Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 13, 1889, Page 1

NINETEENTH YEAR. THE CHURCH 1IN POLITICS. Opinion In France Somewhat Ql- vided On the Subject. VIEW OF PROMINENT PRELATES. The Bwshop of Marseilles and the Minister of Public Worship Take an Active Part in the Elec toral Melee. A Vexed Question. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.] Panis, Sept 1. —[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tur Bre.]—The most notable incident in the electoral battle now waging 18 the intervention of & namber of bishops. The first to take up arms and join in the fray was the bishop of Marseilles, who deemed it incumbent upon him to issue to the clergy of his dioceso a circular, telling them that the election of deputies was & political matter, and that 1t was sinful to vote ill—that is to say, to support any candidate whose opinions were not perfectly orthodox. It we may believe this prelate, pulpits and confessionals are fitting places to establish the merits of candidates for the chamber of deput In his turn, the minister of public worship has fssued a circular. He addressed it to the episcopacy and warned them that, uuder pain ot incurring cortain penalties prescribed by the penal code, or of exnosing thomselves at least to measures of repression at the hands of the government, priests were for- bidden to interfere with political matters. Tho circular might have been couched in more measured terms, but the ideas it ex- pressed were o very exact application of the principles Jaid down in the Concordiat. But soveral bishops have mone the less thought it their duty to protest most warmly against the minister of public worship's instructions, und declare that they and the priests, being citizens equally with other Frenchmen, had every right to take part in the elections. There is one fact which these prelates should nave borne in mind, and which they have apparently forgotten—tnat in France the church 18 not separated from the state und that the clergy receive a salary, and that if public buildings are placed at their disposal it is not with the agreement that they should be allowed to use them for the purposo of attacking the government In this respect Henry 1V. jmposed silence upon the preachers of the League Accour- sier, There was an expressive term which the gallany monarch em- ployed of those who should dare to make their pulvits political platforms. Nuapoleon I. went further and ordered the priests of his day to learn by heart and tesch in the schools the catec n, in which it w: commauded to revere the emperor like God. The republic of the yresent day does not exact 80 much from the clergy. All it asks is that they should abstaiu from politics and that they should be neutral. Is this too much for those who desire to preach re- ligion? Nothing is more deplora- blo in the interests of religion than the interference of the clergy in elections. One of the greatest mistakos the Seize Mai government made was the forcing of cccle- siastics into thejelectoral arena. By this 1t gained the unpowular nickname of & govern- ment des chures. Furthermore, it excited auti-religlous pussions in every quarter, thus leading the way for & policy of reprisals, venich has been pursued since. 'Their pas- sions are beginniug to die away, but they will revive again more violently than ever if the clergy of France is so imprudent as to Jom the electoral mel A COOL COMMANDER, The Brittanic’'s Cap:ain's Prompt Ace tion In Putiing Out a Kire. LCopyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennstt.} QUEENSTORN, Sept. 12.—|New York Her- ald Cuble—Special to Tne Bee |—Pass gers by the steamer Brittanic, which arrived this afterncon from New York, revort that on the afternoon of the 5th inst. smoke was discovered ping from one of the after hatches, and it was at once ascertained that the cotton stored in that part of the vessel was on fire. Captain Davidson and his officers immediately took steps to get at the seat of the fire, and for this purpose the hatch was taken off and the officers and crew worked with extraordinary energy in getting the burning cotton out of the hold and onto the deck, Meantime water was copiously poured on the burning mass and in less than two hours the fire was gotten completely under control, burmmg cotton num- bering close onto one hundred bales being taken on the deck. When he alarm was given the passengers generally became very excited. Whea the extent and nature of the fire was expluinea to thew all possibility of an uproar was at once removed. Captain Davidson and oMcers were presented with un address from the saloon passengers on the following day, thanking them for the prompt and ecergetic manner in which they coped with what at first appeared a serious dangor to the ship aud all aboard. e N MINUTES, Chicago Smashes to » Divorce Record, Cnicaao, Sept. 12.—[Special Tue Bee. | —The most ren ©as9 in many respects ever tried in the courts of Cool county, where remarkable divorce cases are not by uany means rare, was put through in Judge Tuthill's court this morning in seven winutes. Remark., ablo as the circumstances of the story be- hund it, the case is not less oxtraordinary as being one which beats the record of all provious cases as to the time, Tho suit 18 that of Edward . Tucker against L.Joseph- ine Tucker, As the clock in the clerk's office of the clreuit court showed 1 this morning, Attorney Rufus King appeared in great haste and filed the bill in the case, It required Clerk Bradloy loss than two min- utes to place thecaseon file, In less than the sume lapse of time Mr. King was upon tbe next floor above in Judge Tuthill's court. Here o middle-aged man, an old lady aud a secoud lady of sbout forty yours were awaitiog him. The turee pe Bons went on the stand, one after another, and at flve minutes after 11 a de divore dng Edward D. Tucker from L. Josephine Tucker was a watter of record. ‘Ten min utes by the clock was the time consumed from the appearanco of the lawyer in the clerk's offico until the entry of the decree Tho proceeding broke the record, For two years the case of ex-County Com- wissiover Coburn, which took tweuly min- utes, Las stood at the head of all divorcs rec- ords, but it must take second place now aftor the performunce i the Tuckor