OMAHA DAILY BEE. THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. TUESDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 18 , 1883. NO. 155. THE NATIONAL1 CAPITAL. The Senatorial Canons Hold and 110 Fi ht Mapped Out , Plans For Another Expedition to Find the Groeley Party , Another Chance Given Grow Dog By the Suureino Oourt. New Hills to lit ; OlVercd , ntul Oilier Matters ol' Note. O.MMTAIi NOTES. TIIK SKNATE CAUCU-sKS December 17. The re publican senators held a cnucun this morning , at which it was decided not to proceed to the election of a president pro tempore of the senate until after the holiday recess. It wns urged that the precarious condition of Senator Anthony's health made it advisable not to make the contemplated change just before the long recess. It was made known in the cau cus that the democrats wished to have tinio to consider in caucus their line of action in respect to reorganization of the senate , and it was decided to introduce to-day a resolution to proceed to the election of olliccrs hut allow it to liu over till to-morrow. A resolution was adopted to retain t'liion soldiers now upon the rolls of the senate. The democratic senators hold a caucus this afternoon and decided to nominate the democratic officers of the senate nom inated at the caucus two yeai-s ago , as follows : L. Q. Washington secretary , 11. J. Col. Bright sorgcant-at-arms. Pay- ton executive clerk , F. E. Shalpr princi pal clerk , Dr. Bullock chaplain. It is understood , on democratic authority , that this docs not mean a fight against the republican nominees. The demo crats will content themselves simply with voting for their own candidates nnd will not resort to .any dilatory tactics to pre vent the election of the republicans. AN AUCTIU KXl'KDITIOX. The president baa appointed a board of ollicers of the army and navjto con aider the question of sending an expedi tion for the relief of Lieut. Orcoloy and party and to recommend to the secretary of war and navy jointly the stops the board deem advisable to bo taken for the equipment and transportion of a relief oxpcditon , and suggest such plans for its control nnd conduct and organization of its personnel as seems best adapted to accomplish the purpose. The board is composed of the following oflicers : Brigadier General W. B. Hnzon , chief signal officer ; Captiain James A. Green , U. S. N. , and Captain George W. Davis , 14th infantry , U. S. A. The board moot in Washington en the 20th inst. PREPARATORY WORK. At the late meeting of the republican national committee n' resolution 'was adopted directing the appointment of a committee of seven , of which Chairman Sabin and Secretary Martin will b.emem- bers to make all arrangements for the Chicago convention. To-day Chairman Sabin appointed the following additional members : J. C. New , or Indiana , Wil liam 0. Cooper , of Ohio , 0. L. Magee , of Pennsylvania , John A. Logan , of Illinois , and Powell Clayton , of Arkansas , L. J. < ige , of Chicago , waa appointed trea surer of the committee. All funds for expenses in providing a building for the convention and for incidental expenses promised by the people of Chicago , arc ' to bo collected and deposited with Gage. 'Th-a committee of arrangements will hold a snooting in Chicago enrly in March next to consult with the local committee of th.it city to perfect arrangements for 'the meeting of the convention. Capt. 'Wm. Higgins , of Kansas , was msdo sor- goant-at-arms of th ? national committee Chairman Sabin < nleo appointed the fol lowing aub-coinmfctees to have charge of the preliminary -campaign work : O. H. Platt , of Connecticut , William C. Chan- dlor.of Now Hampshire , James II. Stone , of Michigan , William P. Fryo , of Maine , George W. Hooker , of Vermont , Nathcn Golf , of West Virginia , and S. B. Elkuis , of New Mexico. JOEi : WJIIhKY'CAX. A numbor-of representatives interested in the extension of the bonded whisky period hold a conference this morning , and dccidediaot to ask Secretary I'olgor to stop the collection of taxes pending legislation 0:1 the subject , as doubt waa expressed whether the secretary had any right to take such action. The propriety of the committee making auch a request was also doubted. Itiis now intended to introduce x till asking .merely an ox ten sion of the bonded pariod for two years. The clause referring to leakage > \ull not be inserted. Frionili of the ( proposed uu bill urge iU consideration as soon as pos \ sible. Secretary Polgor ik no bottuc , and is not expected at the treasury till'tiie latter - , ter part of tko week. The president will leave Washington tihursduy next for nvisit to Brooklyn iu-d Philadelphia , -lie will atter.d the nniiunl banquet of the Now licgland society in Philadelphia Saturday , and will return to Washington by.Sundr.yane ! ap ml the Christmas holidays hero. Sec retary Chandlee and , prebably < other ineir.bors of the cr.hinot wil1 accompany the ( president. A lKt(3HU ( WOTBJ ! . Sujvirintondont .tTamiuon , < si the rail way arail service , has returned fivi PortlasiJ , Oregon , .nud jiointa on Cio Northwi Pacific railroad , JTo rucceedtd in i > orffitt'ing the railway anail system or that rouU so that nodaisy is now oxperi- .enccd in tie distribution .of . mail matter. IIALK * i j.orosKn Mr.Af \ \ \ will introduce a. hill iu the iitM-ato to-duy providing for iiu3 construe- iiom of seven tcel vessels , enc fteaiu r.