Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 23, 1887, Page 1

‘THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE 1887.~TWELVE PAGES. (— —— SEVENTEENTH YEAR G, OCTOBER 23 NUMBER 127, CHURCH AND STATE.| England Shaken to Its Foundation Over the Question. CHURCHILL TAKES UP THE FIGHT. His Recent Speeches Insure His Return to the Ministry. CABINET SALVE FOR COLONISTS. The Dispute Over the New Hebri- des Finally Shelved. AN UNHAPPY WEEK IN GERMANY. Big Bank Fallure and Other Causes 8tir Up the Teutons. THE PLUMED KNIGHT IN PARIS. Very Few Callers Gain an Audience With the Great American States- man—The Berlin University Throws Open Its Doors— Other Foreign News. A Commoner's Letter. (Copyright, 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxvoy, Oct. 22.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—A paragraph in my letter of last Tuesday will have prepared you for the statement thit the difiiculties be- tween France and England concerning the Suez canal are in a fair way of settlement. Upon the failure of Drummond Wolf 's mis- sion to the sultan the government saw that nothing practically could be done butto come toan agreement with France. The sultan had his chance and threw it away. The canal question—and possibly the entire Egyptian question--willnow be disposed of without him, This reapproachment between France and England will cause consternation in Turkey, the sultan having based all his calculations on the impossibility of a basis of agrecment being found between them. The other great powers must be consulted, but are not likely to object to proposals involving at least one meusure securing all their interests, namely, the nationalization of the canal. It does not seem probable that any serious obstacle will arise in uny quarter. Thus one possible source of danger before the English ministry is cleared away The New Hebrides dispute was virtually settled three weeks ago, although the late foreign minister, Roseberry, scemed to have been ignorant of the fact and scized a ver, unfortunate time last Thursday to criticise the government on_ its delay in dealing with this question, for the G und Salisby governments were in accord even while Roseberry was speaking. The Australian colonists will be pleased with the understanding gi France tosend no more of her convi to the New Hebrides, while France has given up nothing she nced value. The colonists generally felt themselves much n and ill-used by the last ministry. They will De better satisficd with this. Salisbury’s foreign policy fhas been so sue- cessful that the moment is favorable for transferrving the responsibility to Goschen, Salisbury remaining prime minister, thus giving himself that partiul rest to which he is entitled. The probable change is much diseussed in political circles this afternoon, but certainly nothing is yet settled. 1t is admitted by everybody that Lord Ran dolph's recent specches render his return to the ministry absolutely imperative. To go on without Lim is to shut Humlet out of the play and excite the surprise of all Europe. No other man has been able to deliver such smashing blows for the ministry. Eypt is in a fair way of settlement. With the canal dispute arranged and the New Hebrides finaily shelved, all that remains is for the ministry to reform, and, closing its vanks, bring back its best fighting men, its hardest hitters, and prepare for the great and decisive struggle in parliament. The liberals appear to see more plainly even than the conservatives that tlis is the ouly pru- dent course. Next month will decide whether wisdom is to prevail, or whether & few silly personal prejudices are to compel the conservatives to fight without their most brilliant debater to help them. The liberals are quite content with the present situation and hope it will not be ckanged. As anticipated, the church question is now rushing swiftly to the front. Present indic tions fully justify tho forccast that more strength was lost than gained by Gladstone this new flank movement. Randolph lost no time in boldly taking up the glove for the church, theirs being first in the fleld with another subject on which the conservatives stand united. All the sup- port Gladstone could get was his already, but many of his 0ld friends will be estranged by the declaration of war on the church, Nec- essary reforms will be pushed on by the church party, especially the provision for poorer clergy, prevention of sale of livings, and stringent measures for dealing with im- moral or unworthy clergymen now beyond the reach of punishment. The bishop of Peterborough signified u willinguess to give up part of his incowe, and others will follow his example if necessary. I understand that Cardinals Newman and Manning strongly de- preciate Gladstone's policy, and are prepared to denounce it publicly. A great change has come over the entire Catholic body during the last few years, partly because of their own endowments and the increasing foar that they would not long survive the disendow- ment state. Muny people belonging to no sect are shocked at the time and manner of Gludstone's latest platform, but distinctly is it bad for home rule support. The churches will ring with the topic Sunday far and near. The alarm will be souuded. It is quite evident that the conservatives and advocates of the integrity of ccclesiastical property gener will go into this fight with great enthu There is rather a hot controversy in the medical profession about the Crown Prince and Sir Morell Mackenzie. Oue important fuct communicated in these dispatches rve- mains unchanged. The morbid growth in the prince’s throat must inevitably occasion great disquietude. No one can say it is mastered. Though apparently checked for the time it may at uny momeut breuk out Wit viruleyee. Unless extirpated it must make juroads upon constitutional strength. The dreadful word ‘“‘cancer is often whispered. All