Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 7, 1887, Page 1

——— e ] MR R TR e Y NOVEMBER 7, 1887, SIX BOMBS IN LINGE'S CELL. Startling Discovery Made in the Cook County Jail. ENGEL TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF. Sheriff Matson Makes an Examination of the Anarchists' Quarters and Finds a Box of Deadly Dyna- mite Missiles. Devilishness Discovered. Cnicaco, Nov. 6.—The cells of the seven condemned anarchists in the county jail were searched to-day and six loaded bombs were found hidden away in a wooden box which was coneealed under a pile of newspapers in the corner of Lingg's cell. Some time ago Sheriff Matson decided to search and ¢l out the cellg of the seven prisoners and to- day was set for the examination. Word was sent by the sheriff to the friends of the con- demned saying that no admittance would be given at the jail and this morning the entir force of deputy sheriffs reported at the Jail for duty. It was shortly after 9:30 o'clock when Lingg and Engel were lead from their cells to the ‘“‘consultation cage” and th search began, K 's cell was first entered and thoroughly explored and the clothing hanging around the cell scarched but beyond a few empty cigar boxes, some fruit, books and papers, nothing was found. Then the deputy sheriffs entered Lingg's cell while its former occupant planted him- self in a corner of his temporary prison und watched them with enger eyc He was pale as death and trembled like an aspen leaf as the searchers moved around in the little stoned wall aoom. Suddenly two of the three men inside jumped out into the corri- dor while the third man held at arm’s length a small wooden box which he carefully car- ried to the juil office and laid on Jailer Foltz's desk. The box contained six picces of gas pipe cach about six or seven inches in length. It was filled with some heav stance and plugged at both ends. Jailer Foltz picked up one which was closed at one end with a round iron stopper and one of the oficers pronounced it a veritable dynamite bomb, Just then Sheriff Matson arrvived at the jail and ordered that the dangerous weapons be replaced in the box and sent to a ohemist for analysis, though therc was no doubt as no the result of the examination, Then the search was continued, but beyond a quantity of rubbish nothing sould be found. Then the cells of Fischer, rsons, s, Schwab and Fielden were searched in the order named, but no contraband articles of any kind were found. 1t was decided, how- ever, that it was best to change cells and ac- cordingly four apurtments on the lower tier were cleaned out. Number 11, which is di- rectly in front of the entrance of the jail, and between two rows of iron gratings, in which spuce three men are on guard night and day, was prepared for Lingg's reception, and the the bomb manufacturer was locked up. He given his bed, table, books and writing materials, but everything ¢ was kept from him. He immediately sat down and began to write, keeping at work all day until it was too dark The others, with the exception of \ullyl und Fielden, were also removed to cells. Sheriff Matson was seen on the subject during the afternoon. He was very reticent at first, but finally told the particulars of the affair. They had no reason, he said, to make this search at this particular time, it being simply a precautionar, sure. Sunday was selected as o quict day when the ex- amination would make less disturbance than on a week day. Of course in view of the de. velopments of the search, the most stringent precautionary measures will now be taken. The prisoners will not be allowed to exercise as much as formerly, and the number of visitors will be restric No one will be allowed to visit any of the con demned in the eage, and if any interviews are granted it will be only to near relatives and in the presence of the juil officia baskets of victuals or fruit will be be sent and no letters or dispatehes r or sent until they are carefully exami ceived d. A speciul man will wateh cach 6f the prisoncrs from this time forward. Outside of the things were quic an air of myster at sensation of the day, around the jail. There was 1l morning whicl: was not explained before 2 o'clock. Admittanc denied to everyone, Mrs, Schwab and broughtover buskets containing dinner for the prisoners aud left them at the door, Liugg's sweetheart also came with a basket. The news of the finding of the bombs spread like wildfive, A universal reaction of the amnesty sentiment, was immes ¢ ap- parent. Hundreds of citizens who sipmed the petitions for clemency tted their action and wished they had ne ppended their Twenty of the officers vere in the squad room Lund told them the Instantly there was a storm of indig jon. The word *“bomb to them the scenes of the Haymarket, and there was but one expression of comment on the sub- Jod One leutenant sare marked Well they- ought to g uny w " when a reporter ente ne ‘I'he general opinion around the police sta tons was that whatever might be the fate of the others, Linge's doom was sealed and he would have to go to the gallows. 1t is doubt ful if the coudemncd men witl longer be allowed 1o enjoy-the privilege of reading t daily papers. it was suggested to the sheriff that the advertising columns might easily be utilized as & means of comwmunication in ciphe ween them and outsiders and in all probability they will be deprived of this prin ipal pleasure, The bombs found in Lingg's cell w given to Captain Schaack, it appears. That officer this evening reports that they ap peared to have been designed for use by some of the condenned as agents of self destiu tion. They v ¢ men for the destruc n of everything with which their fragments might come in contact, as they were filled with lead, zine, antimony and_similar conpe sitions ealculated to produce blood poisoning wherever w wound was wade. O one cud were fixed a cap and fuse, while the other and contained the projicteles that wouls fly out as from a vifle barrel. Captain Schaack surmises it was the intention of Lingg as well as of the other three, who have refused commuta tion, to put one end of the bomb iu the wouth and light the fuse like a cigar. The re- sultant explosion would, it is believed, prove fatal. Later.