Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1887, Page 1

él.\"l‘L‘EN"II YEAR. THE TRUNK NYSTERY SOLVED | Edward Unger Oonfesses to Havi witted the Horrible Deed, SOME CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK. g Com- Constanty Confronted By Livi of His Crime | as For 1 spector Byrnes and Gives the Sickening Detaila, ence Murderer Unger Confesses New Youk, Jan, 5. —Edward Unger. murderer of A t Bohl, whose body found last in a trunk shipped to more, ha a full eonfession ot tl Ine. Unger was arrested on and after being a short tine he was brouzht before Inspect the room w table on placed the hammer Kitled and the saw used to eut up the and the rubber eloth in which the b been wrapped after the At these Unger winced in uneasiness and was decined stubborn, Every time Unger left nis cell he was confronted by evidenco of the crime of which e was believed to be the autho A detective watehed constantly at the door of the cell in whieh Unger was confined, but under strict orders not to respond to the prisoner’s attempted conver- sation, which hedid at times, The trunk with the body arrived trom Baltimore yester- day. The body was sent to the morgue, Last night Byrnes went to Unger's cell and asked im how he felt. “Pretty well,” said he, huskily, Then the inspector unlocked the door, and Dete ¢ ilickey called Unger into the corridor, where the lights were turned low. The prison stepped forth, but did not see the inspee- tor until the latter ealled him by nam As he turned he saw Byrnes stand- neand pointing at the trunk which held Bohl's dead body, Unger staggered at the sight and tottered towards his ecll. Dyrnes then took from the trunk a piece of the murdered man’s coat which had been used to wrap the body, and, holding it before the prisoner’s eyes, asked him where the rest of Bohls coat was. Unger shuddered at the e sizhit of the blood-stiffencd garment, and, clasping his hands over his eyes, was about 1o fall, when Detective TicKey ' eaught him and seated him upon a couch in the corridor He sat down upon it and removing his hands glanced about him. Suddenly and with a startled groan he sprang to his fect, asking it he eould change his seat, and taking a proffered ehair, The sofa on which he ad been seated was the one found in Unger's room after s arrest. Unger's face became ghastly pale, and when assisted to higeell he was almost in a fainting eondi tion, Inspector Byrnes then told U e would be near at hind when e was ready to talk, and when the inspector returned from supper Unger had asked tosce him. Again Unger was brought to Byrnes rooin, w all the bloody tokens confronted him, “1 want to tell the whole truth about the busi- ness,”” he said to the chiet, e then told his story, which was taken in writing: llye 22 R 1 kpnown Augzust Boht s r, L tirst met him at my saloon, No, lavidgo street, where he called in answer to an ad- vertisement which 1 had put in the Staats Zeitung for a partner, We could not agre on terms and | subsequently gave up th business at that number and went to live at No. 22 Ridze street. A short time afterward August came to live with e, the arrangement being that he was to pay me half tho rent whieh was ) ver month, and one-third of the honschold expenses, On the night of danuary 20, 1557, atter supper, my son Bdward left the house, leaving Bohl and myself in he room. We mained talking and'reading until about 4:50, Bohl was a very powerful man and was swoaring about his his hard luck. e calied med ——. 1 told him 1 was no ~ and put my hand up to shove him He then stiuek me over the neck with knocked me down. 1 sprang to my feet and attempted to strike him with & poker which I had in my hand, Bohl grabbed the poker from my nand and at the same time he seized a knife from the tuble and ran after me, 1 ran to the bed- room. He tollowed me. 1 picked up a ham- wer from the chest under the bed, e made another lunge at me with the koife and 1 warded it off, receiving a shght eatin the hand. 1 then stroek tim with the hamme He stagiered and 1 followed him up and struck im aguin with the hanmer, the ham mer sinking into his skull as fazas the handie, He stazzered and fell back on the sofa, dead. ‘This occurred about 10 o'clock p. m. FExpu ing wy son home every moment and o avoid my son seeing what had happened, 1 took S body from the sofa and put it on the tloor close by the wall. “Lthen took Bohl's slecp- ing nd plied iton its side before and bearing against the wall, covering the ends With some clothes, My Son soon came hote @ went 1o bed her in the bedroom. 'S August” he asked. “He's gone out,” said 1. On Friday, January 21, assoon us my boy left the house tor his work, 1Iwent out to buy arubber bag to put the body in. [ was ubable to get the bag hought two yards of rubber cloth per yard, I bought a buteher’s saw for 0 cents, 1 drank much whisky and got back to the house at 9 a, m, spread the rabber eloth on the floorand laid the body upon it. 1 then started to cut hintup. 1 first cut nis head from the hody and then kaid it aside and wrapped it in paper und part of his glotkiney ST then. cut both off, and I think the lett arm close to the shoulder. I then took Bohl's trunk. The trunk was too short and Leut off the feetand put them in - the trunk. L then put the body on top of the legs, and, 1think, the arm on ton of the body, 1100k part of the'clothes of the deceased anid some papers, wiped te floor with them and then put theim on top of the body in the trunk. 1 locked the trunk and ashed it with robe. | then left my house after cleaning up blood the best I could, locking the door, taking the head under my arm, which was then wrapped up in clothing be longing to Bohl, and 4lso some newspapers. 1 went to the Grand stieet ferry, went into the forward part of the ferryboat, leaned over the front railing, looking into the water, and when 1 got midway in the river | dropped the head and clothing into the water, b oassnmed that the paddle wheel struek it, 1 then went to the house of Henry 0, 205 Throop avenue, and learning vel was sick, 1 told his wite that Au- loul bad gone to Chieago the night t fore, 1 then returned to my house, arriving there about 5 o'cloek inthe atternoon and be- tween 5 and 6 vk the same aiternoon, and with the assistance of an Italian whow { met in the strect and to whom 1 gave a quarter, 1 took the trunk to a saloon in Grand street and asked permission 1o leave it over night, which was granted. [ called for it on Saturday worning about 9 o'elock, and brought” it out on the sidewalk. 