Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1889, Page 1

EIGHTEENTH YEAR. " OMAHA. TUESDAY MORN THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, | President Carnot Touches the Elec- | tric Button, AND THE MACHINERY MOVES. Representod— g Before At sident Makes ech. Every Nation Everyth The Pr Scusible Nearly Kclipses tempted a Paris a Blaze of opiight 189 by New York Panis, 6.--At 2 o'clock this afternoon, surrounded by his ministers and many dis- tinguished guests, President Carnot stood under the great dome of the exposition building to formally declare it open. The prelimingries have been picious. The cercmonial at Versailles, yesterday, while not of first mmportance, was dignified and discreet. The military display, which was inferior v n Luave seen in Paris, was y curtailed to give visitors an opportu nity to see the charms of the most beautiful spot in Kurope, whose natural lovcliness is rotevermatched by its historical associations, in which romance and tragedy are so strangely winglod, The speeches by the president and others were charac terized alike by tact and taste and there was not a solita marring inci- dent. The blank cartridge discharged by the maudlin scnsationalist, who to-day was ascertained to be n harmless imbecile, de- serving only pity, has already been for. gotten. Everywhere the demonstrations were unqualificd. 1€ discontent prev it remained away from Vers: I up to this time, at leust, ut and given no sign. The talismanic spell of thrift soothes whatever of political rancor way scek vent under other circumstances. The trivial episode of General Boulanger's election to the muneipal council of St. Oucn yesterday arouses little interest. As be stands under the dome of the expo- sition building Presideat Carnot is scen to ¢ dvantage. e is smallin physique, straight, wiry and resolute, while amabiiivy of clhar actér is exprossed in the relaxation of his thin lips that may be depended upon for rigor when reauired. He impresses the observer 8 being @ keen man, reticent rather than volpla, more decisive than eager, a_fair and tenacious man. His political expericnes is extensive in legislation and administra- tion. While the are more renowned statesmen than be in France, it is manifest he has combined in an ex L those traits and attainments that adapt him 10 the epoch through which Frauce is pass- ng—aconstructive and defensive period, in alnch it is essential to maintain order with- out infringing upon liberty, and to encour- age and strengthen the moral s of peo- plo in support of self government, while ed- ucation, manufacture, commerce' and_taxa tion are breught into national equilibrium Premier Tirard, who stauds at the pre denv's side, overshudows him in the ¢ Lals of manboy He is a vigorous, even a powerful, man, of stroug features, and kus a finely déveloped head. Ho recalls Mr. Blaine. He 18 older than President Carnot, who is fifty-two, and does not 1ok more that Near the president and the pre- lical of the cabinet, the politi- t Giuyot, the minister of pubhic functions include many of the of the sccretary of with most of those of the interior, members of the cabinet surrounded psident, re-inforced by able men of who have suceessfully conducted the half years of Lockray, Rouvier, LeGrande Dantresme and Christophile, the ablest of bureau heads. The president’s cortege arrived at the ex- position, escorted b brilliant corps of cuirassicrs, whose bre ates and helimets flashed bick the pleasant May-day sun. The crystal tones of the great clock strick two, the trumpets poured forth their strains and the entire assen:bly under the dome arose 1o its feet. It was a spectucl worth remembering. ‘The nation has sup plied during the centuries of its monarehy and empirc many gorgeous spectacles for artists 1 preserve, for poets to chant aud for philosophicrs to discuss, but at 1o time since the days of the great Louis were great lib- erty, woral power, beauty and democracy so pictiiresquely harmoniz t this mowicnt. Conceive a great circle wed under the dome sug s, decor reaching to the apex, noble in symbolism and allusion, the art and Jiterature of all countries noted by ingenious and graceful devices, the names of the world's groatest emblazoned in gold letters, the various em- blems of civilization arranged pictorially upon u segment of arches and a colossal freize extending entirely around the base of the dome eomposed of magnificent proces. sional national types of all races bearing ap- propriate offerings. Beneath this luminous and rich roof are hundreds of arm chairs, single chairs and benches, all in gold upholstering, with 'ms’ in crimson brocade or velvi and & dais, arrayed with h red_draperies for the president and his train, Extending i the Jines of o parallelogram, with an’ endless vista, the palice of fine arts, a plac red velvet, for senators and deputies, judges, heads of departments, chiefs of bureaus, mayors, wembers of the great councils of the rench acadeny, and the Institute of France, the clergy and o functionuries, ‘Thie surprise of the day was the presence of all the diplomatic representatives now in Paris. While their governments deelined to permit thom ofticially t in the open g 0f the exposition, personal good-will, und, possibly, private curiosity, huve overec the prof d they were ull unoficially proscnt s of their i have been kept, while the spirit is broken 1L is a sight that can be seen nowh copt in Paris, All, except the Japanese, who buve lopted the European garb plus unlimited amount of gold lace, all knots and tassels, arc in the dress of their respective courts. Only one foreign representutive is in austere biack unrelicved by any decor tion, This is Robert MeLane, the retiring winister of the United States, who 1s gree with cordial warmth on_every side. There pass near his place, on the benches provided for smbassadors, Orientals with white toeth tlashing from Under their curled brown moustuches, Hindoos in white clonks and capuchins, Africans with feathered clets in thew bheadgear, the Ch minister with @ long suite of yellow attendante among whom there is not a young man, and full-blooded Moors, the contrast