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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 6. 1880 , r WHOSE WAS THE BLAME ? The Coroner Hoa Qrapplad thl3 Im portant Question. TESTIMONY AT THE INQUEST , Home Conflict or Opinion \t to tlio Former Siiiiniliiei * of the Col lapsed AVftll Severn ! Wit- UOSBCO K.xnmlnotl. Th ( Impicst Coroner Droxcl and Ills Jury , consisting of Messrs. Jim Stcphonson , Ilonry Gibson , .Toiin Hnutncr , A. K. Fcnwlek , Nat Drown ami Gcorgo Ouy , after viewing the poor mu- tilntcd remains of tlio victims of Monday's fatnllty in tlio falling of tlio Mnx Moyur building , repaired to tlio council chamber , ntul , with a determination to get nt all the farts connected with disaster , coin men red and vigorously conducted tlio taking of tes timony. A number of witnesses had been HUinmoncil to iippear before thn Inquisition. L. A. Welsh , in churgo of tlio United States slsjnal station , was the ll t person called , nnd ho referred to tlio original wind Blieet of Monday and stated that between the hours of 12 and 1 ! o'clock the hlg1ioit ve locity nitaincd was forty ipiles nn hour , and that the wind blew nt that rat'- for five minutes , from 11:15 : to 1U o'clock noon ; that tlicro was u higher wind at 3:35 : , in the afternoon , when the maximum rate was reached ; that In the language of the signal- Rprvii'o the wind was n hurricane. The wit ness further stilted that the gusty chnructer of the hurncnno rendered it more capable of wrecking obstacles in its course. CHIEF OAI.I.KIAN , nt 1 : f,5 Monday , heard the alarm at cngino house No. 1 , and on coming around the cor ner of Tenth and Fnrnnm streets , saw that the Max Meyer building had tumbled in on the buildings east of it. Ho received in formation that eight or ten people wcr. uudor the ruins. Tills pctitloinun limk/iiarfro / of the rescuing party which toolt tli * ! men from the wreck on a ladder placed Iv yurnnui street. Another man was helped out nt a point six feet from the front of the building occupied by Hoyer. Then Mrs. Elizabeth Hoiigon was removed and after that lady , Olson , Martin and thu llrcman , who was lying crushed to death under the boiler , were taken out of the debris. Olson was located at the northeast CDrnor of the wooden building , about six feet In , flattened out by the timbers Unit were lying over him. The next dead man discovered w.is Mitchell , within two or thrco feet of where tlio Ilro- iimi ) had been , near the safe. Hij h.i---s ' litm oueu B < | u ttzu < i out'of lt' ° SKU'U. Lom bard was found dead f.longsldo of Mitchell , nnd Uoy.T's lifeless form was pulled from uiKlcr ft platform. The examination of the burned building shortly after the lire , by the chief , showed that the conflagration was moat severe nronnd the elevator nnd that the east forty- four fcetof Max Meyer's building , next to the buildings that were crushed , hud no partition wall only in the rear part of the second story where there was n wood partition , and that the top story was free. The second story joists were not burned , but those of Iho third were so that from the second Iloor to the top of the lire wall , on the cast wall , there wa n piece of wall about twenty-two feet high without support. Pressed by the question the witness did not feel like asserting positively that the walls had been weakened by the lire , out ho would say that , inasmuch as no bulging of tlio walls had appeared after the lire , ho had considered the walls to bo safe ; that the only weak spot ho had picked out was at the southeast corner where the cornice was loose. The witness was of t.ho opinion that the persona who had suffered fatalities came to their death by the falling of a portion of the cast wall , and that , falling back uuon his experience in buildings that had been burned out us this ono had been , that the fall of tlio wall hud been largely contributed to by the portion of the roof that had boon attached to the cast wall , and which hud probably noon raised uu by the wind accum ulated underneath it in such a way as to force the wall over. Juror Jim * Stopnonson nt this point put a number of questions to the witness , who was ono of tlio building committee , which re vealed it to be the duty of the chief in case ho entertained doubt oi the safety of the bu'lding ' , to notify Building Inspector U'hit- lock , anil the witness stated that if ho had had such an opinion ho would have culled the attention of thu building inspector to the matter , but that such had not been the case. Tlio chief could not ulllrm , with his limited knowledge of the subject , that additional force had been allowed the wind against thereof roof attached to the east wall through failure to hoard up the windows on the west and north sides of the building. The witness was asked if ho thought it strange , in view of the fact that the front part of the building was braced by unimpaired partitions which the lira had not reached and that the wind liad nn uninterrupted course through the windows on Eleventh street to the east wall , that the fall had occurred as It did , ana ex pressed himself as haying boon surprised ut Uncling the cast wall down , as the llrst idea ho hud when ho ascertained that the buildIng - Ingyas down , was that the portion about the cornice on Fnrnnui street was Involved. iit'ii.nixo iNsrucrou WIIITLOCK stepped to the stand and stated Unit it was his business to look after bulldmirs that had been Injured by fire or other casualty that 1 mined in tuly alter the lire in the Max Mayor building ho hud made u .survey of the prem ises from the collar to tiio roof , and found the walls nnd partitions in good shape , witli the exception of the south wall , which ho was nfrald of and the piers of which seemed to hung out. The lire started around the oluvutor , und in the east forty-four feet of the structure the Joists were not much im paired. ' 'Monday morning1 at 11 o'clock , " said the witness , "I was in the third