Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 21, 1882, Page 8

THE DATI Y BEE ‘OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 138 — ) as< ex DIAMONDS, RICH JEWELRY, FINE WATCHES, French Clocks, Bronzes, Bras- and Bisque Goods, they Max MEYER & BRO, THE LEADING MAUFACTUKING JEBE W HLERS, Wish to announce that toge'her with one of the most tensive lines of have added very largely to their SOLID SILVER EXHIBITI and are offering rare Bargains in Forks and Spoons, and Fancy Fieces, both by the ounce and finely presentation purposes cased for most Water Sets, Ice Pitchers, Dinner, Dessert, and Tea Sets, Castors, Cake Baskets, Berry and Fruit Dishes, Etc, Etc. Also many articles of Teble Ware, Elcgant ARSI and Unique in design, and not found elsewhere, Ifi& | i ALL GOODS SOLD UNDER CUR FULL GUARANTEE. We kerp the BEST MEDIUM FRICED WA'TCH, in silver caser, that can be found in this country for the money; and rold under special gurar tee. i graving we have every facility, and will, on the shortest notice, produce any design to order, complete stock of In manufact: rin, The g, designing and ep. e iy CLOUGH and terma, st; copaired, ng tercitory wanted. Pianos and Organs sold on installments, at a cash pri: set onr figures before purchasing clsewhere, SHEET MUSIC, SHEET MUSIC, Revolution in SHEET MUSIC. the day at the uniform price of FiVH OWNTS A COPY. | This music 18 the same in every respect as that which has hitherto been sold at trom 30 to 7hc | 2 copy. The paper on which it is printed is of the best quality. | oieces added t our already large assortment, daily. WO CENTS a copy. We will give publishers’ prices and discount on all musiec books, AND EXAMINE, MAR MEYER & BRO., LEADI Are offering rare B ORGANS, MUSIC DEALERS! argains in Pianos, piacs, Pianos, ORGANS, ORG ANS, Sole agents in Western lowa and Nebraska for CHICKERING ==a~<=.STEINWAY ==a~os. KKABE riaxos, VOSE rianos. & WAKREN Wears now selling a Organs, STERLING Organg, * Sountry dealers desiring the agency for their towns or counties should apply at once for prices Piancs and organs for rent. Pianos and Organs tuned and Call and , without intereat, SIC BOOKS, MUSIC BOCKS, 11 the latest and most popular picces of Ltis also full music size. New Aleo a full line of the smaller sized music at CALL 1020102224 MAX MEY ER & BRO.FARNAM St. The Daily Bee. 0idAHA. Mond+v Morning, Aug. 21. ‘Woeather Report. (L'he following observation: are taken at the same moment of time at all the stations mamed.) ‘Wan Departyest, U. 8. S1oNAL Ser- VIOK, OMAHA, Aug, araTions. State of Weather Assiniboine sgin 4 River 7 foec 2 inches above low wator mark at Omaha, 4 foed a2 Yankton; Mississippi, 3 feet 2 Inchos at La Crosse, aud 6 foot 6 inches at Da- buque, LOOAL BRHVITIES, ~—Haverly’s Mastodons to-night. —Guests aro turned away nightly from the Millard. ~—There will be five trains of stock in on the U. P, to-day. ~There were eleven cars out on the noon . P. train yesterday. —Two months of hot weather may be Jooked for yet this fall, —Two tea trains came in from the west 1ast night on the U, P, —The fall of 1882 promises to be similar to that of 1878 for wind and dust. ~The Union Pacifics play Haverly's Mastodon minstrel nine this after. noon, ~—The river bottoms form » free Sunday ‘base ball ground, where stockholders do not interfere, —The grading on the B, & M. dump has progressed so far that the frame of the new freight houso in already up, —The hull of the new stemmer being built on the river front is nearly done and has received its first coat of paint. —A new Pullman sleeper on the C. B, & Q. Denver live has been named the ** Lincoln ” in honor of the capital of Ne- braska, ~1If a quard rail isn't put on the west side of the Ninth street bridge pretty soon some one will fall over and be asubject for an inquest. —Sunday was a scorcher and the lively breeze only served to fill the air with dust and make one sigh for the relief of a Sa- bara simon, —The birthday anniversary of Miss Mattie Polack, the 8-year-old daughter of Mr., A. Polack, was celebrated by a gen- eral g.thering