Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1887, Page 1

HE OMAHA DalLy BEE OMAHA, WEDN ESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1887. TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK. Reported Frightful Calamity on the B. & M. Road. 13 PEOPLE SAID TO BE KILLED. And a Large Number Scriously Wounded—Only Very Meagre Re- ports Obtainable—Caused by & Collision. A Catastrophe at Dawson. Laxcory, Neb,, Dec 28, 2 a. m.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—Shortly after mid- might a report reached this city that a terri- ble accident had occurred on the Falls City branch of the B. & M railroad. Repeated efforts, however, up to this hour, to learn the full particulars have been unavailing. According to the report thirteen people are said to have lost their lives and many others are injure The frightful calamity occurred at Daw- son, and was caused by a collision between a passenger and a freight train, Beyond these meager reports absolutely nothing can be learned, At the B. & M. ofiices the employes of the road refuse to say anything. Telegrams have been sent to Dawson and Falls City, but as yet no replics have been received. Suicid n’lNllIllli)l Staxtoy, Neb., Dee, gram to the Be,]—Theodore Dolly, city mar- shal of this place, died by his own hand at 9 o'clock this evening. He had had family trouble, and yesterday afternoon evidently concluded to end his trouble by taking a dose of poison. His purpose was not discoverd until too late to overcome the effeets of the deadly. drug, and all efforts to prolong his life proved fruitless, The coroner will hold an inquest over the remains to-morrow. A Bequest to Doane College. Cuere, Neb., Dee. 27.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—The authorities of Doane col- ege recoived notice to-day that a bequest of 13,000 had been made it by David Whitcomb of Boston. Since the “Flyer” bogan bringing the Beg in the morning it has knocked out all competitors. b The Saco Bank Cashier. HaLipax, N. 8., Dee. 27.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bek.]—There scems now to be no doubt that young Frank McNeally, the Saco, Me., bauk defaulter, will escape prosecution. Véally yesterday told the whole story of ofalcation. He declares that the theft was unpremeditated ;that ho was pushed finan- cially, and had taken small sums from the bank without detcction. The thought struck him and he availed himself of the opportu- nity, gathering all available funds in a pack- age, took it under his arm and boarded the first .outgoing train. He made his way to Montreal, thence to Quebec, and from the to England. He subscquently visited Paris and procecded to Egypt. Heréhe commun ted with the bank officers, and from Cairo returned all the stolen_securities, some time in October Inst. His movements thereafter were well known to the bank, and his return to this country was with their full approval and consent. “The prisoner intended to re- main in Halifax until the next term of court in Saco, when an indictment against him was 10 be quashed and he would bo a free man, He states that full restitution has been made 1o the bank, and that the institution will not lose a dollar. e L Christmas Calamities. Svwsen, 111, Dec. 27.—Miss Belle § residing a uiile cast of Chauncey, was en- gaged in sweeping avound an open fire-place Christmas eve, when her clothing caught fire, She lost her presence of mmd and rushed out into the highway. When found her body was burned to a crisp below the waist. The deceased was to have been married Christ- ith, AISIANA, Mo., Dec. 27.—Christmas day slored hoys, ‘aged Six and seven, living in Calumet, about cight miles south of here, burned to death while playing too close to a brush fire, - Business Troubles., Cnicaco, Dec. 27.--A deputy sheriff levied this morning on Newton & Leopold, wrap- ping paper dealers, they having con ed in a sum aggregating nearly £4,000, ho fir say their assets are about §50,000, and bilities £60,000. NEw Yousk, Dec. 27.—John Thompson, im- porter of fans and millinery ornaments, made an assignment to-day to David Rich- ardson, with #2,000 preferences. CHricAGo, Dee. 2 Newhouse clothiers, made an assignment this noon, Liabilitics, £:0,00 - —~ A Christmas Stan de. Famneny, 1L, Dee, 27.—At the Christmas entertainment at the First Methodist Epis- copal church, a little cabin was placed on the platform to take the place of the pulpit. It was filled with presents for the children. The cabin, being built of cotton and other inflammable material,took five from the lights and caused a great stampede among men, women and children. Hundreds were nped under foot an good many badly injured, some of them probably fatally. The church was saved by a great offort, but all the windows were completely demolished. Bros., after- ussets, §10,000, alsed. ~Rand & Co.'s buduforiil s Powder Mill § Rocupster, N. Y., Dec. powder mill at Pittsford, near this city, blew up this morning with terrtic noise. The workmen were at breakfast at the timo and nobody was hurt. The loss to property 1s consideruble ket e Sherman Opposed to Lamar. SeuiNarieLp, 111, Dec. 27.—In. reply to a communication from the Buckeye club of this city, protesting again® the confirmation L. Q. C. Lamar as associate justice of the su- preme court, Senator Sherman, in a lotter, says: ‘I take the same view of the nomina- tion of Mr. Lamar as is stated by yor pub- lican Buckeyo el You may be sure I will do all T can “to prevent his confirmation. 1 regret to say, however, thut I fear wy cfiovts Will be unsuccessful,” wcl An lce Gorge at §¢. Loulis, Sr. Louis, Dee. 27.—The river is lower to- night than it hus been before this year, Ice continues to run freely and a gorge formed at Rushburg this morning, but it gave away undor pre: Theve was another squeeze in the afternoon which, so far as known. stitl holds. This will back the ice up to the city by morning and, in all probability, under a freezo which set in tomight, will bo: come a solld and long time blockude, - An Even Dozen Injured. New Yonk, Dec. 22.