Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 3, 1887, Page 1

i g i i ! { § I SEVENTEENTH YEAR. THE OMAHA DaAiLy BEE OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER : 1887. NUMBER 107, A MONUMENT T0 METHODISY Followers Of Wesley Ereot the Handsomest Obapel In London. AN EXTRAORDINARY PROJECT, This Palatial EAttice To Be the Strat- egic Point For An Assault On Aristocratic Sin With Drum and Fife—Foreign News, Salvation Ar (Copuright 185 by James Gordon Bennett.) )¥poN, Oct. 2.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bie.|—The great body of American Mecthodists may be glad to know that London at last has a cathedral-like, im- mense stone edifice, with a tower and steeple, for Wesleyan worship, which was opened to- day for the first time for services. This is at the corner of Linde and Thayer streets, not far from the palatial pile belonging to the Duke of Manchester. In front is the central portico, consisting of Dorie columnns in the lower story, fluted columns above and finished by ornamented pediments, The church ros- trum is recessed in columns of seagliola work with Corinthian capitais and richly pan- nelled ceiling, covering the entire area. It Is decidedly the handsomest ebapel in Lon- don. Rev. R. N. Young, D. D., recently president of the conference. preached Ahis morning to an overflowing eongregation. The debates in the Iast conierence showed that it was con- idered that so far as Methodism was con- cerned in West End London, these were aristocratic but godless quarters but, as was announced in this morning’s sermon, not only with a new and spaclous chureh, on the site of one of the oldest historic chapels In the metropolis will Methodisi seek thither to advance, but also with an immensge west-central mission authorized by the recent conference. One speaker there #aid, “We must send the spirit of John Wes- ley among the dukes and aristocrats, but not forzetting the masses around them. One daily in a leader said of this mission “A schewme has been elaborated which as- suredly is one of the most daring ever at- tempted since John Wesley set at naught the traditions of the national church, and adopt- ing the world as his parish began the greatest religious revival of the last two hundred Tactics. years. Times are changed. Tho age has become iwsthetic and social, and the agencies of all institutions must keep pace with the times. What would the found- 3 of Methodism say if told that their de- scendants were getting tozether bands of music with a view to a parade in Trafalgar square and Hyde park, in order to carry the gospe! into Mayfair?” So it will be under the sanction of the eonference, The Wesleyan body, staid, conservative and respectable as it long has been, has deliberately determined to take a leaf out of the book of the Salvation army on theone hand and the high church party on the other and make a bold venture by new methods to obtain a footing in west- ern London. Tbere are to be preach- mgs In and out of doors in the open air, and especially musical services on Sundays and week days and all the musical talent, vocal and instru- awental, which the Methodist community can vroduce or enlist is combined in the work. For indoor services St. James hall has been engaged. Here is to be the headquarters. here are to be all sorts of social movements, Ladies’ organizations, mothers’ meetings, rescue homes, evening homes for girls, classes for young men, social party societies and high class musical evenings grafted upon the vigorous spiritual organization of the Wesleyan society. Thus it is proposed to break new ground in an area of London that holds 400.000 people. In no other part of the world do there exist 80 many of the English speaking race wholly untouched by Methodism. There are to be three bands, a drum and fife band for lads, an orchestral band, plenty in St. James hall and a brass band to lead the preaching expe- dition to Trafalgar square and the parks. ‘To see a Methodist preacher at the head of a brass band marching to the base of Nelson's column will lcok very much like a movement of the Salvation army and the beginning of a new crusade. Said the preacher, “1f we cannot swe )b away the strong vices of Lon- don we can provide counter attractions, since therc will be not only drumsand bands accompanying the preachers but, throughout the winter, a series of concerts to amuse the people innocently and fill up their long and often dreary evenings.” ‘The conference devoted to the work of this mission one of its most popular preachers, the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, who is among the most energetic men of the Evangelical party, consumed, Indeed, by a restless energy. He is forty years of age and a Welshman, 1lis father, a doctor, intended his sen for the bar, but one day while the lad was at school he addressed his parent the following epistle: Dear Fathe 1 think 1 ought to bea Wesleyan minister. YOUR AFFECTIONATE SON. He received the equally laconic reply: My Dear Boy: 1 would rather you should be a Wesleyan minister than lord chancellor, YOoUR AFFECTIONATE FATHER. Mr. Hughes has already proved the inspir- Ing genius of the west central mission. He selieves in musie, believes that the Salvation awrmy has done good work and greatly on ceount of their bands, though, of course, he 1oes not approve of some of their anties. I'he Wesleyan community will devote £50,000 10 its special evangelistic and social work in London. Meetings have been held in many leading provincial towns in sugport of this Mothodist mission and everywhere promi- nence has been given to the social condition of the metropolis. ‘The number of non-conformist places of worship in the United Kingdom, according to the last registration, 1856, was 24,597, and of these 13,603 belonged to the ditferent orders of Methodism. This will indicate its extent of faith and worship in this country. Englis [Copuright 155 LONDON, Oct. L—| Cable—Special to the I race 1s deci nssip. m Bennett.] York Herald Now the yacht Sporting gossip reverts to the turf. Theclubs, for instance, ean't under- stand why the steward should merely /+ eaution the jockey E. Martin and yet exile his employer, the Marquis of Ailesbury. The incident about which the jockey club have given decision caused a sensation on the day of the race. Everitt started the favorite at four to one azainst and appeared to be winning in 2 canter, but only ot up in time