Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 25, 1889, Page 1

OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1880, PEACE AND CONSERVATISM, A Policy Which the French People ‘Wish Oarried Out. DEMONSTRATED AT THE POLLS, Biggar and Davite Appear Before the Parnell Commission—Prince of Wales Banqueted at the Greek Palace. The French Politioal Sitnation. LCopyright 1559 by Jam: Paws, Oct. 24.—|New York Herald Ca' + ~S8pecial to Tur Bee.|—The fifteen of vortunist and radical journals whi cised and protested against the dec of Leon Say have with as wuch energy applauded and approved the discourse an- nounced by Ribot on Sunday at Saint Omen. Leon Say had declared himself in favor of a resolute moderate policy, which, ording to his idea, would be of such a nature as a rally of a certain number of conservative members of the richt. He declared himself an aaversary of any further concessions to radicalism, but be did not give as his opinfon that the wisdom of the radicals must not be counted uvon to sus- tain a moderate cabinet. Ribot, on the con- trary, was in favor of republican concen- tration. He rejected the idea of any conces- sion to the right, especially in concentration, with scholastic and military laws. He states that the future cabinet must rely upon a united republican majority, and he expressed confidence that the radicals would temporarily recounce the political portion ot their reforms and give adhesion to a busi- ness programme upon which all the repubii- cans could agree. Ribot’s speech is an exact expression of the idea which actually dominates the op- portunist party. This party desires to continue the policy of concentration—that is to say, the policy of the old chamber. He only hopes that the radicals, whose number will be diminished, will be less exigent than in times gone by; that they will make the life of ministerics somowhat less hard, and that they will no longer unite with the right in order to overthrow successively all cabinets. This hope in the conversion of the radicals to a moderate policy has always veen the chimera of the opvortunists, and all the faults committed have not had any other origin. Anotuer trial will probably be made of this same policy. It is to be doubted whether Ribot, if be forms part of the next ministertal combination, will succeed betier in his attempt than Jules Perry cr De E'roy cinet. The late elections were very signili- cant demonstrations iu favor of a moderate and conservative policy. The question is whether a cabinet composed of moderates even would be able to follow a conservative poticy and seck favors of the Barodet., Cle- menceau and Camille factions. GREEK HOSPITALITY. The Prince of Wales Banqueted at the Athens Palnce. [Copyright 189 by Jamss Gordon Arnexs, Oct. 24-—[New York Herald Cable—Special to ] —The royal yacht Osborne, having on board the prince of Wales and Prince Albert Edward, Prince George of Wales, Coloucl Ellis and Captain Halford, and accompanied by war vessels, will leave for IBgypt next Monday morping. The princess of Wales and her daughter will remain bere for a fortnight. A Qdinner to the prince and prin- cess of Wales was given at the royal palace this evening. Among the guests were the British ambassador, Lady Monson, Admiral Hoskins, and the captains of the English war ships Temeraric, Surprise, Dreduaught, Edinburgh, Scout, Colosius, Benbow, Londrail and Caresfort. The Prince of Wales and Prince Albert Edward, accompanied by the princess and Prince George, drove through the town to-day. Thousands 0f people are crowding into the city and every house and hotel in the place is filled to overflowing with strangers. Any price asked is promptly pawd for the most meagre accommodations. The new American minister, Snowden, presented his credentials at the foreign of- fice to-doy. Bennett,) e Advance in Scotch Pig Iron. Comyright 1859 by Jamss Gordon Bannstt.) Birmixauay, Oct. 24.—|New York Herald Cablo—Speciul to Tne Ber]—Dispatches from Glasgow announcing an advancement at Glasgow of 2 shillings 10 Middlesborough and Scotch pig iron, has created greay ex- citement. Birmingham exchange consum- ers who wore unable to obtain supplies, were almost in a panic. Tho new furnaces can not be started ia the midlands, owing to o lack of fuel. Large speculative purchases have been made, e Biggar and Davite, [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.) LoxDoN, Oct. 24.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bre.|—Biggar and Davitt occupied the time of the Parnell commission to-day. The burden of Biggar's ten minute speech was that the Times wasted 8 lot of good money in producing a mass of worthless testimony. Davitt was disap- pointing. He appeared with an unmense pile of manuscript, which he proceeded to read in & monotonous tone at times, While horead the judges dozed. It is expected thav the speech will use up a fortmight. e ‘The King is a Stayor. | Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett,| Luxemnuna, Oct. 24.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tie Ber.)—It is denied here, apparently on authority, that there 1s any truth in the story that the king of the Netheriands lutends resigning the title of grand duke of Luxemburg to the duke of Nassau, B e — Ohauncey Might Possibly Smile. LCopyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett.| Loxpoy, Oct. 24—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee |—Chauncey Depew might smile if Le saw the cartoon of hiumself in next Saturday's Variety Fair, but he won't have it framed and hung where his friends would be likely to see it. A Desvorate English Bank Robber. Loxnoy, Oct. 24.—At Didsbury, Lanca- shire, to-day, sn unknown man entered a bank and engaged in conversation with Al- len, the manager, pretending he wished to open an account. Suddenly he drew a re- volver and shot Allen, and then fired at the clerk, but missed bim. The mun seized £50 and ran out of the building, but was soon overtaken. Finding all meaus of escape shut off, he shot and killed bimself, Allen's wounds are not necessarily fatal, mer—— Steamship Arrivals. At London—The Augusta Victoria, from New York for Humberg, passed Scilly this afternoon. At Southampton—The Saale and Eider, from New York for Bremen. A\ Now York—The Lann, from Bremen, sud the England, from Liverpool. rations | FIVE PEOPLE CREMATED. Terribla Mate of a Party on a Lake Ontario Steamer, Kixastox, Ont., Oct. 24.