Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 25, 1888, Page 1

PART 1 CEIGHTEENTH YEAR. BLAINE FOR THE SENATE. The Plumed Knight's Lance in Rest for Another Joust. THE DES MOINES RIVER LANDS. A Bill to Be Introduced to Quiet the Titles of the Sertlers—Muddled Condition of Secretary Whits ney's Department, WASHINGTON Buneav Tie Ovana Bee, 513 FOURTERNTH STREET, Wasmisaros, D, C,, A letter has been received he intimate friend of James G, Blaine the writer speaks by authority, of the p and intentions of the Mame statesman ys tha notime has Mr. Blaine ev tertained an idea of going into Mr. binet: that no word on the sut personnel of the new presi family has vor passed betwe Blaine has no idea of inti matin tly or indircetly that he desires a i in the cabinet. On the con ary, Mr. Blaine has no desire whatever of accepting any place in the gift of the president. It is added that Mr. Blaine en- lered the campaien purely as a republican de siring the success of his party, and that all the political preferment he desires is such as the legislature of the state of Maine can give him rom that it is understood that Mr. Blairie is anxious to re-enter the service of his state as a senator, and tha event of a vacancy he date for one of the seats in the senate. TIE DES MOINES RIVERLANDS Among the leading republicans now in Washington there is i well defined idea that the bill to quiet the titles of the settlers on the Des Moines river lands will be passed again this session. The cent reports of evictions among this scttlers, 1d the conse. quent hardship they are suffering, will tend 10 increase the interest which is felt in on- gress in them, and it is thought if the bill can be gotten through both houses again, President Cleveland will not veto it. When he disapproved the bill which passed in the sriy-ninth congress he did 5o at the hehest of New York men who were in terested in_ the mwver improvement any, There is very little doubt politics had mare_or less to do with his action. Now that he is out of politics, there is 10 reason why he should desire to further favor with the holders of the com s stock, and he may be led to see that settlers dre entitled to have their clams adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdic tion. Inany event, the republic cmbers. now here say the Fifty-first congress will not deny justice to those peonle, confident the record of President Har such as to warrant the prediction that he, at least, will not veto the bitl LECHETARY WHITNEV'S DEPARTMENT. Unless Secretary Whitney s very mdus- trious during the next three months his suc- cessor in office will get more work than he bargained for, as the routine work of the navy department is fully six or cight mov behind and in the uthiost confusion only things that have received any attention from Whitney are, first, the entertainment of his friends, which takes the greater part of his time, the construction of the new cruisers, and the use of the navy yards for woiitical purposes. His desk is loaded with ctters that should have been answered months ago, with proceedings of courts mar- tial, that require his review and approval before the sentences can o into offect, the records of examining boards who have recommended the retirement and pro- motion of oftl ve. advised re- pairs _or _ulterations m ships, and the discipline und _esprit_de corps of the nayy is suffering from his neglect. For example, there are a_dozen or more oflicers, and more than a hundred scamen, who have been tried by court-martial during the lnst six or eight months, and are still under avr. st without knowing oficiully whether they have been corvicted or acquitted, or what their sentence is, beeause the records of such courts-martial must be reviewed and ap. proved by the seeretary of the navy. To the new cruisers the seeretary has paid consider- able attention, and from the passage of the appropriation bills last summer until the clection the nayy yards all over the country were busy under his dircction making re- pairs, So much was done to furnish em- ployment for able-bodicd voters that th propriation for the entire year was almost exhausted in one month, and ships will have to go without' repairs until the 1st of next July, unless a deficiency is pussed. Some funny stories are told about purchases made just before the clec tion, by the department. In the city of Norfolic yards, for instance, a large nuinber of voters who owncd teams were kept busy hauling moulding until the supply on hand at present is mo: than a thousand tons enough to last the rest of the present cen- tury. At the Boston mavy vard there are 700’ gallons of lubricating 0il, Which was pur. chased when only three gallons were ealled for, 'This is alleged to have been a blunder, however, but the government has to pay for itall the'same, Priy 8. Hevrn, son's ¢ of th oMcial Lo me al Report, WasmiNGtoN. Nov. 24.—The postmaster It 1 to-duy submitted to the seeretary of the treasury lis estimates for approviations for the postal scrvice for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1500, They aggregute $65.512. 