Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1888, Page 1

o - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY F 1888, NUMBER 318. FULLER WILL SUCCEED WAITE The Chicago Lawyer Will Wear the Ohief Justice's Ermine. A SATISFACTORY NOMINATION. Nebraska and Towa Places Benefitted by Paddock's Building Bill-A Measure Interesting Fourth Class Postmasters. Waite's Successor Nominated. WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMARA BRE, 518 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wasmxaron. D. C.. April 30 On last Thursday night I tetegraphgd the Bee that unless 1t was discovered that Mel- ville W. Fuller of Chicago had done some-] thing to prejudice the Irish or the Germans against him, he would be the next chief justice of the United States. Noobjection of this character having come against him, the president sent Mr. Fuller’s nomination to the senate this afterncon. It created but little surprise, the announcement by the Bee hav- ingreturned here and become well circulated. Minister Phelps was on the floor of the senate when the nomination was received. He 1ooked a little disappointed, but immediately apoke pleasantly of the appointee, saying he ‘would make a good chief justice. Involun- . arily eyes turned towards Senator Gray of Delaware, who was given to understand some days ago that he himself should have the place. The democratic senators could not wholly suppress their disappointment and feeling, for they were in earnest in their united support of Senator Gray. The presi- dent tendered Mr. Fuller the position several days ago by letter when announced by the Beg, but has received no answer as yet The Tilinois democzsats in congress who secured his appointment say he will accept, and that the nomination will be promptly confirmed. Mr. Fuller is a native of Augusta. Me., al- though he has for many years been a resi- dent of Chicago. He never has been on the bench. He is said to have had more practice before the supreme court than any of the western lawyers, aud that when he comes to ‘Washington he will be readily recognized as having been a frequent visitor to the capital. He is @ small man, weighing not over 125 pounds, with white hair and moustache. The president has known him personaily ever since he has been here. Mr. Fuller was not a candidate for the ofice. He had no papers before the president, but a great many letters were received at the white house from prom- ineat men advocating his nomination. It is eaid that the president was influenced in making the selection largely by his own per- sonal knowledge of Mr. Fuller's abilities and fitness for the position. His age he thought was about right—55 years—and he has always been a staunch democrat. It is understood that both Senators Cullom and Farwell urged the se- lection, as they felt confident there would ~ be no q%fltion about his con- firmation. He wastendered successively the solicitor genership, a position on the civil ser- vice commission and on the inter-state com- mission, and then a place on the Pacifle rail- road commission. None of these places were geceptable to Mr, Fuller. Mr. Fuller pre- sented the claims of Chicago to the national democratic committee, at,its recent meeting in this city, for the honor of entertaining the convention this f’uur. By this appointment the Seventh judicial circlit, which has not n represented on the supreme bench since the late Judge Jarvis resigned, again pro- cures representation. Benator Spooner says he knows Mr. Fuller quite well, and that he is a man of profound learning and eminent respectability. Senator Spooner speaks in the highest terms of Mr. Fuller and his opinion of him goes to show that the republican senators will not oppose his confirmation. Senator Cullom says: “I have known Mr. Fuller for twenty-five years or more. Helis ascholar and is possessed of more than or dinary literary attainments. Iregard him an excellent lawyer and am sure he will make an excellent chief justice. He is about fifty-four years of age. Representatives Townshend and Springer, of Illinois, speak in the highest serms of Mr. Fuller as o lawyer and a courteous gentle- nan. They predict his immediate confirma- fon, and sy he will soon take his seat on the bench i time to receive the initiative before the vacation for the summer, The supreme court adjourns from early May till October, and {t will only be necessary Yor the present I]ur Mr. Fuller to take the bench for a few days. HOW PADDOCK'S POSTOFFICE BILL AFFECTS NE- BRASKA AND 10WA. Senator Paddock’s bill providing a build- Ing 10 cost not. over $25,000 for every post oftice, the gross receipts from which have amounted to 3,000 annually for three years, was given a new impetus to-day, and there is now very little if any doubt that it will be promptly passed by both houses. The post- master general sent to the senate to-day a List of post oflices which will, under the pro- visions of the bill, be entitled to buildings, and it discloses no congressional district that 18 not largely interested in the success of the bill and will enlist the hearty support of all who will have an opportunity to vote upon it. "The bill is endorsed by the " president, post- imaster general, se has been favorab), reported from the senate gommittee on public buildings and grounds, 1t embraces the policy the BEE has long been advocating ~that of economy and a wise in- vestment for the government—and meets with 1o opposition from uny direction. From the report of the postmaster gener: made to-day it is seen that the following ¢ ies in the state of Nebraska meet the require- ments of the bill:~ Ashlund, Aurora, Beat- tentral City, Columbus, Crete, ‘ity, Fairbury, ialls City, Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, Hebron, Holdre Kearnoy, Lincoln, McCook, Minden, N +braska Uity, Neligh, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha, Pawnee City, Plattsmouth, 1’} Creek, Red Cloud, St. Paul, Schuyler, Sew- ard, Slducy, Tecumseh, Wahoo, Wymore and al ork, The following cities in Towa