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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.THURSDAY. . FEBRUARY 2 , 1893.
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peed hulls were placed beneath him and sot
nflro.
Aii > lll"K In UK Nature.
Words to describe the awful torture In
flicted upon Smith cannot bo found. The
iitory appalls one with Its fearful , awful
terror. ,
The negro for a long time after starting
on the journey to Paris did not reall/o his
jilight. At last when ho was told ho must
< Uo the most awful death b.y slow torture that
human mind could conceive , ho begged for
protection. Ho was willing to bo shot and
wanted Marshal Shanklln of Paris to do it ,
Nut ho was told that ho would bo burned to
ills' agony was awful. Ho nleuded anil
writhed In bodily nnd mental piln and In an
ticipation. Scarcely had the train reached
Paris than thcso tortures commenced. His
clothes wcro torn off by piecemeal and scat
tered in tlio crowd , iicoilo catching , the
Bhrcds nnd putting them away as mementoes.
HlekciiliiK , DUgiixtlliK 'rnelty.
The child's father , her brother and two
uncles then gathered about the negro as ho
lay fastened to the torture iilatform and
thrust hot Irons into his quivering flesh.
Every groan from the fiend , every contortion
tion of lil body , was cheered by the thickly
packed'crowd of 10,000 iicoiiie. The mass of
beings was liOO yards in diameter , the scaf
fold being in tlio center.
From his feet and legs the hot Irons ,
plenty of fresh ones being at hand , were
rolled up and down Smith's stomach , back
and arms , Then the eyes \\oreburnciLout
nnd Irons wcro thrust down his throat.
The men of the Vnnco family having
wreaked vengeance , the crowd jilled all
kinds of combustible stuff around the scaf
fold , jtoured oil on it nnd set It afire.
Tlio negro rolled and wriggled and tossed
out of the mass , only to bo pushed back by
the peojilo nearest him.
Turned MiuddurliiKly Away.
Jin tossed out again and was thrown back.
"Hundreds of jeoplo turned nwny , but the
vnst crowd still looked calmly on.
People wcro hero from every part of this
Bcction. Thcycamo fmm Dallas , Fort Wort ii ,
Sherman , Dcnlson , Bonliam.Texi.rknna , Fort
Smith , Ark. , and ten or fifteen came from
Hcmpstoad county , where he was captured.
"Every train that came in was loaded to its
Utmost capacity and thcro were demands at
many points for sjiccial trains to bring people
ple hero to see the unparalleled punishment
of u liend for'an ' unparalleled crime , and when
the news of the burning went over tlio coun
try llko wildfire at every country town ,
anvils boomed forth the announcement.
In less time than it takes to relate it the
condemned man was wafted beyond the
grave to another fire hotter and more'tcrrl-
blo than the ono Just experienced' ' Curiosity
seekers have carried away already all that
was loft of the memorable event , oven to
pieces of charcoal.
Motive for tlio Crime.
The cause of the crime was that Henry
Vance , when u deputy policeman , in the
course of his duty , was called to arrest
Henry Smith for being drunk and disorderly.
The negro WHS unruly and Vance was forced
to use his club. The negro swore vengeance
and several times assaulted Vance. In his
greed for rovcngo lie last Thursday grabbed
up the little girl and committed the crime
that ho will never again commit. The
father is prostrated with grief and the
mother now lies at death's door , but she has
lived to sco tlio slayer of her innocent babe
suffer the most horrible death that could bo
conceived.
HKMOl'Kl ) .1 L.iyi > M\llK. \
1'lro DcHtroyH thn Old North western Depot at
lloonc , la ,
BOOND , Ia. , Feb. 1. [ Special Telegram to
THE BEE. ] A 4 o'clock this afternoon the
.Lincoln hotel was destroyed by lire. The
building was a largo wooden structure , built
twenty-five years ago by the Chicago &
Northwestern Hallroad company , which still
owned it. It was operated by J. Swilson ,
who owned the furniture. Tlio building also
contained the railroad waiting rooms , ticket
oillco nnd baggage rooms. It was entirely
consumed , though much furniture and nearly
nil the valuables were saved. The building
was not insured , but was worth less than
$5,000. Thcro was $3,000 Insurance on the
hot'el furniture , -which was yalucd nt $0,000.
The hotel will not be rebuilt , though the
Northwestern will probably put up a good
building for tlio division offices and depot.
For tlio present a ijassenger car is being used
ns a walling room.
DBS MOI.NKS , In. , Feb. 1. Flro hero last
night partly destroyed the old Equitable
block , ono of the most prominent business
nnd office buildings. The llro was started
by the explosion of n gasollno stove. It ,
spread from the second story into the. third
and fourth stories , Among other interests
damaged was the oflico of the Dally News.
The damage Is great , especially by water ,
but It is covered by insurance in almost
every instance.
CHICAGO , 111. , Fob. 1. The Chicago cosmo-
ranui wus destroyed by llro last night. It
was a series of largo paintings of the Paris
exposition , which were viewed through n
( spectroscope. The loss is $30,000. It was
claimed by some spectators that a woman
was seen in the blazing building , but the
jiollco could find no traces of her body and
doubt the story.
CHEYENKE , Wyo. , Feb. 1. Fire almost
wljicd out the town Of Gillette , on the Bur
lington road in Crook county , Sunday night.
Among the build hies destroyed wcro :
Iligby's drug store , Green Front saloon , D.
W. Lewis' saloon , Christcnscn dance hall ,
n Cnlncso laundry , a bakery , Mitchell's
grocery , the Windsor hotel nnd Hlco Bros' ,
grocery store. The loss is in the neighbor
hood of $100,000 ; no insurance.
GiHotto wus built during the railroad boom
days and the buildings were frame.
Ynlo Wilt Allow All Sort * orstiidcnt.s on Her
Atlilutlu TonuiH ,
New HA VEX , Conn. , Fob. I. Fifteen hun
dred members nnd alumni of Yale university
crowded Into Alumni hall tonight to take
final action on the rule limiting membership
qn t ia athletic teams of the university to
.undergraduates . who have never registered
at other colleges , The ratification of the
rule in question involved the athletic exist
ence of four departments of the university ,
nnd indirectly whether the members of the
university would suiijxirt the captains and
managers 'of the four athletic teams of the
University In u movement of paramount
importance.
Captain Vance McCormick of last fall's
kloot ball cloven called the meeting to order
nnd stated that the object was to consider
the action of the captains of the four ath
letic , tpams. of Yale , conditioning member-
'shipon their teams ns follows :
No member of a graduate department or
iportal ( Student , shall bo eligible , or any umlcr-
Kraduato who has been registered tit any
otlmr university or oolli-Ku , or nny umlorRrad-
uato who Is not imrsulnj ; a courvi fora den re
requiring attendance for at least three years
After discussion n ballot was taken , resultIng -
Ing In 003 votes being cast against the ratifi
cation and 440 for it. Thus the nile nnd the
efforts of the leaders of athletics at Yale
were defeated. The athletic lenders were
interviewed and stated they were surprised
at the result. They did not know whether
they would resign.
