Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1891, Page 1

= fo a8 awarded to W. N. y. A similur contract was awarded for tifree terms of three months each. The > N TWEN WHO DID OW THE CRE.-\)IERVY. TY-FII Liveringhouse Was Lessca of the Grand Tsland Butter Factorys HIS STOCK WAS NEVER TRANSFERRED, ely as Collat- 1- Assigned to a Bank M Story of the Steward's De the Creamery pany. eral ings With Coni Graxn Tstaxn, June 20.—[Special to Tir Bre.|—The testimony of J. W. Livering- house, steward of the Hastings iusanc asylun, before the state board of public lands and buildings on Friday last, has created a profound sensation among the man's acquaintances in this city. Some of the facts are so singularly at variance with the truth that people feel the only charitaple construction which can be placed upon them is that the wily gentleman forgot, for the time being, that he was under oath, There was a question put to him on the day mentioned, by Seccrctary-of-State Allen in effect us Lo whether or not he was now or had been interested in the Graud Island creamery, The answer that Liveringhouso made was that he was not, and had no since he assigned his stock in the creamery in 1580, In order to disprove this statement a littlo tustory must ba indulged The Grand Island creamery was o on March 31, 1884, Liveringhouse was dent, J, Jowett secretary and manager J. W. West_treasurer. I'he stock was or naily intended to bo €,000, but_one gentl man wh failed to been The company was, thor 00, of which amount Lavering. ¢ held ‘one share more than a majorit es were valued at £0 apieco. Live house's interest, therefore, wus valu £,300. In Octoberof that'year Jewett, the died and Liveringhouse became ho following yearJ. W. West dent, Liveringhouse scere H. Withers treasurer, inhan, vice prosident. The cresm: not @ success. Under Liverin management it ran behind. The company became involved in a_ debt of nearly &,000. The institution bur dowa, It was rebuilt and rented to Liv inghouse. Notwithstanding that the latter had nov been able to make it a success, he of- fered to pay for the first three years' of his leaso a rental of $1,300 a year. ~This caused some of the members of the company to o their eyes in surprise. They could” not un- torstand how I ughouse, who had run the institution in debt, could pay such a rent for it beir suspicions were well-founded. Liver inghouse could not pay the rent. He w constantly in arrears. He was, at the time, also engaged in the grocery business in_ this city, and, after havine worked for three ts in the creamery, failed in his privato enterprise. He had borrowed money, how- ever, from the Citizen's National' bank of ‘this place to which ho ussigned, as collateral, the stock he held in tho Grand Island creamery company. This is undoubtedly tho ferred to in his sworn statement before the board of public lands and buildings. But tho ssignment does not warrant the statement that since that time he has not been i terested in tho creamery ¢ Shortly after Live got a windfall in the stewardship of the Hast- ings insane asylum. That was about I850. He still rotainea his lease of the creamery but was constantly falling belund in bis rent. His duties in Hastings rendered it impossible for him to actively superintend the cream- erv, so he appoiuted in his stead W.' N. Cuibertson, who had been his book- keeper in his grocery. Since that tii Liveringhouse has préteuded that Culber was the lessee of the company and that he bimself hud notbing to do with it. Shortly after Liveringhouse becamo stoward of the insane asylum, o contract furnishing that institution with butter N. Culbertson of this y was house's assignment he ro- butter was furnished from the creameor: People here Kknew about it but, as a rule, paid little attention to it, although the mors I YEAR. to his father, or, per. much about the have thought, I to do with bad assigned his_ lease baps, if { had thought ns matter then as I sbould would have had uothing But Li lease, though | ha been in Livinghou “Whom did you se oI sent them to Liveringhouse at Hast- ings. I received one estimute from Dr. Stone, I think. All the others came from Liveringhouse,” “What did he do with the bids#” I don't know." “From whom did vou recei that your bid was tho lowest (" I don't know really. From the board of public lands and buildings, Isuppose, as we do now.’ “How many contracts did you receivel” \We furnished the asylum for three terms of three months eac We generally sent two tubs of sixty pounds each per week. The price raised might average 10 cents per ound P2AL this rate the butter bill for thoso three quarters would amount to #20.80, which Liveringhouse reccived in bold violation of s sinice heard it has alw ame.’’ your bids to?" e notitication | accountant Liverinehouse has mada rk here, After ho haq been in charge creamery some time the company put an expert named William Frank to examine the books. But that gentleman returned them, stating that ho could make nothiog out of them Some treasure J. H. Withus, the books found him charge time afterward in looking over the Secretary Liveringhouse had with between £500 and $600. “Whot do you mean by charging this amount,” ho inquired of the sec Swhen you kunow the company owes g1061° “Well," replied Liveriughouse, when he found he could get outof it no other way, *the e y balances the books, doesn't it Another relative discovery has been made s regards the drug bill, For the Hustings asylum the amount is at last in the neigh- borhood of &1,000 for six months. In this city, until the apvointment of @ resident chomist ut the solaiers’ home, the medicines and the compounding of the same, including such drugs as are required in bulk at the home, huve averagod ubout £)a month, or less than $1,000 a r. And this is among nd feoble veterans a large nuwmber of whom dwly neod stimulants. BUSINESS TROUBLE: me with ary, me Big Baltimore Firm of Maltsters Goes to the Wall, Bavrivonre, Md., June 29.