Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1895, Page 1

a L e D et ] THE OMAHA DAIL WOMAIT'S EREDITIOXT. I 1TO 8. waae r.:;cfis B R 2 ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, M N e 1895—~TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES SINGLE COPY FIVE CE I's. NICARAGUA DECIDES T0 PAY Will Bettle the Bill and End the Difficulty with England, COMPROMISE PROPOSITION IS ACCEPTED Positive Assarances of Prompt Payment Made and England s Now Exp to Withdraw—Money Then Du oted In Fifteen Days, MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 30.—The Nicaragnan government has finally decided to accede to the compromise proposition for the settlement of the pending troubles and this decision has been communicated to the suthorities at London. According to this proposition Nicaragua agrees to pay the £15,500 in London in fifteen days from the time the British ships leave the harbor of Corinto. It now remains for Great Britain to agree. This course is regarded as shift ing on Great Britain all further responsibility for the trouble. The most positive assurances of the prompt payment of the money have been given, 5o that there may be no question of uncertainty on this point. WASHINGTON, April 30.—The Managua dispatch, stating that Nicaragua has agreed to a compromise by which she will pay £15,000 on condition that Corinto be evacuated and that the British fleet be withdrawn, is ac- cepted by officials here as summing up the latest status of the subject. Attention is now directed to London to see whether the condi- tion of immediate evacuation will be granted. It it is, the trouble is practically at an end. If it is not, it is belleved in diplomatic circles that it will cause a renewal of the reports that Great Britain is not so anxious to settle as to continue an Indefinite occu- pancy of Corinto. STATE DEPARTMENT E PECTED NEWS Mope that Grent Iritian Will Agreo with Niearagun's Offer, WASHINGTON, April 30.—At the State department the news that Nicaragua would pay the $77,500 indemnity within fifteen days after the departure of the British troops was seemingly expected, though no direct advices had been received by the department. In fact, Minigter Baker is now in Costa Rica and there is very little communication be- tween this government and the legation at Managua. It was learned at the department the acceptance by Nicaragua of the terms which have been proposed does not mean that the affair s settled. It is understood the ambassador throughout the controversy had to encounter the difficulty which is stiil presented, The British government W the money paid in the presence of the Brit- ish flect at Corinto, for, while the fleet is &till there and the troops are in possession of the town, the British government, according to a State department official, wants the payment made as though under duress. 1t fs hoped, however, the offer made at the suggestion of the United States, and which Managua advices say has been satisfactory to the Nicaraguan government, will be agreed to by the British government, and assurances to this effect have been received. It appears in this connection that the threat of revolution in Nicaragua has given the United States an opoprtunity to urge a more peaccable settlement of the present difficulty, as such a result of the British occupation might seri- ously threaten the lives and property of United States citizens. As to the possible arbitration of the remaining question in dispute between Great Britain and Nicaragua it I8 understood the United States expects to be presented, and will probably not be r fused by Great Britain. This, it s said, will not be allowed to interfere with the settlement of the £15,500 claim by payment within two weeks as proposed. MY COME .-TO A § RIOUS CRISIS. Relatio Between Kassia and Are Getting Worse. LONDON, April 80.—The Times tomorrow will publish a dispatch from Kobe, dated April 26, saying there Is no mistaking the fact there Is evidence In the relations between Japan and Russia. But, the correspondent adds, the Japanese press has been forbidden to refer to it and four newspapers of Tokio, including the semi- official Nichi Nichi, have be apan reporting the fact that a secret council of | several important books of McLauflin & Co.| " Brown's body pr a a horrible appear- ministers was held. The cther newspapers [ disappeared, although the firm does not ad-| ance, beiug covered with blood. There was in which reference to the crisis appeared are [ mit this or other losses. The police have | o clathing on the body except a pair cv defaced. Continuing, the correspondent says: | discontinued their search for the missing | knit drawers and a palr of socks. The under- “Informaticn reaches me from a reliable | cashier, McLauflin & Co. having informed | shirt had been removed and the wounds were source at Hiroshima that the ministry has | them that there is no ned for further in- [ plainly visible. There were three gunshot | adopted a resolute attitude against Russian | vestigation. A brother of one of the four | wounds in the breast, one of them being dictation. They deny Russia’s right to in- | Fair executors, is a partuer in McLauflin & | over the region of the heart. There were terfere, and even contemplate a deflance of | Co. Smith's wife says that her uneasiness | two wounds in the head, one being in the Russia, believing the Russian military forces [ over her husband’s disappearance has been | center of the forehead, and there was another in the east are not powerful enough to en- | allayed, in the center of the stomach and another in force her demands. The foreign warships are —— the right arm. The features were distorted. assembling at the ports of Japan and the | TWENTY-FIFE THOUSAND ON STRIKE French vessels have been ordered to prepare for emergencies.” STEPHENSON ASKS FOR ORDERS, Informs the Home Government Corinto iy A Useless Possession. NEW YORK, April 30.—A special to the A courier warships ‘World from Pasa de Cabello says: from Corinto reports the British Wil Swan and Satellite have been ordered | excption of 1,800 men employed by the | Gordons case will be triad tomerrow. Gov- to Pasa de Cabello and San Juan del Sur to | Southwest Virginia Improvement company [ of state, arrived from Frankfort at 5:50 and eclare a passive blockade at both points. | and the Browning mines at Pocahontas. The | is stopping at the Galt house. The governor Nefther confirmation nor denial of this re- | immediate cause of the strik= was the notice | is completely prostrated by ‘the sad affair. 