Trltti Klclit In Court.
KANSAS CITT , ICan. , Fob. 1. A question
nroso last night among a crowd of sports as
to the relative merits of Sam Baxter nnd
Bon Hccins , two local colored prize fighters. '
To sottlu the question it was arranged that
.Baxter and Ucoms should meet forthwith.
No suitable place for lighting being availa
ble , the sports broku into the criminal court
nnd thcro the men fought to a draw in a
throe hours battle.
_ .Cut IIU I load with a llnttlu.
A couple of "dead game siwrts" started a
rumpus In Mine. Foster's resort on lower
Dodge street last night , and for a time had
tholr own way. When the fight was at its
height , John Barnes , n grader , livingat
Twenty-seventh nnd Lo.ivenwortb , chipped
in and was hit over the head by a beur bet
tle and badly cut. The Foster woman was
arrested for assault , and after Barnes' cuts
had been dressed ho wus held as n witness.
The Death Hot ) .
ui , 111. , Feb. f A tclegrsrnTfron :
Danville announces tho. death from pneu-
jiirmta of Phooclon Howard , Ho wus ouo ol
the oldest newspaper men in the state ol
Illinois and fifteen years ago was considered
one of the brightest political writers In the
west. Ho was reading clerk of the state
senate nt the time of his death ,
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE
Futile Attempts at Fusion on Joint Ballot
the Only Feature ,
DEMO-POPS COULDN'T ' ELECT A SENATOR
Unveil Inilepende.nln Desert CiiuriiiiNomlncn
Urci'iin Cold M'rutlier N | < PH tlio Sen-
ntc'n Work Vcrjr limy liny
In tlio Ij < twir ; Home.
LINCOLNNob. . , Fob I. [ Special Telegram
to TUB USE. ] 'Today's joint b.illot developed -
oped no surprises , though It hrouirht mnity
changes. The radical differences of opinion
union ? partisans of the same Iniind were
shown la the party votes , but It was nil
along the line indliatcd by last night's cau
cuses. There were present I'M legislators ,
the absentees being Clarke and Crane. The
following was the result of the ballot us an-
nounced by the lieutenant governor.
There was a wholesale change among the
Independents , and a majority of the demo
crats went to tlio latest nominee of tlio popu
list caucus , W. L. Greene. This was not
sufficient , however , to off-set the defection
caused by the bolting of several of the popu
lists , nml Greene was unable to reach oven
Independent high-water mark.
Tlio disaffected populists throw their votes
anywhere and everywhere except to the
caucus nominee , F.uiisworth remaining
with Powers , apparently being de
termined to die with him in the
ditch. The other independent bolters were
Dale , Dysart. Harris , Kruse , Sodcrmnti ,
Stevens nnd Stewart , who voted for Allen
Hoot ; Johnson of Hall , who went to Thomp
son ; Mullen , who went to Judge Allen , and
Sheridan who voted for Illinium , but who
changed to Greene when the call was com
pleted , and ho saw that the Kearney candi
date had no chance of election. The demo
crats uot voting for Greene were Bal > cock ,
Mattes and Wlthncll , who voted for Frank
P. Ireland ; Hale , who went to Boyd , and
North , who swung to Morton.
The following were the changes among
the republicans : Burns , from Paddock to
Thurston ; Calin , from Furnas to Thurston ;
Da vies , from Paddoclr to Ilccse ; Howe , from
Pumas to Paddock ; Johnson of York , from
[ ecso to Harlan ; Keckloy , from Kccse to
[ farhin ; Keyes , from Paddock to Keese ;
Ivloke , from Paddock to Thurston : Liobcclc ,
from Simouds to PaddockWilson ; , from Pad
dock to Thurston.
Those passing when their names wcro
called were Goss of Douglas , Hickctts , Spdcr-
inan and Woods.
Immediately after the announcement of
the ballot the Joint convention adjourned.
I.lltlii Legislating Done.
The senate was unable to transact any
Business this morning on account of the low
temperature of the senate chamber. Another
> ago was apimiutcd , and after the Joint con
vention an adjournment was taken until to
morrow.
ix TIIIno us i- : .
I > gUIatlon Advanced Kupldly by tlio Hard
Working .llemher-f.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 1. [ Special to TUB
BEE.J All of the members of the house ,
with the exception of Crane , were present at
the session this morning. A discussion came
on as soon as the body settled down to busi
ness over tno motion of Watson , left over
from the preceding evening , relative to re
jecting the report of the committee of tlio
whole with reference to house roll No. ! ) ,
Van Houscn's Micliiganizing measure. Wat
son's amendment to strike out the enacting
clause was defeated , However , nnd the
rejort | of the committee wasadoptc'l and the
bill was ordered engrossed for Its third
reading.
House roll [ No. 49 , Cornish's Judgment
debtor bill , was disposed of in the same
manner.
House roll No. B7 , Barry's production relative
tivo to farmers' institutes , was indefinitely
iwslponcd by a vote of 01 to ID , after a long
aud hard fight had been nuido by the friends
of the measure.
Chairman Woods of the committee on
school lands and funds submitted a report of
the investigation of the sale of certain school
lands in this county in December , IS'.HJ. The
report reviewed tlio whole transaction and
censured John Steen , ex-commissioner of
public lands and buildings , for the Incorrect
and careless manner in which the sale was
advertised , tlio advertisement having been
in the same form us for a lease , when it
should have stated that it was to bu a sale.
The report was adopted without a dissent
ing vote.
The Judiciary committee reported in favor
of placing on tlio general file house roll No.
103 , Higgius' bill limiting the Jurisdiction of
Justices of the peace to their own town
ships , and No. 7t ! , 1 torsi's bill amending the
code of civil procedure ; and recommending
the passage of No. 172 , Higgins' bill , giving
another Judge to the Twelfth Judicial dis
trict ; and No. 138 , Watson's supreme court
commission bill. All four went to the gen
eral file.
file.Will
Will Vole 011 Woman. ' * S
The committee on miscellaneous subjects
returned No. 'J12 , Ltugcn feller's woman suf
frage bill , without recommendation. Keckloy
moved the postponement of the bill , but
McC'utchen amended by moving that it go to
the general file , and thither It went by a i
vote of 45 to JiS.
The same committee recommended the
passage of No.14 , Kessler's bill prohibiting
the use of gas for illuminating purposes in
public Inns or hotels , but the report was
knocked out , nnd on mitten of Fclton the
bill was indefinitely postponed.
The members were shivering in their seats
by tills time , and Porter's resolution iu-
structing'tho fireman to go to shoveling coal I
and keep up steam went through by an en
thusiastic vote.
The report of the committee on public
lands and buildings , indefinitely postponing
No. ID I , Barry's bill providing for a state
convention hall In Lincoln , was adopted.
