Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 27, 1894, Page 3

N Sy guceess financially and socially J el THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. D ECEMBER 2 THE OMAHA DALY BEE COUNCIL BLU NO. 12 PEARL STREET OFFICE, Delivered by carrier to any part of the ity H. W. TILTON, Lessee. TELEPHONT No. editor, No. 2. — MINOR MENTION, Grand hotel, Council Bluffs, reopened Oct. 1. Mayne Real Estate agency, 639 Broadway. The Unlon Veteran legion meets in regular session In_the hall on upper Broadway to- night at 7:30. The Ladies Auxiliary m: in regular session at the same time and place. A lizard skin purse, conta papers, was lost on C Willow and Broadway, a will please roturn to B ward. Sherift Hazen, Députy Sheriff 0'Brien and Henry Sherbrook of Neo'a left for Fort Madi son last evening with the seven pris who were sentenced penitentiary last Monday. Thero will be a Business office, 43; night ning money and enue, between | m. Finder office and get r vers | to terms | banquet and installat of the officers of Bluff City lodge No. 71 an Excelsior lodge N Anicent Free an Accepted Masons, this evening. All maste “Masons cordially invited to participate Sherlff Boyle of lowa county arrived in | the city yesterday and when he went back | took with him G. A. Carson, the self-con- fessed forger of several checks at Marcngo Boyle claimed he had a good case against his man. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Willlam 1. Foster, a_well known young florist of this city, and Miss Mary Jordan of Dennison, at the bride's home Christmas day. They will be at home in this city after January 1. Mrs. C. Deetken celebrated her 41st birth- day Tuesday evening at her home on Wash ington avenue, by having a parly or friends spend the evening with her. High five and other amusements helped pass a very enjoy- able evening. Harry C. Hattenhauer gave the Ganymede Wheel club a Christmas present in the shape of a fine crayon portrait of St. Ganymede, the ancient Greek gentleman who was named after the club. The picture is the work of Miss Jessie Hattenhauer, and is a decided ornament to the c'ub rooms. James Sweeney and a friend of his, Dave Dailey, who was arrested after applying for lodging at the city jail Tuesday night were turned over yesterday to Omaha officers, who claim to suspect them of committing several highway robberies on Nebraska soil the other night. Sweeney is the man who w. arrested for begging on the street Christinas day. The thirteenth annual masquerade ball of Bluft City Typographical union was a great Over 300 persons were present {n full masquerade cos- tume. The judges who had been appointed to award prizes for the most original cus- tume gave first prize, a pair of shoes, to Cousins, and the second to Miss Lynch George Dunne was awarded the first pri among the gentlemen. . a a r We have $400,000 to loan upon farms in Iowa and will take all the gilt- edged loans offered at low rates. We do not want wild lands, and will not loan in Ne- braska. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pearl street. improved Gas cocking stoves for rent and for sals at Gas Co.'s office. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. C. B. Bell is in St. Joe, Mich, R. J. Clancy is spending the holidays in Wisconsin. Mrs. H. A, Messmore is visiting friends and relatives In Boone and Madrid. F. P. Fowler and family spent Christmas fn Omaha with his cousin, E. E. Odell. Martin Hughes, jr., {s home from Atchi- son, Kan, where he has been attending school, yank Rice of Kearney, Neb., is in the spending the holidays’ with his brother, Rice. iss Kora Fay, a teacher in the Fremont ublic _schools, 1§ in the city for a visit with Miss Ida Zipf. Miss Mary Howard of Hubbard, Neb., in the city for the holidays, the Miss Cecllia Mulqueen. S. D. Rohrer of Avalon, Mo., sustatned a fracture of the left limb recently while try- ing to help a fallen horse to its feet. It is reported that Rev. E. W. Allen, pas- tor of the Christian church, has recently recelyed a call from a church in Buffalo, N. Y. United States Marshal Bradley went to Omaha yesterday to give pointers to Marshal P. Miller of South Dakota, who is soon to officlate at the official strangulation of Two Strikes. R. N. Whittlesey, who has pencil on the Globe for several years past in the capacity of city editor, will retire from the position next Monday, and his place will be taken by Reuben Lester Ketchum, re- cently of Portland, Ore. Mr. Whittlesey will remain with the paper in another capacity, and will probably go on the road in its in: terests, is guest of wielded a Sheridun Conl. This new coal from Wyoming for sale only by H. A. Cox, 37 Main street. Telephone 48. Ask for circulars ‘The laundries use Domestic soap. Light Contract Holds Good, The contract which was recently agreed upon