Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 23, 1885, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALy BEE FIFTKENTH YEAR OMAHA, WED NESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1885, NO. 81 | som———— AN OPEN CUTCOME. With None of fhe Cendidatcs Neav the Nominatiog Figave, A Ballot Tak:n in the New York Couvention, Which Failed to Reveal the Republican Leader. The Specches and Prococdings Yer- tixday—Adj mrnment Until To-Day. The New York R publican Convan- tion, Bararoaa, Sept, 2% —The morning openrd bright and st sn emly hour the ecrridors of the hotels presentcd an auimated sc-no, The eonvention will ass:mble in the Cisino at 12 o'clock Thoindicitiors poiat to o lively sorimmage for the nomination of governor The uppsr county men msiatain a determine tion to nwke shirt work of she convention Al hope of the New York city men jining bands un one candidats has been shsudoned The situation is deci jedly mixed, N oveis rash enough 1 preaict who Wil bsnominated, General Uart’s strougth does not seem to bave weakened wnd he appears now to have tho reatest vumbas Morton, Bliss, Cornell, ;Jus port sud Deex: 1 are all strong and theic frlends apprar contident. At 12:2) James D, Warrsn, chairman cf the state committes, called tha convention to order. R-v De L V. Leach, of Albany, invoked a blessiog upon the labors of the cou- vention, A ter the roll cal the chairman announo d_that the wtite committes had agied (n S mitor Wanor Miller for tom- orary chwieman., Miller was ro.eived y the c ovimacn with great enthusi. bis wddress he calied ct that the republican party w York for the firat fims i twenty-five yo was confrented by bah federal aud state governments in tho hands ot the democracy. He advocaad rigid adhe- rence to he protecion of Americat iudus trins and Aweican Jubr (A jpluuse ) “Whin we tucue t over to the opp.eition ths civil tervice of ths g verum-nt, no better civil service exinted 1m ter the sus” Refar- ring to the political v mplexton of the routh- ern st tew, Millae 10aincatsod tnat the ugh e the lengtt aud breadth of that land thers was mot to by fuad a sicgle governmeant which holdy 1hy ruins of govoru- mens by the will of the peop'e. The repub- licaus. he aid, to prove this rtitement, on y asked for e fuir ficld wnd farr fizur 0 re- ference to the sl +ged 1l cwni bullotii g in the gouth, Miller ra'd the men who mausged the polls 1n that section weuld not contioue to do the work without pay. Upom the quastion exvice of the government. the rpeaker #aid the r publican party had put the law into p 1 uss and wers commicted to it would ruggest, however, that the civil sertice commissioners be at ouco rumm ned together and directed to add n clanes providing that all jail birds and ex-convicts are forbidden 1o liold office,” This he thought would gie .t~ 1y relieve the prasidont of the Usited States Miller closed by predioting » graud victory for the republicsns in November next. The chairwan was auth rized to appoint the usual commitees and the couveution adjourned that the fir in order was ths report, of the commitee ou contested seats, Ceneral Sharp, chairman of the committee, reported 1u 1avor uf reo wninlug contestants in the First Albany di trici and the regular delegation frcm the 8 cond Albany district The report was adopted as respects the First district A motion was made by Wm. B. Woodin, of Aubuin, that in order to have perfect good feelitg, botn delegations from the S-cond Albauy district bs adm tied, each member to have haif a vote. This motion ¢.lled out & n which it was charged that the regular delo- @atiou represented s combination with ths democrats, to which it was repiied that the time had pested when & msn must be sst down a8 & democrat beo \use hs bore an Irish name, The report of the committee was then imou-ly adopted. cowwitiee ou permanent organization rted for perianewt chairman Hon, Jumes . Hustcd, aud w list of seci oturies compos d of the names of Vroeman, Onickerivg, Stourns and Barker, and also & long list of vie —presi- deuts, Tue report was adopted amid great appla: annanl Husted took the chair. He spoke bricfly, Awovg other tbivgs he ssid that “'honest mouey aud an houest baliot, an honess count and protection to every form of American industry will b forever the cardiaal dootriues of the republican party (spplause), Wo atend to-cay on ballowed ground, On youder mountain, in sight of that historic battle hill whers the continental soldiers won the victory that made this natio, died a gr eat captsio, who bis great powors and his skill saved for all time what the continentul soldier had galned, Uuder the shadow of that great name we meet here to-duv ¢ rensw our fidelity to the rflnmylu for which he fought, and to fight t out vureelves on that line uutil the leave fall 1n Novewbar.” (Applause ) At the osuclu fon of Mr. Husted's & motion wa: wade and sdopted couvention proceed with the nomination of candidates for governor, Afer a brief dis. cuseion an a tempt was made to adopt & wo- tion for an lafor s al ballot, Mr. Obaries D. Buker, of Steuben county, placed in nomination the uame of Ira Daven port, of Steub ucoun'y, Me Van Allop, f N w York city, followed with & wibute to Hoo. Levi P. Morton, whose nams he placed i+ nowiostion, James D nolson, of Reowsacler oounty, vominated Hon Josevh B. Curr, 1 nd at the meation of the name of the candi ate the convention was thrown into uproar cns sp plause, repeated ogein and agaiu, Mr, Robers Bewall, ot Now York, seconded G neral Cure's nomiustion. At the clise of Mr wall's brief but carnest eulogy there was more applause, ie, next occupled ton, Jume. At guod deul of wpplause, but the demonstration ‘was not €qul 1 volume Lo that acoorded to the prevecdiog nomines, + Darlog s piuse in Mr, Hatch's remarks crowd of several buudred men cuwide the live of dolegates shouted loudly for S sinburne, tho lub rivg men's candioate Ansth r inoi- dent of this specch was