Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1889, Page 1

HE OMAHA DAILY "BEE. Satac " NINETEENTH YEAR. - NUMBER 656, using arsenic for eleven years without his two to three feet deep: The water is still NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— et MRS. MAYBRICK'S MOTHER. Baroness Von Rogue Talks Re- garding the Case. NOT INFORMED OF THE TROUBLE. Women Gossips Apparently the Pri- mary Oause of the Prosecution ~Judge Stephen and the Home Secretary Oonfer. Baroness Von Rogue. Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett.) Livenrroor, August 13.—| New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Ber.]—Baroness Von Roque is & well preserved woman and looks to be about forty-five, but must be consider- able older, as she is the mother of Mrs, Maybrick. Her hair is gray. She was dressed in black and wore jewelry when she recolved the Herald correspondent to-day. She had at last decided to talk about the case of which all England is talking. The baroness claims that her daughter is being 1one to death by women, one of whom, she says, was in love with Brierly, She said: “I am a woman, and perhaps 1 take o ‘wom: view of this matter, but I do not kaow that & woman's view of this matter is necessarily a wrong view. I am gomg to speak only of & woman, and I am going to speak of the motive. There has beev a great deal of talk about the motive in this case. I would like to respectfully ask what motive my daughter had for poisoning her husband when she had plenty of evidence upon which she could hava obtained separation from him had she desired. 1 would like to asi if there are not in the treachery and brutality with which my daughter was treated at the outset By other women and in the very start and ®oginning of the bue and cry against her an evidence of motives far stronger, far more active and far more important for consideration when my daughtor's life 18 at stake, It is of this, of tha very begin- nping of the matter, that Iwish to speak. Mr. Maybrick died on Saturday. Upto the fol- Yoying Friday afternoon my daughter lay ill —prostrated und helpless without a friend. Sho was surrounded by enemies to whose bitterness I need not call your attention, for it is in the evidence, who had con- demned her in their own minds 88 a . murderess without even teliing her their conclusion and who were hotly ran- sacking her house, 1n which they had no legal or other right to obtain evidence in support of the conviction they had chosen to entertain. These conclusions started with a nurse, the woman Yapp, whom my daughter bad some months before reprimanded, and she wrote that she felt that she would be compelled to discharge Miss Yapp. Sho communicated her suspicion to Mrs, Briggs. Mrs, Briggs telegraphed Michael Maybrick. Mrs. Briggs was tho moving agent in all that ensued. My daugh- ter was satisfactorily convicted of murder before Maybrick died by Miss Yapp, Mrs. Briggs and Michael Maybrick, who was acting only upon the information, sus- piclon and conclusions of these two women. Now, I respectfully suggest that Mrs. Briggs' actions, Mrs. Briges' motive and Mrs. Briggs' character are things that should be considered and have not been considered in this case. Up to Wednesday night, or Thursday morning, in fact, for I was at a dinner party, I knew nothg of my daughters trouble. I, her mother, the sole friend sne had on earth, was kept in ignorance. She was too ill to notify me and nobody else was kind enough. Finally, however, there came a telogram from her, saying: “Jim passed away on Saturday.’ Half an hour after the receipt of my daughter's first telegram a second came, which said: ‘Come at once. Serious charges against me, Did not know when I telegraphed before, 1 left Paris on Thursday by the first train and ar- rived in Liverpool at the Limo street station on Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. As I was going out of the station I met Michael May- brick unexpectedly. He said abruptly and grufly: “This is a nice state of affairs.’ I asked him what he meant. ‘[ mean a quos: tion of murder, was his reply, ‘und there's a man in it I tried to ques- tion him, but he smd: ‘You had better go up to the house and see her. She's ina dying condition. Edwin will tell you everything, I went straight to Battle Crese. 1 met Edwin Maybrick in the vestibule of the house, I asked him at once why I had not been allowed to come before. He said they had all lost their heads, that Florrie was too il w know aoything, and that Mrs. Hriggs did not knmow, or had forgotton my address. He said: ‘I would never have believed one word against Flor- aie it it had not been for that letter to Brierly.! Now, permit me to say that there was o great deal of surreptitiousness about that letter to Brierly. It was written with the knowledge of & woman, who had already come to the conclusion, nonestly or dishonestly, that my daughter was a murderess at heart, It was given to that woman to post, and thav woman opened it. I may be Mrs, Muybrick’s mother, but it looks to me asif that very strange and unnecessary letter, a letter so queerly and ingeniously compromising that no other possible combination of words could have been equally harmful, was simply ® trap successfully laid and triumphantly executed. My daughter is not a woman of very much penetration, If you could see her you would not wonder at the ease with which she has been deceived. Kindly remember that Mrs, Briggs testifiea in court that she advised my daughter to write to Brierly to get mouney euough 10 send some telegrams and then walked straight out of the prison with the letter and at once handed it to & police- mae, Please consider that here were two women, both professing & warm at- tachment t wmy dauchter, She gave them her fullest confidence at & time when her position, prostration snd misfor- tuno should have gained her sympathy and pity from & stone, and they were opposing her in every way tucy could. Ido not know, but it seems to me that that kind of moral character 18 scarcely the thing on which to base a sentence of death.” *Pardon me, but what conclusions are you siming att” *I belleve I know that James Maybrick dled & natural death, I believe that these two women, ignorant of all the private cir- cumstances, ignorant of Maybriok's exten- #ive use of arsenic, came to the conclusion that