Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 24, 1889, Page 1

OMAHA - OMAHA, _THURS - —C SDAY__ MORNING, BRITISH ROYALTY AT ATHENS The Prince of Wales and Family Visit the Greek Capital. GIVEN A CORDIAL WELCOME. Great Enthusiasm Shown by the Pop- ulnce on Their Arrival—Where- abonuts of Stanley and Emin Pasba. A Picturesque Display. [Copuright 1989 by James Gordon Bennstt.] Arnexs, Oct. 23.—[New York Herald Cable ~Special to Tie 3ge.]—The entry of the royal yacht Osborne, bearing the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Albert Edward, Prince George snd Princesses Maud and Victoria, into the harbor to-day was a de- cidedly picturesque display. The Englisn ships under Admiral Haskins met the Os- borne off the island of Ydra. A naval procession was formed, with the flagship leading, and the Osborne in the center of the column, Just oiitside the harbor the Eng- lish vessels were met by the Greek fleet under Admiral Maouli, At this point the English ships hoisted the Groek colors, As the royl procession passed into the harbor, iutes were fired from all the war ships, yards wero manned and the sailors lustily cheered the Osborne as she left the line and drew up to the dock. Upon the arrival of the royal yacht in port the king and queen of Greece and duke of Sparta, accompanied by Lady Monson and attaches of the English legation, went on board and gave the visitors the warmest kind of a welcome. The entire party was driven directly from the dock to the special train which was to convey them to Athens. The train arrived here safely. The English Rguests were met at the station by Mm, Tri- couplies and Metropolitan. The prince of Wales wore the full dress uniform of a gen- eral of the Greek army. Princes Albert, Ea- ward and George also wore Greek uniforms. The vrincess of Wales wore a violet Chinege silk with check pattern, trimmed ‘with white gauze. The princess looked de- 1lghtfully cool in a dark blue Chinese silk, with white pattern, and also trimmed with white gauze. The mayor presented each of the princesses with a large bouquet at the station, The prince of Wales had a long talk with Tricoupies. This picce of tact made a very pleasant impression. It was remarked that tho czarowitch was not present to meet the royal purty. From the station to the palace the recep- tion of the visitors was most enthusias Flags were waved from all the windows along the route. The streets were crowded and the people gathered in large numbers, even on the house tops. in the first carriage were seated the king of Greece, the prince of Wales, the duke of Sparta and Prince Al- bert Edwara, In the second carriage were the queen of Greece and the princess of ‘Wales. Then followed carriages bringing Prince George and the Greek and English princesses. RS i STANLEY AND EMIN PASHA. Conjcctures As to the Route Which They Are Traveling. Copyright 1859 by canies Gordon Bernstt.] Brussers, Oct. 23.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bee.]—In producing a telegram from Captain Wissmann an- nouncing that Stanley and Emin Pasha are expected at Mpwapwa by the end of Novem- ber, tne Independence Belge makes the fol- lowing remarks: “Chis news does not agree with the con- jectures made for somo time past. In well-informed circles it was generally be- lieved that from Lake Victoria, where Stan- ley was when we last heard from him, he would travel to the north and arrive at the Enghsh port of Mombassa after having established the authority of the Enelish and African Oriental company on all the.territory comprised between the lake re- gions and the coast. It was not believed that he would direct his steps to the south of Zanzibar, Besides this, the route from Lake Victoria by Ounya Moueza and Mpwapwa to Bogamayo is much longer than that of Mom- bassa, Wo therefore publish the informa tion for what it is worth. In truth, nobody in Europs can say say what change of itiner- ary the hazards of such ajourney might oblige Stanley and Emin to make, e e Cretan Chieftains, [Copuright 1589 by James Gordon Bennett,] Atnexs, Oct. 23.—[New York Herald Cablo—Special to Tue Bre.]—1t is reported here that the government proposes giving arms and ammunition with money to the Cretan chieftains who arrived here yester- day. There is no official verification of the rumor, and their arrival has po political importance. e A PRINCE REBUKED, Licutenant Bdwards, U. S, A, a Cowardly Teuton. Burraro, N. Y., Oct 23, —[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.]—kieutenant Clarence B. Edwards, U. S. A., of Fort Porter, has re- turned from a Eurovean trip with his bride, formerly Miss Bessie Porter, of this city, and the couple are domiciled at No. 3 Oficers' row, Fort Porter. On September 28 the story was published that Licutenant Edwards had, in London, punished Princo . Radsewill, a Prussian officer, for impertinent staring at Mrs, Ed- wards, and forced the Teuton to apologize. I don't know how this got into print,” said Lioutenant Edwards, yesterday, “because nobody witnessed what happened except the head waiter and the prince and myself, The prince was treated with dis- gusting deferonve, but was detested about the hotel. Ho stared at my wife so pers tently during two meals that I became sogry, Twentup to bim and wsked bim what he meant. If he bad been a man of pluck be would have resented this, but he was o coward and took everything meckly, 1 did get o challenge from him afterwards and sent word back to meet we in Soutn- ampton, to which piace we were just start- ing, He never came,” i AME; AN WOOL. A Review of the Market For the Past Veek, BostoN, Oct, 28.