Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 26, 1891, Page 2

THE SHEEDY MURDER CASE. Proliminary Fxamination of the Three Ac- | cused Set for Today. PROBABILITY THAT IT WILL BE POSTPONED Bome Interosting Kigures from the Report of the State Comm s« of Publ.e Lands 5 [Special to Tie The prelim examination of Mrs. ¢, Hurry Wablstrom and Monday Me- charge of murdering John y is fixed at 2 p. m. tomorrow, but as chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach has not been made it is probable that the case will be continued, aithough tho proseculing attornoys belleve that there is already sufficient tostimony to haug Mrs. Sheedy were she not a pretty woman. Mrs. Sheedy's attorney, J. B. Strode, was formerly her teacher at Abingdon, Ill., when showas Mollie Gabriel. She is thirty-ive years old but looks much younger. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION, For soveral days past peculiar odors have boon porvading the corridors of the state house. They have been due to spontancous combustion generated in the fuel vault con- nected with the furnace room south of the capitol. About one hundred tons of coal slack were stored in this vault and a fow days since it became apparent that spon- tancous combustion had started a smoulder- ing fire somewhere in this great heap of fuel. Dense volumes of smoke and gas rolled out of the vault, and passed through tho sub- terranean pipes into the state louse until it became necessary to disconnect the furnace, An effort was made to get at the hidden fir but to no avail, and a force of men was set to work yesterday 1o remove the coal from the vault. It must all be wheeled first into another apartment and then lifted by means of & small clevator to the urface, where it will be aired and dried. e work of removal from the vault was no amatl task. The shovellers, owing to the heat and the stifling gases, could only remain fnthe vaulta few moments ata time, al- though a large section of the roof had been torn away to permit fresh airto enter and the foul air 1o escape, Some of the coal taken out was at a red heat, and a stream of water from a hose was kept playing upon the miss as tho workmen penctrated it. The floor and walls of the vault ave of brick and stone, so0 that no serious damuce will ensue. Tt will probably take several days to remove the fuel and extinguish the fire, LAND COMMISSIONEI'S REPORT. The biennial report of the state commis- sioner of public lands and buildings is now out and shows the following facts aud figure Under a grant of congress, there have been sclected by the state and confirmed by the general land office for the several educational purposes, the following amounts of land : Corimion sehool land, 2,783,500.16 acres ; agri- cultural college land, 80,140.23 acres; state university land, 45,426,058 acres; state normal school land, 12,504.80 acres; total, 2,880,871,21 Of the common sehool 'land, 1, acres are under a contract of lease acres are under contract of sale acres ha en deeded, and 517, are still vacant. Of the agncultural college land, 40,811, acres are leased; 45,850.20 acres are under contract of sale; 2,4 acres have been decded and 40 acres are still vacant. Of the university lands 19, leased 7 acres are under contract of salo; )1 acres have been deeded and 760 acres are vacant. Of the normal school lands 860 acres are leased; 10,105.82 acres are under contract of sale, and 2,335.08 acres have been deeded. This shos that 232,720.30 have beeu deeded, leaving a balance of 2,648,141.88 acres to ‘which the titlo is yet vested the state. Of this amount 632,007.04 acres ave now under contract of salo, 1,407,571,08 acres are leased and. 518,702.80 acres are yeta part of the state's public domain. This makes a wonder- ful heritage for the educatioual intorests of Nebraska. There is now invested inUnited States bondds, state securities sud registered county bonds out of the permanent school fund the sum of § g and cash in the treasury 10 _the amount of 4,50, making a total 1 in this fund as compared with 5 two years ago, an iucrease of in that period. The increase 3 per cent. as compared yith 13 4-5 per cent for the provious two years. The cash in the treasury aud the invest- ments belonging to thé permament school fund amounts to ,807.21. The unpaid principal on sale amounts to £,706,152.61, making o grand total of #,512,080.52, exclusive of the 1,407,871.95 acres under lease contracts and the 518,702.00 acres still vacaut. The common school lands under lease contract are appraised at $3,182,- 112,77, with an_annual rental of $190,937.98. ‘This, together with the annual interest on the unpaid principals on contracts of sale, which amounts to £226,000,95, makes # fund ~of $416,434.91 to be annually apportioved among the various school districts of the state, fn addition to the revenues derived from the investments of the permanent schiool funds iu the state treasury. THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. Mr. Williamson 8. Summers, the newly ap- pointed deputy attorney general, is only twenty-nine years of age. Heis & graduate of the lowa state university and the depart- ment of law at Ann_Arbor, Mich., and has taken s\mvhl\ courses in Chicago and Cincin- nati. He has been given dogrees in litera- ture, scienceand law. He finished his legal studies in 1855, and chose Beatrice as his towe, ODD AND ENDS, The thirty-five gamblers who were ar- rested Friday evening will have their hear- ing tomorrow moruing in the police court. nis evening at the Holy Trinity church Bishop Worthington administered the rite of confirmation, PERILS OF —— ARINE SUCTION, Important Decision of Judgo Ricks in a Damage Suit for Collision. Creverasn, O, Jan. 25.—Judge Ricks of the United States district court gave judg- ment yosterday in favor of the libelauts in the cuse of the collision between the steam- ers J. 1, Devereaux and Alexander Folsom in St. Mary's rivor in August. The Devercaux was held blameless. The decision was based on the testimony of Captains Kelly and Mal- lory, summonod as experts. 