wy daughter was poisoniag uim and Aid everything they could to bulld up their case. Iam disposed to believe that they did Dot reach this conclusion hounestly, but think 1818 proper, however, to show that neither of them were friendly to her, und that they ‘were animated malice. They were not without grounds for those feelings. The idea is simply absurd 10 begin with that you can polson & man with arsenic who bas been knowing or suspecting it. Maybrick knew his own constitution perfectly well. He had been experimenting on it with drugs ever since 1 knew him, He was a deep student of medicine. From a personal standpoint, if there was one man on earth who would have scouted the idea that anybody could polson him with arsenic without his knowledge, it was James Maybrick, and he would say 8o if he stood hero to-day. Mrs. Briggs was a very intimate friend of Mr. Maybrick. He had known her long be- fore he mot my daughter. He permitted her to visit his house most freely. She i1sa woman about forty-five years olo, who has been divorced from her husband, though she obtained a divorce on account. of his conduct, and there was nothing in the proceedings to reflect on her. Mrs, Maybrick told me this. Mr. Maybrick was ap intimate friend of her father, Mr. Jancon, and had been on close terms of friendship with the Jancon family all his life,. When Mr. Maybrick married my daughter he was a man of forty-three and she was a girl of eighteen. Mrs. Briggs, from the outset, was a potent factor 1n the household. She kept a general eye on affairs. Mrs, Briggs had an unmar- ried sister, and I have -no doubt that the opinion prevailed that it Mr. Maybrick's taste had been all that it ought to have been he would have married a Jancon. Gertrude Jancon, her aister, has been known fora long time in their circle to be 1 love with Mr. Brierly, Miss Jancon, through Mr. Hughes, the husband of an- other sister, caused a quarrel between Mr. and Mrs. Maybrick at the race ground. He was inspired to do this by Miss Jancon, be- cause Mr. Brierly had taken Mrs. Maybrick to the grand stand to see the Prince of Wales, and Miss Jancon was left alone. I am not dealing in trifles in this matter. I am showing you the state of mind and motives which bear directly on this case. When the reconciliation took place, or before it, Mrs. Briggs told May- brick all she knew about Mrs, Maybrick's relations with Brierly. I wrote my daughter three or four letters, which were intercepted. I have never seen them or heard from them. Edwin Maybrick admitted that he went down invariably to meet the postman. 1 woula like to kuow who they are who thus violate the trust which people repose in her majesty’s mail. I would like to know by what right or what law the furmture and all belongings were sold before the will was proved. I would like to know where the money is that came from the sale, Buroness von Rogue had been getting strongly excited, and she checked herself. “On the day following Mr. Maybrick's death Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Hughes ran- sacked the house. I know what their ideas were, but I do not know whether they knew there were two arsenic users i the house, one for the constitution and the other for the complexion. They wero hunting for evidence to substantiate the conclusion they had formed around the dead body of Mr. Maybrick. They ransacked drawers and boxes and_everything that be- longed to Mrs. Maybrick. They even broke the lock of her wardrobe. It was in this search—before any charges had been made, before any suspicions had been made public— that these two women and these two brothers violated the bedroom of Mrs, Maybrick. The pill-box containing Mrs. Maybrick’s private store of arsenic only turned up at the trial. It nad been kept back. Who knows what else has been kept backi Does the judge know? Do the jury know? Where are Mr. Maybrick’s clothes! Have they been ex- amined for arsenic? Have the pockets been examined? Of all that belonged to my aaughter, of all the presents that had been given her, of all that she needed to save her life, all that she got back was a dressing wrapper, which was valuable be- cause it was stained with arsenic. Michael Muybrick told me he woula never have thought of poison but for Mrs. Briggs. Michael Maybrick at first said he would be responsible for the costs of the case. Af- terwards he repudiated this stategent eu- tirely. Nobody has paid one ceut of the costs in this case except my daughter, Everything she possesses is pledged to pay them, including the life insurance policies of Mr. Maybrick, which, I believe, amount to about £8,000, and also the property she pos- sesses in New York. If she should be set free she would be penniless, The property of Maybrick gous to the children. The guardiauship of the children does not rest with the trustees of tho estate, Maybrick’s brothers, but with me. I think that if T am wrong they are going to have a chance to prove it. When Mr. Cleaver, who had been sent for by my dangnter, arrived at the house, the first people he met were Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Hughes in the drawing room, He said: *This is a very sad affair! Mrs. Hughes smd: ‘Sad mdeed; it isasad affmr for poor Jim Maybrick. She's up stairs, but she's the greatest liar on earth’ and Mrs, Briggs added that Mrs. Maybrick's mother herself had poisoned two husbands, Such was the reception accorded Mr. Cloaver in the house of the wife of James Maybrick.” ‘The baroness paused to say that the state- ment of Mrs. Briggs touching kerself was, of course, informed. Though the story was first printed on the other, side, she thinks it came from this side of the Atlantic. She talked queerly of Maybrick's treatment, but said that and Maybrick’s character were matters to be investigated by the home secretary. She finished the interview by telling how Maybrick and the nurse fled from the house when his boy was attacked with a virulent form of scarlet fever, while Mrs, Maybrick, through sick herself, remained and nursed the child back to health, e A Maybrick Conference. L Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennat.) Loxpox, August 18.