between whose swarthy skius and silky white draperies of nun's véiling is occasionally relieved by the raising of a deli cate jevelled hand to dircet an o upon the pullery overhead. Eve scen the broad red ribbon of the Logion of Honor and the cross of the same distinction Generals, scorred and feeble, are assisted to their places by young ofticers ans occupy the tront row of chuirs dais, some of them o erutches, the survivors of many wars. After the Marseillaise had been played by @ picked orchestra and sung by & chorus of men's voices, Premier Tirard rose and de- livered the opening specch. At its closo the audience cheered enthusiastically and Tirard was warmly congratulated, President Carnot then rose to read speech. His voice is shrill, but audib: lfn'acll is well thought out Alon is aelivered with CUrnestness, Every word is safe, predent, plavsible and generous. He his not seized upon 4 natioval occasion o glorify & party, 10 flatter u faction, or to irritate the unthiuk: ing, he bas made no allusion to hostile gov ornments, but has spoken magnaimously and Justly of foreign peoples. He has not gloritied France unduly, but numanity stil more. At the conclusion of his speech aud the finish of the musical programiue, President Cornot descended grom the dais and walked down L0 the s aislo plendor, Associated Press)) cal cconom works, whos nost important the _trcasury, of the sccritary aration t, an nis His 18 perora : | of the galler of fine arts towards the center, where he toucned several electric buttons. In a moment the fountains of the expositions were all pouring fourth their streams to the universal sunshine, and the great engine of the machinery of the palace was in motion. Three or four hundred thousand people outside and inside cheered and every portion of the grounds of the ex- position is open. The exhibitors number 50,000, Paris 18 ablaze with itluminations, niicles are permitted in the streets, is the people's, The countries reprosented are, in addition to France States, Great Britain, Ttaly, Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, Den mark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Grecce, Roumania, Servia, Egypt, Persia, Mexi the Argentine Re public, Bo! Vicaragua, Venezuela, Guat Paraguay, San Do mingo, Japan, East and Australasia, countries are Ger apsence as inevitabie as it is de. and_conspicuous, Turkey and ro. The subject matter of the ex position comprises everything that enters into the material of civilization. While it may be classitied with extreme comprehen- siveness under the heads of fine and indns- trial arts, it contains in the great grounds the history of the universe The applications'for spac expectations, founded on tions, Ihe American farthest behind To-nieht No ve The city by their skill and the United Austria, Hungary, an far exceeded the previous exhibi- representation 18 the Therc is not, for instance, At this writing a vestige of our great national educational exhibit to be scen, nor_are the consignments sent from individual states, nearly all of whichare to be presented, out of the packing boxes. So far as the prosent indications go, the American exhibit on the industrial side will be tho most impressive in gold and silve smithing, in glassware, which has mad marked sensation among the French and Austrian glassmakers, and in_machinery. The place devoted to machinery is a magni- ficient edifice in which a world's conzress might sit. _Its architectural beauty and the splendor of 1ts decorations also render it one of the great centers of interest. The chicf altraction in it is Edison’s display of motors, 1 rines and appy tus, An idea of the vast of the exposition may be gained fr the thouch the exhibition buildings are close erouped the total ground surface excecds three million square feet. The buildings blend strength, suitability, grace in their’ composition. 'Th decorations surpass in_elegance of and riciness of tone those of any st ever put up for similar use. An episode, commingling the pathetie with tne droll, occurred n the conduct of the jury of Ameri 1 artists, residing in Paris, sitting upon the works of art offered by Americans, The versatile and erratic Whistler decided to renationalize himself. The submission of lus exposition pictures to the Amcrican jury was a surprising act of patriot- ism, which did not, howocver, en- counter reciprocal appreciation, and a number of his_ pictures were rejectod. In rath he withdrew them all and submitted m to the ritish jury, where hie is now wssificd. ‘I'he venerable seulptor, Story reason, also fared ill at the hinds of the young Y In this case_kindly inter- Vention reversed a decision, which was alike unwarranted snd ungraciou nterior design cture for some DID PORTER RUN? General Butler is Understood to Have So Intimated. WasniNeroy, May 6.—[Special Telegram to Tur Ber)—Admiral Porter's attention was called to a dispatch from Boston, stating that General Benjamin F. Butler had de- clared that the admiral was the person to whom he referred in his eulogy of Farragut, Wednesday. The general spole of his brave ofticers, all save one, a high oflicer who ran_away. | rged | this officer, who could hardly be any one but Porter, with running back in a panic with his flotilla during the passaze up the river before the capturc of New Orleans, on account of the discov of a few rebel 1 fioating batterics Admiral Porter 1s inclined to matter as u jok And 80 General Butle things about me ' be said at 1 think of kim. I havy that he is a coward and Let bim talk, no one belicves Lim, About o in four ycar: Butler makes a svasmodic rush at me like a mad bull, but I have always caught him on the horus and thrown him flaton his back. Except for tne fun of laying him out again 1 would mot notice him.” I came very near thrashing him when he was military governor of New Orleans, and Lam sorry ‘T did not do it.” “The admiral then quoted from official docu- ments, that both Generals J Phillips capitulated to him he received the thanks of Secretary Wells for his -ser- vices and gallantry at that time. He adds: “If therc is any mlore talking to be done it must bo by General Butior, and