ave entitlod to postoftice buildings under the bill: Albia, Algona, Ames, Anamosa, Atlantic, Au- dubon, 'Bedford, Bloomfield, Boone, ' Bur- lington, Carroll City, Cedar Rapids, Center- ville, Chariton, Charles City, Cherokee, Clarlnda. Olinton, Corning, Couneil Bluffs Cresco, Creston, Davenport, Decorab, De ison, Des Moines, Dubudue, Eldora, Em- metteburg, Fairfield, Fort Dodge, Fort Mad- ison, Glenwood, Grinnell, Hampton, Harlan, Ida Grove, Iudependence, Indianola, Iowa City, Jowa Falls, Jefferson, Keokuk, Kuoxville, Le Mars, Lyons, McGregor, anchester, Maquoketa, Marengo, Marion, rshalltown, Mason City, Missouri Valley, onticello, Mount Pleasant, Muscatine, evada, Nowton, Osage,Osceola, Oslkaloosa, Ottumwa, Perry, Red Oak, Sheldon, Shen- m«)‘;‘mh Bigourncy, Sioux 'City, Spencer, Storm Lake, Stuart, Tipton, Toledo, Villisea, Vinton, Washington, Waterloo, Waverly, ‘Wobster City, West Union, What Cheer, Winterset. FOR FOURTI-CLASS POSTMASTE! A bill was introduced in the house to-day by Mr. Chipman, of Michigan, that if passed will overcome an evil which all fourthi-class postmasters have, to a greater or less extent, Buffered from. 1t has been the practice for many years in neighborhoods where there are grievances agaiust the postmasters for patrons to post their iwail with the mail clerk on the trains as they pass through. In any instances under the present admiois- ation there have becn statements filed at the postofiice uefuru:wxu going to people bave - regularly collected maus in neighborhoods and carried them miles distant to be mailed on trans so as to beat the postwaster out of his com- mission. The salaries of fourth-class post- masters are made up by the cancallation of ':lu ps. - The bill introduced by Mr. Chipman that &l wail delivered to callway ’ postal clerks must bo fully stamped, and that the clerks must make a record of the total amountand return it to the postmaster located at the nearest point where the mail was posted, and the postmaster is entitled to credit in his regular reports to the depart- ment and to receive his salary on_that bas the same s if the mail was all deposited his office for the cancellation of stamps. , MISCELLANEOUS. Rev. Frank M. Coleman, of Towa, was thé speaker at the Foundry mass temperance meeting yesterday aftornoon. Prof. McGee, of the geological survey, and Mrs. McGee, leave on Wednesday for a month's visit to relatives in lowa. They will then sail for Europe to spend the sum- mer abroad. Senator Wilson introduced a bill to-day to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of David Lasure, of Towa. A favorable report was in the senate made to-day on the bill appropriating 5,000 for a public building at Fort Dodge, Towa. John B. Dey of Stromsburg, George M. Humphreys and H. C. Lindsay of Pawnee City, William R. Starr of Indianola, Neb., and Julia W. Corner of Bloomfield, Ia., were to-day admitted to practice before ‘the inter- ior department. The spe-ial mail service to Matthews, Holt county, hias been ordered discontinued 'after to-day. Prny S, HEATHL THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE. Sketch of the Career of Melville W. Fuller, Cuicaco, April 80—The nomination of Melville Weaton Fuller, of Chicago, as Chief Justice of the United States is regarded here with unbounded satisfaction by leading men of both parties. Fullerin every respect is fitted to fill that high office. He was born in Augusta, Me., February 11, 1833; graduated at Bowdoin in 1858, Minister Phelps being a classmate of his. After studying law at Bangor and attending the lectures at Har- vard, Fuller came west to Chicago. His ability was speedily recognized and for thirty years he has won distinction amond the fore- most of the bar. He has been prominent at several democratic national conventions and in 1860 was selected to deliver the address of welcome to Stephen A. Douglas. In his practice in_ the supreme court of the United States, Fuller has fro- quently come in contact with Edmunds, Thurman, and other great lawyers, but has nover failed to hold his own against the greatest of them. Ho is familiar with decis- fons of the court and cspecially on all consti- tutional questions. ‘When Fuller was informed of the nomina- tion he was overwhelmed with surprise and requested that he be not pressed for an ex- tended intervicw, simply stating that he would accept the nomination, Postal Changes. WasmiNaroN, April 80.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee|—The following Towa post- masters were gppointed to-day: W. J. W. 'l{;nwnwml, Platteville, Taylor county, vice . H. Albaugh, resigned; M. H. Yahegan, West Burlington, Des Moincs county, vice Abner S. Cook, declined. For Bonds. ‘Wasi received at the treasury department to-day. ——— AN INHUMAN BRUTE. He Kills His Wife While She is Defend- ing Her Daughter. Cnicaco, April 30.—While defending the honor of her thirteen-year-old step-daughter against the flendishness of her unnat- ural father, Mrs. Muehlberg was struck down with murderous intent by her husband at a late hour last night and is now dying. Muehlberg re- tured to his home on Low avenue in an in- toxicated condition, after having been absent all day. He went dircctly to the bed room where his three children were sleeping and attempted an assault on his daughter Eleanor. The child screamed for help and Muehl- berg’s wife rushed in from the west room. The brute was beating the child about the head to silence her cries and when his wife endeavored to stop him he turned and dealt her two blows which cut her scalp and face terribly. She made several attempts to get to the door and call for aid,but was prevented by her husband beating her. In the mean- time all three of the children sprang from the bed and endeavored to stay their cruel parent's wrath. Mrs. Muehlberg at last succeeded in reaching the steps where she managed with superhuman effort to cry for help. Muehlberg then shook the child- ren from him and took a small crow bar from the tool chest and struck the woman over the head crushing in her skull. For the first time he seemed to realize what he had done. He threatened the children not to tell who did the deed and then taking some money he fled. The police have us yet been unable to find the murderer, ol | Take's His Life. New York, April 80.