ff\ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , THTJKSDAY ALOKi ra FEBRUARY 27 , 1890 * NUMBER 248. I
I MURDERER BLACK ilAflCEDJSS
Hi
IBS
j ' Ho Maintains His Innoconoo to
H | the Last
Hi
Hf FACES DEATH WITHOUT FEAR ,
jflj And Only Hrurcts the lilci Ho Told
IBS J in Order to Save "Iloxy"
. . - / W ' A History or the
* BI Crime
iBI
W
} Bf Hnnecd Whllo tlio Snow was Falling
IH Laimmib , Wyo , fob 20. [ Special Tolo
| H pram toTiiBllKE ] Gcorgo A. Ulack , who
H shot Burnett last May , was hanged hero nt
{ BJ 11:15 this morning Ho mot death without
IBj a tratnor and declared to the last ho had not
J llrotl the Bitot which killed the occontrio old
{ ranchman Ulack did not rctlro until
Bt nearly 1 o'clock this morning and awoke
jBJ twlco during the night , llo refuted to
IB breakfast until 0:30 : and ate vcr.y little , nlw
IBl though fried chtcUon had been prepared at
JBlflBrlils own request Mono but inttuiata friends
IJ V were allowed to see him , and at un early
BH hour Deputy Sheriff McKay visited the cell
I B lie explained to Ulnck Just what would bo
JBT ] done on the scaffold , llo told bliu that by
IflJ noon ho would bo in atiothur world and that
m after ho hnd been pinioned the sheriff
< BK would ask him If ho had anything to Bay
I B For Gods sake , George , " said the dop-
'bWJ5j5T' my * lot w'iat ' iou Riy ° ° tuo trui . Do
'UBBlB not B ° t0 tu0 otucr world with a lie upon
} | B your lips "
| B McICay Bpoko kindly but earnestly and the
TBT prisoner burst into tears
W "I have told the truth , " ho said ,
' | and If I nm nblo 1 shall do so
jBf upon the scaffold 1 nm going up
' 1 ttioro and shall try to bo nt stout
BM us I can , but I dent know whether I can talk
or not The only thing 1 have to bo forgiven
for is for telling n lie In the boglnnlng to
eve Roxy ' "
iAV The doomed mans la9t hour was spent
JAW with Futhor Comiskoy who.adtnlnlstcrcd the
] BH last rites , lie walked firmly to the scaffold
iBpJ and after the priests prayer and blessing
- stepped quickly on the trap When asked if
, ho tmd anvthing to sny his reply was
JBB "No ; I'm not the man that done the 1:111-
( t Ing ; that's all "
IHBi Ills neck was broken by the fall and there
JBBf was no movement of Vho body boiond a
> BBM Blight muscular contraction of tlic lingers
Bb nnd knees Alter six minutes the pulse bo-
Bl cniiio imporeoptiblo and in twenty-seven
( BBV tnlnutts the body was cut down
> § The day was cold and raw and snow fell
, BBf the entire forenoon , nt times ( juito lieuvily
Br It fell to a considerable depth upon the
BB1 j scnffold , which was swept off about half an
BLhour before the execution and fell upon
"V the hend of lilnclt as the cap was druwn
. BBT y over his face
fl ft / lltSTOKV OF THE CHIMB
. IBBB " Robert Burnett , an elderly and eocontric
ll BBr ranchman living in the Polo mountain re-
BBBT ploii , llftcen miles cast of Laramie , was shot
' BH uud killed by GoorgoUlucic on May 28 last
Bl On the morning of that any Uurnott left
HH Indian Johnny Thompson's ranch for his
| own , taking two sacKs of potatoes that ho
/ H intended planting llo stopped at another
* ' H ranch on his way and was never seen allvo '
m ngnin.Uo was accustomed to go off forscvcral
m days ut a time , so his dlsappsarauco at tlrst 1
' H attracted no attention Hut when ho aid not
H return , und people found that Uoorgo lllaek
B and Dwight Uockwcll , two young ranrtimon ,
/ H had tukcu possession of his'ranch nna wera
J B living In his cabin , they began to open their
j H ojes aad talk of foul Play
' H It was well known ibnt Black mid Burnett
< Hk had not been friends The Uurnctt ranch is \
H , upon the Fort Sanders reservation , and had I
H originally boon occupied by HI tick Two yours >
H utrd llumett obtained a judgment against ;
H JJIuck for Bomo hay tlio former claimed I
H nnd levied upon his house , corral uud a i
B few cows Uurnott took possession of these i
H and also of yio ranch , as being upon the resi
w ervation Ulactc had no title to it Black left , ,
y Bj going to work in a saw mill near Medicine >
jB H Uow , but o.irly In 18SU returned to lolo )
JB H uiountnin , wheru ho mndo threats nralnst t
| ay Bs _ Uurnott and said ho proposed to have tlio
iB B/ \ ranch buck again
} B B ) v But It was not until August that thcro i
j Bff wasanypioof Burnett had been murdered ,
| B B On the evening of August 7 nil excited man i
BB und womun arrived in Lurainio carrying two
ByJ pails They weroCliarles Pullman atid wife
BJ una the palls contained the charred bones of
BB u human being They hud been found by
BB Airs Pullmans daughter , Mary Backus , m
BB a secluded gully ubout two miles from the
Bj Burnett [ ihico The authorities hecamo
BB convinced that they were the rc-
JBJ mains of Uurnott At theflcoroner's In-
B quest niack swore that Uurnctt was not on
BB the ranch when ho took possession UWlght
B Rockwell who had gone on the place with
BM Black could not bo found But there was
BH soiiio very strong testimony ns to suspicious
circumstances and throats tnado by Blade
Bj and It was decided to hold him Wbilo his
Bl preliminary examination was in progress two
Bl weeks later Hoeltwcll was arrested in North
B ( Plutto , Cole , by Sheriff Yound Ho at unco
Bl made u full unci voluntary confostion
Bl He said thut ho became acquainted with
ABJ Uluek nnd tbo luttcr pronoscd that they go on
BB the Uurnott ranch Black churned that the
B phico was rightfully his und they would dl-
Bfc j _ , vldo the summers prolits Ilu agreed , and
BBT V they sot out together with a team for the
Bj 7"- place May 28. They found Uurnott
BBT In his cabin , sitting on a stool }
BK nnd cutting potatoes Ulaclc do-
BB mantled possession , saying the place was
BB his Uurnott , of course , refused to glvo up
BB poKRCbslon , und aftur a long argument
B lllaulr , who was standing a little to the back
BVi of Uurnott , suddenly drew his revolver and j
B& ' llreU Uurnott rxolalmcd , "Oh , George I"
BB nnd half rising , made a motion us It to loaah
B for his gun , which was in n corner , lllaek }
BB tired ugaln , The shot took effect , and Uur-
BB iiott foil forward on the floor A third time
BB\ ho 11 red , but the second had done the work ;
BBf Uockwcll then assisted Ulack in hauling
BB the body to the gully , where they pluced it '
BB - upon u pila if' logs und cremated It A few '
BB days Inter they returned to the gully , and
BH finding that many of the larger bones ro-
BJ iiiainod they renewed the lire Even
BJ n third time they returned und umdo '
BJ n Dual effort to cancel the evidences of their
Blf nrimo Some of the remaining bones wera
BJl placed In a gopher hole where they were
BB ) found as Rockwell stated
BJl Rockwell insisted ho bad no Idea a crlms
