use hia military forces wi
out violating the constitution , that
quires the military to be in strict si
ordination to the civil authority.
It is self evident that troops cam
legally bo used except aa a moro si
ordinate police force where the ro (
lar police and constabulary are pow
less to enforce law or protect pr <
orty. No Ruah resistance has ;
been offered since the troops came
Omaha , nnd as long as no such
sistonco to the police or Micriff
made the troops have no legal right
intotforo.
Even their prceonoo at the dun
except ua spectators , is illegal , n
they have no right whatever to bio
ado streets or interfere with ped
trians walking through the stroe
It is plainly the duty of the mi ;
to atation police where police s
vuillanco is ncodod. All that I
troops can legitimately bo used forte
to sustain the police in protect !
property or life in case they are i
sailed or endangered , Any ether ;
sumption of power is clearly in vie
tion of the state and federal com
tution as well as congressional law ,
MARTIAL JLA.XV.
Alexander the Great talks nb <
pioclainiiug martial law in Omaha.
And what power has the secret !
of state to place this city under m
tiJ law ,
Wu.it. power has Governor Is'ai
or even President Arthur to procla
martial law in the peaceful city
Omaha ?
Such talk is sheer bosh.
Martial law is the complete subor
nation of tho'civil authorities of t
state to the military. It is the BI
pension of all law but the will of t
military commander ,
Martial law ia not even bound
the rules of military law. It is a a
tlod question that martial Inw cam
bo proclaimed in a free country.
In the Milligan case the Suproi
Court of the United States denied t
lawfulness of martial law in t
when ) i
United States excepting
civil courts were entirely displac
Does Alexander pretend to belli
that the civil courts or any oil
branch of the state , national or mv
cipal governments is displaced
Omaha.
Lot us hear no more senseless boa
about martial law in a peaceful ci
A COWARDLY MURDER-
George P. Armstrong , n dofonsol
old man , has been brutally butchcn
if not maliciously murdered in t
streotsofOmahabyour "military gu
dians. " The blood of this innoc <
victim justly rests upon the heads
the men who have caused the tnilitr
occupation of this city under t
groundless pretext that the ci
authorities were powerles to c :
cute Iho laws and preserve ord
Such n cowardly murder cannot
justified by any known military coi
oven if this city had been urn
martial law.
This deplorable affair should serve
a memorable lesson against the n
resort to military force to suppr
municipal turblucnco.
The bereaved family of Mr. Ar
strong have the sincere sympathy
this whole community.
SOME of the eastern press are ho
ing against the passage of the bill
limit nnd restrict Chinese immig
tion. They object to it ns contrary
the spirit of our institutions nnd wi
out precedent in any civilized gpvoi
mont on the globo. Neither of t
objflotions will hold water. The Bpi
of our institutions is to make of ovc
immigrant to our shores a good , int
ligont and industrious cit'zon ' win
honest labor shall contribute to t
common welfare , The experience
years has shown that this cannot
done with the uhinosowhoso only (
joct in migrating to the United Stn
is to acquire money , which is to bo <
ponded in their own country , fr <
which they never divorce thomsolv
either politically or socially. Fn
the labor side the question is ov
stronger. By our tariff wo are p :
tooting American mechanics from t
pauper labor of Europe , wh
wo permit Mongolian serfs to la
on our shores and dr !
our own citizens from their honi
callings. It is untrue that no oil
countries have laws against the coo
dolugo. Victoria , Australia has ] i
passed a bill restricting Chinese i
migration , which is even more str
in its provisions than the ono pass
by the senate. It forbids any vos
to land more than one Chinese
every 400 tons , and imposes a he
tax of $50 upon every immigrant
his arrival. The United States i
courages immigration. It Jiolds c
every inducement to prospective c :
zons. But it does not dcsiro to <
courage the immigration of alii
who intend always to remain as BUI
and whoso only intention in land :
on our shores is to take broad <
t > f the mouths of our honont a
hard working-laboring men.
WORKING MEN of Omaha will
nothing to precipitate trouble with 1
troops now quartered in this ci
They will ifb nothing to menace pn
orty or threaten the public pea
They will refuse to lend their appro
to'any words or nets which can
twisted into indict , i'jns of violon
Lot them take the advise of th
friends and stay away from the neii
borhoodof the militia and soldie
Nino-tenths of the militia are wo :
ingmon nnd sympathize with evi
lawful effort to bettor the conditi
of Omaha laborers. They are i
responsible for their position , 1
must obey orders. Do not force th
to acts which they will regret mi
than the laboring mon.