-uii , ouc cruising torpedo boat and two Lir- \ * > r //rpedo boats. THK KCf.O.Vr ) J'AKTY. Bucrettiry Chatidjer hns recoivwl the following from Minister Hunt , at St. liarbur Iclegr.inlistorn Irkutskto-duy : Arrived from Jatnsk in 10 days. Mill fury honors were pud to the bodies of DeLong and party on our departure from Irkutsk. The bodies \vero received hereby by the city authorities and thegaographi- fill floejcty of Ejst Liberia , and art * now lying in n catafalque in a public square. Wo leave to-day. TIIK WOOL TAKUT. Mr. Dockeny will introduce n bill in ' the house at'the first opportunity pro viding that nftor Juno ; 10 , 1884 , the present rntcs of duty on all wools , whatever over the grade nnd classification , lo bo used in the manufacture of shawls , blankets , flannels , hats , knit goods and wearing apparel of every discription , bo reduced 25 per cent and on Juno 30 , 1885 , it provides for reductions to bring the average duty on wool to about 22 per cent. CHOW IXMt'.S CASK. The supreme court of the I'nitcd States has decided that the district court of Dakota had no jurisdiction in the case of the Indian , Crow Dog , ttv.-d and sen tenced to death for the murder of Spot ted Tail , and that the imprisonment of Crow Dog is illegal. The writs of habeas corpus and certiorari prayed for will be granted. \ IIAXKRUITCY LAW. f Promoters of the Lowell bill nro pre paring modifications of the measure with a design of making it Jess obnoxious to western interests. It is possible , there fore , that a bankruptcy bill will bo framed which will moot the views of all sections. There is a better prospect of the passage of a bankruptcy bill by the present con gress than at the last session. i\-0\ : KKNC1R I.OWK llVIXd. Ex-Governor Ralph P. Lowe , of lown , one of the war governors , is lying at the point of death at his residence in this city. Lowe has been the Iowa state agent for the collection of claims against the general government for some years. THE C'HKROKKK APPROPRIATION . Suit was entered to-day in the name of Charles C. Boudinot and the Cherokee Nation against William A. Phillips to re cover § 22,500. Phillips is the ox-cun- grcjssman to whom was committed the distribution of the Indian awards of 8300,000 made by the last congress , anil about which there has been so much talk in connection with alleged misappropria tion. The § 22,500 sued for , it is claimed , was turned over to Phillips by counsel for the Cherokee Nation on his assertion that it would bo paid to certain high officials for their influence in securing the § 300,000 appropriation. Plaintiffs in this suit alleges the amount sued for was paid to Phillips for a cor rupt and unlawful purpose by the trea sury of the ChcroUco nation , it being a portion of the $300,000 appropriated as above stated. The petition allogca that such payment was unlawful , and without the consent and _ authority of the Cherokee nation. Plaintiffs ask that the money re covered bo paid , one-half for the use of Elias C. Boudinot , and 'the remainder for the Cherokee nation. JCHK FOKTY-EIUHTH CONGUESS. SENATE. WAHHINQTON , December 17. Mr. Sherman offered a resolution that the senate proceed to the election of ollicers. Drdorcd to lie over till to-morrow. A message received from the house announcing ' the death of Mr. Haskoll [ Kansas ) was immediately taken up. .i fter "oppropriatQ remarks bjr tMr. lu- alla and on his motion the president of ; ho senate appointed Senators Plumb , Jockroll and Dawes as a committee on obsequies of the deceased representative. Adjourned. JIOUhE. The chaplain , in touching words , this morning referred to the death of Itopro- icntativo D. C. Haskell , of Kansas , and invoked the divine blessing on the be reaved family. Mr. Anderson ( Kansas ) said : "With great sorrow I perform the sad duty of announcinc ; to the house the death of my lamented colleague , Hon. Dudley C. Haskell , late representative from Kansas , who died at his residence in the city ear ly yesterday morning. With the earliest tint of that sacred day which signifies to the Christian rest from his labors , his spirit was severed from the jurisdicticnof this congress of Hio United States , and joined to the sublime general assomblyof representatives of all nations , continents and countries. As a babe sleeps , so he slept out his life , and awoke to that im mortality vouchsafed and given by the Lord Jesus Christ. Mr. Haskell served during the Iast4hroo congresses withcver increasing ability , fidelity and efficiency , and had ho been spared to occupy this scat , dressed r/ith emblems of mourning , but bright with flowers of Christian hope , ho would have taken high nnd dcHirvoc ] rank in the [ Forty-eighth congress. Ol his never questioned purity of character , bright legislative experience and states manship , tlrls is not the time to speak , but on a future day this house will be asked to suqpond ordinary proceedings to pay _ a fitting tribute of respoat to the life of one nhoeo words and deetla became an inseparable part of history. " Mr. Anderson offered the customary resolutions , which wore uncnitnousb adopted , and the house , as u tribute o * respect to the memory of tlut idcceasod adjourned .till . Wednesday. RIaskell. WASIUNOTON , D. C , , Deceoi-.bor 17. The remains of Hon. Dudley C. Haskoll , in charge -rff Sergcant-of-Arirw Leedom , and accompanied by .his family and a congressional- committee eelactcd last evening , left this morning in a special car on iho ( Pennsylvania ro * for Law rence , 7vo . The funeral coctego will arrive at Lawrence Wednesday .morning. Short * erweot , conducted Toy Hov. Han kin , of the Congregational church , were held Uiir .morning at thocrcsidenco of the late Itqpresontntivo. TLuro wore present a uumbor of uoiiKrcwuner. , includ ing Spealser Carlisle. Tim haU .bearers are ex-Sp &ker Illoifor , KoprciKintativcs Merrill and Parkius of KUIIWIH , 'H'ncker of Virginia , fteid of Maine , J. It. T.tylor Ohio. At _ the houco of ropr seitativeB the flog is at half in ast and the desk of f laskell is draped in viourning Tlio SulioAuei * V/ont Down. DU/.VTII , Minn. , Do&jmbor 17. to tug which arrived from the north shwti yesterday , bringe positive intelligence that jtho worat fcara of those who imagined the schooiwr Mary Ann Hul- berl waa lost have beun continued , bho vent down during ( lie novur > ) gale last Wednesday night with 20 men an board , all whom woru lost , names not known , but most of them wore railroad Ititorers. She was being towed by the tug .Kin cardine , aim during the utorm ojirang n leak , nnd began to fill and having u green crew , w'l ' ° did not know iow to manage her , slip began drifting with the wind and turning tlio tug from "Ls course , when the tug to save itself cut ho tow line , and sot the schooner nlloat , vhcn she almost immediately wcntdown. I'ho schooner wns n small one , valued nt , bent $ ! l,000. AT TIIK t'AIMTAT * . \cli1ltloiuil IjOltcrCnrrit'ix rofOinnlia and Tv\o llrlduc IJIIK 3ioc.il | ! Il ) | < ntci ) t.i Tlio lion. V vsinxriTO.N , D. C. , December 17. I'ho postollice department has granted Omaha two additional letter carriers. iVeaver will introduce the Omaha bridge ) ill in the house Wednesday , together vith a bill for a bridge at llulo intro- luccd in the senate by Van Wyck. Cl.KM. DHTAILS Ol'1 T1IU DKATU. A IIKOTIIint's VICUI , . LO.NIIO.S , December 17. O'Douiiells irothor occupied the iloornny opposite ho prison in view of the flag staff upon vhich nil eyes were rivitcd. lie wns nn ibject of the deepest interest. The crowd pressed so closely upon him that ho police had to interfere for his pro- oction. When the black ling was hoisted 10 removed his hat and remained some ninutca apparently praying , his feature * vorking painfully. Ilo stayed in the same spot some time after the execution , t'o people lounging around he acid in a loarso voice , "My poor brother , he has lied aw bravely us n mnn over died. " This wns received with cries of "Yes. " [ lo then departed nnd the crowd dis- icrscd. ntm-AiiiM ! ran IIKATH. O'Donnoll retired at nn enrly hou * * 'nst evening. Thia morning ho rose prompt- y and took n good breakfast shortlyaftor o'clock. At ( ! , Father Fleming nr- ived. Ho received the prisoner's last lommunication , and administered the loly sncrnmont. A few minute i before o'clock the prisoner wns removed from lis cell to n large room of the prison , es corted by the wardens. In the largo room vcro stationed Binns , the hangman , the herills and under sheriffs , the governor of the jail , llov. Dr. Duflield , prison chaplain , ana Nowgato surgeon. The > recess of pinioning the prisoner's limbs vas quickly performed by Binnc , O'Don- icll keeping a resolute silence and MIOWINO THE UTMOST KlltMNESS , occasionally smiling in n half abstracted novcr. This work done , the procession nanod to the court yard , whore the scaflbrd was. O'Donnoll declined any assistance and'ascended the scafibrd'with ' ho wardens , Father Floning by his side epcated the -service of the church for ho dying and held the crucifix before O'Donnell'a gazo. The prisoner took his ilaco on the drop under the rope , the lack of which was hold up over his head > y a piece of thread. Binns appeared very calm , > nnd quickly ( fixed * the loose around O'Donnoll's nock , carefully placing the knot under the loft oar. Ho at once stepped back and Bulled the fatal lover , and O'Donnoll foil ight foot. The rope hardly quivered. According to the surgeon , DEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS , : hcre being scarcely any muscular move ment in the hanging form. As the black flag ran up , those in the prison could hear the hushed murmur from the multitude outside. The body liung one hour , when it was cut down and removed for the propel legal inquest. The crowd in front of Newgate in creased rapidly , and shortly