Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 13, 1887, Page 1

v THE OMAHA DALY BEE SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, THE MITCHELLSTOWN DEAD Faneral of One of the Victims With Thousands in Attendance. PARLIAMENT AND THE TRAGEDY. Heated Debate Uver the Last Irish Bloodshed Between Gladstone, Harcourt and Balfour in the House of Commons, Funeral of a Mitchellstown Victim, MITCHELLSTOWN, Sept. 12.—The funeral of Michael Lonergan, who was shot dead by the police last Friday, took place this after- noon. ‘I'ne body was followed to the ceme- tery by thousands of people, the procession being over a half mile long. At the grave Father McCarthy made an address in which he ex- claimed: *“God have mercy on his soul. May he receive more mercy in heaven than he recelved on earth,” The police kept out of sight. . ———— In the Commons. Loxpow, Sept. 12.—In the commons this . afternoon, on motion that the house o into coimittee on the appropriation bill, Sir Will- lam Yernon Harcourt, liberal, called atten- tion to the general poiicy of the government in Ireland. especially to the invasion of the right of the people respecting the holding ot publie meetings. He demanded that the house be Informed of the nature of the in- structions given the police in Ireland regard- ing the line of action they are to pursue in respect to public meetings. Also whether the report is true that General Sir Redvers Buller has resigned the post of under secre- tary for Ireland and what were the reasons for his resignation. He claimed that the Irlsh people possessed in common with the Knglish the right to meet to denounce the action of the legisla- tive branch of the government and declared that the attempts to prevent the holding of such meetings violated common law and constitution, and were a flagrant breach and denial of the fundamentai princi- ples of both, and wholly incompatible with the existence of the free government, of the rights of a free people. Some tory journals had suggested that the machine guns ought to be used against the Irish people. (Cries of “what paper?”’) *The St. James Gazette,” an- swered the speaker, adding, “a typical tory organ,” “Themost detestable and scandalous language has been used by the Times,” Sir William went on, *‘for the express purpose ot causing the Irish to revolt—language such as never before degraded the vress of a free country, 1Af the advice of the unionist papers had been followed, what between achine guns, evictions and tory landlords, soon a very few lIrish people would bo left.” He™ was confident, he said, that the Irish people would persist in the prudence and calmness they had al- ready exhibited. 1f anything was due the Knglish it was the right to prohibit a meet- 1ng which the government was now tramp- ling upon. lLet the government try the experiment of their new doctrine upon the people of England. The country would make short work of them. 'The heart of England was with the Irish in vindicating the right of pnblic meeting and would sup- port them until justice was done. Mectings must be continued to be held in all pa.ts of Ireland. (Parnellite cheers) If there was one lesson 1n the history of politics taught more than another it ‘was that A canse which could not bear open discussion was already lost. (Cheers) The government dread of public meetings would seal the doom of thelr Irish policy, Balfour, chiet secretary for Ireland, an- nounced that a u-le*:rlm had been received regarding the al rl{ at Lisdeenva- by last night, ‘The dispateh states that five moonlighters were captured. Constable Wheelan was killed and three others seriously hurt. A number of rifles und revolvers and a quantity of am- munition were eaptured. The five men cap- tured were arrested inside the house of Far- mer Sexton, ‘Two more were identitied to- day. Farmer Soxton, whom the gang meant to murder, has been summoned by the league and censured and he had promised to surren- der his farm, but did not do so. The gang thereupon entered his house, wlere the po- lice lay in ambush and surprised them. Balfour, replying to Harcourt, said the in- structions the police were now acting under wero the same they received whei git Wil- Hiam was a member of the Gladstone govern- ment, (Cheers). With regard to General Buller, Isalfour said he resigned now simply because he desired not to delay his return to the war oflice. Referrring to Sir ‘Willlam’s contention that sul)presulon of sllbllc meetings was illegal, Baltour said he id not know at what period Sir William lost hisknowledgze of law, but it was a matter of history under the common law of Ireland. 8ir William himself acted with Gladstono and Forsber in proclaiming 130 meetings, It *'was absurb to describe such mectings “as for free discussion. They were heralded b placards of an inflammatory nature. Obvi- ously their object was to defeat the laws ana foster outrages and Intimidation. Regardin, the Mitchellstown aflalr, Balfour sald H. had been clearly ascertained that the action of the police was in the face of extreme prov- ocation, The sole resvousibility rested upon those who convoked the meeting. |Cheers. | Sir William had on his lips the words liberty ustice and free speech,but the actual weapons @ and Lis friends used in the Irish _contest were obstruction in parliament and resist- ance to law, outside violence and intimida- tion worse than violence. The government did not waver in Its policy. Itisbelleved that o firm administration of the law and a de- termination to do their utmost to do away with the evils which were formingdiscontent ‘would bring to lreland a united people. Un- dismayed by criticism and with courage un- shaken, they would persevere In the course that must end In the conciliation of Ireland, (Loud cheers.) Labouchero said he had been in a position to see all that occuired at Michelistown. Stringent orders were given to the ln'ople by the leaders to avoid a disturbance. There was 10 objection to the presence of the govern- wment reporter, but the police could not forco them through the densely packed crowd and they were driven ack. They then advanced to assault the crowd, the affray