Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1889, Page 1

N INETEENTH YEA R. PARISIAN PRESS ON STANLEY Comment on the Resulta and Effects of His Expedition. OF NO BENEFIT TO CIVILIZATION, Buat the French People Have Only splorer—Some F About Uriminals, Brave in a Doubtful Cause. |Copright 1859 by Jamss Gordon Henant,) Paris, Nov. 30, —|New York Herald Cable ~Special to Tne Bee.]--We had our first snow Wednesday, which did not remuin long on the ground, but made walking and dgriving far from agrecable. Now the weather continues mild and wet and strong westerly winds pravail, bringing showers and drizzling rain, The shops now have to be lighted as early as 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Ulsters and waterproof umorellas rule supreme, and, as an inveterate old bachelor remarked yesterday, the only compensation this Scotch weather brings is tantalizing revolations of smartly turned ankles, re- lioved by the harmonies of sitk lace that may daily be aamired in tho Rue de la Paix as the Parisiennes alght from their broughams and flit from modiste 1o conturiere in quest of a novelty or gossip. Mr. Stanley's name once again is heard in the boulevards, clubs and cafes. ‘The Pari- sian papers all call attention editorially to his letters and the news of his Homeric mis- sion. Frauce bas only praise for Stanley, but the results and effects of his expedition are regarded as of doubtful benefit to civili- zation. For instance, Temps, in a leading article, snys: “The cautious criticism that we ventured to express about the result of the expedition is now contirmed by the atti- tude of Emin, vevealed by Mr. Stan- loy's unmistakable complaints, Emin Pasha regretted Stanley's intervention. He belicved, rightly or wrongly, that he was competent to defend his position, He seri- y hesitatod about evacuating the Soudan, Nothing short of a revolt, proveked parually st least by Stanley's arrival and by the anxiety which his coming caused among the oficers, determined Emwmn to foilow his liberator, After all that has been smd and done, it remains true that the princival per- son interestcd contemplated with joy the assistance which he had not asked for and the first effect of which was the fall of civilization’s last fortress on the ubper Nile. From all these fatigues, suffering and sacri- flces remain as a souvenir of an epopee heroic few geographical conquests and the return* to Turope of a few brave adventurers. But the price paid for this was not only the loss of a number of lives, but the ruin of all that survived of one of the greatest feats of civilization of this ceptury at a moment when Europe, by means of its representatives at Brussels, is study- ing how to put an end to the slave trade, Public opinion, whils welcomiug with joy the bandful of conquisators who return from Africa aftor unheard-of suffering, can only deplore the fatal issue of an euterprise that has destroyed the sole rampart in the south oppoeed to Mandism," Jacques St. Cere has - Figaro an article entitled *‘Stanley and £min,” in which he #ays: ‘A peculiarity which strikes the reader of the Stanley letters is his extraor- dinarily American view of life. Describing how he escaped the great danger, he wrote: *| ‘Was it chance or providence which got us out of that evil pass? Itnink it was chance, for Providence ought to have saved others rather than us.' I know not,” continucs St. Cere whether the Protestant missionaries who supplied Stanley with a cargo of bibles will be very satis- fled with this exclamation, but amateures of physchology will be.” In conclusion Figaro says: "I koow no more curious Atudy thao that of this American self-made man, a real struggler for life, marching on- ward, cutting his way through forests, hang- ing negroes by the way. as an example to others. There is a Dickens-like touch in this pair who are undergoing dangers as great as mortal ever faced; who scarcely know each other; who write each other 1n the heart of a virgin forest letters beginning with ‘Sir’ and ending with ‘your faithful servant;’ who cordially dutest each other, ‘The Saviour, despising the two men, hus saved and saved.” It is now nearly a year since Praao's head fell in the Plate dela Roquette. Public recollection of this hero of the guillotine 18 revived by an incident which has just come under the attention of the police. At the time of his capture for Marie Aguitant's murder he inhabited a hotel in the Course la Rein, o friend and fellow countryman of his named Lorenzo occupying a room next to his. On October 28, 1887, Prado gave Lorenzo a ticket for the Chatelat theater and in the latier’s absence entered his room and was making away with a casket containing towels when ho was detected and an alarm was given, Prado took flight,firing at a policeman who pyrsued, Thena circamstance which which nover has been clearly explained took place. Immediately on hearing of Prado's arrest Lorenzo took a train for Genova, Duriug the course of the trial Prado frequently made such statements as: “'Discover Lorenzo and then you will find out all about Marie Aguitunt's jewels and her murderer.’” The police thought Lorenzo merely a myth, wvented by the versatile and mysterious prisoner, Now, however, Lorenzo has been arrested, who 18 in all probability the very man Prado. referred to. The circumstances that have brought about his arrest are not of any special interest and rather complex, but briefly they may be described as turning ou Loronzo's counection with a band of usurers, which wight have ended in a very ordinary fashion hud not Soron, chief of the Parls detective police, while searching Lorenzo's spurtinent, cowe across a quantity of jewels 1o the value of 200,000 francs, This discov - ery caused great excitement at the Paris detective department. Where did