Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1890, Page 1

~ 4 —rt [ v - e et . "t cpe with the situation s It culd ot b - THE OMAHA DaAIlLy BEE TWENTIETH YEAR OMAHA. e ——— . o MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1800, -1 NUMBEK 61, A BLOWDY DAY AT ALBANY, Tiftemn Pinketon Men and Fire (itizmns Under the (are of Physicians, CRIMINAL RECKCESSNESS OF THE FORMER. Without Provocation They Fire Upon aCrowd of Strikers® Sympathiz. ersand Wound Many Inno- cent People. Anaxy, N Y., August 17— The most dis- astrous diy inthe history of the New York Central strikee closed tonight, Fifteen Pinker- ton men are under the care of surgens and five citizmns o badly wonnded that there are fears for theirrecovory, Three P ton men were arrested and one w soverely handled by the mob that the police surgeon had to dress his wounds, Nearlyall the Pinkertora men were with- drawn today from dity at the crossings within the city limits, a5 their presence serves toexcite the throng of onlookers, and police took their places, About! o’ clock James Hatton, a Pinkerton man, was patrolling the tracks in the vicity of Van Woert stret. Heo clims to have been strack with a sione in the chest, whiic his companion was kiocked down anl severely hurt by a gang ofroughs. The hofired his revolverinto the rowd, sriowly wounding Richard Dwyer, aged fiftee. Hatton had no timo for andher shot. The crowd surged aroind him md beforothe polie could fiter- fere his clothes were torn of his badk, hewas strick with fists andelubs und presented o pitible spectade when mscued from the owl bw the po- who were obligel to draw their revolvers tosten the erowding muss of peaple. ‘This oecurrenco aroised the passins of the tators, mosfly roughs wd hoodlums, WOLITICS INHAWKEYEDOM. A Number of Important Conventions Held the "ast Week, Dis Moixes, Ta, Augnst 17.—[Spedal to Tuw Ber)—The liticl lines in Towa are being very rapidly drawn. A numberof im- portint conventions have been held the past week, the mot prominent being the state conyention of the anion labor party. There were some peculiarities about it which made it really a very ridiculous affair. The moving spirit of the convention was General J. B. Wei He came direct from the Sixth district, where he attempted to capture both theunion labor and democratic nominations, butfailel. But when a proposition of fusion wasmado in the state convention, the cons veution got into a very lively wrngle over it and the Weaver followers voted it down. The doughtygeneral favored fusion for himself in the Sixth district but fought ngalist it on the state ticket Another amusing feture of the convention wus the apperance of Labor Com- missioner Sove fgn ina Prince Albert coat, giving adviceto alot of horny handed farm and lat and dedaring o wis nota sh, nshe exprvssedit, hois sitling in theshale of the public erib in the “on the hill aud accepting thecrunbs which “fall from a demoeratic governo’s hauds. He even went so far s to say he *swould rather be right than bea denocrit,” “heprolabilities teing that ho woull not be either. satof Ceneral Woaver in the Sixth sed the hopes of his friends that he ry toget the nomination in theSeventh Lhis will hardly be the cise now, as Senator Barnett refused to get out of the ame out with a lotter of acceptance y. At the convention which nomi- in 1 committee was appointed, with lance Lecturer N.B. Ashiey as its chairman, to formulate a platform for Mr. Barnett to stand upon, They presented him with acopyof tie well-known alliance prin- ciples and he accepted thei. ajor son, the fusion nominee in the hth district, bas also written a lengthy letter of aceeptance, in which he deals atiost entirely with the railioad question. Several counties of that district held vepublican Vi i rday and instructed for Con- rejomination and it is al- 1l make the rce, Tho r number ineressed, and the chief of police, fearing furtler touble, established headquarters in a station houscnear by, About 3 o'click a frdght train passed through thecity and the Piikertons sy it wis stoned, The police daim that such is notthecaso At any evint when th reached the Broadway visduct the Pink tons began o reckless fusilade on the crowd stunding inthe vicinl Fouror five shot were fired without any provocation, Mrs, Thomas Hogan, standing on the stoop of her residence, was shot through the leg, and a smallboy was shot in the thigh. The crowd by this tine wis wronght up to 4 fear- ful pitch of excitement, and only by the eff. cimey of the lovl police, tided by o commit- tee from the strikers, wero they kept back. After thisincident Robert. Pinkerton, who had clarge of his fore here in person, called on Chief Willard, He said that his men had been assaulted continually and that firearms had been put in their possession only day that they mightbe used whennecessar) in selfdefense and inthework of protec the company’s property, He was sorry that innocent partis haa suffered and alded thatit geierally happmed that way, Still he would stand by his men against the wanton attacls of roughs. Chief Willard expressed the blief thal if the Piokerton aen had never been brought here the local police would _have been abundantly able held resposible, as ho had repatedly - formed Superintendent. Bissdl that the com- pany’s property would be well guarded by his own mentf moother forces were brought here to inflame the passions of the sympa- thizers of the strilkers. At 4 o’dock another freight train came through and the Pinkerton men again fived into the crowd, a boy named Frank Parks re- colving & bulletin lis arm. The Pinkerton man who fired into the crowd at the Van Woert stroet crossing was pursued _up the tracks by an oficer and captured, The policeman, while bringing the prisoner back, was wssaulted by accowd of Pinkerton men, who rescued the prisoner and severely beat the oficer, All tho police aremassed at this poiut, and troulble is expected tonight. The blockade at West Albany is almost as bad us outhe first day of the strike. Tho Situation at New York. Niw York, August 17.