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summoning tI,e NIiIitia.

COLUMBUS O., March 29.-The riot alarm has
been calling the military together for half an
hour, The Fourteenth Regiment is resting on
its arms, waiting for special train to Cincin-
natl The Fourth Regiment, with its head
quarters at Dayton. has also been ordered by the
Governor to fall in for orders. Special trains
have been sent out for companies at the sur
rounding towns. The Governor has given the
order, and large force of troops will start from
here at 3 o'clock, by special trains, for Cincin-
natl.
CLEVELAND, March 29-Adiutant general
Finley telegraphs from Columbus an inquiry
how soon the First Ohio Battery of Cleveland
can be ready and when. Captain Smith, last
night, replied that he could be ready within two
hours after receiving the orders. 1t is supposed
the Adutant general fears it will be necessary to
order the battery to Cincinnati.
COLUMBUS, March 29.-Colonel Hunt has tele-
graphed the Governor to be in readiness, and his
Excelleney will remain here over Sunday so as
to call more troops if necessary Colonel Hunt
has made requisition on the Acknowledgement for
5000 rounds of ball cartridges, and they were
sent to Cincinnati on the first train
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BERNER CAPTURED.


The Escaped Murderer Caught at Fosters
Crossing and Placed in the Penitentiary.
CINcINNATI, March 29,-Berner was caught
at Fosters Crossing about 23O P NJ, and is in
charge of officers who will take him to Column
bus.
A Columbus dispatch says Berner was landed
in the penitentiary at o'clock tonight, being
accompanied by strong guard of specials com
manded by Deputy Sheriff Joe Moses, of Cincin-
natl He has had a most eventful experience of
escapes for the past thirty hours After leaping
from the train last night he wandered over the
country keeping in sight of the railroad, and
finally rested in box-car. After waiting until
nearly daylight, he broke for the
woods and was overtaken about 10
o'clock by Deputies Moses and Devote,
who kept up the chase with buggies. They had
difficulty in keeping him concealed during the
day, and finally drove to Fosters Crossing, the
next station below Loveland, where they had
previously arranged to meet some newspaper
correspondents. They had changed Berner's
clothes, put derby instead of a soft hat on him,
and had him so changed that no enc would have
recognized him from the description They
turned him over to two correspondents, and
then claimed that they had failed to find their
man, There was quite crowd at the place,
however, before the train arrived there at
o'clock and the people suspected them and called
for Berner. but they got off safely Berner
was at once taken into express car by we
journalists, and the officers We're in the coaches,
pretending to be en- route to the capital for
advice and aid. They kept the Governor advised
by the conductor sending dispatches from every
station, and the Governor got the officials to
have the train stopped half mile from tine depot
here and close to the penitentiary, when Berner
was taken in on the run. There were crowds at
all of the stations making inquiries, and multi
tude awaited the train in and about the city
here, but they were given the slip. detach
ment of fifteen police and large number of
prison guards had been quietly located at the sub
urban crossing where the party alishted, and they
succeeded in getting there, one by one, without
arousing suspicion. They made large crowd,
however, on the double-quick to the prison gates.
Berner was scared nearly to death He was the
first man Warden Thomas ever saw glad to get
behind the walls. He reioiced when he was in
side and wanted something TO eat and chance
to rest After supper he related his trip, with
every one he met cursing and boiling for his
blood. He is nineteen years old, and sentenced
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THE JOURNALS SPECIAL REPORT.
How the Mob Began Its Work-Burning of
the Courthouse.

