THE OMAHA DAILY THURSDAY , DEGEMBEK 4 , 1890.
ANIRiTEFATDER'SREVOLVER '
It Makes Matters Interesting for a Gay
Lothario at Oxford.
NORTH NEBRASKA METHODIST CHATAUQUA
CliniiK < M at York- Hcnllstio
1 ' Mooic
Photograph YntiiiK Men's
Legislature A Court HOIIHO
AVIilch la Crowded ,
Oxroiin , Neb. , Doc. a. [ Special Telegram
to'i'in : ii'.l A gay lotharlo , a howltchlng
innldcn and an irate father with Wood in his
cyo figured In nn affair ncro last evening
Which might furnish an appropriate subject
fora full page illustration in the Police On-
Mle. Lwt ; Monday evening II. S. Cranmcr ,
u youiiB lawyer who la traveling agent for nn
t-astorn house , came here from Arapahoe ,
ivht-ro ho had been collecting notes for his
company. Accompanying him was a most
beautiful and Interesting young lady , the
daughter of an Arapaboo restaurateur. Both
registered nt the I3ttcr hotel und were ns-
nitfned adjoining rooms. Or.xninor claimed
that hh coinpiiiion had a contract with his
jlrm for a position In their ofllco as stenogra
pher. They remained in town all day yes
terday and 'last evening intended to go cast ,
but as Cranmor was in the act of purchasing
a ticket the girl's father flashed upon
t ho scene , Tiud without a word or sign of
vni-nlng walked up to the man , nnd aiming n
revolver nt his head , pulled the trigger of the
weapon thnt would have dealt Instant death
Iwd it not missed ilvo. With dcsperato en
ergy the lawvcr bounded from the apart
ment , followed' by a parting shot from the in-
illgnunt father. The Ij.ill . b'iroly missed the
Jlceing form and a half do/.eu bystanders out-
Hide. The old gentleman tookhis daughter In
charge nnd a few minutes later returned
toArapahoo. Ills story was that the plrl
had been abducted from homo during her
parents' absence , and today it us understood
that ho has entered criminal complaint
'urainst dimmer upon the above grounds ,
The latter gentleman gives a different vcr-
Klon of the affair , but Ills statements ave con-
illctlnif and nro not believed , This morning
lie left for other parts. Late last night it
wv observed that his name on the hotel
icgistor had been changed and later that both
Ills name nnd the girl's had been eragod. The
girl , though sixteen years old , is a mcrqchild
nnd wore short dresses.
Cliaiitaaiia and Camp
FUKMOXT , Neb. , Dec. . [ Special to THE
lEil ) A meeting of the camp meeting commission -
mission of the North Nebraska Methodist
roufercnc * was held last evening and the
date fixed for next year's camp meeting on
the grounds of thu Christian Park and As-
hcmbly association hero. The date will bo
from July 0 to 15. It was decided also to pro
cure the services of some eminent divines ,
iiinong them doubtless two or three bishops
of the Methodist church.
The camp meetings will immediately fol
low the first session of the Central Chautau-
mi a association. This latter Is wholly inde
pendent of the former but the purpose is to
bring the two together , thus milking a con
tinuous scries of educational nnd re
ligious work from the opening of
the Chuutatquu , Juno ' . " , ' , to the close
of the camp meetings. President
Or. M. Urown of Omaha Is having splendid
success in arranging a nrogrammo of rare in
terest and excellence for the Chautauoua
mid It promises to bo very successful. Tlio
superintendent of Instruction will bo A. II.
( Ullotto. JJ.D. , who has been connected from
its beginning with the famous Now York
Cunutauqiu. The plan of work will bo : 1.
Normal Sunday school methods. 2. Hcgular
Ohautauqua literary and scientific work. a.
Ministerial Institute , including a summer
ficuool of theology. 4. School of methods for
young people's church work. 5. Musical. G ,
1'odiiKoglcs ,
Karh of these departments will bo under
direction of the best workers of the country.
A Moelc iju i Hint nrr.
YORK , Nob. , Dec. a. [ Special to TiiuBnn. ]
--Tho young men of this city and vicinity
have organized a mock legislature. It will
convene when the state body docs , and will
take up the bills before that body and discuss
nnd pass upon them. Each county will he
represented , and they will nssume the names
nnd twsltioas of the state body. Hon. N. V ,
llarlnn will assume tlio speaUorshlp , and this
assures a success for the organization. A
good iU-al of amusement and a thorough
i-choollng In parliamentary bodies can bo de-
lived from this , and the young attorneys and
others nro pushing it to n successful point.
A SciiHutlonal Case.
Yonic , Neb. , Deo. 2. [ Special to Tin
JlEi ! . ] District court convened yestcrdaj
nnd will bo hold about thrct
weeks. The case of the state vs
Ktehards , charged with rape , occupied yes
torday's session. This is a notorious case
on account of the circumstances connectet
' .vltfc It. Tno alleged crime was committee
two years ago , Klohards escaping to Ken
tucky nt tlio tlmo. The sheriff llnally locatei
him and sent a deputy to bring him to thlt
city , and ho was arrested und brought as fin
M Lincoln , whoa ho again succeeded It
waking his oscapo. Ho was recaptured. .
after several months , lu Illinois , and brought
to this city. Ills preliminary examination
was held behind locked doors , on account ol
the racy details , and ho was bound over U
the district court. The court room Is crowdcc
to Its utmost capacity.
A ClrclnVolf Hunt.
'T.KXixo'iotf , Nob. , Dec. ,1. [ Special Tclo
gram to Tim Bms.JA circle wolf hunt on i
grand soivlo was held In this vicinity today
Overtoil nnd Co/ad participated In the spor
nnd It is estimated that about ono kundrei
horsemen and half that many In carriage ;
helped round up the game , which consisted o
coyote.s and Jiiclcrabbits. Two of the forme :
wcro bagged and about a do en rabbits. Hi ;
intended to hold another in a short time whei
the territory between Cozrul and Lcxlngtoi
will ho broken over.
linnx County Division.
NioaiiAiit , Nob. , Dec. 3. [ Special to Tin
HBE. ] County Clerk Nelson was summonci
to Lincoln Friday before the supromu court
to show cause why ho refused to give a cor
tltlcato allowing that ICnox county had b9en
divided on a majority voto. The case wa
not heard by the court , but the Uth lust , wa
given for the attorneys to submit thel
briefs , tit which tlmo an Important decUloi
Will bo rendered ,
Tliollody Identified.