Lorenzo got all these jowels? Were they sold to him by Prado, who had stolen them from Marie Aguitaut after having murdered her, or had Loreuzo been Prado’s accomplice, and had the latter detormined to get the proceeds of their common crimes from out Lorenzo's bands! A sale took place Wednesduy at the Hotel @' Rouot of the wardrobe and personal effects of the late Oliver Metra. Tho whole sale only fetched 1,507 francs. Amongst other things sold were several violins, oue belog a Margloto Marelll, dating from the year 1517 This was found nmever to have belonged 10 Metra, but had been ut into the sale by the auctioneer, Motras' lvll violin, to the sound of which probanly @ greater portion of the jeunvesse d'or of ueo bave tripped the licgt fantastic, was nocked down for 14 francs. The medals presented on different ocoasions 1o the late composer and fuvorite luader were sold by An?nuhu\ wurder trial bas just taken - place at Nancy that and high in the annals of causes celebres. Last year a se- ries of murders was committed at Pont Amousson, near the German frontier, that recalled the exploitsof *““Jack the Ripper. On December 18 a married couple named Sulzer, who kept a sort of broker shop in the village, were found d In the middle of the room was a table with a white cloth and tho vemains of a frugal re past. Bwside the table and in a kneehing posture was the body of the husband, still clutehing in his hand a pair of scissors, with which he had been cutting some cloth for a customer, Two paces dis. tant lay the body of his wife. 1oth had their throuts cut. On the tops of the heads was a hole in the skulias if made with a hammer. The pociets of the deceasd had been turned wrong side out. - All the mouey in the shop had disappeared. A few day afterwards a woman named Ferry, who keot a charcoal shop was also found dead. Her throat was cut exactly the same way as those of Sulzer and wife. On top of the head was a hole as if made with a bammer, All her money had also been taken. The woman had also been assassinated just as sho was showing wares to a customer. Three days later another murder was an. nounced and the inhabitants of the little vil- lage became panie-stricken. This time the victim was a widow named Francois, who kept a wineshop. Shoe was found on her back with her throat cut. On topof the head was a hole as if made with a hammer. The rigid corpse clutched a bunch of gray ently torn in the struggle from the assassin’s head. On the counter was a glass filled with wine, indicating that, as in the other cases, the murderer presented himself as a cus- tomer, All the money had disappeared, showing that here also robbery was the mo- tive, The panic at Pont ' Mousson was now 80 great that immediately after sunset the inhabitants barricaded themselves in their houses and the citizens organized a patrol service, and, armed to the teeth, they passed up and down the streets all night. Several arrests were made, but no evidence was ob- tained. Finally Jaueme, the Parisian in- spector of police, was sent to Pont a’Mous- son to ferret out the murderer. The in- spector fouud out that during February an unkuown person, wearing a fur cloak and woolen cap, used to appear at Pont a’Mous- son at dusk and visit shops kept by old women. The inspector followed up this clue and by questioning the inn-keepers found that the stranger was a printer named @’Auguar, who served 1n the army as a ser- geant in 1879 and who greatly distinguished himself and had become a gena’arme. Fur- ther investigations showed that d’ Augua bad a wife and two children. He had lost his place in the printing establishment and came to Pont a’Mousson, leaving his wife, who was enciente, at a neighboring village, One day the wife, impatient at rot hearing from her husband and not receiving uny money, walked to Pont a’Mousson to reproach him, D'Augua replied: A man owes me mooey, I will go and get him to pay me.” With these words he went away and returned with 200 francs to his wife. This very night the Sul- zers were murdered. The day after the murder of the widow Ferry, d'Augua paid some debts, By a similinr coiucidence one of thie franc vieces he paid out was stained with bluod. On thoe might of the assasina- tion of the widow Francois, d’Augua had been asked by some comrades to play cards. D’Augua looked at his watch and said: “You will bave to wait for me, as I have an important crrand to attend to.” He returned late in the cvening and the next day paid debts, saying: “I wish to leave Pont a‘Mousson.” A button found near the body of the widow Francois corresponded exactly with the ones on d’Augua's trousers, and one of d’Augua’s buttons was missing. The hair found clutched in the hand of Mume. Franceis was precisely the same color as D'Auguw’s, Other important circumstantiag evidence was adduced, but that was not very strong. Evidenco is now brought to light that goes to prove that d'Augua has mur- dered av least four other persons— a clerk named Pernot and his wife at Epinal in April, 1887, and Martin and his wife at Saint Nabord on Mareh 15, 1888, D'Augua protests vigor- ously that he is innocent and a victim of cir- cumstances, and stoutly denies every charge and allegation, For instanc The President—Three witnesses are ready to swear they saw you at 0 o'clock prowling near the shop of Sulzer, whom you after- wards murdered. D'Augua—That Is false, lio. President—But that is not all. You sold twelve metres of cloth that came from Sul- zer's shop to & merchant ncar Pont a’Mous- 800, D'Augna—TI never sold any cloth. merchant says I did he is a har, President—F'ive witnesses swear that you offered to sell him cloth, and the clothes you wear were purchased with the :money you robbed from the murdered Sulze: D'Augua—Non, non. The court then adduced evidence tracing & Augua’s movements