the hearty applause aroused by the carual mention of Ex Presi- dent Arthui’s 0 we, Andrew 8 Deaper, of Albany, vreed the convention 1o nowinate Dr, Juhn Swinburne, boy county, As the meation of the Dawe there was » frantic burst of applause from the doeior's fiiends outside the conven- tion. Kug ns Builin.sme, of Aloany, sec- onded Swisburne's nomiuation, Seoator Arkell uominsted Joseph W, Drexel of Now York, Qorporal Tanuer, of Brooklyn, seconded the nomiuation ot Daveapors, Tae wmaimed vet- eran suswered the shunts of **Platform?” by ce to the difficuity be in gottiug to the platforn, i iward Mitobell, of New York, nomi Bated Cornelius N, Bliss, of Now York. ens B Payne presented the nsme of Geveral Wi, H, Soward, of Cayugs county. A motion &) adjuurn ustil moraing was ut viry decldedly voted dowa viva yowo A motion fr an hour's recuss was likewise d feaiol, G of the comynittes on reso- lutious, stated that tha comuwittee hoped for #0 eady sdjourament to might ia ocder to give time tu furher hear the report of th Represcntatives of the labor interests and - L. | stated (h ¢ if the Macedoviana voldiers interests before formulating a plat- form, (Applause ) Mr. Fasswet moved that one ballot be taken ad an #dj urnment thea had until morniog. List by a strong dissenting viva voce vote A motion to proc:ed to u ballot for governor was then adop ed and the roll was called by distilots, the roll call reculting ss follows: Davenport 106, Oarr 205, Morton 42, Seward 57, Swinbuine 32, Law 15, Warren 187, Drexol 57, Bliss 5, Uornell 4 Evarts 1, Starin 1, Ohar'es Audrews 1. Whole num- br of votes oast, €91: Lecessary for a choios, 347, At the conolusion of the first ball it tha convention, &t 8:3) p. m, adj.urned unul to-wor.ow, Territorial Dem-crats, Anerpers, Dak., Sept. 22, —The democratic territorial convention convened to-day with forty counties reprosented by 150 delegatee, Bartlett 11ipp, ot Yankton, is in the chair. e — BrORIING AN THR CONTEST NTS FOR THE DRNNRTT TROPHY, Brinron's Reer, Se,t. 92 2:40 p. m — Neither the Genesta nor Dauntless, contes ing for the Benuett challenge cup, are in sight, althonsh they have bsen out nearly twenty- four hours, Tho iaterest folt at Newport in tho rac) is very great and there are many emil and stesm yachts here, Tre wind, which n the foreuvon was light from tns south, has now died out aad thero is now almost a dead calm, fALRRS, KENTUCKY RACING KVENTS, LovisvitLe, Ky, Sept. 22.—A continua tou of goud wem her yosterday, track very du:ty and atteadance atiil larger, Mil:: Conkline won, Livdy Wayward sec- ond, Mulathird, Time, 14 § Five-eighths of a mile: S's H'myar won, fn;ar Cloud second, Porter Aske thicd. Time 01} T-tvu miles: Ten Booker won, Irish Pat second; o ly two sturters. Time 3.4 Three quarters of o milo—Leats: First heat, torrest won, Chance sec wd euloch third, Time 115, Sccoud heat, Forest wou Chince secon , Bethina third. Timo 115 BASK BALL YASTKRDAY. At Ohiosgo—Cicsgo 8, Providence 5, E ght inninew, At New York—Metropolitan 0, St. Lonis 5. Seven inuiogs: dacknees. At Brooklyn Biooklyn 2, Ciccivnati 8, Five inuings; rain, At Si Louis—>5t. Toni« 14, Boston 9. —— GENERAL FORBIGN NEWS, AN ARMY LivY. Sorry, Sept £2 —A lovy of all able bodied men in Bulgaria between ths azes of 18 and 4) has baen orderad. IN SYARCH CF A RI BrLonADE, Sep', 22 —The Servian army is being mobilized and troops are beiog sent to protect the sou hern froatier borde ing on Macedosia and Albania Fea's are cntertaiied of arisiog in bith theso placss and grave troub es are auticipated in thy ovens of such an occurrencs, It is stated that Kine Milan, in sn interview with a number of diplomats, arose in revolt avamst Turkisn rals be muse ast wich ¢ otherwies he wou'd bs depred, A GANEBAL AKRESTED, PHILIPPOPOLT4Y, Seps 22 —Goneral Gra- gilsk', counu n 1or of the Roumelian milicts, bus been anested, A LOST BARK, 2! -The American bark Cashmisre, Captain Nichols, from Philadel- w, April 281, for Hi go, bas been lost at ‘an’gs Sima, un is'and of Japan. Part of he c.ew were 1aved, o1, 84 Loxbox, Sept. WHAT AUSTRIA DESIRES. LospoN Sept. 22— Tae Siandard’s Vienna carrorpoudent states thatin an intervisw the Auytrion uider £ reiga seceatury assuced him that Ausria had zo_ inteutios of annextig Bos i aud Herzeg wvinia E operor F wocis Joseph's vieit 10 Botvia Fud no conuectiim with the recsnt events ut R umelia, Austria ¢ed ey that the Roumsiina r billion be quelled. Commu.icattons have now pasred b-tween the rignatory powars o the trasty of Berlio, sn 11t is hoped tney will resultina speedy wvoitlement of the R umelan diffi- culty. UNRABINESS INCREASING, LoNDON, Sept. 22, 3 p m, ~There has besn an importaut declins in Russian and other bonds, The uaeasiness on the stuck exchaoge 18 increasivg. AN AUSTRIAN OPINION. ViENNA, Sept, 21 —The Fiewdenblatt in an editorinl »ays: Hulgaria defers the s ttlement of thy Roumelisn diffisulty to the Europesn powars, and it counsels Turkey to act with moderation, THE CHOLKRA. MAaDRID, Sept. 22 —Thary were 79 naw cases of cholera and 270 de.ths reported yes- terday throughout Sp {a, Roug, Sep’, 22 —There were 214 new cases of cholera und 175 deatbs in Palermo during she past tweuty four hous, MOBILIZING THE AUSTRIAN ARMT, Paus, Sept. 22 - It s rumored here that owiug to the excited state of sffai b Balkau states the Austrian army is being wobi.ized, A FLAT MARKKT, Loxpox, Sept. 22, The market for foreign securites st the stock exchangeis flit. A rumor is afl a5 that the Torkish army is being wobiliz.d for immadiate servics in Roumelia, THE BOUMRLIAN RKVOLT, Pams, Sept. 22.