Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1891, Page 1

| 4 e - THE OMAHA DalrLy BEE FOUND NO TRACE OF POISON. Report of the Chemist's Investization of Sheedy's Murder, THEORY AS TO THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH, A Negro's Frightful Pall-Bank Exam- iner Brink Resigns—A Fractu Skull-Dicd on the Street —State News, Laxcory, Neb,, April 20.—[Special Tete- gram to Tiz Bee)—The chemist at Ann Arbor to whom was submitted an aualvsis of the contents of the stomach of Jotin Sheedy, the murdered man, has finally completed his work and reported, The result is one that will probably save Mrs, Sheedy from a felon’s punishment, s the chemist d there is vo trace whatever of poison in the stomuch of the murdered man. He adds, however, that morphine might have been n, but as the evidences of that drug pass away in a few hours of course he could find no trace of it in the st Tt is thereforo thougkt that the death of Sheedy was caused either by morphine or by the biow from the cano in the hands of Monday McFarland. One or two of the physicians who saw Sheedy before his death d » that he showed evidences of morphine poisoning. As the physicians who held the post mortem found no blood clot in the brain the mor- phine poisoning theory is thought to be the correct one, but as there is nothing to prove 1t Mrs. Sheedy will probably go fr Charged with Criminal Libel. Neniaska Crry, Neb., Apri [Special Telogram to Tue Ber)—A wareant was issued today for Al Ewan, a ‘Palmage news- paper man, ch The Kansas Cit 1z him with erimizallibel Sun and Vanity Faie pub- tished sensational matter avout L. W. Lloya, o grocer, and tho wife of - lord Kidd of the Watson, The articles, according to those interested, ave infamous lies and scandalize and libel a woman who for years has had the respect of this commu- mty. Landlord Kidd has taken legal ste and will prosecute e person who mixed up in circulating and advertis- fng these sensational reports. His attorneys who will prosecute the matter to the bitter end are Hon, John C. Watson, Mayor Frank P. Ireland, Judge Hayward of this city and General Colby of Beatrice. Mr, Kidd went to Lincoln today and endeavored to asc toin from Mr. Cotton of the Vanity Fair N who was the author of the article, but could not. Cotton said the man’s name was White but ho evaded giving any satistactory information, These libelous ar- ticles have caused much feeling and talk and some persons have that the corresporgie papers if disco gone so far as to state uts of these sensational world bo of stiort life in this city, Late tonight Chief of Police Wheel ¢ ing and Mr. Lloyd drove over fo Talmage as it was understood that Ewan was there, er Brink Resigns Crpar Raring, Neb,, April 20.--[Special to Tor Bee.] — A, P. Brink, having been offered & better position, has resigned his ofico of bank examiner, to take offect imme- diately. He has bean offered and has ac- copted the position of cashier of a new na- i open h a very large capital and will be backed up by the packing house firms of South Omaba, which assures for it a substantis This is the second offico Mr. Brink has resigned in_the lust two years in order to accept a more lucrative place, About two years ago he resigned the office of representative of Banaer county to become bank examiuer and this he gives up to be- come the principal manager of @ large bank. Fractured His Skull, Surtos, Neb., April 20.—[SpecialTelegram to Tie Ber.]—In an altercation this morn- ing botween William Wieden and Johnuy McKeague over the settlement of an account the latter struck Mr. Wieden with a crutch and fractured his skull. Mr. Wieden is an old and respected citizen and has been for a fone time in tho restaurant and grocery tiudo, He is in @ comatose condition from the effects of the injury and 15 not expected 1o live, MelKeagne is a cripple from the ef- fects of rickets, but has heretofore been con- idered au inoffensive person, He is under Bank Exam Arson. CiAproN, Neb., April 20.—[Special Tele- goam toTue Bee.|—In the district court At- torney McCauley was acquitted of arson and tho case against his accomplices, Milton and Hamilton, dismissed. These aro the cases to testify in ‘Which Convict Perrin was brought here from the penitentiary. The state vs Williams for an_attempted criminal assauit is now on trial. The details of tho crime are terrible, The defense is plea of nsanity. AF vightful Fal LixcoLy, Neb., April 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bre.|-A negro named MeWil- liams, while cleaning windows in -the third story of the block north of Temple hall, fell to the pavement beneath and was terribly hurt. His right arm was broken, his jaw split open and his kneo mashed. Ho also re- ceived interual injuries. He was taken to the hospital where he s lying in a vrecarious condition, Died in the Street. CoviNaroy, N pril Special Tele- gram to Tug By €. D. Marti of: Da- kota City fell in u street of South Sioux City tiis_afternoon, dying in a fow Death resulted from appoplexy. The coased was agoed seventy-five vears minutes, do- an old settler, homesteading here in 1856, He was formerly editor and proprietor of the Argus, Pushing Toward it Nionrara, Neb., April 20.—[Special to Titk Bee.|—Information comes from Bloomfield that the Omaha liue is preparing to push ovt from there for a short distance northwest. It is belioved that they fear the Sionx Civy Northwestern and desive to contrel the right of way to Brazil creek, over which route both oads must come to reach the mouth of the Niobrara river, Damages from Rain, NEWMAN Grove, Neb,, April 20.—[Special to Tur Ber.|—Yosterday tho heaviost rain- fall for yoars visited this section of tho coun- try, continuing through the vight. S.C Dimack's mill dam went out, and_the county line bridge was baaly damaged. Farmers report their grains on {he high lands ueariy all washed down into the vallo Death at Guerxs, Neb, April 20.