1t admits such a thing as suction in the channel deseribed, caused by two steamers passing each other, and _asserts that the violent sheer of the Deveraux was due to this suct This suction under such circumstances, the judge holds, is so well known to navigators that the masterof the schooner Mitehell, in tow of the Folsom, should have anticipated and guardod against the danger of collision from that cause. He also oxpreses tho opinion that Wb the wind blowing from the quarter stated it was gross negligence on the part of the master of the Folsom to have towed his consorts through the channelof Lake George, in St. Mary's river, with sails sev and draw- ing, and that the spevd of the Folsom and tow was too great, increasing the suction, The Devereaux was managed with skill and prudence and is exculpated. H. F. Carleton s named us commissionor to report the amount of damage to the Devereaux. Tho amount claimed is §18,000. —_— Charged With Bigamy. Cugyexse, Wyo, Jon. 25.—1 W. Peck, & commission merchant, was jailed this even- iug, clarged with bigamy and forgery. The request for his arrest was fron Denver. He was married thero two weoks ago. In set- tling for the weddinyg blow-out he used & bad cheek, The bride quit him yesterday., She learned he had & wife aod three children at Syracuse, N, Y. Pock denies this, says there 18 something the matter with the woman’s head, and that the check was all right. e ——— A Female Pension Forger. Canuse, Pa., Jan, 2. Information was made yesterday agaiust Anua 8. Custer of Littletown, Adams county, charging her with forgery. She had applied to the government for a pension, and had forged the namos of & clergyman and notary public to the papers. She did not get the pension, and said today to a correspondent that she did not suppose anybody would bo harmed by the forzery Shie was taken to=Philadelphis by United States Commissioner Bell to answer to the charge. A ROW IV CHILL The Pablic and the Troops C1:sh Over Preddent, Balnnced as, New Yonk, Jan. 25,—[Special Telegram to Tuw Bee)—A lotter received here today by the City of Para and dated Panama, Jan, ws conclusively tho extent of nacedns’ unpopularity in Chili, ine rumors,” says the letter, “*have boen rent here during the past fow days. said that the revolution, begun on Jan. 7 at Valparaiso, has taken greater proportions than at first was thought it could attain. The positive cause of the revolt has not yet beon ned, but it is well known that the recent elections have not impressed the people of Chili with confidence in the promises of the existing government. This feeling, fol- lowing the stagnation in business, the overcrowded condition of Santi- ugo, the .bad markets and tho loss of credit abroad, duc to past disturbances, has put the republicof Chili ina bad way. Thegovernment has put astrict censorship overall telegraphic communications, and in cases of cipher messages the code must be shown. Owing to these restrictions no news has got here. The futuro of the present chief magistrate of Chili s difficult to pro- easy to_forescon part. s u popularity among his fellow countrymen, d 10 his violation of the constitution and his persistent opposition to the will of the people, has led to the preseat revolt. —Previous to this he was roundly hissed and his presence caused a riot in Concepeion Upon arriving * at the plaza where the municipal palace is situated, the cavalry had to charge into the crowd in order to clear u passage for the president’s carviage. As 8001 48 tho president was scen by the crowd a deafening hissing bowan and was kept up until he had entered the building. ‘That even- ing, as he was leaving for a banquet held av the theatre, he had to order the coachmen to hasten in order to outdistance the crowd, who cursed and denounced him in the 'most abusive torms. A foew moments before the president left the banquet the cavalry charged the mob and the. infantry occeupicd both sides of the street. ‘lbe benches in the public garden in front of the palace were all destroyed, and after scv- eral charges the peoplo dispersed, It was found that thirteen people had been wounded, one seriously and two or three killed, Next day the president proceeded to carry into effect the object of his visit to this 'y, which was to open adry dock. 1t wasa signal for anothor chsh botweon £ho troops and the people, but, fortunately, nobody wis hurt. At12, noon, s large number of the younger element organized an impromptu serenade of kettles and other tinware iustru- ments, accompanied by cat-calls and shouts. The troops were called out and dispersed the renaders, Fourteen young men were wounded, some seriously, and about the same number of policemen and soldiers,”” gt b AN OIL WELL RUL Prosid Itis D, Peculiar Method of Restricting Pro- duetion Practiced In Indiana. CuEsT ERTON, Ind., Jan. 2%.—The oil well located on Fraok Wolf's. farm, eleven miles southwest of here, has been ruined by un- known parties. Frank Quick, who has the contract for sinking tho well, said today that the well had been “spikod” threo nights ago and the fact had just been discovered, The drillers struck a solid steal rod within six foet of the vein, which completely plugs the flow and resists all efforts of the drill to clearit away. Oil was first discovered on the Wolf farm about six weeks ago, while siukig a well for water. When 190 foot down u vein of lubricating oil was found. The diamater of the hole was an inch and a half and the owner decided to enlarge it to four and a half inches. After drilling down to within a few feet of the vein some onc dropped n bar of steel six feet long into the well, which destroys every drill that touches it. ‘The well has been abandoned, but the owner intends sinking another, and says he wiil guard it day and night until the work is completed, He will allow no strangers to come near the derrick. Tho citizens of Chesterton have formed a stock company for the purpose of boring for oll or gas. skl CANNOT WAIVE A JURY TRIAL. An Important Decision by the llinois Supreme Court, Mount Vero, 1ll, Jan, 25.