to make a dead of it with Whitington, There was a stormn ot indignation among his backers and on Morton avpearing in the paddock, an ugly rush was made for him ana t was found bpecessary to guard him until he safely reached the weighing Foom, In the deciding heat Everett wan by three-quarters of a lengzth. Marquis Allesbury and Martin were called before the stewards to explain the running and after hearing their statements and the evidence of other persons the stewards wore of the opinion that either an attempt was jade 10 Win by an ubjustifiable and danger- ously short distance, or that Everett was wil- fully pulled up bafore the end of the race. The result substantially means that if a jockey is emplayed to pertecta fraud for which his employer is plucked he may never- theless continue to ride in another instance. Another lord—Calthorpe—nas overruled the levity of the stewards by reporting to themn & statement made by his jockey, S. Loates, that Satiety lost in the start in the breeder’s fonl stakes at Manchester throuzh whipping. He was not corroborated by the starter, who is of the opinion that though there was no evidence that Mr. Loates had any corrupt intention in losing the start he wmade faise statements both to nis employer and to the stewards with a view to relieve himself of blame. ‘They therefore ined him £25 and cautioned him as to his future conduct. Loates, then, was reauested by Lord Cal- thorpe to send In his cap and jacket. The reports say the Duke of DBeaufort ought to supply the winner. He and his son, Lord Edward Somerset, intend to run the whole of their combined forces to include Carlton, ve D'Or and Button Park. The popular jocke corge Fordnam, is dangerously ill and his friends are in much anxiety about him. Fordham has been out of the saddle for some time now but his brilliant perform- ances In quite a decade of turf history will never be forgotten. Tho Tower Hill Meeting. LONDON, Oct. 2.—A mass meeting attended by 10,000 persons was held to-day at ‘Tower 1ill. Speeches were made from six forms, condemning the government's golies and tho” conduct” ot tho volice at itchellstown. g QUITE ROMANTIC. A Detroit Citizen Proves His Rel tionship to Italian Nobility. Detrorr, Mich, Oct. 2.—|Special Tele- gram to the B |—Arthur J. Barnes, forty- seven years old, a Methodist churchmsn in good standing and a reputable and, so far as known, perfectly truthful man, has caused a sensation here by the remarkable story which he made public to-day and which would be set down as the vagaries of an insane mind if it were not thought positively that Mr. Barnes is clearly sane and if he dia not tell a connected and circumstantial narrative. Mr. Barnes has lived in Detroit for twenty- five years. “Until twenty-one years old,’” sala Mr. Barnes, “I thought [ was the son of the English man and woman who had brought me up. ‘Then they thought proper to tell me who [ was. It Is their accounts, verified by histor- ical data and circumstances oceurring on a atrip I very recently made to Italy, that make up the biography and induce me to make it public.” Mr. Barnes says ihat he is Lucins Demont Carnesia, son of the prince rezent of that name of Italy in 1536, * Italy was then torn asunder by internal and ex- ternal discord. His unclé, Mazzini, was the recognized head of the party known as “Young Italy’ until Garibaldi succeeded him. In 1580 Barnes’ father was made a prisoner by conspirators, who beheaded him just six months before young Arnesia' birth. ‘This took place on ~shipboard on M. S. Haleyon, where his mother had es- ped, and” where, during an engagament, was hitby a shell and killed. 'The child was taken to England and adopted by a famly named Burret, who were paid £30 & year for his care. ‘The Burret’s went to Australia, were shipwrecked and cast on a small island, taken oft in an American whaler and landed at Prince Edward’s Islands. The Barrets then settled in Mon- treal, thence they went to California, and later to Cuba. 'The overland train to the Pacific was attacked by Indlans, who were beaten off, and another shipwreck occurred on tha voyaze to Cuba, ‘e’ fumily finally located in Toronto, Ont., where young Car- nesla was told the story of his’ birth. He marrled in Toronto and came_ to Detroit, taking the name of Barnes. He recently thougnt he would investigate the story of his {mrentnue and went to Italy, where he proved his identity, but, preferring to live here to a tin the Italian house of lords, he re- turned. In a certain contingency he might inheritan Italian crown, he says. TRAGEDY. Murderous - Sequel 10 the Recent Campaign in Tennessee, K~oxviLre, Tenn, Oct. 2 Special Telegram to the Bek.]—A sensational t-a edy, growing outof the recent prohibition campaign, was enacted at Greenville last evening, W. E.T. Milburn shot and killed a young man named Wilham Ward, a son of Betsy Ward, ot women's crusade fame. Milburn remarked in Ward’s presence that the people of middle and west Tennessee had sold out to the whisky men or the pro- hibition amendment would have been car- ried. Ward called Milburn a liar, where- upon Milburn shot Ward through the breast. ‘The trouble really grew out of asneech by Milburn at Greenville a week ago. He stated in his speech that Betsy was a whisky seller and jail-bird; that another saloonkeeper was an ex-penitentiary convict. Young Ward took the remark ae an Insult to his mother and, it 15 said, threatened to kill Milburn, Mflburn armed himself and waited for the attack, which came no sooner than was expected. The town was plunged into astate of the wildest excitement and many rumors of a sensational nature were started. Betsy Ward acquired national fame during the women’s crusade several years ago. She had been running a bar-room for several years and when the crusaders struck town she defied th ‘They succeeded in closing every other saloon in the place. They built A teiit ona vacant lot opposite her saloon and had prayers daily for months. She held out and Kebt open until closed by the four-mile law a few years atter. et e A WILD GRI AR, One Man Rilled and Thirty Injured By a Cable Strand Coming Loose. CiNCINNATY Oct. 2, —This evening a strand came Joose on the cable of the Walnut Hill cable road and wrapped around the grip of a r coming west on Sixth street. The car, which was full of passengers, could not be freed and, rushing on, overtook another car which had stopped at a crossing. This car it