being begun by a constable draw- ing his sword and wounding a horse, Thero were not at any moment more than fifty people fighting the police. Thero were women and children in the crowd and the men had a perfeet right to re- 8ist the attack, When the police fired there was a0 danger of any of them belng attacked either inside or outside the barracks. ‘The police behaved like wild beasts, battering people about without merey. The chief constable showed a deliberato intention to break up the meeting, Labouchere held the chiet constable and resident magistrate re- sponsible for what had occurred, and he a cused them of deliberate murder. (Cheers). Gladstone on rising was loudly cheered, He said it was natural that the debate should be mainly directed to the Milehellstown out- rage, but'Sir William Vernon Harcourt had performed a public ice in drawing atten- ion to the Enuis meeting. Baltour had de- elared that the government would persevere ilize Ireland by a aud by the re- there were none my word. Gladstone said he was much obliged. He saw no differencs, but it was best to be ver- bally “correct. Resuming, Gladstone pro- tostsd against Balfour's statement the he ex- W(-mu only hostility from the opposition, henever anythin beneticial to 1reland was proposed the opposition hailed it with pleas- ure and did everything possible to funfier it desplte tho coerelon which destroy sogial orde opposition bad enjoined upon the Irish peaple strict obedience to the law and their advice was more effective in procuring obedience than the govérnments coercian and constabu- speech with a simple tu quonquefwhich was usually the resort of persons in difficult vsitions, but which legally meant nothing. Y;nl(oul has communicated that all liberal meetings might be suppressed on the grounds tuat they were called for improper purposes. With regard to the Mitchellstown affair, which at_once moved hnd harrowed the feelings of the country, Balfour’s conduct seemed marked by siagu- lar rashness and impudence. it was compe- tent for him under such grave circumstances to decline to enter into any discussion what- ever till an equally grave inquiry had been held, but instead of that he rushéd headlong to the conclusion that all the police had done was right and that if they had acted otherwise they would be -~ guilty of great neglect of duty. 8o long as Balfour remained in his present office they might rely upon it that the same course would be persued. It was a gross dangerous error for a body of police to force their way through a dense crowd. There was no proo of any attempt to storm the barracks. On the other hann, the victims were too old men and a bov. Gladstone hoped to hear before the debate closed that this sad and grievous affair, which had created a sentiment ot horror and disgust throughout the kingdom, had not been k the dark, but had been probbed to the bott (Cheers,) He feared that all that was occurring in Ireland tended to support the contention of the opposition that government lexislution was directed not against crime, but against a combination for liberty of speech and public meeting. He was convinced that the people of England would not follow the government's course, which could lead to nothing but distress and disaster, (Cheers. Parnell’s moti defeated, Dillon, who lmdljust arrivea from Dublin, gave his account of the tronble. He blamed the government for departing from the usual custom of asking for accommodations for a reporter. Never before had he seen an at- tempt after a meeting had commenced to rush the police and reporter through the thickest part of a crowd. Lord Randolph Churchill said the debate would bring vividly before the country the nature of the struggle in which the govern- ment was engaged in Ireland, the difficulties of which they had to contend and the re- sources of "their opponents. He spoke sarcastically — of iladstone’s appeals to the Irish people to exercise pa- tience and although the opposition made a capital blunder in putting up Harcourt, be- cause the house could recall speeches of his as forcible and eloquent in the opposite derec- tion. The government was justified in the course it had taken. Parnell, in moving an adjournment of the debate said it was unreasonable that he should be asked to make an address at that late hour, After a division on his motion Bradlaugh and Brunner continued the debate. The house adjourned at 5:15 a. m. IRISH FIGHT. ) to adjourn the debate was THE Different Accounts of the Affair From Eye Witnesses. LoNDoN, Sept. 12.—Labouchere, in a long letter describing the affair at Mitchellstown, says when he entered the barracks he found the police had dragged two men inside and were beating them with buldgeons as they lay face downward, Dillon had great difli- culty in vreventing the chief constable from pushing out of the barracks with his men and shooting right and left, Captain Plun- kett visited Mitchellstown and the detec- tives and Magistrates Eaton and Seagrave held an informal inquiry, in- spected the barracks and the wounded. ~— Less than twenty police were actually injured, and only one serlously. Brunner says he saw a dozen con- stables attack one man with their batons. He also saw a policeman pierce a horse with his bayonet, whils another constable thrust his bayonet in the rider. An independent eye-witness relates that when the first blow was struek, it was impossible to control the Tipperary men, who attacked the police like furies, "The walls of the barracks bear evi- dence of a fusilade of stones. The lower halfof the door was broken in. British Grain Trade Review. LoNDOY, Sept. 12—The Mark Lane Ex- press, in its review of the British graln trade during the past week, says: Samplés of native wheat that bave been delivered have shown a variable condition. The average price rapidly approaches the lowest quotation recorded. Perfect samples of red wheat, weighing only sixty-six pounds per bushel, sold in London for 335, Insome provincial markets the full price recorded was 275 per 480 pounds. Such prices are calamitous, but the trade must expect still lower. Sales of English wheat during the past week were 72,462 quarters at 29s 1d, against 81,530 quar- ters at 328 5d during the correspon period last year. Flour is depressed. Forelgn wheat is wi r. South Rugslan of excellent quality sells at 255 per 496 pounds. Prices at Liverpool have declined 1d per cental. Corn is against buyers. At to-day’s market there were free deliveries of native wheat at 6d to 1s lower, there was no inguiry for foreign and values were weaker. Corn was scarce and 35 to 8d dearer. Oats were firm, Beans were 1s dearer. Linseed wus slightly lower. O'Brien Taken to Mitchellstown. DusLIN, Sept, 12.