Nob. , Doe. a. [ Special Tele
gram to Tnu llr.i : . ] The young man wh
, dlodsuddenly on the B. &M. train last Fri
day near McCook without bolng Identlfle
was Ideiitllled ( today by a photograph poste
'by the Hastings police. Chris Campbell o
Donlphtui , Nob. , recognized the deceased a
Walter Phillips und says ho worked wit
him near Uonvcr. Phillips has a fatter llvlu
Hank
Yonif , Neb , , Dec , a. [ Special to Tn
lieu. ] At a meeting of the directors of tli
Nebraska National bank yesterday Mi
Ernest Davis tendered Ids resignation n
president of tlio bank , which was acceptC (
and T. H. Clawson of Lushton was chosen n
his successor. Mr. Davis still retains an h
torest in the Institution , but will go to S
IvOuU to engage in the banking business 1
thnt city. _
Farm House Ihirned ,
fe'iiKMOvr , Nob. , Deo. 3. [ Special to Tn
HBK.JTim largo dwelling oa the forme
Otto Magenau , savun miles northeast of tli
city , was destroyed by flro yesterday. Tli
contents of the home , bcloncltig to H , Me ;
on , n tenant on the farm , wcro for the mo-
part saved. Lossontuo ImitdlnB , 11.500 : h
sureilfortTOO. _
Morgan Dlsulmrteil.
NEIITUJKA. Cirr , Neb. , Dee , 3.-Spedi |
Telegram to TUB BBB. | Young Morgan , wt
eloped with Acnoa Ileusllng , was tried !
pollco court today ou the cburga ot kidnap
Ing nnd seduction. The charge tvns not
proven find ho was allowed to go away and
try to clopo another day ,
Bovnn Misfits.
NnmuKA Cm , Neb , , Doc , 0. [ Special
Telegram to TIIK linn. ] Seven divorce cases
wcro called In the district court today , five of
the plaintiffs bolnj ? women nnd two men. No
Ocfenso was offered in cither caso.
A Mill Accident ,
Neb. , DM. 3. [ Special Tele
gram to Trip. DKR. ] The Tccumseh milting
company mot with quite an accident this
afternoon. They had put In n now engine
nnd hi starting It tht ; belt cnught , overturn
ing the engine and mortally injuring Dave
Cox , ono of the employes.
Nixr ; orn f.-r.v i i.i\Tfi.
An KngllHh Kvperr ( ! rn lOiithnslns-
tlo Over tlic IJeihloli-Mii AVoi-ks.
Nnw YOUR , Dec , 3. fSpacl.il Tolegr.i'.n to
Tin : BEE. ] Lieutenant Colonel W. Hopa of
the BrltUh army sailed this morning on the
Ininan line steamer Chicago for England.
LlcutcnimtColoncl Hope has been recognized
by army and'iinvy ofllcciy In this country as
being one of the greatest living authorities
on ordnance matter. * of tha present day and
his opinions regarding the progress of Amer
ican establishments are of much Importance.
During his three months' tour of Inspection
lu this country ho has vlsltod all thu great
giiiiworks and war material establishments
in the United States.
' I consider the Ucthlehem gun plant , " ho
said , "to besupevlor to any gun plant In the
world. Hothlohem is the realization of my
dreams of what a perfect gun establishment
should bo. nnd I believe It to bo the only per
fect establishment of ltd kind in the world.
The gunshops of this place are prodigious In
size and the capabilities of the establishment
are beyond the conception of nny one who
has not vihked it , mid the excellent material
turned out Is unequalled In point of thor
oughness. This I say without a shadow of
exaggeration. I could only look and wonder ,
and I return to England firmly convinced
' .hat. ttio United States has the greatest gun
iroduclng plant In the world. "
WKSTKItt'.lCJtIG
Another Gratifying Increase in the
N'miibcr ( if liogn Handled. .
O. , Dcu 3. [ Special Tolo-
ram to TIIK I3uc. ] Tomorrow's Price Cur
rent will say !
Packing points reporting have handled
500,000 h'ogs the past week , against 405,000
, ho proceeding week , and 410,003 last year ,
nnd represent ilD5,000 since November 1 ,
ngainst 1,000,000 last year. The places em
brace nearly all the western packing. Un
dermentioned points compare as indicated :
A HH'fSS JACK TIIK Itll'l'KU.
Horrible Murder and Mutilation of a
Girl Near Ilerne.
BEHXE , Dec. 3. [ Special Cablegram , to
TIIE BKB.J This city was startled by
crlmn similar in many respects
to those which wcro committed by
Jack the Kipper In the Whitechapcl
district ot London. As some men wcro pass
ing through a forest In the vicinity of the
city today thev discovered the body of a
young peasant girl who had been murdered
nnd mutilated In a most shocking manner.
There Is no clue ) to the murderer.
TII'O FIUE3IEX KIIIED.
Conflagration in a Tobacco
factory at IJctroit.
DKTIIOIT , Mich. , Deo. 3. The line-cut de
partment of the Scotten 'tobacco ' works
was burned this morning. Two fire
men , O. O. Ilobliisou and Patrick
L'oughUn , were killed nnd two others
seriously injured. Tlio loss is $30,000 , of
which $10WIO Is on the building and the re
mainder on the stock and machinery , partly
covered by insurance. About sis hundred
girls are thrown out of employ meat.
KJLKKU 11V ItOHIlKItS.
T vc Desperate Thieves Commit Attir-
derVliilo I2 onpliiu Arrest.
CIIAHU-JTON' , "W. Va. , Doc. 3. Yesterday
robbers entered tho. house of Mrs. , Carey , a
wealthy widow residing at Sowell , took her
from bed , bound and gagged her and secured
$1,000 In money. Two of the robbers were
subsequently captured , but soon after es
caped and in the exchange of shots that fol
lowed a man tunned Mason was shot dead.
Nebraska and Iowa I'onslons.
WASHINGTON' , Dec. 3. [ Special Telegram
to TIIK BEE. ] Pensions were granted Nebraskans -
braskans today as follows : Original-
John S. Dillon , Palisade ; Isaac O. Smith ,
Platte Centre. Increase Daneel W. B.
Kvuns , Spring Uaucho ; Ecander C. Hicks ,
Humbolt ; Charles Brooks , Tekamah ; Hiram
Gulp , Elk City ; Henry D. Koot , Lincoln ;
Joseph. D. McConllcss , Rcatrlco ; Homy
Hooper , Taylor : Hobert Buckuer , Burring-
tea ; Isaac S. Carr , Gibbon ; Gcorgo W.
Thomas , Hampton. Ueissito John Graham ,
i'urdun. Original widows , navy Elizabeth
A. , widow of IMyna Fullon , Lincoln.
Iowa : Original V.'an-lngton P. Howe ,
MountPlensant : David \Volltiier , Ainsworth ;
John A. Long , Kussoll ; Norman U. Cornell ,
ICnoxvUlo ; Charles llnxter , Toledo ; John
O'DonnoIl , Mnrshalltown ; Burnett O. Meyer ,
Lowell. Increase Martin II. Corns , Bon-
tonsport : Stewart 1 { , MeGeehon , Atlantic ;
Thomas Bain , Boone ; James II. Weeks , liar-
Ian ; Albert Koso , Kddyvilln ; Peiuoterius A.
Itondon , Persia ; John C. ( Jarvln , Hastings :
Clay W. Smith' , DCS Molnes ; Nathaniel I ) .
Husk , Ainsworth ; Abraham E. Keith , Ores-
ton : Isaac Thompson , Algoim ; Chasteen A.
