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The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
HUGH O'DONNELL.
On Trial for His Life.

Pittsburg. Feb. 14.-Thc case of Hugh
ODonnell, the first chairman of Home
stead's famous advisory board, was called
for trial before Judge Stowe this morn
ing. o DonLell is charged with murder
during the riot of July 6. His is per-
haps the most important of all the cases
in connection with that event. The
court was fairly packed long before the
court officers made their appearance.
O'Donnell stood while the indictment
charging him with the murder of Il. j.
Conners. a Pinkcrton detective. the same
on which Clifford and Critchlow We're
tried. was read to him. In response to
the usual question O'Donncll replied
firmly. Not guilty." The work of So
lecting jury was tedious and occupied
the greater part of the morning The
Jury as finally made up was as follows:
Frederick Nogel. dairyman; William
Richardson. policeman; Charles Bruch-
Ter, saioonkeeper; John Sproul, bricklay-
Rrookcr. farmer; 4. c. Flood. laborrr;
Henry Eiscnhauer. shoemaker; John Me
Cam. paper hanger; John Geislcr,
moul,lcr: Peter Stragcn, miner; William
Bramble. waiter.
When court resumed in the afternoon
Attorney Patterson. in the absence of
the district attorney, opened the case
for the prosecution. He reviewed the
circumstances leading up to the riot at
great length. giving every detail of the
trouble from the time of the lockout un-
til the surrender of the bargcs on tn,
evening of July 6, and said the prosccu-
tion would prove that Connors came tc
his death from Il gunshot wound fired
by some one of II crowd of persons o,
the river bank at the Homestead mills
that the common purpose of this crow,
was to kill, and that Hugh O'Donncl
formed one of the number: AS mem
Der he aided, allotted, assisted and Ell
and was therefore guilty of murder.
vania hospital, was the first witness
and lie told Of attnding Connors. Rev
Father Lynch. who administered the last
rites of the church. and several Other
unimportant witnesses followed. AM
then Capt. Cooper. of the Pinkertol
forces. took the stand. lie repeated til,
story of the trip on the boat and tigh
and surrender ut the mill landing. Whel
court adjourned he WAS still on the stand
What the defense will be- is not known
but in all probability it will set up tn,
| claim that the riot was against O'Don
nclls counsel. and that he did all in hi.
power to stop the battle and to protcc
the Pinkertons. His attorneys are
McsSrs. Bremen, Marshall. Cox. Mon
tooth. Rcaddon. Erwin and Anderson
The ease for The commonwealth will ht
presented by States Attorney Burlcgh
Assistant Gehcring, j. s. Robb, ID. Il
| Patterson and II. y. Brpck.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
Sinful Doincs,

A Chicago man is found to have six
wives. He .marrics five within Il month
at St. Joseph, Mo-. and vicinity.
D. Geuttes of ShoM Lake. Man. was
found dying in his room with pistol
shot through his head. The shooting is
surrounded hy mystery.
A Cherokee strip boomer. who had been
arrested by liveryman and his son for
hay stealing, fatally carves both and
escapes.
Powers and his son ut Topeka. Kan
They had accused the man of stealing
hay. and he stabbed both TO death. The
murderer is Cherokee Strip Looiner
jack Clifford. the Homestead strike
leader charged with killing T.. !. Con-
nors during the famous barge battle on
July &. was acquitted.
Three deputy narshals ramel Rusk.
Bruner and Knight. We're killed near
Tahlequah. /. T.. by Bill Pigeon, an In
dian Desperate.
Miss Sallie Iloop. aged twenty-eiglt
years. committed suicide at Brooklyn by
Il King chloroforln and firing four shot,
il to her body with u revolver.
Striking street car employees at Wheel
ing, w. Va. bombarded car with
stones and bricks and injured several
persons.
S. p. Webster of Fontanet. Ind. was
arrested on the charge of embezzlns So
600 from the funds of a minor for whom
he has been guardian.
Judgment for S16.5OO against Omer J..
Hittie. who recently absconded, has been
entered at I;ichnond. Ind. in favor of
the Second National bank
An uncon6rmed report states that the
Indian police. M:lo went ont to arrest the
Indian murderers of white men Or the
Pine Ridge reservation. shot the 'nur-
derers down without warning.
Henry Benson of Chester. Ind. was
robbed by masked man and then felled
to the grounl. He was badly frozen
by being out all night and may not re-
cover.
John Marley. aged thirty-f"ur years, an
en.ploye of the Homestead Steel works.
was found dead i'll front of one OF the
furnaces. 1t is believed b.. was mur-
dered.
The Guaiira Indians have roasted
alive three traders who We're caught
stealing young InJi;n girls for the pur-
pose of selling them into servitude.
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IN VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE
H. c. YAEGER INDICTED AT
HELENA.
Eight Indictment Returned Against
This High Official of the Or
derof United Workmen-
He Is Probably
Insane.
His Cash Short.

