Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 16, 1887, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALY BEE SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, GRETCHEN IN GRIEF.| Bhe Attempts to Sing in Paris Bat is Frightened Away. CRITICS HISS “LA PRUSSIENNE,” Fraulein Leisinger's Unfortunate Debut Among Her Country's Enemies. HER LIFE'S UNHAPPIEST HOURS. A Pathetio Letter to the Managers of the Opera, SUGAR-KING SPRECKLES TALKS, He Will Import Improved Machinery to the United States for the Manufacture of That Staple =Other Koreign News. Poor Marguerite. [Copyright 1887 by James Gordon Bennett,] PAnis, Sept. 15, —{New York Herald Ca- ble—Bpecial to the Brr.]—The heroine and victim of the latest Paris scandal 1s M’lle Leisinger, the German prima donna, who made her first and last appearance in Paris opera the other evening as Marguerite in *‘Faust.” Great things were expected of the debutante, whose voice was sald to have fas- cinated Kaiser William and the Berliners. On the other hand, the opera management looked forward to her debut with fear and trembling, as It was rumored that the Chauvinists who had hooted ‘‘Lohengrin” out of Paris, had sworn td make an- other manifestation if *“La Prussienne” dared to brave their hostility. Their fears were to a great extent justified by events. Hardly had the defendants begun to sing When applause and hisses broke out together. Fraulein Leisinger, who was terribly ner- vous, lost her head and her voice, and though toward the end of the opera the hisses ceasci, the attitude of the audience was so hostile that poor Gretchen felt that she was doomed. After the performance she wrote the mana- gers a letter declining to reappear in Paris, as she “felt incapable of returning to & spot where she had spent the most un- happy hours of her life.” The affair has made a great stir on the boulevards and has glven the Germans a grand opportunity for renewing their attacks on their traditional enemy, 1interviewed Gretchen to-day. I found her in a simple apartment on the top floor of house in the Rue Drout. Frauleln Gretchen 18 a tall, fair, modest, shapely maiden, about twenty-two years old, with regular features, a pleasant smile, a frosh complexion and & wealth of golden hair. Bhe speaks French correctly but with a slight throaty accent. She was dressed in a close fitting black dress. From her throat suspended a mosaic locket. At her walst she worea plain steel Chattelaine. Without waiting to be pressed, Gretchen sank gravefully on a sofa and be- gan her story; “I had been singing successfully in Ber- lin,” said she, speaking French fluently, ‘‘when I received an offer of an engagement trom the Paris opera, 1 was dazzled, for you see, the idea of Paris always makes an im- pression on us. Mme. Viardot, my profes- sor, was sure Iwould make a hit, but my mamma, whom I consulted, did her best to dissuade me from accepting, and her high German influences were set at work to pursuade me that I had not ce quil fout pour plaire a Parls. Well, happening to be in Paris one day, Mme. Viardot asked me to sing once privately at the opera. 1 consented. Messrs. Ritt and Gailhard, the managers, were charming. Mme. Viardot and Guonad, who are nmot idiots, were both enthusiastic. Guonad raptu- ously declared that [ was his ideal Margcuerete, and said he had never hoped to have such a Gretehen to sing at the coming five hundredth verformance of “Faust.” Finally I signed a three ycar’s en- gagement.” “From the very first rehearsal,” continued Mlle Lewsinger sorrowfully lifting her pretty eyes to heaven, *“my ‘trouble began. My managers worried me to conceal my nation- ality and begged me to appear as a Swede or Austrian, but I refused to hide my Berlin origin, *‘Mein was bade Ich nieht alles durchge- macht,” added Gretchen, dropping Into Ger- man. “Then anonymous letters poured in, threatening me with vengeance, abusing me asa Prussian, vowing I should not stay long in Paris, Ach has war abor gonz un- glamblich, My dear colleagues took to Intriguing against me, but the worst was in the Coullsses. When I went on that night [ had to run the gauntlet of a lot of ogling old subscribers. As I passed toward the stage I heard them exclaim, ‘En voila une qul ne fera pas affalre, a Paris green room,’ “Das ist niches fur ein Austaenniches Madchen,” said Gretchen, blushing at the recollection. “Decent girls have no chance, you under- stand me. I ascribe my failure chiefly to this and cabals. What dreadful things they wrote of me in the Paris papres. You see I bad hardly a friend here and not a single friend on the press, but 1 appeared and sang. They hissed me even in the King of Thule song, yet I couldn’t have been so bad in that. It's false; one doesn’t become a bad singer all in a moment. ‘Those hisses did tor me, 1 could not sing well afterward.” “Why?” said I, “tue kaiser himself raved about your voice.” *Oh, that story is an invention,” replied Mile Leisinger, *“it is not true that I owed my success in Berlin to the emperor's favor.” *‘What happened then, traulein?”’ *'1 wrote to cancel my engagements. Mean- while, the French government actually wrote to the managers saying that it would be fool- 1sh to defy public opinion by letting me sing again. Perhavs what I so heard is untrue, but the Berliners have taken up my case hotly. I have had offers of engagements from all parts of Germany, and letters say that I shall bo welcomed back ‘mit offen armen,’ M. Ritt pald me three months salary, 1 start for Berlin to-morrow to sing three years in opera. 