MAYOH BOYD has doubtless disci
crod by this time that an armed s
diord' mob is more to bo dreaded tli
an unnrmod striken ) ' mob. Ouu
gin mills and ether resorts have th
ougliTy demoralized our gallant milit
men and they have become as dang
ous as an old flint lock musket , v\
generally does more effective exe
tion nt the broach than lit the muz ;
WHAT excuse is there for putt !
the state to the ( expense of trunspc
ing 500 militia mnn to Omaha , wl
a squad of those homo guards si
ported by Gen. Crook and his reguli
would have answered every purpi
for suppressing the bloodless rioUJ
WITH a marshal uiid deputy mars
whusu time is mostly spent in holdi
up the walls at the loafers' corner
upper Farnam street , Mayor BL
never will bo in condition to inaint
law and order in this city wit hi
military intervention , *
Wincu would you rather face
tquad of swaggering soldiers prin
and charged with forty rod llglitnii
or a gang of sober and unarmed woi
ingmeii ? _ _ _ _ _ mm ,
Ye ( iocl . rev etomich U heavier that
load of lead. ( Shake pe r , Henry IV.
Jack Frtlauiff had ovididontly be
guarding a steam shovel in riotc
Omaha , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
How' * tlie BubyT
"How'a the baby ! " "HU croup U I
let thii morning , thank you. We RI
' KCLEOIIIIO OIL
him Bomu of THOMAS'
you ftdvlmvl , doctor , untl ulutll five li
tome wore lu an hour or o. " fcext i
the doctor pronounced * the youns *
cured , H-lv
THE CORONER'S ' COUR
The Testimony in the Ar :
strong Murder Case ,
Unanimous Ignorance as to t
Guilty Guard
Tno Jury Adlourna Until 1O O'Clc
Tuesday.
Following is the testimony elicit
at the inquest yostordoy aftcrnoi
the invoatigation not being conduct
however , but ia to bo resumed at
a. m. to-day , at the undcrtaki
rooms of Coroner Jacobs :
JOHN CDllRK ,
the first witness sworn testified :
Am resident of Lincoln ; am sup
intending the stone quarries at Soi
Bend ; came to Omaha Saturday ; we
to BCOIJO of difficulty to son Socrotn
Alexander , Dopt. Sec. llogen nether
other friends ; also to see what the
borers were doing for themselves ; s
the killing of Armstrong ; was a , t
dler myself during the war and v
afraid there was going to bo troub
there was n good many rough sarout
not workingmen ; those militia m
had not seen much service and W (
liable to bo irritated moro or U
these roughs were calling t
soldiers "S s of b s , " "h
seeds , " "tow heads" and so on ; the
men were a low clnss of people a
not people who work for a living
told Roggen and Captain Baird tl
if they lot their men talk with t
citizens there would bo trouble ; the
individuals commenced throwingcln
of dirt and an officer standing nc
mo was hit ; with that I got away a :
pretty soon I saw a rush from the c
posito side of the street , in front of
schoool house near the dump. Tl
old gentleman .seemed to bo taki :
the load , ho soomeil to bo under tl
influence of liquor ; there was so mu
stirring there for a few minutes tli
you couldn't exactly locate things ; t
soldiers took their guns to get the
away and this old grntloman ( ot
the way ; a soldier took his gun a
knocked him down and the othf
came rushing over and surrounded t
old gentleman and at- that time t
bayonotting was done ; tlm was sorr
time after supper ; couldn't tell c
actly when ; I saw the m
WIPE THE BLOOD
off his bayonet , and I knew by tl
that the old inin was killed , or , if
wns not , that ho would die short !
Afterwards , n man T know lold i
that ho was killed right off , am
thought that if a murder had be
committed it ought to bo made publ
and so I went to THE BEE office a
told the editor. Mr. Rosewater vi
very much surprised. I believe tl
the man who drove the bayonet
him wore a black hat and hold 1
head down , and had a long noso. T
officers very promptly relieved t
men there and told them they OUR
not to be in such a hurry. The croi
separated quietly. There was pro !
bly GOO in the crowd. One of the
roughs ran around and hid behind
a woman , when the soldiers crowd
forward , and that saved him. 0
soldier put a shell in his gun.
nit. i > . M. CBADWIOK
testified : I held the pout mortc
over the body of the deceased ; 1
death was broueht about by a pur
turod wound that entered the aix
iutercotal space three inches below t
left axilla , and passed beneath t
skin downwards and forwards abe
four inches , entering the cavity of t
thorax at the sixth rib , two inches I
low the loft nipple in a direct lir
and then punctured the pericardiui
la orating the apex of the hoar' ' ; the
emerging by the peridium it pass
through the diaphragm , through t
loft lobo of the liver , passing dow
wards , backwards and forwards ; th
Dasaod through the interior lobe oft !
liver , lacerating the portal vein , ai
then passed through the lobo of t
liver , impinged against the right w ;
of the abdominal cavity , about ti
inches above and across the iliut
The stab was on the loft aide. It w
necessarily a fatal wound. I found :
other marks except a wound upon 1
forehead that did not amount to an
thing ; at the time the wound was i
coived the man must have boon da
bled up.