before 8 o'clock numbered 20,000 persons. The streets were closely packed , but the throng observed a quiet nnd orderly de meanor. The Irish clement was not conspicuous. As the moment for the ex ecution approached , the crowd swayed up against the prison wall , nnd the roadway which had before been kept cleared be came blocked. The police , however , moved rapidly through the multitude und easily cleared a way. When the black flag was hoisted announcing the tragedy at nn end. TIIIIUBVVAS NO DlIMONhTHATION , although suppressed excitement marked many faces. O'Donnoll's brother re mained to the last , bitterly weeping , the center of a sympathizing group. The clouds began to break as the hour of approached , and when the black flag wan run up 'it wns distinctly displayed against the rising sun. The people immediately disposed after the hoisting of the flag. Tim usual inquest upon the body ol O'Donnoll showed the face bore a calm expression. The head was quite loose froir. the trunk. The usual verdict was rendered. Binns , the hangman , was good humorixlly mobbed by a crowd leaving Nowgato prison. Ho after-i wwals drove.away in n government postal v&iitto escape observation. TUU INVINOIIILBKOAUK. The press association denies the Cen- trs.1 News'flfcory that the police hod information - ' formation 'that a body of invinciulcfli from 3 > Tew York on the steamer Aoeyrian Monarch to attempt the rottcuo of O'Donnoll or avenge his death. The search to-day was in accordance with the regular practice of the police upon < tko urn.val of any steamer. KOKKIC.V NI2WK. TMNL : , nitoriiKi's , m.so. LnrnoN , aJecoinbor 17. Mat\iii | * Teeng B.iys of the Toiuiuin dilliculty , "There is not much time left , and J sin cerely rtinmt Ferry will find eomu disin tomitoil jurty entitled to ask of each nn iioit tliiHU ! concessions which wo ; iru no inclined to make directly. " A ItUiid Pool. BIXOUAWTON , N. Y , , December 17.- D. M. A , K , d. HoChort , dry good * mor- oliantu , Uitvo assigned. Liabilities , nearly $ . ; 00CK > ; assets , probably § 100,000. The failure in wholly due 60 stock upeculatioi nnd oll'arU < / < xocovor losees in a "blinc | JOOl. " _ HurprUed ConiiitrlolH. | Nr.w Yonu , Decomliur 17. The hang- nig of O Donnoll w a surprise to the compatriots who Romohoiv thought Kng- land would listen to the voice from the I'nila ! Kluiw and commute tlio Ben- k'tico. ROLLING STOCK. A Hew Deal anfl New Ken In Yil- laif $ Place , Tlio Iowa Pool to Await the Union Pacific's ' Action , Confiding Mr , MoHonry Ignored Bv a Naughty Receiver , ' * ; Mnvnr AVIII Veto , lint the Counoll AVtll 1'aRH. IJAlIjUOAI ) MU. VII.I..VUD iiKTinis. : NiYOIIK : , December 17. A syndi cate has taken n part of the bonds owned by the Oregon Transcontinental com p.iny , between nine nnd ten millions , This will relieve the company of the larger part of its debt , of late BO burden- som < > , A report on the condition ot the company will bo mndo in a few days. It is positively asserted , however , that the report will show on hand nn aggregate of stocks fully equal to the amount held at the time its annual report was made last June. It is ollicially announced that Henry Villard hns resigned the presiden cy of the Oregon Transportation nud Oregon llailwny t Navigation company , thnt W. Eudicott , Jr. , of Boston , suc ceeds him ns president of the Oregon & Transcontinental company , and E.JeHer- son Coolidge , of Boston , as president of the Oregon Ilnilwny & Navigation com pany. Coolidge also ontorq the Oregon Transportation board of directors. The reason assigned for the resignation of Villard , it is paid , is because ho is im pressed with the conviction that it would not bo proper for him to continue as president of all the companies whoso management ho has heretofore directed after the completion of the Northern Pacific. Villard some weeks ago urgent ly pressed Kndicott to nccop.t the presi dency of the Oregon Transportation. HESOllTINU TO VIOLENl'K. \yiNNKmi , Manitoba , December 17. Owing to the firm stand the Canadian Pa cific has taken against the engineers , the attor nro growing demonstrative. Trmij ilo is feared , nnd the provincial police re patroll'ng the yards. A guard has ) eon placed at every switch. Tliismorn- ni ; n switch in the yard hero waa found ockcd tight by a/chain , it is supposed with the intention of causing a collision , bullet was shot through Suporinten- lent Egan's window to-day , but there vas no one in the office at the time. A PLIANT COUNCIL. CiiiuAuo , December 17. Ovving to the sweeping nature of the franchisovgrantod > y the city council to the Chicago & Dvanaton railroad and the charges of corruption with it , the mayor to-night sent in a vote message. The most ob- ectionablo feature was strict en out and he ordinance passed again. The mayor says ho will vote it again , but the ordi nance will probably DO rawed over his THE IOWA POOL. The proposed mooting of the Iowa 100 ! to-morrow will probably not ho hold is it is understood that neither of the roads in the tripartite agreement will bo represented. It is not thought that