Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 29, 1888, Page 1

OMAHA DaILy EIGHTEE? 'H YEAR. OMAHA. MONDAY. MORNING, oo e | OCTOBER 29, 1888 AN OFFSET FOR SACKVILLE. Is Oleveland Preparing Another Anti-Oanadian Bombshell TO CAPTURE THE IRISH VOTE? According to an Omaha Man He Needs Something Very Badly to Save iling Cause—Washe ington Gossip. Growing Desperate. WASHINGTON Buneav Tie Osana Be, | 513 FOURTEENTN STREET. 3 Wasuineroy, D. C., Oct. 28, § Evidences multiply that the administra- tion is very much worried over the Sack- ville letter and that strenuous efforts are to be made to prevent the further stampede of voters from the democratic tickat on account of that unfortunate occurrence by the kindly intentioned British minister. In the first place every effort of the administration and its friends is being used to show that Mr. Ottis was the instigator of the original Murchison letter and that it was a put up job from the start to cntrap the British minister. ‘This, of course, would have no weight eve if it were true but Ottis himself says it is not trne and that Murchison was a bonifide British resident of California anx- ious for information from the representative of his former home government. Ottis is very well known here, Ho was at one time foreman in the government printing office and he was so well known and his reputation 18 80 thoroughly good in every respect that there arc men here who are willing to stake all they are worth that his statement 1 re- gard to the receipt of this now celebrated letter is absolutely true in all details, The administration can scarcely expect to undo the damage by simply requesting the recall of the British minister. If Cleveland and Bayard were as much shocked and _outraged over the expression of opinion by that oftic- ial as they make it appear they are, Lord Sackville's passports would huve been sent to him without delay. The truth is that it was only after they were cognizant of the damage that had been done that they thought it necessary to disregard the word “private,” and call the attention of the British home secretary, through Minister Phelps, to the minister's act. It is said here that a coup is to be sprung this week as a direct outcome of this letter incident. A very high official of the government said to-night: *“‘Prepare for a surprise. Iam informed on most reliable authority that Cleveland is preparing a proc- lamation in regard to the fisheries which will astonish those politicians who have claimed that he has no desire to retaliate upon Canada.” If President Cleveland is guilty of such a thing at this time he will ‘be open to the charge of the most flagrant demagogism and his procla- mation, coming at this late L will be certain to do him much more damage than it can possibly do good. PLEASED WITH THE OUTLOOK. Mr. A. P. Cunningham, of Omaha, at pres- ent an officer of the United States senate, has fust returned from an_extended trip through ew York and Indiana. Mr. Cunningham is an Irishman by birth, and is one of the many forcible speakers among the natives of the Emerald He is besides a keen political observer and his examination of the situation leads him to predist the election of the re- publican ticket next week beyond peradven- ture. To your correspondent he said: *‘The republicans will poll 110,000 votes in the city of New York, and Harrison and Morton will have at least 16,000 plurality In the state. Erhardt's_chances for election to the may- oralty of New York aro excellent and unless there 1 trading in the city Miller will be elected governor by a handsome majority. He will not poll as many votes in the state at large as Harrison for the reason that Hill bas the liquor men with him and they do not all support Cleveland.” “What do you base your estimate upon?" “The scntiment among the Irish-American voters, There are thousands of them all over the country who voted the democratic ticket in 1884 and in all previous elections, who are to-day with Harrison and Morton upon_the great national question of tariff. which is the issue of this campaign. In every town of Connecticut there is at least four or five Irishmen who have changed their rty _allegiance, and in_the cities of Rew York ‘and Brooklyn the number is swelled to thousands.” ““What do you gather of the situation in Tndianat” ““Hovey will be governor by a majority of 8,000 or ¥,000. Nothwng can beat him. Har- rison's majority will be about a thousand less. +Did you find that the Sackville letter has had much affect among the Irish-American voters{” Yt certainly has had a decided effect in convincing them that the British govern- ment is anxious to see Mr. Cleveland re- elected, but the Irish voters had largely made up their minds to vote for the republi- can ticket before that letter made its ap- nee, 80 that its effect had been dis- counted.” THE M LWAUKEE MILK CASES. 1t is expected that the United States su- preme court will to-morrow rule upon the motion of the attorney general of Minnesota to dismiss the cases leled to this court by the Ch , Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad company, known as the *Milwaukee Milk Cases.” The cases arose out of the action of the Minnesota railroad commissioners in fixing the rate of tariff on milk carried by the road named into the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The company held that the commissioners had no right to arbitrarily fix the rates and they applied to the state courts for relief. They were defeated and the action of the commissioners was sus- tained in each of the courts to which the cases were carried and the company then ap- “hd to the United States supreme court. 