—All the regular ‘passenger trains on the New York Central ran on schedulo tine tolay. Incoming trains alsocame in without any delay. No freight trains were sent out today, but the railroad officials say they will bo run regularly tomor- row. A reporter called on Vie President Webb today and Tkt:d bin if helad iy ldeayet us to what the reult of his inter- view with Powderly tomorrow would be. ‘*Yes, Ithink 1 have,” answered Wobb witha smilo of much meaning. I think that Powderly will call here tomorrow, submithis dermunds, which will be refused, and then I think he will call thestrike off and decide to sacrifice the members of his order on this brauch rather than involve the whole order in afighton the entivesystom, which inthe end would besureto be disistrous.’” Powdearly aud other members of the execn- tive board of the Knights of Labor kept them- selves secluded today. It is understood that they were conferdug on important matiers, butnothing will be done until Powderly meots Vice President Webb tororrow, Conditin of Afwirs at Duflo. Boerato, N Y, August17 wanl appearinces todiy there was nothing new in the strike situation, No attempt was made todo any work in theNew York Cen- tral yans. J. M. Lee, who ordeed the striko in tho fint place, reached hore this moming and was in close consultation with thesteikers during the dagt Labor Teaders Leave for Buffalo. Terme Havre, Ind, August 17.—Grand Muster Sargeantof the Brutherhood of Loco- motive Firemen and Grand Chief Howard of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors loft iy afternoon for suffalo, where they will meet with the grand officers of the Switch- men's Aid associttion and the Brotherhocod trainmen to consider the strilce situation, Rock Esland Switchmen Retarn. Curciao, August 17.—The stiike of Rock Islnd switchmen, which began here last night, cided this evening. The switchman wlhose discharge caused the strike was rein- stated pending an - investigation. His rein- stitement was followed by the return of the other men to work, A ety Welcomed by the Press, Sr. PerErsuur, Augut 11.—The news. papers hereextand a friendly welcome toEm. peror Willlun. They aduit the siicerity of his pacific decarations and declare that Russiais disposed toco-operate with him, At the same time they bold that Emporor Will fam ought to operatein Vienoa rather than in Bt Pelers burg, ing Russia will only accept asolution of 'the Bulgarin question 11 con formity with the Berlin teeaty, which has been violated by Austrin complicity. Tho cur and czuring have arrived at Nurva, el gy Defended His Home, Pressune, Pa, August 17—-At Danville Lust night Frank Schunaski and Patrick Monahan, both imtoxicated, went to the houseof John Minines and on Minines and s wife appearing at the door one of the men made an imsulting remark o the woman, @t the same time knocking the lamp out of Minine's hand and injuriy, toth. Minines then seizd wn axund dealt Tight andleft in the dark. This both intruders were found to be fatall wounded. Miuives was wrested, To all out- | opposition to bim, however, may compass his defeat at the poll THE 10WA PIONIBITION LAW, Attormney General Stone has written a letter inanswer t numerous requests for his opin- ion of the pr status ofthe lowa prahibi- tory Law inso favas it aects interstate ship- menits, The la f the state are pretty evenly divided views and ooth sides seem to have good arguments and are_able to buck them with strong references. In sub- stuncethe attoruey general says: Theeffect of the decision of the supreme court in thecaseof Le et al. vs, Hardin s todenythat the prohibitory law was ap- plicable tointerstate shipments of liquors, The eflect of the recent act of congress was to make such liguors subject to that law. In my judgment the true construction of the re- cent act of that congress intended that the state hws alrealy in existence, as well a those hierefter enacted, should apply to Li- coming into the state for use, sale or e. The langua f the law of con. well as th S0 object of its enactment, supports tho v that a1 re. enactmentof the s 10l Becessary to give vitality toits provisions. COMING ENCANPMENTS, During the present week, beginuing tomor- ww, the Fourth regiment, jowa national uords, will_hold an encampment at Spivit Lake, The Kuights Templar will lold astate encampment there at the same time, so that large crowds will visit the popu he encampment of the Firsth y,.uh‘lowx;{ national guards, will beheld he and avery large attendance is looked for, 1t will be kenown as_ Camp Baker, in howor of the ate General Nathaniel P, Baker, the es- teemed war adjutant general of Towa. This is the first encampuent of the national guard in this eity since the assembling of the whole guardin the autumn of 1851, The Second regiment of regulurs that will encarop with the Tirst brigade witl number 500 mo will arrive and go fito camp a fow d advance. DES MOINES RIVER LAND CASES, The news that the government has decided to appeal the Des Moiies river land cases brought, the hearts of the sertlers last week, ney claimto bevery hopeful of hay- ing theirtitles at last confitmed. They say they will present their case on different lines from thee aready passed on by thit tri- bunal. All movement towards securing in- demnity will be abandoued until this is decided. Attorney General Stone ing of the matter afew daysago, in answer to arequest for a statement of the prineipal growds for the appeal, sid: “Well, of course there was the obyiousone that it was an_exceedingly important case, one which in- volved the welfareand happiness of thous- ands of families whose sufferings every ht- minded man sympathizes with, and whoio rights are worthy of the most careful consii- eration. Cases involving large amounts are usuilly takken to the court of last res and 1 felt that thestate of Towaand th were entitled to the fullest possible hear- ing, ~‘Besides this, there was areasm urged by me, which struck the attorney general with especial force, Itis one, thejustice of which willstrike every liwyer In his decision of the case Judge Shiras took the opinion of the supremecourtin the former cases and fol- lowed it The case presented by us was not thesame casoas any of the others. we think, the firsttime the