—|New York Herald Cable — Special to Tus Bee.] — Justice Stephen had an interview to-day with Mr, Matthews, at the home office, relative to the case of Mrs. Maybrick, now under sentence of death. Justice Stephen's notes of the evi- dence given at the trial had been previously placed in the bunds of the home secretary. These notes were discussed and Justice Stephen entered into a full explanation of thew, His lordsbip's interview with Mr. Matthews extended over an hour. The Maybrick meeting held here to-day would in New York be called a fizzle, Only Maybrick followers were allowed to speak. About fifteen hundred were preseut, st Mrs. Maybrick’s Sad Condition, Livexroor, August 18.—Mrs. Maybrick, the condemned murderess, is in a very de- pressed state, Sne passed much of the time woaning for her ohildren and weeping copiously. The chaplain of the prison 18 de- voliug wuch of his time to the condemned womay and she avpears to really appreciate his visits. At a meeting to consider the case of Mrs, Maybrick, which was held to-day, 8 resolu- tion was adopted to petition the home secre- tary for the remission of her sentence. ——— Proposed House Petition Abandoned, Loxnox, August 18.—~The proposed house of commons petition in favor of Mrs. May- brick has beed absadoued. SALT CREEK ON A RAMPAGE. Liacoln's Flats a Lake of a Depth of Beveral Feet. MANY FAMILIES ARE HOMELESS. One Child Reported Lost—Large Num- bers of Horses, Catule and Hogs Drowred—Much Prop- orty Swept Away. A Great Flood at Lincoln, LixcoLy, Neb., August 13.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.|—The rainfall of yester- day was the heaviest known in this portion of the state for years. It raised Salt creck out of its banks, and at noon to-day the bot- toms were a solid sheet of water, Some of the old settlers of Lancoln say that the water was the highest ever known. As yet, how- ever, the damage done can not be estimated. Families thut lived on the bottoms, 1n many places, were forced to remove to places of safety at an early hour this morning. In some localities south of the city the rushing waters marked residences and barns eight fect above their foundations. A large num- ber of houses on the bottom suburbs of the city were partly submerged in water. The 108s of property has been great. The water flooded the Atchison & Nebraska railroad track below the penitentiary to a depth of nearly or quite two feet. The noon pas- senger was swamped for over two hours, It seemed for a time that the ponderous engine would be unable to move the coaches, and a wreck hung in the balance. Warden Hopkins and one of the attaches of the pen undertook to reach the place where the engine scemed to be floundering, and in attempting to turn his horse and buggy in water that floated the box, tipped over, broke the shaft and en- joyed a good ducking. It 1s learned that some of the bottom farmers lost a good many hogs and some other stock. In at- tempting to swim to dry ground, they were carried into the channel of the creek and drowned. Since 2 o’clock the oreek has risen rapidly. It is said that there are 2,000 houses in the flooded district immediately contiguous to the city, and their occupants were compelled to flee for their lives. But few reached dry land with anything more than the clothes they wore. All traffic kas been stopped on the railroads that cross the bottoms at any point. Buckstaff's Vitrified Brick works are under four feet of water. At the Wisconsin furniture house, about five blocks south of the depot, the water is over the flat cavs and entering the box cars. Itisstated that there are 1,000 cars in the yards, many of which are loaded with goods that can not be reached. Merchants and wholesalers who have consignments at hand are doing every- thing possible to get them removed. At 8 o’clock this afternoon the rumor was general that three men had been drowned a mile or 80 south of the city in attempting to save their stock, but 1t could not be verifled. A Bohemian family by the name of Johnson, however, lost their infant baby. Its mother left it sitting in a high chair and started for dry land with two otner childran. In some way the chair tipped over and before she got back the baby had drowned. Many families have lost all they possessed. Refugees have fled the bottoms by scores. A number of them are quartered atthe Park school building; others have been cared for by the city, Some are destitute, with no vlace to lay their heads to-night. Charity, however, is being extended with open hands, If pos- sible the homeless will be amply provided for. At 0 oclock this evening the water was still that foot it will Union Paciflc rising. t is if it rises another submerge the entire system of tracks in the city. The incoming train_from Crete barely escaped boing wrecked. The track had become so badly washed that the ties had been lifted from their beds, and the train was compelled to como to a dead stop two or three times before the trip was safely made. It took almost superhuman work to save it. The conductor has been severely criticised for attempting to make the trip. Some portions of the track were under a foot of water. Two teams of horses were drowned this afternoon, one near the city and the other two miles below. Their drivers barely escaped with their lives, Generally the families who have been routed from tiieir homes by the flood can ill afford thoir loss, Their household furniture was their all. At 8 o'clock the water:was rising at tho rate of three inches per hour. A number of the homeless are sick and 1n need of medical attendance. It is said that there are a few instances where the water reached the beds upon which the sick lay before they could be rescued. The opinion is quite general that the receding tide will show sadder results than the vast loss of property. It is hardly possible for such aflood to pass away without a torrible fatality, Whero the water come from is a wonder. said A Bad Flood at Beatrice. BeATRIvE, Neb., August 13.-~|Special Tele- egram to Tug Bee.