1should like to €0 to America after- ward, but it is impossible to go before.” **Shail you never return to Paris, frau- lein, “Ach, Paris.” *“*Gluckliche relse, gnadiges frauleln " Leaviug Gretchen, 1 eallea upon M. Ritt, manager of the opera. M, Ritt s a courteous old gentieman, with a reputation for stern economy. His account of the affair ditfers considerably from Gretehen's, *Mlle Lsisinger,” said he, “was introduced to us about a year ago by Mume Viordot, with whowm she was studying here, @ then had a maznificent voice. We, thard and I, offered her an engagement, Lot she was engaged in Berlin, where she sang for sowme tiwe as a Fort Chanteuse,, On her- return, having fl”" terms with us, we discovered she nie, we are not sympathetle to was & German, Well, that was & matter that concerned neither us nor the public. All the public expects, or should expect in & singer, 18 talent. Buton her return we found that Mlle. Lelsinger's voice had gone to pieces, had become heavy. The Germans like heavy singing. Her upper register was completely ruined. However, there was no hooting at ber debut. There were some hisses, it is true, but that is very different, and there were hisses only when the clique applauded. Everything passed off In the most proper way. lndeed 1 halt suspect, then, that the hisses were Prussians, for 1 remembored that after her engagement the German am- bassador appealed to the minister of foreign affairs to get her engagement cancelled. This request the minister politely refused after consulting us, explaining that thouxh the state subsidized opera, the managers were free to engage whom they pleased.” “No,” continued M. Ritt, “the government did not Interfere to stop Mile. Leisinger's representations, All it did was to make cer- tain inquiries regarding the threatened rad- feal manifestations, It Is unfortunate for her, but Mile. Leisinger failed deservedly, Elle est tonbes parcequelle fevait tomber. She had notthe vocal lightness required here. She cancelled her engagement of Ler own accord.” THE FEELING IN BERLIN. BeRLIN, Sept. 15.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bek.]—There is no disposition among Berlin critics or opera managers to impute Fraulein Leisinger’s ab- rupt retreat from r’aris to French hatred for all that is German. While it is the general fecling that no Germap singer could be a permanent success in Paris, it is nevertheless acknowledged that Leisinger had preétty fair criticism after her first performance of Faust, in which it is thoucht she prob- ably sang badly through the excitement and nervousness produced by mnumerous attacks on her in the French musical papers as well as by anonvmous letters regarding her voice, There is some difference of opin- 10n but all the critics I saw agreed in credit- ing her with pertect execution but her style is 80 essentially German as to be certainly dis- tasteful to Parisians. It is generally said that Leisinzer's Berlin career will not be atfected by her Paris failure as she Is too firmly fixed as an opera house favorite, She will undoubtedly be offered a re-engage- ment at once and when she ap- pears will receive a great popluar ovation as the general public is inclined to think her a victim of French hatred, The following interviews express the prevailing opinion among the highest musical authorities of the Berlin directory: Von Stranz, of the Royal opera house, said: ‘Leisinger is alented, pretty, and has a good voice, but is young and has only just made her debut here. She failed in Paris because she was too ambitions and attempted parts for which she was not thor- oughly prepared. It was her ambition much more than her voice or unfriendly Parisian criticisin which caused her failure in Faust, She is a favor- ite with opera managers as well as with that part of the German public which is familiar with her voice, hence she will probably be re-engaged here, her Paris fallure being largely due to nervousness and her haviug attempted too much. ‘I'his has probably not injured her career though there is always a danger that, like a race horse which gets & bad fall over hurdles, she is thoroughly re- fiable again.” Graf Hochberg, the intendant of the Royal theater was too much occupied with his new play todiscuss Leisinger's departure from Paris, but informed me that she is not yet re-ongazed, and that there will be no cer- tainty of her re-engagement for several days. Professor Ehrlick, the noted musical critic of the Berliner Tageblatt, said that Leisinger was scared beforehand by the adverse comments of a host of small French dramatic papers, Anticipating a failure she naturally did not do her best. The after criticism was falr. Her favorite role, Mar- garite, was well suited to her powers. She sung many first class lyrical parts in Berlin and was a great success and much liked here, Sheistoo German in all her parts, shows too much inner feeling, is too much affected by exvressions of disapprobation to ever succeed in Paris, being utterly unsuited to the French taste. ‘The Paris verdict will not harm her. 1t will perhaps even make her more popular in Berlin. ) Urban, another well known eritic, said there was no anti-German feeling shown at the production of Faust and the after criti- eisms were rather favorable. Ou¥ correspondent carefully watched the the opera house during the performance and afterwards read all the notices, He reports that the claim of the retirement of Leisinger was due to the Deutch Feindlinckis and that it was unfounded. She is a singer without a heart; cold, but technically perfect and with a girlishness which makes her a great Berlin favorite. She will undoubtedly be well received when she returns to Berlin and all the more so because people will feel that she was sacrificed to the hatred for her nation among the theatrical manugers. I find s general feeling that Leis- inger procured an excellent advertisement of a kind not at all calculated to injure her in Berlin, moreover that she has attractions, voice and influential backing that {s certain to secure her great success when she reap- pears at Berlin among singers and actresses. I hear only praise for Leisinger and her voice. She left Borlin for Paris contrary to the advice of all her friends, and in spite of good offers from the Royal opera house. Iron Men Eat. (Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] MANCHESTER, Sept. 15.—|New York Her- ald Cable—Special to the BEE.|—At the annual dinner of the lron and Steel insti- tute, now holding its meeting in Manchester, Sir Lewthian Bell announced that they had been invited for the third time to hold their next year's meeting in the United States, and after consultiug some of hischief col- leagues, he thought they might be able to give a favorable reply. SO A, 0. U. W, Qfiicers Elected, St1. I’Aur, Minn,, Sept. 15.—The suprame lodge of select kings A, O. U. W, elected offi- cers to-day as follows: George W. Reed, To- peka, Kan., C. 8.3 Charles Bubst, Pittsburg, Buifalo, N. Y., supreme B Sheen, supi E. M. Reading, Sacramento, Cala., supreme ard 0. H. Comfort, St. Paul, e senior workman; A. P. Johnson, ka, supreme junior workman: F. Leniger, St. Lowis; supreme guard; Edward Gillis, New Y ork, supreme trustee, e ——— A Minister Married, St. Josgry, Mo., Sept. 15.