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THE OMAHA ( DAILY TWENTY-FIRST YEAR , OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 27 , 1892. NUMBER 253. IT IS A VERITABLE BONANZA Gold Hill , Wyo , , Rapidly Doming to the Front as a Mining Damp. IT MAKES ITS FIRST BULLION SHIPMENT Surprising nnd KtcroilliiRly Siitlnfuetory Itrfliilt oftlin I'lrst Hun on Ore Iriim the Mines llrlKht I'nupecU for the 1'iiturc Hlch.Mines. \ OOI.D HIM , , Wyo. ( vln Messenger to Fort i Stool ) , Feb. 20. [ Special Telegram to Tun \ lr.B. ] Qolil Hill bus made Its llrat bullion f shipment. There will pass through the Bank [ of Saratoga tomorrow a gold brick that Is to I betnlcon down In the night. It will betaken | . /taken by special messenger to the Denver , ' mint. [ Although aovoral hundred tons of stuff p from two of the ba t known claims of Gold f Hill have bacn run through tno ID-stamp ' mill , the Gold Hill brick U probably the out put of not to exceed fifty tons of quartz. I Gangue and samples of nil kinds of vein t mutter encountered In 1,200 foot of dovolop- I mont work on the Wyoming and Little II Glnnt claims were put under the stamps to I dotormlno what would pay to work. These I tests or series of experiments have shown I that only the quartz will pay to work. Big f expense has boon ontalled in arriving nt such I results , but Ilia conclusions reached will bo I of lasting bonolU to Gold Hill. No longer § * jwlll tlmo bo fooled away in saving and stor- r"lng up ledge milter , that was supposed by W ever oangulno prospectors to possojs some I valuo. Mining operations at Gold Hill will c now nettle down to practicable basis. A cor- I tain value bas boon placed upon every claim , l [ whcro a shaft , drift or cut exposes a vein of quartz. Such will pay to worn. All other I prospocta will have to ba developed until u I solid ere body Is exposed. I Cost of Working the Oro. I It has also boon demonstrated by a run of I the lU-stamp mill that Gola 11111 ores can bo i worked for SI a ton. As to tbo cost of mining , I no estimate can vet bo made , for the ores I from the Wyoming nnd Little Giant claims I on which the clean up was made yesterday I came from near the surface. In m case was I rock run through the mill that came from a I depth to exceed twontv-livo or thirty foot. I In a section that has been considerably I disturbed It Is not strange that the veins I should bo much broken. During the present I week , however , n genuine contact vein wns struck in the east drift ot the Wyoming . about slxty-llvu feet from the present workIng - Ing shaft. This vein , which shows live feet BHof solid quarz , pitched wbcu first cncouu- L > erod , but Is now straight and regular. . There Is little room for doubt that from I the sinking on this voina sufllclcnt I * quantity of ere can bo obtained I to keep a number of stamps I running constantly , and at n good profit. I Tbero is no longer any need of tbo prospect- I ing mill from which this first gold brick wns I obtained. What Is wanted now is a larger I and moro practical mill , slnco It has been I proved that Gold Hill's ere can bo worked nt I B profit. For the present , at least , the mill will bo used to run ere from tno Leviathan claim , which has not yet been tested. A I tunnel Is being driven towards a shaft put down last winter to a depth of over 100 feet. I The tunnel is now in 1U5 foot , and in a few days will cut the vein twenty-five feet from I the shaft , then a big body of ere can bo opened. Already there Is a largo quantity of I oro.on tbo dump which came out ot the shaft , that Is being ba'ulod to the mill. Beginning the first week In March , the ft stamps will run on Leviathan oro. until such time as the mill is enlarged and heavier [ stamps put up. I Slnco the Little Giant ere was run dovcl- opmciit work has beep progressing , and tbo indications uro dally growing moro promls- I tag. m It Will He a Bullion Producer. I Nobody will dispute that the full measure I of importance of a gold or silver camp Is de- I pendent , on Us capacity as n bullion producer. J3ut , ut the same time , it is not a fair judgment - _ /ment or Just criticism to damn by f uint prniso 4 or run down camps , especially in their early Kjblsiorv , simply because bars or ingots are J iiot turned out rapidly. The only fault that has been found with Gold Hill by those I whoso intelligent investigation nnd mining I experience made them competent to Judco of I the Wyoming camp mid district , was on tbo I score of its being and continuing for n ycnr I and moro among the nonbulllou producers I Luckily for tbo mon who have stnkc'd their' I all on tho'outcomo of Gold Hill , the tlmo has i I gouo by when such an objection can bo urged I I against tbo camp. I The lirst clean-up has been made on a ten- l stamp mill. I That stuiuls for moro than the actual cash I equivalent of tbo bullion shipped fiom tbo I camp. It is nn exhibit of the faith that capl I tal has been attracted to the camp. In order [ to produce this golden bar , tbo expenditure t of a largo amount of money was requisite , i , At the season of the year when the orec- I tlon of the Downey stamp mill wns begun at I Gold Hill , work of nil kinds was costly. The I first day eroundvas broke for the foumla [ tlon , October 8 , Ib'Jt , a blinding enow storm i I was riiL'ing. Snow hud begun to fall prior to > i that , and before tbo mill building was on- I closed snow storms were of almost dally oc- I curronco. Thoio had been delays In tbo no fc collations of Colonel Downey for possession f of the various mines , and tbo chances to do I velop them and to treat their output , else ho I would bnvo chosen a moro opportune am' f favorable time so far as the elements wcia i concerned. But having acquired poisosMou [ no tlmo was to bo lost , although the colonel I wall kncu the disadvantages attending i \ winter's campaign on the mountain top , n I nn altitude of moro than 10,000 feot. I I'ulth In l'nl > eellii- ( . I Faith as to tbo value nnd extent of the t mineral deposits In Gold Hill being sufliclaii f to warrant the outlay of capital in opening [ up and worklngthoso treasure fields , was no - kk based on ino.