—The opiion preva'ls at the Turkisn ewbusy hure that ths grest powers o f Karopa aud especial y Garmaoy will euforce resnact for the tresty uf B rlin, aud tht the difficultv in Roumslia will be settled favorubly to Tarkey without rescutcs to ar o Paiveeors, Bept. 22,—A tedeum was 8 .n¢ Lu vt goedan surr mading the palace by an immenso crowd of pasule o bonor of Peined Alaxaud-r, who has acrived in this oity. The ' u garian nationsl fl g was houted every- whera, KING ALFONSO BNRIOULY ILL. MaDRiD, Sept 22 —Ths illness of King Al i 80 has b come serious, Officials of the palace are endessoriog to conceal his actual conditivn . A BETTLEMENT KFPYOTED, MaDRID, Sept 21,— Phe Journs! El Corres staros an sgroemens his been «flected with Ge mauvy by which Spain retains the Caro- 1.8 wod Mariaua aud Palaw islands, whils Germany wcquires the Marshall sad Gilbert groups. e — Frowned in the Lake, Racing, Wis,, Sapt. d2, -This afternoon at 15, Oaptaio William Jones, of the life boat ecvica «f this place, was drowaned while out racticlog with crew uuder direction of Super utendent Rogers. Bix of the crew es- csped The dissster was caused by the up- seiiog of the boat by beavy breakers, rai by & prevailivg northea t gide. The tha drowning was just off the end of the n.rth pier in the harbor. o — A Buspendcd Oustom Officer, WasHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Tho seccetary of the treasiry bas directed the sus;epsion of Mnu'1 n Lace of Capt. George B. Bacon, pending an pyeetigation to ba wade by the collector of customs of all the clreumstan es attending the change in the office, The wctim of the # cretary s baged on joformation thit the appointment is sn luproper one, e — An Io ory of the Navy. Wasuiseron, Sept, 22, —The naval bosrd sppointed in Augurt to make an invent of sll work done or commenced o the un‘ia. lshed o xej ort to the sepretary of the navy. wers Cbi-ago, Buton, Atlante, .-.u'mchaml of all materias applicavle thereto, subiisied | c2pt upon some petty qucstion of di'rhmf. Llwlh\a their owa commumty, Thelr la; WASHINGTON. Stupendens Prands Unsarthed by ihe Gezeral Land Ofice. The Deposit 8yst:m Prostituted for Private Gain, The Suryeyors in Collusion with Oalifornia Capitalists. The FPueblo Indian Tax Ohjectors— Postmastera Appointed—Notes From the Oapital, WASHINGTON NEWS, A CHANGE NOT EXPEDIENT =A SESSION OF THE CABINAT, WasHixaToN, Sept, 21.—~Vice-President Hendricks 18 said to have informed the presi- dent that he is impressod with the belief that a change in the office of surveyor-general of the marine hospital service is neither wise nor expedient, and that he has accordingly with- drawn the name of Dr. Matthews, who he had previously urged for the place. It Is also #aid that he will cppose the appointment of Dr. Waliiog on ths same grouud, The resignution «f Surveyor-General Hamilt.n has not been acepted and ths impression is gatning that he will return to the office The cabinet meeting ti-day was attended by Secr taries Endicott, Whitney, Manniog, aud Postmaster-Genersl Viiar, Among the qu-ations considered at the moetiog were the voubles in Wyomiog, pissible reorganizatin of the civil servics cooumission, nad the Ster- liog-Bacon controve sy in the Nuw York cus- tom houe, The political situation in Now York was incidentally referred to, STUPENDOUS LAND PRAUDS. It i etated thas the land office action, taken some time ago by Commissionor Sparks, re- vokiog certaiu illegal contracts for surveys of punlic lands under what ia known as the de- p+ii system, and in suspending accounts uuder similar contric's bicause of varions izres ularities, aud for tho purpose of ascor- taiviog by field cxamioa'ious whether eur- veya have beon proprly or actually extended, brought to tha frous the *ank of Nevada and o her banks in San Francic) as parties claiwing an interest in the acoount by viccua of losns muds to 1 hs surveying contractor, aud repreretatives ot the bauks sre now hero urging the payment of ruch accounts to pro- tect themselves sgainet loss ‘Lhe commissioner does not recognize the ks 88 haviog any legal or equitasle clains n -t the government o he to intervene botween tha nccounting officers of the land department aud their official dudes If the b uke, he saye, loaned movey to 1u-veying ¢ utractors, it 1s purcly & matter of private busiuces, and the ba ks must look to their borrower for paym n’. Noloans have been made to the Uuiid 3:ates, nor bas the gov- ernm:nt facurred aoy obligations to these inuncinl institutions, Tie annual appropria- by ¢ mgress for rurveyi g public lands beeon from $200,000 to $4.0,00), addition to this the law wlows inaividua's to make do- posite, which are cradited the surveying fund and constitute additional appropristions, Tho Land (flios reports showed somu 86,000, 000 to have been ko deposited since 18/9. ‘I'he law only authorizss deposits made by settlers. “P'be fact appours, says 'hs commissicner, that thay are made only by capitalists, It has been allege 1 that a bureau has beea main- wnined in San Francizco which aoted as an intermedisry betwoen the deputies acd sur- veyore-general, aud . the business was to eupply aeficiendles in field notes snd assist in has In tha preparatiom snd adjustment of the genoral land office One of the contracts revoked by the commissioner was of the original estimat-d lisbility of $8 0°0, The land office accouants rhow that about $130,000 has already beea pid cus under this contract, and the bank esrly 100,000 more etill dua. The ioner r-fused to accept the returns, awountiog to $20,000, for work alleged to bo psrformed under this contract, on the grouads that essential pre-requisites to legality not been complied with, the boad of the deputy nos havisg teen filed, and no deposits made to psy for suryeye, and further thas the ount charged 13 in excess of 1-gal rates. Itis thy oplaion of the commissioner that the practice of the San Francisco banks in ad- vaucing mouey on su.veying contracts, which be eaid had grown up within ten years and «xtended eo a8 to include contracss “in various states and territories, and which are now urged ms cquitable consideration, cinnot bs regarded as in the interest of the public service. Ho says: "It led the surveyor to return surveys of uninhubitabls, mounntainous and cesert reglovs, to