0 weeks ago the attorney general of the state submitted a brief asking that the appeal e dismissed on the ground that the supreme court had no jurisdiction, as the rates in dis- Rute apply sol ely to trafiic within the state of inuesota. The decision will settle the uestion as to whetuer or not the United tates courts can pass on the legality of an act of the state railroad commissioners when their aets have no bearing upon inter-state rates. A BOGUS INDIAN CLAIM, One of the gentlemen holding office under the present administration is D. R. Risley, who is United States marshal for southern California, with headquarters at Los Ange- les. Some one interested in the record of the dewmocratic officials has dug out an old report relative to the claim of Frank D. Yates and others, who asked the government to puy them §14,635.85. This money was earned by them in removing the Indian prop- erty and supplies belonging to the \{'llelv stone agencies from White River, Dak., to their new reservation in the same territory, in the years 187278, ‘The evidence secured by the Forty-sixth congress was to the effect that while Yates and the others interested performed the work of freighting the sup- plies in_question at the rate of a cent & und, they were never puid, but that D. R. Jey, who was then ageut for the Indians at the Whetstoue agenoy, entered into a con- spiracy with Henry Graves, physician at the agency, to defraud the governmeut, and is- sued vouchers for §33,541.58 instead of $14, 075.85, which was the proper amount. The connection of Risley with this attempted fraud was fully substantiated, and in July, 1875, & commission was appointed, with ex- Governor Thomas C. Fletcher, of Missouri, @8 chairman, to investigate the affairs of the Red Clovd ufuncy. the report of which is the following, -in- relation 1o the Whetstone ncy : “‘Yates and the men who actually did the work of moving the lg:'m,y acted in good Juith, 90 far as 1 was W leara from wy examination of the men who wi there at the time. They took their te and hired and paid their men to do the haui- ine: this they did relying upon the authority of the agent to employ them. The agent represented the governmeunt, and the men who did the actual work knew that he had contracted with Graves only after they had completed the work of moving the agency to the mouth of Bea They thought they were working directly for the govern- ment. The evidence 1 had satisfied me that only after the work was done were they in- formed that Agent Risley had let the entire contract to Graves, and that a voucher had becn given Graves for the whole work, and perhaps for more, too, and that they 'must look "to Graves for their pay. F. D. Yates, Todd Randall, Raymond and others, who did the hauling, worked in good faith for the government, and the govern- ment got the benefit of their labor, and at a price which was shown to be reasonable and fair. The departinent refused to vay Graves, and properly refused to pay him, HBut Yates and tHe men who did the work would be able to recover all they claim in any court upon a quantum meruit ‘as against an_individual standing in the place of the government. The denial of their legul and equitable rights to Yates and the men who worked there for the government is ndt only a wrong of which the government qught not to be wuilty towards its citizens, but is a policy which” has cost millions. What wonder that no man will work for the governmeht as cheap as for a citizen when he is liable to be treated as these men have been! The government never paid anybody for this work." Another member of the commission re- ported at the same time in the following lan- guage: ‘“The commissioners became satisfied that the pretended contract between Risley and Graves was a fraud, and entered into with the intent to get out of the government for their mutual advantage a large profit on the work done by Yates and others, There can be no doubt that the department acted wisely in rejecting the claim of and refusing to pay one doliar thereon. contract was not only fraudulent, and therefore void, but nothing was ever earned by 8 under it, Yates and others did all the w and earned all the pay, and were employed by the agent, Rislep, without notice that he was acting otherwise than on behalf of the government of the United States.” In spite of the fact that this wi to the attention of the president he made the appointment for marshal for southern Calitornia, K was appointed, and as no fight was made on him in the sen: ate he was confirmed. EIZW BTATE DEPARTMENT SNOBLETS, A great deal has been said from time to time relative to the lordly manner in which the employes and clerks of the state depart- ment conduct themselves. There is more of the blue blood of aristocrucy, or at least the outward and visible signs of that uinary fluid in tho average employe of this branch of the government's service than was ever exhibited by the scion of the most honora- ble house in Europe. The state department is located in that fine building facing the White House to the west, which was erected for the accommodation of the three depart- mentflt}\rl'nhh'd over at present by Messrs. Bayard, Endicott, and Whitney, respectively. All the corridors of this building connect with each other, and there are no walls be- tween them. But the stato department peo- ple do not permit the indiscriminate use of the halls and corridors which run through their wing of the building by the more ple- beian and less fortunate individuals who ing ink for the government in the other two departments, and conseqently an iron lattice fence was cted some years ago between the state department and the others, and a watchman was placed at each gate to see that none but the elect should be admitted. But the lordliness of the state department employes extends beyond this, and they carry their aristocratic notions to the farth- est possible limit. To-day, while your cor- respondent sat talking to one of the clerks, who at the moment was in charge of a bureau, the gentleman in question touched an electric button and a swarthy messenger appeared at his elbow in a ‘mowent. Nota word was said but the clerk with a grand air passed to the messenger a lead pencil, the point of which had been dulled, The mes- senger bowed almost to the floor and van- ished without a sound. In two minutes he again appeared and with an obsequious salaam he handed the newly-sharpened Faber to the clerk and again almost striking the floor with his head, he departed without a word having passed between the two. This is one sample of the way in which the air in the diplomatic branch of the government affects an unsuspecting young man who is induced to accept a governmental salary for the service he performs there. PERRY S. HBATH, —— BEWITCHED BY NEIGHBORS. The Strange Hallucination of a Penn- sylvania Farmer. TitusvitLe, Pa, Oct. 28.