-o conjecture , The Ju-lgmcnt o X mining englncoi-n and specialists and of practical I \tical miners was first obtained before a uoa. was consummnted , or a beginning made on a milling plant , that could bo of no earthly use | unless thoio was sufficient ere to lu'op if I going , | The location selected for tbo stamp mil I was close by Arastra lake , u pretty sheet ol 1 water , fed by springs and a creek of thnsamo name that bad Its source high up the slope [ of tbo Snowy range. Aside from tbo i obundanco of water In the immediate vicinity I this mill silo was chosen because It is In t [ little park within a mile or moro of tbo Wyo | inlng , Llltlo Giant , Leviathan nnd other claims that Colonel Downey bonded nnd In "Vf tended to work. It Is down hill nil the way I from the claims to tha null , making It easy I to haul oro. At a comparatively small cost I chutes and gravity railways and tramways I can bo put in when the mine * become largo I producers and thu expense of transporting 1 ere to the mill lessoned vary materially , This f is mi Important considnraUon where tno snov [ fall is so great and the snow drifts so badly , rendoilng it dinicult to keep opjn the roads so they can bo traveled by ore teams. Tbo foundation for the stump mill " -us pu In under direction of Superintendent "Jock1 Martin , In ubargn ot Colonel Downey' * I operations ut Gold Hill. Heavy .posts were \ driven to bedrock and wooden Bills , twelve I Inches square , were placed Hat on this piling , I ' which was filled in solid with broken stone. I The building for housing the engine , bailer , stamps nnd ether machinery , that U 2U55 feat , wus erected by contract , It was completed about Thanksgiving time. Ad joining U 'tbo blacksmith shop and also a for Iron , material of various kinds / id unused machinery , When the Nlunip * 1'lrst Dropped. Ek The stamps wcro run for a while , a number I of years ago , at the old Centennial mine , f. jj across tbo range from Gold tllll , on the ether Lf / slope of the Modlclnn Bow range , ana thirty R / miles from Laramlo. Tb r are of tbo curve If l pattern , eaten from a cam and weigh about [ / 15U pounds. The drop U leu or cloven Inches and fifty to the minute , They might bo run nt a llttlo higher rnto of speed , but that Is sufllclcnt on the rock so far worked. The pulvcrircd ere coos through n No. 00 screen nnd ftprcads out ever n plato surface of about 100 sannro feet , past two quicksilver traps , two bottles nnd a tailing sampler. The plates are cleaned twlco In twenty-four hours. So far the stamps have boon run by nn upright engine of twenty-two horse power , but there Is n liorrlrontal engine of forty-live horse-power , In storage In the mill , that will bo substituted for the ono In use whenever required or nt such time as the smaller can be utilized for hoisting or other work In the mines. Another set of ton stamps of moro Improved pattern and weigh ing 853 pounds , that have novo'1 boon used , uro stored In the mill and can bo sot up In short order. In fact , so soon as the output of the mines will warrant , the additional stamps will bo brought Into requisition. This can ho done easily nnd will only necessitate the erection of nn L to the present mill building. Both .sots of stamps can bo operated by the same engine , ns the boiler Is of sufficient capacity for the extra work. An ere crusher Is nlso on hand but its use su far has not boon ncouoJ. Wntor for the boiler nnd plates Is supplied from n ditch 500 foot long taken out of the prmclp.il feeder to the lake. By storage of the water that could bo easily managed nnd at a trilling expense , nnd by a slight enlargement ot the ditch a heavy pressure could bo obtained , something ever 100 foot. Whllo there might bo some embarrassment in the winter , without taking extra precaution and carefully arranging everything beforehand , there is llttlo doubt but that sufficient water power could bo obtained to run the stamps. In the summer a big bead , and ample for all purposes , would bo assured from the ditch system. But In the winter it might bo risky to depend on the water powor. Diniculllos Encountered. Setting up the stamps nnd other machinery was costly , both as regards tlmo and money oxpondcd. Considering all the attending circumstances nnd annoyances , not to take Into account the snowy nnd blustry weather , the work of getting things In shape ws ac complished with coininDiidablo dispatch. An error In judgment was committed at the very outset , In the choice of n route ever which the machinery was taken Into Gold Hill. Hill.Colonel Colonel Downey became Interested In various claims in the now camp n year ago last fall. It was a question then whether any work would bo done during the winter , or In fact If any out of the most sanguine prospectors would attempt to bravo tbo storms and drifting snows of four long months. But as the fnmo of the camp was spread und the stories of thn rich finds became tbo common talk nnd comment - mont of Wyoming folk and those outsldo of the stato. mon began to como in. Colonel Downey had seen enough on n number of trips ho made into the camp to convince him that there was a chunce for real mining and that It was to bo prosecuted thoro. His zeal led him to form the resolution to got his old Centennial mill on the ground for use early In tbo spring nt latest. So It was started In , ever u hastily constructed road that the people ple of Carbon began to cut into tbo camp through the timber and hugo snow banks. They inado the mistake of trying to cross the ranga when bottomless , snowy barriers were raised by the perpetual storms and Incessant - cossant winds. The mill was started and got along all right for a part of the way until It was well Into the moun tains. Then it , llko the road , was snowed In. There it remained until last August. A big mer cantile company , whoso patriotism led It to undertake the freighting contract to uphold the local pride of the Carbon people and socaro wluu , frco advertising It could gain out of the fact that the first mill had boon tnkon In over their road , bad to appeal to Sam Wood , who freighted into the camp through the Platte vulloy. It was a hard job to pull the machinery over the rough road nnd up the steep slope across the divide , but Wood made it. Meanwhile Colonel Downey , having despaired of over potting the mill in unless ho took the back track and onosu tha Saratoga road , had busied himsott with other matters remote from the camp. Sanguine Mine. Owners. When the machinery was available for use the colonel wasn't ready to utilUo It. So sanguine were the claim owners that tboy had fortunes in store that tboy were not in clined to make such favorable terms as could have been secured when tbo mill was started in. They hung back nnd wanted moro for their interests than anybody could alYora to give , considering the undeveloped state that most claims were In. It was a case of sharp and close bargaining on both sides. Whan the deal wns made it was time for the snows to como again. Despitn tbo exposure of tbo machinery It would not bnvo been n very difficult matter to set it up. if the proper appliances were at hand. But to uttcmpt to put a stamp mill in running order , that bad remained idle several years and snowed in part of the time , there should bo some conveniences or appliances for making repairs. Thoio were none nt Gold Hill. Small but essential parts of tbo