Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1888, Page 1

THE OmMAHA DALy BEE EIGHTEENTH YEAR. WATSON B.SMITH'S MURDERER He is Sald to Have Confessed in Australia. SHOT WHILE HOUSEBREAKING. corge O'Conner ra Into the K of a Priest the Story of the Crime—The Mysterious Tragedy Reviewed. On His Dying Bed. Seven years ago the 4th of this month, Colonel Watson 3. Smith was found lying dead in the upper portion of the government building on the corner of Fifteenth and Dodge streets, and until to-day the causes that led to his death have been shrouded in the darkest mystery. Colonel Smith was clerk of the United States court, and on the evening of November 4, 1851, left for his office, but not returning at the wusual lour, his wife became alarmed, ond requested Mr. Norman Kuhu, the druggist, to scck for him at his office. hat gentleman did so, and shortly after midnight entered the building, and while groping along the corridor that led to the office on the third floor, stumbled over the body of the murdered man. Calling on po liceman J. O'Donahue for assistance, they entered the building and upon lighting the gas they found the victim was Colonel Smith. The halt opened door, in the lock of which still stood the key a buundle of blood stained ofticial papers, and the position of the wound in the temple, all vointed to a deliberate murder, and a revolyer with one chamber empty showed how it had been done. The latter was found concealed in tho lower part of the pantaloons of the left leg. as though the murderer had feared to carry away with him the weapon that had stained his hands with blood. Only one person was i the building that night besides the murderer, and that was E Konniston, who was on duty in the postofice, on the first floor. He stated that about 12 o’clock he fancied he heard a pistol shot, but us that was no un usual circumstance at the time he paid no further attention to it. That was the only evidence ever adduced, and although re wards ‘aggregating upwards of $5,000 wers offered for the arrest of the murderer they were never claimed. Opinion was somewhat divided, and while a number of persons be- lieved that Smith was murdered by the whisky clement or in it in terest, on account of his open opposition to the trafic there were others who advanced the theory of suicide. Sus- picion rested on several persons, and one August Arndt was held to the grand jury, but the evidence was not suflicient 1o bring in a true bill, and he wus tried on another chargs As years passed by the matter was gradually forgotten, until now, on the seventh anni versary of the crime, it once more comes into prominence, and the story is told by the murderer himself. For some years George O'Connor, an all around crook, has. given the police force of Melbourne, Aus- tralin, considerable trouble, but about three months ago was caught in the act of burglar- izing a warchouse in that city. While en- deavoring to escape arrest he was shot and mortally wounded, and at once sent for a priest. To him he confided a history of his past life, and among them all, the one that troubled him most was the murder he had committed in Omaha seven years before. He described the building and gave the name of the victim, and told how he had been prowling around Omaha for an opportunity to make a steal, Finding the government building open, he crept up stairs, when he was suddenly con- fronted by Colonel Smith, who was leaving the oftice, revolver in hand. He at once erappled with him and wrested the revolver away, but finding he could not escape he fired the fatal shot. Washing his hands and secreting the revolver he made his way to the Union Pacific yard, where he hid in a box car on an outward bound tramn. Meeting with the usual reverses of a tramp, heatlength reached San Francisco, where he learned his victim's name und then worked his way to Australia. There he con- tinued Wjs career of crime until e met his death, and in making confession he only stipulated that word should be scut to Omaha through a companion named Burke. Burke has not yet reached this city, but the particu into the Glas- gow Mail, which prints them with an accu- racy of detail regurding Omaha that leaves no doubt as to their genuineuess, —— DISASTROUS FIRE AT BENNETT. It Sweeps Away a Fourth of the Busi- ess Houscs. Bex~ErT, Neb, Nov. 18.—[Special Tele- gram to THE Bre.|—A fire hore last night destroyed about one-fourth of the business property of the village. Loss $10,000 to §12, 000, 1,500 covered by insurance. The fol- lowing buildings were destroyed: Maria B, Brown, store; Simpson & Larkin, store and insurance office; John L. Wheeler, store; H. . Bills, Commercial hotel; James H. Harper, harness shop and Bank of Bennett; Lancaster Union printing office; Charles Mitohell, harness shop; N. k. Newwman, millinery; . D. Piper, restaurant. Tno origin of the fire is unknown, but appear. ances indicate incendiarism. ' It was dis covered about 1 o'clock a. m., and would have swept the entire business portion, but for the change of wind and the faithfil of- forts of al} the citizens, who turned out and worked for three hours, fighting fire vigor- ously at every point, To Regulate Trusts, Nennaska Crory, Special tofne Bek)—Tue Bee correspondent to day called at the ofiice of Hon. J. C. Watson, Otoe and and Cass counties' float ropresenta- tive, and in the course of the conversation Mr. Watson stated that he was preparing a bill to introduce in the coming legislature, for governing and regulating trusts. Mr. Watson said that next to the election of a re publican United States senator he considered that the subject of trusts would present itself to the careful examination and ener- getic action of the mext legislature, *'We have trusts in this state,” continucd Mr. Watson, “that daily do irreparable injury to both the producer and the consumer of products in our midst. Tuke foFexample the distilleries of our state, one of which 1s Jocated in our city, Its owners toil not, neither do they spin, yet they secure §100 a day for allowing the fires 10 g0 out in the furnaces of their manufac- tory. This keops