Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 22, 1888, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, ‘1888, | « B Domey has ropresented us in the lower use'of congress during his term of office and hereby extend to him the thanks of the joung men's republican club of Norfolk for orts in_seonring the passage of tho foderal court bill in said bydy. Jail Birds Es FarLs City, Neb,, Feb, 21. gram 10 the Ber]—A good deal of excitement i8 caused by the eseape of three prisoners from the county jail, two of them by the name of Gandy, the other Elshire. The Gandy boys were up for burglarizing, the Adatter for forging a note to the amount of $100. The sheriff, before retiring, was asked if he would build them & fire, He sent his oldest 80n to do it, and after the work was done he 1aoft the outside jail door unlocked. The sheriff states that the key to the cells was hanging in his kitchen over the jail and hie hias no idea how it was conveyed to them. This morning all the doors were standing open and the birds had flown. A reward of 50 has beon offered for their capture. The sheriff is severoly consured for his noglect and will probably be suspended. ape. |Special Tele- -~ Organized a Board of Trade. Favws Ciry, Neb,, Feb. 12.—[Sp gram 1o the Bee.|—A large aud cnthusi , astic meeting of the citizens of this place was hold-at the court house last night for the purpose of organizing a board of trade and rmsing money to be spent in advertising the city. The prominent business men of the city were present and many enthusiastic speeches were made, A board of trade was organizod with a large membership. Quite a large sum of money was raised for advertis- ing purposes and put into the hands of the board of trade to be spent judiciously. The “ city is bound to boom and the best time to invest money here is now. Falls City will get its share of eastern capital thut comes west this year. s el Grant Incorporated. GRANT, Neb,, Feb, 21.—(Special Telegram to the Bre.]—The county ecommissioners granted a petition to-day asking that Grant be incorpor They also appointed as trustces J. T. Beard, Joseph Perkins, C. S. Baum, C. G. Woodsand R. A. Walkor, mak- ing this place the only iucorporated town in the new county, Oracked the Safe. Nerrisga Crry, Neb,, Feb, 21.—[Special Telegram tp the Bee.]—Burglars shattered the safe of the B. & M. depot last night, but secured no booty, being unable to get at the cash kept in a steel box. Taere is no clew. Voted For a Street Railway. Nenraska City, Neb., Feb, 21.—[Special Telogram to the Bek.|—The pesple to-day voted, almost unanimously, to grant a strect rollway frencise to 8. H. H. Clark and others. There were but five votes c against it. Deadwood Wants Reincorporation. Ravip Citv, Dak., Feb, 21.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The town council to-day ordered a special election for March 15 on the question of reincorporation_ender the gencral law of the territory. The prosent government exists under a_special charter, which 1s £50 narrow in its provisions. Tho town is unanimous on the question. —_———— PREACHER AND PUBLICAN. The War of the Prohibs and Saloons in Rhode Island. ProvIDENCE, R. L, Feb. 21.—[Special Tel- egram to the Bee.]—For a long period a war has been waged against the liquor sellers at East Greenwich, R. L, by the local law and order league, the head of which was the Rev. G. W. Still, of the Baptist church. Me Still and Allen, acting as constables, have , made several seizures of liquor latel have been threatened with violence. day night Mr; Allen found a large quantity of arsenic in hig-well, but in time to prevent " serious results, and on Sunday a dynamite cartridge was exploded on Mr. Still's steps, but owing to the ignorance of those who od it there butlittlo damage was don: e Rov. Mr. Still was warned of the enmity +-of the liquor men against him, his friends in- sisting that his house was in danger of being biownup. Saturday afternoon officors uccompanied by the_clergyman, visited the saloon of Michael Convey aud raided the . place, carrying off all his liquors. This was accomplished with great difticulty and mn the presence of an excited mob. Convey ut once stocked up again, ut Mr. Stilland_ the ofil- cers raided the sMoon a second time and ‘carried off the entire new stock, This caused oxcitement among the crowd, which was fanned into a flame of fury when the raiding party went to John Quinn’s place and cleaned that out. After storing away the liquors and marking each package for future identification, Mr. Allen and Rev. Mr. Still went home. About 11 o'clock at night Allen . went to the well and drew a pail of water. At that time the well was all right. Sunday morning it was-discevered that the bucket i had been lowered nearly to the surface of the waterand that in it wasa quantity of fine white powder. There was something about it which excited Mr. Allen’s suspicion and on making investigation he dis- covered that the well cutbs and spout and face of the stoues of the well were very lberally powdered. There were seven in- * mates of his own family who would use the water and several other families were ac- oustomed to get water from the w Prof. J. C. Packard, of East Greenwioh academy, ed the 'substance and pronounced it adding that there was enough to kill v people. Early Sunday morning Mr. Still wos awakened by a deep detonation, Jarring the earth as though there had been an earthquake aud then there.wasa sound of broken and falling glass. The noiso the explosion ~ was 80 great people living within a quarter of a-milo were disturbed in their slumbers, «“Hastily arising he went to his front door, and was amazed that an attempt had been make to blow up his house and kill him at daybreak. Investigation showed that somo persons had placed a dynamite cartridgo close to his front door steps and exploded it. They could have wreckua the house had they known enough to confine the dynamite and put it under the steps. As it was, they shat- tered the front windows and one side of the house, blew the front door-steps out of posi- « tion, and split them and tore some clapboards neurly off. These discoveries oreated the greatest excitement in the village, iy Ml , A Brakeman Killed, Duororw, Minn., Feb: 91.