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NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA SATURDAY MORNjjfoG NOYEMBE3X 23 1880. NUMBER 150.
I PARSELL COMMISSION CLOSES
V ( A Dlstlngulshod Audlonco in tbo
Kl Court Room
H , , Bin HENRY JAMES SPEAKS
H i Moro Intercut Manifested Than nt
H . Any Time Slnco tlio Explosion
H of llio Pniuotiri Forced
HH Letters
H ! CI o o or a I jo ii K Trial
9V tOnpi/rffrfit ISSSbii Jamn ( Ionian /Jeim' .U.l
9i London , Nov 22.Nuw [ York Herald
H Cable Special to Tub Unci The Parnoll
HH commission closed Its sessions today Sir
H t Henry James sat down at 3:30 : after a strik-
Hjj Ing peroration , which held bis iiudicnco
9(1 ( while It was bolng delivered and evoked an
9w outburst ot applauses at Its close Tbo np-
9it plan bo Eccmca altogether out of place In tbo
Hd eyes of tbo thin old usher , who yelled
H | [ "Silcnco I ailcnco 1" as he has moro than occo
H | yelled it before m the 12S days during which
Uj the inquiry has bcon going on
9r For tbo first time siuco the explosion ot the
| f9n forged letters was there anything
Hlj like Interest manifested in the pro
Blfllj cccdlngs If Sir Henry James has
Hl had poor audiences during the
HQ matter-of-fact sottlug forth of the dry do-
jl tails of his case for the Times , ho must have
H | felt mora thau comilonsutol by the presenca
| JH j of so large , altcntlvo and distinguished an
| JH ' audience as that whlcli filled the court jes-
| JJM ( terday Every ono who has been In uny way
| JjB ) ' associated witb the case seemed to have ro-
HJJr turned to witness the drop of the curtain on
HH the final act in tbo Jnsh drama
Kt Prominent politicians , too , determined to
Bf linvo ono gllmpso at least at the closing scene
HH Next to Captain O'Shoa ' In the early portion
Hf of the day sat Lord Randolph Churchill
9' ) Neur him snt Mtchnol Davitt , an Interested
< listener Lord Strathcdel and Lord
9l * Campbell sat beside the Judges Miss
Hj } James occupied a position below thorn , while
91 the Jury box wus taken up by a bevy of la-
| Hl dies , who by nods and winks and otbei gou-
H9b tlo Indications showed tholr approval or dis-
U approval of the humorist lawyers remarks
HJjB , Later iu the day , as the hour for Sir Henrys
'
99 peroration draw near , the stuffy llttlo c outt
HHl , room became so crowded that to mova from
, 9 ono position to another was Impossible
HH Barristers in wig and gown arrived in ro-
HV markablo force Askwlth was there , so was
HB Arthur KussoU and bo was Arthur O'Con-
JBH nor Sir Robert Peel arrived before the
HJH speech closed
HHl There will bo some anxiety about tbo re-
HHJ port A debate or two in tbo bouse of coin
HH . mons , and the Parnoll conuntcslon will take
HHY Us place among the long list of events which
HHY set overyouo talking today and are regarded
HHa as ancient history tomorrow
jHHJj Gorman Foreign Ofllco Estimates
B9JI Bnni.iN , Nov 22. [ Special Cablegram to
HHV ( Tun Bee ] The rolchstag today debated the
VHR'I ' foreign ofllco ostl mates , Herr Rlchtor lu-
| HHwj quired whether the report was true that
91' Count von Wnldcrsca lnlluencad the foreign
9l policy Goncral Verily du Vornois , mlnlstor
9f of war , replied that that question was not
9l worthy of an answer It was an insult to
Hjj the army to consider an high oOlcor as im-
91 bucd with the spirit of opposition to the gov-
Hi ] ornment * Count Herbert Bismarck cn-
Hi dorsod the war ministers ' remarks Ho said
Hi the reports in the papers were myths The
Hj emperor guided the foreign policy under the
HHH advice of these whoso province it was to ud-
HHHI visa him on such matters During the dls-
91 cusslou on the vote for the now colonial do-
i Hj Dartmont Dr Wiudthorst demanded recog-
HHM nitlon of the right ot diffcrunt creeds to
9l equal trcatmont
HHMf
9t flic Catholic Church In Urnzll
H iCopurloMtd KKlbu James Gordon nenntlW ]
9 > Vienna , Nov S3. [ Now York Herald
HBV > Cable Special to Tub Beb.1 The Poll
HHW tischo Correspoudcus lcarjis that the pope ,
H ) as soon as bo beard ot the change of gov-
Hf ernmont In Brazil , telegraplied to Mgr
Hj Bpolvorinl In Hio do Janolro to instruct nil
Hi Catholic bishops and the lower olorgy to ab-
H stain from meddling or participating in poll
H tics The bishop and clergy were only to
Bl demand of the new government that they
HBW should , as In tuq past , bo allowed to perform
K their religious duties in liberty
Hl ' 1UI2 NortTII DAKOTA PIOIIT
| HL A Hot Contest Qolntr on Per tlio See
' • ' ana Senator
k Bt Bismirck , N. D. , Nov 23. [ Spoolal Tela-
I H' Rram to Tub Hsu ] The time when a deB -
B olslon In the cbotto for n Bocond United
B. States senator muBt bo made has arrived
H H , Ono ballot was taken this af tornoon , rcsult-
H' ' ing as follows : Johnson , 83 ; P. J. MeCum
> bcr , 0 ; J. L. Casey , 8 ; N. G. Ordway , 7 ; W.