—[Special Tele- gram to tho I —Rev. J. B, Parnell, pastor of the M. E. church south at Mound City, Mo., and Miss Kate Jennings, of tautstell, zland, were united in marriage in this v to-diy and left on the night train for 10, Mo., where they will make their future Lome, Settled By a Seccond Marriage, Corusmuts, Neb,, Sept. 15.—~The somewhat exeiting habeas corpus ease of Spencer-vs, Spencer in the district court of this county last month for the custody of a child bas been happily terminated by the divorced parties rewmarryiug at Madison, tals stalge THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION Beginning of the Oelebration of the Revo- lution's Final Event. A MONSTER DEMONSTRATION. Philadelphia Thronged With Visitors From All Over the United States—President and Mrs. Cleveland Attend. The COonstitution’s Centennial. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.-The last cen- tennlal of the events ot revolutionary times began this morning. If there is one thing more than another for which the milllon and A half of people who are temporarily resi- dents of this city are thankful, it is the weather. With a clear sky the day so far gives promise of being everything that could be wished for. Philadelphia and her hun- dreds of thousands of guests appeared on the streets early this morning in their holiday garb, lizht hearted. All day yesterday and last night visitors, Including distinguished guests, military and firemen, arrived by every possible conveyance, and the dozen railroad depots were taxed to their utmost in accommodating the throng which had flocked here to bear witness by their presence of their love and veneration for the historic document which Eave them libertv and freedom. All the hotels were filled to overflowing by yesterday morning and every inch of sur- plus space has been filled with cots and other means of temporary rest. It is safe to say there are 200,000 visitors from a distance in addition to the_thousands from adjacent counties of Pennsylvania, New erw{‘ Delaware and Maryland, and hardly a state or territory will be unrepresented in the three days’ testival, in all” directions, as far as the eye can reach, the streets are a massof bunting and dewratmne‘ A monster civic and industrial padeant_ started from Broad and Dauphin streets shortly after 10 0’clock and marched to Broad and Moore streets, a distance of nearly five miles, and then counter marched to the starting point, pasing through one line of observation stands, gaily decorated with flags of all nations. Broad street was so crowded as to be al- most _impassable at 7 o’clock. On North Broad street there was scarcely a house that was not covered with bunting or in other ways suitably decorated. Nearly all the side streets leading into North Broad were roped off and were filled with trucks, on which tiers of seats were erected and rapidly sold. The scene at the grand reyiewing stand, situated oppesite the Union League club house on Emml street, was grand, There were sixteen telegraphic stations along the route of the parade, which were established for tho purpose of communicating from one end of the line to the other, and justas a telegram flashed over the wires announcing that the pageant had started from Broad and Deuphin street at 10:25 a. m,, Governor Beaver rode by in his carriage and was greetod with a” hearty round of applause. By 11 o'clock the distinguished guests, fu\'cruurw. foreign ministers and others began to take their assigned places on the stand. As the different governors passed up or down Broad street and were recognized, they received round after round of cheers. ‘The central portion of the stand was reserved for the governors of states and their staffs. On this stand also were many senators and representatives in congress, commissioners of the various states and territories, thirty three of whom were present; the aiplomatic corps, foreign consuls and especially invited guests of the commission. The head of the procession, headed by a cordon of mounted police, reached the city hall, Broad and Mar- ket streets, at 12:40 a. m., and proceeded arourd the west sideof the city hall and on ntusl :‘hezmnd reviewing stand at Walnut strec ‘The monster civic and Industrial parade, il- lustrating the advancement ot the industrial arts and sciences durlng the past century, it is believed, fairly eclipsed anything of “the Kkind ever known. There were in line 300 tloats, each bearing a representation of some articnlar branch of industry; 12,000 men, ,000 horses and 150 bands of music. At the head of the column rode Colonel Snowden, chief marshal, and his staff of fifty aids, standard bearer and two tram p eters, Directly behind them and lead- ing the columnitself was the United States Marine band, followed by a banner repre- senting Columbia pointing to the past with one hand and with the other to the present. The banner typified the demonstration, and was drawn on a car by six horses. The dis- play from this point was divided into twenty- six division, each being under the charge and supervision of an stant marshal and several aids. The first division was headed by the Patriotic Sons of America, who pre- sented a beautiful display, Following this float came a band and several floats on which were tableaux typical of events durine the revolution and representing the different nations which make up America’s opulation, in native costumes; a beautiful fi-mm., handsomely decorated, with thirty- elecht ladies at the portals representing the states of the union, “‘Uncle Sam,” the God- dess of Liberty and the thirteen original states, represented by daughters of America in costume, and a float on which stood representations of the school houses a century ago aud those of to-day, surmounted by school children, " The remainder of this division was made up of national and state officers, including national and state executive committees in full regalia, and visiting camps of Sons of America. ‘The second division was made up by the Carpenters’ company of Philadelphia, which antedates all other industrial associations, having been incorporated in 1724, and which is the only Industrial organization in existence in this city which participated in the procession in 1757, The first feature of this display was & float npon which was borne a miniature Grecian meIB of thirteen Corinthian columns, representing the thir- teen states of the union of 1757, which isa duplicate of tho_original exhibit of the Carpenters’ company in the parade in 1787, which commemorated the adoption of the federal constitution. Followi F this was another temple of the Grecian-Doric order, intended