Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 22, 1893, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAIL —— WILL BETTS ALONE SUFFER | Question Lincoln Pasole Are Asking in Con- vection with the Asylur PLAIN TALK FROM AN EVENING PAPER nming Up ot the Sitaatis A Stralgh of the Matter 1t Now Stands. hy the Daily Fward State- as Brr acquittal of the asylum boodlers has aronssd a spirit of i indignation in the breasts of hundr sus of Lincoln who are city of the imputation that it ed by a class of tematic busiuess of lootlug tho state treasury. T4 paper of Lincoln that accopts the verdict of the several juries with undisguised complacency by no means repre sents the sentiments of the people ot the Capital City. As an instance of the feeling of amajority of the people of Lincoln the following article, which appeared ina promi nent place in the Evening News this aftor noon, may be quoted. It is revroduced as follows: Vow that there no longer cxists a reason for beliesing that a conviction can be se- cured in the cases against the men indicted for swindling the siate, the Nows desires to lay a fow facts before the veople of Ne- ka. The News lias not been loth to ex- press its opinion regarding tho way the pros- ecution of theso cases has been conducted, but it has nov at any time appeared in the of a newspaper desiring to create a lico among the people against the de- fendant: That the state has been syste- matically robbed for years through the medium of the Lincoln insane asylum and thostate penitentiary no one will or can deny ven men were indicted by the grand jury for being the men who have been carrying on these swindling operations— John Dorgan, Gortam Betts, J. I, Stobbs, William Dovgan, Frank Huobard, J. Dan Laver, W. D. Sewell. Soveral indictments were found against cach of these men. The first two and last three men named above had been tried upon one of the indictments against them, and in each instancea jury of men, whom no one will deny were tho peers of the defendants, have declared they wot guilty of the crimes charged Lascors, Nov The ot trial Spocial to T anxious to pu is con an wh make a sys n, Botts the Only Vietlm, m . Betts, who was indicted i for more coal than he de- livered to the asylum, and who was tried the first term of court held after the indict- ments were returned, is in_jail under a sen- tence of Lwo years in the penitentiary. And a wreat many people have asked it the testi- nst Betts was any stronger than it nst the others. In at least oue of s it was shown that vouchers had ‘been forged and the money secured on them from the state, and when the state rested its case the defense said it had no te offer. And that defendant, too, quitted. Butto the history of theso cases and some of the methods used therein. +On Friday, January 13, 1803, the sevonth day of the last legislative session, there was introduced in the senate a resolution, which may be found on page 85 of the senate nal. It was to instruct the attorne; to prosecute the asylum and penitentiary thieves. his resolution was tabled. Shortly after this the urticles of impeachment against the attorney genenal were adopted. Then the attorney general's department asked Governor Crounse to give it cha of the prosecution of the asylum cases, but the governor refused and appointed N. Z. Snell and J. R. Gilkerson to act _as assistants to tho county attorney of Lancaster county This was done after the attorney general's department haa stated that it would not assist —it it could not have charge it would not act. It would not be willing to assist and then be held responsible if the trials re- sulted in acquitial. Hubbard Offered to Confess. “But while the cases v pending and before the attorney general's department had refused to assist the department had studied into the whole boodling business and had become acquamted with what it considered almost indispatable evidence against the robbers. During this time Frank Hubbard was missing. One day the uttor- ney general received & lotter from a man who presumed to speak for Eubbard, and this letrer asked the attorney general if ho would guarantee Hubbard immunity if he would come into court and testify in behalf of tho state. The attorney general repliea that he would not guarantee anything for piecemeal testimony. He felt satisfisd that fubbard could furnish