Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-19
TELEGRAPH NOTES
Special Dispatches TO Tuu Bru


At the funeral Of Ex-Governor Morgan,
Saturday, President Arthur and ex.Presi.
dent Grant were pail. bearers.
Elk Governor Stephen Hampstead, sec.
ond governor OF Iowa and the frat lawyer
who settled in Iowa, died suddenly ct Du.
buque Saturday of heart disease, aged 20.
lie WIS for many years m sctive politi-
clan. He died much respected, but poor.
A prize fight between Cinnamon WINS
fought at Philadelphia in the presence of
forty srectators, who paid 50 each. The
contestants were Loo Hing and Iii Sins
Foon. After q desperate hut unscienti6c
battle Of eleven rounds Loo Hing gave up.
Saturday morning rs the Wabash Can.
non Ball train from Chicago stopped NJ
Kansas Citv, tho rIllman caught fire and
burned. The occupants escaped with the
loss Of nearly all their property.
A new theory is advanced regarding the
cause Of the Newhall fire. On Tuesday
last tho body of a tall man was found
under tho sidewalk, burned beyond recog-
milton. The body was found by lnborers
who were shoveling out coal. It Ia said
now that tramps were In the habit Of
enesking into the coal cellar for q nights
logging. The engineer of the hotel states
that he discovered o tramp several times
in the basement, one time q big, burly
fellow smoking q pipe right near the base
Of the elevator shaft. IL Ia believed by
some that the FIRE was caused by tramps.
The grand jury has finished Its testimony.
Henry Sheldon, Of Illinois, shot bis wife
twice, Thursday night, at Exeter, Oswego
county, N. Y. He then shot himself, dy-
ing instantly, His wife Ia thought to be
fatally injured.
The Rock Island dummy, at Chicago,
s Saturday nipht, backed into q freight
train of the Il ,stern Indiana road stand
ing on the track at Stouey Island and o
terrible wreck resulted. Several thousand
dollars worth of property was destroyed
All the passengers were well shaken up, and
the fireman of the Rock Island was fatally
hurt and died soon after.
On the morning OF April 10 last, r. w.
| Stuhbs, ex-mayor Of Polk City, Iowa,
was awakened by hearing a man in his
room. He sprang up, waking Mrs. Stuhbs
as no did 10, and made toward the in.
truder, VINO fred as he started down the
stairs, the ball taking effect near the
heart, and Stubbs fell dead. Soon after a
young man named Delare was hanged to a
tree near Polk City, who made a confession
throulh fear, but wa after ward released.
In October Charles Weir and Charles
Kline, both notorious criminals, were ar-
rested, ard after n long ex animation were
bound over by Justice Labour, charged
with murder In the first degree. Kline
has been living at Corning, and produced
much evidence to prove an abb, AND
has now an application for releas'
on habeas corpus. In January, Charles
U;lonx apntbar hard caua uou nrrasta1 In
Kansas, having removed there last fall,
lodged In Jail at Des Moines, and waived
examination. Detective French, whS
secured Wilcox's confidence before HI
moved to Kansas, and thereby secured tn,
arrest Of Wier and Kline, has secured re
newal of Wilcox's statement, which Il
that Weir drove the team from Colfax t,
Polk City, that Wilson and Kline lef
Wier in the buggy half q mile from Stubbs
house, ard that Kline did the shooting
The party had heard Stubs had q larg
sum Of money In the house and went ex
pecting to rob, bpttpot murder him. VIE
and Wilcox upbraided Kline Tor the mui
der, but on the way to Colfax agreed {
keep secret his identity. Wilcox, so fsl
has refused to employ counsel. His wifi
and children visited him to-day.
wALLINGFoRD, Conn, February 49,.
Willie Meyer, Willie. Howe and Alic
Franks were killed and Alice Mattron Sc
rious injured, their sleigh being struck b.
q locomotive.
MoKEEsPoRT, Pa, February 18th
United States iron and tin-plate works o
Denmla station were totally destroyed b!
fire this morning. Loss, 500, 900; insur
ance, $50, 600. Three hundred men out o
employment.
GALVESTON, February 1S.--A New
special from Bracket says fou small chill
dren of Michael Mcdonald were burned il
their beds from the explosion of o lam
left standing by their mother for the re
turn of four daughters OF q ball.
ANNAPOLIS, February 18.-Four NOR
cadet officers were reduced to the rank
last night for engaging in recent acts o
characterization.
New York, February 1S.-Urder tn
m Management of Frederick A. Schawb
Mrs. Langtry and Dion Boucicault begil
in April a professional tour of the Pacifi
coast,