Nebraska Newspapers

    EIGHTEENTH YEAJK. OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 11 , 1SSS. NUMBER ISO
The Republican State Gonraitloo
Rowluir Ovoi- the Loca.
LIVELY LETTERS EXCHANGED.
Treasurer nccliel UMils tie Hint Act
ami'lolls M'ho Got tlio HMifT
U'liut Clinlrutnu Klclumla
11113 to Say.
Intorrfitlnjc CnrrcRioni1nncp. |
LINCOT.N , Neb. , Dec. 10. [ Special Tola
pram to TIM : HER. ] The recent cxK | > surcs
by Tin : HII : concerning the reckless use o
money by Walt Scelcy mul Treasurer
liochcl , of the republican state ccntnil com
inittcc , 1ms otusod some rich letters to bo
written. Chairman Kiehards questioned tlio
right of Hccliel to pay Kccloy's oxj cnses to
Chicago , forgetful of the fnct thit : ho linO
nuthoiizcd the payment of the $100 note.
Treasurer Hcchcl reads the riot act to the
otherwise h.ippy republican family In a vip
erous letter , which will bo printed with the
other correspondence in the Call this evening -
ing , which is as follows :
lllCltAIIIIs' I.I.TTEII.
FUT.MONT , Mob. , Doc. 4 , Hon. W. P
Ucchol , Omaha Dear Sir : 1 have yours o
November III ) enclosing statement of receipts
nml expenditures. Thorn are at Ic.ist twi
items that may bo questioned the note fo
S100 for one , midtlioSeeloy draft for$100 , tin
other. You and Seoluy seem to have booi
tunning the llnancial rnd of it. 1 wish yoi
would ( jive mo ii list of the Moiklejohn
oulora with amountTaiul numbers , as 1 have
not my Hot , before me.
( Signed ) L 13. Hit imins.
nr.ciiEi.'s MTTIII : ,
OMAHNob. . , Dec. H , lw > s Hon. L. 1)
Klchards , Fremont , Neb Dear Sir : Notinj
yours of the Ith lust. , in reply to mine , In
closing statement of receipts and disburse
Jiients , you refer to the S100 note and 5100
iltaft. The former , I thought , you wore per
Jcctly conversant with , it being for Mr
Scoley's expenses in Chicago , and it wu ;
discussed in Lincoln , and I snpposei
thoioughly understood and satisfactory. At
nil events , 1 did not participate In its bone
Ills , directly or indirectly. Regarding the
draft of ? UH ) , my report should have rcai
order No. 17 , which you personally sent me
in the followlm , ' letter :
LINCOLN , Neb , Oct. 17 , IbSS W. F. Uochol
Omaha , Neb Dear Sir : Herewith check
Tor K50 , one-half of Governor Tlmver's dona
tion ; also order for $100. which credit Gor
man National bank anil charge Scoley. Very
truly yours ,
( Signed ) L. D. RICH tuns.
You s.iy : "You nnd Sccloy sccmci'
to have been running the fiiianci.il end of it. "
In so far as it applies to me , it is un
just , unfair and untrue. I simply paid
orders piesented me as long as
I had funds available. True , some of these
orders \\cro of the campaign ot IbsT , but
thcso overlaps always happen. Does the re
publican party of Nebraska wish to repudi
ate any of its regular and honestobligations ?
1 incurred none of them. If any have been
repudiated , the fault lies with the party , not
with mo. 1 cannot pay its debts. I enclose
herewith a clipping from Tin : OMVIU linn of
December 4 lly wlioin it w.is Inspired I
cannot conjcctuic , nnd I am sure that it has
couio from some disappointed member
of the committee. 1 believe that
you uro too honorable a man and possessed
of too much manhood to associate my name
with such a wilful and deliberate lie. It
Booms to have the ear marks-with the ac
cent on the ear and boars the imprint of
\Vcbb Eaton. I can produce vouchers for
every dollar disbursed. Tlicro are still in
my possession all llnancial papers connected
with the campaign of ISSH , "b" " and 'S3. These
will show nil who contributed , whether par
tially or In full , and the orders upon
which I disbursed the funds , com
pleted and also bearing approval
of the sUite central committee.
Docs the committee , does Mr. Eaton , wish
mo to give this to tlio press 1 lam fully jus-
titled in so doing after the unprovoked , un
just and ungcntlcmanly attack upon mo.
Upon examination of orders paid , I llml the
following : No 3 , Webster iaton , $51.30 ;
No. ! W , Webster ICaton , $ .11) ; No. ! > | J , Webster
Eaton , ? JUO ; No. Si'J , Webster Eaton ,
S.-OJ ; No. 35 , Webster Eaton , $1.10 ;
Ko. 3.1 , Webster Eaton , f.10 ;
, No. 40 , Webster Katon , $200 ; No. fill , Web
ster Katon , ? I13 ; No.K , Webster Eaton ,
5117 10 ; total , SI.713.W. This would indicate
that ho ( Mr. Eaton ) was disbursing the
major portion of the funds. HesldcH that , ho
received a "donation , " of which I am not ad
vised. I am thoroughly disgusted with what
has been said in the press , and unless there
is nn explicit and authorized denial , I shall
tuko my own course ; nnd If the committee
has go no into punt , I shall certainly follow
the example of the committee.
[ Signed ] W. F. Hccnnr , .
Mr. Hcchcl was shown n copy of Tin : Hr.n
last evening. Ho toad over tlio Lincoln dis
patches regarding tlio above letters , and re
marked : "They're all right. There is noth
ing but a plain statement of facts in the
whole matter. I have receipts nnd docu
ments to show for every cent I expended.
Some Lincoln parties wanted mo to send
thcso papers down to Lincoln , but I was not
to bo caught in Una kind of a trap. I do not
Intend to stand any more of their luucmlos.
Certain parties have been hounding mo for
sumo time , and now I am going to
resent this kind of business , horn out of
fihecr spito. It is true I gave Walt Scclov
money for expenses to Chicago and I paid
every legitimate bill ns long as thnro was
money to do HO. As far as my using the
coinmltteo'8 funds wrongfully , it is all bosh.
In fact the committee is Indebted to mo for
money expended out of my own pocket on the
committee's account , t haven't the slightest
doubt but Webb Eaton Is at the bottom of all
this , and the causa of the unjust attack in.ulu
through TUB Hcu's Lincoln bureau the other
duy. " _
Clinlrnmn Illulmrtls' Say ,
PUHMOXT , Nob. , Dec. 10. [ Special Tele-
irrain to THIS Huu.j The attention of Chair
man Uichards , of the republican state cen
tral committeewas called to an article In Tin :
K\iM\i ! Ur.i : concerning tlio management
of the llnnnclal matters of the last republi
can campaign , . from Treasurer Hochol'a
standpoint. "AH I have to say , " said Mr.
