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NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 18 , 188ft. • NUMBER 181. I
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TWO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS ,
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H A Bill Introduced Dlvldlntr NoI
H braskn for Judicial Purpo303.
H AN UNPOPULAR APPOINTMENT
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Judge Itrrwcr Offends Smith Dakota
H Tim Opinion ICxprrnseil Hint
B Uiiwen Wns Mtudercd A
K Tnlk Willi Villi Wyok
B Washinotov Hl'rravTiir Ovwi Bee , I
BIT 1)13 FOUIITEBNTH STUEET , >
flj ) Washington I ) . C. Dec , 17 , )
B Air Mnnderson introduced n bill today dl-
B vidlng tliu stuto of NebrasKa Into two jiitllc-
p B tal districts ns follows : Thut part of tlio
state lying north of the I'latto river Is to bo
known us tlio nurtlicrn district , and all Unit
m part of tlio state south of tlio Platte to con
stltuto the southuru division When nny
BBpf part of a county lies upon bath sides of the
HbM Plntta such county or counties shall bo In-
HflS eluded in the southern district , and the prcs-
j cntdistriclcourlofNobruskashnllbo known
BBV as the northern district court The present
BBm Judge , district iittornoy nnd marshal for the
HAV district of Nebraska uro by the bill assigned
a to the northern district , uud the prosldont Is
j directed to nppoltit officers for the southern
HJ H division , Seuator Maudcrson says the rap
dlly Increasing nnd tmnieaso pjpulatlon of
J Nebraska tniikcs it necessary to hold terms
AS of court at so many places that the olllcors of
BBS a slnglo district can not accommodate the
HflW acmands of the public Ho bcliovcs that
HBB upon the showing of 1,100,000 population the
HBB stnto will bo alvlilcd into two districts ,
HjflM Senator Paddock introduced a memorial of
HflV the Omaha board of tradoln luvor of Chicago
HflW for the worlds fair and a potltion from tno
Hjflfl Nobrasku Congregational association In favor
Hft R of additional rollglous fucilities
BBBJ Senator Paddock Inlroducod bills granting
BBBJ a pension to James Drake nnd for the relief
BBBJ of George L. Turner ; directing the secretary
B Bfl of the treasury to pay f 17(370 ( to William II
Hfl fl Hart of Platuniouth , Nub , on account of
BBBft Indian deprodatioas ovidonca of whLdi it >
HlflH filed with the commissioner of Indian alTuirs
BBBt Mr Allison proscnted the potltion of
BBVft Amanda M. Fletcher Cook of Davenport , la ,
flflflf nruying for the payment to the children of
Bflflj ) K * Fletcher the uuiount of the moneys and
Bflflj ) propcity stolen from him by Cheycnno ,
Bflfll Brule , Sioux and Arrapalioo Indians m lbOo
Bflflw Mv- teller introduced u bill providing that
Bflfll actual bona Ddo settlers on lands subject to
flflflf preemption within the lutoUncoinpaligroand
Bflfll White river Indian reservation in Colorado
Bflflj who bavo previously and clsewnorc taken
Bflfll land under the pre emption laws may talto
Bflflj an additional Id ) acres within said rcsorva-
flflflj tion by paying M.33 per ocro at any tlmo
flflfl | after a bona lido rcsidenco on the laud for
Bflflj twnycuisund within thirty-three months
Bflflj after filing a declaration statement therefor
flflflt Proof of residence and the improvement of
Bflflj the laud must bo made within two years
flflflf Mr Teller also Introduced a bill granting
Bflflj right of way through public lands for Irrlga-
flflfl ] tion purposes
Bflflj ; Sonutor Picrcoof North Dakota introduced
flflj bills today establishing a penitentiary In his
Bflfll state and giving the provisions grained by
I on act to provide for tbo division of Dakota
flflf' " into two states nnd to enable the pcoplo of
Bflflj North and South Dakota , Montana und
Bflflj Washington to form state governments nnd
Bflflj to bo admitted into the union approved Feb
Bflflj ruary 23 hist An appropriation of
Bflflj $30,000 is made for a penitentiary in North
Bflflj Dakota , Hn also introduced a bill uppropri-
Bflflj otlng $100,000 for a survey for the purpose of
Bflflj irrigation in the stnto of North Dakota ami
Bflflj on appropriation of $15,00(1 ( for extending the
Bflflj military and repairing the quarters of Fort
Bflflj Ab rah urn Lincoln of North Dakota
Bflflj Senator Pcttlgrew Introduced a bill pro
Bflflj vldlng for the opening to settlement of all
Bflflj abandoned military reservations in South
Bflflj Dakota ' 4 ho lauds are to bo entered by
flflj homestead
Bflfll UIIOINO NEllIIASKA AITOINTMI' NTS
Bflfljj The Nebraska delegation this altcrnoon
Bflflfl called in u body upon tliu attorney general in
Bflflj ) accordunco with the agreement ut the incct-
Bflfljf Ing last night und urged the iuimedlato up-
Bflflfl polntmcnt of Bonjauiln S. Baker of Falr-
flflflfl bury for district uttorney and WlUiam F.
Bflfljf Gurloy of Omuhafor assistant district at-
Bflfll toracy
Bflflfl , JJAKOTAJJS K1CKINQ ,
Bflfljj Information was received hero this nttor-
BflflJT noon by Senators Moody and Patterson that '
BflflJI Judge Brewer who was recently nominated
BflflT to bo an associate justice of the supreme 1
Bflflj } court of the United States , had appointed u 1
Bflflff clerk of the United States court for South 1
flflflt Dakota and had taken for tills position a ros-
BflflJ ident of Kansas It is undoi stood that Judge
Bflflj Urowor inudo tnis appointment very soon uf
Bflflj ter receiving Information Unit ho hnd been (
Bflflj Dominated to bo an associate justica of the i
Bflflj supreme court , it is customary for the po-
flflflj ( ition to bo filled by the mutual agrcomout ;
Bflflj of the circuit uud district Jndgos and tha up-
Bflflj' ' polntmcnt is mvnriably a resident of tbo t
Bflflj state in which bo is located for oftleial no-
flflflj tion Thorowcro a number of nromineut t
Bflflj applicants for this position in Soath Daxota ,
Bflflj ono of whom the two senators had detenu-
Bflflj lncd to recommend for appointmoat They
Bflflj nru naturally very Indignant tonight over
Btflfl the action of Judge Urowor in goinir outsldo i
flflfll their state to scloct a man for tlio position ,
Bflflj ) They ulll tomorrow unite In a telegram ask
Bflfljj ing that tbo appointment be revoked und will t
Bflfljj Insist upon the selection uf ono of
Bflfljj their constituents The senators say they
Bflfljj bnvo had enouu.li curpet baggors during the
Bflflj | past uftccii or twunl ) years , uud they will 1
Bflflfl Insist in a very vigorous manner upon having
Bflflfl ono of their constituents made clerk
iMorco nnu ms coiicaguo will enter
a vigorous protest ugulust the appointment
of the clerk for North Dakota from outsldo
their stuto They huvo been udviscd that un
Omaha gciitlomuu is to receive the appoint
ment
X TALK WITH VAN WICK
Ex-Senator Vim Wyou will leave In n few
anys for New York uiul Pennsylvania Ho
has been looking after pensions fur many of
the old soldiers iu Nebraska Ho inslststhat
full Justlco will not bo done until every dis
abled und dependent soldier is put on the
pension list
Ho bus been urging the department not to
deluy iu naming a return to the pubilu of 'JX )
acres of laud which tha supreme court lias
decided the Ii , & M. railway holds unjustly
In answer to many enquiries from No
hmska ( Jcnoral Van Wyck says ho cannot
Und any spot , from the prairies of Nebraska
Dtid Kansas , where there is un over-pro iuc-
tlon or beef Ho urges tlio farmers every
where to organlco alliances , saving that or
ganized capital , corporations and trusts nro
extorting from them and imperiling their
Interests , and if they have not the manhood
to resist they will bo ground down to ruina
tion
WAS aUWEN MUltllRIlUD
Casslua M , Clay Aneostette , now a clerk
Ibemuor department , but who during
the famous Molllo McQulro prosecutions in
Pcnnsylvuulan in 1677 und 1B78 was an utter
uov , udvnnces the theory that Prunkliu H.
