Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 11, 1889, Page 1

D — PR i kNG DAILY COU BEE. n \J )‘111. EIGHTEEN TH YEAR. — NUMBER 330 SOME ONE HAD, BLUNDERED. Bungling Execution of the Bald Knobbers at Ozark. BTRANGLED THEM TO DEATH. The Iopes Stretch and they Fall Btruggling Through the Trap— Lifted Back to the Soaffold, A Bungling Execution, OzARK, Mo, May 10.—[Special Telegram to Tui Bre]—The Bald Knobber captain David Walker, his son William, and their partner in crime, John Matthews, were ail excouted at Ozark, to-day. A new page of hor.ors is aaded to the history of exccutions, BOME ONE ITAD BLUNDERED, Strong men turneu deathly sick and rushed from the avwful scene. Terribly affceting scenes transpired at the jail this morning. Revs. Grayston aad Hora offered fervent prayers for the prisoners, broken by frequent responses from the deeply suffering men. Beveral ludies of Ozack were kaeeling in the corridor utterly unmindful of the dirt and pools of tobacco spit on the floor. The pris- oners joined heartily in singing famil- far songs. John Matthews was asked to lead in prayer, but, instead, he preferred _ tosing his favorite hymn, a wierd camp. meeting song, in which none of the others could join. Reporters were permitted to view the scaf- foldinside the jail yard, with the three awful ropes already knotted and suspended threat eningly avove. John Matthews' wife and sister were alone permitted to see him through the grated door. He did not sleep at all during the night, and looked far more haggard than yesterday. THE KNORIER CHIEF SLEPT 8OUNDLY from 11 last night to 4 this morniug. A strong guard was posted arouna the outer {ail yard, but there has uever been any need for a wuard, save to keep away crowds of in- quisitive visitors. The prisoners have spent much time in writing to their friends, and it was hoped that some statement of the bot- tom facts of the crime would be made public. BIll Walker was asked TOMAKE A STATEMENT, but he replied in adigulfied and well-worded vote tha o statement could mnot possib beaefit him nor comfort his friends, and th after he was hanged it should never be said of 3ill Walker that he weakened, or tried to cast any discredit on the evidence of the poor women whose husbands had been killed, John Matthews talked somewhat excitedly while putting on the neat black suit m which ho was to make his exit from all that is mor- tal. He exliorted the guthered listeners at the grated window. He expressed his hope of salvation in the world to come and pro- tested his iunocence of auy premeditated crime. At half-past 0 the jury and several clergy- men and reporters were admittod to the in- ner jailyard, from which a hole haa been cut in‘the brick wall through the back cund of the jail. At 9:84 Joln Matthews' voice ‘was heard in loud exhortation. A few mo- ments after, the three prisoners walked through the v and compasealy,and HE sTEPS, Rev. Horne read o passage of scripture and a hymn, and the prisoners joined in the singing, broken by pious exclamations frouw Matthews. Rev. Horne then offered prayer. The death warrant was read, and the pr oners were asked in turn what statement they desired to wake. Matthews culled loudly upon heaven to witness his innocence of any premeditated crime, Dave Walker said: I am w die for a crime T could not help.” Bill Walker simply re- sponded: “I hope I am fully prepared to seet my God. At seven uinutes before 10 the trap was spring which should have lauuched the three meu into eternity. ‘Then ensued A MOST FEARFUL SCENE. The ropes yielded so much that the feet of both the Walkers touched the ground, and their necks were not broken. The bungling noose around Bill Walker's nack slipped and stretched. His head pulled tarough and he fell moaning and praying to the ground, where he lay rolling and lamenting for three nuuutes, Dave Walker in the meantime Ifited up and the rope shortened. He was left to die of strangulution, Poor Bill was picked up aud carried to the trap, which could not again be sprung until _the others were deac and cut Gown. John Matthews' NECK HAD BEEL DKOKEN By the fall, In sixteon minutes Dave Wal- ker was pronounced dead. During these awful micutes Bill had sat upon the scaf- foid supported by Skeriff Johnson, moaning occasionally and saying to the sheriff God's sake put me out of this horrible mis- ory.” Again he was placed upon bis feet, and at 10:10 the fatal tiap again fell, and agrin the horeible scene, intensified a' hun- dredfold in horror, wus repeated. STOUT-HEARTED MEN GREW FAINT and worqmmron.-u to leave the jail yard. Great drops of sweat rolled from the agon- ized fuce of Sheriff Johnson, who was aliost bewildered by the fearful blunder. Bill Walk pck was broken by the see- ond fall, ana in _fourteen minutos’ lifo was extinct, and his body was placed by the side of his father's. The bodies were delivered to relatives to be taken to Sparta for burial. ‘The most deeply pathetic incideut of thy day occurred when the wagon with the body of John Matthews was driven by the juil yard ana his faithful wife and a mother climbed in and BAT BESIDE THE COFFIN the wife crying as if her heart was broken, while the blind old mother said tothe crowd: “We didu't know what it would come to when John joined the Buld Knobbers, Poor souls, ve didn’t haye any more sense." . THE CRIME. In the autumn of 1386 a band of night riders was formed iu the rough portions of Christian county, who styled themselvos Bald knobbers, Their avowed object was to reform the morals of the communities in which they lived by leaving warning letters, sccompanied by bund'es of hickory switches at the homes of the supposed offenders, If the warning wus unheeded a second nightly visit was made, the doors of the offen- der's home were suddenly burst open and he was rudely yacked out of his warm bed, tied 10 ® tree and whipped with hickory withes by different meinbers of the band in turn. A saloon at Chadiwick was raided, and soveral barrols of whisky wore poured out and the owners 80 terrorized that they left the count Jiut the rough and iguorant members of the band undertook to regulate and amcod accord with their ideas ere held witn great s crecy. ‘Ehere was