—William O'Brien, who was arrested at Kingstown yesterday, was conveyed to Mitchellstown this worning in charge of an officer. O'Brien was enthusiastically received by a large crowd on his arrival at Limerick. The mayor, members of the municipality and many prominent citizens met O'Brien at the Cork depot. ‘I'wo hundred policemen and a large number of military escorted O'Brien to the court house, where a formal charze was made against hin and he was remanded to jail. The streets were d _with people, and those through 1 O'Brien passed were lined with troops, Stones were thrown at the police escort and several of them were gwounded. ‘The police then charzed the crowd, using their batons fioely, injuring wany people. Affairs in Bulgaria, PARIs, Sept, 12—T1e Figaro publishes a letter written by Prince Ferdinand express- ing delight at his enthusiastic reception In Bulgaria, The prince says he believes the {lr-f.mh! of the country are tboroughly attached 0 him. A dispateh to the Journal des Debats from Bucharest says that ex-premier Radoslavoft and several officers have been arrested in Bulgaria for connection in the alleged mili- rury plot. Fishing Schooners Wrecked GroucesTER, Maes., Sept. schooner Arethusa, of Shelburne, N. 8., ar- rived here this morning from Grand Banks, She reports that a terrible hurricane swept over the banks August 26. Great damage was done to vessels and many men were lost. Fourteen men belonging to the schooner Mauce, of Pubnice, N. 5., were swept overboard and drowned. Killed By an Ignorant Mob, NAPLES, Sept. 12.—Three soldiers at Tra- pani were sent to perform disinfecting duty, and were assailed by a mob, who tried to force them to swallow the carbolic acid whieh they had been sprinkling about the streets and houses. Oue of the soldiers im- bibed tbe liquid and soon after died in horri- ble agony, The other two refused to drink the acid and wore Killed, National Prison Congre: ToroNto, Ont., Sept. 12.—~The National Trisou coneress began its regular meeting this morning in the theater of the Normal schcol, There was a large attendance of delecates and of the general public, among them being ex-President liayes. —_—— Murdered By Moonlighters. DuBLIN, Sept. 12.—Moonlighters last night murdered Constable Whelepam and mor- tally wounded another oflficer near Ennis, county Clare. Eight arrests have been made of suspected parties, Fifteon Thousand Men Out. Loxpoy, Sepk 12.—The number of mnail fin&n on'strike at Staffordshire aloue is DID SHE POISON HER CHILD? Mrs. Josephine Taverner Arrestod at No- braska Oity Oharged With Murder. FATAL RUNAWAY AT LINCOLN. ©. Rooks of Willow Branch Thrown Across a Stump and Killed 1n« stantly—8t. Paul's Church Almost Burned, A Horrible Accusation, NEnRAskA City, Neb, Sept. 12.—|Spectal Telegram to the BEE.|—Another sensation was caused here to-day by the arrest of Mrs. Josephine Taverner, who has for some time been living in the family of Mr. J. F. Welch, by the shenff of Gage county, Iowa, upon in- formation by her husband eharging her with poisoning their child, causing its death, and attemnpting his life in the same manner, some time during last June. The cause for the alleged act Is not given. The Taverners formerly resided here and ‘were well ‘and favorably known and the arrest of Mrs, Taverner upon so serious a charge causes quite o sensation. Her husband recently secured a divorce on the grounds of desertion, The woman was Fref\ll,v surprised when arrested although she had been warned by anonymous letters of what was coming, but she paid no attention to them as she claims to be entirely innocent. She will have her trial this week at Clarinda, la., for which place the sheritf and his pris- oner left this evening. St. Paul's Church Almost Burned. LINCOLN, Neb.,, Sept. 12.—([Special Tele- gram to the Brr.|]—The 80,000 St. Paul M. E. church came near going up in smoke and ashes to-day. The church people are en- gaged in serving meals during the fair in the basement of the church. About 2 o’clock this afternoon the often tried and fatal experi- ment of filling a gasoline _stove while burning Was induleed in by one of the cooks and an explosion followed firlng the basement of the building. 1n ten seconds the rooms were in flames, and it took thirty minutes hard work on the part of the tire department to subdue the tlames, ‘The loss, aside from minor details, is con- fined to the basement. A thousand dollars will not cover the loss. A high wind was blowing at the time. — Again Cutting Its Banks. Ia., Sept. 13.—[Special Tele- he river has again com- menced its cutting on the bank on the Iowa side of the river. Yesterday several large pleces fell in at the foot of Nebraska street and this morning at the foot of Jennings street other pieces have fallen in. In places where the rip-rapping was done, during the last rampage, the river Is bellg somewhat held in check, but should 1t continue very much longer it is feared the rip-rapping will succumb. On the Nebraska side the damage has been shight this morning, but it was heavy yesterday. Fatal Runaway. Lixcory, Neb.,, Sept. 12.—|Special Tele- gram to the BEE.|—The first fatal accident of the week occurred this afternoon in a runaway. The team of C. Rooks took fright at a passing train near Y street, in the North part of the city, running into a grove, throw- ing both Mr. Rooks and his wife to the ground. Mr. Rooks fell across the stump of a tree and was instantly killed. His wife es- caped without serious”injurv. The parties live at Willow Branch, about five miles east of Crete. Died at Bellvue. BELLVUE, Neb., Sept, 12.—[Speclal Tele- gram to the Brg.]