Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 23, 1889, Page 1

EIGHTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, SATURDAY STANLEY MATTHEWS IS DEAD Another Justice of the Supreme Court Passes Away. HIS DEATH A PAINFUL SURPRISE. The Country Poorly Prepared for the Crushing Shock By the Recent Reports of His Condition— A Blographical Sketch. A Iafe of Ussfalness Ended. Wasnixorox, March 22 —Justice Stanley Matthews died at 10:20 a. m. The last change in the condition of Justice Mutthews occurred yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. In the morting he had been feeling quite comfortable and cheerful. At that hour, however, the inteuse pain which marked the period of decline recurred and never left him until death brought relief. Dr. Johnston was summoned, and find- jog his patient suffermg so intensely administered an opiite, which toward morning induced a state of semi-unconscious- ness, in which he remained until the end. The immediate cause of death was ex- haustion of the heart and congestion of the kidneys. The dying justice was sur- rounded by the members of his family who had been with him throughout his iliness. The reports of Justice Matthews' con- dition during the past week had been of such @& cheeering nature that a prehension was in a great measure subdued and the news of his death came with a shock. The remains will be fn- terred in Spring Grove cemetery, Cincin- pati, apd arrangements for the funeral will not be parfected until the arrival of the dead jurist's eldest son, Mortimer Matthews, of Ci nati Justice Matthews has been an ‘nvalid for a year or more. During the winter of 18878 he frequently compiained of indigestion and muscular rheumatism, and as the spring wore on began to suffer from obstinate diarrhoea, from which he lost a great deal of strength and flesh. At the time, acting upon the advice of physicians and friends, who had great hopes that achange of air might prove a lasting benefit, he went to Massachusetts, but continued to lose ground. During the summer he bad severe attacks of muscular rheumatism, associated with high fever, which would confine him to his for days at a time. On his return home hebe- gan to improve somewhat,but he continued to suffer from intermittent attacks which atly reduced his strength and flesh. 'hese came on at intervais of three or four weeks. Between them he would have periods of marked improvement and several times whea Dr. Johuston was confidently hoping to be able to get him out, another attack would prostrate him and leave him ‘weaker than ever. During last February he suffered greatly. For about eight weeks previous to his final illness he had been ab- solutely free from pain, ana his physician and family had great hopes of his ultimate recovery, but about the 4th of March he had an acute attack of high fever, which lasted several days and which very much exhausted him. After this passed off he seemed to be improving, with a return of appetite, but a recurrence of chills and fever, as: atad with cystitis, still furt added to hi# exhaustion and debility. ¥ terday afternoon he had a prolonged chill and high fever, which brought on intense Jocal suffering. This was followed in a few hours by another chill, from which he could not rally. He continued to lose strangth and died a few minutes after 10 o'clock_this morning. The immediate cause of death was exhaustion of the heart and congestion of the kidveys. The supreme court of the United States adjourned till Tuesday &s a murk of respect to the memory of the deceased. The seat lately occupied by the late Justice Matthews was appropriately draved with black when the court opened this morning. In the senate to-day a communication was received from Justice Fuller announcing the death this morning of Justice Matthews,and stating the funeral will be held Mon- day next. The senate then adjourned until to-morrow out of respect to the dead justice, (Stanley Matthews was born in Cincinnati, 0., July 21, 1824. He was graduated at Ken- you college in 1840, studied law, and was ad- mitted to the bar, settling in Maury count, Tennecssee. He shortly afterward return to Cincinnati, early engaged in the anti-sla ery movements, and in 1546.9 was an_assist- ant editor of the Cincinnati Herald, the first daily anti-slavery newspaper in the city. He became judge of the supreme court of com- mon - pleas of Hamilton county in 1854, was state senator in 1855, and in 185361 was United States attorney for the southern district of Ohio. In May, 1561, he was commissioned lieuten- ant colonel of the Twenty-third Ohio regi- ment, and served in West Virginia, partici- pating in the battles of Rich mountain and Carnifex ferry. In October, 1861, he became colonel of the Fifty-seventh Ohio regiment, and in that capacity commanded a brigade in the Army of the Cumberland and was en- Eu{ed at Dobb's ferry, Murlreesborough, ‘nickamaugs and Lookout mountain. He resigned from the army in 1563 to become judge of the superior court of Cincinnati, and was a presidential elector on the Lincoln and _Johason ticket in 1564 and the Grantand Colfax ticket in 1563, In 1564 he was a delegate from the presbytery of Cincinnati to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Newark, N. J., and as one of the committee on billsand overtures reported the resolutions that were adopted by the assembly on the subject of slaverye He was defeated as republican candidate for congress in 1576, and in the next year was one of the counsel before the electoral com- mission, opening the argument_in behalf of the republican clectors in the Florida case and making the principal argument in the Oregon case. In March he wuas elected United States sepator in place of John Sher- man, who had resigned. In 1551 be was ap- pointed associate justice of the United States supreme court. | Funeral Arrangements. ‘Wasmixgroy, Mareh 22.—Arrangements for the funeral of Justice Matthews were practically concluded this evening. Religious services will be held at his late residence on Connecticut avenue Monday afternoon at 10'clock. They will be brief and simple, and will be conducted by Reyv. Dr. Hamlin, pas- tor of the Church of the Covenant. At the conclusion of the services the remains will ;&e rlcmoved nl; the acglmrv & %niohlullnn lor transportation lendale, O., by way of Cincinnati. Religious services will be beld there at Christ Episcopal church under conduct of Rev. Dr. Price, rector, on Tues- day afternoon, and the remains will then be removed to Spring Grove cemetery for inter- ment. The members of the supreme court ‘will accompany the remains as honorary pall bearers, and the messengers of the court will be active pall bearers. Succession Speculation. ‘WasmixGroN, March 23.