Gowon , the well known Philadelphia rail
road man and luwior , whoso body was
found at Wormlep's here on Saturday did
j.ot suicldo , but was murdered Aueestotto
• ays that Gowen was unrelenting in bis
prosecution of the Mollie MiGuires , and
that the criminals vowed vongeunco
Ho does not believe that Goweu bought
a pistol nt a sloro here as reported , but
thinks that ho was murdered uud ihe mur
derer escaped tbrougb a wiudowlu the hotel
Anestmtu savs that during the Mollie JJo-
Guiro trials there was dur.gor of Gowen's
assassination , Ane.stotto was thu protocut-
lug oftlcer during tlio Mollie McGuire tiials ,
which resulted In twenty of the criuiluuls
being bunged
obMeiui mows orncE
Thoto who visit the peuslon bureau f ro-
auently uud have boon frequent visitors at
that vast bee tilvo of industry during tuo
past four or llvo yours , uro Impressed with
Commissioner Rnum's rcarrnngomont of the
business of the ofilco and his dctormtnntlon
to facllltnto the work as rapidly as possible
It Is almost Impossible to decrease , with the
present force of employes , the number of
pension application * , owing to the fact that
there ara quilo as mnny applications daily
rccoived ns nro disposed of dally . IJvory
posslblo contrlvanco has been app led , how
cvor , to docrcaso the number of applications
on ' Ilia
A comparison of the work under Commis
sioner Tanner with that of Commissioner
Hlnck ( democrat ) , shows thit there hnsbecn
a i steady increase of tlio number of pension j
allowed uudor republican administration
ever that uf the democratic administration
The month of November is an nvcrago ono
for comparison , During the month f No
vember , ISM ) , there wore allowed of original
pensions , 0,5.Vi ; Increase , 2,0" > 7 ; reissue , Ml ;
restorations 117 , unci other classes of pen
sions making an aggregate for the month of
, : > > . During the nnmo month of
1587 there wcro nllowod of original
pensions 2,5-14 ; Increase 2,073 ; reissue ,
7S3 ; restoration 211 , unci other pensions
making a total for the month of S.0VJ Dur
ing the month of November 18S3 there were
of original pensions grunted 3,0-12 ; Increase ,
; ! . ( ) . " , J ; reissue fi04 ! tustoratlon , bit nnd other
pensions aggregating for the month 10,537.
During tliu month of November IsSO , under
the present administration , there wcro al
lowed of original pensions , 'J.)3 ) : increase ,
7,010 ; rctssuo , 1,410 ; restorations l' .ll , nnd
other pcrsions bringing up the grand total to
14,139.
Gcnoral Raum has made largo increases In
the woik of the ofilco ever that under Cor
poral Tanner , although the latter hud a
great deal more work with the same force
than did Commissioner lllack During the
month of August last , when Commissioner
Tanner was at the lioliu , thcrt > were allowed
of original pensions 4t , > 79 : nicrcaso , 733 ; re
issue , 23t ; and other punslous making a total
of 7,517 , n llttlo ever half ns many as wcro
nlowed | under Commissioner Kauui lii3t ,
month , During August , Commissioner Tan
ner rejected 2,001 pension claims ; while
under Commissioner It mm there were re
jected during the lust month 7,200 , which
should bo considered in the comparison of
work performed by the sntno forcoundor the
two commissioners Thuro were pending
August 31 last , 411,853 pension claims , while
nt the end of last mouth there wcro pending
12,1.005. There wcro pending at the cud
of last week 423,725 pension claims These
figures ludlcato that Commissioner Raum is
just now disposing of about the sumo num
ber of claims as are daily received and
placed err file Ho would have made greater
reductions in the number of chums pending
hail It not been for the assembling of congress -
gross nod the immense increase of applica
tions filed During the last wcok in August ,
under Commissioner Tanner , there wcro re
ceived 3,000 claims and 1,300 wcro disposed
of During the lirst week in December ,
under Commissioner Raum there wcro rc
coived 4b0O claims , nnd 4S30 wcro disposed
of In ono way or other It will thus bo seen
that Commissioner Rainn is by a very largo
per cent coming nearer to tha disposal of as
many cases us are rccoived than any of his
predecessors
The room adjoining the public business
room of Commissioner Raum nnd looking out
from the commissioners ofilco is about 18 by
20 feet in size It has four or five chairs , u
largctablo ] nnd a number of maps When
your correspondent was shown into this
room by Commissioner Ruum tbo other
day there were seen piles of pen
sion cases as high as a mans head on
the floor and lurnlturo in all a good
wagun load These are papers in compli
cated or largo cases which the commissioner
looks into himself and gives individual and
special attontlon Each of these cases is as
complicated as a largo probate case before a
district , judge , and the work required to dis
pose of them by the clerks und tliu commis
sioner is similar to that of a complicated
civil case in court
The soldiers and tUeir widows throughout
the country may rest assured that there
never was as great attention given to their
cases by a commissioner and his employes
ns now The commissionerand his principal
examiners and members of the appeal board
often stay in the building until after dai-K ,
looking up testimony and passing upon cases
If congress will only glvo a sulllcicnt number
bor of additional omployos the work of the
ofilco will soon bo disposed of ; but the work
is arranged at present so that there will bo
n steady decrease of claims pending from
this time on , and it is behoved that under
the prcsont arrangements the work will bo
brought up to date within two or throe
years at the farthest , oven though congress
does not glvo an increase of employus I''or
the lirst time in ton years moro rasos will bo
duposcd of now than are received
nnET suoais.i
The Nebraska delegation in congress nro
receiving a great many Inqultles from their
constituents respecting bout sugar culture
In every section of the country where It Is
posslblo to produce sugar from beets farmers
want to know what $ pcouriigcmoiit the gov-
eminent will giva them in turning their at
tention to its culture The belief is general
m congress that a bounty of 1 cent a pound
will bo glvgn for the production of bcot
sugar
MISCELIAXEOUS
The bill for the trunstor of the slgnnl ser
vlco to the agricultural department was sent
to tbo secretary for his views
The senate commltteo on agriculture today
tool : up nil the bills and resolutions relating
to the cultivation of beet sugar , nnd after
Informally considering thorn referred them
to the eccrotary of agriculture
Congressman Kerr of Iowa was nt the
bond of the delegation of Sacs and Foxes ,
and showed them through the capital today
These Indians came on to secure n larger
share of the annuities , which now amount to
!
