Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 25, 1889, Page 1

— N A s THE OMAHA DAILY BEE®" EIGHTEENTH YEAR. "OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, A PRIL 25, 1889 FOUR MORE BORDER VICTIMS. Oklahoma Settlers S8hot Down by Toxas Toughs. SOLDIERS IN HOT PURSUIT. Boomers Organizing For the Purpose of Taking a Forcible Possession of All Claims Entered Con- trary to Law. Murdered by Texans, Forr Rexo, I. T, April 24.—A settler named Goodwin arrived at Reno yesterday from Oklahoma and made a sworn statement 10 the post commander that his party of four had been fired upon by a body of twelve Texans who claimed a location made by Goodwin and party. Goodwin made his es- cape. The rest of the party were killed, A detachment of company C Thirteenth infant- ry was quickly sent to the scene to recover the bodies and arrest all suspicious persons. Tho Settlers Organizing. KAN#AS City, Mo, April 24.—An Oklaho- ma special says “Oklahoma City, like Guihvie, was built in w day, or, properly speaking, was claimed in an hour excepting that portion which was captured before the time by those appointed to go down and oxe- cute the law. Deputy United States mar- shals laid out the town Sunday night and Monday morning. They covered supposed choice sites with tents, When the train from the south arrived, about 1 o'lock, the latecomers were simply struck with amazement. They did not’ repeat the wila rush at Guthrie. They mechanically walked over to the town site, took what the” govern- ment officials had kindly left, and went on two miles staking town lots. Water in Oklahoma is plenty. There is not. the same suffering as at Guthrie, and, in fact, there is a lack of dirt and dust. Asat Guthrie, the days are hot, the nights cold aud food hard to obtain. X The new-comers at Guthrie are’ peaceably inclined, but they may yet show their indig- nation over the action of the government oftic There is now an organized crowd which to-morrow will puta squatter upon the lot of every man who antedates 12 o'clock noon on April %2, They have been at work securing the names of these people and haye .now their exact locations. In the forecnoon 100 lots, all choice ones, will he jumped at one time, while {he jumpers will be backed by 200 armed men. If peaceable possession is given, being over- powered by numoers, there will be no trouble. Should resistance be made, then force will be used to’eject from the property those men, and their traps, by throwning them from the lots. Guthria is a city of 6,000 people, with no streets. Outlying claimants have been crossing nhear the center of the town and have been staking out and im- proving their claims in - the so-culled streets and alleys. The result of this is that speculators have a black eye. The lots sold the first day were the only ones upon which any money was made, and there were but few of them. Now that freight can be obtained, building 1n both cities is going on rapidly. Work has already commenced breaking sod, and, the condition at this time being favorable, there will be enough vege- sables raised for home consumption. Disgusted Boomers Returning. 8m Louis, April 24.—The Republic's Kan- 8aa City special says: A bulletin in front of the telegraph office at the union depot this morning indicated that all the early trains from Oklahoma were over two hours late. The cause of the delay was appavent when a train of fourteen coaches crowded with re- turning boomers came in, A more disgusted crowd could not be imagined. They were mostly from Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois. There were over $00 boomers on the train that left Arkansas City, Kan,, last might, and nearly two hundred more wanted to go, that were obliged to wait for the next train. A large number of the re- turning boomers dropped out at various sta- tions in Kansas. Idward Gliven was at the heaa of thirty- fue Illinois settlers, leading them back home. He said: ‘“We were on the first train that _arrived at Guthrie last Monday afternoon. We were not looking for town sites, put for farms. We found pretty fair lands In the river botoms but not near as rich as tho farms that we were leaving. The soil is red und loose, like brick dust. In fact, a greater part of the country looks like an immense brick kilu." Most of the boomers who returned this morning had staked out claims, but had re- fused to settle on them, W1t is pretty lucky that we took some money with us, so that we could get back,” said one. "I did not get o claim and would uot Lave taken it if I could,” said anotler. General Merritt's Report, WasmiNaTON, April 24, —The following tel- sgram was received at tho war department this afternoon from Chicago: The following telegram, dated Oklahoma Station, yesterday, is respectfully repeated: Roports from Kingfisher, Guthric and Pur- cell, state that overything progresscd yes- terday in a quict and orderly manner, ‘and there was no serious infraction or distur- bance of any kind. Lieutenaut Dodge, of my staff, whom I ordered to J’urcell on duty, roturned last night and reported that every- thing was moving in a satisfactory wanuer, and that incoming settlers were cheerful und well-disposed. "This may be said to be the condition of affairs in all scctions of .tho country. To my opinion, quite a number of people have been deterred from entering the coun- try owing to oxaggerated reports s to tho numbers coming in and the difficultics of etting hore. Iowever, from reports from ‘orts Sill, Heno and elsowhere, I am satis- fled that perfect arcangements ' will provent scrious trouble of any kind, though there may in remote sections of the country be in- Tiviaual cases of steife. . . W, Mrunrer, Gronar CHoOK, Brigadier-General, Major-General commanding, Bulldozing the Settlers. Gurnuis, L1, Aprl 24.