—Sergeant George Ja- bourg, company B Seventh infantry, U. 8. A., died this morning at 7:45. The de- ceased was taken sick September 4 with the cholera morbus. Atter September 6 he began to recover until yesterday, when he was again taken with vomiting, which caused his death at the above named hour to-day. The deceased was born in Hamburg, Ger- many, enlisted in the U.S. A. in the year 8 about eighteen years of this service being in company B Scventh infantry. He was In charge of the scorers at the rifle range. He has always been found strictly honest and upright, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He wasaman that had seen very nard service, He held the rank of sergeant for fifteen years and was an excel- lent soldier in every particular, e was a member of the order of Odd Feliows. 1t Is not known what disposition will be made of his remains or whether he will be buried with military honors or by the members of his order. During his ‘iliness he had the best care and medical attendance that could be provided, and would have been removed to the post hospital, Fort Omaha, to-day. Judge Rroady Endorsed, BeATRICE, Neb,, Sept. 12.—[Special Tele- gram to the Brr.]J—At a session of the Knights of Labor of this city to-night the fol- lowing resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we give our entire approba- tion to the ofticial course of the Hon.J. H. Broady as judge of this judicial district. Hi non-partisan character, his sustained integ- rity, high legal attainments and sterling moral worth make his re-election by the peo- ple of the district to his own_ successor on the bench a foregone conclusion. Should he be a candidate for re-election we pledge to him our undivided and hearty support.” A delegate conven- tion of the same county by the union labor party was held in this'city Saturday, which was as enthusiastic as any convention ever held in Beatrice. The above resolution was passed without a dissenting vote, although Colby and his strikers were on the floor to {»navent it. The labor party of Gage county s in position to win a grand victory in No- vewber., e A Successful Harvest Home. GRAND ISLAND, Sept. —[Special Tele- gram to the Bee. |—The Harvest Home pic- nic at Dannebrog to-day was a grand success. ‘The attendance was large and the people en- thusiastie. The weeting was addressed by Hon. C. H.Van Wyck, Fred Hedde and Puul Anderson. General Van Wyck spoke an hour and a half. It was a masierly etfort frequently and enthusiastically applauded. 'I'he remarks of the other speakers were well received, and as a whole the demonstration has exceeded the hopes of the most sanguine. District Court At Dakota City, DakorA City, Neb, Sept. 12.—[Special Telegramn to the BEE. |—District court opened here this morning with Judge Powers on the bench, but was afterwards presided over by Judge Crawford, who will finish the term. ‘The case of the State vs Purdy will be called to-morrow for the kiling of Clint Norris in Homer on the 3d day of last March over a fium‘-&u cards. There are 150 cases on the ocket. Homesteaders E se. DEes MoiNes, Ia., Sept. 12.—|Special Tele- gram to the Bk, |—The United States land office in this city was besieged by nearly two hundred applicants to-day who desired to homestead the new public lands thrown open to entry in northwestern lowa this being the day named for that purpose by the govern- wment, These lands comprise 6,000 acres in Plymouth and Woodbury counties, formerly a part of the grant to the Sjoux City & St. Paul railroad but later declared by the land office to have been unearned and hence to have reverted to the government. As actual settlers are given the preference in liling claims for these lands, aud there are a great many of them, toere will not be wuch use for outside parties to apply. Started For the Celebration, DuBUQUF, Ia., Sept. 12, —Governor Larra- bee and staff, escorted by the Governor's Greys of this city, left this morning for Phil- adelphia to attend the constitutional centen- nial celebration, They will visit New York SEPTEMBER 13. 1887, OUTWITTED THE CONSTABLES. How a Locked-Out Husband Entered His Besieged Home. BosToN, Sept. 12—|Speelal Telegram to the BEE.|—Mrs, Connor and her five chil- dren, who have been besieged in their Mount ‘Vernon street home by five evictors, who are watching night and day to put them out, scored a point yesterday by getting her hus- band into the house, Itistwo weeks since the constables surrounded the house and Mrs. Connor locked the doors on them, Neither she nor the children have stirred out of the rooms, and Mr. Connor, who was out ‘when the evictors arrived, had not got nearer to his family than the sidewalk. Mr. Con- nor to-day went Into the back room of the family next door and tightened ur the clothes line that runs out toapostin the yard. Mrs. Connor did the same with her clothes line, The husband borrowed the ironing board and laid it upon the two clothes lines and cautiously crawled on his belly to the window of his own room, where his delizhted wife threw her arms about him and pulled him into the house. The children danced up and down 1n deiight and the con- stables in the hall pounded on the door to try and allay their happiness. Later it was found that the water supply was cut off and a rubber pipe was procured and connected with the pipes of neighbors, Farwell and the Presidency. CuicAeo, Sept. 12.—Senator Charles B. Farwell was interviewed to-day by a repre- sentative of the Daily News rezarding the sugkestion that his name be used in the next republican national convention as Chicago's candidate for the presidency of the United States. Mr, Farwell at first would say noth- ing. Persistent efforts finally overcame his reserve, and he made answer that it would be time enough to consider what action he would take when his name was endorsed by the convention, Congressman Mason, of this city, 1s credited with the first mention of Farwell's name in this connection. The News’ interview calls attention to the cir- cumstance that Farwell Is a self-made man, a merchant prince, the successor of Logan 1 the councils of the nation, and estimates that the statesman and millionaira upon whose brow all these honors rest would prove a suitable choice for even the exalted office of chief executive. Senator Farwell stated that Judge Gresham was his choice, with General Sheridan as the second favorite and John Sherman next. o ey Not a Russian Count. NEW York, Sept. 12.