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but turned half around and looked at the large clock on the wall. The court room was filled when the judge read his decision. Prendergast apeared in- difterent for a time, but as the reading pro- ceeded appeared ready to make one of his old-time scenes, Prendergast was ordered to stand up during the reading of the sen- tence, Judge Brentano sald JUDGE BRENTANO'S WORDS. “patrick Bugene Prendergast, It rarely falls to the lot of the court to discharge so painfal a duty as devolves upon it in this ease. You stand before the convicted of the murder of a fellow being, and it is fncumbent on me to pronounce sentence on you. “You have had a fair and impar trial, and you have been de ed by counsel whose zeal and devotion In your behalf merit the highest praise and compel the admira- tlon of the court “I do not think I can be falrly subjected to the criticism that T did not aliow you the widest lattitude in the presentation of evi- dence that in any way tended to establish the def made for you, and you given the benefits of all’ presumptions which the law says you are entitled to have. ~De- Epito all this you have been found gullty in accordance with the well established princi- aw and evidence governing trials of 5 k s Kinbly a large part of this community would, for the sake of the reputation of this great city upon whom the eyes of the world were at the time riveted. have been comforted if the verdict of the jury 1 es- tablished the fact that your act was that of a mentally irresponsible person, but the re- sult of the trial denies the people that com- fort, The evidence did not establish that you were acting under an insane delusion Which frresistibly impelled you to the com- mission of the act which you did not dis- cern to be wrong and over which you had not the power to exercise control. The jury has found that when you committed the act you fully understood it and its consequences, and that you might have controlled your ac- tions if you had so willed, and that your own misguided will was the sole impulse to smmission of the deed “'No imaginary inspiration to do a personal wrong under a delusion or belief that some benefit will follow from it, when nature of the act done, its probable consequences, and that the act is in itselt wrong are known to the actor, can amount to that insanity which in law disarms it of criminality. “Situated as you are T would not say any- thing for the mere purpose of harrowing up your feelings Or Causing you unnecessary pain. The solemn and painful duty now de- volves upon me to fmpose the sentence and dgment of the law, which Is that you, Patrick Bugene Prendergast, between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 2 o'clock In the afternoon of the 23d day of March, 1894, in the manner provided by the statute of this state, be hanged by the neck until you are dead."” When the court passed sentence the pris- oner moved forward a step or two and said: “I did not wish to apologize to the court, for I think I did my duty. As ho concluded lie was led away to his cell in the fail by the bailifr During the course of his remarks Prender- gast was apparently in a very nervous con- ditfon. His hands shook and as he occasion- ally turned his eyes from the court and glared about the room it was evident his nerves were strung to the highest tension. Occasionally he would stop to glance at the paper In his hands to rcad the notes or points on his address, which he had evidently prepared in advance. Just before Judge Brentano began the delivery of his speech denying the motion for a new trial Attorney S. 8. Gregory filed a motion for arrest of Judgment, which was overruled. He then asked for thirty days in which to file a bill of exceptions upon which to take the case to the supreme court. This was granted. Pren- dergast was sentenced to hang subsequently in less than thirty days. It was stated, how- ever, that if it became necessary the court could extend the time and fix a new date for the execution. It Is probable that the Dbill of exceptions will be filed within ten days. Buft” Higgins is under senience of death for the murder of Peter McCoy, and the date of his hanging Is the same a5 Prender- gast. 1f a change in the proceedings is not ordered the men will be hung at the same time. During his speech Prendergast mumbled his words so that he could be scarcely un- derstood, and he was unsteady on his feet and swerved from side to side like a drunken man. His voice was sometimes loud and clear, but often It sank into an inarticulate grumble. Judge Brentano was much affected by the awful duty Wmposed upon him, knd he seemed to suffer much mental pain while Prendergast was delivering his speech. Only by great effort did he retain sufficient con- trol of his emotions to utter the solemn words put into his mouth by the law, and it was with a trembling voice he finished his address to the condemned man. Trial of Dan Coughlin Its CHICAGO, Feb. udge Wing be- gan the closing argument for the defense in the Coughlin trial today. The court room was thronged with spectators, and the ad- dress was a notable one. Judge Wing vie- fously attacked the methods of the prosecus tion, and referring to the fncident of the former trial, when ex-State's Attorney Longenecker called Mrs. Thomas Wha at midnight for a severe examination, said that Whalen should have shot the assailant down in his tracks. During the afternoon there was somewhat of a sensation when Judge Tuthill sharply called Attorney Wing to order for reflections on the original trial court. It was o reference to Martin Burke, one of those convicted with Coughlin, and who died in the penitentiary last year. Atlorney Wing speaking of him