Massey , Woodland ; Luther Ellis , Waterloo ,
Reissue Paries Brittain , Creston ; Lev !
Coles , Carlisle ; Danlol Watson , Kossutli.
Uoissue and increase John Fanzy , Croston.
Mexican survivors ( Jrau villa Vlorson , CJris-
wold.
New Chicago I'jicklng HOIIHO Site.
CIIICAUO , Dec. 3. A number of prominent
packers today Inspected a largo tract o !
ground southwest of the city , known as the
"Stlcknoy tract , " and adjoining the switch
ing yams of the Chicago Union transfer com
puny. Samuel Allerton said this evontnp
that the inspection waa made with a view tc
submitting a proposition tomorrow for UK
purchase of the tract as a slto for a i olun > :
house and utockyards | _ a lieu of the prcscni
location in Chicago. Armour , Morris &
Swift , who have already decided to move tt
Tolloston , Ind. , past of Chicago , on the shove
of Lake Mlehifun , are not concerned
corned in the movement. Allorton sali
that U tha.land . is purchascc
at all they will do it as an organized syndl
cute , with no connection whatever with the
company at the present site. Various pack
era will have an opportunity of going lnt <
the deal , hut each will retain his packing
business und operate It to suit himself.
A Inslillntiln Shot.
OoneN , Utah , Deo. 3. [ Special Tclegran
to Tnt BnE. ] John T. Kelly , tried fofklllliif
a man twenty-six years ago , was acijultUM
today by the First district court. Ho proved
that ho was acting in the capacity of nn of
llcorand shot at tboman whlla ho was try
\\\S \ \ tocscapo.
IMcnl Tor Irlnh DeHtltutos.
L.ONUOX , Doc , 3. Balfour , chief ncerotarj
for Ireland , has ordered u man-of-war to ran
vey tea tons cf meal for the purpose of re
lloving the distress prevailing among the In
habitants of Clara Island and Innlsturk aria
Ing from the failure of the potato crop.
A. Would-Ho Kxpi-rt Pooled.
Sioux PILLS , S. D. , Deo. a , [ Special Tulo
iram to Tut lieu. ] Some tirno ugo a youui
plumber named Panders la this city cautod.
n sensation by going Into the now Jl'AOOO
court homo lu this city nnd opening the anfcs
of the Hall make , chiming to do the act by
listening to tlio fall of'tho til rablnra by" plac
ing his car upon the door and thus cot on to
the combination. The llall company had just
finished nt that tltnt ) pultlni ; In .seven largo
vaults , and bccausothe young pluinbor could
open them the commissioners refused to
allow the bill ofV ° 0 hold by the safe com
pany. Today It. J. Popoof Oiniiha , nmnugor
for A. L. Define & Co. of Chicago , appeared
before the commissioners and placud $ "iOU before
fore them to bo forfeited If tbo yoiniR
plmnlxn'could do as ho said ho could after
the combination had been changed. Flinders
fulled to open a single vault.
SUITS 1. . 1IHSJK I'ACKKItS.
They Are Satisfied with the 'Prospect.
nf I < Ydirnl Live SlocU ln pi'ctIon. .
Cittr.ino , Doc. a. [ Special Tolojtr.im to
Tin : BKE.I "There can bo no two opinions
about , the merits ot the federal Hvo stock In
spection bill that has parsed the scnato and
Is now before the house , among packers or
othcra Interested In a legitimate packing or
slaughtering business , " said Edward .T.
Martyn of 1' . D. Armour & Co. this morning ,
In speaking of the telegraphic information
that the Vest inspection bill is about to pass
"tho house. "Speaking for the Innro packers , "
ho continued , "I assure you that It Is our In
terest that the world should know that only
healthy meat Is being prepared for the mar
ket hi Chicago , and the federal Inspection
will moro nearly servo to disseminate such a
general understanding than any other In-
sH.-otlon ] , however perfect. Wo have our
own inspcctora , of course , and wo are pleased
to have any other Inspectors sot the seal of
their approval on our methods. I am free to
say that not ( istnglo head of diseased stock
is being killed within the stockyards pre
cincts. The only trouble comes frain small
outsldo concerns that buy the discarded
stock at their own prlco , and If possible got
it Into some of the remoter markets. As I
say. the legitimate packers must ngroo that
the federal hill ns It now stauds , and as It is
proposed to pass it , will bo the best thing
that can happen for the largo packing Inter
ests at this market , "
Some Spicy Correspondence.
DEB Aloises , la. , Dec. .1. [ Spedal to Tun
BKE. ] An exchange of spicy correspondence
has just taken place in connection with the
duties of the railway commission. Some
tlmo ago a farmer named Pryor , living near
Leon , applied to the management of the Des
Moines & Knnsas City railway fora * crossing
over the road. The company refused , and
Mr. Pryor complained to the board , which
body sent a copy of the complaint to the rail
way company. In answer they received the
following from General Manager Newton :
"Replying to your favor of the Ugtn , In Mr.
Sherwood's absence und having referred to
the correspondence , I have to say that this
case is evidently ono in which Mr. Pryor de
mands of us a contribution to save himself a
little individual expense. Wo have not found
the commissioners1 rate sufficiently remunera
tive to place us in bonds to make such con
tributions nnd I do not think the honorable
board In establishing these rates contemplates
any such contribution by the railroad com
panies. Therefore , I trust that you -\vill bo
consistunt nnd not demand us to make the
contribution.Vo decline emphatically to dose
so except at the polut of the bayonet. Yours ,
JonxC. NKWTOX ,
Gen. Mgr. D. M. & 1C. C. "
The following answer wns yesterday pre
pared by Commissioner Campbell : "Your
favor regarding the application of A. M.
Pryor of Decatur county for a . .crossing over
your road on his farm near Leon received.
From the tone of your letter it is evident you
nronotiicquaintedwiththeca.se. This is a
plaiu attonint to cross a bridge before you get
to it. The complaint has been filed with the
commission , according to law , by a citizen of
Iowa , a state in which every ono , rich or
poor , white or black , granger or railroad
manager , is equal before the law. It has been
the practice of this board , and I trust always
will bo , to give a hearing to every complaint
filed with it , no matter how humble a citizen
the complainant may bo , Mr. Pryor mokes ap
plication for a crossingover.ypur road ; honsks
lisa favor that it may bo put on a line straight
north , so that ho can avail himself bf a
county bridge to the county scat.
"Tim necessity for n crossing was created
by the building of your road and it stiould bo
your aim to deal fairly and good naturedly
with the people along your line from whom
you expect in a largo measure the revenues
necessary to defray expenses and pay divi
dends. As your road was bankrupt before
the commissioner * ' rates were enacted , your
remarks in regard to the commissioners'
rates not being remunerative are entirely
gratuitous , especially when wo consider
that under the commissioners' rates your
freight business In 18V.I Increased over UK )
per cent , jumping from $30,1)92. ) 1' in 1888 to
S17S.'i4Ol in IbSO. The commissioners will
fix the time for vlsltinc the locality and hear
ing complaint nt an early day , of which you
will bo duly advised. In the meantime a hot
ter acquaintance with the people along your
line and a knowledge of the facts in this case
may lead you to reconsider your determina
tion to 'light it out on that line , " arid inako you
moro peaceably inclined towards your pat
rons. Your * truly ,
FKA.XKT. CvMpnr.u. , Commissioner. "
The Dos Moinen Itorxllern.