—The probable eflect of the death of Justice Matthews upon the lengtl of the special session of the senate was discussed to-day. Mr. Sherman's an- nouncement yesterday that the president ‘would be enabled to let the senators go home mext week was received with great satisfac- tion by & large majority of the senators, who were desirous of leaving Washington, but the sad event of to-day may cause a post- t. Said ove senator to-day: ent will want time to sin, Tlinois and Indiana, will be nominated for associate justice, He would in turn be succeeded by Judge Woods, leav- ing a vacancy to be filled in the district court of Indiana. The other programme in- cludes the transfers of Attorney General Miller to the supreme bench, of Secretary Nobla to the head of the department of justice and of Assistant Postmaster Gereral Clark- s0n to the interior department. Expressions of Kegret. WasmixaroN, March 22 —Justice Field, who had known Justice Matthews intimately ~more 8o probably than any other member of the court—expressed to a representative of the Associated press, after the court ad- journed, the sentiments of himself and his associates upon the death of their brotuer justice. Said he: o “The members of the supreme court deeply deplore the death of Justice Matthews. They had become attached to him in an unusual degree. They recoguized his great legal ability, but even more they appreciated the warmth of his affectionate nature, He was an industrious judge and his decisions ex- hibited wide research and thorough culture. He was an able lawyer, a wise judge ana @ christian gentleman.” The death of Justice Matthews was the subject of conversation among senators to-day, many of whom had served with him during his term in the senate, and on every hand words of regret and eulogy were paid. Senator Sherman said: “The death of Mr. Justice Matthews comes with a shock to me. He was a man thor- oughly fitted for the position he occupied, a trained lawyer with a judicial mind of the highest apder. It is no disparagement to his associates to say that he wus their equal in point of equity. His love of justice was in- tuitive, and his decisions were mathematical demonstrations. He maintained the position for which his mind was best fitted. Most of his friends concede that he was not a wise politician, but no one doubted his being a great judge. His death will be sincerely mourned by a multitude of frieads, and his place will be hard to fill.” Senator Teller—Justice Matthews' ap- appointment was an_excelleat one, and he did not disappoint his friends. He wasa man of commanding talent. 1 served with him in the senate, became quite intimate with him, and hac @ high regard for him. Senator Harris—I had known Justice Matthews personally for many years. He was a man of absolte purity and integrity, and a lawyer of great ability. Senator Mitcheli—I became acquainted with him twelve years ago, when he entered the senate, and served with him two years on the committee on rairoads. There I had every opportunity to become intimately quainted with him.and have known him ever since as a senator and justice of the su- preme court. His death is a great loss to the bench and the country. Senator Hoar—There was some difference of opinion as to tne expediency of Justice Matthews’ appointment when he went upon the bench. This was due to a fear that his judicial opinions might be biased in favor of the great railroad interests which he had so largely represented as counsel. I never, myself, shared this fear for a moment. Judge Matthews has taken his place in the highest rank of magistrates who have sat upon the bench of the supreme court of the United States from the begincing of the government. It has never occurred to any- body since his appowntment to question his absolute impartiality. Every intelligent man will now agree that he was in his rightful and appropriate place in that tri- bunal, to whose arbitration all interests of the country are submitted, and which keeps the forces of the state and nation alike within their appointed bounds. A large number of messages of condolence were received during the afternoon, among them the following: EXEcUTIVE MANSION, WAsHINGTON, March 2% 1889.—Dear Mrs. Matthews: 1 have heard with most profound regret of the death of your most honored husband. The sense of loss aud bereavement which you feel will be shared by our people. I nave known Justice Matthews for many years, and had a very high appreciation of s character and learning. That you may be comforted und sustained 1n this hour of trial is my most sincere prayer. Very truly yours, BENIAMIN HARRISON. New Yorg, March 22.—On hearing of the death of Justice Matthews, Mayor Grant ordered the national, state and municipal fiags to be hoisted at half-mast over the city hall, out of respect to his memory. CoLomsrs, O.. March 22.—The most pro- found regret is apparent in this city over the death of Justice Matthews. Both houses of the general assembly adopted appropriate resolutions and adjourned to Monday. The flag on the capitol was placed at half-mast. e STONED THF JKNOBSTICKS. The First Serious Trouble of the Fall River Strike. FavrL RIVER, Mass.,, March 22.—The first serious trouble of the strike occurred to- night at the Seacoonet mill. This mill is the only one which has made & determimned at- tempt to run with “Knobstick” help, and the strikers there have been the only ones in the city to gatber about a mill to make a disturbance. When the mill shut down to- night the crowd near the mill gates and along the streets in the vicinity numbered over @ thousand. As the work- ing weavers came out they were greeted with cries ot derision. Finally the “Knobsticks” replied to the taunts in kind. This was followed by a volley of stones from the &rowd, one of which struck a “Knobstick” in the head. A man beside him immediately turned and fired a pistol in the airection of the crowd, which promptly scattered and replied with another volley of stones. The police seized the man with the pistol and hurried him to the sta- tion, No one was found who was injured by the bullet, although several were reported injured by the stones. ——— Successor to Church. Bismaxck, Dak., March 22.—[Special Tele- gram to Tune Bee.]