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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER 7 , 1887. NUMBER SIX BOMBS IN IMG'S ' CELL , Startling Discovery Made In the Cook County Jail. ENGEL TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF. MifilfTMatMsn MnkcH mi Examination of the Annrc'hlMn' Quarters and Finds n HOT of Ucadlj Dyna mite Discovered. CitiCAno , Nov. (5 Tlio cells of the sever condemned annrchists in the county Jail were scarche il to-dnj und six loaded bombs wen found hidden n\\uy in a wooden box whicl was cent enlcd tinder n pile of newspapers litho the corner of Llngg's ' lull. Some tlino ng ( Sheriff Mntsoh decided to search nnd cleai out the cells of the o\en prisoners und to day v as set foi the examination. Woidwas fccnt by the sheriff lo tlio fiicndti of the con dunned saving that no admittance \\ould bi given at the Jail and Ibis morning the until i foicoof deputy sheilffs toportcd at the Jal for duty. It was shently lifter 9-30 o'elocl when Lingg and Kngol were load from the ! cells to the "consultation cage" and tin scinch began , Engcl's tell was first cnteiei nnd thoroughly oxploicd and the clothini hanging illiquid the i oil searched but beioni n few empty cigar boxes , some fiult , book : und p.ipers , nothing was found. Then the deputy shcnffH Liitcied Llngg'i cell while its foimor occupant planted him' Helf In a corner of his tempoiaiy prison iim wutilied them with eager eics Hovvas pult ns death and trembled like an nspen leaf a thu searchers moved aionnd in the llttli stoned wall uoom. Suddenly two of tin three men insldo Jumped out into the corrl dor w hllc thu third man hi Id at arm's lengtl n small wooden box which ho e.nefull ) cut ried to the Jail ollko and laid on .lailcr Foltz' desk. Thu box contained six pieces of gn pipe each about six or seven inches ii length. It was filled with some heavy sul Htancu and plumed at both ends .lailc roll ? picked up one whit b was dosed at on end with a lound lion stopper and ono of th oftlcots pionounced it n vcnt.iblo djnamit bomb , .lust then Shotiff Matson ailived a the Jail and nidercd that the dungcrou wc.ipons bo repine cd in the box and sent to oheniist for analyst's , though theic was n doubt as no the icsult of the examinatioi Then the senuh was continued , butbejond quantity of nibbisli nothing oould bo found Then the cells of Fischer , Pin sons , Spio' Schwab and Pioldcn weio scinched in th order nami'd , but no contiubind articles o any kind weio found. It was decided , however over , that it was best to change cells and ai eoidiiigly finn apartments on the lowcrtlc weio cleaned out. Number 11 , which is d rectly in front of the cntianco of the Jail , an between two rows of iion giatlngs , in whlc space three men arc on guard night and dnj was piepaied for Lingg's rcceptior and theio the bomb manufactuic was locked up. Ho was give Ins bed , table , books and writing mateiial' but evoii thing else was Kept fiomhim. II immediately sat down und began to writ < keeping at woi It all day until it was too dar to see. The otheis , with the exception c Schwab mid Fiolden , weio also icmovticll now cells Sheriff Mntson was seen on the subjec during the aftei noon. Ho was very retlcen at Hist , but llnally told the piiticulais of th uttair. They had no reason , ho said , to mak this search at this particular time , it bein simply a pic-cautionary mcasuio. Suuda was selected as a quu.t dav 'when the 03 ainlnation would muko less disturbance th.i on a week dav."Of course In view of the di velopmontH of thusearch , the most stringui precautionaiy measuics will now I taken. The piisoneis will not boallowc to exeiciso as inucli as founcily , and tli number of visltois will bo luitilctcd. None ono will bo allowed toisit any of the cot dunned In the cage , and if any inteivlow aio planted it will bo only to near iclathc and in the pirscnco of the Jail oftlciats. N baskets of victuals or fiuit will bo allowed I bo heat and no lettei s or dispati lies i ccciv e or sent until they aio caiofullv e\imined. . special man will watch each of the pdbonci lioin this time forwaul. Outsldoof the gieat sensation of the da ; things were quiet around the Jail Theio w. an nlr of instory all morning which wasm explained bofoio2o'clock Admittance wi denied to overdone. Mis Schwaband Kim liioughtoverbasketscontiuiiiiigdinnoi foi tl pi isotieis and loft them at the door. Lingg sweethcait also came w itli a basket. The new b of the finding of the boml spread like wildlhe. A universal ic.u t ion < the amnestv sentiment was immediately a patent. Hundreds of cit Irons who signed tl petitions for clemency icgietted their jetic nnd wished they had nu\er appended the names to iho paper. Twenty ot the oftlco of the cential detail weio in the squad 100 when a icpoiter enteicd and told them tl news. Instantly thcio was a stouu of indl nation. Tlio word "bombs" lecalled to the tlio scene * ) of UicHajmaikct , and thoio w but ono o\iression | of comment on the su Jett Ono lieutenant hincusticallji omuikc "Well tlii'ought to paulou Llugg ai wav. " 'ihc general opinion mound the police st lions was that \\liato\er might bo the fate tlio otheis , Lingg's doom was scaled and would Inuo to go to the gi.llowb. It is doul ful If the condemned men will longer allowed to cnjov the privilege of leading t dally impels. It was suggested to the slier that the advcitlsing columns might easily utilized as u means of communication cipher between them and outfidois nnd in ; probability the ) will bo deprived of this pii ripal pleasmo. The bombs found in Llnpg's cell we given to Uaptuiii behaack , it appeals. Mil oftlcer thl- , evening i cumin that they i pp.ucd to ha\o been designed for usn by sol of Iho condemned as agents of solfdcstn lion. 