DCS MOINES , la. , Dec. f ) . [ Special Tele
gram to THE BUE. ] The trial of the eight
ox-alderman for alleged booulerlsm has about
reached a climax. All the evidence for the
state Is In and a motion by the defense for a
verdict of acquittal as In tho"Drady easels
now being argued , The motion is based on
eighteen separate counts , and the arguments
occupied all of the tlmo today and will proba
bly take most of the day tomorrow. The at
titude of the dofcnso is that the recaption of
extra compensation for committee work is not
contrary to the meaning of the statutes.
Politicians Co mo to Blown.
Auncnox , la. , Dec. 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tim BUE.J A sensational case , because of
the prominence of the parties , was up in
Justice Brnlnard's court today , growing-out
of an altercation between Hon. J. A. Over-
holtzer , nwho has represented this county
twice in the legislature , and II. B , Owens , a
prominent political antagonist. Ttioy mot in
a butcher shop a few evenings ago and a
quarrel and personal conflict followed , in
which neither gentlemen suffered greatly.
Owens was fined for disturbing the peace und
Overholtzer released.
South Dakota's riciintorlal Fight.
Sioux Crrr , la. , Dec. 3. [ Special tc
Tun BEC.J CommodoreCoulson of Yankton ,
ono of South Dakota's well posted men , said
today that ho thought Bartlett Tripp would
surely succeed Senator Moody from that
state. He says the republicans anil alliance
men cannot pull together , while on the othot
hand enough alliance men \U11 unite with the
democrats to lvo them a majority of from
thrco to Ilvo on joint ballot.
Crazed by Griel"
MASON CITY , la. , Dec. 3. [ Special Telegram
gram to THE UKI : . ] John Purcell , whose
llttlo daughter was burned to death a few
duys ago , was so crazed uy grief that ho wan.
dercd away from homo and was found fout
days later by the side of a hay stack will :
nothing on but his underclothing. Ho wa ;
so badly frozen that ho cannot recover ,
Chnlnrn Kxtlnct.
[ Copl/rfcM ISOObii Jama Oardnn ltcniutt.\
MADRID , Doo. 8. [ Now "York Ilernk
Cable-Special to Tim BKC.I Tbo govern
ment bas ofilcially declared cholera cxtluci
throughout Spam , Stringent orders have
boon given to mayors of all cities and towns
to take great precautions against any reappearance
pearanco of the epidemic. The extreme cod
weather continues hero and la ether parts o
the country.
Kotliioliii ; 1'natagr.
WASHINGTON- . 3. Senator Cullom in
traduced a bill today to rcducn postage on ul
letters for any point in the United States am
all drop letters after July t- next weighing
one-half ounce or loss to L cent , with ua addi
tional charge of 1 cent for uvery fraction ol
an ouuco iu excess.
Dr. Ilnxtor'o Condition Unohaiicctl ,
WASHINGTON , Dec. n. There has been in
change lu. Dr. Baxter's condition since las
MING BfciPENSM REFORM ,
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lecretary NoW ? -Holds Consultations with
Thai ftbjoct in View ,
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CUTTING DOWN' ' FEES OF ATTORNEYS ,
Ttiorrny Ajpujt-oprlntlnn Illll Show *
That 1'i-rparatloiiM are Being
JMado ' , tyk n I'rntrntjteil
Indian Ciimpnljjn ,
in :
WASHINGTON HHHE'VO MIR OMVUA BRR , )
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f > l3 Ki REN'TII STItKSr , >
WASIIISOTOS , D. U. . Dec. : i. I
Secretary Xoblo has been having numerous
consultations of la'to with member : } of the
house committee on pensions with a vlow to
effecting some reforms In tlio pension admin
istration. There has heen an outcry in sev
eral ot the eastern pipers of late aj.ilnst al-a
logod pension abuse ; , and to some uxtcnt
those abuses exist , although they are not of
recent origin , hut are rather the outgrowth
of years. As a result of the consultation this
morning Captain Hclknnp of the house com
mittee on pensions introduced a bill , which Is
approved by Secretary Noble and Commis
sioner Kuum , cutting down the fees of pen
sion attorneys from $10 to ? l In cases of In
crease of pension. Last month the depart
ment kept an account of the amount paid to
attorneys for fees In pension cases , and the
Item for increase of pensions alone
was $30,000 , or n payment of $10
by each of 8,000 in ono month.
It is said that the service rendered by the at
torney is purely nominal , ns nil nuullcnnt
need only send to the department a pnyst-
clan's ' certificate that ho deserves an increase
of pension and the department will thereupon
issue nn order for his examination before the
local pension board.
Another abuse which Is expected to bo
remedied Is that by which applicants for
pensions secure successful examinations of
their cases.Vhon the result of their iirat
examination is sent hero some pension attor
ney gets hold of it and sends tlio results of
the medical testimony to the applicants. If
it is unfavorable ho generally complains thut
the medical men have been unfriendly to htm
nnd asks for nn examination In another
county. This Is granted , and If it is again
unfnvorablo ho U3hsr another examination ,
which is granted. These examinations are
kept up. each tiino costing the government
80 , nnd in the end the applicant with a very
poor case is able , to secure some
examining board which will report
his case favorably. The purpose
Is to secure some rule or law which will" cut
off a claimant who has been ouco discredited
by nn examining board from securing suc
cessive examinations.
Another stop is particularly directed
against the Washington claim agents. There
nro auouMtdrty thousand pconlom Washing
ton engaged in this claim business. They
have been treated with every courtesy at the
pension ofllco and in many cases it has bcon
found that they toolc advantage of this cour
tesy , It Is said thjtf ) there nro cases in which
they have stolen papers from the files in order
to destroy the evidence which prevented the
allowance ot urttnentorious claims. SOILO
means of preventing this freedom of hand
ling the confidential papers of the depart
ment Is to ho doviscd. It seems to bo con
ceded that a general revision of pension rules
would show a lar o number of uumorltorious
claims. Such all investigation would ho very
costly , but It Is thought that In the end the
saving it would "bring about to the govern
ment would fullyi win-ant it. The question
of having such nil investigation" Is being con
sidered now , nnd Captain Bellcnap said today
that ho thoughtSthOj first stop towards this ,
extensive movoipgpV'WOuld bo taken during
the present sessuvrf .
IIIB Ausi'jjfjCi'l'rrqruiATios ' niLt , .
General Cutfcheonchairman of.tho house
militnrvK.bommfltet.'i- d completed his
rough ( Svft of VXUB Wr'niy approbri.'itlou bill.
Asldo frijin its .ro.iti.fhe fdatittas 'Inritem * dis
close that the'military rfuthoiltlca'aro ' getting
ready for v'hig' Indian , war uiext spring.
