Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 2, 1882, Page 1

e X THE OMA TWELFTH YEAR. THE BIG WIND. A Companionifor the Historic Gale In Ireland. A Eig 3 1 Raging inthe Town of Innes- ire Lapot Turkish Jealouely of Hrgland|, Cropa Out Orly to be Nipped. The Graeks Emphatically Refuse to Give Up a Singlo Inch of Territary. A Small Group of Oriental Evente, in Which Americans Figure. Special Dispatches to Titk B HURRICANE IN IRELAND, Dupuiy, October 1.—A hurricane awept over Ireland to.day. More damage was done on land than by any previous storm for twenty years past. The American ship Harvey Mills from Liverpool for New York lying at Queenstown, was driven ashore, and soveral yachts sunk in the harbor. At Neury a large number of houses were greatly damaged and the town floodod. At Limerick the 20 fost spire of the Catholic church was blown dewn during the service, causing a panic, which was howcver quickly al- luyed, The county jail was damaged, A TOWN ON FIRE. Loxnox, October 2--1 a, m —Intel- ligence has bean received at the castle and nilitary barracks that Enpiskillen, county Fermanagh, Ircland, is on fire Fears are entertained for the safety of the powcer stores, COLONEL BERDAN AND THE PORTE, ConsTaNTINOPLE, Oclober 1,—Colo- nel Berdan has declined to enter service of the porte, notwi z that the sultan had requested General Wallace, United Statea mioister, to use his influence to mduce him to cept the position offered him. LIVELY CORRESPONDENCE is passing betwoen the porte and the British ambassador cone ng the laborers engaged in Turkey forservics in connection w the British expedi- tion in Egypt. These laborers are | now retarning from Port Said, and it is reported the Porte threatoned them with exil, Lord Dafferin was obliged to firat doliver & note requesting they be permitted to pass the Dardinelles. Subscquently he sent a note com- plaining that, although the sieamer on which they embarkcd had been par- mitted to pass the Dardinelles, it was met onits arrival at Constantinople by a boat containing armed police, wio prevented the laborers f1o.. Lid ing. = At ten this morning they were still detained on a Russian steamer which brought them from Egypt. The captain of the port and somo of the police authorities went on board the steamer to demand their surrender, but the captain and agent of the yessel refused to give them up, The British embassy has demanded a guarantee for the safety of the laborers. THE PORTE CAVES, ConstaNTINOPLE, October 1,— Lord Dufferin dispatched a second note to the porte and a compromise was ef- fected. The laborers heve landed and been placed under guard until to-mor- row, when they wiil be released after identification,. Meanwhile they are comfortably lodged. TLord Dufferin had determined, previous to the land- ing of the laborers, that if he did not receive a guarantee for their safety he should have them proceed to Odessa to-morrow on board the same vessel on which they arrived here, DOINGS AT ALEXANDEIA, ALEXANDRIA, October 1.--Nearly all of the British troops have left Ramleh, Alexandria is daily becoming mose crowded, GREEK DANDER, CoxnstyNTINOPLE, October 1.—The Greek minister had interview with Said Pasha, Turkiah prime minister, during which he declared that Greece would not renounce an inch of terri- tory ceded to her by the porte, THE GRAND REVIEW, Cairo, October 1.--The grand re- view of British troops was held yes- terday afternoon in the :quare before the palace in the center of the city, where the troops assembled after marching through the streets, Ihe khedive and his ministers and a large number of notables were present. The etrects were crowded with natives, Indian Contingent and native brig- ade were warmly applauded. The march past the square commenced at 4 o'clock and finished at 5:30. The strength of the force evidently mado a great impression upon the Egyptians, MINISTER YOUNG'S WORK, SuaNGHAL, September 2d, via Hone Koxe, September 3.—United Stutes Minister Young arrived at Pekin, August 15th, and at once assumed the duties of his uffice, The first act of importance was to cause the ship.of- war Monacacy to proceed to’ COorea to watch events, This was intended in a large degree of an expression of moral sympathy toward Japan, even if the Japanese did not prove to be in need of practical support in their ex- pected crisis. The Monacacy's trip, it is understood, had no connection with existing relations of Corea, China acd the United States. AFFAIRS IN JAFPAN, YokoH 11, September 13, —Teras- hilla, Jap:..ve envoy to Washington, aud Uyno, cuvoy to Vienna, sail for America September 26th by steamship ““City of Peking.’ During the recent prospzet of trouble with Corea the Japanese gov- ernment received offers of militery service from 20,600 volunteers aud of many gifts to the value of 200,000 yen. DON'T WANT IT. Loxbnox, September 30.—The Times sonally unwilling to accopt the cleva tion to peerage RELEASED, Dunriy, September 30 Dawson has ordered the rele Dwyer G on payment of dred pounds, OBSTREPEROUS NATIVES, Carro, September 30,—-Many na. | tives go about the city shouting with | deiight over explosion Thursday, d cryin Wit hin in the people’s bon- , lit by tho people in honor of the | Khodive's infldel friends [ Court martials commence work to-| ay. The khedive has conferrad the grand cross order of Osmanieh upon Admiral Seymour. DEFENDING HIS TYRANNY, Dusriy, September 30, — Judge Lawson, while defending his act in imprisoning Grey on legal grounds, said he felt that justice had now been vindicated, as better things begin to be observable. ANTI JEWISH RIOTS, Viexsa, September 30, —Auti-Jew- ish riots at Pressburg broke out again yesterday evening and lasted until miduight, A FATAL POPOFF, OpgssA, October 1.—An explosion in the torpedo magazine on the Rus- stan iron clad Admiral Popcff killed two officers and thirty scamen, Boeecher on New ¥ork Politics. Special Dispateh to Tur. Brk New York, October 1.—Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in his sermon to-mght at Plymouth church, said: “In the groat convention, which met at Sara- togs, why was Cornell set aside? Tt has been the custom from time im memorial when the governor has ad- ministered the duties of his office in an honest, straightforward way, for the people to present him a sccond term. In this case no national prin- ciple was involved, and he was set aside. Theyoungmen of thestate would never get a botter opportunity of ad- ministering reproof to the party than at present. Judge Folger is an_up- right man, but the reproof would be administered to tho corrupt nomina- tion and not to the man himeelf. Once let Judge Folger be eent home and never again, in this gencration at least, would this peated, Boocher in emphatic terms deprocated the admiuistration taking part in the management of local government. He criticized the idea of the president of the United ates having as bosom friends ‘‘men like one of the police commissioners,” Mr. Beecher was frequently inter- rupted by applause, which he checked once by telling his audience not to| “boil over” as he was meraly discuss- ing the morals and ethics of politi S e N A Temperance Leoturs. Special Dispatch toTux Exs, WaeeLING, October 1.—A special to The Intelligencer says: A most blood ocurdling’ homicide ocourred about fourteen miles from Clarkaburg this morning, About 1 o'clock Jbin R. Boggess, Jr., killed his wife and a daughter, aged thirteen, while in a fit of mental derangement induced by strong drink. He attacked his wife while in bed. She called the Jdaughter, who came and assisted her mother to got. loose from the graep of her father. They then fled the house and he grabbed a large iron poker and followed. Over- taking his wife he hit her two blows, the last of which proved fatal. It seems the daughter killed was thirteen years old and had come up to help to save her mother and with one blow he killed her also, The other chil- dren flad. When found the mother and daughter were lying together in the road near the houss, dead. Bog- gess was found 1n the house in a state of intoxication. He denied the kill- ing, or knowledge of anything about it. He was a well-to-do farmer, liv- ing on Rock Camp, Harrison county, and of an old and respected famil; The occurrence created groat excite- ment, and is without a parallel in this section, ul Tratn Robbery. h to Tux Bak, Dexveg, October 1,—The full par. ticulars of the train robbery at Granads, Col., last night, were received here to-day, as follows: While the west bound train was side tracked to allow the east bound pas- songer to pass, two men mounted the engine and with drawn revolvers com- pelled the engineer to run the train a mile and a half out of town, where 15 men with revolvers took possession of the entire train, The only shots fired were at Conductor Dees, who had gone forward to learn the