Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 3, 1887, Page 1

SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, HURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1887. NUMBER 138, THE CRACK OF DOOM. Anarchy's Last Appeal Denied By the Supreme Court. THE FULL BENCH CONCURS. An Elaborate Opinion on the Illi- nois Jury Law. ITS CONSTITUTIONALITY CLEAR. All of Judge Gary's Rulings Unan- imouely Sustained. THE NEWS How the Condemned Men Received | | the Announcement. TREATED WITH A Last Sente . tions Being Taken at the County Jail. Reading the De Wasn to the B United & rox, No ates, the state of coer fort to ]—The & as denied the motion writ of error in the anarchist cas cision, delivered by Chief that of the full bench, seven minutes in rapid reading. supreme court of the United States holds that the statutes and co Tllinois qualifications of jurors on of defendants to themselves are the United States. The other points brought up in argument by coun- ants were ruled out on the ¢ had not been 1 There seen doubt in the mind of this court about_the r fusal of the writ of « el for defe ground that th the courts bel W court convened, taken to keep crowd assembled. fortably fill the room were admitted, the overflow filled the co enate excitement cemed to doubt, the result for eng: chambers of th sentatives, T'hy though no on Randolph Tucle the only attornc was at the bar when The gravity of the quest portance of the dec Pluinly marked on o ench when the justices *entered afterhe began peated, faltered whole sentence sven justices i near], pape ing its conclusion audibly in the court room at omclusion of the d satisfuction is_expressed outside. the is about equally d commutation of sentence, Text of the Decision, SHINGTON, Nov. 2.—1T United States supreme court upon the peti tion for a writ of error in the c: w ago anarchists was by Chief Justice minutes in r is as follo: Suprem tober term, 1887, ex case, application is 1 tion. of one of ading. out v times, mbled “Justices Miller _and a number of of the latter tr allof the entiredeliver ally Justice Waite took hi , looked the audience in i gave emphasis to points in the de marked the outline of his intentions and showed what had guided the bench in reach- Not o word was uttered ut the case, at ion, but gencral Opinion the subject of Wait prepared opinion, which oc court of the United States, Oc- . as in this wde to us at the sug vhom | the rever IN'CHICAGO. INDIFFERENCE. Made to Have [ case to the Governor Oglesby Commute the h Warrant. 2.—[Special Telegram the | tothe truth of the newspaper statgment, he ¢« | 18 still qualified as a juror if he sfates that and occupied thirty In short,the al laws of alleged | oath, Inf against of the and same as thos r Most letter entioned in ror an hour hefor the | Hopt a trial by an impartial jury. precautions were house of repr voice ion which sion of the se of the Chi- Jounced this afternoon nalong und refully ipicd thirty-five The text of the dicision to testify against himself. The objections are in brief. 1. That a statue of a state as construed by the court deprived the petition- ers of a trial by an impartial jury and, 2. that Spics was compelled to give evidence against himself. Before considering whether the constitution of the United States has the effect which is claimed, it is proper o inquire whether the federal questions relied on in fact arise on the face of this rccord. One statute to which objection is made is approved March 12, 1874, and has been in force since July 1of that year. Fhe complaint is that the trial court, acting under this statute and in necordance’ with the requircments, com- pelled the petitioners ugainst their will to submit to a trial by jury that was not im impartial, and thus deprived them of one of the fundamental rights which they had as citizens of the United States under the na- tional constitution, and if the sentence of the court is carried into execution, they will be deprived of their lives without due process of law. In Hopt vs. Utah, 120 United States , it wus decided by this court that when a challenge by a defendant in & criminal action to a_juror for bins, ac tual or implied, is_disallowed and the juro is thereupon peremptorily llenged by the defendant and excused, and an impartial and competent juror is obtained in his place, no injury is done the defendant if, until the jury 15 cotupleted, he has other peremptory chal zes which hie can use; and o in Hayes v Missouri, 130 United States, 71, it was su that the right to challenge is the right to re- jeet or select a juror. 1T from those who 1 muin an impartial jury is obtained the consti- tutional right of the nccused is maintained. Of the correctness of these rulings there is no doubt. We are therefore confined in this rulings on the challenges to the jurors who actually sat at the trial. Of these there were but two—Theodore Denker, the third juror who was sworn, and A. 'T. Sanford, the ‘last who was called’ and sworn after all the peremp- tory challenges of the defendant had'been exliausted. At the trial the court construed the statute to mean that although a juror called as a juryman may have formed an opinion based upon rumor or upon newspaper statements, but has expressed no opinion as he can fairly and imp thercon in_accordance with the law and evi dence and the court shall be satisfied of the truth of such statement. It is not a test question whether the juror will have the opinion which he has formed from newspapers changed by the evidence, but whether his verdiet will be based ouly 'upon the account which may here be given by witnesses under rpreted in this way, the statute is ally render a verdict ritory of Utah,which we had un tion in Hopt vs. Utah, and to which we then wave effoct. As that Wwas a t Istatute passed by a territorial legislature for the government, of ory over which the United States had exelusive jurisdiction, it came directly within the operation of article 6 of the amendments whic guaranteed to No one at ested a doubt of the constitu- that time s the | tionality of the statute, and it was regarded both in the 1 IIHHI].I] courts and here o shing the § rules to be observes in empanelling an i in to wis Cnactc lichigan, A Lin 18% the statnte o the court of va. the