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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. SATURDAY MORNING , JANUARY 26 , 1884. NO. 188 ,
BLOODY WORK ,
Terrible Stele of a wile With HOP
Crazy HnsM ,
Carpenter Indicted or the Murder -
dor of Zora Burns ,
Tbo Execution of Snyder and
Anderson.
Another Horrible Murder on
Lone Island
Tno Author is Onptnrctl by tlio
P53r\ ! NclfjhborH of the Victim.
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CRIME AtfD OK1MINALS.
TWO MUKDEUEI1S HUNC1.
MT. ViuiNo.v , Ind. , January 25. Sny
dor and Anderson , two young men , were
hanged hero to-day for the murder of
Van Meyer.
The crime was committed on the river
b&nk , a mile east of Mt. Vurnon. Van
Meyer was working there , and , while his
attention was directed the other way ,
Snyder struck him on the head with a
club from the roar , felled him to the
.ground , tltcn hold his head , while Andersen -
dorson , sitting astride the body , cut his
throat from oar to oar with a pocket
.knife. A. t the first plunge of the blade
the victim revived nnd realized his awful
position , begging for mercy , nnd
struggling desperately. Ho was
overmatched , however , and soon
overcome by loss of blood. After riding
his pookots , and before life was extinct ,
the body was thrown into the river nnd
taken some distance out into the stream ,
the murderers swimming onoach bidcof it.
Tho'blood stains and disturbed condition
of the ground was discovered next doy ,
nnd the body , after a search , recovered
Sunday afternoon. Suspicion was nt
once directed to Anderson nnd Snyder ,
who were arrested before a line of denial
could bo agreed upon between them , and
by skillful manipulation by the pflicers a
.confession from each charging the
commission of the crime upon
'tho other. Van Meyer ia a na-
Hive of Kentucky and had resided
in Mt. Vernon only a few months , doing
odd jobs. Ho was an industrious well-
behaved boy. Snyder and Anderson are
'both ' from Mt. Vernon , the former 21
ycard of ago , a shiftless idle follow , but
previous to the murder was never con
sidered vicious. Anderson is 17 years
old , a boot black inclined to bo indus *
trious , but his asoociates are bad. Sny-
der's mother and both of Anderson's par
ents reside in Mt. Vornon.
Snyder , the doomed man , retired
at 10 o'clock Jaat wight. Dur
ing the night Anderson's nose com
menced bleeding -and became so serious
thab the guard was called. It continued
several minutes , 'after which he slept
soundly. Both were called nt.5 o'clock ,
and ate heartily. The Catholic priest
who\had \ been with them was denied ad
mission. They had aekod for Methodist
ministers H. B. Wilson and J. W.
Abburg. * These gentlemen were sent for ,
promptly arrived nnd conducted appro
priate exercises. At ' 9:34 : _ the
death warrant was road and listened
to without emotion. At 10 o'clock An/
dcrson was shaved , the prisoners sing
ing , led by Snyder , who also delivered a
prayer asking divine mercy , expressing
confidence in hie .sins being forgiven.
During the scene Anderson was very
composed. Snyd-ar was -nervous nnd ex
cited and talked freely of the crimo. Ho
frequently cried. Anderson was much
.affected UUD under great self control ,
freely conversing with visitors and oc-
i casionitlly smiling. This conclud
ing they returned to their coifs ,
wh'oru they were again attended by
ministers , und the last preparations made.
At 11:40 : they were conveyed to the enclosure -
. closure near the pail , attended by Hovs.
Asbiirjr and Wilson. Andcruon was
very composed , and Snyder emotional
' 'They prayed aloud constantly.
The trap was sprung at 11:50 : , Sny-
idor's neck was broken. Anderson strug
gled , twitched n moment. Lifo was ex-
.tinct in Snyder in coven minutes , in Anderson -
derson in eight minutes. The bodies
were cut down , putin Collins nnd'conveyed
do Wasinger's undertaking establishment.
The arrangements were very .complete ,
there being no hitch from the Oral to the
last.
ANOTHKU HO1S1UUUS JrtUUDl'.lt.
UuNTEiis POINT , L. I. , January 25.
JTarmorSprafjuo was murdered tliiu morn
ing by an unknown mulatto. Ho went to
the barn to milk hia cows and food his
horses. Just us he reached the barn n
tall .slim mulatto attacked him with a
fish iplato coupling , utwking him several
murderous blows on the head. He then
loft Brim for dead and made his way to the
homo. Here ho saw Mrs. Sphiguo in
the kitchen , struck her ono bio wand
demanded money. She told him to get
it out-of the drawer and Uion can scream
ing from the house. 13cfarohhe had gone
very fr the man overtook and piwsed
her , aaon getting out of eight. Some
neighbors hearing Mis. Spwgue's cries
hurried to the spot and found Sprague
lying in a. pool of blood near the barn.
" " "A general alarm was sounded nnd the
farmers of Hioksville , Hemstcad , West-
bury nnd Farming-dale hitched up horses
and started in all dircctionn , scouring the
country for the aasasain. There is great
excitement nil through Queen's county
in e/mscqiienco of this the third and
nimilar outrage , following so riuickly
upon the Mayboes-Towiisond affair * . Mr.
