Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 1, 1886, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, MONDAY. MARCH 1, 1886, OLD TECUMSEH'S TEMERITY. Plunges Into Print On Unwarranted Jour- nalistio-Domestio Liberties, THE FRY MATTER EXPLAINED. Sherman Submits the Letters Which Gave Rise to the Accusation That He Attempted to Belittle the Fame of Grant. The 8herman-Fry Controversy. Nuw Yonk, Feb, 23 e North Amerl- gan Review for March containsa letter from General Sherman to Colonel Scott, which was the basis of the controversy with Gen- ral Fry, preceded by an address which wa intended to bo delivered before the Loyal Legion at Cinelnnati, but General Sherman #ays that the sudden and unexpected death of General W. 8, Hancock the evening pre vious changed the whole character of the pro- seedings. The following isa copy of the letter in question: To . Comra and Friends—Whilst I iremen peace, the newspapers rlie’s with me,as with everybody I that my family . Louis because we are dis- confented, each paper assigning its own sepa- rate reason. ‘Tliere i no secret about it. All my family connections and all who have a right to be consulted unaerstand the case perfectly or since the failure of the Har- tison Wire company, at St. Louls, which in- volyed my son-in-Iw, Ca ch, which has resulted in t 1 of his f:_\mily to Pittsburg, we have been disturbed. Thre¢ of miy ehiliren and seven gran clildren are” now away from my home, and there remains to us only three. Of these three, the youngest son, 19 years old, on whom the' faniily wust soon depend, will raduate at St Louis university "in June, 840, and wants 1o zo to Yale college, and [ Wwanthim to reccive the best possible edue: sion. Tis going to New Laven in Septem- Sex will probably result in the few of us leit zoing to New York to bo near him. I will, Jowever, retain all the property I possess in St. Louis, not mueh, to be sure, but all 1 have to leave ny family when I am Inid in Belle- fontaine cometery. 1 am perfectly content ‘with my neighbors and friends of St. Louis, to whoi I am very much attached, and” who have dope pll they possibly can to make our stpy with them agreeablo. The Fry matter 1S equally fsimple_when ight. Last summer, after General uneral, which I attended while ng between New York, St Louis, onka and Chicago, T was collecting material for the tribute of respect, which 1, as dent, was requested to make to the ory of General Grant, our first com- mander, bofore thoSocloty bt the Ariny_of the Tennessee atour meeting in Chicago, Sep- tember 9 and 10, This address was univer- sally noted and copied in all the journals of the day and was the result of that correspond- gnee; Ti special quotation of General iy in_the December number.of The North American Review was not made from that Jublic address, but from ono of ‘two. private etters of inquiry addressed to Colonel Robert N, Scott, who had been on General Halleek's staff, and is now in charge of the war records at Washington, of whom all army officers make frequent Inquiries for serups of infor- mation, Colonel Scott isa personal friend, I have known since boyt:ood, and his r before him, in San_ Franci wrote to him with the same confid would to my own brother about family mat- ters. Ikeep no copies of such letters, and write mine hastily, carelessly, and it was only January 20, two months after, that T ob- tained trom Colonol Scotta copy f the cor- respondence from which Fry had made his detached quotation. This °correspondence presents the whole story better than I can state it anew. As s00n as General Fry's article appeared, General Grant's friends called my atiention to it, and my letter book or memory retainine no expression of oniniss A nsed. T ot 15 80 positive as that L Laturally réquested the editor to as- certain from General Fry the source of his quotation, that I might éxplain or ascertain who revealed my private letters. General Fry’s answer was evasive, calling on General Sherman to deny the words and the “senti- ment” before he would substantiate his state- ment. Iagain called on him and_ appealed to the war department, all without success, generally oxplaining ‘to correspondents that T thought 1t impossible I could have used that particular form of expression, and believed General Fry had a malicious motive. I received, too late, notice by a roundabout way from a gentleman in Cin- cinnati that Fry was cunningly layinga trap to catch me, and it was not until January that Colonel Scott himselt first revealed to me the actual source of this mischevious par- agraph, detached and used as a text for a sermon. It was as clear a forgery as was ever perpetrated, Taking my letter’ to Colonel Scott in iis integrity, “though manifestl never meant for publication, T contend it is ewinently con: with my constant friendship for Ge irant from Shiloh to the day wo deposited his remains in the tomb at Riverside. Tho date, September 6, 1885, is_prior to the publication of Grant's Memonys, in which, on e 303, he positively rocords ihat his p ion at Corinth, June, 1852, had become *'so 0 to the will soon unbearable” that he had resolved to rear and was dissuaded by Geheral Sherman, or, quoting his own words: “I then obtained sio (o [eavo tho department, but Gens herman happened to call upon me as 1 W ting and wirged m so strongly not to think of going that I coneluded to remain. General Sherinan, in his Memoirs, 158 states the same fact, with the further add tion that e learned of General Grant's pur- pose to go back to St. Louis from General falleck himself, and rode to General Grant's eamp for.the very purpose of dissuadiug him fon committing this fatal uristake, Now, it is o matter of notoriety that from February to July, 1862, General Grant was under a cloud, houbded by newspapers and by & clique of ofticers of whom Kry was oue, until, as he himself says, his position became ‘“‘unbear- able.”” And dwing all that time General Sherman was his_steadfast friend, and dis- covered in him those pure, unseltish, manl, qualities which afterward yielded such rcciaus frults to our ountry and mankind. Can it then bo wondered at after twenty-four yeurs that General Shermun should be little surprised that the habitual libel General