pushed along. ‘The brakes were set hard on both, but without effect. The cars rushed on in the darkness, sparks grinding from the wheels, the passen- gers screaming and hundreds of exeited people following the cars shouting. Dash- ing onward the runaway cars soon struck a horse car at the crossing of Fitth and dyca- more, throwing it into a deep diteh, At the same time the TUDAWAY CArs were 8lso ditehed, giving such a violent wrench to the cable that four other cable cars on their way up to Walnat Hill were derailed. The shock was the ureatest to these cars, When the result of the affair was summed up it was found that thirty or forty people were badly bruised. Lewis Kolb is probably fatally hurt, but the others will all be around to- Morrow, it 1s thought. - Foreign Troops Arrive, CHiecaGo, Oct, 2,=The N ish and Danish troops, which will pa inthe international military encampment, arrived here to-day and were given a hearty welcome, All the local societies of their re- speetive nationalities tarned out to escort them to quarters. During the day many companies of mi- litia from various states arrived and took up quarters at the camp, which has now sumed a decidedly martial air, with all kinds of soldiers, artillery, ete., in view, A heavy rain this evening made the grounds rather Sogky, but the prospects now are for a b clear day to-morrow, when the camp will be formally opened under the name ot Camp Sheridan, Nearly all the troops will be here by to-morrow noon, ‘I wrand re- view and formal opening Will take phice at 2 pou. - The Death RINGFIELD, [1L, O w Glynn, serzeant-at-aris of the state senate, died at Carrollton vesterday, aged Lorty-ave, THE K, OF L. CONVENTIOY, Delegates From All Over the Country Ar- riving at Minneapolis, A BUSY SESSION PREDICTED. Many Important Questions to Come Before the General Assembly— Bellef That Powderly Will Be dorsed. Gathering of the Clan MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2.—|Special Telegram to the Bek.|—Delegates to the Knights of Labor eonvention which begins session here to-morrow, arrived y and to-day in great numbers. The venerable disciple of St. Crispin, Richard Griftiths, of Chicago, is here. He is the second officer in the national body, a man of good ideas, and will be heard from in the convention. The session to begin to-morrow will probably be the most important one in the history of the organization and will have a marked bearing upon its future. Matters of the greatest mo- ment to workingmen will come up for settlement. Among the most fmportant will be the endorsement of Grand Master Workman towderly and the question of the adoption of a new constitu- tion or amending the old one. On the que: tion ot the constitution the delegates are very much divided. Some assert that a can- vass of delegates wili show that the new constitution will be adopted in spite of the great opposition, which is admitted, while others are equally as sure that a canvass of delegates' will prove that the old constitution willbereaftirmed. Action must also be taken rezarding the attitude of the order toward the American Federation of labor, its new rival, toward the International cigarmakers union, toward socialism and toward the temperance question, The case of the Canadian knights. of the Montauk district, and of Johin Morrison roet weavers, and of the malcontents from all quarters of the country, will be pushed to the front. ‘There will probably be a vizorous effort male to- morrow for the reinstatement of district assembly 126 (carpet weavers), of New York, 1t will doubtless fail, as issues of a_ similar nature have in the past. Another kick will come from Gambrinus assembly, of Milwau- kee, made ip of bre emploves, who do not like the temueranceé olatform of the order. ‘The opinions everywhere among delegates, eained by personal inter- views ana by telegraph, are to the effect that Grand Master Workman Powderly will_be indorsed and re-elected. Richard Grifiths, of Chicago, says he expeets that some opposition to Me. Powderly will be developed, but he does not think it will amount to much, Mr. fliths has traveled extensively, especiaily in the wi and he says that “Serrence Powderly” is the idol of the knights and of the working people. Cardinal Gibbons has a warin place in the atfections ot the knights generally, It was probably due more to the diplomacy of his eminence that the complications which threatened to arise between the Catholic church and organ'zed labor were settled. The cardinal’s visit to the northwest at this particular time is specially interesting to the assembling knights. Catholic and non- Catholic knights alike seem to feel grateful 1o the cardinal tor what he did during the famous Dr. McGlynn trouble. Itis the be- lief of some of the most promirient knights 1n the country that the several trades shoutd bo ovganized'into a tederation within the Knights of Labor and have state and national bodies only to be subordiuate to the main body. There are those who seem to think that the growing sentiment in this direction indicates an ultimate retura to trades unions. Grand Master Workman Powderly left Phil- adelphia vesterday and will arrive in Miune- apolis to-morrow. FIRST DAY'S PROGRAMME. ‘The arrangements for the morning exer- cises are completed. Welcoming addres: will be made by the mayor and governor, with responses by Messrs. Powderly and Litchmann. In the evening there will be an entertainment, with addresses by Powderly and J ter, president of the National Far ance, followed by & grand ball. Powderly P hrough Chicago. CiicAGo, Oct. 2.