Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 21, 1890, Page 2

IN THE FIELD OF SPORT, Whe Barly Collapse of the Wash- ingtoa Club Predicted. HOOSIERS TO BE TRANSFERRED, Awmateur Association Umpires In Demand—Marr Threa to Join the Players' Lo - Base Ball Gossip. Probable Changes In the League. New York, Jan, 20.—[Special to Tnr e.|—The opinfon that the Washington Nutional League club is about to quit is strongthening here daily. The inactivity of Jewitt in signing vlayers, and the general upathy that sems to provail at the capitol,is the cause of this, If Washington does drop out it can be set down for a fact that [ndian. npolis must throw up the sponge likewise, in which event the entire Indianapolis team will Ve trausferred to New York. It is no secret that John B. Day of the New York club and President Brush of the Hoosiers, are in con- wtant correspondence, nnd that the collanse of Washinglon means that the Indianapolis tenm comes hur Sandy MeDermott will Get Ther Convmnus, O, Jan, 20.—[Special to Tur Bui, |- Sandy MceDermott, who made such ®n eficiont umpire upon the Western as clation staff last season, will undoubtediy xocolve an appoiutment upon the National Y.eague staft for the present season. He is wtrongly recommended and has receiy surances of his early appoiniment. Wostern Umpires in De } LovisviiLe, Ky., Jan. 20.—[Special to Tun B |-John Hunt of St. Louls was ap- pointed an American association wmpire today by President Zack Phelps, Hunt offi- ciated part of lust season in the Western ussociation, Marr Threateos to Juinp. CiserxNaTr, N, Jan, 20.—(Spooial to Tax BeE. [—It was given out here yestorday that *'Lifty” Marr would put his hand to a Cin- cinuati contract today, but Presidont Stern received o telegram from the Columbus directors this mworning notifying him that they were unable to get othor Amorican as- wociation clubs to waive their claims. They had agreed on the price Stern offered them, and the deed was all but consummated. Marr is much exercised over this news and swoears that he will sign a brotherhood cons tract before he goes back to Columbus, or to wny other city save Cincinnati, Buck wing of the New York Players’ club is after Marr, and it is quite likely that this great young Player will jump within the next fow days, uniess he is allowed v come to Cincinnati, e BIC TN WOKRLD, Plans Under Way for a Bridge Over the North River, New Yonrk, Jan. 20.—|Special Telegram to I'ne Bre.]—Tho biggest of all big bridges #s well on its way to things finite. Congress has been askea by Representative McAdoo of Jersey City to grant to the North river bridge company the right to span the Hudson Rt its narrowest part—between Hoboken and Ylourteenth strect. The incorporators ask congress for the right to build and maintamn, ®qip and operate a bridge proper, approaches thereto and terminals, appurtcnances and ‘works connected therewith across the Hud- son river between the state of New Jersey mnd the city of New York, and lay tracks thereon for the connection of railronds and to facilitate transportation. It is stipulated that the bridge shall not have less than six railroad vracks and shall be constructed with a single span over the entire river between the established pier lines in either state, No pier or other 'obstruction 18 to be con- structed in the river between the pier lines, and the bridge is to be completed in ssven years unless delayed by legal proceedings. The plans have all been prepaved. It will e the largest bridge in the world. The English channel bridge, which is talked of, ‘will not compare with it, for its longest span will be over 1,700 feet, while the span of this ‘will be 2,850 feet long. Itis the length of a span which decides the size of a bridge and mot the length of the bridge itsolf from an englneering standpoiat. It is cheaper to Dridge the river with a single span than with & pier in the river, because it is 200 feet down to rock formation. The bridge span will be 2,850 feet long and 150 feet above vater, fifteen feet higher than the Brooklyn bridge. The material of the bridge will be steel and steel wire. s KICKED ON KI1SSING GAMES, A Bitter Church War Precipitated by a New Paxtor, TausTON, Mass., Jan, 20.—[Special Telo- gram to Tue Bee.]—A bitter church war is in progress at Dighton, just because the pastor had put & stop to public kissing. The “Brick church,” as it is called, had not ledrned bow to conduct soclal gatherings without resorting to those oid-fashioned kissing games. Their church sociables were weritable: kissing bees, and the sport was not indulged in exclusively by the young people either. Ripe old spinsters were just s enthusiastic over *‘Copenhagen,” *London Bridge” and “‘Postofiice’” as were the Younger people. This was the condition of uffairs when Rey, Asa N, Dyer accented the pastorate. Mr, Dyer soon put his foot down on kissing, and the result was persecution, The voice of the pastor was often drowned 1n the nggravating noises of break ing briwtle candy, powder was burned at the yery door of the church, smoke was blown through apertures during service, und hundreds of such petty tricks wers played by the graceless scamps who had Twken umbrago at the minister's course in checking promscous embracing and kissing, ‘The society sent here for a_deputy sheriff 10 attend to the matter und he drove one Young man out of town. The socioty after- ‘ward refused to pay for the two duys’ serv- 1ces, aud the minister offered the depuy mheriff §5 for his Jubor, which ho refused, saying that & soclety mean enough to refuse %o pay him for his services when ordered by at, would puy the minister too small a salury gor him to lose ai e —— A Minister Creates a Sensation, CuicAGo, Jan, 20.—(Speclal Telegram "to Tie Bee.]—The Rev. 4, F. Bartlett of Chi- cago created aseosation by reading & paper on **Catholicism” before the Haptist ministers today, He argued that as the situation was at present 1n the United States a man could not be a loyal Catholic and remain a true citizen of the United States. Vurious re- sults of this too ardent love of the cburch i preference 1 country were cited, *The time is drawing near,” said the speaker, *‘when the Cathdlic wust eithar give uo his allegiunce to the pope or openly denounce the government of this country and leave it." e — Fixing the Cattle Kates. Ji KAnsas Ciry, Mo, . 20.