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

NINETEENTH YEAR. MRS, MAYBRICK MUSY DIE.| The Death Sentence Pronounced Upon Her Yesterday. SHE MAY POSSIBLY ESCAPE IT. The Judge Hooted and Jeered Upon Leaving Court—Crops in Ireland Promise the Best Yield For Many Years. Sentenced to Death, [Copyright 1889 by Assoclated Press.] Livenroor, August 7.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tik Bre.|—At the con- clusion of the Maybrick trial three women fainted while the judge pronounced tho sen. tence of death. When the sentonce was pronounced the prisoner, who atthe con- cluding phrase, “And may the Lord have merey on your soul,” had clasped her hands convulsively topether, required for a moment the support of the two femnle warders, but, recovering her nerves, she walked down stairs with a firm step and unassisted. When his lordship, preceded by the usual retinue of javelin men, chaplains and sheriffs, made his appearanco in the strect. the crowd com- menced to yell and hoot. His lordship took no notice of the disturbance, but proceeded 10 his carriage. The police, not expecting a demonstration of this kind, were not in ox- traordinary force, and they only partially succeeded in keeping the crowd clear of the conveyances. The horses, being fiue spirited animals, became restive, but the policemen, seeing the position of affairs, whipped them up and drove at & rapid pace up the road toward Newsham house, the judge's resi- dence, followed for some distance by the yelling crowd. This treatment was the less deserved because thronghout the trial Mr. Justice Stephen had been even anxiously careful that no point told in favor of the prisoner should be overlooked. As au instance of popular. tickleness, n somewhat similar scene occurred i connoo. tion with the removal of a newly convicted prisoner. It was at first intended to sur- round the prison van with an escort of mounted police, but this idea was al boned, and when tie van drove out of St. Jolin's lane, the cnd of the brivate passuge by which the prisoners are taken to and removed from the courts, o lurge crowd awaited its appearance and induiged in hoots und grouns for the prisoner, which continued until the van disappeared in the direction of Walton Goal. “There is a rumor that Mrs. Maybrick is preguaut. If this were so it would save lier from the noose, but the report is not be. lieved. When a woman under death son- tence makes such claims she is placed in the hands of a jury of twelve matrons. If their verdict is that the prisoncr is with child, she is respited, which means imprisonment for life, otherwise sho i LoNDON, August 7.—A majority of the Loudon papers feebly concur in the May. brick verdict. 'The Times holds that there s enough on the woman’s side to make it a case for the earuest comsideration of the bome oftice. It is notable that the judee in passing sentence refrained from expressing any agreement with the verdiet. CROPS IN THE SEN 1SLE. They Will Be Better and More Abund- ant Than For Many Years. Gordon Bennett.| August 7.—(New York Herald ccial to Tie Bek.]—A careful sur. vey of Ireland indicates that the harvests will be more abundant and of bewter quality than for many years. Ina few districts the crops will be below the average, while in most of them they will be far ubove, 1n the Dublin districts the prospects arc better than for years. In detail their condition is as follows: In Armagh it is admitted that the harvest will be the best for many years. The potato crop is the best in twenty years; oat crop heavy; turnips doing well; fruit crop good. In Athlone hav is un aver 80 crops outs an average; tne potato yield iurge. The general out- look is satisfactory. In Bangher the prospect is prowising the most abundant harvest in years. The district is mamly de- voted to barley, which never looked finer; oats fair; rye could not be better; potatoes pever looked finer; hay plentiful, Bonbridge—ilay fair; turnips poor; a fair average all around. Bray—Hay abunduant; oats good; turnips fair; potatoes better than the average. Carlow-—Splendid crops of wheat; barloy promising; oats fair; burley und potatoos under the average and late planted promise to muke up; general pros pecta cheering, Carick-on-Shannon—An ay- erage all-around yield. Custlebar—Farmers are jubilant; the harvest will be one of the most abundant in twenty years. Cork—The prospects are cousidered favorable, and fow compiaints are heard. Down aud Antrim—Crops in the main will be up to the average of the best of recent years, especially in Down; farmers feel chipper. Droughda—With the exception of turnips, crops in this district, which is celebrated for grass aud corn, were never in better condition. Potatogs prouise to be plentiful aud cheap. Dungannon—Farmers are satisfied, which means much. Forma- naugh~Indications promise an abundant harvest. Galway—The harvest is likely to be prosperous. A potato blight is feared; short oat crop; hay middling. Kilkenny Potatoes abundant und first class; oats, bar- ley und wheat good; turnips below the aver- nge; general harvest aot below last yeur Killarney—An average harvest is exvected. Limerick—Not for many years bas the district been favored with brighter prospects for a bountiful harvest. Lonaonderry—The eriticul period of the scason has passed, No doubt is entertained of the excellence aud abundance of the crops. Marlborough—The outlook is fairly promis fng, Monaghuu—An average in ail crops but turnips, which are fair. North Kildare ~—The outlook is cheering, Roscommon— Crops promise better than for yeurs. Sligo— The genoral opinion is thut there will be an excoptionally good harvest. Tipperary— The prospects are lmproved by the receut raln, but the yield wili be below the average. Waterford—Never @id harvest prospects look more cheerful R A Welt at Monopoly. ToLpo, 0., August 7.