Klchards , "Is that if Mr. Uochol has any
11 n uncial statement of tlio campaign to ren
der , that It would bo very much moro proper
lor him to su limit it to tha committee , instead
of to tha newspapers. Tholetterpurpoitlngto
have been written by him on December 8 ,
lias not been received by mo. At the organ
ization of tlio committee an auditing commit
tco was appointed , with n view to conducting
tha campaign on strictly business principles.
Ko far us I Icnow , up to data no statement
1ms been rendered to the auditing committee
by Mr. Uechcl , and until th.it is douo silenca
upon his part would seem to bo tbo prudciil
thing. I have had nothing to say to the pub
lic concerning this matter. For an Oinalm
politician , Mr. llcchel seems to bo very
icntler. "
11 i i
Dyer anil tlioMormon * .
SALT LAKE , Dec , 10. Tlio hour lag on the
petition alleging that Receiver Dwyer and
the council collected exorbitant foes , etc. , in
the matter to escheat the Mormon church
property , l' f un to day. Receiver Dyer re
futed , under advice of counsel , to answer
most , of the que tio.is put. The examination
Wisclos'J Hud the situation will bo presented
to tut nupreaio court 'when it uiucts In Jauu-
ury ,
Foundered tin tlio Koolcs.
SAN FRANCISCO , Doa. 10. The steamer
Yaqulna Uiiy , the property of Colonel ICgor-
ton , president of tbo Oregon Development
company , went on the rocks in Ynquina bay
during n heavy grlo lait night. Sue will bu
i total low. The i > iwnsri'M mul vivw wtrc
laved. TUo vcsso ! ) s value i aNt U W > .
IJhOWN Ul WITH DYNAMlTIi ,
A TrcmenilonH Implosion In n Dig
Chicago Distillery.
Cinrvoo , Dec. 10. Shortly after 0 o'clock
this morning an attempt was made to des
troy Shufcldt ft Co.'s distillery In the north
ern portion of the city , by means of dynamite.
Enough facts are not yet known to Justify
a conclusion as to whether It is the work
of anarchists or of some ono who has n per
sonal grievance ngnlnst the Shufoldts. . A1
the hour mentioned , the neighborhood was
shaken by n tremendous explosion , shaking
buildings and breaking many panes of glass in
surrounding houses , nnd causing people to
rush inti the Street in great alarm. An in
vestigation showed that a bomb had been
thrown , probably from the street , into a dc
tachcd warehouse used for storing high
wlnea in. This bulldingwas shattered , hoop :
wcro burst off many of the casks and the
heads of some of them were driven in. Vdrj
soon after n package wrapped in paper was
discovered Iving in the street. It contnlnei
several sticks of dyniunltu nnd some
fulminating caps. The fuse connected will
tlio package showed evidence of bnvinc been
lighted , but had gone out piematurcly
The articles nro now In possession of the po
lice , who nro at woi l < on tuo case.
A hole about three feet square was ton
In the roof. The intention evident ! ) was tr
tlirow u bomb through the
skylight , underneath which wore
Rovcr.il vats filled with hlghl.v
explosive liquid. Had this succeeded , score"
of buildings would have oeen wrecked , am
the 15KXJ ( barrels of whisky in the store
house would have caused n fearful conflagra
tion.
.lames Lynch , one of the proprietors , say
ho believes the explosion was the work ol
the whisky trust , which has threatened veil-
go.mco because tlio company refused to join
the trust. I le adds that one of the members
of the trust came to the distillery shortly
after the explosion , but was compelled tc
leave , being threatened with violence. For
tunately nobody was in the building when
the deed was committed and nobody was
hurt.
Lynch , xvhcn asked if there was any cause
for the taking of such a measure o.v tin
whisky trust , said : "Well , I should say there
was. Everyone knows the war they have
waged on us without success. They have
tried every means In their power to force us
Into tlio trust , and they played their last
card when they tried to frce/o us out of feed
ing cattle. When they saw that tills had nr
effect they began to issue v.djuc threats , tc
which wo paid no attention/ '
J. D. Lyon , manager of the Schufeld
company , offers a reward of Si' ,000 for the
arrest of tlio person who thicw the dynamite
on the distillery building , or the name of the
man who employed him to do the work , 01
such information as will lead to the detection
and arrest of the parties responsible for the
outrage. The members of the whisky trus
ridicule the idea that the attempt to destroy
the property was the work , directly or indi
reetly , of their organization.
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Presidential Nominations ,
\VASIIIXQTON , Doe. 10. Among the nom
inations seat to the senate to-day were those
of William Joseph Larkin , of Illinois , to be
post chaplain , and Perry Helmont , of Now
York , to bo envoy oxtraordln.iry and minister
tor plenipotentiary of the United States to
Spain. James .1. Enrlght , of Michigan , to bo
assistant commissioner of Indian affairs
Samuel II. Albrock , of New York , to be
superintendent of Indian schools. To bo re
einvor.s of public moneys , T. A. Dunlanu , o
Minnesota , at Crookston , Miun. , and Frank
F. Randolph , of Dakota , at Watortown
Dak. , and Samuel T. Leavy to bo agent for
Indians at the Yankton agency in Dakota
Peter D. Vroomo of the Third cavalry to bo
inspector general , with the rank of major ;
Captain Edward Hunter , First cavalry , to
bo judge advocate , with the rank of major ;
Captain Oeorpo 13. Davis , First cavalry , to
bo judge advocate , with the rank of major ;
First Lieutenant Robert Grain , Fourth artil
lery , to bo quartermaster , with the rank of
captain ; Captain Douglas M. Scott , First in
fantry , to bo commissioner of subsistence ,
with the rauk'of cantuin ; First Lieutenant
Charles , Twenty-third Infantry , to bo com
missioner of subsistence , with tbo lank 01
capt.viu.
Tlio Golden Gate Spcolcl.
ROCK Citcr.K , Wyo. , Deo. 10. The Golden
Oato special , on her return trip , loft San
Francisco on time Saturday , at 3 p. m. ,
December 7. Lett O deu on time early this
morning. The trip has been a perfect suc
cess , everything working admirably. This
evening the representatives of tlio Denver
papers will board the Golden Gate special nl
Cheyenne and be entertained and banquettoi
on route. Pullman Conductor John Larkin
with n corps of assistants , gave a review ane
exhibition of the lira department ot the
Golden Gate special yesterday , showing
great ofllcioiicy on the part of the men nne
somonovol devices In the arrangemcntof the
chemical Uro extinguishers. The tram is
lire-proof , so far as steam heat and cleotnt
lights can make it , but , nevertheless , the
Golden Gate special has a regular tire de
partment , thoroughly equipped and trained.
The weathe has been superb during the
entire t rip , and the observation room crowded
all the timo.
The Ilousn ol' Commons.
N , Dec. 10. Parliament will bo pro
rogued on the "tth.
In the commons this evening Stanhopo ,
Bcercnry of war , road a telegram from Gen
eral Dormer , at Cairo , to the effect that u
steamer would leave Suez Wednesday to
convoy to the Sunkim squadron the Twen
tieth Hussars undllOO men of WClch infantry.
