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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
MOB GETS THREE VICTIMS
Kentucky Jail is Visited by Hundred
Angry Men.
ONE PRISONER SHOT AND TWO HANGE2S
Dink nnd BiII Proctor HAD Been Ac'
quilted of One Murder nnd All
We're Awaiting Trinl
for Another.

RUSSELLVILLE, Ky, Dec. iS.-Swaying
to aEd fro In the bree2cs half mile south,
hanging to a little cedar tree. are the bodies
Of Dlnk and Arch Proctor, and lying in
the county Jail here is the dead body of
VIII Proctor. half-brother to Diuk. At
o'clock this morning mob visited tho
county Jail. and, after battorng down the
front door and forcing the jailor to give up
the kcys. went to the cells OF the ProctoS.
The oldest, win Proctor, cursed the mob
and was shot dead in his cell. The other
two were taken out and hanged,
Three weeks ago Arch Proctor, aged co.
stabbed Aaron and Doc Grafton to death at
Adairvillc, this county, Aaron dying i'm
mediatey and his brother lingering for
week or more one week ago the Proctor
had their examining trial for the killing OF
Aaron Grafton, and Dink and Bill were
acquitted Their examining trial for the
killing of Doc Grafton was set for today,
The mob numbered about 100, and did their
work quietly and with dispatch Bill Proc
tor has been tried three times for murder.
The town has been full of people today
and a constant stream of people noated
out to where the bodies of Dink and Arch
Proctor, father and son, were found hang
ing to a little cedar tree this morning. Both
were stranEied to death Beneath their feet.
which were only about one foot from the
ground, was what was called silver hat"
and just few feet away was rope with a
moose already prepared This. II Is thought.
was prepared for Bill Proctor, who was
shot in the back while crouchng in a cor
ner of his cell in the county Jail. He called
the mob all kinds of vile names and said: Il
know my time has come"
The cause of the trouble was n double
killing on the night of October "a when
Aaron and DR.. Grafton were stabbed in
Adairville, twelve miles from this city. The. 4
party had been engaged in a game of cards
and a difficulty arose. II was settled as
some thought but at the midnight hour
when the Proctors were helping the Craftons
or, carrying goods to them, another quar-
rel arose and Aaron Grafton was stabbed to
death and DIR. Grafton received what proved
to be a fatal wound. The Proctors, a week
ago, had their examining trial, charged with .
the murder of Aaron Grafton, and Dink/
and Bill, half brothers, were acquitted and
Arch held over under bond for s., 900. Their
examining trial for the killing 6f DR.. Grafton
was set for today and it is supposed that the
OF Bill and Dink on the former
charge precipitated the trouble. Five times
before has Bill Proctor been tried for his
life and each time he has been acquitted.
1t is said he has been connected directly
or indirectly with fifteen killings in this Sec
ton. Bill Proctor has been regarded as tho
shrewdest criminal this county has ever
known. No tears are being shed tho
Proctors have been the terror of the county
for years.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
CHARGES AGAINST THE DIRECTORS
DOndhoIdcr of the Manhattan RniI-
Mny Asks for ThrIr McmnNnI.


way Asks for Their Removal
ALBANY, N, Y, Dec. 1S.--Mortimcr
Hendricks a bondholder Of the Manhattan
Railroad company. today petitioned the at
torncy general for the removal Of the officers
and directors OF the company. alleging sew
eral fraudulent transactions. The Manhat-
tan Railroad company controls all the elc-
waited railroads In New York City II is
capitalized at $40 100000 Of which 500
0O0 900 Is In stock and $40. 1000. 600 is in bonds
Since 1t absorbed rival railroads the
Manhattan has regularly paid per
cent yearly upon all It's stock, In
quarterly dividends. These dividends
have never varied even when the earnings
OF the road have been largely decreased, and
1t Is this fact that seems to be the basis Of
the charges, Hendricks holds that the Off
Gems and directors are guilty OF malfeasance
In Office In continuing to declare divldeus on
capital stock which have not been earned
for the past two years. for filing with
annual and quarterly reports showing sur
plus which Is not actual and carrying among
the assets for the company and as the pril-
cpa assets, as shown by the report Of tho
quarter ending September 80 1896, "cCst Of
road and equipment $4,000 ,00O," that instead
of having an actual surplus, the COM
pany Is in debt, and that the petitioner
believes the capital of the company to i've
impaired that, in declaring and paying divi-
dCnds which are not earned and for which
II has been necessary 20 borrow money. the
officers and directors of the company arc
jeopardizing the interests OF the bondhold-
ers, and the petitioner therefore asks for
the suspension Of the officers and directors
under the law
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
SPANISH SOLDIERS DESERVING.
Wcy1cr's Men who Are Not Sick Are
Joining the Insurgents.

