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TWENTY-SECOND I'EAll. OMAHA , SATURDAY liiOWING , OCTOBER 21) ) . 181)2 ) NUMBER 332 ,
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MILWAUKEE BURSED
[ Jrcat Seas of Fhmo L'o'ictl Up tlio
Bt s'.ncsi Fart of tbo City.
RESIDENT PORTIONS WERE INVADED
Cyclon'c ( Woof Wind Urged on the Tire
with rrigh'ful Epo3u.
DYNAMITE EMPLOYED AS A LAST RESORT
Buildings Wcro Blown Up to Check the
March of Devastation.
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FIREBUGS' ' WORK INCREASES THE PANIC
Many Alarms Sent In Irnni Dim-rout i'ointi
rnlnlllliM.\ll ConlliKiiitlui'
TlioiMiinilH Krndi-riMl lloinvlcss
\ulnl Doilrm-inm.
Mll.wiUKiuVls. : . , Ocl. l9. ! Thls city last
night was visited uy Iho most devastating
lire In iho city's hbiory. Four llvosworo cer
tainly lost and posslbly more. Conservative
estimates place the loss at $3,7 ; > 0UOU.
The llamos , which Marled In the Union Oil
company1 * building , on Kist Water street ,
near Uetioit , lanned by the furious gale ,
nwcpt forward towr.id the Menoml-
nco river , mid nothing could stay
their loslstless rush. DynumlUi was
used , bu wllh little effect. Mighty billows
of Unities swept over blocks of buildings ,
and leaped over the
Jumped .wross streets
river. Tnousands of people viewed iho
grand spectacle. All sorts of conveyances
weroimhlng about the Third ward loaned
of whose homes were
Wlli | belongings people
In dancer. Tuo eiillro department wai pow
Itaclno und other cities
erless. Chicago ,
wera aslccd for assistance , nnd by 10 o'clock
the llrcmcn from out ol town wcro on hand.
ilr\i'ii Illnckit Dcitroji'd.
More than eleven blocits of solid territory ,
including much of the most extensive whole-
HUlo districts , have been bin nod over.
Neaily seventy houses , two-lhirdsof which
were frame residences , laded into smoke u- <
Vl sue pa par. TJio loss is , almost incsliraablc
nt this timo. it reaches into the millions.
The tire ran diagonally from the alley bo
twecn Detroit uuil Uuffulo streets to the cor
ner of ICrio and JolTcrson ttreots. At thai
time the Menominee river , with tha big elc
valors and the gioat Klpp factories , Jus.1
ncrosu the border , W.-H less than a blocli
nwny from the ( Ire.
The tlio started between 5M : and 0i : ! !
o'cloelt In tl.o stoio occupied by the Unloi
Oil company , 225 EaM Water street. At thi
time three Urea in other portions of the cilj
were In progress. It was qulto a time bofop
any response was given to this call of fire.
In n bhort HIM bovon or eight streams hai
been directed upon the llamos , when sud
cloiih * there was a series of explosions , scat
terlng the burning brands in every direction
It was btatud the lire was caused by thu ex
plosion of an oil barrel.
Kouglit ARilliist ( lilds.
Thousands of people watched the light he
twcon Iho tlreuieu and reached the conclti
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Bleu that it was not much of a lire , after all
and went homo. Fifteen minutes later th
llromcn began to fo'd the lire getting out u
tnolr crasp. They fought bravely but ita
useless. A gale was blowing lifty miles a
hour , driving the Ecorching heat and smok
of the burning oil out Into the face * of th
llromon , defying the water of the Milwaukc
river and seeming only to gain lu power t
the stream was emptied into its jaws.
Tbo lire gained a fuotinir in the nUJoinln
otoruoi'lDohrman & Co. It was then that
got beyond all human efforts.
At 7 o'clock thu bltr upholstery factory i
the Hubb Ss Kipo company on IJroudwa1
almost a full block away , began lo bla/
The ilro hud started with the wind it' ll
uorlheast , but it had now veered lo almo
iluo east , and merchants In iho business sei
lion of Iho east side giow grateful. It ht
Jumped across the stores on the other sldo i
Kast Water street and had t alien anew
grip in the big Uubb & ICipp factory. Fn
ininutos moro and Jacob Fellaur & Co.
wholesale sioro on tbo cast side of liroa
way , directly opposite Uubb & ICipp'a , wi
tu flames.
It scoincd us if n mountain of flro rolli
across Broadway. Ono Instant tha bnlldmi
on the cast side were In tlamcH , which tl
next , in slant went aerosj the btreot nnd d
Bcendcd on the buildings opposite ,
thousand streams of witcr could not sti
such a conflagration in Its mint rus > h of U
slrncUon toward thu lake. The walls of t !
tbroc-fitory brick , building on Broadwa
formerly occupied by ibo cracker irust , b
then vacant , bopan to totter , In n few nil
utcs the whole front of the building pitch
into the street wllh n crush.
When Iho people in that part of Iho Till
wnrd realized that their homes wcro doom
t fie re was a stnmpodu of residents into I
street , ull armed with fuiuiluro , cats , dc
und ti'.l ' manner of household utensils , a
they , with vehicle * of ovary doscriptti
wcro hurrying away wiih belongings of I
people whosu homes were soon to bo In ruli
Meanwhile tbo flumes had gene over t
ground tnoy had formerly missed in t
btorouf.i. P. KlrscnKon , nnd thoMiiwau !
Arl Gltiss works , ouposliotho block in whl
it had originated. The Wetland block , ;
stories high , Iho Milwaukee Chair compin
a vacant building , und the wholesale grnci
store of Roundy , Pccicham & Co. , were K
in Humes. Too next building to auccu
was tha National Distilling company , I
whim ; ) ' trust supply for the sluto. The w !
was still carrying the whirlwind of sooth !
llamcH on toward Luke- Michigan In a dlr
line wllh iho starling point , and the sen
bio bogao ,
l'U'I hit TlioiiRiitiili uf Itt'xldrnts.
Chief of Police Jun&scn ordered bis enl
forca to the lire and they assisted In gelt
out tbo furniture nnd household goods
the luckless families , who were forced to
from iho patli cut out for the Humes. Dot
of frame bulldluca along.Milwaukoo nrd .
fcrson streott between Detroit nnd Clilco
HSell ns those on Buffalo nnd Chlo
st roots , \\oro licked up us If ihoy I
heon but linci of paper. All tbo buildl
ATM consumed within half an hour of
time the Humes l ap ° i ) over Broadway i
Urtcd in tbo Wcallaur block. Suddc
tlio wind u'vept around as nnexp
oaly ns beforo. Where It i
nottheaU when the llrst alarm rt
it was now almost duo south. In thn pat
tbo 11 rq lay the blc freight sticks aud , yo
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail\ \
together with ibo roundhouse aud lu TS
ble content ! of rolllug stock.
The cod ot Ihe freight sheds at tbo coi
of-lcffoMon and Chicago otroJts was the
llrst to ignite , nnd the flames soon spread nil
over iho yards , burning freight cars and
everything before It , The company soon had
n force nt werk saving Its properly. The locomotives -
motives nnd many freight cars were taken
oul of barm's way.