runt (sco i publisiiod volume, Buell) should attempt to' assume thio character of Grant’s panegyrist at his ex- pense? There is not a member of the premoe court, of congress, or any lawyer who will ‘consent to ‘the piblication of his manuscript, without the privilege of revising the proofs, and, moreover, Provost Marshul General Fry knows thatin a trial by eonrtmatial of the humblest private sol- dlex, the testimony of each witness is subject to *revision” before becoming a part of the record, , he obtains from a confiding friend a private letter and publishes it to the world, gar. fed, and makes it the text for a sormon to General Sherman, and when po- lituly asked for the source of his quotation he answers coolly: “letter let the case rest where it is.” If he thinks he has achieved a cheap newspaper vietory over General Sher- wan he is welcome. ‘The man who got ot with my overcoat may keep it, for I have got & DOW one, Now, my friends, L want to direct y fention to what thexe is in this case ado about nothing.” At the date of that lot- ter, Soptember 6, there was to be a meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Chicago, September ¥ and 10, 155, General Jorniah was at Lake Minnetonka and, be- ¢ swmmoned by the family of General rant at his death, July 23, 1885, went to Monnt McGregor, xemained till his body was entombed, August 8, 15%, compelled to travel rom New York to 8t. Louis, to Lake Minne- tonka, to Chicago and St. Louis, and back Aagain to Chieago for the army meeting, He 'wis forced to collect material for bis address ‘on the wing.” That address was the result of this correspondence, aud it has been uni- versally copied and was in the hands of Gen- eral Fry when he composed his paper for the North "American Review, December, 153 Utterly ignoring this ' public _address whieh” was the conclusion I had reache from correspondence and from personal knowledge, General Fry segregates a singlo paragraph from oue of many private letters ulluquhh of which he beca.e possessed 'offu y, and now wants to prove o the Mrr that (imul h‘:{m‘)‘nn tually re- sorting to police mclhods aduciug pho- tozraph copies of the paragr in s letter whic! iollld well have understood General Sherm ad forgotten, and whieh, in Ih’ regate, was wost eulogistic of General nolf Anlj.fnr ro:éu(lohn ::‘Ildhll %5 whole of tuis correspondenon, uot the garol oxtracts, -nfl of Septe pabiasta sep Giai on tlie b of Boplem- r, g wi W anti- thisea to :’ Chicago oaly.mea days he Army later before m; comrades and friends, all of them ardent Triends of Gen. Giant, to con- trast Grant of Donelson, February, 1562, and Grant _of Appomattox and the dead hero of 18%, an interval of twenty-three long event- ful years, AS to Genoral Halleck, T had in him the most unbounded confidence in 1962, He was the best informed scholar of military art in America, McClellan not exeept 1 knew him tamiliarly at West Point for three years; salled with him around Cape Horn in 1346 on board the Lexington, was associated with him in California for four years of the Mexi- ean war, and knew him for another six years when he wasa_member of the law firm of Halleck, Peachy, Billings & Park. Bt war is & terrible test.’ Hallock did not stand this whereas Grant did. Halleck was a retical sold i Grant_was a practical T, In Febriary, 103, General Hal- nd power were transcedental and as hardly recognized, whereas, Halleck Had dwindled into chief of st and General — Grant had $umw‘ stich 10w that he was able to dictate his own 18 to the president and secrotary of war, are now told that the road to fame and publie favor in_America is strewn with the carcasses of men who wrote letters. This is true, and it is equally true that you can not plek up a handtul of soil that does not_con- tain phospate which once was a_part of the cmbodiment of an immortal soul. Neverthie- less, must we in our short sojourn on earth deny ourselves the pleasure of social inter- course and_correspondence? Must we ab- stain from all communication with family and friends because some one may impri- dently “or_ mallelously reveal onr secrot thoughts? Even among the twelve disciples one proved false while eleyen remained true and spread the gospel of peace to all the world, Dogs the enlightened press of Amer iea claim that no lonorable man can serve the government? 1s this to be the result of our free government? These are questions which we can Ieave to_our successors in the “next war.”" I remember only too well that in the last war, in_the midst of gloom and ion, 1 'derived from the public press enceuragement, but from such men L. L 'Hommidiu, Cliarles Anderson, Silas 1, Miller of Cincinnati, James E, Yeatman, the Rev. W. G. Tenry Turner of St. Louis, my he warmed and my arim strengthened in the goud cause for which we fought. ‘Therefore am [ willing to be adjudged imprudent by confiding in personal friends rather than to the public_press, which must more or less trini its sails to the surface breezes. Now I give the whole correspondence, without special attention 1385, from which atof Girant in 1804, a mere but Jit eneral W, St. Louis, o made & “mess of {t.” You by writing a letter to me of great historic interest and forgetting it, and I by using the letter for the information of my friends. On the 30th of August last you wrote to me for certain information, to 1sed in a speech about Allen, Halleck and Grant. I replied September 4, calling your attentlon to record evidence on the subject and commenting on it. On September 6 you refoined, writing, among otlier things, as follows: “Now, as to Halleck and Grant, [ had thie highest' possible opinion of Halleek’s knowledge and power, and never blamed him for mistrusting Grant’s ability. Had C. F. Smith lived, Grant would have disappeared to listory after Donelson. Swmith was a strong, nervous, vigorous man when I re- Ym'h'nl to him in person at Fort Henry,” sent both your letters to my friend, General Fry, who is deeply interested in_the history of Grant and Halleck endly to both, and who hiad, as [ kneyw, investizated the very question you haye askéd. I struck by your Grant-Smith conjuncture and ired it to illustrate one of the points in his “Acquaintance with Grant.” " As that