—Straus Broth- ers & Co., maltsters, assigned today for tne benefit of creditors. The boud of the assignee i38250,000. This failure is said to be the outcome of the assignment of Barth & Straus two weeks ago. The primary liabili- ties are $160,000 and the coutingent liabilitics $200,000, aggregating $360,000. The assets will nggregate §50,000. A number of banks in this city offered to help the firm over its trouble, but it was thought best to take the step which culminated in the as- sigument today. The trustees staie that the firm was forced to take this step on account of the recent failure of Solomon Straus, son of ono of the brothers, and of Samuel Barth & Co. Straus Brothers & Co. were endorse either as a tirm or individually of the paper of Solomon Straus and Barth & Co. to thee tent of §00,000. The matter is really not an assignment in what is generally understood by that term,but is the only means to assist the firm in liquidating 1ts affuirs and paying creditors in full. Loxpoy, June 29.—A receiving order was made in the bankruptey court today against Adamsos, Belles & Co.. merchan's, with offices in China and New York. The liabil- ities ure very heavy and one bauk alone is suid o be a creditor tothe amount of 845),000. New Youg, June 20.—A cable received to- day to theeffect that a receiving order was made this morning in the London bank- ruptey court agaiust the firm of Adamson, Belles & Co. cwused some approhension on this side. [t was known that the firm did business for ugood many New York and Chicago houses in the China trade. Inquiry revealed the fact that the London house trouble dated back to May 8, that _the com- pany has since strugeled along, hoping to avold going Into baukruptey, vat was unable to do this. One of the agents here sald today that the principal sufferers by the failure wero castern bankers. Adamson, Belles & Co.is_wn old firm, organized thirty years azo, The firm has transacted a very heavy business in teus, silks, shipping, etc., chiefly in_China. Loxboy, June 20.—A recaiviag order was made in_ the bankruptey court today agaiust Adamson, Bell & Co., werchants, with oflices nformed among them saw that Livering- house had a vake off. » The bills rendered the asylum, howevoer, read **bought of W. N. Culbertson.” T wero audited and, it course of time, paid. But the creamery continued to bo unprofit- able to its ownors. By this time_ the latter ~hud become tired, and concluded to cancel Liveringhouse's leaso; because, during all the years that Culbertson's uame was used, either as superintendent or proprietor, the creamery company heid Liveringhouse re- sponsible for both the rent and_the premises. The wily manager saw that it was useless to longer contiauc, knowing that other peo- ic were biddivg for the lease. Accordingly, u October of lust year, Liveringhouse's agreement was_cancoled und the creamery was rentod to Rooser Brothers of this city. Liveringhouse left rent, drivers who had collected and farmers who had supplied cam unpaid, estimated to the extent of 2 000 Since his abandonment of tho butter fac- tory, as also before it, the company imp tuiéd him to pay ‘up his indebtodness for rent. This was tho only income the organi- gation had. In 1880 he mado tho following payments: May 15, £0; August 18, $10; No- vember 13, £0; November 15, #0; Novem- bor 10, 80; total, §40. These, with other sums roceived earliér from him uud which lay in tho hands of the treasurer, amiounted 10§75, With this the company declared a dividend of 15 per cent last month. The declaration should have been made on Janu- ary 1, but for varlous reasons no meeting was held. During all this time Livering- house’s stock had been lying in the Citizons National bauk, whero it lies today. When tho dividend wus anuounced the bank fignred that Liveringhouse's share would be $i0 and notifies the company tiat it wanted $200 of this amount as interest upon an unpaid lean furuishea Liveringhouse, 1f thelatter's stock had been ussigned beyond recall the bank would have claimed all the dividend. The rewmaining £205, however, it decided the company might do s it saw fit with, The latter, howover, did not propose to pay it to Liveringhouse. Ou the contrary, it unotitied bim aguin to pay up his ndebtedness, and soon after, ono day last month, it recoived from bim check for §544.50, with which it crodited him. ‘Ihose facts go to show, (1) that Livering- house's alluged ussigumont of stock, except as collateral is untrue. (2) That as late as November, 150, nearly two years after he bocame steward of the asylum, Liverin house was lossee of the croamery and used buttor which hehimself had made. ~(3) That Liveringhouse's stock still stands in his uame on the books of the company » make this moro conclusive, Tuz Brk man called on W. K. Culbortson 'and asked him to explain Whethor or not he, as mauu facturer ov lessce, had sold Grand Island creamery butter to the Hastings yium, “Tho auswer was unhesitatingly and frank 1aid not have a dollar,” ho suid, “in th y. Iwas stmply wn employe of Mr, inghouse, and wus nomiually superin tendent of tho vreame Livoringhouse wa tho lessee. 1 hua boen’ bookkecper for Dhim when bo was in business here. He wus then also lesseo of the cr y. When b became steward of the asylum he had to go there, and made me superintendent here. 1 put in bids for tho . butter contract. Some: times 1 got the contract, somotimes I didu't.” "Did Liveringhouse siggest this to you ! Yeos, sir, hedid. Mo told mo to put In bids, Tobjected to it, but he told me that it was his own busiuess whom he bought the butter of. Besides, he claimed that bo haa assigned his leaso to his father, which was about the same thing. His father resides in Juniate, und I think has beeu up here only once. He has never, o my sbown an nterest | he business. 1 saw Tue Bre said that I was & stool pigeon for Liveringhouse. 