cause of the, train stopping. The conducior ran back in the smoking car, where a sherifi' and deputy sheriff from Raton, 8lso a sherifl’ from Las Vegas were, "|The Gorgeous Steamer thing bo re-|° OMAHA A FLOATING FIRE BOX. B Loe" Destroyed by Fire on the Mississippi, A Midnight Horror on the Brond Bosom of that Mijrht River, Passengers and Crow, Frantic with Fear, Leap for Life into a Watery Grave, de mf mng. H NEB. The Engineer jand Pilot Stick to Their Posts and Run the Boatto Land, And “they Held Her Nozslo tothe Bank 7111 Every Galoot wan! Ashore " Detalla of the Disaster- Scenes and Incidents. Vickssora, September 30— This morning at 3 o'clock a fire broke out on the st E. Lee, whileon a trip to this city about thirty miles be- low here, resulting in tho total de- stryction of the boat with terzible loss of life. Bighteon people are known to be lost. All these were from Louisiana and more than half of them belonged to the boat, The United States mails and all books were lost. DETAILS OF THE TRIP, The Lee left Vicksburg Friday af- ternoon for New Orleans with 500 bales of cotton and a good list of pas- songers, While opposite Point Pleas- ant, at 3:30 a. m., she was discovered to bo on fire, and was immediately headed for the Louisiana shore and ded at Yucatan plantation, thirty- ive miles below Pittsburg. Ina few minutes she was completely enveloped in flames. Twenty-one passengors are believed to be lost, including many of the crew. The steamboat J. M. White passed the wreck about 6 &, m. and took the remaining passengers and crew to Vicksburg. S. C. Rawlings and Robert Smith, tha pilots, were both burned ard otherwise hurt. The firc is supposed to have originated in the pantry room and so rapidly did the Hames epread that it was iwpos sible for passengers or officers to suve anything except what they had on at the time. Capt. W. 8. Cannon states the steamer was owned by the estate of his father, John W. Cannon, and her commander, Capt. Wm. Campbell. She was valued at $100,000 and in- sured for §50,000, mostly in local com. panies. The crew was composéd almost entirely of men who had been on the river twenty or thirty years. The boat, besides a supply of pumps, had new fire pumps with foarteen inch cylinder and 700 feet of hose. There were always three watchmen on deck. THE BRAVE PILOT, The saved owe their lives to the ad- mirable courage of the pilot, John Stout. He stood at the wheel and gave hope to all by his firmness, and as the steamer rounded at Yucatan Laoding, and the flames were fast en- veloping the brave man in the pilot house, who despite the flames around him, with almost the last hope of es- cape gone, remained at the post until he had made shore, and not until this was done did he for one minute take his hands from the wheel. He made his escape by the hurricane roof, down the log chain to the lower deck, end from there ashore, THE PROBABLE CAUSE, Somo think the fire was the work of an incendiary, while others believe it accidental, Eogineer Perkins first saw the flames issuing from the pastry room, in which there were no lamps at the time, Steward Henry Carrihan states that no coal oil or combustible material was ever kept in the kitchen of the gelobrated for samples. upon her back and lost her grasp upon the child, The total loss by the burning of the Lee and cargo is $175,000. Tho merchandise was fully insured. Tho Leo left this city last Tuesday, it being the firsk trip for fivo months. The Statos i *Ihe aurounce- ment of the destruction by fire of that grand old steamboat, the Robert E Lee, will be heard with universal sor- row. The champion of the Missis- sippi waters, the favorite of all pro- ple from New Orleans to Vicksbury, and named after the greatest of heroos and statesmen, her destruction just at the begiuning of the cotton scason and after having undergone a thorough overhauling, will be a serious blow to her ownera ell as to the trade in which the been so long and so faithfully e Thr. stowmer was insured for & % 3 Mr. Pointer, Mayaville, Ky,; Mrs. McClellan, New Orleans; Miss Adams, music toacher, on her way to Baton Rougs; an infant of Mrs, Searle, of Vicksburg, and two colered women. Also the followiug: Frank Jones, firc- man; OpheliaJones and Marthy Webb, chambermaids; Thomas Fisher, Joe Neville, Scott Cox, Thomas Colling, Irwin Duncan, cabin boys; Samuel Brown, roustabouts; Kardo, carpster; William Westmaker, second engineer, and