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NEBRASKA'S STEADY GROWTI Figures Which Bhow the Developmentof the Antelope Btate, INCREASE IN CULTIVATION OF LAND Four Million Aeres in Four Years Added to the Producing Arven—Assessod Valuation Inereased Fifteen Million Dollars During that Time, LINCOLN, Feb. 2.-~(Special to Bee.) ~Ohief Clerk Harry Shaffor of tho Stato Board of Agriculture is busy vreparing the statistical tables to appear in the forth- inual report of v The al tables will be of as they will afford Nebraska peo- lo interested in agriculture an opportunity to compare last year's results with those of more prosperous yoars in the past history of thie state, The first table shows the relative propor- tions between the improved and unimproved lands of the state. In 1503 the abstract of the asscssors’ returns shows that for the first timo i tho history of the state the im proved lauds exceed the unimproved. uereage of improved lands for 1803 is re- ported ns 15,280,850; unimproved, 13,041,457 In 1802 the figures were 13,270,442 and 13,345, 800 respectively. The following brief tabue lated statement will show the number of acres of improved and unimproved land in Nebraska for four years past: Improved. Unimproved b4 14,228,821 The averag of im- proved lands has also increased, as will be n by the following: SO Bl 60,204,644 ska's improved lands are devoted to cultivation as follows: Product Acres. 1,340,416 Wneous. ... 5 One of the most significant features of th report is the showing in regard to the fall- 1ng off in the ncreage devoted to corn and ed ncresge devoted to wheat, as compared v th 1892, In 1803 Ne- a8k ers cul 089 acres of they cultivated 8.081,- In 1501 they devoted 4,538,000 acres to corn, and in 1890 they planted 4,817, 082 nc In the three yvears folluwing the year 1801 the de m the corn acreage amounted to 60 cres. The acreage of oats shows a stight increase over 1892, The increaso in the acreage of wheat issmall when compaved with tie decreased acreage of corn. The following tabulated state- ment stows the acreage of wheat for the past four years: Year. Total. 1890 1,026,821 | 1892 . 1,229,665 1801 1,228,787 | 1898 . 1,340,416 The most notable showing is that in refer- enco to the number of fruit and forest trees in the state. The showingis ‘“notable” in that 1t proves that fruit trecs in Nebraska area very erratic product. The wide vari- ance in the returns for four years will be better appreciated by a glance at'the fol- lowing: Year. 1890, 189! Year. Total. Total. 66,987,404 Total, 186,270,486 | 1892 | 712,091,445 | 1898 .10 162,779,200 HIS FREEDOM SHORT LIVED. A man giving his name as James Hender- son was arrested this afternoon on the charge of highway robbery. Although he has not yet been fully 1dentified by the prison authorities it is believed that his real name 18 Mayers and that he was releasea from the Nebraska penitentiary vesterday, after sorving 4 year's sentence for grand larceny. Ho has been identified as & man who attempted to hold up and rob Elmer Baker, one of the clerks in Hargreave's wholesalo commission house. Baker was on his way home last night shortly before midnight when he was suddenly accosted by two men, one of whom presented a revoiver and demanded his money. Instead of throwing up his hands Baker grappled with the would-be highway- man and yelled for the police. The two men rolled over and over on the ground, both en- deuvoring 1o secure the rovolver. The third man ran away, and after Baker and his as. sailant had fought over the street for a few minutes the second robber ran away. Baker fully identifled the man arrested this after- noon. CINCHED THE CHEMICAL NATIONAL. It transpires that the Chemical National bank of Now York was mulcted by C. W. Mosher of the Capital National bank to the extent of 80,000, and all within a short time previous to the failure of the bank. Deposi- tions were flled with the clerk of the d trict coury today signed by the president and cashier, n which these ofticials testify that they had maintained business relations ‘with the Capital National bank for a num- ber of years and rediscounted a large amount of its paper from time to time. Be- tween September1, 1892, aud the duy the bank closea its doors in January, 1803, they dis- counted ten Western Manufacturing comi- pany notes for $,000 ench. They ussert that the notes were endorsed by the Capita) National bank and that they rodiscounted the notes on tho strength of the cndorse- ment. For relief they ask the court to order the receiver of the bank to recognize their claim for $50,000 and to permit them to share pro rata with the other creditors of the defunct bank. he First National bank of Poultney, Vt., * asks tho court for a similar order for the £16,000 of Western Manufacturing