Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1889, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY “EICHTEENTH YEAR. ———— OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1880, THE BOOMERS ASSEMBLING. Thousands Already Encamped On the Oklahoma Border. PREPARING FOR A GREAT RUSH. Indications of Serious Trouble Within the Next Few Days—Some Value able Points For Intend- ing Settlers, Ankaxsas Crry, Kan,, April 17.—|Speolal Telegram to Tie Bre.)—Thirteen coaches loaded with Oklahoma boomers arrived on the Santa Fe at noon, and wagon trains from all directions are arriving. The hotels are all full and hundreds of people are being turned away. The United States troops will permit no one to stop off in the territory. Al points are being carefully guarded. The troops have been ordered to move to the borders of Oklahoma on the 19th, and on that day the boomers will be permitted to enter the Cherokee strip. en route to the Oklahoma lands, The United States regis- ter, receiver and inspector for Guthrie are here awaiting the arrival of their tents. There are no buildings at Guthrie except the Santa Fe depot and one or two little shan ties, and these officers will temporarily re. side in tents, A general quiet provails, but serious trouble is apprehended when the rush begine on the opening day, for there is not near enough land to go uround, and a large number of old “boomers’ scom deter- Captain Payne, they have a prior claim upon them, and will ‘assert their rights, psiieh el The Afaavit Required. Ankaxsas City, Mo, April 17.—|Special Telegram to Tie Ber.|—United States Re- ceiver C. M. Barnes, who 1s here ready to move to Guthrie, Oklahoma, as soon as shelter can be obtained there, has just re- ceived instructions from Washington con- cerning the entry of Oklahoma lands, For the purpose of guarding against fraud, a very particular afidavit is required to be signed i by all applicants for land, and every one ! must be familiar with the land he desires to | land to make afidavit thav he is the identical | person who is an applicant for a government title to that particular land; that he is well acquainted with the character of said de- scribed land, with cuch and every legal sub- f division thereof, having frequently passed over the same; that his personal knowledge ‘ of suid land 1 such as to enable him to testify understandingly with regard thereto; I that there is not, to his knowledge, within 3 the limts thereof any valuable mineral, gravel beds or coment, and that 1o portion of the land is being worked for mineral or is claimed as mineral, and that the object in securing the land is for agricultural pur- poses. This ufidavit is to be read 1o the applicant by the proper officer, who has in- structions to call his special attention to it, and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law if he swears falsely. This precaution 1s_decmed necessary on account. of the great scramble there will be for lands since it is well known hero that there are thousands of porsons who con- template entering lunds without even having scen them. Some trouble is apprehiended b on account of the supposed uncertainty of the law governing Oklahoma, under which one person might enter a tract of land at the register's office and another might settle and improve the sume land, since the locacer hus nuety days in which to make his improve- ments, The rule is to give the actual settler the preference, but that all will have to be scttled by the receiver and register, sitting as @ court subject to appeal to the interior department. These are the matters that scem destined to cause serious trouble, be- cause the boomers are wholly ignorant of the law and its application, and wmost of them are veady to fight for what they may WasmnaroN, April 17.—Commissioner Stockslager has made public aletter concern- mg homestead entries in Oklahoma, ad- dressed to D, D. Halstead, Purcell. It ruus thus: “In reference to a memorandum of five questions reccived from you under date of the 15th, I have to state that it is not usual to answer hypothetical questions; but in view of the anomalous conditions nffecting public Jands in Oklahoma, I will state, viz: A person desiring to become an actual settler under the homostead laws may initiate his claim by entry av a district land ofiice, after properly sclecting and examining the hi F actual settlement on land which may consist of some act or acts connecting himself with the particular tract claimed, said act or acts to be equivaient to the announcement of such intention, and from which the public K rally shall bave notice of his claum, Thereafter he is allowed three months within which to make his claim of recora by entry at the distriet land ofiice, Which of the two methods should be chosen is a matter for the party’s selection, according to the circumstances and his own Judgment. £Of two bona fide settlers or claimants, the ono whose settlement or entry is prior in time will have superior right. When incep- equities, if any s if noue, then it has been the practice to put the land up between the claimants l\lls to awurd the right of entry to the one bidding the highest for the privilege. *“T'he act of March 2, 1580, cnacts that untii such iands are opened for settlement by proclamation no person shall be permitted to enter upon and occupy the same, and any person violating this provision shall nover be permitted to enter any of these lands or ac- quire any right thereto. The president's proclamation of March 23, 1889, calls atten- tion expressly to this provision, and directs that it be u\rfclly enforced. T am not prepared, ia advance of a case arising, to give an opinion us to what par- ticular act or acts will considered a viola- tion of 1w in this respect.” e Preparing For the Rush, ARKAxsas City, Kan, April 17,—~The an- nonncement of Captain Hayes, who is com- manding the cavalry detailed to guard the border here, that settlers be allowed to cross the line into tne Cherokee strip immediately after midnight on Thursday, created u great stir awong the projectors here, and it thought that the large majority of thew will take advantage of the o\lporl.unfly and that idnight to-morrow will witness a grand 1nto the lg. The campers realize that all cannot cross the border at the same place, and there will be a scuttering along the bor- der for miles. ‘A terrible wind and rain storm passed over Dere last uight, which played havoe with the ~ _boowers’ tents, women and children were 1 “dreuched sad badly frightened. PostoMues For Oklahoma. WasuiNaTON, April 17.