--[Special to Tur Bre.|- Mrs. MeKenna, wife of C. L. Me Konng, the ploneer merchant of this died at her home this morning at 6 o'cloc or a short {iiness, aged tweaty. The d\:’cunsod was well know etna. dren, one not two weeks old, an Crakaal in Juil. a, New, April 20, Telegramto Tue B ‘The sheriff of Nuck- ols couaty brought to this place vesterday and placed in jail for safo keeping Alfrea Urakaal, the party who is charged with crimivally assaulting soveral littlo girls at Buperior, an account of which was given in Saturday's Br Mcusles at Talnage. Tatsaos, Nob., Aprll 20.--[Special Tele- e o Tux Bas. J—-Measles are prevailing " TWENTIETH YEAR. lares that | " OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21 | ( [ n town und the surronndine country to an alarming extent, and a number of quite serious cases are reported Hiegal Ligquor Selling. kA Crry eb., April 20. Special | am to T £.) —Sherif Willonon t baliff named Warren Simpson vay house conducted by Mag- and a ¢ went into a gie Lindsay Saturday night and bought ¢ At least at the next court. On the | tion filed b w rested to that is what term thoy will testify of the district strength of an informa- Simpson this landlady ay and taken ore Justice White who placed her under £00 bonds to appear in o higher court. The bond was given, This s the first raid of the sort that has been made here for ybars, Taken to the Asylu . April 20.—[Special Lew Louis, an old was examined by the and pronounced a fiv | Nunnaska Ciry, Net [T w to Tue Bee.| resident of this county, board on insane today Bound eb., April 20,— iff Monroo left for TERAMATL, B, | She Lincoln this term in the peniientiary for burglar catur, at De- No Longer a Ch ALMAGE, Neb,, April 20.—[Spec gram to Tie Bre.|]—The Talu has suspended and the editor, L. P. B looking for a new location, BALDWIN SET FREE. His Dying Victim's Story Remorse- lessly Flung Aside. Orrovwa, Ta., April 20, —(Special Tele- am to Tie Bre.]—-The famous case of tho o against Lawson J. Baldwin at Fairfield has boen concluded, the jury, after thirty- six hours' deliberation, acquitting Baldwin, This caso is one of the most noted ever fought in Jefferson county. ‘The ¢ that Baldwin was the causc of the de Miss Mattie Rodabaugh, July §, 18 means of a criminal o ation. The c arge was th of by | subject for hospital treatment. He has a | te family living seven miles He will be taken to Lincoln | { ance bodies expected. was tried in September, 1585, and Baldwin couvicted and_sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. In 1589 the supreme court re- versed the decision of the lower court, on the ground that o dyiug woman's testi- mony was inadmissable. The second trial, just concluded, occupied ten days. County Attorney Ross and Me Leggett and Kerny prosecuted, and Messrs. Work, Wil- son and Hinkle defended, Miss Rodabauch was the daughter of a wealthy favmer of Van Buren county and Baldwin was a farmer of considerable means before the case was brought against him. It is said that his long fight has about bank- rupted him, A Female in Mal Dertaxce, la, gram to Tuz B liere today by th of a comely young woman in male attire who is charzed with burglarizing a storo at Panama and appro- ing the garb she wore. It is said she | been waiting some days at Panama for the appearance of a lover, but he came not and she resorted to this means to search for him. When arrested she was trudging through the mud with her pants in he: boots in true masculine style. Tele- created Des Moines' Fire Chief. Des Moixes, la., April 20.—|Special Tele- e wrtin (nder chiof of the partment of this city over R. C. Johnson, whohas been chief the past ten years. The council has been dead locked for several weeks on this question, but the tin was broken by the recent election of two new members to fill vacane The retirement of Chief Johzson is understood to mean & gen- eral reorgenization of the department and the correction of some gross abuses which have crept in. The Last of the Boones. Dis Moives, Ia, April 20.—George S. Boone, sole remaining lineal descendent of Daniel Booue, was arrested by United States authoritics and brought to this efty for trial toda; Ho is charged with pension frauds, Boone served fu the confederato army whilo his fathor was a Union soldier. The father is dead and the son for some time has been drawing a pension allowed to the former. Boone has been living in a cave on the Des Mol river about forty miles below this city. An Operator Mysteriously Missing. Stoux Crry, Ta., April 20,—(Special Tele- gram to Tut Ber]—Lou Monnett, a tele- graph operator who has been in the employ of the Sioux City & Northern raiway, drew his month's salary last Friday and has since been missing. There scems to be mno cause assigned for his_disappearance. The police are en- dcavoring to locate him, but have thus far been unsuccessful, He has been employed here for the past five years and his family are greatly worried over his unexplained absence, Unitarian O mference. Des Motxes, La., April 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tite Be ‘The state conference of the Unitarian church began in this city this evening with a welcome address by Hon, B, 10, & response by Rev. Eleanor Gordon oux City, and a sermon by Rey. Mary afford of Sioux City. The meeting witl continue three da; Declined to LeMars, T, April scial Tologram to Tur Bew,|—~LeMars toduy decided by n vote of 414 to 143 against bonding the cf $20,000 for the erection of an electrie light plant. The people want an electric light, but will probably graut a frauchise to a privato company. Senator Shea's Condition, Des Moixes, Ta., April 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur BE Word received from Colfax states that Senator Shea of Omaha, who has be quite ill there for three weeks with rheumatism, was some better at noon todny. e The Death Roll. Burraro, N. Y., Avril 20.