—|Special Telegram to Tug Bee,|—The American Wool Reporter, n its review of the market, will say that while the demand from manufacturers has Dbeen somewhat irregular and varies from day to day, there are not wanting indications that two or three large New England mills are stocking up wore freely thun heretofore and the feeling as a whole is fairly firm. The entire list of quotations is not materially chupged, and nothing but a hardening morey market and the lack of buoyancy in the goods trade keep Boston, New York and Philadelphia comparatively lower as . pur- chasing powts for wools than all the rest of the world. Me,.atime the supply of wool ere, though large in comparison with the and, I8 not increasing, und much of the ‘Wool i the hauds of commission houses is Scares {ie up by the high limits put on_it by the consigners, The sales of Ohio XX the past week have been mainly at 84¢ and of at 82, Staple wools are steadier all arovnd, though we still quote 40c as a full figure for No. 1 Ohio combing, and sufiicient to meet the present demand can be obtained at that figure. No, 1 Michigan clothing has sold at 7¢ and thero are some indications of a_bet- ter market for medium clothing wools, both washed and unwashed. In these, as well as most other grades of wool at the present time, however, there is a wide range on ac- count of the difference in selection. We quote No. 1 Michigan clothing at 35@37e, de- pending upon the strictness of the grade. Michigan delaine has sold av i e and Ohio delaine at Ohio fine unwashed ranges from 22 c and unmerchantable at 24@26c accord- ing to the proportion of delaine. The largest movement continues to be in territory wools ana a_single house has disposed of 450,000 pounds of these wools the past week. There have also been good sized transactions by other houses, including Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, ana direct shipments of Orogon. ' The time will probably come when it will seem as absurd to ship O wools to Boston via San Fran as via Yokohomo. There some very choice Valley Oregon in this market and quotations snowed a wide range. Some fall Texas is arriving, mainly from the northern and eastern sections of the state. In the San Antonio district the wools are de- fective and the prices are pronounced out of all reason, [or scoured fall Calitornia wool 500 18 the best price here for frec wool and for defective all the way down to 37}¢@40c. Georgia wools are firmer at 20}4@=27c. e AN AGRICULTURAL TRUST. on The President of the Farmers® Feder- ation Outlines a Scheme. S, Louts, Oct, 93.—The wheat growers of the Mississippi valley assembled here to-day to erganize for future action. Walter N. Allen, president of the Farmors’ federation, called the meeting to order and made a lengthy speech on the needs of far- mers. He said: “If the farmers would or- ganize like the manufacturers to control pro- duction and regulate it in the public market they could, in common with ull producers, set the 'price on their own products irrespective of the power of the Liverpool market. The unavoidable tendency of the present system is to bring the price down to the lowest limit at which the food supply can be produced. Inorder to prevent ruin we must reverse this order of things. The power to establish the value of one bushel of American wheat and one barrel of mess pork can_control the markets of the world, TIhis power is to be found in The centralized agency of the federated farmers of the Mississippi valley, a company. legally chartered with a capital stock of §20,000,000, and as your servant this com- pany awaits your bidding to enter upon the wori of redemption,” Other addresses were made in a similar vein, Bx-Secretary of Agriculture Colman was made permanent chairman of the con- vention. — - GLADSTONE AT SOUTHPORT. The Bulk of His Remarks Devoted to the Irish Question. Loxnoy, Oct. 23.—Gladstone, who deliv- ered an uddress at Southport this evening, was enthusiastically welcomed. He reviewed the work of the liberai party during the past twenty-one years. He paid a tribute to the laudable anxiety of the powers to postpone the European crisis.” He referred to the Cretan question as a formiduble menace to the peace of Europe. He criticized at leagth the government’s work and claimed that all its useful measures were liberal. The speech was short and somewhat disappointing, Gladstone made a point by decluring the principles of the dock strikes applied to the tenauts and tradesmen in Ireland would have been penal. He was touched by the election gams and behieved that if they could end the septennial act and appeal to the people to- morrow the verdict would be in favor of the liberals and a justice to Ireland. "The tulk of the specch was devoted to the Irish griev- ances, Ho said the continued necessity of proclaiming new districts was evidence of the failure of tho coercion policy, and de- clared the crime rate was not the same as in 1884, when, in order to secure the support of the Parnellites, the torivs declared coercion was no longer necessary. COLLOM MAY GO FRER Blaisdell's Testimony Regarded as Fatal to His Case. MixNEAPOLIS, Oct, 23.—The trial of At- torney Collom for forging J. Blaisdell's name 1o notes aggregating §227,000 began to-day. J. T. Blaisdell was the first witness. Dur- ing the cross-examination Blaisdell said he had not endorsed paper to exceed $15,000 for Collom at any one time, Judge Wilson handed the witness the alleged forged notes which formed the Dbasis for the state's case against Collom. Blais- dell denied that he had ever signed the documents. Later in the day Blaisdell, on being questioned in regard to the same noto, said he had bought up several notes at the Securilty bank and the note in question ‘was among the number. He said he had given another note for tho full amount of the one in question and had taken ix others which lie had claimed were forgeries, 'he prevailing opinion is that Blaisdell's evidence has materially weakened the case for the state, His admission as to buying he notes is regarded as fatal to his case. - A FACTION FRACAS, The Howards and Turners Fight a Bloody Battie. LoutsviLLe, Oct. 2, —News has just been received here of an engagement between tho Howard and Turner factions near Harlan court house, The fight took place yesterday and James Dean, of the Howard party, was killed and fiye 'others wounded. 1hree of the Turner clowd were wounded, “The report reached Pineville this morning that the Howard forces in Harlan, enraged by the battle of yesterday and the probaole fatal wounding of their leader, left camp last night and siarted for Hai house, ntending to kil everybody that be- longs 1o the opposition and burn the town. The latest report from Harlan court house states that Wilson Howard had cut off Lewis and his party from communication with the town. Suerift Howard, of Harlan, who s here, urges the govercor to send Lroops to quiet the country. He says on account of the wide extent of the feud he cannot find enough men not concerned to form u posse to execute the law, —— THIE CRONIN CASE, A Surprise Promised at Seasion, Cuicao, Oct. 23.