1 have nothing to oonceal, however, ;41 he bad not said that he in China and Now York. The liavilities are very heavy and ono bank alone is said to be & creditor to the amount of $130,000. el DUEL YN 4 0OURL HOUSE. Witnesses in a Murder Triar Each Other Fatally. NasuviLre, Teun., June 20— Word has just been received here of a fatal affray at Buffalo Valley, a post village of Putnam county about thirty miles from Lebanon. A picnic was given there recently. Among those who attended it were two men nawed Prentice and Carr, For some excuse or another not uscertained, they got into a quarrel which was followed by an exchauge of blows. Carr, who was getting the worst of the fight, then drow & knife and stabbed his oppo- nent. The wouud was an ugly onc and in a short time proved fatal, n the meantimo Carr was put under arrest. He was arraigned before a magisteate Saturday morning. ~ While the court was in progress @ disputo arose be- faveen two witnesses named Jim Mitchell and Oscar Plunket, They soon drew revolvers, creating the greatest confusion in the court room, the spectators dodging behind doors and uuder benche to escapo injury. Tho men instantly opened fire upon each other and kopt It up until both had been mortally wounded. As pli the partios aro well known it has caused intense excitement. o PEOPLE'S PARTY, Shoo. Revised Constitution and Made Public by * ecratary Schilling. Minwavkee, Wis tion and by-laws, as revised aud changed by Secretar; Schilling of the new people's party, wero made public today. ‘e articles call for the organization and regulation of local clubs to be conducted uuder the auspices of the national body. Stated meet~ ings sball be held by every club, 'L'te presi- dent shall be elected at each meeting. ~Any citizen of the town OF county may becomo a member by signing the declaration of prin- civles aud the platform of the nattonal body and pledging bim-elf unqualitiedly to sup- ort the principles as enunciated. Any mem- bt who makes & motion to endorse @ candi- date of or to enter 1nto & fusion with auy po- litlcal party shall immediately cease to be a mewmber of the club and of the new party. - windled by Confidence Men, \rinkor, Mo, June 20.—A wang of confi- denco men last Priduy robbed Stephen Trice, a wealthy farmer living near here of §3,500 and a fine team and buggy. The swindlers after securing his money told the farmer if he said anything about it before Sunday they would kill him, Trice wus so ovel me with fright that he never mentioned the affuir even 1o his wife until last evening. - » hot to Death, Wrar Poixt, Miss, Jano Gales, colored, aged twenty, was hung to a troo nine miles west of here and literally shot to piecos at midnight Sunday vight by fifty citizens. His crime was attempted outrage | oh @ sixteeu-yeur-old duughter of Mr. Gus | Goode Minister Clark's Death Con WasiiNaToN, June 20.—The state depart knowledge | ment ha eived oMcial notive of the death of Alexander Clark, minister to Siberia. His remains will, in sccordauce with the wishes of bis relatives, bo brought 1o his late resi- deace iu Iowa it. | ringhouse paid me, whoever held the | 'WITNESSED BY TROUSAND Laying of the Corner Stone of Plattsmouth's Court House, | PEACE IS DECLARED IN THE COUNTY. Description of the Imposi monies of a Great Day in the History of Cass County— The Building. g Cere- Prarrevovtn, Neb., June 20.—[Speclal to | Tue Bee.) —The 1aying of the corner stone of the new Cass county court hovse, today, marks an epoch in the history of the oity of Plattsmouth and the county at large, Thirty years of bitterness and sectional strife over the location of the county seat has retarded the growth and affected the prosperity of Cass county. But that 18 now of the past, Plattsmouth and hier old time opponents are now at peace, and have shaken hands across the bloody chasm, buried the hatchet and smoked the pipe of peace. Today's ceremony has effectually established the fact of the permanency of this city as the seat of the county wovernment, and her citizens are jubilant over the result The weather today could not have been {m- proved upon for an_ open air ceremony, and the immense crowd that turaed out to wit- ness tho parade and ceremonies testified to the deep interest and importance attached to the occasion. At 1 p. m. the members of the different lodges and others participating met at their several lodge rooms, and at 1 P . formed in line on Main street. Tho mar- shal, W, B, Murphy, headed the procession, the Burlington & Missouri band immediately following. Then came the Ancient Order of Hiveruiais drossed In full” rog lia and em- blem. Next in line were the lodges of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, followed by the hanasomely uniformed Knights of Pythin: Then the Independent Ovder of Oadfellows in their green and vold uniform and regalia preceded the Mount Zion —Commaudery, Knights Templar, whose waving plumes and bright nccoutroments: ashing I the sun- sunlight presented o very fino spectacle. Then came Plattsmouth lodge No. 6 Aucient, Free and Accepted Masons, with the most worshipful the grand lodge of Nebraska fol- lowing. This body of splendidly bedecked men, with their mystic symbols and glitter- ing regalia presented a remarkable appear- ance and the crowds were measuradly im- pressed. The procession then moved up Main_ street and through the principal streets to the building. The impressive, comprenensive and interesting_ceremony according to the formula of the Free Masons wis: 11t per- formed. Upon the platform were Worshipful Master Brad D. Slaughter, grand master; Worshipful Master Martin Dunham, past grand master; Samuel P. Davidson, deputy graud master: S, M. Chapman, grand senior warden: J. P. A. Black, grand junior war- den; Chris Hartman, grand treasurer; W. R. Bowen, grand secretary; George W. Martin, D.D., grand chaplain; J. N. Wise, grand senfor deacol E. W. Cook, grand junior deacon; M. B. Murphy, grand’ marshall; W. B. Brown, grand tiler, and M. Archer, bearer of holy writ. Also’ commissioners’ A. B. Todd, A. C. Loder and Jacob Tritsch and County Clerk Bird Critchfield. ‘I'no corner stone is a block of reddish gray Tennessee marble inscrived on the side fac- ing south: “Court House, 1891. William Gray, Architect; O. J. King. Contractor,” and on the side facing west: ‘‘Commissioners —A. B. Todd, A. C. Loder and Jacob Tritsch, Bird Critchfield, clerk,” and was laid in the southwest corner of the building. The metal box placed in the corver stone contained a_miscellaneous assortment of ar- ticles and records, among which were the key of tho old court house and a copy of to- day's OManA BEE. The court house when finished will be an fmposing looking structure, 102 feet 6 inchos by 80 fect, with 41 fect to the cap sills, and to the top of the spire the height will be 139 feet.from the ground floor. The first floor, or basement, is t be finished in brown stone from the quarries at Ashland, Wis., and