Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 18, 1886, Page 1

SlX'l'lC]'IN'I'H YEAR. A FRENCH TRAGEDY| Another Burst of Dramatio Eloqnence From | the Pen of Renan. A POPULAR RAGE FOR SUICIDE. Other Intcresting Ttems From the Gay and Naughty Capital. A MOTHER'S MURDEROUS FREAK. a Quarrel With Her Husband She Drowns Herself and Ohildren, MORE TALKS ABOUT CRUISERS After Opinions Expressed by Naval Exports on the New American Navy. ALL THE NEWS FROM GERMANY, Distingulshed French rte for America to Att ai Dedication— Talk With De Lesseps, Delegatio d the Statue Renun's Latest Effort, Panis, Oct. 17—~ [New York Herald Cable ~Special to the Bre)—Ernest Renan las has acain burst forth in a blaze of dramatic eloquen Yesterday the Figaro publishea extracts from his tragedy “L’Abbesse d Jouarve,” The Abbesse (nee marquise) de Saint Florent is, during the French revolution, imprisoned in the Sorbonne and sentenced to deatn, The night before her exceution the Marquis d'Arey, also con- demmned todeath at the same hour, manages 10 enter the cell of the Abbesse Julie de Jouarve. d'Arey and Julie were lovers be- fore the latter had taken the veil, and Julie, atsight of d’Arey, cries *Treason, treason; and 'tis you, cher ami, who are the traitor.” d'Arcy replies: “What is done in the faec of death escapes ordinary laws. Who shall Judge us, God '—that s to say, the reality of things, who knows the purity of our lives.’, A long and intensely powerful metaphysical dirlogne ensues, at the end of which Julie, in the p.esence of deatn, yields herself to ner lover's embrace, and, with a final atic outburst, exclaims, half uncon. sciously: *Mon anmi, ce moment est pour moi 1o commencement de Ueternite.” CHE DUKE OF EDINBURGI'S ECONOMY. Paris papers comment on the Duke of Edinburgh’s too exuberant zeal for economy, and regard the fact that his presents on leay- ing Constantinople were scandalously shabby, and excited geveral derision and contempt. A DUELLING EPIDEMIC, The atmospliere of Paris last week w charged with ele The equinoctial gales have been working havoe among the chimneys on the boulevards and have sadly affected the nerves of many sensitive boulevardiers, The last few days have seen the outbreak of another duelling epidemic. Nuwbers of usually amiaple journalists and men of fashion have been seized with a sud- den desire to run ch other through the lungs. Tre Compte de Dion, who has al- ready had numerous affairs of honor in his career, has fought two duels, one on Tuesday, the other on Weduesday, and has come vie- toriously out of both, running Henry Bauer, a dramatic entie, through the wrist, and after fighting over an hour inflieting an ugly chest wound on M. Mermeix, a sprightly and ad- venturous contributor to La France. There has also been a lively passage atarms be- tween M. Georges Legrand, M. Mermeix’s colleague, and M. Delphin, who had differed about the merits of “Juarez,” at the Theatre deu Chateau d'Eau. The duel was fought with swords In the peaceful woods of Leves- inel, and Delphin smote his antagonist in the Nap, hand and thigh. KUICIDE AGAIN BECOMING POPULAR. To swell the list of casualties, suicide has again become popular here. Between 6and 9 o’clock one morning three male bodies were fished up fn the Sienc. The next day an old man shot lumself, and on the next a younz girl flung herself from a third-floor baleony to escaps dishonor. Trade is slightly revi Ing, but life in Paris is still outrageously dear, which makes suicide intelligible, Over & thousand fanulies, mostly of the middle aud lower classes, have left the city for the suburbs, beyond the fortifieations, This quarter they are unable to pay the growing cost of rent and provisions. A DISTINGUISHED WEDDING, The Awerican colony 1s full of the wedding of Miss Anita Carroll, daughter of John Lee Carroll, ex-governor of Maryland, and Baron de ange, which has just been celebrated quletly at the fashionable little ehurch of St Pierre de Chaillatt, The wedding musi sung by the famous ctoir of the ehureh, was rather disturbed by a heavy thunder storm, which ceased, however, as the happy pair leit the church, The bride, an attractive, vivagious bruneite, wore the traditional cos- tume of white and orange blossoms, with a long and costly lace veil. The bridegroom, bately twenty-seven, Is tall and distin- guished, The two sisters of the bride and bridogroom did duty as bridesmalds. Among the few guests invited were Mr. and My Carroll, Mr. MeLean, United State ministe Mr. and Mis, Hofman, Baron and Baroness de Boigne, Mrs., Diua, Miss Murray, Mrs, Richards and Colonel Ritehie, There will shortly be another marriage in the Carroll family, tho sister of the young baronvss being enzaged w another French nobleman, DEATH OF AN ADVENTURESS, The quartier Latin is mourning just now over the death of an eccentric beauty known as the Comtesse de In Faleoniere, who poi- so.0d herself the other day. The comtesse, whose real name was Clemence Giard, kept A rackety brasserio in the Rue de ln Marpo and was a great favorite with the students, Her fife was a romance. She began It as a foundling. At the tender age of fifteen she an away from an orphanage, and after in- numerable adventures in France and Algeria married a clerk namea Sorel, whom she abandoned to coutraet a new marriage with Comte Falconier. Wearying of her second bhusband, she settled down near the Sor- bonne, where her adorers soon mustered, not iu pairs, but in battallions, At forty-six she fell desperately in love, but her affeetions were unrcquited, and in - despaiv she took & dose of ulum, ending ner suiferings just in tlwe to avoid & prosecution for bigamy, A MOTHER'S MAD DEED, Bhe Drowns Hersell and Threo dren in the Thames. Loxpox, Oct, 17.—[New York Ilerald Cable—Special to the Beg.]