all the missing links in the chain needed to secure a conviction, and he wrote Hubbard’s friend that he was ready to negotiate with him, The idea of the attorney general was—and that idea ob- taius largely today—that Hubbard was merely the catspaw of a gang that was rap- growing rich at the expense of the state; that for a box of cigars now and then, or #10 or $15 now and then, he was doing the work that made others rich, and thought he was making an_enormously good thing for himself. It was at this time that the attor- noy general's department sought to take charge of the prosecution. Then the offer tacitly made by Hubbard's friend to have Hubbard tell all he knew, under a promise of immunity, was turned over to County At- torney Woodward, “Mr. Woodward states that just before the May term of court I I Foss, attorney for Hubbard, came to him and asked that the state guarantee in writing complete i munity to Hubbard, in exchange for which ho promised to tell all he knew. Mr. Wood- ward consulted with the other attorneys for the state, but they were confident they hud & good case anyhow, and thocounter proposi- tion was made to give him a light sentence in exchango for his testimony, but Foss would not listen to this. “After Betts was tried and convicted Hubbard became somewhat alarmed, and called in person on Mr. Woodward and begged him to accept the proposition of 1m- munity. Again were his co-counsels con- sulted, and while they were anxicus to se- cure a few more links in the chain the suc- cess of the first case made all confident, and Hubbard's proposition was again rejected, The uncertainty about how much Hubbard would tell and how much he woula keep back was what induced the prosecution to take this step. Here's & Pertinent Query. “Another phase of this matter comes to mind right here. Why was Gorham Betts' trial held so soon after the indictments agamst him were returned, and why the other cases postponed! Merely for the sake of information the Nows would ask if it took lonTl‘r 10 got o jury in the latter cases than it dld to get ono on vhe Betts case! “There were a good many incidents that lappened during the trials of Hubbard, Lauer, Dorgan and Sewell that have set the people to thinking. Oneof them was the sight of a brother-in-law of one of the in- dicted wen trying 1o geton & jury to try a man who was indicted with the would-be juror's brother-in-law for defrauding the state by means of false and fraudulent vouchers. Another was the remark dropped by & man who tried to got on a jury, and failing in this appeared on the witness ‘They got me off the jury, butl gave it 1o 'em on the witness stand.' And there are other incidents that happened which the people who have suffered by rea- son of the looting of the state treasury are not going to forget soon. CUN. Z Snell, who was appointed by the vernor Lo assist in prosecution of the asy- um cases, has no hesitancy iu exvredsing himself over the outcome of ihe cases. Ie says that the prosecution brought in enough ovidence to have couvicted the defendants before any fair minded and impartial jury ae the country. But he is as ignorant of the causes of the remarkable verdict as any man can be. But in common with everybody who has kept track of these cases, he is satisfed that there were lufluences brougnt to bear that made it impossible to get & veraict of guilty, no matter what evidence the state might have brought . Mr. Snell says it 1s his undersia; that the men will be tried on at least one more {ndictment before the cases are dmnd. but of this he has Bever been assured by the county attoruey. What Wil the Harvest Be? “But Mr. Snell admits that the state has put its best foot forward in the way of ma. terial at hana. He would not talk about auything regarding the statoment that at one timo Hubbard's testimony could na been secured from the state. Thia ho he to be unfair to the prosecution at this time But_he did say that er's testimor would ha been of g sl more ben before the graad jury than from stand in the istri court He could not tell why the jury, in the weakest case the state had, remained out the longost before bringing in a verdict. Ife is satisfied that the people arc on the right track, but says that he does not believe that the haif has been M. & ives as areason for putting the cas * until the next term the fact that there were some questions us to the qualifications of one man on the grand jury that the indic greed to waive this ling th ) put o and this done to save bbling. But why was it that this one juror's qualifications were not ascertai fore he was allowed to act on the jury his fact has been asub- ect of common talk ever since the grand jury me I'hat man’'s disqualification con- sisted of not having lived in th cnough. 