sald:" “Gentlomen, Martin Burke was murdered. I should hate to be charged by the Great Judge of all with the murder of that man as are the men who tried and convicted him." “I don't think you are entitled to that, Judge Wing," broke in- the cour stopping the flood of the attorney’s wrathful eloquency “Those men were tried and convicted according to the laws of the c try, and [ canot sit here and have the rul- ings of my brother judge condemned in this way. Judge Wing, though surprised at the in- terruption of the court, replied quickly But, your honor, the supreme court of the state reversed the decision under which O'Sullivan and Burke died in prison “T know that,” said Judge Tuthill, “but there are many such instancos as that. The supreme court leld that there was error in the record and that's all there to it The case was tried by Judge McConnell falrly and honestly, according to his ideas of the law, and you have no right to ques- tion the integrity of the court.” “But,” sald Wing, *will your honor hold that Martin Burke has pleaded gulity in this case, as Mr. Scanlan has contended " No, I have nothing to say about replied the court ‘No," repeated Burke not I8 nelthe is Now Nearing that,"” the attorney, “whether stands before you guilty or here nor there. Wo ask you to decide whether or not Daniel Coughlin is guilty. Martin Burke has gone wlhere you cannot help him. Patrick O'Sulllvan has gone where you can help him.” Mr. Wing then resumed his argument and had not concluded when court adjourned SUNDAY, February 25th, 1894, DICTIONARY| One Sunday and Three Woolk- day coupons, with 15 cents in coin, will buy one part of The American Encyclopedic Dictoinary 8end or bring to The Bee offica. Mail should be addressed to Dictionary Depariment, e ROCK ISLAND NAKES ANSWER Protests Against Suspension of Bridge Con- tract a8 Asked by Union Pacifio, ITS GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE LATTER Has ¥ Constantly Hampered in Use of Privileges Granted Under Contract— Cook County Suits ot Switching and Other Charges, The Rock Island road has filed its answer in the United St 8 circuit court to the recent petition of the receivers of the U n Pacific to have the bridge contract set aside until sueh a time as an accounting can be had, alle gt the Rock Island has re- fused to pay the bills rendered to that com- pany for the use of the bridge. The Rock Island denies the jurisdiction of the court to take the action prayed for be- cause the merits of the have bee passed upon by a higher court, which declared the contract valid, and the grant- ing of the present petition would only be a collateral attack upon that decision. The answer alleges that the /contract sought to be set aside was not only for the use of the line of the plaintiff between Lincoln and Beatrice and the bridge and t ks of the Union Pacific company be- tween Omaha and South Omaha and the handling of freight for and out of the cities of Omaha and South Omaha, for which the Rock Island agreed to pay a reason- able compensation no greater than charged others for the ne services, but it also provided for the use by the Union Pacific company of the tracks of the defendant company then built between the cities of McPherson and Hutchinson, Kan. It also provided for the use by the Union Pacifl company of the tracks to be bullt by the Rock Island between the cities of South Omaha and Lincoln, Ne The answer sets forth that the defendant id, after the rendering of the decree sus taining the validity of the contract, enter upon and use the tracks of the plaintiff be- tween the cities of Lincoln and Beatrice until the Sth day of May, 1803, when the respondent completed its own line between these two points and thereupon closed to use the track ntiff; that during cks the respondent paid the rental stipulated in sald contract. UNION PACIFIC REFUSES TO PAY. The answer sets forth that while the Union Pacific company insists upon the pay ment by the respondent of the rental upon this piece of track, which it has ceased to u the plaintif company as persistently refused to pay to the re- spondent the rental provided in the said con tract for the use by plaintiff of the tracks of the respondent, viz: the line between South aha and Lincoln and between MePherson Hutchinson: and the respondent shows to the court that fn so far as it has failed to pay the rentals demanded from it upon the between Lincoln and Beatrice since it e the same, on demand of the Union Pacific Railway company, it has only done so because of like rentals due it under the contract, being continually from the date of the contract, except for a short time as to the line between McPherson and Huteh- inson, withheld from it by the Union Pacific Railway company; and the respondent shows that as to rentals so un- paid. by ft. it s and at al times has been ready and willing to recog- nizo its obligations thercfor, when and whenever the Union Pacific Railway com- pany shall recognize in like manner its ob- ligations to pay rentals due from it as pro- vided by the contract; and the respondent now, as a part of this showing, offers to pay to the Union Pacific Railway company or to its receivers, whatever balance, If any, may be found to exist in an accounting to the several rental obligations. g COOK COUNTY SUITS. The Rock Island adwmits ¢hat it has brought suit in Cook county, Tilinols, to re- cover the rental claimed by it from ghe Unfon Pacific, beligving that to be the best and quickest way”to have its rights under the contract adjudicated, and that such action was in accord with the decree of the court in passing upon the valldity of the contract. In addition to the amount claimed in the suit In Cook county, Illinols, there was now due the