story und went through nn opening in the division wall and looked nt the front piers to sea if thcro was nny more cracking , i had bcon in the building probably six or sovcn times from the occurrence of thoflro to that time. I walked nlongby that portion of the wall that has gone out. There was not u third of the thlnlilloor burned out , und the section that foil was north of the center of the cast wall. I should think that it , from the second Iloor to the top of the llro wall on the cast side of the bulldinir is in the neighborhood of twcnty-llvo foot. In this building there was not much lira ulong the wall that foil , nnd the damage was not moro than 8 per cent. I didn't consider that there was moro than fifteen feet of thu wall unsupported. There was u space burned across the building southeast , I didn't ' 'M\ko n note of how much , There was twon- Uy-llvoor thirty foot burned out north of the cantor of the building. There was sixty feet tif 11 ro wall on the Hoyer building to bruca the wall that foil , nnd if I hrul not thought iho wall sufo I would Imvo taken steps to nveit the catastrophe. I met Mayor tlw morning after the fire at Hurnoy and Twon- ty-fourtn nnd roilo down with him. Ho spoke of adding a story to the building , and , alter- wards , 1 think it was on the ! 3Uth of ttio month , hearing that they were get- tius up plans for another story , I wrote to Mendelssohn & Lowrio the architects that I did not think it advisa ble or safe to put. on another story nnd re ceived un ruihwor stating that Mr. Manduis- Bohn was out ol the city and that broke off the matter , The Joists in tlio first , second and third storlns were intact with the excep tion of a pleco that was burned out diagon ally across the bulldinir from the elevator hatchway toward thu cast , but the roof Joists wore nearly burned off. This burned strip was north of the center of iho fallen section. I took into consideration the winds that or dinarily provnil in this part of the country. 'Xlio roof Joists were anchored and all the Birders und posts about the building ap peared to bn In peed shape. " The building inspector furnished a copy of the building ordinance approved July ( > , 1SS3 , nnd out of it was read section 23 , which is as follows s "Whenever , in the opin ion of Iho superintendent of buildings , any wall or other portion oi a burned building is dangerous , or when nny building shall bo ( loomed utisafu for the purpose lor which it > s used , or shall bo In danger of being sot on flro from nny defoct.lu the construction , the superintendent shall notify the ownnr or his ngcnt , In writing , specifying wherein such danger consists , or whorcln such building is unsafe or defective. If the owner or his agent neglects or refuses , after the serving of such notice , to Immediately put thu build icg m ftnfu candUisu , or forthwith pull down or secure < meh w.illor dangcroits parU of n burned building , ho sball bo subject to n line of not less than $ i nor moro than WO for each nnd every day such violation shall con tinue. " Uharlca Ogdcn. c fj. , rciiuo teii the xvltneis to state if ho tmit not noticed that the wind , Instouil of blowins the dust In the streets from ono side to the other , nt it ordinarily did , wnirled light surface accumulations In little spirals unward so wantonly as to dis close its crcut dostruetivcnes. Mr. whltlocUvn nt homo at the tlmo of the fatality but from his observations while out of doors opined that Monthly's pusts were us severe n nny tnut ever visited this part of Nebraska. The Inference might bo that a iwrtlon of the roof attached to the section of | the wall that was blown over bo- liitf raised by the wind helped to overbalance the east wall. U was not the Invariable rule In tlio construction of building * to close uu the windows und doors ni a protection to walls , but thcro were closed iron shutters on the alloy shlo of tho.bulldini ? and his recol lection was that most of the trlass on the Eleventh street elevation wns in position. , llin StcpheiiKon wanted to know if It was riRht in the city government to Itlll itcoplu after the fashion they were slaughtered on Monday , niul said that as fur as ho could sco everybody was trying to squirm out of the responsibility ; that somebody was at f.iult and the jury was coins to run him down , and tf tlio building was not secure Mr. Meyer should liavo boon notitk-d to make the locality sufo. To this the witntMs responded that oven If ho had coiiiloincd the walls the Insurance experts would have discounten anced his action. "Well , " said Mr. Stenhonsoti , "thcro is no doubt that those six persons were Uilled by tin ; falling of tlmt wall , and no matter whether the responsibility rests ut the door of the I HI 1U1I up committee or anybody else's door , censure will bo made. " The inspector was xvillinir , lo shoulJer his portion of the blnmc. "You will hnvo lo If it comes your way , " rejoined the liveryman. .1. U. Sanlsberry , builder , Imd boon nn ap praiser of the ilrti'ilituniRO and had examined the \vootl work. In tlio northeast corner some joists remained. Tlio plnco burned out was north of th s center , and 15 to i ! ) foot of Joists were burned out on tlio third story next to the cast wall. Tlm unsupported wall was from UO to"i feet hlu'h. There did not seem to have been much lire against the wall , and it did not nppoar to be badly scarred. Ho thought there was no roof where thu wall fell , although he had not been down there since thu nccident. That it was not usual to cover windows of buildings during construction. Talcing into consider ation the supiwrt supplied by the Uoyer bulldinir and ttio thlcltness of the walls of the Meyer structure ho would have consid ered the fatal cnst wall safo. Stevenson suggested that It had turned out that tlio xvall was not sound , and that expert evidence was not to bo relied upon. The witness Hinted that ho wa one of the ap praising committee , nnd tlmt it had found the walla