—A dozen persons ‘were injured by a collision between two pas- senger trains on the Long Island railroad iu Brooklyn this worn —————i New York Dry Goods Market. New York, Doc. 7.--There was a very quict market in all departments, with an irregulur inquiry for some weights of brown cotton, Agents ha ve made prices as folic: Lodi prints, 5 cents; Berwick prints, 44 X gray prints, bige. BLIZZARD NO. 2. Another Installment of Wind and Snow Sweeps Over the Country. MixsEAroLlSs, Do —The mercury registered 15 degs, below o at7 o'clock this morning. Light snow accompanicd by wind fell last night. The indications are for some severe weather. Cricaco, Dee, 27.—A telegram has been received from the chicf signal officer of ! at Washington predicting that the ter ¢ill fall 20 de or more by —A severe snow storm began here about midnight and lasted until § to-day. All traffic on the Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe railroads is, up to this evening, stopped. A Santa Fé passenger train is snowed up at Crosby, the terminus of the road. A west bound Missouri Pacific passenger is snowed up at Healy, twenty-two miles east of here, and the passengers were obliged to remain on the train all night, The coal on the train is all exhausted, and that at the station is becoming short. 'The Missouri Pacific wires are down. S1. PAUL, Dec. 28 —During the last twenty- four hours therc wus a change of 25 degrees in temperature. and at 7 o'clock this morning the mercury stood 18 below. This is the coldest weather experienced here this winter, 1t is general throughout the northwest, and the signal officer says that in Kansas and Missouri there will be a decided drop. To- day the rest of the wave was in the vicinity of Fort Totten, where the temperature was 32 below. KaN=As City, Mo, Dec. 27.—Another colds wave swept over this region to-day. At S o'clock this morning the thermometer registered 34 degrees above zero. A fiue slect soon commenced falling, with a high wind, driving it about in regular blizzard fashion, A rapidly falling temperature soon checked the snow, however, and at 10 o’clock to-night the merciry is 5 above and_ still fall- ing. No interruption in railway traffic is re- to-night, A blizzard has been in THE STRIKE DECLARED 0FF.'| Traffic Once More Resumed on the Reading Road. FURTHER TROUBLE THREATENED. Pottsville Employes Find Their Places Filled and Appeal to Other As- semblies to Stand by Them —Pitiful Scenes. Arbitrating the Reading Strike. PuiLabeLeiia, Dec. 27.—The executive committee of the Reading railroad employes assembled early this morning and after a se- cret scssion decided to lift the great strike on the Reading system, pending arbitration with the company. The five crews over whom the trouble originated are to be sup- ported in the meantime by financial aid from the employes. This decision was reached after a conference with Superintendent Sweigart. All trains are moving on the Reading railroad this morning and no further trouble is anticipated. Nearly_all employes reported for duty promptly at 7 this morning at. tho various_ depots and. froight yards s well as those employed at the = coal wharves at Port Richmond. The work of moving coal 'trains and transferring coal from the cars to vessels at the f was at once begun, and there was very little evi- dence of tho great strike which for the past few duys has threatened to paralyze the busi- ness of the entire Reading railway system, Quite a number of employes in the vavious Dranches failed to report, but_ofiicials_ state these have perhaps been celebrating Christ- mas too enthusiastically,and that their places ha the state. Half snow fell and the winds have piledit up on_drifts, but 10 blockades resulted, I are delayed but not seriously and trains are running as usual. The snowfall was ve even throughout the state and the ragin a foot day e Gladstone's Reply to the Liberals. Loxnox, Dee. 27.—Gladstone, rej the address presented to him at Dover by the liberal delegates, referred to the uncertain character of Lord Salisbury’s declarations in reference to fair trade and said they indi- cated, as far a8 the majority in parliament are concerned, that freo trade is secure. He relied upon the masses of the people to oppose a return to protection. The coming season did not promise well for the coun- try. If it were true that the great measure of the session, o local government bill, would not be introduced until April, the government would inflict undisguised mockery on the country. The last was a dark scssion, but this would be darker unless something was done to alleviate the situation n Ircland. The darkest blot upon the parliament was the act now in operation, effacing the civil rights of the Irish liberals, who were charged with interfering with administration of the ing to do was to retard the government's destructive policy of perversion of law. It was well for them that they werc on the right side of the channel. If the Christian Knowl- edge society, in seeking to promote justice, mercy and truth, were publish- ing in Ireland a book ' applying those principles to that unhappy country they would_be subject to_crimizal prosecution Lord Salisbury talked about tlic consoli tion of the empire while pursuing a poli national disruption. How, the speaker asked, could that be a policy of consolidation, which disregarced centuries of national tra® dition and opposed the will of four out of five millions of Irish people? Ireland only con- tended within the bounds of moderation be- cause she knew that she had the sympathy of friends in England. So long as her moderation continued s0 long would sympathy be continued. Not long, the speaker said, could any govern- ment face a unanimous people. With the single oxception of the Belfast council all clected authorities sided with home rule, The ign, imported government stood alone. The liberals’ terms of minority i parliament would cease at the first_clecti Their appeal lay with the country. The party had never inscribed on_its banuer the nume of a cause without earrying it through. Hay- ing taken up the cause of Ireland, the cause would assuredly triumph. (Cheers). Charged With Corrupting You Loxnox, Dec. 27.