Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 8, 1889, Page 1

| { I THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 8 1890, PALMER 1S PUBLIC PRINTER. | &6t shen™ wi®uoe % | FOUR HUNDRED ARMED MEN. A FIVE THOUSAND ERAUD, | mEvoms ra cosmissios. EIGHTEENTH YEAR. NUMBER 327, “DOCTOR JIN'S” DEPOSITION. Appearance of the Pill Pounder in the Oarter Case. CENTRAL TRAFFI0 ASSOCIATION. Proceedings of the ‘Ohteago Commit- tee of That Body. Ciicaco, May 7.—[Spheial Telogram to Tue Bee.]—The Chicagé committee of the Central Trafic association decides to day that, beginning July 9, the action of the presidents of tho trunk lines in deciding to pay three-fourths of acent a mile mileage on refrigerator cars,. shall go into effect also on central traflic lines, Owing to the fact the contest was served on her, she was on Representatives of Twenty-six West- her way to her claim with a load of lumber ern Roads Assemble. for her house. *‘While the conduct of the Wasmixatoy, May 7.—Pursuant to an He Received His Appointment Last | cjaimant,” says the first-assistant secretary, The Hannibal & St. Joe Road Out | .\ "1y 8 U tate commerce commis- Evening. “might be cxcused as between herself and t : ommerce eomt - the government, had there been no adverse That Amount. ul?n,(nq\:wx;u. nm{p:non;:“m fore ‘::1‘0 com. —_— wission to-day of the_reprosentative claim to the land, tho facts must now be con- sidered in connection with the right acquire twenty-six carriers, mostly westorn roads, to TWO OMAHA MEN INDORSED. STRANGE STORY OF A VOUCHER. answer and set forth what commission each by the contestant under the law.” The de- of them pays upon the sale of passengoer cision of the commission ig accordingly Arrest of Cashier Kent at Kansas | tickets, and how this business is conducted They March Into Lafayotte, Mo, Under a General, AND BOUNCE NEGRO OFFICIALS. NOCTURNAL VISITS EXPLAINED, affirmed. In the case of the appeal of Jamos R. The Nebraska Delegation Recommend Two Colored Constables and a Justice Scandal Gossips Badly Disappointed Judge Groff and the Hon. Bruno R:zwcr,rl{gmnm decision :‘r uw'- ‘vlmnmw of the Peace Resign Ine that two lines had long time contracts with Oity For Complicity in the 1‘-1':“‘;“.:"1«‘.‘_l‘j““;*“!“;-‘::!"}flllt\'\*';‘l»*":::‘:?'l:::j: ‘1":. at the Evidence Pre:ented— Tzschuck to the Administra- R e hx;’ght~l:;r“':hlr; stanter to Save private stock car companies, it was found Swindle—Both Sides fhat the roads were paying commissions in Kyrle Bellew, tho Actor, tion—Saunders' Prospects. against the timbar culture enwry of William Their Lives. impracticable for all the roads to abandon of the Story. accordance with the rates established by the Tells What He Knows. Buck, for the northwest quatter of the their use at once. The Grand Trunk made Western Passengor Agents association, and southwest quarter of section 30, township 23, o WasmiNGTox Bureavu, THROMARA Bre, % north, range 10, east, Neligh land district, that the roads were acting under this agree- ment, which was generally faithfully ob- A Clever Swindle. ed, to the bettermont of the service. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, May 7.—[Special Tele- Several railroad representatives in their gram to Tne Ber.]—Percy H. Kent, local | testimony declared no demoralization existed cashier of the Hannibal & St. Joseph road, | Of decount of the commission paying, and hat none was auticipated, is under arrest at police henaquarters, | "L SACE NS GGG on by Chairman charged with complicity in a fraud by which | Cooley, General Passonger Agent Scbastian, the railroad company is out §,000. Monday | of the iock Isluud road, said he did not morning, 80 Kent says, a weil drossed man | think too = commi D Jaid wore large 4 v enough to malke it an object for the passenger giving ‘f‘“ e Ly S Ly Cm"""‘f agents and the man to whom the commissions to be a claim agent of the rodd, apparently | wore paid to agree to divide up what was thirty years old, walked into the office und | made in this way. presented six vouchers for $5,000 each. He | General Traffic Manager Clarke, of the bore a letter of introduction purporting to be | Chicago, St. Puaul, Minneapolis & Omaha 0 i road, said ho regarded the effectof the agree- from W. J. Hilton, assistant treasurer of the | yyng petween the various passenger associa- road, with headquaricrs at St. Joseph, ad- | tions west of Chicago, — rogarding dressed to Mr. Cummings, the agent at | commissions, as a ~great improvement Kunsas City. As Me. Cummings was ab- | over the ' demoralized conaition of sent, ho prosented It to Kent iusteud. It | Dusiness provious to the agrcement. The : " money made by the commission agents had was written with a typewriter on the assis- | jdan *considerably reduced, owing o the tant treasuror’s lotterhead, and the signa- | stoppage of the payment of commissions by ture was a good imitation of Mr. Hilton's. | many of the enstern trunk lines. The com- The vouchers also were made out in regular | missions paid last year by his company i od li amounted to more than §7,000, form, bearing what looked like the signt | ' General Passenger Agent Huggles. of tho ture Of the assistant treasurer, and | Michigan Central, said his company pmd no his stamps. Kent says that he | commissions, nor does it allow its agents to had nover seen the man be- | accept them. An exception was made of tho fore, but as his credentials secmed | CMIgTAnt business and some Paciic busi- to show him to be what he claimed to_be, a | "% new appointes, e paid him £,000, all the money he hud on haud, and told him to re- turn fo-day between 1 and 2 o'clock, when he would pay him the balance. Then hesent the voucher to the assistaut treasurer at St. Joseph, To-day at noon- Assistant_Suporin: an application to hava its dressod_beef rate to New York mado the same as that of the Wabash Western and Chicago & Atlantic— 45 cents, The vote not being unanimous, the matter was referred to the joint com mittee. A meeting of the froight committoe will be held next week, Tuesday, to oloct a temporary successor to Chairman McKay, now in Europe. The_ passenger committee moets next weck, Wednesday, to elect a successor to Chairman Daniels, now with the Now York Central, T'he general maua- gers meet Thursday of next week. An active member of the Inter-State Com- merce Railway association is authority for the statement that the charges of manipula- tion of rates, made against the St. Paul & Northwestern by Chairmen Blanchard and Faithorn, will be taken up at next week’s meeting of the association. At the same meoting the Alton will try to get its reduc- tion in the Missouri river lumber rate brought up and acted upon priowrbagesd: Lo ADULTERABED TEA. The Vile Stuff Whioh is Thrown Upon the American Market. WasniNGTON, May 7.