People without objeet have beer been entertained in Michigan or Nebraska of the constitutionality of the statutes of those stat respectively, but the I alwitys been treated by their supreme cour id, both under the constitution of the ates and under that of the state. Indeed, the rule of the statute of Illinois, as it was construed by the trial court, is not materially different’ from that which has been adopted by the courts in many of the states without legislative action. Without parsuing this subject further, it is sufficient to say that we agree entirely with the su- preme court of Illinois in the opinion that the statute on ‘its face, as construed rinl court, is not, repugnant to section 9of article 2 of the constitution of ¢ which gua ntees to the accus riminal prosecution a speedy trial by ul jury in the county or district in which the offense is alleged to_ have been committed. As this is_substantially the pro- visions of the United States constitution on which_the petitioners rely, it follows that 1 if their position as to thie operation and of that constitution is col the s not open to the objection which is ainst it, ision then reviews the eases nker and Sanford and gives a copi- ous extract from the record of their exami- nation together with the judge’s ruling, and coutinues: In Reynolds the ~ Uhited United States— led by this court that in order to just al of the judgment of the supr A simi May 3. S0 in 'he constitutionality of New York was sustained by peuls in that te in -Stokes wd it bas been ueted upon So f ne & similar application has been previously | court of the territory of Utah for refusing to addressed allowance writ of | allow a challenge of a juror in a criminal case error to the highest a | on the ground that he ‘had formed and ex- state under section i pressed an opinion as to the issues to be tried, vised statutes, it is our duty to ascertain not | it must be made clearly to appear that upon only whether any was made and below question ided in the proper court but whether it is of a characte Justify us in briuging the judgement here for re-examination. In decision of well considor Th: is in effect sented b jects of our rule § a motion tion on which our ju mauifestly decided r nof 105, Church vs, | Phe propriety upon me of a writ is « out a writ to b our duty to gra s0on as it was made in pr se we have had the ben: gument in support of the application, ol have not decmed it th y into the m have shoy lons were of whil and how the questions arose. presont while coun the are able to dete ‘whether the error review. We procy the question: our jurisdi The particular of the United Stat are found in 4 of the first ten articl ernuments in resp —was de hered to since. tions on fed secure and e of cowmon rights are theirs Slaies, and e {0 th Suok lghte lntta the writ ought not to be allowed by the court if it ap- pears from the face of the ro the federal question which is complained of right as not to require especially if it is in accordance with our own 1judgments in_ similar ¢ chat was done in T vs. the Commonwealth. 7, Wall 32 writ was refused because the que vitehell when a ions pre- | gre the record were “No longer sub- seussion, although if the in the opinion of the court ‘open. have been allowed when, under o affirm when the sdiction depends was s it that the case ou; be held for further argument. smith vs. Harmoning, 118, Unit .-.1 S had becn » it would scction 5 of 104, | in his own b United States adopting o simila tions in open court for th arent, would not be justificd as'a cour le | examination, allowance | r we | whether he had received a co in scnding ng for review a judgment of the highest court of the state w 5 l;::n‘l\l in the face of the record that it would ion to aftirm as duty rits of the questions ly what 3 plain, In this way wo ine as a court in session alleged are such as to jus. 1ify us as to the briugiug of the case od, th re for o, to consider what e in Which, if it exists at ali, ion depends. sion of the constitution on which counsel rely articles amendments s of the amen intended to limit the powers of tie st t to their own ¢ to operate on the national go ed wove than Lalf a and that declaration und the nent were not izens, but went alone | pi been steadi It was contended, hoy in the argument that, though ori first ten amendments were adoptec oral power, ognize th wrights of the i make the privileges and immunitics of the man as a citizen of the United States and cannot now be abridged by a state under the fourteenth amendient. 3 while the ten_amendments as lnitations on power.only apply to the fede aud not to the states, yet insofar us 'they do: clareor recognize the Tights of & person, these a8 citizens o teenth amendment as to | Eve ¢ state power as the ten amendments had timited federal power. It is also contended that the provision of the fourteenth amendmw that no state shall dep: ll‘bcrty or property without due 1u\n'~3 wlm]-liou thut every person clar in a state shall - partial jury and shall not be couipelied er, | nally the Lvights they | dopends unen the proof of an outside fact, words, the United of ed with | by entitled to u here | the evidence the court ought to have found that the juror had formed such an_opinion to | that he could not in law be deemed impartial and the case must be one in which it is manifest that the law left nothing to the conscience or diseretion of th If such is the degree of strictness wl required in the ordinary cases of writs from one court to another in the same general and | jurisdiction, we ought to be careful that it is not at all relaxed in & case like this, when the ground relied on for the reves court of a judgment of th the state is that the error t as to amount in Jaw t state of a trial by an_i who is accused of ¢ ingly of the opinion thut no such case is dis- closid by this record. We come now to consider the obj that the defendant, Spies, was compelled by the court to be a witness against himsel He voluntarily offered himself as a witng £and by so doing he bec it himself to a proper c The complaint s that he was cross-cxamination to state ain® letter ing to huve been nd addressed to that he had, the fal by the jury to one bound to sub; Wired on which was shown, purpo written by Johan Most