1 fave a earman 10 salcon of Heury Bense, 3 i 1e, Lrook- Iyn, ‘I got permission from Bense to leayo the trunk there a fow tes until I went 10 Westeolt's express ofliee 1 told the ex ress man where 1o call ang returned to fense’s store, L got some mucilage and put thrs label on the trunk: *Johu A, Wilson, Baltimore, 3 To be called for.” After placing this label ox tiw trunk 1 left the store and L requested Bense to wive the trunk to the expressman and take Nis receipt sud that 1 woud eall for it fn " the evening I did call that sawe evening and recelved the recelpt fre Ben 1 then leit and went home. ™ Befo 1 cut the legs ot Lohl | think that 1 un- buttoned the pavts at the st and pulled them down. = The coat I cut up the back and b it off before eulting the anw. " Ilie statement then ldentities the trunk and clothes of Boll and other things con- Dected with the murder, and concludes as fol “1 did not mean to kil deceased. 1 wis 8 quarrelsome wan and 1 believed' that iy life was in danger when {atruck hink, The matner in_which | disposed of the body was 50 a5 L0 savp wysell and tawily trom disgrace,” {Sigued) Evwanp UNGeR. ALl the facts stated by Unger lave been the was e kill- sday sty Lin hi it Byrnes, whieh had with which Bohl made s a been was body, had of ly nt illing, som have 1856 away. his fist and legs | . od and he wili b Tombs police eour coroner's inquest wi afternoon. arraigned in _the w-morrow morninz. The be he on Tuesday — - THE CHURCH AMO THE STAGH. Bishop Potter in Henry Irving's Edition of Shakespeare, A\ Dennet York Ilerald Both the church ore to-day. Bis fr Special to the ta Brr o were to the ed last evening adilly, In th sery at t o wa journcy to Land listened preached by the royal o Henry White, on “Abundant St John x-10, which was and iders, hote m thie preach. attentively fat od W Lite, n vered b commons and dis 1his being the first in on, Mr. and Mrs, Glad were g »day at Sandring hall, the seat of the Prince of Wales, where one of his own chaplains, the Lev. Canon Duckworth, preached IRVING GIVES A DINNER Mr. Henry Irving this evening gave ner party in the historical buildings as the Burlington hotel. Covers for sixty-two. Even in the days Queen Anne the noble staircase, the great feature of the place, was never trodden with more famous exemplars in the profession of arms. law, literature, medicine, musie, the arts and the drama than those who now filled the tables in the old paneled dining hall, At the end of the dessert Mr, George Au- gustus Sala rose, saying: am always famous for a reekless disregard of rules, by- laws and regulations of eyery kind, I never went to sea, but I was perpetually talking of the man at the wheel, It's against social rules even to toast the host, and especially on Sunday night. Don’t cheer, it is Sunday night. Besides, the cood cheer we have had has already spoken for itself. But I must break all rules or | cannot breathe, [ wish to propose the health of the host, as a man, an artist, and, above all, as our friend.” IRVING'S EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE, Mr. Irvin id feelingly responded, more in the simple vein of a Marguerite and forgettul entirely of Meiista, Gossiping later with Mr. Irving, he said ihe edition of Shakespeare, edited by him in collabg ion with Mr. Frank Marshall, the husband of Ada Cavendish, and author of the comedy “False Shame,” would not, as I been cabled to a New York paper, be published in a few weeks, and the company would not in fact apvear until autom, Mr, Irving added that the work would beannotated, having regard to Shakes- peare as an actor and a protessional drama- tst more than as a poet. Mr lrving sanl that his work on the forth- coming edition had evoked the idea of enlarging the Shakespeare memorial - library at - Swratford-on-Avon, especially regarding works relating to the Shakespearegn drama. Mr. Irving is of the opinton that, notwithstanding the persover- ing labors of biographers, all the deseriptions and records relating to the life of Shalkes- peare directly derived from contemporary or immediately sueceeding writers are very im- perfect and fragmentary. During the last thirty years the industry expended on the elucidation of the carcer and produetions of the board have been great and painstaking beyond the ordinary perience. Yet we have to acknowledge our lamentable ignorance of the poet’s life and the conditions under whieh his succes- sive writings were produced. Aceordingly, on the poet’s birthday, April 23, he intend that a public meeting shouid be held in the Iyecum to excite interestand raise funds for the object, ally for the purpose of rare books, and, if possible, many volumes in highly valued private colleetions, Mean- while books and moneys could be forwarded to Librarian Hawley at Stratford-on-Avon. Mr, Lrving paid, in o conversational w a high tribute to American learning s of peers hed West ¥ a din- known were laid of Good which is esp | Shakespeare, to its wealth ot authorship in direction, and to the extent to which ditions of the bard's words are to be found in its libraries, it searce and curious triots Anxious I'or War. NEW Y Jan, 80.—A Columbus, 0., special says: In Northern Ohio the much exeitement over the possibility of a war with Canada, Governor Foraker is con- stantly receiving letters from patriotie citi- zens asking leave to raise home militia_com panics. In connection with this a Unite States army man has rey hing hitherto unpublished, During the discassion of the Canadian trouble the war department at Washinzion ascertained minutely the strength of the militia in every state, and re quested from the Ohio authorities informa- tion as to the number of troops, their arms and the time in which they conld’ be concen- trated at Cleveland in ease of an attack on the Canadian frontier, Min eIt has been learned that body was killed, but that many persons ceived gun shot wounds and a farze nu of others more or less bruised by by stones, ‘The town s now quict, Onio P no- re- ber Tmperial Cour :it n Session, ViENNA, Jan. A grand imperial conn- il was held here yesterday, ‘The emperor presided. Al the Austrian and Hungarian ministers were present, The delogates were convoked for March 1o Vote extracredits of $15,000,000 for the army and a special eredit for the equipment of the landstrum, ‘oundered in the Black Sea, Onissa, Jan Biitish r Athol was foundered in the Bluck ¥ persons were drowned. steamer A School Teacher's Go NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 80.