Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 19, 1889, Page 1

ATV THE OMAHA U. a, = o) = = NINETEENTH YEAR. OMAHA., MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1889, NUMBER 61 SARA BERNHARDT A WIDOW. Budden Death of Hor Husband in & Paris Hotel. CAUSED BY BRAIN CONGESTION, No Decision as Yet in the Maybrick Case by the Homo Secretary, But Commutation De- lieyed in by Many, Death of Jacques Damala. [Copyright 189 by James Gordon_ Bennett. | Paris, August 18.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tnr Bee | —Jacques Da- mala, Sara Bernhardt's husband, died sud- denly this morning at a well known hotel in the Boulevard Periere. His health bad been very unsatisfactory for several months and e suffered groatly from the effects of the use of morphia, but the news of his death, the direct cause of which was congestion of the brain, will be a shock to his friends who have met him within the last few days. Buch fame as the deceased had acquired was reflected from s wife. Born at Athens, Mr. Damala entered upon a cureecr of diplomacy, but the young attache showed signs of being stage-struck, and gave up diplomacy for acting. He joined tye troupe with which Sara Bern- hardt wus starring Europe aud speedily fell head over ears in love with the.golden- voiced siren. The incidents of his marriage, which took place on April 4, 1882, at St. Androw’s church, London, are well known, particularly his bride's rapid journey from Madrid to Loodon and back. ——— The Maybri Case. 1Copyright 1889 by Jamss Goron Benast.) LoxpoN, August 18.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bee. |—No decision was arrived at by the home secretary to-day in regard to the sentence of Mrs. Maybrick, but the tendency of events is still in th rection I indicated yesterda There great body of scicntific opinion which is ‘working in behalf of Mrs. Maybrick w this extent, that there is fair room for doubt whether she administered the arsenic of ‘which her husband aied. This opinion, pro- ceeding from very eminent sources, holds that there is equully grave doubt as to Mrs. Maybrick’s innocence, but the element of uncertainty is such as to justify the inter- ference of the home secretary. There would then, at least, be time left for the production of uow fucts which might tend to clear up the mystery of Mr Maybrick’s death. Those views are undoubtedly having their influ- ence with Mr. Mathews, whose position throughout has been of a very anxious and unenviable kind, But what the duty of de- ciding 8o dreadful a question should fall up- on him 18 one of the great drawbacks of an office which is seldom a bed of roses. The abuse which has veen heaped upon him is wholly undeserved, for he has giventhe most conscieatious consideration to all the facts of the case, with the sole desire of seing that Justice is done. It may safely be said that the course taken by some of Mrs. Maybrick’s friends was calculated to do her more harm than good. On the other hand, facts and arguments, such as those whicn have been put forward by the Herald, were entitled to aue weight, and doubtless they have had it unless some new phase of the case should oceur adverse to Mrs. Maybrick, which scarcely probable. Her life is nearly certain to be spared. At the same time itis felt by very many who have taken no active part in this agitation that tho institution of & trial by jury, supposed to be the “pailadium of British Liberties,” will have reccived another sovere blow by a reversal of the verdict found at the Liverpool trial. Success in this case will inevitably lead to similar agitations whenever a prisoner is convicted of murder who was not actually seen to strike the fatal blow or mix the deadly draught. No one will be 80 auxious to have a court of appeal established as the home secretury, but not upon the principle advocated by Lord Esher, which would leave the home secretary the ultimate arbiter after the court of appeals hud pronounced its decision, This would only make confusion worse con- founded. The responsibility should be taken from the home secretary altogether if a court of appeal is established. The same alteration of the law would seom to be rendered neces- sary by this Maybrick case, whatever the re- sult of it may be. e Steamship Arrivals. At London—bighted: The Frauce, from New York; the British Princess, from Phil- adelphia for Liverpool. At Havro—La Bretagne, from New York. At Plymouth—The Rugia, from New York, for Hamburg. At Queenstown—The Servia, from New York, for Liverpool. At Liverpool—The Rossmere, from Bului- more. At Bremerhaven—The Aller, from New York. At New York—The Hekla, from Copen hagen; the Aluska, from Liverpool; the Egyptian Monarch, from Lou the Rhoetia, from Hamburg; the City of Colum- bia, from Havana ; the Pokasset, from Med- fterrancan ports; the Aurena, from Laver- pool. What Boulanger Wants. Loxpoy, August 18.—Five huudred French residents of London visited General Boulan- ger in a body to-duy, and preseated him with an address of sympathy aud confldence, The general in his speech said he never used money belonging to the Freuch people except when trying to secure hor against encmics. The French government did not dare avail themselves of the ordinury courts, but formed & special tribunal, composed of his livical enemies, which had virtually emned him before it met. In conclusion he said he onle‘ usked vood fuith from the Freuch people and the triumph of the pres- ent rulers would be u thing of the past. ——— . The Behring Sea Troubles. Or7rawa, August 18, —The report of the customs ugent at Victoria in the matter of the seizure by United States cruisers of Can- adian sealers in Hebriong sea has reached the department of customs. Copies will be for- warded to the imperial government in sup- port of the representations alveady made by the Dominion ministry to secure Lho settle- went of vhe whole claim of the United States 10 the sole use and proprictorship of Belring i el After the Fight, Ricamoxp, Tex., August 18,—The situa- tion is quiet here since the terrible riot in which Sheriff Garvey and ex-Sheriff