any action concerning the continuance or dis solution of the pool can bo secured until after the Union Pacific directors ha vo acted upon the agreement. now M'IIIINRY WAS LEFT. CLKVKLAND , December 17. The answer of the Now York , Ohio it Pennsylvania railroad to the amended bill of complaint > f Jnmos McUenry _ et nl. ngninstthoNow York , Pennsylvania A : Ohio and Erie railroad companies was filed this aftor- 10011 in the United States court. The answer says Jamas McHonry is n citizen of Pennsylvania , instead of Great Brit- nin , and says the Atlantic & Orcnt West ern railroad was built by Mcllciiry ns n contractor , ho receiving in payment nil : ho bond shares issued. It further [ dlcgcs that James Mcllcnry had a secret and fraudulent contract with the engineer , and consolidated divisional companies by which the engineer shared with McHonry the profits of building the road ; that McIIenry mortgaged the road to the extent of more than § 115,000,000 , many millions more than it cost or the value of the road , which never paid its maintenance until defendant obtaine title ; that the great IIIUHH of foroigi croditora were ignorant ( f the value o : the property nnd were falsely told by McUenry that its failure to earn nionoi wns duo to mismanagement. In the saino suit James McIIcnry's deposition was to-day taken. Ho nworo ho owns 20,000,000 of Atlantic A , Great Western , is an actual holder o 615,000,0.00 of thm property. Ho built i tlio road , 'raising nearly all the moneys put in it. Mel lenry detailed the his tory of the road , of raising the funds ' and narrated its financial n trait whicl ' terminated with the roj ' being thniwi , into the hands of a receiver. Ho * la ( gave an account of the leases to the 3irio road , subsequent foreclosuroi and receiverships. McIIcnry dovisct a reorganisation of ( ho scluim by which the original stock wns to b given in exchange for now stock , Witl his assent the present trusteed were ap pointed to carry out the tunas of root Huniwition. From the time ho gave hi titock to the trustees until the present h has never boon consulted in tnatteru connected nocted with the road. Stock and bond have been issued without hw coneentaiu the tornm of reorganization no carried out as ho projected. H said ho WIIH refused the right t vote at the ntockhold rH Intel ing in London tccnuno ho WUH no registered ua n new stockholder. Hu al tributcd the origin of the work of th conspirators uguinst him to Itov , Mr BittoH , wLom Mullcnry said wna an im poverJHhed clcrgymun who nought tli /irivilegu / < ; / rei > rcaenting McHonry i this country as the Inttor'a financial ugont AJI of It-lien" uxpenses , . { . ' ( iOO , were paii hy Moflenry , From McIIoiiry'H v del ice it aeonm that Itcv. Hates , with tti nsuiatanco of Americans , reorganised tji Atlantic and d'roat Western , leaving it real owner out ontirgly. Wjcnnlii ; ; Women. VANCOUVKU , -v > ( jf December 17. There wan a grand tally last night i ; honor of the panuugo of the woman euf frngo law. Loading poljticmns , irrespec tive of party , are petitioning President Arthur to appoint Mrs , Donwny , lender of the woman enfranchisement cause , ns governor of the territory. SENATOE SABIN , Tlio Turin' Issue IjOftiin ami Arthur. NKW YORK , Dec. 17. The chairman of the republican national committee , Sena tor D , M. Snbin , of Minnesota , who is now in this city , speaking to-day of the recent action of the committee , Mid ho attached no noliticalMgnificanco whatever to the selection of Chicago ns the city in which to hold the next convention. It vas done simply because it Was a con- eniont place for such n gathering. "My > wn olcotioiiascliairimn"Mr. Sabin con- | innod , "has no more political significance s to the composition ot the republican ickct next year than the selection of Chicago ns the place for holding the con- ention. My election was in the interest f peace nnd harmony , because I have over boon natively concerned in the past ontontions of tlio party. 1 think it is a ittlo early in the day to talk r. ' ul can- idatcs for next year. I am a ft tend of Jen. Logan , and if it is judged best to nine a western man he would he a strong andidato. I do not think the sectional ssnes will be revived in the next cam- > aign. Certainly not by the republicans ; Hit the questions at issno will be chiefly onfiuod to tariff reform and the conduct f the two parties in the field. The ro- mblican party , in my opinion , is mi- uostiouahly n protection party , although lore nro many consistent republicans in 10 west who might be classed ns mode- nte tariff men. The republican minority n congress will , I think , net wisely nnd ircumspoctly. They will vote in favor f any reform of the tariff laws which vill prove beneficial and yet not interfere nth the intorcslo of the laboring man. n other words , they will vote in favor f legislation which will result in the ; rcatest good to the greatest number. " Speaking of the chances of the naniina- onof President Arthurhosaid : "Holms iado a most excellent record , and is very lopular throughout the south and west. [ o would bo stronger than any other nan from the cast , and with Arthur in 10 first place and a good western man in econd place the republican would have i tjckot which would bo elected by a argor majority than the ticket of 1880. 