Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 30, 1889, Page 1

HE OMAHA DaiLy BEE. AWARDING OF THE PRIZES. The Imposing Ceremony Takes Pilace utthe Paris Exhibition, A DISTINGUISHED ASSEMBLAGE, The Displays of Many American Firms and Individuals Receive Recog- nition—A List of the For- tunate Ones. Prize Day in Parls. [ Copyright 1859 hiy James Gordon Bennstt.) Pants, Sept. 20.—| New York Herald Cable = Special to Tne Bee.|~The French re- public has added another monster mag- nificent feat to the long list of those given in connection with the exhibition. The Palais de Mlrdustrie to-day presonted u magnificent appearance during the ceremony of the proe- lamation of the exnibition awards. Abeut three thousand people were seated in the immense nave and in the galleries when the president took his seat in the official tribune to the sound of the “Marseillaise,” played by a band of five hundred musicians. On the rigbt and left of Carnot sat LeRoyer, president of the senate, and Meline, presi- dent of the chamber- of deputics. Behind: were tbe ofiicers of the president's military household und the sministers, senators and other officials. Mm. Alphiand and George S. Berger, gorgeous in decorations, received the prosident. The ministers and ambassadors occupiea the tribunes to the right and left of the presi- dential tribune. Conspicuous among the gold-bedecked uniforms was the plain black suit of Whitelaw Reid, the American minis- ter. Mme. Carnot, who was seated in the center of the special tribune reserved for ladics, wore an ivory white dress trimmed with salmon red m front and a bon: with feathersjand strings of the same color. At the conclusion of the “*Marscillaise' the curtin rose and disclosed a large stage th mountain scenery, on which were grouped men from all of France's colonies and possessions in the picturesque costumes of their coun- tries. Then from the other end of the nave there came down the double staircase from the gallery a procession of the commissions of the different nations which participated in the exhibition. They marchea in alphabet- fcal order, beginning with the Argentine Re- public and ending with Uruguay ach com- mission was preceded by the flags and ban- ners of the nation it represcnted, which were dipped on passing the president. The Amer- ican marines, thirty-two in number, under command of Captain Henry Clay Cochrane and Lieutenant Paul St. Clair Murphy, with their immacujate white helmets and trim uni- forms,were greeted with loud applause, 5o al- 80 were the Russian and Italian groups. These were followed vy delegations of all arms of the French army and navy from curassiers to native toops. After passing the president the different groups went on to the stage and gronped themselves around their banners. The variety of flags, costumes and uniforns formed a most artistic effect. Here again the American boys in blue were much admired {or their martial appearance as they swod at parade rest during the rest of the proceed- ings, The procession took thirty miuutes to defile before the prosident. Dead silence obtained when the president rose and read his discourse in a loud, clear wvoice, heard in every part of the inmenso building. He was frequently interrupted by loud and hearty applause as he thanked the exhibitors and visitors for vthe hearty manner an which they had co-operated in makiug the exhibition worthy in everv way of France. “May the exhibition of 1889, concluded President Carnot, *‘be the commencement of the politics pursued by France will heve found new defenders and the exhibition of 1850 will thus have served the grand cause of peace und humanity.” The termination of the speech v uted ‘With loud applause and long continued shouts of “Vive Carnot,” “Vive la republique.” ‘Dirard, minister of commerce, next made a long speech, which was almost inaudible, in tha course of which he said that 903 grand prizes had been distributed, besides 5,153 gold medals, 9,600 silver, 9,523 bronze and 8,070 honorable mentions. Berger then announced the names of the exhibitors who had received awards, and the large crowds went slowly out into the pour- ing rain, one aud all convincea that they had been present at a most imposing spectacle, The following are the privcipal exhib ition awards in the American section: |Note—Letter ‘G means gold medal; the letters “G. P.” mean grand prize, which lat- ter is the highest award. ] E. Barnes & Co,, G; Joison, Blakeway Co., G; board of education of Wisconsin, G; Boston public schools, G P; Buffalo publiz schools, G: department of public instruction of California, G; department of public in- struction of Towa, G; Elizabeth, N. 7., public schools, G; Moline, Ui, public schools, G bureau of education, Washington, G; na- tional deaf mute coilege, Washington, G; Ohio commissioner of schools, G; Perkins fastitution for the blind, Massachusetts, G Pittsburg pablic schools, G; Sockanossett school for boye, (3 state publie school, Cold- water, Mich. Washington bureau of education, G 1“; Indiana industrial school, G; Gulveston public schools, G ; Bostou public schools, G; Pittsburg public schools, state of Massachusetts, department of pub- lie instruction, G; public schools of Califor- nia, Gj public schools of Wisconsin, G; public schools of Michigan, G; Washington bureau of ethenography, G P; United States meoteorological service, G P; American mu- seum of natural history, New York, G: Chicage public library, G; United States commussion of geology, G P; United State winistry of war, G P; New York univer- sity, G P; Heussluer Polytechnic iustitute, Troy, G 1’; Smithsonian institution, Wash- fugton, G P: Johus Hopkins university Baltimoro, G P; Eastman college, Pougt koepsie, G§ mauual training sehool, Phila delphia, G; maoual training sehool, St Louis, G; Massachusetts institute of tech- nology, Boston, G; the Century company New York, G Houghton, Mifilin & Co. Cambridge, Mass., G; Lippincott, Philadel- phia, G; Merriam, Springfleld, G York Bank Note compuny, C Now Yorl, gold pens, G P papers, Boston, G; Tiffany & Co., jewelry, G; Prang & Barker, New York, photographs, Gi A. Rowluud, ( Bastmap Dry Plate company, G; United States geological survey, G P; University of California, G; Darlin, Brown & Sharpe, proved, G; Herman Hollerath, Washington, G; United States signal service, A. W. Greely, chief officer, G P; United States naval observatory, G £; Mr. Howland, G Pj Garduoer, G; J. P, Lesley, state geologist of Pennsylvauia, G; United States coast and geodetie survey; G P; Unlted States army corps of engincers, G P; Heywood Bros., Neow York, furniture, G; 'I. G. Hawks, New York, crystal, G P; C. E. Heury, Indian apolis, glass, G; John LaForge, New York, stained glass, G; Rockwood Pottery com- pany, two G; Gorbam SilverWare company, G Meriden Brittania company, Gi Tiffany & Co,, silverware, G P; Colgate & Co., New York, perfumery, G; Ladd & Cofn, New York, perfomery, Gi Dimith, New York, pives, G; Tiffany, leather goods, G: Marks, folding chair, New York, G; Boston Rubber Shoe company, G: Mayer, Strouse & Co., New York, corseis, G; Beneke Bros, New York, boats, G; Dunlap, New York, hats, G; war department, uniforms, G; N, J. Schloss & Co., New York, clothing, G; J. B, Stot- son, Philadelphia, fine fur hats, G P; Colt fire arms, G; Smith & Wesson, G; Union Metallic Cartridge company, G; Winchester repeating arms, G P; White Sewing Machine company, Cleveland, Gj J. A. Fay & ¢ Cincinnati, timber machine, G P; Mackel lar, Smith & Co., New York, printing ty pe, G: American Writing Machine company, Hartford, G; Remington typewriter, Gj Hammond typewriter, New York, G; Healey & Co., New York, carriages, G P; Pennsyl- vania Railroad company, G Pj Bell Tele- phone company, G P; Cobb Vulcanite Wire company, G; Thomas A. Edison, G P; Elisha Gray, Hlinois, telegearhy, G P; Heisler Elec- tric Light company, St. Louis, G; Okonite company, New York, G; Cliin Thompson, Lyon, Mass., electrical application, G P Waostern Electric company, Chicago, G Sprague Tramway company, G; Nalta graphophone, G; Herring & Co., New York, safes, (3; Government bureau of engineers, G P; Yale Manufacturing company, Gj Inman Steamship company, G; Chicago and Minneapolis boards, G P; United States ex- hibit of cereals, G P; Glen Cove Manufacturing company, G; C. A, Pillsbary, of Minneapolis, Gy Green Mountain stock farm, Gji J. H. Michener & Co., Philadelph lard, G Armour & Co., Chicugo, canned meats, Gj Curtice Bros., canned meats, G; Cassard & Co., Baltimore, driea meats, G; Michener & Co., dried meats, G; Morris & Co., Chica- go, canned meats, G; Swift & , dried meats, G; H. W, Mailard, New York, bon- bons, G Beadlestone & Co., lager beer, Gj Bergner & Engel Brewing company, Phila- delpha, G P; Californin State Viticultural commission, G; Chuuche & Co., wines, Cali- fornia, G; J. Kunz, New York, beer, G: Montgomery Brewing company, G3 G. Megliavalla, Napa, Cala., wines, Gj J. Osborn & Sons, New York, whisky, G; C. A. Wettmore, California, wines, G P; United States depot agricultural statistics, G P; United Swates farms, G Pj; United States agricuitural maps and charts, G; Enterprise Manufacturing company, Richmond Cedar works, G; C. V. Riley, specimens of phyloxera work, G P; United States agri- cultural department, viticultural, G P; Clay- ton & Bontaunie, gratings, G 0. Nelson, G: N, P. Gilman, G; C. D. Wright, G pub- lication agency for Hopkins university, G labor department of the United States, re- ports, G P; Universal Peace union, Phila- delphia, G; New York and Massachusetts labor departments, G; World's Women's Christisn Temperance union, G s TIFICATION OF DES IDEN RTERS. M-jor Greenteaf. of the Unite 1 States Army, Sugzests a New Method, NEW YoRk, Sept. 20.—Major Charles R. Greenleaf, surgeon of the United States army, read a paper entitled “Personal Identity as a Means of Recognizing De- serters,” before the Military Scrvice insti- tubion, on Governor's Island, yesterday afternoon. In the absence of General How- ard, General James B. Frey presided. A number of army officers and medical men were present, and great interest was man- ifested iv the paper. Major Greenleaf the one blot on the history of the United States army was the frequency of deser- tions. He believed the deserters were largely ‘‘repeaters,” snd it was im- portant to identify them. The question was, could it be done and Low! ‘Whree means are known for omplishing this pur- pose. First, by photographs; second, by measuremants of the unchangeable anatom- ical parts, and third, by perm: markings. The major first dise fication by means of photographs, and reached the conclusion that it was unreliable and could only be considered as a convenient adjunct to a better system. The second means, that of bodily measurements and the system of M. Bertillon, applied by hiw some years ago to the identification = of criminals in France. Seven measurements are taken, those of the left, middle and little tingers, of the ieft foot, of the left forearm, of the right car. of the outstretched arms, and of the height standing and sitting, The measurements a lassified nto large, me- dium and small, snd when a new individual is measured, it can quickly be ascertained whether his measurements correspond with those of any other ndividual Of 100,000 subjects measured hardly ten show approxi- mate measuremeuts in all of the soven respects, The third means of identilication is by permanent bodily mark- wgss By these are meant scars of all kinds, whether from cuts, shot_wounds, abscesses, burns, ete.; mutilated, distorted or wmpu- tated 'members, physical abnormities, as tumors, redundant or webbed fingers and toes, etc.; moles, birthmarks, tattooings, pe- culiarity of markings either in color or structure of the irms, and last and perhaps most interestivg, fiuger mark- ings, The value of theso marks as a means of idenufication, Major Green- leaf added, is recognized aud admitted by all observers. Even M. Be:tillon said that “they offer a greater guarantee for identifi- cation than measurcments, and would take ther place ultogether if it were possible