'Jhuj weio meant for thodestnuti of o\eijibing with which their fiagmn might eouio in contact , as the ) weio ill ! with lead , zinc , antimony and similar roni ] sltlons calculated to pioduco blood poisoni wherever a wound was made. On ono c wcioiKcdu can and fuse , whllo thootli mid contained the projietolos th wuulcl lly out ns fiom u ii baricl. Captain Sohaaek suimi ! It was the intention of Lingg ns well ns the other tliiee , who have refused eonimu lion , to put ono end of the bomb in the niov nnd light the fuse like a cigar. The sultant explosion would , It is bcllnved , pic fatal. LXTI H. Late to night another rcmnrknl feature of the matter c.uuo to light , will explains vvli ) the seun.li of the cells hi pencil to bo nnide to da ) . U is axuci ted tl Into lust night the death watch muidoie'r'R iow , where the t ( denined men weio contlned , hcmdgioi lomingfrom Hngel's icll. Stopping to t door ho saw l.ngul l.ing on his back bio.V ing htontoilously nnd gioaning. The \\ati man called him bi iniuio but could get answer and went Into thu cell , only to tl cover that Kngcl was unconscious , app cutlv under the Influences of somodiug Af working with Fngol some time , In an off to mouse him , the watchn bocunio nlmiued ami hastily su njoned Dr. Oiny , the phjhiclan clmigoof Die insane dopaitmcnl ot * the J. ' The hitter , on looking at Ungel , saw ho w un'or the Inlluenco of n drug , nnd n stu effoit was rondo to nrou o him. 1'ngcl p tlally ai-oused and swoio nt them for Int nipt Ing his test and demanded to bo 1 uluno. Ho was foiccd In taUo an en-ei however , mid made to walk the lloor betwi two htalwait Jillots until all danger v passed. Ho continued to piotcst night that nothing was thu inter tor with Win exccnt that ha 1 takrn n llttlo whisky nnd was slii | I bin Ucaii > ud aulcldu wan wUut Induced nutborltlcs lo order n < .enuh of all the cells to dav to prevent a like attempt on the part of others. A bottles which had contained Inudanuui , which Kngcl had laken , wns found In tlm urinal in Ids cell , with a few di ops of the drug still lenmltilnKin It.hcn , With this evidence Ins llnally sullehly ml- milled his atlcmpt at snlcldo and said ho hud done It because ho prefei led death that way to the cnrriinp out of the hcntcnce of the law. Ho stubbomly rcfvscd to tell bow ho had obtained the poi'on. It is the opinion of m my that the bombs afterward found in Llnpg's cell were passed hroughtho grating to him after the an- .louneement of the decision of the United States supreme coint and that thi'V weic or the purpose of suicidu when his last hope if aid othei wise was gone. . , . The Amnesty association to dav ulnccd nt or near the doors of many chinches in the city llttlo tables containing blank petition' for executive clemency. In this way thej obtained n great number of slgnaluies to the ictitions fioin the congiepationss as thci loured out fiom the chuiches Tables weie ilneed \arlous other places in the cilj ivheio Iho public1 w cio liable to c-oiiRii'Ruti nnd thu net result of the daj's woik ii bought to bo a gieat many names. The news of the bomb discovery was re celved at the socialists' political headquarter w 1th Jeei s and laltghtei . Nearly all pi cscn ilcclurod that the bombs had been placed it ho cell by the oniciuls for tnitherlng tin , ) lot to "minder the iinpii oncd bojs " Mrs I'aisons , who was piesi-nt , was e-vecedingl ; bitter in her saicastle iiuectivcsasralnst th- - iinthorities icgarding the matter. She sneer ingly suggested that Lingg's gill had eon \e\ed the bombs to him in her bustle am thanked God that she ( Mis. I'm son's ) dii not W car one and could not bo accused o complicity in the latest sensation. fiovornor OKlenby TliunclcTstruok. Si'itiNOHiiu , 111 , Nov. 0. Governo Oglesby was thunderstiuck when ho re ceived the news to night of the Iliuling of tb bombs in Lingg's cell. Ho read and re rea < the dispatch and a cloud of gloom , vexatio nnd anxiety swept over his face ns the ful Impoit of the Information dawned upon hiir "I can say nothing , " said ho to un Associate 1'iess representative. "I must say nothin whatever in rcgaid to this matter. Thtio i nothing I can pi opeily say. Anj opinion might cxpiess , even weie it piopcr for mo t oxpiess an opinion , would be misundci stood. " "I am surprised nt your information , " sai Attoiney General Hunt when the news wa communicatceMo him. "Not on ly nm I su prised but I am heartily sorry. It puts a dil f uicnt phase on matteis so far ns the oplnio of a poitiou of the public is eonceined and n least shows that Lingg is as bad us he ha been painted. So lar as the publi is concerned the effect can only be t prejudice the miuds of the masses against th condemned men. As to what elTcct it vvil hnvo on the governor , I , of coin so , canno say. It should , as a matter of fact , hav no effect , but a man must bo more than hi man If ho is not affected to some device b such Infoi mation. Atalloventf.it is a oil eumstanco gicatlj to bo icgrctted " It has Just tiansuireil tonight that Gov 01 nor Oglesby has , within the past few day received sovcial communications threatenin violence if ho icfusesto oxeieiso e'xocuUv clemency in behalf of the condemned anarcl Ists. This news only leaked out to nigh but comes fiom n source that i considered most icliablo. Ono anon' mous letter dated Chicago is sal to boldly Ihreaten the goernor with death i case ho pel mils the nmnehlsts tobohangci Govci nor Oglcsby endeavored to keep th news fiom reaching the cars of his family , the ho desiics to spare them all alaim. It hi been daily icmai keel by friends of Govcirte Oglesbi Unit ever since executive clemene became the last resort of the until ulusts tl governor has had a somewhat caicwoin an anxious expicsbion. Attorney General Hunt Inlcr\ioMctc. Si'iiiNOFULii , 111 , Nov. 0. Goveino Oglesby'b mail in the nnaichists case Wi larger this moining than over bufoio. Go cinor Ogltbby thib afternoon told an ASSOI uted picss icprcscntativo that while the were many demands that the sentence death bo can led out , the pioporlion of r quests for commutation weio decided laigci than on unj picvious day. "As am. tor of fact , " said the goveinor , "jilcas f clemency have alwajs been somcwli gieatcr than icqucsts for non intcrf eienc but this moining the proportion was som what gieatci than usunl. " Delegations picsumc , w ill begin to come in to nioiiow next day .mil when they do , Ipuiposo to i receive them all in the reception loom nt tl enpitol. Evcrjbody will bo nccoided patie'nt hcaiin ; ; and the cu llnally disposed ot just as i other cases of like cliai actor ha been in the past. " Numerous telegrams ha been iccclved by Iho goveinoi during t ! day , most of thpn fiom Chicago. Their ten cannot bo lenincd other than that ono them was fiomapiominentChicngo cnpilali who favors executive clemency. There litllo doubt that the governor is at this til icceiving communications fiom an unusual luige number of moncjed men of thu count who recommend commutation of sentciu Some of these gentlemen waive all enicstio as to the law and justice of the c.iso mid sir ply favor clcmciuy on grounds of pub policy U hey say It is bettor to Imprison t anarchists for lifo than it is to allow them bee emu piofessed nmitjis by suffcilng t death penalty. Attoiney Genet. il Hunt w seen to day by an associated picss icpiesc tallvo and asUccl his opinion ns the piobablo outcome of the petitions f clcmcnce , "I have no Ides whnt the govern will do , " said ho. "Tho only time I ha' seen bun since my ictuin hoiowas fora she time jcbtculay afteinoon. Ho is , ofcouit eonsidoimg thu case and is coiisidciing en sclcutiously. An cnoi mous pi cssiu o is bei hi ought to bear upon him nnd this will I como gi