Having cut Its path over to Jackson street
from Broadway , the lire wns now following
the wind tlown Broadway , down Jefferson
nnd down Milwaukee * . Along Broadway It
swept to the Wcosel & Vilter Manufacturing
compan > ' 8 plant at Chicago street nnd lo No.
1 ortglno housoon Broadway.
When It roachcd the Weesol & Vilter plant
the department hud prcparoJ au attempt to
cut It off with dynamite. Throe ko s were
exploded in tbo building , having been stored
them to nwnlt the coming of the lUmo ? . As
each went off in close succession the cry
went up from the thousand * who blocked
the streets for a ni'itusof n mile that the
gas works had exploded.
It was nbont'Jiitt ' when the first bultdmcr on
the northeast corner of the Milwaukee Gas
company's plant began lo burn. The gas went
out In many parts of ibo city , nnd it was
feared iho works were doomed , but nt 11
o'clock the oil tanks wcra itlll Intact. The
P.othcl homo noir the ga works , caught
lire soon after. Wtrth & Hammel's livery
stable on Hroadway , eoniulnlng hundreds
of horses , wns In iho path of the HiinliiR
cyclone. . Homo hones were safolv taken
awn-y , whllo n nutnbnr were stampeded. The
I.auia King kindergarten also succumbed ,
despite the dynamite. Around on Erie street
the George Toopncr lion foundries and the
Rlodbcrg Vinegar works wcro also destroyed ,
together with innumerable small building : ) ,
saloons nud icMdct'css. .
The valuable property of tbo Milwaukee
( . 'as company was almost entirely saved.
When the lire began to head Ibnt way Iho
tanks were ( -unit below the level of the slieot.
leaving nothing combustible above the sur
face.
face.Thus
Thus the llaincs almost encircled the works
without communicating to them. The nml t
house burned on the cast , Iho R"ldberg
vincjjar factory a'nd other buildings on the
west , while there wore counlltss slructurei
in llamcs on Iho north , yet .nothing of the
property was dest roycd but u coal pit nnd ono
small bulldliiL' . The flro spent Itself on the
extreme eastern side when it destroyed the
Hanson olcv.Uor. At midnight * it was
thought to bavn its worst , but the ilamos are
still raging among the acres of burning -
-ing nnd smoking ruins. Htuibcn's mill
within u few rods of the border of Lake
Miclilcan wllh an udjoluinc elevator made a
brilliant display when they caught. The
elevator was the llrst , to icnite. In a few
minutes the llamcs communicated to the
malt house.
Tuo Ilnul ril-omcn.
At 1lo ; : Lcidortorf's nnd moat of the
houses in the block between Buffalo and
Erlo streets wcro on lire. The tire depart
ment , wns woiking at the Fornlckos
candy factory corner. Gold nnd
Franks is surrounded by' lire ,
but at midnight is considered safe
nllhouch ils saving is scarcely less Ibnn a
miracle. It is rumoroJ that some lives were
lost in the Bubu & ICipp factory , us many of
the employes were at work when the flames
suddenly descended on tha big building. At
Il : ! > Ui > . in. two dead firemen were brought
to tbo morgue. Ono was Hoary Ptdden-
brush nud tbo other llrcnian could not be
identified.
Engines from Racine und Kanosha arc
playing on Iho lire at points whore they can
do the most good. They loll thotrains soulh
of iho lire and did much lo confine it t& the
north bank of the rlvor below. , the turn ut
Walker's Point bridge.
At 11:15 : Chief foley announces that the
lire is under control.
i : < tiiiiati ) or tin : i.CHS.
Leading insurance men say that about half
of I no loss is covered by insurance. Tht
losses nro as follows :
Itubh.t Klpp , furniture J ID.no :
Molt .t Co. , paints nnd oils U'-'i'.OJi '
.1. I' . Kliicncor. wholes ilo liquors 5' > , OJ.
Mllwiiukuo.Mirror works SO.Ui'l
II. I.eodi'rsilnrf. tolmcen L'.Vj.iO
Mnjlor I.ltho r.iph cniiipiny
Uuiindy. llueKliiiin & Co. , wholesale
product * Iti.OO
11. fcheftuls.S. t'o. wliiilcs ilo grocers. . . 2JO.OO
.1. Wo Inline .V Co. . wholesale ( trojers. L'JO.UJ ;
MllwjiiUuot'hnlr company -.lO.OU1
NnitlnM'Miirn freight hoiuer. contents -
and cats ! ) WOOi
Mil\\uulee Lake Mioin .t Western
frel'/nt lioilbes S'iD.OO
M. O. Ijamlun , hotel 'J-XOJ
I' . 1'liieo & Co. . coiifeetlonorles 'J-.OO
.S.nnriVL'o. , glo\os 1U.OJ
Fifty riiiinller hnslness buiKllius . . DOD.om
l-'lvo hundruil dwullln und colludes .W.OJ
T. 1' . Dosinnn , V Co , . l.'ii.UJ
\\'i-tt el .t Vlitcr. machinery 1'JD.OO '
Toepner Kli-oiw , machinery 4MO
llalloy Jk Sons , inuclilnory Ai.ou
lnhn- > eli llrntlieri' . grueors 'J.VI.UU
l-'onl.i'r .t llrocunfioil 1\OJ
Dolaivaro.V ( iiumlln tool shops 'JMi.ou
\lllwiiuki-o II.iur eomiiuny .W.ti
d A. J. Illiborl V Co , ll.ivorlng uxtracls J.OJ
fa Total.
eCI.KVILAM : > ' , S
At l.ctiHt u Onnrtor of u .Million Dollars O
Dp In .film-lie r.nm of I.lfi' .
Ci.r.veiAW > , O. , Oot. 28. Two fires whic
occurred today within an hour in the heat
of tha city caused a property loss of ut leas
SJ50,000 , , the loss of ono llto and Iho scrlou
Injury of halt a dozen persons. Shortly hi
fora U o'clock an nlnrni called the lira dc
pertinent to Iho works of iho Clovelan
rd
Window Glass company onChuaiplainstroo
tie The throc-iiory brick building wt
tilled with smoke nud tha on
id ployos , bolh unuo nnd female , woi
rushing down the stairs. The lire we
in , quickly extinguished , and a search of 111
ho upper floor was mndo to learn If all the on
if. moves had cstapod. At iho bead of th
ho stairway Miclm.il Sullivan and Kitlia Nola
bo were found. Insensible , having been sulTt
uated by smoke. They were carried lott
street and Miss Nolan died an hour late
ck Sullivan will recover. The loss by flro t
thaindow glass company was $1,000 , hi
lha damage bv water Is estimated at $1,1
000 ; fully Insured.