tobe emblematic of the present grand union of states, and bearing upon each of their thirty-eight columns a shleid with the name of each state, The allegorical floats were followed by members of the Car- penters’ company in carriages, ‘The third, fourth, fifth and sixth divisions were given up to industrial and educational exhibits, The majority of the remaining floats represented various industries. Among them was a display showing the progress in modes of traveling from the revolutionary era to the present time by land and water. The United States mint had an interesting exhibit, The government naval display in- cluded a model of the first steamer which crossed the Atlantic, a model of the United States man-of-war Hartford, models of new cruisers, many kinds of naval guns, and a display of life saving aparatus. To g\ve an 1408 of the enormous propor- tions of the industrial pageant it may be stated that at twenty minutes past 2 o'clock only seven of the tweut{-lhree divisions had assed by the review! nf stand and by the ime the seventh division had passed south- ward the head of the column had arrived on thier countermareh, having travelled twenty- three squares south of Market street. The march was made without casualties further than that an unknown man dropped dead near Chestnnt street. presumably from heart disease, and a little girl was somewhat injured in the crowd. Awmong the governors oceupyiug seats on the reviewing stand were Larrabee ot Lo Beaver of Pennsylvania, Hughes of Arkansas, Buckner of Kentucky, Thayer of Nebraska, Pennoyer of Oreon, Wilson of West Virginia, Foraker of Ohio, and Fitzbhugh Lee of Virginia, The end of the procession did not reach the city hall until 6:30. Returning north it arrived at Broad and Chestnut streets at 7:30, The president’s party, consisting of the president, Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary Bayard, Colonel und Mis. Lamont, left Washington at 4 this afternoon in charge of Major J. M. Carson. A hot journal before Teaching Baltimore delayed the train twenty minutes, which was not wade up during the journey. At Baltimore a large srowd collected around thestation and cheered for the president, but the latter did not show himselt. At Wil- mington tbere was a big demonstra- tow, &R . bamensy SEPTEMBER 16. 1887. for the president. He finally sppeared ia wmm‘.’ with Mrs. Olbvolnnd' on t:rpm- form, and bowed in acknowledzement.” At Wilmington the dential party was met by the Philadel reception committee and escorted to Phil ia. ‘The party landed at Thirty-second and Market streets, whero the city troops were in walting, Under their escort they were driven tothe Lafayette hotel. Here an immense assembly gathered, anticipating the reeeption. In answer to re- ated calls and cheers the president and rs. Cleveland appeared on the balcony and bowed acknowledgement awmidst tremen- dous cheers. At sunrise this morning the United States war vessels, anchored in the Delawate river, began their celebration. A saluteof thirteen guns was fired from each of them. All of these vessels are handsomely decorated with huntla’fiund mé;. and to-night they are illu- minated with Chinese lanterns. Beautiful pyrotechnic displays were made from all the vessels in the harbor this evening. —— SHERMAN'S SPEECH. He Delivers His First Ohlo Campaign Address at Wilmington. WiLsmiNaToN, 0., Sept. 15, —Senator John Sherman delivered his first speech in the Ohio eampaign before a large audience at the fair grounds this afternoon. Referring to the claims of the political organizations who are volitically against botr. the great national parties—notably the prohibition and labor or- ganizations—ne said that by their zeal, after compelling attention to just measures and reforms, they usually succeeded only in de- feating the party most in sympathy with the, This has been the effect and still is the tendency of the prohibition party. Re- garding the labor party, he said that if there is any just and practical means of public pol- fey that will tend to advance the Interests of labor, the republican party is now and has been ready and willing to udopt it. ‘There can only be two great political organ- izations in a free country, although there may be wings and shades of opinion. The republican party is always willing to be tested, not by what they promise, but by what they do. The speaker asked who among the democrats would care to com- pare the doings of his party for thirty years with the republicans. He added that it was for making that comparison at Springtield that the democrats were arraigned for waving the bloody shirt. It was a bloody shirt, he said, a shameless record. “Certain tenderteet are afraia L might hurt some one’s feelings: that we should banish the word ‘rebel’ from our vocabulary, that we should take the new south with the republi- cans, black and white, counted out, and say uothing. We must surrender our captured tlags to the rebels who bore them. Our Grand Army boys, now bent and gray, must march under a new flag, under the flag ot Grover Cleveland, or not hold their camp fires in St. Louis. This if the new gosvel of the democ- racy and mugWumps.” Senator Sherinan arraigned the democratic party for failure to fulfill promises in the state of Ohio and for seeking to maintain its power in the Jegislature by election frauds, gross and palpable, Turning once more to national affairs, in explainin, the difference between the republican and demo- cratic parties, the speaker said that now, as always, repnblican theories are founded upon the express words of the con- stitution and the ideas of those who formed and advocated its adoption. After r(-vlcwvnfi the history of the dejocratic party he sai that it yet holds to its creed and the doc- trines of the party of Calhoun, except only that it has abandoned the doctrine of se- cession, This ¢ now_ followed in many respects by President Cleveland and its author apotheosized-by the president and Mr. Lamar. The great anduring question of national politics ‘is whether “the federal constitution shall be fairly constructed and its great powers fairly and fully exer- cised, when necessary, as I8 the policy of the republiean party, or whether its powers shall be limited and crippled by subtle reasoning by democrats, Speaking of the revenue, the senator said that as congress has power to levp duties on_imported goods and levy ex- cise, let these fruitful sources of revenue be applied for national purposes. Whenever revenues are in excess of public wants taxes should be repealed or moditied. This has been frequently done by the republicans but now that we have a surplus revenue o 850,000,000 or 860,000,000 the democrats failed to meet the just responsibility which has fallen on them in twenty-four years—not only failed, but in the new congress about to neet the free trade element wish to make a reduction on that line. The president has also prevented the application of the money in the treasury to proper subjects of expen- ditures by his vetoes and” withholding of slznatures to measures which need no refer- ence. The opposition by the democratic arty to just and proper subjects of expendi- Fure is In harmony with the zeneral dogmas about the powers of the national government, No act or measure of this administration tends 1n any way to the extension of our commerce or the development of the country. 