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' TWENTY-FJHST YEAH. OMAHA , SATURDAY MOHNING , JUNE 27 , 1891-TWELVE PAGES. iSTUMBEK 9.
JMINC UP FROM THE WATERS
Ueager Details from the Wasted Ration
, * of Iowa.
DAMAbt STILL BEYOND COMPUTATION ,
Coiiiinniilnnllon Slowly
l Story ill' .1 Man Who WIIH
In It NoDruHlui .Sum-red Sonic
fiom YcHterdaj'H Delude.
Sioi'x CITY , In. , Juno 20. [ Rpoclnl Tele
gram to Tnr BKI : . ] It is Impossible yet to
got satisfactory Informalion from Iho Inundated -
dated valleys east of hero. It Is known that
the worst Hoods were In the valleys of the
Little Sioux rlvor and its tributaries , which
cover the counties of Clay , O'Brien , Buena
Vista , Cherokee , Plymouth , Woodbury , Ida
nnd Monona , Telegraph communication Is
sdll cut off. Hotwcon hero nnd the Llttlo
Sioux river nro hulf a deiati streams which
rr < tn parallel with U and ttieio uro still raging
torrents , with all the bridges washed out.
The oftlces of the various railroad com
panies hnvo not yet been able to get informa
tion from the Hooded district. The lint
reliable news of tbo loss in the Llttlo Sioux
valley south of Cherokee was secured tonight
via courier from Correctlonvillo to Klngslcy ,
to which place the telephone line wns work
ing.
ing.Tho story Is that1 at 1 o'clock Wednesday
morning n terrible rush of water eumo down
through the valley above the mill dam , Just
above Correctlonvillo. The dum gave way
nnd the water deluged the city. Many
bouses in the lower portion of the town were
BOOH swept from their toundatlons. In ono
house , n largo two-story frame building , were
two children , who were drowned.
Sooon after the bridges of the Illinois Con
tra ! nnd the Chicago & Northwestern were
destroyed , ns well as several county roads.
The lower portions of the town were
abandoned ns quickly ns poslble.Many
nniillos nro quartered in Iho .school house
and In high brick buildings. Stocks of goods
were badly damaged. The railroads In all
directions from Correctionvillo nro washed
out , but it is Impossible to guess the loss , as
thu water Is still high. Hundreds of acres of
corn , above nnd below the town , nro sub
merged mid n great many cattle , horses and
hogs were drowned.
In six hours Wednesday morning at Cor
rectlonvillo the river rose twenty-live feet
eve its normal stage.
, ' > om Kingsloy It was learned that not a
. Oiling iu Movlllc escaped damage from the
Sod.
" Above West Fork , a tributary of the Little
Sioux , nil houses were moved from their
foundations mid are now standing in the
ctreets or nro c.irried far away. All bridges
on West Fork wore carried away.
Not n word can yet bo learned from Oto ,
Smithltind nnd points down Iho Liltlo Sioux
river.
A1,3H > HT H'lM'KU OUT.
Dcllnito Infoi'iir.itlon from Movlllo , In- ,
ConllrniH I In ! Worst iliimoi'H.
Boosi : , Iu. , Juno 20. Al the Chicago ' &
Northwestern headquarters In this city was
received today the llrst direct news from the
scene of the Hoods on the Maple river branch
of the road. The dispatch is from the oper
ator nt Moville and says that the town Is al
most wiped out , the water Is running in nt
the depot windows and is up to the callings
of nil the buildings.
All thu houses in Hat portions of the town
havu been swept away mid tbo railroad turntable -
table is washed from its place. Thrco mile : )
J .n ! track are gone between Movillo mid Kings-
'wUulso most of the small bridges und the
oKifljC over the Sioux river.
Tins destruction Is now being supple
mented by another storm raging nt present
in the sumo vicinity mid extending south to
the main linn of the Northwestern. It Is
raining very hard and the storm is traveling
cast.
Cherokee is still Isolated from railroad und
telegraphic communication with the rest pt
the "world. An Illinois Central conductor
who returned today from the scene of deso
lation reports danuigo nnd lo-s of property ,
llvo stock , growing crops nnd personal losses
, _ 4 > onhe unfortunate people who lived In thu
ftmi'k of the storm as almost Incredible.
The country from Storm Lake to Cherokee
Wednesday wns ono vast sea of water. Mer-
ctfunts Iu every town between the two points
suffered great loss from Hoods , to sny noth
ing of untold damage to crops and live stock.
Of soventy-Hvo to ono hundred houses washed
nwny on the bottom nt Cherokee most of
them were homos of laboring men. These
people lost everything , barely escaping with
tholr lives. Hundreds of animals were seen
In the river Heating past Cherokee Wednes
day Horses tied to fragments of their
. wrecked barns were also seen , some dead
nnd others drowning. Hundreds of cattle.
begs and chickens followed each other at
short intervals.
One fanner living south of Cherokee said
that over two hundred head of cattle were
missing from bis pusluro nnd ho supposed all
were lost. A man nntncd Yaugh , an Importer
of draft horses at Cherokee , lost eight Hue
nnimals. The Llltlo Sioux valley from
Cherokee to Oniuva Is oi.o of the largest
stock raising sections In Iowa nnd when the
water subsides and n careful survey of the
desolated district cnn bo mndo the loss will
bo found to bo appalling.
The Illinois Central is nlso a heavy loser.
Superintendent OlUcns says that . ' 00,000
would not repair the damage already In sight
and Investigations Imvo not been pursued fur
ther than tlvo miles on the south branch of
.the Cherokee & Uaicota division , the north Is
r bTiTP Inaccessible. The company has n force
of ' . ' 00 men nt work nt the bridge nt Cherokee.
nnd It Is expected n temporary structure will
bo ready for use by Sunday.
A special train , miulo up of n pllo driver
and eighteen caw of material , left hero nt
noon today for Chorokeo. At the gravel pit
cast of town the company has a wont train of
tvtintyllvo cars and a steam shovel burled
beneath the water.
Ol the houses that were washed Into the
river nt Choi-OKoo only two can bo found.
Those nro lodged In the brush nbout two
miles below town. A tlve-mllo walk down
the rlvor failed to discover any others. Noth
ing moro cnn bo learned from Corroctlonvlllo
relative to the deaths by drowning there.
Wagon bridges on country roads from Storm
Luke to Cherokee an ) nil gone.
FI.OOO.
Tlic DIIIIIIIKU at Cherokee Worse Than
FOIIT Donnr , In. , Juun ! M. The latest ad
vices from Cheroicco tay the dnmngo by the
Hood U greater than at llrst reported. AH
the waters recede the carcasses of cuttio are
exposed and the stench from the same par-
, m en to * the air. It Is estimated that bun-
dritis of head of stock were lost there. Two
miles of track of thu main line of the Illinois
Central botuoon Cherokee nnd Sioux City
are washed out and U will take atwut a week
to repair the damage. The On awn' and
Sioux Falls brunches of the same road
nro In aorso condition. The wires
over both branches uro still urokcn mid au
thentic reports of loss of llfo have not been
rccclvBd. While the Sioux rlvor Is going
jnvtn. It is still forty foot dcop. The \\ork
ot clearing nwuy the debris U now In pro-
Kresi , and aid U being given the unlor-
tutmtcs at Movlll who nro camping out ,
Hoilco Plmiilctl.