—Justice of the supreme court died here last ni New Havey, Conn,, April 20.--Dr, James I, "Thatcher, professor of physiology at Yale university, died suddenly this moruiug of pneumonia, aged forty-three. GiaNp Rarins, Mich,, April 20.—Fx-Con- gressman M. H. Ford, who represented this district in the Fiftieth congress, died sud- denly today of apoplox Woncesten, Mass., April 20,—Mrs, Mary E. Gough, widow of the late John B. Gough, tho great tewperance lecturer, died today in Boyleston, aged seventy-one, % Y., April 20.—Rev. Henry Dar- ling, president of Hamilton college at Clin- ton, N. Y., died today of broucnitis, Condemned Murderers Esoape. Eavrara, LT, April 20.--News has been received that the execution of Ross Reilly, Joff Browan, Douglas Brown, Cudge Barnett, Paro Johunson, Lake Andy and Prince Haw- kins, in the western portion of the Wewaka district of the Creek nation, which was set for toaay, was frustrated by the escape of toe prisoners. Jeff Brown, Prince Hawkius and Paro Johuson were recaptured, but thoy had been pardoned by tho chief, — - THE WEATHER FORECAST, For Omaha and Vieluity-—Showers; station- ary temperature. For Nebraska ond fowa--Snowers Tuesday; southerly winda; stationary temperature, ccept warmer {n Nebraska. For South Dakota—Showers southeasterty winds; warmer, (WILL BE A LIVELY MEETING. Indcpendents Preparing for a Big Struggle at the Oincinnati Conference CHICAGO DEMOCRATS ~ HOLDING ON. Another Shak spe ered Which Pr Murdered the An Omaha Pug Paralyzed. an Cipher Discove that Bacon Avon— es Card Cutcaao Orvice oF Tur Bee, | Ciicaco, April 20, { 1t is quite evident that the so-called indus- telal conference to be held in Cincinnati on { the 19th of next month is going to be more of a success than the leaders of tho great alli- The affair is in the hands of a little crowd of greenbackers, but they have played theiwr cards well. They have taken advantage of the strong independ- ent feeling in the west and have anticipated the proposed conference next year, which is ordered by the national allinnces and Knights of Labor. Finding that they are likely to be balked in their effort to prevent the organi tion of a new party, the alliance leaders have concluded to attend the conference and, if possible, control the uction of the convention, John H. Powers of Nebraska, president of that body, lgnatius Donnelly of Minnesota, and others who are well known in the west and morthwest will oe there. A PECULIAR DELAY. 1t was expected when the canvass of the re- turns closed on Friday, that the election commissioners would issue a certificate of election 5o that the newly elected city officers might be sworn in at the council meeting to- night, and take their seats tomorrow. But it is said there was an agreement reachied on ¢ betweeu the republicans and demo- crats which was in _effect that if the demo- ats would abandon their avowed purpose to resist the scating of Washburne 'the re- publicans would give them seven days move in which to step down and out. Just what the democrats want to hold on an- other week for is causing a_good deal of con- jecture, Somo assert there are indicatipns that the books as weli as the funds in of the departments are not in proper tion for tho turning over process. TROUBLES OF TROTTING HOK: e John H. Wallace of New who is here to attend the convention of trotting _horse which opens at the Wellington tomorrov old reg1s and is ready to fight the breeders and go_on with the register if his price isn't paid. The general sentiment among the delagates is that the price is too ligh, but they do not want two registers, The result is likely to be asmaller price than £200,000, and one register founded on Wallace's and operated by a stock company made up of reeders, but having no conuection with the National Breeders' asso- ciation, The register carned #l, 7 last, year, The National association 'will, how- ever, be reorganized, the standard remodeled, and much importantlegislation accomplished. There will be more than a score ot million- aires in the couvention. DID BACON MURDER SHAKESPEARE! Dr. Orville W. Owen of Detrott claims to have discovered m tne five great works of Lord Bacon a cipher confession of the mur- dor of William Shakespeare, the so-called g 'Tfiw“Mn, o i York, national breeders hotel s he will sell his_twenty-year- rfor the option price—s200,000— advan threatened to reveal to King James the real authorship of the plays and blackmailed Bacon to the extent of £20,000. One day Shakespeare became too insolent in his de- Inands, the nobleman drew his sword, and in the blinduess of Lis rage struck the actor dead at s feet. Bacon then severed the head from the trunk, embalmed it, inclosed it in a leaden box with a written parchment, and buried it at a crossroad, where, by the English law, it could never be molestes In the cipher are found the most minute direc- tions as to the location of that box. Dr. Owen has worked for years continually to bring about a full demonstration of his discovery, and now he is going to publish the whole thing in book form. He declares that when he makes public the cipher a child can easily read the story. AN OMATIA PUGILIST KNOCKED OUT. Charles Wickert of Peoria and Joe Tansey a, middle-weights, fought a battle with skin gloves at Sell park, in the lower end of that city, about 2 o'clock this morn- ing. Tho fight was for a purse of 00 and the gate receipts. The battle lasted two hours and nine rounds were fought. At the end of that time v fuiled to toe the scratch, and the was awarded to Wickert. A TRANSCONTINENTAL BICYCLIST. Nelson A. Bradt, twenty-four vears of age, left New York City ten days ago for Francisco on a bicycle. He arrived in Chi- cago last evening at 5:30 o'clock, and will re- main here a day or two for a rest. He ex- pects to reach San Francisco in less than three months, LAKE NAVIGATION OPENED. The steamship Harlem of the New York Central line started for Buffalo early this motning. It was closely followed f)_v the Syracuse of the same line and the Tioga of Erie. The Lehigh of the Auchor lne left soon after. This obeus for the season of 1501 Clicago’s lake and rail connections with tho seaboard. A PARNELL MASS MEETING. 