Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1891, Page 1

3 [ £y 4" THE OMAHA DALy BEe ‘WE ISHE SHEEDY'S MURDERER? McForland, & Negro Barber of Lincoln, Confesves the Orime, . At SAYS HE WAS BRIBED TO DO IT. Tle Implicates the Vietim's Wife in the Plot, but There is no Cors rohorative Evidence to Prove It Liscoly, Neb., Jan, 18.—[Speclal to Tie Brr.|—Mrs, Sheedy and Harry Walstrom were arrested late this afternoon charged with complicity in the murder of John Sheedy. The arrest of Monday McFarland, the negro barber, last night, on the charge of boing the murdever of John Sheedy, resulted today in a full confession by the colored man. Ho tells one of the most revolting stories of fntrigae and crime ever known in the histo of the state. McFarland confossed that he was the cow- ardiy assassin who made the assault on John Sheedy last Sunday night, but he said that it was not malice that prompted him to commit th act, but a bribe of $20,000 offered by Mrs Sueedy (o the negro to murder her husband, As is well known in Lincoln, Mrs. Sh loft her last husband, who was a poor carpen- tor, to mar, L then a man of great woalth, although old enough to be her father. Tt appears that sho has been anything else than a true wife, and of late it is alleged she has become fnfatuated with a dapper young fellow. But between her and her new found lave stood the husband, and in order to get id of this obstacle, she, as Mciarland alloges, employed the negro to kill the man who had often befriended him, In order, McFarland says, to more com pletely get the negro in her power she became eriminally intimate with him and today he nibited to the mayor, chief of police and detective most revolting evidences of his crime, A few days before tho murder McFarland was noticed by an acquaintance lurking in a dork slley on P street, just a block from Sheedy’s home. In response to a query as to what ho was doing there he gave a very sus- plefous answe On tho day before the murder Mrs, Sheedy {s smd to have been in MeFarland’s barber &.5h0p and there it is bolieved the final ar- ation rungements were made for the assass of the woman’s husband. The above story 1s based almost solely on the confession of MeFarland and is of course susceptible of botter proof. The city is full of veports concerning the crime and the publig st await a legal examination before 8 4S%uite coiiviusion as to the guilt or locence of parties charged with complicity o the crime can be formed. The tervible _ charge against Mrs, Sheedy made by Me- Farland lacks contivmation and the public will withhold'its judgment until all the facts are brought out and the lady's testimony has been heard, The cane with which the crime was com- mitted was a heavy steel rod, covered with leather, and was of penitentiary make. It was formerly the property of Captain Carder o the plies fores, bat was 146 dbont & yonr ago. Tt finally found its way into Goldwater's pawn shop and was bought there by M- Farland five days before the murder, After the assauly the murderer dropped the cane and this was the only clue on which the detectives had to work. There remain still more important develop- ments, as it is. believed by the attending physicians that Sheedy did not die from the effects of the blows alone. The body is to be exhumed and a chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach made. Mayor Graham, Chiof of Police Melick and Detective Melone could scarcely believe their own ears as the murderer, MeFarland, un- olded the dovilish plot concocted by Mrs Sheedy to have her own husband assassin- ated in his home, Mrs. Sheedy, McFarland says, told him siatsho would prefer having ,her husband killed some other way than being shot. Ac- cordingly, McFarland, greedy for the 820,000 prize offered by the woman, decided to brain his bonefactor. Accordingly he purchased the steel cane at Pawnbroker Goldwater's place. This weapon ho showed to Mr Sheedy and after carefully examining the i strument of death, the woman expressed her approbation of this selection of a weapon that would do sure work in its deadly mission. Sho ordered that her husband bo murdered that evening, but the negro weakened and failed to perform the terrible crime assigned to him, As abovo stated, Mrs. Sheedy went to Me- Farland’s barber shop a week ago yesterday and there it is believed she made final arrangements for the destruction of her husband. On the night of the murder McFarland, in compliance with the orders of Mrs. Sheedy, slipped 1to the kitchen of Sheedy’s home and remained concealed there. Again ho weakened and implored the woman who was planning the assassination to let him out of the tefrible job. Drawing a revolver, the desporate woman shoved it in the negro's face aud threatened to kill him if he did not carry out the work assigned to him, Mrs. Sheedy then told the negro that Harry Wal- strom of Buffalo, N. Y., the fellow who was in league with her, would readily perform the deed, but out jof her love for Walstrom she did not wish him to do the work as long as she could buy plenty of others who were will- ing to do it for one-tenth the money offered o McFarland. All this time Mrs, Sheedy held a revolverin her hand and the negro, between fright and fear that somebody else would get the §0,000 offered for the murder, decided o obey the orders of the woman, Mrs, Sheedy then poured out an ordinary goblet over half full of whisky and gave it to the negro. He_took it and drank it. Mrs. Sheedy then told him, he says, that if he would only beat her husband with sufticient violence so that he would have to go to bed sho would attend to the finishing of the job. She then ordered tne negro to go to the front door and as s00n as her husband stepped out to brain him if possible. She said she would get Sheedy out of the house 1f she had to pro- poso a walk. *T'he rest of the story,” says McFarland, “is only partially known., Justaftah Mr. Sheedy stepped out of the front do', I was surprised to see that he turned toward me instead of toward the street. Mrs, Shoody was on the other side of the do', and I belieye that she closed the do’ suddenly and shoved Mr. Sheedy out on the poach. Ithen Jet Sheedy have it, but he pulled his gun and commenced shooting at me, I started to run, bat ! tumbled off the poach. This was the _-only thing that saved me, as Sheedy shot five or six times befo’ I fairly got on my feet again. 