DOUOE , Neb. , Juno 2d.-fSpeclol to TUB
J3EcjVU a tuo itorm struck Doogo It
nvulo many homos locnod near the f.rcok
south of town unsafe. Ono family composed
of u mother and six children were rescued
from their tesldenr . le.iving twenty Inches
of water on the lloor. The Dodge mllllim
nnd grain toinp.inv lo-it he.ivltv by the Hood
pcnelratiiiL'their grain dumiH and washing
away their sealoi. rirodlmu & Htuefor's
fttocrtynnU were Inundated to the depth of
thrco to sixteen foot. Loptoln Brothers'
butcher stock was drowned ami the
slaughter house moved from Its foun
dation. Never before wns this branch
of the crcolc swollen to th. ( ex-
tout It now Is. Wagon bridges nil along
Its course are gone. Many tanners livimr
but a short distance from town are cut off
from ttuslr homes by the current. Trains
were delayed about forty-eight houw.
11 K II' . I. S IX 11' .
Story of n Man Who Cinio Huok
Tlii-.m li tilt ; Kloo.S.
Sioi't CITY , In. , .lime 0(1. ( [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Hr.K.1 A. W. Throsnor , the
mail clerK who went east from this city
Thursday nigtit with the Chicago , Milwau
kee iV : St. I'aul passenger , whlcn Is now
wntcrbound nt Hornlck , reached hero today
and thus relates his experience : "Our
train reached Uodnoy In the Llttlo
Sioux valley along In the morn
ing. There wo were told thnt
wo could go no further , on account of wash
outs in Maple river , and started back for
riloux City. When wo reached n point n mlle
or so this ; ido of Hornlck a Hash of llghtnini :
revealed a sea of water over the tracks , and
further progress was Impossible , so wo ran
back to Hornlck. The train Is still there
with the crew and twenty-three passengers ,
anil no prosi > eots of getting out for a couple
of days.
' The track In the Sioux valley , from what
wo could gather from meager reports. , Is out
and at U o'clock Thursday afternoon the
water at Uodnov was still rising tit the rate
of four inches an hour. Hetweon Hornlck
nnd Hedges Siding the track Is out In many
places nnd so gieat was the force of water
that the ralln were carried far from the road
bed. "
"How did you got back here ! "
"Well , I got hunery , as did all the pis-
senger.s. Our rations were rather slim , aud
so I made up my mind to come to tiloux City ,
1 put my letter mail In n pouch together with
inv clo.hing nnd started to wado. I waded
through fully a mlle and a half of water be
tween Hornlck and Hodges , nnd in manv
places It was up to my neck. At Hedges I
caught a construction train mid rode into
Sioux City.
"What does the country look like there ? "
' The low lands are covered with water as
far as you can soo. Field after Held is sub
merged , and all over the Hats the water is
from one to four feet deep in the llrst Hears
of houses. The farmers have moved out to
the hign ground iu nearly all Instances. The
homes and uulldings have none of them
boon washed away. 1 saw farmers
wading In the water up to tholr waists push
ing rafts on which were leaded their fami
lies and household goods ahead of them to
tno high land. Ono fanner nt Hornick whoso
house WILS flooded , pushed a big hog-tiongn
abend of him In which his wife holding her
h.ibv WH seated. Ho was making for the
high groi id near our train. "
Story of nn lOyc W
Font Domic , In. , Juno JO. An eye witness
of Tuesday's Jlood , who ha-i Just arrived
from Cheroicco , states that It is necessary for
ono to sco to have the least idea of the great
amount of damage done.
"Why , " ho exclaimed , "it Is simply and
terribly wonderful the way thnt the immense
body of water swept things before it. Houses
were but bubbles on Its crest. I was nt
Cherokee when the cloud burst cama nnd In
less time than It takes to toll It , n flood was
upon the town. Houses were seen
to tremble , swing half around nnd
i > o carried along by the torrents.
Trees were bent and broken Jiko reeds , and
not a thing could stop the terrific onward
rush of the water , nnd nil this occurred before
fore the people could possibly reali/.o what
had haupcncd.
"Tbo most remarkable feature of the dis-
nstor Is that anyone in 'tho track of the llood
escaped with their lives. As far as I know
no lives were lost at Cherokee and the lin-
medtnto vicinity. The storm rendered bo-
twccn three Hundred and four hundred fami
lies homeless in mid about Chorokeo. Those
are being cared for In the Masonic , Cirand
Army of the Republic mid Knights of Py
thias halls at Cherokee.
"Tho Illinois Central lost 12,777 feet of
roadbed , oud 0 7 feet of piling. This does
not Include the bridge taken out over the
Sioux river. Tbo amount of damage will
roach 250,000. '
A Kunoral liy l-Vi-ry.
Iiu Onovi : , In. , Juno 'JO.--Special [ Tele
gram to Tin : BKI : . | Twenty-llvo houses In
the old town hero nro Hooded nnd the people
have boon obliged to seek safotv and shelter
with the more fortunate residents. The
bridges north of hero are all gone and all con
nections In thnt direction are cut off. Five
miles of track bctwoen hero and Dattlo Creek
nro washed out. The Maple river is the
highest ever known.
This morning an Ida Orovo undertaker
started with a hearse for Holstcln to attend n
funeral. It was necessary to load the vchlclo
Into an Improvised llatbo.it nnd ferry It for n
mlle , after which It wns pulled by hand for n
long distance , until high ground was reached
where horses could bo attached.
An lOlVcct ol'tliu Flood.
IIoLsnn.v , In. , ( via Ida Cirovo , by Telephone -
phone ) , Juno 'JO. ( Special Telegram to Tin :
Bun. ] Mrs , John Cl/.ek was fatally burned
hero yesterday by an explosion of gasoline.
She started down the collar with a lighted
lamp to sco about water tilling the cellar from
the Hood nnd tbo explosion followed , evi
dently caused tiy gnsollno being raised by the
water. Her funeral was held this afternoon ,
nnd notwithstanding the terrible Hoods
which have swept nwav roads and bridges ,
was the largest ever held hero.
WllfsiilVer for Komi.
Siot'x CITV , la. , Juno 'JO. [ Special Tele
gram to Tiic nup. . ] A report from Movlllo
on West Fork , which was completely inun
dated , says there is only 'J.V ) pounds of Hour
In the town. The town is almost completely
'
cut off from succor. Hundreds of horse's
nnd ether llvo stock out In the fields in tbo
valley were fearfully lacerated by the barb
wires carried down by the swollen torrent ,
In which the poor beasts became entangled.