—([Special Telegram to Tk Ber.]—A rather sensational report upon the teas sent to the American market has been made to the state department by Consul Crowell, at Amoy, China. He says while this year's crop shows o shrinkage of 23,000 haif chests, its inferiority is fully equal 1o last year's crop. The consul suys a large proportion of Amoy Ooolong i poorly, culti- vated, poorly picked and cured, dirty and adulterated. Nearly the whole crop is mar- keted in the United States. 1t is the greed of importers and exporters that alone makes it possib to impose this vile stuff upon the American public. The consul hopes that the tea dvinkers of America may be pro- tected against the so-called tea known as Amoy Oolong, and says the existing laws against the importation of lead and _ndulter- gted teas is sullciont to do it if properly en- orced. “Only Whito Men Shall Vot New Onreans, La, May 7.—A special from Lafayette, Mo., says: Four hundred armed men, under General Alexander Do Clouette, of St. Martins parish, rode into Lafayette this morning, took possession of the town and demanded the resignation of a negro justice of the peace and the negro constables. The latter had disanpeared but the former complied with their demand. The regulators pretending to have heard that Vignaux, a prominent republican, who had been suggested by Congressman Coleman as United States marshal of the west- ern district of Louisiana, had furnished arms to the negro called on that gentleman, who 18 now town marshal of Lafayette, and discussed with him the matter of his having attempted to yote nogroes at the election Inst sionday. They informed him their purpose was to pre- vent negroos from voting and they intey to enforce their views on the subject, an timated that the best thing that Vignaux could do was to desist from _any further ef- forts on behalf of negro suffrae. Vignaux stated he was at the polls on Mon- day performing his sworn duty under the law. This statement being fsatisfactory, the regulators conciuded to allow Vignaux to live awhile longer. He exists by proba- tion, 80 to speak. The regulators and the authoritios finally agreed that an election should be held next Monday for the municipal officers of Lafayette, at which only white men shall vote. A8 this election will not be legal, the names of those receiving the majority of the votes cast will be sent to the governor for appointment. goia LEGALIZE POOLING. Depew Before the Inter-State Com- merce Investigating Committee, New Yomk, May 7.-—-Chauncey M. Depew was the first witness examined by the senate committee which is mvestigating the work- Not S0 Racy as Expectod, Cnicago, May 7.—[Special Telogram to Tk Brr.|—The long-expectea depositions of “Dr. Jim" Gilbort ana Kyrle Bellew, who figures in his statoments as Harold Dominick Kyrle Money Bellow, made his appearance in the Carter caso to-day, and fell very flat on the expectant audience. Dr. Gilbert denied that he had ever been guilty of improper conduct with the fair Mrs. Carter. He admitted that besides an intimate professional acquaintance with her he had frequently gone out driving with hor and had also gone to the opera with her. He explained his late night visits to the Hotel Brunswick by saying that Mrs. Carter's health was very poor at that time, and that, like many other nervous women, she fre- quently summoned him late in the evening to prescribe for some ailmont. There were one or two glaring discrepancies in the doo- tor's statoments s to dates. Kyrle Bellow testified that e first me Mrs, Carter on a steamer coming from Europe. Ho found her to be a very agroe- able companion, well read, ote, und_they conversed much together. Mrs. Curter thought she could achieye something in the dramatic line, and ut her solicitation he ar- ranged to give her a number of lessous in elocution, ete. Accordingly he sug- gested that she take rooms ut the Colonnade hotel, where they were seen 50 much together, in order that she might bo on hand promptly for her lessons, as his time was much occupied. Bellew entered very emphatic denfals to the suggestions that there was anythimg in_the least wrong in his dealings with Mrs, Carter. At about this point in his deposition Bellow and the lawyer taking it were involved in o wordy war, the actor taking exceptions to some lending questions, and in the midst of it tho court adjourned. as it was getting late. 513 FOURTRENTH STREET, the first-assistant secretary of the interior WasniNatox, D. C., May 7 affirms ‘he decision of the commissioner. The president this evening appointed | The questios involyed was whether Buck Fraak W. Palmer, of Illinofs, to be public R?;l"'lfll?‘,":“ur:\nd e bfink‘mz Tl £ q ct, having, as alleg y solf, be- York, and Hugh S, Thompson, of South Cazo- | his claim while in fact it was part of an ad- ling, to be civil service compmissioner. Mr. | joining claim. Enander, of Chicago, who was nominated and confirmed as minister to Denwark, will probably never fill that place. There secms t0 be very weighty reesons why he should not go abroad ns a representative of our government, and another man may soon be ppointed 1n his plac GROFF INDORSED. All the members of the Nebraska delega- tion in congress were present at the confer- ence in Senator Manderson’s senate com- mittee room this afternoon. It was finally agreed that thqre should be a united indorse- ment of Judge L. A, Groff for a place on the inter-state commerce commission, ana that Mr. Pemberton, of Mr. Laird’s district, and Dr. Yutey, of Falls City, should be_indorsed for special agencies in the general land of- fice. The delegation agreed to renew its in- dorsement of Chancellor Menatt for the Greek mission. The delegates have arranged to call upon President Harrison, to-morrow, and present tne indorsements of Jadge Groff for the po- sition on the interstate commerce comnis sion. They will add their personal, earnest solicitation to the written indorsements al- ready