813,000 n year , for Unit portion of thu tribe
loll in Iowa They think that the remnant
of their pcoplo , who nro in the Indian terrl-
tory , rocolvo moroof thisgovornmout bounty
than their share
Senator Paddock will go to Atlantic City
on Friday to spend the holidays with Mrs '
Paddock and his daughters
Senator Muudorson intends to spend the
the hohdnvs with friends In Now York
Congressman Connell will oat his Christ
mas dinner in his house at 1400 Massachu
setts avenue
Messrs Dorsoy nnd l aws nro arranging to
go to their nonios In Nebraska for the holi |
days ,
Bergeant-nt-nrms Holmes has about com
pleted the personnel of bis ofilco The now
cashier , who came this morning , is I . J.
Hurtshorn of Euimlttsburg , la W. O. Shut
leff of Waterloo , la , has been appointed tel 1
ler All nro ready to assume their now
duties when the accounts of Lcodom uro
Bufllcicntlv straightened out
Mr , and Mrs Mnrcius gniltti of Davenport ,
la , sro at the Kbbitt
Judge Groff was not at tbo'gonoral land
ofilco today on account uf the serious illness
of his second daughter , who bus malarial
fever
An order was signed today removing the
postofllco from Brownsville to Elk Creek , S.
L ) . Krlck Roondal is appointed postmaster
Souutor ICoody will go to St Paul on
Thnrsday on law business to remain ten
days
Hy direction of Hio secretary of war pri
vates Alexaudor Smith and Joseph Cokfey ,
troop It , Ninth cavalry , now with their
troop , will bo discharged from the service of
iho United States ; ufso Privnto Charles L.
Gray , Company H , Twcnty-drst Infantry
Alex Clifton of Nebraska was today ap
pointed a storottecpot lu the internal revenue
Borvlce
Gonciral Clarkson has arrived from on ox-
touacd visit to his homo in Iowa
J , IU Snvder of Iowa was today appointed
messenger In tha house of representatives
Pciiiiy S. Heath
UOBIIlOt ) thi ; POSTMAN
Ilolit Highwaymen Oo n SiiogcsuCuI
Jul in Iiiiiidoii ,
LoNno.v , Doc 17 , As a postman was de
livering mail In Ilatton Garden this morn
ing , ho was attacked by three men who
wounded him , robbed him of his letter bag ,
curried him to an adjacent room , locked him
in auU afterwards escaped It is stutod that
tbo mall stolen comprised rogtitcred pack
ages from the Capo of Good Hope , contain
ing diamonds Tbo pobtofllco authorities ,
however , declare that the .oapa malls were i
delivered yesterday
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NEWS ] I OF NEBRASKA TOWNS
Toohoy , the Murderer of Erwln ,
Escapes From Jail
HIS WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
X Farmer Iltows Ills Itrninn Out ANew
Now lliillrcmtl to O'Nell Testi
mony In tlin Hcnn C.tsc
Meeting of Dairy men
Murderer Tnohcv ICHcnnc
Dakota Crrr , * Neb , Doc 17. [ Special
Telegram to Tim Him | Jnmes Toohoy , the
murderer of Klmcr Cnvln of Sioux City
broke jail this evening Ho is still nt large ,
ItcialU of the Krwin Murder Cnse
Dvkota Citv , Neb , Dec 17. [ Spoclnl
to Tim Ubc.1 The excitement over the
murder of young Urwln in Covington has
not abated nt all , aud at tbo corouor's in
quest yesterday most of the evidence goes to
show that tbo murder was without a canse ,
and that It was not done in self defense ns
the murderer claims There were eight ur
ten eye witnesses and only ono witness tells
a story that corroborates the prisoner Tlio
other witnesses toll about the Bamo story ,
which differs a great deal from the ono the
murderer tolls Tom Slovens , a banendor
In the saloon wherotho murder was commit
ted , was on eye witness and gave his testi
mony us follows ! "Al Ewin , gonornlly
known ns Agent , ' was iu tlio saloon during
the evening several tlmos aud as ho und two
of his frlonds took a drink together this mnr ,
Toohoy stopped up to Agent and says , why
dent you nsk mo to drink with you Agent '
To which Agent replied 'If you waut n
drink buy it yourself ' When ho
said that Toohuy culled him sev
eral Insulting nnmos , to which Agent
reuliod by slapping him on the mouth with
the back of bis hand Toohoy said nothing
further , but walked back to the kitchen
where ho worked during the day , and us ho
came buck ho was nrmed with a long
butcher knlfo , which ho carried in his hand
As ho came by the bar one of the bartenders
( Billy llcff ) stepped out and took the knlfo
away from him , and then some of the boys
said , You better luok out , Agent , for that
fellow had a knlfo for yon " Agent replied
that It was nil right , as the fellow meant
nothing by It , and then he called Toohoy up
und treated hlin After Toohoy hnd drank
ho said , "Wo will forgot that wo had this
scrap , Agent , nnd lot it drop " Toohoy then
went back to the kitchen and Immediately
reappeared , and some ono asked him where
ho was going Ho replied that ho was going
to bed Agent was at this time leaning
against the bar , with his loft arm resting on
the bar rail , and Toohoy walked p.ist him
about four feet , and as ho wheeled around
ho caugh Agent by tbo throat , nnd plunged
the knlfo in to him , saying as he did so ,
You , I have got it in for you '
When ho struck Agent I came from behind
the bar'and choked the man down , and as ho
fell ho pulled tbo knlfo out of his victim I
picked up Agent and sat him In n chair , but
bo was dead when he was put in the chuir "
The rest of the witnesses told aDout the
same otory as Stevens , except ono , who said
that when Agent hit Toonov , ho hit him
hard enough to knock him down Toohoy
bus his preliminary hearing today and ho
says ho will plead guilty as lie killed Agent
lu self dHfenso Toohoy said that all ho
was sorry for was that ho could not turn the
knife around after ho struck Agent , so It
would leuvo a larger bolo " It Is expected
there will be trouble at the tnul ns the
friends of Erwln say they will bang Toohoy
is they ever get their hards on him
Bli-w His Ilenil OfT
SttELTOK , Neb , Dec 17. [ Special to Tub
Bbe.J Vorcel V. Hervort , a farmer living
about tno mlles north of this pace ' , commit
ted suicide today His wtfo being the only
person In tbo house at that time rushed into
tha room and found him lying across a bed
with the whole top of his head blown off
with a shotgun , which lay beside him
A Now Knllroail to O' Vell
O'Neill , Neb , Dec 17. [ Special to Tnn
Hee | A now railroad to ONeill Attorney
C. L. Wright of Sioux City nnd Donald Mo-
Lain of Now York city , general manager ,
were In O'Neill last week and presented to
the citizens of this town and precinct a con
tract wherein tlw Nebraska & Western rail
road company obligates itself to complete
the road from Sioux City to O'Noill by Au '
gust 1,1590 , nnd the citizens hero agree to
vote precinct and city bonds to the amount
of $50,000 or in case such bonds do not carry
to pay that amount in cash to the said rail
road companv The contract has boon circu
lated nnd nearly ovcrv voter in the citv has '
