THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
ESTABLISHED JUILSrE 1f ) , 1871. OiMAITA , MORNING , DECEMBER 1) , 185)3. SINGLE COPV FIVE CENTS.
PLAYING THE POWERS WARILY
Being Forced on All Sides by the
Ambassadors.
RUSSIA'S ' ATTITUDE CAUSES SPECULATION
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llu'I'liikltli < ; < n criinuMit Coii-
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1 , 1S95 , by thp As'oclntt'il
CONSTANTINOPLE , Dec. 7. ( Via Sofia ,
Iliilgarlo , Deo. 8. ) The situation here on the
< | Ueallon of the extra guaidshlps of th * pow-
trs remains unchanged and contlmien to
offer a tribute to the powers of delay nnd
evasion of Oriental diplomacyas practiced
by Ihe Turkish government.
Statements are constantly reiterated of
the continued accord of the powers on tha
subject nnd their unyielding determination
to Insist upon a compliance with their de
mands. Loss Is heard , however , of the ru-
mcrs which vv ro of frequent occurrence 'n '
the early period , after Ihe demand had boon
prc'senled , that the Miltnn had at length
decided to grant the necessary firm-ins to
permit the passag * of the Daidanellcs , or
even that he had actually Issued them.
Neither IH there such explicit anuounco-
nient any more of the period which Is to
elapse before u movement of the warships
of the powers IH to commence to enforce
tli" demands made upon the sultan. Since
the return of H. .M. S. Dryad to Salonica
IA bay mi word has been heard of any actual
order or movement to advance upon the
„ Dardanelles , Opinion continues divided ns
to Wiicthor the delay in taking any action
" tn enforce the demands Is due to a fear of
causing n fanatical outbreak against the
Christians by the Mussulman subjects of the
miltnii cr tci the dread of a clash ensuing
between the powers themselves.
NEW PHASE OF THE CASE.
The rec'ptlon today by the sultan of M.
Nclldoff , , the Russian ambas.-ijiloi , In pri
vate audiences , awakens the utmost specula
tion as to the true relation of Russia to
tlie situation and tlie exlent of her agreement
.villh the views or the poweis.
The flight of Said Pasha and his refuge In
Iho Iliillsh embjssay are subjects of the
most Intense Interest and the efforts made
by HIP sultan to Induce him tc leave nml to
return to the Ylldlz palace Indicate his fear
cither that ho has lost the most , powerful
liitertjifdlary that ho could hope * for between
himself and the powers In evading the un
comfortable demands they'make Upon him or
the most dangerous adversary he could fear
having In counsel with the powers.
that the sultan lives In a state of constant
apprehension of his life was Indicated by
his demeanor during the course of the cere
mony of the Solamlk on Friday , which In
volved the departure of the sultan from the
walls of the palace and his appeirance In
public for u sort of review of the troop" , attended -
tended by many high olllcials , followed by
piaycrs at the mosque.
SCARED THE SULTAN.
un Kriuay , aH thei sultan was quitting tlie
mosque , a man attired as a Turk , bearing a
petition , forced himself through the soldiers
to thn sultan'carriage. . Tlie sultan was
been to become much agitated and deathly
pale , but the man was promptly arrested and
hustled off to prison without having accom
plished any harm to the sultan's person ,
Explicit instructions * were received todaj
by "all the ambassadors to insist on the ad-
mi&slon of theguardshlpu , but as hag beei
stated , without effecting any change In ths
si nation. So persistent has been the pres-
FII o on Said I'nhlui to leave the Drltlrli em-
bassiy , and upon the embassy to rellnquisl
him , that all palace olllcials are now ejtrlud (
frcm them except one of the palace shieks
whdm thcs ultan las wilt and who valnl >
tried to Induce Said '
I'asha to relent and re-
tuin to the sultan The sul'an has piotestei
to the powers against the occlusion of his
messengers , but the other ambassadors sup-
poit Sir Philip Currle In his position. The
report that _ they advise Said Pcslia to again
nccevt tho" position of grand vlzlei liai
proved lo bo unfqundcd.
DIJTAILS OF A MASSACRE
Authentic details have besn Hcelved of ths
Slva-i massacre They show the yliiigliter
began on November 12 and continued for n
week following. It Is known 1.200 Ar
menians and ten Turks were killed b for ?
there * was a cessation of the bloody work.
The manner of the outbreak Is descilbed as
follows : Suddenly at noon , as if by a pre
concerted tilgnal , the Turkish soldiers anil
police , the > Circassians , and oven the laborers
nnd Moslem women and children , lushed Into
the market under command of the olllcors
All were armed , the laborera with tools or
clubs or anything tint came to hand that
could be used as an offensive weapon They
attacked and looted the Armenian shops
and pursued with relentless fury the occu-
I pints , who eeyined helpless with su prise at
Iho tniddennesH of the onslaught. Mnn >
merchants end clerks wcro killed and tlieli
bodies snipped. As the Importing bualcniis
was almost exclusively In the hands of the
Armenians , financial dlcastr mm.'t overtake
Slvas when the fury of the storm of blooil
nml greed has Hiita'ldcd.
ARMENIAN' VILLAGES LOOTED.
The sir cken Aimenla-s slowlra'her d the
mangled remains of their kinsmen and burled
them In a grsat trench In the cemetery. The
Aimcnlan villages In the vicinity were alt > o
looted and the poplo left to beg and din. Tlie
winter Will In Ing terrible Miffoilng to nil tlip
IhltiK victims of the outinges. A high olllclal
In a position to know declares the massacres
were the dellbfr.ite act of the sultau'b venge
ance for having bean compelled to giant th- >
r forms In Aimonla demanded by the poweis
A few o fine , Tuikish bhops vieie attacked to
aflord u pietcvt on which to acuusoi the Ai-
mrnlans of having started the disorder. It Is
nshcrtrd tlio kh.ilmiikan of Guerln , wJiete
thori are r > ,000 Armenians , tclegraplied to the
vail of SUas , "Von may roit assured thoic Is
net an Armenian left In Tiieiln , They re-
fclfctcd the butclicrb nml they have sufft-ied
for It. "
TJm expulsion and removal of ths Arme
nians from Constantinople and the villages
e-antlnues by wholesale. All the Armenian
menu terles In the vicinity of Erzhigjan luvn
been pillaged , The massacre t'aere urcuurtl
tiller the Aicniliuis IIIIH been disarmed nnd
Xokkl 1'imha hud faithfully promised to pro-
It ct them , At the village of Pasimn , neat
Er/lngjan , the Kurds and Turks attacked n
crowd of Armenians who had taken refuge
in .in mMirjiiiiii rmuuii
HUH Kiued forty or
tlicm. Altogether , -100 were killed and SOfl
were wounded In the lOrzliiKJan dlttrlct.
.SfiiNiiHitnnI Vllnii | ( HI Doiililr Siilclili-
LONDON , Dee , 8. A tensatlonal attempt at
a double kulclde v > as made on Saturday night
nt the Grand hotel by Charles Galloway of
Mnlduvalo arid Ills Blste-r-ln-law , between
whom u lliibon him pxlsted. Hoth of the vic
tims have bcrloiw revolver wounds and It Is
lelloved are no ) lUvdy to recover , They ap
pear to bo well cnniiectc',1.
