Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 6, 1890, Page 1

~ “ brought on a renewal of e THE OMAHA 'DAILY BEE. TWENTIETH YEAR. " OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1890 MISSION OF FATHER JUTE, Accompanied by Jack Red Olond He Visits the Hostiles' Camp. HE TALK IN THE COUNCIL OF CHIEFS. Crow Dog Say ey May Coma In if the Troops Are Withdrawn— In a Camp Well F Pixe Rinar Acexcy, 8. D.,(via Rushville, Neb.) Dee Spec Telegram to Tur Ber.]-As perilousa mission as a man of God hus undertaken for many a day in the interests of averting great blood shed nad 10ss of human life was completad today when the good Kather Jute, the Catholic pri whom General Brooke requested to g and talk with the rampantly hostile Indians, returned to the agency. He was the only white man haviag influence with them, who might even thinkof ever making the trip there and living to get back, for as matters now stand it appears sheer madness fora whi to so much asthink of attempting to do so. But Father Jate having spent séven years among the Indians, four of the seven on this ageucy, and having been looked up to and greatly confided in, by the reds, he and the oficials considered that it would be more possible for him to make the final effort at a peaceable adjustment of the pres crisis than any other living man. Another fact also, namely, that he had been among them at other times when it would have been cer- tain death for another to enter their camps scemed to point to him as the person now 1o enter the hostile camp. The reverend father was accompanied by Jack Red Cloud, who went more as a guide and by reason of his belug the widely respectod son of the famous chief than upon the supposition that he would be of the slightest uso in making the mission a suc- cess. The start was made Wednesduy at noon. They went down the White Clay creek—a very unusual route—and as a result got lost after crossing White river. All of Thursday night they wandered about, compelled to keep moving very briskly in order to avoid freezing to death, for they had no way of kindling a fire, Hunger was added to their discomfiture, since they had not taken a morsel of food hthem, Ten miles from the hostile crmp they were halted by the enomies' pickets, who leveled their guns on them and held themuntil an Indian runner could be sent into the camp and inquire whether or not they were to be admitted. A favoravle roply was rceived andthey procecded, but between the muzzles of Winchestors, The camp was -reached at 11 am. the rext day, and two hours later the chiefs met Father Jute in coun ik Thero were present: Two Strike, the head chief, Tarning Boar, Short Bull, High Hawk, Crow Dog, Kicking Bear, Bagle Pipe, Big Turkey and High Pipe. The pipeof peace was made conspicuous by its absence, as may be imazined. Father Jute opened the council by asking the chiefs to state the particular cause of the grievance that has led them to assume so startling an attitude of war. Their replies were sub- stantially as follows : ““We objeot to the recent census returns nlade by Mr. Leo. His enumeration as he is now making it would not give sufi- cient for us to live on. Lee puts down less, many less, for each tepee than the tepee contains. We are to receive food ac- cording to Lee's enumeration, We shall starve; we know we shall starve. If the great father chooses to lay a trap to cheat us we will have one big eat before the starving time comes. After that wo shall fight our last fight and the white man shall see more blood, more dead, by us, from our guns, than ever before. Then we Will go to the last hunting ground happy. 1f the white man did not mean to cheat us out of food the great father never would have sent sol- diers. There1s no need of soldiers, if the groa. father intended to be fair with us. We know he intends cheating us by the way the census man is now putting down figures that lie and by which we ave to bo fed. The great father did another wrong. He puta new line —a new boundary line—between Rosebud and the Pine Ridge agency that makes many of us leave our homes and give them to others. The great father broke the old treaty when he did this, We can no longer believe tho groat father. He says to us ‘Children you shall never be moved again, unless you want to move, and then he goos right away and moves us, We are done with promises and now we make a promise that wo will fight and tib great father will fiud that we will not break our promise, “We will now be very plain with you, Christian Father, aud tell you another thing, something of which you may have already thought. 1t isthis. Weare not coming in now and will not lay down our rifles because we are afraid of the consequenc We have done wrong, we know it. If we stop now we will be punished. The great father will send many of us to his big iron bouse to sta many moons. We would die. No, we will not go in and give up. We know the great father better than he knows us or cares to Know us.” After o long pause Crow Dog said that they might come in if the soldiers were taken away. Father Jute says he then urged them with all the fervor of which he is capable to o peaceable, give up their designs of war and ‘be peaceable. He explained that the soldiers were not to harm tho Indians, but to protect the agency; that rations had been increased at the agency, and that if they came General Brooke would telegraph to Washington and get permission tor them to stay at this agency s they desired. So far as depreda- tions were concerned, the father told them they had better stop committing them and they would be more easily forgiven, Finally he urged the chiefs that they all come back with him. To thissome of the older ones made favorable answer, but the young ones who were heavily in the majority, said, No. The old men finally agreed that they would come in on horseback to Father Jute's nouse, which is about four miles northwest of the agency, tomorrow morning and there meet General Brooke and tell him in person just what they had told Fath Jute, This bitter opposition from the majority, which came near ending i & row, which undoubtedly would have cost the peacemaker his life. Finally the young chiefs cooled off, and Two Strike, ad- dressing Father Jute, said : *“Hold your hands up to the Great Spirit and tell us