seventy-five men out of em- ployment in this cigy, and_compels the farm- @rs to sell their grain to the elovators alone. These trusts, being men possessed of great capital and financial resources, combine with each other to keep up the price of their manufactured articles and raise it to such a int that they cgn sell at prices satisfactory themselves, For this evil, as the law now etands, no remedy is proviaed. In conversa- tlon with & great many busioess weu agd i I farmers 1 find that the country requires thi regulation of the combinations com Mr. Watson was asked if he thought these trusts were subject 1o legislative control, to | which he replied that the men and_corpora- | tions in Nebruska, whether in trusts within | or without the state, can be governed and contre it need be suppressed, by proper ka laws, “I have consuited With ex-Senator C. H. Van Wyck, Jude Samucl Chapman, and other eminent pe ticians and lawyers, as to the advisability ai constitutionality of such legislation, and they with my views in the matter Mr. Watson then brougnt out a rbugh draft bill he was preparing to introduce in t legislature for the control of trusts incs and pools, The bill, in subst declares the formation or organi # trust within this state, or a within _or without _the be against public policy, and unlawful} It Drovides for thie seizure ind forfeiturc of all shares of stock andall property used in the fhrtherance of the purpose of any such trust, It provides that duing the continu ance of any trusts, combinations or pools, that a tax shall be'imposed, in nddition to all other taxes now imposed by law, equal in amount to 40 per cent of the value of the property, and of all merchandise, manu fuctured’ commodities and nroducts manu facturcd or producea by such trust or pool. It provides further that any person entering into such a combination on his own account, or as agent, offi- cer or stockholder, or a trustee, on committee, of in_any capacity whatever, shall be guiity of a felony, and_be subject to imprisonment for from one to five years and pay a fine of from $1,000 to £10,000. That ali shares of stotk and all real and per- sonal property belonging to any such unlaw- ful combination shall be forfeited to the state and be liable to seizure. It provides that 4 purchase within the state or a_ship. ment without the state of any article to be used in any such unlawful combinations, shall constitute a violation of the act, and subjects the offenders to the penalties pre- scribed. The proposed bill contains a great many other scctions havine in view the for- biddance of trusts and pools, and the sup. vression, scizure and forfciture of all prop- erty now in trusts and pools within the state, nd Nebraska will have an_opportunity to take the lead in breaking up these obnoxious institutions. coneu Supposed Suicide. R Praree, Neb., Nov, eram to Tre Bee. | —J. W, prominent farm r living about twenty miles south of here, is reported as havinz shot himself this morning while standing on the edge of a well, his body falling into it. No cause was assigned. The coroner left for the scene of the supposed suicide to-day. * Protective Association. Co MBS, b, Nov. 18, Special to T Bee. ] —The Farmers' Protective ciation of Oconer are erecting a commodious graiu elevatorto cost §2,500. The associa tion in this county 15 growing rapidl elevator is very much needed in this the amount of grain that is handled by the association. The Farn BREAKING UP THE GANG. An Important Arrest in the Hatficld- McCoy Affair, SmARLESTOWN, W. Vi, Nov. 18.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bre. |—Alexander Messer, one of the notorious Hatfield murderers, was arrested and taken to police headquarters last might by Detective Gibson, of Bureka. Messer was one of the band who took ta three McCoy boys out of jail in August, 1882, tied them to trees and shot them to death. He left the country and was lost sight of until about two weeks ago. Detec- tives Gibson and Cunningham arrested El- hison Hatfield, another member of the gang, about that time, and he made a confession, impheating Messer and several others. Until then the names of all who were implicated in the murder of the three McCoys had been kept o profound sccret. Detectives at once took up Messer's trail and on Wednesday ran him down on Ugly creck, Lincoln county, where they arrested him. Messer is about fifty-two years old and his wife and six chil- dren are living inLincoln county. He was at one time deputy sheriff of Perry county, Kentycky, and was very prominent in the Bretheto county, Kentucky, trouble several ars ag aid to have killed several men there. He has killed twenty-seven men since the War. e Swept By a Tidal Wave. NEw Yomi, Nov. 18.—The Cunarder Ftru- ria, which arrived at her dock this after- noon, experienced one of the worst passages in her history. Tuesday lasta tidal wave swept over the big steamer, and one man, a ilor, was killed. Five others werce more or less severely shaken up. The injured sailors were on duty at the tme the tidal wave struck the occan racer. They saw the mountain of water approaching, Terrified, they scrambled for safety, but with irrsiste ible force the waters curled over and fell upon the big steamer. Like logs, five sailors were jammed in a heap agaiust the deck: ho One, as stated, was killed and the others injured as described. The wave washed the steamer fore and aft. The offi- cers and crew were reticent about the acei- dent, and the only information that could be obtained was from the passengers, — An Estimate of Population, Des Moixes, Ta., Nov. 18.—[Special to Tne Bek.]—An approximate, though not an accu- rate, estimate of population can be found from the number of votes registered in the different cities, In this state an opportunity for registration was given on election day, to these who had been out of the city on all of the fregistration days before, so that a few hundred names were added to the list, but the following table shows the number of persous registered as voters on the general registration days prior to election, in some of tho leading cities of the stat Des Moines 7,411 | Keokuk.........3138 Dubuque...... ..5 Clinton.....)) 