Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1889, Page 1

HE OMAHA NINETEENTH YEAR. (UESTIONS BY A LAWYER. He Propounds Fifty-Three of Them Regarding the Maybrick Case. NUTS FOR THE JURY TO CRACK. Hypotheses Which Go to Show That the Accused May Be Innocent In Spite of Her Immoral Domestic Life. Queries For Everybody. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bnasth.) LoxnoN, August 19.—|New York Herald Cable--Special to Tur Bre.]—To the Right Hon. Matthews, home secretary, to all the members of the house of lords, to all the members of the house of commons, to the sditors of the daily newspapers of this coun- try, to the editors of ull the periodical pub- tications in this country, and to all men whose public influence, published letters or public statemeuts have had an influence greator small jn one way or the other upon the fate of Mrs. May- brick-——Gentlemen: It is the purpose of this article to ask you certuin questions you ought to answer, and which you must answer to yourselves as men should they fall under your eye. They are based entirely upon the evidence given at the trial of Mrs. Mayorick. [If you have not asufficient knowledge of the evidence in the case to unswer these questions, it will be well for you to hereby learn that fact before you take uny further action of any kind in the matter. The questions are as foliows: 1. Are you aware that there are two diffor- ent forms of poison in this case, both of them clearly established, ana beyond question the first is arsenic in the form of fly papers, and the second s arsenic in the forin of white powders { 2. Mrs, Maybrick has been convicted poisoning her husband with ursenic obtained from fly paper. She made u statement at the first opportunity at the trial und Sir Churies Russell offered two witnesses to prove that she had made the same statement Just after Mr. Maybrick's death, This ment was to the effect that she had put o white powder into the weat juice. The qu tiou is, which kind of poison, in your belief, caused Mr. Maybrick's deatnt 3, Do you believe that she was using both kinds of the white powder belonging to him and arsenic in the solution obtained by her- seift 4. Can you believe in the occurrence of a coincidence 80 extraordinary and so unheard of s this, thata wife should be unconscivus- 1y giving her husband arsenie in one form and at the same time be willfully giving it to him in anothert 5. Arc you aware that which Mrs. Ma is u correct on 6. Have you ever looked at the question in this hght? 7. Are youaware that her statement con- cerning the powder is supported by the pr ceding evidence in the case in the tullest de- grees ou all points, aud, instead of being the most important evidence against her, very strong evidence of Lier innocence? 8. Are you aware that her statenient as to why she bought the fy papers is simple, reasonable and clear and fully supported by factst 9. Are you aware that after such a close review of the evidence as your wntelligence makes you capable of you will discover that the fly papers cut no real figure in this case at alli 10. Are you aware that it will bo impossi- ble for you to logically deny thist 11 Do you believe that & woman who made up her mind to poison her busband and who was not a lunatic would go to the chemist she usuully purchased from to b the materials of fly papers and have them sent home by the shop boy, so loosely wrapped that people could and did examine them as they lay on the tavle in the hall and see what they werel 12. Do you believe that she would put them to souk in an unlock ¥d washstand, where two servants could soe them soaking? 18. Are you aware that Mr. Maybrick had been taking arsenic for twelve y 14, Are you aware that it is an absolute fact of medical experience that when men are habitually taking avsenic they must steadily increaso the dose to obtain the effect soughut 5. Are you aware that whether Mr, Muy- brick died from gastro enteritis resulting from a chill and his Jebilitated physical con- dition, or from the direct effect of arsenic, there 18 every roason to believe that he took this arsenic himselft 16. Have you ever looked at this case in this light: 1. An arsenic taker of twelve years standing dies from the effects of ar- senic, 2. Iour people who do not know that be was an_arsenic eater came to the conclu- siou that his wife poisoned him bocause she is soaking fly papers, Ihe fly papers and her infidelity to her husband, in an expres- sion used i a lotter to her lover, make a cir- cumstantial case against ner so very strong 8% to completely overshadow the more impor- tant issue, which is the habits, actions and physical state of Maybrick himself. 17. Are you awure that Maybrick’'s physi- cal state for several weeks before his death showed an increasing debility leading straight toward his death; that some days before he took to his bed he had a slight sez- ure in all respects resembling the illuess from which he died, and toat he himself ox- plained this seizure to one of the witnesses in the case as caused by un overdose of wmedi- cine which he himself haa taken 18, Have you observed that the actions of one of the female witnesses have been some- what remurkable( 19. Huve you observed that it was she who made the first accusation azamst Mrs. May- brick: that it wus she who tound all or mearly all the arsenic; that it wus she wno sturted the fly paper theory, and that it was sho Who set in wotion waother persou, who in her turn set i motion the Maybrick brothers, who in their turn deposed Mrs, Maybrick and wade ber an object of suspic- font 20. Do you know aunything about this woman i 21. Do you know whether her devotion wo Mrs. Maybrick was greater or less than the average devotion of a servant to a masteri 22, Do you know whether her devotion to her mistress wus greater or less than the average devotion of a servant to her wis- tressi 23. Do you know how all that ursenic got into that house{ 24. Are you aware that it is not easy to buy arsenic in England without making yourself known! 