—General Master Work- man Powderly, ot the Knights of Labor, passed through this city to-day, on his way to Minneapolis. lle would not talk on any question of eemeral interest. From talk among the Chicago delegates, it is thought a strenuous effort will be made to remove Gen- eral ‘u-crumri Litchmann, whom they accuse of acting in bad faith in'many ways. The convention will be a bitter siruggle from be- ginning to end, the anti-Powderly element being represented by its ablest leaders. One of the interesting features will be the debate on socialism, which Joseph Labadie, of De- troit. will bring up. It is stated that he will demana an explanation from Mr. Powderly why he, for years a member in F()ofl standing of the socialistic labor party, has gone back on his principles, Chicago’s Socialistic Delegation, CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—A prominent Knight of Lavor delezate to-day said that as far as Chicago was concerned her representation at the Minneapolis convention was decidedly soclalistic. “We are virtually in the hands of the socialists,” he added. *“District 24 sends George Schilling, a noted socialistic haranguer: Charles Seib, who ran on the soclalistio ticket for city trensurer: Kobert Nelson, ex-socialist candidate for mayor, and John Mahoney. T'he latter is a couservative Distriet 57 sends M. J. Butler, who will be remembered in_connection with the stock yards strike, and who was the socialist can- didate for sheriff. It is understood that Seib has in his possession a set of resolutior condoning the crime ot the anarchists and de- mavding a commutation of sentence, ~These resolutions will be sprung unon the con- vention at the eleventh hour. Master Worl man Quinn, of the noted New York district 49, has been enlisted in fayor of them.” 1linois Miners On a Strike, SPRINGFIELD, Oct. he miners in the Springtield and Petersburg districts are out on astrike for an advance in wages to 6ig cents per ton. ‘They have been getting about 55 cents, Over fifteen hundred men are idle. —— G FIREBUC Confession of a Fifteen- Year-Ola Boy. Bostox, Oct. 2.—[Special Telegram to the |=A rare instance ot precocious villainy has just come to light. Not long ago the boarding house of Oak (Grove seminary at Vassalboro was burned and a small boy perished in the flames. ‘I'he cause of the fire was clearly incendiary, but it was difticult to place the blamne, eorge A. Harrington, fifteen years old, whose varents are dead, but who was looked after by a guardian in Stockman, Me,, was a pupil at the school and suspicion pointed to him. —He left the place soon after the tre, but returned in a few days. Suspicion again turned to Har- rington and this time so strongly that a week ago he suddenly left town. Detectives took matters in hand and soon loeated the boy in Brockton, wiere he was arrested. While on liis way to Vassalboro the boy made a con- fession and repeatad it at Vassalboro to-day. ‘The reasons he gave for burning the huildlnx were that he was set back in his studies an he did not like the f A YOU The Cool od that was served al the seminary table. 1is story was told in & plain, straighttorward manner, but he evinced no sorrow for his deed ana showed no emotiou when reference was made to the boy Jones, who perished in the flames. T Shot Ais Foreman and Suicided, Puenro, Oct. 2.—Frank Camgbell, fore- man of a bridge gane on the Santa Fe road, was shot and killed this morning by Michael McGraw, one of his men. The mur- derer then suicided. MeGraw — was sunstruck last summer, and his mind bas been weak since that time. Latterly he has imagined Cawpoell was tryipg to injure \ THE WEER IN WALL STREET. Financi Circlea ‘Not Very Aciive, But a Better Tone Prevails. NEW YoRK, Oct. 2.—{8pecial Telegram to he week Was by no meansan active one in financial circles, but it was nevertheless characterizad by a much better tone. so far as the markets are concerned, than has been the case for some time. Share speculation, after a weak opening, became strong, and during a greater part of the time showed an improving tendency. Reactions were not uncommoh, but they served to bring in buyers and each decline was suc- ceeded by higher figures than those ruling before. Vanderbilts at first led the list, but later on Goald stocks, Coalers, Pacific ' Mail, New Eneland, Richwond Terminal, Louls- ville & Nashville and Union Pacitic all became prominent and moved up anywhere from 1to 7 points, Aside from the easier condition of money, which in itself wasa powerful factor in the direction of a better market, the rise was stimulated by an advance in the price of coal, by the declaration of the usual dividends by a number of corporations, including that on New England preferred stock, by the reor- ganization of the Pacific Mail board, by re- ports that changes in the Richmond Termi- nal management were lmpending and that Baltimore & Ohio affairs would be taken in hand by syndicates, who, 1t was said, were satistied with the luvestigation recently made into the condition of the property. All these matters had more or less influence and caused an advance, notwithstanding the rate troubles at the west, which at times seemed to threaten the peace of most of the leading lines in that section. Dealings in railroad bonds, while mot large, gave evi- dence of the increased confidence which has aken root as a resultof the treasury’s poliey. An easier feeling in money has induced pur- chases for Investment, at least to a moderate extent, and has also led to more or less buy- ing on speculative account. Between these two forces quite an 1mportant advance was established. Comparatively little was done in governments and prices were prac- tically unchanced, Foreign exchanges were weakened, chiefly by the increased supply of commereial bills, and gold once more flowed to this side, the'shipments of specie hither from London and the continent during the week having been considerable. The money market ruled easy at 4@0 per cent until near the close, when preparations to meet October interest and dividend payments and the usual demand on Friday to secure funds until Monday led to asudden advance in rates to 7 per cent. ‘The influx of currency had no effect because of large disbursements 21‘ !Illr treasury on account of interest on onds. - THE CLEARANCE RECORD. @3 Monetary Transactions in the Coun- try During the Past Weck, Bostoy, Mass, Oct. 2,—|8pecial Tele- gram to the Bre.!—The following table compiled from disvatehes to the Post, from the managers of the leading clearing houses in the Unitea Statas, shows the gross ex- nges for the week ending October 1, together with the rates per centof in- crease or decrease as compared with thosa of the corresponding week last year | : | MR cmes, amamyes. | £ £ g ) ‘é New York. Boston. ... . | Philadeiphiia | Chicag o San Frai Baltimore. Cincinnati Plttsburg New Orleans Kansas City. Louisvilie. Milwauke Minneapolis. Detroit Proyvidence St. Paul.. Cleveland. ®maha. Columbus. . Duluth . Denver, ... Indiana Memphis . Galveston. Hartford Peoria ... . New Haven. St. Josenh Worceste . Springticld. .| Portland Nortolk Wichita, Lowell, Syracnse Graud Rapids. ,198,580) 2,115,41 otal Outside -—— BELLIGERENT BOURBONS, Columbus Democrats Hopping Mad at the President's Snub. Corvmuus, 0., Oct. 2.