Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 13, 1888, Page 1

tw=+t THE OMAHA SUNDAY B PAGES 1-8 S EVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 13, SIXTEEN PAGES. " NUMBER 330, AIRLY TREATED, 10 LIEBER KAISER. | Politically and Soclally Germany is in a Trance. Lieutenant Henn Corrects an Accnsa- tion Against Americans. 1Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.] Losxpox, May 12.—~[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.)—Lieutenant William Henn, R. addresses to the Land and Water of to-day the following timely and The British Empire Totally Unpre- pared For War. IN DEATH'S PRESENCE. Messages of Sympathy Coming From Every Quarter. BILENT NEITHER ARMS OR AMMUNITION. manly epistle: On Boail the Galatea, Ply mouth—8ir: In your article in Land and Water of Ma on the performance of the{Thistle, the follow- ing remarks appear: “There is no doubt that by side issues and far from sportsmanlike conduct the Yankees, ns far asthe yacht racing section are concerned, organize victory by any shabby means, and unquestionable a8 was the case with the Livaniaand the Camberia, the Thistle another victim. Having witnessed the races between the Thistle and Volunteer I can testify that they were conducted throughout by the New York yacht elub in the fairestand in the most spor and the universal wish that T heard expressed by Awmerican yachtsmen, and in fact by overy one, was “May the best boat win.” The reason the Thistle failed to win the American cup was simply this: She was unable ta sail as fast to windward as the so-called bastard cutter. I have sailed many races in American waters, and on every hand have met the most sports- manlike and honorable treatment. —_———— THE POPE'S RESCRIPT. A Man On the Inmde Tells How It Came Abg New Youx, May 12.—The Catholic News has received the following cablegram from Fruncis Stevens, its correspondent in Rome: ““The recent rescript of the holy father on the Irish question is an indication of the papal policy to bo pursued with respect to the agitation mow being carried on in the emerald isle. Arch-Bishop Walsh. of Dub- lin, had many audiences with his holiness on the subject. The pope aftirms that, as far as Startling Disclosures Make John Bull Feel in Dread. LITTLE CHILDREN'S OFFERING WHAT THE COMMANDER SAYS. A Cushion Made of Twenty Thou- sand Violets. Civilians Have the Power to Tighten the Purse Strings. STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE PLAN was A PRETTY VERSE OF PRAYER. Moltke Stops an Auction Sale—Paid Puffs of Russian Securities in Will Assume No Responsibility For the Efficiency of the Force Unless His Reasonable Demands Are Complied With, manlike manner, German Papers—Amer- 1can Personals. Berlin Dreary and Desolate. [Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.] BerLiN, May 12 —[New York Herald Cable—Special to the I —The weather is again cold and wintry, and overcoats rule supreme. Northerly winds whistle through the lindens raising dust such as only Berlin and Africa can produce. Politically and socially Germany is in a trance. Everything is ds still as in the pres- ence of death. All await with silence the la- test news from Charlottenburg, where the emperor’s splendid constitution continues the manful struggle with the steadily increasing advance of the cancer. It is like a flickering candle, one day a little brighter, to-morrow dimmer—but his strength 18 gradually cbb. The English in a Sweat. [Copyright 1886y James Gordon Bennett.) Loxnoy, May 12.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Ber.]—All the world knows that once or twice in every year John Bull takes it in his head that his house is in dangeri that he is without the means of defending it. The old fit has re- turned and weak-headed patriots now almost as much avoid going to bed to sleep as they did in the days of Boney. How and why this new scare has arisen it may be worth while to explain, especially as we may have much of it in parliament during the next few weeks. It is an undoubted fact that the ocountry is totally unprepared for war in spite of the money annually spent on the army and navy. ing away, and so it will be | it is in his power, he will protect the inter- | The big ironclads are failures, the big- guns for perhaps three weeks to come. | ests]of the Irish people, but that he will con- | 1,00t \when they are fired, and we have no i Y mpa demn everything in the land war s % Meanwhile =~ messages of sympathy | G GO oNiry nature. The holy | $tore uns or powder for them. It is all reach Charlottenburg from everywhere— from America, from Russia, from Brazil, from Africa. But the offering that most deeply affected the emperor was a beautiful cushion made of 20,000 violets gathered by the little children of the town of Bussleben, in east Prussia, and brought to Charlotten- Jurg with the wish that each flower was a prayerto God to sparc our emperor. The verse inscribed on the cushion of violets, in letters composed of lilics of the valley, are as follows, and as the empress read them to her tusband tears came to his eyes: Lieber Kaiser: Kinderhaende, Winden dir den schlichten strauss, father has gone further and informed the English government that he expects them to do something for the Irish tenant fars TLis was insisted upon by the papal s tary of state in a conference with the Duke of Norfolk. Further explanation of this de- cree is that it was inspired by request of Trish bishops, who brought the matter to_the vantican’s attention for ofticial action. 