—Arthur C. Mellette, re cectly appointed by President Harrison to succeed Louis K. Church as governor of Da- kota, arrived here to-day and took the oath of ofice. He has already entered upon his oficial duties and in a few days will beat work districting the territory for the consti- tutional convention for which delegates will be elected in May. 1t is announced by the governor that he will make a clean sweep of all the territorial officers who have been appointed by Church and will replace them with republican friends. The office seekers are coming and he is beig( besieged by a hungry bord. Governor Mellette is being tendered a recep- tion at the residence of ex-Govéraor Church this evening. . ——— Business Troubles. Pirrsnurg, March 22.—Executions were issued to-day against L. H. Smith, mantel, grate and iron dealer, for , $30,50), and ainst John J. O'Reilly, brewer, of Alle- gheny City, for §18,900, Sax Fraxcisco, March 22.— Artour Field, of the Field biscuit and cracker bakery of this city, has petitioned the supreme court to be declared insolvent. The liabilities are stated to be £160,000, The assets consist o cracker factory at Lima, Peru, lued at 13,000, and real estate valued at $13,000, all heavily incumbered. Spxeverost, La., March 22.—S. Conway & Co., wholesale hardware, have applied for an extension of one, two and three years. Assests, §150,000; liabilities, $90,000. - e +The American Tarf Congress. LouvisviLLe, March 23.—The American turf congress met here to-day. President Brewster, of Chicago, presided. Kansas City, St. Paul, St. Louis, Lexiogton and La- tonia were represented. The rules agreed upon at the Cincienati meeting 1n December were approved except that regarding book- makers, whicn was amended 0 as o allow associations o treat witn bookwakers as in- dividuals. Phe scale of weights was con- firmed as proviously arranged. s The Weather Indications. For Nebrassa, Jowa aod Dakota: Fair: slativnary tewperature; variable winds. THE BOOMERS. President's Proclamation Awaited With Impatience. 8r. Lovis, Mo, March 22.—A special to the Republic from Wichita, Kan., says: “‘Reports to-night from Oklahoma City state that the boomers who disappeared from their claims and were in concealment in the woods or Indian reserva- tions have returned with the with- drawal of the soldiers. The trains bring hundreds that have been hanging along the border. The excitement st Purcell and on the border is intense. The people have left their business to hang around the telegrapn and newspaper offices to hear if President Harrison as issued a proclamation. The number of boomers is sugmented by train _and wagon loads of would be settlers and prospectors. They have been expecting a proclamation each day, and when night comes mutterings of disappointment and lamentatoin are heard on every hand. Of the favorable reports to- day they hardly know what to say, as they have sc often been disappointed. Colonel Crocker, who labored to hold back the invaders, said: “‘Should the presi- dent hesitate much longer blood will be shed. There are 30,000 white people in the Chicka- saw nation alone waiting to take up claims in the territory, and disappointment has followed disappointment until they are becoming desperate” The boomers are greatly agitated over the efforts to prevent them from going . The authorities are taking the names of those violating the pro- visions of the bill by entering upon lands, and intend to appear against them to deteat therr filing. An old msn who had watched a piece of land six weeks to-day stated that a band of almost 1,000 old boomers has beer: formed, and efforts to dis- possess any of them would be death to the informant. This leazue, he says, is secret and growing in numbers each day, and whether expelled or not, they will hold their claims by force. The situation is certainly critical. LT CORRALLED BY VIGILANTES. A Gang of Pennsylvania Despera does 1n Close Quarters. Ux10NTOWY, Pa., March 2 -A large party of vigilantes from Uniontown, York and other points, have gone into the mountains near - Markleysburg, where the McClelland- town robbers are supposed to be encamped, with the intention of capl.uring the outlaws. Both sides are well armed, and if thereisa conflict there will probably be much blood shed. Should an assault fail to surprise the inmates of the camp, the vigilantes propose 10 surround and starve out the gang, shoot- ing anyone who makes his appearance with arms. The camp is thirty mil es distant. This evening word was received here that the vigilantes had tried to force an entrance into a log house in which the robbers are at bay, duriog which shots were exchanged on both sides without injury to anyoue. The roboers refuse to surrender and are prepared 0 sell their lives as dearly as possible and to die if they cannot escape under cover of darkness. Nine men and three women con- stitute the party in the house. The attack- ing party has the house well surrounded. The intelligence that the band was cor- ralled spread like wild fire here, and soon Sherift Miller had started for the scene of difficulty with a large posse raised here. The vicinity of the robbers is ablaze with excitement. Men are hurrying there from all parts of the mountains, and with a good leader they expect finaily to land the band in jail THE TR 1t Persists In Swelling to Abnormal Proportions. WAsSHINGTON, March 22.—The treasury surplus has been steadily increasing for several days. It now amonats to $50,200,000, or 33,000,000 more than it was ten days ago. This 1ncrease is due to the great excess of receipts over disbursements since the first of the month. The receipts to date aggregate $23,200,000, while the expenditures during the same period amount to little over $12,000,000, including about $2,000,000 paid out on ac- count of pensions. Until recently the receipts and expenditures have been pretty well balanced by the purchase of bonas, but this method of applying the surplus has been con- siderably hampered of late by light offerings. Secretary Windom has announced his pur- pose of continuing, for the present at least, the system of purchases adopted by his pre- decessor, and that he would willingly in- crease the purchases if the offers permitted it. He hasbeen urged to resume the pur- chase;of 3 per cents as a more profitable use of the 'uflflu' than the purchase of 4§ per cents. He declines, however, to make known his views on the subject beyond the statment that his policy as to 4's must be determined by bis treatment of the offers. e The Fire R:cord. Sr. Lours, March 22.