.vn IIIIIIICN r'uifiT iTT. ' riitmii ; > .
'J'txi HiinilriMl TliiMiNiuul
Dullnr Illa/c
In l'lilrn o.
( . 'HICAOO , Dee , S , The flrpiucn In the
down town district put In all da > nghtlng u
Htibborn flre that caused n lom of $200,000
The llve-ktor > brick nml stone front building
at I'M ) ,
jni 3j Madibnii street , owned by the
j.lpp ettate .ind occupleil by H , Wolfe & Co.
iii > jcrln | fiuucrnl merchaiuilso , was deitroyed
The building adjoining , owned by Paul Kolli-
nearlh and occupied by the Steuben Wine
compiii ) and Shlbloy A : Co. , cigar dealers , on
the lirst lloor : A , W. Haywnrd & . Co. , whole-
halo ( .hoc dealers , and H. Wolff & Co. on the
Ilooi3 above , was slightly damaged , and the
stocks of tha occupants also Buffered to n
larpo extent. A lieavy lira v\all between tlie
two bullillnpa prevented more serious rc-
tults , Tim orlKln of the lire Is unknown. It
had evidently been smouldering for a long
time and had gained much headway by the
tliiiii the tire department arrived , John Dore ,
hook and ladder man , was severely burned.
He was mmpUUly covered with biirnl.ig
embu s.
VI , I , AI'Tini THU rO\Vi\TH N ,
DrlcKntlnnx nt VV MHIII | OII lo
tlio Nalliiniil lli > | .iililliMiii Mi-
WASHINGTON , Dec. 8 Chicago , St.
Loultt nnd San Francisco , three 6f the cities
competing for the honor of holding within
their limits tl'e next republican convention ,
are well represented hero by national republi
can committee-men I'ltteburg , the fourth
republican city , has her van guard In Wash
ington , while the main body guard lo dus In
the morning. The quiet of Sunday In the
corridors of the Arlington was broken by
the pres'nce of many strangers , all desirous
cf I'jcurlng this much coveted prize for their
cities. National comml'taemen ntlll con
tinue to arrive and It Is expcctel that by to
morrow night practically alt will be hero
and prepared for tlic meeting on Tuesdiy
morning Headquarters have been estab
lished and tverylMnK pointit to an Interesting
nnd spirited contest. Very few claims as to
the actual number of voles cvpect'd to be
polled by the respectivecl'le ? are put out ,
the only statem nts being that "Wo arc-
hero to w In "
Among the nr Ivnlo to lay wre Hos
Thomas C. Platt of New Ycrk and lion Joe
Mauley of the national commlUae. Chicago's
committee of five arrived hero tonight. I.
Includes OeorgE- Swift , S Wallcrton , T
McMillan , J. Irving Pierce nnd W D. Ilojce ,
nnd with them , as th ? representative of th"
t'tate Is T. N. Jamison of the republican
committee of Illinois Mr. Ho > ce Is chairman
cf the newspaper commlttro and hc says
Chicago's proeprcti are the b'st The Lake
City , thej ay , has always heretofore treated i
national conventions properly and Is now In |
belter slupe than ever to d so , the v\orld's j 1
fair having left Chicago with a surplus of
hotels that would easily accommodate tha
mulll'iide , It Is Tgued that Illinois ? having
no republican candidate for the presidential
nomination , every candidate would have n
fair show.
St. Louis has a good el/ed delegation here
also , ahtmt llfte ° n having arrive 1 today In
addition to those already liete The arrivals
today Included Hun. H. T. Kerens , Mayor
W.iHbrldgi > of St. Louis , cx-Itepresentatlve
Frank and S. M Kennard , a piomlnent busi
ness man. These gentlemen will make the
argument and announce what St. Louis haste
to offer. Hon. W Warner , who Is also a
member of the St. Louis delegation , said to
night. "Wo feel very much encouraged and
think we have an equal show with any othr
city at pie-sent. In the first place , St. Louis
is neutral ground between the piesldentlal
candidates , and It might be sild between the
sectional feeling of the county. U Is a great
republican city and we can furnish a hall
that will wet 15,000 In a body , with an
abundance of committee rooms. Our hotel
accommodations will be equal to the demand
nnd there will be no raising of prices. "
I'ittsbuiK , according to the statements cf
her delegates now here , will have a committee
of sl\tj-llve or seventy citizens In the city
tomorrow Those already here Include Pool-
master McKejn and Lletrrenant Governor
Lyon. Said one of the de-legates tonight :
"Our pro pectb are better than thobe of
un > othei city Wo will give the convention
anything any one else docs and go cards ami
spades better. Our hotel accommodations
are ample for the occasion and we have a
certified check for $75,000 to show that we
aie leady to pa > the expenses that will be
entailed In the holding of the convention. "
'Ill'1 San Fianclsco delegates , who are mik- _
Ire a hard flcht for the convention , held a
meeting toniglit , at wmcn ineir piling were
dlcusbed and a piogram mapped out. Hon
M. H. Young , who reached the city today ,
presided and the meeting was still in session
at midnight.
I'ASSIMJ OK JOUIINAMSV S VIA.
\ullior of AVorlil VV l < lc I'miuDlvx In
l.iiiulnii.
LONDON , Dec. S. George Augusta SaH ,
the distinguished Joiunalist , is dead.
George Aiigiibtlne Henry Sala , journalist
and authoi , was. born In London In 1S-S. In
the early part of h | ? career he became n
contilbutor of aitlcles to newspapers anJ
magazlne < He founded and was the flist
editor of theTempi" Iar Magiulne. He
\l-lted the United States In ISlM .is special
coiieiHondent of the Daily Telegi iph an I litho
the latter part of tlie following jeu publ.'shui
the result of his ? ob eivations under the title
of "America in the Mldit of Wai. " Ho
w IB war eorttspondpiit for the same paper In
Fiance In 1870 , witnessing the fall of the
ymplie in Pails on September 1. He ufter-
waid went to Home to leeord the entry of the
Italian urmj into that city , and in January
1S75 , he vlblted Spain on the occasion of tlie
entrj of Alphcnea XII. He visited Ru-.s'.i '
In Decenib1 ! , 1876 , as special correspondent
of tliti Dally Telegraph , and subsequentl )
travels d the empire to obst'ive the inoblll/a-
tlon of the Russian aim } , then In progr ss
Some of his best known works nre "How I
Tamed Mis Cruiser , " published In Ib36
"Journey Due North , a Resilience In Rus
sia , " In 1871 ; "Looking at Life , " and "Make
Voiii Game , a N.tirative of llio Rhine , " lbt0' !
' Iipakf.i"t ! In Hed. " and "Strange Adventures
of Captain Dangros" In ISC ) ; "After Hreak-
fait. 01 Pictures Done With a Quill , " In
1SC4 , "From Wuteiloo to th * Peninsula , " In
ISM ; "Note * .mil Sketches of the Purls E -
Ilimillfll , III inu < 3 , jhuiut : mm tiiiiii. , ju
IMiD ; "Paris Herself Again" and "Amoilca
Revhlted , " In lf > 8- .
Mr. Salt started a week ! } paper In May ,
IS'Ji ; , .entitled gala's Journal , but hai blncn
discontinued the publication of It ,
si : VIKIII.M ; run THU vrit
OlNiil.lcil steamship llni n\ii-rli-iu | > i-il
Soilii * llfln.i AVcallu-r.
