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v W s o [ | THE NETEENTH. Maybrick Case. SHE IS A FIEND If the Bvidence of the Prosecution May Be Believed. A MODERN LUCRETIA BORGIA. |8 The Defense Also Submits Its Side of the Case. A CHANCE FOR THE PRISONER. The Court Grants Ier Permission ta Make a Statement, Which Will Probably Be Handed in Monday. The Maybrick Poisoning Oase. (Copuright 1889 by James Gorden Livenroor, August 8. —[Now York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bre 2 for the crown, the elaborution of whicn lasted from 10 o’clock on Wednesday morn- ing until almost adjournment to-day, and the defense of the prisoner has been eutered upon, Tne task which Sir Charless Russell has before him is one of difMculty and delicacy, such as falls to the lot of few advocates Raurely, even in cases where poisoning, always an especially secret form of crime has been in the question, have the facts been the present instance, 80 complicated as in for one of the main supports of the defen as disclosed to-day by Russell, 18 the all tion that the deceased was in the habit ol taking arsenic. The appearance of the prisoner vhis morn- ing showed that the trial has been telling YEAR A WICKED WOMAN.| More Damaging Testimony in the INCARNATE Bennett,] —The Mey- brick trial to-day ended its stage of the case a8 a voluntary statement, and upon the coun- sel’s aplication he consented that, provided no one was allowed access to the prisoner, she might be allowed to write it before Mon- day. Sir Charles conclidod h s ableand impres- sive address by bescoching the jury not to permit, the dark shadow which rested upon the prisoner’s conduct as a woman and wife to influence their judgment in determining upon thoir verdict. The first witness for the defense was Nica- olas B. Bateson, an American now living at Memphis, Tenn. In 1577 he was living av Norfolk, Va., and thers became acquainted with Jamoes Maybrick, who, like imseif, was ceotton broker, and with whom he lived until the marriage of the deceased in 1881, He stated that in the autum of 1878 May- brick suffercd from malarial fever, for which Dr. Ward, of Nofolk, find- ing quinine of no avail, prescribed arsenic and strychnino, He complained then of numbness in s limbs, which the witness uttributed to nervousness. Richard Thompson, of No. 5 Chester street, » | Liverpool, a master mariner by profession, became acquainted with the deceased in 18580, One day, when the witness and the deceased were together, thoy went into a drug store, where the latter got his ‘‘desideratum,” which, on questioning the druggist's assist- anttwo day’s afterwards, the witness learned to be a preparation of arsenic. On this, Thompson being intimate with the dcccased, ho remonstrated with him on the danger of the practice, when he replicd in_an irritated 1 [ manner and obliviously did not like speaking on the subject. o | Thomas Stansall, a colored man and waiter atthe St.James hotel, Norfolk, Va., said that during 1878, 1570 and 1850 he acted as o servant to Maybrick and Mr. Bateson, and was three or four times sent by Maybrick to . | put a small quantity of arsenic with a . | spoon into beef tea, which he . | then drank. He had noticed also that May- brick liad o groat many medicines and was much in the nabit of doing it himself. On cross-oxamination this witness seemed quite unable to give any reason why arsenic t | should have been purchased by the deceased. It was not the doctor’s prescription, nor was ne told to buy any particular quauntity. May- brick just gave him half a dollar and told with terrible effect upon her health. As she | himto buy arsenic. The druggist seemed to entered the dock she lookea fear- [ know what he wanted and gave it to him, fully hageard, her once plump cheeks | Edwin S. Heaton, a reliable druggist for- Ybeing thin and worn. Her step, too, ha lost its elasticity, and it obviously demanded an effort to enable her to walk steadily to her merly carrying on business at No. 17 Ex- change street, Bast Liverpool, recognized a photograph of the deccased as that of & gen- seat. tleman whose name be did not kuow, but The morning's proccedings opened with | who frequentiy called at his shop on Ex the cross-examination of the nurse, Ellen | change strect, Hast Liverpool. He had Gore, who deposed to secing Mrs, Maybrick | known him as a customer for about ten years, stealthily take a bottle of Valontiae's meat | his usual purchase being & “pick-me-un.” extract from a small table in the bearoom of | One day tfus unkmown brought o pre- the deceased and carry it into the dressing | scription for a ‘“pick-me-up” with liquor room, whence sie returned two minutes af- [ added, and from that time up to shortly terwards and deposited the bottle on the | before ho retired from business Mr. Heaton table in the same stealthy manner, remov- | constantly supplied this arsenicalized *‘pick- ing it subsequently to the washstand. The nurse's t ‘was in charge. Margert Jane Callery, another nurse. stated that the patient liked to have Mrs. . Maybrick in_the room, and that on as she was about to administer suid to Mrs. Maybric wrong medicine.” Mrs. Maybrick replied: “What are you talking about; you never had the wrong medicine.” Susan Wilson, a third nurse, who relieved Nurse Callery on Kriday afternoon, alsp hud & conversation between the decensed and his wife to relate. She stated thaton Friday evening, May 10, the patient saidto Mrs. Maybrick: *“Oh, Bunny, Bunny, how could you do i1 T did not think itof you.” This he repeated three times. Tho prisoner re- plied, “*You silly old