day by day and almost minute by m‘nute. He showed that he was wandering about in his fur cloak at Pont a’Mousson, continually on the watch for new victims, Procurer General—Was this the first time you went to Mousson? D'Augua (excitediy)—M, le proeureur Geoneral, I am sorry, but I will answer the questions of M. le president, but not yours. President—He has a right to ask you any questions that hé deems fit. D'Augua (shrugging his shoulders)—Ts it possible ! President—Well, Moussonfor D'Augua—I went there merely to take a walk and visit tho ruins, I didn't wish to leave the country without having enjoyed this fine point de vere. President—You would have murdered the Simothee woman, whose husband kept a res- taurant, had you found her alone February 4 Yoyhadno money and you left your watch as security to pay for your dinuer. D'Augur—I had no money because I had lost & new pocket book. President—What nonsense, You have al- ready told balf a dozen stories to explain this, D'Augua—Non, non, non. President—~The very next day after the - quest on still another victim you called at a wineshop kept by a woman named Camus, You drank two glasses of abscinthe, You asked the woman whother she was doing wuch business and whether she had much mouey. You followed her into the kitchen, seeking an opportunity to kil her, when you were astonished o find another woman tnece. Thea you went away, D'Augua (slamming his hands with fury) -=Non, non, President—The Ferry woman was mur- dered in broad daylight between half past 8 and 4 o'clook. Where wera you at half past §¢ D'Augua—At & mason's shop, where I bougut @ pieco of twine. Afterwards I went tomy roow. The landlady hauded we 8 letter from my wife. President—ED, bieu non, At that hour you The witnesses It the what did you go, to OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, | REED WILL BE THE SPEAKER, were in the Rue du Core, and witnesses are ready to swear they saw you walking uo and down near tho shop of the Ferry woman. What were you doing there! D' Augua—1 was not there. A sensational incident of the trial yostor- day was the appearanca in the witness box of the prisoner’s wife. Mme. ID'Augua’s en- trance was saluted by a murmurof pity. Hor appearance was that of a_dressmaker, who finds it difleult to earn a livelihood here, Her eyes were red and swollen with frequent weeping. The examination by the presiding judee began thus: When your husband was at Pont o' Mous- 80n you wrote him letter upon letter asking him for money 10 pay the creditors he had left behind. Receiving no answer, yon de- cided to go to bim and ask him for money. You told nim of the strait in which he had placed you, and his answer was: “I have no money today, but tomorrow I shall have vlenty.” Then, turning to the prisoner, the judgo asked: Why did you thus Lo to your wife, D'Augua, if, as you assert, you had money saved 1" 1'Augua—I had told one lie and I backed it up with others. The examination of the witness turned upon the time d’Augus had returned home on tho night of the murder of Mme. Sulzer. The poor woman's roplies showed how her mind was distracted by a desire 10 say noth- ing incrimimuting her husband and an in- tention to tell the truth. The questions to which she was subjected by the judge sev- eral times caused the spectators to groan loudly. Every sympathy was witn the wit- ness, Meantimo d'Auguo remained in a balf recumbent position in his seat, his face nidden in his hands. Ho was extremely vale, During the rest of the trial broceedings were rathor monotonous, the witnesses called being simply women who had seen @Augua prowling arourd Mme, Sulzer's house previous to the commission of tho crime, While & Augua was being conveyed from the court house to the prison the erowd hooted, hissed and groaned at him. MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY SBHOCKED One ot 1ts Prominent Citizens Sued For Breach of Promise. EAPOLIS, Nov. 30.—[Special Telegram i.|—Society circles were shocked degree this afternoon by the bringing of a smt for $25,000 damages for breach of promise by Mrs. J. K. Camp, a charming young widow, against Edward C* Avery, one of the officers of the Accommo- dation bankirg company. The fact that Avery is @ married man adds a deal to the sensation. The complaint alisges that Avery wrote Mrs. Camp letters under the name of Edward Jackson, in which he urged her to allow him to keep company with her, saying he was a widower with three children and wanting a woman to taice care of them. She permitted him to visit her from two to four times u weelk, except three weceks while he was i California, when he wrote her many letters. Mrs. Camp alleges that they be- came engaged on March 5, 1838, and that re- ceutly she learned that Avery was married, Hence the suit, e ASHORE ON GRAY'S REEF, Five Steamers Representing a Million Dollars, CmiorGo, Nov. 20.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—A special to an afternoon paper says that the Tioga is ashore on Gray's reef, Mich., and that the Queen and Whale are in tne same condition, All the lighters and several large tugs with about 100 men have gone to unload the cargoes. The amount of property mow on Gruy’s reef represcuts nearly 81,000,000, The Red Wing is probably a total loss, Her decks huye been badly injured, but owing to the amount of ice clinging to her the full amount of damage cannot be known, The other schooner in distress is the H. W, Sace, The Sage struck the beach at 4 p, m, Wednesday and soon became a total wreck. The crew reached the shore yesterday. They suffered terribly from the cold, Nearly Ran on the I Vicrouns, B. C,, .