Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 15, 1887, Page 1

SEVENTEENTH YEAR. SPARKS BECOMING DISGUSTED Reports Current That He Will Soon “'ender His Resignation. PROMPT ACCEPTANCE DESIRED. The Commissioner Submits His An- nual Report to the Secretary of the Interior—National Cap- ital News. Sparks Tired of Being Overruled. WasHINGTON, Oct. 14,—[Special Telegram to the Brr]—A friend of Commissioner Sparks asserts that he is very sore over the fact that he was so completely overruled by Acting Sceretary Muldrow in the matter of the indemyity lands of the Omaha railroad and the Bayficld branch and that he is seriously contemplating the advisability of tendering his resignation, This friend as- serts positively that the comsnissioner has told several of his intimate associates that as #o0n as the president returns he will tender his resignation and ask that it be immediately accepted. If the comm oner should take it into his head to adopt this course there would be no one more pleased than the secretary of the interior and his assistants. Since he was appointed Sparks has been the thorn in the side of all the other officials of the depart- ment. He generally means well, but he is so headstrong that he frequently arrives at his own conelusions without a thought or a care of the law or the precedents in the case, The result is that his decisions are more fre- quently called into question than those of any other official in the service of the govern- ment. Spurks realizes this and it is thought that as the acting secretary took occasion to ‘“rubin” to some extent when overruling him, there really is some truth in the rumor of his contemplated resignation, Sparks' Annual Repo WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.— [Special Telegram to the Beg.]- In his repoit to the secretary of the interior Commissioner Sparks incor- porates the following, among other reports from inspectors and special agents in Ne- braska, showing the disposition of the public lands in representative townships. Special Agent Walter W, Cl in his reports say Thetownship seiceted is are presentativeone, being just sixteen miles from Garden Cit; The claims that have been proved up prop erly in this township are worth from £2,000 to §3,000. The soil, if properly tilled, will produce most any kind of crops. Wager is obtained at a depth of from seventy-five feet. One of the great detri- ments in settling up the country with bona fide settlers is the pra f what is ¢ “EFriendly contests.” If the practice be successfully stopped a great deal of land would soon be under cultivation, A young man or lady enters a pi of land under the homestead s. Having six months to go on the land, nothing is done until about that time. The lady is a school teacher or the man a clerk, and neither can leave his or her employment to take the land. He or she therefore goes to an attorney, states the case and a friendly contest is entered, the dismissal to be filed if the relinquishment is sold. These are the facts. It will be no- ticed that out of eighty-seven homestead fil- ings at various times, fifty cight of them have been under contest, und t out of thirty- three timber culture filings, twenty-two have been or ure under contest. It will also be noticed that 85 per cent of the claims that have been proved up were mortgaged and abandoned immediately after proof. In a number of cases the mortgage was filed be- fore the final receipt was issued. In nearly every case where final proof was made the fmprovements have gone to ruin, the houses being either torn down or sold, and the few that reman have no roofson them, Itis fair to presume that in few years the mor tgage and loan companies will own the bulk of the government land in southwestern Kansas, imants cannot successfully pay the nterest charged by these blood-sucking corporations, or instance, @ man borrows £600 from one of these corpgrations, giving the agent making the loan 10 per cent ¢ mission and paying the ¢ v interest. The mortgage cent, but a second mortgage is given for the b per cent, which is counted for the full term of the loan, or, if not, that amount of inter- est is taken out of the loan, so after paying #200 for proving up, besides the interest and commission, the poor claimant has little more than enough to take him to his eastern home, and when re, with the mortgage staring him in the face and the first interest coming due, he bids favewell to his western prairic home. I can truthfully s that 1 do ot believe that one timber culture filing in a hundred is uctually made in good faith for the purpose of cultivation with trees, To selland. speculate in contests is a prevalent practice in this district. A party exhausts oll his rights, files a contest and then sells. There have been in this township at various times thirty-cight relinquishments filed. A special agent makes u report recommending that a claim be held for cancellation. The claimant, who has heard of the agent visit- ing the land, and knowing his utter non-com- pliance with the law, relinquishes his claim the government, and some of his relations framediately file ouit. If such filing conld be refused until the case is tinally disposed of at Washington, considerable fraud would be defeated. Special Agent George B. Coburn in his re port. states: The township examined is be- ieved to be a fair example of those in the MeCook district, whick are largely used for agricultural purposes, The soil is rich and in all portions of the township which are ca- pable of beitg tilled, the growth of vegeta- tion is rapid when the water supply is abund- ant. The conveyunces and mortgages shown are about an average of the townships which have been no longer settled than this. It will be seen that they numerous; that sowe of the conveys are of even dute witn the receiver's receipt, and that in some instan the mortgages ante-dete Lhe sanie. The agent added: My report shows that sixty-four timber culture entries in all have been filed, or an average of afraction less than two for each section available for such entries. Of these twenty-cight are now intact upon the