Blakely © lost heir lives uud seversl prominent citi- zeus were wounded, As the sheriff has been killed and the deputy wounded, no urrests have been made, nor hus any lnquest been heid. It is thought all will ‘be left to the grand jury for settlement. -~ — The Alhambra Uninjured. MAPRID, August 18, —~The report that the Alhambra bad been damaged by the burri cane that visited Grunuea yesterday is de- nied. The gardens in surrounding places wers devastated by the storw, but tbe build- dox ladlf cacuped dawaxe. THE UNDER WORLD. The Great Japan Flood—Rioters Dis- persed. Sax Fraxcisco, August 18, —The steamer City of Sydpey, from Hong Kong andYoko- hama, which arrived this cvening, was ex- pected to bring the details of the earthquake at Kumamoto, the first news of which was cablea from Yokohama July 18. One cable- gram gave the loss of life at 3,000. Another stated that almost the whole town of Kuma- moto, with a population of 83,000, was de- stroyed, Full details had not been received when the City of Sydney left Yokohama, but @ newspaper of that oity, dated -August 2, indicates no such loss as given by ths cablegrams, Several late telograms to Yokohama give the loss at twenty to thirty killed. 'ihe Japanese newspapers say, however, that by # great earthquake at Kumamoto on July 28 many hills were rent, houses demolished and people killed and wounded. Another shock has been felt und the inhabitauts are fearing further disastor. The people have beeu seized with a superstition on account of tho hills being broken open. ‘I'he floods having subsided. m various dis- tricts of Japan, a fairly acourate estimate of the damage done is obtained. Nine hundred and thirty houses were destroyed by being washed away or broken up by coliiding. Forty-one persons are known to have lost their I'he overland China mail learns on July 6 that the rioters in_Tohien, a pro vince in Ching, had fled before approuching troops, Before leaving, however, they burned their boats. The attack on the Chin Chu villages is confirmed. For the loss of four or five of their countrymen last year the rioters revenged themselves by slaughter- ing between fourana fiye hundred of the in- habitants of the Chin Chu villages, including women and cuildren. ikt SIS ARCADIE'S GROWTH. A Thriving Nebraska Town Which 1s Fureing to the Front. Arcapie, Neb., August 18— [Special to T Bre|—While this thriving young vil- lage has never had a boom, it hus never ceused to grow, and there has never been a time since its start that new houses could no: be found in process of erection, It is now approaching an era of great prosperity. A failure of crops has never been known in this section, und the outlook now is better than ever before Wheat and oats are 1ding better than was expected, and farm- ers are wearing broad smiles on their fac The corn crop bids fair to be immense. Ar- cadie is situate at the terminus of the Lin- coln & Black Hills railroad, in one of the best ugricultural districts in this section of the stato. Land rances in value from 85 to £15 per ac: according to improvements and location. The country is rapidly settling up with an_intelligent, industrious and thrifty class of people. The county’s traveling agent, Mr. G. W. Anderson, is now in Ili- nois advertising this section of the county and directing the attention of land-seckers to its many advantag This town has now 700 inhabitants and bids fair to double its population in the next year. Hon. M. L. Fries has just_completed one of the finest residences 10 Valley county. Improvements at Bloomington. BrooMiNaToy, Neb., August 13.—[Spacial to Tur Brk,|—Many improvements are being made, both in the busmness aud residence portion of town. Two large fires devastated the waiin business part of town two years ago. The burned section has been muinly replaced by substantial brick buildings. Messrs, Sheppard & Black and B. Schob on the corner of Central and Seventh ave- nues, are now erecting a double brick, two- story block, 45x80 feet. Peter Petersen is & rock hauled for the foindation of a -story brick addition to his bakery, mak- ing 1 22x80 feet. Mr. Truman Carter, of Osborne, Kau., one of the owners of Truman & Carter's addition, isin town this weel. Heis contemplating the erection of u two- story brick busiuess block on the north side of the sq Shefleld recently submitted a sam- ple of grauite stone he is quarrying to a paving contractor at Lincoln, who pro- nounced it of superior quality for that pur- pose. The 13. & M railrond oficials have signified their mtention of sending a corps of engineers to find a practicablo route to the quarri about two miles southeast of town. If successful, this_will open up an industry that will employ forty or fifty men. The Nuckolls Cov NELSO: nty Institute. Neb,, Avgust 18.—[Special to Trne Mhe Nuckolls county institute, which hus been in session here for the past three weeks, closed yesterday. County Superin- tendent French had ckarge. One hundred und twenty-five tea olled. Only two other counties in the ate have as large an cnrollment, The lust week Miss May Swanson, of Fairfield, and Prof. Page, of this place, wera the instructors, and have on givel tisfaction. The institute un- der th instruction has been one of the most enthusiastic and best working insti- tutes ever held here, Merrick County's Prohibition Tick»t, CextraL Ciry, Neb,, August 18,—[Special to Tug Bek.] —The prohibition county con- veation was held here yesterday with an at- tendance of about seventy. Twenty-nine delegates were elected to the state conven- tion and the following ticket nominated treasurcr, H. M. Cox; olerk, O. A. W judge, W. W. Raser; sheriff, Ceorge Clark; surveyor, W. F. Chase; tendent of sshools, B. W. Baker; ner, E. L. Robinson. A New Road Fraxguiy, Neb, Augnst 18.—] to Tup Bee]—This town has n had brighter prospects than now. The souri and Pacific railroad having decided to build their line from Burr Oak, Kan,, to the coal fields of Wyoming, {8 now surveying o line to cross at Franklin to Holdroge, - veyors are uow surveying in this town. All crops are good so far as harvested, with A superin- for coro- Franklin. pecial r nad Marching on Fort Rob Font Rourxso, Neb, August 18.