case. The wanter of time is perbaps the least wonderful ever, The defendaut, Lerself, husband Lo secure his divorce. She was the lady of forty, who awaited Lawyer King's coming, and the service had on Ler in the court room saved delay and wade it possible to try the cuse in five minutes. WG 0r's SLOKY W & strange one. He marred Josephine at Waylund, Bobuyler county, illiuois, in Decomber, 1508 IN SEVE mithoreens the Telezram to arkable divorce helped ber part of the Tucker case, how- | They lived together about, one year, when she suddenly deserted him, disappearing from his sight completely. As he discov- ered afterward, she went to Kansas and thero after u year or two got a divorce from him. The divorce was obtained without his knowledge, but he made no fuss about it; instead he married a new wife, who con- soled him for a time, at least, for the loss of the old, Tucker's second marriage ‘did 10t turn out well, for he quarrelled with wife No, 2 and went to Utah, After he had lived long enough in the Mormon terri- tory to huve some standing in_court he se cured a divorce from No. 3, Then he came back to Llinois a free man, ns he supposed, and soon met and loved another woman, He married hek and went to housckeeping in Pontiac. Wife No. 2 heard of his new hap- piness and she appeared in Pontiac and put a sudden end to it. She had discovered that thero was an irregularity about the Utab di- vorce, which was for desertion. The mailed notice which was to summon lier to defend the suit, if she saw fit to do 80, was not prop- rtified by the clerk in the Utah court was arrested for bigamy and tho prosecution of the case developed a strango e of affairs. It was found the divorce ob- tained by the wife of 1803, in Kansas, was illegal. The divorce he_secured amonc the Mormons was declared illegal. He was still the husband of Josepiuno, and all the other wives were spurious, Ho was con- victed and sent to Johet, About a year ago he finished his term and came to Chicago. Mrs. Tucker No. 1 corroborated her hus- band's story as to the marriage of 1868, her desertion and the divorce she obtained in Kansus, Her story was brief, but it was sad. There was a technical defect in her Kuansas divorce which rendered 1t illegal, al- though she had married a man by, the name of Morris and had become the mother of six children without suspecting that the divorce from Tucker was mnot lawful. Out in Kunsas, where she and her family live, the public bas no suspicion that for so many years sho hud lived with a man not legally her husband, — Learning of the complications into which Tucker, as well as herself, had fallen, she came to Chicago to have the snarl unravelled. Judge Tuthill ordered that a decree be entercd giving Tucker a divorce on the ground of her de sertion in 1868, It was asmall matter to Judge Tuthill, It was 4 small matter to his gray-haired clerk, but what a big thing to the shrinking womun in black who sat with head buried in her handkerchief, sobbing hysterically. ‘Tucker goes to his father's home to-day to rejoiu his third wife. Mrs, Morris returns to Kausas. SR CANADIAN RELATIONS. New England People Generally Favor Reciproe ty. Bostox, Sept. 12.—Before the senate com- mittee to-day John L. Batchelder, represent- ing the Coal Trada association, C. H. Odi- orne, a coal dealer, I. J. Coolidge, represent- ing the Armstrong Manufacturing company, of New Humpshire, Hon. Jonathan Lane, representing the Boston Merchants' associa- on, und Horace P. Tovey, of the Fremont wil works, testified. Their views were largely in favor of reciprocity with Canada. Ex-Governor Claflin, speaking for the shoe and leather industry, said it favored recip rocity. Th plo of New Kngland, he said, were generally*favorable to closer relations with Canada. Osborne 1Howes, sccretary of the Boston Underwriters’ union, expressed the same viows. e A “GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT." National Association of Master Steam ana Hot Water Kitters Cutcaco, Sept. 12.—[Special Tel Tni Bre|—Another ‘‘gentlemen’s acree- ment” is under cousideration in this city, and its consummation will resalt in a trust in an industry which has hitherto been free from any combinations to control the mar- ket. This time ivis the National Associa- tion of Master Steam and Hot Water Pitters that is laboring to remove the evils of com- petition. At to-duy’s meeting reporters were scrupulously kept out of ear shot of the room in which the gentlemen were wrestiing with certain committee reports relating to the demoralization of prices, and the scale of charges for estimates, Unjust competition was also considered, and wmuch heat was generated in the discussion of various points as they were suggested. It was ascertained that the committee on prices had reported a scale by which manu- facturers will be requested to be governed in furnishing steam and hot water supplies, the idea bewg to prevent others than the trade and certain large interests from enjoying the discounts hitherto offered to con- sumoars in general. It is believed that this plan can be as effectually carried out in tue interest of the engineers as asimilar plan has by the plumbers, who now receive dis counts from which the general public is wholly excluded by the manufacturers. Anotlier report, relating to charges for muking estimates and to unfair competition, received its share of attention, A gentle: men’s agreement is to bring the members to observe certain stipulated torms in furnish- ing estimates, and the throat-cutting prac- ices of the past are to be discountenanced n emphutic manner. The convention will contiuue in session until to-morrow af- teruoon, am to THE LONDON STRIKE. The Pall Mal) Gazette Has a Schemo to kad 1r, Loxnox, Sept. 12.—A conference between Cardinal Manniug and the directors of the dock companics was held to-day. The car- dwal found that the directors of the dock companies.were not willing to agreo to the compromise proposed by him. They have decided to adhere 10 the first offer made by them, to raise the wages of their men on January 1, The i’all Mall Gazette suggests that an or- ganization be formed for the purpose of ruis ing the £10,000 necossary to pay the dock laborers 6d'per Lour from November 1 to T'hie Gazette says that a leading business nan of the city has offered to con- tribute £2,000 for this purpose, on condition that the remaining three-fifths be subscribed immediately, The £10,000 which the Gazette suggests bo raised by subscription is the amount that the dock companies ussert they ould lose by advancing the wuges on November 1 instead of Junuary 1. A Walk Our On the.A, & P, DENVER, Sept. 13.