078, us ugainst $50,830,283, the uppropriation for the present fiscal year. In the item of mail bags and mail catehers the estimates are $00,000 less than the appropriation for the present year, and the sum of locks and keys is £10,000 16ss than the present y These reductions, it is said, are occasioned by the systematie repair of all defective pouches and bags, and by bringing into use locks which have aceumulated in the varions postoftices throuzhout the country. The vevenues of tne depurtment for the fis year ending June 0, 1500, are estimated is an ierense of R43.452 enues for the tiscal vear ending 1 an incrense of #5024 over tos for the fiseal year ending June This will jleave an apuarent defi- r tho year ending June 80, 1800, of 804 404 o Insugural. - Preyaring For t Wasiinarox, Nov. 24-—At a meeting of the axesutive committee of the inaugural coremouics this evening Colonct Elliott Shupherd and Robert P Porter, of New York, wero appointed on the finauce coun mittee, Captain George 1. Elwon, chair m of the lat committee, reported suh. seriptions to the guarantec fund to date of ¥36,000. Tise amount vequired is §5,000, - Steamehip Arrivals, At Hong Kong- ‘The City of Pekin from San Pranciso. At Awsterdam—The Zaandam trom New York, At Queenstown York. At New York—The Celtie from Laverpool, the Huramonia from Humburg, the Peunsyl vania and Hormann from Antwverp. . Ll A Horri ragedy. Kaxsas City, Nov. 24--A special from Ozark, Mo., reports a horrible tragedy twanty milee south of that place, in Taney ounty. Mrs. Amanda Fruitt killed two of por young children with a hatehet and then cut her throat with a butcher knife, suppased thiat the unfortunule woman was devented, ot The Wateryay ¢ The Aurawo from New ission THE OMAHA SUNDAY THE TRAD Steps Being Take Tallman, Cnicaco, 11, Nov. 24, —(Special Telegram o Tue Bee.]—An effort was made t indict Thomas 1. Tallman, the cashier of the defunct Traders' bank, on a charge of cmbez zlement. The amount involved 18 in the neighborhood of 300,000, and includes all de posits taken in by the bank within thirty days of the appointment of a receiver. The kept a close secret and would aked out had not the grand jury in its deliberations called for the records in the supreme court relating to the petition for and appointment of & receiver for the bank Clerk P. McGrath was sent for and he sent aclerk in with the records in the case, ¢ after Master in Chiancery Noyes was ushered into the grand jury room, and the doors were tightly closed belind him. The complainant against the cashier is James M. Cleaver, a lawyer, who lives at 3615 Lake avenue, and has an oftice in the opera house building. ~ Mr. Cleaver had about £50,000, and decided to build a home with the money, which he placed in the bank a week before the crash came. When Lis contracts were ali made, but before he had drawn a cent to pay for the work being done, an ap plication for a receiver was filed and the erash came, sweeping Mr. Cleaver's money with it. The lawyer susnected that all was not right, and set investigations on foot. It wais leaviied that on the Saturday before the Monduy of the failure Cashier Tallman had asked his lawyer to make arrangements for the appointinent of a recciver. ‘The attorney was engaged in other matte: Wait until Monday," he said, and Tallman waited. Monday came, and in the forenoon $40,000 was taken in from depositors. Right up to the moment the apolication was filed in the superior court, it is alleged, the window at the receiving teller's desk was kept open, though at the time the innocent positors were bringing in their money, it as known to Tallman that a suspension was ning o few minutes, With this in- formution Mr. Cleaver went to State's At- torney Longenecker, and in u week it was decided to present 'the matter to the grand jury under sectioh 23 A" ckapter 35, of the revised statutes. This section is an ex tremely strict one, and relates to the liability of bunkers, brokers and the officers of bank ing institutions. It provides that any banker, broker, or officer of a bank, natioual or private, who shull take or receive money from a depositor with the knowledge that the bank is ut the time insolvent, shall be guilty of embezzlement, and’ shall bo punished by a fine of double the amount so reccived and imprisoned for from one to three years in the penitentiary. The statute provides that the receipt of money by a bank within thirty days prior to un assignment or other suspension of business shall be decmed prima fi nee of a knowledge on the part of the ofticers that th insolvent condition when the ceived. Under this law Tallman, if found guilt will be liable to a_fine of considerably over “,m]”( million dellars, besides a term at Judie Longenceker was assured that the matter so carcfully guarded had leaked out, but he refused to talk on the subject. He. however, admitted that Taliman was then before the graud jury, and expressed regret that it had become known before the - indictment was returned. I do not want,” he said, “to put Tallman on to this before we can’ take himin. I do not want him to leave town just at present, but if the newspapers give him the tip and he foes to Canada it will only save the county 50 much expense, I suppose. If he gets there he will be virtually imprisoncd, anyway. [ don’t sce how he can escape indictoent. and conviction, as the statute is very broad on the subject.” 1S BANK o Indict PAILURE Cashier matter was not have bank was in an money was re- e TWO PUGILISTIC EDITORS. hey Settle Their Grievances With the Aid of Their Pists. Kurrox, Md., Nov. 24.—[Special Telegram to i Bk, ]—Mr. Heory R. Torbert, editor of the Cecil Whig, and Dr. J. H. Frazer, editor of the Cecil News, had a personal con- troversy in the street this afternoon. Dr. Frazier met M, Torbert, und some words passed. Frazier den n apology for an article which appearcd m to-day’s issue of the Whig. This Mr. Torbert refuscd to make, and Prazier struck him on the head with his first. After making 4 few passes at each other, Torhert planted his fist on the doct nose.” Then they clinched, anl Frazer, stumbling over a 1ot of lumber in the street, threw Torbert over him to the pavement o hus back. When Torbert turned over and was about to get up, I'razer got on his back and hit him a few blows on the back of the head. A number of citizens then rushed up and s ted them. The Hay iw Yonk, Haytien Republ one of the oftic seems that the tured while comin Mare for try ing to - n Republic Matter. Nov. 24.