Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1889, Page 1

——— e — e THE OMAHA - DALy BE .EIGHTEENTH YEAR. A COMMISSION FOR HAYTI. The . Ultimate ;Object to Obtain Coaling Stations. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Haryison and Oabinot Fleeing to Green Fields and Babbling Brooks—Pleading for Swaim ~Dakota Matters. 513 FOUNTERNTA STRRET, WAsHINGTON, D, C., May 26. The state départment commission se- lected to visit Hayti will also pMbably be instructed to visit San Domingo. The object is ultimatoly to obtain coaling or naval sta- tions at Mole ;St. Nicholas and Samana bay, and the commission will seck to obtain such assurances as will make it possibie for the administration to establish coaling stations with the necessary territory for their pro- tection at these two points, The state de- partment has all the means necessary not only to defray the expenses of the commis- sion, but to negotiate for the future privi- leges of an important commercial nature. The greatest caution has been exercised at the state department to keep the purpose and movements of the commission secret. The commission to Hayti has at last been defi- nitely agreed upon. 1v was ot first intended that it should consist of threce members, but the refusal of Congressman Robert Hitt, of 1llino is, o serve reduces the number to two. The gentlemen who have sig- nitled their willingness w go are Gen- eral Low Wallace, of Indiana, ex- minister to Turkey, and Mr., Nathanicl Beverly Tucker, of Virginia. The political balance of the commission is thus main- tained, inasmuch as General Wallace is a republican, and Mr. Tucker an ex-confederate democrat. Secretary Blaine is desirous, of all things, that none of the great European powers should become acquainted with the nature of the instructions, lest the intentions of the American commissioners be anti- cipated and the posible results of their mis- sion neutralized. PREPARATIONS FOR SUMMER. Lively preparations will be begun at the ‘white house and in the families of President Harrison’s cabinet to-morrow for the coming summer. Mrs. Harrison will get her sum- mer wearing apparel and personal effects enerally ready to ba moved up to Deer 'ark, where she and the president are to have ' cottage and are to enjoy the presence of ex-Senator Davis. of West Virginia, and a number of other friends. It is probable that they will spend next Sunday in their tage. At intervals they expect to have w them their son and daughter and their fami- lies, and Mrs., Harrison will have some {riends with her all the time when she is mot in ‘Washington. She will occasionally accompany the prosi- dent back to Washington on Monday morn- ing, and remaining a day or two for shopping or social duties or staying over till Saturday, will return to_her_piace the woods an ountains, Deer Park is ou the line of the altimore & Ohio railroad, is reached in about five hours' ride from Washington, and there aresix or eight passenger trains going each way every twently-four hours. The president can leave the white house at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon and leaving the Baltimore & Ohio depot at 3 o'clock on the limited express, can take & late dinner with his family at an altiude of probably three thousand feet higher than the nation’s gghpnul. This spov1s a_most charming one. @ property 18 owned by the Baltimore & Qhio Railroad company fog several miles east and west of the tracks and the grounds have been cleared and sown to blue grass. ‘When the temperature is 100=_in thesbade in ‘Washington it is from 6510 75° at Deer Park, and often 1t is necessary for one to change his underwear or don an overcoat in going to the place. The president does not expect to -Fuml a Sunday in Washington from this time on until about the middle of September, except when he has important and urgent work., He is in very good health, but is, of course, futigued, and as the hot weather comes'on his physical strength wanes with that of other citizens. Secretary Windom will take his family to the Adirondacks very soon after the pres dent and Mrs. Harrison have taken their summer home. Secretary Proctor has arranged to take his family to the mountains, but he has not de- cided fully where he will go. Secretary Tracy will take a short cruise about a month hence and get some recreation. Becretary Rusk will escort nis wife, son und daughter to the wilds of Wisconsin, Postmaster-General Wanamaker, having purchased a yacht, will spend his days in recreation during the hot weather a cruising. The yacht will be anchored at the wharf in ‘Washington, and he will frequently make a run down the Potomac and into the Chesa- peake bay. ~~Attorney-Goneral Miller hus not yet de- cided where he will go with his family, but thinks of Jocating them at Deer Park or Oak- land, near the president. Secretary Blaine will again locate his fam- ily at Bar Harbor and will go there as often @8 he can. The oftice-seekers will have to be & little lively a fortmight hence if they can make the rounds of the white house and cab- inet and find everybody in at all times. A NEW ELEMENT, A new element will come into congress this winter and demand a division of th offices, It is the new states. Dakota will surely have three republican members of the lower and four republican members ot the upoer branch of congress. Washingron will have one in the lower and two in the upper house. What Montana will do can not be predicted, but it is vrobable that sho will elect republicans. These men will demand their share of the offices, and will make at least o partial reorganization of the senate necessary. Whether pew meu are put into the positions of secretary and sergeant-at- arms or not, from twenty to forty places of a miuor character will be demanded and se- cured. ‘These will require a very oneral shake up, and ot course the displacement of M8 many men now in office, If the repre- sentatives from the new states should jomn the southern representatives or any other faction in the organization of the house they will cut a figure which will be felt. At any rate thoy will come in for a dozen or more pretty good piuces and the republicans from other sections may as well bogin to figure to that end, The south is q nited action