--When this city bonded herself for 8550,000, to provide natural &8s that would knook out the monopoly, the Standurd Oul company declared it would be fmpossible to buy any gas territory. The ©ity got some laud, bowever, at Vanburen nd drilled o well, * Yesterday & gusher was ruck which will yield sbout twenty willion feel of gus por day by everybody o — a Blaze, Axmigo, Wis., August 7, —Davis Brothers' mill, Charles Charles' residence, warehouse and a large amount of logs were destroyed by fire ab Bryast yesterday; loss 830,000, ENGLISH SHIPS DISPERSE. They Form a Grand Picture Steaming Down the Channel. [Conyright 1380 by Jamss Gordon Bennatt. | Porrsmouti, August 7.—[New York Her- pecinl to Tre Bee.|--The Ger- man emperor, though expected at the Cowles rogatta, was too much interested in the navy toleave it long for yachts, and the Victoria and Albert took him und the prince of Wales outward tvith the fleet, which weighed anchor yosterday morning. The two big squadrons went out in single column line. The ships were too far apart iu this form to be very imvressive as groups, but after rounding Banbridge Point the head ships slowed down, the after’ ones caught up, and as the procession went down the Isleof Wight coast it was a grand picture that nobody living along the shore permitted himself to miss. St Catherine's Point ia a high cliff that rises hundreds of feet in precipitous shelves from the shoce. F'rom tho summit the ocean was u flat stretch of wide waters whose distances were indefi- niw and interminable. Five miles out in the blue the Immortalite was steaming into tho chauncl, n snow-white, rapidly disap- pearing spot on the biue. Three miles be hind her came the grand procession, far enot awwy from the observer to gain for the first timo during weck -the quality of compactness. It sailed along in two long columns. Tho squadron was headed on the short side by the Northumberland, Vice Admiral Beals' flagship, with the Rattlesnake on the star- board beam, Behind o the Monarch, Hero, Mersey, Arethusa, Irish Conqueror and Grasshopper. Abreast of these was the othor line, sailing cvenly, headed by the Anson, Rear Adiniral Iroine's flagship, with the Curiew on her port beam. Behind were the Iron Duke, Devastation, Collingwood Calyps, Camperdown, Magicomne and Nymphe. There was 8 wide stretch of sea, and then came a squuadron following the same track. The Hercules, Rear Admiral Lyon's flagship, headed the shore line, followed by the Neptune, Annex, Invincible, Balkan, PPrince, Northampton, Undaunted, Galatea, ‘i'hames, Mercury, Melpomine, Serpent and Sandfly. Abre of them were the Rodney, Admiral Tracy's flagsuip, the Howe, Rupert, War Sprite, Shannon, Narcissus, Media, Marathon, Mo- hawk ana Spider. Over the glittering even diamoned strotch of deep calm ocean these massive ships, transformed by distance into pretty tiny toys, passed slowly tili lost to sizbt where blue meets blue. The B squadron, otherwise the Achille fleet, poes to Blacksod bay in Ireland, thence to England. with the unreal ferocity of im- aginary war, The A fleet, chief defending squadron, goes to Milford Have The C squadron, defending, goes to Lamlash bay, and also defending to Plymouth. F. und G. will protecy the vicinities of Hull and Leith. Royal Yacht Squadron Recatta, [Copyright 1839 by James Gordon Bennett.] Cowges, August 7.—|New York Herald Ca- ble—Special to Tur Bege.)—For the chief event to-day in the regattaot the Royal acht squadron the starters were the kyrie, Yarana, Irex, Foxglove, Mohawk, Hyacinth and Paradox. A capital start was mude, the Yarana just leading the Vallyrie and Irex across the line. The Irex was in the lead on the run back, when she run acround. The finish was: Valkyrie, 4:18 55; Yarana, 4:21.22; Foxglove, 5:25.18. The Yarana won the first prize and Foxglove the secoud by time allowances, TWO MILES A MINUTE, The Latest Triumph of the Electric Motor. Md., August 7.—On a two mile circular track the startling speed of two miles a minute was this afternoon main- tained for about ten miles by a three-ton wotor of the Electro-Automatic Transit com- pany, of Baltimore, 'This speed equals three wiles per minute ou & straight tracl. David G. Weems, the inventor, conducted the experiments, The company will build at once a five-mile eirculur track on Long Island to demonstrate the vracticability of their electric passenger system and also the automatic system which was tried to-day, aud is intended only for light express pack- ages, such as mail and newspapers. Edison has pronounced it the greatest conception since the telegraph. The road will be fenced in with barb wi to keep off cattle. The wires will be used for telephoning and sig- naling along the lines. iceame A Shoclang Story. Birminauay, Ala., August 7.—A shocking story comes from Covington county by way of Garland. A widow and two grown daugh- tersand a twelve-year-old son iive near a little place called McNeill. The other night three youug men went to the house, outraged the women and demolished everything about the premises. They then went to the house of an old negro near by and found bim sick. They shaved his nhead and beut him so he died next day. His son saw them and usked why they treated his father so. Their answer was four pistol shots which killed him. The dispatches gave no names, The place is remote from a telegraph office. e Dined the Emperor. LoNDON, August 7.—The Prince of Wales gave a dinner to Emperor William and Prince Henry, of the royal yacht squadron, wo-day, The emperor spoke in terms of high praise of the British fleet, which, he said, wus the finest in the world. CGermany, he said, had an army equui o her wants, and if England had a fleet equal to hoer wants, e would regara them us most important in_the preservation of peace. Em- peror William v troops at Aldershot to-day, el Wind, Lightning and Hail, HiLrock, Minn, August 7.—At 2 a m. Kittson couuty was visited by the most severe thunder and hail storm ever known in this section. Houses and barns were struck by lightning, and the wheat fields are purtiully, if’ not wholly destroyea by the hail. Some fields escaped escaped without any loss, as the storm went in streaks Over two hundred lights of glass were broken in Hallock and vicinity, - Want a Ship Oanal. Wesr Surkkion, Wis,, August 7.