—In relation to the matter, from a chat with rs of the steamer Boston, it Haytien Republic was cap- the harbor of St aise the blockade by the Haytien manof-war Dessaline. Captain Ruinsay several interviews with the president of Hayti, who refused to release the steamer, and the matter was reforred to the scerctary of state at Washington for tinal action. Wasuixaron, Nov. 24 The navy dep ment to-day received a telegram {rom ¢ tain Ramsay, commanding the Boston, which arrived at quarantine at the New York har. bor, stating thyt the vessel had yellow fever aboard. ‘The Loston had been at Port-au Prince, Hayts, on a diplomatic mission, but left on'the 15th, when the fever appeared. Four men died of the disease and Surgeon W, J. Simou and two men are now sick. - Two Boys Drow Gueeey, Colo, Nov. gram to The Ber.) pencd to-duy on & of this city, in which Oscar nd Harry Brownell, wged fourteen und eighteen r spectively, lost their lives, The boys went out to the lake yesterday with a duck hunt- ing company. They were provided with a long uarrow scow, and carly this morning for the lake, which they found frozen s distance of 1ifty feet from the shore. By pushing a boat before them they man to proceed several feet, but when the broke they both sank in fiftecn feet of ter. A couple of men who saw the acci- dent uttempted to save their lives, but it was impossible to pet near the struggling boys, whio soon became chilled with the cold water and drowncd ned. Special Tele- accident hap- four miles north - South Dakota's Admission, Deavwoon, Dak., Nov. 24.—[Special Tele- gram to Tui BEE]—A mass neeting wus Neld in the court house this evering to urge the admission of Sovth Dakota. Hon. £, W. Martin was elected chaivman of the meeting, aud in a neat speceh stated the object of the meeting. Resolutions were udopted con gratulating the country and Dakota on the election of Harrison and Morton, and urging the speedy admission of the territory under the Sioux Falls constitution, Speeches were made by Hon. G. (. M Major Snyder, Messrs. Vancise, Was! Carson, Par ker, und others. ' was harmoni- ous and eothusiastic, Several promisent democrats were broesent, Com Price Dead. Troy, N. ¥ Commodore Cicero Price, of the United States navy, died here | this evenivg of poeumonis, aged 63 years. ivis | Cnicaco, Nov. 24.~The waterway commis. | sion finished its preliminary labor last night in Joliet, It was there decided that each of tke river towns interested shouid send a com- ©mittee of Hye Lo 8 Walerway ¢eLventlion to be Beld ia Clivage Decouser 4 l His oldest daughter, Lillie, was married to Louis Hammersloy, of New York, who dicd afow years age. She is the duchess of Muariborough, having recontly married the duk - Drowned Walle Hunting, olnl says: cighteen wmd fourteeu, Selicy Harry and Oscar Brownell, were OMAHA, SUNDAY MOR KAISER WILLIAM'S SPEECIH, | It Is Still the Leading Topic of Dis- cussion in Berlin. PESSIMISTIC PRESS COMMENTS, Semi-OfMicial Organs Sonnda Warning to the Country — Anti German El- ements in the New Roumas ian Cabinet. The Berlin Budget. [Copyrioht 1886 by New Fork Associated Press.] BeruiN, Nov. 24.—The reichstag will re assemble Tueaday, when business will open with a discussion of the budget and a loan for the reconstruction of the navy. The speech from the throne continues to fill the public mind, Exaggerated optimism regard ing abiding peace replaces the pessimistic forebodings current prior to the delivery of the speech. The speech is undoubtedly as pucific as the forecast piven lust week, but it is misinterpreted if ondowed with the character of being an absolute assurance of peace. The most significant passage in the paragraph referring to foreign rela tions was the emporor's declavation that his aim was “the assurance of peace and #ood will to the best ot our endeavors.” There is here nothing beyond the protest that, o far as it depends upon the emperor, his policy will be pacific. The concluding sentence, referring to the confidence shown in his majesty during his tour, as_ justifying the hope of being able with God's help to maintaiu the peace of Europe, has been read as indicating a promise that the czar, besides the allied monarchs, will ussist in preserving peace, It is oficially known that the empe- ror did not intend to convey an impre other than that he and his allies carn desired to avoid war, The semi-official Post zette are trying to tone down public feeling to @ lower pitch. The Post warns Germany that the situation does not justify the expectance that peace is permanent; that it is foolish to suppose that war cepends alone upon the decision of sovereigns: that the dificulty threatening Europe is not France alone, and that the emperor's lan- guage means simply that he 1s preparing with resignation to face the most serious task that cun be placed on the chief of a great nation. The Cologne Gazette says: “The speech is pacific only so faras we and our allies are concerned, and is reserved regarding others with whose decisions we have no influence.” The Austrian official Fremdenblatt says: “The munifesto passes over Germany's im- mense military apparatus in silence, and is so well known as to render reference to it super fluous. The emperer tells us simply that Germany will not yhave to endure the mis- evies of war unless she cannot help it.” These reliable comments are already as- sisting to counteract the fantastic reports to the effect that Prince Bismarck is feeling his way towards a general disarm- ing. From Vienna papers come rumors that the chiefs of the German ewmpire so dread the results of war that they are ready to make sacrifices to secure the fatherland against oppression. These unworthy sug- gestions appear to refer to the surrender of Alsace-Lorraine, which is an impossibility while Germany remains unified. In the meantime, instead of preparing for a peace millenium, the governments are seeking to develop their sinews of war. Austria-Hun gary has obtained a military loan. Russia and France are raising credit, and finally our new German naval loan is recognized as a necessity of national defense. It will be voted by the reichstag without prolonged discussion. Tt is the universal feelng that if Germany sccks her colonial expansion to compete with any success agamst the English a strong fleet