notes pur- ) chased of Mosher. KENEW THE COMBINATION. Some time during the last mght the oftice of the Western Mattress compuny at Seventh and L streets was entered by parties who effected an entrance by cutting ahole in the door. The safe, which hl\fi been securely locked last evening, was opened by some one who evidently possessed the combination. About 5 in cash was == taken, together with o checks, The manager of the company is at loss to know how any one could have learned the com- bination and believes that tho rk wus done by some of tho tough citizens who make Lincoln their abiding place during the winter months. LINCOLN IN BRIEF. The West O stroet viaduct is being rapidly pushed toward completion. One-half of the structure is about complated, but there yot remains more than 600 feet of iron work to be put in place. The new aorial extension truck and ladder for the Lincoln fire department was shipped from Chicago day before yesterday. It cost the city $,200 and will e a valuable addi- tion to the department, The preliminary trial of J. M. Murdock, uccused of embezzlement by the Lincoln chool Supplv company, is in progress. It appears that the company’s accounts and the private accounts of Murdock while he was manager are hopolessly entangled. 1t also transpires from the evidence that when Murdock discovered that the company was about to close out its business he took ad- yautage of his pesition as manager to draw from the bank $000, whick represented the amount of stock he held in the concern, Dec i 3 FREMONT, Feb. 2.—(Special to The Bee.) ~The man Kearns of Lincoln, who was ar- rested here for living with one Mrs. Duffy of Merrick county, was discharged today from custody, no one appearing against him. Kearns claims that neis a very much abused man and that what has seemed tohave been his fault has been entirely due to his char- ity. He says he did got entice Mrs. Duffy from home, but that she left her husband of her own aczord and appealed to him for as- sistance in her sickness and destitution and he could not turn a deaf ear. He admit that clreumstances have causs 1o be against bim, but in jus Duffy he desires to say that she is a noble, ndustrious and virtuous woran. The case of Mrs. Olsen against McDonald Year. husbaud 10 the v trenches last fall is i1l holding the attention of court and was | given to the Jury today, The sale of Poland chinas by Going was very satisfactory, the 7 #2,002 on the proposed canal survey reports that he has passed the most expensive and difiicult portions of the route and th ts construction will come below his most conservative estimate “The news of the doath of Jeff, son of . T. Horn, who was formerly superintendent of the Elkhorn road and stationed at this place, who was kilied at Macon, G Wednesday night by falling between cars, caus?s very much regret here, ns he was highly respected and a general favorite among his associates, | The fair by the Philharmonic guild is pro- gressing very nicelv and it bids fair to be satisfuctorily remunerative, The preliminary examination of Herman Zichiencamp, charged with attempting to nlk Osterman at the Kruger wedding December 7 near Arlington, occurred yester- duy. He was bound over to the district court in the sum of §1,500. = | & Penfield for damage in the death of her | | Keene & sixty-nine ASYLUM INMATES THREATENED. Employes of the Hastings Institution Ex. tinguish a Dangerous Blaze. HASTINGS, Feb. 2.—(Special tw The Bee.)—The scenes at the penitentiary fire in Lincoln a fow months ago were very nearly repeated in Hastiugs this morning when the asylum for the incurable insane was found to be on fire, But fer the quick wit and pluck of some of the fomale attendants it is probable that the fire would have es- caped control and have caused loss of life and property. About 1:15this morning some of the attendants on the female side de- tected the smoll of smokeand on investigat- ing found o good sized blaze w the clothes voom of ward 11, on the second floor, Fortunately a coil of fire hose was near, and this the attendants used with good results in quenching the blaze. Had the fire ob- tained much more headway great difficulty would have been experienced in handling the patients, The fire occurred in a position where it cut off all_communication with the ward and the staicways leading from the building, and the only way the patients could have been rescued wouid have been by climbing the fire escape from the outside and knocking out the iron bars ut the win- dows. Tho damage was trifling. Mortgago T NEBRASKA CITY, Feb. 2.—(Special to The Bee.)