—The Journal this even- ing asserts that either in State's Attorney Longenecker’s speech in the Cronin case to- morrow or in the evidence to be introduced later, there will be surprises, The weak point in the case has always been thought to have been the ability of the state 80 show that Dr, Cronin actually en- tered the Carlson cottuge the night of the murder, The Journal claims that tue state’s attoruey has two witnesses whbo saw Cronin driven up to the Carlson cottage and saw him enter. It is also thought that evidence will be produced to show that four wen took art in the murder—Coughlin, Cooney, urke and & man uot yet arrested at mide night. -O'Sullivan, it is claimed, acted as sentry outside. Kunze is said to be the man who drove Coughliu to the cottage. To-Day's B The Bowman Verdict. Sr. Louis, Oct, 23.—1'here seems to have been an error in reporting thoe verdict in the Bowman case. The verdict was thut Bow- man came Lo bis death from the effects of a guoshot wound inflicted * by Chambers, and that Chambers is unlawfully and feloniously responsible for the death of Bowwan, CIVIL SERVICE DEFORMERS. Houk, of Tennessee, Disgusted With Roosevelt & Co. ARMY CIRCLES DELIGHTED. Two Appointments By Harrison Re- garded as Significant — Wana- maker and Clarkson Barn- ing the Midnight Oil. 513 FOURTERNTIL STREET, Wasnixaroy, D. C,, Oct, 28. Nearly everybody here is discussing tho civil service law in general and the commis- sion as at present constituted in particalar, The former has friends in all parti the latter seems to be severely criticized by al- most every senator and representative, along with private citizens. The impression gen- erally prevails that there will be some radical changes in either the commission or the law, although very few feign to believe that the cardinal principles of the law or the reform will be altered. There are two re- publican congressm in the city who take such widely different views on the subject that they are worth quoting. One is Sim- onds, of Connecticut, who favors tho whole thing as it now stands, and says it will remain intact. The other is Houk, of lennessee, who denounces the reform as enforced and every member of the commission, Mr. Simonds says: “Undoubtedly there Is' a decided opposi- tion to the law among the workers of both parties, but speaking entirely from a partisan point of view, I think patronage is a positive evil. Ihave no slurs to cast upon a man who sceks office. I think any man may have an honorable ambition to hold an ofiice and that he has a perfect right to seek it, but the pos- session of patronage is a positive injury to a party, ana I think the civil service law should be maintained and extended as far and as rapidly as 1t can be of benefit to the public service.” Mr, Houk, who is the oldest republican member from the south, declares the reform under the present commission to be a fraud. Ha says Commissioner Roosevelt is going around talking as if the United States belonged to him and that the people are heartily sick of the humbug, He believes congress will take it in hand. He adds, further: “I awm not opposed to any meritorious method of conducting the civil service, but the methods of examination adopted by the civil service commission are a positive out- rage. Tuey examine a man for a clerkship by the most technical questions. They are trying to deny that now, but they all know the charge is true. They talk about spoiis- men, but there are no three worse spoilsmen on the continent than theso threo little fel- lows who turn the crank to run the civil ser- vice machme, They take the presi- dent or heads of departments to task about the least thing. If a removal takes place they proceed to inquire why it was done, when they admit that the law does uot prevent removals by heads of depar ments, I don't believe there is one voter in every five thousand who will want the threo little fellows to continue grinding away at the machine. The president of the United States is the only one who has power to say who shail hold ofice. I don’t believe that the commission is constitutional, because the constitution of the United States expressly invests the appointing power in the presi- dent, which he executes through the mem- wbers of his cabinet, and others designated by him for that purpose. [ intend to urge this point upon congress tis winter.” ARMY CIRCLES DELIGUTED, President Harrison to-day appointed First Licutenant Theodore E. True,-of the Fourth infantry, and First Lieutenant John Mc- Ettyde, of the Eighth infrantry, to be assis- tant quartcrmasters with rank of ca tain. Lieutenant True is an Illicois man and wasa corporalin the Seventh Iilmois infantry in the late war, Lieutenant Hyde was a private n_company A, Seventy-first New York regiment, There is great delight in army circles that civilians were not ap- pointed to these positions. President Cleve- land was prone to reward his political friends in making appointments in the army, but those of to-day are regarded as an indication that President Harrison futends to stick by the army rules in malang these selections. The voung officers are growling to-might _ because tho president has selected what they term ‘“old hulks, an appellation West Pointers of late delight to use when referring to the lieutenauts who haye come into the regular army from the volunteer service and who are an inherit- ance from the late war, Secretary Proctor intends to reward as far as he can these old officers and believes that within eight or ter. years there will be no more licutenants who have come up from the volunteer service of 1861, WASHINGTON BunEA Tir OMATA Bi, } WANAMAKER AND OLARKSON. Assistant Postmaster General is doing an immense amount incident to the completion of Postmaster _General Wanamaker's ro- port. Both officers are working night and day with a view to completing their labors