—[Special Telo- gram to the Bge.]—The first fatal accident since the advent of the Duluth & Iron Range road in Duluth is chronicled to-day in the death of S.F. Miller, a freight brakeman, This morning about 10 o’clock, as a fellow- employe was walking along the track, he dis- covered Miller lying in a pool of blood be- % mth the cars. *Ome leg and one arm wer Iy, crushed, and assistance being sun moned the suffering man was conveyed to S Luke's hospital, where amputation “was por- . formed. Miller begun to sink rapidly, breath- ng his Jast at 1:30p. m, He was knocked ~from the stde of a box car by a coal shute ‘Which had been built too close to the track, “tind, striking a snowdrift, rolled under the wheels, His home and relatives are in Win- pipog. e Duluth and the Inter-State Law. Durvnt, Minn,, Feb. 21.—[Special to the BEs|—A regular meeting of the Duluth Chamber of Commerco held this morning. A resolution protesting againstany action being taken by congress to apply the provisions of the inter-state law to freight going part of the United States to auoth over Canadian roads was unaniniously passod and will be forwarded to Washington at ouce. Auother resolution urging upon congross the ueed of a ship canal between lukos Ontario on Amerivan soil 80 thut traftic of Shis country pussing tho Wellund canal would not bo subject to Canadian domination was ‘ also passed. —_—— Knocked Qut in Ninety-two Rounds. WiMmiNeToN, Del, Fob, 21.—[Special Tel egram to the Bak.|—-Young Duncan, the champion featherweight of Delaware, and en “unknown” of Philadelphis, fought & stubbornly contested “mill" w this The battle lasted minutes, Duncan in the ninety-sec ilists were terribly Both puy carried from the punished and had to riag. THE WARNER WOMAN'S STORY Her Confession Given General Cro- denco at Dee Moines, HIS EXTRADITION Murderer Tascott Thought to Have Been Fonnd at Mason City—Prep- arations For the Foster Trial At Bedford. PROBABLE. The Confession Credited. Drs Moixgs, Ia., Fy Specinl Tele- gram to the Bee| ~This morning's dispatches reporting the confossion of Mrs, Warner, of Wichita, that her husband had murdered Henry Scribuer at Des Moines some ars ago, has recallod popular interest here to- day in that tragedy. Scribuer was slugged right in the bilsiness heart of the city while on his way home: from busincss about 9 o'clock in the evening. - It was in September, ‘1582, on & Friday night of state fair weelk, and it was supposed the robbers saw him counting iid money {n his store before start- ing home and'then stugzed him as he passed adark alley, He was unconscious for hours after the blow had boen mivem and died the following Sunday, unable to identify his as- sailants, The polwe waae ‘every effort at the time to find tne murderer, but failed. Two men were arrested on suspicion, but were not convicted. In talking with Policeman Shafer to-day, who was captam of police at that time, he said that Warner aud his wife were living in Des Moines when the myrder oceured, and he remembers them well, but they were not suspected to be fnvolved in the crime, and were permitted to leave town. Other police men who were_on the force thon say the think Mrs. Warner's story is straight, and the incidents she referred to, such us a g eral delivery here four yeurs ago, did occur. No steps have yet been tukeh by the local autborities to recover Warner, but if an i formation’ could be sworn out for his arrest extradition would possibly follow. The Fovestry Gun Club Shoot. Davesrort, Ta, Feb., 21-—(Special Tele- gram to the ‘Bee.|—The anntial meeting of the Forestry Gun club opened here to-day, attracting a large attendance of sportsmen. The first match: was at seven siugle rises of thirty yards, both barrels. There wero thirty-one ontries. Iirst money was taken by A. Ruskin, of Wabasha, Minn., and W. Harbaugh, of Genesco, Ill. In the second match, ten single birds at thirty yards, both barrels, there. were - twenty-four cntrics, Emil Berg, of Davenport, made ten straight hits, winning first money, C. W. Budd. of Des Moines, took sccond, killing nine birds, A Forger Wanted Elsewhere. Drs MoiNes, Ta,, Feb. 21.—[Special T gram to the Bee.|—A few days ago a man giving the nameof Hindman was arrested and lodged in jail charged with larceny and having forged checks in payment of his board. Since then it was discovered that he was wanted on a charge of forgery at Aledo, 11l To-day officers obtained his written con- sent to be taken there without a requisition and his signature 80 obtamed will be used as evidence against him in the forgery case. An Tllinois officer is expected to come for him to- morrow morning. Ll Tascott as a Plano Tuner. Masox Ciry, In., Feb. 1 Tele- gram to the Ber.]—A man answering per- fectly to the description of William B. Tas- cott the supposed murderer of Millionaire Sneli, was in the city on Thursday forenoon. He professed to be a piano tuner and called at some of the east side residences and by his peculiar actions at once created suspi- cion. Ho reniained in the city but a short time, Those who have read the description of the murder say that Tascott is none other than Riano tunei The Towa Legislature, Des MoiNes, Ta,, Feb, 21—In the senate the bill relating to canned goods, passed by the twenty-first assembly, was amended by striking out the words *‘For consumption in the state.” In the house the bill to prevent improper combinations by insurance companies was discussed and sevoral amendments adonted. The bill makes it unlawfui for insurance companies to combine or to pool to prevent competition and to form a board for the pur- pose of fixing board rates. It provides a penalty for violation of not less than £200 nor more than £500. Any local agent or other guilty of violation may be punished by ment one year or fine not exceeding ie auditor of state shall revoke tho sc of the offending company except when an appeal is taken, in which case the revoca- tion waits the hearing of the appeal. Legislative Lobbying. Des MoixEs, Ia., Feb, 21.