records. Though the number is not so Iarge as some townships will show, it is evi- dent that there entries have been largely availed of to keep land covered for speculi- tion or until parties found it convenient fo place entries of another class on the tracts respectively, or, what i8 amore common method, until the relinquishment can be sold. Inspector Hobbs in his report s; Of the twenty-seven timber culture entries now in force only seven have any growing timber upon thein iind one of these was about to be relinquished. The entryman informed me that he intended to make & homestead entry of the same tract. To show the length of time land is often held under this law vari- ous entrymen without any timber of any value being raised, attention is ited to the fact that in section 2, 160 acres have been held since April 19, 1580, the last entry hav. ing been made Februar 1887, In section # @ quarter was held from March 1880, to October 19, 158, and the tract was then ' en- tered under another law; in section 5 from Pebruary 14, 1880, to April 19, 1887 in section 7 from October 14, 1582, to May 17, 1857, when it was entered under & different law; in section 8 from December 21, 1582, to April 19, 1886, when it was entered uuder a different law; in section 12 from January 1, 1830, to the present time; in_see- tion 23 from April 8, 1880, to March 4, 1855; in section 24 from July 7, 1879, to February 1, 1554, when it was entered under another law ; In section 25 from October 1, 1879, to Novem- ¥ U, 1%, ot which Wame It was cutered iven under another law; i 1880, to September wher. it again entered by another party under same law. Attention is also invite fact that of the twenty-three cane e P L oot quishment. The following is a comparative statem of original pre-emptions filings to final e tries in Nebraska for the ye Years, was the 1855 188 Total, . . N 447 (Pryss.) to show that since March 4, 1855, 31,524,481 acres have been restored to the public domain. The sales, en. tries and selections for the fiscal year ended June 50,187, cmmbrace 25,111,400 acres und of Indian land T s, making a total of the year 18 of rease of 4, pared with th rear 1885 m dispos of public” lands, £10, from of Indian lands, $1,454, $12 4; incs over 185, compared with fis year 1835, to which is to be )1 on account of timber depredations and 212,498 for certified copies of records, making the total receipts from all sources 12,280,008 In Arizona frauds in favor of the Atlantic & Pacific in a block of land S0 by 100 miles, by which the road is given all the good land, o »d by the surveyor gencral in his re rt to the commissiones The development of Traudulent returns swamp lands in the surveys heretofore made in Minuesota ren- der a thorough examination in this state a matter of importance, Stories of fraudulent work also come from New Mexico, Nevada and Wyoming surveyors general. “Filed examinations,” continues the report, “have developed fraudulent and defective surveys heretofore returned to an extent which ren- ders upparent the necessity for an inspection of ull preceding surveys, and fully justities the conclusions reached by this office to des payment of accounts for past surveys until the true character of the work shall be ascer- tained.” ng swamp land grants the com- the claims under these grants 500,000 acres patents have b 4 for nearly o, 000 ucr Investigations during the past year have demonstrated the fact that many Swamp land claims are fraudulent. On the forfeitu rilroad land grants the commissioner renews hig recommenda- tion that forfeiture be in all cases in which the rouds were completed ac- cording to the grant. Of fraudulent land entri as the result of a year's investigation, 2,312 cutries, covering about 470,000 acres, were held for canc tion, and 1,153 entries, covering about 180, neelled for fraud, This subject he pursues at some length. He says that such a record of erime and bold, reckles id g guntic schemes to rob the goverament of its y to be found. They have been d and exposed in every state and territory containing public lands, and the mmissioner thinks he can truthfully say th nd district and county which a special hus visited men of intelligence and high standing in the community, in_ many instances millionaires, were the leaders in th unlaw ansactions. Over thousand ca: heen dis perjury or subordination of perjury wus com- mitted. In the majority of cases the oft before whom the proofs or oth i 8 wer exccuted were largely state and territorial ofticers, not directly responsible to the land department and were cognizant of fraud o could have become so by ordinar diligence, While the area of fraudulent entries is gradually becoming cumscribed, there still vemains much to do nd an entire or general cessation of fraud cannot be expected so long as the facilities offered for its perpetuation by the existing laws are so great and the means provided for their prevention so small. Upward of ten thousand unexamined cases are now on file in which fraud has been charged or indicuted, One thousand and eleven cases of timber depredutions or tresp ted on during the involving in timber and produc 5, 14¢ recoverahble to the United State The amount actually recovered was F128,64 Onthe subject of ““Reform in the public land laws,"" the commissioner s all efforts to se- 'a reform by the repeal or amendment of cular and provisions have failed ough the opposition of interests at vari ance with the proposed legislation, W hat is needed, in his opinion, is an_entire reforma- tion in the existing laws, retaining an absolute homestead and obsoleting ull other forms of disposal of agricultur; lands. tual residence, improvement and cult of a homest for a period of five y shouid be the exclusive condition of acquir- ing title to such lands. It would also appear that the time has ived when the privilege of appropriating public lands should be con- fined to citizens of the United States. The mineral laws should be so am preserve the right of mineral ex citizens of the United S monopoly of native wmir viduals and corporations, P nl wealth by indi- Two Timber Cultur Decision: WasminGron, Oct, 14,—[Special T to the Ber.]