3 ‘The remainder of the speech was devoted to an arraignment of the administration for failure to fulfill its promises regarding the finances, etc., and violation of elvil service reform plmlreu. Some time was given to re- futing the charge: of General Powell regard- lx:g the granting ot public lands to corpor- ations. —_— The Dominion Road Trouble. WINNIPEG, Sept. 15.—[Special ‘I'elegram to the BEE.|—1n an interview to-day regard- ing nis eastern trip after money for the new Red River road, Premier Morquay sald: “The capital Is bound up. Bankers have told me that the funds are tied up tight.” Investors had a fear of some impending cri- sis. Morquay added that he did not think this was said by money lenders with a view to bluff him off. What the particulars of his work were he would not say, as it would be indiscreet for him to place his antagonists in possession of his scheme, He was to have got @ final answer yesterday. His next move is unknown. A strong voint brouzht out during the argument of the Browning injunction is the following: ‘That when at Otiawa Sir John McDonald asked the Winnipeg delegates why Morquay did not go ahead and build the road, leaving a 8) at the boundary wide enough for a shilling plece, and that the question would then become an international one and settle itself, In view of the siwilar encourage- ment given to the Manitoba representative: "I"i Dominion occupies an unenviable p sition, —_——— An American-Cuban Case. Key WEsT, Fla., Sept. 15.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEE. |--Girlio Pouble, an Ameri- can citizen, who has been in jail in Havana, Cuba, for the last three years on a charge of conspiracy against the government, has been on trial betore the supreme court since Wed- nesday. His trial will eontinue on Monday. Fiscal, the state attorngy, asks that he be sent to the chain gang for lite. Pouble is de- fended by two able lawyers. It is thought that should Pouble besentenced to the chain gang there may be trouble between the United States and Spain, e Shorter Hours For Printers. QUE! Sept. 15.—The Typographical union of Quebec has notified the proprietors of printing offices (new-‘n r and job) that on and after November 1 the nine-hour sys- tem will be put in fore Kilkenny's Police Inspector Resigns. LoONDON, Sept. 15,—The inspector of the Kilkenny police has resigned his office as a protest against the conduct of the police at Mitchelstown last Friday. e Furniture Factory Burned. St. Louis, Sept, 15, —Last night a fire in the large manufacturing establishment of the Joseph Peters Furniture company caused a loss of $10,000, ' ——— o The Fire Record, LAKE Brystor Minn., Sept. 13.—A num- ber of stores were uestroyed by fire early this morning. ' Losses aggregate $46,000. Paruy GSOWJ chgering 4 lusured, NO POSTPONEMENT PROBABLE The Belief Growing That the Anarchists Will Be Hanged November 11, DOUBLING THE DEATH WATCH. Only One Scaffold to Be Used and the Shufiing off Accomplished Shortly Before the Dinner Hour. ‘Will Take Place As Announced. CHICAGO, Sept. 15.--|Special Telegram to the BEE. J—A local paper states as the result of interviews that none of the authorities here have any idea that there will be any interference whatever, either by the United States supreme court or by the governor with the execution of the sentence on the seven condemned men. The supreme court fixed the 11th day of November for the execution, between the hours of 10 and 4. It is stated that the sheriff will have the exccution take place as near noon as possible. All the prisoners will be exccuted on one gallows, which will be erected as usual at the north end of “Murderer's Row.” 1t is believed that the men will face their fate with forti- tude, most if not all of them being inspired with the 1dea that they are heroes and mar- tyrs and that they are dying for the benefit of mankind. From now until after the execution the jail will be strongly guarded, both inside and out, and a special watch will be kept on anarchists in the city, and any attempt at violence will be promptly checked. The sheriff will be extremely careful abont ad- mitting versons to witness the hanging, and it is understood that none will be admitted except public officlals and representatives of newspapers. ‘There will not be, as there has been in the past at executions in Cook county, a mob of politicians and theirstrikers who seldom conduct themselves with the decency and decorum befitting an occasion both sad and solemn, It is not believed that more than 100 persons will be admitted to the jail on that day and these will have to be vouched for by some responsible party. The final preparations will not be bezun until about November 1. So far none of the con- demned have asked for A clergyman, and it Is believed that as they are free thinkers, they will not do so. The speeches from the “gallows will pecessarily be limited, but it 18 expectea that allof the condemned will havesomething to say. The death watch has already been doubled and while the friends of the prisoners naturally hope for the interference of the United St supreme court or for executive them were visited by their relatives between the hours of 9and 10 o’clock this morning. 