eater day bi day from this date tot execution As 1 have always expected , a [ cilliar sentiment has begun to develop amoi a coitain element as the Until clnynppioachi Thesn people' , actuated almost whollv by fc mgbof biiniuthy , are signing petitions 1 clcmencj Many of them mo signing the for the nmichists Just ns they would si , them for nny other inisfortunatcs or unforl nates if the ease weio presented to the : It is n simple matter of th ) that is gindually woiUlng tl change of spiitlment. Many pee ] too , considoi that the degrees ol guilt vu with these men nnd that may bo Uue to soi extent Aiijhow a feeling is bioadcast th m tain of the condemned were moio guil than others. That belief is undoubted nllccting public sentiment to some cxtei On the other hand there is no doubt that t lefusal of some men to ask n commutation sentence has alienated much of the1 sympat that they would otheiwlso have hud. " Many of the communications and tcso lions icccived fiom incendiary societies a auaichistciiclcs abio.id aio violent in th denunciations of the Illinois Judicial y. 1 hupieme ooiut of tbls state has boon so mil misiepiesentcd b.v a poitlon of the press Kurope and its decision so generally gaibl that the supicuio court repoitor of llllm has Just sent copies of the decision in t anan hist case to the United States ministi in Huiopu and all the leading jouumls of t Trans Atiintlu press American Ho.sltlenth 'llireatenod MAHSI.ILI ES , Nov t ) At a violent ineoti of nuarchists heio to-day a icsolutlon v adojiti'd to v\arn Ameiic.iusln Prancu of v gcanco in event of the oxccitlion of the cc ilemncd Uhlcogo anarchislH A i opy of \ icsolutiou was conveicd bj deputation to 1 Amcilc.m coiibulatc. The consul was : ib-.i nnd tl-odeputation letlml quietly. Uallroail Hlotoiti. X\srivn.i.r , ONov 0 There was gr cxi-iumcnt noio to-day over n strujrglo twccn tv\o rallioad umpanlos for toni.5 fndlUS s Thestiupglo between the men sumcd such a kcilous asiicct that the g Oi nor vvjjs apinralctl to and ho onloied out inllilia. ThU nuiitcil the rlotc und al tow scsx-ue. A BATTLE WITH THE CROWS , ' * Ohlof Sword Bonror and Corporal Thompson Among the Killed. THE HOSTILES PUT TO FLIGHT. Grnernl IliiRor III > VCH Tliat Ho Will Stand No Trilling A Tuo Hour PlRlit Tronlstc I'enrecl From Donf Hull. Matters Como to n Ifoael. Hit i ivcis , Mont. , Nov. ft [ SpecialTcle'gnun to the HPF 1 The Crow Indian affair came tea a head j'cstei day , resulting in the complete route of the Indian foi cos. The Indians had n big council in the moining among them selves nnd disclaimed tiny Intention to light. Geiictal linger sent , about 10 a. m. , Jiimop Campbell und InU-ipieicr "Tobacco Jako" down to the Indian cump to lenin their In tention , The invitation wns icspondcd tc by about ten chiefs , with Pietty Unglo as spokesman. Geneial Armstieng Hist spoke , telling them that ho had been sent by the Gloat Fnthcr to settle the trouble with the Crows , but that they had been bad nnd that they must give up these bad mci : to the soldiers , and ns they hail been bad had tinned the mutter o\oi entirely to Geneial linger , who vvoulc deal with them ns he saw lit. PiottyEagh said : "Wo will give up Sword Hcnier , bu ( wo cannot give up the othcts that nrc wanted. " General Hugcr then said : " : want all of the seven that lired Into UK ngcncy buildings and I will give them OIK hour and n half to como in. " Ho then toll Crazy Head that ho must bi ing his son , win was one of them. Cia/y Head replied tlm they would go back to the camp nnd tall to Sword Hearer. General Kuger said "That is all I have to say. " Ames Campbel tbou letumed to the Indian eamt ) with UK Indians , but ictiuned shoitly , saying that i council was being held. The ti oops WOK held in readiness , and the Indians wen paticnlly walchcel by the command until UK time was up. The Indians in the mcuntimi had founed into a long line and the medium man could bo seen ruling up nnd dowi mi tinging them. A lew soaUeiing shol : weio then fired into the air. The tinii being up Geneial Hnger scut troops E am K down the valley on the loft Hank of UK Indians , where they were met by about hal of the Indians gatheied in the warp.utj which mimbeied about 1,500. A red ho skinnish then resulted in which Coiporu Chniles Thompson was killed , 1'tivati Eugene Malloiy slightly wounded and 1'n vato Clink thrown fiom his hoi so nnd hi' shoulder dislocated. Those were all in tiooj K , commanded by Lieutenant Edwaids am Second Lieulenant liji.un A running tlgh ensued , the Indians rctieating , some to UK peaceful gathering near the agency nnc others crossing the river and taking to tin bills. Svvoul Hearer made u final stand at tin crossing of the Little Hoi n , about ono mill below the agency , in w hlch he nnd probabli Unco of his followcis were killed. This wai the icsult of the skirmish Hie of tioop G First cavalry , commanded b.v Captain F Kupham and Lieutenant J. H. Alcshir Sword Hcuicr's body was brought mt < camp , but thu other Indians mo onli repoited dead. Most of the Indian ended about and loturued to tlio agency mixing with the other camps There an now supposed to be fiom twenty to liftvloosi in the hills. Scveial troops of cavalry an now out close on their heels and they vvil probably soon be captured. Thei o was nbou two hours of actual lighting. Those best ae quatnted with the Indian chuiactcr havi manifested much anxiety through fear tha the immense preparations th.it have bcci inado to settle this diftleulty should bo futil on account of the willingness of the Indium to give in to a suptnor numciical power , am Unit the real bottom of the trouble would nebo bo reached. The iidiculous and sensationn i epoits that have been sent to some paper by westein conespondents cause mile' misundeistanding and ridicule of thi leully seiious and impoitunt step tha the govcinment is now taking. j spy , who was sent into the Indian camp his night , repoits that u Ing council was held nni Deaf Hull , the leading and most inlluciitla chief among the hostiles , was beard uigin them to war. The icsult of thu killing i giavelj questioned bysomewhoscomtotliin that the w orst may yet como in consequence They aiguo that Deaf Hull , a powerful chie who was a Him suppoiter of Sword Hcaiei the Indian killed , will take levengo on th whites ivs soon as oppoitunity aiTouK Ho i to bo ancstcd and if ho icsists may go th futo of the dead chief. It is hoped by man , Uiathewill. An event of this kind woul set the minds of many ranchmen and othei at rest. A majonty of the people , howevei look upon the conflict ns ended , regardlec of Deaf Hull or any other Indian , and ul tiust it is so. The Cherokee Trouhle. ST. Lot is , Nov. 0 [ Special Tclegtain I the Bi i : ] Advices from the