OCR Text |
Show TELEGRAPHIC SEWS A XLKBEBTatlAI. ,rr 1'fiHHtn Vadrr Kmaealaa-tlea. Kmaealaa-tlea. Ql.CNX's Kebuv, Idalio-Dec 0. The examination of O'llara, UischolT, Loser and Miller' in the .Sbullcuberger murder case is still in liragrtss. O'llam, Miller and Itkcboll were today txamlneJ for the defence. Judire blnuott bad previously ordereti that tho prison-crs prison-crs be kept apart so as to hold no conversation among lliumslre.lle iliclded wlilio cxa'irilnlnij each pri oner. to eicludo the other from the courtroom. O'Hara tistlfle.1 tliat when or. ijeml out of thecurjby lliakemah SbulIeiiWrEtr, they all cot on the south side, of the train. He proceeded westward, aud liad gone 'nliout three hundred jarde when Uie train pulled out. As he atepped off the track to let the train rro by htm ho taw Stiller and IlIscliolTa few feet behind him. The three, then got on tho track aud went along 'out three quarters of a mile when Loeer came running up and over took them. O'ilarariild, "I thought uu sot aboard." Ho said, "No, there was a brakeman on the head and rear watching me." Then he alil. '-One brakemau Is left behind. be-hind. Witncts said, ".Why don't the train hack for him?" Low replied, "He got his feet hurt." This was aald In a carelets, lmliflVrtui. tone as though nothing serious haj happened. Witness did not consider that a rrious affair took place or he would have gone Lack to renderassistance. He asked .Loser, "Where Is the Injured In-jured man now?" He replied, "In tho section house." All four then went on to ltcversc, where they built a camp Are aud were arrested. IlischolTand Miller, at their ex-aniiuation, ex-aniiuation, corroborated O'Hara's statement, (ho only variation being that they, had gene a mile when Uer overtook them. I.oser claims ill the tiruj that Shullcnbergcr clipped while trying to board the train, and that he saw him allp. District Attorney McCartuy will lie here tomorrow, and on Monday a 111 crofs examine the defendants for the State. The body of the dead man left hero last night for Beatrice, Neb. His wile, child and brother accompanied accom-panied the remains. The lepyrlcht Hill In (he hands r Seanler stall. Nnr Vouic, Dec SI lohn Brisbane Bris-bane Walker, of the Comwpolttan, lias received a note from United States Senator Teller under dale of the lSlh, saying that he had put the copyright bill in the bands of Senator Sen-ator Piatt, who will bring It before the Senate. Senator Teller thinks it will pas tho Senate without amendment and so become law within the neat thirty dsyt. run cwviuqiit nu.r. criticised IX EtajJLBD. The British primers and publish-era publish-era arc moving against tho new Aimricau Copyright bill and have been promised the powerful help of ILe trades unions. The fear U general gen-eral that unlets tho iritijh ncirrrn-meet ncirrrn-meet takra exceptional measures to protirt the Interests of its people, the talk of the printing and pub-lulling pub-lulling business will be transferred to New York. The favonto remedy tugt!rd Is to grant a British copyright copy-right only to books printed in England, Eng-land, and influential representations to this effect bavo this week been made to the Government and favorably favor-ably rccelypJ.J Much bad language hss Wen used by the British newspapers in their criticisms e.( the new bill. Even the grave Lqncct, the chief organ of the medical profession, remarks: "The Americans liave long practiced practic-ed and reduced to a system tho craft of literary piracy. The bill is (be fetch of protection under a new guise, and no complaint need be made if the gift Is accepted byut without any feeling of good will." Tf-lrrdaj' rlre. Chicaco, Dec 21. The paint shop and rrnvir shop of the Illinois Central railway were entirely de-sUoyed de-sUoyed by fire tonight. In the first building were sixteen passenger coaches, worth $3500 apiece, and in the repair shop were four coaches nearly completed, sito valued at $.VG0 apiece. The fire was fitoppe-d just before a building containing over J1.V), Of (0 worth of patterns was reached. The total Joss is estimated atSISS.OOO. Athoi., Man.. Dec SI. The nw-t di'strous fire ever Vnown at Alhol occurred today. The Masonic and Central blocks were completely destroyed, five merchants, the post-office, post-office, Masonic rooms, etc., being burned out. Five persons were severely injured. Irfs, $133,000. LOXDOX, Dec SI. A father and three children loat their lives in a fire In a humble tenement In the Strand today. , |