whole hadbeen brought up, but the largely the same follnw preceden blace of cont] It wis, question acts were Thespirit of obligation to and to avold even the sem- t with asuperiorcourt, which © zood luwyer feels, made Judge Shiras dedide us he did. He very properly intimates in bis decision that as the other river land cases hud been decided in the supreme court, this oneought to be, as well” TILE BILLINGS MUIDE The Towa supreme court is dened with the celebrated case of M. E. Bilings, The case was upat the Muy term ona moation for retrial and the decision is still pending. Should the court decree in Billings® favor, lowever, it would probably end the matter, as Bremer comty would hardly go tothe cxpense of another trial. Billings now comes forward with amotion which he has prepaved in prison, denominating himself *appellant pro seand an attorney and officer of this court,” and moves to strike the nume of E. A Dawson from the list of counsel for the state; toprohibit him from further ap- peringas an attorney for the state in saia case, and that proceedings be instituted for revoking the license of said Dawson and, to disbar him, on the ground that Dawson is guilty of tho grossest violations of his duty as a counsellorat law. Billings goes on to nake a long list of sensational churges upon which the motion is based. Dawson is county at- tomey of Bremer county, having boen elected to suceed Kingsley,” whom Bilings is clarged with having murdered, ———— QsE. till to be bur- German Veterans at Davenport, Davexrorr, Ta,August 17.—The sixthan- nual festival of the German Veterans' Federa- tim of North America opened here tolay. The prcession including all visiting delegu- | tins and local bodies of a military nature, novedthroigh the streets from 11to 12an then marched toSchutzen park, where a ven- enl toirnament was engaged in during the afterncon and evening. The attend mce at tuhe parks is estimated at 10,000, The festival cotinues until Wednesday, —— Killed While Trying to Anroery, Miss., August D. Tyler, a white man, while being con- veyed from Macon to the county work | form in Chickasaw county, jumped tirough the ar window Wwhile the train was in motion, on the Mohlll:,& ()M‘-)b road, nelrml’n;llrl:‘dsmuo::, yesterday. The negro guard who m in charge walked back ...!," ’;y the side of the track with his neck broken, | Tyler was convicted of breaking into a and was belng sent to the farm to work out & 4100 fine. He was atravoling sign ‘l He wis brought bere and burid today. found his man lying | FELL FROX A SECOND STORY August Arent, a Farmer From Gilead, Mo,, Terribly Hurt at Tobias. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A BEEMER LAD. Hattie Town's Condition Considercd Hopeful — Albion's Waterworks System — Crop News From Over the State, Tontas, Neb, August 17.—[Spocial Tele- gram to Tue Brr]—August Arent, a far- mer from near Galead, Neb, fell from a door in the secondstory of the Olive hotd tothe sidewalk this morning, dislocating his shoul- dor, uring a rib and sustaining severe internal injurie: His condition is critical, Fatal Runaway Accident, Beeser, Neb.,, August 17— | Tele- gram to Tue Bee.|—Asad ident occurred herotoday. A little son of Julius hroeder, while out homseback riding, was thrown and nis foot caught in the stirrup. The horse ran abaout a quarter of a mile befo S ght andthe boy released. He was taken to a physician’s ofice, where be died in a few minutes, Hattie Town's Condition, ARLINGTON, Neb, August 17.—[Spectal to TurBer]-—Hattie Town is resting comfort- ably. The attending physician has hopes of herrecover, Alion's Waterworks System. Aunroy, Neb., August 17, [Specidl to Tne Bk ]—The Albion waterworks weve put in in 186, Ina very short time, the case with so many plantsin Nobraska, thewater supply gaveout and for tw themains wore empty. New wolls wor and pumps changed, but all was of o ay until in 1830 an immense well, aghteen feet in dinmeter and tventy-eight feet deep, wi dug and from the bottom of that two smaller wells, one six inches and theother sixteen inches in diameter were bored down into the gravel. The water mses from the smaller wells into the larger one, and an abundant supply of water was secured that will sufiice fortheuses in the town for a long time to come. GAfter the water supply wus fnsured a number of property owilers tapped the s for use ontheir lawns, Then it was t the cost of pumping the n was about fivetimes as much from waterrents, 1o remedy s board purchased & twenty- it on a si ve foot tower and attached itto the pump. Now it has bLeen demonstrated that the windmill is a suc. d the people are congratulating thera- n the fact that they have a suceessful stemn that in the future will that the villa foot windmill, ps W prictically cost nothing to run, State Board of Pharn GrAxD IstaNn, Neb, August 1 toTus B ]—At the esamination held in Lincoln, Omaha and Noith Platte, August 12,13 and 14, by the boaw of examners of the Nebraska state board of pharmacy theve was present the full board, cousisting of Henry Cook, Red Cloud ; Max Becht, Omaha; Henry D. Boylen, Guind Island; James Reed, Nebpska City, andJ. B Riggs, Lin- coln, The foilowing named persons were successful in passing the examination and re- cved “UhHr certificated 18 rogistered pharmacists in the state of Nebraska, viz: . A. Armstrong, Osceola, Neb.; A, L. Bishop, Pulisade, Neb.; A. W. Buckhelt, Grand Island, Neb.; Bert E. Bigelow, Omahi, Neb.:' M. A" Blachley, Whitney, Neb.; W. J. Browulee, Ashland, Neb.; W. Broken B acy. —[Spec , Neb, : James Charles R. Charles Le Re Summing, wmpbell, Cooper, Westerville, Nob. 3 Alfrel C. Dogge, Lincoln, Neb.;H. F. L. Eckermunn, Owuha, Neb. Tuomms R, Kigar, Lincoln, No Lillie M. Twater, David Harry Clyde Graham, Ashlaud, Neb, Paul’ J. Gunderman, Ohiows, Neb. D. D, Hayes, Omahi, Neb.; Frank A. Johue, son, North Plutte, Neb; Theodore dJessen, Lincoln, Neb.; Herman Paul Lehvack, Te' cumseh, Neb.: Austin Leduicky, Everest, Kan.; Archibald McGill,” Creighfon, Neb Ben J. McGuin, Trenton, Mo.; €. W. M Dade, Fontanelle Neb.; John D. Reed, Woodbine, Ta.; W. A. Root, Crete, Neb.; A. E. Scofield, ) Grove, Neb; Fred