respondent as further rent also upon the property the sum of $80,000. The Rock Island denies that the suit was brought in Illinols for the purpose of embarrassing the plaintiff, but was for the sole purpose of expediting the determination of the respon- dent’s claim. The respondent admits that the line from Omaha to Lincoln was not completed at the time specified in the coptract, but denies that the plaintiff-was in any way hampered thereby and further that failure to set up this allegation in its petition brought to annul tho contract, which had been adjudicated, worked and estopped to setting it up in this tion, The Rock case Island - denies has refused to pay a reasonable compensation for the use of the tracks bridges and terminals of the plaintiff, hav- ing paid the sum of $3,750 monthly for that use. On the other hand, the Union Pacific has sought in every way to hamper the respondent in the conduct of its busin and has rendered to it ex- orbitant bills for the services rendered. INCREASED THE CHA The Rock Island also alleges that the Union Pacific company, in pursuance of the design to hamper the former in the conduct has steadily increased the the services performed as fol- that it TEAM TRACK FREIGUT, August, Junhuary, 1501 1808, 1, 20 tons $ .1 $4.00 Lumber, 20 tons Merehandise,16tons HOUSE FREIGHT. Fifteen tons. 75 6.00 FREIGIT TO INDUSTRIES, 2,00 £.00 200 600 1s 2.00 5.25 TO CONNECTING LINES, 2,00 3,00 states as a reason for delay in the payment of the bills of plaintiff that they were not presented for several months and when they were pre sented for payment they contained numerous errors, the correction of which caused the delay. The answer then goes Into detail to how other charges for use of warehou depots and switching had been increased at Qifferent times to a figure considered by the defendant as exorbitant. In the face of these increased charges the respondent alleges that the Union Pacific company ha continued and Is now performing like ser vice for the Wabash road for the prices charged the respondent in August, 1891, EXORBITANT SWITCHING BILLS. The Rock Island also claims that the Unfon Pacific has rendered to it bills for money pald connecting lines for switching the respondent’s cars which were in excess of the amount pald for such services by the Union Pacific railway The only reason for the failure to prompt- ly pay the bills of the Union Pacific com pany was a bellef that they were excessive and discriminating against the respondent and it now says that if the court will, on this hearing, investigate the charges and detel Whether the same are, and if not, what would be reasonable charges for the services, It will at once pay the same, and thereafter promptly pay all like charges so approved by the court Citations are made to numerous bills In dispute between the (wo companies and in case they fall of adjudication in this action the Rock Island proposes that they be referred to arbitration as provided by the original contract between the two com panies Attended th 1.00 the the The answer Passenger Powwow. Messrs. Francis of the Burlington, Lomax of the Union Pacific, and Budeanan of the Elkhorn returned from Chi cago, where they were in attendance upon the Western Passenger association meetings Mr. Francis, talking of the situation, sail that there was little new that had not been exploited by the newspapers. “This de mand of the Canadian Pacific to maintain its differentials from Port Arthur and its conclusion to abandon its elaims for differen yesterday THE it is alleged that | OMAHA DAILY BEE: tials via the oo line vroviding it recelves a certain per cent of transcontinental busi. ness, Is one of tho serious problems which confront the association lines. The Bur. lington would undoubtedly be considerably affected should such a disposition of _the situation be made. As to the Santa Fe proposition to hold matters in abeyanc until March 1, when they will outline their actfon, reminds me of the man who is allowed two meals a day and then goes into a fight to get a por- tion of the third. I doubt very much it the Santa Fe knows just what it will do and the time asked is for the purpose of devising some scheme to elrcumvent the Southern Pacifie. My impression fs that the Santa Fe and Southern Pacifie will patch thelr differences instead of inaugurating a war of rates. There will be a meeting of the transmissouri and northern lines next Tuesday to take up the Canadian Pacific situation, while the Atchlson may be in a position to outline its future policy. The Burlington s sitting back and waiting for developments.” TO THE WEST. War Passenger nscontin ul Lines. CHICAG Feb. 24.—~Tg the outsider It looks tonight as though effremely low rates for passengers would be the feature ere long in transe ntinental ¢ reles, The conitnuation of the war “via Barstow' I8 simply this: That the Southern Pacific says ‘“no,” and the Atchison proposes to meet this with an ulti- 1 um, declaring that its rates from Chicago to Los Angeles will be kept at $15 less than the direct rate to San Francisco. This, of course, will give the result the Atchison de< Sires, namely, of giving passengers by their ute the benefit of the short line to San o by paying the $15 local rate from to San Francisco. This by the Atchison goes March 1, and Is expected to cause serious trouble, as the lines routing via Ogden will be compelled to make a like reduction in their raté to Los Angeles, or be prepared to lose the south- ern California business, which, at this season of the year, is no inconsiderable feature. In conncetion with the expected war of rates, General Passenger Agent Goodman to- day issued a ecircular to connecting lines, In which he says, in part, that several