—[Special Tele- gram to Tar Bee.|—The steamer Quinte was burned to the water's edge last night nedr Deseronto. Kive lives were lost and probably more. The following is » list of those known: Captain Christie. Mrs, Christie, mother of the cantain. Cyrus Christie, the captain’a son. John Christie, the captain’s brother. A lady's maid. The origin of the fire 18 unknown. The boat was owned by the Rathburn company and :« atotal loss. The details of the dis- aster show that the fire originated in the v:gine room. The engineer managed to «imb out of the engine room, thouzh not aul ho had been severely burned. The cescued man is unable to taik, It is supposed that Captain Christie and his brother were hurned to death while trying to save their mother, who was an_invalid, and the laay’s maid and boy. Althouch it was early, hardly later than 9 o'clock, the mother, lady’s maid and boy had retired for the night, it 18 thought, The steamer was burned aboyt three mides from Descronto, she being on her way to Picton at the time, Itis now feared ancther man will have to be added to the list of those burned, us a man numed George Robinson, of Picton, Ontario, was to take the boat for that place, and nothing can be learned of him. The injured number cight, of whom some are terribly burned. Burst one of Her Boilers. Loxpoy, Oct. 34.—While the steamer Cephalona, which sailed from Liveroool to- day for Boston, was off Holyhead one of her boilers expioded, and the vessel was 8o se- verely damaged thav she, was compelled to return to Liverpool for repairs. The second engineer and four firemen. ware severely in- Jjured. ———— THE PARNELUL COMMISSION. Michael Davitt Would Be a Fenian Again it Necessary. Loxpoy, Oct. 24.—The Parnell commis- sion resumed its sittings to-day. Joseph Bigyar, a member of parliament, who ap- poarcd in his_own behalf, addressed the commission. Davitt addressed the commis- sion at the close of Biggar’s speech, and was followed by counsel for the London Tim Michaei Davitt, in his speech, decl that_although no longer a Fenian, if the condition of Ircland was the same as it was twenty-five years ago, he would be a Fenian agan, Some of the aims of the Fenians, he said, had been fulfilled already. The land leagle, based on the same patriotic spirit, was fast removing the barriers which pr vented Great Britain from giving justice to Irelu ency, ho declared, nhad deno niore to keep alive the national antipathy of the Irish in America than the brutal lan- gnage made use of by the London Times with regard to the extermination of the people of Ircland resultiog from the great famine, t said he had not endorsed Ford's atic views and hoe believod thut he had ed Ford to constitutional methods, He denied the Times’ allegation that he had ted the league with money subscribed in America for purposes of crime aud out- rage. He read letters from Glermans, from Frenchmen, Americans and Foglishmen cn- closing funds and urging him'to continue the fight on the land question. A Tenants' Defenso League. Dunwiy, Oct. 24 ~A large number of na- tionalists met in this city to-day to establish nts' Defenso league. A council and arics and troasurers were appointed. THE TOUKISES AT ST. PAUL. Signor Peraza at the Laying of the Y. M. C. A. Corner Stone. Sr. PAuL, Oct. 24.—The All-Ameriza dele- gates reached this city this morning and were driven at once to the location for the new Young Men's Christian Association building, where they witnessed and assisted in the laying of the corner stone. Senator MeMillen laid the corner stone and Signor Peraza, of Venezuela, delivered the address. Ho referred to the boundless hospitali of the people of the United States. “Rut,” he exclamed with a sweeping gosture, *you have been more thun hos- Dituble; you havo brought us to this spot where you are to rear a building to religion, to learning and to the refinement of your ambitious youth, and to-day you make us strangers a part of your history [cheers| and in generations t» come you will tell your children how on a certain day a group of men from the far south stood on this spot- strangers, and yet brothers; foreigners, yet comrades—gathered to pay the tribute of their respect to your institutions, end finally tell your children that in recognition of the groatness of your people, which is 80 much based on such institutions as this wil be, tell them that 1n recognition of this, one of these men trom the far south in grateful pleasuro touched this stone with his hand,” and as the speaker ended he bent with bared head and laid his hand vpon the corner stone. A cheer simul- taneously burst from the audience supple- mented by the applause of hundreds of school cl ustered near. The party were then driven to the city hall, where they v velcomed by the citizens and offic| legutes took lunch at W. R. Merriam’s residewco. The afternoon was spent in driving about the city and an informal reception was held at the hotel to-night. —_———— Pierre’s Capitol Sit Pieree, S. D., Oct. 24, —[Special Telegram to Tur Be essrs, Whitman, Hollen- beck, MeCutlough, Burke and other high ofiiciale of the Northwestern road arrived in Pierre this morning on a special train, They aro here to close up a contract by which the Northwestern turns over in fee simple their reserve situated on Capitol hillas a zift to the city for the erection of capitol buildings, There are twenty acres valued at $150,000 in the heart of the city, on 8 most convenient site, on which the city has never assessed taxes under agreement-had for years with tho company that should the capital be lo- cated at Pierre it would be deeded to the city. The officers also inspected their other property, and have picked out locations for @ new depot and grounds for division head- quarters, u new boat landing and a bridge approach,on which work will now be com- menced. - The New Stawps. WAsnINGTON, Oct. 24.—Postmaster Gen- eral Wanamaker has awarded the contract for furnishing adbesive postage stamps for tho four years beginning Junuary 1 next, to the American Bank Note company of New York, The new stamps will be about one- eighth smaller than those in present use. Tlie 1 cout stamp will coutinuo to be printed in blue, the 2 cent stampnow printed in green will bo printed in bright carmive and changes will be mude 10 some other denomi- natons, ———— Appasing the Squaw Men, Sr. Louis. Oct, 24.