1t was decided at a meeting of the Pavkell symputhizers at a gathering held at the Grand Pacific yesterday, tobold a mass meet- ing about the middle of May to be addressed by Irish cavoys. A telegram was read from mes J, O'F M. P, stating that John O'Conner, M. P, William H. Redmond, M. P., and himself would reach Chicago about May 14, THE [NDIA RUBBER SUPPLY, Carl Van Bulaw 1s at the Richeliea, on his wiy to Mexico as the representative of a Ger- wan company with large capital which proposes to engage in the cultivation of the rubber tree there. “The price of India rubber is going to advaoce,” said ho this morning. ‘“Ihe supply 15 not_equal to the demand. [n the istand of Ceylon where considerable is grown they are turning their attention to cultivating the” jungles, or rather making use of their jungles. The ceara tree grows very rapidly from the seed, and thrives in the’ jungles, and 1o a few years the supply from "Ceylon will be doublé what it is at’ present. But while this is being done 1 Ceylon we pronos cultivating a large plantation inMexic From iuvestigations made by caveful ex- periments we have learued that the rubber tree will grow aud flourish and thata tree of averagosize will yicld about twenty gailons of milk, which amount is equal to forty pounds of dvied rubber.” MItS. JAMES G, BLAINE, JR. Mrs. James G. Blaine, jr., wifo of Secre- tary Blaine's sou, was at the Richelieu today, accompanied by her maid. Mrs. Blaine is on her way to Washington state and it is said that she intends to reside there long enough to get divorce in that state. She will leave tonight for the west. Itis said that a certain doctor who treated Mrs. Blaine for rheumatism is to be the successor of Mr. Blaiue when she secures a divor MONTANA'S CHOP PROSPECTS, Hon. C. W. Hoftmen of Bozeman, Mont., is at the Leland hotel. Mr. Hoffman repre- sents the Bozeman district in the state seu- ate. “Politics s very quiet in our state just now," said he, ‘people are more interested in the good effects of our winter. The fall of snow has been extraordinary, aud the Chi- nook has melted it so nicely that we are as- sured of abuudant molstuve for crops, graz- ing laads and water for mines." CAPITALISTS' CONFIDENCE IN OMAHA, E. S. Rowley passed through Chicago this evening on his way back to Omaba after a short absence in tho east. “It1s very gratifying,” sald Mr. Rowley, *to find with what confidence eastera capital- ists look pon Omaha and ber future, While s L e “na there have been thres heawy bank failures in | months and a Kunsas City in m-';m score in the state ol Knnfi shere have been | none in Omaha and verw few in Nebraska. Moneyed men know this nd consequent when they get readg to invest the will put their momey in Omaha in preference to western riv- als. The tendency s to be rather conservative for the present, and I don’t look for as much activity in vuilding in Omaha as there was last year, but I kuow of one syndicate which is foFming in New York for investment in Omahagealty, and they al- ready have their eves on ' piece of property 1 tho business part of the city which is heid at $125,000," WESTERN PEOPLE 1N CHICAGO. Among the western people in (‘hicago today were the followings At the Grand Pacifie--P. W. Corbett, Omaha: Cha B. Keeler, James H Doug- W. F. Hutchison, Qedar Rapids, Ta.: J. Swan, E. R. Kirk, Sloux City, Moines, Tayj H. G R Utah, At the Leland—Mr. end Mrs. Charles G. Ettinger, Butte, Mont.; H. E. Teschmacher, Cheyenne, Wyo. At tbe Richelien—Mr, and Mrs. Sol . L. Degen, J. H. Sahler, W. R. Vaughan, D, H. Vaughan, Omaha. At the Auditorlum—George Omaha; M, B, Dowus, Helena, Mont. At the Palmer—Mr, and Mrs, C. D, Bib, T. J. Despecher, Omaha: Joe Eatoa, H. Champ, Council Bluffs; H. C, Sheridan, Wyo,; Miss J. Plumb, R. B. Windbhem, Council Bluffs; Johnson Brigham, Mrs, W. C. Blake, Mrs, N. O. Lawton, Cedar Paplds, Ta, the Tremont—Mrs. = Condon, Moines, Ia. At the Windsor—L. O. Hibben, Mr. R. Willia Hicks, Algor, Omaba; Des and Mis. H, Munsen, Omaba: At the Gore—(C. M. Letsz, Omaha. At the Brevoort—J. W, Lataurette, F', H, Polgman, Vaudestees, Omiha. gimimt WY STRIKERS STILL RIOTING, ms, Bowman, F. C. W. J. Prince, J. ATKINSON. They Make it Very Lively for Owners of the Coke Works, orroaLE, Pa., April 20.—Today was pro- lific of excitement and small riots throughout this region. Women were generally lcading and the most itter in their attacks upon the deputies. Heretofore they have been silent, but when the evictors attacked their homes the foreien women especially were dr wild. During a squabble today two 1 were painfully injured. But few o wero made, as the sheriffs fear opposition and are gathering large forces of deputies. UN10NT0WN, Pa., April 20,—There was con- siderable rioting at Leith and Leisenring No. 2 today because of an attempt at_eviction: The trouble was all caused by Hunga women, who fought like tigers against the sherif’s forces. At ome’time the sheriff called for troops, but the trouble quieted down and the order was countermanded. Twenty-six of Saturday’s rioters were arrested today. When = the coustables took them to the traln to be brought here their wives and other women to tho number of forty or fifty poured into the conches and took possession. The women ro- fused to pay fare, and the trainmen, after ineffectual “efforts to eject them, ran the coaches on a side track and_ going to Vances Junetion reported tho sitgation to hoadquir- ters, Nothing has since( been heard of the train load left belind. Late tonight a tele- phone message was sent from Lemont to eisenriug No. 3, notityla the deputics and company officials that 850 strikers had just left Lemont for Leisenring and a riot was imminent. They Must Wer. Chicaco, April 20.