1t strikes a great many people us being very queer that a thing like this should have been overlooked in a matter involving 50 much “There are still two indictments remain ing ngainst John Dorgan, two against Sewell ant twelve each against Lauer aud Hub bard. Aud the question the taxpayers are ask- ing themselves fs: ‘What will the harvest he!' DURT 1 Two Douglas County Cases of Minor fm- pore Settiad—Other isusiness. Liscons, Nov. 21.—[Special to Tue Bee.| ~The supreme court this forenoon handed down opinions in two cases originating in Douglas county. One was the case of the State ex rel Theodore Gallagher against George Holmes, jr. The record shows that 4 ank Jones against Theodore abeth Gallagher was tried before who was at that time a justice of the peace in Omaha, The jury returned a verdict for the defendants, subsequently a motion to set aside the judgment was sus- tained, and a new trial granted. Before the case came to trial Gallagher applied to the district court for a mandamus requiring the justice of the peace to issue an execu- tion'on the original judgment. The district court granted the maudamus and the su- preme court sustained the lowor court. The other case is_entitled Charles Lund- gren against John Eric and others. In this case in the district court, on motion of the defendant and in the absence of the plain- tiff, the suit was dismi: for want of prosccution. On the same day plaintift moved to have the case reinstated, support- ing his application by aMdavits showing that he was not guilty of laches in failing to appear. The lower court denied the mo- tion, but the supreme court holds thut the showing was suflicient to entitle the lain- Ll to a reinstatement of the case. John S. Musser, esq., of Hanuijon county was admitted to practice. Beatrice Rapid Transit and Power pany against Germans Nationul bank tinuance set aside and cause submitted. Case against C leave given defendant to file additional transcript. Pomereno against Baker company ; petition in error d Grable against Dungan:; ¢ Clark & Leonard against Wa, dismissed. Rood against Liss; petition in error dis- mussed. ‘The following causes were argued and sub- mitted: Cheney agains% Straube against Maxwell: Monroo agains Case against Case; Stratton agains Kilpatrick against Strauss; Muller again Pl Sigler against McConnell; Russell against Commerci ational bank, on mo- tion; Spargun against Romine; McMurtry against Blake: Chicago, Rock 1sland & Pa- cific Railway company against Avthur, on motion. Court adjourned till tomorrow moraing at 9 o'clock, when the Fourteenth district will be called. The Fifteenth district will be called on Thursday and the call of the foot ulf the docket will probably be made on that date. TRIAL OF WIFE com- con- Manufacturing smissed. 1se stated, ppeal URDERERS. Andrew Debney and F. W. Sergeant to Answer for firutal Crimes. Ewrox, Neb, Nov. 2l.—[Special to Tk Beg. | —District court convened yester- day afternoon with Hon. J. J. Sullivan pre- siding. Andrew Debney, the man who prutally murdered s wife, near Geneva, in this coun ast July, was brought into court by Sherifft Mawhiney. Upon taking his place in the prisoner’s dock he showed signs of great fear. While the judge pro- ded to call the docket Debney” wept bit- terly, overy fow woments looking at the crowd in the court room with fear plainly depicted in his countenance. County Attorney Critchfield fiied an in- tormation against him last .night charging him with murder in the first degree, The attorneys for the prisoner have not indicated as yet what course they will pur- sue In the case, but 1t is thought by the prosecution that a motion for a_chargo of venue will be filed. While the citizens feel that Debney should expiate his crime on the gallows, yec they thiuk he should have a fair trial and die at the hands of the la Mapiso, Neb., Nov. 21.