that can be said is that a microscopic examination does not afford proof that this is really the discase. No man ¢an guarautee that the well rowth fnay not develop into it ence the uncertainty of the physicians and their guxigty to keep up the strength of the Patipas and treat the throat under the most favorable conditions. The operation origin- ally proposed by the German doctors would undoubtedly have destroyed the voice and probably life. The present treatment leaves all the chances in favor of the patient, even if it is cancer. Nothing more could be done. It follows that the princess restoration to health cannot be looked for in any definite period of time, though there are good grounds for the hope. George Lewis, the most formidable lawyer in London to have agaiust one, it is said, makes no secret of his eagerness to prosecute Hughes Hallett criminally for seduction and misappropriation of Miss Selwyn's money. Lewis, firm acknowledged publicly they wished this, but Captain Selwyn restrained them, being opposed to his sister's appear- ance in the witness box. Hallett's position must remain precarious, for George Lewis is relentless and he may yet overcome Seclwyn's scruples. The Pall Mall Gazette acted under his advice and guidance, being guaranteed against an action for libel as in Dilke's case. It is con- jectured that jealousy on the lady’'s part en- ters into the present complications of the cas Mrs. Hallett makes superhuman ef- forts to restore het husband to his former po- sition socially and politically. A wife's de- votion hus never been displayed under more adverse circumstances. But for the money part of the affair she might succeed. The £5,000 and the will transaction look 80 black that no one sees a way out for Hal- lett should he attempt to return, So George Lewis will be down upon him. Therefore poor Mrs. Hallett has a hard time before he Beresford Hope's death will cause no change in the management of the Saturday Review. Of late years the paper has declined in circu- lation but is still good property and would fetch a largo price. Hope found the capital to start it luckily enough and also found @ most capable editor in Douglas Cook, who speedily brought around him all the clever men of to-day. Among the survivors of the original staff are Sir Henry Maine, Sir Fitzjumes Stephen, Justice Bowen, Mr. Venobles, the “Solitary ntributor,” who never forsook it till the present hour, the articles on Beresford Hope to-day being by him. Lawson, of the Tele- graph, and Townsend of the Spectator, are the only journalists in London who occupy the same position as when the Saturday Review started, and now Lawson talks of going irto parliament, where his son has pre- ceded him. For his own sake we hope he will think better of it, otherwise everybody will be delighted to see him in the house. & A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. BERLIN UNIVERSITY. Many New Languages Being Taught— American Students Attend. LCopyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] BegLIN, Oct. ~|New York Herald Cable —Special to the Bee]—The Berlin univer- sity opened its doors all week. His magnifi- cence, the rector, has been busy greeting new students, Awmerica contributes an unusually large quota, though just how wany the slow- ness with which the students have matricu- lated makes it impossibls as yet to state. The university this year adds to its departments two new courses, which will serve to attract many foreigners to Berlin, The most impor- tant of the two is the seminary for Oriental languages. The most unexpected is the Russian institute for the study of Ro- man law, cstablished and supported by Russin for Russians exclusively, though it forms a part of the Prussian university and the teachers are all Germans, This Ori- cntal seminary is waiting for the paint on its building to dry, but expects soon to open its doors to a hundred pupils, Forty candidates were, by the way, rejected as coming from among those who failed in other courses of study, and from whom, therefore, the best work could not be expected. Prof. Sachan, dean of the new seminary, kindly gave me an idea of its objects and course of study. Instructions will be given in Arabic, Hindus. tani, Chinese, modern Greek, Persian, Turk- . Eachlangurge will assisted by a ountry. In addition to language there will be lectures on the customs, geog- raphy, statistics, religion ind wodern history of cach cou The native teachers are in each case wen of culture and learning. Admission is open to any person with - a high school education capable of using the lectures to advantag Forciguers are admitted, though the difficulty in obtaining native teachers may cause their rejection if they apply in too great numbers. So far there have been applications only from America and Russia. Certificates will be granted to graduates, The seminary is intended equally for the learned classes, for the clerks of merchants trading with the ast and to instruct candidates for Germany's consular service. So far, about half the applicants are of the last type, the rest being travellers and men of culture, The idea that this seminary was in- tended as an aid to German colonial exten- sion is negatived by the fact that only one possible colonial language — Suaheli—is taught, and that merchants’ clerks therefore as yet do not yet apply. Admission is, us much as anything else, intended to round out the universi which until now has tanght no living eastern language, not even modern Greek, although similar semi- naries now exist in Paris, Vi enna, Moscow and Poland; also in England. This new Berlin veuture will sur- pass them all m system and variety of teach- ing. Asan example of the exicnt to which modern rmans are cultured in th langu: 1 find that at the dinuer recently given in Berlin to Scheik Hassenitpaulvik the guests were, with one exception, all Ger- mans. But the new