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: SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1887, NUMBER 150, MORE SUNDAY RIOTS FEXRED Radicals Determined to Meet in Tgn- falgar Square. RIGHTS OF CROWN PROPERTY. h on the Subject by Barris- Dr. MacKenzie Saye rick William May Live Two Years. [Copyright 1857 by ordon Bennett,) Loxvos, Nov. l4.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee)-Mr. Poland, treasury proseeutor, the John R Fellows of London criming public a great ser luw barristers, rendered the to-day by setting legally aright the relations between Trafalgar square and the right of the populace to use it 1o hold meetings the Three score agita- tors and riotors hay n disposed of at Bow street, which serves London like the I Tombs police serves New York and wher courts, the case a S WO mapistrates came on of Cunningliam Graham, member of parliament, for yest structing the police and encouraging Mr. Poland in opening the case saic attention to the statute regulating re, %, Victoria chapter 60, that it is crown property and mnot prop lice fo held two teh y ob- a riot. 1 call Mrafalgar 1t shows taxpayer iy and the notice was issued by the po v, in the name of falgar square was ity. No Jidding its occupanc the erown. That being so T in the position of oth Wi proy person had any right in that square ex with permission of the crown. The st was not intended, however, to interf the use of the square by the public f ordinary purpose. The crown, the ministers, had allowed o public use of tl scuare as a place of passage, wud, 10 some extent, us o place of recreation. Some per- sons, however, conceived the notion, because they had not always been interfered with, they had @ right to go there and sand on the base of the Nelson column and attract crowds of people to listen to them. That any person that had his atten- tion directed to the subject could conceive that he had a right to stand on the Nelson column and attract people to listen to speeches was about the most idle contention ever raised. The same ridiculous contention was raised in | The people thought they had u right to go into Hyde park and make speeches there. Crown property was like the property of any private individual. Later it was thought right to regulate the mode in which some parks shonld be used for publie meet- ings. Mr. Poland proceeded to quote from the preamble of the net of parlinment to show that while enjoying such parks steps we taken to prevent the public being molested or aunoyed aud said in view of the public meet- ings the public were allowed, subject to rules and regulations, to go to Hyde, Victoria and Battersea parks. ‘These rules were plain and simple, but they were questioned by a Mr. Bailey. His casc was tried before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Justices Blackburn, Mellor and Quaint. Itwas contended that the public were entitled totheuseof the parksand A right for the purpose of pussing through them and for the purpose also of delivering addresses. The lord chicf justice said this as W proposition was very startling as parks were the property of the crown and that the enjoyment of them by the people was subject 1o the consent of the crown. The chief jus- tice controverted the idea which scemed to prevail that the public could do ns they liked in parks and said he was unaware of any legal principle gand authority for that idea. ~Thus,” © said Mr. Poland, “in unequivocal lanzuage it was stated that parks were the property of the crown and in that respeet private property and that, ex cept with the permission of the crown, no person hud a right to gnake a speech or collect a crowd here. These culls were stated from the beneh in the forty-second volume of the law journal, page 49. That being the state law, the crown, through its ministers, had determined that in the iuterest of the public these meetings should not be held in Trafalgar square. 1f the peopie wanted to hold meetings let them vo to Hyde park, obeying its regulations, or to Victoria, or to Battersea parks. They were not to be allowed, the authorities said, to hold meatings in Trafalgar square in the heart of London, where thousands and tens of thousands might be collected together and when it was known* from experience, for instance from what resulted in the be- ginning of 1886, when viots and disorder fol- Jowed the meetings there and while property was interfered with, dangerous consequences were likely to result. Accordingly notices were issued prohibiting these meetings, but in spite of the notice the people said that they would hold the meetings. At the conclusion of this opening Mr, Asquith, Q. C., suother M. P., counscl for the wccused, asked an adjourn- ment for & weck. It s mow certain that fresh disorder will come and a new attempt be made to hold meetings in Trafalgar square next Sunday. All the radical clubs tonight so resolved. Mr. Hyndman in a speech beforo one deliberately said to his fellow clubbists: “The question is, How much longerare we going to have the killed and wounded all on one sidef” Morcover the Pall Mall Gazette this evening distinctly advises no surrender of attempts to hold meetings in Trafalgar square. MAY LIVE TWO YEAR! No Immediate Danger of Prinee ‘rederick William Dying. (Copyright 1857 by J; San Ve Cable nes Gordon Bennett.) 0, Nov. 14.—[New York Herald sl to the Bee.]