—An impor- tant decision has just boen rendered by the supreme court ot this state in the case of George Morgan vs the people. Morgan was convicted at the May term, 1388, of the Joffer- son county circuit court on a charge of as- sault with intent to murder. The defendant waived a jury, was triod by thecourt, found guilty and sentenced to six_years’ imprison- ment in the penitentiary. The case went to the supreme court ou & writ of error making the point that a person charged with felony cannot waive trial by jury. The decision fully sustains this claim, reverses the judg- ment and remands the cause. The court holds that the constitation provides that no one shall be deprived of his liberty excopt by a jury, and that a prisoner cannot waive the modo of trinl when charged with a felony. The sheriff has brought Morgan back for retrial. ————— Dreaded Exposure Morc Than Deaih. Prrrsrierp, 1L, Jan. 25.—It now trans- pires that W. A. Chamberlain, whose death by shooting occurred last night, was a case of suicide, caused by the discovery that he had forged his uncle's name toa note, which he had used as_collateral sevurity, Further in- vestigation brings to light the fact that some £3,000 of forwed paper is outstanding, some of it 8 old as eight vears, thus showing that his crookeaness ran over a long period of time, His plan was to borrow monaey, give his own note, and put up a forged note signed by his uncle or father-in-law as collateral security, He always renewed or took up his papo prouptly, by which meaus he escaped detec tion, 1t was through an attempt to %ut up a second note on his uncle that led to bis dis- covery, and within an_hour of his _being ac- cused of the crimo he blew out his brains with a shotgun. - Assassinated the Wrong Man. MiraN, Teun,, Jan, 25.—A deplorable and unaccountable attempt at assassination took place at Troy, O'Brien county, last might. The victim was a well known liveryman, William Meacham. Meachem was sitting in his office talking to two negroes, Wright Hayne and Brack Bright, whon some one on the sidewalk began to call for the nero Hayne, at the same time swearing profusely. Mecham arose to go out the door, when the assassain fired through the window and shot Mecham in the breast. * The wound is very ghastly. Mecham is dying. No clew to the ]wrl»ll'uwl' has been found. It 1s thought that the bullet was inteuded for the negro Hayue. ity Deserved His Kate. Saxta Fe, N. M, Jan. 25.—At Zuni Salt Lakes, Socorro county, George Metzger shot and killed J. M. Chavez on Thursday. Met geris foreman of Representative Hubbell's extensive ranch interests, and Chavez was overseer of Hubbell's force ef sheep herders. Motzger arrived hero today, and after report- ing to Mr. Hubbell, gave himself into the custody of Socorro county's deputy shoriff. He says Chavez had been accused of stealing a horso by one of the men on the ranch and out of revenge bad con- cocted a plot to bring about the aeath of his accuser, apparently shooting by accident. Chavez cousulted with Metzger about his plans, when the foroman uotified him that no such 'business would be tolerated on the rauch. This augered Chavez and ho opened fire upou Metzger, missing him, when the latter returnod the five, resulting in the death of bis antagouist. Metger was taken to Socorro tonight. e Robbed by a Bogus Priest. New Youk, Jan, 25, —~Hugh O'Neill of 246 Pacific street was committed to jail yester- day by Justice Tighe, in Brooklyn, pending examination on a charge of larceny. The complainant s Patrick Ryan, 101 Ninth street, South Brooklyn, who recently came to this country from Ircland, Mr ityan says that O'Neill called at his house last Thursday night and sald that he was formerly & priest, and that he was without home or mone; Ho was dressed In clorical | clothes, and with sate formality in- voked ' blessings on Mr. Ryan's house hold. Mrs, Ryan wassicikin bed and the nusband thought the visit providential, for the sick woman had just expressed a wish that a pricst would pray for O'Neill was asked if he would perform t'mt service and he very readily agreed. Then he asked for supper, and Mr. Ryan had a meal pre. pared for him. He asked the visitor to stay over night, and he did so, but he left early rning before the Ryan family was nd took with him, itis alieged, Mrs. shawl and his host’s gold wateh, He roturned to the house oan Friday night, and when Ryan refused him admission Q'Neill struck him in the face. Then Politeman Murphy arrested him : NED IN Singular and Sad Fate of aNew Jer sey Lad, Youx, Jan, 25. he body of Frank Edwards, eight years old, is supposed to be in the sewor of Patterson. The sewer bo- gins in the southeastern part of town, at the edge of acommons, through which Dark brook runs, The ereat rams of Thursday, which swelled the Passaic river until it over- flowed its banks, swelled Dark brook also into a rivulet. It raged around the place where it enters the sewer, rose ubove its banks and flooded the. sireets beyond, Finally it undermined the earth at one_side of the sewer opening and tore a holo in the sewer four or five feet square. As the waters of the river were backing into the sewer at the other o mileand o half below, the surplus waters of the brook could not escape fast enough, A small but violent whirlpool formed in the brook around the wall.© On Thursday afternoon four boys were playing about this whirlpool. They threw sticks as far up the stream as they conld and then r‘L d them sail down whirl in the miniature maelstrom and disappear. The ground all around was soft and yieldimg, and most of it covered with a thin stcet of water. Frank Edwards had on & pair of overshoes, He went too far outin the shallow water, and when he jumped back his overshoo stuck in the mud. The water loosened it. and it floated off. It began to whirl around and around, ¥Frank got down on his knees and reachod out toward it to try and get it back. Pete Brennan, Nelson Dick and Dan Man- ning, the three other boys, watched him, all at once he fell face forward into the whirl of water. Nelson and Dan reached for him, but he was gone in a fow seconds, and the waters were whirling as before. = As soon us the city muthorities were informed men were sent to watch for the body at the other end of the sewer, But the manhol: near the river, were full to the brim of back- water, and théy soon concluded that the body would be stopped somewhere further up the sewer. Yesterday the sewer was examined throughout to within three manholes of the yet no traco o been found. It is supposed to be in the in the backwater, w it will y until the falling river allows it to float ont. Theboy's father is @ laborer and is very poor, Fis mother has been nearly out of her mind since she learned of his fate, 2t AISTER MIZNER. DRO SR, i He Considers His Action Proper in the Barrundia Affair. SAN Fraxcisco, Jan, 25.