1t is known that Parnell was opposed to the plan of campaign, and_had never taken part in it. 1t is belicved in Rome that the interest of the Irish can best be served by means that wiil not antagonize public sentiment and bring the Irish causc into disfavor. g ENJOINING UNCLE SAM. A Suit By the Omaha Road to Retain Its Forfeited Grants. Stoux City, In, May 12.—(Special Tele- made abroad, and if we could put one army corps in the field it is as much as we could manage. The facts are well known to naval and military men, butif they make them known to the public they get snubbed, or perhaps openly attacked, as Lord Salisbury attacked Wolseley last night. ‘Whether Wolseley will resign or show fight remains to be seen. If he resigns the officfal clique he may never get another chance, and the best thing he can dois to stick to his position and make the whole truth known to the public. Lord Salisbury's wrath is for- midable, but it will not suffice to ruin men unless he acts very imprudently himself, Das die duftige blumenspende, gram to Tie §il:;S— ui't"“'hg instituted to- The whole truth about the English i ST day in the United States district court on be- | o™ (o T ; < Bring den fruehling dir ins haus. hott of e Chicagio/ St Pail Mlunesaolis s | = { : 4 o li( Hyits tbed with the Und 80 viele kinderherzen, Omaha railroad company for an injunction to | ErCates rankness o 8 select committee of the house of comuivhs by thie Duke of Cambridge. His evidence has not yet been published, but it was given with open doors and everybody might have heard Bitten taeglich Gott fuer dich, Dass durch allen kampf und schmerzen, B dich fuehire vaeterlich. restrain the secretary of the interior and the officers of the land department from trans- ferrmg title to 26,000 acres of land in this county to scttlers thereon. The petition re- iser: cites the land grant acts, the transfer of L‘:v""" “d“"’;" _1_5‘:“ aufs nouo, these lands to the state of Iows in trust and | it. No doubt it offended the civilians, who enn dich veilichenduft umweht, the reconveyance of the same to the general | 4o voullv a thread of the English army, and government and asks that the title be con- Wird durch unserc lich und treue, X firmed in the railroad company. it scems most likely that Lord Salisbur Jede bluethe ein gebet. % % aimed a shaft at the duke when he pro- fessed to be censuring Lord Wolseley, If ——— Supreme Court Decisions. The emperor continues to gain strength | ag SRV B TR el to-day, leaning on but -not supported by | gram to Tue Ber.]—The following decisions | 80, the commander-m-chief, who hap- Mackenzie's arm. He is able to walk around | were rendered in the supreme court to-day: | pens also to be the queen’s cousin the room and T have the best authority for | A. Thompson vs J. . Maxwell, appellant, | and & permanent official, will stating the discase itself is now in better con. | Polk district. Action on account for labor | gouptless bear it with equanimity. The performed; opinion by Reed. Afirmed. The Aultman & Taylor Co. vs F. H. Trainer, appellant, Ida district. Action on a promisory note; opinion by Robinson. Re- versed. Flora Garrefson vs the Equitable Life and Endowment association, appellant, Black- hawk district. _Action on a certificate of in- surance upon the life of Mary Garretson; opinion by Rockrock. Afiirmed. Marie A. Jones vs M. J. G. Lanicea, appeli- ant, Dubuque district. Opinion by Reed. Re- verted, The application to sell real estate by W. R. VanBucklin, administrator with the will an- nexed, appeal from Benton district; ‘opinion by Severs. Afiirmed, John Halberson vs Ole O. Brown and C. L. Ward, appellants, Buena Vista district. Action in chancery to st aside and declarc dition than at any time since the emperor left San Remo, while the present slight attack of sore throat is in no way connected with the disease itself, but merely a local trouble resulting from the bad weather of the past week. The physicians in attendance now form a happy family work- ing together in such harmony that they have unanimously decided to resent any ne paper attacks on Mackenzie by refusing all news to the representatives of such attack- ing papers. The National Zeitung is the first to suffer for its own imprudence by losing its daily news about the emperor, A recent auction was interrupted in an odd frowns of the ministry nced have no terrors for him. He knows his business thoroughly. He has been at the head of the army thirty- two years, and no man living is so well ac- quainted with its merits and defects. He was before Randolph Churchill's select committee recently about four hours, and gave his evidence with clearness and an em- phasis which made a deep impression, The horse artillery was diminished last year without his consent. The army was now very short of officers, and those actually in service were kept too much at signalling and other forms of study or examination. “The fact is,"” said the duke, “‘we examine 8- 'way. One of the little pencil written slips | YOIt certain deeds. Reversed. t00 much. We aro always examining, A on which Emperor Frederick expressed The River at Burlington. man never has a moment's rest; & man ‘his wishes had just been sold, and | BURLINGYON, Ia., Muy 12.