21017 Daven port 4,4 Outumwa. . ..., .2.63 Burlington ... 4,863 | Marshalltown. .1 Sioux City.......4.415 | Muscatine Council Bluffs..8,85 | Lyons Cedar Rapids. . ..8,610 | The estimate of about five and a half or six persons to a voter will give an approximate idea of the population of these cities. This would make the population of Des Moiucs from 40,000 to 43,000, which 18 not far from right, though the actual population of the city, 80 far as city purposes are concerned, should be increased four or five thousand to take in that number of pcople who have moved from the city proper to_adjacent addi- tions, which are ‘scparate incorporation ‘Pheir business is in the city, but they do not vote there, and 50 do not appear in the above table, . The London Socialists, Loxpox, Nov. 18.—The socialists held an immense meeting in Victoria park to-day to commemorate the Trafalgar square and Chi- Speeches were made from three platforms. Mrs. Parsons advocated the use of bombs, Mr. Grahum, member of ment, denounced capitalists and landlords, and said that until the workers o take the land, capital and mac their own benefit they would cont slaves, and the Tr © and cago scenes would pe r The Death Kecord. Laxcaster, N. H., Nov. 8.—Rev. Charles J. Hendley, rector of St. Paul's church and grand prelate of the grand commandery of Knights Templar in New Hampshire, was found dead in his chamber at 9 o'clock this morning. ‘The cguse was doubtless appo- plexy. His family are all ubsont in Kunsas, Buasiness Blocks Burned. LirrLe Rook, Ark., Nov. 18,--A fire at 2 o'clock this morning destroyed five business b 1854 230 cago riots, inery 1ue Lo be Chi- houses on Main street, entailiug a loss on the stock of $0,00) and on the buildings of §12,000. Insurauce only partial, "OMAHA. MONDAY ON THE GERMAN FRONTIER. Excited Poasants Attack a Prussian Officer in Command. EMPEROR WILLIAM AT BRESLAU. His Speech to the Workmen Severely Criticised—Denmark's King and Premier—The Duke Maximil- ian's Philanthropic Heid Foreign Potpourri, [Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] Brnwiy, Nov. 18.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Ber.]—The German papers are rather surprised at the French newspapors saying so little about the recent affray between a Prussian gamekeener some Prench poachers in a field on the Ger- man side of the frontier. Although shots were exchanged and one of the poachers was i A away with a few pellets of lead in his side, the French newspapers declared it was one of a hundred similar occurrences tain to happen on a frontier and unworthy The Post remarks: “It ay many diplomatic come to still is knowl of serious notice. would have smoothed ay difieulties if the French press had this conciusion sooner.” Strangor the fact that the French have, to my edge, made no rence to the of violence that accompanied departure of reeruits for the Prus- sian army & few days ago, from Alsace. At Altkirsehen a large num ber of people accompanicd the recruits and their escort to the railway station, with threats to the soldiers ot the escort; cries of “Vive la France” and volicys of stones were thrown on arriving at the station. Matters became so serious that an order was given to load; after that quict was restored, but it was only by a miracle that a bloody disaster was averted. When the train reached Itafurt, the next station, a crowd attacked the escort and insulted the oMicer in command, and finally laid their hands on him. He drew his sword and cut his assailants over the head, inflicting serious wounds. The station was then carried at the point of the bayonet. At the manufacturing town of Mul- house preparations were made in case of trouble, but no attempt to disturb the peace oceurred. "Thesa riots, on a smaller or larger scale, take place every year when recruits leav Alsace. They are not unknown even in Prus sia. At Cologne, in 1570, when the “‘land- wehr* were ealled in, women took possession of the train that was to carry their husbands and brothers away. Some sat down on the rails, saying: “Before you take our men away you must drive the train over us.” The station master finally persuaded them that he wonld allow them cars to accompany 1ds, brothers and sons to the next station, but when the train drew out the cars were uncoupled and the poor weeping women remained behind. Poor old Duke Maximillian of Bavaria died at half-past 3 Friday morning, at the green old age of eighty, lacking a few weeks. His wife and two of his daughters, the Countess Trans and Duchess d'Alen- con, were at lis bedside. His third daughter, the Austrian empross, was fond of spending the summer months at the beautiful castle of her parents on Lake Starembourg, near Munich, but she is now absent, travelng for her health. But the empress was here when the poor king, Louis, her cousin, was laid out in state at the castle of Berg, just across the water from the Duke Maximilian's castle. Duke Maximilian leaves a widow, the daughter of King Maximilian I, of Bavaria, and c children—three sons and five daughters. The eldest son, Prince Ludwig, does not in- herit the title, as he contracted a morganatic marriage with the countess Waldersee, The second son, who stevs in his place, is Duke Charles Theodore, the famous oceulist, who studied medicine and surgery in Berlin, and has restored to hundreds of poor people their sight, without relicving their pocketbooks of a single mark. The second son is Major General Prince Maximilian of Bavaria. The daughters Ihave not mentioned are the widowed Princess Thunu and Taxis, the ex- queen of Naples. Itis pleasing to turn to the jubilee of old King Christian at Copenhagen. It is a curi- ous fact that he and his son, King George of Greece, celebrated the twenty-hfth anniver- sary of their accession in the same year. T'wo more conscientiously constitutional monarchs neyer did honor to royaity. The Germans take a great interest in Es- treup, the Danish prime muister, a small Bismarck - in his way, for Denmark has for some years been going through just such