of her friends at her howe, on Saturday, —A laborer who was employed on the sewer in the alley back of Hornberger's, had a narrow escape on Saturday evening, about seven feet of earth caving in on him, He was not at all injured, —A woman living near B, & M. Asso- ciation park, was going to chop Mr, D, 8, Goodrich, the waterworks superintendent, to pieces with a hatchet, on Saturday, for tying his horse to ber fence, —There will be sowe changes in the «choir of Trinity cathedral after September Tst. Mr. Peunell, it is said, will lead, as- aisted by Miss Pennell as alto, The other two voices are not yet chosen, ~—Mr. Jacob Hauck, the well known German actor, turns out to be quite an ac- complished painter, He hs just executed in pastille, a very fine portrait of his little #on, which is on exhibition at Mr, Rose's art gallery, ~The overland train from the west yes- terday was # big one, being composed of five buggage cars, four) day coaches, two Fulliian sleepers and the Pullman hotel «car “Continents).” The latter took Col. Hammond snd party out and returned light. 1t was sent on through to Chicago. ~Col. G W, Dickey, a noted horseman of New York, passed through this city yesterday with six fiyers, which be is tak. ing to the races at Davenport and Des Moines. They came from Leadville, Salt Liake and other places out there, and will return to Owaha for the state fair very likely, ~The picaic at Hascall's park Saturday, wmnder the auspioes of the A, O, H,, was & pleasant one in every respect. It was Iargely attended and there was both hrass aud string music, the former furnished by the A, O. H. bund. Dancing and the usual games were resorted to for the day's amusements, By a recent order issued from the headquarters of this department; Fiist Lieuten.nt Charles W, Mason, Fourth in- fantry, and detachment company G, Fourth infantry, now in Cheyenne depot, Wy, will jroceed to join their station, Fort Omaha, Neb. —One hundred and twenty-five plates have been ordered at the Millard for the banquet t» Gen. Cook next Friday even- ing, OF these twenty-five will be officers of tho department, so that the list s very mush narrowed when the great number of the general’s friends is considered. The banquet witl be held in the large dining hall of the Millard and the full Musical Union orchestra of thirty pieces will be present, —The U, P. special car, No, 10, form- erly the *‘Directors” car, has been ro- wodled for use s aregular day couch, It still retains evidence of its former mag- nificence, in it size, its mirrored panels, elegant toilet rooms, etc, Tt is said that it will he put on the dummy run, and 1t would certainly be splendidly adapted to that purpose. The big locker still remains under the car, but not filled with good grub, as of yore, —There was & ripple of excitement at U. P, depot yesterday afternoon while the overland train was waiting to cross the river, it being stated that Doc Baggs, the Denver bunko man, who had been in Omaha a couple of days, was sbout to leave. The doctor took the train, with his wife and the child, avd had their bag- Koge checked for St, Paul, Minn, There was asquad of police on hand and they, as well as the company officials, kept an eye on the Baggs family until the train pulled out, ~—Constable Edgerton has received a letter from Dr. Hartwell, whose wife eloped to this city from Des Moines, with the man Osborn, The doctur wants full particulars of the doings of the couple while in Omabs, as Lo expects Mrs, H tobring suit for n divorce and posses- wion of the child. He asks particularly about & reported scene at tho jail, when she called Osborn her husband and is alleged to have hugged and kissed him with great gusto, —We understand an excursion from Omaha to this place is being talked up, in the former city, Should the Omahogs de- cido to honor our city in this way they will find our citizens ready tod) snything in their power to make their virit o pleas- ant one, and as for natural fucilities offered picnickers, in the way of handsome groves and besutiful escenery, Weeping Water will not take a back seat for any town in the west.