sugmented rates and extravagant expenditures. to looseness and 108 of contractiog and surverying,to me of depcsit certificates, to premature survey of veluabls timoar and agri- cultural iaude, followed oy their appropriation thiough fraudulent entris by rich syndicates and large corpor.tious and "the exclosion of actual acttlers from lands ostensibly surveyed for their benefit, buz immediately taken ‘up by speculative combinations connectsd with or clossly allied to surveylng oparations v tended ala) to do auwasy with that wholesome supervi-ion and restraint which the law requires the land vepartment to exer- cise over deputy surveyors, With tho shicld of & powerful sysdicats and moneyed corpor- ations Interposed batween them and the gov- ernment, they felt independent of the land office and became accustomed to look upon it 8 & mere machine to certify accounts withcat | regir4 to their accuracy or justice, Many uf the accounts now presented are for extra compen ation for resurveys which caonot be allowed because 1n violation ot instructions as o pe soribsd miolmum rates, and which in- structions are o {art of the contracts Raports reached ths land office of extensive frauds In surveys in regi ms coverad by theso contrasts which the commissioner states he hasnot bhad time with the agencies at his ¢ mmand to thoroughly inve:tigate, and that deluy is unavo dakle until an examination can ba made which will enable him to decide w hich clalos should be paid and what rejacted, ‘The amount ot alleged dues on surveying con- tracta claimed by ths bank of Neva 1a areabout S ‘What further unliquidated claims imilar character yet to be presented are uoknown, HIS RESIGNATION ASKED FOR, The secretary of the treacury has called for the resigoation of Martin L. Noerr a8 chief of the division f captured aud abandoned property and lauds, Mr. Noerr was ap- point.d from the Districs of C.lom is ove of the oldest employes in the service, Theie are vo:barges againat him, CATTL® BEING REMOVED, Capt. Tee, sgeat at the Cheyenme and Avapahioe Lndian rescrv. tions, haw telegraphed Oommimiover Atkios that only 21,000 head of cattla rewanin on the reservation, and that those will be removed by the end of this month, THE INDIAN TAX KICKEES. The Pusblo Indian delegation called agaln on the commissiner of Iudian sffairs this worning sud will leave fortheir home in Now Mexico this evening, They have been per- tially ruccassful ia their wisslon, for the o m- miseioner will requeat the authorities of Now Mexico to suspund the tex by levy until the exuct lagal status of these Iudians can e de- torwin . The commissioner seems to be of the « pioion that theso Iudians should not be taxed, He admits that they #ere proper) d nacliiasn Bl thn tranir 1y S olen exico was ceded to the Unlted Seat they have never been all wad to exer zht of cltizanship. The Now Mezican o not allowed shom to yote tx'- ads wero granted to the tribs, Mexico and the United_ States is paying them mor ey which the authorities of New Mexico tecm to be endeavoring to aequire by t.xation, The commissioner believes that the Pusblos, who ware poor, ignorant Indians, should be pro- tecied aa the wavda of the nation, POSTMASTERS APPOINTED, The postmaster general to-day appointed the tollowir g named fourch class postmasters: Tilinois—Venice, William H. Grayson; Arlington Heights, Charles Sigwalt; Newark, Mrs Jennie Oleveland; Farina, George W. Hefton; New York, James L. Bradberry: Chatham, Gaorge W, Sword; Atwood, Wil liam G. Mumper; Riok OCity, Christiaa Raubenheimer; Curran, James J. Powers; Tamotlls, Thomss G. Dénnis, Towa -At Spirit Lake, A, F. Hoeath, jr; Kalo, V. B, Phelan: Imogsne, A. W, Gruob, N-braska At Clear Water, Marcus N. Palme ; Carns, John Borger HE BURIED HIS MON.Y IN THE EARTH, Thers was rceived at the treasury depart- ment to-day for redemption a packigo of about §100,0 0 fa United States notes, which are badly mutiiated and almost beyond recog: vition. It js eaid that theic ewner, an Ohio farmer, had burled the notes in_the earth in preference to plucing thom in & bauk or other deporitury. o —— A Swoade's Monster Windfall, 50 New York, Sept, 22.—Charles Gustay Blum, a son of the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Department of Sweden, was born in Stockholm in 1857, At the age of 17 he became a member of the Royel Wermlani regim nt, of which his uncle was colonel Two years later he graduated at the military academy, Sioctholm, Ancestors of his had bsen membars of the Royal Wermland regt- ment for generations, He finally resigoed from the servica, Ho studied at the Polytochnic in his native city and eatered merchantile life, He formed an_ attachmant for a wenlthy young ludy pamed Gronnat, who died only a faw days hef re the time set for the wedding. He then became reckless snd uosettled, He went to Hu'l, Eogland, and afeer holding a position there fur a short time removed to Liverpool, In 1881 ha cama to this ciuotry, where he traveled un.il his money was all gone, then obained a rituation in Grant's locomo ive works at Paterson as a deughtsman, After. ward be wot employment with a firm in Maseachusetts, Ou receipt of mews of his mother’s aeath he retumed to Sweden, wh:re he remained for abvous five months, He started b ckin 1683, The ficst night at sea the ves:el wae wrecked, but he aod o fo others resch-d the coust of Norway fn a +mall bot, sud finally he srrived 1o this coun. try. He tried to get employment, but faile ', Haviog sold or pawned all ‘his valuables, ho finaliy enlisted in_ the United S ates army under the name « f Grannat He was trani- ferrad to Fort Humiiton There hs so won the esteem cf bis suporiors that inafew weeks he was promoted to be corperal. He was aboat to be sdvanced to a rergeantcy when news arrived of the death of his grand- . n baroness, and of her haviig leit 37,000 rowns, equal to $104,520, Lawyor Henry A. M-yenberg was em- ployed by him to lok after the property. Money was forwarded to him frow Jweden, aud Mr, Meyenberg prepared an o flifavit oa which to apply for his diecharge from the army, M.j. Randolph, beivg fully satisfied of the truth as narrated, recorrmende « the case to Col. John Hamilton, who indorsed the application for Blun's discharge, Wittin a fow dai 8 ho was a fren man and he eailed for Swed+n 'as: week, Upon the setilement of bis « ffairs 10 his native conntry he intends to return hither and enter busiaess. ———— Amonyl e Kallioads, New Yoeg, Sept 22. -1 learned after the railroad presidsnts’ mestiog adjuroed that it had been decided to advance 1 five differont classes of freights wi bound to 60, 50, 45 25, and 20 cents respect- ively, an increase of about G0 per ceut over the pre.ent rates, Tho discuwion of east bound freights was postponed for ten days, when another mesting will be held. OLEVELAND, O, Sept, 22.