conjuncture was neither esoteric nor hurtful, I, without hesitation, assented to sucl use of i, little dreaming it was a_package of un- Inbeled dynamite, “Since the publication of your Mortison letter, Fry feels it incumbent upon him to prove that hio has not misquoted von. 1 recognize that necessity, but desire {hat his vindication be accomplished at & minimum of annoyance to you. L enclos coples of your letters of August 50 an( Seb. tember 6, 1555, my letter of Sente=t, .4 1s;, and Fry's [etter (o ine on the 24611 inst. Y Yours sincerely, Ronerr N. Scorr, OnrcAGo, T1L., Sept, 80, 1885, —Dear Scott: —I am here en ‘route for Mansfield, Ohio, where we have a family reunion, Thence I £ o t. Louls, preparatory o cominig azain to Chicago for the annual meeting of the Soclety of tho Army of tho Tennessee, Sci- tember 9 and 10, At that meeting I will be compelled to spenk somewliat of General Grant, but will try to limit myself to his c nection with the Army of the Tenn which he was_the first commande: somewhat familiar with the early e 2, but there is one point of which you must vé personal knowledge. When ' General Halleck reached Corinth he was compelled by superior orders from Washington to send the army of the Cumberland under General Buell back toward Chattanooga, ~and the remaining forces ~were distributed defensively along the Charleston Memphis railroad from Corinth to Mom- his, Grant being assigned to the district of feniphis. ‘Then, when Halleck was himself ordered to Washington, e cast about for his own successor and fixed on General Robert Allen, chief quartermaster at St. Louis, and offered him the command. Iknew this fact at the time from Halleck himself, also from Allen, and that Allen declined. ' Have you any personal knowledge on this' point? or in Halleck's letter books or_telegrams, do you find specitic orders or_inquiries? ' Allen is still living in London, but {s too far away for me to ask him. Can you fortify my mem- ory in this particular? Twillbe af 912 Gar- rison avenue, St. Louls, from Saturday, Sep- tember 5 to Tuesday, September 8 and will be personaily obliged it you will answer. With great respect, always your friend, W. T, SHERMA: WASHINGTOY, Sept. 4, 1855, —General S| man, U, 8. A Lotiis, Mo.—My Dear G eral; Your letter of the 30th ultimo has b received. By slip you daté it September 30. Grant's geographic command from February 17 to October 10, 1562, was the district west of “Tennessee, but s early as April 21 that ve he began in orders, ete., tostyle his mobilized forces the Army of the Tennessee(sce official rebellion_record, vol. X, part 2, pages 116, 134, 154, and specially note part 4 of order on page 144:.als0 see Halleck to Grant. May 12, on page 182, ibid). On June 10, 1562, Grant, Buell and Pope were ordered to resume com- mand_of ‘their respective *‘separate army corps,” vies the armies of tho Tennessee, Ohioand Mississippl. (See R. R. vol. X, part 3, page283,) Memphis was forially em- Braced In- Grant's command June 13, 1563 He entered that city on the 2 of that month; but you were the first commander of ' the “district” of that nawe, n July 1, 1862, Hal- leck was_ordered” to Washington, Immedi- ately upon receipt of the president’s order he telegraphed Grant to come to him at Corinth, (‘The documents herewith, which are printad in yolume X VI, not yet (ndexed, of the Ite- bellion Records.) Halleck went west, hoping to return. No successor to his cominand in the department of the Mississippi wus ever appointed. 1t foll apart when ho left, Grant and Buell dividing so much of it as was east of the Mississippl. Halleck was certainly very fond of Allen, and had a high opinion of his administrative ability, but from facts within my personal_knowlédge 1 have for twenty years at heart believed that Halleck never seriously thought of Allen as his own successor in the department of the Missis- sippi. 1 kmow the story as Badeau gives it, but 1 do not believé it. The only oflicial light on the subject appears in the documents Isend you. 1t isa pleasure to me to give you all the aid in my power on any war fopic of interest to yoi. By the end of this year everything relating to the war to the end of L will be in type or ready for tho printer, The Chicamauga and Mfnerva campaigns are now being arranged for him. 1 mention this beeaase 1 am informed the preface to the new edition of your Memoirs finds fault with the progress [ have made. Very wuly yours, - Kouggr N, Scorr. [ Enelosures from Scott.] 912 GARRISON AVENUE, St. Louis, Mo, pt. 6, 18%. —Col. K. N. Scott, War Iecord Oflice, Washington, D, C.—Dear Scott: I thank you as always for your answer of Sep- tewbey 4, and for the extracts which accom- anied the letter. 1 don't believe you have a etter friend than the undersigned in the world outside of your family, and I loved and revered your father in Cilifornia. when ou was & mischievous boy. But I do sa; he government of the United States, presi- dont wnd. congress, have been guilty of most eruel act of injustice with which history in the future will deal. The governmen called to {ts” inilitary serviee in 1565 200,000 of its best men aud shoved them by detach- ments agaiust an _organized rebellion, Newspaper correspondents, sutlers, stragylers and refugees wiole contewporanoous bistory whitst every man who to tight right 1o expect the ~governmenf would = protect fair fllnfl‘ll lea! hiw as life, and yet we are heve, 1o 1855, after twenty s, and gov- ernweont history I8 still zoplng in 'the dull, obscure facts of 1863, (Se¢ series I, vol. X11 PrtB). Now, if one year of the jwar? takes wenty years to record, how long will four ears take? Kighty years. I contend, and have contended with European officers of world-wide fame, that the military profession of America was not responsible for the loose, preliminary operations of 1853, and_that it was not till after both Gettysburg and Vicks- burg that the war professionally began. Then our men had learned in the dearest schiool of earth the single lesson of war. Then we had brigades, div 1 corps which we could handle profess and it was then that we, as professional soldiers, could_ rightly be held to a Just responsibility. This is the point 1 sfiall endeavor to make in my t never