the contract price is $78,%00, Tte building will have ampie rooms for the conduct of all county business and will coatain seven ults with 26-inch walls of solid masoury 8x12 fect for tho safe keeping of the records. William Gray of Tancoln is the architect, O. J. King of Omaha the builder and Peter D, Bates of this city the superin- tendent of construction, The time specified | tents are being pitched and fmmense a are being constructed ncross the principal stroets. The Fremont, Eikhora & Missouri Valloy railway will run special trains from Norfork for the accommodatipn of people liv- ing on that line. Present indications point to an assemblage of 10,000 peopie, Ceneral v yek and Judge Allen of Madison speak on Thursday. Governor Thayer, Cap- tain W. C. Henry of Grand Island, and Colonel J. W. Tucker of Valentine, will speak on E'riday, andiex-Lientanant Governor Mikeljohn will deliver the oration on the Fourth of July. All Quarantined. nraska City, Neb., June 20.—[Special Telogram to Tur Bee.|—The citlzens of Douglas have secured the following affidavit: Dr. A. H. Hostetter, being first duly sworn, | deposes and says that he is the physician in charge of the smallpox patients in Douglas, Otoe county,. Neb.; that there have been six cases in_ Dotglas, and none others within five miles of said village; that all of gaid casos have been confined 1o one family ‘and are strictly quarantined: that there has been no exposure of said disease for twenty days past. All of said smallpox cases are now convalescent, Minnie Boohoo. WerriNG Waten, Nob., June 20.—[Specinl Telegram to Tie Bre,|—This morning about the timo the train came in from tho south a girl baby, about two days old, was loft at the door of Tim Bull's residence. It is thought the mother came In on the train and left on the same train for Omaha. Tho baby looks like an Italian, He named it Miunie Boohoo. The Blue on a Boom. Bearnice, Neb., June 20, —[Special to Tie Bee. |—The Blue river is on a big boom here and is higuer than for several years. Con- siderable inconvenience is experienced at the Chautauqua grourds where tho back water pelled some of tho tenters to move to ground. No damage is reported, The still slowly rising tonight, Kimball Jubilant, Porrer, Neb,, June 28.—([Special to Tue Bee.]—Latest advices from different points in Kimball and adjoining counties report the best crop prospects known fn western Ne- braska for many years, The rain fall has heen more than sufticient throughout the en- tire season and the crop of small grain is now insured. Hot School Election. Sruant, Neb., June 20.—|Special Telegram to Tur Brr.|—Tho most hostly contested school clection in the history of the town oc- curred here today. Nearly every logal voter, both male and female, in the district was at the polls, Delance was elegted over James by a vote of 53 to 71 A Grocery Failure. Fuesoxt, Neb., June 2. —[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee. |—P. Snyder, grocery- man, was closed up today on a chattel mort- gage, given to the Fremont national bank, for §1,500. His assets will nearly cover the amount of the indebtedness. Weeping Water Normal. Weepive Warer, Neb., June 20.—[Spectal Telogram to Tig Bre.]—The teachers’ sum- mer normal under the management of County Superintendent Nobio and Prof. Waterhouso opened today with thirty-five teachors present. e S A POOR SHOWING., It is Made by the Defanse in the Few Tails Murder Unse. Stunats, S. D., June. 20 —(Special Tele- gram to Tik Beg.|—Thostate finished _tak- ing testimony this foronoon fn the Few Tails case, except such as muy be called in rebuttal, and as One Feather could not be found on the reservation much valuable ovidence is ost. This Indian was with the murdered chief at the timg, the fight occurred and would not only be" able to corroborata the testimony given by Mrs. Few Tails, but add much strength to the circumstautial evidence that will be forthcoming as the trial pro- ceeds. Judge Polk opened tha defense by giving » detailed statement of the facts th would be able to establish with an elaborate array of unquestionable testimony. Three of the defeadants testified in their own behalf, telling substantially the same story, which 'was that whea they dis- covered a band of 10 or 15 Indians attempting to drive off about 30 head of horses on the morning of January 11, u party of six settlers, the four deferdauts being members of thé party, armed themselvew,with cuns, fur- nished by the state, and started out to round- up the redskins. When within about 100 for the completion of the building is Januury 1802, Seedmen Suffer, WATERLOO, Ne Tne Bee.)—It bas voon Teaifigclul. g futher of Thomas E. Garoms, the young man drowned inthe Platte yesterday, lives at Streator, Il. The body will be taken to Omaha by Coroner Harrigan. 2r is now going down, hay- ing fallen several inches in the past twenty- four hours, The Elkhorn river is still com- ing up, it having risen two inches in_the last, twenty-four hours, It is now backing up the ditches in town. The water is higher at prosent than atany time for the past five years. The furmers along the bauks of both Tivers ave complaiuing bitterly, as it is now 100 late to put in another crop,’ The scedmen will also be heavy losers, as they have al- ways selected these farms as bringing a sure crop. 2, ath of a Militiaman, Faesoxt, Neb., June 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.)—Lieutenant D, V. Ham- mer, Company E, Nebraska national guards, died at his home last evening at 9 o'clock of inflammation of the bowels, after an illness of a little more than a week, His physicians state that his experiences on the frontier with his company duriug the Indian uprising last Decen ber contributed to his death. His funeral will take place tomorrow, with mili- tary honors. The company's fag floats at half mast over the armory today us a_tribute of respect to the dead comrade. He leaves young wife, to whom he was married No- vember 24 lust, only a few days before he was called to the front with his company. To Camp at Beatrice. Beariice, Neb., June 2).—[Special Tele- gram to Tir Buk.]