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TWELVE PAGES HE A TWELVE PAGES ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , 0ULY 2L ISM-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FJVE CENTS , What Effect They Have on the Operation of the Union Pacific. JUDGE SANBORN'S ' RULING DISCUSSED Union I'nclflo to Nurrcinlnr the Property of Din Dontcr , I.riidvllln & ( IniiiiUoii Jlrnntli nnil to Op rnta tlio Cur- linn Cut-O IT Otlur 1'cntnn'R. There was a stir and commotion around Union Pacific headquarters yesterday that Indicated something out of the ordinary was going on. In the general manager's odlce the scone was a busy one , while In the outer o ( H cos leading : to the president's and receivers' rooms the clerks were rushed with business , and the presence of unknown stenographers was proof some of the big guns of the Union Pacific had quietly slipped Into headquarters without their com ing being being known except to those di rectly In touch with them. General Manager Dickinson was closeted all morning with Receiver Prank Trumbull of the Union Pacific , Denver & Gulf , ques tions ai to the running of trains and the general details of the two Independent com- pan.es occupying the attention of these two railroad men But In the receivers' rooms , which of late have not been occupied , save by ono or two clerks under Assistant Secretary Orr , there were present Receivers Oliver W. Mink , E. I3Ilcry Ander on ami Prcderlck H. Coudcrt , who came in from St. Paul In the morning , having been in attendance on the hearing In relation to the pet tlon of the receivers of the Union Pacific asking for Instructions from Judge Sanborn as to cutting off useless - loss members of the system , roads that failed to pay operating expen es. PURPORT OF DECISION. Mr. Anderson , when asked what the pur port of Judge Sanborn's opinion was , said "The receivers of the Union Pacific are directed by ths court to deliver to the Denver , Leadvllle & Ounnl- son company , or to the American Loan and Trust company , trustee of the mortgage , or to the receiver , If any be appointed , the property of the compiny on or before August 7. The question ns to the deficit arising out of the operation of the road since the receivers of the Union Pacific took charge of the property , October 13 , ! S33f whether this deficit should be charged as a preferred claim or against the Union Pacific Hallway company , or equitably apportioned between the Denver , L advllle & Gunnlson company nnd the Union Pacific , or any line which ap pears to bo benefited , was referred to Judge Cornish , as master In chancery , who Is di rected to tnko testimony and refer the matter - tor to the court , "Tho receivers are directed to continue the operation of the Carbon cut-off. All mat ters relating to the Washington nnd Idaho and Oregon extension were reserved until the accounts between the receivers of the Union Pacific and Receiver McNelll of the Oregon Railway & Navigation company shall have been completed. "All questions ns to the operation of the other roads Indicated In the petition. In cluding tlio Omaha & . Republican Valley nnd several Kansas lines , are refeiied to Judge Cornish , to take proofs and report his opinion to the court on or before October IE , hearing on these reports to be had No vember 15 , before Judge Sanborn , at St. Paul. "In regard to the abrogation of certain contracts also Included In the petition the court allowed all parties in Interest to Inter vene or answer wllhln twenty days , the re ceivers being required to reply to such Inter ventions or answers within ten days. Judge Cornish was directed to take all proofs on Issues so raised and report to the court on or before October 15 , the hearing in these mat ters to bo had November 15. Any parties are allowed to file exceptions between Octo ber 15 nnd November 15. " Mr. Mink at this moment stated In relation to the deficit of the Denver , Leadvllle & Gunnlson company that It amounts to about $200,000 , or nearly $1,000 a day since the receivers took hold of the property In the Interest of the court. " "At the hearing before Jiuige San- born , " Interjected Mr. Anderson , "the Gunnlson people asserted that If tlio deficiency was charged , against the company It would leave the company absolutely nothing. The Union Pacific re ceivers on the other hand argued that If charged against the balance of the system It would fall upon the bondholders , which they regard ns Inequitable. " MR , COUDERT TALKS. This Is Mr. Coudcrt's first visit to the west , which , he stated , might argue a lack of appreciative knowledge , but which he emphatically denied , for the reason that ho lias ever bean a busy man. Asked about the future of the Union Pa cific , system Mr. Coudert said : "It Is very difficult to undertake to per form the part of a prophet in connection with this system. It Is n great and useful one that ought to grow In Importance to , the country , but everything has worked against It , and I may say against all the railroads west of the Mlshlsslppl , during the last two or three years. The financial depression , the unrest of labor , storms of uncommon severity , extravagant competition , have all combined to fetter the efforts and to disappoint the expectations of the Union Pacific as well as of other railroads. Then , too , wo must bear In mind that In the United States , especially In the western half , men are strong and vigorous In their acts and' optimistic In their views. They discount the future as no other people In the world have over done , and where It appears that 1,000 miles of railroad will probibly bo nonled In ton years they proceed at once to save time by building 2,000 miles Immediately. But the country must develop , the G5.000- 000 must grow Into 100,000,000 and this Im mense now work , great as It Is , will bo utterly Inadequate to the business of the country. I may be an optimist ; I hope I am. Pessimists are of no use In the world , but I firmly believe that If congress will como to Its senses , It local preferences and pre judices will give way before what Is plainly Interests , and the promises of good crops will hold out for the next two months , wo will have a boom such ns very few men now con template. The period of depression has al ready lasted too long and the very Instant the causes are removed the elasticity of our people will once more , show Itself. The country needs the boom , thu rillroads need It , but I grieve to say the democratic party needs It worst of all , " Messrs. Mink , Anderson nnd Coudcrt leavn this aftern-oii for the east having aloit con- ploted the work which called them west at this time. Yesterday afternoon the receivers called upon General Brooke with a view of ascer taining the military Idea of the situation In Montana and later were shown through The Be ) building , Mr , Coudert being particu larly Impressed with the progresslvrness of Mr. Rosewater and those associated with him In erecting to complete a-newspaper onice. Oregon Itttllwiiy-drtut Northern Ar | < 'i > iiient. PORTLAND , Ore. , July 20. All the de tails of the trafllo arrangement between the Great Northern and Oregon Hallway and Navigation company were completed today and nothing remains now but to have the agreement egncd. Manager Shelby of the Great Northern leaves for St. Paul tonight and Receiver O'Neill will go east In a few day . Neither of the parties will divulge any of the details , but U Is understood that the agreement provides for the transfer of oil freight and passenger buslno B at Spo kane. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( lroii | i'ucillo biilo I'uutpoiiAd * COHVALIS , Ore. , July 20. The circuit court convened today to fix the date ami terms for another sale ot the Oregon Pa- clllo Hallway company. In tlio absence ot uny petition from the Farmers Loan and Trust company , supposed to be delayed In transit by the Rtrlke , Judge Fullcrton post poned the matter till September , stating that on account of the demoralized condition of the ratlroade of the country he doubted the advUablllty of attempting the sale at present. , Ilnlhiny Notes. It. L McKullcr , general Western ngent of the Memphis & Charleston , was In town yesteidny. Mcdlnnh temple , Nobles of the Mystic Shrine , located nt Chicago , will arrive here thla afternoon , F. M. Luce , Imperial re- colder , being nmonj ; those In the party. They travel via the Northwestern. Mllta NIOl' AT VIIWAOO. Number of Dolrgntro Knrniito to the Imperial Council In Denver. CHICAGO , July 20. Medlnah temple , the handsome shrine , Fifth avenue and Jack son street , Is filled today with guests from the various' cities of the United States. The visitors are the representatives , with their families and fellow Shrlncm , enroutc to the Imperial council ot the order , which convenes at Denver next Tuesday morning. Among the temple representatives now here are : Ahmed Temple , U , D. , Marquctte , Mich , John Q Adams. Alkoran Ternplo , Cleveland Moses M. Ho- hart , Aldong Sherman , John J. Sullivan Damascus Temple , Rochester , N. Y. Wil liam II. Whiting Ismnlll Temple , Buffalo Charles W. Cush- mnn , Prank S Gilbert , George S. Brown , Erastus C. Knight. Kismet Temple , Brooklyn Waylund Trabl : , Alonro Urymer , Clarence E. Stump Mecca Temple- , New York City George W. Millar. James McGee , Joseph B. Eaklns , S H Ellison , Walter M Fleming Media Temple , Watertown , N. Y. Richard H Huntlngton , John S Coon. Moslem Temple , Detroit Charles P. Beck , Lou Hurt , Edward H. Harris , Hugh A Holmes Murat Temple , Indianapolis John T. Brush , Joseph W. Smith , Ilemy H. McGaffey , Roscoe Haklns Palestine Temple , Providence George Burnhnm , Horace 1C. Blanclmrd , John S. Rogers. , Pyramid Temple , Bridgeport , Conn Thaddcus B Berclier , II. Loy Woodward , David H Alblng , Julius W. Knowlton. Saladln Temple , Grand Rapids , Mich Low B Windsor , Charles S. Robinson , Ed win L. Bow ring , Chase Fink. Syria Temple , Pittsburg , Pa Thomas J. Hudson , William S. Brown , James Kerr , Jr. , A. V. Holmes. Syrian Temple , Cincinnati Levl C Goodal , Jacob H Bromwell , Howard Douglas , Allen Andrews , William B. Mellsh. Tripoli Temple , Milwaukee Eugene S Elliott , William Brazier , Luther L Canfy. Heglra Temple. Utlca , N. Y John W. Berne , Noble F. Martin , Edward Brown. Lulu Temple , Philadelphia Joseph S. Wright , Frederick L. R. Brandt , Charles Carey , Edward B. Jordan. IIJIKLY inos TIIADK itisi'JEir. Most B1I1U limy hut -5lii > rtii'o of Colcp KonpH Snnitt lillp. CLEVELAND , July 20 The Iron Trade Ilevlew this week says : It Is striking proof of the resiliency of the country's business organization that we should witness one week an almost complete paralysis of transpor tation , compelling hundreds (5f ( manufac turers to slop , while tlie next is marked by a complete raising of the embirgo , with Industries resuming on every hand. The week under review has shown n general starting up of Iron and steel plints , not only those-which the strike had closed , but those idle on account of scale differences. Both these Impediments hive now been removed Theie remains yet the handicap of insufficient coke supplies , which keeps furnaces In the Mahonlng and Shenango valleys out of blast , and the desperate strike of the miners ot the Alabama Fur nace companies , which has silenced about half of the furnace capacity there. The Increased activity of mills , under the cir cumstances , signifies the working up of ac cumulated orders , as there Is no develop ment In the week Indicating n revival of demand. Prices In all departments of the market are steady. Will llaiiqiiKt nt Itcutrlcp. The board of directors of the Manufac turers and Consumers association met yes terday afternoon In special session. Sec retary Holmes made an elaborate report of the banquet held at Nebraska City. Ac cording to his figures , the expenditures amounted to | 252. The special train run from Omaha paid for Itself. After a care ful consideration of the subject It was de cided to hold the next banquet In Beatrice between August 13 and 1C. The directors all expressed themselves as of the opinion that the banquets , which furnish an op portunity for Jho manufacturers and re tail merchants of the state to become bet ter acquainted , nro a good thing for all par ties concerned. .Short I'ollco Stories. W. T. Harmon , convicted of assaulting Officer Tom Hayes was fined ? 