is the first essential, “The imperial family is now located for the winter season in the old Schloss, occupying a suite of rooms on the first and second floors, looking on the Schlossplatz, The new Russian loan is announced to be sued on December 7. In the meantime crman holders of Russian securities are assiduously scllng, finding Paris willing to bsorb all kinds of Russian securitics, Ready buying by foreign houses, combined with the authoritive announcement that the contract stipulates that the loan shall be used solely for the conversion of 1557 bonds, has maintained the price of Kussians and har cned the quotation of roubles, which closed at 200.50. The Roumanian cabinet, announced to- night, has an unfavorable anti-German ele- ment in General Mano, the minister of war, and M. La Hovary, minister of coinmerce, 1oth oppose the Kimg's policy of sympathy for a triple alliance. General Mano wants a cessution in the construction of forts de- signed to oppose the Russian advance. M. La Hovary has repeatedly declared that no Roumanian soldier would ever fire upon o Russian. M. Catargi, vresi- dent of the chamber of deputies, is als a Russian partisan. The king assents to a conlition of the cabinet under the stipul that General Mano and M. hovary will not interfere with the foreign guided by M. Carp, the foreign minis- The coalition will not last. M. Carp sunts & new dissolution and an appeal to the countiy. Inquiry regarding Prof. Geffcken tends to ar bim of all suspicion of an intention o emburrass the government by his revelations. The correspondence seized at Baron Von IRoggenback’s house proves that Prof. Geff- cken was careful in bis revision of the diary, and that the extracts were compared with k's notes, which were often found to be misdated and illegible. It is reported that the Grand Duke of Baden is trying to induce the ewperor te drop the case. A pamphilet cntitled “Auch Ein Programme or 99 ‘Page has boeen probibited, Ttattacks Prince Bismarck, aflnning that Frederick did not conceal bis intention to wismiss the chancellor ws 5000 us possible after ascen ing the throne, to form an alliance with England, and 10 effect s settlement with Frauce by vestoring @ purtof Alsace:Lor- raine, The and Cologne conservative group iu the reichstag will present Herr von Puttkawer with a sil- ver statuette of William 1. on Lorsebs Couservative journals state that the emp: | desires Herr von Puttkamer to re-enter the ministry at the first o) portunity. Orlers have becn issued from Ber- closing the costoms bureau on the Lucelles frontier, and the Helvetian Jura, the leading trade route into Alsace-Lorraiue, The Swiss government bas protested agaivst the action on the ground | that the route has been open under a treaty 1 with P'rance since 1528, and suys that it will { Le a grievous damage to commerce if the reute is blockuaed. ‘I'he governuent of Al § sace-Lovoiane has purchased & vast streteh ! of tervitory alog the soute for the jurpose | of coustruting strategic works. it is i 1].!‘»h\l:l_‘, that Prince Hismarck will satisfy e Swiss compluing, L win NING, NOVEMBER LIBBIE BRECHLER, the Murderess of Free? Cierco, Nov. 26 —[Spacial Tele Tur By The News has the It strikes me as belng exceod whether Libbie Beeehler, the slayer of Harry King, will convicted,” said an Omaha man, “In fact," he continued, “from what I have scen of the préparations of the defense, 1 should say that the woman has a very good chance of escaping punishmoent altogether. 1 know something about the way in which this woman's lawger, General Cowin, han dles a case like this, and the grip he invari ably manages to get on a jury. But General Cowin is not to be the only distinguished lawyer engaged in the defense of the woman, I understand that John M. Thurston has also becn retained by the defense. Somebody is putting up a big sum of money for all this, for both attorneys ave the highest priced to be had the other side of the Missouri river, Another thing in Mgs. Beechlor's favor is the circumstance that fn all probability the jury tries her wiil be composed of men’ from the rural districts—simple minded folks easily moved by the distress of a pretty womar, Both Cowin and Phurston appreciate the importance of obtagning a rural jury in a case Jike this, and Thave noticed that these gentlemen in’ managing a defense upon the lines on which Mrs, Becchle's will be con ducted, generally réside in the city. Thi of courae, they do By rejecting the intelli gent thinking mem who read the daily papers and keep pasted on the news of the and as there wre now seven daily als in Omaha—three morning and four on publicatibns—every one in that reads the papers, Ou the other hand, it is the casiest thing in the world to bring about the sclection 0f a jury from the farm ing classes, who, as @ rile. do not read the daily papers, forin no opinions for or against a prisoner, and are easily swayed by elo quence and effect. © And you cau take my word, eloquence and effect “are to have great weight in the triall of young Mr, King's murdress. In my opinion, they will have just enough weight to throw the balance in the favor of the accused woman,” - THE O'CON IMER RACE. OR-TH The Former Has a Walk-Away For the American @hampionship. Wasnixaoy, Nov. 24 —William J. 0'Con nor, the Canadian oarsman, defeated, by ten lengths, John Teemer, of McKeesport, Pa., the holder of the titl of the champion oars- man of Awicrica, this afternoon in a three- mile race on the Potomue river, opposi Washington, for the championship of Ame ica and a stake of $2,500. O'Connor rowed in splendid form and led from the start to finish, Teemer at no time being able to over take him. O'Connor will now go to Aus- tralia to battle with Seanle for the champion ship of the world. Fully 10,000 people wit- nessed the ruce, though the diy was raw and chilly. Betting was quite lively just before the race, ard considerable moncy changed hands. O’Connor men fixst betting even, and then giving odds. of