-I have tho cal authority for stating that the s not necessarily lead the doctors nd him to fear his early death. Dr. Mackenzie thinks, barring aceidents, he should live eighteen months or two ycur: Schroetter and Howell are still more opti- mistie. They think he may last even four or five years. Prince William's visit 10 Son Remo has been made the pretext for many fantastic stories. It isan open seerct that the prince i on cold terms with the rest of his family, but there is not the least truth in the report that he has been trying to bulldoze Lis father into making way for him in the event of the kaiser's dying, Prince William was sent to San Remo at the instigation of the military party at Borlin, who, for mysterious reasons, were all along in favor of @ kill or cure solution of the crown prince’s illuess, and would 1o doubt be delighted fo sce an operation attempted, but did not bring undue pressure to bear on the doctors, Hs merely questioned, listened and acquiesced. Mackenzie aud Schroctter soon convinced the dwvinge a cure could pot be assured evem Ly the most gigantic operation. The wellknown political difference between the crown prince and his son gives tremendous inportance. io Apo good mews, Wbl the opliiva of Mackenzie, the patient may, with care wood luck, live quite two years, He may still be emperor and do good work before his son ascends the th Mackenzie tells me that he know ndon throat hospital man who lived cight years after a tracheotomic operation and that a number of cabman and cab horses are going about now in London with iracheotomi pipes in their throats, The general health of the erown prinee is good. The wdema dis- fppeared last night. His condition remains about the same, but the growth in his throat is still very swall. The weather is bad at San Rewmo; pouring rain and chilly. D Mackenzie at Nice. [ Copyright 185 by James Gordon Beynett.) Nice, Nov. 14.—[New York Herald Calle Speeial 10 the Bee.]—Doctor Mackenzie reached Nice at 12:30 fiom San Remo. He- fore leaving Villa Zivio the erown prinee and crown princess thanked him in most fatter- ing and gracious terms for bis attention. He and mtends to veturn to Sun Remo i e or four weeks. Conference of Doctors, Beuay, Nov. 14.-A medieal conference was held at the palace houschold physicians, Bergman, Gerhardt, were preesent, Count A o was signed de fection of the crown prinee to b and that the partial removal of 1 no longer advisable. Complete excision of the Jarnyx is recommended by the physicians at San Remo, but inthe meantime is objected to by the crown prince. The emperor has asked that the crown prince return to Be lin at the earliest possible woment, but the CrOWN prineess obfects to her husband trave ing in his present condition. To-day the e peror, after an interview with Drince William, held a family council. Britis Loxnos, No press says ther yesterday. The with Dr. Toboldt and Trade Review. The Mark Lane Ex- 1 lavger deliveries of native wheat and increased sales, Seeding and the acreage rady sown 180 over 1587, Sales during rs b 38 6d i wheat 1 steady. P is bali Black seq @ Oats w e The Emblem Setlers Sentenced. Paurs, Nos Three papers announce the preliminary examination in the ¢ 1son has resulted in a demand for his ution. General d'Andlan has been 1 to prison for five years. to pay a fine of 3000 francs und be deprived of all eivil and political vights. Mimne. Ratazzi, thirteen months’ imprisonment and . fine’ of 2,000 ics. Mme. Courteuil, 1wo months’ im- onment, lull. . Foreign The deficiency « by ample d the’ Argen- supplics from th tine Republic. Damning Evidence Against Wilson. Paris, Nov. 14— Henri Rochefort was be- fore the Wilson commission to-day and pro- duced evidence showing that Wilson had re- bribes from the family of Baron , whose committal to an asylun caused a scnsation some time ago. Rochefort ral cases where Wilson had reccived large sums of moncy for coutracts of various kinds. - Gladstone Advises Moderation. Loxpoy, Nov. 14.—Mr. Gladstoue, in a re- ply to a communication from the secretary of the London radical club regarding yester- day's disturbance in Trafalgar squave, and its cause, advises the people to refrain from all resistance to the government's action un- til the ully of the home sceretary’s action can be properly tested Ayoub's Surrender, Loxpoy, Nov. 14.—1t is reported from Sar- rakhs that Ayoub Khan, who Lord Salisbury announced had submitted to the British, had 3,000 followers, but_gave in his subm trusting to the queen’s mercy, and_ be he was angry _with Russia supply him with The Loxnoy, D the crown p for the latter’ The London lllolnrm Loxnoy, Nov. 14.—Seventy-five men, ar- vested for taking part in the disturbance here yesterday, were arraigned incourt this morn- 1 and ¢ with rioting. Many were fined, whil o sentenced to from four to six months imprisonment at hard labor e Opposed to a School, Loxuox. —~Advices from Bokhara state thut 4,000 Mollahs have been incited to opposition to the builling_of the Russian sehool. The leader of the Mollahs and forty of Lis partisuns have been arrested, but riot is considered imminent if work on the school is continued. Hicks-Beach Will Resume Work. Loxpoy, Nov. 14.—Sir Mich Hicl Beach intimated, in a speech at Bristol to- night, that he would resume official work at an tuu‘lv date. Hicks Beach praised Bal- four’s conduct, and condemned the Glad- lllmlliunls for countenancing agitation in Ire- land. pdtets i A Cargo of Loxboy, Nov. steamer Cow. Dynamite. 14.-A passenger on the tate of Indiana named Charles ch was arrested to-duy at Greenock ing in his possession four dynamite s, cach seven inchies loug. German Royalty. Benrry, Nov. 14.—The ciperor slept well last night. Prince Wil who has just re- turned from a visit to his father at San Remo, tved at noon by the emperc Boulanger in Paris. Panis, Nov. 14.—General Boulanger, who has been relcased from arvest, alighted from ilroad train at Charenton and drove into Paris to the Hotel His object Was to avoid public notice. - Rents Reduced. »xnox, Nov. 14.—The land commission in Li ck 40 per cent. plotissdia i The City of Limerick Proclaimed. Doy, Nov. 14.—The city of Limerick hus been proclaimed under the erimes act. Anarchist Fielden Breaks Sto Schwab Peels Potatoes. Jouier, Ils., Nov. 14.—Michael Schwab and Samuel Fielden, anarchists, were taken out of the court solitary this morning lookiug hearty and bright, and were put to work. Schwab was put_in the convict kitchen, where his work wili be to help pecl potatoes. chop hash, and help prepa food. Ficlden was asslg partment. and —— The Panama Canai Bankrupt. Paxama, Nov. 14.