signed it nnd a largo majority of the ,
voters of the precinct Iho leading
real estate men of O'Neill bavo also donated
to the company a largo amount of land and
town lots , and the contract specifies that this
point Is to bo the location for n largo perma
nent round house largo enough for lirtoon
engines , nnd is to bo tlio lirst division of the
road west of Sioux City There is no lonper 1
n doubt of the ourly completion of this road
to O'Neill , and It Is expected that the grad
ing will be most of it done this winter if the
weather will permit
The depot of tbo now mad is to bo on
Fourth street between tbo Patter bouse and [
our present depot , orlnging the two depots
close together nnd making It very conven
ient for the business of the town The largest -
est contributors of real estate to tbo rullroad I
company are Patrick Fuhy , John J , McCaf-
forty , J. Dixon Avery , M , D , Long Patriot
Hagcrty , Michael Cavaunugh , C. O. Millard ,
David Wlsogasoor , David Fitzgerald and
John Fitzgoruld
Dairymun in SeHsiou
Falls City , Neb , Dec 17. | Special Tel
gram to Tim Ubb ] The Nebraska dairy
iron are iu session at tills place today , The
,
HrHt meeting was held at the court house and
a largo crowd was in altendanco The ad-
dress of welcome was dollvored by Samuel 1
Llcbty of this city and responses thorcto
were made by S. O. Uassell , J. II Munrad ,
O L. Gaorlelson , A. M , N. Root Dr Ash
burn , J , Dixon Avery ano others , An Inter
esting programme has been provided by the
local commltteo In honor of Nebraska dairy
men The followlug dairymen were presents
J. O. Merrill , president , of Sutton ; D. P.
Asbburnvlco pruslaentof Gibbon t S.G , Has
set , secretary , of Gibbon ; C L. Gabrlelson ,
of Iowu ; J. T. Sawyer of Wisconsin ; J. P ,
Munrad , F. A. Tripp , O. N. Uoxtar , of Chicago
cage ; R12. McCarry of Indiana ; Hill of
Kansas City ; Uatchelder of St Louis , and
the following Nebraskans : W. A. and An
drew Carpetitor , Auroras F. B. Howe , Fair
mont ; J , M. Ucnuett , Hebron ; A. M. N.
Root , Omulias William Sutton , Pablo Rock ;
O. Camptou , Unnucttt J , Dixon Avery , Fre
mont ; Urown , licatrlco ; Marble , Mtnden ;
G.T.Ferguson , Stollu ; Persall , ruirfield ;
J. T. Stanhope , Omaha ; U. It Stouffcr ,
Hcllvlllo ; A. G , Porter Ltuooln and Pctor
Homings of I'awnoo , The session will con
tluuo until Friday
lOnrnay .Nriv *
ICeauncy , Neb , Dec 17. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tub Hec | J.V. . Holmes , nmnagor
of tha Kearney stons works company , claims
that they bad the lowest bid proscnted to the
couucll last uight ami reports say ho will en
join the council from closing up the contract
with O. II , Huberot Council Hluffs , tbo suc
cessful bidder , Mr , Holmes grounds nro
that ho gave prices on Akron , O. ' , piping and
that the contract was let for another , the
difference of price between tha two being
enough to bring bis bid below Hubers Just
what tbo result will bo no ono can surmise ,
Peter Uridgeman , who was Just released
from Jail ou a tbreo mouths sentence Xor as
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sault , was arrested and Iptaced In jail for
stealing n bedstead nnd a tew household
nrtlclcs from a storage rofttn Ho was mar
ried recently to his divoijcod wife , aud ho
wns short on house furnishing goods
A dlsputo arose today Sn thu meeting of
the board of supervisors , i Some tlmo ngo
they ndvortiscd for bldsUo complete the
court house Lnst Snturdny was the final
day to rccclvo tbo bids When Saturday
night came there wns only ono bid in , thatof
W , T. Scott of this olty Today Mr Camp
bell , a contractor , put in a bid nnd claims
equal recognition with Mr Scott , fho lat
ter claims that ho hasa , Inlr aud rcnsonnblo
bid and demands that the contrnct bo given
him Tlio board Is in a dilemma , all owlug to
their advertising the bids lu an obscure
sheet
IJvlitnncn In the l > cnn Case •
Wuxn , Neb , Dec 17. | Special Telegram
to Tun llEi : . ] The introductory oviuenco in
tlio Dean cuso began this morning Noel
Henjaiuin , thirteen years old , testified to
going with his two brothers after the cows
nt B o'clock ' lu the afturnoon Four Indiaus
dressed In dark clothes , fifty steps away ,
began shooting Wo ran Into a corn field
At the Bccoud shot Jlmmlo wns killed The
Indians drove off townrds the agency
Wo carried 'Jlmmlo to the house
nnd went for mother , who was at
a neighbors , nnd told lior what had
happened ; wcut to Ponder for father
The shots were lirod from a revolver Wo
bad not boon playing with n revolver that
dav " . ,
W. J. Hciij-nntn , fatUor of Noel , tcsttflod
that Noel told him thuttholndiatis had killed
Jlmmlo The uoy's uiothor then tcstlllod
that Noel told her boui6 fellows hud killed
Jlmmio
Lufccronk testified : Was on tlio reserva
tion July 27 ; saw three Indians In a wagon ;
they acted wild , as though Intoxicated ;
know Henry Rico : saw hluj in Pender that
nftornoon
James Allen testified : "I examined the
ground where the bcya said the Indlnns
were when shooting ; found tracks loading
oft towards the agency ! dent ' know when
the tracks were made "
E. T. Hull testified to the same ns above
William Meanov testified ! "I llvo on the
reservation about sixteen mlles from Hon
jamlns ; saw the dcfondlints near my place at
nbout 5 o'clock , ono on horseback nnd ono
on foot ; two men , a woman and chil
dren in a wagon , and a boy
tiding behind Lllack Hawk seemed
Intoxicated ; am positlvo it was near 5
oclock "
'iho remaining ovidonro was immaterial
nnd unimportant The stuto failed utterly
to connect the defendants with the shooting
When tno state rested the defense put in no
evidence The attorney for the p-osecullon
inudo un nrgumentbut the dofouse submitted
the case without argument The court then
ndjournod for supper A verdict of not
guilty was brought iu at 8:25.
A Fruitless Clinsc
Okd , Neb , Dec 12 [ Special Telegram to
The P.En.-Hobort. | C. Nfeliols , sheriff of
Valley county , has jist ! returned from a
long and devious chase after * John W. Pol
lock , a farmer lately residing in Garfield
coi-nty. Pollock was respectfully connected
nnd supposed to bo well off Ho quietly left
the county October 1 , disposing of his
chattel property before leaving When the
fact of his going was noised abrond nnd his
nffairs looxed into , It was found that his
chattel property was mortgaged , In some in
stances two or three raortgatres boiug placed
on tlio same chattels October 30 Nichols
wns sent after him nnd rauod him to King
Fisher , I. T. . ' wliorp he fiand him Pollock
was surprised and admlttfil tfiit ho-Uld not
suppose that his trull couldr have boon traced
His tracit led ncrofS Iowa , Illinois , Wiscon
sin , again through Iowa , Missouri and Kan
sas to Indian Territory About twenty-eight
miles from Davenport bo arrived nt the
uouso of a friend who drove him into Daven
port during tbo night , whore lie took the ,
morning train for Kansas City Nichols had
the pleasure of shaking bands with bim , but
being unable to procure'a requisition bad to
leave him where ho found him
Jail llrenlir-rH.