1 was shoo that Iwas killed, but I kept on running after I got up and I fnally got away.” "This ends the confession of the negro out- de of & fow minor points. Tue wonderfully cool actions of Mrs. 'TIETH YEAR. "OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING, JAN UARY 19, 1891, Sheedy immediately after the attempted murder of her husband is known to every newspaper man and every other person who was at tho place within half an hour after the wounded man staggered back into the parlor. She was not the least affected and when asked by Tie Bes correspcndent if such assaults did not frighten her she turned the matter off in an almost gay manner with the romark: «0, I am gotting used to these things Shortly before midnight that night Dr. Everett assured your correspondent that the injuries inflicted were not fatal or even ser jous and yet in less than a day afterwards rcedy was dead. Tlis, coupled with the fact that Mrs, Sheedy told the nogro, as the latter a . that she would finish the job in caso har husband was badly enougis injured to go to bed, has in- duced the coroner to dig up the body of the murdered man and submit the contents of the stomach to & chemical analysis, The belief at preseut in Lincoln 1s that Mrs. Sheedy s the real assassin. Harry Walstrom, the young dude on whom Mrs. Sheedy is said to have lavished her af- fections, is a resident of Buffalo, N. Y. Nine months ago Mrs, Sheedy visited friends in Buffalo, and it is said that Walstrom be- came smitten with her. What their rela- tions were togother is better known by the two than anybody else. This thing is sure: Walstrom followed her to Lincoln; aud if the sto » nogro, McFarland, is use of the murder. cor sct, was the real o A good many stories are told concerning the relations of Mes. Sheedy and her pa mour, but for the ends of justice and decene they will not bear repeating in the columns of Tii Ber. One, however, may be told,and that is that Walstrom had the shamelessness to goto Sheedy’s funer: Shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon, after MecFarland made his confession, the home Mis. Sheedy was placed under poli lance. A hack drove up shortly beforo 4 o'clock, but Chief of Police Melick, believing that the woman was making arrangements to fly, arrested hgr. In less than balf an hone afterwards Wal- strom was also placed under arrest. He w found in the Hutehins block, near Eleventh and O. He acted wonderfully unconcerned. Walstrom admits that he was on ntimate terms with Mrs. Stieedy, went out walking with her after night, etc., but denies any knowledgo ot the conspiracy to murder Sheedy. Mrs. Sheedy algo denies that she knew anything about the assas- sination until after it° happened. At 8 odock this eveuing she was taken from her hometo a private resi- dence, where two policemen were placed on guard over her. She will be thus confined until the prelimin trial. Walstrom and McFarland aro both in the city jail. The body of John Sheedy was exhumed at midnight and taken to one of the undertak- ing establishments, where a post-mortem ex- amination will be held. —_—— Special World’s Kair Commissioners. WAsHINGTOY, Jan. 18,—The army and na officers who have been detailed as special commissioners to carry an invitation from the government of the United States to the other American republics and West India colofiies to participate in the Columbian ex- position and to use every endeavor to secure a proper understanding of the affair in the various countries, have received ! of eredence, instructions from the depart- ment of state and will start on _their mission at once, . Their-instructions are very com- prehensive and if carried out will make the atin-American department one of the greatest features of the exposition The commission- ers not only represent the department of state, but the Smithsonian institute, agricul- tural department, national museum, medical museum, fisheries commission and _ other branches of the government also, and_have detailed instructious from cach. All the American steamship companies and several lines carrying the Englisn flag have agreed to carry the commissioners and their coll tee of cost, and advices already re 1 indicate tnat they will have the hear oo-operation of the several governments to which they are accredited. -~ A Terrible Tennesseo Trag:dy. CmatTAN00GA, Tenn., Jan 18.—An awful tragedy occurred here today, S. M. Fagette, cashier of the South Chattanooga savings bank, being shot and killed by his father-in- law, J. A, Warder, city attorney of Chatta- nooga. Warder 1s probably fatally injured and Mrs. Fugette has a dangerous wound in the right thigh. Judge Warder came home at 1 o'clock in @ drunken condition and went to Mr. and. Mrs. Fugette's room where ‘the tragedy occurred. Exactly how it happened s not yet known, s Warder and Mrs. Fugette are not able 10 talic. Neighbors hearing tho shots rushed in and found Fogettedead,with a bullit through his heart, and Mrs, Fugette lying on the floor, whilo Warder was_struggling down _stairs, with blood streaming from a wound in_ his broast. Judge Warder is one of the best known lawyers in the state, and during Pres- ident Ha: administration was United States district attorney for the middle dis- trict,_of Tennessce. The ovinion prevails that ho abused his anughter while drunk and the shooting resulte - The Harvester Trust Dead. Cincago, Jan. 18.