—[Special Telegram to the Bie.]—A sensational suicide occurred in the pulpit of the Presbyterien church at Broadway Village, White' Plains, at 8:30 Sunday afternoon. Rev. Edgar L. Her- mance shot himself in the temple and died at 8o'clock, Mr. Hermance had a great deal of trouble with his congregation recently over the matter of salary. Dissatisfied with that paid him, he made desperate demands for increase, which were ignored. The trouble led to his resignation. «Mr. Her- mancestood high in despite of recent troubles ; was for sixteen years the pastor of one of the richest congregations in that scetion, He had recently lost his fortune. It is said ho had no domestic_troubles. His wife_is the duughter of ex-President Woolsey, of Yale college. At the time of the shooting his wife was engaged teaching Sunday school class within a few feet of where her iusband was, The wildest excitement was caused in the church. el Indignant Citizens. New Youk, April 80.—|Special Telegram to the Bee.]—A call fora meeting to be held in Cooper Union hall Friday nIng next, to approve Mayor Hewitt's action in regard to hoisting forcign flags over public buildings, has already recewed morg than teen thousand signatures. The signers press’ their admiration “of the manly, Rlllrlolifl and fearless” stand taken by fayor Hewitt, theiy mdignation at what they call “tho 'insults offered the honored head of the city government by a board of aldermen and assembly of state.” cnes L I, Both Died. BAN AxToxI0, Te: April 80.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.)—A flerce hand to hand fight ocourred last night on the South- ern Pacific castbound express at Valentine Station. Sam Taylor, a drunken cattle man, boarded the train, and Conductor Charles Server, finding him troublesome, tried to put him off. Taylor drew a long dirk and plunged it into Server again and again. The conductor managed to get out his revolver, and fired a bullet into Taylor's heart. Both men were dead in a short time, — Shot Him Dead. MoxricerLo, Kan, April 80.—[Special Telegram to the J3Ee.] — Deputy Sherift Campbell, while attempting to arrest Solo- mon Coker, a young man accused of robbery, shot him dead. Coker heard of Cumpbell's arrival and armed himself with pistols and knives, und attacked the oficer who remon- strated. Coker still persisting Campbell shot in self-defeuse. The dead 0 bore a bad reputation aud speut several years at a refor school, R Ingalls For President. Kaxsas City, Mo, April - 80.--[Special Telogram to the HEk.)—At the district re- publican conyention to-duy resolutions were udopted with a hurrah favoring Seéuator lu- galls for president. GToN, April 30.—Proposals for the sale of bonds amounting to $2,713,000 were | FLAMES MAKE A SECOND VISIT The Des Moines Leader Office To- tally Destroyed by Fire. SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS, Narrow Escape of Some of the Em- ployes — Hawkeye Democrats Gathering at Dubuque — General lowa News, Des Moines Leader Office Burned. Drs Moings, Ta., April 80.—[Spocial Tele- gram to the Bee.]—A disastrous fire broke out in the Daily Leader newspaper office this afternoon, completely destroying that office and the office of the Homestead, an agricul- tural paper, published in the same building. A boy was cleaning the forms with benzine, some of which was spilt on the floor, and he stepped on part of a match, which set the in- flamable mass on fire. The flames were quickly carried to the third floor, cutting oft the printers and several giris at work in the bindery. They escaped by the roof, two men sliding down telegraph poles and receiving a shock of clectricity en route which nearly paralyzed them, Mr: H. J. Philpot, editor of the Leader and a well known free trade writer, barely escaped with his life. He waited a second to grab & roll of free trade manuscript which he had been writing at his desk on the second floor, and was pursued closely by the flames, which had cut o escape from — above. The street door being fastered by some means, he broke open a side door and shot out with the flame six feet behind him. About fifty people were in the building, all of whom were saved. This is the second time the Leader has been burned out within two years. Everything belonging to the Leader oftice was destroyed, including the subscription lists of the weekly. The daily lists were in the safe. The paper will be issued to-morrow from the Register office. The postoffice adjoined the Leader building and all the mail matter was re- moved in confusion, but the fire was con- fined to the Leader office. The losses are as follows; The Leader, $30,000; the Homestead, $5,000; the building a'by W. H. Weaver, $£,000. The in- 0 is as follows: ' On the Leader, Pheenix of Brooklyn, $2,000;0New Hamp- shire Insurance company, $1,000;Des Moines, €1,000; Dubuque, $%,000; Amazon, $2,000 Farmers Insurance company, §2,000; Peo: ple's of New York, §2,000; Springfield, £2,000; St. Paul Insurance company, $2,000, On the building—London, Lancashire and Globe, €3.500; Hawkeye, §1,000; Hanover, $1,000. The Homestead' printing company ‘was insured for $3,000. st SR Towa's Unterrificd Assembling. Dunuque, Ta,, April 30.—Delegates are as- sembling for the state democratic convention Wednesday, Ex-Cengressman Cook will be temporary chairman. Among the names preminently mentioned for delegates-at-large to St. Louis areJ. H. Shields of Dubuque, F. W. Lehman of Des Moines, W. W. Bald- win of Burlington, Colonel Ballingall of Ot- tumwa, ex-Congressman Pusey of Council Bluffs,"John F. Duncombe of Fort Dodge, John C. Kelly of Sioux City, L. R. Bolter of Harrison, and others. — Found Dead in His Shop. DusrqQue, Ia., April 80.