—[Special Telegram to the Bik.]—The maddest set of democrats in the union are those in Columbus at what they consider the ungallant snub given them by P'resident Cleveland on his western trip. (Great preparations had been madg to receive the president when the train arrived here at 4:20 in the morning. Several bands were encaged and a large torchlignt parade arranged for. Telegrams were sent to Colonel Lamont at Pittsbure appraising him of the arrangements and asking that the president change his plans so as to show hiwmself to the faithful who would greet him upon hisarrival. ‘The dispatch was answered by Lamont at Steubenville about o'cloe telltng the democratic committes that no reception was desired at Columbus and that the President would be in bed asleep when that eity was reached. This frigid announcement fell llke a wet blanket upon the hopes of the democracy, and the crowd, headed by Congressinan Outhwaite, Pension Agent Barker and the lesser fry of federal officers, exvressed their diszust in no feeble terms. The band and parade were dismissed and when the presidential train pull the Union depot but a handful of pcople greeted it and not aeheer went up to voice their welcome, Everybody was asloep ex- copt the colored portar, and ' after changing eniines the train pulled out at 4:30 oyer the I'anhandle for the west. The action of the president in thus snubbing the people of the ereat state of Ohio by sneaking through it in the dead hour of ‘night is vicorously con- demned by every ome, regardless of party. The democrats think 1t rather small business on the part of the president even if Foraker did checkmate hinyon the flag episode. —— 2 A DANGEROUS JOURNALIST. He Attempts to Shoot Governor Mar- tin of Kansas. ANsAs Ciry, Oct. ~Information reached here to-night of an attempt made last night to shoot Governor Martin at Atchi- son. The governor was walking home with a friend when he was accosted by J. M. Rey- nolds, a journalist, who used vile language. Martin remontrated, when the fellow drew a large pistol. Betore he could use it, how- ever, a policeman disarmed and took him to the station, tions, Warmer, fair weather, lignt to fresh variable winds. r lowa: Cooler, followed by warmer, fair weather, light to fresh westerly winds, becoming variable, For Central and Eastern Dakota: Wartier, fair westler, light to fisl variable winds, [SOME RAILROAD SUBJECTS. A War of Extermination Proposed On Sprag-Locked Sleeping-Oar Berths, &2 PULLMAN AS A TAX-SHIRKER. That Company Pursuing Its Old Tac- tics to Keep From Paying Le- getimate Dues—Other News From lowa. A Suhject Needing Attention. Dis MoiRes, la,, Oct. 2.—Special to the 1 am glad to see that the Minnesota upon the spring-lock sleeping-car berths, id a weil known traveler yesterday, nd 1 wish our lowa commissioners would do the same. A friend of mine narrowly escaped a horrible death on an lowa sleeper re through that samejdeadly contrivanc was a collision witn his coach, and every upper berth in the car was slammed shut. Asarule he usually takes upper berths by preference. He is a small man and doesn't mind climbing, but this time he took a lower berth, and lucky it was that he did, for it he had been in an upper he would have been shutup in it, and smothered to death sure as fate.” The fears expressed by this gentleman are shared by many who travel much at night. The Minnesota commissioners insist that the spring locks shall be discarded, even at the cost of some inconvenience to the porters, ‘They demaud that other fastenings be employed, and that stout chains instead of coiled springs be used for holding the berths down. There is a very general desire that the lowa commissioners, who have shown so much interest in protecting the lives of travelers, should go a stev farther and take hold of this question. Every man who travels much in sleeping-cars thinks with a shudder of the awful consequences if the spring that holds the upper berth down should snap, and th~ berth close up and im- prison the luckless passenger. “The action of the coroner’s jury at Du- buque in fixing the blame for a recent rail- road accldent upon the company itself for failure to make rules of plain meaning, re- ceives general approval. It too often hap- pens that am unfortunate conductor or other employe Is made the scapegoat for the rail- road company’s negligence. I[n the case of the Eagle Point disaster it was shown that the instructions of the train dispatcher were 50 ambizuous, though tollowing the general rules of the company, that the conductor who received them was misled into a frichtful wreck. ‘There is hot indignation that the company should try to bulldoze its employ: into exonerating it from blame, as it is al- lezed to have done, In this disaster the trainmen as a rule testified against the eom- pany, and it is reported, were atterward compelled to retract and admit that they were mistaken or else receive their discharge. ‘That is a kind of tyranny which the publie will not stand. While on the railroad question it 1s in or- der to remark that the Pullman Palace Car company comes up smiling again with its attempt to escape taxation in Iowa. Al- though its cars are earning a mint of money on lowa roads. enjoyiug the protection of Towa laws, this great, greedy corporation tries to escape paying a cent of taxes for th vrivileges itenjoya. ‘I'ne other railroad con panies that cross the state f"y their share of taxes every vear, but the Pullman company, that is prey{ng upon the public in the most successtul manner, tries to shirk out of any tax. Last year the state concluded that it had fooled with the company iong enough, and so took lezal measures to collect the tax t had been assizned to it. The company tried to enjoin it in the United States court, and Judge Brewer, in a decision delivered at St. Paul, knocked the foundation out ot its defense in a hurrv, ‘This year the company has commenced the old tacties and has trie to enjoin the state from collecting the taxes again, argument being heard betore Justice Miller at St. Lonis last week, It is safe to say that the company will get no more 5= faction from the second round than it did from the first. It is not adding to its povu- lar by this persistent attempt to es cape paying its just taxes, BISHOP PERRY TALKS BACK. The papers quoting with mueh vroval the letter of lh'-lmp William Stevens Perry, of Davenport, who presides over the lowa dioecse of the Protestant Kpiscopal cuurch. Bishop Perry, who is one of the most scholarly and learned of American vines, was accorded the high honor of an invitation to preach a mewmorial sermon in Westminster Abbey this summer, He dis- charged the trustto the evident delight of the Londoners, but areport of his sermon represented him as rewriting American his tory to please his English hearers. He was quoted as having referred to the American patriots as “rebels,” and Lord Howe’s army as the “loyal forees.” 