—[Special Telegram to TueB —Since the announcemgnt of the broaking up of the harvester trust all sorts of stories have been appearing in regard to it The latest is in a dispateh from Springtield, 0., which asserts that the trust scheme was not given up at all, that the statement given out for publication was ouly to bliud the peoplo and that the plans_ projected will be carried out secretly. Robert McCormick when shown the dispatch, said: *Spring. field, O., scems to be the birthplace of man stories, ' There 1s 1o basis for this fabric tion of the reorganization of the harvester company." Loiam Westinghouse COreditors Meet, Prrssune, Pa,, Jan, 18.--At a meeting of the creditors of the Westinghouse electric company yesterday s committee reported that they found $175,000 due the Pittsburg creditors and $300,000 to outside creditors, Vice President Banister told the committee that the company was doing well and would soon be on a betier paying basis, A proposi- tion was offered the creditors in the shape of preferred stock to cover a certain per cent- age of the indebteduess, Some accepted and others want to cousult lawyers, Itis be- lieved that the company will pull through. -~ Big Fire in a Kansas Town. Aromsoy, Kan,, Jun. 18.—[Spegial Tele- grawato Tuz Bre.]—A valuable portion of Horton, Brown county, was destroyed by an incendiary five at § o'clock this morning, and the loss is estimated at 150,000, The fire in- cluded among other property the handsome building occupied by the Bank of Horton and owuned by the Rock Island railroad. Horton is & prosperous town of 5,000 innabitants that five vears ago was a cornfield, Its sudden growth was coused by tha. location of the Rock Island shops thel e T Tk roduction of Precious Metal Sax ' Cala., Jan, 18,.—The an- nual report of Wells, Fargo & Co.,, of precious metals produced during 1800 in the states and territories west of the Missourl river shows 32,450,010 silver, §62,- 30,581 3 copper, §20,500,082; lead, $11,600,571, Off the gold production 301,506 was from British Columbia. Mexico last year pro- d‘\llmu $12,650,000 iu gold, und $41,564,600 in silver, |0 1S T0 HOUD THE FORT 2| and attempt to esgape nearly all; of the men were killed or wounded and serfous loss of iife occurrod to & large nuUMBErof non-com- batants. During the e t some ono hundred and fifty of the young warriors that were moving i to W or woent to the assistance of Big . Foot’s band and wore engaged with the theops and re- turning, made o vigorous Bttack upon the agency, drawing the fire of the Indian police and scouts, This caused o goneral alarm and upwards of three thousand Indians fled from the agency to Ahe camons and broken ground adjacent, to White Clay creek and assumed a hostilo attifide, The troops that were following, however, checked their further movements, The Dt of some of the warriors to burn the blildings near the agency, the following daf, resalted 1n o skirmish with the Seventh eavalry under Colonel Forsyth, prot ly supported by Major Heury, intn cavalry. On January 1, 1801, a spiffted engagement occurred on White' river Between a body of warriors numbering upwards of 100 and C: tain Kerr's troop of the Sixth cavalry, which the Indians were rpulsed with loss, Major Tuppe battalidn of Colonel Carr's command of the! Sixth cavalry moving to his support. This was followed by several skirmishes betWen the Indiaus and scouts under Lieul v Casey while making o naisance, The service sus- tained a serious loss in the death of that gal- laht officer, The troops under command of Brigadier General Brooko gradually closed their lines of ret and forced the hostiles by superior nuffibers back to the agency where they are now inder the guns of the command and’the cnnlqio! the military Ths Question Now Agitating the Troaps at Pine Ridge. GEN. MILES' ADDRESS TO THE SOLDIERS. More Guns Given Up-—§ in Camp—Opposition in Washe ington to the Plans of General Miles. len Braves Pixe Rinee Aarxe D. (via Rushyiile, Neb.) Jan. 18.—|Special Telegram to Tne Bze.|~This morning about a dozen more arms were turned in to Captain Pierce by the hostiles, They informed him that asys- tematic search was being mude m their te- pees for weapons and that those found would be turned over tomorrow. The exact num- ber of arms surrendered canuot be ascer- tained either at headquarters or from tho custodian, though the latter places the num- ber at about five hundred, This is an in- crease over and above the number tele- graphed yesterday which cannot be under- stood. At headquarters it is claimed that the arms turned over exceed in number any ed by them under similar circum- stances in the history of the army. Last night thirteen shots were fired in the Indian camp, thovgh nobody was lurt, To- ay the Indians were morose and gloomy, had no welcome for Tur Bz corre- spondent who entered their lines under the guise of a photographers assistant, They had even less respect for the photographer who was compelled to confine his work to views of the camp and surroundings, the Indians re- fusing to be photographed. Notwithstanding ‘While the service has susténed the loss of such pallant officers patriots as Captain Wallace, Licutenangs Casey, Mann and the brave non-commissioned officers and soldiers, who have givefA theic lives in the cause of @ood government, the most grat- ifying results have been odtained by the en- duranee patience and fortitude of both ofi ersand men. The work of disarming the hostiles has in a large measure been accomp- lished, but will be (‘(lnllml* by a portion of the conmand now in the Held and by the agency officials, As soon 8% practicable tho troops will return to their stations and will take with them the assuvance that, their se the profession of friendship mado by tno | Vit have - peen of (great wvalie io alleged hostiles, some_friendly ‘Tndiaus in- | e, COUMIEY I sUPPEECIEK ono BL tho formed