The committee on revenue and taxation
reported lu favor of indefinitely postponing
No. ffi1 , Dlekcrson's bill requiring the exhibit
of government bonds to the assessor , and
No. KM ) . James' bill requiring the listing of
all railroad property in the state in every
county through which the road passed ;
adopted.
The same committee reported In favor of
the passage of No. BO , Barry's bill , providing
for tlio moro specific listing of property for
taxation ; No , ltd ) , Stevens' bill , designating
taxable property , and No. 145. Mcrrick's bill ,
regulating tax levies ; adopted. *
Took thuMliiorlty Iteport.
The committee on constitutional amend
ments submitted a majority mid minority re
port of iNo , 80 , Woods' bill , providing for a
constitutional convention. The majority
recommended its indefinite | < osti > onciuent and
the minority recommended its passage.
Gcrdes moved the adoption of the majority
report and Woods moved the adoption of the
minority recommendation. The latter pro-
vailed.
The. same committee reported in favor of
the Indefinite post | > onoiiiontof No. 14 , Soder-
man's bill , for the submission of the question
of a constitutional convention ; adopted.
Thocximinltte.0 on revenue nnd taxation
recommended the Indefinite | Kstponcmcnt of
No. 127 , Slsson's bill providing for the assess i-
ment of property at its cash value. Adopted. iI.
There was no other business on hand , and
as it lucked but a few minutes cf the time
duo for the Joint convention , a motion to
take n recess was defeateo , nnd the members
kept their seats to kill the Intervening timo.
Schappcl started u hymn that ho used to
sing In the good old days when ho went to
church , and was receiving considerable as-
slstauco and encouragement when the gavel 1
foil roprov'.ngly , to remind the singers that
the devotional services of the morning had
been concluded some time before.
After the Joint convention the house ad
journed until 8 o'clock.
During " > o Afternoon.
At the afternoon session tho1 house re
solved itself into committee of the whole to
consider bills on the general tile , but rose.
Immediately and reported that by unani
mous consent the motion to go Into com
mittee of the whole was reconsidered.
The coir.miueo ou benevolent institutions
recommended the possaaro of No. IBfl , Me-
Kcsson's bill , setting aside apart of Wyuka
cemetery for the burial of old soldiers.
Adopted.
The committee on corporations recom
mended ! the passage of No. OT , Oakley's hill ,
defining teni.s used in section oH7 of the
statute regulating transportation. Adopted.
st The report of the same committee favoring
the passage of No. 1111 , Oakley's bill , making
J unlawful for railroad companies In the
state to nctus the ngcnts for miners of coal ,
was adopted.
The committee on miscellaneous subjects
recommended the j > assago of No. 100 , Kess
ler's I limited woman suflVage bill. The rcjiort
was adopted and tlio bill went to the general
file.
file.Fclton
' Fclton offered n resolution setting forth
that whereas the tlrst committee apjxilnted
for t the jurjoso had resigned , the speaker bo
Instructed I to appoint n committee to proceed
with the investigation of the offices of tlio
state tre.is'trcr , state auditor nnd the Insane
asylums.
Burns o.iercd an umcndK ent requiring the
report to bo submitted at least ten days before -
fore adjournment. H was acccpteu by the
mover and the resolution was adopted ,
Mil I'lrst lleudllifi- .
The following bills were introduced :
Bv Lookner Providing that no person
hold j more than ono lucrative public ofilco at
the t same time.
tt By Van Duyn Ajijiropriating $1,050 for
the relief of Benjamin F. Baughn , wnoso
horses 1t 1 and cattle of that value were killed
by t order of the state i veterinary in 18Si ( be
cause affected with glanders.
By Jcnson Apjiropriatlng $15,000 to jiro-
vide for the building ot a pathological
laboratory at the State university.
By Keyes Providing for the appointment
of ll.sh and game protectors.
By Keyes Amending thecrlminal code re
lating to game and fish.
By Linifcnfeltcr Appropriating $7,40r > .7i ;
for the relief of Scott's Bluff county , for ex-
pensc of the trial of Gcorgo S. Arnold for
murder in July , 18SD.
By Keckley Amending the statutes on
erections.
By Olson Amending the statutes relating
to insurance.
By Dimmick To protect employes and
guarantee their right to belong to labor or
ganizations. *
The house adjourned at 4:15 : o'clock until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
J10SHUK'S PKUULATtOXS.
Kxaet .Sums Whlrli Hie Capital National
I'rcHHIent Has Soiiiiostrrvd.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 1. [ Special to TUB
BEU. ] Just before noon today the grand
Jury made its formal presentment against
President C. W. Moshcr of tlio defunct Cap
ital National bank , and was discharged.
The indictment contains thirty counts , and
covers seventy pages of typewriting. It also
covers allegations of misappropilatlous of
funds by the accused aggregating-about $2 , " > ( ) , -
000. The first few counts relate to the is'suo
of certificates of deposit for largo sums of
money which he falsely entered upon the
books in smaller amounts , the dates and
amounts of which are as follows :
Juno 'J7 , IbUl , making false entry ujion the
books , showing the receipt of f 100 from some
one not named , wlien in fact a certificate of
deposit was issued for $2,100 ; Juno 10 , IS'Jl ,
certificate ' issued to C. Hammond for $ : ! ,000
and $300 credited to him on the books : Juno
10 , 181)1 ) , C. Hammond , $100 for $5,000 ; ] jo.
comber SSJ. 188'J. J. E. Hill. . * 100 for WO.OOd ;
December 10 , 1800. J. E. Hill , $100 for $40,000 ;
Juno 1 , IS'Jl , C. Hammond , $100 for 5,000 ;
Juno 10 , IS'Jl , John A. T. Hibbs , $300 for
Si,000 ; Juno 127 , 1801. G. S. Wcese , ? 100 for
$ ; ' . 100 ; August fl , 18'Jl , J. E. Hill , ? 7 ! > 5 for
$37,79.August ; 17 , 1891 , J. E. Hill , iO for
-T)0.000 : October 3 , IS'Jl , Hattie E. Carson ,
$100 for $1.100 ; JNovember 18,1891 , J. E. Hill ,
$100 for .foO.OOO ; November 2 $ , 1891 , D. B.
Welch. $100 for $10,000 ; December i , 1891 ,
J. E. Hill , $100.75 for $38,114.75 ; December
! > _ > . 1SU1 J. E. Hill
, , $114.75 for 17,114.75 ;
Januarys , 1893 , Mayer Bits. , $1,000 for$11-
000 ; November a , olSOU , LaSalle National
bank , $3,000 for $5,000 ; November' " , 189 : ) ,
same , $3 for $5,000.
A number of the other counts charge him
with having marked the word paid upon the
bank's record of bills receivable in the cases
of the following notes : Western Manufac
turing company , thirteen notes , aggregating
$153,500 ; J. V. Chandler & Son , ono for * a,000 ;
F. C. Sholes , ono for $500 ; F. W. anil O. H.
Hbhmann , one for $1,000 ; Adams & David
son , ono for $1,430.05 ; Camp Bros. , ono for
$300 : Hargreavo Bros. , seven notes , aggre
gating $35,000 ; H. E. Lewis , two for * 1,200 ; W.
