Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 05, 1885, Image 1
HE DAILY BEE. . T t FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , THURSDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY . % 1885. NO , 118 JUDGE LYNCH. TiMcMnrtoreis Tafcen From Jail in 3 , And Executed By a Mob of 750 Citizens , The Sheriff and Hia Deputies Im prisoned in the Jail , A History of the Orimo of the Three Men Who Murdered Hiram Jefferson Nearly a Year Ago , Illn Hnn Cicero Mnkcfl A ConlfcB- hlon Implicating His Two Brotliers-lii'lixw. THE AUUUBON I/YNOIIING. DKH MOINKS , Town , February A , This morning , about 1 o'clock , John A. Sinythe , Joel J. Wilson and Cicero 13. Jefferson , the murderers of Hiram J.-.fferaon , iii Aptil , 1581 , were killed in or near the jail at Amlubon , in thin state. . About 2 o'clock Sheriff Her bert and family , Deputy Sheriff Workman , and I , H. Jenkins , who were sleepln ; ; up- Btairfi in the jail , when they weru awakened by raps at the front door. The jail id n two- etory brick , on the north east corner of the square , that is the residence portion , but the jail proper I'M back , and only ono story in height. Inside is an iron cacro containing two cells. Tha sheriff wont to the window and asked what wai wautad ; the answer was " \Vo want to BOO yon , " The sheriff inquired what was wantedof him , the reply came wo wjxnttho Jefferson murderers. The sheriff looked and saw what he estimated at from 500 to 700 men gathered ubout the jail. Ho told them that the prisoners WLTO m his charge as an ollicer and ho would not give up the keys , but would defend laid protect the prisoners. The answer was that thuy did not propose to allow the prisoners to leave town in the night , as it was rumored that the sheriff contemplated removing them , Tlio sheriff told the crowd that if they would _ go away , ho would take the prisoners away in the day time , and would toll when it would be done , but ho would neichor give up the ktya or the prisoners. RJJA voice cried : "Herbert , every man hero i * your friend , and we know your duty as well as you ao , buc wo are here on business and for business and wo want no fooling about It. Wo are no mob bu } a body of determined citi zens , WK COSIK ron TUB JRFKKHSOX MCIUIEKS and are going to have thnm at whatever cost. AVu will uot interfere with you unless com pelled to do so , but wo warn you not t ) resist. The sheriff stcppod b tck , grabbed a navy re volver and commenced firing over the ho. da of the crowd to frighten them and alarm the town , but the tonru was already on hand. A bullet hole through the window where ho wiw standing showed chat the crowd meant busi- , In a email room leading to the jail nrq stairs leading to the upper Btory , and tufa room is guarded by iron doors , and another opens into the jail from this roe > n. These wore for the purpose of protecting thn jail from without ; but thij time they protected the crowd und imprisoned the sheriff and deputies. The ulh'cera attempted to open them but the crowd clrovo rods into the keyholes and the dors were then secure , The walls of the jail proper were then attacked with sledges , and soon a lingo hola was made , the men rushed inside and fastened the other doors , and the oflicers weio powerless. There was n , high boaul fence running through the court jaid , aud after the prisoners were cap tured Smith and Wilson were hung to trie stringers of the fence , boards bijitig knocked off for tlia purpose. Cicero , the son , wa < hanged to a D.tud stand _ ab3iit the centre of the fquare , Smith was killed by it bullet ahol in his left eye , Wilson had a bullet ho'o in tht forehead , another in the face and Hovcr.il ir tha body. 2iH DKS MOINKS , F.bruary 4. The prisoner. ? it jail with the victims Bay that about 2 o'clock thuy were wakened by the breaking in of the walls of too jail , and nine masked mou step ixidlii. Jn the east cell , i'i the Iron cage , were sleeping SmytheVil on acd nnuthei prisoner , auU Cicero Jefferson and three other ; , occupied tlio west cell. Smytho and Wilson tnuj to barricade the cell , with the bed clothes. WITH BLEixiK HAMMKM AND coi.n CHISELS the doors wera broken down , and once in the corridor of the C4RQ the padlock * wore seer broken. After the cells wore open the crowd called for tha Jefferson murderers to come out , Smytho seized a broom handle ant stiuck Jim man , who tired at once , the ba' ' wtitlkiiig Sinythe Eipiaro in tbo left eye and lit fi'll stone dead , WIUou backed into the cor ncr of the cull , aud trnid If ho died ho wuile tlio game , and grabbing a chair would ntrik < at anyone within reach. Being driven fron the corner by a crowbar , ho made a dash foi tlio opening with the chair , but was halted bj A bullet , aud kept up the lit- tit until tha tlilrc ahot was fired , when ho fell Bjth bodie : were d rat-god from tlin cage through the holt In the jail wall , and while they were all gone probably hanging the bodiis to the fenci stringer. Ciceio breathed easier , F ml thought thoj would uot taka him , hue the prisoner. ] will him told him that if ho hid anything to HU ; he had httter say it Ho then told then that thu three committed the murder , am bis confession as made when at hist arreitci was true. Boon the crowd ciino hick , and toll Gioero to como out. Ho did so , and the ; threw the rope orer liia head , am that was the last they saw of him Ites MOINKS , February ! . On the 28th da' of April. 1881 , the sheriff took Joel J. Wil son , John Sinythe aud Cicero Jefferson be for Justioa Kogerf , and the Information was reai to tlatun charRim ; thorn with the crime o murdering Hiram Jelforson. They repliei that they were held under their right namec ( ) a being intnrmod that they wcra cntltlod t counsel and time to preparu for trial , Wilso : aud Suiythe etatnJ that they di-sired to cor. suit a lawyer , and left the court room i charge of an ollicer. Cicero JeffoiHon xvalui an oxami nation , and said that he desired t make a voluntary etatament under oath , H waa sworn , and rnr.ELr AND OOOLV TESTIFED AS HOLLOWS ; In the presence of a largo oudinnce , h testimony alio baing taken in writing. "My name Is Cicero 1) . Jefferson , I n : ' twenty-five years old the Jfith day of th mcnth , I reside in Carroll county , Iowa , bi lounerly resided In Audubon couuty eixtet ' . 