between the electric light company and the light committee of the city councl, whereby the former was to furnish arc lights according to the Philadelphia schedule for $84 per annum, is now in full effect. It was hoped by some that Mayor Cleaver would in- terpose his veto, as he had given his opinion that five years was too long a period for any 1ight contract to run, but he decided to stand from under and let things take their course. The time now having elapsed within which he could have handed in his veto, the Coun- cll Blufts Gas and Blectric Light company has the contract on terms that are very favorable to It. There is now no chance for citizens to enjoy a cut in light rates, as the only lever the public had upon the company 18 taken away, Sons of America OMcers. The following officers were elected last evening by the Patriotic Order Sons of America: Past president, Stymest Stevenson; president, W. H. Mullin; vice president, W ©. Joseph; master of forms, George T. Lacey; recording secretary, Frank McManigill; fi- nancial secretary, Willlam J. Norman; treas- urer, L. M. Shubert; conductor, Al Youn; inspector, B. J. Barrett; guard, W. W. Da- assistant recording secretary, C, 0. Da- chaplain, F. C. Tullis; right sentinels, J. H. Russell, Ed James; left sentinels, 0. . J. V. Sandowski; lecturer, Charles McManigill; trustees, W. C. Joseph, Stymest Stevenson, J. H. Russell Hattenhauer- Kupert. Howard N. Hattenhauer of this city and Miss Julia Rupert of Chicago were married last Monday at the bride's home. Mr. Hat tenhauer left for Chicago last Saturday, giv- ing not even his intimate friends any infor- mation as to the exact nature of his errand, When a telegram was recelved announcing that he bad forsaken the joys of a bachelor existence it was consequently somewhat in the nature of a shock. The bride Is well known in Council Bluffs and Omaha, having #pent two monthis or more last summer visit- ing friends in both citles. The groom oc- cuples a responsible position in the First National bank. Application for bivorce. Cora Highsmith commenced proceedings in thes district court to secure a divorce from L. H. Highsmith, whom she married October 14, 1891, in this city. She alleges that after their marriage her husband became addicted to drunkenness, refused to support her, and finally, last July, left her entirely. She asks for & divorce, the custody of their little son, Carroll, and the right to be called by her malden name, Cora Mikesell Ke The following parties have taken out mar- rlage licenses at the county clerk’s office: d Addr Age. Chaleo, Neb. -} Mohr, Chalco, Neb. | with three or four full | ®on Willlam |a r, South Omaha. ry Councll Blums.: Bl NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Mrs, Kirby Tells of the Troubls She Had with Her 8on William, nlS WFE WAS GIDDY AND PRIMPED Willlam Married In « Spite of Mis Mother's Ays the Old Lady Is Simply After Mors of 1is Monoy, tions and Jane Kirby, a very old and feeble lady grown and well fixed suing William H. for the of obtaining from him some sort of A settlement for the rest of her life. All the parties live In Silver Creek For a number of years Mrs. Kirby and her lived together and accumulated largs amount of property cral girls were employed about the house at one time and another, and the last one found considar- able favor in the young man's sight, and he concluded to marry her. This angered Mrs Kirby, who had watched the girl's attempts to keep her complexion good by using glye- erine. She had remonstrated with the young repea‘edly on the evils of primping, purpos her son person | and when she recollicted that the girl could not make pie worth a cent her conviction that she was no good as a wifa for her son became settled. She accordingly discharged her, but Willlam went with her, and a little while later married_her. Ever since then Willlam has been trying to ix things up so that his mother could have a place to live. He has offered to give her a home with him, but she refuses unless he will sind his wifc away, a thing which cannot sce in (hat light. When she goe ask for a home with her other sons they send her to Willlam, telling her that she helped Willlam to get what property he has, and 5o he is the one who should look after her in her old age. Willam has suggested that each son contribute $100 a year to sup- port her, but they refuse to do so, and, as a result, she finds herself at 80 years of age knocking around from pillar to post. All the sons were in court yesterday when the case was on trial. Mrs. Kirby was on the stand, and her testimony us to the worth- lessness of her daughter-in-law, who sat just behind the parquet ¢ircle, was rather amus- ing to the spectators. to sald h an ominous shake of her h punctuation mark; “no good for anything but dance and primp, primp and il all day