H. Dorgan , ono for $4 00 ; Stull Bros , , ono for
$5.000 ; Exchange bank of Cortland , two for
$4,000 ; Burton & Harvey , ono for $3,000 ;
South Stave Lumber company , ono for
$5,000 : William Frohn , one for $1,500 ; T. C.
and H.Tychscn , two for ' $4,500 ; C. H.
Meeker and R. O. Phillips , ono for $2,000 ; F.
S. Johnson & Co. , ono for $5,000 ; A. J.
Vennum , ono for $1.000 ; Gran Ensign , ono
for $700 ; South Fork Irrigation company ,
two for $7,000 ; Housch , ono for $1,000 ;
Chicago Lumber company , ono for $ 'J,000 ;
W. K. Dennis , ono for $1,000 ; Tychsen &
Keusch , ono for $1,000.
Other counts charge him with manipulat
ing the bank's balance book to show that it
had a balance to its credit in the Chemical
National of New York of $33,033.76 , when in
fact the balance was but $3.083.75. This was
on the 10th of Decemocr , 1892.
In another place n balance of $7,344.52 was
made to appear $37,311.52.
Still another couut shows that ho falsely
recorded the rediscounts of the bank at
J7o2.10 : ! , when they were in fact W.liSO.S ? .
The indictment further shows that on the
Oth of January , 1893 , Moshcr issued a fraudu
lent certificate of deposit to J. E. Hill for
$150,000 , and that lie has embezzled and mis-
appproprlatcd funds aggregating $250,000.
The indictment sets up about every charge
that could bo made out of these facts.
UNAIILU TO MAKi : A CIIOICIO.
Itusult of the Votes In Various
for Unltod States Senators.
HELENA , Mont. , Feb. 1. Today's vote for
senator stood : Sanders,31 ; Clark , 23 ; Dixon ,
12.
BISMAHCU , N. D. , Fob. 1.The senatorial
ballot today resulted : Casey , 81 ; Klngman ,
3 ; Smith , 3 ; Walsh , 3 ; Beuton , 39 : Pinkham ,
3.
CHCTCNXE , Wyo. , Feb. 1. Two senatorial
ballots were taken at noon today , resulting
in no choice.
OLYMPIA. Wash. , Feb. 1. There has been
no change in the senatorial vote.
Thpro Was > 'o Trouble.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Fob. " 1 , The expected
trouble between the republican and populist
houses did not materialize this morning.
The populists did not attempt to eject the
republicans. No business of importance was
transacted by either house during the fore
noon session.
When the rojmbllcan house reconvened n
motion to adjourn until tomorrow was made
and carried , and the republicans hurriedly
loft the hall , not giving tlio populists un op
portunity to eject them , us had been
planned. The republicans will follow similar
tactics tomorrow. It U behoved the popu i-
lists will attempt to exclude them from the
house when the hour for assembling arrives ,
in which event the long expected collision
may take place.
CalirornUnt De-tiro AnneiuUon.
SACIUMENTO , Cal. , Fob. L , The senate to
day adopted a Joint resolution providing thai
whenever the Hawaiian government shal
signify a desire that Its territory bo annexed
by the United States , the California'con
gressmen shall endeavor to bring about such
result , nnd it Is the sense of California thai
no other power than the United States
should obtain control over tliu islands.
Kepruled the .Minor Klpctlou I.nu' ,
LAXSINO , Mich. , Fob. 1. Today the house
passed the senate measure repealing the
Miner election law. The Miner law pro
vided for the election of presidential electors
by congressional dish-lets.
lloftn Burglar Captured.
NEW YOIIK , Fob. 1. J. W. Mitchell , undei
arrest hero , confesses that ho has committee.
over 100 burglaries near Newark. N. J.
within the past year and a half. Ho adds
that ten or twelve years ago Ho robbed n
bank in Chicago of $10,000 , with which ho
made a trip around the world. Returning
out of funds , ho resumed the practice of hi !
profession.
> Te\v York Kxclmugn QnntntliMi * .
New YOIIK , Feb. 1. [ Special Telegram to
Tim BEE. ] Exchange was qnoted us follows
Chicago , 40 cents discount ; Boston , 5 cents
premium to par ; St. Louis , U5 cents pro
luiuro.
A1 I !
President of Hastings' Oity Oouucll Believed
to Have * Oimmitted Suicide ,
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W TRACE OF THE MISSING MAN
in
ID Write * to Illi Wife and Daughter of
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HASTIMH , Neb , , Feb. 1. [ Special Tele-
ram to Tun Ben , ] All day n searching
mrty , under the load of Chief of Police
iVanzqr , has been ransacking the suburbs of
Hastings In an endeavor to find the missing
iresldent of the city council , Charles
Cameron , who disappeared shortly after his
dry goods store was closed by the sheriff on
Monday last. The police authorities acted
on the theory that Cameron has committed
suicide. They asserted that ho did not leave
the city on ahy train on Monday last , ns ho
was known by all the conductors running
out of the city. Then lie was supposed to bo
morphine cater- and the package he took
Voni the safe might have been that drug.
V drop letter to his wife instructing her
low to care for his life insurance , and bid-
ling her good by , supiwrted that view.
On the other liauu ono to Ills daughter ,
saying that ho found it hard to leave home ,
? ave encouragement to those of his friends
, vlio refused to give up hope and who be
loved thai , ho was well and had gone to his
old homo in Canada.
Will Continue the Seare.1i.
Mayor C. C. Crittenhouso stated that in
: he event today's Search was unsuccessful
: i much more extensive search would bo
made tomorrow. In common with the other
city authorities ho believed that Mr. Cam
eron would bo found by the side of some hay
stack , either dead from cold and fatigue or
else from the effect of sonic drug like mor
phine.
Mr. Cameron's friends , who beleivo that
lie is still living , have advanced the theory
that ho crawled Into a box car on a freight
train which loft Hastings for the cast bo
tweeu 6 and 7 o'clock Monday evening. They
contend that while ho is well known In the
state , yet with the overcoat and hat he were
lie could easily have escaped observation ,
especially when once outside of Nebraska.
However that may be , ho certainly did not
wish his family to suffer temporarily , as a
roll containing 4100 was found in u bureau
1 rawer. Mr. Cameron carried about $21,000
life insurance in old line companies. Much
of this ho had carried for years.
SUNDAY .SCHOOL WOKKICKS.
.Nebraska ItopreHentatlve.i Will Meet In An
nual Mt'tMlon at t'alrlMiry.