|—The most disastrous flood that ever occurred n this vicinity took place to-day in a low-lying portion of the city along Indian creek, a small stream that is ordinarily very placid and that flows through the northwestv part of town. The first intimation of the torrent was about 8 o'clock this morning, after most of the men in that neighborhood had gone to worl, thus leaving the women and children in compara- tive security in their homes. Some work- men on the tower of the new Episcopal church saw the flood slowly approaching down the valley and gave the alarm, and none too soon either, Assistance had scarcely arrived on the ground when the swelling tide begau pourinz down on the fated inhabitants, giving them barely time 10 get on to the roofs of their houses. Cows, pigs, goull.ry and outhouses were 8oon en- gulfed in the flood and were whirled with smazing rapidity down toward the Bine, a mile below. Boats were speedily procured and the unfortuuate people in the flooded district were soon safely landed on dry round, Everything perishaole in their ouses was ruined, and the aggregate loss will be very large. There was no loss of life, thougn theré were many narrow es- capes, Hear creek, a stream two miles north of the city, was also outof its banks, and thousands’ of acres of growing corn were destroyed. Considerable lLwve stock also perished in that locality. Vast quantities of hay were swept away, and the aggregate loss will closely approach the hundreds of thousands, A number of small farm houses were swept away, but no lives were lost. The new paper mill daw, two miles below town on the Blue, was washed out and much damage doune in that vicinity 1n consequence. Tne bridges along Indian and Bear creeks are washed away, and, as the streams are still very high, but little infor- mation can be obtained from that locahty. The Union Pacific tracks are badly damaged between here and Cortlandt and its trains have to run over the Burlington tracks to reach Lincoln. A Storm Fatality at Salem. Savem, Neb., August 18.—[Special Tele- gram to Tas Bee |—Yesterday afternoon, daring a heavy storm, George Warner, liv- ing about eight miles west of here, was struck by lightning and instaotly killed, A man standing near was badly shocked and three horses killed at the same time, Much damage was done to crops and buildings in that vicinity by the wind and hall. The en tire river bottom Lere is covered with water rising, causing many families to move their household goods. Railroad trafio from the west is cut off until the water subsides, Rallroads Damaged by Rain. Nenraska Crry, Neb, August 18.—Tho rains of last night did groat damage along the railronds south of town, and many bridges on the Missouri Pacific and B. & M. ronds were washed out, delaying and stop- ping all trains during the day from the south. Lightning Strikes a Windmill Oscrora, Neb, Augast 18.—[Special to Tne Ber, | —During & heavy shower of rain here this morning lightning struck the wind- mill and barn belonging to Jack Everett, The shock knocked down several head of horses, Biil Bverott was knocked down by tho shock, but is all right now, Vory littlo damuge was don Second Day of the Kearney Reunion. Kranxey, Nob., August 13.—| Spacial Tel- egram to Trr Bes |—The socond day of the reunion passed away pleasantly for the old soldiers, who spent the greater part of the day in gotting settled and in handshaking. At 10 o'clock the command of the camp was formally turned over to General Wheaton. This was the only official business of im- portance transpiring during the day. Gen- eral Wheaton has issued the following ofiicial order : Hreapquarters Camp Jonx R. Brooke, KrarNey, Neb,, August 13, 1880.—To all comrades of the G. A. R. and to all old vet- erans of the late war I send most hearty greeting and assure them, one and all, that everything will bo dono to make this re- union satisfactory to them and o grand suc- cess, FRAXK WHEATON, Brevet Major General, U. S. Army. Upon the invitation of General S. A. Mor- rison, senior vice department commander of the G. A.R., now in command of the de- partment of Nebraskd, the undersigned ereby assumes command of the camp. The following named officers are announced as the staff of the camp commander. General S, H, Morrison, chief of staft: General E. C. Calkins, nssistant chief of staft; Colonel P. A. Gatchell, assistant adjutant general; Colonel R. O. Grimes, assistant quarter: master general; Colonel I P. Gage, in- spector; Colonel'G. W. Martin, assistant in- spector; Colonel John Stein, assistant in- Colonel Joseph Teeler, nssistant in- i Colonel E. M, Shaw, assistant in- spector; Colonel S. N.Craig, surgeon ; Colonel . P. Woodsworth, assistant surgeon; Colonel George Hull, assistant surgoon; Colonel J. J. Porter, assistaut surgeon: Colonel C. B. Black, assistant surgeon; Colonel G. L. Humphrey, assistant surgeon Captain P. H. Steele, provost marshal; Cap- tain C. C. Spaids, assistant provost marshal and camp inspector; Captain L. D. For hand, assistant _provost marshal; Aides-de- camp, Colonel Brad P. Gook, Captains L. D, Richar . Allen, 'W. . Dodge, Ira D, Marston, B. H. Goulding, J.” M. Tisdell, M. Murdock, Moses O'Brien, Frank T. H Capwin E. C. Harper, chaplain. camp commandant extends a most cordial invitation to all post de- partment officers of © the department of Nebraskn, G. A. Ri,and other depart- ments present to become his guests and avail themselves of the hospitalities of the head- quarters at all times. This evening the naval engzagementt on the lake was witnessed by thousands of people who lined the hillsides overlooking the lako. .The tents are nearly all occupied with campers, and it is expected the demand for room will” exceed the supply before the week is onded. Programme for to-motrow : Sunrise, morn- ing gun; 9 m., guard mount; 10 a. m., re- union of states; 2 p:m., reviow of Sons of Veterans by camp commander; 3 p. m., re- ception of Wisconsin relief corps, Mary A. Morgan commanding; 4 p.m., grand bana contest, open to all amateur bands of 1 stute; first prize §50, second §30, third $20, 85 to enter; 6 p. m., camp fire; 9 p. m., grand display of fireworks by Liicoln " Fidmbeau club. ‘The Affairs at Oxford. Oxrorp, Neb., August 13.--|Special to Tne Bee.]