—Smee March 4 about five hundred changes have boen made in the personuel of the railway mail service. First Assistant Postmaster-General Clar k- son, in speaking of the wauter to-aay, said it has beon the policy of the departwont to {ummmuu clerks aud appoint ex- perienced and thoroughly efficient men, who left the service during the last administra- tion, where such are availablaand desirous of re-entering the service. The postoiice department officials making active preparations for the imme- diate opening of two postoffices in Okla- homa, one at Kingfisher Station, and the other at Guthrie, will enter the territory from the north, over the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, 1o its southern terminus, and from there will be carried forward tractors over regularly established routes. 1t is exy equal the neods of the settlers, Postmast thut be established in the new territory within the next thirty da; CArpweLy, Ran., April 17.—Oklahoma ex- citement is at its height here to-day. almost impossible to get along the streets, as the crowd is so dense, ons were the cstimated while reports of those to come to-morrow will double that number, of the Fifth cavalry, says that he will search every outfit to liquor of any description taken into Okla- homa, of capitahists, which will open for business on the 22nd at Lisbon, The heavy rains last night have made the streams worse than subside there will l"lom:hinfl Lisbon (formerly Kingfisher) from ore. after the rains, and the Cherokee strip south of Caldwell is as good as any. rolling prairie, ciled to the situation and looi on the settlers marching toward their homes under the reg- ulations of the war department. tlers are of a remarkably good class. of them have comfortablo outfits. body scems to be for himself, and to be jeal- ous and suspicious of others. rienced frontiersmen say there will be no trouble of any ki say it cannot be prevent. WasmINGTON, April 17.—The prospective opening of Oklahoma has already resulted in applications for charters for national banks 10 be established there, have raised a perplexing question, authority to open national banks shall be on file one year before the charters are granted. for applications for the establishment of national banks, lands there will be banks, but if the law be construed literally no national banks can be established in Okla- homa for a year to come. Major Grant Vigorously Prosccuting New Youk, April 17.—Wires came down with aéwish and & rush upon the cobble- stones on Bronaway this morning. direction, as far as the eye could roach, woro gangs of men hacking and cutting. tractors had their hands full in keeping ven- turesome pedestrians and drivers of vehicles from being crushed under the falling poles. The Brush company and United States Electrio _Light awakencd to the facl that the mayor means business, and it dawned upon them to-day that milés upon miles of fine copper wire was worth saving. alcng tho proposed route of desvruction. They have already taken down about sixty voles and several miles of wire. At the oftices of the different companics this morning everybody looked glum. At the Unil elect Dlow. overliead, they said. and one to each building. the wWith'the gas companies. To-night the upper portion of the city, from Fourteenth street to Fifty-ninth, is still shrouded Mayor ( Fifth avenu ty-eightn to urteenth to T'wi princinal cross town streets in that district. There are a few gas lights burning. They Leave the Bo| thi olis, Minn on the strect raiiway. compan) the strikers witi men at Minneapolis, but as fast as the men were put on they were intim- idated and coaxed out of president of the company then telegraphed foro for ffty cowboys and has guarant them steady employment at a_good salary. The purty was gathered together in a few hours. dressed in_cowboy uniform, including big sombrervs buclskin trousers und pistol belts In the pui ters who lave participated in county seat Grexwoop Semixas, Colo., April [Special Telogram to Tug Ber.)- tuat mani” wus the cry that startled the guests rooming on the sec Hotel Glenwood this morning at 6:30 o'clock. The speaker was the city physician, and the man referred to was Richard Orth, shortstop of the Denver Blues. was 00 late, for Orth jumped the railing and landed on the second floor, dead. camo bere on the 11th inst., and was taken ill with pneumonia and went to bed. torday afternoon u physician was callod to im. quicted down towards morniug. tendant loft him for @ few moments, whe he escaped from the room aud ran up and down the corridor. and seeing tne doctor emerge frow a room, alys) Iis wife arrived on the Mid afternoon small children, Lis illuess and the vlow is sowething terrible o her. 8§, Pavy, Avril 17.—Tne Pioneer-Press in the morning will publish reports from a section covering about half the wheat pro- duced in'Minnesota and Dakota. From these reports it seems that 190 statious report a good to excellent condition of grouud, consider it fair, while only ten rate good. and the dry spell is broken, stock of the Mare! boree of §1,240, The sale cioses to-mbrrow. A DUBIOUS OVTLOOK, Recent Naval Maneayers Result in a Disagreeablo Surprise, WasmiNatoN, April 17 —~Recent reports of the maneuvers of the British naval fleet con- tain some matter not entirely reassuring with respect to some of our new naval vos- sels, In these maneuvers about six vessels of the Archer type participated, and the re- sult was a disagreeable surprise. It was found that the vessels pitched and rolled about to such an extent in a moderately heavy sea as to render them very poor gun platforms, to use a technical expression, which means that the guns were so unstable that they could not be directed to any ap- proach to accuracy of fire, 'They were also very wet ships. These effects are supposed to result from the excessive weight of the ordnance, and it was recommended that the six-iuch rifles be replaced by five-inch guns, and the anchors moved further apart. The significance of this report to naval officers here lies in the fact that