Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 24, 1890, Page 1

[} 3 & et S the ussembly - THE OMAHA DAIiLy BEE NINETEENTH YEAR HIGH PRICED MISSIONARIES. A Baptist Minister Suggests That the $6,000 Men Go to the Heathen, PRESBYTERIANS AND REVISION. Dr. Patton Anxious That the Calvin- Character of the Standards Be Retained —The Methodist Episcopal Conference. Onicaco, May™ 2,—[Special Telegram to Mue Bee.|--The annual meeting of the Amer- fcan Baptist missionary session began here this morning, Rev. Dr. Northrop of Chicago, president of the union, delivered the annual address, and this was followed by the reports of the execu- tive committee, the committee on bible work and the treasurer, The color line which separated the Baptist factions at the “anniversaries’’ yesterday was not as distinctly drawn today, for the mem- bers of the Baptist publication society have given way to the brethren who conduct the American missionary union. The executive committee of this organization looks at the negro question in a different light and for several years has been in negotiation with the general convention for foreign mis- sions of the colored Baptist church in refer- emnce to co-operation. Last year the commit- tee extended an invitation to the convention to engage with themissionary union in mis- slon work in Africa on a basis which the ttee believed would promote the ef- mess of their work and be of benefit to the people of Africa. The colored -Baptists, however, feeling aggrieved because of the action of the publication society, declined to enter into any co-operation. The American Baptist is now lolding its seventy cise It was organ city of Philadelphia Muy 18, 1814, and has since that year supported missionaries in foreign lands. Duringthe last year it sup- d #31 missionaries, 1,736 preachers and churches, During the first year of its re was _about five hundred members, re are 138,92 members of the mission The president of the society. Rev. W. Northrup, D. D., delivered the address, In the course of his talk he Now I am going to make a suggestion y seem wild and imaginary, At first Iwould have you turn away your eyes from theological seminaries. They have been watched long enough and petted long enough. They have given the world its mi sionaries long _enough. My gestion s this: Let 150 or 250 pastors, the best in the denomination, men who are re ceiving #,000 and downward—a good deal downward—let them go folward, giving up their society standingand pastorate prospects and say to the Lord: ‘Take us, take us for your missions.’ Such an_offering would stir the denomination to its center and move the Christian world. Men just out of the theo- logical seminary are not the men to send out on missionary work. Their_ theologg—and I xnow a great deal about it—is very, ve theoretical. This missionary work is_the work of foundation tapping and should be done by God's masons. 1t is wark for the best and most experienced men of our church. It is work which they, and they alone, can do well. How mueh better it would be to be the pastor 200,000 heathen souls and to be that alonc than to be one of half a dozen or half a hundred in some town or city. 1 beilove that then then the worl for the Lord would be wonderfully prosper- ous.” missionary union xth annual exer- ed in the now th churches George The Methodists. S1. Lovts, May 23.—At the conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, today the regular order was suspended to allow the consideration of the committee roport recom- mending that the board of church extension estublish a system of mutual insurauce for churches. The Presbyterians. SarAToGA, N. Y., May 23.—The Presby- terian general assembly this morning listened to an account of the work and progress of the Evangelical Lutheran church from Rev. Dr. Hammer, Rev. Dr. Cole of the general synod of the Reformed church in America brought the greetings of shat body. Rev. Dr. Chamberlain of the synod of Brazil and a missionary of the assembly urged more push in seizing the present won- ™ dexful opportunities of that land. The amended report of the on revision being. in order, Rev. Dr. Patton, chairman, said: *“Thi; is the most serious moment in the life of this assembly. To be just, I must refer to some differences of opinion. It is too late to dis- cuss the wisdom of this discussion, in which I wholly disbelieve, but we have the action of the presbyterics with which we must deal. He thought' the assembly had power to re- fuse to act, although he did not advocate that course, If we must do something, whatt A new creed us a substitute for our standards! Bighu presbyterics out of 213 desire it—or we may run @ supplemental, an explanatory creed. You may shorten your shorter cate chism. Othe all reformed churches, modification or an committee desire a_concensus ‘of the creeds of We may propose a amendment of the confe sion of faith, I don't see the need of this in view of the ognized liberty allowed by the terms of the confession, but 213 presbyteries differ with me and I bow to their judgment and I wish others in the minority would do the same “Now, if we are to change, the right way would séem to be by a committee, but how shall we uppoint this and within what, ar shall it move! I have read Dr. Mo plan, which scemed to be a_like m which the dog catcher of Venice wi {;uhm-aL [ think we ought to appoint now, ccause, first, we have the right; second, it is safe, since we must have the cousent of two-thirds of the presbyteries to any changos; third, it 15 coming anyhow. We may have to come to it by @& shorter road. 1 want all the time we can get. Further, it the right thing to do. The church this right, for which I will stand. We of must not stand against this grand right, but must define the functions of the committee, Wo must have no change thut will effect the Calvinisie character of our standard, [Great applause. 1 am glad he day accepts this prineiple. 1 desire this, first, because I want the assembly to reafivm its convictions; second, 1 want the committee to fecl that the haud' of the asscmbly is on Lo, want instructions that the change shall be contirmed to what is necessary to remiove the popular misapprohension as to th of our confession. The minority can not gt what they want—that is we want no cha at all—and you of the majority can not get all you want, at least wish we could get rd of the statement about the pope being Anti-Christ, 80 that we can recognize the validity of Rowan Catholic baptism. 