Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1887, Page 1

SIXTEENTH YEAR. SLUMBERING 1N THE TOMB! The Remains of the Dead Ohieftian Sol- emnly and Tenderly Laid at Rest, MILITARY IMPOSING DISPLAY Impressive Services In the Senate Chamber and at the Grave-01d Boldters Volunteer as n Guard of Honor, The Dead Ohicftain, Wasmixeron, Dec. 51.—[Special Telogram fothe Ber.|—It is estimated by the guard that sinee 2 o'elock yesterday afternoon 14,000 people have viewca the remains of Senator Yogan, lying in state in the rotunda of the capltol. ‘I'he throng thinned out by 8 o'clock Inst might, although many strageled in as late as midnight. At 7 o'clock this morning laboring people on their way to work passed through the rotunda and looked into the face ©of the dead soldier and statesman, At 10 o'elock the throng was greatly augmented, many people 1roin distance arriving by th @nrly trafns. #A11 remarked the natural ap- poarance’ of General Logan’s face. It is eful. To one who has never seen him it looks discolored, and not the dead ashen look of dead bodies, but General Logan's swarth iplexion makes the change. Ile was dar n eomplexlon and since deathi the face has not the white death look, consequently it is re life-like than otherwise. Hlis heavy 'k mustache shows age. Large strands of fi" by thickly scattered through it but 17 ong halr isas black and glossy as ever, It is combed back just as he liked 10 wear it nd falls in thick folds down on his neck, His eyes are softly closed and _he looks ex- actly as if he were slecping, He is dressed in & Prince Albert coat, a style he alwa: wore, 1In the buttonhole 1s a white rosebud, while on his hedtt are lis soldier medals and The casket is half open and shows the tothe waist. ‘I'ne right arm lies across the body with the hand in the coat While the other lies by Liis side. Funeral Servic WASHINGTON, Dec ‘T'he sleet storm of last night gave place this morning to a heavy fog. ‘The two inches of thawling snow and ice which covered the ground made marching and all out door exercise a thing to be dreaded. However, great crowds made thelr way from eariy morning toward the capitol to view the remains of the dead ktatesman and the time of lying in state was 100 sliort to give an _opportunity for all to 8 by, At 1l o'clock the doors were closed o the gemeral public, while two ranks of Grand Army nien filed on either side of the bier and the lid of the casket.was screwed down, A belated delegation of friends from Chicago cerived a few minutes later and the casket Popened to enable them to take a 11ast look al” the body. At-12:10 the casket y\a: conveyad to the senate chamber. ) Thie hall of the senato was tastefully, though :Mahbou ly draped and the chalr of the senator was covered with crape. The clerk’s desk yns almost hidden in a bank of i floral embleins, flanked on the right and left Zespectively by @ huge anchor of white and 'an Immense representation of the badge of the Fifteenth army corps. Two or three undred additional chairs had been arranged in rows for the accommodation of those who bad been invited to attend. 'he sénators came in lll:l{nnml in palrs leaving three T} ind Mm::lllnod em the left of A Moer's desk, " TOWS v Al uattor - befa ,g; oelock, Clad 10 thelr silken Tobes of oflic hlef Justice Waite and assoclates, v, Gray, Fleld and Matthews, together with officers of the stpreme court 30 ags! ned {o the right of the lnloflh&r’.. ) losk. B‘thld “w‘(“(‘llamn i ouse of representatives, Ficated by he ogpdem of that Hids and wird ‘conducted to tiR*; seats in the rear of the chamber. Members{of the diplomatic corps, # “Tmany of whom camfe in dress uniform, were -» séated upon the rigiht. and behind them came Prese| mlw e administration, Sccre- s hiuu‘fl\wi L dieott, Whitney and Ator- ney Gene! land, who were placed in the front row upon the righ he president was Mslblflw Jueun 'he chair assigned for him was leit vacant. The galleries v i “I’I‘hl flwlul. ’l‘ll?dlu:s reserved for |In.» e president were occupied by leveland, Mrs. Folsom, Mrs, V rg, Manning and Mrs. Lamont. At ush fell over the assemblage and as the pro- fon of mourners entered the door of the chamber e occupant of a 8¢ upon the ltwrl rose to his ll‘el:dhll;u\ L L..ll‘l l"“"““l \vel u%wu supported by her son, Major ani Mrs. Tucker and their son Lowzan Tucker, Cornellus and James V. Log brothers of the general; Miss Andre: f! John an, jr., and Mary Brady, ished friend of the family, and for member of tlLe household, composed the mourninz procession. 'They were ushered to seats upon the left front.” Following the mourners came the funeral procession, headed by Rey, Dr. Newman, the ofliciating clorgyman; Rev. Dr. Butler, chaplain of the senate; Bishop Andrews, oi the AL F.church, and Rev. Dr. 0. H.' Tiffany, of Phil: adelphia, The honorary pall bearers were General Sherman, Re Conkling, Stanford, Postinaster General Vilas, Lucius Fairebild, C. 1. Andrew Grant, Dr. MeMillan and Genera Black. They wore sashes of shoulder knots of white bla ribbons, ‘u formed in two lines as lln-{ came ) et. the bar, between which passed the pall- of Grand Army men, bearing the cas- L4 16 congressional committee wore sashies o, white, 'he honorary pall-be s and cofamittee were condueted to s on the left conter. Senator Sherman and Spea Carlisle occupied chairs at the ypresident’s desk, Somn services were becun by read- flo Pulm.br{ Bishop Andrews, , Butler read s a burial service a portion lfllflflflgflnih‘gnz‘;‘: ‘}:‘nyenlw.m offered 3 v, and the funeral serimon was Mllvm Dr. Newman. At oso of the funeral oration, the ediction was uld{ and then at the word of My, Sherman the funeral procession filed out of the senate chiamber. Un the plaza to the east of the capitol were ranged earriages whieh were to convey the various commitics Invited guests to the cemetery, Beh were the wilitary organizations whis mm 14 the escort. Upon the high steps ing to the senate was a large who were unable fto W- ittanc As the casket 5 I-bearers was borne down enst front, the “Nearer, My God, to Thee, wvuml as the easket was placed T:I‘ul the ?ulllmr) x-'l‘xlm-‘h,:‘u e- sen| carriages, headed by ‘the o band ing rge, commenced the the burial ground, No de- m& any kind occurred. g TUE PROCESSION. t the head of the procession rode Lieu- it Gel Puilip "1, Sheridan in his uu!om red by his wilitary