Sprague and wife were CO years of ago.
Physicians give no hope of her recovery.
The murder wan caught and jailed by the
formers ,
TIIK Will. * IirU.VHIIWI > KH.
UXCOL.V , 111. , January 25 , The grand
jury of Logan county to-day returned an
indwlmorit ctguinot Orrin A. Carpenter
for tLo murder of Xora Burns. A num
ber of witnesses were examined , but it ia
but beliovcd no material evidence _ has
been adduced in addition to that given
before tbo coroner's jury and nt the pre
liminary examination. Carpenter's at
torney at oncq made a motion that Car
penter be admitted to bail , hut Judge
Hendman replied that the presumption ol
uuilt against Carpenter was strong , anil
Idded "I cannot and will not admit
jju , to bail. " It is believed that both
thu Btat ° * n& defendant dedro
n continuance , o there is but
Jit tip pjvbabSlity a * trial can bo reach'
ed until May. Carpenter will of necessity
bo in jail meanwhile. This indictment
was fully expected , nnd creates no sur
prise. It is the general opinion that thn
: aso is not strong enough for conviction.
Ono now point of testimony was that
given by a miscroscopic export , who
showed that the hair-pin found in Xora
Burns' hair nnd ono which was found in
Carpenter's buggy , nnd that obtained in
n store nt St. Elmo , whore Xora Burns
bought hair-pins , all bore the matk of
the same machine.
A TKr.lUDLK XKAOKDY.
KIXHN , Ills. , January 25. Heports o
n terrible tragedy come from four or five
miles west of Elgin. 'Win. Combs , a
farmer 40 years old , cut his wife's throat.
and in her dying agonies she wrenched
the weapon from him and fatally stabbed
him. Combs is said by his physicians to
have boon insane for some titno. The
tragedy occurod about noon to-day.
It appears that Mrs. Combs staggered
to the house of a * neighbor , forty rods
away , covered with blood ( lowing from
deep ga hoa , and with n long knife in her
hand. She said her husband tried to
murder her , and , thinking ho had done
BO , cut his throat. Crombs was
found dead on the lloor of
the house , which showed evi
dences of n fearful struggle. The
woman was alive at last accounts. She
was Combs' third wife , and was con
sidered an adventuress before her mar
riage with him , and had ono child.
Some features of her story and the fact
that she nnd her husband had frequent
quarrels recently lead to the suspicion
that she may have murdered her husband
nnd received the wounds in the struggle
or attempt to suicide.
DEWALT JfAllllKl ) .
DnNvr.ii , January 25. Dowalt , the
defaulting president of the defunct First
National bank of Lcadvillo , has boon ar
rested at El Paso , Texas.
DIS BASKS "oF OAXXliE ,
HOW TIIKV AllE IlKOUdHT WEST. ,
AYASIIIXQI ON , January 25. Thn house
committee on agriculture will to-morrow
report the bill prepared by the commit
tee of cuttle- men , and a number of mem
orials from the live stock associations
will accompany the bill , also communica
tion from Dr. D. E. Salmon , veterinary
surgeon of the department of agriculture.
The communication points out the dan
gers to the west by the existence pleuro
pneumonia among cattle in the east , and
reviews the extent of the disease in the
latter section of the country. Those in
fested districts , ho says , though small ,
are the real danger to the whole country
because they extend all the way from
Connecticut to Virginia , nnd these dis
tricts have largo and increasing herds of
thoroughbred cattle , which are frequently
shipped west , and some of which from
time to time had been infected with this
disdase. With the increased price of
cattle large numbers are being shipped
from the east and west and the danger
of carrying disease is consequently in
creasing. I have been informed of a
Connecticut outbreak which occurred ,
and a few months later ono or more of
the infected herds had been according to
contract sent to a 'western state. While
it is true that pleuro-pnoumonia has ex
isted in the east forty years without hav
ing been carried west , it must be ad
mitted from what has occurred so many
times in Pennsylvania and Connecticut
that there has been danger , andthis dan
ger ia increasing with the larger number
of cattle now being shipped from that
direction. Though a number of attempts
have been made in states now effected to
rid themselves of pleuro-pncumonia ,
these have generally or always failed
because for various reasons the work has
not tjeon thoroughly done. At best the
attempts in these states are spasmodic ,
and , while one is earnestly striving to
accomplish something the neighboring
ono allows the shipment of diseased cat
tle , thus counteracting the influence of
the former. Lack of unity of action be
tween the states has prevented any last
ing benefit oven when much has been
accomplished.
With respect to the proposition to establish <
tablish a permanent bureau for. inyeati
gating communicable diseases of animals
the communication says there is not a
department of original research , or of
agricultural investigation with regard to
which thoio is more press
ing need of development than
this , and none which promises
a greater earing. Our losses .are now
heavy , but must increase as the animal
population increases , and now diseases
are introduced and fresh arnaa infected.
But it is not alone a qncntion of dollars.
The investigation of animal contagion
must throw light on these human pla
gues , which in our country alone sweeps
a quarter of a million of human lives out
of existence each year. Some of these
animal diseases are communicable to man
and have a greater inlluonce over our
health nnd lives than is generally sup
posed , and any means for controlling
them cannot fail to have an important
inlluonce on human health qg well.