About $7f > 0000 over jviid'abdv6'tho'usual ( )
sums appropriated for ; army needs are- pro
vided for.a possible Indian campaign. Ono
item Is & )00,000 increase for the transporta
tion of troops if It.bccnncs necessary to mass
targe forces at tho.centers of lutliau hostill-
" . s. Another is 811)0,000 for horses for
scouts , Indian police * cavalrv and artillery.
The usual item for subsistence is increased by
& ! 00,000 to provide food for the added num
bers in n campaign. A sigtiilicaut paren
thetical sentence is ono which states thut the
additional subsistence may bo used for In-
diuns taVen prisoners. It indicates that the
possibilities of an o.xtenslvo Indian campaign
in the spring are being provided for nnd that
the authorities nrq looking forward to malting
prisoners of the unruly redskins who are now
causing the trouble In the northwest.
SII.VKH ADVOATI53 ACHUKSSIVC.
The silver men are very aggressive. They
como to Washington this session determined
to make another demand for free coinneo.and
they Insist that all other legislation shall bo
cleared out of the "way. They do not like
the president's message , but they uro confi
dent ho will sign aJreo coinage bill If it is
passed. The silver advocates'upon the re
publican side in both houses of congress nro
moro anxious to secure action , nt this session
because they want their party to receive the
credit of free coinage , and not leave It for the
democrats to secure In the next congress.
The democrats are moro thau ordinarily in
terested in doing something because they
suppose tlio president will veto a free coinage -
ago bill , nnd want the republicans to endure
the odium of the act at the elections of 189 ,
so the members of both parties , for opposite
reasons , want a bill passed , and sav they will
hitch it onto one of the appropriation hills , If
they cannot pet it through any other way.
This can bo done under the rules of the sen
ate , but cannot bo done in the houso. The
republicans say they do not sou how their
party can suffer oven if the president does
vote a silver bill. Other presidents have
done the same tblng.
DISAllMAMEKT OP THE INDIANS.
The Indian ofllco Is preparing an answer to
the resolutions presented in the senate yes
terday by Mnndortton proposing the disarma
ment of the Indians in Scuth Dakota. It
will favor the proposition and recommend
that the peaceful Indians ho disarmed first
and when their arms are received that they
shall bo given checks for them so .that when
the government is ready to deliver the arms
to tlieir owners the checks shall bo evidence
of ownership. The system proposed H some
thing lilto that of a man checking an um
brella nt a hotel. After the peaceful Indians
have been , disarmed it is proposed to use
their influence to induce the hostiles to give
up their arms peacefully if possible , but re
sort to force If ni'essary. . It is learned that
Buffalo Bill wasUh/illed from his mission to
arrest Sitting Hull at the instance of tbo
president , who TcafPd Iliore was not a sufll-
oleut military i force at Standing
Ilock. The Infill olllco and Agent
McLaugklia asked for Cody's recall.
At the Indian oftlco Colonel Cody
is In bad odor.lUIs believed by the olll-
ccrs that ho would DO very glad to embrace
any opportunltyfetaiishoot Sitting Bull and
that It was his purpose in going to Standing
Hock to precipitate ( a fight and shoot him
down , as ho has , had , it is said , a grudge
against Bull for many years , The fact that
Uuffnlo Hill remain * in the vicinity of Sitting
Hull Is regarded avevidence that General
Miles intends ho slrall make the arrest when
ever it Is believe { bo opportunity is favor-
ahlo.
rOST.M\STER9 JITOINTKD.
Postmasters werni uupoiuted today as
follows : lowa-llljircon , Plymouth county ,
J. Jenkins , vlco 0. W. Sheets , resigned ;
McVeigh , Van Buren county , C , Falsth , vijco
W , P. Ucw , resigned.
Uarilcld , Lincoln county , Nebraska , P. M.
Spceal , vice Mrs. M. K. Ilolsteln.
Senator Manaorso'n has written a letter tc
the secretary of war , hr\vhfoh ; ho says that
he has received a largo number of letters
from settlers In Nebraska stating- that there
is urgent need of arms 'hud ammunition to
protect them against the Indians' , Tliu sena
tor asks the secretary If 'means cannot be
adopted at ouco by which government artiv <
und ammunition may bo pat at the service ol
these people. The troops and militia are
reasonably well supplied , but their demands
and these of tlio Indian * have been such ax
to use up all tha available arms hi that local
ity.
m SCIU.A SHOTS.
la the senate today Mr. Allison presented
petitions froiu cltliCQs in UladbrooU , Bremen ,
ifpokuk , Divronport and other cities In Iowa
n favor of the amendment to the tariff and
: nx lull providing fur n rebate on manufuo-
; ured tobacco.
Senator Mandorsou I * awaiting Senator
Paddock's recovery /row his recent Indispo
sition before ho moves In the matter of a
successor to the Into .TudijO Kiivago of
Omaha , director for the Union Pacific rail
road , lie has learned , however , that the
president will Insist upon the appointment o t
i di'inoornt so us to kooti the hoard non-
partisan. The Nebraska delegation will urge
the appointment of Colonel .lack Mr Cell of
their state. I'r.nui S. HEATH.
TJII : # I'/KI ) tttxin.
Today's Tl | > q.
AT nfTTiixniriio.
First Unco Fayani , Calcium ,
Sixth Hiieo- Lonely , Anomaly.
AT XKW OIII.IJAXS.
lloni * tlio Truth ,
LI.VCOI.X , Iscb. , Doe. 2. To the Editor of
TituBKn : I have Just been Informed that
Tiir. Urn on Friday last contained an article
referring to myself In terms by no means
complimentary. The article has not yet
been seen by me , hut I presume It to have
been the outgrowth of an anonymous commit- ,
nlcatlon that appeared In the Evening News
of this city on the 27th ultimo , nnd to which
response was mudo the following day. This
response , I understand , lias not appeared in
Tin : Uin. : Will you thnreforo kindly glvo
place to the following , as the response inado
by the Baptist church at Jamaica last Sab
bath ? Very truly yours , 11. A. GUILD.
At the liaptlst church at Jamaica. Neb , ,
the following resolutions wuro unanimously
passed :
\Vhereas , Our attention has boon called to a
cnmmmik'iitlon In llio Lincoln Evening News ,
underilato of Noxoinbor'-T. 1MM , nnd over the
fdinmtiiro 01 "Jack the Nipper , " rnllcetlm ?
upon our pastor , Itov. II. A. dillld , therefore
bolt
Hi-solved , fly thclluptNtuhurcli In .Jamaica ,
Neb. , thut , wo vlow with ainiizeiniMit.and hold
In Fovcrost. reprobation , the urllelu referred
to , n.1 } belnc faUo in many of its allpmillons
nnd maliciously ! iilslimdln < ; In all. Brother
tlnlld has tiovor been on trial before the
t'l uroht and during the entlro term of his
pastorate aiming us , now nunrly thrco years ,
tlieru lias occurred upon Ills part nothing
whatever to slialco our fullest confidences In
and pstecm tor the Christian character of
HmUierUiiIUl. It. A. ( IllANT ,
W. K. SHAW , Clerk pro tern.
J.O. I.ociu : , Deacons.