—The local division of the Uniform Rank, Kuights of Pytbias, re- ceived word today Hotchkiss of the Nebraska brigade Uniform Runk, Knights of Pythias that the annual eucampment of the brigade would ve beld at Bgatrico this year from August 17 to 22 in- clusive. The Beatrice knights are highly slensed over the selection and promise their rother kuights a royal reception and a grand good time. The most claborato preparations will be made for the event and a meeting of Pythian Knights was held tonight to arrange for the preliminary details, Dy Burglars at Newport, Newrorr, Neb., June 26, —|Special to T Brr.)—This morning burglars infested the house of R. W. Mason, in this place, but wero put to flight by Policewan K, Fuith and F. P. Bushnell before anything of value was taken, About half an hour later three sus picious looking men were arrested and taen to the depot und searched but us noue of the missing articles were found upon their per- sons they were discharged Sneak Thicves Capturd. Beatiicr, Neb, Juue 20.—(Special Tele gram o Tue Bee)- Four snenk thieves, who undertook to raid Townsend’s clotbing store at noon today, were captured this after uoon aua lodged 1o jail To Welcome the soldier Cugiguroy, Neb,, June 20.—[Special T¢ gram to Tue Bue.)—Worik in preparing for the old solaiers’ reunion, which will be held here from Adjutant Genoral | yards of the Indians they demauded the horses, butinstaad of securing theirstock they were fired upon, one of the boys being shghtly wounded on the hand. A lively skirmish fol- lowed and Inaians, horses and whites scat- 7y very dll;l.u’l.iml. SR maing o @8k, of_fact, the defendants are subpaenacd by the defens@b M LGGietall was country was in a stato of at thalul the but he declined to gi¥p testimony as to such troublo existing in 1 iada county. Facts wero disclosed 1\08Y tha S g 1ha Culbert- son boys woro it ot8d in Bon Homme, 8. D., in 1852 for horse stealing, but acqpitted through a technicality. Defending Few Tails' Murderers. Stunais, 8. D.,June 20.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bek.|—The testimeny for the prose- cution in the Fow Tails murder tvial was completed this morning except such as will be called for rebuttal. The fact of the kill- ing of the Indian is clearly establishod and tho defense will make no attempt. to deny it, butwill aim to prove by the testimony of twenty odd roputable settlers that tue alieged murdérers were defendiug their Lives and property in committing the deed. The de- lenso began their side of the case with an able argument from exZudgo Charles C. Peck, who brietly statea what facts they would be able to set forth, Butone witness for the defense will be admitted to the court room at a time. b Fillebrown Murd r Lrial Commenced, Crgyesse, Wyo., June 29.—The trial of Fillebrown for the murdér of Foulks at Sheridan statfon, Wyo., last January began this morning ot Cheyenne. » When the court convened in the afternoou. tha,counsel for the defense created & sensation by admitting that Fillehrown had killed Foulks, Fille- brown's confession 1s sdbstantially as fol- lows: He and ifoulks wera arguing over the character of & youne womsn whom Iille- brown declared to boirregroachable, Foulks got angry and made somo’ jugulting remarks about Fillebrown’s sister and_ when the lat- ter called him o Har ho wis knocked down oy Foulks. Fillebrown thea dfaw his rovolver and shot him, leaving bid ‘pistol beside tho body. It will be estanlisned that Foulis was quarrelsome to & degree. R . THE WEATHE R FQRECANT. For Omaha and Vicigity.—Fair; slightly warmer. W. siixaroy. June 20.—~Foracast till 8 p. m. Tuesauy: For Nort and South Dakota, Nobraska, Tows, Missours aud Kansus — coolor; novthwesterly winds; warmer o fuir Wednesiay For Colorado- variablo winds. Stationary temporatu Six Chinese Wol Sax Frascisco, Cal, June afternoon destr d a lodging Chinatown, The fire burned over an hour and the building was completely destroyed. The charred remaius of ope Chinese woman was found in the ruins and it is stated that flve other Chinesg womeu were burned to death, but the bolies have not yet been found ien Cremated. re this house in Mexlco is Prosperous. City of Mexico, June 20.~Therisein silver in the United States is encouraging to the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur- 4 day of this weok, 13 progressiug rapidly, The mining and smelting interests here, Money | 18 casy and iu good dewand, ! TEAR. Missouri Rivar Reaches an Alarmingly High Stage at Kusas Oity. HAMLET OF HARLEM IN GREAT DANGER. Leavenworth, P Atchison and Other its Report the Same State of Affairs—Much Valuable Farm Land Flooded. Kavxsis Crry, Mo, June 20.—Tho Missouri river at this point 1s at a daugerously bigh stage. Tho water is tho highost it has been since the great flood of 1881, but it stll lacks several feet of the record of that year, Nev- ertheless, mucli damage has been done and mueh move is feared, as the different river cities above report a higher stage of water than that here, At 6 o'clock this ovening the water tered three feet above high water mar twenty-three foot above standard low wat mark. The water is rising steadily one inch an hour aud will probubly rise two or taree feet more in the next day or two. ©Tho lower parts of Harlem, a hamlet just across the river from here, have aircady been submerged and about twenty-five families'have boen driven out of their homes. ‘They have taken their household goods from their houses and are camping on the high lavds. The people have mado very nervous by the accounts of tho disustr floods in Towa and they aro taking no chan Many of those who at present aro in no dancer have moved out of their hcuses aud sought absolute safety in various places where the flood cannot r All the farms along the river are submorged aud their crops ruined. rogis- or been us ‘Phe embankment of the Haunibal & St. Joseph road approaches the river at right angles across from this city. Tois embauk- ment has seryed as a sort of levoo and has protected a vast expanse of river bottom be- low it from the flood. Some fears are ex- pressed that theembankment may not bo ablo to withstand the pressure. If it should give way much valuable land will be submergod including the grounds of the Kuansas City racing association. In view of the eme; geucy the horses which have been stablod there havo beon removed to places of safoty On this