—Auother great. judgment was rendercd by Ju ige Heisloy in the common pleas court to-dey againat the New York, Chicago & St. Louis raiway com pany. Ths jadgmens was for $116 000 cn & cognovit note in fuvor of the Lake Shore rail- way company. To s cross pelitition filed Monday by Mr. Vande blt in the suit sgainst the Nickel Plate by the Central Trust company, ha calls into question the I gality of the Nickel Plate company, Ho says it was illegally incorpor- ated. It was formed by the consolidation of tive other railrosd companies before those compazies possessed @ foot of rallroad track, 1n contravention to Ohiwo law. It was formed by the consolidation of an Ohlo company with c)mpanies in tha distant states of Illinols and New York, whereas an Obio law ation witn oaly railreads of an adjoining state. Thess are the legal defects which M- Vinderbilt pra- @ nts to csst the taint of illegality upon the iocorporaticn of the road, and thus to vitiate its power to irssuo & mortgage. 1f the courts sustain his c'aim, the first beniholders will be reduced from their poeition of priority to that of ¢ mm)n creditors, because the mort- gaxe which gives them priority will be void. All securittes wil be placed oo a common without any preced: nce whatever, He Founa th, F.goung Editor, Nkw YoRk, Sept. 21,—[Special to Chicago New:]—A man giving the name of Ford was kicked out of the «ffice of the Sun this morn- ng, He had read an artic'ein the Sun which fired his blood with indigration, He visited the offics and asked for the responsible man, The city editor was at that moment tslking to a lot of reporte; Just as Ford uttered an oa.h snd made & the city editor he w s suddenly sent sprawliog oa thy flor, snd the editor and six riporters began playiog polo with h s body, Kord was finully kicked out iuto the ball, and then he rolled down stairs onto the sidewalk. Toree of his teeth were knock:d out, his right jaw was swolleo, and his head was bloediog. = He plcked himeelf up and ran into the counting-room of the paper threatening to tath everything, When the countit g-room men had finished pounding Ford be was an awiul looking object, and meekly hobbled over to the city hall police station in charge of the janito Thes Brotherhood «t Locomotive Ficemen, PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Bept. 22 —Thetwelfth snnual convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of North America con vened here to-duy, After a short street par— ad) the delegates asscbled in the Chestuut Street O.era house, Gov. Pattison made the adurers of welcome to the state, Mayor Smith then «(xtevded the welcome to the ocity, Specchos were aleo made by Col, A. K. M- Clure, Col, J B Maynard, of Indianspolis, and others, and letters from President Uleve- land, ex Gov. Porter, of Indians, and other ublic men were read regrettiog their inabil- ty to be present. The brotherhood met th wfeernson at Ascoclation hall in secret session, and will continue their deliberations untii Setwday, when sn excursion will be given the visitiog delegates to Atlantic Olty, o — An Jowa Army keanion, Towa Ciry, In,, Sept, 22,—A large number of leading wilitary men and many old vetc- rans arrived to-day to attend the third bien- nial reunion of Orocker's brigade in this city to-morrow and Thureday, The city ls beau- tiful with arches, pyramids, bannersand other decorations, while the opera bouse and rink are gems of decorative work, The new elec- tric light system introduced iuto this city adds to the kcene to-night. e —e—— The Fire Itecord, Lxwisrox, Ill., Sept, 22,~James G, Wil sxen's flour mill burned last ight, Loss, o $/0,000; insurance, §16,050, — WORK OF SINKERS. A Jealons Wife Hacks Her Husband's Aunt fo Death With a Hatehef, An Inhuman Father Who Needs |in the Superior court for the disbarment of | The Marks of B a Neck Stretching, Driving ths Chinsse Out of Wash= ington Territory, A Ooon Liynched in South Oarclina— Five Ohtramen Struog Up in Washington Territory. A Hatchet's Horribls Work, Porrsviuue, Pa, Sept, 21, —[3pecial to Chicago Times ] ~Three years ago Sallie Lyons was mariied to Richard O'Neill, and they went to live with his aunt, Kitty Keofe, known, from the fact that ehe was an Albino, as “Kitty with the blink ng eye and white hair.” The unfoa was not blessed with chil- dren, Salis bocamo very jealous of the old woman sni other women living in the neis! =1 borhood of Silver Oreek, a little minars’ | patch ten miles east of Potteville, Yes- terdsy ther wss a christeniog at the bouss of O'Neil's brother-in law, and Richard and_Sallie wera thera from 11 oclick on. They drank f.eely of wine and whisky provide for the occision, and at 8 o'clock Sallle was very deunk. She flang a glass ot her busband aud left, eaying she was goiog to eee Dick’s aunt, H.If an hour later people living in th little log cains adjsining Kitty Kaofo's heard some choppiug, aud five minutes Jater Sallie rushed into the neighb)r's house with her hair streamiog behind and her hands and arms bathed with blood She war raviog mad. Close +n her haals came two men, who aunounced that Kitty Keefe was lying in her doorway dead. Oae of the man accused Sallie of murdeiing her, and she rephed: *If he's kilt I'il bs happy to swing for ic. She ought to have been killed long sgo She | was ick’s mistrees.” They took her back t | the house, avd at the door +he t re 1we and | ran to the stiffeniog corpse in the doorway, and with a wild reream drazged it int) the middle of the road Tho whola loft side of the face had besn hack.d away with a ha‘chet aud the head had been severed feom tho teavk Mes, O'N il was 8% onca taken in‘o custody, and at 2 o’clock this morniog lodged in jail here, She is atark mid, The terciole crime has shocked the whole community, o A Sutj et tw Hemp, Keokrk, Tows, Sej. 21.