Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 12, 1887, Page 1

THE OMAHA DalLy BEE - SIXTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1857, packages were opened in transit. We were puzzled a long time by the robberies, as our Teports from western points showed that the seals were always seemingly intact. For a long time we blamed the extractions of the on roustabouts at piers 27 and 25 in York and the Dock street station at Philadelphia, as nearly all of our western bound freight was put on the cars at either one or the other of these three places, We employed detectives and all imaginable devices,and found finally that our employes at these points were above sus- picion. As [ am in chargeof all crookedness on our road east of Pittsburg, it then became my duty to follow the robbers uv to this city. After a most exhaustive search of the entire division of the Pennsylvania road up to Pittsburg 1 came to the conclusion that the tobberies were committed west of Pittsburg, We then deyoted ourselves entirely to the western division. After two months’ work we found that the robberies were committed between Pittsburg and Dennison: that out of eighty crews seventy-five were practicing a gigantic scheme of robbery. We were badly startled at first by the fact that the seals on the cars were generally found in- tact when the cars reached Columbus on tieir way westward, ‘Then we commenced a system of espionage on every mile of siding between here and Dennison. l)ni- and night the wateh continued. Meanwhile marked and decoy goods were used. We found that local freight was generally untouched; that the robberies were committed on Union line shipments. Well and geod. One derk night one of our brightest men stumbled acainst the mystery of the seals and the method by which they were successfully tain- pered with, Concealed behind a crew he saw the crew come to a Union line car. The wire was pulled out of the seal, thedoor was thrown back, and the carentered. 1n ashort time the men emerged carrying a lot of plun- der. ‘They made off to the caboose and the conductor pulled back the door, run the wire through the seal where it had been pulled out, and with a board struck a blow. The wire went back to its place, the blow united the soft lead acaln without destroying the letter- ing on either side, and the seal wasappar- ently untouched. 1 saw one of these, and it was only by the closest scrutiny that a per- son could detect signs of tampering with it. All this made clear, our course was much easier. ‘The Individuals of these crews were then each of them tracked down, and I may say here that so cluselr were thestolen goods located thatout of all the arrests we made last night and this morning, there was not one man but had stolen stuff either on him or in his reom. Of course you understand A COMBINATION OF RASCALS | Wholesale Arrest of Train Crews on the Pennsylvania Road. CARS SYSTEMATICALLY ROBBED Conductors and Brakemen Jailed at Pittsburg and a Large Amount of Plunder Captured—Two Hune dred Warrants Issued. A Gigantic Conspiracy. na, April 1 he officials of the Pantandle railroad began this morning to make wholesale arrests of employes of that road for being concerned in a gigantic con- spiracy of robbery, ‘The officials of the road claim that during the past two years the cars on the Pittsburg, Cineinnati & St. Louis rond have been systematically robbed of property roughly estimated as being worth half a million dollars. Early this morning 100 policemen and detectives began a con- certed rald upon the boarding houses and homes of the Panhandle railway employes and at 9 o'clock forty-four conductorsand brakemen were confined in the county jall the ofticers boarded all early incoming trai and arrested such men as were wanted. John H. Hamilton, attorney for the Pennsylvania road, was seen this morning in the office of the detective agency, sitting among a hetero- geneous collection of piunder. He sail ““I'hese robberies have been carried on sys- tematically for several years. The company has long been aware that there was a leakage somewhere and as early as Septem- r, 1856, they uietly commenced investigations. Detectives were placed on the trains where the goods could be watched ana the thieves caught, Wehad already dis- covered that the culprits were employes of the company. In September there were eighty crews of freight trains on the Panhan- dle railroad coming into Pittsburg. Of these eighty crews no less than seventy-five ‘were found to be crooked. The crews con- sist of conductor, flagman and two brake- men. In some cases all men were involved, in others only part. ‘Lhe statement that the engin and firemen were mixed up in the | that our method used in ascertaining robberies is wrong; not a single oneisin- | all thls cannot be made public. volved. The goods were obtained by | Suffice it to say that we have our hands on the cracksmen in various ways. In many in- stances the seals were broken, while in others hatchets were used to cut holes in the rear of cars, througi which the men crawled d took what they coveted. Then they re- filn‘!(l the car in bad condition,claiming that every thieyish employe, aud we are within easy reach of those who are not arreste. When I say we, I mean, of conrse, Mr. Kilkeson first, and to him belongs the exclu. sive credit of the rich haul that filled the dragnet. I can giveafew illustrations of the spirit of these employes, In one case just Iately the pursuit was so hot that twenty-tive boxes of fine cigars were hastily burned in a caboose stove. In another case a ‘“tiv’ resulted 1n two bolts of finesilks being thrown fromn a caboose into the Mononga- hela river while, crossing the Panhandle bridee. In another instance the crew broke 0};&! a car and found it full of organs. One of the men was soenraged by tinding nothing of a stealable kind that he thrust an iron bar into the organ and ruined it. ~ We have eyi- dence that a freight conductor broke into a car, opened a piano, and sat and played it all night, stopping at midnight to eat sunper oft the polished top. ‘The same fellow was thumping a piano in a dive last nlght when captured, Another brakeman, who lives on Wiley avenue, stole a bolt of cloth, had a suit made for himself, and gave the cloth for two other suits to two ot his friends. Another man has become an expert on astolen accordeon. In all my experience of twenty-nine years, 1 never saw such a taste for miscelianeous stealing. Everything except & coflin and a