H, Siith, Neb: P S, Tuggurt, Omah, Nob. 3 G. W. Tucker, Liucoln, Neb, H. O. Tytherleigh, Lincoin, Neb.; Archié Wilson, Kearaey, Neb.; Hailton Warren, Omaha, Neb. : Lawrenet S. Wood, Broken Bow, Neb,; Frank D, Worester, Lincoln, Neb. The next meeting of thebourd of examinars for examination of applicants for registra- tion as_pharmacists will ocur at Owalia, November 11, Millard hotel; Lincoln, Novem: ber 12, capitol building; Hustings, Novem- ber 13, Bostwick lotel. Examinations will commence promptly at §a. m, of cich day. Traveling Men's Meeting, GuAND [sLaxp, Neb., August 17— [Special Telegrarm to Tue Bei. ]—A meeting of travel- ing men was held at the Palmer house lust evening for the purpose of discussing the question of having a traveling menw's duy hiereduring the sugar piace exposition, On motion of I, Buckhert, R W. s was elected chairman, William Eastman ce president, ahd C. A. Turner pro tem. A motion to bave the xhibition on September 5, which willbe the Fricay of the sugar palice exhibition, wus carried, and a committee of five, composed of H. H. Loughbridge, A. L. Donuld, F. Bucbhert, William Murr and W. L. Eatman wis appointed to conler upon the question of uniforms to be won in their parade. was lost, A motion to udjourn tosend a copy of the proceadings and State Jourail conmer 1- unn, also to hotels in the state was carried, A communication from Mr. C. 0. Lobeck of Omuha offering the use of the traveling men's banners on the day of paride was read anda motion to mike the above comuittec of five, with theaddition of Mr, Lobock, a com- mitlee on arrngements, wis caried, A mo- tionto make A, L. Donall assistast secre- tary was carried. A motion to_thank Land- lord Haynos for tho use of the Palmer houss parlors carried and the meeting adjourned to convenengail next Saturday evening ot 8 o'clock in the Palmer house parlors, Mustering Sons of Vetarans. Bram, Neb., August (I7.—|Special to Tue Bure|—Saturday night General Russell A. Alger Camp No, 103, Sons of Vet~ eraus, U, A, was mustered at Blair, Quar- termaster John B, Reeve of Omaha, acting as mustering oficer, was assisted by Moses P. O’Brien, L. H. Bookerand W. J. Kingsley of Oumaha, Captain Charles Olds and C, L. Han- cock of Vacoma. The oficers of the new canp @re: Captain, Stephen W. Gibson; first licutenant, Derma Alberry; second lieutenant, George J. Haller; first sergeant, C. H. Taylor; quartermaster sergeant, F. L. Parrish; _claplain, Filmore Dorsey;’ camp council, W. H. Farnsworth, Guy Mead and ¥, I.)une{. Afterthe muster of the camp and installa- tion o f officers-elect, the camp and visitors | roceeded to the banquet rooms and sat down & an elegant and tempting spread. EEewhes ofa very patriotic nalure were made by Cap- tain Gibson, Captain Olds, John B, Reeve, Moses P, O'Brien, L. H. Booker, and others. | Alarge nuuber of comrades of' the Grand Army of the Republic were present and scomed very much interested as well us George De Temple of the Grand Army of tho | Republie for it was throdgh his “efforts that this camyp was organized. The Crop Around Brewster, Burwster, Neb, August 17.—[Special to ~—The crop acreago is larger than herctofore, Some of itis burned and will not make half a crop, while other flelds will ro thirly bushels, Whneatis inbettor condition than ever before and Wil average about Af- teen bushels per acre. The average acreage of outs will be about fifteen hushels. Potatoes AL llul(- and other root crops promise to be 700, £ The Brewster News has changed hands, William F. Brewster wing the present pro- ictor. he busiress men of thistown ave encour- aged with the hope of the complet of the Lincoln & Black Hills railroad, which has been graded within four miles of the apital of Blaine county for the past three rs, N lhreeticlcets are in the fleld in th and the political contest will be e not. The amendment I8 probably abead in Blaine county, Under th f the Padific shart line it is believe dean be in- duced to come to Brewster and Blsine county, and an_effort is being made in that direction by our business men. ‘The Blaine County I'air association has leased ground forsix years of the Lincoln land coupany for fairgrounds and have pur- chased the lurgze building they have used for three 5 i wiil be moved on their stof Browste el justitute is in sion this week and will last another » cek, A is quite largely attended by teachers of this and adjoining counties, More white beans are be year in Blaine county tham ¢ they now promisean e The Ne Neb, August 1 —The partial failur crop is somewhat discouraging to the mill company, but they are at work making a stong dam to seeure a large veservolr i Dry ereck, Bartley has nosuitable rooms for the pub- licschool, and many wished to vote £,000 in bonds and then bmld, but at the election last week the bouds were defeated. The long drought has discouraged some of the favmers, but the ageicultural y fortunate inhaving interested working offi- cers and they are making n speci have a ood county fair in Septem ber, On _August 8 the editor of the News, pub- lished in Dinbury, this county, amonuced that owingz to the unfavorable business out- look he would suspendthaNews, The editor aud a part of theoutfit artived in Bartloy last week and he expects to publish this weck the first number of the Bartley Enterprise. s county dingly a little s¢ 12 grown this r before and xtra heavy yield. wsat Bartley. [Special to of the wheat Cattle News From Bancroft. Baxcro¥r, Neb., August 17.—[Special to Tie B —Tue Bee wpresentative inter- vieweda fow of the leadiiig cattle men of this place and learned the follbwing in regard to the number of cattlebeing pustured a few miles northof town on the resecevation : Fritz, 5000; A Olsony 2,005 Ed Farl 40003 Ed Rose, 1,000; Mayberry, 2,003 M Kay, 1,000; Fontenelle, 3,00; Purdy, 4000 Camphell, 1,000; Lemmba, §,000;" Pilcher, 3,000 The above herds aggregate 25,000 head. Besides these there are several smaller herds from 400 to 800 head, The whole number of cattle being pastured a few miles north of town Is not far from 40,000 head. o Notes adia. Arcapia, Neb., 17.