s though you were about to start on & journey to the last hunting ground of the red mun, whether what you say to us from General Brooke be true and that we will not be harmed if we come in simply to talk to General Brooke.” Father Jute says be compliea with the ro- quest, All the chiefs theu extended their hands toward the heavens and with great solemnity promised they would come. This ended the council and Father Jute and young Red Cloud withdrew, the former telling the chiefs that 1f they broke their word to him he would never again believe an Indian, It the chiefs keep their pledge the meeting between them and General Brooke will ocenr out at Father Jute's resiéence tomor- row forenoon sometime, While in the camp of the hostiles Father Jute said that he saw between one thousand and twelve hundred young braves, all fully armed, and supposes from the size of the camp and the grea number of pickets that are out, the hostiles number over two thousand fighting wen, He saw large numbers of cattle being driven in from all dircctions, slaughte all about the camp and the m ured. The camp is, he says, remarka- well foruified with embankments and finely constructed rifle pits considering that itis Tndian work, Th np is Jwholly inac cessible, he says, by military, otherwise than on foot and in single file, and that as for using canon or such pieces as gatling or Hotchkiss guns such a thing is entirely out of the question. “God alone only knows," concluded the priest, “the results awaiting an effort to conguer these hostile people if they continue in their present stronghold.” There was an extra issue of ninety head of cattle this afto noon to the friendlies here at the agenc; In order to make it Agent Royer had to bo row the requisite number of beeves from the supply senthere by the war department for the military, the hostiles having taken pos- session of the rescrvation herdgfas noted in my dispatel al days ago. Dr. Bache, surgeon general of the depart- ment of the Platte, arrived here from Omaha this noon. C. H.C FEAR INDIANS IN OKELAHO) Settlers Scared and General Merritt Called on for Protection. St. Louis, Mo, Dec, 5.—A special from Oklahoma City says the settlers about Frisco, o small village near there, are in fear of the Indians uprising. Within a mile and a half of the village, 4,000 Indians are encamped and their whoops and yells can be heard day aod night. Settlers from the sur- rounding country are flocking into the village and a guard is kept up day and uight General Merritt, in command of this department, has been appealed to for protection, ALL QUIET AT PINE RIDGE. General Miles Will Start Not Later th Monday. Cnicaao, Dec, ~General Miles this morn- ing received a telogram from General Brooke, in command at Pine Ridge agen saying that matters there were qu that the Indians had some cause for complaint with regard to the jssuing of rations to them, but that he thought ne would be able to remedy the matter shortly, General Miles caid his departure for the northwest would not be taken later than Monday next. Sisseton and Wahpetons Starving. D., Dec. 5.—|Spe —The 1,200 Indians on eton and Wahpeton reservations are ou the verge of starvation at the opening of winter because of the government’s fallure to furnish them subsistence. The interior de- partment has authorized the expenditure of £2,000 for the relief of the red men, but upon this small sum of money over twelve hun- cred men, women and children must live for a period of six months of rigorous winter, Phis is less thau 1 cent a day for each per- The Sissctons are friendly Indians, a number of whom acted as scou 1 the war against the Sioux in 1362, D 1ville and all the othc ans on the r ervation have petition to the “We appeal to the authorities at Washington ana our friends everywhere in the east to aid us as far as it will be in their power. less we are helped in some way great suffering and actual star- vation will be inevitable,” addressed a government as follow Affairs at Hu Huroy, 8. D, Dec n. -[Spes Telegram toTne Be ~Governor Mellette bas ordered the guns belonging to the state stored here sent to Gettysburg, Forest City and other points. They wero shipped today. Four companies of United S troops from Fort Leavenworth and Owmaha will reach here some time tonight and Pierre, where they have been ordered by Gen- eral Miles. Thero is more excitement here tonight than at any time since the threatened Indian outbreak. by special train to Ghost Dancers Taken in Charge. Sr. PavL, Minn., Dec. 2.—A special to the Ploneer Press from Chamberlain, S, D, says: A detachment of troops from Fort Randall today went down to Lower Brule agency and took charge of the Indians who hud been arrested for agitating for ghost dunces. They will leave Saturday for Fort Suelling, where tho Indiaus will be confined for the presont. Everything is reasonably quiet at the agency, The Creeks Quiet. Orrawa, Ont., Dec. 5.—Tha latest informa- tion from thenorthwest confirms the previous assurances of the Indian agent that the Creelks are all quiet on their reservation. Robber. Panis, Dee. 5.—[Special Cablogram to Tite Bre.]--Another daving railroad robbery has been committed in the south of France, but fortunately the perpetrator was taken into custody before he could escape with his pluader, The thief made an attack with a kuife upon a passenger in one of the com- partment coaches, aud_after seizing upen his money and valuables jumped from the train. The vietim _gave an alarm, the train was stopped and the train hauds and somo of the passengers started in pursuit of the robber, After a long chase he was captured and turned over to the police. Pheaffair occurred on the Lijouse railroad, e A New Jersey Wreck. Cavoex, N. J, Dee. 5.—[Special Tele- gram to Tuk Ber.]—A freight train on the West Jorsey railroad ran into an open switeh near this city this morning and Conductor Leap was killed and eight cars were wrecked. The accident was caused by & sleepy nignt towerman turning the wrong switch and he narrowly escaped lynching by the excited people. e Recognize the Army. Guext, Dee. 5.—|Speclal Cablegram to Tig B atholic magistrates of this city have recogaized the Salvation army as a sect and have fined a number of persons who were brought before them chavged with having created o disturbauce at a meeting held oy the avmy. eSS FDG The Russian Navy. St. PETERSBURG, Dec. 5.