Ilnllwny Coiiiiminlontfnii Stopped.
CI.ACINTIII : : , Nob. , Juno 'JO [ Special Tol-
ogrum to THE BKE. | The washout at York
on the Kansas City & Omaha has isolated us
from the outside world. Wo have neither
received nor sent out any mail for over Hfty
hours and a report has Just arrived that wo
will receive no trains before 0 o'clock to
morrow , The rains hero did no particular
damage. _
Over an luulinu flour.
ViLRSTixu , NOD. , Juno 'JO. - [ Special Telegram -
gram to TUB BKK. j According to measure
ment made by the United States ilgnnl ob
server hero , vorv nearly two and ono-hnlf
Inches of rnlu felt hero thU afternoon In two
hours' time. No damagn , Crops of every
kind booming.
Uuisoil Hfit I-Y-ft In an Hour.
HKVXoum , Nob. , June 'JO [ Special to
TUB BEE. I The rainfall hero amounted to
about two and one-half inches in three hours.
Itoso crook raised about seven feet In ono
hour. Thu wheat crop has been somewhat
Injured , but will be n good fair average.
I'npltllon Flooded.
I'Ai'iit. ION , Neb. , Juno 2X ( [ Special Tele
gram to TIIC DEC. ] Owing to the heavy
rains of yesterday the Panplo at this place Is
out of Its banks. The whole of the southern
part of town is under water to a depth of six
feet. The water Is still rising.
AVliitl Iiiil Considerable
IUNXUOIT , Nob. , Juuo ! M.-iSp < joIal to TUB
Ere. i The rain Iu thU vidulty lasted about
llvo hotiri. The wind blow n perfect ifalo for
ntioutllftecn minutes , i-l N Urlnge's now
barn was Dlown anout thirty rods nnd
smashed to pieces. Ono of M. A. Senior's
hotues was blown from Its foundation , but no
ono In the building was hurt. Clnto Wll-
inol's honso ( unoccupied ) wai completely de
stroyed. Several wind mils were blown
down. Sheds and small buildings wcra scat
tered in all directions. Havoral parsons were
severely shocked b.v electricity. No lives
were loit.
Wor.c ol' the torm.
YOIIK , Neb. , Juno 'J.I. | Spocl'il Telo.jr.ini
to Tin : HP. . : . ) The heaviest rain storm that
this county has ever known has Just cea < ed <
It bcgui , nt S o'clock Wednesday evening
nnd poured down In torrents until 10 o'clock
Thursday mormuir , when it stopped only to
begin again early In thu evening. The down
pour continued steadily until the afternoon
EiMtnntc.s of the full of water nro placed at
from fourteen to sixteen Inches. Benvor crook ,
a small stream south ot the \ity , which is
usually about eight feet wide , left Us banks
mid rose sixteen feet ubovo low water m.irk.
Many houses were partly submerged nui
some were lllled to nlmo-it thu second
story , but none were wiisheM away.
Cellars Ir. all parts of the city are full. Nu
merous barns nnd sheds were dislodged and
went drilling down the torrent. The Iron
bridge on Lincoln n venue wns swoptnwny line
duff mid only ono wagon bridge Is known
to bo left on the stream In the county.
Ittner's brick yard was nlmo-tt entirely de
stroyed with two full kilns ot brick. Feed
jnrds were swept nwav nnd numerous cnttlo
nnd how lost. The Fremont , Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley railroad bridge wus badly
damaged , but has boon mndo passiblo. The
Kansas City , fe Omaha bridge was badly
weakened and the approach was out
for sixty feet. A largo gang of
men nro nt work on it and
will bo able to got trains out by tomorrow
morning. All roads running into the city
sustained numerous bad washouts In em
bankments , but none had any serious results
excepting the Burlington. No wind nccom-
paniod the rain nnd the damage to crops will
not bo ns heavy as It would hnvo been had
there boon n strong wind.
MiHs-ourl nrly Over Its IlnukH.
NKIIIIASKI fJirr , Nob. , Juno 20. ( Special
Telegram to Tun BEC. ] Tbo river has been
stoadlly rising at this point for the last
twenty-four hours and has reached It ? high
est mark this .season. At midnight the water
was within six inches of overflowing the approach
preach to the now wagon bridge with good
prospects for nn overflow. This work has
not vet boon completed nnd In case of mi
overflow will cost the B , & M. several hun
dred dollars besides the delay. Drift wood
Is coming down In n perfect gorge , and the
people on the bottoms are getting ready to
vacate in a hurry.
DIsastroiiH Cloiitl Hurst.
Wcsr POINT , Nob. , June 'AJ. [ Special to
Tin : Btu.J Ono of the most disastrous cloud
bursts that ever visltod this section appeared
'nst ' Wednesday evening at 3 o'clock.
Scarcely a vestlgo of the vast public im
provements carried on for thrco years at u
heavy expense remains. Every business
man has his cellar full of water , mid the
damage amounts to nearly J15.0JO. Hundreds
of residences have their cellars filled uith
water and mud. It was u second Johnstown
Jlood. _
No Trains Itti lining ; .
FiiKitoNT. Neb. , Juno 20. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Bisi.J Tbo Fromout Elkhorn
& Missouri Valley line to Lincoln and York
have been running no trains out of Fremont
today , The washout at the Plntto bridge ,
which was partially repaired lust night , was
enlarged by Iho swollen stream again today.
The company is vigorously repairing and
will have tralllo moving at Uio earliest possi-
ole moment.
JM. t A VfsLM UK \ OX If ICEVOGMTIOX
Six JIoii MuiiKlcd By Debris in a
Cyclone's I'.itli.
Mr. CiitMK ! . , Pa. , Juno 20 , The Patterson
coal company's bear breaker located nt Nnta-
lie , a village two mlles north of this city , was
destroyed by n cyclone this afternoon and
the following persons were Killed :
J. N. BLOSSOM , Hnwley , Pa.
J. B. DODSON , Shlekshinny , Pa.
i { . UOBEHTS. Luzernoborough.
WILLIAM LODGE , Lu/ornoborough.
An Italian , unknown , nnd another stranger
are bulled under the dobris. The broalcor
was located under the summit of Big Moun
tain about sixteen hundred feet above
thu sea level , The structure ivas nbout
three hundred feet In length nnd the highest
point was 175 feet. Ledge nnd Roberts , tno
two unknown menv ere slaters nnd were
engaged in roollng the breaker at the time
of the accident. The other two killed were
carpenters and mot their death while em
ployed at work on the interior of the
breaker.
The cyclone came very suddenly , gathered
up the mighty structure as though it were a
doll's house , and whirling it around , dashed
it to ruin. The men- were in me led ulmost
beyond recognition. The breaker was ono of
the Inrirest in the region. Its capacity was
tiOotlt forty thousand tons per month. The
cost of its erection exceeded $100,000. The
loss falls on Wllkesbarro , PltUburg nud
Philadelphia capitalists.
