Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 25, 1891, Page 1

Tue OMAHA TWENTIETH YEAR. OMAHA, M( MORY INDAY G, MAY 25, THEY BUNCOED THE TOWN. Omaha Oitizens Neatly and Completely Ewindled by the Chicago Air Ship. WORSE THAN THREE CARD MONTEL. Five Thousand Quarters Spent to See a Wedding That Didn't Con- nect—Story of a Sunday Afternoon. There are more suckers to the square inch in Omaba than in any other city in the country. If you don't believe it, it is because you were sick yesterday afternoon ana couldn’t get out to the driving park. Just think! Five thousand people in this civilized, Christian city, skinned out of & cents apieco on a beautiful Sabbath after noon and nothing to show for their white alley. Nothing but experience. We don't care so much about our money, even if the other fellows did get it, but they “Sadded insult to injury by skipping out of town with it. That's what makes us weep. Well, experience is a good thing, and with Dr. Duryea's sermon in the morning and that practical iiustration of the other side of life at the driving park in the afternoon, it wasn't such a bad day after all. Of course you've heard about the air ship —the great Chicago air ship. Well, that was the pame we went up against and we hit it, Oh 50 hard. Yes, it was the self-same, igenti- cal invention that didu’t ascend in St. Joe and was attached by impaticnt creditors who, when the box .was opened, found only a wagon load and a half of sawdust. You read about it in tho telegraph columns of Tie Bk, S0 did the rest of us, but we went out tosee it just the same. Wo saw that we very same box, long, nar- row, nzure complexioned, but nobody else will'ever see it. - We deliberately touched match to it and the smoke was passing the planet Mars at sundown. If webad only had Mr. Bush and Mr. Dodd to have thrown on topof it! Five thousand mortals would have danced around their funeral pyre in ghoulish glee. They missed & grand opportunity, and it's millons to measles now that they won't have even a corporate guard to cheer them when they finally get ready to shufiie off. As is well known, the city has been flouded for days with' dodgers, posters and lithographs, setting forth the fact that at 2:3) o'clock Sunday afternoon the great air ship would ascend from the ariving p taking with it a bridal party, and that at a height of 1,000 feet from terra firma Judge Heisley would pronounce the words that vrould upite in _the boly bonds of matrimony Mr. John D. Turncr and Miss Lucila Eugenie Carlisle. The ship would ien descend and after taking on board o couple of*press representatives the daring acronaut was to saill_away for Chicago at precisely 4 o'clock. One part of the pro- gramme was carried out. The aeronaut left at 4 o'clock and he went a-sailing-on horse. back. His partner und the gate receipts was wid 'im." As carly as 1 o'flock the tide of travel began to flow toward the driving park. People went afoot, on horseback and in car- riuges, while every north bound motor_train on either the cable, Hanscom park or South Omaha line was crowded alinost to suffoc tion, Everybody wanted to sce_the air ship aod they gave up their silver quar- ters at the gates as cheerfully as though tho overworked ticket sellers had held g m at their heads and ordered them to fork over. They swarmed in through the east, south and west gates, and crushed into the grand stand. That was one place where the management was lame. They didu’t charge anything for admission 10 the amphitheater, when they might have re- ceived an additional 10 cents per hiead just as well as not. But then, they wanted ‘every- body seated, so that there would be fewer smelling coramittees loose on_the ground, so perhaps it was just as well that they man- aged the show as they did. The story traveled around, just as stories u a crowd, that there was to be a ten- mile race between two lady riders, who were to change hor every mile. Then a couple of females, mounted on a pair of bronchos, appeared on the track as if to verify the report. They rode up and down several times, and then retived to give place to a couple of boys who came on and vode a half mile handicap pouy race that was fairly interesting until the guarter pole was reached. ‘The females then returned and cantered their steeds down past the grand staud, One of them continued around the track to the opening und disappeared, after which the other whecled herborse and came flying back past the stand. At the gate she tried to pull off the truck, and making a short turn, went over backward. Her foot caugnt in the stir- rup, and the unfortunate creatura was cor pelled to stand on her head until a number