—Weeping Water Kepublican, —Jake Alstadt leaves for the east Sun- day to join Buffalo Bill's tombinatton as vioinist and coruet player. Jake will make & zood record, and we wish him every prosperity.—North Platte Nebras- kan, —The Papillion Times says; *‘We learn that the school board have secured & prin- cipal for the fall and winter terms, He is # married man, well recommended, and s from Omaha, The assistan! teachers have not beeu hired, Who is he? A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. An Amateur Highwayman Falls Bofore the Fatal Bull:t. A Equad of Fort Omaha Sol- diers Iurn EHighway- men, “Budge” Drives Them tc Rob One Man and Hold Up Another, They Catch a *artar and Eman- uel Shrader is BShot Dead. A Coroner’s Jury Fxonerates the Mau Who Shot Him. Devails of & Remarkable Saturday Night Sensaticn, At midnight Saturday night a ter- rible tragedy was enacted on the road just south of Florence and about six miles north of this city. The principal actors were Al. Squires, of this city, a fine young fellow who works in a brickyard out on Sixteenth street, Richard Wolsey, a farmer re- siding north of Florence, and Em- manuel D. Shrader, a private in com- pany K of the Ninth infantry. The two former are great friends and Squires is accustomed to going out every weok aud stayine over Sunday at Wolsey's place, returning in time to resume his work on Monday morn- ing. THE ASSAULT, On Saturday evening they left this oity together in a wagon, about 9:30 o'clock. It was pretty dark and they drove slowly, singing as they went along. As they drove up the il just this side of the little town of Florence they were startled by o man suddenly jumping out from the side of the road, and soizing the horses by the bit, at the sume time exclaiming, *“Your money, or your life.” Ho repeated, *'Give mo your money, or I'll biow your brains out,” and poiuted his hand to- ward the ocoupants of the wagon, who thought he had a piatol, though it ap- pearod doubtful whether he had or not. Inthe darkness he seemed to tako aim at Wolsey and Squires, rightly judgiug from the tone in which they wero addressed, that it was not a time to stand on ceremony, pulled out a Smith & Wesson ro- volver, 32-calibre, and FIRED AT THE HIGHWAYMAN, who let go his hold of tho horses and foll, while the two men drove rapidly on to Florence, There there was u dance in progress, aud among others present was Sorgeant Allison, of com- pany K, 9th infantry, who with so: eral others repaired at onco to the scene of the tragedy, where the victim was found still lying by the roadside and quite dead, tho ball from Mr. Squires’ —A prominent citizen of Omaha, while in for » lark recently, was robbed of a spleudld § 60 gold watch while riding in v | hack with & woman, who twisted it from the shain, This was ou Tuesday last, and ho put the case in the hands of Constable | Edgerton, p inting out the womau's resi- | dence, but cautioning him that his nawe | was in o case te be brought before the | public. Inan hour Constable Kdgerton | hiad the time piece, which the womau dug | up from under the water closet, where i | had been concealed. The watch was par- | ticularly valued as being s present from a | friend. | ~Between 1 and 2 o'clock Friday an individual weariog & Mexican sombrero and wounted on a little broncho, rode up | to Schr eder & Becht's Fifteenth strees | drug store and diswounted, He was coy- | ered with blood and his face was fright- fully cut and swollen on the right side, | After his wounds had been attended to by | the doctor, he stated that his name was | D, W. McPherson, and that he worked for | Parker, near the city, He was on bis | way bome about miduight, and stopped in | at asaloon on Sixteenth street, vear the | bridge, where he was lured by the siren | voloe of a councilwan, who was talking | politics, into staying for some time, When | be rode away there was & little racket willi the boys, and some one threw a rock and gave bim the wounds described, He expressed bis intention of having his as- sailant arrested, rovolver