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—William Deugler,a shoemaker of this city, was found dead in his shop this morning. He was in his underclothes and 1ying over a chair with his head on the floor. He was a single man and was last seen Sun- day evening, when hestarted from his board- ing house. The coroner’s jury decided death was from natural causes, probably convul- sions. He was-about sIxty years of age, Proceedings Against the Squatters. Sioux Crry, Tn., April 30.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad company to- day filed one hundred and three suits of ejectment against squatters in this county on lands claimed by that company under the old Sionx City & St. Paul land grant. These lands were last fall certificd back by the state to the government and the secretary of the {nlcriur declared them open to settle- ment. Found a Floater. BURLINGTON, Ta., April 30.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The body of a boy w: found floating in the river at this place to-day and was recognized as that of Charles Lieb, the fiftcen-year-old son of Joseph Lieb, of this city. The boy had been missing five weeks, Muscanive, Ia., April 30 which had become quite a serious matter in this section, was broken Saturday might by a {ine rain, which continued Sunday and last night. — FOUGHT FOR A GIRL Bloody Battle Between Two Texas Ro- meos and Their Friends, JerpERsoN, Tex., April 30.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee,]—James Layton and Paul Forrar quarrelled over mutual affection for Miss Aggie Riley. After sepurating they detailed matters o their fricnds. Two par- ties headed by these young men organized and met in a corn field, A battled ensued in which maoy were wounded, over forty shots bei orrar was fatally wounded in the groin, Miss Riley hearing this became crazed with grief, b Does Not Decline, Burraro, April 80, al Telegram to the Bee.]—The Express, whioh has been carnestly urging the nomination of General Sheridan by the republicans ever since the publication of Blaine's Fiorence letter, pub- lished to-day an editorial, the caption of which explainsit: *Ho Will Accept.” The information is said to bo derived from a grand army man, e mtimate friend of Sker- idun, e A Desperate Fight. ALBXANDKIA, April 30.~A desperate con- flict took place yesterday at a mosque at Damanhow near this city. A number of escaped prisoners had taken refugo in the mosque and refused to surreuder to the police, who had surrounded the building. In the fight that followed fiftecn convicts were killed and _two wounded. The police lost four men, killed and wounded. —_— An Inventor. Warereury, Conn., April 80.—Allen B. ‘Wilson, perfector and part inventor of a sew- ing machine, who with Nathan C. Wheeler established the great Wheeler\& Wilson Sew- ing Machine company of Bridgeport, died yesterday afternoon in Woodmont, e A Strike, FaLL River, Mass., April 30.—The brick- layers and masons in this city struck to-day for nine hours a day. It is said the labor union of this city will order a strike before night. A Panic in Tin. Loxpox, April 80.—There isa panic in the tin markets The French syndicate has ceased buying. The cash price has fallen from £166 to £105 per ton, and little has changed hands at this price. i — An Explosion. New Yosk, April 30.-—-By an explosion of a kerosene lamp, Mrs. Faist, Ler two sons and daughter were .terribly burat last night, The boys died before morning , RESORT TO BHE CODE. The Dueling Fever Has Taken Hold of Frenchmen With a Rush. [Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] York Herald Cable—Special to the Brr.]—The ducllists The encounter which Dupnis, the artist, his life yesterday is likely to be followed by another to-morrow morn- ing. The principles the well-known sportsman, and M. bault, a fellow royalist, dreadful lady killers, and it secems that both have lately been paying court to the same Sunday evening, are at it again, Both gentlemen are a kot of friends, M. Raimbault began to tell spicy stories of his rivals amorous achieve- ments. At first he drew the line at banter, but presently banter became perilously pointed. The duke grew fidgety, but M. Raim- bault did not notice that. The appreciation of his friends seemed to stimulate his fancy, At last he went beyond bounds altogether. Nothing happened, however, till he chaff- ingly accused the duke of having used his name to ingratiate himself into the good other might. She refused to seo me. second time with the same result. message proved equally fruitless, but this time the lady gave me a clue to her cold- Here he paused, and pointing mock- ingly at the duke ncross the table, said: “Look here, duke, when you go there again don’t use my name and get the door shut There was a laugh, followed instantly by a dead silence, as the duke, turn- ing pale and red with wrath, suddenly leaned across the table and slapped the joker in the After this, of course, a mecting was unavoidable, as honor must be satisfied. Isont my card in a against me.” Cesnllgs The Emperor's Condition. Brnuiy, April 80.—[Special Cablegram to the Bee.]—After the emperor arose to-day he gpent some time at an open window and was refreshed by the balmy air. day he received Generals Von Winterfeld A scnsation has been' caused here by the the report that orthodox preachers in several Prussian towns are pray- ing that the emperor may have an early re- lease from his sufferings. and Welmowski. e — The Boulangist Fever Cooling. Pams, April 80.—[Special Cablegram to (republican) was yesterday elected member of the chamber of deputies from the department of Hautes- Savou by a vote of 22,000 to 13,000, for M. Marchau, the radical candidate. feats in three provincial elections are con- sidered as indicatiwe of a reaction Boulangist movement, In Paris the Bou- langer fever is coolng: T A DYNAMITER'S DAUGHTERS. Member Nolan Introduced Two of Them Into the House. LoxpoN, April 80.