reflecting on_you person 1 hold the republican party responsible. Instead of appropriating $5,000 for war records the annual appropria- tion Should have been $1.000,000 in 180, 00,000 in 157 and after, so that by 1570 the work should have been done, The Germans were less than six years in their of- ficial records. Now, as to Halleck and Grant, 1 had the highest possible opinion of Hal- s knowledge and power, and never med him for mistr g Grant's ability " F. Smith lived, Grant would have ted to history after Donelson. Smith Was a stron nervous, vigorous man when [ reported to Nim in.person at Fort Henry, I saw him again at Savannah, on his steam- boat, the Tigress, 1 believe. He_ threatened to arrest me if I did not prevent Colonel Tom Worthington coming to bore him. 1 saw him after he skinned his leg in stepping into a yawl-boat, and T believe as well as I believe that three years ago I lived in Washinzton, Smith reported to General Hal* ok that by reason of this mere accident he could not mount a horse, and that was the real reason that General Grant, then left be- hind at Fort Henry, was ordered forward to Savannah and Pitésburg Landing to resume his command. General Smitl’s adjutant gen- eral, T. J. Newsham, is still living over in Edwardsville, Til,, and he insists that after the & s deatll lie carefully prepared a full copy of the letters and telograms which were sent to Mrs. 0. F, Smith. These wil 1 turn up, The same or Similar_facts are re- ported by Badeau on page 105, vol. 1, and 1 believe hie possessed a letter of General Robert Allen, from which lie quotes at length. La m certain that Halleek told me as much, and at Allen did also. Halleck and Grant are 1, but Allen lives in London, has pre. pared much for publication, but his last letter to me, withina vear, intimates that he will ot publish more, but his MSS. will remain nd the truth will come out, I believe the fact as firmly as I believe that Mr. Lincoln made his executive order of July 11, 1862, assigning General Halleck to” the command of “all_ the land fores g general-in-chjef, believe that Lincoln Was justified in this act by the then condition of affairs, and he (Halleck) having no one willing and compe tent in his Judgment to command the three armies of Bucll, Pope and Grant,made the best disposition he could 1 west and _most properly rder of President nt, therefore, was called virtiie of his_commission-, not by selection, and simply resumed com- mand of all troops left in thie district of Ten nessee. On the 234 of June, 1852, T myself was with General route from Corinth to Memphis, had a long talk with him, Ife od there and made the ride by land without escort other than his orderlies and elerks. He was ordered back to Corinth July 11, by way of Columbus, beeause Halleck was ordered to Washington, the motive for which was _the condition 'of affairs with McClellan in Virginia. From the 21st of bruary, 1862, till July 11, 1862, five long, months, Grant was under cloud, but and strengihened the qualities in him which produced such fruits. [don'tblame Lincoln or Halleek, Buell or anybody, but I'do believe we now, after twenty years, should know more of_the cxact truth than we scem to possess. With t respect, your friend, Lin- Then follow letters from eral Morrison, Fry to Colonel Seott and & man to Seott, herctofore published. ——— THREE TRAC 101 A HIND, <ealous Husbands Kill Their Wiyes and Then Themselves. PHILADELPHTA, F 23, —Gottlieh Lentz, German, cut his wife's throat with razor this evening and then shot himself with a re- volver, both_dyiug instanily. The tragedy was the result of jealonsy on the part of the husband. The couple were married thirty yen sed a family of three girls and two boys. Lentz drank heavily, and when under the influence of liquor became busive to his wife. To-day he came homo drunk, but contrary to usual custom tr very kindly and after remaining in the house a Short tiine again went out. Dur- ing his absence a young man rang_the door bell and inquired for ono of the daughters, but she not being at home he left. Sent turned immediately and it is supp saw the young men depart. There were no witn t the horrible tragedy, but from appearances n terrible struggle must have taken place, Lentz had evidently slipped behind his wife, and drawing her ead back had slashed the razor across her throat. Mrs. Lentz, covered with blood. ran out the back door, then through an alleyway to the street. where she entered a saloon and fell to the floor dead, and at the same time two pistol shots were fired in the direction of the Lentz house. The police entered the house and found Lentz dead on the floor with a shot through the neck and a_revolver by his side. Hebad tried to end his life by langing, but was unsuccessful. The neigh- bors speak very highly of Mrs. Lentz, and say her husband had no’ cause for his 'jeal- ousy. Faithless Wife and Both Dead, St. Pavr, Feb, 25.—Theodore P. Rich, of New York state, arrived In St. Paul yester- day and Jearned thagis wite, Fannie, was living with one A, 8. Gale, He sought an intorview with her at the Astoria house, which resulted in_Rich sheoting his wifé dead and then committing sulcide’ by shoot- ing. §r. Paur, Feb. 25.—Much interest s man- ifested bere'in_the murder of Mrs, Fann Smith Rich by her husband, Theodore Rich of Coblesville (N. Y.), last night. Investiga- tion aiscloses the fact'that Rich and his wife and her paramour, Dr. Gale, are all people of note at home. ‘The murdered woman’s uncle, a brother of the Iate Henry Smith of Albany, wires he will come on and take charge of the remains, now in the morgue. Galeand Mrs, Rich had been to Daknota ar- ranging for a divorce just preceding the tragedy. Similar in Some Respects. CreverLaNpgFeb, 28.—Frank Burgel, the man who shot Nis wife, Cyntha Burgel, at Massillon last night, committed suicide after leavi home. The poli coured the town in search and sent numerous telegrams to other cities giving a description of the sup- posed fugit About 7 o'cloek this morning T body was found lying in_the road fifty rods from his own house. His throat hai been cut from ear to ear, and by his side lay a knife with which the deed was committed. Mus. Burgel is still alive, The only witness to the shooting was a domestie, wlo refuses 1o say anything about the causes which led to the trouble. ~ It is supposed, however, that Burgel and wife quarrelled about money matters, e French Labor Troubles, DEcazEVILLE, Feb, 28.