BJl was to be committed when ho wont to the
BJl place Black was Indicted for murder In
BJh the second degree uud Rockwell us an acces-
BJm . sory after the fact At the trial Ulack.uftor
BjBt previously having deaicd knowing anything
B l 1 ubout tliu murder , wont upon the rtund ami
Bf a/iuilttcd the truth of Rockwell's story , with '
BJl ono exception ho declared that the shooting >
BJT was done by Uockwcll uud not by himself ,
BJj Other testimony as to motives and throats
BJ weut to corroborate Rockwell uud Ulack
BJ Was conviotod mid sentenced to haug
BJ Ulack was twenty-soveu years of ago and •
BJ o Ignorant ho could not write hit name , A
BJ , few yeais ago he married a woiumi twice his
BJ own ago , but they separated a year before
BJ ' tlio murder Rockwoll's case will como up
BJ in the district court next month llo is
BJ twenty-eight years of ago und was u sailor
BJ up to two i ears ago
BJ This was Liiramlo's Becond legal hanging ,
B | the tlrst having been that of Georco Cook in [
. lbSU im
Bk | A l'ttniibvlviiulii liaimlnir
B' ' W'A'VXtsuflio , ' Ph , Feb 20. George
B Clark , convfetcd us oao of tbo uiurdereis of
H IVilliam McClelland , an Allegheny City dro-
BJ vor , was hanged hero today ,
fc j > * IMurrlod nt Savonty
HJjMr Ciiicaoo Fob M0. ISpoclal Telegram to
I P V uk Bee.--Aiuos Uvor8ldgo , aged ifoarly
Pj t , • event ) ' , today won 111,000 from his chlldrcu
H after haying aguuut their wishes marrlod 1 a
H beautiful young Bngllsh woman , Mrs Cilia
Maybon Liversldgo claimed when his
H • children , Joshph LIversldge , Mrs Louisa
H Ollpbaut ypd Mr * . Kmma West learned
I' ' )
that ho had become engaged to Mrs MayTI
bon , whom ho mot whllo traveling In Eng11
land , they hoodwinked turn into deeding his
iiroporty ! ' to thorn , pretending it was his will
hn ' ' was signing Returning from his bridal
tour , the old gontlomcn , who is Infirm , dlsrv
covered that the document he had signed
Wf a regular conveyance The children
swore the deed was a voluntary net and that
the attempt to nullify It was nt the instance
of the young wife Judge Tullev today heldt
that the children nnputod on their father
'Ihe old man wet greatly dollghtod
May Mnniilitutiii-o Onir-nt.
MiTOiir.f.1. , 9. D „ Fob 21. ( Spscwl Telegram -
gram to Tun Hr.r.l Great interest nt
present , prevails hero regarding cement
inauufnctiiro : Chalkstono and clay nro
found In great nbumlance In the vicinity of
the city nnd have been subjected to varied
tests for ccmont by > T. IC Smith and hnvo
fully met ml of them Prof Q. 13. Culver ,
JH
geologist of the state university , pronounces
'ft , clay the best grade of pottery clav nnd
BUpoilor to any ho has seou in the north
west It will mnko pottery of the finest
texture , probably oven oiunawaro The
chalkstono ! Is equal to tint at Yankton Tno
clny j will make just na good cement An ao-
tivo ' effort is being inaugurated to enlist the
Investment of outside capital In Greeting
works The cement that can ho maunfocin
turcd will bo equal to Portlaud
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Tim UAiwvisrrc statuk
Minister Itrld Will Kxftinlno the Ono
Ordered By Congress
[ rnvyitghllSOObu James ( Jordot Itt > uiU |
Paius , Fob 20. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tub Hek.1 Minister
Whltolaw \ Reid will tomorrow go to see the
statue of Lafuyotto ordered by the congress
oi the Uuitod States from Mm Mcrcio and
Fugulorer , sculptors , and M. Ujol , architect
The monument stands altogether about ton
metres high The statue Itself , whloh is
bronze , nnd stands on a granite and murblo
pedestal , three mid one-half metros , represents -
sonts , General Lafaynlto as standing with
his right arm outstretched In nn omphatlo
gesture On the front of the marble of the
upper pait of the pedestal U carved an in-
scriptiou ( recording the gratitude of America
to Lafnyetto and his follow volunteers An
allegorical llguro of a woman Is
also represented offering a sword
to ( the hero in remembrance of that presented -
sonted by the women of Aniorico Four of
Lafayotto's , companions In arms Rochnng
bouu I'ortal , Do Ghibso nnd d'Estalng ' arc
carved on the lateral faces of the pedestal ,
while the back shows a shield upheld by two
.
Infant Mcuil
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What St 'intliiii ; iHrniiss Cost
irn ) > iirluM JW ) hy James Gunlun nenwtt.l
Umu.iN' , Feb 20. [ New York Herald
Cable Special to Tni : Hek.J Statistics are
published . , . hero showing the military expend
iturcs of the great powers durlug the past
three years Franco spent 5,03,000,000
marks , Russia 8,251,000,000 marks , Great
Britain 2,475,000,000 marks , Germany 2,430r
000,000 marks , Austria-Hungary 1,052,000,000
marks , Italy 1,251 , , " 000COO marks
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FAU.KI ) 'JO AGIiEE
The J Hall mid Iiako Tjines Mnko a
Vnln Attempt to I'k ltatus
Ciiiuaou , III , Feb 28. | Special Telegram
to The Bee.I The truuk und central traillo
lines mot representatives of the lake lines
toany and a vain uttompt was made to agrco
on a bnsis'of ratestoboapiilleav'on''compett"- :
tlvo traftlc foi tbo-commg season The laBO _
lines \ had every advantage in the conference "
and refused utterly to oven consider a propi
ositlon of the rail lines for a lower differen-
tiul t on lake traflle The point was made by
the I lake lines that there was no possibility
of sticking to any agreed rntos , as thcro .
wcro enough guerilla boats winch would cut
l the ruto at any time they failed to got a load
at i the tariff to dcmoialize any basts of rates
which could bo established , The proposition
for the lnko lines to accept a lower differential -
tial 1 was not even brought to a vote , and as
thov i would not como to terms tbo rail lines
agreed i to refer the whole matter back to
Chairmen Hlanchard and Hayden for now
recommendations It Is safe to sav that no
stable i system of difforontiulscan bo arranged
between the lake und rail lines as long us J
the lake lines arc free from the operation of
the interstate commareo act
Hotdlint'n Voting Trust ,
PniLAliULPiliA , Fob 21 , A petition ad-
drcssod to the Judges in the court of com
mon pleas , prajing for the dissolution of the ,
voting trusteeship of the Heading railroad
company and the removal of Corbin from
the presidency , was circulated today nnd a
number of signatures obtumod Some of the
signers have u largo interest in the rallroud i
and their views it is tbought will have con
sldcrable weight In court
A Ituto Cut By the Northwestern
MiTcneM , S. D „ Fob 20. [ Special Tolo-
gram to The Uee.I Yesterday ttio North
western rend reduced frolgbtrates from CM
cage from 8 to 15 coats per 100 on different
classes , and carload lots 2 to 4 cents per 100.