1 bs : o ava | by the operators of a 20 per cent reduction [ Young Brown'sbody wi taken to Hen- A “speclal from Managua says: Admiral | the operators are in sympathy with the strik- | 0f Mrs. Gordon are at Wyait's undertaking Stephenson cabled today asking instructions | €rs, and made the cut for the purpose of | establishment on Seventh street and young as to what to do next. He Informed the ad. | bringing the men out to force the Norfolk [ Brown's body is at King's undertaking estab- miralty that Corinto is a useless possession Western to make terms as to cars, the | lishment on Jefferson street. Mrs. Gordon under present conditions, having no business | operators claiming that the cars furnished | W38 Miss Nellle Bush of this city and her and no means of connection with the in- | were not distributed upon an equal basis, | AIY s one of the best known and most terlor. He asks whether he shall seize San [ It Is reported that the strikers will attempt | POMINCDt 10 this stae. Hor mother was Juan and other poris. The natives in some | tomorrow to force the Browning and Souths | Sne state lbrarian at Erankfort and her Way got possession of this dispatch, which | west men out. If so, there will be trouble, | Erindfather was Judge Zachariah Wheat arouses riotous sentiment. v Was Assas WEST, Fla., General Cromb KEY ated. ted, officer fn command. Crombet turned ambush shot him In the back of the head The conference ended fimvlrr»lmu‘lh:“?rlnzfl"sl';ml!;l was m‘ullured t;xlvl ing the voluminous report of the minority of J el he mountains. The e o Killing of Crombet was reported to Campos, the investigating committee. The majority who ordered the officer In command of the as Spanish troops before him. The officer reprimanded and sent to Spain to be court. martialed. Gomes landed near Guatemala with 1,000 men. near the coast of Cuba with board, but she got away. The let is that other expeditions have landed, 200 men on Severe Hall Storm Colorado. GREELEY, Colo., April 30.—The worst and electrical storm that bas visited vicinity for years swept over this city las a night, killing fruit of all kinds and buriing out all the arc lights In the city, In the | with doubtful members. It is b:lieved a vicinity of Pleasant Valley and north of town | decisive vote will be taken during Thursday. the stones were as large as hen's eggs, et breaking out all the windows in the storm's G101 taam AL A o e path, Spain Will Join the League. PARIS, April 30.—1t is reported here tha Bpain will associate herself with Germany Russia and France in the protest agains the terms of peace arrived at between China and Japan in regard to the cession of terr. tory ‘and extraordinary privi to Japanese traders in China. Terrible Fire ln Germany. BRESLAU, April 30.—A terrible fire oc- | 1§ his employer received a letter from him curred at Prenzinkle ho today were burned to the Bixty-fiv of a serious crisis n. suspended for April 30.—Private ad- vices from Cuba say General Flor Crombet was not killed in battle, but was assassina- He was surrounded by Spanish troops and requested an interview with the Spanish to go, when a soldier in A Spanish gunboat sighted a steamer general be- this accorded round and FREE SILVER FORCED Missourl Domoc rats Cuucas and a Split In the Party Is Promised. FERSON CITY, Mo, April 30.—Thirty- five of the fifty-eight democratic members of the state house of representatives met in caucus at a late hour last night and adopted the following resolution: THROUGH Resolv: That we, the democratic mem. bers of the house of representatives, thirty eighth general assembly, favor the free colnage of silver at a ratlo of 16 to 1. The vote on the resolution stood ayes, 22; nays, 9; not voting, 4. An effort was made to have the body adjourn as a caucus and vote as an assembly of individual democrats, but they who had caused the caucus to be assembled voted the proposition down and bound the members to the caucus action. The whole trend of the caucus was to pre- cipitate a discussion which will probably result in a state convention, Jullan of Kan- sas City presided over the meeting and stated at the beginning the purposes of the call. Sullinger of Gentry county sprung the resolution forthwith and the fight was on. Buckner of Pike county declared that the sole purpose of the resolution was to forec a state convention and that it must in- evitably result in splitting the party. The fight against the resolution was taken up by Rothwell of Randolph, Pritchett of Ho¥- ard, Armstrong of Henry, and Drabelle of St. Louis. As a final result Pollack of Dunk- lin county inviting the senators and state officers to be present at a second caucus to be held Wednesday next, and unite in a call on the state democratic central committee to call a convention at a time to be fixed by the state committee for agreeing upon a finan- cial policy for the democrats of Missouri. This resolution created the wildest uproar, and in order to prevent a general break it was withdrawn and the other adopted. MARSHALL, Mo, April 80.—The demo- eratic central committee of Saline county has passed a resolution in favor of the free and unlimited colnage of silver and gold at a_ratio of 16 to 1 by the government of the United & and calling a_convention of the dei of the county to meet in Mars May 27, to expriss the senti- ment of party on this question, This resolution also favors the calling of a state convention in the near future for the p pose of making public a declaration as to the party policy for the great campaign of 1696, ‘and to repudiate the “gold bug” bonded debt policy of the Cleveland administration. —_——— ALL EVIDENCE BROUGHT IN. Juage Conlon WhL Deliver His Opinion in the Durrant Case Fhursday. SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.—The evidence in the preliminary examination of Theodore is all in and Police Judge Conlon will de- liver his opinion next Thursday morning. He denied for the time being a motion of de- fendant's counsel to dismiss the case; he also refused to admit Durrant to bail. When Dur- rant was taken to the court room today he looked pale and worn, his confinement appar- ently beginning to tell upon his health. Dr. J. §. Barret, who performed the autopsy on the body of Marian Williams, was on the stand and was cross-examined for three hours by the defense. He stated Miss Will- fams died from asphyxiation and hemorrhage, the former caused by rags forced down her throat and the hemorrhage by severing of the arteries in her wrist. Other wounds in vari- ous parts of her hody were inflicted after death. C. Hills testified that a man re- sembling Durrant met a woman answering to Miss Williams' description near Emanuel church on Good Friday, walked rapidly down the street and disappeared inside the dark church. He watched them intently, be- cause he at first thought the woman was his wife keeping an appointment with another man. When he went home, howeler, he found his wife there. He examined the en- trances and exits of the church the next day and found that the pair could have left the church while he watched and escaped his ob- servation. WILL LOOK NO FURTHER FOR SMITH It is now un- only one, but handle the sale of the wheat. derstood that with Smith not employed along the Ohio extension of at noon today. The The Norfolk & Western have on all their bridges and trestles. e LEGISLATURE READY FOR Reports In the Contest Keady for Consideration. cutive joint convention adjourned Kills Himself, in the afternoon. The minority repo e v report Will} ppaziy, Ind., April 80.