How the Mob Began Its Work-Burning of
the Court-House.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CINoINNATI, March 30-The city is in a state
of tumutuous excitement Dense crowds are
surging up and down the streets leading to the
Courthouse, and shooting is incessant The
Courthouse is a mass of blazing ruins, around
which mob of several thousand stand cheering
and yelling in the widest manner possible to
imagine The militia has repeatedly opened fire
on them with terrible effect but they are no
sooner driven back than they again press for
yard about the burning building the nucleus
of wild and furious indignation, and it seems
impossible to repress them. The ambulances
are kept busy carrying away those who are
killed, and in every drug store within distance
of half dozen squares from the Court-ho
are lying numbers of wounded men. The city
is at the mercy of the mob. The police have
withdrawn and are making no attempt to quiet
the disturbance
HOW THE RIOT BEGAN
A crowd fingered in the vicinity of the Jail all
day, but at OF ack this afternoon it began
growing larger anu Ne excitement began to in
crease. Early in the evening thousands of
printed circulars of an excitahle nature were
scattered throughout the city, and i'm
mediately after people began NOV
ing toward Main and Sycamore
streets The police were then formed in line
guarding the approaches to the Jail, and the
crowd assembled on Main street in front of the
Courthouse. The mob at this time was com
posed of not more than 200 persons majority
of whom were young boys. There were
no demonstrations further than an occa-
sional YELL and there is doubt but
that if the militia and police had arrested the
boisterous ones the spirit of the mob could have
been checked and suppressed; but it seems to have
been the opinion of these officers that If the
crowd was kept out of reach of the jail
all serious trouble would be averted,
Encouraged by finding that they were
in no danger of arrest for their boisterous con
duct, they became more and more demonstrat-
i've and the hoodlum element took the lead.
There was no organization and no recognized
eaders. About 9 o'clock some one in the crowd
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HosTm1TIEs RESUMED.
The Mob Attacks the Court-House and Eff
fects an Entrance.

CINCINNATI, March 20, 9 P. M.-Whe Sheriff
Hawkins was carefully protecting the front and
TANKS by barricades as already described he
neglected to protect his rear, which was the
Courthouse front, looking west on main street
An immense crowd has gathered there, and the
large plate glass windows are being crashed in
by powders. This will give an entrance to the
jail yard and to the jail through the tunnel bltt
only to a small number at time.
The troops from Columbus are not yet here.
9:45 PM-The fire alarm has just sounded
from Court and Vine streets, two squares from
the Courthouse, caused by fire in tho treasur-
ers Office which is on the first floor of the Court
house. There is also an immense bonfire lin
front of the Second National Bank on the corner
of Court and Main streets, directly opposite the
+reasurer's office All large glass windows in
mont of the Courthouse have been broken to
pieces. The mob is firing revolvers, throwing
powders and yelling The militia fired into the
mob from the Court house, but as no harm was
done, SO far as known, it is supposed
rhat they used blank cartridges. The mob
is greater than last night, and there are more
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FRIDAY NIGHTS FIRING.
Who Was Responsible for the Collision-In-
dignation of the Militia.