Indian Tcir toiy regiuding thopolitic.il situation in tl Chetokce nation as given are that n laif number of bilpportois of Judge Mus , tl chief elect on tlio Dow Ing party , hud gatl cicd at the mnch of Judge Mas , twenty-ih miles soulh of Tahlequah , where a feast hi been In progress for Ihrco d.is. Ono hu : died Indians had collected with their wu ons , teams nnd ponies last night , nnd 11 moio would bo added. No arms weie set in the tiowd , but it wus not known whoth < mi ) weio concealed in the wagons The claimed they are only to act ns a guaul i honoi , their mission being to e coit their lenders lo Tahlcqun where his election is to bo contested I Habbit Hunch , the candidate of the nation paity on Iho convening of the national cou cil ot Monday. The ) deny any intention i beginning war and claim that no war demoi iitrations will bo made unless , the oppositic endeavors to inaugurate Bunch , ns they hm intimated they would do. It has been tli custom foi ) cais , they say , to escort the no chief fiom his wigwam to the capital cil w ilh pomp and coioniony by his suppoitet The dispatch also MIS that two icpoito Weio dm en uway from Tahlequah last wee nnd that It is difficult lo get news fiom th point to send. 3f Cholera. > ' Srinvoniii ) , 111. , Nov. 0. Dr. Uauc' sccictt'.ri of the statoboaid of health , h i- ia wiittcn the quarantine commissioners r Now Voile asking tl'em to issue certillcat o to Italian emigrants coming west shovvii tii that they aio fico fiom cholcia , giving t ! 1 time of their niiival , time of obscivatic etc. , as a piccuutionnry measure. Dr. Hun notifies U'KS commissioners that unless 0 3 coitillcatos nro issued such emigrants w , not bo allowed to enter the state of llllm and ha bus adv ised the ti unk lines not to i cciva any cmigiants without mild ceill catcs nuclei ponalt ) of Itcmg subjected to iL'jjul.u mid ngid quaiimtineut the fetuto IU A Chinese l.ectiuei Di ops Dead. ST. .losrrit , Mo , Nov 0 [ Special Tc giuui lo thu BLU ] About 1'J o'clock h nigLl Low Don , nn itinerant Chinese li turer and musician , dioppcd dead in tl clt ) . For the pust live ) eais Low Don 1 given hia ketuics on Chinei-o customs neuil ) ovciy lown of Mlssoini , Kunsas , lei und Nebiaska , und is well known. Ho is | seventh son ot the seventh son of the sever son mid thu ChlncbO mo in moital dicad him , believing that ho U > in league with t cvitonu. It w.ii with diftlciilly that any IW them could bo prevailed upon to iiitciul t roi oner's inquest this morning. Ills dot 1 was tlio result Qf hard diink. WIMj OPPOSE LAMAlt. He Would Have n HtrngRlo For Con- ilrntatlon as' ' ndgc. WA IIINQTOX , Nov. 0 [ Special Telepram lo the BEE. ] It is not generally believed by cither dcmocints und republicans that the ap pointment of Secretary Lnmhr to a position on the bench of the supreme court of the United States would bo confirmed , and a number of icpublican senators have stated , BO that It may reach thu ears of the pi esldcnt that they will oppose the appointment if It is mude. They say ho h not fitted for the IKS- ultlon in any way and that if ho were on the bench , his rccoul on many subjects would keep htm shelved very much of thd time. Senator Ldinunds js aheady commuted against the continuation of an appointment like this and he Is chaii inun of the committee on Judiciary which must consider It befoio it comes up for no tion by the full senate. Edmunds i of used to lenort , und pigeon-holed the ap pointment by Grunt of Cnleb Cushlng for the same position , and the appointment wns wlthdiawn. Gushing1 , it was asccitaincd by the iccords of the war department , had writ ten a letter to Jeff Davis , asking an oftlclnl favor In the foi m of promotion of a soldier in the confederate aimy. Edmunds would , theiefore , stultify liluihulf if ho icported in favor of Lamar , who not only was a friend ol Jeff Davis , but has defended him vUienevct oppoitunity offeicd , and has been un ublc coadjutor of Duv is in keeping ullv o confeder ate issues ever since the war. Under these circumstances it is not absolutely certain Unit Vllas will achieve his ambition and as sume chat go of the intciior portfolio and , unless Lamar is uppoinle-d a Justice or vol untaiily retiies fiom the cabinet , there will bo no viicani-y into which Mr , Don M Dickinson could bo ciowded , if he does at lust ooncent to e ouscnt. Not only the newspapoisof Washington , but sonic of the most piomincnt democrats In Mr. Clcvelnml'f party have become alarmed over the reporl that the picsidcnt pioposes to JInd n place for Dickinson ut the expense of Stevenson Few of the woikingdumociats nnd none ol the nowspapeis have any surplus love foi the Michigan statesman. On tlio other hand thoyieg.nd Stevenson ns u then ough demo crat in the Hist plnce , und tibovo ull n loin peed fellow whoso piomotion would please everione , including his paity enemies. The 1'rcHideiit'n Drives. WAMiisriTOS , Nov. 0 [ Speclil Tolegian to the Hi r J President nnd Mrs Clevelnnt are getting down to the habits of commoi people. Mis. Cleveland attends the open and theater without the picsenco of her bus band , und when she and the picsident ge diivlng , she handles the reins most of tin time. A sight vv liich of lute bus become quitt familiar to those who travel over the Tcr rally town load at unfashionable hours i' that of the president and Mis Cleveland it u Injrh top buggv dm ing along absoi bed n com ei sation , quite unconscious of thocunou1 gjanccs diieeted towind them. Occasional ! ! tins order of things is changed , ant the president , taking the reins for t long stietih of level loud , mukes tin chestnut mine show her sixjeel. After u nigh' ' spent at Oak View Mis. Cleveland frequently duvcs the president into the city and up te the white house portico. Of late Mis Clove hind has often dm en out about noon to Oal View und on these occasions , as the presided has been unable to leave Ins special dutiei und join her. she has been accompanied bi that sable dignitary , Albert Huwluns , UK coachman. A favorite dress worn by Mrs Cleveland upon those drives is a close-flttinf suit of green cloth and rt , picturesque "Onms borough with n rich cluster of black ostricl tips. " Trouhles Over the Fisheries Question WABIIINOTOV , Nov. 0 [ Special Telegrnn to the Bi.i' ] The senators now in the ctt : are icmaiking the jioculiar situation the will ilnd themsclvos in four weeks fiom to morrow on the fisheries question. Just before fore they ndjoinned last March they declared by an almost unanimous v oto und n long dis cussion , th.it they wanted no commission am no negotintions , but dcsiied our govornmen to stand upon its pioscnt treaty with Grca Hi Ham and simply demand its light. Ver ; soon after congiess adjourned commissioner1 