—This locality, in common with Nebraska in general, is able to report good crops. Small grain of all kinds, with the exception, possibly, of oats, is much above the average in yield aud quality. Corn is in excellent condition and safe from all possi- bility of drouth. Rains bave been frequent and abundant. The near approach of the Furnas county republican convention, August 21, causes a lively stir in political circ Oxford has three candidates, one each f he offices of clerk, superintendent and sheriff. The can- d{ldqt.e for clerk is upmistagably the popular choi The erection of a building was commenced yesterday which, as soon as completed, will be occupied by Oxford’s recently appointed postmaster, Representative John M. Lee, who has decided to change the location of the office. Mr. Leo has just sent his bond to ‘Washington, and will not take ofiicial charge for several weeks yet. He will not enter upon the discharge of his duties under the most favorable circumstances, as his selec- tion of a postofMice site has made him many enemies, and it will require time and strict nt_tluLntiou to business to regain their good wil Arrested For a Virginia Murder. NenrAskA Crty, Neb, August 18.—[Sp ecial Melegram to Tie Brs.|—J. H. Mauess, a young man who came here some months ago from Virginia to visit relatives, was to-day arrested by Chief of Police Abbey on the charge of having killed a man at Estellville, Va., May 23, Maness acknowledged the kiil- ing and that he is a fugitive from justice, but claimed that the crime was committed in self-defense, as the man had first assaulted him with a knife, when he shot his assailant and escaped. Muness was in business ut that place, and the quarrel with the man, whose name is not given, arose over & game of cards. A few weeks ago he learned that his wife died very suddenly and the dis- patches back and forth betrayed kis where- abouts to the Virgigia authorities, This evening he employed several lawyers and habeas corpus lYrm:l.\mllnzl were brought be- 1ore County Judge Maj who discharged the man on the groundof insufiiciency in the complaint. He will plobably leave town be- fore another arrest cay bemade, The Frem uip- Mooting. FremoxT, Neb., August' 13.—[Special to Tue Bee.|—The urno)h at the camp grounds to-day have b@en “of unusual inter- est. They were opened a8 o'clock by bible reading conducced by' Rev. Robinson, of Omaha. After this, a8'p %o'clock, the first session of the first annual sonference Sunday school convention was ealled to order by the president, Judge Faweetsi of Omaha. The programme, prepared in advance, was strict- ly carried out. ‘‘he subjéets assigned were ably and interestingly discussed, The con- vention will continua” sl day to-morrow. Mr. Harry Date, the worker among young people, arrived to-day ana conducted his first Ineplluf) this evening, after which Evangelists Potter and Miller took the meet- ing in hand and created a rattling among the dry bones of the sinmers present. Promi- nent among the new: arrivals to-day were Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Phillippy, of Omaha. The attendance keeps up well along with the general interest manifésted, Accident at Crete, Cnere, Neb., August 18.—[Special to Tur Bee.|—A heavy bank of clay caved in at Johu Lanhaw’s brick yard while a numberof men were working below it. Christian Christians, & German, was buried bepeath be falling earth 'sud yery severely urt, 80 that hwe life is des- paired of @t this writing. - His thigh was broken and he received internal injuries. This case was the result of one of the heaviest rain falls which bas ocourred here for @ number of years. Sidewalis were washed away and ceflars flooded. The Big Blue river raised two feet withio au bour. No material damage was done. GETTING READY FOR TRIAL. Longenecker and His Aides Prepar- ing For the Cronin Case. THE TWELVE OPINIONLESS MEN. It fe Feared That the Fask of Getting a Jury of Unblased COitizens Will Be a Tedious and Difficalt One. Burke the Central Figure. Cnioaao, August 13.—[Special Telegram to Tie Ber]—The state’s attorney and those who ure assiscing him in the prosecu- tion of the Cronia ocase are hard at worik getting ready for the trial set for the 20th. Attorney Longenecker said to-day that the stato would be ready for trial on that day, and if there was any delay it would be be- cause the defense demands more time. Even then the delay would not be great, as the case would simply go over to the September calendar, When the trial begins several weeks will be consumed, it is thought, in getting a jury. It is believed by the people about the state attorney’s office that this work will be as tedious and difticult as it was in the anarchists’ case. The murder created 80 much excitement and such intense inter- est that it is thought thut it will not be easy to find twelve good men who have not framed and expressed decided opinions. The care that will have to be taken also in summon- ing talesmen to avoid men who are secretly in sympathy with the assassins, will make the work still more difficuly, it 1s anticipated, The trial itself will not consume as much time as the prolonged investigation of the coroner’s jury and the grand jury. It will take but "a few days to Dprosent the evidence for the prosecution, which will be purel, circumstantial, uniess one of the defendants weakens and turns states evidence. Such a thing as that, how- ever, is regarded by the prosecution as but remotely possible, An outline of the case against Burke, who will really be the central figure among the group of defend- ants, will show that the state’'s case is sim- ple and will not require much time in its presentation. It will be shown, first, that Burke rented the cottage, The testimony of the Carlsons will be relied upon to settle that beyond a doubt. Yet it is believed that he can be connected with the rooms at 117 Clark street by Martinson’s testimony, which will show that he had the furniture hauled from that number to the cottage. That is the whole case against Burke except the circumstances of his flight and his connection with Coughlin and Beggs in camp 20. The most vital point in the case is that of connecting the doctor’s murder with the blood-stained cottage. Nobody saw Dr, Cro- nin enter there, and all tke evidence which really connects his dead body with the cot- tage is the piece of blood-stained cotton baiting found in the basement and corre- sponding with the cotton found in the trunlk, and also that found in the catch basin. It is regarded by the state as a strong circum- stance, and it is the only thing that really connects the body with the trunk, and there- fore with the cottage. e — ALL OPENING CLAMS, Albany, Wis., Pcople Become Crazy Oyer the Pearl Find, ArsANY, Wis,, August 18.