70 and costs. There Is n warrant out for the arrest of Mrs. Drlffcorn nnd Mary Doe , two bottoms dwellers , charging them with assaulting Harry Bowler. Swan Peterson , a man from the country , claims to have been robbed of $10 Thursday , whllo ho vvas In the wine room of a saloon at Tenth nnd Dodge streets. Mike Wnlleiiz who vvas arrested on the charge of selling liquor without first se curing n city license , vvas convicted yes terday , bound over to the district court and the confiscated liquors destroyed. iili ; do Into Court. CLEVELAND , July 20. An action was filed In the United States circuit court In this city today by George A. Heynolds of Michigan , the newly elected grand secre tary of the Order of Elks , against Clate Smith of Youngstown , 0 , the retiring secre tary of the society. It Is alleged that Smith refused to give up books , records , papers and emblems of the order now In his possession , and the court Is asked to compel him to do so. _ Kxenmlun 1 rain VV reeln il EVANSVILLE , Ind , , July 20 A wreck of an excursion train on the Louisville , Evans- vlllo & St. Louis ( Air Line ) railroad today Injured four passengers. At Vclpon th ? truck under the engine- tank broke , derailing the baggage car and two ptibbcngcr coaches. The Injured are : George Pitcher , Albion , scalp wound ; Alonzo Dickey , Albion , chest and shoulder hurt ; M. Stanley , Albion , chest hurt and bruises In the lower abdomen , ptob- ably fatally , M , DIccus , an Englishman , com pound fracture of the leg - o .Sorlmis Clmrii > * I'roviMl Unfounded DENVER , July 20. Lieutenant Colonel Chattel' , after a thorough Investigation , has reported to General McCook , department com mander , that the charges against Captain A , L. Meyer , Indian agent nt San Carlos , are entirely unfounded. Ills finances were at tacked , his management of the Indians criti cized , his business methods assailed and ho vvas accused of having allowed five Indian murderers to escape. Struck 11 Sinm and Sunk. OWRNSBOHO , Ky , , July 20. The steamer G. B. Montleth struck a 'snag IUMT bore today and sank , Ono child Is missing , A panto was narrowly averted , as the bpU carried a largo number of' Sunday school children. * * Ovurtomu liy Hunt , William Dunn , aged 93 years , was over come by the heat at Sixteenth and Douglas streets yesterday. Ha was taken Into an adjoining store and then taken to his homo at 412 South Eighth street. lleutli of lion , Amos Htroni ; , MINERAL POINT , July 20. Hon. Amos Stroae died today at his homo In this city. MOTIIIiR-IN-LAW KNEW HIM Man from California Gets Into Unexpected Trouble in Omaha , MR. REYNOLDS' VISIT NOT APPRECIATED Ainu with Too .tinny Wives I.oilgvil In tfnll by the Mother of Onuof Illii Victims Stoiy of I.IHO unit C'rm Ity. Had Walter D. Heynolds "known " that ho was to land In jail , the presumption U that ho would have given Omaha a very wide bsrtji when ho was making the Journey across the continent from California to New York , but as he had not received a hunch In this direction ho came along and Is now In a cell meditating over the folly of having too many strings to his bow and too many wives to support. Mr. Heynolds came to Omaha Thursday and now ho declares that If he gets away with n whole skin he will never come again , not If ho lives to see the end of the twen tieth century. Down on North Sixteenth street , not far from Webster , W. T. Lyons and his wife opernto n small bakery , where they are as sisted by their daughter , Birdie , a comely woman of some twenty summers. Thurs day this young woman was attending to her duties about the premises , singing nnd seemingly ns happy as n lark During the early part of the evening she suddenly put on her wraps nnd went out , telling her parents that she was going to breathe a lit tle fresh air. At 9 o'clock she had not returned - turned and the parents becani" alarmed Another hour and then another pissed away , but with the passing of the latter hour there came a messenger boy with a note which read. "Birdie Is to stay with me tonight. You will see her In the rooming. " FEARED SHE WAS STOLEN. Visions of kidnapping floated throuRh the minds of the two old people as 'hey thought of their daughter being carried away by some strange man. They dlscj'H * ! the tlt- uatlon In all of Its dlffeicnt and man } phases and then started out on a sean-h , ijln ; to all of the p'aces ' which the girl had been In the habit of frequenting. Not llndlng her , they reported the matter to Iho pol'ce ' , ami then returned to their homes. Just then It occurred to their minds that during the aftorncon they had seen a man walking up and down on the opposite side of the stieet , apparently watching their house. Mrs Lyons , who by this time had rsrovcrod somewhat from the excitement attending the receipt of the note , remembered that the man who had been parading the sidewalk resembled Ilejnolds , the son-in-law , though she hardly thought tint It could be he" , as the last heard from him he was on the Pa cific slope. There was little sleep for Mrs Lyons that night , and bright and early yesteiday she was at the police station , where she gave n complete description of Reynolds and swore out a warrant for his arrest. This was placed In the hands of an officer , who started on a blind trail. He had gone up to Parnam and was walking down Fifteenth street when he came face to face with n man who tallied with the description given' by Mrs Lyons Tapping this man on the shoulder , the officer asked , "Is this Mr. Reynolds ? " The reply was to the effect that there was no mistake , after which the man was In vited to the station and locked In a cell On the way to the jail and while ho was being searched he expressed a gieat degree of disgust on account of being arrested and declared that some person vvoulu pay dearly for the humiliation which had been brought upon him by reason of his Incarceration. He Insisted that ho had done nothing except to take his lawful wife to the Arcade hotel , where they had spent the night. Ho ex plained that he was the keeper of the Insane In one of the hospitals In Son Francisco , was on his way east to visit relatives and had concluded to stop off for a few days in this city to visit his wife , who was stopping with her parents. There had been no Repara tion , although the parents of the woman had tried to turn her against him by poisoning her mind with false reports concerning his past life , telling her that he had five or sl\ wives from whom he had never been divorced. The other end of the story Is to the effect that some years ago Mrs. Theme , now Mrs Lyons , nnd her daughter Birdie resided In this city , subsequently removing to Cali fornia , vvhcio a couple of years agpr the mother married Mr. Lyons. Shortly nflei that Birdie secured n place In an insane asylum , which was under the superln- tendency of Heynolds. With Birdie and the superintendent it was a case of love nt first sight , ending in n matrimonial union after nn acquaintance of a few months. Soon after. the marriage Lyons nnd his wlfo came to Omaha and about a jear ago they commenced to re ceive letters from their daughter , all con taining tales of woe regarding the cruel nnd Inhuman treatment of her husband. This continued for some time and at last Lyons sent the girl money to pay her fare to this city. A fovv months after coming hero she concluded to give Heynolds up and scci re n divorce on the grounds of bigamy and failure to supi art. The suit , however , was not commenced , but considerable work was