—|Speecial gram to the Bee.l—Miss Julia A, Mal- com is a school teachier, who a few weeks ago had nothing to depend upon for a livelihood but a meagre salary. Ten years ago Thomas F. Clark, in a jokmz way, mads her a pres- ent of adeed to certain lands in Colorado, which at the thne wer sidered worthless by the owner. Miss Malcom accopted it in the sawe spivit in which it was otfered, re marking that a it was worthless she would keep it as a reminder. She laid it aside AmOLK S0Ie other papers and since then had thought no more about it until last week, when she received a letter from Coloradd telling Lier that a lead mine of great richness had been discovered and that asyndicate, of whicli the writer was president, had em- powered him to make an otfer of $250.000 {ox it After making inguiries Miss Maleom g copted the offer and is now walting the ar- rival ol a chieek re sending on the deed - A Philadelphia Society Sensation. NEW YORK, Jan, $0.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.]—The World's Puiladelphia special Auother social sensation of the lirst degree is about to agitate s stald cirelos of this town, ‘Che facts are the talk of the clubs but will not be gencrally known till toorrow worning. Ail but the most in- timate friends of the parties will be surprised and shocked o learn of the flight of young Mis. A, Sidney Roberts from her husband’s handsome home on South Fifteenth street to her father,s magnificent residenee on Walnut stroet. Last Sunday this young and popular society woinan, Wwho was married about four years ago, e v husband, as she says, for good, beeause his long course of abuse cali- nal then in a beating which her delicate state of health rendered daygerons, The Lus- band is thrvatesed with a club boycott, 1 Portune, says OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY Question Propounde to the President Wi Will Probably Remain Unanswerad, DEMOCRATS GREATLY INDOUBT Gossip Again ling Sceretary Manning's Successor— The Ball of the Chinsse Lega- Washington News, Indulged in Regs tion Miller's Mission to Maoxico, WasHiNaToN, Jan, 50.—[Special gram to the B A writer in Washington Herald, in diseassing matters in particular, and t of the diplomatic branch of our government in general, says: “While I am upon S Mexieana I wonld just Like to ask oue ques- tion of the it Did he send Dr. Guorge L. Miiler, editor of the mocratic journal in Nebraska, to Mexieo upon py i if what the such extreme seerecy apout his going? bers of the Nebrasga delegation —one branch at least came to Washington at the president’s re- quest, As Miller is a sound democrat, it was thoucht at fiest that he was to be consulted about the patro of the state. This was not the matter. After three consultations Miller was sent to Mexico on business s confidentially wuarded that no human being oxcopting the president, Miller, and possibly the secretary of = state, have the slightest idea of what it s, “This is the story precisely as it was told to me. Perhaps the future may unveil this mystery, 1f mystery there be. Nebraskans say there is one and secin to bedave 1t So we will wait and sce TIE MANNING SUCCESSION, Although Secretary Manning will answer no inquiries relating to the report that he is shortly to retire from the treasury depart- ment, it can be stated on reliable authority that Mr. Manning's determination. The secretary has discussed the matter with the president, and the time for his retirement has been decided npon, which will be about May L The cause of Mr. Manning’s resigna- tion of the treasury is the tender of the presi- dency of a banking institution, which is to be established New York, Lls impaired health doubtless prompted him to aceept an « that would relieve him of the labor and responsibility of the treasary « artment and furnisi him with a salary three times greater than that paid the secretary of the treasury. 'T'r 3 Jordan will also retire from theé treasury to accept the vice presideney of the same in- stitution under Mr, Manning Assistant Seerctary Fairehild was so lonz the acting seeretary and managed the department wit suel sinal ability that gossip naturally as ciates bt with the suecession. It is beliey that the president has consulted Mr. Man ning about his sucesssor, and that the man has been selecied. Many persons b love that Representative Scott, of vania, will be Manuing's sucesso belief has been strengthiened by the fact that Mr. Scott was in consultation” to a late hou last nizht with the president and Secretary Manuing, to-day's Mexican manazement feading business <0, canse for Mem- in congress say that Dr. Aliller such is A CHINESE BALL. The ball at the Chinese legation on Tues- day night was the most_eonspicuous event this year in the social scason. It was note- worthy in several Invitati ‘ iimited and demands tor them unpte edly larze, The severest kind u} Dressi was brotght to bear on Mr. Bartlett, tie ble, dignificd seere of the legation, and aweek before the eventthe eards” were' ex- hausted. Seven hundred invitations were issued and 400 people were present. Of these 900, there were 100 who, with unblushing af- fluent etfrontery presented themselves with- out the faintest’ possible right. Never was there a better dressed, hand<omer and more yl-bred crow gathered together i this eity of well d ill-mar assemblages. I'here were twenty women for cach man. The ehairs andcouehes, the eircular stair- way, the doorways, the very walls were cov- ered and Imed with distrait’ looking women who looked daggers at those who sailed by with aman, Atter a hearty