instructor in Arabic heard only his native language spoken dur- ing the evening. It would be eqally easy, T am told, tofillthe house for the Chinese and Japanese. A Russian institute, less ambitious but almost equally noteworthy, is established in Berlin by agreements of the governments of Russia and Germany and draws professors from the Berlin university. It is intended to instruct here in the purcst Roman law professors, who will in Russia afterwards teach pure law without that taint of natural right which the Russian organs say makes Russian law schools produce either Nihilists or pedantic red-tape oficials. The ins opens with ten Russians, among whom is a nephew of Katthoft. They will attend the ordinary law lectures, but have in addi- tion special lectures, Al the expenses of this institute are borne by Russia, as are also those of similar philologicul institute at Leipsic. The opening-of the new university year has attracted to Berlin an unusually large number of Ame 1 students and pro- fessors. Dr. Morse, of the Peabody insti- tut has been Lere, but has gone on to Dresden. Clement L. Smith, professor of Latin and dean of Harvard univer- sity, is here with his family for the winter, not exactly as a student, but rather for the atmospere of study and learning which surrounds Berlin, Prof. Lincoln, seuior of Brown university, comes to Berlin fora fow weeks only, us does Rev. J. R. | Scott, of Boston, Prof. Dorchester is here on a year's leave of absence from the chair of political economy in Boston university. Al- bert P. Carman, tutor of mathematics at Princeton, is also here for the season. Among the younger students now hard at work in Berlin are Robert Ferguson, Columbia col- lege, class of 1888, now a fellow at Union the- ological semina McEeer, fellow of Princ- ton college, and his classmate, Jack, of this year's crop; E. R. Wagner, of Wittemberg ~ college, Ohio; Dr. J. A. Fordyce, of the Chicago medical collge, class 1881: Camille Von Vlinze, Harvard, 18%6; Dr. Bradley Gaither and Dr. C. B. Gamble, both natives of Baltimore and twin graduates of Princeten college in 1885, and the University of Maryland, 1887. Emma Miller, of Johnstown, Pa., is in Berlin study- ing music, but Helen C. Abbott, of Phila- delphia, who came here to study chemistry, finds Berlin ideas opposed to the education of ‘women in chemistry, therefore she goes ou to the more liberal Zurich college. Prof. W. D. Miller, a graduato of Michigan Univer- sity, is in Berlin, and has attracted much at- tention in German papers by the brilliant essay which last week won him a doctor's degree. POINTS FROM PARIS. Glorfous Sunshine Follows a Fort- night of Fogs. LCopyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Pants, Oct. 22.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to the Ber.]--A gray fortnight of unceasing fogs and _drizzle, with the inev- itable sneezing, wheezing and coughing nc- companiments, melted away like magic this morning before u glorious blazing October sun. The country around Paris is now in its finest autumnal glory. Thousands of Parisians, each with & sweetheart on his arm, are to-day stampeding like forty from the asphalt of the boulevard for unlimited flirtation and frolic under the grand old_oak trees of Fontaineblean St. Germain, Paul de Cas- sagnac and Henri Rochefort daily thunder away at M. Wilson with their heaviest ar- tillery. The language of these two Gallic fire-brands almost rivals the hodsfull of bright stone hurled by the New York editors during the Nicoll convulsions, the gatanic symmetry of which was revealed to blushing Paris by picturesque New York cables to the Herald’s European edition. In spite of this, however, the political situation is that of a calm before a storm. D'Audlau is settled down at the Concler- gerie priscn, where a large airy cell has been placed at his disposal. The ex-general, ignorant of the decision of the consnl d'equete, which struck him oft the rolls of the army and of the Legion of Honor—still wears the red rosette in his buttonhole with @ ravenous appetite. He goes to bed at half- past 9 o'clock and passes the time by reading Figurie's Merveilles de la Science. All the deputies have left Paris to harangue their constituents previous to the grand bat- tles that are expected to take place at the opening of the chambers next week. As M. Clemeclau alighted from the railway train at Toulon yesterday to make specches, a young and extremely pretty woman, leading a little five-year-old girl by the hand, stepped up to M. Maurel, the deputy who accompanied M. Clemenceau, and with tears in her eyes shricked: “Give me money. It was you who separated me from my husband and when I was an honest woman and now you have de- serted me. I have had no food since yester- day and my child has had only one little bis- cuit.” A tremendous sensation was caused Dy this unexpected appeal. The crowd sym- pathized with the young woman. Shouts, cheers and hisses ensued and a riot becoming imminent, the police cleared the railway station and surrounding streets and M. Cle- menceau and his compromising companion reached the hotel in a closed cab. BLAINE'S MOVEMENTS, Mr. Blaine, who has been looking for apartments in the Rue de Castiglione, i8 not altogether fascinated with Paris hotels, and he sent a cablegram yesterday to Mr. Dodd, of Tpswich, asking him if he would join him atonceand go to Germany and Italy. It may, in the event of a favorable reply from Mr. Dodd, change Mr. Blaine's plans about the German reviera, Out of a score of visitors that go almost every day to call, Blaine receives but a_chosen few. M. M. C. Hale, of Elsworth, has been with him almost constantly, and in daily attendance on the strect, at breakfast and at dinner. Mr. Hale was among the passengers who sailed on the Bretagne to-day. Ex-Governor John T. Hoffman, before he left for London, said to a friend: “Iam a great admirer of Mr. Blaine, but I think Mr, Blaine's chances for a renomination to the presidency very slim indecd. Blaine is not liberal enough to please the masses, PROMINENT AMERICANS IN PARIS, Among the prominent Americans here are Commodore H. B. Slaven, of New York, who is entertaining a great deal at Bristol. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Farrington have re- turned to Paris from Baden and go to Pau in a few weeks, Mr. and Mrs. William Vanderbilt have postponed their departure for Marseilles for a few days. Miss Platt, of Dayton, is here with her uncle, Mr. A. C. Barney, until January. Mr. Barney is to enter the Carolus Durans art class to-morrow. Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas, United States minister to Sweden, areat Bellevu inn. Mr. Osman Llatrobe, of Baltimore, is stop- ping at the Hotel d'Albe. A RUSH OF RUSSTANS. The hotals are rapidly filling with Russan Grand Duke Alexis and the Duke de Luech- tenburg, with his morganatic wite, Countess Beauhannais, are here. THE WEEK IN GERMANY, Various Causes Combine to Make It An Unhappy One. [Copyright 1887, by James Gordon Bennett.] BeruiN, Oct. 22.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bes.]—Germany has not had a happy week. First came the big Leipsic $3,000,000 bank failure, which sent Dbank stocks crashing down five or six points, hen, when the small investor had sacrificed his bank stock and was looking around for safe government bonds, came rumors of a Russian war. Finally, just as American se- curities began to be regarded us @ secure haven for the puzzled German investors, there came translations of savage English at- tacks on the Baltimore & Ohio deal, which served to convince country capitalists that in buying any type of Ameri- can stock they were simply contribut- ing to enrich Jay Gould and to de- press those fortunate enough to be poor. The week brought the vilest weather and in the way of news a constant flow of rumors re- garding the Prince'’s ill-health and the Em- press’ illness. There has been snow in those parts of Germany where snow was not due for a fortnight yet, and elsewhere day after day of cold drizzles, which makes one of the gloomiest of views. Of the constautly re- curring paragraphs concerning the large ship- ments of war material to Bulgaria, those to whom the weather has left some interest in life have had & large field for speculation re- garding these shipments, and who has sud- denly supplied the money which has enabled Bulgaria tonot ouly order, but obtain an im- mense amount of war material from twenty different firms, Bulgariaperforce buys for cash ornot at all. Hence it is interesting to read that the arms ordered months ago in Austria and Germany have unexpectedly been taken out of pawn to swell the Bulgaria stock. French papers mention in this connection that Herr Krupp has been visiting his rival, the Iron Prince, but the connection is ridic- ulous, for Prince Bismarck is known to value pammerauuim thalers almost as highly as his pammeranuim gunadiers, The Berlin Post, which is unofficial in editorial though not in news, prints a thrill- ing appeal to German women not to buy g00ds of an enterprising French firm which deluges Germany with dress pat- terns, To emphasize the desire for patriotism, the Post also points the alleged French negotiations with a Cossack freebooter, who offers to raise 2,000 savages to ravago the German frontier in advance of the French army, provided only that the French permit plundering and pay a fixed price for German herds. This would sound farcical even to Germans if the last war had not 8o saddened the nation at large as to take away the possibility of a comic view of war. At rumors of money losses Berlin can, how- ever, laugh, and has accordingly indulged in a somewhat sickly grin at finding that the firm of Bernhardt, Sandbank & Co. has been ruined by the Leipsic failure. Mr. Sandbank was o banker, inappropriate as his name is to his profession. There has also been a little mild self-praise on the part of conservative German papers at the spectacle of a liberal London daily besieged by a mob of radical voters. The real interest, though, is centered in some government statistics, which show that to live most cheaply on ham one must go to Posen, while veal lovers get the most for their money in East Prussia, etc. In higher circles there has been interest shown to the Foreign Travelers club, to be- long te which one must have been completely around the world at least once. ———— Gladstone 1 LoXDON, Oct. 22.—Gladstone is suffering from & bad cold and is confined to his bed. He is also suffering from excessive fatigue superinduced by his travels of the past few days and the many speeches made by him in that time. s Left for France. Pekiy, Oct. 22.—J. A. Econstans, the French minister to China, left Pekin for France. Se—— Death of a Chinese Official. Panis, Oct. 22.—Filippini, governor general of China, is dead. e Half a Town Burned Up. LoNDox, Oct. 22.—Intalligence is received of the destruction by fire of Kilab, a town of Buchara, Central Asia. Half the inhajjtagts perished in the flames, - FOUGHT LIKE TIGERS. Bloody Battle Between Spanish Sol- diers and Cuban Revolutionists. NeEw Onrreaxs, Oct, 22.—A Key West specfal says: Private advices by tho last steamer from Havana announce the death of Beriben, second in cothmand of the united revolutionary forces, who. led an expedition leaving ! here August 81 last. Being surrounded some ten days since by 2,000 soldiers they were compelled t6 cut their way out. Beri- ben was terribly wounded in the abdomén but with his bowels protruding upon the sad- dle he rallied his men and charged fearlessly upon 800 men. He struck down a Spanish officer only to be killed a moment later him- self. A running fight then ensued between his band and the soldiers but no serious casualties were inflicted on the revolution side as far as learned, though many were wounded. A number of Spanish soldiers were killed. The revolutionists retreated and are now hiding in the mountains, e Sl ooty ‘Work of Indiana Vigilantes. Devenr, Ind, Oct. 22.