Helena. Special. Feb. 14.-H. c.
laeg"r, grand recorder of the grand
lodge. Ancient Order of United Work
men. WAS to-day Indicted by the grand
jury. eight separate indictments being
returned by that body. The charges We're
no, given publicity. but Il report made ly
TIL" grand jury says TINT largcr'S ;.c-
counts are short in the inn,trr of nine
different estates viii III came into his
h'n'l> Will. public administrator. The
shortage. rccol,iill. To the grand jury,
report is about SS.Um
.thuu; two weeks ago I;lc@"r was
ratlrl on Tor IN accounting of one of the
estates hy Juhg" Buk and confessed
that he did not have th,. money. having
loaned it L" his wife two years previous
lN without security. III" was Summarily
"'"rt"'l by Judge Buck from the charge
of the estate. Though nothing had been
thought I" b" ln!i>S III mis- mental rondi-
t'on ul' I" that time. ilmc,lia,cly sitter
'Iu'l." Buck discharged him he began to
exhibit signs of Insanity. and reports Of
ATTEMPTED suicide while 'lls rae were fire.
ul"nt. To-day iIe M:lS cX imiiicl before
me dl"irlri court Is to his sanity.
Though the "Nami:iati IN VAS not CON-
rlci"'i he will urlouh,.dly br ur;.l ID
! fnZN. as f"ll doctors to-day .worc that
III" Is i'll that condition. When released
from if" aSvirm III" indictments will lie
prosecuted
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Charged with Murder.

Wausau. Wis. Special. Feb. 14.-Aug.
Hoffman and Ferdinand lIcisc were ar
rested to-day charged with the murder
of William HcrSog while ut II dance at
Rib Falls Saturday evening. Albert and
Aug Hoffman and icisc became in
volvcd in a quarrel with another specta-
tor. llcrsOg attempted TO separate them
and received several wounds in the
breast by knife in the hands of Aug
Hoffman and also received two blows on
the head with chair by IIeise, which
fractured his skull. liersog died to-day.
The defendants are all farmers near
Rib Falls and have Il very hard rcputu-
ton. lIersog lives at Sheboygan. but
has been engaged in the lumber business
in this vicinity for some time. He is a
man of good reputation and considerable
property. No family. Albert Hoffman
prevails m si 81 here % and may prove serious be.
fore the case comes to trial.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
Money MnllcrS.

New York, Feb 1i.-Secretary Foster held
Il conference to-day with several leading
bOndcrs at the SubtreaSury. Ii is said that
it WIS practically decided by the secretary
10 issue bonds probably to the amount Of
SJOHU.OOo which the banks will take and
pay for in gold Assistant Treasurer Rob
eris stated positively that bonds will be
issued, but this statement is coliibatted by
parties at the conference yesterday and in
close aItilia:ion with the secretary, and they
assert tnat .!r. Roberts is WRONG. 1t was
also declared positively today that the re-
suit of Il communication from. the secretary
of The treasury To the effect that contri-
would be acceptable.
After leaving the Subtreasury Mr. Foster
visited several banks and wa, then driven
10 the establishment of J. w. Seligian
where he enjoyed lunch with the members
of the firm in their private office. Al ":l1
p. III. MIR. Foster visited the subtrcasury and
after II talk with Assistant Roberts an
normccd that lie had nothing 10 iiiipirt He
would not state the result Of his conferences
as related to Il new issue of bonds.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18

Important ConcessiOns.