uot by wy- seif.,” look on the s been saying Well, he knows said time and - IANA REGULATORS, LOU They Keep Negroes Away From the Iolls at Lafayette. Larayeere, La., May 6,--Av 6 o'clock this morning @ party of about thirty armed men surrounded the court house, while several rizer bunds, also armed remained just out- side the town limits. ‘Phese men in menac g tones prociumed that no negro would be i to vote at the mmunicipal election, Tho sheriff offered to escort a number of negroes to the court house to vote, but the threatening attitude of the armed mob made them turn baek, ‘The polls were then closca wl o statement of the affair forwarded to the governor. Later the sheriff succeeded in arresting ten of the *regulators,” and he thinks the parish authorities will be able to suppress the disorder. As afprecautionary measure, however, the military have been ordered to move at a moment’s notice, The postponed election will be held at o future duy. Itis stated the larger portion of the Sropulutors™ were non-residents of the town and that but a fow of them lived in the parish where the affair oceurred, - RNl it SOALPING SCALPERS. Railrond Ticket Brokers in Chicago Quitting the Business. Crieaao, May Tue Bee]—A that not a ticket scalper in Chicago is mak- ng expenses. As oue evidence, he men- tioned the fact that Mulford, one of the most widely known of the gentry, had been com- pelled to go out of the business, he sending out word to that effect Saturday. The prio cipal proof of the offeial lay in the fact thut no road entering Chicago now. issucd any sealpable form of tick The_threat of the Central Trafic and Western States assen- per associations to drive the scalpers out of business 19 acarly consummated. Mulford had scen the beginniug of the end and quit the losing game. f.—{Special railroad o Telegram to said to-day - THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE. many Will Consent to Malietoa's Kecrowning, Provided N, May 0.-1t is st=+ed that Ger- muny will consent that Mulietoa be re instated as king of Sawoa provided the United States goversweat purchases the German plantations or guarantees the pay ment of Samoans who may purchase them, Germany will further waive her demands for the punishment of Mataafa if the rela. tives of Germans who were slain are awply couipensated. Germany will not cluim po G Toxn { titical preponderance. A wtedd A, 1L, May ed, murde Gar itis ¢ terday, was w confinement to-da, He claiws to be inuocent, and 8 that his claiw will be established at the proper tim plicod BUT AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR. | A Report That Blaine Proposes to Resign. | CLEVELAND'S SACRIFICE SALE, Everything Knocked Down at Ridicu- lously Low Frices— Nebraskn's Delegation Pow-Wow—A New Department Proposed. WASHINGTON Buneav, Tre OMana Bre, Hmer e, | Wasnixaron, D, C,, May 6. There was a report around town to-day to thie effect that Secretary Blame intends to resign on accountof ill health, Your corre- spondent made some inquiries at the state department in relation to the report, and was unable to discover that there was the slightest foundatiou for it. Mr. Walker Blaine says that his father is improving, and as far as he knows he has never thought of resigning his position. He will probably be entirely well within a week, and witl fully resume the duties of his oftice. A SACRIFICE SALE, President Cleveland’s name did not lend additional value to his seal browns, car- riages and stable trappings, which were sold at public auction this afternoon. They brought astonishingly low prices. The horses cost Mr, Cleveland between £500 and $700 each, and were sold for §141 each. The brougham cost §1,200 and sold for $450. The landeau cost £1,400 and sold for 8650, The victoria cost $1,000 and brought £435. The silver-mounted harness with the monogram sold for 2. Two suits of livery sold for £14.25 and $14.75 respectively. Robes with the family monogram sold for less than half their cost. There was great disappointment on the part of the auctioneers, who begized the large audience to give fair prices for the trappings. NEBRASKA'S D There was u LEGATION CONFERS, ing of the Nebraska dele- gation in congress to-day at the committee room of Senator Manderson, All of the delegation except Mr. Laird were present. The object of the mecting was to discuss the federal appointments for the state, butowing to the absence of Mr. Laird no definite action was taken upon anything. Nearly all of the time was occupied in_the examination and discussion of the applications for land oftices. 1t is not believed that_there will be many vacancies in these positions before the piration of the present commissions. The first change is expected in the registership of the O'Neill oftice. After the meeting, Senator Paddock and Representatives Dor- sey and Connell called on Representative Laird and found him in much better health than he has been for ral months. He assurcd his callers that he would be present at the meeting to be held to-morrow afte noon, at which final conclusions are expe on & number of the positions. Mr. Laird ex- peets to go to Atlantic City this week for the purpose of getting a chanize of wr, and_h will remain there' as loug as he receives benetit, A NEW DEPARTMENT. An effort will be made to revive in the Aifty-first congress the bill providing for the establishment of a new executive depart- ment introduced by the late Representative Townshend, of Illinois, in _the last congress. This bill provides for a department to be called the “department of industries and public works,” charged with the supervision of public business relating to agriculture, abor, the improvement of rivers bors, coast, weoditic and geological surveys, the ‘construction of public buildings and lighthouses, the establiskment of a naval observat the steamboat inspee- tion ser state commission and fish and The new bill will not in- clude agriculture, of course, as that has been madoe a separate department and its head iven a seat in the cabinet, It is proposed to include 1n the new department the census bureau, which will be given a permanent es- tablishment, thus obviating the