— [Special Telogram to Ti Brx.]—The troops of the soveral posts of the Department of the Platte ordered to take part in the summer encampument are within & day's march of this fort, the nearest being only seven miles away. Some of these commands will arrive s0n. o-morrow, but by Tuesduy night all will have arrived on the grounds, Only State Delegates Se1 Nepkasia iy, Neb,, August 18, clalto Tue Bie]—The prohibitionists of Otoe county held u convention at Unadilla yesterday, but adjourned again to September ed. 27 atter electing stato delegatos. Tue county ticket will be nominated at the adjourned meeting. Brown County Teachers. Arxsworri, Neb.,, August 18.—|Special to Tug Bee]—Tho teachers' institute, th Superintendent Douglas and Prof, Vao Eaton as instructors, closed yester- day after & two weeks' session, There were forty-oight teachers curolled and all feel that 1t has been u very profituble and pleas- sut term, e Only His Partner Was Guiley, Cuicaao, August 18, —~Congressman Abner Taylor, who 18 a coutractor, and prominently conceraed in the construction of the Texas capitol, denies the recent report that he and Gus Wilke had been fined for Importing con- tract laber. ‘The facts are that Taylor was soguitted, while Wilke was convicted and obliged 1o pay the peoilty and costs, - Congressman Randall I PuiLApELPHIA, August 18.—Congressman Samuel J. Randall bus been confiued to his bed for nearly » woek by wu wtteck of rheu- watisw, TWENTY THOUSAND KNIGHTS They Will Parade the Streets During the Templar Encampment. PAVING CONTRACTORS' METHODS Mr. Barber's Fine Hand Shown at the Capital-He Objects Not So Much to the Frice as to the Contractor, 513 FOURTRENTIE STRE Wasnixaros, . C., Augus 3 The Triennmial committee of the Knights Templar met last night in their rooms at the Atlantic building for the purpose ot hearing reports from sub-committees which are making arrangements for the coming grand encampment, The committee on excursions reported that they had hired the steawmer Columbia for two days and the carriage committee announced the enagement of fifty vehicles for the use of the officers of the en- campment on the duy of the parade. The committee decided that it was advisable to hold a competitive drill, but each division will give an exhibition. Chairman Parker stated that the parade would be about two miles and a half in lengta and in view of this fact and the splendid condition of the Wash- ington streets none of the marchers were in danger of being overcome with fatizue. It 18 the intention of the local commandery t make a proposition that all of the future conclaves shall be held in Washington. Colonel M. W. Parker, chairman of tho Tricrnial committee says that General Charles Room, grand master of the Knights Tewmplar, is strongly in favor of Washington 0s the permauent place for all future meot- ings of the body, and intends to use every ef- fort possible to make it so. The Knights Tewplar are a law-making body, said Colo- nel Parker, us well as congress, and he {uvuru‘ Washington because it is the national capital. “‘How many knights will be in attendacce on the conclave?? “Between 17,000 and 18,000 have already been quartered, and there will probably be 20,000 in all. One of the most novel features of the occasion will be the presence of twen- ty-seven boys from the Masonic home at Lowsville, Ky. The home is situated a few miles out from the city of Louwsvilie, and is one of the prettiest piaces I ever saw. The home contains about 'the same number of boys as girls and all are kept vntil they can be comfortably settled. The boys will all wear Knight Templar uniform, and will reccive a lot of attention. I thinik it would be un excellent idea myself to have a home of the sume kind in Washington, and letters have been receivea from commanders in a number of different states urging us to hold exhibition drills during the conclave, for the purpose of raising funds to ercct the same, which will probably be done.” A SLEEK PAVING CONTRACTOR. It has (ot to be the custom for municipal reformers to point to the government of the District of Columbia, which means the oty of Waehington, as the place above all others on earth which is nearest the form which il be found prevailing universaliy when the millenneum strikes us, It 1s urged injbehalf of the commissioners’ scheme of gover ment, or government without representa- tion, that there can be no jobbery, no trick- ery, or any waste in the distribution of puv- lic moueys for public ilnprfwimcnls. 1t is claiied that the absencé of the susceptible board of aldermen and the watchful eye which congress maintains over the affairs of the capital city serves to prevent anything like jobbory., The fact that the improve- ments of the streets are paid for out of a fund, and that there is no necessity for buy- ing up committees, or aldermanic bodies for the purpose of securing the contract, makes it impossible for rings to ruie; but Washing- ton is Just now entering upon an experience which_ shows that this utopean theory 1s not well founded. Congress at its last session provided for the resurfacing of the asphalt pavement on Pennsylvania avenue, between the capitol and Seventeenth street, The district com- missioners, who form the mvuicipal zovern- ment, awarded the whole contract undor an oid bid of the Cranford Pavement company. Immediately the ploneer of asphalt stroets, A. L. Hurber, who is reputed to have made millions out of s monopoly of the product of Trinidad, entered a formal protest against the price proposed to be paid. He insisted that it was altogether too high, and that he was ready o give bonds to do the work at a much lower figure, which would have re- sulted in the saving of many thousands of dollars to the taxpayers of Washingtou and the country at lar Mr. Barber appealed 10 the courts to issue au injunction, restrain- ing the commissioners from closing the con- tract with the Cranford company. He was turued out of court, however, practically on the grouad that he was an