darling, don’t trouble your head about things.” Alfred Schwiess, who in March was head waiter at a private hotel at No. 22 Hen- rietta strect, Cavandish squaro, deposed to the prisoner coming to the hotel on March 21 and occupying a bed and sitting room which ehe had previously engaged by letter. A gontleman came about half-past 6 o’clock In the evening and went out with Mrs. May- brick. Witness did not sec Mrs. Maybric again until breakfast time on Frid March 22, when another gentleman was with her, but not the same he had seen over night. That same day Mr. Brierly, as Vr. May- brick, arrived at the hotel, and from Friday to Sunday occupied the same bedroom with Mrs, Maybrick. ‘While this evidence was being given the prisoner preserved an attitude of completo indifference. Jt was maintained, however, evidently by a studied effort. The last witness called for the prosecution ‘was Dr. Thomas Stevenson, a lecturer in chemistry and forensic medicine at Guy's hospital, & toxicologist of great experience, to whom soveral jars containing the viscera of the deceased had been sent for analysis. Stevenson’s ovidence greatly strongthencd the case for the crown, In addition to the details in his discoveries of arsenic in the Liver and intestines, be declared that he had no hositation in asserting that the decoased died of arsenic poisoniug, and from no other cause, This declaration, delivered with all the conscious suthority of o man high in his pro- fession, made an evident impression upon all in court. Sir Charles Russoll then rose to begin his openiug specch for the defense, In meas- ured tones he explained his se of the weight of responsibility in defonding against ® oharge of so tromendous a character, “the fricndless lady in the dock.” The learned counsel, in pronouncing these words, displayed, for him, an unwonted degree of emotion, and the prisoner, to whom he dramatically pointed, wept violently, With a little further prefaco Russoll swid there were two points for the jury's cons ‘eration. First. Was the death of Maybrick due to arsonical poisoning! Sec- ondly. If so, was the prisoner the poisoner? He admitted the fact that arsenic was found In the dead man’s body, but he challenged the bypothesis of the prosecution that it was tho cuuse of death. He declared, amid a hush which showed by how strong un ex- citement his auditors wero inspired, that he should call witnesses who would state thay the deceased bad for years been in the habit of taking arsenic, that the babit had been begun as far back as 1577 in America, and that the deceased would be shown to have taken arsenic habitually down to & poiut in Jumes 1888, Ho commented upon the object with which the prisoner bad pur chased fly papers, which were the only sources of arsenio which she wee shown to have procured, sud Le further asserted h that he should cull expert evidence whi ‘would strongly negative the theory of arso: cal polsoning. Me biwself should bo di posed to the consequences of the exposure ot the Wirral races on April 27, aggravated by errors of diet. He asked thet the pris- oner might e allowed to make a statement 10 the jury which might be taken as evidence. His lordship here nterposed and sald that | ® slateidout might be received aad sdmitted timony was not shaken on cross-examination, but she added that noth- iug of an obnoxious “character could have been administered to the deceased while she Friday, medicine, he “Don’t give me the me-up” to the gentleman whose name he did not know. A curious sensation waes caused by the way the wituess gave his evidence and his allu- e | sion to the habits of gentlemen frequenting the exchange flats, sixteen or twenty of whom, he said, would come into his shop for a ‘‘pick-me-up” one after another in the morning. Many of them, like the deceasea, took the liquor arseniculized in their morning tonics, and the decensed had taken as many as five times the amount of arsenic as others had taken, say seven drops to a dose, and five dosés would be about one- third of a grain of white arsenic per da, The last. witness called for the to-day was Dr. C. Meyncott Tid. lecturer at the London hospital, whose evi- dence was obviously designed to counteract that of Dr. Stevenson us a toxicolog- ical expert. He. like Mr. Stevenson, stated that he was retained by the home office in poisoning cases, of which he had great experience. At great length and with great confides £ manner he flatly nega- tived the opinions of the medical men on the other side that death was the result of arsenical poisoning. He considered that the symptoms, as described, tended to exclude that theory, and he considered that they were produced rather by lobster sausages or cheese. Certain of the symptoms were, indeed, consistent with the arsenic theory, but several of the most important symptoms of arsenical poisoning were absent. On cross-examination, however, Dr. Tidy appeared to have been but imperfectly in- formed of tho facts of the case, as he more than once said that the poits involved 1n Mr. Addison’s question had not been brought to his knowledge, and he had to admit that in a large number of cases of gastro enter- itis, caused otherwise than by arsenic, which he hud examined, no ursenic was found in the body. His examination in chief caused a sensa- tion, ov ‘ng to the positive way in which he negatived the theory of the prosecution, but this impression wus distinctly lessened by the cross-examination, which betrayed the inconsistencies of this witness. dence then closed for the day, uderstood that the prisoner's state- il be laid before the court Monday. e TEMPLE TRIUMPRAS, The Chicago Byker Victorious on the Ayleston Track. [ Copyriyht 1589 by James Gordon Bennett,] LricksteR, August 3.