—[Special to Iue Bee, ]—-Aradia Kk buyers paid out $53,465 for stock in the b %}mf July, and at e this month. The Arcadia broom factory has commenced operations again under the management of Z. Jenkins, an old experh'ln'ed broom maker. Mrs, William McClempents, one of Ne- braski's oldest settters, died last week of dropsy. John' G. Shaupp has 2 large forco of men at work at his flouring mill lowering the water wheel and repairing the mill and millrace. This will increase the poer of the mill very much, Itwill comuence business again in a day or so. SRR < ] Polk County Crop: Osceors, Neb., August 15.—([Special to Tie BeE.|—The crop outlook in this county isnotnearas favorable as when the July re- port was made, The long-continued drought und hot south winds has damaged corn so that it will not average move than one-fourth of a crop und corn is selling for more than double the price it cver has at this season of the year. Wheat was very good, but there was 1ot much sown, not enough to sup]ply the county, Oats were very good, not much sown and they are worth 30 conts d bushel. There will not be potatoes cnough tosupply the county and they are ww selling trom S0 cents to §l a bushel. Hay is very scarce now and is selling at $ a tonin the winrow. om Lre Lincoln 20, Nebraska City 10. Nenraska Ciry, Neb, August 17,—[Special Telegram to Tuk Ber]—The home team played with the Lincoln association team to- day. The game was quita exciting after the firstinning, and resalted ina victory for the visitors by a scoreof 20 to 10. Batteris For Lincoln, Clarcand McFurland; for Ne- braska City, Hensel, Mohler and Wilson, Umnjire—Turn ; reople's Party at Valentine, ® ViestiNg, Neb, August 17.—(Special Telegram to Tre Bre—The people’s party metin miss convention yesterday and nomi- nated a commissioner, coroner aud county at- torney; also elected ten delegates to the xep- resctative convention for Keya Paba und Cherty counties. Delogates are practically instructed for T, G, Blacls, a labor nominee, for representativ Wood River ftem: Woob Rever, Neb., August 17.—[Special to Trr Ber,)—During a thander storm here last night lightning struck tho livery barn of Williams & White and killed oue horse, No other damage was done, although the buru was filled with horses. The Catholics held a plenic here yesterd which wus largely attended, Tmprovements &t £ lue Hill, Bree Hivr, Neb, August 15.—[Special to Tak Bee, | —Blue Hill is one of the livelicst towns in the state Omn overy hand are springing up buildings of all kinds, sub- stantial evidences of a prosperous future. e — Swift Justice toa Black Brute. Nasuviee, Tenn., August 17,—Henderson Fox, the negro who outmged Miss Anuie Dowling, was lynched st Trenton tonight by a mob of about two huadred men from the uelghborhood where the crime was committed. Thesheriff and jailer did all in their power to prevent the mob's getting at toe prisoner, und summoned a largo guard, which sufrounded thejail. The mob was de- | termined, however, ana ran over th gvard anddemanded the keys of the jailer. He was compelled to give them up. wis taken out and hanged lo a tree. e A Laborer Killed, CuevexNe, Wyo., August 17.—[Special Tel- egram to Tue Bee.]—Joln Breen, a laborer working on the Cheyenne & Northern, was Killed yesterday by being tirown from a work truin, falling under the wiecls, Breen was thirty years old and i3 family resides ut Pucifie, Mo, e Hanged Herself at Seventy. leased at the manner their sons were going nto the work of perpetuating their memories and assisting the Grand Arm‘v of the Repub- | lic. This camp starts out with the Ilrw | number of charter applicants ever orgaul inthisstate, there being thirty-six present | for muster, Much cieditls due W Comrade { HuxmnNarow, Ind., August 17.—One of the oldest residents of this county, Mrs. Sarah Hunt, aged seventy years,living at Andrews, six s west of thia city, committed sulide by hanging this morning, only cause assigned for the deed is continued il health, The prisoner | REHABILITATION OF SILVER. Efforts to Bring About an International Monetary Conference, THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN APPROACHED. Why Commissioner Hine Hesigned-— Army Appointments Create Great Dissatistaction— Miscellaneous. N Brreav Tur Osana Ber, % 513 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wisiiaroy, D, C., August 17, A effort is being made sveral men in both branches of congress, who are greatly interested in the remone fon of silver, to induce the president to send abroad an *‘un- official agent' to sound the principal Eur pean governments and fiud out what the pros- pects are for the hoiding of an international monetary couference, and to what extent they will go in the rehabilitation of silver, Ttis understood that Senator Sherman and other leading men ave in favor of this plan and they believe if the right man is secured us the agent a good deal may be accomplished. A member of congress who is fully informed as 1o what is going on, said today: *Ido not believe that it is any good for this govern- ment toinvite the European nations to attend another international monctary conference, We have alveady had two and nothing prac- tical has rvesulted. There is also nothing to be gained by having our ministers at the var- ious courts ascertuin the views of the finance ministers and the ministry of the government to which they are accredited; that would give too much formality to the negotiations and prevent a full und free discussion of the subj > “Ihe right way to go about it is to do what WasNGTO; ~ the Kuropean nations frequently do in matters of this kind, and that is, send abrosd a gentleman of tact and discretion, who has_a full knowledge of the subject, and who isin no sense a dipl matic agent, but who can visit the leading capitols and represent the American case, “We have practically remonetized silver by the new silver bill, and of course it is to our interest to have the other great powers do the same thing, and if we are to be successful now is the time to mtke the move. Silver has appreciated very con- siderably since the passuge of the bill and everything points to its going still higher. If tho fact of our jucreasing the