~Late tonight another remarkable feature of the matter came 1o light, which expliius why the searchof the cells hap- wened to be made to-day. It is usserted that uto lust night the death watch in murderer's row, whera the on demned men were confined, heard groans coming from Engel's ce Stepping to the door he saw Engel lying on his back breath- ing stentoriously and groauing. The watch- wan called bim by name but could get no answer and went iuto the cell, only to dis- cover that Engel uneonse, appar- ently under 11 w0 of some drilg, After working with Enge time, in an’ effort 1o urouse him, the' watchman became alarmed and hastily sum woned Dr. Gray, the physician in charge of the insane department of the jail ‘The latter, on looking at 1, saw he Ll the influence of a drug, and a stro effort was made to arouse bim, Engel p tially aroused and swore at them for inter wipting his rest und dewanded to be left wlonoe. He was forced to take an emetic, however, and made to walk the floor between two stalwart juilors untii all passed. Ho itinued 1o pre x night that nothing - was tho - mat ter ~ with Lim _except that he had Jien @ little whisky and was stupid. his attempted suicide was what induced the orities to order a search of all the cclls to-day to prevent a like attempt on the part of others, A bottle which had coutained laudanum, which Engel had taken, was found in the utinal in his cell, with a few drops of the drug still remaiuing in it. When, with this evidence he finally sullehly ad- mitted his attempt at suicide and said he had done it because he preferred death that way to the carrying out of the sentence of the law. He stubboanly refvsed to tell how he had obtained the poison. It is the opinion of many that the bombs afterward found in Lingg's cell were passed through the grating to him after the an- pouncement of the decision of the United States supreme court and that they were for the purpose of suicide when his last hope of aid otherwise was gone, The Amnesty association to-day placed at or near the doors of many churches in the city little tables containing blank petitions for executive clemen In this way they obtained a great number of signatures to the petitions from the congregationss as they pou om the churches. Tables were plac h in the city where the public were liable to congregate and the net result of the day's work is thought to be a great many names. The news of the bomb discovery was re- o at the socialists' political headquarters h jeers and laughter, arly all present clared that the borbs pliced in the cell by the ofticials for hering the plot to “murder the imprisoned boys.” Mrs Parsons, who was present, was exceedingly bitter in’ her sarcastic _invectives against the authorities regarding the matier, She sneer- ingly suggested that Lingg's 1 had cor veyed the bombs to him in h bustle and thunked God that she (Mrs. Parson's) did not wear one and could not be accused of complicity in the latest sensation. Governor Oglesby Thunderstruck. SeriNarieLp, 1L, Nov. 6. - Governor Oglesby was thunderstruck when he re- ceived the news to-night of the finding of the bombs in Lingg's cell. He read and re-read the dispatch and a cloud of gloom, vexation and anxiety swept over his face as the full import of the information dawned upon him. 1 can say nothing,” said he to an Associated Press vepresentative. “I must say nothing whatever in regard to this matter. There is nothing I can properly say. Any opinion I might cxpress, even were it proper for me to express an opinion, would be misunder- stood.” I am surprised at your information,” said Attorney General Hunt when the news was communicated to him. *“Not on ly am I sur prised but I am heartily sorry. It puts a dif- ferent phase on matters so far as the opinion of a portion of the public is concerned and at leust shows that Lingg is as bad as he has been painted. So far as the public is concerned the effect can only be to prejudice the minds of the masses against the condemned men. As to what ¢ it will have on the governor, I, of course, cannot suy. It should, as a maiter of fact, have no effect, but a man must be more than hu man if he is Tected to some degree b, such information. Il events it is a ¢ cumstance greatly to be regretted.” It has just transpived tonight that G ernor Oglesby has, within the past few days, received several conmunications threatening violence if he refuses to excreise executive clemency in behalf of the condenmed ani ists. This news only leaked out ton but comes from a source that s considered most reliable, — One anony- mous letter dated Chicago is said to boldly threaten the governor with death in case he permits the 8 tobe hanged. Governor Oglesby endeavored 1o keep this news from reaching the cars of his family, as he desires to spare them ail alarm. It has been daily remarked by friends of Governor Oglesby that ever since execcutive ¢ became the last resort of the ani governor has had a somewhat careworn and anxious expression Attorney General Hunt Interviewed. Srit v, I, v. G.—Governor Oglesby's mail in the anarchists case was larger this morning thun ever beforo. Gov: ernor Oglesby this afterncon told an Assoc ated press representative that while there were many demands that the sentence of death be carried out, the proportion of re- quests for commutation were decidedly larger than on any previous day. “As a mat- ter of fact,” said the governor, “‘pleas for clemency have always Dbeen somewhat greater than requests for non interf nee, but this morning the proportion was some- what greater than usual”” Delegations, 1 presume, will begin to come in to-morrow or next day and when they do, Ipurpose to re- receive them all in the reception room at the capitol. Everybod will be accorded a aticnt hearing aud the cuse ally disposed of just as all other cases of like character have been in the past.” Numerous telegrams have been received by the governor during the day, most of thenefrom Chicago. Their tenor caunot be learned other than that one of them was from a prominent Chicago capitalist who favors executive clemen There is little doubt that the governor is at this time receiving communications from an unusually large number of moneyed men of the country who recommend commutation of