—An atrocious -|be completed tomorrow and then argument | SRAETe HOn EPTC BT ATrOC will at once begin. It is alleged that tne [ fRInEF S SRETE AT COTRMel fere committee on procedure will report against o g g b e X " | the convention. and speak before the investigating committee. but refused to do so. Republicans tonight | not lived together. Mrs. Young was 45 years claim they will defeat the adoption of the |of age. The murder cccurred at the home of )| majority report, while democrats claim the | her mother, four miles from this city. Young declared to have been t|a plurality of the legal votes cast 10 excitement, but eich side is bus CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 30.—(Special Tel t Overman Wheel compaily and confidential - [at Denver at the instance of Mr. charged with the theft of $4,000. Meanea Houghton for a few days' visit in Denver. This morn o |in which he stated he had during the pasi two years, by making false entries have been recdered home- *‘"‘ rs0 ed in the flames L W29 Feparty bogks and by ra flered a supplementary resolution | Durrant for the murder of Marian Williams | ; 5 or for MoLuuflin & Co, 1 | that of Mre. Gordon. The bed on which Miiglngtaokkgenor don s aaflln & Co. 18 | ;) own and Mrs. Gordon lay was covered ‘ Ba 4 with blocd, showing that one or both had SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.—The an-|yean syot while in that position, or in the nouncement that the 200,000 tons of syndi- | strugele one or more of the wounded had cate wheat, reputedly cornered by the late | fallen there. ; James G, Fair, would be placed on the market | Gordon himself was covered with blood, 4 daist e | most of which doubtless was the result of forthwith, together with the pecullar disap-| congaet with his wounded antagonist. What pearance of C. 8. Smith, cashicr and book- | part, it any, Mrs. Gordon took In the en- keeper for L. M. McLauflin & Co., who | counter her husband only is in a position to acted as Fair's brokers, had the effect of | Sav. '1|'““ "|“‘l']'-*‘“)" i'”“""";‘;‘r‘\‘“ {\“’ o ‘;‘“"T, . oA L o | several went through dow which faced et il ke 2] to the north, three are buried in the wall al L IR S P LR *oniland two in the ceiling. The walls are Stone and Messrs. Dutard and McLaufin will [ S 180 (8, Q8 CelliRE - T WERE, 400 door, face downward, clothed only in a A Twenty Per Cent Reduction In Wages | chemise and a skirt. She had been in her Caused the Trouble, stocking feet. Her hair was loose and was ROANOKE, Va., April 30.—A Pocahontas | hanging about her head In a tangled mas spectal to the Times says 25,000 coal miners | Her bosom was covered with blood and her the Norfolk & Western rallroad went on a strike men out include all the miners in the Flat Top coal region, with the heavy guards BUSINESS Tennessce Gubernatorial NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 80.—When the this afternoon the clerk was still engaged in read- was coucluded soon after the convention met allowing the attorneys for Evans to address They were invited to appear report will be adopted and Governor Turney elected governor by There is arguing egram.)—@. E. C. Houghton, agent for the i | clerk for F. A. Meanea, a wholesale harness dealer of this city, was arrested this evening left here yesterday with his wife, ostensibly in his ing entries of cash paid TWO PERSONS FATALLY SHOT Outraged Husband Kills His Wifs and Companion and is £hot Himself, A GENUINE KENTUCKY SENSATION The Persons Killed Two of the Most Proml- nent People—Gordon, the Marderer, in Jall~Confessed s Crime and the Reason Why He Shot Them. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 30.—At separate undertaking establishments in this city lie the bodies of perhaps two of the most prom- inent people in the state of Kentucky, one that of Archie Brown, son and private secre- tary to Kentucky's chief magistrate, the other that of Mrs. Fulton Gordon, prominent because of her remarkable beauty and ex- cellent family connections. The story is a sad one and ha: caused one of the greatest sensations this city or state has ever been called on to chronicle. The following telegram found In Mr. Brown's pocket no doubt is the direct cause of the double murder: “LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 28.—Archie D. | Brown, Governor's Private Secretary, Frank- fort, Ky.: Don't write any more. Come Tuesday. Meet me at S. P. M. C. Upon receipt of the above telegram Mr. Brown came to Louisville and proceeded to the appointed place, which is an evil resort at 1025 Madison strect, where, at 12:35 today, the tragedy occurred. At noon Brown, with | Gordon's wife, knocked at the front door of | Lucle B. Smith’s Madizon street house. They were admitted by Mattie Matt a colored woman, and immediately repaired to the up- stairs front rcom, which had been previously | engaged. Thirty minutes later a rather | tall, dark haired man knocked at the door of | the house and was admitted. This was Fulton | Gordon. He engaged the front lower room, | | saying a woman would join him shortly. The man closed all the doors and a few minutes later a commotion waz heard above, followed by a succession of pistol shots. There was a hurried movement down stairs as Mrs. Gordon fled from the scene. A few more shots rang out and she fell dead on the porch in the rear yard. Gorden left the house im- medial and a few minutes later Brown's corpse was found in the upstairs room. Po- licemen Reilly and Lapaille rushed down | Walnut street and €aw a man running for a | buggy tied to a post at the corner of West street. “Tha man was bloody,” said Officer Reilly, “and I immediately jumped to the conclusion that he was the murderer. T ran and grabbed him just as he w in the act of jumping into the buggy. He had already untied the horse when 1 arrived. “Gordon, for it was he, sald to me then ‘I shot both of them. I caught them in the act. They are both dead. I am shot, too. Come with me and I'll show you where they are.’ “Gordon was as pale as a ghost and was evidently very weak. Lapaille, myself and Gordon walked to the house. Just as we got inside the door Gordon staggered and was about to fall when I caught him. He was in a fainting condition, and somebody dashed water in his face. 1 also summoned the ambulance, and soon as it arrived we sent Gordon to fail.”. Never was there a more sangulnary battle than the one fought on the second floor of Lucy Smith’s house, Gordon had little diffi- culty in getting into the room, as the fact that there are no broken locks indicates that the entry was left unlatched.” As soon as Gordon gained ingress a desperate duel evi- dently began. Brown had a 3S-caliber re- volver, which was found empty after the tragedy. Gordon mu:t have had two pistols six bullets pierced Brown's body and thre the floor is saturated with gore and the fur- niture was badly broken in the fray. Mrs. Gordon's body was found on the cellar skirt was bespattered with it. Her hands wero tightly clenched and with plotches. At the inquest tonight the coroner’s jury returnsd a verdict of justiflable homicide. her face was smeared chief justice of the court of appeals of Ken tucky and one of the most learned and dis- tinguished of Kentucky jurists. Gordon was at one time assistant manager of the Palmer house at Chicago FRANKFORT, Ky., April 30.—Mrs. Brown mother of Archie Brown, accompanied by her two daughters, left for Louisville tonight to join the governor. On the same train were Mrs. McBerry, sister of Gordon, and other rel- atives of both families. HORRIBLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY, A Janitor K'lls His Wife and Afterwards itor at the court house, killed his wife, firing three bullets into her breast, He had accused . | her of Infid:lity and since January they had prang upon a horse that was in waiting and galloped back to the court house. He ran to his room in the besement, called up County Recorder Keyser through a speaking tube and bade him good bye and immediately . | afterward fired two bullets into his own bod dying almost instantly. Young had fre- quently threatened to kill his wife and end his own existe R Noah Strevill Not Guiliy. 1| FORT SCOTT, Kan, April 30.—Noah Strevill, charged with the murder of his father, Stewart Strevill, was this evening found mot gullty. The jury was out two + | hours and took but two ball ver- 1 | dict was a general surpris 5 ex- pected the jury would di o —— ) Ohio Miners Ars Oat. t| BELLAIRE, O, April %.—¥ne mines in this county and the Fifth Ohlo district have Omaha. tion. the te Washington. tion tc rest t latter parte. sulted lieve trouble sibly oppose: several tain B that it s result States cHin Agent tion United Th> n W in INDI for taken authoj them, J employer's mouey. % out by the firm, taken about $4,000 of his closed, and the miners are insisting on 60 cents per ton before they will return to work. Over 7,00 miners are out of work, ster, Captatn 38 recently. country. FARGO, hanging. insanity, Ka ne nants company his wife a The latest advices from the reservation are that Henry Rice, the Winnebago Indian who was cut by Bonaparte, is in a serious condi- day. and get his man. ment extended on a similar mis return to Pende: he ent seek t The Beck ot the Indian Troubles. have just been Beck will eccompany who do not comply to dentes that he is He says he will far as Omaha. Bonaparte is the on, organize a posse ire Indian police o prevent fight between Rice golr possibly force the arrest of Bona- and parte was the result of an old feud and re- CAPTAIN BECK MAY COME TO OMANA Talks of Accompanyiny His Wite from the PENDER, Neb, April 20.—(@pecial Tele- gram )—Advices from the reservation to the effect that Mre. Beck, wite of the Indian agent, will leave for a visit with friends at Cbicago tomorrow and that Captain received her to It is rumored that the captain will proceed to Washington from Omaha, sumably to personally confer with the Interior departent in relation to the existing situa- This practically means that there will be no trouble here for the present. rumor is that Captain Beck will return from Omaha {mmediately in case he does not go to Washington and will issue an ultimatum to the tenants of the Flournoy company sign re-leases in accordance with the govern- ment regulations or else vacate, and that in the meantime he will be agsured of emphatic assistance from the government to compel pre- Another to vacate. g o ac- Lemmon, president of the Flournoy company, swore out a warrant for the arrest of Charles Bonaparte on the charge of assault with int:nt to kill. bago who fought with Henry Rice, another Winnebago and a brother-in-iaw of Lemmc at the agency vesterday. Winne- Sheriff Mullin took | the warrant and will g0 to the agency to CASS county o fow miles below this city at serve it tomorrow morning. The result of @ town known as Rock Bluffs, famous in Mullin’s trip to arrest an indian right in the | early Nebraska times as a place of consider- home of the Indian police Is problematical [able importance. The father died in 1859, on account of the feeling still ex-|leaving his widow a littie property. Mrs. isting over the arrest of Sam Elk| Decker was a natural financier, although un- and Jim Blackbird, the two Indian | educated, and by dint of sharp figuring police who have been serving time in the | and hard work she managed to amass consid- Pendor Jail for overpowering the sheriff when | he attempted to arrest one of their number | Some people anticipate resistance, but the sheriff has announced his determina- tion to go to the reservation without a p: If they repeat the treat- sse he will and ar- if the Boia- in one of the participants being se- defer 1 mont eck Hable In_th antlcipated t air in this vicinity for manths. WASHINGTON, gram.)—The supreme court of the has granted on docket the case which Bas been appealed as a result of the troubld between Capfaln Beck and the Flournoy Land company. will be impossible to hear the the October, term of court time remal ESE conelu 1 ye d Sta the majority of the cases chants were found to be cook: employed in or near Boise City. s a large have vouched for the Chinamen as merchan speclal agents are convinced that the bu has been carried on a: ing scheme. to bring in indictments against any of the campfir lNace, national presidént of the Woman's Relief Corps, deliv the convention of the this department. ANS Trouble In the Turtle Mountalns from rity Passeld the St "LREON senate today Kline, BROUGHT TO to cut verely cut in the head with a hoe. The result of Sheriff Muilin's to serve papers on the Indian agency tomor- row is, therefore, attended with some anticl- pation, but there are many citizens who be- that M sec ullin_ will get hig man Captain, Beck's , at which time it is the controversy will be settled. 