1 O. Plummnr , 0 ; George II Walsh , 13 ; D. W.
H Marratta ( dora ) , 12. Immedlatoly after tak-
H lng this ballot the leglslaturo\idournoduntil ]
H B o'clock this evonlng The Ord-
H xiay men , DnJlng that they were
H not rcciving recognition , created a
H itampudo for Johnson , It was tnouglit
| that Johnson would bo nominated , and It
| was clalmod that ho had five votes to spare
B This frlghtcnod the opponouts of JohnHou ,
H Everybody Is nt sou The attempt to force
H Governor Miller In tno Hold to defeat John
1 son and Ordway has failed , tbo governor
H obeying tbo constitution of the state , which
H , says that the governor shall bo Ineligible to
H any other ofllco during his lorrn , Ho has
H written a letter laying that ho will not under
j any circumstances bo a candidate , and this
H will bo used oroyided his name Is presented
H Hut ouo ballot was taken at tbo Joint roM -
M publican cuueus tonight and M. N. Johnson
K como within lbroo votes of nomination , Tbo
C vnto was : Johnson , US ; Ordway , 10 ; Mo-
1 Cumbsr , 8 ; Walsh , 10 ; Casey , H ; Plummor ,
l 8 ; Lamour , 1 ; Miller , 1. A motion to adJourn -
was made immediately after the bal
Journ
ot was taken and was desperately opposed
' by tbo Johnson men , The adlournmont was
H lost by a tlo vote , but Kstabrook of the
i house changed bis vote ana thus guvo a ma-
B Jorlty The Johnson men are now sangulno ,
H but the opposition say that the tbrco
H > votes will never ' be won Ordway
B is still In the Hold and working llkoaTroJan ,
H but bo has an uu-hill light , J. S. Casey of
B Jamestown , who received the 11 votca , is
1 dow looked upon as the comproulso candi-
B flato , and a strong effort Is being made to
H bring about un ugreeincnt on him All Is
_ rbsh and excitement , and the pressure bolng
H , brought to boar by souio ot the cundidutes
_ gives rleo to tbo prediction that some radical
H changes will ho made before morning ,
H SIOUX 1 < 'ALI.S ftALVATlONlSTS
H . Great Iuteiost in Their Trlul Atninat
H llm Chlcr of I'oltoo ,
H Siocx Fii-LS , S. D. , Nor iJ ) [ Special
H U'clegram to Tub Ueb.1 GreaV .utorest has
1 been worked up In tbo trial ot tbo Salvation
H j army ag lnst the chief of police The leader
H of the army claims that the chief of police
H attacked him without Just causa while In the
H aoiot praying on the streets The Interest
H manifested is not so much in the trial itself
B , aa it is in tha fact that the opposition to tne
m wido-opon policy of the government have
ASM taken up tbo cause ot the Salvatlou urmy
H : > and are endeavoring to convict tbo chief ot
V tolico The trial will be finished tomorrow
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I1IAT BPKClvLni ) HOUSE STOIIY
It Cnunrs IIiideiilicndor'B Arrest nnd
nn A.tmmptto llrnotta lllm
CiliOAfio , Nov 2i. Dudcnbender , the wit
nes- . from Hobokcn , N. J. , who yesterday
testified that It was not n while horse which
toolc Dr Cronln away Mnv 4 , Is under
nrrost After court adjourned this noon an
oftlcer with his prisoner was at the corner ot
Clark nnd Michigan strcotsgoing to the state
attorneys ' oOlcc , when Quulcv , ono of the
counsel for the defense , and Forrest's clerk
ondoavorcd to take the prisoner away A
crowd soon collected , but the prisoner was
safely landed In the state attorneys ' ofllco
As ho was ascending tbo steps on the west
sido.of the criminal court building , Qualey
shouted to Hudcnbsndcr that ho would betaken
taken care of and to keep bis mouth shut
At the altcrnoon session Forrest Jnn-
nounccd to the court that ho could not find
Lynch and that the ncoplo nt tha lnttar'a
house sold ho would not bo In court until to
morrow Forrostcomplalnod strongly to the
rourt of the action of tbo stnto in dragging
Witness Hudcubctider forcibly to the state
attorneys ofllec on a subpeenn , and spoke of
the effort made by bis partner , Qualey , to
rostraln the ofllcor from bo doing Ho had
promised tbo stnto attornny last night that
Ho would keep Hudonbondcr until the state
hud finished with him
The state attorney said he know nothing
of Uuucubondor's arrest until nftor ho was
brought In , only knowing that nn ordinary
subpoena was out for him
The matter wis discussed at soma length
and both the state and the defense accused
each other ot unfairness • The court finally
decided that the matter was not contempt ,
but said it was an outrngo on the personal
liberty of Uudcnbonuernnd probably grow
out ot tbo over oQlclousncss of tbo officers
Proceedings of tlio Trial
Chicago , Nov 2i. ! In the Cronln trial toj
day a witness was Introduced to Impeach the
credibility of tlio testimony given by Mrs
Hortcl , on behalf of the ptosecutlon , as to
her seeing a man resembling Dr Cronln en
ter tbo Carlsou cottage on the night of the
murder
Dr Edmund Andrews , professor of sur
gery in Hush medical college , was united by
tbo uefenso If bo could form an opinion as to
tbo cause of the death ot Dr Cronln by tha
wounds and abrasions found on tbo body of
man taken from tbo catch basin Ho suld
nu
nu.After the oxamtnntlon of Jacob Lowon-
stoln , who was a partner of Coughlin's on
tbo potlco force and who tostillc l to the existence -
istenco of enmity between Garrlty , ono of
tbo witnesses for the prosecution , and
Coughlin , the court took a recess until 3
oclock The ivcess was tnlcen to got the
deposition of Lynch , the distiller , who is ill ,
It is bcliovcd that , Lynch's testimony will
praotically finish the list ot witnesses fcr
the defense
AUUISST13D POlt FORGERY
A Montreal Man In tlio Toils at St
Paul
St Paul , Minn , Nov S3. [ Special Tele
gram to The Ure I Adolard Do Murtiguy ,
managing director of La Uanquo Jacques
Cartler of Montreal , Canada , arrived In St
Paul today nnd secured the arrest or Frank
X. Quesnol on a chnrgo of forgery Mo n
slcur Do Martlgny this afternoon about 3
o'clock stepped briskly iato United Status
Marshal Campbell's ofllco and made known
his mission to St Paul , and the marshal In
troduced the Monsieur to Commissioner
Spencer , before whom a warrant
was immediately sworn out for
Frank Quosnel The specific chnrgo
assorted in the warrant Is that Frank
Quesnol , in the city of Montreal , on Juno 11 ,
la33forgod the name of ono -Tumes M. Alru
to a promissory note for $2 u , made at La
Banuuo Jacques Cartler
Quesnel was found on Eighth street and
was immediately brougnt to the office of
( nmmis- > loner Spencer for a bearing As
Qucsnel's ' nttornoy could not ba found , the
bearing was postpoacd until tomorrow morn
ing and the prisoners brother and Napoleon
Dlan sigoca the bond While tbo warrant
only specifies ono case of forgery ,
it is known that La Banquo Jacques
Cm tier holds nearly $5,000 of paper
which it is alleged Quesnul forged
All that was necessary , however , to secure
the arrest was to charge Quosnel with
forging one particular note , and M. Do Mar
tlgny Btatos that Quesnol Is accused of
forging paper to the extent of SIS.OOJ in
different parts of Canada Most of this
forged paper is held bv partlos In Montreal
Quesnel was much affected by the urrest ,
and while conversing In tbo Frenoli language
with M. Do Martiirny at Commissioner
Spencer's ofttco wept bitterly
*
TUB HUiUOK .NO I' CREDITED
No Dissatisfaction Amontrtlio Broth *
rrhond of Locomotive Engineers
CiiiOAao , Nov 23. [ Special Telegram to
Tub Bee.J Tlio rumor that there is wide
spread and general dlssntlsfaction among
tbo Brotborhood ot Locomotive Engineers
and that another strike Is Imminent docs not
find much credeuco amopg railroad men in
Chicago
"I deut believe there Is any truth in the
report , " uaid General Manager St John of
the Hock Island "In fact I know there is
no truth in it , at least as regards the western -
orn roads There is not now nnd there has
boon no dissatisfaction among the engineers
and workmen on eastern roads If the
story is correct as regards the employes of a
certain eastern road bulng about to make a
demand for on Incrcaso ot wages , I am of
the opinion that any trouble that may nrlso
out of It will bo merely local and will not
touch western roads 1' '
Several other prominent railroad mon
were scon and all uxnressed about tbo sumo
opinion as Mr St John
Nebraska nnd lowa Pensions
Wasiiisotos , Nov -J. [ Spoclal Telegram
to Tub Heb I Pensions granted Nebraskans -
kans : Original invalid Edward Hollabaugh ,
Hooper ; Lewis Stanton ; W , H. Potts , At
kinson ; Necdham W. Edmonds , Stanton ;
William Livingston , Lincoln ; William E.