1 wish the assem bly would emphasize the denial that we be lidve in infant damnation or that it is in our standards. Patton od an amendment to Dr. racken's plan _providing for a committee of revision coutaining not less than 100 mem- bers, of which not more than two shall be ap- pointed by wny oue synod and to report to the assembly: alterutions to be sent down to the presby teries ; said committee to be vestrained rom proposing chuuges such as will uitar the Calvanistic character of the stalard and to propose only such us will remove popnlur wisapprohension Mr. Day of New York read the amendment to both “Dr. McCracken's and Dr. Putton’s plans, which provided for a committec of re vision of fifteen ministers and six elders, the moderators of this assembly to appoint oue member of wittde from each synod to act with the moderator us o committee of pomination of this committee of revision, senso this col harwioniously, 1 | ber 81, assembly On motion of Dr. Johnson it was voted that all other orders aside until the final vote was reached on the appointment of a committee of revision, 1800, and r - MARIE GAIGNOL'S MURDER. The Paris Police Strike a Very Im- ortant Clue. [Copyright 15% by James Gordon Bennett.] Pans, May [New York Herald Cable Special to Tie Brer)—The Paris police have at last got a clue to the murderer of Marie Gaignol. Three important arrests were made early yesterday, they being the con- cierge of No. 11 Rue de Provence, where the e was committed, together with his father-in-law, and his wife. A number of considerations lead to the conclusion that they were implicated in the affair. These considerations g 1. The fact that each time they have been examined in reference to the murder they have contradicted them- sclves and showed signs of embarrassment. 2. That the concierge, Brequet, turns out to be of evil habits and a confirmed drunkard. 8. Thoe fact that Brequeton the day before the crime declared to several persons his in- tention of leaving for Havre that night. It has, however, been clearly proven that he did not leave until the following evening. The testimony of Brequet's wife was given yesterday, in the course of which she burst into tears and confessed to having entered Marie Gaignol's apartment after the murder and having stolen her watch and chain, to- gether with her purse and its contents. She added that it was she who subsequently re. turned the stolen articles, fearing lest they be found in her possession and bring s picion upan her, The confession of Brequet was that he was a party to his wife's action and had not notified the police of the crime until the theft had been committed. From the state- ments of & number of lodgers that early in the evening of the fatal night the woman Brequet had several times emphasized the = fact that her husband had left Paris in the afternoon, it was concluded that Marie Gaignol was killed not at 1:30 a. m., as )lm. been supposed, but six or eight hours car! In his search for information regarding the suspected concierge the Herald correspondent called at No.11 Rue de Province yesterday af- ternoon. The basement of the buildin, pied by a wine shop, the proprietor of which gave the following information: Brequet and his wife were notonly concierges but proprietors of the house, which they leased from the owners and thensublet to a score of unfortunate young women of the class of Marie Gaignol. By their extortionate charges they make a considerable sum of money, per- haps §10,000 a ye: Asked about Brequet's character, the wine shop keeper said he had not a good word to say, declaring him to be a man of bad habits. What, then, is the con- clusion to be drawn from all this? Brequet and his companions plead guilty to theft but deny any greater guilt. When asled what prompted thein to enter theapart- ment they reply that they saw the door open. But ther only their word for that. On the other hand it is much more probablé thatthey committed the murder. Assuming their story to be true, the murdereras a simple measure of precaution would have closed the door behind which lay his vietim’s corpse, as yet undiscovered. But, as appeared to be the case, Brequet is a rich man. Why should he kill the girl whom he must have known to be almost penniless! Certainly not for money. And it s reasonable to suppose that the watch and chain and other articles were rathe ken to turn suspicion upon some tran stranger rather than because of their actual value, Why these articles were returned instead of being concealed is a mystery. P haps because Brequet lost his head: per because he w drunk at the time. A ing. then, that money was not the motive for the crime, is it not possible that in a moment of jealous delivium he may have struck the woman, who resented his advances! Or was it his jealous wife who did the deed? This theory was ad- vanced to the Herald correspondent today by a distinguisned American judge, whose long experience in criminal es in the United States has sharpened his natural acumen to u remarkable degree. tell you, sir,” said he, s a woman's hand which struck these Why! Well, in the first place be- cause there ‘were so many of them. A man in committing & murder strikes one or two deadly blows, and that is all. On the other hand, & womin's lesser strength and excita- bility leads her to drive the blade again and” again, even after life is ex- She is apt, too, when actuated by jealousy to disfigure her riv features, and in this case we find Marie Gaignol’s right eye horribly mutilated.” If any of * these scattering theories be true, what becomes of the blood-stained underskirt found in the room. And how about tho mys- terious lover, whose _existence has confidentially and repeatedly been afirmed. These and muny others are questions which still i One_thing, how- ever, The police have got un im- portant clue, und time alone can tell where it will lead them, =) i COMPOUND LARD. um- Wilson of Kentucky Thinks its Taxa- tion Would Work Injury. Wasmixaroy, May 23.