sen Some of these gentlemen waive all ques Qs to the law and justice of the ease and sim Py favor clemency on grounds of publie policy. They say it is better to fmprison the anarehists for life than it is to allow them to become professed martyrs by suffering the death penalty. Attorney General Hunt' was seen to-day by an associated press represen- tative and asked his opinion as to the probable outcome of the petitions for clemence, “1 have no ides what the governor will do,” said he. he only time I have secnu him since my return here was for a short fime yesterday afternoon, He is, of course, considering the case and is considering cou scientiou AU CHOYINOUS Pressure is being brought to bear upon him and this will be- come greater day by day from this date to the ccution, As I have always expeeted, a pe- av sentiment has begun to develop amo rtain clement as the final day approach < people ated almost wholly by feel- of sympathy, are siguing petitions for ¢ of them ar ing them marchists just 3 1 sign unfortu to them of sympa- this L peo for the them for any other o nates if the case w It is a0 simple m thy that is gradually chunge of sentime t00, consider that the degrees of guilt vary with these men and that m true to some eatent, An, t that certain of the condemned were more guilty than others. That belief is undoubtedi; affectin sul of son cnce has alicnated much of the sympathy that they would otherwise have hud.” tions and resolu- tions received from incendiary socicties und cles abroad are violent in their atious of the Lilinois judiciary. The supreme court of this state has been so much misrepresented by a portion of the pross in Europe and its decision so generally garbled that th reme court reporter of Illinois has it copies of the decision in tie ani wse to the United States ministers in E and all the leading journals of th Trans Atlantic pre rican Residents Thr MaksEiLLES, Nov. 6.—At a violent of anarchists here to-day a- resolution adopted to warn Americaus in France of ven tof the exectition of the con- £0 uuarchists. A copy of the on was conveyed by deputation to the can consulate. The consul was absent 1 1he deputation v d quietly, e T Riote ZaxesviLee, O., Nov. 6.—The patened, ing re was gr y over a str voud companies for te 8 The struggle between the » sumed such @ serious aspect that the govs ernor wis appenled to and Le ordered out the militia. This quicted the rioters und all s LOW sciene, | A BATTLE WITH THE CROWS. I Chief Sword Bearer and Corporal Thompson Among the Killed. THE HOSTILES PUT TO FLIGHT. Genceral Ruger Proves That He Will Stand No Trifling—A Two Hour Fight—Trouble Feared From Deaf Bull. Matters Come to a Head. Birrivas, Mont., Nov. 6—[Special Telegram to the Bee. |-—~The Crow Indian affair came to a head yesterday, resulting in the complete route of the Indian forces. The Indians had a big council in the morning wmong them- selves and disclaimed any intention to fight. General Ruger sent, about 10 a. m., James Campbell and Interpreter “Tobacco Jake” down to the Indiun camp to learn their in- tention. The invitation was responded to by about ten chicfs, with Pretty Eagle as spokesman, General Armstrong first spoke, telling them that he had been sent by the Great Father to settle the trouble with the Crows, but that they had been bad and that they must giv up these bad men to the soldiers, and as they had been bad had turned the matter over entirely o General Ruger, who would deal with them as he saw fit. Pretty Bagle said: “We will give up Sword Bearer, but we cannot give up the others that are wanted.” General Ruger then said: “I want all of the seven that fired into the agency buildings and I will give them one hour and a half to come in.” He then told Crazy Head that he must bring his son, who ‘was one of them. C Head replied that they would go back to the camp and talk to Sword Bearer. General Ruger said: “That is all I have to say.” Ames Campbell then returned to the Indian camp with the Indians, but returned shortly, ving tl council was being held. The troops were held in rveadiness, and the Indians were patiently watched by the command until the time was up. The Indians in the meantime had formed into a long line and the medicine man could be secn riding up and down arranging them. A few scattering shots were then fired into the air. The time being up General Ruger seut troops E and K down the valley on the left flank of the Indians, where they were met by about half of the Indians gathered in the war party which numbered about 1,500. A red hot skirmish then resulted in which Corporal Charles Thompson was killed, Private Eugene Mallory slightly wounded and Pr vate Clark thrown from his horse and hi shoulder dislocated. These were all in troop K, commanded by Lieutenant Edwards and Second Licutenant Byram. A running fight ensued, the Indians retreating, some to the peaceful gathering near the agency and others cro ng the river and taking to the hills. Sword Bearer made a final stand at the crossing of the Little Horn, about one mile below the agency, in which he and probably three of his follow were killed, This was the result of the skirmish fire of troop G, First cavalry, commanded by Captain I Kupham and Licutenant J. B. Aleshi Sword Bearer's body was brought into camp, but the other Indians are only reported dead. Most of the Indians circled about and returved to the agenc, mixing with the other camps. There are now supposed to be from twenty to fifty loose in the hills. PV e troops of cavalry are now out close on their heels and they will probably soon be captured. There was about two hours of actual fighting. Those best ac- quainted with the Indian character have manifested much anxiety through fear that the immense preparations that have been made to settle this dificulty should be futile on accoaut of the willingness of the Indians to give in to a superior numer that the real bottom of the trouble would not be reached. The ridiculous and sensational reports that liave been sent to some papers. by western correspondents cause much tanding and ridicule of this ious and important step that the government, is now taking. A spy, who was sent into the Indian camp last night, reports that a big council was held and Deaf Bull, the leading and most_influential chief among the hostiles, was heard urging them to war. The result of the killing is g question y some, wh n to think the worst may yet come in consequen hey argue that Deaf Bull, a powerful chief who was a firm supporter of Sword Bearer, the Indian killed, will enge on the whites as soon a8 opportunity affords, He is to be arrested and if he resists may go the fate of the dead chief. It is hoped by many that he will, An event of this kind would sct the minds of many ranchmen and others atrest. A majority of the people, however, look upon the conflict as ended, ' regardless of Deaf Bull or uny other Indian, and all trust it is so. —— The Cherok®e Trouble. s, Nov. 6.