FAinnriiY , Neb. , Feb. 1. [ Special to Tui :
EC. ] The twenty-sixth annual meeting of
the Nebraska State Sunday School associa
tion will convene in this city Juno 0 and re
main in session { Jrj | > o days. The Indications
are that the attendance will be large. The
[ ) rogram < irrange isns , follows ;
Tuesday Aftevnqpn , Juno 0 2:30 : , assem
bly of delegates greeting ; ! 5:00 : , song service ,
; > rtiiso and prayer ; -.00president's address ;
informal conferencq
Tuesday Evcnitjg-p7:50 : , song service ; ' -AS ,
welcome address ; 8:00 , response ; 8il5 , ad
dress , William liuyiiolds ; closing remarks
" ' '
iinnounccments.
Wednesday FoVbft'oon ' 0:00 : , early prayer
meeting ono /oiu" / } 8:30 , conference
of workers ; iiiOQ , what has our
convention done- ( for Nebraska ? 0:80 : ,
reports from counties ; 10:30 : , reports of
committees ; 11:0n : < fnormnlclass work.
Wednesday Afternoon 2:00. : song service ;
2:80 : , primary clas i ; vjorki. ! J:80 , : , .temperance *
In the Sunday school' 4:00 , address William
Keynolds.r:00-qucs.tion'jdr.iwer : (
Wednesday 12veiling 7:80 : , praise service ;
8:15 : , tnobook wo studyr8:45 : , the teacher's
work William lioynolds.
Thursday Forenoon 0:00 : , early prayer
and praise service ; 8:80 : , conference reports ,
election of officers nnd plans for the coming
year ; 10:30 : , new schools where needed ;
10:45 : , hand to hand work In our country
alstricts : 11:00 : , work before us.
Thursday Afternoon 2:00 : , pralso service ;
2:30 : , souls won j 2:45 : , souls gathered ; . ' 1:00 : ,
souls nurtured ; It : 15. discussion on the above ;
4:00 : , prayer service.
Thursday Evening 8:30 : , song service ;
8:00 : , address , William Reynolds ; conference
and closing remarks.
Thirteen speakers of stato. and national
reputation are already secured for the meet
ing. Their names will appear later.
Npliraska Mortgage Indebtedness.
GENEVA , .Neb. , Fob , 1. [ Special to Tun
BEE. ] The following is the mortgage In
debtedness of Fillmore county for January :
Number of real estate mortgages filed , 37 ,
$42,715 ; city , 10 , $5,3UG.25 ; chattel , 1ST. . $3.--
580.2:3 : ; released , real estate , 78 , $ -11,071.07 ;
city. 11 , ft.OOl.I.-i ; chattel , 221 , $33,553.15.
Of real estate niortgagss $11,704.50 were
for part purchase price of land. Although
the mortgages exceed the releases , yet the
showing is very yood indeed , considering the
fact that more mortgages mature in January
than any other month in the year , and as
nearly all of the real estate mortgages out
side of purchase money were renewals , while
the releases of the old mortgages are from
thirty to sixty days old before they are filed.
Considering everything , the showing is bet
tor than last month , when every class of
mortgage indebtedness was reduced.
AVIIl ICucp Open on Sunday.
FREMONT , Neb. , Feb. 1. [ Special to TUB
BEE. ] At the anuua' meeting of the
Christian Park and Assembly association1 it
was decided that the gates should bo kept
open Sundays during the Chautauqua this
summer , and the following named persons
were elected for the coming year : Presi
dent. C. M. Williams ; lirst vice president ,
U. B. Schneider ; second vice president , Hov.
J. T. ICnucky ; third vice . president , C. C.
Crowcll ; secretary , Uoss Hammond ;
treasurer , D. A. Lumbard ; superintendent of
grounds , James Balding ; general superin
tendent , Hov. George M. Brown. Arthur
Gibson , Joseph A. Elliott , Oscar Gliddcn
and William Carroll were elected trustees.
Tliri > Storkmru Injured.
. FAIRMONT , Neb.Fob. . 1. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BEE. } At Exeter the eastbound -
bound Burlington passenger came in contact
with three stoekiucn standing on the track.
They scorned to hu.ye'.pccomo paralyzed on
seeing the approaching train , and did not
move. Ono man r ciffyed a broken leg , and
the other two were severely bruised , but not
otherwise injured. . , . , . ,
Ktmilt ol a Dlructory War.
HASTINGS ; Nob. . , 9h. 1. [ Special Tele ,
gram to TUB BEB.JtrA3 a result of the di
rectory war which ! has made the city of
Hastings very llvelylfor a couple of months ,
John M. Wolf sucd'Uolm H. Glenn today for
$3.000 damages. Tluiiwar was hot and fast
and Glenn waded into Wolf in a manner that
was perfectly appalling.
UunuralTliir | < lf Xot IVnntto s.
' , Nob. , Wbiil. Ex-Governor John
M. Thayer was ( juWiloi.od concerning the
report that ho was'AVithout ' funds and u sub
ject of the bounty'of ' lijs friends. Ho denied
the stories In clrciMtlon in. eastern papers
and requested the Associated press to deny
that ho is penniless or broken down physi
cally. ,
Crippled for I.He.
NEIUUSKA CITY , Neb. , Fob. 1. [ Special
Telegram to TUB BEB : ] George Aird , u
prominent citizen who has been located hero
for years , fell upon the pavement this even
ing and broke his knee-cap. The injury will
cripple him for life if it does not result ulti
mately in his death.
Death Itoll.
BKATHICE , Neb. , Fob. 1. [ Special Tclo-
gram to TUB BKE. ] Mrs. Robert Creighton ,
aged 70 years , mother of Mrs. A , lland and
Mrs. C. B. Dempster died at the homo of the
ormer this morning. The remains will betaken
taken to her old homo In Dutuce , III. , for
burial.
Dr. lladilock'it Munlur Itocalloil.
DBNVEII , Colo. , Feb. 1. The celebrated
Haddock murder , committed In Sioux C'lty ,
In , some years ago , came up In n singular
manner today during the Progress of a
iilmrco suit. Mrs Emma Drummond was
on the atnnd testifying against her husband ,
John Drummond , from wnom silo desired a
separation. In going over his history she
said that Drummond had received from her
mother $ -OlX ) to silence n man whom she
know only as "Bull Dog Dick. " and who
iwsiessed some Information regarding the
murder of Dr. Haddock.
Tire / .
itulilllly of n County Itcrnrdrr III railing to
Index mi Instrument.
DP.S MOI.ST.SI , In , , Fob. 1. [ Special Telo-
gramtoTur.Bin. ] The supreme court today
rendered two Important decisions , one In the
case of A. II. Shipley , appellant , against
John II. Iteasonor , from Madison county ,
growing out of the notorious Bohemian oats
fraud. The plaintiff sued to recover on
notes given for oats and sold to Keasonor ,
\vho , It Is alleged , was a party to the trans
action and Unowof their fraudulent character.
In the lower courts the Jury was instructed
that the defendant was entitled to the notes
anil It was only to determine their viiiuo.
The supreme court holds that the notes
were fraudulent and of no value "between
the original parties , but In the hands of an
Innocent purchaser were good and collect
able. ' 1 ho defendant Is hold to be an Inno
cent purchaser because of the solicitation of
the plaintiff that If Heasoner would buy
thorn he would make them good.