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The discovery of a pearl imbedded in a hard shell clam here two months ago by two strangers has trans- formed this erstwhile quiet little village of 800 inbabitants into a seeming habitation of maniacs, all intent upon attaming fabulous wealth merely by picking it up from the ground. For the last week all business has been practically suspended to treasure seek- ing, and the excitement in the surrounding country continues unabated. Pearl fishing 18 the one subject heard on every hand among both ladies and gentlemen on the street and in the village hotel. The latter is the ren- dezvous of the most ardent pearl enthusiusts, where the fishers and others gather to dis- cuss the latest find and the value of the pearls. As fast as the flat-bottomed boats that tnhe fishers for wealth push be- fore them are filled with clams, they are floated to shore, and the task of splitting the shells to discover the valuable jewels within is begun. Again and again is this process repeated, and the fact that in most cases it is without reward does not dampen the hopes of the excited crowd. Failure after failure is endured with hardihood in the hope that eventually a tucky strike will be made. The craze hus assumed such a form that it has been almost impossible during the last week to secure men to verform common labor on the streets. The villagers have worked themselves up to such a pitch of ex- citement that they believe what would be considered the most absura conceptions, In fact, most of the stories of the finds that have been telegraphed abroad so far are fabrications of enthusiastic minds. It is a fact there have been some high-priced pearls found here, but nothing of the kind spread broadcast is true. A widow in meager cir- cumstances named Mrs, Schaefer, received #50 for a pearl she picked out of a sheil, and invested the procecds in cows. Another woman in_poor circumstances got 85 for a pearl and bought a gold watch, Lo AN INFERNAL MA CHINE. A Newspaper Man Recoives One, But 1t Doesn't Work, Lexixarox, Ky., August 13.—[Special Tel- egram to Tie —A dustardly attempt was made to-day to assassinate D. L. Bax- ter, & well-known uewspaper correspondent, by the explosion of a deadly machine, which was left at the Leaaer office, directed to that gentlemman, There was sufficient dynamite in the parcel to have blown up uny building in the city, and it only failed to accomplish its deadly purpose owing to the percussion matches not igniting. The parcel was taken to the office by anegro boy whose personality Mr. Baxter failed to remember. There being 1o suspicious look to him, he paid no atten- tion to the appearance of the ind. It is be- lieved by some it was the intention to not only blow up Mr, Baxter, but the entire Leader office. The motive for the attempted crime is unknown. HE'S PROBABLY IN OANADA, Brown, the Bankrupt, Believed to Have Crossed the Boriler. BostoN, August 18,—It 1s generally be- lieved here that Gideon P. Brown, of the bankrupt firm of Brown, Stees & Clark, has joined the Canadian colony. His part- ners have not heard from him since he dis- appeared last Thursday night, and neither has his wife. Counsel for Brown, Stees & Clark went to Dedham and filed a petition in insolvency. ‘The unpleasant rumors afloat 1ast week of the re hypothecating of wool by Brown it is believed were well founded. How many such cases there are it is difficult t tell. The firm's books are being thor- oughly examined to ascertan just what lrun\auuuuun have been made und bow they stand. e Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WABIINGTON, August 13, —|Special Tele- raw to Tug Bee.|—Pausions issued to Ne- raskans: Original invalid—Neils Ellingsen, Joseph Murdock, Henry Jaustin, Joseph Schneider, Henry Harding, Increase—John Hamilton, Francis Gurner. Original wid- ows, ete.—Minors of Witham H. Paulus. Pensions granted to Iowans: Original in- validl—Seth W. Gray, James F'. Strabl. In- crease—Lee M. Sears, Cyrus R. Quigley, George McAninch, George W. Burgman, George W, Krohn, Thomas T. MoWilliams, Michuel Mageuder, Perry McNell, Thomas McBath. Keissue—John Btowers. Groat Preparations Being Made to Attract the Verorans, MiLwaukee, August 18.—It is announced to-day that during the coming national en- campment of the G. A. R, 1,000 company, battery, gunboat, regimental, brigade, di- vision and corps reunions will be held. Se- cret sorvice men, signal corps, engineer corps, telegraph corps, war correspondents and corps of railroad’ builders are to meet, Over oight hundroed regiments have arranged for the reunion. The brigade of regulars in tho fourteenth corps will huve s large moet- ing. A naval battle, which will be partici- pated in by the Michigan and four revenue cutters and Aifty other water crafts of vari- ous descriptions, besides thirty pieces of cannon and mortars, the National guard and and Sons of Veterans, will bo the chiof at- traction. The display can be seen from six miles of the lake front. Secretary Harvey Reid has caused the fol- lowing to be printed: “Comrados of the Blue Star division of the Twentieth army corpi i1l take notice that their reunon in Milwaukee during encampment week will bo in the United States court room in the gov- ernment building. This is a very desirablo and central locution; & very ploasant room L n the third story of the magnificent national edifice, mccessible by elovator and broad stairway. It 18 meet and fit- ting that the material from which the people of the Unitod States chose their president should be quartered in Uncle Sam’s own buiiding. Our principal reunion day will bo Thursday, August 20, all day. Let all who were at any time members of the Twenty-second and Twenty-sixth Wisconsin, Seventieth, Thirty-third and Eighty-fifth Tn- diana, Nineteenth Michigan, One Hundred and Second, One Hundred Fifth and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ililinow, Fifty- fifth, Seventy-third and Seventy-ninth Ohio, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth New York, Thirty-third Massachusetts and Twentieth Connecticut, sew a blue star on hat or breast and come. 1t will do you good.” il Akl ety 1T WAS NO MOCK MARRIAGE. A Poor Bartender Secures a Wealthy Wife at Amateur Theatricals, New York, August 13.