Dakota Crrr , Neb , Dee , 17. [ Special Tel
egram to Tub Hee.J A bold attempt was
made to liborata the prisoners iu the jail
hero this evening at about 8 oclock Tnoro
was only ono man guarding the jail , and on
some small pretext ho was sent down tewn
As soon as ho was gone a crowbar was
handed to the prisoners by a brother of ono
of the mon confined in J.u ) . With this they
broke out soma of tha barn of the steel cairo
and then pushca out tbo part of the brick 1
walls where snmo prisoners had made their
cscapo before Only three got away , us the
deputy came just thou and urovcuted the
rest from escaping The three that cscapod
are held hero on a charge of highway rob
bery The sheriff has a lurgo posse in pur
suit of the escaped
Gypsy Queen Sold
Waiioo , NobiDee 17 , [ Special to Trie
Bee I Today Gypsy Queen , the fastest
trotting mare in Nebraska , was sold to A. J.
Feoku of Syracuse , N. Y. , for $10,500. by
her owners , Johnson & Perry of this place
Gypsy Queen is six years old and was raised
nt St Udwards , Nao , and has a record of
2:19 : . Messrs , Johnson and Perry realized
a handsome profit over their purchase price ,
besides making over $10,000 lust season on
the track
A Merchant Married
Sidset , Neb , , Dee 17. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tnn Hue ] Edwin J. Vunderhoof , a
prominent grocery morchantof this city , was
married hero thla ovenlng to Miss Emma
Flanders of Ashland Neb , nt the palatial
rcsidenco of T. U. Dawson The ceremony
was performed by Uov Hardwoy of the
Methodist church The young couple re
ceived many costly and useful presents
Pawnee County Agricultural Society ,
Pawnee Citv , Neb , Dee 17. [ Special
to The Bee.J The Puwitoo County Agricultural -
cultural and Mechanical association has
elected S. Bernard president , N. S. Wright
vice president , Charlto Scnappnll snerotarv ,
and F , L , Bcunot treasurer A now board
of directors was elected ano the constitution
amended in a few sections 1 Thus starts tha
eleventh ycur of.tho society's existence
Applied tor n Dlvorno
Nehbiska Cur , Neb , Dee 17. [ Spoolal
Tolcgram to Tun Bee.J Lfss than a year
ago James Cook , a young { farmer near Dun
bar , married un estimable1' young woman
Today bho applied for a divorce , mid alleges 1
that ho has heaton her continually siuco the 1
first wcok of marriage , and otbonvlso mal "
treated her g
Gets Aiiotlinr Trlnl
Cextiui , City , Neb , Dee 17. | Speclai to 1
Tub I1ee. " | Au adjourned'torin of the dis
trict court was bold hero yesterday , and by
a ruling of Judge Post , Colonel VV H.
Wobstcr gets another trialon bis embezzle .
ment case , at tbo next regular term , This
was thu only important matter " disposed of ,
and the judge went homo this morning
Hound Over
Nemiibka Citv , Neb , Dee 17. [ Special
Telegram to Tub Bee 1 Fielding Hall , ono i
of the principals In the recent shooting f
scrape , had his prcllaiiuary examination
today , and was bound ever to the district 1
court to answer to the charge of attempted 1
killing The trial or thu Hess brothers has >
been continued to December 20.
The Wmitlier Forecast ,
For Omaha and Vicinity Fair weather
For Nouraska uud Iowa Fair , warmer ,
southerly winds
For South Dakota Fair , followed by light
rains , warmer southerly winds
Grady Under Hid Weather
Atlanta , Go . Doc 17. Henry W. Grady
arrived homo this inornlsg from the north
Ha Is quite ill , but bis physician thinks not
dangerously
A FIGHT ON JUDGE BREWER
Hols Ohm-god. with TJnduo Love For
Railroads
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
A Short fission of tlio House Fnvor-
ntilo Itcport on the Illnlr ICdil
eal I mi al Itlll llio 911-
uott 1'ioblciii.
Uiilooltrd-Fnr Opposition
WAsiiiNdTON , Dec 17. The executive
session of the senate this afternoon lasted
more than two hours The principal topic
of discussion was the nomination of Judge
Brewer to bo associate Justice of the supreme
court This wns celled up by Scnutur In-
gulls , on n favorublo report from the com
mltteo on judiciary Although there was no
minority report the confirmation of the
nomination was opposed by senators of both
parties , who based their objections upon two
groutds
1 , Ills doclsion in prohibition cases in Kan-
bus , which aftorwnrds wcro rovctscd by the
supreme court
- ' . that the stntemontof the facta in Judge
Grcshani'B review of the appointment of the
receiver for the Wnbash Bjstcuiof railroads
by Judge Brouor , whoso order in the case
Judge Grcsham vacated so far as it affected
the roads within its limits and circuit It
was assorted that these things Justify the
suspicion that Judge Brewer is a iriundof
corporation interests ns against those of the
public , and that the factsas stated in Judge
Greshum'a review , warrant an Investigation
'Iho friends of Judge Brewer , it is said ,
denied that ho was iu nny wise unduly in
fluenced iu bis notion iu the Wabash receiv
ership , but adjournment enmo before the
case was disposed of It is believed , how
over Hint his nomination will bo confirmed ,
probably tomorrow
Congressional lroo cdiuus
Senate
WAsniNGTOK , Dec 17. The senate com
mltteo today ordered favorably reports upon
thu following bills :
To relieve the treasury of the necessity of
carrying upon the books tbo balances of un
available usscts that have accrued slnco the
formation of the government , amounting to
about $23,000,000 ; the direct tax bill in the
shupo in which it passed both houses of the
last congress
The senate commlttoo on education and
labor instructed Chairman Blair to . report
favorably his educational bill This action
docs not , bowovor , bind any member of the
commltteo as to his action ou the tloor of the
senate
I'ho nomination of William T. Harris to
bo commissioner of education was ordered
rcportod favorably
The senate commltteo on pensions rofcrred
the dependent pension bill to a sub-corn-
mittco
A'inong the bills rcportod from the commit
tees and placed ou the calendar wcro the
following :
To relieve the treasurer of the United
States from the amount now charged to him
and deposited with the several states ; to in
crease tbo pension of pensioners who are
entirely helpless
Mr Halo , from tbo committee on appro
priations , rooorted back a small , deficiency
bill of $150,000 for publio printing and bind
ing and JJoO.000 for the preliminary prititing
of the eleventh census The bill was passed
A communication from the president to
congress In regard to the international marl
tlmo congress now in session und recom
mending earnestly thut a further extension
of therlimit of its continuance of two months
from " the 1st of January , 1S90 , bo authorized ,
was presented and ( with nccompanylng
papers ) referred to the commltteo on foreign
relations
Mitchell withdrew the resolution offered
by him last week In reference to the faliuro
of the pension bureau to furnish linn with
copies of certain papers in a pension claim
Commissioner Raum bad sent bim the papois
with a letter stating that the refusal to
furnish them had been based on an old regu
lation of the office , which seemed a judicious
ono , in order to prevent wusto of the effec
tive strength of the ofilco Mitcboll re
marked that any senator , representative or
duly authorized attorney of un upplicant or
the nppllcdnt himself should have a ritiht to
copies of the papers There was a brief dis
cussion on this point Mitcboll offered
a resolution ( which was referred to the post
ofllco commltteo ) calling on the postmaster
general for estimates of the IncreaBOd cost
required for the oxtonslon of the free deliv
ery system to nil towns and citlos having
not less than 3,000 inhabitants , and where
the gross postofllco revenue is at least5U00 ;
also cities and towns of 5,000 inhabitants
and with gross postoffico receipts of S7.OO0.
