Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 13, 1886, Page 1

:N‘IX TEENTH YEAR. ORANGEMEN AND CROPPIES. The Bloody Byways of Belfast Visited and the Victims Intorviewed. FIGHTING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Talks With an Orange Leader on the Riots and Their Results— Sample Cases of the es. At the Orange Stronghold. BrrrAsT, August12—(New York Herald Jable—Special to the Bex]—Belfast has had another day of perfect peace, rather, pe haps, because the rioters have exhausted their funds and are forced to work or starve than for any lessening of the hatred between the parties. By common consent both Catholies and Protestants are husbanding their re- L s and ammunition for what is expected to be a great struzgle. The Catholic anniversary of the feast of the Assumption cceurs next Sunday 1 had long talks to-day with some of the leaders, who say that they will not pernit the slightest approval to a Catholie proces- &ion on that day. Some show no hesitation in_ threatening to kill any Catholic caugnt riding in carriages then, or who in any way celebrate the day, The Catholic leaders promise to use every effort to prevent a procession or other arritating display. Neither side expects a renewal of the rioting uniil Sun- Replacing the police in the Shank Hill Protestant district when the troops were withdrawn 15 considered one of TITE MOST THREATENING FEATURES of the situation at present. No police are allowed to patrol the Shank Hillroad. The men are confined in barracks there sur- rounded by police night and day. Rehef attachments are always escorted by troops. Such is the danger to which the police are exposed in the Protestant quarters that the magistrates do not dare to order them to serve the ‘“early eclosing” order to the public houses there. Conse- aquently throughont the Shank i1l road dis- trict the saloons are open, while all the sa loons in the Catholic quarters are closed. L saw to-day arson, of McDonald street, whose husband, William, was shot on Tues- day and will be buried to-morrow. I found the usual WAKE IN PROGRESS, The people In the room ‘were greatly ex- cited and anxious to explain to the Awmeri- cans how outrageous it is for an_inoffensi man to be killed while attending the funeral of a friend. Fearson’s brother Henry works at the Barter mills, Patterson, N. J. To-day I examined into the case of S Young, n_Protestant girl living off the old lodge road and who has relatives of the same name living at an unknown address in New The case will SERVE AS A SAMPLE of many similar ones. She and four com- panions were returning home trom work at Lindsay's factory, ‘They were compelled to pass through the Catholic streets of Peter's Hill, and passing every day became known as Protestants, After work hours they waiked in their ordinary manner throngh the Catholic quart and saw a little child who shouted “Orange” and called them by vile names as they ap- pronched. Immediately from every house a crowd of half-grown boys and girls rushed upon them. Three of Sarah’s companions saw a woman standing by a aoor whow they knew, because they had stopped several times to praise and gossip about hex baby. ‘They rushed to her and implored her TO SAVE THEIR LIVES, ‘The woman took thew in and hid them, ‘The Jittle girl who acted as leader followed Sarah and her other companions, 1t is worth mentioning that the party of three were es- corted out of the Catholic district just in tne to save themselves, as their pur- suers returned after beating Saral Young, and wrecked the house in which they had taken refuge as a punishment to the owner for having helped Protestants. The erowd found Sarahand her companion up stairs ina housein which they had taken refuge - without the consent of the owner. To get at them they smashed the doors and aragged them both down stairs by the hair. The Catholic girls threw Saral down in the road, tore off part of her clothes, blackened her eyes, tore out her hair, and otherwise abused her until several men in- terfered and saved her. Ste has since been confined to her bed and her life is dis- paired of. The crowd afterward gutted the house in which she had taken refuge, and then returned to attack the house of the woman who had saved her three compan- fons, This is a fair sample of the spirit shown on both sides, with merely a change of names and the addition of various de euch as throwing scalding water, kicks and blows, with paving stoues used as ham* mers. It will as well represent ono hundred other cases of attacks by people of cither religion upon detenceless mill girls of the other faith, In every such case the children and women prove the most merciless, A PROTESTANT MINISTER TALKS, ‘This afternoon 1 asked the Rev. Dr. flan- na, a Protestant clergyman well known as an Orange leader, why the Protes- tants ajow the regular evening parade of the Orange workmen returning from the island. He said: “This parade will perhaps some time provoke rioting, but it s necessary for the proteetion of the workmen, who wust necessarily pass nightly through the Belfast Catholic slums, which surround the Protestant dis- tricts of Shank Hill, old lodge rund, ete. Before the workmen walked home in a body they wero Incessantly attacked with stones and bottles thrown over the houses fronting North street, Peter's Hill. As the police always refused to arrest the stone throwers we were foreed to march to- gether in self-defense, THE PRIKSTS AND THE RIOTERS. “The Cathiolie priests have been able, per- haps, to look after the rioting more elosely than our elergy, because they live near the conter of disturbance, while our elergy live far away. Our clergy, however, have always done