1 am a farm hand , or work on a farr Ji'itu. acquainted with llirum Jefferson ; 1 was my father. He ro 'ded iu Hamlin tow : hip about thren mllfi southeast of the ton at Audubon. The Lsut time I saw him wi last Friday night , the S5th of April. I ea him under th * circumiUucea of ( lie murdc J , J. WiUon and John A. Smytho were tl leading o&oj who committed the murde WiUou , Smrtbe and niytelf are tha ones wi did it.V left tbe rentdeuce o ( J. . WlUon , in Carroll county. abut 8 o'cloi on Fridiy evening. It was .Tiftex mintitcj pat8 o'cUck , when WlUon and left hii haute to go td the utablo to gei tl horsed which we rode. No cue wai pretui icept mv titter l.uoy , who iiVll ia t wif We mat John Hmytba after going a ihort dl UncB , and ho turned and went with u . S\ were all on honebatk. Snivtho rode hi on horse , and Wliion and I roue Wllion'a hone two dark bay > , weighing aboi 1.100 poundi r-ach. Kmythq'n hnrto is what I tall n strawberry roan. Wil on' horsed were notched. I don't know vrhethet Smythe's horao was hod or not. Wo went wf st past Smyths' * house , but saw no light. Wo then took the main road south , loading down the Bolna valley. On tha road wo passed the farm bonnes of Hoboit l ) kcr. Chester Wheeler , SUM Benton , linn and Al Miller , W. 0. Luccock , Joe McFedden , D. Carlow , K. Wcston and lave Ferguson , and cidieod tha bridgn , then turned sjuth down past Mr. Griffg's farm , then west to father's lioujc. Wo tied our horses to trees a few rodn northeast of the house. Woton'a horses wore tied to the > amo ttec , andStnytteV to another. Wo ( topped there a while acd laid plans as to how we should proceed. Wilaon took a rope which ho had brought on hU Raddle and made a hangman's knot und rixid a noose at one end , and pave the rope to mo to cirry. Wil son and Smytho tcok elf tl.fir overcoat" , Wil ton hanging his on a tica Mid Smythe hung his on tlio horu of hii saddle. We theu all started for tlio home. Smytho nnd Wilson buratod the door open. We a'l ' went inside , atd they went tn the bed and pulled father out , fathur said ; "Cicero is that you , " nobody atiswi-ied , mother said , "no It is that John Smythe , " They then brought him to thu front loom abd choked and smothered him , aud took the rope out of my hands and put it on fathers neck. Mother struck a match to light the lamp , ami I blow It out. She came into the front room and tcrcamcd. Father told her to holler for Davy 1'etty , and told her to pet a club aud knock thorn down. Wilson told her to thut up and mtiko no nolee. auk she would not be hurt. No one of iu but Wilson spoke. Father bogged of ua not to hurt him. uuu said "Don't , John , pliaso don't butt me , " Wo haU the rope on him and statUd put doors with him , and went northeast , dragging him along by the nock. I had hold ol the oiul of the rope , and Smytho and Wilson \\ere behind , Smyths on the north side , aud Wil son on the suuih side of the rope. As we were dragging him along pi mid , "Don'c John , dout'c hmt me so. " Wilsju stopped and tightened the rope , and John auu I pulled him nlong. When wo got to the tree Smytho threw ouo end of the rope over a limb , and I helped to pull father up. Vv llton takiug hold Mid lilting the body until wo got it c car from the ground. Wnen wo got him up wo tied his hands behind him. and wound the rope around the body , but I don't know just how , I think he was about dead then , i.s ho only kicked once or twice when wo got him up. Wilson tore father'a shirt open and tied it over his head. The ehiit was the only clothing he had on. Wo stood a few minutes and Smytho and Wilson put on their over coat ) , aud wo untied our horses , mounted them and redo elf coutheast , then south across the river , then south through the town of Hamlin , then cast to the Corner , then north and crossed John Xeal'd bridge , tnd kept north on the eamo road on which we cauio down , until wo got to the school liouso north of Kobort Baker's , then took n northeasterly course for home. When wo got to John Smythe's house he stopped there and wo rode on to Wilson's , two luiiui further east. Wo arrived at Wilson's ten mlnutea past four on Saturday morning , It was quitn daylight. We murdered tatner about midnight , Wilson wore blue overalls and abluo wiilst , calf kn ! boots and overshoes over them. I wore the same boot ] 1 have on now. Wi'sou ' had the overcoat on that I were to Au.ubou yesterday anil which Sher iff Hurbsrt now has Wilsun ii'ao were a uarronr-rimmed hat with a high crown. Sinythe wore a cap and blue overalls arid lost his cap in the house while wo were taking father out and had to go bareheaded. Wti took handkcichiefs and cut holes in tham for eyes aud nose , and were them over our faces for ina ks. I threw mine into the steve and burned it alter I got homo. Wilson bought the rope at Coon llapids ono wj ek ago last SatuiiUy that we used to hang father with. Wilaon carrioi the rope down Friday night and tied it to the horn of his s\ddle. They hud bean talking to me about hanging father for about a wo k or ten days , but I objected and did not want to help do it. Smythe came to Wllson'd Friday morning to eeo about some walnut logs and we agreed to go that night. After they told me they would make away with mo after they got buck tint night if 1 did not go along will ] them , and help them. John Smytho s id we hud better gJ that nieht S it was daik and the roads were good and wo could got back befurn morning. I told him wo would get ink trouble , and get arrested , but they mid we could get baci ; before daylight , aud go tr wi rk in the morning as usual , am no ono would mitt rust us- I wonl against my will , but told thoin I would go , and they made arrangements when to mee ! and about what time , Wilson and 1 wcra tn start from homo about 8 o'clock in thu evening - ing , and John was to be at the school house north of Jtobort Bakers. It rained that af ternoon , and John was afraii we would not come , HO ho utaitei out to our place , and wo moi him about twenty rods west of yiUnit's house and he turned and went back with us. Then was no light at John's house when we pasted and John said that hu and his wife and hired hand went to bed early , and after the other : were asleep ho tot ; up and left. None of ui had any arms that I know of. Tlu-y told mi not to tell anything , but to deny everything Wilson was tlio author of the wholn business He said that ho wax the man that was doing it ho was afraid tint the finding of the car might throw msplelon ou John Smjtoe. J don't know as