all the cooks and help except the pastry cook, The books of the boat and the United States mail were lost, together with a cargo of 500 bales of cotton, THE SAVED, Thos, J. Spain, Tensas, La.; C. I Chapmun, of steamer Moomig; G. O'Rourke, Now Orleans; J. M. Farn- ham, St. Louis; Mrs, Abrahams, Chicago; Henry Maron, Monroe, La.; ! J. C. Slattle, New York; H W, Nae- fue, New York; J. M. Freedman, Vioksburg; J. B, Berger, Easton, P'u ; W. W, Irish, Carlyle, Ill.; Jno. A. Ludwigson, New Orleans; lady with eight children, name unknown, AL g The League Championship. Special Dispatch to Tus brx, pantry or pastry room, He thinks it was of incendiary origin. Eugineer Perkine, instantly after the discuvery of the fire, mnotificd the pilot and the boat was headed for the Missicsippi side aud plunged with such force against the bank a8 to become firmly fastenod, The passengors not cat off f1om the bow escaped to the rhore, Tho cusualties occurred umong those haviig berths af.. Some of them, hoscver, were rescued after jumping overboerd, Those who succeeded in getting ashore were many of them half clad, some hatless, others shoeless, and They drew their revolvers which saved the passengers from losing their valuables, The robbers then robbed the express car of $5,600 in money, ordered the engineer to pull out, got on their horses which were hitched near by and departed. The safe in the rear of the car containing $10,000, was not molested. A posse of citizens are in pursuit of the robbers, The at Lincoln Speatal Dispateh to Tun Bk LixcoLy, Neb., October 1.--The National Woman's Suffrage associa- tlon concluded its sessions here last night, Large audiences were in at- tendance at all sessions and great enthusiasm was developed, Five hun- dred ladies and gentlemen pledged themselves to untiring efforts in behalf of the proposed amendment. — - Premature Blast. Special Dispateh o Tik Brr. i Newsukon, N, Y, September 30, — Three men were killed and three dangerously injured by the pren.ature blast on the West Shore road. Delinguent Officials. Special Dispatch to Tur B, WiLLIAMsPORT, Pa., September 30, —All members of the city council were arrested upon the information of sev eral property holders, charged with failing to keep the streets in a proper understands Admiral Seymonr is per- | condition. They gave bail. others still with scarcely enough cloth- ing to cover their nakedness, Much oredit is given Wm, 8, Perkins, who was in charge of the engines at the time of the disaster. He stood nobly at his post until the boat landed and the pilot shouted and told him he could go, STORIES OF THE SURVIVORS, Me. Orvice Bell, second clerk of the Lee, who was up at the time the ac- cident occurred, stated: ‘‘I never saw anything burn 8o quick; T was aft at the time when 1 heard the alarm. Knowing my partner, who sleeps soundly, and other officers, were in the texas and in great danger, I rushed us to awaken them, The fire follow- ed me 80 fast by the time I had them all up my partner haa his hair singed in getting down stairs from the hurri- cane roof, and I was forced to climb over the rail. The boat had just been freshly painted, and went like gun powder. Mr. Bell and a passenger who was interviewed think the fire originated in pastry rooms of the ¢iok house. ‘‘though Ican’t see” said the former, “‘what fire was doing there so early, as the cooks are not called be- fore 4 o'clock. Mrs. Dan Searls with heroic pre- eence of mind and motherly devo- tion, grasped her sleeping infant and arranging a life preserver in her state room about her person, jumped boldly in the water. By the disarrangement Onrcago, October 1.—In an inter- view this evening President Spaulding, of the Chicago ball club, ssid, in re- gard to the mutter of playing nine games with the Providence club to decide tho league ohampionship after the close of the season, ““I have not roceded and shall not in the slightest recede from the position I assumed when it became evident the Worcester club would complote its serios, I then mainteined the Philadelphia agreement was void because contin- gency governing and glving rise to that agreement and not come to pass, and furthermore, because the agree- ment was &t no time regular or constitutional, and became still more objectionable when the cause leading to it viz, the prospect of default by the Wor cester of its remaining games, no longer existed, | regard the league championship question