hand-clasp from the suave minister ot the Celestials the crowid surged through the spacious drawing room and into the palm adorned ball room, where at 10 o'clock the strains of a concealed and effective orchiestra announeed that dancing had begun, Forty people danced on the slipperiest loor that ever was waxed, and four hundred people erowded around them, suggesting a gizantic cake-walk in-all save the costumes, This human ring stood there with but slight alteration in its per- sonnel throushont the nicht, and stared ozled and made rancorous’ remarks. courtly Mongolians, who were all vl atfability, did their level best to « room so that those who wished to dance might do so, but after an hour's vain effo give up their npgrateful task When at 11 o'clock the supper parlor was thrown open the rush thither was like that in a newshoys’ home, and for two honrs there wits a line eizht teet deep, steugeling, push- ing and crowding, and it Was ouly after the fable was stripped of everything “edible and drinkable that the swoll niob retired At Lo'clock the erowd began to diminish and the fivst enjoyment of the night was ex- perienced by those who remained. Lie night will mark the beginning of s era in watters social at the capital, ) prescnce of 6 many unbidden guests, the wanton vulzarity and execedingly’ bad man- ners of wany, added the last bale'of straw to the load of abused entertainers, A move ment which had s origzin in the dawn of Wednesday morning ina sionn of prominent people who were incensed at the deve! wents of the preceding night, has already grown to the point thiat officials and diplo matic hosts publiely assert that no one wil in tuture be admitted at their entertainments unless the eard of admittance whieh will ac company all futare invitations shall be Wi have been earefully serutinized and largely redueed, and all whoact like coal heavers and fish women will have ended their careers in the ofticial and diplomatie entertainments of the town, Sooftensive had this intrusive nuisance be- come that Mrs, Cleveland was on Thursday torced to announce that her eard mornings were at an end. She looked upon them s an opportunity to meet those whose acquaint- ance she wished to cultivate, but when sey eral hundred people rushed in upon her as though it wasa public reception she, after those exneriences, gave up as hopeless any attewpt 1o earry out Ler wish, POLITICS DISBEGARDED, A cabinet oflicer is quoted as saying this in rele 210 the fisheries bill wiiieh passed the semate last week: “In importance of pos- sible results there has been no debate sineo 151 that bas been of greater interest to the nation than that which occurred in the sen- ate on Monday afternoon, ‘Lhere was one of the debate that appears to have been overooked by the press in the consider- ation of the question. Under the Edmunds bill the democratie party, through the aetion o the president, will have an opportunity to do what it did in 1512, and again in 1545 and 15i6—defend this country from foreign en- croachments upon the rishts of its citizens. Ihe bill so ably drawn’ by Edmunds gives the executive almost unlimited power, This must have been apparent to every repub lican senator ou the tloor, But for once and to their eredit be it said that political predi lections were ignored, Frye's reference to the 1t was vely handsome and kindly, No cy could have been passcd upon the chiet lagistrate than that of the Maine senator, and thouzh the bill (drawn by & republican senator and reported by a committee a majority of which is republican), gives President Cleveland au opportunity ot o but few men in their lives, the nearly unanimous vote by which it 'was passed showed that it was possible for sena: tors o forget to be partisans in periods of ewergency and remcwber that they were Awericans, ‘Ihe president justly regards this vote of forty-six for to ong azainst act as an expression of the bighest eonlidence, and the cabinet coneurs.” THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S ANMBITION 1t is understood among the frieuds and ljtical adhiecents of Governor Fitzhugh Lee 1o in Virginia that his present visit to th north- west is' to work up a boom for himself as a candidate for vice-president on the demo- cratic ticket jn 1558 Congressman John T Barbour, of Virzinia, who has been Lee’s political manager and coach, and has been working the northwestern programme [ Loe, is quite encouraged by the reception his candidate hias receiv PENSIONS FOIR NERRASKANS AND T0WANS Pensions have been issued to the following Nebraskans: ( Kendall, DeWitt: Isaae Brock, Pawnee 1 Eben B, Wilson, ustrong, [nereases of pensions as fol n_Dovey, Firthy Chas, L. Mettz, s 1L Bacon, Hubbell; Win veter: Jas, W, Wilsc Kear- Seward, Atkinson; Moses John R, Frasier, Carns, Pensions were fssued for the following lowans: Esther A, widow of Ilenry G | Lavbird, Green isiand: Lydia Wheeldon, mother ot John W. Fred, Lucasi Martha, mother of Thomas Thompson, — Kandal widow of Nathaniel Noband, Jlizabeth Bu, mother of Amos Fisk, | Steamboat * Rock: Alexander, ~ fathier _of Jolin Buchanan, ‘Smithiand; Thomas W, Calahan, Coon Rapidss William Rine, Iral Charles W. Wilson, Knoxville: John Reynolds, Oskaloosa: James 1L, Lemington, nterville. Inereages of pensions as follows Henry C. Pickerel, Batavias Joseph T, Har mond, Ser nt Blutis; Henry 1L Jefferson, Louisville: Alfred Francis,” Spring il Charles 11, Stevenson, Avery: Nathani Noland, Ozdens Samuel flopking, Norwas Vardawon Quinett, Lineolns Ira C. "Tutti Mount Ayr:Jolin C. Foster, DeWitt: Joseph Mitchell,” Northw Amariah Coburn Waterloo: Milton S. Monroe, Floris; Samucl L McCrary, Keosauquas Lemuel Parker, Strawberry” Point; Aaron B, Story, Ep- worth, CADTL Mrs, Manderson v last wr Mrs, Dor York, T, NOTES, as assisted in_recelying k by Mrs. Joseph Carey of Wyomine, of Neoraska, Mis. Dyke of New nd Mrs, General Lander, Mrs. Locan is considerably improved in health, - She has not decided when sha will g0 to Chicazo, but under the stats law, which requires her to take out letters of administra- tion within sixty days, she will have to go west before February 6. The bust of Gen- eral 1, made by Engenie Pedon, who took the death mask, is now at Mrs, Logan’s. 1t is rezarded as preity good- zood _on one side, but not entirely satisfactory. Mr. Mills, son ot Clark Mills, is at work on a bust, Lowis E. Gralam, of Madison, Neb., has appointed a - storekeeper clager been for the internal revenue district of Nebraska, - CASS COUNPY COURT. Cazes Which Were Disposed of Dur- ing the Past Week. Prarrsyovrn, Neb,, Jan. 80.