—The latest from the Chickasaw Indian nation is that a conven- tion of squaw men called to memorialize congress to allot the Chickasaw lands in severalty and to Eiva the nation territorial government, has been postponed at the re- Quest of Governor Bird, who promises to urge the Chickasaw legislature to repoal the disfranchising smendment of the constitu- tion and restore to the squaw men all their former rights if thoy will cease their agita- tion of the quostion of aliotment and terri- torial governmen R The Cotton Seed Trust, New Yonk, Oct. 24.—The plan for chang- g the constitution of the American Cotton Seed trust and mergiog it into & new lncor- porated company was made publio to-day. Under its provisions the new company will issue §21,000,000 in stock and $11,000, nbd per cent bouds, THE - CREAT TRIAL OPENED. Formal Beginning of the Case Against Cronin Suspects. CROWDS THRONG THE COURT. State Attorney Longenecker Makes the Opening Address to the dury and Ontlines What He Exe pects to Prove. The Cronta Case Begun. Cr1cAGo, Oct, 24.--Long before the hour for the convening of court in the Cronin trial this morning hundreds of speetators were clamoring for admittance, and it re- quired a small army of bailiffs to keep at bay the eager ones who demanded to be passed. Promptly at 10 o'clock the two hundred spectators assembled in Judze McConnell’s court were rapped to order, and as the de- fendants filed in and the attorneys took their seats the clerk called the roll of jurors. Every man responded to his name avd the Cronin trial formally began. State Attorney Longenecker at once began his opening address to the jury. He reviewed briefly the long-continued sifting of venire- men, which had resulted i the selection of the twelve before him, He then defined the duties of a juryman, defined the meaning of presumption of innocence as applied in trials of persons charged with crime, teliing the jury that the presumption of innocence was not a watter to be weighed against evidence, It was, he said, a mere negative which stood in the way of conviction in the absence of evidence, but must not be allowed to weaken the force of evidence given. Longenecker next took up and defined the meaning of a reasonable doubt as applied to such cases. On this he saii: “When you stated that vou would not convict the men except as thev were proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, you simply .meant this: That if, after hearing the evidence, you aro satisfied us men of the truth of the charge, if you are satisfied as jurymen sworn to do your duty, that the mon on trial are guilty, then you have no right to go looking around for doubts. You haveno right to hunt around for an excuse to refrain from doing that which the law makes it your duty to do. A reasonable doubt ‘means a doubt that is reasonable.”” Forrest, of counsel for the defense, inter- rupted the speaker on this poiut, claiming that the definition of a reasonable doubt nas no place in the opening address and should be used only in the closing address. The court overruled the point and Forrest noted an exception. The state attorney then proceeded to de- fine murder, und _set” forth what were the material allegations in the indictmect which it would be necessary for the state to prove n order to justify a conviction. They were: That Dr. Cronin was killed; that the killing was done 1 this state; 'that it was dono without adequate provocation, and that the three defendants did it. The speaker then defined direct and circumstantjal evidence, He then spoke of the disappearance of Dr, Cronin and the finding of his body eighteen days afterward, and said that the state pro- posed to prove it a murder as the result of a conspiracy. The state attorney then proceeded to speak on the motive of the crime and said that, in order to show what the motive was, it be- came necessary to examine into the history in this country of the organization known as the United Brotherhood, commoniy called the Clan-na-Guel. 13ut before doing this, he reminded the jury they were not trying the Clan-na-Gael, but the prisoners at tho bar. Longenecker then proceeded to sketch a his tory of the Clan-na-Gael. He said that the triangle was supreme; that the oaths of members made their commands superior to the laws of the nation. Forrest objected to this line of statement s inadmissible in advance of proof. Judge MecConnell said he did not know what would be proved, but warned tne state attorney that he was making these statements at his own peril. The state attorney said he would prove what_he had said, and he accepted the res- ponsibi He proceeded to say that when Sullivan, Iee and Boland got control of the executiva board, they changed the plan of work of the tion and inaugurated a policy and implanted in the constitution a clause commanding perfect and unquostion- ing obedience to the commands of the board. The defense again prayed for an exception to this line of statement. The states attornoy then went on to say that_the memberships did not know who constituted the triangle so secret was it, but nevertheless they obeyed tho orders and were sent on various missions to Eogland in the way of active work, and under assumed names, Notwithstanding this secrecy these men were betrayed by the board to the Eng- lish authorities, and tweuty of them he said are now in prison. This was, he declared, 0 enable the board to steal the funds, and when the last showing was made the board claimed that the order owed them $18,000 when there was §250,000 in the treasury when they took charge. At this point the state attorney introduced Dr. Cronin in con- nection with the order, and proceeded to sketch the history of his fight against the trinngle. He told of Cronin’s expulsion, the subsequent _union convention, the trial of Sullivan, Feeley and Boland by a secret cemmittee, of which Dr. Cronin was a mem- ber, in Buffalo o year ago last August. The state’s attoruey went on to say thut tho com- mittee was in session three days hearing evidence which he statea would be intro- duced during the trial. He declared they would show that all the denunciation of Dr. Cronin wss sent out over Alexander Sullivaa’s