—(New York Herald Cable--Hpecial to T'nk Bee.]—Ralph Temple, of Chicage, won the great race here to-day, in securing the ten miles 'cycling champlon- ship of tho Ayleston track. The ather com- petitors were Howell, Robert, Hawker, Fred Woozall, Euglish, Alard, James wod Lee. Ali the records weie broken by the huge at- tendunce. The weather wus fine, although the wind was wuch 100 fresh to adinit ofjfast time. Tewple lay fourth and fifth in the t, but improved his position in the seventh nile. He raced up to second s0on after and when the last mile was enterod the crowd cheered Justiiy us the famous Auerican, with Eng- lish wud Robert clearcd the othors. English weut awiy with & good load in the last lap, but Temple quickly deprived hinof the com- mand and locked like coming in aloae, Rob- ert, Lo puton & great spurt and amid breathless exeitemont ¢ ed his opponent, ‘Pemple, however, wus not to be beaten, and amid a perfect burricano of cheering the Ao man won after a desperate finish by six inches. Engiish was thira and Howell uownere., I 2 minutes and 14 seconds. Loglish lodged an objection against Temple the on the g wide, but th 1 that latier run him judge refused to entertwn it. Y Engaged 1y Abvey. 1859 by James Gordon Bennetl,| August 8—[New York Herald Cal pecial to Tng Bee. |—Lillisn Nor- d:0a has been ougaged for Abbey's operatie tour s America it The English Apple Crop. (Copyrigh! 1859 by James Gordon Bennett.! Lovboy, August 8.—-|New York Herald A to Tie Bes,]—Reports from that the Eoglish Apple crop will be small UM poor i Quality. eSSy Cable OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. THE ROYAL RE W POSTPC England's Great Naval Display Pre- vented by Rain. Copyrighted 1889 by James Gordon Bennett,] Pontsmouri, August 8,—|New York Her- aldCable—Special to Tie Ber.] —Tho day of the great uaval roview opened with the worst weather the meterological of. ficials of England or Germany could furnish. A thick, floating mist filied the air at all points of the compass, and elaborated itself into showers at ntervals, Portsmouth streets had a covering of thick, watery mud, the dock yards were wastes of closed worshops, dripping pavements and slippery planks. It was a day of oilskins and mackentoshes and anathemas. One hundred thousand excursionists were bitter- 1y disappointed, and in the vicinity of the palace, at Osborne, there was a strongly marked royal tendency to stay at home. The imperiousness of naval discipline makes no aliowance for the weather, how- ever, and the grand programme would have been gone through with in a gale, conse. quently all the steamers were at their piers pursuant to regulations, and dripping cabs and sleek, wet horses were trotting, sliding and slipping in all directions, One of the earliest boats to put out was her majasty’s steamer Sea Horse, which was destined to act as the police boat for the oc- casion and to also curry the members of the press, She slipped her moorings at the jotty and promptly at 12 o'clock started down the harbor, fearing a blow from the southwest, which threatened rapidly to take on the full- grown proportions of a Bay of Biscay gale.” The sky was a dull grey combination of full-soaked sponges, from which the rain dropped out without intermission. It fell from the clouds, but when the surface wind joined forces with it it blew on lateral lines. “The waters, dull, green and altogether damp, tossed about in rather angry waves, which broke in clouds over the Bows of the yachts aund steamers. The wvind hummed and whistled and roared /through the rigging and caueht ap large scoops of the drift to hurl stinging globules in the faces of the voyagers in rubber on the deck. The mainland and Ryde shore wero straight lines faintly visible m the mist. The fleet lay at auchor in three long lines, the masts and smoke stacks and turrets rising in a grey and ghastly fashion through the haze. As the Sea Horso approached the line the little black and ugly torpedo boats were seen to be tossing rather heavily, making it evi- dent that a deep water trip in them is a luxury to be studiously avoided. They were dripping with rain and spray and looked. with their variety of black top hamp- ers, as if there was altogether too much complexity about them for serious service. There is no prospect that trey will stand deep water any better in the coming man- oeuvres than they did last year, and§ what with breaking machinery, loosened joints, leaking boler tubes and other marine dis- eases which affect them, the necessity for a ot of patent medicines to cure their complaints will inevitably be necessary if they are continued as part of the navy. The coast defense ships—like the Hecate, Gordon and Cyclops—also tossed very heavily in the light sea running, and their main decks, almost flush with the water, were constantly washed by the seas which broke over them. All the guns on all the ships were covered with yellow coats, None of the ships were yet dressed and the fleet looked wet and dingy. It was difiicult to conceive of gunpowder being dangerous on such a day. The only flags flying were the blue signals caling for water. This caused anxious inquiry. Well, there was no review. It was not royal weather and the queen re- mained under cover all day. Ad- miral Commerall was desirous of proceeding, rain or no rain, and s0 signalled, The queen considered for fifteen minutes, und then the signal that meant postponement was hoisted and every sailor knew there would be no review before Monday. But the lords and commons, not being sailors, had a review all to themselves, They went up and down the lines and were souked and their tickets were called in, 8o that if they appear at Portsmouth Mouday they will be compelled to stay ashore, i AFFAIRS SAMOA. The Germans Take Steps to Bring Back the Departed King. [Copyright 1889 by Associated Press.] Avia, Samoa, July 20, (ver steamer Mari- posa, San Francisco, August 8.)