-The local eor- oner has enpanneled a fury lo investizute a dowestic tragedy of world-wide interest, It scems that @ resident of Fullum, near the Tuames, named Wilcox, posed a ! soven sobbing S0 mcutely that ) that something unusual Liad Ohits the little follow, who was | sonking wet, muddy and hatless, could only answer by heart-breiking sobs. Nothing was left except to take the wandeting waif to the police statlon hard by, where, before & roaring cannel fire, he managed to jerk out “Mother isdead in the water, with baby sister and my brotiers, Harry and Frank. 1 want my father.” It became evident that the boy was ingly frightened, yet soon, growing calmel under the reviving influence of heatand some food, he gave his liome as 133 Denmark road, Camberwell, a suburban district on the Sur rey side of the Thames and miles distant. A telegram sent to the station there soon produced the father, who is a well-to-do butcher and who, on seeing his child, seemed to realize that some tragedy had occurred and atmost fainted before the story was told. To his eager questions the ehild, reassured, now gave colierent answers, aud these made up a story like this: TALE OF THE TRAGEDY. His mother left home in the afternoon carrying lier babe, five mouths old, with her Harry, nine years old, the narrator of this story himself, Charles, seven years old, and Frank, aged three, They took the tram car to the river side, boarded a penny steam- boat, got off at Chelsea stairs, walked to Vauxhall and entered a penny tea garden, whereteaand milk were provided them. They then left, walking, doubtless, aimlessly aloni the embankment beyond Wadsworth bridie when, perhaps by a sudden impulse, tne mother turned into the Brown house dock yard, near the Hurlingham polo grounds, and all at once pushed her three boys into the dock water, and with her babe in arms her- self jumped in. Charlie, who must fallen in a somewhatshallow place, serambled out, but was t0o much seared to give a coher- ent account of his escane. A PETTY QUARREL TIE CAUSE. When the inspector questioned the father, who was sobbing as loudly as the child, he said: My wife and I had a silly quarrel. It began on Sunday last, ily deej~ ened by mutual recrimination. ay after- noon, as she still felt very badly, 1 sugzested a little outing to a friend’s house, and this is the horrible ending of a foolish titt,” “Thie pair remained till dawn at the station, when a searching police party was organ ized, the members of which, with mueh diffi- culty, found throuzh the boy the place of the catastrophe. ‘Three little straw hats floating at the side of the dock gave the first corrobor- ation of the youtntul tale of murder and sui- cide. A little later the body of Harry was found in five feet of water. It was neatly dressed and had on a g overcoat and knickerbockess. The face wore a look of great terror. Soon after midday one of the Thames’ vulture folk, deseribed in the first chapter of Dickens’ “Our Mutual Friend,” discovered near Fulham bridge the body of Frank. elad in a neat grey frock and pina fore, once white, but now sciled with Thumes sewera The bodies lie the Chelsen mortuary, surrounded by im- mense crowd of curiosity monzers, iy discussing the last London sensation. The mother and the babe have not yet been found, all his question 1ock rest sons a an BEFORE TIE TRAGEDY. “Those in the tea garden who saw the group of four when taking their last meal descrive the mother as seemingly perfectly sane and rently happy. Unfortunately little can armed as to the cause of such an im- pulse and of the manner of_such a resolve in wmother thirty-five years old, always hereto- fore lovingly maternal, the only witness available being young and having had his memory obscured by terror. Psycholosists thus have no clue as to what was passing in the woman’s mind and as to whether her act was the result of premeditation or impulse "The first witness to be examined at the in- quest Monday morning will be the husband, Francis Leader, who may explain the prob- able condition of Mr mind when lie parted with he MOKE ABOUT CRUISEQRS. Opinions Which Put the New Ameri- can Vessels in Bad Light, LoNpoy, Oct. 17.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.]—From William John, manager and naval architect of the Barrow Ship Building company at Barrow, in Furness, who is a well recoznized author- ity on the construction of fast cruisers, I ob- taimed his written opinion regarding the American new steel cruisers. He said: “1have seen the plans of your cruisers, but have not examined them closely enough to peak confidently of them. Fewer guns and more speed would, 1 think, be better. A model eruiser should not only outsteam all ironclads, but also merchants' ships likely 1o be armed as cruisers, It should, more- over, have a coal supply for long chases at high speed—practically that it should excel merehantmen in both speed and coal stowage, Tronelads are, of course, absolutely worthless for protecting commerce or destroying cruis- . Cruisers of nineteen knots speed ahsolutely safe so far as ironclads are con- cerned.” SEA COALING DANGEROU ling at sea 15 so precarions that ing emergencies would justify ng to it. 1do not think such American ports as New York are in the slightest dan- ger from any class of ironclads afloat. Tor- pedoes and submarine torpedo boats add, vou know, sa vastly to the natural difticul- ties that forelgn ironelads would Lave to con- tend against outside these ports, I would not dream of using ironclads to protect New York agalnst fronclads, There is too great a field in the use of the various forms of tor- pedo boats and dynamite shells for defensive purposes, L think that torpedoes, combined with dynamite shells, will have a wora pro nounced effect on the world’s future navies thau torpedoes have bad in the past. I think American war ships should be desivned and coustructed by Americans in America,” THOSE WHO WOULDN'T TAL Mr. Watts, the ecounstructor at Ellswick, weastle-on-Tyne, to whom 1 next appealed at Armstrong’s ship works, telt that existing circuinstances forbade him to