any ono else know wo were go in ? to father's unless it was Lucy , Wllson'i wife , and I don't know ai nho did. ( Ifero tin handkerchief , cap and button found on Jetfer son WFIO produced , and alee tbe overcoa which Cicero wore down ) I le identified tin cap as belonging to John Sin } thu , and ths oni worn and lout un the night of the murder Tlio handkerchief ho identified as the masl worn by Wilson on that night , and th > overcoat , he eald , was WilsonV , am the onn worn by Wilson tha night. The button found under th tree where JcfTernon was hung 1m know noth Ing about , but it wai placed on the coat , r.ni it was apparent to him and all present that i belonged thera. His testimony coincided ex actly with that of Mrs. Jtlfennn at th i inquest , relative to the scene on the night c I the murder. He had not soon her since , ye I they testified exactly alike , relative to whn occurred , and was spoVeu in the house at th I time of the murder. Kverythlng about th place shows that Cicero hud told the exac truth. History of tlio .leiTersoii Murder. lis MOINKH , February 4. The history c the Jclfeibon murder ii as follows : About ttv o'clock on the morning of April 20 , I SSI , en of the moat brutal outrages in the history < western Iowa occurred at a point three milt southeast of Audubon. Hiram Jefferson , a old man , was tbo victim. Ho had reside there eighteen years with his family , reniov Ir from PitUfield , III. He had raiued a fauiil of ono boy and five girls. About three yea previous ID the crime , John Smythe , fro : ( iteeu county , married ono of the girls. I : wan a rough , drinking character , and sot made trouble , arraying the mother aud tl children fgaicet the father. Ho accused tl old man with Incest with one of the girls , at threats were then made t Smythe an 1 other * against Jelferso rtmythe moved to Carrel county and induct the old man'i son , Cicero , and bU daught l.uoy to go with him. The old mm Jelfcrsc wan a cripple and not strong mentally , bi atrictly honest in all his dealings , and u kit husband and father. Cicero and Smytbo ' harraisod him that at tliuej h bad btcu pa tlMlv iiitaue. On the morning of the murder three bore men rode up to the house whore .Jefferson ai wife were living alone , and boisterously o tared the bed-room wiere the agoJ coup were-sleeplog. The wife at tha Inaueat eai it was too dark to recognize who tiiey wer She ajked what was wanted , A touf voice told her to kesp stil The old man Mid , "What a are you here for , Cicero ! " She exclaimed , " la not Cicero , it is John Rmytho. " Thu o man w s dragged from his bad to the flee bit vif alio falling oat. Jefferson cried I help but the murderers pat ajropo around 1 ucclc , pulled hit tLJrt pvrr hj ( head , tbf drugged htm by the rope 340 foot to a maple tree , threw the rope over ft limb about eight feet from the ground and drew him up , pin- onlng his arm ? . They then lott him , mounted their hones and rode away. The old lady started for the neighbors to glvo the alarm , when ODD man rode back and told her to keep quiet or ho would string her up , At the itduest the verdict was returned that Cicero Jefferson , John Smytho and another party committed the _ deed. Lucy , who was accused of incest with her fkthcr , was also implicated , She rmd married a man named Joe WlUon , In the room where the deed wai committed there was found a cap supposed to belong to ono of the murder ers , nul n handkerchief with n hole cut in it for eyes. The theriff started itmuodlatrly to nrrost the Bii'potted parties , and Smythe. Wilson and Cicero were soon broughe in and upon being arraigned the tint two atkcd for couniel When they wpro taken back to jail , Cicero , who like Ida fatl.fr wai somewhat weak minded , atkfld petmlfslon to make a confession under oath. Ho then detailed all the incidents of the crirnn from thn tlmn Sinjtho , Wilton aud himself left Wilson's homo on horseback , how they stopped and com pleted thair plans before entering the home , what was said in the homo , how the rope wan put on h's fathrr's neck , ho ( Cicero ) taking hold of the end , and with Wilson and Smytho behind him dragged the body along naked over the frozen nonnd. Wl.llo being hauled by tbo neck his father spoke , and Wilson stepped back and tightened the tope more. The confession says : "Sinythe put the rope over tha limb while Wilson llftfd the body up. Smj the and 1 pnll'd tlm body clear of the grouud , and then wound the rope around the body and left it Think father was dead whonwe _ left him , as ho kicked only ouco or twice after being hauled up. " Cicero also deta led the InciJonta of the trip back to Wilson's ; how Sniytho's hat was lost in the old mnu'g house , and Smythe going bareheadfd ; how Smytho and Wilson had threatened to kill him ( Cicero ) if bo didn't CD with them. He said Wilson planned the whole irlmo. Cicero had not soon his motlur sir.co the deed wai committed , but her story nnd his corresponded exactly. It appeared bv Cicero's statement that Lucy hod married Wilson through the Inllucnc- Smytho , the wedding taking place about two months be fore the murder. It seems that Wilson suspected tbat Lucy had not always bean virtuous. He accused her and she finally said tlio had been com pelled by her father to submit to him repo t- cdly , anil had once been in trouble by him. This incensed Wilson , and ho said ho would loitve her or _ kill the old man , She wanted him to do neither. The prevailing opinion of neighbors and others is that Smytho was the leader in thu commission of the crime , and that he lhad got the girls into trouble atd caused them to charge it to the old man. Smvthe , Wilson and Cicero were bound over for tiiti , and it was to have taken place this week , but tbo judge granted a change of venuo. The people of Audubon were determined that none of the murdercra should escape justice. The pcnni'ston for a change of venue greatly incensed the citizens aud a triple lynching followed in short order. P > 11KION NEWS. CUNNINGHASl'.S ACCOMPLICE , LONDON' , Febiuary 4. The man arrested at White Chapel on Tuesday with Cunnino- ham'a missing brown box , ha ) boon held aa an accomplsco in the tower explosions. The po lice refuse to pivo his name , and allege that among hla effects were several important clues to the identity of other accomplices. A policeman last night in Piinlico found o supposed dynamite machine with a lighted fuse attached , lyinp near