—| Bpecisl Tele- Kram 0 Tue Bee. |—The rate commitiee of the trans-Missouri froight association will meot tomorrow for the purpose of fixing the ecattle rates from Kansas and Nebraska nts 10 the Missour: river. ‘This- commit- Tee et at the time the Alton cut the Chi- rate 1o 18 cents, and now that it is to 10 1214 cents another meeting must be weld. The committee will be 1n session a number of days aud all local points will be covered by L Rough Weather at Sea. Hauarax, Jan, 20.—|Special Telogram to Tux Bsel-The steswer Egyptiau Moo~ arch arrived today sbort of coal, The ‘weather up totwo days ago was the worst ‘ever experienced. 0 WAVES WOre ver) and constantly swept over her. Oone or luiuh'u-ngrh aud sowe deck mi‘f"n'z' m m vessel bewg little headway, e ——— Ladies fined complexi use th:o'nl'- z'o:vd':r—u wmlu:um: soft und beautiful skia, s at Wahoo, Special Telegram his morning about 4 o'clock svered in the building of . O. Angol, situated on the corner of Fifth street and Broadway, and ipied by P. T. Mai s A general store, The fire consumed the huilding and the stock, entailing a 10ss on the building of £2,000, with £1,600 insur: and the loss on the stock is £12,000, with £10,000 insurance, The insurance is divided as follows: Hibornia of New Orleans, § Socurity of New Haven, 81,500: Stdte insur- ance company of Des Moine ,800; Omaha fire iusurance comu j0; Westorn Home insurance eomt ); Merchants insurance company of ark. 81,000, Gers man Ame ho fire was of incen diary origin Wanoo, Neb, to Tne Bre Gas Works Dau Neb., Jan, 20.— Tolegram to Tur Bree.]—About 9 o'clock last evening the works of the Grand Islund gas company took fire and only the prompt jouse of _the fire department prevented a ous conflugration. As it was the connec- tions were burned off, leaving the city in darkness, A large foree of men are at work today repairing the damage and the compuny expects to hayo everything in runnine order by tonight. The loss was about $1,500. G Islana nAND TSLAND, State Officinls at Norfolk, NonroLx, Nob,, Jan, 20.—[Speeial Tele- gram to Luk Bk, —Contractor Joo Burns of Lancoln, wecompanied by Land Commis- sioner Steen and Secretary of State Cow- dery, arrived in the city today to wspect the waterworks being placed at the hospital for the insane. Mr, 13urns says the present in- dications are good for o fowing well. struck By a Spent Bullet, Guaxp Istaxn, Neb, Jan. 20, Telegram to Tir Bee)—Harry MoAllister, a five year-old boy. was struck behind the ear with a spent bullet, sustaining a severo skull wound, which may prove fatal. The boy was coasting and the bullet was from the gun of somo mon who were shooting sparrows inside the city limits, U, P. rassenger Tra ched. Norrouk, Nev, Jan, 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bek, |~Thé Union Pacific pas- senger traiu, south bound from this city, was ditched near Warnerville yestorday morning. No serious damage was dons and 10 one was hurt. All the Boulangists Leave the Cham- ber of Deputics in a Body. Panis, Jan, 20.—In the chamber of depu- ties today Flourens raised a breeze by ques- tioning tho government in regard to the rights of I'rench fishermen in Newfound- land, which he claimed had been violated grossly by the English, Spuller, minister of forcign affairs, ex- plained the complication had been caused by the Nowfoundland parliament claiming o distinction should be made between cod as fish and lobsters as crustacea, but this dis- tinction was not admissible. France had the unrestrictea right to the use of that pact of the comst occupied by her in drying or otherwise preparing whatever living thing could be caugbt in the waters whore Krench fishermen had a right to ply their industry. The chamber could rely upon the vigilauce of the govern- ment. Flourens protested that the rights of fish- ermen had been violated,that the government did not protect. them with proper energy. “We are not obligod,” he said, *“to apyly to England to make our rights respected. 1t is for us to enforca respect. This is not & question for newotiation, but for police meas- ures. Bugland will not 'take steps to change conditions merely bocause they are prejudi- cial to French fishermen. It is for us to pro- tect our own men and interests. La Chambre also asked whether fishermen ‘wera to receive protection from the nayul duvision. Admiral Krantz, the minister of wariue, id naval commanders could not iuterpret treaties, He could execute his iustructions, but 1t is necessary firat. that others shoul agreo upon tho tedor of those instruciions. Freppel and Cassagnac introduced motions f‘lvgrlnfl the vigorous assertion of French rights. Later a great uproar was created when M, Joffrin mounted the tribune to speak on the same measure, It was a demounstration of hostility spsal'ull'.ly plauned by the Bou- laogists. Joffrin was seated in the place of Boulanger when the latter’s election was annulled. De Roulede, Boulangar's lieute ant, was evidently the ieader of the demon- strauion, and the Eruldem of the chamber publicly censured him and called upon him to withdraw. He refused to obey and the sitting was suspended. Soldiers then forci- bly removed De Roulede from the chamber. Joffrin attempted to resume his re- marks, but the Boulangists and reactionists renewed the protests. Millevoic (Boulangist) violently denounced Joffrin’s admission to the chamber. Millevoie was called to order and commanded to withdraw, but retused. Tha sittang was again suspended for half an hour, Upon its resymption La Guerre (Boulangist) declined 'to permit Joffrin to speak. e meot the fate of Millevoie and there was a third suspension of the session. Finaily the Boulanists all le(t the chamber in a vody and Joffrin then proceeded. e The Milwaukee Sued. Dunuque, Ta., Jan, 20.—The county ‘attor- ney of this county this afternoon, in the name of the uttorney xeneral, filed papers in & suit on behalf of the siate board of railroad commissioners against the Chicago, Milwau - kee & St. Paul raiilway to compel them to comply with the decision of the board and switch cars of oil shipped from Lima, O., by the Niagara Fuel company, over the Kansas City road to the lime kiln, three and one- tenth miles from the Debuque depot, on the Milwaukee road. Jury-Eriving Cases Postponed. Cu10aGo, Jan, 20.