terriblo eath il dunl{n penaly for imparting any icfor to ouisiders or for the betrayal of On their raids iue, W rible masks, concoalng their ident- ity. To speak disupprovingly of their wothods was pretiy sure to te followed by a warning, printed roughly in huge red lotters ornamiented by a skuli and cross-Lones. Vari- ous whibpings occurred without blnodshed until oue fatal night, tho 1ith of Murch, 1887, The band, to the number of thir wet at ulqht & dark hollow at a place ed the"Old Bmelter," where they swore in new mowbars aud talked and planned nad been until near midnight, when they broke up, sixteen of the party going to their homes, but fourteen of the older members marched in the direction of Sparta. Near the road lived William Edens, a strong, active man, who had been warned by the gang to “'stop talking about the Bald Knobbers.” and who had boldly defled the midnicht raiders, William Edens' house was broken into and found empty, and the gang rushed on ata rapid run a fow rods to the home of old man Edeus, where were nssembled for mutual protection William Fdens and family and liis sister with ber husband, Charles Green, The house. was instantly surrounded and the doors were broken down with axes hetore the dazed inmates were fairly awake, Old man James Edens appeared at the door with a pistol but he only succeeded in firing one shot in defense of his home before he was struck insensible with an axe. At the same time the knobbers rushed into the house and pulled Charles Green ana William Edens from their beds and shot them to death in the louse while their wives were frantically trying to protect them. One of the women was slightly wounded and one d her night dress burned with the powder, Old man Kdens was supposed to be dead, but afterward recovered. His one pistol shot however had fortunately taken effect in the leg of Bill Walker, a son of Dave Walker, the captain of the band. After the murder the masks, guns, and dark lanterns of the band were concealed and Bill Walker was taken to Douglas county in hiding. An aroused and outraged ~ public speedily hunted down every member of the gang and after the arrests there was no difficulfy in procuring evidence since every knobber, ex- cepting Dave Walker and” his son Bill, was eager to save his own neck by turning state’s evidence ugainst the others. - For the Green-Edens massacre Stanley and Awmos Jones are serving a sen tence of twenty-one years on apleaof guilty, C. O. Simmons is serving a sentence of twelve vears on the same plea. Wiley Matthews escaped from the Ozark jail on the night of the 25th of December, 1885, Jimmy Matthews, a young son of John, was granted o general continuance_ by the court, and_enjoined to go home and support his poor mother, Charles Graves, Joseph In- man and William Newton hud their cases nollied by the prosecution to serve as wit- nesses. William HISTORY OF THEIR LIVES. “Bull Creek Dave’ Walker, the Bald Knober chief, according to his' own story, was born in Christian county, Kentucky, June, 1843, His pavents moved to Chri county, Missouri, when he was four ye old und ‘settled near Sparta. The section they settled on was at that time part of Greene county. They had a hard life up to the war. Dave enlisted in Company M, Sixth Missouri voluntears, in 1562, but after u months’ service was discharged, as he was under age. Ho went back home, but had a strouger inclination for war than ever, and enbisted in Company H, Sixteenth MisSouri. His age was not found out, and he went through the war. After the war he re- tuined to Bull ereck and cntered forty acres of government land. This was his home- stead. He joined tho Bald Knobbers three years ago, when the first company was formed in Christiancounty (then Bull county), and was made chief, He elaimed that besides the pouring out of the liquor at the Chadwick saloon, and the whipping of John Evans for “cutting up in church,’ his company had not done any regulating. It was the whipping of Evans which excited the hostility of Edens. William Walicor is the oldest son of the Bald Knobber, He was born on March 5, 1870 Ho lived on the farm with his father all his life, and jomed the Bald Knob- bers. He 'was wounded n the right groin in_ the Greou-Edens killing, and that night was taken to his uncle's' house in Douglas county. He was cantured later by the sheriff with the assistance of J. D. New- ton, u brother of Walkor's sweetheart. John Matthews was born at_Bull Creek in Christian county, Mo., five miles from Chud- wick, April ), 1545, He was in tho union army during the war. He enlisted in the Forty-sixth Missouri. He took purt m sev- eral engagements incident to General Pryor's raid. He had nine children. Ho wasa member of the Baptist church, and had been a Bald Knobber but two months when the shooting occurred. His son Jimmie, four- teen vears old, was at Edons’ house the night of the killing and was indicted witt his father, but was released by the court on account of his youth, after furnishing a bond for §1,000. . THE BLACK HILLUS GOLD FIND. Frospectors Keport the Diggings as as Wonderfully Ric Deanwoen, Dak., May 10.—[ gram to Tie agher and John Hawley, two old time prospectors and miners, retnrned to the city from the new Placer digeings, thirty miles south of here, on Goid Run, having made eleven placer and two quartz locations. A district will be or- ganized next Monday, a recorder elected and laws adopted yoverning locations. The dig- gings ure ory but wonderfully rich, and in- clude Gold Run for « distance of four miles, and tributaries. Joo Waters, who discov- ered the diggigs, wheeled dirt a- mile to water andobtained twenty-four ounces of gold for one week's work. 1t is shot gold, though some nuggets are as large as pigeons’ cggs. A grand rush has set in, and at least two thousind people will be on the ground before Monday. A e The Carter Divorce Case. Cnicaco, May 10.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bre.