—The monthly statement of mort- gage indebtedness for January is as follows: Chattel mortgages filed, ninety, amoun ting 807.30; released, forty, amoun 30.70. Farm mortzages filed, $4 leased, $20,420.46. City filed, $2, leased, §3,090.38. Bishop Bonacum was in the city day. He called upon Vicar General tig, und the trouble between the bishop and Kather Corbett was incidentally dis- cussed, although the visit was one of con- dolence rather than business, Father Hartig having recently met with a serious iujury, breaking his left leg by a fall. Sneak thieves are plentiful and their specialty seems to be in the boot and shoe line. Nearly overy dealer in footwear in the city has suffered more or less from these pests recently. Mrs. Barney Nethaus fell down the cellar stairs at her residence Wednesday evening, breaking her leg in three places below the knee. George S. Davis, foreman of an ice cutting gang at Hail's pond, near the city, broke through the ice in eighteen feet of water yesterday and was rescued with great difi- culty. In April last the late Captain O. Butt de- posited $2,400 in the Nebraska City National bank to the eredit of his daughter, Capitola. Mrs. Butt, Capitola’s mother and guardian, says the money was a gift to her daughter, but the administrator claims it should be counted among the assets of the deceased captain. The bank, in order to determine tho question, yesterday brought suit, in o“l’:‘. to know to whom the money should be paid. Two tramps were arrested yesterday upon suspicion of being the purties who robbed a St. Joseph jewelry house last week. There ‘was not enough evidence to hold them, how- ever. and the Burlington bridge was pointed out to them as the shortest route out of the city, a hint they were not slow in adopting. Robert C. Greeble, manager of the Mattes Brewing company, was presented with a gold-leaded cane vesterday by the employes at that institution, in commemoration of his 36th birthday. Hud Too Many Wives. NELIGH, Neb., Feb. 2.—(Spacial Tele- gram to The Bee.)—Jonas Clark, sher- iff of Shelby county, Iowa. arrested, with the assistance of Deputy Sher- it Clark of this county, Z A. Cush- man, formerly of Coon Rapids, Ia..on the charge of bigamy. Cushman left his wife, it is alleged, and went to Harlan, where he married a young girl and then went_back to Coon Rapids and stayed a week with wife No. 1, getting three horses, a bugzy, suiky and all her spare money and returned to No. 2 and loft for this state. He first located ab Schuyler, Neb., and came overland to Neligh. He had set up housckeeping here in nice style and was intending, he said, to train his fast horses upon the track here. He sent bacic to Harlan for the rest of his goods and thus made known bis location to the parties secking him. He was indicted by the grand jury of Shelby county for bigamy and goes back tomorrow without the formality of a requisition 1n the custody of the sherifl, Demise of a Prominent Polk County Man. OSCEOLA, Neb., Feb, 2.—(Special to The Bee.)—Another of Polk county's mosv re- spected citizens has joined thesilent majority. 1uis C. C. Joy, or, as most everybody called him, “Father” Joy. The funeral was held at tho Presbyterian church yesterday. Rev. A. B. Whitmer, pastor of tho Methodist Episcopal church, officiated. Father Joy was born in Ohio in 1820, and had lived in this county since 1881, and most of that time in Osceola, whero he had a host of friends. He was o member of tho Methodist church from the time he was a small boy. His last words were in praise of his Master and an assurance that he was gomng home to rest. yester- Trenton's Wols ¥ PRENTON, Neb., Feb. 2.—(Speclal Tele- gram to The Bee)—A wolf hunt was organ- ized in Ridenour precinct, just north of this town, yesterday for a round-up of the coy- otes. ~Eleven were run to the center, but only three were killed. D. P. Sheeks, a farmer of Beverly precinct, joined in the hunt and In turning his horse to chase an escaping coyote the girth broke, letting the saddle turn with him, breaking his leg. Quiet Tri Wedding. TRENTON, Neb., . —(Special to The Bee)—Arthur Badeon and Miss Lillle Elli- ott were married last evening at the home of the porents of the bride, The groom formerly resided here, but recently removed to Denver to engage in the commission busi- ness. The bride 1s one of Trenton's fairest daughters and well known and liked. A number of valuable presents were received. t Sentenced to the Penitentiary. SEWARD, Neb., Feb. 2.—(Special to The Bee.)—Judge Bates has overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of J. E. Murphey, convieved of felonious assault on A. J. Oliver, and sentenced him to cighteen months in the penitentiary and to pay u fine of §500. Lot gers. WAVERLY, Neb., Feb. 2.—(Special to The Bee,)—Earl Leder, a young man of this place, mes with o painful accident toda y while working in the plow shops, losing & part of three fingers on his right hand, bl -t Elected a Now Set of Ofcers, CHICAGO, Feb. &.