'The bishop was im- mediately proclaimed as an Ang i aud many unkind and uncharitable were said about him. As soon as he learned of these mistatements he wrote a letter of explanation or correction to the offending paper that started the ne re- port_and expressed in the most positive lan- guage his hearty sympathy with the so-called “irebels” ot the revolution and the principles for which they fought. He declared that he was an hereditary member of the order of the Cincinpati and that his ancestors fought side by side with the patriots at Bunker Hill, Lexington and other Dbattles of the war, and that he had no desire now to disavow their American_principles or leave the American cnurch. ‘The latter allusion is to the call that had been given him to become the bishop of Nova Scotia, but he has positively declined the election to that oflice. “Ihese explanations leave Bishop Perry all right with his American triendsend admirers, of whom there are many, and make him still more popular in the west THE SUPREME COURT'S COMING ‘ne October term of the supreme court be s here next ‘Tuesday with 521 cases on the docket distributed according to the fol lowing assignment of days and distriets: October 4 aud 5, eleven cases from the First district, seventeen from the Second district. October 6, 7 and 5, twenty-one cases trom the "hird district, twenty-three cases Fourth district. October 10, 11 and teen cases from the Fifth district, twenty- two cases from the Sixth district, eleven cases from the Seventh district. October 13 and 14, three cases from the Eighth district, nineteen cases from the Tenth district. October 15 and 19, twenty-eight cases from the Eleventh district, twelve cases from the Tweltth district. October 21 and 22, eight cases from the ‘Thirteenth district, ten cases trom the Fourteenth district. sixty-four cases trom the Fifteenth district. October 24 and 25, fourteen cases from the Sixteenth district, ten cases from the Seventeenth dis- triet, ten cases from the ith distriet, October 2 and 27, twenty-two cases frow the Nineteenth district. NO [OWA SOLDIERS IN ALMS-HOUSES, A 'St. Louis paper in reporting incidents of the Grand Army reunion there sald that an Indiana soldier in his speech before the en- campient said: “Iread an article in the Atlanta_Constitution that made my heart bleed. It read like this: ‘There are union soldiers in the atms-houses in lowa; there are no ex-confederate soldiers in the alms- houses in Georgia,'” 14is remarks were in- terrupted by an lowan who said: *“There are nounion sold in the lowa alms. houses. ‘The state has enacted laws caring for them, and has appropriated $100,000 for their naintenar We have not elected a democratic governor for lowa for thirty- seven v » P'rolonged cheers.| ‘That tells the story. 1f there should be a stray soldier in an Lowa poor house, he will not rewain there long, The new soldiers’ home which is being built at Marshalltown, is in the last stages of completion, and it is hoped to hiave it réady for accupancy in a month or six weeks longer. Workmen are now put- ting on the tinishing touches, and soon it will stand forth in beauty and dignity, a worthy testimonial of the state’s apprecia- tion of the union soldier. About one hun- dred applications for membership have al- ready been received and it will not be long before its accommodations will be taxed to TERM. the utmost. ‘T'he building is very handsome, architecturally and as there are several thou- sand dollars to be expended upon hsnmllr ing the grounds, its surroundings will be in keeping with the fine edifice which crowns them, [owa will be proud of its new soldiers’ home, DIPHTAERIA AND SCARLET FEVER, ‘The prevalence of diphtheria and scarlot fever in different portions of the state has caused much inquiry of the state board of health as to what rules can be enforced for preventing the spread of the contagion. In me localities it was proposed to forbid children from atending school who had in any way been exposed to diphtheria. ‘The board ot heolth were asked if that could be done, and in reply they say thatehildren who have not the disease in their family cannot be restrained from attending school, unless there has been such frequent exposure to the disease as to incur the dunger of infection by the clothing. "This will be important news to many parts of the state, where contagious diseases are NOW creating more or less panic. DAKOTA'S RESOURCES, fhe Rich Quarries of Sandstone in the F River Valley. Sutrnwicks, Dak., Oct. 1.—|Correspond- ence of the Bey ‘This is one of the ereat stock shipping points in the Black Hlills country, and is situated on the line of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valler rail- road, forty-two miles mnorth of Chad- ron and sixty-two miles south of Rapid City, and is surrounded by good farming land, On account of its mild winters and the light fall of snow it is called the best stock raising country i the north- west. [t is also noted for its pure soft watex, which ean be found by digging anywhere from five to thirty feet. ‘T'he soil a rich sandy loam. ‘I'here were 27,000 head of stock shipped from fhis point last year, and we expect to exceed that amount this sea- son. We have shipped this year, up to date, about 12,000 head. The freight charges on them willnot be far from §57,000—in fact, just on one day last week they amounted to over $6,400. Smithwicks is situated about nine miles east of the great and wonderful sandstone quarries of Fall River county, Dak. These vast mountains of sand will, in the near fu- ture, be a source of great wealth tothe county and give employment to hundreds of men the year round, The quarries are only six miles from tbe main line of the railroad and aside-track can be constructed very cheaply into the canon where the quarry is situated, tor there will be very little grading to be done, Fall River and Custer counties are the only places in the world where variegated sand rock has ever been discov- éred “up to the present time. But in the Odell mining daistrict, it 1s found in such vast quantities that there will be enough to supply Omaha and the markets of the east for years to come with the finest looking and best building stone ever put on the market. 