months ago the Atchison and Southern Pa- cifie ntered into an agreement giving the former the privilege—subject to thirty days notice—of discontinuance , subsequently changed to ninety days, of routing via Barstow and Los Angeles to and from San Francisco. Pursuant to the agreement the Southern gave notice on November of a desire to annul the agreement on March 1. Under the agreement the Southern Pacific claims for itself and its connections at Ogden and Portland the reciprocal rights to tickets at the through rate by direct lines from Chicago to Los Angeles through San Fran- cisco, and v . “This,” says Mr. Goodman, “the Atchison denied and threat- ens if such right is exercised that it will re- duce the through rates over direct lines by the amount of the value of the ride between Lathrop and San Francisco. The Southern acific can see no good reason why the San Francisco passenger may, without extra charge, visit Los Angeles enroute to eastern states while the privilege of visiting San Francisco from enstern states is denied to Los Angeles passengers with- out additional expense, mor why the Atchison gives its passengers the privilege of visiting Los Angeles en- route to San Francisco, while the railroad companies working via Ogden are denied the right of giving their passengers the privilege of visiting'San Francisco enroute to Los Angeles, except at an additional The reduced grain rates will be put into effect by all eastern lines Tuesday. The reductions apply not only to grain, but also to grain products. The idea that the reduction could be confined solely to ter- minal points proved to be a futile one, and the regular proportionate reductions’ will be made to intermediate pomts. The war on grain rates will undoubtedly have an eftect on provisions within a short : time. Rates on these commodities are already being cut by some lines and a general smash 18 looked for soon. LOW RATES Rates on Angeles reduced rate into effect FORECLOSURE WILL FOLLOW. Denver and Gulf T ple Not Likely to Re- tain Their Lines. The information given in The Bee that ex- Governor Evans and Receiver Trumbull of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf were rain- bow chasing after new lines of rails in Colo- rado afforded a subject for talk at Union acific headquarters, some of the officials were even going so far as to question the ability of the gentle- men to build anything, le¢ alone conneeting line: There is, however, another side to the question which must be borne In mind in consideration of tho existing difficulties be- tween the two systems. The Colorado Central, which includes the Julesburg branch, it is admitted, will be in default of its January interest about the 1st of August, and as the holders of the first mortgage bonds need their money it will not surprise any one to sce a bill in foreclosure filed and a petition for a new receiver pend- ing foreclosure proceedings. In the Denver Guit petition it is admitted that the road annot pay its interest obligations, so that when default takes place, which will occur six months after the January interest fell due, the law derartment of the Union Pa- cific will proceed to come Into its own through bill of foreclosure. The Colorado Central bonds draw 7 per cent, the amount of stock isued being about 58,000,000, interest payable in January and July. In view of the fact that the Union Pacific is the largest Lolder of these securities, Is easily dis- cernable what the result will be. The Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf carries ge of about $16,000,000, being due in Decembefwhich has not been paid, and as default will occur in July, undoubtedly the same course will be pursued, and when the leaves begin to turn, Mes . Evans and Trumbull will find themselves like Othello, with occupation gone. rest BEFORE TIE SUPREME COURT. Those . Western Union 1 Union Contracts to Be Pussed Upon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—An important case involving the validity of contracts be- tween the Union Pacifié Railroad company ind the Western Unlon Telegraph company, and their bearings upon the charter of the railroad and subsequent acts, was docketed in the supreme court today. The United States is the appellant in the case, which nes from the circuit court for the district of Nebraska and has additional interest be- cause it w decided in the first instance by Justice Brewer, now of the supreme court. The Atlantic and Pacifl ‘elegraph company was the original line along the Kansas di- vision of the Union Pacific, but was bought by the Western Unlon. The questions at issus are the right of the Union Pacific under its charter to give clusive rights to the \Western Union and the obligations of iat company to perform the government service free. It 18 claimed the Western Unlon cannot impair the validity of the contracts betwoen It and the Union Pacifie. Judge Brewer's order, which was passed In October, 1 declared the contract vold, and orde he Western Union to vacate offices on the Union Pacific. Afterward the circuit court of appeals decided that the contracts binding, except that part giving exclusive rights to the Western Unlon, which was held to be repugnant to the act of congress of 1888, Pacifie were ATCHISON UNDER ADVISEAME o Caldwell Tells 1is Intentions Whil the Case Is in Frogress. LOUIS, Fib. t4.