five to four, and, when no takers could be found, offering five o three on their wan. The winuer's time was twenty minutes and thirty-three seconds. Teemers lime was not taken, but was esti mated to be twenty-fiye seconds slower. The referce was J, E. Elder, of the Columbia athletic club. William J. O’Connor, Who by to-day’s raco becomes the champion oarsman of Awmerica, was boru in Torouto about twenty-five years ago, and first came nto prominence in 1882 as 4 member of an asuteur rowing club._of, Toronto. In 1833 e won the senior single championship of Canada at Hamilton, Ont., having a short time bafore, with hs partner, Euright, won thé championship for doubles from the Long brothers, He became a pr fessional oarsman in 1885 by challenging Ritz, of Pittsburg, to race for $1,000 a sid but the latter declived to row. In 1857 he de- feated Albept Hamm, but in his next race, at Buffulo, his boat was swamped and he only took third place, Hanlon winning. [n March, of this year, he defeated Pcterson, the Pa- cific slope_champion, at San Francisco, and subsequently met and dofeated George T Gaudour and other good men. He is feet ten inches in height and weighed 103 pounds to-day. King Go ram to owing y doubtful be - A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. A Woman’s Presence of Mind Saves Her Li W Youk, Nov. 24.—{Spe Tur Bee.]—-But for her presence of mind, Mrs. Sophia Vanderbilt Moore would un- doubtedly have been cremated Friday night, Mrs. Moore is the oldest granddaughter of the late Commodore Vanderbilt. She is a large woman, weirhing fully 200 pounds, and a widow. Her residence is in West One Hundred and Twenty-first street. On the night in question she had run over from he howe to sce her physician. The doctor ws dinner, and she, being quite at home, to his 'library on the second floor to t his commg. ~The light in the room did not please her and she procecded to light the chandelicr. — in Qoing so cither a spark fell from ~ the match or she carelessly dropped the mateh itself at her feet. A8 she turned to seat herself she was horrified Lo scea flame shoot up from her feet and in a moment more she was in a shect of flame. With a scream she gathered up her dress and tore the skirt away. Not losing moment the frantic woman sped toward the bth room, while tearing the dress from her person, and sereaming at every step, She lost 10 time in turning a strean of water on the burning clothing, and when Dr. Kecney ud her family reached her the flames were . Then she fainted. Not a shred Moove's dress was left on her back, i a portion of her underwear was con- sumed. . An examination showed that her ands had been severely scorched, and that she was severely burned about the back and shoulders, She will recover. Her escape is considered miraculobs, Ay Senator Stewart ut ¥alt Lake City. Satt Lake, Nov.' %4, —[Special Telegram to Tue 13 Unitgd States Senator Wil- liam M. Stewart, of Nevada, reached here this mornng, en route to Washington, He was banqueted to-night at the Walker house by the leading mining wmen and capitalists of the territory. Ringing specches were made on the silver andlead question, and the senutor was heartily applauded for the views he expressed, which are i accord with those of every miner in Utah. The Mormon ques- tion was also touched ypon, and the scnator was made acquainted with the position of the anti-Mormons and the legislation they desire at the hands of cabgrep o break thé power of the church, he senator leaves for the cast in the morning, L Found Deag ig the Street, Repwoon Farvs,Mion., Nov. 24.—Frank Dodge, a barber ut Morton, was found dend here this morning on Hridg with @ bullet wound in his Bead. A gold watch and some money was fund on his person, indi cating some other mptive than robbery. Dodge came to Redwoad in company with cousin, und parted With bim to hold conver. sation with an unkupwn man, with whom he was afterward in{company, and about 11 o'clock apparently (under the influence of liquor, Keports say that the unknown com panion made trouble between Dodge and his sweetheart. ‘The igquest is now in progress. i Damaged By Frost. Brrviorus, N. J., Nov. 24.-The cold snap wrought great destuection in the Deleware and Pequost valleys, Thousuuds of bushels of apples and bundpeds of dollars worth of colery wero frozen.. Acres of celory on the great Pequost meadows were frozen in and Fendered valueless. Ico formed on ponds to @ thickness of 2bg inchos, John Bight's (:‘o'pumuu Critical, Loxbox, Noy. 2h.—A bulletin this evening says that Mr. Bright bas had a relapse and is in u critical eaudition. Three doctors ure 1o consultation at bis bedside. 1888, —SIXTEEN P o= = LEGION OF HONOR FRAUDS | Frivolities for Which the Minister Footed the Bills. f NUMA GILLY'S REVELATIONS. rident at a Theatre—A Heavy Chandelier Crushes Down Upon the Heads of the Audi- ence—-A Novel Race. A Terridle Paris Gossip. [ Copyright 185 by James Gordon Bennett.) Panis, Nov. 24.—[New York Herald Cable “Special to Tie Brr.| ~Cold, grey Novem | ber has captured Pars, and dense, white clouds overhang the Bois de Bologne and the Champs Kiysees, and the thermometor this morning reached the treezing point for the first time this season. The German emperor's speech has been re ceived throughout Franca with relief, ana l most satisfaction, as an explicit disciaimor of warlike intentions on the part of the triple alliance by its most powerful member, The new Russian loan is considered a sort of financial allianc e and Russia, andflatters Parisian public opinion, and is especially gratifying to M. Dru mont. It sccms that to make certain of the loan, M. Schwabach, a partner of Bleichrocder, and a leading banker, covercd with German and Russian_decorations, was sent to St. Petersburg. His mission was known by his rivals, and on the day after his arrival, having described himself as a Jow, he was ordered to quit St. Petersourg under an almostobsolete law forbidding Jews to stay there