—Rev. Canon O in a speech recent g Girls. Mahony, delivered in Cork, charged certain local goverument officials with systematically corrupting girls of tender age. The Freeman's Journal to-day indorses and amplifies the charges, and demands that the guilty officials be arrested. The Pall Mall Gazette in an article on the subject says it has information that an old man, a tried and trusted agent of Dublin castle, -is impli- cated in the matter, Tidal Wave at Porti Rico. HAvANa, Dee. 27.—Guadilla, a small port of Porti Rico, suffered from the high wave which was caused by the norther. Fifty- three houses were swept away. The wav destroyed the solid masonry of a cemeter and el bodies were washed out to sea and lost. Many vessels were stormbound. A Friend of the Students, St. Pererssure, Dee. 27.—Count Schere- metreff, a prominent noble of Moscow, in an audienco with the czur to-day, protested against the mauncr in which the students were being treated. He charged the author- ities with making grossiy untrue reports r garding the situation of affairs in the uni ities, The czar hus given orders that stringent inquiry be wade into the charges, * America's Pgnal System, Benruy, Dee. 27.—The Prussian and Ger- man departments of justice have commis- sioned Judge Ascrott to study and report upon the American penal system with a view of malking it the busis of a new system in Germauy. A Grecian Blizzard. ATnrxs, Greece, Dee. 27.—A fierce hur- ricane from tho wost, accompanied by a severe snow storm, prevailed over the \hole of Greece lust night. Twenty-five vessels were driven ushore and wrecked in the gulf of Patras. Lord Lansdowne Falls on the Ice. OrTAWA, Ont., Dec. 27.—Lord Lanasdowne, while skating to-day, fell on the ice and re- ful injuries to lis head, e Killed Kimself and Family. Ga., Dec. In Lee county in this stute last Sunday uight a man named Reed, who did not live happily with his wife, brutally murdered his whole family and then committed suicide. He sent a half-grown boy who lived with him after a doctor, Wher he doctor and boy returned they found the cubin @ beap of smoking ruins and in them the charred bodies of Reed's wife and their six children, Furiher search of the remises disclosed Reed'’s body in a well with is throat cut, — The Visible Supply Statement. Cuicaco, Dee. 27.—The visible supoly of grwin for the week ending December 24, as compiled by the secretary of the Chicago board of trade is as follows: ushels. Wheat, Col will be kept open for them o few days. Before daylight members of every Knight of Labor assembly in the Reading railroad i was notified to go to work. The phia & Reading headquarters here presented an animated scene, Hundreds of nou-union men were on hand eager! i ing to be called by the Reading ofici e their sert should be wanted. Among the number were men who belonged to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, but who had lost their positions in the d astrous strike of 1877 and who are at pre engaged in other industries. They, too, were wuiting a summons, but their services' were not needed. General Superintendent Sweigart said this morning that the statement that he had agreed with the Knights of Labor to submit questions in dispute to arbitration was incorrect. He said = that last evening & _ committee . representing the employes of the company called at his oftice, and he talked with them briefly re- garding the threatened strike. He says no agreement was proposed, either by the com- mittee or by him, and that the committee left when he informed them he would hold no conversation regarding the discharged men. These men, he said, will never again be employed by the company General Manager McLeod, of the Phila- delphia & Reading railroad compu this afternoon made the following public an- nouncement: *The report that the Reading company had agreed to avbitrate withe its striking employes is absolutely false, There is nothing to discuss, much less arbitrate, The men discharged were not and will not be taken bac The new men employed when the old men went out will not be discharged to make room for old ones, and all the latter have been notified that if they desire to re- turn to their places they must return to work immediately and uncondition ally and all have returned, under that order, 80 far as places were left for them. Besides, the leaders at Port Richmond who brought on the strike, have been discharged and will not, .l’n: allowed again in the company’s sex- vice, A cireular was issued from the general office of the Reading company this afternoon addressed to Genersl Manager MeLeod setting forth that the strike has developed the fact that many ‘‘old and faithful em- been compelled by others to join i known as the Knights of **While the Reading ad company has never ob- jected to its employes voluntarily connecting themselves with an, n they may see fit to join, it will protect them at st from being forced into any union ¢ their own wish would be to remain free, and any employe guilty of using any undue or improper influence to force join any society agaivst their fre upon proof furnished, be instantly fro; to There was great excitement at the head- quarters of the executive committee when the statement of President Corbin become public. Messages wer assemblies at once to consider the matter, The Knights and the Brotherhood. ReapiNg, Pa., Dee. 27.