Today the M'lwuukeo ' met the cut
o
ONLY _ A 1'llAM'O.n hOVlSIt
An Explnnntlon ol niUs Drury's
Queer Conduct
New Yoiik , Feb 20 | Special Telegram to
Tim Uee.I The past history of the haud-
some cosmopolite , Miss Harriet Drury , who
wes commlttod to the Insane asylum at Flat
bush last wcok from Mine , do Saussors homo
for girls , has been unravelled JSho Is thirty
thrco years of ago and is the daughter of
Erastus . Drury , a prominent citizen of
Fond du Lac , Wis , who died fifteen years
ago Her mother died In 18S2 and her property h
orty , which no ! consldorablo value Is in
the care of A. G. McDonald In tbo spring
of 1SS0 whllo traveling in Europe with soma
companions Miss Drury's hallucination of u
phantom lover , to whlchshehadbeen | | forsov-
oral years n victim , obtained such a complete
ascendancy over her that her mind gave way
and she Docamo irrespouslblo , erratic and
violent at times After an examination she
wns committed to u celebrated Institution for
the insane situated in Bremen Through the
interference of the United Stutes counsel she
was shortly after released and ' vent to tbo
homo of her nunt , Miss Htiogel , at Laurel ,
Md Shogot tha'ldoa Into her head after
two mouths residence at I.auro 'l that her
nunt was her enemy , and she toft tb o bouse
and whs not again heard of uutll she turned
up at Mine , du Sausser's house and applied
for a home Miss Drury has a half brother ,
H. H. Drury , ut Oruud Rapids , Mich She
Das always been a dorotit Protestant .
A. Ilcspernto Hrxtottp
Nr.w Yohk , Fob 20. [ Special Telegram
to TiiBliun.1 Early thlj morning a dospcr-
ata attempt was made by six prisoners to os-
capo from Rundail's island They knocked
down the night guard , Jouah Ketchum , and
bound , gagged nndYobbod him They then !
opened the doors and escaped to the water :
front The uoiso attracted the uttentlon of >
another guard and an alarm wa given The |
Blx prisoners were soon recaptured Kotchum
has u bad wouud lathe head , uud ho believes
the men meant to kill him
G rmnii Socialist Gulitx
IJeiii.ix , Feb , 0. The vote of the social
ists compared with thoolection of 1687 shows
u gain of S07,405 votes , Tto gain of the Oer- ' .
man liboruls ls22l,000. , Tbo Cartcllers lost
1000,000 votes
llusiiieurf Troubles
Ni.w Yoiik , Fob CO Jacob Hcnkell , an
extensive manufacturer of cigar boxes , has
failed His liabilities are stated at I1H.0O0 ;
asset * about the tame ,
THE COMPOUND LARD BILLS ,
.
Oppononta of thaMco.3uro3 Qlvon a
Hearluff
THEY | MAKE A STRONG PROTEST
Nchrnslcn , Nnnnnntlons Iowa Stock ,
Hoporl Ohio Wants the Dlrec-
tni'shtu of the Worlds
Fair
Wasuikoton UUnEAUTltB Omaija Usb , )
513 FouiiTBKNTit SrnBar , >
Wasiiinotov , D. 0. . Fob 20. I
The house commttteo on agriculture gave
n hearing this morning to the opponents of
the Conger and Uuttorworth lard compound
bills which was very Interesting and iniC
portant N. IC Fairbank & Co were represented -
. .
sonted by J. M. Oliver of Chicago , W. J.
Curtis y of Now York and D. E. Fox of Washjj
tngton These gontlomou directed atten
tion to the fact that the Inrd compounders
wore distinctly branding their product as
lard ] compouud" and there was no dooop-
Hon of the riubllo in their brands or labels
The Conger bill would simply require thom
to reverse the words they now adopt nnd
brand their goods compound lard ' - They
further clatmod the goods were healthful ,
and ' In support of this proposition prcsontod
the . reports of the state boards of health of
Now York and Now Uampshlro commend
ing , lard compounds nnd cotton seed
oil ' as good and nutritious edible
fats A further objectiou to the legislation
was the great injury caused to our foreign
commerce by unfavorahlo agitation The
result has been to stimulate lord rollning in
foreign , countries , the grov/th of this busln
ness in Hamburg ulono being at leust 40 per
cent in the last three years Letters and
statements ' were read from merchants ,
manufacturers aud exporters protesting
against tlia proposed laws on these grounds
It was claimed by the opponents of the bills
that the present advocates of the measures
outside of congress were seeking u trade advantage -
vantage and were urring these bills to stlllo
competition ; that It any mcasuro should bo
passed it should bo a general pure food or a
t'onernl lard bill compelling packers and ro-
llners ns well as lard compounders to brand
their . products so that the consumer will
know what part of the hog ho Is eating in
his lard No good argument has yet been
presented showing why but ono food article
should bo selected from a thousand for legis-
lation ] ; Such a bill has bcon introduced by
Mr McClammy of North Carolina The
commltteo also have before thom several
pure food bills Further hearings will bo
givou und much tlmo is likely to bo occupied
.
f.
in the consideration of the subject of pure
food us well as lard and lard compound "
XEUltASKA NOMINATIONS
The nominations of Alhort L. Towlo for
rccoiver of the O'Neil land ofllce , W. H.
Clark receiver ut Lincoln and Mark M.