CINCINNATI March 29-When Sheriff Haw-
kins sent to Colonel Hunt, of the First militia,
last night, asking for aid only about forty men
were on duty. and these went to the jail, passing
through the Court house and the tunnel Here
occurred the first bloodshcd. The farther end of
the tunnel was guarded by Officers Phil Num-
and Won Seggern AS the soldiers approached by
threes, with guns pointed. Officer Won Seggern
threw up his hands and shouted: For Gods
sake don't shoot here. You'll kill your friends
Without needing the warning the command
fire" was given, and volley went rafting
through the tunnel Officer Num- fell pierced
by four balls Won Seggern was shot on the side
of the head Several of the militia were shot
by their own guns.
The volley had the effect TO clear the Jail, but
for two hours thereafter efforts were made on
the outside to destroy the whole building A
barrel of coal oil was poured down into the lower
part of the jail and set on fire, but the officers
within managed to eXtinguish it. The carpen
ter's office furnished some wood, and that also
was fired but as the jail is mainly stone and
iron. this effort was futile. The crowd threw
powders and fired pistols promiscuouSly at the
windows, and the militia in the meantime fired
from the windows at the crowd.
Sheriff Hawkins tried to control the firing by
ordering that not more than one man should fire
at time, and then only to frighten not to kill.
But tho mon we're uncomfortable and fired at
the crowd, doing deadly work. Later, the
crowd broke into the Veteran armory and Kilt
redge's gun store and got arms, but by the time
this was done the crowd had so thinned out that
no further serious attempt was made, and at
$3.50 this morning quiet was restored.
The feeling has by no means been allayed by
last nights tragedy and is growing not only
against the murderers, but against the militia,
upon whom the whole responsibility for the loss
Of life is placed Sheriff Hawkins had repulsed
the mob without bloodshed, and was holding
them at bay when the militia entered and tho
fire by the soldiers was in direct opposition to
the protest of officer Won Seggern. The people
do not rest easy under the fact that officer Num-
lost his life trying to protect the lives of worth
less murderers
Colonel Hunt, commander of the militia gives
.this version of the firing ON the mob: when
we endeavored to pass through the tunnel we
found it occupied by the mob, who, just as
the two leading files made their appearance
began firing on us, and three of the four leading
men fell badly wounded The deputy sheriff
who was with us ordered the men to return the
fire, which they did and cleared the tunnel In
every instance the men fired under orders Most
of the gun shot wounds came from the indis-
crminate firing of the mob
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tered and when Colonel Harper's orders arrived,
the colonel commanding was unable to get the
troops together. 1t is evident the mob must be
permitted to enter the Jail or the power OF the
State must be put forth with much greater ylgor
before the end of this trouble is reached
THE MOB DISPERSED.
3A M-The mob in possession of the cannon
at Fourth and Walnut streets seemed to have
had no powder They were trying to secure
some. They had obtained kegs of iron to be used
instead of canister, and were moving up
Fourth street. when a squad of thirty policemen
under command of Lieutenant Burke emerged
from the Hammond street station house.
only half square south of Fourth streSt,
and by gallant charge, without
firing pistol, captured all the guns and dispersed
the mob There were no casualties except from
the use of clubs The police all through have
shown remarkable bravery and GOODNESS
under all circumstances This cap
ture has weakened the spirit Of
the mob to such an extent that they are not
likely to rally again during the night
During the attack on Powells gun store, Mr..
Powell defended his property and killed at least
three men, One account says he killed seven
QUIET RESTORED.
Comparative quiet is restored. The mob has
dispersed. Dead are still lying in the streets
in the vicinity of the conflict and safe esti-
mate of the killed is fifty to seventy-f five.
Only a small portion of them have been
identified or the names preserved. The rumor
about the killing of Colonel Hunt and Lieuten-
ant O'Meara is found to be false.
There were three or four slight casualties
in jail. The colonel of the Fourth regi-
ment has not yet been able to collect
his men, but Colonel Church, of the Governors
staff, is endeavoring to get him to join the rest
of the command.
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The Dead and Wounded.

CINcTNNATI March eft is still impossible
to tell how many dead and wounded there are.
Nine dead bodies are in the morgue, at Habigs.
One is Dugan the furniture manufacturer. At
the hospital, at o'clock, there are the following
killed:
CAPTAIN JACK DESMOND, shot through
the head.
HENRY J. PESSNER, shot through the head.
JOHN HETTENSHEIM, shot through the
breast
Fatally wounded:
ALFRED HOPKINS.
CHARLES BLOOM.
J. CAMPEB
WILL BALTzE, eighteen years old; dying.
PHILIP RAABE, breast.
Severey-Daniel Chrisman. twice in the leg;
Sears Kolt, right leg Henry Rudds. thigh; Joel
knausheigt, right leg: Edward Rehm, right leg,
below the knee Fred Ekenhorst, right leg above
the knee: William Sullivan. thigh John Barth,
boy fourteen, left shoulder; George Wise, left
side
Serious-John Heckerman through both legs
1t is said this ball after passing through both
legs killed the small boy now at Habgs
Seven dead men are in the Anzeiger Office,
corner of Vine and the canal. Three dead men
were at Court and Vine streets, but could not be
nH
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A Stupid, Leaderless Mob, Which Stands
StOlidly and Receives the Fire
of the Militia.
ReGapture of Berner, Who Is Now in
the Penitentiary at Columbus.
Graphic Description of the Music Hall In
dignatiOn Meeting-The Crime Which
Started the Trouble.
BUALETIN REPORTS.
How the News Was First Received from Our
Special Representative.