coiuuge on- hances the price, it is o good argument to ud it is always easier to do business on ket than it when the market is Whatevers done should be the other w done agonc Whilt the president has been visited by several leading members of congress und urged to appoint this unofficial agent, for some reason or other, which he has ot made public to the advocates of the scheme, he is not Gisposed to do so, and thoy very much fear that the president will pursue bis usual course, and the advantage which might be gained will be lost. The president has not refused to make the up‘minlnn"u!, but he simlll_\' bas the matter under advisement and holds out no hopes of a speedy appoint- ment. If the president makes this appointment he will not have *o ask congress for an appro- priation to defray the commission’'s ex- enses, and in fact it is more than ikely that an effot will be made to ?mm the factof tic appointment becom- ng public. In the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill, passed a short time ago, is an item to enable the president to *‘meet unforseen emengencies,” officially known as the emergency fund, but more generally spoken about as the secret service bill, and of which no account is ever rendered. The gmount. np\nrnpriuml for this purpose has been £60,000, but this year it is increased 10 280,000, and the wording of the appropria- tions has been slightly changed. ’1“10 words in the following sentence, enclosed in - paren- thesis, show the change made: ““To enabl the president to meet unforeseen energenc arising in the diplomatic and consular ser- vice, and to extend the commercial (and othier) interests of the United States,” ete. The chapge was made for this purpose. It was first proposed by the men interested in this matter that the selectionof the agent and tho practical chargeof the negotiations should be left to Secretary Windom, as it1s a financial subject, but as the treasu department has no secret servic fund at its disposal it would have mnecessitated un appropriation which would have caused too much publicity, Even the men who are opposed to the fur: ther extension of silver coinage say that it would be gocsl policy for this government to know definitely how far Europe will go in the matter of silver, s just now we are a good deal in the dark and the future of our financial system must in a great measure be predicated on sil- ver as part of the currency. 1t is not believed by even the most ardent advocates of silver that Great Britain will do anything looking toward its remonetization, 43 1ts to her advantage to keep the price down as low as possible, and should France and Germany join the United States in any con- vention the success of the scheme would be doubtful unless England became a partyto it. There has been considerable speculation in silver among members of congr since the passage of the silver bill, the sen- In ate a pool was made up and 5,000,000 ounces surrhufi.ud on margins and in the house 265,000 Was put up on a margin of 5 per and us silver has advanced ver; since the pools were formed everybody has made money out of the speculation, A WORKSHOP FOR THE PEOPLE, Very marked is the the difference betweer the procedures at the pension office t from what they were only thre ! ago. It was only a short time since t man who made application for an original pension or an increase of pension was placed upon the defensive, and the proceediv gs from the application were in the h vs, and it was almost impossible fora claimant to get his or her e pa Commission tom, which, unde; Raum, has grown tobe universal, giving every uppli- cantan opportunity tocall at the pensiod oftice at any time aid look over all the papers in acase without any delay or outside in- fluence. The spacious rooms of the commis- sioner and his two deputies have immense tables distributed around at intervals, and at these may be seen at almostall times of the day men, women and childrenof almost eyery age, looking through pension papers. The applicant can at any time call, and upon a simple request, have his or her papers brought out for examination, so that the exact status of the case may be ascertained, mu} every facility is given o expedite udjudi- cation. The pension office Is a workshop of the peo- ple. Ituo longer requires the influence of men in congress or prominent in politics to reach the throne and get directly at the com- missioner, his assistants, examiners or chiefs of division, so that any necessary require- ment to make a case complete may be ascer- tained withiout money, price or great incon- venlence, Ifthero are delays in the ponsion office they grow out of the number of cla ing and not on account of any unne sary applications which lack of information or comuunication with the claimants, Generul Andrew Davidson, the first deputy commissioner of peusions, in'speaking of thie enormous number of applications for pensions which have come in under the recent depen- dent act, said to your corvespondent: It is true that the number of applications appears Lo be something overwhelming, but after all You must remember that there is included in this cnormous number the applications of very many soldiers whose papers are now on file here but whose cascs were refused be- cause the disabiity for which they claimed pensions could not be proven to have been fu- curred in the service " OQf course, all these men are now eligible for pensions, and when e filed. ted a cus- | thieir cases are reacned their disposal will be ' yery much facilitated by the testimony which we now have on hand. 1 would not sur- prised it at least onchalf of the new applications were of this nature: Wo will got to work on this new seriesof applica- | tions about the first of October, 1 think, Whether we will work on these cases simul- taneously with the work now going on or whetlier wo will arrange it to follow the pres- ent work has not yet been determined, but in cither case it will bo done as expeditiously as possible. The gieat influx of new elerks — somesix hundred-~will be of enormous bene- fit and it will not take us very long before wo settloall claims, 1t will not bo