-~{Special Cablegram to to the Ber.] —Joseph Nolan, nationalist mem- ber of -parliament, was re-examined to-day the committee on admission of strangers to parlisghent. introduced in parliament two ladies by the name of Millen, but he:said he did not know they were the dauglit®rs of a reputed dyna- He had conversed with Millen on the situation in Ireland, and Millen did not give him the impression of being connected in any way with ]—M. Brumier, He admitted he with dyna- had mo previous knowledge of him. Chief Detective Munroe deposed Mat Millen, when he sent his daughter to London, directed that only Nolan should es- Nolan called three times at the house of Kitty Millen, and on one oc- casion remained two hours. commons and aftery er Florence there. accompanied both of the sisters about the The witness said he got his informa- tion from members of the family with which If he gota chance to cort them about. He took her to Kitty Millen stayed. capture Millen he would prove the raid of 1877, After Monroe had concluded his testimony the committee drafted a report to the house in which they avoided censuring Nolan. e Steamship Arrivals. New Yous, Apri} to the Bre.]-—Arrived—The Bavrimone, April 30.—Arrived—The Min- nesota, from London. Pmiaverrma, April ish Prince, from Liverpool. 80.—Arrived—The City of Chicago, and Lake Superior, from New York; the Lord Gough, Philadelphia; the' Virginia and Cephalonica, from Boston. GrasGow, April 80.—Arrived—The State of Indiana, from New York; the Carthagenian, April 80.—Arrived—The 80,—Arrived—The from Boston. SOUTHAMPTON, Eider, from New York, S Listing Iron Stocks. Dorurn, Minn gram to the Bee.]—The Miny pany has just made application to the New York stock exchange for the listing of its stock thero for transfer. der its reor special Tele- The company, un- lon, is capitalized at $14,- luding the Duluth & Iron ay, the docks at the mines at Tower and many thousand acr ands along the range, n unusual thin to list its stocks on the ¢ regularly on the market, but it is undoubt- edly a good move and on¢ that will redound to the advantage of the company aud the eutire Vermillion region, Burning Oil Field April 30.—Forest fires have been raging i the Kane oil fields since Sunday afternoon, started by the spark of a Severa! tauks and many barrels of oil have been destroyed. Swamp Lodge, a suburb of Kane, is completely wiped out. The fire burned ingessantly until 8 o'clock this evening, when a heavy rain checked the progress of the flames, which are now under The loss is very heavy. worst fire in the history of this county, e Charged With Fraud. Kan,, April 80.—[Special Tele- J=John Brugher attempted to negotiate bills of sale for cattle through Attorney Wells, of whom he had arranged to borrow $750, when & farmer named Thompson arrived and caused his arrest on the charge of obtaining these bills of sale for fraudulent Brugher hails from Steele City, iron company \ange to be placed BRravronn, Pa., gram to the Be: ———— Fires Started Again. Pirrsnuia, April 80.—All the Flint glass ct were fired up to-day and by Wednesday every factory will be in The resumption employment to 1800 men iu this district, Who have been idle over five mouths, houses in this dist: full operation. gy ‘Mexico Must Bave Been Whipped. NoGaLEs, Ariz, April 80.—The Mexican authorities report two wmore engagements fought with the ¥aquis, in which a number Anotber despe Guichore ang ¥ :L“u Lelicved GRADUALEY GROWING WORSE Patience Ceasing to be a Virtue Along the B. & M. Lines. DELAY AND DAMAGE ABOUNDS. Sarpy County Court Notes—Substan- tial Evidence of Prosperity in Columbus — An Injustice Done Miss Freeman. Instances of Incompetency. LaNcony, Neb., April 80,—|Special Telo gram to the Bee.]—The fact that the Bur- lington road is unable to handle what busi- ness comes to it is growing more apparent dmly. Shippers and dealers at points along the line who are largely dependent on the road have been slow to speak of delays and damages, but they are not all silent. A Ravenna merchant was asked his experience to-day. He said goods from Lincoln were from eight to twelve days on the road. A car of salt from Chicago had been on the road over a month and not in vet. A Central City merchant in Lincoln to-day stated the; could not get goods over the B. & Side tracks are reported at points along the line filled with idle cars, Shippers at Ulysses and Staplehurst are reported as hauling grain to Elkhorn and Union Pacific stations, owing to the precari- ousness of shipments on the B, & M. Sew- ard shippers are gathering stock at local B, & M. points, driving them to Seward and nhippll\g over the Elknorn. TEngine 188 is reported dead at Aurora, after consuming twenty hours in going from this voint there, a distance of twenty-five miles, Atkinson reports no passenger travel and l'rciih!, light; Red Cloud no freights for a week; Hastings on® freight in and out aday; McCook one freight daily. A stockman wae six days in going from Ulysses to Colorado, and had his stock badly injured. Two cars of stock were four days and nights in going from Omaha_to Akron on the fast freight, and dozens of like cases are reported daily. e Eloped With the Main Witness. Pariuiion, Neb,, April 30.——|Special Tel- egram to the Bee.]—John Hamberg, con- victed last fall of stabbing with intent to kilLWilliam Bush at a dance hall was granted anew trial by Judge Groff in order to get the benefit of newly discovered evidence, The defense was anxious to proceed at once with the new trial this term, but it was found impossible to do ths owing to a somewhat sensational occurrance. The row in the dance house originated through the jealousy of a Miss Nancy Deene, who since the trial has eloped with the prosecuting witness, Bush, to the Pacific coast, where they now are supposed to be. Owing to these facts, the defendant was released on his own recognizance to appear at the next term of court. The jury i the case of the state against" Gottlicb Hess, for embezzling from Aultman, Miller & Co, of Ohio, re. turned a verdict of not guilty. This was the second trial of this case. A Dhttle breezé was occasioned here the other day wuen Mr. Thomason, a sherift frbm Missouri, a small man, struck Attorney Lyon, ot Omaha, in the face for having cast reflections against the sheriff in an argument an hour before in a horse stealing case, in which Thomason was .a witness. Lyon quickly rallied and demanded the arrest of his assailant, who was taken before the w{\!nty judge and fined 83 and costs. The witnesses to the little episode, showed their appreciation of the pluck of the little man by stepping up and paying the fine for the de- fendant. — Miss Freeman is a Heroine. Fremoxt, Neb., April 80.