ry Before this flro bad bocn extinguish
on another alarm was sounded , culling tbo d
nb pnrtmont to the big sn h uiui blind factory i
ho A.Toacbont ft Co. , trontlug on Mlcblgn
homl sticot , nt NosI1 ; lo ) < ! aud extending bat
to Oamil street 300 foot. Tno Urn started I
ng tbo warehouse , aud before the llronu
Del ! reached tbo scene tbo flumes had spread
in- two other bulldirgs connected with tl
warehouse by bridges nud Uio lira wi
beyond control
Soon after iho fireman began work an o
ire ulo'slon occurred in thu p'llnlroom whlc
blow the Michigan street front of the bud
Ing ing across the street , A number of spocti
ot tois were standliig on the sldawalk and il
Ice firemen were playing on the front. Colou
> ns C. 0. Dowesto was thrown backwarJ I
the explosion und liarvor C. Huson of D
ef-
- troll was blown clear across the street ni
so , badly hurt , fireman Charles Waller w
igo badly Injured luierrnlly ; Fireman John
md Kcliy was badly cut und Fir
man Michael Maloney received seve
igs
buitscs iii iho Mdo nnd chost. Aft
Iho tha cxploiiou the lira spread
the four-story brick block of M. Milt lobe
ccr , V Son , tioulers in bides , udjolulnv , whl
) Ct- was partially deslroyed , T. C. Beardilo
tin can works , and Wood Bros , illo wort
vns
weru alto damaged , The loss of A , Tcac
"S , out .V Co. U total and will reach $200,000. i
lOf suranco about $100,000 ; Mittleborgcr & So
rdt loss , f.V.000. insurat cc. (15,000 ; Wood Braless
loss , fSMO. insurance , f7,000 , ; U C. Bean
ley , loin , * .VJO , lusuied.
ua- A ttroug wind was blowing at thu time
the tire and great clouds uf ipartts were ci
nur riod over the business streou ,
VICTIMS OF NEPTSE'S ' RAGE
Wreck of tlia Brit's1 ! Steamer Rinmmia
Off tbo Portugal
OVER ONE IIUNDRF.D LIVES WERE LOST
ISiit Nine of llor IMsiatigcri ti-id Craw
ItciU'li Slinro lit sitvty Wreck : i < l
I.3M ol l.ir.i H.uiijor * of
thu Irish Co HI.
Li nov , Oct , 2 . The nrltish steamer
Koumnnlais wpsrted wracknd at tba miJth
of the Arolho rlvor near Ponlcho. It Is said
that 100 passengers and all of tbo crow were
drowned.
A later dlspatoh conhrms the report of the
loss of the Uoumanla nnd says that Hit par
sons were drowned nnd only nine \vero
saved. The Ilourainm had fifty-live passen
gers aboard , together with a crow number
ing slxty-3''von. The nine por-aons saved
from the wrack have baen ulvon shelter in u
hospital in the neighborhood.
The Koumauia's captain and pilot nro
among the loil. Largo quantities of wrecit-
ngo are washing ashore nil nlonu the nulgh
btrliif coast.
The Kcumama was an iron sctow steam
ship of 3y3" tons , belonging to the Anchor
line and plying bet'-'jen Liverpool nud Bom
bay. Hho'salled from Liverpool for Bombay
on October 'JC. Her length was yiil foot ,
breadth US foot nnd depth 2S' fr-etrand she
was built at Glaszow In 1SSJ. Poaicho , near
where the Koumanlu is rooorlod to have
been wrecked. Is a fortlllod town of Portugal
on tbo Atlaiitiu ocean about fifty miles north
of the mouth of the Tague.
A lerryboat capnzo I tti thu river Duro ,
throwing ull the pas-sougors Into the water.
Eleven were drowned.
TIIIl'K AND IIU.VWi :
Triusitliinllo : Stcainors D.iinngcd nnd Dc-
l.iyiMl oirtho Irish Co 1st.
LOVIION , Oct , 2S. The Kilo that has pre
vailed on the so'ithwoit coast of Iroltml for
the pint throe days Is now crbatly abitod.
Amoue { ho vessels thai have suffered through
the stress of weather is the Dutch steamer
Schiedam , from Baltimore for Rotterdam.
Her voyatro was so prolonged that her coal
ran short and she was obliged to call at
Quociibtown lo replenish her bunkrrs. She
reports thn weather as having boon terrific.
The Inman line steamer Citv of Now York
was unable lo call ut Queonstown because of
Iho heavy weuthar. The Liverpool pilot Is
aboard ot her and will have lo make iho pas
sage to Now Vork unless ho is placed on
some incoming steamer.
Last night when the company's pilot re
ported from the slgcal station that the City
of New York was off the port , tbero was n
very high sea running. Thick fog
was spreading and Ibo condition ?
were such ns not to admit of the
pilot going alongside the sicamor. The
fog threatened to cause considerable delay
baforo iho steamer could make the harbor in
safety. It was this reason doubtless that
compelled Captain Lewis to continue the
passajo direct to NovYork. . The tender
from Qucenstown , witn passengers anil
mails on board , remained outside for twc
hours and n half ana then returned without
celling alongside the City of Now York ,
This incident Is without precedent in the
history of Atlantic mail-steamers.
The steamer Urnbrin collided with tuc
schooner Kstramudimioff Souter point. The
stoamcr returned lo the Tvno. The crew
of the schooner \yero subsequently taken of
by n Raising vessel , and it is reported thai
the schooner sank , as she was leaking badlj
when she was abandoned.
The Cunnrder Ktrur'a , from Now York
which passed ISrow Head at 7 o'clock to-
ntcht , lias experienced violent weather
Owing lo Iho severity of the storm she wai
unabio to uisombark either passengers o :
malls nero aud tirocoeded almost directly fo :
Uyorpcol. A tender was damaged in nt
templing to fasten alongside her , nud ih
Etruria'.s maslor-al-arms was drowned wliil
the olTort was being mado.
LONDON , Oct. 2S. The steamer Lonvro
bound for Uayonne , was wrecked at ljon-
march Finstcrro last night. Seven person
have beou drowned. No details have buei
received.
l > lRiiliti > ( l .Steamerlissrtl. .
QrncxsTOWN , Oct. 2S. A Qucenstow
pilot boat , which has Just returned from
cruise off Die Irish coast , passed off the ha :
bor of Qucenstown a steamer belonging t
tbo Johnston line , bound for Liverpon
which reported having passed two disable
steamers westward of Fastnot Rock , Th
Johnston liner could not ascertain the name
of tbo disabled steamers and was provcntc
by the gulo from giving thorn any ussisi
aifco.
The steamers spoken of by .tbo Johnsto
liner are supposed to oo tbo Monte Vidcar
which sailed from Montreal October 10 fc
London , and tbo Lord O'Neill , which snllc
from Baltimore Octobers for Dublin. Kic
of iheso steamers is three days overdue.
In n Diinsuroiiv 1'oiltloii.
MinquETrn , Mich. , Oct. 2 $ . A scow wil
six or seven mon on board broke away fro
Uio tug Edward 1-Yicic about live miles fro
Granite island this evening. A boavy nortl
east gala was blowing and the lug was forct
tolot the BCOW ire anil make for shelter :
tbo shore. The llfo saving station men luo
gene up Iho shore looking for the scow.
I'oiiiiil'Jii'il t Sun.
CIIKISTIANA , Oct. 2S. i'ho stoamcr conve ,
In : ; the malls coastwise from Christian
foundered near Gymnast * last nlsht during
blinding snow storm. Tuo vessel lilU
rapidly and sank. The passengers and ere
were saved , nut all the passengers'luggui
nnd iho mails , except n largo unmoor i
s registered letters , wcro lost.