—[Special to the Ber. ] —The distriet court been in s sion since Tuesday, with the new judge, Hon. 5. al. Chapman, in the chair, and thus far has given universal satisfaction. The case of Williams vs Sharifl Eikenbarry, in- volving the ownershipof & lumber yard at which was levied upon as the prop- tlolland by the Commercial bank Weeping Water, was dq ) vor of defendant, Walker vs Johnson verdict given in favor of the plaintitt, the State of Nebraska vs J l:u-I\. dictof the jury was * In the case of hn Buekingham uilty ot larceny,™ 1 ied the whisky, ete., stolen at $11. Ihe facts as proven in this ease are as fol- lows: One Sunday morning last November John Buckinzham went into the drug store of W. Walters, M. D., in Louisville, this oounty, and bouzht one quart of whisk e took it to the hotel where he had a good time and got ontside of th About 6 p.m., the bottles being e J. B “pretty full but wanted more, back to the sto ecllar door sam, npty and > he went He found itlocked, but the LG next day had Buekinghain arrested and brought o his where he confessed taking the whisky, and naving spant all his money, wave the doctor his wateh to pay for the whisky and brandy he had stolen. he chiet police of Louisville then took him to the justies of the peace, where he plead guilty to oot larceny, and has since been eon- fined inour county “jail. Many of the citi- zens would be glad to know just how mueh it has cost (he county, whieh was all eaused by selling of ene quart of whisky on Suli- day. In the ease of Orlando Burgess vs. John 1. Davis, both parties residing in Weeping Water, in regard to the possession of a sow and pigs, the jury returned a verdiet in favor of the plaintilt,” Judge Pound is expected |;.-| Monday to occupy the chair for three days. open the in store, doctor Ashland A Thirty Years, Fuern, Neb., Jan. —[Special Bre.)—A surprise party was given and Mrs, 1, W. Gable, the genial landlord and landlady of the Kent house, January us, in honor of the thirtie th anniversary of their wedding day. ‘The party was given by their daugiter and was n complete suceess, There were present numerous friends trom Firth and vieinity, and a fow of the necessary t eling men. 'The bride was presented with an clegant silver cake-stand and butter dish, and all were unanimous in wishing Mr, and Mrs. Gable many happy returns of their wedding anniversary Chicken, eold meats, cakes, pies and coffee appearcd scemingly without Timit, and atter the usual amount of chat and snseauent hurry and bustle in preparing the sty all repaired to the dining-room and wide a4 vain attempt to make way with the eatables. After the supper the dining room was cleared and all present enjoyed a social dance, at the elose of which tlie guests con- grajulated the Misses( and Mrs. Howard upon their unlimited sueeess, and went hoine with pleasant thoughts and a wish that they may Have some more refurns of the weddi anniversary, Mar to the to Mr. A Hushand’s Crime and Snicido. Cuar Neb., Jan, 50— A homesteader named A, I’ Blomgren, living & twalva miles from this village, committed suicide 1ast Wednesday night after a brutal attempt to murdaer his wife, Blomzren and his wife quarreled Wednesday morning, and ho struck her a the head with a hatchet, in- tlicth ole wound, The woman then took bed, and in the evening, when she was in a stupor, the brutal husband set the bed on fire, ~ After seeing the flames well uiider way Blomgren, supposing his wite would be” burned alive, went into the stable and hung himself, ‘The woman, however, suceeeded in escaping from the burning dug: out with her seven-year-old son. Sheis not at a neighbor's hotse being eared for, und tears are entertained that she may not re- cover from her injuries, The coroner leld an nguest over” Blomgren's remains, aud the above tacts were developed, An Interesting War Lecture, KiNNann, Neb., Jan, 30.—|Special to the BEE.]—A nuwber of our citizens went to Blair to hear Captain Van Etten, formerly of the First New Yoik battery, deliver a lecture on the late war for the benefit of the Grand Army of the Republie, entitled *From the Deathi of Ellsworth to the Death of Lin coln.” I never had the pleasure of listening 0 50 eloguent and hnely portrayed a pano reana. e brought the pietire of the battle- field vividly before you. His description of the battles “of Bull ftun, Gettysours: and be fore Richmond was intensely interesting, Captain Van Etten 1s an admitable speaker He labored under a great disadyantaze on ae- count of a bad cold, whieh etfected his speceh 80 that he was not able to bring out fully in colors all the peculiarities attendant the battle teld, He is certainly master the ticld and was there 1 bersou. and tie original Captain \ an Etten that tred th arst salute of guns on the reception the news that the war was over, - An Italian Riot PiTTSBURG, Jan 30,— treat for Itallans on Seventh avenue, 1e ol a riot this evening, in ) were serioisly stabhied, who were in bed teizuing Hee arrived were for ri Two ol die. blow oy L tern 10 her Pittsburg. lark's Court, a re was the which f ie wouuded Will' probably 1 l' A TRAVESTY ON JUSTICE. May Foster's Acquittal at Des Moines Sur- prises and Shocks the Community. [ o IOWA OCCUPIERS OF THE BENCH A Story Told on Judge Cheeky But Stingy Tmproved Lands Ready Settlement — Other lowa News, For & A Jury's Strange Decision Des Moives, Ta, Jan. 50, Ber I «dict on Saturday in the May Foster trial has revived the old question as 1o the worth or worthlessiess of the jury sys tem. “What's the use ot courts and said an old ettizen, “if such travestics on justice as this can be perpetrated.” "The givl, May Foster, was tried for the murder of her room mate, Jessie Carter, last Mareh, On the first trial the jury brought in a verdict of gailty of murder in the second degree. That was about a wonth ag ¢ defense cured anew trial and now another jury of in- telligent (Y) men say that is innocent, and should be discharced. Which jury was right? 