to nse them as a basis of classification.” Major Greenleal believed this to, be possible, avd said that thesystem was now in use atthe war department, introduced at his own sugges- tion, Inorder o make practical use of the system the person must be stripped, the body mapped iuto regions, and each region thoroughly searched for marks. The most characteristic and permanent of personal murks are ‘the small furrows with the iu- tervening ridges that are disposed in a sin- «ularly complex vet regular order on the under surface of the hands and feet.” ‘T'he sooaker discussed these marks, und the use of them that bad been made in ancient times. They are unchangeable, and way be recorded and kept in permanent form, The speaker summed up the merits of each means of identification, Photographs are unreliable; the Bertillon system of measure- ment is relisble, but there is an ethical ob- jection to it, since it was conceived aud 18 used i the aetection of criminals. The tem of bodily marks is less open to that ob- jection, but requires accurate recording to be of use.” He preferred it, but valued the op. portunity of falling back ou the Hertillon system, The paper was well received by the gentlemen present, aud in the discussion that followed Colonel John Hamilwon, Cap tain B, E, Roborts eneral Martin D, Har- din, Captain James Chester and Lieutenant Guy Howurd participated. e The Weather Forecast, For Nebraska: Fair weather except in ex- treme castern poruon, light rain, slightly cooler in western portion, slightly warmer in eastern, soutberly winds, For lowa: Kain, southerly winds, station- ary temperature, 'or Dakota: Light rain, cooler southerly winds, —ees Murdersd His Sweetheart BaLtiuoke, Sept. 20.—John Frieze, aged twenty-two, to-day shot and fatally wounded Miss Georgle Stone, with whom he had been keepiug company, because sbe went out walking with auotber young man. * Decembel OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1 THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. It Will Meet Formally on Wednes- day Morning. THE INSULT TO FRED DOUGLASS, Captain Kellogg's Friends Fxplain- ing—Shrewd Suspicions That the Osipee Could Sail the Seas Over Sat WasmixaroNy Buneav, Tir Oxana Bee, 513 FourreexTn S WasmiNgron, D. O, With one or two exceptions, all the delo- gates to the Thternational Amnerican con- gress are now 1n this city. The congress will not meet formally until Wednesday morning, and nothing of a deliberative char- acter will be done for the noxt six weeks. After meeting and sorganizing on Wednes- day the delegates will their respects to Secretary Blaine, and will then be presented by him to the president. In the evening it is expected that Mr. Blaine will tender the congress a banquet, and the next morning the delogates will start on their six weeks’ tour of observation throughout the country. The delegates as yet do not know the exact form their deliberations will take, and the vrocedvre will not be settled until the con- gress meets, Senor F\. G. Picrra, the secretary of the Spanish-American commercial union, who is not a delegate, but has been invited by Mr. Blaine to accompany the congress and give the benetit of his experience to the delegates, said to-night that it had not been finally sottled whether the sittings of the congress should be public or it the members should be BWOrD Lo secrecy. *‘What subjects will be taken up and the order of their discussion is aunotner matter which witl not be settled until the congress meets,” added Mr. Pierra. opinion is that the United States dele- gates will not have a_programme arranged, but each delegate will be allowed to bring before the congress such subjects as he may thiuk proper. Anything relating to ecoaomic matters can properly come before the congress aud’only politics are barred. While L huve no doubt each delegate will do his utmost to have the congress adopt such measures as will be most beneficial to his own country, yet there is a sincere desire on the part of everybody to have the deliberations of tha congress result in something practival. ‘Whether it will be possible to adopt u gen- eral customs unton and an_interchangeable currency I do not know., Of ocourse what- ever is the result of the deliberations of the congress it will not bind the respective gov- ernments, but naturally the recommenda- tions will have great weight.” STATESMEN VISITING THE WEST. At 10 timo during the past decade bave so many men from congress visited the far west as there have the pust summer. Two-thirds of the men who at. present cccupy seats in cither the house or scnate have gone to the fur west during the past six months, One of the subjects they have given the closest study is the Indian problem, and as they drop into Washiogton they express themsel - positive terms in favor of breaking tribul relations, allotting lands in ralty, and throwing open the reserva- tions to settlement. Your correspondent eled over u large portion of the northwest territory with General Brooke, commander of the department of the Platte. The general is one of the best posted men in the army and kopws the Indian question from the beginning to the end, He takes decided ground in favor of allotting lands to the Indians and opening the reservations to settleme He thinks the government has impressed tho Indians with the idea that they need not do manual labor or equip_themselves for civilized lives, and that the effect bas been very demoraliz- ing. General Brooke is in favor of making army officers Indian agents, and giving them authority to command the troops whenever there are troubles about the Indian azencies. Ho betieves in liberahty towards the suv- ages, but thinks the kindness and gendrosity of the government have been dealt out in- judiciously. There are now about three hundrea thousand Indians subsisting on provisious from the government stores, and they are rapidly increasing in numbers, while they show no perceptible progress in civilization, and have as little respect for the 1 of the land as ever, THE OSSIPEE