—[Speclal to Tne BeE,)—The gainst T. W. Sergeant for tho killing of h k last ay duly. Four of thirty examined. for 100 men was ordered St & 3 attempted to cut his throat with the blade of a case knife and pounded the top of his head with the Leel ot his shoe until It was a bloody mass, The wounds ware dressed and he is able to ap- pear 1 cour Mr. Daviy' 8 v Graxp Isuaxp, Neo., Nov. 20.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: In reply to the state- ment of the Methodist Episcopal Church Board, J. . Kates, secrotary, of October 28, 1893, will say, no withdrawal was e made except the one of September 2 1893, which reads as follows: AND 1SLA Nob,, Sopt., 26, 1893.—George H. MacAdams, City. "You are horeby notined thiat 1 do hereby withdraw from tho Mothodist Episcopul churéh and you will govern yourself accordingly. WinLias J. Davis. On October 18, in the afternoon, the oficial board met and passed a resolu- tion to allow mo to withdraw ‘‘under charges,” but we refused to except it and the church dismissed the case, Rev. Dr. J. B. Maxfield of your city was my counsel and I quote his letter in support of the above. S1UDY OF 1. B, MAXPIELD, +1).D., RESIDENCE T, OMAHA, Nov. 10, 1898 {Lam the man that told lal board In unequivocal terms that Id make no withdrawal of ‘“under ," that your withdrawal ws in thelr hands and they must make up the records themselves. “A’'man asking withdrawal under churges uppended thereto und forming part of the request 1s absurd and unheard of. J. B MAX¥IELD, 10 Mr. Kates' communication of October 25 he proposed to give only “facts from the records.” Will Mr. Kates publish any other com nunication to Trinity church other then the one above quoted! Kates states tho church never made overtures to Davis. Pastor Robinson, president of the trial came to my residence about 1:30 p. m., October 18, while the case was pending before his houor Judge Thompson, aud proposed if we would allow him to rescind his ruling hola- ing I was a member, he would use his infiu- ence Lo get the church board to rescind its former ruling wherein it had refused to consider my withdrawal. I told President Robiuson positively that I had no communi- cation for Trinity church, and if it al- lowed my withdrawal as it was to stand, that, of course, ended the trial as against me and that what itdid. Mr. Kates wve rumors instead of “‘facts as they were levelopea from the records” and belied the records. Ihavea copy of the records of that October afternoon signed by George H. Metonuell, secretary, and Rev. J, W. Robin- #ou. president, and there was no such cow- wunication ever presented. Respectfully, W. J. Davis. Evangelint Kedd ArBonviiLe, Neb., Nov. 21— [Special to Ts Bx.)-Evangelist J, C. Redding closed his labors here last night. Hundrads of peo- ple thronged the churches all day, and the ovangelist weut from church to church. Owing to the densely Ylohsd audiences the evangelist was compelled to make his ingress aud egress through the windows. he Case, charge: uecess. unty long | FILED A PECULIAR WILL Quaoer Instramont Left by Arthur Gilman of Lincaln, PROVIDED FOR AN IMAGINARY WIFE Careful Detalls as to the Manner in Which s Property Shoula tis Div ded in Order that fis My Shatl Not Sa Liscors, Nov. 2l.—[Special to Tne One of the most eccontric wills e in tho probate court of Lancaster county reached that tribunal today. It was drawn up by Arthur Gilman, the man who ommitied suicide in this city several weeks go for fear that he would be called uponto pay a 100 per cent assessment upon his stock in the defunct Nebraska Savings bank man was noted forlis eccentricity. He was a confirmed bachelorabout 40 years of age, and yet inhis will he provides for his wife, incase he ever married, and for vossible childran, His entire ostate, valued at from £10,000 t0 815,000, was left, in the event of his mar- rlage, Lo his beloved wife and widow sc long as she should remain unmarried. If, now- ever, she married again, she was to have but one-third of tho estate, the balance to bo divided amoug their children, if they had If no children vesulted from this im- ary union of two loving hearts the two- remaining after the imaginary widow received her portion should go to his uncle, I'rank Manu, who is at the present time living in Boston. In the event that he re- mained single the whole estate was to go to Manu, He expressly stipulated that his aunt, Matilda Warner of