—~The Cronin jury-brib- ing cases were called in Judge Horton’s court this morning. A. 8. Trude appeared to rep- resent John Graham, who is said to be sick in bed. On this amccount, Trude said, he would ask for a continuance, Almost every- one of the defendants was rerreuenwd by s different lawyer. All the defendants except Grabam were present in court. After the bearing of arguments the judge postponed the case until Fevruary 10. —— Gigantic Counterfeitin Unearthed, New York, Jan, 20.—The Eveniag Sun publishes a seasational article, purporting to give the dewails of u gigantic counterfeiting business said to huve been carried on by cer- tain persons in Mexico. It states that these mdlvhlnn(l;;lve within the past two years coined 5,000,000 of our silver dollars, and after shipping them across the border have disposed of them with a profit to themselves of 28 cents on the dollar, S C et Steamshiv Arrivals. At Havre—Ls Normandie, from New York. At London—Sighted: The Hermann, from New York. At Queenstown—The Gallia, from Wew York, AL Philadelphia—The Nederland, from Antwerp, At New York—The Werra, from Bre men, At Glasgow—The State of Nebraska, from New York. PR R Judze Knickerbocker's Will, Cuioago, Jan. 20.—The will of tho late Jfuage Knickerbocker was filed today in the probate court. The will disposes of $200,000, 15,000 of which is left two nieces, the children of his aeseased sister, Hannah M. Bowman, of Laporte. 1n., and his_ brother, Isaac D, Knickerbocker, of Alden, McHenry county, 1linois, each receiving @ third, 1 b Fatal Bridge Accident, CixoaNnary, Jun. 0.—~The highway bridge bewg constructed over the Little Miami river at Oregonia station fell this morning. Willlam Deoound was killed and three more seriously burt; uone fatally, bowever. v T adies' Rubbers 16c Pair, Baokrupt shoe sale, 1216 Farnam st. Large stock must be sold for the benefit of the creditors, | Pasco and Ohandler THE VERY CAUSTIC REMARK fixchango a Fow Ehots. THE SILENT SOUTHERN VOTE. Blaic's Bill Endorsed By the Amorie can jFederation of Labor—The World ir Committon Appuinted, Senato. WasnivaToN, Jan. 20.~Among the peti- presentod and referred in the senate y were the following: From the American Federation of Labor in favor of the Blair educational bill; in favor of aservice pension law to all surviviog soldiers of the late war; for the repeal of the limitation on arrears of peusions; for the froe coinage of silver; for a law to prohibit specalations 1o grain and other farm pro- ducts, Among the bills reported from the com- mittees and placed on the calendar were the foilowing : To provide for the admission of the state of Wyoming iuto the union; to provide a temporary government for Oklahoma terri- tory. Mr, Spooner offered a resolution, which was adopted, lnstructing the seorctary of the interior to inform the senate whether it is true that the Indians within the jurisdic- tion of Lapoiute agency in Wisconsin are in” a state ot destitution und suffering, and if 8o to suggest & mode of furnishing adequate relief, On motion of Mr. Spooner a bill increasing o £2,000,000 the amount of the cost of the public building in Milwaukee and appro- priating $500,000 was passed. On motion of Wastbura a bill to constitute Minneapolis u sub-port of entry and delivery in the collection district of Minuesota was passed, Mr. Pasco then proceeded to address the on @ paragraph in the president's message relating to the control of elections, He said an ‘attempt was to be made to seize the electoral machinery of the states, The power of the general government over state elections had been sparingly exercised in the past. No politioal party would bave dared, before the war, to entor on a political cam - paign with a plank in its platform claiming the right to exercise control over elections in tho states, Tho message of the president, hs said, had contained no syllable in favor of free and honest elegtions, except as to the suppression of the votes of the colored people of the south. There was no evidence before the coun that there was auy suppression . He presented some election statistics from different sections to prove that ‘‘the silent voter is increasing in wvery section of the country.” Mr. Chandler said there was one citizen of Florida who might be termed a ‘silent voter.” That man was John Burr, a colored citizen of Madison county, Florida, who, in October lust, huving been at Jacksonville as a witness concerning political outrages, was killed on his return to Madison county by democrats of that county, on account of the testimony he had given. Ho also reminded Mr. Pagco of other political murders and outrages in F'lorida. Mr, Pasco expressed the belief that the electionsin K'loridaever since the temorable one of 1878 were s fair, peaceful and quiet as in New Englaud. It was not surprising that there were some irregulari- ties then, because Senator Chandler had been one of the principal agents in the Florida election fraud in 1576, and the de- moralization resulting from that had not en- tirely disappeared, The allusion to his course in Florida was taken up by Mr, Chandler, who denied the charga that he had then approached the chairmau of the state canvassing board and had promiscd that if the state was canvassed for Hayes, the majority of the returning board would bs tuken care of. Mr. Ingalls will not speak upon -this sub- ject tomorrow, but will address the senate on the Butler bill Thursday. S After an executive session the seuate ad- journed. Houve. WasHiNoTON, Jan. 20.—In the house today the speaker appointed the world’s fair com- mittee as follows: Messrs. Chav dler of Mas- sachusetts, Hill of illnois, Bowden of Vir- Rinis, Belden of New York, Frank of Mis- souri, Springer of Illinois, Hatch ef Mis- souri, Wilson of Wost Virginia, and Flower of New York. In tho locationof the fair the commiltec stands as follows: For Cnicago—Hill and Springer, For St. Louis—Hatch and Frank., For New York—Belden and Flower, For Washington—Bowden and Wilson. Chairman Chandler 15 satisfactory to all the contending parties as one not committed 0. the interests of auy particular eity. Mr. Stone of Kentucky offered a resolu- tion for the payment of the special deposits in the sergeant-at-arms' office. Referred. ‘The following bills and resolutions were antroduced and referred ; 5 By Mr, Batterworth—Calung for informa- tion concerning the international confer- ences to be held in Berlin; also defining 02- tions and futures and imposiug a special tax on dealers therein, By Mr. Cowles of North Carolina—In- structing the ways and means committee to report a biil repealiug the labor tax, By Mr. Stewart of Texas—'l'o promote reciprocity between the United States and Mexico, By Conger of Towa—Authorizing the issuo of treasury notes on deposits of silver bul- lion (Secretary Windom’s bill). 