and all night.” Willlam claims to have paid his mother $2,200 for her balf interst in her farm, but she has spent it all and now comes back for more. Just how much more is to be given is the point about which they cannot agree andsto decide which the court has been called in, : Try Bagle laundry, 724 Broadway, for good work. Our medium gloss finish can't be beat, but we do strictly hand work, domestic finish, when preferred. Telephone Davis sells drugs, paints and glass cheap. Domestic soap breaks hard water. FIGHTING 5 CITY ORDINANCE. Right of a Municipality to Nullify a State Law Called in Question. The case of the city against Mrs. Jacob Howarth, which Is now being tried in police court, promises to prove interesting. The defendant is denying the right of the city to pass an ordinance which is clearly in con- flict with the laws of the state. Mrs. Ho- warth was accused of conducting the Scott house, on North Main street, in a manner which would render it amenable to the state law providing a penitentiary sentence for people convicted of the crime with which she is charged. The ordinances of Council Bluffs are so framed that a certain element of soclety may dodge the penitentiary by merely dropping $9.60 into the municipal slot each month. As a general thing they submit to this sort of thing gracefully, but Mrs. Howarth is not bullt that way. Her attorney, Judge E. E. Aylesworth, yesterday filed a demurrer to the information, in which he alleged that the ordinance was in conflict with the state laws, and hence was void. Several young ladies, without any visible means of support, were found in Mrs. Haworth's hotel, and they are in jail serving out the customary sentence, The demurrer was taken under advisement by Judge McGee yesterday, and it is prob- able that a decision will be rendered this morning. 4 Remember the Brownles' entertainment at Dohany's Thursday, Decimber 27, for the benefit of the Christian home. Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap. “A Nigl of Wonder," A pleasing entertainment was given Tues- day evening at St. John's English Lutheran church, for the pupils of the Sunday school. Miss Sylvia Snyder opened the exercises with @ piano voluntary, which was fof lowed by an anthem, “Sing, Oh Heavens, by Tours, rendered by the church chol The principal feature of the entertainment was a cantata by W. L. Remsberg, entitled “A Night of Wonder.” The members of the school took part, telling in musical num- bers the story of the birth of the Christ child, interweaving the prophecies and his- tory connected with the event. Miss Minnie Ever especially delighted the audience with her rendition of “How Beautiful Are the Feet,” from Handel's Messiah. After the cantata Mr. and Mras. Santa Claus made their appearance, the latter drawn in a wagon, in place of the customary slelgh, drawn by four little boys and a like number of little girls, who represented the reindeer. The front part of the stage was made to represent u snow bank. Santa Claus distributed from lis basket gifts to the good children—and they were all good, because they had all been (o Sunday school. The entertainment from beginning to end was highly enjoy- able, and those who had charge received many congratulations for the way in which they handled it, Bouriclus’ music house has few expenses; nigh grade plancs are sold reasonably. 110 Stutsman street. Washerwomen use Domestic soap. Lost Furt of the Hooty. The whereabouts of the burglars who looted N. P. Conant’s jewelry store Christ- mas evening s so far a mystery. The haste with which they ran away from the scene aused them to drop a part of their plunder, and by means of these telltale scraps of Jewelry they were traced as far as the creek bed, just east of the bridge on Bryant street. There all trace of them was lost, Two cases, partly full of jewelry, were found by a boy yesterday morning In the wood yard just north of the police headquarters, and another was found by Officers Covalt and Murphy near the blacksmith shop by the Bryant street bridge. The rings, spec- tacles, thimbles and watch chains that were found lying about were but a very small portion of the entire amount, and will not help the owner out very much. A great deal of sympathy was expressed for Mr. Conant yesterday., He is more than 76 years of age, and the little jewelry stock was all he had to make a livelilhood. Now that almost all his stock Is gone he is left bad straits, Ground oll cake §1.30 hha. at Morgan & Co.’s drug store, 134 Broa: ) 20 per cent discount on all trimuned hats at’ Mrs. Ragsdale's. Died While Vialting. Thowas Ellam left a few days ago short visit with friends in Beebetown. day evening he had been calling, und re- turned about 9:45 o'clock to his lome, which was about a mile away. On the way he suddenly stood still, and a moment later