Joining the Insurgents.
CINCINNATI Dec. 1S.-A special to the
Commercial Tribune from Key West, Fla
says Reports from Havana state the Span
ism soldiers in the Pinar del Rio section are
deserting quite rapidly and that sickness on
the trocha and desertions have made rein
| forcements there necessary. Weyer Is keep
ing all the troops he can in Havana. The
news from Matanzas province is disquieting
The palace officials refuse information as
to the results of the engagements at Toca
and Purgatono this week. 1t is known the
Spanish lost many men and much provi-
sions arms and ammunition. At Neavarez
large detachment of insurgents gathered
Tuesday and the Spanards under Colonel
Jose Inglarez attacked the men. The insur-
gents ambushed and outhanked the Span
iards, sending them flying after two hours
fighting. The Spaniards lost seventy men
ana the Cubans twenty. A large quantity Of
arms was collected from the field and taken
away by the insurgents. A reign of terror
exists in the small towrs in that section as
the country is full of soldiers of both sides
and the country people who are disposed to
remain neutral cannot do So More than
fifty men have been killed there the past
fortnight by both sides. Many families have
come into the larger towns, but as supplies
are not abundant, fears of short rations have
occosioned much trouble Many arrests have
been made il Havana this week five of them
charged with being agents of the junta.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

New York Press: The less a woman has
to conide the more she insists on doing it.
A girl can make more kinds of fool of
herself than young poll parrot.
When the bachelor maid runs up against
the bachelor man she doesn't put on SO
many airs.
After the honeymoon is over the man gen.
orally has all the bashfulness in the family.
The velvet on the peach may be pretty to
look at. but 1t sets your teeth on edge to
touch it,
No matter how sweet woman can appear
at a 8 o'clock tea her husband could gen.
orally make you guess again.
Before a girl gets married she never thinks
a man has such thing as a stomach. After
she's been married awhile she wonders II
he's got anything else.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

Roads Ask TINT the Long and short
MnmI CImmsc lie Smsncm ed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The Interstate
Commerce commission gave hearing today
on an application of six western roads, for
a suspension of the long and short haul
clause of the interstate commerce act The
contest involves freight rates from Colorado
common points to California terminal
points. The roads petitioning for relief are
the Atchison, the Denver Il Rio Grande,
Rio Grande Western. Southern Pacific Colo
RADIO Midland and the Union Pacific The
commission gave notice of the hearing to
interested parties throughout the territory
involved in the contest, but not more than
one or two places were represented today
to oppose the granting of the petition.
The counsel for the roads claimed that
Improbable rates have been forced upon
them through water competition. The roads
claimed they should be authorized to make
reasonable charges from Colorado common
points to points east of California terminal
points and between intermediate points
without comparison with the charges con-
temporaneously in force from Colorado COM
mon points to Pacific terminal points on
like traffic
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
MANUFACTURERS DISCUSS TARIFF.
Consider Rates should De ns Low ns
pOssibIc 10 GiXc nrntcciinn.

Consider Rates should De as Low ns
Possible to Give Protection.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1S.-The executive
committee of the National Association OF
Manufacturers met this afternoon at the
Manufacturers club to discuss the arrange
ments for the annual convention, which will
be held in Philadelphia January 26. 81 and
rs. There were present: President Theodore
Search Of Philadelphia, Vice Presidents
John Converse of Philadelphia, Warner Mil
Ter. New York; Benjamin Atha Newark N.
j.; J. f. Hansen, Macon Ga; C. ID. Mitchell,
Chattanooga; John p. Howarth, De-
troit; Treasurer Robert Laidlaw,
Cincinnati; secretary, L. p. Wilson, Gin
cinnati, and Charles A. Scheren. Brooklyn.
The attitude of the association toward sew
and national questions was defined, the most
important action In this direction being tho
adoption of resolutions touching the tariff.
The unanimously expressed sentiment of tho
committee was that the manufacturers OF the
United StatGs ought to be reasonable and
conservative in their requests for tariff legis-
lation by the next congress and to dspel tho
Impression that eXtravagant tariff rates
would be demanded. The following resolu-
tiOns were adopted:
Resolved, That II is the sense of this ex-S
ecutiye committee. that the tariff laws
should be revised mt the earliest possible
moment, in order that uncertainty may
he removed, confidence restored and busi-
ness permitted to revive.
Resolved, That rates OF duties should be
made as low as possible consistent with
the fair protection of our industries and
the labor they employ.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
Studying American Railways.