—Last night 250 masked men quietly entered the town and surrounded the jail, breaking their way into the cell occupied by Amer Green witha sledge hammer. Green in his desperation wrenched loose a section of the water pipe in his cell with which to defend himself, but he was bound and hurried out into a double- covered carriage held in waiting, which was driven at breakneck speed to a walnut grove, followed by about sixty other conveyi There the leader of thé mob told Gi must either produce Luella Mabbitt or die. He stated that Luella was alive and living with a man named Samuel Pane in Fort ‘Worth, Tex. Convinced that he was lying, a rope was stretched around his neck by the mob and he was drawn up. Before dying Green stated that he was innocent. His body was cut down at 9 this morning after it had been viewed by thousands. The coroner’s inquest is being held. e Thursday Fixed For Argument. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 22,—The United States supreme court has decided to have further arguments upon the application for a writ of error in the case of the condemned Chi anarchists and has set the hearing for Thurs- day next at noon, The court has also decided to allow the state of Illinois toappear in these roceedings and has notified Attorney Gen- al Hunt to be present and make argument in behalf of the state in opposition to the pe- tition for a writ of error. A further error in the case will be made when the court reas- sembles on Monday. Lacks Confl St. Louis, Oct. 22.—A dispatch from agent of the the ciated press at Fort Smith, ays that the reported conflict with in the Indian territory I firmation. The United States ‘maj s full facilities for getting news from the territory, but has no report of the affair re- Deputy marshals just in from the scene of the reported conflict say there is no truth in the report, e A Murderous Highwayman. SAN Fraxcisco, Oct. Masked high- wayman halted a stage eoach near Redding, Cal,, last night and when the stage horses became frightened and started o run, th robber fired killing a passenger named Y. Henderson, u prominent citizen of Adin, Cal. Armed parties are out in seurch of the robber, —— Denounced Anarchy and Soclalism. Cnicaco, Oct. 2. —Delegates of the United labor party met to-night to nominate acounty ticket in opposition to those of the republi- cans gnd democrats. The chairman, in his speech, denounced socialism and andrchy in the stron, t terms, e atal Oven Explosion. WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 22.—The oven used for Japanning at the works of J. H. Sessions & Sons, exploded with terrible force, immediately sefting firo to the building When the fir was extinguished threcidead bodies were found in the ruins. e A Murderer Hanged. tock, Ark., Oct.#2.—In Augusta, day, Jack Simmons, coloved, who ASSUSs| R. J. Byrd, a prominent mer- chant at Gray's station, last winter wus hunged. Lirrie Ark., yest — - The Fever in Florida, Wasmizaroy, Oct Advices from Tampa say there were eight new cases of fever yesterday, five last might and two deaths, TRIED T0 MURDER THE TOWN. The Mayor of Maxwell Killed and Another Oitizen Wounded. CRIME OF A STREET LOAFER. The Assassin Finally Puts a Bullet Through His Own Brain—Suicide at Fonda—A Bold Bu —lowa News. Thirsted For Blood. MAXWELL, Ia., Oct. 22.—(Special Telogram to the Bee.]—At 5:15 this evening Perry Ackers, a worthless loafer, walked into the office of J. O. French, mayor of this city, and drawing a revolver shot him through the chest. Mr. French died within an hour without speaking a word. Ackers then walked up the street flourishing his revolver, and entering the meat market of T. B. Schmetzer shot him in the neck, the ball pass- ing down into his shoulder. The murderer then started down the street in search of an- other victim, Mr. J. W. Maxwell, who saw him in time to step out of the way. Ackers then drew his re- volver on J. N. Shoop, but changed his mind and did not fire. He then went to the en- trance of Masonic hall and shot himself, dying in a fow minutes. Mr. French was one of the leading business men of the place and was much respected by all. It is thought that that Schmetzer will recover. No cause is known for Ackers’ shocking crime, S Tapped the Til Des Moixes, Ia., Oct. 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Just after the North- western train_pulled out this morning the ticket agent locked the cash drawer, fastened the door and went over to the freight depot for his books. He was gone only a few minutes, but when he returned he found the door leading from the south waiting room into the ticket office wide open and the last drawer containing o few dollars in silver lying on the floor under the west window. A thorough examination revealed the fact that both drawer and door had been forced open by a chisel. The drawer originally con- tained $110 and the burglars left 5, }yrn\)ullly having been frightened off. The police were summoned and asuspicious lounger who gave his name as Thompson was arrested. He was searched but did not yield any of the missing money. His supposed accomplice could not be found. Ed Dillon Captured. S10vx €17y, Ta., Oct. 22.— [Special Telegram to the Bre.]—Ed Dillon has been arrested at Creighton, Neb., charged with burning the house of Congressman Struble at Seward some time ago. Dillon’ testified before the grand jury that a man named Newman was the incendiary, but Newman says Dillon is the guilty party. D. W. Wood secured a requisition from the governor of Nebraska and arrested Dillon at Creighton on Thurs- day. Later, however, H. T. Barnard and a constable by the name of Lenedict rescued the prisoner, who afterward mado his es- cape. Wood left the requisition papers with the officer who made the arrest, and as he was taking the train for home he was in- formed that Dillon had been captuzed and was held by the city marshal at Creighton. Escape of Prisoners. WATERLOO, Ta., Oct. 22.