Irons , Stratton ; William H. Comstock , Wes
cott ; James Plank , Raymond Increase ,
navy Ualuar Mowan , Hrownsvillo ; Wesley
Cross , Morsevllle ; Charles Mungor , Hod
Cloud ; John Diiieao , Oconeo ; Phillip
Hoover , Juniata Reissue Miles It Barber ,
Benedict Original widows , etc Minor ot
George W , Noble , Holdrogo
Pensions for lowans ; Original Invalid Ed
ward P. Stacey , Mcdora : William Gibbons ,
Ottumwa ; Charles Urewingtou , Keosauqua ;
John C. Merritta , Palmyra ; A. J , Livoruiore ,
Autbon ; Wllllum tjcrltehfluld , Cincinnati ;
Joseph H , Uurris , alias Henry llurrls
Dysart ; Joseph Clemmons , soldiers
homo ; Uaniol Haley , Baxter ; John
0. Hurgln , Edgewood ; Henry F ,
Hastings , Perry ; Louis O , Morgan , Osce
ola ; William H , 11 , Fitts , Rodllold ; John
W. Putnam ( deceased ) , Akron ; Jesse Doiv-
ell , Eldon , Increase George W. Kuys ,
Lucas ; Peter Lonlry , Fontanella ; John H.
Prmtz , Ottumwa ; William Letter , Waterloo
lee ; John M. Fulles , Newton ; John J ,
Fryer , Wapello ; James Anderson , alibs
Jumos A. Swan , Sboldabl ; Danlol Craw
ford , Ueatonsport ; Samuel M , Led
bettcr , Burlington ; John Watts , Dex
ter ; David O. Waters , Cbuplu ; Benjamin
Corsantb , llagley ; Edwlu Sawyer , l'rcscott ;
Andrew Miller Asbton ; Alex Alkman ,
Lyons Original windows , oto , Anna M , ,
widow of John Kelly , Cambridge ; minors of
Philip Rlcbor , Guthrla Station ; minors of
Nelson Purkcplle , Delta Mexican widows ,
etc Cynthia , widow ot John 8. Lewis ,
Kmt Elkport ,
nishnp Ncwnmu's llliie * .
Kashas CiTr , Nov 53. ! [ Special Telegram
to The Bee ] Bishop Newman ot Omaha ,
has been dangerously ill of chroulo
trouble at the Midland hotel for
several days and the aid of
several nurses ana doctors were at times re
quired This mornlgg , however , ho was so
Improved as to leave hl room with friends
THE FOUR CONTESTED SEATS
Some Rspublloan Members Have a
Flan to Secure Thorn
A SCHEME FROM AWAY BACK
John Qnlnoy Adams Mprutic It on
the Twcnty-Kiftli Conirrcss The
Speakership Contest linnd
Ofllco Decisions
WAsniKorox Buiieau Tub Omaha Hei , )
WASiiisaTov D. C , Nov 'J3. )
Some of tlio leading republican members
of the house have perfected a plan which
they bcliovo will result in tbo immodlato
settlement of the four contested election
cases
When the house Is palled together for the
first session of the Fifty-first congress Gen
eral Clark , the present clerk , will prcsldo
nnd will administer the oath to the members
It is not designed to Interfere witb the ad
ministration of the oath to uny of the mem
bers , but as soou as all these whoso certifi
cates ot election are In the hands of the clerk
are sworn In some republican will inovo that
the credentials held by Messrs Smith Mc-
Glnnis and Atkinson of West Virginia and
Mudd of Maryland , bo received and that
theybogivon the seat * for wuicli Messrs
Jackson , Aldcrson , Pendleton nnd Compton
respectively , hold certificates
It is urgucd on tbo republican side that
these man were clearly elected and that they
are deprived of their certificates by fraud ,
It Is cxncctcd that General Clark will roruRO
to submit tbo motion to tbo house , wbcro-
upon the raemt > or who makes the-motion will
submit it himself , nnd as there will bo a ma
jority of republicans present it is behoved
that the motion will prevail nnd Unit the four
contlcmcn will bo able to bold their seats
until the question can bo Judiciously deter
mined by tbo proper committee us to the
rlRht of tbo respective clntmants of the seats
in question In other words the scheme is
to mnko conteslces out of the four con
testants , and vice versa
It Is argued in support of this plan that
the house is under the constitution the solo
Judge of the rights of Its own momoors to
tto scats within the body and that the mom
hers present at the opening ot the coming
congress can start in not month exactly as
aid the first house of rooresentativos 100
years ago The move will not no without
precedent , as ut the opening session of the
Twenty-fifth congress three members from
Now Jersey claimed that they had been de
frauded out ot the seats to which they were
entitled The throe men holding the certifi
cates were Hworn In , whereupon John Qulncy
Adams moved that the contestants bo declared -
clared ontltled to the seats which had been
given to tbo contestees The clerk refused
to submit the motion to tbo house and Mr
Adams himself assumed the responsibility
of doing bo The motion was put and
carried and tbreo gentlemen were sworn in
and tlioy Rnt through the enttro congress If
the plan is successful In the present case it
will rosuit In Increasing the republican mem
bership to 173 and the reduction of tbo dem
ocratic number to 157. It Is not known vet
who will bo selected to take the Initiative ,
but there is certainly a movement of tbo
kind on foot
\\L3TEItNEHS WIN A POINT
Western candidates for the speakership
couBidcr that they have won a good point In
having the caucus which is to make the
nomination meet at noon instead of at night
on Saturday of next week This will glvo
time In the cvont there Is a deadlock or long
continued balloting to make combinations , as
the caucus , if prolonged , will naturally ad
journ about 5 o'clock in the afternoon until
S o'clock In the evening
The call for the caucus was taken around
to the candidates first for their signatures
bv Mr McComas Maryland , who Is in
clined to support a western candidate
Colonel Henderson of lowa wanted the
caucus held on Filday night , which would
in tbo cventof delay in making a cboico glvo
the western candidates moro time to make
combinations The situation tonight is prao
tically unchanged fiom tbut of twenty-four
hours since
DISMISSED TUB AlTCAt-
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Chand
ler today dismissed the nppeal of Joseph ! E.