necessary, as has been claimed, to ask for any more room. Therv ave in all the roorms of this by comumodutions for many more clerks, and be- sides much space is now ocenpied fn the pen- slons burean by the consus office, so that it can be seen that we have all of the space we need.” WILY COMMISSTONER HINE RESIGNED, The resignation of District Commissioner Hine, the democratic member of the hoard, which was announced last wedl e casioned, 08 S0 many other disagrecments in similar organizitions are, over the matter of patronage, although this did not appear upon the surface, nor has it yot_been stated in any of the accounts that have been written of the ¢ Republican politi dissatisfied ov which changes have been miade in th foree of the district; only about 80 per cent of the employes of all grades are republicans and they have felt thata more nearly equal division between the political parties ought to be made. : Up to the present time, however, Commis- stoner tiine has successfully resisted all at tempts made by his colleagrue, Commissioner Douglass, to change_the persounel of the forco of employes, with few exceptions, but the constant sirain was unpleasant, and toa manin ar. Hines’ position it was not neces- sury for him to subject himself to it, and he took the casiest method of escaping from it by resignation. "The republicans hope now that under the new democratic commissioner, whoover he may be, the chunges will be more apidly made, and that the number of hunury and willing patriots who have been cooling their heads on pluces on the_di: the outside so far will find rict rolls within a reason- able time. Mr, Hine, it is understood, Tas been offercd his old position, president of the Mergenthaler printing company, at a salary largely in advance of that us commis- sioner, IY APPOINTMENTS CREATE DISSATISPACTION. The army appointments of last week have created considerable dissatisfaction among those whose relations with military affairs aresuch as to make them inte extent than theaverage 2 fortunate applicant for assistant adju general is a Canadign by birth, and although an officer of good record, was no better off in pect than any one of the other numer- ants for the place, Senator Haw- hairmau of the senate committee on itary affairs, interested himself in s matter to the extent of recommend- ing Captain Fessenden, brother of Samuel Fesse: retary of the national commit- n his own stite, the only recommen- dation of the kind that he has ever permitted himself to make, and he feels grieved that no attention was given to his recommendation. n John G. Bourke, who was strongly endorsed for the place, had every qualifica- tion for the position, including that of a liant military record during and since the Captain Bourke's service in the Indian under Generals Custer and Crook were 1bject of various complimentary reports thosc officers and it is understood that by reason of them he will receive a brevet col- under the law recently passed to con- fer brevets for gallant and meritorous action inthe indian campaigns of recent years. The appointment of Colonel Baxter to be surgeo general alss occasioned criticism, although in Lhis case he was entitled to- the nomination by seniority. Surgeon Ceneral Baxter is the oldest officer in the army now on the active list, except General C. Smith and Aug- ust Kautz, Pinny 8. Heai, e g THE CLEARANCE RECORD. Financial Transactions of the Coun- try During the Last Week. Bosaon, August 17.—[! ial Telegram to Tue Bee.)—The following table, compiled from dispatches from the clearing houses of the cities named, shows the gross ex- changes forlast week, with rates per cent of increase or decrease, as against the amounts for the corresponding week in 188¢ orris. CLEAKINGS. New V' Boston San Franc Plitsburg Baltimore Milwaukee' Louisville.'. Sloux City Galveston *Ltochester Total.. (a5 __Outside of Now Vor *Not [neludad fntotals, tlme last year. No clearing house at this e The Weather Forecast, For Omaha and Vicinity—Fair; warmer, For Nebraska—Fair, except local showers in northern portion; southerly winds; warmer in southeast, cooler in northwest portion. For lowa—Fair, followed by tocul showers in extreme northwest portion; warmer; southerly winds, For South Dakota—Light local showers; variable winds; coolerin western, slightly warner in eastern portion, e it Lo 26 Fatal Saloon Affray, Mupresorovan, Ky., August 17.—Edward Alvey, formerly of Chicago, Ky., but for the pust few months proprietor of a saloon on | Cumberland avenue, this city, was at noon today attacked by Rhodes Wilder, James Wilder and J. Bonta, all of Harlan ‘county, The fight ook place In the saloon and young Alvey stabbed mortally three times in the buck, The three men are now under ar- rest, R —— The Crops In South Dakota, Special Tele- gram to Tur Beg]—The weekly weather crop bulletin, just issued by the United States signal officer, shows the drouth unrelieved excopt in a portion of the Black Hills country and a very few other localities, It is too late now in many points forrainto do any good to the crop. Wheat averages about tn | bushels pex acre, oats twenty or thirty, t HELD UP BY TRAIN ROBBERS. Missouri Pacific Limited Express Oag Rifled Noar Otterville, Mo, Y THOUSAND DOLLARS SECUREDe =z = - g \ L — ttempt Made to Robthe Passens ors and Not a Shot Fired-The Job Done With Neatness and Dispatch, Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, August 17.