INCIDENT. At the navy department there is a dispo- sition to shield the late commander of the Ossipee from the results of his action in re- fusing to command the vessel with Minister Douglass on board. It is asserted that Keliogg bad been re- lieved before it was known that his vessel had been selected for tho trip, and that it was the chief engineer who discovered the bad condition of the boilers. In spite of this, it is known positiveiy that Kellogg never thought of asking to be relieved from the command of the Ossipee uutil he had been privately informed that his vessel was t take the minister to his post. Nav) officers here say that there was uothing serious the matter with the ship’s machinery uptil the publlcation of the news that the colored man was to be the honored passenger, and they expressed the belief that another voyage to the West Indies would not have been in the least dangerous to the safety of the vessel, the crew, or her passengers, It 1s reported here to-day that the Kear- sarge will bo ready for sea by Tuesday ana that Me. Douglas will sail upon her tnless some officer finds thut her copper plate is out of pluce or that she is short of marline spikes or other becessary equipments, TO REGULATE PACKING HOUS Some of the men who cut_such prominent figures around the lobby in the last congress working for or against the food adulteration bill, bave turned up in Washjngton during the past few days. They say the bill to es- tablish inspections of slaugnter houses and prevent the impure adulteration of lard and condiments, will be pushed with great vigor by one element, and opposed as vigor~ ously by another element. The manufactur- ers of adulterated lard huve shrewdly forced cougress to provide the same precautions against the introduction of impurities in slaughter-house lard as are proposed for the adulterated article, and since the inspection of slaughter houses by agents of the govern- ment contemplates a rigid examination of hogs, and therefore the throwing out of diseused porkers, they have arrayed the farmers against the general proposition, whereas the gentlemen from the rural dis- tricts were very muc in favor of the food adulteration bill as originaily proposed. The tight will undoubtedly be a lively ong, and begin early in the session of congress. THE ‘WHITE HOUSE. . It 1s belleved that the white house has been put in a healthful condition this fall, but notwithstanding all that hus been said about the venerable mansion’s unhealthful condition its occupants as & rule live out the allotted term of man. Mrs. McKee will not be at the white house till Mr, and Mrs. Russeil Harrison are expected 1o arrive for the winter before January L It s also hoped that Mrs, Scott Lord and jier duughters will bo here by early Decembef. Lieutenant Parker, of thé navy, Mrs. Scott Lord’s son-in-law, will perfori the social duties which formerly devolved u]»im Colonel Wilson and Lieutenant Du- valt. WAR ON MORMONISM, The victory of the gentiles over the Mor- mous at the recent elections in Salt Lake City, Utah, has 50 greatly encouraged the peoplef opposed ' to bigamy and Mormon- ism that they will preseat an organized de- mand when congress meets for legislation in- tended to further stamp outthe curse of Mormonism. A demaud will be made for a legislative commission. It is believed what & commission of this kind will break the last section of backbone in Mormon crime. The Utah commission, as it has existed under the Edmunds law, bas done a great aeal of good, but since it caunot go ouside of the strict letter of the law 1t now amidunts to nothing mora than n watch or guafd upon the rights of law-abiding citizens. A logislative commission ywould be invested with authority to frame sdoh rules—which would be laws—nas would be necessary to meet emergencies. Persons really guilty of bigamy are often detected in Utah, but under the present law they cannob convict thom; aad it s often found that crime is committed in such & way as to evade the law by a siogle hair's breadth, The commission would have the authority to meke rules or laws whicn would emable it to arrest, detect and punish bigamy wherever found. This last fight be- fore congress against Mormonism will un- doubtedly be the end of this once wide- spread evil, MISCELLANEOUS, Mr. F, A. Carle, for many years editor of the Paul Pioneer P’ress, and for three years in charge of its Washington bureau, leaves to-morrow night for Portland, Ore., where he will assume- editorial countrol and eeneral direction of the Portland Oregonian. Mr, Carle is one of the most skiliful eaitors and newspaper managers in the country, It was to his sense of news and keen manage- ment that muck of the success of the St. Paal Pionser Press was due. PrrRY S. Hearn, - A BIG FIRE AT BUTTE TY. An Entire Business Rlock Burned— Three Firemen Will Di-, Burre Crry, Mont., Sepb. 20.—Fire this afternoon destroyed an entire block in the business part of thecity. A strong wind prevailed during the fire and for a timo it was feared a disastrous conflagration could not be provented. ‘The losses aggregate 800,000 with insur- ance of about half that amount. The fire is belioved to beof incendiary origin. The most extensive stores in town and one baolk were burned. During the progress of tha fire three flra men were injured fatally and two or three others slightly. _ A Minnesota Town Scorched. CALEDONIA, Minn, Sept. 20.—Sprague's block, occupied by stores, @ bank, ana the Argus office, and two buildings on the oppo- site side of the _street, were destroy fire to-d The losses aggrogate § with light insurance, —_— THE CLEARANOE RECORD. Financial Transactions of the Coun- try Forthe Past Week. BostoN, Sept. 20.—|Special Telegram to Tie Bee.