blacksmith’s anvil has been stolen and made use of. Some of our detectives assured me this morning that not aman was arrested but had from half adozen to a dozen pairs of clean socks of the finest qualities and a large assortment of shirts of all kinds.” ‘The thieves who were not arrested at their homes were taken from the trains. As the trains came in the officers displayed a red light, the trains side-tracked, and, before the men knew what was the matter, found them- selves under arrest. The cabooses were searched and many evidences of long tinued depredations were discovered. dreds of boxes which had contained the finest imported cigars were found on the trains badly used by the men to hold caps, overalls and lamterns. = Kires were in ress today all along the line of the Pan- handle road, made up [of stuff thrown out of the cabooses which had been cleared of arti- cles valuable as evidence in the coming trial. Almost every man arrested had from one to ten pawn tickets for all sorts of articles on his person. Itis allezed that every pawn shop in the two cities is represented on the i An_amount of eral thousand dlollan\ is said to be recoverabie in this way alone. ‘The crews of men that had been arrested had left a large number of trains deserted. ‘The detention of freight, however, was only llmponrl]{. The railroad officers have taken special precautions to continue moving their !ulxhlfirromptlm An extra force of sixty men had been employed. These were put on the deserted trains in the place of the arrested employes. When it became known that a large number of men had been ar- rested, apolicants for positions commenced to flock to the denot by scores. e holes had been made by an accident he operations were all the result of a com- bination. Arrangements were carefull; made and each rascal was assigned to his particular part of the work in much the same way as bank robbar are committed by professional eracks 1 do not know tliat members of the combination were oath bound or any: thing of the kind, but it is certain thata thnmufi;h understanding existed among them and t| °f acted In concert to cover up each others misdoings. The thing which alarmed more than anything else, was that the stole large quantities of whisky and drank {t in the cabooses, They needed vessels to hold liquor, so they stole milk cans and kept in ‘them, not daring to keep whisk: openly in the cars. They tore np the flooring and hid it under- neath. The men were continually reported drunk on duty and the probability of disas- ter was somefhing frightful to contemplate. All_ KInds of "goods were stolen. in- cluding sewing machines, guns, revolv- rn. cutlery, silverware, cigars, clothing, iquor, groceries, furniture, and in fact every Imaginable article that could be carried on a car were quickly removed. The depreda- tions were committed all along the road and the losers reside at points as far west as Den- ver. Feuces were established 1n this city where the stolen [property was taken and then sold, the mone being evenly divided among the crews.” It is now clais that the amount of prop- erty stolen will not amount to $300. The ar- rests have created great excitement among the railroad employes of this city., The scenes about the jail doors this morning when relatives of the prisoners awere gathered learn the cause of the arrest were of the saddest description. ‘Wives, children, parents, brothers and sisters with tear-stained faces stood around the en- trances to the prison ufer to hear the latest development and pleading with the oflicers foradmission to the jail to see the prisoners. At 11 o'clock ten ‘more arrests were re- ported. They were captured at_the pay-car while receiving their wages. This makes a total of fifty-six in jail here and it is sup- posed as many more have been apprehende at other points along the line. Constern tion prevails among the proprietors of the “fences” and dens wherejthe goods were so- mud and sold. In one proprietor of a notorious den was de- tected in the act of burning stolen property. A telegram was received from Dennison, O., stating that J. R. Dunlap, ieader of thegang, was arrested there this mornlnfi. One Bushby, the worst man in the gang, slipped his handcuffs and recklessly threw himself from the train, while it was going and escaped. The 1omennl are the names of conductors : John Hestings, Mac Roberts, J. P. Special Agent Rue stated to-night that the fime LR iR AR | it T et . "\ 5| 81X in the P 3 Watson, Ciiss. Sh-’nks. C. Sangacre, Clyde nn{ad Blacl mu:d o:‘gn “.}"’?'. Laugblin, Frank Maple, J. Altman, George Latham, lin, Jobn Collls, Al gnl those _arrested emen. Seven more made, but the names have not yet been recorded. Nearly two hundred warrants are still out and It is expected that the list of ar- rests in this city will be swelled to eighty before night. A number of houses in vari- ous parts of the city were raided urdl‘: the men. The goods there are valued at sev- e quantity of 'goods recovered. Every | eral thousand dollars, which may be greatly rrested had stolen goods somewhere. | increased by the contents of a dozen or more Gibbs was also released this evening. He is an officer of the company and his arrest was a mistake. Deputy Mayor Gripp, before ‘whom the warrants were sworn out, has fixed the hearings for next Monday at10a.m. ‘The oflice of Detective Kilkeson™ is crow with many trunks and stolen goods, all of which have been labeled as from whom taken, the date and conditions. They will be care- fully guarded to be used as evidence against R. Dunlap, C. R. C. A. 