—All the miners In yron district, numbering 25,000, threaten in the strike of the workmen here. ‘T'he of the departmnent has telegraphed to . Sarrien, minister of the interior, for rein- forcements of troops. MOST PERTECT WAL PRICE BAXING POWOER CO., CHICACO. 7. LOVIS, HE BOUNCED THE LAWYERS. 1 Ed Orowell's Testimay Oauses Much Me:ri® ment inthe Qourt, TRIBUTES TO JUDGE MITCHELL. The Committee Atpointed by the Lan« caster Connty Baron Their Way to Attend he Funeral —BriefMention, IFROM THE BEE'SLINCOLN BURRAD.| The proceedings of the Cole-Miller case Saturnay wete devoid of interest until noon, when Ed. Crowell of Omaha, wasput on the sand by the defense. Mr. Crowell testificd that at the time of the alleged sale ly Loyal L. Smith to Haiman Lowy in June last he a deputy sheriff, andin his official capacity had charge of the dock as agent of the attaching ereditors when the appraise- ment was made. During the time he was in the store he had a number of con- versations with Nr. Lowy concerning the purchase of the stock, which tended to confirm the testmony given by pre- ceding witnesses 01 the same subject. One d id Mr. Crowell, while the ap- praisement bdng made, Mr. Lowy came to me as stood near tho safe in the back part of the store and complained about the manner in which the apprai ers were doing thei work. “These men, he said, “are making the figures too high. Iwish you (Crowell) would sec them, and get them to let up. Iwil make it all vight with you when the jobl is done." After identifying some tr: seripts Mr. Crowell handed over to Mr. Thuarston far cross-examination, when the fun begar “Is it not true ked Mr. Thurston, “that at the time Mr, Lowy snoka to you about tho appointment Mr. Cole and I were both presetn®”’ Answer ) sit, Mr Lowy and T were alone, when the conversation to which I refer took | Question—**There law about the sto appraisement was there?'! A.—'“Yos, sir, until 1 ran them out." Q—*“T'hen you drove some luwyers out of the storo. ~What was that fc A= rointertering with the and making nuisances of themsely Q.—“Whom did you ojects” A.—“Mr. Montgomery for one. app) id he was obstructing and I bounced him out.” By this time every one in the court room, Judge Dundy” included, was roar- ing with laughter, and easting sharp glances at Mo fum.- whose face gave were more or less all the time the goiag on, wasn't work, The them, evidenco that heard Mr. Crowell’s answer, though he appeared to be wholly engrossed in a Tegal paper which Billy Morris had beenunsucecssfully trying to ve injected into the ease. At the con- 1sion of Crowell's ¢ examinati which was very brief after the in deseribed, court was adjourned until this afternoon at 2 o'cls . Ssrs, Muson and Sawyer, the pointed to répresent the Lancaster county at tho funeral. of Judge Mitchell, started for Sidney, Iowa, the place of burial, yesterday morning, bear- with them two magnificent florar tributes. One, from the byr association, pictured Justi nding on the band of im- s, bearing in her hand the typ ical 8 while at her feet was a sword worked in carnations, emblematical of the ased’s army rank. The other tribute was from the officers of the court, and represented an open book lying on a bank of flowers. A copy of the following resolutions adopted by the bar Saturday afternoon was forwarded to the bereaved family. The Lancaster county bar, assembled for the purpose of taking action com- emorative_of the high character and vices of Hon. James L. Mitchell, de- ceased, would ask leave to have spread upon the records of this court the follow- ing: at they have heard with deep sorrow the announcement of his untimely and sudden death, and they cannot regard it otherwise than as a personal bereave- ment, That as a citizen of this great nation he was true and patriotic, evidenced and empha 1 beyond question by the fact that he risked his life in battle for its de- fense and maintenan That as a man his eharacter and lofty, meeting the responsibilites of life with courage, performing his duties with fidelity and capacity, with all per- meated with benevolence towards and charity for all mankind, That as & member of the legal profes- sion he sedulously cared for its honor and was therein conscientions and faithful; spurning success through trickery or de. coption; helpful to those in trouble and distress rather than seeking tomake him- self the repository of their property with. out adequate consideration, thus'sctting to the members of the profession a most worthy example, and one of which there is at this time great necessity. That as a judge of this _court, he was patient and anxious to fully Hear and understand the causes brought before him, and then decided them according to his own high standard_of justice, thus mnlm\rinfir himself to all and’ growing in their confidence and esteem, To the family and children of the de- ceased, now 1n the hour of grief, we ten- der the fullest measure of heartfelt sym- pathy and condolence, and remind them that while they mourn him as a husband and father, we too mourn him as an hon- orablo member of our profession and an honest and righteous judge, and that the commonwealth in his death has lost a noble cltizen, the republic a brave de- fender and morality and religion a pillar of support and detense. Resolved, That'a copy of these resolu. tions be sent to the family of the deceased and that copies'be furnished the daily press for public BRIEF MENTION, The officers who went to Waverly to arrest Wettenkamp and Mayne, the prizdighters, returned loaded with facts about the “mill, but without any pri oners, the pringipals having s“nm..