to bo in good condition. J. I1"1. Coots hud made un examination oi tlin bUTUCil bllililiiur. from 'Ua't ' [ thought taat tlio walls wore in u vcry good atato of preservation , and very little dam aged by llro. Ilo was asked if such walls ns the east ono hud been were unsupported for twniity feet if it would imvo remained standIng - Ing all right , and replied in the allirmativo , givinc ; us : i reason therefor that it was licit iit each end , and saying that it would gener ally bo considered safe. Ho did not think that there were moro than llftccn or twenty foot of the wal' ' that \vas not supported , lie did not sec any necessity for condemning tlio wall nt the time he made his examination. U. L. Shnne , n builder who made un ex amination of the walls for tlio insurance com panies , testltlcd that a part of the walla on Furnaui and Eleventh streets should have como down ana also a part , of the north and cast walls. The root' was burned so as to fall on the iloor in the rear. Ho figured that $50 would icpaic the cast wall. Two chim neys there leaned out from the wall , but the wall was plumb. These chimneys had fallen with the wall. Ito should think there was a quarter of nn inch crack at tlie chimneys , Ho would consider the east wall at the time ho examined it , without boiug bound by joists and roof , unsafe . Ilo thought it was risky to lot the building stand as it was. Ho said that Mr. Meyer Imd seen him in relation to fixing tlio loose pieces connected with the building and that if ho had boon satisfied of anything seriously dangerous attaching to leaving the buildijij. ' In the condition in which it wns left he would most likely have notified Mr. Moycr at that time. H. E. Livoscy , a contractor and builder , had cxam'r.od ' the building , and particularly the outsldo of the east wall , the day after the fire , and found fifteen or twenty foot of the third floor burned out. Ho had been nt the chimney , but did not notice any crack such as had been spoken of. Ho did not consider that there was danger in leaving tlio east wall us it was left , lie was n brick man who always noticed the condition of brick walls alter tt fire , to see how they stood the llro and the playing of the water on them , and lie had failed to observe that this wall had been much affected. Max Meyer stated that at S o'clock the morning after the iiro ho had looked at his building in company with Mr. Mendelssohn , who examined it and said tlmt thu walls were snfo. Ilo had also looked at the structure with U'hitlock and had told \VIutlook that ho wanted to make settlement with the insurance compa nies. The only notification ho hud had of there being any danger in the building was a telephone message that the cornice was com ing down ami ho had il fixed in ten minutes. That crooked chiiiinoy referred to was still standing. The insurance examiners said that the building was not much damaged. At the tlmo of ttio examination thcro was roof in front and in the roar of the east wall and it lay on tlio floor so as to bo a protection to the wall , a sort of anchor. In regard to putting an extra story on the building , It was the west wall that was referred to as con flicting with some building regulation. Moritz Meyer testified as to tlio finding of Danlols , who it is expected will glvo test- ! money to the ofTect that u bollor explosion in the building occupied by Uoyor brought on the catastrophe. The coroner announced the adjournment of thu examination of witnesses until 10 o'cloclrthis morning , nnd in company with the jury made an inspection of the sccno of the catastrophe. AFTKU TI1I3 J1011UOK. Tlio IluiiH , tlio Injiirctl niul tlio Unfortunate VIctiiiiH. Yesterday the eold wave continued tj roll over the city , but it was not sulllciontly cold to deter people from gathering around the ruins of the ill-faled Meyer building. The unsightly pile was oven moro tossed and torn than it was as dusk settled over It last night. Workmen br.d bcon at work In the dobrlsslnco early morning and romovcd a great deal of the destroyed stock , propping up ttio west wall of the old rookery with sup ports which seemed none of the strongest. Nothing was done to the debris la lioyer's s tore which still lay upon the safes which occupied the first floor. The latter were fouud to bo in excellent condition , having sufl'orod little 1C anything in the catastro phe , D. O. Dunbar was around at on curly hour with a force of men looking npp.ircntly for diamonds in the heterogeneous mass In which his property hud disappeared. Hub ho could find nothing : . HU loss la almost complete. The safety line wiw removed from the street to that passage by vehicles was un impeded. The line , however , was stretched to prevent pcdostriunt from coming In too close proximity with the disllgurcd struc tures. At Drojtol & Maul's a largo number of rel atives , friends and acquaintancu3 were por- niittou to BOO tbo rouinlns of the dead ones , who , notwithstanding the dreadful bruises which marked their features , were really in a presentable condition , further search for bodies in the ruins li.