Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 4, 1895, Page 3

i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1895 NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS fome Wonder as to the Whersabots and Intentions of the Economic Leagne, REFORMS IT HAS B OUGHT TO PASS Tarned the City Government Over to the Democrats and Let it Go at That— Many Things it Might Have Done. What has become of the Eeonomic League? That fs the question that has been asked more than once during the last few weeks, but no sat'sfactory has as yet ap peared. The Economic league was organized with the avowed intention of hea the abuses that are alleged n con- nection with the eclty government, and for A time a great deal of agitating was done along that live. In fact, the city election two years ago went democratic, largely on the strength of the representations of the gentlemen who were do'ng the agltating, coupled with the unwillingness of the re- publican party to pass a few resolutions. The democrats were a I'ttls more courageous and passed the resolutions, and carried the day In consequence. The resolutions never did any harm ncr any good. None of the men elected considered themselves bound by them and the only thing that was really accom- plished by the league, which was composed mainly of republicans, was to place the city government In the hands of the democrat 1t has been rumored of late that the league had determined to suspend and make an as- signment for the benefit of the people, as it were. But Inquiry develops the fact that this is all a mistake. Meetings have been held on the sly at certain offices during the past few days, and from the inside it is given out that when the proper time comes the league will be right on hand to continue its deadly work against the corporations. Right .under the nose of the league the city council renewed the contract with the electric light company for five years. No action has been taken to reduce the fare to Omaha, and citizens still have to pay for their water at the rates that have been in vogue ever since the company commenced business, The mem- sbers of the league still think that there is room for their missionary work, and are not disposed to glve up the fight. “We must educate the public,” said one of them a few days ago, “and when we get them educated we shall have no difficulty in bringing about the reforms at which we arc aiming.” Just what steps will be taken is as yet concealed under the hats of the league, but the plan is to be sprung upon the public within the next few days, when the league will take its place in the political ring. In this conection it may not be out of place to state that Cornelius Wesley has an- nounced ‘himself a candidate for alderman-at- large on the democratic ticket, and Joseph Sandal on the republican answer to exist Remnants! Ke %! Kempants! The late clearing sale has left us a big lot of remnants and short lengths, in all kinds of goods, which we must close out quickly. These goods will be placed on sale Monday at prices that are bound to sell them. Come and look them over, you may find just what you want. BARGAINS IN Remnants of silks. Remnants of dress goods. Remnanats of muslins. Remnants of sheetings. Remnanats of table linen. Remnants of ginghams. Remnants of prints. Remnants of laces and embrolderles. Odds and ends In hosiery, underwear and gloves at greatly reduced prices. FOWLER, DICK & WALKER, BOSTON STORE, Council Bluffs, fa. ‘Wanted, competent at 608 First avenue. cook, Davis sel's drugs, palnts and gl After Tax Shirkers. The salcon men of Pottawattamle county are not se'ting a very good example for the millionaires who are soon to be compelled to pay thelr income tax, for, if County Attorney Baunders is r'ght, they are proving themselves the most inveterate tax shirkers to be found anywhere. The mulct law has not proved a very glittering success so far, but, in justice to the law, it may be said that it Is possibly owing to the fact that the attempts to en- force its provisions have not besn much more enthusiast ¢ than were those to enforce the prohibitory. la. Of the taxes due on_ saloon tween October 1 and March 1, 1895, it is said that $10,000 s still unpaid. This Is nearly one-half of the entire amount. About $6,000 is due from saloon keepers ou e of Council Bluffts. This class of the salocn ele- ment Is going to be more troublesome than any other unless the law is strictly enfore:d, for in many cases the property on which the booze emporium is located is not worth any- thing like the tax for =ix months, and if the county is left to collect the tax at the end of the term, instead of at the begin- ning, a great loss to the county will result. But the county attorney has made up his mind to get after the saloon keepers with a forked stick. Every onc must come and pay up, or else shut up, and the latter formality will be gono through with very quickly. cheap. property be- fave Your Money, By fnvesting in the stock of Loan and Building assoclation of Council Blufts. Incorporated in 1577. Monthly pay- ments of $1.00 per share, newting the investor about 10 per cent interest. Ten serles al- dy pald out, which fuily demonstrates the ability of the assoclation to mature its stock In about seventy-five monthly pay- men No loans made vutside of Council and all applications examined and upon by a majority of the board of directors. Good loans wanted. Full informa- tion can be obtained at the office of D, W, Otis, sccretary, 110 Main street, or any of the following directors: H. W. Hazelton, Frank Grass, John Brown, A. 8. Hazelton, H. C. Beebe, A. B. Walker, E. E. Hart, F. C. Lougee, S. 8. Leonard, the Saving: Just recelved, a new line of stamped linens and Honitan bralds. Art linens by the yard; Jessons in embroidery, hemstitching, drawn work and Honitan lace. Order work done. Misses Clark & Wetzel, 337 Broadway. Yes, (he Bagle liundry is “that good laundry,” and fs located at 724 Broadw, It in doubt aboat this, try it and be convince: Don't forget name and number. Tel, 157, Qas cocking stoves for rent and for sals at Gas Co.’s office, ! For coughs and colds get Ballard's hore- hound cough syrup at DeHaven's drug store, Y. d, Neatest drug ctoro—Taylor's, Graud hotel, Minor