their best to repress disorder, I have sevoral thues prevented the police from firing on the rioters whom 1 persuaded todisperse, Itis true. the saloons of Shauk Hill are not closed in the evening, but they are owned by Catholies, who take advantage of the technicality due to the inability of the police to serve the notice of the closing order in this district. It is said that Cathe olic bLouses In Drotestant quar- tors have been wrecked while Protestant houses in the Catholic quarters have not been barmed. ‘This is due to the fuct that the houses attacked are saloons, sup- posed to be centers of ‘ribbon’ lodges. The freedow of I'rotestant houses from {njury Is & gresteredit Lo the priests, 1t 1s the Grst time these Louses Lave escaped during the riots, POLICY, NOT PRINCIPL 1 thiuk it Is due more to poliey than to principle. The nationalists are now very anxions to prove their capacity for self-gov- ernment The facts may be that the clergy are unabl to exercise the same influence over Orange rioters that the priests exert over the ( lics, not have the clergy shown the same tireless energy in patrolling the disturbed distriets which has mmade the priests so muen liked by allimagistrates MANY RELATIVES IN NEW YORK Widow Strain, whose son was buried yes terday, proves to have many relatives near New York, among them a gon, David Strain amason at 49 East One Hundred and Twelfth street, New York, and Rev. Huogh Strain, Pennington seminary, New Jersey. Attempts are now being made to repress the wild window firing which has made many strects unsafe.to both friends and foes of residents. Searches for arms are also threatened on a large scale, but are Lardly likely to be carried out, as being too dauger- ous at this time. AMONG THE WOUNDED, 1 find a considerable number of 'per- sons who have relatives in the United States, and especially is this so among the Catholics. As the Belfast police regularly bring up for trial all persons who have b mentioned in the papers as suffering trom gunsliot wounds during the disturbed peace, the hospitals and private physicians have combined to prevent the publication of the names of the wounded. Americans anxious about their friends in Belfast will be re sured to know that comparatively few of the wounds are of a dangerous type; also, that a great majority of the wounded have no n relatives in Awmerica, 1 saw, to-day, a_gr number of persons, mainly women, suffering trom e upon them while return- ing from work. Ifound the following who have relatives in America: Mrs. Cosgrove and a daughter, aged nineteen, who were badly beaten by a crowd of Protestant men and women while returning from a linen mill. Neither is dangerously hurt, but both had b avagely attacked with sticks and L They have a brother and two sisters in St. Louis. Cotter (married), Davis, a carpenter; Kicley, a publican, and a man named McGuigon were among those who w beaten by the Protestants at the Island works, MeGuigon was anxious that a brother in New York should know that he had only a couple of ribs broken and that his face was smashed. Isaw alsoa Mrs. Devilyn and the widow of # man who was shot by the police re y. He has just been buried. His Hughes of N Kansas st A boy named Gillan is among the cases of persons severely beaten on their way home trom a brick yard, wl they worked. He Is now recovering. has a brother named Daly at 825 Third street. San Francisco. A Miss Becton was scand- ously treated by a of Protestant givls while she was returning from her work linen factory. ‘They jumped on her, Kicked her, stripped off her clothes and cut her head with her own s. She now recovering from her injuries, She has relatives named Gil- lespic and Pritebard in Boston. Another roves was badly beaten on her way bya crowd of Protestant men and women. She had some cousins whoare servants in New York. The saddest case of allis that of the widow Strain, who was y dependent on her son Robert, a Pre testant. e was shot without warning or reason by the police. He had arranged to take his mother to New York, where he worked previously, and was just on the point of sailing when e was shot while stepping across the street to meet a friend. The hor- rors as regards attacks upon work girls and other inoffensive work people were pretty equally divided between the Protestants and Catholics, Both sides have shown the ut- most brutality to women and boys as well as to men. AN WVIEW WITH A MAGISTRAT Lo ad an interview with a Protest- ant magistrate of many years service in Bel- fast. In spite of his religion and social posi- tion he said: “I regard the Protestants as entirely in the wrong in this rioting. The Catlolies have done thelr utmost to keep the peace, and to prevent the exasperation ot the Orangemen, The priests, at great personal risk, and by much exertion have kept the people from resenting Insults,and nightafter night priests have ched until daylight the dangerous points, using the full influence chureh to prevent outbr nd even arresting rioters themselyes, when necessary. The Protestant clergy have not done this, and have made no effort to keep the Protest- ants quiet; on the contrary the clergy have walked in processions and funerals, thus keeping up the bad feeling. Look at to-day’s funerals. The Catholies had only half a dozen mourners and took a route through the back streets in order to avoid giving cause for fresh rioting. The Protestants had a reg- ular orange wake with great crowds of wourners, two ministers passing through the most danzerous part of the Catholic district. as if in bravado. The whole trouble has been caused by a system of borough magistr which permits men saturated with local pre judices, to