25, Has it attracted your attention that in ®pite of the tremendous publicity given to his caso there is uo evidence of Mrs, May- brick’s buying or obtainiog any arsenic ex- copt ln the form of fiy paperst 2. Hos 1t ever occurred o you that if any Person who kuew all the intimate circum of the theory upon ybrick has been found guilty "OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING stances of Maybrick’s way of living desired 10 cast suspicion on Mrs, Maybrick it was an easy thing to dot » 27. Do you velieve that a woman who desired to poison her husband with arsenic would scatter it in as many directions as the evidence shows it to have been scattered ! 28, Have you ever considered the enor- mous prejudice against Mrs. Maybrick with which this case started, how that prejudice naturally grew and how the only thing that conld combat it—the knowledge that May- brick was un arsenic eater—became public atthe last moment? 20. Do you know why men take arsenict 80. Do Jyou know why Maybrick took it? 81. Do you think iv likely he would tell his wife what he was taking and why he was taking it? 2. Do you think that a man using arsenic in a steadily nereasing amount, as shown by the evidence, would be without it in his houset 82, How do you think he would obtain it In the house if ne was too iil to rise from his bed ! 4. Mrs. Maybrick said she put the pow- der, at his request, into the meat juice. Do you know that iv was in the evidence that Mr. Maybrick preferred and in a private way of taking arsenic in a powdered form in beef teat #5. Mrs. Maybrick said she did not know that the powder was arsenic. It is reasona- ble to supposo that she did, and if you think she did, why do you think sot 36. Are you aware that she wrote Michael Maybrick early in March that her husband was taking white powders which did him harm{ 7. Are you aware that in 1883, either in June or September, she tried to get Dr. Hopper to stop her husband from taking some secret medicine, which, she said, was injuring him, aud which, she suid, he was very reticent ubout! 38, Are you aware that Michael Maybrick spoke to Maybrick about the white powder, concerning which Mrs, Maybrick had writ- ten him, and that Maybrick angrily told him it was a d—d li 9. Did any arsenic eater over tell you of his habit 40. Would you tell anybody if you were taking arsenic? 41. Would you be ashamed of it, or other- wisel 42 Do you know that Maybrick was very secretive about his habit and angry whenever it was referred tot Do you think that the investigation of this case has develoved the most important set of fucts or the least important{ 44. Do you know where Mr. Maybrick’s clothes are! 45. Do you uppreciate the tremendous im- portance of those clothes in this case! 46. Do you know that one white powder in the pocket of Maybrick’s waistcoat would have saved Mrs. Maybrick’s life and reputa- tioni 47. Do you think it strange that they should disappear 1mmediately after his death? 48. Does the strangeness of this fact nat- urally associate itsel{ with any other strange facts in this case? 49. Do you know that Edwin Maybrick found a pill box which had contained arsenic und that the chemist had written Mr. May- brick’s name on the box? 50. Do you know thut this exceedingly im- portant piece of evidence only reached the counsel for the defeuse ata very late stage and oy a very indirect route? 51. Do you know tnat there must have been other equally important bits of evi- dence in Mrs. Maybrick’s favor which never cached them at all? 2. What do you think about this case? What ure you going to do ubout it1 A CrIMINAL LAWYER. Awaiting Further Medical Reports. LoNpoN, August 19,—Home Sceretary Mathews is awaiting further medical reports before coming to u decision in the Maybrick case. I'he reports will be submitted to-mor- row. The pariiamenta rypetition in behalf of Mrs. Maybrick has been signed by all the members of the house of commons. Spurgeon Wall Sign tha Petition. LoxpoN, August 10.—Rev. Dr. Spurgeon writes to the newspapers to say that ne will sign the petition for the release of Mrs, Maybrick, und will comwmend to his congro- gation the advisability of following his ex- ample. Settling Mrs. Maybrick's Affairs. LouisviLLe, Ky August 19.—[Special Telegram to Tine Bee. ]—The attorneys of Florence Maybrick to-day filed a suit in the federal court here for the appointment of trustees for her large estate of mountain lands in Breathitt, Pike und weighboring counties in this state. The property was left her by her grandfather, Darius Blake Holbrook, of New York. She joined in the suit by her stepfather, Baron Von Roque, who acts for her moth The rights of Mrs, Maybrick’s children, both uader ten years, are also reviewed and pro- tection is sought for them. The suit is friendly and 1ts object is to secure relief from the necessity of giving security as trustees by W. H. Gardiner and Hamilton Bradshaw, of New York, and Rev. John Ingraham, of Missouri, who are trustees for Mrs, Maybrik's property elsewhere in Amer- ica. They decline to serve for the Kentucky property if required to give security. COUNT EDISON, The Famous Inventor Honored the King of Italy. Copyrighted 1859 by James Gordm Bennett,] LoxDoN, August 10.