A Irnkeman's ! Terrible Death.
Oonnx , Utah , Dec. 3. [ Special Telegram
to Tun UKK.J A Union Pacific brukoman
named Charles W. Howard met with a uorri-
blo death near this city this moining. Ho
was setting brakes on a downgrade at the
Devil's Gate , twelve miles east of here , at 5
o'clock , and fell between the cars. His head
was caught by the brake beam , and In that
manner he was dragged along the track all
tlio way to this city. When discovered , ono
log was entirely gone , the other was cut and
torn , ono hip was telescoped and his body
was so worn that the entrails were discu-
engcd nnd had been trailed along the ties ,
lie was twenty-live years old and leaves a
young wife at Kvunslou to sorrow for his ter
rible taking off.
Another brakcman named \V. T. Wood
ward fell from a car yesterday near Alma and
his shoulder blade was broken , but ho will
not bo permanently disabled.
South Dakota Indemnify
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Dec. I ) . A Picrro , S. D. ,
special to the Pioneer Press says : In ac
cordance with the enabling act tUo last legis-
islnturo ordered Laud Commissioner Parker
to select the school lands of the state , known
as indemnity lands. The general land , ofilco
decides that the state shall select Indemnity
lands In districts in wtiieu tney occur.
In the Huron , Aberdeen and Picrro
districts sulllciont land remains to provide
for this , but In the Watcrtown and Yankton
districts none of these lands remain nnd
40,01)0 acres may ho lost. The indemnity
lands altogether amounted to about 7,000
acres. The case will Do appealed to the sec
retary of the Interior.
Smelting Works KeprosontuUves.
Ciiir.voo , Dec. 3. The conference of repre
sentatives of numerous smelting works
throughout the country closed this evening.
President Thompson of the national lead
trust said the meeting had been very
thorough , harmonious and satisfactory to nil.
It was agreed , ho said , to have n plan per
fected for a central association , and the con
ference decided to recommend llio adoption
of this plan by all of the smelting and rciln-
IIIR companies of the United States. The
conference will meet again in Chicago should
the plan gain the approval of all Interested.
Heavy Storms in California.
SAN Fiivxoisco , Cal. , Doc. ! ) , The rainfall
which began last night continued today at
many poinUs In California north of Los An
geles. The bar at the entrance to the har
bor was so rough that several vessels destined
for sea today wcro unable to cross.
It has been storming steadily since
last night In the Sierro Nevada mountains.
Eighteen inches of snow has fallen at Truckeo
nnd four feet at Summit. It Is snowing and
blowlne herd from Alta to Vordl. Head
light siiow plows are running ahead of passenger
trains ,
senger
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Crusade Apralnnt Huron Saloons.
Ilunox , S. D. , December 3.--A number of
ropretentatlvo citizens of Huron held a meet
ing last night and declared unanimously that
the saloons and liquor joints now running in
opposition to the state prohibition law must
go. A number of letters have been received
by leading temperance people advising them
to leave town or refrain from further molest
ing vendors of liquor under penalty of having
their property destroyed and their bodies
filled with bullets. These letters nave
aroused the law-abiding citizens.
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An Unknown Schooner Capsized.
HALIFAX , N. S. , Dec. a. Intelligence was
received tonight of a fearful disaster In the
Bay of Fundy. A schooner was capsized and
went down with all hands. The disaster oc
curred In the afternoon and was witnessed by
parties on land , who , owing to the heavy
storm , wore unable to render assistance. The
Identity of tlio schooner Is unknown.
with Her Shaft HroU-n.
LONDON' , Dec. 3. [ Special Cablegram to
TIIK JlKK. ] The Anchor line steamer Ethi-
epa , Captain Wilson , from Now York No
vember 1(5 ( for Glasgow , concerning whoso
safety some anxiety has been felt , she bolng
several days overdue , passed Tory Island this
.morning. Her slmft is broken. This acci-
'dent was the came of her delay.
*
The Now French Ioan ,
PARIS , Dec. U. The chamber of deputies
has adopted the report of the budget com
mittee agreeing to the con version of thirty-
year Bonds and the liquidation of bonds Into
3 per cents redeemable rentes which will bo
exchanged at public savings banks for ! l per
cent perpetual rentes , The new loan will
amount to SiJ,000,000 : francs.
Ministerial Ditllcultlr * Bellied.
Uio JASBHIO , Dec.Special ! ) [ Cablegram
to Tun UKE , ] The crisis In the ministry
arose from a dispute between President Da
Fonseca nnd the members of his cabinet re
garding the punishment of the olllcora who
wrecked the offices ot thuTrluuno. The diffi
culty has now been settled.
lOxtromo Cold in Uuissln.
ST. PcTKimit'iio , Dee. ! ( , Advices from
Orenburg , eastern Kimlu , state that the
mercury suddenly fell from ! 1 ° of warmth , to
WJ = > of cold. Four caravans of horses , sheep
and caniflU and thirty JOrge-so , who \vero
riding across steppes , wcro frozen to acatu.
Dr. Blrnov cut-en catarrli , Boo
Killed White HuHlMtiiig Capture.
WIU.II.MSTOWX , Ky. , Dec. 3. Last evening
Oeorvo Durgess , n saloonkeeper , shot ami fa
tally wounded Allco MoICInloy and thvn bar-
rlradcd hlnnelf In the .miloon. The sheriff
and deputy marshal broke down thu doors. A
fusllado followed , ending with the death of
Burgess.
An IiK.'omllnt'.v'HVtirk. .
At 13 o'clock last night a now roltngo be
longing toY. \ . II. tlohnmti , near the corner
of Twentieth and Lcavonworth , was discov
ered to bo on lire. The prompt arrival of
the lire department prevented llio llatnos
from dotiijt much diimaee. The lire began in
a henpof shavimrs at the hack of the house.
A can of Unseed oil wns found in the rubbish
nnd other Indications suggested milto fore-
Iblv the work of an incendiary. The damage
will not amount to mow than $ .10.
Tlip AV , O. A.
The annual meeting of the Woman's Chris-
Han association of Oniiiha closed n two days
'
session yesterday. Never In the history 'of
the association , have the various enterpriser
thesoUdies have under their ctiarge been in
so prosperous arondltlon. The Young Ladles'
homo nnd thu Woman's
exchange nro pnictl-
rally sclf-supportlnpr , nnd are now past the
experimental ntagu.
Following nro the ofllcers elected for the
ensuing yo.ir :
President , Mrs , Pcrlno ; first vice president ,
Mrs , Jnrdlno ; second vlco president , Mw. A.
P. Hopkins ; third vice president. Mr.-t , Mo-
Uri'ii ; fourth vlco president , Mrs , S. P\ Merrill -
rill i recording secretary , Mrs. V. B. llryont ;
corresponding secretary , ftlrs , A. I1. Hopkins ;
treasurer , Airs. Ida V. TlUten.
1'OXC.V INDIAN COMMIITKU.