cloak, one Fowu over his shoulder, He ¢ four members of his staff in a baud of artillery with overed drums playing a era! ‘march. ‘The guns and caissons of rles moved in double line, and the y artlllerymar, with their red- thrown back, marched in fantry. [l wirlues, headed nd and dram corps, carvied arms a8 did the wilitia organizations, ioh eame next. ‘The colors of wll organiza BMad w1 a1, blacke e posts and all uniformed’ dele- ! er with — six car n mourners, clergy and pall poeded the hearse. This was irited black horses, covered ith sombre trappings and in the eenter of & hollow the Grand Army escort, A line of carriages closed the pro- [Be broad streols wero ' kept ds by tlo police, but the side- oL the |'uo ulous part of the despite the terribly In- When the limit of the ots was passed the muddy thie 10ad ed Lo be Al ) r d wan, rlod dropped out of line and re- v ich the body of 't ily rapose, ‘THE OMAHA sy home grotmds t oldest burial zround in the District, having been used since 1 A number of magniti: cent forest trees shade the globe surrounding the ancient Rock Creok church. ‘The Hutch= inson’s vanit faces west and stands at a turn in a winding road about a hundred feet north of the chapel. The vanltis a plain masaive structure of white marble, the front relievad by polished red granite pillars, snrmounted by gracefully vt Cormthian capitals. The case which was to comtain the casket had been placed in & public vault near by, but was taken out and placed in the Hutcliinson yault with the head toward the north before time for the arrival of the funeral cortege, | is made of highly polished Spar with plain panelling and_ burnish timmings. On the plate words, “John A. Logan, United § ator.” At 5:10 o'clock the large bell at the @eme- tery began 1o toll and the head of the proces- passed slowly through the entrance to the accompaniment of a funeral air Trom the artillery band. General Sheridan, accom- panicd by an orderly. dvance ax took up & position at ‘the tomb, where he was joinea by General Ordway and staff, Tho procession wound slowly along beneath the dark evergreen arches and the artillery formed in lineiin front of the tomb nntil the fivst of the carriages came up. I'iiey then formed by fours and, followed by the mili- tary contingent, took up theit position in the road to the north of ths tomb. I'he pall bearers alighted and took their places on the foot walk, while = the hearse slowly turned the road at the foot of the hill. The Marine band, vosted opposite to "the tomb, played “Nearer My God to Thee,” and " with a little delay tho casket was removed and placed on the bier at the entrance to the vault, By this time the occupants of tlie carriages had alighted and remained standing on the foot-walk. "The carriages containg the immediate mem- bers of the dead senator’s family drove up and took a position diteetly in front of the tomb, John A, Logun, jr., alighted, Mrs, Logan remained In the ‘carriage throuehout the ceremony. Standing near the head of tho casket Department Chaplain Swallow began to read the funeral service of the G, A. It [The sceno was vory imuressive, Sur: roundingghe casket stood the members of the cabinet, Senators and represen officers of high rank and gray-haire ans of the war, with uncovered heads but A copper are enuraved the ates Sen- simple solemn, he ~ had finished Rev. Dr. man stepped forward and an impressive manner delivered the Lord’s prayer and concluded with the benediction, The band began to play softly as the pall bearergeslipped forward and bore the casket into t1i® vault. Soundsof lamentation were heard from the ourners’ cariage. A trumpeter standing at the entrance to the tomb ralsed his instrument to his lips and broke the silence with “taps” (lights out), ‘The casket was then uncoyered and some of the dead senator’s relatives and friends passed through the entrance and took a last look at his features. After a few moments the cover was replaced and the case enclos- ing the casket fastened with thumb screws. Meanwhile nmll{ military organizations had taien up their homeward march, the car- riages following rx“)Idl_v with the exception of that occupied by Mrs, Logan and her son, which remained long enough to enable her to give some directions to Deputy Serzeant at Arms Christie regarding the aisposition of some of the flowers, The remainder of the tioral decoration were then conveyed to the tomb, completely covering the casket, the key crated on the fron door and the illus- trious dead was in solitude. GUARDING THE TOMB. Affer the ceremoniesat the tomb were oyer, Deputy Sargeant-at-Arms Christio called upon General Hunt, governor of the soldier's Lome, and suggested the proprlety of havin: & guard of honor over the remains, General Hunt at once called for volunteers from res dontn at the home, and in ashort timea number of veterans responded to the invita- tlon, The yolunteer guard will be maintained day and night in two hour watches until a force of vegular soldiers is detailed for guard duty by the secretary of war, Where Lies the Dead. WasmNGroN, Dee. 8L.—]5pecial Telegram to the Ber.|—All that is mortal of”the once brave soldier, the honest senator, ambitions man, John A. Logan, reposes to-n marble mausoleum in Rock Creek cemetery. Within a few feet of the vanlt in which he rests temporarily lie the bodies of men who breathed and had theix being before the great American republic, which Logan served so well, had been evolved from the British col- onies, out of which the United States was formed, Underthe giant oaks and green cedars which abound in the cemetery are the ashes of many soldiers, statesmen and di- vines who, in their day and gencratjon, were honored among the nation's foremost people. Across theroad from the entrance to the cemetery gates thousands of 1,ogan’s brave comrades and followers who yielded up their lives to preserve the union lie buried in ro and - their resting places are marked by uniforin headstones, There is the burial ground attached to the soldiers’ home. ~Roek Creek cemetery occuples a “globe’” of 100 acres, which is attached to (he vencrable ivy covered St, Paul’s church of Rock Cre arish. e land was given to the parish in “colonial times by John Brad- ford, esq., aud it was expressly” stipulated it must be ield in_ perpetuity for ehureh pur- poses. ‘I'lie cemetery has been