try criminals, and also impede the action of the polico when quick and sharp action is necessary. Th are only cleven Catholic magistrates, as agalnst thirty-five Protestants. As the majority of the board de- cides the punishment awarded the Catholics have been out-voted. [ have seen mngzistrates frequently deal out punishment a ing to the street on which a eriminal lives—ten shil- lings toone; six months to another. Tho riots were largely caused by the Orange re- turn to the days of the old policemen, when the whole force was composed of Orangemen, L think this wrong, I think the Catholic re- quest for the abolition of unpaid magistrates and the substitution of paid judges, respon- sible only to the crown and free from local and business prejudices, is perfecily proper. ‘Pnis would likely do away with one great source of chafing between the two religlous. The Protestauts would then depend less upon their friends on the bench, and Catholies would lose their sense ot injustice. 1 think that if the Catholies were let alonc they would not trouble the Orangewen in the least.” 1TS EFFECT ON TRADE. The riots have been 8o entirely confined to certain portious of Helfast, such as along the Shank Hill and Grosvenor roads, that the general trade of the eity hasbean less af- fected than way e expected, Many tourists, however, avoid the city. Thera isalsoa con- siderable loss iu the usual traae of the coun- try customers, who are now afraid to come to the city. Tho Belfast chitdren have picked up the prevailing mania and have mock riots as u regular play. Debbles fly between opposing parties, Some have even learnca from their elders that when they are sup- posed to be wounded they must give false names taken from their opponents, so as to conceal their own identity and to add to the apparent number of thelr opponents*in- Jured. “Goue to America,” is, by the way, the current slang for stating that & man’s death has been concealed in order to prevent the opposite party from knowing of his deatn. 'Ffi::e are many stories of se- cret burials in back yards, and of three or four bodiesburied in one grave for the sawe object, but probably these stories are all un- trye. Bhrast, August 13-Growns of idiers contivue 10 Lang about, 1t 1s still necessary 1 P | to retain troops. The inspector will continue t o remain in command of the constabulary until after the Catholic festival of the 15th instant, The city has been quiet today. The | patrols are retained. ‘The people dread the drawal of the military, ‘1ne Catholic has prohibited Catbolic parades dur the remainder of the year. Five hun- dred more police from the_south” have come here in readiness for the 15th inst, the day of the feast of the assumption. AFFAIRS IS BELGUIM, Duelists and Other Law Breakers Sentenced. Brusseis, August 11.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.]—A court martial assembled at Liege to-day to try, together with the scconds concerned, Licutenant Frederic De Sauvage, who, on July 28 gkilled in a pistol duel his friend, the military sur geon, Henry Praile. Sauvage adwitted had challenged Praile because the latter h: seduced Mine. Sauy Praile malntained to the Iast inoment, and even after two shots had been exchanged without result, that “his friend’s suspicions were unfounded. Sanvage, nowever, considered the denial valueless., The military prosecutor in addressing the court admitted that there were important cf cumstances in extenuation of Sauvage's con- duct, but requested the court to punish hin nevertlicless, in order to uphold the law. The court sentenced Sauvage to three months’ imprisonment, and ordered him to pay a tine of one hunared franes penajty. Four seconds were con- demned to one week’s imprisonment and twenty six franes penalty, although it was shown that tl had made every effort to conciliate the combatants and to avoid blood shed. TIHE BAUDOUX CAS Judgment has been_rendered in - the Bau- doux e Oscar Falleur and Schmidt w condemned to twenty years penal servitude, Of sixteen othier prisoners one was sentenced to fifteen years,two to twelve years and seven to three months imprisonment,while six w acquitted. The judgment was conside terribly severe, 1E SOCIALISTS, 1t is feared that there will be an outbreak on the oceasion of the great socialist demon- stration to take place here on August 15 whicii the burgomaster has to-day authorized on condition that the soclalists do not parade before the king's pal THE TORY PLAN. Comments on pier Salisbury’s Turtle Soup Speech. LoNDON,Aug 12,42, m.—([New ¥ o1k Herald Cable—Special to the BEr.]—The Post com- menting on Lord Salisbury’s banquet speech, draws this fine distinetion: **Coercion in the ceptional sense of the word he does hint at. Coercion in the sense of enforcing the ordinary law and denying an illegitimate scope Lo agitation is in striet accord with the mandate with which the government may fairly claim to have reccived from the country. The Telegraph thinks that Salisbury’s de- claration about Ireland seems to imply that both asregards the extention of local goy- ernment and the amendment of the land laws the Irish peonle could afford to wait and that there was really not a very pressing question demanding instant treatment heyond the question of securiug the Liberty of the individual. ‘The 'l'imes rejoices that Lofd Salisbury sces his duty in restoring social order in Ireland more clearly than he saw it a_year ago. The Ti terprets the phrase “restoration of social order,” as the deliver- ance of classes and individuals in Ireland from the restraints on their lawful liberty The Daily says the lrish members cannot be expected toacquiesce in his policy of mere negation