Bu7zel involving the southeast quarter of
section 22 , township 13 north , range 12 west
It appears that Buzzel filed a preemption
declaratory statomeut April 23 , 1835 , uad in
order to obtain money with which to improve
the land left the sumo , when ono Wllllum H.
Mercer , supposing tbo land had been aband
oned filed a homestead entry upon it
Buzzol made application at the local lnnd
ofllco to ba allowed to make final proof of his
preemption tiling and to pay for the land
Mercer expressed a willingness to relinquish
his rights to the tract and so stated in an
affidavit filed with Buzznl's application The
- assistant secretary says in bis decision :
Mercers homestead entry being of
record , his rights to the land cannot bo con
sidered by this department without , notice to
him Rule ninety-three of the rules of prac
tice requires the service of a notice of ap
peal on the opposilo party In the nbscuco of
voluntary appearance "
Land Commissioner Groff has affirmed the
decision of the local land officers ' nt Valentino
tine in the case of Fred P. Richards vs Will
iam S. Suiurthot , covering the homestead
entry located on the south } { of the southeast
) i of section 11 and the west M of the north
cast H of soctlon 14 , township 23 north ,
ran co 20 west
Ho also dismissed the contest of David
Lewis vs K. Bridge , involving the tlmbor
culture entry for the northwest of soctlon
21 , township 20 north , range 47 west ,
Cbadron land district
IOWA AND DAKOTA CHOPS
The monthly crop report made public today
by tbo secretary of agriculture coutnlus the
following in refcrenco to tbo condition of
crops in Iowa :
The droutn beginning In August and ex
tending through the remainder of tbosoasou
has diminished the yield ot corn to some
extent by causing a shrinkage and a peculiar
ripening , and basi impaired the quality by
producing a looseness on the cobs , or what is
termed loose corn ' This remark , however ,
only applies to u part ot the crop , which was
backward or where tbo drouth was most se
vere The remainder Is sound and excellent
in every respect
The hay , although a good crop , Is a llttlo
short of last years yield , owing to insuOl.i
cient rain early in tbo season The quality '
ot tbo crop as u whole is good "
The following appears for Dakota as a
whole )
"In tbo drouth stricken portions of the
state tbo corn crop is almost a total failure ,
but In the southeastern and Black Hills portion
tion the ylold is fair Potatoes are excellent
in quality but far oelo w an average yield
Hut llttlo tame hay is raised The wild
pralrlo or upland hay is very light , yet the
Uko beds and marshes afford a very fail
crop
armt news
On the mutual application of the officers
concerned and on tbo rocommrndatlon of the
regimental commander the following trans
fers in the Sixth infantry are ordered :
Second Lieutenant Amos B. Sbattuck ,
from company A to company B ; Second
Lieutenant Frank D. Webster , from com
pany B to company A ; Sccnud Lieutenant
James II Frier , Seventeenth infantry , from
compauy D to company li of that regiment
The superintendent of the recruiting
service will cause thirty recruits to bo as
signed to the Sixth infantry and forwarded
under proper charge to such point or points
iu the department of the Missouri as tbo
commanding geueral of tbo department shall
desiguato
The officers and soldiers of the army will
ba disposed to cauoulzo Secretary Procter
because of an order ho has Just issued Until
now while traveling even on government
business they have received uo allowance
for the payment of either sleeping car or
parlor car faro , but have been compelled to
take the ordinary day coach a. 'c > imruodatluna
or pay the extra price out of their own
, ) ) .
rrp
pockets This wns In punuanco of an old
regulation adopted before sleeping cars were
introduced , and none of Mr- . Proctors pre
decessors hnvohad the Generosity to modify
It Under the regulation lssMid" today officers
and invalid soldiers , wheh traveling on duty ,
will bo allowed n double berth nt night or it
scat in a parlor car when they travel for
twelve consccutivo hours J
xiiscrxttxrous
Kcproscntativo and Mrs George W. E.
Dorsoy have arrived dud are occupying tholr
quarters nt the Portland Mr Dorscy called
at Tun Bee bureau today , wboro ho mot a
Dumber ot old friends , nnd ) a n conversa
tion said ho had not yet committed himself
on tlio sueakcrshlp question ,
Congressman Strublo of the Sioux City
district has located at 1743 Corcoran street ,
nnd Congressman Gear Is nt the Shoreham
for the session Peiikv S. Heath
IN THK TRUST
The Omnlm Barbed Wlro Fcuoo nnd
Nail Company
St Lot'is , Mo , , Nov 22. [ Special Tele
gram to Tiir Br.E.1 Mr , M. W. Marshall ,
president ot the Omahn Barbed Wlro Fence
and Nail company , said to a reporter hero to
night In sucnkiug ot the Irust :
"VVo found it necessary to comblno In order
to reduce our business to moro system and
cnablo us to prnduco offfg oods chcapor
There is too much Irregularity in the methods
ot some of the factories , and some ot tbo in
do not mnko money , though they gob bettor
prices than ethers Our object is to rcgulato
ouch factories so that they will not injurotlio
trade or clso close thorn , and also to bring
about n Btundnrd of munufacturo which will
bo higher nnd n standard of prices which
shall bo lower than at present There uro
about fifty factories in the country , and all
have Joined In the trust which will go into
effect Jnnudry 1,1SU0. The nggregato capita ]
represented Is $12,000,000. The greater part
of our business Is in the west and southwest ,
becnuso our fencing is cUo.ip nnd substantial
for the large tracts of land , and wo hope to
make It still cheaper and hotter Our trade
is in good condition , nnd this past year tbo
agcrcgato production ia over two bund rod
thousand tons of fencing and 2,500 000 kegs
of nails You sec we are using largo quan
tities of iron and steel "
m
KNOWlilON RHTUUNS
The Strange Story of'a Younc Mm-
nonpolls Produce Merchant
Minneapolis , Minn , Nov 23. [ Spoolal
Telegram to Tim Bbe.J Last February
George Ifnowlton , a young produce mer
chant who was boarding at the Wilbur house
wlth'hts wlfo left for Leseuer , Minn , , to
buy poultry and ship to Minneapolis He
was down there for a few days nnd shipped
a small consignment , after which nothing
further was heard of him ' . , Uo had suddenly
disnuncarod His wife . Having become
alarmed , went down tojLoscur nnd all the
tangible evidence she could find of her hus
band was his overcoat ' The river was
searched , but uo ICnowlton turned up
A country school toacnor , - however , had
known of a man nnswenftV 'Knowlton's ' de
scription who walked into her school house
ono day and warmed his hands at the steve ,
departing almost as qulclly ( 'ris ho cama nnd
as Bllentiy Mrs Knowlton accordingly ' re
turned to MInhoaDollsf and sorrowfully
waited A short time ngo she married acntn
and is now living In ChlcAgo ? The strangest
part of the story is that Knowlton has now
arrived in Minneapolis Ho claims to have
como to bis senses two , months nftor he left
homo in a German fnrnVihou8o near Man
kuto , having boon a vlcttbvof typbold fever
Ho wrote to his wlfo , but the letter-mtacar-
ricd Ho exprosscs the bop'o ' tbut.bis wlfo Is
comfortable and haopy , but says he shall not
seek to find her unless ho learns sbo Is in
want ' *
SIIOT IVHlIiU HILNTIKO
A Fifteen-Yenr-Old St Jos-pli Boy
Accidentally Kill d.