nsed for the nent of 1he o 1715, A more beautiful, quiet or picturesque spot for the vurpuse could mot haye been found in the District of Columbia, ‘Lo _arrangements were all carried out with military precision, General Philip Sheridan, as marshal of the day, had all divisions and platoons in abso- lute readiness to mareh directly aiter the exit from the wpitol ot the ecas- ketand those who had taken partin the impressive ceremonies in the senate chamber, Although the weather as bad as it eonld well be, everything had been done to make the march of five miles from the capitol t the cemetery as free from unpleasantness as possible, Iy in the day the street sweep- ing contrac started six of his huge ma- chines, each drawn by four horses and sup- pled with new brooms. from the juntion of Courteenth street and Pennsylvaiia avenuc up to the trea ifteenth streat to the boundary, 5o that while the lower avenue and adjacent streets were covered with stushand mud to the depth of several inclies the fofal portion of the line of warch was s clean as brooms could make it, ury and ont e Doctors Censured. WasHixGron, De ~[Special o the Bee.)—There are strange ramors night conc s the fmmediate cause of Senator Logan’s death, It is stated that about forty-eight hours before he died it be- came evident to the physicians that he could not last longer than a few hours, that he suffered great pain and that they coucluded his last moments might be made as easy as possible, At this time, so the report poes, worphine or sowe other drug Laving a sim- ilar effect was adwinistered, althouzh Sen tor Logan had usked 10 not be given an thing which would take from him his senses. Ho appreciated that he was sinking and could not “live long in all probability and wanted to be tational to the énd. Very soon after the drug was administered, so it is reported, Senator Logan became unconseious, in which conditi came. Some people, | menting upon Senator Logaw’s death, refer eriticisligly to his treatient aud say that it his lite could not have been spared he should have been kept conscious. “Those who saw the remains us they lay in state at the capitol remarked the dark complexion of the face. 1t is said, but vot generally believed, that the exceed ingly swarthy cowplexion was due in a de- Kree to diugs adwinistered, A Compliment to Mrs, Logan, WasminGrox, Dee. 81.~|Special 'Pe ram to the BEE.|—A writer in this morn- ing’s Post suggests that the legislature of Lllinois elect Mrs. Mary A. Logan to be her husband’s successor in the United States senate, and declares he has looked authori- ties up, sud that there is no law, constitu- Uoual o olherwise, W pievent ber laking the seat if elected. ] Editorially the Post pays Afrs. Logan & very high tribute for her diplowaey, knowl- edge of polities, public men and legislative watters, declaring she would be o esedit to Jie remained until death ' o OMAHA. MORNING, | any state, and in the senate would at once It adimits that if elected she could {ake the seatynd oceupy it, but advises azainst it.as it would begin an era/the country should hot wish. take high rank The Logan Pand WASIHIRGTON, Dec, 31,—[Special Telegram to the Ber.)—It is reported here thatJay Gould has offered to contribute $10,000 for the Logan fund providing $200,000 can be raised. Cuirristox, 8, O . 81—A sub- seription lias been opencd fora fund for the benefit of Mrs, Logan. It was started by confederate soldiers, —— - THE ENGLISH CABINET, Salishury Invites Goschen to Office. Loxnos,Dec. 81.—Lord Sallsbury returned to Hatfield to-night, leaving the composition of the ministry still uncertain. Hehas offered Gosclien the position of chancellor of the exchequer and is awaiting his response. Goschen hias consulted with Lord Harting ton, and 1 taking time to consider. At a 1ate hour to-night he had not replied, and had viven no sign of what he intends to do. Lord Randolph Churehill to-day, through Sir Heury Drummond Wolfl, consented to " resume flice on condition that Lord Salisbury gave assurance that he " would support his (Churchill's) nroposed reforms of abuses in the naval and milltary administrations. -~ Baron Rowson conveyed tho offer to Lord Salisbury, who rejectod it in terms that will widen the breach between him and Churchill. The cabinet apprintments mentioned to-day met with general acceptance in ministerial eir- cles, but nothing Wil be definitely settled until the next eabinet council, Lord Harting- ton has informed 1,ord Salisbiry that he and his collagries, including Gosclien, were in ac- cord in the belicf that it is unadvisable to form a coalition government. bul promi to continue to give the ministry & cord suppoit. 1t is ‘understood that Lord Salisbury ex- plained to Lord Hartington the finan- cial and lepisiative programme for the coming session of parliament and that this programme, which gives almost no ground for contention from a unjonist point of view, was aporoved by Lord Hartington. Sir William Vernon Harcourt had a long in- terview to-day with Chamberlain, France Will Protect Herself. PAnig, Dee, 81.—M. Goblet, prime minister, received a syndicate of mewbers of the Paris stock exchange to-lay. He told them he did not believe that war was fmminent. Franc relations with every power were cxcellent, and ahe desired nothing at present. “But,” he added, “to view the possibility of war calmly, the nation must be powerful enough 1o protect her rights.” Accept St e The English in Burmah. Loxpoy, Dee, —The Iatest advices from Mandalay state that the British army of occupation are within two mites of the Great Ruby mines of Burmah, Ten Miners Killed. LoNvoy, Dee, n miners were killed this morning vy the falling of a cage in the colliery at Houghton Le Spring in Durham. S WOOED WITH A DERRINGER, e Ford Proposed Adams at a Pistol W ORLEANS, Dee, 0.