—Representatives of a prominent Chicago pork packer are working in the legislature, against the pas-: sago through the house of the bill providing for the examination of meat before being Killed in tho city where it is to be sold. The bill has already passed the senate, Petitions are coming from the farmers’ al- liance favoring railroad legislation. The house railroad committee bilis came up this afternoon in the house. The disposition scems to be to consolidate all-bills in o tariff schedule and railroad commission bill. AL L The Brewery Driver Acquitted. Siorx Crry, Ia, Feb, 21.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bsk]—~The. jury i the prosecu- tion of the delivery driver of Selzor's bre: ory to-day brought in & verdict of not guilty. The driver was-charged witha_violation of the prohibifory law becausa-he delivored beer withouta patmit, The vardict was con- trolled by the instructions of the court. Ratlroad’ Bills Bostponed. Drs Moixes, Ta.,Feb.21, - The consideration of the hougd -commiltee railfoad bills was postponed _until the next legislative session on account of the absence of many membey who should be present. at the consideration of the same, SIS ‘The Foster Murder Case. Lexox, Ia., Feb. 21.—{Special Telegram to the Beg.]-The Foster murder case will be brought up in the distriet court at Bedford to-morrrow. A call has beon issued for a special panel for A1ty'Jarory. : L T MOUNY VERNOK VIOTIMS, Arrangements - Being Made For a Union Burial Service On ‘Sunday. MovNt Veuyox, Is., Feb, 21L.—The in- jured are all doing well this morning. Al the patients have the bestauedical care and are established in the roams of - the supreme court house and private residences. Mrs. Licgg, who was reported_dead last night, is still in a very precarious condition. The fol- lowing reported in last might's listof dead are among the injured: Sam Yearwood and Amandu Broden, The mayor called the ministers togethor this morning and issued & proclamation for a union burial service to take place at the su- preme court room at 10,-but in consequence of there being so fow thero it was agreed to de- fer the service until Monday morning at the Presbyterian ehurch. The state authorities have placed shelter tents at the disposal of all who wish them, A large quantity of grocories, provisions and clothing were recejved this morning and do- nations to the amount ‘of #2,500 have so far been eived. The mayor has closed the dram shops for the remainder of the mouth. (oo R e i soverely injured are sinking, and there is but little hope for the recovery of at least eight of them. Tho os- capes of many were miraculous and porsonal expericnces are strange aud almost incred- ible. Almost all the persous who were on the streets when the storm burst were killed. Many who were sheltered in houses one moment the next found themselves in the ruins, but uninfured. One man sa, “There is where 1 lived, but there's nothing of my things left. Two of my ohildren and my wifo are abed afld P'm used up, We were all to- gother in a room when the storm struck, and away went the cottage aud left us whers wo stopd. Then parts of other buildings bogan to come down on us. Wehaven't so much'as a blanket left.” FIFTIET Scnate. Wasmivaros, Feb, 21.--Among the bills in- troduced and referred in the senate to-day was one by Mr, Platt to establish an expe ntal grass and forage plant farm, and for condugt- ing experiments relating to grass and farago plants, The bill provides for the purchase. of a farm in the vieinity of the hundredth merid- fan where extended experiments could be carried onj and it also authorizes the com- missioner of agriculture to carry on such experiments, without purchase of land, near of Washington and requires him to cate the results to the different agri- colleges and agricalturaiists throughs out the country. After some debate the bill was referred to the committee on agricultura. shorman, from - the couimittee on opgrted back adyerscly:-the bill 2ing the secret of the treasury-to ile and reverse the' decisions of inferior v of the department in relation to mat- tera of account. The bill to ‘potate the Washington Cable Electric railrond was dicussed gt some length but finally laid aside wformally. Ad- journe pain House. WasHryarox, Feb. 21.—-On motion.of Mr. Nelson of Minnesota, the bill was passed autho the construction of~a. bridge across ited River of the North by North Da- kotu and the Pacific railroad ¢ompany. The committee on judiciary reported baek the senate bill to credit and pay to the sov- eral states and territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under direct tax. Committec of the whole. The same committee reported the joint resolution pro- posing amendments to the constitution re- garding polygamy. Mr. Wilson of Minnesota, from the com- mittee on commerce, rveported the bilt pro- viding for a collector of the port of St. Paul. Committeo of the who! Awmong the bills reported and” placed upon the calendar for the —erection of public buildings was one for Hastings, Neb. The bill for the sale of the Hlack Bob In- dian reservation, Kansus, at # an acre, passed. Adjourned until Thursduy. Nebraska and fowa Pensions. WasmiNeroxs, F 21.—[Specidl Telegram to the Bre.]-~Pensions were issued for Ne- braskans to-day as follows: Original invalid —Harvey Wakefield, Springfield: James L. Booth, Lincoln. Incrense—Isaac Starbuck, Shelton. Mexican widows—Josephine, widow of Nanialaus Kammer, Omatha, Pensions for Towans: Original and invalid —Francis M. King, Farragut; William R. Nattocks, Forest Edward Conroy Swan. Briggs Olds, Corning; George W, Cor poron, Cincinnatti; Otis H. Horton, Leon Increase.—Archibald R. Cabbert, Neéw Lon- don . Young, Sama City: Francis Curti Kendall- 4 ic ivors (reissue)--Henr, Rosencrans, Bigourne, Iswnc H. Preston, Stilesville. Mexican widows--Rebecea A, widow of Jacob T, Richie, Fairfield. Investigating Benedict, WasniNeron, Feb, 21.—~The special com- mittee appointed to investigate the workings of the government printing office under the administrations of Benedict and his prede- cessor, Rounds, held its first session this evenmg. Benedict testified, giving statistics to show that with the reduced force more work wis being done than under his prede- cessor. He had veen compellad to retrench on account of extra expenditures by Rounds, No_employe had been discharged through political influcnces, and when he found that in a few instances honorably discharged sol- diers or sailors had been dropped he promptly reinstated them. Patents to Western Inventors. WasiiNGToN, Feb. 21.