'tilt : WKATlllSU IfUUKV.ttT.
For Omaha and vlcinltv Showers , fol
lowed by fair , slightly wanner.
For Nebraska , North and South Dakota
Showers ; cooler ; westerly winds.
For Missouri Showers ; stationary torn-
peraturo ; variable winds.
For Kansas Showers ; westerly winds ;
cooler.
For Colorado Showers ; cooler ; variable
winds.
Want to Clninuo Tlielr Water SyHtntn.
Ciupituv , Neb , , June 20 , [ Spcclnl to Tin :
Bii.l AH election has boon called lor July 0
to vote on u proposition to Issue bonds to the
amount of WO.OiX ) for the purposaof changing
the Holly water system now in use to that of
a gravity system. The plan Is pronounced
by competent engineers ns entirely feasible ,
and will receive the co-opcrutton of thu Fre
mont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad ,
which uses an immense quantity of water nt
the machine shops nnd round house. Thu
present supply is Insulllclcnt nnd It is alto
gether likely that the bonds will carry ,
Wanted for Two Crlino
Hcnnov , Nob. , Juno 20. [ Special to Tin :
BKK.J Sheriff Town arrested tlneo young
men on complaint of P. Jones of Chester ,
they having stolen u gun nnd some clothes
from him. They were tried nnd sent to Jail.
Monday , while rending a card describing u
party wanted ut Grand Island , .Mr. Town
snw the description lilted one of his prison
ers. Hi ) nt once notllled Sheriff fostollo , who
cnmo and took the prisoner.
n ( Ills Door.
ST. JOSCIIH , Mo. , Juno 20. Theodore Smith
of Agency , n village fourteen miles from hereon
on the Santa Fo , was shot nud instantly
killed about 10 o'clock last night by thrco un
known men Just as ho was closing his store ,
No clue to the murderers has been discov
ered.
Flooded ,
Nimu8KA CITY , Nob. , Juno 20. [ Special
Telegram to Tnu BcK.l The heaviest vain
of the season fell tnls afternoon , Hooding u
number of store buildings mid residences.
The greatest dnmngo will bo to the Hotel
Watson. _
Until lliMkon Away.
NunutKv CITY , Neb. , June 20 , [ Special
Telegram to Tnu Die. : I The J. Sterling
Morton tish pond overflowed and the dam
was carried nway tonight. The damage Will
be considerable.
AT THE
The Hastings Asylum St3\v.ud Exaralnei
bj tao Investigating BoarJ ,
HE ADMITS DUPLICATION OF VOUCHERS
Some Peculiar Trniiin'otloiiHVlilol
He Failed to Account For Oov.
Tli } ! Ui'KtM Tina tlio In-
ipilry IJc Tlioruiii. | !
Livrot.v , Neb , , Juno 20. [ Special to Tnr
BII : : . I The Investigation of Steward Liver
Inghouso nnd Superintendent To it of the
nsylum for chronlo Insane nt , Hastings com
mcnccd this morning In the oftlco of the
secretary of state , before the state board ol
public lands mid uulldings , all the members
of which were present. Governor Thnyer
was also in attendance.
OiQvernor Thnyer said ho desired to state
that ho was not , ns had been Intimated , in
favor of a secret Investigation. He had made
no such suggestion to an } ' member of the
board and naked the members of the latter testate
state If that were not the caso. None of the
members denied the statement. Ho con
tinued that , on the contrary , ho was In favor
of the fullest Investigation. If frauds had
been committed he wanted them exposed. In
making his conclusion , however , ho would
not bo satlsllod unless n filll examination
should bo made , going back to the opening
of the Institution to sco in what condition it
wns in nt the time Iho present management
had taken hold of it.
Tno governor made unothor explanation , In
which ho mid Seciotary Allen differed as to
n minor matter.
Attorney Darnell said ho whhcd to have
his client , Mr. LIverlnghouse , purged of the
charge that he had acted disrespectfully to
the board in no * appearing coforo it when it
was alleged ho wns summoned , The latter
hud received letters , It was true , from the
secretary of state , but they sot no time for
him to appear boloto tbo body In question
Ho had thought it would bo advisable for the
board to go to Hustings to pursue the Inves
tigation.
Attorney General Hastlugs said .thnt that
was not n matter of argument and Treasurer
Hill claimed that the fact in controversy
could bo ascertained later.
Mr. Allen wanted to know if the statement
called for had boon brought.
Air. Darnell hastily Jumped Into the breach
nnd said that Mr. Llveriughouse had re
ceived the notice to appear nt o o'clock on
Wednesday evening aud had had only till 8
o'clock today to prepare the statement. Ho
had , however , brought the books of the insti
tution mid some certificate. ; ; but , in Iho
haste , ho thought some of thu vouchers hud
been overlooked.
Attorney General Has UM the prepared
statement ?
Darnell Ho had to work all night and It
may not oo a statement such as you desire.
I don't wont to bo captious , bn.t 1 think the
propcv thing is that tbo suggestion of the
governor ought to bo respected. The books
ought to bo gone through with to show what ,
If any , fraud had been perpetrated during the
two voars before these men took bold of it.
Has there been nny coinplaliitiilcU except the
notice which has been served I
The attorney general said there was none ,
whereupon Livcrmghouso was ordered to
produce his books. . >
Darnell then said that if this was a trial it
was rather irregular for the defendant to bo
compelled to produce the ayidjjhce. *
The ehuirmun said it was simply a court of
"
Inquiry , mid the attorney general" said that if
it were a court of impeachment charges
would have bsen made , but it was only n
court of inquiry.
After some moro talk Secretary Allen
called for the cash showing and the latter
was prosentoJ with a draft fori71.0.t , roni-e-
sontlng the amount on mind. Mr. Hastings
suggested that the draft bo endorsed by Mr.
LlvcringhousQ mid turned over to Treasurer
Hill.
Hill.The
The ' toward thCn said thnt the draft was
really fora gioatcr sum than was to the
credit uf the institution , and did not want it
to bo deposited with the treasurer beyond his
reach , because it would b3 injurious to the
asylum.
Ho was assured there would bo no difll-
ctilty on that score , whereupon , with some
nervousness , he endorsed the instrument and
Treasurer Hill took It nnd said that ho would ,
hold It as a state officer pending the Investi
gation.
Darnell then vouchsafed n second time thnt
the showing was not , owing to the limited
time , perhaps as correct as it should bo.
The attorney general said they did not pro
pose to take advantage of him or any ether
man. Ho also asked again for the vouchers
nnd was given ttio reply that all of thorn bad
not been brought along.
As u matter of fact , however , not n single
voucher wns presented duriujf the session.