1t is a well known fact that sandstone is the only stone or building material that can_ be put into a wall that will stand . For beauty the variegated rock has no equal and for fine quality it cannot be surpassed. It tound in a great variety of colors, including red, white, brawn, blue, vellow and pink. Tue variegated or elouded rock has as fiue an appearance in a building as marble, for it dresses up as smooth and is of such fine grain and linish that even smart people take it to be marble at first glanc Another thing to be taken into consideration 1s the cheapness with which this rock can be quarried and dressed and also the nearness to Omaha and the market of the whole western country, or vhat could bes more properly called, “home kets,” and without doubt large quantities of it will be sent to Chicago and ol}xer large eastern cities, 'The line quality and beauty ot tha variegated and clouded rock will make a great demand for it for trimmings for large buildings. ~ At the architect and builders’ convention held in Chicago a year ago, this stone was out to all possible tests and pronounced to be A No. 1 building stone. ‘There have been two or three companies organized to work the quarries and one has sccured & water power right where they purpose building a mill where they will cut and dress the stone all ready to put in the wall, thereby making a great sav- ing in freight. As soon as this company wets the necessary machinery they will be ready to furnish building stone in large or small quantities of any size, shape or color. ‘They are now makine arrangements with the railroad for putting in the necessary track so as to reacti their quarry, and prob- ably within the next twelve months Fall River county sandrock and building stone willbe indemand allover the country and will De shipped to all parts of it, the largest part €oing to Omaha, LAMAR THE COMING MAN. His Appointment to the Supreme wsidered Sure. WASHINGTON —|Special Tele- gram to the Bek.|—Evidences multiply ot the president’s intention to place Secretary Lamar upon the supreme bench, A dis- tinguished bureau ofticial who saw the pres- dent the night preceeding the latter's de- parture says that in the conrse of a general conversation reference was made to the ap- pointment of a successor to Justice Woods. 1 would like to ask you, Mr. President,” sald nis visitor, bluntly, “If you are going to give that place to Secretary Lamar?’ The president laughed good-naturedly and said: “1t seems to be in the air. 'The conditions appear to besomewhat the same as they were before Lamar came into .the cabinet. There are o number of applicants from the south, Most every section had its favorite son for a place in my political household. I found, however, that their second choice almost invariably was mar. As I have said, his appointment med to be in the air. It is just "so in the P A dozen dilferent southern men are being pressed for the vacant jud, shin. I tind, however. that the real sentiment of the south is favorable to Lamar. 1 don’t think it proper for me to say in advance what I shall do in the matter, but I certainly cannot be insensible to the influences I have mentioned.” cation Commissioner's Report, WasniNaron, Oct, 2—The report ot the commissioner of education for the fiscal year lias just been completed. It shows that the condition and progress hitherto character- istic of American education lias been gener- ally wamtained during the vear. A briet account is gived of measures taken ‘in the in- terest of education in Alaska. ‘There are fif- teen government sehiools in operation i that ternitory. To meet urgent needs the com- missioner reeommends the establishment of twenty-three other schools there and asks the appropriation of §:0,000, - A Miser's Cacl CLEVELAND.O., Oct Special Tele to the Bre.|—While Washington Ric and a man named Snider were cutting tim- ber on the farm of John Warnerat New Portage, Summit county, Ohio, to-day, the chopped down a tree in the hollow of which they foundtseveral thousand dotlars in bank notes and gold ana silver coin. A miserly farmer named Trachsbach lived on the pla fifteen yeurs ago and 1t is belieyed he hid the tey there betore his death. There i seovered, am p ment in New Portage,and it 15 belie t Farmer Warner will sue tor a division ot the mon ~ - . Missed His Own Son. Cineaco, Oct, ~John Sullivan, living on Henry street, had a quarrel with his son and other boys this afternoon, in which he was severely beaten. e went into the house, procured & doubdwbarrelea shot cun and re- turning to the street, emptied both barrels into & crowd of ehildren wiicn had gathered, Fully a dozen of them were wounded, none of them, 1t 15 thought, very seriowsly,” Sulli- vah was locked up. - Caused By a Cow, ANADIA, Mich,, Oct. s has been eived of & serious accident on the “300" Toad, near Gladstone. A worl taain in backing down struck a cow and was ¢ railed. The conductor aud a brakeman wi killed aud seyeral others ipjured, NEBRASKA CITY'S AMBITION, 8he Hopes Soon to Be Next to the Metropolig In Sizs HER LEADING ENTERPRISES, The Town Cow Ordinance Re ed- Ohradron’s Marvelous Growth —Spocimen Nebraska Ruste lers—ther State News. ‘Wants To Be Sccond, :nRASKA Crry, Neb., Oct. 2.—|Corres- pondence of the Brr.