—The acting seeretary of the in- terior has decided the timber culture contest of Askel Hansen vs David B. Spanagle and in his letter to the commission about the case he says: “I have comsidered the case of Askel Hansen vs David B, Spanagle, involv- ing the latter's tiwber culture entry in the nwif of see 10,13, n r 12 w, Bloomingto Neb., appealed by the former from the deci- sion of your oftice dated November afirming the decision of the local o dismissing the contest. Spanagle's entry was made July 1, 1881, contest was initiated tember 1884, and the register's and re s decision dismissing the contest was reversed February 14, 1885, The itest is bused on the ground that the entr man failed to plow and cultivate the Jand in the manner preseribed in the statute during the second and third year after entry, 1t satisfactorily appears from the evidence some recent period priorto entry fully s of the land iu controversy had been cultivate ops the first year aftqgentry: that dur ing the second year two aud a half three acres were planted to timbe during the three years the ground so planted was at least partially eultivated, several acres plowed and platted to timber at the end of the third year there was a g set of small growing timber trees on about six acres. 1t also appears that the part of said ton acres which was not planted to tim. ber remained uncultivated du il and third years after ¢ pt “ small portion of it had been od onee, and this, it 1s insisted by the contestunt, s such non-compliance with the requirenents of the statute as forfeits the entry man's rights 1o said daud, It can rdly be said that the directions of the atute have been strictly followed in this ase, for on a full consideration of the law and facts shown by the testimony no sufti cient reason can be discovered for interfer. ing with your decision dismissing the contest, and the In the Comm MeLe holding for ement fo i ision, nw 1y t Platte district, Nebruska, tary suys: “After a carefu the record, I see no reason decision of your ofice, und the cordingly aftirmed the acting xamination of listurbing the same 15 ac- Undaoul iy Yellow Fever, WasHingron, Oct. 14, A telegram was re- ceived ut the Marine hospital bureau this afternoon from Lir. Porter, president of the Key West board of health, concerning his ar- rival at Tampa lust evening and saying that the discase is undoubtedly yellow fever. Health OMcer usse, of Palatka, tele- graphs as follows:* A refugee, six days from Tampa, died here this morning, the 13th, of yellow fever, The premises are under strict quarantine.” Not Guilty, * NEW Yok, Oct, 14—The jury in the of Policeman Hahn, on trial for murder of Life Saver Hussey, returned ‘a verdict of not case 1 guilty Lis afteruoon, OMAHA, SATURDAY SYMPATHY FOR ANARCHISTS. A London Mceting Offers Consola- tion to Chicago's Condemned. A POET AND A PRINCE SPEAK. Resolutions Adopted “Demanding® the Release of Spies and Com- panions — The Boulanger Case—Foreign News. Plenty of Sympathy. V0o tyright 188; by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxvoy, Oct. 14.—{New York Herald Cable pecial to the B puthplace chapel, in London city, near Finsbury ci is perhaps best known as the place w years Rev, Moncier D. Conw preached. is now used as a place of public meetings and lectures. Passing it this morning I noticed a Dill on the door stating that “All wishing to extend sympathy to the condemed Chicago anarchists are invited to meet here this even- ing," and at S o’clock I went. T found several hundred well-dressed auditors, including a score of ladies, listening to the opening speech of the chairman, Rev. Stewart D. Headlam, lately notorious as a curate for- bidden to preach by the bishop of London be- cause he had written a pamphlet praising the ballet and defending the coryphe. His speech gave the keynote to the prominent error of the mecting in the prevalent idea that Spies and the other anarchists were to be executed for holding meetings and mak- ing incendiary speeches. Beside him on the platform sat William Morris, the poet, best known by his poem called ‘Earthly Paradise,” Prince Krapotkin, Stepney, the Russian ni- hilist, and Mrs. Annie Bessant, each of whom in turn addressed the audience on the follow- ing resolutio “That the English workers of this meeting ecarnestly desire to urge on the fellow-workers in America the great danger to public liberty that arises from suf- fering citizens to be punished for resisting attempts to suppress the right of public meeting and free speech; that the fate of the men now under sentence of death for holding a public meeting in Chicago, at which certain policemen were killed for attempting to forcibly disperse the people and silence the speakers, is of deep con N to us as English workers because theirs is the case of our comrades in Ireland, and is likely to be ours to-morrow unless the workers from both sides of the Atlantic declare with one voice that all who intericre with the vights of public meeting and free speech act at their own peril. We protest against their sentence, which, if carried out, will practically muke the holding of meetings by workingmen in their own interests a capital offense throughout the United States. Since it is always possible for the authorities to provoke a crowd to reprisals involving dunger to life, we look to our American comrades to demand an unconditional release of the seven men in whose persons the liberties of all workers are now in peril,” Poet Mo poke in a dignified manner, evidently thinking the Chicago cases similar to those of O'Brien or Mitchellstown. He was followed by Stepney in very chostic English, also misunderstanding the Chicago matter and likening the legal decision there to the recent one in Ireland in sentencing O Brien. A local orator named Blackwell next spoke. He had recently returned from Chi- cago. He was surprised that there was no more violence in the United States by the workingmen against capitalists and the capi- talist press of the United States. He pre- Qicted that the press of England would soon follow the lead of the United