—[Speclal Telegram to the BrE, |—Mitklewicz is advertising him- self largely. A Washington paper devotes a page to giving his biography, stating that he was born in Warsaw, in 1850, in Mitkiewicz palace, and that his mother was a Polish lady of high rank. The account closes thus: “The count’s latest achievement, that of ob- taining the Chinese empire concessions just granted, will cause his name to go down to posterity as one of the most remarkable men of the nineteenth centary.” There are sev- eral Russian gentiemen in Washington, and many of them are indignant over the fact that Mitkiewicz persists in asserting that he is a noblemen of Russian birth, One of them determined to get an authoritative de- nial from the authorities in Warsaw of the right of this man to claim the title of count. He cabled to Poland, and this is the reply which he received: *There exists no Count Mitkiewicz in Warsaw, Poland, or Russia. ‘The Mitkiewicz in America is aswindler and imposter.” e s A.O. U. Finances. St. PAuL, Sept. 12.—Representatives of the supreme legion of th& Anclent Order of United Workmen began a session this morn- ing. The report of Bupreme Recorder M. H. Bohn shows: Recelpts; of beneficiary funa, $124,827; general fund, $12,280; balance in hi s of treasurer October 1, 1887, $7,236; dis- b ment of beneficiary fund, $124,000; gen- eral fund, $16,217; balance in _hands of su- l\rfima treasurer, September 1, 1887, $4,145. Juring the year the order has been extended lll‘llhikli'lllll, Idaho, Wyoming, Tennesseo and Florida. ———— Litigation Ended By Death. CrircAao, Sept. 12.—Mrs, Dickey, widow of Judge I. Lyle Dickey, of the Illinois su- preme court, died this morning of heart disease. Thoorugh her death Mirs. Dickey probably ends the sensational litigation begun a few davs ago by her step-children to break their father’s will. He bequeathed his entire estate to his widow. They claimed that Mrs. Dickey badgered him into it and not- withstanding his requests would permit no one to see him during his last illness. — Fatal Railroad Collision. SPRINGFIELD, 0., Sept. 12.—This morning at 4 o’clock the Atlantic express, east bound, on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio road, at Peoria, O., collided with a locomo- tive that was standing on a side track, Nor- man Gregg, the engineer of the passenger, was instantly killed and his fireman had both legs broken, John Haley, engineer of the single locomotive, was fatally injured. So far as learned no passengers were in- Jured. e Steamship Arriva BALTIMORE, Sept. 12.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.]—The Baltimore, from Liver- pool, NEW YORK, Sept 12.—~The Australia, from Hamburg; the Bourgoyne, from Havre. SorrHAMPTON, Sept, 12—The Elbe, from New York for Bremen. GrAsGow, Sevt, 12.—The State of Ne- braska, from New York. Lus‘lnm, Sept. 12. The Helvetia, from New York. — Hamilton Not Guilty, WryANDoTTE, Kaun,, Sept 12.—The jury in the case of George Iamilton, charged with train wrecking, reported a verdict of not guilty this morning. Hamilton was eharged with being ona of the strikers who, in April, 1886, wrecked a Missouri Pacitic freight train near here and killed two men, i T A Four Thousand Miners Strike. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Sept. 12.—The miners at the collieries of the,Mineral Mining and Rail- road company, Unien Coal company, cel- sior Coal company, Enterprise Coal company eld Coal company struck this morn- ing for a general advapce. 1t is estimated that 4,000 men are out. Poles in Convention, St. PAUL, Sept. 12—The Polish National alliance began a convention here to-day. ‘I'he object is to consider the moral and materia development of the Polish element In the United States and how, with the aid of a sinking fund, can best be established indus- :rl:gs. s.c)mols. chutches and benevolent insti- utions. B Confessed to Bmbezzlement. TRoY, Y., Sept. 12—Charles P. Ide, bookkeeper of the First National bank at Glen Falls,has confessed to the embezzlement of $15,100 in the years 1830, 1851 and 1552, He was an officer of the Baptist Sunday sehool zaujrnlly respected. No arrest lias been made. The Visible Supply Sta tement, CnicAGo, Sept 14—-The visible supply of grain as reported by the secretary of the Chicago board ot trade Is as follows: Wheat 81,211,000 corn 7,107,000; oats 4,587,000 rye 253,000; barley 414.000 bushels. el e ddia, Nine Hours a Day. BosToN, Sept, 12—Three large furniture firms have conceded the nine-hour day de- manded by the nters and polishers, but others refuse to ¢ unl{ and their men, to the number of 1,000, will quit work this af- ternoon. e .Lntheran Service Unchanged. GREENVITLE, Pa., Sept. 12.--In the Luth- eran general council to-day, after a lengthy discuslon, it was decided to retai the present form of evening service for a e 7 l IN THE FIELD OF SPORT Omaha Receives a Bad Defeat at the Hands of the Topeka Clubs COSTLY ERRORS THE CAUSE. A Score of Which a Backwoods Nine Would Be Ashamed—National League and American As- sociation Games, Omaha Aanihilated. ToPEKA, Kas, Sept. 12.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|—The Omahas were de- feated by the Topekas to-day by the home team’s terrific hitting and by a series of er- rors at critical periods. Both Healy and Con- way were hit hard and the game was as pretty a contest as one could wish to see up to the sixth inning, when the Topekas went in and pounded Healy's curves for fourteen runs, a lead which it was impossible for the Omahas to oyercome. The Detroits could not have beaten the Topekas to-day and Omaha made a good showing at the bat find- ing Conway for fonrteen hits with a total of sixteen. Following is the score: R B. PO A K 12 <l Holliday Johnson Macullar. gl oaccasas | wmz e 3l cacrmprce Sl mazoccuwco wl~oscmce © i ol covmmrmroc|z| B | | > = > L S ol ealey Total | PSR | cioomm Sl aaccomo | neomomwcal < Tepekas. Omaba. . 