Kidnapped to a Ma.il House.
Ni\V YOIIK , January 25. James G.
Silkman , n prominent citizen of Yonkors.
has instituted suit against Davis G.
Crosby , who in charge * ! _ with procuring
Silkmun'a incarceration in "a lunatic asy-
lumllaying damages at 325,000 , Silk-
man savs ho wan arrested on returning
from a lecture on May ISIth , 1882 , and AS
ho charges without being taken before
any court waa taken to a mad house at
White Plains nnd aftsrwarrfylacod in the
state lunatic asylum at Utita , where ho
was detained until August 23(1,1882 , and
was only released on thu peremptory
orderof Judge Barnard. The incarceration
attributed solely to personal fear on
the part of Crosby , who is a brother-ill' '
law of Silkman , that the latter would dis
close certain family secrets of the former.
Silkman asserts ho was subjected to the
utmost rigor of the institutions and such
as only was employed in the case of un
controllable lunatics.
Ford's JCmcrficrioy
January 25. Tlio Com-
mcrc'ial-Gazetto will publish to-morrpw
an open letter from John Byrne , vice
president of the National league of America
ica , to Patrick'Ford ' , editor of The Irwl
World , ta\ing strong exceptions to Ford's
call for an emergency fund to bo subjec' '
to his judgment alone , without accounta
bility , for the purpone of waging war or
England. JJyrnu claims tliat such a courai
as tint fund implies would bo regardot
by all civilized nations as gourilla war
( are , revolting tv ( lie civilized masses o
ho age.
THE NATIONAL CAPITA
the Fitz John Porter Bill in
the Honse ,
A Ray of Light From Nevr York
on the Matter ,
Mr , JCoifor's ' Nephew Tolls About
His Appointment ,
And Shows the Profits of the
Stenographer ,
Various Mnttorn of Legislation and
Otherwise ,
FKOM WASHINGTON.
K IFEK'S CUilK. : \
WASHINOTON , January 25. Benjamin
jiaincs , a nephew of ox-Speaker Koifer ,
was to-day examined by the house com-
nitteo on accounts , now investigating
, ho removal of employes of the last confi-
grcss. Gaines was appointed to fill the
position of stenographer made vacant by
: ho resignation of Tyson on March Jld of
" year. lie testified that ho was con-
dpntial clerk to the ox-speaker nt the be
ginning of the Forty-seventh congress.
Dailies said there was a tacit uudorstand-
ug between himself nnd his uncle
; hat ho should have Dawson's or
Tyson's position about the close of the
ast session. Ho continued : Dawson and
Tyson each oflbrcd to give mo 8100 a
nonth if I would allow thorn to retain
, ho positions. I refused and a few days
ater told my undo of the ofl'er. llo
said he would have nothing to do with
; ho proposition. With § 1,000 I could
mvo hired assistance and done the work
lerformod by both Dawson and Tyson
during the last session of the forty-
seventh congress , and with $5,000 1
could have done all the committee work
of the stenographers which cost the gov
ernment over § 20,000. Ex-Speaker
ICeifer was to have appeared before the
committee to testify under oath , but
pleaded fatigue after the delivery of his
speech in the Fitz-John Portar case , and
isknd to bo allowed to appear to-morrow.
Sis request was granted.
HANK CUMULATION.
WASHINOTON , January 25. When the
senate finance committee adjourned last
night a vote was pending upon a proposi
tion to substitute the McPhcrson for the
Aldrich bill , and the members present
: iad recorded their votes , leaving the re
sult a tie. Senator Voorhoes was ab
sent , but returned and cast his vote in
iavor of the McPherson bill , which was
reported. Mr. Sherman joined the five
democratic members of the finance com
mittee in voting to report this bill , pre
ferring it to the measure previously sub
stituted for his own bill. The McPherson -
son bill provides that upon the deposit
of bonds , as required by law , any bank
ing association shall bo entitled to re
ceive from the comptroller of the cur
rency circulating notes not exceeding the
amount of the par value of the bonds
lepositcd , provided that at no time shall
; he total amount of notes issued by the
sank exceed the amount of at such time
actually paid in capital stock.
CZ.AIH8 , 1'O.STAOE AND SOLDIDHH.
The house committee on claims direct-
sd a favorable report on Mr. Holman's
Dill to prevent fraudulent duplication of
accounts and claims by oflicors of the
government and others. Thu penalty for
the presentation of an account containing
fraudulent items is made a forfeiture of
, lie entire account.
The house committee on postoillces
and post roads him agreed to report
favorably Mr. Monroe's bill fixing the
rate of postage on second-class publica
tions deposited in letter-carrier boxes at
[ wo cents per pound. '
The house committee on invalid pen
nons has adopted tlio following , oflbrcd
by Mr. Mnrrill :
fclleaplvcd , That it is the sense of the
committee that whenever the govern
ment has enlisted a soldier and accepted
liis services , the soldier should not bo
required , in order to obtain n pension , to
prove that ho was of Bound and good
health when enlisted , and the govern
ment should bo estopped by setting up
that disability existed prior to the on- '
[ istmont.