This would make thu total force at Suakim
0,500 men. composed mostly of Egyptians ,
against ' . ' ,400 of the oiiumy.
In the debate on the Irish estimates , John
Ellis , member from Nottinghamshire , moved
to reduce the amount voted for the Irish
police by 10,000. Ho protested against Irish
constables procuring evidence for the Times
and forcing witnesses by threats to appear.
IJiilfour loplicd at some length.
After further debate Mr. Ellis' motion v/as
rejected.
_ _
Stcnuixliip ArrivalM.
At Glasgow The state of Georgia from
Now York.
At Now York The Clrcassla from Glas
gow , the Aurunla from Liverpool , the Den
mark from Copenhagen nnd the La Nor-
iiiundio from Havre ,
At London Tuo Denmark from Now
York.
At Southampton The Worra from Now
York for litomon.
At HoBton The Doruytcr from Antwerp.
At Hamburg The Hnimnoulu from New
York.
At Hrenien The Willkommcii from Now
York.
Ancmtrr.
LOVDOX , Doc. 10 President elect Harri
son has written the following letter from
Indianapolis to n correspondent in Ncivcas-
tieunderLy no ;
Dear Sir Your letter of November 10 has
been received. I have never been n student
of our family history , nnd can only say In
response to your inquiry that it has been
staled and accepted by some of my relatives
who have given study to that subject , that
our family has descended from General
Thomas liurrlson , an olllcor in Cromwell's
army , I never myself examined Into tbo ev
idence. Yours trulv ,
HC.SV MI.V lUitiiisox.
Wlmt Dcpow AVonlil Accept ,
New YOHK , Deo. 10 , The Commercial Ad-
vcrtlsor this afternoon publishes nn inter
view with Dopow , in which that gentleman
states that while ho would uoi uoscpt n cabi
net position ho would acoopt til * position of
nlnisUr to Eiis'laml should U Vo oiTorol to
ilir. . ilttpew - * Jd _ Oi.M lu curnul'ti-rd the
iiluUtcr to l"ny , nas tucoml In liiporiniico
o ibu prciiJci.t oi.iy.
THE BIG TERRITORIAL HITCH ,
Democrats Want Now Moxlco Ad
mitted With the Host.
BUT REPUBLICANS SAY NAY.
Two Dcmoorntlo ncprcscntntlvcH
fc'roni Wisconsin Probably Not Cit-
ucus The Ltc.itrice Ij
Cane Carried Up.
\VAsniKGTov ncnmu Tun O\utu ECB. ]
Oii : FOUHTKRNTII STHCCT. }
WASHINGTON' , U. C. , Dec. 10. )
I asked Mr. Springer this afternoon If
there was any prospect of an agreement or
compromise between fie democrats and the
republicans on the territorial admission bill ,
"Not unless the republicans will nqroo to
nd&it Now Mexico , " ho replied. "That is
the Ultimatum. They must take us foi
greater fools than wo are if they think that
we will consent to the admission of four re
publican territories and a rcfusnl to ndmit
ono democratic territory. I shall not vote
for any bill that doc's not include New Mo *
ico. "
"Do you still insist upon admitting Dakota
ns n whole ? "
"I am opposed to the division of Dakota on
principle , " said Mr , Springer. " 1 do not be-
licvo that the people want the territory di
vided. It is only insisted upon by tlio re-
republicans for partisan purposes , in order
to cot two moro senators. Hut I do not
say that tliero is no proposition looking
townrds division that I would not ngreo to.
If it should appear that a majority of the
people of north Dakota should ask for ad
mission , as well as a majority south of the
parallel that is suggested for the dividing
line , then there will bo at least ono reason
for makiug two slates , that does not exist
now. Hut if the people of north Dakota do
not want to bo divorced from the southern
half of the state , it is n good reason why tbo
territory should not bo divided. "
"Would not the people of norlh Dakota
% -oto for division , if they thought it probable
they would also bo admitted as a statol"
"I do not know about that. In order to do-
termlno the question ns to the preferences o
the people , bolh parts of the territory should
bo allowed to vote separately , mid as I say
if it majority on cither sielo of the line should
be in favor ot division , there ) would be at
least one reason for division that docs not
exist now. "
"Will you agree to abide by such a decision
in case such a vote is lakoni"
" 1 might accept such a division , provided
the bill would include Now Mexico. "
"Then you will make a concession to the
republicans in Dakota , if they will admit
New Mexico as a slaloi"
"I do not say that. Hut I do say this
that I will not consent to the passage of
single bills for the admission of the territo
ries. The territory of Now Mexico has Just
as many claims for admission as u state as
Dakota , or Washington , or Montana and
should bo treated like them , even if it does
usually give a democratic majority. "
"I told Senator M.tndcrson what Springer
had said , and ho replied that be was willing
to ngreo to the omnibus bill admitting North
and South Dakota , Montana and Washing
ton , but ho would not ugreo to admit New
Mexico until after the census of 1800 had de
termined Its population to bo sufllcicntly
large to justify it. "
AllH TI1EV CITIZENS ?
Colonel Ilabercom sends the following to
the Milwaukee Herald ( German ) to-night :
"Tho democrats may find they have two
names on the roll of their members of the
next house who will not bo sworn in. Wis
consin elected only two democrats to the
next house , who nro both German-Ameri
cans. It is assorted that both were ineligi
ble , because neither of them is an American
citizen. They came to this country as minors ,
with their fathers , and they claim the latter
became full American citizens before they
themselves reached their majority. This is
disputeel. It is positively assorted that the
fattier of Mr. Huckner , who was elected
from the Filth district , never was natural
ized , and it is at least suspected that tlio
same is true of the father of Mr. Harwig ,
who was olecteil from tlio Second district.
In Wisconsin ? foreigners of suflicient ago
acquire the right to votes after n year's resi
dence , and the elcclaratiou of intention to be
come a citizen. It is a provision
of law that has pi evented many
old residents of that state from
having themselves naturalized. If this Is the
case with the fathers of the two gentlemen
named , then they are not citizens , and consequently
quently ineligible to congress. The law pro
scribes that a foreign-born person must have
been seven years a citizen before ho is eligi-
to a scat in the houso. When Messrs ,
llarwig and Urickuer present themselves at
the bar of the house to be sworn ' 11 as mem
bers , they will bo challenged , and consequently
quently they had better liml the proofs of
their citizenships , if such exist.
AKMV AITOIXTMIIXTS.
The list of nominations to vacancies on the
staff of tlio general army , t > cnt to the senate
to-day , will cause surprise in the army at
largo , and chagrin and disappointment to the
friends of those who expected to bo ap
pointed. Only ono or two of the active fav
orites inivo drawn prices in the lottery , and
the list shows that the present administra
tion is no more beyond social nnd political
influence tbmi its predecessors , for with QUO
or two exceptions , the officers nominated
owe their selection moro to tlio influence of
prominent democratic politicians mid society
leaders than to their military records , or the
endorsement of their niipec/or olllcors.