Mentlon. Grand hotel, Council Blufts, reopened Oct. 1. Mayzs Real Estate agency, 639 Broadway. The traveling men of the city went to the Qongregational church last evening to hear a sermon from Dr. Askin, Another session of the Union avenue ap- praising jury will be held tomorrow morning at 9:80 o'clock for the purpose of hearing the opinions of the property owners, Dr. Stephen Phelps is suffering severely from a difficulty of the throat. His place in the First Presbyterian church was filled yesterday by Rev. Henry Coker. A marriage license has been issued to Ira Shellhart and Abbie Butler, aged 40 and 31. They will ba remembered as the parties who were arrested several times by nelghbors not long ago on the charge of improper conduct. A meeting of the council will be held this evening. The matter of opening Seventh street was postponed until this meeting, but it 18 sald that it will . be passed over in silence, as none of the aldermen are anxious to repeat the dose of grief they took some weeks ago. The funcral of Robert Jones took place yesterday ufternoon, under the auspices of the Knights of the Maccabees, who escorted the remaiuy from the house to the Latter Day Saints' church, and from there to the cemetery, where servicey were held according to thelr ritual, The deceased, it s sald, had | paroled ng many of | Just joined the lodge, and had only paid $1 dues in return for the $2,000 which his widow will draw out, We have over $300,000 to loan upon Im- proved lowa farms. Farmers desiring loans can ‘save money by dealing direct with us, thereby saving agent’s commission. We do not loan on wild lands, nor in Nebraska. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pearl street. — DISASTER ON THE MISSISSIPPL Surpassing in Fatalities Any Sin of the Treacherous Atlantic. Tn the long list of ocean disasters, ap- palling in the ageregate, there is none equal- ling in loss of life the wreck of the Sultana, seven miles above Vicksburg, in April, 1865 Mr. Howard Henderson, who, at that time Record | was confederate exchange commissioner, gives n the New York Independent a detailed ac- count of what is regarded the greatest river calamity of the civil war. The Sultana was employed In carrying unfon prisoners to the north., A neutral exchange camp had been established east of Vicksburg. On the 24th of April, 1865, 1,611 prisoners were brought from the camp and plaged on the Sultana. There were on board, besides these, 811 soldiers (not prisoners), passengers and crew. She was crowded to her utmost capacity, for besides the human freght there were thirty or forty mules. Rations were issued for over 1,800 soldiers The men covered the hurricane deck and the “texas,” and it was feared their weight would crush the roof of the cabin. The guards of the cabin were filled and the boiler deck was 80 crowded that the men sat thick on the gunwales, their legs swinging over the sides of the steamer, which sunk o low that when the vessel careened, while running, their feet touched the water. They were &0 anxfous to get away that they feared to complan, lest they should be left behind; they even claimed to be entirely comfortable, but their wretched position excited universal comment and provoked earnest protests. The steamer reached Memphis In safety, and, hav- ing coaled, left there. Seven miles above she exploded her boilers and burned. Hundreds were hurled many feet in the air, falling into the water with broken, bruised or scalded bodies, to meet certain and swift death by drowning. The number that lost their lives is approximately 1,110 of the prisoners, and of the crew and passengers, including ptain Mason, the commander of the boat. This number has been repeatedly placed at from 1,800 to 2,000, but it approximates the exact truth to state that about 1,300 persons perished, or about 60 per cent of all on board. The spring freshet was at its flood, and the swamps on the Arkansas side were over- flowed for many miles inland. Many escaped to the submerged trees, and a large proportion of these perished from cold and fright. The catastrophe, occurring on the heels of the as- sassination of President Lincoln and the sur- render of Generals Lee and Johnston, the public mind was so gccupied that this ca- lamity was obscured by these events. The magnitude of the disaster may be better ap- prehended by a few comparisons with losses in historic battles. The union loss on the fleld has excceded the deaths by this explo- sion in only four battles—the Wildernes: jettysburg, Spottsylvania and Antietam; more perished than on the combined fields of Fredericksburg, Franklin and Five Forks; more than the united loss at Pea Ridge, Per- ryville and Pleasant Hili; more than the union soldiers killed at Chancellorsville, Chickamauga and Shiloh, gt o I CAPTURED BY CHINESE OFFICEKS. Officers from the Americ Kerlous Trouble. LONDON, Feb. 3.—A dispatch from Shanghai saysa telegram has been received there from Chainkin stating that a party of officers from the American ship Concord landed at Chainkin for the purpose of shoot- ing game. They by accident shot a China- man. The populace became infuriated, and attacked, seized and carried off the whole party. The commander of the Concord sent an armed force of blue jackets and marines to rescue them at all hazards. Further news in_regard to the affair is anxiously awaited. WASHINGTON, Feb, 3.