1In the latter tiial all of the testimony that was given on the first trial was produced and in addition there was given the aying declaration of the murdered girl, that spe- citically fixed the guilt upon her room-mate, the defendant, With this sworn statement of a dying gitl, naming the person who shot her, and showing the brutal and hard-hearted character of the murderess, an intelligent jury deliberately pronounces the accused mnocent. The wverdiet is a great surprise and shock to the e ple of this community The trial has been the talk of the town and no one dreamed of aequittal. The evidence against the accused was so strong and eonvineing and the dying deelaration of the vietim was so clear and unanswerable that it didn’t seem possible that any other verdict but guilty could be rendered. But people will lose faith in o jury system that within the space of about two months can return on the same evidence two such contradictory ver- dicts, Spoetal to the oV TOWA'S FIFTY JUDGES. 11 lowa doesn't have justice administered within its gates it cannot be for lack of courts and judges. The interesting fact has just been noted that there are more judges now in lowa than in all England and Wales put together. The entire number of judges in England is forty-six, including the judges for all the eourts beneath pariia ment itsclf—the king's beneh to queen’s bench, the admiralty and chancery courts. But Iova alone has today five supreme court judges, four judges of superior courts, and forty-onedistrict judges, a total of hity,or tour more than in all at En gland. More than that, the judges of England preside over the court interests of 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 peonle. In Towa the fitty judges look after the affairs of but 2,000,000 people, No it our English cousin are as litizious as their Awmerican relatives, the English beneh must have to hustle its venerable dignitied sclf to keep up with the procession. lowa’s fifty judges are quite sy attending to the needs of ~ 2,000,000 peo- ‘They would go distracted if they had to X s of judgzes,” said a visitor from psently, “we had a good joke on weopiesentaive of - the supreme beneh who lives m my eity. Every- Lody kiows that judze—well,” weo will call’. him Judge X.—is exceedingly ‘n in money matfers, althouzh a rich man. He has been on the benel for agreat many years, and had a good salary all tho time, and has lots of money invested in real estate and other productive investments, A new railroad has been knoeking at our doors and our people determined to sceure it if liberal domations of money and privilegos would do so. Accordinzly we called a pub Tie meeting of ecitizens and worked up gre enthusiasm for the road. We had to raise 860,000, and to do it all of our leading men would have 10 subseribe liberally. Judze X. is one of the wealthiest in our hittle town, He talked enthusiastically all that day and when night came he was at the meeting and mide one of the specehes, 1 tell you it was rouser, He pointed out the great import- ance of seeuring the road now, and exhorted everybody to help litt, When Le sat down everybody eheered, and said iand the paper to the judge and' let him head the list. 1o took the paper and proudly wrote his name. Just then a man_ lobking over his shoulder caugl sight of something and shouted:” “Hurrah — for Judge X! e subscribes §5,000. Everybody cheercd and the judge started to rise n a deprecating sort of way, but we all supposed he was modestly protesting against the Bonar 8o wa thasred. neain L Iien le. sor redin the taee attempted 1o speak. SNever mind judze,” we all shonted, “Hirce more cheers for the 83,000 subseription.” By this time we saw that the judge was livid with ra e, Grasping his case he stamped it on tho floor and sereamed, 1 did not sub- seribe $5,000, it was $300, and if 1 had known Smach as 1 do now, I wouldn't have given acent.” That paralyzed us, and the meet- ing quickly broke up, but you never saw madder sort of men than” our peonle were Here was the judge worth S150,000 or ) with property that would almost double’ in value if the railroad eame, subseribing a petty €500 toward raising $60,000, Some ot our leading men wentright to him and told him he bad got to raise “his subse £1,000, o1 take his name oft the paper what do you think he said to that? said that he called nis intlience and speeches he had made tor the project worth 3700, and that with Lis subscription would make up the $1,0 Ihat's what we call bout the bi ionof gall and 5 ness that the state of Towa can atiord, SPLENDID FARMS BEADY, ‘There is a good chance for several peonle to get splendid farms in northwestern lowa as 5000 @3 e government opens tor settlement the fands up'there reeently given back to it by the state, ‘The lands number about 26,000 a mostly in Woodbury and Plymouth counties, ‘They were orieinally granted to the state to be conveyed to the Sioux City & St Paul railroad, Buat that railroad never complied with the conditions imposed, and the state returns them 1o the gencral zovern- ment. They include some of the best lands in the state, Lmprovements have heen made all around them, and here they are with virgin soil untouchied in a rich and populous state, awaiting the disposition of the goyer went. It is supposed tiat they will be thrown open to pre-emption or other form of settlement as soon as the NECessary papers can be prepared A G AL T MOVEMENT ‘There is a movement on toot for ereeting a larze and appropriate building for the stat headquarters of the Grand Army of the | public on the new fair grounds, ~ The asso ation has set apart five acres for this pur- nd the projeet will came betore tho anntal encampinent of the Grand Army the Lepablic at Dubuqgue fn & tew weeks. is proposed to expend. from $6,000 to tor @ building that can be used as héu auarters for the old soldiers, not only during fair week, but also at any other tin she year. Then the grounds adjoin be used for camping 1f desired, and the erans will tind thews ery well accom modated. 