made. Hon. Bruno Tzschuck was unanimously in- dorsed by the delegation, to-day, as consul 1 one of the principal citics in Germany. BAUNDER'S PR ECTS. Senater Paddock and Representative Dor sey were at the white house, this afternoon, lookir g after the interests of some of their office-secking constituents. It is believed that ex-Senator Saunders, of Nebrasia, will MISCELLANEOUS, By direction of the secretary of war, Major Joseph P, Sanger, inspector-general, will proceed to Purdué university, Lafayette, Ind.; the university of Minnesota, Minneap: olis;' Cornell college, Mt. Vernon, Ia., and the Towa state university, Towa City, Ia., for the purpose of making the inspections at those institutions. Secretary Windom is so much improved in health that he has assumod his_duties at the department, and attended a cabinet meeting this afternoon. W. W. Cook, of Medicine Lodge, Kan., has been appointed special agent of ' the agri- cultural department, in charge of the sorg. hum sugar experiments. William M. King, of Ohio, chief of the seed division of the agricultural aepartment, has resigned, sud A. T. Reeves, of Hampton, Ia.. has been'appointed to fill the vacancy. ATMY ORDERS, Major Charles McClure, paymaster, is re- lieved from duty in the department of Texas, and will vroceed to Sioux City, Ia., and re- port by letter to the cdmmanding general, department of Dakota. rst Sergeant John A. Hoben, Company C, Seventh infantry, now with his company, is discharged tho 'service of the United States. John Bergman, band Eight infantry, now with his commandat Fort Niobrara, is tra ferred to the Twenty-first infantry band, and will be sent to the station of that com- mand, Fort Siduey Perry S, HeaTH, g e COLORADO BANDITS. encral Passenger Agent Ford, of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, said his company had paid no commissions since tho passage of the inter-state law. The answer of the Chicago & Alton road detailed the commission business of that sty e ulogd GO company. It also contained a number of tendent Fish received a telogram from Mr. | charges against the Wabash road of manipu- Hilton to the effect that tho voucher was | | ! foPe t mileae fraudulent. When Mr. Fish asked Kent | oo, oo, Tocivar MaNuit, of the Wa: {bout the matter ho told the story related | bash, entered a general denial of the charcos erein. Mr, kish telegraphed the cashier’s | gng (jeneral Manager Chavpell, of the Alton, explanation to St. Joseph and Mr. Hilton and | fectifiod in rebuttal of MeNulta's statements. Auditor Carter came down on the afternoon | ““Gonaral Passengor Agent Daniels, of tho g U T, o ish and ikent | Now York Central, gives it s his' opinion hoy went to Chief of Police Speors oftic thatthe payment of commissions on the sale They Engage in a Bloody Skirmish L i AREaR: 5 2 0'clock, where they were closeted for three p B At the morning session the reading of the g X With a Sheriff’s Posse, ing of the inter-state commerce law. Tho e 3 fyorofold L ree | of tickets frequently results in the cutting | gaposition of State Senator Pierce, of New be appointed on the Utah commission this % & . 2 2 G CHARGES Of CRUELTY. hours, at the end of which time IKent was o o)) \ weokr Tho Nebraska delogation is. msistinge | COLORADO SpriNGs, Colo., May 7.—[Spe- | Witness gave his opinions on the subject. Hiek ERY, informed that he was under arrest, and was | *'Iales: York, begun yesterday afternoon, was everal eastern gene were examincd, amon, seemed to prevail the sulted in rate cutting railway management. - THE FOR To a auestion as to what amendment he would suggest to present to the inter-state law in order to protect the American roads he said that the roads doing business in this country, whether Mexican or Canadian, should be made to comply with the condi- tions of the law us the American roads must do. Pooling, he considered a good thine. and thought it should have been permitted. The tendency or all roads is toward lower freight rates and no amount of pooling could affect this tendency. The inter-state commerce bill by making the roads publish their rates had given the stronger roads more business and taken it away from the weaker roads pro- portiouately. The inter-state law will never be effec- tive,” said he, ‘‘until in some form or other you have legalized the pool.” Regarding the practice of using Canadian cars on American roads and vice versa, De- pew stated that American and Canadian cars are used indiscriminately on both sides of the line, without regard to the imposition of customs duties upon them. Depew was followed by General-Manager Dixon, of the Grand Trunk railroad. Dixon described his road and its terminals, and acknowledged that the Grand Trunk road practically controlled the rates between Chi- cago and Portland. Their business in the United States was carried on in acoordance with the spirit of the inter-state law, and they made no increase in local rates in order to recoup on the possible losscs of the longer hauls. 3 Chairman Cullom asked: “Suppose we mace it obligatory for the Canadian rouds to obey the inter-state law " “I think that would be an international question,” replied Dixon. passenger agents whom_the opinion commission puy ing re- nd was injurious to upon the commussionersiip of the general land oftice. The delegation has recommended for the registership of the O'Neill land office Mr. Gillespie, of Holt county. It is expected that a change will be made in this position within a week or two. cial Telegram to Tne BEe.|—At Florissant,a thriving town in this county, about 9 o’clock last night, three men entered the store of a merchant named Costello, who is also post- master, and, covering the clerks and Cos- tello with Winchesters, commanded them to hold up their hands. They were forced into the warehouse, and while two of the rob- bers guarded them the third ransacked the store and postofiice, securing over $300 in sh. The noise attracted the attention of a passing citizen, who gave the alarm, but too late to secure the thieves, who made a break for the mountains, followed by a posse of citizens who opened fire on them. Tha es- caping robbers returned a scattering fire, wounding two of their pursuers severely. Findiug pursuit hopeless in the darkness, the posse returned to town, and this morn- ing organized another company, who soon came up with the gang camped in a canon about thirty miles north of Florissant., A brisk fusilude took place as soon as the rob- bers discovered their pugsuers, in which three of the posse's horses were killed and wve of the citizens wounded. One of the robbers was nstautly killed and another fatally injurcd. The third hid nimself and comrades more securely, and after a vaiv en- deavor to approach him i his. almost in- sible retreat, the posse returned for re- inforcoments, The sheriff will leave here to-night with more men and ammunition and is confident of capturing the gang, dead or alive. The camp is in one of thio wildest sections of the Rockies and the remaining robber will_probably make it warm for his A Receiver Demanded for the Home for Incurables ag Chicago. Cuicaco, May 7.