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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.