—The steamer Idaho ran on,the Race rocks yesterday morning. She'soon filled with wator and broke in two, Her cargo consisted of 800 barrels of lime, large quantities of fish oil, salmon, hops and coal, and it is now thought the vessel and cargo will be a total loss. She was valued at $3,000; no lives Jost. S - TRIED 10 BUKN THE HOTEL, A Dastardly Attempt By a Chicago Hotel Porter, Ciicaao, Nov. 80.—|Special Telegram to Tue Ber,]—Fire broke out av the Coanecti- cut hotel this morning and but for its timely discovery would doubtless have consumed the buildiug with the risk of cremating many guests, The tire was noticed in an unused straw mattress, and was plainly of incendiary origin, The police went to work today and arrested 8 man mamed Dickson, tho hotel porter. He confessed to having started the fire, and said that John G, Tomp- kins, the proprietor, had given him §200, for which he had promised to burn the building. Ou his statement Tompkins was arrested and is now locked “up at the Lake street station, The hotel building is a three-story stone structure, aad as a hotel eunterprise is snid to have been unsuccessful financially. Fompkins Cenies all kuowledge of his por- ter's incendiary attempt, The building was insured. —— London Theatrical: (Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett,) LoxpoN, Nov. 80.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bre.]—'The Gold Craze,” a four-act piece by Brandon Thomas, was produced at tho Princess theater to- night under the management of Grace Haw~ thorne and W. W. Kelly, The chances are that it will soon be followed by “Theodora,” with Grace Hawthorne in the title role, for there is no sound reason why *The Gold Craze"” should last more than a week, The plot1s painfully threadbare. The son as- sumes the guiit of the father, who is a forger, William Herbert as Phillip Veritz, the vir- tuous son, performed the thankless task in a satisfactory manner, and May Ro- selle as Lucy Morton, the heroine, who after many tribulations, begets and confers happivess by marrying the vir. tuous son, did much to lessen the part, which seemed to envelop a faircrowd of firat night- ers, Jack Barnes played the villain, Baron de Fleurville, 1n a manucr not at all villain- ous. In fact, the cast was boti compatent and plucky, but the play was too heavy a load. Miss Hawthorne does mov appear in *The Gold Craze,” as she is reserviog all her energies for *“Theodora,” R Coal iy Too Oheap! Pirtsuura, Nov. 80.—Arrangements have been made by all the coal operators of th Moncungahela valley to close gown their wines indefinitely, as the few works in oper- atioo bave demonstrated that the demands of the miners cauno. be conceded with the tu'o.fllwdl low as it is at present. Five bousand men will be affected, The Maine Man Nominated by the Republican Qaucus, DECIDED ON THESECOND BALLOT | McPherson of Pennsylyania Sc. the Clerkship—Van Eiten Omeba Displays Monv mental Gall ares of Wasnmnaron Buneau Tin Ovany Bee, } 518 FOURTRHNTI STRvkT, Wasnixarox, . C, Nov, 80, Thomas B, Reed of Maind, will bo speaker of the Fifty-ficst congress, | He was nomi- nated by the republican eaficus this aftor. noon on the second ballot, The contest was short mti good natured, Thero will be no neartbufns from any di- rection, 1t is truo that a solid cast for Mr. Reed confroated an almost solid ! western opposi- tion to him, but there was in reality not the least. particle of sectionaliaw in the contest, When Mr. Reed was reminded \his morning that he haa worked up a solid east and that therefore there was a smack of one section against the other, he replied in that apt way which can be applied by no other man so well, that if ho did not ko into the caucus With a solid east it would be said in oppo- sition to him, and very pointedly too, that ho was unable to securc the support of his own section. He had not, he said, asked the east to support him for the purpose of opposing tho west. Ho simply wanted tho east at his back because he was a citizen of that section and felt that he nust have this support in ordor to win, the same as any candidate must have his own imumediate coostituents behind him if he expects to succeed in any national contest. There were 160 members in the caucus, only three short of the full republican mem- bership of tho house. This required 83 votes to make a nomination, Mr. Reed had 78 of these on tho first ballot and in the sec- ond the exact number required to secure the nomination. The nomination of Mr. Reed on the second ballot was due to the work of Senator Petti grew of South Dakota. Senator Pettigre is an old friend of Mr. Reed and has been doing some teliing work for him during the past forty-eight hours. He has an extenrsive acquaintance and he pulled on this for all it was worth in faver of Reed. Sena- tor Peitigrew was Reed’s only western in- fluence in the caucus. He was the only man admitted who had no right to vote, and the way he hustled around in favor of the success of Mr. Reed wasa caution to the oldest caucus mavipulators, The two Da- kotas voted for western caudidates on the first ballot and when the second ballot be- gan Senator Pettigrew went. to the three members from the Dakotas and told them that if they wanted to be om the iwinning side thoy must immediatily vote fcr Mr, Reed. He also advised they to vote for the western candidutes on the fiest Buttot, know- g that they would bb ‘all- right on the second ballot and would suow a gain on that ballot for Reed. The change of the three men made the exact number re quired to Rive Reed the nomi- nation. Senator Pettigrew tonight is receiving hearty congratulations and conse- quently is feeling very well over his work. ‘I'here is no man in the United Stat s who is better fitted to be speaker of the Fifty- first congress than the man who was nom- inated and who will be formally elected on next Monday. The tactics employea by him during his canvass for the speakership ure the strongest recommendation possible why