—Wilson of Ken- tucky today submitted to the house from the committte on agriculture, a roport containing his views on the bill reported by the commit- tee on agriculture defining and taxing com- pound lard. From the arguments presented before the committee in favor of the bill, the inforence is drawn, the report says, that the immediate result of its enactment wWill be to increase tho value of every hog in the United States 32 cenis in armers’ hands, The claim that the depre ilue of swine and lard is due manufacture of lard compound, Wilson is not to his mind established. The greatést injury to the farmer and his hog crop came from the unscrupulous methods of packing houses and stock yard buyers. Wil- on is reluctaut to enforce the meusure whi he believes, will either increase the price o restrict the s: of healthful food, and which would do the-farmers no good, but the labor- ing man injury. A Jealous Italian New Youk, Muy 23, [Special to Tur Bee.]—Sava living on the top floor of a tenement at No. 5 North Sixth street, Brooklyn, . D., after a quarrel with Catharine Olcoroto, with whom he was living, drew a razor across the woman’s throat last evening., He then set fire to the bed in the same room and ran out of the house and to the rooms of a friend, cut ting his own throat as he ran. He was ar rested and sent us»a prisoner to St. Mary's hospital, where his recovery was pronounced to be doubtful, The woman is in St. Catha vne's hospital, likewise in a eritical condition. The flames did little damage. Jealousy and sudden rage are responsible for the horrible serics of deeds ‘elegram Montana, Special Tele Earth Biuixas, Mont., May gram to Tue Bre.|—This section of the state was visited by a severe shock of earthquake out 1 o'clock this morning. Three distinet felt hey were aecon panied by a rumbling noise and shook houses s0 the Chandeliors and dishes rattled. It cracked one brick house from top to bottom and several brick fell out of an aperture, In lurge building where a Qunce was in pro- gross the shock was 80 great as to throw o number of the dancers to the floor, At Yel lowstone nutional park no shock was felt, but & heavy rumbling noise was heard. Held on a Serious Charge, KEARNEY, Neb, May Special Tele- gramtoTur Bek,|—Ulysses Wright, a young man living twelve miles north of this city, was arraigned today on the charge of commit ting u criminal assault on Miss Susan Mc Cortney, a school teacher. sHe was held to the district court in §1,000 bouds, in default of shocks we here S0id comumittee Lo weet not later thand Octo- | which he weat o jail, of business should be laid | the | io Saradina, an Italian | | and raisc | in the cowr | have OMAHA, SATURDAY The McKinley Bill Will Be Ready for the Senate in Ten Days. THE PENSION MEASURE COUNOIL. An Agreement Sald to Have Been Reached-Owen's Income Tax—A Treaty Complication With Hawaii Probable, 513 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wasmisaroy. D, C., May 23, There was a conference today over the tariff bill between various members of the senate committee on finance and the house committee on ways and means and a pro- gramme was agreed upon. The senate com- mittee promised to have the bill ready to re- port to the senate within the nex ten day and will try to pass it on or before Saturday, June 14, In the meantime it will keep the house committee posted as to whatitis doing, 80 as to make the work much easier when the bill comes into conference between the two houses, A substitute will not be reported. The McKinley bill be amended by the senate, which will throw the matter into conference, while a substitute would go to the house com- mittee from the senate. There will be a final meeting of the conference tomorrow after- noon, WasmxoroN Bureav Tur Ovana Bee, % THE PENSION COUNCIL, The conference committee on the pension bill is trying very hard to keep its actions secret in order to escape pressure from the outside, but I learn that it has come sub- stantially to an agreement which will be formulated into a new bill for final adoption at their meeting Tuesday next. The senate members of the confer- ence committee have agreed to accept all the provisions of the house bill providing the house conference will recede from that part of its bill which gives a pension to everybody over sixty years of age. As the bill now stands it grants a_pension of- $3 a month to all soldiers of the late war who are disabled and are dependent upon their mental and manulal abor for support. A similar provi ion has been inserted in the bill for dependent parents and $ a month to dependent minor children. Tt is the intention of the committec to get the bill before the two houses Wedne: day next, THE GRAND ISLAND & WYOMING, N. K. Griggs of Beatrice, Neb., attorney for the Grand Island & Wyoming branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, is in the city. He reports that preparations’are being perfected for very active railroad building in the western part of South Dakota, up through Wyoming and the lower portion of Montana this summer and fall. One thousand men, he says, are already at work upon the branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy from Cheyenne, crossing through Hill City to Deadwood, and that the contractors are_to have trains running on the road by November 1. The branch is 102 miles in length. A contract has also been let for_thirty miles of road northwest of Cobleton, Wyo., which is just over the western line of South Dakota, and the intention isto push the line into southern Montana, and un arm is to be built to Helena next summer. AN INSPECTION MEASURE, Senator Paddock today introduced a_bill providing for the inspection of cattle, hoy 1 their products inteuded for transporta ion from one state or territory into any other state or territory, and a pest mortem examination of cattle and hogs to be trans- ported and to be sold for human consumption in any other state or territory. The bill makes provisions for government inspectors at slaughter houses, cauning, slating, packing and rendering establishments in states and territories which have authority to kil all such auimals that arc found to be unfit for | human food and to issue certificates of the | healthfulness of products which comply h the regulations. This bill is intenc to assist in the enlargement of the forcign market for western farmers by removing the objections made by Germany and France against American products of ‘this character ou the ground that they are not inspected and that there is no authorized evidence of their healthfulness, A PROBABLE TREATY COMPLICATION, It probably never occurred to the commit- tee on ways and means, nor to_the member of the house who voted in favor of the