—As illustrating the ingratitude of the republic, it may be mentioned that contests are already filed sgainst the claim of Captain Couch, un old boomer leader, on the curlous ground that he flisqualified himself for makiog an entry by entering the territory years ago on boomer expeditions. General James B. Weaver, of JIowa, one of the most persistent advocates of the sponing of Okluhomain congress, has also bad his claim contested, and has beeu ac- sused of attempting to take people by the throat. The old-time boomer leaders have not tared well. Any number of Puyn ran be fouud now lying around Purcell, who e been outridden and cutrun by men who bave taken the fruit of their years of sac Ace. Most of them take it ‘r]nlnwlmwull but it means Dblood, and a murderod boy of nineteen, who was sbet whan found n ion of one of these olaims, owed nis death to that (njustice, whether he was partly respousible for it or mot. ‘Che man who illh‘ iim bad worked it for his own for yoars, It is broadly hinted at P'urcell that 21d colonists there vould point out the mur- Herer, and that instead of duing so asaisted bim to escape into Toxas. Twenty claims have boer deserted in oue nedghborhiood, and last night, in the depot at Okistioma U“f" broken homesteader of- fered to sell his claim for $25. Tho contest pver town sites coutinues, end much trouble Is proised in the future, A Bcheme to Seize the Strip. KAN8As Civy, April 24.—An Arkavsas City special says thut 150 men left, this morning, for the Oberokes stiip with the avowed pur- pose of squatting there. There is no doubt that a secret organization is in existence, which numbers in its membership many rominent and influential men. The mem- t8 sy that if people were allowed to live in Oklahoma until the president’s proclama- tion was 1ssued, they have a right to do the same thing in the strip, and they propose to do so. The Oklahoma Mail Scrvice, WASHINGTON, April 24.—Assistant Post- master-General Clarkson to-day received the following telogram from Assistant _Superin- tendent Christian, of the railway mail ser- vice, at Guthrie, Oklahomu: *“Have the Santa e road instructed to de- liver mail at tho postofiice here, I am pay- ing #1 per day for delivery to 10,000 peoble now here. The stagh line commenced run- ning to Lisbon from here yestorday. The; will carry mail from Guthrio to Lisbon each way at the rate of £2,000 per year, no time specified. T will make temporary arrange- monts at that price. We have a large amount of Lisbon mail now here. . A ROYAL MALADY. impress of Austria Troubled With Hallucination, [Copyright 1850 by James Gordon Bennett.) Pants, April [New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bre.)—The em- press of Austria, accompanied by the Arch Dutchess Marie - Valarie, is at present in Wiesbaden, For some time_ it hasjbeen rumored that her majesty was suffering from an incurable disease, but what the nature of the disease was has hitherto not been speci; fied. The Figaro now asserts that it re- ceived the following information from Sources on which the utmost rehance can be vlaced: “It is true,” says this journal, ‘‘that the empress of Austria is at Wiesbaden, but it also is true that she inhabits a villa quite outside the town and that police agents guard all the approaches to her house. This is because the unfortunate empress is subject to the same mental malady by which her cousin, King Louis of Buavaria, was visited. She will see no one. Itis not merely since the death of Archduke Rudolph thav the Em- press Elizabeth has been affected. The symptoms showed themselves fourteen years ago in acraving for continual movement and various hallucinations. During the last cen- tury there have been twenty-seven cases of insanity in the Bavarian royal family. The present king 1s a lunatic and several of his relatives have been attacked by the same dis. ease. For years her majesty never passed & night at the royal palace at Vienna, and she wused to fancy that she was pursued by the spectre of Maria The- resa. After the death of Louis II of Ba- varia the ballucinations to which the em- press is subjected have assumed one special character. She fancies that King Louis ap- peared before her and that water flowed down his garments in such volume as to en- danger her life. She used to scream out for help and then become insensible. Her last year’s stay at Corfu did her majesty much good, in fact she endured but one crisis there, fancying that she was called upon to enter a convent. This idea gave way to a monomania for Heine, and she made a jour- ney to Hamburg for the sole purpose of sceing a portrait of the poet. When the emvress learned of the death of Arch- duke Rudolph the new hallucination took possession of her that she was her son’s murderer. Her majesty’s disease assumed a violent character. When the court moved to Pesth she would not see her physicians, and clothed herself in ecclesiastical vestments and refused to take food, and her attendants were obliged to fasten her hands. At pres- ent, concludes the Figaro, the acute stage of the disease has passed, leaving ajnotable soft- eng of the brain, The case is more or less hopeless. The PR — A Bloody Elecction Fight. LYNCHBURG, Va., April 24.-~A report was received to-night from Brickley’s Mills thau while the election on the liquor license ques- tion was progressing, William Porter walked up to a man named Howell, revolver in hand, saying, ‘I am going to shoot you,” and fired before Howell made an attempt to draw his pistol; he received a shot iu the left breast, but it 18 thourht he will recover. Porter was shot three times and expired in a few minutes. Joe Sargent and Martin John- son were mortally wounded and another man slightly, while interfering. The trouble grew out of an old grudge. From present udvices the district has gone dry by about thirty majority. - lvy Gity Races. WASHINGTON, April 24.—Tne annual spring meeting of the National Jockey club began at the Ivy Ciiy race track to-day. The weather was delightful and the track good, but not fast. The attengance was 8,000. Summary : 3 - Five furlongs—Tipstaf won in 1:03}, Haramboure second, Tow Hood third. One mile—Burch won in 1:44}¢, Panama second, Barrister third. ; One mile—Bess won in 1:46}¢, Brait sec- ond, Boaz third. ) Six furlongs —Romp won in 1:17, Letritia second, Mala third. Steeplecase, over regular course--Her- cules won, Elphia second, Mentmore boited. — - The Prohibi‘ion Vote, Boston, Apri! 24.