—The river rose | nover really does his duty; he is always ex- 8 dotter from Kuiser William | Mine inchos hore Ehp s, 'w‘;‘:'.’""’“' amining from morning till night. 1 am ’ Jours and is still vising rapidly. It is now ; : o was offered. It was from Versaitles to [ ot ARG 0 B FEE T O vater | for intelligence, but this perpetual examining Moltke, whom he notified of the givingof the Russian order of St. George. Moltke stopped the bidding by claiming this letter as per- sonal property which had passed out of his hands without his own consent, how he did not state, Quite a sensation has been caused in the German press by the aunounced arrvival of a Russian agent empowered to order, and what is more to the purpose, pay for a scries of reading notices favorable to Russian securi- ties, Thirty thousand marks are said to have been already spent in this way, though no one knows quite where the money has gone. Among the Americans in Berlin are Dr. Englenann, of St. Louis, and Ealbott, of Maine, Mrs. and Miss Ambrose, of Ohio, have left Berlin for Switzeriand. Mr. Robert J. York, of Claveland, is at Baden Baden, Mrs. Marks, wife of ex-Governor Marks, of Tennessee, is ut Wiesbaden. My, Pendleton is rapidly recovering from nis recent stroke of paralysis and is now liv- ing at o Lotel in Wiesbaden, surrounded by kis family, Mvr. Villard, now in south Germany, i tends to be present at the apening on May of the new RBucharest-Salouika railroad, from which grand things are expected for German and Austrian trade with the Levant, My, Villard will be accompanied by Dr. Paul Lindau, the German novelist, Major Carey Sunger, of the New YorkNa- tional Guard, has arrived from England to study certain military subjects upon which e is preparivg a report to Governor Hill, I think is very unnecessary.” He went on to say that the army was practically under civillian control and the military authorities could nof do much while this was the case. These were his words: “I think that who- ever has the purse strings has the power. 1 might ask for millions, but if the man with the purse says I will not give them to you, then there is an end of the matter. That responsibility I do not think any man living can take, i. e, the responsibility for keeping up an efficient army without ade - quate means,” The duke continued: “I am ready to take any responsibility but the moment that any civil element can financially cut it down, then I say I am not responsible until I choose to show what I asked for and what that other more powerful clement than myself has re- duced.” In all this the duke went f ar bevond any thing Lord Wolsley has presumed to say. He condemns the s) nominally under the command of a soldier but virtually at the absolute mercy of a civilian, Wolsley hints at the same pointe and Lord Salisbury administers a sever- rebuke to him in the face of the whole country, Is it mot quite clear that the blow was aimed more at the commander-in- chief than at the adjutant generalt The ball has been set rolling which will no stop, Next Tuesday the whole question of England's defences is 10 be raised in the house of commons. Meanwhile the Times tells the country that it may safely trust to Salisbury and Smith, and the Telegraph shricks as if the invader were already upon us. Even Ireland is for- gotten. The people every where are talking about our pitable condition, There's mo mistake about the same, It is genuine, though at present not very acute. If the whole truth were known undoubtedly it would soon vise to a fever heat. Wasteful- ness, mismanagement and jobbery have done their usual work, Can it be @& fact, by-theby, that mark. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has abandoned trains between Burlington and Keokuk and will probably be compelled to withdraw its trains from the Burlington, Carthage & Quincy. The Towa Central has been abandoned cast of Keithsburg, The Burlington rolling mills shut down to-day. His Body Found. Des MoixEs, Ia., May 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee.]—The badly decomposed body of a man was found at the west end of the Diagonal bridge this afternoon. The body was in a wass of drift wood, and al- though decomposed beyond recognition has been identified s that of J. Baldwin, of Ruthven, drowned at Valley Junction March 15, i The Hotel Colfax Sold. Des Moixgs, In.,, May 12.