—T]1itd States Attorney “Untohrist today iLade i “before Judge Jenkins in the federal court that cer- tain employes of Switt & Co., dressed meat shippers, refused to amswer certain ques- tions as to discriminations in railroad rates in favor of that firmi putto them by the fed- eral grand jury on tne ground that by so doing they might. incriminate themsslves, The judge ruled that they must answer. Indiana Midland Strik. IxpiaNapoLis, Ind., April 20.—A Lebanon, Ind., special to the Sentinel says tho Indiana Midland strike was settlad at a conferenco tonight and the men will resume work in the morning. il World's Fair Laborers Strike. Cnicaco, April About six hundred men omployed in grading Jackson pack 1n vreparation for the world’s fair today struck for an advance 1n Wages. Al GOLD IN OKLAHOMA., Settled. Narrow Escape of a Party of Hunters While Prospocting. Augaxsas Ciry, Kan,, April 20.—[Special Telegram to T Bee.|—Henry Buchanan, a gold digger from Okluhoma, arrived here Friday last and told marvelous tales about the rich gold tields in o certain portion of the new territory. He declined to give the loca- tion of tho fleld, and Sunday, eluding the vigilance of his friands, started = back to his diggings. A party of six secured a blood hound and followed his trail for some distance In the territory. Yester- day while encamped in & golch a cioud burst over them, The gully was flooded and_the gold huntérs barely escaped with their lives, many of their horses were drowned and all their outtit was lost. The adventurers re- turned today a disconsolate-looking crowd. e HORRIBLE VGEANCE, Tennessee Mountaineers Kill Six Ne- groes and Wound Ten. Cuarraxooaa, Tenn., April 20.—A report bas reached here from Rockwood, seventy- elght miles from Chattanooga on the Cincin- nati Southern road, that twenty-seven miles from that place Sunday a party of native mountaineers rode into & tan bark camp in the Cumberlana mountains and \\'nRouL warning shot and killed six negroes and wounded ten. The mountaineers, it is suid, had been discharged for incompetency and took this method of vengeance, AN EARTHQUARE IN vTAR, Inhabitants of St. George Badly Shaken and Very Much Frightened. Savr Lake Crry, Utah, April 20.—[Special Telegram to Tir BEE.|—A special from the town of St. George to the Tribune says that a distinet shock of eavtbquake was felt there this morning at ¢ o'clock. Several chim- neys were shaken Aown and the buildings rocked badly, The iuhabi- tants were very much frightened i L Knocked Out by an Explosion, St Pavi, Minn, Apeit 20, —The electric system of this city was paralyzed today by an explosion in an oil tauk adjoining the St. Paul city railway electrie power house. A steamfitter who descended into the tank with a lighted candle was killed by the ex- plosion and set ou fire. - One armature in the power house was at once burned out, thus stopping the system. The power house will probably be saved. —————— The Fire Record, MoxTtieaL, Oat,, April 20.—One building of the Canadian Pacific railway works at Hochelaga burned this moruing and many valuable patterus were destroyed. Loss, £00,000; lnsured. Asnrasn, Pa, April 20.—The stock kouse of tha Norton iron works was dumaged to the exlv:ilull.’m,w by fire this morning. lu- sured. —_—— Humane Punishment Ordere Sr. Pavi, Mion, April 20.—The spe committee appoiuted by the house to investi- gate the reported brutal treatment of con- victs in the peniteutiary at Stillwater re- ported this morning. As a result of the re- port a resolution was adopted instructing tho prison ofticials 1o institute & humaue system of punishment, KANSAS POLITICAL MIXTURE. ! Representativis of Thres Independent Parties Denounce Each Other. OPINIONS ON THE THIRD PARTY MOVE. The Kansas Senate in Session as a Court of Impeachment — Judge Botkin the Defendant--The Charges. Torrka, Kan, April 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tus Bere.)—Levi Dumbauld, chair- mun of the people's party contral committee, has added a new complication to the already mixed political situation, which the call for a third party convention has brought about, by addre an open letter to the Kunsas farmers in which he denounces Frank Mc Grath, president of the alliauce, in the plainest possible language, The letter is the outgrowth of the circular issued ono week ago by McGrath in which he demanded that the southern farmers leave the domoeratio party aud join the independent movement. Tho reply of Prosident Livingstone of tho Georgia alliance declaring thut Mc(Grath had no right to dictate to tho southern farme has provoked a great deal of criticism. Mr. Dumbauld takes for his text tho statement made by Metirath that unless the south would destrt the democratic party the north- western farmers would go back to the repub- lican pa and says: “Lam a informed Mo wde this _announcement instruction or authority of the Kansas alli ance and without the approval of his fellow officers, Neither has he any authority to speak for the people's party of IKansas, or for alliance voters on’ this subject I therefore feel called upon to state that the s party of Kansas is in the field to and has no_intention under any civeum- stances of abandoning their third party movement and returning to the old pa lines.” President McGrath refused to discuss Chairman Dambauld’s letter, stating that he had not scey it in print_and ‘could only know of it through ot For the samo reason he refused to answer questions concerninyg the motives which prompted President Liv stone's repl “I myself was opposed to a third party movement,” ho said, “but the ncople I 1. resent demanded it and I could only speak for them. I believe the people of the south are as ready for the third party movement us we are, but mauy of their_leaders oppose it. Ihope'to see President Livingstono at the Cincinnati covention on May 19, but thers will be enough representatives there to as- sure the success of the conference.” sing that Mr, ithout A Kansas Judge on Trial. Torexa, Kan., April 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Ti® Brr.