JAMES IlIUUAUD *
Testified : I live in the city ; am
pattern maker ; was down on Eigh
street very near what is called t
dump at the time of this difficulty
saw an old gentleman leave the cnn
nnd start acrnsi the street ; ho hone
ono hand in his pocket ; one of t
soldiers had a rifle holding it in 1
two hands beckoning him luckjtho n
man took hold of the riflu and kc
hold of it mid then the soldier toi
his fist and knocked him down ; t ,
old man kept hold of the riilu and t !
soldiur kept utriking him ever I
luwl ; another gnntlom-xii stepped i
and ( mid "fur God's sake don't k
the iinui ; they said that was M
Dohlo but I don't know him ; an
how they kept striking him and
soldier rushed out and ruslind at hi
with his bayonet ; a woman behii
mo kind of swooned and I lnok <
away for a moment and they took tl
man into the school houeo ; it w
another soldier tlmn the ono.th
struck the man that bayonottod hit
T seen the min just in the act
thrusting the bayonet just M t !
woman behind me scmunod , but
did not nee the bayonet thrust in
him. There was no crowd and i
talking , it was all striking ; the mi
was endeavoring to cross from tl
we't si'lo t > the cast pjdi ; of thontree
the picket line was on the east side
the street ; he had not got to tl
picket line ; would recognize the mi
who bayonottod this man ; I saw no d
monstrations there on the part of tl
crowd except by some boys wl
threw some sticks and hard mu
didn't see any bricks thrown.
UAJOH C1KOROK n. A1UMSON
testified ; I reside in York , Nebrask
all I saw of this difficulty was t
man zrabbod the bayonet with bo
hands , and the sentinel shoved hi
back and ordered him to liberate 1
piece in order to get possession of !
the mob got around him and I couldi
see any more of it ; the sentinel w
on duty ; the sentinels had ordc
generally to keep the mob back ai
to keep the streets free so that the
woula l > o room for teams to pass a
for passage" ; the people had rip
to go nloh { ? the streets poacoab
they hod no rl ht to pass inside c
line ; our c.vnpinff grounds are
what is called the B. A M. dump ;
don't know to which company t
man who did the bayoneting beloni
don't know what orders the sontin
got yesterday as to using force in
case of this kind ; the general ordi
would bo to take charge of nil g <
eminent property in view.
CA1T. OUVJER tl. ENLOW
testified ; I live in Beatrice , Ga
county , Nebraska ; B\JV only part
the difficulty ; just after dross para
I was called down to the guard line
front of company quarters ; some 01
told mo there was a disturbance <
the guard line ; when J got there
saw two'or three persons sc.uffiin
ono citizen and two or three dressed
uniform ; ono man had hold of tl
musket , the musket part with o
hand and the bayonet part with tl
another ; from what I could ! B0 °
concluded the man was trying to tal
the gun from the guard ; don't knc
who this soldier was ; that was all
saw of the trouble ; I was on duty _
officer of the guard ; my instructio
to the guard was to see that tl
guard line was kept clear ; tli
disturbance occurred on the gua
line which was just outside thofonci
I have not a list of the guards on du
yesterday ; I don'l know whether tl
adjutant kept a list of the guard
there was a list given the sergeant
the guard ; there were some stoti
and sticks being thrown by the cil
zons ; there had been violent languaj
used by the citizens almost all da ,
it would bo the duty of the guard
arrest a man that was crowding c
him and take him to the headquarter
and not to kill him ; I did not s
this citizen fall ; didn't sco any vi
Icnco used towards him besides th
scufllo over the weapon ; there wo
two soldiers inside the guard Hi
guarding spmo guns that wo hr
stacked inside the fence ; the name
the sergeant of the guards on du
yesterday was Morrison , of corapai
"G. "
W. S. POST
testified : I reside at Beatrice. If
had boon a private it is probable
would have seen more of this difl
culty , but being the regimental drur
mor of course I was not supposed
bo there. I don't know who was c
duty thero.