—Senor Armero, agent of the Colombian government on affairs of the Panama canal, has mado a veport, in which he says that to complete the canal the enorm- 1 0f 505,000,000 will be required. Ar- ) certain that it will be very diffeuit to raise this enormous sum and that it is useless to deny u‘..t the fivan- al condition of the compary is serious and alarming. e — MeGarigle's Aids. 4-=The ¢ase of Dr. St. charged with couspiracy in aiding tie from the custody of the shevitl, was called in Judge Collins’ court this morning and il contianange wis bm.\.uul until the neat ter of court NEBRASKA AND 10WA NEWS. Governor Thayer Given a Banquet at Nebraska City. A BRILLIANT SOCIAL SUCCESS. Opening of the Second trial of John Arensdorf, at Sioux City, for the Murder of Rev. Haddock. Governor Thayer Banqueted. Nepwaska Crry, Neb, Nov 14.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—The military ball and banquet given to-night by company C, Second vegiment, in honor of Governor Thayer was 4 mrand social siceess, A number of promi- nent men thr hout the state were present, among them Governor Thayer and staft, Hon. Allen Fi and others. A number of toasts were prepared and responded to. After the Dunquet the governor was the guest of Hon J_Sterling Morton. H. 8. Wood was mast of coremonics. Jp— Arensdorf Again on Trial. Siovx City, fa., Nov. 14.—[Special Te gram to the Ber]—The case againgg John Arensdorf, the accused murdereg,of Re Gieorge C. Haddock, was culloghsin the dis- trict courta to'clock this gorning. The court room was filled, whigh*scems to indi- cate that the public intes case has not decreased. The de of abatement, which wi crruled. Ewing, esq., the n riminal luwy Paul, has been engliked by the defense. Arensdorf sdorf appears gagéaim and collected s Almost a Blockade. Siorx Crry, Ta,, Nov. 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The rush of business on the railroads centering in this city is inereas- ing rather than letting up. The Milwaukee line cast of Munilla has suffered a freight blockade, and much freight that would have > via the Manilla line was sent by the Northwestern route. Only the exceptionably inild weather stands between the public and the severest kind of a coal famine, the searcity cight is badly behind in spite of the extra trains that are put on as frequently as train- men and motive pow Arssworri, to the Brr.] this (Brown) [Special returns for were canvassed to-day by the commissioners and the result shows a gain for the alliance, republican and democratie candidates. The alliance first in the fleld with nomi- nations and two of their candidates are elected. The republicans endorsed their candidate for clerk, C. F. Boyd, und he was elected with flying colors. The democrats also endorsed the alliance candidate for sheriff, . M. Good, and he had a fine run. The alliance drew from both parties and the election result is not a victory for any party, 4 it was not a party issue. The question of division of the countv on a line in the center from north to_ south was ulso defeated by a very small maj The petition to bring the question before the people at this time was begun in the eastern part of the county and they desired, if the division was carried to call it Blkhorn county. There was a very lively time in_conneetion with the election, o3 division was a subject of vital imporjunce toa 1ieman Anderson who killed his wife in Bassett last spring, by striking her with a pail and finishing her with an ax, and then throwing her body head-first down a well, was to have him hanged in this town ou the 16th inst., but a stay of execu- tion has been granted by the supreme court to look info the matter of granting @ writ of error in the eas The new court house 8 fairly under way. and if this fine woather continyiea thero will he a good start by the time cold weather sets it Some delay lias been caused lately on ac- count of a searcity of lime, The brick lutely made in this town by John DeWoody is pro- nounced by the contractors to be superior to some purchased at West Point for the build- county county ing. DeWoody has about 65,000 in his kiln, The Congregational expect to build a parsonage in the spr Mr. Lowis, the pastor of the Buptist church, is filling a Jong-folt want by giving Sunday evening lce- tures on topics of iutercst, such’ as, ~Is Lifo Worth Living" “Novel Reading,” etc., and draws good houses. med. pecial to the 'he Farmers union of Leigh com- nization Saturday last, Over one hundred farmers were in town aud sub- scribed for stock in the association. The following named stockholders were chosen directors: V. W. Graves, S. N. Chase, J. M. Devine, J. H, Winderman, L. K. Walters,Ira Nlchols and T. K. Mat: The union ex- pect to ship the balk of the grain and hogs {rom this place and furnish the f; ers with lumber from this ¥ime on. N. W. Graves was elected president, . N. Chase vice-presi- dent, and J. Dewine, secretary, A. M. Walling was chosen trensurcr. Beasley Arrested on a New Charge. Cepar Rapips, Ta,, Nov. 14.—G. A. Beasle of minstrel fume, was acquitted of the charge of burg He was immediately arrested on the charge of larceny. His young wifc is hiere with him. Taken to Illinois For Burial. Drs Moixes, Ta., Nov. 14.—Dr. W. S. Bir- nard, professor of natural science in Drake university, died yesterday and was taken to Canton, 111, to-day for burial. - - A Suspended Bear. New Yonk, Nov. 14.—The prominent bear or, A. S. Hatch, has suspended. 1\ was once president of the stock ex- nd for a number of years a member The announce- was_mude on the stock He was caught short of Reading,and the boom in that stock forced him to the wall. LakiN, Kan., Nov. 14.—The bank of Lakin hus closed its doors and made an assignment. No statement is given further than that a settlement will be nade as soon as assets can be realized on. The firm filed an assignment this after- noon, with preferences amounting to $12,000. KANsAs Crry, Nov. 14.