—[Special Telegram to ]—Advices from the Tndian Terri tory regurding the political situation in the Cherokee nation as given are that a large number of supporters of Judge Mays, the chief clect on the Dowing party, had gath- ered at the ranch of Judge Mays, twenty-five miles south of Tahlequah, where a feast has been in progress for three days, One hun- dred Indians had collected with their wag- ons, teams _and ponies last night, and 100 more would be added. No arms were seen in the crowd, but it was not kuown whether ny w concealed in the wagons. ey claimed they are only to act as u guard of honor, their mission being to es cort their leaders to Tahlequah, where is clection is to be contested by Rabbit Bunch, the candidate of the national party on the convening of the national coun- cil of Mond They deny any intention of beginning war and claim that no war demon- strations will b unless othe opposition endeavors to in rate Bunch, as th intimated they would do. Tt has been custom for years, they say, te escort the new chicf from his wigwam to the capital ci with pomp and ceremony by his suppor The disputeh also says ' that two repor were driven away from Tablequah Last w and that it is difticult to get news from that point to send. RS Guarding Against Cholera, iwvorieLn, 1L, Nov. 6.—~Dr. Rauch, secretary of the state board of health, hus written the quarautine commissioners of New York asking them to issue certificates to Ialian ewmigrants coming west showing that they are free from cholera, giving the > of their arvival, time of observation, , a8 a precautionary measure, Dr. Rauch notifies the commissioners that unless such certificates 1 such emigrants will not be allowed to enter the state of lllinois and he has udvised the trunk lines not to r ceive any emigrants without said certifi- cites und ty of being subjected to a quarantine at the state line, - A Chinese Lecturer 1) Joseri, Mo, b grom to night L tures St T the I S ps Dead. pecial Bre.)--About 12 o'clock last nerant Ch X pped 1 in this city. For the past five years Low Don has given his lectures on Chinese customs in nearly every town of Missouri, Kan und Nebraska, and is s, lowa woll known. He is the seventh son of the seventh son of the seventh son und the Chinese in mortal dread of him, belicying that he is in league with the evikoue. It was with dificulty that any of them could be prevailed upon to attend the coroner's inquest this morning, His death Was the result of prd drink, WILL OPPOSE LAMAH He Would Have a Stenggle For Con- firmation as Judge. AsiNGToN, Nov, 6.—[8Bpecial Telegram to the Bek.]—It is not generally believed by either democruts and republieans that the ap- pointment of Secretary Lamar to & position on the bench of the supreme court of the United States would be coufirmed, and a number of republican senators have stated, #0 that it may reach the cars of the president that they will oppose the appefntment if it is made. They say he s not fitted for the po- sition in any way and that if he wore on the bench, his record on many subjects would keep him shelved very much of the time. Senator Edmunds is already committed against the confirmation of an appointment like this and he is chairman of the committee on judiciary which must consider it befor it comes up for ac- tion by the full senate. Edmuuds refused to report, and pigeon-holed the ap- pointment by Grant of Caleb Cushing for the same position, and the appointment was withdrawn, Cushing, it was ascertained by the records of the war department, had writ- ten aletter to Jeft Davis, asking an official favor in the form of promotion of a soldier in the confederate army. Edmunds would, therefore, stultify himself if he reported in fuvor of Lamar, who not only was a friend of Jeff Davis, but ‘has defended him wheneyer opportunity offered, and has been an able coadjutor of Davis in keeping alive confeder- ate issues ever since the war. Under these it_is not absolutely certain ill achieve his ambition and as- evior portfolio and, inted @ justice or vol- untarily retires from the cabinet, there will_be no vacancy into which Mr. Don M. Dickinson could be crowded, if he does at last consent to consent, Not only the newspapors of Washington, but some of the most prominent democrats in Mr. Cleveland’s party have become alarmed over the report that'the president proposes to find a place for Dickinson at the expense of Stevenson. Few of the working democrats and none of the newspapers have any surplus love for the Michigan statesman, ~ On the other hand they regard Stevenson as a thorough demo- crat in the first place, and above all a royal good fellow whose promotion would please everyone, including his party encmics, The President's Drives. Wastinarox, Nov. 6.—[Special Telegram to the Bee. |—President and Mrs. Cleveland are getting down to the habits of common people. Mrs, Cleveland attends the opera and theater without the presence of her hus- band, and when she and the president go driving, she handles the reins most of the time, A sight which of late has become quite familiar to those who travel over the Ter- rally town road ut unfashionable hours is that of the pre ‘leveland in a high top bug, srbed in conversation, quite unconseious of the curious glances directed toward them. Occa: this order of things s changed, and the president, tuking the reins for a long stretch of level road, makes the chestnut mare show her speed. After a night spent at Oak View Mrs. Cleveland frequently drives the president into the city and up to the white ho portico. Of late Mrs. Cleve- land has often driven out about noon to Oak View and on these occasions, as the president has been unable to leave his special duties and join her, she has been accompanied by that sable dignitary, Albert Hawkins, the coachman. A favorite dress worn by Mrs. Cleveland upon these dr{ves is a close-fitting suit of green cloth and a pleturesque ‘Gains- b()rmigh with a rich cluster of black ostrich tips.” Troubles Over the Fisheries Question. Wast Nov. 6.