machinery tad boon lost orotherwlso unfitted for the service for which they were Intended. Substitute or duplicate parts had to bo ordered from machine shops. Other essen tials In tbo line of supplies bad been forgotten and bad to bo sent for. Mistakes n'nd delays , alike vexatious , entailed tailed tbo loss of valuable time. In consider ing ihoso sources nnd causes of embarrass inont , it must bo borne in mind that the mill Is distant fifty-six miles from the nearest railway point nnd the closest telegraph office , nt Saratoga , Is twenty miles off. Finally , on January ! l , 18J ! ) , the mill started up. The stamps continued to drop for thirty-six hours. Then an accident caused tbo mill to remain idle for four days. The key How off and broke the crosshead - head of tbo piston into five pieces. Had a machine shop bocu handy the needful piece could have been supplied at short no- tlco. As it was , a substitute had to bo rudely fashioned. That took time , and ingenuity was taxed. Another start was made on January 0 , and for thirteen days the stamps were kept pounding away. Another shut down cutno then. That tvas because the ere rc.n out while raising a wlruo on the Wvoming. Four or flvo days were required for this work. A run was made with five stamps until ere could bo taken out of the Llttla Giant mlno to till in the gap. Tha output from the Wyoming was sufllciont then , und that was run until February 2 , when tha Llttlo Giant production was utili/cd. That had not boon available previously because contract vas in force for running a tunnel and this work could not bo interfered wit ) : during the term of the contract to allou sloping to ba done. These are some of the many annoyances mot with. But these dl roctl'y duo to the elements cannot bo Imag ined by 0110 who has never experienced r winter In a high altitude. Deep HnowlulU , It lias boon no easy task to keep Gold Hll from being snowed under tnls winter. The fall , HO far , has greatly exceeded that of last winter. Accurate measurements have boon kept and the records sbuw that twenty-four inches of snow fell in October ; November , eighty-one inches : December , ninety-six nni January 12S > . This total of ! ! . " . ! } < ; inches , or twentj-soven feet , four and a half Inches , duiing four mouths will appear almost In credible. In tbo camp tbo snow hni retarded work mid only constant worn has made it possible to keep open roads and trails. On one day , January 7 , eighteen Inches of snow fell In thirteen hours. A big storm prevailed on January 15 and continued till the follow ing day and tarty-two inches of snow fell. It was blowing hard and with groa' ' difficulty the road between tbo Wyomlnu mine and the stamp mill was kept opon. Fol fourdavs four teams were kept traveling constantly back and forth ever the ere road with nothing clao to do but to keep the tral open and tbo snow packed down , The snow was light and sifted , and was blown so tha the teams ftcquently got stuck and hud to bi shoveled out. it snowed twenty-throe out of tbe thirty ono days In January. The last of tbo month tbo days were bright and sunshiny , and tha caused tbo snow to settle from two to fou : foot. A storm would suddenly como up of to ouo of thcso warm days , and a mist rise tha made it Impossible to s > co for only u short dls tanco. 'REE ' COINAGE MEN ELATED' They Claim to Have Mora Than the Neces sary Majority in tbo House. 'EN REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE WITH THEM : < immlflfll ( > ricr Itnum's IiMetlgntIon lleforo tlm Hpeelal Cominltlro I'rcu Trade .Measure * Will Tnko l'rco < loiico In the House Washington Notes. * WASHINGTON- . C. , Fob. 20. The free i&lnngo inon of the house fool qulto elated oday ever the action of last night's caucus o consider the proposition for the dalay of rco coinage legislation. Although the notion } f the caucus , In so far ns roan Its uro ooti- ornod , trmy bo tormud a draw , the failure of Mr. Hart'jr niul the ether pronounced oppo nents of free coinage to secure any consider able support for the proposition for the poat- lonomout Is a great comfort to Chairman Hand and his frco stiver colleagues In the louso. Tlioy state with considerable om- > hasis today , and It Is not dimlod by tholr ippononts In the democratic party , that the roe colnaKQ mon coald have developed suftt- clont strength last night to have passed a resolution expressing the sentiment of the caucus In favor of an early and decisive con sideration of the Bland frco coinage bill. Mr. Hdrier and his frlonds content thorn- solves today by simply announcing that they will oppose the Bland bill by every parlia mentary tactic In tholr power when It comes up In the hoaso , and that It will never pass the lower branch of congress if thogonoroalty of thu democratic coinmlttoo on rules has ilaeed at tholr disposal the parliamentary .voupons . of obstruction necessary to tire out and weary the friends of the measure by weeks of delay. Dorlilo Mr. Iliirtcr mill Ills I'rlomls. The free coinage people openly dorldo the present pretensions ot Mr. Hartar and his fiends that passage ot the Bland bill can bo defeated when It comes up for consideration , riioy say that the democratic members who are opposed to free colnngo will for the most i.irt content themselves by recording tnotr otos against it , and that , the visionary and somowhnt bclicrcrent scnomos of Mr. Hnr- tor , and the western democrats will not find substantial support In the democratic party. 1'lioy also Insist that thould the latter call to their assistance In their dilatory tactics the aid ot the republicans of the house they will .hereby place themselves outsldo tbo pale of tbo party and show that their afllllntlo'.s are with the minority in the bouso. Of course the gold men qulto frequently votr nralnst any attempt to run them out of the dome cratlo party and sny that the result of all discussion will bo that the democrats of tbo nation will come to tholr senses ere the date of the national convention and that no plank favoring free coinage will find a place In the platform nt Chicago on Juno 21. Chairman Bland , Representative Pierce and ether leaders of the frco coinage move ment in the house are arranpiuglho petitions which nra to bo presented tomorrow to the committee on rules asking for a date to bo sol for the consideration of tbo frco coinage bill. These petitions have been freely circu lated on the democratic side of the house and contain signatures of all the friends of fi-ee coinago. The petition Is as follows : The undersigned doinooratio members of the house reimest tbo committee on rules to sut apart n time for tlio consideration of the bills on colnnRp , weights and measures for tbo frco coinage of sliver. Sure of the Committee's rrloiiclnhlp. "It is our intention , " said Mr. Price to day , "to present thcso petitions tomorrow to tbo speaker ot the house , who is ex-ofilcio chairman of thu committee on rules. I have no doubt In tbo world from the assurances that have been made us by the speaker and by Mr. McMUlln and Mr. Catching , that the committee will report mi order to take up the frco coinage bills at an early day. I think our bill will bo made an order for the latter part of March or some tlmo In April ana a auto will also bo sot when the llnal vote will bo tnkon oti the pissago of the bill. So far as wo uro concerned we do not ask for moro than tbreo or four day's debate cer tainly not moro than a week. Mr. Bland himself says that a week's debate will bo qulto satisfactory to him , but that the matter which ho shall Insist upon Is that llnal action shall bo taken when the bill comes up.Vo will pass the bill through the hou e , send it to the senate , and then if that body falls to pass a free coinage bill the re sponsibility will rest wilb It. Our bill has a clear majority of about forty votes in the bouse , so that there is not tbs slightest doubt , of its passage ; with the ten republicans who are favorable to free coinage , wo will have about 210 votes In favor of passing the bill. About thlrty-livo or forty democrats and the ontlro republican partv , with the exception of the ton men mentioned , will vote against the bill. A thorough canvass has been made and this is Just whore wo stand and the free coinage people of the country can rest easy with tbo assurance that wo are nil right in the houso. I think that by the middle of April , at the latest , our bill will have passed tbo bouso and DO in tbo bauds of those pravo and reverend senators who have so assidu ously striven in an Indirect way to evade the issue and kill the bill in ttio houso. " Sir. Iliirtcr Git OH Ills VlowH. Mr. Hartor , who donlos that be Is discour aged by the results of last night's caucus , this evening gave his vlow of the situation ns follows : "The result of the caucus is pleasing to the opponents of free silver. It shows that the strength of the craze Is not so great as It was supposed to bo , and that re turning reason is slowly but surely reassert ing Itself , and now all classes of citizens throughout the country roach their members of congress hero with letters and protests , demanding that they oppose the Uland bill or any ether measure giving to metal having a market value of only 70 cents a legal tender value of 100 cents , so the ultimate defeat of the outrageous demands of the silver puoplo will bo assured. It Is , however , no time for the millions of people at homo to fold their bonds. It Is ns much their duty to resist the pasaago of the Uland bill in tbo way I have indicated as It Is that of their faithful repre sentatives hero. The caucus demonstrated that the passage of tbo Bland bill will dis rupt the democratic party as completely as dm tbo slavery question 1111600. " As a matter of fact it is conceded tonight that tbo free coinage question still rests with the committee on rules , whore It was before the caucus was called. This committee has not baa any summons to moot. The tariff bill will como up In the house next week and the silver men are Insisting that the Bland , bill shall bo definitely Uxod In the democratic program before a discussion of the tariff IB entered upon. It is possible that tbo rules committee will moot between now and Tues day , 1CAUM INVESTIGATION1. Secretary Nobln on the .Slaml UK u Witness Interesting Testimony , WASIIINQTOX , D. C. , Fob. 20. Secretary Noble was examined today by the special committee appointed to Investigate the man agement of the pension oflloj. Ttio secretary narrated the facts now well known In regard to the removal of young Uaum. Younp Haum was the son of tbo commissioner and bo gave him time to Hud something else to do before his resignation should taUo effect. Tbo sec retary said bo asked for Hauro's resignation upon receiving the report of too civil service commission up311 bis caso. The secretary was asked if an opportunity htui boon glvon young Uaum to clear himself from the charges made. The secretary ro- pllea : "No ; I thought good servlco demanded that bo should co and I sent him. " Enloo then asked the secretary about filing charges niraliut young liaum by Howard and Engle , clerks In the pension oftlco , charging Haum with demanding money from thorn , I'or the ( iuoil of the Kcrtlce. The secretary said the commissioner do- ' clarod the charges wore circulated to injure nm and filed counter cbargcsj with n do- nand for the removal of those mea mrt Spec- ftl Examiner Taylor , who was , suspected by , ho commissioner with being connected with : ho mutter. The socrotnrv said ho thought .ho charges about balanced ; cnch other. Young Knuoi Was put out of the service and ho refuted to ramovo How ard una Englo ; Tavlor ' ho nsked eslgn , because ho ( Noblo'had ) previously como to tbo conclusion that it would advance ho government's Interoit. Noble said nil ho removals wcro for causo. Iterating ; ori'ciulnin. The secretary was next asked about tno ro- ratings which occasioned so muoh comment n the administration of pensions. Ho said ho responsibility oriplnallv rested on the commissioner , but when he found Commis sioner Tanner wns proceeding to carry Into effect bis predecessor's rullmi to a degree highly Injurious to the government ho > romptiy stopped it. He thought it Intoler able that , employes should undertake to ru- rate themselves and ho made them feel the ivcight of his authority. These roratlngs woio not for larco amounts each month , but as thov wont baok a long lime the aggregate vas considerable. i Mr. Noble said ho wished to any so for ns bo ofllcloncy of Commissioner Haum was concerned that ho thought no wns running ho pension bureau wit b great ofllclcncy. Protest from the Imllnns. WASUINHTON- . C. , Fob. 20. In the senate .oday . Mr. Teller presented n memorial , limed by "B. C. Burnoy and Overtoil Love , " from the Chlcasaw notion , delegates - gates , relative to the president's mes sage of the 7th In regard to the payment to tbo Cblckasruv and Cboctaw Indians for certain of their lands now occu- ilod by tbo Choyennos and Arapahocs and : ho allowance ot Improperattornoy foes. The memorial In conclusion says ! "If the United State * should attempt to .ransfor those lands to citizens of tbo United States the Chlckasaws will regard the action is n forfeiture of the trust estate now hold jy the United States and will assort the ' ri'ght of Choctnws and Chlcltasaws to resume 'all ownership and actual possession of said ands , and they will be compelled reluctantly o resort to such measures as shall bo proper to test the vuliditv of any .transfers of said ands to white mon made or attempted by , ho oxccutivo department1 of tbo govern- nent. " _ Investigating Judge' * Conduct. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 20. Juago Boara- roan wns asked ( to appear today before tbo subcommittee of tbo hous $ > committee on udlcinry to make nnsvyor to the charges edged against him of misconduct on the jenoh as United States Judge of the Louis- ana district. Ho was not present and Chair man Dates of tbo subcommittee has not icard from him. Unless Juago Boardman should put in a defense It is probable the committee will recommend that the pro- "nnlnnry steps to bis impeachment bo taken. Free Wool 1'lrnt on tins 1'rogriun. WASHINGTON' , D. C. , Fob , 20. 'Iho wool bill will bo the first of the tariff , bills to betaken taken up in tbo houio , the members of the ways and means committee reaching this conclusion today after a short conference. Tbo second bill to bo considered will proba- jly bo the Bryan bill , making , binding twine 'roe , and the third , the cotton , bagging bill. pl Itlvor Legislation. D. C. , Fob. 20. A bill ap propriating $3,000,000. with ntpVoviso that a similar amount bo expended ; each year , was introduced In the bouso today by Mr. Byrnes lo improve the Mississippi river from the falls ot St. Anthony to .tbe jottlos , the Improvement to ba under , the directions ! -the\ War department. "J i * urchases. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 28. The Treas ury department today purchased 100,000 ounces of silver at from 80.0USO to $0.9035. No further purchases will be made until March 2. t _ Adverse to Chinese Prohibition. WASUINGTON , D. C. , Feb. 20. The com- mlttco on foreign affairs today reported to the sonata adversely the bill to prohibit the coming of Chinese to the United States. Anti-Option Hearing. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fetit 20. The senate subcommittee on Judiciary today rcsumod hearing on the anti-option bill. XULlt TllK STOltr OF HIS ISnroncss Ucllnrd'a Murderer Coalesces In Court nt Purls. PAIHS , Fob. 20. The trial ofLouIs Anlstcv for tbo murder of Baroness 'Dellard ' In this city a few months ago Is now pn ut the Seine assizes. The prisoner confessed his puilt and gave a detailed account of tno" crime. Baroness ness Dellard , who was tho.mother of a prom inent ofllclal in the war odlco , was murdered on December 4 last. She llyrod In handsome apartments In a largo houso'lu tbo Boulevard du Temple. Sbo was aloiio at tbo time of tbo muraer , but her maid returned homo soon afterwards , and was also attacked by the murderer , being stabbed in , the throat and breast from behind. The murderer then es caped. An is toy was a lieutenant' of an infantry regiment In the French army , and was re leased only two days before 'committing the crime. Ho immediately confessed his guilt , giving as his motive that ho was driven al most mad by the necessity of paying his debts to save himself from dishonor. Ho said tnat ho loft Lyons in December last with the firm resolution to got money , even if ho had to re sort to crimo. Upon reaching Paris bo wont to the house of the Baroness Dcllurd , who rorognlzcd him and took him to her apart ments. He asked her If she was alono. Upon her reply In the atllrmativo ho throw himself upon her and cut her throat. Ha then began to look about for money and valuables , but hearing the servant approaching , ho wailed for her , intending to kill bar also. In tbo struggle tbo knlfo toll from bis liana , where upon ho Hod without having' socurrod any booty. Now Cabinet Ntlll Informed. PAUIB , Feb. 20. Bourgols has abandoned tbo attempt to form a cnblnit and Loubot bas boon summoned to undertake the task. Thrco Killed and Ton Jnjureil. Bmu.ix , Fob. 20 , TbroQ 'soldiers were killed and ton injured in n railroad accident. Lynch Knocks Out IIultlRnn , BKOOKLYN , N. Y. , Foo. Sji Fully 2,000 sporting mon of this city and Now York willingly gave up (2 apiece to ; MW the glove contest between Jimmy Lyndb ana Walter Halllgan last night at the Cloriaont avonua rink. Both mon \vero exceptionally clever and their contest , which onaoU in Halllgan getting knocked out In the > seventh round , wns greatly enjoyed by the spectators. Lynch , during tbo llrst round'or ' so , played for Halllgan's stomach and , jboart , but to ward tbo finish ho simply tuado a chopping bloclf of his face. - ' IiiKliie H Trouble * . ST , JosKi'ii , Mo. , Fob. i20- " The Tozgato Publishing and Printing company of this city has failed. Tim ug ets and liabilities are not known. Tbo concern Is ono of the oldest printing houses in the west. CINCINNATI , O. , Fob. 2(5. ( Bploglor & Co. , tanners , assigned today. The assets and liabilities are estimated at $76,000 each. ( lonld Hliirtu fur the West. New YOIIK , Fob. 20 < r-Mr. Joy Gould has loft the city for an oxlondbd tour ever his railroads In the west and south. Ho Intends being In St. Louis March B , when the annual meltings of tbo Missouri PaciHo and St. Louis , Iron Mouutaiuffc Southern railways nto hold. J lUlled u Fellow Convict , MICHIGAN CITV , Ind. , Foo. 20. Dolbert Boyer , a lifo prisoner hero , killed William Brcuuiug , a fellow convict. THEY SEATED THE DEMOCRAT Stewart of Pennsylvania Ousted to Make Room for Oraig. URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED \ < inlht Jours Voted Keller hy thn Home ofldnho rakes'tip the Tlmo of the Semite In nil Address In HU Own llvhitlr , WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 20. The demo crats Increased tholr majority In the house of representatives today. The addition to the already overwhelming democratic majority was by no means necessary to Insure a freer working of the party organization , but An drew Stownrt of the Twonth-fonrth Pennsyl vania was unseated and Alexander 1C. Craig , his democratic contestant , declared the rogu- arly elected representative. Although two days' debate was required to bring about this result , the party lines wcro not nt all closely drawn , aud Mr. Slowart at toast do- rlvcs some satisfaction from the fact that certain democrats were among those who nalntalnod his right to represent the Twenty-fourth district. The arguments for the most part wcro quito monotonous , .ho stirring speech ot the day being .hut of Representative Dalzcll of L'onnsylvania in behalf ot his unfortunate republican colleague. It availed llttlo , however , for after speeches by Messrs. Moore of Texas nnd O'Farrell of Virginia for the contestant and that of Mr. Oalzell In favor of the contesteo Mr. O'Far- roll demanded the previous question. It was ordered without opposition. The .first vote , was on thu minority resolution confirming the right of Stewart to his seat ana It wns defeated yeas , 53 ; nays , 150. .Seated the Democrat , The majority resolution seating Craig wns adopted