1t has bec Le practice to set apart ono day during the state fair, which is kuown as “old soldiers’ day,” and this recog nition of the Grand Army of the Republic would be follg y still further attention if a permanent headquarters ng . erected, ‘The project 18 meeting with much favor and will provably some tiuie be carried and Wi fut THAT BODY There is a l deal county over the cuse of wred t time sted. Dr, Sehooler, dean of & medical col this city, where the youn nd, has been arrested ty in the aff U e king that 1ups very Ligh, aud @ stroug attew STEALING. of feeling body i n Warren At livady El will ve made to ferret out the guilty and bring them to punishment. - A Daring Forgery. Praumie Crey, Ia, Jan. 80, pecial Telegram to the Bes I'he banking house of 1. E. Seachary & Co. recently had an experience with one of the most daring for geries scen in this section. Eatly in the evening a young man giving the name of Jones Kirk wanted to purchase a draft for 84. The diaft made ont to Allen and the money paid. It now pires that one Thomas Allen presented a draft for $4000 at the Newfon (Kansas Commercial bank for eolle 1 which was the identical draft for $1 drawn by Seachary & Co. on the Union National of Chicago, Having taken a deposit amount he drew on the Newton thronzh a MePherson bank ana 1 escaped detection, was I'homas trans bank for t bank as €0 tar Examination for Naval Cadetshipe, £rau to the B | —The examination of ap plic naval cadetsiip at Annapolia was conel v yesterday ore were four i wd John MeNa county; Dewitt Blamer, and John Kint zinger, of 1 Uhe examination was wmade by Dr W, Crouse, of this city, and Mayor Lvans, of Hampton, Prof. Lrish, of Dubnque, the third member of the commitiee not boing present. After a thorough exan nation Dewitt Blamer was declared to have passed the examination, and will be r ommended to Gl the vacaney. John Kint- zinger, of Dubugue, stood second, and was named as alternate’ in case Blamer fails to pass. Tan. 30| Special ts tor (1 applicants—Thomas of Blackhawk Ind wendence, Ofliciala Inspeet the Road, Brariicr, Neb, Jan, 80.—[Special Telo gram to the Bri. | —A special train from St, Joseph to Hebron on the Rock Island road went throuzh last night, returning to-day Messrs, Lowe, president; Parkes, viee presi- dent; Fisher, ceneral managers Allen, divis- ion superintendent, and Gilson, encineer, wera inspecting the road, They report it in good shape and say that recular tains will be running this week, Prieir depot at this pointis completed and the telegraph line nearly allgup. THE CLEARANCE IilICllllll. Omaha Thirteenth on the List With 69.5 Per Cent Increase, Bostox, Jan, 30.—[Special Telegramto the Bt ie following table, compiled from speeial dispatehes to the Post from the mana- gers of the leading elearing housesof the Uni- ted States, gives the gross exchanges at point for the week ending Jan in comparison with those of the correspond- ing week in 1886, as follows: crrin CLEARINGS, New York DELONRR G iiladeiphia Chicago.... 8 Baltimore. . New Orleans. . Cincinnati Pittshu Kian Louisville Omana..... Providenc Milwaikee.. . Denver. Cleveland.. Detroit. . St. Paul. . Indianapolis’ Memphis N wlis, Colimbs *Wichita Hartford 1,004,654 00 850,000 51, 431,455 oo € 1,001,617 4 York 21,701 *Not meluded intetals; no clearing house at this tine lust year, Forecast of Congress, WasHiNGToN, Jan, & I'he railvoad at torney bill, which by a vote of the senate was vesterday buried deep in the calendar, but Which, by the persisteney of Senator Beck, was restored to the position of *unfinished business,” will probubly no further postponenient except for 4 priation bill. It will eome up at morrow, but’ will give place to the sundry eivil bill and if not brought to a vote withoiit much further diseussion 15 kely to be pushed aside later m the week by the Indian and wilitary academy appropriation bilis. Be youd this no foreeast of the business of the Wweek in the senate can be made, Suve a possible reopening of auestion by the friends of Randall it 15 impossible that this week’s proceedings in the house will not be ot commanding inter- est. ‘The agricuitural and diplomatle and consular appropriation bills are hkely to be taken up in their order and will probably be followed by the naval appropriation bill « one_of the postponed special orders. 'Tha sessions of Tuesday evening and ‘I'hursday have been se rifor the consideration of measures to be reported by the military eon witice and the committee’on foreion aflairs, respeetively, Ahe present indications are that the committee will not be able that day topresent its 1ep ot the fisheries retaliatory bill. The' conterence reports on yarious mieasures, fneluding the anti-polyg- amy bill, Jand grant torfeiture bill and t) venort Of the judiciary itte on the Hawadian treaty Te ton iy by gxpected atany opportune t Worcester! . Portland. ... Springhiell,] Syracuse. ) Lowell (otal e Outdide New the the tarifl - Rioting in Brrrast, Jan. . rioting in Peters Hill,Carrick Hilland Shank Hill distriets of this city last night, The trouble originated thiomeh soldiers belon ing toa West Surrey regiment insulting number of Catholle civilians, the latter retal iating by stoning the soldi many of whom were infared, ‘This was followed by wholesale arrests, over 100 persons being placed in the lockup, A constable engaged 10 this business was servious ly injurcd by the excited erowd. Finally the military pickets were led out and” peace was restored, This evening the rioting was renewed and at this hour the police and mob are exehanging shots, Thirty persons are reported kille and one hundred or more injured, - Provincinl Cabinet, Jan, #0.- Mr, Mercier ng a cabinet ag 1ol o Beltast, There was The QUEnEC, ceeded in f Mercier, p Dubar trea pub! has s W Mr and at generals Mi ey solicitor general Mr, My Garnea, lunds: Messrs. 