—[Spesial Cablegram to Tue Bek|—It is plam Edison no loneer, but Count Ediwon. The ereat electrician says: “They must never hear of it in New York. They would never stop laughing at we.” The king of Italy has conferred on Edison tho insignia of Grand Ocer of the Crown of Italy, and sccompanied it with the following letter, signed Ratazzi: “Phe presentation by Cavalier Copel- o to the king, my august sover- cign, of @ phonograph invented by your illustrious self has produc the deepest impression upon the mind of his majesty, who has recorded upon the machine itsclf his greatest admiration, The king, in consequence, wishing to give you a deserved testimonial of ionor for the great scientific discoveries ussociated with your name, so unmversally known, has been pleased, of his own aceord, to_confer upon you the rank of Grand Ofcer of the Crown of Italy. I am happy to present you hereiwith, on behalf of his majesty, the iusigio of this high honor, and resorve to wyself tosead you as soon as possible the royal diploma.” ‘The distinction confers on Edison the title of count und on Mrs. Edison the title of countess, by - A Dinner to Russell Harr! . (Copyright 1859 by Jams Gordm Binast.) LoxvoN, August 19.—|New York Herald Cable—Special t0 Tug Bek.|—Frauk Me- Laughlin, Publisher of the Phuadelphia Times, gave a dinoer at the Savoy hotel this evening to Russell Harrison. Consul Gen- eral New was present. Mr. Hariison will sail for New York i the City of Puris Wel- nesday. CONGRESSMAN LAIRD BURIED Impressive Ceremonies at His Fu- neral in Hastings. PROCESSION TWO MILES LONG. Governor Thayer and Other State Ofcials Attend the Obsequics— Five Prisoners Escape from Jail at Fremont. At Rest at His O1d Home. Hastivos, Neb, August 19.—|Special Tel- egram to T Bee.)—The remains of Con- gressman James Laird wers laid in their final resting place 1n Park Viow cemetery this afternoon with the most imposing coro- monies over witnessed i Hastings, Thou- sands of people paid a_tribute of respect to the memory of the dead congressman, and special trains were run on most of the rail- roads leading into Hostings and nearly every town in the district was represented. Among the well known Nebraskans presont were Governor Thayer, Secretary Laws, State Treasurer Hill, Auaitor Benton, At- torney General Leese, Congrossmen Co nnell and Dorsey, Judge Post, of York: fudge Chaney of Red Cloud; Adjutany General Cole. Mr. Laird's only surviving relatives, Mrs. Isnac Beyeu, an aunt, and William Beyeu, a cousin from Gillmun, T1L., were present. The services were held at the First Presbyteriun church, Rev. J. G. Tate, of Shelton, preached the sermon. The music was impressive and the floral decorations pro- fuse. The procession marched 1o the o tery by thre outes, It was very long, i asingle line would have extended over two miles, Jail Del at Freomont. Frevost, N ugust 10.—[Special to Tite Bee.|—Another juil deiivery took place in Fremont last might between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, five prisoners et ing. Accomplices from the ovtside passed through the north windows with chisels and hammers used by the masonson the new court house adjoining the juil, and with these the prisoners cut a hole through the brick wall i the water closet and crawled through. Their absence was discovered by the jailer in a few minutes after the delivery. Two of them were awniting trial before the district court for stealing each a watch worth about $20. The others were sentence only a short time each. It 1s con riddance, Lut at the rate prisoners ave ing out of juil it will soon bankrupt Dodge county to plug up the hole: A Suicide at Scotia. ScoTia, Neb., August 19.—[Special to Tas —On Friday morning, the LGth inst., George W. Turner was found lying dead in acorn fleld about _three miles southeast of this village, and on Saturday morniug a coroner’s jury was empanelled, who, after hearing the evidence and examining the boay, returned a verdict of self-lestruction. The evidence before the coroner's jury dis- the facts that Mr. Turner formorly resiled in Fairfield county, Ohio, but had been spending the winter and summer at Mr. Gardner's, in this county; that on Sat- urday, the 10th, Mr. Gardner and wife, in the evening, came to Scotia to spend the night and next day with relauves here, leauing Mr. Turner at home 10 take care of th 8 K. On their return the discovered that he was absent, but were ot alurmed, as he was somewhat of an - tric character and had spoken of going visit a friend in another neighborhood. inquiry they found that he had not been to that friend’s nouse. Search was instituted and his body was found about half a mile from M. Gardner’s house in the corn field. When found his revolver was two feet from him with one chamber emoty, the bullet hay- ing entered his mouth and passed out back of s ear. In his clothes were found 4153 tie was said to have been a man of a good eans. The people where he was )w notice that he has been acting in @ peculiar manner for some months, but it was thought by them to bo nccentricities of his. No reason 18 given for his suicide ex- cept insanity. v Fre nont Camp Mesting Freyoxt, Neb.,, August 10.—[Special to Tue I —The Methodist camp meeting, which has been in session bhere during the past ten days, came to o close this morning, though yesterday was practi the last day of public worship. Tae ts on the ground were to-day taken up and the devout Metnodists and their friends who have been enjoying a festival of worship, have for the most part returned to their homes through- out the conference. Yesterday was the big- gest day of the session, there being more than three thousand persons on the ground during the day. The principal services of the day were conducted as usual by Revival- ists Potter and Miller, whose efforts have been 80 fruitful of good during the meetings, Two hundred and ten con- versions have been made during the ten days of the meetings. Klder Potter said he re- garded it as the best camp meeting he had ever attended, and *‘Hallelujah” Bowen, of Chicago, a gray-haired veteran of eighty- three, who has attended nearly one hundred camp meetings, confirmed the testimony of Elder Potter. Those having it in charge are also highly pleased with the results, The experimentof charging o small admission feo is a conceded success. In this way the ex- penses are easily met and none are kept out who really desire to go. Harry Dale, of I1li- nois, and Singer Miller will “carry on the good work a duys longer at the Meth- odist church in this cit Investigating the Blawr Postoffice. Brak, Neb., August 19. —[Special to Tuge Bee.