|—The following table, compiled patches from the' clearing houses es named below, shows the gross xchanges for the week ended September 28, 1880, with rates of percentage of increase or decrease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week of 1888 crries, CLEARINGS. oswazouy +-eswazoaq New York... cooeeis T G300 Boston 70,653,640 615,079,036, 3,000 Fittsbury Clacinuati Kansas City | New Orienis Loulsville Minneavolis . Providence Puui.. Omaha Mempa Duluth Sy ringf Wor cestel Portlend, : ) osoph Worth. nd Ruvid Lowell Norfolk 1.0s Angéies s Moines. . *Butralo. .. *Portiand, Ore *Birmingham. *Tacoma “Sioux City *Montreal Total ., . Outside Now Yor “+Not included in totais; no clearing houso at this timo last yea B e THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Twenty-Two ‘Thousand Merd Will March in the Grana Parade, WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—The twenty-fourth triennial conclave of the Knights Templar will begin in this city one week from to-mor- row. Inthe grand parade it is estimated there will be 22,000 men in line, or more Knights Templar than ever heretofore marched in procession on one occasion, aud exceeding,by 12,000 the number in line at the last_triennial conclave n St. Louis, The commandersies come from all parts of the United States, and every state and territory will be represented either by a grand cou- wandery or subordinate commanderies. Several Canadian preceptories will be in line. The parade will be reviewed by Presi- dent Harrison, who will occupy @ stand erected in front of the white house. An- other stand will be erccted for the grand master of the encampment, Charles Roome, of New York, who will also review thé knights. oo S, SENSATIONAL OHARGES, The Washington Post/Loaded for the Civil Service Commission. WasuiNGToN, Sept. 20.+The Post will to- morrow publish a strong editorial in Which it charges tho civil service commission with persistently violating the laws ‘and asserts its ability to prove the charge before a con- gressional investigating committee. It charges that three-fourths of the clerks employed by the commission were not re- quired to pass examination, aud that oue of the clerks gave out or sold examination papers, and that the matter was brought to the attention of Presigent Cleveland by Commissioner Oberly, buthe hushed it up for ressons personal 1o Commissioner Lyman, A O EFED. ne of & Man Insane or Possessed. Saperna, Kau, Sept. 20.-Eva Purtley, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a well known farmer, was outraged to-day by ah unknown masked man, who came to the house while the remainder of the fawily were at church. The flend afterward poured carbolic acid 10 the girl’s mouth. A tramp bas been atrested, but there is no direct evidonce aguinst him, The girl cannot live through the night. e . The Pillsbury Mill Not Sold. Cumoaco, Sept. 20—A special dispatch from Minneapolis says C. A. Pillsbury wes interviewed regamding the story of the British syndicate purchases. ‘He said em- phatically that the Pillsbury mills had uot been sold. He had heard there was an option on the Washbura milis, but \hought it would tako a great deal of money to get them. Tue manager of the Cargill system of ele- vators refused to talk on the matter, aud the manager of the Vandusen sud Star systems of elevators said they had not been sold. HE HELPED MURDER SNELL. The Sensational Confession of a Dying Convict in Ohicago. TASCOTT USED AS A CATSPAW, He Stood Guard While Two Accom- plices Robbed the Mansion and Took the Life of the Wenlthy Owner. James Gillan's Gory Hand, Cni0aco, Sept. 20.—The Trivune this morn- ing prints a four column story about a con- viet named James Gillan, who is said to have confessed on his dving bed that he fired one of the shots which killed A. J. Suell, while Tascott stood guard on the outside of the house in which the tragedy occurred. The conviet's name was James Gillan, At thetimeof the Suell murder, February 8, 1888, Gillan occupied rooms over Jobn J. Kelleher's saloon, at No. 546} West Madison street, the second door west of Laflin on the south side of the apreet. He was thus within o few blocks of the Snell residence, at the northwest corner of Washington boulevard and Ada street, and in the center of the dis- trict in which so many burglarics were at this time comumntted and afterwards lad wholly at Tascott’s door, August 21, 1888, Mrs. J. H. Collander, of No. 186 Elm street, on entering her bed- room, saw a maa dart into the closet. She turned the key on him, The next day Jus- tice Kersten sentenced Ghltan, whom tho man proved to be, to one year in the jail. While serving this time he was taken sick with pnenmonia. Ho was seut to the county of this year and died Marci ng Gillan sent for a priest and made a full confession, What he to the priest, whose name is Father van, is locked among the secrets of the con- fession, but it wus learned thau previous to he had made a clean breast of his c nection with the Svell murder to a lawyer whom he had retained in anticipation of a rest, To the lawyer, whose name the Tr bune says is at the service of the police, Gil- lan said: ‘‘Shortly before the murder of Snell, aman whom I know well, met me and asked me what I was doing now—if 1 wanted a soft job. I told him I was doing nothing and was trying to get some work, honest workj that it 'went pretty hard with me. I told him [ had no money and most any kind of a decent job would suit me. He said he had one, the safest work imaginable, just like picking up monay iu the street, no risk, no danger, nor likelihood of trouble of any kind, It was to roba rich man's house, where there were only an old man—Snell—and some swall children and a couple of women servants at home. “Iconsented to meet this fellow anda third man aud help in the job. ‘‘We met and went to the house. The third man was stationed across the corner to give alarm in case of suspicious move- ments on the ontside. **Who the man on the watch was I didn’t know then, but 1 now kuow he must have been Tascott. “Just as I got the parlor door open I looked up and there stood the old man at the head of the stairs. He saw me and swore at me. Llostno time in getting nsideof tne parlor and was about to try to open the con- neoting doors when u_shot was fived from the ball or stairway. This rattled me a little, and, not daring to make u