discuss twe American cruisers, Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, chief director of naval construetion in the British admiraity under the Gladstone gov- ernment, for the same reason declined to discuss naval matters, Sir Edward Reed, Iate ehief constructor of the British navy,w prevented by severe illness from diseussing the new crwsers. In conversation with me, Lowever, some days ago, he declared that Amcrica is not able to do without ironclads of the heaviest type. He said we should have six anor-clads of 7,000 tons each and 5,000-horse power, sixteen knots speed and twenty-four ineh steel avmour, but with un- armgred extiomities, to cost §2,500,000 each., Onenovelty o advocated earnestly was that 150-ton caunon which these vessels d enrry should be entively unprotected, thus saving 1,600 Lons of arwor usually placed around such eanuon, A VERY DECIDED OPINIO M . C. Warner, late chiet constructor of ! the Chatham royal navy yard, held decided opinions about the new American eruisers, and expressed thew without hesitation, He sald: Fugland now bas constructed or under construction eight unarmored eruisers of the laraverage seventeen-knot speed, six a tederuisers of elghteen-knot speed, and tor now in hand will average nineteen OMAHA, knots, Of ocean torpedo eatchers, able to steam the Atlantic n_any weather, there are four under construction, certain to steam nineteen knots an hour, and several larger ones are also contemplated to run twenty knots, Fourteen-knot cruisers art absolutely useless—n fact, a kind of rémnant of the naval tribe. Bfghteen should be the minimum speed of modern crujsers,” “How do the American with the latest models? “Well, I will tell you a secret to serve as & comparison. Two ocean eruisers which, al though smaly, are in every way suitable for long distance ocean cruising have just been built for a foreign government. They have made on the average twenty-two and one- half knots an hour, on a six hours’ tria. In the face of such cruisers your men-of-war would have to go to the bottom for safety. Why should a government buy the tortoise when it can get a hare? Your siall gunboats are to have only twelve knots speed, but really vessels of over 4000 tons and under fifteen knots speed are worse than America will be throwing moncy across odo’ knots crulsers compare WHAT THE “Ocean erusiers should e five ton guns for bow and stern chasers, also side batterics of six-ton cannon: if of 6,000 tons. should steam twenty knotss if of 4,000 tons, nineteen tc 10 8,500 tons, eighteen knots, ) specd i perfectiy possibie. No country good navy more than Americ; Among other authorities whose names [ am not able to use, | noticed the same feeling that crusices under cighteen knots assured specd would scrve only as aceans pavers for use in flooring the Atlantic rather than as serviceable war vessels, LOLD CHARLES BERESFOLN'S OPINION, Armed with a copy of Admiral Aube's in- terview, sent from Paris for that purpose, | went to Lord Charles Iseresford’s house to ob- tain his views regarding the new American cruisers. Lord Charles had just returned to London and was too mueh oceupied with the adwiralty and his private business to see me. However, he read over the French in- terview and sent by his sceretary the follow- ing opinion of it: “Lovd Charles Beresford quite agrees with Admiral Aube’s idea, that no cruiser is of any use in warfare unless it is cqual in speed 1o the fastest ocean xoing merchant vesscls, and in addition that it must have great coal earrying capacity, fuel being the very life or breath of the cruiser in particular CLOSER THAN CLAMS At the admiralty 1 met an absolute re- fusal to express any opinion regarding naval affairs, either home or forei.n, ‘The oflieials of the construction department seemed to have n decided opinion regarding the Amer- ican erwisers, but without exception said it would be impossible for them to express any opinion without the permission of the de- partment, In the absence in the country of Lord Georize Hamilton, first lord of the ad- miralty, 1 saw his seerctary, Lord Walmer Kerr, who said he though it would b impos- sible to vet permission to obtain the opinions of the navy officials, He passed me on, low ever, to the permanent navy secretary, in whose hands the power lay. The sceretary said it would be quite impossible to obtain the views of navy oflieiuls regarding the new American vess The department would ohject so seriously that even if permission were obtained from the Enzlish secrc ate, it would be ignored by the admi ch nation must build its own navy. Enz- land mizght be willing to aid Awerica but could not do so without aiding Russia and Trance also. 1 therefore ¢ tent to obtain further ofiicial opin on, preferring to look tor ex-oflicials, wha are more at lib- erty to speak. BOATS §HOULD 1 1y ‘wo twenty- deserves a NEWS FROM BERLIN. Establishing & Workiien's Chamber— Minister of Justice Censured. BrrLiy, Oct. 17%,—([Speclal Cablegram to the B j—The German liberals in the Austrian reichsrath have presented a bill providing for the formation of & workmen’s chamber, whose functions shall be to collect labor statistics, appoint a commission on arbitration and advise the government on questions affecting the interests of the work- ine classes. The bill also proposes that branch chambers be established in tweniy- sixeities and that all of these bodfes be em- powe ed to elect nine deputies to the reichs- rath, CHE MINISTER OF JUSTICE CENSURED, Thursday’'s edition of the Neue Freic Presse was selzed on account of an article veliemently attacking the minister of justice for defending the use of the Czech la © in the courts of Bohewia, The German and Austrian press coneur in condemning the policy of the government as a step toward federalism and as leading to the suppression of German and the tinal Czechisication of all Bo fa. OFFICIALLC ANNOUNCED AS DEAD, he authorities at Fussin, have issued