It SugueslH a Itemed y for tlio Out *
breaks on llcNorvations.
In 1S78 the government experienced some
trouble with the Ponca Indians , who wore
then on n reservation where the city of Nio-
brara now stands. General Creole , who was
then In command of the wiutcrn nrmy ,
was sent out against theao Indians ,
and as a result they wcro taken from
their reservation nnd transferred to the
Indian territory , where they have since re-
sldcti , a snort thno after their arrival Stand
ing near , tlio cnlof , nnu thirty of his fol
lowers loft the Indian territory and returned
to the reservation. As soon as li was known
that they had returned they were arrested
and kept prisoners at Port Omaha for sev
eral weeks and then sent south.
Believing that those Indians had
some rights , J. M , Wool worth ,
Hov. William J. Harshn , Lcavitt Hurnbam
and P. Li. I'erinc organized what was known
as the Ponca Indian , coininittoe , und at once
started an agitation , the object of which waste
to place the Indians under the same protec
tion as the whites. The movement at once
toolc root , and whllo It did not provo of any
great benefit tp the Poncas , It has been the
moans of civilizing the Santces , the
Winnouagocs and the Sacs and FO.VCS.
Since that time the comtnltlto has and but
llttlo to do , though of late many inquiries
liuvo come from Dostcm ana other eastern
cities , asking for information concerning the
trouble at Pine Uldge.
Yesterday the committee hold a meeting in
the First National bank building , with J. M.
Woohvortli as chairman and Hov. William
J. Ilarsha as secretary , and after discussing
the subject in a general way , the following
resolution was adopted :
Itcsolvcil , That wo lii'llovo that the only
remedy for Iiulian troubles on our reserva
tions Is the establishment of a government of
law on tlicsa portions of uur national do-
miiln , and wu would rcsin-elfnllv call upon
patriotic citizens In tlio cnst and west to In
vestigate tills .posit km and uphold l > y voice.
votoiind InlliiiMii'c the proposition to extend
to thu Indian the cht > ap but priceless benefits
of Just andccultublo | laws.
-
A couprh , cold or sore throat should not bo
neglected. Brown's Bronchial Troches nro a
simple remedy and glvo prompt relief. r
cts a box.
Two I'coplc Ilnriicd to Death.
PiTTsnuitii , Pa. , Dec. 4. About 1 o'clock
this morning tire broke out In the flat owned
by Dr. Dlckson. The lower floor Is occu
pied as a drug store. T\vo \ bodies
have been taken out of the burning
building , those of Mrs. Irvine , the
Jnnitress. nnd that of her husband. The
latter was bnviictl ton crisp. It is supposed
that these two are the only lives lost. The
occupants of the building had many narrow
escapes.
Naval Apprentices Mutiny.
Nuwi'oitT , R. I , , Doc. 3. It wai rumored
late tonight that all the apprentices at the
United States training station mutinied yes
terday , refusing to scrub decks , and all wcro
" . "
"quarantined.
/Vttomptod Murder ami Suicide.
fir. Louis , Mo. , Dec. 3. George Schic-d
shot and seriously wounded his wife , this
ovc-nlng and then suicided. Domestic
troubles were the cause.
Don't patronUo foreign wines when you
can got a hotter ono nt home. Try Cook's
Kxtra Dry Imperial champagne.
ItEEDEIl-iMre. Efllo T3. , wife of Z. H ,
Kecdor , of consumption , December 3 , at
her late residence , UiOO North Eighteenth
street. Ago U'J ' years.
Remains will be , taken to Flora , 111. , tomor
row at 4:30 : p. in , _
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chll
drcn teething , boftcns the gums and allays
all pain. ii > cents a bottle.
Ognlalla Cattle Company.
The directors and a number of the members
of the Ogalnlla Iand and Cattle company met
in the parlors of tlio 1'axtou hotel yesterday
afternoon , when they re-elected , the old ofll-
cors and the members of the board of direc
tors. Tlio affairs of the co-iipuny wcro re
ported In a prosuerous condition.
Nervous prostration nnd insomnia , cured
By the Kxcelsior Springs , Mo. , waters.
I'KJtSOAAi * IM li.t(1 ftA I'JIH.
II. C. Hanson of St. .foo Is at the Casey.
II , L. Balloy of Denver is nt the Paxton.
Judge Cohb of Lincoln l.sat thoMillard.
S , J. Warren of Chicago is at the Murray.
.1. W. Breed of Cincinnati is ut the Mil-
lard.
lard.T.
T. J. Swan ofChoyenno was at the IMxton
last night.
Kugeno I'itts of Beatrice was at the Casey
lust night.
\V , G. Mlcheals of Arrlba , Colo. , Is at the
Merchants.
B. P. Ward of Lincoln is In the city , at the
Merchants.
Albert Evans of Rapid City , S. D , , Is at
the Barker.
Vf. D. Hamilton and wife of Denver nro at
the Paxton.
J. B. Meyer of Milwaukee is stopping ut
the Murray.
Fred.A. Wilson of Lincoln Is registered nt
the Murray.
J. P. Norton of New York la hi the city , nt
the Millurd.
C. D. Hakostraw of Lincoln is lu the city ,
at the Casey.
II. K. Hayes of New York was nt the Mur
ray last night.
K. T. Bcrkinsmi of Platte Center is In the
city , at the Hurkor.
U , 1C. Townsend und wife of Denver nro in
the city , nt the Paxton.
B , A. Coombos of Geneva was In the city
last night , at the Casoy.
J. W. Wopton of Einurson was in the city
last night , at the Merchant ) ,
S , P , Barkalow and wife returned yester
day from a bhort visit to Denver ,
John Ilniuicn. K. K , Marks and .1. A.
Stanglund of Salt Lulto arc at the Harltor.
Mr. 10 , Uo.iow.itor , editor of TIIK BIK : , loft
for New York yesterday and will bo ubsonl
about two weeks.
Mm. W. K. Maul and two children , nro in
tha cltv cnroutu to Green rive , Wyoming ,
where "Mr , Maul is la tlio employ of the
Union Pacific. Mr. Maul Is a brother of M.
O. Maul of this city , and was formerly em
ployed in the Union I'.iclllo shops bore ,
. o
1G02. Sixteenth and Farnum streets la
the now Iloislc Island ticket ofllco. Tick-
eta to all points cast nt lowest rates.
ON Tiu.vij I--OH
Tnriic.q Itojnolds Charged AVitli Kill-
inc YMIIMK NcHilo.
On the 0th day of last April William Nestle -
tlo was shot by n sneak thief , nnd three days
Inter died. Nestle was cm ployed as clerk
In tlio store of Bamborger , at the corner of
Thirteenth and Haruoystreets. . On that
fatal evening ho was standing la front of tlio
atoro when two men p.issod along , and as
t hey did so , stole acoiiiiloof p.ilrs of shoos
from a rack outsldo. Young Nestle called to
his associate dories nnd then followed tha
two thieves , who lied to the other side of tlui
Rtreot and entered tlio alloy between Ilurnoy
nnd Howard , They had gone but n short dis
tance when ono of them stoppedutul , drawing a
revolver , llrod , The bullet struck Nestle lu
the right breast , thrco Inches bco\v ) tha
right nipple , passed through the lung nnd
lodged near tlio spine. The young man was
picked up , placed In a hack , taken to the cen
tral station and then conveyed to the home of
his parents , on Williams stivct , where ho
died without regaining sulllcicnt conscious
ness to glvo any description of the murderer.