10 democrats will undoubtedly name a cstorn man. ij unco iu > . WIH MUHIICU OF VOUJ IIHIM'K. Dr.Nviiu , Col. , December 10. The ox itoment in Durango over the killing of Jruco Hunt , son of ex-Govornor Hunt , y the negro llig Iko while burglarizing lie bank of Durango last night , is un- batod. A corrected account of the kill- ng is aa follows : Suspecting nn attempt torob the bank , , party composed of two bank officials , hint , and the town marshal , had for hroo nights kept watch fioin the law ) flico of Oorvcment. At midnight the vatchcrs saw a man approach the ido door , pick the lock nnd liter. After waiting some time or accomplices , if any , to ippcar and the bvrgluvo got well to vork the party approached the front leer , and pushed it open and ordered the obber to throw up hishandabut hojfirod ivo shots in rapid succession , and jumped hrough the side door. Ono ball took ffect in Hunt's breast and ho foil nnd nstnntly expired. AH the burglar loft the luilding ho was recognized as the negro , 'Big IKO , " the most desperate character f that region. Though hotly pursued ho undo hia escape and has not yet yet been nkon although n Inrgo number of citi/.eim ro scouring the country in every direct on. Hunt wns one of the most exemplary oung men of southern Colorado. ONLY HOUSTON IIKLI ) . NKW ORLHANS , December 17. The iroliminory examination of Sheriff Brow- tor , John Dominick , A. M. Ancoin , J. ) . Houston , Mike Early , Dan Douglas ind Dan Donovan , accused of murder at ho Seventh ward poll Friday , took place jcforo Kocorder Ford. The only iin 01 taut evidence ufan given by the city sill tor of The Times-Democrat , and on it loiiBton was committed for manslaughter ind immediately bailed in 810,000. Tlio ithora were discharged. iKSPKit.vnoi.s ) : c CurTo.v , Ariz , December 17. Deputy Sheriff lloovoy , with a posse , has cap tured Sample alias Ited nnd Willis nlioH TOXIIH , two of the principal train robbers ind Bisbeo murderers. They have beci brought bore and jailed. Yankee Kel ley and John Heath are under uricst a Tombstone. Dulanuy and Doud havi gone to Sonojra. These with "Texas' and "Red , " captured to-day , complete the principals of both the ( Jngo utntioi train robbers nnd liisbeo , Arizona , raid ers and murders. The entire populatioi turned out to greet the sheriff nnd posse The men were heavily guarded nnd iron ed. "Ited" is wounded in the back. A CO.NKK.SSBI ; ) LITTKU : TIIIKK. DKS MOINKH , December 17. Frank Liddell , in-rested Friday night nt Lin coln , Nebraska , for stealing regiutorod letters from the Amen , lown , postoflice while deputy pustmnster , wax arraigned hero before the United Sin km commis sioner thin morning nnd confesHed steal ing four letter.- ) containing nearly $100 , A Had ST. LOUIH , December 17. The South ern hotel of this city hns been requested by parties in Durango , Colorado , to telegraph - graph ox-Governor A. A. Hunt that his fion Hrnco Hunt wns killed at Durnngo hist night , and that the body will ho brought to Denver to-morrow. Governor Hunt passed through He. Louis ten dayo ago for the unat , and hnH been telegraph ed nt Boston , whore ho JH mippoHed to bu , Hunt is ex-governor of Arizona , and wan fwrmorly prcaidont of the Denver it Kin Grande railway. IOH | ultli all on Itoard , Cnu.'Adi ) , Decemlxir 17.A largo Unco master schooner wnu in view oft' JCvans- ton , a short distance north of the city , two hours to day drifting helplessly. Kovorul tugs sent from hero have been xparching for her without success the entire - tire ( it'tornoon and it is believed she has gene down v-'ith all on board. She ia suppled to be ( lie schooner North Cape , lumber laden , from Muskegon for tliis port where she I'M < > wned , Sbo haa n crow of eight men , shipped at Mil waukee. GONE UP IN FLAMES. Rat Portage , Manitoba , Destroyed and tiic People Homeless , A Blaze mid a Panic lu a Mil waukee Hotel , A Serious Blow to Oandolaria , Nov. , by a Conflagration , Mlicr I < O * > HI > H ol More or Lot Se- \tM-lty. run rim : ii \ RKItlOt'S ' CONTI. UIUVTION. ii. , Manitoba , December 17. Vhnl was loft of the town of lUtl'ortngo > y tlio recent contlngMtion nlinoat otally destroyed by the recurrynco of a imilar disaster early this morning. The own possesses no appliances to protect luiin against lire , and I ho tlnmca Jiaying nil sway consumed nil the buildings vithin leach. Ono store wns navccl by lowing up buildings. Thii , with n few solutod dwellings , nro nil of the town re- uainiug. The stocks of merchants nro n atnl loss. Tim loss on buildings and locks aggregates about § 100,000. Owing o the want of lire protection , the inllain- liable nature of tiie buildinga , and the insettled , lawlcm state of the town , in- uranco companies did not take risks here. The principal losers are : Mc- Cinnon Hros. , general store , § 10,000 , iisunmco Sjr ; > ,000 ; linker