General Scholicld will feel considerably
humllated nt the failure of the president to
appoint Captain Sanger assistant inspector
general , but ho is treated no worse than the
secretary of war niiei General Drum , whoso
recommendation have bemi ignored In several
cases. Douglas M. Scott , who draws tlio
commissary prlzo , is the nephew of Uopro-
sentatlvo William L. Scott , of Pennsylvania ,
and , politically speaking , is entitled to the
place , for Mr. Scott has invested from S" > 0X)0 ( )
to * 7.r.,000 in Mr. Cleveland's political for
tunes , besides giving him a good dor > l of his
tiuio and personal attention. This Is about
the only reward ho has got , and it is given to
him by the president us a personal compli
ment , for very few of Captain Scott's military
associates had discovered any peculiar quali
fications on his part , or were aware that ho
was even a candidate for one of the vucan
cles ,
Captain Vroom , who gets the inspector
gonerulshlp , owes his appointment to the
inlluencu of Senator McPhcrson mm other
democrats of New Jersey , for his lather ,
the Into Governor Vroom , of that state , was
a wheel-horse of the democracy , and is can
onized among its saints. Captain Hunter
was backed chiefly by special and retired
army inlluencu. Captain Davis , who Is made
assistant Juduo advocate general , is consid
ered one of thu ablest ofllcors in the service ,
bus been an instructor in law ut West Point ,
mul has written a book on army law that is
looked upon us on authority. He went Into
the army as a private and has earned every
promotion ho has received. There is a great
deal of regret expressed over the failure
of the president te upjxilnt Captain
John Q. Dourkc , who was thought
certain of one of the places , and
was endorsed by General Crook , Ad-
| utant General Drum. Secretary Endicott
mid a largo number of prominent oniccrs.
llourku has been General Crook's aldo-do-
camp in all his Indian campaigns , has seen
about as much genuine lighting , and has
eaten about as much mule meat as any man
in the urmy. Ho Is a student , too , and has
iroducod some works that have a high liter-
ury , as well ns sciontltlo value.
TUB IIKATIIJCB I AN I ) CASH.
It , S. Hlbb , of Uentrico , Neb.isin the city ,
prepared to represent Gngo county before
ho supreme court , in the Gage county court
louae cane. The suit comes up on appeal
roai the United States court of Nebraska
md Involves the title to the court house
square In the city of llontrlco. The ground
for this property was ilccdcd to Gage countj
by Mr. Cropsey , on condition that it shoulel
bo used for court house purpose"
Its temporary abandonment by th
county on the ground , it wa
alleged , of the dangerous condition o
the building , was inido ttio occasion by Mr
Cropsov to sue for Its return Into his hands
on the ground of breach of contract. The
cnso has been oiico decided In favor of Mr
Cropnoy in tlio district court for Gngi
county on the fact of the nbmie'onmeut o
the property. Hut later , when carried be
fore Judge Dandy , wa4 decided in favor of
the county on a question of the law in
volved. It now conies before the
supreme court upon the Issue of tno con
struction of the law. Messrs. J. M. Wool
worth of Omaha and L. Hurr of Lincoln are
the attorneys for Mr. Cropsey , nnd Mr. Hlbl
represents Gngo county in the proceedings.
Major Marcus P. Miller , Fifth artillery
has reported ut Ft. Monroe for duty , as In
structor at the artillery school.
Pininv S. HUATII.
xnn muMi.NoiiAM MASSACHB.
Incitement Still Itunnlnu High Ovci
the Ulootly Ad'ulr.
HiiiMiKnimr , Ala , Doc. 10. The corone
Is endeavoring to get at the bottom of the
facts In Saturday night's massacre. The excitement
citomont still runs very high , and the people
are divided over the action of the officers
Ono very remarkable feature is that nearlj
every man killed was shot in the back , show
ing that the crowd had turned away In the
alloy when the firing began.
Tlio Hrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
of which Hawcs is a member , have tele
graphed that Hioy have outraged a detective
to look up the case. They believe that Hawcs
is innocent of thu crime , and that the colorci
woman , r.innlo Hrynnt , nnd Albert Patter
son murdered nnd robbed Mrs. Hawcs am
then killed the children.
It is repotted that Hawcs has tnado n ful
confession of his crime.
In addition to the injured whoso name.
were given last night , there are a largo iium
bor of people who received slight but no
disabling wounds , and are therefore not re
ported nt the hospital.
Certain prominent ofllcials in the city have
telegraphed Governor Seay that they consider
sidor it necessary for him to bo here , am
have askenl him to como at once. Tlio pov
ernor will , no doubt , investigate the slum
tion personally , and make arrangements fo
the removal of Hawcs mid Sheriff : Smith
or for the relief of the sol
diors. Many telegrams concerning tht
situation passed to-day between Governor
Seay and tlio authorities. It is not probable ,
that Governor Seay's orders to dismiss the
troops will bo given until H.ibbitt , uow act
ing sheriff , says they are no longer needed.
The funerals of Postmaster Throekmortoi
and other victims took place this nftornooi
with impressive ceremonies.
Sheriff Smith still repents the statement
that ho did not give the word to lire unti
shots were fired on the outside1 , and that ni
least a dozen shots were fired by the crowe
betoro a single oflleer lired.
NASIIVIM.I : , Tcnn. , Dec. 10. A special
from Hirmingham , Ala. , says : Governoi
Seay arrived hero at 11:35 : to-night and is
now In conference with Colonel Jones. Ho
says that from the reports ho has rcceivee
ho thinks Sheriff Smith did his duty.
THE " "
"Q"
A Final KfTort to Ho Made to Get the
.Mon Hack to Work.
CHICAOO , Dec. 10. A final attempt will bo
made in a few days by n committee of the
engineers who went on a strike on the Hur
lington road last .February to get the met
back to work upon the old terms , or better
The result of the conference Unbound to bo
important , for if the men cannot got
back the committee has power to
rouew the effoits made last sprini ,
and declare n general boycott on "Q"
freight. If this boycott is deelared , it is said
the switchmen will seek to defeat the cngi
necrs for the reason that the former vow
vengeance against the engineers and ehnrgo
them with treachery in having induced them
to strike last spring mid then leaving them
in tbo lurch. There are still -100 Idle switch
men , and they have held several meetings
at tbo last of which they appointed a commit
tee to wait on the Uurllngton oflleuls sine
ask lor a restoration ol their old places. A
reply Is expected from Superintendent Hos
ier. The general grievance committee of tlio
Hrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Is now in Chicago with the single -
glo exception of the chairman , who
is en route from Sun Francisco. Feeling is
stated to bo very bitter between tlio engi
neers und firemen hero , nnd this has extended
to other roads terminating in Chicago. This
condition of nlTilirs is said to be wielding :
powerful influence against the proposee
scheme of a general federation of tbo rnilwaj
employes which has been under discussion
for some time.
A SHOOTlNCi AKKAIU.