—Three prisoners, James Whalen, Tho: Burk and Charles Cook, escaped from jail in this city at an early hour yesterduy morning by sawing a plate off the floor of the iron cage in which they were confined. They were held for bur- glary and safe-blowing, and one of them had Dbeen found guilty and was to have been sen- tenced next week. When first discovered, soon after blowing a safe, they shot a police- man and made their escape, but, were subse- quently captured. Whalen is thirty-five years old, five feet five inches tall, slender, and has gray eyes and dark hair. Burk is the sume age and heighth, has dark hair and is blind in the left eye. Cook is twenty years old, is five feet eleven inches tall, and has light hair and blue eyes. He was one of tne New York waifs who were sent to Des Moines, Ia. The trio arc desperate charac- ters, A Memorial Volume, Des Moixes, Ia., Oct. 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—Hon. John A, Kasson, late president of the constitutional centen- nial, has returned home from Philadelphia and will engage actively in the campaign from now on. He says that his concluding labors as president of the centennial com- missioners will be the publication of a memorial volume authorized by the commis- sion, contaming a full report of the proceed- ings, the addresses delivered and a brief history of the events that led to the forma- tion of the constitution, with sketches of the leading patriots who framed the immortal document. _— In Behalf of Ireland. Des Morxes, I, Oct. 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—Lord Esmond and Mr. O'Connor are to address a public meeting in this city the last of the month in aid of home Ireland. ~Governor Larrabee has ac- o an invitation to preside and the meet- ing will be representative in_its character of the leading men of Iowa. A Light Registration, Des Morxes, I, Oct. 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bu: istration which has been in prog: a cities of the first and second class ing the past fiy ys has been unusually light. It is esti- »d that not more than half of the voters One more chanc istration books will be open on W November 2, to revise and complete the list. Unless the regis- tration is heavy that day the vote of the state will be very light on the following Tuesday. The failure to register is about the same in both parties. mains, Reducing t Des Moixgs, Ia, Oc gram to the Ber.]—The state debt iucurred by unusual appropriations for charitable and educational institutions, has been decreased 130,000 during the past three days by the call of the treasurer for outst ding war- ¥ 8. He estimates that the entire floating indebicdness of the state will be extinguished by July 1 e Debt. Supreme Couxt Decisi: Des Morxes, Ia, Oct. 22.—[Spe e- gram to the Bee.)—The supreme court filed the following decisions here to-day State of Towa vs Ed. Butterficld, appellant, Bromer district, afirmed, R. G. Dillon vs George P. Wilson, Judge Creston superior certerari, afirmed, Kinsey Ll appellant, vs H. C. Price, Howard district, reversed. Johin Lewis, appellant, vs Joshua Miuthon, Mitehell circuit. disni : Ira A, Wetmore, appellant, nty, Mowona distric d . B, Payne, appellant, vs Jam Oarroll district, afrmed Hansen & Lillian vs Consumers Steam Heating Co., appellunt, Dubuque district, re- versed. vs Monona McElroy, Y. M. C. A, State Convention, Stovx Ciry, Ia,, Oct. 22.—[Special Telo- gram to the Bee.]—At the Y. M. C. A. state couvention the state committee made a 1e- port to-day. It was recommended that the assistance.of towns of 10,000 inhabitants and upwards, be continued; that & building bese- cured; that the correspondent plan be ap- proved ; that the state committee, heretofore sting of thirteen members, be enlarged; t #5,100 be raised to carry on the state work for the coming year. —— A Brakeman Killed. Cnaritox, Ta., Oct. 22.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—About 6:30 last evening, while attempting to couple some cars at Chariton, William Harnett, a brakeman, was fatally injured by a pair of trucks passing over his shoulder and left arm, ®rushing him badly. It is thought he slipped and fell. He died at 12:80 this morning. He leaves a family. ———— An O1d Man Suicides. FoNDA, Ta., Oct. 22.—(Special Telegram to tho Bee.]—Willinm Marshall, fan old settler and respected citizen of this place, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself in General despon- upposed to have been caused by finan- cial frouble and poor health was the occasion of the suicide. The Beautiful at Dubuque. Dunvque, Ta, Oct. 22.—Snow is falling to- day Camtiiiisnss PAN-ELECTRIC PAPERS. Documents Found After Having Mys- teriously Disappeared. WASTINGTON, Oct. 22.—The papers in the case of J. Harris Rogers against Attorney General Garland et ul., commonly known as the Pan-Electric case, were to-day returned to the clerk's oftico, by Charles Thompson, whose office is with' Jeff Chandler. There has been considerable speculation as to the cause of the absence of these papers, and it has been asserted that the case could not go on without them. _Their return to-day wus accompanied by @ letter from Thompson, in which he says the papers were brought to his office during Chandler's abseuce from the city and he placed them in a private drawer for safe keeping and afterwards forgot the incident. A Nebraska Land Case Decided. O WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-—[Special Telegram to the Bee]—The sccretary of the interior to-day addressed letters to the commissioner of the general land office, making a decision as follows in re Stickler va Sawyer: John W. Sawyer made a timber culture entry, Oc- tober 