-u bcon ab.indoiiiid. HoportH received from nl ! the injured ones Indicate that all of them lira improving with the exception ot Oliarlcti UlaUu , wnoso left eye was so badly injured. It is now feared that ho will lose the sifeht of that organ. Mrs. Hoagcn is still in a dangerous condi tion , the outcome of which can not bu fore told , Mrs. iloyer yciterduy received a telegram from the momoors of the Ilnll Safe company at Cincinnati , expressing their qriof at the death of her husband nnd extending their sympathies. An uttncho ot the company left Cincinnati last night to be present nt Mr , Hoyor'8 funeral , which will occur Thursday iiflcrcoon at 1 o'clocn ' from the family resi dence on Pierce street , mut burial will bo at Forest Lawn. .Arrangements either Uavii bean or arc p : ni ae for the funeraU of nearly all the victims. The body of Uudolph. Mitchell will bo shipped over the \Vnbash road to St. Louis , and buried nt Perguson , a suburban section of that city. The riRht namd of the victim supposed to hnvo been Michael Martin i * discovered to bo Martnfn Michel. Hl funeral will be held at 10 o'clock to-dny from the German Catho lic church. Kdwurd Olson will bo buried nt 2 p. m. , to-dny. The body ot Samuel Lombard will bo shipped to Hrunswlck , Me. The funeral of Thomas Houston will take plnco to-dny at 2:1 : , " from St. Marimbas church. . The father of this victim is now In the city , having arrived yesterday afternoon. * An Absolute Guro. The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT Is only put up in largo two ounce tin boxoi , and is an absolute euro for old sores , burns , wounds , chapped , hands , and all skin erup tions. will positively care all kinds of piles , Ask for the dlUOINAL ABIETINE O1NT- MKiiT. Sold by Ooudmnn Drug Co. , at M cents per box bv wall 80 cents. White Ijntmrcrs TliroatiMi to Drive Out Colored Workmen. M.MIIOX , 111. , I'Vb. 5. [ Special Telegram to Tun UKI : . I Serious labor troubles , growing out of race prejudices , are threatened in this city. Tlio linn of M. W. Wcstbrook < fe Sons , tobacco packers , has imported n number of colored men to work In Its factory. The tlrm claims there nro no white men hero who have had safilciont experience and that nro competent lo do- the work of stemming , stripping , etc. A number of white men nro dlssntlslled because they are not given work and have sent threats to the colored men , warning them that if they do not leave in ten days they will bo roughly handled. These throats being treated lightly , Saturday night last about H:30 : o'clock , some persons who are yet unknown went to the homo of Logan Collins , n colored foreman in the factory , nnd fired llvo shots into his house , Collins returned the llro , but none of the shots tool : oireet. Threats have been iniida to burn the factory and run every colored mini out of town. In the meantime the factory owners declare that they will retain their colored help at all haz ards , and serious trouble la feared. _ - - The people's remedy for the euro of coughs , colds , asthma , hoarseness , bronchitis , croup , inllucnza , whooping cough , incipient eon- sumption is Dr. Hull's Couijli Syrup , the old reliable. I'rlco Slicta. To promptly and perman6ntly euro rheuma tism or neuralgia use Salvation Oil. Price ' . ' "i cents. K1XJ ) W011DS FOll HAHIIISO.V. A Mrmurlnl from tin ; Minister * of Imiinnnpclis. IXHMXAIVI.H , Ind. , Feb. Pi A mcmorinl Signed by the forty-two members of the In dianapolis association of ministers , was pre sented to General Harrison , paying to him the sincere respects of the association , ro- grottinghis departure and wiahlnqr him god speed in his new tasks. General Harrison responded feelingly , thanking the ministers for their kind words. In conclusion ho said : "If I am conscious of tlio possession of n single qualification for the duties to which I am called , it is the serious and settled pur pose to do right as I may bo guided , " Among the callers yesterday were Con gressman Stcclo , Supervising Surgeon Gen eral Hamilton of the marine service , and Hon. C. F. hidings and wife of NebrusKu. The best opinion hero in regard to the cab inet is that Hlaino will bo secretary of state , William Windon of the treasury , Husk of war , and Wnnnnmaker for the navy , with Evarts as attorney general. As General Harrison desires the treasury department to go west , it is reported on good authority that ho has selected Windom for thatphice. Hero the selection is looked upon ns good. Pnrul Railroad Accident. I303TOX , Feb. 5. An accident occurred shortly after midnight on the Lowell rail road , near the Prospect street station in Somerville , whereby the engineer lost his life , and thrco others were severely if not fatally injured. The engine and tender left the track and turned over , falling upon the engineer , nnd crushing him to death. The fireman , brakcuian and conductor wore also Injured. Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow's Sootmng o.vrup.should al ways bo used for children teething. Itsoothos the child , softens the gums , allays all pain , curesjwind colic , anu is the best remedy for Jiurrliaea. : > 5c a bottle. Decided Against I'.ariicll. LOXIIOX , Feb. 5. The action brought by Parnell against John NValtcr , registered pro prietor of the Times , for libel , was dismissed in court at Edlnburg to-day. Judgment was given on the ground that Walter being ono of the co-partnership owning the Times , arrcstmcnts against him as an individual would be invalid. Parnell will appeal from this decision. O'Uriou GIMH His Clothes. DUIIMX , Fob. 5. The prison oftlcials at Colnmol have returned to William O'Uricn the civilian clothes that were forcibly re moved from him upon his incarceration , and they were immediately donned by the pris oner. O'Brien's ' condition Is such that ho uas been removed from his cell to the infirm ary connected with the jail. town Postal Changed. WASHINGTONFob. . 5. [ Special Telegram toTun 13ci.J George A. Stevens has been appointed postmaster at Living Spring , Pot- tawattamlo county , la. , vice A. B. Wilbur , resigned. A postqfllco has bcon established at HnrVison , Harrison county , in. , with Vic tor Perkins as postmaster. The value of thought cannot bo told. Just so with the boat of everything : . Tnko Dr. Bigolow's Positive Cure for nil throat and lung troubles , if you ! i | > l > rcointo it speedy and thorough cure. Plonsiint to tako. 50 cents und 81. Goodman Drug Co. Kllrniii Willing to l < 'iirlit Smith. IIAI.TIHOIIB , Fob. 5. Jake Kilrain has tele graphed H. K. Fox , of Now York , that ho will accept the challenge of Jem Smith , champion of England , for another fight , and ho is willing to accede to any terms that might bo proposed for a fair contest for the championship of the world. A Proposition From WASHIXOTO.V , Fob. 5. The department of