—The sensation of the day here is the wnsuccessful attempt ot Mamie Ford tomake Charles Adams marry ler at the point of a pistol, in Gretna, across the Misslssippi, just above Algiers. The licrolne of the attempt at compulsory matri- mony has figured heretofore in a se- ries of scrapes with mnay admiring swains, Four. years azo she ac- cused a young man well known here of having been the causa of her ruin. After folowing him about for several days and insisting upon his marrying her, she finally procured a pistol, and, lying in wait for him, shot and seriously wounded him. For some time he hovered between life and death, and when be recovered he declined o prose: cate bis assailant. About two years ago- Miss Ford create: another seandal by eloping with the mate ¢ Ing vessel. ‘The youne man was the nephew of the n and had excess to the s valuables, Before running off with 1he young women he stole «all of liis unele’s moriey and started with lier towards Texas. Before reaching the Texas line they were captured and brought back to New Orleans The young man was forgiven by his unc indition that e would leave Miss Ford. Sinee then Miss Ford had a variety of culino conguests, among them Charles Adaws, whoin she'numbered among a score of admirers, Recently Adams fell lieir to a fortune of several thousand dollars, and this is believed to be the sole motive which actuated the young woman in endeayoring to force him into matrimony. With three young wonien stripeshe set about nreparing a scheme. A magistrate and a notary were also enlisted by ‘the scheming woman to the affair, and both were waiting ready to bind the unsus !n‘rlmk young man fast to his self-selected bride when he passed by the house in answer to & decoy note. M to Charles Point, of her own As he approached the door Miss Ford and her three companions invite 1 to enter. He, suspecting something, de when Miss Ford, drawing a derringer, imed You_must marry me or die,” Miss Ford's three bridesmaids seized him, aud the quartet tried to drag the unwilling bridegroom into the house, Adams struggled and fought with the four women, and man- aged to wrench the pistol from Miss Ford's hand, With his face scratched and blecding, and his clothine torn alnost to rags, he fled from the disappointed hridal party. He intends to have the magistrate and no- tary who shared in Miss Ford's exploit ar- ested for conspiracy, ke supnoses the reason that Miss Ford " wanted to marry him was to gt pussession of the money ho had been left, —— New York. [Special Telegram to laundries at New The Chinamen of New-Youk, De the Brk. |—The Chines ark were closed yesterday and 375 Mongo- lians talked about their allezed wrongs and Lopes in the roows of Ah Long, Sam Wah asserted that the Ohinese, if given a chanee. would become loyal eitizens, dressing and living as Americans do. He proposed to bind themselves to seitio down in Newark and form a_unlon to maintain a scale of uniform with those adopted _an greed noon by othier laundrymen of il city, Al present azreed to the Sam Wah's proposition and steps will be taken to carry itout, Suit for Damage CuicAGo, Dec. 81.—|Special thie Brr. |—McCrea & Ewing, attorneys, yes- terday began suit jn the United States oir- cuit court for Zacharian Boughn, ranchman, of Dunlap, Neb., against Charles J. Off, wholesale grocer of Peoria, 1L, 1o recover £20,000 damages. It appears that Boughn had sold off a large tract of land in Mucon county, Iliinois, taking n part payment a ranch at Dunlap: Neb., together with a lavge amount of cattie, mules, ete. Boughn now claims that the stock and other persoual property was not all delivered, and that what was delivered was not as represented. Turned Oy to Coaley. S1. Louis, Receivers Humphrey and Tutt made a formal release of the lines of the Wabash east of the Mississiopi rive to Judge Cooley, the receiver appointed by Judge Gresham, CHICAGO, Dee, 51.—Judge Cooley, as re- ceiver of the Wabash system east of the Miss- issippi river, has appointed 1. C, Moore gen- eral agent ot the receiver, a position similar an its duties to that of assistant to the presi- dent of the road. Moore has been joint agent at Chicago a number of years for ‘the trunk line and central trafic pools, B Mails Delayed. NEew YORK, Dec. 8L.—A heavy storm has delayed the mails from the south and west from two to four hours. Snow blockades e n'u\:'enl of Harisburg e o 1 s CLEVELAND DID NOT ATTEND The President’s Health Prevents Him From Going to the Logan Obsequies. PREPARING FOR THE RECEPTION Revenne Marine Officors Want Same Treatment as Those of the Navy—News From the National Capital. the Unable to Attend the Obsequies, W ASHINGTON, Dec. al Telegram to the Bek.)—President Cleveland's physi- cian forbade him from going to the capitol to-day to attend the Logan obsequies and he obeyed, believing that he would be rewarded sith suflicient strength to-morrow to partici. vate in the white house reception. night it was oMclally stated that it isa matter of doubt whether Mr., Cleveland could withstand the fatigue, and he is not generally expected by those who intend to join the throng. Mr, Cleveland’s leit leg is very weak yet,his knee being swollen and painful, and it is not likely that he will venture out of his room. Preparations for the reception are complete, however, and it will proceed under the direc- tion of Mrs. Cleveland, assisted by members of the cabinet and their wives. ‘T'he weather to-night is as miserable as can be. A heavy, cold ratn is pouring down amid a dense fog, while the atmosphere is so raw and murky as to be untit to breathe out of doo! VERY MUCH NEEDED. Those who mingled freely with the vast multitude present at and in the capitol to-day during the Logzan obsequles state that the expression was alinost universal in favor of the erection here of a large building or hall to be used at inaugnrals, funerals and other state occasions when people are here from all over the union aswell as from this vicinity. ‘The halls of the two houses of congress are &0 limited In size respectively that tickets of adm on must beissued in order to prevent an overwhelming crush. This always gives rise to charges of discrimination and par. tiality and much hard feelings and smothered wrath is the result. Of course the officers in charge of the arrangements do the best they can and tickets are distributed as fairly as possible among the citizens of the different states who may be here, but after all they get nothing but censure trom those left out in the cold, and they are in the majority. 