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bek.]—Patents were issued to- day for the following inventors: William H. A. Lyon, Sioux City half to J. W. Boyd, C ob,, cartridge implement; Orlando M. Pond and J. Proran, Independence, Ta., wire joining machine: August F. Tiede, Deep Creelk, In., check-row planter, PROCURING HOUSES. Testimony in Mrs. Charlotte Smith's Intelligence Office Exposures. Bostoy, Feb. 21.— [Special Telegram to the Bee.|—The house committee on' labor to-day gave a hearing to Mus. Chaplotte Smith and others on the charges that several intelligence oftices were sending rirls seek- ing employment to houses of ill fame. Mrs Smith charged Inspector Burloigh with being in league with the intelligence offices and knowing their abominable business. She submitted written statements several of which were sworn to, of women who bad been sent as charged. These girls were sent out s servants, seams tresse and some of them were sent to oth ¥ Smith_introduced Mra. Anna who said that she had been driv her business by the exactions. of - Iu Burleigh. She had kept an- intelliger fice for twenty-six vears. Henry Chase, president of the ty for the Suppression of Vice, corroborated some of the statements of the women, Several of the accused intel- ligence ofices kecpers appeared and dénied the truth of these statements. B Roulanger a Candidate. Pamis, Feb, 21.—The prefocts: of the de- partments of Loire, Marneand Loyret, where elections for members of - the' deputies are pending, have nformed the Rovernmeit that the radical committees havé determined to nominute Boulanger for every vacancys e S Dyl DAY LIGILE, Ifageptlemanby thig, name."of Day ‘voluntgers to throw the light,of his ex- petience into: the darkened places of _misery, so.that others mauy go 8nd do: a3 be has:done and enjoy life, may it not bo reasonably - called’_daydght? As for instance, take the case of Gaplain Sargent §. Day, Gloucester, Masa., writes April 10, 1831: “Some, time was_suffering with rhoumatisin, * small portion of St. Jacobs Oil and was cur: atonce. I have used it for sprains and never once have known it to fail: T will nevér bt without a bottle)” Captatn Day also re- ceived a_circular letter, and. in reply.under date of July 1, 1887, he says: ‘I used the Oil as stated and was per: uruunlv cured of rheumatism by its wse.” Duribg the inter- vening six years there had beeii no recur- rence of the pain. Also a letter from Mr. H. M. Converse, of the Warren (Mass) Herald, dated July 9, 1887, as follows: “In response to yours of June 22, would say - that in 1830 my wife had a seyere attack of rheumatism shoulder and arm, so that she could not raise her hand to her head. A few applications of st, Jacobs Oil cured her permanently, and she has had no return of it Another case is that of Mr. R. B. Kyle, Tower Hill, Appomattox county, Va., who writes, November, 1886 : *‘Was afilicted for several yoars with theumatism and grow worse all the time. Ewminent physicians gave no relief; had spasms, and was not ex- pected to 1i: wag rubbed all ovor with St. Jacobs Oil. The first application relieved, the second removed the pain, continued use cured me; no relapse in five years, and do as much work as ever.” Tlxmuu:{wbotthe perfection of the remedy, and, taken in con- necflua with the miracles performed in other cascs, who hias no equal. A CONGRESS; OF COMMERCE. ,Apnua} Gathering of Brn:lahf‘ghambers. S0 v A VERY REPRESENTATIVE BODY. S B Chairman Samuglson Reads Statistics Showing a Gra®ifying Increase For the Pdlt Year in Shipping Tonnage. - o English Boards of Trade. [Copyright 1958 by James Gordon Bennett.| Loxnoy, Feb. 21.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Brr.]—The conference or congress oPhundreds of chambers of com- merce throughout the Umted Kingdom, which is annually tield, assembled to-day for its twenty-cighth year at the Whitehall rooms at Northumberland avenue. D gates came from evéry. chambet and repre- senting cevery branch of commerce’ and all types—Coitie, Scottish, Welsh and Saxon faces. Vety eminent meroantile chiofs were present. Parlinment itself might well be envious of such a sathering of brain, brawn, capital and dignity, and, indeed, twelve com- mercial M. P.'s were delegates, The con- ference called to the chair Sir Bernard Samuelson, M. P, for Oxfordshire, an iron- master at Brondsboro and also an agricul- tural implement maker at Banbury Cross. He is, too, an F. R. 8. I give portions of his opening address. Referring to the unmistak- able progressive improvement in trade and mantfactures, hie urged that its best evidence laid in the development both of the internal transport and the mercantile marine, For instance, the receipts of railways had in- creased £500,000 in the last six months and the foreign tonnage of 1887 over 1885 had in- creased 2,190,000 of British shipping alone, with £42,000,000cargoes of British ownership, Solely as a result ships which had for some time been laid up in our ports found employ:- ment at increased freights, and in the latter mouths of the year ship-owners wera encour- aged to place contracts for new ves- sels 80 numerous that most of the ship-building yards in the northeast of England and also most of those on the Clyde were now fully engaged for months to come. The returns of entrances and clearances for the mouth of Jantiary of the present year showed a proportionate gain over the corre- sponding month of 1887. The figures I quote did not include our coasting trade, which had amounted in round’ mimbers to 27,000,000 tons, making a total cargo trade, domestic and foreign, of £83,000,000. President Sam- uelson then gave encouraging statistics of British trade with foreign countries and ob- served thereon : “These encouraging features should not, however, shut our eyes to the great development of manufactures in those countries which eompete with us, or to the oxertions we afe catled upon to make in order not to be distunced by competitors. Although the enormaus increase in the pro- duction of iron and sfeel