1, 1879, upon the n e 3 of sec 25, t 151 r22, w, North Platte, Neb. November 23, 1883, special agent of our office reported the suid entry for cancellation, and May 98, 1884, a hearing was duly ordercd. George W. Stickler_subsequently filed an application to contest Sawyer's entry, and on January 81, 1885, you directed the local office to proceed with the hearing on the contest.” The local oftice trausmitted the testimony taken at said hearing together with their joiut opinion in favor of the contestant, Your decision ofgMarch 24, 1856, sustained the rul- ing and the cuse is now before me_on- appeal You forward with the papers kler's withdrawal of his said filed September 10, 1856, and also by letter of April 18, 1857, Referring to your first letter of transmittal you transmit” the relinquishment by the claimant, Sawyer, of his said entry. The® foregoing renders it unnecessa for me o consider the said_appeal. (In_ ro Virgil Allyn). 1 have considered the appeal of Virgil Allyn from your decision of March 18, 1886, wherein you hold for cancellation his timber culture entry dated January 20, 1880, upon the se i of the sw i and lois 23 and 't sec. 19 tp. 150, r. 2 North Platte, Neb. The facts are sufficiently stated in our said office letter and I coneur in the con- clusions therein reached. Your decision is affirmed, Sparks Causes a Commotion. WASIINGTON, Oct. [Special Telegram to the Bek]—The dcpartment of the in- terior was in a state of mingled exultation, depression and excitement to-day. It was all caused by the report that the resignation of General Sparks had been demanded by Secretary Lumar by authority of the presi- dent, who had at last acquicsced after many objections to the proposed change. Some of the general’s warmest partisans sorrowfully expressed their belief in the truth of the news, while in tho ofices ncar the sccretary’s room the news was whispered with glee. It is explained that the retirement of Sparks his become necessary, not only on account of the lack of harmony between the interpretation of the law by him and Lamar, respectively, but also by the fact that the commissioner, in some cascs, has obstinately adhered to his own views in his oMiciel acts after a reversal of his decisions by the secretary of the interior. 1t may turn out, however, as it did before, that a personal conference between the presi- dent and General Sparks will result in the lutter’s retention, Army News. WasHINGTON, Oct. 22.—[Special Telegram to the Bee]—The resignation of First Licu- tenant Oscar L. Crosby, corps of engineers, has been accopted to take effect to-day. Ordnance Sergeant Peter S, Sutton has been placed upon the retired list. Surgeon Dallas Bache has been ordered o proceed at onc to Fort Reilly, Kun, Relieving Surgeon & M. Horton, who is ordered to Fort Adams, R.1 Colonel Charles E. Compt Fourth cavalry, promoted from li colonel, Fifth cavalry, has been from duty in the departinent of the Missouri and ordered to join his rogiment at Fort Huachuta, Ariz. Second Licutenant Alonzo Gray, Sixth cavalry, late additional second lieuiénant, Fifth cavalry, has been relieved from duty'in the department of the Missouri and ordered to join- troop C at Fort Bray N. M. Assistant Surgeon M. F. lately appointed, has been ordered from New York to Omaha, Neb., for duty in the fi ve of abs six months has b ited Captain ¥. H. Hinman, corps of e An Important Patent Decision WAsSHINGTON, Oct. The commissioner ents has filed a decision to the effect that an applicant cunnot embrace in one and the same application for letters patent more than one distinct and separate invention. The case decided is one in which the appli- caut_sought to patent both the machine and the process for the separation of garlic from wheat, The commissioner holds that in 10 be patented the process must not be wmerely the result of the operation of the ma- chine, but must have an_cxistence independ- ent of the machine, This has beena long disputed question. A Belligerent WasaINGToN, Oct. the interior has reccived a teleg from Indian Inspector Armnstrong at the Crow ageney in Montana to the eftect that a “‘medicine man” und his seventeen followers have gone to Tongue river agency and are endeavoring to induce the northern Chey- ennes to join them in resisting the authority of the government, (edicine Man." ‘am from Pensions Issue WASHINGTON, Oct, $2.—(S] el to the Bre)—The following Nebraska pens sions have be anted : Original: Martin Stowell, V 10, Tner John H. astecl, Kearncy; Christopher Pi 21 bridge; Jumes W, Wilder, ns: Francis, fath Mexies urs of Joln C Lamont. _Original: Charles Charleson, ( Increased: David Callu8in, Pleasantville; Theodore Wallace, Norwood ; Benjumin ¥, Cummings, Parming- ton; Barthel Thompson, Dunbar; Beujamin 1", Keclk, Keokuk, Benja- min I. Sn Anna, widow Postal Changes. 610N, Oct [Special T am 10 the BEE.|—A postofiice was established to- day at’ Buck Crecls, Bremer v, lowa, aud Louis Mollis appoinied postimaster, Wasut count ABRAHAM LINCOLY IN BRONZE, Unveiling of the Groat Statue of the Martyred President. THE CEREMONIES IN CHICAGO. Leonard Swett Delivers & Masterly Oration On His Life and Services ~Many Thousand PPeople in Attendance, Perpetuating the Martyred President. Cuicaco, Oct. 22.