|—A special agent or postofiice inspector was here Saturday looking up the matter of the Blalr postofiice. Some time ago serious charges were made against the present post- mistress for destroying mail matter. Up to the preseat time nothing has been done to ferret out the matter, An eastern man by the name of Branch came here Saturday, in- da few prominent men and left in the evening, He is expected here again to- worrow und a thorough overhauling is ex- pected, He keeps bis own counsel, however, and no one will "probabdly know what his de- cision is until the di twent notifies th varties ut fault. Everybody is auxiously waiting for developments and several parties intercated scem 1o be a little bit uneasy. 1t is hoped the straight of this matter will be made public soon. Judge Morris Declines, Cuetr, Neb., August 10.—[Special to Tug Bee. | —In your issue of Sunday morning it is stated in an iuterview with John M. Thurston that Judge W. H. Morris would be & condidate for wember of congress from the Second district. Your correspondent is in & position to say authortatively that Judge Morris will not allow bis name to be used in that connection under any circuw- stunces whatever, A Tekamah Cit Terayal, Neb, August 10.—(Special to Tug Bee | —The citizens of Tekamah were startled this morning by the announcement that Clark Chilcott, oue of our prominent citizens, had been found dead in bis barn, where be hua repaired early in the morning to atteud to bus stock. Huving remained longer than usual, his wife sent their little girl to see why he bad remained so long, when the truth became known. Mcdical aid was summoned, aud bheartbroken friends la- DALy BE bored with the energy 6f despair in a vain endeavorto restore him. to cpnsoiousness. Heart disease was the eau During the pust five years Mr. Chiléott hds been con- nected with the Burt Coanty’ bank, and his loss will be deeply regretted by the business men and all classes of people. He leaves a wife and two children. Fell Dead on the Maroh. Fort RoniNso¥, ' Neb, August 19— [Special Telegram g Titr Bre.]—To-night at 11:15 an ambulance containing the re- mains of Private Clagton, of company B, Second infantry, of Fort Omaha, reached this post. 1t seems that the deceasdd had for @ long time bean subject to heart disoase, and unexpectedly fell dead on the way to the de- partment encampment in the vicinity of Hemingford, about sixteen miles from Fort Robinson. Undor General Wheaton's orders the remuins were forwarded by means of an ambulance to this place, where the buria | will take place unless othor information re garding the wishes of vhe frionds of the de- ceased shall be recelved. Dodge County Frohibitionists. Fresoxt, Neb, August 19.—[Special to Tne Bee.|—The third party prohibitionists of Dodge county met at North Bend Satur- day and placed in the field the first political ticket of the year in this county. Beside nominating a full county ticket they selected thirty-one delegatos 1o attend the state con- eution, to be held at Lincoln thie week. This number of delegates includes nearly the entire number of third party prohibitionists of Dodge county. Kicking Against the School Board Beatricr, Neb., August 19.—[Special Tel- egram to Tmi Bre]—Tho recent action of the city school board in ohanging the text books of the public schools 1s creating a big kick. The change is regarded by the city generally as arbitrary and unnecessary and is attributed to the inexperience of the new voard. of which two membears are ladies. A strongeffort will be made to have the board rescind its action in the matter and permit the old books to ba used. pion at O'Ne'll. August 10.—[Special Telo- z.]—The opening day of the O'Neill rennion was rather quiet, but the clans are beginning to gather and to-night the gronnds prescnt an army-like appear- nce, Camp Slocum fs the first of the kind in Neoraska. Captain Lozier, of Iowa, the fighting chaplain cano in_to-night and will remain soveral The Oakdale band also came up and a large number of the boys in blue. gram 10 Tue B Quite English, Yru Know. Brariice, Neb, Augist 19.—[Special Telegram to Tie Bre.|—A voung English- man undertook to sizo up the city Saturany night and visited o house of bad repute in the e t of town. While there a sneak thief erawled through the fvindow and made off with his vest, contaniug 50 in money and a fine gold rehi of the house was made by the police and it was tinally concluded that the burglary bad been committed by outside parties. Troops Arriving. Fort Romixsoy, Neb., ‘August 19.—[Spe- cial Telegramn to Tue Beg.|—This afternoon Companies D and H. of the Ninth cavalry, commanded by Captains Loud and Dimmicl, and Company K, ivst infantry, com- manded by Captain .Hearne, urrived from Dou ass, They immodia y went 1nto camp. Gen 1 Wheaton, with the Second intantry, is about ten miles from the post and will'arrive carly to-morrow. He Played With a Pistol BEATRIC N st 10.—[Special Tele- gram to : les and Albert Reedy, young sons of O. K. Reedy, got hold of a couple of pistols this evening and arley accidentally shot Albert through ulder, inflicting & _severe though not ous wound. The ball was u 22-cahibre as not yet been extracted, it having tiken @ downward course into the boy’s breast. Graders at Work. BeaTricz, Neb., August19.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee]—A large grading outfit went down to the Kansas line this morning to begin work on the Kansas City and Boatrice raiiroad at Summertield, under the ck B3ros. contracts. The outfit red to Morton & Norton. The work will be pushed with ajl possibie vieor in order to complete it under the forty duys’ promise made by Vice Plesident Erb. Not What He (‘I}hv 1o By Keanyey, Neb., August 19.—[Special ‘Tel- am to Tie Bee.