and defiance. The News defines his phrase “want of social order” meaning “want of more soldiers, more police, more sailors and more hangmen.” “Tne only effect of such doctrines upon Irishmen,” adds the N “so far as it is notof one more exasperation, will be to convert them from home rulers into re. pealers.” MUTUALLY HONORED. Kalser William Shakes Hauds and ets American Citizens, nuRG, August 12— (New York Her- le—Special to the Bee. |—Previous to his departure the emperor, through his cham- berlain, expressed his thanks to those Ame cans who had senthim flowers, and requested that they would assemble in the large b the hotel at the time of his dep: emperor, on entering the hall, addre Americans in German, and Prince William, translating his remnarks, said in excellent English: *The emperor is very much pleased with the courtesy paid him by the Ameri- cans, and he has a_profound adiiration for the American people.” Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, on behalf of the Americans, replied: *“Three millions of Ger- mans in America are_among our best citi- zens, but though they do so much for us, they never lose any of their love for fatherland, and they have taught fifty millions of Ame cans the deepest esteem and veneration for their emperorand the great peoplohe so wisely governs,” The emperor then shook hands cordially with each of the Americans, holding in his other hand their ds and saying, ‘Karte, karte,” as he did so. He took the cards and flowets with him to his car, it bl LR Preparing an Irish Bill DopLix, August 12.—The Irish Times, con- servative, states that it is reliably informed that Lord Randoiph Churchill is engaged in drafting a bill intended to solve the Irish probleny. - The full text of the bill, the paper says, will 1ot be completed before next. Feb- ruary, “but,” adds the paper, *'so far as it has ©one it has been submitted to the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Hartington and otiars, und s broad enough to satisty all moderite Irishmen,” Lownise Michel Sentenced. Panis, August 12—Louise Michel was to- day sentenced by the city assizes to four months’ fwprisonment and a fine of 100 franes for “seditious language” and inciting to murder during the rioting at Decazaville in last May. —— he Town. A, August 12.—~The Hungarian town of Sillen has been destroyed by fire, The property burned inelndes 400 hiou: as well as churehes, a nunuery and a sehool. The 1oss 15 §260,500, o The Royal Speech. Loxnox, Augnst 12.—The queen will pre- sent the royal speech to the council of winis- ters at Osborne on Tuesday, L Return of a Nebraska Crook. 81, PAUL, Minn,, August 12.—Minneapolis detectives leave here to-morrow with a young wan named Walter Morris, for whom the avernor of Nebraska has issued a requisi- “‘luu. Morris wasa ticket agentof the Union Pacific railroad at Silver Creek, Neb., and Ccinbezzled a considerable amount of uioney paid_hiw for tickets. He lias already served wterio i tho Kansas ponitentiary, A Raid for Arms, DupLiN, Augost 13.—Whilg the pelice in the towns in the vielnity of iflhrl! were engaged in ki ing peaco at the fair it town yester guard of men sconred Mid- kerry county for arws. my were sugcess- ful lu tue search and carried away a large number of weapons, Ineluding ritles, also a quantity of smnunition, MORNING, THE GREASERS:AND CUTTING The Prisoner Again Appears in Coart and the 01d Stary Repeated. SOME OF THE S$TORIES DENIED. The Capture of Captain Lawton's Command Denied by the War De- partment—Fort Mclntosh Not Threatened—English Opinion, The Old Story Repeated. R, Ccl. August 12.—Our El Paso al this evening says Cutting was again taken his prison and dragged before Judge Castaneda’s court. He was merely told that the appeal taken in his case by the Jawyer who had been appointed for him would be tried by the supreme courtof the st of Cluhauhau in o few and he asked if he desired to have an attorney to take care of his interests before that court e replied as he has always done before that lie did not recognize the jurisdiction of any Chihauhau court, and that he left his case en- tirely in the hands of the American govern- ment. lle was therenpon taken back to prison. An English Opinion, LoNDON, August 12.—The Times, speaking of the Culting case, says: ““The difficulty in the way of a settleinent of the matter lies in Cutting's appeal 10 the angry passions of Texasand the desire of the dormant raider on both sides for an outbreak which would result in the restoration of contraband trade. President Dias of Mexico can have no wish for a collision with his powerful neighbor, and he must b e well aware that there are en- emies of Mexico on botii sides of the frontier, o clamoring for war. Mexico has been risingly reasonable in” dealing with Cut- ting, considering the provocation he zave, and although Secretary’ Bayard has been a little too exacting, the action of the president and senate is all that could be desired. In that action lies assurance of peace. The Danger of Diaz, Brow~sviLLE, Tex., August 12.—In an in- terview to-day General Ignacio Martinez, di- rector of the EI Mundo, a revolutionary organ published here, said thera is much dis- satisfaction in Mexico, especially in Nuevo Leon and other border states ard that ke expects that within two months the country will be in arms against Diaz, as every day his gov- ernment grows more upopular. Among the masses and o Jy day, there must be a new regime in Mexiso, ' Private advices from the up-country state that the revolution- ists have captnred and hold Morelas. A prominent lawyer from the city of Mexico is n Brownsville to_secure the extradition of Martinez. In yiew. of the attitude of the United States in the Cutting affaic he may suceeed. ———— The Report Not Authenticated, WASHINGTON, ANgysh [Special Tele- gram to the BEx,]—The report contained in a special from Texas. toan On transmitted by the press association last night, to the effect thate a body of Mexic troops had suceceded | in disarming Captain Lawton’s command, is mot authenticated at the war departmeht. /Vhe authorities do not believe 3he nny_thlhgmltmul assext that it isacanard startml by some enterpsis news-gatherer Anxtous o, create a se 3 and perhaps precivitatetrouble between Mex: ico and the United States, Al a Mistake. St. Lours, August 12.