St Joscnt , Mo „ Nov 3J. < [ Spoclal Tele
gram to Tub Bee J Edward Knnpp , the fif
teen-year-old son of George Knapp , loft
town this morning in ( company with four
companions for Saxton station , seven miles
distant , on a hunting expedition They spent
the forenoon hunting , and on their return
homo this afternoon the boys saw a covey of
quail In a wheat Hold nnd stopped to shoot
them Young Knnpp was sent into the field
to scare up the birds add in doing so was
shot In the head by the accidental discharge
of agnn in the hands of Legrant Muncer ,
ono of his comoanlons , The boys saw that
Knapp was badly nurt , and placing him In
a wagon tried to orlng him ' homo , but Knapp
died while en route 'i'ho boy is a cousin to
C. W. Knnpp , busincsss manager of the St
Louis Republic George Knapp has had
singularly bad lucic with his children Two
years ago four of thorn died of dlpthcriti Inside -
side of a month The funeral services will
take place Sunday afternoon
EDITOU WEST IN FOR IT
Judge Anthony Refines to Quash the
Indlclmonts AciIiihc lllm
CniOAOo , Nov 22. [ Special Telegram to
The Bee I In the criminal court today
Judge Anthony refused to quash the Indict
ment agaiu9t Editor James West and
Charles E. Graham , charged with the fraud
ulent over-issuo of stock of the Chicago
Times company amounting to over $125,00J.
The groundB on which tha attorneys for
West and Graham based their motions were
merely technical ones and no claims were
set up denying the real character of the
felony West and Graham were both in
court today and were anxious listeners when
Judge Anthony delivered his decision ad
verse to tholr interests The trial is ex
pected to ho a somowbat sonsatlonal ono , as
tbo Tlmos property depreoiated ever $100,000
under West's questionable management
Tlio Grnln Shippers Complaint
CniOAOo , Nov , 23. The hearing of the
Illinois Grain Shippers complaints before
the Railroad and Warabouso commission
was concluded today and the commission
adopted a resolution to th ooffeot that tbo
i
facts will be carefully const'derod and further
light obtained with a vjety , to final Intelli
gent action ; that it is the ' eecse ot the com
mission , In view of the liability that any un
certainty may be taken advantage of to boar
the market , that this is p ' subject not to do
acted upon hastily In no' event would the
commission deem it prudent or fair to make
changes affecting No 3 wheat to take effect
at an earlier date than Ju y 1,1S9Q , or which
would affect the existing contracts for the
sae aud delivery of grain , - and tbo trade
may rest assured that nb msty or imprudent
action will be taken ' *
Tlin Broken PitWliurff Bant
PurauuRO , Pa , Nov S Consldernble ox-
cliement prevails today * vor the fuilure of
tbo Lawrence banlt Munyof the depositors ,
who are principally pr the lower class , gath-
cred about the lnsUtmlo\i , , but the best of
order was maintained , ' ! * The failure has
caused but llttlu flurry in financial circles
and it is claimed no dtbor banks arp in
volved Long St Comriany'a Iron plant Is in
the bunds of the sheriff The Judgment con
fessed in favor of tbe defunct bank was
J300.000 , but the firm assorts the actual
amount Is not ever J150COO.
The assets of the hank , It Is understood ,
largely exceed Its liabilities , and notice was
posted ou the bank door this afternoon that
everything will bo paid la fulL
Tlio Weather Porenast
For Omaha aud vicinity : Filr weather
For Nebraska : Wr , followed by light
rain or snow In western portions , warmer ,
followed by colder southeasterly winds , becoming -
coming variable
For Iowa : Fair , warmer , fxoept station ,
nry temperature la western portiou of Wis
consin , winds becoming easterly
For South Dakota : Fair , followed by
snow in western vortiou , warmer , variable
winds
•
SHOT m A RUINED WOMAN ,
A Promhiout Now York Man Killed
In the Street
THE SAD STORY OF HIS NEMESIS
Drugged and Disgraced Mr , South *
worth In Scorned nnd Slandered
By Ktonyilcnrlod Stephen
Ia lottus
An Old Roue's 12nd.
Nbw Youk , Nov ii Stephen L. Pcttus ,
socrctary nnd trensuror of tbo Brooklyn
Union elevated railroad and member of the
firm of Pollard , Pcttus k Company of this
city , was shot dead hero this morning In
front of 10 Fulton street by Mrs Hannah
Southworth , who refused to glvo her nd-
dress wnon arrested
Mrs Southworth says Pettus had betrayed
her nnd ruined her family About a year
ago she nssaultod him with a whip , and at
tbat time was placed under bond tu keep tbo
peace
A dispatch from Louisville , ICv , says she
is the daughter of the late E. J , Marttn , n
well known coffco broker She is about
thirty years of ngo nnd has boon n widow
for ten years , She charged Pcttus , who was
originally from Clarksville Tonn , with buy
ing committed nn outrngo ou her person four
years ago , for which n suit for tl 'V.OOO ' . was
brought against hhu sovornl months stneo ,
Sovcral of her brothers uro prominent busi
ness men In Now York , San Francisco and
Brooklyn For some time she has made her
homo with ono in the latter city
Mrs Southworth appeared at the coroners
ofllco in the afternoon She was affected tea
a great degree and her mlud apparently was
in no condition to comprehend what was
going on , She could not answer questions
intelligently nnd her lawyer told her to say
nothing She was committed for a hearing
next Tuesday
According to the story told by her friends
she became acquainted with Pcttus through
a mutual friend years ngo and ono day ho
succeeded In drugging her while they were
out together , and accomplished her ruin
Later it was found necessary to resort to
malpractice , ns a result of which her
hculth was wrecked
In order to avoid cxposuro nttho time of the
wrong Pettus made prof nso promises of sub
stantial provision for bcr , and to save the
name of her family , which is a highly re
spected one , she kept quiet Upon her re
covery , however , ho mot her rctnindors of
his obligations with derision , nnd finally , it
Is said , clrculutod the report that Mis
Southworth was a discarded mistress who
was trying to blncicmall him This drove
her to desperation , nnd last March sbo at
tacked Pcttus on tbo street , ns mentioned
aboyo She then applied to law
yers , not to obtain n money
damage , but tbut the truth might bo
exploited The statute * of limitation pro
tected Pettus from prosecution for the origi
nal outrage , and she began suit for slander
and defamation of character with the same
object in view This was the legal status ot
the matter up.to today's ' shooting
In the prison this altcrnoon Mrs South
worth said tbo lady through whom she be
came acquainted with Pottus bad also boon
ruined by him , nnd under threat of exposing
her ho obtained her aid in accomplishing the
ruin of ( herself ) Mrs Southworth
TWO T.'IUES AT ST JOE
A Faohionablo Boardinir House and
the Hluli School Damaged
St Joseph , Mo „ Nov 22. [ Spoclal Tele
gram to Tup Bee ] The Arlington house ,
a fashionable boarding place on North Filth
street , was badly damnged by fire nt 3
o'clock this morning The flames < originated
In the dining room and destroyed tlio entire
upper portion of the house before they were
subdued A great panic was caused among
the guests , and men nnd women were flying
all about the place in their night clothes All
escaped without injury The loss to Miss
Mane Swenson.the proprietresswill amount
to tf.000 ; fully insured
At 10 o'clocic this morning fire was discov
ered in the gurret of the St Joseph public
high school The fiames soon mudo their
way down to the rooms on tbo second floor ,
burning out the partition and floors Tbo
damage will amount to $3,000 , ; fully covered
by insurance The cause of tbo lire is un
known .