13y Springer—A. motion providing that on ‘Thursday, the 23d. iust., the clerk shall call the roll of members and the res: shall in- dicate the choice for the location for. the world’s fair. If no blace receives a major- ity of all the votes cast the roll call shall bo ropeated until one place receives a majority of thevotes cast. The votes having been received, the special committes shall report a bill locating the fair at Lhogl.lcau]enwd. which bill shall be privileged and be con- sidered from day to day unul disposed of. Referred to a speciai committes, By Mr. Wilson of West Virginia—Tho Washington world’s fair bill, " By Mr. Kelly of Kansas, by request—Ap- propris $100,000 Lor the eraction of a monument to the negro soldiers and sailors of the late war, o Mr, Kerr of Iowa offercd a resolution pro- viding for the disposal of the funds found in the office of the late sergeant-at-arms. ile- ferred. The louse then went into committee of whole on the Oklahoma town site bill. Action was taken on several sections and the others passed over temporarily. The com- mittee rose and Mr. Duunell, from the com~ mitteo on the eleventn census, reported back the senate bill inereasing the minimum compensation for supervisors of the census from §500 to 81,000, Passed, Mr. Hill of Ilhnois, from the committee on foreign affairs, reported back the various world's fair bills and they were reforred to the special committee having charge of the subject. Adjourned. i HOUSE COMMITINE ON REFORM, Mezts to Hear the Obarges Against the Civil Nervice Commission, WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—~The uouse comm 1t~ toe on reform in the civil service met today to hear arguments on the resolution intro- duced recently by Representative Ewart to iuvestigate the churges agaiust the civil ser- vice commission, and the bill iutroduced by Ropreseotative Houck of Tenuessee to re- peal the civil service law, sud tp regulate aud improve, classify and properly appper- tion the oficers and employes of the publio service to t tes and territories. Mr. Ewart spoke orefly, reciting the charges which prompted his resolution. Tho charges, in substance, are that one Camp- bell, & brother-in-law of Commissioner Lyman, gave a pre) set of examination lupan 10 4 person in charge of an institution u Washioglon which prepares applican for examination: that Lywan, koowiog th: above facts, prowoted the said Campbell; that clerks huve been appointed without any OMAHA DAIL Y BEE examination whatover; that the laws had been utterly disfgdiirded in other partio- Mr. Houck advgeated his bill to repeal tho law and to impréve’ the service by & new wiethod of appointhdfits. IPrank Hatton, bilthr of the Washington Post, said the chafges had been published because he believed “them true, and they could be substantiate, PHILUIPS PROTEST. One of the Reratdd Sings His Dying Nong. WasniNGrox, Ja, ; 20,—Henry A. Phillips of New York, chief of the middle division in the pension office, wiwse resignation was re- cently demanded by the commissioner of pensions, has written the commissioner a letter, from which the following extracts aro made: I assume that you will not deny that this request is not of your motion, buv prompted by the secretary of the interlor. I must re- spectfully decting to resign and so place my neck in position for the ux of the executioner who just now is 8o busily cngaged in com. pleting the work begun on the persons of myself and others over a quarter of a cen- tury ago on the battle fields of the rebellions Four of vhe best men in this office reported that the action in my case was in accord with the evidence on file in the case. Why does not the secretary of the interior give me an opportunity to defend by my oath, and by professional testimony, what I now ceive! He would never have held the power he mnow does, President Harrison would never havo had the power to but him where he is, 1f comrades and mysolf in New York had not labored to more effect than ho did in Missouri last fali. In bidding goodby to this office, as I un- doubtedly shall ns soon us the ax can be swung, I'shall go, thankful that for a brief soason at lenst I have had a chance to serve ing, neody comrades in this place, T confess thatas Iam human I have to call up all the equanimity T possess as [ contem- plate the fact that us I go I leave behind me hundreds in this office who did their lavel best to keep our volitical opponents in power. 1 leave others who iu the contest of a quarter of a century ago did their best to make my comrades eligible for pensions or the grave.” Confirmations. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.--Collector of Cus- toms—Robert Smalls, Benufort, S. C. United States District Attoraey—Benjamin . Baker, District of Nobraska. Postmndsters: Illinois—J, S. Gash, comb; 8. D. B. Lines, Braidwood. Towa—S, M. Chil¢, Dunlap, J. N. Martin, Burlington; H. A. White, Mount Ayr; J. N, Miller, Sac City. South Dakota—W. H. Whalen, Deadwood. P COLD ON THE OUISIDE, Thirteen Prisonors Break Jaill—One Returns, 5 Qurxoy, TIL, Jan. 20.—Thirteen prisoners proke jail here last night by sawing through heavy iron bars. The work was done by Daniols and Walpold, two safe crackers, One of those who escaped was being neld for attempted murder, the others were pick- lmcken;L burglars avd confidence wmen, Henry Ileer, held for assault, escaped in the crowd, but the weather being cold, he re- turned and gave himself up to the shoriff, ‘The others are at Jarge, Ma S Beyond the Rouach of Creditors, New Yok, Jan. 2),—Goeorge F. Damon, the New York agent of the Western Land and Real Estate company, whose offices are at Caldwell, Fan,, committed suicide today by shooting himself, He lived with his wife in a handsome residence at Port Chester, N, Y. Hehad been, missing for the last two days. Damon had been stayiog at the Mor- ton house in this city, where he received a telegram from Secretary Blair of the land compuny at Caldwell, Kan., noufying him that the sum of '$24,000. shoula have been paid on December 15, when it was due, for the purchase of some land. It is believed Damon was unsble to pay the money on ac- count of financial troubles, which, 1t is sup- Posed, led to hus suicide, ., Shot By His Brother-in-Law. Rowme, Ga., Jan. ‘0.