A Youiifj Girl Urn tally Assaulted By
Itnliroail KmployoH.
Mtx.\EAi'OLis , Deo. 10 [ Special Telegram
to Tun Unc.J Particulars of n most borri
bio and revolting outrage committed upon a
young girl at Spoouor , on the Omaha road ,
some days ago , have come to the knowledge
of your correspondent , although the mutter
has been strictly kept qulot. The brutes Im
plicated In the crime are employes of the
Omaha ruilroa d , and consequently the de
tails of the shocking outrage had not rcachcil
any news center until ono of the men who
was in the little town at , the time , cumo to
this city and made the facts known. It was
a week ago last Friday when the brutal out
rage occurred. A sixteen year-old girl ,
whoso name Is unknown , employed in tlio
hotel at Spoonor , was enticed to u car by ono
of the freight conductors , where 8ho was ns-
saultcd by several railroad men. She Is said
to bo in a critical condition , und is bcinir
cared for at the homo of her father , a few
miles from Spooncr. It is said a warrant
has been issued for u conductor named
Seniors.
Shcrmnn AVill Not Accept.
COI.UMHUB , O. , Dec. 10. f Special Telegram
to Tin : HEK.J The report concerning Sena
tor Sherman's acceptance of n cabinet port
folio is nt hand. Mr. Thomas E. Stcclo , n
young attorney of this city , who Is n nephew
of General W. T. Shoruinn.hns Just returned
from : i v-l'ilt to tbo general nt Plttsburg. HQ
says Unit John Sherman held u conference
with his brother , the gem-nil , nnd other rela
tives during the past week nnd that at the
conference it was deqidcd that the Ohio sena
tor was not under any circumstances to no
Into President Harrison's cabinet In any po
sition , but was to remain In the senate.
Now PostniiiiierH
WASHINGTON , Dee. 10. ( Special Telegram
toTiin HUB , ] Wlllard D. Morgarergo has
been appointed postmaster at Simon , Cherry
county , Nob. , vice Ellas Stlllwell , resigned.
The following Iowa iwtmaitora have
been appointed ! Emily Hrinn , Hlairstown ,
Hcnton county , vice Jnno Applyato , resigned ;
Uoubeii P. Honors , Eden. Fuyotte county ,
vice Linus Fox , resigned ; Charles Ii ,
Jiuccli , Gees Lake , Clinton county , vice P.
A. Gohlmumi , resigned , Andrew T. Uarucs ,
Lolghton , Muhaska county , vice D. A.
Uray , resigned : Lorenzo D , Ewin , Levey ,
Polk county , vice J , H. Laub , resigned ,
Freight Trains Collide ,
WonciiHsTBR , I.Itfss. , Dec. 10. Ueports
lave been received hero of the derailment at
Ashland of two Boston & Albany freight
rains. The first report was that the head
brukeman was killed and that his body was
under tlio wreck. A later report received
states that thruo men were killed. A wreck-
ng train has been sent down from this city
and later a relief train to transfer pas
sengers ,
It is learned later that nobody was killed
and only ono person dangeiou&ly injured.
THE KING OF THE FORGERS ,
Qcorso Blclwoll Wrltoa a History
of His Orimoa.
HE VMS RAISED A PUHITAN
Hut hi HIM M.iturcr Years Sitccceilcil
la Suliulllnt ; the Itnuk ol' Knt-
laml Out of Ncnily l-'lvo
Million Dollars.
A Premier In Ills Clasn.
NEW YmiK , DcCj 10. Ocorgo lluhvcll , tht
principal In the Honk ot Unglaud forgeries
that were effected in the years lhJ nnd Ibt3
and who received a life sentence , lu company
with his thrco colleagues in crime , but whn
was released upon n ticket of leave July 18
ISi" , is uow peddling a book entitled , "Korg
Ing Ills Own Chains , " in which ho gives a
vivid description of his career from child
hood up , and n most Interesting resume o !
every particular of the gigantic frauds thai
ultimately placed him as a wearer of the.
clothing marked with the "broad arrow , '
the distinguishing badge of the Uii lish peni
tentiary population. Tlio book rends like i
romance , and in its compilation exhibits
more than ordinary literary ability. There
is terrible irony In the comparisons of the
writer's early recollections of Sunday , whci
thubibloor "Llaxtcr's Saints' Ucst" was the
only reading allowed. Cards in the Hidwel
homo were regarded as certain provocatives
of divine wiath ; checkers as a temptation o
evil , and dancing ns an unpardonable sin.
Hidwcll appears to have been a hard work
ing , tht if ty youth , and tliOho habits do no
uppoai' to bavo deserted him until ho foiim
himself , shortly after his wedding , ban
pushed for means to pay rent and supply
food for those dependent on him.
This was the ) moment ho made the llrs
downwatd stop. Ho withheld a portion o
his collections , intending to make the do
ilciency good the next month. Ho managoi
to do this , but the first stop led to his dls
missal from the firm ho bad hitherto been nil
honest employe of. Trouble eamo thick
upon UieUvoll , but ho appears to have
steered clear of any infringement of the law ,
until ho met Frank Kibbc , whom ho calls
the evil genius of Ins life. A little transac
tion performed for Kibbo that netted Hid-
wellsoJOwas the first whet to his appetite
for fraud ui > on an enlarged scale. In the
spring of IbTJ tlio foreign trip was projected
with a view to "raising the wind out of for
eign capitalists. " In compiny with Ooorgo
McDonald , Austin Hidwcll ( Ins younger
brother ) and George Enples , Cioorgo Hld-
well crossed over to England and quickly
made their way to London , that happy hunt
ing ground of impecunious moitals and
crafty schemers. Tins worthy quartette
went over to work foreign capitalists , but
the subsequent frauds upon the Bank of
England were not entirely the result of a
prearranged plan , but to a large extent were
tlia prompt utilisation by sharp men of little
incidents by which the tide of fortune was
turned their way.
The opening of an account with the west
ern branch of the Hank of England was a
very keystone in the swindlers' aicb , but it
doesn't seem to have bean the result of de
sign at all , simply an accident.
Austin Hidwcll had in his possession
. $10,000 in bank notes , and as ho was going to
visit friends in Ireland , bo didn't care
to carry so much niouoy about with
him , and ho sought to placa It in
the safe keeping of u friend of his. a Mr. E.
II. Green , doing business on Savillq Uow.
Mr. Green advised him to deposit it in some
bank , and subsequently introduced Austin
Bidweli , under the assumed name of Wurren ,
to the assistant manager of the western
branch of the Hank of England , the institu
tion at winch Air. Green kept his own ac
count. Instead of taking a simple certificate
of deposit , Austin was prevailed on to leave
his signature and take a check book , winch
was , of course , equivalent to opening a legu-
lur account. The conspirators tlien got
down to work , and a little scheme was
worked on the continent which yielded good
net results , mid after its consummation
Englos remained In London about u week ,
preparing papers ( forged ) for George 15id-
wcll to use on a trip to South America , and
then took a steamer to New York. That
same day George Hulwoll sailed for Hio
Janeiro , accomp lined by a man mimed Mun-
son. About tins time Austin Hidwcll drew
out the money ( all but a small balance ) deposited -
posited to the credit of F. A Warren m the
western braneh of the Hank of England.