'J ' H.tin TO in : vit.txr.
s Agalnat tbo Jimmies ol the Van
0 ton Content Denied ,
YAXKTOS , B. D , Oct. 23. [ Special Tel
gram to TUB BEB.J Mother X-ivior , s
parlor of tbo Catholic convent located hoi
denies emphatically tbo charges of cruel
and persecution made by Sister Mnrgaroi ,
Agues Grosser , who loft tno convent stoalt
ily on Monday last and took refuge wi
a family in the cltv. Mother Xavlcrsa
Margaret in craiy and that slid has been i
object of churlty and most tenderly cared f
ifn by her associates Jor two years. Ml
ifk Grosser has placed tlio matter in the ham
k of an attorney , who has communicated wll
n Bishop Marty of this dlocuso. .Miss Grosbi
n is a native or Germany and entered t
o Boncdlcllnu Sisterhood in ISbl in rft. f.oul
10 She uccusos Mother Xaxler of having d
is libcrately attempted to starve her to doa
because , being ill , sto could not do manu
th labor.
1- C'on itlurlng Ilin Trrnty ,
1l - VAXKTOV , S. D. , Ocl. 23.-Spocml [ To !
l10 gram to Tun lien , j I. C. Adams , ono of t
10el { commission now treating with iho Yai.kt
' } Indians for the opening of a part of the
3-
3id reservation , said lust night to Tim BEE ci
IS respondent that tbo work of Uio commisRi
J. is progressing slowly but satisfactorily , u
3- tuut tbo general council of tbo trlbo w
3ro probably ba bold at Yankton agonov aba
sr November in to consider iho genera ! com
to lions of the treaty.
tor
r-
ry. rh ; I thu .Muohlncry.
y. YAXKTOV , S. U. , Oct , 2- > . [ Special Te
y.hi gram to TUB Uce.J The Norwegian Pli
hi company of Belolt , Wb. , today seized I
n- ofhco bafn and contents of huwis Ham pi on
farm machinery dealer of this city , to sail :
a claim of $1,000.
of Cup turrit In tha Act ,
ir- BEATIIICT , Neb. , Out. 2 $ . [ Special Tc
grain to THE BEE. j James Ramsey , au i
round crook , vin\ \ arrested this afternoon In
tha net ot en taring tbo residence of John
Wurt'onberg , seven mlloi south of this city.
The thief wai brought to this ; clV.v for
safe keening by n couple of young dinners.
When he raauho l " tbo heart of the
city ho knocked cr pushed ouu
ot bis guards oulof lha vehicle nml mndo u
dcsperatj attempt to cseapo. The other
guaid held onto his man nnd although the
nurgv was lindly broken in the melc-o the
thlefwns prevmilcd irom escaping and was
satclv lodged Ita lull. Uo was given a hear
ing into lins ovnlng nnd bound over to tbo
district cnurt aij | sent to Iho county Jnll to
await trial , Hmmcv was only released from
iho city Jail this hiornlng as a vagrant.
IOHM
m of ttip YOIIIIIVonioii %
Anxicllltloil In Srtlill. .
lowv CITV , In. , Oct. 2S. ( Special Telegram
to Tun BP.K.J The slate convention of Iho
Young Womc- ' Christian association
oponnd herb today with a largo attendance.
The address of wclcdino was delivered by
Miss Kruocos Honors of Marshalltown nnd
iho rcsnonso by Miss Evn Seevers. A paper
written by Mr ? . A. .M. Koyuolds of Now
Haven , Conn. , was road bv the secretary ,
lha author batng nmunt. Eacouraglng re
ports were then wad ffoin thu various
branches of the association In Iowa and sev
eral new plans oC action were presented and
discussed. Groclibgj of Iho association wcro
oidorcd sent ID Iowa women who now repre
sent the association In distant Holds of labor.
\V1II Co to tliu tlitry Today.
Arums , Neb. , Oct. 2S. [ Special to Tin :
BIR. ] The ono nbsorhlnc toplu of coavefsa-
lion in this placo'ls ' the trial of Charles B.
Johnson lor the murder of .lamos Whltotnan
on Juno 10 , IM'O. ' The state closed its testi
mony nbout I o'clock yesterday afternoon ,
having examined thirty-two witnesses. The
defense wilt probably bo concluded and thu
case fo\o the Jury some time tomorrow. The
state has not made out so strong a cnso ns It
did on the former trial , and Iho cencral pre
diction is ihnt tlio Jury will not give n verdict -
dict for a higher Orlmo than manslaughter.
,
< ) 'Xlll' ' lioti-l Iliirncd.
O'NEiu. , Noh.\O > -t. 25. iSpscial Tele
gram lo Tin : Iini : , ] Tne I'ottor hoti'o , ono
of the largest holols in this city , was des
troyed b.v lire todjiy. The lire was discov
ered at 10:30 : o'clock , ami although the lire
department wasxsoon on tbo scene nnd
worked harJ , ino building could not bo
saved. Tnu hottl was owned and conducted
by E 1 E. Evans. The loss is estimated nt
fS.OJJ , insured forSl.UGU ; ? J.HJ ( ) in thu Amor-
lean of Philadelphia nnd SI.OOJ in the Phiu-
nix of Brooklyn. Tbo lire is supposed to
h.ivu boon caused by defective flue.
Orcat l-'lnil'ut Sioux Clly.
Sioux CITV , la. , Oct , US. [ Spacial Telegram -
gram to Tnu nKit.j I'rof. Calvin of the state
geological survey , i-ijrhilo at work in this
vicitity , discovereda , bed of chalk stona and
saurian clav .sixtyCoet deep and underlying
IWJ acres Inside "thd .city limits. HH pro
nounced It-IS par cent carbonate of lima a nil
says It is far superior in quality to the chalk
beds ot Yankton , from which the celebrated
cements are ma Jo , He thinks cement equal
to Portland caincnt can bj made from It.
I
Unoil a Knife rrooly.
. RAWMNN , Wya , Ojt. 23. ( Special Tele
gram to THE BBJ. ! li. U , Lundy andJ. E.
Cearly , two oraUorustihul ; nn alternationHo-
niL'ht. Cearly draw . .a pacuot knife nnd
'
slapped his op'poncyt in the left thigh , in tbo
loft sidn anil over ? 4io left oye. Lundy's
physician does''hot consider his wounds seri
ous. Cearly is in jil. |
, i l-'rciiiiint Itta7 < > .
PucMosr , Neb. , Oet , 2S. [ Special
Telegram to Tun BRI : . ] Ono of the two-
story frame biilullngs consumed uy flro this
mornine was valued at $2,001) , and owned
by Charles Douclas. The other was owned
by Ueorgo Northrup of Ueansvillo , N. V.
There was no int > uranca en cither building.
Will Not Korlt-it Its rimrti-r.
Di-iiUQt'i : , la. , Oct. 23. Judge Sbiras has
ordered the action nguinst Iho directors ol
Iho defunct Commercial National bank for
forfeiture of its 'charier dismissed. Of the
MI17.J1I9 receiver's corliticates issued to cred
itors of iho bank ull have been compromised
except nbout ? 10r,00. ,
Holes I'allril to Draw.