—Returns are now being received from all cities and towns of the vote for and against the prohibition amendment. T'he total vote for the amendment was 88,606 ; against, 138,195 —-showing & majority against the amendment of 44 499, - Three Persons Drowned. Batox Rouas, La., April 24 —George M. MeNeil, formerly of lowa, employed on Oak levee, near this city, and two colored women, were drowned last night by the upsetting of o skiff, AESTHED Steamship Arrivals. At New York—The City of New York, from Liverpool; the Wisconsin, from Liver- pool, and the Pennland, from Antwerp. At Glasgow -The Prussian, from Phila- aelpbiac - Cuban Banditn Captured. HAvANA, April 24 —Several banditti have fallen into the hauds of the ciyil guards. In one encounter u guardsman was killed, The banditti are well nigh wiped out. Authorized 10 Begin Business. WASHINGTON, April #4.--The acting comp- troller of the currency to-day avthorized the First Nutiona! vank of Muvphysvoro, 1il, to begin business, with a capitul of 50,000, by Record BAN Fraxo ~In tle Pacitic Derby yesterday the Czar mude & wile ond a halfl in ¥:56, the fastest Derby ever run in the United States Beat the 1 e~ Entertained at the White House. Wasmixuton, April 24 —President and Harrison entertained Vice-Vresident and Mrs. Morton at diuner to-night. . Five Killed By an Explosion. Loxvon, April 24.—An explosion has oc curred in Brandepeth coliiery at Durgam. Five persons were killed, C - The Michigan P Bitl. Micl., April #4.--The bhouse to- uy passed the Abbett capital punishment wazmer weathor, winds sbifting 10 southeriy, [ STILL AFTER THOSE THIEVES. Citizons of Keya Paha County Visit Governor Thayer. COMPLAINTS OF DEPREDATIONS. “White Caps" Warn Postmaster Ran- dall, of Centropolis, to LookjOut For Himself, and He is Doing It The Keya Paha Trouble LixcoLy, Neb., April 24.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The citizens of Keya Paha county propose to xid that country of the gang of cattle and horse thieves that have been infesting northern Nebraska for the past four or more years. G. H. Rogers and John Bivers, of Springview, were in conference with Governor Thayer during the entire afternoon and evening working upon a plan that will lead to the accomplish- ment of this end. It seems that the honest law-abiding citi- zens of that part of the state have grown desperate. They put it strongly. They say that neither their property nor their lives are safe under the present condition of affairs. Afidavits were submitted to the governor that leave no shadow of doubt that horse and cattle thieving has been carried on to an alarming extent in that and neighboring counties. Horace Stuart, a former member of the gang, makes afidavit fixing the identity of a number of the leading members of the law- less band. The intormation he furnished the governor is so startling that the latter has concluded to visit that and neighboring counties for the purpose: of inquiring into the situation from every standpoint, and he will leave for there in a day or two. The gang operates without fear of law, and this is what makes the situation so ex- asperating. 1Tt is learned that the thieving is done on the Indian reservation, thns putting the criminals beyond the jurisdiction of cither the state or federal courts. and they laugh at every effort that has been made to bring them to justice. This led to the or- ganization of the farmers' protective asso- ciations, or vigilance committees, for self- protection. As the gang puts it, ‘anti- vigilance” committees have been organized, and the country is kept in a constant furore of agitation, Some of the members of the band are said to be men of wealth, and they have friends of position and influence to do all they can to protect them from summary vengeance. They tell the story there that the governor has promised to protect them with the state militia. This has kept the protective ussociation inactive for some time, but the constant thieving, threats and and clamors led to the visit of Messrs. Rogers and Bivens, who have put the matter properly before the governor, and he gave them the outspoken assurance that no militia or other body of troops would be sent into that or any other country to protect and strengthen lawlessness. This was the special assurance that the gentlemen sought. The gang numbers over fifty, who are grow- ing rich at the expense of the honest home- steader and stock raiser. Bassett Holds the Fort. Basserr, Neb.,, April 24.—[Special Tele- gram to Tre Bee.]—The recanvass, to-day, of the votes cast in Rock county for county seat atthe clection on January 29, gives the county seat to Bassett by s majority of thir- ty-one. Recent developments show such stupendous frand on the part of Newport at the election held in that town that it is gen- erally conceded by the people of the county that a contest of the election, if instituted, will result in giving Bassett about twice the majority which she now has. Positive ev dence is now collected which will prove fifty- seven out of the 150 votes cast in the precinc of Newport are illegal, and a careful canvass of the county shows that there must have been nearly seventy such votes cast. There is thereforo no question as to whether the permanent county seat is at Bassctt. It is and will stay there, Aftermath of the Valparaiso Row. Varranaiso, Neb, April 24.—[Special Telegram to Tue BEee.]—The preliminary trial of Columbus Edie, one of the partici- pants in the racket at the house of Iver Jen- sen, mentioned in yesterday's Bee, came off before Justice Griffen to-day, and the pris- oner was bound over in the sum_of $£300 to appear at the district court. It appears from the testimony that Edie caught Gus- tafsen tryiug to force a voung girl to go up stairs with hun, and struck Gustafsen and then kicked him down the stairs, after which Gustafsen mounted the stairs, swear- ing that Edie should never come down alive, and on reaching the room above, several others, in trying to quell the disturbance, after Kdie had been put out of the house by the owner, got into a general rough ana tumble fight with revolvers and knives. Mciarland waived examination and will ap- pear at the May term of court, A Red Cloud Fire. Ren Croun, Neb., April 24.