States p He bitterly attacked the London Daily Telegraph for exaggeration in saying that bombs were flying about Chicago in all directions. A Mr. George—no relation of Henry—made a passionate appeal for the unemployed, seeming to thing that this was a meeting for them The Princ immense cheering shairman cut him short and introduced Krapotkine, who was received with He looked picturesquein a long black beard, sallow face, wierd eyes and bald head He, lke Step- ated his English. He eulogized free speech as it used to be in the United Stal ttacked Pinkerton’s agency men as Russian bloodhounds and branched oft into strikes. He criticised the Chicago court as a despotic tribunal and ended by predicting a civil war in the United States between the Kuights of Labor and capitalists. Mrs. Bessant then spoke, She wore a heavy dark-red dress and looked and talked like the revolutionary woman in the tale of “Two Cities” by Dickens. Her theme was Judicial Murder,” the resolution being tu- multuous ed. It was announced that on Monday the so- cial democratic club would hold another meeting of protest against the monstrous ju- dicial assassination of the Chicago anarchists, when a comrade just arvived from Chicago would also be present and reveal startling disclosures, BOULAN eneral is Not Pe Reporter: [Copurigint 1887 by Jawes Gordon Bennett.) CLERMONT FERRAND, Oct, 14— [New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee. [ —I called to-duy upon General Boulanger at dhe head- quarters of the Thirteen army corps. The ante-room was in disorder. Parcels, - ges and valises were all ked up if a sudden departure was imminent. 1 sent my card to the gencral, who at once sent his aide- de-camp, Captain Driant, to explain that as he was in close arvest and that he was ever a slave to discipline, he could not infringe upon the military rules by iving any one not on milita Captain - Driant plained to me that ( Boulanger had anged to act as a pall-bearer to-day at the funeral of M. Bourget, rector of the college Clermont, but had just sent word to Madame Bo y widow of the deceased, that he was unable to fulfill his prom The general had intended to start to-morrow 1o muke & tour of inspection of all the troops of his command at Riom Roanne, in the iy of Billon and Aurillac. Captain Driant explained to me that he had just telegraphed countermanding all the iuspections, which have been postponed till the end of the year, his arrest will not expire till November 13, only a fortnight before General Boulanger will have to ga to Paris to take part in the council for the promotion of field ofticers, of which General Boulanger isa member in his capacity of corps commander, General Boulanger in close arrest is not al- lowed to wear his sword, which he has been obliged to hand o to his chief of staff. The genceral is in good health, but is too inured to discipline, Captain Driant assured me, to the slightest temper at the blow that *u inflicted upon him. The rmitted to See DuisLiy, Oct, 4.—Much surprise has been caused by the announcement of the appoint- ment of Valentine Hines as land commis- sioner. Hines is a bailiff on the Lansdowne Luggacurran property and managed the re- ceut eviclion gf eighty tenauts, MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1887, —_— NUMBER 119, MAKING A MARK OF MUNDAY. A New York Man Makes a Fool of Himeself in Lendon. [Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxspoy, Oct. 14.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Beg.]—The old mutual friend of the New York liquor dealers, criminal courts and excise board, William H. Munday, came to the fore two days ago in a letter to the Times about O'Brien's case and claiming that he gave Harrington a point which discharged the lord mayor. The letter also grew learned about the duplicity in the indictment. Munday described himself as an American lawyer. He at once drew the blood of correspondents by his reckless shots at facts and legal principles, and two of these thinking him a confrere of such jurists as Evarts or Conkling, immediately eriticised him scrious] But it was reserved for Lord Bramwell in to-day’s Times to fall into a similar error and take the pains to fairly pulyerize Mung ‘This distinguished jurist first shows up Munday’s want of grammar, then his misuse of the phrase “non constal” and net his tautology use of the word *‘case,” reminding his lordship of the learned counsel who once said, “If ever a case was a hard case this case is that case.” Lord Bramwell ¢ pokes fun at Munday’s assertion as to ¥ in two courts, showing him that such an error can only exist in one court. He thus concludes: *“Mr. Munday says he was sorry to see such things in an English court. it console him to remember that the court was Irish. He says: ‘When I return to America I shall be compelled to tell our peo- ple dreadful things about the English.’ Of one thing he says: ‘If it was not horrible it would be laughable.’ T will borrow his words with a change. His letter, if it was not laughable, would be horrible if his people agreed with it. It is perhaps a wonder that Lord Bramwell, in signing his name, for he isa wit, did not quote ‘“‘sic transit gloria mundi,” as an offset to Munday's ‘“non constat.” T The Unemployed of London. Loxnoy, Oct. 14.—The unemployed per- sons who frequent Trafalgar square formed in a body to-day and marched to the Mansion house, where they demanded an interview with the lord mayor, which was refused them. They denounced the lord mayor, and afterward stopped at the office of the Stand- ard and hooted and jeered. The police at- tempted to move the crowd, but were met with resistance. They then charged the mob and captured a black flag and a number of red flags, which were recaptured by the mob. The police soon after charged the mob and dispersed it o T Appeal From Mrs. Hughes-Hallet. LoNboN, Oct. 14—Mrs, Hughes-Hallett has addressed an appeal to the conservative committee of Rochester, asking them not to call upon h er husband to resign his seat in parliament. She says she, best knowing the s, sces her way clear to condone her hus- band's offense and the electors should do so also. She offers to visit personally all her husband's supporters. The committee has sent a sympathetic response, but do not favor her proposal to visit the electors. i g authorized Expenditure. Panis, Oct. 14.