—The ex-minister to Guatemala, S. B. Mizner, arrived in this city from Mazatlan yosterday on the Pacific Meil steamer San Jose. He bad, he sald, written out a full account of the faots sur- rounding the death of General Barrundia, but as yet he was not_certain that it.would not bea breach of diplomatic ethics to make it public until he had seen the authorities in Washington. He said he thought that Bluine was not the author. of the letter ho received from the state depart- ment censuring his conduct inthe matter, but that it had been written by a subaltern and signed by the secretary of state without careful perusal. Prior tothe death of Bar- rundia, Mizner had procured his safe eonduct out of Guatemala. “It was impossible for me to think of giving all my personal atten- tion to the Barrundia matter,”” said the ex- minister, “as the interests of the United States and the peace of five republics seemed to demaud all my time and attention. Just at this moment, on Au- gust 26, a basis of peace was finally agreed upon and Icould sce that my labors were about to be rewarded. The day before that Barrundia entered Guatemala” on the Aca- pulco. In finally aavising Captain Pitts to surrender the rébel I believe I acted in strict accordanco with all precedents and with in- ternational law.” The reports that Mizmer's life was in danger after the killingof the reb general were acterized as utter fals: hioods, Mizner will remain in the city for the present and then proceed ta Washinizton and state his case to the secretary. Mizner is not over sanguine that the treaty between the five republics will last long. Both Guate- mala and Salvador are now buying arms and ammuoition in Europe and in other ways pre- poring for war that ho thinks witl not bo ong delayed. ——— Plundered the Synagogues. NEw Yoig, Jan. 2.—Joseph Schwartz, twenty-three years old, entered a small syna- gogue in Eighty-second streot on January 0, and sat down inone of thepews. His eyes closed,” his head dropped forward on his breast, and he sauk on the velvet cushions as if ina sound sleep. The worshipers noticed him, but thought nothing of it. After tho service the congregation flled out and the doors were closed. Then Mr. Schwartz got up, walked to tke altar, took the siver urn and candlesticks and other articles, but them in his pockets and left the bullding. He sold the silver to Benjamin Ellsburg, & jewelor at 141 East Broadway, for $10. M. Klisburg notified the police.” He told Sei geant Burns of the Seventh precinct that Schwartz had promised to call again in a fow days, On Friday night- Schwartz entered Ellsburg’s store and sold another lot of plate, worth fully $100, for $60. lsberg held Schwartz in conversation while s little boy ran tothe police station. When Sergeant Burns arrived Schwartz broke down and con- fessed. The second lot, he said, he had | stolen from & synagogue in Twenty-ninth street, batween Third and Lexiagton avenue, in the same way in which he had stolen the fist, He was remanded until Monday, A Plucky Sheriff. CmATTAN00G A, Tenn., Jan, 25.—A desperate attempt at jail delivery occurred at Cleve- land, Tenn,, last night. When Sherift Duff unlocked the door of u cage he was seized by two of the eight men confined therein and a pistol taken from him, A lamp was knocked out of his hand und a desperate fight ensued, one man against eight. The plucky officer drew another pistol and the firing began, The prisoner who had Duff’s pistol put it full in_the officer’s face and fired, but the bullet ssed its mavk, although the sheriff was y powder burned. Duft wrenched the weapon away and was master of the situn- tion, und locked up the unruly inmates of the cell. Scores of citizens, armed with guos and pistols, flocked to the jail, but their ald was ot needed. e Turaed Out of Thelr Home, Foxr Dovae, Ia., Jan. 25.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.l—All the horrors of an Irish eviction nave peen endured by the shiftless family of John Rathmann, at Remsen. Rathmann was unableto pay the rent and his landlord, Daniel Shem, turned the family out into the street. Their house- hold goods were piled up in front of the house, aud during oue loug bleak winter night the mother and children watched over them while the husband hunted for some friend who would give them shelter. They remained in the street, a pitiful spectacle, until the next day, when they were given a | place in the county poor house. The Rath- manus are honest, hard working people, but are kept peuniless by the husband's appetite for drink. bt BNk X A Big Distillory Burned. Proura, 1L, Jan, 2.—At 4 o'clock this moruing the Hamburg distillery at Pekin burned and is a total loss, The plant was valuod at $45,000, and the warehouse cone tained spirits’ worth 80,000, fully covered by THE MARCEOF THE FORCES. Iy An Tmpesing Mi:l'ttary Display on the Plains”Nyar Pine Ridge. DETAIL OF THE: TROOPS REVIEWED. Three Thousknll Men With Their Ofocers I* the Com- manding General-Indian Specs tatorsion the Bluffs, in Uniform Castr o8 Oraves Creeek, S. D, (Via Rush- ville, Neb.,) Jan. 21, - [Special Correspond- ence of Tie Bee.