of men corraled the horse aud released her from her embarvassing predicament. She wasn't killed, aund us' sie put on a broad grin_and sauntered down behind the grand stana serious doubts begau to arise in the minds of tho crowd as to whether they were to receive the full value of their monay. The stream continued to flow in at the gates, and the stand could hardly have ac- commodated another person, while the quar- ter stretch was lined with carriages, and fully two thousand persons crowdea their noses gaiust the picket fence. The Fre- mwont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley bridge was black with spectators, who didn't have a quurter to spare, aud other impecunious in- dividuals endeavored to hold vantage pluces on a switch engine just outside the grounds, or on roofs, trees ‘or fences, Hundreds of carriages were drawn upon the lovel tract east of Sherman avenue, overlookiug the fair grounds, and many of the occupints were of the city's good peoplo who didu’t waut to enter the driving park on Sunday, but though 1t no harm to view the proceedings from ad- Joining grouads. They are only a quarter better off than the rast of us, after all, Finally three men climbed slowly over the fence ou the insiveof the track and proceeded over 10 where the long, blue box was quietly reposing, surrounded by fourteen blue gaso- line barrels. They tipped the thing over, pulled a board off the bottom, aud then started toward the grand stand, while the others bauled out a few lonesome buuches of excelsior from the stomach of the box. The gentleman in the judges' stand took off his hat, and allowed the crowd to recognize the once-seen-never-to-be- forgotten features of W. F. Wappich, ex-can- didate for the city brosecutorship, The crowd bogan to make & turb demoustration, and after calling them to order with the judges' beil, Mr. Wappich hastencd to make himseif solid by declaring that he was a citizen of Omaha, but oven then it would bave goue hard with tim, had he not explained that he was a sucker t sawe as the rest of them, “Phere is nothing in that box,” ko said, “and the two men who had the t charge bave just taken the total gute re- ceipts, mounted horses and gone down town at full gallop. The poiice huve arvested sey- eral parties who seemed to be working here, bt the mouoy 1s gone, There dou't seem to be anything for us to do but shoulder our ex- perienced and walk howe." That was all. wd didn’t have to b 1t could take a hint, 5o it ur, stund, nod st right away. o, it didn't kick. What was the use! as real funny auywa,, and eve tickled half to death.’ Of laughed and joked about it, but just wait nntil they got their hands on those two orsemen Then their cup of joy will be full and runuing over. There were policemen enough there to bave picked up the fair grounds and carried them down iuto Sarpy county, but they didn’t know what was goisg o2 undl Wap- picd told them, and then they bustied out sud arrested all the duped employes tuat nt Wit with a club, saded the grand: cet vailway business improved It vbody was course people Bush and Dodd had left behind. The: taken to the station and locked up, and then the story of their connection with the deal was made known, rt Cohee had been employed to sell s at the west gate, and bad turned over ) to Bush and Dodd, who made a round of the box offices just before they skipped. th: had §7.25 whicn he collected after that ime, John Smith and Jack Adams had sold tick- €ts at the east gate, and they nad raked ina little over £40, but this was also gone. Charles Kane collected #1 at the gate, but he only had & of it left. C.'E. Rotn, an employe of the Driving Park as-ociation, was also made a prisoner, and his silk hat and whiskers were thrust into & cell with eight hoboes and a pmir of drunks. He lamented bis arrest, and sa was unwittingly drawn into what proved to be a swindle, although perfectly innocent, Some of the ticket sellers said that Roth had employed them, and he explained 3% by saying that ho thought everything —was straight and had nelped Bush and Dodd all he could to perfect arrangements. Last, but not least of the prisoners, was J. D. Turuer, the young wan who was to have been made a bridegroom in the clouds on that eventful afternoon, He claimed to be another dupe. that he was an adyertising man and haa been eagaged to get out lithographs and posters, He knew uothing about the scheme, and haa never seen the air ship, but had thought all along that it was simply a balloon. He k; that the ship failed to ascend in St. Joe, on account of the rain, but neither Bush nor Dodd had ever given him any explanation. He lad not intended to get married, ana