—[Special Tel- egram to Tng Bee. |--The B. & M. coal sheds at this voint caught fire, this evening, at about 9:15, and burned down almost before an alarm was sounded. It is supposed the firc was caused by the explosion of a torch which one of the night workmen had been using. Oneor two cars standing on a side track were consumed, and the water tanlk and stock yards were saved only by the prompt assistance of citizens, The l0ss can- not be ascertained ut this time, Beartrice Licenses. Bearnice, Nob; April 24.—([Special to Tue Bee.]—The city council st night dis- posed of considerable business, Eight sals licenses were asked for, and six of them granted, at $1,000 per year, One saloon- keeper was refused on dccount of his place of business being a basement, it being under- stood in the councii that no saloon shall be allowed in a basement. J. S, Grable was the only member voting against, licens An ordinance was passed reorganizing the police force, prohibiting them from idling on the streets, smoking or visiting saloons. Stolen Horses. Sewarp, Neb,, April 23.—[Special to Tne Beg. ] —The sheriff has offered a reward of $50 for the arrest and conviction of thieves who stole two mares from the barn of Carl Fuebring, a farmer living near Seward, early 'ucfldn{' worning. The thieves are I\ll“)flled to be two men wearing dark clothes, having dark sombreros, each having moustaches, one dark, the other light com- plected. The animals stolen are a dark gray mare 8 years old, weight 1,050, head almost white; the other a black mare 8 years old, weight 1,250, having one white hind foot and a star in forehead. A Lively Racket. Neoraska Ciry, Neb., April 24, Telegram to Tug Bk, B. Northeutt and a negro named Ben Knight quarreled, this evening, over s trifling matter, when the negro struck Northeutt over the head with & stiok, inflicting an ugly wound. The lutter pulled o revolver and shot Knight through the urm. The negro then took the revolver away from Northeutt and would have beaten him to death with it, but for the timely inter- ence of neighbors. Knight is in juil, —— Obsy Literatare, Fremoxt, Neb., April 24.—| Special to Tug BEk.|—A number of arrests were made by the police officers yestorday for the publica- tion and circulation of obscene literature. Objectionable matter was first discovered in the public schools, where one of the pupils had introduced it for sale. The scnool board mmediately took the matter up, and began | Special” prosecution, This ledite the arrest of two boys, Dennis Huff and k Simmons, and Harry Hotel, an employ8 in a printing office, Their preliminary exa fon was hold bo- fore Police Judee Kuony: this morning, and it came out that the publication of the vile poem was in the office of the Platte River Zeitung, the German paper, whereupon kd- itor Charles Schaffer was immediately rlmwl under arrest, and has since given bonds in the sum of £1,000 to appear at the next term of the distrietccourt. e White Caps After Editor Randall, CexTROPOLIS, Neb., April 24.—Special to ‘Tnr Bre.| ~C. H. Randall, editer of the Centropolis World, and lately appointed postmaster here, to-day received the follow- ing letter through the postofce : “April 23, 1880, Centropolis, Neb.—Mr. C. H. Randal, you are hereby notified that if you take possession of the Centropolis post- office you will be linch dnd you are notified to leave Baner county Inside of teu days or you will be yoused the same. By order of Wity Cars, Bisness.” Mr. Randall incurred the enmity of a cer- tain class of citizens here during the recent bitter county seat fight, and they are deter- mined to run him out.: The plucky editor announces his determination to stay with them and has already collected nearly enough evidence to make it pretty hot for some of the white cap cowards. Twenty-five representaiive citizens offered to arm them- selves and seo Randall through. Railroad Tolls. OarRAND, Neb., April 24.—[Special to Tine Bee.|—Hon. L. Crounse, of Fort Calhoun, Neb., and president of the Nebraska Central railroad, was here yesterday and called o directors’ meeting of the company. Letters were read from English capitalists in regard to construction of the' road and resolutions were adopted to enter Into negotiations with them for the building of the road. The line will run from Decatur, Neb., west through Burt and Cuming counties to west line of the state, Indian Pasture Land. BaNcrorr, Neb., April 24.—[Special to Tur Ber]—Lieutenant Malloury, of the United States troops, with twelve soldiers, arrived here this afternoon to look after the Omaha and Winnebago reservations, It is not known what arrangements the cattle- men, who have uo leases from the Indians to pasture on their land, will make. The In- dfans do ot farm “fhe land, and have no stock to pasture. The_catilemen here are willing to pay these Indians for the pasture. Activity in Land N10RARA, Neb., Aprll 28.—[Special to Tnr BEE. |- ‘With the prospeots of the opening of the Sioux reservation at an carly day there are many coming and taking up temporary locations for the season, while many are picking _up some excellent town property. On the 27th a big sale of choice town prob- erty will take place te- satisfy the debts of the late Hon. Thomas G. Hullihen, when about fifty acres will be disposed of, besidcs some excellent town proberty in the heart of the town. ey Omaha Too Slow. NionrARA, Neb,, April 23, —Special to Tre Bee. |—A lively correspondence s now in vrogress between the management of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valiey rail- road company secking a connection with Omaha, What worries this place is Omaha's slowness in getting to the front in tho fuce of Sioux City's bold enterprise. Twelve miles more and Omalis, would tap tne Mis- souri at Niobrara. 