—A dispatch from New Laredo, Mex., says the report sent out from there a few days ago stating that 400 fresh Mexican troops had araived there and thatan artillery company had planted its zuns 0 as to bear on Fort McIntosh on_the the Texas side of the. river is false. The dispatch states that no_troops have arrived there within a month, that there are only 200 soldiers there, and_that there has not been a cannon of any deseription 1 New Laredo for three years, Hoping a Peaceful Solution, Crry oF Mexico, August 12.—The disous- sion of the Cutting case goes on in the press and among the lawyers whom it interests be- cause of the important question raised, but there is no heat in the discussion. The bet- ter class of people hope that the two govern- ments will settle the matter either by mutu- ally friendly adjustment or through equally friendly arbitration, Considered by the Cabinet, WASHIN August 12.—All the ex- ecutive depariments were represented at the cabinet meeting today. The session was mainly devoted to the consideration ot the Mexican question and the financial policy of the adwinistration. BANKEKS AGAINST SILVER. The Meeting at Boston Adopts Reso- lutions and Adjourns. BosToN, August 12.—Notwithstanding the extreme heat, Horticultural hall was well filled with delegates when the second days’ session of the annual convention of the Na- tional association of American bankers was called to order. Logan C.Murray, of New York, was elected president, Judge Lowell ad a paper on bankruptey legislation and suggested a bill which would provide that a salaried supervisory officer be appointed under the government to supervise all bank- ruptey cases just as insurance commissioners serve. A communication was then read from ©. N. Jordan. treaserer of the United States, which showed that the number of silver dol- lars coined to June 50, 1856, was $233,723,256 ; timated value of subsidiary silyer, §70,000, 000, making a total of §303,723,256, 'he executive eouncil submitted tho fol- lowing repor W hiereas, ‘The American Bankers' asso- clation embraces in its membership men of every political party, 88 well as those who acknowledge no partyobligations, it has in its conventions earefully avoided ail were ity auestions: re ting as it does, the usiness of the public ms well as customers and stockholders of banks, it again emphati- aally gives warningotdmpendinig danger to e Whola country n the continted conage of silver dollars underghe act of 1875, While we fully recoznize thedtuet that both silver and gold are requirede as the money of the fand w.-m-u.qe'an or shiouid ba colned in such rates that tl er shall be driven ore out of general use. pudiate the idea so often maintained sbanks and banke rs oppose the continual ebiwage of silver dollars on account of self. interest, but on the conwary we assémt that we have no special interest in onbckind of coin more than another us longa$ #ach discharges Its legitimate purpose aseney. We believe all persons having lmited means, and particu- arly earners of wagess will wost largely sut- fer when the threatened evils shall come. We therefore earnestly appeal toall boards of trade, chambers of commerce, and civil and political associations of every kind to se- cure the repeal of the law for the” suspension of the coinage of such silver doliars.’ “T'he report wasunanimously adopted. An additional resofution was adopted urging that {he colnago of sllverbe suspended and con- tinued efforts be made to secure an inter- jonal uniform basis of value between #old and silver, The following resolution, which was adoped last year, was reenacted : Resolved, That the executive 15 hereb) :::umnml and Tequested o continue suc PS as are necessary, by memorial or otherwlse, lnwolmm’ iation Aolrm- cure such legislation as in the future will se- cure the return of fugitives from justice who may benm.kunl of defects in the exlsll% t The eonvention the ad- Journed sine die. BALL RECORD. Lincoln Wins its Sixth Consecutive Game—Other Games. Laxcory, Neb., August gram to the B, enworth-Lincoln series of to-day by the home tear This is the fifth cons Lincoln team and illustrates that the club is following is the score by The second of the L in a score of 11 to 6. utive victory for the Leavenworth OTHER GAMES, At CHICAGO. Pitchers—Clarkson and Healy Frrors—Chieago 8, St. Louis 1 AT PHILADELPITIA— Philadelphia, Washington Philadelphia_ 12, Washing- a9, Washinton 10 AT PITISBUS 00 4 419 Metropolitans, 380000 0 3, Kansas Cit Umpire—Powers. Errors—Detroit 0, Kansas Cit AT LOUISVILL Pitchers—tijcker hits—Louisville y ~Loutiville, 6 Brooklyn 11. Umpire—Wals. oole and Harkins, Base ( 6 S on_nccount of rain. Pitehérs—Caruthers and Kilra Louis 4, Baltim New York 2, Boston 11 At Monmouth Park. MoxyouTn PARK, August 12, seven-eighths mile: Vi Buck second, Sutler third. Selling purse for two-year-olds, Maggie Mitchell won, Freedom for three-year-olds, milo The Bard won, Dewdrop second, Ben Ali third, Free handicap, mile and three-sixteenths: Gonfalon won, Peekskill second, War for three-year-olds and Lizzie Mack won, Queen Esther sec' ond, Witch third, Purse_steeple ch dover second, Will ton Park Races. 