1t was stated that Parsons was not averse to being interviewed on his views as to the un- justness of the decisfon, butall attempts to draw him out on the topic proved futile. He would not talk on the matter, and with a violent motion of his hands, sald in a voico in which ra ge and impatience were strongly blended: ‘I don’t know anything about it.” Nina Van Zandt came to behold Spies, ‘The customary neatness and quiet demeanor marked ler bearing. She showed manifold signs of zrief and during her half hour’s con- versation with August was manifestly usin all the will power she is so strongly possess of to prevent an outbregk of tears. “She was dejected and a certain hauteur of carriage that has been apparent was wanting this morning. Spies has lost none of the heroic. bearing that is so familiar to his admirers. He chatted and spoke with all who ap- proached him with the easy nonchalance of a captive on the eve of liberation rather than one on the threshold of the grave. Most of his hour for exercise was given to his Nina; Mrs. Parsons sat at the upper end of the cage holding a low conversation with her husband. She is, as everyone knows, & woman possessed of ‘rare fortitude and none could guess from her composed bearing that she was suffering in the least. Fielden was not without his good angel. His wife, accompanied by his two children, came to offer such comfort as would be acceptable in such an hour. Num- erous offerings of fruit were broughtand dur- ing the early hours, when few people were astir, a couple of ladies handed in some bas- kets of luscious peaches for the special de- lectation of the doomed wen. None but the relatives of the prisoners and a few reporters were there to witness the salutations and leave-takings of the party. The chief jailor rapped his keys sharply an the iron bars as a cignal for a general clearance of the cage and the visitors left, while the anarchists re- turned once more to the gloomy solitude of their dungeons. The Staats Zeitung, which has hitherto been in favor of the execution of the anarch- ists, comes out this morning in an editorial supporting a commutation of sentence. The detense committee are putting forth every effort to raisa suflficient money to carry the case to the supreme court of the United States if it can bedone. Itis understood they have hopes of zattlnio neral Butler to take the case, and failing to secure him, will try for Roger A. Pryor. George @. Schilling, the socialist leader, left for the east to-night to retain one or the other of them. He would not admit who he was going to see, but it is well known they are very cesirous of getting Butler. Lawyers here say that the chance ot the court of last resort taking the case is very slim indeed. ‘frying to Retain Butler and Pryor. WASHINGTON, Scpt. 15.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bek.]—It is published here that General Roger A, Pryor and Ben Butler will join with the present counsel for the an- archists in presenting the case to the su- preme court at Its meeting next month, The court, however, can only determine one tact —whether the prisoners were condemned after due process of law. Its jurisdiction ends there. On all questions of erroneous admission of evidence, improper charges to the jury. and similar points, the decision of the lllinois court is final. 1t seemns probable that the case can be brought before the su- preme court in case a writ of error can be ob- tained from the supreme court of the state. ‘T'o obtain this the supreme court of the state must_be convinced that there is a federal question involved, History of the Anarchist Case. CHicAGO, Sept. 15.~The meeting on the old Haymarket on Desplaines street where the fatal bomb was thrown was the direct out- come of the deplorable labor troubles of 1586, Seven police officers were killed by the death- dealing missile and sixty more men were wounded, a large number of people who were in attendance on the meeting were killed anda wounded by the return fire from the policemen’s revolvers. The affair was doubtless precipitated by the riots on the Black Road on the precesing day, where several men had been killed or wounded by the police. The Anarchists called the tay- market meeting to give expression to their indignation at the police because the latter tried to perform their duty. and while they were being harangued by incendiary speakers a force of 200 police marched up under Cap- tain Bonfield, who ordered the meeting to disperse. Before a reply could be received the fatal bomb was thrown, Officer Matthias Degan was killed outright, and Ofticers Michael Sueehan, John P, Bar- rett. Thomas Redden, Nels Hansen and Timothy Flavin dled soon afterward trom the effects of their wounds, Others of the ofticers were fdarfully wounfled or maimed tor life, but they managed to pull through and somie of them have returned to their posts of duty. The subsequent raids of the police on the anarchists’ dens, the temporary suppris- sion of their organ, the Arbeiter Zeltung, and the wholesale arrest of every person who wase known even tobe a sympathizer with the “Reds” are now matters of history. In these raids an immense tity of dynamite and & large number of pisiols and guns were cap- sured, as well as nearly alf tueir emblews and flags. Among thosearrested were A. R, Parsons, August Spies, Louis Lingg, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden, Engle, Adolph Fischer and George Neebe. and these eight were nubufluenlly indicted for mur- or. On June 29, when thelr ocases were called for trial before Judze Uary, to whom they had taken a change of venue from Judge Rogers, their counsel made an appli- cation for a separate trial for ench man, and thia being denied the trial of the eight to- gother was imwmediatly begun. The selection of ajury was a long and trying operation, and resulted in the selection of the follow- : James F. Cole, F. E. Osborne, 8. G, Randall, A, H. Reed, J. H. Brayton, A, Hamllton, G, W. Adams, J, B. Greiner, C. B. Todd, 0, A, Ludwig, '\ E. Denker, and H.T. Danford. The trial lasted just two months. A vast amount of evidence was in- troducad by the state to prove that a con- spiracy, led by the clgm prisoners to throw the Haymarket bomb haa existed. The ver- dict 1s well known. All but Neebe were sen- tenced to death, and he was sentenced to a term of fiftcon years in the penitentiary. December 3 was the date tixed for the execu- tion of the seven mon, but on Thanksgiving day they were given a respite by Chief Jus- tice Scott, of the sunreme court, who granted & supersedeas in their case to tako time to ex- amine the motion for a new trial. The con- victiun of the anarchists was due to tho Inde- fatigable work ot State’s Attorney Grinnell, Captain Schaak, Captain Bonfield and a fow detectives, who labored earnestly to gather in every bit of evidence they could find against the men. The