—A dispiteh from Al- buquerque says: Rumors of a strike of train men on the Atlantic & Pacific reached here w-day. As near as can be learned two froight conductors were discharged at Wins- low, who are members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, The ofticial by whom they were discharged is chief of the Order of RuilwayConductors, between which organiza. tion and the brotherbood there exists no good feoling. ‘The brotherkood of brakemen went out on a strike, demanding that the conduc tors be reinstated. Superiotendent Rouin sou is in Chicago, and the brakemen are cen surad by their friends for participatiog in a strike in his absence. The company has 1aid oft its entire roll of employes except such us ure necessary to run the passenger trai Botween two und three hundred men thus out of cimploywent here and many wore along the line, -~ nbackers Meet. 12.—The national green- back party wmet in convention bere to- duy with twenty five delegates present. William O. Thomds, of Kentucky, was se- lected temporary chairman, A committee on platform was appointed, and the couven- tlon aajourned uotil to-morrow, - Anather St E4N PrANCIS00, Sept. pateh robb terday w box was National Gr CINCINNATL, Sept, Held Up. 12.-A Colusa dis- ays Bardett's California stage was 1 by & masked man neur Leesville yes- roing. ‘'he Wells-Fargo express kew, but uothing Was i it. " OMAHA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1880 THE FATE OF THE PARKER. I Her Benumbed COrew Drop Shriek- ing to Their Fate. FURY OF THE STORM UNABATED. Scores of Ships Scek Shelter, Only to be Dashed to Pleces the Shores — Many Lives Lost. on Could Rold On No Longer, Lrwes, Del,, Sopt. 12.—It is known defi- nitely this evening that up to the present time there are twelve doaths as the result of the storm. The mate of the unfortunate J. & L. Bryan told yesterday of the going down of the Kate E. Morse, of Bath, Mo, and the Walter F. Parker, of Philadeiphia. This afternoon the sad intelligence comes that Captain Tracey and a crew of six men had found their last rest- ing place in the ocean. The history ot the two nights aboard the Morse aud Parker is one of suffering and despair. The storm in creased in volume and it seemed as 1f the boat would go to pieces. All attempts to stay on deck were abandoned and the men on both boats strapped them- selves to the rigging and resigned them- selves to their fate. All Wednesday after- noou and night and until noon to-day they remained bound to the rigging. Wednesday night the storm howled and beat against them. Those on the Parker took to the riggiug several hours before those on the Morse, and late last night by their cries, it was evident that they suf- feved terribly. Eurly this morniug nearly every man on both ships w almost dumb from exposure and stiff from suffering. Finally those on the Parker could stand it no longer, und the crew of the Aiorse saw one of the men tear away the cords that bound him and, with a yell, consign himself to a living grave. In a few minutes another followed his example, then another and another until the last man, the captain, was seen to throw himself overboard and disappear in the angry billows. Those on the Morse were horror stricken at the sight they were compelled to view. The im- pression was forced upon the observers that unless help soon came they would have to put an end to their sufferings in the same way as the other boat’s crow. ‘The captain of the Morse kept his courage up and frequently urged his men o keep up heart, as he still had confidence aid would come. The first gleam of hope oceurred this morning, when the Captain Williamson tug saw a flag of distress flying and at once began making desperate efforts to reach the Morse. but 1t soon was evident it would be unable to do so. The sailors most exhuusted and just before the in sight, several men had made 1o throw themselves overboard. Just were about to do so some one threw line with a buoy on the end it to the schoomer and oue by one they jumped 1nto the sea, caught the rope and were pulied on boird the tug. When the last man was on board all were taken into the engine room of the tug. Al most us soon as the men ieft the Morse she broke up, and in a short time nothing of her remawed. Swept by a Hurricane. WiLsINGroN, Del,, Sept. 12.—News spe- cials to the Every Evening state that no language can picture the terriole scenes along the const. The wind is blowing almost a burricane in flerceness, driving the rain with aforce that cuts like hail. The half-mile veach of sand between the town and the coust is a tossing, billowy ocean, beating wreckage on every wave. ‘Through the mist of spray the tattered sails and naked masts of ascore of dismantled and deserted ves- sels can be dimly scen. Siace Monday night the storm has raged without abatement. Yesterday’s dawn showed hundred vessels had sought the refuge of the break- ter. but the refuge was insufficient. By 11 o'clock the sea broke over the bre wrecked the telegranh_station, carr, the big fog bell, and rushed shore mg it end the bark 10 Sal iron government pier. of Brown & Co. Bros. gave way and were swept to The United States marine hospital was dashed from its moorings and sent spin- ning down the beach, The west hfe saving station, forty fect above high water mark, was flooded, and its foundation undermined, yville, u suburb between the town and ch was submerged and its 200 inhabi- tants tied for life, leaving all their posses- sions behind. % The life-saving station créw, reinforced by the Henlopea and Rehoboth crews, have la- bored almost unceasingly since the storm | commenced. The crew of almost every ves- sel that struck was taken off by. these daring wen, and not a life was lost among the scores of men they hundled. About thirty vesseis are ushore, A vessel sunk off Brown’s shoals, and all tue crew with the exception of two men who got to shore on @ raft, were drowned. Aunothor vessel has sunk on Shear’s shoals, It is not koown whether her crew escaped. The total number of lives iost will proba- bly @excced forty. Five of the eight men who composed the crew of the E. and L. Bryan perished where the vessel struck on Brandywine shoals. There is great concern aver the crew of the pilot boat Ebe Tunnell. She put to sea Monday and has not been heard from sice, Four pilots and a crew of eight wen were aboard her. An unkunown schooner is ashore at Rehoboth and the shore for miles dowp is reported strown with wre News cowes from Renovoth that the surf is breaking over the Bright house porch, that, the surf beach is entiroly washed away and tnat the Douglas house is surrounded by wuter and its inmates are in great terror. Fifteen men on three vessels wero lost. T'wo others escaped to shore on a raft. ears for an Overdue Steamer. New Yorg, Sept. 12.