—[Special to the BEE, |—A well-known citizen of Ord, who was in this city to-day on his way home from a ten day’s absence to Wisconsin, had his at- tention called to the sensational story now going the rounds of the state papers to the effect that the report concerning the heroism of Miss Minnie Freeman, the school teacher, is all a hoax. This gentleman preferred to have his name suppressed, but his statements having had weight in the former account of Miss Freeman’s heroism, they will also be considered now. He says the present re- ports do Miss Freeman an injustice; that the facts as first given and gencrally under- stood by the public are the trutn; that the roof of the school house was blown off by the storm and he had the testimony of a man who helped to re- pair it that the next day after the storm the building was half full of snow. The people of Ord all know the facts as given in the first instance concerning her brave exploits were true. Miss Freeman makes her home in Ord and was repeatedly in town after this ad- venture, and the story she told confirmed that s given to the public first through the Beg in the substantial details. Tne pupils and the residents of that uneighborhood like- wise confirm the statements made by Miss Irecman and the gentleman who first made the facts publis The citizens of Ord made sufiiclent inquiry concerning the matter be- fore they presented the younglady their gold watch to know that the account was true and that Miss Freeman had actually proven her- self a heroine, Columbus' Boom fs Solid. Coruxnus, Neb., April 80.—[Special to the Ber.]—With Judge E. A, Sprice, champion of the people’s rights, in the city council, the long standing difficulty between the two sides of the track is amicably settled. Colum- bus looks forward toan cra of prosperity, far surpassing the expeetations of the most hopeful. No later than yesterday, twenty- two car loads of fat cattle were shipped from here to Sovth Omaha, and three train loads of twenty cal each were consigned to the same plac . The utilization of the water power of the Loup river for manufacturing purposes is now practically settled, J. N. Heater, a resident of Columbus for many years, who has had fifteen years expericnce in mills run by water power, in company with J. B. Becker, Jonas Welch and others, have per- manently located the route of thé canal and have §100,000 in stock now subscribed. The architect from Omaha is Lere drawing up the plans for the new Lotel, bank, opera house and other buildings. Crete Merchants Are Mad., Crere, Neb, April 80.—[Special to the Beg.]—The people here are getting very restless in consequence of the strike on the B, & M. Earnest talk is being indulged in for and agaimst the railroad and the engi- neers, with the prospect of an indignation mass meeting 10 condemnation of the way in which the merchants, shippers and people generally are being treated by the company, When it takes four days to ship stock from here to Omaha, a distance of ninety miles, it 18 high time that the people should take a band in and say who owns the state, the rail- roads or the engineers, and let the railroads know that the people have some rights that even corporations and socleties are bound to respect. ‘Chey think that this strike has gone far enough, and n.o{ are not called upon to fer begause a railvoad and its engineers ot agree. Must Close the Distiller Ngouasgs Ciry, Neb., April 80.—[Special to the Bee.]—Mr. A. Bevis, of 8t. Louis, president of the Nebraska Distilling com- pany, is in the city to-day with an order from the whisky trust that the distillery at this place must be closed. This is one of eleven out of nineteen to be closed. . The distillery was one of our largest institutions and it close will throw a nufaber of men out of employwept. Pluns Tor tRe Anbeuser-Busgh Bloek, éx- teading the entire longth of one square, wers received here to-day. The estimated cost of the building in §125,000, and includes a hand- some opera house plahned after the style of Boyd's in Omaha, Work on the structure is to begin in May. - Rilled a Fellow Soldier. Sioxey, Neb, April 80.—[Special Tele- gram to the Brg. |—C, E. Brown accidentally killed W. E. Murray at Fort Sidney yester- day with a 83-calibre revolver. Both were privates in Company E, Twenty-first in- fantry. Coroner Birney holds an inquest to- morrow together with® the garrison court- martial. Brown will undoubtedly be held for manslaughter, The Wounded Doing Well. Onreaxs, Nev., April 80.—[Special Tolo- gram to the Ber.]—Dr. W. L. Downing, who has had charge of the wounded from the B. & M. wreck at Rope Creek, now gives it as his opinion that Charles E. Eaton, of Lincoln will recover. W, F\. Conly, mail' agent, one of the injured, left for Hastings to-day. ' The other injured hre all doing woll. The wreck was romoved from the creck to-day. No other bodies were found. it MONSTER ORE MILLS. Preparing to Establish an Immense Plant at Duluth, Durvri, Minn,, April 80.