Novcs reeeivcr at Sidney , were sent to the
senate today This leaves but three out of
the ton Nebraska land offices which have not
changed Incumbents under the present ad
ministration Tbo delegation has settled tbo
McCook , North Platte and Grand Island of-
flees and has sent its recommendation in to
tbo president , and those , with the name of
Mr Teeters at Lincoln , it is expected , will
shortly be sent to the senate for conflrina-
tlon There r.as been probably moro dlDl-
culty for tjio delegation in determining the
> Incumbents for tholand offlceathaniJnKBetu
tling J any other appointments Nearly two
hundred applications for these positions
were , considered by the dolegution , which ,
with the numerous endorsements and recomj
datlous i , made a mass of papers almost
largo ' enough to stock ono of the auditors
ofllces ' in tbo treasury department Tbo em-
burrassing ' feature of the situation was that
scores j of the applicants were admitted to bo
In j every way fitted for the position and that
in ' the final determination the delegation
were obliged to cbooso between excellent
candidates , a lurgo number of whom were
personal 1 friends of the members
IOWA stock heioht
From the ngricultural departments report
upon , the numbers nnd values of farm ani
mals ; for tbo current month the following is 1
tuken , representing the report from Iowa :
' \ < yi stock is In very good condition The 1
drouth during the latter part of the season i
made fall pasture rather snort , but tbo ex-
cecdlngly , mild winter weather has been very
favorable Little hay or grain lias yet
been fed to stock cnttlo and young
horBes No disease or sickness Is prevalent
to any extent Hog chuloru has not made
its.appcaranco in more than llvo or six coun |
ties where any material loss has resulted
About the usual loss occurred tu cattle feed
Irtg in stalk fields Prices for catllo of all i
apes are very low , perhaps lower than at I
any previous tlmo in recent years , yet the 1
number does not seem to diminish Whllo ?
some have reduced their herds others have
held on hopeful of the future The depres .
sion in the cattla business has acted as a
BtlmulUB to the horse industry and there
has been for several years an annual increase -
crease In the number and value of horses ,
With aboutAao usual iucreuao In numbers J
this year prices for all except tno very host
representatives of the roadster and draft t
types uro gradually declining About
tbo same is true of hogs The ubsenco of
dSscaso and the past thrca years good prices
insure u largo crop for 1BU0 , with prices al
ready on the decline Sheep have increased ;
moro rapidly during the last nine months
than an v other farm stock , Renuinerutivo
prices for mutton and confidence In con
tiuucd protection for wool seem to be the in-
dueeinouts "
OHIO'S SCENT IOIt OITICE
Ohio's scent for ofllco is as keen as it over
was Mayor Mosby of Cincinnati , who has
bcon here several days , today called upon
Mayor Croglor of Chicago andother men of
prominence from the Windy nty Ills object
was the putting in nomination of A. T. '
Goshorn of Cincinnati for tbo responsible
position of director general of the worlds
fair Mr , Mosby's argument was based on
the fact that Ohio gave Chicago twenty-ono
votes for the fair , and that Mr Gosheru's
oxporlenco as director genoml of tbo Con
tcnnial of 1810 placed him far above tbo
roach of nny competitor Chicago men have
regarded E. T. Juffery of their own town us
the person for that pluco , Mr Gosbern was
knighted by ono ol the toroign powers for
the work be did at Philadelphia
THE PAlMABrEll okneiialsiiu- .
It is not likely that Colonel Terrell will bo
r paymaster general of the army
President Harrison has n very high appro-
elation of Cn'ancl Terrell , but the warm nnd
long friendship which has existed between
tlio president und the prese-it paymaster of ,
the department of the Plutto will militate
against the applicant There has been a
very unfair warfare waged against the ap
pointment of Colonel Terrell by
the uewspaucrs In Washington , Now
York nnd throughout the east
It bus boon published persistently
by the various applicants for the paymaster
generalship , ' or their friends , thut Colonel
Terrell based his claims for promotion upon
his well known friendship for the president
Some of the aspirants have winked at nubll- '
cations announcing that Colonel Torroll's
only claim for the promotion and his only I
rellaucn was in his well known relutions ,
w th the president Gentlemen who have
recently talked with General Harrison have
been told by him that ho has for many
years regarded Colonel Terrell as being
entitled to tbo recognition of ranking pay
master In the army ; thut his record was
tlclean and that thcro was nothing lu the way
of bis recognition so far us ho himself could
see The prcsidont has , however , left tbo
impression upon those who have recently
talked to him in behalf of Colonel Terrell
that ho could not lot his friendly Impulses I ,
incline hi in toward Colonel Terrell and that
all things else being equal , well known and
well established personal friendship would
rather incline him to act against nn aupll-
cant The work that has beeu dune hero ia
the interest of Coloael Terrell uld not ulono
como from Nebraska , tmlhann mon In con1
gross nnd prominent 'jinvato ' oltl
zens ns well as many ormy ofilcers
from every part H of J | hu country
who hnvo bcon fnmtliat with Colonel Tor-
. rolls record from the tlmo ho entered the
into war to the present , , wild hnvo followed
him In his private nnd social rolatlons , and
especially these who are familiar with the
very oftoetlvp work which ho did In the In
terest of GoncrnIHhrrlson'B ncnilnr.tion
und J ; election nt thof tlmo"whon there wns a
domocrntlo ndinlnls'trnllpn In charge nnd It
dw
wes politically hazardous for army ofilcers
to show republican tundonoles , will be
greatly disappointed wjion the appointment
jy made nnd Colonel Terrell Is not recog
nized * ' ,
Tbo npoointment of % , a paymaster general
todi succco 'd General Rochester is expected
dally , and , although It understood that the
president has not dafinitoly determined
whoso nama shall bo sent to the sonnto for
this position , it is said to" llo between Colonel
Rodney Smith ana Majoc Corey
MISCELfcvSEOCS
J. M. Miles has boon appmntod postmaster
al Cloghorn , Cliorokco County , Iowa , vice A.
Clcghorn , deceased !
