Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 22, 1889, Page 1

T THE OMAHA 'EENTH YEAR. EVE OF THE BATTLE. Fronchmon Ready to Plunge Into Election Strite To-Day. ALL ANXIOUS FOR THE FRAY. Bach of the Leaders Confldent of the Victory. AT LEAST THEY TALK T1HAT WAY, The Boulangiste, Their Loud Bragging. EDITORS GIVE THEIR OPINIONS, However, Quit Their Views Do Not Coincide, But By Observing Them All the K Oan Draw His Own sader Conclusions., Business Suspended in Paris, hpyright 189 by James Gordon Bennett,| PARis Sept. 21.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bre.|—We are on the brink of a great eclection battle. Public buildings, houses, churches, monuments and even sidewalks are covered with a perfect mosiac of yellow, green or blue election pos- tors—the guttersnipe of Paris, which far outdoes its New York prototype. Business is at a standstill. Everybody says, “Wait till the elections are over.” The suspense is occasionally enlivened a little electoral serimmage at Belleville or at Montmartre, where M. Thied a repub- lican candidate was howled down, maltreated and robbed of his coat and his money by the electors just to keep their hand in for the big event. Meanwhile squads of Herald correspond - ents have been scouring Paris and have gathered the opitiions of the editors of the leading Parisan papers, These opinions, ex- pressod 1n a bouquet of interviews, are of great interest, and enable the reader to make for himself a forecast of the impending struggle. The replies are, of course, ns different and as conflicting as are the parties represented. It 18 like interviewing the generals of two armies just berore an en- gagement. Each would express thew ut- most confidence of victory. The Boulangists maintain that they will be successful and do not despairof tha ulti- mate supremacy of their chief. The mon- archists and imperialists are equally confi- dent, They count upon a majority com- posed mostly of their partisaus, together with a strong contingent of Boulangists. One or two of them, howoever, are iess hope- ful. The editor of the Autorite, M. Paul de Cassagnac's organ, announces: ‘It is im- Ppossible to predict the result of the elections of the 22nd of September. The republicans aro unanimous in declaring that their next chamber of deputies will be composed of an undoubted republican majority. They fee! sure that Boulanger's election at Mont- martre will not alter hia situation, for it will be annulled by virtue of ineligibil- ity of the candidate. The chief of the na. national party, without followers, without troops, without anything, will be irrevocably defeated and forced to reside in London un- less he prefers to start upon a long journey to endeavor to conceal his fall, “These prophecies are in direct contra- diction to each other, but by reading be- tween the lines the following reflections be- come manifes! In the first place, the Bou- langists, although vhey still pretend to be on the eve of a great victory, no longer speak of the future with their former solf- estoenr. The time has gone by when Gen- eral Boulanger, ufter having announced that he would open the exhibition, can assure France that the year 1583 will not pass away before he has taken up his residence at the Paiais do VErysee. It is easily seen that the Boulangsts to-day do not hope, even under the most flattermg conditions, to do more than acquire a modest portion of the deputies, which they hope to win by the aid of their * allies. They do not even seam to have made up their minds what to do in case of suc- cess, “'Suppose General Boulanger were elected ; suppose he had a majority in the chamber ready to make valid his election, he still would not be protected from the judgment of the high court. To be sure, he would enjoy parliamentary inmunity during the session, but he would have to ba very careful not to set foot on French soil before the opening or wfter the closing ot parliament. The group that bis friends would be able to form would be too weak to impose their will upon the monarchists, It would be thus impossible for General Boulanger to tuke the load of any serious movement, aud equally absurd for him to attempt a coun d’etat, “The monarchists, also, do not secm to have decidea what to o in case the mon- archist, imperialist and Boular.gist coalition shouid prove successful. They evidently an- cipate the dificulties that must ensue the woment the majority split up., How can they hope to overcome the resistance of the president of the republic and of the senate! What steps could they take to re- establish a wonarchy or empire! What in- surmountable obstaclos there are to even such a milk-and-water monarchy as that which M. Cornelly bas now become recon- ciled to—a monarchy more republican than the republic of 1875 and formed by an alli- ance between monarchists and moderate re- publicans. “In short, the situation may be summed up as follows: Boulangism hus, during the past few months, lost ground enormously, 1t is true that General toulanger's election at Montmartre is probable, but supposing even that his election is made vald, he will not find io the chamber a group of Boulaogists importany enough to enable him to attempt aoytblug serious, “If the republicans, and this belief is gen- erally bocomiug stronger, obtain & majority on Sunday, the imperialist-monarchist-Bou- langist-coalition will be dissolved, and it1s not impossivle that by the aid of the new juen who will be elected to the chamber & ‘party will be formed of moderate republicaps sud conservauves ‘Who will be able to exercise a real influcnce in