—A bill was filed in the circuit court by a number of prominent citi- zens to-duy, asking for the appointment of a receiver for the home for incurables, and an injunction against the vresent managers. The bill also asks for the removal of Presi- dent Higginbotham, of the institution, and Mrs, Barlow, the matron, for gross vioia- tions of the trust reposed in them. It is claimed that the helpless mmates have been frightfully abused amd'tortured. Thirty cases are cited, some of them too horrible for belief. ‘The matron and attendauts are charged with causing the death of some pa- tients. President Higginbotham alleges that the charges are malicious and will be re- futed. The case proiiscs to be a seusational one. finished. 1t developed the fact that he had sent Mrs. Carter numerous letters, one of which contained some very poor voetry. Pearce was unable to remember why he had sent this effusion, but was ver, tive he had not comvosed it. He thought he had cribbed it from some book. —— CRONIN 1S STILL MISSING. Mr. Conklin Makes Another Sensa- tional Stateme Ciieaco, 1L, May 7.—There is nothing particularly new in the Dr. Cronin mystery to-day. He is still unaccounted for, and Mr. and Mrs. Conklin, with whom the doctor lived, are still very much perturbed about the matter. ‘They insist he has been mur- dered by a gang which has been plotting against him, To-night Mr. Conklin made another sensational statement aboutthe mys- terious case. Suid he: Dr. Cronin had vapers by means of which, at the coming couvention of the Irish National league, in Philadelphia, he pro- posed to vindicate himself from and impli- cate others in frauds. I do not know tha exact contents of these papers. He en- trusted them to my eare with instructions that they be turned over to certain of his friends in the event of his being murdered or being made away with. I turned over the papers as he directed.” Conklin refuscd to say who the papers were given to. L locked up. Kent claims that what he did has been done a hundred times in the transaction of the business of his office, and_that the fo gery was so clever that it could not bo d tected without a_comparison _with genuin vouclers. “Tho Hunuival ofcials, * oy ever, do mot look wupon Kent as s Thoir W 2 Shio. 'innocent victint of a. clover swindler,|| ThoY Continue Thsir Work of Do They say that Kent drew a draft, Monda truction in the Northwest. for §26,500 on Mr. Hilton, at St. Joseph, ana [ Wausau, Wis., May he woods are on presented it at the Midland National bank | fire ail around the city. Hay, meadow: for puyment, which was refused without Mr. | crops and bridges were destroyed i the Hilton's authority, [ent then telegraphed | wostern part ot the county. Furmers and tional bank to pay ciaim.” As IKent had | Mill menare fighting the fire, and unless been in the habit of payi claims of less | rain comes soon, great damage will be done. than $100, Mr. Hilton, supposing this to be | Dururm, Minn., May 7.—Reports of the ;gg jf{m:-x:’n}ll hx‘:mzl‘xln‘é:};g;xlx::l\;dml‘(f':t;g destruction of the fcrest fire continue to the voucher to St. Joseph. In this way pay- | c0me in, and show that itis raging inall ment of the big draft was stopped. ‘What | directions with more or less fury. In some works against Kent is that neither the draft | pluces the fires haye burned out, and in nor the stub can be found in his office, He | others the timber has been attacked, which explains this by saying that Bowen drew it | will result in heavy loss. aftervard and destroyed it. Chief Speers | The greatest loss is in the destruction of thinks that Kent is short in his accounts | railroad ties, telegraph poles and cordwood. and took this means of gettng even. | So far news has reached hercof the de- Kent describes Bowen as being 5 feet | struction of a dozen buildings, some in this 10 inches in height and about thirty | state and some in Wisconsin, ‘Several wood years of age. He wore a light-colored busi- | camps near Norman have becn wined out. ness suit, o light necktic and colored derby | Some stock was destroyed in outlying dis- hat. His hairand mustache were light in | tricts. Mostof the destruction hac becn on color and the latter he wore curled at the | the line of the St. Paul & Duluth and North- ends. Heworea hundsome diamond ring | ern Pacitic roads. and a big solitaire gleamed from his shirt | MINXEArOLIS, M. front. The Hannibal oflicials lay in wait for | special sa; Mr. Bowen to show up this afternoon toget | raging there since last even: No the balance of the 30,000, but he did not put | damage has been done in town, but the in anappearance. Kent has been the cashier rur\« from the surrounding towns state that of the Hannibal about two years. He s a | houses and barns have been unroofed or member of tne local bybicle ciub and is quite | moved from their foundations. Blinding 5 TURGATOR or, the superiutendent of the eleventh consus, has been having a reg- ular picnic with ofi kers during the pust week or twn. The civil service law does not extend over his army of emplages, and the word was passed around among the con- gressmen who are sceking places for con- stituents, that this was the harvest field. No sooner had Mr. Porter got well down i his official chair than they began to pour i upon him. The d became general and ever man with a petition scemed to regard it his religious duty to call in_person and urge his eculiar fitness for any place in the census urcau. One came to-day, who illustrated very cleverly the general ¢haracter of many of the applicants. ~ As soon as he entered the door he appronched Mr. Porter, and after aunouncing that he was an applicant for oftice, said : “I don’t fotch you any recommendation because I am cnough of a recommeudstion for myself. ‘4ls is how I do it and he picked up o large sheet of blank paper on the superintendent's desk and writing @ long column of figures ran his pencil up and_ down the paper as quickly as the oye could follow it, and after writing the sum total su “There you have it, 1 am the lightning calculator.” Later on the mathematician called and brought with him an educated dog, for the purpose of demonsirating his abillty to transmit his mathematical learn- ing. He fnsisted opon occupying Mr. P A FAST TiGAIN. Observations and Deliberations of Psycho George. Nrw York, May 7.