—The Waurd line steamer Columbia, from Havana, is now three days overdue,and considerable anxiety is felt in shipping circles here for the vessel's safety. In shipping circles all sorts of rumors are flyiug uround of marine disasters. Many belated vessels came 1n this morning telling of high scas and terrible weather, The White Star line steamer Teutonic, which lefy Queenstown with the City of New York, was one of the tirst steamers o pass Sandy Hook this morning, followed soon after by the Penlon, from Potterdam, and the Sammonia, from Humburg. Each vessel reports having erienced unusually heavy ther, but met with no serious trouble. About 9 o'clock the Roanoke und Richmond of tue Old Dominion line arrived. They, oo, had their share of rongh weather. The Rictmond left the harbor Tuesday night, but was obliged to pui back because of the storm. Her cantaiu stated that Grayves- end bay was covered with steamers and ves-_ solf of all kinds, waiting for the storm to subside. No pilots could be obtained to briug up the ocean steamers. and _their cap- tains would not venture inside without one. Keports from quarantine show that many vessels are anchored off there. The United States muan-of-war Atlanta, which left the Brooklyn navy yard the first part of the weelk, und bad beed given up as 0st LY the newspapers, was made out this morning about 9 o'clock, accordiug to news frow the health office, atori against the The piers and Luce A Plucky Oy Ariaxrie Ciry, N, J, Sept. 12.—It will take months for this city to recover from the loss caused by the storm. The wind still blows at the rate of thirty-five to forty wiles per hour, and it is still raining. The meadows are still three and four feet under water. The dawage w the roadbed of the rator, railroad- company 18 worss than first thought, Contrary to rumor, William Smith's hotel, at Brigavtiue, is safe but f‘r(‘auy damaged. There was no loss of lifo here, Crelsen is submerged, Thero has been no communication with Longport. A train started this mnrnln% with a construction car, The tracks are badly washed. It is not known whether the Hotel Aberdeen withstood the storm, and great anxiety is felt for the safety of the Inmans, An operator of the Western Union Tele- graph company, W. W. Donnelly, was tho first man to reach the city from the m land. He brought messages from the Phila- delpbia and New York papors to their corre- spondents here. It required hours to make the journey of five milos from Pleas- antvilie, He had to swim a_distance of 600 feet, and the greater part of the way he walked in three feet of water on railroad ties, At 0:45 this morning messengers wer sent throughout the eity to announce that the first train since Monday afternoon would start at 10 o'clock, A great rush was mado for the depots, and in lcss than an bour there was a crowd large enough to fill five sections, and they were ail sent. The water was still high on'the meadows, and almest reached the fires in the locomotiges. All the trains of the Pennsylvania railroad will run on scheduie time from Atlantic City. Fifteen thousand people will leave here to-day and to-morrow. It is estimated that £150,000 will not cover the loss to Atlantic City and her interests, The Worst Since the Blizzard. CAPE MAY Count Hovse, N, J., Sept. 12.— The storm in this vicinity is the worst known since the blizzard. At Hollybeach the tide reacued Pacific avenue. At this writing no lives have been lost, but Meech’s house and pavilion and Rodger’s house and pavilion and eleven cottuges have been de- stroyed and more may go if tbe fstorm con- tinues. At Wild Wood the lhotel loose and part of the sea wall is gone. Sea Isle City, Ocean City and Avalon are en- tirely cut off from connection both by rail- road and telegraph and the extent of the damage to the latter place can only be sur- mised. The report that Townsend’s inlet draw bridge and several cottages at Sea Isle were destroyed is generally believed to be true, The entire meadow is one vast sheet of water and the Anglesea train which was wrecked Tuesday still lies in the ditch. The track is destroyed for a distance of five miles. A Rough Experience, New Yonk, Sept. 13.—The National line steamer England, from Liverpool, got to the dock to-day after experiencing one of the roughest voyages her commander had en- countered in a service of sixteen ycars at sca. At midnight Tuesday one fireman was washed overboard and drowned, Captain Healy says the steamer was _almost turned over by the combined forge of the wind and the sea. She cureened ustil the tips of her yards dipped into the water. A Sunken Vesiel. CuaTiAM, Mass., Sept. 12.—A sunken ves sel has been discovered on Pollock rip shoal. She is supposed to bo @ three-masted schooner with the main-mast gone, It is thought she was running for the light ship in the thick weather last might and struck the shoul. She pounded heavily all the way across the terribly rough sea, knocking hol .in the bottom. She leaked badly und sank as soon ns she reached doop water. It is feared all hands were lost. The Edwin Burned, ViNeyarnp HAVEN, Mass., Sept. 12.—A heavy east northeast wind still continued this morning, There has been no steamer from Nantucket for threa day: All tele- gravh communication with Martha's Vine- yard and the maioland stopved early yester- day morning. The schooner Edwin, at Edgartown, whose cargo of lime took fire, burned up. A Fearful Whirlwind. Victoria, B. C., Sept. 12.