—President Barber and his aswclates 1o the management of the American raw Board company for the past three years defeated at the annual clection today s Of SOk out Of a total of 8,000 ‘The vote showed th ton’ ua am Thomas, New. York: ¥ E. Newcomb, Quincy: Philadelphin: 0. O Bat Robinson; Chicago; J. A. thus created will be filled and ofe OFTOW. e Burned to the Water's Edge. NEW ORLEANS, Feb., 2.—The Southern Pa- ciflc steamer Harlan burned at Blueflold, Nica- Pegua, on January 2. No lives were lost. The | seamer was old aud of but litlle value. THE YEAR IN OMAHA'S PARKS Improvements Made and Money Expended in the Last Twelve Months, NORTHWEST BOULEVARD ROUTE DECIDED Southwest Park Named Riverview-Not In- clined to Give Up Je Meeting of the Co sloners Yesterday. orson Square— mis- The course of the northwest boulevard was agreed upon at the mecting of the Board of Park Commissioners yesterday afternoon. It was decided to abandon for the present the plan of connecting the Flor- ence boulevard with that of the Forest Lawn Cemetery association, and instead of continuing the former north toward Flor- ence it will turn so as to enter Miller park from the east, leaving that park at the northeast corner, and reach the top of the ridge by the shortest rovte possible, taking the grade into consideration. It will then continue southwara, past the west side of Fort Omaha, crossing the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley track at Thirty-third street, and continue south on that street to Sprague, thence west to Fortieth, thence north tc Boyd, thence west to Fontenelle park. This will givo a very sightly drive with easy grades, the only steep one being where the drive runs to the top of the ridge from Miller park, and this will be but ashort one, while the grade will ot be steeper than seven per cent. The connection with the cemetery boulevard will be made after the cemetery association has definitely decided just where to runit. The names of Riverview and Riverside wore suggested as fitting for the new south- st park, and the former was unanimously lopted. The proposition of Dr. Miller to donate such trees as the board might need to set out this year in the various parks and road- ways was accepted. SUITED WITH MINIMUM L It was decided to send a communication to the council with reference to the park levy for this year, stating the willingness of the board to accept the minimum levy of 1§ mills provided by the charter, in view of the fact that there is now in the park fund the sum of $17,500 left over from last year. Such a levy would give about $27,000, mal- ing a total available fund for the year of about $44,500. Inasmuch as the proposition to tonvert Jef- ferson square into & market house site is now being discussed Mr. Tukey thought that an expression from the board on the subject would be in order, and to that end offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopte Resolved, That the Board of Park Cos sloncrs would not bo justified in_turning ove to the city counctl uny public. purk vr boule- vard in the city of Omuha, in order that the might be"diverted to other uses than such prrk or boulevard has dedicated, without first being instructed to doso by the legal voters of suid city. It was explained that while might not agree with the personal views of the mem- bers it placed them on record as in favor of maintaining all the parks and attending to the business for which they wers appoiuted. Mr. Tukey hud such good luck with that resolution that he was tempted to offer the followng, which was also adopted: Whereas, The Board of Purk Commissioners, attor its ofganization, was rofused tho sery- ices of the city engineer for surveying of park work; and Wherens, The services of engineers om- ployed by tho board have been very expensive; therefore, be it tesolved, That the D council to authorize the surveylng necessary to th development in the futur WORK OF LAST YEAR. The annual report of the superintendent of parks shows that the following work was done during the yi 1893 in the various parks: A new pavilion, costicg $13,419.17, was erected in Hanscom park, a gravel sur- face was put on the roadways, 1,188 feet of brick and 800 feet of concrete guttering was laid, and 1,100 square feet of concrete side- walk was put down. At Bemis park grading costing $2,870.76 was done, and vhe other improvements theve included 2,300 feet of roadway. 