governing France. *'On the other haud, if the anti-republican coulivion carries the day, the majority will «_be so divided sud s such divergeat views us “to their ultimate object that they will ba ut- férly powgrless to enter upoa suy violent slruggle agaigst the presideat of the repub- Ho lg’ 43 renate. In ovder ) overturn ex- ~isting institutions such & majority would be compelidd to termporize aud dress their sails and to tack about. They would hesitate be- fore running the risk of dissolution and ot & mew election that would be less favorable wo [N by them, would then see a repetition of nervous twitching, hesitation and fumbling about in the national assembly. “Tt ¢an safely be said that no matter what may be the result of the elections to-morrow they will not have upon the destinies of France the immediate consequence that seemed imminent only a few months ago, They will result neither in an immediate crisis nor in a bouleversement irrepar- able.” Senator Alfred Nagnett, one of General Boulanger's closest friends, as well as a writer in the Presse, spoke as follows: ““The situation is most encouraging. 1 have just received a lotter from tho general, in which he expresses himself confident of fctory, Tt is impossible to make a detailed statement of the progress of the campaign in the provinces because of the rapid movement of events, and because our candidates are kept 50 busy that they have no time to write. 1 can, however, speak with the utmost confi- dence of our chances in Paris. The revi- sionist candidates are sure to sweep the city from one end to the other. Although the government ofticials are making such a pre- tense of confidence, I havo good reason to know their complacency s only a sham., A friend who has the closest relations at the ministry of the interior assured me the other day that the authorities were absolutely discouraged at the bad reports pouring in from the pro- fects. All over F'rance they are bezinning to realize that the hour has come. “If the Boulangist party triumphs the general will return as soon as his election is. made valid. That cannot be until the assembling of the new chamber contain. ing a majority of his supporters. President Carnot has the technical right to postpone this meeting until the first Tuesday i Janu ary, but [ do not believe he will have the effrontry to exercise that right. Should he @o s0, however, General Boulanger would be obliged to wait patiently in Loudon, inas- much as without the protection of parliament he is liable to immediate arrest in accord- ance with the condemnation of the high court. Once in the hands of his enemies he would be kept in close confinement until December, and then put on board a slow sail- ing vessel and seut off to Moumia, the ¢ tain having the strictest orders to touch at no port on the way. Threo months would elapse betore the general could be recalled, and the voyage buck would occupy two months more, 8o thatthe summer would have come around before he could be with his fol- lowers. dently it would be the height folly to incur such a risk 80 critical a moment. Once firmly d in the chamber by universal suffrace, and the infamous judgment of the high court having n annulled, the general will proceed to the organization of a constituency which will decide what form of government is really wanted by the people of this coun- try. Up to this point the royalists, imperial ists and Boulangists will march side by side, aflterwards we will part, “‘Now you ask what will happen if the general’s following and allies do not secure a majority. Even then all will be well and our triumph only postponed. We are bound, in any case, to have such a vowerful minor- ity as to make anything like a stable govern- ment impossible. The ministries would be revised every twenty-four hours, and Presi- dent Carnot forced to dissolve the chamber and let the country again express its wishes through a general election. Meantime the discontented factious all over France will be growing more and more impatient, and when it comes to a second vote there is every reason to believe that General Boulanger will carry all before bim, ‘tAs regards riots on the streets, I am sorry to say that 1t is quite within the bounds of possibility for the government in power to take violent and illezal measures to prevent us, their victorious enemies, from carryng out the wishes of the nation. If they dare do this there will be trouble, for the people will rise up indignant at such an attempt to violate their rights.” M. J. Cornelly, the brilliant political writer in Le Martin, gave a clear, forcible resume of the situation. “I rezard it as ab- solutely certan,” said he, ‘‘that the Bou- Jangists, with their conservative alies, will gain a decided majority in the elections Sep tember 22. Iexvect to see them secure at least 820 of the 536 disputed seats, but their success in the chamber will not necessa- rily assure the immediate success of their scheme of constitutional revision, for the as- sent of the senate is necessary and the sen- ate may prove refractory., But whether the rovisionists succeed at ouce, or whether President Carnot is forced to dissolve the new chamber and invite s fresh appeal to the country, there is no doubt as to the ulti- mate outcome, A republican form of gov- ernment will contrive to exist in France, only iv will be & republican government made by republicans, and not like the present one, by monarchists. “I hope the New York Heraid will make its readers understand one thing. We mon- archists by preference take this position, saying to the existing government, ‘Prove to us that the majority of tha electors in France are in favor of a republic (which has never been proved), and we promise to be- come loyal republicans. Only in that case we demand @ real re. public* like that of the United States, with religious freedom and without tue intolerable centralization which is ruin- g the country. 