—A whirlwind at Luiu Isiand, B. C., Tuesday devastated the whiole country through which it passed, up- rooting giguntic trees and leaving the once thickly wooded surface as bare as a board. As far as can be ascertained no lives are lost, though several bomesteads were torn dov/n, ~ Streets Under Water. Loxe Braxcn, N. J., Sept. 12.—1It is al- most impossible to obtain accurate informa- tion, as all the telegraph wires are down. The new inlet cut through Sandy Hook peninsula above Seabright is being rapidly widened and deepened by the waves, and the strects on the west side of Seabright are still under six fect of water The Storm Still Raging. WasniNgroN, Sept. 12.—There has been no change in the position of the storm on the Atlantic coast, the storm center being still Norfolk, where it has been since Tuesday morning. High northeasterly winds still prevail on the New Evgland coast, with a maximum velocity of thirty-five miles an hour at Boston and fifty-two miles at Block Istand. The velocity at Block Island this morning is forty-eight miles. ———— The Antwerp Disaster. Axtwenre, Sept, 12.—Nothing remains of the cartridge factory in which the explosion occurred Friday last. The village of Austru- well, which is situated 200 metres from where the factory stood, and which consisted of about forty houses, has vanished. The bydraulic machines used in the dry dock were destroyed with the exception'of the cranes, A number of mercandiso depots, including the Prussian stores, which were constructed of iron, were overturned by the force of the explosion, and an immense quan- tity of goods ruined. Two stained glass windows in the cathedral were broken by the concussion, but the building is intact. According to the official report 135 persons were killed, 20 are missing, 100 are seriously injured and 200 ave slightly hurt. L The Mine Disaster a Fake, KyoaviiLe, Tenn., Sept. 12.—The item sent out from Lynchburg this afternoon to the effect that eighteen men had been killed in a mine disaster at Jellico, is entirely un- true. ‘W'he story probably originated from the fact that & colored miner wus injured two duys ago by falling slate. - Railroad Wrecker ldves' Trial, New Yonk, Seot. 12,—The trial of Henry 8. Ives, of Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton wrecking fame, continued to-day. Ex-Sec- rotary Short, was on tke stand during the entire session and testifiod at length regard- ing the iucrease of stock snd the manipula- tion by the combine, The witness said Ives asked him but once to do wn_improper thing —to draw on the treasurer of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis road for $15,000, which the witness refused to do because he had ln'.lr‘llllmL the firm of fves & Co. was about to fail. ——ee Thousands bor Oharity, £w HAvEN, Conn,, Sept. 12.—The will of Ms, ilelen M, Gifford, of New Haven, the widow of Arthur N, Gifford, of New York, who died last week, after giving legucies of $150,000 to her own and her husbana's rela- tives and £50,000 o various frieuds, leaves tha rest of her property, smounting Lo nearly $500,000, to ehiaritable objects, ——— The Weather Foreeast. Nebraska and Towa—Rain, stationary tem- perature in Towa, lower temperature in Ne- braska, easterly winds, Dakota—Light rain, lower temperature in southern portion, warwer in Boriher northeasterly winds, - —— Increasing Bell ielephone Stock. BosToN, Sept. 13—At a special weeting of the Bell telephone directors to-day it was voted that the capital stock be increased from §10,000,000 to §12,500,000. . X Steamship Areivals, At New York—Tle City of Rowme, from Liverpool. ‘i il REFUSES TO BE INTERVIEY Tanner Will Not Say Auything for Publication. NO SUCCESSOR YET CHOSEN. Warner's Call to Washington Was on Sioux Commission DBusiness—id- win Arnold Calls on Harrison — A Comical Charge 518 FounTRENTA STRRET, WasmiNaTos, D. C., Sept. 12, Late this afternoon Corporal Tanner left the pension offico not to return again as its commissioner. He has been given a leave of absence, to continue until his successor is appointed and qualified. Deputy Commis. sioner Smith will be acting commissioner. Mr. Tanuner was in his oficial cnair all day signivg his mail and attending to his last acts in office. He refused to seo callers. He simply awaited the official notification from the president that his resignation had been accented, and information from the interior department as to what he was expected to do with the office he wus about to vacate, When he was notitied that he had been granted a leave of absence he bade his per- sonal friends good-by and weunt w s home m Georgetown, Mr, Tanner refused to be entertmmned. Your correspondent, who enjoys cordial personal relations with him, was admitted 10 his private room, but was immediately told that nothing would be said for publi- cation, Mr. Tanner deeply regrets that he got the president into such an embarrassing situation and it was for the purpose of showing his gratitude toward the president that he finaily concluded to re- sign. He made up his mind some time ago that he would not voluntarily yield the réns of his oftice. Rather, however, than embarrass one who had honored him, Mr. Tanuer voluntarially tenderca his resigna- tion. It was generally believed on the streets and in ofticla) circles that Major Warner, of Kansas City, late commauder of the Grand Army of the Republic, would be ap- pointea commissioner, but it was stated at the interior department late this aftecnoon that Major Warner's coming to Washington at this time had nothing whatever to do with the filling of the vacancy existing in the pen- sion office. He was telegriphed, it was stated to come here for the purpose of meet ing ex-Governor Foraker, of Ohio, another member of the joux Indian res- ervation commission, that the two might completé their report which is to be submitted to the secretary of the interior, trausf to the president and then go to congress for the purpose of furnishing a basis for further legis! preparatorily to the opening of this resérva- tion for settlement. It is not probable that a commissioner of pensions will be appointed under several weeks and the office may re- main in its present condition uutil after con- gress convenes in December. The president is not determined just what