—[n the water ways convention to-day a resolution was presented petitioning congress for the construction of & ship canal twenty feev in depth, through narrows and rivers connect- ing the great lakes, also that the harbors be deepened us rapidly as practicuble, so as to uccommodate vessels drawing twenty feet of wuter, Barnvore, — Arrestod on Seven Hundred Charges. New Youk, August 7.—Eben Allen, president of the Forty-second Street Car company, was arrested to-dny for forging certificates of stock on 700 charges, He was locked up at police headquarters, He has been president of the company for a long time and bas heen connected with it for twenty-five ycars, b A Colored Preacher in Trouble, S, Josern, Mo, August 7. pecial Tele: gram 1o Tue Bee.|—The Rev. W. W. Stew- art, pastor of the colored Baptist church, the leading colored church in St. Joe, for fifteen years past, has been accused by Mary Jones, W seventeen-yeur-old member of his flock, of being the futher of her baby. Stewart is fifty years old and has 8 wife and family of grown chiidren, He has left Lown, e — Boulangists Out of Lu Paiig, August 7.—The appeal court has confiraed the senteuces imposed upon M. Deroulede aud M. Laguerre for rioting at Augoloue, HAD T0 SEARCH HIS BAGGAGE Bnglish Customs Officers Go Through Senator Sherman's Trunks. EXPLANATIONS WOULDN'T DO ©Colonel New Calls It an Outrage, But Fails to Sccure Satisfacti Depew Makes a Witty Sprech, 1t Disgnsted the Senator. L Copyright 1559 by James Gordon Bennat) Loxnoy, August 7.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tre Bee.|—Senator John Sherman has had but one single experience during his European tour which he remem- bers with disgust. It occurred in London, A few days ago he returned from Belgium with his baggage checked through to Char- ing Cross station, The baggage consisted of several tranks and some newly purchased dresses belonging to Mrs, Sherman, which had been hastily packed by the dressmaker ina wooden box. On disembarking at Char- ing Cross the senmator left his party a fow moments to find the baggage porter. On returning he found the ludies surrounded by customs officials, who insisted upon scanning the contents of every plece, and were behaving in a manner con- sidered outragcous by the semator. He stated there was nothing dutiable in the oaggage, and gave the chief official his card. Neither cards nor explanations had any eftect. Every trunk was emptied, the wooden box broken open and left in that condition. That thrown the oficiuls wheels of the train during tho performance, Sher- man's friends cannot understand. He happened to mention the matter to Col onel New. The latter was rampageous. He went to the proper authorities, swd Sherman was a senator and ex-seeretary of the tre ury and described the affair as an_outrage. What were they going to do about it The authorities expressed sorrow and would discharge the men if desired. This sort of satisfaction was not wanted and none other could apparently be obtaincd Sherman said_to the Herald correspondent thut the ufiair was a queer com- mentary on the tariff regulations of the great free trade country of the world, The same bagguge had wono through Erance, Switzerland, Germany, Ttuly and Belgitm without trouble to_the owner until free trude England was reached. It was proper, perhaps, to take precautions against the introduction of dynamite, but he did not think the appearance of the party or age warranted the assumption that a large quantity of expiosives was being intro- duced by a Unitea States senator. When Depew heard tue story he said the officers might huve been searching for old silver, as Americans who visited the con- tinent often made a point of purchasing large quantities and trying to smuggle. The cus- tom officers were ordered to search all bag- gage from the continent. A few years ago he cume here from the continent armed with introuctions and recommendations to the chief of the customs oflicials by thejmanagers of ruilroads, the Umited States consul and others in authority. His baggago was ex- amined all the same. Asked why, the chief officer said it was done for self-protection. Not long before an American lady, who occupie: a high social position in London, was a pas- senger on the sume road. She had the sume sort of mtroductions, and pretty and winning ways. _Two subordinates chalked her bag gage. Three days afterwards both men we discharged. ‘The American lady had been taken to dinner at a social gathering by a cabinet ofticer, to whom she told, as a speei- men of her cléverness, how she had got her baggage through with a lot of old ver aboard. Now nobody escapes the infliction undérgone by Sherman, and it gives rise to heaps of strong langu Sherman witnessed the review with Lin- colu and the representatives of the foreign powers aud many lords and commoners abourd the Tamar. He speaks enthusiastic- ally of bLis treatment aboard and s knew he was not at home when he d ered that not u single newspaper asked how much the lunch cost. He will spend another month m England and Scotland. He hus been hundsomely received everywhere. His manner is full of a genialty unknown to many who come iu contact with him at home. Depew made an_jmmense hit aboard the Teutonic during the naval review. There were 200 guests, including cabinet ministers, members of both houses and other high dignitarics. A number of toasts were given, Sir Charles Tupper responded to the tonst of Canada. He deprecated the idea of trouble between Canada and the States, spoke of both nations as great countries, and put them on a par. Depew s called on to respond to the toast of the United States. He had paid attention to Tupper, evidently determined to more than square accounts in spite of the surroundings, He snid in such o little matter as population, and such accumulations as population, cnergy, enterprise and marvellous inventive genius ' naturally resulted in, the United States