—The Burns-Charde Store Furniture company assigned to-day. Liabilities, $40,000; assets, §25,000, —— Mrs. McGillic Rario City, Dak., Nov. 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—Fannie, wife of Dr, V. MeGillicuddy, the well known Indian agent, stricken by paralysis last evening and is yiug in a precarious coudition, ber life red of. She was in usual health till_sundown, when she went into the front yard, where she was shortly afterward found unconscious. She is unable to speak or eat. The community is greatly shocked, as Mrs. MeGiliicuddy was one of the most popular ladies in the city, as well as one of the most robust in health., Her death appears certain, ——— mentof his failure exchange shortly after 2 o'clock. 1dy Dyin now being desp: An Express Robber, Sr. Pavy, Nov. 14.—Johp A. Weber, a young man in the cmploy of the Northern Pucific Express company for a yéar or more, has disappeared. It is reported that he took with hun a lavge amount of money that had been expressed to western points. The ex- act amouut is not known, nor can it be ascer- tained until the elaims of the shippers are all in, as the packages taken by Weber were not entered ou his books. It is believed, how- ever, that kg bas gob away with akgut 8,0 RED REMNANTS. stern Citiea Watching the Move- ments of Anarchists, NEw Yonk, Nov. ld—Inspector Byrnes considers Johann Most themost dangerous an- archist in America. Yesterday he said: * regard Most as responsible for the Haymar- ket murders in Chicago. He is more to be feared than all the rest.” It was an uneventful Sunday on the east side, so far as anarchist meetings were con- cerned. No public display occurred, The police were on reserve all day, but not once were their services needed. At the various rendervous of the red men only few were seen, and they kept unusually quiet. Jersey City anarchists decided by vote not to hold a mock funeral. The Newark authori- ties are taking steps to evoke the licenses of all saloons where anarcHists are allowed to meet and air their viewd. ter Workman Quinn, of the Knights of Labor. yesterday saik he 'had_been to see Goveriior Oglesby, of Springfield, 111, and had presented petitions of District Assembly 49, and of different otber Knights of Labor assemblies in the state. Governor Ogleshy him kindly. “Tt was no use trying de him to do anything,” Quinn aid ¢ said that for every petition for merc ived from the friends of the condemned men he could produce hundreds from business men and veputable and law-abiding citizens all over the country requesting him to remain steadfast in_supporting the decision of the court. It was the least the governor could do Yo commute the sentences of Fielden and Schawb to life imprisonment.” A BOMB, Penu, Tnd., Nov. 14.—The station agent of (ht‘(lm ago & Atlantic at Rochester scovered a dynamite bomb in a .~ The bomb was made of a piec pipe, with a fuse in one end and_a cartridge inthe other. The dangevous missile was given to the polic TOGUS BOMBS, Cixcisyar, O. Nov. 14.-The police are to-day vainly trying to find the man who made the rude gis pipe bombs, which were last night taken from two hittle boys, who, it is supposed, stole them, and were about to try them, —— g The Last Vestige of Ana Cincaco, Nov, 14.—The last vestige of an- archy was removed from the county jail to- day, when the cells were cleaned out and all the possessions of the executed men given to their relatives. In the cell of Lingg were found some shattered pieces of gas pipe, showing conclusively that the weapon which the desperate man used to kill himself was not a fulminating cap, as ut first supposed, but a real dynamite bomb. How the bombs got into his possession seems as much a mys- ever, but the jailors are inclined to believe that friends passed them through the wire netting of the cage during their visits and that Lingg concealed them n his hair, ¥ An An Brookry Heyser, pastor chureh in this it because there among his chur hist Pastor. . Nov. 14.--Rev. H. C. of a German evang , hus resigned. as he sa; » socialists and anarchists h members and CThey want a religion without a Christ and vorld with- out a God His theology not comprehend ing such u state of affuirs as this, Mr. He, resigned. P i Herr Most to be Proscc NEw Yonk, Nov. 14.=The police have laid before District Attorney Murtine a report of Herr Most's incendiary harangue on Satur- day night and it is thougit probuble that he will be arrested and imprisoned for inciting to riot. FIRE The Capital of Arkansas Expericnces a Disastrous Blaze, Litnt Rock, Ark., Nov. 14.—Firo orig- inated this afternoon fn the Union cotton compress building at the foot of Main strect, and was caused by a Boy dropping a cigar- ette. It spread rapidly and soon enveloped Martin's warchouse across the street, van down the alley, filled also with cotton, crossing Scott and nearly to the corner of Cumberland, threatening the gas works, the Metropolitan block, south of the compress. Thornebrook & Townsend’s block on the east, and the rear of every building as fav as Scott street were on fire in twenty minutes, The wind changing saved not less than half a dozen business blocks, The total loss is timated at $300,000; jnsurance unkuown a yet. ed. ey AT LITTLE ROCK. Oth Sr. Prrer, Minn. fire of Suturday n which there BrusskLs, culture building” bur mber of deputics buildings were with The loss is great. 'The ministerof agricultur and his wife and family who dwelt in the burned building had to fly for their lives. Hatch issued a notice that he could give no cstimate of his liabilities or assets, On the strect it was estimated that the liabihties would amount toabout $1,000. For some time back Hatch has been operating ou the short side of the market and during the recent rise_endeavored to depress it, - The stock of which he was the greatest seller was Reading, und the sharp advance which has followed the absorption of wlmost all the floating stock was too much for him. EW Youk, Nov. 14.