The other case was that of the First
National bank of Sutherland , appol
hint I , against Isaac Clements , in
J volving the liability of a county re
corder for tailing to index a chattel mort
gage immediately upon Its filing , causing loss
to innocent parties. The defense was that
the recorder had all he could no at tlio time
and was not able to reach this particular
document. Tlio supreme court holds that ho
should have postponed less Important work
and indexed this mortgage , and is therefore
liable for damage.
DCS MOINKK. In. , Fob. 1. fSpccinl Tele
gram to Tin : Bnn.l- Franco against Smith ,
appellant. Polk district , afllrtneU ; Sourtor.
Cobecn ft Co. mrainst Black , appellant ,
Louisa district , null-mod ; Shenandoah Na
tional bank against Aycrs , appellant , Fre
mont district , reversed ; White against Pear
son , appellant , Cass district , reversed ;
Briutnall , appellant , against Briggs , O'Brien
district , nlllruicd ; McDonald & Co. against
Union Pacific llailway company , appel
lant , Council Bluffs superior court , af-
ilrmcd ; Henken , appellant , against
Frank , Lyon district , afllrmcd ;
Ellsoworth against Campbell Bros , & Co. ,
appellant , Hiirdin district , reversed ; Wernll ,
appellant , against Collier , Plymouth district ,
affirmed ; Shipley , appellant , against
Ueasoner , Madison district , nfllrincd ; Iowa
Live Stock company against Lowmaii , Cass
district , dismissed ; Shcllhanimcr , appellant ,
against Jones , Cass district , reversed ; First
National bank of Sutherland , appellant ,
against Price , O'Brien district , reversed.
Hrlelcnialtcrri 111 SiMSlon.
Dug Moixcs , la. , Feb. 1. [ Special Telegram
to THE BIE. ] The state convention of the
Iowa Brick and Tile makers began hero to
day. The attendance was curtailed by the
severe weather and blockading of the rail
roads. Among those enrolled arc : C. B. Bentley -
ley , Tama ; W. E. Berry , Guthrie Center ;
Thomas B. Swell , Wiiliamsburg ; J. M. Wolfe ,
Tarkio. Mo. ; M. C. Bredenstein , Tiffin ; J. M.
Harris * DCS Mo In as ; W. R Sidney , Frank
fort , Ind. ; U. W. Stookory , Cedar Kaplds ;
Johnson Brothers. Kale ; Linscy White ,
Lynnesvillo ; J. A. ICerr , Ames ; J. B. Mcllose ,
Boone ; K. J. Smith. North English ; S.
Mcllose , Grinnell. Nearly all the members
are accompanied by their wives. Ueports
were made by Bentley , Berry , Small , Wolfe
and others on condition of trade , extent of
manufactures and prospects for the future.
Discussion of kiln work followed until noon
adjournment. This afternoon President
McIIoso delivered his address and Uobcrt
Goodwin spoke of the manfacturo and'salo ' of
drain tile. The sessions will continue to
morrow.
Coming Out In liouil Slnipn.
Sioux CITT , la. , Fob. 1. [ Special Telegram
to Tun Bnn. ] Hccelvcr Allison of the Wes
tern Homo Fire Insurance company , which
made an assignment two years ago. made his
llna'l report to tlio court today. Ho reports
in favor of allowing 118 policy claims , aggre
gating fl.VliO.SS , and rejected $1)2,055.48 ) on
118 claims. Eight claims for $11,809.08 were
not considered by him , making a total of S8- ! ) ,
S9i.M ( ! in claims against the company on its
poll cies. Besides these ho reports S15.0CO in
claims for refunding premiums on uncxplred
insurance and claims of Edwin Phiibrook
and G. W. Kingsnorth of this city , aggre
gating § 30,000 , for services rendered. Ex
ceptions to the receiver's report were flled
on but thirty of the rejected claims , and the
time for so doing has expired , so that the
total unpaid suabilities arc not to exceed
§ 100,000 , while assets foot up $152iOO. : All
creditors will bo paid in full and stock
holders will realize 50 per cent on their in
vestments for stock.
Illflwillft IIciul Off.
DES MOIXES , la. , Feb. 1. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bisu. ] Andrew Nelson , a
Swedish farmer near Douds , la. , committed
sulcldo last night. Ho was exceptionally
prosperous and held in high regard by the
community , and temporary insanity is the
only explanation of his act. Ho left his
family , gun in hand , saying ho was going to
shoot a rabbit. A report was heard , and the
family , on going out , found his body with
the head nearly blown off. In ono hand was
the weapon and in the other a barrel stave ,
with which ho had sprung the trigger.
rroliably Fatally Slugged.
BOOSE , la. , Feb. 1. [ Special Telegram to
THE BEE. ] J. Baldwin , who runs a restau
rant in Moingona , near here , was mysteri
ously assaulted nnd sandbagged whno going
into his own collar. There are fears that ho
will nof recover. His assailants are un
known and no cause appears for the deed.
Unearthed iv Skeleton.
, In. , Feb. 1. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BCB. ] A skeleton was un
earthed today under a basement lloor of a
place that had been a suloou for thirty years.
The legs were severed above the knee. It is
supposad the victim was murdered for
money. *
AKll' IKI.MllUXK
Organization of an Association with a Cap
ital ol' SKO.OOO.OOO.
CuicAdo , 111. , Feb. 1. A now telephone
company with ambitious plans , a capital
stock of $30,000,003 aud two men of national
celebrity among its directors , applied for In-
corjoration at the oflico of the Illinois secre
tary of state tins afternoon.
Tlio name chosen is the Harrison Inter
national Telephone company and the" two
conspicuous members of the odircctory are
Major William Warner and Hit-hard C.
ICenrt * . w'arncr is the ox-commander-ln-
chief of tlio Grand Army of the Hcpublic and
ICerius is tlio well known railroad magnate
nnd Missouri's member of tlio republican
national committee. The other directors
are : Dr. E. M. Harrison of Fort Smith , the
Inventor of the telephone ; L. E. Ingalls of
Chicago ; George H. Peck of Topeka , Kan. ;
Charles M. Fcrre , Albert I > . Htonu , John T.
Blake , Howard M. Holdcn and Webster
Davis of Kansas City , mid D. J. Young.
Charles M. Fcrro is president of the company -
pany , Howard M. Holdcn vice president , A.
L. Stone secretary , and a prominent Chicago
cage man , whoso name is withheld , is treas
urer.
The Harrison patent was some time ego
Involved in a lawsuit with the Bell Tries-
phone company. The case was hotly con
tested before the supreme court of the
United Stntys , and was the first in which
the Bell company over suffered defeat , it is
claimed.
On the 80th of May , 1802 , Mr. Harrison
secured patents covering the entire United
States. The incorporators claim they can
give service for one-half the rates no./
charged.