wight be a little in advance of Can- ada; but in extent of territory Canada wi certainly the cqual to her great neighbor |a pause|—though it must be confessed that most of Cansda’s territory. was acres. Be- fore the pause came the Englishmen were ubout to applaud. What followed froze them, A fow hissed. Depew remained unmoved and procecd to give his hearers au idea of Low rapidly acres costing $1.60 became worth 84,000 & front foot, and how 4 husband in the ' west once told him his chief pleasure was in removing his wife's remains from one ceme- tery to another to accommodate tho growing wants of the towu, s she had been im- mensely interested in its growth in life. 1t was such a specch as would have suaken Delmonico’s wails. On the Teutonic on the following duy it was considered the great, speech of the trip. [t had performed its mission, though o little slow in geting there, bl oSt MAN O'CONNOR, none of were under the oAR Heis Presented With a Testimonial by Canadian Eriends. [Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett.| LoNDON, August 7.—[New York Herald Special to Tue Bee] — William O'Connor, champion sculler of Ameri found himself unable to take a spin on the Thames until late yesterday througn the nterference of some friends who insisted that he should pay & visit to the ofice of Sir Charles Tupper, high commissioner for the Dominion of Canada. He didn't discover the object of the visit until it wus too late to back water. A plessant surprise had been prepared for the American champion through the efforts of Mayor Edward 1. Clark of Toronto and Mr. C, H. McLaughlin of the same city, ana also members of the New York produce exchauge. A very pretty sum had been collected from the Americans who were stopping at_the Hotel Metropole for the purpose of making O'Connor a pres- ent thut wouid make ym feel that his friends were tuinking of him. The present was o small white silkc flag, upon which the coatof arms of Canada was exquisitely painted in oils, 7 preseutation was madé by Sir Charles Tup per in @ most happy mauner, Sir Charles said the flag was o token of the esteem in which the champion of America was held on the other side of the water. O'Coanor reminded him, he said, of Alexander, who bad sighed for new worlds to couquer, The champion had an unbeaten record. Neither he nor his competitor had suffered de feat. In the comiug contest Sir Charles hoped O'Connor would wdd one more 1o his list of victories and be champion of the world. O'Connor is in splendid form. His face is bronzed, sud his black eyes are sparkling Witk bealih, Ho waae & bricl response, AL MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1889, it lay within tis powee, he sald, victory would be his, He could only do his best That he would do that, his friends could rest assured, Two hours after the presentation was made O'Connor was 1 his boat, In a few days he will begin to work agninst Wallace Ross and George Lee, who will pull double, Searle is doing double ss much work as O'Connor. He finds it difficult to get rid of flesh, - II«\IKHITU:V AT THE BHUB The President Enthusiastically Wel- comed by the Bean Eaters, BostoN, August 7.—The steamer Pilgrim with President Harrison and Secrotaries Proctor and Windom on board, arrived at Fall River at 4 o'clock this morning. The distinguished passengers were not aroused at that Lour, however, and it was 6 o'clock be- fore they appeared in the saloon, when thoy were greeted in behalf of the commoniealth and welcomed to Massachusetts by Adjutant General Dalton. Butlittle time was spent in formalitics, and after breakfast the party disombarked and stepped into a special car. Shortly after 7 o'clock the train pulled out for Boston umid the cheers of the crowd that had assembled at the wharf, The presidential party arrived hero at 9:05. As carly s § o'clock crowds began to gather about the station, and when the train arrived the depot and adjacent streets were packed with bumanity, Immediately upon the arrival of the train Licutenant Governor Brackett bourded the car and greeted the president. Tho party then left the train and moved along the platform, keut free from the crowd by & cordon of police to the entrance at Knecland street, where carriages were in Waitiug to convey the guests to the Hotel Vendomwe. When' the president appeared at the entrance cheer after cheer went up from the crowd, which enthusiasm W continued along the entiro route from the depot to the hotel. The president bowed his acknowledgments, The party were escorted by the first battalion of cavalry and a detail of police, Many of the buildings and stores ulong the route were gay with flags, bunting aud appropriate mottoes, and the sidewalks, windows and str vere througed with people anxious to got a view of the president. After arriving at the hotel the presidential party and others partook of breakfast. After a brief rest, following breakfast, the presi- dent received the oficers of the state and city, federal ofticer United states army and navy, mayors of cities and others to whom_invitations t. At the close of the reception President Hur- rison ugain retired to his private apartments, where he rested quietly until 12:45, when the party left for I"amciil hall, where the popular reception began at 1 Secretary Halford will be tendered a recep- tion at the Press club between 5 and 6 p. m. ——— THE STRIKE MADE GENERAL. Over Fourteen Thousand Ovens Idle in the Coke Regions. Prrrsuune, Pa., August 7.—The big strike in the Connellsville coke region was made general to-day and every one of the seventy- six coke plants, aud over fourteen thousand ovens were idle. As tha situation appears to-night the probabilities are that the strike will end soon and favorably to the men. Roting Strikers. Prrtsnune, Pa, August 7.—A mob of strik aulted a number of Hungarians who returned to work at the Carrie. blast furnace near this city this morning and drove them away. One of the Hungarians was fatally beaten, A sheriff ’s posse then inte fered and in the fight wkich followed, Dep- uty Sheriff Sweeny was probably fatally shot. Tho strikers were finally driven off. The Arbitrators Agree. Cnreaco, August 7.