—[Special Cable- gram to Tur Bek |—The government has de- cided to expedite the building of several iron- clads now in course of construction on the Black sea and also to increase the number of torpedo boats in the navy. - New Hampshire Legislature, Coxcorn, N. H., Dee, 5.—The special ses- sion of the legislature was adjourned by Gov- crnor Goodell toduy. The regular session begins the last Wednosday of this month, ol sl Upper Mississippi River Pilots, MixNEroLIS, Minn,, Dec. b.—The couven- tion of Upper Mississippi river pilots closed today at Clinton, In. Captain L. A, Day of Le Claire, 1a., was elected president, CAFTER AN OLD MAN'S MONEY, A Daring Burglary and Probable Murder in Sioux Oity, A BULLET THROUGH THE LUNGS. Christian Oemig Frightfully Beaten and His Son Fatally Shot by Three Unknown Men—An Ar rest Made. Siovx Ciry, In, Dee. 5.—|Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.]—A daring burglary and probable murder occurred in this city about 10'elock this morning. Christian Oemig, o German milk vender, and his son, William, live in a hovel near the packing houses. 'Tho old man 1S wd least $150,000, made by closo application to business during thirty years he been here and by the rise in the valuation of real cstate. Notwithstanding his great wealth he has lived in a wretched hut, aud since his wife died two years ago has been living alone with his son. At the hour named three men forced the door open, and in doing so awakened the oc- cupants, The young man at once grappled one of the intruders and was shot in the breast, the ball enter- ing the lung. The old man was beaten about the head and knocked senseless. The robbers then left without getting an thing. Only a few days ago Oemig received several thousand dollars for the sale of valua- ble lots to the new Union company, and it is thought that the hope of getting this mouey prompted the burgla This afternoon & man named S. A. Marine was arrested, and when taken before young Ocmig was positively identified as the man who shot him. The” ante-mortem_ statement of young Oemig taken this evening and the physicians say that he cannot recover. Mariné denies everything, but thereis strong circumstautial evidence against him. The Woman Suffragists. Des Moises, Ia, Dec. 5. —[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.)—In the woman suffrage state convention today the following officers were elected for the ensuing vear: Presi- dent, Mrs. Mary J. Coggeshall of Des Moines ; vice president, Mrs. M. T. Bemis of Inde- pendence; recording secretary, Mrs, E. T. Smith of Fort Dodge: corresponding seer Mrs. McClellan of Des Moines; treas- Aunkeny of Des Momes: chairman of executive committee, Mrs. E. H. Bunter of Des Moines, Mrs, Catlahan was chosen as member of the national executive board. 'he afternoon and uing was devoted to reports of committees and addresses by var- ious prominent persons. The Alleged Boodlers Acquitted. Des MoiNes, Ta, Dee. 5.—[Special Tele- gam to Tue Bee)—Judge Bishop, in a lengthy opinion this morning, sustained the motion of the defense and directed the jury to find a verdict of acquittal against the eight aldermen who have been on trial tho past week for wilful misconduct in office. In his ruling the judge held that it was not for him to say whether the act charged was morally right or wrong, but whether it was a crime under the statutes, and he failed to under- stand the law in that way. The state will probably appeal, There are similar ndict- ments against three other ex-aldermen, but the cases will not be called at present. Jack the Ruggor. Cepan Rapips, In., Dec. b.—[Spacial Tele- gram to Tie Bee.|—A “Jack the Hugger” has made his appearance in Cedar Rapids. He began operations about a week ago by clasping a thirteen-year-old girl in his em- brace, and since then has folded to his bosom women in different stages of lif. He is de- seribed as a thick, heavy set young follow, with a cap pulled down well over his head so as to conceal bis features. The women gen- erally scream, and he darts away into the darkness, He generally makes his appoar- ance about 6 o'clock in the evening, aud _al- near the business portion of the city. So far ho has eluded arrest. A Sensational Divorce Suit. 10, Ia,, Dec. 5.—[Special to Tug The Meradith divorce suit 18 now on before the district court in this city, The case is at- trial Judge Thornell presiding, tracting considerable attention owing to the prominence of the partics. Bur few wit- nesses have been examined as yet, but sensa- tional_developments are looked' for., Mr. Meredith, the plaintiff, is worth over 8100, 000. The defendant, Mrs. Helen Meredith, has also instituted a suit for an absolute di* vorce, alimony and $50,000. A Workingman's Good Luck. CHEROKEE, Ia., Dec. 5.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.)—Swan Gustavson, a Swede twenty years old, hus just fallen heir toa large fortune by the death of a relative iu Pennsylvania, The young man has been at work for some time in u railroad gravel pit. He does not scem_to be much puffed up over his good luck. Money was sent_him to come to Philadelphia, and he left today to claim his fortune. e ATIONAL FARMERS' ALLIANCE, A Call Issued for a Third Party Con- feren Oca1a, Fla,, Dec, 5.—The National farm- ers’ alliance passed resolutions reciting that the United States census returns with re- spect to farm mortgages were grossly incor- rect, and calling upon all county and sub-al} liances in all states to take immediate steps towards securing accurate statistics from county records and make prompt reports thereon, National Secretary Turner submitted his annual report. During the past year 1,060 new charters wer ued to sub-alliances as a, 2525 Colorado, 152 Michigan, 106; Virginia. outh Coroling, 83; Ohio, Peansylvan! ; New Jersey, 205 Minne- Towa, 5; Oregon, 1; Oklaboma, 1. havters were issued to the following Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, Michigan, st Virginia, Oklaboms and North Dakota, Some question having been raised as to the unanimous endorsement of the St. Louis latform of the national alliance last year, Livingstone of Georgia moved its adoption by the present body. Some debate followed, but