und s elocted speaker will be pledged, @ “‘dark horse is sclecled, to recog- nize the new states and the south to the some extent that other states and sections having un equal nufiber of representatives are recoguized, CONCEKNING DAKOTA. . When President Harrison was inaugurated the Dakota republicans were left in a very liar position res) ing the distribution of federal patronage in the then territory. Mr. Matthews was elccted delegate, but by wirtue of the omnibus ‘territorial statehood Dill be will never occupy a seat in congress as.a delegate from Dakota because Dakota will come in as two states when congress convenes again. It has been customary for s te in reépublican administrations to wweol he distribution of the federal offices. (thews, despite the fact that he will never ogeupy the seat of aelegate ta, demanded bis prerogatives, n’n firm staud, was granted the T ghlwiluuw-ll the nr'poknunonu ‘e man who is to be WasmixaTox Bureav, Tae OMATA Baw, } . ge 10 preside over the Sioux SPRYERUUR on July 4 nevt be e— OMAHA MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27. 1899, e e NUMBER 346 recognized as the committee to recommend appointmen & for South Dakota. The plan has been submitted to the president, but no decision has yet been reached. It is feasible and just, and there is little doubt that 1t will be accopted. A similar arrangement will likely be effected for North Dakota. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, A serious discussion of tho rights and wrongs, advantages and disadvantages of the civil service law has again arisen. This question is no longer confined to partics. There are as many _republicans who are op- posed to both the letter and spirit of the civil scrvice law us there are democrats. The spirit of civil service reform is much more vovular than the letter of the law, and the extension of the spirit of the reform where the law does no good has made many ene- mies of both the law and the reform. Presi- dent Harrison has done nothing which brought about such universal comimendation a8 tho oxtension of the time when the civil service law should include the railway mail service, giving six weeks, from tho mid- die,of March to tho 1st of May, within which to bring about a reorganization of the demoralized railway mal service without the interference of the law, There is uni- versal complaint because tho extension of the law over the secret service of the post- oftice department has not been abrogated. A western scnator, whoso name is a_house: hold word throughout vhe country, expressed the opinion of very many men when he swid the other day: “As a whole, the civil service law is advo- cated by two classes only—those who are ig- norant of its actual operations, and those who want to relieve themselyos from the procurement of positions for frionds. The only proper feature there is about the civil service law is that it_keeps back the rush of spoilsmen and has some rezard for intelli- gence and fitness in the employment of men 10 porform tho public service, The intention of the civil service is, 1t must be acknowl- edged by its most ardent friends, much botter than its operation. If the law was faithfully enforced, it would wreak no injustice, and would elevate public intorest. But thero are just enough men in every department of the gov- ernment who oppose civil service reform 1o impede its best operations, and who keep down the best results which could be se- oured.” Tho above quotation .18 from one of the leading republicans in Indiana, and he ex- pressed them after a week’s sojourn 1n Washington, looking into the various branches of the government where positions are supposed to be located for party men. This same gentleman stated to your corres- pondent that an effort would bemade at the coming session of congress to cut off the ap- propriation for the civil service commission, and that it would be supported by a sufficient number of republicans to give it success if the usual quota of democrats stood by the opposition to civil service reform. The extension of the law over tho ruilway mail_service and the incorvoration of the detective service of the various departments within the civil ser- vice law have made wore enemies for civil service reform and the law than all things else. PLEADING FOR SWAIM. Several Ohio and other congressmen _are interesting thomselyes again in behalf of Judgo Advocate General Swaim. The sen- tence of the court, twelve years suspension from rank and duty, was a very severe one. President, Harrison 'has been seen and prom= 18¢d to give the matter his persoual atten- tion. The power of mitigating the sentence rests alone with the president. The papers are now at the white house, and the presi- dent will take up the matter at an early date. MISORLLANEOUS. Mrs. Sheridan is still in the city. As soou as the school session is over she and her children will go to their cottage at Nonquett. Colonel and Mrs. McMichuel Sheridan_will spend part of the summr with e, Sherl- an. Miss Maggic Neoley, of Iowa, was given cases in the second division of the govern- ment printing oflice on Friday. Tho marriageof ox-Secrotary Bayard to Miss Mary Willing Clymer is announced to take place June 13, in this city. : Louis A. Dent, of tlis city, has been ap- pointed privatesocretary to Secretary Blane, vice Thomas H. Sherman, appointed consul to Liverpool. Dent was formerly private sech rotary to Congressman Hitt, of 1llinois. Mr. Michaels, of Kansas City, brother of W. H. Michaels, of Nebraska, oclerk of the senate committee on printing-has been ap- pointed a clerk at $1,800, and will assume his duties to-morrow at the government printing oftice. Prnry S, Heata, TURNED TO ASHES, Eloping Editor Moore Tires of His Paramour and Leaves Her. Sr. Louis, May 2.