interested com- petitive bidder, and that he was not sacting for the public welfare. Then Mr. Barber in- duced some of his friends, who are largely interested in district real estate, to rencw the protest which he had made. Afdavits were secured as casy as patent medicine certifi- cates to the effect that the contract proposed 10 be entered into was against the public good, and that there wuas no reason why it it should be put into effect, inasmuch as the the Barber Asphalt Pavement company stood ready to perform the work for u lower figrure. It looked for a while as though the contest between these two corporations would result in detaying the resurfacing of the avenue long enoligh to prevent its use for the Kunights Templar conclave, but all of a sudden there was a cessation ot hostility, and now it is announced that A, L. Barber & Co., will pave about two-fifths of the street, while the Cranfcrd company will do the re- mainder. It is also stuted that Barber will not be known in the contract, but that he will simply act for the Cranford company, and that the price which he will receive will bo just the same as paid to Cranford for the work which he ( ber) will perform. This subject is interesting n that the Barber com- pauy is # prominent competitor for paving contracts in 4 number of the larger cities in the United States, THE SECRETARIES' DWELLINGS. The residence on K street, leasea by Sec- retary and Mrs, Noble for their next sea- son's occupancy, was originally owned by Ben Halliday. Upon his death the property was disposcd to Mr, Henry Willard, and is one of the most complete and elegant man- sions in the city. The secretary has taken it upon a loase of three years and will have for his neur neighbor ‘Assistant Secretary Clarkson, who will ()c«'ng:i' the dwelling ad- joining that of Senator Shermun, thus form- ing @ pleasant circle of near neighbors among the new officials, should the secre- tary of war decide favorably in regard to the Stanton house as a future home, Secrelury Rusk is not far off in his house on Maussacnusetts avenue, near Fourtcenth street, and Secretary Tracy and Postmaster General @Wanamaker will be within one square of euch other. Secretary Wifdom has not us yet been able to suit himself witn o future residence in Washington although numerous hundsome houses in the west end have been under consideration. A VALUABLE COMPILLATION. The state department has recently sent out to all consuls circulars jnstructing them to report to the devartment the laws of the re- spective countries respecting liens, mortgages and the collection of debts. When the re plies to this circular shall have been received they will be compiled and published in book form. Itis expected that the result will be one of the most valuable lexal compilations ever issued by the government. It will prove especially valuable in commercial cities where business is done with foreign countries, and the department expects that thers will be a great demand for the volume. THE CANADIAN QUESTION IN CONGRESS, Congressman R. R. Hitt, of Illinois, and Congressman Butterworth, of Obio, will probubly be the leading figures on the house side in oge of the most important affairs of legislution to come up @l Lhe uext session of WasnixeToN BUreav, Tne OMAnA Bae, } congress. Major But have, for the past three ‘or in the front ranks of mem advocating closer comms Canada. The recent of Canadian sealers in Behring and the chances of further difffculties on' the Atlantic const upon the expiration of the wodus vivendi, will give the subject of our relations with Canada even more interest in the next house than it had in the last. M. Hitt is a strong advocate of commer- cial union_between the colonies on the north and the United States, While other men have devoted their time and talent to secur- ing a zollverein to. embrace the republics of Central and South America, or in other words, to_unite inone grand commercial body the Latin races on_the south with the Anglo-Saxon on the north, but excluding the Canadian provinces, Mr. Hitt has looked upon this scheme as far 1ess feasible than un acrangement between the Uuited States and Canada, because of the closer ties which bind the more northern countries. The United States and Canads, speaking as they do one language, and springing from the same general stock, are fitted by naturo as well us by location for commercial as well as political unity, while there is nothing what- ever in the characters or resources of the people of the Spanis_American countries to malke it either probable or desirable that the United States should _enter into an _a'liance with them which could only be fraught with conatant misunderstand- ings and bickerings. Major Butterworth took the bulls by tha horns in the last con- gress when he introduced his resolution looking to political alliance with Canada and the United States. While there are many men in congress to-day who think that the time will come in the future when British North America will be absorbed into the United States, and_when the flag with a hundred stars will float over the entire te ritory north of the Rio- Grande, these men are not ready to believe that this grand scheme for the extension ‘of the United States' territory can be carried out for many years to come, but the idea of com- mercial union has made rapid strides for- ward since Mr. Hitt first advocated it years ago, and it is the opinfon of both parties thav the time is rapidly approaching when Can- ada and the United States will have some definite understanding and the Fifty-first congress is expected to make long strides in this direction. THE DISTRICT'S FINANC! The arbitrary tax rate in the city of Wash- ington and District of Columbia has been fixed for some years atl1i¢ per cent. This rate includes everything, and besides serv- ing to supply the necessary funds for the maintenance of the institutions of the dis- trict and to pay all the charges for special improvements, it has resulted in the accumu- 1ation of a surplus of something more than $1,000,000, which is placed to the credit of the District