'tlll h- Dave Among the prisoners were several danger- | trunks which have not yet been opened. At ous characters, who were wanted by the po- | the jail all was quiet and no more prisoners lice for other offenses. They were all armed | were expected to-night. It is unders that and when not taken by surprise resisted ar- | no more arrests will be made here. In fact Detective Rue sald they had all the men wanted except a few no longer connected vith the Panhandle road, who are located, will be arrested within the next few rest, The number overpowered them, how: ever, and all were safely lodged in jail. A special dispateh from Dennison_says officers have arrested James and W, Collins with several thousand dollars worth of velyets in r possession, articles taken from United States bonded cars which were en route to Chicago, 8t. Louis and other points west. ‘The most important arrest is of Brakeman ‘Young, who made a confession which will, it is said, convict thirteen others. Telegrams from Cadiz, Steubenville and points west of Columbus report the arrest of a large number of railroad employes implicatea n the rob- beries. ‘The preéliminary hearing will be heard April 28, BTo Joseph Rue, special agent of the Penn- sylvania rallroad, and Detective Kilkeson, of s city, is due all the creditit of running the thieves down, In the interview with Rue 'MI afternoon the following account of the inception of the robberies, their detection, the ‘modus-operandl of their execution, ete. Rue said: “Two years ago we decided to dis- pense with locks on cars and introduced our present system of seals. The seal is of lead, is about cent piece, and 18 about one-eig! f an inch in thickness, he wire used in connection with it is one- sixteenth inch iron wire. There are curls in 1t to prevent its being pulled through the lead seal. ‘The method of using it is as follows. “The wire through the seal, thei through asp ot the car door, then back through the seal again, forming an unbroken cirele. An instrument then is used in im- Ku«ln the seals. ‘That in use, urg, upon the immense m tu P! .!!:{,":lnpou the obverseside ‘P.C. St, "thus indicatingthat tue car is intact when it enters the l"nu‘)nnh. Cincimnati & St Louis railroad hound westward. ‘The two wires are embedded = at e same stroke-as the letters are imprinted. This understood, 1 will give idea of the inception of the robbery and its discovery by the ofticials of lh: mad. i, 5’“112:“2 'n the sufferers. 5‘.‘&'.."3&»'.’.'& it, these robberies have been i :on-l:;lwo yu|n At lrst there was ke in- Pvals] then, dally ot and ot general, uuvllll Just ‘o throu, {0 the t a late hour to-night J. R. Dunlop, who is regarded as the ringleader of the ganz, made a confession to the detectives, in which he implicated several outsiders and located “fences” at Dennison, 0., New Philadelphia and other places. ——— Enforcing the Railroad Boycott. NEW YoRk, April 11.—The World of to- morrow will say: The general passenger agents of the trunk lines held a meeting, at which Commissioner Plerson presided, and at which C. K. Lord, general passengeragent of the Baltimore & Ohio road, was present, with all the other general agents. The meet- ing lasted until late in the afternoon and re- sulted in the Baltimore & Ohio agreeing to act with the other trunk lines, Its repre- sentative promised to order the tickets of the obstinate western lines off sale to-morrow morning, and after that no tickets can be purchased ny of the trunk line neies or ofticers via the Chicago & Alton. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacitic, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Wabash, St. Louis & Pacifie, Missouri Iv’u-me. Denver & Rio Grande, Tili- nois Central, Indiana, Bloomington & West- ern, and a few other shorter and less import- ant lines, Ralding the S on Army, QUEBEC, April 1L.—While the French de- tachment of the Salvation Army was parad- ing the streets yesterday afternoon, it was attacked by a howling mob who pelted the members with large lumps of snow and ice. One of the females of the army was knocked senseless, and dangerously hurt by being struck on the head with & piece, weighing five pounds. The drums of the detachiments were all smashed. The police haveas yet made no arrests. —— Death of a Burlington Citizen. BURLINGTON, la, April 11.—E. D. Rand, a lumber merchant, and a wealthy citizen of this. city, cdied here of ion of the Hobs Yaterday. " Rang- residsd here' since ld‘u of % firm on the strength of m.:; sul m'%&'u:w}g own- ok case b THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Great Gathering in Hyde Park to Protest Against Coercion MANY THOUSANDS The English Masses Show Thelir Sen- ents in Regard to the Pas- sage of the Crimes Act For Ireland. PRESENT The Anti-Coercion Meeting. [Copyright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxpox, April 11.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.|—Many New Yorkers who this afternoon walked through Oxford street or Piceadilly, each of which is to Londoners what mid Broadway is to the former, must have been terribly reminded of that April day twenty-six years ago, when the Fort Sumpter meeting was held on Union Square to encourage Lincoln to fight against slavery. 'I'he dozen wagon-like platforms, arranged in a horseshoe, within the great Hyde Park, into which the London streets, just mentioned debouch, reminded one of the dozen platforms that in 1861 circled little Union Square. Around to-day’s wagons were gathered hundreds of thousands of pro- testors against Irish political slavery. A GREAT SUCCESS. To sum up in advance, it may be said that, favored by brilliant sunshine, a mild change in the atmosphere, and roads in excellent condition for marching, the demonstration to protest againstthe coercion bill was a great success. In accordance with & prom- ise made by the committee of public works, men were set to work at an early hour this morning in Hyde park removing the iron hurdles which fringe all the foot roads ap- proaching that portion known as “The Level,” which was set apart for the demon- stration. Five thousand policemen were on duty at noon in the thoroughfares and avenues leading thither, or in the park itself. Also, thus early, people congregated alongthe routes and thronged various sec- tions of the park, Invading swell *Rotten Row” and two of the most fashionable dri- ves, From first to last perfect order reigned everywhere, as marked the Fort Sumpter de- moastratiol Atleast a tenth of London’s 5,000,000 people were at one point or another witnessing the procession or taking part as spectators or auditors. Piccadilly, St. James street and Pall Mall presented the most marked features. Thereabouts are the resi- dences or clubs of many liberal or home-rule leaders, whereat cheers were constantly in- terchanged, while chaff or groans greeted tory mansions or such clubs as the Beacons- field, and the Carlton. Yet all was good nature, CHEERING THE GRAND OLD MAN. A great ovation was given Mrs. Gladstone and Mr. Herbert Gladstone, who sat on the baleony of Right Honorable Edward Majori- lank’s house, No. 134 Piccadilly, corner of Park lane. For over two hours crowds re- mained in front of the house cheering for the grand old man and the ‘“‘grand old woman.” THE BANNERS. Much interest was taken also in the names of the numerous banners. Some had por- traits of O’Connel, Emmett, Parnell and Gladstone, not a few In