The committee will report a bill em
bodying the sense of the resolution early.
FOKTY-K1GHTH CuNGUESS.
SENATE.
WAHHJN TO.V , January 25. Mr. Blair
'rep. , N. H. ) introduced a bill to provide
'or free circulation of newspapers , other
periodicals and publications within the
state where published. Referred.
Mr. Cameron ( rep. , Wis. ) presented n
of the merchants' association of
Sotition
lilwnukee , praying for retaliatory legis
lation against foreign nations who ex
clude American meats. The petitioners
aver that the wines of those foreign coun
tries are much adulterated , and should
bo excluded. Referred.
Mr. Sherman ( ron. , 0. ) called up his
resolution on the Virginia and Missis
sippi elections.
Mr. Lamar ( dom. , Miss. ) hoped con
sideratiou would bo postponed till Mon
day.Mr
Mr , Sherman had no objection , pro
vided it would not lose its position , so
consideration of the resolution went over
till Monday.
Mr. Miller ( rep. Cal. ) presented a petition -
tion of the chamber of commerce of Sai
Francisco asking for an increase of thu
strength of the navy.
Mr. Gibson ( dom. La. ) introduced n bil
to facilitate reform pf the civil service.
Mr. Buynrd , ( dom. Del , ) , from the
committee ) on finance , reported favorably
a bill providing for the IBBUO of circulat
ing notes to national banking associa
tlona. This ia the bill agnod upor
in the committee to-day.
The house having disagreed to the
eonato amendment t' > the Greoley relic
bill the enato insisted on its umendmon
and n committee of conference was ap
pointed.
Mr. Beck ( dom. Ky. ) called up hia bil
intended to prohibit the eecrotury of the
treasury from purchasing bonds above
par. Mr. Beck insisted that con
tinued purchases of bonds by the
secretary at hi * option would make
the bonds as itimtalila us bank circulatioi
on them , ami under which thn jmr
chases made hare boon misconstrued , na
It wan inlonded for the secretary _ to buj
such bonds as the government hiui n right
to redeem nt par , and not go into the
market anil purchase at 20 or 21 per cent ,
premium.
Mr. Merrill ( rop. , Yt. ) thought that ,
considering the time the 4 per cents.
Imd to run , it was profitable to buy them
nt 17 or 18 per cont. premium nnd reinvest -
vest in 3 per cents. ,
The bill was referred to the committee
on finance.
A bill was | > otiod donating n part of
the Fort Smith military reservation to
the city of Fort Smith for the benefit of
the public schools.
Thn Alaska bill was dincusscd and
passed , including the clause prohibiting
the importation nnd snlo of liquors ex
cept for medicinal and mechanical uso.
Mr. Hoar's bill , providing for the per
'ormnnco of the duties of the president
in CMO of removal , death , resignation or
inability to servo of the president nnd
vice president passed.
The bill vests the right to perform the
iroaicliinti.il duties in such contingency
n thu secretary of stnto , then the sccro-
-ary of the treasury , then the secretory
of war , nnd DO on through the cabinet.
After an executive session the senate
ndjournod till Monday.
HOUSK.
The morning hour was dispensed with
md the hoiuu went into committee of
.ho whole , Mr. Springer ( dom. 111. ) in
lie chair , on the Fitz John Porter bill.
Mr. Taylor ( Ohio ) took the lloor to
soiicludo his speech began Saturday on
ho bill. Do denied the statement that
lie bill is baaed upon a resolution intro-
luced by Garflold. It was true that
Jarfield did introduce a resolution look-
ng to an inquiry in regard to the alleged
discovery of important evidence , but the
resolution was , ' defeated and what his
opinion would have been upon that ovi-
lonco did not appear. lie ( Taylor ) know
vhat Garfiold's opinion waa up to the 7th
of March , 18811 It was the same as his
was to-day. Congress might remove the
> onalty but it was n case of suicide and
iould not revive the glories once clns-
ercd around Porter's brow.
Mr. Bayno ( rep. , Pa. ) , a member of
.ho committee on railway affairs , spoke
n support of cho bill , holding that the
question could not bo made a political
ono. Ho held , that Porter exorcised
wise discretion in disobeying Pope's
order. , ,
While quoting from GonoraiHCiong-
treot's testimony Mr. Bayno was inter-
upted by Mr. Herbert ( dom. , La. ) , who
aid ho belonged to Longstreot's corps ,
of which Wilcax's division was deployed
n line before noon , and never know the
eason for delay in being pushed into the
ight till ho read the testimony in this
: aso. Ho did not believe Porter a traitor
o his cause. If ho did ho would bo the
very last man to excuse him.
The committee rose informally to permit
.he speaker to appoint a conference com-
nitteo on the Grooloy bill.
The committee resumed its sessionand
Hr. Koifer ( rep. , O. , ) spoke in opposition
o the bill. Ho defended the members
> f the court martial from aspersions for
, heir verdict , saying they were the peers
and more than peers of the board of re-1
iew. Ho reviewed the case , quoting
rom the dispatches and letters to show
'orter wa3-di loyal to Pope because of
lis loyalty to McCIollan.
Mr. Ray ( rep. , N. Y. , ) supported the
till , assorting the charges wore not pro-
erred against Porter till long after the
alleged disobedience of the order.