thocorrespondent today that a number | Mo and that th bave been enabled to keep be of the lte troublesomo onos have still bad | fit BMHIAY JAYORITREIERITG 18 GO0 0 e A sannot bo converted, ¢ expeeting | tected sottlements to the extent that not a dach of the commands is hourly expecting | citizen's life has been lost beyond the boun- to bo relieved, and considerablo” interest is | GHize's e bus boon Tos Aoy displayed to_ascertain which of them must i ¢ In announcing these facts the division commander desires £0 oxpro his thanks and highest _appreciation of the loyal and_efficient seryice thathas bown rendered, The mention of individual names remain on the ground during the winter. Thero is some talk of the Seventeenth in- fantry of Fort Russell, Wyo., changing posts with the First regiment at San Fraucisco, but nothing official can bé learned regarding butnothin ; bl of cither officers or soldiers for meritorious it. ‘The Sixteenth infantry of Fort Douglas | o0 quct will be deferred untilsufficient time and the Twenty-first infantey of Fort Sidney, | foniner Wil bo Ceferrol grtsutinent Hoe which are now doing duty at Rosebud | 35 &S o ascortair SRk SOROC act th ot and various other points distant from | toat bty be Properly xecogu Y here, leave for their respective posts | ¢ ! | tonight, Itis rumored that four companies INDIAN ENDURANCE, of the Second infantry from Omaha, General Wheaton, will remain during the winter and that the other four companies will return home, General Miles is prepariug his con- gratulatory address to the soldiers and may issue it touightor tomorrow. The transfer of the Ninth cavalry to Fort Robinson, under Colonel Henry with companies D, Captain Bailey, and C, Captam Corliss, of the Eight infantry again makes that place an eight compaiy post, It also deprives Fort Nio- brara of its two troops of the Ninth, G, Cap- tain Cusack, and A, Captain Garrard, It will also necessitate the change of the band bar- racks into company quarters and the erec- tion of two more stables. General Miles will leave for the east some time next week un- less something unusual should take place and General Brooke will assume command of the forces which may remain in the field. ‘The general is experiencing some opposi- tion in Washington to his policy of segregat ing the several Indian tribes, otwithstand ing that the Cheyennes hi A Wounded Squaw Walks One Hun- dred and Fifty Miles to a Camp. Rivee AcExcy, 8. D., (via Rush- Neb.), Jan. 18.—[Spegial Telegram to eneral Brooke has been ordered to establish his headgnarters at the agens and, this afternoon, with Major Benham, in- spector of rifie practice of \tae department of the Platte, and Licutenants Roe and Fruitt of his staff, arrived and haye been allotted tents near General Miles' quarters, This afternoon the wife of Few Tails ar- rived in a badly wounded conditon, She was the victim of white men's malice, Four week's ago, she,: het husband and several other Indians lett for the agency on a ass from General Brooke tehunt for Eagle Peathers. When near Bedr Butte they were sot upon by somo: swhite _ meo. Fow Talls was killed d i P 1 i p X ey 3 past nine days this woman has_been walking 0 this place and had covered 150 miles when, this morning, she reached the camp of the Sixth cavalry and was thence brought to the hospatal in an ambulance. sion from the interior department to move. The general proposes t send back to t heir respective agencies all the Indians who do not belong to this place, his theory being that thus peace may be preserved. The op- position from Washington causes him consid- erable annoyance. 7 General Miles today relieved from duty Colonel Bache, Captain Humphrey and Lieu- tenant Mallory as acting division officers in the field. They returned to their simple do- vartment work as_medical director, quarter- master and commissary of subsistence, res- pectively. Another council was held today but nothing resulted from it. Noble’s Proposed Indian Policy. WasmiNGToN, Jan, 18,—The Post says that Sccretary Noble, talking of the policy to be pursued with the Tndians hereafter, said that first of all they should be deprived of their firearms. An intellect that could master the mechanical intricacies of Winchester rifies was _capable of appreciatine the noble simplicity of the plow, and he pro- posed to give the hostile Sioux an op- portunity as well as an incentive to earn thelr own_living, Qut of the 244,000 Indiuns in the United States over two-thirds are earning their own living, Seeretary Tracy is decidedly in favor of making these GENERAL MILES ADDRESS. He Outlines the War and Congratu- lates the Soldiers Pixe RinaE AGeNcy, S. D., (via Rushville, Neb.), Jan, 18— [Special Telegram to Tug | Iudiaus who depend on government bounty B,/ —Gonoral Miles' congratulatory ad. | Jri for their living Just aa white poople do. should be treated with fairness and justice, but work should enter into any volicy or scheme for further civilization. A NATURAL GAS FATALITY. dress to the soldiers and review of the war is as follows: The division commander takes pleasure in announcing the satisfactory termination of hostilities in this division, "The disaffection among the Indians was widespread, mvolving many different tribes, Tho purpose of the conspiracy was to produce a general uprising Two Killed and Throec Fatally Injured in an Explosion. H FiNDLAY, O., Jan. 18.