—A dispatch to the Globe-Democrat from New York says: Henry W. Moora and Mrs. John W. Norton have parted. He left ber last Thursday. According to his friends, when Moore left St. Louis with Mrs, Norton, be did it under the 1dea, whether right or wrong, that as he had caused the woman’s downfall, it was nis duty to stand by her. He was madly in love with her. Both expected that divorces would set them free and then they intended to be married. On September 23 last, however, he came home from his office about 10 o'clock in the evening, and found Mrs. Norton absent. He sat on the stoop and waited until shortly after 2 o'clock in the morning, when a car- riage containing Mrs. Norton and a man prove dn about a block away and she got out and came to the house, She had been drink- ing heavily of champagne. Moore got her in the house and a errible scene ensued, The pext morning he demanded an explanation and she said she had been spendiug the evening with a iady friend, whose brotlier-in-law had brought her home. She offered to take any oath he desired that she had not been un- faithful to him, and thereupon said: “1 hope my mother’s soul may be in hell n there forever if Lam not telling the help me God.” then behieved her, He found later that she had spent the evening with a steam- boat clerk, whom she met when on her way to Canada to join Moore. But on her pro- testution that she would never deceive him again be forgave her, Then he detected her in a liason with aroomer in a flat, which they rented on Bast Forty-eighth streot. Moore thergupon left her, but yielded to her pleadings and- the intercession of friends, and went to living with her again, but on Thursday last, upon rezeiving renowed evi- dence of her infidelity, packed his trunk and left, leaving Mrs. Norwon to go her own way. Moore, it is said, never wrote of his troubles to his St. Louis frieuds, butalways told them that he was living hapvily. Bl e LT American Raisins, New Yonk, May 20.—[Special Telegram to Tuk Beg. | —Colonel Forsythe, one of the leading raisin producers of the United States, has just veturned from a careful in- spection of all the raisin growing districts of Europe, and suys that American raisins, in addition to supplying the American markes, are destined soon to take a large share of the London business. He says phbylloxera is constantly dunivishing the best crops of Spain in an increasing degree, aud that even if they should now get a rem- edy for it, which is not probable, it will be five years before the Malaga district can re- cover its former position. A h signment of California ru posed of in London this season, frst shipment the kind on record. reythe lcave for California in e A Juvenile Defaunlter, New YoRrk, May 20.—Morgan, @ thirteen- year-old son of Alfred Speer, president of the New Jersey Wine compauy, of Passalc, N. J., disappeaved last night from Passaic with $1,000 1a woney aud checls, which were 0 ha ve been used to pay off the employes of thercompany yesterday. Suicide of a Rector, Baumors, May 20 —Henry Greeufield Schor, the young assistant rector of St. Paul's Episcopul church, suicided to-duy Business troubles are given as the vauss. DAKOTA'S COMING ELECTION. What the Farmers' Alllance Pro- poses to Accomplish. MINORITY REPRESENTATION, Opening Up Reservation Lands—The Beautifal Prospects For Sctelers ~The Good Live Indians— Official Spoils. A Wholesale Election. Hunow, Dak., May 9.—[Speclal to Tie Bee. |—Dakota will elect a full set of state officers: Two congressmen, tiirty-six state senators, ninety-eight representatives, nine supremo and oircuit judges, and vote on the same day for one of seven candidates for the state’s capital. And the legislature to be chosen will have to elect United States senators. Whatever may be the yield of wheat and garden truck, politics are already waist-high, and we will be in over our heads lone before election day, October 1. Tue Bre's Black Hills corresponde nt has given an account of how Mr. Loucks, presi- dent of the Farmers’ alliance, is antagoniz- ing Judge Moody in that direction. Of course, that is all nuts for Moody, because he and fear are strangers. In reality, he succeeds best when he is stoutly opposed. But there is a method in Louck’s * opposition to the judge. and he is not working alone. There 1s a very well-founded report in this part of the state that he is working in con- cert with Judge Hugh J. Oamp- bell to combine with the alliance and the prohibitionists for the purbose of electing a full state ticket, legislature, congressmen and senators, He saidin a specch in the Black Hills that the farmers ought to have all these offices, and he evidently meant by this that he and those he can influence in- tend to strike forall the sugur and take what they can get. And here's the proof. These two gentle- men are traveling over the territory trying to combine their friends on Loncks and Campbell for United States scnators; Frank Aikens for governor; Abe Van Osdel for lientenant-governor; Judge C. S. Palmer and George A. Mathows for congress. No one believes that Aikens and [Mathews are in sympathy with a movement that has such a paternity. Ior Loucks is known to be a aemocrat and he did all he could to induce farmers to vote for Harden last fall when he was the democratic candidate for congress. Two years before that he opposed the repub- lican legislative ticket, in Brookiugs county. In further proof thut this scheme is being worked Judge Campbell was in Aberdeen a few days ago, and said if the citizens there wouid help in this. move, they could have then ominee for governor and also the of the United States senators. Of course the judge has any quantity of governorships and senatorships at his finger tips, and can_dis- pense them “ad 1ib.” While thereis nothing said about what part the democrats will play in this plan, there can be no doubt of their being willing to aid and abet 1t with all their votes. For Loucks helped them last year, and they will return the favor in 1889, when it may put one of their number in & high oftice. and certainly will sow thorns in the path of the republican party. The Const'tutional Convention. HuroN, Dak., May 26.—[Special to Tme Be.|—It was not fully known until this weelk who all the successful candidates were, in the election of the 14th instant. Now that the returns are in, it appears that fifty-two republicans and twenty-three democrats were elected to the constitutional convention. Thus the democrats fell two short of getting a member from each delegate district. Thisis the only trial that minority representation will ever have in our state. There was a marked oneness of opinion on readopting the constitution in a number of counties. For instance: This, Beadle county, gave 1,988 votes for it and 82 against; Dav- ison 681 to 11; Sanborn 500 to 10; Hutchin- son county gave but 6 votes against it, while Moody dropved but 2 against it. Kimball, in Brule, which is solidly democratic, is the only town thus far reported that gave a ma- jority against the constitution. Party Spoils, Hurow, S. D., May 26.