There was no year marked for the cash
shotting , nnd in reply to Secretary Allen's
objection Mr. Llvcringhouso corrected it b < -
showing that it extended as far bacu as ISS'.i. '
Mr. N. McDowell , bookkeeper in the sec
retary's ofliee , was called and sworn. When
nbout to testily to the duplicate vouchers
discovered in the olllce , Darnell Jumped up
and said that if it was to that feature of the
case testimony was to be given , ho would ad
mit , for his client , thu duplicating of vouch
ers to the amount of S'JUO ' and that Mr. Liv-
oringhotiso stood ready with tils books to
show how nnd why It was done.
Livorlnghouso then nr'oso with his books
nnd said that during the last session of tlio
legislature , ns was well known , tficro was a
deficiency In the sum for the
asylum. There was no funds wltn
which to run the Institution. Things
consequently cost a great deal moro than
they would if money had been available.
Merchants did not want to sol ) because tho.v
were in doubt ns to whether an appropriation
would bo made to wipe nut the old indebted
ness. They had called upon the old board of
[ iubile hinds and buildings to go to Hastings
and mnko some arrangements there with the
merchants for the purpose .of purchasing
seeds for the asylum. They were told to set )
the merchants mid do tua bust they could
under the circumstances. With the prospect
of building two additional wings to the
asylum , mid accommodating perhaps four
luindrcd patients Instead of 100 , Dr. Test
told him they could not afford to
go oeforo the legislature with n
deficit. If they did they would bo tola that
mother dollclcney stared thorn In the face.
Unless they shoiild make n good showing
they would uo charged with mismanagement.
Consequently they decided that they would
not toke any money out of ttio cash fund , but
Lhut nny money they could takeout ofunv
other fund they would put Into tbocnsh fund.
The nporopriatlon run out In September , and
when the employes were discharged they
were paid , some of them , out of thu defend-
nit's own funds. When ULOSO gave out he
: iut In those duplicates.
Mr. Llvoringiiouso then presented a bank
Dook showing the deposit mentioned.
In response to questions bv Secretary
Allen , Llvoiliighoitto admitted tno following
duplicates : Livorlnghouso , ' 11 ; Kollov ,
? it50 : ; deary , Jlfi ; Livorlnghouso , SlOO ;
Llnborg , ? 7ti5 ; Mnrgrovo , $ jj ; Sparhom ,
t'.U.iU ; Buk-or , * H.75 ; Uoblnson , $10. Total ,
> > sl.tli.
It was hero shown that there was a dis
crepancy of n month between the date of tlio
warrants nnd the date on whlcn the payment
took place.
Llveringhouso explained bv stating that
when the warrants were Issued It could not
oo ascertained until n nioi.th later out of
\\hatfundthemonoywasto come , and for
,1ml rcuion the wurranU were retained that
ongth of time.
Attorney General The voucher for your
own pay $100 , you toads u second tlmo vour
selfl
LIverlnghouse Ve , sir.
Did Dr. Test certify to III
Ves , sir.
That voucher wns for pay which you had
already received , through the dollcumov ap.
proiirtatlonl
Vos , sir.
How was it that you made out a voucher
for Thomas Kelly for $13.5' ) ! Why dldn'
you make it all out In ono duplicate foryoui
selfl
The only reason was , I had nothing t
show thai II wns for mo.
Why did you not make Iho duplicate out 1
ono amount !
The sumo reason.
Did you notify tho'stnlo board of publli
lands nnd buildings thai you were dupllcat
Ing Ihoso vouchers !
No , sir.
You thought by making these vouchers I
small amounts nnd to several people yoi
would bo uolo to escape detection by th
board I
Yes.
Iu dividing up the amount Into dollars nm
cents , H"-r > 0 for Iustancehow did you arriv
al the Interest !
The number of months was known nnd i
was easy to llnd the Interest.
When yon sent In your voucher you simpl' '
doubled It didn't you !
Not exactly.
IfjXl \ ( was duo Kelly you put that It
twliol
Yes sir.
For Llvorinj-houso $ 100 twice 1
Yes.
All these went Into the cash fund !
Yes ,
Who wnsHlckmani
She was employed at the asylum.
Her voucher was duplicated !
No. sir. She left the Institution and wt
kept her name on the list.
After she had loft what was her salary I
Twenty dollars.
After she loft she was continued on tin
pav roll for llvo mouths !
Yes.
Did Dr. Teat certify to this }
Yes.
How about deary I
Ho was out of money nnd asked mo foi
some. I gave him $1,1. 1 pul it In tlio pnv
roll as though lie had not drawn It.
Mr. Llvorlnghouse than admitted that ho
hud been in correspondence with the board
regarding the duplicated vouchers for him
self and others. Two letters bad passed bo-
iwoen him and Secretary Allen. Ho nlso
admitted that In ono of those letters ho hutl
written that the duplicated voucher * were
tbo result of an error made In the hr.sto of
closing the acoounts of the biennial session.
Attorney General Now was it an error !
Llveringhouso From the showing It was
not mi error ; it was Intentional.
Then yourexplanatlou In the letter was not
correct !
Yes , I made an error In saying that It was
the "alary for myself from October. I s hould
hnvo said wugoi for discharged employes.
The secretary then produced the letters re
ferred to and Mr. Hastings handed them to
Livoringhouso. Ho road them nervously nnd
idcntilied them , remarking us ho bunded
them baak to the attorney general that they
hud been marked "personal" to SoereUrv
Alien , but thut if the luttor wunted to use
them , of course , ho could do so.
Attorney General There is no privuto or
personal mark on the pages. It may have
boon on the envelope.
The letters referred to nre :
HASTINGSNub. . . Jt.no it : , 189 ! . .1. O. Alien :
Dearhlr I ask this personal favor that you
coinoont and seeonr books and allow me , In
Justice to inysulf , to show thn matter to yon
and that yon do not inaku the inntt r pnbllo
until you satisfy yourself about , Iho facts ,
lliosu in ittoisclVLMi to the public , however ,
Innocent 1 may bo or excusable tlio error , no
explanation could bo matlu t > the public that
would reach thu distance thu li- ( > t report
would. Tlio party that bus been pursuing mo
for two years , tb it I think N ilolns this , will
stop short of nothing to ruin me. Would deem
It a creat favor If you would comu out or stop
over on your way homo or fo McCook. I trust
yon will assist mo In gutting the facts to
board in proper form. Let mo hear fiom
you.onrsttiily , J. W. Livuni.NOuousE.
HASTiNit ( ) , Nub. , Juno III , Ib'JI. lion J O
Allen , Lincoln , rsob. : After mailing a letter
to yon yesterday 1 teretvod youis In icfor-
ence to tliuToircliorH referred to.