state has received from Prince Hismarck a proposition for a continuance of the confer ence hold in the city of Washington in 1S7-1. Ho proposes that the sessions of the confer ence bo hold in Uerlln. A Imndsomo complexion is ono of the greatest charms u woman can possess. ljozy.oni's Cotnploxion Powder givca it. Ho Shot Ilia .Sweetheart. Cincuoo , Fob. 5. John Dempsey an ein- ployo of a hardware firm , last night shot and killed his sweetheart , Maude MuClellan , on Jackson boulevard near Pcorin street , and then killed hmiiolf , The cause of the shoot ing In unknown. The most severe cold will soon yield to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It does not suppress n cold but loosens and relieves it. No one ufllictod with a throat or lung trouble can use it with out boiiollt. Price 60 cents pop bottlo. Sold by all druggists. Arrested Honentiii } ; Humors. VIEXXA , Feb. 5. Several persons hava bcon arrested In the cafes hero for repeating rumors that Crown Prince Rudolph mot his death at the lianas of the husband of a woman ho betrayed. A New Kronc > h Minister. PAP.IS , Fob. 5. Uuyot Desialgno succeeds Fcrronlilat as minister of Justice , Bowure of worthless imitations of Dr. Joiio * ' Rod Clover Tonic. The genuine euros lioftduolio , piles , dyspepsia , uguo , iHHhirla , nnd it * n perfect tonio nnd blood mirlllor. Pdca 50 cents. Goodman Co. LINCOLN 'MS ' AND NOTES , Business Trapenotod In the Supreme nml District Courts , GOVERNOR YHAYER SAYS A WORD Later nolnls.ViHicurnlui : thoTrntjoily nt the Norfolk Anylum Gos sip CjUcHiied nt the O.ipl- Jtnl CUy. LIKCOI.JJ UUREAO or TUB OMUIA. lias , ) 1029 1 > SruKKr , \ LJSCOLX. Feb. 5. I The February term of the district court of Lancaster county commenced yesterday , No important business \vus considered by the court , Thu day was spent in the-pro Ihulnnry work for the trial of Beers , the uinn who murdered his sweetheart noyear erse so ago , nnd who received u respite from the denth penalty by the decision of the supreme court , remanding the cuso for n now trial , It took until noon to-day to Impanel the jury tlmt will sit in his trial n second tlmo for deliberate murder. ,1udtro .Chapman will sit during the trial. Ho llrst heard und passed sentence tipon the prisoner. H Is understood that the pica of the defense is insanity. Stearns prosecutes nnd J. B , Strode and ( J. \V. Lansing defends. The opinion prevails that the case will occupy the time of the court two or thrco days. The story of the crime is too well known for repetition at this time. run XOUFOI.K Tit.innoY. The horrors of the Norfolk asylum tragedy have never been told. Carl Kortli , treasurer of Pierce county , was in the city to-day , and while hero ho told the story of the affair to Tin : Hii : : rcuresentativo ns ho had it from the lips of Mrs. Hartman , n sister of Hcv. Pankow , pastor of the Lutheran church of that place , and .who was with the girl when she closed her eye's in dcnth. It seems that when tlio hour came for the operation , for the alleged purpose of removing a tumor , thcro were present Dr. Kelly , his two as sistants , Mrs , Hartman and another lady whoso name had escaped the memory of Mr. Ivorth , Prior , however , to this time , Carrie Soudicr , the victim , called upon Ur. Tashjean , who diagnosed her case and gave her a trno statement of her condition. This she re fused to bellovo , for reasons that will soon appear , although two Omaha physicians had told her the saino thing. Tlio girl's confidence in Kelly seemed to bo supreme. As she put it , in her Gorman way , "Dr. Kelly toldt me It vas not so , and I never know nnv mail la ilpt wpv. " The poor jiirl \7cnl iO ( " 0 pridst , her finllOr coiuCcaor , ? 3'r she wus a Catholic , but ho in a way up braided her nnd she sought spiritual guid ance of liov. Pankow , und by this means Mrs. Hartman became interested in her case. case.When the hour eamo for the operation Mrs. Hurttiiim and u lady attendant were with her. No sooner had the work com menced than the ladies were excluded from the room. Tlio order for thorn to go wus peremptory , and when they were Dcrmitted to return the attending physicians coolly announced to thorn that the tumor had been removed , ljut the race of life of Carrie Soudier was , done. Mrs. Hnrtmcn demanded tlio right to see the tumor , but it w.is denied her , lind althougn she persisted , having had . her suspicions aroused , her appeal was a vain , one. She wfcht her way far from satisfied , | but when tho'colorcd ' cook , since discliarepd .j from sorvicotat the asylum , told his suspic ious of the cftusenf the death of the girl , his story was strengthened by tlio word of the lady , and the body , after laying in the grave | several days , Was exhumed and the true status of the affair canto properly to the attention of the public. I Carrie Sottdier was an employe of the asy lum nearly -ten1 months before her death. She went there an unsophisticated country , girl , only to bo ruined by a ( lend in human i shape , and by means so abhorcnt that the blood curdles nt ' its relation. "It Is openly alleged , " said Treasurer Korth , "that the girl was. ruined , during the temporary ab sence of the villain's wife by using chloro form , and ho sought to cover up his crime by the means employed , and how nearly ho eamo to succeeding the public nlroarty knows. The German people of Norfolk and vicinity nro wild with indignation. Tlio girl was as in nocent as a child , and her frequent protesta tions that her condition was unknown to her , nro very generally believed. I can say that no ono douts them who was acquainted with her nnd the circumstances of the crime. " As the public knows , Kelly has been ar rested on tlio charge of having murdfcred the girl , but he waived examination and gave bonds itrtho sum of $5,001) to appear and answer at the next term of the district court in Madison county. W. W. Cotton and Henry E. Maxwell were admitted to practice. Specht vs