TACOMA, Dec. 1S.-Slnce Tuesday four
prominent Japanese engineers connected
with the Imperial Railway bureau have been
investigating railroad matters in this city.
They are Messrs. Rintaro Moura. X. Take
ber, T. Yamaguchi and H. l. Waski. who
have been sent out as a commission to study
American and European systems OF rail-
roads, elevated street railways. etc. Mr..
Yamaguchi said 1t is intended TO build
several thousand miles of railway in the
Japanese empire and an elevated street rail
way system in Toxic. The commission is
enroute to San Francisco. and goes from
thence to New York and France and Ger
MANY,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
which lie Enccd EIizsi N mmn nms.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1S.-Tom Sharkey,
the pugilist is today juggling $500, the
proceeds of the purse awarded him after
he was knocked out by Fitzsimmons
Shartey and his backer, Dan Lynch, went
to the Anglo-Amercan bank today with n
certificate of deposit for $4,000. He was
informed that ATTACHMENTS aggregating
81 $50 had been filed against his certificate.
IAN right" said Sharkey: give me the
he now wants another fight, preferably
with Maher The grand jury has decided
to bring no indictments against Sharkey,
FitZsimmons or their hackers for infringe
ments of the state law against prize fight
ers, believing no convictions could be OBJ
tanned.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

Roads Interested Not Likely to Insist
speedy Hearing.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1S.-Clcrk Belford Of
the United States circuit court, in speaking
of the famous boycott suit of the Glover
Leaf against the Joint Traffic association,
says: Il do not think anything more will
be heard of the case. so long as the roads
named in the temporary injunction, viz.
The Lake Shore, Wabash and Ann Arbor
companies. continue to accept and exchange
freight and passengers with the Glover Leaf
1t will not be anxious to press the hearing
for a permanent injunction. Those roads
have no reason to hurry matters. 1t is
cream for them. They will have a monopoly
on the Glover Leaf business, and II the
other roads raise a howl they can say they
are unable to help themselves as they are
prevented by order of the court from refus-
ing to accept business from the Glover
Loaf"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
YALE-HARVARD MEETING is OFF.
Committees Unable 10 Agree ON the
ArrmnGemcnts for nOnt Rmcc.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec 1S.-Harvard's
inability to accept Yale's offer to row as out
lined by Manager Garrison of Yale prac-
tically means that the negotiations will now
cease, and that Yale and Harvard will not
get together this college year. Yale can
not row upon conditions other than those
outlined yesterday. Harvard cannot accept
those conditions. The meeting scheduled
for New York during the Christmas recess
has been abandoned. The greatest disap-
pointment prevails in Yale circles, and news
from Harvard Is anXiously awaited.
Yale had agreed to row at any time after
June q. leaving the place of the race to Har-
ward, which condition Harvard does not ac
CeDt.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

bic as one ,of the means OF preventing ac-
ton Aftdr action by the senate. there must
be the debate In the house, with possible
chances for defeat OF the resolutions before
they have 10 run the gauntlet OF the pres-
dental veto, II the ultimate result should
be the adoption OF the resolutions as the
policy OF the United States then officials say
war would be inevitable. Until the matter
advances to this stage no official action by
Spain is expected, but It is said Spain almost
certainly viii accept the resolutions as a
causus belli Immediately they become the
pOlIcy OF The unltel Siaiea EnNnrnmnnl.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
Two FedeFaI Employees Dismissed.

WAsHINGIOM Dec IS = Daniel r.
Bourke. the GUS !odlan of the federal build
ing at Worcester Mass, and Julius NJ Nc
Martin. deputy collector and entry clerk in
the customs service at Port Huron, Mich,
have been removed from office for implication
in political Assessments during the recent
campaign Both men were in the iurisdic-
tion of the Treasury department, which has
just notified, this civil service commission
of its action in dsmissing them. McMar-
tins removal is the result of an inyestiga-
tion recently conducted by the Civil Service
commission az Port Huron.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
Fatal Quarrel over n Mortgage.

