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

NINETEENTH MYSTERY OF WHITECHAPEL, Jack the Ripper Adds Another Vie- tim to His List. A NONPLUSSED POLICE FORCE. The Murderer Seems to Vanish Into fthe Air—A Panfc Stricken Pop- ulace—Speculation as to the Murderer. He Counts Eight. [Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Benn-1t | LoxnoN, July 17.—[New York Herald pecial to Tue Bre.]—Thousands in t city are quaking with fear of the 's knife. ‘Jack the Ripper’ is back again, A horrible murler this morning ennbles him to cut another notch m the handle of the terrible knife. The details of this morning's crime leave no doubt that the murderer of Alice Mackenzie, known to some as Kelly, was also guilty of the follow- ing crimes : Christmas week 1887, an unknown woman was found murdered near Osborne and Wentworth streets, Whitechappel August 7, 1855, Marthu Turner was stabbed In thirty-nine places on the landing of the George: Yard building, Commercial streot, Spitaifields; August 31, Mrs. Nicholls was murdered und mutilated in Bucks Row, Whitechapnel; September 7, Mrs. Chup- man was murdered and mutiiated in Hand- bury istreet, Whitechappel; September 30, Elizabeth Stride’s throat was cut in Berner street, Whitechappel; Septemver 80, Cath- erine Bddowes was murdered and mu- tilated on oitre square, Oldgate; No- vember 9, Mary Jane Kelly was hacked W picces at No. 20 Dorset street, Spitaificlds. All these murders were au- dacious, the last extraordinarily so. There were police in front, behind and all around the assassin when he kilied the eighth vie tim. Before his dreadful work was com- pleted the framp of constable 272 drove the Ruoul away. The constable left the spot ten minutes before, and on his return found the mutilated body in front of the house. He raced down Castle alley to Castle street. The only person in sight was Isano Lewis Jacobs, who, with plate in hand, had been sent for cheeso and pickles by his brother. He was arrested, but was evidently At the sound of the police whistle, from all dircctio bull’s eyes threw patches of light every- where. No trace of the murderer of the woman. The ambulance came, and under her was found a broken farthing pipe, which may have belonged to the woman or to the murderer. The body was taken to the morgue for examination, which developed an unusual feature. Jack had done the work with & aull knife, Heretofore tho slashes had been clean. Alice Mackenzie's bedy bore the marks of Juck's terrible methods. The clothes were drawn over the head after the knife was driven into her neck. A cu four inches long running towards the groin had not severed the abdominal wall. On both sides of this cut and along tho lateral line below the breast bone were twenty scratches. 'The woman was evi- dently taker. uuawares, as she was strongly built and weighed 140 pounds. She could not have uttered a cry withont bemng heard by the police. Jack adopted his old plan except in this case. His right hand was held over her moath while his left hand drove the kmife into ner neck, instead of vice versa. Tho murder threw Whitechappel into o condition of fearful excite- ment. Castle alley was crowded all duy with people from all quarters who had flocked to the scene. Stories of tho cvime are on every tongue, Johu McCormack said he had lived with the woman for six years; she was forty years old; born in Peterborough; there was n family of three until a month ago; they then lived in a furmshed room in White- chapel; she did charming work; neyer’ got o living on the streets; some times drank too much; left the house at 4 yesterday afternoon; they had o tiff; gave ber a shilling, and toid her not to spend it 1 drink; was told she had returned to the Louse at 10 last night and had taken a blind boy, George Dixon, for a walk; the woman and boy went to a Cambridge music hall, there met a man and asked him to treat; she then went home to the lodging house and left after saying she was to meey a man at the Cambridge hall. Whether or not she met him is not known, for the boy hasno means of identifying him except by his voice. Nothing could more clearly indicate the cunning of the murderer than tho selection of the locality. The alley is 100 yards long, dark and encumbered by a mass of wagons and barrows, which formerly were stored in a yard 1 which excavations were going on. A few feet above is a net- work streets, courts and alleys Castlo alley has no residents likely to go through it ut night, baths being the only tenement house in the upper part of it while the others on the left side aro small factories and work shops. Ou the right side is a high board fence shutting off the back yards of rows of small houses fao ing on New Castle strect. New Castle stroot runs parallel with Castie alley and just be low the scene of the murder they are connected by 8 narrow court. 1 approached, therefore, from White- chapel road the murderer could escape down Castle alley fnto Old Castle street, through this to Wentworth street, and thenco to Commercial street, or the lane. If approached from Old Castle street, he could escapo through Castle aliey court 1to White- chapel roud. This way he did escape. If hemmed on both sides ho could escape through the connecting court to New Castle streot, and thenco to Whitechapel roaa or Wentworth street, us he chose. Thero was further ouuning and evidence of intimate knowledge of the locality fn the fact that he was just on the boundary line of two police districts. Whitechapel road is patrolled by consta bles from the Loman street station, and no cunstable comes from the road down the ulley, becauso that is in the district belong- ing to wuother division. He must buve known that an officer could come toward him only from the bowom of the alley, aud his intimnate knowledge of the locality and police rules made his escape us easy as ever, When it is romembered that in all the eight murders committed he bias nover once beon scen by any body the fear of him in Whitechapel will bo under~ stood, and the superstition in some of tho sluus thit he is invisible does not seem sur- prising;. The police have