by the middle of next month, "The annual report of the postmaster general i8 always voluminous, sometimes oceupying 1,000 closely printed pages, much of which is tabular work. The newspaper experience of General Clarkson serves him well at this time, Holisa rapid and methodical com- poser, besides being one of the most indus- trious men in the public service, There is a good deal of midnight gas being burned now by Messrs, Wanamaker and Clarkson and they are said to be the hardest worked of any of the departmental officials at this time. Secretary Windom, however, is doiug @ great deal of work gotting his report ready. When Mr. Wanamaker went into the post- office department, it was said by some hetook the position merely for the honor and that he would use it to bring himself into prominence without doing any actual labor, that ho was, in fact, a retired merchant, so far as actual physical work was concerned. Mr, Wana- weker has averaged fully ten hours out of every twenty-four of each of the six days in the weok with the hardest kind of work since he became postmaster general, If one would look upon him ut his work in his room at the postofiice department, or at his resi- dence, early in the morning, through the en- tire day and until late at night, he will be disabused of any idea that Mr. Wanamaker was not & laborer in the busiest vineyard of the country. He has displayed great adaptability in his work and takes hold of it with o relish, 1t is understood that his re- port wiil be more voluminous than that of any of his predecessors, and that it will con- tain many lmportant recommendations, He- sides all this work that Mr. Wanamaker is doing in connection with his ofiicial position, Le is directing his immense interests in Phil- adelphia, @ speclal wire ranning into his pri- vate rooin at the postofiice department. Ho has an operator there and is in constant com- munication with his private oftice, and every detail of his business is directed by elec- trioity. First Carkson of work BTRONG BACKING. Papers were filed with the comptroller of the currency to-day recommending the ap- pointment of Colonel John H. Drake, of Aberdeen, 8. D., as national bank examlner for the district composed of the states of North and South Dakota and northern Ne- braska aud Wyoming, Colonel Drake's rec- ommendations are probably the strongest of any applicant for the office in the northwest, and he will undoubtedly secure the appointwent. Among the pile of papers flled are very sirong per- sonal endorsements from Senators Moody and Pettigrew, Governor Mellette, the two members of congress from South Dakota and all of the state officials and ofiicers of the legislature, together with & memorial from the constitutional convention and probably one bundred and fifty of the leading re- Ppublicaus of the two Dakotas. He also bad filed a large number of lers from leading republicdns outsido of Da- kota, among them - Sem Hiscock and Congressman Belden, of New York, where Colonel Drake formerly lived. PENSION OFFICE IIEADS TN DANGER. It was 2 o'clock this aftérmoon when Com- missioner Raum entéred the pension office. His face was diffused witll smiles and there was about him the fragrante of orange blos- soms and wedding ,cake. He had just at- tended the marriage f his daughter, but he no sooner got settled in his official chair than he began to wield his pen and to direct the affairs of the office lke one who had been there for years. It is said now that the names of the thirty pension office employes mven to the press this week is not a full list of those ro- rated undor Commissioner Tanner. There are about a dozen more of the pension offico omployes who had their pensions rerated and were mven large arrearages. Thewr names appear to have escaped the notice of the commission who_examined the manage- ment of the office. It is not yet known what action will be taken to recover this illegally allowed money, but it is believed that it will' nearly ull be recov- ered or the bveneficiarics retired from the public servico. Mest of them, 1t is said Secretary Noble has inbimated, will have to rotire in any event. MISCELLANEOUS, John Jenkins, of Omata, and W. Eaton, of Lincoln, are at the St. James, Mrs, Will Kingsley, wife of one of the professors in tho Shenandoah (Iowa) Col- lege, is in the city for o fow days en route home from New York, where she has been completing her musical education. United States Senator R. I\ Pettigrew, of Sioux Falls, S. D., will arrive here on next Saturday and look after appointments of constituents. Senator Moody und Governor Mellette are expected to join him next week. The appointments for South Dakota were deferred upon the request of these men till after their election, It is understood two of the employes of the pension office whose pensions were re- rated have been officially requested to refund to the government the extra money paid. “The law gives them sixty days to reply to the notification, Secretary Blaine to-day began the hearing of the United States consul to Moroc Lewis, in the charges made azainst him by a merchant of Fez. The injuiry will be cou- tinued next week. Caleb . Davis, of Keokuk, In, has been appointed special Inspector of the public land service at a salary of §2.500, vice John A, Pickler, resigned. Mr.' Pickler re- signed = becauso of his recent elec- tion as member of congress from South Dukota. His services as inspector were very valuable to the government es- pecially in the opening of Oklahoma, Perny S. Hear. L Washington's: Friends. Wasmiseroy, Nov. 2.—A thousand or more gentlemen representing the national board of promotion, organized for the pur- pose of having the world’s fair of 1802 held in Washington, met to-day. Those present came from various parts of the country and were nearly all members ot boards of trade or similar bodies. Delaware, Maryland and Florida were represented by them. A memorial to congress' was adopted as the sense of the meeting urging an appropriate ceiebration in 1802 of the four hundredth' anniversary of the_discovery of America by an expositi designed to show the progress of civilizs in the western hemisphere. The memorial rays that “‘the dignity of the nation be not intrusted to any corporation, association or municipality, but that the exposition be held at the national capitol, exclusively under the control of the general government and that from the treasury of the United States, over- flowing as it is with a revenue far in excess of the needs of the government, the exces penditures, if any above the receipts, be met.” ng personal let- Secretary Tracy's Estimaees. Wasmyaroy, Oct. 23.