—A fire broke out this afternoon in the Standarda bagging fac- tory, on Stoddard avenue, near Twelfth street. The whole concern was mostly a group of old buildings witn very little fire protection. Owingto the inflammable nature of the building and contents, the flames spread rapidly, and the wildest panic ensued amongst the 200 employes, most of whom were girls. The few men employed in the building worked bravely and succeeded in leading the ic stricken girls through the smoke and flames to a place where they could drop out to the low adjoining buildings, and all were savea with the exception of Ada Labrecht, who was found terribly burned. Charles Gufran remained on the third floor 0o long and found all means of escape cat off save by a window. He took this only chance, jumped, and was terribly injured by the fall, but will not die. A man whose name could not be iearned was run over by a fire engine and badly injured. The pecuniary 1088 by the fire is small. DeNVER, March 22.—The mill of tne Cbi- cago lumber company, containing very valu- able machinery, burned to-night. The loss is between $50,000 and §70,000; partially in- sured. The —_—— Stupid Jokers. Sr. Josern, Mo., March 22.—[Spectal Tele- gram to Te Ber.]—At1l o'clock to-uight Carl Lohr,one of the most prominent saloon- keepers of St. Joseph, doing business in a house in the heart of the city, found a White Cap notice on his front door. It had been printed at some job office, and at the heading was the word, “Warning!" in big lettere, printed in red ink. Below, in black, was a cut showing the heal and shoulders of a white cap about six inches in diameter. There have been a number of ‘White Cap notices received in St. Joseph, but this one is looked upon as geouine, 1n view of the Ppresent agitation of prohibition and Sunday closing in this city. Mr. Lohr is much ex- ercised and & meeting of the saloonkeepers will be held at once to discuss it. —————— Depew Will Succeed Phelps. New Yorx, March 22.—Tuoe World to- morrow will say: It can be stated on the hignest authority that Chauncey M. Depew bas been offered the English mission within the last two days, and after giving the mat- ter serious consideration has signified his willingness to accept it. The nomination of Depew wyll not be defer red later than Mon- day. It been known for some time that the president regarded Depew as an ideal for the English mission, and the ouly ob- stacle to the appointment was doubt us to Depew’s acceptance. This seems to be over- come, and the World's informant makes the sitive announcement that Depew will be helps’ successor o London. ——— A Rejected Lover's Revenge. AsuLaxp, Wis., March 22.—At Highbridge, Wis., this afternoon Joseph Menoir, & French teamster, entered the room of Ellen Long, & young girl whose mother keeps a boarding house, and after cutting her severely about the :\:fl :‘:u_n- razor cut hh.':fl:mfi ‘The girl, who is only sixteen years wi Meuoir nfl'whn in {on ‘with her, and baving been nnul.dl{ repulsed had de- liberately planned to kill and then him- MORNING , MARCH 23. 1889 NUMBER 281 BROTHERS ON THE-SCAFFOLD. They Were T 'in Crime and in Death Not Divided. —_— THE BARRETT BOYS SWUNG OFF. —_— History of a Crime Which Black ens a Family Name and Oreates Bitter Enmity Among the Survivors, — f The Final Act. MixxearoLis, Minn., March 22—|Special Telegram to Tie Bee.]<The lives of Tim and Peter Barrett, the miurderers of Thomas Tollefsen, closed abruptly at 11:30 this morn- ing on the scaffold in the yard of Hennepin county jail. July 20, 1857, they asdassinated a fellow- man for the contents of his cash box—a paltry £20, and to day, twenty months later, they ceased to exist to satisfy outraged Jjustice. The execution was swift, orderly and terrible. y Peter Barrett was plainly looking fora commutation of his sentence, and when he learned at 9 o'clock that the governor had ordered the execution to pi he showed momentary disappointment, but he soon re- covered and put on a beld nt and never faltered to the ena. | A reporter with whom the brothers were on quite intimate terms; had & haif hour's talk with Pete at 9:80. ‘Pete reiterated the story that he had no murderous intent on the night of the crime, id that be had no criminal complicity’ with the killing of Tollefsen, as was stal by his brother Henry. He also said thit he would go to the scaffold with the consciousness of being punished for a crime of which he was in- nocent. 1 At 10:55 the passageway between the cell- room, where the condemned men would have to pass, was cleared. An officer paced slowly in the sbace between the two doors. At exactly 11 o'clock the offiver standing at the farther door removed his hat and swung back the door. At the same moment an officer standing at the entrance to the oppo- site room lifted his hand'and the spectators ‘bared their heads. Solemuly the procession moved on toward the scafiold. Father James McGollick, clad in his priestly robes and bearing in his hunds a book, headed the procession, and as he moved on he read in a sort of chaat the sol- emn words of the litany, to which the men answered, ‘‘Have merdy on us, Have mercy on us." Each of the boys was @scorted by a deputy sheriff and a priest, and @8 the procession moved across the corridor the sounds of the litany and the answering, ‘‘Have mercy on us,” grew louder and louder. Tim spoke in a loud, unnatural and mechanical tone, and allowed himself to be led forward as if he were dazed. His face was ghastly, his eves hollow and sunken. Ashe to move g{g the steps he staggered forward, trem- ing. Pete was calm and collected, though his face, too, was bloodless and he rolled his eyes, not looking ot on the throng before him, but bearing himself a8 if he were trying to keep his mind steadily fixed on some pur- pose. Suddenly, as the progession mounted the scaffold a strange beam ofdight shot through the grated window and;rested for an instant on tne heads of the condemned men. For a moment it seemed %o, the already excited spectators like some k of na- ture, or as if 1t were & 1o the condemned as they moved onward, there was a ray of hopé' The ceremony upon the scaffold was short but impressive, Tim kneeled and a priest held before him a cracifix, whispering words of spiritual comfort, while Father McGollick continued to read in that solemn monotone the words of the litany, and Tim, in the same unnatural voice, criea: “Have mercy on me, Have mercy on me.” This is the scene: e noose is carefully adjusted. Then the black caps, with the death masks are pulled over the faces. Be- fore the cap is finally adjusted Pete asks the jailer to move him a litkie nearer the front of the scaffold, so that his body will not strike as it falls. Sheriff (Ege stands with his handcn the lever. he priests are still whispering in the of the condemned men, who are still ing the words, *‘Have mercy on us, ve mercy on us.”’ Suddenly, as_if the cfowd understood what was taking place, there was a horrible sound of cheers and cries from the mob outside. It breaks upon the awful solemnity of the scene. Peter utters @’ piteous cry of *God have mercy,” and the drop falls. The priests still stand at the front of the scaffold whispering prayers and moving their hands o and fro before them, as if to indicate the motion of an ascending soul. At 11:03 the drop fell, and twenty-five minutes later the cofimittee of physicians pronounced the two ea After the drop h: fallen, Tim slightly moved his hands: that was all. Pete's body swung- around for few moments and quivered like an n. A moment later there was a convulsife movement and all was over. The necks of both n were broken by the fall. Tim’s pulse up to 120 beats per minute and then commenced to beat very faintly. In thirteeg minutes and five sec- onds after the trap sprung the heart ceased to beat and the physician pronounced him dead. Pete pronounced dead in fourteen minutes. e men were allowed to hang twenty-five minutes, when the examin- ers oficially pronounced both men dead. Tim’'s body was cut’ down by Coroner To! ers at 11:47 and Petels was cut down a min- ute later. The bodigh were given in charge of Unaertaker Conndily at the request of the relatives of the boys and were removed to his morgue. | Pretty Addie Boyd, Pete's sweetheart, tried to gain entrance to the jail at 10 o'clock and went away cryig piteoasly. Ten min- utes later Mrs. Barrett came and went into hysterics, moaning, *I waut to see my boys. Make them take me to them.” She was led wo & carriage and-driven rapidly away. Tho Orime. The banging of Timothy and Petgr Bar rett is but oné of the many remarkable events that have in connection with the Barrett family. - t eleven years ago John Barrett sr. was of the wealthiest ult in the state of lowa. Heat one time owned of land in the vi- cinity of Ottumwa, - ‘which was clear of all incumbrances, amount the vroperty was and wife, the latter taking two-thirds of then severed tween them rus| ing never to rimonial sea while . Barrett, who was the, er of eight children, ‘was given the cus of hertwodaughters, Mary and Kate, #ive of her sons, Joun, Frank, Timothy, and Peter. John Harrett died . the effects of a bullet fired from a in the hands of John & bartender & saloon at South Omaha a little gver twa years ago. Mrs. Barrett removed direct to South Omaha after leaviog fowa, and brought ner family with her. purchased a piece of ound on North N street and coustructed a Ern dwelling house whieh still remains and is one of the that section of the city. until about two of it at a hand- dowa and weot to his son Heanry, ":“o supposed Lo pon o0y brothers wore gonvicted af the crime. The jor fl uot with very good vine-clad state, and accord- about & two He saloon in Coun- ou Upper soon althflp‘.’"m. where he con- for some length of time. In the fall of 1882 he moved to Minneapolis, Mion., and opened up a saloon at 2830 First avenue whm‘%‘n until shortly after the murder of 1lefson, he resided permanently. Although outside of the patrol district he continued to conduct @ saloon and he and his son have spent a mdl,\‘lgortlon of their time behind the bars of the Heanepin count; il, which is located in Minneapolis, for selling intoxicants with ot a license. 1t was at this place that the plans for the murder of Thomas Tollefson as well as for many other dastardly acts, were laid. Timothy and Peter Barrett, the vic- tims of to-aay’s hanging, left their home in South Omaha and started for Minneapolis. They made their home at their father’s place, but did not seek reputable employment. Be- fore they had been there long the neighbor- hood became terrorized on account of the i-rlnf,mbmnm that were being committed mghtly, Numerous rcports were received at Q(\ ice” headquarters of houses in South Minneapolis being burglarized, and for a time the police and detective force found them- selves baffied. One Sunday 2ight the telegraph operator and ticket agent at Minnehaha Falls was shot at through the window and was then compelled to turn over his collaterals at the muzzie of a revolver in the hands of a masked robber. The following day a lady tourist who was visiting the great summer resort was confronted by a man with a cocked revolver in hand who requested her to deliver up her valuables, This she did not hesitate in doing, and was relieved of about $350 in cash, a diamond necklace, and a goid watch and chain. Then it was that the po- lice started out on the war-path. A visit was made to Minnehaha, which adjoins the city limits on the south side, and there bask- g in the sunshine was Timothy Barrett. He jumped to his feet and grabbed his re- volver, but finding three Smith & Wessons leveled on him and in the hands of officers, he threw up his hands and was disarmed. Aside from tRe revolver a large knife and several other dangerous weapons were found on his person. He was taken to the county jail and placed behind the bars. He was subsequently released upon heavy bonds, which were furnished by his father. He re- fused to divulge the hiding place for the booty he had secured. About two weeks after his release on bond occurred the murder of Thomas Tollef- son, at the time employed by the Minneapo- lis street railway company as a driver on the Cedar avenue line. The place where the murder occurred is the most lonely spot in the city. It was just opposite Layman’s cemetery, near Lake street, and about five blocks distant from where the noted Bar- rett bagnio was located. At the time the murder occurred the authorities were at a loss to know upon whom to rest suspicio n. Two weeks after the murder occurred Reddy Barrett was arrested for selling liquor without a license and upon being tried was found guilty and was sentenced to sixty day in the county jmil. While in jail be mani- fested a spirit of uneasiness and was contin- ually walking about the corridors with a downcast head as if in deep meditation. The jailer who was well acquaintea with Reddy, noticing his actions one day, remarked: “Reddy, what _is the matter with Why don't you cheer up?” Whereupon he replied: ‘‘Well, it 1s all well enough for you 1o be merry, but if you bad on your mind what I have on mine, you would feel down-hearted too. Although the jailor said nothing in reply he carefully marked every word of the utter- ance that proved afterward to be the Key stone to the sclution of the Tollefson mur- der. He resolved to- work out what points he could and then turn the matter over to the volice inspectors. The following day while talking with the prisoner the latter re- marked : “What could you do for a man that could tell you all about the Tollefson