St. John's chinch in that place. Ho out out the fuo in the fuse and immardcel the apparatus in water , and took it tcok it to the police station. Till : INTBHNATIONAL POSTAL CONGRKH-1. LISIIOX , February 4 The international postal congress assembled hero to-day. Al most every country in the postal union wai represented. UOCIIFPOnT'S SYMPATHV TOR UOS3A. 1'ABls , February 1. Rocheford publlshei on editorial in L' Intronsicreaut describing tin sufferings of O'Donovan Kossa in the ] ) nglisl prisons and expressing the utmost sympathy with him in bia present coiul.tion , ItlSMMlCK INVITES KNOLANl ) TO JCIJf. LONDON , February I. Bismarck , througl Sir IMsvnrd Malet , liiitish embassndor a' ' Berlin , made overtures to Karl Granville , tin British foreign secTctwy , to join the agree ment already entered into by Gu-manyjum Uussla. JiliS. IIUDLKV'S MADNESS. LONDON , February 1. Further investigation tion shows that wbonjjMrp | , Dudley learnee that she had been deceived by u mock mar- riaga sha became mail and declined to prose cute her betrayer. Intimate fnenda t ay hei Jove for her children was intense and \vhei they died ehe became insnne. She never was connected \\ith politico. It is believed thi excitement cawed by the dynamite explosioni in Kngland caused her brain to give waj again. To-day several pa'fous identified Cunning ham aa the man euon in the Immediate yiciu ity of each of the great underground railwaj oxp'osions , directly after their occuranee am who disappeared before the police could go to the Bcene. scnscnii'TioNS OPKNKI ) . TOHONTO , February I. A subscription lis for the defence of Mrs. Dudley who attcmptei to "remove" Hoasa , has been opened here. LONDON , February 4. A movement ha been started in Nottingham to raise a nationn fund to pay the expanses necessary to Mrs Dudley's defense. SPAIIINCJ THE POLICE , The police officials in charge of the Clerk cnwell prison where Cunningham and Good year are confined , were thrown into a sUto c great excitement to-day by roceivin information that a formidable nttercj ; would b ] made to rescue the prisoners b , destroying Clorkenwell by djnaroita. Th stinctuero was placed under a guard pt specie constables. Cunningham has been ielentlfie as one of thosa suspected atthetimo as imyln causad the explosion aUJower street nUtior JI1IH. DUIILKY DENIKS. NEW YOHK , February 4 Mrs , Dndloy i an interview thia morning said that many c the stories concerning her are vicious lies. Sh said she waa never confined in any ISnglb prison. Kossa's wound Is doing well. There it n intlamation nor swelling and ho will bo ab ! in a few days to IC.IVH the hospital , Tom HondrickH nn a Slj > ht-Secin Tour. CINCINNATI , February 4. A large crow gathered at the depot thia morning to cre < Hendricka , who was enjrouto to the New Oi leant ) exposition , but aside from an inform reception and handshaking there waa no den onatration. On invitation of the democrat committee at Atlanta , ( Jeorgia , Mr. Her dricks will proceed them fust , arriving t morrow morning. Ho will leave in the afte noon for Birmingham , Alabama , where 1 staya till Fliday afternoon. Then he wi continue on bis way to New Orleans , ti public demonstrations are anticipated , i llendriclts has expressed the desire to trav quietly , TKLiKGHAl'U nOTES. Paddy Hyan having issued A challenge fight Sullivan , the Boston boy formally a uounces that hu IIM retired from the nn "till after my return Irani Kngltnd. " The manager * i > \ the New Orleans ebo le have decided to ask congress to make up a d ficitof 881U.030. An important tent case Involving the rig ] : h of a brewer in another state ta ell beer by i geut in Iowa waa concluded atCedarliapid Tuesday , George Wagner , of { tock lalan brewer , bad 120 caeei of bottled beer , ' quarter barrels and 17 barrels of be.tr lelzi here laat week and after four dayi trial at moat vigorom defence the jury concUomi tbe bear to destruction uuJt'r the ne l w. Valuation LINCOLN. The School Land Fraud Farce Siill Be ing Acled , The Air is Full of All Sorts of Investigations , The Agricultural Oolleee is Now Having Its Turn , A Bill To Separate It from The State University. . Thirty New Bills Introduced and Ordered Printed. Tlio Knilroita Legislative UIU Is Still ISllciting Coiisltlorablo Attcn- I 1 ,11011 ami Comment. THE SENATE. Special telegram to the BKE. LINCOLN , February 4. The senate held n short Hesslon this morning and adjourned un til to-morrow nt 10 o'clock in order to give the committees an opportunity to dispose of the business which is piling up on their hands Goehner introduced a bill regulating the pond lug of county bonds ; Hycrs n bill to Csher iffs' fees ; McAllister to icgulato insurance companies , and Suell a bill to compel owners of stallions to show pedigrees of such as are claimed to have pedigrees. Of bills put upon their passage wore sev eral amending the compiled statutes and Mr , Buckworth's bill fixing the boundaries of Lo gan county. Senator Skinner's bill to pre vent the removal of property to avoid assess ment was passed. 1 HE HOUSE. LINCOLN , February 4. The houto met for business this morning at the usual hour. Nothing of importance was done until the rpa- cial order set down for ton o'clock was called up. This was for the consideration in com mittee of tha whole of House Jioll 231 , gene rally known as the three cent per mile railway bill. bill.The house went into committee of the whole with Mr. llice in the chair , and devoted about an hour and a half to considering differ ent amendments. When each of the four sections of the bill had been considered and the committee roq to report it to the houao , thfl principal provisions of the bill were : That maximum rate per passeucer per mile an all railroads In the etuto shou'd not exceed three cents , and that certain freight trains shall have a passenger coach attached for the iiccommodation of those who wish to travel. These are the two main feature * of the bill , the other clauses deal with pcnaltioa for violating lating the law and with the carrying of child ren. Ttis bill may now be said to bo passed. It remains to bo seen what the senate will do in the matter. r On tha house resuming , with { w peakor in the chair , a minority report fmt ViAo com mittee on claims was reported. It was to the tllect that the claim of Pat O'lIaWea bo pM when the claimant receipts iu full , and that the bill ( House roll 28) ) bo amended en as to revoke