—At & meeting of the budget committee to-day Cevargnac stated that -al Boulunger jin December last, ordered of 51,245,000, Trancs for clothing for iul reserves, i expenditure, Cav- argnac said, had not béin authorized by the chumber of deputies ind was therefore il- legal. R Lamar For the Bench. Ew Yourk, Oct, 14.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The Times says: “‘According to most excellent authority the speculation over the successorship to a seat on the bench of the United States supreme court made vacant by the death of Justice Woods, may as well end, for L. Q. C. Lamar, secretary of the interior, has been selected for the place. Ever since Louisiana éame into the union it has been represented in this court. The law in that state is, in some respects, peculiar. It is an old civil and canon law. As Louisiana lawyers are the only persons who are sup- posed to understand the laws of that state, it has been the custom to keep onc of them al- ways on the highest bench. According to the authority upon which the announcement of Secretary Lamar's selection is based, the president is not impressed with the necessity of looking to Louisiang for a new justice. He feels thut the state will be quite as well pro- tected by a resident of an adjoining state,und that Lamar’s appointment will be more widely acceptable than that of any wan whom he wight choose from Louisiana. e Postal Changes. WasHiNGToN, Oct. 14,—(Special Telegram to the Hre.]—John O Leary has been com- missioned postmaster at La Platte, Neb. Star schedule changes in Towa: Martimer to Tingley—Leave Martimer Tuesdays and Saturdays at 9 a. m; arrive at Tingley by 11:30 8. m. Leave Tingley Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1 p. m.;, arrive at Mortimer by 4p.m. Fairficld to Hedrick—Leave Fair- field daily except Sundays at 12 m.; arrive at Abingdon by 3 p. m. | Leave Abingdon daily except Sundays at ¥ 4. m.; arrive at Fairfield by 10 a. m. } Nebraska: Evercft to Nickerson—Leavo ett Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays . m.; arrive’ at Nickerson by 11 a. m, » Nickerson Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 12 m.; arri Everett by 3 p.m. R The Chinese Con PriapeLenis, Octy 14 tothe Ber.]—Concerning the report from London that the Chinese government had withdrawn its concessions to the Chines American bank, Wharton Barker “Neither the Chinese special envoy, Mr. Malkict Chang, nor myself, have any informa- tion of the character mentioned in the dis- pateh from Tientsin to the London Times ——— Canada’s Fish Commissioner. OrTAWA, Oct. 14.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.)—A meeting of the Dominion cabinet was held last eveningat which it was decided that Sir Charles Tupper, minister of finance, should represent Canada on the forthcoming fisheries commtission at Washington. —— Army WasmNGToN, Oct. 14.—A general order was issued from the army headquarters yester- day showing the results of the competition this year of distinguished marksmen, and aunounces the names of twenty-nine officers and men who have been placed in the class of distinguished marksmen and awarded handsome badges. sslons, S Distinct Roads, NEW Yorg, Oct, 14.—The secretary of the Tllinois Central railroad company sunounc that the lease of Towa lines terminated Octo- ber 1. The management of the Dubuque & Sioux City, Cedar Falls & Minneapolis, Iowa Falls & Sioux City ronds are now distinet from the Illinois Central. - neral of Minister Man NEW YORE, Oct. 14.—The func o over the remaius of the late Minister Man- ning were held this morning in Trinity chapel. Bishop Whipple officiated. After the ceremonies the body was sent by the Adams express to New Orleans, where it will be interred e Steamship Arrival NEeW York, Oct. 14.—[Special Telegram to the d—The Germania, from Liwerpool, and the Trave, from Bremen. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 14.—Asrived—The Wyo- ming, fiom New York., KNIGHTS 1IN SECRET SESSION. Light Let in On the Doings of the Meoting. POWDERLY ROUNDLY SCORED. Chicago's Contingent Censure General Master Workman and Executive Board For O ing Off the Strike. Knights of Labor. MisNEAPOLIS, Oct. 14.~The details of the secret session of the Knights of Labor as- scmbly on Thursday afterncon have just leaked out and show that one of the liveliest discussions of the convention was indulged in, The committee on boycotts introduced a resolution favoring the action of Master Workman Powderly and the executive board in declaring the big Chicago stock yards strike off. Some of the delegates from dis- tricts 24 and 87, of Chicag had come here with a feeling of bitterness against Powderly and all of the executive board, except Barry. They offered to substitute a resolution roundi; suring the action of the general master work- man and the exccutive board. Charles F, Sieb and George F. Schilling made vehement speeches sustaining the substitute and roundly scoring Powderly. They claimed that the action of Powderly had de- feated the purposes of the strik- ers. Mr. Barry, in his remarks, stated that he thought the men would have gained their point without any expense to the order and would have been successful had they been allowed to stand out. Mr. Powderly took the floor and went over the matter from beginning to end. He made the statement that the action of the executive board was advised by him, and if there was any blame in the matter it belonged to him. The ayes and nays were called for, and the substitute was lost. The committee's resolutions then passed by 116 to 49, The committee on law reported to the gen- eral assembly this morning and it was found there was 1o disposition to make any im- portant changes in the machinery or methods of the order. A number of amendments and propositions were rejected us b unnecessary or already cov A rule permitting distric national trade assemblies, to regulate the time of the delivery of charters to newly organized local assemblies was adopt The motion to strike out that part of the consti- tution which gives power to the general exg ecutive board to submit an amendment to local assemblies at any time, was met by a substitute that only on request of five district assemblies should the board submit an amendment, The law qualifying the mem- bers of the general assembly was slightly altered, so that delegates must hercafter show a record of attendance at three sessions of the district assembly instead of four. The report of the committee is only about half finished. Davitt and the Knights. MixNEAPOLIS, Oct. 14.