2,—At Washington park the weather was very warm, the track fast and the attendance large. Three-fourths of a mile: Moadesty second, Fred Wooley third. Mutuals paid £95. King of Norfolk won, 6 Second, Walloo third. Finality won, Quickstep stake, econd, Vera third. Mutials paid $28.20, Mile'and sixte rentor second, V Mutuals paid $11.90, Mile and fourth: Lizzie Dwyer won, Wau- Leman third, 5 Little Joe won, W Sign third, Tiwe—1:48}4. kesha_ second, Mutuais paid $6.70. Racing at the Sorings. N. Y., August 12.— sultry and threatening, track tendance large. ndured second, Sam Brown for two-year-olds, Connemara won, Bes Nellie B third. ” _ three-quarters e Jane second. Mutuals paid ear-olds. mile and half: olid Silyer second, O’Fallon Mutuals paid $9.50. Elkwood won, Swift third. Time—2:11. 70, spector B won, e, mile and quarter: Barnum second, Selling purse, three-quarters mile. Brighton Beach Races, Poet won, Poverty second, Rob Roy third. Beven-eighths mile: Banero won, Mentor second, Barney third. Mile and eighth: Pryor second, King Victor third, Time—2:00, Seven-eigths mile: Font wo Treasurer third. ohama third. THE COBBS IN The Hoosler Congressman Oalled to Chicago to Settle a Bill, —[Svecial Telegram —Congressman_Cobb, of In- diana, prominent at this time from his recent punter with Jim Laird, the repre- rom Nebraska, will visit Chicago His eall to the city came His wife and_dau; Time—1-17.4 THOUBLE. about the 16th inst. about in this wise: have been in Chicago for the last six weeks, e home of Dr. Mme, at the corner of Oak aud North k streets, where Miss Cobb, some severe They lodged in v rvous disorder, underyent treatment of the woman physi- weeks passed, and no_ 1oto vas made of the fact that the lodging and medical attendance wi o00d score until within a day or {wo, 1s. Cobb suddenly announced her intention of removing to the lome of her nds at 154 La Salle avenue, Llens of board, upon restralnt was laid upon her baggage, ' man’s wife at once repaired to Justice Kor- sten’s gourt, waere, with the constable and writ of replevi the power to remove her luggage, Dr, Miller qualified upon the bond of Mrs. Cobb to the ‘The case was set for the 16th inst., sud Mrs. Cobb wrote her husband slstance of a she obtained amount of $4,000. THE WISCONS The Conflagration Dying Many Families Homeless, , Wis., August 1 fives In_morthern Wisconsin are dying out, material on which to f ‘The vicinity of ed having become ex- ireen Bay 1 alone subject to danger, but only in_ thé event of There Is much suffering in the devastated rexions. sleeping ou the ground with searcely any cov- i Many people barel heir lives and are wander msufficient clothin, called in varl wprovide immediate reliet the way of food and clothing, wi o, Sl Public meetin| rts of the state to or the sufferers i Clieap Rates to Sweden, New York, August12—The Amsierdam and Rotterdam steamship lines have reduced their steerage outward bound passenger rate 10 Sweden to §15, Increased Rallroad K. NEw YORrs, August 12. tral railroad earning August, 1586, §270), 'he Llinois Cen- A SHOCK FROM WASHINGTON. Des Moines People Astounded at the Change in Postmasters. CIVIL SERVICE RULES BROKEN. Investigation of the Murder of Rev. Temporarily Sus- Down With Saloons— © in lowa. rbolt Postmaster, Dis MoiNEs, la,, August 1%, —[Special Tel- egram to the Bik, |—The announcement this afternoon of the appointment of Colonel W, H. Merritt as postmaster in_place of John Beckwith, suspended, came like a_timnder- clap, to the great surprise of all. While no. thing is said weainst Mr. Merritt, who 1sa gentleman of high character, the appoint- ment is a flagrant violation of the first prinei- ples of elvil service reform. Mr. Beekwith Is selving hissecond term as postmaster, but has grown up in the postal service, having entered the office as mailing ¢ over twenty years ago. By fidelity and strict at- tention to business he rose through the suc- cessive grades to deputy postmaster, and finally was appointed postmaster by Prosi- dent Hayes. He rose by sheer merit from the lowest grade of the service to the highest, and beeame, in consequence, one of the most d eflicient postinasters in the coun management this oflice ranked second in the United States in the relative proportion of its net earnings, which are larger now than those of any two other oftices in Iowa combined. Mr. Beckwith has taken no part in politics and has had no other business, having given his whole time 1o the work of the postoflice, so that he would be regarded as the ideal of honest civil ser- vice reformers. But the local democrats been very elamorus for the oftice, and agged Mr. Cleveland till he has con- sented to a change, Colonel Merritt belongs to the old-timers, having beld a federal land oftice at Fort Dodge under Buchanan, e has no special n of some little means, se chief ser: to his party have been rendered by presiding at political mectings as o dignified and impressive figure head, The disappointed demoerats are very mad at his appointment. One of the leaders of the youny democracy is reported as saying to night: “It Mr. Cleveland is going to av- point such old nioss backs, then 1 know iifty young men who are throagh working for the party.” Sioux City's Sensation. S1oux Crry, la., August 12.