fell to the ground, apparently in a fainting At Ina few minutes he was dead. He wus carrled (o the place where he had been stop- ping, and from there was moved to his resi- dence n this city, 1503 South Seventh strect He was 56 ycars of age, and had been a sufferer from heart disease for some time. A wife and several children are left to mourn bis death. The funeral will take nless at for a Mon- township. | William | in | 1:30 o'clock this afternoon from the resl- dence, and will be under the auspices of Abe Lincoln post, Grand Army of the Re- public. All members of the post are re- quested to meet at the hall at 1:15 p. m., for the purpose of escorting the remains to their last resting plec MeCoy Courts Death. W. 8. McCoy, the weather prophet and bal- loon ascensionlst, whose picturesque deeds in the past few years, even outside of police court, would fill at least four volumes, outdid nimself Tuesday night by trying to present his entire family, including himself, with a Christmas gift in the shape of a coroner's inquest, with trimmings ws was recelved that McCoy and a razor were doing a duet at the former's home, on North E and Constable Baker was dispatched to the | to arrest McCoy. He found that McCoy ! been brandishing the razor and threat- | ening to kill the whole family. By the time | Baker reached the house he had been some- what pacified, and the razor was nowhera to | be found. When Baker announced that he had come to take the him Ktairs for his tobacco. He wanted to go alone, but Baker insisted on going with him. When | he room, nd then looking back nervously, ticed the officer standing behind him seemed to change his mind and went down stairs again without getting his tobacco, which Baker afterward found he had had in his pocket all the time. Baker is confident from his actions since then that he intended to cut his throat, and the razor was after- ward found by members of the family in the corner of the room where he stopped up stairs, hidden behind a bandbox. He thinks that McCoy either lacked the ncrve to make the much desired slit in his own neck, or was afraid that Baker might make a botch of the job by shooting him. McCoy was taken before Justice Vien yesterday and given ten days in the county jail for striking his sister during the row. On his way to the jail he told Baker that as soon as he got out of jail he would kill himself. There is but little doubt in the minds of those who know McCoy that he is mentally unbalanced, and there is a possibility that he will be brought before the commissioners of insanity for an examina- tion, no- The tickets for the war drama, “Blue and Gray,” given by the cadets, can be reserve at Seller's drug store today. The first per- formance will be Friday evening, with a mat- inee and evening performance on Saturday. aECa it i WAIT FOR THE ELECTIONS. David H. Moftatt Says There Is No Use in Agitating Eree Colnnge Now. DENVER, Dee. 26.—David H. Moffatt, president of the First National bank in this city, does not approve of the proposed con- vention of bankers of the mountain and Pacific coast states to discuss the currency revision, a call for which has been issucd by the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. “Congress would pass our resolutions by with a whiff of contempt,” sald Mr. Moffatt. “We wonld be term=d ‘western fanatics,’ and the outcome of it all would be that we had our trip to Salt Lake and our meeting there for nothing. ~ Of course, there may be some- thing more behind the proposals of this Salt Lake committee than appears from the letter. if so, then my opinion of the matter might be changed. After all, however, there is no hope for a satisfactory reform of the cur- rency (which means the resumption of the free coinage of silver) so long as the present administration is in office. ~ Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle are unalterably opposed to the enactment of anything like a free silver law; and what they say goes with the prsent congress. We must look forward to the next election for our relief. ~We must edu- cate our political repres:ntatives up to the point where they will demand of the next national conventions of our parties the in- sertion of favorable currency planks. And then we must educate our legislators to study finance more and politics less,” _— POVERTY HER EXCUSE. Denver Woman Arrested for Plundering a House of All Its Valuables. DENVER, Dec. 26.