—The strike has developed the existance of an unpleasant sentiment between the Knights of Labor and Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers. The latter, it is reliably stated, offered to furnish all the men that might be needed to take out trains, There arc 175 engineers inthe vi cinity, all Brotherhood men, who were dis- charged by the former president of the Reading road, Franklin B, Gowen. Their places were taken by non-union men, who now belong to the Knights of Labor. The latter were then known as the *‘subs” and for a long time there was bitter feelings in communities against them. The families who suffered and their sympathisers, | never forgiven the men who took the p of the Brotherhood Englneers. All en- gineers employed on the Reading road prior to trouble of 1877 are being heard from. They deserve to return, So promptly were coal cars taken on to Port Richmond and unloaded that to-night the first empts coal trains passed through Reading bound for the coal regions, “The wost exciting scenes of the strike were witnessed this afternoon when about twenty- five old brotherhood engineers who were obliged to leave the company’s employ in 1857 were given engines and permanent positions. Ther took the places of enging ‘who either failed to report because they live too far v or had refused to take their en; re peremptoxily dischar, man who had, during the past weclk, 10 obey orders or had left his post becaus Knights of Labor orders, were refused em- ployment. There were quite a large number of these und some of the appeals o get back were piiiful to behold. ~ Non-union men, ready to take the strikers’ places filled Read ing to-day, from neighboring towns, by hundreds. Loeked Out. Portsvinie, Pa, Dee. 27.—From some cause the order to the Reading strikers at this point to return to work did uot reach here until the middle of the forenoon and when the crews belonging to the Palo Alto terminus reported for duty, they found that several trains had been sent out with new crews, and then were informed that, under the orders of Manager McLeod, they could not be taken on. A meeting of Assembly 7050 was called, the assembly was declared locked out, Port Richmond assembly was called on to stand by them, and an a ade to Superintendent eigard to countermand the action of .the Palo Alto dispatcher. The committee re- turned to this city this evening and re- ed thas Superintendent Sweizard had in- sisted upon a veremptory discharge of the commitiee who first waited upon him with reference to the Port Richmond trouble, to- gether with the five crews who_refused to undle flour cars. The committee consented 10 this and then asked that a guarantee that all other strikers would be re-employed. This Su}x‘rm!cndont Sweizard refused, and the conference l‘.)rmly terminated. This report greatly incensed the meeting, and as @ result the committee left here to-night for all points south as far as Philadelphia, and north to Tamaqua, Shamokin and Sfluhnnoy Plane, te appenl 10 the local assewblies to stand by the discharged strikers, and it expected that a general tieup will be inaugurated to-morrow, Refused to Return to Work. Snivokiy, Pa, Dee, 27.—The Reading strikers, at this peint, refused to return to work to-day, because the comoany would not re-employ Dispatcher Hantley. The master workmen of an assembly and several laborers on the coal docks have also been discharged. It is not possible to move the coal or local freight traffic under the present circumstan- ces, aud, therefore, the colleries will not be worked to-morrow. Scaadiiiais A 0OOL OPERATOR. He Sends A Message With a Revolver 8. Pavt, luth that seventy-five to one hundred em- ployes of the Minnesota granite works at Hinsdale, now on a strike for back pay, are rioting. James Lester, the telegraph opera- tor at Hinsdale, wires: “The rioters have gained possession of the telegraph oftice. 1 have now a revolver on each side of my head. They have demanded the money in the safe and are trying to openit.” Here the message stopped and nothing has been heard since. There was less than £25 in the safe. Deputy Sheriff Freo, of Tower, left with a posse of twenty men this afternoon.to quell the riot. The laborers arc mainly Hungarians and Bohemians and form almost the total popula- tion of Hinsdale. They are said to be druni. Latin—The first report of the rioting at Ainsdale was grossly exnggerated, the whole trouble being caused by half a dozen drunken men. No one was hurt. Deputy Sheriff Freo arrested the rowdies. it ! i, DOINGS AT DAKOTA CITY. How Christinas Was Observed—New Business Enterprises. Dakora Ciry, Neb., Dee. 27.—[Corre- spondence of the Beg.|—Christmas in this locality was appropriately observed, Christ- mas eve exercises were beld in the Lutheran church at this place by the Sunday school children, consisting of recitations, dialogues and songs, in which all did their part nobly and 1, when one considers the amount of patience and tiresome labor for the older folks connected with the same. The build ing was claborately decorated. At the proper time Kris Kingle, to the joy of the little ones, made his appearance as of yore, and ladened the children down with & bounteous supply of candy, nuts and popcorn. The church was crowded to its utmost, standing room being at par. Christmas night tae children of the M. E. church had exercises, and they all rmed their part well, The first invoice of goods for the new store which J. Weldon & Co., of Sioux City, will open here, arrived to-day. The store will open Wednesday with a £10,000 stock of gen- eral merchandise, and will be quite an ac- quisition to our tows, This town for the first time in its twenty years of solitude, 18 about to take onto itself anew role in thé shape of a “boom.” We will, in the near future, have another drug store, hardware store, agricultural imple- ment warehouse, feed mill and saloon, D. J. Ryan, of Jackson, has opened anew the old Farmer's hotel at this place, remod- cled the same, and will strive to_make it one of the best und most commodious hotels in the northeastern Nebraska. As Mr. Ryan is both jovial and good natured, he will make an excellent landlord, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Donham will assist him this winter in taking care of the wayfarer, Will C. Dibble, iounty superintendent, and,until lately,editd) writer on the Argus of this place, will le the expiration of his term of office, ax City, where he has accepted a positipn as editor and owns an interest in thed new stock yards daily xam-r. Mr. Dibble pable of filing this position, and vhile it is with regret the people of this county see him leave it they wish him suc- cess in his new departurc, and know that if vim, push, honesty and intczrity enable