—[Special to Tae Bee.]—O. W. Blair, a young lawyer here, has been appointed receiver of the land office in Huron. He succeeds Hon, Ezra W, Miller, of Elk Point, who has made a very satisfactory official, Our people hope that he and his family will continue to abide with us. Postmaster-General Wanamaker held up the commission of J. W. Banbury as post- master at Britton, on account of charges preferred by one Sherin, he of unsavery reputation, whose name was conneoted with a scandal at one of our hotels. When Bao- bury found out who was thus bothering him he sent a certified copy of certain legal proceedings to the postmaster- genera!, who _ at once forwarded his commission. He is editor of the Britton Daylight, iu Marshall county, and was sworn in as postmaster last Tuesday. By the middle of June the commission of immigration will have several thousand new and lately corrected maps of the two Dakota states, all for gratuitous distribution, Ad- vess ¥, H, Hagerty, Aberdeen. ‘There has been considerable inquiry as to ex-Delegate Gifford being a caudidate for congressional nomination. I am autbor- ed to say that he will not refuse if he has an opportunity. Sioux Ialls is growing rich from her quartzite quarries and now Yankton finds that her river front ot chalk stone is availa- ble for the manufacture of a cement as ex- cellent in quality as the Portland. They also have an abundance of potter's clay, and are looking forward to the near future when they will have manutactories of pottery pipes and tiing. ‘That old town is coming w0 the front. It is high time. Free Land in Dakot. S188ET0N AGENCY, Dak., May 26.—|Special to Tne Bee.]—Three million five hundred thousandficres of the finest land in Dakota, the Sisseton Indian and military resgrva- tions, are soon to be thrown open for settle- ment. There is no such rush here as oc- curred when Oklaboma was declared ready for the homesteader, but there ie a steady, quiet movement toward the new El Dorado by the farmers of adjoining Minnesota aud Dakota counties, and when the time arrives for entering the reservations several thou- sand sturdy boomers will be on hand to make early selections, The military reservation, set apart in 1804 for the use of United States troops, comprises 500,000 acres, and will be proclaimed open on the 1st of June. The In- dian reservation, which contains a little more than three million acres, will be ready to be sliced up into tracts of 160 acres, it is expected, about the Lst of August. This de- pends on the rapidity with which the red men are allotted lands in severalty. There are about eighteen hundred of the Sis- sctons who have agreed to take 160 acres each and as spon as they make their se- lections tne president will be notified and he will issue an order openmng the ramaining portion to settlement. The military reserva - tion is a rectangular tract located in Mar- shall county; It ean be cut up into 8,000 farms, on which 15,000 people can gain & livelihood. The great Sisseton Indian reser- vation is a tract in the shape of & wedge, the poiut of which rosts on Lake Kampeeka, in 1 Codinglou coucty, three wiles north of Wa- tertown. The western botindary runs through the counties of ton, Grant, Day, Marshall and Mo the forty- sixth parellel. The northess boundary lies in Sargent, Richland and Roberts counties. Lake Traverse, on the Minmeseta border, is the eastern boundary for a‘distance of thirty miles, the boundary lingmmning thonce through Roberts, Grant: esd Codington countles to Lake Rampoekw again. The 1,500 Indians will bocome possossetl of less than 800,000 acres, and all the rest of the 8,000,000 ncres will soon be covered with vegetables under the ownership of the white man, This land is not a wild western wilderness far re- moved from the centers of cvilization. The country is thickly settled with thrifty peos ple on every side of the reservation. Among tho towns and cities located within a few miles of the borders of tho great uract are Brown's Valley and Ortonville, Minn.; Britton, Webster, Milbank, Wilmot, Rut land, Forman and Watertown, Dakota, One railroad, the Chi , Milwaukee & St. Paul, runs through the Indian reservation, and the Manitoba, Minneapolis & Pacific, the Northwestern, the Burlington, the Cedar Rapids & Northern, aad the Minneapolis & St. Louis run along its borders. The land is splendidly watered by numerous lakes and small streams, and sufficiently hilly to be splendidly draiped. The soil is & black loam which averages a foot in thickness, but at times reaches several feet. It is the most fertile on the eastorn border of the territory, and large orops of wheat, oats, corn and vege- tables are raised, Stock fares well also, as there is excellent grazing both summer and winter, There is a pleasing difference be- tween this and adjoining sections as to tim- ber; onk and cottonwood trees abound on both reservations. Building stone is plenti- ful along the central ridges, and the Indians have utilized it to some extent. Excellent sand and brick clay abound. The rainfall is usually frequent and plentiful, the average for several years being 17-27 inches. ‘rhe single company of troops npw located at Fort Sisseton will be ordered to some other post oearly in June, and the government Imlldimis, twenty-five in number, will be sold at publi auction June 6. Several undred acres im- mediately adjoining the fort are already under a high state of cultivation, the garri- son having raised all its 'vegetables for a long period. This and all the other land on the reservation will be subjd®t to homestead entry only. The Sisseton Indians, a branch of the great Sioux tribe, are the most peace- ful and enjoy the highest civilization of any in Dakota. They have almost entirely dis- carded the Indian language, and in their schools English is taught exclusively. The only Indian boarding school in the northwest is located on this reservation, This