it was adopted with an amendment so as to demand government control of railroads ard telegraph lines, and if this shall ot re- st It in relief to the masses and in checking or curing existing evils the government shall become the actual owner of such lines. This platform does not include the sub-treasury ill, The following is the call for the third party conference, signed by General Rice and John Davis of Kansas aud about seventy-five other alliance men : Whereas, In unity there is strength; there- fore, it is desirable’ that this should be a union of all the variously named industrial organizations that stand on common ground. To this eud the individuals from various states whose names are hereto sigued make this call for a national conference to be conr posed of delegates from the organizations named: Farmers' alliance, Farmers' Mutual Benefit association, Citizens’ alliance, Knights of Labor and all other industrial organiz tions that support the priociples of the St. Louls agreement of 1880, Each stato organi- zation is to send one delegate from each con- gressional district and two from each state at large, and each district organization is to send not less than three delegates and each county delegation not less than oue, to be chosen according to the customs of each re- spective orgauizaton during the month of linols, 87 I also the Jonuary 1801; editor of each newspaper 18 hereby invited as a dolegate that had advocated the principles of the St. agreement and supported the alliance candidates nominated in 1500, the delegates to meet in Cincinnati, Monday, February 3, 1880, for the purpose of forniing a national union party based upon the fundamental ideas of finance, transporta- tion, labor and land in furtherance of the work already begun by those organizations, and preparatory for theé united struggle for the country and home 1n the great political conflict now r‘nllhu{ that must decide who '1'”? country is soverelgn—the citizen or the dollar, An additional amendment was adopted that every alliance lecturer, state and national, and all newspaper organs of the alliance shall support the platform or suffer suspension from the order; that 10 eandidato for any national political office shall be supported by the alliance unless he eadorse the - platform, and any sub-alliance mot complying with these restrictions may be suspended at the pleasure of the president, The whole platform @8 thus amended was adopted unanimously upon a call of the roll by states. Colonel Livingstone of Georgia, from the committee on_organization, made i report to furnish a basis for ultimate union between the national farmers’ alliance and industrial union and the Farmers” Mutual Benefit asso- ciation, Under this plan tho bene- fit association still' maintains a sep- arate orgavization, but will be en- titled to representation in the national alliance council, and the exccutive committee of each organization will meet hereafter and arrange the details of the union, The report was adopted. Dr. Macune. chairman of the national ex- ecutive committee, submitted his annual re- port. It referred at length to the subtreas- ury biil drawn and presented to congress. The committee’s mission in this respect vir- tually ended because tho alliunce had elected several congressmen ‘who would look after pushing the oill throughi the national legisla- ture, In ashort time, he said, congress will pass this bill, if not willingly, then by a com- promise. The report *écommended a reduc- tion in salary of all national alliance officers and the removal from Washington of the president's office, inasmuch as the retention of it there entails an_expense not commensu- rate with its usefulness, At the conclusion of the report Dr. Macune addressed the convenfzn upon the policy of the alliance, especially with reference to its position upon leading public measures and its attitude toward democrats and republi- cans infuture political contests. After ad- journment he gave the Associated press the following synopsis of his utterances upon the third R;uq question: I told the delegates that the people of the southern states were not prevared toembark in a third party movement; that in this emergency there was great necessity for conservatism and caution. I'recommended as a compromise that would carry out, the end souglit to be achieved by the ivest and north, if it met the approbation of the south, thata couvention be called for February, 1892, to be composed of delegates from all assoglation of producers, and that the next ancual session of the su- preme council elect delegotes to represent this order in that convention. This would not commit the pmrm, but provided means whereby they could express themselves on the questions through their county and state orgzanizations during the coming year. When the convention mects the delegates would come there with suthority and instructions from their \!canle, 1f the people decide in favor of independent party action it will pre- vail. If not the cause will be benefited by the confercnce and there will be a better understanding of the objects that labor or- iizations are seeking to achieve,” Macune thinks this will satisfy both sides. 1u conversation with an Associated press representative Colone! Ifivingstono of Geor- gia said: “If the polietoutlined by Macune is adopted it cannot. fuif to have u marked effect. It would commit the alliance of the south almost solidly mecinst a_third party. Before Iebruary 1, 1804 said he, “wo shall have a chance to see which one of the two leading political pacties will show a willing- ness to accede to our demands. If neither iistens to us then it will be time for us to act, independently. Isee no possible chance for the republican party to- secure the alliance vote of the south while it stands on its pres- ont protective tarift platform, It ~will have to wholly forfeit its present identity as a smliti«'ul party in order to change that, and I do not see any possible ehance of this com- ing about.” ‘Do you think," asked the reporter, “that the democratic varty of the north would join the soutiiern democrats on the alliance plat- orin 1" “Ido. I think more, and make the predic- tion that the democratic national convention of 18¢2 will adopt the alliance St. Louis plat- form in total.” The