|—Morning broke with a pelting flurry of snow, a veil of dark clouds suspended above the hills, which, like a_coti- scum, surcounded the camp ground, and a plercing brecze swept down from the north. Notwithstanding, the infantry, artillory, cavalry, ambulances aad transportation ac- commiodations were eariy drawn up in line to await inspection and review. The ex- treme right of the line was situated about one milo north of a deep ravine in which latter General Brooke had blished his headquarters. North of this ine extended the restof the camp, aline of canvas, of Sibly, wall and hospital tents as straightas conld have been run by an engineer, and nearly two miles in length These two strotches of canvas, arranged in agkirmish line formed o camp nearly three miles in length, the longest seon by an ofticer on the ground sinco the close of the war, It had been decided to hold the review south of the ravine aud accordingly the regiments south of that natural dividing line early took up their positions on the main eround and awaited the arrival of the commanding general, At 9:30 0’clock General Miles, mounted on an casy riding charger and attended by his staff, galloped to the grounds, where he was met by General Brooke and staff. They then galloped slowly in front of each commund and then back again in the rear, during which ride men, tents and equipage were carefully inspected. General *Brooke, however, re- mained at the right of the lige while General Miles and staff rode toan eminence facing the lino and about a mile from either end. As s00n as the latter had taken his position the whole command appeared in motion, It had been fronting the cominander, but now gaps appeared in it through which the tents, the creek and the foot hills come into view. Tho companies and troops were wheeling by column to the right and forming in company frout and then moving forward to close up the openings which the movemert bad made, When the several com- mands had resolved themselves into a pact body with platoons comprehending from thirty to sixty-five foot soldiers and mounted men, the order was given to march and in a short space of time, the immonso line, “horse, foot and dragoons,” was under way The column ‘wheeled to the left, then marched toward' the west for 200 yards and agnin wheeling to the left struck a line which brought them within a dozon yards of tho re- viewing general. At this time the right of the columa was nearly a mile away. The wind prevailed from the morth. It was with dificulty the notes of the band rdached the ears of the re- viewer. Belind the band appeared a forest of small poles which now and then glistened in the uncertain light. As the column neared the reviewer, the poles resolved themselves into muskets' rosting upon the shoulders of veterans whose murching was most soldierly and imposing, On through tho eamp the column trod, its precision and military-bearing bocoming more noticeable as it reached the geucral's aye. The commander was dressed in a square cut riding juclket, dark biue corduroy pantaloons and gaiters, with regulation military hat and gold cord. He had been standing i the wind for half an hour and the cutting breczes brought a ruddy glow to his features, which for somo weeks have shown the vallor of mental work and anxiety. Behind him stood his stafl, consisting of Captain Maus, Cap- tain Baldwin, Captain Evers and Captain Lee. In front of tho colamn rode General Brooke, clad in a heavy coonskin coat with a cap of the same materil. He was accom- panied by his stafl,_consisting of Ordrlies Roo and Truitt, Major Benham, Major Bacon and Captain Humplireys. General Brooke ana staff took postions with General Miles, The band of the Kirst infantry halted in front of the reviewing stand and Immediate Iy off the line of march, and discoursed m: tial airs while the columu woved by. First in line came Licutenant Taylor's Ogalalla scouts, one hundred mounted you men who their commander has rende most serviceable during the war and whom he has brought toa remarkable degvee of proficiency in military tactics. Their platoon was exceilently maintained and commanded the appreciation of the general, Next came General Wheaton of the Second infantry, commanding the brigade of that arm of the service, and attended by Adjutant Rowell, Lieutenant Powell as quartermaster. Then followed the First lnrnnlr{ of Cali- fornia under Colonel Shafter, whose rei- mental staff comprised Lieutenant Carring- ton as adjutant, There were only four com- panies in line, the others remaining to guard the ageney. B company was commanded by Captan Dougherty und Lieutenant Winn'; B by Captain _O'Connell and Lieutenant Kirkman; G by Lieutenants Branch and Kioman, and H by Captain Armstrong. The detachment had had a long walk to reach the camp, and appeared in blouses and haver- sucks ana canteens, As a consequence they suffered somewhat from the cold. The marched well notwithstending. They bo with them a pair of shattered flags whic looked as ii" they had had hard times with both the elements and the strife of battle Then came the Second 1 fantry of Omaha, under Major Butler of Omalhy, a gallant hero of many battles in the revellion and on the frontier and_ who retires from the service ubout the advent of spring. The boys marched, as Sidney Smith puts it, as if tread- ing on air, and as {f they had a reputation to sustain, Their bearing with blue cape and blauket roll, with canvass covering strapped over the shoulder and uuder the arm was most military and was warmly com- mended. G~ company had the right under the sturdy imperturbable Cap- tain Keller, .,Compay B followed under the veterap Captain Ames, and Lieu- tenant Webster Jed 1 company 'in the ab- sence of Captain Clrk, whose bereaveument called him from the' field of battle, I com- pany was led by‘Captain Miller in fine style and Captain Ullg, the ‘‘Cacsar on Parade,” commanded compmy F. A company, that of poor Captain Mills, whose death occurred in the presence of, but not from the bullets of the Indisns, was in charge of Licutenant Brumback, and Licutenant Turner had chargo of € compaily, from which Captain Cattly Is now témporarily absent. Captain Dempsey with thosenior company B in’ gal- lant style brought up toe rear. A'hen came theiSdventeenth, another gal- Iant regiment, equipped like the Secand, save that its blanket roll was not encased in can- =us. A company wils commanded by Captain Van Horn, B by Captaiu G reen, C by Captain Roberts, £ by Captittn Burus, G by Captain Rogers, D by Captain Lester O’Brien aud H by Captain Howe, 19 Then followed the Eighth infantry, A com- v of which commanded