—Thy argument the application In the federal court here for the separation of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and St. Louis & San Franclsco rallroad systems and the appointment of separate recelvers for the latter system was resumed this morning, and was com pleted. Before the noon rec however, Judge Caldwell In making some general re- marks to counsel intimated very strongly that the application would be denled and the recelyership allowed to stand as at pres t constituted On the conclusion of the arguments Judge Caldwell took the case under advisement. ST. on SUNDAY¢ FEBRUARY 25, 1894-SIXTEEN PAGES. KILLED BY:SLAVE TRADERS 1 b did not give a direct answer (o this question, 1 but sald that it required a good deal of ") explanatios Another Added tathe Long List of Africa’s ¢ Churles Russell persisted In his ques Dark Tragedies. sofa, took her face between his hands and implorel her to let him oft. Mrs. Martin tion and finally Mrs. Martin said that the scene had not occurred =0 far as she person- ally was concerned, but she added: “If the v Beecher scandal Is to be Introduced in this “LED INTO AN AMBUSH | way It ‘is unfair o me and unfair to history,” (Laughter.) Considerable amusement s caused through the examination and cross-examina tion of Mrs. Martin by the smart answors which she frequently gave the counsel. But Mrs. Martin was perfectly cool and eols lected throughout and fnsisted upon making elaborate replies, which woere often discon- corting even to such a distingulshed cross examiner as Sir Charles Russell N Eventually Sir Charles Russell took up a | .., here from the west coast of Africa ook SontAInInE X ratty rront e e Mak | B4t the cruiser Raleigh, twenty-four guns tin had written a preface, and asked her tons, the flagship of the British squadron on | “Can you point out a single sentence that coast, commanded by Rear Admival | which repudiates, before 1881, the fith Frederick K. Bedford, and the first class | passagc in Woodhull's Weekly of Novem- scrow gunboat Widgeon, six guns, 805 tons, | ber 2, 18 commanded by Lieutenant Commander Will- | (o po a0 o8 (0 (Cared Mrs, Martin, begin fam J. Scullard, arrived yesterday at Bat- | ning a long explanation. After her cross hurst, capital of the British West African | examination Mrs. Martin was re-examined colony ot Gambia, and the rumor soon spread | &t length, repeating the story of her life, that the sailors had been badly handled in ’“‘_(‘r':'“"_““:fi"‘;’l"_"'"]‘"lr‘l’l“":"lh" i an encounter with the slavers ro-examination. sald -that she It appears that landing partics had been | a publisher named Branker of sent ashore in order to punish Chiet Fodisa- | and added that she did not lah, a notorious slave dealer, who had .lnw“vl LA i R T carrying oft into bondage and severly ill- | | VRItness MU LG S0l her's Houso. treating the helpless natives of a number of | “joyy" Bigdulph Martin, husband of the | ar villages along the part of the coast which he | plaintiff, was the next witness and after his rule The British sallors landed in | testimony had been taken Sir Charles Rus- force and marched inland, where they met I;\lllm::jl”v;fx ”I‘u‘vf c:;::-.vwv’\luxf":;dj:ylllx‘r\ln:‘ll"(”uv:;«;I with a severe reverse, losing three officers | \FU N and ten men Killed and four wounded. Dispatches from Bathurst receivec evening say that the marines landed the war ships and a detachment from West India regiment are still missing, and fears are entertained for their safety The force of blue jackets which landed was of men from both the flagship Raleigh and the gunboat’ Wi landing parties went ashore fully equipped for a march inland and for remaining ashore for some time. Several machine guns were taken ashore in the boats and the landing parties carried provisions for four days and wmple supply of ammunition. A reserve was left ashore at the landing place, which was thoroughly protected by the guns of the cruiser and the gunboat. After the blue jackets and marines had landed the column began its march inland, but owing to the nature of the country which the naval detachments had to pass through, swampy land, thick underwood and forest land, the advance party and the flank- ing parties were soon compelled to practi- cally fall back upon the main column, which pushed forward in this manner for the in- terior. SAW FEW SIGNS OF SAVAGES. For a long time after landing and com- mencing the march inland little br no signs of natives were een, in fact the coast in the neighborhood scemed to have been de- serted. But whgn the British force had ad- vanced well inland and were surrounded by a thickly wooded! gpuntry with rising land on both sides the natives who had been hired to cary the spare ammunition, pro- visions and water began to desert and cventually the Whole lot of them disap- peared. The British force, however, seems to have continued its mafch inland and to have been eventually led into an ambush, for fire was suddenly opened upgn it from all sides and the sailors were routed before they were able to make any effective use of the ma- BRITISH TROOPS, Natives in o Ofeers Disastrous Encounter with the West Afriea in Which 7 and Ten Hpldiers Lives—1low it Hap, received that 5,200 LONDON, Feb. 24.—Dispatches ple me to state how thgt work came wis sam his, prse of her never knew New York, | Jacl believe that | o been ovel sucl o AN this COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. fre y 2" | Application to Oporate Ferry over the | $; Missouri—-Other Business. i The county commissioners met at 2 o'clock | cluc after yesterday The bonds of the Union National and Na oon. American National bauk, composed ; fonal Bank of Com- hay merce, the two former in the sum of $100,000 each and the latter in the sum of $200,000, for the seeurity of county deposits, were ap- proved and the banks designated as county depositories. The cont was award are or ther out catc act for printing the eipts at t d to the-Omaha Printing com- w. | the of A. F. Pickering and J d | the Clark for a refund of taxes were reje for the reason that the board had no juris- diction. The South Omaha granted a