—Political affairs in Samoa remain quiet. A German gunboat left here June for Marshall island, to bring back the departed king, Malietoa. and three chiefs with him, The Germans say they are bringing him back of their own free will, and not as a result of the Berlin conference. They ulso say that they will do all in their power to restore the condition of affairs that existed hero prior to his deportation, and will favor him as king, and Tamasese as vice king. Censiderable annoyance is expressed here on account of a newspaper argument started in Sydney. The Roman Catholics in London and a missionary society, to which religious body the natives, who saved lives in the receut hurricane, belong, are divided in their religious belief, and it is feared that the de- cision may tend to increase a bud feeling which already exists among the natives, Some of the high chiefs fi that the re- ligious differences may be carried into the election for king, which will be held Ma- lietoa’s return, and that a split may occur among the adherents of the Malietoa family, of which Mataafa is & member, and that thereby Tamasese may be elected king, in which event the Germans would have as much power as they hap two years ago. L LIKE JERSEY, LIGHTNING. Fatal Quarrel Over a Bottle of Med- icated Bitters. Mies City, Mont., August3.—[Special Telogram to Tuxr Bee. | —Harry Brown Cook, of the “Seventy-six” outfit, was shot and killed by Albert Brazer, a horse wrangier, in the same outfit, near Powderville last night. The shooting grew out of a quarrel over a bottle of medicated bitters, the only kind of liquor obtainable thereabouts, which had been purchased by membars of the out- fit, which Brown was drinking by himself. Brazer protested, when Brown called him a foul nawme, wktereupon Brazer turned and left, Brazer procured his revolver, returned, and shot Brown twice, the first ball grazing his head and the second entering his head just above the eye, killing him instantly, Brazer immediately made his escape and has not boen captured. Coroner Silverman, of Miles City, was notified and went to the place and held inquest on the body, A ver- dict was returued In accordance with the "OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 980.~TWELVE PAGES. \ THE DIVINE PATTL THE CZAR IS SULKY. Arrangements for Tour Completed. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett,] LoXDON, August 8,--[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tir Bre.) —Arrangements for Patti's next tour of the United States have been comploted. Marcus Moyor, der American Ho Barely Deigns to Acknowledge Germany's Communication. Constru Perujini, Vanni and Bieletto will be the tenors. ton Mateflal Surreptitiously | " lonos Dal Puonto, Marescalohi, Sold By the Offictals—Great In- Zords, and Carbone have been engaged. The terest in the W bassos are Marcasha, Novara, Castlemari, Migliara, Vaschetti and Lurini. There will pedition. i man Ex- be a chorous of aighty, anorchestra of sixty, and twenty-four dansouses, and a military band. - Ardit and Sapio will be the musical directors and conductors. Meyer says thav Patti 18 guaranteed £300 a night and a share in the receipts. He says that Patti will undoubtedly retire at the end of the trip. She likes singing, but can- rot stand traveling. Bernhardt will open in New York under Abbey about the end of November or first of December. She will be supported by Damalo and Berton. Abbey has also secured the boy, Otto Hegner, who will appear in New York on October 28 with the Boston Men- dolssolin Quartette cinb, Sarosate, the vio- linist, and Alberts, the pianist, are under engagement 1o Abbey for 100 concerts in the United States anda Mexico. Meyer thinks that Florence St. John in “Faust” will cap- ture the New Yorkers. There are seventy people in the company. and it will open in the Broadway theatre on December 9. Meyer sails for New York on Wednesday. The Czar Spoils the Meeting. |Copyright, 1859, by New York Associated Press.] Benui, August 8.-Prince Bismarck's manocuvres to bring about a mecting of the \hree emperors has been foiled by the sullen reticence of the czar, who has barely deigned to acknowledge the communication of Count Schouskloff, informing him that Emperor Francis Joseph and Emperor William are favorable to an interview. The language of the semi-oficial papers of St. Petersburg is studiously designed to divest the visit of any tendency to the restoration of amity. The czar is described us being too well exper- ienced with Bismarck's fnesse to allow him- self to again be duped. With unspoken firm- ness he has refused to listen to the over- tures unless preceded by a recognition of Russia’s claims of freedom of action in the Balkan peninsular. The ominous out- look on the Servo-Bulgarian frontier, where both governments aré massing troops, the ising in Crete and the concentration of Rus- ns around Cars discourages the hope that r's journey will be anything but a formality which he would avoid if possible. The foreign office does mot expect him to come to Berlin, He will go direct from Stet- tin to Potsdam, where he will stay one night, and