|—The Kansas senate con- vened this afternoon as a high court of im- peachment to try Judge Thedosius Botkin of the Thirty-second judicial district. Judge Botkin is a republican ofiiceholder, and the indictment brought agaiust him by the alli- ance house contains ten counts, charging him with drunkenness, gambling, profanity while on tife benen, and & denial of justice to Lis personal enemies. Judge Botkin is one of the best known men in the state. He ac- uired tlonal and_unenyiable reputation. T B N g JeRaran. - Davis at & banquet tendered visiting Kan- sans at Paris, Tex., by the ex-confed- erates. He was forced to flee the town and on returning home announced himself as & candidate for the republican nomination for congrass, At the beginning of the legislative session the alliance caucus decided to make a shining mark of one republican official and petitions were sent tho legislature from the counties which compose his district praying for his impeachment. The house investigat- ing comittee was in session ten days and the indictment returned contaned the same charges made in the original peti E The cost to the state by the impe trial will not be less than $50,000, requiri twenty day’s session of the senate. The board of managers appointed by the house to prosecute the case is confident” that enough direct testimony has been procured to remove Judge Botkin from the bench. This 1s the scoud impeachment trial in the history of the state. Governor Clarles Rob- inson was tried by the senate in 1% on charges of having entered into a scneme to defraud the state in the of bonds, but was acquitted, but his auditor was removed from ofiice, The aistrict over which Judge Botkin pre- sides is in the extreme southwestern corner of the state, and has been the scene of the many disgraceful county seat fights which have soadvertised the state. In many of these Judge Botkin has been forced to take a part and personal enmities enter largely into the prosecution. CREGIER GIVES UP. He Acknowledges the Election of Hempstead Washburne. Citicaco, April 20.—Mayor Crieger through his attorney withdrew this morning all oh- jections to the canvass as completed last week and asked the canvassing board b Hempstead Washburne (rep) be declared elected. Radical Bills Ki'led. St. Pavt, Minn., April 20.—The legislature adjourned today sine die without having passed any of the radical bills which had so aroused the fears of the business community and caused so much unfavorable comment throughout the country. The bills for the taxation of mortgages, providing severe pen- aities for usary, and lowering the rato of inteacst, hostilo’ railroad legislation and all measures aimed at corjorations of all sorts— in fact_about all the semi-commuuistic and aggrarian measures—died in one house or the other. 5 Republican Lea esidency. Cixorsxai, O., April Mhe candidates mostly spoken of for the presidency of the national republican league are J. S, Clarkson, Senator Spooner, General Nathen Goff, Hon, T, E. Byrnes of Indiana, M art of Philadelphia, W. W. Tracy Judge Josoph A. Blanchard and State Se tor Fawcott of New York. Ex-Governor Foraker has been mentioued, but expressed a wish that his name be not used. It is un- derstood that Elliott F. Shephard's frieuds in the New York delegation are for that gen- tleman, Bloomington's Election, Broomixatoy, [ll, April 20.—Captain Dauiel T. Foster (rep) was elected mayor today by 452 plurality over D. S. Dyson (dem) and U. O. Andrus (pro). The repuo- licans lose an alderman. Florida senatorial Fight., Tavranassee, Fla, April 20.--The Call men in the caucus insisted on the two-thirds rule. Two ballots were taken without result. - ATALIAN IMMIGRANTS, Fifteen Hundred of Them Arriy New York in One Day. New Yonk, Aprii 20.—|Special Telegram to Tur Br.|-—Another large bateh of Italian immigrants, 1,558 In number, wero landed at the barge office today. They arrived last night on the steamers Alesia and Alexandria. Two of the Italisn immigrants that arrive d at on the Alesia have been debarred, it having come to the knowledge of the barge officials that they are ex-convicts. | ——— i hson Indicted. Cuicago, April 20.~The federal grand jury | reurned & truc bill this worniug against George J. Gibson, former secrotury of the whisky trust, ou the churge of atlewpting to bribea govornment agiz to blow up Shu- feldt’s distillery. A ca]”* for Gibeon's ar- rest was at once issued THE PRESIDEN L PARTY. Given an Enthu san N ANTONIO, Tex,, A = dential party arrived morning, Notwithstand| Reception at ).—The presi- r 0 o'clock this the heavy rain which was falling th, ption was most | enthusiastic. The prost was T 1 with a military salute o y-one guns, On leaving the train tho party was taken in carriages to the Grand opera house, which was beautifully decorated for the oc R Addresses of w ro made by Governor Hogg and Mayor Callahan, an responded to by the pi ary Itu ana Postmaster G presudent in his spoc industrial capabilities of 'Te.as, its bene climate, 1ts great varioty of productions, ¢ como ho poko of the addivion of mechanical purs here can bo no reason, he said, wh large proportion ot the miltion bales of cot ton now produced shonld not be spun in Texas, and he hoped the people will more and more turn their attention to this matte for just in proportion as a state or commu- nity” divides its attention among various in- dustries, so does it in the wealth it pro duces and incre I ati The president then held a public recoption A short visit was afterward mado to the mili tary post at Fort Houston, where the party was entertained by Gereral Stanley and staff. The party left here at noon for Kl Poso amid the cheers of an euthusiastic crowd, SANDERSON, x., April 20.