him, and upon his saying court allowed the letter to be read in' evi dence agaiust him. This, it is claimed, was not a proper cross-examination. It is not contended that the subject to which the cross- ted was not pertinent to issue to be tried, and wl examination must 'be cont pertinent to the testimony in chief or be extended to the matter in issue, is cer- tainly a question of state law in the courts of the state and not of federal law. omething has been said in the argument about an” alleged uurcasonuble scarch and seizure of the papers and property of some of the defendants and their use in evidence on the trial of the case, Special reference is made in thia connection to the letter of Most, hout which S WS Cross-C: uninull, but © have not been referred to an rt of the d in which it appears that ub] jon de to the use of the evidence on that ac , and upon this point the su- e court of the state in that t of its opinion which bas been printed with this motion remarks as follows: The objection that the letter was obtained n the defendant by an unlawful seizure is made for the first t in this cour It was the trial in the court below. as this, which is not sugres the offered evidence, but ed by the nature should have been made on the trial, the de- fense should hava proved the Most letter was one of the letters illegally seized by the police ed to exclude or op- round that it was in seizure. This was not and therefore ~we not the constitutional question suppo to be iuvolved. the in gaying th fetiR was o h © the . court it 2id not apy > of the s wrong at the Most gully seized, that no ob- 1 court to its ud: To give us juris. oF section 700 of the revised statutes, b he denial by a state of any v t, privilege or immun- the coustitution or any o R A SIS AW treaty or statute of the United States, it must appear that such title, right, privilege or immunity was (specially set up ot claimed) at the proper time and in the proper way to be relievable, the decision must, be against the right 80 set up or claimed as the supreme court of the state was reviewing the decision of the trial court. To make the question reviewable it must appear that the claim was made in that court because the supreme court was only authorized to review the judgment of t court for errors committed there and can do no mor. This is not, as seems to be supposed by one of the counsel for the de- oners, a question of the waiver of a right under the constitution, laws or treaties of the United States, but a question of claim, If not set up or claimed in the proper court below the judgment of the state court in the action is conclusive o far as the right of review lere is concerned. The question whether the letter, if obtained as claimed, would have been competent e dence is not before us, and, therefore, no foundation is laid under this objection for the exercise of our jurisdiction. As to the suggestion by counsel for the pe- titioners, Spies and_Fielden, that Spies, hay- ing been born in Germany and Fielden in Great Britian, they have been denied by the .1.‘ ion of the court below the rights anted to them by treat Fotaween the United States and their rospec tive countries, it is suficient to say that no such questions were made and decided in cither of the courts below, and they cannot be raised in this court for the first time. We have not been referred to any treaty, neither are we aware of any under which sucha question could be raised. Being of the opinion, therefore, that the fedoral questions presented by the counsel for the petitioners and which they say they. desire to argue, are not in fact involved in the determination of the case as it appears on the face of the record, we deny the writ. The decision of the court is unanimous. The News in Chicago. Cnicaco, Nov. 2.—[Special Telegram to the Big.]—The third great event in the histor- ical case of the condemned anarchists—the denial of the petition for a writ of crror by the supreme court of the United States—has not caused any noticeable sensation in the city of Chicago. In the business parts of the where the newslgys were shouting “Extras” with the news from Washington this afternoon, there was a little excitement. Copies of the papers were cagerly bought and little groups would collect around each vur- er to hear the news. The policemen cverywhere were especially nterested and apparently without exception they all bought copies of the pa- pers containing the news. But this little flurry scarcely lasted an hour and now there is not the slightest excitement around the jail or anywhere else. There is no mistaking the fecling of Chicago, how- ever, on this question. With fewe xceptions the final decision is received with satisfaction. It has for a few days been considered a fore- wone conclusion here that the writ of error would be denied, so that the news to-day was in a measure discounted. Bach of the con- demned anarch themsel liad no hope from the supreme cour It was 1 o'clock when a reporter car- s d to the jail news of the decision and it was some minutes before anybody had the hardihood to communicate the intelligence to the seven. The men were all locked up in their cells, as were the other prisoners, the excreise hour being over. The reporter wroto the information hastily on aslip of paper, and_Chief Clerk Price took the notes up to Spies and Parsons to sce what they would say. The few persons in the fail office stooa ding into the cage and strain wyes to see how the men wouid look when they read what was in the note Their faces might as well have been _stone for ail the feeling they betrayed. Not a shiver, not a shrug of the shoulders, nor any act that looked as if it made any difference to them whether the supreme court decided they should hang or not. ve got news,” said Clerk Price to Par sons, handing him the picee of paper. “Oh, it's you, is it?’" ejaculated the I\uu(l talker, Then’ he blew a volume of cig: smoke into the pap~r as he unfolded it irclessly read. Nof nd \ muscle moved, and if his heart stood still an tant, no one could tell it. Puttii his cigar between his lips again he picked up his newspaper and slowly vemarked: “Well, T dow't think I have any- thing to say.” Wil you answer the notef” “No, Lbel 8 4 nudm! was Parsons’ over again. . Osborne, who