—[Special Tele gram to Tue Bek |—The Hotel Colfax, a great summer hotel at Colfux Springs, about twenty-five miles cast of this city, was to-day sold at sheriff 's sale for §15,000. The prop- erty originally cost #91,000, It was bought by J. H. Windsor, of this city, representing a syndicate whick will probubly open the hotel. An Old Settler Drops Dead. Wensgex C1ry, Telegram to T one of the earliest settlers and best known men in Hawilton county, dropped dead this respected. i R ol e, Shot By a Desperado. LexiNaroy, Ky Jay 12.—Juck Richard- son, of this county, who has the name of being & bad man, to-day shot and instantly killed Policeman Thomas Bonnell and seri- ously wounded William Pennington. Rich- ardson had been arrested at the race track for creatiug a disturbance and when brougit before a fustice escaped. In attempting his recapture the shooting 1ok place. -~ The Fire Record, Pizrus, Dak., May 12.—[Special Telegram to Tue BEs.]—Atan early hour this morning @ fire broke out on the Main street of Blunt, u the eastern part of the county, and it could be got under control twelve s houses and 1most of the contents were destroyed. The loss is estim 30,000 10 $40,000. nved & ——— Bismarck Settled the Dispute. Loxvox, May 12.--The St. James Gazette gays that the settlement of the dispute be- tween the United States and Morroco was due to Prince Bismarck sending a private comuission to the sultan, i Twins Poisoned By Wild Reo Lake, Miun, May 12, of Joseph . Digmanny, twin b eight, were fatally bkl ips 1o-day. T Washington Briefs, The secretary of the treasury this alter- BoOU acvepted $92,000 of botds offered, sthers, ayed polsoned. by, eating wild THE ARMY A WRECK. tem of placing an army | the English army costs £50 a man and the American’' army €201 per man? So the Duke of Cambridge told the committee, and it scemed a most startling statement. He also stafed that the English war office costs £260,000i and the American nearly £306,000. Is it possible that these figures can be correct? If so, it is evident that John Bull has a companion in misfortune. 0 FASHION AND FOLLY. Paris’ Summer Frolics Start Out With Encouraging Success, PARTIES, BALLS AND MATINEES. - THE NOOSE IN SIGHT. Murderer Tim Barrett's Execution Set for Juty 13. MixNEAPOLIS, May 12.~(Special Telegram to Tie Bre. |—Tim Barrrtt now stands al- most within the shadows of the gallows. The only thing that stands between him and the noose is an appeal to the supreme court from the order of the lower court upon questions of Jaw involved in the case. This morning when Sheriff Swanson entered his office he The Leaders of Soclety and the Dresses They Wore. AMERICANS ON THE PROMENADES The Gay Capital Contains Them By the Hundred.* found the heavy official envelope containing e Tim Barrett's death warrant, signed by | \NTERVIEW WITH A SCULPTOR. Governor Mill, lying upon his desk. The fatal date set for the execution is marked off —_— and distinguished from the mass of legal verbiage wrapped about it by blood-red lines. as if the writer had taken that means of call- ing attention to the fatility of the day. EhloriT Swanson hunsolt himseli under- took the duty of imforming the boys of the decision of the governor, After the custom- ary “Good morning; how are you feeling, Tim,” to which Tim answered, “I'm all right,” the sheriff said: “Well, Tim, do you think you are prepared to die.” “Idon't give a d——n,’ was the surly reply. YTt now becomes my duty,” continued the sheriff, “to inform you that the governor has designated the 13th of July as the day for your execution, and I hope you will bear up like a man until that time.” Tim hung his head and was silent. In spite of the fact that the boys assume to be utterly careless about the result of their ap- peal to the supreme gourt, it is evident that Tim at least is suffering intensely. He has grown thin and pale during the past few vecks, and becomes extremely nervous when ever the prospect of death is presented to him. He is evidently a man of a very low grade of intelligence and has not the forti- tude to stand up under a severe mental strain. 1t is likely that the boys will soon be removed to @ room away from the re- mainder of the prisoners, where they may be ieft alone to their own thoughts and devices. At present there is ng suitable provision for them in the jail. Gone to Glory. Ciicaco, May 1%—Zeph Davis, colored, was hunged at 11:17 this mornmg. The crime for which Davis suffered. was committed about 7 o'clock on the morning of February 27 in Greene Bros.! fagary, his vietim being Maggie Gaughan, a- pretty little girl about fifteen years old. Zephwas employed in the fuctory, where Maggié also worked, as fore- man. The body of his victim was found in in a closet in the rear pile of rags and was horribly mutillated. . Davis confessed to kill- ing the girl because she refused to obey his orders, Davis was tho first colored man hanged in Cook county. £ e MURDEROUS TRAIN ROBBERS. They Secure Small Booty But Kill the Conductor and ‘Wound Others. NOGALES, Ariz, Mhy 12.