any and all further claims iii the mat ter. This was signed by Everett , of Bmt , and C rr. The majority report on bU saine bill was before the house on Modday last. McAidle having tiken advantjge of the nb- Eecco of the two above named gentlemen , although he assured thorn last Wednesday , before thn adjournment of the hdhie , that nothing should l > 3 done until they otnrned , that both reports might bo presented to' gether. Without doing further business tto house took the tusternary recess. A barrel of ap pies , the "fct-up" of Clerk Xidekcr , was t boon to hungry legislators during tlio morn ing. . . s Tlio Land Fraud Investigation. LINCOLN , February 4. The committee in voatigatirg the school land frauds held : short i session thi ? morning , Mr. Wilsor Hewitt , county clerk of Custer county , was the only witness examined , hilce many of hii predecessors , he knew very little , as a mombci of the committee said yesterday , "If wi could got these witnesses as they came off thi trains and bring them up hero wn would beat right , but when tbe > y loaf around hero a few . 'aeen' know . " day.i and are they nothing. Mr. lien itt said that after the first appraise ment of landd in that county Air. Kendall list written that he thought it too high. Thii was aha the opinion of the clerk 'and appraisers praisors nnd it was lowered. Another np inaisemont was coon ordered on the othe laud , nnd while thn nppraisrra were at worl thia man Allyn , mentioned in J , Sterlinf Morton's testimony , asked for a looeo oflanc in his ranch. The clerk told him he wouli have to wait and Allyn replied that he ahead ; had it leased , Mr. Hewitt then , wrote ti Kendall and asked for information , claiminf thatit was a crooked game his county woulc not stand. Mr. Kendall replied tb t he knev nothing of Allyn or any such leaa . It wv not brought out in tlio testimony that any on else had emco leased the land claimed b ; Allyn , but it is still in the hands of the cattl company. The correspondence between Mi Hewitt and Commissioner Kendall is still 01 file in the land ollice. THE SCHOOL LAND INVESTIQAHO.N , Special telegram to THE BKB. LINCOLN , February 4 , Three witneaac were examined by the rchool land fraud inv.ci tigatiug committee in the afternoon tessloi Like all their predecessors they know nothini d , L Baura was tint examined , H6 tostlfie to having held lands in Holt , Bultplo , Lit ce > ln , 1'olk , Butler and Merrick counties. U explained the methods of the transaction i being according to law. He denied the acci aation of a former witneen that Kendall ba sent for him when the leases came Into tli oflice for renewal that he might bid err them On the eleven thousand acres leaBOuYhe ha paid expenses to the amount of § 800. ' II refused to state how treat his profit ? ha been , and lie was sustained by tbe committei though Senator Mills urged the : questio strongly. Thompson , a telegraph operator of"thia citj was thu the next wilnem. His testimony w similar to Damn's. Ho had owned abov twenty-six thousand acres in various cpun ties , had gold about half , and the xotnrns s far were about § 1,700. The outlajbelng 91 100 , the profits were not large. J , K. 13aum , a real eatate agent rind brett or of the first witne K , was examined ( " H hud owned some 60,000 acres in thirteen di ferent counties. 80 far us he know ever transaction bad been i lawful , " Til actual outlay for the amount of Und we about four thousand dollara Lcus'Uian ha had been Bold at a return of about rlevei thousand , he said that the Interest on tlies laudi had not been paid on the land ) sine January , 18 ( > i , and none of the land ) wei forfeited , I ) . K Thompson of the B. & M wa a partner In these iranaactlons. Tlis committee will look over the books i the Und commissioners cilice to-morrow , The general feeling tunong the inombwa < the committee is that the Investigation U farce , The public a ree in the opinion. ' The committee investigating thoaKficnllur , college visited that notorious iaetitntio again to-itoy , and it U rumored that the icalc ' L -1-1 have at latt fallen from their eyes. It la raid that a bill is being dratted to separate that institution from the state unUortity. The 810,000 appropriate d for the agricultural college - lego two years ago has boon absorbed by the university. Interesting developments may be expected if'not uppressi-d by some ting , niiim NEW HILLS , Special telegram to THE BKK. LINC-OUN' , February 4. The valuable tune of the house was consumed this afternoon in Detailing to thirty new bills , which were Intro- ucsdanj ordered printed , Tha number now is 340. The members appear to bo In loxguo with Oere , the state printer , while the air is full of investigation. Wolf bach moved that the speaker appoint n committee to invest ! gate ) the regents of the university for payinct the professors while they took a vacation out side of Ilia state. Tbo resolution was finally tabled. \VABUINGTON NOXE9 , 91,250,000 UNPAID JION1Y omiKIIS ACCUMU- I.ATE11 IN THE rOJTOFnOB DKI'AUTMENT. Special telegram to Tin : BRE. WASHINGTON , February . Until within the past two years it was the practice of the postoflico popartment to keep the money paid for unclaimed money orders , without attempt ing to find the remitter or the payee ; but about two years ago the department issued a circular instructing postmaster to hunt lip the'payees , but the traditional policy was maintained in so far that no attempt to find the remitters was authorized. Consequently 10 fund to the credit of the money order ilico in the United States treasury , on ac- ount of unclaimed money orders uowAtnounts 11 81,250,000. This money I as been termed iy at least our ) ollJcial of the postoQico depart- neut , the capital of the money order office. 