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee. |—The investigation of the murder of Rev. George O. Haddock is just now In statu quo. It has been discovered that Dr. R. E. Conniff, deputy coroner, has 1o power to act in the capacity of coroner, which he has been doing all the time since the murder. ‘The statutes of the state ma ing no_provision for the office of deputy co oner, Dr. Conmff would have no powet to compel anyone to attend the inquest either as a juror or witness, and hence, now that the question has been raised by oue of the papers of the city, nothing more is being done and the investization is awaiting the return of Coroner Waterman, Dr. Conniff seen by the Bee reporter to-day and states that lie has acted iu good faith throughout the in- vestigation and that his appointment made in good faith and accepted in the same spirit and approved by the board of supe yisors. Inanswertoa quastion as to why the jury does not report, he stated that the verdict was withheld upon the advico of At- torney General Baker, M. D. 0’Con- nell and the distric 3 A mass meeting of citizons was leld at the court house to-night to give expression con- ho assassination of Rev. Mr. il ie call was signed by i ver number of leading husiness men of who believe it to be the duty of all good citi- zens to obey the laws of thestate and the pre tection of publie sentiment should be gu; teed all agencies legally employed in the en- forcement of law. “The interest manifested at the meeting was remarkable and. sugge tive. - The enforcement of prohibitory law in Sioux City was thoroughly discussed; It has been evident since the murder of Mr. Had- dock that the saloons would be closed. It -is not a little singular while but teu days ago a majority of citizens would bave nothing to do wirh the question, so tew are now sound who are not outspoken and ready, in fact, to act on the side of prohibition. commiitee on resolutions presented a betition to be circu- lated through the ity pledging the city to the enforcement of the’ probibitory law and the contribution of many und assistance to bring this about, That the closing of saloons in Sioux City will ve a factscems mow to be the work of only a short time, Shutting Up Saloor S10Ux Crry, In., August 12 - egram to the Brk.)—Permanent injunctions have been granted by Judge Lewis against about twenty or twenty-five Sioux City sa- loonists, including the leading ones in the city. Orders for writs of injunction are given to the attorneys who present them to the county clerk and then they are 1ssued to the sheriff for execution. The cuses against the breweries of the city are not completed, The hearing -of tho arguments have been postponed until Augat 25, when the Jemars brewry case witl be heard. A large number of cases, hich the Itev. Haddock was plaintiff, haye been dismissed as it would take more time to appoint an admin to carry them on than to dismiss th enter new it John Orton clos “Bank Exchange” to-day under an injunc- tion, the first to do so. Others will follow in short oider. A Promine Dizs Morxgs, La., August 12, ogram to the BEr,]—Mr, K. F. Sears, of Mar- shallown, who lid been regarded as the next republican candidate for cougress in the Fifth district, made public to-night a letter declining to be a candidate, e says that 1is business nterosts forbid bis entering the contest and sorving in congress should lie bo elected. There Is much regretexpressed hero that Mr, Sears will notrun, as thero was 1o doubt that he could defeat the democratic in- cumbent, Ben Frederick, and he could have liad e Homination 1 he would have taken it. This leaves the republican field quite di- vided, with ~Tama Jih” Wilson, Niciols, of Benton, Hull, of Linn, as the leading candi- dates for the nomination. DEs MOINES, In., Ay [Special Tel- egram to the Bre.)—State Veterinary Sur- geon Stalker eame down from Ames this morning in response to a sumons from the governor to investigate the cases of alleged it fever among somo bronchos and Awmerican norses in Des Moines, After mak- ing a very thorough e mination, he decides that the disease Is species of pink eye, and is Liable 1o wifect more or less all the horses in tho vielnty, [o says it s not espeelally dun- gerous, th horses that hay having been in poor condition, and that ani dinary eondition’ will uot be i from it ’ Pashing Probibition. Dunuque, Ia., Auzust I pocial Tele- mdo the Beg.I—Injunetion suits against fifty-six saloon keepers under the Clark law were tiled this morning for the September terio of We district court. Thieves Captured. MALVERN, Ja., August 12— {Speclal Tele grawm (o ihe Bick. |—City Marshal Louzh this pvening arrested thiree strangers supposed 1o | NUMBER 48, stealing clothing, watelies and gans. August 9. Some of the clothing worn answers_ the iption, A reward of 80 has _been offered for the thicves and the same amount for the return of the guns, Creston Soaked Crrstoy, Ia, Aug. 12— |Special Te to the Bek.]—A heavy rain this noon, first in six weeks, 1t was badly needed. heavy wind accoinpanied ¥, causing slight damage to trees and windows. A STOCK YARDS STRIKE. Packing House Men Refuse to Load Lake Shore Oars, CnicAGo, Augnst 19— (Special Telogram to the Bre)-Between two hundred and three hundred meat hnndlers in- the packing house of Robert Warren & Co. at the stock yards quit work at 9 o'clock this morning. The reason assigned §s that they wero re- quired to load cars handied by imported switchmen. Ever since the strike of the Lake Shore switchmen trouble has been ex- pected from the men in the packing houses, Wwho were regarded as natural allies of the strikers. The employes of several packing houses have given their employers to under- stand that they would not handle Lake hore freight or load cars of that com- No attempts were made to such cars at the Warren house wmorning, when half a dozen empty beet cars were run up to the house and the men ordered to load them. The refused pre- emptorily