he should be speaker. They showed him to be possessed of the Wighest qualities of republicanism and leadership. He has in this contest given an earnest determination i owin when there appeared to be httle hope of success that is a prerequisite for the pos tien he 18 to occapy. Although he had against him four men of a very high type of republicanism and leadership vone of them appeared to be o equal to the occasion as their competitor from the east. The majority in the Fifty-first congress will be very small, and with so much legis- lation mapped out by the platform upon which General Harrison was elected presi- dent, and which his message will recom- mend next weelk, the most rugged and as- tute facilities of a stern republican and ox- perienced legislator will be required.” There is not a question incorporated in the cardinal principles of the republican party upon which Mr. Reed is not perfectly eound. He has led the party in the house to soma of the greatest successes it has ever achieved, He has proved on many occasions that no situation can arise where he will Jose his bead and commit an indiscretion. He 18 pre-eminently a great leader umong the best leaders of the varty. He will make o good speaker and will not only do credit to the party which elevated him, but he will preservo the best nterests, commercially, and politically and socially, of the country. Personally, Mr, Reed is a tower of phyi ical and mental strength,| He stands about six feet three in height, weighs probably two nundred and fifty pounds and is familiarly reforred to by his friends as ““the man with tho Shakspearian locks,” His hirsute coy- ering is not, however, long. He bas an im- mense expanse of baidness, which gives his large and intelligent looking head and face the classic features of a ndn of great mental force aud culture. He ia @ speaker without a peer in the house and wi few peers in the country, His i is swooth, with the exception ! of a very slight moustache, He a deep, rich and pleasaut voice and one of {the most catcning smiles worn by any man: fn public ife. He 18 prepo g and & ural leader of men, There was a surprise hho in store when the speakership was of and the nomination of mingr of was taken up. 1t was believed up to a hours ago that Major John M, Carson, Washington cor- respondent of the elphia Ledger, would be nominated elerk of the house, Major Carson was defeatsd on the firs, bal- o t by Hon, Edward McFherson. Both men are residents of Penusylyania and the con- test was really one u be battled by the Pennsylvania delegation, Senator Quay felt under obligations to Mr,\McFherson for the valusble services he ' rendered in the presidential campaign - as secretary of the republican congressiopal committee and he felt warranted in warkivg for bis nowin- ation. The friends of Major Cavson were very much incensed over the action of Sena- tor Quay but the result pf t! first ballot showed that Quay’s te for some reason or other was wanted asthe clerk, for he received 116 votes against 50 for Carson, It was feared today that the work of Senatyf Quay would bring about & t ip the Fenn- sylvania delegation, lead to bitter personal: ities and result in an open rupture uud re- volt agaiust the chaurman of the republican national commitiee, but now that the coutest 1889.-SIXTEEN is over recriminations are not indulged in and good feeling provails. Mr. MePherson has veen a member of congross and for sev- eral terms clerk of the house, e will make a good oficer, The nomination of ex-Congressman A. J Holmes, of #oone, Ia, to be sergeant at arms was a surprise even to the lowa deloga- tion. The nomination, however, was due to thd oxcellent qualities of Major Holmes i the first vlace, and iR tho second place to one of the most eloquent specches ever do- liverad by a candidate. Colonel Henderson, who was Towa's candidate for the spoaker- ship, placed Major Holmes in nomination, and ho took the house by storm. Major Holmes was a gallant soldier and served with much eredit as a membor of tne Forty- eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congresses. Having left the house only lust March he has a cordial acquaintanceship with allof tn® old memoers and they were all for him. He was not a candidate for the position and it is one of the few instances on record where a position of 8o much responsivility is tendered one who did not ask for it. There was a one armed union soldier in tho field for the place, Charles Reed of Minnesota, but he only received 13 votes against 142 for Major Holmes. The nomination of the other officers came as a matter of course with the exception of Wheat of Wisconsin, whose nomination to the postmastership was a surprise. 1t was confldently believed to be almost certain thut Captain Thomas IT, McKee of Indiana, who has been an active candidate for several months, would be nominated for this posi- tion without serious opposition. The Fifty- first congress starts out admirably equipped. There ure strong men in every responsible position. It is conceded that Major McKin- ey of Ohio will be chairman ot the committeo on ways and means, which is to formulate and adopt a tariff bill. Mr. Cannon of Illinois will be chairman of the committee on appropriations, It is believed that Mr. Burrough of Michi- gan, the third western candidate for speaker, will be chairman of the judiciary or some other good committee if he desires to leave the committee on ways and means. It is understood that Colonel Henderson the fourth and last of the can 28 from the west fof tho speakership, desiresto re- main where he is at present located, on the committee of appropriativns, The predictions that the Nebraska delega- tion would cast their first vote for Hender- som of lowa were not verified by the out- come. Inspite of the understauding that