7 THE MARINE SERVIC] Friends of the ofticials employed in the Tevenue marine service propose to make an- other attempt In congress at an early day to secure for them some of the privileges which their brother officers in the navy enjo; At present revenue warine men are gov- erned by a strict military code, and yet they are regarded only as civil officers of the navy. In the nav T department au oficer who five years Is entitled to an additional sation of 10 per ceut. after that time, cll five years of seivice beyond that an additional 10 per cent. is added to his- salary. In the revenne marine service, how- ever, n man who iumy be appointed to a lieu- tenantey or any other commissioned rank, draws the same pay the year he leaves the service as he does when he first enters, provided he recefves no promotion in the meantime. It 1s a3 diflicult for any one to ecure anappointment in this branch of the governmental service as it is into either the anfy or navy except that the appointments #:x” made from elvil life and not from an acidery. Stll the examina- tions are of the m- . rigld character both as to the mental ang physical Tmlllicl(inns of tho applicant, fad 1n all other respects the navy rules apply. The life of an officer in the “revenue marine service, too, is far more arduous than that of his fellow in the navy roper, for wl the former is confined to is ship year aftor year, frequently without a change of station “in 'a decade,” the latter usual has three ?'('nrs of sea service and then three years of shore duty, and besides he 1s sent from rlace to l)lnce Which seems to break the monotony of life on ship board. The naval i however, have strong in- fluences always ~ady to work in their be- half among ocial people ot Washington, while the marine, being a much smaller w friends at court, and in the past_legi.lation for its benefit' has becn exceedingly difticult to secure, 10G A ‘T'ho death of General Logan will remove from the approp.iation commitiee one of the tive adheients of the poliey of coast and will seriously embarrass any attempts which sy be made to force an appropriation bill through congress at this scssion designed to provide gun and fortifi- cation as recommended by the president and advocated so strennously by some of the lead- ing statesment of. the county. - Lozan, was one of the prineipal men who secured the amendment to the fortitications bill last year which provided an appropriation of §6,000,000 for this purpose, HIs well known tenacity of purpose served to prevent lis colleagues on the committee from weakening when the bill went to conference. With Logan out of the way, it will oubtless be more easy for the house to prevent the senate from insist- ing upon the amendments wiich are sure to to be made to Mr, Randall’s meagre bill, ABMY NEWS, First Serzeant John Draddy. ompany Fourteenth infantry, has been a ointed reg- Colonel . company K, ; Mead, Dakota, has boen granted twn months' furlongh Army orders: The leave_of absenc 0 W. W. Ro Ninth infantry has been extended si that of se ond Licutenent Charles 1, Stevens has bee extended two nonths, “The resignatfon of Captain Franels V. Greene, corps of engineers, hus been cepted, 10 take ¢ffect to-day, Twenty d leave of absenca has been granted 1icute ent John L. Joiinston, Eiehth cavalry. Army furloughs authorized: Corporal Pitrick J. Crs %, troop A, T avalry, Fort Concho, Iy <us foul onths from Jana- Private reders ber, company Scvenih infaatry, ashakie, Wy i months £ 30 abroad: private Cha tgust, company D. Twentieth in ‘ort. Maginnis, stontans, ; Wiliiam ©, Army leaves {ra Bartell, Third fifantry, Fort Missoula, Mon - T, W, Grodsbee ana, ten days (,'ls:lul Sixth infantry, actineg judie advocate, Paul, twenty 03ys; Capiain Leon A. Mattle; Eleventh infaniry, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota, one moenth, with permission to apply for one month’s extension ; Lieutenant John M, Carson, jr., Fifth cavalry, Fort Reno, | dian Territd WO wonths from Janu; 3 Lieutenant Abaham Bufington, Seventh infantry, and 1. eutos Richurd M. Blateh- ford, Eleventl infantry, Fort Leavenworth, cach until Janaary 2, CAPITAL BRIEFS, Among the snmouncements this afternoon of those who Wil receive to-morrow is that of Mrs, A. . Wyman, assisted by Miss La Hoaglend, of Owaha, Mrs. M., E. Riley, the Misses Sanderson and Miss Hogan, 1505 Corporan street, e e Th» Fire Record. CLEVELAND, Dee. 8L—At 10:30 this forenoon two boilers in the mowerand reaper works, of J. F. Seiberting & Co, at Akron, O., exploded with terrific force. A two-story brick boiler house was completely demolished. Several men we buried in the ruins, which took fire and it wits with difliculty that they were rescued. The five at ('rard this morning destroyed several buildin s, ineluding the opera hovse k, owned Ly George G. Kibler, The loss o'clock Ewmpire will reach $65,000, and is divided between a dozen or moz¢ pe A Band Leader Killed, BrENHAM, Tex., Dec 51.—(Special Tel gram o the Bee, |—Osear and Thomas Hop- THE JOB IN DETAIL Billy Pinkerton Tella Some More Facts About the Robbery. Cuicaco, Dec. ~[S8pecial Telegram to | the Bre.]—In an interview this afternoon Billy Pinkerton said: Three months ago Wittrock and Haight were together in Chicago planning the express robbery. They needed some counterfeit letter heads of the Adams express company and were mightily puzzled how to get them without suspicion. Finally they went to a certain job vrinter | here to whom Wittrock told this narr 1le said they were friends of a cortain politi- eal candidate then running for a Cook county office. It was important to his interests that they should get out a secret circular and they wanted access to the printing office. The job printer was willing for a considera tion to retire and leave his visitors to com- mune with the type, ink, paper and press. “They locked themselves in but were unsue cessful, and at the end of an how's time Wittrock unlocked the door and told the printer just what they wanted. “What ¢o you propose to do with Adams express letter heads?” asked the printer. *We want some to use so we can get rail- road passes,” saidoHaight, “The printer consented to assist them and, taking hold of the job. had the letter heads ready the game day. For his work they paia him $3. “The printer, I am certain, at that time did not exvect to_hear further from the case. You know what part the counterfeit letter heads played, A few weeks after the robbery Halght, Wittrock, Weaver, and Jack and Oscar Cook, becoming alarmed at the publicity given the letter head business, con- Tluded That the. safest corse would be to “square” the printer who_executed the job. “They thought $2,000 would insure his silence. The printer should Lave immediately re- ported the case to the police, but he didn’t. 1e was baaly frightened, and' after counting the woaith put It away Without extracting & dollar, "How much money was taken from Foth- eringham “About $53,000, of which amount we shall recover between $45,000 and $49,000.” “When will the round-up be finished?” “1t has come to a head as far as arrests are concerned.” *What about Fotheringham . “We rezard three men as principals in this case—at loast that is our theory—\Wittrock Fotheringham and Haight. - Fred and the e Dress messenger were to zet the biggest shares of the divide, Haight being the third man in the deal and the others getting enough to ‘square’ them. Of course there are many «aminor details which only the trial will de- velop.” {ANSAS City, Dec. 81.