then proceed to Copenhagen by way of Kiel. Among the pressing ‘questions to be dis- cussed by Bismarck apd Count Kalnoky, the Austrian prime minister, during the stay of Emperor Francis Joseph is the position of the pope. It 1s believed Mgr. Galemberti has influenced the Austrian emperor to make an explicit promise to rupture the alli- ance with ltaly if Italy ventures to occupy the vatican, should the pope leave Rome. Signor Crispi, resenting the hostile diplomacy of Austria on the Italian policy regarding the vatican, comes again to confer with Prince Bismarex immediately after the UNDUE 1 WUENCE, Two Pretry Children Used Effectively in a Divorce Oase. Cuicaco, August 3. —[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|—The two pretty children that Mrs. Ida Bowman took good care to display before the jury which heard her suit to be divorced from Frank C. Bowman, the St. Lows lawyer, earved for the defendant this morning & new trial of the famous divorce case, Judge Tuley decided that if Bowman would pay the back alimoney to his wife by October 1 he would allow him a new trial, otherwise Mrs. Bowman would be granted her divoree. ‘The Bowman divorce case was tried a year ago and reigned for some time as a subject of general interest by reason of the fact that it ‘was the first case on record where a divorce was sought on a common luw marriage. Miss Ida clement didn’t claim to be married above fac The body was buried by the coroner., Hoth men were with the outfit but @ short while, e Killed an Itallan Sailor. Loxboy, August 8.—A sailor belonging to un Italian wan-of-war has been snot by Musselmen at Cavea, Crete. The Turks have attacked and dispersed the body of iu- surgents near Coneg. A number ou both sides were killed aud wounded, to the lawyer by cervmonial form, She departure of the Auxtrtan emperor. The borg him two children, temper of the Italiay goverument toward Austria is displayed “u Signor Cpispi’s re- sponse to Prince Biemirck’s congratulations on the repression of th irredentists commits tee. It was briefly: “The irredentists wil continue to agitate until Austria removes the cause.” Emperor William's sojourn in England is a prominent topic of press and society. The semi-ofticial newspapers indulge in rhetorical “gush” over English sympathy with the emperor’s services in the interest of peace, the community of intercsts existing between the two nations, their great civiliz- ing mission, etc. There is a more genuine ring in the tone of the unoMoial press. For instance, the Vossische Zeitung dwells upon the hope that the meeting will be the sign of the ever-increasing strength of the bond uniting two kindred peoples, leading to more development along the path of liberty, and that both nations o the foretront of the culture of the world will continue to stamp their views indelibly upon the progress of humanity. The Tagblatt holds that the emperor’s presence at Osborne house gives the direct lieto the statements representing him as inimical to England. The Boersen-Zeitung says: Emperor William grasps the meaning of his father's words, that Germauy and England were meant by nature to be friends. Although England will enter into no formal treaty, the result of the visit will be such an approxi- mation to the triple alliance as will exert a decisive influence upon European politics, The Post, an occasional mouthpiece of Prince Bismarcl, also declares the political character of the visit, though it admits that it is improbable that the issue will be a defi- nite alliance against & common enemy. After returning from England the em- peror will meet the regent of Bavaria at Bayreuth and will atiend the close of the Wagnerian festivaly Thence he will go to Carlsrube and Strasburg on the 2ist, to Metz on the 22d and to Munster on the 23d. He 1s due at Potsdam on the 25th to receive the czar, The Cologne Gazette continues its outcry against the Eoglish-Afvican company. The public is indifferent to the fate of Dr. Peters, and centers its anxiety on Captain Wismann's progress,, He has hitherto effected little. Bushiris’ force has been in- creased by the arrival of Arabs from the in- terior armed with ‘Remiugton rifies. The expedition 18 also beset by coast fevers, and tbe mortality s Increasing. Fifteen out of sixty non-commissioned officers are coming home invalided. ‘The National Zeitung states that the com- mercial treaty with Japao goes into opera- tion in February, The Germans will be privileged to penetratetho country and trade everywhere. SpeciplGerman consular juris- diction will be renounaed. Count Waldersce will make a tour of Switzerland on hisholidey. He has passed through Zurich, Luceene, Berno and Fre- bourg to Geneva, 'Mhe route suggests a strategic inspectign associated with his scarch for health, ¢ The Emin relief cpimttee to-day issued an appeal to the nation for funds to aid the expedition. The apugal won't work. The committee ignored We fact that Dr. Peter's expedition sticks fask, & disorganized mob of Somabs clamoring for pay and Buropeans sick and wanting dogtors and medicine, Tnquiry into the Kiel navy frauds proves thav corrupt practices have been in opera- tion since 1884. ‘T8 wood and iron sent to Kiel for coustruction purposes was duly signed for and then secretly sold in Eng- land, Chief Constructing Engineer Pan- necke is the prisgipal in the scheme, Bremen officials are glso wvolved. The em- peror 1usists upon the utmost secrecy snd will allow only the sentences which are im- posed to be publis The police are uunlw all meetings of socialists convened the de'egates to L “Ida, before