—Six train rob- bers, supposed to be Mexicans, attacked a south bound Sonora tpain as it was standing at a small station called Adaa Jarca, about 10 o'clock last, night. The robbers opened fire and killed the firetnan and wounded sev- eral others, one of whom, conductor Atkin- son, has since died. Messenger Hay was badly wounded in the head and back, The Wells Fargo box, containing about £140 was taken. The railway officials have offered a reward of 81,000 for the robbers’ capture. A A Peep at a Statue on Which He is Laboring of General Lee—Social, Personal ana General French News. The Social Season at Its Hoight. [Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.) Panis, May 12.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tie BEr.]—We are enjoying the most delightful spring weather with all that the term means in Paris, The wind was nip- ping and treacherous in the middle of the week, but now the air is balmy, the sky is cloudless and the Champs Elysees is like o garden. The boise is taking on its spring glory, and of course Americans are ar- riving by the’ hundreds. Among other well known Americans, I have seen Mrs, Frank Thayer of Detro, Mr. D. C. Breckinridge of St. Louis, Mrs. J. B, Lincoln of Boston, Mrs. Gail Hamilton, Mrs. Abra: ham Hewett, Mr. and Mrs. Clearance An- drews, Mrs. Osgood Putnam, Mr. Frank Pendleton, Dr. and Miss Cording of New York, and Mr. and Mrs. U. B. Harrington of Boston. By the hundred? In fact, as I walked along the Champs Elysecs on Thurs- day, the fete day of the Ascension, when all Paris was abroad in the streets, T might have imagmed I was in Fifth avenue on Easter Sunday, I saw so many familar faces. on the boulevards, in the Rue de la Paris— everywhere, if you stop to lookat the display in the shop windows you are sure to be cl- bowed by some American and hear some re- made in English. Americans don’t go to Paris when they die, they wisely go when they are alive, and a great many of them are here now. Among the latest arrivals is Mr. Blame, who according to Galignani's Messen- ger yesterday is looking haggard and anything but improved by his Ttalian trip. Iam afraid Galignani's inform- vant-hd Motsee'Mre Blaine. He is not in ill- health nor is he haggard. On the contrary, he 18 stronger and more robust than ever and has greatly benefitted by his trip south. He won't be interviewed on that topic or any the afternoon of that large posse of Mexican troops and citizens | Other Jjust —at present, but there is arg in pursuit, - © : Jilloa | @ Browing couviction here among The name of ireman who was killes : 5 was Forbes. Conductor Atkinson died this | Americans — that — he is strong morning. Express Messenger Hay has been removed here and his chances of recovery are about even. A passenger named French and another railroad man were also severely wounded. A train started from Adua this morning with an armed po and well, and that if the nomination is forced upon him, although he may refuse it thrice, he may be obliged to accept it in the end. Friday has been adopted by the society as Chic Day at the salon, The big picture show was bright with pretty faces and bonnets yesterday. At every turn I elbowed social and artistic celebrities. The Paris season is at its height. Balls, bazaars and matinees follow in quick suc- e Postoffice Changes. o, May 12.—[Special Telegram : Bee.)—The following Nebraska post- offices will be diseontinued from May 25: Coxville, Dawes county; Leonard, Dawes _county, and Natick, Thomas county. The ‘fnllo:f'i I3 lozmn tfixuswx \\Rire “nl|» cussion. The Duchess dela Rochefou- pointed to-da, % 8. Burnett, Moville, : Woodbury conty, vice Louls Cotntryman, | cauld Doudeauville gave another resigned; Thomas Hastie, Summersct, War- ren county. vice John C. Ashe, resimed. R tetes) At a Standstill. Rock Istanp, 1L, May 12.—The situation here is unchanged. The embankment that protected the low land has withstood the river nobly, notwithstanding that a high wind has prevailed pnd lashed the water into waves, A stand is reported at Duquque and the rise here has bpen very slight. 1 o e- lieved that the highest has been reached, and that this city will .come through in much briliant ball at her mansion Rue Varenness this week. Over two thou- sand were present. Among the number was Queen Isabella, who, on her arrival about midnight, was gallantly presented with a superb bouquet of roses of the Spanish col- ors of yellow and red by the duke. Lody Lytton's five o'clocks hold their own among social attractions. On Monday the usual tea was followed by a dinuer and re- bettor shupe than it did in the high water of | ception, The hostess wore & toilet 1850, ; ._r.._‘— in lilac satin, the train figured He Broeds a Scab. ARG ; with large flowers in violet vel- RAvexx4, May 1% [Opeclal to Tue BER] | /o onq the skirt front and corsage —H. Cochran, one of the B, & M. scabs at draped with lilac crape. Around her throat was clasped a magnificent collar necklace of diamouds and pearls, from which hunga pendant in large diamonds. Lady Constance Lytton wore a train and corsage in dark brown faille, with a draped skirt front in pale beige colored crepe. A magnificent