done In the way of securing evidence to bo used at the trial. Letters were seemed from a brother of Reynolds , residing In Buffalo , N. Y. , In which ho stated that Wal ter had had several wives ; ono at least in each town in which ho had resided and that ho had never been legally separated from any of them. This evidence , which has been secured , conveys the Information that the wedding with Birdie Theme was a clan destine affair nnd was strongly opposed by * her parents on the grounds that Reynolds was a worthless fellow and a rounder whenever never saved any money Yesterday when Reynolds was told that his wife's parents accused him of hav ing almost n countless number of wlvos , iie admitted that he had some , but claimed that nt the tlmo of marrying Birdie Thorno there was no Illegal Impediment to the union. Reynolds being a stranger In the city , Is making no attempt to secure ball and will patiently remain In jail until the final deposition of tin case , that Is If his wife should conclude to appear and prose cute. _ BOAKD OF PUBLIC WORKS. No Chin tHct In .Slicet I'occo Koutlnu Mushiest Traii ui > ii < l. The first meeting of the Board of Public Works after the reorganization was held yes terday afternoon. It had been apprehended that some changes might bo made In the forces of the street and sewer departments , but Iho now commission preferred to wait until they had become more familiar with the men and couul decldo better what changes might prove beneficial. Chairman Wlnspcar urged the commissioners to make up their minds In this quarter as soon ns possible , as he did not think the board could get the best service from men who were in the dark us to how.long their services would be retaln'd. The contract of Samuel Katz for sewer connections In district 575 was approved , with Morltz Meyer and A. II , Gladstone as sureties. The street commissioner was directed to have Military avenue cleaned under the 10 per cent clause , nnd also that portion of Twentieth street bstween Vlnton street nnd Van Cump avenue. The amended wooden sidewalk specifica tions having been approved by the city coun cil , the chairman was directed to advertise for bids for wooden sidewalk construction during 1891. Identities ! UK llrr I'utliur , Coroner Maul has received a letter from Lulu Reed of Den\er , the contents of which convinces him that the floater found In the river the other day Tfns her father. With the letter there "was a photograph which was a good llkoiie"ss of the drowned man. The daughter saltl nothing about the disposition of the remains , only saying that' If It proved to bo the body of her father , she wanted to know. The body has been burled at county expanse. Til U-COUl'LI ! Et.WEMEXT. O. W. tanileV Seiireh for lift W.fo mid Daughter nnd Their T.overn. LOUISVILLE , July 20. A sensational elopement from Nashville , Tcnn. , culminated In the equally sensational arrest here of all the principals In the affair. Mrs Mattlc Landes , a fine looking woman of 50 years. Is in jail. William H , Lovoll , n well dressed man of 13 , Is In a cell nt the Seventeenth street police station and In an adjoining cell Is C. S Jennings , fashionable . looking young man. The three wore arrested by de tectives at 1702 West Walnut street on n warrant sworn out by 0 W Lindes of Knoxvllle , charging them with adultery , Landes , who Is snld to be In comfortable circumstances financially , came lo Louis- villa from Knoxvllle a few days ago , nnd at once calied on Chief of Detectives Owens and told him his troubles. According to his statement his daughter , Nellie , n beautiful young woman of 19 years , had been re ceiving attentions from C , S Jennings , against his will He also stated he had sus pected his wife of being on much too friendly terms with Wlllam II. Lovell On July C , he snld , the whole party eloped , taking with them two smaller children Lovell came tc Louisville with Mrs. Landesnnd the children The older daughter was accompanied by Jen nlngs. The house at 1702 West Walnut street was rented and they had been living there since Landes spent nearly two weeks searching for them before ho came to this city. Ho secured the assistance , of the de tectives , who succeeded In locating the guilty parties. The oldest daughter was not locked up , being left to take charge'of the younger children. 'ViiiVAtw it .ii/rd.v iriiEvn- Several I'orxoiu Injured by n rulluro of the Mgiml System. CHICAGO , July 20. The Chicago & Alton express which left hero at 9 15 last night was derailed at the belt line crossing near Sum mit. The engine nnd first four cars left the track , the mall and baggage car being over turned. Ono mall clerk was probably fa tally hurt and two others received painful Injuries Seevral passengers were shaken up and bruised , but none of them were seriously hurt. The engineer of the wrecked train says there were no signal lights displayed. The de railing switch was set to ditch npproarh- Inc trains , as a bolt Ijno train was then switching on the crossing. General Manager Chappell of the Alton road reports that no one on the train was severely Injured with the exception of nn unknown colored man who was stealing a ride and was badly hurt j The postal clerks and baggageman were slightly bruised , but none of the passengers Were injured. The ac cident was caused by a semaphore signal light going out nnd the ! engineer did not have his train under proper control. The Injured are1 Tony Bohr , postal clerk , scalp wound , not serious. J. B Logan , Chicago , extra postal clerk , knee cut. D. McClirk , Brighton Tark , extra postal clerk , head cut , not serlo'us William C Eaton , Brighton Park , postal clerk , quite seriously Injured. William Crawford , colored , Atlanta , Ga. , who was stealing a ride , knee cut and grtat toe crushed. / KILLED OXB AAnhlOVAJiKIt T11O. Culc ifyo Saloonkeeper , TacUlod by Thrio Kubbirs , .Moru Tlmn Holds Ills OHM. CHICAGO , July 20 Three men who un dertook to rob Robert Meyer , a saloonkeeper on the West side last night , found the job a hard one. Mr. Meyer was counting the receipts when the three men entered. One of them , Peter Tray nor , grabbed Meyer's revolver from the bar and pointed it at him , while the others attempted to rob the drawer. Meyer seized Traynor's wrist , and pulling another revolver from his pocket , opened fire. A lively exchange of shots followed. Tray- nor fell to the floor mortally wounded ; ono of his companions , Edward Cahill , was shpt In the shoulder and hand , and the third , who has n8t yet been found , Is , according to Meyer , badly wounded , as ho was bleeding freely when ho made his way out of the place The plucky saloonkeeper himself re ceived a painful bullet wound in the left shoulder. arcLOAi : i.