wore appointed to meet with these fron Great Hi itnin hero this week nnd when tin semite convenes it will bo confionted will the nomination of these commissioners These sunatois decline they will not conllui the appointments or vote money to pay tin salaries or expenses of the commissioner mid theio aio no funds fiom which to nice these outlavs in the depaitmcnt of state. Bu there is jet another embarinssment wlncl muv bo presented. What w ill the senate d with the treaty those commissioner will pic bonti Suppose it is a desirable ono , can th senate refuse to latify it simply because i said it did not want a now ti eat v or comini" sloneis or rather "negotiates , " us Societal , Bui aid culls them. Natural Gnu Legislation. WASHINGTON , Nov. 0 [ Spcciul to th BEK- ] Ono of the first steps congress wi attempt to tnko when it assembles will bo tb control of the use of natural gas in Pennsj vanlu , Ohio nnd Indiana und some othc slates where it has been found in such quai titles ns to lead to its waste. I am told by gentleman connected with the geological sn : vey thatieports have been received fioi Muncie , Andoison , Marion , and ono or tw other places in Indiana , und from Findlu ; Ohio , which show Unit more natuial gas i being wasted than used , und that n iceon mcndation will be made foi a law to piohib wastage of this valuable and deshabl aiticlo of fuel and light. It is coi tended by the people nt the gi i logical survey that congress hnsapeifcc light to legislate on this subject , inasmuc astlio gas comes fiom deposits mini ) miles i extent , limning fiom the piopeity of on man to another , from county to lounty , fioi state to fetute , so Unit when u well is eh die on ono man's piopeity the supply of pus imi not only como ft out unother man's deposi but fiom another stuto. The question wi btingiip a full scientific dheussinnof nutiii , gas in ull its be.nings , und the geologists wi huvc a feast of menUvl icsetuch. No Faith in Aihlltuiion. WMIINOTOV , Nov. fi [ Special to tl Hi r ] No impoitnnco whatever is attache to the incldcntflf the picsidcnt nnd the Bii isb ropichcntutivo , the other dav. inicgui to tnbltiation of diplomatic : questions betwci thu vinious countucHnnd avciting of warsl negotiations on juiilcUl mounds. Fortwe ty five jeais congiesshas been petitioned I millions of people in Various IMI ts of tins nr other countries for a move in this diiectio A wagon load of these petitions we lee elved during the last congress and i feried to the committee on foielgn r latlons and not so ninth attention ns Jnekc ing them wus paid. Tuej huvo been dump < fiom time to time into a pile nnd final carted away nnd sold OH wusto paper. Tl fact Is no ono iu congress has any faith the scheme to avoid v\nrs by nibitiatlon. t Is held that the piactlcal way to look ut it i that nunder can Just 'as easily bo legislati out of existence as wars Tlio oxptcssion thc > president In fav > r of arbitration is r copied ns simply an indication of pcac which ovc'iibodj wants. Whitney and lite President. WASHINGTON , Nov 0 [ Special to the Bi i It will notbeunlil uftci Scuctniy Wh nci letuuis to his post ut the navy tlcp.ii incut ami lesumos his official duties thut uwjoiitj , of the people hoio will believe th Ins lelntions with thu udwinistnUion are pi fi'itlj hninionious. A gieat deal has be bald in Washington about Mr Whitnej's op ion of the piesident's action in mauj polilh matters which docs not lise to the dignity newspaper gossip , but It gee > ) to show tl there is a general feeling that t-omething wiong. It may bq that the pecrctury is jierfoct harmony with thoudininistiutlon , n it is probable but that thcie is giound foi t belief that ho wants out of the cabinet 1 borne rcubun or othtvr there Is no doubt , A FARMER FORGER'S ' FLIGHT , John Frlco Victimizes Trusting Friends and Than Absconds. A TWENTY THOUSAND HAUL. A. I'lonilncnt Kearney Citizen Killed in a Minnesota AVrcck Death of a Centcnnilnn NorthwoHtoin Nebraska's Progress. A Farmer's Crookedness. YOHK , Nub , Nov. 0. [ Special to the BKK. ] John Pi Ice , one of the most widely known nnd influential farmers in York counly hns nb conded nflcr beating business men of this plnce nnd Wnco out ol $ JO,000 by menus of debts and foi god paper. The forgeiics wcte begun In August last , but as Piico wus known to have n gieat deal ol Innd in this county und was consldcied veiy wealthy , his victims did not discover their losses until several dajs nflei ho had ills- nppcaicd. Ho was last seen on Wednesday. It is now found that his land Is heavily moitgagcd and will leave very llttlo tiftei hcso ineumbrunces me icmoved Kingslo.v Hutchlns , of this e lly , have lost $11,0(10 bj Farmer Pi ice's crookedness and the losses ol otheis vary in amount fiom $ li" > tofJXX ( ) . Ho owes the First National bank JtKK ) ; Frank Meadc , $300 ; Rogers , of Waco , * .VX ) ; Waco bank , $71H ) ; Clark & Mosier , f.,5UO : Martin Hums , tflOO ; Finnic Haggly. Allen Snow , $1,300 ; France & Hat Ian. # 1,100 ; Uttca bank , ? * ( H ) ; Poston bank , * 700 , Tlioina Diaper , $ 'V ) ; Fletcher Hcnnett. t.MU , Jaspei HutTinun. t2 ; C. J. Nobcs , ji v Otheis have unpaid bills ugaiust him foi smaller amounts. Pnco v as last seen on Wednesday morning last in a buggy witli two hoises driving soulh. The next mom ing the fact that hu had absconded was dis covered and pin suit was made , but without results , us bo could only bo traced a shorl distance. Ho left a wife and two childien ii ; Waco , where ho moved fiom his faun ushoil time ngo. His complexion is clink , hisheighl about live feet six inches nnd ho weigh1 about IM ) pounds His eieditois offer a 10 wurd of SJ'iOO for bis aucst. i Wreck. Ki\itMvNob , Nov.O [ Special Telogiun to thu Hi K ] News has Just como that till1 moining S. W. Powers was Killed in aw reel on the St. Paul & Manitoba io.nl homevvhcn west of St. Paul , Minn. Forever fouitcci jcam Mr. Powers has rct-iclcil heio with lui family und for several jeais was stock agen for the Union Pacillc , but loft that road semi few months ago to nccopt a snnriar positiot with the St. Paul & Manitoba road and wai cm bis way home to Kearney for the puiposi of moving his family to St. Paul. No pai tici'hns have been icceivcd heie save that hi was hurt ut 5 o'clock this morning and dice Un co houi s later. Ho was ono of Koui nej 'i most highly respected citizens and ai hisbusl ness ho had no superiois. Death of a Centenarian. PAI.VIIHA , Neb. Nov. 0. [ Special Telcgran to the BEE. ] Mis. Gannon died to day , Hgei ono hundred and six. She wus In apparen ; oed health to withm two dajs of her death aho had been blind for about flftecn jcais. Northwest Nebraska. CHAWFOKD , Neb , Nov. fl. [ Correspondent of the BBE. ] It has boon two years