TORT 10WNSI3ND , Wash. , Dec 8 Search
for thcdib.ihl d eteamshlp Sti.ithnevl.s will
bo pie 'ciited b ) the Oriental ateamei 'la-
cuma , which sailed westward fiom VIotoiH
todi > In a few days two or three tugs ,
will be sent , out a couple of humlied miles
to await her appealanc' . For the pnst three
weeks a stiles uf southerly gales have been
exppil'iiced for l.OOtl mllei , west of C'ape1
Klutteiy. CJiitaln Hooper of th ? lenenuc ma
rine bculco , who is thoroughly acquainted
with thu icfan ruimita of that localll ) .
ventiues the iiplnlon that the StrJihnoUs
Is too fin westwaid to feel the upward coast
cm rent , which tcts in ngalnst Vancouv r
Island and the southeast coast of Alaska.
Howmci , southerly gales would natutally
mute u nnrthein current , If she po csfce * ;
any eteam prepvlllng power at all , which ,
togothei with IIT hall aica , accoiding to
Captain Hooper , It would doubtless enable
hei to appioach nem rnough to Cii ] Flutteiy
to tvcmo fie AhSlstuiae of a lug. Shipping
of almoht h r oun sl/e to be of any ma-
ti'iial use In towing against a headwind ,
The Hti-ame-r Is heavily loaded , cumbsibome
- and would he awkward In tough \\catlicr.
No ical alarm for the vestel'o safety Is ap
prehended by experienced navlgatois and
they belle bht > v/lll rLiich pint by the end
of th * week
in itiiitin : in A .ST. josii : > ii nor ,
T iIi'Vriil4 Olil , \hc I.i'lluivt Ho
SIllllllN I'lllll'I'lllKII '
II l < 'lllllll > .
ST JOSKPH. Dec. K. Wlllliim H. Fi.inz.
u policeman , was shot and mortally wounded
here at 1100:1 : tcdi > at ( lie hands of the famll )
of L Lolbjwltz , a pawnbroker. The shooting
occurred In Lelbowlu'i pawnshop , and the
bulletc weie llrcd by the pawnbroker's ! !
jear-old atn , Abe. Policeman Franz went to
the pawnshop to recover a erolen watch ( hat
Constable McCaffe"ty of Atehlson. Kan. , had
locate 1 there , Franz found the watch and
jckod permission to take it to police head-
Itiaitera fur Idviitllicatlon. This piml lon
was tefuscd , .vheieujian Franz attempted to
take both the pawnbroker nud the- watch to
iMdnuarlerB , A scufllc cnsueJ , during whii-h
1'lbowltJ and hli wife got the pollepnian on
h > lloor. The
boy thtm grabbed a revolver
'
'rom behind thecouiiter and flrcd live shots ,
hrco of which took effect In the policeman's *
body-one In the neck and one In the right
ride. Until Imlletu went clem through the
body , A third pleiced Franz' luft arm. Con-
tilj MtCiifferty ran In from Hie street and
anestcd Leibowllz , and other ottlcers took the
boy and womanjiito cttstoJy , i'ranz' death It
non cntarlly expected ,
ARREST APACHE MURDERERS
Slayers of Several Persons Captured by the
Soldiers ,
MUCH ANXIETY ALONG THE BORDER
Pcurs Hint n 1'itMBc III 1'nrNiilt of
cm nn nml
Kllli-U. I
TORT ORANT , Ariz. , Dec. 8. The party
of White mountain Apache Indians who are
miming from their camp on the San Carlos
rc vrxntlon and who nre supposed lo have
murdered Merrill and his daughter near
Solonvllle three dajs ago , were arrestei
and brought Into San Carlos agency late las
night by a detachment of Captain Dell's
trcops of the Seventh cavalry and the Indian
police.
The party consisted of seven men and abe
bo > , all mounted and leavlly armed , two o
them catr > lng cavalry carbines that tire the
Identical bullets which brought Merrill am
daughter to their death. The Indians nay
they have been hunting In the mountains
near Fort Thomas , and the fifty mlleo fron
these mountains to the Glla Uonlta valley , It
which Me-rlll and his daughter were killed
Is only a stnp for these wily Apaches. They
are being held under guard at San Carloe
for further Investigation , but there Is very
little doubt but that Colonel Dell has the true
murderer. ! .
A p-omlnent cattleman at Fort Thomas re
ports having been ti party of six or seven
ludlaiib near the trail leading to the valley
In which the killing look place. Evidently
these arc the same Indians.
GREAT ANXIETY FELT.
SOLOMONVILLE , Arl ? . , Dec. 8. Great anx
lety Is felt here on account of the fact thane
no news has arrived from the poyse of nine
te'n who ore following the trail of ths mur
derers of Merrill nnd daughter. Indiana un
doubtcdly committed the deed , as nothing
was molested except "the provision box , vvhlcl
was emptied and left near the scene of the
minder. The commander at Fort Grant was
notified of the uneasiness felt for Sherlf
Wight and ponse. It Is presumed he vvll
send troops on the trail. It Is not impossible
that the posye has bean ambushed , but 1
would seem that ot nineteen all would no
be killed. If no news comes today another
prsvo will probably go out.
SU years ago a sheriff1 ! ? posse from Tucsoi
followed train robbers to Mexico and al
were put Into Jill by the Mexican officials
and not heard from for ten days. It may bo
that Sheriff Wight's posbe has met a similar
fate.
fate.The
The report sent from Phoenix that four
miners had been killed near Fort Thomas Is
not true Such a rumor was heard here , but
Investigation failed to confirm It.
Sheriff Wight's posse , which pursued the
Indian murdeerrs of Merrill and daughter
icturned this evening. Near the base of the
White Lock mountains the pos e came In
slglit or tlie imiians , mil ueenseen oy ene
Indians fiom an elevated position. The posse
came within 500 yards of the Indians a' they
were going up tlie sideof the mountains am
liad the advantage of being among rocks am
bush. The Indians were flrcd on and returnei
theflre , but escaped over the summit Into the
rough , locky country over a trail hard to
follow. The. . pose kept In clcse pursuit , bu
the trail was lost on Filday. There were' bu
two Indians , nnd they doubtless belong to a
band of rojiegades which has been off their
icscrvatlon several year- .
DETAILS OF THE CRIMES.
DEMING , N M. , Dec. 8 News from the
pcene of the murders In Aiizona commlttei
by renegade Apaches from the San Carlos
reservation state that the troops from Forts
Bajard and Grant are on the trail and that It
leud" to the line of old Mexico Into the Sierra
Mjdre mountains , the stronghold of the rene
gades for jears. Dy treaty soldiers can cross
the International boundary to pursue the In
dians , but the country is EO rough am
mountainous that It Is very improbable thai
they will ever get within a hundred miles of
the murderers. In all six murderq are re
ported , the first crime being committed on
last Monday , on Eagle cieek , when Ihreo
brothers named Hlnton and a man named
Searles were killed and horribly mutilated.