-.l town. It was asgertaned that the fight, which lasted fully half an hour, was wit- nessed by a Waygrly constable, 'n justice of the peace and a district court “juror, l\lldll t about $30 was rored on the result The January pay roll for B. & M. em- ployes hving fn’ Lincoln footed up $30,- 000 The creditors of E. chosen Sam McClay as assignee, and in- structed him to le: ghtol in ch: of the stock, feeling confident tha can handle it better hnuu a man strange 1n the business. The local Trades Assembly have elected thy following oilicrs fo gervg unti) July 1: Presldent, Henry Schaal of the printers’ union; vice presiden! ry Stine of the cig unions secratary, G. Crab- penters’ union; finaneial eretur l-[y of the plaste union; T. Eg the Knights of Labor. ~ Hon. Patrick Egan is said to be consult: ing his lawyers about suing the Capital City Courier for slander in printing that picture yesterday morning. The Irving society gave a public e tertainment at the Hi h’s«h..ul Saturday night, in which the Misses Bessie n- denhall, Edna Heaton, Jennie rb, commniittee s pure W. Beghtol hay secretary, Mamio Regnier, Georgia Taylor, May Thompson, Myrtle Mann and Clarkie Pace participated. STATE ARRIVALS, John A, Vandenburg, Friend; E. Mes- senger, Eikhorn; T. B. Parker, Dorche tor; W' H. Keckley, York; A. P. Stowart, C. P, Sellers and . Chapin, Seward; H. M. Wilcox, Wymore; J. 8. Taylor, Warverly; Charles Magoon and Jeff Glass, Omaha. ——— TACKLED CHICAGO. Sam Jones Makes His First Assault on the Wicked City. CitrAGo, Feb, 28, —San Jones’ four weeks' revival season opened here at the tabernacle erected for Moody's use. Notwithstanding the inclement weather the church was filled before the time the services began, fully 8,000 persons being present. The revivalist's ap- pearance and manner was such as to put him on a good footing with the congregation from the start. He prefaced his sermon by a_plan for free and easy good fellowship, and his own attitude was that of a man in his own home talking toa friend. ~The sermon was an earncst one, preached from the text. *'Let your light so shine, et nd appeared to impress the audience deeply. - THE FIRE RE An Interior Town of Pennsylvania Severely Scorche Prrrsnvna, Feb, 28.—A Homestead, Alle- gheny county (PPa.) special says: A fire broke out here shortly o'clock this morning, which destroyed six buildings and damaged several others. The flames were tirst noticed in tigan’s saloon. An alarm was sounded, but the building being frame, the fire was be- yond control before the fire department ar- rived, e flames soon spread to the saloon of Richard Holt, aajoinin and then to Bowers' tinshop, Brown's bakery, Atwood's hardware store and the oflico of ‘A, W, Idle- mer, azent for several Pittshury newspapers, destroying them all. The total loss is 14,400 on which fhere wasan_insurance of = $9,100, The origin of the fire is unknown. At Port Perry. Porr Perny, Ont., Fob, 98— destroyed the stores occupied 1 Boxall, stoves and_tinware: W, hardware, and J, {, Brov Loss 83,000 onn, awes : Parish al store, -~ The Pennsylvania's Relief Fand. PiranprLenis, Feb, Considerable surprise was occasioned amonz the employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad company by posting the following notice at all the princi- 1 oflices of the company “The feature of the relief fund requiring em- ployes entering the service of e company opt its provisions having been found objectid notice 1s now given that no one at present n, or on_entering, its seryice will be oblized to become a meimber. The Penusylvania Railr I will con- tribute to tho relief department the full amount of contributions for February and Mareli due from employes who have made ap- at on for membership, whicl otherwise have been deducted from their February pay. Under the provisions of this notice. no de- duetions will be made from employes for February. CHARLES L. Puai, T ey Pheir OMspring. 28.—Jumes 11. Reid has ppily with his wife About two months ago he dis- appeared under a financial cloud, going, it is said, to Minneapolis. Yesterday he visited the ome of his father-in-law, Colonel With- ers, on Walnut hill, where his wite and 4- year-old daughter Hazel lives. No one wa; at home but the ehild and arandsiiother, and Beid, ecizitg his daughter, put her in'a ¢ inge that was waiting Outside and was rapidly away, Mrs. Reid has com- menced proceedings of habe rpus to re- cover the child and will apply for'a divorce. i ey Ticket Punchers Powwow. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb. 28.—A meeting of the union division of the Order of Rail- way Conductors took place here. C. S, Wheaton of Chicago, grand chief conductor, The meeting was called for the purpose of instructing the members in the work of the or d_comparing notes on matters of interest. Wheaton s: the order was founded on’ the anti-stri plan in_the belief that railway condu can’t afford to have trains stonped without first having a conference with™ the railway managers and tair arbitration. Sl ‘Workmen's Meeting Day. LoxNpox, Feb, 28.—A number of meetings of unemployed workingmen were held in London to-day. Owing to the cold weather the attendance was meagre. At Manchester 10,000 workmen assembled, but in tho ab- sence of orators they dispérsed early, after indulging in various forms of rough amuse- ment. Fighting for CIxeiy for some vea in this city. oo A Victim of Niagara. SUsPENsION Buinexk, N. Y., Feb, 23.—A man, 35 or 40 years old, came here from Buf- falo this afternoon, took a carriage to the rapids and thence to the falls, where he went on the ice-bound base of American fall. He fellor jumped over and was lost. He was of mediuin size, sandy whisk and wore a silk hat and frock coat. He looked like a German, 2 S i Salisbury Settled It With Greece, Panis, Feb, 2 he Journal des Debats says Lord Salisbury drew up the convention ith the Porte for the cession of Crete to England on the payment of £5,000,000 and a guarantee that Greece would be prevented Trom taking aggressive measures against Turkey. Gladstone, the Journal adds, I tates to confirm the convention. -~ Our Ex-Brigadier Minister. CoNsTANTINOPLE, Feb, 28.—Mr. Winston, new United States ‘minister to DPersla, and Mr. Chierband, of the New York Times, have arrived here enroute to Teheran. e Sofla Won't Sign It. Sor1a, Feb, 25.