iVr. Co. , general norchandiso , $10,000 , insurance SU.OOOj Jlmdwick tf McLennan , hardware , $10- )00 ) , insurance $1,1)00. ) The rest uro un- nsurod : McCarthy , ironeral store , 810- iOO ; Woodvino hotel , § 1,000 ; other osflcs § 2,000 and smaller amounts. Hany _ people are homeless and in desti- ute circumstances. A relief committee vill bo organized hero. No one wna sori- usly hurt , but there wore several slight A LOSS or § 80,000. CANHKI.AUIA , Nevada , December 17. A re yesterday dustropod li ( bnildinus. . .oss . , SdO.OOO ; insurance , JfiO.OOO. The re will add greatly to the depression auscd by the closin < ; of the Northern tellu mine. A VlI.LAIIi ; HAM' DKbTltOYKl ) . Gu\Mi UATIIIS , Mich. , December 17. About half the business portion of the , 'illago of ll'jckfnrt , twelve miles north jf this city , was burned yesterday. The ire oiiginutcd in the hardware store of 1. Colby it Co. , mid spread to adjoining Hiildings , burning all buildings on both ides of Alain stieot for a block , except one brick block. The postoflice and six general stores were consumed Loss on ) uildings about § J 0,000 , on blocks about § 30,000 ; total insurance $18,000. A HOTHL nilU AND A 1'ANIO. MILWAUKEE , December 17. Fire was liscoverod in the laundry of the Plnnkin- ,011 liouso this evening and created n lanic among the -00 guests who romoni- jored the Noivhall holocaust nnd rushed into the street. The female servants , Costly on the upper.floors , inadoj , rush For the pro escape and about ' twTnty' thorn with the assistance of 'tho firemen landed .safely on , the sidewalk. Owing to the breaking of a gaspipo and ignition of the gas the fireman had considerable difficulty in mastering the flames and eight of thorn were almost suflbcatod by : ho mingled gas nnd smoke but were rescuitntcd. The damage isabout $5,000. The house and contents are fully in sured. Order was restored after a conplo of hours and the guests returned lo their ooms. Workmen. PITTHIIUIUI , I'll. , December 17.- The workmen in fho Edgar Thomson Stool Co.having accepted a loduction of 1J ! per cent , of wages in preference to roinainiii idle until trade improves ; the mills are mining as usual to-day and ttteady _ worh s promised 11,000 monthrough the winter. i'o stool men this reduction means a cul in all alool mil mills in the country. STAND AUI > 1IIUIM > IN < ; 8 , What. Const IliitiiH it Standard Kulld for Insurance Men-A forIiDU.il Disputes. Friday the New York beard of under writers adopted the following doscriptiot of n standard building for the purpose of insurance : Standard building First Walls of bricks , of the thickness required by the present building law , ( Sec. 0) ) , with pro jections to receive the beaniB mid coped. Charge for dolicioncea ; If of stone or iron , or if the walls be of less than the standard thickness , 5 contn per § 100 of insurance : if without projections , un less the walla are of sulliciont thickness to admit of twelve inchcn of brick be tween the ends of the bcamo on each ntory , 5 cents. Second Hoof of iron or copper upon iron ruftciH , ntul without skylights ; or of brick or the patent roofs approved by the board. Charge for deficiencies : If metal , slate or tile on wooden rafters , or of composition approved by committee on surveys , 5 cents , If composition not approved , 10 cents ; if skylight through roof only , unless said skylight ia of heavy glass , at least half an inch in thickness , in iron frame or witli iron Bhutto , fi cents Third Area : there shall not bo mort than D.OOO wpwro feet of ground covered by the building , unices it be Hub-divided by one or more party walls extending from the foundation to and through tin roof , and coped , Charges for dcticien clou : For every additional 2,000 square foot , or fraction of 2,000 eqimro feet , o. . space between walls , 5 cento. Fourth Shutters of iron or other file proof material , npj.ioved by the commit tee on surveyn , having suitable jroi frames to all windows , except the flru lloor front , to bo placed either inside o : ontmdo , at leant four inches from anj woodwork and fioin the window frame ; and cahiIII/H , iinlutu they be of meUl The center low of shutters on the front above lifst story , to bo so arranged as t ( ho opontd from the outside. All shutters tors must bu closed at night. < Minrgva f01 deficiencies : If without approved shutters to rearorsido windows , not opening on tin street , 10 cents ; if without approved shutters to front windows , 5 cents ; il without approved shutters to side win- Jr. . So down , fl cents ; rolling iron shutters to door , and windows , unions they can bo opened from the outside , fi cents. No charge ia to bo made for the absence of warehouses having a space of 125 feet in front. Storage stoics arc to have dou ble shutters on front , rear nnd side ? ; storage stores not having double shutters will bo charged innddition totlioschcdnlo rate 5 cents. Single shutters only will bo required in storage stores fronting on the water or having a spnco of 125 foot in front. Fifth Parapet walla to bo nt loait four foot