re- moval of the duty on sugar that_by doing so the treaty obligations of the United States were beiug violated. Some years ago a treaty was made with the Hawaijan islands under which the king agreed to admit free of duty all imports from the United States, pro- vided we. discriminated in favor of his sub- jects by admitting their sugar free. Now that the house of representa- tives has declured that all sugar shall be exempt from customs dues the Hawaiian islands will have no greater ad- vantage than any other country and cannot of course be expected to di minate in favor of the products of the United States. An- other consideration on the part of King Kala- kua was a gift to the United States of Pearl harbor as a coaling, refuse and repair station for the Pacific squadron, which, in time of war, would be of immense advantage to this government. It would be to sur- render the title to this property the king or make some other arvangement with him in case the sugar tux comes off, The scerctary of state will send a letter to the senate efore the taviff bill is acted upon, calling attention to this phase of the situation, IIMIGRATION COMMITTEE, Representative Owen leaves Washington tomarrow afternoon for Chicago, ~ He will be accompanied by Messes, Stump of Maryland, Leahlbach of “New Jersey and Brewer of Michigan, members of the joint comnattee on immigration, to investigate the operation of our immigration laws and inquire what is ne ry to further protect this countr, against undesirable immigrants, The com mittee will open its investigation on Monday and will have sittings during the entire week in Chicago looking into the reforms needed in our immigration luws as they effect the in- terior of our country and have developed in Chicago. 'S INCOME TAX, Mr. Owen today introduced a bill providing atax upon incom He p0ses 1o tax an income of from &5,000 to #15,000 at 1 per cent £15,000 to £0,000, 2 pe 1t 30,000 to $100, per cent, and ubove #100,000 at4 per OWE A PECULIAR CASE. An_opportunity for Senator Blair_to apply his educational anxiety actical purpose is offered by a settleme w‘grm-\ upon the Arlington just_outside the city of Washington are about four or five hundred of them, and their condition is ubso lute ignovance and degradation. The estate once belonged to General Lee, It wuas con flscated by the government and dedicated us a cemetery for union soldiers, All such prop erty is u" reservation exclusively under the | jurisaiction of the federal ninent tract lies in the state of Virginia, but authorities of thut state have no control oy it. The negroes squatted th the war and were allowed main, They have little garden | a few vegetables. The men work or in Washiugton, but they | no form of government, no police re- | strietion und no schools. Thé state of Vi | ginia will not provide a school because it is a | government reservation, The District of Co- | lumbin will not vide one because it is in | Virginia, and the people might as well be in central Africa so far as educational advan tages are concerned, although they are in sight of the capitol, the executive mansion and the bureau of education EX-CONFEDERATES DISPLEASED. ‘There is & small br Th This | the | z0 blowing around ex confederate circles because Secretaries Proc tor and Tracy have forbidden the Marine band and other bands attached to the various military und naval posts and arsenal from at tendiug the ceremony of uuvelling the Lee | the girl would not warry him, IORNING monument at Richmend on the 20th. The senators and representatives from Virginia are trying to get the order repealed, but they are not likely to do soad TO PRONIBIT THE REREL PLAG. An Ohio congressman has prepared a bill to prohibit the public display of the confed- erate flag or the erction of public monu- ments to commemorate the confederac, confederate heros, and is consulting his leagues as to the advisability of introducing it. The incident atRichmond, Va., in con- nection with the unveliing of the Lee monu- ment suggested the méusiro, NEW FOURTIL CLASS POSTMASTERS, Towa—Jerome, Appalioose county, J. Swan, vice J. Hagen, n-nm\l';‘t‘; Shamon, Ringgold county, F. M. Beall, ¥ice J. G. Johnson, re- moved, outh Dakota—Dinfichart, Brule coun R. Sherrill, vice Wy Diunchart, resigned} m, Brown county, €. Hanson,” vice E. L. Nelson, resigned. '} MISCEUANEOTS, Frank R. Brisbine ¢t Artesian City, 8. D., has upon application ®een furnished prelim- inary papers for a gemeral service examina- tion i Senator Paddock toffay asked the commis- missioner of pensions to establish a pension examining board at Othwford, Neb, N. K. Griggs of Beafvice accompanied Sen- ator Paddock to the sderetary of the interior today and entered a stong support of the sen- ator's recommendatiod 0 locate the land office for tho uew district in northeastern Wyoming (known as{the Crook district) at New Castle, which isjon the new brauch of the B. & M. railway. Notice has been sen¥ from the agricultural department that ther supply of sugar beet seed is exhausted andithat it is useless to make requests for this artice, Senator Wilson of Igwa introduced a bill today to increase the pension of Sarah A. Miller of Iowa. | A postoftice has beod established at Sands- town in Fall River cpunty, South Dakota, and Clarence D. Bailey appointed postmas- ter. Edwia ©. ‘\'h(m'nt?l'n of Nebraska has Dbeen promofed from a0 to a §1,000 clerk- ship in_the pension offce. Epecial Examiner Alexander W. Gurnsey wa has resigned, H. McKibben of the Union Pacific tem is here visiting his father, General Mc- Kibben, Pregy S, Heati, e NO HOPE FOR HrJIJILER. of The Supreme Court Refuses to Inters fere in the Matter. ‘WasniNgroy, May 28.