JOINED THE CANADIAN COLONY
A St Lnuis Business ) Min Absconds
With Other Peoplp's Money
St Louis , Mo , Nov 22. [ Special Tele
gram to Tnn Bee.J James A. Smith , sr
president of the James A. Smith & Sons ice
and fuel company , has not been seen since
the second day after that firm was attached
on Thursday of last week , and it now de
velops that be has probably Joined the
Canada colony with (03,000 of other peoples
money Ho mortgaged tbo plant nome timu
ago to Cburlcs P. Chouteau and has slncolot
tbo stock run down till the assets nro only
$7,000 , while the liabilities foot up ? 15l,000. )
It now leaks out that for weeks prior
to the failure instead ot depositing checks of
the firm in tbo Franklin bank , us bad been
his o-stom , ho cashed them and salted the
money Ho , although a man above middle
ngo , having grown children , married his
housekeeper on tbe day after the failure
The next day ho was seen standing at the
depot platform at St Charles , talking to his
lawyer His whereabouts are not definitely
known , but ho is supposed to bo in Canada
Tbo sheriff burst open his safe at the Mis
souri safe deposit this afternoon and got
nothing The son , who is a member of tno
firm , is in uo way implicated
WORSE THAN THE CARLSON
Another Cottage Discovered In Chl-
oujrn Covered With Blood
CniOAUo , Nov 23. The police have made
a strange and Blckonlng discovery which will
probably lead to the unearthing of a bloody
tragedy A frame cottage on DaorliiK street
owned by John Fratnloy , was tenanted until
tbe 10th inst by John Hughes , wife and flvo
children On that date Hughes moved out ,
leaving the house tightly shut up The house
remained olosed until this morning , when a
neighbor , who was closely scrutinizing , dis
covered coagulated blood on the front win
dews The door was broken in and a horrible
rible sight mot the vlow , the floor , celling
and walls of throe rooms being almost liter
ally covered with blood It appeared as if a
bloody struggle had beep waged and the
participants bad gradually worked from one
room to another Tbe police are investigat
ing the matter , and it is the theory tnat tbo
Hughes family , or a part of It , has boon mur
dered ,
The police say they have established the
fact that no tragedy has taken place at tbe
cottage The blood marks are uot such as
would be produced by n life and death strug
gle , but are broad smears as if spread on by
a whitewash brush They say tbu blood was
brought there and put on the walls by ene
mies of the Huqbes ,
Barefaced , Confldcno , " . #
Cleveland , O , . Nov ii The directors of
the Federal steel company will meet In Chicago
cage next week to cheese officers , Tbe com
bination anticipates no serious competition
during the next live years It is believed
that uuy competlnir companies organized , if
not absorbed by the combination , will bo un-
ublo to brouK the market , and that it will be
sovcrul years before a sufficient number of
competitors can arise to cut any figure
Will Coutinue tlio Strike
Inpianavolis , Nov , 23. A spoplal from
Brazil , lud , says amass meeting ot mluev
today decided to continue the strlVw
THK MORMON TRIAL
Moro Testimony Thnt tlio Cliuroh
Tenohci Disloyalty ,
Salt LtKH , Nov 32. In the Mormon In
vestigation today Henry W. Lawicnco was
recalled Ho had heard many sermons
preached which were disloyal , and the gene
ral tendency of the teachings of the Mormon
church all the years ho belonged to It was to
alienate the feelings of the people from the
government Ho bollovcd the Mormon people -
plo would become loyal It their lenders did
not tench disloyal doctrlnos Witnesses were
also called to tostlty ns to the demonstration
in 1S79 in honor of the release ot Daniel
Wells , who was committed to thoponltontlnry
for rofuslng to nnswor questions ln the poly
gamy trial ; how many thousand Mormons
paraded the streets trailing the American
Hag In the dust und hooting Federal
Judge Emerson , nnd an to the half-masting
of the American Hags In this city July 4 ,
1SSS , on the city hall , the tnbornaelo , the
county court house nnd the homo of the
president of the church
Joseph Follot , called to rofuto'the testi
mony ot Wnrdell said ho never heard of the
killing of Green for apostnoy before
The prosecution offered in evidence a
paper served on a member ot the Mdlmon
church by Bishop Hlsward , citing the mem
ber to appear in the bishops court nnd bo
tried for obtaining Judgment In the federal
court against n fellow Mormon This was
introduced to domonstrnto the truth of tbo
charge that the church dictates nnd controls
temporal as well ns spiritual affairs Ex
tracts were rend from a sermon of John Tay
lor , in whloh ho said if the government ut-
tomptcd to cut out the Mormon ulcer tha
star of the United States would set In a sea
of blood
An extract was read from a recent editorial
in the church organ announcing that poly
en my wns the fixed nnd unultcrablo law of
God
God.Tho attorneys for the church denied thnt
Eolycamous marriages nro now solemnized ,
ut when questioned admitted that no rec
ord of such marriages were kept and that
they had no actual means ot knowing It they
were being solcuintzod or not
The case closed this evening , as far ns tbo
prosecution is concerned , with the Introduc
tion of an editorial from the church organ on
the death of John Taylor , in which it was
said these " mon who hounded him to death
would yrt bo called to accouut
The arguments will bo heard next week
Pourose is still in the penitentiary
THK MONTANA MUDDLE
Governor Toole L-Huenn Proclamation
on the Matter
Helena , Mont , Nov 22. Governor Toolo
this afternoon issued a proclamation In
which , roforrlng to the coulllcting claims of
those legislators who hold county clerk cer
tificates and tboso who hold stuto canvassing
board certificates , says ;
Whereas , Ono sot of certificates has been
issued nnd delivered pursuant to the election
laws of Montana by the county clerks in
tholr respective counties and by virtue of
tha act of the territorial legislature , the
persons holding such certificates nro declared
entitled to membership and are doomed
elected ; nnd
Whereas , When such lcaisluturo assembles
it becomes the Judge of the qualifications of
its own members , now , therefore I , Joseph
IC Toole , governor of tbo state of Montana ,
hereby dcslgnutctho court house of the coun
ties of Lewis nnd Clarke as the place where
the said legislative assembly , comprising tlio
persons holding and presenting certificates
'of election from the said county clerks , shall
meet "
Both sides are caucusing tonight , but their
plnrscnunotba learned . , „
State Auditor Kenney , whoso duty Is to .