—In Oakland township, Venango county, twelve miles distant, Jerry Pritchard, 8 farmer and mem- ber of a prominent family in the county, al- leges that some of his neighbors have be- witched him. So firmly does he believe this that he went to Franklin, the counuy seat. and lald the case before a lawyer. He was willing to make afidavit that several of his neighbors, whom he named, could and did atand beside him while he was at work, and, by some peculiar power, deprive him of the strength to perform any labor. He said that these people had troubled him so much in this way that they had absorbed about all his strength and left him helpless to attend to his farm work. In_consequence of this he has been greatly reduced in physical strength and he wanted to bring suit for damages. The lawyer declined to take the case, and Pritchard said that if the law would not pro- tect him against his neighbors, who pos- sessed such _extraordinury power, he would have to sell his farm and go elsewhere. e DESTITUTION IN DAKOTA. Condition of the Settlers in the Vicin- ity of Devil's Lake. Sr. Pavr, Oct. 28.—Territotial Auditor Ward, of Dakota, has just returned to Fargo from Devil's Lake, where he has been in- vestigating the condition of the Jews and other destitute settlers of Ramsey county. In an interview he said that he found among the business men of Devil's Lake a senti- ment that the whole matter had been greatly exaggerated, although the residents of the northern part of the county had lost their wheat crops eutirely and ‘a portion of the other crops. He made a thorough personal investigation and found that the Jews had sufticient hay, oats and straw to winter stock and teams enough to do fall work. They had comfortable houses, but lacked flour, clothing and fuel. A large quantity ot supplies had already been s nppn'f them by the Jewish residents of St. Paul, Minneapo- lis and other points, who had promised to supply their wants. Many American families were in want and will have to be supplied from the funds already donated. A commit- tee was appointed to make an equitable dis- tribution of the funds, and if any is left in the spring it will be used in purchasing seed wheat for the needy e - A Northern Pacific Wreck. BrAINERD, Minn,, Oct. 28, —The Portland fast express, westbound, on the Northern Pacific, ran into an open switch near the east end of the Crow Wing river bridge last night. The engine broke loose, and the tender, mail car and two baggage cars went over au embankment into the river. Clinton Mayae, who was riding 6o the front of the mail ecar, was fatally injured. The mail clerks escaped with bad bruises and a thor- ough wetting. The engine ran across the bridge on the ties, but on the further side turned over in' the embankment, killing the fireman, Alexander Brown, aud severely iu- Juring Engineer Swart. All of the passenger cars remained on the track, und noue of the occupants were injured. —~~———e Zanzibar Advices. Zaxzinar, Oct. 25.—Three German. mes- sengers sent to the Mwapwa Seklers have been murdered on the coast, Reports have beea received here of fighting at between the Iualians aud Somalis, all called t the time THE MANITOBA TROUBLE. A Crisis With the Government Seems Imminent. Wixxirea, Oct. 23.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—~A great sensation was caused here last night by the publication of the fol- owing: *“It has been learned from un- doubted authority that Lieutenant Governor Schultz, although advised a week ago to call the legislature for the dispatch of business next Monday, has so far declined to accept the advice of his constitutional advisers, thereby forcing a crisis on the government, as it 18 understood that members of the cabi- contemplate immediate resignation, The government, it is learncd, were anxious to have the house in session to assist them in securing the necessary legislation to back up their position on the railway question, should the injunction be dissolved. His Honor was advised somne time ago to sum- mon the house, but 8o far the advice has not been followed and the proclamation is still unsigned. If the government resigns, as seems to be the present intention, the province will be in & very bad box, as u dissolution of the ~legislature would likely follow and Manitoba could count on having railway competition blocked for a year or two.” The argument on the railroad injunction case was continued yesterday, and the judge will give his decision Monday. It is said the Canadian Pacific solicitors have grounds for application for another injunction should the one betore the courts be dissolved. All is quict at the Pembina branch crossing, but all preparations are complete for active resist- ance at any hour should the nocessity arise. During yesterday afternoon about thirty men, under the direction of General Super- intendent Whyte ana Assistant Superintend- ent Murray, went to Morris and dumped a dead engine on the side of tae track, across the proposed intersection of the Morris- Brandon branch. Only four men were left in charge but the engine is sunk up to the axles and is immovably fixed. THE CLEARANCE RECORD. The Financial Transactions of the Past Week. Bostoy, Mass., Oct. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre]—The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States, shows tho gross ex- changos for the week ended October 27, 1838, with the rate per cent of increase or de- crease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week last ye cITIEs, CLEARINGE. New Vork Hoston. ... Philadelphia Chicago...... 8t. Louis Daltimore. . Cincinnatt Sun Francisc Plttsburg New Orleans, . Kansas City. Loulsyille. Providence, Milwaukee 8t. Paul Minneane Omaha Denver. Detroit. Cleveland Galveston. Indianapoiis. Memohis. . Columous Hartford .. New Haven. Peorta.. Portland. Byracuse. Grana Ra Topeka. KANSAS CROPS. The Agricultural Board's Report Makes an Excellent Showing. kA, Kan, Oct. ,28.—|Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.