absolutely no clue, Inspector Reeds stated this evening that Jucobs wis the only person in the vicinity of Old Castle street, and he was simply on au errand, and was released directly. Threo other men were arrested on suspicion during the early morniug and forenoon were aluwos immediately upon catublishing their of YEAR and their whereabout at the hour of the mur der. The search of the lodgirig house which followed close upon the discovery revealed nothing. Nobody had come in or gone out within the hour who could in any way be connected with the tragedy. The only hope was the examination of the barmen and barmaids along Whitechapel rond, with reference to the presence in their places of the woman Mackenzie, prior to the murder. There is a possibility, judging from previous cases. that the murderer took her into one of these and got her stupidly drunk before attempting her death, This investigation appears to be the ooy chanco of finding a clue, but it does not appear to have been made. The attempt to surround the scene with a cordon of constables wmounted to nothing, as the murderer had passed out into White- chapel road, and it would be quito s casy to hear wayfayers on that populous avenue as to cncircle the population of London Consequently the police stand as before, not knowing which way to turn. No doubt they have done and aro doing ali in their power. Chief Commissioner Munroe and Colouel Munsall were on the spot as soon after the murder as telegraph and horses could bring them. All the detective strongth of the metropolitan force has been centered ou Whitechapel and the best brains of Seotland Yard not only are but have been at work on the murders up to a month ago. Two constables were nightly on watch av the alley, it being a likely spot for a murderer to solect. Up to two weeks ago there was also & night watchman stationed in the alley by o man who owned o number of barrows stored there. Tho withdrawal of all those left the place free and nothing more for the police to work on at present than there was at the last murder, on August 0. ‘Phe murderer is clearly o ma- niae, but cool, and he makes no mistakes, and leaves mo traces, and, furthermore, is evi- dently without that sense of fear which lead: to identification. ‘“Jack the Ripper” has sent several letters to the police lately, after a long cessation of these evistles. They were in the usual braggadocio form and bear the old signature. A letter was aiso received by Albert Brack- ott, leader of the vigilance committee move ment, threo weeks ago. All the letter stated was that another would begin work agaiu in July. Many theories regarding the Whitechapel murderer have been ndvanced by detectives, criminal philosophers, court experts, news- paper men, and experts of insanity. The theory most prevails that the murderer is a religious crank, who imagines that he has a mission to porform, and, like the fanatic of Mabhomet's time, the more atrocious butch- eries he performs, the greater saiut ke thinks himself: that all the Whitechapel murders have occurred about the Sth of the month, or oii the very last duys of cach month—and it is claimed that every new outbreak has oc- curred with the change of the moon. vhis, it is thought, indicates that the murderer studying 1ts geography, would not venture to lose himself i the intricacies of the many and dangerous labryuths of the district, cspecially when on a mission of murder, Robert Buchanan, while engaged at re- hearsal at the Haymarket theater, said: ‘1 do not think ‘Jack the Ripper' scems to lack atrociousness. The skill displayed there 18 none of the really distiactive handiwork of an original flend. He is probably an imitator of some weak-brained creature rendered crazy by gloating over the details of the hor- vible affairs of last year. Of course that is a very loose guess, but the evidence at present is 50 sligt.” Buchanan had not heard the latest details, but George Moore, engaged in correcting the manuscript of a forthcoming uovel, said Le thought he could imagine the motive. 1 very early made up a theory almost from the first, and still velieve m it. The absence of motives which generally lio in the road of a murder is very remarkable, Theso crimes #re not committed for gam; that at least is certam. They are not, I am equally certain committed for revenge. My theory is that they are the work of some weak brained zealot of the purity class. Perhaps this unspeakable wreteh thinlks he is creat- ing & panic among the poor women clas He thinks he may frighten them from thei profession. It is an insane idea, of course, but a conceivable ono. He is a loathsomo outcome of the Puritanism of the day. That is my idea, The novelist, James Payne, had no theory ; t0 have s theory on such & case was a police- man’s duty . It is obvious,” said Mr. Walter Besant, “‘that the criminal 18 of the low class; that I think is proved by the status of the victims. It is also obyious that he has at least a rough and ready knowleage of anatomy, He would seem to be a bird of passage. It is hardly conceivable that with such a horriblo lust of blood constantly torturing him and spurring him on to commic fresh outrages that hie would have remained in London so long without it mastering him. Here then we have threo considerations—his lowness of class, his knowledge of anatomy, and his nomadic life. Thoso traits would be united in @ ship's butcher. Not many ships carry live cattlo for slaughter nowadays. The great lines are all provided with jce rooms, but there are still to be found ships without those conveniences. 