—The reported kid- naping of the officers of the United States ship Concord at Chinkiang, China, reached Washington at too late an hour to permit it to be inquired into in naval or diplomatic circles. Up to 10 o'clock no news on the subject had been received by any of the government officials. The news will create a profound sensation tomorrow, and, unless later repots show that the captured officers are at liberty, other vessels will probably be hurried to the scene. Knowing the condi- tion of the Chinese at the present time and the way in which they are likely to deal with prisoners, there will be great anxiety until the safety of the party is assured. A court martial will probably follow, as the policy of the United States government is to require unusual care in such cases. A few years ago a test torpedo from a United States warship was exploded by some Japan- ese, who found it on the beach. One of them was killed, and, though® the Japanese government declared it held the officer of the warship blameless, there was a court martial and the officer was severely repri- manded. The Concord is a twin screw steel gun- boat of 1710 tons displacement. She is commanded by Joseph E. Craig and has a complement of thirteen officers and 180 men. She arrived at Chinkiang last Friday. Following {s the list of officers on the Concord: Commander Joseph E. Craig, commanding; Lieutenants B. §. Prime, G. Merriam, Willlam S. Hogg, W. A. Gill; En- signs Marbury Johnson, C. M. Faks and L. H. Everhart; Naval Cadets Chester Wells, J. B. Potter and A. M. Proctor; Surgeon W. A. McClurg, Paymaster Henry R, Smith, Assistant Engineer J. B. Patton, Cadet Engi’ neer J. R. Brady. i The other ships now belonging to the Asiatic station are the Baltimore, Charleston, Yorktown, Detroit, Machias, Petrel and Monocacy. Rear Admiral C. C. Carpenter commands the station, with the Baltimore as his flagship. FROM THE BITE OF A DOG. n Ship Concord in 0 Men Die from Hydrophobla and a Young Lady Attacked. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb, 3.—~The departure of Miss Margaret Otis for the New York Pasteur institute for treatment last night has brought to light the story of the death of two men and the possible sickness of the young lady, from the bite of a pet dog, hydrophobia having developed. Miss Otis has been employed at the Great Northern general offices in this city. November last, in the corridors of the company's building, she and others petted a strange dog. 1. b Gibbe, the auditor of the Great Northern, and his clerk, Frank Hoshaw, were there and all were fnapped at by thé dog, but in no case was there a sign of blood, Mr, Gibbs died about a month ago, the an- nouncement of death being that it was dus to spinal meningitls., One week ago Mr. Hoshaw_died with much the same symp- toms. Now Miss Otis has been attacked, and her symptoms are the same as those of the two men who died. e — GOLD SEEKERS MEET DEATH, Many Prospectors Freczo to Death In the feine Kiver Country. DULUTH, Feb. 8.—Several reports have been recelved in Duluth during the winter of prospectors in the Rainy lake and Seine river gold country being frozen to death. A man by the name of McLain was picked up within two miles of Rainy Lake City on New Year's day, frozen stff after he had walked only one mile. The thermom- eter was 42 degrees below zero, Today D. A, Melrose, who owns a great deal of valuable gold property in the Ralny loke and Seine river district, recelved a letter from James Cummings,’ stating that of a party ‘of nine prospectors who were about 00 miles from Rainy Lake City and about fitty ‘miles from Fori Irancis on New Year's day he was the only survivor. Cum- mings states it fell to 48 below zero on New Year's day, and all of the party sank from exhaustion' from the cold. e Drainage (o nission Short. KOKOMO, Ind, Fab. 3.—Burgess Ray, commissioner of drainage of Howard coun- ty, was removed from offics Saturday with his accounts In a badly tangled condition Reports are due on all lpuhlh' ditches, in- several thousand dollars, and’ the also accused of filegal collection of The amount of the shortage, If any, not be Kuow until the books have \ thoroughly examined, though the bondsmen expect to be held for a goodly sum. - - Made 1a Friendship Fay, SUWANEE SPRINGS, Fla., Feb. 3.—Percy Ludlow cultivated the friendship while vis- iting here of & AMr. Morrison, a sturdy Eng- lish bachelor. Recently Morrison willed Ludlow all his vast estate, valued at more than £1,00,000 sterling. TALE OF TWO TRAGEDIES fuggested by the Bowed Head and Gray Hairs of Mr. Justice Field, SENSATIONAL CHAPTER FRCM REAL LIFE Judge Terry's Death in the Californis Eat- Ing House Set Over Against the Duel in Which He Killed Scnator Broderiek, WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE, 1407 F Stree w. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Every day at noon the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of the United States march In single file from the robing room to the supreme court room and take their places upon the elevated plat- form. One of their number is bowed with the weight of years, and leans heavily upon his cane. His once coarse, dark brown halr Is now almost entirely gray. His steps are very uncertain, and his movements very slow. He is a broad-shouldered man, hov ever, who, at one time, judging from his ap- pearance, must have been a man of powerful physique. It Is Assoclate Justice Stephen J. Field of California, now 77 years of age, who was appointed assoclate justice by President Abraham Lincoln, in 1863. He has been a member of the supreme court of the United States for thirty-two years; a full generation. Fifty years ago Stephen J. Fleld was one of the greatest lawyers on the Pacific coast, and was regarded as a man absolutely devoid of fear. His personal courage was such that for a time he was practically the law-giver and ruler of an entire section of the country, all of the people in the vicinity bowing before him as an oracle of law, and a magnificent embodiment of courage. It s said that in that early day he administered justice with drawn revolvers lying upon his desk before him, and no man dared gainsay the dec'sions he made in any case. TRAGEDY AT AN EATING HOUSE. A few years ago, when Justice Field was in the 724 year of his age, and almost as feeble as be s today, David S. Terry, a man Who had known ~him in his early days slapped his cheek and threatened to heap other indignities upon the old man, when Deputy United States Marshal Nagle, who was sitting at the dinner table with Justice Field, arose and shot the assaflant through the heart. As Judge Terry fell Marshal Nagle shot at him again, but the second shot imbedded itself in the floor. It was on the afternoon of August 14, 1889, that Justice Field and Deputy United States Marshal David Nagle went into the railroad dining room at Lathrop, Cal., and sat down together to dinner. Judge Terfy and his wife, Sarah Althea Hill, entered the room in mediately afterward, and when Mrs. Terry noticed Justice Field she left the dining room and went out for some unknown purpose, pre- sumably