—[Special Telégram to ne Bee,]—George Francis Train was the picture of contentment yesterday as he sat in Madison square, sunning himself and sur- rounded by his friends, the children. He seemed @ little weary, but said he was in capital spirits, “Oh, yes. I am first rate and Iam going to fast for eighty-two days more—one hundred days in all. I've lost onc-eighth of myself, but it's dono me lots of good; the fat around my eyes has dropped off and now I can sce tiio' way across the park. —A St. Cloud, Minn., a terrible wind storm has been THE BALD KNOBBERS, Indications That They Will Pay the n ) pursuers. Some bloody work is expected Have accepted an offer from a dime museum [ MpMber of the jooul s S e Lo S e U Extreme Penalty of the Law. ter's attention and demonstrating the d -nig -mory "The_ last witness of tho day was First | to deliver dissourses for a_week for §1,000, | &bigh toller. Heis a ncphow of Mr. W. H. | clouds of dust Tl the eit. totest [hes 40 ¢ 4 Spec Pelegr: ability 10 count figures, muoh to the amage. | 0IENt OF to-morrow. Vice-Prosident Felton, of the ey road. His | The proceeds will go to tho Press club for its | McDoel, formorly genoral freight agent of | raging in the visinity of imball “The loss Ozank, Mo., May 7.—[Special Telegram ment of the visitors present and the dis- comfort of the superintendent of the census. “You are just the man we want—later on,” said Mr, Porter dismissing the caller. Mr. Porter says that he has secured enough employes to organize his oftice for the pres- ent. and that no more application papers will be examined before n_ year from next June, and that, therefore, it is useless for officeseekers to apply for positions. The work of taking the census and further equipping the bureau will not begin under thirteen months. This ought to be suflicient to relieve the supermtendent of the census from further annojance on the part of ofticeseckers, OVERWORKED TANNER. A few days ago attention was called in these dispatenes to the fact that Pension Commissioner Tunner was being over-run by office-seekers, aud wus wearing out under his work of looking personally into the applica- tions of the veterans who seek pensions, It appears that the greatest possible advantage has been taken by his fricnds of his gener- osity, and they huve run him almost to death. It became necessiry to-day to issue an order the Haunibal & St. Joe and more recently | will bo heavy unless ram falls soon. Crops general freignt agent of the Louisville, New | will be damaged. Albany & Chicago. Hupso, Wis., May 7 S e R and .l\lvu g'n.“xnc entire business v i 5 the village of Waldron, ten miles southwest Distinguished Americans in London. | 5" tjyig place on the' Mackinaw railroad, [Copyright 1559 by James Gordon Bennett.) burned yesterday afternoon. The Yoss ag- LoNpoN, May 7.—[New York Herald | gregated $50,000: partially insured. Cable—Special to Tue Bre]—Among the | LuviNaroN, Mich., M Curter's mill more distinguished Americans now in Lon+ | 4ock was fired lust night by a spark from a T S e sing tug. Four hundred thousand feet of 0 0 X lumber and 200,000 shingles were burned. Whitney and Coloncl Olver H. Payne. | The schooner Diwn was dmnaged slight They are at the Hotel Bristol. *“We had a | The wind is blowing a gale and_the liremen very pleasant trip across,” said Mr. Whit- : working hurd to save tie mil ney, last evening, when questioned bya | ISAST SAGINAw, Mich., May 7.—In north- fr =38 v ern Michigan no rain has fullen for several Herald reporter. “*We are on the trip merely | oty SR T 8 T are raging m for pleasure and rest, and shall not bother | every dircction. In Midland, Clare, Gladwin ourselves with business atall. Next week | and Osceola counties the flames are running we go to Puris fora while, but on our re- | through the timber and over uncleared turn, which will be some time n June, we | farms. T several places brigades of ‘men K SRS are trying to cheek the progress of the fire, intend to stop in London some little time. | North of this city yesterday nearly a milo I visited the house of commons, to-day, and | of forest was burned, The flawmes, fanued was very much interested in the devate | by a brisk wind, ure’ sweeping cverything on the navy bill. That is a subject, you know, | before them. Ianger from the same source to TnE Bee. ] —Everything now indicates that the three 1l-starred regulators here will pay the extreme penalty of Ball Knobberism on Friduy next. The last urgent appeal for execut iemency has been made by At~ torneys Delaney and Payne. Ozark papere have made eloquent and foreible urguments for commutation, and still Governor Francis remuins immovable. He is reported a ing that he thought he had no right to fere with the senten f the courts, Chief Walker and his son Bill keep up & commendable show of courage, but the ner- vous strain is telliug fearfully upon them, John Matthews’ wife and children and aged mother came to visit him on Sunday, Sherift Johnson relaxed the prison rules and allowed Matthews o go outside the juil yard. 'The .meeting was very affecting Matthews d 10 feel worderfuliy relieved by being to sing hywmns and pray with his weep- ing family, He has shown better nerve since, and will provably meet s death with becoring fortitude. —— THE PARNELL COMMISSION. The lrish Leader Makes a Correction in Friday's Testimony. LoNDON, May 7.