1 have made & voyage around tho cape on a ship ou which we slaughtered our cattle for the table. The doctor, @ friend of mine, made the suggestion at the time when Jack was busy in Whitechapel last year, that n & certain class of disorders, which sometimes turn to a homicidal mania, and which 18 especially directed against women, it might be worth while to make en- quiries at the hospitals as to whether any man with the symptoms of such a disorder was discharged at or about that date.” Mr. Henry Labouchere said: ‘It does ot seem possible to form a theory which will hold water. [ have scen and heard a score, but never one without a hole init. In fact, most of them wore all holes. As to whether Jack the Ripper 18 one person or more; well, even that is doubtiul, 1 sball say that ho or they live at a distance from Whitechapel, The man must have somo hiding place in which to conceal his clothes. which can hardly escape blood stains, and in that district everybody was so much on the Qui vive thut he could not have found such secrecy as was needful. Mad! Well, n 1 should say ho was conspicuously sano. I havo seen muny mad peonle, sod they all tali. They can't keep a socret. Of course this wan bas very particula r reasons for keeving his tonguo betwcen his toeth, If he wero ocsught a Whitechapel mob would make short work of hi, but still his silence speaks for & sanity clever euough to laugh at the police, though that doesn’t take auy great amount of genius. The police Lave bungled the affair terribly but don’t see why even such a murderer should be mad, It is a taste. The fellow committed the tirst wurder, perbups, it he only kuew it, from sowe perfectly understaundavle motive. He was not caught; the taste develoyed, and ne went on Lo the end.” ()\IA]IA 'I‘HI FOUR ARE DEAD, TWO MAY DIE A Torrible Fatality Yesterday at the Capital City. SMOTHERED BY SEWER GAS. While Recovering a Lost Watch Al- bert Ruankler coumbs to the Deadly Vapor and Three ot Hia Friends Also Perish. Killed by Polsoned Air. LixcoLy, Neb, July 17.—|Special Tele- gram to T 3ee.]-~Albert Kunkler, James Crawford, I'rank Maloney and John Cleary were smothered to death about b o'clock this evening by the gas aping from a privy vault in the rear of Hassenbach's boarding house on N str On Monday afternoon Charley Kunkler lost & valuable gold watch in one of the vaults at the rear of the boarding house. Assisted by two or three friends he dug a 4x10 hole in the ground near the vault eight or ten feet in depth for the purpose of clean- ing it out and thus secure his lost treasure. This work was finished during the after- noon. Just before the hour of the terrible fatility the first incision was made in a small tunnel, which was to touch the bottom of the old vault as nearly as possible. The object of this was to drain and clean out the old sewer. Albert Kunkler, a brother of Charley’s, was engaged in driling the tunueli when he was caught by the sewer gas and fell upon the bottom of tize newly aug hulu in a lifeless condition. Seeing his helpless condition his comrades above undertook to go o his rescue. lames Crawtord, Frank Maloney and John Cleary crowded iuto the hole only to succumb as Albert had done and when but a few min- utes later they were pulled out had ceased to breathe. A lady of the house discovered that so thing wus wrong aud ran to C. E. Gould’s blac 11th shop next to the corner on Tenth street and gave the alarm. Gould, who was at werk in the shop went to the scenc and as he came in sight saw Charley Mankler spring into the hole. Gould attempted to rescue him and the rest of the party, but soon fell unconscious. By this time, Aowever, a number of per- sons were al llw place of the tra; The alarm was sent to police headquarters, and a number of the force were there a few moments later. In the meantime, Gould and Charley Kunkler were puiled to the surface, and although apparently dead wero resusci- tated after hard work. The bodies of Kunkler, Maloney, Crawford and Cleary were taken out by the police. It is thought that Gould and Charlie Kunkler will recover, Of the four who are dead, Cleary and Crawford e married, All were under thirty years of age with the exception of Crawford, who is thirty-nine; The Kunkler boys were formerly residents of Mount ing, 111, and were plumbers employed by Korsmeyer. Maloney was a plasterer, Crawford a bricklayer recently from Syra- Y., and John Cleary a blacksmith, who came to Lincoln from Weeping Water about four months ago. For Selling Morigaged Property. Prattssouti, Nob., July 17.— |Special to Tue Bee)—Sheriffl Eikenbary returned from Hebron, Ind., yesterday, bringing with him Frank Folsom, to answer to the chargo of disposing of mortgaged property. Fol- som was 4 B, & M. firemen znd bought a watch of a Plattsmouth jeweler, giving a mortgage o 1t as security. He immediately drew his time frow the raiiroad and returned to his howe in Indiana, where he disposed of the watch, A Dire Calamity. Avpiow, Neb., July 17.—[Special to Tne Bee. [ —Reports still keep coming in from the strip covered by the hail storm Saturday night, showing it to have been from four to six miles wide, and cxtending the whole length of the county. A large part of Ho- nanza, Plum Creek, and quite a la in Boone, Cedar and Beaver prezincts suf- fered. ‘The loss will be tremendous, every- thing being gone in the strip followed by the storm. Corn and all small grain is de- stroyed and even ten-year-old trees are do- nuded of their leaves ‘and _the bark peeled off 50 that buy very few of them will live, Where the hail was worst the grass is cut off and washed into the ravines us close as a mower would take it All window lights on the north and west sides of the houses are gone and some large houses were moyed from their foundations, The loss on build- ings and windmills will be heavy. With large numbers of the farmers the loss of their crops means tho loss of credit and it is feared many will suffer for the necessaries of life. It isthe greatest calamity that has befallen the people of this country since grasshopper times, One farmer came to town yesterday who wanted to get some turnip sced to sow, but 1id not have enough money to buy @ paci: Another said_he Liad cignt chil- dren and not_enough catables in the house for two mea It is probable the next few days will bring to light many such cases as these, Knox County Politic NioBrAKA, Neb., July 17.