Sioux City. Iowa. Special. Feb. IA
The new freight tariffs to North Pacific
coast points. issued fed days ago. arc
found to contain important concessions
to the packing interests west of Chicago.
The rates on packing house products to
Pacific coast points have always been
the same from Chicago. Mississippi river
points have for two years been trying
to get II diffcrcntal against Chicago.
The new tariffs make the rate as fol
lows: Per 1907 pounds. from Chicago,
10: from Mississippi river. S1.G5; from
Missouri river. SLIGO. The packers here
are rcjoiccd at the concession. and tele-
grams of congratulation We're to-day eX-
changed between the commercial organi-
cations of the Missouri and Mississippi
riuer ILnilltS.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18

Washington, Feb. 14.-Thc bill which
is intended to secure the construction of
the Nicaragua ship canal occupied the at
tention OF the senate to-day. 1t provides
that . per cent bonds of the company to
an amount not exceeding S1OOOO0,OOO
shall be guaranteed, principal and inter-
est by the government of the United
States, these bonds to he issued ac-
cor'ling as money is actually paid out
and expended by the company in the con-
strurtion of the canal The government
is then to own the capital stock of the
company, with the exception of the
twelve millions which is to be retained by
tho company, and except the shares to he
delivered to the governments of Near
aSua and Costa Itca. The Importance
of this guarantee by the government was
DEMONSTRATED in an eloquent speech by
Mr. Frye, who undertook to show that
the canal would. with the guarantee. he
finally completed at cost of $1OU,0OO.-
OO'. and that lis fixed charges would be
only S5.ON,,thW q year. outside of IL sink
ing fund. whereas. without the guarantee,
The cost would br hot less than S2OU, 1000
0N). and its fixed charges $14,OOO,OOO a
year. Mr. Morgan Discussed the diplo-
mntic features of tho measure, and the
bill went over until Tomorrow.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
In M Hurry for New s,.t,..

Washington. Feb. 1l..-Thcrc was IL
backsct To the bill to admit the four tor
ritorics to statehood to-day. but Carey,
who has the matter in charge. says it is
but Il temporary defeat. Mr.. Carey
called up the bill for the purpose of get
ting it before the senate and ordering it
printed. Mr. platt. chairman of the com
,nittec On territories. who is opposed TO
the admission of any more states ut pres
ent. objected. Mr.. Carey forced lhc is
sue by moving t)Ia; the bill he taken up.
His motion was defeated by II yeas to
10 NAYS. MIR. Washburn voted in the
negative. There appears to have been
fear on the part of some senators that
Mr.. Carey sought to dsplacc the Mic
nragua bill. and this is to some .xtcnt
accountable for tho vote. Some SENT
tors, particularly among the Democrats,
will vote for the bill when the canal mt
ter is out of the way. On Il square vote,
without anything To Interfere. Mr.. Carey
is. confident the territories will be adj
mitted.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18

Denver, Feb. 13.-Iseturns have been re-
ceived from the first shipment of ore by the
Work Mining company of Cripple Creek.
Tie shipments consisted of $3.50 pounds
n.t and a.sayed S1ls.2b gold ana 500 silver
10 the ton. On these assays the Omaha and
Grant sineiter purchased the ore paying SO
per ton. The y-streak which has been
from twelve 10 sixteen inches wide has now
l.iDO-ouncc ore has been struck i'll the
Schiller near the top OF Aspen mountain
big strike is reported in the Faryiew at
li1hin. Tie ore bed is OF /, stephanite ma
ture giving assays Of $4,000 10 S12.DU on
picked up samples. The entire tcr-inch
eteak will average $1,000 per ton. Ii is re-
ported ina. he sale "f the big Amethyst
mine nj Creole. together with the Hill
side and Hidden treasure TO New York
syndicate has been completed. The price
was 81 kgOUE.
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Casualty.