God and man you are my wife.”” Upon this Miss Clements continued to live with Bowman until he meta prettier and youngers woman. Disregarding the com- 1uon law marriage he married this young lady in the regular way. Miss Clements promptly sued him for divorce. She was awarded temporary alimony, which Bow- man, now living in New York with his legal wife, never paid. The judge suspended pun- ishment for this contempt, to allow him to defend in Ida's suit. He defended it vigor- ously, but the jury rendered a verdict finding there was a common law marriage and grant- ing a divorce, By his attorneys, without coming to Chicago, for a new trial which was argued and submitted to thecourt. Only Mrs. Bow- man was in court when Judge Tulley ren- dered his decision this morning. He grants a new trial on two grounds. One was that Judge Grinnell, when prosecuting attorney, was approached by Mrs. Bowmaun, who com- plained to him that Bowman induced her to part with a certain deed to property he had given her on @ pretense to marry her. The other reason why a new trial was granted is The judge said: had two very handsome Bowman, made a motion a more interesting one. *Mrs. Bowman and interesting children. allowed to run around the court room during the entire trial. The jury saw them and was naturally influenced by them when & plea was made that a verdict against the mother would make them illegit- imate children,” Attorney Hogan rogarded this as a decis- fon virtually m favor of Mrs, Bowman, who Qid not seem o jubilant. “He'll never pay up,” ssid Mr. Hogan, * and then we'll get our decree. He owes her $15 a week alimony since Fobruary 14, 1887, and 8500 solicitor’s fees besides.” P11 fight him next time without my child- ren,” said the little woman as she left the room, They were e — THE NICARAGUA CANAL, Everything Moving Smoothly Towards 1ts Speedy Completion, Greyrowy, Nicaragua, July 18.—This hitherto dull little town, destined to bo the Atlantic port of the Nicaraqua canal, rapidly awakening nto new life and is already blossoming out as the scone of con- sidorably activity. The terrible exumplo set by the Panama flasco has been a most use- ful lesson and guide for the American Canal company. All errors into which the French company fell have been avoided by the American canal managers, and 1t may be said every dollar squandered by the De- Lesseps syndicate has been a dollar saved to the Awmerican company. Sickness, star- vation, dissipation and despair marked the route projected by the financiers of Paris, but health, plenty of good food, decency and quiet euergy are the characteristics of American engineers and their assistants, Everything possible to do for the health of the employes is being done, and still further efforts are being made in tnis direction, Portable buildings of all descriptions are being continually shipped from New York to Greytown, and the engineers and mechanics will soon be practically as well housed in Greytown as they would be while av work in any part of the United States. Recognizing the fact that pure water is the source of g00d health, the Greytown engineers of the Nicaragus Canal Constructi)n company have just received lay out the two large water reservowrs. Fifteen miles of steel water piping will couvey an abundant supply of perfectly pure water from the Deseado basin to Greytown, Thus, 80 800n as the jetty and wharves are completed, ocean steamships will be able to water at the company's docks. The towu of Greytown, otherwlse San Juan del Norte, orders to ground and survey and plant for hear the reports from is congress, Abbey’s agent, received n tologram from Rio THE IRON CHANCELLOR FOILED. | yogtorday, stating that the terms are sutis- factory. She will arrive hero on the 0th, . and go to Craig-y-nos, where sho will remain Afrald of Blsmartk's Finesse the | nul October 1. She will then give seven Russian Will Not Trust Him. concerts iu tho provinces, and sail for New York about tho midalo of Novembor. S She will make her first appearance in the WILHELM'S VISIT TO ENGLAND. | Chicago Auditorium on December 9. She will then go to Mexico and Califoruia, ap- pearing in a number of cities on the way to An Ocoasion For Rhetorlcal Gush | New York, where she will close April 18, In company with Patti will be Albani, By the Semi-Official Press. Nadlue, Buticaff, Gentra, Valda, Clomentine P Devere, Guerring, Fobbey, Hortense Syn- nicberg, Mothelde, Bravermeist and Ida STATUS OF THE NAVAL SCANDAL. | vijargo, all sopranos, and the contralto Famagno, the reigning sensation. Rosellt iy will also receive ita‘water supply through the Canal company’s pipes. 1t is roported in Greytown that the Canal company is figuring upon a line of threo American steamships which may bo estab- lished between Groytown and New York and San Francisco and Brito, one of these steamors to be devoted to carrying storos and machinery for the company's use between San Francisco and Brito, on tho construction of the Pacific harbor of the canal, and the other two to porform a line servico of the company between New York and Greytown. The property about Greytown, Fort Car. los and Brito, ana all along the line of the canal route, i fact, 18 rapidly advancing in value. Some contractors from San cisco and Chicago are announced to bo com ng this way; several from New York are still figuring here and it is expected that by January the San Francisco construction party will bo “stirring up mud” at Brito, while New York construction parties will b digging thoir way toward lake Nicaragua from the Atlantic side, for 1t is now said to be the plan