On Tuesday a farmer named Merrill and his
Ifi-yeai-old niece were slain In the road six
miles west of Ash Springs. The girl had
been outraged and the body was fearfully
miitlldleJ The scenes aie on the borders of
the retenallon and many miles distant from
telegiaphlc communication , so that particu
lars are not obtainable There were six
Indians In the party , two mounted and four
on foot , but It would be an eahy mailer lo
bleil horses for the entire party.
A party of miners from Duncan , Ariz. , lefl
in advance ot the soldiers heavily armed and
well mounted , and nt bst accounts were fol
lowing the Indians within two hours. These
crime ! ! uo not indicate nn oiuoreaK or tenons
trouble , being the work of a few murderous
bucks , whose actions are condemned by the
reservation Indians , who are contented.
CAVALRY .MAKING FORCED MARCHES.
ST LOUIS. Dec. S. A special to the Re
public from Sliver City , N M. , bays : "Or
ders wrro received at Fort Uayard oiderlng
out nil remaining cavalry at that post to
make forced maic'nes for the capture of the
biand of renegade Indians that committed
Hie minders near Iho San Carlos reservation
last week , The ttoops left at once. The
ordeis weio accompanied by a report that the
cltl/ons' poibes which left Duncan , Ail1m -
medlatelj after the discovery of the miir-
dcrois , had inn Into the .Indians near Clif
ton , Arl/ , and tlul a light had followed In
which one nr mme of the posse 'iiad been
killed and Iho older for moving the ( loops
was foi the putposo of closing upon the band
before the Mexican line could be reached The
posi-o w.is under the leadership of th ° I'.uks
blathers , skilled f ronllersmen nnd Indian
flghiern.
FORT ORANT , Ailz. , Dec. S Theie Is no
news tonight from the Indians nor from the
scouting parties who aie nut from the various
military posts The wires between this point
and San Carlo agency and Fort Apache went
down about noon today , and , It IP believed ,
they we > ro cut by the icnegada Indians. A
party Is out on the line for the purpose of
nuking repairs Sheriff Wight and paste
have not Icon heard from , and much anxiety
Is felt for them.
ro > cissiov : iciu > \ ,
I'roiiilniHil ritUriiN of HI- i ii | | ( . < |
Milieu Will llullil n lliillruiul.
PORTTOWNSEND , aWsh. , Dec. S. A con
cession from the Chinese government to build
a Ijne cf rnllioad from tidewater to JVklng
1ms been obtained by a syndicate of Ameri
can capitalists. Tie road \vll bo about 200
mil ? ' ) long : and will tap available commercial
mining districts. The operation and construc
tion of the line will ostensibly be < undei the
direction of tlio Chinese government , but
American capital and engineers are the prin
cipal factors In the scheme. Among the men
cf prominence said to bo In the deal are Sen
ator Calvin S Ilrlco of Ohio , Whllelaw Reid ,
cdlloi of the New York Tribune. ex-Secre
tary cf Slaet John W. Foster nnd others ,
AVI 1 1 lleiicnil on VVIiul.
C'HAMHEItLAIN S , I ) , Dec -Special ( )
Stockmen WP I of the Mlsfourl liver jnoi
jjCEu to outrage quite cxtenslvelj dm Ing the
comingEiiifon In windmill lirlgutlon. It
lias not yet been demanstiitted that the
nrtesltui basin extends to any gieat dlstatue
iindet the ceded Sioux lands , and until
fome one * IB found with sulllcluiil
to make thu iie-ceseaiy experiment , vvh.lch
vsoulU undoubted be a costly one , depend
ence will be placed n holly In windmills' A
IliukUc , ono of lhe atockmen , linx jint coin.
pleled t'ic'ftinp a largo windmill on lilu
anon , and will next . \ < ur litigate about
twenty-live acres of land. Ueotge Dunkle ,
rhoto lanch Is near Wejtover , will erect
our windmills , and proposes to lirlgato his
cntlro lanch of 300 acres John llrown , an
'
other cMtt'c'iiun living near Westover , IH
icuv vv ikijiir on a large lulfatlnc plant of
is ! own ,
n vim v n.\\ \\Ati.s ! nvi\ < M IIH :
MHr * llio lloio Hull Ho 1VII !
Vlci-l Hit llrotlii-r lit Hell.
MINNEAPOLIS , Dec. 8. "Mar the curse
of God fall on you nnd jc-ur ! nyd allow me
when I drop from the fcaffolfl , to haunt you
day and night until your death. Thtn 1 wel
come you on the brink of hell with a redhot
Iron. "
These are the farewell words cf Harry
Haywnrd to his brother , Adry , this afternoon
He hurled them at the latter as he descsmlfi
the stalro leading to the tier In which the
p.-lsoncr was confined , and pissed througl
the Iron doorway lo the oulcr office. H was
thflr last meeting ou raTth , nnd tnich the
murderer Intended It to be , Adry was nw
calm as the pttsc-ner was furious. He w.r
unmoved by the anathemas , except towari
pity. His was the brotherly affection , am
It was his fervent "God Mess you , Harry
Gcodbyt- , Harry , " which elicited the remark
quoted above.
The meeting between thebrothers1 was nr-
rnnned by the parenty , who besecched the
condemned man to s'o Adry ence < mote be
fore he died. He remained obstinate to the'i
entreaties for n Iwig time , but finally yleldci
ami sent by messengers a note reading
"iinnr A,1rv Trnnt vmi tn comn nt once
to the Jail , as I wish particularly to speak
to > ou. I have no other object that the dc-
sltc lo ask your fcrglveneso for any wrong
real or Imaginary , which I have dons you
1 want one : moro to see you. This Is the
djlng request of your brother.
"HARRY. "
When Adty reached the jail he waited
the conclusion of the visit of Dr. Ilnjvvard
who wau then with the cMidemncd , man
Deputy Allison , however , passed through the
ofilc ? to the Jail corridor and told Harry
that Adry was In the outer ofllce.
"Let him come nt once , " said Harry.
Dr. Hayward , however , did not relish the
Idea of the meeting between ths brolhers
In his prescnc" and asked the deputy to wall
milII ho uns rpadv to co beforhe showoi :
At'ry up the Jail slalrs. He remained a few
mlnules longer , Ihcn bade his brother fare
well for th ? time being. On his way out
ho met Adry In the doorway of the ofllc
nnd the two stopped fora brief time am
shook hands. The physician passed out of
dcors , while Adry ascended , the stairs to the
coirider , where Harry stood calmly await
ing him. Tl.ey addrtssed each other In a
friendly manner , after which Harry re
quested the deputies to withdraw a dlstanc ?
t. ) allow him to speak to his brother con
fidentially. The officials did as rsquest.'d an 1
from a distance keenly eyed the two men ,
The latter at one ; engaged In an InteresUe
convtrsollon. What passed was not hean
by tiny peison until Harry raised his voice
to say : "Now I have done my part ; I have
forgiven you for all you hive done. Now
you d9 as I ask. "
"Hut , Harry , how can I'returned ' Adry
appcallngly.
The answer wns too much for the prisoner.
He sprang to his feet arid ptfnrrd forth n
tirade of abuse never before heard In the
old jail.