Would say In reply that In the rush of busi
ness , ut the uloso of the biennial period , uoino
criers were made , unioni ; them these loferiod
to In yonrlettoi. lint were discovered und re
ported to the siipurlntonclunt , an.l , by bis
order , the money was transferred to the cash
fund , and put on deposit In the bank lusldu
of forty-el.lit hour- , after Its iccelpt , as our
books will show , whuro It has rum ilnod ever
since. Huhasalsu ordoted that thu sumo bo
reported to your board In tlieiiuaiterly report
at the end of the present quarter. I will
gladly uppjar beioro your board at a desig
nated time , but I think it would bo more sat
isfactory to you and much more MI to mo to
have Rome member of your board or the full
board come out and look ovoi our book * ami
accounts , and I am confident these thlntis will
bo satisfactorily explained.
\\owiinldbovory glad to have you come If
It Is possible for you to do so. Voty respect
fully , J. W. IjU'cuiNOiiousi : .
Attorney General How much moro than
$ . > S'i.G4 did you draw on error !
Livorlnghouso Nono.
How did you happen to draw Just that
amount I
Exhausted the fund.
Any morel
Wollwhcn Dovvey & Stone's bill came in it
wont u little beyond it.
'
Did uewey 'ft Stone's bill represent the
amount overdrawn !
I don't know.
What did the vouchers show to bo the
deficit !
Twenty-eight thousand four hundred and
forty-four dollars and twenty-five cents.
"
What appropriation was"uskod for the
deficit !
Twenty-eight thousand two hundred nnd
ninety dollars.
Wliydld you take the difference between
the two nnd put it into the cash fund , sup
posing it would oalanco the appropriation !
From the vouchers , und thu prospective
And you overestimated by din 1,25 ?
Wo estimated Dewey & stone's bill at
UOI. Wo credited this up nt u guess. Wo
md bought the same material , but they catno
o moro than wo expected.
The attorney general then aake-l him a
lumber of questions of minor importance ,
md with rospsoc to Livoringhoiiso's do-.Iru
o have thu board go out to the asylum , the
atter's object was to explain the
natter to them satisfactorily. This
ed to the question ns to why
ho witness was so anxious for the board to
earn all about U In Juno , when ho hud con-
caled It boforo. The answer was rather
vuslvo , that ho wanted them to sco the
books.
The question of Interest was then taken up ,
md the amount paid to each of the employes
joforo specified considered. Some of them
md received Interest , others had not , and
his prompted the query whether nny of them
iad really received tholr Interest , and the ro
ily was that they hud.
Secretary Allen [ showing a payroll ro-
olpted with various names | Who signed
. .indvlg's name !
Llvorlngliouso I did. I don't know who
Igned Luphmn's. I had authority for sign-
tig Llndvlg's.
"Aro you Interested , In the Grand Island
roamorv' "
No. The assignment of my stock took
> ! ace in ISsy , 1 think In October or No
vember.
In July did you have cheeks deposited In
ho Uxchnngo National bank of Hustings or
n the Adams county bunk , and did any of
hose cheeks go to protest !
Yes ; in tlio Adams county bank.
All your deposits were made there nnd you
checked out of there'
Only ono chock went to protest. I kept
nil my stubs with the amount I had chucked
nit on them. I added thorn up and In sub-
ructlng tbo total I nnido u mistuKu , which I
llscovcrcd when I got notice from the bank ,
settled ns soon as I got notice.
Attorney General Do you keep the money
rou receive ns sto-vnrd nnd your own money
n one account ) You mlnglo thorn togetherf
Yes. I was overdrawn , but I didn't sus-
pcct It.
Ho was asked by Secretary Allen If und
low he had pin-chased drugs In Hustings ,
lo replied that ho find und whenever thu
loctor.s nked for them. Ho had also pur
chased bread , mid while they had a small
won nt the usylum It was not fit to bake
irend. Ho was asked what ho meant by u
'wood proiervntlvo" for which f 150 hud been
laid when f-'i'J would have bean a good prico.
lo said It was used to place on tlio lloorn ,
t was expensive , ho thought , cost-
nir ? . ' r > 0 a gallon. He had nlso
lought liquors , nnd with reference
o competition among druggists said that
n the second last quarter only llurct of
fastings had bid. Lust quarter , Hicks of
he sumo place bid mid Hurst beat him
> y f'-O , Ho claimed that every pound of coal
nnd groceries from ovcry store which on-
torcd the Institute was weighed. r
were 157 patients In the twlum mid'I '
forty-five employes. ' ,
Secretary Allen then lln-d nt him n 4 ?
quetlons which Is best cpltoml/od In ' * .
following statement sliownu tin ivlal '
cost for running for six months the n vl '
at Hastings and that at Norfolk , the I'aM
having eighty moro patients : \
Norfolk
. . . . . . . . JiittW : i
vMtifsaml llqnori . ariin , M in
( Irocerlps . : i.ss | iff . ' ' .frit \
ay roll . 7'UI ' T" T.liril "
Hour and bread . V.u.ft Till
Total . JIVJ.1I M TiM'VM )
The witness could not answer whv Norfolk
wns loss expensive , claiming that ho know
nothing about the pluco. There might , par-
naps , bo Homo shoiicoimngs Ho hud to ki-o |
his own books , net us head farmer nnd In fact
do the work of three men.
A specimen bill of groceries was furnished.
It would cost the n vertigo dealer * l ; i.t'iO , at
the prices paid by the asylum It would cost
$ ln.lM.
Dr. Stone's estimate of the deficit was
$ l8,70.1li : ! ; thnt of Dr. Test and Llvorlnu-
house wns $ > , : iuO. Dr. Stone represented
that on August I , 1VH ) , then was In tbo cash
fund WslUB. According to Mr. Llvorlng-
honso's ' showing there was none thoro. Sec
retary Allen nlso showed thnt while rolled
oats could bo bought lor $ .1 per barrel Liver
inghouso was paying $ y for the same for the
asvlum.
The attorney general asked why epsom
salts should cost only 5 cents a pound mid
sulphate of magnesia , the same substance ,
should bo charged for at the rate of Si. 20 per
pound. No answer could bo given.
Chairman Humphrey put the following
posers : "Why Is It that in the last month
the drug bill bos decreased from between
WOO nnd $1100 to less than $ : ) ! "
Mr. Livoringhouse did 'not know.
Mr. Humphrey Are tha patients healthier )
Llvuringhouso I can't say. The question
seems to insinuate extravagance. I will say ,
gentlemen , wo court the closest scrutiny in
thnt respect.
The board then made an examination of tlio
books nnd a number of features were dis
covered which will perhaps be adverted to
tomorrow at U n. in. , to which time the board
adjourned.
Governor Thaycr told an Intimate friend
this morning thnt ho had never .spoken n
word to anybody about wanting the investi
gation conducted with closed doors. Ho
said ho had never mentioned the subject to
nny member of the board or to unv ono else ,
nnd 1ml never entertained n thought of the
Investigation being .secret.
The governor , It is said , will Insist upon
having n fair nnd Impartial investigation ,
nnd if the accused are found guilty they will
suffer the consequences. Ho Is determined
thnt the charges against the Hastings asylum
management shall be sifted to the bottom.
