Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-10
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. ARRESTED FOR MURDER. Deputies Held for Killing Strikers at Moorwood, 4 GROUP OF CHILDREN FIRED UPON. Victory for the British Near
 Manipur. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN NEBRASKA. How a Scranton Man Has
 Been Prosecuted.
EXCITEMENT AT SCOTTDALE.

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 Captain Loar and His Deputies Ar
 rested Charged with the Murder of
 Several Strikers at Moorwood-The
 Justice,s Omce Surrounded by a
 Mass of Humanity.
 ScorTDALE, Pa., April 9.-This place is in 8 fever of excitement tonight over the arrest of Captain Loar and his deputies on the charge of murder. The suit is the outcome of the Moorwood riot. Early this morning James Mcbride and Robert We'd del, two labor leaders, appeared before Jus tice Richer and swore out warrants for the arrest of Captain J. A. Loar, Company B, Harry Wilson, Richard Burns, Lewis Da- wis, Cary Brown, Horan Reece, Jacob Zun- dle, Steve Carso, and Elmer Nichols, on the above charges. Officer Gay, armed with these warrants, went to Mount Pleas ant and succeeded in capturing all of them but two, who are thought to have escaped. They were brought here in squads and taken to the squire's office in quiet manner to keep the news from reaching the strikers. A large crowd gathered, however, and the sidewalk and street fronting the office were soon mass of humanity. The de- fendants waived hearing and commit ments were taken out on which they will be removed to jail tomorrow morning. The feeling among the strikers against Captain Loar and his deputies is still very high and they were taken up to the Eighteenth regiment camp, where they will be carefully guarded until daybreak. The defendants say they are not worried over the ultimate outcome of the suits. Captain Loar says he did not give the command to fire at Moorwood and that evidence will be advanced before court. MARRIED WHEN A YEAR OLD. An Interesting Case With Some Dis
 crePancies as to Dates-After Arr
 temus Wards Estate.
 NEW YORK, April 9.-The Evening Sun says J. A. Browne of Bloomington, H., is in this city and makes the interesting as- sertion that he is the son of the late Charles F. Browne, who was better known as Artemus Ward. His mother, whose maiden name was Hannah Stanton, is confident that she is the widow of the de- ceased humorist and supports her asser- tion by number of afidavits. She is in Illinois and claims the estate of Charles F. Browne. The law firm of Ten Evoke & Remington of this city has been retained to investigate the matter and prove the claim. Some unusual discrepancies in the matter of; dates will probably bother the claimants if their cases ever gets into court. According to the biographers of Artemus Ward, Charles Farrar Browne was born in the town of Waterford, Me-, about the year 1884. He died in England and it was always supposed he was 8 bachelor. According to Mrs. Browne's statement she was married to Browne in 1885 and bore him ten children. If the biographers are to be believed, Browne was married when year old. The claim ants assert that he was much older than he appeared to be and the biographers are wrong in the matter of age It is alleged that the humorist left his family thirty six years ago and they never heard from him