n statement givin to p rove that King Louis is ¢ The ob; ject of the yubleation of the statement s to dispel the belief of the peasants In the moun- tain districts that the king s still alive, that he has never been mad and that he is im- prisoned by a traitorous regeney, Other mountaineers hold that the physician, Gud- den, druzeed the king and threw him into Sternberg luke while be was in a dying con dition and that Gudden escaped and 15 n alive in America, The agitation has threat- ened to end in an outbreak, The authoritics warn peasants that judieial proceedings will be taken against those who spread false re- voits, BUILDING FORTIFICATIONS, ‘The Hambire corporation has 4,00,000 marks for the cree fon of tions at Cux Ha en, begun 1mediately and twelve yers, Crown Prince Ire i rick Wiilam will open the new labor of Wilkelms Hav 'u on the 10.h of November, SEMANIZING THE PEOVINCLS, The Pcussian governm:nt con:'nu s its exert ons to Germanize the ea storn roy. e Poligh teaehiors are boivg irinsteniel from the sehool in Pos:n to otl.e: jroviness, The PPo: en sehoolmasters who refuse ‘o « bey the ordas of the government iu ths respect ure Qisehgod, MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, The Catholie scm na y at Paderborn, which was elosed during the Kulterk.mp?, was re- opened to-day, Frederick Bodensted!, the wuiter, is su'er- ing from a severe atlac’s of ophtlia smia. Endhert Bowbach, s well-known painter, is dead. A new droma by Blumenthal, (ntitled “The Black Veil,” las been produced at Frankfort and is weeting with mueh succes:, Mavegeis I'ollenl, of Hamburg, and Januer, of Viinni, have enea ed Mme, Semb ich for a series of sixty comeerts, for each of which she will receive 4,000 1 arks, The first periormanc: wes giveu in Berlin yesterdsy. Carl Reiucke's new comie Hohew Befeh), " is 1 at Hamburg. B THE FRENCH DELEGATION, A Distinguished Company Starts for America—De Lesseps Talks, Ox BoARD THE BRETAGNE, HAVRE, Oct, 16.—[New York Herald Cable—Spceial to the Bek. |—Toe departure of the French deloga- vo'el for liea Ihe work wll be will extend o er opera, “Auf ningvery sue-t:sfuily MONDAY | et 11 n last night from the 8a'nt Lazare depct took place amid _considerable stir, owing to | the presence of M. Do Lessopa, who held by | the 1 hie eldest dauzhtcr. On our reach- + railroad dock Lese we found the same bad weather which has prevailed in - Parls and along the erastof Normandy during the last few days. Our arrival at Havre took placeat half past6 a. m. A violent storm was blowirg from the southwest. M. De Lesseps boarded the Bretagne, being respectfully saluted by all present. 1n thand he held that of his daughter, Tottete, now ciossing the Atlantie for the third time, and in his right he carried a sma'l and insignificent satchel, worth perhiaps 25 centimes, and an Arabian bag. “These com- prise Il the bigzage of the grand Francais,” he said, he swilingly passed up the gang plink, “and the consequent worrles of having to await 1.y baggage are eares unknown to me. Never in my lite—and I have tiaveled round the world—have [ ewiied more than these.”” And so the sallor following him on board carried only the travk belonzing to Totette. A TALK WITH DE LESSEDS 1 requested permission to accompany him into his stateroom, which I noticed was next door to the ladies’ drawing room, adjacent to the dining saloon. First of all he in- stalled himself in his stateroom with his daughter and took his breakfast, meanwhile chatting with me in his well known free and y manner. He then told me that he wished to thank the Amcricans for the Kindly way in which they have always greeted Nim, and that it is an error to im- agine that any hostile feeling hail been shown to him, 1e would meet them again in 180 once more to shake their hands. He had to concratulate himselt upon the co- opcration of the Americans (af Panama), their leadinz men in the works, their instru ments and their machine “I shall be back in Paris on November 3," he added. Then L tells me_how sickness 18 un- known (o him. Perhaps his daughter, Ferdi- nand, otherwise ‘Totette, may be shghtly un- well, owing to the strong wind, but she pears to trouble herself little on the mat- ter, Sheis very energetic and resembles her illustrious it in most respects. She chats to me in her turn about her journey to San i'rancisco, of the incidents and even of the accidents she experienced when her train was derailed on the way from New York to San Francisco, near the Rocky Mountains, which event furnished Ler the opportunity of an acquaintance with the Morimons, They gave her as a keepsake a small book, which shie conseientiously retains, A DISTINGUISHED COMPANY. We ave on board ‘a traly distir company. Among others are Ja (Gieneral Pelissier, Napoleon Ney, M. Bartholdi and many pretty American and French wonen and many representatives of talent, so that motwithstanding the bad weather which prevails in the channel, we shall not be 1o dull on board the Bretazne. M. Burtholdi is to be created a commander of the Lesion of Honor. - WRECKED VESSE A Large Number of Lives Lost in the English Channel. Loxpoy, Oct. 17.—[New York Herald Cable—Special (o the Bek.]—The Norwegian bark Frederickstad, Captain Bjelke, from Musquash for Swansé, s stated by a teiegram from Padstow to hayve been totaily wrecked at Port Quinx. Eleven nersons are reported drowned and onfy one saved, The Norwegian bark Alliance, Captain Arnesn, from Port Madison to the United King is ashore on Doom barina very dangerous position. Eleven persons are reported saved and four missing. The British ship Malleny was wrecked in Bristol chaunel, and twenty persons were drowned. ‘The shere is strewn with wreck- aze. The bodies washed ashore have been stripped of valuables by wreckers. Another large bark was seen intervible distress, the crews being huddled together on the deck. “The vessel foundered this worning, and it is pelieved that from a doze ) to twenty persons were drowned. The gale prevented the peo- ple on shore from rendering assistance. The cries of the doomed wmen were heard dis- tinetly by those who were watching the ves- sel from the shore. his I¢ as nished dmiral 18, The German’s Emperor's Health. BapeN BADEN, (via Havre), Oct. 17.