INDEPENDENCE. Kan, Dec. lS.-sharp
Rogers and a relative Of the same name
have been arrested, charged with the mur-
der of ]. H. Yocum at Logan, l. T., last
week. Yocum and Rogers had been at outs
and few days before the murder Yocum
began foreclosure proceedings on n mort
gage on some stock he had sold Rogers
Rogers had sworn that Yocum would never
got the stock.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
Five Men Killed I'm N Mine,

OuRAY, Colo, Dec. lS.-Gabriel Russ,
John Antras, Charles Swanson. Charles AL
exander and Louis Jackson were instantly
killed in the Virginus shaft today. They
were repairing tlmbers In the shaft. when
the cage fell carrying them with II 10 the
1,f00-foot level. The bodies will be brought
out through the revenue tunnel,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
Kcnrney Wins from Grand Island.

kEARNEH, Neb Dec. 1S.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-ln the foot ball game played here
today between Kearney and Grand Island
for the state championship, the home team
won by a score of S TO q.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
J The Same...
! Old Sarsaparilla.

J That's Ayers. The same old
sarsaparilla as it was made and
sold by DIR. J. c. Aver so years
ago. In the laboratory it is
I different. There modern appli-
ances lend speed to skill and
! experience. But the sarsapa-
] rilla is the same old sarsaparilla
I that made the record-50 gears
of cures. Why don'twc better
, it2 Well, we're much i'll the
J condition of the Bishop and the
I raspberry: Doubtless, " he
said, "God might have made
! better berry. But doubtless,
I also, He never did. " Why
don't we better the sarsaparillaS
We can't. We are using the
same old plant that cured the
Indians and the Spaniards. 1t
has not been bettercd. And
since zoe make sarsaparilla COM
pound out Of sarsaparilla plant, !,
we see no way Of improvement. J
OF course, If we were making I
some secret chemical compound \
we might. 80. But we're not. \
We're making the same old sar-
saparilla to cure the same old 4
diseases. You can tell it's the Z
same old sarsaDaritta be- |
cause it works the same old I
cures. It's the sovereign blood I
purifier, and-it's Ayers. \
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
short slop Tonrnnmcnt scnrcs.

CHICAGO, Dec 1S.-John Thatcher (22O
beat John Matthews 5000 in the Benslnger-
Siler billiard tournament this afternoon
by 22O to PCS. In the evening game George
Sutton (26O defeated William Harrison
(2s0) by 260 to 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

San FRANCISUO, Dec, Ib-WooI mon arc
Interested I'm the large shipments of wool
brought from Australia by recent steamers.
Thirty thousand bales are expected from
sydney by the next Australian steamer.
The importers are rushing In wool, expect
ing a higher tariff after next March.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

GALVESTON. Tex, Dec. 1S.--That the
North German Lloyd steamship company
will not abandon this port has been the con-
tention of well informed people ever since
the report Of withdrawal came from New
York. This was confirmed this morning by
the following cable to tho deep water
committee:
BREMEN, Dec. 1S.-Hope to resume
Galveston saililgs next season
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

TUNIs. Dec. IS. 49, The captain OF the
French frlgate Servonette has been killed in
a dusl with a Tunlsian official named Mazze
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
Gets nm Entry Into Toledo.

TOLEDO. Dec. 1S.-Today the Columbus,
Sandusky & Hooking railroad leased the
joint use OF the Wheeling & Lake Erie
terminals in this city and tracks from
Bellevue, thus giving 1t an entrance into
Toledo The lease runs ninety years.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

BISMARCK. N. d., Dec. 1s.-The official
vote OF North Dakota is; Mckinley 26,335;
Bryan, 20.63G; Leyering, 1858,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
hatch of Drownings in Quebec


EDINBURGH, Dee. ls,--Thc action for
breach OF promise brought by Miss Helen
Grant Of Dundee sgains. James ". White @.
the firm Of J. Il, White & Co OF New York.
who recently resigned his seat as member Of
Parliament for ForfarshIre, was called IN
the Edinburgh court sessions today, but wss
postponed until next session.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
sHARkEY CAsHES HIS CHECK.