—In an interview to- day Powgerly denied that Mjchael Davitt had any secret project when he visited Min- neapolis and the general assembly last week. There was no other_intention than a secking of endorsement of the convention of the ef- forts of the people of Ireland to better their condition, Failed to Correctly Report Him. CLEVELAND, Oct. 14.—Chauncey M. De- pew arrived in this city this evening. He was shown a dispatch, which had been widely circulated, astoan interview with him in St. Louis in which he was quoted as predicting a terrible financial panic about to overtake the country. This dispateh was used with very good effect on Wall strect by the bears to-day. Mr. Depew said to an Associated press representative that the young man who interviewed him in St. Louis totally failed to catch the driftof his remarks. He h 1 disparagingly of the land speculation fever, and said he thought the railrond coustruction in the northwest this season somewhat ahead of the country quircments. “But,” he added, “there " is no more danger than there is of an earthquake in this respect.” the —————— The Parnellite Proposals. Loxpoy, Oct. 14.—Chamberlain, speaking at Bush Mills, County Antrim, to-day, said it was not the upper classes but the poorer classes of Ulster that opposed the Parnellite proposals, He admitted that a part of North Ireland was strongly in favor of home rule, but was certain if he could infuse into the people of Donegal the same resolute law- abiding disposition as that shown by the peo- ple of Antrim, the outery for great constitu- tional changes would become little heard. If it were decided ultimately that home rule was desirable for south Irelund, that would not justify the {mposition of home rule on Ulster, which urder no circumstances would submit to it. —_——— The British Commission Completed. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—The department of state has been officially advised of the ap- pointment of Sir Charles Tupper, of Canada, as one of the British fishery commissioners. This last appointment, it is believed, com- pletes the British commission, which will ist of Joseph Chamberlain, Sir Lionel West, Dritish minister to the United States, and Sir Charles Tupper. It is learned at the department of state that the approaching negotiatations will be confined to the subjeet of the fisherics and that this government has never contemplated or proposed a_discussion of the subjeet of commereial union by nego- tiations. 1In respect to the published state- ments that the British commissioners intend to offset our claim of jurisdiction over the waters of Behring sea by a claim to Canadian waters Iying between the headlands, it is tment of state aken a position that could be con- s s _ecither elaiming or denying any ight of jurisdiction over the waters of Bebring sca. el Towa and Nebraska Pensions. WasiINGTON, Oct. 1. —[Special Telegram to the Brr.]—The following Nebraska pen- sions were granted to-day: John W. Douglas, cumsch; Charles A. Pond, Stells Frederick Goble, Red Cloud Lynch, Firth; James B. atton | H. Tarper, Towa pensions: Daniel Marsh, Knoxville; John Longstuff, Sommerset; Fraucis M. Shular, Russell; David K. Calhoun, Win- cheste Joseph Kiehle, Des Moines; John C. Hunter, Fruitland; Thomas Bennett, Dow City; Philip Bowman, Clearficld; Joseph C Price, Columbus Junction; William Welsh, Albia: Christopher Bunfengton, William H. Oppel, Hartley: S Wolworth, LeMars! Warren W. Walbridge, Anamosa; John H. Warrington, Dallas William M. Willins, Clarkson; Charles Stratton, Bismarck; George Larson, Story City; Thomas P, Clogston, Marion; Bradley W. Doane, Kelloge; Elisha C.White, Leonia; Heury Hunt, Wapello; James Daniels, S ille. The Crow h BiLLiNGs, Mont., Oct. 14.—General Howard, who is making an investigation officially at the Crow agency, says: Unless ordered otherwise by to-morrow an attempt to arrest the insubordinate Indians will be made and bloodshed will follow. “Sword-Bearer, "at the head of 200 braves, is camped within gunshot of the agency, awaiting de “Sword-Bearer” i gaining str Much uneasiness is felt by the settlers, Indians at the agency are sullen and uncom- wunicalive, ANOTHER CHARLESTON SCARE A Little Fire g es Lots of Unnee- c!nu”“’()rrhllmll. Wasnizaroy, Oct. 15, 1:20 a. m.—Tele- graphic communication with Charleston in every direction, as far as can be learned, has been cut off for the last half hour. The cause is not yet known, NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 1:40 8. m.—A message Just ved from & inah says it is re ported that there is a fire in or near Charles- ton which has caused the interruption. Wasminaros, Oct, 15,2 a. m.—No earth- quake symptoms have developed at Augusta or Savanna, which are the nearest points to Charleston with which communication is open. Trainmen who arrived at Augusta from Charleston this afternoon, report indi- cations of u cyclone, but telegraphic commu- nication with Charleston was open for some hours after these men must have left that ¢ They also ort - large fire raging at Magnolia, a suburb of Charle: ton, Wasmizaroy, Oct. 15, 5:15 . m.—Tele- graphic communication with Summerville, twenty miles from Charleston, is open, but the telegraph operators there have no explana- tion to offer of the sudden interruption of the Charleston wire They — report atmosph tial disturt carthquake shocks have been experienced at Augusta, WasniNaroy, Oct. 15, 2:30 a. m.