—Sccretary Tracy has concluded the work on the estimates for the naval establishment for the year 1890-01. ‘The appropriations for the year 1889-90 were in round numbers $22.450,000, This included several millions for the construction of new vessols now unaer way or projected, It is understood that the cstimates finally passed by Secretary Tracy show an increase of wbout $3,000,000 over last year, chiefly for new work on vessels and improvements and additions to the navy yard: SNOW 1IN VIR The Thermometer Near the Freesing Point—At Other Places. NEW Yonk, Oct. 23,—Thore was quite a lively snow storm at Sanly Hook to-day. It was the fivst of the season. PuiLApeLriia, Oct. 23,—The first snow of the season began falling before daylight this morning and continued all the forenoon. It melted as fast s it fel Wi STER, Va,Oct, 28, —It snowed most of the day, with the thermometer near freezing voint. Thirty-six years ago snow fall to the depth of fourteen inches, breaking trees and shrubbery. Reports from Staunton and Harrisonburg report that the weather has been extremely inclement ail day, aiter- nately raining, hailiog and snown, CHAMBERLAND, Md., Oct. 28, here was a genoral fall of snow in this section this morning. Barrivonre, Oct. 23.—The first snow of the season fell this morning. eS| AT MILWAUK INIA. SE, The Tourists Dance the Away. MiLWAUKEE, Oct, 23.—The All-Americas travelers arrived from Chicago this morn- ing. The run was uneventful save for boarding of the train at Western Union Jun tion by the Milwaukee reception committee, Upon arriving at Milwaukeo carviages car- ried the party through the residence sec- tions, to the art- gallery, waterworks, to the breweries and to the hotel at 10:30, where lunch was had, When lunch had been ffn- 1shed a number of shortspeeches were made, after which the drive about the city was re- sumed, The chief feature of interesv was the National Soldiers’ home on the outskirts of the city. The southern visitors saw with some wonder the great number of veterans, all in uniform, drawn up in line along the beautiful grounds, After dinuer at the hotel the party in the evening attended a reception extended at his home by John L. Mitehell. A new diver- siop was there offered, canvas tent, con- nected by a covered way with the house, was pitched on the lawn, and|there the visitors danced until late in the levening, when they were driven to their train, which started at widnight for St. Paul, sl A ST, PETERSBURG FLOODED, Evening The Whole Lower Portion of the City Under Water. Loxpoy, Oct. 23.—News comes from St. Petersburg that a sudden rise in the waters of the river Neva has flooded the whole lower part of the city and a large pumber of streets are under wated from one end to the other. No lives are reported lost, but the damage to property along the water front extends for many miles on both sides of the river and will reach enbrmous figures. e s A Priest's Golden Jubilee. BaLtiMoge, Oct, 23.—The celebration of Monsignor McColgan's golden jubilee in commemoration of his fiftieth anniversary as a priest took place 1 St. Peter's Catholic church to-day, 'The aged ecclesiastic cele- brated mass ut 6 o'clock, and_at 10:20 Cardi- nal Gibbons oficiated as celebrant in a ponti- ficial high mass. ¥be sermon was delivered by Bishop toley, ®f Detroit. The presents were many and costly, i The Weather Forecast. For Omaha and vicinity: Fair weather, For Nebraska, Iowa and Dakota: Fair, followed by light rain 1 Dakota, warier, southerly win A NORTHWESTERY SMASHUP, Two Trains Come Together Near Ralston, Ia. AN ENGINEER BADLY INJURED. Coming Convention of Dalrymen at Mason City—Supreme Court Decis- fons—The Railroad Commis- sioners—Hawkeye Notes, A Rear Ena Collision, Ravstoy, Ia, Oct. 2).—[Special to Tam Ber)—A rear end collision between vwo freight trains ocourred on the Northwestern railroad at this point at 5 o'clock this morn- ing. Several freight cars were splintered, and the way car and two empties burned. The collision was between the second sec- tion of No. 20 and a special stock train, both going east. The special started to run to Scranton without orders, and the other train had a time order to reach the same place, and was flying at the rate of forty-five miles an hour to get there, and struck the special, which was slowing up to make a siding. A thick fog obscured the rear lights of the head train, and it was not seen until it was too lato to ao littie more than check the speed. The engineer and fireman both jumped. The Jatter escaped unhurt, but the former, Frank Slater, received some painful injuries. When ho jumped he struck on_his face and against the end of a tio, lacerating his face and breaking his jaw and two fingers. The big cighty-ton locomotive plowed out of ~the wreck, left the track and ran to the fence and stopped, Only the front end was dam- aged, The boiler was unmjured and the smole stack intact and the cab unscratched. The cars burned caught fire from the stove 1n the way car, Only onie train was delayed, the limited ox- press, and that only until a temporary track could be built around the wreck. Slater was tuken to Carroll and cared for by physicians, His home is in Boone. The Dairymen’s Convention. Masox Ciry, Ia., Oct. 23.—[Special to Tae Beg,|—The citizens of this city and county are putting forth every effort to make the coming meeting of the Towa Butter, Cheeso and Egg association, called to meet in this city on November 12, 13 and 14, one of the most successful yet held in the history of the asso- ciation. The assembly will meet in Parker's opera house and the Armory hall has been engaged for the exhibition of dairy vroducts and apparatus. Some of the brightest and best posted practical dairymen i the west are engaged to oddress the convention. A full exhibit of butter und cheese will com- pete for the premiums offered by the enter- prising citizens of Mason City aud by the various manufacturers. All the salt men will be present. This convention offers oppor- tunities to the dwellers in Iowa and neigh- boring states for knowledge of best motiods and latest improved processes in dairy busi- ness. The Supreme Court, Des Morxes, fa., Ocf |Special Tele- gram to Tne Ber.