—Servia refuse: the treaty of peace drafted by Bulgaria, The treaty has, therefore, not been signed. Lol TELEGRAPH NOTES. Bismarck is suffering from an attack of sciatica, and is unable to rcceive any callers, Emperor Willlam gavean audience to the Catholic bishop of Fulda, it is belicved on the subject of the May laws. Wind fifty-six miles an hour and ther- mometer 7helow was the weather record in New York City Saturday. An estimated decraase of publie debt during Februery. ments amounted (o 311,000,000, The Emperor Wiiliam is confined to his room, suifering from a contusion of the left hip. The injury is not regarded as serious, A schooner, supposed to be the Sylvester, of Gloucestér, 15 wrecked at Richmond island. It is believed her crew were saved. Ben Blanchard, the Indian land war swindler, has beeh tried and acquitted on the charge of obtaining a sighature to a note un- der false pretenses. has requested the attorney ate suits azainst parties for timber trespass upon lands reserved school purposes in Washington territory, A serious accident on the Northern rail- way at Thorn Hill (Canada) Sawurday nishi, resilted in the death of the news agent, and twenty persons were more or le ured, 1t 15 reported that the judiciary committes of the senate voted to report adversely upon the nomination of Zachariah Montgoine California, as United States district attorney for the interlor departinent, b The committee appointed by the uppiét lower house of the Prassian landtag on the bill for Germanizing the Polish provinces will report in favor of the governuient pro- posals with slight amendments. ‘P'ho entire stable of race horses belonging to Pierre Lorillard was sold at Ran stock farm, Jobstown, Saturday. ‘I'lie 'arest Drice received was $2,000, paid by Dwyer Brothers for the 3-year-old filly, Dewdrop. Saturday morning a fire broke out in the stable of Patrick olia stroet, l‘huuhhn. Mackey s dwellilig, the Luthe, and the Cypress Hill Railroad comp 1058 will be over $100,000, Cornelius Coughlan, bakewan on the Bos ton & Lowell ryilyoad, Was Dlown from the top of his car Into the Charles river and drowned. At Lawrence E. Luscomb died frow injurivs received by being blown tiom a milk wagon. With the wind blowing at the velocity of fifty-one wiles an hour and the thermometer at 5 below, the Bay sowewhat worrled by Siturday’s weathor, $2,500,000 in the Pension pi nd state wag | STATE AND TERRITORY. NebraskaJottings. The Catholic fair at Crote netted §700. A considerable quantity of wheat was sown in Fierce county last week Dakota City is organizing a company to build a telephone line to Sioux City. North Platte is making up a purse to secure the erection of a flour mill there mah has raised $1,000 of the $3,000 bonus required to secure a can- ning factory A squad of Union Pacific surveyor said to be running a line from Kearncy to Holdrege Mr. John Kyner, father of J or of this city, died in Norfc ek, aged 66, The pile bridge at Nebras been taken down to give the ice obstructed channel.! The Wisner Times has pulled up stakes and moved to Beemer, one of the young towns of the Elkhorn Valley George Bott, a Columbus youth, been pped into the refc stealing 4'-& He got six ) Auburn has decided to incorpor: acity of the second ¢ which will cost her y The May Brothers of Fremont have de- cided to double the capacity of their store by building an addition 40x100. Johnstown, Brown county, wants all the world to know that there is a large- sized opening there for a shoemake nided the hardware stor rger in Sutton, and carr cutlery and shooting irons value York is experiencing a little pressure on the subject of Holly water works. A complete plant can be'had for £2,000. The Elkhorn Valley railroad paid 200 to Mrs, Oxtoby of North Bend in settlement for injuries sustained by her in a railroad ident September last. The residence of Mr, L. Bird near Mt. Pleasant, Cags countv; was byrned to the rround _one night fast week, causing a 0ss of $1,500. The family had & narrow escape from cremation, The eligible belles of Fremont who or- ganizod gome months ago to ferret out the true character and conduct of young men paying them court, have been pho- tographed by an oastern pictorial paper. “The prottiest” is getting there. The plat of the proposed_extension of the Omaha & Bepublican Valley railroad has been received at the North Platte land office. The road will leave the main line of the Union Pacitic at O'Fal- lons and run northwest into Wyoming. Three hundred residents of Neligh, Onkdale and Burnett turned out last Sat- urday, and succeeded in rounding up five wolves. Wlen the poor, hungry beasts saw the mob bearing down upon them, “"T threw up their tails and surrendered without a growl. The farmers of Richardson county have organized a society for the purpose of holding o market day in Falls City one Saturday in each month. The society has been given the freedom of ~ the eit The idea 18 a good one. It dispenses with the middleman to a large extent, and wll doubtless prove profitable to all if prop- L‘I'I)' lllll!l:lg('\l. The conl eraze in Whoeler county has entirely collapsed, leaving only a num- ber of prospect holes and claim st monuments to local vanity and cupidity. On any pleasant day claim holders n kicking themsclyes over the praivie because they did not have sense nough to out when the eraze was at i zhit. The country was undoubtedly salted, but no one can” tell who did thg pickling. That Grand Island is rapi: metropolitan proportions, is shown by the tact that ths city is now ‘“‘vverrun with thieves, thugs and deadbeats.” A 18-yenr-old boy was held up the other night and robbed of 15 cents. Five thugs tackled James Wirtz Thursday night and demanded his pocketbook. Jim threw out his dukes in pugilistic style and scat- tered the highwaymen. Another hold up was attempted the same night, but it was equally profitless. One of the robbei was run down by a policeman, The sporting editor of the Fremont Herald decides a wager involving some fine points of courting law. An Arling- ton masher bet a_box of cigars that he would take a certan_young lady to a dance in Fremont. He succeeded in making half the distance when the horse ran away and ditched himself and lady love. They were not njured, however, and the lady. was helped into a buggy with another lady and gentleman going to town, while the young man rode the horse. The question who won the bet was settled by the s. e. aforesaid deciding that the masher won half a box and his opponent half a