President Ferro said : "Wo will construct
n circuit between Now York , Boston. Buffalo ,
Cleveland , St. I uls , Louisville , Cincinnati ,
Pittsburg , Philadelphia , Washington. Haiti- .
more and from thcro back to Nesv York 1 his
circuit will cost SIO.OOO.OUO , but wo ex | > oct it to
yield handsome dividends. Ono of the most
important features of our now system is that
wo expect to entirely do away wltti the telephone -
phone girl. Wo do this by a system of auto
matic switchboards. In conjunction with
the telephone we will have a new system of
telegraphy , by which messages are written
out and an exact facsimile trausruittcd to
the receiver.1 ,
HE WANTED THE INSURANCE
Dmggist Raloy Arrested on n Charge ofli
Arson ,
HIS STORE SET ON FIRE PURPOSELY
Porlrr O.ilUnvnr Sa.v lie U'm Hired to Do
Ilio Work liy III * im : ; > loyer Aniithrr
UndrrArrc.it < ; l : lnn lie
\Vas Aftknl to Do tlui .liI > .
Druggist E. V. Haley , doing business at
408 South Thirteenth street , stepped off the
B & M train at Crete last evening into the
outstretched arms of ofllccrs , who wcro
waiting for him.
Ho is wanted in Omalri on the charge of
conniving to sot ilro to his Farnam street
drug store. < ,
The llro which Haley and his porter
are charged with causing broke out In the
rmcr'.s iilaco of business about 4 o'clock
yesterday morning. The llro department
was Just roturnlng from Hanscom nark and
were at the drug store in remarkably cjuick
time. The damage was confined to less than
S500.
l.onliiMl Very Suspicion * .
The attention of Fire Chief Galligan was
attracted to the peculiar condition of affairs
existing in the place , nnd ho closely
( lucstloned Calloway , who slept In the
storo. The ; iegro told a plausible story of
having been awakened by the smell of
llro aud smoke , and on getting up
found the" steve overturned , lie had Just
been able to dress and get out. The chief
was not satisllcd with the negro's tale and
had him locked up to await further develop
ments. Ho still maintained the story .first
told by him. During tlio afternoon Calloway
was taken from his cell aud led upstairs to
the office of the chief of detectives. He was
placed on the rack and a series of questions
propounded. Ho was asked concerning the
origin of the blaze and at first maintained a
doggedncss that boded no good result from
the olllcers' point of view , lie repeated the
story told by him , but by adroit questioning
finally saw ho was cornered and gave up the
whole story.
Uo told all ho knew about the origin of the
fire and completely surprised tlio detectives.
In short the negro confessed .that ho was
guilty of arson and implicated his employer.
K. V. Haloy. Tlio sustanco of the story ia
that ho had been taken Into the confidence
of Haley.
I'ronilicd a Sum of Money.
The druggist promised him a certain sum
of money if ho would set lire to the place
in some way and make it appear that the
ilames had caught from an overheated stovo.
Insurance was the object. Enough confi
dence was placed in Calloway's story to war
rant Chief Detective Haze in having a com
plaint drawn up charging both Calloway and
Haley with arsjn and also charging Haley
with inducing Calloway to commit n crime
and aiding and abetting him in the commis
sion of tlio same.
In telling his story the porter dropped
hints that led to the belief that another
negro named John Heady was implicated
ami ofllccrs were at once sent out to arrest
him. Heady was easily found and brought
to the city Jail. Ho also was plied with
questions and without any hesitancy told
what he knew. Ho asserted that Haley had
ottered him money to sot ilro to his drug
store and tha * ho had almost agreed when
ho became frightened and refused to do the
Job. He produced letters corroborating his
statements. They were from Haley and of
fered him "a good chance to mane some
money easily. " This was enough for the
police and watch was sot for Haley who
spent yesterday in Crete , A telegram was
s.0 nt him informing him of his loss and
ho was not expected here until this morning.
Mr. Haley probably wasn't surprised to learn
that his store had been burned and started
homo at once. When he stepped from the
train last night ho was very much surprised ,
however , for a couple of the city's sleuths
read u warrant to him and then convoyed
the druggist to the police station , where ho'
will have to answer to the allegation in tlio
complaint in court.
Not tliu I'I rut Suspicious Tiro.
It will be remembered that about two
months ago the drug store of Haley & Hill-
linger , 1807 Faniam street , was almost
totally destroyed by llro ono cold night.
Tills fire started in the elevator shaft in the
rear of tUo store , and before an alarm was
turned in the whole rear part of the building
was almost totally destroyed. A heavy in
surance was carried on this stock of goods
also.
also.An
An investigation was made at the time by
the fire chiefs and the insurance adjusters
into the origin of the lire , as the insurance
men thought it rather strange that a fire
should gain such headway in such n short
timo. It took some time to go into the mat
ter , but the case was nt last settled. The in
vestigation showed that persons had been in
the rear room of the store at least twenty
minutes before the policemen discovered the
lire.
lire.It
It was the suspicious circumstances sur
rounding the Farnam street fire that led to
the investigation yesterday with tlio above
results.
At the police station all the men are
booked as suspicious , characters nnd will bo
arraigned this morning when the more
serious charge against them will bo pro-
ferred.
Itllley'M l.rtlern.
The letters written to Heady by the drug
gist and referred to by him in his talk with
the detectives are as follows :
CIIETE , Neb. , Jan. 27. John Ittmcly : I.uthor
RO tonight If you possibly can mid do a good
job Remember I huvn no Inxiirancu on the
stock when you ( hid out there Is a lire
Hum this up
CiihTi : , Nob. , Jan. 27. John Heady : This is
pretty cold wnathur and I want you to bo
careful about kcuplnz things warm. Ki'upthn
lloor clean around tliu Htovo as It was when I
luft. Vour.s In liiistc , II. H. KAI.KY.
( ionaAftnr Kiiln.V.
Chief Detective Haze loft on Tun BEE
special at " o'clock this morning for Crete in
order to bo on hand o.irly so as to bo in
ahead of any habeas corpus proceedings , as
Haiey has relatives in Crete who had signi
fied their intention to get him out at any cost.
Haley's father Is a wealthy , respectable man
and will do almost anything to save his son
from going to the penitent ! iry.
Callotvay'H Startling Conrrsnlon.
After n little persuasion Calloway last
night consented to tell all ho knew about
the lira and gave a delated statement of his
transactions with Haloy. He said :
"I lirst saw Mr. Haley in his store on
Monday morning about 10 o'clock. Hn told
mo what ho wanted mo to do , and said ho
would give mo 50 nnd a now suit of clothes
lie said I was to do the Job Monday and
that ho' would leave town. Ho said ho
guessed someone would telegraph to him if
the store burned down. I said all right.
Monday I was to set the store aliro , but 1
didn't. Yesterday morning I thought it
was a good time and I sot it allro , "
"How did you do thu worki" was asked by
Chief Haze.