a struggle as Kiug William of Prussia waged against a pig-headed parlia- ment in the years before 1866, when Bi marck helped him to govern for some y without a majority or a budget. Estrcup stood by lis sovercign in the swme manner, in the face of an overwhelming majority in his legislative body, whose war-cry was: “Ikke en ocre til dette munsterium’—not a stiver towards the debtsof the minist all attempts to drive him from the mona side proved vain. His fiery soul dwi ccble frame. His lungs were so delica a youth that abstinence from all the joys of life, the physicians told him, was the price of life itsclf. The parliament may be hostile, but the common people cheered King Christian here to-day to the echo; they remember how he rode through the trenches at Duppel, when gallant little Denmark, in 1864, stood boldly up to face such fear ful odds. For Germany, also, the anniversary of the Danish king's accession, the 15th of November, has an historical significance, for on this day the death of Frederick VIL 1 the poltical conncetion between Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark, and set the stone of the German question at once rolling. Twenty-five years ago began the development of events which ended with the proclamation of the empire, at Versailles, Much gossip is taking place over the speech made yesterday by the young kaiser to the Breslau worke who paid deep at- tgution to his words. Many thousands calling themsc Koenigstreusarbeiter’ — workmen true to the emperor—took part in & torehlight procession in his honor. As the members of the deputation were introduced to the emperor he shook each by the hand, and subscquently thanked Breslau, in the person of the chief burgomaster, for the pat riotie welcome accorded to him. He addes that he was especially pleased at the excel- lent choice of deputations whom Breslau has retutned to the Prussian parliament at recent elections. In these the free comservatives and the national liberal candidates had de- feated the udvanced liberals, It is this decisive expression of political opinions that hus instigated the gossip 1 al- lude to. The kaiser's reference is taken to be an imperiul interference with the freedom of election, dissolvi n, W lves TUATION IN EUROPE, Competent Judges Phink There 18 No Immediate Danger. puright 1888 by James Gordon Bennet!] Viexsa, Nov. 18.-[New York Herald | Cable—Special to Tie Bee. |—According to the Judgment of competent authorities in this capital there is no immniediate danger in the general situation. Thé Russian military movements ordered by the impemal ukase iesday lust will oceupy all winter. Tn the meantime every move, great or small, on the Russian side of the frontier, 18 promptly followed by a corresponding counter move on, the Austrian side. Austrion military writers have so frequently and peremptorialy demanded that in the event of u war with Russia, Austria should remain on _the defensive in Galicia, and assume the offensiva in the direction of Kieff, where she could join hands with Rou- manians marching into Bessarabia and Po- dalis, that the attention of Russian wmilitar authorities has been drawn to this place, new organization seems to be the 1t is pointed out that all three armles formed on Russiw's western frontier are still on a peace footing, and that from two to three months would be required for them to draw in their reserves from the interior, On the other hand the territorlal system adopted in Austria, together withithe far superior con- struction of her railway, allow the forces of this empire to stand near the frontier and take up their resceves within from cight to twelve days. Military eritics here continue to scrutinize the new | organization of the Russsian army. They récognize in it the most important change in Rupsia ordre de bataile that has been devised since the last Turkish war, - THE CLEARANCE RECORD. The of the Financial Transactions Past Week. Bostoy, Mass,, Nov. ‘18.—[Special Tele- gram to tho Bee.)—The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States, shows gross exchanges at each point for the waek ended November 17, 1885, with rates per cent of increase or dee as compared with the amounts for the correspondingiveck last year: * pase oriEs. CLEARINOS. - oswaon| TN 6.1 XY New York 3 T New orl 18,770,818/ Baltimore. 8\ Pittsburg. S X N I X} Cincinnati .. 0 .0 Kunsas City. 10 9, o Minneapohs Louisville, Prov idenc Milwauke St. Paul.. Detroit Memuh Clevelind Omaha. Commous Duluth, Denver Galveston, . Indianapolis 104 (X] 5.6 i 511 Norfolk. Hartford New Haven neticld. oseph coster. Tm—isiem_ o Wichita Quiney. Topekn 81,71 |_Y.P'""-N 400,077,852, Going to England. Benrury, Nov. 18.—~The ex-Empress Fred- ericlc and daughters started for England to-diy. They were escorted to the ratlway station by the emperor. e s AL The Boiler Inspectors, Prrrsnura, Nov. 18.—A convention of city, county and state boiler mspectors will meet. in this city Tuesday next to form a national organization. The object of the association will be to arrange a uniform system of boiler inspection and to take measures to prevent the employment of incompetent enginecrs, Delegates will arrive to-morrow from St. Louis, Omaha, Chicago, Cincinnati, Phila- delphia and New York. ————— The Convention of Butchers, St Lovis, Nov. 18—The Butchers' Na- tional Protective association and the Inter- national Range associdtion will hold a joint, convention in this city du s coming weck, commencing Tuesday morning. The delegates will represent 8,000 persons en- gaged in slaughtering, preparing and selling fresh meats, and some fifteen thousand cattle raisers. 0 el R Murdered and Robbeg BaNTiEE, Mass,, Nov, 18,—Miss Mehitable White, aged sixty-four, who has been run. ning a large farm mear here, and who has lived with no_other company than a hired man, was murdered to-day. Her body w found under the hay in the barn, with her throat cut. The house had becn robbed. Tho hired man, who is suspected, is missing. — Earthquakes in California, SAN Fraxcisco, Nov. 18.