having gome through his nock and_probably broken the spinal chord. The supposed highwayman was identified as above, being readily recognized by his uniform, and his | foatures being familiar to many of those who soon assembled at the spot. Tt will now be necessary to go bacrutu an earlier hourof the evening in order to fully explain matters. HOW IT ALL STAKTED, It ap ears that about 9 o'clock Shrader, in company with John Daw- son, of Company O, of the Ninth, sni James T. Flintwell and W. ¥. Me- Donald, of the Fourth infantry, re- cently transferred from Arizona to this post, left the barracks to attend the dance at Florence. The; were all protty well **budged up’ an were quiet hilarious, halloing, singing and making quite a noise as thoy went along. Just above the barracks they came across Frank Lewin, who lives at Florence and who was on his way home, having been over at Fort Omaha on businees, Lewin had a soyihe in his hand and he was not greatly pleased at their too zealous overtures for his scquaintance, One of the soldiers, Flintwell, he says, succeeded in gotting the scythe away from him, and a team uverlu{hu( them at that moment compelled him t> go -;lde in the brush and with the point o THE SCYTHE AT HIS BREAST to remain quiet until the wagon had passed on toward Florence. As the gang foll into line one of them re- marked that that was good a place as any to getaway with him (Lewin), and nceordipgly they took from him six doilars in money, & coupie of - pocket kuives and a bottle of whisky, coufis cating the latter to the exigencies of ‘war, Lewin was then asked if that was all he had and replied *‘Yes,” when he was told that that was ‘‘too thin,” and that, HE HAD BETTER SHOW UP, Lewin, however, protested that he had nothing more, forgetting that he had a five dollar bill stowed away in the watch pocket of his pantalons, which was thus preserved. He was then told that he might go 1f he would proinise not to etop at Florence and only too glad to oscape 8o _easily, ho promised and lit cut on the double quick, but went rizht straight to Floz- eace and told of the robbery. The four soldiera then proceeded toward tho dance aud probaby used up the contents of the way. McDounld aud Dawson claim that on arriving s the hollow near which the shootng took pla Shrader and Flintweil were wo arunk to go on and thac they left them and went ON TO THE DANCE, On reaching Fioreace they found, after puichasing tickeis, that Lewtn had got in ahead of them, avd not thinking ivvery healihy to bs caughr in that locality, started {or home, tuk ing a route back through the orchard and across the fields. Fltwoll who feil by the wayside, with Shrader s tkat they were both full and laid down, not gettiug up tiil about 11o'clock. Shiaier got up firet and started toward tte norch, This was in the hollow just south of Bar. ett's house, g3 Shrader was noisy ss he went up the hill. The next thing Flintwell heard was the rattling of tho wagon and tho singing of Squires and Wolsely, Then he heard the team swop and heard Shroder's do- mand ‘‘your money or your life,” Fiintwell says he called out to the wen in the wagon not to shoot as their asssilant was drunk, He spoke too late, THE FATAL SHOT was fired aud the men drove off. He suys ho then went 1o Barrett’s house, having found Shrader wounded aud ither dead or insensible, and woke up Mrs. B. who sent her little boy with & lantern to show him the way to a neghbors, hor husband being away and Flintwell wantiug assistance. After goiug to Mr. Cole's, which wus olose by, he returned to the place where the body had been left and found that life was entircly extinet, This was the situation of aff when Sergeant Allison and party arrived, and finding Flintwell WITH THE BODY, took him in charge, on both Lewin's and the farmer's complaint. He wa: searched for sowe of the former's property, but nothig wss found, though on Sunday moruiug one of the solon knives was picked up near where Flinvwoll Leww's bottle on ! Squires and Wolsey both drove to town and reported to Mr. Grebe The atter teiephoned for Judge Beneke and