\ K/.VJ uvjcr. Ion a ofllmoro JJiidly IliimnRCd unrt Cimp Meeting TcntH lle trnyed. LEXINGTON , Ky. , July 20 Wllmore , a small town In Jessamine county , was badly damaged by a cyclone last night nnd at least a dozen people were injured , ono of them fatally. The holiness camp meeting was struck and every tent and cottage destroyed. In the country about Wllmore nt least two doen farm houses were greatly damaged and some of them were wrecked entirely. Trees were mowed down by hundreds , crops Just harvested destroyed , and the damage from the wind and rain that followed Is very great. T.tnMiLitr now DocllncH to Help tlio Oi.ind Jury Investl- piito Ills Tarring and reatlu ilnff. DENVER , July ) 20. Adjutant General Torsney In n sharp letter to Judge Campbell of Colorado Springs declined to appear be fore the grand Jury there this morning nnd testify in regard to the tarring and featherIng - Ing to which ho vvas subjected In that city. He savagely attacks the assistant district attorney , sheriff nnd foreman of the grand Jury nnd says that If the Jury sincerely de sired to find the perpetrators uf the outrage It would not have delayed the Investigation for four weeks. liEl'EllAL LI I'll * EKE LOST. Holler i\ploMoii : In u Nminrlc lint I'aetory Ko'H Din : DinnilRe. NEWARK. July 20 By the explosion of n boiler In Benjamin Jachlns' bat factory this afternoon that shop nnd six frame tene ment houses In the renr and on both Bides of the boiler house were enveloped In ( lames It la believed that several lives were lost. JflltE AT rHHTr VL.U > KI. Magazluca ixplodo iiiuj JHoino of the In- nmtvH SorloiLtl } { Injuroil , SAVANNAH. Ga , July 20 Port Puhskl Is on fire and n series of explosions of magi- zlnes have occurred. Sergeant Chinn , U S. A. , and Us wife are known to have been seriously Injured. t Tattoo JIurltH to Identify Him. SAN PHANCISCO , July 20. Anthony Kearns , a wealthy cattle dealer who died re cently In Innlscnrthy Ireland , left his entire estate , valued at 80,000 , to his nephew , James Kearns , who came to America twenty- five years ago , and who was to bo Identified by tattoo marks on his arm , Agents of the estate bellevo they have found the long missIng - Ing heir In the person of James Kearns , a local butcher , who U taking steps to claim his Inheritance. Amiiteur I' chD A BOSTON , July 20. S. A. Shoenfleld of San Francisco declined the office of corresponding secretary at the convention of the National Amateur Press association and Clifford W. Klsjengen of Reading1 , Pa. , was ejected , The alumni association elected the following of. fleers : President , Truman J. Spencer of Connecticut- vice president , Bcrthan York Grant of Dakota ; secretary , George W. Dodd of New Jersey , The leopards give two performances at Courtland beach today , BEAUTIFUL LOGAN VALLEY Wonderful Changes Wrought in Ono of the Richest Sections of the State. GOOD STORY TOLD OF EX-GOV , THAYER Improperly Signed Leases of Inilliiit I.nuiU IK'Xilop ( iiiupllcHtUiiiH-lleprt'Neiitii- tlves of llolli It. ill unit UltlUn Ilio "ISreiit 1'utlier. " The rontl from Decatur to Lyons winds up Klin creek , towards the divide , the water shed Unit separates the streams that run Into the Missouri from those running Into Logan creek. On either sldo arc fenced fields , com fortable houses and groves of timber , where formerly they hunted prairie chicken with not a bush in sight , and oh , how the first settlers did worry over the lack of timber1 Now the country Is fairly covered with tress 1'ast ' Charley Gould's house , which used to stand up gaunt and bare at the head of the gulch , a landmark for miles , and not n tree to be teen short of the Missouri bet toms. Now you cannot sec the house from the road for the trees and underbrush. Wo are on the divide and a scene of beauty meets the eje , agriculturally spoiling that cannot be excelled anywhere In the west. A high , gently rolling- prairie , dotted with farm houses und shady groves , where last I saw the lonely cattle trail and the yet recent "buffalo wallow " And the corn fields , whole sections of them , breast high , bright , waving green ; and the oats nnd wheat but little behind , for hero they have had more rain than we have had , and the crops hardly nliovv the effects of the drouth of May and Juno elsewhere. It Is one of the gardens of Nebraska It Is Juno ; Nebraska Is at Its best , and we bowl along a maglnflcent country reid straight west as a line as far as the eye can reach. Parm after farm Is passed , grove after grove Is reached , and at last the long famed Logan valley bursts Into view. Ttfenly-flve yeara ago I wrote an article for E. B. Taylor In the Omaha Republican and Bald It was the most beautiful lay of land for farming In Nebraska , and I sec no reason to change that now , only Instead of naked prairie grnfcs , as then , It Is dotted with villages , farms and trees , and such crops ! Im the olden time there were just two natural groves In sight ; one where Lyons now Is and one at Oakland. Other than these not a tree- was to be found ; now they loom up from every quarter section. "A tree less country ? Not much. " But here'wo are at LYONS. When the senior Waldo Lyon moved the mill over there from the Arizona bottom , built the first little &toro and blacksmith shop , and begin a new country "so far nvvny from anybody , " the * said he had hard vvotk to get neighbors to move out there and keep him company , and many were the prophecies on the Missouri bottom that "them Lyons fellows would bo glad to move back some day , " but no one has moved jet ; on the contrary , half the old Missouri bottom folk have gone to L > ons , Oakland , Bancroft and I'ender. Here your correspondent was greeted by scores of old friends , Waldo Lyon , jr. , the Everetts , Darlings. Crow ell , Tim Calnon , Illley Hart , Henry Stcen and others It's a lovely little village , so clean and bright. Of course , It has two news papers , and the editor of one is "Moao" Warner , son of Colonel Jessa Warner of Dakota county , and he has written a history of Dakota county which Is useful , ornamental and mostly true. Charley Darling and Ben Everett took us In nnd did for us by turns , and the varns wo had to swap about old times around the old store , and the old po litical bouts and the changes in the coun try. "Ben" used to be a good republican then , but he's a rank "pop" now , and has Inoculated all his family , but they are just Jolly folks to visit , all the same. Hero Is one of Ben's stories : After Prank Welch's mill burned down at Decatur and the