Waverly, in this county, should receive no portion of the estate, neither was an uncle nawed Iinoch Mann to secure any part of it. The will is soqueer that his aunt referred to thinks she can break it on the grounds that Gilman was clearly of an unsouna mind vhen he made it. Deweess Sot Up the Clgars. Some two or threo woeks since a case in which Noah Hodges of this county sued the Burlingten for #,000 damuges was tried in the district court and tho plaintiff was given a verdict of 81. The result of the trial was something of a surprise, for it was generally conceded that if Hodges had been damaged 1 by the nogligence of the railroad ho was cloarly entitled to the full amount of bis iim. On the other hand the evidenco went to show that if the company could 1ot be charged with pegligence Hodges was not only not entitled to a cent, but was duty bound to pay the costs fn the c Today Hodges filed a motion for a new tri in which ho makes one or two surprising afidavits. Among other thines ho alleges that on the day after tho verdict was ren- dered one of the jurors namoed Riddle was seen o exhibit a box of § cigars, which he boasted of receiving from Jusper Deweese, one of the attorneys for the Burlington, and that Riddle claimed that he had been given the cigars on account of the verdict in the Hodges case. Hodges thinks that the fact that Deweeso opened his his heart and set up_the cigi the friendly juryman is suflicient to warrant the court in granting o new trial, Marriod at Ninety-Nine, Juage Lansing today issued a marriage c: proclaimed to all who cared at Simon Peter Roundt and nda Ross had been duly united in of holy wedlock. There would be nothing interesting in so simple a fact but for one thing. The groom who led the dusky bride to the altar (both parties sre colored) lacks but a single year of attaining his 100th birthday. He was a weazened, dried up little man. He appeared to be hale and hearty and gave evidence of 1o trepida- tion in entering the wedded state at so ad- vanced an age. He holds an honorable dis- charge from the Army of the Tennessee, dated in 1865. ¥n that discharge his age is en as 71. Mrs., Ross, the woman who Joined her fortune to his. is 45 old, and as buxom aund rotund as her new! acquired spouse is weaezned and super nuated, Henrd iu tho Disteler Court. Theasylum cases havenot all been disposed of by several majorities. Therearestill two indictments hanging over John Dorgan, two over W. D. Sewell, and twelve each over Dan Lauer and Frank Hubbard, Judge Hall's court was cccupied today by case in which Jumes Kelley is sued by ebraska Exposition company for $300 h, it is claimed, he subscrived to the State tair fund three years ago. Jennie M. Curtis was this afternoon granted a divol from her husband, John M. Curtis, who married her in Grant, Neb., in 1884 and deserted her three years ago. The court today granted a temporary in- Junction restraining Ports Wilson from re- moving the machinery used by the Yule laun- dry from the Rawlings block. The bouds filed by the dircctors of the old Capital Natioual bank, to indemnify the piaintifts for the removal of the cases to the federal court, were approved by Judge Tib- betts today. Sherlff After MoKelghan. Deputy Sheriff Trimblo started for Red Cloud this morning with warrant for arrest of Congressman McKeighan, who is charged with defrauding the proprietors of the Lin- dell hotel of this city of a board bill. It has not beer learned whether the warrant was served, and at 11 o'clock the sheriff’s office stated that the deputy was not expected to reach Lancoln until tomorrow morning. It is generally believed here that McKeighan will settle the case without accompanying the officer ack to Lincoln. Affairs av Fremont, Freysoxt, Neb,, Nov. 21.—(Special to Tue Bre.]—The Catholic fair is now in progres: and the results werosemincntly satisfactory, Mrs. A. M. Edwards of this city, late of the World's fair jury of awards, is down on the program for a paper on “‘Profitable Stock on the Farm" at the annual meeting of the Farmers National congress at Savanoah, Ga, Some indignation is expressed that the authorities are inclined to “'wink" at the de- posed treasurer’s offenses, and take no steps 1o bring him to justice. Another fair applicant for divorce on the grounds of “extreme cruelty” is Mrs. Lury Spangler, from her husband, John Spangler. A man named Edwards, counected with trical companies that recently city, attempted while here to puck the tiger” with some of the local i, hunters, but when they flashed five queens on him he wilted and squealed. “There were three arrest of prominent sports of the city, but at the tiwe of the trisl Ed- wards failed to appear, Hebron Notes and Fersunals, Hesroy, Neb., Nov. 21.