by 'Captai hitney and C by Laeutenant A. R. Pipe The compuny was accompanied by a Gattling qun. ¥ Captain_ Capron's light battery E of the First artillery followed. His battery con- sisted of four 3 2-10 inch breech loaders. five Hotchkiss guns and a force of sixty-one me with_three commissioned ofticers, Lieuts ants Todd, Chamberlain and Hayden, The captain has received but little notico for his gallant work st Wounded Knee aud other fights, but was in them notwithstanding, Next followed the cavalry brigade under the veteran, General Eugene A. Carr of the Sixth, a vegiment which has been ordered about from post to pillar for the past seven- teen years. The veteran commander was in excellent spirits, snd was attended by Lieu- tenant Hodgeson as adjutant and Licutenant J. M. Stotsenberg s quartermaster. The com- insurance. The cause of the firc is unknown, 1 regiment was divided to three battalions, tant.” B troop was commanded by Captain Kramer, O hy Lieutenant Scott The Second battalion was commandod Major Adam, H troop by Captain W. Wal- | troop by Captain West and A troop | it Bloxon, | nird_battalion was under the direc- tion of Major T'up < troop Captiin Kerr, | Ftroop Captain Carter and 1 troop Lieute H. G. Sands, | hen followed the Leavoaworth battaiion | a number of troops which have dono a groat deal of scouting and other active work for | the past two months. 1t was under the lead- | ership of Colonel Sanford, i L nd dash. ing soldier, with Lieutonant I s adjut ant. It was accompanicd | cliont bugle corps. The [First was commanded by Captain ~ Well A troop of the Bighth cavalry bolag under the leadership of Liecutenant Byron, B troop of the same _regiment being commanded by Licutenant Kemp, Lieutenant Scott walled in_advance of L troop of the First The Sceond battallion was | Major Babcock, [ troon of the commanded by Li ostal and F troop by Captain The battallion was followed by a Fotchlkiss battery. Then came the Ninth, the fame of which in this campuign is_the subject of generd con versation. In a certain sense was the leading feature of harade. The troopers are colored ‘hey wore buffalo oy Long or shiort, light or heavy sat their on horses like jNeys. Tuey glory in the soldi fe, to take us do the war pati, looked like Esquimaux rigged out for an active can pargn and demeaned themselves as if the were alike fearless of the eloments and storms of shot and shell. At their head s man who these nills ut of the Captain Stanton ana D by | battalion charge of Fifth being as led them in the and valleys and both into and mouth of hell, which th on several pecasions. utenant W. acted as adjutant, Dr. Kane as medical officer and Licutenant Bettens as quartermastor, The First battalion was commandea by Cantain Lond, A troop by Captain Garrard, Itroop by Lieutenant Perry, G trbop by Lieutenant Grote Hutcheson, in_the absence storan_Captain Cusack, who was ill. The guidon of this'troop was v punctured with bulle “The Second battalion was commanded by Captain_Stedman, K troop being led by “Light-Horse Harry,” Captain Wright, tho young gentleman who has just received the 5purs of his present rank whieh event was slobrated on the field of battle. B troop was led by Lieujenant MeAnany ana D troop by Lieutenaut Powell. A Hotchkiss battery brought up the rear. Then came the Seventh cavalry filled with noroes of Wounded Knee and mourners for the dead who had perished there and wero sleeping in the little rude cemetery overlook- ing the agency. Thé magriticont bugle corps led and sounded, “Halil to the Chief,’* as they were marching past the station. Major Whiteside, the officer whose command ar- rested Big Foot's band, rode by with the air of a general yoteran. His adjutant was Lieutenant McCormick; quartermaster, Licu- tenant Fuller; medical officer, Captain Hoft, and signal ofticer, Licutenant Mansficld The IMirst battalion was commanded by Captain Iisley, I} troop by Lieutenant Sickel, D by Captain Godfrey, G by Captain Edgerly, and ¢ by Captain Jackson, The Second battalion was commanded by Captain Moylan, Lieutenant Nitholson as adjutant. A"troop was in charge of Licute ant Watorman, B of Captain Varnum. This troop lost a number of members on Woynded Knee, as did also T and K. The last men- tioned was in command’ of Licutenant Squires, who takes the place vacated by the allant Wallace, I troop was 1ed by Captain Nolan, whose testimony will have a great deal to do with disproving the™ charge that men and women were cowardly shot down in that memorable struggle. The Seventh made an excellont appear- ance in their bluc coats, the capes of which were pulled back over the stoulders, display- ing the yellow lining. At a distance this had a pretty effect, giving the men the appear- ance of immense butterflies flitting over the plain, Following the troops came an immense variety of ambulances, company wagons and pack mules, which occupied” an hour in passing the station. "The review was o great success. Nearly threo thousand men and_ 8,700 horses took partinit, It was viewed with ill-disguised { ntorest by Indians from every bluff and buttein the neighorhood aud showed them the forces which the great father could casily send against them. It will long live in their memories, as it will in those of all who toolk part in or witnessed i, O'BREN. e A DIVORCED WIFE KILLED, Brutal Murder of a Much-Abused Woman at Comanche, Tex. Comancug, Tex., Jan. 25.