-The Pa- cific express company lost $00,000 by a train robbery on the Missourl Pacific railway carly this morning. It was the Kuusas City limited that fell into the handsof the bundits, The train was crowded with passengers, and the safe of the express company was stuffed with money, much of it consigned to western banks, The train left Tipton, Mo, about 1 oclocka. m. Two rious figures were scen lurking around the forward end of the train, but no particular attention was paid to them, Justaftar loaving Tipton the firoman re- turned toward the tender w fire up and looked squarely into the muzzos of two res volvers in the hands of two masked men, They bad evidently boarded the forward platform of the “blind" mail carat ton and crawled over the tender to the engine. One of the bandits covered the fireman with his revolver while the other took care of the ene d and they were told to hold up their “Now you run this train to the Ots terville water tank," ordered the leader, “and stop there, If you attemptto stop at any{other place or give a signal of alarm, you'll be a dead man, and the robbers placed their weapons close to the heads of their victims. The engineer and fireman were ap the bandits’ merey and could only obey, Otterville water tank stood in “Robbers® cut,” just cast of Otterville, 'Twas there that the noted outlaws, the James boys, committed one of their most daring robberies aud the Younger brothiers perpetrated one of their boldest erim When “Robbers cut? was reached, the engineer stopped tho train, “You come with me," the leader addressed the engineer, “und you attend to the five- man,” he said to his companion, Tho en- gineer was commanded to theexpress car and tell the messenger to open the door. When he reached the express car he found the two robbers had five confederates stationed at convenient places about tho car, all heavily armed and their faces concealed behind masks. He walked to the door of the express car, and, covered by the revolvers of three of the robbers. called to the express messengoer,Sam Avery, toopen the door, Avery, suspecting no danger, pushed back tho door. As he did s0 the v of the robbers and one confed- erate pushed their revolvers in and ordered the messenger to hold up his hands, The order was promptly obeved and three robbers jumpea into the car and proceeded immedi- ately to the sufe, which was locked. Avery, commanded to open it at the point of a re- volyer, did so. ‘One of the robbers unfolded a gunny sack and iuto it were placed the entire contents of thesafe. In the weantime the conductor, alarmed at the unusual stopping of the train, went forward to sece what was the trouble, He eot only as farus the end of the express dar, when he was halted by one of the rob- 215, who told him to go back and collect tickets. The conductor hurried back to the first passenger coach and excitedly informed the passengers what was going on und ade vised them to hide their valuables, Money, watches, jewelry and everything valuable wore shoved iuto boot-tops, into the cracks of the cushioned seats and overy where to get it out of sight. The conductor had just warned the passengers iu the second carwhen the train started again, The rob- bers had finished their work and escaped. The engincer pulled the train into Otterville, where a party was loft to arouse the sher and organize a posse to pursue the robbers, The robbers had left their tracks in the mud, and these were followed for some dis- tance east and finally lost. A sheriff’s posse and detectives are scouring the conntry for the robbers, and considering the short Start, hope to capture some of them at least, he exact amount of money and valuables stolen caunot be learned. The agent of the express company here will say absolutely nothing about the occurrence, except to give a story of the robbery. From other sources it was learned that the money 1n the safe aggregated about §75,000, and that other value able property amounted to about $15,000. All the officers of the express company here | | | | tonight have fallen down in their efforts to tell the same story about the amount taken. Beyond a doubt the loss is as heavy as re- Pol"wd, although no confirmation or definite nformation can be secured, The goyern- ment package to Fort Leavenworth was par ticularly valuabl An Oregon Stage Robbery, LiNkviLLE, Ore., August 17,—The Linkvi stage between here and Lake View was held up this morning by two masked men. The robbers secured tho mail bags, express box and $40 from the passengers. The express box coutained oly a small amount of morey. e Des Moines' New Catholic Cathedral. Des Morxes, In., Augifst 17.—[Special ‘Tele- gram to Tue Bee,|—The corner stone cere- monies of the mew Catholie cathedral took place in this city this morning and were wit- nessed by a great throng, Tho proceedings began with solemr high mass in the old church at 10:30, after which there was a great procession of the various Catholic so- cleties, Among the distinguished clergy present was Rev, A. A. Lambert, S. J., of St Louts university, who lectuved this evening on “Science and Revelation” to an overflow- ing audience at the Grand opera house. Under the territorial government of lTowa and during the early years of its statehood the Catholics of Des Moines were attended by missionary priests, who occasionally vis- ited them and attended to their spiritual needs, There is no authentic cord of a sident pastor until 1850, when the Rey. ather Plathe arrived and founded St, Ambrose pavish and built & small frame church, Father Plathe was succeded by Itev. John Brazill in 1350, Under bim the congregation soon outgrew its quarters and an the eroction of the brick church which in begt was dedicated built the paroc August 25, 1885, and he Rev. M. Flavin, the pr congregation at present embraces three nundred and four hundred famili has outgrown ils present guarte The new building will be of Romanesque urchitc cture and is being built of Bedford buff. stone, 1te extreme length is fect, extreme w feet, auditorium 1, soating ca, To the ridge of th ana to the ci on the tower 150 feet, Tn the rear a winter chapel will be erected with a suulinr capacity of 125, to which will be con- nected the baptist The cost will be £55,000, Next to the state capitol it will be the finest, structure in Des Moines aud one of the finest church buildings in lowa, -— Killed His Assallant, INDIANAPOLIS, Aagust 17, onight Harry Kokewiller, a local tough, assaulted August Depoe, aged sixty-five, and the latter used a knife to defend himself with fatal effect, cut= ting Kokemillerin numerous pluces, - Eight Killed and Eight Injured. 81, Pererssuro, August 17.~Through the breaking of @ scaffolding in & six-story build- ing on Nevski prospect eight workwen were killed und cight injures 1865, Father Brazill also 1 school. His death oc v 1,000, y feet roof it will be ninet