'Tevcrtholess ' it Is of course perfectly obvious hat it is the property of cither the remitters r of the payees of the unclaimed money or- lers , anj not of tlio United States govern ment ot any department thereof. The post- iflico department has recently gone a atop urther and issued a circular to postmasters , lotifying them that in case money orders are sseuod by them , remaining unpaid , they must mnt up the remitters and notify them. | cw The gentlemen who have announced them- elves as candidates for imiBCTOiismr.s OF THK .MINT position now held by Burchard , of Illinois , ppear to hnve run against a snag. They earned that the act creating the office ex- iressly provides , that the director shall bo for the term of five years , and ho nn be removed only for good and sufficient easona , and then only with the conecnt of , lie sonate. Burohard was reappointed a year igo for another term. Tbo probabilities are int.havill . not bo interfered with , ehould ho ilioso to remain. Army office s consider the bringing of NEW CHAUOES AUA1NST OKN. 8WAIM By Secretary Lincoln , since the verdict in the wxr department as circumstantial evidence , if an almost conclusive character. That the ourt martial has not found General Swalrn guilty , it hr.s been understood for several weeks , among the frionda of Secretary Lin coln , that ho would prefer now charges againtt General Swaim if he was not found guilty ol , ho charge for which ho was being tried aud j > case , however , the court martial recom- tended his dismissal fro i the army , these ew charges would not bo preferred. Now .hat the court martial he a been ordered to try toneral Swaim on new charges , the army dicers generally regard the action as evidence hat Swaim bns lot been convicted of the ibnrge's for which he has been undergoing rial for nearly two months. IHE SWAIM COU11T MARTIAL. Associated 1'rees. WASHINGTON , January . It waa pivpn ut to-day , upon the authority of ono of the : ounsel for Gen. Swaim , that the findings of .hu court in bis case are substantially as fol lows : As to the first charge , thatof "condusl .inbecoming an ollicer and gentleman , " the finding was not guilty ; to the second charge ol " 'conduct jirojudicial tJ good order and discipline , m failirc to report to the socretarj f war his knowledge of alleged duplications I Col , Morrow's pay accounts. Guilty , with a , recommendation that the General be tem porarily suspended on liilf pay. o infonna1 ; ion is obtainable at the war department as t < the Ifnding of the court. WASHINGTON , February 4. The penaioi appropriation bill was reported back to tin senate to-day by eonator Allison. Tbo een.iti committee on appropriation has stricken mi the legislative feature of cho house bill whicl provides for the repeal of the statute author zing pension attorneys to receive a fee of $25 It is understood that a majority of tbo seuati committee waa in favor ot a repeal of thi statute , but deferred to the penor.il sentimon of the senate , which is pronouncedly oppoeei to nettv legislation upon the appropriatioi billc. billc.WASHINGTON WASHINGTON , February , The senat committee also struck out the provision whicl decreased the number of pension spuncie "rom IS to 12. and added S2-J.OOD to the aggrc gate appropriations. At a meeting to-day of the Virginia moir bers-elecl to the forty-ninth coneress and th democratic executive committee ) of that state resolution was adopted endorsing Hopre sontativo Barber for rmttmaster general , unde tlio Incoming administration. A comrnitte was appointed to confer with the president elect in Barber's behalf. In the Morrow court martial to-day only tw witnesses were examined and their tostimon ; waa conformed to the statement made for Col Morrow yesterday by bin counsel ex-Governo Bout well. The latter submitted the cases t the court with a brief argument contcndln that Col. Morrow had acted in good faith ii the whole matter , although he may have com milled some errors , which he now regrets The ju cca made no argument am the co the mutter under consider ; ! tion. tion.A A resolution was introduced in tin Senat to-day by Cockrcll , inquiring aa to cortal omissions from the ) documentary history of th railway mail service recently cent to the ser ate by the poitoltice department. Evtdenc In ( aid to be in possession of the deiiartmen that W , A. Davih , deceased , who for man years wai chief clerk of the postolfico a SL Joreph , Mo , wa the originator of th railway po tal system , aud first to put it i practical operation , I tu understood history br the BS'cnt of the Senate , gives the cred of originating the HyBtom to the latoSuperir tendeat Armstrong , of the railway ma tervice. Thin evening at the white houto the preni dent gave his annual dinner in honor of tli justice of tbe United Stales suprema cour The attorney general , chairman of the renal and house judiciary committees , and a nun ber of the president's friends wo.o invited I meet tbo justice , tlio whole number of guesl being forty , Minluter West , of Great Britain , was askc to-day what ho thought of the shooting c O'Donovan Itnsia , and In reply satdi "I dec ) ly regret the ehootiiiK of that man , because I inakoa it appear on if the party of law and o : der were resorting to the same means ns tl ; dynamiters , and pursuing a system of retail : tion , than which nothing ia more daneerou ; : Of course , it would be suspecting Knglau of bting a fool to Imagine that it instigate tbe attack on Hoi us. " HENAT15. WASHINGTON , February 4. The chair lal before the tenate the president's tneseage r latlng to Mrs , Grant'H offer to th overnmei of 'the relics of General Grant'H military caree and recommending that congress pass a bill I enable ) tbe president to place the general c the retired list. Huar , from the committee on privileges ' clectioni , reported the credentials of Kvart Uic newly elected tenator from New Yor bed been found defective , cot being > igni by the governor or countersigned by the te reUry of it ate , while tbe detailed proceedlci ot the legiilature which are furnished are u n CBM&ry , The crodentiaU and report w , laid on ( be table , Hoar laying that the del ciencos would doubtless ba supplied before Kvrt ' term In-gm * . On motion of Cnllom , the ( cm to resumed tbe coutlderatlon of the iuter-stato coniniejco bill. bill.After After a short ( onfiderfttionrf various de tail * , the mmmittea ro o nnd the Hoiiio took a nces. The vote in detail on the bill , which embodies the senate or cotnmlHon plan , was AD followi : Yeas Aldrlcb , Allison , Blair , Call , Cameron ( \Vls.Chnco ) , Conger , Cnllmn , Dawes , Dolph , Kdmundo , Frye , Uu" iio , Hampton , Harris , llarrlcon , Hawley , Hill , Hoar , Incallv , Jackson , .Toimj , Junes ( Fin , ) , Jones ( Xev. ) , Lamar , Ltpham , McMillan , MandcrHon , Miller ( Cal. ) . Mlllrr ( N. Y. } , Mitchell Merrill 1'lko 1'latt ' Ulddlo- , , , , 1'iigh , - berger , Sawyer , Sowcll , Sherman , Slater , Vet oud Wilson. Nays Bayard , Butler , Cockrell , Coke , Colquitt , Mcl'herson , Maxey. Morgnn , 1'endloton , Saultbury , Vance