noise by forciag the doors, T went back to the door I had come in by from the hall. I had relied on the - resentation that it would be a quiet part and only had with me tho small pocket pistol Tusually carry. When Soell saw me the sccond timo at the parlor door he again began his loud talk, saying he had me in a hole and he would cateh me and break every bone in my body. Just then my companion showed at the rear of the hall and head of the basement stairs, T'he old man had been trymg to fire his revolver at me, but could not make it go off for some reason. He now turned to the man at the head of the stairs, and the violent lauguage which he had used toward me wus mild “compared with that with which he assailed the nowcomer, 1 thought to take advantage of this divel s10n and step past Snell through the hall, but could not. At this time he succeeded in again firing his revolver, and toward me, I had not shown mine, but finding his work- ing again, and fearing my life, I shot with- out sighting or taking other aim than by holding the pistol toward him, Almost at the sume instant Isaw his flash my cowm panion fired, and it wus evident Snell was badly wounded by one or both of us, for he staggered and in a short time fell dead in the ball. 3 ‘¢ {We lit out ‘as fast as we could get away, going out by the rear basement door, and then out by the alley to the street. So much noise had oeen made weo feared the whole neighiborhood would be aroused and after us, but we got away without observation. I was the younger and got away the faster, going to Handolph street as fast as I could run, and then making my way to the agreed ren- dezyous, There my companions gave me $127 as my share of the money. *I did not want to kill or even shoot at Snell, but he gave me no other choice than to disable him or be killed by nim. Ishot intendif to disable him. 1donot know where my ball it, nor which of us killed nim.” ‘I'wo bullets of different sizes were found m Mr. Snell's body. On the Tascott theory those working on the case bave found it ne essary to eve that Tascott used two pistols of different calibre—an unbeard of thing in even a deliberately planned murder requiring only two shots, Much effort has been u Iy spent to show that Tascott owned two pistols. Gillun’s statement that ne and his companion each fired a shot ac- counts for the two uncaual butlets. As 10 Tascott’s part in the tragedy, there are excellent reasons for believing that Gil- lan’s statement exonerating him from direct complicity may be correct. It is known from Gillan’s former associates at Kelleher’'s that he had been in the habit of using Tas- cott, who was not under the suspicioa of the police, as an agent between himself and the purchusers of his stolen goods. In this connection it is said on the author- ity of Tascott's brother that Tascout, on hearing while in Madison, Wis,, that he was charged with the murder, came to Chicago on funds supplied by the brother to declare his innocence and stand trial. He consulted alle street attor ‘T'he attorney tigated the circumstantial evidence h bad been heralded as sufficient to convict him, and advised him to stand tmial, Tascott learned, however, of the discove of alot of stolen property in his closet which he had been secreting for Gillan, He learned that this property, consisting of fine guitars, mandolins, and silverware had, been identified by various west side residents whose houses Gillan had pillaged. He rea- lized that if he escaped on the charge of murder he would be convictea for receiviug stolen goods if not for robbery. He deter- miued to leave Chicago again and did so. n Denies the Story. Cuicauo, Sept. 20.—Father Sullivan was scen to-day and emphatically denied the fibove story in toto, One of the two other stories which appeared to-day has it that the willionaire was slain by a pair of toughs who were hired by a mysterious third party, A third tale is to the effect that *professional burglars,” whose identity is not even hintea at, killed Snell as an lncident in the course of their professional occupation, sud have since disposed of Tascott, aganst whom su picion was unjustly directed. The trimmings of this article ure that Tascott was au illegitimate son; that after the tragedy he was bidden for months in b mother's house, disguiised a8 a servant girl, sud was taken by het to the Pacific coast. The conolusion is in the nature of @ vague suggestion that he was subsequeatly kilied by the real criminals i Alaska. To-night the Gillan story was ex- ploded even moro thoroughly than it had con by Father Sullivan, A sergeant at_the west Lako street police station showed by reference to his records what the man said to have confe to the murdoer was at the time of the crime safe under lock and key in u cell many blocks from the mansion of the ill- fated millionaire, D TROUBLE IN A THEATRE. A New York Mob Creates Havoe ina Temple of Thespis. New YORK, Sept. 20.—[Spocial Tolegram to Tie Bee.]-~Considerable excitoment was created on the Bow y yesterday in frout of the Thalia theater, formerly the Old How- ery. Two wecks ago Gustave Amberg, who s the lesseo of this theater, sublet it to Kfita & Co., who were to play Jewish operas. They gave performances under Amberg's license, which, howover, expired last week. The company kopt on playing pending avpli- cation to tho mayor, Yesterday, whilo the performanco was going or, a squal of police, under orders from some captain, entored the stage entrance and ordered the play stopped. Mr. Kfka imparted the information to the audience. A terrible howl wontup from fully 2,000 people present. They yelled for their money and a rush was made for the box office, but 1t was tightly closed. Some of the infuriated mob began toaring the paper off the walls, while others kept up a shout for the return of their money. A cry of fire was raised, and a num- ber of women, overcowe by fright, fainted. Finagaho bolice, by force of thoir clubs, drove! \?nmb out and cleared the theater in ashort fimo, Outside the mob kept howling for thoir monoy. Mr. Amberg atlempted to pass through the crowd, but being recognized, was assadlted with all sorts of missiles His hat was smashed and his coat ‘torn up the back, and if it wero not for the police he would hive been badly hurt. The polico lly cleared the streets. Amberg went to Superintendent Murray und explaified how the pluc t open while an applica: tion for a liceuse was pending, and - mischief had een wrought by some of his ofiicious subalterns. Ihe superintendent made profuse apologies, but this does not heal the bruises of the peoplo hurt and beaten out of the show. - MARRIED AGAINST HIS WILL, The Strange Story Told to the New York Police. New Youk, Sept. 20.