murderi* *We could do a great deal,”” was the jail- er's response. “‘Well then * “said Reddy, ‘‘send for the county attorney.” A messenger was dhrm;—d to the county attorney’s office, and in a short time As- sistant County Attorney Jamison arrived at the pastile. Here a hurried conversation took place between tne two and the attorney left after arranging for ameeting the follow- ing day at which time the prisoner agreed 10 divulge the entire facts connected with the case. The next day the attorney, accompa- nied by Inspector Hoy of the police force, visited the jail and a lengthy conference was beld. It was during this conversation that Reddy Barrett told the frizhtful tale that resulted in the arrest of his two broth- ers for the murder. The detective returned that same night, and under cover cof dark- ness took Reddy from the jail to the build- ing formerly occupied as a saloon by his father, and upon tearing up the floor and aigging down about two feet in the earth, they succeeded in recovering a quantity of street car checks that Reddy stated were found in the box that was taken from Tollef- son. This was the first point that substan- tiated his confession, aud led the authorities to believe that the great secret would soon be unearthed. It was during this investiga- tion that the public first learned that the Barretts were under suspicion for having committed the murder. Reddy told the offi- cers that he and his brother Timothy de- stroyed the cash box by chopping it into atoms with an axe, and that they deposited the relics in Geneva lake, which lies on the outskirts of South-west Minneapolis. The lake was dragged and several pieces of the tin receptable, including one bearing the number of the box, were fouud ata point designated by Reddy. ‘Armed with this the oficers concluded to institute _arrests. Timothy Barrett was found at his sisters house and was taken: nto c lu‘)g{. The charge upon which he was nted was uot made known by the officers at the time for various reasons, the more im- portant being that Peier Barrett, his accom- plice, was still at large, and also that a iarge reward was offered for their capture and conviction. A search for Peter revealed the fact that he haa left the city, and several days elapsed before his whereabouts were known, He was finally located in Sonth Omaba where he was at work on a section, grading for a new track, and upon receipt of a tele- ram, Captain Cormack, of the Omaha police lorce, proceeded to South Omaha and placed him under arrest. He was subsequently waken to Minneapolis by officers from that city. At the time the two brothers were ar- rested they denied all knowledge of the affair, and maiotained their innocence in their testimony during their trial. Henry Barrett's testimony was to the effect that Timothy suggested that they rob somebody that night, and that while walking along the avenue Tollefson's car overtook them. Timothy and Peter ordered him to throw up his hands, atthe same time brandishing their weapons. Tollefson endeavored to defend tumself, and, according to the testimony of Heary Barrett, his two brothers fired at Tollefson, one of the balls taking effect in the head. The two then made their escape and Tollefson was found lying dead on the front platform of bis cu"l‘?' another driver, avout coe hour afterward. — Timothy Bar- rett seized the cash box and made off with it. At the time of the arrest there was strong talk of Jynching, but the citizens fin- ally decided to let the law take its course, Though released from custody, Henry Bar- rett is still under police surveilance and is coustantly in dres of being shot by his you? brother, Fraok, who has openly avowed that he would kill him on sight. Henry Barrett is about twenty-three years of age and is married to the youngest daughter of Theo- dore Betts, a respectable citizen of North- field, Minn. Timotay Barrett bore a ques- tionable record. He had already served an eighteen montns’ term iu the Iowa peniten- tiary for highway robbery. In fact, the en- tire family has figured more or less in crooked transactiol A little over two Joun s Mary Barrett, now the wife of ohn Coleman, conducted a millinery and hairdressing establishment on ¥ort avenue, Minneapolis. One night it was consumed by fire and an investigation showed that it bad been insured for nearly double its act- ual value. Suspicions of iucendiarism were rife at the time but the iusurance company adjusted the loss without going inlo litiga- tion. A domestic named Sophia Lindstrom was employed by the Barreits at the time snd two years ago last December, or there- abouts, she stated that the building was set on fire by members of the Barrett family for the purpose of oblaining the insurance mousey. The company that beld the risk on the buiiding was prepariog 10 commence au investigation concerning the whes suddenly the woman in ques- tion disappeared, no one appears to know whither, and the prevailing opinion is that she met with foul play owever, her Whereabouts have never been discovered up to the present time. Miss Lindstrom was in the time she made the statement. er erime which the authorities are of the o}\lnwn is traceable to the Barretts is that of counterfeiting money. Three years 8RO & large amount 0f spurious coin was out afloat in Minneapolis, ail of which was of the standard silver dollar design. That John Barrett,' who is now dead, could have told considerable about_the matter, is now well known. The molds wnich were used in the making of this money were undoubtedly manufactured for the Barretts by an attache of the iron-molding deparument of the Min- neapolis Harvester works. Just what has become of the molds remains to be de- veloped. Sufficieut to say that spurious coin was obtained at, Barrett's saloon by indi- viduals who have since disappearsd, but who claimed to have seen it manufactured by one of the Barretts. In Omaha both Peter and Tim Barrot! are extensively known in police circles, having on various occasinns been arrested for lar. ceny and highway robbery. The name of Peter Barrett is engrossed on nea every court docket in the city. Justice O’Connell, who at present holds court on South Thir- teenth street, states that the Barrett boys have been before him as defendants about a dozen times. About three years ago, he states, several horses, a lumber wagon and other valuables were stolen. O'Connell was then police judge of South Omaha. The crime was traced to the Barretts,and O'Con- nell with a posse of men made a raid on an old rookery in the suburbs of the city, and there found Pete and Tim Barrett with their ty. The wagon was outside and the horses and other property was in the cellar under the building. The two individuals made an effort to defend themsely: but were covered with a revolver in the bands of O’'Connell before they could draw their weapons. They surrendered, the property was removed, and the two were given a term in the Douglas county jail. At present the motuer and two_brothers of the men that were hung reside in Omaha, in a lowly cot- tage on Twentieth and Pucific streets. The Wound Has Healed. March 22.