Tin's statement was vigorously contro
verted by some members , und as vigor-
> usly re-asserted by Mr. Ry , who said
t was not , nt the time of the removal 'of
ilcOlollnn , known to bo determined that
harges would be preferred.
Mr. Miller ( rep. , Pa. ) wanted to know
> y what authority Mr. Ray assorted that
'ope poisoned the mind of the president.
Mr. Ray replied that ho could prove it
toyond controversy from the records of
longross and Pope's report.
Before the conclusion of Mr. Ray's
peoch the committee rose.
The senate bill passed providing for
.ho removal of the remains of the late
joneral Ord from Havana to Washing
on.
on.The speaker laid before the house the
response of the secretary of the navy teL
L resolution stating that ho has no
cnowledgo of any service rendered by
American officers or men to the British
lavy at the bombardment of Alexandria.
Lleferrod.
Also a letter from the postmaster gcn-
jrul in response to the house resolution
in regard to expenditures in the star
route cases , requesting the names of per
sons indebted to the government , and
expected to bo relied on for the prose
cution of such persons. Referred.
The postmaster general informs the
IIOUHO that an itemized list of expendi
tures i being prepared , but it would be
detrimental to the public interest of the
government to give the names of persons
indebted to the government , and pro
[ tared to act as witnesses. Adjourned.
The session to-morrow will debate the
Porter bill and no other business will bo
transacted except the reception of the re
port from the committee on agriculture
on the senate bill to extend the provi
sions of the act , for the relief of purchas
ers of swamp , overflowed land to all en
tries nnd locations since March third ,
1857.
McGcooh'H Anxwcr.
MILWAUKKI : , January 25. Peter Me
Gooch has filed hia answer to the suit o
Daniel Wells , Jr. , growing out of the
provision corner of J883. The first pom
made is n compromise settlement 1m
twoen McGooch and Wells , stating the
terms of that document in full , and the
amyunts to bo paid by each in paynien
of their debts at 50 cents on the dollar
The second la that during thu copartner
ship Wells drew out 55100,000 nnd in
vested it in real estate in frond o
his creditors nnd McGooch , which pro
perty is now said to bo worth $1100,000
and McGooch asks an accounting fo
this ; that Wells caused property to b
covered with false nnd fictitious mort
Kngcs. Third , that Wells' dilatorines
in furnishing money caused a loss o
8500,000 by sacraficing property
Fourth , tint through the promises o
making all losses good , Wells inducec
McGcoch to invest far beyond his meanr
whereby he lost half u million more.
A MyutcrliiuH Oa.ua ,
HONTSVIM.E , Ala. , January 25 , Tw
gypsies , man und wife , were found deai
in their tent thia morning. No mark o
violence was discovered , and tlio case i
u mjBtory ,
THE TROUBLED POOL
BnrliD lon Refuses to Plunge in an
be Heeled ,
Sxoopt on Conditions Mndo by
Itself ,
And Withdraws From tbo Chicago
Conference ,
Leaving the Union Pacific and
Allies' to Themselves ,
lint KlinltnU Hays n IVIvnto Tnlk
Fixed Tiiln a All Hlght Again.
IIUllMNGXOX'S UJUT1MATUM.
THE 1'UESK.VT .SITUATION.
GmcAiio , .January 25. The Burling-
on road announced its ultimatum to the
ther western railway managers this after-
eon upon the proposition to pool trans-
ilisaouri business , and upon its rejection
uittod the conference , , and the session
van adjourned without date. This is the
utcomo of the long pending negotiations
vhich have been pursued by the Union
\icilic and the other four Omaha lines to
uduco the Burlington road to join the
ripartito alliance or to agree to form
nether tripartite pool with the Burling ,
ton on onn side and the Union. Pacilio
nd its now allies on the other. At the
onfercnco Tuesday the Burlington an-
louncod its readiness to organize a pool ,
> ut on terms which would leave matters
n about the Bamo condition they were
> rior to signing the tripartite agreement
wtwoon the Union Pacific , Hock Island
nd St. Paul roads.
The work of arranging percentages for
10 now pool was referred to a nub-corn-
littoo , which labored during Wednesday
nd Thursday , nnd some progress was
na-lo on business west of the Missouri
vor , in which the Union Pacilio and
urlington were interested in common ,
'his morning when the question as to a
i vision of business nt Omaha was raised ,
10 Burlington declared that it must
lave its full pro rata of all business orig-
nating at local points on the Union Pa-
lie rend and carried by that road into
Omaha. In other words , its Omaha line
was to bo placed on oven terms with the
other Iowa roads , and no discrimination
was to bo made against it. By reason of
10 fact that the company
md other lines reaching out
ito Nebraska and Colorado the
tuatibu would bo the same ns that prior
o the dissolution of the Iowa pool ,
amely , that the Burlington company
ros willing to negotiate with the Unio n
'acilic , and that road only , for a division
: business beyond the Missouri , and
ith the Iowa road * for business oaat of
mt rivor. On the part of the Union
'acific and four Iowa roads , parties to *
10 twenty-five years compact , this meant
10 abandonment uf thu avowed purposes
: the now alliances and the stand taken
> y the Burlington demonstrated that the
nterests of the roads were irreconcilable
o the extent of an agreement to pool
cstorn business. The statement was
made to officials of the Burlington road
ircsont that no such concession could bo
nade , that the Burlington would have to
icognizo tlio Union Pacific and
orthwostcrn , Wabash , Rock Island and
t Paul roads as pratically
10 system in the handling of compoti-
vo trans-Missouri business , nnd that
lore could bo no other basis for ncgotia-
ion. The Burlington said it would not
> rocood upon any such basis und to-day's
nswor was final. lit representatives
withdrew and the sub-committee ad-
ourned sine die.