"You low , mean , contemptible , miserable ,
damnable wretch. You refuse to do tlmt
after what I have done. You God-forsaken
tool. You have played n good part , but now
I can tell you what I think of you. My
letlcr afler all was only * a decoy for lha
purpose. You damned villain. If I could
only KQt at you , I'd die out your brains
\VI III U. IVllllC. | - VtUllIU IKCLt * l/Ub JWU1 11I.U1V
with my bands. I would , cr\ish \ the two to
gether , cut tlim Into pieces , squeeze ou
the juice , make It lnto a ple and thrust It
down > our throat. "
He clenched his hands Irt his rage and
stamped his .foot fiercely. His face was
white and livid by turns.
t
Adry sat qufet for a fsH" minutes , but
seeing His usplessness of waiting longer
arose and slarted to go. Obd . bless jou
good bye , Harry , " he called as he was aboui
to go down he stairs.
"Oh , jou villain , " waa the return greet
ing , "may the curse of God be on you and
jours and allow me to haunt you until your
dying day. Ah , J wl.ll meet you on the brink
c.f hell with a red-hot pok.r.l'
co\ra < nss or 1,411011
Fifteenth Aiiniinl G'oiicutloii of tin
Mitlonnl Ko < Iornlloii.
NEW YORK , Deo. 8. The largest congress
of labor leaders ever held In New York , as
far as the numbers reported and the Interests
Involved are concerned , will begin tomorj
row at Madison Square garden with the openIng -
Ing of the Fifteenth annual" , convention ol
the American Federation of Labor. More
than 500,000 laboring men In the United
States are sending thefr delegales HB In
number to lepresnt them. Psrhaps 1,000,000
wcrklngmen would be rjeaVcr fhe mark , but
the officer * of the federation are confcrvatlvo
as to numbers , and cnly reckon those who are
in good standing with the subordinate unions.
It Is now twelve years since the Federation
met In this city In convention , since which
time It has been expanding until It has Its
representatives In every state In fhe union
and all over Canada. It has affiliated wllh
It eighty national organization ? . There will
tinnnnumnnn Hplncntn MRR ! PVftnrpefnrtnll
who will repressnt the Garment Workers'
union of Chicago. For the Jast three days
the delegates to Ihe convention have been
arriving. Ex-President Gompe.is of the fed
eration and several of tie | local officers are
finding quarters for the delegates at the
hotels.
The executive council of the Federation
reached this city yesterday , and Is at the
Ashland house. The council consists of John
McBrlde , president of the American Federa
tion of Labor ; P. J. McGuIre , vice president ;
John Brennon , treasurer : AUgustln McCraltli ,
EECiotary , and N. M. Garland , president of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Worker * . Ex-President Gompers at
tended a meeting of the executive council ,
which was held yesterday aflernoon at the
Ashland hous ? .
The business consisted of preparations for
the opening of the convention , E , Cowey and
J , MawiUloy qf the Coal Miners' and Ihe
Spinners' union of England , which will at
tend the convention as representatives of the 3
bodies , arrived today , They were met by n
delegation of the local officers and escorted to
the Afliland house , which will b ? the head-
quartets of the executive council. They
represent about 300,000 worklnsmon In Eng
land and Wales. Preshlent John McBrlde
of Ihe Federallon , In'not. . a delegate , having
been defeated at Ihe election for delegates from
his local union. He will , hoVe\er , as presi
dent , open the convention.
Snoclfll arrangements have been made to
entertain the vMtlng delegates , A masi
meeting will be held In Cooper5Union tomor
row evening , under the am > pl < ; e of the trade
and labor unions of Nevv York , Brooklyn and
Jersey City , In connection wllh the conven
tion , at which the visiting delegates will be
Invited to speak. Important questions will
come before the convention. Including the car.
rylug out of an eight hour movement on
May 1 , 1S9C Questions affecting the stand
ing of subordinate national unions will be
licenced. The question ot liannonlzlng na-
llonal branches will al o bq discussed , and
efforts made to extinguish the Knight * of
! , abcr as a trades unldn movement and compel
that body to become a purely educational
one Ex-President Gompera will be a candi
date for president In opposition to President
McUrlde ,
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Six , \CCM In lltn HccU.
LOUISVILLE , Ky , , Dec , 7.-A special to
the 1'ost from nltfstone dap , Va. , says ;
Dave Thompson and Hemy Miiriny not Into
u dltllculty laut nlslit over n game of cards.
Four nces showed up In hu sumo In one
land , while In another a pair of uce-s. This
cd to u dispute , nnd finally to blows , Pistols -
tols vveio pulled and Thompson -was tlio
landlest with his gun. He shot Murray In
lie breast and made Ills escape. Murray
vlll die. „ ,
VCM 'VorU C'liurch'clclirullon. .
NEW VOUK ' , Dec , , 8. Today wan tlie oc
casion of tbe'jolnt celebration of the fcasit
of the immaculate conception and the so-
omnlzutlon of the feast of St. Francis Xa-
vlcr. the patron saint of Kt. FianoU
Xavler church In this city. Cardinal Gib-
jona celebrated high pontifical mats In
jonor of the occasion. The church was
profuae y decorated with ( lowers , funs and
other plauta.
SWALLOWED UP IN DEATH
Identity nnd Etory of n Young Woman
Obliterated by Bullets ,
SENSATIONAL SUICIDE AT BEATRICE
Woman l"oiiiul lloml oil ( lie
I'lour of llor Iliiiitii n ( ( lie
( irniiil Co M ( ml llod-l I. )
llu > CIciU ,
UKATRICE , Neb , Dec. 8. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Dtntrlce has a sensation today In
the shape of n suicide. On the evening of
November " 0 a man nnd woman got Into
a back at the llurlltigton depot , Instructing
the driver to lake them to the Grand Cen
tral hotel. Upon their arrival at thcp hotel
the v\omatf registered as Mrs. Carrie Drown ,
Keokuk , la. , the man requesting the clerk to
register him ns A. F. Turner , but giving
no pbce of reHdcnce. Although the man s -
cured the hack for himself nnd the woman ,
she paid for her ride nud they did not In
any way recognize each other after arriving
at the hotel. At noon the following day
Turner departed on a Ilurllngton train. Tl.e .
weiinan remained at the lintel until vcster-
day , the last seen of her being at the dinner
hour.
Sha was uncommunicative ami but little
was known of her except that she claimed
the wns expecting her husband to arrive
last evening. The fact that she did not appear
at suppjr time occassloned no comment , as It
was supposed slie hail gem ? to a train to meet
her husband. Not pulling In an appearance
this morning , Ihe clerk went to her room ,
nnd rec Ivlng no answer to a knock on the
door , climbed up and 1-ok d through the
tir.iuom. Seeing Ihe Led had not been oc
cupied , It was decided that the woman had
, left town.
At 1 o'clock today an entrance to the loom
was forced and the woman was found l > lng
dead upon the floor , face down , a bullet hole
In the right temple and another In the left
breasl , a 22-callbcr revolver clasped in lior
hands.
At the coronei's Inquest this afteinoon the
fact TVas revealed that the deceased would
soon have become a mother. As far as pos
sible she had obllberated every trace of
her Identity , but by the use of a glass the
name Carrie Turner could be trac d upon
Ihe cover of a w riling tablet found In her
trunk , although an effort had been mad ? lo
erase It. There was also found In the bottom
tom of her trunk a piece of wrapping pap r
which had plainly written upon It A. F. Tur
ner , the name of the man registering at
the hotel and riding up from the depot
with her.