—|Special Tele- gram to the Brr]—John Birkinbine, of Philadelphia, consulting engincer of the Duluth Iron & Steel company, is the city. Mr. Birkinbine has made all the plans of the two mammoth furnaces, steel converters and mills of the company,and his present trip is to make final the arrangements for commence- ment of work on the first building. Work begins first on the foundation of the 140-ton blast furnace, to be followed at once by the followed at once by the vasting, stock, aud engine houses apjoining, and luter by the converter houses, rolling mills, etc. It 18 ot expected that any part of the work will be ready for business before the opening of navigation in 1889, for it takes time to build such immense works as planned, but it is_in- tended to have everything ready to go into blast as soon as coal can be received from the lower lakes next spring and prepared for the furnaces. The ores to be used will be the famous Bessemer orescof the Vermillion, mixed to a certain extent with the softer ores of the Gogobic, ~Arrangements are al- ready beng made by the company for the purchase of stone brick, fire brick and iron work for the furnace, and machinery for the engine house, THE EDGERTC MURDER. Indications That the Boy Way Killed Because He Was an Heir. DENVER, Colo., April 30.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—No new developments were made in the Edgerton murder mystery to-day. The bodies of the victims are in the recewving vaults at Manitou, where they will be kept until the coroner’s inquest is held, whichwill probably be to-morrow. Sheriff Jackson, of this county, is busily at work on the case and has been engaged in following several clues to-day with no definite result. A hatchet, with which the bloody deed was performed, was found buried in old Mrs. Kearney’s skull. This would indicate that the boy was killed first and does away with the theory that the murder was committed for the purpose of robbing him. The case possesses many intricate features and at vresent it would seem as if all efforts to dis- cover the perpetrators of the deed would be futile. The wurdered boy's grand father, J. C. Harid, isa retired iron merchant of Philadelphia, and left an estate worth $40,000 ‘which the boy Would have come into pos- session of at his majority. His mother is at present in New York. Other relatives of the family are prominent citizens of Philadelphia and St. Louis. The case is one of the most mysterious ever known in the state, Sy The Northwestern Flood. MixNEsPoLIS, April 80.—A special from Eau Claire, Wis., says the flood has driven fully 150 families from their homes in the past twenty-four hours. Three bridges are impassable. Porterville, a village below there, is flooded and deserted. The inhabi tants are camped in sheds and _warchouses, Two streets on cach side of the Chippewa river in this city are flooded. The greatest loss thus far is to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad and to partly _submerged sawmills and business houses. ~Four inches of melting snow huve fallen and it s stil pard. al from Chippewa Falls, says the Chippewa river is stationary and no further ain stops. The Chip- pewa Lumber and Boom company’s mill is idle to-day. e A Sunken Ship. SaN Louis Ovisro, Cala., April 30.—1he Pacific Coust steamship company’s steamer, Queen of the Pacific, plying between San Francisco and southern coast ports, sunk near Port Harford this morning, The Queen of the Paciflc was valued at £500,000 and the cargo at £50,000, She sprung a leak when fifteen miles from Port Harford and despite strenuous effort began to fill rapidly. She was kept going at full speed and was brought to within 200 yurds of the wharf ofore she sunk, Everybody was taken off n life-boats, The passengers praise ¢ the conduct of the officers and whose exertions alone prevented loss of life. e Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Warmer, fair weather, fol§ lowed in western portions by rain, fresh to brisk southerly winds, For Towa: Warmer, fair weather, light to fresh southeasterly winds, increasing in forge Eastern and Central Dakota: Warmer, threatening weather, followed by light local rains, fresh to brisk southeasterly winds, Lower Rates to Colorado Points, Cuicaco, April 50.—The committee con- sidering the question of through rates to Colorado pointx have agreed to make rates on commodities from Chicago 20 to 25 per cent below the authorized rates from New York, This includes all articles which in tho cust como under tho head of commodi- ies, bt 2 Mayor Francis and His Friends, KaN84s Crry, Mo., April 30.—([Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|--Mayor Francis of St. Louis arrived in the city this morning on business relative to the gubernatorial office. He has been closeted with friends most of the day in his parlors at the Coates house, . e — A Successor to Vilas. Mapisox, Wis., April 80.—The democratic state central committee to-night elected John L. Mitchell, of Milwaukee, to represent Wisconsin in the national commttee, vice William F. Vilas, resigned. ki POR A Pendleton Getting Better. WiEspaDEN, April 80.—George A, Pendle- ton, Awmerican minister, went out driving to-day. The effect of his stroke of paralysis bhas nearly disappeared. B Arkansas Labor Party. Litrie Rock, Ark., April 80.—The union labor party held a convention here to-day and nominated a state ticket and adjourned until to-morrow. o Two Men Killed. SurLvyviLie, Ind., Apiil 80.—-A boiler in the tile fuctory exploded, killing two persons and fatally injurlng a third, Several others were badly bruised. S 8ix ersons Killed. PraGue, April 30.—Tc-day in the menage- rie a pickpocket raised the ciy of fire, which ocaused @ stampede. Bix perso wer tramped t¢ death and many others sericusly injured, COMMENTING ON THE DECRE The London Times Takes a Hopeful View of Ite Effect. LAITY AND CLERGY WILL OBEY, The Unfrocked Leader of the Anti Poverty Brigade Denounces the Papal Document — Various London Press Opinions. + The Thunderer in Glee. [Copyr’ght 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.) Losnos, April 80.