1. winisters without portf ers liave n sworn. Killed Iy DesvER, Jan tion on the Rio Gr ed Homer ) Reporter, r ot ron A wan i AIS 420 10 @ arn - ACisCO's Dynamiters. e1er Wa 1500, dan. 5. —1wo eur ling yan over d - — NUMBER 297 CTHE WEEK 1 WALL STRIZEI;. Stocks Open Under Great Doprossion and, Remain Stagoant and U ALMOST NO LEADING FEATUREG interesting, Predictions Strik of the Lffects of and the Signing of the Seate Commerce Bill on the Market, the Inte On the St New Yourk, Jan to the Bre. j—Thore stock tw nge that ompazatively i that without very Last week t leaders wh o domiuate wtion and control it This week there | olutely no feature of leading intetest and an apaihy which was resultant of outside forces at work. Brictly the warket opened under great dopression owing to heavy sales ot stocks in London, following the most serious seare that we lhave seen yet, The panic was greater in Berlin and Vienn Both sold on the London stock exchange and caused a decline there which was not entirely the result of local operations. The seare was over, and on Tuesday the market rallied with almost equal buoyancy. Sinee then it has been stagnant and comparatively uninteresting, with important fluctuations tending toward aslightly lower range of prices, compens for by a decided, disgruntled tone. The tluence of tradine on the forei :n market reduced o aminimum atter the wild tluetuas tions of the first two days, and there was a pleasant surprise to find that the excitement abroad has proportionately so little offect upon our home market. Since Tuesday it h been one of anticipation and quict expec ancy, outside operators standing by with hands in their pockets doing nothing, while room traders have amused themselves by sealping on the few orders that came in, There are two fluences which must have A very important effect upon the market and that, oo, soon. i the continuanee of the striko should result in - violence, the effeet would be most aisastrous, but il it ends peacefully, and that is only possible through the surrender of the strikers, contidence would be restored in a marked decree, And yet itis curions that (he strike hero at this eeuter, involving more men than wentout on the Missourt Pacitic, s caused less ansiety, It the interstate commeree bill beeomes a law, the market will bo sustained fairly well atlirst, only to il away gradualiy lterwa Butititwere vetoed, stocks would unque tionably advance, and the market is sound enough and stioni enough at present to tur- nish ample toundation” for the wild bull speculation in such an event. The week has brothi not ble returns from sailroads, porting tor the thivd weei in-Janiary. show A net increase of per cent, the de- cline of St Paul being the most inportant, ‘Tho Pennsylvania is the last of the trunk lines to wake retirns, but that and Erie are the only reports which sive a net ofliciaily, those of the Vanderbiltlines being estimated. The average of net carnings have been about 40 per cent of the gross, and seven great ronds show —an improvement of more than 000,000 in gross and Ll as mueh in net, Moncy stil loans to lower priecs, and although there is imereased demand for mer cantile paper the supply is abundant, and out of town banks fake 1t freely, Che highest price at the stock eXehanio was b per o and it loaned flat one atternoon. 1 aze for the week is less than 4 per eent banks ave well satistied if they can cent on eall, Four months’ loans at the same rate and some at g cial paper ruled 5 o 6 eents ani the bank statenent shows @ stronz dritt ol money to- ward the metropolis, with little chinnee of its speedy mtenuption, Exchange, Special Telogram + WO weeks in the and yet it ist matket should be fluences ands 1sly atfeeted, b secmedd in a measure 15 been almost are 1 exchange oo rather sty moved by alike, ore W £ but favor Thint It re- 303, in are m; Comme IMALE housands of i vee Medical At 081N, dan, 30, —(Specinl Tel the Bi.—A fow days ago, says the Record, wvery poorly dressed woman named Cathe ine Donovan went to the city hospital said necded treatment.” She. was ¢ amined and it was found that she was sut- fering from a bad sealp wound. She refused to tell how it was and would nos state where The wound was dressed claimed 1o be too 1001 Lo purchase medicime some was given her, She asked o be allowed w remain over night. ‘The request was granted In the carly evel was examined by a nurse and i a pocket of the dress she wore was found bank books representing abous 0,100 in various eity institutions, Sewed up in the lining of herdress was fonnd about S500 in greenbacks and a huge stocking con- tained about 20 in silver, Several bonds worth many thousand dollars. were also found sewed up in the lining ot her zown, She was hichly indignant at the outrag us she called 11, and said that the nurse had no right to search | She said that if she had money she came honorably by it, and that she did not propose to tell her business to very one who asked her questions, She left e fospital at onee, but it is not known where she lives, Llie police will make an inyestigation. Ak MASER. Possessing ' Asking ollars and ent, lived, - Weekly Crop Summary, Cuicano, Jan. 50.-The following sume mary will be printed in this weel's issue of the Farmer's Ieview: Reports from the principal winter wheat growing states cons tinne to be merally favorable, with the exs e of those from Lilinois and Kansas, In Hlinois some of the southuri conntjes res port fields as the plant looking poorly, i5 the case in Bond and Hame- ilton counties, 1n Edgar and 1roguois couns ties the fields are reported bae but no in- jury has resulted From twenty-three other Nlinois the reports show that the grain is looking well. 1n Allen, Crown, Franklin, Lincoln, Seduwick a Shawnea counties of Kansas, the helds " aro bare and e plant bas suifeied ne jury and eluoks badly, In Chautauqua, Clond, N Branch, Grand, Traver Lenawakee anud Livingstone countics wheat 15 Jooking well, Reports from Missoutl, covering hirtecn countic ¢ unitonnly favorable, Of sixtecn Qo ¢ nties making report this week el as look= three report g pooily, namely, Athens, Noble and (gt counties” ‘The remaining coun= tes report o s fair 1o good. Nearly all the sout counties are bare of SnOW, which is @ ot Fulton and others of the northiern bordering on the | Ik n vare and countie e ol ern Oliio ) nies e b of suow and the ) Lieezing, Wisconsin protected with suow, diana th d plant ha I und 1o in erally 1enort - wa © o Business, he ropublican work of tort Test mensu the I outs of ure Probably M icd Friday i that G oW thoug rdeied,