since last visited this section of Nebraska. Trans foi mation is , of coin-so , tlio order of the da ; on thofiontlcr. Ono naturally expects it und ifi nccordingly not surprised to find th face of nnturo wearing a strange and unfam iliar look after even a short absence from iU western prairies and foothills. But I doub if any other part of Nebraska has witncssci the icmarkablu development which ha fallen in the past twenty-four months to th lot of tills extreme noithwcst corner of ou state. Si arcely more than two j ears ngo th writer traveled ou the back of tibiisk brou cho from Pmc Hidgo agency to Fort Hobin son , and gru/cd his mustang on the spo wheio Ciuwfoid now stands A single cnbl : relieved the solitude of the glass covered flat along whoso eastern bonier ( lowed the Whit riv or flunked by the fiowning walls of th gigantic Soldier Buttc , which stands like mighty sentinel ov cr thu valley below. "Col ton's lanche , " the sccno of many a dtunkc : orgio of soldier and cowboy , has now gone Soldier Butte is still hero , vv hoi o it will ic main as long as time lasts. But it looks dow upon a bustling settlement through whic the Klkhorn Valley main line of rail road passes on Us way to th iinigos and oilfields of central AVjomiiu pausing for a moment only at u station whie bids fair in the ucnr future to bccomo ono c the laigest of our westein inland town1 Seven himdrcd residents are securely locate nt Crawford , and with such u populntioi churches , schools , hotels ilnd a scoi oof store nnd shops have anchored themselves to st.y A ten thousand dollar lirick block is ono c the attiacttoiib in this settlement of u jeur' ginw tli. Craw foul is the busiest town of its sio have Keen in the west. It draw s cilhtoi fiom the richest farming countiy in Dawe countj and has Sioux county tiibutaiy froi thu west. Thoiemnants of the catllo trad add to its business. Hut a veiy consldeiabl poition of its piosjieiiiy is duoto its nca ness to Foit Hobmson , Unco miles distan which furnishes a steady maiket for the pi < dmo and labor of the suiioundingcounti and poms several bundled thousand doll.n annually into tlio laps of Ci aw foul me c hauls. A gairison which bums in ever twelve months 1,500 cords of wood , consume 7C > ,0 < lO pounds of potatoes , fcods to its nnima lbX ( ) tons of hay and a million bushels ( grain and bran is no small stimulus to tl sin lounding country. Crawfoid knows th and uppicciutcs it as much as she docs U laet Unit neai ly 00,000 was spent dm in the last summer in now building nt the post , no small poition c which some found its waj fiom caipcntcr'i mason's and laboiei's pockets into the we stocked stoics of her cntoinriblug trade men. men.A good road leads from Iho town to U post , and meanders along the i ivei bank pa1 old Hed Cloud agency and tlnough giouiu which will alwajs be histono In the anna of the frontier. Hero for tlneo ycaistl Ogiillaln Slouv had their camp llrcs and fie heio in tlneo Mie-eossivo years eampaigi were inaugurated against the hostllos. It the gateway to the Indian country , thu soul western corner of the square of forts wltoi biistling cuibincs holdh in cheek the hostl Sioux of Dakota. The impiovemcnts i contly completed at Fort Hoblnson imiko the second largest military post in Ncbiask Thoiesldcnts of Davves county and of 11 White Hiver counlrv do not forpetthorni est advocacy of the HPB of the enhugome of what is now conceded to bo the most ii iwrtant frontier post in the depaitmcnt oft ! Platte There is a geneial und u guileful a preciation of the effoi ts of Nebraska's grc jouinal by the settlers of this ro lo To it no less than to the energetic wo : of our congressional dclepallon duo tha icbuilding of the post , th < s feeling security among the icsidrnls of this icgli and the continued peopling of a souii whicliboideid fur neatly Iwo bundled mil on tins Indian Jionticrb ol Nebiaska in Dakota The viMtoi to Foil Robinson would scaicr iccognlw in the rejuvenated post of t piesent the wretched fiontior gairUon two jears ago The raiioa ! < l v.hic'i turns ' gcntlo curves southwest film Iho thrivi town of Crawford along the binds of t rushing White river , pass * s within n s > tom throw of Uiu paradu gi omuls and dcpos the passongcrs at thu station beaiin t mime of the post. At llrst glante the appei unco is unchanged fiom tha olden times wit the imid-ehlnliedlogquailers nnddlluiildat baiiacks gave such an unfavoiubjo iinpti lou to thu iruvc'lci vvlio linppcucU in QU 1 long stage trip from Sidney to the Black Hills. A , smnll but new quartermasters warehouse Un eo inlobo non coinmlsfiloncd oftlcers quarters , a bake house and n neat sun dried brick amusement hull tire the only additions to the old ganlson which fronH the While river nnd is hemmed In nt the east by the rnllroad and on the west by Soldier creek. But a few steps brings Into view the beginnings of the new post ou the high pint- can to the rear. Sttelchlnglo the west and fronting Soldier creek with a pnrtulo ground whoso soulh front is the north extension line of the rear of the old gin i ( son , six double sets of oftlcers qunrtcis and six sols of men's bar- raclcs have been constructed during the past summer , Hanked by Unco cavalry stables. These constitute the nucleus of the now post , which , when constructed , will bo nmplu In all icspccls , ns required by net of congioss , for u paulson of ten companies. The new oftlccrs quintets nro planned to nccommodato two families. Kacii set con tains one sitting room , two bcdiooms , n balti loom , u dining loom , a panlty nnd Ultchen. with closets and halls In pioporlion. Haul wood mantels ornament the silting looms with open guiles , nnd surrounded byneat Ules. The ceilings aio twelve feet high and the walls nro haul finished. Broad latticed veiandas enclose the dwellings. Frotillng thcoftleeis' iow at u distance of 1100 feet I o the south in e the Iroon barracks. TliiAcnio ll)7\iO ! feet in dimensions , including the L. They compi ise a living room , a dining loom , a kitchen , bath and wush looms , u bin bor nnd i tuiloi sbop Thu buildings \\aliiscotteil heir entile length , four feet from the lloor ml have stained wood ceilings plot cod by cntiliitlng shiifts A plurai ten feet w ido 'uns ' along the entile ftontago of each set of attacks on which thu wcaiicd tavali imin an icstufter hisdav's woik of dull , hoio rooming and police duty. The last congress appropi inteel fWi.OOO for ho work of icbuilding Fort Uobinson nnd by hemostiigld economy , which included sol- Her labor , ' General Hatch has succeeded In icomplishlng the above splendid icsults The eneiKj' and activity of the handsome old etcran aio marvellous , when his twenty six ours of hurd seivico in the civil win und on ho frontier in o taken