school has a boys’ and girls’ hall and employs five teachers, supported wholly by the Presby- terian board of home missions, and receives no aid whatever from the government. The schools are in charge of Rev. Dr. Adam who, though eighty years old, is hale an hearty. The Presbyterian school occupies nine large buildings, while the government school occupies but one building and em- ploys only three teachers. In the former all the industrial branches are taught, and the red men are learning trades which will be useful in gaining a livelihood. Many of the Indians are taking business courses, some becomo fine musicians and a large class 12 preparing for the ministry. The Sissetons are nearly all Presbyterians, there being nine Presbyterian and one Epis- copal church on the reservation. John R. Renville, the oldest Indian' preacher in America, who many years ago assisted the mussionaries in translating the bible into the Sioux language, is still vigorous and delivers a sermon every Sunday. The Sissetons re- ceive no aunuities from: the government, being entirely self-supperting, and their homes compare favorably with those of the whites in the counties bordering oun the reservation. They are industrious and honest, and, in marked contrast to those being supported by the government in idle- ness, are increasing in numpers, LA e THE CLEARANOE RECORD. The Financial Transactions of the Past Week. BosToN, Mass, May 20.—|Speclal Tela gram to Tup Bre.|—The following table, compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States, shows the gross ex- changes for the week ended May 25, 1889, with rates per ceat of increase or decrease as compared with the amounts for the cor- responding week in 1888t E conmasen. | § Baltimore. Cinennati Pittsburg. . New Orlea) Kansas ( Louisyille Providence Detroit . Milwauke Omabha.. St. Paul. ... Minneapolis’. Donver.. Cloveland Indianap Hartford Columbus Duluth. . Worcestor. St. Joseph.. ! Fort Worth. Portland. . 105,263 }Zlm.um : Galveston 01,017 Lowell . 600,65 Norfolk | Grand Rapids. Byracuse. . Wichita. Topeka *Tacom Total .. Outside New York. *Not ncluaed in total, this time last year, TR e WALKER's CONFESSION. The Youthful Knobber Freely Admits His Guil , Mo., May 20.—|Special to Tue .]—The confession of William Walker, just made public here, is regarded as entireiy correct, 8o far as the youthful Knobber’s knowledge of the tragedy goes. He freely admits that he was the prigeipal actor in the fearful scene, but claims that his father, David Walker, was really in ignorance of the ntention to aseauly the Edens. How- ever correct this may be,it'is clearly known that David Walker was determined to make his band of regulators feared from one end of Christian county to thaether, though he was probably too cautious make the as: sault on the Edens at th it was precip- itated by some of s lpss prudent fol- lowers, il Only n week before the Walker was reasoned with by one of hus Knobber friends, and'u to desist from whipping raids, which:lad grown to be of almost nightly occuerenee; - *“They'll never tind us out,” said Walker, **'and we'll knock ‘em right and left,” The story recently published about the eventful wanderi of Wiley Matthews, and his final drowniug 1in the War Eagle river, in Arkansas, is pare nonsense, Wiley Matthews’ wife is frequently seen at Dyke's store, & little: trading point on the Swan river, in Taney county, @ place where she has bpeither relations mmmn\oymeng and it is morally certain tnat Wiley is secreted in wome of the sharp ggrees of the udjacent hills, where human footsteps seldom tread. ons massacre Fhe Weather Indications. For Nebraska and Dakota: Geaerally fair northerly winds, slight changes in tempera- ture. 7 For Iowa: Showers in eastern portion, fair i westera portion aud westerly wind warmer in. eastern poption, stationary te Peruture ig western portion. 7 CRONIN'S IMPOSING FUNERAL. The Procession was Three Hours in Passing. CROWDS JAM THE STREETS. A Canopy of American Flags Above the Biler—High Mass in the Ouathedral — Conghlin's Mysterious Smith, With Dirges Due. Cmicaao, May 26.—In all of its details the funeral of Dr. P. H. Cronin to-day was a most remarkable affair. From one end of the big procession to the other through the endless crowds on the streels, among the throng in the great cathedrals, aboard the train, after the train that was passing the cottage sped toward Calvary cemetery, the dead man's fearful fute was present in every mind. The corpse has been lying in state in Calvary armory on the lake front, and there early this morning a morbid and curious crowd with the dead man’s frienas made their pilgrimage. Armed sentries from the Hibernian rifles stood arms-at-reat at each corner of the raised platform on which reposed the catafalque and coffin. The crayon portrait of the dead man, draped in black, stood near the coffin. A huge cross of ‘white pinks and marguerites woven in with smilax was at the head of the bier, and a harp and a smaller cross stood at the foot. A candelabra with seven tapers flickered in front of the cross. Ropes of green smilax and white roses were looped from the coffin and about the catafalque, and potted plants were grouped at the corners of the platform. A canopy of American flags hung above the bier and festoons of black and white twined the bars above it. Large crowds jammed tho streets before the armory, and the police kept the passage- way open for those who wished to enter the funeral hall. . D For three hours the procession in doubie file marched across the platform. Only & Yicmru and a big silver plate on the coffin lid testified that all that was mor- tal of Dr. Cronin was within the casket. At last the procession stopped and the pall- bearers entered. At their head was Luke Dillon, of PPhiladelphia; Edward O'Meagher Condon, of New York; John Devoy, of New York; and Thomas P. Dmte, of Detroit. Following them came a large number of lo- cally prominent Irish-Americans, represent- ing friends of the dead man and the societies to which he belonged. Leaving the armory, the casket was vlaced in the hearse and the procession formed. At its head was a platoou of police, followed by the marshal and aides. Then came a drum corps and the Hibernian rifles with arms