IOWA Cnv , la. , Oct. SS. [ Special Tele
cram lo TUB Buii/ ) The much advertised
great easlern Iowa * jaHy occurred here lodoy ,
It failed lo draw but a fuw people otitsldo UK
city , although Governor Boies , Congri'ssmai
Hayes and other prominent speakers won
picscnl.
FIRES LAST NIGHT.
ThrcoSmall 111.1703 tlial Dlil Very I.lllli
The watchman at Miller & Gunderson' :
sasli and blind factory , Twenty-eighth nv
cnuo and Sahlor street , discovered lire In i
room full of shavings and sawdust abou
5:30 : o'clock last evening nnd turned in ai
alarm from No. 11 engine house. The bos
companies In that part of town rospondci
and poured onouch water oato Iho bmzo li
drown it. AtU.o'cloc * the lire in the saw
dust broke out again nnd Iho same alarm wn
lurncd in. Not much.damago was done , a
thi * building was not injured to any extent
Ono hundred dollars will cover the totti
loss. '
A ono-Biory frame cottngo at 11V'J ! ( Soutl
Thirteenth strcot , owned and occupied b ,
Joseph Sacgo , caqght lire ut 7 o'clock las
evening from n defective ! Iluo. A linn
chemical extinguished the llamos. There wane
no loss. '
At 7:20 : o'clock last Right a still alarm wa
was bent In , calling chemical : i lo the Barkc
block , Kiftoonlk jind Fnrnmn slreots. t
burning thlinuey was tbo oauso ; no loss ,
Uiilfour ivjlll IlliiiatiilllMin ,
LONDON , Oet. 23. > The Times , referring t
Mr.-IJalfour's adjress on bimetallism , bays
"Wo rosrot that -Mr. Balfour is committed t
Iho unsound policy' of bimetallism. It is
serious matter , when a public man of hi
authority undertakes thu heavy raspnnsl
bllily for a cnnupebf which ha hn > not eve
attempicd to prove tbo nrauilcabillty. "
Now York Vicl > i nco ( inutatloiiH.
11- Niw : Yoiiif , JJcU..2S. | Special Tolcgrai
11h . TixtU ngo was quoted as fo
s low : Ohlcaso , par'unil ' lOo premium ; Boi
in ton , I'i,1 jC lo-ir > a diicount ; St. Louis , 5Uc di3
count ,
is
Is - . ! / : . rKttit.t r.
Ish
ir
10 A so\oreslorm u | raalni In the vicinity t
s. \Vesl Siipcrlor. WJs ,
3- The New-York elsctrle wire men have bosu
tholr thrcatoned 8r < Lc.
Itl
'
111 The jury lu ihoca'ioor Assemblyman liruni
uf H icriimento cunty | | , ( . 'ullfornlu , uhurue
with bribery , hive teen discharged , Tliu
toiild notnjjree. ,
0- Alfred Wt-nwuvimsleoii appolntnd reeolvi
010 of ibaordurof Aeyls by .liuluo Allen uf tl
10 h'ipruniu court of Mus uuhusvtti by agrei
in inenl ultli thu purtlus In Interest. 'Die 11 :
ullltlea uro)0 > , o u. ud , ( the iiBiotsWO. .
Ir
Anoihor victim him Leon added tu the lUt i
ir- these who havo'illed frtiui thu cITcols of Inliti
iran Ing wulcr gas in Chlvimp. The last ID ( llo fro
id Itsetfouts was lluliert i'arknr , iigod " 7 , wl
was fuunil tldid in ) d boarding hausa at1J
"l
WulKiah : nvunile. '
ii- A runaway varnn Iho Incllno piano nt tl
- i'hlll ps ulibs ) works ut .Maplelon ran Into
croud of pussonuiir * ut the 1'ennsy Ivunln rat
road btntlon , killlir-- Archie 1)111. Wllllii
Tomplii and Jphn Unrclny liistuntly. Ml
lo- NervaYIUon and Jjiy ) | l.inla ) : n no serious
Injured.
IW
ho 1'oruicii.
hoa It Is bluti-d that William Morris ' .iai bci
nlTeruU Dm laiiruitihlp of Knistuiid and h
UeelineU the honor ,
Tliu London Chronicle' * Homo corrcjpon
enl sayHi The pypcj lias urrudud to the r
iiucat uf a doiitHtlon | of JtalUn cardlnu
lo- thitt ho will nut amio ut nutllclent forulj
cardinals to rink thu election of an Italli
,11- (10UU. (
HOLD DIVERGENT OPINIONS
Olevalnnd nnd Stevenson Do Not Agrco
on Important Poluts of Policy.
WHY THE' LATTER'S ' LETTER IS DELAYED
llo Siiliintttril It to Clrtrltiniti l' t Wilt
Nut Yield Ills Vlr < lo TIIOMI ol tliu
I'ropbcl Xrwork lor
Niw : YOIIK , Oct. 2S.-Spacinl | TolCRrnm to
Tins Hiu.l : Adlai 1C. Stevenson was in the
city last night and this morning , and loft In
iho nfternoon for West Virginia. In regard
to his letter of accaptatico , ho said that it
was not yet ready , and would not bo sent to
the committee for sovcr.U days.
In Ibis connection a itimor was In circula
tion today to the effect that Mr.Clovelnnd nnd
Mr. Stevenson cannot agree upon certain
matters lu the letter that have been sub-
milled lo Mr. Cleveland. On Just what
points they disagree U not mentioned , aud
cannot bo ascartnlned , but It is said that
Stevenson is linn and does not seem disposed
to yield bis opinions to those of Mr. Clove-
land. In support of the rumor the fact of
Stevenson bavine spoilt several hours with
Mr. Cleveland after his arrival is elu-d.
Adlal U fiDUiiiiitr.
The fact that It was aminuiiRed on tbo day
of Mr. Stevenson's arrival that bis letter
would probably bo sent to tbo committee tbo
next day , and that it has not yet boon soul ,
nnd that Mr. Stevenson refuses to discuss It
further than to Ray it will not bo ready for
SKveral days , but olTer.-t no excuse for thu
delay , seems to lend color to the rumor of
the disagreement between the candidates.
It wns said today that rather than alter hU _
loiter to meet the views of Cleveland , Mr.
Stevenson hai decided not to wrlto n letter
of ncccpiaticu at nil , but to sltnplv lot the
matter stand and ili'lay Ibo letter trom time
lo lime until after Iho clcctlnn ,
Mr. Stevenson said tb.li morning that his
letter would bo ready in : , few dis , out it is
learned from other sources that ho has pos
itively refused to discuss his letter at all
with several callers who askud him nbout it ,
not even glvinc the Information that It would
bo ready in n few days.
At the natloml dcmocrallc headquarters
Iho rumor of the delay in Stevenson's letter
being caused bv n disagreement with Mr.
Cleveland was denied. It is claimed that
iho delay is duo wholly to the fact Unit Mr.
Stuvcn'son has been so uusv campaigning
that ho has not had time ' .o prepare his lotlcr.
The domocrnllc politicians , however , admit
tnat they have not the slightest Information
in regard lo when t c letter will bo ready.
riihlle .si-iitlmrnt Cliiiiixlitc.