the new gun- boat Yorktown ispatterned after the Archer, and will carry the same calibre and weight of ordnance. Failure has also attended the efforts of the British constructors to build a vwenty-knot ship, of which the navy depart- ment here is attempting to build two, under direction of the act of congress. The Media, which was built for o twenty-knot ship, has never exceeded nineteen knots, but hus de- veloped more than the estimated horse power, an indication to constructors here that it is not poss:ble to drive a vesselof that length at twenty knots. The British authorities have taken the same view, and will build another set of these bouts of greater length, Other vessels of the same type have failed to develope anything like the necessary 9,000 horse-power, 80 that the [T0WA BANKERS SWINDLED. GRIST FOR CAICAGO'S MILLS. A Nebraska Man Works a Sioux The Famous Divorce Case of Carter City Institution For §2,500. vs Carter. are For the present all mails HE GETS AWAY WITH THE BOODLE KYRLE BELLEW FIGURES INIT, by government con- The Soldiers’ Monument Commission In Session at Des Moines—A Ruling of Interest to State Firenen, The Actor Masher Gave Her High Priced Lessons In Dramatic Art —8he Charges Cruelty and Unnatural Crimes. seted that the mail facilities will Assistant General Clarkson said to-day ably twenty-five postofiices would prol Obloago All Agog. Cmioaco, April 17.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee|—The famous divorce case of Carter vs Carter has at last come to trial, and is now being heard before Judge Jami- son. Owing to the prominence of the Car- ters in Chicago the case has from the first attracted great attention, and ever since the original bill and cross bill was filed both sides have employed every artifice known to skillful lawyers to obtain some advantage over the other. Both have had half a dozen prominent lawyers in their employ all the time, and depositions have been taken in all parts of this country and in England and France bearing on the case. It is now two years since the legal fight was begun. The Carters are one of the best known and most respected families in Chicago, and Leslie Carter, the principal figure in this case, was a rich young lawyer when, in 1850, he mar- ried Miss Caroline Dudley, a very striking young lady from Dayton, O., who A Claim Swindle. Srovx Ciry, In, April 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tis Bes,|—The Sioux City Savings bank to-day discovered that on the Oth inst. it was neatly swindled out of £2,500 by a man calling himsolf B. Simpson. On that day he called at the bank with a letter of introduc- tion from Rev. George Knox, of this city, stating that Simpson was the owner of con- siderable property at Ponca, Neb. Simpson told a plausible story and_deposited a dratt for $8,000 drawn by the National bank of Bristol, Tenn., on the National bank of the Republic of New York City. The arrange- ment was that £4,000 was to remain_on de- posit six months, and Simpson drew $2,500 in cash and took a certificate of deposit, for 81,- 500, He disappeared and no trace of him can vo found. The araft, on New York came back protested and is found to be a skillful forgery. Slmpson appeared at Ponca o month ago with a forged letter from the Presbyterian church, on_which he was ad- mitted to membership at Ponca. Ho brought The Rivers on a Rampage. 1t is Five hundred wag- arrivals to-day, Capt. Woodson, make sure that there is no A bank was organized by a company ever, and unless they be great aificulty in The country here is very beautiful 1t is a fertile, Cattlemen are not yet recon: mined to hiave their quartor sections. Somo | tyith *ill-concealed dislike. The —boom: | fopev; ME Knoxa genulne letter from the | promise of suiccess for our boats is notbright. | yuq “creating something of a sénsation have their claims alrcady picked out, and | ers will all start together, with | jor'dh BASIE A0 als0 nOWADARers Cantelts 1HE CONDEMNED KNOBBERS, in Chicago society. After their marriage | 3yl have uhom regurdiess of conscndguces. | tho troops " front of them. 1t "wil | {n€,SArYcle abost My, et lavee lang & A - | e couplo ocoupicd a nandsome. houso They hold that, a8 thoy staked off and im: | bea sight not often presented before in i Respite Granted By the Governor | in Dearbon avenue and entertained lavishl proved these lands four years ago under | America—a thousand or more settlers | IO £Ot the confidence of Mr. Knox ana a | fiesy e S A year or two later, however, the_establish- letter which helped to throw the cashier off Hio goard ment was given up, and Mrs.” Carter spent most of her time away from Chicago and her husband. The summers sho generally spent at Cooperstown, N. Y., and_her winters in Europe. Thero was, of course, a great deal of gossip, and finally, in November, 1887, Mrs. Carter filed a bill for divorce, charging cruclty and uanatural crimes. In response t0 this Leslie Carter filed a denial dnd cross bill, in which he charged adultery, naming Kyrle Bellew, State Scnator James I Pearce, of New Yorlk, and several others of less renown, s _co-respondents, About a year ago Judgo Jamison decided that the child, a boy of nine, should divide his time equally between father and mother, spend- ing one mouth with the former and the next 0zARK, Mo., April 17.—|Special Telegram to Tne Bee.]—The three condemned Knob- bers already feel the terrors of the gallows, having learned that the governor gives no intimation of commuting their sentences, as the Kansas City papers of the 15th reported. Tears were visible in Judgo Hubbard’s eyes yesterday on reading a letter from Delaney, of the defense, now at Jefferson Cit settling the hopelessness of the case. Tho best citizens here have signed petitions to the governor askinga commutation. Last night an attorney for the state wired the following to Jefferson The_set- Most Every- —_— The Monument Commission. DEs Morxgs, Ta., April 17.—| Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The soldiers' monument commission met at the capitol to-day, all the members except ex-Governor Kirkwood being present. They found a collection of forty-cight models, drawings, plans and specifications for the proposed memorial to Towa soldiers. The commissioners have only advisory power so far ns selecting a design, but they haveoffered three cash prizes of £500, §25) and $150 for the best designs sub- Some_expo- ad at Lisvon, while others ed Al A Perplexing Question. These applications with tted, in o1 stimulate competition. | _“D. R. Francis, Governor of Missouri, | with the latter, pending u final decision. | enter, and to have passed over it and por- | which the attorney-general aud the' comp- | M ‘;r‘;!‘;‘;;"l*‘: Teoting. s to award | Si: 1 assisted In the prosccution of th | Mrs. Cartor, sinca this decision, has beon sonally examived it. These instructions re- | troller of the currency are now wrestling, LU - LS Bald Knobbers for the murder of Green and | living with her mother ina small hotel on quires each individual wishing to enter | The law provides that applications for | these prizes, and the model or design that re- | Fgens, and as an attorney do not think it Twenty-second street, while Mr, Carter has been at the family residence on the North ide. 'The final trial of this celebrated case ceives the first prizo will be recommerded to the next legislature for adoption. was murder in_the first: degroe. I will ex- plain fully by letter if flesired. o 3 5 B x e o gov- | was devoted securing o jury quently there has hitherto been 1o occasion | OF8 threw out all but thirteen of the designs | oyor prants o respite to Bill Walker und | und to.day the epoming add oy submitted, and then began the hard work of deciding between them. There is a great variety shown in the designs, ranging in style from a single granite shaft to a memor- ial hall three stories high. Many of the old soldiers want a building of that kind con- structed, which shall be a receptacle for all the battle flags of the state and other mili- tary trophies and relics, and have also an us- sembly room large enough for regimental re- unions. Qibers want an appropriate shaft with heroic figures symbolical of the struggle for the union and liberty. Others contem- plate an equestrian statue of some distin- guished Iowa or other soldier. It was the original intention to have this memorial monument upon the capitol grounds, but the commissioners think that there would not be room there for a memor- ial as large as is proposed. Not having, reached a decision this evening, they will continue the examination of designs to-mor- row, and probably award the prizes then. e John Matthews until May 10, which cay was fixed by the supreme court for the execution of David Walker, The prisoners do_not scem at all relieved at the reprieve. John Matthews droops his head in gloomy silence. Bill Walker says, *‘Well, something better may come yet.” e FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE. were made. Mrs, Carter, aressed in bl attended by her mother and her maid, oceupy a conspicuous place in the court room, aud Mr, Carter, with bis brother, and surrounded by his lawyers, is seated but'a fow feat away from her, ~ In his opening nddress Judge Sid- ney Smith said that from within a very short time of their marriage Carte: conduct was hard and cruel. He said that if Mrs. Carter were separated from her boy it would be her death, and he stated further that Mrs. 3 ter had completely refuted the allegations of infidelity charged against her. . Speaking for Mr. Carter his lawyer said that Mrs, Carter came home from' Cooper- town one day and asked her husband for separation, $15,000 and the custody of their child. - She gave no reason for it, and her husband refused to grant her request. Mr. Loesch then told How she sailed for Kurope, where he said she cut a swath wide enough for the easy passae of the retinue of a king. It was on her return to this country that Mr, Carter suspected the infidelity of his wite, and telegraphea for her. Kyrle Bellew’s character will be thoroughly aired in the case,” said Mr. Loesch, and then he spoke of Mrs. Carter’s relations with the actor New York, which the actor had said con- sisted in his giving her lessons in dramatic art at §25 per lesson. Mr. Bellew’s dramatic instructions scened to require pretty con- stant companionship by him and the hand- some prosceutor, He was with her early and late. He attended to her moving from one hotel to another, met her on her arrival With the opening of these an mmediate need of ———— THE POLES ARE FALLING. the Work. Another Order of the Last Adminis- tration Reversed. ‘WasniNGToN, April 17 —The postofice de- partment has rescinded the order issued dur- ing the last administration, having for its ob- ject the discouragengent of the practice by trainmen of carrying special newspaper cor- respondence and othe¥ matter, in other than mail trains, It is said, at the department, that there are a very large number of small towns throughout the country which have meagre telegraphic facilities. In many of theso villages the post and telegraph ofilces close early, and to prohibit trainmen from carrymg to a neighboring town or city, small packages containing, possibly, information of the highest genéral importance, is re- garded as unwiso and unjust. The news- papers of the country, it is maintained, should receivé every ible facility for ob- taining the news of the day, and to' this end trainmen have been encouraged to lend aid. AN OMAHA MAN IN TROUBLE. In every The con- company _have at last Fire Engines Exempted. Des Moixes, Ia., April 17. — [Special Telegram to Tme BEE]—The commi sioners to-day decided tne case that had been sbbmitted to them by citizens of Coun- cll Bluffs with reference to the appronching fireman’s tournament at that city. They had asked a ruling of the commissioners that fire engines and apparatus belonging to_the They will strip everything d States ofice they predict that ric_lighting has received its death It costs 300 to streteh a mile of wire Tt will now cost £3,000 consider an infringement on their rights. to lay amile of wire underground. In 'ad- | different cities of the state might be carried from her travels, and was the 1ast one te sce e 57 dition to this, the company has to make its | to the tournament free under the statute | Sued for $5,000 Damages for Breach | 1 'o¢ \hon ste departed on them. Mr. Stockslager Explains. own connections from the subways to houses, | that exempts municipal property from the of Contract. Loesch then spoke of the sums of moncy spent by Mrs. Carter during her European