of Columbia in the national treasury. The system n which taxation is based is that congress appropriates money for the police, schools, fire uud all other de- partments, and then cpe-haif of the total is paid by the district, while the other half is drawn from the ' gemeral fund of the United States in the hands of the United States treasurer. Although the 13§ per cent tax rate has been amply suficient to all the requirements of the government up to the present time, a great many complaints have been heard be- cause of the fact thatlatge tracts of land held for speculative purposes have been as- sessed at a rate lower than they sold tor ten years ago. ‘Phe consequénce has been that 8 new asseasment has just; been made with & result waich is anything but satisfactory to the real estate speculators. In some cases outlaying lands which less than five years ‘ago sold for §100 an acre are, by . the next assessment, rated for taxation wt 800 an acre, . Building lots within' the corporate limits of the city of Washiugtdp, which ere rated ut 5 cents h and Mr. Hitt ur _years, stood of the house relations with per square fooy last year, are to-day ggmss_e at %, 30, and even % conts In some cases ‘Among the most promin:nt-Teal estate holders, who under the new assessment will be required to add many thousands of dollars to the rev- enue of the District of Columbia, is John Shermaa. Senator Sherman owns unim- proved tracts of land beyond the boundary on Fourteenth street, near Mrs. Logan’s res- idence, upon which the taxes will be in- creased to such an extent that instead of vaying $200 or $300 a year the Ohio senator will be called upon to contribute more than a thousand, He has property in almost every section of the city, and among his holdings are two or three nundrea small building lots lots 1n the vicinity of the government print- ing ofice. Here the assessed rates have been almost quadrupled, and not a single piece of property held in' the name of John Sherman has escaped with less than 50 per cent increase, and from this it ranges up as us high as ten fold. Mr. Sher- man’'s property is all valuable, and he will doubtless Dbe able to pay the taxes assessed against him without mortgaging any of it; but it is likely that the action of the assesscrs in this particular case will have a very beneficial effect upon the taxpayers of the district in general, us Mr. Sherman 18 likely to prove a powerful advocate for a lower tax rate. Another Ohio member of congress who will be called upon to contribute more lib- erally to the revenues of the district on ac- count of the new tax rato is Major Butter- worth, This gentleman owns & lot about 150x200 foet, containiug a total area of about thirty thousand square feet, which has been raised from about $3,000 to $7,600. The new assessments caused a greay deal of growling from all classes, and inasmuch as the 13§ per cent rate law resulted in an enormous sur- plus revenue, it is probable that the peopie of the District of Columbia will have their tax rate reducea, if congress hasanything 10 88y abOUL it e MORE PEARL K S. Over a Thousand Picked Up Near Prairie du Chien. PrAtRIE DU CiIEN, Wis., August 18, —The peurl hunters’ craze has struck here, and the largest number of poar!s yet reported in this state has been gathered during the past day ortwo. More than one thousand pearls were sent from here yesterday by two or three parties, Some of “the pearls aro quite Jarge and very valuable, = While hunting pearls to-day & man by the name of Laroque fished up o large bombshell that had proba bly laid in the river for & great many ycars, probably from the time of the capture of the old fort by the Britirh, — Pieferred Deatn to Disgrace. KANsAs City, August 18.—A. Musser, at one time a well known and respected oitizen of Brunswick, Mo., was arrested yesterday afternoon at the union depot, charged with tne theft of numerous satchels. To-day, guarded by two officers, ba was taken out %o fina certuin papers he had secreted, and while passing a cable ropd he threw himself in front of u passing tratn before the officers could restrain Lim jund sustaied fatal in- juries, -— The Weatner forecast, For Nebraska: Showess in western por- tion, fair in eastern portion, followed during afternoon or evening by showers; cooler ex- cept in extrame southeast portion, stationary temperature, seutherly winds. For Iowa: Fair, follawed by local snow- ers; stationary temperature in southeast cooler in northwest portion, southerly wind For Dakota: Light local showers, cooler 1n southern, stationary temperature in north- ern portion, variable wvinds. et Sullivan in Oineinnatl CrxeINNaTL, August 18.—Jobn L. Sullivan arrived here to-night. He was met by John Sullivan, of this city, aud as 8000 a8 the two left the train they became the bead of a rap- idly uurcudms and encirclimg procession of train men and others who had got within the trala enclosure, 'ho enthusiustic crowd cheered Sullivau Sfequontly. — Patti at Home. Loxpox, August 18.—[Spacial Cablegram to Tue Bee. |—Mme. Adeliva Patti, who has been making a tour of the principal cities in South Awmerics, urnved to-doy at South- ampton and procecded ot once to Craig- ¥-Nos. COUNTY RECORDERS' TURN. They Perfect a State Organization at Des Moines. IOWA BONIFACES IN CONCLAVE, Commissioner Dev For Governor— Bays He Wouldn't if He Conld— He Poses as a Philosopher— Seni One Sed. Oounty Recorders Organize. Ders Moixes, Ta., August 18.—[Special to Tie Bee [—A large number of the county recorders of Iowa met in this city during the past week and perfected a state organization. Heretofore there have been state organiza- tions of most other county officers and the recorders thought it was their turn now. Tnere was a fair attendance from different parts of the state, and the following perma- nent officers wave elected: President, Jo- seph E. Noble, of Chickasaw county; vice president, Joe Cunningham, of Jusper county; secrotary, Miss Eillen Scott, of Worth ' county, and treasurer, George C. Sims, of Polk county. The constitution adopted provides for the membership of all recorders and their deputios, and_all ex-ro- corders and ex-deputy recorders. The object of the association is partly for the promotion of mutual social relations and partly to be able to secure by united action such changes and reforms pertaining to their ofice as may seem desirable. ‘They will have annual meet- ings hereafter. Bonifaces in Conclave. Dms Morxes, In, August 18.