''The Only Recognized Champion of the
World"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19

The effect of the resolution In causing an
agitation and possibly uprising in Spain Is
fct by officials to present the most serious
feature OF the situation at the present time.
The government authorities at Madrid un-
doubtedly have been informed by the Span
ish minister here OF the action taken today.
There iS no reason to expect any expression
OF official dlspleasure, as the Spanish au-
thorltles VIII be fully advised OF the long
legislative procedure through which the res
olutions must pass before becoming effective,
but the mere determination to report such
resolutions II is feared, VIII cause intense
public feeling throughout SPAIN ANA II is by
no means certain that the government can
keep this feeling within bounds. II Is felt
to endanger such outbreaks as occurred a
year ago, when less radical resolutions We're
under confederation, Owing TO legislative
lormalties In the way OF the resolutions be-
coming effective The Spanish government
viii make no move itself. There is known
to be strong sentiment against the reso-
lutions in the senate, Under the senate
rules the debate can be protracted indeh-
nilely. While no disposition TO ohstruGt hao
manifested ITSELF yet 1t rs said to be possi'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-28
THEIR own psvs,clAma

Se6 Doceofing Pr00oeedb ~ the Use a lRsa.
icinss In CanpresseA TAbsees.
Not only has tho general Introduction
a medicine in the form Of compressed
tablets simplifled the work Of the doc-
tor. but it has also vastly promoted self
doctoring. The number of remedies put
up in this form for popular use CON-
stantly increases Many Druggists make
. speciality Of, these things. You see
them displayed near the soda water
fountain. put mp in small bottles and
sold at prices that must yield q hand
some profit. HALF . dozen remedies for
indigestion are thus sold, some contain
ing pepsin a. the active principle, 9TH
era containing soda mint, some bismuth,
some charcoal or more powerful disin-
fectants. Some are designed to remove
acidity OF the stomach; others to attack
q catarrhal condition. Others are to pro-
woke appetite. and still others are to
promote one or another natural func-
tion. A dozen headache cures are sold in
this fashion, and the different emolli-
ents for the throat are almost innumera-
BILE. There are grip tablets, liver tab
lets, heart, lung and brain tablets.
Persons who have eschewed patent
medicines all their lives buy these tab
lets Of one sort or another, because
most Of them are supposed to be well
recognized remedies. Most of the tab
let's are advertised only in medical jour-
mails, in accordance with the require
ments of the medical code, and many
OF them, no doubt, have obtained their
popularity through their use by reputa-
BILE physicians
Quinine. which is now extremely
cheap. is sold largely in the form OF
two grain pills or in larger pills con-
tanning iron. Although believed by
many physicians to be dangerous rem.
edy. it has long been self prescribed by
all sorts Of persons. especially in mala-
rial regions, and it is one of the RENE
dies most frequently bought without
prescription. 1t is self prescribed foz
malaria in its many forms, to check q
cold in its early stages, and as tonic.
Stimulants Of one sort or another are
sold in this form, but more especially
perhaps at the soda fountain, which has
become a sort Of medical dispensary.
Many headache remedies are dispensed
at the soda fountain. Some are recon.
mended or suggested by the attendant.
but many persons have their favorites
among the various sedatives and febri.
fuges, and some are called for as regu.
1arly as the fruit sirups. New remedies
are constantly introduced through the
soda fountains, and many old ones have
long been included in the annually
frightening list of the soda water dis.
pensers.-New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-28
Modern woman's Strength.

Whatever may be thought of the pre-
tensions to intellectual advance put for
ward Oh behalf of the modern woman,
there is at least no denying her physical
and muscular progress. Brought to the
test Of actual results, her claim to men,
tai superiority over the woman who
thought and worked and achieved in a
less assertive age becomes by no means
easy to establish. With all the exultant
fuss about higher education and the
equality Of the sexes, we look in vain
today for worthy successors to some of
those gifted and brilliant women Of the
past who, quietly and without the aid
OF advertisement, wrote their names
upon the history Of their time. But
when it comes to question of physical
comparison the new feminine genera
ton has far better reason to congratu-
late itself and pity its grandmothers.-
London World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-28

Tillie and Lizzie of Philadelphia, 10
years old, arc remarkable twins, if the
stories told Of them lie true. When one
suffers pain, the other feels it ALSO
Either sister can find the other in
o crowd Of any size without hunt
ing" as they express it. The resem-
blance between the two girls is remark
able. Both weigh exactly the same.
Their recollections of past events are
precisely the same. Neither one can re-
call single occurrence that did not
happen in the presence of both. 1t takes
the minds of both to retain lasting
recollection Of any happening, but when
the fact is once impressed upon the
minds Of both, neither one forgets its
least important feature.