|—A middle-aged man, weariug dark clothing and ciaiming to be editor of a Fairfield paper, hircd a convey- ance on Saturday of Cocke Bros., of this He failed to return city, to visit a cousin. thé ‘horse and buggy, and investigations showed rthut the stranger had worked a* contidence game and stole the property. Accidentally Shot His Sister. Srantoy, Neb,, Auzust 19. —[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee, | =Ths morning while Os- car Stucker was cleaning a supposed unload- ed gun the weapon was discharzed, com- ing his five-year-old sister, spattering fragments of the head all about the room. The parents are nearly overcome with grief. The gun had been loaded the night before for the purpes: of shooting a cut, Tnere May be a Lynching ALmiy, Neb., August 10, scial egram to Tue Bee]—Harvey Smith, has been in juil here for several months taken to Bartlett, Wheeler county, morning to be tried forthe murder of Lo W. H. Imies, the sheriff of Wheeler coun started with the prisonce. atone to malke th drive of forty miles, Kears are entertaine that the prisoner will be iynched, Tried to hill, Herself. Nenraska Crry, Neb., August 19.—|Special Telegram to Tug Ber]—Julia Gibbs, a young woman of easy virtue, mede a desver- ate attemnt last night o/ commit suicide by shootiug herself through the leit breust with a thirty-two-caliber rgvglyer, missing the heart about an inch. The bullet passed clear through the body, bt she will possi- bly recover. ‘The shootidg was the result of @ quarrel with her “lover,” Arrested for 'Eglllwry‘ Nenraska Ciry, Neb.y August 19.—|Spe- clal Telegram to Tug Bee.|—A young fel- low named Pitzgerald, a ‘stranger here, was arrested to-day on the équrgu of being im- plicated in the late nlmerous robberies, aud was vound over to the disurict court. Tel- who was this Seward Water Bonds Carry, Sewaun, Nob., Augyst 19.—|Special Tele- graw to Tuk Bee.]—At the special election to-day the proposition authorizing the city to issue £30,000 worth of water bonds was carriod almost unanimously, This 15 tho third time the proposition has becn sub- witted, H Catholic Church Dedicated, FremoNt, Neb, Aupust 19.—[Special to Tue Bee|—The mew Catholic church at Esting, in Suunders county, about seven miles south of Fremont, wae dedicated this morning at 9 o'cloek, Bishop Bonacum, of Liucoln, oficiated, mssisted by seven or eight priests of surroun@ing churches, The church is a very neat litule edifice. i Moncy to Preveas a Panic. TumiN, August 19.—The National bank, the Milan Savings baok and the Bank of Naples have advanced 24,000.000 lire to the two Turin banks to arrest the panic caused by the sulcide of Siguor Cupello, one of the leading bavkers of this city. fl o Tue , AUGUST 20 NUMBER 62 ROADS MEETING THE RATE. The Burlington & Northern Not Alone In Its Reduction. A NULLIFICATION IN ADVANCE. The Proposition Prepared For Consideration of the Westorn Freight Association Now of No Consequence. the Not Alone in the Reduotion. Cuicago, August 10.—[Special Telegram Beg.|—The Wisconsin Central and ) 0, St. Paul & Kansas Civy to-day met the Burlington & Northern cut from 60 to 15 cents on the Chicago-St. Paul proposition of the through rate. The action of these two roads nullifies in advance a proportion which the Northwestern and St. Paul were intend - ing to present, and perhaps still will at to- morrow morning’s meeting of the Western t'reight association. The proposition is that the other St. Paul roads should ignore the 15 cent rate, abolish the low commodity tarift now in effect between Chicago and St. Paul, and lower the present 60-cent local basis to a 50 or 45 cont basis. The proposition was formulated by Trafic Manager Wicker, of the Northwestern, and stood an excellent chance of being adopted had the Wisconsin Central and Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City not complicated matters by giving no- tice that they would meet tne Burlington & Northern rate, As matters stand, no Chi- cago shipper or railroad 1s satisfied except the Burlington & Northern. Coid chills of apprehension are running up aud dowa the backs of railroad ofMiciuls of Missouri river lines, us thay see the imminent danger of the wholesale reduction being carried to Mis- souri river points, All the three roads which have made the rate say explicitly in their tariffs that the long and short haul clanse of the inter-state commerce uct is ignored. The Burlington & Northern has, however, recogn the impossibility of carryiug out this i at junction points and bus applied_the 15-cent rate at LaCrosse and Winona, In like man- ner the Chicago, St. il & Kansas Ci Itown tons to upply it at St. Joseph and Kansas City. Inany event, there being no foreign or water competition at Marshall. town, it is manifestly impossibie to apply the 15-cent rate there, B84 miles from Chicago, and mantain the h-cent local and proportional rates to St. Joseph, from Chicago on the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City The Chicago freight bureau, representing oard of trade wnd the vast majority of 20's business, is the most pow in the west in influencing rates. Com- missioner Iglehart, of the bureau, said to- day to your correspondent: “We don't like e outlook, and it 1nust be chanzed i some , brobably by a reduction in tne local 5 from 6)'to 85 or 40 cents. Uader operation of the 15-cent proportions which went into effcet this_ merning on the Burlington & North New York, Boston and Philadelphia merchants can take away the whole northwestern trade from us. The commodity tariff doesn’t help us much, us it appiies only on car lots, and the conse- quence 15 that seaboard merchants will have the call in the nortiwest until we can get the rates rearranged. 