frame. Here are some inscriptions [ penciled off: *“Glad- stone’s Union” and “Salisbury’s Union,” the former being two hands clasped in friendly grip, while the latter presented two priests chained together; *Ireland’s a Sis- ter, Not a Slave,” “Land for the People” (with a picture of Davitt); “Another Strug- gle for Kredom,” *Scotland is With You,” “Justice for Ireland, Not Coercion.” There were several brooms on sticks of red, with green ribbons, bearing the inscrip- tion of an old patent for the removal of co- ercion—a sort of signboard bearing bottles of being to remind you of the way the Glen- beigh evictions were carried outby burning the tenants into the streets. The Woolwich men carried white flags, on which were inscribed the words: *Wool- wich Infants Nothing But Victory Will Silence.” East Greenwich carried a banner hearing the inscription, *“No Recreants.” The Bermondsey people carried a flag on which were the words, “Where's Poor Joe.” Northumberland excited the greatest merri- ment by having a coffin mounted on the shoulders of four stalwart men and above it askeleton, in memory of coercion. The band of this detachment played a dead march throughout the whole distance. ‘The next contingent was from Croydon. Its appear- ance caused the band to play “Wait Till the Clouds Roll By.” One contingent declared onabanner: “Weare on the side of the donkey cart with springs.” OTHER FEATURES. National and liberal club members had a swell turn-out. Their many carriages had out riders and were preceded by a number of bagpipes. Many workmen who were on ladders, scaffolding, ete., at work, decked themselves with green ribbon rosettes or plumes. Allthe liberal and radical clubs distributed free green ribbous or rosettes to all applicants. Mrs. Josephine Butler gave several thousand shamrock rosettes away. IRSH AND AMERICAN AIRS. The processions were accompanied by bands, numbering certainly 100 in all. These played popular airs, 1 heard a familiar American one—*‘Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching”—and, of course, “The Wearing of the Green,” and not a few Lrish airs that have to them what Secretary Bal- four would call seditious words. SCENES AT THE PARK. The meetings around the wagons were opened by speakers soon after 3 o’clock.. As the last contingent of the demonstration did not reach the park before half-past 4 they could not have kuown what was going on at the meeting ground. The scene in the park was very remarkable. Columns of men with bamners marched to the bleak old elms to the strains of bands, occa- sionally broken by the hurrahs of the people. There was a constant streaming in ot thousands from all points toward the re- formers’ tree. 'Chis made up a picture not easily to be forgotten. What was going on at the wagous, however, could be but a mat- ter of surmise to the tens of thousands, Arms were waved in the air from the wagons, there were constant bursts of cheering, but nothing definite could be heard from a few feet be- yond. A MAMMOTH TABLEAU. The largest crowds were gathered around platform No. 14, where Davitt spoke, and where the American tlag was flying. The resolutions were put by a bugle signal, which was sounded at the same time from all the platforms, and then followed a mammoth tableau, in which hats were thrown in the air and waving handkerchiefs played the great part, while everybody tried to cheer thelr loudest for Ireland, THE FINAL SCENES. ‘When the crowd began to disperse, kissing rings were formed by the bystanders. Men, ‘women and children joined in the Innocent games, to the great enjoyment of the young people. ' But the alr got chilly sod the more - staid among the elders made the best of their way home, As [ turned out of the marble arch, I saw a veteran police officer. He politely declined to talk politics or give opinions, but to a question inviting an answer, he sald em- phatieally: ve lived in London, boy and man, for fifty years, but this s the larzest meeting I ever saw, read about ot heard of.” COMMENT OF THE PRESS. All the morning papers speak pleasantly about the Myde park eting and give fair reports of it, except the Times, which seoffs at it, and says tht out of the 4,000,000 and more of Londoner§ who had not left town 1or Easter not mde than 50,000 at the outside found their wasg to Hyde park to lend the sanction of their Presence to the cause of “free boycotting” “free moonlight- ing” in [reland, whichf@eems to suggest that the meeting was reallyjs great success. SENTENCED TO BE HANGED Train Wrecker Hoffman Given the Full Penalty of the Law, TO BE EXECUTED JuLy 22, Tho Prisoner Breaks Down Com- pletely When He Realizes His Fate—Thieves Escape Justice =Other Nebraska News, Hoffman Sentenced to Hang. NEennasgA Crry, Neb,, April 11.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.|—David Hoifman, who was tried last weed for wrecking a train at Dunbar on January 11 and found guilty of murder in the first degree, was this morning brought before Judge Chapman for sentence. He was very nervous and looked as if he had slept none since the close ot his trial on Sat- urday last. When he stood up to hear the remarks of Judge Chapman, tears trickled down his cheeks, aud for the first time since the beginning of his trial he showed signs 6f weakening. The judge spoke at some length of the trial, the jury and the deed, and finally wound up by naming July Again Threatehing the Czar. [ Copyright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett.| Vi April 1L—|New York Iferald al to the Bee.]