Senator Turpie , from tbo commltteo on
pensions , today made a favorable report on
Quuy's report fixing S73 per mouth as the
pension to bo grunted all persons who have
become totally helpless from injurlos re
ceived or diseases contracted when in the
military or naval Bervlco of the United
Stutcs
Among the bills Introduced in tbo senate 1
toduy are the following :
By Mr Pierce Directing tlio secretary of ,
the interior to cause the necessary surveys ,
to bo made to ascertain thu feasibility of
diverting tbo waters of the Missouri , James ,
Mouse and Red rlvors to the purposes of
irrigation in North Dakota and to cause the 1
sinking df artesian wells to develop the 1
artesian basin underlying the state It ap '
propriates 1150,000.
After un executive session the scnuto ad
journed
House
WAsniNOTON , Dee 17 , The session of the
house was brief After the introduction of [
a few bills a resolution was offered for call
calling the slates nlphabolioally for tbo in
troduction of bills Rofcrred to the commlt
tee on rules , As nothing could bo done the
house adjourned
At the session of the Silcott defalcation
commltteo it became ovldont that tbo major .
ity favor an appropriation bill to cover tlio
deficiency , but tbo minority opposed it and I
1/ necessary will make a minority report ,
The commltteo reassembled after the ad
journment hour toduy and resumed conside
ration of the legal points involved and prac
tically reached un agreement on tbo measure
which muy be regarded us a compromise bo-
> tween the diversu vlows of the members ,
'J his mensuro will provide for the reference
of the subject to the court of claims , which
tribunal is to determine tbo responsibility i
for the defalcation and adjust the claims of
the members who lost their money If it
follows from the findings that they are en- .
titled to reimbursement nnothor mooting of
tbo commltteo Is to bo bold to perfect the
form of the measure and to agree on the
detnils
_ _ _ _ _ _
Tlin Now Kxtrndlllnn Trpnty , '
Wasiunqtox Dee 17 , President Harri
son today transmitted to tbo senate the ex
tradition treaty with Eaglaud referred to in
his message , negotiated uy Secretary Blulno
mid Sir Julian Pauncefoto , the British min
ister Hy Its terms the number of extra *
ditiblo offenses is largely increased The
most important addition is that of cmbczzlo-
ment So If the treaty bo ratified Canada
nnd the Unsted States will cease to exchange
a lisbs of undesirable residents who have
hitherto seemed immunity from punishment ,
The Saraoan treaty negotiated at Berlin ;
lost bpring has not been transmitted to the
senate ,
Nebraska , Iowa und Dal 'ot i Pcunions
Wasiiij > eton , Dee 17. [ Special Telegram
to Tub Bee.J 1'cnslons granted Nebraskans is s
Original Invalid Albert O. Van Epps ,
Omaha ; George Clark , ( deceased ) Beaver
City ; Albert A. Palmer , Sowards J , E. Blake ,
Oreto , Increase Samuel Martin , Omaha l ;
Peter Urowo , Talmago ; Stephen Dcltch ,
* S
"
Malcolm ; George C. Whitney , Stunrt ;
Francis Houchin , Rod Cloud ; Olaf Olson ,
Nowmnn Grove ; F M. Lackey , Uulbertson ;
Androtv Lawrence , Ewlng Original widows ,
etc Luclndn , widow of John Guyor , Alma ;
Mary U , widow of George Clark , Beaver
Citv
Citv.Pensions
Pensions for Iowanss Original invalid
James McKco Avon ; William 11. Stratton ,
Smithiand ; Jolin Mtddloton , Marshnlltowu ;
Mlcluicl J , Appleton , U'ost Point
Incronse George \ \ \ Sylvester , Kvlra ;
Richard ! ' . Martin Hedrlck ; Wltllam Bacon ,
Greenfield ; Jacob Rank , Deep River ;
Charles Morgan , Redman ; Robert Wilson ,
Lnfnyetto ; J. M. Argabrlaht , Lamonds Rob
ert Anderson , Clarkson ; Siuiucl W. Porter
Webster City ; Presta Jadtson , farmington ;
Gustav Hnll , Cassad.v ; Francis M. Rather ,
Sac City ; Mosscr Jackson , Panora ;
Joseph Lnwson , West Dos Monies ; Samuel
II Mix , Cedar Rapids ; Jesse C. Calloway ,
Rose ulll ; Samuel R , Cain , Hartford ; John
Ratston , Keota ; Thomas W. Ilolninn , Con
trovllle Rctssuo lames W. Simmons ,
Shenandoah Origlnul widows , etc Mary
A. , widow of John Kenny , Cicsco
Pensions for Dakotans : Original Invalid
Wli.slow Abbey , Mitchell ; William La-
Grunt , Bonllla Increase lames Kgan ,
Vermillion ; Daniel Wntcrbury , Watcrbury
Western Patent * Issued
Washington , Dec 17. | Spcclal Telegram
to The Uee | Patents were today granted
ns follows :
Nebraska V. Long , Peorln , Neb , frnco
wire strctchor ; Moso Marks , Omaha , horse
collar rustener ; Thomas L. Register , Tenu-
tnab , Neb , windmill governor ; Max V. ii
Stodinuollor Pomoroy , In , butter workc ;
Jon A. Wahlstroiu , Wiikotlukl , Neb , uiidd-
lings purifier
Iowa .1 nines Brady , lliooklyn , N. Y. , us
slcuor to Fitrh typewriter company , nt Dcs
Moines , In , key lever for tyno writing machine -
chine ; Asher A. Bnuvcr , Creston , In , car
pet stretcher ; Anson E. Clay , Newburgh ,
In , grain meter ; S. Cordorman Wavcl.iud ,
• In , harrow ; Kugctio Hurnion , Rlppley , In ,
halter ; Abnor B , Knaton and R. I ) . Criswoll ,
Wlnlcrset , la ; said Criswoll assignor to
Kenton , fifth wheel Tor vehicles ; Ander Jen-
Bcn , Onktleld , In , wlro fencu machine ;
Henry Phillips nnd F. W. Byors , Ottumwu ,
In , said Byors assignor to Phillips , pick or
tool holder ; John \V. Puterbaugh , Clarlnda
In , fence machine
South Dakota James W. Reed nnd C. II
Martin , Sioux Falls , Dak , paper pulp ma-
chiuo
Allowed the Ancount" .