|—Tho taking of testimony in the notprious Certor divorce case onded to-day, and the lawyers were given until Mouduy to prepare their specenes, which are limited to two on cach sido. Mrs. Carter was recallod this morning and asked soveral gencral questions, the replies to which were intended 10 affect some points made by the defense. One of hor former maids and _another ser- vant also tostied to the indifference, if not unkimdness, extibited toward the wife by rter_at the time of the birti of their cLild, Mrs, Carter was rosalled and testified 10 several things of no general interest, and the four weeks' trial was practically at an end. ez A Wyoming Cattleman Dead. Cueyexye, Wyo., May 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.|-—Colonel Charles K. Fisher, president and general manager of the Manhattan Cattle company, who for the past six years has been engaged iu the cattle business in Wyoming, died to-day of paeu- monia after an illness of one week. He served throngh the war as an oficer of artil- lery, was subsequently an internal revenue ofticer 1n South Caroling, and government inspector in Arizona, and’ attached to the quartermastor’s department. in Washington, He was extensivdly acquainted throughout the east, a popular member of the Cheyenne club, and @ highly csteemed citizen, The Deadwood Tragedy. Leav City, Duk, May 10. —Special Tele- gram to Tug BEk)--The coroner's jury which beld an inquest at Deadwood, to-day, over the remains of Dr, Patrick B. Connelly, who staggered into a saloon and dropped dead nt an early hour, Wednesday morning, found a verdict to the effect that the cause of his death was a blow iutlicted by a blunt strument in the hands of a party or parties unknown., Every possible effort is being made to discover the murderer. The funeral will tuke pluco to-morrow - Denics the Report, Wasmxorox, May 10,—The department of state denios that Mimster Enander has de elined the Darvish wission becuuse he had iearned that his appointment was not ac ceptable to the Danish government. The department had not received oficial informa- tion of lis resignition. WasniNGrox, May 10.—Frauk Palmerwthe newly appoinied public printer, has filed his bond iu the suu: of §100,000, and 1t has been approved. Palmer will eter upon the duties of Uis 0o uext Monday. ALAS FOR DR, CRONIN ! A Startling and Disgusting Confes- fession Concerning Him. BETTER THAT HE WERE DEAD. Instead of a Martyr He is a Base Criminal Fleeing Affrighted From the Sword of Stern Justice. Revolting Revelationsof a Dupa, Citeaco, May 10.—([Special Telegram to Tue Bree]—The Dr. Cromin mystery isa mystery no longer. The friends and ad- herents of that gentleman, who have been shouting “plot” and “‘assassination’ for the past six days, are dumbfounded at to-night developments. On the other hand, lhe friends of Alexander Sullivan, who it was insinuated by the Croninites, was in some way connected with the doctor's disappear- ance, are greatly pleased at the turn affairs have taken, and cxpress their satisfaction that the ridiculous idea of a plot to assassi- nate or kidnap Cronin or any other member of an opposing faction in the land league has been exploded. From the confession of Frank Woodruff, to the city police, there appears to be but little doubt that Dr. Cro- nin_has left the city to avoid the conse: quences of his connection with a case of abortion which resulted in the death of the unfortunate woman whose body was con- veyed to a secret place of burlal in the bloody trunk found in Lake View, Sunday night, and which friends of Cronin have been inclined to believe, contamed his mangled remains, Last night an oficer from the Twelfth street station arrested a young man who was trying to sell a white horse and wagon in a livery stable near the station, fora small sum of money. When taken to the station the man gave his name as John Brown, and, when asked the routine questions always ad dressed to prisoners, betrayed much ~emo- tion, and asked for Captain O'Donnell. He was'taken to the captain's oflice, and in the presence of several officers told a stavtling story of his connection with the Cronin mys- tery. To.day the police investigated the story and found it corroborated by many cir- cumstances which tend to show its truthful- ness. Brown’s real name is Frank G. Wood- ruff, and he hus been working for Dean & ' Co., ~livery stable keepers at 404 Webster * avenue. His story as reported by the authorities is to the effect that a week ago Wednesday, in talking with a man named William King, he (Woodruff ) had complained of being out of money, hav- ing lost cousiderable playing cards, and said that it was nccessary for him to secure some- thing to do that would pay better than work- ing in a livery stable. King said he could put Woodrufl inthe way of making some money easily. Saturday evening, just at dusk, King called Woodruff out of the stable and asked if he could get a horse and wagon out without any one knowing 1t, aud said he would give Woodruff 25 if 'he could doit. Woodruff said he could, and a place of meeting at 2 o'clock in the morning was agreed upon. Woodruff left the wagon out doors in the alley before going to bed, and when all the other emnloyes had retired, he stole noiselessly down stairs, took out a horse, hitched up, and meeting iing, they drove together to a barn in the rear of a big house on State street. As they wheeled up front of the barn, two men came out. Une was a man whom Woodruff calls Dick Fair- burn. _The other man Woodruff feels sure was Dr. Cronin. Although it was quite dark at the time, he had scveral opportuni- ties to look closely at the man's face, and asserts that he answers Cronin’s description in many ways. The other men addressed this person as “Doc.” The three men weut into the barn together and returned with a trunk, which they lifted into the wagon and then climbed in. Thoy then drove straight through the alley to the first cross street, over to D born street, and up Dearborn to Lincoln park. ‘I lieard several expressions in conversa- tion between the men,” said Woodruff, *Ywhich convinced me there was a body in the trunk. In the first place, I noticed that Cronin was very anxious for us to hurry. Two or three times he said: ‘Get out of here boys, get out of here quick.’ Inoticed the trank smelled as 1f there was decaying flesh within it. We drove nearly to the north end of the park, then stopped a minute near some bushes. King and Fairburn were with me, We left Cronin at the barn, and I remember as I looked back at him that one of his eyes was black as if he had been struck. At the bushes we lifted the trunk out, ana I held the horse while it was opened. 1 then saw my suspicions were cor There was body in the trunk. They hifted it out in s eral pieces, 1 can’t say positively whether it was the body of aman or wowan, except from one circumstances. I heard King say: “‘Here's where we leave Allie.’ “Fairburn answered: ‘Yes, and haa let Tom alone we would have had in here with her.’ “These remarks passed while they were carrying the trunk back into the bushes. I noticed each piece was carefully wrapped in something _that looked like cotton. King gave me §25, told me to drive on and get rid of the trunk and get the horse back in the barn, “I began to fecl a little whipped the horse into a gallop. 1 don't think I was over fifteen minutes on the run, Finally I dumped out the trunk and turned back. It broke open as it fell, but I did not wait to sce in what manner it lay or just how the pieces were placed. 1 returned to the barn.” Woodruff says he suspect: versution he overheard between Cronin, Fairburn and King, that the body in the trunk was that of & woman, whose death re sulted from an operation, perhaps performed by Dr. Cronin. H8 draws this conclusion, not only from the words he overheard, but ulso from the anxiety evinced by the doctor to get the body out of the way, and from the fuct that Cronin had appareutly recently been struck by some one, Woodruff first read of Cronin's disappear- ance Tuesday, aud also read the story re- lating w the finding of the empty trunk. He was greatly frightened, and thinking the ofticers were certainly on his track, Lok this means to get out of the city. He had some money remaining, but decided to obtain a little more, aud stole the identical horse and wagon which he had used last Saturday night. The result was his arrest and con fession, Woodruff is of the opinion that Cronin is 1n the city: that King knows of his where- abouts, and that if King can he found, he can tell where Cronin is, Search has been made ata point in Lincoln park, where, on the lake shore, Woodruff is said to have left Cronin and the others with the body, The unusually heavy rains have interfered with the work. Kxcept on one side, the lake stretches away for miles in every dicection. Within the park near by is a large pond. Both the lake and the pond are veing dragged. The residence, to which belongs the barn from where the trunk is claimed to have been carried, belongs to a well-to-do citizen named Waterous. He dis- claims all knowleage of the singular affair. A pretty brunette pamed Allie or Alice Villuvaso has beeu missing from the neigh- borhood near which is located the barn where Woodeufft is said 0 have viet Cronin and the latter's com- panions. Her parents are in rather uuible circumstances and heretofore little attention hus been paid to her disappear- ance. Several 'personals’ addressed to her, or relating to her have appeared in the papers if you ‘Doc’ shaky, and from the con- | of late, but the advertisements contain littie or nothing definite, CONKLIN DON'T BELIEVE IT, Saloonkeeper Conklin, with whom Crouin lived, wus informed to-mght of Woodruff's statement. Conkling declared there could be uothing in the story and once more iu- sisted that the doctor had been murdered by certain Irish nationalists, who, according to Conlklin, were enemies of Cronin, Is He in Torunto? Tonoxro, Qut.,, May 10.—A wan alleged to be the missing Dr. Cronis, 6f Chicago, was scen here, to-day. He left fown this after. noon in company Wwith another man aud a woman, [rem——" . AT SWORDS' POINTS. A Jolly Row in the Chicago Police Department, Cnicaco, May 10.—[Special Telogram to Tue Bee]—In one way or another the unarchist question seoms fated to keep the Chicago police department in hot water. Captain Schaack, the redoubtable North Side “burgomaster,” who was 80 prominent in the anarchist matter after the Haymarket massacre, has been laboring for a long time on a book of remniscences of those exciting times, and a local paper to-day publisied a number of excerpts from the advance sheets, solecting, particularly, some portions whicl contained, severe reflections on Frederick thersold, who was at that time chief of polic Schaack charges Ebersold with bemg responsible for the escape of Schnaubelt, the supposed thrower of the bomb; and with incompotency in the§:management of the case; und says other things, All this has caused a tempest in the police department. Mr. Ebersold says that the statements are “a pack of lies,” and makes counter.charges of conduct unbecoming an officer und gentle- man against Captain Schaack, and says that the latter was and is now suffering from a severe attack of ‘‘swelled head.” He even 8 that after the trial was ' concluded ‘haack was anxious to allow the unarchists to form new groups, that the police might, after a time, chase them down and thus keep the public excited over the affair indefinitely. Mr. Ebersold was not on the force during Mayor Roche's administration, but Mayor Cregier recently reappointed him as inspee- tor. It is held by his friends thut the publi- cation after his restoration was a gross act of insubordination, Chief Hubbard, this afternoon, said that no stéps had been taken in the matter of disciplining the offender, but that if Inspee- CONCERNING FORT ~ OMAHA. Secretary Proctor Thinks It Will Go to Bellevue. YESTERDAY'S NEBRASKA EVENTS A Clergyman's House Burned—Bur- glars Secure Forty O Thicf Gets Six Years—Wind- storm in Pringle County, The Secretary of War in Sidnoy. SinxEy, Neb,, May 10.