— New York Herald Cable —Special to the Beg. |—This afternoon | saw the emperor as he drove ina_close carriage from the resi dence at the villa Mesmer (o visit the Coun- Furstenberg and several other Austrian at the Hotet d'Angleterre. The weather was cold, rain was falling and the wind pierein The emperor, who wore lizht Austrian overcoat, ot out of his ear- ringe and walked up the steps of the notel unaided with a firm and alwost milita preciseness, He looked a little paler than when I saw him Munieh in July, but is wonderfully robust for his age, He ehatted vivaciously for half an hour with the Jadies about the society and dramatic gossip of Vienna and Berlin, He afterward drove home and had a long ta with P'rince Hohenlolie, the governor of Alsaee-Lorraine, who eame from Strashurg this morning to meet him, The emperor las now recovered from the recent slight attack of hepatic colie and bilious caleulous, brought on by the sudden change of weather, His appetite is first-rate, ‘The emperor and em- press invited Prince Hohenlohe and several other guests to the lmperial table, The kaiser returns to Berlin on Wednesila HanlanOl aims the Championsht Loxpoy, Oct. 18, 4 a. m.—(New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.J—Hanlan to-day in the Sportsmar, after rcciting the attenpts to geta match from Beach, claims on the latter’s retirement the championship of the world, ‘These ave his words: Beach declines to row me, and now retire: claim the title of ehgmpion sculler of the world and am prepared to uphold the title by rowingany man in the world from Putuey to Mostlake for g stake of 95,000 a sige, The deposit Tleft for the purpose of rowing Beach is still lying at the Sportsman oftice as aproof of my bona fide, and if no one comes forward I claim the title which | am prepared to defend by rowing in America, General Kaulbars Going to Sofia GIURGEYO, Ost. 17—{New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.J—General Kal- bars has reccived full instructions from St. Petersburg and will go to Sofia via Tirnova, butnot Philippopolis, Sir Willian W hite goes to Constantiuople to-night, Sic Henry Lasceles goes fo Bueharest. - Yellow Fever at Biloxi, New OrLeans, Oct. 17.—The state board of health have received information of the prevalence of fever at Biloxi, Miss, which is supposed to be ycllow fever, Charles Marshiall, superintendent of the Louisville & Nasbvillé railroad, states that Le was told that Dr, Lewon lad pronounced the cause of his wife's death at Biloxi, as vellow fever, Marsball had received a telegraw from the station agent which bora the inforwation that there were thirty or forty cases at Biloxi, and Drs, Lemon and Maybine have advised about he nature of the feyer, Dr, Lemon adlering to the belief that it was unquestionably yellow fever. ‘The board thereon issued @ Dotice to the oflicials of Biloxi declaring & srict quara tine against it, MORNING, OCTOBER 1 BOTH EACTIONS STILL FIRM, Packers and Their Employes Give No 8i of Yiel BARRY EXPECTS A COMPROMISE. gns Powderly Orders Him to Stay in Chi. cago and Work for an Amicable Adjustment — Pinkerton Guards Increased, The Strike Situation. Cricaco, Oct. 17.—~One hundred addi- tional 'inkerton men arrived at the impro- vised barracks in the stock yards this even- ing. The force now numbers 450 men, The strike came before the trades’ assembly to-day and raised quite a commotion, T. J. Lyons introduced resolutions holdinz P D. Armour responsible for the strike and at the bottom of the trouble. T'he resolution also ealled on the assembly to use its influence to induce all persons notsto trade at shops wiiere Ar- mour’s meats are sold. The introduction of the resolution brought a number of delegates to their feet instanter. A. (. Cameron vehem ently asserted that there was not a scintilia of proof to show that Armour was more or less culpable than the other packers, and he was opposed to singling out on e man and destroying his business when the others were as deep in the mud as hein the mire, Another delegate said the stock yards em. ployes had neither asked nor taken sueh ne- tion yet. and when they did 1t would be time enongh for the assembly to aet. At this point Chairman Crawford ruied that as the resolu- tion virtually contemplated a boycott the as. sembly could take no action on it, but refer it to the boycott board, which was done. * Acting under instructions from General Master Workman Powderly, T. . Barry will, contrary to an nouncement, not.go to Richmond, but will remain here and continue his efforts to bring about an amicable settle- ment. Tonight Barr said ho hoped tor n specdy adjustment of the troubles, on what basis he could not say, but he was of ~th oninjon that A compromise of some sort would be effeeted, He said” ho-had been authorized by Powderly 1o sctile the difti- culty and was invested with full power to act. ully one thou this afternoon in German et session, Barry made a report ) ontline of “the rgotiations which’ have been conducted by the committee of which e is chairman. The meeting passed a vote of dence inthe committee and pledged i{ to obey all orders which might be is- ‘The present status of the strike is given by Barry as follows: 1 have explained to tho packers, especially Mr. Kent, that wers technicalitiesare all that preventa settloment, “The men want simply a formal recognition of the cight hour day and d» not object to work- ing over tine, the wages for whicn shall b at the same rate as regalar Gime, The paclk ers refise to concede this one point. As Armour says, they have counted the cost and h shedding of alittle blood will not stop or influence them in the least, I have conlidensce in the strikers. It they ren iet and peaceable and stick together, tory is sure and speedy.” vie Proclaims for Arbitration. MisNEAPOLIs, Oct. 17.