to get a revolver. It was at this Juncture that Judge Terry walked across the room and slappad the face of Associate Justice Field as he sat at the table, and that action resulted in his immediate death, Justice Field and Marshal Nagle immediately left the dining room and went to their sleep- ing car, where they were locked in and the train departed, while excited crowds gathered at the depot. Marshal Nagle submitted to ar- rest and was taken to jail at Stockton. He was finally acquitted of crime, because he was merely performing his duty in protect- ing the associate justice. David S. Terry was born in Kentucky, was in the Texan army under the command of Sam Houston, and went to California in 1849. Although a man of a great deal more than ordinary ability and legal acquirements, he was swayed by his passions to the extent of murder more than once. He was made an assoclate justice of the supreme court of California ‘in 1855, and became chief justicz of the state supreme court in 1857. In 1856 he stabbed a man while resisting the arrest of a friend on the part of the vigilantes. He had been sent to jail for six months in 1888 for contempt by Justice Field, and that was the immediate cause of his assault upon the old gentleman, whom he would not have had the courage to attack in his earlier days. WHY DAVE BRODERICK DIED. Judge David S Terry became a prominent character before the nation in 1860, when he killed United States Senator David C. Brod- erick in a duel. A friend of Terry, who was present when the celebraetd duel was fought, is temporarily residing in Washington, and gives a very Interesting account of that ro- mance of the exciting period preceding the clvil war. It seems that Senator Broderick was a triend of Stephen A. Douglas and an opponent of the extension of slavery. He had always been a demorcat and refused to subscribe to the doctrines of abolition. In fact, he occu- pied a middle ground between the new repub- lican party and the slavery extension wing of the democratic party. He was a man of great influence and power upon the Pacific coast, as well as in the United States senate, and he was cordially hated by the friends of the Buchanan administration. Senator Brod- erick was o strong in the affections of the people of California that Senator Gwin, al- though he hated Broderick, felt obliged, for the sake of saving his own political life, to give Broderick a letter promising not to in- terfere in the disposition of the patronage of the Pacific coast. This document was called “The Scarlet Letter,” and it became the sub- ject of many very acute controversial argu- ments in the press and upon the hustings. Cxperienced politicians, particularly those of the slavery extension type, declared that the man who held that letter was doomed. The leading and most aggressive exponent of the slavery extension wing of the democratic party in_California_at that timie, was Chief Justice David S. Terry. In a celebrated speech which was delivered before the demo- cratic state convention ot Sacramento in 1859, Judge Terry called Broderick an arch traitor, who held in his own possession as a part of his perscnal property, all of the slayery dem- ocrats In California. He said: ‘““These peo- ple call themselves Douglas democrats, But they are not followers of Stephen A. Douglas. They are under the banner of a Douglas, it is true, but it §s the black Douglas. His name is Frederick, and not Stephen, BRODERICK'S COMMENT ON TERRY. When Senator Broderiek read that speech as It was reported In the newspapers of the day, he said in the presence of a lawyer named D. W. Perley, a friend of Terry, “l see that Terry has been abusing me. I now take back the remark I once made, that he is the only honest judge on the supreme bench. I was his friend when he needed friends; a fact for which I am now sorry. If the vig- ilance committee had disposed of him as they did of others, they would have done a right- eous act.” This was an allusion to the fact that when Terry stabbed a man named Hopkins he was in the hands of the vigilance committee, and it required all of his strength of his political friends to save his neck. If Hopkins had died Terry would undoubtedly have been hanged. When Lawyer Perley repeated the remarks of Broderick to Judge Terry that gentleman immediately wrote a letter to Broderick ask- ing him if he had made such a remark. To this note Senator Broderick replied as fol- lows FRIDAY EVENING, Sept. 9, 189.—Hon, D. 8. Terry: Yours of this date has been received. The remarks made by me were casioned by certain offensive allusions of yours, concerning me, made in the conven- tion at Sacramento,'and reported in the Unlon of the 3th of June. Upon the tople alluded to in your note of this date, my language, so far as my recollection serves me, was as follows: “During Judge Terry's incarceration by the vigllance commitiee 1 paid 3200 a week and supported & news- paper in his (your) defense. I have also ald heretofore that 1 considered him (Judge "Torry) the only honest man on the supreme bench, But T {ake this all back” You ure the proper judge as to whether this lan- guage affords ground for offense. 1 r:main, ete. D. €. BRODERICK. CALL TO DEATH ACCEPTED. Judge Terry declared to his friends that he considered this language, and the note of Broderick, sufficient ground for the issu- ance of a challenge to mortal combat, and sent a challenge to Mr. Broderick, announcing that Calhoun Benham was his principal sec- ond, with 8. H. Brocks and Thomas Hayes as his assistants. In those days a duel was regarded as an affalr of honor, and all of the seconds selected by Judge Terry were experts in all of the fine points of the so- called code. Senator Broderick accepted the challenge of Judge Terry and selected as his prinel- pal second Joseph C. McKibben, & gentle- man who had been « membet,gh congress, but who had actually no experhth%! in affairs of this kind. The assistants oF-CBlonel McKIb- ben were David D. Colton and,Leonidas Has- kell. Colton had been sherift df Siskyou, and had been through many afaltd ot a rough- and-tumble character on the frontier, but he knew absolutely nothing about the so- called code of honor, and Haskell was like unto him as as that was concerned So that