natioual c)lored alliance this mormng adopted a resolution urging congress to pass the Lodge election bill. The paragraph crit- icising and denouncing the white national al- liam;;! for its opposition to the bill was elim- nated, At last night’s sess‘on of the national alli- ance J. H. Rice of Kansas, who is ap aspirant for the people's nomination for senator against Ingalls, got the floor on a proposition to improve the Mississippi river and took oceasion to deliver a violent political speech, in which he denounced the ropublican party as unworthy ot existence. The speech pro- duced a sensation and alliauce men of both parties wish it understood that his opinions are sumply those of an individual and not en- dorsed by the alliance as a body. The investigating committee this afternoon reported that it had béen unable to ascertain asingle fact implicating in apy way Presi- dent Polk. As to President, E’A\'ingsmn of the Georgia alliince, while nothing was found derogatory to his personal or official charac- ter, the committee caunot endorse his course in the Georgia sguatorial contest. The same was true of Dr, Macune. The report did not give entire satisfaction, but was adopted without debate. The annual election of officers was held is afternoon. President Polk and Vice ident Coverof Kansas were unanimously reelected. J. H. Turner of Georgia was elected secretary and J. 5. Wiliets of Kausas national lecturer. Karly in the day the con- vention had ordered the sending of a tele- gram to Director General Davis of the world's fair at Chicago askiug co-operation with the national alliance in seécuring fitting exhibits at the national world’s fair exposition, This afternoon a reply was reccived from the director general asking the appointment of a committee for that purpose. A committee was appointed, als0 ‘one to memorialize congress for the suppression of letters, T. V. Powderly and A, W. Wright, mem- bers of the exccutiveboard of the Knights of Labor, arrived here ‘this afternoon. Ata public’ meeting tonight they spoke. Pow- derly in his address said it was time for law- yers to stand aside gud give the farmers a chance as well as marehants ann_laborers. He was speaking oul}' for himself individu- ally, but if it was the general sentiment for all the producing, industrial and labor organi- zations to stand and vote together in 1502 he would be there in the hettest of the fight. T whole line of Pawderly's talk was in en- couragement of a third-party movement if it became necessary. I eonclusion he said: “Let me say to you that our greeting 1s most cordial and heartfelte We feel that we are part of your organization. Let us all agree upon your platform. If it is to agitate and do hard work on that platform we are with you, and if we are to vote with you upon it We will stand by you at the polls.”? President Pelic made a brief reply and sev- eral other speeches were made, A Bouibon Tric Wasmxaroy, Dee. 5, — Representative Sweeney of lowa today sent the following telegram to Represcntative Pickler of South Dakota, who is at the meeting of the farmers' alliance at Ocala: “I am informed that the instructions to procure the passage by your assembly of a resolution opposing the election bill was telographed from the capitol here to Florida by democratic senators sev- eral hours hefore the resolution was reported to your assembly.” Sweeney, while declin- ing to give the uames of the senators alluded t0, expressed & readiness to testify before any Jcommittee desiring to investigate the matter, i The Fire Record New York, Dec. 5,—The corset factory of M. Cohen, on Twenty-sixth street, was dam- aged to the extent of $200,000 by fire tonight. -gram _to Tue Bee.|-~The Union Pacific flled — — NUMBER 171. e g DREGH TELLS A TALE OF WO, ter bogan rising. The hold was opened and o | it was found that great damiage had been - dono to the cargo, On December 8, latitude General Froight Agents of Leading Ohicago | 1:10, Jongitude 10:33, tho wind biew fresh | Says He was Assiled With Sticks and from the southeast, increasing in force and at Roads Indioted for Giving Rebates, midnight blowing a rale, with a heavy sea running and accompanied by thunder and lightning, At 3a, m. December 4 the wind ones and Craelly Treated, TROUBLE FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC. ;::j}‘;:l‘"]‘("y"“"'r".‘l'i’l"”’L“l'".“l-jl'“‘[ Jlew with hur- | SECOND ¥ OF THE GREAT CONTEST, the 1;..-!-u(\n.wm o sea forward which c—— started the forecastle deck, flooded the fore Oharged by Many Grain Dealers With | castlo and damaged the port life boat and | SHIL Anoier Edition of Some Old, Making Improper Roductions— hurricano house on the poop deck. _ [n all his o011 stor Bofore a Full hirty-oight years ut sea Captain Smith say Officers of the Omaha, Kansas he néver experienced snch o tor storm, House at the Lincoln Central & Galveston, - Equity Room, A COLD BLOODED NURDER. Ctoaao, Dee. [Special Telogram to | Otto Gunderson Kills His Wite and | Liscoiy, Neb,, Doe, Spocial Teloe Tur Bre.]—The foderal grand jury, which Leaves Her Body in the Snow. gram to Tue Brr)—~The little store room has been investigating theallegod infractions | GrotoN, 8. D, Dee. 5.—[Special near the Lancaster county bauk proved too of the interstate commerce law, roturned in- | £ram to Tik Ber,| —The littlo town of Gem, Al for the crowd that gathered to hoar the dictments today against the following par- | this county, was electritied this morning by timony in the great contest case and con- ties: mJohn M. Egan, president and general | the report that Otto Gunderson, a farmer | sequently adjournment was taken to the manager of the Chicago, St, Paul & Kansas | 1iving eighteen miles souttiwest of Groton, | equity room of the district con The room City railroad company, for paying a rebate to | had murdered his wife. On investigation | has been thronged all day long with inters A. C. Davis & Co.: Thomus Miller, general | the body of the woman was found lying on | ested spe mostly proliibitionists freight agent of the Chicago, Burlington & | its back in the snow half way between the | Powers is taking copions mnotes, but barn and the hov the head, made strument, der and th was that of the with an ugly wound on sparently, by some blunt in- 1058 to the mur nee as to the killing f