tour. Her husband supposed they amounted to $1,000, whereas they footed up to over #5000, and this when she com- plained of being ill. Mrs, Carter took the stand late i the aft- ernoon, and told her story of Leslie Carter’s allegedcruelty to her, She spoke in a low, s0ft voice and kept her large blue eyes fixec upon the jury. Ste said she married Leslio Carter May 26, 1850, in Dayton, O. She had known hum a year and a half wien sho be- came engaged to him. She first met him_at the house of General Anson Slager. met him at Waukesha and other places pr to the engagoment. Lawyer Hynes exam- ined Mrs. Carter. “After your wedding in Dayton, where did They' think thal increased charge neccssitated by the outlay will make it hard to compete operations of tho railroad law if the rail- roads choose to carry it free, The Council Bluffs delegation represented that the fire upparatus was the property of the different cities, and therefore should come under_this statute. The commissioners sustained them, and decided also that the railroads might make a passenger rate of one cent a mile for that_occasion, provided it was made to all travelers to Council Bluffs at that time. CuicaGo, April 17.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The Century Book and Paper company to-aay began suit in the circuit court against Adam Baker for $5,000 dam- ages for breach of contract. Baker is the man from Omaha who made a contract of agency with the company, doposited $500 and gave them a draft for $500 to make up the §1,000 his contract called for, and then, be- lidving himself swindled, filed a bill enjoin- ing the collection of the draft. Attorneys for the company assert it is a responsible and worthy institution; that the contract was fair and logal, and that Baker rushed into court without knowitig what for. They pro- pose to seo if the case will work tho other Way now. ] in darkness on account of irant’s war on the overhead wires. was entirely black from Twen- -ninth, and Broadway from enty-ninth, and also the The Centennial Commissioners. Des Moixes, Ia., April 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee |—Ex-Senator Harlan, of Mt Pleasant, the Iowa commissioner to the Washington centennial, met with the assistant commissioners at the governor's ———— PEOULIAR COWBOYS, nding Plains for Purpose of Becoming Scabs. &= land desired, in which case he is allowed six Toreka, Kan., April 17.-—[Special Telegram | office to arrange for the representation of you go?” asked Mr. Hynes. % ! months from date of entry within which 10 | to Tue Bre.|—A special car, bearing fifty | this state. There were prosent Messrs. J. Plano Manufacturer Fail Wo started on o wedduig journoy to Cin- It and; 3 P ect, i ity tou i dity; C! , of Webster City, aud i o o D W, Spn AR - 5 he may initate his claim by | den City. loft this city today for Minncap | Citv: MeMubry, of Webster (G, aud | doing business us the New England Piano | - Did the dofendant's ill troatment, of you to take the place of the strikers The Minneapolis endeavored to fill the places of company in this city and in New Yorlk, with a factory at Roxbury, Mass., has made an as- sigument, with liavilities of §200,000. The New York branch of the business was incor porated under the New York laws, and was styled the New England Piano comvany of New York, with a capital stock of £200,000. The Boston business was incorporated under the laws of Maine, with a capital stock of 75,000, The immediate cause of the failure was the suspension of Freese & Sons, piano dealers of Dallas, Tex. ilan had been backing the Dallas company its paper, amounting to £100,000, The firm's papor is begin on the day f your marriago” i gommnenced on the evening of the wed- ing.” “What was the naturc of jt#? Mrs. Carter then told how, on their ar- rival at their rooms in the hotel at Cincin- nati, after a tiresome journey, Carter com- pelléd her to_submit to his désires immedic notwithstandiug her plea of hunger and fatigue, At this point Mr. Hynes said he had a witness who wished to £0 to New York, and he withdrew Mrs, Carter from the stand, and court adjcurned until morn- ing. Tho court and lawyers repaired to Hynes office_across the strect, where tue tostimony of P. E. Gilmore, the Now York their disposal, the commissioners could not arrange for any elaborate display, but it is expected that they will attend the centen- nial, together with the governor and some of his staff. Their headquarters in New York will be at the Brevoort house, Abaiidini Pacific Short Line Contracts. Stovx Crry, Ia, April 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee,|—The examination of the bids for construction of the Pacific Short Line section west of Sioux City was com- pleted to-day and the contract awarded to 2, P, Reynolds & Co., of Wymore, Neb. service, The d They are all young men and are y are u number of tough chara f 4 b ° ot believed 0 be matnly in Boston banks, and | e e N fon of claims is simultancous—that is, at the | fights, and have had many daring adventures | ‘The firm are heavy contractors and have 0 tnly fn Bosto , and | gheatrical manager, was faken. Mr. Gi P RO legal right 1s equal, and | of tné piains. It & not lkely that they will | been at work on the extension of the Bur- | the authorities place it cousidorably above | nore testified thav in September, 1850, Mr the question can not be decided nc- | bo interferred with when ' they enter the | lington and Rock Island systems. Work [ §200.000. The mominal assets are half a | Carter came to him and told him sho was cording to equitics, tho land shall | Minneapolis street railws c will vegin on the first 100 milés within ten or | willion. studying the dramatic art under Kyrle be awarded to the party having superior - twenty days. Tho Doumerk Arrivom Bellew, and asked Mr. Gilmore whether she cided Winle Delirious, could geta position the next season if she Sujoidod Yinlo Belirion swudied hard, Mr. Gilmore told her he thought she could. He also said that Bellew made more money as an instructor than as an actor, and that his charges were §2 a lesson. New Youk, April 17.