—De Forest Algoro, president of the Trion factory, one of the wealthiest, inslitutions of north Georgta, was shot and instantly killsd'this evening by Dr. J. B. Holmos, his brother-in-luw and one of the most prominent of Georgia's physiciai Algoro had long cherished a grudge against Holmes for some busiuess trouble with tum and had frequently threatened his life. Holmes had avoided him, but_today Algoro came to town and went to Holmes' office, ‘When the doctor came in 1n company with two triends Algoro advanced with o drawn pistol and Holmes shot him dead. e s Overproduction of Coal. ReADING, Pa., Jan. 20,—The Philadelphia & Reading officials say that unless there is a decidea improvement in the coal trade every colliery owned by the company, as well as those owned by individual operators, will shut down. Over oue-third of all the collieries have already shut down entirely, These employ about eight thousand men. ‘The officials say that of 20,000 coal cars in sarvioe, 11000, all loaded, are now lying aloug the company’s lines. et T Didn't Write the Letter. Cu1cAGo, Jan, 20.—A special from Spring- fleld, 1L, says: Governor Fifer, this morn- ing, wheu shown the Chicago dispatch say- ing be had written a lottor to the Chicago health department endorsing Dr. Wicker- sham’s vrotest sgainst the shipment of lumpy-jawed cattle under the direction of the state ive stock commissioners, said he bad written no such letter to anybody. e Missouri’s Anti-Trust Law, St. Louss, Mo., Jan, 20.—The first legal action under the anti-trust law was begun today by the circuit attorney, who, in the suit against two corporations n this city, sets forth that they have refusod to rile the required statement with the secretury of state and asks that their charters be revoked by the court, —— Cook's extra dry imperial champagne can be kept fresh for”days by using a rubber “cork after you have opened it. AL Decision in the Ancover Oase. SALEM, Mass., Jan. 20.—George D. Robin- son, commissioner in the suit of Egbert Smythe, appellant, vs The Visitors of the Theological School ot Andover, today fled bis report. ‘The document s voluminous ana the report is in faver of the visitors and agalost Mr. Smyth The ligesh Record. Munics, Jan. 20.-Frinz Lachuver, the dis- tinguished musicign- and composer, 18 dead at the age of ninety, BERLLN, Jan. rgo Albert, prnce of of Schwarzbourg-Rifdoistadt, is deaa, Ho was a Russian cayalry officer, aged fifLy-two, et The Wire Record. Proxid, I, Jahi,; 20.~The Vuican iron works burned toniglit; loss $15,000, UNI1oNVILLE, Moy) Jan.—Luather MoCal- mint's residence tnisned morning, His aged mother and twoayoung girls perished in the tumes. Its origiu is unkuown, e beria Colored Men. WasHINGTON, JAn;| The seventy-third anniversary of cdmerican Colonization society was held here last nighv. Prof. Ed- ward W, Bivden, a negro from Liberia, made an address in which he favored the re- turn to Africa of tho negroes. bt A Monstr lerberg. PmivapeLrnra, Jan, 20.—(Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.]—-Thesteamer Nederland, from Antwerp, reports having passed an iceberg 200 feet high and from five to six buadred feet long on January 13 in lat 4 0.18 long. 47,02, ? o Iy Killed, Dexvgs, Col., Jav. 20.—Peter Oglesby, a nephew of ex-Governor Ofluby of Tlivols, accidentally killed himsel(f this afternoon while bunung, L Fits, spasws, St, Vitus dance, nervousness and hysteria are e0ou cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. I'reo samples at Kubn & Co., L5th aod Deuglas, JHFUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1800, 'S EXULANATION, He Tells of the Election Proceedings in the Seventh Ward. Oxamy, Jan, 18 the Editor of Tue Bex: The World-Herald of yesterday re- ferring to tho contest caseé of James H. Mo- Shane vsJohn Rush stated that McShane's amended petition ‘“‘alleges that J. W. Kller, @ Judge of election in the First district of tho Seventh ward. was corrupted by Rush and received bribes' for which he so tampered with the returns from that dissrict as to ma- terially influence thfe resuit of tho election.” This statement, substantially, appoared in Tnre Bee, ‘The publication of such statoments ara very injurious to a man’s churacter, however good his reputation may be, and in view of the fact that there is no legal remedy to re dress the wrong and fnjury, I trast you will do me the justice to publish my reply. An accusation of such a nature being sensa tional in its character, rewspapors seem to have the right to publish such as a mat ter of news regardless of consequences, [ have been a resident of Nebraska for about twemty yoars, and havo filled a nun- ber of oficial positions; but this is the firat Instance wherein it has come to my knowl- edge that I have been directly or indirectly acoused or suspicioned of being corrupt. Whilo I huve had my portion of poiiticsl in a general way,even in political war- have always conducted myself in v in whatever I did, that my honor aud integrity could not bo justly assailed; and so L may be excused for resenting this contemptible attempt to injure my character and reputation I committed the unpardonable sin of join- ng with the majority in the Seventh ward in opposition 1o the nomination of W. J. Broateh, and for this Iawm selectod as & proper subject upon which the wrath of dis- appointed politicians is to b poured out. First, Twill say that any and all charges of bribery or corruption which in any way relate to me are not only untrue, but there s not the least foundation,orone ojrcumstance, within my knowledge, that can be constraed into a suspicion that 1. have been guilty of fraud, bribery, or anything tendmg that way. It may be that these accusations are the outgrowth of A cowardly innuendo made by W. J. Broateh in his letter published in the World-Herald December 8, 1889, Being in Chicago at the time, I never saw the letter until yesterday. ~Having been informed of what he had said, I sought the files of tho paper, and found that Mr. Broatch devoted a column of assertions to an endeavor to show that Mr. Rosewater is a very bad man and discussing the city election, in the latter part of his letter he said that I refused the votes of working men, and then says: *I asked him (meaning ‘me) how much money he deposited the day after election,” While he does not accuse me of receiving monay for any improper purpose, taking his question in counnection with his letter he showed that he