1t is all rot for the roads to cluim that Chicago is fairly treated. We will probably make our fight on the illegality of the Burlington & Northern 15-cent ‘rate. How can it be a proportional rat not auoted in connection with a through rate! The Burlington & North- ern now has practically three races In effect—the G0-cent rate, the commodity rate and the 15-cent rat 1 don’t believe for a minute ti the inter- state commerce commission will say the new rate 18 logal. It is too bad this - demorializa- tion hus’ sprung up just when the roads would begin making their biggest earnings. It looks as though it would spread to the Missouri river, and, if it does, there will be 1usic in the air. We will then have a 15- cent open local rate to & Paul instead of the present G0-cent, rate.” Charrman Walker, of the Inter-State Rail- way association, is non-committal on the subject, except thut he ventured the opinion thut the outlook wus not remarkably bright. He drew sowe cousolution from the fact that some heroic treatment sometim a settlement of the whole complication might come from the reduction. Relative Conl Rates. Cn1caao, August 16.—The question of rel- ative rates on coal from Chicago and Toledo to Missouri river points has just been de- cided by tne arbitrators to whom it was sub- mitted. The decision establishes a rate from Toledo on coal received by lake at b0 couts per net ton above the rate from Chicago to Missouri rive T'his wakes the rate from ole net ton; from Chicago and Milwaukee, $3.20; from Missippi river points, $2.75. These rates become effective August 24, The Big Four Slashing. CiNcINNATI, August 19.—Tn addition to the low Grand Army rates to Milwaukee and return quoted by the Big Four route, that company now announces round trip tickets to Chicago good going from August 20 to 24 and to return ten days from date, from Cincinnati, §6; Dayton and Springf 3 Columbus’"and ~ Delaware, §5.50; Be Fontane, Other points are’ graded accordingly, so that the cut is general, A CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER OASES. Why the German Government Snubs the Emin Relisf Comnitte Bexriy, August 19.—The North German Gazette, commenting ou the compluint of the Emin relief committee thut the government first encouraged and now discourages tno committee, says the greater interests of the cwpire muy have diverted the good will of the government and that the fact that Dr, Peters, instead of Captain Wissmann, is at the head of the expedition has also lésse the government's confidence in the success of the project. Regarding the alleged en- croachments of the ritish, the paper suys uny grievance of German traders in Iust Africa will be duly adjusted and there is no necessity for indignation, whict, on the con- trary, will do hurm, Tho extent of German territory in Africa, it says, 18 already out of proportion to the forces disposuble” for its protection, Queen Victoria has seut Bismarck a life sizo portraitof uerself as a special wark of csteem, e — Denied the Application, ew Yonk, August 10.—Judge Ingram, of the supreme court, denied the application of Recei ay of the Nortu River Sugar Ite- finery company, for an_injunction against the corporations composing the Sugar Re- finery Company or Sugar trust, restraining thom from disposing of their ussots or trans- ferring their property, The judge sud us the appeal had been taken from the judge- mentin action aguinst the North River Sugar Retining company 1o injunction should be grouted until the determination of the ap- peal e A Prominent Politician Dead, CassoroLts, Mich., August 19.—Charles W. Clisbee, aged fitty-six, ex-judge of the Barrien aud Cass circuits, died this morning after a lingering illness. Clisbeo was secre- tary of the republican national conveutions of 880, 1584 und 1835, He also held the posi- tion of reading clerk of the nutional house of representutives for six years T Closed the Depariment. WasHINGTON, August 19.—The sgricul tural dopartment wus ciosed to-day out of respect to the memory of ex-Congressman Waits, who died recently ut Carlisle, Pa, THE SNELL MURDER, Pinkerton Siys Tascott Did Not Kill the Millionaire. Cnreaao, August 19, —[Special Telogram to Tur Ber]—A dispatch from a San Fran- cisco corraspondent of one of the morning papers has an interview with W. A. Pinker- ton, who is on the slope, 1t was about Willie Tascott. Pinkerton was quoted as saying that he thought Tascott was hiding in New York or San Francisco, kept in close con- cealment by the men whose assistant he had been in the series of burelaries which pre- ceded the murder of Millionaire Snell, He declared his beliet that Tascott never shot Snell, and did not plan or execute the bur- glary of the house on Ada street. According to Mr. Pinkerton, Tascott was a sort of pilot. That there wore two men besides ‘I'ascott in the house Mr. Pinkerton declared the pres- enceof two bullets at different angles in Snell's body proved conclusively, The wnterview closed with the statement that Mrs, Snell's offer of m reward for the arrest of Tascott evidence that she wanted bim only as a means of discovering the real crimin: All this was read to Mr. Stone this morning. “Bosh, a!l bosh," said he. “‘Mr. Pinkerton can talk at that rate as long as he wants to, but it won't_alter the facts, Why, do you think Mrs, Snell would offer $50,000 reward for Tascott if she didn’t want him! We know what we want him for and we don’t Propose to give it to the public uutil we get ready.” “Haye you any detectives working on the case!” “*Well, I'm working on the case in con- junction with other men, I haven't all the detectives in the United States, that’s a fuct, but they cost so much with their 83 a day and exponses, and & man might spend a for- tune and be none the wiser. A reward of 50,000 ought to ba enougi to stimulate their energies. 