—The National line steamship Denmark arrived at the bar this morning. ‘This is the steamer which was ex- pected to bring some news of the foundeped steamer Danmark. A Mr. Strausse, engaged In the foreign fruit business, was reported to have re- ceived a cablegram to the effect that a ves- sel in the foreign trade had picked up the passengers and crew of the steamer Dan- mark. Investigatio proved there was no foundatiou for the r, a8 Strausse, when soen, said he had received no information on the subject. The steamer Alsatia, of the Anchor line, was rted as leaving vhe Rock of Gibraltar April 1, and as she passed near the lfiob where the Danmark was seen, it is thought likely she may have fallen in with her boats. ———— Died From His Injuries. Des Morxee, Ia., April 17.—|Special Tele- graur to Tue Bee—Mr. Scheidler, whe old man who was 80 badly burned in trying to save his wife from burning, died at Manson to-day. The clothing of his wife caught fire from sparks from his pipe as they were driving. She was so badly burned that she died at once, and he received injuries that killed him after two weeks of terrible suffer- ing. He was one of the pioneers of Calhoun county. nd floor of tha —_—— MORE LOCATION LETTERS, Mr. Windrim Still Working on the Postoffice Site Matter, WasniNoroN, April 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee,|—*1 have received an- other batch of letters in relation to the loca- tion of the site for the Omaha federal build- wg,” said Supervising Architect Windrim to-duy, “and am busily engaged in preparing a synopsis of all the arguments in order that they may bewroperly considered uv stairs. But the exclamation Orth Yes- ————— To Become Dean of Laramie. Towa City, 1a., April 17.—|Special Tele- gram to Tur Bes.|—Rev. 8. N. Watson, rector of Trinity church, has resigned to becomie dean of Laramie, under Bishop Tal- bott, of Wyoming, He was delirious during the night but The at- Becoming exhausted, Lie fel! over the rail, and the physician says —— A Big Standar1 Oil Deal. I think it will take another full day to com- tho real causy of lis' doath wwas through par- The Roads Asked to Explatn. Prrrsnsia, April 17,—A special from Lima, [ Plote this work, and then the secretary will of the hea i} - J , caused by over-exertion nd train th Leadville with their two Stie was totully iguorant of have everything before him in such shape that he will have no difficulty in digesting the arguments for and against each site, very readily. Until this is doue, howaver, it will be absolutely impossible to give any information concerning the status of the case. Neither myself nor Secretary Win- dom nas reached & conclusion up to the pres- ent time.” - The Pullman Patent Valid. Cmicago, April 17.-Judge Gresham to- day delivered an opinion, Judge Blodgett concurring, declaring that the Pullman- Sessions patent for vestibule cars is valid, aud that the Wagner Palace Car company WasnixoroN, April 17.—The inter-state commerce commission this afternoon issued ordors instructing alarge number of railroad companies, Including the most important lines in the United States, to appear before iton cortam dates in May, und make ox- planations in the matter of free passes, freo trausportation, commissions on tickets, car mileage, ete. e — A Noted Counterfeiter Convicted. Bostoy, April 17.--Levi 8. Pratt was to- day convicted on two charges of passing counterfeit United States treasury notes. He will be seatenced to-morrow. He was tried and convicted for a similar offense in Towa and served two years of a five-years 0., says: The Standard Oil company to-day closed a deal whereby they become possess- ors of & majority of the stock of the Ohio O1l company. ‘This gives thom control of & large field. The Ohio company is composed of an association of producers in this field. ‘Their leases cover 15,000 acres, with a daily production of 5,000 barrels of ofl. A consid- erable portion of the- territory is yet unde- veloped. The prices paid for the stock are suid to range from 50 to 75 cents. C. F. Lufkin conducted the business for the Standard company. They have a large force of men engaged in_ enlarging their rofinery grounds here, with the intention of making the werks the greatest refiuery in this country. from LR R BT Northwegtern Crap Prospects. thirty not 1t has rained within the past week R ———— - " Tracy's Trotters Sold. sentence, when he was pardoned by ex- Killed by a Falling Tree. was infringing on it. The court made the By 3 f . temporary injunction against the Waguer New Youk, Aprid 17.—A sale of trotting | President Cleveland. { Wagenig, W. WVa, April 17 company perpetual, and referred the matter land stud, the property of Wine, a well known citizen living in Brock- A dis- wi— 5 Superintendent of Census. of damages to a master in chan Secretary Tracy, bogan this morning. The - Ly -~ - | ton county, was felling a tree to-day when it | patoh from New York to-uight says that trottors sold at gooa prices. Tho total for | o WASHINGTON, Apnil 17T president 1o | oo uirosa. tho stump, demolishing tho | reprosentatives of the Wagner cowmpany the day's salo was $59,520, an ayerage per | 34 appointed Robert P.Porter, of New | youse and killing his wife aud three cuil- um that they can dispense with the Ses- York, superintendent of census, dren, sions portion of the vestibule and still use i, DSy . NUMBER 307 premiait 10 COMPETMON. e | GUARDING AGAINST TROUBLE. Policy of the Whisky Trust. Pronia, April 17.~The annual meeting of the whisky trust was held here to-day. The volicy of tho trust was outlined in an address by President Greenhut. He said, in part: “While wo feel confident of being able to | COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY combat any competition on low prices, we g must not bo misled and anticipate a dividend and attempt to vanguish outside competitors at the same time. Inother words, our policy should be, run on prices low son On tho Consular Servico— enough and for as long & time as may bo e Corean Bamin necessary to overcome those outside con- PR 4 cerns which have been, oF are now, attempt ing to take udvantage of our position. This should be done even if it becomes necessary for accomplishing this purpose to put prices 80 low that the earning power of the trust would not permit the paying of any dividend or even regular fixed charges during the coutest for supremacy. It 18 for this pur- pose, and in anticipation of such a_conftict, Genoral Merritt Virtually Military Governor of Oklahoma. fdward 8. Laoy of