a man to elimb the ladder of fame, he will soon be seated on the top round. Numerous “specials” have appeared in quite a fewdailies tributary to this place in regard to a team and a load of corn being stolen from Mr, Jacob A. Sides, one of our prosperous farmers, while he was in a saloon. This w8 up quite well, but the truth of the matter is, that only & load of corn was stolen from Mr. Sides, and that was done in the night time while he and his family were sweetly sleeping the sleep of the honest, J. Ocsterling, until a year ago proprietor of the Farmers' hall at this place, who received a stroke of paralysis some ten days ago has so far recovered as to be able to walk around his home alone. This will be good news to Mr. Oesterling’s old friends, as ‘he was widely known, being an old resi dent of our connty and proprictor of the Farmers’ hotel for nearly twenty-five The contract for carrying the mails be tween the postoftice and the depot of the Chi. cago, St. Paul, Minncapolis & Omaha rail- roud was to-day let to T, s, our depot agent, for the sum of #124.98. T is a re- duction on the price now received of over #100, and the pay is entirely too small for the amount of work done. The Bee is gaining in popularity in this k of God's paradise, and hardly a home in ty is not supplied with either the daily or weekly, This county is in an exceedingly prosper- ous condition, and with the opening of spring it is thought. even by the most doubtful, that improvements, hardly capable of imagina- tion will take places with the coal find, new railroad bridge, and other industrics which, in the shape of manufactories have been promised, property will advance in value equal to that which occasionally invests Kan- s. and Sun of South Sioux City, both issued lary num- b which were appreciated by their s, thought that Dakota county will cap- ture one, if not both of the two brev % the iz and the Seltzer, which Lave by law been shut down at Sioux City. The farmers are taking a tage of the nigh price of corn and hogs and are dispos- ing of the same in large quuntitics, —_—— It is A Rich Claim in New York. Dover, N. Y., Dee. 27.—Dr. W, W, Weber states that the claim of the father, William Weber, as one of the heirs to the plot of land, sixty-six acres in extent, located in New York city, south of Canal street, has been proven. The plot, now studded with mass- ive blocks of buildings, was bought in 1636 by WilfredWeber of Holland, who settled on Manhattan island-s short time previous. In 1674 Weber Idased the land to a kinsman, Wilfred Weber, jr., for two hundred years. On the expiration of the leasc in 1874 the land naturally reverted to the descendants of the original Wilfred Weber. Now that it is there will bd a meeting of the heirs w York, Janoary 22, to complete ar- rangements for gmia’lmmsiun- The prop- erty is valued at $20,000,000. —_—— The New Mawitoba Cabinet. NN1PEG, Dee, 3T.—Joseph Burke, M. P., for St. Fraucis Xavier, has been taken into the new Manitoba cabinet as provincial secretary, The new members were sworn in by the licutenant governor late last night as follows: Dr. Harrison, premier, president of the conucil, provincial treasurer and min- igter of agriculture; Dr. Wilson, minister of public works and commissioner of railways; Mr. Hamilton, attorney general; Mr. Burke, vincial secref The cabinet is consid- ered a weak one. Morquay said to-day that he would vacate the premiership at once, but would remain in the legislature and give the new government hearty support. He says that after fourteen years as a cabinet minister, he goes qut of o without a dol- et — A Dividengt of 3 Per Cent, ‘- New Yopr, Dec. 27.—The Chicagy, St. _Paul' Minneapolis & Qmaha raflroad has Qectared o dicldend of 3 per cciton pre- ferred stock payuble Jmivary 0, f DRUMMED OUT OF TOWN. The Sad Ending of an Aged Iowa Lothario's Love Affair. GILMORE'S PARTING GREETING. The Strange Sight Which Passengers on a Fort Dodge Train Witnessed —Petitions to Postpone Schmidt's Hanging. A Cruel Community. Des Moixes, T, Dee. 2i.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—~Passengers on the Fort Dodge train from Ruthven were rather sur- prised to hear sounds of festivity at the usually quiet town of Gilmore. Looking out of the window theii eyes rested upon a .unique procession that approached the depot. At its head walked a hard looking citizen of about fifty years of age, and at his side was a rather fresh looking, black-eyed young woman of twenty, who was not the least em- barrassed by her rather unusual situation. Behind them was a band composed of a ifer, a bass drummer, a man withea horn and a boy with a big pi of sheet iron on which he made an uncarthly noise. ‘The passengers at first suppos rowsly old tellow had ma girl and the para oped the fact the girl was a fallen woman from Des Moines who had come to live with the man_ while his wife was absent from home: that sho had come there at his solicitation: and that the indig- nant citizens were drumming them out of town. The man scemed heartily ashamed of himself, out the girl was as unconcerned as a bronze statue. He rode on the tram to the next station and got off. She_came on down to Des Moines, A passenger the teain said that the man’s name_ was Ceperly, and that he invited Minnie Wilson from Des Moines to spend Christmas with him. The tizens gathered, to the number of about 150 to drive them out of town. The band consisted of one bass drum, three strings of sleigh bells, one tin boiler, o picce of sheet iron, one dinner bell and a_horn. The man took refuge in a corn crib, but was_put on the train and sent to Fort Dodge. If he re- turns they say they will tar and feather him, ———— Billings Confesses to Forgery. WaTERLOO, Ia., Dee. 27.—The coroner’s in- vestigation into the killing of Attorney Kingsley drags slowly along and will proba- bly not be completed before to-morrow. At the opening hour Billings was called to the stand and was questioned until a late hour. He confessed having forged the signature of Lawyer Gibson to documents, which, it is thought, he intended to use in extorting from Kingsley his signature to the blank mortgages found with other papers in Billings’ position when arrested. These mcluded a ch Vi thing Kingsley owned, his books, horses and buggy, his house and personal prope! and needed only Kingsley's signature to place in Billings’ possession property worth several thousand dollars. 