—Mrs. Riette Pike, a small, Inoffensive looking woman, is under arrest in this city on a charge of burglary, and she admits her guilt. She made repeated visits to the house of Mrs. James R. Ives, sister of Mayor Booth of Highlands, in the absence of the family, first entering through a window and afterwards by means of a key, and looted the place of all portable articles of value. She took the plunder to the residence of Mrs. Bertha K. Shaw, a wealthy friend with whom she was staying, and packed it in trunks, which she then sent to the depot. Mrs. Plke is the wife of H. D. Pike, at one time private secretary of ex-President Smith of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, and now living in California. ‘When admitting her gullt after her arrest Mrs. Pike gave poverty as an excuse for her conduct. Mrs, Shaw disclaimed all knowl- edge of her friend’s actions. Mrs. Pike was arrested several years ago on a charge of setting fire to Mrs. Shaw’s house, which was burned, but was discharged for want ot proof. —_—— Had the Record of the Prisoners. PHOENIX, Ariz, Dec. 26.—Several pris- oners confined in the county jail here es- caped and have not been recaptured. Among the number is Willlam Price under convic- tion for murder and sentenced to be hanged in February next. A strange thing connected with the delivery is that no one can give the number of prisoners who got away, and out- side of Price no names are given. The offi- cer who had charge of the jail is in pur- suit. Will Talk of the Mormon Bibla. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Dec. 2,—To the Bditor of The Bee: Commencing Thursday evening, January 8, I expect to deliver a series of lectures on the “Book of Mormon, Its Origin and Object,” at the Latter Day Saints' church on Twenty-first street, near Clark, in the north part of the city. These lectures are the outgrowth of the Savidge- Williams debate, recently held in the Peo- ple's church. It being the expressed wish of the majority of those who attended the debate that these lectures be held, I earnestly urge the attendance of all those who desire to learn the true history of this book. Elder A, H. Smith, son of Joseph Smith, the prophet,” will be' assoclated with me in’ these meeting T. W. WILLIAMS, el DU Ant)-Toxine a Success. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 26—Dr. B. P, War- ing, health officer, has issued a general state- ment of the result of the trlal of the anti- toxine remedy for diphtheria in Kansas City. His opinlon briefly states that anti- toxine s almost uniformly efficacious 1t used when the disease first appears, or at least before blood pofsoning sets in, Out of thirty cases all but four lived, and the doctor shows that the disease was too far advanced in these cases when anti-toxine was administered, — Rallway Mall Clerk Injared, CHEYE 3, Wyo., Dec. 26.—(Special Tel- egram)—Ed A, Hoffman, a rallway mail clerk running between Cheyenne and Og- den, met with a painful accident this morn- ing. He attempted to citch a mail pouch at a small station east of Rawlins and the lock, which was not well fastened, swung around the dcor post, striking him on the left leg and breaking the bone just above the ankle. The unfortunate clerk was brought to Cheyenne, where he received medical attention. — About Agreed on Kates. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The committee that 15 to make the changes in transcontinental rates, which are to be reported to the gen- eral meeting tomorrow, was In session all of the day and made considerable progress, 80 much” that they declared that they would be able to submit a schedule of (ranscontinental rates that would, without material change by any of the lines, be adopted. No figures will be given out be- fore the report is gade to the general meeting. - Shot His Wifo and Her Companion. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 2%6.—At Nickerson Charles Carson found his wife with J. H Tincher, and without a word opened fire on uple. Tincher returned the fire and n shots were exchanged. Mrs. Carson was hit in the side, Carson in the shoulder, { and Tincher in the left breast and right leg The woman's wound is probably fatal Carson and Tincher, who are under arrest, are but slightly hur P. Derelict Towed into Fort, PORT TOWNSEND, Dec. 26.—Th: derelict Southern Chief, which was abandoned last riday off Cape Flattery, was towed into port today. Her masts and rigging and cargo Of 950,000 feet of lumber are in good Aanditine A i A A Aol U i ghth street, | weather prophet with | the latter asked to be allowed to go up | t up stairs he went to one corner of the | He | (Continued from Firkt Phee.) it 1s not proper for you by your a excite laughter in this room.” “1 am liams. | signed by | supposea course, “Mr. Perkins and Mr. Powell are positive as to your acceptance of $500," “I don't think Mr. Pow#ll 'said of the kind.” 1 “Is that the only charge ot brought against yo think €0 “Did gave you money “¥es, and he testified falsely the inepector. He sald came before him in that it the both corruption perjuring himselt? “To avoid going to state’s prison.” “You know that." “Yes, 1 saw it in the papers. I saw | he had ~ been promised immunity for doing.” “Tell stated %o “1 cannot say. It is it was in fome of them, | “Dia_you ever do anything calculated [mnku Schmittberger desire to injure you “I helped him. Sometimes a man | those who heip him.” ““You never did anyth houses in your district “No. I am occupled all day on the office work." “Then you competent?” “I deny that T am either.” “Why did not you discover that there were gambling houses running?”’ “Captain Schmittberger at they were all closed.” “And you relied upon his statement?” “Ye After_a few question of a similar nature Mr. Goff signified his intention of closing for the evening, and Chairman Lexow adjourned the further hearing until tomorrow morning. ——— ROBEBERS 1IN that €0 me a single that newspaper has my impression that to & to these gambling are neither negligent or In- reported to me GRAVE INDLANA, of an Ex-Sheriff Wissed Cemetery and Fou: in the City. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 26.—The vil- lages of Whiteland and Greenwood, just south of (his city, are highly excited over a grave robbery which oceurred in the cemetery of the Greenwood asscelation. James R. Curry, ex-sheriff of Johnson, and one of the most prominent men in the county, was buried cne week ago. A few nights ago ghouls were seen in the cemetery and iny lon showed that Curry's grave £ empty. Today a large delegation of Green- wood_ citizens > o this city to examine the medical colleges, but found no body that could be identified as that of Curry. A later search resulted in the discovery of the body in an undertaking establishment in this city, undissected. An effort will be made to prose- cute the grave robbers. g v OHIO WHITECAPS ON A RAID, Body from the They Go Through Adams County and Whip Several People. PEEBLES, 0., Dec. 26.—Forty white caps made a raid through Adams county last night. A farmer named Henry Shreever was taken from his house and after acknowl- cdging certain petty theft§ was given a se- vere flogging. Samuel Longley, a neighboring farmer, fearing like treatment, fled, ledving his wife to protect herself. Mrs. Longley stood her ground for a time, but was finally over- powered by the white caps. They adminis- tered a severe whipping to her and dispersed. ———— Sale of an Eastern' Rallroad. PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.—The coming auc- tion sale of the Western New York & Penn- sylvania rallroad at the suit of the Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit company, trustee. from the steps of, the'federal build- ing in this city on Febriiary '5 s creating considerable discussion ih' raflroad circles throughout this section and' the east. The purchasers will in all probability be the bond- holders, and a reorganization will follow. There is an impression that the Pennsyl- vania Railroad company will purchase the road. This is not true. Two or three years ago it was figured cut that it would cost the Pennsylvania no less than $50,000,000 to ac- quire “ownership. The Pennsylvania once owned a part of the system and it was not more than a dozen years ago that it sold out its Interests. The Western New York & Pennsylvania is owned principally by residents of Belgium and has been made a system of 739 miles of track by the amalgamation of a half-dozen or more smaller lines i I L Result of moitic Troubles. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—It is not probable that Express Messenger C. K. Harding, again under arrest here, will be tried for the alleged theft of $35000 from the Wells Fargo company, the charge on which he was acquitted at Nashville last October. Harding was rearrested on the charge of threatening to kill a domestic who refused to tell him his wite's address, but it was stated that this charge was merely to hold the man and thial the express company has obtained ad- ditional and convincing evidence against him. Wells Fargo officials, however, denied today that they had anything to do with the arrest. They said they have no intention of prosecut- ing Harding and that his present difficulty 15 the result simply of domestic troubles, v None of thel Passengers Injared, NASHVILLE, Dec. 20—Beyond a few slight bruises no passengers were hurt in the wreck last night on the Loulsville & Nash- ville passenger train near Brentwood. Engl necr Shugart and Fireman Pettitt, who were scalded, and Pastol Clerk Starr, who had a rib broken, are resting well and will be out in a few days. Wrecking cars were brought to the scene from Decatur and from Nash- ville, and today at 9 o'clock the debris had been cleared away and the track repaired. The morning southbound train which should have left at 7:25 this morning left at 9 The train consisted of a mail and baggage cars and coach and two coal cars which caused the accident, Miners Refuse the Lower Rate. MASSILLON, 0., Dec. 26.