|—The quarterly report of the state board of agriculture just issued shows the total product of winter and spring wheat this year to be 16,720,719 ~bushels as compared with 9,275,000 bushels last year. It is the heaviest yield since 1884, The ‘total product of corn th# year is given as 165,754,- 087 bushels—more than double the yield of last year and the largest since 1 The total product of oats is given as 54,065,055 bushels, the heaviest yield in the history of the state. e AN OLD MAN'S COURAGE. He Kills a Mad Dog After a Desperate Fight. RavreGn, N, C., Oct. 28.—Yesterday, in Rockingham county, as a negro laborer was leaving 8 farm yard and walking with a scythe upon his shoulder down a lane, a mad dog of great size sprang at him, The negro turned and ran into the barn yard, where there were & number of men, The furious dog bit some mules and then attacked the men. The latter all got away save an aged man name Gray, who seized the scythe which the negro had dropped and met the dog. He sprang at Gray, and there followed, on the rt of the latter, such a struggle as only love of life will induce. The dog fought the man steadily and wickedly. Gray showed great dexterity with the scythe, and after o stouggle of more than twenty minutes, killed the dog, whose body was literally cut to pieces. ‘The brave old man was utterly ex- hausted. e Republican Rallies, Sewarp, Neb.,, Oct. 28.—(Special Tele- gram to the BEg.]—Yesterday was the greatest gaia day Seward ever witnessed, The republicans had a large procession in the afternoon, and in the evening Senator Man- derson addressed a thousand people at the opera house. Messrs. Laird and Tate held two overtlowing meetings at the opera house and court house in the afternoon. The L coln flambeau fifty arrived at 6 There was a great torchlight proce: display of fireworks. The David City and Heaver Crossing Glee clubs entertained the audiences. The city was profusely deco- rated. ~Attorney General Leese also ad- dressed an audience at the opera house, JOHNSTOWS, Oct. 28.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue BEe.|—-A large and enthusiastic republican rally was hela here last night. The principal apeskers were M. B. Malloy and T. Winters of Long Pine, L. K. Alder of Ainsworth, and Judge James Morris of Johustown. BenLIN, Neb., Oct. 28.—[Special Telegram to Tue Ber.|—The republicans of this pre- cinct held & great ratitication here last night. A splendid torchlight procession, headed by the Syracuse band, was an_attractive fea- ture. General Stanwick, Frank T. Ransom und Paul Schminke addressed the people in the town hall to_the number of 300 or 400. Dr. Lattas and O. Horne, legislative candi- dates, were in attendance to help boom the demonstration. General Van Wyck is strik- ing some telling blows throughout Otoe county for the republican ticket, Blaine and Mills. Newarg, N. J., Oct. 28 —Mr. Blaine passed & quiet night at tne residence of George A. Halsey. To-day he left for New ork. Congressman Mills spent the night at John MeGregor's house. ~ He was indisposed during the day but was better to-night. e Considering the Sackville Affair, Loxpoy, Oct. 20.—Lord Salisbury had a private conferegoe with Minister Phelps at the Hatfield house to-day in regard to the | Sackvillg affair, SACKVILLE WEST MUST GO. A Democratic Conference Seals the Minister's Fate. CLEVELAND ASSERTS HIMSELF. And Will Insist Upon His Recall ora Discontinuance of Diplomatic Relations With the Brit- ish Legation, Weat's Recall Demanded. NEW Youk, Oct. 28.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—The Horald says: “‘Lord Sack- ville will be recalled within three days or the diplomatic relations between the head of the British legation and state department willbe broken oft.” This statement was made in demoeratic circles immediately after a protracted conference between President Cleveland, General Patrick A. Collins, of Boston, and John Doyle O'Reilly, of the Boston Pilot, yesterday. Several other men, high in the confidence of the president, also attended the conference, which was held in Secretary William C. Whitney's house, No. 2 West Fifty-seventh street, before Mr. Cleveland went to view the parade. General Collins and Editor O'Reilly came from Bos. ton expressly tosea the president touching the Sackville letter, and to discuss with him the provisions of the republican senate extra dition_treaty, which makes it possible to extradite political offenders, The talk was long and interesting, and both Boston men left satisfied that Cieveland would have no further relations with Lord Sackville. . This is what a man who saw Mr. Cleve- Jand and talked with him said: “The presi- dent, while he will act couservatively and through proper diplomatic channels, will have 1o further intercourse, nor will the state department, with Lord Sackville, The British minister committed an unpardonable ervor when he wrote that letter. He had not the smallest right todo 8o maladroit a thing. Mr. Cleveland feels, and so does every member of his cabiuet, that Lord Sack- ville has practically characterized the presi- dent as a liar. The minister's letter admits of no other interpretation. I am satisfied from the nature of the consultation that was held to-day that Mr. Cleveland will assert the dignity of his offiveand will show that the representative of no power, however friendly, can, while in an ambassadorial capacity, criticize his acts or intentions as far as this republi¢ is concerned.” A Serious New York, Oct. 38.—{Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The police-cammissioners. are in a serious dilemma over the heavily increased registration in many ,seetions of the city. How to poll the entire yo#e within the legally prescribed hours is @ puzzle. They added forty-four election dusgeigts this year, making 850, against S12 in 1887, But the addition of voters has been 80 excessive as to prevent a poll of the vote on eléction day. In the Seventeenth election disgriet of the Twenty- third assembly distrigt Mf.names were en- rolled during the first theee days of registra- tion, and in the Thirty-seeond district of the Twenty-second assemblydistrict were registered with robability that the grand total will . This excess exists 1n all the tonemént districts and in the newly built sections 42 the city. The law prescribes that iy xon shail be' kept open ten hours, or from m. to4p. m. During that time, if the voting is carried on without delays, one ranican cast’ his ballot each minute, so that only.600 voters could be received in ten hours, Phe heaviest ballot- ing on record was in Harlem precinct, where 680 ballots were cast, the average not exceed- ing 5%0. Allowing the largest possiblo lati- tude in the twenty-third assembly district, referred to above, fully 800 voters will be disfranchised solely because of utter inabil- ity to receive the ballots within the legal ten hours, It is estimated that at least 10,000 voters will not be able to cast their ballots, Reports of illegal registration are being supplemented by a few arrests, ———— General Fairchild’s Observations. Cnicaco, Oct. 28.