ALONZO COMBS
testified ; I reside at Bcnno t , La1
castor county , Nebraska ; I was d
tailed on guard yesterday ; wo ht
orders to keep the street clear ; wi
walking my beat rhon I heard
racket ; I looked around as I walkc
my beat , and I saw a man holding c
a bayonet ; there were two or thn
soldiers and two or three citizeup-
started towards them , hut this rai&t
an excitement and I had to go hacV {
my beat ; I didn't see the difiisul j
don't know who the soldier was th ;
inflicted this injury ; ho was not c
the next beat to me ; was on dul
twenty-four hours , two hours on an
four off ; this must have been about
o'clock ; there was n good deal of e :
citoment ; I , was 100 or 125 foot fro
the man ; there were a good many ci
izens around ; I didn't hear of any v
olonco ; don't know who was the co
poral on duty then ; I am a strangi
here , and don't know any of the otht
companies ; we were not allowed 1
converse "with the citizens ( while 'o
duty , except what liberties we too
ourselves.
JOSEPH B. POUTER
testified : I live on South Elevetit
street ; saw part of this difficulty ;
s w the guards running a man off i
the point of the bayonet ; didn't sc
this until the man was out in the mi <
die of the street ; he was then knockc
down and tried to raise himself , an
was hit again ; then I saw a man sta
across the street to help him , but I
was driven back ; I was looking i
him , and when I next looked aroun
they were carrying the injured ran
into the old school house , or up inl
the grounds.
ANDREW BOABDMAN
testified : I live in this city ; was i
the scene of this trouble ; the first
observed of it was two soldiers takin
a man across the street into the yai
after it was all over ; I had bean dow
there half an hour or more ; was fee
ish enough to take a lady down to sc
the dress parade , and I didn't g
down into the crowd ; didn't BOO an
sticks thrown.
WILLIAM II. KENT
testified : I saw the last part of th
trouble ; don't know who it was thi
inflicted his injury ; it was in the coi
ter of Eighth street , and I saw no or
except Mr. Armstrong nnd four <
five soldiers ; this happened just afte
they had driven an express man acrof
the street ; there was constdor.xblo ux
cilomont ; I dida't BOO them whan the
started toward Mr. Armstrong ; I BA' '
him lying in the street ; there was aoi
or.U started towards him ; I saw a ma
that I recognize to-day as Iiiu8onrus
across the street to ttkn hin part ; on
of the soldiers drew his gnn , cookei
it and pointed it acro.w the street
and they all started t
run ; afterward * I saw Mi
Armstrong either got up or was a *
aisled up and taken across the ground
toward * the school house ; I was clou
enough to hear any remarks or ordf t
ijivon by the guards to Mr. Arm
strong , but I didn't hear anythin
said ; there was two or three disturb
ances thorn ; it wns just after drn
pariddj the soldiers worn marchw
through thn crowd on that marc !
they made up through tlio town ; th
crowd WIXSBO greit they couldn t ge
the BoldiorsNmt at. first ; then , was
considerable number of sticks an
clubi thrown and they stnried t
drive the crowd bask ; they drove 'hi
eiprcaaiimn across the utreot and
started down there , then I now Mi
Armstrong lying in the street audsai
the crowd there and the dust flying
don't know the name of the expresi
man ; ho h.ad his wife with him an
started to get out to whip BOIDO e
them ; think ho waa an Irishman ; i
driving the crowd back the guard
pointed their bayonets at them an
drove thorn back just as the drov
men back who attempted to driv
through with their carriages : thor
wore men marching up and dow
through the streets all the time ; who :
they drove the first carnage bao
they were all at charge bayonets ; th
feeling and disposition of the citizen
standing there seemed to bo very hoa
tile to the soldiers and they \ver
quite insulting ; did. not eocm to b
under the influence of liquor ; the
party I noticed particularly seemed
to bo young men or boys ; saw sticks
and clods of dirt thrown ; heard no
violent language moro than a general
flinging of epithets , calling the sol
diers names , &o , As they drove this
expressman acrofs the street ono of
the ofllcors slapped him across the
back with his sword ,
JOHN COKKT ,
recalled , testified : I wish to raaka
little additional testimony. After"
taking the matter into consideration ,
I remember that the militia in clear
ing the streets hold their guns "kind *
cr this way ( crosswise ) in front of
them ; I guess the street were about
clear and the old gontlemtn cnmo
over and got hold of a soldier's gun
and hold on BO tenaciously to it' niter
ho knocked him downwith ono hand ,
that that wns the mainspring of the
trouble. Then the other party run out
and ran the bayonet in htm.