—The arbitration com mittee of business men, to whom was re- ferred the wage dispute in the Streator coal ticlds, rendered a decision to-day, fixing the vrice to be paid the workmen at 7234 cenuts per ton. The demand of the miners was 80 nts, while the operators offered 70 cents, The stumbling block was the cost of “dead work,” or the actual expense of handling and loading the coal. The coal men in Chi- cago expect the decision will be ratified by the disputants. Phe Mountain Miners Win. IALLiTZIN, Pa., August 7.—The mountain miners’ strike has been settled in favor of the miners. Several thousand men have been out 1n this region for an advance in wages for over a month, e bt ) THE SPOKANE FALLS FIRE. Great Difliculty perienced in Ascertaining the Exact Loss. Srokane Fauis, W.T., August 7.—It is mnpossible to estimate the extent of losses sustained by the Northern Pacific railroad. The value of the two depots, passenger and freight, may bo easily arrived at, but that of the goods stored there can not be reached until all claims against the cowpany are ad- justed. With admirable exercise of cnergy A.D. ampbell, auditor of the Western Union Tel- egraph company, brought his ofice back unon its feet within two hours after the lines had been burned down in the city. M ENDLY It Makes a Proposition the Milwaukes En MINNEAPOLIS, August 7.—A conference of Grand Army posts in city was hela last evening to take action regarding the question of ratesto the annual encampment at Mil- waukee. A proposition was received from the “Soo” road to take the Minnesota and Dakota veterans from St. Paul or Minneap- olis all the veteraus of the northwest in fact, who could make the start from either of the Pwin citics, at a round trip rate of £0.70. The “Soo” is able to reach Milwaukee by connection with the Milwaukeo & Lake Shore. The 500" also proposed to meet any rate the Milwaukeo road chooses to make, wud will go down to the bottom figure, §6.70, for the round trip if necessary. to Help Out ampment, i Sickness at Johnstown, Jouxstows, Pa., August 7.—Notwith- standing that favorable reports are still seat out frow the board of bealth, there is a great deal of sickness here. The doctors are so busy they canuot atiend to the calls made upon thew. Typhoid feyer, malarial fever, dysentery and a case of saurvy have been ro- ported to the lted Cross bospital during the past Lwo weeks. Tl 0 S A Fatal Kaplosion, ST, Lous, August 7.—At Kensington gar- deu thus morning, while Richard Lightner and John Smith were eunployed making rock ots to be used in o pyrotechnic display, an explosion took pluce and Lightner was seri ously burned. "A morent later some chem. icals exploded and John Swmith was fatally burned, ———— Denies the D :falcatic New Youk, August 7.—The statement in several morning papers that & clerk in the employ of the banking house of Brown Brotners & Co. wus a defaulter to u large amount, is declared to be untrue by that fivm, —— Twenty-eight Soldiers Desert. New Rocueiie, N, Y., August 7.—It is learned this morning that twenty-eight Unitea States soldiers deserted the barracks on David's islaud Monday night. The de serters were all privates enlisted for a regu- lar terin. —— R Mrs. Harcison's Sister Sick. New Youk, August 7.—Mrs. Benjamin Harrison passed through the city to-day on her way to Nantucket, where her sister, Murs, Scott Lord, is seriously il BUT THEIR FLOWING FANCY. Washington Correspondents Put Noble on the Supreme Bench. IT 1S RIDICULOUSLY UNTRUE. That's What the Secretary Says About the Story—Proctor, Matthews' Probable Successor— Groff Coming Home. 513 FornTRENTR STREET, WasiiNoToy, D, C., August 7. Four or five Washington correspondents met lust night and had a mystorious conver- sation and parted. Four or five nowspapers i different sections of the country published this morning a dispatch from Washington to the effect that the question as to the filling of the vacancy on the supreme court had been settled, and that Secretary Noble was the man chosen, Three or four months ago President Harrison was absent for a day or two, and during his absence it was settled with the utmost positiveness, and upon so- cdlled undeniable authority, that Attorney General Miller had been decided upon as the successor to Justice Matthews. Two or three weeks ugo the prosi- dent was again absent, and during his absence a story was circulated with the utmost positiveness that Secretary Tracy was to go upon the supreme court bench. The president had ouly been away from Washington about twelve hours yestor- day when the third and latest story was wired, and Sccretary Noble was named for this important position, Allof these stories stated, as a side issue to the main fact, that Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson is to be elevated to the cabinet as soon as the president muokes the vacancy. It is barely possible that the president has some idea of choosing one of his cabinet ofticers for a place on the supreme bench. Secrotary Rusk would not do. Mr. Blaine is not a luwyer. master General Wanamaler has had no training. It is therefore Jikely that in the political game of chess, Secretary Proc tor will be used to checkmate all other aspir- ants for the vacancy on the supreme court bench. The president ma wade up his mind on this subj is very doubtful. He certainly has' given out no in- timation of his determination, and Secretary Noble said to-day that the report that he is to go on the bench is absurdly false. NEDRASKA AHEAD, ‘The report of the chief of the railway mail service for the fisc ar shows that Ne- braska is a long way ahead of any other state in the union in the amount of mike- age of new railway service established dur- ing tho vear. The total number of miles upon which this service was established in the state was 592. 