1 have all along thought that there were others besides Tascott vresent when Mr. Snell was murdered. You re- member that the bullet i Mr. Snell’s brain ‘was of 44-calibre, while that in his ne: Al But we want Tascott. If he w guilty of the murder, why does he keep away so long! He fmust know that in time he will be caught. Somebody will betray him for the sake of that 0,000 reward, which will be kept standine as long us Mrs. Snell is alive, and possibly for a while after- ward. 1f he had eiven himself up ten days after the murder be might have stood a chance of being believed to be innocent, but it is too late now.” —_— LOWRY AND THE SLU Detective Childs Thinks the Governor Will Be Leniant. BauTiMore, Md., August 19, —[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—Detectivo Childs, who was sent here by Governor Lowry to arrest Kiirain, does not think Sullivan wiil be required to serve out his full time. id he: “I'm satistied Sullivan will b2 pardoned by Lowry, as will also Kilvain if tried and sentenced. In fact, Governor Lowry stated that he would act leniently with them, and ntimated that he would pardon them.” “Why, then,” he was asked, “was Gov- ernor Lowry so anxious for their arrest?” The men openly violated the law and the governor had to stand comsiderable abuse from certain sources. His honesty in the matter was questioned and ho was therefore determined to get thewm. After the law has been sufficiently vindicated he will, in my opinion, act leniently and impose a fine.” Kilrain is keeping very shady. He spent Sunday very quietly at his home. Referring to the severe punishment meted.ouk to Sulli- van, he said, to-du; B “I told my friends that the affuir would re- sult more seriously than they imagined, but they still insisted there was too much fool- ing o the trial to end in anything, Twelve months is u good deal, but I can stand it as well as Sullivan, and feel none the worse, either, after the year is up.” iGERS, What Sullivan Says. Civersyaty, August 19.—[Special Telo- gram to Tii Berk.|—In an interview at the hotel before loaving for tho east, Sullivan said: “One thing's sure, I will never fight again, and I think the business is done for in this country, at least for years. ‘The Missis- sippians tréated me royaily. I think Il get off, but if Idon’t I'll bo right there and do my time like a man. I don’t want any recep- tion at home, I've had enough advertising for a while.” John Comes Marching Home. N YoRrg, August 10.—John L. Sullivan arrived at 8 o'clock to-night in Jersey City. At the depot to meet him were Charlie Jolin- son, Jim Wakely. John Brennan, ana Jack Barnett. A bruss band accompunied Sulli- van to the hotel, Kilrain Starts For Mississippi. Baytivonk, August 1. —Kilrain has waived all legal points and will leave for Mississippi t0-morrow morning with Detec- tive Childs. e TEXAS FEVER IN sT. LOUIS, An Evening Paper Thinks There isa Conspiracy to Hide It —An evening paper ‘exas fever has made its appear- ance in St, Louis and there appears 1 be a conspiracy to prevent the discovery of the ct. Some time ugo a number of cattle consigned from Texas became aflicted in the pens here and thirty-five died of fever. Since then a number of milen cows in that vicinity have died from fever, and there is some fear regurding the city milk supply. Health Commissioner Dudley deuies the ex- istence of fever, und the dairy iuspector does not credit it attlemen, however, claim that the disease from which the cattle died was Texas fever, pure and simple, Yarana Beats the Valkyrie, [Copyright 1589 by Janss Gor tn on Poprsmourn, August 10.—[Ne Herald Cable—Special to Tue 13 Valkyrie nearly conquered to-day. She led in the Albert yacht club regatta and would ave won the club’s magnificent cup, in the shape of an artistically chased salad bowl, had she finished the thirty-three mile course ten secouds sooner. However, she had to be contented with the second prize of £40, Mr. Rallis’ cutter, the Yarana, though com- ing in third, tuking the cup. The Valkyrie al lowed the Yarana five minutes, ———— er Fore ]—The The Weat For Omaha and vicinity: Fair weather, For Nebraska: Showers preceded in eust- eru portion by fair, cooler winds, suifting to northwesterly. For Tow: ers Tuesd 3 Wednesday winds, KFor Dakota: Showers, cooler, excopt in ex treme northwest portion; warmer, south- erly winds. "air, followed by local show showers Wednesday : cooler sousherly, shiftiug 1o westerly S, He Won't Do it Any More. Burraro, August 19, —'I'his morning Nicho. las Moschler offered to bet $100 that he would kill some one before 6 p. m. He made an attempt in the afterncon upon Mr. Lang, a contractor, with whom he had a feud. Lang crushéd Moschler's skull with an axe a8 the wutler drew a kuife on hiul. e KGraders Cut Through a O 7. Joser, Mo., August Telegram to Tue Bew, | —Street grading on Muin street, between Cherry and Lian, cut through an old cemetery, and the bones were thrown iuto a promiscuous heap and left lying there, Tho people i the vi- cinity are indiguaut and trouble may ensuc, ol BT driple Ortme of an Editor. Loxuox, August 19.—Herr Lochman, edi- tor of the Londoner Journal, & weekly news- paper printed in German, shiot bis wife undj Clild to-doy aud Lhon committed suicide. HOLOCAUST IN A TENEMENT. Nine Lives Sacrificed By Fire in Now York Oity. GALLANT SURGEON SCHAEFFER, He Risks His Lifo to Carry Young Nellie McGeoghan From the Flames ButShe Perished in His Arms, A Cook and Kerosene, Nrw York, August 10.