—A shock of carthquake, that was sharp enough to cause many people in hotels and private houses to run out into the street. was felt herc this afternoon. The direction was northwest to southeast, and the duration ten scconds. Telegrams to-night say that the shock was felt throughout central California. Lol rd The Weather Indications, For Nebraska: Fair, slightly weather, winds shifting to northerl For lowa: Light snow or rain except in extreme western portion, fuir, slight rise in temperature Monday, colderaTuesday, varia- ble winds, For Dakota: Colder fair weather, winds shifting to northerly, becoming variable, slight r u temperature. SRS - Whisky Claims Another Victim, MILWAUKEE A Merrillion, Wis., special gives the particulars of the finding of C. E. Lucas’ body fiye miles cast of there near some logging shantics. He was the town clerk of Spaulding, and left for that place the nizht after alectlon. It is believed that he went on a spree wnd died in a fit of delirium tremens, colder - A Kansas City Murder. Kaxsas Crry, Nov, 18, e Janely, a Missouri Pacific trackman, was set upon in the east bottoms at 2:30 o'clock this morn- ing aud stabbed to the heart. Joel Boyd and his brother and two other rufians have been arrested. ——— Declines to Be Interviewed, worter for Tug Bee sent up his card ay afternoon to the room occupied by Mrs. King No. 8. Mre. King sent down her regret that owing to the fact that she was about to leave for Chigago on the Burlington fiyer, and had numerous domestic arrange- ments w fulfill, time would not permit of an interview, otherwise she would have been glinl to sed the gentlemau. ‘'he lady was re- ported as having recovered much of her composure and was bearing up wonderfully l under her misfortuncs, MORNING NOV .| Cleveland on Tu - S—— EMBER 190, 18S8, WHY CLEVELAND ACCEPTED, | Mrs Oloveland Said to Have In- fluenced His Action. NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA Consul Carroll and Irate Irishman Kicks an In- ltalian Out of His Oftice. the Dago-—The solent 513 FounterNTR STRERT, WasniNgroy, D, C., Nov. Why Cleveland Recanted. While up in New York about the time of election 1had a conversation with some of the friends of the family of President Cleve: land, and naturally the topic turned to the renomination of the president, and I ex pressed some surprise that he should have aceepted the renomination after issuing his original letter of mccoptance, wherein he took such advanced grounds against a sce- ond term. The friend, who, by the way, is a near relative of the Folsoms, said, in re- sponse, that he had heard a great deal of comment upon the president’s nct. and he thought that he could account for it. Smd he: “Grover Cleveland was sincere when he wrote that now historic phrase concerning a sccond term for the chief magistrate, but you must remember that then he was not married. T really believe that he honestly intended to retire without an offort to secur his election, at the end of the first But cupid _came along; Grover Cleve was married, and the swiay of the little was too much for him." Mrs. Cle delighted with her position. She like the idea of returning to | even s the wife of an_ex-president, just in the zenith of her social carecr, and it was to her wishes that the president yield, and it was in_response to her pleadings that he consented to abandon his position aud to be come once more the candidate of his party for the highest wift at the hands of the American poople.”” “This," continued my in formant,'‘is my view of the matter, and | am convinced that it 1s the right one from what I know of the family and of the feelings of my relatives, 1t wis a laudable ambition on her part, aad 1 think under the circum stances that Grover Cleveland cannot be blamed for acquiescing in the wishes of his wife, and for the time being putting aside his utterances on the subject.” 1t is understood that the four staff appotnt- ments in the army will bo filled by President osday. These appointments have becn pending for quite a long time, and the amount of influence, social, political and otherwise, brought to' bear has been some- what_alarinirig. Quite a number of names have been suggested, but it is safe to assume that po oue outside of the presidential house- | ims any idea as to where the golden grain will ind shelter. The president has only intimated one feature in connection ‘these appointments, and that is that “‘will be made exclusively from the army. Hence no civilian need entertain any hope. RETIRING OFFICERS. Prosident Harrison will have at his dis- posal during the four years of his adminis- tration, several very importantarmy appoint- ments, the first of which will be that of an adjutant general to succeed General Drum, who will be retired on the 2Sth of May, 1580 Paymaster General Rochester, Quartermas- ter General Hollibut, Commissary General McFeeley und Surgeon General Moore will be retived in 1500, and Goneral Bunett, in June of 1891 'The only bureau officers who will hold their places until after the close of the Harrison administration are Chicf Signal Oficer Greely, Inspector General Jones, Chief Enginecr Casey and Judge Advocate General Swain, The latter is now under- going .a_ sentence of suspension for year: In the line of the the next president will also have an opportunity to fill several vacancics of some importance, Brigadier General Gibbon ro- tires April 20, 1891, and Brigadier General Stanley June 1, 1892 This gives two vlaces which it is customary to fill by selection from the coloncls of the line. In the ordinary course of events the coming administration will not have the appointment of a major general, as the ofticers of that grade will not retire within four years from March 4 next. However, there will be seven assistant quurtermasters to be apppoiuted, as well as eight assistant surgcons and’ five assistant commissioners, The quartermastershipsand commissionerships are always largely sought for by young oficers, and the position of assistunt surgeon is a very desirable one for young physicians. The pay corps now numbers eight more than the maximum fixcd by law, and therefore no uppointments can be made'to 1t. With the exception of the puymaster