in the United States does not affect our trade in neutral markots, still it is worth wifile to mention that whereas in 1877 the production of pig iron in the States was only one-third that of the United Kingdom, it bas increased from year to year till Inst year it amounted to seven- eighths of our own ‘pioduction. It is more important to notice that the weekly con- samption of cotton of ur European custom- ers and competitors in 189 was still 2,700 bales per S week behind t of the United = Kingdom, but in 1887 it was equal to purs in amount, a fact which may make us pause before we yield to thoseof our Lancashit¢ friends who would throw an'impediment in the way of starting joint stock weaving and spinning mills by the work of the people.” These statistics produced the buz and turn- ing which English reporters characterize by the word *‘sensation.” “Phen, veturning to the United States, he resumed: “Although an impulse has been given, it is impossible for us to foresee what length of time will still elapse before our American friends adopt & miore liberal com- mercial policy. Whenever it comes no doubt the advantage to both them and to us will bo very great, but it will not be to us without its drawbacks, for wo might be certain that whenever the time ar- rives when ships can be built in America of duty froe materials or be imported for regis- tration in that country, tho time will also have gone by whien nearly all the enormous trade between tho tivo countries will, as now, be carried in British vessels, when for every. ton of merchandise entering or leaving our ports in American ships eight are: carried in British bottoms.” Rosolutions were thea passed for support- ing international arbitration, for watching commereial union between Canada and the United States, for including modern lan- guages and commercial education in um- Twen ty-Eighth .versity programmes, and for better postal and tolephonic facilities. John Lubbock and othors took part in the discussions, and then, the members ad- journed until morning. Oddly enough, in contrast with the prosi- dent's rosente statistics on. shipping, thero comes to-night intelligence from Glasgow of the annual meeting of the local shipping own- ers, with Alexandor Allan, of the Allan line, as chairman. In tho.course of his speech he said: “The slight spurt towards the cnd of ear has gone off; and the caraings have again become most remunerative, When the ships now building are ready the shipping trade will be further depressed. There is no t to go for further tonnages. In- ships are not numerous. 1 believe that beforc the end pf the year there will be a collapse in ship building.” S A CARD:FROM MITCHELL, Fires a Broadside at Sullivan Through a §perting Paper. (Copyright 1555 tny; [ GGardon Bennett.| Loxboy, Feb. B—fNew York Herald Cable—Special to ¥ Bek }-The following letter, addressed tq:3hie Sporting Life, ap- peared in that papey ggclusively Sir: A letter Wgesbeen . published in America, purporting to be from John L. Sullivan, that I offerpd $1,000 to a party to hire a gang of roughs {o prevent him win- ning. These untruflifyl statements are cir- ulated ‘with the view of injuring my repu- tation. There has MtDeon the slightest de- sire on my part to pfaok any stumbling block ) the way of our &uizement being fairly decided. On the cola@ry, more than once [ have asserted that thwse who will accompany me to the trystinf’ ‘place are well known and honorable .5\ emen and I have offered to namg,those invited and have called upon Sullivan to act in a eimilar manner, but no response has been made. I am still ready to name ten gentlemen who will accompany me, and should Sullivan ob- ject to any of them I will cancel the name rather than allow him a loophole for not keeping his engagement. I shall expect him to concede me @& similar privilege. This plainly shows that I desire to extend and re- ceive fairplay. Sullivan is also reported as saying that I do not intend meeting him and that I shall organize some interference. He, however, knows differently. This statement is too mean and paltry to be taken notice of, but there are persous who lend willing cars to such assertions. My sole wish is to meet Sullivan, and I will try and prove to the world, if gven a square deal, that Sullivan is not the terror his scribbling has endeavored to make out. . Ac- He, cordmg to them he has a walkover, but should ho win thero will be no credit to the performance. If defoated he will be the laughing stock of the sporting world. He will find if the prognostications of these gen- tlemcen are not verified to the letter, that he will have few sympathizors ovon among them. My backers can rest assured that I leaving 1o stone unturned to get fit; that 1 already will be, that T shall be there on the afd not place any impediment in tho of the business being concluded. Should, howevor, anything arise to provent matters being concluded satisfactorily, they can draw their own conclusions as to who has'sech the red light. You'rs, Cranrres Mitenenr, English Boxing Champion. The Prince Goetting Along Well. [Copymright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.} SAN Remo, Feb. 21.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Beg] ~Mixicnr— Contrary to the alarming rumors current in Paris,. the prince’s condition is no worse than yesterday. He had a splendid night and his physicians agreed that he is getting onwell, J —— t Algeria Shaken, [Copyright 1888 by Fames Gordon Bennett,| ALGERiA, Fep, 2.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee]-At 2.a. m. a slight earthquake shock with oscillatory waves from east'to wost, was felt through- out Algeria, No damage. x ) e LT, In the Commons. Loxnos, 1 2(.—In the commons this ovening Bradlaugh made a personal explana- tion regarding the correspondence in which Lotd Salisbuty appeared to charge him with corruption and perjufy. He said that Salis- bury's solicitor denied his responsibility; thilt the government refused a committee of inquiry and he hoped the house would recog- nize A\hat no further responsibility rested upon hith, Cameron, radical, in the debate on the ad- dress, moved an amendment censuring the absence from the queen's speech of all refer- ence to the distress prevailing in the high- lands of Scotland. The government speaker contended that the crofter districts were over-populated and z!ml relief ought to be sought in immigra- ion. Cameran’s amendment was rejected. Zm i The Bernal Bandits. City oF MEXIC0, Feb, 21.