—[Special to Tig Bug. |—Theroe is considerable agitation going on among the politicians looking to the re moval of the countyscat. This question was voted upon two years ago and resulted in de- feat, Creighton having made blundering re- turns in its ballot box stufMing, by which the two judges of this district decided against that town, The disgrace and expense of the issue were such as to make many of the re- spousible farmers feel that the issuc is yet o0 800n, since the railroad development of Knox county is so far from completion. The war paint is upon Verdigre, aud the politi: cians there seew to think that this is o good issue to fight for victory and score Niobrara into subjection. Tnere’is an undercurrent of insurboraination which refuses to be thus scared, aud while it is possible to fix up some of the elements, it 1s reported that a split in the republican ranks may be looked forward to. Knox county has usually been ‘breezy” and played no little part’ in the political state politics. m the present pear as if the notorious which for eight years were aunual expectations from Kuox, are to begin anew, There is cousiderable high kicking going ou iuside, aud many ambitious statesnien looking for the administration of the county’s money strings. Lime Causes a Fire atSidney, Sioxey, Neb., July 17.—| Special Telegram to Tus Bk, |—During the heavy rain and lghtniug Storm yesterday water filled the streets and poured torrents past Pease's lumber yard and hardwaro store. The water reachod the place where the lime wus stored. The lime took fire and destroyed two build- ings and badly damaged @ third one. The lumber was all saved, but the hardware and ricultural implements were lost. The ex- tent of the damage is $4,000, covered by #2,000 insurance in the Phanix insurance of Brooklyn, Fruit Growers in Session, Premont, Neb, July 17.—|Special to Tag DBee |—The wunual summer meuting of the Nobraska State Horticultural society com= RSDAY MORNING, menoced here to-day and ‘will continue over tomorrow. Large numbées'are now in the ity and every train brings I additional en- thusiastic fruft growers. ‘Bo®o fino _spect mens of fruit will be exhibited and much good will result to the plantérs of Neoraska by the discussions brought out at this meet- ing, as overything in the line of horticulture will be handled by able men. Among the members now on theground are ex-President Day, of Tekamah; President Fred Taylor, of Omaha; G, J. Carpenter, of Fairbury’; Petor Youngers, jr., of Geneva; D. S. Lake, ot Towa, and many others. Suiolde at Grand Islana inAND IstaND, Neb., July 17.—[Special Telogram to Tie Bre.]—John O'Brien com. mitted swicide at St. Francis hospital in this city last night by hanging. He used & pair of leather handcuffs, which he found in drawer in theroom. One of these he buckled around the steampipo near the ceiling, the other around his neck. Then, by standing on a chair, he fastened them together and ipped off, falling wbout fifteen inches and dying of strangulation, O'Brien was forty-one years of age and a bachelor, He formerly resided near Greely Center, Neb,, but_cafo to the hos- pital last March. Ilis mind scemed to be clouded at times, being much worse when he was troublesoma, _He is tho same party who attempted suicide by shooting at the Grand Island notel last October. He has a brother lwving at South Omaha, who has been tele- graphed. §he Disposcd of the Child, Beatiior, Neb,, July 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tk Bee.]—A young Bohemian girl employed in the east part of town as a do- mestic, gave birth to a male child about 8 o'clock this morning and immediately threw the infant in the privy vault. - Its cries were heard by neighbors about 6 o'clock this morning, who rescued it from the vault and cared for it. The girl gives the nume of Tracy Zimmerman. Her home is in Saline county. When asied why she threw the babe in the vault she snid she did ot know. Sho refuses to give the name of the child's father. Her peonlo were notified by tele- graph and the girl and child given 1 care of the city missionary. Dissolved the Injunction Beatrice, Neb., July 17.—|Special Tele- gram to Tur Bem]—Judge Brady this morning gave in his decision in the court bouse bouds injunction case. The decision dissolves the injunction on the grounds that the excepted law is constitutional. The decision 18 received here with great satisfac- tion. If the enjoining parties insist on an appeal the court will requre a bond of £10,000. Fire at Linwood. Lixwoop, Neb., July 17.—[Special to Tur Bee.|—Last Mouday night fire was dis- covered i the general merchandise store of J. M. Vaboril. By the mid of a bucket brigade the flames were goon extinguished, with slight damage to the building and stock. This is the second time within three wecks that fire has broken out in this building, and it is thought to be the work of incendiarics. Modern Woodmen Banqueted GuraND Isnanp, Neb., July 17.—[S Telegram to Tue Bre.]—Lodge No. Modern Woodmen of America, cave a quet to the members of Doniphan and Philllips, who visited in a bedy, Over threo hundred were present aad all had a very cn- joyable time, al 108, Arrest of aDenilst. Nennaska Ciry, Nob., July 17.—[Special Telegram to Tift Bre.|—Dr. Schwartz, a dentist, was arrestod to-day under the late registration law for practicing under a physicinas diploma, Every physician is tak- ing an interest in the case,” Trial next Tues- day. Appointed Deputy Revenue Collector. Nenmasca Crry, Neb, July 17.—|Special to Tue Bee]=Mr. . E. McMilan to-day received his commission as deputy revenue collector, with headquarters in this gily. “The appointment is considered the best that could have been made. Going Afcer « Trovssen, Neb, July 17.—[Special to Tug Ber.|—Hon. A.B. Ball, who recently re- ceived an appointment to a government position, will start for. Washington next Monday, where he will receive instructions and enter upon his duties. ) Office. Grant's Kire Company. Guaxt, Nev,, July 17.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—The Grant fire company was organized to-day. George A. Graves, a vet- eran fireman of Boston, was chosen chief and will have charge of the drilling. Held for Manslaughter. Soumn S1oux City, Neb., July 17.—[Special to T Bee.]