settled and have no doubt the leagxe at the an- nual meeting will concur in this mat- ter,” e — The Murey Letter. Special Dispatch to Tiie Bex, Cuicago, October 1,—The Inter- Ocean’s New York special purports to give the inside history RRERAR brated Moroy letter on the Chinese question, whose publication carried California against Garfield in the last residential election. The dispatch 18 to the effect that John I, Davenport has been working 23 months in the endeavor to ferret out the authorship of the forgery; that he finally got the whole story, its conceptioh ane execu- tion together, with the confession of the forger, and that he is about to publish the facts in a pamphlet, finding that the man who forged the documents is named H, H. Hadloy, a ronegade republican in the employe of the democratic nationai committee, and that the sawe leading spirits in that body were cognizant of anappryved the forgery. The story stated is to the effect that Hadley, as a profeased fore buying their Fall Bills. ; | of her life preserver she was thrown ' ery. AIAILY BE MONDAS SIORNING, OCTOBER 2 138 S e r— to Visit the Mammoth Establishment ov and Occupied by R.L.M’DONALD&GO., WHOLESALE DRY - GOOD Notions and Furnishing Goods, ST. JOSEPE, MO.. The Brightest Lighted, Boat Anpointed Jubbing House in America, containing the [ argest 8tock of Dry Goods and Notions wost of tho Missiasippi. Sole manufacturers LTI ) o s | L McDonald's Overalls, Duck, Denim and Cottonade Pants, CYCLONE ULSTERS, LINED SUITS AND GHEVIOT SHIRTS, In all styles. now popular with the Trade, Absolutely the best Goods in the Market and at IO TTMINO NV ERER IR SSS. Western Merchants can more than save their expenses a visit to this Mammoth stock be- Traveling agents, with extensive lines of samples, visit all prominent towns throughout the west, and will call upon any merchant any- where upon receipt of a request so to do. The most careful attention tion guaranteed, Send orders by emember I n‘fil\:h 90 Merchants and Dealers Throughout the Entire West are Invited vned } o) mail, or write iven to orders, and satisfac- R. L. McDONALD & CO., St. Joseph, Mo. leader of a certain body of voters in New York, wrote to Gen. Garfield asking an explanation of the Credit Mobilier charges, The letter was ar swered by Privato Secretary Brown, enclosing the manuscript of Gen, Gar- tield’s speech on the subject to his constituents in 1875, He thus got Garfisld’s autog The dispatch continues, “Had A expert pen- man,spent soveral days instudying and practicing the handwritiug and auto- araph of Genoral Gartield. Station- ory stores were ranancked to find pa- por similar to that ured at Montor and then Hadley wrote the famous forg- The envelope was prepared to correspond with that which had been received trom Montor and put through the process to muke it look soiled and worn. When finished, Randall, Hewitt and soveral other reputable democrats were shown it, and expressed no doubt of 1ts gen- afne.oee” P44 dispatch conoludes with the ‘atement that the cleotro- typo {ac siilo was offsred The Sun, which refaesd Lo publisi it, and it was then taken to The Truth and therein poblished. & special train was char- tored to convey coplea of the paper to California, It is said Davenport not only has Hadley's confessien Lut a number of his practic> sheets, au final copy from which the fac simily was made, - — Dostruotive Fire Special Dispateh to Tk Bre. CuiNton, Towa, Ootober 2,—At 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out In A. C. Carter’s brick block at Ma- quoketa, destroying that and threo frame buildiuge. The losses, as far as can bo azcartained, are: A, 8. Carter, ou building $10,000, insarance $7,000; oceupied by Ringless Bros, & Co, with a largo hardware and carriage atock, loss $70,000, insurance $3,000 Northrup & Glasser, furniture, lo $8,000, insurance §4,000; Masonic lodges, including Tancred comman- dory of Kuights Templar, loss $4,000, insured. Tho smaller losses will bring the total to 05,000, insurance £50,000. Stanford's Stallions. Special Dispatel to Tuk Bir New Youk, Septomber 30.