It ia acknowledged on all sides that
10 period for negotiation is past. Onti
[ Tidal said it was plainly apparent that
10 strength of the contestants would
ave to bo tested by a show of ability in
ocuring business on the agreed basis of
atcs or by open war. It is thought cor-
ain that rates will bo maintained till
'ebruary ' 1st , when nil pooling arrang
nents expire by limitation or notice , and
oino officials effect to believe that rates
vill bo maintained 'after ' that date by
mtual understanding.
The general passenger ngonU of lines in
crested ni business between Chicago and
Cansas City mot to-day for the purpose
f adjusting rates east from the latter
ity , which have bocn ) omowhat domoral-
zed since the troublii. between the sea-
ioard trunk lines and Missouri rivnr
inos , growing out of the paying of com.
niesiona by the latter at Now York on
msinosu to the Missouri river. The rep
resentative of the Burlington road ntated
hat it was not willing to enter any tern
> oniry arrangement , but insisted on a
olid , substantial agreement to secure
maintenance of rates west-bound fron :
Chicago as well as east-bound from Knn
as City. Without reaching a conclusion
ho meeting adjourned till the Ulst met.
when it is thought such an agroomon
will bo reached.
A I'JtrVATB HKTTLIUIKNT.
A private conference was held to-nigh
jotween Potter of the Burlington , Cabli
of the Hock Island , Merrill of the St
Paul , and Kimball of the Union Pacific ,
lasting till a Into hour , Kimbull state
that matters in dispute between tin
Burlington and tripartite ronda wcr
talked over , and that un agreement waa
practically reached4 so that there is little
doubt the trouble will bo amicably ad
justed and a war of rates avoided , lit
declined to state the terms agreed upon
AN INgOKfJl1 HELD.
Members of the defunct Iowa Pool as
aociation held a final mooting this after'
noon , Referee George M. Boguo prctid
ing , Four old caNUH concerning rebate
and special ratca were arjjued , decisions
rendered and penalties inflicted. The
meeting , which portcok somewhat of the
character of an inquest , after considering
other unimportant deferred business , ad
journed nine die.
I UUSTOHATJON ( IK 1IATKS.
It is learned by a pripato dispatch re.
coived from Denver this evening that the
war in freight rates on Utah freight ha
been nettled and that all interested linen
will reitoro rates Monday. It is also
asserted that the trouble in the Uiali
pasaenger pool ia practically adjusted.
TKK HK.HJIIKAHH.
The agreement of 18811 between thu
western trunk lined regulating thu is uo
nf pUKHtta expired by limitation Jiinuury
1,1881 , but by mutual undorttanding
tlio ngrcomcnt was extended from Janu
ary 1 until the mootint ; of western rop-
rcHontativcs this month. The' question
of n renewal of the compact woa dis
cussed at the meeting to-day , and prior
to final adjournment of the conference
the "pass agreement" was formally do-
clnred expired.
GKNKUA.Ii FOlUtJIGN NEW8.
A DETECTIVE MUKDEUEU.
VIBXKA , January 25. Detective Block
while going homo yesterday was shot
tlcnd. The assassin was secured by the
police. Ho carried n revolver , a pois
oned dagger nnd a dynamite bomb. One
of the citizens nidlifg in the arrest was
shot twice by the murderer , who also
attempted to explode the bomb to kill
himself and captors. Block waa recently
arrested na ono of the suspected assassins
of Police Commissary Klubock. Several
arrests have boon made in connection
with that crimo. The assassin refuses to
make ntstatement. Ho is unknown to
the police , and fs believed to bo n foreign
emissary. The dynamite cartridge , which
ho had thrown down when nrrostod ,
failed to explode because the ground
upon which lie threw it was soft. The
assassin snya ho wai commissioned by a
society to murder Block. Thu nssassin
belongs to the superior clnig.
IN UANOEIl OP 8TAUVATIO.N .
KINGSTON , Out. , .January 'Jo. Settlers
in roar townships are in danger of starv
ing as the snow is stopping traffic. A
lumber dealer telegraphs that unless ho
gets provisions ho will bo obliged to close
down the shanties. Such n state of af
fairs was never known in this locality
before.
TYPHOID FRVKK I'.riDKMU ! .
f
MONTHKAI. , January 25. An epidemic
of typhoid fever rages at llyacintho and
tlio schools of the convents nte closed ,
Mnny members of the religious communi
ties are very ill and five nuns have died.
Tlio Inwu Ijoiiialnturo.