—|Special Telegram to Tue Ber.]—General Lucius Fairchild ar- rived in ths city this evening from Indiana, where he has been spesch-making for the re- publicans for the last three weeks. He said that from his observations in every direction he was satisfied that’ Indiana would give General Harrison 10,000 majority. There were gains among thie laboring people and the manufacturers upon the protective tariff. There were gains among the old soldiers, who were displeased with the president’s nsion policy, The mugwumps of 1554 were ack in the old_party, because the president had not carried out in Indiana his promises of civil service reform. Many democrats were not going to vote for Cleveland because they were extremely displeased at the man- ner in which he had. treated the late Vice President Hendricks. ———— The Authors ef the Letter. Los ANGELES, Cala., Oct. 28.—[Special Tele gram to Toe Bee.|—The Tribune this morning publishes the. statement that W. A. Bell, of Pomona, Cala,, is the author of the Murchison letter. To-night information makes it practically certain that Bell, J. A. Toner and F. G. Halley all of Pomona, are respousible for the job. Halley was inter- viewed bya Tribune reporter. He said Murchison was a triplet,~German, Irish and American, Haley is of Irish descent, Bell an American. The third party, who is not ac- curately described, is probably Toner, who isas much a German as Haley is an Trish- man, The theory here is that these three met, plauned and executed the scheme, Bell "is the maun who revealed the correspondence. Toner claims that he was the first w0 see it, Murchison consulting him as an_attorney as to the advisability .of giving the corres- pondence to the republican committeg. Bell delivered the letters to Judge Fitzgerald of this city, a member,of the state central com- mittee, who teleg: Mr. Estes of San Francisco, and Chalrman Quay. T'he publi- cation here last Supday was accidental and not expected. Bell tonight denies that he wrote the letter himsp}, but all agree that he knows all about it. Other and similar let- ters were written by these men at the same time the Murchison letter was forwarded, to other leading Englighmen in this country, and prominent )ll'higillun democrats, To these replies were received but the West let- ter was accepted ag the most useful for cam- puign purposes, ang the others destroyed. e WORKING FOR CLEVELAND, Phil Kearny's Mon Sends Strange Circulars 0 O1d Soldiers. NEwARK, N. J., Oct. 25.—John Watts Kearny, of this city, is the son of General Phil Kearny, who lost his life while doing valiant service for his country in the rebel- lion. John Watts is called ‘‘general,” al- though he never took part in an engage- ment. The ouly title he is legally entitled to 18 that of colonel, because he is on the staff of the demacratic governor, Green, John Watts is a democrat of the rankest kind. He has just sent -out a circular addressed to the surviving members of his father’s brigude, and to veterans in general, that for conceit and presumption surpasses anvthing yet at- tempted in this campaign. The circular in- closes & speech defending the president's pension vetoes, and asks old soldiers to sup- port Cleveland cut of respect to the memory of General Kearny, and because Phil Kearny would, it liviag, favor Cleveland. These circulars are being emphatically de nounced by the. men who fought nder Kearuny, and bave made scores of veterans indignant, They will det as a boomerang on John Watts and the democracy, A WEALTHY VIXEN. Mary Ann Irvine Died in Squalor Al- though Worth $35,000. Stovx Farrs, Dak., Oct. 28.—Mary Ann Ir- vine, one of the most noted characters of this section, died last night of heart trouble. During her residence of thirtecn years in this vicinity she had proved herself a most venomous Amazon, and lived and died in the utmost filth and squalor, leaving thousands of dollars of accumulated wealth, No woman in Dakota, nor probably man was more dreaded by all who came i contact with her than Mrs, Irvine. Vicious, revenge- ful and mean, she wonld hesitate to do noth- against the person or property of one who had incurred her hatred. For years she figured prominently at nearly every term of court as defendant in various charges, such as applying the torch to the property of ncighbors who had aroused her passions, threatening their lives, ete. A loaded revolver was her constant companion, aud wany & man has been made its terget, It has always been believed that Mrs. Ir- vine had more to do with the murder of Mrs, Egan 1n 1882 ¢ Mr. Egan, who was nanged for the crime. She and Egan_wero intimate, and many circumstances implicated her in the murder; but no one dared to tes- tify against ber, and Egan himself refused to “squeal.” For the last two years she had been living in this city, and her reign had been one of terror to the' neighborhood, for no matter how much she imposed upon’ her neighbors, they auietly submitted rathor than make themselves the objects of her ven- geance. In hunting through her hovel imme- diately after her death several chickens which she had_stolen from a neighbor were found in the cellar, No one ever darkened her doors, and it hort time before she died that even her own children dared to enter her house. When it was discovered that she was dying, and she was _usked if a physician should not be sent for, she objected to incur- ring so great an expense, and not until she ruck a bargain with the doctor for his fee would she allow any medicines to be ad- ministered. Her sleeping-room was found so full of all manner of filthy garbage and worthless rubbish that much'of it had to be dumped out of doors before the attendants could find room to get in or endure the stench. After her death a search among her effects revealed decds, mortgages, notes, bonds, and cash to the amount, in the aggregate, of £30,000. The wortaan was 63 years old, and has three children, to whom her property will revert. DID THE BR A New Theory Regarding the Wed- ding I'east Poisoning Case. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 28, —An impenes trable mystery still hangs over the strange case of poisoniug on the Bohemian flats. All the theories that have been advanced have failed adequately to explain the circum- stances that surround the strange affair, Every circumstance 18 now being scratinized, and every circum- stance seems to throw a new light on the real motives for the terrible crime. It is now suggested that Mrs. Martin, the three days' bride, was jealous of her sister and cousin, and attempted to dispose of her rivals in this terrible fashion. Then, in a fit of remorse, it is said, she attempted to poison herself. This theory is supported by the finding of the “*Rough on Rats,” which was picked up by ote of the urchins playing about the house, and by the allegation that Mrs. Martin is known to have purchased the box of powson at a drug store. The poison which the bride tool yesterday, if she did take any, was 8o°plight Iy, quantity that it only served to make her sick, and by even- ing'she was as well ag ever. The different membersof the family are all sullen and uncommunicative, —_——— PLACED THE BONDS. The Omaha Southern Road to Be Compvleted Within a Year. Torexa, Kan., Oct. 25.—|Special Telegram to Tre Bre.]—Messrs. Hoover and Galloway of Dodge City, who have been in New York City for the purpose of negotiating the bonds of the Omaha, Dodge City & Southern rail- road, have returned and were 1 the city to- day. They state that they succeeded in find- iug purchasers for alarge amount of the bonds, and that the road will certainly be built. The route contemplated is from Omaha direct to Dodge City and south to connect with another road, probably the Denver & Fort Worth, which will give an outlet to the gulf and afford a great north and south line, Such & line would prove a strong rival of the Santa Fe and also of the Rock Island, which it is said will find its way to the gulf within a short time. The projectors of the scheme say that the material has been purchased and the work will begin before the first of the year. They expect to see the road com- pleted before the end of next year. it S The Czar's Narrow Escape. ST1. PETERSBURG, Oct. 28.—The minister of the interior to-day received a telegram from the minister of the imperial court stating that five minutes before the czar's train ar- rived at Kutas, en route from Tiflis to the Black sea, a Kouban cossack, disguised as an officer, was arrested at the station for having on his person several hand expiosives and some poison in gelatine capsules, When arrested the man attempted to poison himself. He was one of the founders of the South Russian Revolutionary society. Other members of the society have been arrested at Simeropol. The Yellow Fever. Decatur, Ala., Oct. 25.—The mayor has is- sucd the following to the people of the country: We are supplying 600 white people and 1,000 colored and aro now out of sup- plies. ' We appeal to tne charitable people of the whole country for assistance for the next three weeks. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 28 letin: deaths, deaths, OfMcial bul- New cases, 16; of which 6 whites; . Total cases to date, 4,950; total 8. Discovered a New Lake. ZANZIBAR, Oct. 28, —Count Teleki has ar- rived at Mombasa from the interior. He discovered a lake, which he namea Bassa- narok, due north of Lake Beringo, extend- ing from latitude 2:10, morth, to 5, north lying to the westward of Jkes' Sambara and Bassonebore. Two large rivers from the north and west eunter the northern part of the lake. —es Clifton & Co.'s Liabilities. CmicaGo, Oct, 25.—It has been ascertained that Clifton & Co., whose failure was the heaviest resulting from the Hutchinson wheat corner, have liabilities of $230,000, with assets of only $30,000. The deficit much lurger than was expected. oy Shot by a Discarded Suitor, LircnrieLy, Kan,, Oct. 28.—Bill Short, a miner, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Alma Barnes, a widow, last night. The shooting occurred at a dance, and was caused by a re- fusal of the woman to allow Short to escort her howe, ———— e Foolhardy Women. CLEVELAND, Oct. 28.—Mrs, Jackson and Miss Nellie Norris poured gasoline on the kitchen floor to-day to kill roaches, It ig- nited from the range and an explosion re- sulted. Both women were fatally burned. e An Archbishop Resigns. LoxDoy, Oct. 28, —The archbishop of Carl- ovitz, who approved the Milan-Natalie di- vorce, has suddenly resigned on the plea of ill health. —_— A Big Fire in Pittsburg. Pir18BURG, Oct. 28, —Ackerman's axle fac- tory aud the Farady Carbon works burned W Loss, $00,000; fully jusureds REIL'S EXECUTION, An loteresting Letter] Anent a Re- cent Rewoluti Siovx Crry, Ta, Oct. 28, 1888, rlSI'Nlill to Tur Bree|-The followiug letter from the sister of Louis Riel, who was hanged for treason by the Canadian government, writ- ten to Wilbur F. Bryant, an attorney of Hartington, Neb., is not without interest at this time, particularly when it is remembered that the matter was recently called up in the United States senate on a resolution to in- quire into the action of the executive in the case when called to his attention shortly af ter the trial and while the man who claimed the protection due an American citizen was yet alive, ST, Virar, Manitoba, Oct. 16, 1888, neR B BRYANT—Siv: To one you are with the life of my Louis Riel, it,is unnecessary to rehoarse the story of Lis life and sufferings. Suffice it to say for the nonce, that he was an American citizen by naturalization; that he left the United States of America with no hostile in- tent toward the government of the queen as appears by the written declaration of the envoys who came for him to Moutana from katchewan country. Further, he never committed an_overt act of treason within the realm of her Brittanic