himself, According to Quiney, for giving a rebate to W. H. Warren & Co. 3 J. M. Johinson, general freight agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, for giving o rebate to Wright & Haughey; James H. Long, manager of the freight de- partment of the Illinois Steel company, for manipulating coke shipments to secure lower rates than the tariff. These were the only indictments returned, It appears that ;. M. Lambertson, the at- torney of Lincoin, Neb., who had most to do with the prosecution, made no attempts to get [ her a blow on the h aused her death evidence agaiust any other roads than the | He then returned to the house leaving thoe Burlington and the Rock Island, Lambert- | body lying out in the snow all night. His son is the attorney of T. M. Lowry, the Ne- | brother discovering these facts in the morn- braska elevator man, in a cuit against the | ing, the sheriff was telegraphed and captured his statement his wife had gone to the_ barn and | after suppo there an alter intimacy between her during her hushand’ soveral years ago, I had *followed. While about an mproper and an Aberdzen mun, absence at Yankton m words they came to blows and he finally 1a shovel and hit nothing. The republican executives-olect do- clare that they begin to feel perfectly safe. W. B. Prugh of Omaha was the first wite ness, Ho testified: I resided in the Second precinet of the Sixth ward on clection day. My, Harwood entered an objection on the ground of the testimony as irvogular and une authorized, Witness continued -~ No attempt was made to prevent me from voting. I was peddling tickets in the Fourth precinet of the Second ward. The name of Mr. Powers was on some of the tickets, 1 was pulled and hauled and kicked and struck with stones, There Burlington for $40,000 overcharge in rates, | him at his home, he having made no attempt re 200 or 300 persons about the polls. A and the evidence secured against the road in | 1o escape, He was brought to Groton and v wore Personal Rights league this investigation will be of great service to | tiken thence to Aberdeen for safe kecping. ostof tho latter, judglng from him in tl:m lsult. l{_\“nhLuimulg’(‘\'(;h:luvv of 1“:: :’Il\l‘lsv u{.lhl'nm‘nu}r T;.- .;‘ :‘.l )Illulnl-.» \ti:“n ¢ conversation, were for Boyd. The the samo kind against the Rock Island, Low calousy on the part of the husband. The | © o0 e i Rk will be in a position to bring a similar suft | murdered woman was a very handsome one wearers of league badges seemed about thirty years of agze, Two children of cightand ten years slept in the house pe fully during the enactment of the tragedy. s WAR ON THE PR A. L. Conger Asked a Favor and was against that company. A man named {J\ , who is the paid agent of the interstate commerce commission, was instrumental in obtaining the indictment against President Egan of the Chi. St Paul & Kansas City, the witness being a dis- charged local agent of the company. All the indicted parties have given bonds for their ITDENT, S Refased by Harrison. KRS P US L Ciicaco, Dee, |Special Telegram to The O, K. O, & G. Tir Br ~A. L. Conger of Akron, O, a Citroaao, Dee, 5.—[Special Telegram to Tur Brk.]—The directors of the Omaha, Kansas Central & Galveston railway rompany, the charter for which was filed under the laws of Kansas, November 21, met in this city today and elected officers as follows: President, member of the republican national committee, has declared war against P rison, The nation’s exceutive was undoubt- edly very much surprised this morning upon the reccipt of a very caustic telogram from the well known Ohio politician ssident Har- Couger to be the leaders. The tickots that T had had the names of all the varions candidates for governor. I beliove their opposition to tho amendment caused them to assault mo. There were present one deputy shoriff and I appealed to the police for They were looking at me when I was Istaved only five minutes and fi ing my lifo in danger started to leave. followed me and struck times in the head and twice in the back. sealp was eut In two pla Fiftcentn and Williams. Mr. Charles B. Elton was with me. We were both working for the amendment. His tickets were taken one policeman. help, he me three My "This was at Jacob Newberger of New York City; vice | scored the president aud he declares that he [ (¥ “l: 0 :,,.\, Rireu "l‘"‘ :‘1‘1"""‘1.,1 ident, C. M. Rawlings of Alliance, Kun.; | will work against Mr. Haveison in 1302 [ 150" tha” polling p 100, ot bhat HouFih asurer, C. M. Bell of Alliance; secretary, | should he be nominated. The reason for all | precinet of the Sec avd was in the Valdemar Silloof New York; chief enginecr, | this is common talk in Akron, O. Mr. Conger | hands of the vabble, joavey sent a has been fighting hard to secure tho appoint- ment of un old_soldier to the position of postmaster at that place. He was given to understand the president would comply with his wishes but Mr. Harrison yesterday named W. B. Gamble, who s not - veteran, for the place. This his_so exasperated Cont ger that he has declared hostilities the president, “Father is determined to push this mat ter,” said Mr. Conwer's son, **Ho hus ob- tained copics of Mr. Harrison’s speeches and Edward Roemer of New York. The offices of the president and secretary are to boin New York, while the headquar- ters of the other departments will bo in Al- liance, Kan, It is claimed by the officers that arrangements have been practically com- ploted for building and equipping the road, and that the work of construction will bo commenced soon. The line will extend from Omaha to Galyeston,passing through the salt belt snd the richest agricultural region of Kansas, besides tapping the best timber lands of Texns, The projectors say that the moncy necessary to carry the enterpri through has all been pledged. The Sheet Withdrawn. LixcoLy, Neb,, Dec. 5—|Special Tele- pledges made that oid solaiers shoutd not be overlooked. 1 sent the message to the presi- dent and 1 dave say he will not feel overjoyed at the prospect of having father ugainst him. It is a matter of principle.”” f o N World’s Fair Dir:ctors Pieased. Citicaco, Dec. 5.