—The supreme court of the United States today denicd the appli- cation for a writ of error in the case of Kemmler, under sentence of death by clec- tricity. The opinion was handed down by Chief Justice Fuller, The court held that the change in the form of death was within the legal sphere of the legislative power of the state. “The leg ture of the state of New York determined that it did not inflict aruel and unusual pun- ishment and its courts have sustained that determination. This eourt cannot see that the prisoner has been deprived of due pro- cess of law. In order to reverse the judg- ment this court should be compelled to hold that the court of appeals committed an_ ervor 50 gross as to deprive the prisoner of his con- stitutional rights. Tie court has no hesita- tion in sa i nnat do this,” The case will come up before United States Circuit Judge Wallace, who made the order to oderate as a stay until the supreme court could pass upon the questions involved. This SRBE ik ea et understanding that Kemmler's counsel wonld immediately apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas cor- pus. Their spplication for such a writ was thrown out, but they were allowed a hearing on application fora writ of erwor, and it was this application which was teday de- nied. It is therefore sypposed that Judge Waliace; when the orier Bacomes retnmabie the third Monday in June next, will vacateit, that being practically the understunding upon which the order \was made, np b e CLOSED FOR REPAIRS. The Owego National Bank's Affairs Being Overhauled. OwEGo, N. Y., May On the Owego Na tional bauk's doovs this morning was posted the following note: Pendi 1 e porar- iy clos isitors need have no fear. The ¢ (. A. Thompson, who is charged by C. H. Platt, president of the public grain and stock exchange, while act- ing in concert with James F. Dee, to have de frauded the exchange out of £30,000. Dee was correspondent of the exchange at Ow “The suspension is due to late developments in the “Big Four” collapse. The director of the bank says the deposits amounted to but 52,000 Cashicr Thompsou is out of town. Thompson is also treasurer of Owego county. Some Fe Chicac L Tue Bep.]—Now that the honse of repre- sentatives has passed the MeKinley bill it is expected that the three republican congres: men will return immediately to this city to make the canvass of their respective d tricts. Mr. Adams will have the hardest work to do. Al the present indications point to the nomination of George S. Willets as his or. onel Taylor will also have to around briskly. | Ex-Congressman Dun- ham has been making an active canvass in the First in Taylor's absence and has been re- ing promiscs of sapport. The opposition to Mr, Mason is not sg serious, although there are several aspivants for his seat, - Reform His Wife. Sr. Louis, Mo, May 28 —Patrick Ward, who lives at No. 1205 Chicago street, Omaha, called at the Four Courts yesterday after- woon and wanted thefipolice to help him find his divorced wife Bridget. According to Ward's story, about gine months ago he came to St. Louis recluimell his then dissoite wife, from whom he had Been sepavated years be. fore by a decree of dfvorn He took her to his home at Omaha nd tried to reform her. vything went sigoothly until last Satur- when, during his absence from his house, the woman broke open a trunk and stole gold and a silver wateh and £37 in money and then purchased a tigket for St. Louis.” The police are looking f0g her. - - Two Moredtepublicans. Wasninaros, Mud2.—The house commit tec on elections todmy asted upon the three pending contested eleetion cases, and the re- sult will probably be @n increase of the re. publican majority i the house by two mem- The cases dedided were those of Ling. ston vs Venable, Feurth Virginia district; Miller vs Elliott, Seventh South Carolina dis trict, and Chalmers va. Morgan, Second Mis sissippi district. In the first two ci the committee will report in favor of seating the republican contestants, Langston and Miller but in the Mississippi case the veport will be in fayor of sitting Morgan -. Fighting the Bottlers' Case. Crteado, Ma Special Telegram to Tue Bre.]—Membersof the bottlers' trust, or Failed to bers, | the Chicago Consolidated Bottling company as its corporate name i the court to give moral support to the comp: application for an injunction to restrain Huyes Brothers from doing business independent of the trust. It is claimed that all the bottlers signed o written agreement not to go into a sepavute bysiness for ten years, baying sold their former establishments to the company of which they are members, and that Hayes Brothers broke it. It is claimed by Ha Brothers, however, that the agreemient wi not signed all around and they do not propust 10 be coerced by the trust - A Lynvhing Subject, ssuviLLg, Tenn., May 23.— George Duna way, who eightéen months ago assaulted and murdered his cousin and her mother becanse wis captured residence at Murfreesboro A dispatch to the wurderer will prob at his fath@'s Tenn., this mornig Awerican says that the ably be lynchied tonight, NMAY 24, 1890 'WATCHING THE LAKE LINES. | Both East and West Bound Railroads Await- | ing Their Action, N0 OHANGE IN THE - SITUATION. A Big Project on Foot to Bulld a Line to Far Off Alaska~The Omaha & South Dakota. \ OmicAao, May 28.—[Speetal Telegram to Tue Bee.] It scems impossible that there has been absolutely no change in the railroad situation today, but such is the case. Both east and west-bound railroads ave awaiting the action of the lake lines in Buffalo tomorrow and the trunk lines in New York next Tuesday. Representatives of all lake limes have been invited to the hastily called meeting in Buf- falo, the intention being, if possible, to ad vance all lake rates to the old basis, thus making easier the task of the trunk lines Tuesday. Should the Buffalo meeting succeed in its object the whole complecation in western and northwestern through rates will be solved. It is not expected that the northern lake routs will yield their present advantage without a struggle. The Chicago lines want luke and rail rates via Chicago to St. Paul equalized with the lake rates from Buffalo to St. Paul by the northern route. Should this be accomplished at the Buffalo meeting the trunk lines will have only their troubles to settle. According to westérn railroad ofticials, these have grown to large proportions and trunk lines will be kept busy in quieting r own obstreperous members, It is freely claimed that a large part of the manipulations alleged against the western roads are due to it rates of the trunk lines on through The situation will be an_interesting one if neither of the castern weeting take de- sive action. The Santa Fe's New Acquisition, BostoN, Mass., M —[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—A circular has been is- sued by George C. Magoun, chaivman of the son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad com- formally announcing to the stockhold- the acquivement of the St. Louis & Francisco railroad. It opens congratulating the stockholders upon the readjustment of the bondcd debt, the aversion of foreclosure and the placing of the concern upon a sound basis, Tho geography of the properties is detailed and a tabulated statement shows the railway segments that make up the 1,320 miles of t St. Louis & San Francisco system. The ad- vantages of the combination as to the far southwest freight traffic is dwelt upon and a tabulation from the railvoad manuals shows the capitalization and stock stutus. 