desired to have the bublic believe that such was the fact. This shows what a cowardly assassin of character and reputation I3roatch is. He had not the man- hood to squarely mae an accusation. He can only be excused upon the ground that he was born with such traits of character. The innuendo of Broatch is now followed by a charge of bribery and corruption, 1n tho complaint of James H. McSnane; but charged in such & way that McShane is not liable to civil or criminal action at law. It MeShane knows anything avout it, he knows there is uo foundation for the charge. I have no porsonal knowledge as to what man- ner, or how much money MuShane used to secure his election; but it does seem proper that such a man as he should have some proof bofore he charges a wan with bribery and corrupt conduct. Mr. McShaoe has been, and will be care- ful not to make the charge against me in a manner that would make him liable in legul proceedings. Not one vote was rejected without the approval of the three judges, Jiverything that was done was open and above board. ‘The room was large, and there were fromn fifty to 100 voters and speotators in the room during the whole day. There was a line con- stantly in waiting from the time the polls opened until they closed, During. the count members of both parties were invited to, aud looked over our shoulders. I did not receive a ballot from any voter during the day and had no conversation with any person relating to whom he would vote for, alter the polls were opened. As to the caundidate for treasurer, it was understood to be » ficht between the banks for the deposits; there was no politics in it. 1did not care which of the two men were elected, so far as they were individually con- ocerned, for I have not even sufficient a quaintance with either of them 1o be recog- nizod upon the street; but in fact I would bave at that time been pleased if McShane had been_elected if for no other reason than that the First National bank waoted him, and £ beliove I 80 cxpressed myself the day of elaction. The board received on the morning of elec- tion the following letter und opinion: THE LAW. Hen. Jobn L. Webster, City Attorney, Omaha—Dear Sir: Please give your opinion, a8 city attorney, upon the following points for the guidance of the judges of election in their duties, election day, Decomber § ,1850. 1. Although a persons name appears upon the registration books in proper form, and such person appears thercon to be a legal voter, can the vote of such person be chal- lenged at the polist 2. If *'yes,” then what test can be avplied to determine the qualification of such person a8 a voteri 3, We are informed that in certain voting districts 1 Omaha, grading contractors locate their camps upon the comm that these contractors establish their ¢a near the plase where they are grading and as soon as their work in the neighborhood 18 done, they remove their men and camp to another. locality, These contractors employ and dis~ charge their men at will. There is no pre- tense that the camp is established as a home but simply as u temporary abiding place to be sustained only while the work in that vicinity is being done. In such cases does & man 8o imployed bocomo a resident of such yoting district under the election law who bave been in such camp ten days or wore and who went into such camp, not for the purpose of making it his home bat for the vemporary purpose of remaining there no longer than until such work should be com- pletedt 4. 1s a pauper in the county houso a legal voter in the Seventh Ward, who did uot re- side within the boundares of such ward at tno time be was taken to the county house! Very Respectfully, D H, MBioBR, Chairman Rep. City Com, D, H. Mercer, Chairmsn Republican Cen~ tral Committee—Dear Sir: My answer to the questions propounded in your letter of November 80, are as follqws; ‘Answer to First Question—Any person of- fering to vote, whether registered or not, may be ohallenged when he offers his vote. Sea session laws, 1830, page 455, and_seuti 27, page 300, of compiled statues, 1857. 1t is the duty of each of the judges t challenge wny person nflurmg to vote whom he know: or suspects not to be qualified, and vy olec: tor may 80 chullenge, Auswer to Sceond Question—The test to be applied in case of & challenge are those specified in the general election law, See section 25, £0, 30, 31 and 42, pages U490 auq 891, compiled statutes, 1857, Answer to Third Question—Under the state of facts set forth in this question, @ person would ot be a_qualified voter in the voting district whera he may be so camped, His voting district would be his home or permansnt abode. Answer to KFourth Question—A pauper who aid not reside within the boundary of the Seventh ward, ot the time he becamo an inmate of the county poor house, is not a voter in the Soventh ward. Yours truly, JOnN L. WEBSTER. 1 fully concur in the above opinion, WiLLiay Legse, Aw'y Gen'l There was no faulc found with the conduct of the board that Iheard except that we were governed by the above opmion of the city atlorney and attorney general. One or two paupers offored their votes,and upon examination we deoided that they were not legal voters. Iifteen or sixteen campers aa-afi their yotes und dpon their own stute- ments under oath skowing that they were uot legal voters accordiug to the opinion ot the city attorncy and the uttorney general then the disturbance commenced. Thes same men who had been exumined would form in the voters line and come up and offer their votes; this prevented the pro- wress of voting. We established & rule that wo would not examioe the sahie men wore than ounce. The next thing of note was the oy rocoeding. A 1 gave it in full on account of the novelty. Tt is probably the firat time & judge has ever assumed such aathority, and it will undoubt- ed |bf('r\mu the populat mode of conducting ons. The mandamus sorved upon us was as follows; District court of Douglas county, Nebraska— State of Nebraska ox rel John Gloason vs J. W. Eiler, Charies Thomas and J. P, Manning—Writ of mandamus, To J. W, Eller, Char Thomas and J, P, Manning, judges of election of the district of the Sev precinet of the city of Omaha: You are heroby commanded to receive and deposit in the proper baliot-box of the First district of the Seventh preoinot of the city of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and state of Nebraska, the ballot of John Gleason, a duly qualitied