—The Pinkerton detective party loft for St. Louis to-night, takmg Wittrock, Cook and Mrs. Haight. There have been o new developments here to-day. STRANGE ol WHIM OF A TORPEDO. Nitro-Glyc: w ne Rolls Down a Hill thout kxploding. FRANKLI —A great many narrow eses m nitro-glycerine explo- kins (colored), leaders of the local band, were shot and killed yesterday by Daniel Nelson, leadsr of a rival band of colored wusiclans, Nelson claims the Hopkins boys tried to assas finate hiw soime. tie ago. He is under arrejt ’ { sions in the oil regions have been recorded, but none ever occurred since the introduc- tion of theexplosive so miraculous as the onereported from a a magazine a few miles from thiscity. A torpedo agent visited the magazine fo get A twenty can of nitro-glycerine. “L'h is on the ~ summi of a and steep hill, At the bottom of the hill T'a rick Bunds lives with his family. After tak- ing the can out of nis safe the agent car- ried itout to the road, where he placed it on the FUWHE while he returned to the:mag- azine to close the safe before placing the tor- pedo in his wagon, which stood in the road near by. 3 While he was at the magazine something frightened the lorses and they backed the wagon against the can, upseiting it. It at once began to roll down the hill towards Bond’s house, The agent gazed after the rolling can with horror, for as it went thumping along he expected every second to see itexplode and spread death and de- struction around. Strange to sav, the con- cussions it met with did ot ex{fode it, and a8 it neared the house at the foot of the hill the agent closed his eyes, us the ean was headed straight for theslde of the house and he could not imagine anything so mi as the non-explosion of the nitro- after that collision, ‘The can struck the side of the honse, and although it rebounded seve feet frou the force of the shock, it did not explode. It was some time before the agent could re: cover sufliclently from the nervous shock to make his way down the hill and re can, In the meantime Mr, Bunds h out of the house to see what the in but did not discover the ean 1 agent reached the house he told Mys, Bunds what had happened, and be picked up the can, The woman, although the dauger she and her family had been subjected to had passed, was 80 terrified at hearing that a torpedo had rolled with suel great foree st her honse, that she ran inside, and ging her thrée children with her ran away from the house as fast as she could £0, And neve opped un: he reached this city, where her husband at work, Atorpedo could not be ted to such rough usage as this one was without explod- ing oncain ten thousand times, 1 it had ex- pladed not a fragment would have been left of the bouse or its oceupants. B Capture of a Robber, WASHINGTON, Dec. 3L—A bold robbery was perpetrated at the residence of Don Do mingo Gana, the Chilian minister last night, The burglar was 8. B, Silva, formerly em- Ploved as servant In the ministers house old. A month ago Silva was discharged under suspicion and went to New Y . He returned to this city last night, entered the nome of his_former employer and stole woney and $7,000 worth of jewelry. The thief was arrested this morning while board- ing a train for New York and the valuables vecovered, e Colonel Bolton Pleads Guilty, CiicAGo, Dec. olonel W, 1. Bolton, ex-superintendent of the second class mail matter, recently indicted for embezz lement, was before Judge Blodgett in“the United States district court this afternoon, pleaded uilty to withholding $12,600 from the gov- ernment, 1is counsel cifed Colonel Bolton's honorable war record and the fact that h had turned over all lns property to the ernment equal to_about the amount of the embezzlement, The court said he would de- fer sentenc AL i Romantic Histor; LoutsviLLe, Dee. 5L—Mrs, Hanley, who died at Nicholasyille a few days ago, had romantie history. Her husband, Major Grat- o was the Earl of Landoff, in Ire- land, who, during the rebellion there In 1798, s compelled to leave his home. Coming this country he settled within halt wile of ~ Nicholasville, In an- ower direction lived Harrison Dan- iel, Mrs. Hanly's father. Major Gratten apley was born in 1821, and when he was elght years old he was' on a visit with his niother to the home of son Danicl, On tiis very day Mrs. Hanly was born, aud the two mothers pledged their children to each other. They grew u‘: as playmates, and as children loved each other. Afterward. Major Hanly moved to Mississippi, but came bick in 186 and married Miss Fannie Daniel Jmmediately upon their marriage they re turned to Mississippi, where they remained eleven yeu Major Hanly served during the entire war. Mrs, Hanly was with him the whole time,and Was present in every battle he was in with one exception. Strange 1o say, in no battle in which Mrs. Hanly was with bher hushand was he wounded, bul in the one on the line between Dalton and Atlanta, from which she was absent, lLe was badly wounded., Mrs, Hanly, =~ while with her hus- band on the' battleficld and in camp, busied _herself attending to the wants of the soldiers, nursing the sick and (-allnflvl‘ the well. 'She soendeared bLer- self to her husband’s comrades that there was nothi %‘"m any one of them would not do for Ler. Fear was something that she knew uwothing about, and wany thwes she sat on the i battleficld amid the roar ot cannon and mus: ketry as calmly as thougl in_her own home. At the battle of Perryville, when Gen eral Brown was wounded, she brought him oft the tield in & carriage - CAPTURED IN CANADA. How a Young Defaulter Was Decoyed Across the Line. CuicAao, Dec. 81.