signature and that it was sent out after Dr. Cronin had dis- appeared and in the belief that his body would never be found. It was not sufficient to make away with Dr. Cron’n, but the same unseen hand that regulated the couspiracy from its incepuion had 10 make it appear also that Cronin was a traitor, “If Dr. Cronin had published his evidence agaiust tho triangle, as he was about to do, 1t meant the ruin of the triangle with the Irish people, und to have it published to all their camps was to convict these men of embez- zling these funds that had been accumulating for years. It would have proved them traitors to the Irish cause, proved them not only to be embezzlers,but violators of the laws of ‘two_countries, traitors to the cause in which these people had enlisted, and instead of doing that which was to benefit poor old Ireland it would brand them the worst men on earth amoug the Irish people. That was the object.” The state attorney then went on to show how Coughlin had begun denounciug Cronin as & spy way back in February, how Beggs at @ certain meeting of Camp 20 had said Dr, Cronin’s denunciation of Sullivan and the triangle had to be stopped if it took blood, At the afternoon session Judge Longe- necker concluded nis address. Then all the lawyers of the defense waived the right to address the jury, and ex-Captain Villers, of Lake View, was put on the stand to tell what he knew of the tragedy. "The state attorney then went on to tell about the charges made against Cronin in Camp 20 and that on the 16th of February Senior Guardian Bfig;l wrote to District Oficer §pellman, of Peoria, that he was di- rected to investigato the matter and wanted the district officer to do so. T'ne latter on the 17th of KFebruary wrote to Heggs that be knew of no law or provision of the constitu- tion requiring him 10 wvestigate and that be could not investigate unless the charges were made directly to him. Beggs, on the 15th, wrote back that while there was no written law for this there was a law, and the matter had to be investigated or there would be trouble. On the following day & man giv- ing the name of Simonds rented a flat at 117 Clark street, opposite Dr. Cronin’s oftice bought furviture and a large trunk an moved in, On the 20th of March Martin Burke ap- peared at the Carlson cottage under the name of Frank Williams, rented the cottage and then, after talking with O'Sullivau,went to 117 Clark street and moved the furniture to the eotun{n Sowe time in April O'Sullivan made ar- rangements with Cronin by which if the lat- ter received one of O'Syllivan's cards he was to accompany the messefiger, in_order 1o attend professionally upon any of O'Sulli« van's men who might be hurt in handling ice for him. { ‘'he state attornoy pointéd out that this seemed a queer contract, for up to this time there never had been an aceident to one of O'Sullivan’s men, and there were many doctors nearer than €ronin, Before that Daniel Coughlin had declared in a saloon that there was a certais north side man, a leading Catholic, that would soon bite the dust, or something to that effect. O'Sullivan was with Coughlin that night, Longenecker told about Coughlin's ar- rangement with Livery Stabiekeeper Dinan and said the state would [8‘0\'1! that Coughlin was seen_going into the Carlson cottage the night of the murder, and that the horse and buggy procured at Dinan’s livery stable was the rig in which Dr. Cronin was driven to the Carlson cottage. ‘At a meeting of Camp 20, on the night of May 3, some one inquired whether that secrot committee had reported, whereupon Boggs sad ! *“‘That committee 18 to ¥eport to me and not to the camp.’ “‘We will prove that Coughlin told other {;l\rllos that Cronin was & spy; that a year ofore he tried to hire a man to slug Dr. Cronin, “We will prove that O'Sullivan was seen ata certain point on the night of May 4, showing ho was in the neighborhood und was not in his house at tho time. “On the 6th of May Martin Burke had a box, the contents of which were not secen, soldered up by a tiusmith, Where that box is or what became of it no one knows, but it is an important circumstance in the case. “We will prove that Kunze was seen in the flat on Clark street at the time it was occu- piad; that he had been intimate with Cough- linj that he and_Coughlin were st Peoria together; that Kunzo stated to a man when the papers were talking atout Cronin's dis- appearance that he (Kuunze) knew Cronin was murdered, “After the discovery of Oronin’s body and its identification Martin Burke left the city underan assumed name and was arrested in Winnipeg, having in his possession a ticket to Liverpool.” Mr. Longenecker wenton to say: ‘“‘Any one who looks at the facts or evidence can see very readily that the acts committed are of themselves conclusive that they aro the result of a conspiracy.” He went on then at considerable length to define the nature of a conspiracy and the liability of the a ssories, He added that the stute would present evi- dence as speedily as possible. The counsel for the defenss one by one waived their right to make each an nE ning address, and the taking of testimony began. The first witness was Francis Villers, ex- captain of the Lake View police. His testi- mony was unitmportant, except ss to the one fact that he knew Dr. Crogin in his lifetime and that as the body was being conveyed from the catch basin to the morgue he had identified it as that of the dead doctor. James F. Boland, cashier in a coal desler’s office, and an associate of Dr. Cronin in vari- ous secret societies, ulso gave testimony as to the identity of the body, and as to the lo~ cation of Cronin’s office. Lawyer Forrest, for the defense, elicited, from Boland on cross examination the fact, that contrary to general belief, Cronin’s office was so situated that a view into its windojvs could not be ob- tained from the Clark stree flat supposed to have been hired by the accused, Cronin’s office not fronting on Clark street, but being inlthe rear of the building aud racing on the atley. Several other witnesses were oxamined be- fore adjournment, their testimony relating wholly to the finding and the identification of the corpse. Nothing of unportance was brought out. 