confusion and lack of uniformity caused by the pres- ent plan of organization of that bureau. Senatoe Cullom, of Ilinois, also presente a bill during the last coneress, “for the es- tablishment of a bureau to be known as the bureau of harbors and waterways, and for other purposes,” under the supervision of the war department and to be ofticered by civil engine The country, according to Senator Cullom’s plan, is to be divided into ten or cleven engineering divisions, the river and harbor improvement of each’ to be under the chief of the division. Kach bill 3 and as there is a conflict wthority proposed to be vested in the tment and the bureau, it is expected a fight will ensue and legislation be postpoued, if not entirely defeated. WINDOM BE(TER. ctary Windom is still confined to his se. He has recently moved from the Hotel Arno to the residence of Mr. Gardner Hubbard, on Connecticut avenue. His in- disposition is of a comparatively urivial character, although it is suficient” to kecp him away from the department, and it is not expected that he will be there to-morrow. The sceretary is not allowing nis work to run behind, however, as he has his private ntly by his side, and gots off more work thau it ould be possible for him todo if he were at the department, The reason of this is, that heis free from the crowds of officehunters who hung around his room from 10 to 1 o'clock every day, when- ever he is at his desk. His absence from the ofice and from cabinet weetings will probably delay the appointment of some of the subordinate ofticiuls of the treasury and will probably, unless he recovers sufiiciently to return to lis duties to-morrow. prevent the filling of the auditorships and the two comptrollershins, which appointmer 8 were expected to be made this week PALMER CALLS ON 1A . Frank W. Pal ', the Chicago editor who has been nominated by public opinion for the public printership, arrived here this morn- ing, and before noon was talking with th president. He came, he siys, upon a tele grabhic request from Private Sceretary Hal- ford, The president talked about aimost overything except the position in question, discussing politics, local and generai. This evening Mr. Palmer said he did not know more in regard to his appointment thun he did before leaving home. He dined to- day with Mrs, Clarkson, wife of the first stant postmaster-gencral, When he was departing from the white house the presi- dent asked him to call again, ana Mr. Pal- mer's friends to-night believe the appoint- ment will be made within a day or two. The object of the presigent in talking to Mr. Palmer as he did was undoubtedly to get acquainted with him. Hesides the publi printer, & nnmber of appointments are ex- pected this week. The three commissioners for the District of Columbia are, it is said, 1o be named. Judge Gilkinson, of Bristol, Pa., the man Senator Quay pushed for the solicitorship of internal revenue, and over whose appointment the contention arose be- n Senators Quay and Sherman, is ex- ted to be named United States district judge for the northern distriet of Florida. DENIED 1IN 1070, Oue of the local papers contained a para- gatph this worning to the effect that 141 con- sular positions would be filled on Wednesday of this week, The paragraph was printed entirely without authority and was denied in toto at the state department to-day. The ef- fect was, however, that two-thirds of all the applicants for cousular positions now in the city bastened to the departmeot to ascertain, if hossible, if their names were among the 141 It was learned that there are about firty consulur cases already made up and it is thought at the department that this num- ber of changes n the service will be made this week, THE EFFECT, The effect of General Clarkson’s absenee in Kentucky last week upon the workings of the postoftice department was shown to-day, when, for the first time since he has taken charge of the ofiice of the assistant post- mastor-general, a day has passed without the appointment of a fourth-class postmaster, MISCELLANROUS Special may] service in Nebraska has been oraered discontinued as follows: Dike, Hitcheock county; Rill, Hitehcock county Hancock, Dundy~ county; Winfield, Brown county; Halsted, Brown county; Putnam, Cherry county; Abbey, Grant county; Weyerts, Cheyenne county: Rosecrans, Sheridan county; Riggs, Sheridan county. PEKSONAL, Mrs. Van Wyck, wife of ex-Scnator Van Wyck, of sica, i8 quite il at her resi dence here. As soon s she_suiciently re- coyers she will return to her Nebraska home. Miss Carrie P, Chureh, of Nebraska, was to-day appointed in the general_land office. pold Hahin, of Hastings; Lewis Irvine, rney: Chris Schopficld, of Grand Isl and; Dr. Johnson, of Filmore county; and Johin Barsloy, are in the city. enator Paddock returned to Washin last night. He expects to be in Nebr some time before the end of next week. Periy § At on aska PIRST LED, THEN INQUIRED, A Denver Man Shoots and Kills a Supposed Burglar Dexver, Colo., May 6.—|Special Telegram to i Bee.]—At 3:30 o’elock, this morning, ex-Alderman John B. Goodman shot and killed a burglar. Immediateiy after the shooting Mr. Goodman aroused his neigh bors and telephoned to the police. The trol wagon took the body to polico head- quarters. Goodman then procecded to the station and gave himself into the hands of the officers. He was not placed under arrest, Goodman said at first that he was awak- ened by the barking of his dog. He poked his head out of the window, and in the breuking hight of the morning saw a man at the back door, evidentiy trying to get into the house. Goodman was at an up stairs winaow, and directly over the would-be house-breaker. He walked back to the burean, where his revolver lay, and then over to the window acain. The man was still there in a_stooping posture, and work- ing quietly. Goodman took aim and fired. The burglar did not even groan. He fell on the stoop and rolled off to the ground. The shot entered the head just behind the right ar, the bullet lodging under the skin in the right of the forchead. The dead man's hands were callous and somewhat chapped, us though he might have been engaged in some work where mortar is used, Nothing was developed at the inquest copt that the man was not directly under the window, but some distanca aw the man’s indentity, even, not being established. He was a laborer and worked on the tramway several weeks ago. Nothing further is known. It is believed by many that the sc called burglar was simply drunk and lost h Goodman is fracly censured for shoot- without giving warning or demand - planation after ne “had the drop.”’ e SCHEMING 1'OR SAMOA, Germany's Futile Efforts to Pocket the Island. 