and Van Wyck. Tlia clnlr la formally bedim the Snnato the To\ai I'aclfic railroad lind forfeiture bill. Morrlll moved to lay it acide , in order to take up the House bill for the letiroiiient and to- coinage of trade dollar. The bill an amended by the Senate , nrovldes alfo for tha mupcnsion of colnneo of the standard silver dollar. The Senate by n vote of 37 yeas , 23 nays , decielad to take up tbo last named bill. Ingalla move-el to strike out the fifth neclion , suspending the coinage of the standard silver dollar , and Merrill then addressed the Senate on the bill. Ho did not fool that the govern ment is under lhe > slightest legal or morral obligation to redeem the trade dollar , and h < < had with Komo tuluctanco consented to the measure in order to relieve the country from at least ono f the embarrassing Inci dents which surround the silver question. Ho spoke of the dungcr of silver coin alone suddenly becoming the standard money of the United Slntoa , and of the rapid Increase of silver certificates , which ho charactoiized ns a ejucer form of paper money , nnd the nwt ex pensive pipsr currency ever invented. If we should at any time bo driven to the single standard of silver , it would be a great disas ter , affecting the value of all property , and all investments. The blow would strike with great severity on the worhingmen of the country , wiio would suddenly find their wages largely reduced by a cheap mode of legal ten der payment. MoPhereon umniallfidly advocated the whole bill , including the redemption of the trade dollar nt its face value. Bock said the bill as reported was not by any moans the unanimous opinion of the finance committee. The measure will como up as unfinished business to-morrow. Blair made two unsuccessful attempts dur ing the ( lay to secure the consideration of the anti-foreign contract labor bill. The executive xession adjourned , HOUSE. Under the now rule , adopted yesterday , 1'uuey called up the bill appropriating S100 < 000 for the completion of the public building at Council Bluffs. This waa objected to , and the bill was not considered , A number ol other bills of n private character met with n similar fate. Lamb moved an adjournment. Motion lost on a tlo vote. Atkinson , committee on railways and ca nals , reported a bill for the survey of the watfr routes to connect Lake Michigan with the Detroit river. Referred to the committee of the whole. Mitchler , from the committee on civil ber- vjce reform , reported adversely the bill pro hibiting the removal of Union soldiers or de- nendent relatives in the civil service except for cause. House calendar. Money from the committee on postofficpc and peat-roads , reported n bill to reduce the postage on mailablo matter of tbo second class. House calendar , Heducea postage on second-class when sent by publisher Jo.bono fide. . hubscribera toAonef'cont""or''a : fraction ' ' thereon At eight p. m. the house went into commit tco of the whole to continue the consideration of the river and harbor bill. Leas than eighty members were in attendance at the bepininp of the oession. White , of Kentucky , immediately gave no tice that at the first opportunity ho would raise the point of "no quorum"and would not permit business to proceed until a quorum was obtained. Willis appealed to his colleagues to permil the consideration of the bill , in order that the public business tnipht be facilitated. He eaiel it was understood that only the unimportant itema would bo discussed , White offered an amendment to increase tel proposed appropriation. The Susquchnuim Island Sufferers Special Telegram to THE BEK. TOUT DKTOSIT , Md. , February ! . A storj was told in these dispatches last night of tin imprisonment and peril , on a lonely island Ii the Susquchanna river , of W. II. Kobcrts , hi wife nnd five children who were cut off iron munication with the there by the running ice. To-day two young men , at tbo risk o their lives , went to their assistance. Strap Eing provisions on their backs and carryin | ing poles , they made the journey of half : mile , over blocks of moving ice , being sovora times immersed in tbe chilly water on tliei way , but each time succeeded in clirnbini upun the moving blocks upain when they reached the Island they found tha Mrs. Knberts had given birth to n child 'twi or three days ago , and that both had died Every particle of food on the island had bcei paten , and an old horse had been killed nui devoured , Kvcn the family cat was B.icri ficed to stay their hunger. It was not though safe to try to bring tbo old man and childrei across the ice-choked channel. Arrangement have been made , lowsyer , to bury the doai and keep tbo survivors in food until they car bo brought off- Between Two Fires , CHICAGO , February 4. Yesterday , Mi Ilaines speaker of tlio Illinois assembly issuei a notice to County Clerk Hyan , of Cool county , to produce before him the ballots cas In the sixth legislative district. This Include the second precinct of the eighteenth ward where the alleged frauds were committed i the Loman-lirand senatorial count. Jndg lllndget , in the United States district cour thia morning issued an order directing Itya to not disturb the ballots now hold under th federal court and held asavdence | ! against pei eona indicted for alleged election fraudi Later An order waa Itsued , citing Kyan t appear forthwith , and nhcw cause why h should not be held guilty of contempt , fc not rctponding to the first order , Kyan at peared with hla attorney , and assured th court that ho had no Intention oE allowing th ballots to leave his custody , and that Ii would keep them in thia city till the com was done _ with them. Thereupon the rul ngainut him was discharged , The court i aha understood to release him on a writ e habeaa corpus , in CMC he should be arreate- at the instance of the state legislature. a. Meeting In Peru , LIMA , Peru , February 4. Monday nigl the Parma battalion , stationed at Chorllli mutinied and commenced firing at the guard Three hundred of the ) battalion escaped , ai twenty were captured near Chosica , An o : pine with n car attached was sent to Mir Mores for asiistance. The engineer wan eh < by the mutineers. Oou other man killed t one wounded. To-el .y'B Went Her. WASHINGTON , February -Upper Mlnsii ippl Light unowB or rains , followed by cold and clearing weather with winds ihlftii northerly and higher barometer. For the Missouri