1f you cannot, or will not, give us back our king, for we are weary of & republic only in name which has retained all the faults of the monarchial regime without giving us the advantage of local self-gover ment. *I feel that the time has at last come when this appeal will be heard, and if, as I ap- prohend, the people's decision is given in favor of the republic, we shall have one which will no longer be just the laughing stock of Burope. In no case do [ feara riot or civil war, There will be a war of words, but no bloodshed. Itis more than likel, having served his purpose, General Bou- langer, after the elections, will be promptly droppea by the conservatives, who may re- tain their ocontrol in the cham- ber by effecting an alliance with the moderate republicans, The brave general will then sink into insigmficance, Up to the time of his flight o London he had made dupes of royalists and mperialists, Since theu he bhas been in their power, “In conclusion I may make the general re- mark, whatever may be the result of the elections, and whatever way be accomplished in the year or so of parliamentary bickering which will inevitably follow, you may be quite sure that France will never know what it is to have a really stable government until she has fixed her place in Europe by a war with Germany, This war is as sure to come as is an explosion in a powder factory where men walk about constantly with lighted wmatches, Th sooner, them, that it comes and is over with, the sooner we shall reach some sort of & level. It may be bigher if we take back Alsace-Lorraine, or lower if we are beaten, But at best it will OMAHA, SUNDAY MOR be a level, and we shail know what to count on. In the meantime we are groping in the dark, and all political by-play is but an amus- ing prelude to the play which will soon begin. The play, by the way, is pretty suro to be a tragedy.” M. Max Paz, socretaire de la Redaction of Paris. spoke as follows: “It is not improb- able that the Boulangists will achieve cer- tain success in Paris, where they have massed all the strongest candidates—Roequet, Laguerre, General Boulanger — but in the provinces they will meet with overwhelming defeat. There they have put forward men absolutely unheard of. Many of them are second-class reporters, whose salaries vary botween 300 and 500 francs, and who are far from capable of properly representing the departments ywhose suffrage they invoke. For this and other reasons I am convinced tha ‘General Bou- langér & Co. have not the remotest chance of gaining a majority in the new chamber, ‘“The question of finances in the Boulang- ist campaign affords an interesting siudy. They are spreading gold broadcast through the land. They are paying each one of their candidatee, most of whom are impecunious, at best, 1,000 francs, They have been buying up newspapers all over the country, with editors on large salaries. All the leaders of the movement, from the gen- eral down, are living like princes, although none of them have independent fortunes. Where, then, does the money come from? That is a conundrum no one has yet suc ceeded in solving, but that some of it comes from London is clearly shown by the fact that when a certain bankrupt paper was bought up by the Boulangists, a couple of weeks ago, the back debts were paid in English sovercigns. This I can prove.” Smd M. Sigisniond LaCroix, of the Radi- cale: “Lawmnota political prophet and can accordingly only tell what is absolutely cer- tain, First and foremost, the majority in the chamber will be republican, The Bou- langist adventure is now merely a matter of history, The country has seen beneath the mask, For things of that kind an overwhelming current of pub- lic opmion is essential. A plebiscitum such as Boulanger attempted is only possi- le if carried onward by a resistless torront that dashes down all barriers. The Bou langist brook was dammed effectually by the high court of justice trial, “It is possible that General Boulanger may be elected by the good folks of Mont- martre, but that will not alter the situation one iota, He will have to remain in London just as he is now unless ho nrefers to explore central Afr Boulanger is finished, dead and buried beneath a foot of earth. Spring up afreshr No, sir. You ocan uot revive a mummy. “In other respects,” continued Mr. La - “Sunday’s elections will not materiatly the political situation. The reactionar- ies, with whom [ include the Boulangists, will maintain, perhaps strengthen, their mioority, but the republican majority has forced upon it the absolute necessity of con- centration. United it will assuredly be. Matters will go on as usnal. The reaction- aries will make as much trouble and as much blocking aud create as many esclandre as heretofore, but they can do nothing mor and every codntry where thereis a strong reactionary minority has put up with such inconveniences. . “What group of *he republican party m the next chamber will be the strongesti Of that 1 cannot give you the slightest idea. There are several hundreds of republican candidates. A large number of them are altogether new wmen, of whom even I, a journalist, who have kept my eyes and ears open, have never before heard. Take any one of these men, and ask me what sort of a republican he 