lice Dodge street. The bond of the Midland bank in the sum of $20,000 as a county depository was re- ferred to the committee on finance. A M. M. Marshall applied to the board for | Rya an exclusive license to operate a ferry at a point where Sixteenth street extended | N. would intersect the river, setting forth that a such a ferry would decrease the distance of | but Towa farmers in that neighborhood to Omaha | he at least ten m The petition was referred D to the committee on bridges. n g The committce on finance reported the | following preamble and resolution, which was | ing passed by a unanimous vote five The committce on flnance has hat it has been the custom in the sasurer’s office to cancel certain cipts after collecting the » and ) the payer the money whici v to law, but also tends to confuse the record; therefore be it Resolved, That the county tre instructed ‘that from and afier Febri 1891, no allowance will be made for deduc tions made after the funds have come into his hands, but that the same shall be sub- mitted to the board for adjustment, and if refunded shall be done by warrant drawn on the proper fund. The county clerk was instructed to tify the treasurcr that the bonds of following banks had been approved by the Haibs board as county depositories: United | Whi chine guns. 2o 2 States National, Merchants National, Ne- | smi Chief Fodisalah s a most desperate slave | braska National, Union National, American | C Woat Natlonal, and Commerce National, cach in oA BN L B VBl the west coast of | ¢y um’ of $100,000, except the lnst, which His force was reported to have | is"in the sum of $200,000. The treasurer been small in numbers and to have been | was instructed to at once deposit the county only armed with primitive rifles. Conse- | funds In these banks in proportion fo the Gently the British landing parties were | amount of the bond filed. The treasurer was St s o com with the | as0 instructed to requiro the banks fo mako out a monthly statement, a duplicate of force of the slaver. Which is to be filed with the clerk. This afternoon the Admiralty department | The rules were suspended and the monthly made public a cable message from Admiral | appropriation shects were passed. Board Bedford on board the flagship Raleigh at [ Saiourped to meet at 2 p. m. Tiisaday;Ral Bathurst, dated yesterday, practically con- S0 bl firming all the storles circulated in regard IN WINT RASP. to the disaster to the British force. Ad- | 3 - 3 miral Bedford sald that the landing force | Severe Smow Hioems |5,.1.;x:.g'|l.. New Mexico was under the command of Captain Edward | o\ Gron i i e AR S H. Gamble and that the carriers, by thetr | SHATTOR: B B B0 2 raging desertion, caused the loss of all the spare | ounont northern New Mexico. The ammunition taken ashore for the use of the | youm” commenced yesterday, continued all tnague 2:“":‘3: :‘l:‘ed il 0:"Rl"‘"’::";°':~n’l'(::' day, and last night settled down in carnest. S S At present the range is covered with eight Admiral Bedford further reported that the "';,';fr’f].;;:[,;'{'(‘;”‘l' ol sallors, upon reaching s'ns of @ native o quy of the winter, the mercury dropping habitation, pushed forward and captured two | to g degrees above zero. Great incon- villages which were defended by stockades. | vonience and some suffering was caused by Tho sallors occupled these two villages | | snortage of natural gas In the resident throughout the following night, placing the | gistrist of the city. Notwithstanding machine guns at points of vantage and thus | oyireme cold weather several thousand un- making themselves practically secure from Nt o o i attack. But the loss of the water supply and supply of ammunition made Captain Gamble decide to return to the shore with the intention of re-embarking h force This movement was commenced early the next morning and the column was on its way back when the sailors were suddenly attacked on all sides. e fire which was directed upon the sailors was 5o severe and | jg states are to the effect that the storm tho slavers were so well led In the | is general. Cattle and frult trcs are suf- bush that the blue jackets fell on all sides | fering. Much damage has Been done and began to retreat hastily, while carry- | SAN NIONIOJTex e 34, mThA f’r;mll; ing the wounded and dead along with them | 80G €011 weather are caustng the Geeth o 80 far as possible. ounties. During the past few weeks FIRST OFFICERS KILLED. ve been shipped from Alice statio Lieutenant William H. Arnold of the navy | 00 the San Antonio & Aransas Pass rallway and Lieutenant of Marines Francls W, Her- [ 15,000 hides of cattle wiieh det from SERAs vey were the first two officers Kkilled, and | have also been shipped from other points on Sub-Lieutenant Francls W. Melster and ten | that road. men soon shared their fate. Lieutenant R. B. Boyle ously wounded and Lieutenant Savill was serlously wounded. Captain Gamble, Surgeon W. R. Hite, Midshipman Arthur Chambers and forty blue jackets werd slightly wounded during the retreat. A aispatch froni Bathurst received late this evening scems. (& Intimate that news of a still greater disaster to the British army may shortly be expected. It Is stated that a detachment of the'soldic engaged, as well as a detachment of farines, are still away on land, and grave ifears for their safety :‘“"L‘m“:“” \uwux:u'v,.h : x}\y]m;\hhu‘ oro I are entertained, The West Indlan detach 00, I (O T ment is commanded By Colonel Corbett, and | Hitcheock, e hallextant fos Captain Westmorelund Is in command of the | about $250. marines. The naffygs at Dathurst express hris Hartman says he has no the opinton that the sutire missing force has | [he fre was caused [TRCTL EUMCRT been destroyed. The soldiers and marines still in the bush ary sald to number about 200 men. The British admiral is taking steps to send reinforeements to the British column, T Missouri” Pacific railroad to take the place ey < of Mr. B. H. Payne, who has resigned to VIVACIOUS VICTORIA. accept the position of assistant general pas senger agent of the Union Pacific. Mr. Heard has been chief rate clerk of the MI sour! Pacific Can Care for Itself. ST. ALBANS, Vt, Feb. 24.