1t is said that there are anplications on file for the cstablishment of railway fucilities on several other roads, and that the probabilities are that at the end of the present fiscal year Nebraska will again be near the top in this resbect, GROFF COMING BAC Judge Groff, who arrived here on Sunday night, left for the west this afternoon. He will stor: off for a few days in Ohio before proceading divectly on to Omana, Judge Groff has no knowledgo as to what the probabilities are in relation to the appoint- ment of a member of the inter-state com- merce commission, but_the Nebraska man hus made a decidedly favorable impression upon every man in Washington with whom he came in contact. 10WA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED, Malcom, Poweshiek county, B. B. Martin; Windbaw, Johnson county, George Beck, ARMY NEW! By direction of the ry of war, Cap tuin Harry O. Periey, assistant surgeon, now. on duty ut Fort Wayne, Micn., will report in person to the commanding ¢ Al, Depart- ment of the Platte, for tewpo duty with troops en route to and at the cr’ camp at Fort Robinson, Neb., and upon the com- pletion of this duty he' will return to his proper station. - THE SIOUX COMMISSION, WasniNGTON Bunrpav, Tre Osana Bee, } ster Aunou s lis Victory ana ble Replies WASHINGTON, August ecretary Noble this morning received the following tele- gram, duted Fort Yates, August 6: We have won the fight. We will leave here to-morrow morning for Chicago. Will write you fully from Chicago, CiaRLES Foster, Chairman. Secretary Noble sent the following tele- gram to the commissione My congratulations and sincere thanks for your able efforts and great success. You have done a great work for humanity, the In- dians included. Have sent your telegram to the president, who is at Boston to-da, According tothe actof corg. e sunder which the agreement with the lndians hus been consummated, the unrelinquished portion of the Sioux reservation is divided into six reservations, as follows: Stauding Rock, Cheyenne River, Lower Brule, Crow Creelk, Pine Ridge and ' Rosebud, so separated that a large portion of the ralinquistied purt of the reservation divides them into sets of two, one set being on the northern end of the res ervation, another on the eastern and a third on the southern end. ‘The land thrown open to settlement will aggregate about eleven million acres, and will be disposed of by the United States to actual settlers only at the ate of $1.25 per acre for all lands taken vithin the first three years after the act tukes effect, 75 cents per acro for lands dis- posed of within the succeeding two years and 50 cents per acre for tho residue of the lunds then undisposed of. The act provides that the agreement us now entered into must be submitted 1o congress ut its next session for ratitication, ——, Kind Hearted Boyne. WASHINGTON, August 7.—There has been received at the nuvy department from Lieutenunt Commander Charles H, Stockton, in command of the Thotis, & report of the movements of thut vessel in the Arctic ocean, and of the rescue of the survivors of the whaling barks The Little Obio and Ohio Second, recently wrecked on Nanwok islund, Behring sea.” The report of these disasters corroborates tho Associated press report beretofore published. Speaking of the care of the survivors of The Little Ohio, Commander Stockton says : 1t 1s doubtful if any would have surviy the winter it left to the care of the natives, Great credit 1s due to Captain Paul Boyno for his generous care of the men though his establisment was short of provisions, and this is especially due to him when it is stated that this humane conduct wus not ta accord- ance with the verbal iostructions of the whaling establishment, a wealthy fir o San Fraucisco. e The Weather Forecast, For Omaha and vicinity—Ligut rains fol- lowed by fawr For Nebraska—Threatening weather and rain, cooler in western portion, stationary temperature in eastern portion, variable winds, ’ For Dakota—Local rains, cooler in south- ern, stationary temperature in northern por- tion For lowa—Threatening weather and show- ers, warmer in northeast, stationary temper- perature in southwest portion, southerly winds. R Democratic Gains in Kentucky, LovisviLLe, Ky., August 7.—The returns from the state election up to this morning show the democrats to have increased their plurality 18,000 over the election of Lwo years ugo, and that Monday's majority would reach 85,000, The last legislature stood 103 dowmoerals and 2 1or We opposiUon TAZATION PROBL Washir gton's Logisiature Left Freo to Bettle It Onywria, W. T., August 7.— The conven- tion this morning in twenty-five minutes passed the article on tho amendments to the constitution that amendments must bo agreed t0 by two-thirds of the legisluture and a » jority of the poovlz to become a law. The convention tnen wont_into committee of the wholeon taxation. No limit is set to the right of taxation, which shall be determined by the legislature, An all-day debate took pla: over the clause to ocxempt church property from taxation. The ittee on federal relations reported on the proposed compact with the United States by which the state guarantees religious free- dor, waives all right to Indinn reservations, agrees not to tax land 1n them or the prop- of tho Indians, as provided 1n the ena- bling act. Tho committee on education re ported that the entire revenuo of the scliool fund shall be applied to the support of the schools, those funds to consist of appropri- ations and donations by tho state or by pri- vate individuals, of the proceeds of estates reverting to the state by escheat or forfoit- ure, the procceds of all prop erty granted for no svecific purpose. of funds accumulated in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, or for the disbursement of which no provision has been made, of monoy received from the sale of school lands, and of per cent of the pro- ceeds of the sale of public lands lyiug within the state, which shall bo sold as provided in section 13 of the enabling act after the state is admitted. Sectarian _appropriations arc absoiutely forbidden. Al losses to the school fund by the defalcation of any public_oficial are to constitute a debt against the state drawing 6 per cent Intercst and not to be included in the limit to the state debt. M com Railrona Taxation Sottled. Brsyanck, N. D., August 7.