Walker. Dismissed. The following causes were argued nnd sub mitted : Anderson vs state ; motion to reduce - duce sentence. McGrath vs state. Union Pacific Hallway company vs Graddy. UOVEKXOll TIIA.VEK SAYS A WOlll ) . For a day or two past the talk hn boon somewhat loud in Capital city circles that the governor would bo called upon to sign or veto the dual submission bill. This talk , it is understood. Is due to the form in which the amendment bill passed the legislature. In reference to the matter the governor said this morning : "I understand that it is stated in certain quarters that I will veto the submission bill. Whoever says this decs so without warrant. I have never expressed myself regarding the matter in any way , nor will I now. You can say this , however , that I do not expect to have ttio privilege to sign or veto the bill , for if I remember rightly the supreme court set tled that question during the canvass last fall. McShano nnd his following charged that I would favor prohibition , and that if called upon to sign n bill for a constitutional amendment , I would do it , while ho would veto it. In u word , tlio supreme court said that I would not have that prerogative. If it should cotne to pass that m.v signature or veto becomes necessary. I will use my au thority as In my Judgment shall bo best for my constituency nnd the great state 1 have the honor to represent. " CITV ; XKW.S AND XOTKS. Sheriff Coburn , of Omaha , committed three convicts to the care of Warden Hop kins yesterday afternoon. They were sen tenced from ono to two years each for lar ceny. E. P. Warren , osq. , of Nebraska City , was in Lincoln to-day looking after some cases ho has In the supreme court. Carl Korth , treasurer of Pierce county , was in Lincoln to-day to make his annual settlement with the stale. Ho made a nice little deposit in the ofllco of the state treas urer. Urown Brother * ' loss by llro last night was well covered by > Insurance. It is said that the great loss of the hoys will bo In time , in KCttine ready to resume business. This , however , is thought to le enough , li 11 1 In KB rcmnms In dignified silence. It Is a.nd that the homo ho sold for $400 cost him .1X > , and that he pocketed n MIUR profit in the deal. His oxtrnvagnnco is the talk on the streotv nnd it is learned that his station will bo abolished. HAS 13 HA Mi AWA.IIIS. Mnnngcr Harnps limy StRiiing IMjiy- rrs for St. 1'nnl , Sr. Pu-i. , Kob. 5. iSpcclnl to Tin : HUE. ] Manager IJarnes returned last week from his trip to Ireland to pin down his in heritance of 20,000 , and is busily engaged getting his players signed for the season of liS' ' , ) . The signatures of cloven men have been secured , nnd three moro will bo added. Of last year's team Duryea and Karlo go to Cincinnati nml Corbctt was not reserved. Carroll the lleet-footod Mor- , - right-Holder ; - rlssy , the mammoth red-headed llrst base man , and center-Holder Murphy , arq still hanging back. They were all offered smaller salaries than they received last year , nnd they arc having some trouble to pocket their pride. Murphy wrote n friend hero the other day that ho thought It an outrntro that ho was reserved , and would have to work for $175 a month ( ho received $ i i last year ) or bo blacklisted. Carroll has been dropping Presi dent Thompson postal cards without number threatening to go to California , and big Tom Morrissy has worked himself into a whit'o heat over what hotornunn "nttcmnt to maku a slave of him , " Ho was In Milwaukee the other day and roasted the St. Paul manairo- ment to a turn. This is Tom's last vasp.and the chances nro six to ono that ho will coma . to terms within a week. The array of talent already booked for St. Paul uniforms com prises tlio following men : Pitchers. Mains , Sowders and Tuckernian ; catchers , Hrough- ton. Farmer nnd Doyle ; second b.ise , O'Hrlcn ; third base , Uullty or WcnloU ; short ston. Pirkett ; left Held , Tread way. Manager names says ho will have no trouble keeping within tlio salary limit f'JS. " > 0 n month and that ho has had moro offers of talent than for the past three seasons. Speak ing of the outlook for the year , hq was n trille afraid that Sunday games would bo in terfered with moro than n year ago. Minne apolis , ho said , would not attempt Sunday games , nnd ho had loomed that Sioux City would not bo allowed to play on the Sabbath. Denver , ho thought , xvould prove ono of the best towns in the association. The Inspectors of Vessels. WASHINTITOX , Feb. fi. The supervisors ot steam vessels concluded their annual session to-day. Several amendments were made In the rcqiiircmoiiw as to steel ] > latcs of boiler , etc. Uscolutions were ndopted advising towing steamers on western rivers to carry Uvo white iiiriita three foot apart anil lUtccu feet above the hurricane deck when towing. An amendment was adopted ut tlio request of tlio supervising inspectors of western rivers creating a new section requiring that on April 1 , ISS'J , all stern wheel steamers of over twenty tons navigating the Mississippi river above St. Louis , shall have their bell wires ( or ropes ) so arranged In the pilot house that the wires leading to the sionping or go-ahead bell can bo placed upon the starboard side of the pilot house , and thence across overhead to the larboard or port side of the pilot house , with a ring or handle attached to the backing boll to bo arranged tlio reverse way. The whistle is to bo used by a treadle on the starboard side opposite the pilot wticol. Demand New Mexico's Admission. \VAMIIXT.TON , Fob. 5. In the territorial committee conference to-day it wus apparent that there would bo an earnest effort made to agree upon a bill that could be unani mously reported , but this will have to in clude New Mexico if the house conferees agree to support , tlio measure. They ara ro- parted to bo willing to withdraw their objec tions to the division of Dakota if this is ac corded them , ami the outspoken sentiment