Valley Colder , clearii weather , proceeded by light local nnow and northerly winds , becoming variable. Gratuitous Aclvlco to Par-noil , LONDON , February 4. The Standard a vises Parnell to take the fa to of It ua to liea ; and says stranger things have happened th , that Parnell , too , should find hii Men HANGE. Fbc Balls M Quito a Mike on 'Cbaug ' $ To-day ; The Best Heavy Fat Oattle Were Again Scarce * The Hog Market Stronger anil With a Slight Advance , May Wheat Sold Up to 84 l-2o and Closed Firm ; An Upward Turn in Oorn Clauses Lively Scrambling Oats Quiet mill Ldttlo Doing Hyo Dull I'rovlnloiiH CloHcil Lively nil Active , CHICAGO MA.HKKTS. WHKAT. Special Teleprain to the BEE. CHICAGO. FebruaryThobulls ; ! on 'chango had soiiiothliiB very like a jubilee to-day. May wheat told up to 8IJc , and clcsed firm at the highest point. The opening \VM jo higher at 83JJC and the shorts had to hustle arounel li\ely to save themselves. The crowd in the pit seemed to have formed itself Into n sort of mutual protective association , for nobody seemed anxious to do more than to take every possible precaution to prevent loss , The principal causes for the advance were minors of war in F.uropo nnd weather scarce , The weather scarce consisted in fears of damage to the winter wheat crops owinp to largo tractu of land being reported covered with water anel liable to freeze- , and do any amount of damago. i A good portion of the southwestern portion of the wheat growing part of tlio country wan reported under water. Other causes of strength were advices from Now York that exporters were taking moro to cash wheat , and the report that I'mland had mobilized 20,000 troops for use in ligypt. The close atone ono o'clock was strong at outside figures. To-morrow's receipts are estimated at 110 cars and influenced by the strength of the wheat market. CORN took an upward turn , anel there alro BOUIO lively scrambling was done after stuff to cover short Boles , opening Jc higher at III'jjc ' for May. Options advanced tolO'c and closed firm at 40Jc. Tlio market wni weaker at the close , owing to reports that large quantities of corn was ready for shipment , bejag held back by the nbseiico of cars. A private dispatch said that every elevator in Nebraska was filled with corn , aud that at Boon aa empty cars could bo had it waa time to look out for a rush , OATS continued ( pilot , with very little doing In a speculative way , fluctuations in favorite futures bsing confined to Jc. Ono hundred , cars are exp is dull , but about all offerings nro taken , ntovisioxs opened a shade higher in response to a little better market at the yards , but coon became Hat and lifeless , continuing so until well along toward the close , when they became more act ive and firmer , In sympathy with the little bulge in wheat. All the fluctuations were confined to the limits. Cash quotationa were nominally the same as February. Littla was done except in futures. At the close of the morning session was about steady. On after noon call wheat was active and firmer and prices were again advanced , the May option clotingat 8lc. Corn and jirovlsie/in were steady. There was a marked improvement in the general market to-day. Oider.i came in early and buyers were more prompt than for any day during the past Week. OATTI.B. Best heavy fat cuttle were again scarce , and may bo quoted 10@15o higher than on Mon day. One shipper bought about all the good oattle em sale yesterday , say ' 100 bond or there abouts , averaging 1 , < 1 II ! poundf , one ] cost S5,50@C.CO pe-rlOU , and to-day ho could rot begin to duplicate them and iot ; the quality inside of the above quotations. Medium and common steers were ugain plentiful , and were quoted a shade firmer , There was a good demand for first-class biUchers" Block nt previ ous prices. Bulls were in g .oil demand. A car load of Btillers made S3 85. StocUeni and feeders continued in good demand , and suitable , well-bred _ and stylish young steera are making high prices. Scrubs and common Borta are plentiful and felling at low prices and l-100dHCOl ( pounds , 85 CO ® < > rOl,250@l,350 , pound * , SIC@5EO ! ) ; 1,100 ( -.iI'-'O1) pounds , SI10@1 05 ; 1.010(5)1.100 ( ) pounds , § . " 1 ! )0@-l 00 ; butchers , $250IOOj canning stuff , lower at S2 Gfcri ) ( : 2.1 ; stockcrs , Si 30sH ( 00 ; feeders , SI 20 ® I 50 ; corn fed Toxani , S3 ( JO@I'JO. HOCH , The market waa a shade stronger on nearly all sorts. In some instances thu advance was ri@10c , but in a general way prices underwent - wont little or no change. Common and rough packing sold around about $1I0@5 ftO ; fair to good. SI CO ® I " 0 aud bent , heavy at $1 SO @ 4IO ! ; light sorts at S4 0@l C2J ; packing and chipping , 2GO&4GO pounds , SICOg-1 ! ) U ; light , 150@ ' 10 pounds , $1 3D © I 00. Tlio Fubt BI llH , CHICAGO , February ! , Concerning the clause Inserted in the poatoflico appropriation bill in congress , requesting that the fast malls Bhall stop no longer at terminal points than in necessary for their transfer from ono train to another , the qllicials of tbo railway mail service hero say it will not affect the time Bchodulo of trains leaving Chicago , as under tbo present arrangement trtin west from hero cannot be started before 'I o'clock with out danger of losing tha eastern connec tions. A Lvyor'n .Sentence. CINCINNATI , February 4 , The district court modified to day its order In tbo cat-.o of. the disbarment of Thomas 0. Campbell by striking out that part of tbo centenco which Huspendpd him for ton days , Thei entry to ba made will bo simply that bo ehall pay the casts of the proceedings. HOKHU'S Condition. NEW YonK , February 4. O'Oonoyan Rosaa passed a comfortable night , This morning ho wai allowed to leave his bud for a promenade In tbo ward and corridors. The bullet ban not yet been extracted. Itossa'a office In Centre htreot is open to-day and filled with Irish friends. Biir ) Cl IVIro Itlnkera. ST , LOUIH , February 4. The meeting of unlicensed barbed wlro manufacturers wan to have been hold here thii morning but all delo- ratcs not having arrived it waa pontpoiiod till 3 p. m , Kigbty-gevon delegate * are ox- Ftcted , J nut About Kvun , LANCAHTKII , Pa. , February 4. The ached- ulo of ( the assignment of the estate of the Henderson bank chows available as ctu of $59,000 , in addition to real estate wortii 8200- 000. Liabilities aggregate 8320,000 , in adeU- tion to 915,000 personal debts.