without permission, and he had to go back to Berlin without having opened negotiatiations, Financial institutions pet only 2 per cent, whereas Russia gets 400,000,000 francs at b cent—very easy terms fora Russian stock. The hero of French politics this week has been M. Numa Gilly, who, some months ago, declared that there were twenty Wilsous on the present budget commission. The great trial at Nimes was a complete fiasco, not one solitary revelation or definite accusation being substantiated, and nmow M. Gilly's book, “Les Dossicrs,” proves as great a flasco as the trial, all smoke and no fire. One of the great points of the book is on the affairs of Paulin Gerard. M. Gerard is a merenant who wished to purchase a decora- tion, This fancy cost him 6,000,000 francs, which were extracted from him in mstall meuts after every change of cabinet. One revelation is the Algerian forcst scan- dal. The forest of Belezma was to have been conceded to another deputy, and the ot de vin was about thirty thousand francs. The deputy wrote the following character- istic letter: *Thank you very muach for the wood that you offer me. My wife accepts it with pleasure. Our cellar will hold 8,000 1ogs of wood. he affaire Foubert is the most piquant of M. Numa Gilly’s revelations. The cozy lit- tle apartment where the tableux vi- vantes were organized to satisfy the oriental proclivities of the secretary of the ministry of the interior is described with the minutencss worthy of a Zoka. ‘These frivoltics ware paid for out of the secret fund of the mimstry, says M. Numa Cally. M. Magnard, in Figaro, says that there as many anonymous fables in M. Numa Gilly’s book as there are definite revelution: but that thé Gerard ineident shows that out of twenty persons decorated with the cross of the Lez of Honor only one probably deserved it. M. Magnard urges that the i stitution of the Legion of Honor should be thoroughly reorganized or else abolished. M. Gilly is still retained at Nimes, hav- ing severely injured his foot while endeav- ormg to cut a painful corn. Meanwhile bloodthirsty deputies are scouring Paris in the hope of finding Numa and challenging him. A terrible accident occurred last Thursda at the theater Lyric Justas the second act was beginning one of the four chande liers, hung by ehains from the roof, fell and came crashing down. A young man of twenty-three years of age, M. Obrecht, sat dircetly beneath the chandeher, and had his skuil split open by the blow. Another spectator, who sat near him, was also badly wounded in the face. A dozen persons removed M. Obrecht from bencath the debris, His head was a mass of gore, and he died as he was taken from the theatre to the ambulance. M. Obrecht was at the theatre Lyrique in company with his mother, Their seats were in - the twelfth row of the orchestra circle, but during the first act the young man, finding that e was 100 far away from the stage, said to his mother, “Let's change our scats and get a little nearer, 1 can't her away back here, Mme. cht replied, “No, I prefer to sit where we After being urged again to change ner , Mme. Obrecht replied, ¥No, T will not ery well,” was the reply, 1 will change my seat and rejoin you between the acts. M. Obrecht then urose and took his seat in No, 116, A few moments wards the chandelier fell, and M. Obrecht was killed, It is impossible to desc the agony of the mother when she saw the man gled remains of her son. She shricked and cried out for her son. They rephed, *He is only slightly bruised.” The terrible truth was not revealed to her until she reached the Saint Louis hospital. The other wounded man was able 10 go home in a cab, As s00n as the body of Obrecht was moved from the theater the manager stepped forward and asked the pub lic if they wished the play to continue. “0ui,” was thereply, and the play continued The janitor on duty at the time had the pres ence of mind o instantly shut off the gas that fed the pipes leading to the falling chan dalier, and an explosion was thus avoided, Paris was thus spared another calamity like that of the Opera Comlique. A novel sporting place on the road surrounding the Long Champs race course this morning between a black Ilussian trotter belonging to Comte de Louvet and a white Calian mule, the property of M. Thouret of Chatillon, The stakes were 100 louis and the mule was to receive fifty metres start, the distance being once around. The starting point was the Cascade. The mule stopped in the middle of the race, began to kick and Kick and kick, and the black Rissian trot won easily. between 1 ibe match took st g The Yale-Cambridge Race. LCopyright 15% by James Gordon Bennelt,] Loxvoy, Nov. 24— |New York Herald Ca ble—Special to ue Bee The challenge of Yale's eight-oured crew and its acecpt avce by the captain of Cambridge universily, Lias aroused great interest in sporting circles here. Commenting upon the proposed race, the Globe 10 day says “Naturally the Cambridge wen would prefer to rowsoot after the university race, in order that one train ing might suftice for the two events, 13ut 1 the Yale rowing scason vouid haraly hove t, in | o g s | recv | bewun by then, 1t is mo that a date just after the Henley be ¢ e This arravgement would have the furthier advantage that i the event of Oxtord, us i ot altogether unlikely, dofeat ing Cambridie at Putney, it wight' be possi ble for Yale to arrange a race with the senior university as well A, The Graham-Towe Nuptials, \Copuriaht 188 by James Gordon Bennste.] Losnoy, Nov. .