from the outset Broderick was at a disalt¥fritage. Judge Terry, & man born and bred to believe in the code duello, raised in a section where that code was prevalent, iss@bd the chal- lenge and selected for his assistants three men who were like himself in all of thelr experience, beliefs and prefudices. So that, as a matter of fact, all 6f fhe chances of var of that kind were agaifstSenator Brod- erick from the very momeut.of the ssuance of the challenge and its acceptance. The re- sult was practically a foregone conclusion. Colonel McKibben, the chief second for Senator Broderick, resides and for several years past has resided on the Maryland side of the Potomac, opposite Mt. Vernon, at a place called Marshall Hall, one of the most popular excursion resorts on the Potomac river. Although now well advanced in years, he is a tall, erect, soldierly-looking man and very companionable, With his unlimited number “of acquaintances. He has told the story of the occasion again and again, until nowadays he refers to it only when solfcited by his nearest personal friends, DETAILS OF THE DUEL. The meeting was arranged to take place on the morning of September 12, 1805, and the principals and seconds and a number of friends of both partics were upon the ground when they were arrested. They were almost immediately discharged, how- ever, when taken to court, on the ground that no duel had occurred. ' Senator Broder- Ick was urged over and over again, by all of his friends notably by Mr. McGlynn and Colonel Butler, brothers of the celebrated New York priest and the late General Benja- min F. Butler, to forego the deadly meeting, but he said that this could not be done with honor. On the morning of September 13, at La- guna de la Merced, a beautiful lake twelve miles from San Francisco, the final meeting oceurred. Senator Broderick lept that night at the Lake House near by, and was carly upon the ground, seemingly strong and ready for the fray. Judge Terry came upon the ground with his seconds, soon after, and there were upward of eighty spectators, who had driven over the rough roads in a very cold morning to reach the place. Up the ravine on the shore of the beautiful lake, the seconds examined and loaded the weapons and made preparations for the duel. By the toss of a half dollar, Terry won the choice of weapons, the ditance was paced off and the principals took their places. Sen- ator Broderick took the loose change from his pocket and gave it to Colonel McKibben while Judge Terry handed his loose coins to Benham, who ‘scattered them upon the grassy sward. Both Terry and Broderick were examined then by the seconds of their opponents to ascertain whether they wore any coat of mail beneath their outer gar- ments, ONE TRIGGER TOO FINELY SET. Mr. Colton then asked if they were ready and having received an affirmative reply gave the word to fire. Both men quickly raised their weapons, but Broderick's pistol was discharged beforo it was half raised and the bullet struck the ground two-thirds of the distance between himself and Terry. It was a line shot and would have un. doubtedly struck Terry but for the prema- ture dischargd of the weapon. Within half a second thercafter a sharp report rung out from Terry's pistol and Broderick reeled. He trembled, tried to stand, his knees gave way, he struggled to an erect position, and then gradually dropped upon the ground with his face toward the sky, whigh was lurid with the rays of the rising sun. Both pistols were set wjth a delicate hair trigger, but Bernard Lagoarde, a French ex- pert, afterward declared, that Broderlck's pistol had been so lightly set upon the trig- ger that even the breath of a man would have discharged it; while Terry's was a better weapon. While Broderick was lying upon the ground Terry's surgeon, assisted the sena- tor’s surgeon, but nothing, could be done for the dylng man. The bullet had entered the right breast, broke two ribs, passed through th left lung, over the hearf and lodged in the left arm pit. It was a ghdstly-looking would, and, of course, a mortal gne, Davis, the owner of ‘the' ranch upon which the duel occurred, tried to stdrt a riot, but he was quieted after a great effort and the party slowly left the field. Broderick was taken on a mattress to the residence of a friend living nearby, where he lingered in constant pain for three days, when he died on the morning of September 16. He spoke but little because every effort was agony. Ho said: “They have killed me because 1 was op- posed {o slavery and a corrupt administra- on. CARD FROM THE SECONDS, The newspapers of the day were filled with all sorts of accounts of and comments upon the affair. The prevailing opinion was that there was an unfairness in the selection and choice of weapons. Finally, the seconds of Boderick published a card saying: ““The Herald this morning contain: fous misstatement we have yet roderick ad not the cholc apons, nor were his friends aware, until publication of the Herald, that one weapon was easier upon the trigger than the other. Had we believed there was any unfairness, there could have been no meet- ing. JOSEPH M'KIBBEN. DAVID . COLTON. At that time and for many years after- ward, Judge Terry was the hero of the slavery extension wing of the democratic party, but after the civil war he gradually lost a great deal of his prestige. Public sentiment. had so changed during the forty years between the death of Senator Broder- ick, and the assault committed upon Assoclate Justice Field that when Judge Terry fell in his tracks before the bullet of Deputy Marshal Nagle regret for his sudden and tragic death was by no means universal, FIN ME HIGH. Annual London Sale of Standard Skins Shows Heavy Advances NEW YORK, Feb, 8.