—Mrs. Annie Frizzell was shot by her divorced husband today. The Krizells are from Granbury, Tex. Some wecks ago Mrs. Annie Fr with her mother and sister, came to Coman- che and putup in a tent on the railroad reser- vation, just beyond the passenger station, Thoy did nothing but sewing, and made a fair living. Mrs. Annie Frizzell had secured adivorce from her husband before coming here. Frizell is the son of a hard- shell Baptist preacher, but has none of his fathers good qualities. He utterly failed to support his wife. She had supported him 1 idleness for some time, but at last sccured the divorce and came to Comanche to gain her own living apart from Frizzell. She was quict and industrious, and had an excellent name in Granbury, Frizzell camo to Comanche on the passenger last night. Karly ths morning he weut to the tent where Mrs. Frizzell lived to huve an interview with her. Just what passed be- tween them is not known, but she certainly refused to haveanything todo with him. He was neard to say, “If you won't live with me, you shawt live at ali,” and then begai to shoot. The woman ran out of doors at tho first shot, closely pur- sued by the brute whose nameé sbe bears, At the second shot she fell on her knees and put up her hands begeing for life. Again she struggled to her fect and tried to escapo by ruuning. Frizzell still pursucd and con- tinued fiving. ‘'ne woman was wild. and ran at random, but the man had ro trouble ju closely following her. He had ouly four cartridges m ms revolver, but cach' bullet pic rthrough and tbrough, Ste fell about fifty feet from her owu door. Th shooting “was witnessed by & number of men, but none wero néar enough to prevent the crime. Kind hands soon carried Lthe poor woman to the teut, and a doctor was there in ten minutes, She never regained cousciousness, living only a v rizoll put his empty ve- volver in his pocket and quietly started for town. Ho was taken in chargo by men who had witnessed the dy and was started to the juil. He®was cool enough at first, but before reaching the jail he was quite excited, and was almost runuing. He said if he had had one more bullet e would have killed himself. This is the third killing in the town since October 1. The Hrst case was almost us causeless as this; @ jealous husband in a fit of anger shot & boy whom he falsely susp cioued of wronging him. Another one _w: sund-bagged, but no trace of the murde was found, E'rizell and the other man aro both in jail, and it is feared that the peoplo may take the law in their own hands to- night. A Boy Murderer, MiLax, Tenn,, Jan, 25.—The case of the state ve. Cosby, for the killing of Smith M n in January of last year, was called ye terday in the Henry county circuit. The killing occurred while both were hvntin, Cosby clatms that it was an nceident, his gun going ‘off while he was loadingit.” He did not divulge the killing, however, until two days later, when the body was found. Ho explains this hy sayiug he was afraid W tell it. Both weré b The defendant was only fifteen years old when the shooting oc- curred. There is in proof that the defendant, whila in jail, confessed that he killed Mo Cain over a rabbit. LA Puat Dynamice in Her Kindling. Drrroir, Mich., Jan. 25.—A story of & das- tardly attempt to blow up a house was brought to light today in the arrest of Mat- thew Westbrook at Nullville, a suburb to De- troit. Mrs, Mary Lempke aud Matthew Westhrook arc nelghbors aud havo not lived in harmony. Christmas moruing an explos- ion occurred in Mrs. Lempko's stove that rumed it and part of tho kitcuon, besides | the flrst of which was vommanded by Major | Perry, Licutenant Paddock ncting as ndju- . | s pipe soven inches long badly burning her thirteon-yoar-old dav ter, Johauna. Thursday morning, whilo My, Lenipke's children wore gathoring wood in the yard, Westbrook throw o stick over near then their mothe who had s m throw it 8ho took the stick toa constable, who found that it hod been split and nailed together Again, and that in the hoart of 1t a * plece of and filled with 1 beon placed. Tho chargo was ling to the authorities, to itire house. The matter ‘was Kept quict until Westhrook could be arrested. He mikes no atlempt to dony the charge, nor will hie gay anyihing about the case. West- brook iS in jail dynamite b suflicient, ac blow up . . BRODIE'S DONKEY ENTRRED, Tho Bridge-Jumper's rittor” Run in the Brooklyn Handicap. New York, Jan, 25.—Steve Brodie, tho famous bridge-jumper, bas entered his racing donkey for the Brooklyu handicap. Brodio said toda “L am training my donkey untor my own supervision 8ince I brought him from Ireland. I have already made vertury keys Hamilton, Morrison ana N to name their own price to ride w, sure ho will win if he s ¥ & good jockey. I am not going into the business of touting, but advise all my friends to bot that he will come one, two, orthrce in any of the races he is entered.” — Her Parents Rep BroowixaToy, Ind,, Jan, 2 taine, a handsomo sixt committed suicide ten mil The night before last sho oyster supper With a young man named William George, and at breakfast fast the following moening her parents ro- proved the girl harshly for keeping company with him, She left the table, and, going into an adjoining room killed herself by i shot through the hoart. Sho was highiy respected. gt ks eath Caused by a Neadlo Wound. Axtoxio, Tex,, Jan, Lillie Little, the four-year-old daughterof J.J. Little of Pearsall, aied at the St. Leonard hotel this afternoon. Sho stuck a needle in her hand, between two of her fingers, at Pearsail, last Sun id the hand soon beeame inflamed and discolored. Her parents brought her to this city w0 obtain medical attendance, but without avail. It was blood-poisoning from wound scarcely visible under a microscope. - — NOT AT ALL VISIONARY. wwed Her, Hettie Foun- yoar-old girl, onst of hare, was at an n Shall Ratlroad Corporations Rule the State, or Vice Versa, Oscrors, Neb., Jan 24.—To the Editor of Tue Bep: sendl you with this a lotter clipped from a New York daily, commenting on aletter I sent to the New York chamber of commerce. As it is of interest to our state I send it to you for publication,with my com- ments retary Wilson of the chamberof eom- merce being nsked to y if he did not receive y“erankc” letters on all Sorts of subjects, handed to your eorregpondent the following note he had Just received from Jonn H. An- derson of Osceola, Neb, wih the cominent that it 1s a fair sumple of the letters he Is con- stantly recoiving in d to fin 1und relal questions. Can you not help the ks Mr, Anderson, "get choa por trans- portation by opping the payment of intor- est on fulse values? Plouso filter the tollowing _through your minds and c operate ~ with the ~west. The ment to bu ratlroads, Isst antoed the twonty y ‘areen g al public wte, and_tho roads may bo used to rede Dbenefit will 1st, ncrouse currency; 