into consideration. Ho as brought older out of chaos at Fott Hobin- ion infused new life into the garrison mid mshcd the work of icbutlding the post with ivith a peisistoncv which has triumphed over ho obstacles of dilutoii contiactois ami do- avod mutciials. In its present condition Fort Robinson icsents the peculiar uppearanco of two op n ate uii'l detached gainsons. Iho new KJition in its futuio extension Is to cover a at go pint of the i ilins of the old. It will not iiivotowait long for the iiiins , if time alone s loft to do its woik The wind now howls nisKly thiough tin1 old dii t chinked baiiacks nd plays a moiiy time among the wmp , ng shingles and gaping 01 licks of the iv catheibeaten win chouses The bine ksnntli ihop is u wieck sti-anded on the sand bank .vhicli fionts thodepot. Tfto wheelwiight't liiiuuncis und phines in u shunt v whoso shin. gled roof is its only redeeming feature , while General Hutch signs ouleis and Adjutant jiiilfovlo executes them in u utiuetuiowliosc Homeliness and chilliness and geneial dc < : i | iduted condition mo u disgiaeo to the niu of administration buildings. Some timu in ho near future when a geiicious congies' 'eels inclined to give hoed to the uigenl ccoinmcndatlons of that gallant old Imliiu llghtei Geneial Geoi go Ciook , backed b.v the unanimous v ei diet of oveiy iiimy ofllcer wlte has visited the post , Fott Kobinson will b < completed by the addition of enough new buildings to t.iko the plaeo of those now ottmg and falling in spite of evcr.v effoit pui forth to make them habitable. The nov buildings needed lo complete the post , in ordered by congress , aio live bin racks , three Held officers' quart eis , quartermaster nni commissary wai chouses , administiatioi building , chapel , nnd mechanics' shops. Wit ) these , built of burnt bride , ns cnn be done in 'licnply and far uiorti duruuly tlitm of adobe Fort Uobinson , whicli holds the key positloi to the quadrangle of garrisons encircling tin great bioux resoivo , will bo firmly based ti servo ns a mennco to marauding Indians nni 11 bulwark of protection to the ten thoiisam settleis who people the section over which i stands sentinel. - * - MUHDint AND SUICIDE. \ Colorado Miner Shoot * Ills AVifc'i I'arainonr nnd Himself. BOULDHII , Col , Nov. 0 [ Special Tolegrnu lo thoBLE. ] At 10 o'clock this moining ; shooting nffnlr occurred in this cily , result ng in the death of two citizens Just ns tin postoflico opened nnd vv hen ciowds were 01 tlio street pistol shots weio henul and th crowd inn to the bticet buck of thopostofllcc wheiothej found u young mull , AI Fiazier Ijmg in the load dcud und James Snath , piomment eili cn , Hing in fiontof his dooi also dead. Smith had for some time suspected thattoi intnnnto iclations existed between hiswif and Finzier. Tills morning Fnmci's motlie wns milking a cow iu an adjoining lot to th Smith icsidenco when Smith cauio out am requested her to toll her son when sbo wen homo that ho wunted to see him. Tlio mothe did so und Fumcr came over to Smith' home. When ho opened the door. Smith , wh was inside , shot him through the rigli shoulder. Fra/ier turned and lan about hal a block in the slieet und was thoiu ovci taken by Smith , who shot him twice moi tlnough the head , killing him instantl.v Smith turned and inn back to his house and Just in fiont of his door placed his pisto back of his our und sent a messenger of dcat ; crushing tin ough his own biuiu , and foi where hu stood. Many think that from Smith's action h intended to kill his wife ulso , bat found th door fastened or closed , und in his ftciuy di not cnriy out bis design. Flakier evident ! expected trouble , for bo had un Immens pistol In his belt when bo went over I Smith's house , nnd the shot in hi light shoulder piobubly pi evented hii from using it. Hut from the appeal am of Ins clothmg.as he lay in the stuot ho ha evidently tiled to get it out as hu lan. bmil is engaged in milling and had told sevoi. fi lends of his suspicions , and had on sovci , occasions walked down fiom camp at nighi some eighteen inilcb , to satisfy himself th.i all was or was not light Last night h talked to an old fiiend about Ins tioublcsan thicatcncd the man who had stolen uwnj hi wito , but was ndvlscd by his fiiend to le him go with a sound hoi sew hipping Ik hn bioodcd over the mutter so long ss to bccoui despciatu , und no oilier icmcdy would su isf.\ him but the death of thu author of b tioublcs. _ - * - I'l caching Analntst Commutation. CIIKMOO , Nov. 0. The Key. Dr. Muiqui of the Joffcison Puik Picsbytoiian chuul in his sermon this morning pi cached strong ngainbt the movement commuting the sc tcnces of the condemned nnaichists. He toe for his text the fifth vciso of Urn heventccnl chapter of Acts , quoting a parallel case in r attempt on the lives of Paul and Silas. Aft comp.ii ing tlm ens cs at length hosuid : "A i can wo suppose thnt uny light minded ei zcn , who hud jct'ind for luw and Justice in the Bccuilty of lifo and piopcit could have been found so so nnd slushy and hcni'mcntul , ? o inscnsil to the claims of law and order ni justice and human life as to go bcseeclin the cippeior with petitions for p.i don or commutations of sentcnco ; cij ; cialh as long us the cottvietcd conspiiato continued to gli'iy In theii crimes. I get Mi of this iminby pamb.v Mms Nfimjiim th loses sight of the punishment of ci iiuu in I Bjmpathy for the ciimlr.al When It com to dutlncmlng law and setting aside Its pp ally nnd enUnonlng In its stead a weak ni senseless hcntimcntallBtn that would say oven Moundifl in ii cation , 'Tho law Is on made ) to tin eaten , it lu-ver wus made suit. e , ' thin 1 say tliut such teaching ni such conduct is but a bahtind countoifcit c hi IsManlty , nnd it Is tit war with cveiy pi I ctplo of genuine Christianity. " p AirlvuN. Nov. (5 ( ( Special to Dm Wv ] Arrived'Jim Indiana , fu Phil idelpbta. NEW YOUK , Nov H Ai rived The Oh f rom iMvcM iwol ; the F.dum f t out Ar..itcreJ unl ibc 1'olanu film llamb IOWA NATURAL CAS BOOMS , Now Wells Bolner Struck All OvoJ the Hawkeye Stnto. THE BLIND AND THE INSANE * Biennial HepnttN ofthe liiHtltutloiiH at Vlnton nnd Mi. rie-amim Cosmo politan Votns An Antl-Sweur- liiK Hoc-let ) Items From Iowa. lrs MOIM , la , Nov. 0 [ Special lo th4 Hru. ] Natuuil gaslsspiiiiglnguplnso many plucoR In ecnlial Iowa Unit It Is getting lo ba qullo on old sloiy. Theio aio piobably scores of gas wells in a state of moiuorlesu violent eiuptlons within a radiua of sixty miles of this city. It usually happens thai ) thonolghboiing cltlrcns me quite as much excited ov or the dise-uv ei y of a gas w ell as la thu fottumito town itself. At Adel , about about twenty-Jive miles fiom le's _ Mollies , gas was found a few die s ago und