—A fire to-night in Brooklyn destroyed the station of the Pross: k and Coney Island railroad, the 's of the Vanderbilt avenue horse car a large quantity of rolling stock and a of horses, he losses aggr te over £200,000. One hundred and fifty se horses were destroyed. The insurance is comparativel smal res, ov. 14.—TLosses in the t amount to §160,000, on 14.—The ministry of agri- The d last night. ministry of fi line, numb e A Talk With Chamberlain, NEW Youk, Nov, H.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—Joseph Chamberlain says that if opportunity offers while he is in Washington, he may attempt to enlarge the scope of the present extradition treaty between Great Britain and the United States. He adde “The present treaty otiated in 1842, and recognizes only fsix erimes for which offenders can be exfradited. There are a great many m such @s burglary, embez- zlement, fraudulent baukruptey, cte., which are offcuses against jcommon law in both countries, aud I think ought to be included among extraditable offenses. Instead or six, we should desive from twenty-five to thirty specified crimes covered by extradition treaty.” “*Would you seck to have so called political erimes or offenses ineluded in the extradition treaty 1 By no means,” replied Chamberlain, “we have never g up o other nations people guilty of purely political offe who have sought an asylum among us,and we certainly should not ask such concession from any other nation.” 1f the men who assassinated Lord Fred- erick endish and Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin, had escaped to this country, do you think that the presemt extradition treaty would have becn suficient to, secure their return to the authoritics in Great Britaint” 1 should think so. Their crime wus mur- der pure and simple. 1 don't imugine that the United States government would regard such a crime as merely a political offense,” Here Mr. Bargue, chief of the treaty de- partment of the Hritish who was preseut during the head, intimating that he dissented from Chamberlain’s view as to what would have been the course of the United States gov- ernment. +'Oh, well," said Camberjain, with a slight shrug of his shoulders, “if the United States rument had chosen to regard their criwe as a politieal offense, then !h-‘\ would bave found & safe asylum here, though we should have covtinued to. believe that they righly deserved Lungiug.” BIDDING FOR THE BOURBOXS. San Francisco Democrats Want the Next National Convention, ROSCOE CONKLING IN COURT. The Great Ex-Stalwart Made the Re- cipient of an Ovation—Senator Van Wyck—A Nebraska Land Case. San Francisco as a Convention City. Wasn ON, Nov. 14.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.) —San Francisco democrats are making strenuous efforts to secure the na- tional convention of 1888 in that city. Within the last few days different members of the national committee residing in Washington have received circular letters directing their attention to the merits of San Francisco for this purpose. These gentlemen claim Ul the logical resultof holding the convention in California_would insure fourteen electoral votes of Nevada, Oregon and California to the democratic candidate, whoever he might be. The building in which the convention could be held has a seating capacity of 10,000, Railway transportation, they say, will be re- duced to a minimum, while hotel accommodi- tions, according to the terms of the circulur, cannot be surpassed. Royally Received. WasmiNGToN, Nov. 14, —[Special Telegram to the Bre.] itor Roscoe Conkling, wearing a black suit, Prince Albert coat but- toned high up, a silk scarf tied in a plain bow, concealing a triangle of snow white shirt front, and with his forelock lying grace fully to one side of his immense forehead, strode into the room of the supreme court of the United States at 5 minutes to 12 o'clock to-day to make an argument in the Virginia habeas corpus case, involving the liberty of Old Dominion ofticials who have been im- prisoned at the instance of alien bondholders. Mr. Conkling was given an ovation. His tall form towered above the group that clustered about and gave him a welcome. The an- nouncement that he to make an argu- ment attracted a large crowd. The only sign of increased age was shown in the additional thinness of the locks on the top of his head. He returned a cordial but dignified greeting to the many friendly salutations. In his hand he ca da letter h he seemed to ) just opened. After exchanging with all who rose to meet him, he took a just to the left of the attorney general, at that moment the crier announced the ing of the court. Mr. Conkling was honored with friendly bows and pleasant smiles from the { justice and his associates and after ourt had opened Attorney General Gar- land leaned over and cordially grasped the hand of his old associate in the senate, ave Senator Van Wyck in Washington. Wasninatoy, Nov. M.— [Special Telegram to the Bee.]—General Van Wyck, wife and daughter are here and will remain two or three weeks. The general is looking after pensions and other official business for his Nebraska friends. He has rented his resid- ence and will give possession of it Decem- ber 1. A Nebraska Land Case Decided. WASUINGTON, Nov. 14.—(Special Telegram the Bee. | tary Lamar to-day con- firmed the decision of the local land ofticers and that of the commissioner of the general land office rejecting the application of Jacob Oler for a final pre-cmption to a quarter sec- tion of land in Section 34, Grand Island dist- trict. Tt was shown that Oler had filed a declaration statement for an entry at Sioux City September 7, 18705 that he afterward transmutted it to a homestead entry upon which final certificate and patent issued and that therefore he exhausted at thut time his pre-emption right. y News, 14.