—The great statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled this afters noon in Lincoln Park in the presence of & large ussembluge. Shortly before 8 o'c l::r the booming of cannon started the crowd, and as the echoes died away over the waters of Lake Michigan little “Abe" Lincoln, son of Robert Lincoln, stepped up to the bas of the flag-covered, bronze figure of hi grandfather and pulled a rope which held the covering. The folds slowly unloosened an dropped down at the base, and the tall, erect figure of Abranam Lincoln shone brightly in the sun, which struggled through tha clouds at that moment. A tres mendous shout went up from the 5000 people assembled, which wag joined & moment later by o renewed roap from cannon. Mr. Thomas ¥. Withrow, ond of the trustces of the Bates fund, out of which the cost of the statue was defrayed, formally presented it to the Lincoln l’ur: Dboarb and Mr. W. G. Goudy replied. Theo; ation was delivered by Hon. Leonard Swott, whose intimate political, social and domestia relations with the great president have mady him one of the best informed men now living, on Lincoln's life. As a condensed biography of Lincoln it has not been excelled. Mr. Swett said m part: ‘“The character of Abraham Lincoln sprang up on American soil and is of American growth. It would nof have been possible for any other soil on th globe, or any country other than America, op any other civilization other than our own to have produced him. Ho was emphafq ically the child of the republio and the product of our institutions. He was of thi people and for the people. The most mark characteristic of Mr. Lincoln was his perd sonal peculiarity. No one who knew him ever kuew another man like him, He stand out from the whole world of his time, isolat and alone. & His character was that of great dircctn and extreme_simplic Clothing, to hi was made for covering and warmth to thy body and not for oruament. He never in his life got the better of hij fellowman in a trade, and never loane money on interest. 1 never knew him bup once to borrow money or give his note.” Mr. Swett then spoke briefly of the wel known events which led up to the election Mr. Lincoln as president and continued “1 believe he desired a second nominay tiom, becauso that fuvolved an approval b common people, whom he always loved an confided in,of the course which he had taken, He was often in great doubt during his firs administration yet he would do nothing an would allow no’ friend_ to do anything to gef it. He looked with indifference over thy machinations against him in his cabinet an with indifference over the senate and mems bers of congress to the action of the commol people, as expressed in their preliminar, conventions and the resolutions of state legy islatures as most near the people, as thoug] an_electrical chord of sympathy extends from him to them, The sublime and crowning characteristio of Mr. Lincoln, however, was hi self-reliance. During the eleven years was with him at the bar of this state I nevel knew him to ask the advice of a friend about anything. During the four years of his ads ministration I never knew and hever hear of his doing this, I never knew him in pre aration of a trial or the perplexity of it court to turn to his associate and ask his advice.” After speaking at some length about Mr. Mr. Lincoln’s habit_of inquiring into cvorys thing for knowledge, and his studies In middle age, Mr. continued: *‘And herein may 1 permitted to men. tion another 2 remarkable and o useful trait his character. t mental equipoise which diverted fro: wott be very was that disturbed at nothing and the pathway it has marked out by nothing. Although prosccuting the war simply from & sense of duty and not from w belief in its sugy cess, yet he kept right on and was neithg s nor elated by succesd, cemed to comprehiend the magnitude the contest in which he was engaged moj thoroughly than any other man. In short, h was the strong man of the contest and great men at Washington learned to gain rencwed courage from his calnness, to lean upon hig great avm for support.” In conclusion Mr. Swott said; “We ses him in s imuge of bronze above us and call his real prosence. All we know is tha inall time hereafter, wherever the slave shall groan under the lush or_the poor shall sigh for something better than they have known, there his name will be honored and his example imitated.” =il Nominated a Labor Ticket. Davip City, Neb,, Oct. 22.—[Special Telgs gram to the Bre.]—The farmers alliance and part of the K. of L. assembly of this placa held their county convention to-day and placed in nominution the following tickety For treasuer, Jumes Trom; clerk, J. Ge Anthon, e, A. C. Fenderson; sheriff, Sidney. ' superintendent, J. M. Stubt bard; district clork, 1. | surveyor, (ler Brown; coroner, Dr. 8. L. Brown, sr. The convention held with closed doors, even the chairman and county central committee being ejecte m Bancroft. -[Correspondence : npaign of Cume ing county is_fairly opened, und the candic dates of both partics are doing good work, The republican party has o strong ticket in the field, and everything points to a victory, _ The f s arc busy threshing, and husk: : yicld is from fifty 1o seventy- bushels per’ ucre, and of supérior quality, Logan valley from’ Pender to Lyons is re- ceiving several hundred head of cattle from Towa and_othe s to be fed during the The markets of Omaha and Sioux City are attracl rominent stock dealers in other s , and a great many have come to Nebraska 6 look for a location. Cheyenne County Sipxey, Neb,, Oct, 22 to the Ber.) tion was L gates nomina Ickes, t 0. Fowler, sioner; Mis, F 1s; Dr. B. H, rchild, surveyor. sublicans. ciul Telepram The republican county convens d here to-day with sixty-one deles present. The following ticket was a: Robert Shuman, jndge; Adam arl, o erle; Bamuel Davis, commiss superintendeut coron L Probable Murder. Gonoox, Neb,, Oct [Special Telegram to the Bee.) J Dane liviug on u claim ten miles south of here, disappeared about two weeks ago. Yesterday his body wus found near his home, with every indica Iu-n\llml he had been beaten to death with @ ciub. 1son, ion Labor Ticket b, Oct, 22.--[Speci griun to the Bee.]—The union labor held a poorly attended convention at ¥ Creek to-day and nominated a ticket, Ymkuu‘ the fourth ticket now in the field in "M AU KFOLK, Injured By His Te ScuvyLes, Neb., O [Special Teloy gram to the Bee, | =J. Wooden was hite ing up a team this morning when the horses became frightencd wnd ran away. Mr, W wd & broken leg and sowme