without division and Mr. Craig ap peared at tbo bar of the house and look the iath of office. Mr. Babbitt of Wisconsin voted in favor of tbo republican contostoo. A great deal of humorous comment was made by members of thu house during the consideration of the case upon n rather singu lar coincidence. On February 20 , IbOO , the republican majority of .tho house of tbo Kifty-liru congress called up the contested election case of Atkinson against Pendlolon from the First district of West Virginia nnd upon the following day Mr. Pondtoton was ousted from his snat and Mr. Atkinson was duly Installed as a member of tbo bouso. Today while the house was considering the Pennsylvania contested election case of Craig against Stewart , Mr. Pondleton was called to the chair amid much morrlmcnt , and wielded the gavel during the discussion. Two years ago Mr. Pondloton was taking leave of bis colleagues ; today ho was presid ing ever their deliberations. Mr. Sayres of Texas submitted the confer ence report on the urgent dotlcioncy bill nnd it was agreed to. ( As agreed to tbo bill ap propriates $428,004 , being $ U9.4b3 moro than it carried when it originally passed the house aud $30,3il ! ! loss than It carried when it passed the senate. ) Unfinished Iluslncsa Taken Up. Iho unfinished business ( this being private hill day ) was tbe bill for the relief of Aqulla Jones , sr. , and it was passed yeas , 118 ; nrtvs , 03. At 4:30 : Mr. Martin of Indiana asked unani mous consent that the bouso take a recess Until 8 o'clock this evening , the session to bo for the consideration of private pension bills , but to this Mr. ICilgoro of Texas objected and moved that thu bouse adjourn. Mr. Boutollo of Maine inquired whether , as the rules provk'ed for a session on Friday evoningj an adjournment would not require tbo bouse to moot again at S o'clock. The speaker dollncd to pass upon thn ques tion , but intimated that it would. The rules maao no provision for n recess , but simply declared that tboro should bo nn ovonin/ ses sion on Friday unless otborwlso ordered. Before next Friday tbo rules would bo amended so as to provide for the present con tingency. Mr. Kil-joro withdrew his motion to ad journ and moved n recess unt'l ' 11 : .j5 tomor row. row.Mr. . II an gen of Wisconsin moved to amend hy providing for a recess until 8 o'clock this evening , and this amendment being agreed to the Gordion knot was cut and a recess taken until 8 o'clock. IN TII us UN ATI ; . Mr , ChiKKctt of Idiiho Millies nn Addrens In Support of Ills Contest. WASHINGTON- . C. , Fub. 20. The special message of the president on the subject of the Wichita and ether afflicted tribes of In dians in Oklahoma territory was presented and referred to the committee on Indian affairs. Among tbo bills reported from committees nnd placed on the calender were the follow ing : Appropriating ? 500,000 for additional fire proof buildings for the National museum ; authorizing the purchase ofuslto for u building for the accommodation of tbo supreme court of the United States. A conference was ordered on the census deficiency bill. The joint resolution to pro vide for an international bimetallic agree ment having boon reached on the calendar It wus laid ever without action. Idiiho'N Contented Kloutloii Case. Consideration of the Iciaho clootlon case was resumed. Mr. Vance addressed the sen ate in favor of the minority report which recommended the seating of contestant. At the close of Mr. Vance's speech the conference report on the census deficiency bill was presented und agreed to , and a bill was reported and placed on the cullondar appropriating $300,000 for a publlu building nt Bnlao City , Idaho. Tbo Idaho election case was again taken up and Mr. Claggett , the contestant , was presented to the senate by Mr , Stewart and recognized by the presiding officer as enti tled ( under yesterday's resolution ) to ad dress the senate for two hours. Mr , Claggett took his stand at Mr , Halo's desk , and slowly , distinctly and In a clear , musical tone of voice began his speech. Ho thanked tbo sonata on behalf of the state which ho represented for the privilege ex tended to him , not so much to present a per sonal claim ns to vindicate the action of the state of Idaho In holding a second election in the mouth of Feb ruary , 1801 , and sending him to tbo senate to represent that state. If there was nothing In the controversy except the mere question us to whether the sitting member or himself was entitled to the con troverted seat bo would not have ventured to ask the privilege of presenting the reasons whv the controversy should ba determined in the manner reported by tbo minority of the committee. It was bocausn there were matters Involved In tbo controversy , com pared with which the personal fortunes of any man were absolutely Immaterial , that tbo privilege bad been solicited ana hud boeu granted , AHVetvd ISvcry Btnto In the Union , Iho question involved did not only affect tbo atato of Idaho. It not only affected that state but it uffooted vitally every state In tbo union. It was tbo bouit ol tbo Ameri can people that they lived under a govern ment of law , nnd If that were so , then U was absolutely nccoscary that In nil parts of the common domain , and above al > , In the Eonuto , tbo highest aud most conservative legislative body to bo found on oartb , the luwa should bo vindicated and tholr sub- stantlal roquiiomcnts observed. Mr. Clog- get l went on to discuss the details of the question and tocrltlslso the majority report. Ho was frequently Interrupted bv questions. So much of bis tlmo was occupied listening 10 and replying to those questions that tbe limit of time was , on motion of Mr. Vance , with drawn , and ha was permitted to spoaic with out any time limitation , Hit argument appeared to Interest the senator ! * very muoh nnd they listened to It ( on both sides of the chamber ) with very close attention , There was nlso a largo audience In the galleries tollstnn to the speech. Ho created general laughter when ho wound up n description of Mr. Dubols' election tactics by snylne that to use a west ern phrase , tliositting mombar was bound to "get there , Kll. " After bo bad spoken about two hours , but w.'tnout ' finishing -his speech , Mr. Claggclt yielded the floor and the case wcntover with out fiction , A bill appropriating JOO.OOO fora public bulhllcf ; nt Grind Island. Nob. , wns reported - ported anl placed nn the calendar. After ik short oxccutivo session the senate adjourned until Monday. XOTlllXtl NTAltir.lXU IHlfKIMI'ltn. Verdict of the Coroner's ilnry In the Vun- lleot Trngcdy. HASTINGS , Nob. , Fob. 20. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BUR. ] The Inquest on the body of Myron Vanllcet , the victim of Mon day's tragedy , was hold this morning. To accommodate tha crowd that wished to hoar the testimony the proceeding * were hold In tbo district court room. No testimony of n startling nature was Introduced. The facts as generally understood by the public wcro confirmed. Ai'tor being out a few minutes the jury returned with a verdict setting forth that Van Meet como to his death by wounds mulcted bv bullets tired from pistol hold by Aaron D. Yooum , said firing being done purposely and with nromodltated malice. Captain Vocum will have his preliminary examination Monday. The courio of the defense is not known , but It Is generally supposed that they rely on proving emotional Insanity to clear their client. Injured hy l''rlghtenml ' Horse * . NEIIHASKV CITV , Nob. , Feb. 20. [ Special Telegram to Tun Bnn.J A team belonging to Barney Brady , who lives about seven miles west of this city , were yesterday hitched in front of Koison's plow factory- About 1 o'clock the engine In the factory was started aim tbo csciplng steam fright ened the horjos. They ran owav , going down Central avenue to Fourteenth street , the to First corao and down the corso. Peter Huffman and son were going down Firstcorsoin n Iight8f.ring\vngon. They saw the team coming , but not in time to get out of Us road. The runaway team juinpua ever Huffman's vehicle , but the tongue struck Huffman In the back nnd knocked him to the front of the wagon. The son wns struck bv the ncckyoko and knocked out of the wreck. Huffman Is 00 yours old and his recovery is doubtful. The son U not bcrlomly injured. The wagons uro total wrecks. None of the horses were hurt. Studying ; Pnicllf.ll Politics. Pinto. Neb , Fob. 20. ( Special to Tun Ben. ] The "Socoud Elementary class" of the state Normal school bas organized into n senate and bouse of representatives. Eacn body bas n class room for Its chamber and spends an hour each school fiity in legislative deliberations. The Innutos arid representa tives each have tholr special distrlclto repre sent , nnd it Is the duty of each 10 study the needs of the district ho represents. They have spent some time in gutting organized , but now all tbo committees are appointed and the legislature will elect a United btatos senator. This o Ulcer , as well as the state executive officers , they elect from the other classes. A'uluuhlu Siigur Heel Itinla. ! Nswi'oiiT , Neb. , Feb. 20. [ Special to TUB BEB. | Tbo Oxnard company , after a corre spondence with Hock county citizens as to their natural advantages for sugar beet cul ture , deemed It of sulllciont importance to send a representative to Newport to judge for themselves. Mr. Stcelo ot Norfolk , the lopresontatlvo , expressed himself greatly surprised to find so vast a belt of vnlu.ibla land that will undoubtedly produce Immense crops of sugar beets. A mooting is called for March II for the purpojo of forming a Hock County Beet Suunr association and to make contracts for tbo coming season to grow and deliver beets to tbo Norfolk sugar factory. I'lro nt Morse Itltlll' Monsn Bi.urr , Nob. , Fob. 21. ( Special Telegram to TUB Bic.J About 10I0 : ! this evening the residence of B. T. Slack was en tirely destroyed by Hro. The family was just about to rotlro when the lire was dis covered breaking through the roof. The citizens were promptly ut the scene and suc ceeded in saving most of the household of- fects. The fire w.is supposed to bo caused by a defective lluo. Tbo building was par tially insured. Dodge County U. C. T. U. In Session. SUUIIINIIII , Neb. , Fob. 20. [ Special to Tun BBE. ] The semi-annual convention of the Dodge County Woman's Christian Temper ance union closed a very interesting session hero last evening. Mrs. L. A. Maaolo of North Bond presided , nnd Miss Carrie Blowott of Fremont was secretary. The people of Scrlbncr extended a cordial wel come to the wblto ribbon delegates. The papers presented wore carefully prepared. Verdict AgnliiHt the Jtullroud. CIIETB , Nob. , Fob. 2(5. ( [ Special to Tun Bun. ] The jury In the case of Mrs. Ed Bax ter vs tbo Missouri Pacific railway brougtu In a verdict awarding Mr * . Bar.tor f3fiO. ! The husband of Mrs. Baxter while In the em ploy of the railroad company as brakeman was run over and killed at Talmago ever it ypar ago. The railroad company will ap peal to the supreme court. Iteilnred Damages Aunrdrd. BKATHICB , Nob. , Fob. 20. [ Special Tele gram to Tun HIE.Tbo : ] Jury in tbo onso of Eugene Pitts against the Chicago , Burling , ton & Qulncv Unllway company returned n vordiut late this afternoon , after being out twenty hours , in favor of Pitts for tU.OUO. The suit was for f.VJ.TiOO damages sustained by the plaintiff In a collision on that roiid a year ago. Ho Proilneed Ilin Oimh , O'Niili.l , Neb , , Fob , 20. [ Special to Tun BFI ; . ] A number of ttio county supervisors insisted that the county treasurer , Barrett Scott , produce the money at his annual set tlement , thereby hoping and expecting to make seine political capital. They were sur- prinod and dlsapnulntoci , however , when Mr , Scott produced tuo cash for them to count. Han Jteeo ered HU Health , PUIIU , Neb , , Fab. 20. [ Special to TUB BEK.J Prof , George L. Farnham , principal of the Normal , who was taken sick in Chicago cage during the holidays , returned to his post yesterday. Ho Is fast regaining his health and will soon bo able to assume his duties as principul , Iiijurleit of an Aged r.irmer. STIIANO , Nob. , Fob , 20 , [ Special to Tun BBI : . ] Louis Bauman , an ugod farmer , was thrown from his wagon near this place yesterday and sustained severe Internal In juries. Two ribs wcro crushed. His recovery covory is doubtful , Iteudy to Tuko Clmrge , GIUMI lu.AM ) , Nob. , Fob. 20. [ Special to TUB BuE.J Miles Zontmoyer of Schuylor , the newly appointed commandant of the sol diers' homo , arrived In tbo cltv oarlv this morning and will at once take charge of affair * . Van Tllbertf llound Over. WALLACE , Nob. , Fob. ty.