1t is stated that the financial and physical conditions of the St. Louis n I"rancisco property are good, the company having a surplus of available and cash r SOUrCes oV its floating indebted- and the tracks, equipm are in condition for economical operation, The cular closes thus: “In the purchase concluded the first pre ferred stock is not disturbed and the holders of preferred stock are given one und three- cighths shares of the Atchison companps stock for one share of the St. Louis & San Francisco railway company, and to holders of common stock three-quarters of one share of ~ Atchison ‘stock for one share of the St. Louls & San Francisco railway company. Your company has issued £27,000,- 000 (par value) stock, out of which, when ail the stock shail been e 1l have an Fr k and its equitic value) of new your company’s of the San by railway_company’s wving §714,5% (par Atchison stock in treasury. A comparison stock of your comp: s as follows: Capital stock ~before | aicqusitio 000,0000; after all are made for new acquisition, $101 wiles of road, beforc present nequ : 11 exchanges are made for new 38,006,587 1 capital stock per mile 10%0: after all exchanges a j increase per mile of road, juisit before made, The Omaha & South Dakota. Mircuein, S. D., May 23.—[Special Tele am to Tir Bep.]—At the meeting of the board of directors of the Omaha & South Dakota railroad company, just closed at Blunt, the prospeet took on & very encourag- ing outlook for the road to be built. J. K. Smith of this city, one of the directors, who vas at the meeting, suys grading will be smmenced next month between Forest City and Blunt. A mecting of the ofticers is called in the early part of June at Omaha for the purpose of conferring with people there rela- tive to beginning the work at Omaha, A Railroad to Alaska. Orrawa, Ont., May 23.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—The project for a railway to Alaska is about to take definite shape, Ap- plication will be made to parliament at the nex sion for the passage of an act incor- por rcouver, Novthern & Alaska railway and navigation company, with pow to build a raily from Vancouver or some other point on Buirard inlet, on the banks of the Frazer river, by way of Seymour creek valley, Pemberton Chilicoten plains and thie headwaters of the Frazer river to a point on the Parsnip or Peace river, with branches in a northeasterly direction to the Skeena and Stiekeen river to the boundary of Aluska, - “30" FOR ROLOSON, slegrapher i try Dies in Brookly Niw Youk, May [Special Telegram to Tue Bere.]—John W. Roloson, champion ex- pert telegrapher of America, died in Brook- lyn yesterday afternoon from injuries re ceived In having been thrown from a bicyel clast. The deccased was thirt He was known all over the Country as being the fastest telegraph nd was not only the fastest but the most ay A fow years ngo he won a splendid al for sending off a clipping of 500 words in the short time of ten minutes and thirty-two seconds, which tine has never been beaten, The prize was gotten up by the telegraphers themselves to decide which was the fastest. A fow weeks ngo there was an other contest among the apher 1d though the first prize was uwarded to o Mr. Pollock of Hurtford, Conn., it was contended by Roloson’s friends that hie should have had it. “He was not only an_expert telegrapher, but proficient in all matters electrical, the Coun- - Wants No Prize Fight. RicuyMoND, Vi, Muay Special Tele vam to Te BEk.|—The announcement from w York to the effect that John L. Sullivan had agreed to come to Virginia and fight Jc MeAuddfte for $10,000 in J uly and Peter Jack son for #25,000 in August his attractud atten tion among officials in the state. 1f any ar rangements have been made with Sul n and other prize fightors to “slug” in thi s stute it muins to be seen whether they will be permitted to do so. The unanimous sen iment of the authorities and people riinst it. Under the present law prize-fighting is punishable by imprisonment in tho state prison for not less than five years and a fine of $1,000. If Sullivan or auy other prize fighters come o this state for the purpose of pounding each other they are almost cortain to be arrested as they put foot on Virginia soil Virgini - 10, Kearuey 5. May Special rue game of the ne team Line Lixcoiy, Neb gram to Tue Bey today wa 10 to 5. Lincolr ur Tele ball here by Botl R won he by played well Maupi score of ides Batteric Kearney, RESSIONAL PROCKED - CONG Honse. Wastisaros, May 22, —In the hg Mr. Flower of New York introdug subjecting otemargarine to the pre¥s, the laws of the soveral states, Ref¢ The house then went into committy whole on the river and harbor bill Mr. Hitt moved au amendment to @ city of Galena, IlL, the right to oment there dropped nd gomplete it, providif.. city shall then recaive §100,000. Adopted. Post of Illinois offered an amendment appropriating §250,000 for tho purpose of se- curing & continuous navigable water way be- tween Lake Michlgan and the Mississippi river, adequate for the passago of the largest .\li\«lwl”‘ river steamboats and naval ves- sels, nnd Jor the continuation of the survey of the Illinofs river, Mr. Henderson gaid the committee had not congidercd the opposition and it shouldn't be ineluded in tho bill without consideration, Mr, Vandever of California said that jeal- ousy between Chicago and St. Louis had hitherto preveuted the adoption of this grand national project of connecting the lakes and the Mississippi—a project which would cer- tainly be carried out in the end and place Chicago at the head of Mississippi river navi- gation as well as in command of lake naviga- tion, Mr. Wild of DHinois explained that the Hen nepin eanal was entively independent of this proposition. Catehings of Missouri moved to amend the amendment by fixing the appropriation at £125,000. This was accepted by Mr. Post, but the entire proposition was rejected by the house. When the paragraph appropriating £00,000 for the coustruction of the Illinois and Mississippi (Henepin) canal was reached, Mr. Turner of Georgia made the point of order that the committee had no jurisdiction canals, Pending decision the committee rose and the house took a recess until even- ing, we Senate. WASIHING May 23.