1f Sherift Mullin successfully arrests Bona- parte_tomorrow without resistance and Cap- absent from the agency it means the trouble evictions are attempted by the Indian poli If the latter interfere with Mullin, how: to precipitate prompt action on the part of the sheriff’s friends and possibly is over until such e inauguration rouble which of the April the wotion to cas owing to ng in the preyiy term. s 30.~The April amd Bean at Boi of Chinese | usively that there has as bona fila merch number of prominent The grand jury failed, e W held, Mra, i n address St oD ST THE PRIS Marshal Gronin. N. D., April 30 Two arrests fol the {fmber and - - Louls Election CITY, Mo, passed the St has been a money ond trip without. This_contemplated arrest may pos- trip one There is some contenticn umong the Omahas over the selection of a mew council, e two factions, one led by Fontanclle and d to a renewal of the Farley The other favors the renewal. held on the reservation yesterday it wi cided to defer selection of a new council for day. There lease. At the council de- thought time as ver, muchly in the 80.—(Special Tele- United advanca It e Defore the short BOISE CITY Are Called Merchauts and Are Yound to Be Cooks and Gardan: WASHINGTON, of the treasury today recetved from Special s Johnston Idaho, a report of the results of their in vestigation in the alleged frauds in co with tha entry The report states the investigation secretary ise City nto this been for s past an organized money mak- ing conspiracy with a view to manufacturing certificates upon which Chinese laborers may Lo enabled to visit China and return to the ants. In the so-called mer and g rden verthe- citizens mak- however, Temperance Women Taking Matters in parties. Their Own Hands Most Fflectivoly. G. 4. B MEETS IN DENVER. SIOUX CITY, April 30.—(Special Tele- e gram)—District Judge Wakefleld to- its Monster Military Olspiay Marked the | day fined — John Manderscheid, a Opeulng of 1he Kndkampment. local saloon man, $00 for violat- DENVIR, April 30.~A monster military | "8 an injunction granted against him pageant marked the onening of the six. | under the cld Claik law in 1891 restraining teenth annual encampment of the Depart- | him (rom eyer again selling llquors contrary ment of Colorado and Wyoming, Grand|'e law. When the Martin law went into Army of the Republic, this afternoon, The | €ffect Manderscheid opened up again, Like procession comprised all the federal troops | the other saloon men he cbeyed the law in in this state, the Colorado National guard, | the main, but violated it by moving tables a score of other military companics and | and chairs into his saloon, permitting thousands_of the Grand Army veterans, | games to be conducted in the Toom and Sons s and members of semi: [ having a front and rear entrance. This il ana. patetic. ora After | was winked at by the local authorities. A the a public reception was iven months ago the ladies of the Whithieid Commander-in-Chief Lawler. Addresses | Methodist Bpiscopal church started out to were delivered by Governor ‘Mcintyre, | close saloons not run strictly In compli- Mayor McMurray, Genepal Lawler and De: | ance with the law. They visited them in partment Commander Rons. Tonieht @ | rgular order and warned them to clo mma R, today at 1 Woiman's Relief Corps NERS FRIE Marshal Cronin and Deputy returned from Turtle mountains today and are asking tha"United States court instructions. cutting were attempted but both men were the officers by order of Chief Little Shell, who claimed he had been given that the lands are all owned by the Indians and that he had the right to give the authority. The Indians have burned the house of a settler who testified before fhe grand jury against r timber —e Outlook Promising fn T.linols. chased them since last night, Th CHICAGO, April 30.—The Thinots erop bul. | obbed Lige Spurlock, a farmer, twelve letin this week says: Thé past week has | Miles out of town, and as he was leaving been very favorable for the preparation of ;"fi'" BUAL NI, 00 DACK SORRE 1oy corn land. Planting 1s ‘grogressing rapidly [ Je 2rom Wch It e il Abos i Bouthern countits And Negining T (hy | will die.’ The whole country ‘round at central and northern. The soll is in good | 1 UP In arme, and I Spurlock shouk condition, though dry, the showers of last | faii2 19 [0¢,NORUGS i, dnen Gre v week belig largely coffingd to eastern coun- B o Hariian oot Bith foam .'.':fm'f rl.f:l. “fi-';:rv:my"v'!:.:;‘e :::’;Luflrwl\lltl. pendence, Mo. ‘They held up several men ature and rainfall wefe conslderable above les m ho v the normal. Winter wheat is reported in | i posse f Hately ting the no % s posse immediately starting in pursuit of e Where " droul [s ‘afectina tye, | {ne desperadoss. They came up this morn: Spring wheat and oats. lover, timothy Gnd | brbis were fred . ORe of the. robbers was other grasses are generally in good condi- | slightly wounded when both were com- tlon, althoush they are growing slowly trom | pefiea (o "surrender ‘trom lackc of “ammuni- oK of ra ¢ . They hoth confessed. ting in profusion. and the outlock I8 most | o™ They have both confesse fromiais. Potatoes wnd gardens are gTOW= | ryna Jury in the Taylor Case Empanetod. — CARROLLTON, Mo., April 30.—This after- Two lowa en Saicide, noon the special grand jury to Investigate CEDAR RAPIDS, Ta., April 30.—(Spectal | the charges of bribery in the Taylor mur- Telegram.)—Loule Rostgiter, a saloon keeper | der case was empaneled, with William Kim- at Decorah, died frora the effects of an | ball, president of the' Carroliton school overdose of laudanum. Whether taken with | board. as foreman. The other members of suicidal intent or not is not knewn, heclippoare equally . prominent, Judge John Lychter, an aged German farmer | Rucker, in his charge, I fopelbly 1ving near Walcoma, sommitted suicide by | on the minds of the jury enormity ot A long iliness caused temporary . April 30.—The Louls election bill as a substitute for she Filley bill, Brew- Powers Seaber and Willlams, all republicans, voling with the democrats. tory of RETURNS AFTER MANY DAYS Theodore Decker Visits His Old Home After Thirty Years' Absence. CLAIMANT FOR HIS MOTHIR'S ESTATE Chastised a Nelghboring Farmer for Atten- tlons to [1is Mother, After Which He Left the Country, Expecting to Keturn No More. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb,, April 30.—(Special) —Plattsmouth people were taken completely by surprise last week by the return to town of & man who left here over thirty years ago and who had long since been given up by friends and relatives as dead. Theodore 8. Decker fs his name and there is a bit of peculiar history in connection with his de- parture, his wanderings while absent and his return. Mr. Decker is a claimant to a share of the estate of his deceased mother, Rosan Decker, and his visit to this city at the present time is to establish his right to a share of the property. He was born in Pennsylvania In 1841 and came west as a boy with his father, mother and elght other children in 1857, settling in erable property. She continued her residenc in this county and at the time of her death, about three years ago, left some $40,000 in cash and almost 1,000 acres of Cass county's richest farming land. Probate proceedings were commenced shortly after her death, and the cash possessed by the estate has already been divided among the ten known heirs, the executor geing on the presumption that Theodore was dead, nothing having been heard of him since his departure in 1865, The reappearance on the scene of the sup- posed dead man has consequently created no little excitement. Theodore enlisted early in 1864 as a mem- ber of company H, Twentieth Nebraska in- fantry, and for eighteen months fought against the Indians on the plains of the nerthwest as a soldier for Uncle Sam. Re- ceiving an honorable discharge the following year, he returned to Cass county and again made his home with his mother. He left home, however, very soon afterward, and in connection with his last departure thera is linked a bit of peculiar history. Theodore had come in possession of facts which proved to him that his widowed mother had been re- ceiving attentions from a neighboring farmer He at once resolved to take the matter into his own hands. Taking advantage one day of the farmer’s visit to his mother's home, he overpowercd the man, bound and stripped him to the waist and with the ald of a horsewdip administered a terrific beating. A sister stood by and gave Theodore counsel and for this the mother banished the two from home. The man who thus brought upon himself tha wrath of the son is alive today and a resi- dent of this county, and in the matter of worldly possessions comfortably situated. | This story of the son's forced departure from homo is known to many oll settlers in this vicinity and is vouched for as truth. Theo- dore and his sister went from here to Colo- rado, and a few years afterward the intelli- gence reached here that the sister had become a victim of an Indian massacre not far from Denver. No news being received from Theo- dore, it was supposed by relatives that he, too, had been slain by the treacherous Sioux. Instead, however, he was quite alive and for some twelve years lead a sort of rover's life, visiting the states of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and California, engaging himself at various occupations. Later he drifted down into Texas, where he married and has since become the father of elght children. It was not until a few months ago that he evinced « desire to learn of his relatives in this county. He learned from some source of the death of his mother and that she left no will, thus making it necessary for an equal di- vision of her property among the several heirs. Quite a few of his letters were un- answered, but by addressing himself to a dis interested party he sccured the services an attorney, who at cnce made application bo- fore the county judge for an order requiring the exccutor of the estate to make pro- vision for the issuance to Thecdore of his pro rata share. The application will be for- mally heard in county court tomorrow, and as there is no doubt of the justice of his claim, the action of the court can hardly be other than in his favor. —— HE L1QUOR VIOLATION OF LAW. respect the law. At most places they were civilly treated, but Manderscheid put them out of his place with great violence and the use of much abusive language. ne of the other places were proceeded agains but suit was commenced against Mande scheid by the friends of the ladies to s-cure his_punishment under the old injunc It was not asserted that he was Vic the Clark law, but merely that his place was not run in' compliance with the Martin law and that he was therefors selling liquor illegally, M deflance old | junction. The 'case h reh was not ruled on until tod Maner- scheid pays at once h ———— ROBBERS SHOT A FARMER SERIOQUSLY Followed by a Posse nnd After a Biattle. GALLATIN, Mo, April 30.—Robert Jack- son and D. A. Smith, desperate characters, were lodged in jail here this afternoon after a lively fight with a posse, who nt to jail Surrendered miles to a farm house and gave the alarm, the offense and asked the (ury to take all regardless of expense, the time necessary THE BEE BULLETIN, Weather Foreeast for Nebraska— Showers; Cooler; Varlable Winds. 1. Nicaragua Decides to I'ay. Horribie Tragedy in Kentucky, Modern Enoch Arden. The NIl Trial at Lincoln. 2. Beck May Come to Omaha. Brooke to Be Replace: Couneil Biuffs News, Outlook of Trade. From Omahn to Florence, Great Shoshone Falls, Sporting Matters, City Counell Proceedings. Commercinl and Financinl, Messages from Malas and Matrons. Gllmpses of Ayrshire. Musiec. Art Kditorial and Comment. Colorado Woman Voter Philanthropy. Mrs. Hamlin's Washington Letter. Theologienl Seminary. Public Library and Lrownell Hall, Remintscences of Omahw's Early Soclety. Mrs, Manderson’s Washington Article. New York Letter, Educational Matters, Literature. Medical, Women's Clubs in Nebraska. Youth's De Household Department. Toples of Intorest to Church People. Rocking Chair Reveries. Frederiksborg the Home of Kings, Letter from Hawail, Omaha’s Hospitals, The Page Men Should Read. Nebraska’s First Newspaper, 10, o 1) 12, 14, 15. 18, 26, 28, INDIANS OBJECD TO BEING ARRESTED Deputy Marshal Calis for Assistance to En- foreo His Authority. FARGO, N. D, April 30.