- (New York Horald pecial to Tie Bre ) —The leading American families in London were ropre seuted this afternoon at the wedding of Hugh Graham, son of the late Sir Frederick Graham, bart, of Notherby, Cumberland, and Miss Jossio Lowo, daughter of the late Andrew Lowe, of Savannah, Ga., at St Gorge's, Hanover Square, The bride was given away by her brother, W. M Lowe, and the bride-groom’s brother, James Graham, was the best man, The bride wore 8 White satin dress, entraine, trimmed with 1d and varied embroidery . THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. The Work of the Convention ing to a Close. INnIANAvoLis, Nov. 24 ~The work of the reneral assembly of the Kuights of Labor is slowly drawing to a close. This morning General Worthy Forcman Morris L. Wheat, of Towa, who is ex-oficio chairman of the general co-operative board, presented his nominations for members of that board as follows: . A. Beckmeyer, of Newark, N.J. ; John O'IKeefe, of Rhode Island; Rudolph Kirchman, of St. Louis, and Oliver D. Be- noit, of Moutreal, The vote resulted: Bech meyer 95, O'Keefe 70, Kirchman Benoit 4. This closed the elections of the conven vention, the standing committees being ap. pointed by the general master workman, The committeo on the state of the order made a final report o minor matters ot no wreneral interest; ulso the last report of the finance committeo was heard advising that the loan of the requested fund to the locked out Pennsylvania miners be just as soon us the state of the financier permitted, and the convention endorsed the advice as good. The legislative connmittee reported favorably on o resolution in support of a law placing & peualty of fine or imprison ment on wambling in wheat and other necessitics, and the convention agreed to the report, a it also did with the recom wendation of an agitation in favor of the Australian system of voting. The grievance is the only committee with work to repor and it depends on them how soon the con vention will adjourn. When the dinner re ocss was taken it was thought that adjourn ment would be reached by Monday evening. When the convention met after dinner the law commiittee took the floor and reported on a_couple of propositions, at least oue of which is of considerable’ importance. The first looked to the establishment of a svstem of jury trials in the order, but no action was taken on it. The other opened up the tem- perance auestion, and a long discussion en sued. A proposition has been handed to the committee 1o abolish a scction n the con stitution which provides that no intoxicants shall besold at entertainments of the Knights of Labor. It was reported with the remark thut the committee deemed it inexpedient according to the present constitution. aloonkeepers are ineligible o membership in the order, and to get around this an umendment was presented to give lea for outsiders to sell liquors at_ such entertain ments, and that members of the order, as knights, shall have no such privilege. The ‘matter Was-warmly discussed on both sides, but adjournment was taken before positive action, nna it will be again talken up Mon- day. It is still in the hands of committec for explanation, as 10 its VArIous parts, many delegates thinkiug it needed explanation of its meaning, Master Workn thorefore atta will likely Draw- lation on his _re-cleetion. Two e been heard from with invitations for the next meeting—Toronto, Ont., and Atlanta, Ga. In both cases a formal invitation signed the mayorand the _city elerk has been cived. The place of meeting will be de- cided on Monday. THE HIBBARD-I'RY The Jury Returns a Ve Defendant. Nov. 24.—[Special to Tnz ] —After being out thirty-six hours the famous Hibbard-Fry breach of ase brought in_a verdict this morn- ing in favor of the defendant, and placing the costs on the prosccution. The announce ment was reccived with applause. As Fry walked up the street from his office to his home he was approached by men and women, who tendered their congratulations. He said he felt fully endorsed in his course by the verdiet, and was glad that he had not taken any other measures in regard to the intro- duction of evidence. The plaintaff did mot hear the mnews until informed by the Pittsburg reporters. At first she refused to lieve, but when told that the verdict had been heard in open court she collapsed and exclaimed: *Oh, 1 can’t betieve it, that man Fry bought up the jury. 1 suppose we arc all liars. [ can’t say The costs are estimated at €700, €10,000. Fry and his daugh w York on Monday, and will on Wednesday. [t has been ned that the only obstacl that prevented a speedy ment among the jur was the vezed question of costs. Some of “the jury, while adwitting his innocence, thought that the costs should be placed on ihe defeadant'; others, that the plaintiff having failed to wake a case, should assume the costs. - A Projected Toreka, Kas., Nov pocial Telegram to T Bee. | Phe president of the Omaha, Dodge City & Southwestern railroad, stated to-day that his company wus now en gaged moa final survey of the from Dodge City north to Osvorne. The construc tion company hus paid in $100,000 of caj Bonds have already voted i county. and the cominissioners met county lus t IPriday 10 canvass the upon which to call an cleetion the also expected that propositions will mitted in Osborne und Bllis counties within the next thirty days, and in Jewell county us 000 as practicable.The route north of Os via_ Mankato to Superior, Neb., ¢ the castern terminus of the CASE. ict For the Br jury in promise Railroa rouw been in Pord petitions - In Favor of the Railroad, Wysixarox, Nov. 24 —The comm of the general land ofice has decided that the tract of land containing about six thousand ucres, situated in the Ashland, Wis., land district, and claimed by the Chicaro, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad com pa is not mineral in character and conse. quently pasees to the rairoad company and its grant wsioner - Ak te Seminary Burned, SeLMA, Ala., Nov, 24.—A special t of the burning of the Judson female institute at Marion, thirty miles wost of this city, this afternoon. It was one of the oldest aud best kzowu female colleges in the south. L.oss, $100,000; insurance, $25,000 aracyi Challengo Jdacs MeAuliffo, the has aceeptod the MeAuliffe Aceepts € New Youk, Nov. 24 cumnpion light weigh vhallengo f Jewn ney, the kKnglish light weight_ehampion. 