—In the senate today, after the transaction of some unimportant routine business, the consideration of the naval appropriation bill was resumed and continued until 2 o'clock, when the silver bill was taken up, but ina few minutes it was laid aside to allow Mr. Stanford to address the senate on bis bill providing for loans by the government on agricultural lands, At the conclusion of Mr. Stanford's specch the bill was roferred to the committec on finance. The naval appropriation bill went over without action. The con nee report on the bill fora public building at Au 111, to cost §5,000, was agreed to. Mr. Falkner gave notice of an amendment to Mr. Wilson’s bill providing that Jiquors imported into prohibitory states shall be sub- ject to regulation, control and taxation in the se of tho state’s police powcr, Call offered a resolution ¢ ng on the ident for information as to the landing of an armed foree from the revenue cutter at Cedar Keys, Fla., the ble entry of houses and the pursuit of citizens. On motion of Mr. Edmunds aver, The tariff bill was received this afternoon and referred at once to_the committee on fi- nance. Ten thousand copies were ordercd printed for the use of the senute, S i : COMPULSORY EDU pre it was laid ATION. Views of a Prominent Tllinois Ed tor on the Subject. Cricaco, May 23.—[ Special Telegram to Pie Ber. | —Dr. Edwards, the republican state supggintendent of public instruction of Illi- ndis, has just come out in a public interview “fs understood to define the coming position of his party in this state on the com- pulsory education question. The very fact that Dr. Edwards, as the incumbent of this high oftice and the spokesman of his party, is willing to admit conservative amendments to the existing law utterly deprives the demo- crats of the war cry which they had expected to makd during the coming campaign for the purpose of gaining an and race influ- ence. Dr. Bdwards says: Tho legislators who passed the law and the educational societies that, urged its pass- 20 hud 1o intention to interfere in any op- sssive way with the parochial schools. Some districts are said to have used the law to annoy the parochial schools. T don’t know personlly of any cases, but complaints come from two localities in Randolph county, others in Shelby county, and @ few from clsewhere, The Randolph county cases are typical. The Lutheran school tukes pupils from four districts. It is charged that after three of these districts had authorized the school the directors of the fourth disap- proved it unjustly. These cases, however, are remarkably few. Of 11,714 school d tricts only sixteen have been charged with using their power unjustly. The proportion is certainly small enough to be taken as an assurance of the excellent character of the At the same time Tam_in favor of any ndments that will abridge the powers of board of cducation or school directors to work injustice to any clas “In what way would you_amend the law?" “1 think the elause which provides that no ‘hool shall be considered such und law until it has been shown to the satisfac tion of the board of education_to \ tain things should be modified. I wm not prepared to say exactly how, but the gen- eral opinion séems to be that the right of dis. crimination should be taken from the boards. “That would leave the matter to_the courts in ase the truant officer or his superiors erred.” e A FLANK MOVEMENT. The Carpenters’ Union Quietly Con- ts the “New" Union M Ciicaco, May 23.—(Special Teleg to Tu ¥ The Evening Journal 1t the statements of some of the carpenters are to be relicd upon the old association of bosses will find themselves in a worse condition than ever Monday morning, As soon us the strikers patehed up an agreement with the new association open hostilities ceased. The old organization put nou-union men at work The earpenters’ council said nothing, but quietly sent union men to the Builders and Traders’ exchange to obtain employment, These men, it is said, have been working among the wembers’ of the new union und vo made them dissatisfied with t existing state of affairs, Large numbers, it is claimed. have joined the old union and now the carpenters’ council controls the men at work for the organization. They threaten to order g strike for Monday, when they o large majority of the carpenters will leave the old association. The probability is that an attempt will be made to unite the two unions. The Master Carpenters’ and Builders' asso cintion has employed a lawyer to prosceute the picket guards under the Merritt law. In vetaliation, the carpenters’ council says that it will prosecute the bosses under the boycott law, which, it claims, has clearly been violated ram 1y § - An Original Package House Prrtsivig, Pa., May 23,—The fivst original package house in this section will be opened Leachburg, Pa., tomorrow morning. The McConnell brewery company has shipped a arload of beer to that place, the will be opened with their agent, Charles Silverman, in cha The town has been Iry"" for many years and the new departur has created intense excitement, At @ meot ing of citizens tonight a committeo was up poiuted to make an urrest for every pac and store et , Heavy Rains in Kansas, Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, May Heayy 1el: throughout Kansas yesterduy und mater ully benefitted the crops, which were in great need of moisture rain - 3 Killed His Son and Saicided, Hamiroy, O, May 23.—Patrick Ma shot and killed his son George, aged twer then shot himself dead O, The two had been UPALCO WoLLY, five, and today Seven Mile OVer some ins = NUMBER 334 A STORM. 1N PENNSYLVAVLA, | Several People Kil_l;-;—nml Great Damage to Property. A TRAIN GOES THROUGH A BRIDGEe And Engine and Twenty-five ¥ Cars Ply of clghg ige Into a Creek Threo the Crew Perish— Ohio Visited. Prrrsnena, Pa., May 23.—A speelal froum Erie, Pa,, says: The long continued rajug have caused a great deal of trouble on railroads in this section of the state and today the re were many washouts, The west bound freight on the went through a bridge near Crayton train men were seriously injured. five cars went down into the flood. kel Plate Thre Twenty: Electricity and Rain. l Prrrswvrg, Pa, May 25.