|—The supreme court do cided the following cases to-day: M, Junnoy vs. Springer & Willard and appellants; Mahaska district; afirmed. D. Howorth vs. Seifer's Manufacturing pany et al, appellants; Mahaska district; aftirmed. State of Towa vs. Charles Zimmerman, ap- peliant; Marshall district; afirmed. Joshua Winthras vs. John Lewis, appel- Jant; Mitchell district; afiirmed. A Nut For the Commissioners. Drs Moixes, Ia., Oct. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to Tre Bee.|—The railroad commis- sioners have had referred w0 them a case in- volving some fine puints and some important relations, The Niagara Fucl Oil company, of Lima, O., an opponent of the Standard Oil company, is the complainant. It com- plains that the Milwaukee road at Dubuque refuses to take cars of ofl from the Kansas Civy road and switch to the place of business of the purchasers of this oil. It seems that all of tho western ronds from Chicago ex- cept the St. Paul & Kansas City road have raised their rates west: The Kansas City roud hus been carrying this Lima com- pany’s oil to patrons 1n Dubuque, but the Milwankee road, which bas tracks to the purchasers) warchouses, refuses to switch the cars, Will the commissioners compel them to do 501 1t is claimed that the Stand- ard Oil company is behind the other roads in their fight against the Kansas City road. The Pollution of Streams. Des Moixes, Tn,, Oct. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue BEe.|—The stato board of health bas an opportunity to test its power to prevent tae pollution of country streams from which stock drink. Secrotary Ken- nedy has reccived a complaint from Brook- lyn, Ta., to the effect that & certamn farmer near there has caused the pollution of a creek by throwing refuse matter intoit. The farmers say he has been crushing cu- cumbers and dumping the pulp into tho creek, and this stuff renders tne water unfit for stock to drink. A sample of the pulp has been sent to the state chemist for analysis, Ashby Repudiated. Des Moixes, In., Oc Speclal Tele- gram to Tie B r. J. B, Furrow, prosi- dent of the State Farmers' alliance, has written for publication a letter stating that the man Ashby, who lately attaciced Senator Hutenison's record, is 1 no way connected with the alliance, and has not been since tho September mceting. Mr. Furrow will next week take the stump for the republican ticket, and he gives Hutchison his cordial and unreserved endorsement Marionites Co n 0 Omaha. MagIoN, Ta., Oct, 23.—|Special Telegram to Tk Bee.]—An excursion party consisting of the aldermen and city officials of Dubuque and a largo number of promizent citizens will reach Omaha Thursday morning at 7:50 o'clock. The excursion is tendered by the ‘Phompson-Houston Electric company, and is for the purpose of allowing the visitors to inspect the electric light, raliway and power systems at Omaha, Suicide at Grundy Center. GroNpy Cextes, Ia, Oct. 23.—[Special “Pelegram to Tue Bes.]—About50'clock yes- terday John Stork, a farmer living near Grundy Center, committed suicide by cut- ting his thrcat with & razor. A short time before he complained of some difficulty 1n his throat about breathing, and askod his wife 10 g0 to the neighbors for help. On her re- turn she found lim dead. He leaves a wife and two children, A Convention of Baptists. Des Morxes, Ia., Oct, 23, he forty-eighth state convention of the Baptists of Iowa con- vened this morning, with a large attendauce, Committee reports of church interests were seceived. ''ho finance report shows that the .ncome last year was $0,157 for the mission- ary fund and $1,415 for the churcn edifice fund, maging a total of $10 Of this, Towa subscribed §7,06: American Miss ary Association, CuicaGo, Oct. 23.—|Special Telegram to Pue Bee. | —The old anti-slavery missionary organization, the American Missionary ass ciation, will hold its forty-third annual con- vention in this city next week. The presi- dent, Rev. William Taylor, of: New York, will preside. Instituted as an organic testi- mony agawst all complicity with slave hold- ing in the church aud missiouary societies upon the outbreak of tho war, it found its @ight mission at the south in seeking the in. tollectual and moral elevation of the ne- groes. In tnat servico, as the almoner of the Congrogational churches of our land, it has already expended £10,000,000 in de: veloping an extended system of high schools, normal schools, colloges, and also a series of cight state associations of Congregational churches, In connection with this it has taken up work among the Indians and Chi- neso of thoe country, and %o it has been put 1n trust for its denomination with *‘the three despised races.” The meetine will hold soveral days and will bring out distinguished apeakers, lajc and clorical, from the cast, the west and the south, THE EPISCOPALIANS, A Misstonary Bishop Elected Forthe Diocrese of the Platte, New Yong, Oct When the Episcopal convention opened to-day the colored ques- tion was reopened by the committes on con- ference appointed by the house of bishops, who recommended that tho deputies accedo to tho desires of the upper house and pass a resolution defining the attitude of the Epis- copate toward the negro race. The deputies declined to reconsider their action, The resolution of Corning Judd, of Chicago, to sunstitute the words “‘American states” for the words ‘Protestant Episcopal’? was referred to the next convention, At the afternoon session the house sat with closed doors to consider the canon reported by the committee on marriage and divorce, The first section was adopted as follows: *“If any persons be joined together otherwise than us God's word doeth allow their mur- riage is uniawful, and such marriagoe is hereby prohibited” The second section, much to the same effect,was stricken out, the prohibition contained in the first being con- sidered sufficient, Section threo stating it to be the duty of ministers to admonish the people from time to time, that the church forbids clundestine marriage, and that pub- lic solemnization should not be dispensed with except for good cause and under special circumstances, was strucken out and a recess taken until 8 p. m. The bishops again failed to conour in tho adoption of Huntington's short office of prayer. T'he houso of bishops at the afternoon ses- sion completed the work of liturgical revision and adopted the canon relating to the crea- tion of the order of deacunness. 