on his arrival the men mado their taterwent iu accordance with the aboye and were consigned to the couuty Jail to await the result of the coroner’s investigation, which was adjourced over uatil 7 o'clock last eveulny inorder toallow Dr. Reb- ert, of the barracks, to muke & post mortem of the body. SQUIRES JUSTIFIED. There was oue opivion heard 1n re- lation to the whole affair, and that was that Squires was entirely justifica 1 the shooting and that it will serve u8 a lesson to those ‘who will go ou ou lawless sprees and interfere witk pracenbiy disposed persons. As in too many instances the lees guilty party sucaus (0 iave been the vicdm in this Shrader was a member of Capt. Huy's company, was 26 years ot age aud is deeccibed as one of the best and most iuotien- s.ve soldiers of the Niuth regimenc, Lewin churges Funtwell with being the leading spirit in his own case and it is probuble that in the drunken car vusal on the highway he put 1deas | into Shrader’s head which he carried | out ouly when INSANE FROM LIQUOR, It ie reported that Capt. Hay teels deeply the fato of the untortunate youag man and that he at first would not credit the facts; also that Sergeant Cudy, whose word goes as far _as any man's in this country, gives Shrader the highest character. The prisoners will doubtless be urned over to the civil authorities for ttrial, the charge of highway robbery, which was committed on Lewin, being sufliciont to send them to the peniten- tary if proven. THE VERDICT, At 6 o'clock last evening Coroner Jacobs, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Crowell and the two prieoners, drove out to For Omaha, whero the inquest was resumed, The testimony of Messrs, Squires and Wolsey was | taken and thatof Dr. M. A. Rebert, | the post surgeon, who made the post | | mortem. The latter testitied that the ball had entered below and back of the left ear and had lodged in the spinal cord, producing instaut death. | 'The testimouy of the two men under arrest did not ditfer trom that of the morning. | in the following verdict: “ihe satd Emauuel D. Shrader came to his death by a pistol shot wound received at the hands of Al- | fred Sq'nres, on the night of August 9ch 1882, near Florence, And we, | te jury, tind that the shooting was | fustitied and done in self defense.” | " The prisoners were thereupon dis- chargea. ca: THE FUNERAL of Shrader took place injthe afternoon | st the post cometery, the body being interred with the usual military | honors. | " The military authorities will, it is | understood turn the three men Low in | the guard house over to the civil was searched, aud | auchorities this morning to be dealt where he had possibly thrown it, This | with for highway robbery. prisonor was taken to the guard house | at Fort Omaha, whore McDouald was | Jea: Swce writing the above it is d that the robbery of Lewen soon lodged with him, aud the trio | and the fatal assauls on "Wolsoy and made complete by the arrest of D.w- | Squires were committed at nearly the son yesterday. The body of Shrader was left 15 where it tell, all wight, and st eatly hour yesterday morning Coroivr Jucobs was notified by telephone from | Sergeant Aliison, aud proceeded 1o the spot to hold AN INQUEST, A jury was impanoilod, consistiog of Wm W, Roberts, ¥ J. Cla William Eliis, J. D. Ellis, J. G. Cole and . H, Franey, sud au inquest held on the scene of the kiliing, The witnesses examined were James T, Flintwell, Wm, F. McDovald and Johu Dawson, the three comrades of Shrader, Mrs, Mary Barreti, Frank Lewin, Henry Taylor aud John Cole. The witnesses were examined Sapar- ately, aud there were 1o new facts elicited, There was a conflict in the statements of McDonald and Dawson, who had gone on to Floreucs, The former swore that after they leit home they had passed Flintwell and Shrader in & drunken stupor and had tried to get them up, but being upable to arouse them, lett them where they were, Dawron, on the contrary, swore that they didn’t see the two men after they left Florence. MeDonald being recalled and questioned about this, seoing that Dawson had got him in a corner, eaid they were BOTH 80 FULL at the time that his parwner mifzht not have seen them but that he did. The men who saw the two leave the dance say they didn't take the road at all, About 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon | | wuimo spot, both beiug in sight of Bar. rott's honse and both affairs witnessed »y Mrs, B from her window. *.