knew nothing about that part of it until he saw the proof of posters. ~ He said it was too late to kick then, and he supposed he might as well be advertised as anybody else. He had no idea who the young lady was, al- though rumor says she {s a waitress at the Jennings hotel. He collected some of the monoy from the gatckeepers, but turned it over to Bush, who even gave him an ovder on Roth for tho #25, and then borrowed the money from himn us soon as he had secured it. Roth said that all he knew about the mat- ter was that he was introduced to Bush some time ago by the Coliseum muunagement, and it thus happened that he had been taken in. Bush had frequently borrowed money from him, and he made up his mna_that the only way to get it buck was to help the ex- hibition along. He even had to guarantee theadvertisig bills, and was “in” to the ex- tent of §250. ‘I'his explaned his presence at the box oftice, as be was watching the money, but he was called outside by one of the chief conspirators while the other got away with the cash. C. M. F. Bush, one of the men who firures so unpleasautly in this case, was brought here from Denver last February by Messrs Roeder & Bell, to take chargé of the Coli- seum. Turner says he knew him in that city two vears azo, when he was - starting the Metropolitan theater. The tickets sold at the gate were Coliseum tickets, which Mr. Bell says were taken with- out the permission or knowledge of the man- agement. The crowd burned the box on the ground and then quietly dispersed. Numer- ous parties visited police hoadquarters to file a compluint_in the case, but were told this matter would be attended to. Bush and Dodd hired saddle horses at the Jefferson square barn to go to the park in the afternoon, and returned about 4 o'clock with their animals covered with iather. They ran to the Dellone hotel, where they had been stopping, and got their grips and skipped out, h‘u\'mg an unpaid hotel bill of $0 ovehind them. It was thought that they went to the Bluffs and several ofticers hustled over there after them, but they had about an Lour's 't from the hotel. There are fully twenty young men and vs who are looking for pay for peddling s or similar work. ‘The swindlers had a room in the Iler block at Sixteenth and Howard, also an office in the Paxton block, where bills were given out. Joe Dodd is the only outsider connected with the deal, and of him little is known ¢ cept that he claimed to hail from Chicago. He is about five feet eight inches high, weighs 150 pounds, and is smooth shuven. He is twenty-seven ycars old. Bush, the ex-Coliseum manager, 1s a small man, wearing gold glasses, and accompanied Mr. Dodd and about 00 of the easily gotten money in their flight, It 15 said that 4 sucker is born every min- ute, and none of them ever die. This say will hercafter be an ax! in Omaha. The swindle so cloverly and successfully worked points one truth very olainly, “Advertising vays." Captain Mostyn was served with an at- tachment notice last night signed by W. H. Dody. The notice commanded the captain to retain possession of all money and property found upon the persons of C. E. Roth, E. W, Bush and J. 12, Dodd. Roth had been re- leased on bail before tho attachment notice was served. DROWNED 1 south He said A CASK OF WATEK, A Father's Ghastly Find Aftera Long Search. New York, May 24.—Carrie Harte, the three-year-old child of Joseph Harte, a dealer in buman bair goods at No. 460 Broadway, Brooklyn, was found dead yvesterday morn- ing in a partly filled cask of water in the cel- lar of her father’s house. At the bottom of the cask lay her httle doll which she had probably beeu plaving with on a box along- side the cask when she lost her balanze, fell into the water and was drowned. “The house in which Harte lives and carries on business was almost entirely destroyed by fire threo wecks ago. Harte's loss was heay For more than a year he has been unfortu- nate. His wife died a year ago, leaving five children, of whom Carrie was the youngest, There bas been much sickness, too, in his family, and the destruction of his business adaded to his trouble, Recently the insurance was adjusted and the carpenters were set to work repairing the interior. Harte assisted them. During the day the three youngest of his children amused themselves in their own yard and also in the adjoining one separated by a small fonce. When the children finished their dinner on Friday afternoon they returned to tne yard to play. Carric seiected a corner of the vard for herself, whero sho amused her- self with ner doll. Her little brother and sister went into the adjoining yard. Carrie evidently tired of her place, and, unobserved, made her way into an unoccupied room in the basoment of the house. No one suw her go down. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon bis children into the house. Carrvie did uot answer. He searched for her but failed to find her. Neighbors assisted him, but woen dusk came ho had obtaiued no tidings of her. He made another se h of the house and a hunt through the cellar, He passed the cask and repassed it several times, but never thouglit of looking side Flarte reported his child's disappearance to the police and & weneral alarm was seat out All night lopg he waited in the hope that the police would call at his house and hring him news of her, He was aoomed to disappoint- ment, however, aud at 3 o'clock vesterday morning he searched the house agaw. He pussed the cask several times and as beforo fuiled to look fuside of it He tried to sleep, but his nervous eondition precluded it At daylight he lefu the houso ag: for his child. e returned at 6 o'clock and told his eldest duughter, aged twenty-one years, that he feared Carrie was dead. After sitting at the window half an hour he went 1o the bed where little one slept. He told hus eldest da he would search the cel- lar again, us he remembered it was quite dark when he made his previous searches there and ho did not look inside the cask. When he got Lo the callar ho rolled the cask on its edge over to where the sunlight shone through the cellar ratin What hie saw uloiost g of tiny feet protruded about six inches over the surface of the water. Ie caught hold of them aud drew the hody of the missiug child out of the cask. v carried it upstairs, and after laying it on the bed fell seuseless to the floor, ‘The neighbors scon learned that Carrie had beeu found. When it became kuown that she was drowned there was mich sympatby ex- pressed for the futher, 'I'ho police were no- ed and also Corouer Liudsay, Harto called tw look yzed him. A pair JAY GOULD'S LATEST MOVE New Feature of the Union Pacific and Rock Island Controversy, GUARDING ~ AGAINST AN INVASION. In Memory of the Dead Heroes Weekly Weather and Crop Bul- letin—Pointers on a Hange- ing—State Beatnice, Neb, May 24.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee, |—Quite a flurry in rail- road.circles was caused here and along the line of the Union Pacific to Omaha today by an order from Union Pacific headquarters to guard all approaches to their tracks against sion from the Rock Island. Every available engine from the round house was brought out and quickly placed over connec- tion points accessible to the Rock Island and strict guard is still being kept over them, notwithstanding there is uot, nor has thero been, a Rock Island engine in sight. A visit at the Rock Island headauarters elicited in- quiries as to the probable cause of such action. Everything was extremely quiet with them and all bands expressed surprise over ths move of the Uuion Pacific. One of the latter's officials stated y had information that the Rock Island nded a repetition of their move of the it of January 4, when u train was rushed onto the Union Pacific main line and re- mained there twenty-four hours, meautime continuing to ask for running orders, which were refused, adding foreo to the statement that Gould intended abrogating the already well known Rock Island-Union Pacific con- tract. It was stated Saturday that the matter up tomorrow in court settlement, and as it 15 also known that President Cable has left Chicago for the west the Union Pacific may have thought to forestall any action of either the courts or Mr. Cable, and keep the latter's trains out at any cost. At all events the Rock Island has made no move calling for such demonsteation from the Union Pacific. Memoria Frevost, Neb., May 24,—|Special to Tie Ber.]—The most impressive and elaborate memorial Sunday services ever held in Fre- mont were conducted today at the Love opera house, all of the churches of the city uniting, The stage was tastily draped with flags, with a beautiful array of plants and flowers in the proscenium and back of all portraits of heroes of the rebeilion. McPnerson post, Army of the Repuolic, tue Woman's Relief Corps, Company E, Nebraska national guard, and a fire company attended in a body and in uniform. The sermon was preached by Rev. W. [l Bliss, pastor of the Con- gregational church, to an gudience of about twelve hundred persons, The text was a portion of the 12th verse of the 14th chapter Exodus: *“This day shall be a memorial unto you.” The sermon was full of patriotic fire and devotion delivered with an eloquence that thrilled the vast audience which listened. Memorial day will be celebrated next Satur- day with unusual pomp and ceremony. The orators of the day wili be Hon. John L, Webs- ter of Omaha, aud General Brook. Brokex Bow, Neb., May 24.