—[Special Tele- —Mrs. Thomas Tollefson, the widow of the man murdered by the Bar- Fett brothers, who were hanged at Minne- epolis to day, was married to Carl Bader, a Minneapolis carpenter, on Wednesday after- noon. —e——— I THE COMMONS. Attorney General Webster Again the Subject of Censure». Loxpox, March —~In the commons to- day Harcourt, resuming the discussion re- gardiag the Parnell commission, declared that Attorney General Webster's 1dentifica- tion with the commission had destroyed the impression that the government would be impartial, ana had added weight to the Times' charges. Hecondemned the attorney weneral’s apology for Pigow’'s forgeries as mean, contemptible and disgraceful, and ex- pressed a hope that he would make a better apology. Attorney General Webster replied that but for the duty he owed those who trusted him he would not have noticed the charges made by Harcourt. If he were guilty of the conduct imputed to him he would be a dis- grace to the English bar. He was private counsel for the Times, and it was immaterial whether he had been right or wrong in as- suming the position. Redmond’s motion to reduce the attorney general's salary was rejected. 3 iiam Veroon Harcourt wanted to know whether the attorney general had a letter in which Pigott admitted his inability to stand cross-examination. If Ames had that letter and kept it from the attorney gen- eral he (Harcourt) had no hesitancy in say- ing that Ames ought to be struck off the rolls. In the course of the attorney gener- s reply the chairman called upon Xavier rien to retire for interrupting. Brien denied that he had opened his mouth. The cnairman repsated the order to reure. Pinkerton corroborated O'Brien, declaring that he had been silent. T.P. O'Connor thereupon protested against the chairman putting the lic to the honorable member without inquiry. The chairman ac- cepted the disclaimer, adding that O'Brien could not deny baving repeatedly interrupted loudly, and warning him not to repeat such conduct. The attorney general, continuing, declined absolutely to say whether he had advised the government on any point. He had never vouched to the goyernment for the au- thenticity of the letters. Harcourt's argu- ment that counsel ought to satisfy nimself of the accuracy of the statements of a wit- ness was preposterous. He accused Har- court of asking questions in this manoer be- cause he knew that a certain section of the press was only to0 ready to turn suggestions into accusations. Regarding Pigott, the attorney general argued that he had no right to keep him from the witness box, because he saw he could not stand a cross-examination. He had informed the commission and had put Pij gott’'s letter in Sir Charles Russell’s bhauds five days before Pigott went into the box. {Loud ministerial cheers.] Would the com- mittee believe that Sir Charles Russell had asked that the letter should not be read il Pigott went into the box. |Laughter.] He protested strongly agai Sir Wil liam’s reference 0 Soames, who was not there to answer charges, In regard to Sir William’s statement that the Times’ apology could only have been written by a pettifogging, cozening kuoave, he said that that knave stood before them at the present moment, [Conservative cheers. | O'Connor and Labouchere baving svoken, Parnoell said be should not have intervened, but that in the language of Attorney General Webster and in the shouts of his supporters, there had been some faint echo of Lord Salisbury’s equivocal lan- guage 1n respect to the forged let- ters. If Lord Salisbury still chose to pin the relic of his faith to his letters the conse- quence would be upon his own head. In the witness box he (Parnell) testified under oath that he had not signed, written or known of and Attorney General Webster entured to put 1o him a single ques. tion. Was there any member who would venture 10 express auy doubt now that the letters were forgeriest Morley asserted that Sir Cbarles Russell had authorized him to state that he was en- tirely in accord with the opposition in the action they were taking. He maintained that Attorney General Webster had failed to answer the charges. e Fun on Board Ship. [Copyright 1559 by James Gordon Bennett.) Nice, March 22.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tug Bee.|—Last night the men of wne United States flagship Lancaster gave a rollicking entertainment on board the ship, commencing with a “nigger’’ minstrel con- cert and a mock carcival as the secona part. They threw cabbages at each other. All sorts of grim jokes were played by numbers of highly grotesque figures, Several friends were invited to see the show. The wen are contemplating iving a repetition of it at the Casino for the benefit of the poor in Nice. el Tsafe and Kalnoky Fesign. Viexxa, March 22.—It is reported that Count von Taafe, the Austrian premier, and Count Kalnoky, imperial foreign minister, bave tendered their resignations. Loxpox, Mareh 22.—None of the morning papers have received any information con- firming the rumor that Count Von Taafe and Count Kalnoky had resigued, nor has Reu- ter's Telegram company received anything on the subject. — - The Fastidiq Greasers. City MExico, (via Galveston), March 22.