high above the roof , twelve inches thick nnd coped , mid to hnvo openings above the roof suitable for fire defense. I f without four fcpt of parapet walls separating the building from ad joining buildings , n cliargo _ of 10 cents will bo mndo for the deficiency. It was moved to limit the height of the standard parapet to live fcot , but the motion wns lost by a vote of Kt to 21) ) . Sixth Corniceo nnd gutters of brick or metal , if secured to the building by metal fastenings only nnd without back ing of wood j if gutters or cornices nro of wood , n charge of 10 cents will bo mndo for the deficiency. Standard building Unto 7 requires the floors to bo without skylight elovntors , or hatchway openings , and a charge of 10 cants will be made if there are skylight openings through one or more lloor.i , miles with iron frame nnd heavy plate glass not loss than three-fourths of nn inch in thickness , or having iron shutters or suitable trap doors. Hatch way openings not provided with trap doors as approved by the committee on surveys , will bo charged for at the rate of 10 cents additional. An extra char-go of 20 cents will be made for open elevat ors. Hule 8 requires that stairways shall bo closed , subject to the approval of the committee on surveys , and if not so closed a charge of 10 cenU will bo mndo for the deficiency. Rule 1) ) fixes the standard height of buildings at CO foot , and for every 10 foot or fraction thereof in excess of ( ! 0 fcot in height , up to 80 foot , n charge of 5 cents will bo made. Over 80 foot for every additional 5 feet or fraction thereof 5 cents will bo cliargcd. The standard width of streets ia fixed by rule ten at 50 feet , nnd warehouses on streets less than CO in width will bo rated 10 cents additional. Kuloll denls with buildings having mansard roofs nnd de fines the standard ns follows : If constructed entirely of iron and covered with slate or metal , or lined by material and the iro-proof approvcd _ by committee on surveys , nnd having walla hrough the roof and coped , no wood be- ug used in its construction , nnd there > oing heavy iron shutters to all openings , , hey will bo subject only to charge for leight , which from the main cornice to ho top of the roof shall bo added to the loight of building below the main cor- lice in determining tlio entire height of the building. Charges for deficiencies : Mansard roof varying in any particular , to bo subject , in addition to the height , lo an extra specific of 50 cents , if over 75 foot in height , the addition to bo 100 : onta. A semi-mansard roof is intended to apply to such roofs as have boon altered in part orjhavo a half-story added , or with frame structures upon the roof , which cannot bo strictly ranked as man sard roofs , and nro subject to additional shnrgo of 25 couta. An jvdditionnl rate is tjlso charged , for external oxp'onurvo * , 1-f IOWA. ITEMS. ' ' . " A. fire police hns boon organized in Lo- Mars. There are 24 paupers in the now Scott county poor-house. Work on the Mt. Pleasant waterworks progresses alowly. Walker Given resumed his former position aa private secretary in thogovor- nor's office on Mondny. A team of ponies , belonging to Ed Dale , of Newell , died suddenly. It ia believed the animnla were poisoned. Dallas has two flouring mills now , n now one having just started up. Albia has purchased a now steam fire engine. Stuart is doing a largo business in stock shipping at present , The barbed wire factory at Boone ia well under way. The workmen are laying - , ing the foundation for the main building , which will bo 80x100 feet and two atorien high. Some 25 enterprising business men of Indianola have organized the Indianola Manufacturing and MorcantiloasHociation for the purpose of encouraging enter prises. Pleasant Anderson , indicted for the nurdor of Charles Anderson , of Blakes- ) urg , Wnpollo county , about one year ago , is on trial in the district court nt Oa- caloosa. The case was commenced lasL Tuesday , and will probably not bo con cluded before Christmas , The postmaster general- has ordered' the establishment of u branch of the Deei Moinea postoffico near the Drake univof- ity , to bo known aa the University sta tion , to begin on the lat day of January. In a lamp explosion nt Burnsido on Lho 11 th , n threo-yonr-old girl of Chan. Brown wan fatally burned , living only three hours. Mr. Brown and another child were injured. Nicholas Bcuhlino , n Oerinan laborer of Independence , jumped into the river the other night , while Buffering mental de- r.ingomont , with suicidal intent. Ho was rcHCued before life was extinct nnd taken to his homo. DYSPEPSIA Dora not net well of ludf j It icqnlrea careful , per- tlitcnt ntlentlon ami n 1 1 nioly tli.it will niislit lutura o to Ilirow elf tlio cuiH-ri niii | tone up the iltgtutlva urunnn till they i ri ranii Iliclr ilitlloa wllllniily. Sin. f li , of AinliOi > t , N. II. i nftcr trying nuinjr "lurocurcu" wllhout U'liillt , fount ! Hut Hood's Sarsaparilla Mt'llio nail on Hi" Iii'.id nnd rntoml licr to health. 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