' That there has been a decided change in
ibo opinions of politicians and close
observers of events in the prob-
nblo result of I no veto In Ihis slate
on tha national llcket is ovldencei' '
by n sudden reversal of the odds offered by
those who ufo willing to risk tnelr money on
Iho event. Up to within a few duy.s , while
there 1ms been a decided reluctance to give
oven money on Cleveland's election , botb at
$1.000 to $ TOO have been made mat ho would
carry New York stale. This has now
oeen chanced. E. S. Stokes , proprietor of
the Hoffman bouse , bus made a hot wllh a
well known man on the result In thU stale ,
in which the latter put up Si.OOO against
Sloko's $7-i ) thnt Harrison would carry Ibo
slate of Now York.
Good reasons for this confidence arc mani
fest. A laruo number of prominent republi
cans from various parts of tbo slate nro in
the cilv and reports given by them nro of n
character lhat assures republican success in
this stale.
AM. CLASSICS iiirui : * i : : Tii ) .
iluilgo Crounso Knlurtiiiim ii l.irco : Ciillici-
ingot D.iltdlu CountClticns. .
DAKorv CITV , Neb. , OJL 'JS. { Special
Telegram to Tns IIan. 1 Jiulgo Crounso ant ;
R. F. Kloko , candidate for representative ,
were grcrtted In this place tonight by u
crowded hall , over ii'JO being seated in the
building , representing all classes and condi
tions of peoplo. The medium was called to
order by ox-bonntor JohnT. Spencer , and R
B. Daily , republican candidate for county at
torney , presided. Ho introduce ! Judge
Crounso ns the next governor of Nebraska
He was received with grQJt applauss. Hi
opened bis speech by greeting bis old timi
associates whom ne servou in this county Ii
an early day on the bench as Judge of tbi
district court , after which ho compared tbi
"billion-dollar" republican congress to Iti
successor , the democratic billion and a bal
dollar congress.
Ho took up the tariff Issue and cxplaiuui
it in a pluln nnd indisputable manner whic )
convinced tbo uudlencu that a tun IT was i
necessity to build up manufactures and glv >
the laborer the wages ho PO Justlv earns
Ho compared. Iho conditions of Americai
laborers with Ihoso of foreign counlrlu
and showed a marked contrast , wblcl
ho asserted could bo maintained enl ;
under protective in riff. Ho referred t
Iho currency system nnd showed the au
"
vantages of tho" present urand system ovc
Iho wllecat currency advocated by dcmoc
racy. Crounso wns for Nebraska and woul
do all lo olovata Nebraska ho could and no
degrade It. "
Hon. R. F. Kloko of West Point , cam !
datn lor representative in tno Sixteenth ill'
trlct , was present aud introduced , but snf
fcriiiL' from a bad cold could not spoal
Colonel Russell of Schuylor then nddrcssc
iho audience. His speech wa > devote
mostly to Van Wyck and ICom , and h
hbowod up their past records in true styn
llo closed by soliciting votes for Nebrask
and Crounso and Melklojobn , which was re
ceivcd with deafening npplauso.
Judge Crounsu has many friends in th !
section In both parties who remember hit
by his many manly virtues wbllu on th
oonch ami who will give him tholr heart
i support on election day.
J'OOI ) I'OK TIKIUfillT.
| Seiutor Mtinilurjmi'rt l.oslrnl Argument
Well Kociilvuil l > y Oxford 1'uuptr.
Oxi'oiti ) , Nob. , Oct. 2S , [ Special Tologra
to Tin : HCE. ] Tbo largest political rail
held hero this season was addressed tonlgl
by Senator Charles 1 ° . Mandorson and 1
Montgomery , republican nominee for ropr
scutativo. Senator Mandorson was listenc
o with tbo closest intention for two hour
Ho spoke of 17,009,00 } ot immigrants tin
had como to this country to better their ca
dittoii , and hu showed now liberal tbo ropui
llcan party hud been in donations i
houies , tbo extension lo thorn of tl
ballot , froa schools end the pccunlai
advancement made by thcmundorronubllca
policy. 1 lo compared the Omaha indepcni
cut convention with Uiivid's return to it
cave of Adullum , which provoked cener
Injgliter. Husho-vcdbv statistics that tl
Omaha platform was false , that the pc
plu wcro neither dotuorallzoii nor ovormoi
gaged , nor morally or socially corrupt , th
the republican i parly had Increased the d
culation from iiaiiflSUl tofjlin ISO,1. I
then proceeded to show that national ban !
were not a curse , having flvcn the country
safe and uniform currency. The senatoi
speech furnished ludopendoots mid dom
orals alike wllh solid chunks of food for i
lleciion.
lt'4lly or Wnllaca ltfMilillciii | ,
WAI.MCC , NOD , Oct. 23 , [ Special to Ti
HEU.J Tbo republicans of Wnllaco hold
very enthusiastic moollng Thursday nigt
Hon. Henry St. Huvrier and Captain Ac
spoke to a good crowd of republicans.
Sou Hundred I'rt-irtit.
EXETKU , Nab. , Out.23.-Special [ Tclcart
to THE UKB.J-A largo political ritborl
was held here tonight. A .special train from
Geneva and Varmoni ! brought iho repub
lican clubs from those placas iind delee.itions
were ale present Iio.n other neighboring
towns. The onor.i hottso holds 10J pcoplo
nnd was tuxcd beyond Its capacity. Key. ,1.
U Tate was the principal speaker , lllsiul-
d.-ois woe gro.itly npprcclnicd , Hon. J. .Ion-
son of Geneva nnd 10. L. Mnrtlu of Palrmont ,
candldatos for the legislature , made short
speeches.
orous IIKI r.Ai.i.v.
.Much rjitlnulnin .Miinirr led li.v Iti-ioihllr
" > m ul Ni-lini k'.i fllj.
NiniUM.v : CITV , Nob. , Oct. ' > . [ Special
Telegram lo Tin : UKP.J The republicans of
Nebraska City enthused this ovr-ntng. Ho-
youit a few selections by tbo band at Court
llouso sqjaro there was no slrout demon
stration. The rally took place nt the court
house , .Mr. Kdwnrd Kosewaterof Omaha
bclni ; the speaker. The building was
crowded long before 8 o'clock. The exor
cises opened with music bv the Light liiiurd
band. The speaker was introduced by 11.
C. Freeman.
Mr. Uosowater snld ho nlwajs had a warm
spot lu his heart for Nebraska City , as ho
landed hero twenty-nino years ago on his
way to Omaha. The great question of four
moio years of prosperity or uncertnliinoss
was soon lo bo settled. With Harrison had
been prosperity , nnd with him prosper
ity would continue. Might year ? niro , nflor
twenty yean of republican rule , Cleveland
was chosen. Four years of ( trover were
enough. The democrats claim the tariff to
bo unconstitutional. Hu thought .Incitson
and U'obstcr moro familiar with the consti
tution than Clovoiaud. It Is as much a duty
of the nation to protect its industries as Us
lands. fUreat applause. ] The coisumcr
paid the tax when ho wore Kuglish broad
cloth and diaiik imported wine , find ought lo
unonuso he was able , but when he wore
American goods bo hud something batter
and cheaper.
llcm-llls of I'rotorlliin.