2w Youk, May 6.—[Special Telegram to Bei.|—John Klein has received from King Mataafa two letters, dated February 6 and March 13. In the first he quotes the German consul as writing to him as follows: “Itis not possible to allow your boats free in the waters of Samoa if there is not first established a treaty between you and me on the subject we arc considering—that is to say, the Germans in Samoa are to have abso- Iute power over all the white persons in the country.” He also appeals to the people of the United States to he'p build a new Cath- olic church at Apia. v the second letter he says: “During the month Just passed (Ieb- ruary) the German consul, Dr. Knappe, wrote to me almost_every day, and always with the sawe objeet—that my people would have to return everything thut has been n from the Germans—cocoanuts from plantations and other food—since the day of the battle of Fagali. December S, 1855, up to the present time. The German eonsul is con- tinually using all his efforts to the end of malding peace with me and Sawon, and then inducing me to drive away Amcrican and English interests from all of Samou, so that thien there would be no white persons al- lowed to live in Samo ting Germans,” ex- sug 1S THERE A TW1 TRUST? Binding Twine S, to Cost 5 Conts an Acre More Than Last Year. ScrinNer, Neb, May 4.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: rom the fact that there is no twine trust, it scems folly to discuss the twine business, or any devices to avoid its use. The fact is, those who have written the miost about it know the least. For instance: The Nebraska Farmer has an item as fol- lows: “The machine agents arc asking farmers 2 cents por pound for binding twine. The same kind of twine could have been bought five years ago for 12 cents, It is an outrage.” There isn't a word of truth in_cither end of this. First. The machine men are not asking 25 cents por pound for twine. The best twine can be bought for 12 ¢ 20 cents—better twine than has ever been sold heretofore, It may cost 5 cents per acre more for twine than last year; but, the rise in price is just as legitimate as the price that raises hogs from 4 cents to 6 cents in sixty « 8. There is no talk of rust” then, The fact is, those who have written the most about twine, never saw a binder, and wouldn't know binding twine from any other. Give us facts on this twine business, and not non- sensical ideas about “foilmg.” w. The Visib e Supnly. May 6.—The visible supply for ending May 4, as compilad vy of the Chicago voard of trale, SHICAGO, the week the secrotal is as follows: Wheat Corn Outs Rye Barley . All Quiet on ihe Raritan. New Brosswick, N, J., May 6.—All is now peaceful along the Raritan river railroad and the brick yard men at Sayreville, One hundred deputy sheriffs were taken to the scene of yesterday's trouble last night, as another outbreak was expected, No distur- bance occurred, as the railroad men did not put in an appearance, Steps are to be taken for the arrest of themurderers of Kissin ger. e Dicd From Fright, St Josern, Mo, May 6.—|Special Tel gram to Tue Bee.|—Floren Beck, ten years old, son of a market gavdener cast of town, dropped dead to-day, from fright. His team started to run away and when 1t was stopped the boy, who, until that time, had held the reins, dropped dead. Three years ago o brothier died in much the same Wway S - Topeka Plumbers on a Strike. Toreka, Kan., May 6.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—All the union plumbers of the city, about seventy-five in number, went out on a strike to-aay. They want nine hours to constitute a day's work, iustead of ten, as has been the rule heretofore. The bosses refuse to accede to their demands. All plumbing work is suspended, as there are 1o non-union workmen in the cit) - - Danmark Passengers. New Youk, May b.—The passengers of the steamship Davmark which foundered at sea, who were left in the Azores by the Missouri, were landed at Castle Garden from the steamship Wiland to-day. 20 of them. e The Fire Record. Loxpox, May 6.—The soap wor's of David & William Gibbs, in Hanover court, Milton street,buve burned causing a 1oss of £100,000, There | i po—1 WHERE IS DR. CRONIN? It is Hinted That Political Enemies Assassinated Him. AFRAID OF ALEXANDER SULLIVAN That Prominent Agitator Thinks the Doctor Will Turn Up A1l Rtight ~A Remarkable Publis eation in the Case, An Able-Bodied Chicago Sensation. Ciicaco, May 6.—[Special Telogram to Tir Bee.|—The fate or whereabouts of Dr, P. H. Cronin, well known in Irish nationalist circles, who has been missing since Saturday evening from his residence, 470 North Clark streot, is still a mystel Although the city tives, the Pinkerton operatives and the o police of Lake View have been work ing unceasingly on the strange case no fur- ther clues have been found that might tead to a possible solution of the affair. It was reported that Dr. Cronin was seen this morn- ing in a saloon on the North Side, but the rumor could not be verified. Very few uddi- tional details regurding the mysterious man who carried Dr. Cronin away in a bugey to seo a patient, or the blood-stained trunk found in Lake View, have been learned. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin, in whose residence Dr. Cronin lived, scout the idea that he is on a spree. They claim he is not a hard drinker. There seems to be a desire on the part of Cronin’s friends to attribute his disappear- ance to a conspiracy of his Irish political en- emies and several of them throw out myste- rious hints about Alexander Sullivan, the woll-known cx-president —of the national leagrue, and his enmity to Cronin, Cronin 1 to the “kicking™ faction m the last Chicago convention, when Messrs, O'Brien, Redmond and Deasey were here from Ire- land. Mr. Conklin in talking to a reporter, said: “Oh! the doctor was always afraid he would be hurt by somebody, and he was particu- larly afraid of Alexander Sullivan and other members of the opposite Irish party. He said several times to my wife, *If 1lose my life or anything happens to me, Alexander Sullivan will be the one at the back of it all) Armed with tlis quotation called on Alexander Sulli what hie had to say. say on that point,” “1t is too contemptable to notice, he had not seen Mrs, Conklin's interview and he declined to discuss the subject. He said hehad heid Dr, Cronin in eontempt, and he told the doctor that he did, to lus face. ‘or three years he had had nothing what- cover to do with Dr. Cronin, took no interest in that individual’s person’ or affairs, and knew nottiing of his comings or goings, I feel,” said he, Dr. Cronin will turn up presently, after he has made o suflicient sensation. 1 am not inclined to think that hie has beon murdered.’” P. O'Sullivan, the ice ¢ to whose place it was supposed Cronin v summoned, had, but a_short time before, contracted with the physician to attend his family or any of his emplo; He kno nothing of the supposed call for the doctor’ service. A singular thing is the appearance, simul- tancous with the disappearance of Cro- nin, of a pamphlet which he had printed for circulation among his friends. It is a queer jumble of words and ideas. In it he secms to be hauted by a morbid fear of a man whom_he does not nume, but who is Alex- ander Sullivan, and the slightest facts, are, to his mind, proof that cverybody is in league with Sullivan aguinst hin. A” steno- rapher named Williston took the record for a lawyer in some casc in_which_Cronin appeared” as a wi and the fact that Williston's oftice is next door to Sullivan's is pointed to as proof of a conspirac Phe pamplict besins with the prepara- for the last national league convention Dr. Cronin and the *Disciples of orce’ were defeated, nnd a jealousy of the men wio were made heads' of thit moy ment scemed to have taken posscssion of him. He evidently hated and feared them It was suggested by a gontloman, after read ing this pamphiet, that Cronin ‘might b disappeared for a thne in_order, if possible, to have Alesander Sullivan suspected of foul play toward him. The pamphlet brings Lawyer C. M. Hardy and others into “The Couspiracy,” which the writer said was be- ing concocted against him, THE FISH COMM! the reporter i and asked i “I haven't a word to replicd Mr. Sullivan. ? He said lerin Lake View, i when SION. ans Prepared For the Sumu Colonel McDona'd. WasniNGroy, May 6.—To an Associated press reporter, to-day, Celonel McDonald, fish commissioner, set forth the plans pro- posed by him for the summer. At the re- quest of Ohio, the fish commission this spring added to its regular programme th distribution of pike, pereh and pickerel cpgs and fry collected and hatched at Sandusk About cighty millon cggs » seepred and these are now being planted in th waters of Illinois, Ohio and Western Penn sylvar The trip of the distributing car to Illinols is reported to have one of the most successiul ever made. The distr bution of shad exzs and fry is being con- ducted from several hatcheries in the east. A car will loave Washington to-morrow on its second trip o the th, with 1,000,000 eggs, ' gomg dir to Montgomery, Ali., whenee distribution to local streams will be my m ng the summer, cars will be engaged in the collect iny wting of indigenous fishes in the Mis: alley, in the ates of Ne braska, 1llinois, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, and nety hatcheries are to be loeated at Put: in-Bay Island, Lal . which w largest fish hatehery in the world ¥ of 530,000,000 ezgs & year grcen lake, Colo., and Baird's Point, By e % AN EX-ASYLUM PAT The Man Who Fired the tridee ar Car Panis, May 6. —Perrin, the man a blank cartridge President the latter was leavine th yesterday, was recently unde insanity. NT. Blank Car- ho fired Carnot, a8 Eylseo palice treatment for L e Newsboys' Friend Cicaao, May 6,—Colonel Alexander Hoge, land, president of the and Girls' Na tional Home and Employment association, passed through the city, this evening, on his e in Lincoln, Neb., having way to his hol been engaged for several months past in lecturing and working in the interests of the | Indiana and [linois, association in Ohio, The Sioux Commission WASHINGTC M x-Governor Foster, General Wit rand Seere- tary Miller, of the Sioux commis: called upon Secretary Noble to-day and received their final instructions, — General Crook will meet his associates in Chicago, May 27, from which point tiey all together will procecd to the Sioux reservation in Dukota - The Weather For Nebraska, Dakota and lowa—Threat ening weather, sovere local storms and light rains, cooler winds, shifting to westerly Special predictions—A storm of con- siderable energy is central over Dakota, and the conditions are favorable for violent loval storws in Minncsota, Iowa und the adjoining states during Tuesday or Tuesday night. Boys' Indications, | Tne g | to be the THE CARTER C. The Audience Again Disappointed in the Matter of Sensatio Cmesgo, M Special Tele T B, | —In the Carter case, to-day, Land lord Crittendon, of the Cooper house, Coop orstown, his wife and daughter Dora, by deposition, entored a genoral denial of all the told by the housekeoper, Mrs, Mo Dora, in particular, who Mrs, Mor- rissey connected with the pitcher of water ry, denied pomt blank that had gone to the housekeeper, on the night in question, or any other night, to have her dress re paired. She nover heard of the story Mrs, Morrissey told, until shesaw it in the papers. Both Dora and mother united in the opinion that the ad, wicked woman, The audicnce pricked up their ears when the deposition of Dudley Gregory was announced Gregory is the man Mrs, Morrissoy claims to have seen with Mrs, Carter at the time of the sliower bath episode. He denied vigor ously any impropriety with the fair plmntiff, and endeavored to