—The engineer who ran his en- gine over the 7-vear-old son of J. C. Lucia last Friday, was placed under $2,000 bonds for manslaughter. ol ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY. A Former Omaha Man in Trouble at Salt Lake. SALT Lake Crry, July. 17.—[Special Telo- gram to Tng Bee. |—William H. Evans was arrested yesterday for bigamy. Ho came here a few weeks ago, and as Le had ex lent letters of recommendation he secured a position with J. H, Bennett at the Rio Grand ofiices. £ had marricd his first wife a, Neb,, on July 12, 1883, afterwards Roing to Hastings, Neb. Evans next went to Omaha, where he found employment, but wrote his wife not to join him. He then went_to Denver. While there he married Miss Nellie R. Lewis, of Greely, and imme- diately moved to ' Salt Lake with his second wife. His first wife appeared on the scene yesterday, and to the charge of bigamy he plead guilty and was placed under §1,500 bonds. In court Evans made the state- ment that he knew ho bad viola and expected to go to the penitentiary for it. “The appointment of &, 0. Varian for at- toruey and E, H. Parsbus for United States marshal gives univergal satisfuction to the people of Utah, Judge Judd has seut, in his Foulation, to taice eyt as 00 as his su cossor will qualify. V. G- Bogue, chief enginoér of the Union Pucific, is in the city. General Agent William Brown, of the Rock Island, has been promoted to the office of assistaut general freight and passenger acent of the Wio Grande Westorn, with headquarters in this ity Chief 'Clerk Oglesoy, of the Uulow Pacific, takes Mr, Brown's place. The Briage Bafiding Pool. Hiawatia, Kan, July 17.—[Special to Tik Beg. | ~The commissioners of Brown county have suspected for several years that the bridge contractord from St. Louis and Cincinnati and other places who have con- tracts with the county were working to- gether aud pooling their bids 50 as to freezo out local contractors and secure work in the end at their own prices. Last yoar $20,000 was divided among these sharks, and this year local contractors refuse 0 bid and #25,000 would Liave gone to them this year had not the commissioncrs caught on to” the scheme. These co. ractors cordially invited tho co-operation of some of the biggest local bidders. Their spokeswan would go to tha local contractor not in the pool and say: ir. X, $L.000 has been mppropristed to butid this bridge. ®he actual cost to build will b 8750, Now, you bid §60 and we will bid #070, and you can bave the 40b and we will divide all” over #500 between us. If you don’t, we will build it for less than cost and assess ourselves to pay the 1o Princess Augusta Dead. CorENMAGEN, July 17.—Princess Augusta, sister of the queen of Deumark, is dead, d the law” JULY 18 FOR SOUTH DAKOTA'S SHARE. There is Very Little Government Land Left. RELYING ON THE RESERVATION. 1889, Judge Cooley, Chairman of the Inter- State Commerce Commission, Addresses the North State's Representatives, Little Land Lott, Stovx FaLs, Dak., July 17.—|Special Telegram to Tie Bew.]—In the South Da kota constitutional convention to-day there was introduced from the committee on edu- cation and school lands a resolution which is likely to lead to a full investigation of the value of the lands granted to South Dakota for the benetit of various state institutions. The omuibus bill gives a total donation of ),000 acres, which in one body would make @ good sized county of over twenty-two con- gressional townships. A like quantity of land is grasted to each of the other new states. The land is to bo selected from the surveyed, unsurveyed and unappro- priated lands of the United States within the limits of the respective states. As amatter of fact, however, most of the really good land in South Dakota hug already been taken, and unless the land in the Sioux reservation can be thus selected, 1t is difficult to sce where South Dakota is to get any benefit from her dooation. Here and there a scction may be found, but unless the reservation country is availablo the land cannot bo secured. Fortuoately seventy sections for the state university huve already been sclected. In 1882 General Beadle, su- perintendent of public instruction, selected those scetions, which were resecved by the land department, and are now saved to the state, L) The convention will take up to-morrow the manner of aceepting from cougress varion dorations, but it wiR have a more dificult job when it comes to getting hola of th land. In response to the resolution intr duced yesterday, the committee on judiciary reparted that no portion of the $2)00 ap propriated for the expenses of the conven- tion could be used to meev the expenses of the election for ratirication of the constitu- tion, These must be paid by connties. A'communication was recewved from Prof. Chadwick, of Starkey, N. Y., asking that South Dakota be ealied simply Dakota. An lmportant Special Order. Bissanck, N. D,, July 17.—(Speeial Tele gram to Tue Bee.]—The Constitutional con- yention to day postpoued the consideration of the proposition to have the legislative power vested in asingle body, until Monday next, when it will be the special order. The postponenient is considered a victory for th advocates of the measure, as they are mak- ing converts every duy. ‘The question of exemption, which has been of great interest to eastern business men during the territorial form of government, was brought before the convention to-da The proposed article fixes the exemption of homestead or dwelling property from seizure for debt at 81,500 and directs the legislature to make u reasonable exemption on personal propenty. This-prenosition will be bitterly opposed by the represen.atives of castern dealers as well as by a large number of dele- gates in the convention, The exccutive committee has prepared its report on the question of salaries for state ofticers. 