he will do, and it i& not considered that an emergency exisis which will require immediate action. He may appoint Major Warner, but_he has not yet said he even had him in miod. Corporal Tanner is undecided as to what he will do, and it may be stated that the re- ports about his having been tendered various appointments at the hanas of the administra- tion are without authority or foundation. No trade wus entered into for the purpose of inducing Mr. Tanuver to re- tire from oftice and no compromises were made. His resignation was| not demanded. After he heard a full state- ment of the situation at his house last night, made by United States Marstal Ramsdell, who represented the friendly interests of both the commissioner and the president, he concluded that he would be doing General Harrison an injustice if he 1nsisted upon re- maining in his ofice until removed, if, in- deed, he would have been removed had he refused to vacate, A republican, whose name is a household word throughout the country, ana who 1s an intimate personal fricnd of Corporal Tanner and General Alger, said to your correspond- ent this nfternoon, 'in speaking of what the commissioner was' likely to engage in for o livelihood : *““When I was at the G. A. R. reunion at Milwaukee last mouth I had a long talk with General Alger about the situation in which Commissioner Tanner was placed. General Alger expressed very deep regret and coucerp, He said that he had advised Mr. Taner to be as juaicious us possible in his ofcial capacity, perform- ing his duties as well as he could, but to stand firm and not resign. General Aiger added that he had assured Commissioner Tanner that if he would do as advised and refuse tu accept any other appointment, if removed, he (Alger) would back Mr. Tan- ner in business, and provide a better ocoupa- tion than he could secure iu the government service. Whether Tanner’s resignation, and therefore disregard of a portion of General Alger's advice will have the effect of caus- Ing that statesman to ueglect his assistance in the way of business, now that the com- missioner 1s foot loose, I do not know. Iam confident that Mr. Tanner has no deflinite idea us to what the future holds for him in the way of office or business occupation.” There is general sympathy for Corporal Tanuer in Washington. — He bas been uni- formly courteous and kind to those who have alled at his oftice on ofticial business or in apacities, He has been extremely attentive to the veterans and the common classes, and has been considerate of the wishes and feclings of all who have come in contact with him. Avthe same time thero is no inclination on the part of his friends in the (. A. R. or elsewiere to be hasty, and fly to extremes. ‘I'here is sucha thing as the orporal’s army of friends standing by him without becoming revolutionary. The vet- erans here are moderate, and are inclined to study every phase of the circumstances which confronted the president as well as the commissioner of pensions. Most of the criticism 1s directed toward Secretary Noble and Assistant cretary Bussey. Where there huve been any expressions on the part of members of the G. A. R., it1s generally di- rected toward these officials, who are charged by some to have not been us friendly toward the commissioner as they should have been, Assistant Secretary Bussey serts his innocence of the oft~ repeate sertion that he, months ag: an estrangement. between Secretary Noblo and the commissioner of pensions, or thut he in any way contributed toward the placing of the commissioner in the embarrassing at- titudo toward either the secretary or the president or the people at large. oth Sec retary Noble and Assistant rotary Bus- sey sy that_they buve no personal feclings toward Mr, Tanner, and that the differences which have existed have been confioed ex- clusively to omficial business, The transactions of last night and to-day created no surprise aud elicit very livtle comment now. EDWIN AXNOLD CALLS ON HARRISON. Sir Edwin Arnold, author of “The Light of Asia,” and leading editorial writer on the London Telegraph, with his daughter, was received by President Harrison to-lay. lhe president chatted in & very friendly manner with his distinguished visitor and compietely captivated bim, After leaving the white house Sir Edwin said “Lady Arnold, my wife, was an American lady and she has repeatedly requested me to visit this country., She sald to me, ‘You have shown me lodia, now I want to show you Awerca. God willed otherwise, and I visit America now without her. I am charmed with President Harrison and the cordiality of the American peopie generally,” DID BEN MAKE PACES! There was auother scene in the equity court to-day i the case in which General Wasnixatox Bureav, Tur Ovana Bre, } Honjamin I'. Butler and Strong, the con- tractor, figure. Butler wanted Strong ex- amined in open court. The court overruled the prayer of Butler, when Strong, who is abont eighty years old arose and pointing his finger at Goneral Butler, oxelaimed dramat- weally: “Your honor, 1 want to tell you that while T was boforo tho examinors that man made faces at me und snappod his fingers under my nose, that fs why 1 wouldn't answer his quostions."! At this point Strong's attorney pulled_the old man’s cont tails until ho sat down. But- ler was on his foot in a moment, and it was necessary to order him down before quiet could be restored, AN ENTHUSIASTIO DELEGATION. The great north delegation to tho trionnial concla Knights Templar have prepared to come to this_ city 10 great style and to cntertan handsomely while here. The delegation consists of reprosenta- tives from Montana, Dakota, Manitoba and Minnesota, and they hay vo n card printed which displays the Canadian and American flags gracefully blended, sur- mouated by the Kuights Templar cross. On the r se of the card is the following cheorful announcement: he wiid and woolly northwest has the ‘chiuch’ on father timo for four daya and will be at home to all valiunt Knights Temp- lar and their far ludios between the hours of sunset and sunset.” T0WA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED, Sharpsbure, Taylor county, Heran Jaquag Tremaine, Hamilton county, P, G. Labarr Zuringle, Dubuque county. M. D. MeCarthy. MISCELLANEOUS, M. I, Singloton has beon appointed store- in the revenue service of Nobraska. The following have received appointments as cadets at the military academy: Q. P. Townshend, Shawnectown, Nieteenth dis- trict, Tllionois, and Lo 1. Richardson, Junesville, First district, Wisoonsin. P. H. Bristow, of Des Moines, has entered upon his duties as chief of the appoittment livision of the postofice department, 1 the Place of Mr. Fowler, appointed chicf cierk of the first ussistant postmaster general's oftice. Prriy S, Hearm gl TANNER'S RESIGNATION Text of His Lotter to the President i and the Latier's Reply. WasmaToy, Sept. 12.