—At last even- ing’s session the convention adopted the sce- tion providing that ruilroads shall be taxed at not less than $3,000 nor more thun 7,000 per mil At the afternoon’s session the only business considered ,was the report of the committee on public institutions, locating the capital and other state institutions. The article as yestorday published was adopted without change. —— 1T MADE THEM HUSTLE, A False Rumor Starts a Big Ran on Washington Banks. New K, August 7.—[Special Telogram to Tue Brr]—A Washington special says: The ofiicers of several prominent bauking institutions in this city are just catching their breath after a scare that for several nhours one day last weel threatoned a panic m the local money market. For several weeks rumors have been current here of a stringency in the money market, and Seere tary Windom lias even felt called upon to do his best to dispel the cloud. One morning a report reached the treasurer of a Catholio institution that a panic was threatoned. Ho promptly waraed other Catholic institutions, and within two hours, it is said, ehecks for thie full amount of all deposits were pre- sonted at the banks by ofiicials of the vari ous churches, couvents and academies, with peremptory demands for payment. Theso demands created consternation in more thun one quarter. In_soveral instances the de- posits reached $75,000. The run made a great flurey, but the bank officials hustled around and scraped the cash together, Be- fore the closo of banking hours over &,000,- 000 had been paid out and the institutions had their cash under privato lock and key. Money is now a little eas! but th nk ofticials are looking for the man who started the run upon them. e KILLED FOR CLAIM JUMPING, The Mystery Surrounding the Death of a Ranchman Partially Cleared. Laraymie, Wyo., pecial Tele- pram to Tur B3 ous disap pearance of Robert Burnett, the Pole moun- tein ranchman, was partly ved by the discovery of his bones two miles north of his ranch. There is every indication that he was uurdercd, after which the body was cremated, all that remained being a bheap of bones in the midst of a burned spot a wile from tne traveled road. His death, like the recent Swectwater lynching, is believed to traceabls to land troubles. His ranch was on the Fort Sauaers timber reservation, and he had ovtained it by jumping a claim previously held by a family named Black, He has con- stantly haa trouble with the Blacks, and the day after his disappearance they took pos- scssion of his rancn, and have since defied those who insisted that Burnett hud been murdered, and threatenea them if they searched for his body. They asserted that he hud goue east ona visit. Burnett was eccentric and inoffensive, but had once seon prosperous days. Officers have gone out to- night to further investigato the uffair, — . He Had Too Many Wives. JEFFERSON CinY, Mo., August 7.—Sheriff Matson, of Chicago, arrived here last even- ing with a requisition from Governor Fifer for the arrest of BEdwin Ellingham, alias Edward Allingham, under indictment for bigamy. Governor Francis promptly honored the requisition. Ellingham is book- keeper for Morris & I3ros.,, St. Joseph. He was tormerly in_the employ of Armour & Co., of Kunsas City, where he has a wife. His second wife is also living in Chi- cago, and it is the latter that is supposed Lo be prosccuting the bigamist. Ellingham 18 also wanted by the Union League club, of Chicago, for some crooked- ness in the manggement of tho funds of the club while acting us secretary and treusurer, w2 Sullivan Reaches New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS, August 7.--[Special Tele. gram to Tus Bee |—Johu L. Sullivan ar- rived here this morning from Mississippi. After a short stuy he left for a suburban re- sort near Pearl river called English Lookout, where he will stuy until the date of the triul. Sullivan tooks well. To a Bk rejporter ho sanid he felt no upprehension as to the result of the trial, Beyond this he would not talk, o —_— Steamship Acrivals. At St. Ettiu—Tho Polyuesia, from New York. At London =Sighted, the Italia, from New York. At Southampton ~The Lahn, ork, for Breinen. At New York=The Queen, from Liver pool; the State of Georgia, from Glasgow; the Wilkommen, from Hremen, and tho Oberdam, from Hotterdum, At Glasgow--The Phoenician, from Phila- delphia. from New r— A Subsidiary High Court Established. Loxpox, August 7.—The high court of the order of Foresters, assembled at Bourne- mouth, has granted the demand of the royal courts of Awmerica, estublishiog a subsidiary bigk court in that country. - Thought to Be Tascott. Lagxno, Tex., August 7.—A wan has been arrested here who 18 thought o 'be Tascoit. The sheriff is holding him awaiting urders from Chicago. — Business Troubles. BosToN, August 7.—It is reported that the wool firm of Brown, Stees & Clark is finau- cially embarrassed. The firw say they will not assign to-day. e An Oyation to Pasteur. Pans, August 7. 'wo thousand students assemoled before the residence of M. teur 10-0ay aud gave Ll au gvation. Paus S — NUMBER 50, A NAPTHA YACHT BLOWS UP, Horrible Ending of a Proposed Pleasure Trip. FIRE COMPLETES THE DISASTER. The Three Littlo Children Owner and a Carpentor Roasted inthe Flames in Plain Sight of the Onlookers. of the Two Young Ladies Badly Scorched. Burraro, N, Y., August 7.