—{3pecial to the Ohicago Times, ] -Information reachel here | to-day of the arrest of Thomas Howran, a former, living in an oat.of-the-way placea | few miles back of Gregorys, & small station on tho Keokuk and St, Louis line, Howran i chirged wich focest snd infanticide, The details of the affair aro of euch w frightul and revolting chiracter us a'mst to defy be- lief. Lt 1s charged that Hosran nemly four yesrs #go_ cutraged his 16 yeir old daughter, Dollie, "and then threatened or i desth if she expowed | him. A child was bomn to the girl l Fcbrumy, The girl, it is charged, was lucked in @ room by the father, why refused to call a physician, The family, it is alleged, was compelled under thrests of death to keep the matter secret Howran, it s charged, killed the child immediately after | birth and butied it. Oa Friday he is ‘said to have etated thatit was his inteution to do the e toward another daughter, now 16 years d, on hin return from Keokuk that da He brought a lcad of produce to this ci aud being unable to dispose of it, was com- polled to remsin here over night. His wife and children were nearly crazad, snd finally told the revoltivg s'ory to some distant neichhors. P epurations were at once made for the man’s arrest, and he was met on the road by & pose and taken inty custody. He broke down at once. and, it is claimed, completely confested his guilt, taking his captors to the spot where the remaius ot the infant were buried, and begged to be havged or shot, but was placyd under guard and afterward delivered to the sh-r ff, who removed him to Kuhoka for safe keepiog, ———— Driving Out the Chinamen, SeaTTLE, Wash , Sapt 22.—The quarters of the Chiness working in the Black Diamond minos were visited by & mob last night armed with repeating rifles, Each had a sack drawn | over his head, with holes cut for the mouth, nose and eyes. They were thus com- pletely disguised, and presented a foarful appearance. The Chinese flad in terror from their houses, which were then destroyed These men had lately been diecharged from the mines, and expected to return to Seattle this moruinz, ‘There is much excitement here over the Chinese question. A convention to consist of delegates from all parts of the Pugets sound country has been called to mest here on Sep- tember 23, to devise means of riddiog the country of the Chin.se, The feling fs inten- sitied by the fact that the federal wuthorities hardly make a pretext of stoppiog 1he Mo olians from crossing the horder inty Wash- ngton territory from British Columbia. The Jaw which was mads to protecs the people from the influx of the Ohinesn is practically a dead letter and in consequence of this 1hey take the law into their own hands with a view to protecting themselves, e — Tney Will Dis First, Lirrie Rook, Ark,, Sept, 22.—1'he fogitive | convicts who for days had been intrenched in the Maumelle mount, iny, twenty miles above town, defying capture, yesterday eallicd out from theic fastness and esowped. As they re- treated they informed every one they met that they did not lotend to be taken alive, and oalled attention to the fact that thoy were armed with Winchester es snd re- volver In addition they have valuable bloodhounds, which were sent after them when —they escaped snd which they captuw ed. The gavg vumbers five, aud is led by Thomas Kelly and George An- derson, motorious characters, The outlaws crossed the river from the south sidein a ekiff and were head-d for Iudian territo y, Belief in expreesed that they may be run down, The wanoer of theie escape from the convict cemp, snd especially their actious sinca 1n detying arrest, are exolting |commens of an uncomplimentary character to the au- thorities, ——— Eicape of Conviets, GaLvAsTON, Sept, 22,—The News' Hearne special says ten convicts escaped from the plantation of Wm, Hearns in Brazos bottow, near here, yesterday morning, by cattlog tbrough the zoof of the prison house, They made thelr way to town snd entering the Montgomery house while the guests were Hlumberi: g, #tole the garments of the male membars of Stutz th-atrical company, loaving the coovict suits b -hind, They slso took two gold watches aud escapad to tha woods, A large posse started in pureuit of them sud it was reported last night that four of the convicts had been taken, Tho poss s still out, - —— A Bonthern Lyncui . 8 o CHARLRSTON, 8, 0., Sept 22,—~At Johnston, 8. 0., 0. T, Culbresth was Jynched to-duy a6 Edgefield court house. He was charged with killing William Hammond, & yonng man who was guardiog the house of Mre Cul-|g breath, from whom her husband was sopar- sted, He was taken by & wob from the ofli- cyre whils he was waitiog to get bail, and was curried out of town, shot raveral time and le't for dead. Ho revived, walked in town, made & statem nt implic\ing several of the lynchers, and died. He denied his guilt to the last, Wine and Women ttaln & Lnwyar, Boston, Mass., Sept. 2L.