and registered voter of said voting district, at the election now, on this 3d day of Decamber, being held in the said voting district, upon bis tondering his ballot thereat. And this you will 1o wise omit under pains and penalties of the law onor W, Doaxe, Judge of the Third Judicial district, in and for Douglas county, Nebraska. Dec. 8, 1880, John Gleason had offered to vote and had answered under onth ns tohis qualitications us & voter, and had shown that he was not entitled to vote, and all of the judges so de- cided. Yet, without any cf for the juages of election to shiow whyathey rejocted e ballot, Judge Doane issued his poremp- tory writ, commanding us to receive his ballot, which we did under the impression that it was our duty to do 8o, If it is proper for the judge of a conrt to 8o vass upon the qualiications of & voter and command the board of election, there 1s no more use for shot guns, or tissue ballots, no use for registration or eclection laws; the judge of a court may sitin his offico and issue his writ, to the judges of every election precinet in his distriet, and command the Judges whose ballots they shall receive and Wwhose 1o reject; honce tho necessity of non- partisan judges, We, us judges of election, passed upon the qualifications of porsons who offored to vote and wero governed in our decision by the answers made under oath, and the opinion of the city attorney endorsed by the attorney general, and there was not a ballot rejected whero any one of the judges expressed a doubt. We acted according to what I then beliovod and now believe 1o be law, when wo reiected the bal- lots; we afterwards received the ballots, under the writs of mandamus, of ull except two or three that had been rejected; in re- ceiving their ballots under the command of the writ, I then belioved we did the proper thing, but uow I believe we should not have received them and should have ignored the writs, I never in my life received a dollar from any candidate or person for my work or in- fluence fn politics. I believe the charges of bribery and corruption against me are uot made in good faith. And if Mr, McShane has any manhood left in him he will either produce the source of his information or nc- knowledge himself to be in error, It will be agrand good thing if the ques. tion can be settled, first, whether or not the keeper of the poor houso can vote all the y paupers 1n the Seventh ward. And sccond, whether a man can colonize fifty ora hundred men in tents in a certain ward ten a before election, and vote them in such ward. J. W. ELLER, . NoSafer R dy can be had for coughs and colds, or any trouble of the throat. than “Brown's Brounchial Troches.” Price 25 cts, Sold only in boxos. e BRENNA REPLY. He Has Somethinz to Say to Mr. Devoy's Charges. The Inter-Ocean of Chicago of Sunday contained a long cominunication from John Devoy regarding the explanation by Thomas Brennan of this city of certain cablegrams which 1t was held showed a knowledge of the Cronin murder. The article was in- tended to be severe upon Mr. Brennan, who in reply spoke as follows: **Yes, I huve seen John Dovoy’s letter in the Inter Ocean of yosterday and I am re- luctant to say any more on that subject. It is certainly not pleasant for an Irishman who is interested in the welfare of his coun- try o have this dirty linen-washing in the Brc!l of this country, and whatever Mr, evoy may say about me or my friends I I will view it ‘more in sorrow than in anger’ from one who haos suffered much at the hands of our country’s enemies, I think the most charitable view to take is that Mr. Devoy has allowed his personal dislikes to run away with his better judgment, “'Mr. Devoy is anxious to know why I did not sooner expiain the cablegrams. Well, T can very casily explain why I did not. When I obtained Kirby's correspondence from Mr, Sheridan, I made him a promise that it would not be made public, uniess it was required as evidence vefore the com ion, till he had given me permission to do so. That permis- sion he gave me early in Dacomber, and, as T was then auxious to know how the publica- tion would affect our friends on the other side, and especially how it would effect M Davitt who had obtained the information about Kirby and sent the cablegrams, I wrote to Mr. Davitt and recoived a letter from him on December 23 guthorizing me to make the whole matter public and that Lot~ ter 18 now in the haods of John Bovle O'Reilly of Boston who is a friend of mine, and he can bear out my statement. “‘My statomeot was not made in response ‘to urgent pressure,’ as Mr. Devoy - sinuates, and [ cansuy that while no one was more auxious, for personal reasous, that the truth should be made knowa than Mr, Alex- ander Sullivan, he was willing to bear alf the odium hoaped upon him on nccount of theso cablegrams, till the leaders of the Irish mnv&mmm in Ireland consented to the pub- ! lon, 'Mr. Devoy says: ‘Does he mean to say that the writer of that cablegram did not use aocipher already agreod upon and fully un- derstood between the sender and those to whom it was addressed 1 “*Yes; 1 mean to say it. and it is true. Neither Mr. Egan nor I knew to whom the cablegram had reference till we met Mr. Davitt's messenger 1n New York in the latter ena of May, and I then immed- iately started for Colorado, and that wus the first time in five years I bad either seen or heard from 12, J. Sheridan, “Mr. Devoy continues, *Will he make oath that he and Egau had wot been for weel before Dr. Cronin's disappearance ind triously circulating a report that Dr. Cronin was a British spy?’ 7 *'I will make cath to that effect at any time iv is necessiry, **As 1ar as 1 am concerned Inever had any reason to suppose Dr, Cronin waus a British RIOT AT A GRAVE, Polanders Fight Over the Burial o a Body. Wirkrsnanne, Pa., Jan. 20.—A bloody riot 100k place betwoen the warring factions of the Polish ehurch at Plymouth this evening One faction endeavored to bury one of their number in the comotery. The other faction resisted and a flerco battie took place {n which pistols, stones and clubs wero used. During the shooting _ thirty men were prostrated by wounds and tho ground noar tho grave was covered with blood, The coMin was upset and the body rolled out. The Polanders wero finally routed by a possc of constabies and citi zens, Anthony Atnoras and Josoph Luwick wero fatally injured. The ringlenders of tho riot wero arrosted and the body flually interred. putivinis 4 . Upholds tho Interstate Law. CitioAGo, Jan, 20.