keeps the death watch in “Murderer’s Row,” was then prevailed upon to go to the cell'of each hist and tell him the decision of the supreme court. ‘When the white-haired officer came down he was trembling with emotion and his v was choked. I don’t want to do that again,” stammered he. *F time I spoke to one of those fellows T thought I was giving him his death sentence, while each one turned and looked at me as unconcerned as if 1 was telling him nothing of any importance.sLin | ho expected it Fischer said: ‘I8 that s0f and the rest merely grunted their ac- knowledgment. It did seem as if a flush read over their faces when I told them, but aps I imagined it. Each one turned to whate he was doing and I passed on to the ne: Just see how I tremble, while they are as cool a8 cucumbers,” Within fifteen minutes after the verdict ‘was known eight or ten officers in citizens clothes appearcd, Two of them stepped quietly into the jail and the others disposed of themselves in the criminal court building and about the neighborhood. The bailiff at the outer door leading into the jail court says he is instructed to admit no one, but whether this applies to the near relatives of the death sentenced men is not known., Sheriff Mattson visited the jail at 1 o'clock aud had a conference of ov half an hou with Jailer Folz in the private office of th juil. Asaresult of the conference, no visi- tors are allowed to enter the jail court yard see any prisoner, whether chist or mnot. Sheriff Mattson said concerning the order: I don’t want to > any fuss shout it, but the visits of other lists have got to stop. Henceforth the doomed men will not be allowed to have any ation hours, Personally 1 would ike to grant them all the favorsT could, but I don’t think it would be wise to doso. It way scem foolish and perhaps is foolish, buk I'don’t want these men to cheat the gallows by killing themselves, Their friends might give them daggers or poison, and although I know that if they should want to kill them- sclves we should be powerless to prevent it, still I shouldn’t like to have it said that if T had attended to my duty the suicides might huve been prevented.” This afternoon the new rule regarding itors to the ia\l went into effect, and no on was allowed to enter the building during th afternoon hours, except office and relatives of the anarchists, arvive at the jail as the clock marked 3:30 was Mrs, Engel. There was a sort of scared expression on her poor, worn face, and she moved about in @ nervous manner, as though she could scarcely realize that the last slen- der thread of hope had broken. She brought @ basket of dainties for her husband, and Juiler Folz took a chair from the oftice and carvied it out to the cage and placed it for her near the bars. Lingg's aunt and a young lady cousin and one of his fair mirers came next. They were all down- cast, with truces of tears on their cheeks, but d not been talking to the bombmaker five minutes before they were all laughing, and wirth sounded strangely incongruous with the feelings of most of those present. Frank Bielfeldt, of the Arbeiter Zeitung, companied by a reporter of the sume paper, came next. Shortly afterward Spies’ two brothers, Chris and Ferdinand, were nl mitted, and they w followed by mother, who scemed to feel her deeply. Mrs. Parsons and two little ch dren came, and with them o lady who is in- tevested in the work of the Amnesty asso- ciat At Captain Black's office hardly had he been upprised of the resuit of his efforts at at the capital when Nina Van Zaudt hur- riedly entered his office and was immediately admitted to the presence of her lega) adviser, Her bearing as she glided through the outer oftice was not that of a woman bowedin ef reporters he first to w or crushed with awe. Her figure was erect, her face slightly flushed, and, though the least trace of anxiety might have lurked in her calm, bright eye, it was impossible not to observe that her whole mind was bent upon apr al object. In angwer to a question as to his plans, Captain Black suid: “Well sir, it looks as if the ouly thing left for us is to appeal to the governory which, of course, we shall proceed to do at once.” You will need all the time that is left at your disposal{” “Yes, us matters have turned out. The only effect of the recent proceedings has been to abridge what little time we had. If they had denied us at once it would, of course, have béen better.! Have you any idea as to what course the movemient for petitioning the governor will take! “No_definite plan of nction has been ar- ranged yet that I know of." o Wil you take a leading part in the mat- o “I shall go down, of course, but I can not say now exactly in what capacity or whether at the head of any, or, if any, what deputa- tion. All'T know Is that we shall decide as rapidly as may be upon our course and pur- Buc it to the best of our power.’ “There was little surprise among the police ofticers over the unnouncement. ‘The police have ull thought that the United States su- preme court would not interfere, and the gei cral impression among them 18 that th teuce will be carried into effect November 1. “If they are to be hung at all,” said Licuten- ant Fitzp: the man ho, when the bomb was hurled into the police ranks at the Haymarket, said: “Fall in, men, steady, charge,” “they should die on'that day. The suspense of a reprieve of Governor Oglesby would have a bad effect, and would not only to a great extent lessen’ the moral example, but would entail additional suspense on the prisoners.” *‘That's 80, said another police ofticial, ““There is no desire on the part of the officers who have suffered from the throwing of the bomb to torture the murder- ors. Ty only want 10 seo tho law carried out.” Captain Buckley compressed his lips when the news reached him at the armory. S0, he suid, “‘the supreme court has upheld the righteous verdict and just decision of the state supreme court. It isretribution for the murder of the officers whose wives are now widows und_children orphans. I trust and believe that the governor will not interfere.” “The news spread through the various police stations us fast as electricity would carry it. Hardly had the word reached the ofticcs of the 1 pers before the telephone operat- ors in the principal police statious were told of it and they_in turn informed the v sub-stations. ~In this way before noon the citizens in the very outskirts of the city were informed of the news, and long before the whistles in the different factories blew the summons to return to work the men were formed in_knots discussing the chances of the aarchists on a commutation of sentencc. As to the probable action of nothing _but the merest: conje given. Muny who are_intima dlare that lie will not interfere, yet others who are almost as well posted ‘insist that Ficlden and Pursons at least will secure a commutation of their sentences “Ido not know_just now w Amnesty o said J. R. Buchanan. 