1t is supposed that to se- cure the necessary signature was Billings’ errand in Kingsley's office on the day of the fatal shooting. As the investigation pro- ceeds the friends of Kingsley are more loud in their assertions that the whole affair will yet prove & gigantic blackmailing scheme. The largest number of people ever present at a funeral in Bremer county gathered at the Methodist ehurch in Waverly to pay their 1ast respects to the late Attorney Kingsley. Rev. Dr. Hoyce and Rev. Albrook delivered short sermons, eulogizing the dead man, and many eyes were wet with tears dictated by sympathy for the paramts weeping silontly over the dead body of their son. Follow by a vast number of friends, and hundreds attracted by curiosity, the remains of William Kingsley were lowered to their final resting place. - ¢ lowa Scientists in Session. 5 Des Moixes, Ta., Dee. 27.—[Special Tele- gram to the BF The Iowa Academy of Science convened here to-day. Papers were read by J. E. Todd, of Tabor college, on the “Origin of Extra Moranictill;” by Dr, B, G. of the Towa Agricultural college, on “Artificial Propogation of the Pollen;” by Prof. F. M. Watter, of Muscatine, on *‘Shell Hunting and Shells in_Decat County, Towa, and Lyon County, Kansas:” by R. E. Call, of Des Moines, on **Some Forms of the Ozark and Notes in Gross Anatomy;” by . Andrews, of the State University, on ew Astatic Galvonometer with Spiral 2dle;” by Prof. H. Osborne, of the lowa Agricultural College, on “A List of lowa Caleoptera.” The sessions will be held here annually on Thursday of the state fair week, The academy is devoted to the sciences of biology. s and chemistry, and this is the beg! g of his permanent organization as a state institution. ——— A Sheriff's Sentiment. Des Moixes, In,, Dec. 27.—([Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—A petition was recieved by telegraph at the governor's office to-day asking him to postpone the hanging of Schmidt, the Fayette county murderer from January 4 to January 13, The reason alleged is that the new sheriff goes into office only two days before and he don't want to have a hanging for his first official act. The V- ernor is out of the city but it is not believ: at the state house that he will interfere fo such sentimental reasons. The petition was very numerously signed by citizens of Fay- ette county. —— The Deed of a Drunkard. Des Morxes, Ia, Dec. 27.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—A gentleman from Min- burn, on the Fort Dodge road, thirty miles northwest of this place, brings the particu- lars of a stabbing affrg Saturday night. One Clay Ros: ated, be- came enraged at lke West, another young man, and attempted to stab him. He struck him in the abdomen, but the knife glanced off by hitting a rib. To-day Ross was arrested for assault with intent to kill. It is thought West will die, —_— A Bloody Arkansas Affray. Lrrtee Rock, Ark., Dee. 27.—Advices from Rector, Ark., report that a tervible affray oc- curred there last nighy, in which A, M. Boyce, marshal of Rector, was killed and W, H. Lovejoy mortally wounded. A man named Davis is also reported killed. There are no particulars, but it is said that the trouble Erew out of an old feud. i L Mrs. Magauley Declared Insane. Ci1caGo, Dee 27.~ Tha inquest on the body of William Macauley, who was shot by his wife Saturday, was held to-day and res in the discharge of Mrs. Mac: , found that he came to his death from inju inflicted by his wife, who, at the time, was insane and irresponsible for her acts. A Challenge F New Youg, Dec. 27, the Bee.]—Intelligence was recel New York yacht club by private correspond- ence that a challenge for the America cup is on the way here from Colonel Jamieson, owner of the Irex. The new yacht is to be a cutter, 85 or 90 feet on keel, The ten months previous notice required expire with this month, ——-—— The Weather To-Day. For Nebraska: Colder, fair weather, fol- lowed by rising temperature, light to fresh variable s, For Towa; Colder, followed by graduidly rising temperature, light to fresh winds, be- cowing variable, For Dakota: Fair weather, followed by light local snows, slowly rising temperature, fresh northerly winds, becoming variable, BURNED TO DEATH. Horrible Results of a Fa in Pennsylvania. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Des At @ Christ- mas debauch last night at Exeter borough, near West Pittson, Edward and Annie McMullen and Bessie, theie danghter, beeame intoxicated and went to sleep, leaving Bessie's daughter, four years of age, in kitchen, The child's dress cught and she tried to arouse the inmatees but failed. The houso took fire and the child was buriied to a erisp. The mother died to-day from her injuries. The others were badly burned. Iy Debauch Statistlcs. ~Edmund Jussen, council general at Vienna, has transmitted to the department of state certain data gathered from reports of the international seed and grain convention recently held in that city relative to the condition of European cereal crops. In Austria-Hungary the yield of wheat for the year 1857 is estimated at 117,- 000,000 bushels, an inc e of nearly 25 per cent over the average yield of that country, while 185,000,000 bushels is the estimated yield of rye—also a conslderable increase. The crop of oats, however, is hardly sufifcient, to cover the home demand. In Russia rye has yielded an average crop: barley is of excellent quality but the erop of oats is poor and the prospects of potatoes not very prom- ising. In Scandinavian countrics the average amount of wheat is produced but rye and oats fall far below the aver, The wheat crop of Italy is poor and the import demand of the cotmntry for the cercal will amount to about 30,000,000 bushels. The corn crop s above the average and