Dr.s MOINUS , January 25. The senate
occupied one hour to day in discussing a
joint resolution to niomoralizing congress
in favor of tlm Ilonnepin canal and fa
vored by bills of Laraboe , Logan , Button
und Hull , and opposed by Eastman.
Pending discussion , adjourned.
In the house , n resolution was adopted
to print all bills referred to committees
except legalizing acts and bills of a pure
ly local character. The important bills
introduced were to amend the cede in re
lation to the exemption of homesteads
purchased with pension money , author
izing actions against railroad companies
to bo bought in the name of the state , to
define and punish fraudulent practices in
printing and distributing election tickets ,
limiting attorney's foes in partitions of
real estate , to provide for selling , leasing
and patenting land belonging to the ag
ricultural college , to require railroad cor
porations to incorporate under thu laws
of the state. Adjourned.
Goncr.il McAuloy Arrested.
NEW YOIIK , January 25. General
Daniel McAuloy , ox-mayor of Indiana
polis , was taken to the policn court to
day on a charge of violating the lottery
laws. Ho is president and general man-
nger of the Mutual Union Improvement
company , an incorporated concern , the
objects of which as stated , arc the accu
mulation of a fund for the purchase of
real estate , its improvement and distri
bution among shareholders. Bonds are
issued monthly for $5 and the holders of
a portion of those are entitled to premi
ums. The method of distributing pre
miums or prizes as they are declared to
bo is alleged to bo in the form of the lot
tery drawings , hence the arrest. Gen
eral McAuloy was paroled in custody of
counsel for examination.
Saved by the Ooidncror. |
BMJHTON , O. , January 25. A mixed
train on the Lake Erie it Western was
wrecked near hero this morning by a
broken rail. A passenger car turned
over nnd took fire , but the conductor
saved the lives of the passengers by extinguishing
tinguishing the fire with anow. A brakeman -
man had both foot frozen , The injured
passengers nro James W. Shaw , of Ne
braska , scapula fractured and badly
bruised ; A. J. Owens , 0. 8. Langan and
Mrs. Langan , of Blull'ton ; nil seriously
and several others slightly injured. It
ia ! iO below zero. _
AiTcst ol an ICdltor.
Euin , Pa. , January 25. Frank S.
Heath , late propriptor of The Corey Hor-
> ld and chairman of the Pennsylvania
itate greenback committee in 1882 , was
rrotttod last night charged with sending
iidocpnt matter 'in advertisements of
ibortionista , etc. , through the mail. , In
, hearing this ) morning ho fjavo bail in thou
u in of $1,500 to appear in the United
tales court in Pittsburg in February.
A Unit , for JjiHOO.OOO.
Pmiaiini.ni i A , January 25. Argu-
nont was begun to-day in the cuso of
Sulzbach Bros. , bankers , Germany ,
the estate of John Edgar Thoin-
on , once president of thu Pennsylvania
oud , to recover 3800,000 damages , al-
oged to have boon auflered by misman
agement of the construction of the
Davenport & St. Paul railroad.
Tlio SlUKKorH In
SAN FUANCIKCO , January 2fi. Six
.housand admirers grouted Sullivan the
'slugger" this morning. Ono thousand
men followed his carriage cheering. The
spurring combination this evening was u
disappointment.
Tlio Vlro lU-uord. ,
SAN FiiANuisco , January 25 , Dallas ,
the countysuat of WIXHCO county , Oregon ,
was visited by n destructive fire this
morning. A quarter of n block of busi
ness houses was burned. Loss about
800,000 , ; insurance , 820,000.
The Coldest Ever Known.
CINCINNATI , January 'Jo. Specialit
from Ohio points indloato the coldest
weather over known 24 to It'2 below
zero ,
l < 'rn/-on
LIIIBHTY MILLS , Ind. , .Tumury 25 ,
'ftio ' twin baboa of haao Mirtin , throe
months old , wern frozen to death in u
crib placed in a firuleas room.
Bo Glad , .i
NK\V YOUK , January 25. Presidenl
Arthur called on Oenoral Orant thin
evening , and veturns to Washington to-
morrow.
BiVtlnwa fvllurtu for the ) at bevvn iluy ,
317 , uralntt l- > tliu jictimiM wualr ,
THE DEATH CHAMBERS.
Wicrc the Crested Bnttes Miiiers
PerisliEu ,
The Terrible Scones the Soaroh
Revealed ,
Bodies Blackened , Broken and
Mutilated ,
The Awful and Fruitless Pigk
for Life ,
Fenra.tlmt the "Molllo MngtilrcB" Will
Wrcnk A'oiiKcnnuo on tlio BOSH.
. TUB W1U3CKED MINE.
EXPLORATION OK THE ( UIAMIlEIUi.
DUNVKII , January 25 For thirty-nir
lours twenty to thirty men have been
constantly employed searching for dead
Bodies in the mines in Crjstod Buttc.
The work is very slow ire the mine ia
Iwdly choked with piles of displaced tim-
jura and other obstructions. At noon
ten bodies had been found in the main
entry , terribly burned and blackonodand
in several cases arms and logs wore found
broken , and the bodies otherwise mntilnt-
cd. The workmen gained entrance to
the chamber No. 1 , this morning , but no
bodies were found there. Searching fur
ther , however , cghtoon bodies were
found almost in n heap in the air passage
loading to the up cart near the entrance.