1 presume, however, that the; will contitiue as they have been dolng, secu ing signatures to the petition. A mass meet- ing will be held Saturday evening and a com- mittee appointed to tuke charge of the peti- tion and present it to the governor. The Amnesty associution had nothing whatever to do with the case bofore tho courts, That was the work of the Defense Fund associa- tion, but now that nothing furthor ‘can be doné in the coutts, I presume the Defense association will join hands with the Amn ussociation and both willdo their best towar influencing the governor, The signatures already number many thousauds, aud they o increasing every day.’ The letters of Lingg, Fischer and Engel, decluring that they can aceept no mitigation or commutation of there sentence, and un they are allowed to o forth from their prison reo men they prefer to dic, have fallen :ond bomb in the midst of those who \ exerting themselves to obtaiu from nmutation of their sentence. is not believed to be any dunger from the urdent sympathizers of the men, yet the police have taken extraordinary precau- tions to preveut any such affair, Al th residences in the ncighborhood of the juil have been under constant surveillance by the police for the last mouth or tw and all sorts of inquiries as to th boarders or roomers have been instituted by detectives, Capt , who ¢ much to uncarth the anarehist. conspi known to have a_surveillunce on e histic action the s meetings and conferences. ilway trains are watched, All the and, in fact, every possible precaution is being taken. The following editorial from this evening’s Journal reflects the general sentiment of the ity Now, the judgment of the criminal court of Cook county in the case of these atrocious public criminals has been afirmed by all the superior courts of the state and uld nation, ~ The majesty of the luw not be clothed in than that which from these cumulative decrees, Either the law 18 frandulent and corrupt or the thors of the Haymarket massacre X condemued to the punishment they will re- ceive. The awful shadow ef the gallows resting upon ther is portentious of their just fate and of the righteous judgment that rests against all who shall in the future scek to up- turn society and abrogate social luws through the instrumentality of deeds of lawlessness, horror and wholesile murder.” A Pamphlct Suppressed. Cnicaco, Nov 2,—This afternoon a small boy appeared at one of the most prominent down town corners provided h a supply of pamphlets containing M. M. Trumbull's ap- peal to Governor Oglesby in behalf of the condemned anarchists, Officer Birmingham quickly put the boy to flight by telling him that he would arrest him if he didn't stop selling the books. There is nothing seditous about the pamphlet, it being merely Trum- L 5 sund brilliantly and en- titled, *Was It a Fair Trialt An Appeal to the Governor of Illinois in Behalf of the Condemned Anarchists,” The sergeant of the central police detail said the officer acted on his own judgment, He added: *“But I thiok it is much better at ation of even ure as this bo stopped, as it can v up people without doing any good.” only persons except relatives who had any extended conversation with the cc demned to-day M. W. Salter, a lectur and H. D, 1, a newspaper editorial writer, They were in earnest conversation at the cell doors for two hours. The gentlemen kept their object a profound secret, but it is intimated that their visit had something to do with & scheme to get two or three Chicago newspapers to come out edi- torially in fuvor of & gommutation of sen- tence. The visitors said the significance of their visit would develope in a few days. Mr. Salter said Fielden had stated that he was misrepresented when & newspaper made him say that he would not ask Governor Oglesby to pardon him. By that it is understood that Fielden will ask for a epmmutation of sen- tence, the present time that the cir suc I| lite An Appeal For Clemency. Cmicaco, Nov, 2. —Captain Black said to a reporter this evening that he was disappointed but not surprised at theaction of the supreme court, as they were clearly entitled to a w of error under the decisions of the supreme court prior to this time, Captain Black and alarge party will go to Springficld next Tuesday to present the petition for commuta: tion to the governor. ix-Governor Palmer this evening sald to a reporter that he did *not believe Governor lesby would interfere withthe court's sen: tence upon the condemued men. “The high- urts in_the ‘land,” said Governor Pal ave decreed this verdict is a just one, Governor Oglesby is not going to be swerye in his manifest duty by any trifling conside ation. As far as the idea of its being inhuman o h hese men, | ean see no sense in that They killed several policemen, didn't the; ! manity And wounded many more! Was that hu—l ABABY BURNED T0 A CRISP. Horrible Fate of a Lincoln Citizen's Little Boy. GIDDY GIRLS FROM ST. EDWARDS. Two Young Misses Start Out to See the World—Murderer Mundafrom in Danger—Nebraska and lTowa News. A Child Burned to Death. LixcoLy, Neb., Nov. 2.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The three-year-old child of B. Mahoney. living at Fifth and D streets, while playing with matehes this afternoon, set fire to a shed in the back yard. It wasnot known that the child was in the building un- til after it iad ocen burned down and the in- fant’s remains were found in the ruins, Wanted to Sce the World. wnus, Neb,, Nov. 2.