—~The follo is Comuissioner Tanner's letter of resignation and President Harrison's reply thercto DEPARTMENT OF Tilk [NTERIOR, BUREAU OP PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 1880, — Mr. President: ‘The differences which exist between the seoretary of the iuterior and myself us to the policy to be pursucd in the administration of the pension bureau has reached a stage wlich threatens to em- barrass we to an extent which 1 fecl I should not be called upon to suffer, and us the 1nves tigation into the uffairs of tio bureau has been completed, and I am assured both by yourself and the sec- retary of the interior, it contains no reflection on my integrity as an individu as an officer, I herewith blace my resignat in your hands, to take effect at your pleasu to the end that you may be reiieved of turther embarrassment in the matter. respectfully yours, JaviEs TANNT Comuiss) THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY. EXECUTIVE MANSI ; 12, 1889. —Hon Jaue Commissione of Pensions—Dear Si Your letter tende: ing your resignution of the office of « sioner of pensic 1s heen r your resignation accopted, to take efféct on ppointment und _qualification of your successor. Idonot think 1t necessary in this correspondence to discuss the causcs which have led to the pres- ent attitude of affairs in the pen- sion ofice. You have boen kindiy and fully advised of my views upon most of these matters, It gives me pleasure to add that, so fa am advised, your honesty has not at any time been called n question, uud [ beg to renew the expression of my personal good will. Very u ny Very ner. 10N, Sept More Oanditates For the Place, Wasuixeroy, Seot. 12. — To-night the names of John P. Rea, of Minneapolis, and and ex-Governor Lucius Fairchild, of Wis- consin, both ex-commanders-in-cniof ot G. A. ., have been added to those spoken of as successors to lunuer, SN Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WasHINGTON, Sept. 12.—[Special gram to Tup Brr.]—Pensions granted braskans: Increase—Mordecia C. M George W. Barnard, William IR. White war—Johin W. McCauley, Jossio J. ke son. Pensions allowed Towans: Original in- Guymon, Albert J. Rose, ames M. Jones, ¢ cme, Benjamin I, aham, Jerouie J. Shoemaker. Inc Zdwin A. Steele, Aaron Benson, ¥. Barnett, John Thompson, Joshua Car- mean, Bdward S. Pisher, 1l Tundy, Barl H, McMillan, William' Bond. Original widows, Jane, mother of Enock Brum- bargun. Tele- Ne- well, ou gu- — Bond Offerings. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12— [Spe to Tue Bre|—Bonds §1.28; $8,000 ay $1.053{. o MOVEMENTS, ial Telegram offered: §2,600 at NLEY'S He is Expected to Keach the E Coast Late in Octobe BrusseLs, Sept. 12.—A cable disp: Zanzibar to the government of the Congo statesays: Stanley, on leaving the basin of Albert Nyanza, endeavored to make his wa, southward by passiug to the west of Victoria Nyanza, but failed. He thea went north- ward and reached the eastern shore of th lake. Kmin Pasha accompauied him. After a long stay ou the borders of the lako t ing supplics Stanley, leaving Bmin Pasha, marched in the direction of Mombassa. He is expected to reach tho eastern sew coast about the eud of October, s o Mg An Old ‘teacher Suicides. St Lous, Sept. 12.—Monroe Gray, aged fifty years, a teachior in the East Carondalet, 111, schools, committed suicide this mornin by shooting himself 1n the breust, The sui. cide is the outcome of a tragedy which oc- curred five years ago, when Gray discovored his wife and one Willism Ditch holding criminal relations. He shot and killed them both, and after a sensational trial was sent to prison for a year. Ever since Gray nas brooded over the affair, until to-day be put an end to his troublcs. e ISR Charities snd Corrections, SAN FRANCISCO, Sent. 12.—At the session of the national conference of charities and correctious this morning H. Wines, of Illinois, submitted the report of the commit- tee on states. He summarized the condition of the various commonwealths unrepresented in the convention, and then called upon the delejates present to report upon the condi tion of charities and corrections in their respective states. Dr. B, G, Dyers spoke on the subject of homes for ehildren in Ohio. - A Silver Kind in Pennsylvanin, Prrrssuna, Sept. 12.—A Connelisville, § special says:, What is said to be a valu fiud of silver ore hias been discovered on th mountaing vear this place, by 8 man named Joseph Avrington. Avrington has in ested a company of Connellsville capitalists in the matter. ~ A great deal of excitement exists and prospe ) thie mountains in the hope of finding other deposits. » Sadlai William and tae Czarowito! Haxoves, Sept. 12.—Emperor William met the czarowiteh at the railway station in this city, After the usual ceremnonious greetings they drove together to the castle, o B Edion Remeubors o Pawus, Sept. 12.—Thomas A. Bdison, b fore his departure for Herlin, gave 10,000 francs for the beuelit of tae poor iu Yaris, stern h from CHAUNCEY FELT CHAGRINED. Our Exhibit at the World's Falr Made Him Sick. THE LEAST AMONG THE NATIONS, ANl Other Countries Grandly Respro= sented at Paris B the United States— O ntal Trip of the Workingmen, oceptr n The Flag Shriveled Up, rw Youk, Sept. 12.—|Special Telogram to Tue Ber. | —Chauncey M. Depew returned from Kurope yesterday, and when inters viewed suid: I went over to France and wont to the great exposition, There is no use of our beiittling it. Nover in the history of the industrisl presentation of the proe Auctions of wanufactures and tho arts of the world has there been auything that beging to equal it. Eleven million dollars has been expended on buildings alone, and they are built as if they were intergied to remain for- ever. After Ihad taken a bird's-eye view of this exhibition I got an Awerican flag about one hundred feet squaro and wrapped myself i it and walked into the exhibition, 1 found that all the dwellings thav mankind has ever bad, from the cave to the latest style of marble mansion, were represented fully and completely. 