real bomb thrower, Rudolph Schnaubelt, was in the custody of the detec- tives at the central police station once shortly after the affair on the Haymarket, but he was let go through the stupidity of Lieutenants Shea and Kipley, who at that time were the chiefs of the départment. Detective Palmer arrested Schnaubelt. ~He had Tosluve infor- mation connecting him with the crime, but for sorue reason that has never been satisfac- torily explained Shea and Kipley let Schnau- belt ko. Twenty-four hours Iater they would have given everythiug they owned to have Schnaubelt once more in their custody, but the wily bomb thrower had improved his lib- erty by tinding a safe hiding place, which bas never yet been discovered. He mansged to ot out ot the city, and the last time he was eard of he was somewhere in northern Mex- lco. While a stay of proceedings was granted by Justice Scott, of the supreme court, In No- vember, the appeal was not argued before the court until Maren 17 last. ‘The arguments for the defense wera made by Captain W. P. Black, Sigmund Jetssler, and Leonard Swett, while George C. Ingnam, Mmrne{-uuntml Hunt and State's Attorney Grinnell appeared for the state, The briefs on both sides were filed before the arguments were begun, as was also the complete record of thetrial. The courtarrived atadecision three days after the arguments were made, and it fell to Justice Magruder’s lot to write an opinion to con- form with the verdict. It is no secret among his friends that the judee disliked the task, but there was no help for it, and he had to perform it. General Butler Undecided. Bosroy, Sept. 15.--In connection with the report that he would champlon the cause of the anarchists in Chicago, General Butler said that he did not see anvthing so far to warrant his taking active steps 1 their be- haif. He had not, however, compieted the examination sufficiently to delfinitely refuse. Sttt % i THE BENIOR SPRECKELS, A Talk with the Great Hawaiian Is- lands Sugar King. LCopyriaht 1887 by James Gordon Bennett.] LoNooN, Sept.. 15.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bek.]—At the Victoria hotel this morning, just betore his taking the train for Southampton to join the Saale for New York, I said bon voyage to Mr. Spreckels, known in Kurope as the Sugar King, a well preserved man with snowy hair, “l can give you no views on Hawailan affairs,” he said. Rather you can give them to me. 1 left the states last May and have been on the continent, engaged ever since with sugar problems. WIill 1 tell the Herald about these? With pleasure, but I am sorry to have so little time in which to talk. My travel in Europe has been anything but pleasing. It was only bard work from morning till night. I find Germany at present the greatest beet sugar country the world ever saw, Thers Is some marvelous machinery used for making beet sugar. I have bouzht 000 marks worth of the prin- cipal parts of that machinery in Cologne and Prague for the purpose of establish- ing a beet sugar factory in Cal- fornia, but the minor parts of the machinery I can get made in the United states. 1am convinced that beet sugar mak- ing with my now machinery will create one of the greatest industries the United States ever had. [shall never rest until I have made the ted States the greal sugar producer, manufacturer and market in the world. Yes,above Germany or France. [t is true that at the present time Germany exports 60,000 tons of beet sugar annually, and consumes herself another 40,000 tons. If it were not for growing sugar beets the German farmers would go to the wall as cer- tainly as the Engiish farmers have done. Many practical farmers I met in Germany told me that if were not for the beet growing they would suffer. All seemed to feel that their country could not compete with the United States if we adopted thelr new ma- chinery.” *‘How about France?"” *'Oh, I tound the factories far behind those in Germany. I saw not the slightest im- provement worth adopting there, but I am taking back a pile of French specitications to study still more. My new factory in Cali- tornia will be built to use 350 tons of beets every twenty-four hours, which will make about forty tons of sugar per day. The exact spot for its location 1 have not yet settled upon, but will doso as soon as 1 get back bome. I have also bought twenty-live tons of beet seed, which will leave Germany in December for New York, then by rail to San Franeisco—but,” taking ont his watch, “time wanes and the train soon leaves. When will what 1 have said be in the Herald, day after to-morrow?"” *Noj; it will be cabled to-night and the New Yorkers will read it before vou are out of sight of the English coast.” 1le accepted a fresh bon voyage, looking pleasingly puzzied at such rapidity in news gathering, - The Hamilton & Dayton. (‘l.\'('IFN.\TL ept. 15.—The hearing of the applicatfon for the appointment of a recoiver for the Cineinnati, Hamilton & Dayton rail- road, began vesterday at Hamilton, O., be- fore Judge Van Derver, The attorneys for the road argued against the Iur\nlllrlfon of the court, but were overruled, whereupon they submitted an answer denying that there was any ground tor the appoiutment of a receiver. NEw YORK, Sept. 15— Brother, dealers in metals, have made signment. ‘The firm was rated at from §200,- 000 to $300,000, but the liabilities are said to be much larger. CINCINNATI, Sept. 15.—The Western Paint Manufacturing company made an assign- ment this morning to” William 1%, Biddie, Assets, $50,000; liabilitics, $37,000, R Van Wyc at Hartington RTINGTON, egram to the Bre argest gather- ing ever assembled in Cedar county met at the fair grounds at Hartington to listen to a apeech by General Van Wyck. Ile spoke two hours. ‘T'he great erg throughout and ¢ An Exan WASHINGTON, Muldow to-day di mmissioner general of the land office to procesd im- mediately and with a8 much aispatch as pos- sible to examine aud pass upon the list of railroad selections now. pending In his office 4 Lorward tho same to tue secretary, NUMBER 90 ENDORSED HENRY GEORGE.! —_— f Union Labor Oonvention Held at the' Oapital Oity. CRACK SHOTS AT BELLEVU i First Day of the Preliminary Conteg of Distinguished Marksmen—M, K. Conterence at Broken Bow—Nebraska News. Labor Men At Lincoln, LiNcoLN, Neb,, Sept. 15.