—The fact that the ety council last night passed an ordinance pro- viding for the issuc of 5,000,000 bonds in aid of the world’s fair was cabled this morning to Director Kohlsaat, who is now in Europe. A reply was reccived from him this afte noon, 1 which he said that Attorney General Webster, Sir Honry Wood and_ othier promi- ,nent Englishmen favor the appointment of a commissior. by the British government to supervise the arrangements for the British exhibit at the fair. This looks very promis ing for the foreign end of the exhibit so soon after the announcement of the completion of the financial requirements, and the directors ed. it reply today in the complaint of A. J. Gus- tin to to the stato board of transportation that Hastings was getting a better rate than was the city of Kearney. It denies that the rate was issued by it, but appears to have been issued by the St. Joseph & Grana Is- land raflroad company. 1t alleges that the circumstances and conditions surrounding the shipments of goods from Hastings to the varfous points named are governed by other and _different_conditions than those from Kearney. It further afleges that the rate named are too Jow to remunerate any rail- road company and that it has veen found that the revenues derived from the business transacted under said rates has not been suf- agaiust the platforms he has advocated 1 which the | v sergeant and two policemen with Mr. Eltow and myself back to the polling place. The policeman who had been at the polling place was missing. When the tickets were taken away from me T ealied the attention of the policeman to it but he pretended he did not sce the afiair. He did not arrest the fellow who tore up my tickets, The name of Pow- ers was on some of the tickets, A man wears o Porsonal Rights league badge ap- hed mo and said he was o friend, Ha suid he could do nothing 1o help me, aud an~ dme to | The crowd was protty snerally quiet. The Personal Rights leaguo man said there would be no disturbance were 1t not for the prohibitionists. The sece ond time we left we were escorted as far os the viaduct by a cordon of police. About one-third. of the crowd followed, ut- tering imprecations, shaking whisly bottles aud throwing ey About ns got between us and rown and told us v could not go any further with us, finally put uson a motor car and we were thus talen over the viaduct. 1 went the second time to Chief He would send fifty essary. 1 did not see anybody ¥ ited from voting. 1 can't say anything about the power of franchise being interfered with, On cross examination Mr, Prugh tesgified : I was peddling tickets. 1 was working for Powers and the amendment, Some of the tickets taken away from me and torn up had Boyd's name on them, I was working agamst Boyd, said that b ficient to pay the operating expenses and | ¢ P'¢ i R I gave persons 15.»:».1"..«[‘“ w\.?d wishod taxes on the road, and the distributive tanit RellioenalBRDtotaalle them. "1did nob live in _thot, ward i Iwas rate sheet, heretofore in force out of Hast- s DXPEO ate sent there by the non-partisan league. I was T, 18 therofore withdrawn, o take oftcct on | 1:0Xpo¥, Dec. 5.—[Spocial Cavlegram to [ notable to” return a third time. I donot December 9, 1860, 2 Tue Brk.|—Lord Selborne, a liberal peer, | know of anybody being prevented to vote for writes as follows: “Itis for those who have trusted Parneil-not for me, who dia not trust him—to reproach him for a breach of faith. 1 cannot affect surprise thata man whose influence has been habitually exerted to encourage men to break the eighth and tenth commandinents should not observe the moral law on other points. My surprise is rather that so many persons who feel strongly this present moral delinquency should have been for five years entively finsensible to everything in his conduct thiat was irrecon- cilable with numanity, charity and justice.. ot iy Guarded the Burial. Pams, Dec. 5. — [Special Cablegram o Tne Bee.]—Funeral services on the remains of General Seliverskoff, the Russian agent in ¥rance, who was shot in his room in the Hotel De Bade on November 18, and for whose killing several motives have been us- cribed, took place today in the Russian church in the Rue Darn, ~ The deceased was accorded the military honors due his rank in the Russian army, President Carnot was Big Row Browing. WiNNiPEG, Man, Dee. 5.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bk, |—A big row is brewing between the Canadian Pacific and the grain dealers. The railway is accused by many grain buyers of giviog a big reduc- tion on rates to the Lake of the Woods milling company, which is controlled by the road magnates and the Ogilvies. Both firms are the biggest grain dealers in the country. These two firms are paying such high figures for wheat that all other dealers have been forced to retire from competition as buyers. They claim that the road must be giving rebate to the firms named as otherwise they could not pay the prices they are paying. 1t is claimed that the object is political and that the company is being influenced by the dominion government, which s bound' to see the prices paid for wheat in Manitoba as high as that paid in Minnesota and the Dakotas. A Percentage Division, Cuicaco, Dec. 4.—|Special Telogram to Tue Bre.)—At the meoting of the managers | ropresented ab the ceremony. A strong of the Northwestern lines today the report of | guard was stationed about the chureh, owing to the fact that the Russian ceived a note stating that the be blown up during the se m—— ibassy had re- hurch would the committeo recommending a division of the passenger business was practically adopted. Thereare some amendments pro- vposed, however, and final action was post- poned until tomorrow when 1t is_understood that a plan for a percentage division for the passenger traffic between St, Paul and Chi- cago and between St. Paul and Kansas City wiil be sigued by all lines in iuterest. Yonx, De pec Tur Bep.)—Judge Martin tod the indictment against Eva Hamilton, Joshua Manu and Mrs. Anvie Swinton charging them with conspiracy to defraud the late Robert Ray Hamilton by passing off a waif as_bis child and also with grand larceny. is dead and no conviction could be sceured without tis te timony Gone Home Satisfied. Cuicado, Dec. 5.—A delegation of conducg, tors of the Rock Island road, after along conference with the general ofticers over cer- tain grievances, secured a satisfactory ad- gpe e justment and returned home, Chicts are Bound, o rxoree, Dec. b.