—The Parnell commission resumed its sitting . to-day. Parnell, upon taking the stand, said he desired to correct that part of his evidence given Friday in re- lation to the statement made by him in the commons concerning the non-existence of secret societies in Ireland. Upon referring to the reports of the proceedings of the house of commons, he found his remarks, which had been quoted by Attorney-General Web. ster, referred purticularly to ribbon men, and not to secret conspiracies generally. His remarks, iherefore, were fairly accurate. Ribbon men’ at that time practically did not xist in Ireluud. The ss-cxamination of the witness was then resumed. Parnell suid he sometimss paid money from his own private account in be- half of the league. He did not object to an inspectiou of his accounts. He declared he discourse was largely explanatory of tho rie's methods and its losses since the abol- hment of the pool. In his opinion a logal- 0d “pool’ under tho control of the inter- state commission would be an excellent ing, both for the shippers aud the rai- roads. new building. 1 want a big building erected in which a perpetual fair shall be held. We'll do it, and we'll re-christen the contin- ent Columbia.” Train said to-day: I will speak on Sun- day night, the twenty-fourth day of my fast, but if some theater does not accept my terms, one-half of the gross receipts, 1 will return to silence and never speak again.” el s Nebraska and Iowa Pensions. WAsHINGTON, May 7.—[Svecial Telegram to Tk Bee.|—Pensions granted Nebraskans : Original invalid —George French, John Mur- phy, John G. Nelson, Whitefleld Crawford. Restoration-—james W. Huffman, Increase— Harvoy N. Morgan, Willis L. Bird, George T, Delozier, Hiram Harris, John T. Smith, George R. Gallor, Samuel King, Charles Kinn, John Conley. Origmal widows, etc. Esther C., widow of John Hunaman. Pensions for lowans: Peter S, Lee, Will- fam K. Davis, James W. Emerson, Issac C. Lecch, James W, Claver, Samuel W. Kyler, John M. Harris, David H. Pepper, Alox jobn" Ry Nebraska and Lowa Inventions, WasHNGTON, May 7.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bre.]—C. C. Epp, Bradshaw, Neb., gate; Thomas J. Jolly, Ulysses, Neb., device for opening trap door; William Turner and J. F. Hudson, Benkelman, Nob., axle lubri- cator; patents granted Nebraska and Iowa iuventors to-day: John H. Autrobus, Ot- tumwa, Ia.. door or window scroen wiring machine; Hiram Baldwin and J. J. Smith, Toledo, Lu., ink eraser; Volney W. Beeson and W. 13. Bonine, Perry, Ia., steam en- gine; 1znaz Bergmann, Fort’ Madison, Ia., pen guide or rests D. W. Bavee, Tama, Ia., hay stacker: J. Hall: Creston, In., 1co ele: vators . Hussel, Burlington, Ia., buckle; J. Heoderson, IKeokuk, Ia., washing ma: chine; A. Jorgensen, Dos Moines, Ia., com- had never heard that Egan had joined the i i | Ll 4 . is also reported from Huron county along Surveying a New Dakota Road. prohibiting visitors and_ofiice-scckers from n-Nac-Gael. He would regret to find | pressed air motor; H. Larson, Hawthorne, | son, Ezckiel Bogurt, —Increase—Frederick | to Which I'have paid consiaerable attention | )0 Spinaw, Tuscols & Furon ronit ih | Grrrysutno, Dak., Muy 7.—|Special Tole: entering the pension building after 8 o'elock | Fwan had rejoined the physical force party, | in., end gate for wagons; J. Levasseur, Mon | Huffman, William . Torbet, Freeman [ during the last fow years, Iwant to expross | gho vicini ] v of By Port, on the shores of my aporeciation of the London edition of the | Witd Fowl bay, the greitest trouble exists. Herald. It is welcome on accountof its 4 A 4 ; The Longed For Rafn, Work. ' Reissue and fncrease—Theophilus v, | American news, especially, and I shall be | 1y 000y ‘Minn,, May 7.—Tho much wished Griggs. Original widows, etc.—Rachael, } @ faithful reader of it while I am on this side | fo, ruin made its appearance shortly before widow of Ebenzer N. teadley. of the Atlantic. I am particularly anxious to | moon, ana heavy showers are tuking place s =T read about the contennial celebration in New | all around he id drowning out the bluz- Penitentiary Twine, York.” ing forest. Srrixarien, 11, May 7.—The report of | Another distinguished American now in Five the Joliet |>emwnl_m?' commissioners in re- | London is Senator John C. Spoouer, of Wis- WESTODESTENR, y T.-The old gard to the feasibilicy of manufacturing | ccn. He arrived yesterday and 1s stopping | Bowne mansion in Westehester was burned twine in the Illinois penitentiary Wos made | at the Metropolitan, He is accompanied by | to the ground early this morning. There ke ‘;’;:{"{;g'”";':"};(‘n‘r"“" n,’"‘;';f""i’;l’"‘; Mrs. Spoouer. were eight people asleep in the structure at twine at the Joliet penitentiary is not only g SR the time—Wateon Bowna, his wife, hree possible, but feasibles and an’ appropriation ckaniny Oaunsed It, children and two servant girls named Dunn in the afternoon. ‘This order will be perma- nent. ‘The commissioner stated to your cor- respondent ten days ugo that he hoped to be able to stand up under the work without haviug to keep the public from the building during uny of the official hours, but it ap- pears that the influx has been much greater than he anticiputed. APVEALS AND DECISIONS, The first assixtant seorotary of tho inter- ] for hias considered the appeal of TRobert A. Slov S 1 R ! Willimns from the decision of the comm An Flevator8honts Dowy Hive Stories sioner of tho general land oftice of March 2 h Three Meon 1885, being the contest case of Willinms vs Provipuxce, R. L, May 7.—The passenger Frank J. Coulter. Tho commissioner af- | elevator in the now Schwartz building was firmed the action of the local }nn;I office, n:;g: tested to-day. Superintendent of Construc- missing the coutest aguinst Coulter! s Umber | i, Gornell ut the elevator loose and let it but he should not think such a course un natural, Kecurring to seeret societics, Par- nell said he considered that a person who joired the league and continued to be a mem- ber of the Clan-Nae-Gael, acted to the in- jury of the league’s poliey. Any member of the league who would advocate the use of dyuamite would be a traitor, A FEARFUL FALL, ticello, ., assimor to G. W. Simpson, Somerville, Muss., butter can: George R. Roberts, Panorn, Ta., washing machine; Rovert M. Washburn, Buriington, Ia, game and game; D. Whitmore, Bellevie, Tn., offset mechanism for saw mill carriages. gk o e Presidential Appointments. WasiiNGtoN, May 7.—The president mage the following appointments to- Arthur L. Thomas, of Salt Lake City, of Utali, to be governor of Utah: Elijah Sells, of Salt Lake City, secretary of Utah; Ellsworth Daggett, of Utah, surveyor general of Utah; Michacl A. Lealiy, of Wisconsin, Indiun ngent at La Pointe agency in Wisconsing James M, Beacou, of Kausas, referes and chairman of gram to Tue Bre.)