— Eight young two and three year old trotters belonging to ex-Governor Stanford, of Calitornis, are expected here Tuoduy to take part in the meeting to be held under the suspices of tho Trotting Horse Breeders' association, which be- gins to-morrow at Fleetwood park, and continuing Tuesday, Thursday and and Saturday of next week. Stan- ford's Wild Flower will trot 'I'hursday for the Cireat Mail stukes, which amount to £4,000. Hinda Rosa will be exhibited as well as his other colts, In the first racs to-day the threo year old colts Alroy, Meander, Victor Clay and Senator Sprague will take part, and if the track be favorable, it is thought that all previous records by eastern bred three year old colts will be beaten. In the race for stallions who have never beaten 2:20, the contest between young Fullerton, who has made 2:22, and Walnut, who has made 2:22}, will be an exciting oue, Whittek: Bpeclal Dispateu to T W asHiINGTON, Beptember 30, —Cadet Whittaker, of lopped-ears fame, inti- mates to friends here in letters re- cently received that he expects to get the democratic nomination for con- gress, against Mackey, in the black district of South Carolins, He be- lieves the republic to be ungrateful, He thinks his sufferings after his ears were out, a8 before, entitle him to a good fat office. In the course of the last few weoeks he has been on the democratic stomp, making his ealling sure by damning ‘‘Boss” Grant, ‘Fraudulency” Hayes, and *‘Acci- dency” Arthur, Jones' View, Bpecial Dispatchios to Tus Bxs. Ouicaco, Beptember 3 intorview with Senator Jones, Ne- vada, who passed through Chicago yosterday on his way home, is pub- A long lished this morning. Tho senator gives at considerable length his viows | on the currency question. He favors tho rapid extinction of the public debt, 80 that the money invested in it may bo put into productive enterprises, and explaizs his method of providing a basis for tho national bank ciroula- tion, TELEGRAPH NOTES Spoclal Dispatches to IRn. “The students of the raska University { are out against womnn suffrage. ory M. Staley, the African ox- | g arived at Brasiels. Tuction of the public er was about §16 000, e estim: debt during 000, Treadwell & Son’s cracker bakery, and 267 Water street, New York, was dnmaged by fire §35,000; insured, Among the passengers on the steamship Indiuna, frome Liverpool to Thiladelphia, yesterday, were the vanquished Iillsduie Towing cluh, The taxable value of il stato of Illinofaiof which toers arm 7,550 | miles is ¥56,797,580 as detec . nel by the state board of equalization, Near Corawall station, on the Middle. town, N, Y, branch of the West Shore railway, three men were killed and three badly hart by « prematura blast, “Iho rafiroad traflic between Alexandrin and Uairo i now completely re-estab- lished. 'The momentary uncasiness created by the fire at the railway station has sub. sided, The owners of the stedishih Edam, sunk in collision with the Lepanto, have filed a libel in the United States courts | proof of the materialization of s against the Lepunto for the recovery of £143,750. The democrats of ths Fourth Massa- chusetts distret have nominsted Patrick A. Collins for coogress, Collins ix well known as the presidert of the Irish-Am- erican lund league, The American distriot telegraph mes- wenger boys in the main and branch offices in New York city struck Saturday morn- ing for an advance in wages and change in managers, and paraded the streets in a body, The democrats of Adams county, Neb., placed in nomination for the lower house of representatives Myman H. Tower of Hastings and C, Kowler of Ayr. A, C, Brown was nowinated for county com- missioner, John Fitzgerald has purchased the dor- mltur{ building of the State university in 8 F AT ) A willfput it in repairs, fence the grounds and turn it over a8 a gift tothe Catholic_society of the state of Kentucky which will send there a full corps of sisters and establish & con- vent. John ¥, Burrill, late y rand reoretary of the Illinois Gra Lodge of Masons, i charged with ouberz ing nearly $8,000 of the funds of the order. In default of §10 - 000 bonds he was jailed at Springfield. Since the retivement of Burrill from the importauy office above named, which oc: curred nearly two years ago aud was caurod | by his wife hringing suit tor divorce, croat- ing considerable scandal at the time, an investigation of his accounts Las been in progress, 'The defalcations began in 1878, tho heaviest (i 200) being made just be: foce his resignation of the office, The yellow fever record at Pensacola, up to Saturday night, shows 783 cases of ‘elluw fever to date, and 78 deaths, The disense has Leen confined chicfly to very pocr people, largely colored, The southern people have contril uted liberally, Vouch. ers for the promised $150 per day from the national board of heaith have been sent on and the money will be forthecomine, The samitary condition of the city is confided to the local hoard of health, and while ic has refrained from making any formal appeal to the country for contributions, the same will be thunkfully received and economi- cally expended, “All such should be sent to D. G, Brent, chairman of the board of )imzllh. ‘I'bis board has 120 paid nurses on duty. The Hecker Monument- Special Dispatch to Tus Bee, | 81. Louts, October 1.