—The prosi- dontinl party p through here at 10:43 tonight, enroute to Kl Paso, where they are due tomorrow at 10, cace Do ol RUNORED BURLINGTON DEAL. The Deadwood Central to Be Pur- chased by the . & M. Compuny. Deavwoon, 8. D., April 20.—[Special Tele- 1to Tus Bre | —President 1 s of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railvoad, npanied by Wittam and Callen, livectors of the sawo compar ived in the city yest and spent thi specting the Deadwood railc which has just completed its lino to the mining distric of Bald mount n and Ruby basin jnored in Iroad circles that a deal is pending h the Deadwood Central and way are to b sold to tt ton & Missouri, a part of the Chicago, Burl- ington & Quincy system, and that tho visit of the officials of the latter road is real pre to tho conclusion of ne The consideration for the Deadwood Central Will bo $1,000,000. Cable’s Opinion of Gould. Cricago, April 20, —The attention of Pros- ident Cable, of the Rock Istand road, was to duy called to what purported to be an inter- view with Jay Gould, telegraphed from Den- ver, In this, Gould while denying that ho is secking to disrupt the Western Trafiic asso- ition, says such a thing has entered his mind but it would not be policy for him to do so. Referring 1o the fact that the Santa Fe ana Rock Tsland are pointed out as great rivals of his, Gould is quoted as saying: It is Dbosh. Noither ono of those roads can malke a move without consulting me.” President Cablo said: tho announcement that Gould had considered a proposition to | to Tue —T _} 302, NUMBER TERRIBLE HOBOKEN TRAGEDY. Angelo Gaboth's Greed for Gold Transforms Him Into a Fiend. TRIED TO KILL HIS WIFE'S FAMILY, He Succeeds in Murdering His | Mother-in-Law, Stabs His Father- in-Law, and is Then Shot Dead. New Yo, April 20.—[Special Telegram Bk, ]—In Hoboken varly this morn. ing Angelo Gaboth, aged thirty-five, mur dered bis motter-in-law, dangerously stabbed | his father-dn-law and then shot and | Kilicd by Conaquito Chinchella, a son of the murdered woman, A general fight followed, in which Gaboth's wife was stabbed and also her brother. Antonio Chinchella, his wifo and their two sons, Conaquito and Anselem, aged iteen and twenty years respoctively, 10 three rooms at No. 105 Grand street, was Hoboken. The house is @ tene- ment. The Chinchellas' daughter and her husband, Angelo Gaboth, were visiting tho Chinchellas last uight. Gaboth was 4 shiftless fellow, of evil disposition, Mrs. Chinchella had saved Gp some onoy and there is no doubt that Gaboth knew about this and wanted it It looks as if his visit weroe planned for the solo purpose of securing ity and it is suspected that ha contemplated murder when ho went with his wife to visit her family When the retiring hour ¢ © last night Gaboth's wifo slept in _one room with her mother and Gaboth slept. in the second room with the elder Chinchella, His father-in-law and Chinchella's two sons occupied the third room. At 12:30 this morning, while all of tho others were soundly slecping, Gaboth arose from his ved and with a stilletto in bis hand v mother-in-law's rooms. The nest shriek through the apartment. It lasted but an iustant, however, for Gaboth, with o blow, had sunk his stilletto in the abdo- 0 of his mother-in-law. The ery the dying woman slightly aroused her husband in the next room, but the sound not being repeated he rolled over in_bed and t into his instant a ut to sleep again, Guboth's wife, sleepning with her mother, made no sign or motion, romaining perfectly quict. Tho blood from her mother’s but still she did not stir, ms, therafore, that she was well aware hat her husband was dolng and it looks as if she were a party to the plot to murder her own mother, Gaboth stolo agaln into tho room in which old Chinchella slept, and & moment later he thrust the stilletto into the neck f the latter, He meant to end the old man's life with one blow, but he missed the vitalspot. As the blow descend- ed Chinchella gave a cry which woke up Cona- quito, his son, who was siceping with fis brother. The two brothers avined them- selves and rushed upon the murdever. A dozen shots wero fired and then Gabotn fell to the floor dead. ON THE Father Craft's Opinion on the Situa- tion at_Pine Ridge. _ tho . Wester ‘association | Fopr. A _ Kin,, April 20.— Y oY Y8 Tl iway WO _f;;%:,"fl:gfi;,"mfh ,4]3 Tatker Neither wonld anyone question the reason which he assigned for rofraining from it Nobody questions his couraze, added Presi- dent Cable, in attacking a contract when it in terferes with his inter He ought not assume, however, that the managing office of other railronds dare not make a move without consulting him, espe: ly as hi: attorneys are now defeuding suits vizorously prosecuted by the Rock Island and St. Paul in conncction with the Omaha bridge cou- tract, N egotiating for the Roadbed. Pavi, Minn., April 20.—A Pierre, S D., special to the Pioneer Pross says: Itis ated that negotiations are under way for the purcha: f the Jamestown roadbed be- tween Aberdeen and O, by the Northern Pucific railwa; Locating Engincers at Work. Rario Ciry, S. D, April Telogram to Tur: Bes.]—The locating engl neers of tho Rapid City & Missouri, fourteen in number, start to for Cheyenne river. Three preliminary lines will be run and the best taken. A Pullman Dividend. New Yor, April 20.