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bre)—Promptly at 6 o'clock this cvening, amid a heavy rain storm, the special train, consisting of an engine, a dining-car of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney railway, and the directors’ car of the Union Pacific, arrived liere from Cheyenne, contaming the Hon. Secretary of War Proctor, General Crook, General Brooke, General Scofield, Gen- eral Drum,Colonel Barr, Licutenants Roe and Bliss, and Mr. Partridge, private secretary 10 Seeretary Proctor, The train moved down 10 the garrison, where they were received with the sccretary’s salute of seventcen guns, The garrison was thoroughly after which a reception was held at Colonel Poland’s residence, where the officers and leading citizens of Sidney paia their re- spects. TSecrotary Proctor was very favorably im- pressed with Fort Sidney, ana in reply to question as to the prospects of abaudonment, hie said, **No, sir, Lam in favor of its con: tinuation, and will do all in my power to secure a large appropriation next vear for it, and your post will remain indetinitely.” Replying to a question as to the location of Fort: Omaha, Sccrctary Proctor said he thought it would be located at Bellevue, An tor Ebersold would prefer chargas, prompt | appropriation of §0,000 has already been action would be had on them, made, and the cianeos arc it will be - et el creased., 5 EGOTO S5 Secretary Proctor is a very agreeable gen THE SCOTOH-IRISH CONGRESS. | \gnus ‘Gnll mani(osts groat intarost in army matters, The tram will arrive in Omaha at § o'clock to-morrow morning. Examining the Rmlroads, Fort Rouinszoy, Neb., May 10.—[Special Telegram to Tue Ber.|—Governor Thayer, Auditor Benton, Treasurer Hitl and Mr. Ralsey, and Mr. Hughes, of tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railway, passed through here yesterday morning. The usual salute of Swinton guns, o cavalry dress parade and guard mount kept the party in- terested for an hour. The military ardor of the old general was roused to such a that he promised to come up to Fort Robin- son during the summer cncampment of the troops. A short speech of thanks to Colonel Gilford, General Brisbin and oficers, and the special train moved out for home. inspected, The Pension Commissioner Makes a Ringing Specch, Corumnus, Tenn., May 10.—The Scotch Irish convention to-day listened to a number of addresses by prominent persons. Tho commissioner of pensions spoke at some length and in the course of nis speech, said: “For long years 1 have have had one con- scientious conviction in my heart which is stronger to-duy than evor before, namely, that it is the bounden duty of this great re- public to see to it that no wman who wore the blue and laid i off in honor, shall ever feel the mecessity _of or be permitted to crawl under the roof of an almshouse for shelter. The wolf of want must, in common decency, be driven from the door of the maimed o diseased veterans, and of the widows and orphans of those who haye already laid down their live: MLL‘I' A-'n%inx some h‘ isuc? show ‘an: th({ Snupert, Neb., May 10.—[Special Tele- number of pensioners receiving rent ks et 5 ru‘[cs\,( aonne ;‘(}:l’mo;"-f’“ :x‘;"km‘hu per | Bram to Tue Bee. |—Lightning struck the month, the commissioner added : residence of Rev. J. C. Lewis to-day. Mrs, “Ior twenty years and under varying | Lewis and a baby were alone in the house, circumstances, 1 have pleaded the cause of my | but no one was hurt. 1t was a heavy bolt, O TG e pppuc: | For twenty | dividing and running down the four corners Bow 1 am thinicful that o those fingor tips | O the house, tearing it fearfully. R Mr. there rests somo power, and as that power s | LoWis 18 pastor of tho flourishing congrega- soon as possible, to call in o every | yug many friends throughout the state who one of the cortificatossof pensions of | Mis muny | s the figures “which I ' have ~wamed, LI bo glad tolearn of his family's escape and reissuc them ' on the basis of the truth that no man ought to be down on the pension roll of the United States for less than the misserable pittance of 51 per week, though I may wring from the hearts of some the prayer, ‘God save the surplus,’ This and some other things 100 numerous to go into dotail about I proposé to do, if my life be spared and my ofiicial ' exisience be not cut short. I am clearly of the opinion that I voice the dominant sentiment of this country when I unhesitat- ingly declare that a wise policy demands that 1 treatng with those who have just claims before this country I should cease to hunt for merely technicat reasons with which to defeat those claims and devote a littie of our time at least to helping those claimants, who in the past did not hesitate to help the coun- try in its hour of dire peril.” - THE SIOUX RESERVATION, Settlers Already Busy Staking Out Choice Claims. Pierie, Dak, May 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tuk Bee. |—For some time count- less settlers have been lying in wait along the Sioux reservation for the appointment of the Sioux commission, and recently, when the news was recoived many of them went on the reservation and staked out prospec- tive claims. The matter was called to the attention of the terior department, but the oficials thought they were trivial complaints made by Indian police. Now dispatches from Washington announce vhat settlers will not be molested by the' government if they go on the reservation peaceably, pick out land and make no disturbance, as 1t was only a question of time' when the land would be ceded and thrown open, In_ consequence of this news, the last few days has developed a rush for the best parts of the reservation that soon promises to become equal to the Oklahoma excitement. The Indians have agreea to cede their lands and the settlers see nothing in their way to at once sccure the best lana, Covered wagons are camp- ing over tue hill around Vierre, and are get- ting more numerous each day? A large con- tingent of the Oklahoma boomers are al- ready on the ground at Pierre, and are mak- g preparations for a rush. Settlers from South Dukota are filling every train that s rives, and the excitement 1n° a short time promises to become general. Claim sh: tics and improvements are beginning to spot the country across the river from Pierre, and there is no telling what the next weck or two will develop, Struck By Lightning. Sioux City Short Line. Praixview, Neb, May 10.—[Special to Tie Brre.)—The locating party conuected with the Sioux City short line pitched their tents at this place yesterday. The town is filled with strangers, so that it is almost im- possible to secure hotel aceommodations. A large number of sub-contractors huve brought their forces here, where they will muke their headquarters until grading commences, which, they expeet, will be in a few Fighting About License, Curnerrsoy, Neb,, May 10.