Iho people * went ticuily wild with excilcment. LUisinoss was suspended , the clocks stopped , thu schools closed , the bands luiucd out anil pHiidcmonlum seemed lobe taking a holiday. It will be stiange if with all the gas that la being found in Iowa , a pressinu bo not fount ] before long that will bo sunicicnfe for any maiiufnctining and beating purpusa that ma } be desired. TWO Mini r. oimtiTirs. One of Iho bestof Iowa's state institution1 ! Is the college for the blind at Vinton Thd biennial repot t Just issued shows that dining1 the p.vst two jcurs it bus had -It ) pupils en * lolled. The woik done in this institution is of u veiy giutifving chaiacter. Special at tention is paid to manual training , and the ) childien show that they can do almost won- dcis , blind though the'be. . . The follow inij extinct from the uiHiit shows that the chil- dieii weio not idle , for the aitlcles manufac- < lined icpresent the work of but ono jcar , issi ) : Hiooms made , ; i7i-"M ! ; caipets woven , .v.uds , iiriS"i ; bnishcs , sn/c.'s ; chaiis eaiii'd , "itil ; mattresses. 117 Tlio pe-oploof lown ike gieat pride in this Institution and in the tiblo w oik it is doing for many poor unfor-f umites. The biennial icpoit of the hospital or the insane at Mount Pleasant has nlso Jnsb iei n made public. It make's the unvvelcomii nnoinieeuient that insanit j is on thoincieasdi i this countiy , and the lingo lucommoda- ions that the state hasalioadj i > iovidcdaia ot adc'qunte to the In cds Among the iilini- or of insane admitted at Mount I'lensantl in ing the last biennial pel iod'JJS weio un i\cs of this state ; Gtcat Hutiiin bus fin ished ninety four , and Geimiinj sixty six. A VMIiri > ICIl'l l.ATKIN. row pcojilo louli/o how cosmopolitan is Iho lopulation of an nveiago westein stute , but ho piclimimny iixpiiiics of registtationdajK how some intetesting fails Although next i'uesday the vote-is of lowawilllm uigcd to' ' otei for the best inteiests of their beloveel tatc , a vei.v lingo piojioition of them cannot ) 'eel the allegiance of nativitj at least. In one ) Kurd ol this city , out of 'ii > votes icgistuied , nit ( to weie bom in this htute and only one- iightb of the total voting population can laitn I own as native soil. In this ono wanV , lone theie aio icpiescnted among the voterrt , wenty-soven states and sixteen foii'igncoun- ijes and piovmces Ohio fuinlshes almost is many voteis in thin ward as Iowa , it beiiifj epicsonted by e-ighty-nino. Wheio is theroj ' ho city that In ono wuid can pioduce n moroj' -uriegutcd lot of votoml MN-SWI ) AHINO KNIOIITS. In these duj s of political exetUmontivhon one's temper is often ] iut to the seveiost strain , it is n matter of much ciccllt tliuton untl d n society is moving serenely along. There is an organization in lownUnowund the Non-Swearing Knights. They have ie- cently reviewed the woik of the j our , und made public then icport. Fiom this it ap pears that there is a total membership of 140. Dining the past j ear the tieasin or collected several hundred dollais nnd disbinsc-d thow snmo in helping inumtuln thu ant ) piofunity cause. If theio is a line for every violation. ) f the pledge , thoru is a piospcct that witlir : ho conclusion of thccampaign the exchequer may i un low again. J ! ul the p ist few w eeka Jiavo been the haivest time for it , nnd tlm fellow s w ho can stand the ti ials und nnnoy-J ances of politit s nnd never say "damugo'f. can stand any temptation of the e\il one. KANSAS C1TV IMKIJ UGS. Vcaily $ "OOO "Worth of Property Jestrojcd l > y Inceitclliii ICH. KANSVS Cm , Nov 0 [ Special Telegram 0 the Bi i : . ] At2.1.rio'elocklhlsmoinngtho ! uinsas City horsu and mule maikct was leally ally destiocd by lire at a loss of f 10,000. L'blily hoises were binned and n number ot miles. At 4:45 : o'cloik another iiie bioka out at Tint tccnth and Mulberry bticets , within , wo blocks of this fust fiio , by which the hav/ ind feed stoics of Schilling and Fuller fa MI\O weio dcstroed , at u total lossol $15 OOOj James Crawett , a notoiious tough , was nsccr * .aincd to be the incendiary of the latter bhuo. There weio found in his possession , when ar csted , ni tides that proved to have been stolen join a house In the innncdiato nclghboihootl of the buincd buildings. Ciawctt confessed to the buiglary. but denies Hie chuigo of ) n cendiarism. btill the evidence against hlnj | s verystiong. 'Ihis afternoon Captain W. S Tough , of the slock ) aids , caused the nri icstof a voung mulutto known as "Toxin , " mploycd ut the Inn neil hoi so muilcct , on tha chin go of causing the dinliiictloii of Units juilding. From other dev olopim nts thoio Is ilnuist positive proof that the lingo lliesoC rnday and Satui day nights in tlio west boU" lorn woio stinted by an organl/cd band ol in-j ccndinries , whoso motive was uibbeiy. Tim [ lolieoaro making ever ) I'ffoit lo uppiohend , < evei , il othei s elf the gang whosu idcnlity ia known. TO BUY VOTiS. : Now Yoik Clt ) DoinocnitH DlHtillsut" tnt ; Hoodie * For Illccllon laj. ) NMV YOUK , Nov. 0 [ Special Telegram to the Hi i : ] Tlio Tribune Hays : "It Inih been leaincd that in some parts of the city tha democratic bosses ami hoodleib have pronu ised their local agents i,000 for each election disti ict for use cm Tile1 day. This will allow the puichaso at t' each of sixty voters In each district or 48,720 voteis In all. But no doubt twice that amount will bo placed In some of the election dlsti lets. In Hiook- lyn a fund of | li"i,000 has been raised for usci on Tucfd.iy. The republican state commit * tco und citrons' committee have employed U laigo number of detectives and others tut watcheis on election day. und with the ovl denco nheady I'ccumulalcd mum lous ancslit aio piobablo. A WUKCK ONTlin A. & N. The "Cnnctii Hall" Te-lehcoje n Fi c-inhlj With l-'ntal HeNitltH. Sr . Lot-is , Nov 0 A fatnl collision cc * cuned ) cstcidny at Bicmmr Station on tha Atchison A , Nebiaska lalhond , twelve mil. 1101 th of Atchison. Thu "Cannon Hall" pam songcr tn in coming bouth cr.uhed Into thj 1 ear of a ft eight , telescoping the caboose , which was occupied by six giudeison Ihcitf way to Aikansas. John Woith , of Hod On,1 ! In , wus scalded to d ( uth and Wlllard HobnN bon , of Samlsvlllu , la. , seriously scalded ami will probably diu T. MiK.ldowiov , o ( Hloomlluld , Ills , L'huilrs Pullman , of Musc.i tine , la , and A F. Wihox , of noilliuiii No. brask.i , wcto badly scalded. Mis. ClPvelnnd In I'lilladclpliln. Piui.MiiU'HH , Nov 0. Mis. Cleveland (3 ( n guest of Mis. Charles Wood , wife of the * pastor of Iho Fust PiiBbjtorlun churchy Gcrinnntown. This morning she atlcmlcol dlylnoheiviiont Kf-v Mr. Wood's uhurcli vyhlc'h wus beautifully deooiutud luliouorw the disUngulshcd gu < . > > t ,