—It is learned that the Wes Union wires at Charleston are 8o arranged that a large fire among the extensive phosphate_factories at Magnolia might cut Charleston off for a time. Such a fire i reported by railroud men who left there this afternoon. NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 8a. m.—The operator at Florence, N. C., reports he had communi- cation with St. Stephens, 8. C., forty miles from Charlestown, and that the' latter place reported having felt a slight carthquake, The St. Stephens operator was going to stop the 2:50 train from Charlestown, which was late. New Youg, Oct. 15, 8:15 a. m.—The fol- lowing telegram has just been received from Florence, N. C.: “Our railroad force patehed up one wire and it has been learned that the trouble is from a fire ut Magnolin crossing, outside of Charleston limits, where all thé wires going out center and leave in one rection. A grocery was burned und e wire destr Conrzing, In, Oct. 14, to the Bee]-The sad suicide of L. W. Lewis, an old and prominent resident of this county and vicinity, occurred here this morn- ing. He has been in ill health for some time and further depressed by the loss of his good wife last spring. It is believed theso causes produced a degree of insanity, for he had alw: been one of our staunchest and strongest citizens. He arose this morning, built the fire, awakened his daughter as usual, brought a pail of water and then dis- appeared. His absence did not cause serious. alarm until towards noon,’ whe arch was made. This afternoon his boots and hat we discovered ne the bank of an artificial lake in the grounds of George W. Frank, just cast of his own home. Further scarch revealed his lifeless bady in about twelve feet of water, near the dum of the lake. Around his neck was tied a heavy iron weight, Mr. Lewis was for many years one of the county supe ors and bridge com- missioners. He was an unusually active and essful official and business man, and his ise shrouds our entire community in gloom. He was about sixty-five years of age, and leaves three grown sons and a daughter. Two years ago his father, aged about eighty- seven years, suicided by hanging in a barn of the son who now follows him. Bothacts were committed in periods of mental abberation. Disappointed in Love. Des Moings, Ia., Oct. 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—This morning at an early hour the police were notified that there was a crazy woman ata Fourth strect boarding house whose violent demonstrations had ex- cited the fears of the other inmates. Officers McCuley and Shafer went up in the patrol wagon and found young girl whose queer actions scemed to corroborate the theory of her insanity. She was taken to the county il, where she became so violont that it re- quired the strength of both officers to get her safely behind the bars, She afterward grew quiet, her favorite position being standing h her hands tightly clasped, her head raised and thrown back a little, and her « closed, in which position she stands hours. She is a young lady who formerly resided at Beacon, and came to_this city to work in an office. ' 1t is rumored that a’ few days ago she r 1 aletter from an old lover in which he informed her that his aff tions were centered in another quarter. Since the receipt of the letter her actions have been strangely at variance with b former behavior and it is thought that the shock of her lover's fuithlessness unbalanced her mind. Supreme Court Decisions Drs Moises, Ia., Oct. 14.—[Special gram to the Bee.]—The supreme. court the following decisions here to-day: A. F. Harsh vs James Griftin, appellant, Creston superior, reversed; State of Iowa vs Henry Winter, appellant, Plymouth district nd- ant was convicted of murder in the first de- gree in the killing of Hugh Moist; the de- fense claimed transitory mania, affirmed; J. P. Goodman, appellant, vs W. W. Allen, Keokuk district, aftirmed: J. H. Moses, ap- pellant, vs W. H. Phenquit, Jasper district, affirmed ; John G, Armstr appellant, ve P. M. Crapo, Des Moines cirenit, affirme: Benjamin Bolin, appellant, vs Wm. Francis, Ringold district, uffirmed Henson & Line han, appellants, vs th Co., Dubuque circuit : Win. Hog appel Lyon firmed: Ira Van Sickle vs Tsiah Dawes lant, T » district, dismissed; A. P, Rose, ap) Chicago & Northwestern rail way, Ke ele- filed Sad C: red. Dis More 1, Oct. 14.—[Special Tele gram to the Ber]—A sad case of hope de- ferred and bliss destroyed came up in the county clerk’s office to-day. A loving of tender years applicd with all the confi dence of youth for a marriuge license. The rospective groom’s mother had been dead sixteen % and he had never scen his father. As hehad no guardian and being under age, the soft hearted clerk, with tears in his ¢ was foreed to decline to issue the license. He suggested, however, that he might have some one uppointed his guardian nd consent given at a probable cost of only 3, but the young couple, with quivering lips 1 reproachful glances, locked arms and meandered away, their joy gone fore e d The Central's Extensions. Siovx Ciny, Ia, Oct. 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—This morning Superin- tendent M. Gilleas and N, H. Schilling, ¥. B. Harrison and E. F. Were, of Dubuque, all ofticials of the Illinois Central road, arrived in this city from Dubuque. They left for Onawa. They are on business conuected hthe Central's extensions. Mr. Gilleas id that a strong effort was being made to get the Cherokee-Onawa line ready for oper- ation and that the only delay wus on account of the bridge work. Into Thousands of Pieces. Siovx Ciry, la, Oct. 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|—The great arch that stood at the intersection of Fifth and Jackson streets, the main entrance to the corn palace, fell down this morning, breaking the 400 globes into as many thousand pieces, e L el Tendered His Resignation. Panig, Oct. 14.