—Private advices received Here Sunday and yesterday from the state of Durango represent that most active measures are being taken for the extermina- tion of Bernal's bandits, A former member of Bernal's band has betrayed his confeder- ates. He made known the names of the per- sons who supplicd food and ammunition, and some who shared in the results of their rob- beries, A large number of persons impli- cated have been arrested and shot. Affuirs. Pants, Feb, 21.—Several journals fear a government crisis will ensue should the cabinet insist upon the chamber of deputies voting a_sum of money on account of se- cret service, and _declares it will make the, vote a question of confidence, The radicals and socialists of St. Etienno have decided to run General Boulanger for the chamber of deputies notwithstanding the fact that he is ineligible. “The cabinet has decided not even to consent to a reduction of the sccret servico esti- mates, At the trial of Wilson the public prose- cutor declared that Wilson's conduct had 0 downright venal and should be stigm zed s it descrved, especially when his pos s considered and the fact that the 1 traffic in which he had been engaged had been carried on in the palace of Elysee. French Too Anxious For Trade. LoxDoN, Feb. 21.—The association of the chambers of commerce of the united king- dom haye unanimously passed a resolution advocating an_arbitration treaty with the United States for scttlement of all difficulty that may avise between that country and England, ——— The Crown Prince. SAN Revo, Feb. 21.—The bulletin issued this morning says the crown prince rested better last night, and was less troubled with coughing and spitting. The prince of Wales paid him a visit last evening and found him better'than he expec s The Bulgarian Question. Loxnox, Feb, 21.—A dispatch from Vicnna says Kalnoky, minister of forcign affairs, has aceepted Rudsia’s overtures for a scttlement of the Bulgarian question. He trusts thav Italy und England will follow suit. e A Regency Bill Submitted, Beuuay, Fob. 21.—Prince Bismarck sub- mitted a regency bill to the emperor to-day. The text of the measure has not been made public. ———— SINKING IN QUICKSANDS. Chicago's New Water Tunnel Threat- gens to Create Havoce. CiicaGo, Feb., 21.—The enormous pocket of quicksand has wade itself apparent in the vicinity of the new water tupnel shaft on the lake front. For scveral days it has been se- riously interfering with work and to-day new and alarming features doeveloped. = The ground under the Tllinois Central road tracks along the lake shore commenced to siuk, Load after load of cinders was dumped off there and worked under the ties but every time a train passod, down would go the track for several inches. ' The raitroad people have been warking incessantly all day and evening keeping the road bed straight. The water tunnel_shaft, i8 now about seventy feet deep and adozen feet.an diameter. Enough dirt has beau already taken outto fill sev holes, -but, b - progress 15 being made, siuking pragess has not yot. extended west of the shaft,but should it o west any distanc several large and costly buildings woul probably suffer, includiug the auditorium, 1 gainst Jay Gould. NEw; York;: Feb, %L.—A complaint was filed to-day in the supreme court by John L. Stanton in n sit against the Mi cific, Fort Scott, the Union, Srugh company, Jay Gould, Rus- 5okl Georgo Gould. and " others. The com- plaint alleges that the . Fort Scott reorgani- Zation agreemont has pot been . carried out and thiough' fravd the stockholders were in- duged $0: giye, up tholr stock to @ committee whio obtaied it-fox the usc and benefit of the Mi;s‘mu;v cific. PngLn“'}‘lfl asks for an ac- counting of the Fort Seott company, that the Musnufid’mnovm-mmpcuml to account for the earnings and these be turned over to the receiver. Tl P ;' "Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Fair weather, preceded by slight snow ik northwestern portion, sligitly - colder, ‘1ight to fresh northerly winds, becoming variable: For Towa: Fdirwetither, preceded by local rains in - Worthwestern portion, warmer eastern portion, slightly colder i western portion, light variable winds. ¥or Eastern and Southwestern Dakota: Warmer; with rain or snow, followed by colder fair weather, light to fresh variable winds, becoming northerly. o Bwiddind Starved to Death. ReaDixe, Pa., Feb, 21.—[Special Telegram to the BEm.]--Jacob Hollenberger, aged twenty years, died here to-day, having liter- ally stavred to death. Over four months ago a piece of molten iron flew into his throat while he was working,closing up the passage- way to his stomach. He has never eaten anything sinee and was kept alive by lquid inections. His weight was reduced from 165 10 40 pounds. L The Death Record. ProvipENce, R. L, Feb. 21,—George B. Corliss, the eminent mechanical engineer aud manufacturer, died this afternoon of paralysis of the heart. He was in his sev- enty-second year. et Striking Miners Turned Away. Mouxt CArMEL, Pa., Feb. 21.—The miners made a rush for their places this morning to find in many cases that they were not wanted. Many were turned away. The fecling is m;u;r against the Reading company, A DOSE FOR DAVIS. Judge Berka Inflicts Punishment on the Wife-Beater. Dick Davis, the wife beater, who has been hiding from the police for several days, finally showed himself yesterday, the I of liguor being stronger than his fear of the officers, e was found in a saloon and was promptly arrested. On being called to ao- conny by the police judge for the inhuman manner in which he has been treatig his 1ttle wife, he tried to extenuate his offense y charging her with infldelity, Mrs, Davis 1carried bruises and wounds flicted by him und_prosented a most pitiable appe ance. Her neighbors says she fs dying fr His honor listened patiently to Davis® gave him a severo reprimand for his ality, and then fined him £10 and costs and gave him sixty days in the county jail, twenty