majesty. To all this Gabriel Dumond and Michacl Dumas can bear testimony. The unfairness of the court that tried brother has not been equaled since the days of the infamous tribunal that sent Joan of Arc to the stake, and would compare in_cruelty and injustice with Pontius Pilate, It is the boast of America that she protects her citizens at home hnd abroad, But how vain hus th boast proved in the case of my poor brother, French Canadians in the United States re- member it was President Cleveland who flatly refused to make any inquiry into the conduct of Louis Ricl's trial. Yes, the chief magstrate of the great United States stood supinely by and held the garments of them that stoned Stephen. Painful as this subject is to_me, I feel led to exclaim in the words of the widow of Glencoe: Leave the blood upon his bosom," Wash not off the sacred stain; Let it stiffen on the tarta g Let his wounds unclosed remain, Till the day when he shall show them At the throne of God on high, When the murderer and the murdered Mect before their Judge’s eye. Respectfully yours, HENRIETTA RIEL PONTRAS, Wit familiar as brother, S oggmanes BETTER THAN SCHOOL TEACHING. How Miss Baker of Boston Secured a Snug Fortune, Bosroy, Oct. 28.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.1—A peculiar law suit, the first of its kind ever carried into a Massachusetts court, was ended yesterday by the filing of an agreement in the supreme court for judg- ment for Miss Lizzie C. Baker against the estate of the late Mrs. Mary G. Perkins for #31,500. In 1880 Mrs. Perkins, aged thirty, ‘who bad inherited §100,000 from her husband, an Italfan nobleman, became acquainted here with Miss Baker who was fitting herself to be a school teacher. Becoming attached to the girl Mrs. Perkins offered to leave Miss Baker her entire estate if the latter would live with her as an adopted daughter. The offer was accepted. Mrs. Perkins died here in 1885 Jeaving in her will but £10,000 to M| Baker and the bulk of her property to chari- table institutions. Miss Iin{(cr contested the will bringing an action of contract against the executors, A compromise was reached in the case yesterday with the above result. The contract was a verbal one but Miss Baker produced a letter from Mrs. Perxtus-showing the terme-of the contract: ————— AN ARKANSAS FEUD, A War of Extermination Carried on By Rival Factions, St. Lows, Oct. 28.—Men from the Kings river district, northern Arkansas, report a fresh outbreak of the Terry-Wagoner feud, Last January three Terry brothers and two Wagoners, father and son, were killed. Recently Sam Meeks, a cousin of the Wagon- ers, went to Indian Territory, and during his absence John and Miles Terry brought a charge of horse stealing against him and secured special appointment to go after him. They captured and_killed Meeks, reporting that he bud attcmpted to escape. Tuesday night last the Wagoner faction retaliated by killing Miles Terry and fatally wounding John. Cal Garrett, of the Wagoner crowd, was killed and Cyrus W. Davis seriously wounded during the fight. e A LIBERAL OFFER. The World's Greatest Showman Ex- presses His Opinion of Free Trade. Bripcerorr, Conn., Oct. 28,—[Special Tel- egram to Tue Bee]—Senator Frye, of Maine, spoke before an audience of 3,000 at the rink last night. He was preceded by P. T, Barnum, who said: I was never more earnest and sincere in my life than when, in 1884, 1 publicly offered to sell all my real estate in Bridgeport for one-quarter less than its value at that time in case Cleveland was elected president. He was elected, but fortunately a majority in the United States senate was and stili is opposed to the demo- cratic doctrine of free trade, and conse- quently the value of real estate here has not as yet decreased. AlthoughI had for years built twenty or more houses each year, my dread of the probability of free trade was so great that I have not built a single house since Cleveland was elected four years ago, and I now make this offer in writing: I will put up £50,000 in cash binding myself to sell every building and every inch of land which 1 own in Hridgeport for 25 per cent less than the present prices if Cleveland and a demo- cratic majority in both houses of are elected, and I will give who will sccure a syndicate before election that will put up a like sum binding them- selves to accept this offer.” i AL A Disastrious Prairie Fire. STUART, Neb., Oct. 28.—(Special to Tue Bee|—A fearful and destructive fire swept over the Elkhorn valley yesterday, five miles southwest of town, destroying in its course at least fifteen hundred tons of hay. The fire originated from a spark from a p ing locomotive on the Freemont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad between th's station and Newport. The wind was blow- ing a gale all day. Help went liberally from this place and Newport orthe fire would have done more damage. The timely arrival of this assistance saved several fine farm bouses. Several settlers losttheir entire hay crop. One lost a stable, & new mower and & new wagon. —— Queen Natalie is Obstinate, Buenarest, Oct, 28.—Ex-Queen Natalie de- clines to reccive the document notifying her of the divorce, which was brought by a spe- cial messenger, and the decree will be con- veyed to her through the foreign oftice, A Bloody Row. Pronia, T1L, Oct, 23.—In & drunken row at Yates City last night James Eaton shot Hally Doyle. The latter wrenched the pistol from his assailant and shot him fatally. Doyle is not dangerously hurt, probodiiis All flands Were Lost. TirLAM00 Ore., Oct. 25.—The schooner Makan, of Astoria, has been wrecked near the entrance to the bay. All hands were lost. It is not known how many were on board. e et Asphyxiated by Gas. New Yonk, Oct. 28.—Kirwan Stone and Fila Lane weut to & hotel in Hoboken last night and this morning were found dead, asphyqiated oy gas which was turned on, e “Our Molly" Sails for Hom>, QuesNsTOWN, Oct. 25.—Mary Anderson and her company sailed for New York to-day | 0 the Umbri NUMBER 137 BOULANGER IS BANQUETED. ‘Wildly Uproarious Occasion Ending With a Breakdown. DENOUNCING THE GOVERNMENT La Guerre Proclaims the Coming Yeag the Date of France's Freedom —Dancing Enas the Night's Feasting. Poor Wine and Poor Speeches. 