%4A coward can pea hero ata | distance; presence of danger tests | presence of mind.” Presence of dis- | ease test the value of a curative, Kidney-Wort challenges this test al ays and everywhere, so g all owplaints of the bowels, Niver and kidueys aro concerned, It cures all, | nor asks any odds. The Races Saturday. There was & good attendance Sat- urday afternoon at the Omaha driving park to witness the gentlemen's road- ster race, the entries for which were: H. Horuberger, Prince; F. A, Nash, Canada Girl; Sam. Record, Little Dave, and Mel, Fitch, Gypsy Girl, In the first heat Little Dave came in first very vasily, Canada Girl sec- ond, Gypsy Girl third, and Prince fourth, The judges, however, gave the heat to Canada Girl, and put Luttle Dave back to second place for run- | ning. Little Dave won tho next three heats and the race, Canada Girl sec- ond, Gypsy Girl third, and Prince fourth, Time, 2:57, 8:00, 8:05, 3:12, The Elegant Silver Tea Set pur- chased by the clerks of the U. P, The jury therefore brought | & Auditor’s office, and presented to Mr, and Mrs. Shropshire, came from Ed- holm & Erickson's, oppostite post- office, HOME TALENT. In Wing All Arousd On the Diamond Field. The Wahoos ard Red Stock- ings Go Dowa Grace- fully. The greatest interest was manifested in the two games of ball announced for Saturday afternoon and the street cars were overloaded tor hours prece- ding the opening of the two contesta, everybody who didn’t take in the races going to one of the base ball associa- ciations’ grounds. DEFEAT OF THE WAHOOS, A large crowd assembled at the U. P. Association park to witness the game between the U, P. nine and the Wahoo club, the latter comprising the best amateurs in the state outside of Omaha. The Wahoo brass band, which accompanied the excursfon to this city, was on the grounds and enlivened the occasion by discoursing some fine music. There wassome delay in gotting started, as Smith, the catcher for the Wahoos went back on them at the last minute to play with the Bluffs club in their game with the Spaldings. The game was called a% 4 o'clock, with Dwyer, of the Union Pacifics, catching for the Wahoos, but after the first inning he was forced to retire owing to sickuese. Tommy Wilson, pitcher for the second Union Pacific nine pitched the first s1x innings for the home club, but the visitors wers hitting him a listle too freely, and the last two innings were pitched by Dorr. ~ Whn the change was made_the score stood, Union Pa- cifica, b; Wahoos, 4. After Dorr took the pircher’s station the Wahoos scored but once. The following is the ecore: ‘WaH00. C. Jobn on, 1. t Johuson, p McKinuey, 3d Tho vas, &. E ery, ist wreewef wl cousconos? D ey, I, Sherwood, ¢. Totalas oot UNION PACIFIC, Banale, c.. Dorr, 8 8, and Whitney, 2d b Traflley, s, 8, and 3d b Marston, L Aoy Funkhouser, c. f Holland, 1st b. Wilson, p. and s, 5, Newman, T, f........... Totals ... Tonings..1 2 8 4 3 ‘Wahoos,...0 0 1 1 1 (V50 50 0001 Errors— Union Pacifics, 7; Wal Tie of Gawe - Two hours, Unipire-—John P, Lord. THE 8T, LOUIS REDS, About 1,000 persons were presont to witness the game at the B, & M. grounds between that club and the St, Lou's Reds, Lincoln and Plattsmouth each mending up large delegations. | The visitors labored under the disad- vantage of being minus four of their best pluyers and defeat seemed immi- nent trom the outset. The score was even worse against them than that against the Wahoos on the other grounds and at the conclusion of the | uinth inning stood as follows: Sr, Louis REvs, AL, R, 1B PO A B, 5 105 2 Davis, 80. A 1 0 5 2 Gorman, 1b.... 0115 01 Rademaker, . 5. 100432 Simpkon, 2b, 00811 Crothers, | 180 81 Minahan, r. f.... . 