—[Special Telegram istant Adjutant General er has been directed to pro ceed to Vancouver barracks and Fort Town: end, W. T,, on public business. Captain Chucles B, Byrne, assistant surgcon, been relieved from tempe duty McHenry, Md., and ordered to return to Washington barracks. Mayor Burton, now of Fort Leavenwerth, leaves shortly for an inspection of the accounts of disbursing officers.; He expects to visit California before returning. The resignation of Cadet Horace G. Hambright, fourth class, military academy has been accepted by the secretary of war, Captain John J. Cockran, assistant’ surgeon, has been relieved from ll\ln at Presido, Cala., and has been ordered to report for ll\l‘\ as assistant to the medical director of the Di- vision of the Pacific. During the absence of \ul weon Tilton from Presido at SanFrancisco, Captain - William C. Hopkins and First Lieutenant Henry T. Raymond, —assistant surgeons have been ordered to duty at Pr sido. Lieutenant Colonel Horuce B. Bur ham, deputy judgeadvocate, Department of California, has been ordered to Ukiah, Cala., on public_business. Second Licutenant F. 1R. Day, signal corps, has been ordered from on an inspection tour of signal stations in the south and southwest. Captain James F. Thompson, Third cavalry, having been found incapacitated for act has been granted leave of adsence un WasniNeTe No to the Brk Chauncy McK further orders. Colonel Alexander Cham- bers has been granted six months extension of leave on_accy of disability. Second Licutenant G. W ell hus been trans- ferred from the artille Mile ifth artilery to the Fourth y and Second Lieutenant John D, from the Fourth artillery to the Fiftn First Lieutenant W m on, Tweifth infantry, now in Utica, ordered 1o Join his company. Pensions Issued, WasHINGTON, Nov. 14.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.l—The following pensions have been granted to Nebraskans: Mary, widow of William Shipley, Florence. Increase—W, I'. Hughes, Vestay Charles A. Suider, Bur- dett; D. T.Williams, Exeter; Ge ton, Columbu L. C. Curtis, Plattsmouth. Restoration—Abraham Spade, Sparta. Re- issue and merease—William H, Allen, Cam- bridge. Pensions for Towans: Lydia E., widow of Stephen Waterbury, Cedar Falls; Margaret, Johnson, mother of John Moore, Moulton, Original--Samuel Hearn, Keosaugua; C. A mith, Blaesburg; Johan Myers, Reasnor, ase—William P, Hm‘lln n, Columbus Vi Abraham Neudall, \\lll~ T, Clark, Des Moines ner, Muscatine; John &, Willls, Dallas; Eugene T. Rigby, Davenport: Williun F. Orr, Conesville; Willis Higgenbotham, Bra- Ssanford Hamilton, Sioux City; Cliarles M. Barber, Bonaparte; George ', Marion. . Relssuodohn ~ Weish, Keokuk John 1. Nowles, leoniums Daniel H. Hing, Lime Springs; William Engledow, Mt. Aut burn, A Banker's Financial Views, WasniNeroN, Nov. 14.—(Special to the Bee.]—Oue of the most prominent national bankers in New York, a gentleman who lius much to do with the circulating medium and the control of the prices of stocks, is here, and suys that the stringency of the money market has lessencd during the past three or four weeks, and that a8 soon us the sectle- ments are made at the end of the year, dis- counts will be easy and currevey more plen- tiful. He thinks that the redemption of United States bonds by the secr treasury and the consequent discharge on the country of 8o much money, together with the decrease of the volume of investents mada thereby has had more to do with making fin- ancial wallers casicr luun wuything else. | Discounts in New York on gilt-cdged paper have, strange to say, averaged from 8 to 13 cent. during the past six months, an has been very rare that the largest deal and the best borrowers have procured money at the low rate of 6 per cent, which is usually considered the maximum. ' This gentleman says that loans on_acceptable paper will un- doubtedly be made beginning with the new year at old rates, which are from ERACK cent. Thus there will be a great 1‘1-“1 of for the west owing to the fact that the bond market has greatly changed. The Driven Well Patent No Good. Wasnixaros, Nov. 14.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—Thousands of farmers in the country will bless the justices of the supreme court to-morrow when they learn that the so- ealled “Towa driven well cases” hive been decided against ihe alleged owner of the patent. In his opimion reversing the previous decisions of the court, Mr. Justice Blatchford says that it appears in the record of the pres- ent case for the first time that the driven well was used in Cortland, N. Y., before the patent to Green was applied for. This inval- idates the patent and will prevent thes further collection of royalties. The agents of the successors of the oviginal owners of the patent have e during the past few months ing the royalties alleged to be due, in spite of the fact that the life of the patent hias exj It is said by some of the attor- neys who represent the men who have been resisting the patent ofticers that within the past six wonths_thousands_of fai in Towa, Indiana, Michigan, New York aud other states have foreed to pay royuities o avoid summonses {0 appear before the United States courts many miles away from their howes, and that as recently us two weeks ugo notices were served upon the users of driven wells that they must pay the amounts demanded if they would avoid a suit for en fringement. This threat has generally been sufllcient to force the farmers to al though a fow have resisted. 1t is said that the owners of the patent were afraid that the Towa cases would be decided against them, ints for their haste to collect all t they could. Those who have paid will be liable to lose the amounts extorted from thei, as it would be too_expensive 1o try to sccure a vefund in each instance, A Brave Baggageman. WasminaroN, Nov. 14.—[Special Telegram to the BEe.