The deceased was apparently about 25
ytars old and had an abundance of goad
clothing , esvcral finger rings and about 522
In money. The body was cared for by Un
dertaker Scott , and will be placed In his re-
c-jvlng vault for a time to await Idenllli-
catlon. Coroner Fletcher telegraphed th"
Keokuk olllcials tonight in the- hop : of find
ing some of the dead woman's friends.
MA.V.H Tniiiiiiu.u cunii : .
KIllH lllniNolf After Inflicting1 Injuries
on HIM VVIfr Ali It'll .liny Ho I Mini.
DEXTER , la. . Dec. 8. ( Special Telfgram )
The Valentine Hlbbs home , four mil"s
northeast of Dexter , was the scene- today at
1 p. m. of one of the bloodiest tragedle"
ever enacted In central Iowa. Grant Hlbbs ,
aged 32 years , fired one shot at his wife ,
then turned the 38-cullber revolver and shot
himself twice through the head. After shoot
ing ; himself he grabbed a knife and Inflicted
two very dangerous wounds on hla wife be
fore falling from the loss of blood. At 5 p.
m , Hibbs Is slowly dying , his brains
running out of both wounds. The wlfo Is in
a precarious condition , but may live.
The houo where the struggle took place
presents a horrible eight. The floor , stove ,
bexl and walls are spattered with blood and
pcolt ) of the same have dried Into dark ,
murky spots in the carpet. When neighbors
reached the 'house ' Mrs. Hlbbs was holding
her husband's head In her lap and a yeai-
old babe on one arm , the baby playing In the
blood that ( lowed from Its father's wounds.
Hlbbs had been released from the Mount
Pleasant Insane asylum as cutcd live weeks
ago , but his Insanity returned suddenly in
a violent form. His hsrolc wife fought a
neb I ? battle for her life and to save her
child. She muy survive the tragedy.
SHE KINDS 111311 IIU.SIMM ) I > nIJ ,
\Vlfe ItcliiriiN friini Church in DH- |
00 % cr Her .Spouse n CoriiNc.
CHEROKEE , la. , Dec. 8. ( Special Tele
gram. ) George W. Young , aged G3 yean , a
wealthy and popular cltlyjn of Chciokee , was
found dead at 12 o'clock today by his wife
on her return from church , a bullet hole
through hlo head. He was sitting In a large
rocking chair , his feet' resting on another
chair. A re\olver was held In the right hand ,
which tested on hla lap , Indicating thai lie
had committed suicide. The bullet entered
about an Inch above the right temple ami
ranged downwaid and forward , lodging Just
under the left ee
However , the suicide tbeoiy Is not accepted
by some of his friends. They pay Mr , Young
was the posiossor of SD strong a character
and brilliant mind that his suicide Is most
Improbable. The Inquest will be held tomor
row at 9 o'clock. Mr. Young wns the
owner of the Washington House at this place ,
also several good farms throughout ihecoun
try , the total value of which Is about ? 100-
000. His mind was not burdened by any
known trouble , and the community la al a
loss to know why ho should take his own
life , If such Is the case. Ho retlied from
business some years ago , and waa apparently
living a pfaceful and happy life.
IIUHII AA'I'IOVAI * AIM.t'U WOIIK.
Inrtfc C'onucllw Ilclunr Formed In .til
I'nrtN of ( lit : Coiinlr ) .
NEW YORK , Dec. 8. John P. Button , , gen
eral secretary of the Irish National alliance ,
statej that councils of the alliance aie being
rapidly formed In e\ery city of the United
States and Canada , Andiew Nolan , a member
of the city council of St. Louis , has been
elected president In that city , the municipal
ccuncll already consisting of 2,500 members.
3an Franclrco , Boston , Lawrence and Lowell ,
Mass. , Cleveland , Detroit , Anaconda and Dutte
3Ity , Mont. , have also formed largo branches
Tci onto and Montreal have Inauguiated strong
councils , The election of municipal executive
councils will be held In New York and Brook
lyn on New Year's day. The other cities and
tow no , where more than one council exlfte ,
will also appoint municipal committees , on or
about that date , *
DcinlHc of II. Tluinc Vllllci- .
CINCINNATI , Dec. 8.-H. Thane Miller ,
president of Mt. Auburn Institute , died last
life-lit of heart dlt-e.ise. He established the
Institute tlilily > ears ago and IIIIH ahvajH
been at IIH head , Although ho IIOH been
Dllnd for yeaic. lie uas one of the leading
Young Men's Cliilstlan association men of
the country , director of the cliuiltuble Insll.
lutlons , und u noted Hlnger. He leaves u
widow und n duuuhtei , the Kilter being the
wlfo of II , I' , lioyden. leading editorial
vv liter of the Commercial-Gazette ,
i * * ' ,
.Murdered I'lloliliir .
CMrOIUA , Dec. 8-"Juck" HanlP. a
irlnter employed on proofreader In Ihu state
Hinting olllce , was muidcred last night In
lie outskirts of town. He Is supposed to
have been killed and lobbed by trump J ,
Tinir.i : MI : > KIII.II : > is v mir.nc.
\o * orl A > cvt linden I.ooonmllv o
, | IIIIIIH llio Trnrl. .
NEW YORK , Dec. S. Three men were
killed and two were Injured In n rallrind
vvr.ck today on the New York & New Haven
railway In Hartford. The killed arc :
THOMAS FITZGERALD , engineer , 3S je.us
old
FREDERICK MAPLES , 40 yeirs old.
brakeninn
THOMAS C. M'NALLY , 40 > tnrs old. broke ,
man The injured- Thomas llinnon , conductor ,
cut and sralded.
Thomix McKeen , fireman , cut nnd scalded.
All of the- killed and Injured were resi
dents of this city. The accident occurred
between One Hundred nnd Thirty-second nnd
One Hundred nnd Thlrtthird streets. The
I locomotive wns us d ns n switch e-nglne , and
]
was bound cast lo Van Nest station , with Its
crew of ( Ho mrn The accident occurred
nt a short cutve , and no explanation of what
was responsible for the. tiotlble could bo ob
tained E\coining was In Its proper shape
apparently , nnd the engine and Its tender
were proceeding along at the imial speed ,
when , without any warning , the engine loft
the Hack and went bumping along the ties
llamion , the conductor , and McKeen , the
fireman , leaped for their lives at the moment
the engine toppled over across the west track ,
before the others of the crew wc'o able to
save themselves.
Police and flre alar.ns weie at once turned
In. The firemen went lo vvotK wllh their axes
to cut away all th ? woodwork of the cab anil
In that way were able to take out the bodies
of Fitzgerald and Maples. The body of Mc-
Nally , however , wat , under the boiler nud
the flrcnrn wne not able to release It. A
wrecking crew wa tent for from tlio com-
P&ny'a jard , and the work of lifting up the
engine was begun. The c'tigine was at last
raited nnd McNally's bodj removed. All
t\\ \\r\i\tri * it in-j-i ftrtit.1i rl find Knililrfcil il Oil til
evidently having been Instantaneous FI17-
gcrnld's head piotiuded through the cab win
dow , and ho was Mttlng on his seat at his
duty when the accident happened ,
IIH ; coitruitATioN IN ritoi iun.