—[Special to Tne Bee]—The hotel keepers of Towa also held their annual meeting in this city during the past week. They elected of- ficers for the yoar as follows: President, P. G. Ballingall, Ottumwa; vice-president, Frank Risely, DesMoines ; secrotary and treas- urer, C. F. Wightman. Important committecs were named for the cnsuing year, among them a committee on national affuirs as fol: lows: D. Wormley, Chariton: J. C. Man- chester, Ottumwa; A. B. Cox, Marshall town. Tt was decided to admit women to membership on the same terms as men. Philosophical Dey. Des Moixes, Ia, August 18.—|Special to Tur Bee.|—Commissioner Doy had been discussed to some extent as a possible dem- ocratic candidate for governor. His election as railroad commissioner last fall, the first democrat to bo elected to a state office, had made some democrats think that he would be an invincible candidate for governor. He has now written a letter positively dechning to be considered in that connection. He freely admits that he was eclected by a com- bination of circumstances that is not likely s00n to occur again. Then he philosophizes on the drawbacks to the office of governor, and gives reasons why he thinks he shouldn’t ‘want to be governor if he could. He thinks the man who is governor has a great deal of care and anxiety and trouble, and when he is through with that office has an unsatisfied yearning for further political honors. Asa bit of philosophy, Colonei Dey’s explanation of his refusal to be acandidate does very well. but it 1s gonerally supposed that if there were a very good chance of his being nomi- nated and clected, he would throw his phil- osophy to the dogs, The Coming Fair. Des Morxes, I August 18.—|Speclal to Tae Bee.]—In less than two weeks tue annual fair will commence in this city. Unasual attractions in the way of exhibits are offered this year, and a great crowd is expected. The business men of Des Moines have arranged for o great night carnival, something after the order of Mardi Gras, to be held three evenings of fair week. “Seni One Sed” is the Arabic name it bears, and the performance and street display will be very fine. It is an experiment in the way of city entertainments, but 1t is believed that iv will be @ great success. The Repubiican Ticket. Des Moixes, Tn., August 18.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—Ther epublicans tate ticket nomi- nated lust week is meeting with a very favorable reception all over the state. Re- publicans generally regard it as a very strong and a satisfactory outcome of the protracted fight at the state convention. If either Mr. Wheelor or Captain Hull had been nominated there would have been much soreness within the party for some time. Now there is none, Hutchison is a level headed business man, inclived to be conservative on’ most public questions. The nomination of Senator Poy- neer for lieutenant governor pleases the farmers, as he i8 @& geouine, and ' mot & fancy farmer. His hands and muscles show the result of personal contact with hard farm work. Ho has been a member of the state senato for cight yours, and while there made an ex- cellent record @s un intelligent and con- scientious legislator. The other officers numed were nominated by ucclamation, There has not been for years ticket that has given such general satisfaction, or that was followed after the convention by so little soroness and bitterness among the defeated. 1t will have an old time majority this fall, (< et A Mail Pouch Stolen. Sr. Lous, August 18.—It is claimea that a remistered letter pouch, supposed to contain parcels valued at $10,000, was stolen from a mail car on the Vandalia road while the clerks were at supper at Terre Huaute last night. The postmaster said that the only in- formation he had was thut the pouch had been stolen and afterwards found near the track, cut and rifled of its contents. He could'give no 1dea of the yalue of the con- tents, but said that probably a_large portion was ehecks, which would not be negotiable. A AR A Severe Stor in Minnesota, Sr. Pavr, Mion, August 18, evere storms are reported at Plaview and St. Viilard last night. A heavy hail storm, ac- companied by @ strong wind, struck about six miles north of St. Villard and did great damage to the wheat not yet in shock. Chunks of fce an inch square were found, At Plaloview, during a severe thunder shower, Bartley Costello, & stage driver,wus struck by lightning and instantly killed. e ool The Death Record. INBIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 18.—Rev. R. D. itobinson, 1. D., one of the most prom- inent Methodist ministers of the state, dropped dead av his home to-night of appo- ik, August 18,—Sigmund Kauf- man, # prominent lawyer and leading Ger- merican citizen of New York, die Berlin Ssturday. He was & Lincoln e in'1860. He will be cremated st Gothes, Germany. R Held For Robbing a Train. KANsas City, Mo., August 18, —Friday aft- ernoon James and Howe Pullen, brothers, were urrested in this city charged with rob- bing & Wabash train on August 8, Thoy were quietly taken to Liberty and conflned in the county jail there, whero they have been kept ever sinco. Howe Pullen is a roustabout on @ river steamer, and Jim is tho driver of 80 ice wagon in Randolph, Mo. ———— Murderous Joalousy. Mewmpims, Tenn., August 18.—Parker Har- ris (colored), aged thirty years, killed s wife, Lethe, to-night, by cutting her throat with & pocket-knife. He afterwards cut his own throat und inflicted wounds that in all nrobability wiil be fatal. Jealousy was the cause. CAUSE OF LAIRD'S DEATH, The Theory That His Brain Affected Disposed of. HasTiNGs, Neb,, August 18.—|Special to Tie Bre.