gengralship, there will be fiy tircments from the corps during General Harrison's term. A CONTEMPTIBLE TRICK. A gentleman who has traveled extensively through the south and who was at Petersburg, Va., on election day, said to-night that tho claim of General Mahone that the state had cast its majority of votes for the republican clectoral ticket was without doubt well founded if only a fair count could be secured. In this oneé town of Petersburg, this gentleman asserts, there were S00 men at the polls when they closed who were prevented from voting. They were ready with their ballots and there was no_intimidation, but being mostly negroes they were defrauded of their votes through a contemptible trick, which the southern democrats know so well how to perform. He gave oue instance in particular as a sample of the mander in which the delays were en- gineered. An old colored man came up to vote, and after standing in line for an hour finally got to the polling piace. He was asked his name, his residence, and all the othier formula questions, and then wus re- quired to tell who his fath 10 give the name of his grand and to state who owned him war. ‘Then some other little relative to the manner of earning his living and equally i clant subjects were pro- pounded to him. By actual timing, just twenty-three minutes were occupied’ with this one old darkey, and he the last one to votethat day. The gentleman says further, that the day before yesterday he “conversed with @ prominent democ Charlotte, N. C., who expressed his firn conviction that there was not the faintest doubt that the re- publicans had rezlly polled more votes in the “Par-heel” than the democrafs. “Hut, spublicans will never carry this statc as leng as the present laws prevail, because no matter how many votes they poll it is an absolute 1m- possibility to' secure a fair count where the democrats are thick.” Returning to the situation i Virginia, this gentleman said that in Langston's district it was_positively known that in one polling place Langston’s republican opponent reccived only eight votes. There were 172 ballots cast there al :of them were cast by negroes, all but ecleven for Lungston, In making the returns the inspector reported that Langston's republican opponent had r ceived sixty votes, This naturally divided the republican strength and prevented Mr, Langston from appearing to have as many votes as e ought 1o have had DAKOTA'S HOPES, The reports from Dukota since the election are to the effect that the territory has never been 50 thoroughly awake toits own impo tance as it has becn since the result of the great quadrennial contest of 185 became known, Those ardent advocates of division and statehood who have fought so valiantly, and who huve knocked at the doors of con gress 8o persistently for justice, at last soe a ray of suhshine through the drift in the WASHINGTON BUneau Tie OMAra Bre, } god land is clouds, and they believe, as does the country I ly, that the justico which has been denied them so long, will ve accorded to them by a republican congress and a republi- can president. The result is that business has became wmore aclive than ever; that there 18 everywhere manifested a hopeful disposition, and there seems to have been i sugurated a boom both in north and south Dakota which promises to place the two new states, which are sure to be admitted in the front ranks of western commonwealths at no distant day after their ims shall have been recognized. My in formation is to the effect that the democrats in the northern half of the territory are as active as the republicans, They think that there is a bare possibility that when North Dakota shall become a state of the union there will be some c¢h for them to get some ofices at least, and that while it is hardly likely that they can control the clection of the first senatorthey believe there is a fichting chance for them in con pecially if a reapportionment shall iem more than one member. CONSUL CARROLL CHALLENGED There lias been an interesting bit of gossip around the state department for the last fow weeks which would hav attracted some at ntion outside among the public gene for the all-absorbing interest feit in the recent election, The gossip referred to re lates to the action of Consul Carroll, whose station is at Palmero, Italy Carroll was a brave officer inthe union army durmg the war, and is an Irishman, to whom is un known and whose courage has never been questioned. His duties as consu ro Nim to meet a_great many unpleasant custo mers, and among them was the emplove of big ‘firm domg business with th United States, who made frequent visits to the consulate to cure manifests, certificates of invoice and other official acts of the representative of the United States. This fellow, who was of the dago varioty of low ltalians, made himself so annoying in his officiousness that Consul Carroll grew tired of him, and at last becamoe 8o exasper: ated that he said to the fellow's employers that they must send some other man to the consulate to do business, or he would be com pelled to “hrow this fellow out of the oftice. The employers of the dago hauled him oy the couls, and for some time he behav self, but at last he broke out again, aud the consul being unable to stand it any longer, exccuted his threat and ejected —the obstre perous menial, It scems that there is a law in Italy that 1f a man i good standing has reason for resortinis 1o the and takes his complaint to an army oft is the duty of that ofticer to carry the mes. sage to the offending party. This Italian, Kuowing of this law, sought out two oficers of the army, and giving his name, demanaed that they should carry a challenge to the American cousul. The name given happened to be ona of ~ the best known in Italy, although the plebean was in no way connected with the patrician house. The offfeers, however, kinew nothing of his antecedents, and, in order to carry out the law, visited Mr. Carroll, and in behalf of their principal demanded a meeting, He replied that the agurieved person was too low to come within the scope of s notice, and he utterly refused