4.500 fect of guttering, ten catch basins, 5985 feet of walks and 750 feet of sewer pipe. At Elmwood park 425 feet of sewer pipe was laid and 10,800 trees permuneuntly planted. At Miller park the -improvements of the year included one and three-fourths miles of rd request the clty y engineer to do all purk and parkway roadway, one and a half miles of walks, one temporary bridge, 300 feet of drain pipe, a hedge around the park and 5500 trees planted in nursery rows. Fontenelle park was fenced and ground was broken for a hedge and for tree plant- g, Jefferson square was resodded. and inas- much as several of the trees and shrubs had been killed by the guscous vapors from the smelter, new ones were sot out of a kind that it was thought would stand the severn ordeal to which they were subjected. The usual amount of flowers was set out 1n the Capitol avenue parkways. Concerning the boulevards the superin- tendent reported as follows: On Florence boulevard the grading was finished, the roadway put in good driving condition and the parking at the sides lev- eled und sown with blue grass. Trees and shrubs were planted at the north end. Condemnation proceedings are now going on for right of way of the southeast boule- vard from Ninth and Bancroft to Riverview vark, which park has also been condemned although proceedings are not yet completed. The southeast boulevard from Haunscom park to Elmwood park,200 feet wide, is in the hands of the appraisers and u route from Miller to Fontenelle h has been con- sidered and about decided upoun. MONEY EXPENDED. The annual report of Secretary Doanc showed that during the year the expendi- tures had been as follows: Salaries, $4,100; oficc and general ox- penses, §1,218.71 Hanscom Park—lmprovements, $4.805.97; expenses, $8,240.20; concerts (city's half), $015.00; green nouse, $251.78; paviilion, §18, 419.70; well, $9 tal, $27 7. Bemis Park — Improvements, §0,722.08; Capitol avenue, flowers, £021 efterson Squure—Expenses, §11.5 ovements, including permancnt and paving of Cass street, .0 of £2,404.58. Fontenello park improvements, £2,030.02; Elmwood park improvi $1,448.04; Riverview park, on accouny voys und condemuation, &7 boulevard, §4,208.73, "The following amounts were paid out on account of surveys and_ rignt of way for the other boulevards: Southeast boulevard, T ; southwest boulevard, $1,613.50; west boulevard, $148.75; northwest boule- vard, §764.25. The greenhouse cost $865.04, of which §203.60 was for new stock and §601.35 for ex- penses. ‘The purchase fund was depleted to the ex- tent of $102,040.10, of which # 00 was for the purchase of Milier park. This left a balance in that fund at the first of the year of $00.586.85, but the ard of the ay praisers on the southe: park has sinc been received, and that will cut this amount 1o about $9,000, waich will probably be trans- forred to the maintenance fund after all the detalls of purchuse have been closed up, as this purchuse complotes the proposed system of parks, so far as grounds are concerned, It is the ntention of the board to do the greater part of 1ts work of improvement this year on the boulevards connecting the sys tem. This will furnish beautiful drive around the city nearly twenty miles long, and while it will be impuaxlblu 10 have Tl completed for some time to come, it is hoped to get suficient grading doue to have a large part of it in shape for driving by the close of the coming summer e Commuted to Lifo Imprisonment. DENVER, Feb. 2.—The State Board of Pardons today commuted the sentence of Librado Mora, the Mexican Red Hill mur- derer, to imprisonment for lite, Mora was shrubs , o total [ sur 50; Florence sentenced to be hanged some day during next week. MR T o De Witt's Witch hazel salve cures piles. OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 189 Continental C Another Great Cash Parehase Gonsummate — lothing House ] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. THOS. T. ECKERT, Ceneral Msnager. NORVIN CREEN, President. RECEIV, at 212 South 13th Street Omana, Neb.} }0 M STANDARD TME)> 3,000 Mens’ Fine Double Breasted Sack Suits, bought from Michael Stern & Co, and M. Sampter & Co. for 50c on the dollar of the manufacturers’ actual cost. On sale Saturday Morning, Feb. 3 There are twenty-two styles of fabric. The cheapest suitin the lot would retail ordi- narily for $20.00, and the better grades $25.00. OUR PRICE WILL BE $I0.UU AND $I2.00 Worlh $20 and $25, CARD. ; OMAHA, Feb. 1, 1894.