3 Horses and Hogs Koasted. JUNIATA, Neb., April 24.—[Special Tele- gram to Tre Brg.]—At 3 o'clock - this morn- ing J. M. Bechtelheimer's barn took fire, burning five head of horses, a calf, a buggy and harncss, a mower, a hay rake, and 500 bushels ot ‘oats, 200" bushels of corn, and nine hogs: no-insurance except on the'barn; loss §2,000. ——— Stock Killed. OAKLAND, Neb., April 24.—[Special to Tz Beg,]—Last night during the rain and thun- der storm lightning struck the barn of Gust. Backus, living west of town, shattering it to splinters and killing one span of mules val- ued at at $400 and a span of horses, Eaaleb e A AGEORGIA OYCLONE. Two Men Killed 1 Much Property Destroyed at Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga., April 24.—One of the heavi- est rain and hail storms ever known here began to fall at 4:3) this afternoon. It was veritable cloud burst, At the time it began the members of the fire department were in- side the Jackson building, which burned last Saturday night., the wails of which were standing. Fire had broken out among the debris, and the men were there to put it out. The storm burst suddenly, and before they could get out the walls fell, killing two and injuring others, The Ivy street Mission was blown down and completely destroyed and other buildings damaged. L A0 Nebraska and lowa Pensions, WASHINGTON, April 2¢.—[Special Tele- gram to T —Pensions were granted the following Nebraskans to-day: Original invalid—Richard M. Mahana, William H. Russell, George C. Lenhart (deceased) . Increase—Hervey W. Kennard, Patrick Whey, Sidney B. Viele, Henry D. Weller, Michael Roche. Reissue and increase— Daniel Liming. Original widows, etc (rencwal)—Electa, mother of Charles S, Speer; J. C. Hock, Sarah A, widow of George C. Lenhart, lowans: Original invalid—Otto E. Huene, William Ingels, Peter Fry, David White, William L. Nichols, John W. Mann, Joseph Tures, Edward Lowery, James Wilson (deceased), F'rank Breckwoldt, Robert Tur- William Kling, Adam Wassem, Jacob A. Cozad, Salem E. Martin, James E. Gil- more. Reissue—Samuel T, Craig. Reissue and increase—Solomon app, Original widows, ete.—Martha E., widow of James Wilson, ————— A Postofiiee Order. WASHINGTON, April 24.—Postmaster Gen- eral Wanamaker to-day issued the following order. The president havingrecommended|that, as a part of the order of pbservance of the cen- tennial of the inauguration of the first presi dent, a portion of Apr{l 80, 1889, be set aside for prayer and thauksgiving, in conformity thereto it is ordered: First, postmasters fare authoriZed to observe equal holiday bours on that day. Second, where it is possible to do 80 without detriment to the public service, these postoffices should be closed at or be- fore § o'clock a. m., in_order that employes may have an opportunity to comply with the proclamation of the president issued on the 4th inst, Third, J)ufln-wru must arrange for the report and dispatch of mail that may arrive and depart durjag the time the post- Oftice is closed, S A Reception for Captain Murrell. Bavtinoue, April $4.—Representatives of the corn and flour exchange, board of, trade, and merchants and manufacturer's associa- tion met to-day and srrunged to tender €ap tain Murrell, of the Missouri, rescuer of the pussengers of the Dunmark, o recption on is arrival here. Cuptain Murrell will be presented with a handsome service of plate. To Recompenss the Missouri. PriLapeLraia, April 24.—The New York agents of the Thingvalia line of steamers, to which company the lost Danmark be- louged, to-day tele graphed to this city that they had received & cablegram from Copen- hagen directi the owners of 1he stoamer Midsouri far tho cargo of the last named steamer jettisoned for the pur- B;u of makl room 1o accomwodate the anmark's ngers. [CARTER TAKES THE STAND. His Story Doesn't Chord With the Pretty Plaintiff's Tale. LIKE COOING TURTLE DOVES, Without Any Bickerings, and With Love to Light the Way They Passed Their Honey« moon. Judge Smith's “What Cn1oaGo, April 24— [Special Telegram to Tnr Bee. | here was renewed interest in the Carter divorce case, to-day, when the de- fendant, Leslie Carter, was placed on the stand, and in a manly, straightforward way, told the whole history of his married life, and denied all the charges brought against him. One feature of the proceedings was the way in which the witness silenced Mrs, Carter’s chief counsel, Judge Smith, who has @ great fondness for bullying witnesses on the stand. Carter has a singularly rapid way of speaking, and runs his words together in 8 way which is confusing to an old person like Judge Smith. When Mr. Carter said he believed Mrs. Carter did write letters home to her mother, Judge Snnth stopped him and bawled out: . “‘What.} “I beliieve she did,” shouted Mr, Carter, With a plainness of articulation and rapidity of utterance and loudness of voice, com- bined with a certain pointedness of gaze, which made Judge Smith lowoer his head a8 a turtle does when one throws a stick at his shel This experience was repeated once or twice, and Judge Smith’s discomfiture Was 80 apparent that a gentle laugh went round the room. As the News puts it, “Judge Smith’'s expression was that of o man who had inadventuredly been the target of the garden hose in full operation, and he paid strict attention thereafter.” The wit- ness said that the only disagreement between the two during the wedding trip was a difference of opinion about going to Nowport instead of to Washington. This had not even the complexion of a discussion. Mr, Carter distinctly said that no unpleasant or offensive conduct occurred. “Everything was perfectly happy " asked Judge Smith, *‘Certainly, sir, perfectly happy,” replied Mr. Carter, He then gave a detailed narrative of their stay in Boston, mentioning the picture gal- leries they visited, the churches they at- tended and the visit to Cambridge and the colleges. The two were together almost all the time. This contradicted Mrs. Carter's ‘story that she was virtually a solitary