01000 League, ¢, f., n 01200 Grale, 1 f. 01000 Frye, c. A 1 5743 TEF cprrvrory 4 8272010 B. & M, i 18 E, Kortman, 1b...... . 22 i Jones, L fivovireines 1ee 0 Ellis, 24 §3 2 Vorton, 98 ] Cosby, & & 0 2 1 Jamizon, r. f.. 144 Monroe, ¢, f 1.4 0 Durkee, p. b 2 4 90 Brandt, c. 59117838 T tal 1417 = B ! ; . Two Base Hits—Morton o, Kortman Grable. Three Bases Houwe Runs Louis, Struck Out—St. Louis, Struck Out—B. & M., 8, Wild Pitohes - Durkee 1, Gorman 1, Double Plays—Brandt to Mortom, | flames were sesm | places at once snd spread rapily over Davis to Morton, Davis to Simpson and Crouthers, Time of Game--2h, and N Umipire—Mr. Mayo, of Lincoln, Scorer ¥, W, Shaw, Tunings. .1 34561789 B.&M%...2 4 410210 0-14 Reds......0 0 01 100 2 0—4 NEWS AND NOTES, The B. & M. play the Leadville Blues next Saturday. The Union Pacifics have secured dates with the St. Louis Browus, Mr. Sessions, ticket seller for the B. & M.’s, sold 800 tickets for Satur- day’s game. The Chicago Spaldings dcfeated the Atlautics,at Atlantic, Iowa, Thuraday, by & score of 22 to b, PROVIDENCE, August dence 9, Detroits 8. BosToN, August Bostons 1. NEew York, August 19.— Chicagos 2, Metropolitans 1, Worcestr R, August 19. —Clevelands. 14, Worcester 7. AN ANCIENT NUISANCE. m, 19.—Provi- 19.--Buffalos 4, | A Bloody Deed Committed in the Old Belleyue House. The notorious old rookery known as the Bellevue house, on Dodge struet, Jjust back of the Metropolitan, was the scene of what almost became a murder on Saturday night. The victim was the notorious char- acter known to the police as U. P. Mary, whose husband, an equally notorious character, is Martin J. Kearney. This is the man who was arrested for firing Boyd’s packing house and whose case is still pending on the docket of the district court, Kearuey and his wife occapied a upstairs in the old huik,and it appears that about 11 o’clock Kearney csme home more or less under the influence of liquor, and climbing up the rickety | and dangerous stairway, he calld his wife to him, and after a brief quarrel he took out his pocket koie and | stabbed her in the throat, ivtlicting | a wound an inch long, which, s was sfterwards learned by Dr Hyde, would have severed either me carotid artery or jugular vein if it had been & | quarter of an inch deeper, and in that | event death would cortaaly have en- sued Ofticers McCune, Buke and O'Boyle accompauied Dr, Hyde to the scene of the outrage and after the wound had been dressed and the victim's recovery pronounced certain took her amiablé spouse to the city jail. —~——— - INCENDIARY FIRE A Midmgbt Blaze on North Six- teenth Street. About 11 o'clock Saturday night fire was discovered in Redman’s fee stable, on Sixteenth street, betwea Cuming and Izird, Oflicer O'Gra) who passed the alley and was tho 8 to see the flames, also saw a mp id his shirt sleeves, with his coat grs | his shoulder, come out of the -“\{ | and asked hiwm, ‘“What's that—a 0 “I don't know anything aboutft,’ | said the fellow, as he skipped offto- | wa:d the bridge. The same ma/was seen as he ran away by H. C, farty and wife, | Officer Grady sent in an alar from | box 14, and the fire departme: 800n arrived but experienced somerouble in getting water on the flames, oADg to bursting hose. The men inthe vicinity broke into the stablgand | turned the ho some thir/ 10 number, out, saving all and gting some wagons out as well, Twgrame | stables. the feed store and rmall | building occupied as a shoe sh® Were | destroyed before the fire waf0t un- | der control, and Joe Robbi#' barn came near going up the fluwtoo, but | was saved, Mr, Redman was absen fon home, | having started to Denyer Hat even- | ing, The loss is estimates 882,500, | while the insurance is abot %500 | 0:ly. There is no douly butthe fire was of incendiary origiy thoghsome assert that the man wio ran aey had 7|bven asleep in the barn @d had | thrown down a luhted cipr stub | which caused the sonflagratia. The at work in two the entire building. A 4 calbre bullet properly planted wold itop some of this ‘‘fire bug" businss. - ———— A trial package of ** BLACK-DR:UGIT™ Bae &l Chazns. "TPS——-TE.