1ts schedule is us follows: Gover- nor £3,000, per_annum, licutenant governor $1,000, auditor and commissioner of insurance $2500 each, secretary of state, treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, commissioner of sehools und public lands and railroad commissioners £2,000 each. The committee has raised an interesting point by recommending that rail- road commissioners shall be elceted. This, 1 is claimed, will place unqualified and in- competent men in the ofice, and will force them into office loaded with political pledees, which must work mischief between the ra roads and the people. On recommendation of the county superintendents of North Dukota, an article has been placed in the hands of the commitice on school bonds regulating the disposal of tho 1mmense grant of school lands to the state. It provides that none of the lands shall be sold for less than $10 per acre without the cousent of two consecutive legislatures; that not more than one-fourth of the lands shall be sold within five years, and that one-fourth shall never be sold, pro- vides for leasing the lands, not more than one section to be leased to one man or corpo- ration. [t has been proposed to prohibit the employment of children under fifteen yeurs of aga 1n mines or factories. Judge Cooley,” of the inter-state com- merce commission addressed the convention to-day as follows: *“We have heard in tho east that sumetimes when o man gets lost on the boundless prairies of the west he is liablo to be called on to stand and deliver, but I thin that when that happens as a general thing they are more careful in the selection of & victim than you have been to-day to make sure that he hus something to deliver, I am glad to meet you here, Iam glad to look out on & body of representative men of the newly-settled stute of North Dakota. I always feel in the presence of such a con- vention the dignity of the great work in which you are engaged, the making of a commonwealth, the marking out of the land- marks that are'to be the guiding landmarks of the commonwealth probably for ail time, ‘There rise up before me at such a time the names of men of old, men of whom we have heard, the builders 'of Grecian snd Roman states, the Solons and Lycurguses who made themselves a name forall time, because to them was permitted a similir work. And yer, after all, the work iu its magnitudo and in its intricacy in those prominent states wus nothing in comparison to the work you have here to-duy, for the building of the laws of the commonwealth that was founded 2,000 years ago; was sunple com- pared witi your work. As civilization ha advanced, as the wants of mankind have incrased, @8 the methods of trans- acting business have multiplied, as men nave inveuted new works, the intricacy of constitution building has gone on in pro portion, perhaps even more than in pro portion, and it becomes necessary do many things now that were unimportant then, that would even have been irrelevant, Gentlemen, the men who created the con stitution of the United States, that charter of government which has vo parallell m the history of mankind, would find many new problems with which to deal to-day if they were called on to create a constitution for North Dakota, Well, the Anglo-Saxon is a natural constitution ' builder,” He 18 born 1o the business. In many of the which hayve been read before us to-da, are a great many things of vital 1npos in respect to whiich there would not arise g you here to-day a single word of con- because in your very biood from your ancestors you have to come (0 take on correct opinions in_regard to such things. There is ngone here to-day who proposes to dispute with the executive, or who pro- that the e nd legislative powers shall b uited, or that there shall be no judiciary, ~or that any ~ one of these shall be dependent on the other. In regard to those things we have instinctively determined. We put them wsside as matters that are no longer subjects of controversy, but there are other matters that are in controversy—the vital things, the most importunt things. The great landmarks are decided instantly snd sottled before the convention mnet, but there are a thousund matters of detail that it be- comes ne ary to deal with, In respect to @ great many it will be found that there are matters which come now almost for the first time before a deliberative body like this, T take up your proposed article on corpora- tions. Even there you fiod many things on the subject’ upon which I would hastily suticipate there would be '*‘*—Efi—————*———m any shall favors, controversy. no You all agroo that you longer grant charters or spocial Corporations have the right to e porate powers only under proner restric- tions, 13ut as to what corporations may be empowered to do, a8 to the restrictions that shall be put on them, as to what shall consti- tute a forfeiture of the corporate power. these things ave problems that are altogether new, and which a Hamilton and a Jefforson would have been as unable w grapple with— even more unablo than are any of the mom. bers of this convention—for thoy had not had the exporience —which showed the ne § for imposing the restraints, Gentlemen, it is fairly out of tho question that [ shouid undertake to be your adviser in regard to this matter. My dutios call mo aside from all labors of this kind, but if 1 were to dron w nglo word of wdvice, althiouh I scarcely felt that it is within my province to do that, it would bo simply this: In your constitu tion-making, remember that times change, that men change, that W things are in- vonted, new devices, vew schomes, new plans, new uses of corporate power and that things are going to go on hereafter for all timo, and if that pe should ever come which we speak of as the millenium, I still expect that this same thing will continue to go on, and even in the millenium people will be studying ways whereby, by means of corporate powe they can circum- vent their neighbors, Don't in- your consti tution-making, legislate too much in your coustitution. 