How the News Was First Received from Our
Special Representative.
Bulletin No. IL
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CINCINNATI, March 29-The streets are
crowded to- night, and there is still a great deal
of excitement. A word is likely to turn the
crowd into mob 1t is believed that additional
troops will arrive in an hour and the jail is well
guarded.
Bulletin No. 81
RIorING BEGUN.
Special to the indiana polls Journal
CINCINNATI. March 30, $50 P. M.-Rioting has
begun. The mob has assaulted the Court house
with powders and broken all the windows The
police have withdrawn from the position which
they took up early in the evening The mob is
shooting necessarily, but no one has been wounded
yet 1t is rumored that an attack will be made
on the Jail after midnight, but the mob is now
without leader 1t is feared that there will be
serious trouble before morning
bulletin No 81
THE COURT HOUSE FIRED.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CINCINNATI, March 29-10P p. M.-The Court
house is on fire. The militia opened fire on the
me- ng one man and wounding three Others.
bulletin No. 4. !
FIVE MEN KILLED AND TWENTY WOUNDED.
Special to the Indiana polls Journal
CINCINNATI, March %, 1915 p M.-The flames
have reduced the Court house to ruins, and the
Jail is now burning, The militia opened fire on
the mob with the eating gun. Five men wer
killed and about twenty wounded. The mob
has broken open the gun stores, and are arming
for battle with the militia. The worst has
come.
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The Casualties.

CrNcrNNArr, March 29-So far as can be
learned four persons We're killed last night and
fifty wounded, many of whom will die. The
dead are:
OFFICER PHIL NUM-, died at 4 o'clock
this morning.
OFFICER JOE STEM, shot in the abdomen;
bled TO death IN a few minutes.
JAMES GREEN.
WALTER FAY
The wounded are as follows;
JACKSON TOP. left breast fatal
JAMES TURK, fatal.
+. ZoEHNER, badly wounded in thigh
e. DULLEFF, shot in the legs.
DR. CHAs. MUscRoTr, police surgeon light
wound.
Privates, EDWARD MUTHEET slightly HER
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DAYTON, March 29.--Four United States
prisoners were brought up from Cincinnati at
TAO this evening in charge of government Off
GERS AT the depot the impression was conveyed
that they We're the Cincinnati murderers, and
mob attacked them as they were transferred
from the train to the jail 1t with difficulty
that they were prevented from accomplishing
their purpose. The prisoners now safe in
jail and the announcement has been made to
the mob that they are government prisoners.
The Fourth regiment of this city left for Cinciu
natl this evening.
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to twenty years, and hopes to outlive it. He re-
tired early and will attend chapel to-molroW,
resting the first 1aV
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The Calling Gun Turned Upon the
Crowd with Merciless Effect.

Five Persons Killed and Twenty Wounded
at the First Fire-Many Other
Casualties Reported.
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But They We're Unable to Restrain the
Passions of the Excited Mob that
Filled the Streets.
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ANOTHER NIGHT OF Mob
Cincinnati Again Placed at the Mercy
Of Surging Thousands.
The Courthouse Repeatedly Attacked and
Burned to the Ground by the lnfu-
rated People Last Night.

Several Regiments of the State Militia
Ordered Out by the Governor,
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2:20 A. M-The startling fact has just been
discovered that the mob have three cannon sta
toned at Fourth and Walnut streets. They are
said to have obtained them from Music Hall
They are evidently now posted here to await
the coming of the Fourth Regiment, expected
momentarily Instead of the fight being over
it now looks as if the soldiers and police would
be overpowered by the mob The Jurteenth
Regiment has been placed in front of the Court
house with unoaded guns. They are keeping the
crowd back, but are pelted with brick
bats and occasionally a pistol ball is fired
Lieutenant Lggett has been wounded in the
leg The police are worn out, and besides have
no arms fit to cope with the mob. The troops
are insufficiently supplied with ammunition.
There is no sign yet of the Fourth regiment.
Reports from the depot say the men had scat
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From Our Extra Zdit0nd Sunday.
ANOTHER NIGHT OF MOB
Cincinnati Again Placed at the Mercy
Of Surging Thousands.
The Courthouse Repeatedly Attacked and
Burned to the Ground by the Infu-
rated People Last Night
Several Regiments of the State Militia
Ordered Out by the Governor,
But They We're Unable to Restrain the
Passions of the Excited Mob that
Filled the Streets
The Calling Gun Turned Upon the
Crowd with Merciless Effect.
Five Persons Killed and Twenty Wounded
at the First Fre-NIany Other
Casualties Reported.
A Casualty List of More than One Humid
red Persons Killed Outright.
A Stupid, Leaderless Mob, Which Stands
StOlidly and Receives the Fire
of the Militia.
Recapture of Berner, Who Is Now in
the Penitentiary at Columbus.
Graphic Description of the Music Hall In
dignatiOn Meeting-The Crime Which
Started the Trouble.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-28

The lact0meter has been declared use.
less by an English authority.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-28
SOME CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
The Amount Which is Spent for Gas
Paste, Ice. and Car Tickets.