Shortly after the shooting .lames Kov-
nolds was arrested on suspicion , arrnlgnod In
police court , where ho waived examination
and was bold to the district count to answer
to the charge of murder. Yesterday the
trial was commenced In tlio district court be
fore Judge Tiffany.
The greater portion of the day wns devoted
to securing a Jury , ntid only tlireo witnesses
wcro examined. The dofondunt , a young
mini of twenty-four ycnrs , with a deep red
scar alo'ig thu loft side of his face , occupied
a scat at the attorney's table nnd apparently
was tho-lcast Interested of any of the specta
tors.
tors.Tho
The first witness put on the stand by the
state was Dr. Hoffman , who attended young
Nestle. His testimony was slmplv to provo
the locution of the wound and that It wns the
cause of death ,
Fred Kline , n clerk In the store , toatllled as
follows : "Clerked in the siuno store with
Nestle , and on the night of April ! 50 two men
passed the store , stole two pairs of
shoes and ran across Thirteenth street
into the alley ; followed tli jn some distance
when one , the larger mm , tunica nnd fired
twlco ; one of the bullets struck IS'estlo nnd
ho fell to the ground , Uoth men ran and I
have not scon them since ; don't think I
could identify cither of the men. "
The witness was requested to look at
Reynolds and tell whether or not ho was the
man who fired the shots , Witness could not
say.
say.Gcorgo Wallace , n traveling man who was
passing along Twelfth street tlio night of tlio
murder , heard the shots fired and saw two
men run out of the alloy ; could not state
whether or not Reynolds was ono of the men.
At this point court adjourned until tills
morning , wlion the arresting olllccr will bo
put en tbo stand.
The trial of the injunction case of John
Christophcrson and others ngainst the city ,
restraining John Hush , city treasurer , from
collecting the Tenth street viaduct lax , was
up before Judge Donno yesterday afternoon
and sot for bearing Saturday morning nt 10
o'clock.
IliiKinrss .Ti-i > iill < ; s.
PASSAIC , N. V. , Doc. 3 , Ulttenhouso manu
facturing mills have failed with liabilities
of $500,000. Tbo assets arosnid to bosomowlint
less. The failure was brought about by the
embarrassment of other houses and the low
prices prevailing in tbo wool market.
New Yonic , Dec. 'I. It was nnnoum-ed this
afternoon that the firm of Klchard Mont
gomery & Co. , the largest auction brokers In
the tea trade , bad bcon put into the hands of
a receiver , the Into financial stringency hav
ing embarrassed them. It will bo reorganized
as a stock company.
The Imdli'H Victorious.
I'liir.ADKU'iiiA , Dec. a. The question ,
"Shall women ho admitted into the general
conference ns lay delegates' ! " has been sub
mitted to the. congregations of all the Meth
odist churches in tlio United States , and the
Philadelphia Methodist will sny tomorrow
that enough of the returns have been ro-
ccived to show that the women curried the
day.
Blni-ringe IJIOOIIHCS.
The following marriage 111-enses wcro is
sued by Judge Shields yoitordny :
Nnmoaml address. Ago.
J William G OnrpjMito'- . Omaha 24
I Carrlo A. Mansfield , Omaha IH
J .Tnlm lloiuon , Omaha. . , , 2.1
1 Kate I'lf/.oncr , Umuha 21
"TIIKVOUIj | > Ts HAMIUUI'T. "
Strange Assertion and Queer J'ropde-
oy of a Itoston Sago.
"All tlio world la bankrupt , I toll you ,
except Rothschild , the Bank of England
and me , " said a Boston linancior to a
reporter for the Transcript the other af
ternoon us the conversation run upon the
embarrassment of Daring Brothers. . . i
"Whore is tlio government , the
bunk , or the man that linn
enough money to pay his or its dcjbtsV
Certainly , take them all together ,
they haven't enough to piry nil tlioir
debts. Yes , tlio .world IH bankrupt. "
Thin was rather startling coming from n
financier. I5ut presently ho wont on :
"However , bankruptcy in the nominal
condition of commerce. Solvency IH
only a sorl of commercial truce , and
panic is merely tlio resumption of hos-
tilitieH. The interesting thing about
the situation in London IB that thuro
seems to ho a now kind of general con
sent to the continuance of the truce at
nil costs. The generals of tlio
limuieiul war , for . once , arc able
restrain their subordinates , tlio privates ,
from flying ut one another's throala II
IH well. There will bo no panic. The
period of universal liquidation Is post
poned by several years , I tell you and
1 have something of a reputation ns a
lirophot the next grant panic will bo
the most terrific that tlio world lain over
seen. 1 should not wonder if it would
ID postponed for moro than ton years ;
but whim it comet > it will look , snro
enough , as if all the world wore bank- -
runt. . *
"A the result of it , tlioso who Hvo
well in the second doi-ado of tlio twen
tieth century will see commerce and In- .
duttry beginning' ever again on a now "
basis. Everything then will bo told for
its actual value ; yes , not a cent moro
will nny merchant or manufnuturor ob
tain for his wares than tlio true cost
viihib. But how will commerce Hvo at
all , then , you ask , without profits
as an incentive to doulcn ? Lot
mo answer the question by ubkiiig
another : What is coiumurco but an
exchange of commodities ? And If I can
exchange my superfluous products at tlio
cost value to mo for the products of
another which I want moro tlmii I want
mliio , at their cost vahio to him , 1mvo I
not all the incentive that I nci-dV And
wlmt Is the roiibou that commerce might
not bo carried on , on u largo scald , with
out the cumboi-somo actual biirtoring of
goods , but still upon tlio basis of
cost , by the aid of n. medium *
exchange that Is simply an agreed
rom-esentativo of this same actual cost
vnluo of nroducts each nmn , as It wore ,
putting his products into the bank , of
which everybody Is u monitor , mui tak
ing out of it the currency which is lt
value , and getting what ho needs with
it ? This would pnicticiiily turn tlio
whole community Into a mutual
bank , with no elmnco , however ,
for loss of confidence , panics mid
liquidations , because nothing wlmt-
ever would then bo based upon conll-
denco , and there would bo nothing to
liquidate. All our panics nro tlio result
of fictitious values , and as loug as wo
linvo ilctltiouH values , with u certain
number of people getting them and n ,
great many moro people paying thorn ,
just so surtily ahull wo store up for our
selves periodical conditions of general
bankruptcy , followed by painful and
costly liquidation , "
Horn To Mr. and Mrs. Victor E.
liondor , a sou.
Gosslcr's Maglolleadacho Wafers. Gun ; si
headaches in iiOmlnutiM. A lull