and threatened to strike if the order was renewed. The firm again ordered the ears loaded and the men- stopped work- ing and went out ot the house. ‘The news of the strike In thestock yards caused great ex- citement and a rumor was circulated that some of Hateley Br employes had quit work for the same reason. “Ihis was found, upen investigation, to be imtrue. Thie aetion of Warren & Co.’s employes 15 likely to pre- cipitate o gencral strike as the men employed in other houses are said to_be ready to strike if they are asked to load Shore cars or have anthing to do with the ab” switeh- men who took the strikers place “I have ordercd my house closed,” said Robert Warren. “We sold out our hogs that we bought this morning and have clused down, There s no mones in_running, and now the men can have all the strike the want. 1f our packing house was in Peru Mexico we would get some protoction, bus i the town of Lake we get none. A PECULIAR SUICIDE. A Boycotted Ba inds His Life im Chicago. Cricaco, August 12.—[Special Telegram to the BEE.]—A peculiar suicide was com- mitted here to-day when E. N. Kabok, a very prosperous baker, killed himself. In his bakery he employed nine or ten men, and Friday last when they came for their pay Kabok deducted a sum of money from thefr wages to vay for some batches of dough which he claimed had been spoiled by them. The men remonstrated, got angry and threatened to demolish the entire establish- ment. Great excitement ensued. A day or two after the indignant employes put an ad- vertisement in the Arbeiter Zeitung, warning all bakers not to work for Kahok, as he would not pay them. This advertisement was cut out and pasted on a card and forwarded to the boyeotted baker. The missive evi- dently afféetea his mind. He became vio- lently excited and talked in disconnected strains and often in un incolicrent manner for several days prior to_the shooting, He probably brooded over his trouble and mag- nitied it to such a degree as to make him think the wotld was not worth the trouble of gh his imugined mountain of Mr. Kabok ves a widow and 0k is at the present Y dition. The sudden k has seriously her mind. She from one fit of hysteria to another, be- tshe does not care to live, and that she will Kill herself, dislorlagizbimiing TEXAS DEMOCRATS Have a Strong Convention—A Stereos type Platform. GALVESTON, August ‘The third day session of the democratic convention was & strong one. The report of the committee on credentials was adopted, after a sharp debate, in _ which the Farmers’ Alliance and Knights ~ of Lubor succeeded in seating their delegation from Cook county. “The platform upholds the administration of the president: favors the best system of edu- cation for white and colored chiidren sep- arately, but by state, not national aid: fayors internal improvements and the de- velopment of manufacturing interests; protests against the acquisition of railway property by foreign companies, opposes the consolidation of competing or' parallel lines of railway; favors the making of o compre hensive mcehanics’ lein law; denounces con- yie labor system; declares that members of the party may liave what views they ehoose on local ovtion without ~ forfeiting thelr rights to be known as democrats, and tastly declares it to be the duty of the gov- niment to proect the humbiest Ameriea citizen against the unlawful acts of any or nations, Ballofing for governor resulted in the elec- tion of General L. C. Ross, whose noming- nimous. The' convention then A RRobber Murder Hanged, Prrrsnung, Pa., August 12 otz was hanged at 2 o'clock th in the county jail yard at Uniontown, hundred persons witnessed tne execution, Death resulted from strangulation. The crime for which Metz suffered was for the murder in September last of a man namod Cassident, who worked with him on the Bal timore & 'Otio railroad near Fairmont, W. Va. Cassident saved several hundred 'dols 1ars, which he had drawn from the bank the day of tha murder and then started for Italy, ¢ was aecompanied to the Uniontown de- pot by Metz, who murdered him on the way, facd il HO Walting for Nebrasks Oity. CiicAGo, August 12~ Buffalo ' Miller presided over the ealled meeting of the West- ern Export association to-day to hear from the autstauding distillers at Nebraska City, Neb,, and the [nternational of Des Moiues, In, which last week refused o go into the new pool. lere was & full representation, and the meeting was paratively quiet. Mr. Kidg of the Des Moines [nterhational was lm-»uui and finally agreed to enter the pool, thereby leaving only the Nebraska City _distillery as a stumbling block in the way ‘of completion of the syndicate. An ournment was taken until to-morrow to seo whether 1he Nebraska City house will finally decide to come in e L Oleansed by the Blood, BexsErr, Neb., August 12,—[Special ‘Tele- gram to the Bre.—The Bennett camp- meeting has started gloriously and is In- creasing in interest aud power, Already one hundred have heen converted to God and an equal nuniber have been cleansed by the blood. ‘There are over one hundrea fents on the ground. I and were in at- tendance on Sunday o inferest 1s increasing, and it will be held over next Suns day. T 5 Fiendish Surah Jane, BosTox, August 12.—1t is understond that the Somerville police have information of the suspicious death of at least eleven pers sons, directly or indirectly, related to Mrs Sarah Jane Robinson, who 1s under arvest, T ased parties were insured ia tmnw organizations and wheie tie money in 1's hands pcrats Nominat KANKAKEE, 11 cruts of the Sixtecnth 1inois trict nowinated g nall tolay, (0 repigs be those wanted at Mount Vleasaut. la., for | sentative, i L Kaubiscs