the country will have asurplus for export. The wheat crops of Switzerland and Holland aro above the average, while thatof northern Russia is below. The wheat crop of France is large buta considerable quantity of wheat must be imported to meet the home demand, as the quantity in_store is very limited 3 3ritain and Ircland anaverage wl pected. The total yicld is ted at from 9,500,000 to 10,000,000 quart 8 that after deducting the seed, 5,000,000 to 0,000,000 quarters will be oft for home consumption and the importa- tion of 16,500,000 o 7,000,000 quarters will be required. The English wheat in store is believed to be very nearly exhausted and the foreign wheat in’ store is quite limited; barley will yield 10 per cent less than the usual average; oats 15 per cent less and beans and peas from 40 to 50 per cent less. Potatoes arc healthy, but the crop will be small. In British India the yield of wheat for 1887 is estimated at 6,390,605 tons. From January 1 to June 1 British India ex- ported to Europe 9,679,516 cwts., of wheat. The exportation of certain qualities of hops from Europe to the United States of late has increased to a considerable extent. The in- crease from Austria-Hungary alone during the year 1856, over tho previous ycar, amounted, in declared value, to $66,257, the total amount of hops sent to the United States being valued at 188,915, Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WasmiNaron, Dee. 27.—[Special Telegram to the Brr.]—Pensions were granted Ne- braskans to-day as follows: Increased— David K. Vrooman, Venus; Archibuld B. Patterson, Wainut Grove. Reissucd—David Dingee, Red Cloud. Restoration—Henry B. Noel, Tobias. Pensions for lowans: Mexican war—Eliz- abeth Jane, widow of William H. Wiley, Castand; Allen Dunlap, Laporte. Original— David H, Bricker, Weldon. Increased— Thomas Brumage, Columbus Junction: Will- fam v "Vavcoma; Willism T. Wright, Webster Restoration—Caleb Tebo, Ciuy. Onslow. Y Patents to Westerners. Wasniaroy, Dec, 27.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Patents were granted to the following Nebraska and Iowa inventors to- day: Frank E. Brown, Webster City, Ia, shutter worker; Joel Conover, Cubleskill, N. 4., and F. Cooneyeck, Dubuque, In, fire cscape; John B. Dennis, Ottumywa, Ta., bank register: Charles W. Eckerson, Cres- ton, Ta., ash pan; Louis H. Hockspeider, Sheflield, Ta,, hame attachment; George H. Inghei T, draft equalizer; nd G A, Bufiin- ton, Orchard, vent_stopper for pump; Marshall B. Palner and C. 8. Mudge, ! mantown, Neb., permutation padlock; Win slow R. Parsons, Waterloo, Iu., assignor to H. C. Goodrich, Chicago, Iis., rufifer attach- ment for sewi chines; Benjamin S, Por- ter and C. W Red Ouk, Ia., two- wheeled vehi Rand and K. Ia., counting attach- ob 1%, Sucthen, Hum- regulator for wind Keokuk, Ia., ton, Ia., adjustable support for wire mattre . entine Republic Wool, WasiinGroy, Dee. 27, —Consul Baker, in his report to the department of state, in re- gard to the wool production of the Argentine Republic, says the amount of fine wools shipped to the United States is annually be- coming less. The cause of this is in great part due to the fact that the United States tariff unintentionally discriminates against such wools from the Argentine Republic in favor of those from Australia, New Zealand, ete., our system of computing duties making. no allowance whatever for the fact that the dirt and grease in the wools of the Argentine Republic is fully 70 per cent greater than those of the former countries, this excess of dirt_and grease ng required to pay full tariff rates for wool. The only wools from the Argentine Republic w it is now possible ship under our tari teriolla,’ or long rpet wools ot the province of Cordoba, which are shipped from Rosario and which amount to about 10,000,000 pounds annually. Postal (! WasmxNGToN, Ded to the Bex.) mail rout changed as follow brook—Leave 13 al Telegram The time schedule of the star have been orde Fridays at 4 ve at Beaver City by 7 Laurence to Negunda-Leave Laurence s, Thursdays o lucsdays, Th ) 0p. m.; arvive at 3:45 p. m, RS Army News. Wasnixaron, Dec, 27.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—Leave of ubsence for three months, with permission to go beyond sca, has been granted Ftrst Lieutenant G McDerby, engiueer corps. Leave of for three months and twenty-three days, to commencs in February 1888, with permission to go beyond sed, has been granted to Captain Ernest Heiffner engineér eorps. Major Edwin V. Summer, 13th eavalry, a a member of thé wvened at Fort Leaven- Major Thomas Wilson, cnce, relieved. ourt martial, convened at w York harbor, October 31, comm| The genor Willets Point, 1857, is dissolved. e Seditious Hand Bills, S1. Prrensuuis, Dee. 27.—A large number of seditious hand bills are in ciroulation in St. Petersburg. Al attempts to discover their source have been fruitless. The hand bills appeal to students to join the party of liberty and to wvengo their comra were murdered in Moscow.” T rievance,” the hand bills say ut they afe not ared feriugs of the po decided not 10 ¥ T ! pen the univessitics unil the ¢ud of Pebruary, - 2 FUNERAL OF DANIEL NANNING, Burial Services Over the Remains of the Distinguished New Yorker. MANY NOTED PEOPLE PRESENT: President Cleveland and Members of the Cabinet Attend—Business Almost Intirely Suse pended in Albany. Albany in Mourning. ALmaxy, Dee, 27—President Cleveland and all membvers of the cabinet, except Whit ney and Endicott, arrived in Albany at§ 'clock this morning, and were driven to pvernor Hill's residence, where they break- At received at the residence of Manning's where the ex-secretary died. Subses quently the private funeral services forthe family were held just before the public sers vice in St. Paul's church. Soon after the death of Mr. Manning was announced Saturday, Mayor Thacher issued a proclamation to the citizens of Albany. He requested that they close their pluces of busts ness and cease from their usual employments during the funeral. The request was geners crved. The services oceurred at 3 py ich Mauning was a m