'W. . Dunne, who 1s indirectly connected with the prosecution i1 the Cronin trial, said to-day that efforts had becit made and were 10 be further pushed “to obtain, if possible, from Parnell, or his counsel, Sir Charles Raussell, a categorical statement that Cronin’s name was not one of the four hunded in by the spy, LeCaron, as one of the men who were systematically betraying to the English government the secrets of the Trish move- ment in America. Letlers to this end have been written, ono at_least, by Dunne to the Irish leader, Matt Harris, [t is now pro- posed to forward to the other side as for- midably signed a petition as can be secured, demanding the desired _information and ta ing the ground that if Cronin’s name wa not on the list of spies no breach of trust will be made by saying so. Threatened With Cronin’s Fate, MixNEAPOLIS, Oct. 24.—Ex-Mayor Ames, whose remarks about “priest-ridden Ireland” on his return from Kurope lately, caused such a revulsion of feeling among his irish admirers,hias received five different threaten- ing letters signed *Irishman,” “Catholic,” “Clan-na-Gacl.” et Phey warn him that it he does not leaye the country he will suffer the fate of Dr. Cronin, Ames’ friends claim to koow where the letters came from and promise to mako it uferesting for the authors, e THE EPISCOPAULIANS. ‘fhe Proposed OCanon on Deaconesses Adopted. NEw YoRrg, Oct. 24.—In the Episcopal con- vention to-day the proposed canon on deacon- esses was adopted as foliows: “Any unmarried woman of devout char- acter and proved fitness may be appointed to the office of deaconess by any bishop of the churen.” ‘When the report of the committee on the petition of the colored clergy was taken up a warm debato ensued. The majority report -was finally adopted. In tne afternoon Seth Low moved that the canon_providing for a missionary epifcopate over the colored churches be recommitted to bo reported to the next convention. Adopted. The report of the committes on amen: ments to the constitution declaring it inad- visable to consider the subject was adopted. A mandatory resolulion pertainiug to the clergymen’s retiring fund and recommend- ing that a sunilar fund be established by each dlocese was passed and the convention adjourned sino di ‘The trienniul pastoral letter of the church was read to-night. Among other things it touches upon il service reform, saying the church does not undertake the warfare of & partisan, but would leave an important duty undone if it did not exercise care for the political as well a8 (the ecclesiastical welfare of the state, “Official place,” says the letter, “'should nov be won by vulgar incompetence, The honors of office are the legitimate recompense towed upon citi- zens who bave served their state, and should not be distributed amoug the corruptible.” Disciple Missionary Soclety. LouisviLLE, Oct. 24.—Thg foreign mission- ary society of the church of Christ (Disci- ples) held two sessions| to-day. Various committees reported and mtich business was transacted. Resolutions were adopted re- specting missionary tralnjng 1n schools av hotae and calling for one great free will of- fering each year. Last’ dight about $14,000 was raised at u single subseription, It was there stated the students of Drake univer- sity, lowa, at a single' meeting recently pledged #3,000, and one of them offered him- self for the work. Iowa's contribution to missions is the largest in proportion to num- ber of members. President Charles Louis Loos, of Lexington university, to-day was olected president of the society for the com- ing year. ——— Nebraska and 1owa Pensions. WASHINGTON, Oet. 34.—[Spacial Telegram to, Tus Bee.|—Pensioas allowed Nebras- kans: Origival ipvalid~William L. Wurts, Fraoklin Shaffer, Francis M. Grabam. lu- crease—George W, Todd. Reissue—Denuis Gaughan, Peusious granted lowaps: Original inva- Sgger, Henny G, Luther, Alvin neey Kestor, William H. Fear. Increase—Iudolph.' Hoffmaster, Edward T, Wiley, William Wallace, John M, Bishop, William 8. Hoonton, Heney O, Swallow. Reissue— William J, 'C: Nelson A, Geller, Jumes A. Stilles, 'y 1. Brichner, Origioal widows, ete.—Amenca, widow of Bracket O. Davidson, Mary, widow of Joseph Wallwut, Bahn, Ch BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE Mugwumps Howling Themselves Hoarse at Blaine. BAYARD IS THE GUILTY MAN. The Restoration of Consuls' Fees For the Verification of Invoicas a Democratic Act—Harsison Busy With His Message. Wasnivarox Bureav Tis Ovana Her, } 518 FOURTRENTH STREET, Wasuixarox, D. C., Oct. 24, The mugwump and demooratic newspapers of New York and Boston, which always work together liko journals of their two- headed party invariably do, have been howl- ing themselves hoarse this week over what they claim to be a “‘republican restoration of the fees of the United States consuls for the verification of invoices.” They charge Secretary Blaine, for the purpose of favor- g his republican friends, with haviong re- newed the old practice of permitting con- suls to appoint notaries public from among the residents of the countries where the consuls are located, who charge a fee for verifying the invoices of exporters. These notaries charge about $1.50 for each oath administered and it is alleged the con- suls only havo to pay them a very small pro- portion of this amount, the balance of which goes into the officer's pocket. Your correspondent to-day examined the records at the state department and found that the restoration was on February 3, 1588, upon the suggestion of Secretary Bay- ard. 1f there is anything in it to be eriticised the mugwump and democratic newspapers should lay it to the administration of Presi- dent Cleveland, where 1t belongs. HARRISON HARD AT WORK It was almost 12 o'clock to-day before President Harrison got through with the dictation of his letters and opened the doors to his private office for the recention of those who had busin ess with him. Not two dozen people asked to see him during the entire day. When half past 12 o'clock ar- rived the d cors were closed and the presi- dent resumed work on his message. He has the greater part of his recommendations already prepared and tho review of the work under him, together with the statistics which he will receive from the reports of his cabinet offl- cers, constitute the principal labor which he has yet to perforn The president h adopted a very good plan for the preparation of his messaze. He keeps