—[Specia! w0 Tae Beg.|—Edgar K. Wetherald of Indian has been appointed assistaut cashiers of the Thayer County bank, to succeed William P, Gordon, deceased. W. L. Thompson and family left for New Orleans touay to spend the winter. Thieves entered the lodging house of H, Kockenteet and broke a number of trunks open belonging to boarders and abstracted therefrom in the nlsreklw #300. ‘The new iron bridge across the Blue river north of Wetherald's mll is completed. ‘Lhe King Press Drill company is erecting a foundry here to manufacture drills Sulng & Prencher for Damages. Yok, Nov, 21.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bek. |—A case is now on trial in district court in which Miss Linsley, a Bradshaw school teacher, is plaintiff, and Leander Morrison, formerly pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bradshaw, is defend- ant, Miss Lausley sues for $1,000 for de- famation of character. It is charged that Rev., Mr. Morrison told very damagiug stories about the young lagy and a young wan, Mr. Charles Archard, which he asserted both of the youug people had con- fessed to him. The case 1s arousing consider- able interest ard some very sensational tes- timony has been given. Dewmise of & Frominent Nebraskan, Surerion, Neb., Nov. 21.—[Special Tele- graw to Tur Bee. | —George W. Felt died at his residence today, after several weeks illuess. Mr. Felt prominent member of the Masonic frateruity and of the i Y BEE: | Armyg of the Repablic. in the Twenty irth and served in the He onlistod 1n 186 Neéw York infantry, Aviny rof tho Potomic until his rogiment must out. The funoral will be held Thlrsday undor the auspices of Masons amwt (3 Army of the Repubii T Favor of 1is Ggeditors. Graxn Istasn, Nov Bee. | —John Wa | has turoed confessing judgment The heaviest ¢ 1 Banking 2 ial to Tar dedler furniture Kk pYer to his creditors, thé amount ¢ $10, ditoe 18 the Grand npany - favor of which wro five jadgmeats, each in the sum of The heaviest of et creditors is'tho Springficld Furhittirs company for 20, There are fifty-six confessed judg- ments. Wallichs earried one of the finest ks of furniture west of Omaha assets will exceod the liabikities. Ho of the oldest citi s and has the sympathy of all the business men. - [Spe ichs in Tobine News Notes. Tonis, Nov. 21 Sovecial to Tiae Bre The Epworth league of the Methodist Epls copal church \ entertainment Sun day evening that was very ploasant and in structive This evening an entertainmont was given at the Mothodist Episcopal church under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Lemperance union aud its co-workers, Considerabie building is going on here at present, ehrask: Lovr City, New, ertain, oV, pocial Tele- gram to Tur Beg The Modern Woodmen America held a banquet here this evening 1 cntertained the lodges from Palmer, 1ba, St. Paul, Dannebrog aud Ashte The sitors camo A special train, Twelve candidates were initiated. One hundred and tifty Woodmen were seated at the ban- quet table, Death of n Kearney Citizen Kransey, Nov. 21 —(Special Telegram to ]-R. E. Jones, senior member of the dry goods firm of R. 1. Jones & Co., died last uight of Bright's disease of the kidneys. Ho was one of the leading business men' i the city. AFFAIRS AT —~— SOUTH OMAHA. Meeting of the Live Stoek Other Events of Interest. here was a special meeting of the Live Stock exchange Monday afternoon which was attonded by about fifty members. In the absence of Pre ut Pavichurse M. Murphy presided. The principal obj the meeting was to select delegates to the meeting of the ional Live Stock ex which meets in Kansas City De- cember The following were selected: W. L. Stevens, A. L. Lott, J. J. M ntain William Kelly, W, B. Chec Knox and D. S. Pavkhurst. 