—Officials of the Central Vermont rafllway today emphatic ally deny the reports that the road Is likely to pass into the hands of a receiver or be absorbed by the New York Central. They state that the Central Vermont i3 able tc tako care of its . plis Brewing company was 4 for a saloon on West | and his eas, sear ter, feat is contr er be vige mov no- the | lyn the ally, Mit the the wou frie = bett was Be ut 13- and than was had Cho “Dei Afte This was the cold- employed ling! . Feb. 24.—A heavy snow u, the first of the season, has been pre- ng here all day. Business is at a tandstill. Great suffering will result to the poorer classes and to live stock. MEMPHIS, Feb. 24.—A heavy snowstorm, accompanied by intense cold, has been pre- vafling all day and night in Memphis, and till continues. Reports from the surround- cont glov has nee the - BURNED CARRI GES. Ca a Fire in Sut- 's Repository. at 9 o'clock last night r,J Sutphen's carriage repos itory, 2018 and 2020 Farnam The dense smoke that poured from the basement windows when they were broken open made it tmpossible for some time to find the seat of the fire, but finally it was found that it started in the northwest corner of the base ment and ran along the ceiling to the front Mr. Sutphen had about $14,000 worth of was danger- Herbert J. | pag Electrie Wi phe Fire broke out the basement of o street was damaged no doubt that sctrio TN 24.—A. A assenger agent To Buce: ST. LOUIS, Fe appointed assistant Heard has been of the Mry, Martin's Witticisms the Counsel on the Oth: LONDON, Feb. 24.—In the queen's bench division of the high court of justice today the case of Mrs. John B. Martin, formerly Victoria Woodhull, agalnst the trustees of the British museum continued before Baron Pollock §ir Charles Russell, the attorney general, this morning continued his eross-examina tion of Mrs, Martin. During his cross examination Sir Charles asked the witness a number of questions in regard to the Beecher-Tilton trial and questioned her as € the truth of the story published in the Woodhull-Claflin’s journal to the effect that Rev. Henry Ward Beecher dropped on his knces before her as she was seated on & was Rallway N Tourist car berths will b to $5 March 1 to all from the Missouri rive rates, however, will better seryice, the holster the cars and them for the comfort of travelers. ) raised from Pacific coast Tie increase In bring with it m intention belng to up. at tollet Pugs from Corbett to ot this evening, who W pion James T management’s promise, to of surroundings in a certain recent York World bread majo points wrestlers like Muldoon and Polhor and Hugh | Jurid, Louis| Tom Tully, s du 50 the on. e Re Graeco-Roman of St. aloft sev some weight, George Dixon got a rousing re couple of time head. round and got was at hockers and the stage and the crowd received him roy- cheered about equally, and John Kelly, the Jacksonville referee, and Snapper Garr of the applause. dem Mitehell things lenged $5,000 to the end desired, the CR gram “Kia” when land than Kid. S —————S L — GREAT NIGHT FOR RED HOTS Now York's Fancy Given a Long Program of All Borts of Sport., FOR THE BENEFIT OF A FREE BREAD FUND nd Wrestlers and Dizon All Kinds, Swordsm: Strong Me with . Mingle on t ngo. BW YORK, Feb. 24.—It was known that Corbett would not he at the Madison are garden until nearly midnight ad to appear in “Gentleman Jack lem becaus in around the garden doors soon after dark nted to see the chams nd give him one more greeting. This h was enhanced by the knowledge that to put up his hands at the ne time that Charlie Mitchell in a scene that was, ding was presented to the o a reproduct fon scene at ksonville. he show had been arranged by the New to augment that paper’s free fund, and a fine program had been ged. Boxing bouts comprised the rity of the numbers, but the strong men, Attila, Corbett how h as who has glven on to get strong and stay s Prof. B. A. McFadden of St and broadsword scrappers like Dunean Ross and Prof. Zarliml, were on the bill ong the others announced were several notchers in their respective classes, in ling the kangaroo, who was down to spar Australian compatriot, e was no reason why there should not e been a big crowd. son or not, the big, brilliantly lighted na held nearly 5,000 persons at 8 o'clock. course all the ‘“‘regular we re. Muldoon and Rocher wrestled in style for ten minutes with- scoring a fall. The next was catch-a sh-can between Hugh Leonard, instructor he N. Y. A. C. and Prof. B. A. McF: Lous. This bout appeared to be on level. Leonard was the aggressor and cleverer. He had the St. Louis man ral times, but he could not accom- h a fall within the ten minutes limit wo 105-pound New York lads, Jack Levy Casper Leon, went through three tire rounds, and then the Kangaroo did act with Tully. There was laughter nard and sports over this, if nothing else. for when Tommy champion welter the Haverstraw, annuonced. Ryan good go was looked an of Chicago, the and Billy Vernon Y., lightwelght, w the better of the touching in the total, in justice to Vernon it should be said arred with a broken thumb. but there was a crowd of 1,000 peo- | the but s yet minor league days, any materfally since those plenty good enough for team In the country. BW Negro Knocked Out in the Third. JOPLIN, Mo., Feb. 24.