. The house commlttoo on territories de-
cldod to report favorably the bill for admls-
sion j of the torritor.v of Idaho The action of
the commltteo was not , entlrolv unnnlmous
The First Nntional bank of Croignton ,
Neb , has boon authorized to commence busl-
ness ; capital , (50,000. <
The Typoirraphical union of Keokuk , In- . ,
has j potitlonod congress to rcstoro the wages
of tno employes of the goyornmont printing
ofllco : to tbo rates in effect prior to March ill ,
1897. ' jPunn * S. Heath
ailNUKs' AtlSEUY
Many PonnBylvJinja Cotil DIcRors
Without Sufllolcnt Food
Sciianton , Pa , Fob/Si , Powdorlyspeulc-
log with rofcronco to oj'sorlos of articles ho
had written on the condition of tbo mining
class of this region , saut the first ouo which
wns printed last woefr , had brought him
many letters from all oyortho country "A
man In New Jersey , " 'ilo ' continued , has
written to mo that bo will care for ono
family ; if 1 will send thom on I ulso re
ceived letters from Illinois , several of thom
coming today , asking It tbo surplus minors
cannot bo sent nway from hero There Is
plenty of work out west they say Really
numbers of our people ( do not got enough to
oat Misery and urivution stalk abroad aud
wo often close our oycs ( to the spectacle "
A Miners Strtlco l'hri ntoncd
TunitE Haute , Ind.T Fob 20. Delegates
from the local lodge of the Miners Progrcs-
slve union and the local assomblics of the
Knights of Labor hold a session here , adopt
lng ' u constitution for the stnto organization
of the amalgamated order McUrldo , organt
Izor 1 : of the netlonal order , says if tno oport
ntors do not agree on tho.vearlyscalo before
May 1 , there will bo a'general strike in the
competitive district , Which includes Illinois ,
Indiana , Ohio , Kontuoky nd Tounessoe
Scvou MinoraKilled ,
Coloone , Fob 20.S Vou minors have
been killed by an cxplpslon in a mine at
Dortmund
HE WAS A BipAMlST
Two AVldows Fliilitlna : jfor a Chicago
Mnn's EstntP
CiticAao , Feb 20.v - | fecial Telegram to
The BeCJ Two wotnon-vtho have boon Hv-
ing within a couple of J miles of eaoh other
for ' several years unawarETof 6360. " others
existence , mot in courf-today both believing
thomsolvis t to bc hsf idow'of tbo saraQ man
Joseph P'ulman mar > * oa 45usanna "Pulman in
" ' ' ' , <
In-tha JfaS'SftErTTtfUmbe
"Ettglah'd rTOtt
years } deserted her and came to Illinois ,
causing a reoort to be irculatod in.bls old [
Lancashire j bomo that ho had died soon after
arriving ! in this country The fact was that
ho ! kept on living and ' soon , in the guise of a
bachelor married Ellen Hill The '
first wife after Bomo years emigrated '
j
igrated ] to America and came by
stranco \ chance to Chicago ; also with her
were her thro ? children The two families '
remained in the same section of the city , but
] never mot Pulmun died u short time ago '
without informing wife No 2 that she was
not No 1. The newspaper death notice led [
to i inquirlos by the English spouse , who satis-
fled herself of the Identity of the deceased I
without learning of the second marriage
Tbo < matter of Pulman's ' estate came up In 1
the i prou.ito court today and the women mot
for the first time There was much bitter
ness : WlfeTJo 2 won Ina contest for the
• property.whieh amounts to only ? ( ! 00. No 1 L
will appcul und the legation promises to
leave both widows without a cent
* T
A CHINESE OATH
A Strnngo Ceremony ia a New York
City Court Room
New Yokk , Fob 20 ; [ Special Telegram
to The Uee.I In the ftrial of the suit of f
Johnson against Maw Sing , Son & Co , and i
Hong Quong , Long SsCo. / . , In the city court
today , a Chinese witness said ho did not believe -
liovo in the Christian , but in the Chinese ro-
liglon , and that ho prefcrrod to bo Bworn
according to the formi of his belief , with
burning Joss sticks After a little argument
his desire was gratiflod Joss sticks were
produced and stood between two bibles
The sticks wore , lighted and kept burning
during tbo examination Ho then took the
following oath :
"I , dulv , in the reign of Quong Sue , In the
sixteenth your , second month , and seventh
day , arrived In this court to bo sworn to tall 1
the truth , and to toll every word of it If I
tell a falsehood my soul will bo extinguished
like this incciiso "
The operation of r.dininistoring the oath !
occupied nearly half an' ' hour Three other
witnesses did not seem to have any partlcu-
lar religious fultb , and were offered the
option of three kinds of outh the chicken
bead , tbo Joss sticks or tbe bible Joss
sticks had the preference
•
INSANE Oil NOT INSANE
T"
An Alleged Conspiracy to Inoarcor-
nio < i 1'oiiHRjiy.aniu Man
PiTTsnono , Pa , FeWj-20. [ Special Tolo-
gram to Tuk Uee.J Great excitement has
bsou caused here byjlh' publication in an
evening paper of lbot statement that W. J. 1
Minncck , a promlneuUrfcsidont of Braudock ,
bed been incarcerated , jo , Dixmont asylum
whllo perfectly sane s fn , a statement made
to a reporter Mliinick.stUd he had been imposed -
posed upon and was being tuken to Dixmont
whllo in full possession his faculties , on
account of family roasoiTi and becauao a cor-
tain man had made efforts in that direction ,
Many well kuown residents of Uraddock :
su.y tbe man is perfectly sane and nro raising
a purse to prpcurebuliberatlon On Urn
other hand his wlfa say ho is Insane and
had treuted her bmUtf jMInnicU was com
inlttod on the tcstimqiryof two reputable
physicians of this city.f A thorough iuv'csti-
gation will bo made atfJnce
r
I'lerrn ThroWi up Ills Job
Wasiusoton , Feb 20 ithoPan-Amorlcan
conference todaj accepted tbo resignation of
Pierra of New Yprk , tbo Spanish sccrcjary ,
whoso resignation , has been sent in several
times but withdrawn at the request of the
foreign delegations The resignation Is duo
to a feeling oil the part of Pleira that the
salary was inadequate uud to friction bo-
twecn him and Curtis , the executive onlcer
of tbo conference " -
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fitcnnulilp Arrival ,
At Halifax Tha'Mualtoha , from Glasgow ;
tbo Gotheburg CifV , from London ,
At Now Yorjf La Chamjiagnc , from
Havre ; tbo Teutpnio , Bothnia , Arizona and
Lake Huron , front Liverpool ; the Anchorla , ,
from Glasgow ; the Ems , from Uremon | the
IIRugla aud Suevla , from Hamburg ; tue
Westernland , from Antwerp ; tbo Polynesia ,
from Copenhagen
EXCHANGING } REMINISCENCES
"
Sooond Day of the Nobrnska Voln
orana' Rauuloo
THE PROGRAMME FOR TODAY
" "
A Hontrlco Coiiiinlttco Coining to
OonTcr Willi the Omnlm Itcnl
13itatc Eiohnnnc Other
State News
FlahtliiK'lhnlr Itnttloi Over
Plattsmoutii , Neb , Fob 20. [ Special
Telegram to Tub Uee.I The old soldiers
who nro in reunion In this city mot tonight
at Waterman's npora house , where they hold
n camp fire Anecdotes wcro rncitod ami
speeches , were made by the following old self
dlorsi S. II Vaniiattu , who mndo the open
ing oddrcss , followed by General Thuyor ,
who spoke with fooling and paid an eloquent
tribute . to the inomory of the late General R ,
U. Livingston , who raised company A of the
First Nebraska in Plattsmouth nnd sue
coeded General Thayer to the colonelcy of ,
the regiment General M. (3. Nell , who '
had command of n brigade of
which the First Nebraska was n
part , rotated several laugbablo anecdotes
Major Thomas Majors made n sooech which
was well received Ho was followed by
uianyothors Tomorrow will oe the hist
day nnd ninny moro visitors are expected
'lho programme laid out for tomorrow
Thursday , is : At 10:30 : a. in , roll call and
regiments formed in frontof the opera house
for drill and dress parade ; at 7:30p. : m „
camp lire at the opera house with spcochos
from guests and mUslo by tlio glee club ; will
tin n ndjourn to Rockweed hall for n banquet -
quot prepared by the ladies of the city and
the relief corps
Coming to Omnhn
UeatiiiOE , Neb , Fob 20. [ Spoclnl Telegram -
gram to The Bic ] A commltteo consisting
of C. E. Uaker , C. U. Dempster , S. C.
Smith , A. C. Jordan , J. W. Fund and S. H.