'You are tying tho hauds of the people. Don't do that to any such extent as to prevent the legislature hereafter from mecting all evils that may bo within the reach of proper legislation. Leave some- thing for them to take care to put proper re- straints on, but at the same time lenve what properly belongs to the field of legislation to the legisiature of the future, You haye got to truat somebody in the future, and it is right and proper that each departiment of the government should bo trusted to perform 1ts legitimate functions.” . Washinezton Convention. Oryaria, W, 1 A petition was preseuted to the convention for the labor or- ganizations, favoring un absolute sccret bal lot 1n the election of all public ofiicers. The tide land question is still being argued be- fore the .committee, and greatly dis- cussed by tho delegates. The com mittee on miscellancous subjects re. ported sgainst submitting the prohibition question to a vote of the people. There was o minority, however, but the seotiment of the convention appe to be with the ma- proposition was introduced pro- t all corporations shall be created under gencral law, aud that no special char ter shall be allowed. The same proposition also defiues at lenuth power and - limitation of rairoad corporations and prseribes the manuer ‘in which stockholders shall vote. The commilteo on the bill of rights has resolved to abolish the grand jury sys. tem, making comn itment by the justice of the' peace equivalent to indictment. In special _emergencies, however, a judge can 1d jury for certain specific work, ative committee will report against the convict lubor system, and will fix the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as the date toeleet, United States senators. The Montana Convention Hrrexs, Mont., July 17.—A memorial was presented to tho convention to-day from Madison county, endorsing equal suffrage, Amwong the propositions introduced was a resolution defining the Montana boundaries and another in regard to the qualification of office-tolders. The latter specified that office-holders must reside two years in Monj tana, also that no person can be eligible to the office of governor; lieutenant governor or superintendent of public instruction unless he shall_have attained the age of thirty years. The resolution prolbiting the sale of school lands was reported favorably by the committee. A resolution was introduced limiting the number of retail saloons, an- other prohibiting all sorts of gambling, a third that no chance games of any kind shall be permitted in any room or building where intoxicating liquors ave sold. Laird, of Cus- ter county, ntroduced a resolution prohibit- ing raitway pools. New Corporations. Huroy, So. Dak., July 17.—[Special Tel gram to Tug Bee.|—Articles incorporating the Milbank, Egan & Sioux City Railway company were signed here this afternoon, fixing the capital at $1,500,000, and naming William M. Brooke, of Brookings, president; J. H. Eno, of Egan, vice-president; Henry S, Volkmar, of Milbauk, second vic W. B. Saunders, of Milbanlk, tr D.'W. Winans, of Milbank, secr Duluth, Milbank, Huron' & Ch Railway company also organized with $3,000,- apital to build aliue from Morris, Minu., to Chamberiain, Dak., on the Missour: river, Milbank, Clark, Huron, etc., a distance iles.” The oflicers ure: 5 of Milbank; Colonel W. H. Lumb, of Clark; secretary irving Bath, of Milbenk; treasurer, J. Steurus, of Chamberlain, Diggs, Knights of Pythian, Sa0ux Fars, 8. D, July 17.—([Special Tel- egram to Tme Bee)—Kepresentatives of Dakowa lodge, K. of I, have put in the full day. A couplo of bands have been marching through the strcet pretty much all day, meeting visiting delegations at trains. Nearly three hundred knights are said to be_ in the city. The grand noon was _interesting s followed by the motor liue. pavade this after- and imposing. This & visit to Buffulo Park on A banquet and dance this evening completed the work pleasure of the day. The members are greatly picased with the souvenir history of the Knichts of Pythias, just issued by A. C. Phillips, o prominént kuight of Sioux Falls. The book meatly printed and interesting to all knights, ————, WESTERN PACKING INTERESTS. Only a Moderato Reduction Noted For the Week. July 17.—[Special Telegram ~To-morrow's Price Current will say: There is but a moderate reduction in western pork packing operations, the re- turns for the week indicating a total of 210,- 000 hogs comparea with 220,000 the preced- ing week and 145,000 for the corresponding e last year. This makes a total of 4,245, 000 since March 1, ag ago. The following is the comprative pack- ng at the under mentioned plac “Piaco. 1848, Chicago Kunsas Civy Owaba Bt. Louls Indinuapoli Cincinnati Milwaukees. .. A1 Kapids Cleveland Sioux City. CINCINNATI, to Tue BEg.) 200,000 154000 115,000 4000 124,000 105000 82,000 1! Moo Kaxsas Crry, July 17.—Major Warner, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. and one of the Sioux commission, returned to Kansas City from the Dakota Sioux reservation to- day. Regarding the national G. A. R. er campment to be held at Milwaukeo, ho said he had encouraged and expects i largo at- tendance. Regarding the labors of the Bioux commission Major Warner anticipated success. The reservation, he said, would probunly be openea to settlement by the early spring. e Want to Fly. Bostoy, July 17.--An aerial exhibition as sociution has been organized in tuis city, with C. M. Ransow, of the Modern Ligit and Heat company, treasurer, . N, Bowlby, chairman, and Charles B. Busford, chuir man of the board of trustees, The object of the association is to ussist Lr. A 10 construct & steel air-ship upon the v principle. Devausse | cuum | f on o | UMBER SEASONABLE RESIGNATIONS. Woestern Land Offlcers Antloipating the Comiug Blizzard, EX-OFFICE HOLDERS' DEMANDS. The Reception One of Them Med EFrom the President—Judge Ty- ner's Conditio n Oma- 513 FOUNTRENTH STREET, Wasuixaroy, . C., July 17, It is known that chargos have boen against Charde, roceiver against the land oficers at Chadron, not perhaps compromising them so far us con- cerns their character, but affecting their general administration line of policy. It is generally bolieved that this will remove these officials and probably every democratio land officer in the west, sinco it begins to apvear that the secrotary of tho interior, the commissioner of the general land office and the president will soon conclude that the so- called reform policy of Cleveland's admini trution, so far as it related to individual en- trivs of public lands, was bused upon lying reports