—[Special Telagram to the Br ho senators now in the ¢ remarking the peculiar situation the will find themselves in four weeks from to- morrow on the fisheries question. Just be- fore they adjourned last March they declared, by an almost unanimous vote and a long dis- cussion, that they wanted no commission and no negotiations, but desived our government 10 stand upon its present treaty with Great Britain and simply demand its right. Very u after congress adjourned commissioners ro appointed to meet with those from Groat Britain here this week and when the senate convenes it will be confronted with the nomination of these commissione These scnators declare they will not confi the appointments or vote money to | salarics or expenses of the commission and there arc no funds from which to meet these outlays in the department of state. But there is yet another embarrassment which may be presented. What will the senate do h the treaty these commissioners wiil pre- Suppose it is a_desirable_one, can the refuse to ratify it simply because it uid it did not want a new treaty or commi sioners or rather “negotiators,” as Secretar Bayard calls them, Natural Gas Leglslation. suiNGToN, Nov., 6.—[Special to the ~One of the first steps congress will attempt to take when it assembles willbe the control of the use of natural gas in Pennsyl- vania, Ohio and Indiana and some other states where it has been found in such quan- tities as to lead to its waste, Iam told by a gentleman connected with the geological sur- vey that reports have been received from Muncie, Anderson, Marion, and one _or two other places in Indiana, and from Findlay, Ohio, which show that more natural gas is being wasted than used, and that a recom- mendation will be made for a law to prohibit wastage of this valuable and desirable > of fucl and light. It is con- 1 by the people at the gco- 1 sur that congress has a perfect right to I on this subject, inasmuch asthe gas comes from deposits many miles in ant, running from the property of one an to another, from county to county, from state to state, so that when well is drilled on one man’s property the supply of gus may not only come from another man's deposit, but from another state. The question will bring up a full scientific discussion of natural in all its bearings, and the g gists will No Faith in Arbiir WASHINGTO! [3 BEeg. | —No importance whate to the incidentof the president and the Brit- ish representative, the other day, in regard to arbitration of diplomatic questions between the various countries and averting of wars by negotiations on juaicial grounds. For twen- ty-five years congress has been petitioned by millions of people in various parts of this and other countries for a move in this direction. A wugouload of “these petitions wer sived during the last congress and re d to the committec on foreign re- lations and not so mueh attention as jacket- mg them was paid. They have been dumped from time to time o apile and finall carted away and sold @8 waste paper. The fact is 1o one in congress hus any faith in the scheme to avoid wars by arbitration, It is held that the practical way to look at it is that murder can just *as casily be legislated ont of existence as wars. The expression of ssident in fawor of arbitration is ac- as simply wp indication of peace, which everybody wants. al to the ¢ is attached Whitney and the President. Wasminaron, Nov, 6, | al to the Ber.] -1t will not be until after cretary 'Whit- ney returus to his post ut the navy depart- went aud resumes his official duties that a majority of the people here will believe that his relations with the administration are per- feetly havmonious, A great deal has been said in Washington about Mr. Whitney's opin ion of the president’s action in many political matt which does not rise to the dignity of nEWSpaper gossip, but it goes to show that there is a general feeling that something is wrong. It may be that the secretury is in perfect harmony with the administration, and it is probable but that there is ground for the belief that he wants out of the cabinet for \ sowe reason or othor thore i no doubt, A FARMER FORGER'S FLIGHT. John Price Victimizes Trusting Friends and Then Absconds. A TWENTY THOUSAND HAUL. A Prominent Kearney Citizen Killed in a Minnesota Wreck—Death of a Centenarian—Northwestorn Nebraska's Progress. A Farmer's Crookedness, 6.—[Special Bee.]—John widely known and influential York county has absconded after beating business men of this place and Waco out of £20,000 by means of devts and forged cries were begun in August last, but as Price was known to have a great deal of land in this county and w ctims did not as considered very discover thei losses until several days after he had dis- He was last seen on Wednesday. rtgaged and will leave very littie after these incumbrances are removed & Hutchins, of th Farmer Pric city, have lost $11,000 by rookedness and the losses of y in amount from §125 owes the First National bank Frank Meade, 800; Rogers, of Waco, $00 Waco bank, &00;: Clark & Mosier, Burns, $£00; Allen Snow, £1,300: France & H Utica bank, 800; Poston bank, £700; er Bennett, # Huffman, §2 ¢ unpaid bills agaiust him for was last seen on Wednesday morning last in a buggy with es driving south. ing the fact that he had absconded was dis- covered and pursuit was made, but without results, a8 he could only be traced a short He left a wife and tw Waco, where he moved fi smaller amounts. n his farm a short His complexion is dark, his height five feet six inches and he weighs editors offer @ re- ward of £00 for his Killed in_a Wreck. KeArsey, Ne —News has just ¢ morning 8. W. Powers was kil on the St. Paul & Manitoba road somewhe: west of St. Paul, Minn. years Mr. Powers has resided here with his nd for several years was stock agent for the Union Pacifie, but left that road some few months ago to accept a simHar position with the St. Paul & Maunitoba road and was v for the purpose of moving his family to St. Paul, ticvlars have been rec For over fourteen ived here save that he was hurt at 5 o'clock this morning and died He was one of Kearn is und in his busi- three hours later most highly respected citiz ness he had no superiors. Death of a Centes PaLmyra, Neb. No 6.