10 hght for £1,560, aud has posiod & #40 forfeit, - A Decision on Striker. Vouk, Hov, 20 -Julge Krencis A, Cemibor, of the distrivt, whe sat with dudge Van Wrark i gencss) term, has wiitten an opinion boldizg thal strikes were not legul eacuses for & failure to ompivie Lu LiraLLs. Sevent NUMBER 164 MURDERED FOR HIS MUNEY.- A Nebraska Oity Man's Suapicious Death, RICHARDS STUART ESCAPES, O'Neill's Appeal to Omaha 1dentity ~More Abo paraiso Swindlers - Sneaked Away. Mistaken t the Val- He “Tillle and the Babies," Nennaska Ciry, Neb., Nov, 24, —(Special Telegram to Tur Bek, | -~ About three years ago a leal character named Georgo Grind. stafl, fawilliarly known as *“Tiilie and tho Babies," was fo dead the railroad track wbove Independence, Mo, and was supposed 1 have been killed by the cars, and was burried by charity. At this late day evidence is dduced which conclusively proves that Grindstaft was murderod, and his body placed where it was found. A wouwan at whose house Grindstaff stopped the day before his death, in speaking of the case to-day, says that he had a large roll of bills, wore than §200, and was accompanicd by a rough, murderous looking companion, Wwho was not seen after that night, The men went away together and when Grindstafi's body was found there was nota cent on bs person. on Will Omaha Assist? O'Nena, Neb, 24, [Special Telos gram to i Bey some time past the business men of this community have had under consideration the question of in- creased railvoad facilities, Mectings wero held from time to time for this purpose, but on account of the excitement of the late cam- paign nothing definite was arrived at until last night, when at a monster meeting com. posed of the members of the board of trade und business men generally the matter was put into definite shape. A~ committee com- poscd of the largest taxpayers i the county was appointed o visit Omaha and Sioux City at once and eonfer with the n of voads now in operation and who plate extending their lines or branclics «f their lines to our town. mmittee will be in Omaha on Mondiy mat, and will proceed from the Will Omaha_assist us in ning much needed facilitios, or will we be forced to Dbuild up the interests of a forcign state ¢ contem Worse, and More of It Braxaun, Neb., Nov. 24.—[Special to Tng Ber, ]~ Later developments in - the Scovilla Valparaiso bank failure show it to be a com= plete case of forgery and rascality. It is re ported that he forged the name of Oscar Mannon to a note of $1,000 and sceured the money on it from a Kansas bank. Mortgages and in this county were made out and owner's mame signed by Scoville. These mortgages were then negotiated and disposed of by him. W. . Baner, of David City, is ted as stuck for $12.000, and wany farmers are Scoville's ereditors in- amourits ranging from £200 to $2,000. In this county alone is liabilities arc estimated at $40,000, No Jocal banks are “stuck” for a dollur as far as learncd, : Butter-Fingered Tucker. LiscoLy, Neb., Nov. 24.—{Special Tele gram to Tus Bee. |—Oficers George Pravitt and Rovert Tucker arrived in Lincolu this afternoon with Stuart Richards, the youi man wanted at York on the charge of rape, but carclessly let Lim give the slip at tho Capital hotel to-night at 9:30 Young Richards was arrested at Greenview, T, & fow day and Pravitt was deputized 1o n to the scene of his crime. The requisition was sceured; but on the eve of being havded into the hands of the law he made a break for liberty, and bids fair to sceure it. Just hefore his ¢ Lo was under Tucker's guard, The entive pos Jice are on his trail, and he will do keen work if he makes good his escape. Miistaken f Coruwnrs, N [Special to Tim Bre.]—County Clerk John Stauffer rocoived a telegram to-day from Alvin Lotz, a partnpr 1 traveling salesman for our shoe dated at Correctionville, T, that he was ap- rested for Haustein She Custer county mur- derer. Mr. Staufler promptly sent jevam signed by our shevift, and the sheriff of Custer_county, that the real murderer wa here. Mr. Litzis one of our most respected citizens, Haustein, who is in c of the sheriff and deputy of Custer county, wns taken home on the west bound truin this afternoon. Death of illett. Hastixes, Neb., Nov, 24.—| S) Bee.]—A. J. Millett, one of the 7ens of Hastings, and much respected, died suddenly this morning of heart discasc. He was for some years a prominent contractor and builder in the city, but had retived from business life. He will be buried to- and the funeral services will be by the A.O. U W. order, n san honored and conspicuous al to Tng oldest citi- which he wi member, Disposed to Ler it Drop. BrrLever, Neb., Nov. 24— Special to '0ng prs ) further particnlars in regied g the shooting affair west of the city are ohe They are disposed to et the mite and 1f Williams reeovers it is proos there will be no complaint and ne tainable, ter drop, able thi rests. Cetebeations AnRIVOrSrY Manchester 1 vis - eclebrated here to-night under t the Colie club, 1t w { witn af tended 1 different pirts ¢ he Mang Lixcony, Nob, N o1 thi Members of Mareiom Toress, Kes., Nov. 2 B ! of General Hurris tieth Indiana, Mesy 15 on oot 1o th the regiment eseort tie o ton and occupy a post wuguration About one - The bire becand, Fixonay, 0., Nov, 4. A five this wornng destroyed three brick block 00000, Half i e safe am pod and §40 1 money supposcd o have four-story Los one building v aken, and the b set the build Ve on five The nware Whipg WiniNGioN, Del, Nov. 24 and eweustle 1 for i ne Pos Vhree white whipiod af ar 7 L from five 10 twen, Ao huud KLt one i ore lushies ¢ ) 1R Al aid £i11y SpCcators wore - lowa 1 Wi to Fiie Ve nal invalids tupiwa; Willisin 12 ) we, lerciv g —Samuel 12 Curtis, Avbea; Culvin . Jonsy Nushuis Joseph 13, Foster, il - The Weather Indications For Nebruska and lowa: Faiv; stutiziary crature; southerly winds, For Dakota: Fair; stationary tetaperaiurg in aguthern portion ; slizitiy colder iu norike ern portion; wausherly wi nifliog @ westerly, clegraty Oiij b usane), Ote ans e e