upon his table a scratch blet, and whenever an ideaoccurs to him which he wants to incorporate into his message he makes a memorandum of it and drops the sheet into a private drawer. He has recéived a great many 1deas by his frequent talks with public and private citizens and as soon as a_ practical suggestion is made he stops his conversation or work long enough to get down a reminder, Thus he has a great number of theso little sheets of scratch paper contamning ideas to be in- corporated into his message. When he has covered ail of the topics he wants to treat on in his message ho will take out his memo- raudum - and urter classifying the subjects will begin to put them together into perma- nent form. This last work he will not do until all of his cabinet ofiicers have laid their reports before him and he has caretully gone over thom, He will not complete the last of his work on the message until the end of November, although he will begin sending the first part_of his message to the public printer ten days before the close of next month. For the next four weeks the president in- tends to give up as little time as possible to the public unless he finds that he is making such rapia progress with his message that he can spare the ume. A REIGN OF TERROR. A reign of terror prevails in the pension bureau. It is believed that a large numver of dis- missals from the office will be made among the employes connected with the rerating of pensions, and that General Raum intends to malke us clean a sweep as possible in reor- ganization, The general refuses 1o say what he wtonds to do, butthere is very little cause for the alarm existiog. Some of the ew- Ployes whose pensions were rerated without authority of law, and without going through the usual formalities of application and ex- amination, will be compelled to refund the money received or retire from their posi- tions, while others who were disreputably connected with some of the work under Commissioner Tanner will be uncondition- ally *“fired out.” ‘T'he changes which will take place by rea- son of the appointmertof a new commis- sioner will not be general, but there are many whose guilty consciences on account of the disreputable official acts or incapacity feel that the ax should strike them, whether it will or not, and who are therefore appre- hensive of danger hourly. NEBRASKA AND 10WA POSTMASTERS, Nebraska—Ausley, Custer county, Charles S. Elison. Towa — Frankville, Winnesheik county, Mrs. M. E. Chamberlain; Kensett, Worth county, Edwin Clopp; Ogden, Boons county, arl Billin Bargeant Bluff, Woodbury county, J. A, Taft; Thurman, Fremont county. Perry Milligan. ARMY NEWS. By direction of the secretary of war, hos- pital steward George Lander, now on duty at Fort Omaha, having n placed upon the retired list as of this date, in conformity with the law, will repair to his home. The superintendent of the recruiting service will cause. thirty recruits to be as- signed to the Sevefiteenth 1nfantry and for- warded under proper cnarge to such noint or points in the Department of the Platte as the commanding general of the department shall designate, After arriwval in that department the recruits will be distributed as equally as practicable among the companies of the regiment, First Lieutenant Edgar W. Howe, of the Seventeenth infantry, Second Lieutenant Samuel Leay, jr., of the Twenty-first in- fantry, and Second Licutenant Harvey k. Wilikins, of the Second infantry, have been detailed to Willett’s Point for instructions in torpedo service during the term commenc- ing December 1, 1889, At the wedding here this morning of Passed Assistant iingineer Warner Baldwin Bayley, of the navy, to Miss Annette Wil- liamson, Mrs. Buchanan, of Nebraska, a cousin of the bride, was present iz an ele- gaut toilejte of heliotrope brocade and black velvet, One of the topics to be treated at length in the fortheoming report of Seeretary Proctor is that of the army enlistment. An increased appropriation will be asked to carry into effect thesuggestions for improve- ment in the present system. The secretary will, whether the appropriation is increased or not, put into practice next year a scheme from the working of which he confidently expects a great improvement, that is to send to the encampments of the national guards of theseveral states a recruiting oficer who will be suthorized to enlist meinbers of tho guards, and this class the secretary believes will be vastly superior to the ordinary re- cruit, and not be 8o suscaptible to the temp- tation to desert. An inducement to enlist will be offered to militiamen 1n & promise to keep those of oue state in thesame regiment, 80 that the feeling of lonesowencss may be reduced to the minimum By direction of the secretary of war Ser- eants Charles P, Monaghan, George Shee- an and Leonard Dorsh will be reduced to the ranks for improper treatment of re- cruits at Jefferson barracks. MISCELLANEOUS, J. C. Everell, of Iows, is at the St. James, The pame of e postofice at Frank, Phelps couuty, bhas been cbapged to ! Roweyn, Pruuy 5, Heatu, HA GIRLS IN LEADVILY Two Modest Yonng Women Leading a Lafe of Shame. Leavvinne, C Oct. 24.—[Special Tele- m to Tne Hr A most sonsational affair developed at a maison do joie on West Fifth street yosterday morning. A city policeman, entering tho dwelling at an early hour, when the festivities are suppos at their height, created a sudden panio evi- dently, for one of the youug women in the parlor made a rush for the door with the in- tention of getting out of sight as quickly as possible, On being intercepted by the man sho had been talking with prior to the en- trance of the ofticer, she entreated: ‘‘Don't let him soe me. Lot mo go.” The request was complied with, but the curiosity of tho visitor being aroused, he started an investi- gation, bringing to light one of the most de- plorable of all stories. Last week there arrived two girls, one about eighteen yoars of age and the other nineteen or twonty, Theoider was a blonde and the younger a brunctte, and both ox- coedingly’ attractive. were of a retir- ing disposition and evidently respectable,and ce being taken to the house referred to entered upon a life of shame even while the blush of modesty mantled their cheeks at the rude remarks made in their presence. Both girls came here from Omaha, and their stories, which they hesitatingiy tell, aro sad in_the extreme, The names given, undoubted fictitious ones, are Maud Sheri- dan and Arabella Russell.’ Four months ago Maud lived in Omaba. While in Chicago a young man of estimable family waited on Maud, showing her every polite attention, His intentions were, it proved, of the basest character, however. One night the young people went to the theatre, afterward taking supper. The unscrupulous young man drugged some wine, of whicl his companion partook rather freely, and next day she awake in a road house some distance from the city, a ruincd woman, The ruin_of the girl known as Arabella came about in'a sun- ilar manner, in this instance a drug clerk }ukmg the givl in tho country and drugging her. A short time azo the two mirls ran away, their sense of shame being two great to bear among familiar surroundings. The sister of Maud had known in_her girlhood a woman now residing in Leadville and keeping one of the most widely known “'resorts” in the city. Becoming possessed of this fact, the two girls decided to come to Leadville, and did 80, writing the woman they were coming to visit. The latter met them at tho depot, and stuted that she had secured them quarters at the Hotel Kitchen. They insisted, how- ever, on going %o the residence of their new: found acquaintance, und were, after much hesitation, taken there. e i MES. TOUGH. She Goes After a Man With Vitriol, Razors, Revolvers, Etc. 3, Man,, Oct. 24.—A Calgary special su, Some time ago Robert Scott, a general merchant at Morey, forty miles west of here, received information that a woman named Mrs, Tough, who resides here and alleges she is Scott’s wife, was going to make an attempt on nis ife. Scott notitied the police. Last night Mrs, Tough got off a west- bound train at Morey, dressed in man's clothing, und started for Scott's store, a po- liceman following. When she was about to dash vitriol on Scott she was zed from behind and handeuffed On ner per: ‘ound a bottle of ether, a bottle of vitriol, a gag, two razors and two self-cocking revolvers, It was bher intention to burn out his eyes with the vitriol and then trim off his ears and nose. A DISHONEST WiNN BWARD. irs of a Gold Hunter Come Into Their Inheritance After Years. Cmicaco, Oct. 24.—In -1549 William H. Price was siezed with the gold fever and went to California, leaving a pianing miil and other property in Chicavo in charge of George W. Noble, the latter to take care of Price’s family during his absence, Some Lime after a report was received of Price’s death. Noble induced the widow to turn over to him all deeds, ctc., and there- after failed to provide for the family, which was reduced to poverty. About a year ago the only surviving heirs of Price, Henry W. Price, ‘and Charles H. Fox, of Rockford, ills, began suit against the heirs of Noble, the latter having died in 1886, The suit alleged fraud. Judge Tuley to-day rendered n deeision in favor of Prica’s hoirs. They will get property worth §100,000. Noble’s heirs will receive $1,000 as salary for the timo Noble was actually to have had charge of the property, and inust render an accounting of the proceeds. e WRECKERS' WORK, A Passenger Train Partially Derailed —Several Employes Hurr. La Faverre, Ind., Oct. 24.—The east bouna passenger on the Wabash road was partially derailed this afternoon near Kellars, The express messenger, enginoer, fireman and baggage master were seriously, but not dangerously injured. The passéngers es- caped with a skaking up. There is a heavy grade where the accident occurred and the train_was runniug fc wiles an hour, When the engineer saw th the switch was partly thrown he immedi- ately applied the air brakes, but there was no time to check the train. After the accidont an investigation showed that the switeh lock had been broken by wreckers, the boulder with which the lock was pounded being found near by. A Fatal krei Houston, Tex., Oc wi k on the Houston & terday, Couductor Allen Brakeman Cawcron fatally hr Smashup. —In u freight as Central yes. was kliled and nju BOB FORD 10 He Wounds a Colorado Gambler Who ‘Iries to Do Him Up. WaLseNBERG, Col,, Oct. 24.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.)—A shooting affray took place iu & dance hall here kept by Bob Ford, of Jesse James notoriety. Ernest Kurry, a gambler, had announced his intention of doing Ford up, and early this forenoon, arm- ing himself and taking several drinks, he entered Ford's place and began shooting at him, Ford dodged behind the bar, drew a revolver and fired three shots, uitting Kurry in the neck, left breast and arm, neither wound being dangerous or fatal. Iord gave himself up, but was discharged by a justice of tho peace on tho ground of self-aefense, Ford nas been in Walsenburg about a year. ATTACK LHE FRON ——— D BY ROBBERS. The Treasurer of the Cherokeo Na- tion Has a Nar:ow Escape. TamLEQua, I T, Oct. 24.—This afternoon as Colone! Ross, treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, was returning nome from town, & wmile distant, with a large amount of money, three masked men attacked him. Colonel Ross, after & desberate struggle, succeedod in breaking sway and escaping. He re- turnod to town und o posse of 200 volunteers immediately started in pursuit of the rob- bers, but up to late bour lad uot captured them. Killed By a Dynamite Explosion. MoNTREAL, Oct, 24.—This morning a work- man pamed Chartrand, employed with & number of others in making @ drain, was lalled by the explosion of several primed dynamite cartridges. Five other persons were seriously injured, The houses in the nelghtorhiood wero badly shattored. ‘The Polish Church Row. WiLkessARRE, Pa, Oct. 2.—There are no new developments in the Flymouth church fight today, The sheriff has de- clined to interfere, i il NUMBER 128, A FREE TRADE ASSEMBLY The Wheat Growers Don't Want S0 Much Protection. THEY ASK FOR LOWER DUTIES) A Petition to Congress and the Prests dent Asking for Reciprooity Troat fes in Order to Ramsos the Price arm Produce. Free Commeroe Asked. Sr. Lous, Oc 20L.