William Roost of Galveston fell IRON
a train into the bay and was drowned.
The steamer Wilmington was destroyed
bv fire near Oakland Or. Loss, $4,000;
fully insured
Patrick War,lc. Canadian Pacific
brakeman. was frozen to death near
Winnipeg, Man.
Peter Reilly, IL laborer employed at the
licoricc works at Newark, n. D.. was
boiled to death by falling into vat OF
hot licoricp.
Frank Kelly. the elevator boy in Coul
tries dry goods store at GAINESVILLE, Ohio
caught hold of an uninsulated electric
wire and was instantly killed.
Reason Davis flour mill at New Cas-.
tie. Ind. together with his saw mill and
brentwood factory. WAS burned early this
morning. cntaili1.g loss of S'O,OOO.
Bococl Il Woody's wholesale fruit and
confectionery store at Champaign, Ill.
was destroyed by fire. Their stock was
valued ut from $4,000 to S12,ooO.
Failing slate in the Princess coal mine
at Zaloner, Ohio. crushed four men
George Waxel is dead and the others arc
in Il critical condition
! William Wel,lt. an employe of the
| Aurora. H.. cotton mills, fell forty feet
through Il shaftway and was instantly
| killed.
Fire caused by gas explosion de-
stroycd double tive-story tenement
house in New York city. One man was
| killed and nlany injured.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
Sportin2 Scraps.

jim Barron. an Australian welter-
weight. knocked out Jimmy Purtcll of
Michigan. the Saginaw kid. in seven
rounds at the California Athletic club.
The Olympic club has matched Andy
Bowen of New York and Jack Burke,
lightweight of Houston. to fight for Il
purse of $500. The fight is to take
place in April.
The hackers of Eddie Mycr of Chi
cago and Billy Lavigne of Saginaw have
posted second forfeits of 500 each for
the 1000 side match which is to be
decided next month.
The Buffalo Athletic club has matched
Al O'Brien of Philadelphia and Billy
Wech of Buffalo to fight to a finish at
135 pounds for Il purse of $1,000. The
event is scheduled to take place on
Feb. 81,
The bill to prohibit prize fighting in
Indinna. providing that principals should
be fined $1,000 and newspapers $1,000
for printing advance notices. was killed
Jan. 26 in the Indiana house of repre-
scntatvcs.
The Buffalo Athletic club has matched
Jimmy Kenn"r1. the ''sSt. Paul kid" and
"Maxy' Hnlch of Brooklyn the feather
weight, to fight to finish. The boys
will meet on Feb. at 115 pounds for a
purse of $1,000, of which 5000 will go
to the loser.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
A Sensational Marriage.

New York, Feb. ia secret marriage
reffciincd iii this oity will stir 10 its depths
the tue-bloodcd circles of New York, Phil
ad, lpl Ia, Baltimor" and Washington. Mrs.
W,oisey. the daughter of cx-Coiicctor of the
Port Smythe. WHO recently secured a Gi-
vtlce from her husband. the wealthy club
man 81 d cx-Lroker il which case Tic pres
i,lent OF the New York stU.k exchange. +.
X. Stursis. was 4 correspondent. bestowed
her hand i'll L,:rria.. ui,ul. Edward i'a,.ci
ford. th. w-..,hy I:,iilnntcau. who has
been through tn. divorce mill hiii
self, a:ii whose cx-wfe. .'itel-
ty'' Or:way. the daughter Of Gen
Ordway. l.. :. A. lie; dying in n local hos
pital. After the wedding. which WAS almost
an eloI'e.nent. Mr. and Mrs. Pade!fol-d sailed
FOR Europe Ill tbs. most Secret manner I,u>>i
BILE. The matrimonial and divorce. records
Of all vino are concerned personally in this
matrimonial surpri>. would ill several books
and discount mos; novels. Tile Sny1he-
WOolsey nuptials. the Paheifnr,!-Dyer mar
riage and the Or,lway- -Pa.ieiforti- Rafael mar
riage and accompanying divorces all deserve
more than passing mention in order 10 get
understanding Of III. sensational siorie.
which, preceis.! io-!ay's unexpected affair.
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Jnc!.son.s Reply.