0 01 BUMMAR 12, Omaha 0. s—Topeka 7, Omaha 1, First base on balls—"Yopeka 6, Omaha 2. Struck out—By Conway?2, Healey 1. ‘Topeka 5, Omaha 4. —Holliday, Goldsby, Sneed, Ardner, Fusselbach, Genins. Home runs—Johnson, Macullar 2. Double plays— Macuilar to Ardner to Stearns, Jol; n to Ardner to Stearns, Passed b Gunson 8, Jantzen 2 Umplr oung. ‘I'ime of game—2 hour and 10 minutes, National League Game, CHICcAGO, Sept, 12,--The game tween the Chicago and Philadelphia teams to-day resulted as follows: 0 00210400-7 10010001 0=3 cago 18, Philadelphia 8, Pitehers—Clarkson and Casey. Errors—Chi- Philadelphia 1. Umbpire—Powe ITTSBURG, Sept. 12.—The game between the Pittsburg and Washingon teams to-day resulted as follow: Pittsburg . 1000000 0-1 Washingtor 0000000 0-0 Pitehers— n and Gilmore. lase hits 10, Washington 7. Errors—Pitts. bure 3, Washinglon 0, Umpire—Gafney. Derroit, Sept. 12.—The game between the Detroit and Boston teams to-day re- sulted as follows: Detroit. . 40 0—8 Boston.... . 0-—-0 Pitchers—Getzein Jand Stemmeyer. Base hits—Detroit 10, Boston 8. Krrors—Detroit 1, Boston 6, Umpire—Danicls. Game called at the end of the seventh inning on account of darkness, New York, Sept. 12.—The game between the New York and Indianapolis teams to-day resulted as follow: 1ndianapolis . 000000 2-2 New York... .1120011—-6 Game called at the end of the seventh in- ning on account of darkn Pitchers— Healy and Keefe. Base hits—Inc apolis 6, New York 12, Errors—Indianapolis 4, New York 0. Umpire—Valentine. American Association. BALTIMORE, Sept. 12.—The game between the Baltimore and Louisville teams to-day resulted as follows: Baltimore . 00000000 0~0 Lonisville.. 00000000 0=~0 Game called at the end of the ninth inning on account of darkness. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.—The game be- tween the Athletics and St. Louis teams to-day resulted as follows: Athleties 320 St. Lon 0 Game called at the end of the eighth in- ning on account of darkness, NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—The game be- tween the Metropolitan and Cineinnati teams to-day was postponed on account of rain, BrooxLYN, Sept. 12—The game be- tween the Brooklyn and Cleveland teams to-day was postponed on account of rain, Northwestern League. Drs MoiNes, Ia., Sept. 12.—Following is the result ot games played by Northwestern league clubs to-d: At Des Moines—Des Moines 0, Minneapolls 7. Yesterday's Races at Lincoln. LixcoLy, Neb.,, Sept. 12.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bgel.—The opening races of the fair were modestly tame although the purses were quite liberal. The first race was inthe 2:40 class for a purse of $350. Six horses were entered and four started. Several attempts were made in fstarting, but jockey- ing seemed to prevail. After being duly warned by Colonel West, the driver of Daisy Truesdell was fined 5 for coming up ahead of the pole horse. The pextstart all zot off in nice shape, the race resulting as follows: . T, Knuebs, Sioux City.......2 2 2 ze & Pervine... 11, D. W. Row for_running, nn, N (‘Ilnn\llflrll\ifl.4 g3 H,” S, J. S o e second race, Nebraska breeders’ purse of $100, for three-year-old colts, four horses entered and all started: McShane, Ed Pyle, Humboldt. . Durindal, P. McEvoy, Elkhorn. Ezalda Allen, A. Thompson, Oma i Kentucky Rebel. D. W, Rowe, Kear- |{'""“"‘ Dis. Ll R S Herr Most Snubbed. NEw York, Sept. 12.—The application of Johann Most, the anarchist, to declare his in- tention to become a citizen, was to-day re- jected by the chief clerk of the superlor court. Most said that he would appeal In his examination before the clerk, Most said he would obey the laws if they were good laws, but announced that he should feel it his duty to use force against the authorities to secure the abrogation of laws detrimental to the people. The elerk thereupon refused to administer the oath. Since the splitin the united labor party the socialists have worked to bring out their full strength at the polls. Laige numbers of them have of late declared their intention of becoming citizens and Most’s unexpected application is supposed to be due to this policy. —— The Telegraph Deal Unfinished. New Yo Sept. 12.—~The pending nego- tiations for the sale of the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph company to the Western Union re- mains as it stood last week, no sae having been effected 1 Kearney..3 3 ¥ Jennie I Hasti e California’s Governor Dead, W ASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Governor Wash- ington Bartlett died in Oakland this after- noon, . His death resulted from chronic af- fection of .the kidneys, Governor Bartlets. Wwas & native of Savannaly Ga., and was sixty-three years of age, He removed to Cal- fornia in 1844 and has lived here since. Ho always took an acti® part in politics and had dilled a number of offices, among them that of mayor of San Francisco for two terms between 1883 and 1886, He was electod overnor of the state on the democratic icket in November, 18%. He will be suc- ceeded in office by Lieutenant Governor R. . Waterman, who was elected at the same time on tlie republican ticket. i i The St. Joseph Fair. 8t. Joseru, Mo, Sept. 12.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bek.|—To-day was the opening day for the ninth annbual exhibition ot the St Joe exposition and fair. The weather is tine and a large crowd was in attendance to- day. The exhibitions in all departments are the largest ever known. ‘I'he five-eighths mile dash to-day was won by Moonstone. Time— 1n the u.lf milerace Dick Marrion won the first heat. Time—51 seconds; Cuban Queen the second. Time—513. Dick Marrion won the race in the third in 52 seconds. — e Back of the Scenes Too Much. New YORk, Sept. 12.—Mrs, Grace Dalton Terry has brought suit for absolute divorce against her husband, Antonio E. Terry, The defendant is a son of the late wealthy Cuban vlanter, Don Thomas Terry, who, when he died, left an estate said to be worth ¥50,000,- 000 to be divided among seven children. The plaintiff complains of her husband’s habits. She says he spends too much time away from home and in the society of actresses. ———e Mrs. Seil’'s Killing. Grass PoiNt, I, Sept. 12.