'Ihe upper house gave its consent to making the lines of boundary between North and South Dakota lines of missionary jurisdiction. The bishops have elected, with the concurrenc of the house of deputies, Rev. Edward Abbott, of Cam- bridge, Mass., bishop of the jurisdiction of Jupan, vice the late Bishop Williams, aud Rev. Aaron R. Graves, of Minneapohs, as missionary bishop of the new diocese of tho Platte, or western Nebraska. Disciple Missionary Societies. LouisviLLe, Oct. 23.—The foreign mis- sionary 8o of the church of Christ (Disciples) is holding its fourtecnth annual convention here. Delegates are present from the United States, Canada and BEng- land. The society reported thuty mis- sionary stations 1~ six different counties, The whole number of workers is_sixty-nine. The receipts of tho year aro 1,866, The annual address of the society was delivered m the evening before a_crowded_house by the Rey. H, O, Breeden, of Des Moines, fa, The first session of the fifteenth annual meeting of the general missionary conyen- tion of the Chureh of Christ was “also held this afternoon. The report of the man- aging board shows the total recoipts past year to be 87,809, besides, raised by the several state organi "The wissionaries report 14,469 udditions to the membership of the church, The Universaliste, Ly~w, Mass., Oct. 28.—The general con- vention of the Umiversalist church' began here to-day with a large number of delegates present. Pl I R CHICAGO PHYSIOIANS PUZZLED. Tracing the Source of Contagion of a Case of Small Pox. Cmicago, Oct. 23.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bez.]—That the case of small pox yes- terday reported in this city is genuine tho bealth officers are at last forced to admit. The patient is Lawrence Reibstem, the two- year-0ld son of Simon Reibstein, a dealer 1 ladies’ underwear, whosc store and dwelling arcin the same building. The chid has been ailing several days, but only yesterday did the symptoms of small pox show them- selves flagrantly. _Concerning the case, Dr. Montgomery said this morning “1t is one of the most critical cases to de- cide T evor saw, and I have attended a_great many. In the examination to try to find where the child had contracted the “dreaded diseaso it was impossible to trace it any- where, and the parents of the child were perfectly willing for us to search in every direction we desired, and to answer any and all questions put to them. They firmly as- sort that no old clothing has beon brought into the houso or store, no foreign let- ters or papers received, and that no members of the family have been away from home visiting, To sum it up, we can find no _source of contagion whatever; therefore we feel oackward about pronounc: ing it a_genuine case of small pox. It is certain, nevertheless, that the symptoms point to a typical case of that disease, und 1f we could trace its history in any way to a source of contagion, we would not hestaio a winute in pronouncing it small pox.” e A SLIOK BANK ROBBERY. Two Men and a Woman Hooldwink a ct. 23,—Two well-dressed men and a woman drove up to tho Shurrey German savings bank this afternoon. The men entered the bank and told the cashier a lady unable to walk desired to speak to him. One of the men and the cashier went out and held a brief conversation on bank business, after which the three strangers drove awny. Soon after it was discovered that §1,150 had been stolen from behind tho railing. The thief * entered the inclosure apparently through the gate which the cashier had left open. o overlooked u packsgo of £,000 in ills, itahesion k. Switchmen Get a Ralse. ANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 23,.—In the switch- men's strike on the Louisville & Nashville some new men have been secured and some old hands have returned to work. Trains aro moving with more regularity. “The switchmen in tho yards of the Mackey system asked for an iucrease of wages 0~ day, and, although thoy did not get all they asked for, recolved a raise to $2.25 for men and §2.50 for foremen for ten hours work, overtime to be paid for. £cottish Rite Supreme Counch! New YorE, Oct. 23.—The annual session of the supreme council of the sovereign grand inspectors general, thirty-third de- greo Ancient and Acceptea Scottish Rite, closed to-day. The newly clected officers wero installed. John J, Gorman is M. sovereign grand commander. Among others chogen were George Wilson, commander in chief of the grand consistory of Iowa, and L. D. Merriam, deputy for the state of Nebraska, ———— Progressive Union Miners Strike, Corumsus, 0., Oct, 23, —Between six and seven bhundred miners employed in the four wines of the Columbus aud Hocking Coal aud Iron company, in the Hocking valley, have struck. ‘They are Progressive union men. They refusé to work unless their or- ganization is recognized on commities sud @ chieck-off for mine expenses granted as be- fore May 1, Ml ran Three Cases of Plearc-Pneumonia. Orrawa, Oct, 23.—The department of ag- riculture is advised of three cases of pleuro- pneumonia, discovered among the cattle anded at Deptford, London, from New York and Boston, | DIVERTING NEBRASKA GRAIN, Manipulation of Rates By Cross Roads to Olncinnati. CHICAGO OFFICIALS EXCITED, Both East and West-Bound Line Powerless Bec 8o of the Greas Shortage of Cars—Sta- tion Agents Meet. Oross ltonds Moot. Cmorco, Oct. 23.