sido of the river the high water has caused no flood, excepting as it has bucked up tho waters of the Kuw, which empty into the Missouri at this place. Theso backwaters have submerged much of the lowlands, and the hundred or more squatters living there have been obligea to abandon their homes. Tho water has also backed up in tho sewers in Kansas City, Kan., and has runout of the mauboles, flooding various parts of the town. ‘The Consolidated tank line company’s yard is flooded from the latter sourco and other floods of a siular character are expected in the lower places of the town. Very littlo actual damago has been done as yet and no great damage is anticipatea unless the Missouri’s waters should rise more thau ‘hreo feot above their present stage. Adispatch from St. Joseph says: The river has risen steadily since Saturaay moru- g, Atnoon today it was within sixteen inches of the highest point reached ten years ago. Residents of the I'rench bottoms north of this city are in a stateof alarm and many are proparing to move. If the river should overflow the French bottoms it 15 expooted that a new channel will be cut through, leav- ing wany farms on an 1sland and divertiog the main stream from the Kausas shore two milos west. If the present rise continues twenty-four hours the stock yards and hun- dreas of homes in South St. Joseph will surely be inundated. The situation is ser- ious to the packing interests as well as to hundreds of small farmers ou the lowlands. The Burlington tracks on the river frout in the clty have been strengthencd by piling and rock to prevent serious washouts, A dispateh from Atchison, Kan., says: ‘Tho Missour river is now two feet higher at this point than 1t has been at any other time this season. Farms on the Missouri side were submerged last night. Wheat fields will be a total loss. The water is also pour- ing across * Doniphan Point,” a neck of land opposite Doniphan, Kan. This neck stood the test of the flood of 1851, wheu the river widwino feat higher than it is now. No this time, 5led $hat 1t will cut through falling into tho stream by thd‘ahisen laud is Leavenworth also reports very higu water, the inundation of much valuable farm Jund and the destruction of crops. No damage has been done in the city. There is some danger that the bridge of the Hannibal & St. Joe road, over which most of the trains galn entrance to this city, way not be able to withstand the flood. The rallway company has had men at work all day strengthentng the approaches und guarding the piles, so that it now appeurs to be safe. At midnight the river has risen three inches since at 6 o'clock. No more dama; however, is reported further than that oc sioned by & small lanaslide on the Hauniba & St. Joo tracks neur Rushville, a_short dis tance above the city. 1t was reported at one time that a span of the Hannibal & St. Joe briage had been washed away. The report is unfounded, and it is not believed that aoy damage will be done to the bridges. Atcuiso, Kan., June 20. —The river at this point continues to rise and the track of the Hannibal & St. Joe between Atchison and Rushville is under water. A portion of the track is being washod away. The Missouri Pacific has also suffered and the two rouds are now using the track of the Kunsas City, St. Joe & Council Bluffs, which is also under Wwater for a distauce except the tops of the ruils. It the river rises a foot and a half more all the railroad tracks leading into Atchison from the east will be under water. OVERFLOW OF THE PLATTE. The Big Bottoms Near Ashland tirely Under Wate Asuraxn, Nob., June 20, —[Special to Tur Bre.|—No one person can estimate with any degroe of accuracy the amount of dumage done by the recent in this North of Ashland some three miles lies what s known as the Platto bottoms, an immense tract of land which, in a favorable season, might be called aa 1deal farming country. 1t is, how s0 situated that when the Platte Tiver rises much above its banks the fields tor miles around are completely covered with water. Such bus been the case this year and for the last three days the Platte bottom has been mostly under The river Las extended 50 far in some places s to reach Clear creek, ordinarily about ten feet wide, but now in places two huudred yards wide. The water wus at its highest yesterduy, w it stood in the main road from six to twelve inches deep and by the bridges four and fiy feet doep. Here and the & the road ave cuivert bridges washed out and caught by the fences, Four of ve counted in balf a mile. Six miles up the bo and live stock Mr. La formerly 1 goods bus in Ouniaha and macagor, has its Its ranch consists of over acres of excellent pasture, land, Here it was reported that beyoud thero, the country clear to the mver was luuu\\:( wator, 1o talkig wilh Mr Larkin, ains section, t Ashland lund of which the dr preside headguarters. four thousund arm aud hay the in, ho said | a ““We have here *d hend of cattle, and ¢ 08 awiy s00n we will bo ton for feed. It is going & a few days all those cattle by up in a fow acres as you sea is greatly damagod and al will suffer much; tut wo at hard. Wo bhave lost a fow river carry ing thom away Johin Piper, toll gatherer at the Ashland bridge, came into town yesterday aftorno for men to help him save his property, Halt below and across the river at'the rail briuge is the Hendr ranch, He ught bis family to town yesterday for sixteen hun- this water in bad condi- now, but for sen bunched ur corn 0o, our crops wil working cattlo by the . or Bofes' Proclamatic Crerokre, Ta., June 20.—-Governor Boles arrived fn this city this morning, and aftér surveying the flooded district, issued the fol lowing proclamation to the people of thestate To tho People of the State of Towa: You have heard of the afiiction which hus fallen unon sume of the towns of our state. 