—This wornine Mayor Amies Issued a somewhat remariable proclamation, in which, after reeiting the damage to the mercantile interests of the city produced by the strike of switchwen, and the fact that both political parties of the state in their platforms are prononneed in vor of the arbitration of labor troubles, he say: Now, therefore, by virtue of the power vested in me as mayor of the eity o Min- neapolis, I hereby eall on all said ‘paitics to all suck differences to at once agree and ap- pointa fixed number of arbittators,and until said differences be by them adjusted, the former relations be resued by the parties so that the public interest may no lonzer suiter, I further earnestly request that no act of violence or expression of 111 will be made by iyone, in the hope that harinony be restored. 'he switehmen's strike assiumed no new features in either city. ‘I'be mayor had a meeting-tiis morning with the oflicers of all iiroads, who repiicd to his proclamation Hing for arbitration, that there was noth- inz to arbitrate. Al they wanted was an op- portunity to resume business, and tley asked il they would be protected in doing The — mayor ANSWEr Wis evasive, but he said in case of a riot it would be put down. e subsequently bid meelings with the jobbers’ assoeiation, and afterwards addressed a weeting of strikers, advising ar- bitration. This afternoon he' visited the Manitoba yards in East Minneapoiis aud saw an engine held by the sirikers. In the St. Paul vards the has been un- ntiul. Every road moved some freight and it is said all roads will resume opera- )ns to-morrow morning under the profec- tion_of their own special oflicers, So far the St. Paul strikers have_confined their ci- forts to moral suasion, Neither side, how- ever, shows auy disposition to arbitrate, e Caw't Pay Their Workmen. Bos1oN, Oct, 17.—~The South Boston iron works, the well known gun factory, last night suspended operations on account of inability to pay the workmen. ‘The shut down may last two wecks or as man months, ly 260 expert iron workers thrown out of employment. For th six week = the men have received no the suspension is explained by the fact that the covernment owed the works S250,000 for yifled eamnon carriages and other. work per- formed of Tate, and the appropriations not being fortheoning the resources of the cotn- pany becane almost exhausted. GLISH POLYTICS, Aubrey Talks on the Canses Gladstone's Defeat, CricaGo, Oct. Snecial Telegram to the Bre. |—Dr. v, the well-known Lon- don journalist and public speaker, is in the city on his way to the Paclic coast. Dr, Aubrey as a Gladstonian candidate for North Hackney at the general election in July, and suffered defeat with numerons others. e has spent some time in nada, where he hins spoken concerning home rule from an English standpoint. In an imtes view to-day on the English political situa tion, he attributes the hiberal defeat in Lon- don mainly to the fact that the Irish policy of Gladstone was not understood, and to a fear that heavy taxes would be imposed in order to buy out the Irish landlords. The tories persistently cheered this notion, he said, although it was flagrantly untiue The torics insisted that three iimes the anount named in_Gladsione’s bill would b required, The tory people were made to b lieve that the money would be raised by direct taxation. ‘I he home rule question was not decided on its merits, Mostof the talk abont the disruption of the empire was clap trap. The real contest centercd around the land bill: Dr. Auberry lectured in many Canadiun town, mainly in"reply to what he calls “th partial, bigoted and sisleading statements of the iwo Orange delegates from Ireland, Kane and Smith, “My reception in Canada,” Iie said, “Lias been most cordial and enthusi- astie. T have every reason 1o beliove that by fur the larger portion of Canadians are in favor of Gladsione’s measures, just as I ex- pected Lo tind.” Dr. of - A Saloonist Who Shoots, LWAUKEE, Oet. 1T.—Four drunken railroad laborers entercd George Keifer's sa- loon to-day and ralsed a vow. They wers ordered ouf and 1esponded by smashing all the windows and furniture. ‘The proprietor shot William Daley aud Jonn Burns, and their companions fled. Both wmen sre' mor- tally wounded. Kelfer walked to the police station and gave bimself up, NUMBER 112, e — CLEARANCES FOR THE WEEK, Omaha Shows Up With Her Custom- ary Large Increase, Bosrox, Oet. 17, peenal Teie Brr.])—The following ta special dispatehes to the 1 trom the teading clearing houses in the United States, gives the clearances forthe week end. ing October 16, with the rate per cent of de crease and inerease as compared with the clearances of the correspouding week last A 1am to the compiled from sston Post CITIES, CLEARINGS, Inerease. New York Boston, Ch . Philadeipiia ... St Louis Baltimore ) San Francisco. . Cinecinnati Pittsbure New Orleans Kansas City.... Providence: Milwaukee, . Louisyille Omaha Minneapolis *Denver, Detroit 734,107,004 ) 62,626,010 *Galveston... Hartford Memphis St Joseph Springlield. ... ria Tothilo v ies iiind Outside New York L STRERT. Stocks Take an Upward Movement— The Money Market Basier. New Youk, Oct, 1 |Special Telegram to the Bee, ] =The work has been remarkable for sudden and sharp changes in the temper of speculators, and vet the volume of busi- ness shows considerable falling off from that of the previous w Cireumstances at first favored a lower runge of prices, and there werc declines rauning up to three points on the easier working of the money market, the uncertainty surrounding the Western rail- road situation, the talk about the Panai road refusing to transter overland freight foy the Pacilic Mail coupany, and the labor strikes at other The reaction brought with 1t quite @ stroug