reversed, and next the hearse with its guara of honor and pall bearers, ‘The Clan-na-Gael guards, the uniformed rank of the Royal Arcanum and 1,000 members of the Ancient Order of United Workmen came next. The Ancient Order of Hibernians, 1,000 strong, several courts of thé Indevendent Order of For- esters, 1,200 in all, and 2,700 Catholic For- esters were in line. Uniformed members of the Royul League, the Sheridan Rifies, the Catholic Benevolent Legion and fragments of other orders swelled the line. Marshal Cahill said that over seven thou- sand men were in the procession. Four bands and half a dozen drum corps played dirges or marked the slow time of the funeral march. Scores of furled flags draped in black and society banners edged with crape were carried by standard bearers. The line of march was black with people, the side- walks, windows, stairways and roof tops being crowded. Reaching the Cathedral of the Holy Name an immense crowd was encountered. On the approach of the procession the bell tolled and the organ pealed forth the funeral march, The pall bearers with their burden moved down the center of the aisle and lowered the casket on the catafalque. Candles were placed beside it and the ceremonies of the high requiem mass begun. _The sermon was by Rev. Flather Muldoon. He spoke at langth of Cronin’s kindness of heart and his gener- ous nature, but approached no nearer the tragedy than a few general allusions, After the church services the procession was renewed and proceeded through crowd- ed streets to the union depot at Canal and Adams streets. Thirty-six cars were filled. Hundreds of persons drove out in buggies and carriages and hundreds more came the cemetery from neighboring suburbs. Heavy black clouds kept many persons away and vague rumors of trouble may have Irightened others. Arriving at Calvary the marching orders were speedily placed in line and the body was carried to the public vault. No exercises of any sort took place at the cemetery. A threatening spatter of rain warned the crowd that a storm was at hand, and the three long trains were refilled with- in fifteen minutes, Dr, Cronin’s body will be left in the vault until his friends purchase a lot and arrange for public interment. COUGHLIN'S ‘‘smrrm,” If Williard J. Smith tells a true story, Detective Coughlin’s **unknown Smith,” for whom he says he hired the horse on the night of Cronir’s disappearance, 18 more than ever a mystery. At a sociallstic meet- ing at Waverly hall this afternoon a reporter was approached by an acquaintance and Smith was pointed out as the man implicated in Coughlin’s story. The reporter accosted Smith, and the latter said he didn’t’ know anything about the white horse. He is woing to sce Chief of Police Hubbard about the story, as he wants the chief to know he had nothing to do with Cronin’s disappearance. Smith says he came here from Hancock, Mich;, three years ago, He knew Coughlin in that city and intended several times to look him up here, but never did so until last Tuesday, when happening to pass the Bast Chicago station he went in and talked with Coughlin, He saw him again last Wednesday afternoon, accidentaliy meeting him on LaSalle strect and hasn’t heard of him since. Smith is at present employed by a real estate dealer here, and refuses o give bis oc- cupation previous to entering his present position, That he knew Coughlin he admits and that he was twice with the detective im- mediately preceeding the latter's assertion made on Friday that the man for whom he engaged the horse was Tom Smith, fermerly of Hancock, Mich., who had since gone to New Mexico. Smith Bnfi he has no relatives in that city and no ‘brother. He does not know any one named Tom Smith in Hancock. Smith's friends say that Coughlin finding it necessary to invent 4 nume_for the unknown buggy driver, chanced to think of his newly found friend, and afterwards, to carry out the story, gave the mysterious individual not only the name, but the former address of his friend. ANOTHER LINK. An extraordinery chain of circumstances in ggunection with the case was brought to light this even Young Miss Murphy, who declares she saw Dr. Cronin coming down town several hours after he left home on the night of his disappearance, is the daughter of a saloonkecper in whose place it is said an attempt was once made to arrest Cronin for conbection with an alleged womaun scrape. Miss Murphy is also re- ported to be a relative of a detective, the partner of the suspected Officer Coughlin, The street car conductor, Duyer, who cor- roborated the story that Cronin was seen coming down town and presumably took @& train out of the eity, is sald to buve resigued his position and disappeared. An ex-street car man named Tiernan, whose whereabouts could not be learned to-night, has recently been in the employ of Ice Dealer P. O'Sullivan. 1t was one of the cards of this man that played such a part in luring Cronin o his death. KING ARRESTED. Another arrést has been made in con- nection with the case. The mav King, des- cribed by Prisoner Woodruff as the person who bired bim to steal a horse the night of Dr, Cronin's disappearance, was captured to-day in a house of ill fame. The ar- rost was made with great secrecy. Ina_number of particulars King answers the description given of him by Woodruff. Tt is somewhat of a mystery why King has nov been arrested before, as it is understood from the oficers that he has at no time ap- parently manifested any desire to leave the city. The arrest was kept secret until to- night, as it was decided to confront Wood- ruft with King. The Oronin Oircular. Priavkipiia, May 2.—The Ledger to-morrow will say : At the Trish-American club last eveuing a prominent member showed a copy of a printed circular which, he said, he had received from Dr. Cronin about eighteen months ago and copios of which have boen sent by Cronin to his friends 8o they might be ablo to defend his character in caso it was uttacked. The circular occupies twelve pages and is hoaded: ‘Is it Conspiracy?