—The Press today says: Private cablegrams from London an- nounce that ‘at the annual fur sale held there during the past week there has been an enormous advance in standard skins. Mink advanced 2) per cent; skunk, 15 per cent; Hudson Bay sable, 50 per cent; Rus- slan sable, 2 per cent; white fox, 130 per cent; Japanese fox, 17 per cent; Siberian squirrel, 15 per cent; Thibet lamb, 1o per cent, and Chinchilla, 15 pi nt. The London market controls the and the advan I8 greater than previous stagi The cause is sald to the practical extinction of (he more v able animals, The largest and pi 1 of the fur that ha Goding & Bloom of Leipsic and J. Ullman of Leipsic, C. C. Shayne of New York and London and H. Leibes of San Francisco, —— T AMERICAN world any be Tu- tically advanced at 70 PROTE COPYRIGH Executive Councll of the League Disap- proves of the Pro ed Amend o NEW YORK, Teb, he Executive coun- cil of the American Authors' Copyright league has adopted a resolution expressing its disapproval of the proposed amendments to the copyright law contained in the bill introduced by Representative Covert, which, it is alleged, would “practically desiroy the efficiency of the entire copyright sys The council pledges its hearty concurr in any amendment “which will be & prot tion agalnst excessive damages, while prop- erly safeguarding the intérests of copyright proprictors.” — (D tingy 3 WEST CHESTER, N, Y, Feb. 3.—Nu- merous inquiries have been made today re- specting the health of Collis P. Hunting- ton, the railroad magnate und millionaire who resides in this village. Although Hunt- ington s not in robust health, he was able 10 0 to his office yesterday. He is suffer- ing from a cold and general indisposition resulting from this, but his ailment is not of @ nature to be ‘considered serious. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Reports have been sirculated “throughout ‘the country to the effect that C. P. Huntington was seriously ill in this city. Inquiry ‘at his residence this morning ‘elicited the stutement from one of his servants that Mr. Huntington not even indisposed; that he was at office Baturday, as usual, and trans- cted considerable business ———— Kecentlon to A 8T. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 3.—A rec tion was given Mrs. U, 8. Grant at the Ponce de Leon hotel last night, which was attended by several thousand people, includ- Ing many visitors of the hotels here, as well as the residents of the eity. The soldie of the Third artillery stationed at 8t. Fran- cis Barracks acted as guard of honor. The reception was enthusiastic, . N Grant, |PREACHER'S POLITICAL PULL Ex-Bapt'st Minister Tells How He Organ- ised a Powerful Lobby. DR, E. C. SPINNEY AS A ‘‘PROMOTER" He Resigns as Gensral Manager of the lTowa Deposit and Loan Assoclation After Making Public a Namber of Business Secrets, DES MOINES, Feb, 3.—(Special)—The lat- est sensation In this city promises to be as great as any that have so recently been be- |fore the publis. It started wi h the annou €= ment on Friday evening of the retirement from the lowa Deposit and Loan assoclation of Dr. E. C. Spinney, who has been its gen- eral manager since its organization in 1891, Df. Spinney was formerly a Baptist minis- ter. The company has shareholders through- out this and adjoining states, He had as soclated with him as directors John Wyman, W. M. McCain and J. G. Gardner, all well knwn capitalists of this city. They put no money Into the concern, but were allowed blocks of stock for the use of their names and moral influence, the stock being eventu- ally paid for out of the profits of the com- pany, which were consolidated into an ex- pense account over which Dr. Spinney had almost unlimited control, and the residue of which, after expenses were pald, to become the personal property of Spinney In payment for his services. During the last legislature bills were introduced for legislation to con- trol and rgulate the buflding and loan as- soclations, and Dr. Spinney, with others in- terested, organized a powerful lobby, spent money lavishly and succeeded in preventing the proposed enactments. The books of Dr. Spinney’s company show that he expended some $4,300 as his share, and he does not hesitate to say that members of the legis- lature and certain newspapers got most of it. The examination made by the committee appointed by tho state executive council shows that the company is in good condition and that the shareholders will lose nothing. Dr. Spinney states that all his actions in connection with the company have been un- der a contract drawn up and entered into between himself and the above named di- rectors; that he had all the time lived up to this contract, and that they had done so also and received the benefits therein stipu- lated. Every director ever connected with the company has known of this contract. In regard to legislation, Spinney said that the only items specifically appearing on the books show it was pald In connection with amounts paid by other assoclations doing business here, and was a fund simply to pro- mote legislation beneficial to such companies. Any other statements made by this commit- tee on this matter were purely inferential and speculative. INSURANCE RATES. The adjustment of fire insurance rates in the state is now well under way. The gov- erning committee, representing all the fire insurance companies doing business in lowa, has been in session here for several days, and has appointed another meeting in Chicago for February 13, when the expert, David Bever- idge, will submit a plan for adoption by the committee. The managers say they want to get some basis of making rates established for the whole state, so that each risk will stand on its own bottom and bo rated ac- cording to its merits. So some standard of perfect risk will be fixed and every defect in every risk charged for at a fixed rate all over the state. This will do away with com- plaints of injustice and discrimination, now so generally made. The rating will not be completed before spring, as each town will be gone over. The cost of inspection of risks will be very much reduced by the proposed plan, as two of the three inspection bureaus will ‘be abolished. The case of the state of Towa against Wil- liam Tool, indicted for the murder of his wife, was begun at Sac City last week and will probably consume all of the coming week. The crime was committed September 28 last at Sac City. The vietim was his wife, Olive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Scott, who also reside at Sac City. Shortly before § o'clock that evening Tool stood at his door calling to his neighbor, Mes. Mary E. Stoner, to come quickly. Hastening across the street Into the house, a terrible scene met her view. Tool's