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—The first leader in the Times to-day on the papal decree in- cludes the following passages: *‘The Irish priesthood and Irish peasantry will think twice and thrice before upholding the plan of campaign and the organization of the league in the face of the papai condemnation. It is notorious that the majority of the priesthood have been forced against their wills into the movement and are glad of an excuse to extri- cate themselves from the dubious and danger ous position. The peasantry may have a hank- ering after the advantages of dishonesty, though of late these scem to be much lest certain and unqualified, but it is not easy to believe they will incur the severe censures of the church for the sake of en- forcing boycotting and maintaining the supremacy of the ‘league. In view of the fact that in a great number of cases the priests have been the active organizers and illicit treasurers of the plan of campaign, the papal decree, cven if it affected the clergy only, would be of very great signifi- cance, but if it extends to the laity and em- braces in its condemnation the ordinary mem- bership of the league, its importance can hardly be overlooked. It would be a very curious sort of protestantism which would show jealousy at the interference of the papacy for vindication among those of the Roman Catholic faith of the elementary principles of morality recggnized by all civil- ized communities. To deny the infallability of the pope, who has not acted with anything like precipitation or without the most care- ful inquiry, would subject Roman Catholics to the imputation of here: What Other Lo LoNnoN, April 80.— commenting on the papal decree, says; *The pope’s blunder amuzes us. It will make no difference in the condition of affairs in Ire- land, *while an alhance with the pope will displease England.” The Globe says: “The decree means law and order, which were menaced by the juno . tion of a strong British party with the Par- nellites and we have now, in the vatican's opinion, overcome the disturbing forces as- sailing them.” The Star denounces the decree as cruel, perilous and wanton. “If Ireland submits t& the sacrifice of her liberties to base tory in- trigues she_will be unworthy of freedom, which in a few years Evglishmen will grant her if she maintains her demand.” The paper summons Englishmen to denounce their ministers’ intrigue. The Irish parllamentary party will take no steps in connection with the decroe, but wilk leave the question on its merits to the appre~ ciation of the people. ¥ Its Effect on the People. LoxpoN, April 30.—A meeting composed of Irishmen and Englishmen, held at Aldershot, condemned the pope’s decree and resolved to found a branch of the home rule organization. DusLiy, April 30—The Mitchelstown branch of the national league has discussed the papal decree and decided it will not take its politics from Rome. Deposed Dr. McGlynn Talks. New Yonk, April 30.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—“What shall we do to be saved?” was the question propounded by Dr. McGlynn at the meeting of the Anti-Poverty society at Cooper Union last evening to a large audience. Dr. McGlynn, referring to the pope's interference with the plans of campaign, said: “If Irish people can stand it, I think I can manage to worry along some- how. These wretched, starving people in Ire- land are sending thousands of dollars every year to Rome as peter's pence [hisses]; if they can tolerate their bishops and priests who have had the courage to spoak—being clubbed into silence by the pope—if they can stand this, I can. Butnow, I come to think of it, I can’t stand it. Something rises up and tells mo that I should be unworthy of my manhood and unworthy of my priesthood it 1did” [applause.] The vicar-general, of New York, who is part and parcel of the' ccelesi- astical body in this district, recent) preached o potitical sermon in whic ic made the astounding announce- ment that we must take our politics as well as our religon from Peter, When they undertake to give you your pol itics as well as your religion you had betver take care to see what you are emnfli; [Laughter.] The works of Copernicus the solar system were on the list of forbid- don books for hundred years. - The intesy dict was finally taken off, and now littl boys and girls are being taught his works in the parochial schools of the Catbolic clugaly and not a word said about Copernicus haing ' been branded as a heretic, 1f the American people can stand taking their politics from.- Rome, as well as their religion, I can stand. But something says no. 1 love my coun- try, and this is my country: * #Applagse.] I cunmot stand it, ‘and I grieve over the des generacy of my 'country. The old love of Tiberty and justice has so died out from our people. - What shall we do to be suved! The salvation which we scek is restoration of of perfect order and emancipation of the man from the brute.” ——re Boulanger Not For War. Paurs, April 30.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—~Boulanger has written a letter pro- testing against the warlike ideas that have been attributed to him, He wishes now to ded clare distinctly before France and Kurope that democratic France is maligned by being credited with thoughts of aggression, te which he has ever been, and still remains resolutely opposed. —— Meavy Storm at Queenstown, [Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett,) Loxnox, April 80.-[New York Herald Cuble—Special to the Bek.|—Queenstown reports the storm predicted by the Herald burst there to-day with tremendous seas. The steamers City ot Chicago and Baltio had to take shelter in the inner harbor, The Cephaliona,with Lowell aboard, could barely communicate with the tender. Some small crafts were swamped, The gale continues heavy and rain is faliing. The Saturday Night Riot, Panis, April 80.—[Special Telegram to the e ] —The affray between the Boulangists and a party of students, who came out from the students’ club, in which several shots were fired, though few persons were injured, was not iu this city, but at Toulouse, The conflict was resumed last night, but it was suppressed by the police without any serious results. President Carnot left Bordeaux to-day, 3 A crowd awaited him at the rallway depot au greeted him enthusiastically. He has arrive at Rocuefort. A Dead Mrenchman, Pani, April 0. Hobert, who killed D pulsin o duel yesto.day, asd tho four s2om onds have beeu aercsted,