San francisco. Feb. H. Through I'arSon
Davies. Peter Jackson tonight delivered his
u',ima!uui To james j. Corbctt. He wants
definite reply from Cprbet within ten days
or he will Withdraw all challenges and take
down his deposit of 5000 recently put up in
New York II want Corbctt TO 81 IN an
agreement within the next ten days TO fight
Jackson at any specified future time. | am
tirtd of hearing torbcti'S conditional and
Indefinite promises to meet Jackson after he
has fought Mitchell l want this matter
considered altogether indcpcnlcn of Mitch
ell. What | am anxious to know of Corbctt
Is, will he fight Jackson or not: and further.
ces can b. sgned. but Jackson is wiln,
To rive Corte,t the naming of time AMI
terms. If corhc,t does not reply within til .
..rf,s
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
THE WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
IN A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important
News of the World, Culled
From the Telegraph Re-
ports of the Press
Associations.
THE Capital.


Congress canvassed the electoral vote
and declared Grover Cleveland the next
president.
The committee having charge of the
inauguration arrangements has awarded
the contract for music for the inaugural
ball and promenade concert to the United
States marine band of this city.
Secretary Tracy has officially accepted
the coast defense ship Monterey. Her
builders. the Union Iron Works of San
Francisco. lose $32.00O from the contract
price. S1,G2S.y5O. because she failed to
develop tho maximum horsepower OF
5.40O. Her horsepower in the trial was
shown to be only 5,O777.
Mgr. Satolli has received from Cardinal
Rampolla the papal document establish
ing the permanent apostolic delegation
i'll the United States. AS soon as spring
opens the papal delegate will start on
an extended tour over the United States
He will visit the bishops and their do
cases in order to become more familiar
with the church in this country.
Controller Hepburn. in order to secure
more accurate and complete returns as
to the condition of national banks. has
issued circular letter to the cashiers
of national banks directing them i'll the
next return they make TO report a classi
tication of certain items. which will show
the liabilities of the bank officers and
directors in connection Herewith.
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
Mr.. BOen Arrives.

Washington. Special Feb 14.-II. Il.
Boen, representativr-clcct from the Sew
enth Minnesota district, arrived this
afternoon and spent the day in the house
making Il beginning of his acquaintance
with the work he will lnvc to do. OF
all the Populsts that have appeared in
Washington, Mr. Bocn makes the best
Impression. He does not expect that
Henry Feig will enter II contest. as the
time for serving papers has just about
expired. Mr.. Eocn is being introduced
to the mrmbers Of the house by Repre-
sentative Lind.
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HE LEFT MYSTERIOUS.
A PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN
MISSING.
F. A. Bradley of Fargo Disappears
and Cannot Be Found Nor
Can His Absence
Be Satisfactorily
Explained.
Mucl, Anxiety.

Fargo. n. d.. Special, Feb. 14.-Con-
siderable excitement was caused hero by
a report current on the streets that Il.
A. Bradley, of the opera house grocery,
was missing. MIR. Bradley left his resi-
dencr last evening to attend the plymouth
Congregational church. He did not SO
to church, however. and ut $50 he was
seen going in the direction of the Head
quarters. and. it is assumed. he took til,
east-bound passenger ON the Northern
Pacific. which leaves ut y o'clock. All
investigation shows that his bank ac.
count is all right, although the bank Of
ticials refuse to say anything in regard
to the matter. His business relations
with Il wholesale firm in the city arc
reported as satisfactory. Ii is said that
he pays $40 per month as rent for The
building. and about the first of the month
he is reported as having rented the real
end of the store room to Tom Kennedy,
and this was used for Il "blind pig for
500 per month. Officers pulled the place
and it is said that Bradley was afraid OF
being summoned as Il witness in the case
His family and business associates are
doing everything possible to trace him
Some of his friends think he is on an
important trip and may b. back to-mor-
row. This afternoon Deputies Gallup
and Hanson took possession of Bradley
stock of goods under an attachment 10y
II NJ. Ruworth n Co. for 5000. His
partner was having papers made out fo,
an assignment, but the attachment was
served first
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Good TenlIpInrA.