—[3p-cwl to Chi- oago News] ~Oa Saturday & motion was ma je Edward P, Brown, the celebrated lawyer and politician, for & $20,000 mi.appropriation, To.dsy the air is_thick with yumors of Browu'smisdeeds, Recently Atwell & | uos, New York architects, gave Brown a power of attorney toc llect $5,(00 awarded them in fzes for the best plans for the new ton public library, Brown ol- 1 the money, sent ewh §501 and rotained ths balance To.day Lucs came to Bortn at Brown's request to get the bulance, and found the shentf in postession ot Brown's offise, Brown told Lue that his bank nccouat hail beea attachod, and he oonldu’c pay the amonnt, _ Sines then Brown bas not been reen, and it is balieved he has lefc the city. His downfall is attribued to wine and women He wus leater of the re- publicans 1n the house in 1882 and 1588 wud uspflnd Gen, Batler in the Tewkabury affair, Determined Up i Soif- estruction. Bostoy, Mass,, Sept. 22, - [Special to Chi- cago Nows.|-The otie of Dr. E. T. Williams, at Bston Highlande, was yester- day morning the rosno of a shocking suicide Gaorge and Edward 0'Donnell brought thelr brother Francls to the dostor’soffise for ex amioation as to his sanity. Ha had eoarcely entersd the offica when, with a yell he bounded towsrd the wind)w. Ho was seiz-d by the thres men sni held for a tims, but with a su den effort he escaped bis kecpers, an0d, breaking » cup_he mate several gashes in his throat with a sharp fragment of ic He then inserted Lia fioger in the gaping wouad and tore at thy flesh and arteries. He bled to death in a few u, Hung to vonven LewistoN, Idaho, Sept 22.—Five China- men, implicated in tho murder asd robbrry of Daniel Fraser in Pierca Oity, were taken from jail by c't zens last night and hung to conv uient treee, Mr. Fraz'er, who was one of the pioneers of southern Idaho, was well- known avd rerpectrd. His 10 m in he rear of the store was entered on the 11ihint. He was murdered and his body hornbly mnti- lated. An att-mpt was then msde to blow o.en tha safe, which wss unrucces: ful, Tracks on the ou:side of the buil iog ehowed cha Chinamsu had done the deed, In the next| five dayn fiftoen Chinese were arrested, and | finally tive ¢ nfessed to the deed Those were tuken cus and rummari y disposed of. e —————— Bevengeial Mineors, Sn. Touts, Mo, S:pt. 22 —A report comes from Bivier, Mo., that an air compressor to b)usel in the coal mines of Loomis & Suively at that place, was blown to picors by dyna- © or some other explosive. The machine had not yet bien unloaded from the caron which it had b+en taken to Bevier. Thera is no clus yet to the perpatrators of tha act, but it 18 vppoted to huve been done by tom: of | the white striking mivers who formerly work.d at the miues, to wreak avenge.nce wson Loomis & Suively, who now riploy vone but negro miners, The machine was vaited at abou: §3,000. e ——. A Triple Killis LouvisviLie, Ky., Sept, 22 ~A Courier- Journul special eays that word has just becn received that in a fight in Litcher county, Ky, batween the Jones ani Wright m:‘nqt Dolph Droughn, deputy theriff, Som Co and Wiliian Francls were killed, The fac- tions had been warring upon each other, snd the 1b.ve men went to arrestJ ns, who be ¢ «f their coming and awbushed them, | shootiog them down without warning, There iz much excitement over the killing. e —mm— An Editor Thrasbed tn Church, Bra Rarips, Mich., Sept, 21.—King and William Van Loo beat V., W. Bruce, tditor‘ of the Current, at the deoication ot a Metho- diet church yesterday, Bruce had been «x- comn uvicated from the church and had re- cently attacked the presidir g elder, the pa. = tor, and the parents of the Van Loo boys in the Current, e — Capture of Mys, O'Leary’s Boy. CHIcAGO, Sept, 22.—The police were noti- fied to day that * Puggy” O'Lasry, who shot his misteews and his sister in this oity, both of whom have since died, has been captured at Kansas City. ——— AUTOGRAHIO TELEGRAHY, Mr, S, P, Dennieon’s Apparatus for Transmitting Meszages in Facsimiie, New York Evening Post. Mr. S. P. Deanlson, of this oity, has recantly patented a telegraph instrument by which me:sizes are traasmitted in fac- simile almost as fast as the m=s3aga can be transmitied by a good operator in the ordinsry way by a Mose key. The in- strament has bsen upon exhibluon for several weeks In this olty and| attracted & grest del of attentlon, The fundamentsl principle of the apparatus is the sawe as that used {n all precedlog Instruments for the tranemission of & messags In fac- oimile, namely the use of an luk fir the original messsge whioh sballinterrupt the electrio carrent, The mesaage is written upon the tin-foll with sn ink which forma a complete insu'a‘ion wherever it makes a mark, Tboe new featare of the appars tas {8 thet fcstesd of a stylus which travels back and forth over a lice the width of the sheet wupon which the meessge is wrliten, a s'cep polnt is attached to the end of & vibrating srm huong between msgnets, which swings back aud forth acrorsa tape of paper about the width of that ueed la the ordisery “‘tickers,” Each lrstrument is proviced with two of these vibrating points—one for wend- iog and the other for recelving. Whenever the poiot passing over the originsl mestago opon tin foll meets with #n ok mark, the current Is Interrupted for the second, and & blick merk corresponding to the lnk mark upon the tin 1s mace «n epeclally prepared paper on the other end of the wire. The fustrument Is far more rapid than those which the Postal Telegraph company had built a few years sg), When the recelving acd seudiog needles are ma‘ @ to swing over a tape wide enongh v} 8 which to wrlte eeveral lines inswa’ @ one, as at present, the speed will e that of the best cperators worklog v1 2 the old eystem, Thesdvantages of belag able to send a mersage in focelnile are too obylous to need mentlon, besldes which the appara us can be used by two merchants at a ¢stance without the ic- wervention of operaton: o —— —Prof, W, H. Allmin has returned from 1hs east and will on wext Thursday reopsn his cing academy at Light Guard ball Wil 1 block, for childrvn at 4 p. m, sud ladies wnd gentlomen », 8 p, m, \ A MIGHTY MOVE. The Price of Warat fent Reliing Up 1o Very Pleasing Figares, ull Manipulation Discernible, Corn Shares the Jump in & Smaller Degree, An Unchanged Report in the Prio® of Oattl’, with a Slight Jump in the Price of Hogs, THE GRAIN MARKET, WHEAT, Special Telegeam to The Bie, Cu10a0o, Sept, 12.