|—Nebraska City is at present doing more than simply furnishing an occasional sensation. ‘The town has during the past year, made most phenomenal strides towards progress, and during that time has displayed more public and private enterprise than she has generally recelved credit for by her envious neighbors. Nee braska City 18 no longer satistied to strive for third city in the state but is making a silent but determined effort to occupy second place before many years. Loss than two years ago Nebraska City entered upon her second youth when Wood, of the Press, started the boom by demanding that the town cow should go. ‘This sweeplng demand was modified to a regulation, the result of which was that another step had to ve taken to keep down the grass and weeds in the streets. And so on, agreat boom from a little cow ordinance grew, which has now scttled down into a phenomenal, solid growth. A caretul estimate of money expended in public and private improvements in Nebraska City during the past season shows that the amount exceeds 500,000, for which the city has to show: A new railrond; one of the finest systems of water-works in the state an electrie light plant which is not equaled in the state outside of Omaha; an oatmeal, hominy and starch tactory, the inost completé and extensive in the west: a fruit evajorate ing establishment, that is now filling larce orders for Omaha, Lincolnand eastern tivmsg acanning factory, the largest in the state; which has orders” for goods from almost all points in the United States: an extensive rectitying tablishiment, new wholesale houses by the score, business blocks by the dozen and new private residences by the hundred. Besides this, the packing-houses and distillery have made extensive improves ments and enlarged their canacity, making Nebraska City the best grain and hog market in the state, Next year the city will expend $1,000,000 in improvements, by which time the' great C., B, & Q. bridge will be compieted nacross tho Missouri river,the handsome governmens building will be tinished, and the large addl- tion to the state institute for the bhind will be perfected A new and large packing house, another railroad, a creamery, and number of fuctories are’ among the certa: ties for next year. ‘The streets will graded and paved, a_system of Seworage built, a street railway will be in operation, the water works will be extended, and the funeral of the last “mossback™ will haye taken place. With its new blood, young enterprises, and “natural advantages,” the future of braska City looks bright indeed, for which its progressive mayor and city council come in for a large share of credit. "'he newspapers of the city are keeping ahead of the city’s march to greatness. ‘I'ne_wmorning Press. to which belones the honor of inaugurating the boom; the ever Times, a bright creation of the city’s ne and the evening News. ‘The substantial representatives of the city’s interests are the daily papers of the city. The Staats Zel- tung, the leading German paper in the state, has moved into its new quarters, They have be oxcallent added a new power press to their outfit, and a Germal daily will be issued from that oftice hin & few weeks. Schneider & Beck, of Council Bluffs, have removed their large wholesale liquor store to this city and have came to stay. Wolstein & Co., of Kansas City, have also established a branch of their large liquor house here, Bartling’s laree brick block is completed and oceupied. William Rodenbrock is making preparations to begin the erection of a four- story block on his property on Upper Main street. A $10,000 contract” has been let to Matt Pyle by the distilling company *to pro- tect the river banks near their premises and prevent_damage to the distillery property. I'nere are three large brick yards in constant operation here, and yet they are unable to supply the home demand. A number of enterpi ists here are figuring on a $75,000 to be built before the next seq An opera house is badly needed. Ihe Nebraska Telephone company I Saturday completed direct telephone con- nections between this eity ana. Omaha by way of Plattsmouth. The company will, in the spring, extend this Iloe to Auburn and the southern part of the state, thus placs ing this city in direct communication with almost every town in the state. A line will also be putacross the riverand join the lowa company’s line at East Nebraska City, giv- ing direct telephone connections with every important town in lowa, Last Friday the Nebraska City Packing company closed their house until November 1 purpose of putting in new machinery and making other improvements. With the excoption of Sundays this house has run continuously since October 20, 158, durin which time thev Killed 135,000 hogs and paid out in money over $4,000,000. Mr. A. Hel- ler, formerly of Milwaukee, is manager., ‘Thie ‘I'rans-Missouri, whien has been closed for several months, will also commence killing again November 1 with increased capacity, under the management of J, lins Lloyd. ‘The stand pipe of the pleted and is 110 feet 1n hight by 15 feet in diameter, Charles A. Breemer, of Philadelph bought the Brandt property, corner ot Nintl and Main streets and will erect a four story brick wholesale house in the spring. wo-Year-0ld. CHADRON, Oct. 1.~ Correspond- ence of the Brer.|—Chadron, the wmag- ical, has just passed its second birthday and enters upon its third year with an unparal- leled record, ‘The town was platted two years ago and at the day of the town site sale there was not a building on the eround where the city now stands. From the faet that the town was platted 1n a country which lad never seen agricultural development, 150 miles beyond the frontier line, at that time, and eatirely dependent upon its own resources and the country tributary to it, its first season’s boun was certainly wonderful; it left the town with 1,500 people, handsome business blocks and improve= ments aggregating nearly £400,000, The men who bought the first lots and made these Improvements were mostly western inen, who were familiar with the country and real= ized that som 0 this new country there would be nd their whole aln hiag been to 1 tron the city. The time is long sinee passed for the back- sets predicted by croakers, and the town has steadily grown “in - wealth ulation and business through all the el which hag to the country from its development. s a popilation of not less than ng German eapital- ater works is com- A Boomin 5,000 | and is the wealthiest center of Western Nebraska, Some of the improve ments made during the prosent season and now going forward are follows: Dawes county conrt house, cost $50.000; city publie wols, =20,000: Danielson house, = $10,~ Bank of " Coadron block, 000: Delmonico_ hotel, $3,000: C. 0003 W. 1% Beniett's resi- 18 cotta e residence reside dened U 000 £12,000, ot i cost ¥ worth There are, besides, brick business blocks considered certain and several rest es the erection of which will con noand be nearly finished before the close : on, Thie contemplated businoss ost about 30,000 and the grand stad of the fall building eannot be less than 5000, The new county court house walls e rapialy rising ung the eflorts of a large It is to be a magniticent stories in height, with facilities attached and fully worty