to listen to_the chal lenge. Then the ofticers insisted that he must meet one of them, but he replied that by any sueh act they brought themselves down to the level of the orizinal. challenger, and thut for that reagon, 1f for no_other, he must decline to meet either of them. This ted the Italian ofticers very much, © was nothing left for them but to wrowl and depart. This they did und_soon after they found ont the cliaracter of the man who had gotten them into this scrape. They proceeded to make it very warm for him, ard at last accounts he had not been seen in Palermo for some time, and the oftf cers have apologized to the consul for the part which they had taken in the affair, A MAKIIAGE, Invitations are here for the marriage of Licutenant Gonzales S, Bingham, Ninth cayalry, which will take place at Iort Nio- brara, Neb., where he is stationod, on_the evening of December 13 next. He is well known in Washington, and his bride-to-be is Miss Antonette Lynch, daughter of Licuten- ant Edward Lynch, of the Eighth infantry, on duty at that post. MANDERSON'S PRIVATE SECRETAR’ Mr, Ham, private secrctary to Scnator Manderson, arrived in the city last night. Prmny S, HeaTin —_— The Rock Island’s Latest Order. Des Morses, Nov. 18.—|Special to Tug B The train men and all other em- ployes who have anything to do with running of trains on the Rock Island road have just been notified by the general superintendent that they must hereafter carry watches of a certain standard, and have them regularly examined by the company’s official examiner. The requirement is to guard agamst derange- ment of watches by electrical influence, The increasing use of electricity, and the neces- sary contact with more or less magnetism in the telegraph offices and ulong the road which all employes have, is the occasion for the order. 1t requires each employe to have a certificate from the company’s examiner that his wateh is of the proper grade to be safely used. Then once in_three months he must have his watch examined by the ofii- cial examiner, and obtain a certificate that it is all right. If his watch does not come up 10 the required standard, he must_get one that will, Once a week lie is to compare his watch with the standard time of the road and make a note of any variation on a special blank furnished for that purposc. These blanks in time will be given to_the examiner in order to ussist him in régulating the watches. Superintendent Royce thinks that this_matter 18 of such importance to th safety and success of running trains that he will strictly enforce this order to all whom it applies. * It goes into effect December 1, ud oxaminers will then bo designated at Davenport, Brooklyn, Des Moines, Stuart, Atlantic, Avoca, Council Bluffs, Washing: ton and Eldon, in Towa. - The, Insane Hospitala. Des Morxes, la, Nov. i8.—|Special to Tue Be he governor has been in- formed that the new hospital for the insane at Clarinda will be ready for occupancy early nextmonth. It is very much necded, as the other two asylums have been for a long time crowded beyond their capacity, and many insanc have been kept in county poor houses for lack of suitable accommodations at the state institutions. When this new hospital is opened the state will be well accommo- dated for the next four years, The hospitul at_ Mount Pleasant will take carc of 500 patients quite comfortably. The hosp Independence, 1y more, und the n institution at C when completed, will proviac for 1,000 at least. It is built on the most modern approved plans, combining what is known as the cottage and the main building system. It will not e many ye: more before there will be a eall for a fourth hospital, to be located in northwestern lowa. o His Home, xreour, Ta., 18.—John Bue, of this city, recently eloped with the wife of a neighbor named Stein. The whercabouts of the couple were unknown untfl a fow days ago, when a resident of this place met Bue in Omaha. Bue professed repen but said that he was ashamed to return to Day- cuport, and_requested that his wife be sent to him'at Omaha. Sho left for that city to-day. The whereabouts of Mrs. Stein are unknown, and her Lusband is not disposed to prosecute the search for her, ri nc A Defaulting Prisoner Sentenced. WarekLoo, Ia., Nov. 18.—L Hill, the de faulting county treusurcr of Harrison county, was yesterday sentenced to two and one-half yearsn the penitentinry by Judge Lewis, When he went ont of ofice in December last he was found to be nearly $20,000 short, He pleaded guilty, and on account of mitizating circumstances did not receive the full statu tory punishment. Trouble in the Chickasaw Nation, Sr. Louis, Nov. 18,—Private advices from Tishomingo, the capital of the Chickasaw nation, were in effect that a conflict bevween rs of Guy and Byrd is inevitable, 1n a personal cncounter between two of tho belligerents & Byrd follower was killed, and Lis friends swear they will bave reveuge. NUMBER 158 [ KNIGHTS IV BATTLE ARRAY. Lively Times BExpeoted in the In« dianapolis Convention. BARRY'S ASSAULT ON POWDERLY, It Apparently Has the Effcct of Ine creasing the Latter's larity in the General bly. opue Ass The Knights of Labor. INpIaNaronss, Nov, 18— Sunday has been a quiet day with the delegates to the neral assembly of the Knights of Labor, althoush many of them were actively and closely en gaged in committee work, This ovening & lecture for the benefit of the poor of this city was given by General Master Workman Pow- derly in Masonic hall. One of the dolegates was selling tickets to the kniehts and Mr. Powderly asked 1o questions but invested, and found he had bought u ticket to his own lecture. This lecture was in charge of a local Catholic church, and the procecds will be dis- vt by it The subject was on that of perance, being appropriate to the day and ocension, Thomas B of the gen Barey, the “expelled member eral executive board, was hard at work all day iu his room, and late this afters noon gave to the pross a long article cx- plaining his position and repeating his fore mer statements against the Powderty ad- ministration. Although Barey's fut e tions are not yet clearly known, the dele- gates and close friends of Powderly profess 10 have no fear of anything ke may attempt to do. If he undertakes to start a new order it cannot be predicted how strong it will be, He belioves he will have a big personal fole lowing, and says one thing that will be re- quired in such an order will bo strict hon- esty. Gossip has been freely indulged in among the delewates to-diy; but in substance it differs little from what has already been stated in these dispatehios. Powderly is very strong in tho general assembly, aud will be asked to continue in oMice. 