—This afternoon the bystanders near the boat house at the foot of Ferry strect heard two explosions in quick succession from the boat nouse of L B. Crocker, superintondent of the New York Central dock yards, in which his pleasure yacht, the Cedar Ridge, was stored. Ime mediately following the bont burst fnto flames, which soon made a furnace of the interior. Simultancously with the explosion two or three persons wero shrown into the water as if from the force of the charge. Caleb Tolsma got a bew and picked up & young woman, Miss McLeau, nged twenty-cight from the water, See was bad- ly burned and was taken to the hospital At this time the form of Mr. Crocker's young 80N was soen standing on the boat dock against a background of fire. Charles Schweigels seized o pike pole und extended 1t towards the little fellow till it almost touched his breast, at the same time crying to him to grasp it and he would rescue him, but the little fellow seemed paralyzed und i o mo- ment fell back iuto the fire und was burned to @ crisp before the horriied gaza of the onlookers. Schweigels' fucq was burned from i attempt 10 rescue the boy, but now attention was di- rected to a carpenter clinging to a rafter just over the blazing bout. Fora few moments he hung desperately on his perch, and theu, as if stuvefied by the heat and suffocated by the smoke, loosened his hold and dropped below. His name was John Rugecnstein, thirty years old, married, He leaves a wife and five small children, The other clildren of Crocker, Leonard Lemuel, a son aved nine years and ten months, ana Ethel, a daughter aged cight years and nine nionths, also perished in the” flumes. Another girl, Charlotte, aged fourteen, wus blown into the water and reseued therefrom and sent along with Miss McLean to the hospital, The yacht is what is known us a naptha launch, run by naphtha for fuel. It s sup- posed the accident was caused when the en- gineer lit the match for the ignition of the fuel, by the explosion of some gas which had leaked out. ‘The family was preparing to go on a pleasuro trip, and Mr. Crocker had taken bis four children and Miss MeLean, a ludy friend of Detroit who is stopping with the fannly, to the river for an excursion. Crocker himself barely escaped with his life. Ho is almost insane with grief. His wife has been ill for some time, and this griof will probably kill her, The conditiou of the other duughter and Miss McLean was re- ported as serious, but not necessarily fatal, at a lute hour to-might. —~——— THE ONLY GENUIN A Real Train Robbery on Grand Western, August 7.—The Rio Grande in, known as the “Modoc,” wus held up near Crevasse last night by train robbers. T'wo of them bourded the baggaga ar at Thompson Springs, climbed over the car to the engine, pointed revolvers at tha heads of the engmeer und lireman, and com- pelled them to stop the train, They forced the firemen to attempt to chop through the doors of the express car, and made the ens gincer bring o bag to hold the plunder, Messenger Willis was ready with a magae zine shotgun und two self-cocking revolvers., The fireman was unable to hop through the boiler iron door, so the robbers fired a dozen shots through the car. Messenger Willis lay on tho floor and was not hit. The robbers dared not show their heads at the broken windows lest they should get shot. They gave it up and joined two other robbers back in the other . The four went through the train with their revolvers drawn and gathered up 500 and twenty watches. One passenger put his head out the window to see what was going on und the robbers sent a bullct through his hat. Most of the passengers Lid their valua- bles successfully, those losing them being too frightened to hide them. A posse has gone from Green River, Two deputy United tates marshals went out this morning from It Lake with blood hounds. i BRAND. the Rio DENVER, tern tr ¥4, Mont. tion to-day took up®he question of the tempo- rary location of the capital. A motion was mado to strike out the clause locating the capital, which failed. The forenoon was devoted to antagonizing Helena. The afternoon was occupied with voting for vari- ous cities in _committee of the whole, The on was finally amended to read “‘at Boz- eman,” and the committee rose nnd recom- mended its adoption. Amendments were kept flying naming every town in Montana, 1t is thought Helena will be the temporary capital. Iour outside delegates have been won over and are voting solidly for Helena, - - nt Ritchey Turns Up, NioBRrakA, Neb,, Auvust 7.—|Special to Tue Bee.|—J. E. Ritchey, the agent at Run- ning Water station, who mysteriously disap- peared last Tuesday morning, found himself on Saturday night about 11 o'clock at a farmn- er's six miles northwest of here, He claims that he had been taken with a fit of insanity and went into one of the deep ravines along the Missouri, where he came to bimself on Thursduy, after falling from a precipice, Not knowing the lay of the country, he had been traveling for two days among the ra- vines, looking, for a way out. I'nully he camo upon this farmer and is now thore rest- g up. Save a few scratches and mosquito bites, he is all right. It cuunot be learned positivaly as to the condition of his accounts, I'he auditor of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul company s still investigating, but no one but he knows the condition. At any rate, iitehey is out a job thut uveraged Lim over §100 a wonth, e A Little Kock Republican Daily. Liriue Rock, Ark,, August 7.—~The Ar. kansas State Register made its initial ape pearance in this city to-day. It isarepublican daily, owned and operated by M. A. Hull, of Inwa, brother of Lieutenant Governor Hull, of that state. The paper takes the full Assos clated press reports, aud will lead the repubs lican party in the state of Arkansus, - A Twelve-Year-Old Drowned, Nennaska Ciry, Neb., August 7.—(Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—A twelve-year-old boy of ¥\, Cramer, working at the Nebrasks City packing house, fell in @ creek about noon to-day und was drowned before help reacked him, Station A, seitled, NBunaska Ciry, Neb,, August 7.—[Special Telegram to Tne ke )--The case of traud against I, B, Stone was scttled to-day in the county court by his bondsmen paving $640, and the case for damages was withdrawn, o Thought to I . eb., August 7. Tele- gram to Tk BBee)—Albert Cole's new re enee was burned to the ground this worns fn undoubtedly the work of an ine