|—Richard Moore, a baggage master on an_accommodation train of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, should have a medal from the lifesaving service. The other day while his tratn was standing in front of the station at Gaithersburg, a small place near Washington, the engincer went into the telegraph ofice for orders, and the fireman got out of the cab to oil up. From some cause or other the engine suddenly started, and neither the engincer nor the fire- man could get wboard. Moore, who was in the buggage car, clinbed out of the window and suce in reach- ing the locomotive uud sppping it, but not until it _was going at a specd of thirty miles an_hour. The engineer tele graphed up and_down the rond to have all trains side tracked, us there and the people of Gaithersbury, ing ()n t the engine could be id, were ) to the exp 'k, when backed slowly up to the station with the baggageman_in the engine cab as cool as if nothing had happened, Doubtless many lives were saved by Mr. Moore's cool- ness and courage, for the cars wore crowded passengers and an express train was nearly due, with which it certainly would have collided. The Indi Contest. ‘WasmiNeToN, Nov. 14.—]Special to the Beer.]—Notwithstanding the threat made by Senator Voorhees that he would object to the oath being ndministered to a republican sen- ator-elect, if objections were raised to the swearing in of Mr. Turpic, of Indiana, when the senate convenes next month it is assured that Mr. Turple will not enter immediate upon the discharge of his duty as successor to General Harrison, A member of the ate committee on privileges and clections tells m> that the contest of Turpie’s scat must take the usual course of reference, cousideration and report before it can be passed upon by the full senate. Politically the senate now stands with two republican majority, counting Tur pie in. If McPherson of New Jerscy is sue- led by ‘a republican m next h, the complexion of the senate will not wed as that republ wain will sim Py be ah offsct to the loss of | Mr. Kiddleb sz of Virginia,who is to give way to a demo- at that time, Unless there is - some un- een accident to chan, anization te it will ren Was i runaway, not dream- WaAsHING Bee.]—In view of the agitation of postal tel- egraphy there Is no likelihood that we will lave penny postage v on. At the post- office department entire satisfaction is ex- pressed with the results of the last reduction of the letter postage, but it is stated that the step from two cents to_one, being u complete reduction of onc-hialf, would be too great at this time even though postal telegraphy was not considered. WASHINGTO {Special Telegram to the BEe.l—A postoflice was to-day estab- lished at Kinne, Winnebago county, Towa, und Andrew L. Andrews appointed postmas- ter. The name of the postoftice at Factoryville, Cass county, was chunged to-duy to Union. Conkling Before the Bar, WasmixGroN, Nov. 14.—Argument in the Virginia babeas corpus cases began in the United States supreme court this afternoon. utor Conkling opened in behalf of t state, and was followed by William L. Royail for the bondholders, GAV A SONG AND DANCE, A Deunver r Murders a Girl Who Deceived Him, Dexver, Colo, Nov. 4.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—A brutal murder at the Palace variety in the lower part of the city at about 11 o'clock tonight created more than the usual excitement. Three weeks ago Efie Moove and Maud Lewis, two song and dance artists, arrived from Lead- ville and being quite handsome they ereated considerable of un impression on the male visitors of the resort, Charles E. Henry, a young gambler nineteen yeurs of age from London, Ount who lust week drew $,000 from a lottery, was one of the most ardent admirers of Efie Maore. He visited the place nightly, spending £40 and 30 on her for wine. Last e week he asked the girl to marry him and she consented. To-day he learned that she had @ husband and went to the theater early. H did not make his presence known until afte the girl finished the lust act. Then calling her toa box he ordered a bottle of wine, locked the door, and in a few minutes five shots rang over the heads of the crowd. They immediately bursted the door and found the girl lying onthe floor dead with two bullet holes th breast and one through her head. him- self up and was ¢ city Jail, When searched £5,000 il cash_end checks of deposit were found in the clothes. He re- fuse lmlu!k I'he girl has a widow mother v whose name is believed to be M. E. Thowas, Mrs. land, mecting of land in front of Lis. sidence of whose ar- was held ye castle, Waterford, e, member of parliament, for résta wareant has just becn issued, Pyne has taken refuge in the castle, which” he has fortified and entrenched. He addressed the crowd through an aperture in the custle. He boasted that the building wus perfeetly fortified uud defied the police W make the wssuully THE LOYAL LECION OF I0WA, Great Preparations to Celebrate Its First Adniversary. INSPECTION OF OILS, STRICT The Hawkeye State Remarkably Free From Fatal Aceid mplexe A Healthy Township. The Flower of ! merican Soldiery, Des Moixes, Ta, Nov. 14 —[Special to the Bre.]—One of the select and the highly prized institution connected with military cirs cles, is the order of the Loyal 1 on, which takes in the flower of American soldies The commandery of Towa, which was orguns ized on the 20th of November, 1586, is soon to celebrate its first anniversary, and great preparations are being made here for that event, The Loyal Legion embraces three classes of membership. First, commissioned officers in the army or the navy during the war of the rebellion ; second, the oldest sons of such off ed to perpetuate ors who ex| the order; third, men not soldiers who rendered conspicuous servic to the union during the w This class includes such merr as Governor Kirkwood, Towa's war governor. The late President Arthur was quartermaster general of New York during the war and rendered great assistance in equipping troops, though not_commissioned by the general government. The late K. B. Washburn, of 1llinois, was another member of this class. The Towa commandery, which has rapidly come to the front for its high character and