Hastings, Mimi. Special, Feb. H.
The twcnty-fourth session of the First
district lodge, ]. o. G. II. of Minnesota,
began at Good Templars' hall to-day
with the following district officers pres
cnt: ID. G. r., I1unice H. Quick, st.
Paul; ID. V. r., Renn Tcachout, Castle
Rock; ID. secretary, ii. S. Webster, st.
Paul; ID. treasurer. III. q. Hoyrson. ST.
Paul; ID. Coul., w. B Reed. IInstings
The reports showed gain of five new
lodges the past quarter, located at Ma
zcppn, Denmark, Belle Creek. Norris
town, Cascade and kellogg, with an in
crease in membership all over the dis
trict. G. w. York, q. e. II. of Minneap-
oils, and delegates fl-m st. Paul, White
Bear Lake. Wabaslla. Pennington. Eu-
Rock, Kenyon. Pine Island and Mazcpla
are in attrulanCp
The Dickinson press., 1893-02-18
THE PANAMA CAsAL.
Inycs,iun,ton Con,,uucs

New York. Feb. 14.-'Thc special COM
mlttee of the house of representatives
appointed to investigate tho affairs of
the Panama Canal company met here
to-day. Navier Royard was the first
witness. He said he had been agent for
the Panama company on the iSthmuS
in lSS2. and came to New York in 1883.
where he acted as secretary for the
purchasing agent until 1857, when he
succeeded MIR. Salrla as purchasing
agent and i'll 1859 he became agent for
the liquidator appointed. During the
time he was agent he kept the books of
the company so far as they related to
purchases and disbursements made by
him. The account books. papers and
check books used by Mr.. Royard We're
then presented. lie came from Paris to
New York in 1SS2 to take IL position
with the Panama company. he said 1t
WAS under the instructions of Mr.. de les
scrs that he came Witness snorr that
his checks We're drawn on Jesse Srlig-
mans bank during the time he was pur-
chasing agent.
Did You ever use any moneys of the
Panama company for other purposes than
making the disbursements which you We're
officially authorized To mltr:" was the
direct question asked hy Mr. Patterson.
NO sir; never promptly replied the
| witness.
1t was now explained to tho witness
that the subpoena under which he was
| summoned was of the ,luces trcum kind.
and required that he bring with him all
books, papers and everything he had in
his possession which in any way related
| to the Panama company. After consult
| tation the witness was excused until p.
n.. ut which time lr waS instructed to
appear with the books and the Documents
| Mr.. Colnc. secretary of the American
committee was now asked what had
become of thu. hooks pertaining To his
| work as secretary of tho American com
| mittce.
81 surrendered ,h,m 10 ,;rn. Erist"w
six months ago" answered. MIR. tolnr,
Nathan Appleton of Boston was the
first witness called af, II rr'',.Ss. Ilr said
that in the wear 1853 he Went v ith Gen.
Banks as II delegate from the boston
boar. of trade to alt.Id 4 conference
with European capitalist; and engineers
ais To the building OF Il canal ;,rross the
Panama is,hm,ls. lIr me-, t,uut de
IeSs"pS in Paris. When ne rc:'lr'r.,l to
this country in 1870 lie had :, l"tt II from
the United States consul in Paris to
| President Grant favor!n:, lie l'nnl'na
route President Grant expressed APP
provnl of TIN plan. md il WAS during lis
| administration that surveys wrrr made
by tic government. Mr.. Appleton then
related the story of the various projects
for the canal. lie spok" of the objections
to other routes. aud said ;lmi it was ,ll"
general opinion ,ha, the l',nalna route
was the only feasible one for !; lido
water route. The only position that WAS
conferred upon this country vas that of
honorary vice president. which wa; of
fcrcd I" Gen. Grant. who declined.