Michigan Ape pointed to That Position—Harrl Wasnixgrox 18 FOURTEENTA STRERT, WasniNetoy, D. C., April 17, There was a conference at the white house to-day which may lead to important conse- quences, Prasident Harrison was joined by Secrotaries Proctor and Noble and the attor- BUREAU, Te OMATA Bre, } that' " the ~ trustees - considored it 8 | ney-gencral, The subject which occupied wise and_ prudent policy to have a | gnicounvtetto was a tolog ) q gram roceived by luge surplus fund, which can be drawn Lttt Pl gl T e Y fied " obligations | the secrotary of war from Goneral Merritt, commander of the Department of the Mis- souri. asking for instructions in case trouble arose at Oklahoma. General Merritt laid stross upon the serious aspect that is pre- sented by the great rush of the boowmers, and was emphatic in reciting his ombarrass- ing position, resulting from luck of power, to act in case of an emergency. © matter was regarded by the president and his ad- visors as one, in its possibilitics, s extremely : serious, and its consideration gecupied over an hour in time. The conclusion of the con- of the trust ng such a time. Outsido competitors must be made to understand that we are in dead earnest in this matter; that they ean hope for no profits in_the business, and see that only ruination and losses are the compense for their parasi ventures, After we have succeeded by such a policy in convincing our opponents that there is no possible chance for them to prey on us or force us to take them into our fold, we shall then be able to proceed unmolested in the pursuit of our legitimate business. “The trustees have decided absolutely on a policy of not taking any more distilleries into D A OF | ferenco was cwbodied in a tologram which with the western export associntion for en. | Was sent }“ General Merritt A csterday, and 4 tering the trust, has been faithfully carried | although it was not made public through the out, and those few with which we could not | ordinary channels, it is learned that it gives . come to an understanding must now be con- sidered barred out. 1f we are to continuo taking in more houses, we would simply be offering a promium for new houses to bo built, and in time would becorie overloaded and unsuccessful in our offorts.’” In veritication of this position Greenlfut added that overtures had been made to the trust for the sale of the stock of the St. Paul distillery, about which there had been so much newspaper _speculation, and that the offer was declined. WHilo the result of last year's busincss might have been much bet- tor, it cannot be considered unsuccessful, for tho reason that the trust has been able to the commander of the Department of the Missouri extraordinary discretionary pow- ors, making him in fact, if not in name, the military governor of Oklahoma in casea riot or any necessity should arise requiring the bayonet to proserve order. Genoral Merritt has been diligent in preparing the troops under his commund for instant nc- tion, and any trouble would be met prompuly. The postoMice department is making every necessary arrangement to give the new set tlers of the territory of Oklahoma all the postal facilities which it will be possible to pay w mouthly dividond, and also add some- | ;ror, at the earliest possible moment after hing to V 3 the opening of the te Assistant Postmaster-General C! says that WESTERN PACKING INTERESTS. Western Packing Again Shows a Re- duction in Output. CINCINNATI, April 17.—[Special Tele- m to Tue Bee]—The Price Current within three months from the present time there will be at least one hundred fourth class postoffices in Oklahoma. In his opin. ion there will be more than a hundred thous. and people n Ollahoma within six months, and in his opinion it will be ready for admis® vill say: This is the fourth week in which | sion into the union within two “years. Tha 3 a reduction is shown in the number of hogs | deparument will afford the settlers every pos ¥ sible facility for communication with “the ; handled by the western packers, the re- turns indicating 140,000 against 155,000 the preceding week and 140,000 for the corres. ponding week last year. From Mareh 1 tho total is 1,225,000, against 900,000 a year ago. outside world, and each settlement will be supplied with ' postoffice justa rapidly ae they can be established. COMPTROLLER OF THE CURREXOY, As predicted in these dispatchies the presie dent has appointed Mr. Bdward S. Lacy, of Place, T_189. [ 188, | Michigan, comptroller of the cur Mr. Chicavo Lacy has been a banker in Michigan for a Kansis ¢ number of years, and his apvomtment was L_’ f;lN‘ urged by the leading republicans of the . Lonis state, as well as by bankers from all over T 00 | the country. He was a member of the For- Milwaukes 38000 | t; venth and Forty-cighth congresses, and Cedar Rapids . M | was a member of thé committee on coinage. Cleveland 20,000 | fe said to the press correspondent this afs Bloux City. 27,000 ARE 144 ternoon that he has the arrangements all’ Other Places, 12990 | made for the disposal of his interest in the Jackson B, and that ho will be ready to BASK BALL. ussume his now duties within the fifteen 3 - days specified. Opening of the American Association {d s e (e 5 Champlonship Season. To an _applicant for a consulate CrxcrsNurr, Avril 17.-The champion sea- | who called upon him to-day the son of the American association opened to- | President said that the consideration : of consular appointments would not ba day in the presenco of over ten thousand | gen up for at least threc weeks to comes people. The score: that in appointing the new consuls there Jincinnati 00000001 0— would be no clean sweeps and that the state St. Louis. 0100040 0 *—5| department would act very slowly. The ap- e pointments will be made on geographical Louisville vs Kansas City. lines, due reg ard being at all times had to the 1 LouvrsvinLe, April 17.—The opening game A of the American association here was be- commercial fitness of the applicants. Blaine this afternoon roiterate ment of policy. He aaded in Mr. 1 this state- identally that tween Louisville and Kausas City. Tho | £, "h0 910 consulships there haye been 3,500 B socro L 0000004 0 0_g]|applicants. Itisbelieved that the consulate at Liverpool will go to Mr. Thomas Sher- man, of Maine, who has been for yenrs con neeted with the consular service in tho state department. 