pris- oner. He spoke of meeting Mr. John S. Perry at the depot in Albany, to which city they had gone at the instance of Mrs, Car- ter, who wished to attend the commence- ment_exercises at a school there, a Mrs. McMahon's daughters being among the graduates. “They next went to the Prospect house at Kaatskill, where they were the only guests, and the most of their time was put in in driving; thence to New York, and so on, with the route. They dined out once at the house of Mr. Carter's sister, once at the house of Henry W. Mer- rlam. They went to the theater several times, and still all was serene. They went to purchasc a carriage and then household glassware, and finally a turquoise and dia- mond ring, which cost a little over $100, This he gave his wife for a birthday present. The drift of-all this was to show that it was veritably a honeymoon. Explaining the relationshiv of Miss Margaret, Carter, Mr, Carter said that his mother dicd when he was a boy eleven yoars old, and his father died in 1578. Miss Carter had come from Scotland to take charge of the hauschold after his mother died.” When Leslie and Mrs, Carter came to the house on the bridal tour he was positive nothing unpleasant oc- curred. His relatives made constant efforts to entertain her while he was away at his oftice. : — FOR RELIGIU REASONS, Partial Drop of Sunday Freight Trains on the Vanderbilt System. New York, April 24.—[Special Telegram to Tae Bee.]—All the Vanderbilt roads cast of Chicago will, on May 1, abandon a.great proportion of the Sunday freight trains, Kven next Sunday fewer trains than usual will run. “For a year past,” said President Chauncey M. Depew, ‘Mr. Cornelius Van- derbilt has been urging a change. The presi- dents of the Vanderbilt roads hold monthly meetings, and at the meeting which preceded Vanderbilt's departure for Eurove, on March 30, it was decided to make tho experiment, for wnat is what it is, It is not proposed to stop all Sunday trains. The change affects the freight business only, although we have already succeeded in curtailing a number of Sunday passenger trains by giving up ex- cursions, and in other ways. It is not possi- ble, of course, for us to stop all Sunduy freights. There are certain kinds of freight which must be moved. We can not let per- ishable goods rot on the road. Cattle and other Jike stock must be cared for and for- warded, and certain market trains can not be abandone If some of our trains did not get to this city, on Monday morning, there would be a famine here; that is, you know, & famine of some things, We expect to reg duce the number of men employed in the Sunday trafic by from 8315 to 50 per cent,” “‘Are the reasons for this action religious or economical, or botht” “‘Almost purely religious, although we do expect that it will improve the morals of the men and give them more time at home, The latter is, however, going to beadifficult mat- ter to fix; that is, to arrange it so uhat freight crews will be at home at the end of the Saturday run."” ““Are you in favor of the change, and who else beeides Mr. Vandervilt wanted it/ “I am in favor of it, and s0 were nearly all the presidents, The most serious trouble is to arrange it. We can’t refuse to receive freight from connecting roads, nor can we afford to iose one day's business in the week ; that would ruin us.” “‘But the men will have to lose one-seventh of their income, will they not! Are tug freight crews paid by the run?” “‘Yes, they are so paid, and, of course, they will lose just so much money, but the men have repeatedly said that they did not want to work on Sunday. Now we will take them at their word. Perhaps they may not like it. T have known such cases, They clamor for a theory, but they realize a con- dition,” Depew said the change would affect all the Vanderbilt roads east of Chicago. ‘It woula be much easier to accomplish if the roads west of there could be brought in, but that is impossible, The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern is so surrounded by com- petition that it would lose half its business if we should try it there, and we can’t afford that, you know." He said that the change would make the business of the roads red-hot -on Mondays and Tucsdays, and that it would necessitate greater vard facilities ull along the road, as well as, perhaps, & lafger number of cars, ‘Fhe roads would'try, he said, to get along without employing any additional crews. L Jumped From the Fourth Story, Cuicago, April 24.—James Hagan, aged sixty-five, who had been Living at a hotel at north Clark street, committea suicide last ight by jumping from the top of the fourth story of the hotel to the stone sidewalk. His head struck the stone pavement, crushing it toa pulp and scaticriog his brains in every direction, Hagan had been drinking hard all gay. e A School House Burned, CrakKsON, Neb,, Avril #4.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee. | —At 11 o'clock last night the building used as @ school house was burned. ‘The fire is supposed Lo be tue work of an incendary, ! caused by death or resig: @ THE THREATENED STRIKE. No Trouble Is Anticipated By the Wostern Roads. 0AGO, April 24.—|Special Telogram to Tne Bee.|—Said a prominent railroad of- ficer this morning, concerning the rumored strike on some of the western roads. “I don’t believe there isn word of truth in the report. All tho railrond employes Know that the westorn roads are runniug behind, and that strict methods of economy must be adopted. There is not a railroad in the west which has not largely reduced its working forces. The men appreciate the no cessity of the movement as well as we do, and as far as I have heard, there is no inten- tion of compelling us to employ useless mon. Bosides, railroad employes are too sharp to strike just at a time when their services are least needed. The roads would go to any lenath to avoid a strike, and any complaint which the men have can easily be settled by arbitration. Unless the presont situation changes radically, and I seé no sign of such a change, there 18 no reason to apprehend a strike,” LOUISIAN DE l‘l‘i‘ll.