bearish fecling, und a Jarge short interest was made, the covering of which subsequently assisted the bulls materially in their efforts to rally the market, About the middle of the weck some of the leaders, who liad realized and been working for a decline, turned a sharp comer and onee more moved up their specialtics. They had in their favor rather casier money, shipments of gold from Euiope, liberal buying by Lon- dom, the agreement reached by the western roads, and rumors of the Nickel Plate-Lake e settlement, ‘Ihe great feature of the TI8EWas Manhaftdh, the buyinz of which largely increased on the success attending the reduciion of faves on the Tuird avenue lines and the setion of the directors in_extending the H-cent rate to all lines on and after No- yember 1. The stock moved up rapidly at intervals and did not stop until it showed an advanee of 27 points. The improvement in the remainder of the list was equal to 3@7% points, with Lackawana, New England, Missouri Pacific, Michigan Central Manitoba, Hocking Valley, the ckel Plate, and ft. Louis & San” Francisco stocks in the lead. The sudden transition from depression to buovaney illustrates the recuperative powers of the niarket, which zrows out of the firm hold whieh the bull fever h on the public generally, In railvoad morteages dealings were well distributed but the prineipal activ- ity was in the southwestern issue, and of thiese Atlantic & Pacitic incomes were the feature, — Govarnment bouds were lower carly in the week, but afterwards_improved in consequence of smail supply. Foreign ex- hee ruled lower, and the decline started nportant movement in gold. About .000 was shipped from Europe to this side durinz the week, but at the close ex- cliange was a little firmer and no new en- gagements were reported. ‘1he monetary situation, on the whole, was easier. The bulk of business in call [dans was at 627 per cent, with exceptional transactions as high as 9'und as low as 2 per cent. ————t MRS, COX'S MISTAKE, inset's” Wife Has Involved Ehis Country and Turkey. New Youk, Oct. 17.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—Sunset Cox has entangled this c ¥ if in @ most peculiar way. irkey with him, Mrs, Cox busied herselt in whatever commended itselt to her wide-awake and useful nature, and, among othier things, estavlished a life-saving station. The sultan decorated Mrs, Cox with Chitchat, an_order highly prized in Turkey. Mrs, Cox took the badge and parchment cons mission as a member of the order of which it is o sign, and Sunset came hon hilant with his wite's Chitehat among a thousand other nice mementoes he had colleeted i the land of the sultan. She s lad a rightto take the decoration, who made a mess of it. Being and used to doing favors for many woiien a time rather than for one, as s the custom here, he sent another of his Chatehats to Mrs, Grover Cieveland, She declined it and it beeame Seerciary Bayard’s duty to so inform the sultan, e hedrd at the same time of Mrs. Cox’s Chitehat, and, it is said, s decided that Sunset must send it back, unless congress permits hin to accept it. A% to Cox's argumient that he is not Mrs, Cox, and i5 not in the_zovernment cmploy, 16 Is understood that. My, Bayard smiles saia clously and sines witht ariesin the n iy ow; That Wiil Not Do, 'he am- assador’s version of this tale Is not yet mado public; neither is M. Bayard's, ‘Ihe above s the story as it is told at the county democ. racy h uters anong the ex-cong man’s political fricnd —— Sullivan in New York. NEW Youg, Oct. 17,—[Speeinl Telozram to the Beg |—Although alexander Sullivan, ex-president of the Irish National League, dropped down on New York Friday night and sequestered at the Windsor i a very un- obtrusive manner, his appearance was sufli- ent to send a chill through deivocratie cir- '8, which hnmediately jumped to the con- clusion that he had conie with no other pur- pose than to take part in the present eim: paign, and their experience in 1554, when he 000 protectionist Irishmen into the republican tanks In this state, has led them to look upon him us a dangerous man, One of bis most intimate friends, however, denied that Mr. Sullivan intended taking any in politics, and added: * *He has biad o of it for a time, and the issues of t are notsuch as would lcad him 1o stump.” Antt-Sullivanists char 1's mission is to confer with 1 aders hiere, who are under b t the votes of the ¢ e cast Lor the ieju ities. How it S Geal WS far Serious Accident, About 8 o'clock this wmorning an in- nuate of Frankie Cli who was enfoying & drive avenue, was thrown out of and the probubilities are that 1 will result fatally. ; BENEDICT BOUNCED T00 MANY | The Dischargo of Printers From the Govera- ment Offico to Cease. NEW APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE The Growing Power of the Labor Vote Cansing a Feeling of Apprehens sion Among Many Statess shen in Washington, He Wants More Men, WASIHINGTON, Oct. 17.—[Special Bir Publie Printer Benedict has already shown his hand. After discharging abount one-hfth of all the employes in the publio printing office he announced that hie was pre- pared to perform more labor with the reduced foree than he or his predecessor could before. It is only a week since the last wholesalo dis: charge was made, yet the New York state counternart of Indi Holman is already pulling in his horns, It Is now announced from the office that no more discharges will be made, but that instoad it will be necessary to make a number of new appointments botore the oflice will be in the samo stato of efliciency which existed a few weeks ago. 1t is claimed that the discharges made were entirely non-volitical und that demoerats and republicans were alike sq ced to the de- mand for cconomy, It is not asserted, how- ever, that the new employes will be seleeted with like impartiality, and those who have been dismissed and who are anxious to get back are already hunting around for the most