call the house to order , today demanded the
keys of County Commissioner Knight
Knight refused the demand , but promised to
admit Kcnnoy at any time The republican
stuto officers may rent rooms for the legis
lature in another building
WAR AGAIN : * ! ' ALIEN LABOR
Chlcntjo Workincmon Tike Action
Regarding the Drnlnneo Canal
Chicago , Nov 23. [ Special Telegram to
Tur Bee ' ] A war against alien labor has
been begun by the united labor organizations
ot Illinois Cnicago Is to construct a drainage -
ago canal costing f2O,0l)0,000 ) , nnd ntli grand
mass nicotine of workmen to bo hold to
morrow evening under the uusplccs of the
political reform club resolutions will bo
adopted The meeting will be composed of
the trades assembly Knights of Labor , so
cialists und all others lutcrcsted in labor
matters in the campaign for dralnuge trus
tees The candidates nominated for trustees
will be asked to pledge themselves that the
great canul shall uot be built by contract , out
that the work shall bo done by the trustees
In the sumo wuy that the city mnkes its im
provements They will bo asked also before
they receive the endorsement of the labor or-
gani7Ations to promise that only American
citizens shall bo employed on the woik and
tbut tbo workmen shall be paid scuii-moutkly.
OHIO'S HALLUX IluX FORGE11Y.
XI G. Wood Arrested for Allego.l Con
nection With lr
Cincinnati , O. , Nov 22. II G. Wood , who
recently obtained nationnl notoriety by his
alleged connection with the famous ballot
box forgery , was arrested hero tonight on a
win rant sworn out by Attorney Probusco , u
rolalivo by marrlaco ot Senutor Sherman
The affidavit ot Probasco churged Wood
with perpetrating libel on or about September -
bor , 1880 , ugalnst William McKinley , J utnes
E. Campbell , Bon Butterworth , John Sher
man , S. S. Cox , W. P. Breckinridge ,
Charles S. McAdoo , J. It McPherson -
son , J. It Whiting and F. B. Stockbridge
all members or ox-raombcrs of the United
States house or senate , In that ho counter
feited their names to u forged contract which
forgery Wood committed with the malicious
intent to oiscrace these men nnd to damaco
them in the uyus of the nation by lending
pcoplo to think they were in a corrupt
scheme to inuko nionoy by violating the laws
of the United States by being pecuniarily in
terested in the passage ot the ballot box bill
pending before congress
Woods bond was fixed at * 10,000 , but he
failed to obtain bail Ho proUsts his inno-
tenco
A Distracted JKuhvr' * Deed
Nr.w Yojik , Nov 22. James Smith , a letter -
tor carrier , this afternoon shot his two baby
girls aged two years , and eleven months ,
respectively , und then tried to kill himself
Tha oldest child Is dead and tbo baby is
dying , while Smith only suoceoded in Inflict
ing a slight wound on himself , the bullet
buying been deflected by a button
Smith contracted consumption during the
great blizzard and a doctor had told him he
could not live later than spring To add to
bis misery his wife deserted him and the
children two weeks ago without warniug ,
and Smith was driven desperate The wife ,
it is said , is fond of male companions ,
Hostile to Hluli Tarlfr
Indianapolis , Ind , Nov , 22. A spoolal
from Mt Vernon says the national assembly
of tbo Farmers Mutual Honellt association
closed with a publia meet lug tonight , nt
which speeches were made by L. B.
Parsons of Floru , HI , Judge Washburn of
Marion III , Hon John Coekrlll of Marion
Ill , , and others Most of the spoakerb argued
against a high prutectlvo tariff
Two Trains \ \ rreked
Missouia , Mont , , Nov , 22 , Two wrecks ooj
curred on the Nortborn PaciUo yesterday ,
ono freight train being wrecked by the
spreading ot the rails and another by collid
ing with a work train , No ccrlous damage
wus done In either case , Ono brahoumu was
slightly injured
No Blizzard in Montma
Mibsovla , Mont , Nov , 23. The reports ot
a terrible blizzard In this section are Incor
rect , 'i hero has bctu but a slight fall of
snow
HAD HIS EAR CHEWED OFF
A Brutal Assnult Upon a , MomboV Bfl
. of the Iowa Legislature X l
A POOR RAILROAD INVESTMENT CH
A Business Failure MoiiU'h Death ) B H
Hhrnudcd in MjMcry-Ho Wna IU
Probably Mnrdnrrd Other li l
Iowa Not vs fll l
A legislator AanniiUnd I |
Dei Moines , Iu , Nov 23.-Spoclal [ Telegram - M
gram to Tun Bee | There was a toniporary |
agitation In republican circles lodny over a M
report that Renroseiitntlvo Shipley ot |
Guthlio county had bccnb.ulry Injured and j H
might bo unablu to take his seat tu the logis- M
1 ature The republican majority Is so small il H
that every members condition is scrutinized s H
daily Inquiry showed that while nt n public M
sale in Herndon , Guthno county , jostorday , M
Mr Shlplev whs assaulted by ono W. L. M
Edwards In some dispute Edwards bit off M
ono of Shipley's ours , lacerated his fnee , nl- B
most bit oft his thumb and otherwise Injured H
ilm , Medical uld was summoned and Ship M
oy's wounds were dressed It is hoped that * i ii
ho will bo able to bo around b.y the time tbo B
legislature meets The bouse to which ho . Jl
belongs Is uowu tlo , fifty republicans and M91
fifty democrats 'SJswJ
An Unpioll.i.hl • Itnllrond flH
Drs Moines , In , Nov 22.Spoclal | Telegram - M
gram to Tin : Bee.1 The railroad couimls- H
sioncrs hnvo been nsked to interfere to pro swAl
vent the taking up und abnndomeiit ot the YJ
Clurlnaa & St Louis railway or that portion - •
tion of It from Clurludn to the Missouri M
line To-uny they received from tlio soltc- H
ltor of the receiver a request that they toke HBJ
no action without giving film a hearing Ho MJ
cxplnins the condition of the toad und tlio HJ
poor investment it has proved to thn stock : HJ
holders According to his report the Wn- <
bash , St Louis & Pacific railroad company
operated the brunch fur n time , but in lSSd (
the bondholders succeeded iu having a sepa- jHJ
rate receiver appointed for It The property jHJ