-Special [ to THIS BEE.I The Hulllngor-Van Tllborg suit ended yesterday by the latter being bound ever on the charge ot adultery. Twenty witnesses were examined. ' Small llluxo at Oriinil Inhiutl , Giusi ) ISMM > , Nob. , Fob. 2u. [ Spoolal to Tim BEB. | A small empty barn , tbo prop erty of John Koblnson. was destroyed by ( Ire last night. Tbo lo * Is 1100. Tbo Insurance bad just run out. * THEY CONTINUE THE FIGHT lowti Legislators Dotormlnod to Drive Pro * liibitiou from tbo State. LOCAL OPTION MEASURES INTRODUCED Sennlor ( inteh Will I B Iho Itrputillcnn I'licllon tonCoinl f ftii with tha Democrat * for I DBS Mots-its , la. , FiJgSt5Poolal ? | | jram to THE Br.n. ] S8n. r Gatcb ( rop. ) has placed himself on record ns favoring n\ county local option law. Ho Introduced t Dill In the senate thu morning In the form oi | a substitute for the Grow wog bill , by the committee on the suppression of tntoinpor * tin w > . When the report of the bill wns road Senator Gronewog moved to consider It at once , The motion prevailed , nnd whou ho finished explaining the sallont features ot ils measure Senator Gatch created trrcat excitement by offering to amend the bill by striking out nil after the enacting clause and substituting n mcasuro prepared by him. When the excitement had somewhat abated , further consideration of Uio mntteK was deferred nnd made a special order foi ? next Thursday at 10UO : o'clock. Souatoif Hatch's bill does not differ greatly from that offered hy Senator Gobble ; It Is moro strln- * gent In some respects , however. The bilk provides that county licenses shall be Issuort on petition of two-fifths of the electors. DemocnitN Mill Support Ihn Kill. The democrats , It Is understood , will sup port the bill : so will Brewer , and possiblf iMiglo , it Is said. The vote of Senator Gntch alone would give It u constitutional majority nnd enable It to pass the senate. The demo crats held u caucus last evening , nnd it is saltj the Gatch bill was under consideration. In regard to tbo question , of continued doino * ' cratlc support of a license Inw and the futurff efforts of democratic senators to enact n law , the decision was reached that nil should bi 'ono ' possible to pass some license law , even ? If Us provisions are not Just satisfactory to democratic mom Dors. The provallltii ; opinion was that the party had gene fully on record In Iho debate and vote on the Schmidt bill , but that as Individ. mils really desirous of a change In the law , they would , In justice to their constituency support any license law that In their judg * moiits will bettor matters In those place * ' where no effort Is made to enforce prohibit tion. They determined , too , in part ut least , " on a plan of action , and senatorial develop * mants may bo looked for soon. Will Vliullciito th Senator. 'Iho special senate comm'ttoo ' , composed ofi Senators May , Brewer , Perry und YorkmsV' appointed to ascertain the truth ot the report that two mi-moors of the senate had boon ar rested by the DCS Monies police on tbo nlghf of February 111 for bolnp in a notorious re sort , are about ready to report , and probably- will report tomorrow morning. The commit * . tec has examined the policemen who made the raid , also n considerable number ol the visitors und Inmates. It is known that the evidence all tends to nrovo tbo Innoceticd of Senators Dodge and Finn , who are the ao * ' cused. All the witnesses testify that the sonar tors were not in tbo houso. Both senators filed their own affidavits to the same offect. The committee may not report until Monday , but tholr rcpoit will bo a complete vindlca- ' tlon of Senators Dodge and Finn. Koutlnu Pror Tno house committee on compensation ej public officers bas reported favorably tha' Hichman bill relative to the oil inspectorship ; wi'h amendments. As ronortod , the bill wllfi leave tbe salary of the Inspector at $2,000. IV will take the power to appoint deputies from ; the State Board ot Health , as in the bill , and ! vest It in the inspector. The minimum salary of deputies is t'.xod nt $100 per month. Abovjoj that they receive a percentage of tbo foes. § | The communication ot the sneaker relative to the opinion of tbo attorney general on certifying us to the pay of the secretary of the sc.nato was referred to a special commit * teo. teo.A A resolution for a 2-mill state tax levy was taken up mid referred to the ways and moans committee , at tor which the senate adjourned till tomorrow. The ways und moans committee of the house this morning recommended the passngO of n bill providing for a permanent endow ment tax of one-fifth of a mill for the state university. A number ofbills were Intro duced nnd a concurrent resolution wai adopted calling for final adjournment on. March 21) ) . A Joint resolution was adopted asking congress - gross to raise the internal revenue license trom 3. > to $ . ' 50 annually and prohibiting the * issuance of the uamo to persons not holdings lawful permits to boll liquors in the statoir whore such traffic it > prohibited , The sonnto joint resolution was adopted for ? , the acceptance ot Iho direct tax refund from congress. The house bill was passed piovldincr for1 electing the trustees of the Industrial Homo for the Blind at Knoxvllle. Tbo bouse also passed bills regulating tha manner of putting , in highway crossings , nnd a couple of legalizing acts. ft Aeeimod ol I'orfjory. DKS MOINES , la. , Feb. 20. [ Special Telo grain to Tun Bii.j : Z , W. Smisson was arrested hero today on advices from Osb- kosh , Wis. , on the charge of forgery , Smis son Is charged with forcing the nnino of A. Schuster to two promissory notes of $7,000 each. The notes are the property of the Ns > llonal hank ot Osblioth. ii'js.t'iniit OFFICE OF WEATHEII BUIIEAU , I OMAHA , Feb. 20. J The barometer is highest in Canada , nnd a storm center or low barometer is developing ever western Nebraska and South Dakota. Winds ever the northern central portion of tbo cou'jtry are therefore from tbo east , and cloudiness is increasing. Huln bas sot In In western Nebraska , and the rain area In front of the storm will prooably spread and extend ever tno Missouri valley today. Tempera ture has generally risen , and freezing weather now prevails only along the northern border of tbo country. For K as torn Nebraska ana Omaha aud VI cinlty Increasing cloudiness with rain ; warmer weather ; southeast to southwest' winds during Saturday. WASHINGTON , D. C , , Feb. 2-For ( ! Mis. ' souri Southeast winds , clear weather ) warmer und probably fair Sunday. For Kansas , Indian Territory and Okla < bema Fair In east ; increasing cloudiness and lUht rain In west portions ; warmer south winds ; cloudy weather and probably rain Sunday. ' For Iowa Warmer , south winds and faltf weather ; Incieasing cloudiness and ruin Hun- day. day.For For Montana Slightly cooler for tno west and fair weather. For Nebraska , North and South Dakota Brisk south winds und warmer ; Increasing cloudiness nnd ruin or snow Saturday ) cloudy Sunday , For Colorado Northwest winds and gen erally fair Sunday. Drouniid Whllo lluntlni ; fJeene. LOUISVIU.K , Neb , , Fob. 2(5 ( , [ Special Tel * grain to THE Bee. ] As a party of Loulsvillo hunter * , consisting of 11. ' . Baker , Bor Tcodorakl , Fred Motzgor and MIke Cblldi , were bunting cocso in the Platte river this evening near South Bend the boat was over turned , All escaped but MIke Cbllds , who , was lost , /its body was not recovorod. 11 * leaves a young wife. ( iullly nl AniuuiU. O'Neim Nob. , Fob. 20. [ Special to Tfl1 i | BKI' . ] The jury In the Kodfleld assault cm * ' returned a verulct of guilty last ulghu