--United States Marshal Cronin received the following dis- patch from Deputy Schindler at St. Johns today: ‘“Between 200 and 300 hostiles are at Langan preparing to resist. Citizens and settlers leaving St. Johns through fear. If you come at all bring assistance enough to quiet disturbance and protect settlers.” It is stated aleo that the Indians have burned the houses of settlers who had testified against them. On running the story down it ap- pears that but one case of this kind has oe- curred. Sunday the marshel and deputy had a council with the Indians, who had pre- viously rescued a half-breed charged with cutting timber on government land from ar- rest, and told them they had come there to arrest the parties, and they should surely do it. Little Shell, chief of the Turtle Mountain Indians, told them that the government had never paid the Indians for their land, that he had given them permission to cut the timber, and that be had a right to give that permission, and that they would not allow any one to be arrested for cutting timber under his order with his permission. The marshal read the warrant and under- took to make the arrests, but the Indians forcibly resisted. The marshal returned to Fargo and wired the attorney gencral for in- structions. The offense is slight, at most, and the feeling is general among the settlers that the seventy indictments against settlers and others in tbat region are more for the purpose of making, fees for officers than for any other purpose. It was shown that not one settler within thirty miles of the moun- tain had failed to take advantage of the op- portunity to secure timber for fuel, fencing, ete. They exchanged it for flour at the mills and for groceries and clothing at the stores, and timber thus sold was sold back to the settlers. The government held t this was a technical viclation of the law which it was of no use to try to prosecute and the timber thus taken was essential to the com- fort of citizens and the maintenance of the settlements on the public lands, There is no probability that anything will come out of the alleged outbreak, for the reason that American citizens, as well as Canadian hali- breeds, are being persecuted, as the citizens believe, unjustly. Indians think they have original title to the land, and the government has so far recog- nized their claims as to set aside two town- ships on the mountain as a reserve. The government has also granted a large number of Indians homesteads on other portions. About one-half of the Indians are Canadians and many have received their rights on the Canadian side. While a_final examination will show the lands have been ceded and these Indians belong to White Barth, the point has not been settled By the Interior department e WILL REVISE THE WAGE SCALE. Amalgamated Assoclation Will Moer in Clevelnnd Next Month. PITTSBURG, April 30.—The annual con- vention of the Amalgamated Association of Tron and Steel Workers will be held in Cleve- land in two weeks and it will be the most important session since 1892, The organiza- tion is stronger now than at that time and it covers a larger territory. This year the great question as usual will be a revision of the wage scale, so as to secure a restoration of the wages lost during the business depression. Since the summer of 1893 the wages of the iron and steel workers have been going down The puddling rate fell from $5.50 to $4 per ton and even that rate has been cut in many places, notably in Pittsburg. The voluntary reduction of 10 per cent in the tonnage rates for finishers was followed last year by a further reduction of 10 per cent and in the Youngstown district the finishers took another cut of 15 per cent. “The only workers who escaped were the sheet mill hands. The tin workers compromised with a reduction of 121 and 15 per cent, one-half of what was demanded by the manufacturers. The de- mand for a wage restoration will likely cover all departments of mill work, with the possi- ble exception of the tin plate branch, AT Grand Lodge of B'ola B'rith In Session, CINCINNATI, April 30.—The convention of the grand lodge B'nai B'rith spent much of today laying out work for the future. Among the special orders for tomorrow is a resolu- tion to erect a national nonsectarian univer- sity, supported by Hebrews, as recommended in the majority report of the committee on intellectual advancement, each of the 30,000 members to pay 50 cents annually for its support. The executive committee was di- rected to provide at its discretion for the education of Jewish children in Roumania, where they have been excluded from ali schools. ————— Milwankee Milling ants Combine. MILWAUKEE, April 20.—Five large flour milling plants of Milwaukee were today merged into a_combination or trust, with the object of reducing expenses by doing away with eastern representatives and trav. eling agents. The mills in the combine are the Banderson Milling company, Pheonix Mill, the Dalsy Mill, owned by the Allis company; Manegold 'Milling company, B. Stern & Co.’s Jupiter mills, and the Madge: burg company. Only two plants are out of the combine, viz.: Faist, Krause & Co., id the Kagle mills of J. B. A, Kern. The atput of the mills will be regulated accord- ing to the requirements of trade, MeNuita Will Glve the B PEORIA, April 30.—Receiver McNulta an- in ticipates no difficulty morrow for all the dis 2 sum will amount to nearly §,000.000 for all the distilleries of the company. Warcho bonds covering =pirits on h amatmt $3,500,000 more, and bonds are also for transportailon of gocds in boud. enue collections in rin district during april amount to $1,819,779, —— cline to Give Any I’ WASHINGTON, April 20 Morton asd Dr. glving bonds to- although the to glven Rev- 80 far ply Jost Both Seeret Salmon, chief of the y ani- in order that the guilty brought to justice. O Movements of Ocean Meamers, ' pril 30 At New Ycrk—Arrived, Ems from Brem n, At Liverpool—Arrived—Cephalona, = from Bostou; Culle, from New York . parties might be mal industry division of the Agricuitural department, who is in charge of the inves- tigation of the alleged dréssed com- bine, decline at present to make any reply HILL TRIAL FAIRLY BECUN Jury Has Been Secured and the Opening Statement Made, WAKELEY STATES THE CASE OF THE STATR Defense Says It Proposes to Prove that the Ex-Treasurer Turned Over to His Successor All Monoys Ing to the State. LINCOLN, April 80.