Washington , Dec 17. First Comptroller
Matthews has decided to allow tlio accounts
of United States Marshal Noodles of Okla
homa and of the United States commission
ers nppoluted by Judge Shackelford for duty
in that territory , on the ground that the ser
vices rondcrcd by thorn were legal and
proper Tno accounts amount to about
8130,000.
llnrtnliorii huocoeds Silcott
WvsnixoToy , Dec 17. Scrgcaut-at-Arms
Ilolmos , of the house lias appointed E. J.
Hartshorn , of lown , to be cashier of his
ofilco , in place of Defaulter Silcott Hart
shorn has given a bond of $50,000.
Bond OfiVriimn
WvMinsaTOV Dec 17. [ Special Telegram
to The Hee.J Bonds offered : ? 1 , 'J30 at 51.27 ,
$1,850 at $1.01 .
WEST'S TltlAJj
Much Evidence of n Criminating Nn-
turo Adlucad '
Cnioioo , Dee 17. ISpaclal Telegram to
Tub Bee ] Iu the trial of James J. West ,
ex-prcsidunt of the Times company , on tbo
charge of fraudulent ovenssuo of stock ,
muck evidence of a criminating nature was
udduced Mr Huiskamp , now president of
the Times company , was ono of the witnesses ,
nnd testified that ho first beard the charges
against West In President Odoll's ofilco at
the Union National bank Then the cross
examination recurred to the conversation of
witness with West when the latter told him
that stock had been ovur-issuod to tbo ex
tent of 1.0VJ shares
Did West not say , " naked the lawyer ,
that the stock over-Issued was less than
1,010 shuros ; that it was u mistake which
must bo corrected nt once and that the credit
to him of S10 shares should bo annulled 1"
"No sir "
Did ho not turn ever certain certificates ,
for 810 shares to you that morning anil after
wards 200 morel
"No , sir "
When did you got the certificates ? "
"A day or two later "
"Wboro bavo they boon sincol"
"In the Times ofilco safe
Did you not see your lawyer , Mr Gurloy ,
nnd then say to West that you were auro ho
was not guilty of an Intentional ever issue ;
that Mr Gurloy would defend him for noth
ing , but bo did not want to take the respon
sibility of annulling the shares without a
vote of the board of directors ? "
Captain Huiskamp answered tlio question
in sections , saying that Mr Gurloy would
defend West if ho was guiltless ' of criminal
intent , but denying tbo rest of tbo implica
tions In the question
GA.THKitI.SG 1'IIfcJU IN
The Mayor or Silt Lnko nnd Oilier
OflialulH Arrested
Salt Lake , Doc 17. The recent invostl-
Ration of tbo grand Jury into the nllogod
frauds in the disbursing of funds and the
making of contracts bv city and county offi
cials is resulting in a lurgo number of ur-
rests
Mayor Armstrong was arrested last night ,
there being nlno indictments ai'ainst him
charging intent to defraud the city nnd
county Today Chnrlcs A. Smith , Bishop
Runnoy , Jcsso Fox County Surveyor John
C , Cutler County Clerk L. I ) , Youug ,
Abram Cannon , Alonzo Young Joshua
Midgloy , Stephen A , Manio , William N.
Williams woie also ancstod on indictments
nnd taken before tbo commissioner and gave
bonds in the sum of $1,500 each All will bo
nrraigned Saturday
A Cool Criminal
Kansas Citv , Mo , , Dee 17. ( Special Telegram -
gram to The Bee ] Probably ono of the
strangest things that ever happened In the
criminal history of Missouri was brought to
light In this city today in the case of Billy
Mitcboll , who will bo hanged in the jail yard
hero Friday morning for the murder of
Michael Kllrisky moro than a year ago It
.vus dyvolopod that in nil of Mltcholl's long
imprisonment and subsuijuont tedious trlui ,
his mother , who lives ut W koileld , ICun ,
lias been kept in Ignorance of her bey's
trouble , and now that the execution is so
near at hand it is feared that to suddenly
Inform hoof the young mans horrlblo into
would result seriously Mitchell Is tlio cool
est man ever sentenced to death iu this city ,
When ho returned to the jail after the vor-
diet had been announced ho suids Well ,
boys , they're going to hang me " Ever since
ho has expressed a wish thut the execution
might bo hurried up , ns ho wanted to gel it
off his hands Mitchell's sister is with him ,
but his wife refused to oven lend her pres
ence to tbo murderers last hours
A tMinpli'inoutiU Petition
Chicago , Dee 17. [ Spoolal Telegram to
Tub Bbe.J Charles W. Larno filed a sup
plemontal potltion in the superior court to i
his bill today for a rccoivorfor the Harmless
spur wire company Ho charges J. Alien
Barber , president of the comiunyj John A.
its Street , secretary , and Richard Street
with coucoctlng and attempting to put in
operation u plnu to wreck the company The ,
amended bill Insists that the revocation of :
the license , which makes the company's i
Block valueless , was brought about at the 1
instance of Strcots , limber and their assocl-
ates solely with a View to prujudico the lit I
teresti of Luruo and tha stockholders ,
m
AThouiiaiiU Minora Strike
Rocuesteu , N. Y , , lea 17 , A thousand
coal iniuers in the Wulston and Adrian mines
struck this morning
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ECHOES J 1 OF THE CR0N1N TRIAIU I
Frlonda 3 of the Sontonood Mon Call H
and Coiulolo H
KUNZE | HAS DRIED HIS TEARS , M
Tlin Prisoners Krqieotlng Anotlicy H
Cll.tnci ) for Libert } l.onueueckcr M
Tolls How tlin Vol diet H
WlIN lU'UL'Il ' d. M
The Pleasures oT Hope fl _
Cntcton , Doc 17. There was a sound o | flflj
weening lu the visitors cngo lu the Jail this | Vfl ]
morning i flflj
Friends of the four mon convicted yesterday - H
day called on thorn nnd dcploiod their Into BflJ
Butko alone received no callers He pro BJ
serves the same c ircloss demeanor ho has SH
exhibited slnco the trial began M
Llttlo Kuiiro hnd recovered his spirits H
The fact is nil the prisoners , now that , the ifl _
suspense U over , are looking forward with flflj
hope to the possibility of n now trial H
Culver ttie Onus * , flflj
Cnlc\bo. Dec 17. State Attorney Lonpo BH
necker \ this evening , lifter neonferoucowitb , B _
ono of thu Cronlu Jurors whose nnmo ho t\itU v _ _
held ] , told how the vordlct was reached flflj
As surmised , Juror John Culver , who spent i jflH
much ' of his spare tlmo during the long cvon- } t H
ings I rending thu bible , wns an Influential ] _
factor 1 lie lirst incident In this connection TBI ]
occurred . while the trial was In progress 1 Iflv ]
the tlmo when Mrs Couklln tcstlllcd Tlint \ jflfl
evening Culver untitled his fellow jurois that ; ] fl _
he . Rolcuiiily believed she had cumJflfl
mittcd pci Jury Luler Mrs Hoortol , ]
ha , thought , was a liar , and Martinson , {
the expressman , did not really know liurko , jflfl
while the Carlsons wcro plainly tolling false | Bfl
hoods To llii.str.ito : As to Expressman jflfl
Martinson Mrs CuUcr told of u mistake - {
. made by thu wife of his pat tner who oue day Bfl
saw a in a n riding In a buggv whom she was
sure ! was Culver when hi fact she was on-
tlroly mistaken Culver seemed to see iu flB
nearly every witucs fur the statoavin-
dictlvo ' or purchased perjurer He plainly . fl ]
hinted that It looked UUo a conspiracy un tha flB
states ( tart The matter of having witnesses ,
under the charge of detectives was ono ot Bl
the tilings ho thoughtlookcd bad Ho wasn't
sure Dr i.ronln was ever iu the cottage nnd Bfl
when asked : How do you account for
the bloody trunk ! " said , Why , for all wo
know u dug may lmvo been taken in it " The • Bfl
ciuso uf Cronin's death hud not been proved , flj
and bo contended that ho was impressed
with the idea thut Daniel Cuughllu had a flj
good face , flfl
When the tlmo for balloting arrived Culflfl
vor voted for the acquittal of all the defendflfl
ants Ho steadfastly declared that Hoggs Bfl
particularly ho would not send to Jail oven flfl
for ono day The result was a long Btruggla flfl
and repeated ballots , ending iu the comflfl
promise verdict announced flfl
Farmer Pierson had voted steadily for the flfl
execution of all live dcfoudntiti uud was tlio ' flfl
lnst man to yield It was he who was holdflfl ]
ing out tuwurd the cud , and not until an .