of the Nicaragua Canal company to attack the isthmusian problem from both sides at once. If this plan is actually decided upon the Nie- aragua canal will be open for navigation ina much shorter time than at first contem- plated while,say inside of two years and a half, the grand fresh water basin of Nicaragua, draining a water shed of 8,000 squara mi will be tirown open to the world, and in about two and a half years more, or 1n 1804 05, the whole canal will be ready for busi- ness. As a rendezvous for the American fleet and as a coaling station and dock yard for American men-of-war, lake Nicaragua will form an immensely advantagoous addi- tion to the United States, for a ficet there assombled could coal, provision and repair and swnop east or west, strike north or south and have a safe refugs should such a safeguard be needed. Thus it will be readily scen it must be distinctly under- stood at the start that the Nicaragun canal is an American institution and that the growth of the strength of our navy keeps pace with the growth of the Nicaragua canal, even without increasing the number of ships. This conclusion is arrived at from the fact that our Atlantic fleet, at a fow lours’ notice, could reiuforce the Pacific fleet, or vice versa, while even a small squadron anchored in Lake Nicaragua would be very useful from the fact that it could strike sud- den und unexpected blows either in the Atlantic or Pacific at a moment's notice. - UNPRECED Rain Falling in D STORMS. ts and Doing -orrel Great Damage in New ¥ New Youk, August 8.—Notwithstanding the fact that it has been raining almost stead- ily for the past week there is still no sign of clearing weather, About 8§ this morning rain fell in torrents for about fifty minutes, and flooded the streets aud cellars in thisand Brooklyn. The storm was accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning, and in less than an hour nearly two inches of water fell. Trains on all railroads were greatly delayed, and had it not been for the fact that everything movable had already washed away great damage would have becn done in the country districts, A dispatch from ton, Mass , says the storn) visited that ot the eountry and that the sewers ‘were wasbed out, cellurs flooded, streets gul- lied und factories compelled to suspend. At 2 this afternoon the most severe storm of the season was raging at Nyack. The streets were flooded and travel and business sus- pended. A Cloud Burst. CorrrRvILLE, Miss., August 8,—A gentle man just returned rom the neighbornood of Sparta Church, seventeen miles west of Grenada, says a cloud burst in that locality Monday night and completely destroyed the being torn from the ground away. A Mr, was drowned. Fatal Bolt of Lightning. Troy, N. Y., August 8, —During the storm at Cambriage Center yesterday afternoon, lightning struck a farm house occupied by Edna Brownoll and family. Ilis only daughter, aged ten, was instantly killed and eight or nine other persons in the house were prostrated by the bolt. The house was badly shattered but did not take fire. No Fears of Further Damage. New Yourk, August 3.—The damage by storm in Essex City is estimated at not less than $50,000. No fears of any further dam- age are entertained as the water in the river has subsided. The Grain Laid Low. ToroNTo, Ont., August 8.—Late last night and this morning a terrific rain storm passed over Ontario, accompanied by thunder and lightning. Many barns were struck and burned. The storm also passed over Quebec. The grain is laid low in the flelds and in many places is totally destroyed. e NOT DUTIABLE, Foreigh Built Cars Can Come and Go Without Paying. WaBHINGTON, August 8, —The secrotary of the treasury this afternoon rendered a de- cision on the question submitted by the col- lector of customs at Detroit as to the dutia- ble or non-dutiable character of foreign built railway cars coming into the United States from Canuds, laden or for the purpose of being laden with mails, passengers, ete. The decision says in part, that cars engaged in such trade never have beeu regarded as im- portations subject to duty, but simply as vehicles of transportation for conducting an established and legalized trafc. This p - ple bas remained in force more than twenty years, and in view of the long settled rulo he department does not deem it conformable to public interest to disturb the decision ae- liberately reached and repeatedly afiirmed, and must hold that the question is no longer open to administrative construction, Ll AL Chadwick’s Report on the Yorktown, WASHINGTON, August 8,—Secretary Tracy has received the following report from Com- mander Chadwick, who accompanied the Yorktown under orders of the navy depart- ment at the receut two days' trial at sea, in which he says The snip showed herself an admirable sca boat, and ske has & perma- nently sweady gun platform, She steams well intoa head sea, takiog scarcely any water on board, She rolls easily, the ex- treme rolls were twenty degrees Lo leeward and eighteen degrees to windward, Her windward rolls were generally from two to five degrees less than o leeward." e L Weather recast. For Omaha and vicinity —Fair weather. Towa—Fair, followed by local showers, slightly cooler in western portion; station- ary weumperature in eastern portion ; variable winds. Dakota—Fair, warmer in uorthern por. ton; stationary temperature in southiern portions, winds shifting southeastorly. Nebrasks—Fair, followed by local slight changes in tewperatu; winds, and washed Immnad’s two-year-old child raing southierly crops for miles around, both cotton and corn | TWELVE PAGES. NUMBER 46. — DERVISHES DEFEATED Egyptian Troops Gain Vietory Complete Over Thom. THE BATTLE A BLOODY ONE, A Wholesale Slaughter, Fifteon Hun« dred Being Killed. ARMS AND AMMUNITION TAKEN, About All the Fighting Men of the Tribe Meet Death. CORPSES STREW THE PLAIN, The Practical Annihilation of the a Stop to the Budiess Disaffection in Upper Rebels Expeoted to | SRy P The Rebols Routed, [Copyright 1889 by i Beanstt) Caino, Egypt, August 8.