1. G vice presic J. A Hake and Ab Wagner are the executive committee. They will aiso go from here. The alternates chosen are W. N. Babeock, J. S. Gosney and E. M, Richard- son. A resolution was adopted cutting transter of membership fee from $100 & Exchange— members of the to A rosolution was that the yards be Thanksgiving day. also adop A requesting closed for business on Mugic City Goxsip. The stock yards company will erect an iron stable to cost §2,000. The Taxpayers league held a short meet- ing last night. Several new memvers were clected and the meeting - adjourncd for one week on uccount of thare boing such a light attendance. Captain Austin found a woman 80 years of age wandering about the streets at 4 o'clock in the morning. The old. lady had been out all night and was glad to receive shelter even at the station house until morning. Fred Hendetson, lives at ixth and P streets, is said to be a worthy subject of charity. The poor woman is down with lung fever, and, aside from having lost her eyesight through s ness, is uttorly stitute. Detective Mitchell discovered hev last evening and temporary aid from his own purse. The Owl club met at the jdence of J. C. Grahum on Saturday -evening and spent a very pleasant evening. Among those pres- ent'were: Messrs. and Mesdames J. A. Hall, M. V. Doyle, W Mills, f1. Friedricks J. C. Grabam, C. M. Mattison, E. H. Wilson, Miss Minnie Wilson, Harry Lidgard, T. E. Rogers, George Mills and George Wolf. The Owls will meet again on Saturday evening, December at the vesidence of J. A, Hall on T'weaty-fifth, between 1 and J stree! The Board of Education held a mee; last night and _concluded to have the base- sement of the,High school building fitted up s apartments for the superintendent, special teachers and the secretary of the board. The meetings of the board will also be held there. The committee on buildings and grounds was empowered to put the room inshape. Ifa vault is not built a safe will be bought to protect the records of the board, Ten new maps of the world were ordered purchased. —————— Necessitios va Luxuries. A great many people figure on many such articles as oysters, etc., as luxuries in error. Of late years, even 0 far away from Baltimore, oysters have come to be aceepted as among the everyday articles of food which grace the table of people in all condi- tions of 1i While regarded as almost in- dispensable to the wealthy they are no less a necessity to the family of moderate elrcum- starices. "o 80 great an extent is this true that it has encouraged tho sale in many markets of inferior oysters or those sold under false representations; and the adul- terations and mixtures of stock call for the test care among purchase The rep- fon of *Bulumore—shucked” oys- as in contradistinction to Nor- Crisfield or any “down the bay” stock is weéll known to dealers. The “Horse Shoe brand,” canued in Owaha, is guaranteed entirely Baltimore goods, which is not the case with any other oysters sold in this market. Any oyster dealer in the city will supply the ‘“Horse Shoe brand” if asked for. If your grocer or butcher does not handle them regularly drop the packers, Branch & Co., 8 postal or call them by telephone nnd thoy will see that they are supplied to you through re- tailers with whom you deal, at once ndered New Consal. he new consul, Mr. W. B, Hall, has arrived here. — LOCAL BKEVITIES, City Treasurer Bolln has just received re- deemed bonds and coupons from New York amounting to 39,500, For the larceny of a wagon Charles Ross was sentenced to twenty-five days on the ana for six aays he will feast on nd water. Gus Jones went out to ehange a §20 bill for Augusta Doe the other and forgot to come back, He will spend the next month with the brother of the sheriff, who is at present in charge of the county jail. Charles E. Cramelin, 'mafiager of the Castle Liguor Cure company, yesterday paid a tine of §20 and costs for heing drunk. He was very anxious that thé matter be kept out of the pajers, as he sald it would hurt his business. e 8 Seven drunks and 'four vagrants were turned loose yesterdgy afternocn by the police juage. “The drigks promised’ thut they would not be arfestbd agaln, aud the vagrants gave their word that they would leave town before sunsgt. Strect Commissioner Balcombe is causing the accumutations of dirt to be removed from the newly paved streetsrmeluding Doug street. (rading contraciors have also been directed to remove the dirt that fell to the pavements from their wagol This work is all 1o be done before winter in