—[Special Tele- Co gram to the Bre]—Two young girls ran® away from their homes at St. Edwards in- tending to go to Omaha, but were detained here on a telegram from the father of Aupie Abbott, aged thirteen. years, who was enticed to leave her home by Jennie Trne- love, her companion, aged seventeen years. Mr. Abbott came to Columbus this afternoon and took the girls back to St. Edwards. The girl Truelove seemed to be wide awake and she means to see the ways of this wick- orld. L) Nebraska City's Jubilee. Nenraska City, Neb, Nov 2.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—The great trade cele- bration and boom juvilee to-morrow promises to be an event in the city's history. Thou- sands of visitors arc already in_town. The houses are decorated with flags, banners and bunting and the streets are brilliantly illumi- nated. Excursions will run on the B, & M. and ail other roads at one und a third fare, All business houses and factories have a holiday. Trains Wrecked at Papiltion. Pariruioy, Neb,, Nov. 2.—[Special Tele- gram to the E —Wahile the first section of freight train N 22 was standing on the main line this morning, it was telescoped by the second section of the same train. Five men in the caboose were suddenly awakened. The engineer and fireman saved themselves nping. Several car’s were derailed o v all the drawheads of the entire tr: e destroyed. General Dorsey at Ogallala., OGALLALA, Neb., Nov. 2.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—A crowded opera house ted General Dorsey here this evening. y argument, aptly illustrated his ensible opinions and his genial manner ptivated the large ussembly. ol sl Lynching Threatened. WaTERLOO, In., Nov. 2.—The confession of William Mundafrom that he murdered Chris Hemme in Waterloo has created great excite- ment in the neighborhood where the mur- dered man lived, and yester there were crowds of excited people from the city openly threatening lynching. The sheriff has the jail guarded, and a local militia company is under orders to be ready to turn out at the first alarm. He has p\ll)ln 1y announced that he will defend the prisoners to_the last ex- tremity. Mrs. Hemme is suffering from nervous prostration, and her examination has been postponed until Friday. Registrat in Towa, Des Moixes, Ta.,, Nov. 2. pecial Tele- gram to the Bk tion in Iowa cities closed to-da, Ill most places there was some falling off from last year, but in some—notably Sioux City and Council Bluffs —a large incccase. In the former nearly 1,000 more registered than last year. In Des Moines over 1,600 names were ‘added to the t to-day, making a total registration of 6,450. In Dubuque the total is 4, s of about 100 over last year, Mount Pleasant shows a loss of 40, and Fort Dodge a loss of 67, A Juvenile Tramp. Drs Moixes, Ta., Nov. 2.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—A thirteen-year-old boy was found wandering about by the police last night. He gave his name as Georze Sneer and it appears that he left his home in Cedar Rapids to go to the corn palace at Sioux City, making his way there and back, On his refurn he found thit his mother had moved to M hut as he did not like that . ho drifted here I' to send him to Vew his father lives. He will be sent to Marshalltown, The Population of Sioux City. Sitovx Crry, Ta, Nov. 2.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—The dircctory received y from Pollc & Co.. of Minneapolis, s the population of Sioux City at “The compilers of the directory “Phisis not a_consequence of efforts, but results from the ng recently become a railway and a pork pack- ing center.” 0.8 —————— DAKOTA SETTLERS ALARMED, Grave Fears that the Sioux will Unite With the Cro BIsMARCEK, .y No There has been considerable excitement among the settlers and in milital the report that the Sioux and Crow Indians were about to unite and take to the war path if the gov: ernment insists on enforcing the land sever- alty bill. A council held by Sioux chiefs at anding Rock to-day was called to consider the question. Al the principal chiefs ex- pressed their opinions freely ¢ them Hunting Antelc Red Fish, Cottonwood and Gall, named s the most influential chief in the but Gall said they b felt friendly toward the white sontempt and said he w talk dif v. He had not always felt friendly to the whites. He had fought them and tried to kill them. The whites and Crows fought him at the Custer battle and tried to kill him, but now he w dy to take his men and help the whites in settling this trouble with the Crows. He should like to show the whites andly feeling, Gall then turned to M aughlin, the In- dian agent at Standing Rock, and expressed the utmost confidence in him and friendship toward the whites. Gall was frequently in- terrupted by the applause of his followe who constitute a majority of the young w. riors. Sittting Bull'had nothing to say, He is very jealous of Gall's power, and if aid, was displeased with his specch, as he fears it will give him additional pruminence with the whites, hn Grass, Mad Deer, The lust intelligent and tribe, l\ll Two White M CRrow AceNcy, Mont., N of colored cavairy and one from Cheyenne agency arrived here tonight. Indian scouts report two white men Jilled on Reno creelc sterday, The Indians ave now X v beef supply, and kill Killed. WO Lroops. ing many more than they ne \ Taken to Dublin, —William O'Brien and Man- deville, who are under scntence for using seditious lunguage at the meeting at Mitch- elstown quietly removed from jail liere morning and taken awayona speci ©O'Brien was lodged in jail at Tulla- fifty miles from Dublin, * The news of emovul caused tremendous excite ment. \e Trish prison Voard hias directed that O'Brien wear the prison wiiform and bo treated in every wuy san ordinary prisoner, TRIPLE MURDER. The Horrible Crime of a Connecticut Silk Weaver. New Havey, Conn,, Nov. 2.