Q. Was this party that run the bay
onet in him On guard ?
A. Presumably ho was ; I saw him
on guard afterwards ,
J. n. WIOWAM
testified : Before beginning this drew
on the floor with a piece of chalk a
diagram representing the intersection
nf 8th and Howard streets , the Catho
lic school building and the guard line
In question.
I stood near the school house ; it
icomod the military wanted to form a
line , and the people in the way of the
soldiers were ordered to clear the
way. The first I seen of the deceased
[ saw a soldier doing this [ indicating
the jabbing of a bayonet downwards
and to the left ] ; I naw the man was
Mi old gray-headed man. A gentle
man rushed towards the guard and I
think a young man : the gimtloman , I
think , was Mr. D ililo. Ho made n
move as though ho would like to res
cue the man that was down ; at that
moment another guard came up and
moved a bayonet towards him so that
lie could not got any nearer ; the
young man was treated in the same
way ; they kept shoving at the old
man , and they dragged him across the
street. There was a good class of
people there , ladies and gentlemen ,
ind there was plenty of room for the
soldiers to march past two and two.
HENRY DOnLK ,
testified : When I got on the ground
[ saw somebody lying there ; didn't
know who it was at first , but finally
ho turned around and I saw it was
Mr. Armstrong ; I tried to go to his
issistanco but the poldieis held mo '
back ; couldn't BOO that they were
loing anything to him just then ;
; hey were just standing over him
with bayonets over him ; six or eight
if them ; I didn't see him struck ; I
sould identify one of the soldiers if I
ihould see him ; at the time I wont to
; ho assistance of Mr. Armstrong ho
old mo to ftand back ; some little
soys throw clods , I think ; I didn't
near any orders given by the guards
; o the citizens ; I saw the guards han-
Ho Jacob Sclcsch , a stone mason ,
Dretty rough ; ho looked as if he was
lober.
OEOItOE D. ARMSTRONG
testified that ho was a son of the do-
: eased ; that he saw him lying on the
iround and rushed up , calling out to
, ho guard , "My Godl Hold up ; that
s my father ; I will take care of him ; "
jut that they would not listen to him ;
; hat one of the guards shoved a bay-
mot at him , and that he jumped
isido. repeating his request to the \
runrds to hold on , and that he would
take care of his father ; that one of
, he soldiers said , "put him under ar-
cst ; " that ho saw them holding back
ho arms of his father , and then drag
lim on the ground. It seemed as if
ho soldier had his gun caught in his
: oat and was dragging him. on thor
r round.
Q. Hadn't pulled the bayonet out'
A. No , sir ; I was excited and
valked off and met an engineer that I
enow and said "that is shameful ,
.hat . Is too bad ; " I said "Yes , it is ;
lid you see the first of it , Pat ? " and
10 aaid ho did ; his name is Pat.
J'Donol or McConnol , and ho is an
mgineer working for the U. P. _
The witness then described his visit
.o the soldier's camp in search of his
ather.as given at length in this morn-
nc's BEE.
Seargant William A. Morrison tos-
ified that ho lives in Beatrice ; was a
.eargant . of the guard Sunday ; that
10 had twenty-seven guards but did
ipt take their names and could not
; ivo the name of the sentinel who did
lie stabbing.
Adjourned till to-morrow morning
it 10 o'clock.
ALMOST CRA55Y.
How often do wo BOO the hard-work-
ng father straining every nerve and
niisclo , and doing his utmost to sup-
> ort his family. Imagine his feelings
vhen returning homo from a hard
lay's labor , to Jind his family pros-
rate with disease , conscious of unpaid
loctors' bills and debts on every Imnd ,
t must bo enough to drive ono almost
razy. All this unhapnincBS could bo
.voided by using Electric Bitters ,
vhicli expel every disease from the
ystem , bringing joy and happiness to
houaands. Sold at fifty cents a bet
lo. Tsh tfc MoMixhon. (8) ( )
ANNUAL"STATEMEtJT
OF THE
VIASONIC TEMPLE GRAFT ,
OF OMAHA , NEB.
Ur. I Or.
fU. R. BOWEN , EBKN 1C.
SecrUary. President
C. I
JOHN O. JACOUS , I
Cn K lODMNT , splrectora.
JAUU U. llRl'MK ,
1' . M. lUtTBON ,
. 1182.
JOSTON MARKET , \
Cuming Street
J , J. NOBES , Propr. fl
? resh and Bait Meats of all
Kinds , Poultry , Fish , &o. ,
in Season ,
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