—|Special Tels gram to the Bum|—Seventy-tive delegal representing some forty counties met at Fi gorald’s hall in thiscity to-day as the uniom’ Iabor party of Nebraska. Allen Root, of Douglas county, was chairman and George H. Powers, of Beatrice, secretary, with a deN egate from Washington county as assistant. | The convention was held in the clty in thy afternoon and at a time when the peol were at the fair grounds. Resolutions wer passed 1n harmony with the sentiments of the Ilenry George party in the east and om of the resolutions was a call upon the go ernor for an extra session on railroad rate: A candidate for supreme judge from Poll county was nominated but it 18 impossible find the secretaries or any delegate who members his name. Dr. Marsh, of Johnso! county, and Allen Ront, of Douglas county, were the nominees for regentsand the con. vention adjourned. The immense crowd in the city at the fair entirely overshadow: the convention which was larger than | promoters expected. i st [ Crack Shots at Bellevae. 14 BELLEVUE, Neb,, Seot, 15.—[Special Tel gram to the Brk.|—To-day opened up th preliminary contest in the teams of distin. guished marksmen. There was a heavy cros wind blowing across the ranwze from th right. It was, however, quite steady, and th light was very good. 'There are three gove ernment medals to be awarded to the firsf three contestants, The first 18 a heavy gol medal with a scene representing an Indiat killing a_buffalo with a spear, The othel two are silver with a scene representing an Indian village. Edholm & Akin, of Omaha, have also offered a $100 gold watch to th contestants from that portion of the country lying west of the Missouri river who makes the highest total in six day’s shooting. The following are the scores made in to-day's Known distance shootin Sergeant King, 20th inf., Dakota Sergeant Grifliths, 8th cav., Toxa rgeant Stavens, Tthinf., Plat rgeant Weeks, 6th int., Dlatte 3 Ith inf., Arlzona son, 4th o Sergeant Hudson, 14th inf, Private Hovkins, 1st al Sergeant Wolford, 19 Sergeant Sergeant N , 18 . ‘The total for the twelve comm 1,937, nine points ahead of the total made by the twelve men constituting the divislon team on the first*day’s preliminary, notwithe standing the two scores of Serzeants Casey and Nihill Cochian statistical oflicer, “Beatrice Mutual”’ Relics, i FremoNt, Neb., Sept. 15.—[Special to the Brk.]—The holding for collection of a largd number of notes by an attorney of this city, brings the odorous Beatrice Mutual In« surance company into mnotoriety again in Dodge and Washington counties. 'The azents of the companhy when they canvassed these ccunties reaped a rich harvest by writing a large number of policies. Since the BEE's vigorous expose, some time sinceg of the questionable standing and busines methods of the concern, many of the fare mers who held policies have bécome ulsfl:m ed with the company and lost their faith i its solidity and permanence. They therefore wished to withdraw, which thoy thought do y not payin| which would permit thelr poli But now that the policies havi S confronted with notes whicl they had given. These notes were to th effect that if the assessments were kept up' hey do not become due, but if the assesss ments are not paid_the ' policy lapses and thet notes become payable at once, A Fremont; attorney holds $8,000 worth ot these nof which he has had instructions company to colleet. They are mostly froi $25 to $75 each, based upon $§25 for each| 81,000 called for in the policy. Many of the’ farmers are refusing to pay them. Phelps County Republicans. 4 HOLDREGE. Neb. Special Tel.'| egram to the Bee.|—The republican county , convention went off harmoniously in this city to-day. Followingaretne nominations: ¥ for treasurer, £, Hallgreen; for county clerk, John H. Nelson: for clerk of the district eourt, Asa Lewellina; for county Judge, Gs H. Phea; for county superintendant, Mrs, | Mina Hopwood; for sheriff, A. E. Erickson for surveyor, E. G. Brumzell; for coroner, Dr. Guild. The ticket i3 acknowledged to the strongest the republican party has eves put in the fisld. The seven delegates for the Judicial convention are for Willlam Galston, Sept. 1. — Charged With Several Crimes. § Corumpus, Neb, Sept. 15.—Dr. H. E. Ayars, a resident of Lindsay, this county, for the past four months, and where he was building up a large and lucrative practlce, has been arrested by Sheriff McLaren, of Guthrie Center, Ia., upon a requisition from the governor of that state. 'The doctor is charged with robbery of a jewelry store, sell= ing liquor to minors, and fleeing the statq while under conviction and pending sen. tence. 'T'he sheriff and prisoner loft for 1ow3 on the early east bound train, He Did BrokkN Bow, Neb., Sept. 15.—|Speel Telegram to the Bek. | —'The white wings of peace hover over tho Methodist parsonage once more and the wild rumors that wera afloat for the last weck have melted, Ins stead of running away from his family, a8 r ported, tho Itev. Colder did not leave tie ot at all, ave. i I ' The M. E. Conference at Broken Bow, BrokeN Bow, Neb, Sept. 15—[Specia} Telegram to the Ber.|—The M. E. confers ence is in session., About sixty minister are present, enthusiasm exists on evel hand and the people are doing their part t wards making this conferénce a success. Large audiences are present each day and evening to witness the proceedings. The Beatrice Land Office Closed, BraA Neb., Sept. 15.—[Special ‘Teles gram to the Bre.|—The United States land office at this place closed business to-day, 1§ having been consolidated with the othep oftice, The oftice has been an important one and has been lere nearly twenty yoars, Through it the 160,000 ucres of the Otoe ress ervation have ) opened for settlement, ‘I'he records of this office show the first homes stead entry in the United States boing madg by a Beatrice man in 1863, v Democrats Change Their Minds, »RFOLK, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special to the —The democrats of this judicial districs were quite content to endorse the nomina= tions of the non-partisan bar convention, bug since the republicans iznored the action of that meeting the democrats have decided to call a’convention to “transact such business as way properly come helore said convens tion.” ” Cliairman ‘T, M. Frauce has aceords inglv ealled a judicial convention to be held in this ety on the evening of Wednesday, September 25, Fremont To Get the T Fremoxt, Neb,, Sept. 1 gram to the bkk last evening from Synod, al Tele- tev, Jsdall returned Albert Lea, Minn., whera he attended the National Synod of the Dane ish Lutheran ehureh, 1t was decided almos unanimonsly, with several competing pol nig