Dorsey’s second choico was nley and that Counell would vote for Reed on the sec- ond or third ballot both congressmen cast their votes for Mr. Reed at the start. Con- gressman Laws alone voted for Henderson. ‘I'he entire delegation refused to recede from their decision to vote for Major Carson for clerk and went down with the fifty con- gressmen who ecorded themselves in favor of fair play. A caucus will be held tomorrow by a num- berof westera congressmen, at which the Nebraska delegation will be present, and at which the question of assignment to com- mittees ana patronage will be decidea. VAN ETTEN'S GALL. During the past few days every senato has received & printed circular from one D. Van Etten of Omaba bitterly assaulting Juage Giroff and calling upon them to vote against his confirmation for various reasons stated. The circular defeats itself by the bitterness and malignity of the language used and by the outrageous charges mads againsta man who has been honored by the people who have best known him. This would be in itself sufficient to cause the document to be thrown into the waste basket were it not known that the man who sends it was disbarred and a candidate for the peni- tentiary owing to his unprofessional conduct in Omaha, and that his animus acainst Judge GroT is due to his official position at the time Van Etten was in trouble among s professional associates. NEW POSTMASTERS, Towa—13eacon, Mahuska county, S. H. Thomas vice Mary Salisbury, removed; Hermosa, Cook county, Ed Keeney vice H. Vanatta, removed; Nichol, county, H. P. White vice J. W. Lendrum, removed; North English, Towa county, J. S. Wagner vice E. McCracken, removed. MISCELLANEOU! Secretary Noble today oyerruled the mo- tion for a review in the case of John Hen- derson vs F. W. Bailey, involving the south- west 1 of section 26, township 103 north, range 83 west. Mitchell land district. Teanc W, Scherics of Iowa has been ap- pointed to a $1,000 clerkship in the surgeon’s office. The commissions of John Q. A. Braden, reglster, and Charles J, McLeoa, receiver of the land office at Aberdeen, S. D., were is- sued today and they will take their offices without waiting for further information, Perry S, Hearm, —— THE TRANSFERfX WAS LEGAL. A Husband Who Was Absent Long ‘moungh to Be Legally Dead, Kaxsas City, Mo, Nov. 30,—(Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.]—Judge Henry, before whom the suit instituted by Ann McDonaugh against Nanaie M. Baumgardt and others was argued, rendered a decision today in favor of the defendants, The Enoch Arden romance which this story developed has been published in Tug Bes, Thaplaintift in the case, believing her husbana was dead, married Colonel James McDonaugh, for- merly chief of police in St. Louis, While the wife of the latter she cxecuted a deed to certain property uear the southwestern part of the city to James and John Eaton. Her husband subsequently was discoverod to be alive and prospering in Lincoln county, New Mexico. In the meautime the propecty, which had been sold for §10,000, had gotten to be worth $200,000, and Mrs, McDonaugh sought to creep out of the sale by the claim that ner husband, baving beeu alive, must have joined her in the trausfer to make the deed valid, In passing on the case Judge Heury said: “That sne thought him dead and was not aware of the abandonment canmot change the fucts, If a state of facts existed when she made the deed which authorizes her to do 8o, it makes no difference that sha vased Ler right to make the deed upon a state of facts which did not exist. If abseat from her from 1860 to 1860 without in any manner recogniziug her as his wife, whether dead or alive, she had a right to act as an unmarried woman, aud if she aud the entire community believed him aead for soven years, whether dead or ulive, she had the right to act as an unmarried woman, and that therefore her deed was effectual to pass the titie to the land in question to the defendiuts The bill is therefore dismissed.” -~ An Electrio Light Soare. (Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett,| Loxpoy, Nov. 30.—~|New York Herald Cable—Special to 'ag Bee, |--London is suf- fering from an electric light scare cn account of the Bostou fire. 1f the fire had happened before the contracts were made for lighting @ large part of the aty by electricity, g vmuld have been compelled to perform thut task for auotler docud, | terof the application for admission ]‘A(ilfl. ) ENDOWMENT OATH A BAR Mormons Who Have Taken 1t Chiizenship in Utah, SALT Lake, Utab, Nov. 80.—Judgs Ander son today deliverad his decision in the m to citi zenship of those Mormons who have taken the endowmant house onth. The decision reviews the testimony at length and denies the application In the decision Judge Andorson states the ground of his opposition to the admission of the upplicants to citizenship to be that the Mormon church is and always has been a treasonable organization in its teachings and practices, hostile to the government of the Unitod States, disobedient to its laws and sooking its overthrow; that the oath admin- istered to its members in the endowment house binds them under the penalty of death to implicit obedience in all things temnoral as woll us apiritual to the priesthood, and to avengo the death of the prophots, Joscph and Hiram Smith, unon the government and peo- Dented vio of the United States. The judge re- viewed at length the evidence submitted by the government regarding the endowment house ceromonies, the teaching of the church, ete. referring to the testimony of the witnesses for the Mormons, he said: All of them testified as to the endowment, but refused to state what oath was taken or the covenants entered into or the penalties attached 1o its violation, while some stated that they had forgotten what was said