—The miners employed at the Anderson mines have de- clined the rate of 69 cents fixed by the arbi- tration committee, and are idle today. It is thought all the miners in the Massillon dis- trict will s0on cease work. - Race War In Georgia Subsiding, ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 20.—The race troubles in Brooks county are over. The Valdosta videttes who were ordered to the WILLTAMS A TOUGH-WITNESS swers to not trying to g, sp” sald Wil- Mr. Goft then wanted tofknow it one bill for the payment of scows in emergency was | he usual | anything not Sschmittberger testify that he | “‘What reason had he for coming here and | | $100,000; ass hates | scene by the governor, have returned to their homes and the mob has disappeared. Advices from Quitman report everything quiet there last evening and this morning Waverley Pike, the negro murderer for whose capture the mob was organized, Is still at large, —_——— 1t 1s His Own Little Pleasure. NEW YORK, Diwe. 26.—John G. Moore says of the representations that he repre sents a syndicate in his efforts to have the income tax declared unconstitutional: *1 have been at work on this matter for several months and decided that T would contest the law as an Individual and as a personal lux | ury. Since the matter became public a number of gentlemen have ask:d to come in, but 1 have told them as I teil you that nobody can come in, as it is my personal luxury and will be maintained as such | There is no syndicats in the matter and no | individual except myself. Under every cir- cumstance the case will be continued as my personal act.” PR — RAPHIO BRIEFS storm T A flerce snow Pittsburg The American Historical | menced its tenth annual ses! | ton yesterday. Henry Rein fancy goods, a d ye ts, $65,000, Governor Stone has granted Henry Kayser and Jacob Heinze, two St. Louls murderers, a reprieve until January 31, A heavy snow storm raged all | Tuscaloosa, Ala., and the mercury down to 13 degrees above zero, Nemagen & Marks, notions; J. T. Smith, furnishing goods, and Miller's wall paper store were burned at Waco, Tex., last night. Prairie fires swept over a large area in the southern part of N county, Oklahoma. Sey- eral farmers barely escaped with their lives, Officers from Kansas City have gone to Chicago to bring back the notorious Charles Ketcham, wanted for assault with intent to Kill. In a fight following a_Christmas debauch ersonville, Mo., Virgil Prather was cut by another farmer named Hagan, who has been arrested. A delegation of traveling men met at Chi- cago yesterday and nominated a ticket to be voted for at the annual meeting of the Trav- eling Men's assoclation toda An aged couple living near Bordentown, N. amed Blakesley, received as a Christmas nt a letter from their son, whom they had mourned as dead for thirty yea J. W. Crawford, ex-county attorney of Lins coln county, Ok, has been convicted for ex- torting mo from H. G. Stewart in a politi- cal blackmailing scheme in the recent clec- tions, Ira M. Terrell, a priconer in the peniten- tiary at Perry, Okl., walked out of the jail while the jailer was asleep. He was under a twelve-year sentence for the murder of Wils liam Ebree. A. W. Atton of New Jerusalem, Tex., was arrested at New Orleans yesterday. Ho said ho was on his way to Washington to kill President Cleveland because he was not run- ning things right. Jesse Neff, aged 16, is dying at Nevada, Mo., from a wound inflicted by a boy two s older than himself, while fooling with a knife. Rolla Cramer, who inflicted the wound, has been placed under $1,500 bond. Officers from Arkansas have gone to. Vir- ginla with warrants for the arrest of Charl J. Searcey, the Aquia Creek train robber. They want him for highway robbery. The Virginia authorities will not” surrender him. William 8. Whitman, a prominent manu- facturer of Winooski, Vt., shot and killed his wife and two boys and then committea suicide. He ard his wife had agreed to sepa- rato and he went to the house to bid the chil- dren goodby. Two negroes testified at the coroner's in- quest on the body of Mrs. Matson at Topeka yesterday, that they saw her husband in the city a few days before the murder. No credence fs placed in the s'ory, as it is reason. ably certain he was in California. was raging all day | at assoclation com- on at Washing- a New York erday. dealer in ay at went at Forelgn, The Indian National congress at Madras met yesterday with 1,150 delegates present. A dispatch from Tonquin says the town of Langson has been completely destroyed by fire. The British steamer Abydos, which re- cently put to sea from Almeria in a disabled condition, is believed to have been lost Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry fa: Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry ior Pitcher’s Castoria. 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