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Mrs, Gannon died to-day, aged one hundred and six. She was in_apparent good health to within two days of her death. She had been blind for about fifteen years. Northwest Nebraska. CrawroRrD, Nob., Nov. 8.—{Correspondence of the Bee.]—It has been two years since I last visited this section of Nebraska. Trans- formation is, of course, the order of the day One naturally expects it, and is accordingly not surprised to find the face of nature wearing a strange and unfam- iliar look after even a short absence from its western prairies and foothills, if any other part of Nebraska has witnessed development which has fallen in the past twenty-four months to the lot of this extreme northwest corner of our Scarcely more than two years ago the writer traveled on the back of a brisk bron- cho from Piue Ridge ageney to Fort Robin- and grazed his mustang on the spot where Crawford now stands. relieved the solitude of tho grass covered flats along whose eastern border flowed the White river flanked by the frowning walls of the oldier Butte, which stands like a sentinel over the valley below. ne of many a drunken has now gone, on the frontier, Bt I doubt the remarkable A single cabin ton’s ranche,” the sce orgie of soldier and _cowboy, Soldier Butte is still wain as long as time lasts. But it looks down upon a bustling settlement through which and Frazier. 'This morning Fra Smith residence when Smith ci requested 1 home that he wanted to see him. The mother did 50 and lome, When he opened the door, Stith, who was inside, shot him through the right shoulder. I'ra f a block in the street and was there over- taken by Smith, who_shot him twice more through the head, killing him in Smith turned and_ran ranges and oil fields of central Wyoming, ing for @ moment only at a station whicl bids fair in the near future to becoma one of largest of our western Seven hundred residents are securely located at Crawford, and with such 0018, hotels 4nd a & and shops have anchored themselv A ten thousand dollar brick block is one of the attractios in this settlement of a year's inland towns. b ¢ where he stood, d is the busiest town of its size T draws custom from the richest farming count county and has Sioux county tributary from cmnants of the cattle t add to its business. of its prosperity s due to its near- on, three miles distant, t for the pro vight shoulder' probably p which furnishes a s duce and labor of the surrounding countr ral hundred thousand dollurs of his clothir evidently tried to get it out as he r A garrison which twelve months 1, 75,000 pounds of tons of hay burns in ever 10 cords of wood, consune f 5 10 its animals and a million bushels of bran is no small stimulus to the y. Crawford knows this it as much as she does th ¢ #00,000 was spent during occasions walked down 010 all was or was not surrounding count UETOMILS S wife, but was advised him o with a sound horsewhipping. He had brooded over the matter 8o long 88 1o becoue desper: which some found its way from nd laborer's pockets lier enterprising trades- stocked stores of town to the s along the river bank past of the Jefferson Park Presbyterian chv in his seru against the movement commuting the sen- tences of the condemned anavchists, He took for his text the fifth verse of the seventeenth chapter of Ac attempt on the lives of Pauland comparing the cases at lengthlhiesaid: “And can we suppose that any right minded citi- zen, who had tho security of life and property, could kb und slus! old Red Cloud which will alw: Ogallala Sioux had their camp fir ¢ inaugurated against the hostiles, / to the Indian country, the south- western corner of the square of forts whose bristling carbines holds in_check the hostile The improveucnts re- 1 at Fort Robinson mal the second largest military post in Nebr The residents of Dawes’ county White River country do not Sioux of Dakota. cently couplet forget the earn- of the BEk of the enlargement the most im- lepartment of the at is now conc portant frontier post in the There is & gene tion of the effor s 0of Ncbraska's g don_or congressional ebuilding of the post, th residents of this re which borde two hundred n frontiers of The visitor to Fort Rol! rushing White throw of the parade grounds wad depos the passengers at the station beaving e of the post. ance is uncha the mud-chin r 1 barracks gave such an unfa 1 sion 10 the traveler who bappencd in on bis \den times when long stage trip from Sidney to the Black Hills, ;small but new quartermasters warchouse three adobe non-commissioned officers quarters, a bake house and a neat sun-dried brick amusement hall are the only additions to the old garrison which fronts the White river and is hemmed in at the east by the railroad and on the west by Soldier creck. But a few steps brings into view tho beginnings of the new post ou the high piat- eau to the rear, Stretching to the west and fronting Soldicr creek with a_parade ground whose south frout is the north extension line of the rear of the old garvison, six double scts of ofticers quarters and six sets of men's bar- racks have been constructed during the past summer, flanked by three cavalry stables. These constitute the nucleus of the new post, which, when constructed, will be ample in all respects, as required by act of congress, for @ garrison of ten companies. e new officers quarters are planned to accommodate two families, Each set con- tains one sitting room, two bedrooms, a bath room, @ dining room, & pantry and Kitchen, with tlosets and halls in proportion. Hard wood mantels ornament the sitting rooms with open grates, and surrounded by neat tiles. The ceilines are twelve feet high and the walls are hard finished. Broad latticed verandas enclose the