—Frank Woodard, a colored pugllist of Joplin, and W. B. Johnson, white, from Colorado, fought early this morning in the Indian Territory near Baxter Springs, Kan., for $100 and the elpts, The me are heavywelghts. The it was Johnson's from the begin- ning. The negro was knocked out In the third round | Kennel Club Meeting, | An adjourned meeting of the Omaha Ken- | nel club will be held February 26, 8 p. m., in room 212 Brown block, for the purpose of adopting amendments to th constitution by-laws and considering a reorganiza- tion Club members and othe interested in a good bench show the coming fall are especially requested to attend - ® NORTHERN LIGHTS. and | T | For the heavens have been for the lovers tial phenomena in a magnificent display of the borealis. The first symptoms of the weird but beautiful illumination make themselves manifest as enrly in a faint golden tingo From this until far into ) with fne past two northern rare treat nights the furnishing a of cele aurora as 8 o'clock lie horizon the night the ph croasing nomenon fluctua and decreasing brilliance, at times reaching an intensity of light that to many might be quite startling. Waves of filmy light chase each other spasmodically to the ith, at blending into 1d at others darting upward in tremulous shafts and bars of multls It is a grand and interesting which the lovers of solar sclence can gaze by the without wing weary of the sight This auroral exhibition yet remains to clearly accounted for, although there a several very plausible theories advanced. It | is seen at its greatest luminosity In the high | latitudes of both the north and. the south, | but the display which is attracting attention in th vt of the world just now compares well in point of the variableness of its cors uscations and intensity with that in the ex treme south and far north, and is a repe tion of the remarkable phenomena as in this latitude last fall. ¢ origin and the aurora is most_plausible 1s that tricit It is claimed that it is cre the passage of clectric currents highly attenunted air at considerablo tance from the earth. Telegraphic com- munications are affected so frequently by clectric currents upon the wires during the continuance of an aurora that messages for a time cannot be sent. Occasionally, too, this auroral manifestation is so strong and continuous that it can be utilized in dis- pitehing communications by wire from ono point to another. Lately it has been au- thoritatively asserted that a maximum of these electrie phenomena occur about once in ten short-lived period of very times one broad glar farious color. | spect one at ur of cause the northorn the of through dis- years d a uncan C. Ross, clad in ar 2 broadsword contest with Srooklyn, Prof. Zarlimi, the Italian, hav- failed to show up. Ross easily scored body blows in succession. ption when ! tuced to spar Eddie Locber of | They created the first rousing of the night. Loeber looked red and acted so when he took the cen- but after a bit took courage and hit the herweight champion of the warld a and the mob at once lost its s cheered and told to go in | and he did try in the second | ore cheers. The third round | | intr Loebi yrous term: all at mixing it up. Four arms wer ving incessant during all the three utes and 6,000 tongues urged the Br boy on. Loeber did very well, but when round was over he was breathing hard, le Dixon retired to his corner e: sily and lingly. But the outers were happy. orbett, in pink shirt, white knicker- Dlue stockings, now mounted cordially than it did witn him. When they were again . but ehell, men no more who fought were introduced on, also came in for a whack | A speech was many times the champion, but Jim The men sparred four rounds, during which able to touch Cor- . at close quarte The Englishman repeatedly advised to “get an ax,” but went_off smoothly. etween the rounds Burt Burns yelled | that Walter Camphell, the Philadelphia pounder, had offered to spar young Griffo would bet $100 that he weighed no more 2 Griffo. Griffo_would not bet. It | also announced Fitzsimmons had chal- Peter Jackson and Parson Davies replied that he would ch Joe ynski against Fitz for §5,000, nver” Bd Smith for the er that the big house, which had yielded dissolved. timekeeper from bow. short scarcely nded only ndly and M'COY AND RYAN MATCHE Mid cweights Will Meet at ston Next Month Ta. ‘eb, .-—(Special Tele to Tho Bee.)—Harry McCoy of Bur- | to nd James F n of Seattle, Wash., i n agreement for a fight to a finish on h 10 for a side bet of $250 and a purse 300, hung up by the Creston Athletic as- ion. Queensbu rules will govern the st, which will be fought with five-ounc es and will be held in the opera house. I Known | regions marvelou about once in sixty years. pists associate these periods ations in the sun’s spots and with the planetary rotations. merly, it was the commonly acceptod lief that this wondrous and beautiful speec- tacle was simy the reflection of the light from various planetary bodies on the vast a a of ice and snow of the extreme polar This, however, has been found to be an untenable theory, as the farther north you go, the greater the power and brilliancy of the illumination. In any event, it is a scene of grandeur to be cujoyed by all students of nature, and as it Is revealing Itselt at the present t ¢ not be seen again for a long series of years. st PARAGRAPHS, Williams of Loup City is a Dellone briiliancy ome phy with the vi PERSONAL Je guest. 3. W. Wright of I guest. K. A vid City is an Arcade Patterson of Stockham is at the i Arcade. F. M. Crow of Lincoln is quartered at the Arcade. George T. hants. S. Smith of North Loup is stopping at the Arcade. C. 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