—This sale demands the attention of every buyer of fine clothing in Omaha. The fabrics are the finest and the workmanship the very best. retail these goods at will not cover the cost of the cloth and trimmings. FREELAND--LOOMIS CO. The prices we offer to It Is Established that Major Paddock's Hearth and Home Are There, AND HE REMAINS COUNTY COMMISSIONER Only Temporarily in Owmaba to Attend & Sick Daughter—Comes Out of the In- vestigation Unscathed — No Bad Feeling, After having finished plunging in tho fes- tivities of the Nebraska soldier’s reunion, Major Joseph W. Paddock returned to his home at 508 South Twenty-first street, Thurs- day night, and there, upon the front door steps, he found awaiting his arrival his copy of The Evening Bee, in which was reported the exclusive information that at 38 o'clock yesterday afternoon he would be called Into court to show why he removed from the Fourth commissioner district, from which he was elected one year ago, and took up his residence in the city and in the district represented by E. M. Stenberg, chairman of the board, The major read the account of the pro- posed action of the members of the board which holds in the hollow of its hand the appointive power, and unhesitatingly de- clared that he could not believe his eyes. He opined that his vision had been affected by the large quantity of black coffee and hard tack which had passed into his stomach. This opinion was a delusion and a suare, but the major did not know it, and when Ne retired for the night he went to sleep firmly convinced that the report was a fake, concocted for the sole purpose of producing a mild sensation. HE HAD BAD DREAMS. During the night the doughty major dreamed of offices almost within his grasp, waking to find them flitting away like ghostly nightmares. These wild dreams haunted the sleep of the gentleman who re- cently resided near the Little Pa 0, and in the morning his mind was sorely troubled with some dire forebodings that things wero not as they used to be. For a time he con- templated moving back to the farm, located in his own, the Fourth district, but as he re- volved this proposition in his mind he con- cluded that it would be the act of a coward. Not being desirous of being listed in that class, the gentleman who had just got through with fighting byer again the battles of the late unpleasantyess concluded that he would make a bold stdnd and live or die in the house of his son-in-law, Hastlly swallowing a light breakfast, Mr. Paddock boarded a street:ear and was soon at the court house, where he was met by a deputy sheriff, who seryvedl’upon him a paper requesting his presench before County Judge Baxter,County Clerk Sackett and County Treasurer Irey at 3 o'cloek in the afternoon, thero to show cause - why the office of county commissioner of ' ‘the Fourth dis- trict should not be deelared vacant. Then it was Mr. Paddock Wiscovered that what he had read was only too true, and that his monthly salary of $15% per nionth was in a way to go a'glimmering. The meeting was slated and there was nothing to do but to make the fight or step down and out. Not being one of the stepping down and out va- riety, he then and there took a solemn oath that ‘he would hold the office or know the reason why. During the forenoon some of the members of the board which holds the appointive power held a private session in the roms of County Attorney Kaley, just back of the county treasurer. Between the suites of rooms in times gone by there was a door, but for some time it has been unused and has been kept, locked, althaugh the key- hole remains in the selt same old place. Whether or not Mr. Paddock knew of the meeting being held in the rooms of the ecounty attorney 18 & question that Is open for discussion. It Is presumed that he did not, but by & singular coincidence, STILL BY LITTLE PAPPIO | while the meeting was at a point where tho important features were under discussion, the major stalked into the office of the treasurer and took up a position not far from the door heretofore mentioned, discussing lovies and tax collections with the clerks of the office. In order to be fair with the erstwhile com- missioner from the Little Pappio district, and to clear him from the charge of eaves- providing they saw fit to believe that he had his cars filled with cotton and that he did not hear a word that was sald behind the closed doors. TESTIMONY TAKEN. The hearing was called promptly on time and the introduction’ of evidence commenced, the intention being to give the major a fair and impartial hearing. The members of the commission contended that it was in their power to declare the office vacant, providing they saw fit and that the burden of proof would be upon Mr. Paddock. Set- ting aside this well established rule, they in- formed him that they were going to assume the burden of proof and let him stand upon the defensive. When the hour for the hearing was reached, several witnesses wore on hand, as was also the accused, who statad that he was without legal advisors, but was sure that he would have a fair show for his white alley. The members of the baard informed Bim that ho would be given tha lenefit of any doubt and that he wauld be honciably discharged if the charges were not proved. With this assurance Mr, Paddick stated that he was ready to cnter the rirg, and the case was on. Willlam_Von Weg was the first witress called. He had seon the major quile fre- quently, but did not inow whore he re- sided. ~ He had deliverad