-\D()l“. . They Murder One Man and Brutally Beat and Rob Another. Lirtie Rock, Ark., April 20.—A Shrove- port. L., special s “A shocking serap occurred last night in the Opera saloon in which John Fletcher, of Marshall, Tex., re- ceived a fatal wound at the hands of a young mannamed Walter Douglass, The trouble grew out of the refusal of Iletcher to join Douglass aud two young men named Jack Bergmann and John Powers in obtaing money from an old countryman, named R. K. Travis, in a dishonest ‘way. All tho partios implicated aro in jail, chargod with murder and robbery. They earried old man Travis outon the Texas road, beat him and robbed him, and left bim on the side of the road, where he was picked up and brought to thé police station. ~ He made a fuil statement be- fore the mayor's court, this morning, and " pointed out all the parties. TWO KILLED, FOUR CRAZED, The Terrible Work of Lightning in Nova & HALIPAY, N, S, April of Beach Hill, and oneof his children, were kllled by lightning Sunday night. Monday the bodv of Schofield was found lyi stretched on the floor and immediatel. neath was a hole whero the electric cu hud gone turough to the ground. In one corner of the room Mrs. Schoticld and three ildren wers found huddled together in a cntea condition. The side of the house had been knocked out. = Church Dedication at Yankton. YANKTON, Dal., April 24.—[Special Telo- gram to Tue Bew.|-—Christ church is jammed this evening, and many were un- able to gain admittance. The churen, which is a large, beautiful, modern structure, was consecrated by Bishop Hare, of South Da- kota. The consecration sermon was preached by Bishop Walker, of North Da- Kota. The Sermon was a most eloquent and improssive production, and niade a d pression upon the vast asscmblage vresent, Mr. Walker 1s one of the most eloquent of western divines, and Bishop Hare i nl preacher of great force and ability. Thore were quite a number of the clergy of the dio- cese present in their priestly robes, and took part in the service The Armes WASHINGTON, April 24.—Public procecd- ings in the Armes court-martial were con- oluded this morning. Jndge Hubbell, coun- sel for the aceused, fimshed his urgument, and Major Davis, judge advocute, made a very brief addross, in which he decimed to make any arguments on the merits of the case, and appealed to the court to give Cap tain Armes the benefit of every bit of tosti- mony and occasional doubt on behalf of his family, who would suffer most from the effects of his The court was then cleared for consultation. = =< Boulanger in Eng BRrusseLs, April 24.—General Boulanger, Count Dillon, and six other members of the Boulangist party left for England yesterday. ‘They uppeared gloomy and dejected. crowd witnessed their departure, nor there any cheering or enthusiasm. LoxnoN, April 24.—CGeneral and party arrived in this city this afternoon and was immediately driven to the Hotel Bristol, where he will establish nis auarters for the'present. A large crowd of his ad- wirers gathered in froot of the hotel und ex- tended a cordial welcome to the general, - To Reduce Sundiy Train Service. New Youk, April 24.—All of the Vander- Lilt roads east of Chicago, will, May 1, aban- don a great proportion of their Sunday freight trains. Even next Sunday fewer trains than usual will be run. At a meeting held by the presidents of the Vauderbilt roads March 30 it was decided to make the experiment. It1s not proposed to stop all Sunday trains. The chunge effects the freight busiess only L Pl An Ilhmois Man Chosen, WASHINGTON, April 24.—Secretary Rusk has appointed Dr. G. E. Morrow, of Cham- vaign, 1L, to represent the agricultural de- partment at the jubilee show of the Agricultural society to be held in this summer, and he is also authori visit such other places in Europe us s necessary to study the hive stock interests of the old world. The report of his obsery. tions and experiences is to be made to the department upon his return, zland, No was Boulanger headed, Leao Ciry, Dak., April2 Nick Fred- ericks, a workman in the Sweepstake mind was killed at the noon hour to-day. He employed on the second level, and was killed by being caught by a rising cage when lean- ing over a shaft. His body wus carried up- ward until it struck the curoing, when he was thrown to the fifth level, 800 foet below. The head was severed from the body, e The Death Record, Hiuawarua, Kan,, Apri |Special Tele- gram to T Ber.]—Mrs. C. D, Lawrence, wife of one of the oldest cettlers of Brown county, died this evening very sudd after a short illness, Mr. Lawrence is th oldest and one of the most successful mer- chants of this city. o Women's Missionary Soctety. PRILADELYHIA, April 24 —The nineteonth annual asseiobly of the Women's oreign Missionary society of the Presbyterian chureh began in this city to-day. About three hundred del re in attendance from all parts of the country, and some from foreign lands. e The Hllinois Telephono il SEIINGPIELD, April 24.—On 4 fs in the full house to-day, the teleplione bill received ity death sentence, the friends of the measure heing unable to drum up over voles favor, while the lobby scored sixty-tn against & motion 1o suspend the ra Postmast Appointed Wasminuroy, April 24 —First Assistant Postmaster-General Clarksoi today ap- Jointed about one huudred uud fortylfive fourtl class Of this number ero made 1o fill vacancies ton, o ¥ czziod $11,000 CrLeviiAND, April 24—E. L. Whintaker, boolckesper aud confidential elerk for the plumbing firm of Hwith & Connors, was ar- rested for ewbex shortage is said to e §1,000, [THEY WILL VISIT OMAHA? The Senate Committee on Relas tions With Canada Will Oall. ANTHONY COMSTOCK ALL RIGHT, His Commission Has Not Beon Ree voked—Nioaragna Canal Talk—A Rush of OMce Seekers—Harrl- son Takes a Stroll, 518 FouiTeENTI STRE WasniNaroN, D, C., April M, Tho senato committee on our relations with Canada will start for tho Pacific const within a few days. There will be fifteon people iu the party, including Senators