hour or so before tbo verdict rcaelicd tbo flfl
publio did ho glvo in , . flj
The leading thought of the jurors , other
than Culver uud Piorson , seemed to bo to flfl
prevent a dlsagocincut They apparently bo- flj
licved thut n mistrial was what had been flfl
aimed at by the defense flj
i < - • 1 * * HJ
llouncitia'Cliiii-iiu-Onol Ollioort ) . > fl
Chicmoo , Doc 17. Detective John Stlft M
and M. G. Crowo aud Patrolman Redmond flfl
McDonald , who testified in favor of Daniel ' • M
Coughlin in the recent Cronlu trial received Bfl
notice of dismissal today from the lorco for pfl
conduct unbecoming olllcors nnd for neglect flfl
of duty " 1 ms is only n beginning of the flfl
rtmovals , " said an official today , and from flfl
this time ou „ vou can look out for the ro- j H
movnlof Claii-iia-Gnol mon nnd their sym 111
pathizcrs daily " , )
Woodriiff'n Case jflfl
Chicaoo , Dec 17. It seems probable now jflfl
that tlio indictment against Frank Woodruff \ M
for complicity in the murder will not bo jflj
pushed to trial , but that ho will bo trlod for Ifljf
hoi so stealing tflj |
IIHAL ItUnSlA.N llSKLUENZA - jjfl
llcaltlt Officer Edison's Opinion ot the jflj
Now Yiirit Cuscn I (111 (
Nnw Yoiiic , Dee 17. The snnltnry in- IjHJ
snectnr who investigated the report of Rus ' - Ifljl
nlun inllucnza reported today to the board of jjB
health The matter was brought to the at- JBl
tentlon of the board by Lellman , who noli- , -JjflJ
lied it that seven mem hers of the family of * | H
Albert Klumroth wcro suffering from what jflj
ho bollovcd to bo Russian inllucnza , Tbo ' IH
inspector says The ngus of those attacked * IH
rauge from fifty yours to four years , all but • jH
two little children being over twunty.ono ' 4flJ |
years No cause of the uttnclc is apparent 4J
None of the family huvo bcon thrown into 1IJ
contact with iinyono suffering from the jflj
dismiso The first case occurred on Decern ; jH
ber 11. The first syuiptons wcro midden * {
faintness , chills and marked prostration jflj
Then succeeded headache and u general feel Jflj
lug of malaria followed by ucuto corz7a , M r Iflj
winding up with bronchitis Kxntmnation • > ' Bfl
showed thouatlant nbout ns sick us persons * " ' $ BflJ
with n uud cold The duration of the attack flfl
was tuo days and upward Health Officer jflj
EdUmi said hn hud no doubt this was real H
Russian lulluciua ,
Succor lor Stiii'vlni ; Indlnns IH
Dcluth , Minn , , Dee 17. [ Special Tele- T jH
grutn to The Bbi : , [ Tha oxpediution to ro- • jH
llovo the starving bands of Grand Portage fll
Indians returned to Dululh this morning Jfl
after a lake journey of .100 miles Indian V 'flj
Agent Leahy was iu charge of the oxpodl- " flj
tlun and the supplies , which consisted of two fl
cur loads uf Hour , pork nnd bcof , were put off ' flj
in nearly equal portions at Grand Murals j flj
und Grand Portage , At the former place flj |
there were no actual cases of suffering , but ' - ' flj
at the latter thuro wcro nbout one hundred , flj
and sixty Indians in a deplorable condition IH
for tno want of actual neccss irlus of life * ] M
The arrival of the food was bailed with ' ' flj
every evidence of extravagant joy , us a boat ' . HJ
was not looked for at this Into time of the ' jfl ]
year Runners were sent out to the differ ' IH
cm settlements uud the tribal rolls wcro tiifll
present In a few hours , A grunt feast fol- lioBj
lowed , and with care the Imilans now have lllBl
enough to last them until spring , A total of * _
2'JJ Indians were roilevud < ffl |
aThn Ijiiw IMiisi liu Kiifnraed iIH
Kansas Citv , Mo , Dee 17. | Special Tele- ilBJ
gram to The I1ek. | The elevator men of IH
this city met ut noon toduy aud appointed a Ifll
commltteo to confer with Railroad Couimis- Jill
sloner Johu B , Brouthltto ou the Impending 7III
fight butweon the stnto aud the elevators f IH
Mr Breuthltto met thu commltteo this after lllH
noon , but the conference resulted In nothing f IH
satisfactory to thu grain men The coinmis- S&IH
sloner suys the law must bo onfoicod , and 'SIM
that It Is his business to help enforce it , Thu * ilfl
grain men are determined thut they will not * * IH
qualify their elevators as publio warehouses till
as the law directs , claiming that their ale | | H
vntors uro prlv-ato property , to bo used as MlM
• they see fit < /H
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Coiimil I.en IV Iteoill Dainnndcd Sill
[ Copyright IMbu Jinn * CtanloHllcniltitA - | H
ZvNziiuii , Doc 17 , [ Now York Herald JHffl
Cable Special to The Beh.I The Moorish | _
govornmout has cabled to Washington do * Jy |
inauding tbo recall of Consul Lewis Gioat Mill
cxclteinont prevails in Tangier * owing to bis - all
action un Sunday relutlvo to the suUuro of a -111
case containing Uro arms , 'III
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lOloven L vB Loir , IH
London , Dec , 17. The bark Tonly Castle JJ"J
wtni wrcuked ut Holyhead today Klevcn uflj
per uub were drowuua , Mfl
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