of that time on bread and wat promising to quadruple the punishment ever he was found quilty of the same offense again, ol Omaha Evangelical Alliance. Aa adfourned moeting of the alljsnce con- vened at the Y. M. C. A, rooms at 1 o'clock storday. The committees. appointed the city and superintend the visit- ing of every home thercin reported progriss and were continued as standing committee: The time of meetings was fixed on the first Monday of each month at 2 o'clock p. m The committec on constitution was requested to make a full report at the next meeting. A committee consisting of Rev. J weiler, Rev. and Dean was appoin! a8 to the base ball league or leagues of Omaha the purpose of the alliance to oppose the desecration of the Sabbath by ball playing, and state to the may- or their determination to aid in the enforce- mentof the law against tho same. The Trinity Mission, Dean Gardner's lecture to men at Trinity cathedral last night was largely attended and proved of the utmost interest. The sub- ject chosen was ‘“The Special Evil of In- temperance,” and a number of the clergy of different denominations of the city were present. The discourse wa ly i pressive, and after the hundred men remained to listen to a talk b the dean. These sermons to men continue during the week, the subject of Dean Gard- ner's address to-night bemng ““The Special Evils of Impurity. - Only a Little Mixed. Lindsay Mulnix, an old man from Winter- set, I, claimed he was robbed yesterday morning of $25. He said the robber was a confidence man who led him to an out-of-the- way place on Sixth street, where he went through his pockets. He identified one ‘Thomas Downey as the man who had done the deed, but an cxamination of Mulnix’ pockets disclosed his money in his overcoat. As Mulnix was badly intoxicated it is sup- posed the robbery was only a fancy of an overstimulated brain. Downey was dis- charged. The Council Last Night. Owing to the absence of Presidént Bechel in St. Louis, Councilman Lee presided ove the deliberations of the council last night, Councilman Hascall, by resolution, had a committee appointed to sccure a site for a city jail, the proposition for boarding city prisoners in the county jail was referredi several new ordinances were introduced and passed, a great many claims allowed. and a small amount of other business transacted. g e ks The general sweepstake shoot of the Omaha Gun club takes place on the club grounds to-day and promises to be a great affair, —-—— National Law and Order League. PrinApeLrRIA, Pa., Feb. 21.—The seventh annual meeting of the National Law and Or- der league begins to-morrow. An informal reception was given the delegates to-night, at which Governor Beaver presided. Hon. Charles C. Bonney, of Chicago, president of the Citizen’s Law and Order league, and Sen- ators Evarts and Colquitt delivered ad- dresses. ———— The Rate Troubles, Cnicaco. Feb, 21—The jont conference committee of western lines hope to fix upona plan by to-morrow. The local committee of cast-bound roads, inorder tokeep the west- ern out of its territory, hus decided to abro- gato through billing” and substitute an ar- bitrary instead of a percentage through rate. s il Carried Away the Dam, CitrcopeE, Mass., Feb. 21.—Swift & Co's. dam was carried away by an ice pack this morning and considerable damage was done to themill. Sixty thousand spindles were stopped and 6,000 hands thrown out of em- ployment. SN Fatally Shot His Father. Ciicaco, Feb. #1.—Michacl Kinsley, ir., aged cighteen, fatally shot his father this afternoon in a scuffle, resulting from his in- terference between father and mother. e Suspended From the Board, Ciicao, Feb, 21.—CGeorge S, Thurber, of the firm of Thurber & Gore, was suspended from the board of trade to-day for one year. The offense was giving rebates on commis- tions. el General Stevenson Returns, Wash v, Feb, 21, — Firat Assistant Postmaster G Stevenson returned to- ¢ from a short visit'to Cuba, greatly im- proved in hiealth patt RO A Massachus: Parwer, Mass., Feb. 21.—A severe freshot occurred in this scction last night, resulting in much damuge to property. Beware of Scrofula Scrofula is probably more generak than any other disease. It-fs Insidlous in ehdracter, and manifests Itsel i Tunning soros, pustular eruptions, bolls; swelings, cnlarged jolnts, abscesses,sore cyes, ete. Hood'sSarsaparilla expels all trace of scrofula from the blood, leaving it pure, enriched, and healthy. I was severely afilicted with scrotula, and over a year had two running sores on my neck. k five bottles iopd's Sarsaparilla, and ain C. E. LoveJoy, Lowell, Mass. C. A. Arnold, Arnold, Me., had scrofulous sores for scven years, spring and fall. Hood's Barsaparilla curgd bim. v Salt Rheum Isone of the most disagrepable diseases cansed Byimpureblood. Itisreadily curedby Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier. ‘William Sples, Elyria, 0., sufforéd greatly from erysipclas and salt Theum, cansed by bandling tobaeco. At times his hands would crack open and bleed. Ho tried varlous prep- arations without ald; finally took Hood's Sar- saparilla, and now says: *“Iam entirely well.” #My son had salt theym on his hands and on the calves of his legs. . ITe took Hood's Sarsaparilla and is eptirely cured.” J. B. Stanton, Mt. Vernon, Ohlo. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all drugglsts. sixfor §5. Mado only by O. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecarles, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878, BAKER'S Breaklast Cocoa. ‘Warranted absolutely pure Jocoa, from ‘which the excess of 011 has been removed. 16 has three times the strength of Cocos mixed ‘with Btareh, Arrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far more econonii- eal, costing less than ome cent @ ou) It s delicious, nourishing, strengthening, casily digested, admirably l‘lpled for invalids as well as for persons in health. Sold by Grocers everywher: W, BAEER & CO, Dorchester, Mass THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS. Extreme Dullness Pervades All tho Grain Pits, CORN WEAK ON SMALL RECEIPTS. The Bear Element in Provistons Works to Depreoss Prices—Fair Trading In Cattle and Hogs ~Quotations. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKE Cineaco, Feb, 21,—[Special Tolegram to the Bee. |1t was one of the dullest of dull days in all the grain markets, with apparent- 1y no outside business and local traders in- disposed to do anything with a holiday ¢6m- ing to-morrow and its possibilities in the way of pricc-affecting news. Fluctuations wero narrow all around and they were very infre. quent, Inthe wheat pit the first impulse was downward, more because of selling by two leading traders than becauso of any nows. May whedt opened at S0ie, declined to SOM@S0%e, and fluctuated botween those limits - for somo time, but about noon advanced to Ste. Later there was another decline to 80%7¢ and an ad- vanco to S07Je and the latter price was asked t the 1 0'clock cl June wheat opened at S1%¢, sold at Sle and the nominal high point was Sl¥ge. The 1o'clock close was at 81 (@ Stige. Corn receipts were but 880 cars, estimate of 440 cars, and this made rather tirm feeling, but with a slight advance thero abundant corn for sale and pl wanted at a little lower pricos. The result was to keep figures an intermediate point most of the sessi fay corn opened at 5ldge, g@slige and up to Hlije and ed at 1 o'clock at 51%¢. June corn opened at 5lie, sold down to 5lke, back to 51%c and closed at 1 o'clock at the last named price. The entire range of fluctuation market was Y4¢, and it_might be presumed from that fact that trade was not active or large. May 13 @31 sold down to and at Bl @31e. Jung onts opened at 813c and that price was bid for them at the 1 o'clock close. They never sold below that price and at one time sold at the onts provisions the bear clement in trado were disposed to force a depression. Tho amount of property offered and_actually sold by the party working for a decline was not particularly large, yet their alertness and determination rather gave them considerablo control. At all events, the bear side had the best of the movement, and, while prices wero irregular, the 1 o'clock quotations showed a depreciation all around as compared with last night's closifigs, In pork the declino forced was 107, in lard 2'¢@he and in short ribs 5e. Trading was quite fair, APTERNOON S Wheat quiet and blige for on the split, on the split, closing at Pork was advancod for Webruary and 1 $14.20 for June. closed at $7.75, ). Short ribs ebruary and 5215 for June. n opened sold at 51l @blic then'to 51@5114¢ 519 bid. Oats ste: , closing at § March, 141215 for Ma. Lard was strong; Febr March § 3 were qu March, 7 at 5. 5 for May and CHICAGO LIVE STOCK, Cmicaco, Feb, 21.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—Carree—Trade was fair and prices steady, as compared with Monday. Eastern orders were light and there wero plenty of cattle in sight at Kansas City and elsewhere, hence salesmen here who started dut to get more moncy for their fat eattle this morning had to fall back on yesterday's values, The beef trade in the eastern mar- ket is rather slow, as it is usual at this time of the However, all the good to useful cattle went over the scales and the fat cattlo part of the trade closed steady. Native butcher's stock was in good domand and steady. Some fine heifers and cows sold higher than yesterday, but in a_general way there was little or no change. - Canning stock unchanged. There was nothin in the stocker and feeder trade, hed ers aro wanted, ana light_ stock remuins nog- lected. Good steers, 1850 to 1500 Ibs, 1200 to_ 1350 1bs, $3.60@4.25; 950 Stockers and_foed- bulls and mixed, $1.80 ) @250, Texas grass steors, Texas-fod steers, £3.25(4.10, Hous—Trade was fair and prices about the same as yestorday. Best heavy made $.60 15, nice butcher weights £.45(8.50, best, 1 25.50@5.40 and light mixed 8.20@5.25, Assorted light of 160 to 170 1b uverages mnado £5.10@5.15 and pigs $4.604.90. ANCIAL. NEw Yorr, —[Special Telegram to the Ben]—Stocks—Stocks kept up better to-day than s probable yes! day or carly this morning. Of tho thir usually the most active onthe list, half closed as high or higher than yesterday, the improvement being @7 per cent., and the balance are only k@' per cent. lowey. “his shows that the fractional variations are not due to any general cause of either de- sion or buoyancy. The market opened fly steady in tone, butat fractionally lower prices than yesterday's close. Lon don offered some sclling orders, but they were-believed to be for speculators account. The temperof the room still appeared to favor a reaction. At the same time brokers representing Chicago partics did somo judicious buying, and when the noon hour had arrived no serious break had occured in prices. The only real feature of the duy was in Richmond Terminal preferred, which was stroug at 2 points advance on strictly i side buying. The unsettled coudition of the Londou market yesterday and the down- ward tendency at the close proved to have been the preludeto the serious break in Awerican rail hares which oceurred to: day. The dechine is chiefly within 3@’g per cent., but it extends in some cases to J@!11g per cent. The total sales were shares. exTS—Government bonds dull but stead) YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS, U. 5.45 registored. 1253 C. & . 5”‘ (lnp f gistred 65N, Y. € o 1075 0. K. N Pacitic 65 of 120 (P, T 3 Canada Southern.. bily Pacific .\I.ull . ( Chicago & Alton C,B.&Q. . Reading... . . & o slund DRI oieeiais 1. ¥ Bl it do preferred Jlizo s Contral.. . LB & W i K. &T. b Luke Shore L, & Miehigan Missouri Pacifie. . Closed offered at 2c. 45 Paven —414@a{ por cent. Prive MERCANTILE cent. STERLING Excmance—Dull but steady at #1.543{ for 60 day bills, 4,503 for demand. &0, Feb. 21.- 1z price Flour—Remains winte heat, bbls, steady and un $3.50(45.5 bbls, sacks, spring, ryo flour, #2.55 per bbl; tlour, £.00@0. 75 per bbl. sy Wheat—Dull; fluctuations being within o range and close about swme as yesterday cash and March, 75 15-16e; May, 50 13-16e. Corn—Quict und steady, at times mod orately active, opened at yesterday's close, fluctuated within % ¢ range and closed a shade higher than yesterday; cash and March, May, Sl¥e. y Maode active with no ehange 90§ buckwheat Outs—Moderatel, from yesterdays May, 81 i10c, Rye—Quiet at Blc. Barley—Nouiual at 77500