—The first great dis- of all the Indians, in the cominj (e spring. The hostle element of the | aster Findlay ever experionced from the use Sioux nation “precipitated the move- | of natural gas occurred shortly pefore 2 ment by leaving their ngericies, defying the authorities of the government and_ de- 1 their property that had been given o'clock this afternoon while the guests of the Hotel Marvin were waiting to be summoned to ainner. for the purposes of civilization. They | 10 4in assembled in large forcoon the almost im- | This moruing it was discovered that gas penctrable ground known as the mauvaise | was escaping from somo leaking pipo some- terres )olr‘ South Ufll:ma and, from | whereinto the dining room, and Mr. Marvin, e ™ Miirending parties robbed | owner of tho bullding, with thre plumb- Indians on their reservation and through the | €' spent the entire forenoon —try- adjacent settlements, "Tocheck this insur- | ing to locate the leak. About 10 rection orders were given for the arrestof | o'clock they entered a chamber under the chief conspirator, Sitting Bull, who was ou the eve of leaving his reservation to join those above mentioned. This was doné on Docember 14 last. After peaceably submitting toarrest by the officials of the government,he created a revolt which brought to his assist- ance large numbers of his followers who as- salled the Indian police. This resulted in his death and the final arrest of 300 of his people and removed the principal part of the dis- affected element from the Standing Rock reservation. The second arrest was that of Big Foot's party December 21, 1860, This band was composed of outlaws from different tribes and who had defied the governinent officials the dining room and found such an accumula- tion of gas that they could not breathe and it was suggested that a hole besawed through the floor into the dining reom in ovder to obtain fresh air. This wus done, and just as the holo was mado one of the diniug room girls, ho was sweeping the floor, stepp upon' a match and in an instant an 'explosion oceurred, which not only wrecked the build- ing but killed two girls and maimed and in- jured a dozen other employes. The force of the explosion was so great that it blew out the flame of the igniting gas and no fire fol- lowed the awful ruin which the shock caused, The whole city rogled asif from an earthquake and all the windows on the and which escaped December 22, | square were demolished, Had the explosion 1590, While these measures were | occurred ten minutes later the loss of being carried into execution the | life would have been frightful, as nearly one troops were auickly moved between the hostile clement in their stronghold and the settlements, in such a way as to_check their usual depredations and give protection to the hundred people were waiting 1o be called to dinner, ] Whei the rescuing party ibagan, work in y the debris the body of Walters, a lifo and property of the citizens. | dining room girl, .was sgon found, badly Nearly the entire force of troops in | crushed. the department of Dakota, under [ EllaJonnson, another waitass, wig found General — Ruger, was Jjudiciously | alive under a mass of briclk sad mortar, but placed where they would give the ‘most pro- tection to the settlements and enabled them to intercept any body of hostiles should they escape. Brief delays wero necessary to pat the troops in proper position as well as to give time for the work of dis- afection to be carried on in the hostle camp and strengthen the loyal element. Gradually tho troops were moved to such a position s to render resistance of the hostiles useless and they were forced back to tne agency. The escape of Big Foot made his recapture necessary, 'Uhis was successfully done by a batallion of the Seventh cavally and Lieutenant Haw- thorne's detachment of artillery under Major Whiteside, December 25, 18%), after which they were marched six miles to Wounded died in a short time. Kate Roouey, 8 waitress; Hanson Marvin, owner of the building, and Frauk Andrews were fatally injured. Frank Poundstone, cl and_Charles Graves, Phillip Weil and Jagk Cahill were painfully bruised and cut, but will recover. The pecuniary loss amounts to §35,000, Parnell at Prilee, TraLEE, Jan. 18, —Pamell addressed alarge meeting here this afternoon, being received with mingled cheers and groans, He said he had done his part towand the solution of the Irish problem when he had conferences with O'Brien, and the subsequent delay in arriv- ing at a settlement was the fault of others, Knee and at 9 p. m. the command was | Ho declared that tharé was no truth oined by Colonel Forsythe with the | | oondls med tallion of his - regiment, with | b the report that he would retire uncondi tionally if O'Brien was satisfied, The lib- eral leaders in that cuse would promptly de- clave their home rulesscheme. He said that if Gladstone had the courage to makea big instead of a little home rule bill, he (Par- netl) would look forward with confidence to bis own retirement, knowing well that Ire- land would no longer noedhis leadership. The Chilian Revolt Spreading. Loxrox Jan. 18.—A dispatch from Buenos Ayres s the revolt in Chili is spreading two Hotchkiss guns under Captain 'Capron First artillery and Lieutenant Taylor's Sioux scouts. With this band of outlaws under control of the troops, the entire hostile camp moving in before them to surrender and within a short distance of the agency, it was hoped and expected that this serious’ Indian dificulty would be brought to @& close without the loss of the life of a single white mon, While aissrming Big Foot band ou the morniog of December %), after & ortion of their arms had been surren- ered, thc‘y; were incited to hostility | rapidly. The insupgents ame very energetic, by the harrangues of one of their | and managing the campaign in & skiliful man: false prophets, und 1 their attack | ner. The lssue of the rising is very doublful, THAYER'S CONDITION SERIOUS. Physicians Report His Oass Alarming on - Account of His Age. A FARMER DROWNED IN THE PLATTE. Salter's levator at Danncbrog Burned to the Ground—Heavy Failure at Hastings—Other State New LixcoLy, Neb, Jan, 18.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The condition of ex- Governor Thayer is growing very serions, Today he grew worse, aud tonight he s out of his head and is raving like a maniac, His physicians say that his condition is alarming, owing to the age of the patient, who is neorly seventy-one years old Drowned in the Platte. Monst Buver, Neb, Jan. 18.