—There is great excitement over the killing of Mrs. Sell, many claiming that the shooting was not accidental, A large crowd of angry citi- zens surrounded the lock-up. and the local oflicers concluded to remove the vrisoners to a place of safety. In taking them out the erowd separated them and the prisoners es- caped. T A Larrabee On Hia Way. CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—Governor Larrabee, of lowa, with Company A of the Governor’s Grays, of the lowa National zuard from Da- buque, his special escort to the constitu- tional convention at Philadelphia, arrived to- day and left at 3 o'clock for the east. - General Slocum Changes His Mind. NeEw York. Sept. 12.—General Slocum has been prevailed upon to change his de- cision on the question of attending the Grand Army encampment in St. Louis, e has decided to i S e Pardoned By the President. WasniNGToy, Sept. 12.—The president has pardoned Thomas R. Knight, John A. Brooks and Henry Patz, convicted of man- slaughter in the western district of Arkan- s ed to imprisonment, WASHINGTON, Sept 12.—|Special Telegram to the BeE. |—John F. Pow Hay Springs; Clayton W. Delamatie, Omaha, Neb.;R. J. W. Bloom, Butte, and lsaa Manvile, Lyons, 1a., have all been adn to practice before the interior department. o —-— Crocker's lowa Brigade. ‘W asmnaToN, Sept. 12.—General Belknap, president of Crocker’'s Iowa brigade, an- nounces that the next reunion will take place at Davenport, la., September 21 and 22 next. gL oo Bids For a Public Building. W ASHINGTON, Sept.12,—Bids were opened to-yay for constructing the extension to the Peoria, 111, public building, Larkworthy & Meneke, of Quincy, were the lowest bidders at $20,541, e ned Up in a Tenement, NEWARK, N. J,, Sept. 12.—In a tenemeat house fire this morning one man was burned to death and several other neople seriously burned. L mall on the building. e The National Opera Company. NEw York, Sept. 12.—The Times 'Phila- delphia sp: i [ come prop r National opera com- vany. —— ty has received a letter from President Cleveland, declining the invitation to visit New Orleans because his route is fixed and time too limited to permit of deviation there- from. e Denunciation From Gladstone, LoNDON, Sept, 12.--Gladstone wlll speak in the commons to-night in denunciation of the shooting of citizens by the police at Mitchelltown Frid: BERLIN, Sept. 12.—The Official Press con- firms the statement made Saturday that Bis- marck absolutely refused to mediate between Russia and Bulgaris. B Swiss Against the Mormons. GENEVA,Sept. 12.—The Berne government has sent a demand to the bundesrath to pro- hibit the Mormon propaganda in Switzer- land. ———— Death of a Playwright. Loxpoy, Sept. 12.—Sir Charles Young, author of the play, ““Jim the Penimnan,” died suddenly last night, ‘Wheat Out of Condition. NEw Yonx, Sept, 12—0no hundred bush- els of No. 2 red winter wheat was posted this morning on the produce exchange as out of condition in the Woodruff stores, e Gone to Attend a Faneral, WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—General A, E* Stevenson, first assisiant postmaste neral, left the city this evening for Bloomington, 111, to attend the funeral of "I, Morrell, a near relative and prominent physician, -~ The Anarchist's Case Untouched. OrrAwA, 11, Sept. 12.—Nothing was done in the supreme court to-day in regard to the anarchist case. e AMUSEMENTS, TOM KEENE AND TIHE ELKS, On the 24th of this month, at the close of Tom Keene's engagement, the Omaha lodge of Elks will give a social session at the Barker hotel in honor of his recovery. The hetel, which is one of the prettiest in the city, will be beautifully decorated for the event and the attendance will be culled from among the lgading litera- teurs, professional gentlemen snd e italists in town. By way of adding terest to the occasion the Kansas City lodge will be present and accompany th popular actor to that city, where his re covery will be greeted with an ovation, It will be remembered that 1t was at Kansas City that Mr, Keene was taken ill two years ago, and immediately after he had closed his engagement at this pla COUP'S TRAINED HORSES, Last evening, notwithstanding threatening weather, Coup comme his second week’s show i the Exnosition hall to a good sized audience. The per formance is aunique intermingling of brutes and humans, but brutes whose in- telligence is remarkabie and whose beauty is unquestionable, Inteiligent and beautiful horses is something to- de- light the eye and give pleasure to the mind. Such is the pleasure derved from witnessing Coup'’s ammals in their various acts, The variety programme interspersed is of a superior order and well appreciated, The entertuinmoent will rel here auring the remainder the 1 of this week o NUMBER 87, ELECTRICAL SUGAR-MAKING. Oommissioner Oolman's Acoount of the Res oent Experiments at Fort Soott, Kan. AN INVENTION' IMPORTANT The Commissioner Thinks the New Process Will Redeem Our Su- gar Interests—The Presi- dent on Bond Sales. Sugar Made By Electriolty, WasniNaroN, Sept. 14--Commissioner Colman has just returned from an ofticial visit to Fort Scott, Kan,, where the depart ment of agriculture is conducting experis ments in making sugar from sorghum by thé diffusion process and expresses himself a being delighted with results obtained alreadys He says the experiment consists in the trial of a new process in making sugar in thig country, which dispenses entirely with costly and ponderous mills, steam engines, etc., and uses a far simpler aid and employs a less expensive method tor extracting Juice, by which all the saecharine matter i3 obtained instead of about hialt as heretofore. ‘The new process 1s called the “Diffusion of Saturation” process. The cane is cut into chips and passed intoa battery of twelve cells each Iloldhl)r' atonof chins. Hov water I8 then applied, which rapidly exhausts the sac« charine matter so thoroughly that there Is scarcely a trace of it left. ‘The cells are en= tirely practical, being speadily tilled, manip= ulated and one inan attendin, to the entire