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Ber.] —A dramotic episode in real life took place on the stage of the Academy of Music at Newark, N. J., Sunday night. The participants in this drama were Lena Kleenmuller and Albert, Morris, Al- bert was deeply in love with lovely Lena, but Lena's father and mother opposed tho match, The Kleenmullers are very wealthy. Morris 18 a bartender, The young folks be- came engaged secretly some time ago, and when the old man learned of it he tried to buy Morris off, but the young man would not sell. Then the old man threatened blood, but Albert smiled. The denoument took place on Sunday evening. Albert Mor- ris was a member of the Schiller literary society, an organization composed mainly of German-Americans, A performance was given in the Academy of Music for the benefit of the kindergurten. In one part of the play there is a marriage ceromony in which the bride is heavily veiled and in black, All she has to do in that scene is to be led on the stage, go through the ceremony, and make her exit. Alvert Morris took into his confidence Wal- ter A. Mitchell, a justice of the peace. The latter consented to take the part of a clergy- man in the play and go through a bonafide marriaga ceremony, At the proper moment Lena was led on the stage, covered with a heavy black crepo veil. She went through \hu‘rurfi)rmnnnu in the presence of & thou- saud people without flinching. Nobody,on the stage suspected the true condition of affoirs until after the ceremony, when the justice who performed the ceremony told of itasa good joke. The couple disappeared leaving a letter behind saying they intended to keep the matter a secret for a year, but were determined to brave the matter and would return in a few weeks' time, when they hoped to be forgiven. ———— Nebraska and Jowas Patents. ‘WAsHINGTON, August 13.—|Special Tele- braska inventors: Joseph Neb., horse collar fastening. Towa inventions: John Clare, Imogene, cultivator; William E. Ellis, Marion, button machine; Marshal E. Hunt, assignor of one- half to H. P. Goodwin, Davenport, harrow; Patrick W. Hynes, Cedar Rapids, car re- placer: Miles ‘McMullen, Milford. anchor for portable hay press; Grant C. Miller, Mt. Vernon, Iu., grass cutting at- tachment for lawn mowers; Stephen W. Rathbone, Marion, Ia., printers’ stand: Sher- man C. Seamav, Vinton, Ia., crate; Jessie nor to C. B. a nng clay for 3 Stephen C. Wilcox, Dubuque, 1a., assignor of one-half to A. N. Richards, but- ton on badge. Kellman, Blar, s A Knot in Their Twine Scheme. ST. PAUL, August 13.—As a possible solu- tion of the problem of utilizing convict labor to the best advantage, the last legislature appointed & committee to investigate as to the practicability of ntroducing the manu- facture of binding twine into the Stillwater prison. If this could be successfully acc plished all the twine requirea by the agri- cultural nterests in_the state could bo sup- plied at moderate cost, and thus emancipate the farmers from the clutches of twine com- binations and trusts. The committee has re- ported adverscly to the provosal. The rea- s0ns on which the report is founded are that the cost of the plant- and material for one year sufficient to keep soventy-five men_em- ployed would amount to $1,245,000. It is pointed out that the cost of binding twine to the manufacturers is 11 to 1 cents per pound, of which not more than 2 to 8 cents is for labor and power, the balance being consumed by the cost of material, Kllled an Officer. GuaND RAPIDS, Mich., August 18.—W ar- rants were issued yesterday for the arrcst of Amel Goch, who owns @ farm in Bowne township, and also his hired man nawed Charles Brailey, for stealing twenty-five bushels of wheat from & neighboring farmer. Last_oveniag Deputy Sheriff Sinciair and uis brother, D. A. Sinclair, went to the farm to arrest Goch. As they drove up to the house a shot was fired from_the door on the inside, and D, A. Sinclair fell morally wounded and afterwards died, The doputy sheriff returned the fire, killing the hirod man, Goch skipped and bas not been cap- tured, e Baltimore Favors Washington, BALTIMOKE, August 13.—At & joint meet- ing of the various commercial exchanges and citizens of Baltimore held to-day at the city hall, and presided over by the governor of the 'state, resolutions were unanimo sly adopted declaring in favor of Washington City as the place to hold the World's fair commemorating the 400th anniver sary of the discovery of America. T Wide Awake Chicago. SpuiNcrisLp, 11, August 13.—The secre- tary of state to-day licensed the *‘World's Fair of 1892 at Chicago for the holding of an international exhibition or world’s fair in the city of Chicago to commemorate on_its 400th aniversary the discovery of America. T he capital stocl is 5,000,000, and the incor- porators are: Dewiti C. Crolger, ord W. Pock, George Schnelder, Anthony Seeber- wer, William C, Seipp, Jobn K. Walsh and E. Nelson Blak BN S A Noted surgeon Dead. New Youk, August 18—Dr. Alexander Brown Mott, one of the most noted Ameri- can surgeons, died at his country seat, near Youkers, merd&y mornlng, of pueumonia, after an illness of two d - Death of Dr. Cabell. RICANMOND, Vi, August 18.—Dr, James L. Cubell, senior member of the faculty of tie University of Virginia, died at Everton this woruing, BROWER WORKED HIS BLUEF, Three Proeslden tial Postoffices Seote tled His Sgeakership Bee. THE OLD DOMINION RED HOT, Each True Bourbon HReeping One Eye on the Spoils and the Other on Mahone—The Belle- wvue Counterfeiters. 518 F'OUKTRENTI STRERT, Wasmixarox, D, C., August 18, Tt 18 said that Representative Brower, of North Carolina, has got ail he expeoted out of his “bluff” on the speakership of the next house and will not be heard from at all when congress meets, His proclamation that he would be a candidate for speaker gave a lite tle fright, on account of the very small re= publican majority and the consequent dane ors of having any “kickers” in the party. Since then he has got three presidential postmesters in his state, one at Groensboro, ono at Winston and one at Reedsville, At Winston he has offended the republican Ppapor by getting the appointwent of & man who does not live in the town. A DEMOCRATIO NIGITMARE, The name of Mahone is a nightmare to the democrats who to-morrow meet in convens tion at Richmond to nominate a succe Governor Fitzhugh Lee. Their cry 1 thing to beat the little wizard.” are haviug heaps of trouble to choose a cal didate who will undertake the job. To-nig there are no less than six_ocandidates in the tield, with