America ol all countries affords tbi ) best
opportunities for the psonle. American
labor , ho was sure , was equal lo thnt of
oihor countries. llo asked would pcoplo
como hero if fren trade prevailed'
Democrats say tbo MrlCinloy law Is re
sponsible-for the Ilomoilo.ul affair ; admit
It. U Ithont a tariff there would bo uo
Homestead or anv oilier largo manufactur
ing towns. 'Iho speaker gave a
concise history pt wildcat currency
and held up the fallacy ol grconbacuors and
frcosilver-lie * . Tne.i ho stood up for No-
br.iskL. Nubrasku jiroiluccd more lust vcnr
tnun all the gold and silver dug out of iho
gtound in the United Stales. It was the best
state In the union. Ho thought Uryan sllolc
nt rldlnc two horses , nut could not see hewer
or whereho hut ! benctltod Iho stale.
In closing Mr. Uosowater made an earnest
pica for Iho national , suite nnd congressional
tickets , predicting success. "Uopublicuns ,
.stand up for Ncbraslc.i , " will bo the winning
cry.
Hun. Urn llillirr'n Logic.
Snrox. Neb. . Oct. 'JS. [ Special Telegram
to Tun BBI : . | A lopubllcan rally was held
at this place this oveni-ig which was well at-
londed by voters ot all parties. The opera
house was crowded , many remaining stand
ing throush the entire meeting. S.V. .
Christy , candidate for slate senator , an.1
Mr. Kpporson , candldato for county attor
ney , each nujo short uJdrcsscs , after which
iho orator ot' the evening , Hon. li. S. linker
of Omaha , delivered an eloquent and con
vincing address. His discujslou of the tar
iff and currency questions w a the i > est and
fairest that has been made haic. Kven dem
ocrats say that he made a very loeic.il and
convincing speech and set many of them to
seriously thinning.
Drop I.ald . clirnto ol ( irorglii DrmorratK.
A'lUNrx , uu. , Oct. 2S. The t'rcss pub'
lishos a scurrilous nncnymoiis letlcr which
has been hunt to the negroes of Screven
county who voted the democraticlicltct nt
the slate election and which Ihrealons them
with lynching if th"v vote the democratic
ticket this fall.
The Screvon county democratic com
mittee ha offorcd a rowird of SI"ill for
intormation which will load 10 tbo convic
tion of iho nuih.irs of lha letlor. 'I'hodoino-
cia's dcclar-j that the negroes will ba pro
tected In lif ) and property whatever ticket
they vole. Tncso threats have convinced
the ncgrooi that the populists nro their
enemies and they me deserting thu third
party.
KoHiiiriitcr v. < . Crvcu.
TLKVMMI , Neo. , Oct. -Special [ lo Tun
Hr.iIndications : [ point to u rousing time
hero Monday afternoon when Mr. B. Kose-
water meets Mr.V. . U ( Ireon in Joint debate.
The event has been well advertised and has
aroused lively anllclpiit'ons In Iho minds not
only of the voters of ibis city , but of the
lunner-i of iho county , many of whom will
como in to hear the discussion of the cam-
iiaign issues. The farmers say that ( ircun is
a rough diamond and can cut to n line , and
that Mr. Hoscvvator wilt have all ho wants
to do to bundle him , whllo the local politic
ians here claim that when the two goullnmon
got together Monday afternoon Uroen won't
know wbut hurt him.
IMiitthiumit hrt Tu'o K'lllltth *
I'l.m MOLTM , Nob. , Oct. Us.Speclal ,
Telegram to Tan lici'.J Hon. John C. Tura
noy of Kansas City addressed a fair si/.ci
audience of democrats bore tonight. lh (
speaker rcvluxvcd republican legislation or
the tariff < iucstion and tcitiuhcd upon tht
Homestead blnke. Ho appealed lo Ihu popl <
to ro elect Hryau to congress.
John C. Watson addressed a Inr o and en
thusiastlo audlcnco of republicans tonigh
nt thiiir club room. He made a forcioli
bpocch and clenched bjs grip on thn lloa
reprosoututivosblp.
Iliirrlsuii Indiipuiidi-iitH At
( lAiuuso.v , Nob. , Oot. 23. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Uii : : . 1 1'ropar.itlons have bcoi
going on in this county for the past monti
for u grand Indupandont rally hero today
Van \Yyuk , Shrader and Strlclder uiu'
namej as the speakers , but they failed t
show at the appointed time , b , 1. Mojcruul
of Crawford was the llr-st spoaUor. S , C
Kulrchild next accused the republicans o
being to blame for ull oxUtintf evils. H , ( ,
Stewart , candldato for stuto fconutor , dis
cussed the financial question ,
llcniiitlt
Nob. , O.t. 23. [ Special Tele
it gram to Tun HIK : | Ono of the must cnthu
smsjtio ropubllcnu nioottnga that Xeinah
precinct has over known has Just boon hi-ld
'J'ho mooting was opened by thu yloo clu
singing some very stirring songs. 0. \ \
Scott of Lincoln was Introduced auil poi <
to the pcoplo upou thu bqunro. Ho was fo
lowed by J , H. Strod and Ji. H. Moorti c
Lincoln.
Ali'XUlliliT lit Axli-ll ,
Mixnr.x , Neb. , Oct. 2S. ( Special Telogr.ni
to Tun Hue.V. | . II. Alexander dolivure
nn adaress to the people of Axloll last nigh
to a crowded house. The republican club c
over 10'J headed bv the JUcho band hold
street demonstration after which , \ir. Ale >
under ctlseusiad the tariff nnd silver quc1
tlons. Tonight ho bpoko at Norman , au It
dependant m-onb'iold ) ,
Hum1 * * ' Itcjiiilillruii llully.
Neb. , Oct. 23. ( Special to Til
Bnu.j Ono of most outhunlaatlu republics
mculiigs held in the county this fall w (
bold at Ilurress last evening , Hon. J , Jei
ECU , Martin ahd C , H. Sloan were tl :
speakers. Muslo was furnished by Ihu Bui
in rois bind und cloo club ,
. ilmlt ) II ( iuod lliipri-'sldll ,
Mll.roiil ) , Nub , Oct. 28. [ Special to Tl !
Iiii.J : An appreciative audience lllloci it
opera house- lust evening to listen lo tbo dl
cusulon oj the pollticul issues of the day t
( MuJorJ. r > . Miller of Omaha , llo nmuo i
excellent Impression.
CALMLY KILLED HIMSELF
0. J , Myers Laid Down in tin Alloy nml
Ended a Weary Life ,
SHOT PLUMB THROUGH THE HEART
C.li.iMly lll < rcucrjMuile li ) 11 \\ntc\\\\\\n \ tit
Ilio l.ltiirrtl Oil Alllts-limirtilly hi
ldntllylnK tlio llp.itl Mim-ltu
Was u Tea nut i-r.
About ten minutes past $ o'clock last nirlit
Oniccr Baldwin , who was walking tbo North
Seventeenth street bent beyond Cuuiln ?
slrootV heard n pistol sbot. The ontcor wn *
only nbout n block nwny from tbo sound , but
could not locate tbo report.