15— whether he be scarlet, or a shade dun, or parti-colored—and 1 should be utterly non- plussed. Why, my dear sir, he does not know himself. All he could tell you or his electors is that he is a republican and that he is tighting Boulanger, and that s ail the electors want to know at present,” Jacques Hibrard, thejable political director of Le Temps, was out of towa, but one of his colleagues gave the following opinion, which, he said, represented not only the ideas he believed, but those of the entire editorial staff: “I do not believe for a moment,” *‘thav General Boulanger will carry Sunday’s elections. It is very probablo ihat he will be sucvessful in Paris, but France as a whole will decide against him and the Boulangists will be powerless to secure & majority in the new chamber. Nor will the united forces of the royalists, imperialists and Boulangists be able to cope with the body of united re- publicans. It is not unlikely that the con- servatives will be stronger in the next chamber than they were 1n the last, and there might be a slight falling off among the extreme radicals, but these important differ- ences will not be sufliciont to change the balance of power, and the government will RO on very much as it has been doing. If by some extraordinary freak of destiny, General Boulanger and his allies should come into power, 1do not even then appre- bend any serious trouble. But such a con- tingency is so far removed from all lines of orobability that 1t does not deserve a mo- ment’s serious consideration,” M. Terrail Nermeix, director of La Ro- carde, said: *‘There will be a majority of 100 revisionists in the chamber. General Boulanger will be elected by a large major- ity, and of course his election will be ratified by the chamber. He will then come to Paris and take his place as chief revisionist of the anti-governmental party. The cabinet wiil be overthrown, M. Carnot will endeavor to form a cabinet with members of the mod- erate republican party. If he succeeds, this will follow in the: wake of its predecessor, and s0 on uutil we obtain the revision so much desired by all. We all shall employ legal pressure—that is, popular agitation— because all Pdrisians desife revision and must have it and mean to have it. “In case of a strong government majority, which I do not balieve possible, but only admit for the sake of argument. the situa- tion would be still more grave. The repub- lican majority would split itself up iato grouns, and once again give the country proof of the impracticability of parlisment- ary government in Fraace. *‘On the other hand the revisionists are all of one miad, aud as s0on as they are in power they will have revision. Tho government party is beside itself with fear. We are very confident as to the result. The elections will be republican, but we believe that it is pos- sible to have a real republic, and we mean to have it.” M. Edouard Herve, of the Soleil, said: “‘We are certain of & counservative victory, but are, in a large nimber of cases, prepared to contest the elections a second time on ac- count of ballot outrages in Paris. General Boulanger and M. Mermeix will probably have the requisite number of votes, but it is doubtful if any other candidate will. This state of affairs is due to the unusually large number of candidates in the field, There are, on au average, four or five for each seat. 1n th nd elections, however, mauy of the wi contestants will withdraw.” he said, EUROPE'S WAR CLOUD Not Quite 8o Threatening This Suh- day Morning. BUT IT HASN'T ROLLED AWAY, The Qzar of the Russias Has Beksn Pouting. WILHELM HURT HIS 'FEELINGS. Yot He Will Make tho Goarman ag Fashionable Call Soon. PREPARING FOR THE VISIT, Bismarck Will Givo Him a Royal Re- ccption if the Surly Star Will Permitit—Permanent Anti= Social Laws. The Czar's Oall, [Copyright 1889 hy New York Assoclated Press.] BERLIN, Sept. 21.—The emperor will re- turn to Potsdam to-morrow. Prince Bis- margk will come to Berlin on Wednesday. Count Herbert Bismarck, all the cabinet ministers and General Von Schwenitz, the German ambassador -to Russia, are sum- moned to a meeting on Thursday. The as- sembling is due to the ezar’s coming visit, for which definite arrangements are to be made, The Kieler Zeitung announces that the Russian yachts Dergava and Czarevens, con- veying the czar, are timed to reach Kiel on the morning of the 27th inst. 1f Bismarck’s plans are effected, instead of & short and un- cermonious visit the czar will be treated to a number of court banquets and a diplomatic dinner. The absence of DeGiers, the Rus- sian foreign minister, indicates that the czar is determined to refuse Prince Bismarck’s political conference, All the Russian papers agree that the ex- ceptionally friendly treatment of the czaro- witch during his visit to Germany, and the courtesies offered the czae, do not affect the relations between the two countries. The czav's personal feelings towards the emperor have recently been excited by an incideut arising from his (the czar’'s) conferring the order of St. Stanislaus on a Bulgarian, Major Grueff, who kidnapped Prince Alex- ander, of Battenberg, and who Is now a Russian pensioner. The emperor, at a mili- tary dinner, in the coursa of conversation, expressed wonder that the dec ion should have been given to a trai Three Prussian officers who )ore the de oration of the order of St, Stanislaus heard the emperor’s words. They forthwith re- turned the insignia to St! Petersburg with a collectively signed protogt, stating they could not wear an order that bad been given to a mutineer. The czar's