about avenging the blood of the prophets, *“‘These ovasions,” the judge says, ‘‘rondered their testimony of littie value and tended to con- firm the evidence offered by the objectors to the applicants, The evidence establishes veyond any reasonable doubt that the en- dowment ceremonies are inconsistent with the oath of citizenship,” The applications of John Moore and Walter Edgar, both of whom went through the en- dowment house, is denied. Asto the admission of other applicants solely upon the ground of their being mem- bers of the Mormon church, a large mass of evidence was introduced consisting mostly of sermons and writings of Mormon rulers and leaders published under the direction of the church, the judge continues: “I think there can be no question but that tha church claims and exercises the right to control its members in temporal as well as spiritual affairs, ‘U'he evidence also shows that blood atonement is one of the doctrines of the church.” The judge quotes Brigham Young at con- siderable length and refers especially to his denunciation of the government, when, in the United States troops were sent to Salt Lake City. In summing up, ho says: “Whether the language of Brigham Young, Heber Kimball, Orson Hyde and others instituted the Mountain Meadow massucre, or whether the horrible butchery was done by direct command of Brigham Young will probably never be known. The evidence,” Judge Anderson says, ‘‘does not sustain the claim of counsel thut the feelings of the people toward the government have undergone a change, and that in later years the feeling of hostility has disappeared or become greatly modified. ‘The evidence snows tbat the church has in the most determined manner and with all means at its command opposed the enforcement of laws of the United States against polyg- amy and unlawful cohabitation. Not a word of evidence waf introduced showirg that any preacher of the church ever in a single in- stance advised the obeying of the laws against plygamy. On the contrary the evi- dence shows the church has persistently showed disobedierree to a portion of the laws. of this government; has insulted and dri Umited States ofticers from the territor, £ denied the authority of the United States to pags laws prohibiting polygamy as an un- warranted interfercnce with the Mormon re- ligion. Undoubtedly there are many mem- bers of this church who feel friendly to the government and would gladly break the shackles that bind them if they dared. But with an organization the most thorough that can be magined, which can be wielded against them, they remain in the chureh rather than takethe risk of financial ruin and social ostracism.”” After recitiug the teachings of the churcu at lengtn the judge says: “It has always been and is still the policy of this government to encourage aliens of good fuith who wish to reside in this country to be citi- zens, But when aman of foreign birth comea here aud joius un orgumization, which professediy religious, requives of him alle- glance paramount to his allegiunce to the government, an organization that impiously claims to be the kingdom of God, to control its members under his immediate direction, and yet teaches aud practices a system of morals shocking to Christian people ovory- where, it is time for us to enquire whether such men should be admitted to citizenship, The avidence in this case establishes unques- tionably that the teachings, practices and purposes of the Mormon church are antag- onistic to the government of the United States, subversive to the morais and the well-being of society, and thav its members are animated by a feeling of Lostility toward the government and its laws. Therefore an alien who is in the membership of said church is not o fit person to be made u citi- zen of the United Statcs.” —— CHICAGO'S DEADLY CABLE, Two Young Ladies Seversly Injured tunnel this morning severely injured two young ladies and added another count to the uumerous indictments of negligence against the cable company, Miss Nellie Berry aud Miss Neill were passeugers on a Webster avenue car which stuck in the tunnel, After the car had stood in the tuunel for a consid. erable time the young ludies got out to walk, As they were proceeding toward the south walking on the western track agrip car which had been induced to start came up be- hind them. They were unheeded by the gripman and caught between the car and the west wall and nearly crushed to death. Miss Berry was severely injured in the back and her face was scratched and cut. Miss Neill's back was injured and her ankle hurt, Sev- eral passengers who observed the accident fainted on the car. The young ladies were taken to their homes in a carriago and” will probably recover. B Watching Boston's Burned District, Bos1oN, Nov. 80.—The police and firemen kept their lonely vigil in the burned district all last night, and there wus @ continual but fruitless search for the bodies of the missing firemen, Some believe that the wen were crewated, and that no trace of them will ever be discovered. K. E. Whiting, the veteran fircman, who was rescued from 80 Chauncey street, died this worning of his bu ’ e Snatehod $2,000. 5 CLEVEL nn. 0., Nov. 80.—Wg* lector of the countingd3,500 in the ger' UM . eol- = PAGES 18 NUMBER THE HAPPY FAMILY QUARRELS | Austria Deliberately Breaks Faith | With Golnumy BISMARCKS LABOR FRUITLESS, Ttaly the Irritatea, Crar Francis Joseph ana Hate Bach Othor, the Dreibund Strained ~Ru- mors of a Iy hlio. 3ot Lnid Flans Afv Gang Aglee. (Copyrioht 185 by New York Associatel Press,) Brruis, Nov. 80.