hung at half mast and pr sident Cleveland this forenoon sage to N sent & Munning usking for the privilege of making a brief call accompanied by his cabinet oficers and Governor Hill bes fore the private and public funeral ceres monies, and at 12:30 the party visited the house 'and viewed the remains of their former friend and associ All day long antil the hour of the funeral, trains brought large delegations from every part of the state and it is doubtful whether the city ever had such aconcourse of prominent people within its gates except on a day of celebration. I'he body of the dead statesman, inclosed in o black cloth covered casket, was in the * parlor of the residence of his son, James H. Mununing. At the foot of the casket was & profusion of camelias and white roses, 'The silver plate bore this inscription: “Born 3 81, Daniel Manning. Died De- ) 1 o'clock the personal friends of Manning were permitted to look upon the face of the dead. Callers came from stations in life and men whose names are noted vied with those whose lot are humble in the last evidence of respect to the de- parted. Shorfly after half past 1 Rev. Dr. Reesa offered prayer in the house, only members of the family being present. The sad leave taking of the fond husband and devoted father had its tearful ending. The lid was closed and the coffin was borne to the hearse by six stalwart foremen of the mechan- ical departments of the Argus establishment. The pall-bearers were as follows: Charles Canda, of New York; Sydney Webster, of New York; United States Senator Gorman, of Maryland: C. N, Jordan, of New York; Congressman S, J. Randall, of Philadelphia; Manton Marble, Judge Rufus W. Peckham, Simon W. Rosendale. Erastus Corning. John H. Van :\nl\vurY, ex-Senator Roscoo Conk- ling and Paschal P. Pratt. The funeral procession took its way down the street to St. Paul’s church in_the block below. A good portion of the church was held in reserve for the family, pall beavers, represcntatives of organizations and others, The Christmas gregns. ' were still in place As the last strains of Gounod’s march were concluded the cortege reached the church and the coffin was borne from ths hearse and taken into the edifice. As the procession marched up the aisle Dr., Reese began reading the burial service, be- ginning: “*“I am the resurrection and the life.” ? vas placed upon the bier, whi d_with evergreens an palms. The pall-bearers, mourners, and those. that followed took their' places in' pews ar- ranged for them, Among the prominent people present_were the following: The president and cabinet, the governor and state oficers, the_directors of the Western al, New York and Al- bany Commercial ba d the mayor and ity officials, Repreceatatives from the Argus and delegates from various organiza- tions and personal fricnds in large numbers v After Dr. Reese had read the lesson from St. Paul to the Corinthians anthem, T Heard a Voice From Heaven” was rendered. Prayers by Bishop Doaue were followed by morc singing and a8 the bishop pronounced the words of bene- diction the choir sang, “Asleep in Jesus,” The casket was again taken to the hearse and then to the cemeter; by many carriages. The was tolled the entir t the mortuary chapel the committal was read by Rev. Dr. Reese and the remains at once conveyed to the vanlt without further ceremony, where they will rest until spring, when they will be interrea in the family lot. Prosident Cleveland and party left for Washe ington at 5:30 this evening, ity et atal Prize Fight. Probabl Bostoy, Dee. 27.—[Special "Telegram to the Bek.]—A prize fight that may result in the death of one of the contestants took place yesterday at a point twenty miles down the harbor. Dan Flynn, of Providence, and Geo Connors of Chicago, fought sixteen roauds, Marquis of Queensberry rules. The Chicago man won, his opponent at the finish being badly used up. Some think he has small hopes of recovery. Connors had the best of the fight from the beginning of the first, round, in which he gave Flynn a blow on the neck which nearly settled him. The latter fought gamely and at times with desperation, but could not inflict_any serious damage on Connors, In the fifteenth Connors landed verful right hander on Flynn's left temple whichi felled him to the carth, In the s teenth another similar blow in the same s finished Flynn, The last blow swelled his temple largely and for several moments the pugilist lay in the snow, pointing spasmodi- cally to his head as if in 1t pain. His icnds picked him up, still unconscious, and carried him to a neighboring furi house, in u budly used up condition. ka2 Signs of War, Panis, Dec. 27.—The Figaro's Munich cor- respondent states that workmen belonging to the Austrian re have been ordered to rejoin their regiments forthwith, Buomanest, Dec. 27.—The. Austrian consul mated that Austrian subjects in Roumaniz should be ready to rejoin their regiment eret sitting of the chumber of depi- i ino, prime minister, ;.unuufl:. scrious aspect of affairs abrond and said ould force him to demand, before the close of the session, an_ cxtra credit of §12,- 000,000 on account of armamcnts, Irish Pricsts Defeated. Duniiy, Dec, 27.~At & meeting at Lim- erick, of delegates of Gaclic Athletic associar tion, the Fenian party defeated the members of the National league in the clection of ofi- Phg priests in fuding themselves oute voted withdrew. #ather Sheehy on retiving de clared that henceforth the uricsts would have nothing to do with the asscciation, Father Shecly and delegutes from thirtys onc national clubs subsequently held a meets ing and decided 10 act indeépendent of the Fenian members, ~ A committee was ape pointed to uttend the convention at Thurles, e Ring Jobn Advancing, Rowe, Dee. 2i.—Advices from Massowah state that King John, of Abyssinis, is ad- vaneing upon that place by rapid stages. He. hus under bis' command three bodies of troops. ‘Uhe fivst coluthn is marching vig Antulo: and - Algral, and the second vig Al h, while the route of the third colump, which is cowposed of Shouns, is unkaowny | 30 the distinguished guests