—|Special Telegram to Tnr Ber.|—A strange story was told at police headquarters to-night by two men about a young man, a friend of theirs, named David Kirchneroff, being forcedinto a mar- riage with & Russian girl, against his will While the two men were looking for redross at headquarters the marriage ceremony was being performed 1 the Golden Star hall, 92 Hester swreet. Tho father of the newly made wife is a cloak maker, and his name is Aaronsen, Thinking some time ago that his daughter Rose should got married, he paid $100 to a *‘chadchin” to get her a husband. The ‘chadehin’ got young Kirchneroff to fill the bill, aud, it is sad, gave him half of the money. The couple were made acquainted, but scon the bridegroom that, was to be manifested a cool- ness towards nis fiance. He made up his mind to leave the eity and tried to carry out the design on Saturday last. He went down Grand street towards the forry, but was followed by Aaronsen and the Schadchin,” who captured him on a Wiliiamsblrg ferry boat and brought him ack. He was taken to a house in Clristic stroot wnd kopt thero till this afternoon under a guard of six men. Lo-night he was compelled to walk to the Golden Star hall, don a suit of wedding clothes, and go through his part of the ceremony. Rabbi David Falk, of No. 65 Cauul street, offi- ciated. It is not yet known what steps will bo taken in the matter. BLLLINGS FOUND GUILTY. Convicted of Murder in the Second Degree. WarenrLoo, Ta., —|Spocial Tele- gram to Tue Bee. ry to expectation the jury in the Billgs case agreed upon u verdict at 5 o'clock this morning. By iv M. E. Billings is found guilty of mur- der in the second degree and will have to go t the penitentiary for at least ten years. He received the verdict without any show of emotion, but as e shook the jurors by the hand he said that he could not see how thoy arrived t such s vor- dict. Mrs, Billings is nearly prostrated at the result, but her husband keeps up well, and says that the verdict will be set aside. The jury stood eight for conviction to four for ac- quittal on the first ballot, und were out eleven hours, —_— A RELIGIOUS SENSATION. The Pastor of a St Louis Church Talks Ton Fre St Lous, Mo., Sept. 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee,|—A genuine sensation in St. Louis religious circles has been caused by @ speech at the Brotherhood of St. An- drew’s meetiug at Cleveland by Rev. r. Holland, rector of St.*George’s Episcopal ¢ hurch, 'the most fashionable shrine of wor- ship in this city. The paragraph that has aroused the people was one in which he us- serted that all men are not equal and that the id ca that God created men equal grows out of superstition and ignorance. Some Epis- copal:ans examined the ritual to-day for prayer beginning O, Lord, who made all men equal,” but_ could not fnd it. Many wombers of Dr. Holland's church and nearly ull representatives of other creeds condema his utterances, He will face & oyclone when lio returns, WEST VIRGINIA VIGILANTES, They Continue to Use Bad Judgment in Selections For Noos UxioN, W. Vi, Sept. 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee |—Reliable nformavion from Blucfield, Mercer county, shows the recentlynching of the negro, Samuel Garner, to have been an outrage ob & par with the hanging of John Turner in Greenbriur /, in July, Like Turner, Garner was lynched for ac committed. Ho was charged with & eriminal assault on & car-0ld girl, The Mercer county au- thoritics have made a number of arrests of parties having @ band i the lynching, and uspects are in jail at Princeton. There termination 1o go to the bovtom of the watter, e A BOGUS M. D. FACTORY, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Base of Its Operutions, Bostox, Sept. 20.—A dispatch from Ports- mouth, N. H., says @& great sensation has been caused there by the discovery of an- other actively maintained bogus college of mediciue, similar in management and large in extent than the Druid college, of Maine, which was exposed two years ago. The dis~ coverywas made by the state board of censors, A criminal case has been made our and im portant developments are expected, There seems to be no doubt that hundreds of diplo- mas have been purchased throughout the south and west, while New England has been victimized to & great extent. Al Ul Steamsinp ivals, At Bremerhaven—The BSaale, from York, At Hamburg—The Augusta Victoria and Hammonia, from New York. At New York—The Bohemia, from Ham- burg; the Servia and Victoria, from Livers pool: La Bretagne, from Hayre, At Liverpool—The Kossmore, from Balti more. At Queenstown—The Aurania, from New York, and the British Priucess, from Phila delphia. Av Havre—La Bourgogne, York. the New from New NUMBER 102 HE WAS A COSTLY WITNESS. An Ex-Officlal of Cass County Are rested on a Serious Charge, WANTED BY IOWA AUTHORITIES, A Nine Thousand Dollar Fire Visite Mead—Ootlision at North Platte — Seward's Sucoessful ir—State News. Taken Back to lowa. Prarrssovrn, Neb,, Sept. 20.