Captain P.” W. McKinnoy and Colonel Richard T. Beirene running a nip- and-tuck race for first place. The other can- didates are Colonel C. K. O'Farrell, John Harris, S. W, Venable and J. Page Tyler who is'the choice of the KFarmers' alliance. MeKiuney's friends figure out 600 votes for him on the first ballot. Heirene's supporters claim 400, while O'Farrell says he is sure of This leaves * at 22 to be divided among three other aspirants. Tho adherents of Captwin Venable, who has the cordial support of Senator Barbour, insist that there will be a tremendous fight between McKiuney, Bierene and O'Farrell, and that a compromise will be made on Boss Barbour’s favorite, “That there will be o hot battle over the adoption of any provision indorsing the free trade ideas of Cleveland, Mills and Carlisle seems surely imminent, The delegatos who left here for the seat of war this afternoon declared that the protection sentunent was 80 strong in the Old Dominion that 1t would prove fatal to bourbon success should the principles laid down at St. Louis in 1834 be reafiirmed. A straddle which the bourbons hope will be acceptable to protectionists and free traders alike is anticipated. “The Ola Dominion republicans are so thor- oughly re-united that should General Mae hone consent to accept, Lis nouunation by acclamation seems a foregone conclusion. In case the general declines to run, Colonel William Lamb, of Norfolk, 1t is believed will be the candidate to redeem the Old Do minion from a demorulizing result. JOUN BROWN'S SOAFFOLD, General James B. Coit, of this city, who- recently purchased the ber which formed the seaffolding upon which John Browh was banged, says that he inteuds to have the structure restored and_to exhibit it through the country. ‘The scaffold was erected in. 1850 by David H. Cockerell. Brown was hanged upon it on December 2 of that year, and on the 16th of the same month, Coppac, Green, Copeland and another followed, It. w.is then taken down and again erected ih March of the year following, when Haze lette and Stevens were hanged upon the gib- bet. It was subsequently presented to- Cockerell by Judge B. B. Davenport, of the Jefferson county court, Subseguently it was made into the po of a house and remained there until 1883, when the owner thought it might have a value as & relic, and it was taken down and stored in the second story of the juil. General Coit happened to be'in Charleston and learnsd of the existence of the timber. He owns Boll- var heights, which overlook the scene of Brown’s exploits, and he conceived the idea of erecting & monument to Brown on the summit of those heights. He decided there- fore to get possession of the scaffold and put. it in the hands of some one who would prop- erly exhibit it through the country. His idea is to use all the funds obtained from tue exhibition, after paying the expenses, for the purpose of erecting the proposed statue, and as Harper's Ferry has aiready become a place of popular resort, it 1s probable that the enterprise will meet with very general approval. The scaffold was shipped on Sut- urday last to Washington, and is expected here to-morrow. . GOT POSTED T HKOUGIH THE DEE. The attention of Chief Bell, of the secret. service division of the treasury department, was called to-day to the report in Saturday’s Bee in relation to the ‘‘shoving of the queer’” at the canteen at Bellevue. Mr, Bell said that not a word had been heard by the department about the mutter, and at first he was inclined to think thav the whole story was fishy, but Le admitted that a lively newspaper like Tne Bre frequontly gets the news about such affairs long before it reaches the department ‘‘officially.” Mr, Bell said that Omaha is in the jurisdiction of the agent of the department stationed as. Des Moines, who would not be permitted to investigate the reported unloadiug of coun- terfeit coin without first notifying the de- partment, as special agents are permitted to- travel only within fifty miles of their head- quarters without special orders, He directed that u telegram be sent atonce to Agent. Stedman at Des Moines autherizing him to investigate the matter, and directing him to report to the department immediately. No report has been recdived by the war depart- ment from either Major Henry oe Major Buckbam about the affoir up to the present. time. WasniNaron Bureav, Tie OManA Ben, } ATMY ORDEMS, Licutenant Colonel Anthony Heger, sur- geon, and Captains John O, Skinner and Joseph K. Merrill, assistant _surgeons, have been appointed & board to exawine candi- dutes for admission to West Point, They will meet at the academy August 25, Six months leuve of absence, with per- mission to leave tho division of the Pacitie, bus been granted Captain Jobn H, Kerr, Sixth cavalry, Leave for one month has been granted Second Lieutenant Godfrey H, MacDonald, Sixth cavalry, and {or two months to Second Lieutenant William D. McAnaley, Ninth cavalry. Captain John W. Summerhoges, assistunt quartermaster, is ordered to report at Santa Fe August 25 as disbursing quartermaster and for the settlement of railroad and teles graph accounts, NEW N Cedar Creel ler; Verdon, Bowman, SRASKA POSTMASTENS, , Cass county, George B, 8 Richardson ' county, R B MISCELLANEOUS, Mr, T. W, Blackburn, managing editor of the ‘Angeles Tribune, hus been appointed 0 an #1,500 position. His services will bere- quired in_the educational division in the office of General Morgan, commissioner of Indian affairs. Mr. Blackburn is a Nebras kun, he having spent the greater part of his life there in newspaper work. ut one time held a very responsible position in the literary or advertising department of the Union Pacific railway. T'he comptroller of currency has approved the following selections of national banks reserve agents: Hanover Natlonal bank, of New York, for the First National bank of Ainsworth, Neb.; Metropolitan Natio bank, of Chicago, for the Guinan Nationi bank, of Hastings, Neb.: United States Na tional bank, of Omaba, for the First National bank of Kearney, Neb.; First National bank, of Kansas City, ana the Schuster-Hax Na- tional bauk, of St. Joseph, for the Farmers' National bunk of Pawnee City, Neb, ‘I'he comptroller of the ecurrency hu’rn- thorized the organization of the Firet Na« tionil bauk of ~Awmsworth, Neb, capi 0, 1", 13. Tiffany, president; H. 8. Als