The forged letters of credit that George
Hidwoll was taking to Hr.ml had been manu
factured by Engles. They purported to bo
drawn by tlio London and Westminster banlc ,
next to the Hank of London the largest
bank in the English metropolis. In tilling
them out ho bignocl only the manager's nnino.
Hidwoll's anticipations ptoved perfectly
correct , and by the closest shave , as is sub
sequently disclosed in the book , this up-
patently trifling omission nearly landed the
whole outfit in n Hra/lllan prison. Sheer
cheek carried them through this episode in
their crookedness , but the squeo/o was
a terrible experience to Hidwcll. The
haul \\.IB u big one , tlio booty amounting to
S.-iO.OOO. Having worked the Hlo bankers
successfully , Hidwoll and his paitners next
turn their attention to the Amsterdam finan
ciers ; but the phlegmatic Hollanders were
too shrewd for the Americans and their plans
all fell through , Hidwcll paying them the
compliment by saying that "those cautious
Hollandurb ically know how to do business
safely. "
Failing to boat , the Duteh , the eves of tlio
gang are next turned upon Frankfort. Hid
wcll is contemplating a mid upon the Koth-
Bchl'ds ' when ho lecelves the following telo-
grnm :
LONDON' , Nov. 2 , ISTi To George Hid
well , Amsterdam : Have made a great dis
covery , . Coma immediately. MAP.
Now , nliat was McDonald's great discov
ery ? It was this : Among certain ginuino
pieces of paper collected by Hidwoll on his
continental tour and sent to London to ho
cashed was a hill of exchange on Daring
Kros. , of London. Said McDonald to Hid
wcll on his arrival in London within twenty-
four hours after receipt of that telegram :
"As soon us I iccoivcd that bill on Marines
I went tlioro to collect the money. Instead
of paying the amount by check or In gold or
notes us J expected , the cashier stumped on
the face ,
PAYABLE AT LONDON AND WEST-
M1NSTEU HANIC.
and endorsed It. Upon my taking It there it
was cashed without a question. It occurred
to mo Immediately that if wo were to got
bomo blank bills of exchange wo could make
as many as wo liked by imitating the orig
inal , and dr.tw thu money for the same from
the bank with the sumo ease that 1 did for
the gnnulno bill. "
Hidwcll's natural shrewdness now cornea
into full pluy mid a long neglected balnnco
at the Hank of England appear * to have
opened up visions , of immense ) profitable
scheming. Ho reasoned that ns the bank
had paid the Harlngs bill to McDonald with
out verifying the signature , It must bo tbo
custom In England to transfer bills of ex
change from hand to hand without sending
.hem to the acceptors to bo "initiated , " [ In
Ins country it has , since IS.I at least , been
the custom for brokers to send all ofTored
mpcr to the purported drawers or acceptors
.oliavo It "initialed" by them , thus deter-
inning whether the draft or acceptance is
genuine or not. I If this was truo. It followed
that the English bunks discounted paper
vithout malting any inquiry as to the gen
uineness of the signatures , relying entiioly
on the Character of the customer who offered
ho paper Id' discount.
The lines were laid with great accuracy.
Nothing was left undone , uud down to the
uort tiimuto particular the forgers did their
vork with u master hand for the ilrst big
mill.
mill.Hy way of preparation for the rontcm-
iluted fraud , Austin Hldwe.ll on December ' . ' .
ST" , opened an account ut the Couiincului
bank in the name of C J. llortou , depositing
1HX : > In bank notes. There also existed the
account at the western branch of the Hank
of England In the nnmo ot F. A. Warren.
Checks drawn on the Warren account were
deposited to the creditor Horton , and thu
operation repeated at intervals to give an
air of general business. Hills of exchange
were purchased , and the sunposod Warren
took them to the western branch of the Hank
of Entrland for disc unit ' 1 ho lucks of those
bills wore covered with the endorsements oi
the various lirms through which the-y hnd
passed. The plotters copied those Indorse
ments m fae si'nilo , no that the false bills m
contemplation should have all the character
istics of iremitno bills. ICvory variety ol
wrltmij and printing ink. and every form of
blank bill * of exchange known on thu conti
nent and printed in different languages ,
was nlso provided. A now lot of bills on
London wcro purchased on llio continent ,
and In this way the conspirators obtained
a great number ut Indorsements , stamps
ii'id signatures of loading firms on the
continent and in London. McDonald
was sent to Paris to get the necessary fac
similes of various banks mid private in
dorsement stumps engraved on wood , lie
returned with the surpi-lsing Information
that tliero were no wood engravers In Paris.
This obliged George Hidwoll to risk the dan
porous experiment of having the necessary
blocks cut in London They woio enirraveil
without any undue * suspicion having been ex
cited. As another step In the plot , one
Nnyos came from Amerle'ii in response to n
cablegram , and assumed the duties of elerlt
to Horton. On December s , isT'J , George
UUlwell , under ttie name of Warren , mailed
from Hlrmingham to thu Hank of England
genuine bills of exchange amountim. ' tei
i'l0" ! ! for discount. In order to ascertain If
the "fraud machine" wis in working order ,
nnd , as these bills were discounted without
question , such proved to bo the ease.
The plot worked like u charm. Everything
fell their way. I'lioy calculated clianco- , ,
however , nnd everything was arranged ready
for flight if the forge rj was discovered. Hid
wcll waited In ] tiriuiiighain for the reply to
the letter , and armed with a bogus order on
tlio postmaster got the reply from the Lon
don bank manager. The bills had been dis
counted nnd the proceeds passed to F. A ,
Warren's credit. Hidwoll and his associates
worked what is known In tlio English thieves
" the changes "
vocabulary as "ringing
This is how it was done. Hidwoll took the
train to London nnd gave to Novcs , his
clerk , who had been summoned to England
froiUrNow " \ ork by etibli1. to help out the
work , checks on the Warien account for
IHH ( ) , on which Nojes drew that sum from
the Hank of England mid deposited it in the
Continental bunk to the cicdll of Horton.
Hidwoll then drew Horlou chPl-ks for some
: i,00 ( ) , which wcro cashed and the money
used to buy United States bonds , which bnmta
wcro uttimaU'lv shipped to the United
States to bo held till called for. AH the
other transactions of the conspirators were
essentially similar to this. Occasionally the
account at the Continentlal bank was re
duced by drawing out Hank of England
notes , which were taken to that bank and
exchanged for gold in bags of jUlU 0 each.