—Mazeau Stas has tendered his resignation as winister of justice. IN THE WILDS OF ARKANSAS, The Prosident Makes No Stopq Among Garland's Constituency, A FLIGHT THROUGH FORESTS' The Receptior Hawkins" and “Bil Wes Falls to Materialize - Arrival at Memphis, n “Dawve The Presidential Train. PRINGFIELD, Mo, Oct. 14~ The pr dent’s special train, preceded by a pilot train passed here at 5:10 this morning. The sengers were all asleep. A crowd of two o three hundred persons was ut the station ta see them. Biogines and conductors werq changed here, but the transfer was made jus routside the town and the train passed n.; station without stopping. i\l Through the Bear State. Ravesn « M.~The day was bright and the temperature had moderated, Since the passage of the Ozark mountaing early this morning the president’s train has been running through a sparsely settled ree gion offering little in the way of popular demonstration. An opportunity was offered to examine and enjoy the good things found in the well chosen library of the car, Hoxik, Ark,, Oct. 14.—Among the floral trophies of the forenoon's ride is a little bunch of golden rod pinned to a piece of pink paper, which was handed in by a little girl at o water tank stopping place. The president expressed u wish to stop at the marked tree in complianee with the quaint invitation he received signed “Dave Hawkins,” promising a novel and hearty reception, represente ing the wild west, which, it was said, would be an agreeable change from the nd_parades he had seen thus far, “Bill West,” the letter continued, “is hustling to get all his hunting equipments to make w d play to meet the president’s observation, The marked tree proved to be a fraud, A wooden station house, half a dozen shantios and a score of open-mouthed natives werd the onl; L 8 of inhabitunts and neithe Dave Hawkins” or “Bill West'? made their appearance. The line Hoxie to West Memphis lay ina t) Arvkansas region. There were half a'dozer little frontier villages, but for the most part groves of blasted forests bounded the view Interspersed were openings for corn ton fields, in the latter of which the p was going on. The train reached Memphis at 2:40 p. m. Arrvival at M s, Meyrms, Oct. 14.- ident is here and the largest throng of civilians ever gath= ered within the city limits is on hand to w come him to the south. A delegation boarded the train as it reached West Memphis and ine formally conveyed the greetings of the seva eral committees and invited the party on board the steamer Kate Adams. The vessel went about three miles up the stream to give the president an opportunity to see the works of the improvement on the viver, und then turning, “came back to the custom house where, after a little delay, the guests were landed. When the president and Mrs, Cleveland were seated in the car- riage the multitude of people in their enthus siusm broke over all bonds, carrying awa, the colored militia nd following o hind the p: inge. The proy L) to the hotel was by no means the orderly pros ceeding it was designed to be. A miscella- neous procession of trucks, market wi and ten thousand negroes mixing up w riages. But aside from the delay the harm done. The party was assigned comfort- able quarters in the Gayozo house,wherothey remained until 8 o'clock, when a committes of 200 ladies and gentlemen assembled to es- cort the pr id party in carriages see the firewc After the exhibitic concluded the president and Mrs. Cle returned to the hotel and held a reception for about an hour, The city is handsomely decorated. A Premat . MovNraiy Grove, Mo, Oct. 14.—By the premature explosion of powder this morning while a party was proparing to fire @ presie dential salute two young men were fatally in jured. A Verdictin the Kouts Disaster, Vareakaiso, Ind., Oct. 14.—The verdiet of the coroner in the Kouts disaster, which was made public to-day, says the dent was the result of the negligence of the ateher of the road in permitting train to attempt to run with a dis knowing that fast freight minutes behind it, and by ligence or carclessness of Engineer Dors sey, of the freight, in running his engine at & high rate of speed through a I knowing that a passenger train was a sh distance in advance of his train with a disabled en- ne. It censures the company for allowing rippled engine pulling a passenger train to be on the road a few minutes in ance of @ ast freight. - Boulanger's Arr Panis, Oct. 4.~ Rumors are pe irculated to the effect that General Bous langer has resigned his commission in the The order relieving General Boue s command and placing him under arrest dir the be placed unde close arrest for da, During tha period the ministry will decide wheth, not Boulanger shail be deprived of his mand. Radical members of th deputies hav lod to s o for that b m his ¢ s imminent i oy Destructive Firve, Provipesce, R. 1, Oct, 14, Baltic Mill in Baltie, Conn,, owned by H. L. Aldrich & Co., of Providence, was totally burned last night Loss estimuted at £1,250,000, insurance 000, The mill was a lary v stone builde ingz, 1,000 feet long by t ‘wide. Nina hundred hands are thrown out of employ- ment The fire started in [ 30 this morning and the entire building by ) in ashes, The large gas worl the rear were also destroyed, sturted is as yet unknown. ——— Boiler E Pankersnuig, W, Va., Oct. 14.—The Mone ster sawmill engine boiler exploded at Cens terville lust night, killing three men and wrecking the engine and mill completely, A man named Erwine was torn to picces, hav+ ing been caug! ‘h.-t\\u-n the end of the , Oct. 14 istently is 1 complic The large planing this morning. Two men their charred bodies re- > ruins this morning. - Election s Among Indians. TanLeQUA, 1 T, Oct. 14.—Serious troubla is anticipated when the Cherokee council meets next Mouday. Whenthe late election was over, Joel Mayes was declared elected as chicf by 143 majority. Since then the ros turns have been 8o changed as to cotint in Robert Bunch, opposition candidate. Both purtics are guthering in force and doclarg their respective candidates will be scated, They are armed for a pitched battle, il L Train on the Cmicsco, 11L, Oct. 14 Train left Chicago this morning for 8 field, 111, expressing the intention of spea ing there this evening. Train attracted no notice at the station, arriving there just im time to board the cars before. they departeds burned and covered from tl