exasperation was so intense that he demandéd, through Count Schouvaloff, the Russiun embassador here the punishment of the ofiicers. The em- peror placed them under arrest for un- authorized correspondence with a foreign government, but after two days he ordered their release. The maneeuvres at Hanover terminated to-day. ‘The Post publhishes a report of the manceuvres whish is conclusive as to the ne- cessity of smokeless powder henceforth for both the artillery and the infantry. The corps using smokeless powder got within 200 yards of the enemy without the latter being able to determine their distance. The latter were often taken on the flank and were un- able to guess whence the fire came. If it had been a real battle they would have been annihilated, The war office is preparing to supply smokeless powder to all the troops, including the second class landwehr, The latest perfected smokeless powder leaves no sign after flring by infantry ana only a slight gray mist after the firing of artillery, The constant squabbles between Edwards, the United States consul at Berlin, and the merchants, have resulted in a formal com- plaint being sent to the foreign office by the merchants regarding the consul's delay of pusiness and his uncivil demeanor. The complaint has alreudy been referred to Herbert Bismarck who is indisposed o interfere, on the ground that the matter is of too little importance, Consul Edwards, it is said, has the approval of Seccretary Blaine in the general line of his conduct. General Von Blnmenthal, who was sup- posed to be under the displeasure of Emperor William, was present at the manceuvres to-day, und was cordially received by the emperor, The popuiar demonstration so gratified the emperor that he told the burgo- master of Hanover that he hoped to pass sev- oral days yearly among the Hanover people. His majesty distributed 160 decorations. In occordance with his wish the municipal au- thorities of Hanover will fill an album with photogruphs of the leading incidents of his visit, Minister Phelps, it 1s expected, will be granted an audience with Prince Bismarck on the 2th inst., and will be received by the empercr on the 27th, The government has finally decided to make the amended apti-socialist law, which has hitherto been rengwed every two years, part of the permanent penal code. A com- mission of the ministey of justice has revised and slightly altered the bill which will be oneof the prominent questions of the coming session of the reichstag, The national lib- erals, recently credited with a determination to offer independent oppesition to the meas- ure, shuw through thelr press organs a dis- position to join the conservatives in support of the government, whilg the centrists prom ise uncompromising hessility. The socialists contemplate the change from temporary to permanent restrictions with equanimity, be- lieving that their party progress will not be hindered thereby, If the eye affection from which Herr von Scholz is suffering forces him to resign the office’of finance minister he will be succeeded by Herr Von Steiumaun, presideat of Schles- wig-Holstein, ‘t'he czarewitch will go to Athens to attend the marriage of Prineess Sophie, of Prussia, to the duke of Sparta, After the wedding ceremouy st Athens Emperor William w.ll make a tour of the Peloponnesus, going to Olymplia to view the excavations. Heavy frosts are general in the north of Germany. The reisen Geblrge is covered with two feet of snow, A miner named Weber, who was presi- dent of the workmen's committee, during the May strikes, has been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment for iuciting class hatrea and urging the miners 10 riot. The trial sbowed that Weber was mot connected with the socialiste., BAYONETS AND BALLOYS, Soldiers Ohase Oklnhoma ¥From Poll to Pol Kaxsas City, Sept. ~A special Oklahoma City, 1. T, says of the most exciting days in the history of the city. About six weeks ago a faction of citizens, after failing to induce the council to call n convention for the purpose of framing an amended charter, framed one themselves and called an election for the people to vote on it As it provided for the immediate ousting of the present city government, the Unitedl States troops, under the authority of General Merritt, provented the election. Two or three weeks ago the charter pre- pared by the committee and authorized by the council was voted down, The original charter faction then cailed an election on their charter for to-day aguin without the consent of the mayor and council. General Merritt again sent orders to Colonel Snyder to prevent the election, and this morning Captain Stiles, in command of the troops here, carried out the command at the point of the bayonet. The polls were opened early in the morning und a large crowd assembled. A number of persons endeavored to vote, when Captain Stiles threw his company across the street and gave the command to charge. The company encountered no oppo- sition to their progress. The leadoes of the charter faction then rusned to another place and declared the polls open agam. Cabtain Stiles repeated the charge and again cleared the street. R. Glasgow then called the crowd around him and advised them to disperse. Continu- ing, he consured the interference by the military, when Captain Stiles charged the crowd for the third time and brought the speech to an abrupt termination. The Second ward polls were then declarea open in another part of the city. Captain Stiles proceeded to the new voting places, The leaders of the charter faction, after consulting with Captain Sti! vised the crowd to disperse. The advice was followed and the excitement subsided. Nine of the leaders were afterwards ar- rested on a charge of conspiring against the authority of the United States and city gov- ernment. from .