|—The theory that James Laird died of softening of the brain is disposed of by an examination of his brain, which was found in perfect condition, weighing fifty- three ounces. His face was somewhat emaciated, though otherwise he showed no signs of being a sick man. The report of the examiners reads as fol- lows: “We, the undorsigned, as a result of a post mortem made upon the body of James Laird, find his brains normal, heart normal, lungs normal, liver normal, stomach normal, kid- neys normal, spleen vory soft and pliable, parts of smull ntestines congestod, rectum abnormal and in & very unhealthy codition, We find that the cause of hus deatn was acute septicemia.’! The report is signed by Ralph J. Trwin, F. J. Schafelberger, M. V- B. McKinney and T. H. Urquhart. The examination was madein the presence of fifteen pnysicians, under the dircction of Coroner Irwin, The examining committes agreed that the septic poison was absorbed in wounds from an operation for hemorrhoids performed on Weduesday, The skin wus found to be purple over the entire body. Tho physicians disagroed us 1o thie necessity of the operation. Laird will be interred in Park Viow cemo- tery, in Hastings, alongaide of his futher, wother and brothers, Iis coileagues, Sen- ators Manderson and_Paddock and Repre- seutatives Dorsey and Connell, will act us pall bearers. Tho funeral will take placs on Monday at 1 o'clock, at the First Presbyte- rian church. The Hon. J. G. Tate will con- duct the services. Silas A, Strickland post, G. A. R.. No. 13, of this city, will have charge of the funeral, A, R. posts from central Nebraska and the Republican valley have wired their in- tentions of assisting in the obsequios. Mr. and Mrs. James Begea, aunt and uncle of Congressman Laird, reached Hastings to- day from Gilman, Ill,to attend the ob- sequies. i ; Governor Thayer, accompanied by his staff, state offi s and ex-state officers, will arrive to-morrow moruing at 9 o'clock in a special train, to attend the funeral. In all, the party will be composed of sixteen per: sons. ‘The party will have with it 3 hand- some floral offering. e THE CLEARANCE R JCORD. Financial Transactions of the try Forthe Past Week. Bostox, August 13.—|Special Telegram to Tne Bee.|—Tho following table, from dispatches from the mana leading clearing houses in the cities named, shows the gross exchanges for the week ended August 17, 1889, with rates percent of increase or decrease as com- pared with the amounts for the correspond- ing week of 1 Coun- CITIES. CLEARINGS, oswazIn] <] g Boston Chicago . Philade’ phi 8t. Louls.. 12.8 ntr Kan s ( J 474,085/ tLouisville 7,086,610 tDhetroit B, 156, 143/ AL Oom 4,68(,633/ Milwi 4,540,000/ St, Pau Providence Minneapolis Denver.. . Cleveland *Buflulo Columbit Richmons Dalias, Sprin, Indianapol Hartfora Peoria, Memph ~Portian £t. Joseph New Haven. Duluth Worcester 15.3, Portlend, M b.K| Fort Worth.. 4.4 Lowell .. 23.2) Wichita 145 Gulveston, . 0.2 Grand Rapids 14.6) Syracuse 20.9) +Des Moines . 5.0 oma Los Angel *Birmingham. B45,47] Norfolk .. 607,510 Sioux City 47,445 Toveka. Total 1 Outside N ork 7 [t “Not includad in totais; 0o cleariug House &° this timo lust yen +La st week's figure: —————— A FLIGHT TOWARD HEAVEN, 378104 Two-Year-Old Sophie Schwab Goes Bal.ooning. Cn10a6o, August 18,—Little two-year-old Sophie Schwab involuntarily becume a balloonist to-day and was wafted high up over the broad bosom of Lake Michigan, A rifleman’s skill saved the child life. The exciting incident took pluace at SheMeld park, and was witnessed by 15,000 picnickers, An Italian peddler of toy balloons attemp! to serve two purchasers av once, and in doing 80 let go his string of bright-colored globes, The cord got twisted about Sophie's left arm and also in her hair. The buoyant bubbles started heavenward, taking the youthful seronauv along, Sophie's moth shricked and fainted. The by- stunders stood horror-stricken, scarcely breathing, as the balloons swept close to a large oak tree and the infant grabbed a hand- ful of twigs and stopped her flight. A mus- cular young German ascended the tree in an instant and then crept out on the brauch nearest the child, At this moment. Sophie's puny strength cave out and the balloons, suddenly roleased, went upward again at least, 100 feet, drifting out over the lake, Gust Koch, & sharpsiooter who was attending the picnic, with his repeating rifie hurriedly jumped into a skiff with two compunions #nd pulled out into range. Koch svcceeded in piercing several of the balloons, each suc- cossful snot helping the bunch to descend. Before it finally reuched water they were on the spot, and little Sophie did not ‘even got her feet wet. SN Hindoocraft and Irene Sold. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 18.—Tho investi- gation of the turf scandal, which resulted in the expulsion of the Chickasaw stable on ac- count of Bailston's unsatisfactory perform- ance in the race with Retrieve two weeks aco, will be resumed before the meeting of stewards next Wednesday. Scoggin Bros, have sold Hindoocraft and lrcne to some one unknown, but who is said to be 4 New York soclety man, for §15,000. - Carnovs Address, @PaRis, August 18.—President Curnot de- livered an address at a banquet to-day to 18,000 mayors and communul ue He sald the French people, though for u time, had shown their pawer to recover and make their sovereign voice heard by ing parties stll siming to undermine the edifice raised by the fathers of the republic. - No Bail at Cincinnatl, CixciNNaTi, August 18, —There wus no ball game here to-day, as the suthorities threat- ened yesterduy that if one was pluyed they would break it up by arresting the presides wud all the players, SULPHUR FROM COAL OIL, Discovery of a Process For Ita Complete Extractioa. IT WILL STAGGER THE STANDARD, An Investment of Only a Few Thowm That Will Bring in Throe M s—The Elixir Sen« ion Eolipsed. A Goenuine Gold Mine. Lima, O., August 18.