1 hive made a personil oxamination of the facts in this eity by coming here ard golng over the Hood distriet, and find that nt loast seventy- five fumilies have lost everything somo twenty-five wore huvo lost of thor household goods ind much of thelr clothin while their dwellings have boen greatly mjured by the floos T addition 1o (his 1oss 6f houes and furnlture and ciothing. the county at large has sullared wreatly fn tho loss of neurly every bridee, hoth fon and woo len, withi Hfis. A cureful estimate places the number of funitlios whieh require he pat onee at 100, thus muking i popuiation of about five hu dred thit requires for a considerable lenzth of thue o : for by the charity of o In wddition to tho above i the sureounding towns hive suffered 1y and who will Ple oF the State for aid: Tn view of this calim 1ty Lroconmend thit the mayor of the sev- orul cities of tho stoto and a1l ot ier ¢hirita- osod persons inned ately ko stops lize proper committecs to solieit aid these unforty s and proaptly forward “to Davis H. Bloom, mayor of Cherokee, for distribution wmons those of the ity who ‘have suffered losses and such per- sons s may be named by the proper wuthor'= tics of (e other towns which hive suffered from the same ealamity. Al contribut ons s0 forwarded witl he faithifully appiied to the purpose for which they nre scit. con: tributions be pronit and Tiberal. HORACE Botes, Governor of Towa ears of a Flood. nraska Crey, Neb. une 20, Telegram to e Brk. |- The river is steadily vising and wuch davger is feared. During the flood of 1851 the river was only thirteen feet above low water and tonight it is eleven feot above ct is causing much foar and excitement. The river has erflowed the saudbar at the lead of the island and has broken through the embankment put in by the governrient, ‘The cast approach of the wagon bridge 15 under water for a distance of several hundred feet, Tho vise has been gradual for twonty-four hours and wuch dumage at this poiut is sure to be the result. |Special Hail at Waterloo. Warerioo, In., June 20.—A heavy hail storm passed over a portion of Grant town- ship, Grand county, tifteen miles southwest of here lust evening. Tho storm lasted only about fifteen minutes, but in that short time an immense amount of hailstones doing great dumage to corn and oats. The full vath of the storm was two miles wide und from threo to five miles in length. Many of the stones picked up measured over threo inches in length, The ground was completely covered. Wind, Hail and Rain. Divtswono, Ind., June 20.—The severest rain and wind storm ever known hLere oc- curred yesterday. Treos were uprooted and streets flooded uutil they were impassable. Storms of wind, hail and rain passed over differentportions of southeastorn Indiana aud Kentucky yesterday afternoon. Great damage was done to wheat. s Nlinois Storm. Cextiaria, 1iL, June 20.—A terriole rain and hail storm visited this city last evening, doiog much damage. Buildings were un- roofed and chimneys blown over. The front of Charles Sewig’s residence was blown in and his duughter was bad TRAINMEN FOUAD GUILTY., Switchmen's Charges of Conspiring Against Them Sustained. Terke Havee, Ind., June 20.—The com- mittee appointed 10 mvestigate the charge of conspiracy preferred against the Brother- tood of Trainmen roported to the supreme council of the federation, finding the brother- hood guilty. e Switehmen's Mutual Ald association had preferred tho charge, alleging that the trainmen _conspired with the Chicago & Northwestern officials to provide men to take the striking switchmen's places. Tho vote was unanimous except for tho three votes of the trainmen in the council. When the vote on tho penalty, moved to be expulsion, was taken, two firemen—Dobs and Hannahan voted with the trainmen. Tho three votes cach of the switchmen and Brotherhood of Conductors were in_favor of _expulsion. who is therpar Sargent_of the firemen, and did not vote. = of the council, Strikers Searree, Wush,, June 2. ing of 600 colored miners [rom the east a few days sgo to take the place of strikers of the Frauklin mines the labor unions have shown great dissatisfaction, Late news from PFrankliu makes known that the negroes and Pinkerton guards had @ pitehed battle with the “white strikers at daylight Sunday morning. Tho whites lost two killed aud several others wounded, One white woman was serfously injurea. One negro was probably fatally shot. A company of militia is now on the way. A white miner named Robinson, who was working with the negroes, killed two of the strikers. He was taken to Seattle this morning by a detachment of police. Trouble is also expeeted at Gilinan, where the hom: guards are drilling for the' purpose of pre- Vventing non-union miners from going to work, ight. Since the bring- rkers Croubles, Pirrsnuna, Pu, June 20.—The conferonce held. between committees of the western manufacturers and the iron workers resulted in nothing but a widespread difference. The manufacturers are opposod 1o evory new clause in the scale, but especially to that making @& uine hour heat There will be auother conferenc tomorrow. Unless the niue-hour rule is oliminated every mill in the district will shut down. The bxisting seale expires tomorrow and unless some agreement Is rouched tho mills must shut down or attenpt to run without the amalgamated m Tron W K. of L. and M'ne Workers Confer. Coresues, O., June 20.—The exccutive board of the Knights of Labor held a con- fe oday with the oficers of the united wine workers on matters of mutual interest, M Powderly, Hayes and Dustin left for Washington, where it is understood they will hold @ conferenc relative to the troubles in the printing by - Robbhed and Mu Vixcesses, Ind., June James Baker, sr., o well to do farmer lived three miles south of the city, was found floating in the Wanash river yeste Ay mors fis upper lip was lacorated as |f from a blow, his ri was bruised and bore marks of fingers, and bis pockets » turn od imside out, The supposition is that he wus de ed 1o the ri , murdered and rob: bed aud thrown iuto the water, Three Killed by a Falling Wall. Jaxesviisg, Wis., June Patrick Hag eney, Richard T. Bennewitz and John Fla herty were killed this morning by @ falling | il wallo raisiag a school bulding, of sr who ing. ut o 12:—: NUMBER e e SHE WAS FATALLY BURNED. Ellen Johnson, a Servant Girl, Receivos In« furies That Will Kill Her, SHE WAS COVERED WITH BLAZING OIL, p in Her Room Exploded - Her Fatal ed a Polices Delos Beard Badly Hurt by a Fall, uries Sen man For twelve days and nights the firemen il not hay I Fast night between 9:30 and 10 0'clock threo alarms wero turned v, The first call was from box 35 at