Tins uold was then carried back and ex
changed for notes by another person. The
obje-et of this was to bionk the connection
between certain parties and bank
notes having numbers , the Hank of
England keeping a record of parties
to whom its notes wcro delivered
How satisfactory their plans must have
worked is evident by thb information given
by Hidwell , in his book , that the Income of
the Iratidnlent associates was at times moio
than fJO.OOO per day. And when ono paelcago
of bonds was cnptuicd in America , after the
deal had ended in disaster , it contained
nearly a quarter of a million dr.llais m United
States sccuiitlcs.
And then the beginning of the end arrives.
On February 27 , 1UT3 , it is decided that the
.final haul shall bo made , nnd 100,000 in false
bills arc sent to tlio U.mk of England. If
the deal should go through the Atlantic
ocean will bo placed between the conspira
tors and their victims. Hut tliore was n loose
screw In tins last opsr.ition. IJiilwcll had
failed to put the duto of the acceptance on
two of the forged bills. They wore sc'iit to
the supposed aee'optor to have tlu > date put
in , and were discovered to bo forgeries. In-
slant measures were taken for the arrest of
the perpetrators. This was on Match 1 , 18TH.
Anticipating success with llils las t lot o
bills , Hidwell had given the clerk , Noycs
certain Shocks amounting to $7. > ,000 , drawn
on tlio Wurren account , with which to pur
chase United States bonds. Ho also gave
him Wurren cheeks for S 50,00 , ) to deposit to
the credij , of the Horton account. This ac
complished , the only thing icmalning to 1)3
done was to draw out the II irton account
mid skip. As Noycs went to Uio Continental
bunk to draw out Iho $ .50,000 ho was ar
rested nnd taken to How street police sta
tion. He passed by Hidwoll on the way.
Hidwoll and McDonild waited for the
storm to blow Over , . believing their connec
tion with Hie' fraud would never bo discov
ered. At Mae's lodging ? all the material
used in the forgeries was destroyed , all but
one piece of blotting-paper , which Mac
wanted reserved for use That piece ol
blotting-paper gave him a life scnteneo In an
English prison.
McDonald , in n roundabout way , reached
Havre , from which port ho took p.nsago in
the steamship Tliiiringia for Now York. Ho
was captured and returned to London under
extradition proceedings. George Hidwell
United for Qiioenstown , Ireland , intending
to tliero take the White Stnrstemncr Atlantic
for Now Yoik , At tno Quoenstown wharf
ho discovered that he was being shadoweit
and lie gave up the inn. Thu irony of fate
showed Itself in thu sinking of the Atlantic
on tnnt voyage , with n death list of over llvo
hundred. Hidwoll was spared for harder
luck. After manifold dodgings of detectives
bo reached Edinburgh , Scotland. Heio a
newsdealer suspected him of being the
Hunk of England forcer , and mentioned
his suspicions to u clerk employed
witli the Hmk of England' * agency in
Edinburgh. This firm called in Detective
MelCelvlei , who arrested Hidwcll on March
' , ' 0 , IhT.'i. The prisoner was taken to London
mid lodged in Newgate Jail , thcie to rum mute
upon the carelessness that must have given
the police Ins real nuiiio and his connection
with the forgery. McKelvio died before the
case was reached for trial.
Austin Hidwell was arrested nt Havana ,
Cuba , and detspltn tlio uhsonco of anv extra
dition Ire ity between Sp tin and ttnglund was
turned ovnr to tbo ICmrlish authorities. Ho
was landed at Plymouth , May 'J" , 187.1.
Tlio four prisoners were tried together , nnd
thu evidence against them worked up as only
the best dot/'rliva and legal talent of the
world can an migo it. Every piece ) of paper
handled duiing the working of the "fraud
machine" was brought Into court arid its
history n cnratuly traced. The prosecution
spent nearly > . " . (1J.OOJ ( , and on the Jury's ver
dict of guilty the tr.al Judge sent all four de
fendants to prison for life. Alter fourteen
years at Peiitonville , Dartmoor and U'oltmg
penitentiaries George Hidwell was pardoned
or crantud a ticket of leave on .Inly Ih , Hs.7.
Ho landed In Now York August . I , and was
it once arrested by two detectives , Judiro
Duffy discharged him from custody , and
ordered that HiUwell ' 'bo allowed to take n
'rosh t irt in life. " Ho is now living at
'The Elms , " East Hartford , Conn. , and
winds up Ins bonk with the Hiiitemunt that
Molm Howard Piivne < could never have ap-
irovutod 'Home , Sweet Homo' as I now do. "
HUH 1)11) NOJMjOVC HIM.
A Chio.mo Mill Hlio.iM UN Irainllaily
and KIIN IfiniMcir.
CHICAGO , Dee ) 10 , John A. Martin , an en
gineer , fell desperately in Jove with Mrn. H.
V. Mori-Ill , His landlady , and knowing 'that
lis love was unrequited , shot her this
naming nnd then killed himself. Thu
vomaii died ut : i o'clock this after-
oon. 1J. W. Merrill and his wife have
ept n boarding homo for several .years.
iinong their bourdon ) was Martin , and over
Inco ills arrival In the house , over u year
igu , ho has profoiscd the greatest love for
Mri. Merrill. Ills attentions at last heu.uno
tnboaranla , and to day slin advi > od hi.n to
oivo. : After "leading with lic-r not to send
uui nv/ay and Hading tier dulenuln-jd , he
hot her and than himself.
Kille.d Hv an ,
Gr.r.vriMXi ) , O. , Deo. 10 , Hy tlio uvn'.oilon '
> f n boiler at Hainan's fewd mill , ut Trow-
rldgo , O. . this morning , Hncrvr Hariri a-d
Albert Kline * were kilin.l tntWaiJaoM \ Sir i U-
ami , u boy , t/.ii'.ly ' injured
T11EIVESTERN UNION ALARMED
It la Quito Anxious for Its Line oil
the Union Pnclflo.
WILL THE LATTER SEIZE IT ?
An Inliinetlon Hull Itnciiu to Trovont
llio Unllroml From Fruo/liii ; Out
Mr. Gould Itctuecn tlio Alls-
Hour ! mill tlio Co.vu ,
Tolocrnpli VH Knllroiul.
A very importantsuit was yesterday moru
ing begun in the United Stairs court in which ,
the Western Union nets us the plaintiff anil
the Union Pncillo company the defendant.
In brk'f , the former affects to fear that the
latter intends to dispossess It of the tele
graph Hues which parallel the Union P.icille ; ,
nnd has sought an Injunction to restrain the
latter from so doing. There is some mystery
covered up by this move , beeausu , up to thu
present , few , If niiy , persons have heard ot
such an intent on the part of the Union Pa-
cillc. From time to time , in congress , tha
right of the railroad to allow u private cor
poration to conduct u tote-graphic business ,
which the charter compelled the road to con
duct , has been questioned. It has boeu sup *
plomented with u determination to compel
the road to live up to Its obligations , but bo-
yoail that iiothmir 1ms been dune. It has
been said that this move on the part of the )
Western Union is to forestall further con
gress ! inal or oillcial aetioii by establishing' ,
if possible , a nirlit to the monopoly which Id
now enjoys along the line of the Union
Paelllc.