groceries at 808 South Twenty-first street, bui thoy were always charged to and paid fur by Mrs, Annin, Ed Wittig knew Mr. Paddock, but had no knowledge of where he resided. He knew that an old man and his wife moved into the house at 808 South Twenty-first street about Christmas time, but he had never learned who the parties were, John Spoerl knew Mr. Paddock, knew nothing about his residence or location. H. R. Avery, a resident of Douglas pre- cinet, had been at the farm of Major Pad- dock quite recently, and there had been informed by a man whom ho knew as Mike that Mr. Paddock had left the land and b moved to the city. Mike had told the w ness that he bad rented the farm, and he also testified that Mr. Paddock had moved away, providing reliance could be placed in conimon report. MAJOR'S EXPLANATION In his own behalf, Mr. that during the month of September his davghter, Mrs. Annin, became an invalid and was taken to the hospital, where she re- mained some time. After that, and after she had improved in health to some extent, it was decided that he and his wife should e to the city and remain in the Arnin house until warm weather, that they might be better prepared to care for her health Ho removed some of the furniture from the farm and took with him the Jersey cow, that the family might have milk and cream, but he never had any intention of abandoning his residence in the Fourth district. In fact, he did not feel that he was living in the clty, his idea being that he was merely camping until spring. He had ronted the farm to Mike for a period of three years, beginning with March 1, 1893, Out at the farm he and his wife refained possession of seven rooms, which pntained their furni- ture, clothing, pictures and piano. Those rooms were locked and were not under the control or supervision of Mike. He was simply remaining with his daughter during the winter to gratify her wishes and to give her the necessary amount of care. That ended the testimony and the threo Judges of the case retired for consultation. pon their return, their chairman, County Clerk Sackett, stated that he and his asso- clates had decided that there was no case against the commissioner and that the pro- ceedings were dismissed. He hoped that Mr. Paddock would feel that the members of the bench had done nothing but their duty in investigating the charges which had been preferred. but its SATISFACTORY Paddock testified ioui AFTER APACHE INDIANS Lone Miners Again Placed in Danger by the Bloodthirsty Reds. PROSPECTORS ATTACKED IN ARIZONA Troops Telegraphed For and Will Probably Be Sent—Willinm Emerson Supposed to Have Been Killed by the Kid and His Gang. TUCSON, Ariz, Feb. 2—Last night news came in from Mammoth, sixty miles northeast of here, that the Indlans are on the war path. Wednesday Hualpia Clark, a prospector, while at work in the Bunker Hill district, was attacked by four Indians. Clark is an old Indian scout anu knows the country and the Indians as well as they know themselves. . He easily evaded his assailants. They were on deviltry bent, however. Clark at once started for Mam- moth, twelve miles away, for reinforcements. Coming in he found the camp of William Emerson, another prospector, looted clean of valuables and food. Emerson was not found and Clark believes he has been killed. He was a man 55 years old and unmarried. ark got to Mammoth that night at 11 o'clock. He at once aroused the camp and was s00n at the head of a party of men bent on capturing the Indians. Yesterday morn- ing at 7 o'clock a second party followed them. About twenty men are now on the trail of the Indlans and a capture is ex- pected. Clark is of tho opinion that the party is either ‘the Kid and his gang or a general outbreak of Apaches from the reser- vation, Neither event would surprise him. His camp is fifteen miles from the White mountain reservation. He says the scene ot the supposed killing of Emerson is where the Kid's party Killed John Diehl six years ago. On recelpt of the nows in Tucson it was telegraphed by Marshal Made to Fort Grant with a request that troops be sent. The re- quest will doubtless be complied with. It has been the policy of the government to withdraw the “Arizona military posts and send the soldiers up north. This mistake was never better Instanced than now. Should the outbreak be general the Indians cannot now be reached by the soldiers within twenty-four hours as soon as when Fort Lowell, near Tucson, wus garrisoned. Reports have reached here from Mam- moth, sixty miles northeast of this eity, that the Indians are on the warpath, Four of them attacked Hualpla Clark, a pros- pector, who escaped and started for Mar moth for assistance, On the way he found the camp of William Emmerson looted. 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