1t is stated on good authority, however, that Mr. Morton has asked the president to promote his brother-in-law, Mr. Grinuell, at present the consul at Bradford England, to this office, Mr. George Baln, of St. Louis, is believed to be slated for the Glaszow consulate, and Mr. George Johnson, Kansas Cit 1080010 ~—7 Postponed on Account of Rain. Puiabeieirs, April 17.—The American association championship season was to have been opened to-day between the Athletic and Brooklyn clubs, but rain obliged a postvone- ment until to-morrow. Bavrnwore, April 17.—The Baltimore-Col- | of Cincinnati, for the consul-generalship umbus game to-day was postponed on ac- | at Berlin, and General Adam E. ng, of count of rain, Balumore, for the consul-gencralship at —————— Paris, . 70 GET RID OF HER PARENTS. THE COREAN PAMINE DENIED. Dr. Allen, the American secrctary of the Corean legation, stated to your correspond- ent to-day that the reports printed of the famine which is allezed to be devastating Corea are exaggerated and untrue. He re- 3 from an American friend in A Girl Puts Rough On Rats In Family Tea. ManINE Ciry, Mich, April 17.—[Special Telegram to Tz Bee,]—Monday evening last, James Willlams and wife were taken suddenly very ill with symptoms of poison- ing. They are still in a_serious condition, This morning Matilda Williams, fourteen the crop of rice in southern Corca had been % short this year the shortago had been fore- seen by tho government and that ample sup- plics had been stored up by the king both at years old, daughter of Mrs. Williams by a | private and public expense, and that all former husband, admitted to the physician | Beedy persons would be fully taken care of, that she had put a tablespoonfull of Rough | Thenext crov will be gathered this summer on Itats in tno ted, The girl haa cast hor | ond will bo an ubundant one, There haa been no deaths from famive, he said, and the principal distress among the people arose from the merciless extortions of the governs ment tax gatherers, AN INTERESTING QUESTION, Oneof the interesting questions which fs now o.:cupying the office-seckers 18 the con- struction the present administration will put upon the date of the commencemnent of tha four y terms of officials of the presi- dential class, Representative Payson called on the attorney g v informa- tion on this subject. “Whiic the attorney- general said that the policy had not been definitely settled,” smd Mr. Payson, “still T 4 feel justified in saying the tenure of offica will be held to commence with the date of original appointment.” A NEW NEBKASKA POSTMASTER, Charles H. Woodruft, Keene, Kearney county, Nebraska, vice J. 1. Johnson, ré- signed, JOWA POSTMASTERS AP fortunes with a cowboy combination and was brought home against her will. She saw no way 1o continue upon the high road to fame that she had sclected, other than by remoy- ing her parents, and heted accordingly. A COLORED HEIRLSS, Francis Ebbs Left §20,000 by Her Former Master, Lovsviere, Ky., April 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tnx Bee,|--By a jury’s verdict to- 1cis 1bbs, the colored mistress of . Roman, an old farmer recently de- ed, was given all his property amount- 20,000, Ioman L with the ng woman from slavery days, when he owned I At his death hie left her ana their chil- dren his property. His neice, Mrs. Mary iron, of Indiana, who had been reared by Roman, contested 'the will. She claimed that the will was made” under undue in- [ g, iV AOSTMASTENS AT ¢ Ola flucnce, county, vice Jolm Watts, resigned, and A, K, w“'—"m"g"m Tolics. Stoddard, West Point, Lee county, vice John Kempler, removed. MISCELLANEOUS. The first assistant secretary of the interior has afirmed the decigion of the commissicner of the general land office in_the case of Rob- ; ert H. Waltz vs Abraham Graves, in the ap- i New Yonrg, April 17.-~The loan collection of portraits, relics and silverware of Wash- ington and his time, which will be one of the pleasantest features of the centennial cele- bration, opened for exhibition in the rooms 0 weal of Henry Carty, protestant, fre 2 of the metropolitan_opera house to-night. | (o iumissioners docision of l*‘(-h:'ll;u'ry';gn;.b!&. 4 The portraits, of wuich there are over fifty Waltz his preforence right of awarding to entry as successful contestant for the south- west quarter of section 5, township 33 north, ange 47 west, Chadron, 'Neb., land district. of Washington, are hung in three rooms, and the exhibition of newspapors by craft club, silverware and relics, occupy two more. Tho relics of Washington are numer- | fiREG 4% West ; d 4 - ep o J ¢ ant secretary says ho is satis- ous, and comprise everything from his | giad that the motion to disimiss the contest sword and clothing to the “trappings of his | shouia" have been oyoerruled; that the vl horse. dence fully sustained the truti of the charge against the entry of Graves, wad eutry should be canceled and that should have the preference right of entry, but if for any reason he could not make entry then the said contest afidavit of Carty being on file will give him the preference righv, Peuny S, HEare, —_— Killed With an Ax Fellow- Parnell's tabel Suit. Loxnox, April 17.-Parnell has engaged Sir Charles Russcll, Mr. Askwith and Ar- thur Russell to conduct the libel suit brought by him against th:e Times. The trial of the case will take place in London in autumn, “The specific charges against the Timea are vlistied fac-similes of lo wich |y 0 will insist that the case be conflued to the | and Ebenccer Beem, two Hamilton subject of the 1ssue of the forgeries, and that all questions of o political nature be exciuded | from consideration wood-choppers, became fnvolved i ags this morning, and Weeks buried the back of Beem, cutting th shoulder into the backboue, and wortal wound, i e The Weather Indicati For Nebraska and Towa: Rall N - To Take Action on Trusts, BroouiNerox, 11L, April 17.—The presi- dent of the receut farmer's couveution held here, has issned a call for a state convention of the farmers of Illinois, to meet here on | ¢ided change in temperature, Apnil 25 and lay dewn a line of action in op- | wiads, » position ‘o the biuding twine aud ctter IPor Dakota: Ligkt raios, wlrw greal ruste. able wicds, .