grasshoppers ate up the crops , and tlm ° sleeked looked nearly as blue as they do now , Frank met some friends ( ? ) one day and was com plaining of his hard luck. "But , " said he , "I'll be all right soon ; I've got a letter from Senator Thayer nnd he has promised to get me the Omaha Indian agency , and then I'll be all O K. again. Here's the letter. " "Let mo see that letter , " said one. After reading it over he remarked : "Well , I ain't the only fool in the world ; I've got the mate to that letter , and Thayer promised mo that agency , too " "Holy Moses , " said another ; "I'm the third fool In this crowd , for I've got a letter from Thayer also , and he promised mo that agency. " Frank put up his letter sadly and pondered. He never got the agency , but ho did get to bo congressman from Nebraska. Peace to his ashes. The next day Mr. Everett drove us out to see the valley to Oeorgo Morter's farm , and a farm It Is , too. Ho is building a new $ SOO barn , where.the cattle and horses can pull the hay nnd grain down to feed themselves , nnd tip the water trough up when they please. The last time I saw him ho was working at $20 per month for an other man. How Is that for Nebraska and the Logan valley ? And there are lots more that have done equally well In twenty-five years. We came homo through the little old orig inal grove of ash , elm and boxeldor. In one old elm split open by many a storm , An drew Everett's boys found a hatchet and qulto a pile of silver money shortly after they opened the farm , hid long before , no doubt , by n wandering Indian or hunter. In the bend of the stream Joe La Flcscho en in o down with all his band and camped one winter , when he quarreled with the rest of the Indians about trading matters. They had hundreds of ponies running near In the timber. We passed Fremont Everett's farm , an oddly-built , but roomy and com fortable house. In 1SG6 , when Franch Welch , Cllne nnd the writer were sent to West Point as a committee to sco If the settlers were all murdered there by the Indians , wo crossed the Logan nt Lyons on a fnlien tree , and swam our ponies over. Now n handsome Iron bridge spans the stream. Nothing seems more wonderful than the timber , the groves , which the settlers wished and prayed for so earnestly In the early days. PENDER. This Is n handsome town on the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroad , op posite the Indian reserve lands ; In fact , Ponder Is on the western end of the re serve , originally , on land sold by the In dians some years ago. West of the rail road track Is vvhlto man's land , east of the eamo red man's. The whole old reserve was organized Into Thurston county a few years ago , with Ponder as the county seat , and this has caused some of the complica tions of Indian citizenship. In time the government decided to allot lands to the Indians In severally ; ICO acres to each adult head of n family ; eighty acres to each adult not the head of a family ; and forty acres to each child. That the adults then on hand should not get all the land and leave none for those to como after , a cer tain portion of lands were left unallotted , and are known as "tribal land" This land IH mostly In the beautiful Logan val ley , and finer soil for either gra/Ing or farming It would be hard to llnd. The Indians did not , or could not , use this land , and the whites living along the border hated to nee so much grass go to waste , BO they began leasing the lands of the Indians. On the Omaha reserve u man by the name of Farley , who married Into the La Desche family , got the windward side of the agent or the government , and leased many thou sand acres of the tribal or unallotted lands near Peiulcr , at from 10 to 25 cents an aero. This was In 1S90 , and the lease was supposed to be for live year * , There ore about 50,000 acres of unallotted lands. U Is claimed only five chiefs slened these lands and the Indians are divided ns to the propriety of so using the lands. Several deputations have gone to Wash ington , both whites and Indiana to have these lands allotted , to have the leases an nulled , pro and con ; but through Miss Fletcher , a professional Indian philanthro pist , It Is said , and others nt Washington who get on the blind or fat sldn nf our "Great father" there , nothing has bi-cn done. Parley and Brother Tlbbils , also a member of the La Plcscho family , have been too many for the combined forces of out siders , and the allotment hangs lire , while lenses are likely to remain In force long enough to get this j car's grazing or hay product , anyway On the Wlnnebago lamia n different state of affairs exists. When attention was drawn to thc'o vacant lands several ye.irs ago an Illinois otitilt came In there and orgmlzed themselves as the Plournoy Live Stock and lion ) Estate company , and they lca od some 2S.OOO acres , also for five juars , Intending to graze and feed rattle , they say ; but finding the land so much more valuable for agriculture , they have broken up the most of their lands , sublet them to whites , and made farms thereof , on which good crops are lalscd and other Improvements made. As one of the company said , they did not como way out hero for their heillh , nnd they leased the land from 15 cents per acre upward , or for what they could get , as they had the right to do , or thought they hail , and now calm they have been a great help and old to the country , for every mi" knows that land for farming Is compira- tlvcly worthless the first two jcars after breaking , the cost of breaking and rough buildings , even for sholtei , being consider able , and they will leave the land In good condition for n new tenant , nnd the Indians can get , at the expiration of this lease , the one to two dollais nn acre some claim they ought to hive as rental for farm lands When used for grazing alone , or cut closely , the grass soon runs out , nnd the land Is worthless for tint and not broken up for agriculture This Is the Plournoy com- piny's story , nnd their matter Is now In court , Agent Beck having tried to abrogate the leases Of course the latter uo of the land suits Ponder nnd the other towns along the line of the reserve , as It Increases the number of white settlers , occupies every quarter section , and makes more trade and business for everybody. From this state of affairs have grown charges nnd counter charges , crimination and recrimination , visits to Washington , and agents sent out from there to Investigate nnd report , and neither the report or the In vestigations have been satisfactory on either sldo Mr. Peebles of Ponder , who Is largely Interested In the town's prosperity , seems lo have got Hon. J. Sterling Morton on his side , as far as Insisting that the allotment shall bo made and the bill to tax the al lotted linds passed. When the strikes arc over perhaps some attention will be paid to this matter. In fourteen > cnrs more the lands allotted arc to become the property of the Indians In fee , nnd they can sell them To those best posted this seems folly , nnd It Is predicted that In ten years from that date , from their absolute ownership , many will not have a foot of land nnd no money , and will again become charges on Thurston county , the state , or the general govern ment. The government should hold tltlo for some years longer. You can't clvlllzo a tribe In a day , or even In a few years. JOHN A M'MURPHY. A YOUNG HERO. UuselUtli mill Heroic Conduct of n Now Jcmej School Hoy. A terrible railroad accident happened in Hobokcn , N. J. , a little while ago , says Youth's Companion. An accommodation train , i mining too fast In the fog , crashed Into a standing express. There was a school boy on the express who had been sitting In the rear car studying his lesson. As the express train slowed up a feeling of oppression took hold of him. Ho sud denly remembered hearing his grandfather once say that the rear car was the most dangerous one In the tra.ln , and. acting on nn Impulse of the moment , ho got up and went through ono cm Into the third from the rear. Ho was scarcely seated when he felt the car crumbling beneath him and found himself entangled In u mat > s of men and wreckage. Wounded and bloody the boy extricated himself. Above the rush of escaping steam rose the agonized cries of the un fortunates pinned beneath the biokcn timbers. Men were dazed and aghast. "An axe ! an axe ! " shouted a shrill voice. * The sohool boy was the first to gather his wits and start the work of rescue. With nn axe he saved three or four men before the older bystanders had begun to think. Then a cry of horror from another point called an excited group of men together. Beneath the wrecked engine , amid the drop ping coals and escaping steam , was seen the figure of n nlan. The sight was the more sickening because the dead locomotive was liable to topple over any Instant and crush whatever lay beneath It. There was a cry for volunteers The conductor called ; the engineer called ; but all held back. Not nil ; out of the crowd came a slight llguie whoso clothes were torn , whoso face was almost un- recrgnlzablo from blood and soot , and whoso hands were black from merciful toll. "I'll go ! Let me go , quick ! " cried the schoolboy. The crowd stood back , while a few made an effort to stop him ; but the boy Hung himself undcincnth the locomotive , risking death as unhesitatingly as ho had skated at recess Steam hid his movements ; the hugo engine actually shivered above him , as If deciding whether to roll upon the young hero or not. Then there was a shout and men felt a rising to their throats. Prom under the iron monster the boy reappeared , dragging nftef him the man he had gone to save. Now there were willing hands and plenty of volunteers after the deed was done. It was i > aU by those present that no person so distinguished himself as that schoolboy. When he ap peared at hla father's door , hours afterward , ho sank exhausted upon the threshold , with clothes torn , with face and hands grimy and bleeding , and so changed that his mother's servants did not recognize him. One of the distinguishing qualities of our American boyhood Is Its readiness to accept responsibility. Unselfish and Jiorolc conduct Is not a product of age , but of Instinctive nobility , which It is pleasant to know that the pupil at any school may possess equally with the man of maturor years. SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANIES. Tliuy Cut n CoiiHlilciulilu I'lguro In the llimiieex of the Kmplro btuto. According to the report of the state super intendent of banks the safe deposit com panies of New York state are beginning to cut qulto a figure In its finances. There ore twelve In New York , three In Brooklyn , and ono each In Albany , Buffalo , Rochester and Blnghamton , The total capital at the beginning of the year , says the New York Sun , was J.I,693,000 , and they had In bonds , loans and debts out standing about (1,300,000 of liability Their resources Included more than ? 2,000,000 In real estate , $750,000 In vaults and safes , $100,000 In cash , and Investments to the amount of $1,500,000. Their surplus over lia bilities , which represents profit from their operation , above dividends , was $421,000 on January 1. The Lincoln Safe Deposit company on Forty-second street , opposite the Grand Cen tral station , at which Thomas L. James Is president , owns real estate to the value of $1,400,000. This company was established In 1881. The Amorcan Safe Deposit company , corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-second street , was established in 1882. It owns real estate to the value of $317,000 , which Is more than Its capital stock. The Bankers' Sato Deposit company on the corner ct Broadway and Wall street was es tablished In 1880 The Garficld Safe Deposit company was established In 1888. Its vaults and eafea cost $81,000. The New York Safe Deposit company , which Is the pioneer In this line , was estab lished In 18C1. U paid In dividends last year $22,000 , and has besides a cash surplus of $95,000 There Is practically little risk In the conduct of uafe deposit companies , otico the "plant" of safes and vaults Is paid for Most companies are run In connection with some bank. Boo the performing lions aft. and eve. Courtlaud beach today. CZAR MARTIN'S ' RENT ROLL What it Shows as it Lid in the Ilanils o f the Sheriff. FACTS BELIE HIS FIGURES OF SPEECH llrci Ivor MIOHI Hint llui Crnr'fl Miivr * 1'nf ' 1 hrlf Milling ! ! l'rouiitl | ) Miiilln In tlii Itolii lit Itcfminor mill C'lminploii of tlio l.iur , There Is n rather peculiar sta'e of affairs In the district court at present. This con- slHtH In the fact that M. P. Martin , ( hu land lord of nine-tenths of the nbindoncd women In the burnt district , has come Into court with n motion protesting ngitlnst the occu pancy of his houses In that locality for pur poses of pros Itutlon. The situation arises from the litigations which have In on woven about Martin's | roperty for some tlmo past. Among the plaintiffs who went Into court to collect claims against the czar of the half world was Annetlo C. Carter. On her pe tition Judge Scott appointed the sheriff ns a temporary receiver to take charge of Mar tin's property This was on July 7 and jcs- tcrdiiy the case was to come up on the mo