Eighteenth | and Clark. A policeman was passing the roside of John Adams, Sixteenth and Clark, and saw a lamp flash up. He imme- mediate called the firo apparatus, but there was 1o blaze and no damage done. Box 27 was next rung fo and called the do- partment to the house of L. M. Auderson, 1919 Burt streot. Tho damago to property at the Audersou residence will not amount to much, but one woman was so badly burned that she will die. Tho fire started by a lamp explosion in the room of Ellen Jonnson, a vant. The fiest the family knew of any- thing wrong was when they saw Miss Johne son running down the stairs with her cloth- ing on fire. Mrs. Anderson and ler twosons quickly grabbed sowe blankets ahd tried to smother the flames, while the rest of the household turned their attention to the fire, Bed clothes, curtains nd the wall paper were ail ablaze, Chief Sulter hud his wen form a bucket line and a little water soon put out the fire, Tho loss will be less than 850, Drs, Moore and Van Camp were called to attend the suffering woman. An examina- tion showed that tho bddy from the kneos up was badly burned, as were also the arms and hands. “Everything possible under the circumstances was done, but at midnight Dr. Van Camp said that the woman would surely die, a3 so much of her flesh nad been burned. A'eall at the Anderson resi- dence by a Bt £ renorter failed to clicit any information about the injured woman or the mauner in which the fivestarted. It 13 not knewn whether the aving woman had any near friends or relatives in the city or not. _While answering the Burt street alarm, Fire Renorter Beard met with quito a ser- ions accident. On lzard strect between enth and Nineteenth his buggy ran into pile. ‘Uhe jolt threw Mr. Beard intothe air, and when ho fell he dislocated his right shoulder, besidas injuring him internally. As s00n us possiblo the injured man was cor- veved to his home and Dr. Davis summonod. Tlie physician stated that his patient was e seriously hurt, but just wi the result would be he could uot say. ROVAL SPONSORS, They Assist at a Christening ofa Child of' t House of [Copright 1591 by James G Loxnox, Juno 20.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.| —Alexandra Victoria Alberta KEdwina Louise are the names with which the infant daughter of tho duke and duchess of Fifo was cnristenod toduy. Mother and father desired a simple ceromony, but it was graced with every pos- sible royal favor. Among thoso present were the aueen, the vrince and princess of Wales, the Princesses Vietorin and Maud of Wales, the duke of Clarence and the duko and duchess of Teck and the duke of Cam- bridge. Tho marquis of Loruo and _the Princess Louiso were not present. It is said they were not wvited. Her majesty and the queen of Denmark, the infant’s great-grand- mothers, acted as spousors. The princass of Wales, as proxy for the queen, handed the child to the archbishop of Canter- bury, giving it a kiss heara all over thechapel. The mfant was dressed in Imsh an heirloom of the Fife family. The toning water was brought from the river Jordan by Lord Rowton, who recently veturned from the Holy tand. Thers was & pwd in St James street, prin- pally of ladies. Tho infant was held aloft by the nurse while passing and received hand clapping and cheers. The gueen wore a blaclk silk dress, black lace shaw! and white lace bonnet, The princess of Wales wore & lovely tightly fitting drab dress and a bon- net of sky blue. eat and genoral rogrot is exprossed over the resignation of Captain Shaw, chiet of the London fire brigade. He has held the position since 1861, having retired from tho army in 1860 and for a year hus been head of the police and fire brigade of Belfast. He was made a companion of the Bath in 1870 with a salary of £1,300 a year. pelle A L WAR ON MEREDITH. How 1t 1n y ‘ederation or fiection of the WasiiNGTox Bureav or Tie Bee, } o Rennatt. | 3 FOURTEENTI STREE Wasuixarox, D. C., Juno 29, Master Workman Powderly and Presidont Gompers of the Federation of Labor are ex- vected hero within & few days to add anothor chuptor to tho hot contentions which has long been going on botween the Knights of Labor and Chief Meredith of the buroau of engrav- ing and printing. Powderly will come to prosent the ultimatum of the Knights. He is said to be not in sympathy with the threat of the kuights to boycott MeKinloy, but it is belleved that he has becn outvoted in the bourd. At all events ail doubts on the sub- ject will be dispelled within a fow days whon tho uitimutum is presented. The TFodera- tion of Labor, the opposition to the Knights of Labor, s to take up the matter for the wood of the reputation of tho labor iuterest. The president of that organization, Mr. Gompers, \as promised to come down heére about July 10 and hear the case. A new phuse of the contest has come out by the protest of a nums ber of the Kuights of Labor against tho ac- tion of their leuders in carrying on & fight against Meredith. Tho protestors say the whole row is & result of ‘an indecent con- spiracy, of which three discharced employes | are the ringleaders. Thoir numes are Jordan, Kinney and Moore . Jordan now kceps a sa- loon on Ninth strec cures l""mlqunrlurs of the crowd that fored " aroun, Bim, Ho and his nS9e82in8 %6 ot reprosens over 12 per cent of the 300 plate printers em- ployed in the bureau. 1t is sald that about £20,000 have be llected from time to time from local Knights of Lubor in ordor to carry on this war against Meredith P, 8, H, -~ - White and Colored Mine Searrr, Wash,, June 20.—Two compand of the First regimont national juards left for the Franklin cosl mines early this morns g, The only news received so far is that on white miner has been killed, three wounded, and one negro guard wounded. Over a hundred shot were fired during the riot last evening ight. it - & Dying Out. Dispatches received from Zauzibar state that the Britsh oficers igaged in Aghting the sluve trade in east Afvica report this tradeupon its last logs and that the Brussels anti-slavery act will effectually kill the whole business. - - Outlook at Rising. Ristxa Crry, Neb, June TPur Bek.)—Corn s looking wheat is backward snd oats radi Slave June Special to well but some wero lodged & good deal by the heavy elus and ball,