,
Cruig will leave here at 7:40 : tomorrow morn
;
ing on the Union Fnclflo for Omaha to con
for with tbo chamber of commerce and real
estate exchange of that city In rofcronco to
the Omaha and Beatrice Rock Island cxtcii1
slon The commltteo will also Invite the
business men of Omaha to send roprc9Cntn-
tives to Uoulrlco to be in i attendance at the
mass meeting to be held In the auditorium ,
this city , Tuesday oveuing next , nt which
time the Rouk Island project Omuhu-wards
will bo discussed from a local standpoint
Superintendent < Lowoof the Chicago , Kansas i
& Neoraska will bo in attendance ut the 1
meeting i The Uoatrico visltois to Omaha
will \ make their headquarters at the Murray ,
where they hnvo an nppolntmont to meet
with , the representatives of the business or
ganizations ( of Omaha
The Alllntict ! at Alndlson
Madison , Neb , , Fob 20. | Special Telo-
grum to The Uee.I Owing to the Inclem
ency , of the weather many of the farmers
were , not in attondauco today and the meet
ing j for organizing the county alliance was
postponed ] until March 8. However , the
business | men of the city-had made arrange
ments ] for cntertaiuing the visitors nnd so ?
cured i Stuart's hall for the purpose of giving
a i banquet and better attending to tbo wants
'of ' lho farmers vvbn bad'eome in through the
storm * Thd banquet wns prepared by the
Vbmeu'sRelief'OcrpS nnd tbo welcome
speech , was made by MavorPrineo This "
was followed by Mr C. D. Muflloy , ono of
the earliest pioneers of the state , who Bpoko
of the suiTering of the farmers and the
causes ' , and ended , with a strong appeal to
farmers and laborers in general to unite
against capitalists nnd corporations
Speeches were made by Messrs Stuart ,
Alton , Green and others , all tending to show
that harmony prevailed nnd all favoring the
organization of annlllance
Kearney Means Husin sH
Kiujinet , Neb , Fob 2G. [ Special Telegram
gram to The Uee.I The commlttoo ap-
pointed to Inaugurate the move toward securing -
curing a railroad to the northwest from here
to Albion met last night nnd drew up articles
of Incorporation They were forwarded to
the secretary of state The incorporators
nro : W. II Hand , W. J. Scoutt JE Mll-
ler , O. S. Warden N. A. Uaker , H. G.
Wiloy , D. H. Uicknoll nnd S. S. St John
A county convention to harmouizo the
railroad interests will bo called next month
An election to vote bonds in Huffalo county
to aid the four roads will bo called nt an
early date Work will bo pushed rapidly
Delegations from Red Cloud , Minden und ;
Masou City are In conference tonight with
the railroad men of this city devising ways
nnd means to build the Kearney , Hutchinson
At Gulf i.
A Hotel Clerk in Trouble
Hastings , Neb , Feb 20 | Special Tolo- '
gram to The Uce ] Yesterday a man
named Hobson from Hanson , seven miles
north of here , indulged too freely in lorty
rod whisky and was taken across the strcot
.
from a saloon to the Queen City hotel and
taken up stairs to bed by the clerk there , ; a
young follow probably clghteon years of >
ago When Hobson went to bed ho had $00
in his pocket When the clerk took him to
the train this morning ho had nothing The
mutter was reported to the police , causing
tbonrrestby Oftlcor Tonnnnt of'tho young
man , who afterward confessed that he had
taken ? 20. The trial will take place tomorrow -
row morning nt 9 ocloak
lFarmers'Moot alAulmrn
AununN , Neb , Feb 23. [ Spoclal Tolo-
groin to The Uee ] The Farmers instltuto
mot here this afternoon with a largo at
tendance Julius Gilbert was elected presi
dent nnd A. C. Leopor secretary The first
thing on the procrammo was tbo discuss ion of
tbo benefits derived from holding Inst itutcs
All the members took a hand In tbo discui- j
Blon The next ono was , Are Country Fairs
a HenoflL to the Farraorl" which wns the j
chief feature of tbo session , as It wus ably
discussed by all The meeting adjourned to
meet ut730 ; this ovonlng
Cracked Ills nkull
Blaiu , Neb , Feb 20. [ Spoclal to The
Bee , I A drunken riot occurred in Nate
Duvis' saloon hero last night in which a col-
orcd man by the name of Henry Lucas got
rhis Bkull cracked Arch and Lon MuManl-
gal and Bono Strlcklot started a row and ! i
pitched onto Lucas with billiard cues , and
broke several over his head , The marshal
has Stricklet and ono of the Mo.Mamgals I
locked up , und is now loouing for the other
nonn. . It is thought that Lucas cannot live
All the parties connected with tbo affair
ibuvo a very hard name
A I'npulnr Trnvnliiifc SIAti Mnrrlotl , ,
GitAND Island , Neb , Fob 20. [ Special '
to The Uee.I Mr Arthur L. Shcotz , ono of
Omaha's most popular traveling men , and
Miss Laura Taylor , a highly accomplished
ana greatly ustcomed young lady of this city ,
wcro married this morning at H o'clock , and
left at'JiSO for an extended trip through the
south Rev W. H , Vuneo of Crete per
ioformed the coicuiony
;
An Or ) en in lllnzt * .
Alma , Neb , Feb , 20. ( Special Telegram
to The Uee ] L. W. llawley of Orleans
bad his house and coutcuts destroyed by
11 ro on the morning of the 25th at 6 o'clock ,
The children were curried out iu their night
clothes Insurance on the house f 1,000 , , und
* .500 on the contouts
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-
Will Exaiulno the Qunrrle * .
Beatrice , Neb , Feb 20 , [ Special Tele
gram to Tue Ueb.J A dciaubiaont of the
board of supervisors departed today lor
Warronsburg , Mo , to oxnmino the stone
quarries there nnd to consider their suitf
nullity to furnish building material to the t
now Gngo county court house The party
nro the gnosis of the Kansas City & Heat1
ilea rniiroud companv and will return Frt *
day r. uvijN '
Snpnk Tina - " nt Wymorc
Wymoue , Neb , b TT M [ Special Tclo7
gram to Tun Uee ] 5 Auspicious looking
mon were In town lee s * ud offered to sell
some clothing which i < doubtless stolen ,
Ono of thom went in' ' r lothlng store nnd
attempted to steal llm Inrs of pants but
was caught and arrest ! our of the num *
bor ' are now In the J W , every effort Is
being mndo to eatch tbo other two
• Fnvor the Deep Harbor Monsurc
Hastisos , Neb , Fob 20. ISpoclnlTo' o
grnm to rJ tin Uke.J Thooltv council tonight
adopted a resolution requesting our senators
and congressmen to vote in favor of the
Galveston deep water measure now before
congress , appropriating something over
f 0,00i ,000 for the harbor at that point •
To Submit the Sowei' Proposition
Hastixos , Neb , Fob 20. [ Special Teloe
grain to Tin : Hie | At a Rpeclal meeting of
the council tonight the motion was carried
unanimously to submit tbo sewerage piopo-
Bitlon at an oloct'on ' to bo hold April :10. : The
amount of bonds wns fled nt ? 00,000 to run
twenty years nt 5 per cent
.