—The foreign office here has amplo reason to accuse tno Austrians of having broken faith rezarding the recent Kalnoky-Bismarck compact. Within the present woek tho leading points of the en- tonte have been set aside. Kmperor Fran- cis Joseph annulled the adecision giving autonomy to Trentino and Count Kalnoky authorized the bourse to give the quotations of the Bulgarian loan, und permitted the Austrian consul at Sofla to renow his osten tations intimacy with Prince Ferdinand, The check upon Bismarck’s diplomacy is. absolute and has been the subject of con- Stant communications between this city and Vien®a, Count Kalnoky 1s reported to have offer explanagion the statoment that he was forced to depart from the arrangement even atthe risk of precipitating a conflict with Russia. o found that both the Aus- trian and Hungarian ministers were adverse to the torms of conciliation offered by Kus- sia and the opposition at Pesth, was bocom- g 80 strong that it was threatening to over- turn the Tisza mnistry. Premier Tisza demanded ns the condition of hiis remaining in oftice that the foreigm policy be strengthened on the old lines. Re- garding Trentino, Emperor Francis Joseph finding that the concession of autonomy was consigered a diplomatic victory and that Premier Crispi was proparing the way for annexation to Italy, decided to disenchant the Italians. Count vou Taafe and his col- leagues in the Austrian ministry were unaui- mous agunst Emperor Francis Joseph's hast) t to autonomy and supported @ reversal of that action, Count von Taafe sent to the diet at lnnsbruck an intimation that their vote granting Trentino a separate adwministration was vetoed. @ Emperor Willilam and Bisn the expla arck received nations in sullen silence. Herbert Bismarck wrote to Kainoky that the triple alliance must submit to a renowal of the dangars of the old position aggravated by proofsof the irresolution of the Austrian polic Premier Crispi in o dispatch comments upon the increased irritation of the Italians over the Trentino affair, The net result of Bismarek's with the czar and Count Kalnoky and their prolonged triguing is au intensified an- tagonisin between Austria and Russia, the irrvitation of Italy and a disruption of the re- lations of the dreibund, ‘Tho irredentist party has been strengthe ened by the conduct of Austria, Emperor Frayeis Joseph's assent to the marriage of the heir to the throne, Archduke Francis, to Princess Marie Dorothea, danghter of Archduke Joseph, will make Prince Ferdi- naud of Bulgaria the uncle of the future em- peror of Austria, the mother of the princess being a sister of Prince Ferdmand. The ceremony will be held in February immedi- ately after the expiration of the year of mourning for the late Crown Prince Ru- dolph. Rehable advices from Lisbon the imminence of a demonstration of a republic which will ev menace the overthrow of monarchy. The republicans have ninety-seven working committees and 17,000 enroiled members, among whom are a number of prominent men. ‘Ihe leauers of the army and especially those of artillory are ripe for a republic. Senor Zorilla recently paid a secret visit 10 Lisvon to confer with the supporters of the revolutionary movement. The changes in Rio Janciro, which in themselves are viewed with comparative indifference here, are nuxiously watched by the govornment as associated with the republican agitation on the Spanish peninsula and with reference to their reflex influence upon the whole of Eu- rope. The reichstag will adjourn on the 10th inst and will resume its session early in Jan- uary, It is expected the elections will bae held in March, The semi-ofcial press in- sinuate thot if the major refuse to give their assent to the expulsion clause of the anti-socialist bill Prince Bismarck will ap- peur n the tribune and dissolve the house, Count Herbert Bismarck freely tells the members thut his father is discontented with the committes amendments to the bi that he is further dissatisfled with the pro- tracted debates on the budget, and that he is inclined o demand a prolongation of the so- cialistic law in its vreseut shape for two years and vhen dissolve partiar The sennte of Hamburg has de the government to contribute toward the construction of a new harbor at Cuxtnven, The new harbor will cost 10,000,000 marks and will accommodate the largest seame s, Its advocates 10 the senate declare that the wvew harbor is essential to the maintenance of trade with America, ‘The Cologne (Guzette supports the project of a unwversal exhibition in Berlin, The Kreuz Zeitung opposes the project on the ground that the aspect of prosperity in Gors many 18 deceitful, and that an economio crisis is impending which will render failure certain, Count Herbert Bismarck today gave a diplomatic dinner, at which Count Schotu~ valoff, the Itussian ambassador, Sir B, BV Malet, the British ambassador, and alr, W W. Phelps, the United States minister, were among the gues Tue whole party after- ward proceeded to the reception given by Prince Von Radziwill to the Japanese prince and princess. The latter cordially greeted Mv. Phelps and his family. The princes said that sho liked the United States bewter than any other country she had yet seen, and she referred to her visit 1o Washington a8 especiully delightful, Major Wissmaon has been ordered to re- open the caravan route from Panganl to Kilimanjaro, An expedition is about te start, commanded by Lieutenant Ehlers, - conferences indicate in favor Fitteen Mines Suut Down. Dexvew, Colo, Nov, 80,—Fifteen out of the seventeen mines i Boulder county, operated by the Colorado coal operators’ as- sociation and representing a daily output of 2,000 ons, closed down today. The trouble between tho operators and mivers is the overtimo lholnunr wre compelled to work, - Report of the O, b, & Q Qaicaco, Noy. 80.—The report of the Chi- oago, Burlinglon & Quincy road, including the B. & M., for the wonth of October, in the net earoings of $164, he s month last year, For the ended October 31 l,hu neL earns a8 increase of $3,803.