—The Forest City & Watertown Railroad compuny exvloring party of surveyors were absent nine days on the Sioux reservation, They sought and readily found an easy grade for aline of railway in ull the country they traversed. Besides this they were agrecably surprised to find large bodics of tim and many streams of running water in thut country. They report secing coal at many points, indi- cating inexhaustibie boc of fuel, T surveying party wus called back to finish surveylug the route from Gettysbury to For- est City. This will be done aud the report .od by Eriduy, when bids for grading Shores, Winford J. Clark, Warren O. Mar- tindale, William Rose, John Martin, John H. Snyder, Wilson R. Hutchings, Fleming . Ha 5 8 ATrLE Roe v 7.--This afternoon a o i X7 At culture claim entered upon the northwest " ! Beac 3 ! g of $373,250 for machinory and material js | LATriE Rock, May 7 and_Mr. Bowne's uged mother. The latter, | and building the road will _be asked. John Uarter of section A, townships north, rauge | f2ll the whole five stories, a distance of six- | refercos under the et of March 2, 1857 en- | usked for. Tho machjgery specified in the | drivor numed Wilieford had to use force to | tho Dunn wirls and two of tho children wers | Carroll, an old bridge builder, i liere muk- 5 west, McCooik laud district, Nebraska, | ty-five fect, to the air-tight brick vault at | titled An act to grant u rightof-way | roport will produce rather less tnan one- | bouncea little darikey, who persisted in | burned to death. Mr. Bow suved the | ing estimates on the cost of a bridge over thae The dedision 1s aflrmod by the dssistant sec. | the bottom, to show the entire safety of such | through the Indian territory to the Chicago, third of the twine used each season by the | pangiug on the bud Captain J. J. Hessler, of the For- farmers of Illino est City syndicute, left New York Sunday night, and is expected here Thuraday. The coul found on the Fox ridge equals that found in Illinois, oud of uis strect car. | other chila uad bis wifs but s severcly A gni of negroos who witnossed tho per. | Purned - doing so. His wife und 'chil {— § y ’ " | were well wrapped up in blankets and cs- Two Childien Burned, formance began throwing rocks at the | coped with slight injuries. While Boone INDIANAPOLIS, May#.—At Hillham, a small | Oriver, and finally rushed upon him. An- | wus suving his wife and child he could hear tow In Dubois county, Mrs, Witzmann loty | other driver named Parkor ~came to Wille- | plainly the cries of agony from his mothor i ; ford’s assistance. The fight wus growmg | and his two children but was unable to reach her home to visit a_meighbor, leaving threa | serigus when Willeford “pulled a knife Fon G e A P b (D SO T small children asleep in! the house. During | stabbed one of the negroes until he dropped. | originated is uot known but it is supposca o her absence the house: eaught fire and was | At this moment a squad of policemen cume | lamp left burning in the hall exploded and a fall. Cornell, with Jones, were accom- In the case of Mayfield vs Joseph Lee, ia | panicd by Rosenfeld, & reporter for the Tele- which the department on October 19, 188y, | gram. ‘Phe elevator went down with awful aftirmed the action of the commissioner of | velocity, —Wnen the elevator door was the general land ofice holding for cancella- | opened, the three men were found lying on tion the timber culture eatry of 1.ce for the | the bottom of the car, insensible, with their Southwest quartor of section 8, township 7 | heads badly cut, Lhcir injuries may prove north, of range 25 west, North Plattejland | fatal, as all sufferod a severe spinal shook, district, upon the ground of the prior right | Joues was wost severely hurt, and will prob- of Mayiield by virtue of settloinent upon the | ably 4 Kansus & Nebraska railroad for the purpose of appraising the compensation to be made by said railroad company to the Cherokeo nation, retary of the interio —_— Laramie WilljLicense Gambling. Lanayie, Wyo,, May 7.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre]—The new city adminis- tration, with Hoo. Augustus Trobing as - nell Honorad. At the annual mecting Natioaal Liberal club to-duy, after an v Loxnoy, May of tl; ol = ey e u s destroyed, Two of youngest children | on the scene, dispersing the wob and arrest- | set fire to the woodwork animuted discussion, Parncll was elected & olalip, the secratary of tho interlor revokod The Woodrafl County Case. mayor, took charge to-night. An ordinance | logt thalr iives, wh third, aged nine, | ing Willeford and Parke D lite member by u large majority, A resolus the décision of the departinent, und dirocted | B IVOOGERT TN pable | CStabliEhing @ eraded saioon license with the | escaped, but is badiyfnjured. ‘The mother's A A Fire Swept Town, tion was adopted rescinding the previous that the entay of Lee remain intact, oL Rook, Ark., May 7, —It 18 probable | g ipum at 00, and the minjimum at $300, | reason was dethroned by the shock, and she In the cusé of Willmn C. Neihardt vs | the conclusion of the Woodruff county cuse | was passed, and it was decidod to licensc | can live but a short INinois Prohibition Bill. Fixorav, O, May 7.—At midnight last [ declaration of the club that “owing to the s i o broke o ; divisions at present existing in the party, it Frederick S, Harris, ipyolviug the uorth- | the federal court will end ia criminal | gambling, after @ long cxecutive session. e SpuiNGPIELD, May 7.—In the house this 'l‘l‘*‘“‘ ':) firo br A out ipam ‘,“l“’"l’" fr AN &% DRI ARRUNE iR e AR 'o'f:,fi,“':‘:‘%“;fi'"‘;‘,“‘.“',“‘,‘;i-\fi;:fl“n‘lu};;,:°{;f'e~ prosecutions bofore Judge Caldwell. ‘This [ Charles M, Clark was contivimed city mar- A Shower of Frogs. morning the bill for the prevention of the [ Beaver bum, & smalt vilage 1wonty Wi | 4o fied with any section of it.” praing it wi 08 0 . | shal k wus last week depoted by the e the flamnes could oF has | morning it was announced tho approbris- | \yyicy Pacific s ite freight und ticket agent at this point. first assistant secretary of the inte; considered the appoal 0f the latter from the | tior. for the payment of the witnessos in the decission of the cowmissioner of the goneral | government cases had been exhausted. A Hid A Jand ofiice of February 9, 1885, hoiding for | letter to that effet has been received from A Fatal B unaway. ncellution the eutry of said laud, and af- | the attorncy-general by United States Mar- | 34 cxconvinng, Fla, May 7oAt Lawl rms the same. shal Spellwan, In summing up the matter, | o BYALLE #iby SR 7, Awley, The first assistant secretary of the futerior | Judge Caldwell said the prosecution of the Fla., Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Churchill, of lowa, Sv. PavL, Minn,, May 7.