\VnHcr A. AVniii ! Conilliiio of \o
York Allowed lo Me Insolx out.
NEW YORK , I > c. S The World says-
Application has been made to the attoinoy
general of the state , asking tint he take
action lo dissolve the Walter A Wood Mow
ing and Reaping Machine company , one of
the larccst industrial corporations In New
York. Mr. Hancock has ordered a bearing
on the application Monelav afternoon at Al
bany. The company was oiganlzed thirty
years ago by ex-Congressman W. A. Wood
and a great plant has. . been built up at
Hofulc Falls.
Fellows Ac Wright have made application
for the dissolution ns attorneys for Mrs.
Thomas Patterson of New Brighton. S. I
Her husband , the lale Admiral Patterson , U
S. N. , purchased 170 gliarev of the compinys
stock , wlilcli she noVv holds. The petition
says the company has remained liifcohent for
at least on ? > ear and a settlement with the
ci editors Is desired The- capital sfck Is
$2,500.000 , and ptior to 1S')2 ) the surplus was.
$2,600,000. The financial troubles aie largely
due to the failure of the Waller A Wood
Harvcstci company of St. IMul , Minn. , Into
which , It is alleged , neaily ths whole sur
plus was sunk.
The application says"The grounds upon
which this action Is required to lemove the
directors and call them to account are , In
substance , that the said directors have abused
their trust iind have been guilty of miscon
duct therein. A great legal battle Is ex
pected , as1 the application will be btronglv
resisted by the dlicctors , who claim thai th2
company Is entirely sdlvent and will prosper
( n the future. They QIC trying to effect a
reoiganlzition. "
KIJM'l CICY'S M ATOIUAI , FK.'IIT.
CoiiKrcNniiiini lliiulcr Tnll.i-d of l > >
tile Iti'jiulillciniN.
FRANKFORT , Ky. , Dec S. Now that the
legislature ! is mode a tlu politically by the
democrats electing A. J. Carrel at Louisville
jesterday , the aspirants for the senatorshlp
to succeed Senator Blackburn are here with
their managers and a very hotly contested
light Is on. Governor-elect Bradley will ar
rive tomorrow morning. After his Inaugura
tion 0:1 : Tuesday It Is said , he will be an , Im
portant factor In the senatorial cante-st that
Is pending , and It Is generally conceded that
the governor-elect favors Congressman
Hunter , who managed the cecent successful
campaign In the state for the republicans.
Arrangements for the inaiifiiiiatlon of Gov
ernor-elect Bradley at Frankfott on Tuesday
are rapidly neirlng completion. It is the
first opportunity the republicans' of thin stale
ever had for the management of Much an
affair , and the Indications sire thai they In-
lend lo do the occasion full Justice. The
Inauguration of a lepubllcan govcinor in
Kentucky In a record breaking ev-ent to start
alfli Pf.n Mrpnnrntfnns urn Rllftlplnntlv nlnh-
ciato to bo In keeping with the Impoilance
of the occasion. The pii.idc will , of course ,
bo ths feature of the day. General D. W
Lludsiy hai been chown chief marshal , and
In the ptocesslon will be oreanl/itlons from
Covlnglon , Nsw port , Cincinnati , Louisville
and other cities , Including the famous Louis
ville legion. The parade will occur fhorlly
before noon , and ( he inauguration reiemonles
will follow Colonel liradley will reach
Frankfort Tuesday morning , and will , It IK
expected , be greeted by one of the lalgest
crowds ever githeiod at the --tate capital ,
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mv : nusii : > ITS OWN nncisiov
KIIIINIIN Court Itcmlcri nn Opinion of
liiiliorfiinci * lo 1,111111 ( 'iiiiiiiniilc * .
TOPEKA , Dee 7. The Miprome crurt of
Kansas today handed down an opinion of vast
importance to the debtors of the state , sus
taining the constitutionality of the law of
1S03 , which gl\es eighteen months lo tlie
debtor to icdcc'iii all sales on execution 01
foieclosure of morlgages , whether the mort
gage was made prior to the law or not The
eupremo court last Apill had icndered a de
cision holding thlf law nricunstltiitlonil. Chief
Justice Martin , seconded li > Ar.sorlulo Jus
tice * Allen , revelsed the Apill decision. Justice
JohnUon dlssc'iits.
The importance of this decision to loan
companies and moilgagees may bo icall/ed
when It is rcmcmbeied that undei the law of
1MU the mortgagor may irderm MK land for
the amount for which It was bid and not for
the amount upon which judgment was taken ,
or the amount of the money which he had
borrowed. It forces the loan company to bid
up to the full amount of tlio loan when buyIng -
Ing In securities at sheriff's tale or stand the
danger of having the lands taken from them
by icpayment of n loss sum than was oilg-
Inally loaned , The loans In Kansas affected
by this decision amount to many millions , anil
the full foice of It vvlll be felt by companies
which have loans In thn western portion of
the state.
.SI > In.Mll ) Oil I HCH I1KDICTI3II. .
\cu Vork Killllcc CoMlluu Half n
. Million Oni'iu-il.
NEW YORK , Dec. S , The now church of
St. Mjry the Virgin was opened today wllli
all the pomp and tpk'iiiiiJ ; Hut can attend
such an affair. The edifice U occupied by the
ritualistic- Episcopalian * , who have at their
head In this city Rev Dr. McKec Bruwn. Nat
only was the occasion tl.u dedication of a
new $500,000 building , but It was Ihe twenty ,
fifth anniversary of Rev Mr. Hrown'e connec
tion with the chuich , Tlio new church Is
one of the largest In Ihe city and was first
used for worship > eiterday morning at ( i
o'clock , when mass was said. Two other
mattes followed and solemn high mass was
filing at 1 o'clock , The service * was long , not
belnfl ovei until nearly1 2 o'clock. The benediction -
diction was said by Bishop Oration of Wis
consin. The sermon was by Fathei Ritchie ,
lector of St. Ignatius' chinch of this city ,
The celebrant was Father Drown. Father
Mason of New York was deacon and Father
Stsuntori BiibdE-ecan , The chaplain wat. iMther
liatteraon of Baltimore and the bishop was
attended by Canon Know lea o ! Now York
and Father Odell of Philadelphia.
IMMIPP Ttnnpixt ittTPT ii i vn
DhClDliS MORGAN JllSrilANu
Jury Finds Him Guilty of Murder nnil
Fixes the Fcnnlty.
VERDICT RETURNED YESTERDAY MORNINQ
I'rlsoiH'f sliouctl .No PrcltiiH' AVlieu
\ \ ( ircN ( if Doom \\Vr Head
I'lnciMl In ( he ' ollfnr.v
Cell.
George Morgan must tAplatc Ilio brutal
mmder of Illtlo 11carold hln Gasklll on
the gallows.
This decision , reached by tlio Jury after v
deliberation of hours , was delivered to Mor
gan jeslerday morning at the time th.it the
mercies of Gotl were being expounded from
pulpits till o\cr the city. 1 ; was Just 11 05
o'clock.
\Vhon the verdict was delivered the crlm
Innl const loom presented nil nppenranee *
markedly ilirfcrrnt from that which It htil
during thed.ni of the trial. Itus crowded
to Its full capacity up to the time tlmt the
case went to the Jury Salurdiy night. Yes
terday morning , besides the court officials ,
iho jury nml the prisoner nnd his guards ,
there wern present only two or three news
paper men nod ns mnnj other Hpectntors.