1 found that old Egypt had a street whore she reproduced Cairo as it 18 now. 1wentihrough the streets of Spain, of Russia, of England, of Italy, of almost country, and’ I was amazed st the marvelous gorgeousness of all that was presented by these governments, “Aund then, clasping the flag about me, I walked through the exhibits of the Umited States, und when I got to the other end I found I could put that flag in my vest pocket, Said [to myself, knowing that the United States could beat ull these effete and worn= out civilizations: ‘By the Holy Mos whatever other deity the patriotic American swears by under these humilitating eircum= stances, ‘the American people have justeot 10 riso In theit might and creute a world's fair in which the foundation shall be such an exhibit of manufactures, urts and sciences as will astonish the world, and arouna it shiall be gathered as tributes all the exhibits of the worla! If we are to hold our own in the markets of the globe after this exhibit in Paris, which has been visited by all the commereial people of all tha world, it is an absolute necessity for the United States to redeem itself from this moustrous perversion. The exhibits which arc there are all vight, as far as they go, but it s like sending a peacock to represent Holste The peacock itself is all right, but it does not represent America. ¢ “1 had the plensure over there of being interviewed by a aclegation of American workingmen. A remarkable thing about their journey was this: Here were fifty real, ive workingmen, no shams, no mouth- ers. They represented forty from the dif ent trades. They were excellent represent- atives of the mechanics of the United States. At no time in the history of the world for 2,000 years past would a delegation of that kind have been received. Before the United States were born, at any time prior to. the de ra- tion of independence or the inauguration of George Washington, such a delegation would have been arrested anywhere. But the United States being a country without classes, without nobility, und with only re- spect for men who have & worthy mission to perform, this delegation was received with all honors, with the freedom of cities, with public banquets, as the ouly real exhibit that the United States had. They invited me to dinner in the Kiffel tower. It was an eluborate affair and Lsaid to the Freuch representatives present: ‘Fhat is the w the workinzmen in - Awerica always While we have never had uny ereat emigr: tion from France, it will be very large dur- ing the coming year.” iU SBPULCHEX, A wil arly Dosed With Feathe Minwvavkes, Wis,, S3pt. 12 egram o Tue Bru.|-TLe con the pretty little Catholic church is inu state of ferment over ascries of events which resulted in the abrupt dismis- salof the pastor, Rev. Father Secley. He very narrowly escaved a sticky coat of tar and feathe Notning but the reverence iis calling and his patriarchal ap- ¢ staid the hands of his angry par- clial school told their parents last week that the pricst had been condacting mmself in o decidedly improper manner toward them, The story was told the elders of the church and an indignation meeting was held. The hot-headed ones were for getting a kettle of tar and a featner bed in which to envelop the wrete, but cooler counsel prevailed, and a petition reciting in dotail all the stories told by the children was forwarded to Arch- vishop Weiss, with the request that he re- move the recreant priest. I'he request was promptiy granted when the story was heard, ud a lettor of d.smissal was sent to Father In it the archbishop told the priest ave and not come near bim, as he did not wish to sce such a monster. Father Secley left at once. Everything belonging to him was burned by lis irate parishioners, - She Captured the Intruder. MiLwaukee, Wis., Sept. 12.—[Special Tel- curam to Tug Brr. ] —Charley Sharp, a young man who is supposed to have come from Cols orado, entered Mrs, Addie Hoth’s residence, using a skeloton key, carly this morning, Becoming aware of the presence of o man in, her house, Mrs. Hoth proeured a revolver and _commanded the fellow 1o hold up his hands, She then gave the alarm by screams ing and several of the neighbors came to her aid and captured Sharp. A policoman was summoned and the young fellow was tuken into custody. The Fire Ohicis In Session. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, t. 12, —[Special Telegram to Tue Bee |—The third scssion of the National Fire I s’ convention was devoted to a discussion of pavers on “T'he safety of the use and storage of crude petroleum, . W, Walleig, of Provi- aence, R. L, and “The use of unlined knit or woven hose in buildiogs,” by Chief D, J, Swenn, of Chicago. Av noon the firemen took a train for Leavenworth, where they will visit the fort and soldiers' home, S e With the Ronb . SAN Fraxaisco, Sept. 12.=J, L. Patters son, superintendent of the Ruuover mine, was robbed of #5000 in wold last Monday, between Daggot und Calico, Cala., by a man namned Hurry Dodson, who lkuocked bim off orse and escaped on it, Patterson and y started in pursuit and when they ate upon the robber he commenced to fire upon them. Thoy returned the fire, killing Dodson instantly. ‘Il stolen woney was found upon hiw, Got Ky —— adocs Still at Large, CHAMBERLAIN, S, D, pt, 12— (Special Telegram to Tug Bee. |-No word has yet been. received from the Sioux reservation in regard 1o, th capture of the thr horse thieves who broke jail here Suturday evening. The shoriff of Brule county and posse returned from an unsuccessful pursuiv after the es- caped prisoners, aud the sheriff thinks the desperadoes gol away via the Missour river, - Business Troubles, Provioesce, i L, Sept. 12.—The report of the committee of creditors of the Phenix Woolen cowpany, whose mills are at East Gireenwich, show the liabilities are $800,000 aud the assets §403,500. An offer of 25 cents on the dollar s recommended by the coms itee for acceptanca The Despe