-—[Speefal Telegram to T Br (e one thing that is talked of now among oil men 18 the great discovery by the New Paragon Oil company of how tq completely extract sulphur from coal oil. Ta do this hus been the aim of oil men ever since oil began to bo used as an {luminator, The fact that the Paragon company, and an independent company—as all that are nof Standard companies ure called—has reatized tho chief desire of the oil world, has created much more of a sensation than the discovery of the elixir of life, for the discovery means a speedy acquireweat of millions. ‘The Paragon Oil company nas its head- quartors and refinery at Toledo, where tho rofinory has been in operation but a few weeks, und it has not fairly got into the business, so it had, practically, no good will to be bought or sold. Imagine, then, the vulue of the discovery they have made when the Standard has offered to buy the Paragon people out for $3,000,000. The sum is fabulous. I'he rofinery of the Paragon company cost §30,000, and it has invested several thousand in oil leases, but wood author ities say :t caunot have invested §200,= 009 in all. ‘T'he process is swmd to be of the simplest possible character and the wonder is that 1t was not_discovered sooner. The Standurd people admit that the discovery i tho greatest rival they have ever had an that if th dicate owning the new gas fleids 1n Kentucky and ‘I ennessee got the pros cess it will be a Lieuvy blow to them, The Fate of a Bolored Fiel ter, Ga. SAvANNAT, Ga., August 18.—Walter Ase burg (colored) was iynched at Potter this. morning for an assault upon Lula Kissman, seventeen years old, yesterduy. She was. terribly beaten in tho strugglo with her as- sailant, but_successfully resisted him. Hep- cries attracted a colore man, who rescues her. Asburg sprang through the door an at Pote escaped, and in the next hour knocked down a woman, seized a double burrel shotgun and fled to the woods. In. another hour the whole town was in pursuit. At midnight the negro was found at a dance. about a wile from the assault. He was taken. back 10 the girl's house and sne identified him. He confessed his crime and begged for mercy. ‘Three hundred masked men. hurried him to the open fleld near the rail- road, whore he was strung up to a tree and: riddied with bullets. - LONGFELLOW'S PERIMENTS, in Forty Oases the E.ixir Does Good Work. CINOINNATI, August 18.—Dr. L ongfellow, who was mentioned in the Associated press report yesterday in connection with the- Brown-Sequard elixir, called ut the office of the Associated press this evening and stated that he treated forty-five patients with the elixir. Of that number forty had been. benefitted a good deal and the others less, In but one case hus any special inflammation resulted, and that was far from dangerous, The resuits so far have been permunent, notwithstanding the newspaper reports to» the contrary, e NEBBASKA CROPS, Reports of a Splendid Outlook Stilk Coming In. The following crop reports have been re- ceived by tie Dun mercantile agency: RED WILLOW. Crops in this county are better than ever before. The wheat crop has proved excel- lent and corn has & magnificent prospect Oats will be a little lighter than last year, but s good crop. The principal crops last year were wheatand corn, The acreage this year is about one-fourth greater than last. Prospects for all crops aro good. Farmers: show u tendency to pay their old dobts as far as their wenas will permit. The mor- chauts report a fair and increasing trade, 810UX The crop outlook is generally unfavorable. in this county, though in some portions it is. good. Around this town crops are good but limited n arca, They are also good along the mnorthern edge of this table land, near the base of the hills, ~All north of townsiip 82 hus beea very dry. Grain s short und Whieat is about one-third of a. erop and 7 a total failure, Corn Is. better and the copious rains of the lust few duys cuuse it to promise a fair yield if frost holds off. South of the town'there are no en planted. The drouth hus been the most severe aloug the state line, lncreasing to the: north, GARTIELD. The principal crops are corn, wheat and oats, Corn is as good, if not last yea sume. year, be.ter, than . Wheat is far better and oats the- There is no failure of any crops this BOX BU Oats was the principal crop lust year, with considerable wheat and corn, The ncrenge this year is double that of last, and about the samé in variety. Prospects this year were fuvorable till" the recent drouth in this county, which will make only half a corn crop ~ Small grain is as good us last year, which was exccllent. Merchants report trade and collections as good us usual, which. is fuir, This is & new county, BANNER. This county was only organized last spring. Settlement was begun in 156 by a few fuuns ilies and was settled very rapidly by sn in. dustrious class of people. Thé principal. crops planted are wheat, oats and potatoes, The ucreage has been small until last spring, when quite a large crop of all were mumufi. The crops were very good lust year, consid. ering the newncss of the soil. “Phe acreage: ar 18 about double that of last season. In some parts of the county there are ver, good prospects for crops. In others droutl and in others hail bas destroyed all growin, crops. Prospects are fair for trade., Col- lections are fair. Some families, ns in all new counties, are dissutisfied and will move elsewhere, PRANKLIN, The recent showers renew the confidence. already inspired of the lurgest crop of eorn ever grown in the IRepublican valley, Noths ing but hail or a very early frost will pree Small in s all harvested, and much of the wheat and oats is threshed, Wheat is turning out from 12 to 25 bushels per acre, outs from 50 to 45. Potatoes will ba plenty and of good quality. The recent rains b o tendency to start & second growth on the late varietics, but it will now materislly affect the supply. A Doctor Bulcides, Duruti, Mion, August 18.—Dr. A, B, Lynde, of Milwaukee, who arrived at the Hotel St. Louis six days ago, committed suicide ut the hotel some time during the night. Woen the chambermaid eatered the rooim this morning he was found dead with s throat cut. He is supposed to have peen 0 and ho had a large amount of bags s Liixed for money. He Iie was about thirlye weli-to five yeurs old %%