- TH NJOYX LIFE. Peculiar Position of the Minister of Finance and Ris Bride. Orrawa, Ont., Sept. 21. Special Tele- gram w0 Tue Bee. |—Minister of Finance Foster, with his bride, nee Mrs. Cnisholm, the Chicago divorced lady the validity of whose marriage with Foster has been ques- tioned, has returned to Ottawa after a honey- moon of several weeks. Notwithstand- ing the fact that the matter 18 sure to be brought up in parliament, the couple ap- pear to enjoy tho world as if no cloud hung over them. It is stated that Foster, before he makes his annual budget speech in par- liament, will introduce a bill making, as a special favor, his marriage with Mrs. Chis- holm legal. As to the validity of the mar- riage there is a diversity of opinion. Hector Cameron, queen’s counsel, and one of the most prominent members of the legal profes- sion in Canada, states that .t is illegal, and that serious complications might arise should any one take the matter up against Foster. So fur Mr. and Mrs, Foster have not been ostracsied from Can- adu as bad been predicted but on the con- trary during his visit to St. Andrews, N. B., they were guests of Governor Sir Leonard Tilley. Their future social status, however, will depend upon what action Lord Stanley as gvernor general takes when the festivi- ties at the government house open here in December, Should it ultimately be decided that the marriage is illegal Mr. D. B. Chis- holm, the first husband of Mra. Foster, will have a good chance to return from his exile in the United States and bleed the wminister of France of a considerable portion of his surplus accumulations. e ST. LOUIS PRIZE GHTERS, The Police Promptly Squelch a Pro- vosed Slugging Match. St. Louis, Sept. 2L.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—In the face of the recent fatal fight at Daly Bros’. saloon there was an at- tempt to bring off a fight to a finish and a sparring match in the western section of the city last night. Gibson Bros, runs a_saloon in what is known as the Cheltonham district, and it was here that the fights were to take place. The police promptly stovped the ex- hibition, To-day warrants were issued for those implicated in the Ahearn-Jackson fatul fight. Ahearn, the surviving principal, is held for murder in the socond degree, while Dan and Charley Daly, William Quiney, Sam Alle, W. J. Moonoy, R. A. Farrell, J. A. Collins, Joha Johnson and J. A, Murphy are held as accossories to the crime, Lo i ANOTHER SUSPECT. Chicago Police Looking For a Cronin Conspirator In California, CuicAGo, Sept. 21.—The Journal this af- ternoon published a special dispatch from Oukland, Cal,, to the effect that Chicago ofticers are there for the purpose of arresting J. J. Heffernan, senior guardian of the Clan- na Gael camp of that city, on the charge of complicity in the murder of Dr. Cronin. No Such Man 1 Oakland, SAN FraNcIsco, Sept. 2L—An evening paper says Chief of Police Tompkins and Capuain Fletcher, of Oakland, were inter- viewed this afternoon and denied any knowi- edge of any Chicago police or detective being in Oaklaud in search of J. J. Heffernan, said to be wanted in Chicago tor complicity in the Cronin case, There is no such namo as J. J. Heffernau 1n the Oakland dircctory, and no one seems to have any knowledge of him. Chief of Detectives Lees said to-night that the Chicago police notifled him several months ago that Heffernan was supposed to be in this city and that he investigated the matter at that time, He found the man and “secured evidence that he could not have been connected with the murder. Ho says Heffernan is well connected but refuses to disclose his identity The Wondruff Decision Deferred. Cuicaao, Sept. 2L—Judge McConnell did not announce his decision on the apvlication of Frank Woodruff for his discharge from custody, on the ground that he had not been tried within the statutory time, at the opening of the criminal court this morning, as it was supposed he would do. Instead, the work of getting a jury to try the other pris- oners in the Cronin case was resumed. No additional jurors were received. Before ad- journs@ent Attorney Uonahue, on behalf of his client, Kunze, renewed his motion that he be given the information against Kunze, saying that he kuew no more now than when appointed by the court to defend the prisoner, The wmatter was argued at length and finally taken under advisement, — - Oherokees Favor Allotment. S1. Louis, Sept. 21.—The congressional comuwission on territories and Indian affairs Voters | To day was one | arrived at Muskego, L T., last night, and a reception was given them to-day. A mem- ber of the commission said that but a fow months ago the Chorokees refused to enter- tain the idea of allotment; now they are in favor of 1t, but desire to hold all their land and divide it among themselves, —— i THE OREEK NATION. 1t Can Dispose of Its Pands Without Federal Interforenc WASRINGTON, Sept. 21.