dwellings, Fronting th v ata distance of 300 feet to the troop barracks. These are 80 feet in dimensions, including the L. They comprise a living room, u dining room, a kitchen, bath and wash rooms, a barber and atailor shop. The buildings are wainscotted their entire length, four feet from the floor and have stained wood-ceilings pierced by ventilating shafts. A piazza ten feet wide runs along the entire frontage of each set of barracks on which the wearied cavalryman can rest after his day's work of drill, horse grooming and police duty. The last congress appropriated $55,000 for the work of rebuilding Fort Robinson and by the most rigid economy, which included sol- dier labor, General Hateh has succeeded in accomplishing the above splendid results, The energy and activity of the handsome old veteran are marvellous, when his twenty-six years of hard service in the civil war and on the frontier are taken into consideration. He has brought order out of chaos at Fort Robin- son_infused new life into the garrison and pushed the work of rebuilding the post with with a persistency which has trinmphed over the obstacles of dilatory contractors and de- layed materials. In its present condition Fort Robinson presents the peculiar appearance of two separate and detached garrison e new portion in its future extension is to cover a large part of the ruins of the old. It will not have to wait long for the ruins, if time alone is left to do its work. The wind now howls briskly through the olddirt chinked barracks and plays a merry tune among the warp ing shingles and gaping crucks of the weather-beaten warchouses, The blacksmith shop is a wreck stranded Lon the sand bank which fronts the depot. » wheelwright's hammers and planes in & shanty whose shin- gled roof is its only redeeming feature, while General Hatch signs ord, nd Adjutant Guilfoyle executes them in a structure whose homeliness and chilliness and general de- lapidated condition are a disgrace to th of administration buildings. Some tin the near future when a generous congr feels inclined to give heed to the ur recommendations of that gallant old Indian fighter General George hok, backed by the unanimous verdict of every army oficer who has visited the post, Fort Robinson will be completed by the addition of enough new buildings to take the pluce of those now rotting and falling in spite of every effort put forth to make them habitabl The new buildings needed to complete the post, as ordered by congress, are five barracks, threo fleld officers’ quarters, quartermaster and commissary warehouses, administration building, chapel, and mechanics’ shops, With these, built of burnt brick, as can be done as cheaply and far than of adobe. Fort Robinson, which holds the key position to the quadrangle of garrisons encircling the great Sioux reserve, will be firmly based to serve as a menace to marauding Indians and a bulwark of protection to the ten thousand settlers who people the section over which it stands sentinel. B MURDER AND SUICIDE. A Colorado Miner Shoots His Wife's Paramour and Himself. BovLprr, Col., Nov. 6.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—At 10 o'clock this morning a shootiag affair occurred in this city, resuit- ing in the death of two citizens. Just as the postoftice opened and when crowds were on the street pistol shots were heard and the crowd ran to the street back of the postoftice, where they found @ young man, Al Fraz Ty lying in the road dead and Jumes Smith, a prominent citizen, lying in front of his door, also dead. Smith had for some time suspected thattoo intimate relations existed between his wife ier's mother uan adjoining lot to the ne out and hen she went was milking a cow to tell her son w er came over to Smith's v turned and ran about ie antly. 10 his house, nd just in front of his door placed his pistol ck of his ear und sent a messenger of death ashing through his own brain, and fell ny think that from Smith's action he intended to kill his wife also, bat found the door fastened or closed, and in his frenzy did not ¢ expectey pistol in his belt when he went over to out his design. Frazier evidently trouble, forhe had an immense Smith's house, and the shot in his ented him appe o s he lay in the street he b from using it. But from th ith veral is engaged in mining and had told friends of his suspicions, and had_on several om_camp at night, atisfy himself that it.” Last night he t his troublesand d stolen away his friend to ghteen miles, to 1 to an old fricud a tened the man w o e, und no ot remedy would sat isfy him but the death of the author of his troubles, Preaching Against Commutation. CiticaGo, Nov. 6.—The Rev, Dr. M quis, rch, ched strongly n this morning p; , quoting a parallel case in an ilas. After vd for lnw and justice and ve been found 80 soft and sentimental, so insensible to the claims of law and order and sstice and buman life as to go besceching il « v with petitions for pa commu ly as long ations of itence; espoj s the vieted conspirators continued to plory in their erimes, 1 get sick of this mamby pamby Miss Nancyism that loses sight of the punishment of crime in its sy fi criminal. When it comes 10 d¢ 1setting aside its pen- alty and enthroning in its stead a weak and | senseless sentimentalisim that would say to every scoundrel in crea to threaten, u 1 say t such conduct is buta b christianity, and it is clple of gentine ch “The law is only or was made to t such teaching and wrd counterfeit of twar with every prin- nity.” Steamship Avvi QuEeN=TOWN, Nov, .- to the Bee.)—Acr Philadelp New Youk, Nov. 6. —Arrived=The Ohlo, from Live the Bdam fro tm aud the Polavia rym Hawbwg, Telosram 1ndiann, from | I0WA SATURAL GAS BOOMS, NUMBER 142 New Wells Being Struck All Ovep the Hawkeye State. THE BLIND AND THE INSANE. Biennial Reports of the Institutions at Vinton and Mt Pleasant—Cosy politan Voters—An Anti-Swear- ing Society Formoed, Items From Towa. Drs Moies, Ia,, Nov. 6.