The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Martin will take place from the family residence, 2419 Tewpleton street, oue black north of Ames avenue, at 10 4. m. today. Deccased was & wmember of Georgo Crook corps No. 83, All members of sister corps are wyited Lo ut- tend. Remalns will be taken to Sioux City for interment. Very few protests have been filed with the council asa board of ualization on the assessments for general taxes for 1504, The nuber will not exceed twenty-five, and the majority of them are of & minor nature. For the purpose of equalizing the assess- ments the couucil is sitting s a board for ten days. The session will come to a close Monday, November 27, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, % | 1| The | is one | | new dam | wind J 1893. HAD AN AWEUL AWAKENIN ] | ! Frishtfal Experience of Boarders in a Hotel Fireat Merril Station, Pa. SEVEN MEET DEATH AND MANY INJURED Of Thirty House ve Moarders Steoplog on Dand Bodies Others 1 Ing from the W n flave Been £t in Jump- dws Beaver, Pa, oceurr Nov. 214 1 at Merril statios on and Pittshy 1:30 ing in the total de hotel. owned b I man disastrous fl the Cleveland this mornin resuit ruction of a three ailey & Koener, of the men employed on the The firo was discoverad at a slid ing door between the halland a room used by & Mr. Ray as a store and poste At 5:10 the su feil thirty-five boarders sleeping on the second and third floors, many of whom jumped from the windows and were badly cut bruised and burned. The remaius of the fols lowing persons wero taken from the ruins: Liat of the bead, TERRY WREN, boss stone v DAN WREN, niuson, age JOUN KELLY, aged 40, ROBE STANLEY, e New Brighton. JAMES HUGHES gineer. BARNEY WALKE gheny. JAMES P. ML City HENRY War badly burned. JAMES WINN of Reavor P'alls, sustatnod n tracturedshoulder by jumping from the thivd- story window. He was taken to Mercy hespital, JAMES SHEERES burned about the The propriotors, story who hero w ture on, aged 60, , of Plitsburg lavorer, of Woods Rtun weer, aged 35, of of Chartier, aged 33, , stone mason of Alle- R, a laborer of Allegheny B son of Barney Walker, is of Sewylekly and hands, Frank J. Bradley and Robert P. Koeney were formeriy dispateh- ors in the Pittsburg office of the Pittsburg & Lake Brie, but built the hotel shortly after the new dam was started and have run ever itsinco. The building cost about £4000, and is insured 10 the Continental New York for 21,500, Seven bodies have been taken from ruins, but these aro 8o badly charred they cannot be identitied Suspiclons of Tncendinrism, badly was the that strong suspicion of fncendiarism exists, founded upon the fact that the night watch- man, McGaffic, and the employes at the dam haa passed up and down the stair- way where tne fire started within ten minutes of its discovery, and no smoke or odor of burning wood was detected ut that Lme An eyo witness of the disaster stuted that the scece at the five was awful. \When the alarm was given the only exit, the fatal stoirway, was cut off, aud the men on the cond and third floors, awaking from a sound sleep, bewildered by the smoke, ran through tho rooms yelling for help, many ppearing at the windows and begging for assistance. Some leaped from windows, while others elimbed out and dropped to tho ground through the sheets of flame pourmg from the windows. Some of the victims whose charred bodies now lay side by side along the raivoad track wi een at the windows, but they soon disabpeared, evidently overcome by smoke. Jerry “Wren, oue of tbe victims, had sached the outside of the building, but missing his son, Dan, returned to got him. He was suffocated in the attempt und perished. Assaulted His Chief. Cmeaco, Nov. 21L.—James O'Brien, a fire department captain, was arrested today charged with having assaulted Assistant o Chief Mussham, because the lavter ordered him to go with his men toa dang, ous place at a South side fire. claimed that the orders of Mussham were unnecessary and that there was no need of exposing the men to dang i 2used to obey the chief’s orde the latter insisted assaulted claimed, pounding him sever Subueh of Birmingham Barned. Bivixanay, Nov. 21.—At 2 a vilie, u thriving suburb of burned. A dozen costly villa in ashes | and others ave on fire. The wind 1s blowing | fifty miles an hour. 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