A member of the state board said today
that the governor may bo expected to act
promptly nfter the board makes it finding
upon the showing made In the investigation
"If the board should recommend the expulsion -
sion of the accused from public service , " ho
said , "tho governor will order their discharge
at onco. Depend upon that. "
Imposing Funeral CurcmimlcH.
HvsriNT.s , Nob. , Juno 20. ISpnciiil Telegram -
gram to Tin : Bin. | The funeral ceremonies
ever the remains of Morris L. Alexander this
afternoon were Imposing and solemn. The
services were in chnrgo of Mount Nebo
commnndery , No. 11. Commandorlos from
Grand Island , Kearney , Holdrego nnd repre
sentatives from ether points took part in the
services. The services were road by the
Very Eminent Sir Henry Gibbon of Kearney -
noy , past commander of Nebraska.
It was the grandest gathering of sir
Knights overseen in Hastings upon a similar
occasion. The funeral cortege was the
largest In the history of the city. No such
mark of reverence was over exhib
ited In this city slnco the day
Hon. Juraos Laird was laid at rest. The
banks nnd business houses cloud their doors
durlmr the services. Mount Nebo com-
mundery No. 11 extends its heartfelt thanks
to the ofllcInLs of the B. & M. und Union lja-
ciilc railroads for providing special trains to
convoy Mr. Alexander homo at the time ho
was injured ,
I'rolmlily Fatal -tntiliinu AITrny.
SCIIUYI.BII , Neb. , Juno 2i ! . [ Special Tele
gram to Tin- Bit : : . I A probably fatal stab
bing occurred lust night about four miles
northwest of this city , tbo victim being John
O'Connell , who was stabooJ. four times oy
John Higgins. The victim was cut throe
times in the left shoulder , nnd the fourth
nnd probably fatal cut being in the loft side
under the arm. The particulars , as pear as
can bo loarncu , nro that the two wore return
ing home from town , both under the influ
ence of liquor , and on the way a dispute
arosn which caused the deed. Dr. Long was
called to attend the Injured man , und says
tbo wound In the sldo will prove fatal.
strike.
HASTINOS , Nob. , Juno 20. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tnu Bti.j Forty Kussians , em
ployed digging soivor trenches , struck for
higher wagiM and refused to go to work ,
Superintendent HofTren , after considerable
inconvenience , put ether nun to work.
JA Tr.lt t.K'f VXA ll.l TKU.
Many PIctiHliiK Io l uros Tor the I3n-
tcrl'iiniiiont of GiicHts.
BPATIIICB , Neb , Juno 20. [ Special Tele
gram to Tins Bii.j The day Inu boon show
ery , yet wltlinl the interest In the Chautau-
qua continues unabated. At S o'clock a largo
audience listened to Dr. Parlshurst In his
bible lectures at the tabernacle. Loon H.
Vincent was the principal speaker and gave
(
n very interesting tulle on Carlylo. Tomor
row ho talks on Dickens , Monday nn ThacK.
cry and Tuesday on George IClliott. The
classes maintain their usual interest nnd
everything move * along enthusiastically.
Tonight Dr. 1S Horron lectured on "Fools"
to a lariKi audience. Tomorrow night , under
the direction ot I'rof. Case , Madame Knsu
Llndo of Now York , soloist , will gjvo a con-
curt , with recitations interspersed by I'rof.
W. W. Carnos.
Attomlimco Inoronslnn Pnily.
FnitMovr , Nob. , Juno 20. [ Special to THIS
BUB. ) A cloudy sky , thunderstorms nnd
other temporary Inconvenience * have given
away to the pleasures of clour weather. The
regular order of the programme has boon
carried out and a good andleuo greeted
each speaker , notwithstanding wet weather
nnd high water. Tlio attendance has boon
augmented by the SVflvul of each train , aim
thu remainder of the session has everything
to assure a t > U' attendance and n good tlmo
generally. There are at least eleven days
before the expiration , the scheduled time for
closing. The programmo will Do continued
ono duy if the weather is not fuvorablo up to
the evening of July 0.
I'rof. Torrons , Muurico Duryoa and Will
Tabor uio hurt ) organising and training u
chorus for his grand concern. Jules Lum-
bard , Will Derrick and other talented musi
cians of Omaha are booked for Chautuuqua.
livurytbing indicates a largo Sunday at
tendance , many strangers are coming to
spend Sunday and leave tholr families for
the balance of tbo Chautntiqun , Dean
Wright will preach on Sunday morning ,
ChnncclloK'tugtun took a round with "Thu
Duvll , or Iho 1'roblum of JJvll , " luit uvonliiL' .
His lecture was interesting and well re
ceived At 2 o'clock ' today Wilbor T. Crafts
reviewed "Tho American Civil Sabbath"
The tenor of his argument wns not favorable
to Sunday biuobull , Sunday pin Ics , dog
lights on tint fir.it day of the veok and
kindred amuu-mc-nU , but proved in u
scholarly nun logical \vrvv thnt the bnbbuth
was Intended ns n duy of rest , and when used
fur any other purpose man violate * tha laws
of niituro us well us God's lawn.
With Saturday's programme the n.scmhlv
will be running full blast. The management
has arranged to murfo tha ( text t-luvt'u or
twelve days full of internal , pruuuuto m-
traction aud eulortamment.
RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE ,
So Says the Coroner's Jury About tba D ,
M. Wreck.
MPOSING MASONIC FUNERAL SERVICE ,
nliMini CI'-IMII my nt tie Itnrliil of
Sir K-ilKlit at IIu tln-s-ltltrj-
IniMr ukN .lull inl ) .
AlVrny.
VOUK , Nob. , Juno S.M. [ Special Telegram
to T.n : Br.iA : | largo wrecking crow nro
laboring on the wrecked Burlington trolght
west of this t-lty. On account of tun locution
of the debris , In the center of a twenty-foot
till , no siding can bo built arouml It ,
ami tbo only way It can bo
passed is by bridging. The engine ,
u largo mogul , lies In such : i shape thnt It
will hnve-to bo removed before ttio bridge
cnn bo built. On top of the engine niut piled
thickly tvrouml It nro lUtcon heavily loaded
cars. This manes the work of cloarlni : dint-
cult mid slow , tuid no trains will bo able to
pass before Monday or Tuesday.
Hampton uml Bradshaw nro completely
cut off from railroad COIUIIHUIcation [ on ac
count of n heavy washout this sulo of Au
rora.
. 1'ho company's surgeon , Dr. C ! . W. Shll-
dcr. and assistants , amputated the crushed
right leg of Fireman O.V. . Hean , the only
survivor of the engine crow of the Ill-fated
train , ft was taken off nbout olght Inches
below the knee The nervy young man tins
been resting easily through the day , and
when the operation wns performed at 4
o'clock , ho sustained very llttlo additional
shock from it. The surgeons say tlioro
is considerable hope of his recovery. Ills
wife and son have been with him since yes-
tcrdav noon and his father and motlicr ur-
rivcd today from lown. I'li-nty of willing
people are anxious to assist him In this city
on account of the horotun displayed bv him
and he will bo tenderly cured lor.