toilet was worn by & German baroness. It had a skirt in white tucked tulle, over which fell a second skirt in plain white tulle, set with large gold spangles, the corsage gracefully draped with gold yel- low satin. She had a directorie ceinture of the same material, a band of yellow satin being worn in a high coiffure. A profusion of maguificent diamonds ornamented this very elegant dress, Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild’s matinee Tuesday was a most briliant affair, the beau- tiful hotel and gardens were thrown opeu to 1,200 guests; the salons were heavy with the scent of roses and gay with the pink azalias. The gathering was very cosmopolitan, bringing together the diplomatic corps of many nations, the society of the Fauburg St. Germain and leading representatives of art, literature and music, At 5 o'clock, when the concert began, the hotel was thronged. Mlle, Arnoldson was the vocalist of the afternoon. The young cantatrice was becomingly attired in a white lace and ribbon gauze gown, with @ white striped derectoire hat trimmed with tea roses. Lady Lytton sat next to the minia- ture stage, gowned in black satin, with an old gold silk vest covered with black lace. She wore a most effective gold and this point, got his foot crushed, while at- tempting to ;jump on an engine in motion. He is a well to do farmer living about a mile from town, who went to scabbing at the be- inning of the strike and at the time of the ent he was firing in the yard on a switch engine. It is thoughthe will probably have his foot amputated. —— Rejected the Amendment. OTrAWA, Ont., May 12.—After a lengthy discussion in the commons last night an amendment to the resolution embodying the acceptance of the Canadian Pacific railway’s terms for the cancellation of monopoly privi- leges in Manitoba and the northwest terri- tories was defeated. The resolutions were then adopted. e Editor Childs' Birthday. PHILADELANIA, Pa, May 12—The anniver- sary of George W. Chulds’ birthday was fit tingly celebrated thig evening by the Inter- national l‘_\'m{rlmuniun at a banauet e table. Duri e evening Mr. Childs ap- peared in th 1, audafter being introduced to many persons depasted for home. Killed Him use He Snored. Pruv, Ind., May ohn Keppardt and Albert Behr were to-day placed in jail for drunkeness. Behr baeame incensed because Keppardt snored while asleep and jumping on him with his heavy boots kicked the life out of the sleeping; crushing his skull and also inflicting fnjarles with @ pen-knife, from which Keppardt died almost instantly. —— - Navigation Open to Duluth. DuLvri, Micn., May 12.—(Special Tele- gram to Tue Bek.|—Nayigation with the lower lakes was opened to this point to-day. Hey arrivals of coal and shipments of Wheat characterized the first day’s business. There are hundreds of miles of ice n Lake Superior. — - Weath, ndications. For Nebrasks fand lowa: Warmer, fair | DIack braided bonnet, with white aigreties. weather, winds ming light to fresh | Lady Constance Lytton looked radiant in southerly. dark green cloth, with a white lace and pink For Eastern ahd Southwestern Dakota: Warmer, weather, winds becoming light to fresh southerly, © Falling at Winona, , May 12.—The water here has fallen 234 inches fu the twenty-four hours, up to noon, f 7 inches Rl da’:mfllull‘n\n 3¢ inches in tulle bounet, trimmed with small pink roses. Mume. De Rothschild flitted about amongst her guests attired . a summer dress of cream and dark blue striped silk, Baroness De Mobrinkeim was in @ white and violet eolored - silk, resplendent with diawonds and jewels, Princess De Cystric, nee Mile Do Trovise, was beautiful in & white and gold and a black lace diree- toire hat. Princess De Sceymontheliard, nee Miss Singer, wore an old rose brocaded gown and a pink tulle bonnet In the garden of the beautiful which fragrant with and primroses, a string coursed the most excellent Among the guests were Bonnot, the artist, Brulatour, Baron Von Hoffman, the Comte and Comtessse De Beaufort, Mr. Ferdinand Strakosch, Comte and Comtesse E. Depour- tones, Duc and Duchess B. Dalboufera, Prince De Caraman, M. Georges Ohnet, M. Heilbuth, Comtesse E. De Gonse, Princess Galitzin, Due De Doudeaville, Mme. Deacon, Duchess B, De Luynes Barn, Edmond De Rothschild, Princess De Sogan, Marquis E. De Gallipot, Count Munster, B aron and Bar- oness Alphonse De Rothschild and Due De Broglie. The funeral of the late Mme. Lesieur, the oldest American resident of Paris, took place Tuesday afternoon at the American church on the avenue Do Lalma and was very largely attended. The funeral service was impressively read by Rev. Dr. Morgan, Amongst those present were Mrs. Walsden Pell, Miss Vernon, Mrs. Lamson, Mr. Draper, Mrs. Mynell, the baroness De Kleick, Mrs, Turner, Mrs. Beer, Mrs. Giles, Mrs, Stryckland and the Misses Stryckland, Mrs. Fognam and daugh- ter and Mr. Penniman. After the religious service the cortege proceeded to the ceme- tery of Pere Lachiss, where the remains were interred. Duelling shows no sign of abating. The fate of the unfortunate