— The government bas taken steps to prevent the introduction into Mexico of American lard, owing toan official aunouncement that it is deleterious 1o bealth. — - A Colored Murde Scorrvitie, Ky, March Wilkinsan (colored) was hanged heve to-day for tue murder of Berry Mausion (colored) September 22, 1538, TRYING TO DEFEAT GRANT. General Badeau Profers OCharges Against Him. OUT OF RESPECT FOR MATTHEWS The Senate Adjourns in Deference to the Memory of the Dead Justice ~The Successorsh ip—South Dakota Matters, g Wasmxetos Brreav Tae Ovana Bee, 513 FOURTEENTHl STREET, Wasnixgrox, D. C., March 22 General Adam Badeau is here trying to prevent the confirmation of Colonel Graut who is also here. Badeau has made charges against Grant to the committee on foreign relations, but it is not probable that they will receive any attention. OUT OF RESPECT FOR MATTHEWS. Just as the executive secretary to the president stepped upon the floor of the senate this afternoon, an adjournmenat till to-mor- v taken, out of respect to the memory . atthews. The secretary had in his hand & number of nominations, none of whigh were officially made known, as_the, were not announced to the senate. Seci tary Tracy says the name of Corporal Tan- ner, of Brooklyn, to be commissioner of pen- sions, was in the lot. The impression is prevalent in Iudiana circles, and the state- ment & made positively by scme senators in terested, that the adme of ex-Congressman ‘William H. Calkins, of Indianapolis, who was the leader of the Gresham forces from the Hoosier state at Chicago last June, was among the nominations to be commissioner of the general land office TIE MATTIEWS SUCCESSONSHIP. A prominent republican from indiana, who is regarded as being close to President Har- rison, expressed the opinion to-duy that the president would appoint United States Cir- cuit Judge W. Q. Gresham to the position on the United States supreme bench made vae cant by the death of Justice Matthews and then {vrnmou- United States District Judge Woods, of Indianapolis, to the circuit judge- ship, to succeed Gresham, and fill the va- cancy on the district bench at Indianapolis by appointing Law Partuer John B. Elam or Judge Join M. utler. This course, he said, would wipe out all traces of faction in the republican party in Indiana. VTH DAKOTA MATTERS. Great interest is felt in the approaching constitutional convention to be held jn South Dakota next July. Public men in Washing- ton and many of the private citizens are per- sonally acquainted with those who will take part iu that convention and the officers who will be chosen to represent both the govern- ment in Washiugton and the interests of the state in that section, which is now the south- ern part of the territory. It is conceded here that Messrs. Moody and Edgerton, who, under the provisions of the Sioux Falls con- veution, were ates senators, will be' re-clected. These men have been very prominent in the battles for statehood during the past s and public opix tions to which they Moody has spent more time than any man in the territory] who has worked for u division of Dakota and state- hood for both section He has couostantly represented the interests of both North and South Dakota and has been very efticient in his work. The campaigns he has conducted during the past six years in the interest of division and statebood have undoubtedly cost him a good many thousand doliars in cash and about one-half of bis ime. He drew the original bill for division and statehood and arafted what was known as the Harrison bill, and dictated the provisiors of the meas- ure which finally became a law. He drafted the amendments which effected a compro- mise on the omnibus bill, and spent nearly all of this winter here working between the two houses for tbe legisiation which resulted. Judge Moody will do credit to his constitu- euts as a senator from South Dakota. He is familiar with congressional procedure, is well acquainted with the members of con- gress i both branches, and knows how to go 1o work in the exccutive departments. Further than this, he is in good favor at the white house, being a warm personal friend of the president. Edgerton and Moody will make a strong team in the senate, both hav- ing wide experience in public affairs, and South Dakota will not have to wait for her representa congress o ‘‘get their hands in, the hang of the barn,"” as they will drop into the barness like old stayers at the business, HARRISON'S APPOINTMENTS, General Harrison has now been in the white house about three weeus, but his ap- tments have comparatively been very Aside from postmasters, promotions in v, and other local appoint~ y may be summed up as follows: New York gets the secretary of tne navy, the assistant secretary of the treasury, the assistant secretary of state, the assistant sec- retary of the interior, the minister to France, the minister to Austria and an appeintment 10 the marine hospital service. Indiana gets the auttorney general, the minister to Rome, the consul general to Lon- don, toe private secretary, the United States marshal and the solicitor of the postoffice de- partment. Pennsylvania gets the postmaster general, the supervising architect, the superintendent of the railway mail service aud au appraiser. Maine gets the secretary of state, the ex- aminer of ciaims, and the minister to Sweden. Minnesota gets the secretary of the treas- ury, the minister o Holland and the chief clerk of the treasury. Vermont gets the secretary of war. Missouri gets the secretary of the interior. Wisconsin gets the secretary of agricul- ture and the consul general to Vieuna. lowa gets the assistant postmaster gem- eral and a Samoan commissioner, Michigan gets the minister to Spain. California gets the minister o Japan. Massachuscits gets the minister to Swita- erland. Illinois gets the minister to Denmark. New Jersey gets a Samoan commissioner wrsbal. aware gets & Samoan commissioner, West Virginia gets the commissioner of fn- ternal revenue. Conuecticut gets the commissioner of pat- ents, Obio gets the assistant postmaster general, Dakota gets a governor, secretary and jus- tice Arizona gets a governor aud a socretary, New Mexico gets two justices. Washington territory gets a governor, sec- retary aud chief justice. Montana gels a governor, secretary and justice. MEPAIRS OP-FULLIC BUILDINGS. 3 A statement prepared by the secretary of the treasury showing the expenditures from the sundry civil appropriation bill passed b; cougress October 2, 1583, for repairs prescrvation of publit buildings, gives ex- hibits as follo: Expenditures on the Omaha posto! uilding — Advertising, ; lettering, § staining floors, $26.90; hanging storm’ doors, $4.50; door lock, $3; plumbing, $§6.65; a total of $51.05, Expenditures on the government building at Lincolu—Storm doors, $33.00; glazing, $7.50; repairs to pipes, 6 repairs 10 windows, 8§7.10; weather strips, $4.30; ke, clanks, $1.40; door springs, #1 50 #2; repairs 1o water closet, postoftice scrcens, #1.50; rep spring, do: repairs o door gate for stairs, $3; halyards, $1.12; water pipes, #.44, a total of §0.21. On the public building at Dubuque, Ia.— Glazing, $10; re 1, $5.5 i door lock, 75 cent i sewer, waluscotting, # pipes, € ; repairs W roof, § 4.75, ‘Yhere was expended on the public build- inyg ut Des Moises $6.35 for repairs (0 water Dipes. - ARMY MATTEMS, The resiguation of Captaio Jobn Summers hayes, assisient quaricrmaster, of his come first lieutevant, Eivhth infentey, \x by the president wm ) Peunx S, Heari & repairs 0 water a total of