operation. The il al Fort Scatt is cn\mllle of working up every twenty hours 150 tons of cane, mnak= ing therefrom 17,000 pounds of sugar or more, A yield of from ten to 100 tons per acre was being secured, which would Pl'ollllcfl by this new process 1rom 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of his sugar is worth by the car load cents per pound. Nor is this all, To ery ton of cane, aside from the sugar in i, thers are soice ten or twelve iallons of mo- and also seed raised upon the cane ing to about tive bushels per acre and just as good for feeding all Kinds of stock as ndian corn. Indeed, the ssed, it is estimated, will pay for raising the car hich is a mer's possessed by no other 'ui. v plant. The de- partment is also conducting satisfactory ex- periments in New Jersey. “The results of these experiments upon the country will, I belieye, be most beneficiary, said Commissioner Colman. *Our nation3 i8 poying $100,000 annually to sugar producers of ‘other countries, and it we have demon- strated that we can profitably pro- duce sugar on our own farms it is a matter of the highest importance to the country. It will not only keep this money at home, but will save to our people $50,000,000 annually in stoms duties. "1 cannot see why our people should not o to making sugar, A complete sugar tactory will cost about as wuch as a flourin mill and can be run at a great profit accord- ing to present experiments. Farmers are glad to raisc cane at $2 per ton, and at that it pays better jthan other farm products. 1 look upon these experiments as ing as important to this country as the invention of the cotton gin. They have demonstrated that we Lave a sugar plant that can be grown and converted profitably into sugar south of the 30uh parallel, out of reach of early frosts, to the Gulf of Mexico and that the country can and will be independent of overy other na- tion for sugar. ‘This new process will be tried on southern cane.”” Cleveland's Views On Bond Sales, W ASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—In regard to the purchase of bonds by the government the president said to-day to a representative of the Associated pross: “'Criticisms upon the action of the treasury department for refusal to aceept any of the offers of bonds last Wed- nesday it seems to e are inconsiderately made. Jn the nrst place the offers were higher, considering the lapse of time they had to run, tham they had heretofore been and did not present favorable terms to the government. [n the next placa the number offered was much less than on former occasions. ‘These facts may well give rise totheinference that people holding bonds preferred them to mone The government wants to bny bonds to _answer the requi ments of the law relative to thesinking fund and it is willing to advance the interest on such bonds as are not bought, and thus sup- ply any immediate demand there may be for money. ‘Ihese two movewments of the treas= are calculatea to release of money and turn s chance il required. Bug they are both executive acts and must be performed with regard to the interests of the government as one of the parties to the transaction. There is no disposition to drive a sharp bargain with holiers of bonds, but iv will not do to say there is no side to a bar- gain except that of the seller and holder and that bohds must be bought the interest ndvanced, as their interest alone dictates ‘T'he cowmpetition offered the sale of bonds is just to fix their price ‘and fairly pursued as long as it seems to protect against an undue advantage on the part of the sellers and results in offers which upon business considerations ought to regulate their value as between private parties. The overnment ought not to be expected m;}nfli—‘ ?‘m of any public purpose, to ideutify itsel with private business or speculation, Railroad Land Grants, ToN, Sept. 12,—The acting come missioner of the gencral land office has sube mitted to the secretary of the interlor a re« port of the adjustment of the grant for tha Bayfield branch of the Chieago, St. Pauly Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, e findg the company entitled to 333,561 acres,of whicl 423,600 have beeu approved to the state of Wisconsin, leaving 10,261 still due, but of the lands granted in place thereof 47,163 mere are vacant and subject to selection, Shouls these be approved the company will have re« ceived 47,101 acres ex ‘I'herefore, the red rt says, the company is not entitied ta certitication of additional indemnity lands, ‘T'here are 125,000 acres unapproyed indems< nity selections pending, which, if the secrac tary coneurs in thi; st also be cane celled, 'The actir er also findg that as the comp construet it d upon a line of definite loeation, If oby abandoned <o much of the grant us is coterminous with deflecti Trymng to Extradite McGarigle, NGTON, Sept, 12,—The u[l]lll('utlno of the governor of Illinois for the. extradi=* tion of McGarigle, the fugitive Clicazo exs warden, which has been received at the de- partment of state, will be reserved for the personal cousideration of Secretary Bayard when he returns to the eity. As a rule action upon application for extradition papers is purely formal, the preliminaries to xmullnr the réquest consisting merely in an examls pation of the extradition treaties to ascers tain if the otfense charged falls within thein term, but it is understood that in the prese; easo the appl ion is based upon the charge of conspiracy, for which no provision made in the existing treaty with Canada, A legal point of eravity is involved in the ap< plication and its consideration may therefora oceupy s0me tim WASHING FON, Special Teles gram to the Br: . Albrech wag to-day appointed postmaster at Friedensong Thayer county, Neb., vice 11 K. Struve, re< signed: 5. W. Sumers, Clarion, Wright county, L. vico G. W. Middlecofi, resigneds Weather Indications, stern Dakota and Nebraska. Colder, brisk to high westerly winds p force and becoming variable, followed Wednesday by rising temperas ture, ulrmn; (n.ldurbmy weather, preceded In " eastery portion light raing hr{’.\k to high westerly winda, diaailishivg in force, B deminishin