—An event of | much iuterest to the Gormans of this city and throughout the country took place at Benton Park this afternoon in the uaveiling of the beautiful mouument erected to the memory of Frederick Hecker, the German patriot and union soldier, - Debt Reduction 1 Dispatch to Tuk Bee Wasiiaaroy, September 30.—The | public debt was reduced about $16,- | 000,000 durivg September.. Acquitted, Special Dispateh to Tie Bre. Atianta, Ga., Soptember 30,—The deputy marshal and revenus collectors charged with the murder of Hicks whilo on a raid, have all been acquit- tod. , S Telegraph Boys Strike. Spocial Dispateh to Tine Bk, Cincaco, September 30.—The Am- orican district telegraph boys here have all struck for higher wages and the removal of the present city mana ger. The boys are parading the streets, Declined. Spocial Diepateh to The Bee. Cuicaco, September 30 --Mayor Haurrison positiuely declines the nom- ination for congress from the Third distriot. A SKEPTIOS VIEWS. To the Fditor of Tur Dax. Thero are those who may b de- seived by the perforwmncs at Boyd's opors house last night i1 fact the Spir- ity s wirondy pot G Undoubtodly Miss Fay is an good n me- dium (1) as any, and yet her perform-~ ances and that of the lecturer were very slmple and easy of explanation. A very little boy was with the com- puny but he disappeared in the dress- ing room, Miey Fay had thislittle boy attached by straps to her waist. Hidden be- neath the ample folds of her bustle and skirts tho little fellow sat securely while the iidium was being tied. When the curlains were drawn he hopped out of the sling in which he sat and readily executed the simple tricks aseigned to him, The lecturer (7) tiod himse!f as Baldwin did and untied himself in the same manner. That part of the show has been complotely explained by the spiritualistic exposes just named. Had he been tied with twine, using equare knots he would have remained tied; but he furnishod his own rope, and when tied by the committee I noticed that “‘grannies” knots were used, which are slipped with the grestest ease, and tly too. Had square knota been used the same result would have been had, but more time re- quired. As it was, it took a good doal of talking to cover the , delay in undoirg the fastenings made by the committee, The ‘‘three persons” trick. was ex- posed by the awkward manner in which it was executed. The hand seen belonged to Miss Fay, as any one that noted the move- ments of her body and head following the motions of the hand could readily detect, Again, the hand was alwa; seen with the t tewards Miss Fay, and the musical instruments exhibited pointed in the same direction, The crimson curtain was double, hence the arm could not be seen when the com- mitteeman looked into the cabinet from the rear, On the whole the performance was very thin, and the only redeeming feature of the show was the omission of any semblance of superstitious, or what our spiritualistic friends wight call religious, ceremonies in connec- tion withit, The audience was told to consider the show to be black art, scientific or spiritualistic. They made no special claims for it, and yet they who gave it announced themselves as spiritualists and talked of *‘the power; * but we noticed that some- times the power() was ordered in a very lmperative and exaciing manner— in fact, a style that mortals would not use in addressing immortals, Miss Fay several times exhibited bad tem- per, and the jokes pul’{:elmted by the lecturer were in very bad taste for a Sunday evening entertainment, The expose Was made to the mana- ger, and he denied nothing and ad- witted that the lecturer was *‘ouly put on as & mediun to fill the time with,” Ouwaha has no royal scientists to be | gulled by Miss Fay, butshe hus a few | denizens of the Great American desert who can see througha millstone that has such a stupendous hole in it, OBSERVER, S —