—A special from | evils of intemperance and crime, came upon | be subdued, almost the entire business por- Jamestown, Dak., says shat duriug the se- | second reaaing. This bill provides for stat- | tion of the town was burned, A late hour vere storm last evenjug a large number of | utory probibition. It submits the question inhabitants all abed, and many frogs were precipitated to the ground from & | to a vote of the people of the state at a sepa- y time to cscape in their night clond. It is claimed ‘8- funyel-shaved cloud | rate special election to be beld next October, | “10thes: 1088 §50,000; insu 14,000, was seen in the west shortly before, and the | If adopted the new law is to go into forc action is tant it to decluring the ¢ a Gladstonian . sSuicided Over Gambling Losses. ey ENNE, Wy0., May 7.—|Special Tele- gram to TPuk Bek.|--A printer named Harry Reducing o theory is that the fr were caught up from ho he 9 he 1st of v next, Tuxford, was drowned in Sloan's Lake here, to-day cousidered the caseof Alva MoLaugu- | government criminal cases was practically | and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Burdette were out B e T | e e s Mivare oAl pYENNE, Wyo., May 7.—(Special Tele- | 1. qay. It is supposed be committed suicide, Tin v& Jawes Halstead ou the appeut of the | ended. The grand jury would be discharzed | driving, wheu the horses became frightened, | the air until it spent itself. When the time came to ordor the bill to & to Tug Ber.|—The Union Pacifie, Tia waniti S oL ST former from the decision of the commis- \n:vmluv m;“:m"_ busincss ‘fi“ld »\‘w tra overturned the wagon and threw the occu- e ——— third reading, & wotion 10 strike out the en- | among other reductions of expenses, con- 3 was T & doshondant. mood tile sioner of the general land office of February | acted without men to tostify. Nothii pants out. Mr. Burdette was killed in- Bismarok Improssed. ucting clause was made. The motion smplates veduo . e - : o A : E > Jocal o1 s, the 2 ; templates reducing the present daily serviee | moruing. He wout boating, this afterneon 28, 1888, aftirming the action of the Jocal of: anding all this, the fact exists that there | giantly, Mrs. Churchill was badly mangled BERLIN, Muy the S f defeated J ficers ib dismissing his contest against the | Bre & number of cases ou the docket Which | yud her left side and both legs paralyzed. Bewniy, My 7. i famosn confor- | defeaiod. P on the Cheyenne & Northern from Cheyeane | and, this evening, the boat was found fioat- timber culture entry of sald Halstead for tue | Will buve to go over to the next term of the | Airs, Burdette's left shoulder was wrenched ence the details of the coming chuvges in toWendover to three frains a week. 'The | 1BE 0D the lako with bis hut and coat. An 30 p| el Kol a Sixe Samos sre belng-apbatadal leuitty ‘MA"S Leap City, Dak., May ; Telo. | Cheyenne board of trade, recognizing the Sol Star i Soday re. | disudvantage such u reduced service ) ¢ be to this city, to Dorthwest quarter of section 23 township 81 | federal court. From this it will be seen the | it of place and one eye was lmost 1ora out. Borth, range 48 west, Valentine lund district. | prosecution of the alleged frauds against the | Nfy. Curonill was not seriously Tujurod, he decision of the commissioner was af- | ballot-box must ceaso for a while. esuaind rmed. attempt will be made, to-morrow, to recovey the hody. differences as to prineiple pow exist. C the delegates delil‘ the neutrality of the | gram to would P e SN od @ committee, Died of Conku i ———g—— Nominations in Dakota, islands, The Awericand have achie elected mayor of Deadford for the sixtiy sue- | o0t TS 9 HHoIh I . iption, A decision was wlso renderad in the case | Down With ihe Olgarette. CluANMAIIA %, Dy Muy Tt Spociat Tol. | marked success w kave impressed Iis: | cossive tine. 8 10 opposition to his | foneistiug of Governor Warren, Delégale | pignye, Dak., May Jecial Telegram of William M. Oleson vs Lucinda J. Murvey LANSING, Mich., May 7.—The senate to-day P —Tho v o & warck with their Srmaess sud diplomacy. candidacy. Moial the road BAVOr o to 'fue Beg, | B, Crawford, aged twentys 0 appeal of the lutter from the decision of | pasged a Lill probibiting the sale of tobacco egram to Tue Bee, | —The vepublicans to-aay - —_ - ofMuials of the road and endeavor to retwin s 0 ged twentys e commissioner of the general land office nominated A, C. Kelly, of Chawberlain, aud ve, if | two yi hec 3 the present daily train, \! L ., brothe ! , C. J, Cri Kifrel uimm by Carnot. The Weathier Indications. sl y Lhain, und Also s rs, brother of Hon, O, J. Crawlford, to minors under seveuteen years of age, and | IR A s & e the extension of the road, 1t dead, this morning, while eating sfMarch “némm‘.‘.fi“‘.‘?{u’"'nt‘{‘.fi‘.‘,:‘,‘t’.:f tho Jackson bill, prohibiting the manufuc: | Hietnot a Hirnie anl Auonta coontio at thg | PAmS, May 7.—Presidext Caruot, to-day, | For Nebraska and lowa—Local raims, - < ::‘r“u:lx:l PPy ‘\“\1.::::|||kfi:t:“|.-::m.:l. “:-“tn::ur'wr O saction s0.township 21 north, | ture and sale of cigurettes.” Both of these | Kioux P couveution. The democrats put | Feceived Eiffel, the dosigner and butider of | eolder, westerly wind J5 5% Tolstol 18 Dead. Lowa, to tnis city, about taree wecks ugo, for :'.m;g 7 west, Neligh land district. | bills passed the house, und oaly require the | iy nowination A, 1. Curtis, of Chawberlain, | the town bearing his ugwe, and the work- For Dakota<-Ram, colder, winds shifting | S Perensivis, May T.—Count Toistol, | his bealth. He' ied of consumption, TG The claiwany bhad pever established | signature of the governor1o beeowe luws, and i B, Fellows, of Plankiotow, men who were engaged 10 ats coustruction, wivister of the ntericr, is dead, fuucral will be beld 19 woesrow,