of “‘special agents,” who saw in this A wWay 1o maintain themselves in peace by pretending to discover a great deal of fraud 1 the region west of the 100th meridian. So well convinced are democratic politiclans that the policy of removal of land oficers will be general that the more astute are sending in their resignations, among whom 1s Mr. Burtch, of Valentine, who vrobably only by a week or two anticipates an order that will be far-reaching in its scope. THEY HAVE %0 CHATTEL MOWTGAGE. Some of the men who had important oftices under. the last republican administration, and who were removed by President Cleve- land und his cabinet ofiicers, have an idea that they have a sort of chattel mortgage on ihe republican party, and that they have a right to demand their old places back again. Most of this class of geutlemen have been hanging around Washington ever since they were removed, and have not performed any great service for their party, or given any zood reason why they should be restored. Oue of them was a gentleman named Clark, who had a position as chicf of division in the land office, and who, aftor ineffectually attempting to get his old plave back again from the secretary of the interior visited the president and laid his claim before h He' was not received s cordially as he expected to be and nis. mission was entirely devoid of results ex- cept 8o far as it convinced him that he had better look around for something else. The president inauired as to the length of time he hind been in the service und he replied “about twenty years.) General Havrison is reported to have said: I think then that you have had your full share and that you oughtto step aside and give some other equally zood republican and cqually capable man un opportunity. There scems W be @ mistaken idea that the fight last fall was to put the ex-ofiice holders back again.” It is rather significant in this connection that not one cf the old chiefs of diyisions has yat been re-appointed in the treasury dgpartment, JUDGE TYNEI. A The condition of Judge Tyner is no better- to-night than it last night. Prepura- tions have been made to remove him from the city and it is now thought that he will be taken to Deer Park to-morrow. Judge Tyns er’'s condition is indeed serious, but his physicians say that the change of air is ke ‘; to have great restorative effect fipon his. Wasnixaron Buneav, Tre Ovana Bes. } filed at O'Neill, and also system, AN EX-OMATIAN'S ROMAN Rather a romantic little affair,in which the interested parties were an ex-Omatmn and a. chorus girl in one of the comic opera troupes now playing hiere, came to a happy termina- tion last evening, It scems that Miss Eve- line Bragg, o pretty little woman of twenty- five vears, had, until two_years ugo, a com- fortuble home in New York City. There she met Mr. Kugene Bisbee, who at that. time said to be a wealthy business man of Omaha. This was ubout four years ago and Miss Bragg refused to look favorably upou the wooing of her suitor, Fin- ally, however, reverses of fortune came to the' family ‘and she was compeliea to seek her living as an opera singer. Mr. Bis bee returned to Nebraska, but subsequently removed to Bultimore and enraged in the real estate busmess there, About six weoks ago, when the opera company to which the young woman is attached appeared in_ that city, Ihisbee saw hier once more and began to shower flowers and other little presents. upon her. He continued his attentions until the company closed its engagement in_Balti- moire und same 1o Washington. Mr, Bisbee followed, and it was not long before he won. Miss Bragg consented to wed him, snd in deference to his wishes an early mar- was agreed upon. Accordingly yesterday morning o marriage license was od and at noon the happy coupl uy with a few frienas, assembled at the rectory of St. Jobn's church, Mr. Lind- sey T, English, of the clerks’ document room. of the house, acted as best man for tha groom, and Rev. Dr. Leonard nxnudlly formed the marriage cercmony. Mr bea played her role at the Nu!lonlll night and her husband occupied a seat in the orchestra and watched his bride with loving cyes. Whether she will leave the stage has not yet been decided, but as her nusband is in easy circumstances she probably will at the conclusion of the- present week. The news of tne marris being unexpected, caused considerable citement among the members of the com- Pany, and Mrs. Bishee was constantly re- ceving their congratulations lust night. MISCELLAN, Drs. H. D. Chamberlain, hl-nwu Stitzelk and Albert Richmond were to-duy appointed members 0f the pension bourd ab 'uvldl. Neb. Nebraska and lowa b WasuiNaToN, July 17.—[Special Telogram toTue Bk, |- Pensions allowed Nebraskans : Original invalid—Thurman Wood. Reissue —Francis Vershaw. Pensions granted fowans: valid—William H. Sanaers, John L. Cox. Reissue—James McKeon, Silas I Page, Or- iginal widows, etc.—Hannah P., widow of Alonzo Bean. Tsaiah Bean was to-day ap- pointed vosunaster st Keeler, Lincoln county, Neb. BATTERED A BRUISED, A Tiain Jumps the Track and Shakes: Up the Passengers. Mr. Canmer, 111, July 17.—At 11 o'clock to-day the north bound passenger trald on the Cairo und Vincennes road jumped the the track while running st the rate of thirty- five miles an hour, and was badly demol- ished. Of the pussengcrs the morc ser- fously injured are: Conductor Churles Long, of Danville, Ill, left car cut off mnd head cut, seripusly hurt; Baggogemaster Cook, bruised all over the body; Mrs. ¥or- ter, of Terre Haute, badly bruised and injured wmternally; Mrs. ' Daniels, Fairiield, IN,, bruised and injured internally; Mrs, Mor Mahon, Carmi, 1ll, seriously” injured fn- nallv; “son' of ' Mrs, McMahon, eut on he Miss Luella Cox, of (reene county, Indiana, hip dislocated aud injured wternally; Mrs. Cox, Jonesboro, Ind., body bruised: W, €. Johnso . centies, side and back injured. . Vi Most of the pusscugers were extricat i1y utting into the coaches with n':: cugine did not leave the track. No blame can be attached to the railroad eom. PAny. 06 Lhe wreek was the result of an une currcuce that could aot be e, Origital in- D d;