—Thero was sharp excitement in tho wheat trade to-day. The siges of a bull movement discerned imperfectly for several days became very proaounced in early trading to.day, snd s0 coutinued throvghout he entire session, An increase of 663,000 bushels in the visible supoly cauced a temporary weakoess at the cpening, and veluos were do lower than at the cluss yesterday, but good buging at_onco sek in and from thst on thers was & sharp ad- vauce in_pricea until not an option but had touched §74c. Buyiog orders were large from the outside and there was n large amount of tradiog on local account at thy afteravon ses~ sion, November sold up to 881 and olosed within §5 of vuteloe figares. Reoeip! tivued light a6 primary points and atated that very licile wheat was ¢omiog in. Notwithstanding the ndvauca in prices which millers were offeriog for good milliog grades, it wan oired that € 0) was offercd for No. 1 Duluth wheat, which en lier in the day had been seliing at 954c The foreiga situation was a's0 used a8 & lover for sdvanciog pricos, Tho fall in cousols and Lu-sisn recurities bes ing taken ws inoi tha poes bility of war in ths Balkan ¢ un! Ocher homs geain centres I'(lLluLll. d o tha advance here and en= couraged bail operators and pariies buying for investment, CORN, There way a falr amount of epeeulation i corn and pricos ru'ed w shade firmer, infla- enced by the decrease of nearly 1,000,000 bushels inths visible rupply, the advance in wheat end ths prospecs of ¢ ldor weather. Piicea fluctuat d within & narrow range and olosed %@ 4o higher thin yesterday, OTHER MARKETS, Ot dull but firm, closiug generally a shade higher, Preovisions ruled somewhat firmer, early ro~ ceded sni clossd qaist at prices somewhat lower than yester ay. CHICAGO wIVE STOOK, caTTLE. Special Telegram to the Brm. CHICAGO, Sept. 22, —The su falling off inrec ipts is & surpriss to all ooncarnsd, cone sidering the fact that last waek closed with s substantial advancs on ths byt aorts of na- tives, wosterns and Texas, yet for the ficst two days of the wesk thare is n dacrease of nearly 4,000, Teads, evan uidsr the light | ron, was only modersialy weiiva aad pricas just 1 bout steady, Low speclally ¢ 1ws and bau very low flgueas, and ol are that prices on such will rem sia low anul the olvss of the Texan and northwestern raugers’ eeason, Farmers and feeders nroawaiting cool weather and a strong touch of froat before © mmeno- 10g to buv stocksrs sud fesdiog cattle. The supp'y of stock oslves is considerably below that of lust week>.nd prices are $1.00 tv,$1.50 per head bigher. Shipping steers, 1850 to 1700 Tbw,, &5 30 6.00; 12,0 to 0 Ibs,, $19)@b 30; 950 to 12 0 Ibs,, $3 9)@4.569, Throuch Tex s cpttle 10@ ¢ 0): 780 to 10c higher; 950 t 1050 b, 3 0 70 b, $2.60@ ., 82 86@3 30; 600 8.00, Western rangers firmer; natives and half-breeds, $3,65@5b.00; wiatered Texans, $3.20@4.10 Sales—b7 Montana, 12 7 lbs, $465; 836 Wyowing Texas, 1,018 1bs, $.55; 308 Wyomiug half-breeds, 1,210 lbs, $410; 81" Wyowing T.xns, ‘1,105 lvs, 83 65; 100 Colorado Texas, 1,113 1bs, $1.10;'9S Culora- do Texans, 1101 Ins, §1.05; 167 Colorado ‘exaus, 952 lbs, 83,9 sral: native stock, autlaus to-ssll 8k HOGs, Under lighter recsipss and a strong poking and shippiog demand, pricas advanced 5@100 on nearly all sorte. T.s.day roush and common sold at §3 8) 395, with fair to good at $4 00 @115, and best neavy at 84 20 34 35, Pack~ iag aud shipping, 250 t0 33) Low, 88 95@4 85; light weights 150 ¢ 170 1bs, $420@1 50; 180 t0 210 lbs, $3 60@4 15. New'York Dry Goods Market, Nzw Yogx, Sept, 22.— Exports of domestio cotton goods the past week were 2711 pack- sges agaiust 1,693 packages the correspond- ing week last year, and for the expired pore tiop of the year 160033 packazesylagairst 118,803 packages the ramo tims lust yoar, oF an increass ot 40,830 packages, while the proe duction of cotton goods io tne same time has increased between 7 and 18 per cent. Move- meat of through deliveries of goods coming furward on orders has been of the usual stead- inesr, wiils the demaad as usual to & ramy and dull Tassday have by n more moderate, ¥ur woolen gouds the placiog of orders pro- grenses very eatisfactorily, wnd every iuc= ceeding day lecsens the uusold product very waterislly, Tne Weather, WasnINGTOR, Bept, 22.—For the upper Mislesippi: Fiir weather, northesst to routh= east winde, niarly stationary femperature, For the Mussouri Valley: S.uthessterly winde, warmer, fuir westher with lower bare ometer. Baware f Scrofuln Serofula {8 prof W & mory general than anf other diseas, I ki insidious in charactc and manifests itself in running sores, pustul eruptions, bolls, swellings, enlarged jointl abscesses, sore eyes, ete. Hood's Sarsaparilla expels all trace of scrofula from the blood, leaving it pure, enriched, and healshy, “1 was severely aficted with scrofula, oand for over & year had two running sores on my neck. Took five bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and consider myself eured.’” C. E. LoveJoy, Lowell, Mass, C. A. Arnold, Arnold, Me., had serofulous sores for seven years, spring and fall, Hoow's Sarsaparilla cured him, Salt Rheum ‘William Spies, Elyria, 0., suffered greatly from erysipelas and salt rheum, caused by haudling tobacco, At times bis hands would crack open and bleed. Ho tried various prep- arations without aid ; finally took Hood's Bar- saparilla, and now says: * Iam entirely well.”” My son had salt rheum on his hands and on tho calves of bis legs. Mo took Hood's Sarsaparilla and 1s entirely cured.” J, B, BSraNTON, M1, Vernon, Olio, i Hood’s Sarsaparilla 8old by all drugglsts. §1; six for §5. Made ouly by C. I HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One " 'ar.