2nd, lubor for the unen cheap transportat With een Omaha and w York above plan Nebraska products o Now Y or )W COStS to get it to Chicag lost of Wilson's correspondents of this class are not as terse as this Nebraskan, but they are allequally visionary in their idens. A great many people in the ecast and _visionary opinios and its inhabitants. ‘Some memb: tho New York chamber of commerce have always aided reforms which benefited the whole nation, even though they had to oppose New Yorks peculators. The ‘attom pt of Jay Gould to throttle the commerce of the tran territory which seeks Omaha is an the west, and proves that some caustic measure must be used to convince the ra roads that the state shall not bemade a party to their oppressive schemes. If the general government were toassumo such arbitrary power as railroads do, it would be just cause for revolt; and ' yot creatures of the Taw defy tbo Dawer of thoir creators, and without constitutional authority forge values and ask the general government to tolerate the perversion of the constitution to enforce their unjust and treasonable claims, The railtoads’ have received from the peoplo empires of land and mountains of wealth, in bonds and subsidies, they havo broken their promises and turfied the people’s expectations ‘iuto, billions for the railroads, and visionary benefits for the people., The west railroud sugar without being adulterated with water. There is so much water in it that it is fastturning into vinegar, sillions of dollars made by railroad specu- lators represent visionary values, What is to pay interest on, and L values, if the inland commerce of the nation does not! And if the commerce of the nation pays in- terest on, or cash, inflated values, thén the farmers being the' burden bearers, who pay forall, represent the serfs whose land and products are mortgagea, without thew con- sent, to pay the values made by a system of speculation which is nothing more than a system of robbery, treason, and murder; for any who die by 'privations caused by tho crielty of organized oppression are assassi- nated. American hberty should guarantee the greatest good to the greatest number, and ot as it now tends, the greatest gains o a pro- ferred few, by enslaving the many to a power that by deliberation, under a system of “pains and penalties” crushes individuals or localities that *‘dare to be free.” There i3 uo authority in the constitution' to forco tho people to submit to oppression; America is not the land for the oppressed and op- pressor to live in peac2 under one flaz : an attempt to force such a condition will be school of @ new republic. We union; but whea the union i3 a misnomer for the preservation of territoriul area for tho slavement of the peoplo and commerce of the nation to a moneyed aristocracy, 1s nov revolt justifiable? It is ‘unconstitutional to legalize the pay- ment of false values: unconstitutional force is anarchy’s scepter and liberty’s shroud. Continued oppression will recommend a ro- public whose organic law will never. allow the right of eminent domain only for internal improvements to be owned by the state or municipalities, iteliable authority places the railrond val- ues of the United States at #,500,000,000; over §3,000,000,000 of which are false values that steal' from the people to pay interest of £200,000,000 annually, making million- by the hundred, and paupers by the thousand, for the benefit of a fow who ~ ped- dlo Americans’ rights and liberties over the world like baubles of merchandise, When the territorial areaof the union was th ened by secession the government issued currency to aiu in_p the union. Now that the liberties of the many are threatened by rapacity of the few, should mot the government consider the libertios of the masses as 1n- portant us the territorial area of the union, and construct railroaas by issuing stork floated in currency for the people’s benefit, which will be redeemed by the earnings of tho railtoads, and then have only operating expenses to vay! | do not consider the plun visiona, Wein the wi alize that the promises wade by the railroads to us for bonds and subsidies have been vory visionary except for the stock gamblers of New York, who are in charecter Like vampire bats in India’s brake, Whose pinions fan the wounds they make, And soothing thus the dreamer’s pains They draw the Lifo blood from his veius. tonder coustr 1ers W less thun o crude the They picked itup and told H. AN PROFESSOR KOCH. Unhesitatingly recommends th n Pastil- les (troches) for all throut, lung tarrhial diseases. Dr. Koch sald. “A cough for which | tried many other wedicines, which had ot the slightest effect, soon b botter and hus now entirely di 1f you ure suffering fron n cough, # cold, isthmi. bron- Al catarrh, or uny throat trouble. the Soden Troohes will positively relleve where all olse falls. Obtain the genuine fmported article, which w3t have the signature wnd recom mondution of ¥lr Myrrell Mackeazie with vach box. Price cents. 1SON. BOILED DOWN. I A Warn Winter 2. A Bio Sock of Overcoats 3. A Forced Sale, These three argu- guments have been the cries of most men of the As far we are concerned, we took the bull by the horns. of the clothing northwest. as When we saw the warm winter we were prompt and on the spot for our own good as well as the trade’s, for we claim to have been the first house in the city of Omaha to make a cut on heavy clothing. And in spite of all the flowery talk that skilled and learned gentlemen could pro- duce the trade has felt, and so have we, that theleaders of cut prices are located at [ 3thand Farnam Our stock of Over- coats and Winter Fur- nishing Goods to-dayis the smallest forthe size of the business of any house in the northwest and we feel like saying to you that: what’s left of it you may almost have by coming after it. Atanyrate, we have made the prices so low for honest merchan- dise that it’ll well pay you to dropin as you pass by. What is not sold this month, course, will be packed away. of Hoping to see as many of you as can be conveniently suited, we remain yours, respect- fully, HELLMAN & CO. Corner 130 and Faran, — - » / /