It waa Just n little after U o'clock when lh
Jury Mint word to the court ih.it It had de
cided upon \erdlct. . The lawyers of tlio
accused , however , were not present and Judge
Scott decided to wait for tnem for a time- .
Word was sent , but they fallel to nut In
on appearance , flierufore lit a few minutes
of 11 o'clock Judge Scott order1 d the prisoner
brought Into the court room.
Deputy Sheriffs Ko ensrweli ; and MHhoiicy
brought him haiHlcuffed from the county Jail
to the cilice of the sheriff \Vhllo the
shackles were being taken off hli hands
one of the guards asked :
"Well , Morgan , what U the verdict going
to be ? "
"That's hard to tell , " answe-cil Morgan
with a smile.
"Wo have nil conic to Hie conclusion hero
that U will not be worse than life Im
prisonment , " contlnutd the guard.
Morgan said nothing , but the smile again
appoarel on his face. It was evident from
the expression on his features that he him
self expected nothing worse than that.
DID NOT SIIM : TO cAiin.
In a few minutes Morgan was hd Into the
ccutt room , lie took his E-e.it .it the long
table which ho occupied during the entire
tilnl. Hlb face was as expressionless its It
was throughout the trial. The L'pcctotor
would haw said that "ie " was entirely Insen
sible of the fuel that the moment In which
lily fate was to be announced was Impend
ing , a fact which weighed iiion every ono
else who was present.
Morgan sat In his cialr with lilo gaze di
rected toward the window and paid no atten
tion to any one. He leaned cnrelcsBly back
with his , legs stretched b'i'-f him and his
hands I > lng loosely In hib lap They weru
occupied with slowly folding and refolding n
stilp of paper which IK plclteil up from the
table. There was not a particle of nervous
ness displayed In tlilu action ' '
A few minutes pas-ed and the July filed
slowly nnd deliberately Into Hieroom. . A *
each man dropped into his seat In the jury
box his fact"VviB.scanned by everybody oxr-eiH
Moigan , whoso gaz ; was s > tlll directed to the
window.
"Gentlemen , have ) ou decided upon a ver-
ifoigan nt last -hlfted the lixed.tare from
the window. He glanced from man to mini
of the jury , and apparently lead nothing. Ho
thin looked at the window again.
"Wo have , " answered A C. Woody , the
foi mian.
The paper was taken from Ills hand and
given to Clerk of I'no ' District Court Moores.
Everj eye , Including Morgan's W.IB fixed upon
his face. lie unfold.d the pap r , and , after
a slight pause , he read In a d'atlnct voice :
MURDER AND DEATH PENALTY.
"Stato of Nebiaska. In the district court
for Douglas county. SUte of Nebraska ,
plaintiff , against George Moignn , defendant ,
verdict U'c. the Juij , duly empaiuled and
HWOIII , do IInil the defendant George Morgan ,
not gulITv of the crime cliirged In the first
count of the Information and find him guilty
ot murder in the Hist decree in manner and
form at ; charged In l'a * second count of the
information and wt do determine that the
defendant thai ! buffer death. "
As the last woids were uttcrixl the heirt of
the listener appeared to stop heating for an
Inslant , and there was .1 choking sensation
In the tliio.it The terrible Impoit was cotn-
piehpnded by all except apparently Morgan.
.Morgan had fahlcned his eyes nn the clerk
a * , lie hpi7.ni In K'ail. 'P.inrpriR tint n fitilvpr
or llio eje lash or a tifinor or the liaml , even
when thn labf word waa uttered. The nerve
of the man was remarkable. When the clerk
finished , Morgan' * , eyes tinned slowly to tliu
window again , and lemalned ( hero until ha
wns taken out of the court : uom All thu
while the piece of paper in 'nls hands was
slouly folded and refolded by him.
"Gentlemen , Is this jour verdict , " abkcJ
the cleik.
"It Is , " was the answer.
On an oidci from the couit Hie jury was
polled ,
'Iho ( jiicstlon was put to Foicman Woody ,
II L. Llngenfcldl W. II tfiebcr , G. vV. Rey
nolds , IJ. . Stanley , James Montgomery , John
Marks. John II Koehlcr , Charles A. Gregg ,
F. J , King , /.lines Dejamy anil James C'ol-
len. Each ga\c the same answer.
Judge Scott bicnt | a few moments In thankIng -
Ing the Jury. He > ulrt that It wns composed
of j moir gentlemanly lot cf men than lie
had e\er seen on a Jury , lie complimented
them on the atlintlon nnd Ferloumiebs with
which they llbtcned to th cvldenco , nnd IP-
marked that tlio accused could not say that
lie had not been given a fair trial. Ho then
dismissed them. Turning then to Deputy
Hhcilff Itoseiuwclg , he said'
TO Till : SOLITARY CELL ,
"Mr. SlieiIff , ] plnco tlio prlbonci In vour
airo. I'laco him In the solitary cell and allow
no one to speak -with him without pfrmls-
"
slon.
'this was a clmial to Muruan. Hn ukkeil
up ins Ji.it ami rising , warned stcauiiy UB-
Iwenn th" two guaidu back Into the sheriffs
ofllce. The haiidciiffu were put on his handx ,
which appeared to be steadier than those- (
the man who was putting the Irons on , Hf >
was taken from the court ( IOUTO back to the
jail. Ho calil not a word.
When the jail was entered Morgan was
held for a , moment In thf corridor while tlio
handcuffs were being taken off and while thu
colltary cell was being prepaind The pris
oners In the jail crowded about the grating
of the big cfl | with whls.iercd Inquiries
regaidlng the verdict. Morgan remained ua
IndllTereiit and as upeethlosH an over. When
the handcuffs were taken off he put hU ImiKjH
In his pock"tB unil ouietly remained Klamllnfl
un'll ' IKVUH taken to tlie cell In which he
will piobdhly remain until he in led to the
gallows
Iho ner\H and Indlffcmico wlilcli tlie ran *
vlrtcd man illspliijcd throughout hln lent ;
lilul to tht' latl moment In considered moit
remaiKublo by those v.ho have cume In con
tact with him and by ( hose who have been
present through the trial Its effect , how *
ever , Is not fuvorabl ? Id the man It IH not
considered potslblo that a man In.iocont ( if
the hurrlble crime ? of w'llth .Morgan lian been
rouvlcted would 'have ' been able to llulcn ti >
tin evidence against him and to receive Ma
fa to ulth Morgan'ti ajiparent notiLhalance ,
despite the training which a trlnilnal career
might give
The Jury In the case was out fmn C o'clock
Saturday ufiernoon to 11 o'clock yetterday
mornlni ; Thu members will not descrlbn
their drlllxrntlone or what dclajej cbem In
reporting sooner. It U ji'dged , however ,
that th'y w ro all agreed on Morgan1 ! ) eullt
from thp moment they kteijicd Into the Jury
room If the re wttu any dUu recmtnt U r > aa
over thu penalty. It U thought , ( hough , that
there WJB llllle dleagreeinent even on thU
polu1 and the time was xlmrly sptnt In re *
viewing the evidence In order tlmt no mlsUU