—([Special Telegram to Tuee Bek.| —Word was brought to town last night avout 7 o'clock thata Bo hemian who had beon stopping with a farmer just west of town had boen taken out, of the Platte river very neavly drowned. Dr. Redmond was summoned,who rendered tho poor fellow all the assistance he could, but he only ived a_short time. It is supposed that in attempting to cross the river he broke through the ice, and in falling had hurt himself in some way, as he had bl quite freely, He had managed to reach tho shoroand lay there insensible. He wasa sober, hard working man and had laid up quite's sum of money. He had no relatives in this country. An Elevator Burned, DasNEBROG, Neb., Jan, 18,—[Spocial Tele- gram to Tie Bee.]—-The elevator at this place, owned by G. B, Salter, burned down at 11 o'clock lastnight. The town has no fire protection and the citizens were pov less to check the fire. The insarance is about £2,200, but still Mr. Salter is a_heavy loser. Fullyone thousand bushels of grain were destroyed. There1s o clueto the origin of the fire. Mr. Salter has not a single enemy that would warrant. the belief of incendiary spite. He calculates to rebuild in time for next spring, and will erect a temporary building in the meantime. Heavy Hastings Failure. HasTIN Nel Jan. 18, —[Special Tele- gram to Tir Bee.]—The large rotail clothing and tailoring tablishment of Barnes Brothers confessed judgment at a late hour last night in the sumof $18,000, in favor of local creditors, and is now in tho hands of the sheriff, The liabilities are fously esti- mated at from $30,000 to $10,000. The firm assign their present predicament toa false rumor sent to the commercial agencies to the effect that the firm had some time ago exe- cuted certain chattel mortzages, which is not ue. The failure is deplored in commercial circles,as the firm was regarded as one of the most substantial in the city. She Whipped the Teacher. . Monse Brurp, Neb, Jan. 18.—[Special Telegram to Tur Br.|—Josephine Extine, living five miles southwest of this place, was was arraigned before Judge Homer yosterday on acharge of having disturbed @ school and whipping the teacher. The judgo found ber guilty and fined lor 825 uud vosts, AR gy, mhemvnaae v Broke Through the Ice. Famnuiy, Neb,, Jan. 18.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee]—Miss Nellle Royce broke through the ice this afternoon and came near drowning. She was rescued by Colonel Bllls and taken home. e WILL FIGHT THE WINNER. Sulllvun Refuses to Fight Tifl a Next Best is Founl. CioaGo, Jan. 18, —(Special Telegram to Tk Bee.|—Jack Corbett, the pugilistic pride of the Pacific coast, occupied a box at the Windsor theater lastnight, where Sullivan is playing in “Honest Hearts and Willing Hands.”” He shook hands with the Boston man during the performance. The meeting between the pugilistic stars was most cordial. To a reporter Corbett sald that Slavin should let himi alone until he had found the restof the aspirants for a go with the *‘big 'un” and had tested his pugibstic ability in a fight with the speaker, Then, if e came off victorious, he could, with some reason, claim the right to meet Sullivan, ‘‘Sullivan,’” said Corbett, ‘‘is making money with his play and these fellows should lot him alone.” Phil Lynch and Jinmy Wakeley were in the city today to negotiate with Sullivan for a fight with Slavin for a purse of 20,000, but Sullivan flatly refused to make the nroposed match. He said that Kilrain, Slavin and other aspirants should settle, 5o faras they themselves were coucerted, who was the best man and then he would eonsent to fight, the winner and settlo the question of the world’s heavyweight championship, It Was Another Taylor. IspraNora, Neb., Jan. If.—To tho Editor of Tk Beg: The following from Indianola appeared in your issue of January 15, “To-day Rev. Taylor instituted proccedings against Carpenter of the Bartiey Enterpriso for libel. Many accusations have been pub- Lished against itev. Tay1or.” The paragraph is ambignous and mislead- ing, Thelast sentence esp v is likely to do harm, Your readers will infer that the Rev, Taylor alluded to resides at Indianola. I am the only Rev. Taylor residing atIn- dianola. I have no knowled.e of and no con- nebiion with the suit. Your correspondent probably refers toan action between Rev V.M. Taglor of Bartiey and tho Bartley En- terprise. GEo. E. TAYLOR, PRt L Ll A Tricky sen King. SN Fuaxcisco, Cal, Jan, 18. Telegram to Tie Bek.]—The Ame Sea King arrived from Pisaqua, Peru, day night, badly dismantled. The Sea King was run futo at Pisaqua harbor by a French ironship. The court of inquiry attached the blame to the Sea King and Captain Setchell was ordered 1o pay damages. This the cap- taiu refused todo, and one night he shipped his anchor and sailed for San Francisco. A Peruvian mau-of-war wus sent in pursuit, but the Sea King eluded her. e et Aol Lead Trust Doomed. Cuicaco, Jan. 18.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bek.]—A local broker who is connected with the lead industry thinks the leaa trust will soon go up. The trust, he said, has veen unable to induce the J. N. Raymond company of Chicago and Tauet of New York to come into the fold, and a combination between these houses, which are among the largest manufacturers in the world, is looked for at any timo. The moment they form such a combination, said the gentlcman, the trust will commenice to g9 to pieces. fnd ' Dol anedh Banker Perrin's Light Sentence. MiLwAvREE, Wis, Jun. 18.—An Evening Wisconsin special sa, Leonard Perrin, the New London banker convicted of com- wlicity in the robbery of the Iron Exchange bank at Hurley, wassentenced yesterday, He escaped with s fine of $100 and costs of pros- ecution, in all §2, P 1z “*Raised" Money. Arwoon, Kan., Jan. 18.