1Copyriaht 1588 by James Gordon Bennett.1 Panis, Oct. 28, —[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tk Ber. | —General Boulanger presided to-night over & grand banquet of his Parisian disciples. All the lights of movements were present and many whose only interest in the occasion lay in eating, drinking and making a disturbance. A large hall 1n the Brasseri Europienne was the rallying spot, and at P, m. it was packed inside and out. Detachments of police guarded the vicinity in anticipation of trouble. Seventy-five waiters did their best to serve 1,000 people, who did their occupy avout two hundred places. sult was unsatisfactor, A few dre were visible and fewer ladi General Boulanger occupied place at the table of honor. Overhead was a bust of Liberty. Near him sat his trusty licutenants, La Guerre, Vergoin, Le Saut, Blanchard, Gaillon, Naquet, and others, Several waiters got excited and let piles of plates fall, which made the crowd applaud all the harder. After some filet and poor Ma- deira speeches began. They said the same things in diffcrent ways. The present gov- ernment was as bad as possible, and the only salvation for the coun lay in Boulanger, Senator Naquet kissed Vergoin after the late ter finished. La Guerre was the most eloe quent. He said that revision was a drawback, He called Numagilly his friend, and referred positively to the important revelations soon to be made, proving the rottenuess of tho present administration. He said that 1889 would be the date of France's frecdomr. “Paris gives love to those who love and serve their country as you have done, my general, and Paris will follow you and never desery you.” Finally, as the garcons were pouring out coffee, General Boulanger rose from his seat. He,wore a simple evening dress, with the tricolor ribbon of a deputy across his breast. The crowd went wild as he commenced to speak. *‘Vive Bou- langer; a bas Floquet.” *“Vive la Nouveau Washington,” etc., until the genecral was tired waiting. His voice was clear and his manner decided. He spoke of his record as a soldier. Hehad remediea the faults of the army; now he wanted to remedy those of the government. He said that Ferry's revision had been nonsense, and that Floquet's would be an abortion. He called the president and the chamber a parcel of rogues. “We want arepublic of people, a republic without & parliament. No party has a right to, modify the form of government. That right belongs to the people, and the people will not be slow to use it.” He finally annpunced himself & candidate for election to the chamber from Paris, As he concluded a gray-haired vet- eran presented him with a flag used” In the war of tha revolution.” Amid & tremendous uproar the crowd dispersed, wildly excited. The band played the ‘‘Marseillaise” and the “Boulanger March.” The proceedings wound up with an impromptu dance. e REFUSED TO TALK. A Her: Correspondent’s Unpleass ant Experience With Dr. Woodcock. (Copyright 1855 by James Gordon Bennet.) Nice, Oct. 28—|New York Herald Cable —Special to Tue Beg]—1 have been to see Dr. Woodcock with the intention of inter- viewing him. He is a tall, dark, good looke ing fellow about thirty-five or forty years of .age. He received me most courteously, I showed him extracts from the German pae pers and the European Herald and a Munich paper. The latter contained charges against him and Mr. Henry and asked him to be good enough to inform me if they were true, an if they were not true whether he woul allow me to give ofticial contradiction to the story. In reply he said he had nothing at all to say about the matter; if this sort of thing went on no doubt the gove ernment would take it up. But I pointed out that the charges especially affected him, and if they were false he would no doubt be glad to have them contradicteds Again, he said he had nothing at all to say upon the subject and I could do as I liked. X tried him again and suggested that the fact of his living in a separate villa apart from the residence of the court, in a hotel on the opposite side of the street, and yet driving daily with the king, might lead the people to believe that there was some truth in the Stuttgart story, Then he grew livid and boiling with rage rushed to the bell and ordered me out of the house, saymng if I did not go atonce he would have me carried out by force, and added that it was & piece of impertinence for newspapers to pry into his private affairs and the like. I protested my innocence of any such intention and asked him again to contradict the story for the sake of the king if it was mnot true, He said I had better get out. He saw me down stairs. Another young American came outof an adjoining rooms, where he had been enjoying the scene. This person, I think, must have been his confrere, Hendry, from the description I had had of him. *“You have here a perfectly plain and accurate account of all that hap. pened in the five minutes I had with Woods cock, and you may make whatever use of i$ you may think proper,” said 1. B ARRESTED FOR THEFT. United States Minister Kopf Creates 8 Sensation in Belglan Society. (Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.) BrusseLs, Oct. 28. [New York Herald Cae ble—Special to Tur Bree]—Schwarts Kopf, the secretary of the United States commission for the Belgian exposition who came herg with letters of introduction to Prince De Chemay, minister of foreign ate fairs, and to M De Moreau, former minister of public works from the Belgian nunlllcr.x ‘Washington, and who has been received an entertained by the best socicty of Brussels, ‘was to-day arrested on the charge of stealin s diamond necklace from M. Bardit, a Parfe an jeweler, in 1880, and for numero swindling operations committed betweel 1881 und 1882 in France and Belgiom, Schwartz Kopf is fine looking man of thirty-five and lead a very luxurous life Brussels, He had, subsequently to i swindling operation: one tojAmerica become naturalized. This he thought su clent to protect him from arrest for his for er backslidings but to-day his arrvest pro the contrary and causes & sepsation in Bru sels socicty. The re- 39 suits the central i m—— Flood Improving. Loxpoy, Oct. 25.—A dispatch frem. Hote delburg says that James C. Flood is e proving. 4