—Fallure in their I hear, now being secretly distributed throughout Russia- threatening a fresh at- tempt and promising that ‘‘ere the year is three months older Russia will have got rid of itstyrant.”” The Times correspondent at 22 as the day on which Hoffman was to be hung at this place. The prisoner brokedown and cried like a baby while being taken back tohiscell. The trial of James Bell, who was with Hoffman when the deed was done, will take place to-morrow. It Is thought, however, since he turned state’s evidence that he will throw himself on the mercy of the court and plead guilty. Both prisoners are much broken down. ‘The Nebraska City P’ress says the case of David Hoffman, indicted for wrecking a Missouri Iacific train at Dunbar last Jan- uary,was given to the jury Saturday after- noon. 1o half an hourthe jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder fn the first de- gree. When the jury filed in very few spec- tators were in the court room. The prisoner was in his place, stolid as he had been throughout the trial. There was an interval of deep silence when the verdict was read. ‘The jury was then discharged and a motion for a new trial entered. The prisoner broke down twice; once just after the jury went out while his brother was talking to him, and again when nis sister came near him after the verdict was rendered. With these ex- ceptions his manner was stolid, rather than nervy, throughout. OTHER DOINGS IN COURT. Keenan and Murray, two men arrested for burglary, were released by a jury this even- ing in the district court, although the goods were found on their persons when arrested. Judze Chapman, in discharging the prison- ers, said: *I know that you are guilty, but the jury has cleared you.” Another thiet plead guilty and was sen- teneed for one year. Detective Flynn this afternoon brouzht in a man whom he arrested for placing stones on the B. & M. track west of Syracuse one last week. It is thought that the man is St. Petersburg says it is reported that the czar, before returning to Gatschina on Wednesday, found a letter on his writing table in the winter palace threatening him with death, [Copyright 1857 by Jamss Gordon Binnett.| CONSTANTINOPLE, April 1L.—[New York Herala Cable Special to the Bre.]—1 have just seen a dispatch from Odessa, mention- ing without particulars, whicn, of course, would be difficult to obtain, the arrival of 450 Russian officers en routeto the horrible penal colony of Saghalier on Iife sentences. They are In charge of a large prison convoy. A SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Two Vassar Students and Their Es- corts Meot Death in a Mine. PorTsvILLE, Pa., April 1L.—A shocking accident occured in the mine of the Chamber- lain colliery at St. Clair this afternoon. Miss Berlista Shaul, of Sharon Spring: LY., a student of Vassar college, was visiting Miss Minnie Keiter, of St. Clair, a fellow student. The two young ladies, in company with a young man named Harry Short ana Edwin Thompson, one of the proprietors of the colliery, entered the mine for the purpose of giving Miss Shaul an op- portunity to inspect the operation of mining coal. The mine had not been working for a week and none but the explorers were in- side at the time. In an adjacent working, however, were Albert ‘Thorepson, another of the firm, and several others, who were mak- | Sjightly demented. ing cxaminations of the works. They were It has been intimated that Bell. one of the rtled by a heav explosion, and | train wreckers who turned state’s evidence, s knowing that the party had entered the other slope, they lastened there to Inyesiigate. About 150'yards from the foot of the slope they came upon Messrs. Short and Thomp- son and the two ladies lying upon the ground, some of them umconscious and all has been promised immunity and will escape with a light punishment. Judge Chapman will adjourn court to-mor- row to the 25th. O'Donnell Again Gi:an Damages. Irehetally |, oumed and - mangled | Copuwnus, Neb., April 11.—(Special Tele- ily as possible and meaical attendance | gram to the Bee.]—The case of James obtained. Miss Keiter’s face was burnod be- yond recognition, her skull and thigh frac- tured and her ankle crushed. She died this evening. Miss Shaul o leg badly frac tured and was terribly and burned, but may survive, Short'shead is a mass of cuts and contusions and he is badly burned. He remained unconscious and his recovery isdoubtful. Thompson is painfull but not fatally bruised. The preclse cause of the éxplosion is unknown, but the supposi- tion {s that the party carried a naked lamp and encountered a body of tire damp, whica, igniting from the lamp, exploded with tremendous force. e RIOT OVER A WOMAN. A Denver Mob Indulges in a Bloody Fight. DENVER, April 11.—A bloody riot oc- curred late last mght between rival Swede, Pole and Hungarian colonies at Thirty- fourth and Blake streets, which resulted in fatally shooting one man and seriously wounding several dthers, and it was with the combined efforts of the police force and the patrol wagon that the affair was prevented from resulting in a wholesale massacre. The settlement where the riot occurred is com- posed of twenty-tive or thirty families, who ive in small, one-story tenement houses, not more than ten by twenty feet square. the men mostly being employed 1n the smelters and foundries located in_the neighborhood. The melee grew out of a long s\andma jeal- ousy in the settlement over a young Polish woman, Alice Kalka, who vesterday morn- O’Donnell against the Omaha, Niobrara & Black Hills railroad company was given to the jury this afternoon and a verdict was re- turned for £5,000 in fayor of tne plaintiff. ‘The case was tried last January, when a ver- diet for 85500 was rendered. A new trial was granted with the above result. Con- siderable interest was shown in the suit from the tact that in February, 188, O’Donnell, with his team, was run over at St. Edwards by the Albion train about 7 o'clock in the evening, killing_both the horses, breaking the wazon into kindling wood and injuring O’Donnell to such an extent that with his in- ;urie! and his broken hip he has been failing n health as a consequence. But the most ineredulous part of the suit is the statemeut of the defense that neither the engineer, fire- man, conductor nor any one on the train knew nothing of the matter till after the train had reached Albion and the conduetor was asked to report the accident that had oe- curred at St. Edwards. Then, tor the first time, did any of the train men know that O’Donnell had been run over by their train. A Horse Thief Shot Dead. BrokeN Bow, Nev., April 11.—[Special Telegram to the B Sheriff Penn and deputies just returned from Elton and Sar- gent, where they went to take care of the re- mains of a horse thief who was shot yester- day eveninz by a posse who attempted his capture. The sheriff captured the dead horse thiet's pard, and landed him in the Broken Bow jail this evening. The posse was from Brown and have returned. The dead and captured are old horse thieves, ing left the settlement on the south side of TR te | street and spent the day ,with the THE HADDOCK TRIAL, rival colony on the north side. *Considera- | ozal Points Argued and the First ble beer was drank, aod a quarrel L in the street iween two' men Speech Made. of the rival colonies was carried Srovx C1Ty, 1a., April 1.