dupes did not prevent the Marquis De Osmond and Baron De Bois- melet from crossing swords this weeck at Leuisinet. The motive is said to have been a business quarrel. M. Antonin Merei, the sculptor, received me yesterday at his new hotel in Avenue de la Observatoire. His study is a spacious hall on the ground floor, draped with tapes- tries. Heisa short, well-built man, very Parisian both in dress and in manners. M. Merci carefully uncovered a fine bust fin- ished of General Lee, exactly as the statue will be when completed. Said he: ““Miss Lee, the general’s daughter, has been here and given her ideas as to certain details of physiognomy. She finds the likencss strik- ing. This is what we are going to put on horseback, The horse will be modeled from nature in a gentleman’s stable. Why do I suy we? Because I have read the history of General Lee and was so pleased with it that 1 induced my master, M. Falguire, to com- pete at the same time as myself for the honor of producing the statue. Mine was accepted and M. Falguire helps me with his ad- viee, just as I should have aided himooavith . my bandiwork had - his design been accepted. That is why ‘I say we.” From his new house M. Merci drove me to his studioon the boulevard St. Michael, where he showed a model for a monument of Lafayette on foot ou a pedestal, with alle- gorical figures on two sides and America knecling in front to offer a trophy. The Paris edition of the Herald this morniug contains the following: “Our friendly contemporary, Galignani's Mes- senger, smd yesterday in his notes on the news, that Mr. James G. Blaine was seen driving in an open cab and that his Italian tour had evidently not improved his physical condition; that his face looked haggard, ete. We fear that the reporter who furnished this intelligence has not seen Mr. Blaine, as from all we hear from Americans who have chatted with Mr. Blaine since his return to Paris, and other Americans who have seen him 1n the street, he is more ro- bust than ever, thus setting at rest the wild stories that have been going about in regard to his health.” residence, tulips dis- music. was roses, band PRESIDENTIAL PR RENCES, » of the Positions of Minnesota County Conventions. St. PAUL, Minn, May 12.—Most of the Minnesota county conyentions have now been held, some thirty occurring to-day. Resu Without exception the democratic conventions endorsed President Cleve- land and his tarifft reduction views. Almost all the republican conventions have declared in favor of some reduction of the tariff. For president Blaine slightly leads Gresham but the latter is the second choice of most of those who declare themselves favor- able to Blaine should he be a candidate, ————— Jhe Methodist Conference. NEW Yonk, May 12.—Rev. Charles C. Mc- Lean, St. John's river, created quite a sensa- tion in the Methodist Episcopal conference to-day by offering a resolution to the effect that no one should be clected or consecrated a bishop until he had taken & cast-iron oath to abstain from the use of tobacco. It was voted down. A resolution from the Kansas confe ce was offered to the effect that mass meetings be held by members of the confercnce pro- testing against the liouor trafic, It was moved to lay the resolution on the table and lost. The resolution was referred to the committee on temperance, The conference adjourned until Monday An African Methodist Row. avoL1s, May 12.—In the African Methodist Episcopal conference to-day the subject of union with the Canadian church came up. At the close of the speeches pro and con, a serics of resolutions were read declaring the union consummated and all conditions fulfilled and that the gencral con- ference will support it as strongly as pos- sible. When the vote came to_be ‘taken, on the ayes and nays, many voters desircd to explain their position or to favor the union, but not the clause which said all conditions had been fulfilled, The audience was in a continuous uproar and owing o the number of explanations made the vote proceeded slowly. When Bishop Payne wus called he said the union was based on a deception, suppression and absolute lying, and voted against it. This created a scnsation and some hisses were heard, All the rest of the bishops voted yea and the resolutions were adopted. Isnrem , 3y careless- ness in Cleveland mine this uing a tram car carrying a ton and @ half of ore was dumped into & shaft where it fell on several men, killing one, scriously injuring another, and bruising two others. e Murdered His Mistress. Kaxsas City, Mo., May 12.—John Jones, colored, known under numerous aliases, shot and fatally wounded Mary Wise, his imis- tress, last night. He madé his escape. He is also wanted in St. Louis for the murder of Reuben Howard last June, DOCTORED BULLETINS Official News About The Emperor Not Always Reliable, HE IS STILL GROWING STRONGER, But There is No Hope of His Recovery, THE WAR CLOUD Even Bismarck Does Not Diguise His Apprehensions. IS GROWING. NEGOTIATIONS WITH SALISBURY, ‘Why the English Premier Was in Such Haste to Strengthen National De- fenscs and Renew Negotiations With Germany. Suppressing the Worst. [Copyright 1858 by the N. Y. Associated Press.) BERLIN, May 12.