in the senate republican caucus in favor of the admission of New Mexico may induce the senatorial conferees to agree to such a com promise. liutlcr Against IMsmnrcU. WASHINGTON" , Feb. 5. [ Special Telegram to Tim I3nn ] Senator Fryo does not look with favor upon liismarclt's ' proposal to remove the Samoan conference to BcHin. Ilo says wo ought to quit running around at Bismarck's beck and call in this matter. But in case it is decided to accede to his request , Fryo wants Ben Butler suit over as one of our representatives. Ho thinks Ben can cope with the iron chancellor. SHU Ballot inj * For Senator. Cimir.isTox . Va. , Feb. 5. Two ballots were taken to-day for United States senator. The first ballot resulted : GofT , 43 ; Konna , 41 ; Poarsol , 3 ; Hereford , 2 ; Walker , 1 ; Gov ernor Wilson , 1. In the second Kcnna gained 1 and was dropped. As matters now stands it appears that Kenna will not bo returned. Soothes nnd IIcalH. SANTA ABIK soothes and heals the membranes of the throat and lungs , when poisoned and inflamed by disease. It prevents night sweats and tightness across the chest , cures coughs , croup , asthma , colds , bronchitis , pneumonia , whooping cough and all other throat and lung troubles' . No other medicine is so successful in curing nasal catarrh as CAT-R-CURE. The enormous nnd increasing demand for these standard California remedies confirm tlioir merits. Sold and absolutely guaranteed by Goodman Drug Co. , at $1 a package. Three for fc-.CO. Fletcher Released From Custody. Touoxro , Out. , Fob. 5. Justice Monolmn to-dav gave Judgment in the case of Kdward Fletcher , of Kankakec , 111. , releasing the prisoner from custody. Fletcher was hold on a writ of capias In a suit brought against him by Wm. Uico to recover $20,000 damages for alienating the affections of HIco's wife and for adultery. Catarrh cured , health and sweet breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 60 cents. Nasal In jector free. For sale by Goodman Drug Co . The Naturalization Bill. WASIIIXOTOX , Fob. 5. A favorable report has been ordered by the house Judiciary com- inittoo on the naturali/.ation bill , which has been pending for some weeks before the com mittee. Mr. Gates will make the report , and while final action upon the bill is not ex pected during the session of this congress , the committee believes that It has hud the foundation for effective legislation on tlio subject at the next session. MEXICAN LINER3ENT &ff88&flK fcW3& Thu the Mustang" conquers pain , Makes MAN or BEAST well again ! SPECIAL NOTICE. BOSTON , MASS , Our representative will be ? nt the * Pnxlon Hotel , February 7 , 8 nnd 9 , nnd will take pleasure in showing our Spring nnd Summer selections for Iho several departments of our business , comprising Ladies' Dress-Making and Tailoring. Misses' and Childrens' Dresses and Garments , Boys' Clothing , ( To Oricr ! and Ready-Maflc. ) Ladies' and Misses' Millinery. Fine Neckwear and General Furnishings. Sample * , of ndvnnce styles in Dross Goods ( to arrive Inter ) , will bo shown , from which totnke orders , or to soil by the ynrd. L. P. HOLLANDER & Co. , Boston , Mass. "I have used I'alno's Celery Compound nnd It has had a salutary cHect. II invigorat ed the system andi led llko n noiv man. It Improves the appetite and - facilitates discs- \tton. " J.T. CorK- utiD.rrlanus , S.C. Paisie's 13 a unique tonic nnd appollzer. rixigant lethe the taste , quick lulls notion , and without any Injurious cHect , It gives that ritffecd health which makes everything tnsto pood. Homos dyspepsia and kindred disorders. Physicians preocrlbt ) It. $1.00. 81.x ror * 5. < x > . VIRUS , KiciiAnnsox&co. , rturllnRton. Vt. /1VCO rl'c" ! ' 'ny H y color. I i/rc * .llw.yi surct \ Spring medic too mcanstnoronow-a-d.iyathsnlt tlld ten ycara ago. The winterer 1S8S-S9 hnslert the nerves < iH / < i/jcd out. Tlio nerves must bd strengthened , the Mood purlflpd , liver nnd bowels regulated. I'nluo's celery compound the Spring iir < Uc < tioo'rofrndOCS Oil tills , 03 nothing else can. J'rttxritxd ly rtiy Ma , KCfommcwlti Druggist * , Vnilortfit ty Miniitlri , Guaranteed ty Me UxmifMtuTtn to In " In the spring of 158TI was all run down. I wonlil got up In tlio mornlnp wltli BO t4rcu n rerun ; ; , nml was so vrcnk thnL tcoulrtlinrdljcct around. I bought n Uot I lo or rnlno's CPU ir Own- poimil , and before I Imtl taken It week 1 Jolt very much better. I can chocfnlly recommend It to all \vlio IHXH ! n building up nnd Rlrrngthm * Ing medicine. " Mrs. II. A. IJQW , llurllugton , VU For the Cure of all DISOHHRIJS OK THE STOMACH , LtVKU , HCWKLS , KIDNEYS HLADDUU , NlillVOl'S DIStiAsKS , HHAUACHIC , COXSni'ATION. COtaTIVENEBS COMl'LAIXTS PKfilTUAU TO FEMALKS , PAIN'S IN THIS HACK , DRAGGING FEELINGS , &u. , INDIGESTION , HILLIOUSNESS , WJVEIt. 1NFLAMATION Ol THE HOWELS. 1'ILES , and all doraiiROUient of the Interim ! Viscor.i. HADU'AY'S PILLS nro n cure for this complaint. Tlioy tone up the Interim ! secretions no healthy action , restore strength to the stoinuuii and enable it to perform its functions. Price 23c per box. Sold by all druggists. KADWAY & CO. , New York. HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR , Mechanics' Tools , Vinolironzc JJitlldcrs' tiontls and Buffalo Scales. 1405 Douglas St. , Omaha. BBNPBEOBDBNTBD ATTRACTION U OVEK A MILLION DISTHIUUTEM ! Louisiana State Lottery Company , Incorporated by the legislature In ISM , tor Kdncntlonnl and ( . 'linrUablu ' purposes , and its franchise made n part or the pro-font State Con stitution , in 187U , by an overwhelming powdur vote. Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Soml- AnnunllyC.ltme and December ) and its UitAND SINGLI-f NUMI1EH DRAWINGS takoplucoiil encnotthe other ten months of tlio year , nmlaro all drawn In public , at the Academy of Music , Now Orleans , La. FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS , For Integrity of its Drawings , anil Prompt Payment of Pri/es , ATTESTnn AS FOLLOWS : "Wo do hereby certify that wo supervise the nrransomcnts tor nil the Monthly nnd Homl-An- nuiil Drawings of The Louisiana stiito Lottery Company , uud in person nmmiKO am' control the Drawings themselves , an'l that the same nrs conducted with honesty , fairness , and In peed faith toward nil nartlos , and wo authorize the company to nso tills certificate , with fac- Mmlles of oxir signatures nttacliud. In Its adver tisements. " COMMISSIONERS. We. the nndcrflignoil Ilnnks nnd Ilnnkers\vlll pay all Prizes ilnuvn In The Louisiana Ktnto uotturlo.'i ' which may bu presented at our coun ters. It. M. WAMIBU5V , I'ri-s. Louisiana Nat. Hank. 1'lKltKK hANAUX. I'ros. State Nnt'l Hunk. A. ItAliFWIN , I'rcs. Now Orleans Nnfl Ilunk. CAItfi KOHN , I'res. Union Nntlonnl ll.ink. ' * GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING , At Ilio Acndniny ol' ninnio , Now Or leans , Tuesday , February 1" , 1 HHf > . CAPITAL PRIZE , $300,000. 100,000 Tickets at Twenty Collars each. Halvoj , $10 ; Quarters , $5 ; Tenths , $2 ; Twen tieths , $1. T.IBTOP PK17.CS. i ritizK oi'wwkais j.w.ooo 1 I'lll/i : OK lOl.lUDlH JOO.ODO i I'lti'/.i : or riQWK ) is i.ovj 1 I'HI/.K OK 8 > .OiKliH K.V ) S J'ltl/.liSOP in.UOOaro 'MM } ) fi J'HI/IWOI' ' ( i.lKIUaro Jil.OiW 23 I'Ur/KSUF J.OHure aiOD ) ioj I'lti/.KSOK rno ro mi.oitu SCO I'ltlXiKSOP Mfinra liO.mil bOU J'KiZHSOP SOJnrn JOO.UUO AI'I'IIOXIMATIO.V ] > UI7li.S. 100 1'rlzosof $ jKiiro ( ) VAjifn 100 I'rlzcB of iwo.iro ; ) , ( H ) 100 I'rlzc-sof ! i03uro : 'Ut > KI Tlill.MlNAl. I'lll/ES. TOO 1'rlzos of $100 are fWu ! VJO Prizes of KiOuro WV.wo niU : Prizes , amounting lo tl.tni.'U ) N ru.--TlclutiiUninlrii ) i.'upltnl I'ltzuH nru IIOILMI- IIled to icriulnul prln-s. fC'KunCM'u ItAlKrior nnlurthor Inlurnintlnn wrlto U'dlbly lo ilm unilunlKnuil , cliiuily elntliiK ronr rliiliutncv.wltli btnln , Coiuur. Hiri-i'tHiul nuiul.ur. Moro rapiil roliini mull ilollyurr will lin ns. mircil by your unclnilnu an unvolopo bo.irliu your lull Hrtilroa. bond t'OSTAIi NOTK8. HXI.IPSI Money Ortor . on New York ICitlianuo In ordlnurIcttur , L'ununoy by K | jrc ( utonr uxieuiu | ) auun-nod Address Registered Letters to Kl\V OlII.UANd M\T1ON A I. lUNIt Kuvr Orloiuii.l.a. IV I ? 'J'1 ' Iho iiAvnicnt ot . . . > l'jK ( ill/us U GUAIlA.VTJJrCII IIV KUUlt NATIONAL HAfrKH OK Nnnr Orlnnns , urnl Ilm TlikuUuio Hu'iioU liy UK ) J'rualilunt vt mi ln > ll- tuliuii irliotocrinrtfro'I ilfhli nru rrc-ovnlrrrl In HID hlxliot coiirui iiicroforu , ucwaiu ol ull luillutloin or niiuiiyiiioui "Chonicn. " ONH IM\IUMiio ) rrlcnot Iho imnllcit pnrt or ( rsicllon'jrntlckut ISWIJKI ) 111' IMln any Iimwln ? . Anyililntf in ourimmaullvrvU lurluis Ihuiiii Dullnr is a jwlnil.'u , nulUrj.-.xyurf llnOlJuiireIoFI > r. lIornoal.lcctra-MaciirlU'Ilclt- irufi.ooinbintHl. lluaraiUnvtlloo only ono In Iho world u npr > uo2 neontlriuoiu t.'ltclrto t\r Mitffntlto tat. ( IrlcnililpI'uwcrful , llutoblo , Lin aiij JjiTe.-llvo. ATuVJruudi. . AIHKLJiil , 1mtT'5llrrilli"BmB ! ! . Cl. fiOIWE. I'JVlUrOfl , < SI VtHM'A AVI. . CHIiACn- : PEERLESS DYES ARE THE BEST .01.11 UV UltUUUUf * . > Molnot , Mamhnltowa . ? ' A" " " . Chlriiffo , Mlliraukea , , * * AV JVl8 t" " ' ! ' ' " of Nnbratka : 'r.n ? , > .uto ? > ' W Zt Werada. Oreuon , . r" " 1P"0r ' .H. Among n tair of Iha numerous polnti of aupertorlty , < 1ibT " > P tr ? "f tbl. riiad betiraen On ah. , -Afii2K0v..aC.n ! ! Hl throe 'f1' ' " i r of UAV , which are the rlnost tlmt liumnn nrtond nuenulty can create. Us I'AI.AOKHI.KKIMNOCAIIH Jhecqua of whlcli can not DB found el § wn ro. At Council Illiiirn , the trains of the Union I'aulilo ilnll. way connect In mlon ilopot with ilioio of tb Utal. fIF01 Nortliweitorn Hy ; In Clilcnco tbo trolna of this line mnko cloio oonncctloa with thoio of all other instQrD lines , For Doirolt , Columbtn , Inillnnapolli. Cincinnati. KlRBor * Knlia , HulTalo i-ittauurg , 'I'oronio. MontroM : -o > ton , Now York. l > lillad lilim | , Ilalllmbre , Waah jflKtou , and all polntsJn the Kast. Ask tortloLeU "NORTH WESTEnN" iUff-shUii tff r " 0"AU Mckot II. llUJHim ; . n. p. WILSON. t.cii I ilannpnr. aen'll'aiiT Aoent. T.N. UABCOOIC. < nM Weit'enf Jlifont. LI. IS , KIMIIAM , . Ticket Auent. ii. ! . WKSr , City l'n rmerAgea l < ni Parnam St _ Urn alia. N6 ' OF TUB Chicago , Milwaukee & St , Paul R'y. ' Thu IJcsl Kouo ( from Oinnlia nnd Councl ] JMulfs to ETHEEASTE TWO TUA1N3 JAIIy IIKTWKKN OMAUA AHD COUNCIL lll.VVFA Chicngo , - AND - Milwnulicc , St. I'mil , jMinneaiiolls , Ccdnr Iluplds , Itock I.slaiul , Frccpoft , Uockford , Clinton , Diibiiijuo , Darenpoit , Elirln , Madison , Janesrlllp , liolult , M'inoiin , Ja'rosso ( , Ana till C'th r Important oolnli Kajt. Northnast k > 3 ' . Korthroimh tlckoli.ctll uu ilio ticket tgont at tail fur/mm tlrecl. In llarktr lilock , or nt Unlou I'otlCo Douol. rullrt. .nn Blceperi nnd the flneitplnlnif Can la tb norlilure ruuun tbn mala Una of tUo i/'lilcnir , till * nnkuc & til. 1'uul lUlhiur. "U'l eiurr uUcnllodU p to pnKtangurft by courmoui umployor of tuooompauy it. MllKUciieinI ) M E s r. J , K. TUUKKIl , Anlitant O uor l Manager A. V , II. O UI'BMTKU , ttdiral l'a i a | r tn < Tlciet Aiont. UI5O. U. 1IEAKKOHD , AWIitanl General and Tlahet Ai'Ciit. J.T. CL.AIIU. S ntriauBtiriDtin < l ol. A QfKITIUP ForlOSTorFAIinKJ MANHOOD , M ruai I1VC Ofneril and NEHY008 DEBILITY , fJTTT ? "R Weakmu cf Body and Mind i fitted VJ HJEV.CJ ofErronorEiceeinlnOWorVounr , lltbuil , krtl. HtllKllinrullf Roturrtf. now I. Kil.rj , lad HK W.I MUl > lOi'f II OIIII4 Mi * I'JIIT/ / . / 11(1 IIf. Aluululrl ; oif.lllnr IIOMK rdK4Tmvr llmlll. | X t dir , MI tnUli Iron 17 KUIri , ' ( rrllnrlo , lid J'i/irl CoaolrUl. TODfftU ttfllf tlifm. IlObl C4t li < ll frtif * AJlriii Tanslll's ' Punch Cigars were Bhlpr-sd rturlnc the past two vuiirM , ullJiniit n drum- iiiiirln iiuruni | > lov Nocitber Jiouio In the world can truth. liillymaUoijiu.'h u alioirlntf. uno nuoiu ( iloalor oiilpl ' wantiid luoncliUiwii. 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