show by circumstantial ovidence that hie was not in Cooperstown the night sho signifiod. His positiveness on_ the last point was, however, considerably shaken in the cross-examination. James 1. Pearce, a Now York state tor, and a prowment lawyerin Brooklyn, says in his deposition that” he don't know' Mrs, Morrissey, and in vigorous lauguage brands as false her assertion that she suw him ut Mrs, Carter's room door at unseasonable hours, and was reproved for not attending to his sick wife. He vecame well acquainted with Mrs. Carter through his daughters, who were very intimate with her. One of them quently to stuy over night i Mrs. Carter's room, Pearce denies emphatically that there was cv thing improper in his relations with Mrs. Carter. ‘The audience were hoping to hear Kyrle Hellew's testi mony after this, but the preceding deposition had been very tedious and Judge Jamieson adjourned the court. e THE SHEFFLER MURDER TRIAL. 1t Will Consume the Week ~Douglas® Excursion o Oaspe Dovaras, Wyo.,, May 6.-[Special gram to Tie Bere.| —=The interest us the Sheffer murder trial progresses, Mrs. Selden, the widow of the murdered man, and J. D, Selden, bis brother, were on the stand most of theday. Mrs. Sclden’s evidence was very damaging to Sheffer, but was weakened somewhat on cross-examination. Darrow, who is_enarged with attempting to f te testimony in the interest of Shoffer, will be brought before the court to- morrow. It is hardly likely now, that the case will go to the jury before Saturday, as the vrosecution and defense are both miking a stubbos fight. Judge MeGinnis, visiting attorneys, ofiicers of court and a delézation of seventy Douglas citizens and ladins excurted to Caser by special train yesterday, visiting the coal ines at Inez and Glen Rock en route, — - RETURNIN stories rissey. her housekeeper 18 sena Tele G BOOMEI Disapp inted in Oklahoma They Turn Their Steps to Dakota. Prenne, Dak., May Special Telegram to Tue Bee] -A good sized caravan of Ollahoma boomers arrived in Pierre to-day being fresh from Oklahoma territory, hay ing with them wawrons, horses anfd plenty of stock. They could not get land there and will stop in Pierre until the Sioux reservation opons, which, it is beheved, w il be in Sixty days, when they will all take claims in the big reservation. They report that a large number of boomers who were crowded out in_Oklahoma arc headed for Pierre and the Sioux reservation. The stampede for this country hus commenced. sunsin okl LA FATAL FRACAS, One Boy Killed, Au On LovisviLie, K young men, who were pic near here, yesterday, went in the afternoon w0 the saloon of Henry Werner for wine. He did not have the kind they wanted, and a quarrel ensued. Werner chased them out- side with @ whip, when the boys began pelt- ing lim with stones, A young man named Schastian | v rushed o Werner's aid, and, vetng stenck by a stone, drew a revolver and’ began firing. Frank Burton, aged sventeen, and Will Dietrich, aged eizhteen, were shot'through the bowels, und kudolph Gossman, aged nineteen, through the neck. Dictrich is dead, Gossman' dying, and Bur ton is very low. Isbbinger picads sclf-de fen: G.-A party of ing in the woods Pensions, — Nebraska and Ig WASHINGTON, May 6.—[Special Telogram toTue ek, |- Pensions granted Nebraskans : Original invalid —James M. Anderson, Miles ¥. Hoplin Increase ~Nehen Munson, William C. Barber, John C. Myers, Jasper Peterson, Daniel D. Johuson, Ambrose Hickert, Mar tin L. Bullard, William . Firey, William 13, Ashiton, Joscph Holwes, Albert Wiker, William P. Garettson Pensions for lowans: Original invalid— Alfred Shelton, William A, Young, Andrew J. Mason, PPhilip Yohum, Jacob Lang, John Cusey, dohn H. Burger, Lauriston L. Mille Iucrense—George Crop, Stephen T, |eigh- ton, David Hellier, Alvis Ehrensberger, Benjamin I Yates, John Richmond, Myers, Joshua Strub, William 11" Titus, Matheus 1issinger, Bnoch Shaw, Ricliard D, Andrews, Henry 'O, Coniy, Albion Cum izs, Ivory Leich. Original widows, ete. Jawes Van Winlde ah Mary B., widow of - Another Boy Preachoer, ATLANTA, Ga., Ma Specal Telugram to T Bee, | —Jimme Cook,the boy preact of Carroll county, addressed a crowded hou at Newmun, Ga., last night. He is years old, weighs fifty pounds, and over three and a iaif feet ligh, e i illiterate, yet hLis sermon was thing wonderful. He went upon the plat form in the prescnce of an intellectusl audi euce, knelt down in ver, and then vead a chapter in th d the audi ence 16 sing something, afte i\ ho made a brief prayer. In bis sermon he xept close 10 his text, made many quotations from the bible, und interpreted ths parable of the gin referred to in the chapter which he re He says ho was converted last summer, wudienics ook up a collection for Lim ut ke twelve s not some 1 close of the meet - mship Avrivals, 1phia, the ludiang, from Liver Ste At Philud pool the Em Southampton, from New or Bremen. . the » of Georgia, from York, tie Circassia, from Gilas ) AL Hoston, the Dunbiam City, from Liver pool. e y lation of ates, 6. ‘il Telegram to Inter-state Commerce xt Thursday lence of Chairman Blunchard an convicting the St ad Nor u of manipulation of ay be brought to the attention of the ussociation ip CnicaGo, Ma Be Ihe Ruliway associat It is hnted 0 meets L the ey The Dakoty I.ean Crry, Da au 1o T Bre. | of the Dakots Hills visiting ance S Farmers' Alliance. May 6.—[Special Tele . A. Loucks, president Farwmers' aliiance, isin the and addressing each branch The maln object of his visit is said founding of a newspaper to uscd and controlled s an alliance organ is suid that e will urge the aliiauce pose Judie Moody, al m It W op- 'NUMBER 320. A SCORCHING SEA OF FLAMES Forest Fires Continue to Rage In tho Northwest. SWEEPING ALL BEFORE THEM, Many Residencoes and Heads of Live Stock Consnmed—A Little Near Duluth Bt Slight Cheek. tin a Raging Prairie Fires, ST, Pavr, Ma Farious forest raging i the northern of and Wisconsin, and an o damage has been don For miles on three sides of Duluth the fire rages among the | and many country destroyed. On the road, near Duluth, every dwelling for four miles has been destroyed. 