—(Spocial Cable- A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE. gramdo Tug Bee,]—A number of Kurdish chiefs held o meoting at Ezeroum and signed a document in which they promise to abstain Rough Trip of the British Steamer James Turpie. from molesting the Armonians and to keep New York, Dec. b.—[Special Telegram to | Peace among the tribes and punish all Tus Ber)—The British steamer James | Morauders. = = Turpie, Captain}Smith, from Mediterrancan One Kitled, Twao ports, which arrived today, reports haviog | Lospox, Dse. 5.—[Special ¢ im to had & terribly tempestuous passage. The | Tie Bee.]—An explosion occurred today by steamer had fine weather untilin longitude40, | a shell falling in a room of the admiralty when it becamesqually, On Novemberd0, in [ powder magazine at Gosport. The shell latitude 83,25, longitude 65, she changed her | burst with tromendous force, One man was killed and two injured L Natalie's Staten . Briarank, Dec, 5, ~{Special Cablogram to TuzBee. | Queen Natalic has presento d to theskupts chiua & statement concerning course to the northwest, he wind was then blowing a strong breeze from the southeast and steadily increasing in force, with heavy squalls and high seas, and the barometer fell rapidly. The wind shifted to the south- ward, and the captain, concluding that he was Powe! I'did not t 1o find out the names of the persons who assaulted me. I did not swear out any warrants for their arrvests, I w the persons who toolk the tickets aw When 1 was knocked down about a bloclk from the polls my knee was skinned. I went out for a day or two afterwards and the knee became badly inflamed. I wus confined to the house for some days. Nobody objected to my voting in my own ward. I think most of the feeling was over the amendment fight. T suw several porsons wearing Personal Rights league badges and also Boyd badges. On re-direct examination Notary Tibbetts declared the power of 4 notary to exclude all immaterial and irrelevant ‘testimony and asked the attorneys to ask proper and not leading questions. This was prompted by the following question: “Was it not understood in Omaha that Boyd was the candidate of the anti-prohibis tionists ¢ The auswer was : “Well, from what | beard and beliove, T think 0. The witness was then excused. Charles B. Elton of the Sixth ward of Omaha ok the stand. Testimouy of wite ness in the main corroborated that of Prugl On cross-exumination Mr. iton testifie: 1 was not a voter in that ward. I did not s anybody prevented from voting for Mr, Powers. 1 did not see anybody remonstrated with who wished to ote the independent ticket, L did not seeanybody prevented from voting for anybody they liked. 1 did not sce the judges. They did notsecus as far as [ Kuow. | uot prevented from voting m 1 thought the reason wo were in the Second ward was because we had tickets favoring the amendment. One man said that our tickets were illegal, Mr, Prugh and [ were aronnd until 8 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon and went to different polling places, At none of these places did wo see & voter prevented from voting for the man he wished to, J. 5. Miller was recalled, He said: “I liva in the Fourth district of the Eighth ward, At the two polling places on_ Cuming street, west of Twenty-fourth street, I saw tickets taken away from persons. The tickets takon awiy from the pevsons peddling them favored the prohibition amendment. The tickets were taken from their hands, and even from their pockets, and torn up, the men jostling them. The crowd commenced to threaten thom and then drove th m aw: wily. No an was strack by them. The eies strucke the sides of the house and the polls and would drip down on their heads, . iggs began It was hard to tell what the politics of the persons were who took part in the nauseous performance, 1 was not in fuvor of the sdiment, 1 remonstrated with some of tiem, They then thought I was a prohibie tionist, I was not in any way disturbed, ex- cept that an egg was dropped in my pocket, It was not understood in Owmuba, but A ] (R Ao st Sl Lol B S , that Hoyd was the candi- running into a cyclone, put the ship to the | e HECEEHCES BEUWEEn MoK And the ex- | 4,16°f the anti-prohibitionists, 1 voted the southwest, AU this time a heavy cross sea | King of Miluu, hor wdivorce busband, Who | ivaight republican ticket and against was rupning, and at 8 oclock’ p. m, a | Was formerly rulerof Servia. the = amendment, So far as the perfect hurricane was blowing. The steamer oy P voting was _concerned, I saw uo ay in the trough of the sea perfectly help- raging for Depositors, one deterred from yoting. There was 1ess, neither engines nor helm having the Durury, Minn, Dee, 5. —The schedule of | an altempt, however, to suppress uny free least effect on her, and it was impossible to | the suspended Bell & Eisler bank was filea | expression of opinion get her before the wind or o heave her to, Tho heavy seas filled the cabin twice and flooded the engine room and stoke-hole, nearly putting out tho fires, The vessel lny in this condition for eight hours, the sea mak- ing a clean breach over her. This weather continued up to 4 & m. December 1, when the wind bauled to the westward, Then the this aftex favorable. dollar, ganized, oon. The showing made is very Depositors will ve paid doltar for St ; stationary For Omana and Vicinity- Faiv ship's head was got to the southwest, the | Wmperature, R vessel laboring fearfully owing to the heavy | For Nebraska and lowa--Fair; northerly sea, which at times was appalling, The bar- | winds; colder. omeéter had fallen to 25,60, The cargo got | For South Dakota—Fair; winds shifting to adrift and nothing could be done g secure ‘ uortberly; colder, ‘The wank will doubiless be reor- On cross-xamination Mr. Miller testified that all the excitementon election day was caused by the prohibition amendment. So s | know and observe I saw no one pro- 1ted from votiug for the person or candis date that was bis echojce. There was the scussion of candidates at the polis L over saw. | saw 1o other demonstration. “The wen who were seeking to prevent the tdling of probibition tickets were in dead rnest, 5o were the men peddliog tickets, they were unobtrusive, N.J. Smith testiied, | s @ resident ot