box, the winnings to be left with the referee for further delibera- tion. Smoke? While Dakota ean hoast of a number of tenderfoot women farmers, Nebraska can *‘point with pride” to one at leust who has “‘grown up with the country.’” She manages a_farm in Washington county, es and cares for her own cat- tle, horses and hogs; plants, cribs and markets the corn and grain; drives her loaded team to market in all kinds of weather, and enjoys that rosy health which activity and contentment brings. She is an expert housckeeper as well as farmer, has teeth like pearls and cheeks last week mes H 1k, last ¥ lias an un has school for ars te as s glory of assuming that bloom in all seasons, and we violate no confidence when we declare she would make ‘‘a jewel of a wife.”” Names and localities are withheld to prevent an exodus of bachelors from neighboring towns. Towa Items, A $16,000 opera house 1s going up in Boone, Dunlap will spend $1,000 in adyertising the town this year. Col. T. B. Kaufman of Belmont has re- ceived a back pension of $3,500. L ho registry lists show that there are 3,049 persons of voting nge in Sioux City. e glar aht. Vincent Wright of Fairbanks, Buch- n_county, collided with a mule's heel 1d died instantly, rank Hibbard of Tracer is confronted with a charge of bigamy, two wives being the chicf witne, The report circulating in Creston that the Q" intends to build & §75,000 hotel there this summer, rion girl thinks'she is an angel ught sigght of her ears in the mirror 1d mistook them for wings. Sanborn has twenty-one combined weight is 4,750 pounds, the viest man weighing 250 pounds. John MeCrady dropped dead on the ts of Cherokee on Tuaesday night. art disense supnosed to be the case. Some of the citizens of Woodbine are | 12 o fund for the purpose of horing | 000 feet deep to sze what the can fin Bert D'Armit of Storm Laki West Point, in & recont stood next to the head y cadets exumined failed to puss. Jumes MeKeon, son of a farmer ue Sunmityille, has been missing for over a week. T veh for him has been with out result, It is feared he met with an aceident, as he was very fond of hunting. | Independence claims to have a larger number of socicties, chureh, secret, in surance, social, wusignl and literar; than uny city of its size in the stat llunl]\i» a uigfu passes thut some one of them does not give an _entertainment of | some kind, There ave thirty-one societies, an izens whose ndot at xamination There were and thirteen nud this winter the people have patr ized some siaty diferent entertainmc: for thwir henefis. ELKS ENTER THEIR ELYSIUM. * The Elegant Lodge Room of the Order Fitly Dodicated Last Night A Social Session of Unusual Brillianc and an Evening of Delight for Both Members and Ine vited Guosts. The recently organized lodgo of Elke formally opened and dedicated theif lodge room last evening with the cuss tomary ceremonies, followed by a social The lodge room is located in house building, and its appear: surprise to order, It and session. the ope ance last night was a gre the members of the had been most elegantlp tastefully furnished throughout, and as the “members noted the various useful and ornamental objects in the room their delight found expression in words. The tloor is covered with elogant Brussels carpet, and the furniture is of the best and latest patterns. Settees have been furnithed for the comfort of the members, and all of the necessar; quircments for a lodge are provided, Pictures adorn the walls, but the most striking ornament is & magnificent eolk's head, costing $150, which was presented to the lodge grand piano is also m- cluded in the furnishings At 8:30 o'clock the routine work of the lodge was taken up, which lasted two hours and included” the initiation of sev- eral new membeors. he lodge proper then adjourned for & social session, at which a number of in- re present. Alnnn%thnm were Lewis Harrison, John and Robert Gourlay, Mr. Upshear and several other members of the Harrison & Gourlay troupe, which appears at the Boyd to- night. Judge Hull was the presiding officer of the oceasion, and right royu}lfi did he fill the position, his pental atn happy manner being ofie of the prime causes of the enjoyment of the eyening. Messrs. Harrison and Gour- also did their share towards ontertaining those present, rendering some of their best songs and recitations, and doing soveral specialties, both single and doublo. A surprise also awaited the nssummi when William Downing was announce in the solo **A Thousand Fathoms Deep. " His rendition of the song was simply magnificent, his voice being clear, strong and’ perfeetly under control. e was loudly applanded, aua responded to the encore with another selootion equally well rendered. When he concluded Mr. Harrison oxpressed his delight with the singing of Mr, Downing, and declared fhat s voico was . fully oqual to that of Myron \\'hi(n--‘]\ though ltivation. ‘Ihis praise s very fls to the young man, who is only 19 yehrs old and a resident of Omaha. A number of other guests and members of the lodge fayored the assembly with gpecialtics;, which included both™ vocal and instrumental music, Refreshmonts were then sorved and d_general good social time followed. Mr. W. C, Gregory, as polico, wore a star of the first magni- and as he marched members to the to answer to charges for , he presented the an: pearance of ‘“one of the finest.”” ‘The manner in _ which Judge Hull arrai, the offenders, w Tiis solemn and dignificd mode of imposing the pun- ishment called £5rth plaudits of praise, and was & token which proved conclus- ivaly that he was the right man in the ight h\,h‘)n ourning for the night reso- lutions were passed thanking Messrs. Harrison and Gourlay and others who added so much to the pleasure of the 1irn'll Iim-iul session of the Omubha Lodge of Kl rnCOUGHS,CROUP. —AND— CONSUMPTION s -SWEET CGUM- MULLEIN. Thoe sweet gum, an gathored {rom o Lroe of the same name, Krowing sloug Uhe swall stroams in e Sonthern Stas stimulnting ex- pactor; bl pro- ucin f stimulates offhe runo in eroup Tugh. When combined with the aginous principle n the mullein £ the old flel o Ttew bing-congh iy oniid o7 And whoopis healing iant . 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