—The day has to the house, when all joined 1n. house had been gutted of the furniture, the plaster torn from the walls, one Pole Killed and several clubbed into fnsensibility, the crowd went to a house on the other side and resuwed the fizht. Finally twelve policemen armed with Winchesters surrounded = the house. The mob attempted to resist and made a dash at the oflicers, armed with clubs, knives and revolvers, but when they met the blue coats ready to fire into them, they fell back and made little resistance. Nearly forty ged, bloody and vicious looking members of the mob were jailed. been spent in the Haddock murder trial mostly in the counsel arguing the law points relating to conspiracy and the application of the term *‘reasonable doubt.” In the after- noon Hon. E. H. Hubbard, of counsel for the state, presented the case before the jury, closing at 5:30. The attendance has lessened to over one-half, but public interest does not seem to subside. The probable outcome of the jury's deliberation is the theme of the people. [I'hree speeches will be made on each side before the case goes to the jury, and it is not thought improbable that it will not be submitted until Thursday. - - e Blaine’s Condition Favorable. Forr Gmssoy, L T, April 1L—Blaine nd comfortable night. He 5, each time partaking of In the morning he appeared to be Indianapolis Carpenters ro Strike. INDIANAPOLIS, April 11.—The carpenters of this city and their employers held sepa- rate meetings to-night, but were unable to agree and the men decided to inaugurate the strike to-morrow. They demand nine hours a day and an increasé of 10 per cent In es. The employers insist on ten hours and offer a graded scale of wages, the hign- est being 25 cents an hour and the lowest 17 cents, which was rejected. The strike wiil affect, it s said, about 900 men, e Bad Floods In New York. CaxAJoHARIE, N. Y., April 11.—Excite- ment was never more intense along the Biackhawk river, which has continued to rise since morning. The bridge over the Mohawk at Fort Piain was carried away by the flood to-night. Fultonville and Fonda are nearly all under water. No telezraph wires on the Central railroad are in opera- tion. The railroad tracks are torn up at Podestine. The briage and tracks are washed out in various places, Travel will be lw- peded for several days. ————— The Eagle in Port. St. Jonxs, N. F,, April 11.—The sailing steamship Eagle, which arrived here to-day, reports that the debris and apparent wreck- age with the snip’s name found on the ice were flung overboard to make room for seals. There is great rejoicing among the sailors’ families over the arrival of the supposed lost steamer. milk, very much refreshed and ate a nearty break- fast, relishing the meal, swallowing fibre and all (heretofore his stomach refused anything solid.) ~His respiration and temperature are normal. The weather is warm and_threat- ens rain—a favorable condition for the patient. The doctor considers that all da &er is now past, but gequires Blaine to re- main in his room fogone week. 1.—R. C. Kerins and this eity, the latter of whom went to Fort Gibson to examine and_treat Mr. Blaine, returned home to-night. Kerins stated to an Associted press reporter that when he and Dr. Mudd Jeft Fort on Mr. Blaine was getting along nicely and was well on the way to quick recovery. The fol- lowing statement %y Dr. Mudd covers the case from the tiwme he first saw Blaine until noon to-day. Dr, Mudd advised Blaine not to attempt to travel or to expose himself un- duly for another week: At 11 o'clock last ~ Saturday morning ~Blaine had a_ slight fever, the result of general bronchitis, and slight pneumonia of a part of the lower margin of the left lung. ‘The record of this case as kept bg Byrne, post surgeon, showed an_irrezular but daily rise in tem ture to 3 degrees. The bron- chitis rapidly improved during the npext twenty-four "hours, There was during this tiwe no extension of the pneumonia, and as neither Dr. Byrne nor myseif could detect any imperfection in the eoustitution of the patient, we feit that there was no serious danger. Blaine is singularly free from any evidence ot chronie disease or weakness, Now that the disease has subsided we be- lieve, unless there is a recurrence of the trouble, that his fine lrhyiique and good re- cuperative powers will soon establish perfect recovery. ———— Acton Downs Lewis. CiicAao, April 11.—Battery D, was well filled to-night with a erowd gathered to wit- nestthe catch-as-cateh-can wrestling mateh between Evan Lewls Joe Acton. Acton ‘won the first fall and ywis the next three, _ngl:;mluun was declared In'.lhh l'.:or. nee onl moderat enthus- lastic, and a o vely uu.lu’lmml of P Pt A Strike Averted. Cmcaco, April 11.—Two weeks ago the switchmen in the Illinois Central yards quit work, because the company ordered the force reduced. They returned to work but were expected to go out again to-day, but the company ordered the same number of wen 1o be employed as heretofore and the strike Was averted, el e Three Men Killed. New York, April 1L—Tbree men were killed to-day at skaft No. 10 of the educt by the falling of the cage. 'They :'x':zf-mfsm,. n;‘chm runner, and J, 0. Skiuilli and Antozio 00, laborers, THE SWEENEY LAW, t Is Declared Unconstitutional By the Supreme Court. WasHiNGToN, April 1L—A decision was readered in the supreme court of the United States to-day in the railroad permit case of Henry S. Barron againstGeorge W. Burn- side, sheriff of Lyon county, lowa, in error to the supreme court of that state, ‘I'ie ques tion presented by the case Is the validity of the act of the general assemuly of lowa, ap- proved April 6, 1586, entitied “*An act requir- ing foreign incorporations to file their arti- cles of incorporation with the secretary of state and Imposing conditions upon such ecorporations transacting business In this state,” The object of the act Is to compel foreign railway corporations to take out a permit for the trar on of business within the state, and it is made a condition of the granting of such permit that when a railroad company is sued by a citizen of the state it | | shall not remove the case tothe federal court. “This court, in an opinion by Justice Blateh- ford, holds that the lowa statute is void. The | t judgment of the supreme court of lowa is re- | ¢ versed and the case remanded with diree- tions to enter judgment discharging the plaintiff in error from custody. The eorpor- ation concerned in the case 15 the Chicago & Northwestern railroad company. The News in Towa. DEs MorNEs, la., April 11.