—Attorney Gener Miller in his opinyon deciding that the United States had no jurisdiction in the matter of the funds of the Creek nation, after an elab- orate discussion of the subject, suys ho has expressed 1o opinion on the morits of tho claims of one side or tho other in view of the fact that he has no knowledge of the circum- stunces, excopt by assertions on one side or the other, “I will further say," continuod the at- tornay general, “‘that I will not attempt to control the action of the district attorney, who may conclude it 18 his duty to have the matter nvestigated by tho i i simply determine that as attorney general I will not undertako this invostigation." The attorney goneral finds the facts to be as represented in the report of Agent Gard- ner, that congress made an appeoprintion of £2,280,857 to tho Creck nation for the velease of their title to cortain lands, Of this sum, $2,000,000 was made a permanent fund for the benefit of theso Indians, and §33),857 was 10 be paid to the treasurer of the Creek nution or such person as the Creek nation shall direct to receive it. Of this sum, $42,000 was used to pay off a note for twice the amount held by an Arkansas bank. The balance of this money was paid, he says, to the proper person, and, *I do not see that I, as attorney general of the Umted States, am authorized to disregard the discretion pluinly granted to the Creek council in the disposi- tion of these funds, or to attempt the reco: ery thereof.” REE RS e The Utah Commisson Meets, Cnicaco, Sept. 21.—Tho members of the Utah commission met again this morning to further consider the report of the sub-com- mittee submitted yesterday. The conference continued uutil after 12 o'clock, Another meeting will be held ths afternoon, The members of the committee refuse to talk of tho subject matter of the report further than to say that it will suggest some radical changes. e It Expoe 1 Matters, WasmiNGTON, Sept. 21.~As a result of the order issued by Secrotary Proctor six weeks ago, establishing a bureau of records and pensions in his oflice, the number of pension claims awailing examination, which was then 40,000, with a daily accamulation of 100, have all been passed upon, and it is now possible for claims received in the morning to be cxamined and disposed of the same day. —_—— A Whisky Firm Fails, LouisviLLe, Sept. 21.—The firm of John B. Mcllvaine & Son, consisting of the John B. Mcllvaine estate and J. Banks McIlvaine, assigned this afternoon for the benetit of their creditors. The firm has been in exist- ence here 1n the whisky business for twenty- five years. They are security-for Mattingly & Sons for $103,000. They c cents on the dollar, il THE DYING NOVELIST. Wilkie Collins Feared Death Bed. (Copuright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett,) Loxnoy, Sept. 2L.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Ber.|—~The latest information with respect to the health of Wilkie Collins is of the most serious char- acter. For about a month he has been suffer- ing from bronchitis, which has quite pros- trated him, coming as it did on his then great devility, the result of his former illness. 1t has this week caused a sudden change for the worse, which has given rise to the gravest apprehensions. Wilkie Collins is now lymg in a eritical condition at his residence m Wimpole street. Mr. Beard, s medical attendant, who suceessfully com batted his patient’s last relapse, fears that Lie cannot again rally. i 3 Off For the South. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.| GrEENOCK, Sept.”21L.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee]—The United States war vessel Enterprise, in command of Captain McCalla, which has been lying off for the past fortnight, loft her moorings at the tail of the bank yesterday afternoon and proceeded on & cruise to the south, mill by Soldiers Cannot Vote. ‘WasHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Secretary Proctor has been looking further into the complaints coming from persons in the new states that a number of soldiers quartered therein were about to vote at the approaching elec- tions. The secrotary has replied that the soldiers cannot acquire a legal voting resi- dence by means of their military service in the state and if they undertake to vote ille- gally the civil authorities will be able to cope with the difficulty, A'BAD WRECK. 10 Be on His ident at Denver Results in the Death of a Fireman Dexver, Colo.,, Sept. 21.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.|—As the Union Pacifie express duc in this city at 4 o'clock was en- tering the city this afternoon an acc ured, resulting in fatal injury to Joe Can- non, the fireman on the incoming train, ana serious injury to Fireman George Ragan, of alight engine, The light engine had run down to the outskirts of the city and backed on & spur to allow the express to pass, The switch was left open and the passcuger ‘rain plunged at full speed ioto the hght engine, Both locomotives were badly wrecked. Fire- man Caonuong was literally cooked by the steam from the waist down and died in a few hours. Fireman Ragan was badly but not asngerously hurt. —— Northwestorn Crop Prospects, WABIINGTON, Sept. 2L.—The weather crop bulletin for the week ending September 21 say) Reports from the northwest and the states of the Ouio valiey Indicate that an ex- cellent corn crop bas been secured and that only slight damage has resulted to the crops in that section from the recent frosts. The winter wheat states ground is generally in Rood condition and seeding 18 progressing rapidly. An A e The KFaulkner Oase, Burravro, Sept. 2L.—In thetrial of Lester R. Faulkner to-day the entire morning was occupied with the examination of Charles L, Blugham, receiver of the Dausville bauk. Hetesufied that the total liabluties of the bank whea it failed were $447,500, o Lithographers Fail, New Yomrk, Sept. 21.