—An Unpublished Inter- view. It purports to bo an intorview vrepared by the reporter ot a daily paper, but with- held from publication by Cronin, based on & rumor, circulatod November 887, to the effect that Cronin had been shot by a Wwoman. Cronin says tho rumor originated in o saloon on North Clark street, kept by tho father of Annie Murphy. Aunie Murphy is the woman who is reported to have said she saw Cronin late on the night of his disappearance. The circular continues with a detailed account of a cortain attempt to gain information as to Cronin's character, antecedants, ete.” Public Another Arvrest. PRILADELPIIA, May 26.—The Record, to- morrow, will say: ‘“Peter McGehan, who mysteriously disappeared from this city three months ago and was next heard of 1n Chicago, whero it is alleged he threatened the life of Dr. Cronin, was arrested in that city yester- day. The arrest of McGehan is_thought to forcshadow other arrcsts because it is known ho has been under the surveillance of Pinkerton detectives ever since the disappearance of Cronin, Though he was constantly shadowed it was deemed not wise to arrest him until other important evidence was obtained to demon- strate how far reaching was the conspiracy, which had for its object the murder of Cronin, e s il LE CARON'S TREACHERY, He Did Not Become a British Spy Until Lately. Jourem, Til,, May 96.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—Creat interest has heen aroused in Jolict by the publication of por- tions of the testimony of Le Caron, the spy, relative to his initiation into the Clan-na- Gael. Le Caron testified that he was initiated by Alexander Sullivan in Chicago. In doing this Suilivan had broken the rules of the order, Le Caron not being of Irish extrac- tion. A local paper publishes an_ interview with John T. Donahoe, one of the prominent Irishmen of this city, concerning the reports of Le Caron’s initiation. Mr. Donahoe's answer was o complete refutation of the report. “The leader in question had nothing whatever to do with Le Caron’s in- itiation in the €lan-na-Gael,” said he posi- tively. “Le Caron was initiated into the Clan na-Gael in Braidwood, in the year 1850, by William O’Callaghan of this city. It was the first Clan-na-Gael camp in that place, and was organized by Mr. O'Callaghan assis- ted by John Ryan, of Joliet, then members of a Joliet camp of the sameorder. The first suggestion'of Le Caron, as an eligible person for membership came from ex-Justice Wil- liam Stapleton, of Joliet. Mr. Stapleton has told meof this himself. O'Callaghan and Ryan were the only members present from Joliet to organize the meeting. _ Fifteen or twenty of the Braidwood men, who had been selected beforehand, were present to become initiated. They were all supposed to be true men, and 1o one entertained any suspicion against Lo Caron. When the work of organizing was comploted Le Caron was chosen president of the camp, by & unanimous vote, as I remem- berit. He remained its presiding ofticer for some time; just how long I cannot say. haven’t belonged to the organizatian for a long time." Donahoe does not believe Le Caron be- came a traitor until shortly before the Par- nell trial began. The fact that Le Caron worked hard for a living, and at times was sorely pressed for money was evidence to Donahoe that he was not receiving British gold. ‘e last year or two prior to his de- parture, Lo Caron was in very poor circum- stances, and Donahoo is of tho opinion that he saw @ chance to make a large sum of money by turning Informer end so became a traitor. TO BE A HOTEL KEEPER. John L. Tells Nellie Bly His Heart's Desire. New York, May 26.—[Special Telogram to Tur Bee.]—Nellie Bly had an interview with John L. Sullivan, in which the follow- g conversation took place “Do you like prize fighting?” 1 asked Mr, Sullivan, “Idon't,” he replied. “Of course, I @l once, or rather 1 was fond of traveling about and the excitement of the crowds, but this is my last fight.” “Why " “Well, I am tired and want to settle down.” *“What shall you do if you stop fighting?” If 1 win this fight [ will travel for a year glving sparring exhibitions, then I will settle down, I have alweys wanted to run & hotel in New York and if I am successful I think I shall spend the rest of my Life as a hotel pro- prietor.” “How much money have you made during your career as a prize fighter?” T have made $00,000 or £500,000 in boxing, and made 125,000 from September 26, 1883, to May 26, 1854, when I traveled through the country offering #1,000 to any one T couldu’t knock out in four rounds, which takes twelve minutes.” ‘‘How will you fight Kilrain with or with- out gloves?” *'1 will fight Kilrain according to London prize ring rules,” o CINCINNATL SALOONS, Closed in Front But the Back Doors Invite the Thiraty. CixcINNATI, May 26.—With fewer than a dozen exceptions the saloons were, to all out- ward appearances, closed, to-day. The fronu doors were shut and locked and the blinds were down. ‘There was little or no dificulty in getting admission to perhaps one-third of them by the side or back entrance. There were five arrests, by the police, of the most, defiant proprietors of open housss. In one case @ proprietor was arrested three times before he closed. The luw aud order league caused saloonkeepers in different parts of the city to be arrested and brought before mugistrutes., e Anticipating Memorial Day, Leavesworrd, Kan,, May 26.—[Special ‘Pelegram to Tue Bek.|—The annual Decor: tion day services were held at the Soldier Home, to-day, in order that the old veteraus could attend the celebration at Kort Leaven- worth Thursday. The exercises were opened with an oration by Protestant Post Chaplain Gillespie, follow ed with music by the home ud. The graves were then profusely dec- orated with ~ flowers by the 2,200 velerans at the hiome, aud the citizens present. The me- morial address was delivered by Captain J. B, Johnston, of Topeka, who made an eloquent and fecling speech. Father Flyun, the Catholic post chaplain, then pronounced the benediction, after which all present par- ook of a sumptuous disuer, AN OUTBREAK 1IN GUTHRI Tearing Down a House as a Matter of Principle. SEVERAL PERSONS BADLY HURT. Driving off Oarpenters and Breaking Up Foundations—A Sort of All Around Kight — Armed Troops Appear, The Oklahoma Spirit Rampant, Gurinie, I 1, May 20.—[Special Teles gram to Tur Bre.]