—[Special Telegram to Tur Br roads loading from the Mississippi river to Cincinnati are at their old practices and are diverting more Nebraska grein that way than is coming turough Chicago. Tho movoment of grain in that direction only began Monday and would not have leakea out to-day had it not been that Robert Warren, a prominent Cai- cago board of trade man, returned from Ne« braska with the information. Local railway officials of Lmes both east and west-bound are greatly excited over the .manifest mae nipulution of rates, but are absolutely power- les: .owing. to their shortage of cars, They could mnot nandle the gram if 1t were offerod thow. At the same time they know it could not walle to market and they would et it, or at least a large share of it, at even rates. It 1s ot yot known what rate is being made to influence the grain towara the sonthern routes, but 1t must bo a less rato than the lake-and-rail rate vin Chicago, and consequently a very low all-rail rate. It will be remembercd that. nearly a year ago the southorn lines took an immense lot of this grain by quoting a rate made up of the Chicago proportion of tho through rate applied to Cincinnati; and thence oast at the regular local rate. ' This of course cut the rate by tho difference between the Chicago and Cincinnati eastern locals. Judge Cooloy ruled agmnst this rate and it was withdrawn. It is not thought possiblo that the sume rate is again being quoted, but that the manipu- lation is effected by the qioting of u very low local rate from Nebraska to Cincinnati. The bulk of the manipulated corn is going to Baltimore and Philadelphia, the rest going by the Chesp 3 ort News. Local officials are at a loss what to do in the promises. it would bo suicide to lower the rates to meet the southern one, as they arcall dome all the business they —can handle. Owine to the alut of business on the New York Central, the Lake Shore has, since Monday, been compelled to refuso all local gram, and if the present rush continues will bo compelled weslorn conncetions to turn the lies, fvery western line is likewise overwhelmed with business, all reporting a daily increasing shortage of cars. Chicago west-bound lines are to-day short at least 6,000 cars and the east-bound lin hort over 40.000. Things being in this shupe, the southern lines will have thiaga all their own way until the pressure lets up. M. K. & 1. S:ockholders Meer, New Yonrk, Oct. 25.—A meeting of repro- sentatives of all classes of security holders of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road was held to-day, when irederick P, Oicott, Richard King, Henry Budge, H. W. Poor, and Col- gate Hoyt were appointed acommiitee 1o re- organize the property. They also approved the vlan of reorgamzation whicn alrendy has been endorsed by the executive committee of the board of directors, It provides for the foreclosure of mortgages on the property and the formation of a new company of which the committee will name the first board of directors. The fixed charges under the new plan will amount to $2,074,000. 'The preferred stoci (will amount to 10,000,000 and have 5 per cent preference. Kor More Effecaive Ovganization. Bostoy, Oct. 23.—It is stated at the Union acific oftices here that the division of the Union Pacific system into three parts is only for the purpose of more effeciive organiza- tion in operaticn. The systew of 7,500 miles of railrond au o flect of stenmships had oute grown its ola system and eneral mane agers at Portland, Salt Lake and Omaha are 1nOW necessur: e THE ENGINEERS, A Canvass of the Votes Fails to Show a Major.ty For DENVER, Oct.23.—The locomotive engincers to-day concluded the investigation against oue of the grand oficers, and 1t 1s understood ne was reprimanded. His identity has not been learned, Cavener, the Chicago canai sition of grand cliler, has withdrawn, Chief Arthur, G. W. Vrooman, of North Platte, Neb., and B, W. Vedder, of Scdalia, Mo., are the only candidates now in the fleld. The predictions are that Vrooman will be clécted, A canvass of the delogates yosterday failed to give Arthur w m csolution pro- viding for the I of the permancnt headquarters av Chicazo was defeated resolution was adobted favoring Chicago for the location of tho world’s fair ho rumor telegraphed from this city that Chief Arthur had been arraigned, and was on trial by the locomotive enginecrs in wholly untrue, @ for the po- Kailway Station Agents, Kaxsas Crry, Oct. 23.—The Railway Station Agents’ association of North Amer ica met to-day in annual convention. Dele- gates are present from twenty states and 'he principal discus. sion will be on the question whether to or- ganizo the association on a new plan modeled after the organization of the various rail- road brotherhoods The South Englewood Wreok, Cuioaco, C ~Genceral Manager St, John and other ofiicials of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad were summoned be- fore the grand jury to-day and gave testi- mony concerning the recent fatal accident on the road at South Englewood, o KINGHISHER TED, United States Troops Put a Stop to Raitroad Building. Kansas Crry, Oct. A special from Wicluta says the people of Kingfisher, L T, are greatly excited and the town is crowded with an unruly mob of railroad hands driven there by Umted States troops. A survey of the Rock Island road being built to Fort Reno crosses the dividdiog line between Oklahoma City and the reservation seven miles south of Kingfisher. A large gang of men has been grading aud laying track, and yesterday the west line of Okla- homa' was “reached. The United States troops drove back the railroaders av the point of the bayonet, William MeGinnis, president of the Kingfisher board of trade, is here to-day and is in consultation with the attornoys of the Rock Island rosd. Ho is bitter in denouncing the action of the troops which he said was entirely uncalled for, e It Pleases the Austrians. ViExNA, Oct. 23.—The papers of this city apolaud Bwperor William’s speech opening the reichstag and declare it furnishes evis saceful tendency of Germany The K'remdenblatt says the additional German armaments,causad by the military preparations of Ler neighbors, guar- antee the peace of the world afresh, - Business Troubles. New Youk, Oct, 23, —Barbour, Brooke & Gardner, manufi agents and dealers in draperies, Luve made @ general aseigos weut.