—(Speclal Tele- | ¢ gram to the Bek.|—The annouacement that the United States supreme court had declared the Sweeney law unconstitutional was re- ceived here without much surprise. Many were prepared for it since the elaborate dis- cussion of the question before the state supreme court last December. The Sweeney law, passed by the last general assembly, compelled all foreign corporations doing business in the state to re-incorporate here and thus be subject to state laws and state courts. It was the last section to which most objection was raised, as it took away the right of foreign corporations, when sued, to transfer their cases to the federal court as is now usually done. Toinake a test case. the state arrested the employes of two or three foreign railroad corporations, among them those of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. ‘The company defended its refusal to rel corporats on the ground that the law wi unconstitutional. The leading foreign r: roads unmrimi the state united, and through their chief sollcitors argued the case before the lowa supreme court last December on an application for a writ of habeas corpus to re- alize thie arrested employes, The state court denied thisand the case was at once pre- sented to the United States supreme court with the result announced to-day. Governor Larrabee stated to-night that the state would probably abandon at once the prosecution against” the other corporations under the Sweeney law, but it would make no change | | in its prosecution of the Pullman sleeping car company for refusal to pay taxes in Iowa. He says that he is not disappointea in the decision of the supreme court, and lie thinks that the next legislature, if any legislation on this subject is attempted, will be very careful not to interfere with constitutional rights of non-resident corporations. 1t Was Deadly Dunuque, Ia.,Aprit1l.—|Special Telegram to the Ber.|—This morninz two young inen, Niek Olenzer and B. Galic, took a skiff and rowed to Dunreith. On returning, when near shore, they stood up in the boat and playfully commenced to rock it from side to side. t was capsized and Olenger was drowned fifteen feet from shore. At the moment of his drowning his mother was being married in St. Mary's chureh. Itis supposed the younz men had been drinking. Fire at Center Point. CENTER PoINT, Ia., April 11.—{Special Telegramn to the Bee.|—The residence of Dr. Wilson, occupied by 8. L. Wilson, was consumed by fire this morning, catching fire froma sr‘rk that got under the roof. About half of the household goods were sayed. The loss is $3,000; insured for $2,000 in the Cedar Rapids company. Stove Moulders Strike. KEOKUK, Ia., April 1L —|Speeial Telegram to the Bek,]—The moulders in the Central stove works struck and are stiil out. They were given St, Louis stove patterns to work with and they refused. e THF. CLEARANCES, Omaha Leads All Competitors in Per Cent of Increase. Bostoy, April 11.—The following table shows the gross exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States for the week ending April 9, 1587, together with the percentages for the corresponaing week in 1585 CITIES. CLEARINGS. Increase. Decrease. New York. Boston. Philadeiphia Chicage San Francisco. Baltimore. Cincinnati.. Pittsburg Kansas City. New Orleans. Louisville. Providence St. Paul. Detroit Milwauk: Cleveland Omabh Minne Peoria = Preparing for A Row. NEW York, Aprii 11.—[Special Telegram to the BEE.|—A telegram from Washington to the Star says: “The fishery question is rapidly approaching a culmination. The menacing attitude assumed by the Canadian authorities encouraged by the British gov- ernment, is now a feature of controversy, as the U nited States was led to believe that the London authorities were disposed to ad- {uwl the matter in dispute amicably. It hav- ng been ascertained officially that England is not disposed to make the concessions asked by the United States, the pres- ident and secretary of state - are considering the step’ to take in the impending dispute. What has leaked out in oflical circles indicates that the presi- dent and secretaries of state and the treasury are now in favor of resorting to the powers granted by congress. 1{ the Canadian En lish au ties persist in their course effect- ive ret ion will be resorted toat once. The outline of the proposed retaliatory proe- Bt L Saaiond My already been disclosed, and at the proper moment will be issued if necessary. Tnere issome activity in naval circles preparatory to transportation of torpedo boats and appliances to the lakes. Itis now proposed to supply all lake ports with acundant torpedo equipments. The army will also be carefully inspected with reference to any emergency which might pre- sent itself. L AR Dan Thought It lmproper. WASHINGTON, April 11.—A delegation ot Irish-Americans called at the white house to- day to invite the pr ent to attend a meet- ing to be held in this eity to-night to protest against the coercion policy in Ireland. They saw Colonel Lamont and were informed toat whatever the president’s views on the sub- ject might be, it would be manifestly im- proper for hiul to attend such 8 meeting in his offieial vzp:u:'lg. The committee with- 3:-;: witbout further effort (o se9 the presi- et i Strike of Moulders. Cmicaco, April-1L—The stove moulders employed in Collins & Burgess' fonadry quit work this morning. This, together with joe men who struck Saturday, throws 600 men out of work, 8 | gram to the BEE. | formed that the elubs we own. tenance. well-known saloon at first-class bars. in every instance, day as were ever seen either honse grounds or the capitol grounds befora congress passed a law prohibiting them ene gaging in the fun there because they ine jured the sod on the s scene was never duplicates and may never be equalled anywhere. bezan to arrivd with little baskets of eggs and a sandwich By 11 o clcel there were thousands present and they wer arriving and departing till 4 o'clock. “butted”’ eggs, rolled exgs, tossed eggs an played every conceivabla it h were hard boiled and colored. Then the children ran in great crowds down hills and again immediately about the white house, ey ranged from three to fifteen years in age and hundreds of little ones were unac= y. companied by any one. from nurses or parents and the police were Kkept busy loozing thiere were more children on the grounds than could have been huddled together on an acre lot, and with the older persous they well An hour betore the pres¢ dent’s reception began children flocked intd the whi land. early as whicl th covered four acres. same programme. over an hour the ens) Guernse bion of How the Washiogton Saloons Evado the 8§ Striotly-Enforced Law, b CLEVELAND AND THE JUVENILES Ten Thousand Little Ones Roll Eggs On the White House Grounds and 22 Shako the President’'s Hand— 5 National Capiial News, They'll Have Their Sunday Nip. 11.