two children, aged 2 and 4 years, re- spectively, stood at’the door crying and ask- ing that their papa and mamma be made to get up from the floor. Mrs. Stoner saw Tool and his wife lying in pools of blood, and, growing faint, hurried away with the chil- dren to give the alarm, Neighbors hastened to the fll-fated home and found Mrs. Tool lying dead at the north side of the little sit- ting room, her forehead crushed so deeply that the brain was oozing forth. In the mid- dle of the room lay the husband, bleeding from a gaping wound at his throat inflicted by a razor. A heavy ax that had evidently caused the death of Mrs, Tool lay upon the floor, and on the bed in the room adjoning lay the razor with which Tool had cut his throat. Tool was conscious and admitted by signs that he bad killed his wife because of trouble. Doctors examined Tool's injuries and found his wind pipe almost severed. This they united. Much to the surprise of every one, Tool began to rally and is today prac- tically a well man. The coroner's jury held Tool responsible for the murder of his wife, and, as soon as his health would permit, ho was taken to the county fail, where he has since remained. At the December term of court he was indicted for murder in the first degree, and his case continued. J. K. Cumberland, the Shelby county mur- derer, will be hanged at the penitentiary at Fort Madison Friday. The execution will be under the management of Sheriff Clark of Shelby county, and will cost §750 for mileage for twelve witnesses, medical attendance, ete. FRATERNAL ORDERS AROUSED. Dectslon of an Towa Judge Which Threatens Numerous nsurance Organizations, DUBUQUE, Ta., Feb. 3.—In the case of the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Towa to enjoin the loyal grand lodge from using the name, maintaining sub- ordinate lodges, ordering insurance or other business in Towa, Judge Husted, thirty days ago, sustained plaintift’s demurrer to defend- ant’s answer and gave defendant thirty days in which to elect whether to appeal or to amend its pleadings. The defendant has filed an amended answer which simply adds em- phasis to the contention in the original answer that the defenddnt is essentially a fraternal benevolent organization and that its insurance feature is secondary. Defendart’s counsel announced that if a demurrer to the amended answer be sustained, defendant will appeal to the state supreme court and if beaten there to the federal supreme court, also that a meeting of the supreme officers and counsellors of many other fraternal socie- ties and of several old line insurance com- panies was held in Chicago two weeks ago, at which it was decided to assist the loyalists in this fight and chet the socleties have in low 200,000 members whose policies of insurance will be vitiated should Judge Husted's action bo sustained. Among the societies mentioned as interested in the overthrow of this declsion, are the Red Men, Independent Order of Foresters, Modern Woodmen, Knights of Pythias and V. A. S Fraternity, all of which in Iowa are chartered by me lodges in other states. How ever, Jucgs Husted's Cecision expressely stites that fraternal societies are not subject to the insurance laws of lowa and cites the Knights of Pythias s an example of a fraternal soclety. It is also the fact that all old life insuranc companies doing business in this state have conformed to the insurance laws of lowa. Barlington Agents 1ri ferred. PAWNEE CITY, Neb., Feb. 3.—(Speclal Telegram.)—H. B. Segur, agent of the Bur- lington railroad in this city, leaves Wednes- dany for Beatrice, to which station he has been transferred, Agent Loomis of that place being transferred to Denver. Mr. Segur's transfer is regretted by all our people. He has been agent here for the past four years and during that time he and his estimabl family have won the friendship of all our people. His family will remain in this city until April 1, when they will remove to their future home, Beatrice, Mahood's Seed Tuking Root. SIOUX CITY, Feb. 8.—(Speclal Telegram.)— As & result of the soclal purity recently com- menced here a short time ago by Rev. J. W Mahood, an organization s being formed to look after the enforcement of the laws for the suppression of vice in the city An executive committee of 100 will have di- rect charge of the wark, but the membership of the main committee will be unl'mited Nearly every minfster in the city and many prominent business men have signified their willingness to join. The matter will be dis- cussed at the meeting of the Ministerial as socation tomorrow and formal action taken looking toward the furthering of the work R s GAS IN A COKE FURNACE EXPLODE the Scene Disaster. STEUBENVILLE, O., Feh, 8. slons occurred today at Riverside furnace in this city, Injuring a large number o workmen, several of them fatally, The ex plosions were caused by slack in the furnace settling and the accumulated gas between what had settled and what was hanging above blowing out tons of stock and bricks The first accident was a small explosion, which occurred this morning, when consid. erable stock was blown out and the igniting gas set fire to the clothes of Pat Timlin. He is burned from head to foot and is not ex pected to live until morning The second explosion took pla afternoon and was the worst, the material blown out wrecking the fe of all the bulldings, as if they had been cannonaded, A score of men wi buried or injured by fly ing missiles, T 'or A0 vard; around the furna L ered with black, coke and othe Steubenville of a Frighttul Two explo- ce early this DESPERATE ME CUSTODY, Wil and John Shelley Captared in Territory Aftera Desporate Battle. CHECOTAH, 1 Feb, 3.