—| egram to Tur Ber.]—The question of the vil- lage board granting a saloon license, which has taken up the time at the town meetings for a week, came to_head, to-day, in a street row between C. Armstrong and Dr. Vastine. The former has been taking a very nctive part for the saloon, and the doctor accused him of trying to force s wife into the tem- perance fight. Stable Burned in Superior, Supknion, Neb., May 10.—Special to Tue B Phis morning, about 3:30, the large livery stable of Russel & Morrisson, was dis- covered to be on fire. The alarm was sounded and the fire department responded at once; but such headway had been made before discevery, that all attempts to save it were useless and it was enti destroyed. The barn_contaiued twenty-seven head of horses, of which five perished. It is sup- posed to be the work of an_incendiary. The loss is nearly covered by insurance. The Traveling Men's Ball. BeaTRICE, Neb, May 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.]—The traveling men's bali and bauguot, which took place at the Paddoclk hotel to-night, was a brilliant affai Visitors were present from Omaha, Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and other citics, ‘The ball was' given under the auspices of the Traveling Men’s Social club of Beatrice. High Wind in Perkins County. N7, Neb., May 10.—|Special Telegram to Tk Bk, |—A terrific wind rain storm swept over Perkins county, this morning, at B o'clock, Tobe frame work of J. W. Yewes’ barn was demolished; wind mills nd sheds were blown over, and considerable damage was done to other property, No one was in- Jureda A Horse Thief Sentenced, Av11axce, Neb., May 10.—[Special Tele gram to Tue Bre.j—George Wilcox was tried in the district court here, found guilty, and sentenced, to-day, by Judge Kiukaid, to six years at hard labor in the state peniten- 4 ary, for the theft of " a Lorse, last. Decem- er, R THE MILITARY MAGNATES, Pleased With the Coadition of Fort Davy Russull Cueye , May 10,—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.]—The party of military magnates who have been inspecting the forts in the west reached Chayenne, carly yester- day morniug, iu a specisl car and were taken to Fort Russell, wnereé they were enter- tained by General Mizaer, A graud field re- view was planned for 'to-day, but was pre- vented by unfavorable weather, A committee of the Cheyenne board of trade, consisting of Governor Warren, Dele- gate Carey, Heury G. Hay, presiden of the board of trade, and Mayor 'Riner, tendered the visitors @ luncheon at the ' Cheyenne club. The party left for Omaba this after- noon iu the special train, Secretary Proctor said that many improvements would be made” at Fort Russell auring fhe conung summer, and was highly pleased with the coudition of the post and garrison, Poorly Rewarded Burglary, SEWARD, N / 10.—[Special Telegram t0 Tuk Bre.)—Burglars entered the B. & M. depot, last might, during the thunder storm, drilled the safe and blew one door off. They obtained 40 cents, The drills used were sto- len from the machine shop. There is no clue 1o the depredators. Orops About Brainard, Biarxann, Neb., May 10.—[Special to Tz Bie. | —Heavy rains have fallen at this point for the past two days. The flax crop and small grain are up, and the prospects for ex- cellent crops ave fine, ———— Will Blacklist Foreign Glass Workers, Prrrssune, May 10.—The Window Glass Workers association has issued an order to all preceptories in the country, that all for- eign glass workers who come for work, here- after, are to be blacklisted. This acti is the result of recent importations of foreign glass workers in vivlation of the contract labor law. — The Fort Sissiton KReservation, Huroy, Dak., May 10,—|Special Telegram to Tuk Bek.) —Surveyor General Taylor re- ceived exccutive orders transferring Fort Sissiton, formerly Fort Wadsworth, military reservation to the depurtment of the inter for. The land will be surveyed and offered under the provisions of the act of July 4, 1584, under supervision of the board of ap: praisers. The tract comprises four and one- haif townships, add joins Sissiton Indian res- ervation on the west. - Cameron Hasa Hemorrhage. LAxCAsTER, Pa., May 10.—General Simeon Caweron wus attacked with a slight hem- urrhlfié last night, but is resting easy now, and bLe is believed not w be in serious aasger, | —_— Buried at Sea. New York, May 10, Foster, a saloon passenger on the Mallory' line steamer Lamprasis, whicn arrived here, to-day, from Galvestor, died of small pox, yesterday, and - was buried at s - Business Troubles, K, May 10.—W. R. Edwinston Co., importers und manufacturers of rib- bons, silks and velvets, made a weneral as- igument, to-day, without preferences, BUFFALU BILL IN FRANOE, Excitement in Havro Over the Arrival of the Hero, [ Conyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.) Havie, May 10.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tiur Bew|—There was somo commotion on the platform at the St. Lazare station, in Paris, yesterday morning. The passengers looked with inquiry at two large saloon carriages, into which two stately waiters ustiered the persons who had been met by Mr. Crawford, the financial director of Buffulo Bill, They were the Paris jour- uulists coming here to meet the Persian Monarch, which Colonel Cody had _spocially chartered to bring over his Wild West show. During the run down an elegant cold collation was served On the arrival here the party was met by Nate Salisbury, who smd the ship had been signalled off the Scilly 1 and would arrive at half past 5o'clock. At 5 the whole party started for the purpose of meeting her, and cruised in about a ten mile civele until, at half-past 6, the captain sighted smoke on the horizon The tug made for her, and inless than an hour made out tho Persian Monarch, The tug then turned and made The steamer overtook her and steamed slowly, with the tuz puffing full speed along- side to keep pace with her. Buffalo Bill was on the bridge, and crowds of all sorts of In- dians wore on the upper