—(Special to Tug Bee.l—A. N, Hollenworth was today ar- rested and lodged 1 jail here on the charge For P of Moeans Hollenworth 3 tens and pass of passing raised mo McDonald, 1tis ¢l is rafsing two dollar \ ing them on business i THE CLEARA 1 that RECORD, ons of the Couns Last Week. al Telegram to g table, compiled Financinl Transa; try During th. Bostoy, Jan, 18.—[ follow! from dispatches from the cloaring houses of the citios namel, shows the gross ex. changes for lust v with rate of incraso or d several amounts for thoe corresponding week in 1890 : crries. cLEAR Detrolt ... Clevennd Omaha. ] Duluth .. Portland, Ore.. Washington Hartford.. ashvil it Vorceater ow Haven .| Hallf “Hlonston “Roehester. MO ey Outside of York t included In totals. IGWA NEWS, . A Sloux City Tragedy. Stoux Crry, Ia, Jan, 18, —~[Spocial Tele. gram to Tnz Bee.]—About midnight last night William Walters shou and instantly killed Lewis Long, apainter, who leaves a wife and four little children ‘in destitute cireumstances. Loug quarreled with Walters, who is a watchman, and knocked him down, whercupon the latter drewa revolver and shot him through the heart. Fort Dodge's Sunday Ordinancy Foxt Dovak, 1o, Jan, 18.—[Spacial Telo- gram to Tue Bee.|—Not asinglo cigar was openly sold in this city today. This was one of theeffectsof adecision by the local au- thorities to strictly enforce a Sunday closing ordinance. Thoso who failed to Ty 1n & sup- of _smoking waterial on Satur- of & tobucco famine, and many were the desperate attempts to gaiu entrance’ to tho closed tobacco stors by the back doors. When the traveling men at the hotels learned the state of affairs the air became sul- phurous. Some enterprising hotel men evaded the trouble by putting cigars on the bill of fare and serving them as an extra course at dioner. No attempt was made by cigar dealers to violate the orainance, Crusade Against Keokuk Saloons. KROKUK, Ta., Jan, 18,—Mrs. Kato Person has brought suit for §5,000 against Charles Nogel, John Burns and William Worley fer selling liquor to hor husband and causing him to fall down and break his collar bone, She also wants an injunction against the butiding, stating that similar suits will be brought agamst forty others. This is the commencement of & crusade agawst the saloons, Run Over by an Engine. Des Moies, In, Jan. 18.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Ber]—A man supposed to be Charles Perry of Monroe, Ia., was run over by a switeh engine in the Rock Island yards just before midnight last night and so badly mangled that hedied ina few hours, It is not kuown how the acaident happencd, ——— Shot His Wife Crieaco, Jan. 18.—[Special to Tne: Bee. An officer hearing a noise in the house occu- pied by Thomas Buckley, a blacksmith at 107 North Halstead street, entered and was con- fronted by Buckly with a revolver, Buckly is a powerful man, but several officers finaily overcame him and ho was taken to the station. Mrs. Buckly sat in a chaira chort distance from the bed, apparently stupefied by drink, but when the ofticers went to arvest her thoy found she had been shot in tho buck of the hiead, She will probably die, No Justice in Salt Lnke., Sarr Lake, Utah, Jan. 18.— Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.|—The acting governor declared today that the was not a legally elected justice of the pe constable in the county, none of th ng been com- missioned,” This complicates matters very muc All suits before just are likely to be declared void. This leaves Salt without a police judge, as one of the just always fills that position, - The Manhattan Lif:s's Report. New Youk, Jan. 18.— [Special Telegrum to Tue Bek.|—The forty-first annual report of the Manhattan life insurance company 1s published today, aud shows a rescrve of nearly £12,000,000 held for policy holds It is a significant fact that this conservative old life company can boast of a marked increase in premiums, interest, assots and surplus— cverything, fn fact, except losses and ex- penses, where a mnoteworthy decrease is shown, ce it Sawed the Frop. DusLry, Jan. 18,—Timothy Healy and Ar- thur O’Connor addressed an andience in Mostrim, Longford county. Shortly after the meeting pegan the speaker’'s platform collapsed. Healy was severely shaken up, but the specch-making was soon resumed s Healy accused the Parnellites n the prop” with the intention of killing their opponents, e o o The Algierin Earthquake. Avaiens, Jan, 18, —Further dotails of de- struction wrought by the severe earthquake in Algieria are received. The towns of Gouraya and Villisbourg were practically de- stroyed by the shocks and forty persons killed by falting wal - Three Coasters Drowned, Osikosi, Wis., Jan, 18,—While a party of nine young people were coasting at Appleton this evening the sled ran Into the river and Jay Briggs, Emma Asid and May Cary were Qrowned. 'They were chilaren of prominent residents, Dillon and Havie, Jan, 18 a consultation of six hours infc sociated press correspondent that complete accord had been establisbed, adding tbat it was ldle o say more at preseut, i Hrion in Accord, Dition and O'Brien after med the As- | 215 PERISHED IN THE FLAMES. An Unknown Man Burned and Oharred Be« yond Recognition, NUMBER MYSTERIOUS ~ FIRE AND EXPLOSION, The Whotesale Store of Klein & Spigle Destroyed, Resulting in a | of About Twelve Thou sand Dollars, 8 At 9 o'clock last night peoplo in the vien- ity of Twenty-first and Cuming street were startled by the roport of & heavy oxplosion followed by the erash of a falling building. An instant later flames v son shooting up from a howp of debris which & moment before was tho wholesulo and liquor store of K Spigel. The explosion blew the front and side out of the wholesule stove and the roof fell in, Tho fire companies from No. 1 and No. 0 engino houses were on-the spot ina very fow