—John Hodel, a silk weaver, living at Hebron, shot his wife last night and then set fire to the house. Two children were burned to death. Hodel fled but is now under arres Hodel has been on a spree for about a week, and when him- self was quite a good natured fellow, but drink made him crazy. He tells the follow- ing sto “Last night I told my wife thal T was going to kill myself. She said she wanted to die too. Au agreement ‘was then made that the whole family should die to- gether—two boys, aged three and six and the mother, 'who expected to be confined again in @ month. During the night I brought the two children fromZun adjoining room and placed them in bed with the mother and set fire to the bed, but the smothering process was too slow, 80 T got shotgun and fived both barrals Into my wife's breast, killing her instantly. The flames then spread and soon smothered both of the children. I then went down stairs, tapped on the window of a lower tencment bed- room and called them to come in and see what I had done. Tt is said that Hodel thought that certain neighbors were too familiar with his wife, that he accused her and this caused a quarrel, hence the agreement to kil all of the family. DE ‘TENDS. An Ohio Farmer's Daughters Mur- dered and the House Fired. CreveLAND, Nov. 2.—At Spencer, Medina county, Tuesday night the house of A. D. Garrett was found on fire. Neighbors gath- ered and extinguished the flames befc 8 had gained much headway. The fire had started in the sleeping room of two grown- up imbecile daughters of Garrett. The girls were found on the floor of the chamber dead. The faces of both bore marks which led to the belief that they had been murdered. Though mo lamp was left in their room the floor was found saturated with alcohol and covered with leaves and dry grass. The coroner is at work on the case. il BRUTAL LABORERS. - They Refuse to Help a Mother Rescue Her Drowning Ohild. i1, Mo., Nov. 2— [Special Telogr: to the Bee.]—Licb Rubinsky, the nine- old son of a Bohemian family living at No. treet, while drawing water from cistern this afternoon fell in and was drowned. Some laborers- at work grading near the house refused to answer the mother’s for help, and she had to go to the police quarters’ and get a policeman to get the body from the c AW, Doucras, W - D OF agedy. 2.—[Special T(‘lc- gram to the Bee.|—Douglas has had a man for breakfast. This is the first in its history. Last evening about 9 o’clock, Harry C. King shot and instantly killed J. H. Bowman, The tragedy is the outgrowth of an old trouble, dating back seyeral years when King was in the emy of Bowman at Chadron. At this time King claimed Bowman seduced his wife. Bowman is drilling an oil well west of here for an Omaha company and arrived in town last evening. King had been in the employ of the railroad here as yard hand, They met in front of the Valley e, and King with the remark, “D—— you, 8- duced my wife," shot Bowman through the body, the ball passing through the main flrwry near the heart. King gave himself up.. Bowman had been warned. that King threatened to kill him. — Clearing Up the Pirrsnure, Nov. 2.-—It the mystery surrounding Frank Haran, who was fo on a freight car at about to be cle broug] urder. believed that the murder of i in a e Chicago last weck, is aredup_and the murderers t to justice. This afternoon detee- tives arrested two parties who they think beyond a doubt are the ones who committed the murder, Their names are William Sims and Harry Howard, both well known charac- ors. The evidencd against them is said to Tamaging. g S A Bad Indian. Victoria, B. C., Nov. 2.—Particulars of the shooting at Kamloops Saturday night are just received. A half-breed Indian named McLean, while drunk, fatally shot two Indians and wounded a third. McLean was shot in the arm, e went home, got a frosh horse and told his wife he had killed two men and would have to hang for it. He then kissed her good bye and said he would kill many as possible, When a short distance from home the Indians shot McLean through the heart. —— Blinky M Doom. CLEVELAND, Nov. 2.—The jury in_the of “Blinky” Morgan, on trial at Ravenr 0., for the murder of Detective ;Huligan, r turned a verdict of ghilty of whrder in the first degree. 1se ————— VICTIMS OF THE VERNON. The Bodics of Seventeen Men and Two Women Recovere MILWAURER, Wis,, Nov. 2.—Five fishing tugs went out from Two Rivers, Wis., to-day and brought back the bodics of scventeen men and two women who had been aboard the foundered propeller Vernon, making twenty-two bodics that had been recovered ine house was turned into the remains were stretehed wble identification by rela- and friends. Only seven of the bodies were identified. They are George Thorpe, of Ogdenburg, N. Y., captain of the Vernon; John Sullivan, of Chicago, first mate; Larry Higgins, Chicago, second mate; Martin Lo beau, Chicago, steward; Henry Lebeau, Chi- ago, porter; Fred Burk, Chicago, clerk; Roy Hazelton, Cl win boy; E. B. _Barland, ukce, pas- senge In the pockets of one of the unidentified dead wus a letter post- marked Port Washington, and addressed to Adolph Hazelbarth, Milwaukee. There is little doubt_that_the man is the person ad dressed. There is nothing about the others that will enable identification unless viewed by acquaintances. Several are undoubtedly deck hands, picked up at various ports, The bodies werc found about eight miles east of Two Riv Five were floating together. The others wer cattered but not far distant. A bun nf letters was found on the body of Captain Thorpe, but they will_not be opene: uill the inquest. His watch stopped at and it was undoubtedly at this bour, Satur- duy morning, that the propeler went to the bottom. The Two Rivers en a morgue, wher —— wouis Explos 2.—~The chief of the fire ing the explosion which took place on Fourteenth strect terday, by which eight persons were killed, that he docs not think the explosion was oc- casioned by gas or gasoline, but was caused by cither dynamite or giant powder. The opinion of a number of experts find ample proof of gas or gasoline, The fact of the e plosion being accompanied by light indicates this. Tnwonted prec nch authorities Satu man officiuls who w o of the rec frouti courtesy wus shown incic on both sid e T feish Land Act Druny, N Several 1 stoners will sout be appointed 1o admir the new land act. A lurge number of te have already made application 1o be ted to avail theselves of tho provisio | thoact. WISCONSIN'S DENS OF SHAME. A Reporter Tells What He Saw in One of Them. THE INSIDE OF O'NEILL'S PLACE Gaunt Spectres With Short Dresses and Striped Hosiery —Huge Dogs on Watch—The Proprictos Interviewed. Scenes of Misery. Cnieaco, Nov. 2.—[Special Telegram te the Bek.]