—|New York Her- ald Cablo—Spocial to Tun Bek]—Very carly this morning Grenfoll sent all the cav- alry under his command including the Tivon- tieth Hussars, to mako a reconnoisance in force of the cnemy’s position, The cavalry spoedily drew the dervishes o, and as soon us the zeneral saw the position of affairs ho brought up two infantry brigades and a florco encounter onsuod. The rosult was the complete defeat of the dervishos and del Nejumi, their loader, and all the neipal — emirs who had acoom- vanied him were killed. The dervishes wore slaughtered by the wholesale, at least 1,500 meeting their death. The rebels fought well, making many bold charges with their usual impetaosity, but they were not able to withstand the onslaught of the cav- alry and the heovy fire from the Egyptian troops. Tho cavalry captured many riffes and thoy ulso took one brass gun and num- bers of spears and u quantity of standards, The Bgyptian 1oss is not uccurately known now. Licutenant B. Cotton, of a Shrop- shire regimont, is reported to be dangerously wounded, whilst Major Hunter, of tho Royal Lancaster regiment, is wounded slightiy. “Their complete victory will put a stop to the endless disaffection now rife in upper Egypt and in Cairo, The lawest telegrams from the frout state that with the exception of about three hun- dred men, all the fighting dervishes ara killed. Numbers of women and children are now coming into our camp at Loski. Abdel Hulim, second commander, was killed. The result of the day’s operations was most s uc= cessful, us the dervish force is practically aouibilated. Only a few small parties ara still northward of Loski, Al the Egyptian troops returned to camp this ovening, and the remains of the enemy are scattered across the “lain for eight miles from the river going sonth, “ 'The nows of the victory was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and at the theaters the khediaval anthem was played. A MYSTERIOUS KXPLOSION. An Express Oar on the Grand Tranlk Completely Wreeked, MoxTiEAL, August 3.-—~When the train for Quebee, on the Grand Trunk railroad had assed St. Lamberts, after going over the Victoria bridge last night, an explosion oc- curred in the express car by which & messen~ ger named Rogers was killed. The car was completely wrecked and the express matter destroyed. Rumors are afloat that it was an attempt to blow up the Victoria bridge and was delayed too long. An inquest will be held this afternoon. The train was on its way to Quebec, Portland and Halifax, and consisted of seven passenger conches, a Pull- man car, sleeping car and simoking, baggage and express cars. ‘Che train was completely filled with passengers, among them being General Middleton and Genernl Superintond= ent Stephenson, of the Grana Trunk. When the report of the explosion was heard a brakeman rushed through the train to the burning car and uncoupled it with the tender and ongine and let them dash up the road where the engineer ran them into a siding. No cause can be assigned for the accident, The express and railway people attach no importance to the assertion that an attempt ‘was made 1o blow up the Victoria bridge. The Senate irrigation Co: Huxox, 8. D,, Argust 8.—The United States senate committee on irrigation are rived to-day and session was held in which statements were submitted by a number of gentlemen interested in irrigation. The principal speaker was Prof. McLouth, pres- ident of the South Dakota agricultural de- partment ut Brookings, There were hun- dreds of artesian wells, he said, in the valley itteo, of the James river, each yielding a large flow of water from an average depth of 1,000 feet, An inexhaustible supply of water and water power could oe had in this valley by an ine crease in the number of artesian wells. Some wells give out the enormous quantity of 4,000 gallons a minute, If the yearly flow of those welis could be saved and stored in barrels so @s to be used in the dry scason, they would add enormously to the development of agris culture und turn the entire James river vals ley ioto & luxuriant garden, One thousand such wells, Prof. McLouth said, would add $10,000,00¢ vo the value of the land in that region, Arrivals, Sighted, the Auraria, from At London New York. At Hamburg—The Augusta Victorie and Wieland, from New York. At Queenstown—The City of Chester, from New York. At New York—The State of Nevada, from Glasgow ; the Lydian Monarch, from London, IXANsas Crry, August 8.—While nodefinite clew bas been obtalned to the thief who yes- terday stole 2,000 worth of diamond ear rings, the hack driver who assisted in his ese cape belicyes the man to have been Preston, alias “Wiudy Dick,” the notorious picks pocket., [& ‘tors and Brakemen Strike, CreveLaxp, O, August 3. —Fifty freight conducters and brakemen on the branch of the Lake Shore railroad running between Ashtabula and Youngstown, are on & strike for three brakemen to & train instead of two. e ining Back, ~A warrant arrived nd Martin Burke was ¥ 10 the Chicago officers this afters o purty will leave for Chicage we Burke Is « t WINNIIEG, August to-day from Owtawa, turned W, L i R L A —— { B sy i