17 allowed to elect his own advisors and Kelpers he will un doubtedly accept. The feeling that the order will nave 1ts healthiest growth hereafter is becoming very general umons the delegates, and expressions of this kind are heard much more frequently than the assertions of Barry and the other maleontents on the outside. Lively times ave expected in the general as- sembly during the week, but revolt is not now anticipated from any large body of the organization. The West Virginia Wasiixaro, Nov. 18T 8. man of the democratic. state West Virginia, has sent the patch to the Post: “ODic this state are sufticiently ascer rant the announcement of the Judge A H. Fleming, (dom.) by a small but sure majority. the state ticket is elected by larger majori- ation. Riley, chair- committee of following dis- returns from ned to war- clection of for governor The rest of tics. The legislature will stand on joint ballot, 46 democrats, 44 republicans, and one labor indcpendent. fowa as a Dairy State, t Morxes, In., Nov. 15.—[Special to T Bee.)—lowa has been gradually pushing 10 the front as a dairy state till now it ranks with the first, much to the surprise of many peopie living within it. For a number of years 1t was commonly thought that the sgil and climate of fown were more condusive to _ raising corn than to any other purpose. iradually the northern part of the state be- 1to sce the profit there was in the huy erop and in dairying, and now the whole state is giving more attention to wilk, butter and cheese than would have been deemed possi- bleten or fifteen years ago. Some idea of the progress in this dircction can be gained from the annual report of the state dairy comnmissioner, Mr. H. D. Sherman,which has just been filed with the governor. It has not been published yet, but from the advance sheets a large amount of interesting informu- tion can be obtamed. One surprising fact is that under the stringent law passed by tha Twenty-first general assembly for the pr tection of dairymen against fraudulent arti- cles alleged to be dairy products, the manu- facture and sale of such products has been almost entirely_stopped. The law on this subject, a8 it effects hotel and restaurant keepers, is as follows: “No Keeper of a hotel, boa taurant, or other public place of entertain- ment, shall knowingly place before any patron for use as food any imitation butter, bo act ing the nume in this act. ing house, ves- companicd by a placard cont in English of such ar printed in plain Ron No boarder or patron would care to cat imitation butter or imita- tion cheese brought in a dish marked with the name of the spurious article, aud so there is little chance to use at, even for those who have licenses to manufictuie und scll. In the northern district of the state comprising forty-nine counties, there has never been @ single license taken out for the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine and other mita- tion dairy products, and the articles thom- selves are unknown. [n the other district, comprising the remaining fifty countics, there have been, all told, just eight licenses taken out. ~ All 'but one of these expired last April, and were not rencwed. The one license rotained was by a packing company at Burlington, Practically it can bo said that there are no fraudulent or imitatiow products circulated in Jowa, and the airymen therefore have a free field for their wares, There are now over M0 creameries in the state, Fayette county leadmg with an en thirty, Mr. Sherman says that thero have been discovered a few instances of ty- rotoxicon, Or & poisonous substance,in chocso during the past summer. A sample of this kind eame from Worth county and was an- alyzed at the stawe university and found to contain a poisonous caused by decompo- sition under conaitions not fully known. o urges that there should be frequent dairy in- stitutes for instruction in the différent branches of dairy work. He attended thir teen last year, and he thinks the number ought to "be greatly increased so thal tha farmcrs can have some sciontifie instruction on their work, and thus keep up with the progress that is being made i it. - ‘The Letter That Never Came. Des Moises, In, Nov: 18.— | Special to Tiw Bre.|—One of the best examples of what may happen under a democratic administris tion of the mail service is afforded by a letter which is just now an objcct of interest in the eastern part of this state, The envelope was addressed in New York July 9 the Amana Socicly, Amana, ia community in lowa county, well known throngh its manufacturing industries. Somo intelligent clerk in the New York ofice evi dently mistook the lowa for Java, and so started the letter on a steamer eastward, It went t Brindisi, where it was stamped July 22 A fow days later the vosscl careying it met another, and the pouch was transferred and the envelope was stampod “at sea,’ July 26, 10 noxt tarnod up at Hombay, Indgs, ‘August 0, and, of course, was stamped again. Nobody there seemed to know just what 1o do with the stranger, and so il was sent to Swgapore, where it ‘reported for duty and was duly stamped August 13, Then it started on 1ts travels across the Pacifla ocean, someone by this time having discove crec that the letter belonged in the United States, und there are several marks received in transit that ow illogible, but in due time it reached Sap Praneisco, and finally was received at Amana October 7, Just thr is a months from the time it left New' Yori, durs ing which it had made cirevit of the globe, and all for 2 conts,