—Three weaks ago C. T Johnson, & young traveling man employed by the wholesale grocery house of Male Sloane, Wilson & Co,, of Peorin, disappeared. What inercsted the firm was the fact that £3,000 belonging fo it was wissing. The matter was placed in the hands of the Pin Kerton agency by Charles Flynn, chief of the Peoria police department, and a week ago ated at St Thomas, Canada. e went \ Uhe offense was one for which Johnson could not be ex tradited, but a scheme was arranged by wihich hie was landed on the American _side of the St. Lawrence. 11e had a friend named . J. Seranton, and by using his name .John son was tripped. - A week ago Flynn went to Toronto and had Johnson, Who was travel: ing under the name of C, J. Howard, arrested on the charge of being a fugitive from fustice, A disvateh was then sent to the Chicago Daily News saying that Johnson had been arrested. ‘That night Jolinson received in Toronto dispateh from Chicaio, signed . J. Seranton,” which read: 1 see by Daily News that you have been arested. You had better not wait for extradition papers but return with ofticers at onee.” Jolinson fol- lowed this advice and_was soon landed in the United States. ‘Iliursday he arrived in Chicazo and from here hé was taken to Peoria, National WASHINGTON, deputy comptrollor of curreney, has been ap- pointed examiner of the national banks in {he cities of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City, in place of A, M. Scriba, who hereto fore held that position. he public debt statement, to be jfiillt‘k‘ Monday, will probably show & redietion i the debt during the past month of a little over $&,000,000, e Bank Statement, —The weekly bank statement shows revenue increase 000, Tho banks now hold $12,271,000, excess of legal requirement Neor gt gt Nebraska and lowa Weathor, Nebraska and lowa: Fair weather, warm - Princes Out of Work. London Spectator: Prince Alexandei's eer is the more remarkable because of late years, while thrones have been ve frequently well filled the cadets of roy houses have not distinguished themselyes in proportion to their opportunities. Charles of Hohenzollern has as yet done The Archduke Maximili and nce Amadeo both failed, and the Prus. 1 prince” was known only as a s though competent disciplinarian, The Archduke Albrecht showed himself a good general at Custozzn, or, at all events, he won; and the French believe the Duc d’Aumale to be a first-rate of- ficer—but there the list seems to end. 'The prinees are very numerous but they are undistinguished. Thereis reluctance, ex- cept perhaps in Russia, to employ them, for the kings have ceased to be afraid of ¢ kinsfolk; but whether from want of will or want of power, they do not come to the front, even as much as they did when *“Turénne,” who, as son of the Due de Boutillon, was n ¢hild of Franee, found blest opponent in Lugene of Savoy, -prince of three nationahties. They scem for the moment to be without am- bition. There was some difliculty in fill- ing the throne of Greeee, and it is s by men who have a special interest in making the rch sucecessful, that ther is ot & pru in Europe, on the five families who are barred by - treaty, who is bold enoug or advenwurons enough, or original enough, to accept the Bulgarian throne, Yctthe next prince of Bulgaria, it he is compel 1 be gengralissimo of the Balk tion, and perhaps, in the end, ¢ or of Con stantinople, the place which K Loo- rold of Belgium regrettad all his Iife t he had thrown away. Those are prizes for young men whose only n business in their own eyes at all evenis is ruling, and who, when without such bhus- iness, have to lead Jives which would be very monotonous and distasteful. Indeed, they are hored to death, and marry kinds of piquant women not of their own class just to escane suflocation from their own rank. One would have thounght there would be endless intrigues with this court and that to sccure # nomination to Bulgarin, but the prinees lack even the audacity of the king of Romani k for “guaran- and “assurances,” and civil lists, 11 manner of proppings which just now they ) not have, but with which, m u yeur or two, they might be well able to dispense, We suppose that, like everybody else nowadays, they dishelieve in themselves, doubt “if they ean be necess anywhere, and want to be sure beforchand of physical comfort; but there must be a sad Juck among them of the spirit which founds dynasties. No- body is asking for 2 n pri wonderful, The with some und the For lightly him some risk of iife for not to be eonsidered a final obstuc is run every day by young soldic old statesmen, and Kings cannot be dis graced excent by themselyes. We know nothing more eurious, or in its way mor dishenrtening, in the modern hist of Europe than that princes should enjoy a monopoly of thus particulur seetion” of the world’s work, and that, nevertheless, there s no one among them with andacity enough to accopt the throne of Bulgarin unconditionally Fiye years of it might bo made worth lifty years of ordinary princely life, choked and trammeled as it is with etiquettes; and if the prince failed, he could fail fighting, and say, with Chirles Albert, after No : At least I have not died_as_kings die.”> One thing is quite certain; if this kind of want’ of spirit lasts, the princes will not long re- tain their ‘monopoly of reigning. The people ean make prmces if they want them,and eastern Europe may ultimately be distributed among men whose new ness and suceess will teaeh mankind that, after all, there is not much i pedigrec, King Milan does not do mueh to dissi that old illusion; but one sucecssfu prince sprung from the people would cure all applicant nations of wandering about Europe to dispose of 4 throne, - tra Weight A german professor rs in studying the habits in snail, and coneerning A Snail's Boston B ot: spent twenty ye and characterist Jearned this interesting fact it: On the Pacific coast of Americi, where it 15 found in great abundance, it is preyed upon by u certain fish which abounds in the Pacitic ocean. — As an aid 1 eseaping from ats formidable enemy it been provided with an eve on the back of its head. The same snail is found on the Atlantic coust exactly like its far estern brother in every particular ex cept that it hns no posterior eye. And the reason for this is that there 15 no cor responding fish to prey upon it in the At lautic oceun. e If you buy lumber anywbere without first “getting Hoaglanis prices you will lose money. | | The ! UMBER 197, WARDEN NOBES WILL RESIGN The Keoper of the Pen All Ready to Btep Down and Out, N FIGURING ON HIS SUCCESSOR Valentine Postofiice Fatered €Iy Horses Borned t Blue Sprin —~State News, by Burglars nak Out With the O1d Y Lixcony, Neb., Dee. i1~ [Spe to the Brr, tively given to-night that Warden Nobes has taletter (o Governor Dawes stating that his resignation would be placed in the hands of Governor Thayer on the doy of his inaug uration, and consequently (he warden, who 1 not be idently A new term, w Nobles has ¢ is now serving on up for contivmation. ascertained that Covernor ‘Thayerd has another man for the y o and conse- | quently will not make a contest to retain the position. 