-—The directors of tho Pullman palace car company today declared o quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, Sl SIMFPLY A STORY. The Grave Did Not Furnish Evidence for the Phillips Heirs. Broctoy, Mass., April 20.—Spocial Tel gram to Tite Bre.|—The northeastern corre- spondent of the Enterprise furaishes some facts regarding & sensational story to the effect that a family bible was re tly taken from a family tomb in Easton h, upou wh examination, furnished needed proofs as to the heirs of the estate of Isaac Phillips, 15 valued at 2,000,000 He says it is an old story revived after sleeping twenty years, and the ©’nilhps heirs havoe heard nothing now avout it in that space of time. Tho fact is the bible wa 9 the grave of Mrs, Susie R ago this spring at which tin in order to complete the p ips family, it having beer asc »it was desived of the Phil- rtained that it had been buried with ¥ Iaudall some time bofore. The record wus then seay \5{4, but the book was never returned to the e LOCKED IN EACH OTHE WS ARNMS, New Suicide of a Young Couple in York City. New Yonx, April 20.—A youg couple rog- istered at the Unpion hotel, Forty-second streot and Fourth avenue, Sunday morning as P, Behrand and wife and were assigned to a large room on the thurd floor. Tonight they were found dead, locked in each other's arms. They had employed the old familiar thod of inbaling gas througn a rubber w tube held in the mouth. Oan the woman’s breast was a large and beautiful boauet, evi- dentiy pu 1 by the young man for tho occasion. No ono about the hotol know who the couple were, but th ovidently Germans. Tuey left fou , two to Mrs, Miller of 210 coroner and one st Ninth street, one to 0 & woman in Williams. Millor refuses to state who the sui- cides aro, The other letters have not yet been opened. i Sl bl General Gibbon Retives, Sax Fraxcisco, Cal, April 20,—Brigadier General John Gibbon went on the retired list today, and Brigadier General Thomas H Ruger assumed command of the department of the Pacific, e Italians Killed onmistows, Pa, April 20.-—Yesterday, while removing an unexploded churge of powder in & stone quarry near here, it ox- ploded, killing two Italians and wouadiug another. Tw e Hanged by a foh. urostTer, Miss,, April 20, ~Charles Curtis, a negro boy iu jall for assuull, was Lekeu out I aud beuged by wob, Craft, the Catholic priest who was so serl- ously wounded 1n the battle of Wounded Knee last Decomber, has written a letter fzom Pine Ridge agency to a member of the hospital covps, in which ho says: lverything looks quiet just now, but long as interested parties have & o to stir up trouble and the Indians ar enough to believe thew, it feels as i o sitting eu a og with dan- rks unnl near. We have a milita t her vorything may be safe, but I know the situation too well to feel quite sure of anything unless the war depart- ment can huve compleve control of all the agencies. It is the only sure remedy for all the Indian tr 25 and the only hope for the In Thy delegation, while at Washington, was thorougnly manipulated by the Indian burcau. Some of the Indians were made to say what they know to be false about the ariny, and others claim they were silencod when they wanted to give facts. Many things were published which they never thought ng. Ceptain Lee called up Hollow Hof r, one of the delegates from Rosebud. The Indian denics ail the statements nttributed to him and said he uever spoke azainst the army. The Indiang who returned from Washington say they went there to ask for military agents, but were badly treated by the Indian burean and were prevented from suying what they wished to say, [ got my share of abuse, too. The Indian bureau begins now to realize that in blaming the army they have walked into the largest and liveliest hornev's nest in the country. I am entirely well now and \»{ill s00n leave to finish my work at the mis- sion.” s0 gerous e Double Murder in Maryland. Orp Towy, Md., April 20.—Garrett Lute- man, a clerk in the store of Johu Cavder, this morning shot and killed William Foley and mortally wounded William Carler. He pro- fesses the utmost unconcern and his friends think he 15 insano, He had not been on good termns with the men Le shot for some time, e Horrible Orime in Cuba. Havaxa, April 20.—At Macatlua a mad- man attacked and killed his little brother with a knife, mutilating him in_the most tee- rible manner. He then 104 to eat por- tions of the body, and yured the fing- ors, liver, heart and eyes whon discovered. - Tough Toxas Cyclone. Pretsivng, April 20.~A severe cyclone cut a swath through this place at an Ay hour this morning, completely destroy- s and badly damaging half Mus, Crowell was fatally and her daughter severely hurt. —————— National Guards, Evaxstox, Wyo., April 20, pecial Tel- ceran to Tnr Bee.|--Lieutenart Colonel Horace C. Christmas, of tho Wyoming Na- tional Guards, mustored nto sel come pary G, at this place. The company starts out with Afty membors. vt Nell nt in New York, W Youg, April 20.—[Special Telegram e Bre.)--Nellic Grant Sartoxls, accom- ed by Miss Vivian and lose Mary Sar- toris and Lijnel Sartoris, arrived hove on the steamship Aurania this morning. They came to visit Mrs. Grant. Wyomi L Cashier's Aceounts Coafused, Avwrns, Me., April 20.--The accounts of M. C. Percival, who, owing to illness, retired from his position as cashier of the Shoe and | Leather bank, are according to tho direotory, in confusion and the bank examiner is af work ou the books uother Victim of Polson, Louisviire, Ky., Aprit 20.~Another vio. lim s counted to poison at the wedding feast at Lindon, Ky. V. B. Suooks, father of the groom, W.'B. Snooks, died at Ewl ! nenco today. Half a dozen otbors are still 1w 4 ——— Gold Discovery in South Dakota, Pizuse, S, 1., April 20.--Great cxcitement Lans been caused by W report that gold has been found aloug Sago Creek. in Plebaok couaty, 110 miles west. A largs number peopio will start at ouce.