—(Special)—The jury was secured in the supreme court today and the trial of the HIll case was begun. Talese man C. L. Saunders was released from the Jury in the Hill case this morning by pers emptory challenge of Attorney Lambertson, C. F. Taggart was called in his place, and sald he had resided in Douglas county sinca 1876, Was acquainted with one or two of the defendants, particularly Cole, who had been on his receiver's bond. Is now acting Hardware coms as recefver of the Omaha the Merchants pany. Was a depositor in National bank of Omaha. Had simply been a depositor of the trust fund of the Hardware company, which did not think fair to withdraw. The case had been mentioned ta him, but no opinton expressed in his hearing The talesman was passed and Wheedon ore dered Sheldon away peremptorily. M. Bafley of Jefferson county was acs quainted with Captain Hill, and severa} others, Had heard the case discussed since he had been summoned as a juror, but not by any of the defendants. Was on speaking terms with several of the attorneys. Had read statements of the facts in the case, but had not such an opinion as could not be he removed by evidence. Mr. Bailey was passed by the state. Examined by Wheedon, he said nothing he had read in the newspapers would Influence his opinion the merits of this case. Wheedon, Lambertson challenged Alexander Mes Gavock and he retired. Andrew J. Knepper had resided in Butler county for twenty-four years and was a farmer. Was slightly ace quainted with General John C. Cowin, Examined by Wheedon he said he had never formed an opinion concerning the case and knew none of the defendants. In spite of (his position he was excused by Wheedon, John T. Martell made a strong plea to b excused, on the ground that his wife was an invaild, his boy had but one foot and hig presence was actually required at home, He was excused J. R. Hayward Saunders county. Was iy of the defendants or counsel. had ever talked with him merits of the cdse To Wheedon’s stock question whether he had read the newspapers he said he did, buf far they had been utterly powerless tol exert any influence over his mind. He was passed by Wheedon. At this point Lambortson sald (hat the state waived its next challenge, and Geners Cowin said he presumed the challenges wers limited to three to each side and was ine formed by the court that such was the fact Wheedon then excused Henry K. White of Saunders county, and the clerk called Frank Mitchell of Lancaster, who lLas re sided In the county twenty-three years. Was acquainted with nearly all the defendants residing in Lancaster county, and had done business with the Capital National ban! through Dick Outealt. DId not recall ever in determining Ho was passed by a stock raiser In unacquainted with! No one concerning the Wi hearing uttered ‘an opinion regardnig the case. Knew Wheedon, but did not know Deweese. No one had ever talked wit him about the case since he was summon as a juror. He was passed by Lambert son and Wheedon, and the jury was com= plete and immediately sworn.” The court ane nounced that ail other talesmen would be excused, Following is the jury in the case of the state against John E. Hill et al: NAMES OF THE JURORS. C. F. Taggart of Douglas county. Has res sided there since 1876. Is now acting as receiver of the Omaha Hardware company. rank Mitchell of Lancaster. Has resided in that county twenty-three years and s a farmer. Adam Pilger of Stanton, 1 twenty-two years, clerk of that county. muel J. Bell is engaged business in Butler county. S. M. Fa'ley is a prominent business mam of Jefferson county, where he has resided for @ number of years. where Was he has formerly in the grain A. R. Wilson of Thayer county is a farmer. J. R. Hayward is a stock raiser in Saune ders county and an old resident. Walter G. Clark is a resident of Omaha, engaged in_general business. George F. Ward i8 a lumber and coak merchant of Clay Center, Clay county. ¢. N. Carpenter of York is engaged im the commission business, A. P. Shepard of Dodge county farmer and a stockholder banks. J. . Blandin is a business man resi’ing im Saline county. Attorney General Churchill said that there was one thing yet to be taken into consideras tion by the court, and that was whether the jury was to be locked up nights or allowed to roam at will. The court said it would decide the question late Judge Wakeley In opening for the state sald that although a trial of a question of fact in the court of last resort was unusual, it was not unprecedented. It was true, howa ever, that it was the first time in the bistory of the state of Nebraska. The fact that the case involved a largo sum of money did nok remove it, in significance, beyond a common trial in a district court. He would give intelligent a statement of the facts as posgle ble, In 1889 the defendant, John E. HIlk had been elected treasurer of the state. In usg he had been re-elected, and gave way in 189 to his successor, Joseph Bartley. During this ond_term Hill had received the sum of 000,000 in round numbers. At the close of his term of office It was bis duty, under the law, to turn over in money all that remained in his hands. He had in his possession $1,444,« 000. But a small portion of this had beem turned over In any specles of currency im common use among business men. He had deposited this money in various banks scat tered throughout the state. To these banks he went and obtained certificates of deposit of his deposits as state treasurer. Amony them were three issued by the Capitol Nae tional bank, one for $150,000, one for §100,000 and one for §35.000, making in round nums bers $285,000. From time to time he bhad drawn out of these banks large sums. THEORY OF THE STATE. Judge Wakeley then proceeded to outlind the theory of the state. It was that the state treasurer should perform his duties according to law, and at the termination of his term turn over the sum remaining in his hands in cash. It had been held by the courts th when a treasurer deposits money in a banl he violated the law. He was responsible for every dollar, and that deposit was the first breach of his bond. When he deposited the money the state could then have proceeded against him on his bond, But the staf was not anxious to persecute him. While holding him and his bondsmen responsible, the state did not desire to interfere in the system which, though perniclous, had beem customary in the past. Upon receiving these certificates of deposit Bartley deposited them in the Capitol N tional bank, and received credit for them the books of the bank. This was on the L4th day of January, 1893, He then proceeded to draw checks against it, and between Januarg 14 and January 21 he checked out $48,000 im round numbers. This left in the bank $236, 000, and on the 21st day of January, 1§93, the bank closed itz doors. From that dap to this not oue dollar has been collected by the state. Judge Wakeley sald that if this was al} the case the jury might well wonder wh this suit was brought and why tbe state dl 8 & in one or twe not proceed regularly to enforce the bond., There were other matters connected with the cuse. The defense sets up.Abat. to the statement glven out last night by { B J. Martin, agent.of the Armour Packing mpany, : Treasurer IS4l did uot sign the ‘-_& o