.Iiiat tiftor 1 a. in. George Bell , 0110 of thn
wiitcbinoii nt tlioVooilninn Linseed , olt
works , passed ntuund the buildings niid on
tlio south sldo of the llttlo frame oftlco routul
tlio body of u young man lylni ? dead. Hell
blew his wht.stlo ami onicor Baldwin nt
once responded. A raporl win tbcu sent tu
the Juil utirt the coroner notlilud.
' 1 he body lay on tbo right sldo with the
right nnn iind hand bidden. The face wns
half turned upward. No ono was allowed , to
touch the rorpso until tlio arrival of Deputy
Coroner Welch , Then the Doily was turnoU
over , nnd in tbo right b.ind , tightly clutched , '
was a JVJ-callbro revolver with two empty
chambers. 'J'ho coat was oponcil
and disclose ) an unbiittoncil vest
nnd mi open shirt , both stained
\\lih blood. Right over the region of the
heart was a bullut hole , nnd probirg showed
that one of the bullets from thti revolver hait
passed directly through the heart caus'liiR
Instantaneous death.
The man's clothing ubovo the waist wn
dyed n crimson hue and the b'.ood nuoi the
wound had commenced to Hot , .snowing con-
cluslvolv that the report of a pistol hoard
earlier in the evening bad been the shot llreil
uv the suicide.
When fomiu the body was cold and stiff.
A search of tbo pockets of thn dead man re-
vo.iled a bill from Pr.ter.son & Co. , 15KI
Uouglns street , to 0. .1. Mvcrs for ono gold
ring , costing Sr.iTi. A line ring on Ills left
hand appeared to bo now. A card from the
Modern Wojdmon of America showed thnt
C. J. Myers was a member of that orilor.
Several well worn loiters also bore the siimo
address.
The dead man was dressed in a rctt and
blade strined sack co.\t and pantaloons , stiff
hat and blue cotton snlr : . Me was clean
shaven , except for a stubby icddish mous
tache , unit his ago V.MS , about ; 10 year" .
No one around the work * seemed lo know
the man , except Policoioitn Buldulit , who
said that bo thought the dead man worucd hi
East Omtihn. The oftleor ndvancod tbo opinion -
ion that Myers lived nt 1121 North Kfgh-
tccnth street , and a Bii : : report or called nt
thnt number , but too Myers llvli gtboro hap-
poiiou to bo u traveling man and his inUiiils
were G. W.
The body wns tnkon to the morgue nnd no
inquest will bo held today.
Everything pointed to a clear case of sul-
cido but the imperfect identification miule it
dinicult to usccrluin the motive.
At the morgue an employe nald Mycr ?
drove a wagon for the Blue Tank llco , and
lived near Twoutloth and Pierce strnfjts.
CftYSTALUKED WICKEDNESS.
Moral ( ) lilliiltir | < anil Sinliil SliorliMHiiliicrf'
Wlilcli Ki'iit III- Police llnsv.
Nick Molong was sliort on experience last
night and Oroppo.l bis roll , amounting to a
little over $ , ' 100 , in consequence. Tim victim
\\as stooping nt the C Ity hotel nnd struck up
an ucqualntunco with a stianger who was u %
prepossessing In appearance ns the av
erage coniidenco mnn. The latter wns short
an unknown amount and wanted MolonR
to Hdvanco it , and of course that kind heartcrt
individual could not refuse. Ho forked over
every cent that ho lui ) , nnd is now ahead n
bunch of experience that Is bicrer than n
stack of bay. The police hive been furnished
with n description ol the enterprising stran
ger , who is short In .stature and has "soin-a
small hiaoours up to about Lore , and a-buri
mustache , and ills odder face vas slick. ' "
Molotig worked until Wednesday for .Tncoji
Ambrose at Milliard , and is quite "welt knowu
In this city.
A daring robbery was perpotintod nbout 3
o'tlocli last night , on Kloventh stniot neat'
the corner of Farnam. Sam Bowman , u
clerk ut the Windsor hotel , WHb tbo victim.
While ) walking peaceably along he was sud
denly seized by two mon , thrown down ,
strangled nnd robbed. The thieves obtained'
about & ! 0 and then ran down the alloy
' , ow ard the east. Just ns they turned the
alloy corner they ttuew several bills on tbo
sidewalk In order to delay Howmun in tbo
chase. . The schema worked , for tlio hotel
cleric stopped tu pick up the cash , and thus
lost sight of the robbers. Bontnau reported
the matter to thu pollen and the man will
liliely bo arrested sometime during tbo day.
Mosc McDonald , colored , assaulted u whlto
man named I'at Hughes on a bUteuntli
street motor ear List night ind was arrested.
Moso had fl.t5 ! nud wanled to put It up for
bis appearance in the morning , but the Jailer
couldn't BOO it that way , so Moiea wont
down to n cage In the dark.
Ted Mulvlhllt was locked up in the city
Jail last night nnd the charge of forgery ,
placed ojinosllo his name oti the blotter. It
is claimed that younrf .Mulvlhlll forged hla
hrolhor Tom's iiainu to n .JI3 check nnu.
oblnined tlu > money on the MI mo ,
Old John Peel , known for many years in
pullcn circlet , us n irnmn and confirmed
drunkard , was taken to the police station
last night In nn Insane condition , Drink and
lack of proper teed brouifht the old-timer
down at last , lie will bo turned over to tbo
county today.
The police yostordny cared for Anna
Workerslne , n domestic who suddenly wont
insane. She will bo sent to tbo county com
missioners for examination sonic lime today.
MM. ,1 , H , Clark , who claims to Uo Ironi
I OttumwH , applied at the uollco Mutton yes.
tordu > for help , aim was directed to the em
ployment ofllcos by Matron Cumlncs. Slnco
then nothing ban Been seen or hour.l of her.
A . ' year-old daughter was loH at the
Croulia. Mis. Clnrk said that her husband
bad deserted hor.
V'JI.I.IUKU ( .V .1 1IH11HH !
Itlc four Trains t'r.isli Togutlinr nml rail
Into thu Illvur.
Tiiitiir. HAUTK , Ind. , Oct. 2S.A tcrrlflo
collision between two Itiz Four freight
tralns occurred this morning on the Wabaih
river brldgo hero , The shock bioko
thu bridge and piled the two engines and a
dozen cars , itwerat loaded with live stock ,
Into the water banaath , Hntjlnoor Westry
Allison of tbo eastbound i rain lies dead bo *
nuatb his ougiuo. 'L'tvo otber trainmen wcro
hurt ,
_ _ _
Trulu
Tonn. , Oct. " 3 , The ( Jrdor ot
Train Dispatchers was permanently organ *
ued here with 157 charter mombora. W. W.
( Jlfott of I'lmi I ) luff u was elected villa. ?
dispatcher. Tbo constitution contains ; bt.
proicutlvo feu'urc.
Vlullni til Tdiiiu-iKi-u .Mooinlihirn.
NAMiviM.eTenn. , Oot.2S , J. U Spurrier ,
dojiuty Unilod Htatoi I'ovonuo collector , who
wa 'ambuscaded and sbot by tnoou bUer *
toino days ago , died U t