1t is teared, also, that some lives have been lost, as incoming farmers report a vast sonof fire sweeping overything before it. Se oral houses we burned yestorday near Spirit Lake, A large number of tele graph poles were destr 0 thut commu- nication is groatly inte 1 with, and in some places railroad ties have burned out, making it dangerous to move trains, South of Ashland for 150 miles tho forests are ablaze. On the Fond du Lac Indian reservas tion over #0,000 worth of skidded lows went up and othier losses aggrerating 210,000 aiso oceurred on the reservation, Cumberlund, Wis, is almost wholly sur- rourded by fire, and the people are ularmed foaring the destructlon of — the _eitys The losses aggregate #4000, North of Grantsbure, Wis., the five has swept the country, destre crything in its path, Houses, barns, granaries and fences have Leen swept ont of existence. Along the rthern Pacific, in the neighborhood of Cromwell: the tamarack forests and what- ever else comes in the fire’s way is turned into ashes, Near Hinckley, M. and Earnest Lowell were surrounded by fire and were so badly burned they will dies Four yoke of oxen also perished. Deverm, Minn., May 6. There was quite & heavy ram in this vicinity for s few minutes yesterday which checked the forest fires somewhat, but as the rain was local it _did very little good outside this vicinity. Near Carlton station, Wis., fifteen miles east of here the house, barn and entire plant of the brickyard of 8. H. Apgar were destroyed, and he saved only the ciothes on his back, From indications and reports the fire musg be in some of the thick pine woods westy south and southwest of here. The damagad to settlers and furmers and to the lumbers man will probably be great. A good deal of stock, 10 doubt, has been destroyed and seve eral lumber companies are burncd out. Kain is badly needed. 6 fires are Minnesota amount of parts residences have b Hermantown on Thomas _Campbell re at Winnipeg. WiNNIPEG, Manitoba, May 6.-A fire this morning, destroyed several business houses, two hotels and . Jewish synagogue, The fire at 2 o'clock was practically under con- trol. Zion Methodist church and other larga buildings were badly scorched, but wera saved with little dainage. The' totul loss awmounts to $35,000. - FINK ON THi STAND. Testifics Before Co ttee. —Thoe first witness ex- senute committee which is the alleged owuership, by Canadian corporations and capitalists, of American roads, was Comuissioner Finlk, chairman of the trunk line association. He explained that this association of railroads was to arrange joint and competitive tariffs 1o sccure uniformity in charges and classifi- cauvion, and to maintain the established tariffs. In response to a question about the Canada Southern road, Fink said that the road in question was lea sed by the Michigan Central road. Fink acknowledged that the Grand Trunk road had differential rates for its New England business, but suid is was not looked upon in_the light of dis- erimination for the reason that its’ road was at least 100 miles longer, Continuing the witness said the Grand Trunk road was forced i a measure to subsidize the steam- ship compuny running to Portiand for the reason tiat but one lae ran theve. 1f thew rates were not lower to that Dboint there would be no freight sent there. In answer 1o @ question by Chairman Cullom, whether he had any sug- 18 to0 the amendments to the inte ws, be said the dificulty is to co matter of munugement by law. Tl state commerce commission should hava diseretion 1o aeal with the questions that and to make exceptions i certaim . ‘I'he rates from a0 to tho sea 1 points, Commiss I'ink said, wera the sume whether freight stopped there or was exported "To the question by Senator Hiscock as ta what would be the eflectto shippers if tha diferential rate to the Canadian rouds werq abolished, the witness said it wouid simply reduce the number of lines at the shippersd commund, Many points in the northwest, 100, would be hurt by the shipping of th Grand T'runk road, but the great number o the shippers would not be be hurt if hulf & dozen of the trunk lines were wiped out, AU 1:30, after an exhaustive explanation of differential rates by Commissioner Fink for the benetit of Scuator lair, the commiy 100K @ recess. v Youk, May amined by the investigating ine - SCHWEINFURTINS FAD, Ono of the Church T viedes n Onure axsas Crev. Mo, M gram W T Bee. | —Rey the Church “Triumphant, inmphant Mihant, |Special Teles 5. Ford, pastor of i sect which bes lieves that @ sccond Christ has been found iy the person of ¢ J. Schweinfurth, of Rockford, (11, forced his way into a moeting of the Protestant winisters’ aliiance, of thig CiLy, Lo-diny, i atter o enlighten them 48 th the fruc fuith Half a dozen in an instant as a blasph AS violence their s were on their feel was bitlerly denounced nd some of the prouchery with personal sventered inte o or, it he churches. in th i Decislon. Special Telegrang Guthrie w-auy rens dered a decision ne case brought by the iKansas Home lusurance company to come pel Superintendent Wi of the insurance | Gepartment, 1o issie a license 10 their coms pany to do business an KKansas, the decision being in favor of Wilder. The' judge holds that Superiutendent Wilder construcs the taw correetly wien he refuses to allow the wmutual companics of Kunsas 10 trausack business [0 this state when they issue poli cies iu other states Toresa, Ka to Pk Hek. j—Judgo Bhipments ¥rom Chicago Cnicaco, May 6.—[Special Tologram I'ne Hee. | —The tot st-Lound shipments, pt live stock, from Clicago, last week, were 36,501 tous, against 39,547 tons the pres vious weck, and 50543 tons for the rro. sponding week of 1353, Of lust week's ships ments, 14,163 tons were Hour, grain and pros visions. ‘Uhe Michigan Central carried 37 It ceut, the G wl Truok and Fort Whyne uch 17, the Luke Shore 14, the Haltimore & Oio 10, the Nickel Platé 7, and the Pagy | Laudie 4. Public WA exc - tion of War it May 6.—Major | Da; ocate, has been selected by Sceretury IProctor as the head of the coms mission provided for in the suudry civil aps | ropriatan bill, 1 continue the publication i of tho records of the war of the rebeliia, rd George 13,