deck. A shout of welcome to Colonel Cody was received by the cowboys’ shrill cry, and yells of delight from the Indin The band on Buialo Bill's ship struck up Cankee Doodle,” which was epplauded by thoso on the tug, followed by the *Marseil- laise,” raising shouts of enthusiasm and cries of *“Vive I'Amerique’ from the French pressmen on the steamer. The huge leviathian was accompanied by the tug until eight bells struck, when the health boat steamed up. The captain cried let go the anchor, and alongside we went. Owing to the late hour there was not enough water for the ship to enter the harbor, and, for some reason, a clean bill of health could not be given, so Nate Sulisbury went aboard and was obliged to stay, while Colonel Cody was unable to come ashore to the banquet given to welcome him. “The banquet of fifty covers was given as s0on as the party returned, and amongst the invited guests, besides the press of Rouen and Havre, were: M. Dufrais, United States consul, and Mr. Frederick Bernal, the Eng- lish consul-gencral. Several toasts were proposed. The United States consul re gretted the absence of Buffalo Bill, but said he would welcome him, to-morrow, as a rep- resentative Ame: an and as a soldier, who had won his grades and titles. The English consul-general made a telling specch, expressing his sense of gratitude for the good feeling existing between the Anglo- Saxon races, and proposed the health of Mr. Crawtord. The proceedings were of an un- official nature and marked by good feeling and joviality throughout. - MOONSHINERS, CAPTURED A Bold and Successful Ra the 1icit Stille. CuanrestoN. W. Va., May 10.—|Special Telegram to Tie Bee)—For the last four years a desperate gang of moonshiners has infested tho wildest portion of McDowell courty, West Virginia. A desperado named Moran was the leader. Recently Detective Baldwin of Charleston, was detailed to work among these people and locate the illicit stills. Baldwin went among them last Jun- uary. He fugratinted himself with the moonshiners and helped dispose of the illicit liquor, Yesterday Baldwin_came to Char- leston und at the ficad of a band of govern- ment_oficers made a long prepared r Moran and three others were surrounded in astill. Moran was shot dead and the others surrendored. The detective foree then pro- ceeded to urrest the other members of the gang. By the aid of Baldwin's thorough knowledge of the country, they follow them to their hiding places, and in all tured fifteen persons who had been eng in the business, Two of them are women. All were armed, but they wero 8o taken by surprise they did not m sistance. Two of the force were seriously wounded. HE DANISH MISSION. Among John Enander Not Acceptable to the King of Denmark. Cuicaco, May 10.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—A Washington special says the real reason why Mr, Jotn Enander, of Chi cago, has resigned his commission as mims- ter to Denmark is not that his health is so precarious. The fact of the matter 18 Se retary Blame recontly received a communi- cation from Copenhagen, which briefly stated that the appointment of Mr. Enander was not acceptable to the king of Denmark, and that he wouid not be received at the Danish court. No explanation was given for the attitude of the king, but it is quite prob able that the opposition is purely & po- litical one. At leash this 18 the opinion of the state department officials, who have from past exverience learned that it is dun- gerous to appoint o naturalized citizen to o diplomatic mission in & country from which he came. Other motives than a desire to seek a fortune in u new country frequently impel foreigners to come here, and the real cause of their departure docs’ not come to light until th venture to retern to t r native land us representatives of the govern ment of their adoption, when some almost- forgotten political offense bobs up 1o defeat their ambition, STRIKERS KILLED, Fatal Collision Between tho Mir aud the Soldiers in Westphali Benuix, May 10.—A sanguinary encounter occurred lust night at iechum and West- phalia between the military and the striking maners and their supporters, Two persous were killed and many injured. ‘There was anotlicr encountor near Bracket, Westphalia, to-day, between troons und strikers, in'which three of the latter wore killed and soveral wounded. Used Him For a Target. Pirgice, Dak., Muy 10.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.--At 10 o'clock, this evening, three pistol shots were fircd on Dakota avenue, mmediately bringing out a large crowd. Tt seems that o sergcant was captur- ing a soldior who was deserting, The sergeant bad fired thrce shots at the deserter, missing him each time, The scrgeant then knocked him down with tho butt of bis revolver. Dr. Brown rendered medical aid to the wounded man, after which he was taken back to Foit Sully. ‘The Weather Indications, For Nebraska: 'Ihreatening weather and Jight raiws in southern portion, falr in north- ern portion, northerly winds, warmer in western portion, cooler in_eastern portion, For Dukot. alr, except in catreme southern portion, local showers, slightly warmer, variuble winds. I'or lowa: Threatening weather rain, except in extreme northeast portion, fair, northerly winds, warwer in southwest portion, eoolér in southeast portion. S e Two Deaths From Heat. Mitwavkee, May 10, - Two deaths from heat accurred in this city, to-day, viz. r. Urbau, a dentist, and Iienry Matthews, & laborer. Both were stricken yesterday. William Buntrook, laborer, was prostrated, but will recover, The tewpuorature at ucer to-day, was 52} and for the harbor. § WHO STOLE THE LOG BOOK? An Incident in the Butler-Porter Controversy. THE HARRIET LANE'S PAPERS GO Their Loss Regarded By “Be Significant, and He rejole s Ao rdingly —Jdarrett Will ceed “Cousin Folsom Wasnixaroy Bunear, Tine Ovana Beew, } 513 FOURTEENTI STRRET, oN, D.C, May i0. A very unpleasant episode has just come 1@ light in the peading Butler-Porter cov troversy. Up to the presont time tho country at large has taken comparativoly little ine terest in the mutual mud-siinging of the two old gentlemen. General Butler has claimed that Adwmiral Porter was o coward and ran away