—|Special A way around the Sune E; day laws in this Distriet, wiiich are to be rig- idly enforced, has been found. Yesterday the police weie in= ling liquor to st as openly as ‘The complainants were told that the clubs could not be inter- fered with; that they were the castles of thefe members, just as a man’s residence is his was an mense boom, and elab books were opened for almost a score of new clubs, the entrance and no dues for mainé Most of the books were opened by n, and each member is to be permitted to visit “the club”on Sunday with friends and buy wet goods at the usual ub” prices, which do not vary from thosq i A large number of appli- | cations were made to the rezistrar of deeds to-day for charters, and they were granted The by-laws of old clutg are being substituted with proper alterations, and the names of all the old bums in town oing in as directors, members, ete. A tesg of the validity of this action ot the clubs sell ing liquors to_its members on been made several times and the “clubs” are secure. WasnHisaToN, April he clubs. heir members and guests | he saloons formerly did. Under this ruling the ° ee to be nominal A GAY DAY FOR isual ast decade. 0 the children uncheon to nake a day of it. rank them up. nouse anxious to see Directly he appeared Such a +were closed This eg is simp children for an, as follows: Alexander Hamilton, Tecumseh %ll Boynton, Friend 5 James i a alisade ; William L. ns_for Towans: Manson ; Rieter, & &()urne ; Daniel M. MecNair, Sull{. 5 David H. Hil! F. Kours, Bentonsport; Ex-Congressman Kasson, of also C. L. Burton, of Ottumwa, POSTAL CHA GE The president to-day commissioned the fols Lafayette Mye: Swigart, at Ma- ckey, at Spencer, Ia.§ 3 Wilim lowing postmasters: Grand Island, Neb. : uoketa, la.; C. P. B .. T. Alexander, at Monticellg, w. . Judd, at Fargo, Dak. The president to-day appointed as post- master Alex Green, at Miller, Dak., vice Wi S. Keppart, remov T# lington, la, who He duties, from the west. learndng his eharge of the office May 1. Montromery will be in at least nominal con- trol. Hall says he has not thoughit of maki any changzes or inaugurating any reforms. e The Baltimore & Ohio De NEw YORK, April 11.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The Herald's report that Henry Villard had received an option on the Baltimore & Ohlo is generally discredited and a well known corporation attorney, who oecupies a position which pern pe: , says Ilenry S. Ives & Co, still hold an option and in time there out an alliance between the speak with authorit will be carried Baltimore & Ohlo and Cincinn & Dayton systems. lard to have control only possible connecti he may have advanced nie but do not think t iat ney »robe i1 1L —/Special Telegram to the Bee.|—Christopher Mago, of Fitts- burg, is at the Fifth avenne hotel. Mazo I8 one of the leaders of the stalwart wing of the republican party in Pennsyivania, and has been stronzly opposed to Blane. S aniz is coneerned, be said to-da a candidate next year he wi It s uselss to combag nnsylvaaia Pennsy “1f Blaine bave our d: the Blaine el tried it for sa ates. meot (n P ie time and | am ning my head up agaiost a s'ove wal - New Western Union Share New Yors, April 11.—Thestockh the Western Unlon Tel seriph NUMBER 208 THEY ARE CLUBS 0N SUNDAY It is through CHILDREN. I'nis was the gayest day for children evef known in Washington. little ones congregated in the white hou grounds during the Jay and engaged in the annual egg roliing, wiich sopular here in a more ot less desres for thd i ‘Twice as many turned out tod Fuily 10,000 of t:, n eep terracings. in this country Many. were lost At one time The building was overtlowing long before the president entered the east parlor at 1:90, lor the Jittle ones set ilar to that heard at tainments on the night before Christmas, Then they rushed towards tl hundreds crowding about him were a Santa Claus distributing present; Thev pulled at _his coat tails and were nof content to shake his hands and cry, ‘‘Good Mr. Cleveland,” **Nice president he'is,” and i a thousand otber exclamatio d gered around till tone they must moye out an Ten come up. of juvenile voices. # w” never witnessed in any country. Final the president induded chrildren to go out s00n as they shook his hand, but of them turned around when outside the trancs, and, goiug back, went throus Outsidle there were thouss ands of people who could not get inside. When the entertainment had proceeded fol president grew weary, d to visitors. and half hour later the chief magistrate was back at hl desk working. Something of a feature of Hayes' administration. children met on the green about the C-,Elta on Easter Monday and buted eggs. rolled a few down hill and had a good time, The next Easter Mondaythe number doubled; and on the third there were so many (Ir ruined the sodding on the whole ground a congress passed a law forbidding_their con= gregating at the place again. They ha since taken possession of the house grounds, It frolic opening of spring in "-f a cry of deli Sunday school 32 oueh he , but they lins J;res:den: told Illfln let thie other child- There was a continual mlllnF uring the early A few hun . sport for juveniles, PENSIONS GRANTED WESTERNERS. Pensions were 1ssued for Nebraskans to-da? . MacCor: 'y Giorss Balta ieorge ; Thomas Foster, Moulton: Pn'a erick W.' Harding, Harrison, Commerece; Agency; Jol um, Lai Franklin John Dunbar, Clarion : James . Priest, Cri Thomas J. Spindler, ton, Spencer; Thom) Frederic! Eagle Grove: William H. Irwin, Sibley. PERSONAL MENTION, Lgwa, Is liere . NEW COMMISSIONERS OF PATENTS, Ex-Representative Benton J.Hall of Bure succeeds Commissioner Patents Montzomery, has arrived will _at once and will It 1s impossible for Vil- Pennsylvania. sraph. company a special meeting to-morrow to ratify issue of 12000 shares of oew stock wit) which to retire ibe outstanding dividen) S— Tele- im: unday has has beer the white The A% The; with exgs, Mr. Cleves the paze t sime enters 0aE sight K ndredd e '« began to lous whi of Lera begin assume Meanwhile ts bim to i, Hamilton So faras 1 bave tired of FuBs lders of