— Special (o the s is springing up inso many 8 in ceutral Towa that it is getting to ba quite an old story. There are probably scores of gas wells in - a state of more or less violent eruptions within a radius of sixty iles of this city. It usually happens thab the neighboring citizens are quite as muchy excited over the discovery of a gas well as is the fortunate town itself. At Adel, about about twenty-five miles from Des Moines, s was found o fow days ago and the people went nearly wild with excitement. Business was suspended, the clocks stopped, u::} schools closed, the bands turued out ang pandemonium seemed to be taking a holiday. It will be strange if with all the gas that ia being found in lowa, a pressure be not found before long that will be sufficient for uny manufacturing and heating purposa that may be desived. TWO NOBLE CHARITIES, One of the best of lowa's state institutions is the college for the blind at Vinton, The biennial report just issucd shows that during the past twe s it has had 216 pupils er rolled. The work done in this institution is of uy ifying character. Special uty tention is paid to manual training, and the children show that they can do alumost won- blind though they be. The following extract from the report shows that the chils dren were not e, for the articles ma mt the Kk of but one y ms made, M earpets woveny § brushes, S0LO28; chairs cancd, mattresses, 117, The people of Towa great pride in this institution and in the noble work it is doing for many poor unfory tunates. The biennial report of the hospital for the msane at Mount Pleasant has also just been made public. 1t makes the unweleom announcement that insanity is on tholncronad in this country, and the large accommodas tions that the state has already provided ara not adequate to the heeds. Among the nums ber of insane admitted Mount Pleasant during the last bicunial period. 228 were ua tives of this state; Great Britain has fu nished ninety-four, and Germany Sixty-six. AVARIED POPULATION, Few people realize how cosmopolitan is the population of an_average western state, but the preliminary inquirics of registration days show some interesting facts. Although next Tuesday the voters of Towa will be urged tol best interests of their beloved large pr ion of them cannot iunce of nativity at least. Tuong ward of this city, out of 87 votes registered, but 95 were born in this state and only on eighth of the total votiug population can claim Towa us native soil. In’ this one ward alone there are represented among the voters venty-seven states and sixteen foreign couns tries and provinees. Ohio furnishes almost as many voters in this ward as Towa, it bein represented by eighty-nine. Where is there the city that in one ward can produce a morq' variegated lot of voters | NON-SWEARING KNIGITS. Tu these days of political excitement, when one’s temper is often put o the scverest strain, it is a matter of much credit that an anti-d-n society is moving serenely along, There is an organization in Towa known ag the Non-Swearing Knights, They have re- cently reviewed the work of the year, and made public their report. From this it ape runflhul there is a total membership of 440, during the past year the treasurer collected several hundred doliars and disbursed the. same in helping maintain the anti-profanity cause, If there is a fine for every violation, of the pledge, there is a prospect that withe the conclusion of the campaign the exchequen may run low again, But the past few weeks have been the harvest time for it, and the fellows who can stand the trials and annoy: ances of politics and never say “damage,'® can stand any temptation of the evil one. K.’\NS:\‘S CITY FIRE BUGS. Nearly $50,000 Worth of Property Destroyed by ndiarie Kaxsas Ciry, Nov. 6.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—At 2:150'cle ing the Kansas City horse and mule market was tos tally destroyed by firc at a loss of $10,000, Thirty Liorses were burned and a number of mules. At 4:45 o'clock another fire broka outatThirteenth and Mulberry strects, within two blocks of the fist fire, by which the hay and feed stores of Schilling and Fuller & Lane were destroyed, at a total 1oss of $15.0004 James Crawett, a notorious tough, was ascers tained to be the incendiary of the latter bluze, ‘There were found in his possession, wlen are rested, articles that proved to have been stolen from a house in the immediate neighborhood of the burned buildings. Crawett confessed to the burglary, but deues the chary Sl the evidence aguin is very strong. ‘This_afternoon Captain Wy S. Tough, of the stock yurds, caused the ¢ vest of u young mulatto known as_‘“Toxus, employed at the burned horse market, on the t 2 of causing the destruction of that building. From other developments there i almost positive proof that the large fi / v and Saturday nights in the west bots 1 band of iny rics, whose motive was robl Tha are making every effort to Lothers of the gang whose id known. Pt 1L TO BUY VOTES, New York City Dem ing Boodle rats Distribute e Election Day. NEW York, Nov. [Special 1 the Bee.]—The Tribune says: *It has been learned that in some parts of the city tha democratic busse: Vo p ised their local agents $2,000 for cach election distriet for use on Tuesday, This will allow the purchase at # each of sixty voters im cach district or 45320 voters in all. But no doubt twice that smount will be placed insome of the ction districts, In Brook- iyn a fund of 25,000 has been raiscd for usa on 1" foy. The repy tee aud citizens’ committee 1 wployed & lavge number of detectives and others ad watchers on election day, and with the evie dence alves ceumulated uuiicrous arrest are probab! - i A WRECK ONTHE A, & N, ‘Canon Ball” Telescopes a | With Fatal Results, Sr . Lovis, Nov. 6.—A fatal collision oce curred yesterday at Brennar Station on the Atchison & Nebraska railroad, twelve mileg north of Atchis nnon Ball" pasé nger Ll hod into the ar of a fl X coping the caboose which was oceupied by six graders on theid wiiy to Arkansas. John Worth, of Red Oaley Ia., was scalded to death and Willurd Robie son, of Sandsville, Ia., seriously scalded ....J will probably McEldowrey, o Bloomfield arles Pullman, of Misciy Wilcox, of northern New scalded, - Murs. Cleveland in Philadeiphia, Puinaneriin, Nov. 6.—Mrs, Cleveland (g a guest of Mys, Charles Wood, wife of the pastor of the First Presbyterian chure Germantown, This morning she nlh-mlm‘ vine service at Rev. Mr, Wood's ¢hurchs h wus beautifully decoreted in hougr of istinguished guest, ight