—The Hatch graphic company has been piaced in the hands of the sheriff on & judgment for §20,~ 000. The company had a capital stock of $130,000; liabilities about $50,000, Latho- ENGLAND CAPTURED. Manager Hok and His' Troups of Bioycliennes in Liecestor. BUFFALO BILL'S FAIR RIVALSy Their First Appearance on the Bold grave Road Traclk. ARMAINDO'S SERIOUS MISTAKE, A Dose of the Wrong Medicing' Locks Hor Up. OUR LILLY AMONG THE LOTY Miss Wood and Miss Stanley Collide With No Serlons Damage to Anybody—A Spirited Exhibition, The Bicyclers. [Copyright 1880 by Jamss Gordon Beanstt,] Letcester, Sept. 21.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bre,|—On the Bels arave road track this afternoon a bovy of lady cyelists trom the other sido of thy At= launtic mado their first curtosy to the British public. They came over recently in the Gormanie, und having gone through an arduous but brief course of training, came to the post in capital condition for racing, “The party comprises Miss Mabel Stauley, of New York; Miss Jessie Woods, of Philadels phia; Mdlle. Louise Armuindo, a Frenchs Canadian; Miss Lillic Willams, of Omaha, and Miss Muary Allen, of Pittsbura. The costumes worn by the ladies are varied and eleggant, but yet in good taste, and tho pers fectly easy manner in which they sit in the the saddle compares favorably with many professional men. There was a large ate tendance, but the public was disappointed m the non-appearance of Miss \rmaindo, America’s fair champion, who, aceording to Manager Eck, was madvertently poisoned at Long Eaton on Friday nigit through taking the wrong medicine. She is now lying yery ill. The other four gave pretty exhibitions of spirited whoal racing and come in for loud plaudits In the final cir- cuit of the one mile scrateh race Misa Stan= iey and Miss Wood unfortunately collided, but although badly shaken neither was seri- ously hurt. It had the effect, however, of spoiling what looked like becominga tre- mendous finish. In the balf mile race run on an American trotting principle, Miss Allen from the seventy-five yards mark beat Miss Williams and won. ho three ladies started for a five mile sorateh race which Miss Stanley won in graud style. THE QUE DISASTER. One of the Victims Discovered Alive But Insane. QuEnge, Seot. 2L.—Although rain fell ine cessantly last night, tho digging out of the victims of the land-shde was carried on throughout the entire night. The efforts of the workers were concentrated on a spot where o man named Kemp was supposed to be. At 4 o'clock this morning the work was far cunough advanced to allow him to be sccn’ at a distance of about fifteen feot from the base of opera- tions. The poor man is either insine or delirous, as e shouts and sings the greater part of the tims. A man named Beaucamp, who was trying (o rescue him, navrowly es= caped being crusk to death. John Nolan, who was thought to have boon killed, was found still alive, although ho has been imprisoned under the mass of ruins twenty feot deep for thirty-six hour: “This afternoon the body of Mrs. Komp was found under a mass of stones, beams and rafters. Her hoad only was clear. Inorder to release her body the men attempted to move a stone weighing some 500 pounds, bug iverashed down upon the woman's head, smashing it to a jelly. The body was recov-~ ered later, but a leg was torn off in pulling it out of the wreck. The corpse of Margaret Welsh was reached under a pile of masonry. IHer head was almost severed from the body, whicl was horribly mutilated. These are the only additional corpses found after twenty-four hours’ work. The quantity of rocks, lumber and wasonry is 80 great that thrag or four hours’ hard work does nob show any difference in the debrig, It 18 thought that sixteen persons are still missing and that they were in the basements of the buildings at the time of the land shide, ‘The debris must be cleared level in order gotat them, und this will occupy aevor:l days. The guard room of the river police statio nas been transformed into a mortuary chape and twenty 808 recovered have been laid in @ row in front of an altar on which & nume ber of tapers and lamps are burning. Aromae tic essenzes are also burned to counteract the stench avising from the decomposing bodies, The building is open to the public and people flock there en masse. ‘The funerals will take placo to-morrow. At a meeting of the city council 1ast night 500 was voted to aid whe surviving victims of the calumity, The city will also bear the expense of the funerals of those killed. Timothy Reagan, who was wounded in the land slide, diea this morniug, - — NEW ORLEANS AMAZ D, State Bond Scandal on Tongu NEw Onueaxs, Sept. 21.—|Special Teles gram to Tue Bee. |—New Orleans is in & furore of excitement over the state bond scandal, The securities were ordered des stroyed in 1870 by the constitutional convens tion, and aggregating in value many huns dreds of thousands hiave been discovered to be in existence, Wne the legislature ordered the destruction of these documents, consisting of seminary and agricultural cols lege sccurities, state bouds in their stead were 1ssued, To-day Louisiana is electrified at the knowledge that the old bonds wers never des stroyed, and that they have boen renes gotlated. Finaucial circles arp shaken to their very bare. It is quite impossible Lo ade equately describe the excitement. Major E. A, Burke was state treasurer the time. He is now in Europe, His returm is anxiousiy looked for., Public opinion is divided in its espmate of his position in t steal, some saying ho is culpable, others thi he will be found to be perfectly clean, Earthquake in California. HeaLpssuse, Cal, Sept. 21.—The heaviesh sarthquaise cxperienced here foR irred Wday; no damage reported The Every