The coroner's Jury empaneled to alt upon
the bodies of the dead engineer and biuko-
in-in brought In the following verdict nt 4
o'clock this afternoon :
ftutoof Nohnisk.ii Comity of York : At an
liiiinlsllloii lioldnn at York. In York count ) ' ,
on June1 , " > , IMll , l > of < iru me. O. W.
hclnucli , xhorllT of said county , : in < l acting
cortiiier In tint nliMineu of ( IcorRu Cloak , cor-
onrr , upon the bodies of ( IcoiL'o Pelanov ,
rind William II. Mooro. lying di'iid. liy tliu
Jurors , whoso mimes are liuiuunto subscribed ,
ihowuld luiom ii | on tlielr oath do say Unit on
the nioiiiliiKof Juno > : > , l-l ) , ntabout a o'clock ,
the uld liojreo Dili iney mo' hi" death at a
point on what l eoinminily Knui > as the II &
M. rillvid : : syslttin iibmil two and one-halt
ml IH woit or York In York county. Ni'b. ,
\Millu In charge as rn : inoor of fn'k-hl tin In No.
4.r > on MI Id toad , and iMiised liy thn wiucklngof
HID train at aid point : that said Will-
lain II. Mimie. a lirakiMinin , met his
do'ith nt tin ; am" time ami place as
said Diiluncy anil iniilor the saniu clrcnni-
stanccs anil from thosiiinu t-iniii < ; that , the
point nliurii the nald Hleek in-cured tlioro Imil
been a grade about fifteen feut high anil about
two lie nil red feet aciossllui di.iwor ravine ;
that said draw or ravluo drained a I irio tract ,
of land on the north side of said grade , ana
that the only outlet for H.ild water tliioinili
said Krado WHS a enlveit about
thri'o feut square ; that a heavy rain
prevailed prior to mild niurnlint and
that said wrool. VWIH can-ed by the
washing out of Bald gr.iilo.'o further find
that the bald onhert was not auropcror
Millletoiit osenpo for water iujros mild grade ,
and that the hald rallioud company and Its
olllcuis know , or ought to havu l.nouti. of the
liiiidciu.-ioy | of said enlvcrt , and that the said
railroad company was guilty of nugllguiico In
the proinlsns.
In testimony whereof the said Jurors Imvo
hoiountosL't thulr hands tlil.s tttunly-til\th
day of June , A. 1) . , oltflitcon hnnilrud and
ninety-one. J. U UAIINAIIAN ,
II. I' . ( iltAIIAM ,
CiKOItdb HCMWA
fj. M. SAIIIIAI.I , ,
A. C. Itllo\ls. )
Attest : ( iKontin W. Sciinrcic.
bhcrlll' and Acting Coroner.
Tiirnlio/.lrk Opens at Fremont.
FIUMONT : , Nob. , Juno 20 , [ Special Tolo-
gr.im to Tin : Hni : . ] On nccountof thoatoady
downpour of rain which continued all fore
noon today the street parade of the stnto
turnbozirk , sot for 10 o'clock was postponed
until tomorrow. The visiting delegations
put in their time nt the hotels and Turn or
hall getting uciinaintod. This afternoon the
prUo turning bo an. It mis to havu boon In
the grove , but was hold in Turner hall on ac
count of dump grounds. In the class wand
exercises , Plattsinoutti , Sioux City Turner
bociety , Sioux City eicho , Lincoln and Fro.
inont competed. I'laUsmouth won llrat ,
Lincoln second and Sioux City Tur
ner society third. In shot putting
O. B. Carey of Fremont won first prl/e by a
record of nineteen foot. Carey was protested
on account of being absent at thu beginning.
The Judges sustained the protest and Haul
Wurl of Plattsinoutti was given llrst , his
record being seventeen feut onu inch. Droll-
ling of Fremont won the high Jump. Tonight
puulie oxorclses were hold at Love's opera
iiouso , there being n good nndlonco present.
These exercises were only exhibition drills ,
no pn/cs being awarded. Mayor Fried de
livered nn address of welcome in which bo
extended the freedom of the city
to the visitors. The other exercises
consisted of wand , parallel and
horizontal bar work by nil the st'ita turners ,
vaulting by the ooys' elans , club swinging by
the ladles class , cornet bolo by I'rof. Onvnli ,
vocal solo b.v Ed. 1'scliorer , music by Unlby's
band and gr.md tableaux liy Turnvereln.
The Omaha turners arrived tills evening at
T o'clock.
County Afl'nlrH In I'nor
UujorA Cirv , Neb. , Juno 'JO. [ Special
to Tin : I3r.i.J The exports employed by the
county to investigate all the olllcos of tuo
county from January 1 , 1ST I to January 1 ,
IS'.K ) , have completed and lllod tlielr report on
the county Judge and sheriff's ofllccs. Tbo
experts nro of the opinion that all the foe *
collected by the county Judcui are not shown
by tbo records , but are convinced that the
fees of this olllco did not exceed $1,500 In any
one year. The total amount of lines collected
from January 1 , 1874 , to January 1 , Ib'JO ' , was
iW.ai. : During tbo year Ib'JO , under the
present county Judge , William Warner's
rule , and \vhllo Goorgi ) II. Fair was county
attorney , the sum of ft , 071 was collected In
lines. Slnco the democratic county attorney
took his oath of ofllcu up to the present lima.
not ono cent of lines 1ms been collected. All
the ex-Judges hnvo turned over lines collected
to tin * county treasurer * . , except E. I ) . Wil
bur , and bis records show $ ( . " > collected , wblch
the treasurer' ) * books do not show deposited
therein. The report on the sheriff's olllco
constitutes about ton lines niul says that the
only record found to show that Dakota
comity overbad a sheriff Is the poorly kept
prison calendar , which shown that nlnoty-
RUVDII persons were committed to Jail within
the past sixteen years.
I'rlMinor HronlcH Jail.
SCIIUVI.KII , Nob. , Juno 'M. - ( Special Tele
gram to Tuu Hr.u.l Ono of the thrco prls-
oncro bound over by County Judge Allan on
the \2lth \ for npponrnnco to the district court
for burglarizing the hardware store of J. A.
I'cnco , on the nlghl of the luth , escaped from
Jail last night lie was assisted by an out-
dido accomplice , as thu locks and bolU were
sawed off from tbo outside Ho gave bis
name as John Ityan and Is'about llvo foot ten
or eleven Inches tall , wolght about one hun
dred and sixty , dnru clothes , thlcli heavy
black hair , iibout two weeks' growth of
beard , no moimtucho or whUkor * It Is pro-
suinad that ho stolen ponv horse of C F
Krvmbaugh us ho was inls-iint ? this morn
Ing No trnco bat t yet boon oblnlued ol
tbo prUouor.