' 1 ho complaint contains 1.15 specillcatiouE <
and is in pamphlet form. The plamtifC
states that it w.is duly incorporated by UK
act of the legislature ot Now York , April I" ,
is-lb , and has also acquired the franchise ot
the United States Tolivrapli com
pany , United Slates Extension Tclo-
graph company , Atlantic and Pncillo
lolc-gnipit coimmny. Independent telegraph
company , Overland telegraph company , it
ulle'gcs that , by virtue of this , each of said
companies was empowered to construct tele
graph lines between the Missouri ru'or and
the Pneillc coast ; Unit the Union Pacific rail
way company was incoiporatcd b.an . act o
congrccs entitled an net "to aid in the con
struction of u railroad and telegraph line be
tween the Missouri i Ivor and tlio Pacille )
ocean , that on .luno 111 , isii ) , congress passed
an net facilitating communication across the
continent by electric telegraphy ; that in anil
by said act , a compensation of not moro tliair
$10,10) ) per utiiimn for ten \cars was granted
to the party whoso pronnsal should bo ac
cented , and who should build said telegraph
lines ; that said phuntitl fully appreciated
tlio great import moo of the- proposed enter
prise to public interests , took into considera
tion the question of embarking therein anil
caused carulnl and elaborate osplonitions to
1)0 ) niiiilo then but little known biM won the
B ud points. Accordingly Hiium Sibley who
was then president of the company , hringlni ;
suit to biibmit a propjsal to tlio gvnimont > ,
which was ace 'pte.t ; tint in carrying out
the project the plaintiff asso Mated itself
with the Pacific Tolcirraph company ami the
California State Telegraph company tor the
purpose of constructing said line Tlio initial
point was at St. Joseph , Mo , and tlienco via ,
Omaha to Salt Lake ; that this route was
selected and used by the plaintiff , mid that
tbo Union Paeille subsoquonth availed itself
of this louto in thu construction 01' its lines ;
that in 1VH tlio Paeillo Telegraph company ,
nndin Ibtiithe Cilifornia St.ito Tele raplI
company and the Overland company Dueiuno
consolidated with tlio plaintiff , wliioh tlioro-/
by endowed the 'said plaintin" with nil thrf 1
franchise thus created and out lined , among ;
which was the right to operate said linesand\
nlso to remove to and upon the rin'ht of way
and along the tracks of the defendant , and
to make an nrrangouieut with
the company whereby such removal
should bo In lieu of and should
s itisfy the requirements of tlio act so created
by congress. At the time the plaintilt owned
or operated line's of telegraph extending
from St. Joseph , Mo. , to the i ities of Wash
ington. New 'i ork , New Orleans , Charles
ton , Philadelphia , I lostou and all the othoc
cities m the Atlantic , southern and eastern
htatci ; also owning certain imlispunsiblo
patents for electric telegraph , which worn
used in the opeiatiou of said lines ; that
when con gi ess came to follow the construc
tion of sud telegraph line with u line of rail
way , upon the same route for thu sumo pur
pose of facilitating communication , it was
manifest th.it it would bu in tha high -st degree -
greo unjust to the plaintiff for the govern
ment to encourngo niainteniim-o ol an
other telegraph line inclose proximity and In
consequence the defendant was uuthowcel
to enter into agreement with
plaintiff so that the plaintiff would
move its lines along the said
route of defendant as fust as the latter so
completed ; and that said plaintiff did com
ply with said act. After this the raihvay
company discovered that the sysu-m , by be
ing used Jointly , was impaiiud , nnd In consequence
quence , made -Indenture September , lbi ( ! ( ,
of a le iso of Its lines to the Atlantic & Paei
lle Telegraph company , for which lease said
company gave to the defendant largo and ,
valuable considerations ; that having tori
some reason huuoine dissatisfied wiUi said
lease and the operation of Haul line thereun
der , and desiring to avoid Itr obligations , on
or about March , 1S0 , the said defendant ,
under pie i that such an act was justiUed
and icqulred by its charter and obligations
took into its own hands the pos osslou of said
telegraph lines. That the plaintiff has oper
ated Independent stations at Omaha , Kro-
mont. Grand Island , Clieycnno and Ogden ,
and has also kept bitUirles supplied along1
the line used by def jiidunt ; that plaiutilf him
htrmig tin oo wires from Omaha to North
Pintle and two beyond the latter point for
the nso nl said defendant , and flvo
wncs , ami in Homo places , moro for itself ;
that in the work nbjyo mentioned t'hT.'JT'J 14
have lieen expended and the defendant him
only reimbursed the plaintiff to the extent oC
$ IJlfiO)17. ) Tlio complainant also rites that
it has also connto the ears of said plaintiff
that ilufoiidant was contemplating violent
and decisive acts In derogation of said con
tract and was likely lit an o.irlv diu to sul/o
the said telegraph lines ns null us those bo
twei'ii Omaha and Ogden and Kaunas City
and Denver and onon up Kind IIIUB under I tit
own operation , a diiuiugo in winch action will
result to the plu'iitiff ' ol moru than 100,000
annually. For this roasnn , a writ of injunc
tion is asked enjoining its defendants from
the IHO of Haul tolugraph fnsti-m , and also a
writ of subpu'iia commanding the defend
ant to appear in court and answer the bill
of plaintiff. Tlio nno will bo tiled in the
court at Loavonworth , KUII . D vombor 'J7.
"Thu Union Pacific wishes to abide by the
recent net of congr < 'Hn , uud the Western
Union unjoins , " hald n Unum Paeillo ollk'lul.
"The Western Union IH worklnir under a con
tract made with the Union Pacific In 18S1 ,
with twenty-flvo. to run fiom thatdato.
The act passed in congress last August , 10-
( liiirubtne Union Pacific to npututo its own
lines , and it wil be done. Of COUIMO , It will
annul the prior contract so far as the uubsi-
dUou portion ol tbn road is concunied , but
that is a matter for the couits to decide , and
the Union Pacific proposes to nbldo by the
law. An act of congress stands above any
contract. Wo bavo our own wires lor the
tr.uu.iction of railway mid government bus- !
ness , mid aio always propan-d to bend u pri.
v.ito messaj.'o ut our rates If oifere.il to us.
and that is lliy way the inU ) < T stauih. "
A Sniiill HlrlUc.
Niw : YOIIK , Dec. 10. Fifty-two boats of
the New Yoik "steam transput tutiou com
pany are idle to day bocaubo twenty en.
gineois employe. ! by the company have
.struck. The men nro resisting u rcdm-tton
of 10 cents mi hour for ovcr-timii nnd un or.
dor to pay their own uxpeiiH'js hcicatter ,
Tim I'Yonoli liiiduut A < loitl. | )
I'AIIIS , Due. 10 , The chamber of dcpjtloa
to-.lav ruloptc'i tiu liuil'.il by a vote of :5b3 : to
! . ' . The ur.iGjut of tL'j tiuututi tuna it