A IIOYAIj FAVOIUTI-3.
Lawyer I Gibson oTSt Iiouls Dacorntod
lly llmiioror W1II10I111.
Wasiusoton , Fob 20 [ Special Telegram
toTiinUKB.I Charles Gibson of St Louis
ha9 Just rocolvod notllleatlou from the GerP
man minister , Count von Arco-Valloy. that
Emperor Wilhclm has conferred upon him
the t Order of the Grand Cross of the Prus-
slnn Roynl Crown Mr Gibson has becu
the J ; lawyer for the Gorman crown in this
country , for many years , beginning with
King Wlllium IV Mr Gibson has been
knighted j by three emperors The Into
Emperor j Wilhelm made him a Knight
Commander of the Royal Crown
and , the emperor of Austria
conferred upon him , the commanders cross
of ' the order of Franz-.Toscph. lho present
decoration is the highest ono ever conferred
j
by Germany upon an American citizen and
is j , in fact , the highest class of Gcrinnn doer
orntion < known In tills countiy up to the
present I time Mr Gibson's relation as nt-
torney 1 to the German crown has brought
him I Into Intimate relation with nil the German -
man minister residents here , beginning with
Baron 1 Gorolt His iullucnco has always
bcon 1 exerted in promoting kindly feelings
and i cordial governmental relations between
the two countiios , and this 2m > t decoration is
in' 1 reepgnition of his services in that part
ticulur 1
•
VIGOROUS LANGUAGE
Judge Ft'rcusiiti llendrrs Judgment
in thn Smart Oasp
Toiionto , Fob , 20. iSpecinl Telegram to
The Uee ] Judge Ferguson today dollvercd
Judgment ; In the proceedings by wny of hu-
boas corpus for the recovery of the children
In the Smart case The judgment was alto
getber favorable to the respondent , Mrs
Smart The Judge reviewed the case ut
great length nnd denounced in the strongest
language the conduct of Smart toward bis
wife , Ho said Smart bad become losi to all
aenso of social propriety , that be was given
to drink , was mean , degraded and wicked
To say that his conduct was beastly
would boa false and foul " slander .on the
brute creation ,
* The case was hoard-In. CamorarVt "Fr mi .
perusal of many cases the Judge said ho was
convinced tnat according to English law
Mrs Smart would be entitled to n divorce
"a menoa ot there " Ho ordered that the
children romaln in Ihe care nnd custody of
their mother The children are aged four
teen , twelve and nine years , the youngest
being a boy and the two others girls Mr
Smart is a lawyer and belones to Port Hope
His wife is a daughter of the late Tames C.
Worts , the millionaire distiller , who died
hero some years ago She has largo moans
in her own right and is connected with soma I
of the best families in the city
LOOKS LIKE ItU iI.\ESS ,
The Intrrcoiitlnonial Konil Kecom-
incii'lntion Adopted
WA8insaTON , Fob 20. The report of the ,
commltteo on railroads favoring the con
struction of an intercontinental railroad to
connect the American systems with South 1
America , waa adopted by tno Pan-American 1
congress today Some details of the plan
have already been published The report
provides for nn international engineer com
iniBsioa of thrco engineers from each nation
for the preliminary surveys ; that the con
Btructlon.and operation of the line should bo
at the oxjxuiso of the conrcssionarics or tbo
persons to whom they sublet the
work or transfer their rights ; that
all materials for its construction
und operation nro to bo exempt from Import
duties aad nil property used in its construe
tion and operation is to bo exempt from nil 1
taxation ; that the execution of the work deserves -
serves to bo further encouraeed by subel-
dies , land concessions or guarantees of mini
mum interest ,
*
CHEKOIUJE HOOUEHS
'ihe Rush Into the Strip Will lllvnl I
Oklnlioinn
Ahkansas City , Knn , Fob 20. The Chor-
olioo boomers continuo to arrive and the
fbanks of Walnut rlvor from this city to tbo
Indian territory line is dotted with tents
[
Numbers of heads of families were inter
viewed today on the moti . vcs that
induced their early arrival on the ground ,
All discialmod any connection with u secret
organization whose object is to occupy the
istrip by force of arms as soon as the prcsl-
dents proclamation ejecting tbo cattle goes
Into effect Their early arrival nnd the nu >
inoruus accessions to their number indl *
cute that the rush into the strip will equal
thut Into Oklahoma last-spring.
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Minister'Idncolii'H Son Dnnd
LovuoN , Feb , 20. Young Abraham Lin-
coin died ut a tate hour tonight
Ioom.sriu ! : , N. Y. , Fob 20 News has
been received of tbo douth of Dr Martin
Brewer Anderson ut'Lake Helen , Fla , Dr
Anderson was ono of the leading educators
of thn country Ho wus president of the
Hochosior university from 1850 to 18SS , und
prior to that tlmo editor of the New York ; '
Observer , und professor in and president of {
Colby university at Wuturvlllo , Me
"
Did the Einiii'inr Yield ?
London , Feb 20. The RUudurd's Berlin
correspondent believes Bismarck's decision
to retulu oTlco Is the outcome of the long in '
terview ho had with the emperor today , in
which the otnperor probably yieblod on the
points of differciico between them und con '
seated to the presentation of the now antl- ' ,
socialist bill ,
' '
Afctor' Will
New Yoiik , Feb 20 , The will of John
Jacob Astor was flloa for probata today
Seven hundred thousand dollars Is divided
betweott several hospitals , the Metropolitan
museum of nit und the Astor library , which ]
gets $15,000. Alexuuder Hamilton and Jnintx
S. Armstiougeach receive fcWOOJ , The rc
lnaindcr goes to his son , William Waldorf
Astor
Uliodn iMland ProliibltlnnlNlH
I'JioviDKKCE , R. I „ Fob , 20. The state
prohibitionist ) put In nomination the follow
ing ticket today ; Governor , Rev * John
Larry ; lieutenant governor , Joshua C.