1t is generally understood that ex- Sherift R, \ of Cass county, will_ber Nob nd that the name of M., * Hyers s v Lwith excellent favor Who know his frecord as a sheriff are in their commendations, warmd Barn and Horses Burned. Brur Sei Neb., Dee. 5l [Specidl to the Bk, | his morning justatter midnight the barn of William - burned down, consuming in the flames six head of - horses, | v X il Telogram I'he information is authorita- ! { i Thoke .i 1wo buggies aad four sets of harness, consid- erable corn, wheat doubtedly the work of an tramp called at Mr. Egbert’s residenca about | 100'clock and asked to stay over nicht, but was refused accommodations, thinks it was the tramp’s work, « of no enemy who would wrong him thus, Mr. Ecbert is a poor man_and his foss will ruin him financially. as itis about all he 1 worth, No insuran and rye. It was un- incendiary, A The Valentine Postoflice RRobbed VALENTINE, Neb,, Dee, 51— [Speeial ‘Tele- gram to the Brk.]—The postoflice was robbed here last night 'he burglars forced an en- trance through a rear window. ‘Lhey took only money—8si—leaving the stamps and, registered_matters untouched. They were evidently ina great hurry as a gold” watch belonging to Mrs. Fmery, the assistant post= mistress, was in the stamp drawer, but not discovered. There is no clue o the thieves. Depots Ordered For Keokuk. Dis Moy e, 4 1 Tele- gram to the Brek.) railrond commis- sion to-day renderad an answerin the case of the petition of the city of Keokuk asking for better depot accommodations, ‘The com- mission orders that at every crossing of two or more roads within the eity where passen- gersare transferred, the roads shall bulld a passenzer depot of Suitable size and accom- modation, This will require that three yew Uopots bo buill where none now oxist, The commission have power to wmake this order under the recent law enacted for the purpose of seeuring depots at all points where ralls roads crossed and transferred passengers. [Spect Safe Blowers Di:s Morxes, Ta., Dec. ! gram to the BEr.)—Early this morning bur glars entered Headley's zencral store at La- claite, twelve miles north of Duvenport, and blow open the saie. 1t 15 believed that up- wards of a thonsand doliars was taken, as the safe had been made the depository of large | number of veople, thero boing no bank in t place. Stormy J Drs Morxes, am tothe BEE.|—Judge Lo ; tes court to-day entered a decree: at Keo- 1 kuk restraining the state officers for the " § present from further procesdings in the sa- loon cases auainst Jordan and other saloon-keepers at Ottuin It is re- ported that Jordin will sue for fieavy dam- ages for the suit thal nas alveady been brought against hin. of the United | Sioux City Census. S1ovx Crry, Dee, 51— [Spe to the Bre, ) clum Sioux € Intely putting forth of having o popula- tion of 25,000 is likely soon to be more than veritied, ‘The new censis is about completed and the fignres indicate o total of well on te 26,000, A special effort 15 being made to have this count as near absolutely correet ag possible, Telegram v has been Des Moines' Anuual 12 Dis Morses, Dee. i of the secretary of the board of trade shows that the amonnt expended tor improye- | ments in Des Moines dnvine 1535 is §3,426,6005 | for manuf; ured produ | wholesale trade for miscel- | lameous busin 0 making the total ;’nl:nm- of business for the year $08,- 474,506, iew. ie annual report Avrested For Mardor, OSKATOOSA, la., Dee, S1—ISpecial ‘Peles gram 10 the Bre, | —Isane Ward, of Indians, was knocked down and robbed here last Sep= tember, receiving fatal injuries, To-day ‘Thornton and Richard Atchison, father and son, and William Kitkman were airested for the'erime and the evidenees will” probably convict theson as princival and the others a8 aceessories, Sport on the lee. BenLINGTON, [a., Dec, 51 gram to the BEE. |—A Special Teles Dalf-mile track from the foot of Washington street towards the. heen seraped, and to-morrow afs. inule ouble races will ba Soap. Hod Pike” and other t sleppers will: e entered. The iee 18 strong enough 1o bear a train of cars, A Federal Oicial 1Resigns, Duivgre, la, Dee -|Special gram to the Bri Doputy United States | Marshall Schulte, of Osage, has resigned, | Marshal Desmond savs no successor will be t appointed, owing to the rigid sconomy praes ticed by the department of justice, A Bad Blaze. DEs Moines, Ia, Dec, 81.—A fire at Sears. borough, Poweshiek county, tuis evening destroyed nine buildings, including »wvw stores and i dwelling hoise. Loss, $25,00051 Miners Ger a Raise. insurunce, §7,000, i L—The board ofl ve referred e differs ences between the coal nimersand operatols’ of the Mahoning Valley, to-day decided the wages of the winers should be advaneed from 510 65 cents per ton. ‘Tlie winers &é pleased with the decision aud all will resi work on Monday ne interested in 1his de arbitration . | Milwaukee Rioters. { MiILwACKEE, Dee. SL-"The jury in thul Bay View riot cases veturnod a verdiet thik allernoon after having been out twenty-h g hours, Andiew Honeel and John Dgike were acquitted and John Goudek was found] guil idek led the wob (o the priest guns belonzing 10 the Kos| [ 16 and attew pleg attack on the oilitia, - A Horrible Catastrophe, MaDRAs, Dee. 81—Fire broke out to-day the reserve enclosure at the People’s pan Uhie aunual fair was belng held, A pun} ensued and it is wported that several hum drcdyenphe were burbed or crushed 1o duathl G About 1,000 men |