—A severa rain and electrical storm passed nw‘; a large scction of western Pennsyle vania this evening, doing grea damage to property and resulting in the losd of several lives, In the east end of this ity houses were blown down, trees uprooted an small buildings demolished. A houseon Blac Horse hill, occupied by John Miller, was lifted bodily from its foundation and blown a cords siderable distance. The family escaped with slight bruises. At least a scove of otheg houses in the vicinity were unroofed A large number of persons received slight injuries, but as fur as is known there are ng fatalities At MelCocsport ailstones s lar nuts fell, while the rain poured down in sheet for half an hour. Lightning struck sevoral buildings and cousiderable damage was don, T'he greatest injury was done by the watery came down White's hollow in a streafh onty-five feet wide. Tho water was fiv deep on Fifth avenue and a nuwber of houses below grade were submerged i William Freye, gardener o ademy, was Killed by light ning, The Leavy raln caused great “damago in the low lands in the vicinit struck @ number of fine building damage in every instance. Near Washington, Pa, ¥ dorrick on the Miller favin, shattering it and killing William Furman, seriousiy injuring William Gates and stuning two others. At Corry the streets were converted into rivers, in some places two fect deep, tearing up sewers and washing out the The vailvoad yards are completely inindated. The merehants also sustained heavy loses. In Fayette county the vain fi sive and did nuch damage to the railvouds, A heavy landslide occurred at Oukdal as it was being cl wuy o still heayiey one came down, blocking both tracks. The flood in Mountze creek curried awuy many buildings. | At Layton station an immense amount ofy mud, rocks and trees eame down on the Bald Ohio tracks. The rain there amounted almost to a cloudburst Scottdale the storm was paticuls ve. The callers along all the privcipal arc nearly filled with water and the goods in the stores are suturated. The creek is rising steadily and the safety of the people between Scottdule und Fairchane is endans gered. ! A dispatch from Oil City, Pa,, says: Thera has been heavy rain falls almost .m-ml‘\y since last night,” raismg the water in the river and ' creek. to the high. est point since 1888, On account 'of washouts there is no railroad communication with Buffalo or Warren. The ground floors of the lower portion of town are flooded At Wheeling, W. Va., two and onc-half inches of rain fell in twenty min- utes, deluging the streets and flooding a number of business houses. 'Ihere are ap- Jrchiensions of u big rso in tho viver. Tn dittsburg the heavy rain is likely to swel} the rivers to flood proportions. 8¢ as wale lightning struck 3 May A rain storm much in the nature of a cloud burst swept over northwestern Pennsylvania this morus ing, doing great dumage, The valley from Corry to Trvington, a dis- tance of twenty miles, is a complete lake of water from oné to three miles in width. Tha loss will probubly reach #100,000 or more. The public highways in the surrounding country are nearly impassable, At Meadville lightning struck several builde, but none were severcly dams several strects were | flooded extensive damage resulted in the lower portions of the city from the rapid risingof French creck. Threa bridges, a_slaughter house and numerous small buildings ahd sidewalks were swept away. iny aged. and —_— ' Miners Will Resume Work. ScorTiaves, Pa., May 23.—The miners at W. L. Scott’s mines huve been notificd tht the firm will pay them 1 cent less than the Columbia scal Scott’s miners and the greater portion of the Youghiogheny rivew miners, who have been on @ strike for the Columbia scale, will resume'in full today, th proposal having been accepted by them. ONLY A POLITICAL SCHENE, | alk of Invading Lower Oalitornia Not Belicved in Washington. WASHINGTON, May 23, —[Special Telos gram to”Tue Ber|—It is well unders stood here by Californians that the filibusters ing schemes against the Mexican peninsula have their origin in the political ambition of a few men in the southern part of the state of California who desire to divide that state, and thus secure for the southern half a cape ital, with all the public buildings, two ext santors, an oxtry. logislature, Boyomor and state ofticers, and a large number of new places in this way for hungry politicians and) liberal expenditures for public buildingss These aspiring gentlemen find the sent o of the stateopposed tosuch division, wnd they have conceived the idea that if 'they could by purchuse or force annex the lowen peninsula that would make the stute so long and large that division would be facilitated. They forget that even it the Mexican penine sula were annexed it would, owing to it sparse population, be made a territory and would not help their schemes. 1t is Dot bes lieved here that the Mexican colonization company has, as asserted in the Californi disputelies, #ided or countenanced the fili busters, That company has sever iillion dollars invest in Lower California, and it would forfeit all its concessions if the Mexis can government should find that it hud couns tenanced the filibuster schem - Spalding's Lamentations. Cieaco, May President Spalding of the Chicago lbague club expressed himself on the ball situation again today. He dwelt on the poor attendance at the games so far and sees no salvation for base bull except the withdrawal of the Players) league from the field. The National league, ho s going to stick ta the wicompromisingly withouty 1f the Players’ league lasts, he said, will be 25 cent basebull Sunday pime rin the grand stund and the ame will be vuined at the grand finale Spalding figures that ance ut National league that of the Brotherhoo it should rain at b | tion duy the Playels’ leaguc work pulling through Ju; the moneyed men who wor without ing what they were backing will have had port to last them fow ifo unless they recoup some of thei on Decoration day. Spaulding thinks a the Fourth of July would be Ald it vain neither diy and continue as at present he Players cver The buse fighit and the average attends games 5o far exceeds He predicts that if uts on Decorie will have hard he figuring that o the scheine kno lough torm disustrous, the attend= predicts that coond on St pen