—The city of Guthrie is in a ferment of excitemont over a riot which oceurred this morning and in which soveral persons were seriously injured. United States Deputy Marshal Hayes and Amos Burnett, of Nashville county, Illinows, James Sampsel, of Toala, Kan., and James Weed, of Convecticut, are conteste ants for a valuable corner lot. A weok ago an arbitration committes awarded the lot to Sampsel, but this mornin Weed, with a gang of carpenters, appet and bogan the erection of a frame aouse on the lot. A mob ot Sumpsel’s sympathizers once collected and shouted: *‘Tear down tha house ! They picked up scantlings and made an assault and drove the carpenters from their work. They then, rafter by rafter, razed the building to tha ground. The carpenters laid anothem foundation but it was quickly torn up by th infuriated mob, Marshal Needles appearer upon the scene and ordered the mob to dis perae, but they hooted and joered at him. Frank Longworth, of Chicago, made am incendiary speech which incited a free-for= all fight 1n_which sticks and stones wera freely used. During the melee pickpockes wore discovered at work and one of them was knocked down and tramped on by tho crowd. A rafter fell and broke his log. Meanwhile the United States troops ar- rived upon the scene at a double quick, They charged upon the crowd,who retreated. One of then, George Stevens, of Niles, Mich., re- fused to mo eyond the cordon formed by by the soldiers and was struck on the head with a musket by a soldier and his skull fractured. The man Longworth was .fols lowed to the juil by a mob bent on sccuring his release but he spoke through the bars of the window and counseled moderation and the mob retired. At 9 p. m. the United States troops are patroting the street. A SLIGRT INDIAN SCARE. The Young Bucks of the Rosebud Agency Are Uneasy. VALENTINE, Neb., May 26— [Special Tele~ gram to Tne Bee.]—The citizens along the line north of Crookston are in a state of terror, owing to the fear of an outbreak of the turbulent element of the young bucks on the Rosebud reservation. A party of citizens arrived here this afternoon and immediately proceeded to Fort Niobrarato beg General Kantz for troops to be sent at once to thelr assistance. General Kantz came here to- night and, through Special Agent Lunz, telephoned Agent Spencer at the agency, but no particulars of the outbreak could be' as- certained, and troops will not be sent until something definite is learned. The scara came from a party of friendly Indians going around among the farmers and advisin them to move at once with their families anc stocik to Fort Niobrara, as thoir lives were in great danger. This'is believed hore ux only our unnual scare of which, nothing comes. Beatrice Chautanqua Assembly. BeATRICE, Nob,, May 28,—|Special to Tis Bee.|—The first session of the Heatrice Chautauqua assembly will be held in River- side park, Beatrice, Juue 25 to July 8, in- clusive. The programme is a superior one, embracing lectures, concerts, elocution read- ings, otc. Among the lecturers are Peter M. von Finkleston, of Jerusalem, who will appear in his native costume; Robert Mo- Intyre, ‘‘the Hoosier orator;” Prof. John H. De Motte, Ph, D., one of the foremost scientists of the land; J. B. Young, D. D., the scholar, the orator, the traveler; George W. Miller, D. D., one of the leading Chau- tauqua orators of the east, a pleasant, ntar- esting and forcible speaker; Miss Ella Dillon, elocutionist. Rev. Sam Jones has telegraphed that he will be present and de- liver an address. Among the instructors are, director of music, Prof. S, I'. Cravens; piunist, Mra, S. Cravens; intermediate music class, Prof, Calvin. ' The special days are, Old Settlers’ day, W, C. T. U, and Temperance ‘day, Y. M. C. A, day, children’s jubilee, Independence day, C. L. C. Recognition day, Music und Mis- sion day. Programmes of much interest have besn prepured for theso days, That of the Fourth of July is to be one of unusual interest, & part of which will be: 10:30 a. the war, assembly choru Cravens, director; 11 a, m. (speaker to be announced); 2:30 p, m., camp fire; hot black coffee, and plenty of it; army songs; hard tack, old style; army jokes, and sham battle; 7:30 p. o usical prefude’; ua- tional songs; 8 p. jehoes from Round Top,” the story of a great battle, {llustrated with large diagrams of the campaign and battlefield of Gettysburg, by J. B. Young. Doane Collegs Fleld Day. Crere, Neb., May 26.—Special to s Bee.|—The Donue colicge stadents had their fleld day yesterday. A large -and varied performance had been selected. The tennis tournament on the campus in tha morning was declared off on account of rain the night previous, In the atternoon the stud ents marched to the fair ground, pres ceded by the coll pand, A large and enthusias tic audience of tho friends of tha college remained until nearly 7 o'clocly, when the long programme had gone througl with. ‘The “tug of war between tho cols lege and the preparatory class was won by the latter in good style. A Grand Island Ballist. Graxp [sLaxp, Neb., May 26.—[Special Telegram to Tur B W. A. Rourke, manager of the Grand Island base ball club was to-day the recipient of a beautiful goid watch, presented to him by his admirers and lovers of the game in this city, Rourke has promoted base ball here and is doing splens did work in the box and at short. THE BNAL B'RITH. A Magnificent Showing of Last Year's Work of the Order. New Youk, May 26 -[Special Tele gram to Tue Bee)—Representatives of seven of the nine districts of the Hebrew order of Bnai B'rith met here yesterday, ‘The two unrepresentea districs were Ger- many and Roumania. These representa- tives form the exccutive committee of tha order, They metto make reports of the work of last year, duriug which the order has spent nearly $1,000,000 for educationsl and charitable purposes, aud to plan opers ations for next year, The foreign districts whieh were not reps rosented sent full reports, from which it ap= pears that the order spreading very rapidly in Germauvy, Roumaunia, Palesting and Egypt, and there wus even an applica- tion for a permit to form a lodge at the Cape of Good lroun A general convention of the order will by Deld next year at Iichmond, Va. ‘The res ports of the bxecutive committee indicate that its work in the last year has far eXs ceeded thal of any previous yewr, .