—In the test case Judge Gresham npheld sections 6, of the interstate commorce law. The suit was against the Lakoe Shore railroad by Kocnan & Sons, stookyards commission me chants. The railroad relymg on usua; mado an overchargo in froight equal to an excess of 20,000 pounds because the co shippers aud the commission men re to comply with the company’s to weigh their ht with the stock company, & practice which means widdir forty pounds per head, ostensibly to cc the shrinkage m transit, The shippors cou- tend that the weight charged should not be the actunl weight before the forty pounds per head ullowed for shrinkage bo added. Judge Gresham deoided that the overchary could be recovered under the interstate la: - - An Accidents Des Morxes, Ta., Jan. gram to Tue Bre| t Radke shot and instantly Telschow at Tripoli, a fow mil verly. The shooting was accidental, for the boys were room-mates aud friends. Radke hud a revolver, which ho proposed 10 tradn Tolschow. e handed it to him, muzle first, when it was aceideatally discharged, the ball striking Telschow in the forehead, Killing him at once, Radie elaims he did not know the woapon was loaded. rule yards Shooting c.—|Spocial Tole- night Stophen killed Henry of Wa. e = Pears' soap is the most alegant toilet adjunct. The Visible Supoly. Cnicago, Jan. 20.—The visible supply for tie week ending January 18, as compiled by the secretary of the board of trade is as follows: Wheat Corn Oats, Rye Bar ushels, 3 - Dr. Hamilton Warven, eclectic and magnetic physician and surgeon, rooms 2 ana 8,Crounse block,cor. 16th and Cap itol ave. Chronic and nervous diseuses aspecialty. Telophone 944, - MRS, BOOTH'S CIGARETTES. ation PFaper Cigarcties! I fairly gasped with as- tonishment and could not oredit th evidence of my senges, iter i the New York World. I was standing in the special sanctum of young Mrs. Maud Booth, down in the Salvation v headquarters at 111 Reade s had justeome upstairs from a *“con- Mion meoting” held in the nssem- bly room belo flushod and her great soft eyes brilliant with the excitemoent just [y X reamy white shawl wrapped about her shoulders over her dark-blue uniform brought out eflectively the fine tints and lovely outlines of her exquisite face. The light of asingle lamp touched to gold the ripples of her brown hair *She sat before ’hor writing table, with its litter of peus, blotters and the para- phernalin of a literary worker, for this remarkable young lady is an author as well as the leader of the Salvation army in America, and has written sev- eral books, the lniest of which, entitled “*Beneath Two Flags,” is just from vhe publisher’s hands. She was speaking of the work her people are doing iu the New York slums, but her earnest words failed to rivet my attention after it had been at- d'by a small ruby velyet caso standing t within reach of her hand th un uubroken garettes. It stood on end, nent, closely packed, snowy paper rolls just showing above the velvet en- velope, which was embroidered daintil and bore the: initials of Mrs. Booth’s name in monogram, *Pray pardon me,” [ said, *if T am very ill-bred and inquisitive, but are those really cigarettei?” “Won't you try one?’ was the an- swer, and a roguish smile dimpled her face as the little case was extended to- wards me, I drew outa “‘cigarette.” Tt proved to be asmall scroll of rice paper which, unrolled, disclosed a delicately painted y of maiden-hair fern, beneath h was inscribed in tiny but clear characters a verse from Holy Writ which embodied n promise to those who are not weary in well doi Eneh lit- tle roll bore a different design of flow- ers or leafuge and soripture words of cheor, *Yes, those ave Salvation army cigar- ottes,” said Mrs. Booth, ‘“‘One of our dear girls made them for me, and they afford me tho greatest comfort at timos. You see, L have much to cause mie anx- iety and pain, and when [ am weary aud sad I stretch out my hand for one of thege ‘cigarettes,” and am sureto find within it something that brings comfort and peaca,” Scriptural Inside tho L spy, and never circulated such a story, and 1 want to say for my absent friond, Mr. Fgan, that up to the time of Dr. Cronin’s disap- pearance, I don't believe I ever heard him ever refor to him, and certainly not asa British spy. And I want to say for mysel! that even the fuct of a man belog a British apy 18 0O Justification for any citizeu of the nited States outragivg the laws of his country. No puaishment can be too severe for the murderers of Dr, Cronin, but | be- lieve the people who are wurying mor- ally to assas ate men because of their personal dishike to them, arc just as guilty as the murderers of Dr. Croniu, “I have neither time nor inclination to enter into a war of words with John Devoy, 1 saw terrible accusations in reference to those cablegrams brought against a man whom [ am today as proud to call my friend w8 John Devoy was whon he sought and obtaiued his friendship—Alexander Sulli- van. 1saw equally as terrible aconsations bLrought ugainst & man who hus been my friend from my boylhood and whom I know to be incapable of o dishonorable action— Patrick Egan. I bad, In my possession, what would explain those cablegrai und satisfy all unprejudiced onnds that they had no ref orence whatever to the mudrder of Dr, Cro- niu, and I felt that in justice I was bound to ®ive the explanation, and Lhere, as far as [ am concerned, the matter must rest. e How to Take a Russian Bath at Home “1 will tell you how to get n Russian steam bath at home that will be nonrly as satisfactory as if you paid #1 for it ay an hammam,’” said a physician. **Just havo a firebrick heated red-hot in the kitehen range and pluce it upon an iron stool or some such thing, then stund & chair over the stool, Sit down on the chair and have a four-leaved sereen put around you with a blanket thrown over the top, Thus you will find yourseif in a sortof closet and, hav- ing been previously provided with a jug of hot water, you amuse yoursell by pouring it very slowly over the hot brick. The water, transformed imme+ diately into steam, fills the enclosed sr«u and at once induces violent pers- piration,” Absolutely Pure, ‘dernover varies. A marvel of purity This p nl wholesomeness. More economl strengih , of low test short welght alum or phosphate powders ~ Sold guiy in oaus. . Kovau BAKING Powoes Co., 103 Wall St N. Y. \ fuco was