—ISpacial Telegram to Tue B ~Last Friday Sher- iff Allen Meader, of Elaora, Hardin coonty, In,, arrived io this city armed with the neo- essary requisition papers from Governor Larraboo, of Iowa, and a warrant from Gov- ernor Thayor, for the arrest of E'rod W. Race, of Weeping Water, who was deputy county oclerk of this county four years ago, but of late has been engaged in the iusurance business in Weop- ing Water, Race is charged with obtaining money under falso protenses, Last July he was summoned by the state of lowa to ap- pear us a witness against a defaulting treasurer of Hardin county, Raco demunded his fees in advance, which were sent to him at Omaha by express, where he * received the same and gave a receipt for it After procoeding to Eldora and testifying he again demanded his fees, saying he haa not yet received them, and they wore again promptly paid. Race was arrested yosterday in Weeping Water by Sherift Eikenbarry, of this county, and taken to Eldora to-day by Sherift M where il aiswer to tne charge of grand larceny. A Fire at Mead, Mean, Neb,, Sept. 20.—|Special Telegram to T Bee. |—Quite a large fire occurred n this place about 1 o’clock this morning, the largo brick general store of W. N. Becker, jr., and the drug store of C. W. Wilson being consumed. The fire originated in the rear of Wilson’s drug store and its cause is o mys- tery.. Becker’s store and goods were valued at about 4,000 and Wilson’s at about &4,500, with a fair iusurance on each. 13esides two or three small buildings v burned, the total value of which isabout $500, A Smas| th P latte. Nonti PLarTe, Nob., Sept. 20.—|Spe cial to Tne Bee.]--As an extra freight from the east entering the yard Saturday morn- ing at 8 o'clock, it ran mw a loaded freight traiu standing on the main track, badly amaging the engine and eight or ten cars, here were no lizhts on the train, which was No. 20, and the engineer of the incomng tram, Charles Hall, could not stop in time to prevent the ocoident, as he was drawiig a heavy train. No one was hurt. Sewar ] County's Saccessful Fair. Sewanrp, Neb,, Sept. 20.—[Special to Tns Bee.]—The Soward county fair has clofed anda its finuncial success is assured. The exhibition of agricultural products was very large und of a high order, und of great vae riety. Nothing on the grouhds apart from the races attracted such attention as the numerous flue horses on exhibition, This department being opsn to the state and the prizes being liberal, many fing horses were brought in from other counties, but there is hardly any doubt but what the laurels will be retained at home, The Friday races at- tracted a large crowd. In the three minute class there were five entries, distance one mile, best three out of flve. Ludy Cleveland, owned by Milford parties, was an easy winner of first prize; f Seward, second. Time: 5 In the 2:35 class, open to the state, there wero four entries, one mile, best three in five. The race was one of the most closely conte ever trotted on the course. Count Waldemar, of York, got first, Averdeen second, Onnawa Maid third, Time—: Inthe running race, three-fourths of a miie, best two in three, Prince McMabon got first, Joo Green second. Time—1:18, Friday and Saturday evenings a balloon ascension ook place on the grounds, and for the first time in the history of balloon as- consions in this city, the thing was a big suo- The aeronaut went up over a thousand when he cut loose from the balloon and rded by means of n parachute, lauding. safely abouv half a mile from where he rose. Lincoin County Kepublicans. Nonru Prarre, Neb.,, Sept. 20.—[Special to Tue Bee]—The Lincoln county republi- can convention met here Saturaay and placed m nomination the following ticket: Treas. urer, C. E. Osgood; clerk, Butler Buchanan; sheriff, D. A. Baker; judge, J. M. Ray; superintendent of public inatruction, Joseph Beeler; surveyor, T. A. Fort; clerk of the district court, W. C. lder; coroner, Samuel Adams; commissionor, 1. D. Murphy. On motion of C. ¥. Iddings it wus resolved that it is the sense of the republicans of Lincoln county that Hon. A, H. Church, one of the present judges of this judicial district, should be nominated to that office by the republican , judicial convention to be held at Lexington, October 15, and that the delogates from this county be instructed to use all houorable means to secure his election; and further, that Judge Church be permitted to name the delegates to the above convention. I'he reso- lution was carvied. It was also resolved that as the Hon. J. W. Bixler is a candidate for the ofice of su- prame judge, he be allowed to name the del- egates Lo the state couvention at Hastings, The resolution was carried by & unanimous vote, Resolutions endorsing President farris on and hisadministration, and Governor Thayer and his adwinistration, were adopted, Antelove county an conventicn was held here yesterday and candidates named for tne dif- ferent places, No couvention in the history of the county has induced such @ hard fight among the friends of the numecrous candi- dates as the one just held, There was un especially close contost on treasurer and sheriff, ballov after ballot being taken. The ticket on the whole is a good one and as fol- lows: Clerk, T. . Donnis; treasurer, George Fleteher; sheriff, Willam Bare; vounty judge, W. H, Holmos; county superintendent, 5. A. Boyd; surveyor, C. I. Bayha. Only two of the old officers were renominated— Holmes for judge and Boyd for superintens dent. Another Bank at ) Nriian, Neb., Sept. [Special to Tis Bre.)—1The Commercial State bank, & new. institution, will opened on Tuesday, Oc= tober 1. The company has purchased the Citizens' baak, aud has orgav with & paid up capital of §0,000. J. H. Yates, of this place, formerly contected with the Globe Investment company, is president, and K. I, Richards, cashic aviest stocks holders are the Kocl g compiny, of i The bank has large resources, and will help in making Neligh one of the best inouey centers in this” soction of the state, it being the sec stantial buik estabiished here within a fow weeks igh. o et Wanted o Wear Steipes, HosTox, Muss., Sept ).~ George Francis Irain bas decided 1o start a newspuper, to be called the Reign of Terror, and will use his prison cell as his editorial sunctuw, He tried to_ buy @ prison warb t-day, but the eiff decided thist a poor debtor could ned such apparel. Georve " is grestly he thought the siripes Teain