minutes and soon had the flames under contiol The buildings were one-story frame stro ote ures and burned like kindling wood. The wholesale store was on the corner and the re- tail adjoining. Tho former is a totul wreck and the latter has the roof and theside burned out, but the stock is only partially de- stroyea, Home men who stood on the sidowalk op- posite the building before the explosion oc- curred saw a man i tho back room and they rotail fc ure he must have been caught in the debris. The firemen cleared away the rubbish from that part of the build- ing as rapidly as possible and the worst was_soon realized, Close 1o the safe, near the door of the back room, lay o man burned so horribly that no on nize him. For a time it was believed the une fortunaté man was one of the proprictors, butin half an hour both Klein and Spigle were found at their homes and came to the could recog- scone of destruction. They failed to recoge nize the dead man, Mr. Kiein said he had no one slocping in the and_ all his help were scen about the place aftor the five, so the dead man could not be an employe, The corpse s that of a rather large man wearing congress shoes and a d pair o pants. He had two door keys and @ smal Jack knife fo his p bod:; aw The coroner arrived at 10 o'clock and had the remains removed to Gring's undertaking rooms, lower Farnam street, where an inquest will probably be held this afternoon The loss “to Klein & Spigle will bo quite heavy, us tho stock was valued at $12,000, with” but about 6,000 rance. The builds ings were not worth over The cause of the explosion myste; Some think it was a barrel of altohol and others think it was dynamite. It was suggested that the mun who lost hus life might have gone in there to blow open the safo and aceidentally touched off all the giant, powder he had with him be- fore he got ready. The safe, however, does not scem to have been tampered with, ale though the dead man was found closo by it. The explosion was heard ten blocks away. A number of persons cluim that a keg of powdoer had beon stored in the building, but 1his the proprietors both deny. pria Gl 4 ali The McGrath Investigation, Toreka, Kan,,Jan. 18- [Special Telegram to Tue Bre.]—The executive committee of jthe farmers" afliance, which has for a weok been at work ugon the luvestigation of President Frank McGrath and J, 8. Codding, a member of the committee, as to theircomplicity fn the plot exposed by the letter of Congressmon Turner ten duys ago, will make its report to- morrow or Tuesd uanless MceGrath and Codding tender their resignations before that time. The committee has cndeavored to have McGrath make some defense besides his une supported general denial, but in this it has been unsu sful and his refusal to do so has been aceepted as a practical admission of guilt. Besides tho Turner letter, the committee has made searching investigations of McGrath and Codding, regarding their relations with republicans in connection with ot, His clothine on the v and arms was burned almost entively remains a the senatorial canvass, and unless tie resig- nations arve forthcoining the commitive ex pects some startling disclosures. which will . not only 1mplicate them bu Al prom nent alliance and repoblican leaders, wkose names have thus far not been mentioned with the scandal, McGrath has alw maintained Mat he would bo completely ex- onerated when the committee had wnvesti- gated ity o, Nebraska People in Ohi Ciioaao, Jan. 18. Tug B are in the cit At the Clifton—~Mr, and Mrs. J. O. Thomp- s00 of Omalia. At the Palmer—Mr. and Mrs. Johu Roberts of Omaha. At the Grand Pactfie- O, P. Thallcuberger of Imperial, V. G. Bogue and Dr. E. W. Leo of Omaha. At the Wellington—-George Armstrong of Omaba, At the Auditorium -Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Varrimgton, Hi Thorp and the Misses Mattie and T. A. Thorp of Omaha, H. W. Nieman of Schuyler, AT After a School Teacher's Scalp. Kinrtsuin, 0. K., Jan, 18.-A week ago Vriday the principal of the Kiowa Indian school at Anadarka punished a Kiowa pupil for misconduct. The boy ran away; taking two others with him. A hoavy snow storm prevailed at the time and the three boys loss their way and were frozon to deatl, The principal flod and five hundred angry Ine dians are searching for nim and threatenin to burn the school. Troops have been aske for. pRL0, pecial Telegram to he following Nebraska people st Lo L e The Weather Fure For Omaha and Vieinity colder. For Nebraska—Fai temporature; wi For lowa— Fair temperature. For South Dakota—Fair; slight changes in temperature; westerly winds. e Says Harrison Will Veto It, WasHINGTON, Jan, 18.—The Post today as- serts emphatically that the president will veto the free colnage bill should it pass the house, no matter whether the elections bill is defeated or mot. It alsosays that reaker Reed will endeayor 1o thwart the silver men in their attempt to get the bill before the house. ast. Fair; slightly + slight changes in terly winds, wésterly winds : stationary B — Ohilian Soldi rs ¥ nain Loyal, Liva, Peru, Jan, 15.—Papers received from Iququa announce that the soldiersin Chili have remained faithful to the government and refuse to join thenaval insurgents, Two admirals remaiu loyal and preparations are being made for the defense of Valparaiso, e Preparing to Invade the Strip. CaLowELL, Kan., Jan. 18.—In expectation of the passage of Mansur's bill to open up the Cherokee strip an_effort is being mado to concentrate the O'Connor and Dill colony. numbering about three thousgnd persons, at this point for immediate settiement of the strip. e e A Texas Bank President Disappears Wico, Tex., Jan. 18.—8. J. Mings, ex-pres- ideat of the National bank at Gatesville, has disappeared. His accounts are severa! thous sand dollars short. - Murd red by Apaches, ToMpsToNE, Ariz, Jan. 18, ~The Apaches fquita Smith i and troops are in closo pursuit