was sold September 27 , 18S7 , under decree of 1H
foreclosure , to n committee ronresoutlng the ] HJ
bondholders but the purchasers have not ' { HJ
taken possession , because by the terms of ' H
the decrco the debts of the receivership ; H
must first bo paid and the value of the jH
property is not such ns In their estimation to H
warrant much outlay The debts ]
of the rccolvcr are now upwards of $20,000. H
At the last term ot the federal courtut Council - H
cil Bluffs the purchasers and receivers op- . B
plied to Judge Love for instructions In the HJ
matter und a decree was entered As dl- HJ
rccteit by this decree the special master duly BJ
exposed tbo road at public sale or the 2d
lust , , but csuld obtain no bids whatever Ho tSJ
is directed to now sell the property at private KlH
saio for such prices as he can secure lie hIBJ
has arranged to sell the ono locomotive nnd VBl
passenger coach and the iron rails as soon us I HJ
they can bo taken up There is no ether l4H
property except u small number of lots in 9 HJ
Clarinda , This action will necessarily bring m Hi
about the abandonment of the property as a JkHI
railroad The rmht of way of course HHl
revertss to the original owner and the frunHHl
chisootthe mortgaged company will bo for HHJ
felted for nonuser The bonds of this roa 'd , HHJ
have proved very unpruntablo to the Invest SHI
urs Tlio issuu which raised the money1 for HHJ
the building of the road was $204,000. No VHJ
Interest bas been pnld upon these * bonds jj.lJi lHl
slh > cAujUst"lTS8r ! Bjulio inDsT"1tI > 6rnl * * WJHJ
estimate the receiver has been nblo to make HHJ
there will not bo derived from the saio of HHl
rails , engine nnd coach more than 40,000 , so HH
that after paying the oxpeusos of tbo rccoiv- " HHJ
orshlp there will remain for the use of the HJ
bondholders not moro than J10,000 , , or less i H
thnn ; i per cent of tholr whole debt The HHJ
commissioner shave taken the cnseunder ; nd"H l
visemeut , nnd will not take nuy a ' etlou bo"HI
fore giving nil parties Interested n , hearing > 8 > H
Hliroudon in Myntcry .18
Buiu.iNr.To.v , ia , Nov 22. [ Special Tele- vM M
gram toTm : Bee.J A post mortem oxnmirta- 'Hi
tion of the body of Monk , who it was bud ' ' ' • <
posed had committed sulcldo in a horrible Sfl
manner in this city Monday night , proves '
that bo was the victim of aa atrocious nud a 'M HJ
cold blooded murder by some unknown 'mS
party Upon examination of the tornble > VB
gash in his throat a quantityof bird shot was HHJ
found ledged under the skin at ono side Blfl
From the course the shot toott it Is clear that ;
it could not have been-Monk himself who VHJ
fired the load us it would have been tmpossl- H HJ
bio for him to have hold a shotgun In the H
position required to give the shot the course HJ
tukeu The whole affair is shrouded in a HHl
mystery which the police are endeavoring to HHl
clear up HHl
A General si ore Closed lAfl
IIaiilan , la , Nov 23. [ Spoclal to Tub HH
BEE.J 1'ho general a to ro of B. U. Griffith , HH
Jr , has bcon closed by the sheriff The RJ
stock and other assets amount to about 'H
$5,000 , with principal liabilities as follows ! H
Harlan bank , 3b00 ; J. V. Farivoil & Com H
pany , Chicago , f 1,000 ; Edson , Keith & CorJi.mU
puny , Chicago , $ TUU ; Prouty & Pratt , Des * HH
Moines , $100 ; O. S. Donahue , head clerlr , HHl
was placed In charge The cause Is said to HHJ
bo mlsmonagemcut TH
Uxorcido nnd Suicide ' "H
Cppau Hai-ips , la , Nov 22. [ Special Tel'Ki'l '
cgrntn to Tub Bee ] ' At Cedar Point this ' '
morning John Ilondrlcitson , a grocer , shot 'H'4
his wife three times aCtho farm residence of W
m
Will Taylor , four mlles south ot that place . hI
Each shot took effect , ono in the forehead VjH
one in the mouth , und the ether in tbo baeic li 'Hfll
of the neck , Ilondrlcitson then went to > HJH
Goldsbury Mounse's plnco near by and shot.Wl
himself with a shotgun , blowing oft bis en- ! | il
tire bead The cause Is attributed to do- JR > I
mcstlo trouble of long standing Tbe woman $ iHlH
is still nllvo , but will dto , • HJH
JUMPED TO ME It DEATH ,1lH
A Beautiful Younc Woman Leaps nM
li'rom n Window 'V * |
Chicago , Nov , 32. [ Special Telegram to " Bifl
The Bee.1 A few days ago Mies Mary ' 'HI
Kohort , a hnndsdiuo young woman , was 'HI
brought by her friends to tbo St Elizabeth < HH
hospital suffering with a mild form of insan- - H
ity Last evening she suisdeuly borrllied ImHI
tbo attendants by suddenly shouting : "I'm ill
going to kill myself I'm going to Jump out • jftHj
of the window " A female attendant jNJ
grasped the woman and tried to hold ber III
buck The patient throw her aside at 119
though she had bcon u child Two other 189
attendants came to the rescue ana tried toil9
hold the womun , but she soonied to bo pesilfl
scsscd ot superhuman strougth and easily H
overpowered them Then , with a mad 'vljl
shriek , she rushed into tno bath room , closed . i
and bolted the door She raised tbo window < iil9
sasb and balanced herself for u second upon HH
the ledge , then she leaped aud u moment ' ,89
later she was picked up , abrulsod and bleedB9
lng mass of liosh and bones Tbe fall bad ' iBH
killed her Instantly ' 89
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FINED AND JAILICD , 'Kl
Two Prominent KansnH Attorneys > ' 8qJJ
I'lKht Id Court " AM
Council Guovb Kan , Nov , 23. A per11HH
eonal encounter occurred last night in the ltt9
district court between the Hon John Martin wHH
and Colonel Bradley , prominent attorney ! IH
from Topeka Martin was the democratic . . , JiBH
candldato for governor a year ago , Tbe < HJI
court scat them both to jail ever ulght and 1M
this morning llucd thuni heavily 9DI
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Tlio AiTliliocta Adjourn jHJH
Cincinnati , O. , Nov , 22. The American 3U
Institute of architects yesterday selected jHHJ
Washington for the next place ot meeting ' 99
and then adjourned Richard M , Hunt was ' BDa
elected president " * BHJ