—The emperor has again passed a good day. A baseless report circu- lated this afternoon that there had been & recurrence of the inflammation, caused gone eral excitement till the results of inquiry at the palace were published. The ofMicial news concerning his condition is not entirely trustworthy as the doctors join in the con- cealment of 'the worst phases of his malady and in making the best of any change for the best. But reliable information that has been indirectly obtained tends towards the hope that the emperor's life will be prolonged beyond recent expecta- tions. The favorab.e symptom is his increas- ing strength, The result of to-day's exam- ination of the emperor's throat discourages every hope of more than momentary recov- ery. Dr. Mackenzie reports that the local malady is making rapid progress. Prince Bismarck's solicitude to prevent the public mind being lulled into a deceptive calm regarding the chances for war 18 shown in the promptitude with which were made denials of the prediction placed in his mouth in connection with the Schurz inter view. Schurzdid not communicate to any persons the subject of his conversation with the chancellor, He is therefore not responsi- ble for what, in an ofticial note in the North German Gazette, he termed an absolute in- vention. The truth is, official circles, from Prince Bismarck outwards, continue to take the gravest view of the internal situation. The chancellor's latest efforts have been directed towards bringing England into closer relations with the triple alliance. During the visit of the Duke of Rutland to Berlin the chancellor so impressed him with the imminence of a great European conflict, that he was led to report it to the English cabinet in terms that scared Lord Salsbury into a renewal of negotiations with the chancellor and Count Kalnoky, the Austrian prime minister, looking to a conference of the pow- ors to settle the Bulgarian question and to revise the Berlin treaty. The duke's re- ports also had the effect of hastening the English government’s plans for national de- fense, which seemed most meagre and insuf- ficient. The Kreuz Zeitung sums up the po- sition as a short spell of apparent peace. The nations, it says, are slumbering on a crater which will erupt in a day and surprise even those evil influences which are trying to foment wars. If the central powers find the czar unyielding, they will not wait for him to mass a million men on the frontier before giving battle, Advices from St. Petersburg state that the new pans Slavist reorganization is embracing most of the military and civil officials. Generat Ignatieff. who openly advocates a Frenck alliance, has in interviews expressed confidence that Russia, singly can beat back Germany and Austria, and united with France can extinguish the triple alliance, Military circles in Berlin look forward to a summer or autumn campaign. At the annuat stafl dinner recently, Count Von Waldersee, in toasting Count Von Moltke alluded to r events, He said he was confident Count Von Moltke would guide operations 80 48 t0 give to the army new victories, The upper house of the landtag has ap- proved Herr Gossler's proposal for the relief of the Catholic orders, Its chier stipulation is that the seventecn orders soliciting re-ade mission to Prussia be allowed to return and also be re-endowed with the rights and propg erties forfeited when they were dissolved in 1575, —— FELL FROM A TRESTLE, Patal Wreck on the Southern Pacifio In Arizona, Youma, Ariz, May 12.—~The Southern Pacifio west bound passenger train was badly wrecked at Gila Bend early this morning by jumping the track while passing over a new trestle. The emigrant and smoking cars, day couches and one sieeper fell from the trestls to the ground, a distance of five feet, turns ing completely over. Mrs. Good of England, an emigrant passenger, was instantly finllud, leaving a husband and three small “children who w traveling with her. Two other passengers had their legs broken and numse bers sustained slight injuries, - Steamship Arrivals, New Youk, May 12.—[Special Telegram to Tus Ber.]—Arrived—The steamer Celtio aud the City of Chester from Liverpool, QueENsTOWN, May 12 —Arrived—The steamer Auronia from New Yorlk, SoUTHAMPTON, May 12.—Arrived—The steamer Noordland from New York for Home urg. Pivsiounis, May 12.—Arrivod—Tho steameg Willand from New York for Hamburg. A Michigan Cattle Quarantine. Dernoir, May 12.—Governor Luce has ige sued a proclamation forbidding the importas tion into Michigan of all neat cattle from all points south of tue thirty-sixth paraliel of latitude, except such as are werely in transig across the state. These will only be ume loaded and fed at specially designated y; In order to avoid inconvenieace the state of Michigan will establish agencies at the Chis cago and East St. Louis stockyards from May 21 till November 1, during which. time they proclamation will be iu effect.