—Sheriff Lake of Pawnee county, Oklahoma, and pos consisting of Deputy Sheriff I, M. Canton and Dr. Rland of Pawnee, Daputy Marshal Dean Hogan of Muscogee, Deputy Marshal John MeCane and Robert McClane of Che cotah, made an important capture today of Will ‘and John Shelley, alias Plerce, *ten miles east of here, T} clley S who were held for g larc fall at Shawnee September 5 last apprehended i a house Hood, who knew nothing as criminals, and when ord opened fire, ‘wounding Deputy MeC Dr. Bland ' siightly, = The officers returned the fire, shooting Wil Shelley through the legs. Coal 0i] was procured and the house was' firul. After seventy-five shots were fired all hope of escape from the flames and officials was gone, and the desperate men surrendered and were brought to Checotah. —— 114L PR the brothe ny, brok They were swned by helr repu red to surrender PRESIDE Cinclanatl Paper Secures Cloveland's Possible Successor. CINCINNATI, Feb, he Commercial Gazette prints the presidential preferences of republican editors from every state and territory. Vermont has a kindly feeling for Senator Redfield Proctor; Senator Chandler's New Hampshire paper has a leaning toward Sen- ator Frye of Maine; Utah wants ilver and Senator’ Don Cameron. There is here and there a touch of “favorite son,” but the great majority line up for some one of big four—McKinley, Harrison, Reed and lison—in the order named —~—— Wil Re Pald in Feb. 3—President T. R ist Side bank, which clos:d and is now in the hands miner Judson, said today that the bank's doors would be op n again sooner than people supposed. Last evening Mr. Manner was visited at his home by scveral of the largest depositors of the bank, who expressed confidence in the bank and de- clared they had no fear about their money. There s no doubt, the president says, that the depositors will be pald in full. Expressions on Sure the Depositor NEW YORK, Manner of the E: its doors Saturd of Bank nnsylvanin —An early morning destroyed the wholesale com PITTSBURC fire at McKeesport Hotel Columbia, W mission house and three-stor brick dwelling, The fir ted in the Kitchen of the hotel and spread so rapldly that the guests were compelled to leave in their night clothes. One man, whose name is not known the register having been destroved, is missing, and is believed to have been burned to death. Total loss estimated at $75,000. e Arranging for tho Educators. DENVER, Feb. 3.—Homer Beavans and €. 0. Scudder of Chicago and Prof. W. O. Krohn of Champaign, Ill, have been in Denver arranging for the accommodation of the Illinois d:legates to the convention of the National Iducational association. 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By order of regular s of the the Board of Directors t. O. PHILLIPS, Secretary. Lincoln, Neb,, Feb, 4, 1895, om0t KEPT THE POLICE VERY BUSY Brooklyn Strikers ftone Nen-Union Men ng All Sides, TRACKS ~ ENCUMBERED WITH DEBRIS No Rlots of n Serious Nature Ocourres Small Crowds in Var.o the City Annoyed Workmen, hug s Parts of the BROOKLYN, Feb. 3.—The police spent & busy in their offorts to preserve order and prevent the crowds that gathered in the various tough districts from maltreating the nonunion men in charge of the trolley cars, In several instances the were severely beaten before police assistance are rived. No rlots, however, of a ture cccurred during the day At Third avenue and Fortieth line was encumbered this great pile of boards, boxes, and other material of a heavy nature. Every car that passed that way was held up by the ots ruction, and whils the conductor and motorman were engaged in removing the debris they were pelted une mercifully with bricks, mud and snow balls, Many of the men's assallants were merely, strike sympathizers and strect loafers, but they were just as enthusiastic as though their lives depended on the outcome of the strike. A great many arrests were made today of strike sympathizers who persisted in throw= ng stones and waylaying all the nonuniom men in sight. Some of those arrested were small boy: Mayor Schieren, when seen at his residenco tonight, sald he had received nosnotification that the railwa companies were going to arm their employes and that when he was notified 1t will be time for him to take action, “1 don't day | motormen serlous nae strect the morning with a think there will be any troubld at the meeting of strikers and their sympa= thizers the city hall tomorrow,” faid he, “for the men and other citizens have a right to go there and 1 presume they will behave themselves in an orderly and quiet manner.' The mayor denied the rumor that he had been in consultation with General MeAleer, dvisability of calling out the troops seem to have enough men to run the cars,” sald he, ““and yesterday, was the quictest day since the strike began. Thero will be no necessity of calling out the militia_as matter ETOW quicter day by, day. There are two men I the city who are Qoing_too much talking and they are Presi dent Norton and Master Workman Connoly.’* Master Workman Connoly issued a mani= festo to the citizens of Brooklyn this evening on behalf of the striking motormen and con- ductors. He calls upon the citizens, now that President Norton has, as Connoly says, pro= 1 to arm his men in deflance to tha police department, to refuse to patronize tha lines. —_——— EXTENDING THE GULF LINE. Oid Feeder of the Unlon Pacific Being Put od Shape. DENVER, Feb. 8.—General Superintendent Dunaway of the Gulf road sent_instruc- tions to Chief Engineer Bissel at Trinidad to resume construction at once on the Gulf extension between Trinidad and Pueblo. This action was taken on information re- ceived from Recelver Trumbull, who I8 In New York, and indicates the failure of the negotiations for a resumption of trackage agreement between the Gulf and the Ri Grande. The contractors have been notifiec to begin work tomorrow apd the gap in tha line will be speedily closed up. Wil Dovelop a New Region. DE Feb, 3.—The Rio Grande & Pagosa Springs Rallway company has been incorporated by J. J. McGinnity, Charles D, McPhee, Willlam T. Field, William C. M. Phee of Denver and Edgar M. Briggs of Jatskill, Rio Arraba county, N. M. Tha capital stock is placed at $100,00. The com-, pany proposes to build a rajlroad from Luma berfon, N. M., on the Rio Grande, to Pagosa Springs, Colo., tapping a region rich in lum ber, codl and other minerals and opening u a fine agricultural and stock rafsing couns try. ) Kewult of n Family Quarrel. H VINCENNES, Ind., Feb, 8.—Mrs. Loulsa Jordan, a member of one of the most prome inent families in this country and the sister] in-law of Auditor Jordan, was arrested tos! day for setting fire to a grist mill last July] at Decker station. She waived examinationt and was held for trial. 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