Broun ; secretary of state , John W. Mooneyt
uttorney general , John T. Blodgott ; general
treaiurur , John P , Hazard ,
[ f j. I FARMERS J SOLID FOR ALLISON ; I
They Flood the Sounto With Potl- H
ttoua Askintj Ilia Ho-olcotion. H
THE LEGISLATURE RECONVENES H
tint ] No BiiNlncst or ImportnnoQ Will U
boJ runs no ted Until Alter the M
lnniigurntioii IIusIiichs H
Mcii'h Convontlon H
At thn loun Ciirtitnt |
Des Moines , la , Feb 2d. [ Spoclal Telegram - M
gram lo Tin : Uee.I Uoth branches of the M
lcglslnturo reconvened this afternoon , but H
business of importnuco was deferred till H
nfter the inauguration tomorrow The sou- H
ate was delayed with a Hood ut petitions nsk- H
Ing for the ro election of Allison The farm H
ers nro Just beginning to bo heard from , as H
they hnvo found out that the democrats wore H
ctnlmlng that they were opposed to Allison H
Thcro was Just ono potttlon presented today H
asking for the election of Governor Lnrra- H
ben as senator , and there wcro forty-savon H
petitions , signed by 3,05:1 : persons , asking for H
Allison's ro-olcctinn. H
AII the trains have been bringing In vis- H
itors to the Inauguration , and several demo H
criitie clubs nrc on the wny It hat H
been decided to hold the exercises on H
the west balcony of the cupltol H
to accommodate thu crowd , rather than In H
the house of representatives , as at llr.it pro H
posed A my vher of the old state olllclnls H
nnd [ J early hut linkers are here Ono lcaluro H
of the iirocossion will bo u club of democrats H
who voted for Stephen Hempstuad , the lust H
governor of Iowa Hew-as Hist oleotod in H
ISiiO nnd served till 1S | . Every successor H
has 1 : hcou a republican till now Aiuniiir the H
arrivals is ox-Auditor Pattcc , the lust dcin- H
ocratio auditor Ho retired from ofllco H
nearly forty years iigo H
Will Attend in 11 Body M
Dcs Moixr.s , la , Feb 20 When the H
house t , couvonod today It was found there H
was Btillqulto 11 nuiiihor of absoiitccs Little m
of importance wns accomplished A concur M
rent resolution wus pnssod to hnvo commit M
tecs appointed to nxiiiuinu Into the advisn- M
ulllty of removing the old battle Hags to tno H
now cnpitol H
Jn the senate a number of petitions were H
presented | i from nil over the state usklng the H
reelection of Allison , und % several on text M
books m
Uuth houses adjourned until tomorrow at H
2 , when they will uttond the luauguratlon in H
a body H
The BoMiiu-srt JIcii'h As4i > clntion M
Des Moives , la , Feb 20 | Special Telegram - H
gram to Tin : Hir : | Thirty-throa local or- M
guntzatlons in different parts of tlio state nro M
rci resented In the business men's ' * association - B
tion t meeting here The forenoon scssiou H
was devoted to hearing local reports All H
showed general satisfaction with tlio work H
ins-of the system of credit agencies The M
principal work of the day was drafting bills M
for j deslrod legislation Ouo Important mens- M
ure formed is to amend thu law so that thu B
exemption for uinoty dnys against gurnlsh- H
J mentof wages or saluiics may bo remnvod M
The rouvoulinn is also intorcsted in revising B
;
the J law for the impi-ovement of country
roads , so that more and better work may bo IBb
done : upon thom The business mon say that BBb
nothing would help business in small towns M
moro taan bettor roads for the farmers _
" " _ . .il8oUBHinj.tho ili\to.JjueBtion. M
Deb Moines la , Fob 20. A great gothH
ering ( of prominent railroad mon met here M
today | to object to any further reduction of BJ
rates , . by the state commissioners , 'lho Job M
bers were rcprcsenlcd by President Torbort H
of 1 Dubuque and several other whnlesulo H
men 1 'lho situation , bi icily stated , is as H
:
. The recent reduction in interstate rates H
had ' permitted shippois m Chicago to put BVJ
their < goods in Iowit towns nt u less 1 ate , , H
comparatively ' , than Iowa jobbers could da- H
liver thom ; heiico tbo domaud that state M
rates bo rut down to correspond with tlio reduction -
duction in Intel statu rates The jobbers pro M
senteii their side drat .WUdo , secretary H
of the state association , thought through H
ratoa across the state should equal ubout 00 H
per cent of the through rata from Chicago , H
and that should be tbo basis of rates A H
sntnplo petition asking for u reiluutlon in H
rates was read by thn commissioners , nnd H
also sample protests thut hud been received H
The latter said that Iowa rates now were H
lower than the local rates in uny iidjolnlng H
state , nnd as low as the roads could uffonU H
General Manager Ripley Bpoko at some H
length in behalf of the intorstuto roads Ho H
urged against auy further reduction of H
rates , and said that the trouble wus H
being stirred up by jobbers at Mississippi M
river points who have formerly received M
illegitimate udvaiitages and now wcro placed H
on an equal footing with jobbers ut interior H
cities Receiver Gilchrist of the Fort Madl- H
son & Northwestern , spoke for the Iowa H
roads , protesting ngalnst loworiug their H
. rates any more Ho said they had enough H
work now to mnko their expenses Torlfort H
closed for the Jobbers , showing how much H
capital was invested in the interest rejire- H
scntrd , nnd uskuig only fair play for the H
shippers as well as the railroads H
'lho commissioners took tbo case uiulcrndH
visumout und will glvo their decision later H
The Solllor ( ' Homo Fund H
Drs Moin'kb , la , Feb Special [ Tolo- j H
gram to ' 1 ui : Uee , ] The governor received m
today a draft for { 9,117.50 from the United M
Stntos treasury boiugupaymuntonuccountoll |
the governments contribution totho'Bohllcrs' |
home This , with a previous payment made H
since the beginning of the states present H
fiscal term , makes an aggregate of ? 113,0. > S Ot M
of receipts not estimated by the auditor , nnd M
Increasing the probable surplus of the cur H
rent term by that much , 'lho draft received H
today was brought to Gotcrnor-elccl Uoles , M
to whom It wns sent from Washington H
Flro Vail j H
Yah , la , Feb 20. [ Special Telegram to M
The Uee | A flro today destroyed the stores , H
occupied by Tempest Urothcrs , iiardwnro ; H
A. ti Strong , dry goods and grocery , and H
rthe building occupied by J , S. Ncsbitt's ' res- H
tnurnnt nnd Fred Edgar's jewelry store H
The tire started ut 2 a , m. , and thu loss is H
over 17,000. Strong's insurance is about H
J5.OO0 , Nesbltt'slTOO , and the others none H
Purtles living over the two stores saved part M
of their furniture ; tlio rest is a total loss H
l.ooklnir liir HIh Wife H
Hoone la , , Feb 20 ( Special Telegram H
to TheHke ] A miner named Sncdiker , M
living near Boone , has bcon here hunting U
for his wife , lho woman came to town to H
see a dentist , left her tenm standing on the H
Btieet , uud disappeared with her baby It is M
thnugiit siio hus eloped with her huibaiid'8 ' H
discharged hired man , Heft
oft * I'"nr the liinii iir.illo-i , H
HunLqui' , Ja , Fob 20. ThoICoy Citydom- M
ncratlo club and Governors Grays left for H
Dcs Moines tonight to take part In the limu- H
guration of Governor Boles H
Hturtod lor lloiuM1 lllowoiit M
Chicago , Feb 20. About ouo hundred B
and fifty members of the county democracy H
loft for Des Moines this morning to attend H
the inauguration of Governor Boles , H
Tlio WuatliorFnreoaMr H
For Omaha and vicinity ; Light snow , H
followed by clearing weather B
Iowa nnd Nebruska ; Local snows ; varin * BBl
bio wluds ; warmer Friday morning , §
South Dakota : Warmer ; vorlabfo wind * , HHI
bocouilug southerly ; fair woatbur , Hl