—A reporter who made an_investh gation of the traffic in young women betwoen the large cities and the dens of the Wiscon- sin forests, a subject which is creating such a sensation here at present, writes s follow Of the Marinette dens that are run by Leahy, in which Julia Howden met with her woeful experience, was given the blackest charac- ter, and I consequently selected it for A visit A drive of two miles in a northwesterly di rection from the town, along o narr ing road brought me to a narrow open ing hewn between two high clayey bauks and through which the historical fence of black bourds could be scen looming up. Anything more indescribably desola‘e than the aspect of this place, buried here in the thick pine forest without a sign of human or animal life in the neighborhood, could hardly be imagined. The great fence of black boards, fitted together without leaving a chink reached above the sccond story windows und surrounded the house on three sides, fitting snugly up to the edge of the north and south walls leaving tho front door the only means of ingross and egress. The windows looked painfully small and through the dirty glass panes could bo discribed a net work, of grim ivon bars. As 1 reined up, the thin, white faces of scveral women appeared at the lower windows only to disapy immediately at the sound of a harshly uttered command from within, At the same instant there wus a sound of a bolt ng shot back, together ns and 4 man appes To his sullen inquiries us to my busin responded with others as to the character of the surrounding roads. He was indisposed to converse, however, and after vigorously kicking in the stemiack a huge dog that thrus ad between his heavily booted legs, he withdrew and slammed the door vio- lently. Repeated knocks and kicks had no cffeet and 1, not unwillingly, left the place, That evening of 1 horift Stratton, of Marinette, 1 heard many stories of thess pliaces, most of them too infumous for repeti tion, 5 of shooting fights and ot u was I \Band 4 o'clock on a_bitter, cold afternoon when I started i the dircetion of the O°Neill house. The road lay across w little stream and then off about a half mile through the pine woods, not far from the railvoad track. [found it to > a large wooden structure of r i there was about pri at the Leahy den in Marinette, My knock was readily responded to and I was admitted without question, It was al- most. a minute before I could see things clearly, a single parafiine lamp hanging by a wire from the ceiling being the only light in the place. Then I saw this: A large square apartment, the floor of which was dark and uneven and stained here and there with great blotches, conveying an impression of spilled beer or wine, —u villainous individual — with a di and two revolvers stuck in his | over a rough hewn board that s liquor bar, ~ A large stove in the centor from which @ thin but, stifling line of smoke es- caped, and—-some women. It is beyond my power o describe the appearance of theso unfortunate creuturcs, They were all dressed alike, the costume consisting of a thin’ calico wrap reaching to the knees, and Tording a distressing display of long faunt ibs and stockings of varicgated hues. Such faces as | glanced at hetokened a depth of shame or miscry, or both, too deep for words. The effcet s they o tos gether in groups, or stalked to » with wreat ungraceful st 5 to the mem- ory like uy unpl fusing to_ba shut out.~ There were cnough and fo spare in this establishment—great dangerous animals, with powerful bodics and big juws. There were cight or ten of them and they lay about on the floor and under b In responsc to my inquiries O'Neill appearcd Thad some conversafion with him. Ho was aman of pigantic stature, yet grace- fully built and tly s nothing in his face that T could s ve of his hideous call > had ever prosiding cd s a exerc louse was g transpired a8 I left the The women who had been gazing cur at O'Niell and myself as wo ted in two rooms as_ wo move the entrance and one of them sprang fo to open the door for us. As she did so one of the great dogs leaped up and_growling ang- rily, clutched he dress in his t and dr; g er back., With C bade the girl and ¢ did so. woman a his ‘i incident which place. ———— New Yong, N —[Spec the Ber.)—Chair srnclius N. Bliss, of the republican state committee, talking with a visitor yesterday about the New York “We have done as mucl as if it were a presidential d the campaign as g0 next y com neous canvass, In part, ar.” The final reports frc rittees that are now coming gring and cheerful. The s mittee, by a careful compilation of reports now in, and low estimate ,of unreported countios, is tain of the olection of the entire stato ticket, and also of carrying the legislatu both branch thine that can d turb this s \d desperate usc of a and thiat has boon aceum retic: state com mittee. & t corruption ted by the den —— An Editor Knocked Ont. Loxa Braxci, Nov Specinl - Teles gram to the Ber.]—Clifton W. Tayleure, ty years old, editor of the Long Dranch News, was severely beaten in the News oftice yest Afternoon by Dr. J. R. Pemberton of Long Branch. Dr. Hunt, the attending physician, says that Tayleure is seriously in- jured. His face is terribly swollen, his nose treble its natural_size, and one eye nearly closed. He may lose the use of it. He is badly bruised about the hody, and has logt considerable blood. Tayleure was weak and ill when assaulted, but his assuilant was in prime condition, Tuyleure was too ill to_see ™ anyon dictated a letter. Dr. Pember- ton sa, ayleure wrote me on offensive letter” Dr. Pemberton is fifty-seven years old. Prior to the Jast few wecks the "coms batants were on the most friendly terms, The CixcrNyat, No morning, I, L. Harper, of the the late Fidel- ity banlk, went for the first time into an ordi- nary cell in the Hamilton county jail and spent the night there, cre are rumors that the government officers became fearful he would cscape from the Dayton fail and he was brought thero for greater so- curity, He was formally ar d upon_his indictment in the United States court thig morn An Appea Sax Praxcisco, Noy in the United States cireuit court to-duy that an appeal would be taken to ‘the supreme court in the well known Sharon-Hill case, in which Sharon sued Sarah Althea to lebkl —~— Taken. Notice was given marriage contiuct declared void, BB ‘% I !