tone, proposes to make its fivsy anniversary in this city a notable occasion. There will be a reception and banguet worthy of the event. General Belkuap, of Washington, will be one of the speakers, and Towa's fumous orators, Colonel Hepburn, and Colonel Hemderson will also furnish some of the famous oratory that such oceasions alono produce. Members of the legion from - joining states have been invited, among them General Manderson, of Nebraska, and it is expected that this banquet will be one of the finest social events that military men in Towa have ever enjoyed, n 10N OF ILLUMINATING 0118, Four years ago the Towa legislature thought that public interests demanded a_stringent inspection of ilhiminating oils, und so it er ated u department for this purpose, and the governor selected an oil inspector, | T cent publication of the second biennial of this department calls attention to great work that hus been accomplished and Justifies the step taken by the general assem- h|§ The fees collected by the offfee make it self sustaining, so that the state no ex- pense for its maintenance. The Towa test for illuminating oils is very high: in fact, ono of the highest in the country, and many oil refiners and dealors have feli 'like complai ing the caution that was put upon them, But the thoroughness with which the rules and regulations the law has been enforeed is seen in the en- tire immunity of this state from oil ex- plosions. Tha “exploding lamp s practi- cally a thing of the past so faras this state is concerned, the oil inspector stating in his lust report that with 150,000 barvels of oil used inthis state during the past fitteen months, there hus not been & single explosion from imperfect oil. Investigation of a few accidents ascribed to thut cuuse shows that they were due to ome other reason. This is y remarkable showing and is its own highest commendation of the necessity and eftigiency of the inspection law THE SALE OF A KAILROAD. The sale of the Des Moines, Osceola & Southern railrond is gencrally régarded as w of good fortune to the country through i the ro. s, It now extends from this city to ( . Mo, distance of about 107 mile 1 purpose of the the builders of the road wis to extend it to some terminal point like St. Joseph or Kansas City, but the necessary Sl ) or been anything more lled a “plug” ¢ he men than what is ca who have bought the road, now psent an eastern syndicate of capitalists, and proposy n th to the standard, und ex- tend it to some good connection mase it a first-cluss road. The, of them bondholders of the r what they do, will be direct ‘st as well as to the infer The gentleman at_the head of this Mr. H. V. B. Edgerly, of Spring- field, Mass., is a man of lurge business capa- city and experience. He thut the new owners of th 1 Yiave not bought it for copose to make a good money back in the 1 point and were most ad, so that in their of the sturns it will make. It passes through a very rich farming commiunity, wnd has a splendid tervitory to 5 and there s foncral boliot that tho road will_becomo. an importunt factor in the business development, of southwestern lov WOMEN 1 USED SUFFRAGE. Although a few ambitious women in_ this cify registored their names, with a view to voting, they didn't vote when the time came. But one of them made any demonstration at the polls, two others who applied, having their votes refused, walked quietly wway, But one woman, Mr's, Nettie Fox, asked per- mission to make a fow remarks, und mission being given, she delive speech to the judges of election, She quoted the constitution of the United States, insiste ing that when it defined all persons born or naturalized in the Unite from passing any law abri and privileges of citizens, it women as well 48 the men sferred to th 1e then quoted from the lowa code-~which gave instructions to judges of elections ; the laws says that when aperson’s right to vote is challenged, the Al awdminister the oath to him and S0 Mrs Fox contended that when it said it meant her us well, Using the term ense’ But the judges ot prepared 10 uccept this interpretis 1 of the weaning of words, and by u vote of two to one they decided that while in a w generic way he may embrace her, yet for voting purposes the two te ye not inters changeable, And that is why Mrs. Fox did not vote. A STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN TOWNSIIP, An interesting document received yesters duy by the state board of health is ihe une nual r of the clerk of Fairfield to ship, Buena Vista cou he law quires all such clerks to render annuall atate ut of the number of cases of cons tagious discases, and the numb that have occurred in thei the year, The clerk of k reporting to_the bourd there has no bec desease n r of death township during ivficld township, f Lealth, says that a singlo caso of contagious a einglo death in his township during the past year, He gives a8 his explanatiion of this ~good healthy condition of things that there is 1ot a democratic voter in the township. Last year the township cast forty-nine straight” republican votes, igle democratic: voto, and this the number to sixty, and still ocrat wmong them. About th pulation of this townshin orwegians, and the balunce T'iiis township takes the banue. not i des fourth islature. cial to the 1~'r|m veturns from our recent election, though not yet complete, indicate that the legislature will stand as follows: Senate— Republican 84, democrat 15, independent 1, Housc—Republican 62, democrat 83, ur lakor 4, independent vepublican 1, A clear working majority, in both branches, is in favor of con!nuing our present prohibitory policy and in aking the law still stronger, The senatorial preferences of a majority of the house are undoubtedly in favor of @ cane didate like Judge Reed, of Council Blufts, who1s in no way tainted by corporation ins fluence. - But tue scrate has an opposite bagrin and the contest for seuator is bouad

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