Hoar, Hale, Allison, Dolph, Pugh, Butler and Voorhees, and their ladics. Itis the intens tion of the committeo to travel leisurely through tho country and to stop off at wa- rious points for briof periods. They will ar- rive in Omaha, necording to the present pro- gramme, at 7 o'clock on the morning of May 4. Their visit to Omana will be a visit of pure pleasure, and they will leavo for the farther west on the train that leaves Omaha at 7:30 p. m, Another par WasniNaroN Bureav, Tre Ovana Brs, } v of prominent men will drop down in Omalia on the 15th of May. 1t will consjst of Secretary of War Proctor, Major- Generals Schofield and Crook, Adjutants General Drum, Colonel Bare und two or threo other army oficers. They will bo on a tour of inspection of the various forts, and will spend one day in Onmalia, ANTHONY €0 A telogram was re department t inquiring true, as reported, that Aut commission as o partment had bee with sawdust men,’ i'he te ferred to Chief Inspector I lutighed heartily av it and then stated that there was not the slightest truth in the res por of Mussachusett R W. MeAfe Louis, und ¢ nett, of San huve years held comt as special iuspcctors of the postofiice department, for the pu of ussisting them in their work of su ing vice in the mails, but the no official sorvice for the their commissions are not subj tion for the reasons reportod Anthony Comstock was relegated to privite life for “'collusion with sawdust men™ struck the postmaster-gencral as a very funny one, FOR NICARAGUA Gentlemen connected with the Nicaragua sanal company who are now in_ Washington UK, t the postoMea whether it ony Comstoe ctor of the d htone, who that there will be an_expedition sent out the purpose of taking muchincry to agua dredges, ete., for beginning tha work and to estalish s stutions and put up machine shops within four weels, It will depart from New York about the middla or 20th_of noxt month, and will be absent TinGt of LG Bamimar L AT eanSht being perfected for it at the exccutive des partments in Washington T OFEICE SEEKERS' RUST Between 10 and 1 to-dny ber of callers w w President Har aged more thun two a minute, cutest crush seen during the An sion provails iwong the 5 fow chunges are to ba in the , and they ding to make a farewel] push. Then the fact that the president goeg to New Yorl, on Sundaf night, not to re turn till Wednesday night, allowing him buf three more oftice-hiling diys before the en of next week, adds zest to ihe determination on the part of those who want places, ta rush their clyims. No important appointe monts are expected during the next ten days TARKISON TAK President Harrison su about o'clock this af out of the white house down Pennsylvania avenue, which wag thronged with people. Such a thing has nof been done Ly a president since Genera] irant left the exccutive mansion. A grea! many recognized President Harrison a raiscd their hats, while some of his personal friends wero grected with a hearty hauds shake. He wore a dark business suit and q felt hat, NEDRASKA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. Frank Thatcher, Chappel, Devol county, vice William H_German, resigned; H. We Mitcheil, ~Frenchtown, 'Antelope vice M. Iinch, resigned; Joseph L. € Granger, Scott’s Biuft Burton, resigned ston, Rock county. C, sigued; Theodore B, Small, Lavoen, Cherry county, vice A. Broewer, resigned; Ira Knapp, McLean, Koya Paha ‘county, vice J. Bould, resigned; William J. Armstrong, Menterville, Anfelope county, vice H. K. Vail, resigned; idwin Pibel, Moran, Wheele® county, vice G. W. Patterson, resigned; Melvin A, Hanmel, Muilen, Thowas county, vice Luther 8, ‘Preferen, resignod; John Moffett, Platte Center, Platte couuty, vice R. L. Rossitor, resigned; S, A, Vosbur, Kay, Holt county, vice William Wetherel, resigned. John A, Chapman, of Hlinois, has been appointed chief of thé division of iuspection in the oftice of the socond ussistant postuiase ter-genoral. Senator Manderson was among the at the white house. — OFFICLE SITI, Will Settle W Days. A STROLL. prised everybody rnoou by walkin alone and nu-olllns mo ice J, A, Cabe, Ingale: F. Young, re. lers Peniy S, HeArn, THE PO Secretary Windol Matter in a I WasiNGTON, April 24.—(Special Telegram to Tue Be Lx-Senutor Snunders wag scen at the treasury department this morne ing just as hie was coming out. When asked what was new relative to the Owmaha federal buildiug site, he said: *The whole question has been delayed by the delay of some important pupersin reache ing Washington, These papers referred ta the different sites and were accompanied by maps, which will be of use to the secrotary in making his decision. I don't think now that there is any chance that the matter wil) be scttled for some days, probably not this week.” Secrctary Windom to-day disposed of one of the four public building questions which have been giving him a great deal of trouble ~-namely, thc Buffalo site, He issued ap order relinquishing all clzie by the gove ernment to the site selected on the 20th of March, the property, which belonged w s church, haviog been sold in the meantime by the trustecs to a savings bank for $5,000 more than the government proposed o piy. the n Pacific Stockholders Meet. 1 24.—~At the ancual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pavific road to-iuy the action of the board of divectors with the exccutive committee for the past year approving the guarantee of the bouds of the Union Pucific railrond and the gnaran- tee of bonds of the Utah and Northern rail- road and the revision of ajreement be tween the Union V'zeific and the Oregon Short Line, was upproved and ratified. ‘I'be old board of directoss was ra elected after which the meeting adjourned. e The Indians and the Boomers. Cuteao, April 24.—A special from Cutherie, Okluhoma, snys a rising of d on the border on eee cs wio falod to get Oklae s squatting on o 310 be kent 10 the sce Appointed United States Attorney. Wasmixaron, April 24--The prosident tos duy appointed Willly Sweet, of Iduho Usited htulcs attorney 1or Wiat tesritory, ~ lLoma Troops a