The men , alarmed but not injured by thn
explosion , evidently attempted to reach
the furnace room nnd were overcome by
Ire damp within 200 feet of it. Fifty
fojt fun her back , six moro were
lound , n'l evidently suflocatcd. > >
301UO had tied handkerchiefs over their
mouths. This makes a total of thirty-
four bodies found nnd includes all at
work in chamber No. 1. Those bodies
are now being brought to the main entry t * '
nnd will soon bo brought to the surface.
The workmen will tlion begin n search
'or bodies in chamber No. 2. This ia
further into the mine and is undoubtedly
where the explosion took plnco. It ia
expected the bodies there to bo found
are badly burned. It is known that
there were fifty-nine men and boys in
the mine and to the list of names sent
last night may bo added : David Thomas ,
John Thomoa , and Miles Roach , which
complntcs the list except one.
The cause of the accident is not yet
definitely known. The mine inspector
who inspected it BIX weeks ago says it
liad the worst air nnd best ventilation of
any mine in the state.
The foreman made his regular rounds
yesterday morning. Ho found gas in
three of the rooms. In two of these the
men wore given safety lamps. A miner
who belonged to the third was told not
to go in until a break in the brattice was
repaired. It is thought the minor disre
garded orders and wont into the room
without a safety lamp. *
An inquest will bo hold to-morrow.
The "Mollio Maguiros" of the minea
linvo an enmity toward mine boss John
Gibson , nnd it is feared they willtake
occasion to wreak vengeance on him. ' ' "
Board of Trade Resolutions.
WASHINOTON , January 25. The Na
tional Board of Trade to-day adopted a
resolution reciting the enormoua value
of property annually consumed by fire
in this country , and recommending the
appointment of a board to investigate the
cause of such great waste of the country's
wealth , A resolution was adopted urg
ing congress to repeal the law making
the coinage of silver dollars compulsory
and that a proportion of nil taxes on
homo products fie repealed and the in
ternal revenue bureau abolished , was
laid on the table. Resolutions were
adopted recommending to congress the
pascago of the measure now pending be
fore congress to allow the president the
privilege of vetoing separate items of appropriation -
propriation bills , and declaring that the
duty of congress to enact laws for pre
serving the rights guaranteed by the
constitution and allowing freedom of in
tcrcoursp among citizens of the several
'states withunl , paymiutof local taxes or
licenses. D IW'P UMMI turned on the ex
pediency of udopiion by this country of
measures of retaliation against nations
which discriminate against American
pork.
The result of the discussion was the-
adoption of a resolution requesting con
gress ( o act promptly to secure a removal
of unjust discriminations against Ameri
can products. Adjourned to meet in
Indianapolis , May j2
The norttauUuralUts ,
KANHAH CITY , January 25. The horticultural
ticultural convention adopted resolutions
calling on the government to establish
experimental stations for horticulture
and forestry to solve the problem of
adoption to climate , best methods of
cultivation , etc. ; also for the creation of
a board of foreeory to establish substations
tions in each climatic bolt , that agents
be sent abroad to select floods , roots ,
etc. , for experiment , and inviting the
Canadian government to join the move
ment. A committee to draft a bin cov
ering those points includes J. Sterling
Morton of Nebraska , R. W. Turner of
Nebraska , Professor Budd of Iowa , .Rob
ert Douglass of Illinois , and Porter Earlo
of Illinois. Adjourned to moot in New1
Qrliuinn during the world's fair.
SCROFULA
I'roliuUjr no form 'of illM'OM | i w ewierMlf ill * .
trilmtoil among our whole imputation us Scrufuln ,
Almcwt every Individual lu Dili latent potion countIng -
Ing IiU velni. Tlio terrible lulIerUiei endured by
ItioM mulcted will ) ( crofulotia tore * cannot u >
understood ty otlicn , nnd. Uia Intemlty of tlielr
uratltudevlicn Uiey nnd it remedy Uut curet
Item , Mlouldita a will perwu. Wo refer by per *
it mlitlon to fMlu
Hnnd s Ba"u cwwuier. .
HUUU O pf Warm.r > N , n. ,
who wu cured by
thetcverttyof wljcli confined fief , M ttw home for
two yean. Sir inontlu jirevlom to tttklnB Hood's
fUruniuUlaflK could not ect about ber ruoniwllu-
cutcruttlie * . Her frlcml Mjri ! "I < U < 1 not think U
| Kw lbIe for her to live many uionUui kbo wa ro.
dHceiltoa ineru lUleton. Her cuts I .lunUjI 4
than u inlwle ? ' Mora wonderful cure * than this
liruo lcn effected \ < 1 tW smdldna. Ilicra U no
ilouUttut lnilood'4 gAmrarUl * wo have tUruott-
rcin-vrtablotnodklneiluit * crer Uen ynxlucol ,
mt n iKulllvii euro for BcrofuU la IU JIUIMFOV *
form * . J'loi JUtyrix for $ J-M. ITwurwJ only ty
Ji t. ) w 1 A CO..J wfUiw. : . 8oJ41ij UrBjajUf *