"I swept up all the rubbish between two
counters on ono side of the store ami put a
lot of straw between the counters on the
other side. I lit them both with a match
and then pulled out one of the logs of the
stove , thinking it would fall ovcr.but it didn't
as it caught against a jkiat and was only
part tipped over. Italey didn't say when ho
would give mo the money or clothes , but I
supiosod | he meant ho would when t did the
Job. "
The negro Heady , who gave to the police
the letters that seem to fasten the crime of
arson o.i the druggist , had been working for
him up to Monday. On that day ho was
discharged because , ho Slid , ho refused to
sot th < 5 place on fire.
Calloway's statement was tuknn In writing
and In the presence of two witnesses read
to him.
"That's Just the way Jt was , " ho said ,
when asked if it was correct.
SUCCEEDED BY STBYKEB.
.lulut Muhonuy Turn * tlio I'uor lliiu * Over
to ( III SuerciBor.
There Is a now man handling the affairs
at the county poor farm , George B. StrylitT
having stopped into the superintendcncy
and John J. Mahoiicy having stepped out.
Thu change took place yesterday uad It WHS
un uninteresting affair.
Early in the morning Stryker wandered over
to the building and knocked at the front
door Mr Mnhoney answered thf l < nxk
and as ho opened the door Htrykcr walked
In. I After stamping the snofrom his now
Iwots. I ho remarked : "I am Mr Striker
anil I have como over to look nfter this
house of yours. "
"I have heard of you before , " said Mr
Mahoney. "Just w.ilk In nnd make yourself
nt homo. "
Slryker did not need n second Invitation ,
for ho was thcro for business. His overcoat
fa hung on Mahoncy's peg In the hall rack
and his overshoes wcro soon tucked under
Mahoncy's table. Arm In arm the
two men , Mahoney and Strvkcr.
walked nlxiiit the bunding and down the
corridors. Stryker was Introduced to the
employes and some of the patients , nftir
which ho signed for the county property and
was duly declared Installed as the supcrln
tcndcnt.
Mahoney was Invited-to remain to dinner ,
and not having any homo of his own he ac
cepted. After the meal was disposed of
Mr. .Mahoney and the members of his family
loft the building and went out Into the cold.
or'o.sTO nu : nn.i. ,
MnmlirrNor the Irltli National l. -
l.niiio Op-
poii-il to ( llmNtone-N .MeiiMm- .
Ciitc.ioo , 111. , Feb. 1A 1 circular letter
signed by M. V. ( Innnnn of Omaha , presi
dent ? John P. Sutton of Lincoln , Nob. , secre
tary , and William Lynmn of Now
York , treasurer , has been sent out by
the Irish national league. It says that
after carefully studying the terms of
the home rule 1)111 ) which Gladstone
will soon present , in the Britlsii
parliament , they have arrived at tiouclu ! -
slou that It Is a more mass of loij.ii vi-rbl-icc ,
intended to give no satisfaction to am part\
that oven the promoters do not hope to gct'it
through parliament , ami that it Is designed
forano-vcuse for shelving the Irish question
Even should it p.m. it , is totally inatlo
( junto tn the needs and desires of the conn
try and would leave Ireland u 1th but little
semblance of home rule. H Is so hedged nliout
with conditions that it is short of oven the
measure of iSSt ) . Under It the make-bellovo
parliament would bo entirely at
the mercy of an English 'ofileial
with practically unlimited jwwers , with
soldiery and armed constabulary to enforce
his wishes. It is recommended that clulw
bo formed everywhere to work for Irish in
dependence as tlio only thing acceptable to
the race.
race.Did
Did Xot Demand Their Iteleiise.
Nnw YOIIK , Feb. 1. Joseph Hyan , corre
siwnding secretary of the National Fed era
tlon of America , today denle ; ! that tlio pros
idcnt of tlio National Federation of America
had called u meeting of the dirrrtors to con
sider the release of jmlltlcal prisoners
"We regard tl.o question of amnesty to
political jirisoners , " ho said , --as secondary
and inopportune. The political liberty of
4MX,000 ) is of more importance than the per
sonal liberty of tlio twelve men now In prison
The pressure upon the liberal ministers for
their release was unwise and impolitic , as it
put n weapon in the hands of the lories to
defeat the more Important measure of homo
rule. The homo rule bill , if passed , will
bring n general amnesty for political of
fenders.
Denonnees the . \murlciiii Munlre l ( > .
DfiiMN , Feb. 1. 'Iho Freeman's Journal
makes a manifesto issued vestcrdaj ; hi the
National League of America the text of a
savage leader. The American league H
hoisted by its own petard , says the paper
It evidently had arranged with the Irish
wing to denounce the bill , good or bad , the
day after the bill was Introduced There
appeared to bo some blunder as to the date
of introduction , ami the manifesto was
launched jircmaturcly , thus s | > oling ! the
league's little plot.
Slept OH * lilt .IliK.
Sergeants Ormsby aud Shouji found a man
lying ! u the alley south of Ilayden Bros ,
store nt ! 1 o'clock this morning nearly frozen
to death. The unfortunate was taken to the
Jail and medical assistance called. Ho was
intoxicated and had probably laid down lu
the snow to sloop.
O. P. Porley , a prominent resident of
Broken Bow , arrived in Omaha pesterday.
George P. Moore , secretary of the Denver
White Lead works , arrived in Omaha last
evening.
Ira P. Higby , proprietor of the Watsou
house of iscbraska City , is paying the
mctrojiolis a visit.
D. D. Frazeo , of the stoclc brokerage llrm
of Fr.i7.ce & Bongo of Sioux City , came in
last night , and will remain several days ar
ranging for the ojicniug of u place in this
city.
city.Mr.
Mr. Harry Shriner and Mr. James McCan
loft Omaha yesterday afternoon on their
way to Paris , where they intend to spend
some years ia studying French art. They
sail from New Yor k Saturday morning on
tlio Etrurla.
At fie Mercer : L. M. Bushnell , J W.
Buchanan , ChicagoAlbion ; Smith , Cincin
nati ; Charles Nunemacher and wife. D. Al
Jay , Kansas Citv ; II. H. Spellman , Clinton
In. ; Simon Lcvleh , Onawa , la. ; Frank
Baughman , Davenport , In. ; U. 1C Hill , Chicago
cage ; John M. Dills , Scrlbncr ; O. J Drcbcrt ,
West Point.
Nuw YORK , Feb. 1. [ .Sjicclal Telegram
to THE BUR. ] Omaha : C. A. Coo , .buyer ,
for Morso-Coo Shoo company. Windsor ; A. ,
C. Smith , buyer for M. 1C. Smith & Co. , Hoff
man ; Mrs. M. McCormick , Windsor.
CHICAGO , 111. , Feb. I.- [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BCK. ] The following Nebraska people
ple are registered at hotels hero ; Grand
Pacific J. J. Johnson , B , II Barrows and
wife , Omaha. Great Northorn-C. H. Mar-
pic , Omaha. Palmer M. II. Bentloy.Omaha.
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