tion for the appointment of a permanent re ceiver But the motion of Martin pn's the matter In a different light Since the temporary receiver was appointed the property his been technically In the hands of the court and yes terday was presented the Bpccticlo of His well known landlord of n score of b.iwdy houses petitioning the district court to aba u the criminal nuisance which was being main tained on the premises over which the court now had jurisdiction When the ease was called Judge Scott said that ho had heard that the property In controversy was useit for purposes of prostitution , but no showing of this fact had been made b ° fore the court. Ho wanted some light thrown on the matter , ns ho did not propose to have the court placed In the position of having charge of houses of Ill- fame The attorneys In the case retired to the judge's private room nnd hold a con sultation , after which It was announced that they had agreed to continue the vvhola piocecdings until September 1 This was therefore ordered , nnd the temporary re ceivership was continued until th it date. Tim consequence Is , that the sheriff s olllto will bo the custodian of Martin's property for another six weeks. 'j The sheriff's report for the tlmo during * which ho has had charge of the property ] was submitted to the court. It shows * that Martin's statements made at the time , when The Bee published certain facts regird- lug his treatment of Ills tenants , nnd tlo exorbitant rents ho exacted from these un fortunates , to bo utterly false. At tint tlmo Martin contended that oven nt the exorbi tant rates at which his houses were rentqd ho lost so much mpncy through the failure of the tenants to pay that it was Impossible for him to make anything. The report of , the receiver shows that with two exceptions every ono of his tenants had paid her rent foi some time In advance Ono Is In arrears for tinco months , and ono for ono month , nnd the remainder are paid up cither to August 1 or to some tlmo In July. II/CA///JA 7'KAMUA.S. VctcriuiK of the I. Un War Itiinifiiiihiirod by I the CiMicral C.mcrnmriit. i ! WASHINGTON , July 20 ( Special to The Bee ) Pensions granted , Issue of July 7 , ' were : < Nebraska : Original Clmiles II. Egglan , Omaha , Douglas. Original widow B , etc. Harriet E. Hjinchctt , Giand Island , Hall. Iowa : Henovv.il Charles J. Stevens , Nortli McOte-gor , Clayton. Incionso Orange II. Di.ike , 1-ast IJe-a Molne-s , Polk ; Hosea W. Gioom , DCS Molnes , 1'olk. Oilglnal widows , etc. Small J. Kephait , Hattle Creek , Ida ; Mnry 13 De-vvey , Haw at den , Sioux. Colorado : Original Juan Jose Mnrtlnez , Sin Luis , Costllla. , North Dakota : Original Sevler Turpll , Fort 'rotten , Henson i South Dakota : Oilglnnl Mlko Stair , Hob Springs , Kail Hlver. Helssue Until A. Wnt-i kins , Jleo Heights i Issue of July 9 : Nebraska : Original- Benjamin P. Carey , York , York. Ollglnnl widows , etc Mnlvlim Sweet , West Union , | Custi-r , mlnois of Harmon Waldo , DeWItt , Saline , Laura 12. Young , Camp Clarke , I Cheyenne. i Iowa. Original Samuel II. Doughman,1 Trncey , Marlon ; Benjamin S. Mlllci , Mal- vern , Mills , Mary 13 Hancock ( nurse ) , Den- nmik Le > Patilck ' Dubuque , t ; 1'iundy , Dubuque , - buque ; William IJevIno , Like View , Sac. Increase John U. Shields , MaHscn.i , Cafis. ) Original widows , etc. Ell/abeth Carson , DCS Molnes , Polk ; Emma Tutnei , Lisbon , . Linn ; Susinmih Sturgeon , Evvnrt , Povve- shlek. MexlPiin w.u survivors , Incrense John Karr , Murshalltovvn , Maishull ; Ira M. ' Taft , Danbury , Woodbury. I North Dakota : Orliflnul John Smith , Grand Poiks , Gianil Porks. South Dakota : Original James T. Fergu son , Washington Springs , Jcrauld , Montana : Additional John llarry , Ana conda , Deer Lodge Colorado : Otlglmil Joseph Tnlmndge , Rouse , Hucifano. Renewal and Incronsc Artemas liordcn , I3lbert , Elbort Original widow H , etc. Mathlldu Beeker , Highlands , . . Arap.iboc. t Wyoming : Oilsliml Nathaniel V. Poote , Laramlo City , Albany. i Now blllU In DUtrlct Court , Electa Romans has become convinced after eight years of married life that llfo would possess more charms If she were rid of her , huhbiud , S P. Romans , and has filed a peti tion for divorce. She alleges that for several ! years her husband has been nn habitual ] diunkaid , and , when under the Influence of liquor , has assailed her with language that ! would not bo fit to appear In her address to ] the court. She asks for a divorce nnd suchi provision by way of alimony us the court' ' may sco fit to prescribe. | George Harr Is the plaintiff In a rather , peculiar suit , In which John N. Frenzor la the defendant. Harr claims that about olght years ago Frcnzer was an agent for the Mc- Caguo Investment company ; that at that tlmo Prcnzcr Induced him to purchase a lot In Bedford Place on the promise that Prcnzcr would buy back the property on his own ac count at any tlmo after January 1 , 1889. By , the tlmo this promise matured Harr wna tired of his birgiln and wanted Pron/er to ! cirry out his pait of the agreement. This , ho asserts , ho refused to do , and Harr has now gono'to law to collect $1 10070 nnd get rid of the lot , which ho claims Is nn ole- ' pliant on his hands , j William A Langworthy has brought fore- ' closure proceedings against Ethan Wolcott' and others on a mortgage given to secure a' promissory note for $1,400 , Itoblird liy Her ( Jucitn. LONDON , July 20 A dispatch to Iho Chronicle from Paris says Mrs. Dotsn , a wealthy American lady , recently missed a quantity of jewelry valued at 20,000 francs. Detectives were engaged und they traced thu inlsHliiL' valuables to two young men of the names of Dcfly and Lostrangc , both mem bers of gooil families who had been Invited to lunch by Mrs Botson on n day just prior to the discovery of the robbery Both men were arrested Their relatives are making every effort to secure them from prosecution. Klllnil lloth UlH Antiigonbita , SAN ANTONIO , Tex , July 20. A terrible tragedy has been cnarted on Cherry creek , thirty in I lea north of hero Jim Cranoy wont to the houseof a man named Layton , where hu met John Cniln and son. In a quarrel that took place between Craucy and Craln and son Cranoy drew a pistol and shot and killed both Craln and son. Cranny then escaped und has not been apprehended. MurrliiK" l.lii'iiKi , The following HccnBus to wid were granted by the county Judge yesterday : Niimo and Address. Ago. Isaac H I.olmKlf , Omaha 2' Minnie J lleucliter , Oinaliii , 19 Nathitn W Preeimin , South Omatm 2Ii Giuclu t'ooper. Council llluITH , la , U Edwaid J Huwlliiud. Lincoln U Mary A. Lumber , Lincoln. . . . . , , , , . , Zl