powerful democratic “intlucnee” possi- ble to obtain. . LABOK'S POSITION IN POLITICS, Since the convening of the convention in Richmond there has been a growine feeling among politicians a8 1o the magnitude ot the movement which lias not heretotore becn eedit.d with the importance that it is entitled to. There are at present several 1ibor endidates in the field for congressional and other oftie s, big the statesmen assenibled in Washingion haye not until reeontly considered these men worthy of © notice us factors in the 8 Now, howeycr, that the Knights ot Labor have shown the r strength to some extent, there isa growing belief that the movement of labor has not yei reached the zemith. —Opinions difter as to the results to bo expected inthe eampaiy fall. Those who have given the subj a cursory examination predict that in several districts, where no danger has heretofore been feared by either of the old parties, recosnized representatives of the labor movement may be successtul, Durinz the past few days vour correspondent has falked with several promment labor leaders and thinkers in Washington in gard 10 the subject, and the impression wleaned from them is that there will be no articufar strife made by the Knights of Labor for a year or two to obtain_a foothold in congress.” It would be excocdingly un- wise, these men say, just on the eve of a presidential eleetion to foist their condidates upon the public with the intention of electing tiem, if, “as is more than likely, these attempts should not be suecessfal. 1t is not et time,” said one of them, who is rece nized as'one of the most astite of the party. “'to show our strength o weakness, If we should fail to-day we should simply sl ow Jjust how wreat our strength is and “wouid give the other parties powor to- checkmato us two years hence. 1f we hold back we can perhaps_control the balance of power two enrs from now, aud make ourselves elt in one or both of the national conven- tions his Is the reason why so few recog- nized labor wen have been” nominated for state and federal offices, ‘I'ie movement may not be made so soon as 1588, but when it do come the public. will be ‘surprised at the strength of the heretotore despised labor party.” to the e WINGED PESTS, What the Government is Doing to Ex- terminate English Sparrows. WasmNGToN. Oct. 17.—The materlal is largely in hand in the orveanized division of economic ornithology of the department of agriculture for a serics of bulletinsg upon tha relations of several species of birds in this country to agriculture. The evidence col lected will have a strong tendeney in some ot widely prevalent notions re- ting the habits and values of certain S, in others to leaa to organized effort for mitigation or exsinction of pests which threaten destruction to valuable branches of agriculture, In the latter category Dr. C. H. Merriam, head of the division, places English sparrows as chief. ‘I'his bird was imported with a flourish of praise some years ago as an agent for the protection of shade trees from the ravages of cattarpillars, inehworms and other croeping things, and lias 8o multiplied and developed among its new surroundings s to become a vastly greater scou than the one it was expected conn- teract, Its present rate of inereaze is enormous, and the now terrliony whieh it invoiVes is estimated at more thin 18,000 square miles annually. Lt is essen- tially o town bird, nesting almost exclusively aboit and upon projeciions of buildings, but it takes long vacations during the fruit growing seasons and wreaks its fnstidionsap- vetite upon the largesi and juiciest of grapes and the dainticst ol tree fruits, m which work of destruction ifs nggrovate of damazes is almost incomputable. How best to prevent further inciease and eurtail its ravaging propensities 15 an unsolved problem. It may be shot or poisoned. or it may be despoiled of its nest, but neither piane promise” permanent rel The ese timated annual ) rice planters from the depredations of this bird is between three and four million dollars, Dr. Merriam recents spent some time in the rice fields of uth Carolina for the purpose o stndying the habits of the bird and of experimenting with a view of preventin ¢ its depred He found the planters making their usual heroie efforts, and with purtial sncee {0 save their crops, For illustration, a field of 200 acres required the vmployment of more than fifty men and boys, their duty being for some hours morning and evening creato such i hubbub with guns and other noise producing uplements as would pre- vent the birds from seiting upio this partieus field and seare them over to those of their bors, when a similar din was in pro- for alike purpose, Dr. Merviam thinks that a single hawk, trained as wero the fal- cons with which fiie sportsmen of the widdle ages moused themselves, would be a n eifeets ive protection to a4 -rice tield. It is propable that an experiment In this direction will be tried if a person of suffiele) experience in the training of birds can ho found toundertake it With regard to our ndtsenous bivds of proy—tiws wid ow for the killing ich Pennsylvania and perhaps other states pay & prei, D, Mer- riam says ornitholosists are convineed that thair seiviees are of great vaie to fareiis, Not more than three out of upwards of iy of the species prey upon domestic fowls, and even these niore thatfrenum vaie o farnis by killing teld mice, -~ The Closing Gunie, AT CINCINNATI— Cincinna 0000000202 Lowsville 30000021 0-8 First base Lit —Cincinnatl 7, Louisyile 8. Piichers—leckinney an | Heelel, Lirer Cineivnati 8, Loulsville 2, Py at the [@) ne Double T INDIANAYOLIS, O¢, 1 to-day shot Liv wife, Mianie, three times and then cut his cwn thicat with a poeket knifo and dired a butet thronzh bis own b ex- viring alniost Fhe wo ay TECOVOT, Tndfanapolis, Henry ler - A l'ucilis OureAns, Oct, Death. 17— Mike MeCool, Stie elroles, died this Lospital hers of kids s aris ald, known in