—Early this morne ing fire broke out in the kitchen of a restaus rant on the store floor of a big five-story tens ement at 505 Seventh avenue. Nine of the sixty odd occupants of the houso lost thewr lives, and it is a great wonder that more did not perish. The dead are: WiLLIAM GLENNON, aged 00, burned to death, Nevuie McGrogiay, agel 20, smothered to death. Manry WerLrs, aged 31, smothered. JaNe WELLS, aged 4, smothered. Trowmas WELLS, aged 2, smothered. Bentina Lasis, aged 40, burned to death, WiLLiam MoK, aged 46, burned to death. JaNE JEFFREY, agod 65, smothered. Aun unknown woman, aged 45, smothered. William and John Glennon are badly burned and injured. The building was occupied by thirty fami- lies, who ure made temporarily homeless by the fire. The pecuniary loss will not amount to more than £10,000. The fire originuted in the rear of John Snyder's restaurant at an hour when all the people in the house were sleeping soundly. Just the hour the fire started is a mystery, but as the restaurant cook is missing it is fuir to presume that the accident o curred while muking the fire in the big range. The awful speed with which the flames swept up through the building sug- gest the use of kerosene by a careless cook. Two police officers werea block away when the fire started. They hurried to the scene and broke in the front door of the building. There was no sign of life in the building, and the officers hurried from one door to another to arouse the inmates, Mur- mucings were first heard, then the buzz of many voices, which finally changed intoa wail of terror and agony from men, women and children struggling for their lives. The fire apes leading from the burning build- g to the tenement house next door were soon filled with half-naked people, frantic to reach the street. In the meantime the fire department had arrived and had begun work on the flames and were assisting in rescuing the fright- ened inmates. The nes were extinguished easily und the people on the firo cscapes were all landed safely. Not one person escaped down the stairway and the names of the few who tried it are found in the list of the dead. ‘The scarch for the dead was begun us soon as possible. The remuins of old William Gannon were discovered by the side of the bed in his room on the second floor. In the rooms of the Wells family in the middle of the floor kneit the mother, Mary Wells, and in her dead embrace were her children, Jane and Thomas. They had been smothered, and not a burn or blister defaced their counte- cances. The nine dead bodies were taken to the Thirtieth street station and later friends claimed the remains. » Snyder, keeper of the restaurant in which the fire broke out, has been ari ed on sus- picion of being responsible for its origin. An insurance policy for §1,000 on his stock wi found in his possession, and one of his em- ployes states that he found fat scattered over the floor of the restaurant. Snyder and William Brooks, his colored cook, were arraigned before the coroner this evening. Snyder was committed to the tombs without bail and Brooks was sent_to the house of detention us a witness, The police say they have a good case, One of the most_notable incidents of the fire was the it efforts of Ambulance Surgeon Schaefer, of the New York hospital, When he arrived on the scene all chance of any one escaping by the stairway was cut off, as it was burnin fies y and the halls were il with smoke. On hearing that Nellie ~ McGeoghun aged twenty, had been cut off from escaping to the top story, he voldly mounted a scaling ladder and got into the fifth story by smash- ing a window. At lust the doctor wus seen at u window carrying Nellie Me- unimate form. He bore the wirl 1o 4 store on the corner, but when he at- tempted to revive her he found she had perd ished in his arm here was some terrible work done by the police at that fire”said Dr.Schuefer when seen subsequently at the hospital. **Why, Iwi the only doctor on the scene and mine was the only ambulance on hand and it was only by luck that I got there at all. We only re- ceived the common ‘hurry call’ to the Thir- tieth street police station, and when I ot there I found the body of the old man, Wil- lism Glennon, He had been suffocated, and after gotting his name I jumped into the ambulance to return to the hospital. Not - & ward had been said abou others, and out of curiosity alone, I told the driver to drive around to Seventh avenue, When we got to the house 1stopped the ambulance ana got out and stood for a moment talking to the policemen and firemen. It was there for the first time at I learned about the people up stairs, Not one of the dead were burned. All had been suffocated,” ——— TERRIBLE FOREST FIRES, The Flames Devastating Timber and Ranges in Montana, HeLeNa, Mont., August 19.—The forest fires which have been raging all over Mon- tuna for three weeks and have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars wortn of timber, have reached most alarming pro- portious, A gentleman just in from northe ern Montana reports that on the ranges in Choteau county, which *heretofore have escaped, and on which the cate tlemen were depending to keep their stock this winter, thousands of head of cattle were burning. ‘he big companies have over three hundred men working to extinguish the fire and save their food, but the small streams are all dried up and the flames lap over them as quickly us if traveling on the open prairie. In two duys the fire traveled over a soc- tion sixty iles wide and oue hundred miles in length. In Deer Lodge county the town of Georgetown is sur- rounded by fire. Couriers who arrived at Phillipsburg from Georzetown ot mid- night reported that the ntmost consternation prevailed in town, and that a large force of men wis organized to go to the rescue, In the Yellowstone the pineries firo covers an area of eight miles, and is spreading rapidly, The runges in that scction bave been almost ontirely destroyed, the fire extwending nearly four wiles frow the city of Glendive. Only an Accident, August 19,—The postoffice ine spector here says regarding the ulleged mail robbery at Terre Haute Saturday night thag the pouch fell out of the car accideutally, but was recovered intac —— An Ocean Passeng Missing. PuiLaveLvii, August 19.-Fred Funk, # wealthy New York passeuger, was missi when LaNormandie srrived from Hoston, He is believed to have suicided by drowuing, -~ tal Dynamite Explosion, August 10.—A dypamite cartridge uccidontally exploded to-duy in a coal wine at Doman, Five persous v er. killed and & number of others lnjured, Cuicaco,