The Amount Which Is Spent for Gas,
Paste, Ice. and Car Tickets.
If anybody supposes it doesn't cost
much to run one of the great departments
of the government, says the Washington
Post, let him take up one of the most
trifling expense accounts and study its
items, and he will soon be undeceived.
The annual statement OF the Secretary of
the Interior regarding the expenditures of
the fund for miscellaneous expenses
otherwise known as the contingent
fund.-" in the last fiscal year is interesting
IN this particular. Among the items are
Gill street car tickets, presumably for
the hired employees and messengers, for of
course the Secretary and Commissioner
of Patents and other prominent officers of
the bureau are furnished with horses and
carriages at government expense. An
other item of considerable interest is
about $500 for paste. Of which nearly two
thousand gallons were used during the
year. What the Interior Department
could have wanted of this quantity of
bill-pOsters' material in the year is hard
to understand; but it was paid all the
same.
The item of towels seems to have been
a pretty important one, as there are bills
paid for several thousand of these
articles, and for washing no less than
los, 900 during the year, or an average of
over $50 day during the working days of
the year for this one department alone.
1t seems a little odd, too, that the ice for
the month of December, at which time
the Potomac water furnished the depart
ment is very cool, should have been 81, 500
pounds, and that a department which
opens at 9 and closes at 4 O'Clock should
have used in that same month 559, 800 feet
of CASTOR the department building"
the account puts it-at a cost of 1861.
An item which seems q little odd is that
of $500 year for winding and regulating
the clocks of the six bureaus in the de-
partment, while Mr.. Henry Bergh will be
panied to know that Holmes s. Thompson
were paid SO for s'clipping gray horse for
Pension Office" in the chilly month of
February.
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MUST HAVE A CARRIAGE.
That is What Each Bureau Officer
Must Have.

That is What Each Bureau Omcer
Must Have.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ,21.-The agricul-
tural appropriation bill calls for the en-
plOyment of one laborer to take care of the
horses of the bureau and drive the car
riage. 1t has come to pass that every
bureau officer under the government
must have carriage, which is generally
smuggled in as a mail wagon, while the
driver is on the rolls as a messenger. If
some OF the officials do not push their
cOnsciences to that extent it goes greatly
TO their credit. The present Commits
siOner of Agriculture has three men en-
plOyed in this private service. One of
these is a white man brought from Massa-
chusetts, the other two fare colored men,
one OF whom is carried on the seed roll
and is paid out of the contingent fund.
One of them stays in the stable at the
grounds and drives the Commissioner
and his chief clerks families around the
city In the government carriage, and the
other stays at the Commissioners resi-
dence ON X street during the winter.
The Commissioner brings his fast horses
down from Massachusetts and stables
them in the government stalls and has
them kept at public expense.
There are a great many curious things
about this department, and if gossip is
halt way correct it should be looked into
closely before being raised to the dignity
of Cabinet portfolio. 1t is related that
the chief clerk, the building engineer and
the head female clerk have entire charge
of the management. According to the
timekeeper Mr.. LOring has been at the de-
partment since his appointment in July,
1850, on an average of three months each
year. During this time absent he has
been travelling all over the country at
government expense, making speeches at
agricultural fairs, looking up sick cattle
and hog cholera, finding places where for
est trees will grow, the effect of sorghum
on hogs and places on the alkaline deserts
to plant artesian wells to water buffalo
and prairie dogs. His chief business APP
pears to have been to get grangers and
agricultural societies to indOrse him for
the Cabinet, and petition for the passage
of the agricultural bill.
Besides the hog sorghum scheme, he
has another equally important-the estab-
hshment of an ostrich farm, where every
Congressman's wife can get her feathers
at government pXDpnsp