ot Fort Fisher, and Admiral Portor retorted that General Butler was o lying drunkurd and never took New Orloans until three days after Farragut's marines had been in the city. The public will let thom fight is out. But yesterduy Genoral Butler went to the navy department to hunt up the log book of the Harriet Lane. The Lane was Porter's ship. and ner log book would of course have shown conclusively whether Admiral Porter ran away, as Butler says he did, or whether he didn't. Mr. Butler is adding daily mpre evidence that the admiral did run, and Mr, Portor is daily adding just ae much evidence that he didn’t. The Lane Jog book being the official record of every movement of the boat on the eventful day, Generai Butler obtained Secretary Tracy's permission 10 consult the log book and to make all the transcriptions he needed. But when Gon- cral Butler bogan hunting awong the files for the log it was gone, somebody had b= He reported the fact to Sec: . wio 1mmediately gave ord ough scarch should be made. A number of clerks w e immediately dotailed, They included men who have been in the de- artment since the war and are famliiar ery file and record in the library, An exhaustive and systematic hunt was begun. Every book and papor s examined. Every old bundle of documents was overhauled but all in vain. ‘The log book, whicn wilt cither convict or vindicate the admiral of our navy was gone. To.duy the scarch was ended. The matter has now assumed a grave aspect. Genoral Butler is chuckling in gloo, Tt 18 hardly necessary to say to what nfluence he ascribes the disappearance of the log book, and he knows that its disappearance just at this time will injure Admiral Porter more than anything it might contain, JARRETT FOR SHEFFIELD. John Jarrett, of Pittshurg, has been agreed upon for the consulate at Shefleld, England, now occupied by “Cousin Ben'? Folsom. Wasnise ALLISON ENGAGED, ociety circles credit the statement that enator Allison, of lowa, and Miss Teresa Staughton, of this city are engagod, and will be warried the coming autumn. Senator Alhison is now in the west. Miss Stoughton is amember of one of Washiugton's oldest and best fumilies. Her father wos a dis- tinguished lawyer, and her sister is the wifo of Paymaster iacon, of the navy. Senator Aliison has been a widower seven years, NYATI'S LAST DAY, When Treasurer Hyatt locks tho door to his oftice in the treasury department to-mor- row afternoon he will fiand the keys to Hon, James N. Huston, of Indiana. New plates for the treasury notes with Mr. Huston's name upon them are being prepared. Mr. Huston will issue all the orders and be held respousible after to-morrow at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He has been in the city ever since the innuguration. HARRISON WILL TAKE A TRIP, Washington will be deserted by prominent public men to-morrow afternoon. The pres- ident intends going down the Potomacon the revenue cutter Despateh, for a couple of days’ breathing spell, vyors give & shid buke on the banks of the river almost opposite Mount Vernon, and most of the cabinet officers have promised to atteud. The supreme court are to be there too. INDORSING JUDGE GROFF. 4 Additional resolutions and indorsements on behalf of Judge Groff, for a place on thd inter-state commerce commission, were r- ccived to-day, and were filed with the presis dent by Congrossman Conuell, It 18 stated at the white house that no action is likely to be taker in filling the commission under sey= eral weeks, and maybe not until fall, MISCELLANEOUS, 'ne president this afternoon appointed Lewis Wilcox collector of internal revenue for the eighth district of Ilinois. SUNSTROKE IN WASHINGTON, Teople are almost suffocating in Washings ton to-night. The heat reached 96 degrees i the shade at one time, this afternoon, an many laborers exposed to the rays of the sun, were compelied to stop work. Thore wero a dozen s of sunstroke reported, At 6 o'clock, this evening, a heavy cloud overspread the city and a terrific wind storm followed. The télegraph wires are pros trated in nearly every direction, The signal bureau has mtelligence that it is suowing in Denver and that it will be cooler here to MOrTow. Preiny S, Heatn, e POLITICAL BAD ¥ ankton’s Fayorite Son Defeated in Convention, Yaskrox, Dak., May 10.—[Special Tele- eram to Fur Bre. |—-General Hugh J, Campe bell hiad a decisive majority of the Yankton county delegation in the convention of Wednesday, and in accordunce with the un- derstanaing previously entered into with the aelegates roprescuting part of Hutchinson county, should have been nominated, but after Hutchinson got theiwr majority by agt clumation, they went back on the agrees ment to nowinate the man that had a majors y of the delogates of his own connty and ly their entire vote for Jideerton t Campbell, While no one hlam Kdgerton, the gene public impression ig that Cambbell should hiud the nominas tion, und that the Hutchinson delegation acted o bad feith. The people regard Campbell as the fatler of division and ads mission, and think he should © been in the convention. General Campl.ell was nof personally sceking the nomination, - SIGNED BY FRANCIS, FAITH. ri Grain Dealers Oan no Longen Speculate on Wind. 87, Louis, May 10.-Goverzor Francis late last night signed the grain option bill which virtually prolibits dealing in grain optious unless the dealer in suck option ace ly owns the grain, The statute is so worded that the seue can not be dodged and grain dealers are generally wrought up and claim the law will drive them to Kast St, uis. A meeting 0 cousider the matter will be Lield on ‘change to-duy Misso Cowboys and Indians £} SANTA FE, N, M., May 10.--1uchlo uns, to-day, received a telegram from General Carr, at Fort Wingate, N. M., sayiug that in the fight between Indians aud cowboys near that post, three of the reds were killed, and the perpetr the doed are under arrest. The military las tak precautionary measures to prevent furthe trouble on thio part of the Indians. — e — Delaware's State Scoretary Dead WiLnmixgiox, Del, May 10.--Jobu Pondey aulsbury, secretary of state,died this merne ing at bis home in Dover. He has been il over sinee his return from the New Yorlg ht.