~The Iater-State Wheat Growers' convention met again tos day. Robert Lindbloom, a Chicago wheat speo- ulator, mado a specch in which he wave the spoculutors’ side of tho wheat question. He said the monopolists had taught the society a lesson that would in time make monopoly an impossibility. That lesson was the lesson of co-operation. The lesson taught Dy the trusts was co-operation. * There was no foundation for the cry abous over production, In five years, while the production of wheat decrensed 21§ per cont, the prico de- creased 23 per cont. Tho speaker then wont on to show that there had baen no over pro- duction in other countrics. President Colman, ex-commissioner of ag- mculture, then addressed the convenuon from the free trade standpomt, Ho de- nounced the way the farmsrs are used by the present administration and the pro- tective policy, and said the only way to pro- toct their interests was to adopt free trade. He assailed the elovator combines, pools, commission men and speculators us robbers of the furmers. The committoo on resolutions then pre- sented a resolution ‘‘that tha farmers of the etates lying in the Mississippi and Missouri river valleys, and of the states of Oregon, Washington ' and California, in national cor vention assembled, hereby memoriajize cons gress and the prosident of the United States, and most seriously petition then to make such reciprocity treaties with thoso foreign nations to whom we shiy our surpius farm products as will causo such forcign nations to remove the customs from our farm products shipped abroad, thereby caus- g us to receive a ligher price upon all that we sell at home; that we usk that such steps on by our national congross as will roy the present existing monopolies and ent the formation of others, so that we may get our farmiug implements cheapery that the present laws be repealed that place a duty upon farming implements or the raw Is used in thoir manufactur ated debate followed, w in its character, protectior tho resolutions were finally adopted by o laree majority. During the afternoon & porminoat organis zation o bo known as tho Iuter-State Wheat Growers’ associution was formed with N. J. Colman as permanent chairman, Awmong other resolutions adopted was one requost- ing Superintendent of the Census Por- ter to coll ct data to show 1n tho next census what percentage of the people in this coun- try occupy their own homes and what pere contage are tenants, - £50TA DROUTH. THE MIN Farmers Hauling Water Ten Miles— ¥ rlul Fires. Snakorr, Minn., Oct. 24.—[Special Tole- gram to Tie Bee.]—The great drouth is dviv- ing the farmers to their wits end to keep their stock from perishing. T ey are having to haul water from eight to ten miles. The 8ma ll lakes and sloughs are drying up and the surfaco wells are nearly ail dry. To add to their perplexitics fires have broken out in the timber and on the prairies, north and west of here, and hay, fences, small build- ings and valaable pino ‘are being burned with great rapidity. Tho losses will foot up many thousands. Reliel ¥ Durvrir, Minn,, O gram to Tue Bee.] trade at a spocial Dakotans. . 2t —[Special Tele- The Duluth board of meeting to-day appro- priated 8500 for the relief of the Ramsey county, Dakota, sufferers. Individual mem- Ders inereased this amount to $1,000, which will be forwarded at onc o Inspector of Steam Vessels Report, WasmiNGgron, Oct. 24.—The annual repors of the supervising inspector of steam vessels shows that during the fifteon years past the number of steam vesscls in the United States has increased from 8,885 in 1875 to 6,725 in 1889, and the gain in the license of officers in the same period is 14,751 to 82,622, During the past fiscal year there were thirty-two accidents to steamers resulting in the loss of 801 lives, of which ninety-two wore pussengers and 200 employes, General Dumont calls attention to the great inequalities of salaries paid to officers, and savs the law should be remedied either by paying all salaries alike or in pro- portion to the number of steamers inspected, He renews the previous recom- mendations for a change in the manner of ap- pointing loeal inspectors as now provided by law, and says if the matter is not soon remedied by proper legisiation public inter- ests will sooner or later bo seriously jeopars dized. He would have the nomination of ine spectors made by the supervising inspector alone and the Jatter would then be solely re- sponsible \f unsuituble appointments were made. ling attention to the class of vessels % ras, 48 o motive power, and the appalling accidents which bave befallen some of them, he recommends that all ve using such and other dangerous motors be brought within the provisions of the law governing steam vesse Thurs 10 Cae Kescue, BAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 24 —The members of the senate commiites on Pacitie railroads narrowly escaped a serious accident yester- day afrernoon while bowling along at a rapid rate through the San Joaquin valley on their way to Los Angeles. The train wis making about fifty miles an hour whena heavy jolt was felt in the Union Paciflc palace car, oo cupied by the committee, Judge Thurston, who was near the door, and who graduated from the railroad, put on with all his force the big automatic'air break, and stopped the train 80 quickly tnat many were throw, from their seats, The conductor rushe back, and then it was found that one of the axles of the palace car was broken and that the looso euds were hanging down, But for Mr, Thurstow's prompt action the train would have been thrown from the track. The Collom Onse. MixNNEAPoL1s, Oct, 24.—In the Collom trial to-day John I Bluisdell contradicted his tes- timony of yesterday. Ex-County Avtorney Davis, in tostifying, said Collom repeatedly confessed that not one of the sixty notes out was genuiue; that when reminded by the cashicr that ab leust onc was genuine, as he had seen Blais- dell sign it, Collom confessed he bad de stroyed the genulne and replaced it with & forged note. — - Killermann Kills Himself. Warertows, Wis., Oct. 24.—Louis Killer- mann, who shot and fatally wounded his wife yesterday, concealed himself in the loft of Lis mother's barn aftor the shoouing Hearing his young brother below this morns ing and supposing ofticers had discovered his hiding place, he sent a bullet through his own brain, dying instantly. Mrs, Killers mann is still alive, but very low. - ‘The Weather Forecast. For Omaha and vicinity: Falr weather. For Nebrasks, Jowsa and Dakota: Wain preceded by m{m rain in Iowa, cooler winday becoming northerly,