—[Special Telegram to & Bee. |—Memorial services were held in the opera house at 4 o'clock to- day, The Grand Army post and Woman's Relief Corps met at Oddfellows hall and marched to the opera house. Addresses were delivered by Rev. Shepterd and Rev. O. R. Beebe. TALMAGE, Neb., May 24.—[Special Tele- gram to The Bie.]—Memorial services of the Grand Army of the Republic were held here today, the various churches uniting in a meeting in Cash’s opera house. Re Pease, of the Congregational church, deli ered @ very eloquent and touching sermon. GENEVA, Neb,, May 24, —[Special Telegram to Tie Bee.|—Memorial day was observed by Wilson post, Crand Army of the Repub- lic, today with appropriate céremonies. Rev Zereher of the Congregational caurch deliv- ered the uddress. The attendarce was larger than ever before and the day all that could be asked for, Wrsoke, Neb., May 24,—[Special Tele- gram to Tuk Bee.)—Memorial Sunday was appropriately observed by Colewan post and the Woman’s Relief corps of this city, and Scott post and corps from Blue Spring: Scott post and corps came down to th city in the moruing, and in company with Coleman post and corps, Battery A, a company of young ladies, and a number of flower girls marched to the Methodist Epis- copal church, where Rev. W. H. Vance de- livered an excellent memorial address, In the afternoon Coleman post and corps, bat- lerf' A, the youngladies’ company, the flower girls and a “delegation of citizens attended services in Blue Springs, where, by request, Rey. Vance repeated his morning sermon. Services, Nebraska Crop Builetin, Crere, Neb., May 24.—(Special to Tue Bee.)-~The Nebraska weather and crop hul- letin for the past week, issued by the United States signal service, is as follows: The week past has been generally cold and rainy, delaying farm work somewhat, but fur- nishing needed moisture; crops are every- where reported in good condition, In the Elkhorn valley the rainfall nas been slight; elsewhere in the state it was above the average, increasing in amount to the southwestward, where it reached a maxi- mum of uearly five inches i the upper Re- publican valley. Rain was well distributed through the week—in some places falling every day—and was therefore well absorbed by the ground, ‘Che temperature and sunshine were ever: where below the average, except in the Elk- horn valley. A light frost occurced on the 13th, but doing no damazs, and the cloudy weather of the week dbubtless prevented in- jurious frosts generally. Snow fell in con- nection with the rain at Alliance, Corn planting, although so newhat delayed by the wet weather, is nearly completed in all parts of the state, and the earlier planted corn is up, but the weathor of the weok has on the whole been unfavorable forthe ger- mination and growth of corn. In severat lo- calities cut-worms ave reported as doing un- usual dams SE A Large Court Docke Hay Seaixas, Neb., May 24.—[Special tele- gram o Tue Bik|—Judge Kinkaid arrived here this evening from Hewm- having just fiuished (a two term of court in Box Butte county. He reports the largest docket ever found there, there being 170 civil and eighteen criminal cases, the most important of which being the state vs Thornton, In this case a verdict of mauslaughter having been reudered was set nside on account of the conduct of Juryman Frank Chenoy. The docket was cleared. Seventy-six foroigners were naturalized. ge. Waterworks for Wayne Warsg, Neb, May 24.-[Special to Tug Ber.|—The scheme for waterworks for this city has at last assumed definite shupe. En- giveer Richardson of Lincoln is on the ground waking the preliminary surveys, and will at once commence making the plaus for the system, the council having awardea him the cuntract to get out plans for a plant to cost #15,(00. As soon as (ho plans are ready the city will ask for bids for the construc- tion of the works. Hempen Neckties, Furvont, Neb., May 24.—[Special to Tur Bee. |-—-Sheriff Milliken came bome last even- ing from Broken Bow, where he bad gove to witness the hanging of Hauewstine and get pointers as to the manner of conducting such ceremonies. Milliken is of the opinion that 10 such untoward accideut as the breaking of the rope, as occurred in the Hauenstine ex- cution will happen a week ffom'Friday when he swings off Shepherd and Furst. He has | already procured three ropes from a leading manufacturer, paying 83 for the three. These are warranted to stand a strain of 1,000 pounds, and they will ot be tested to weaken them, which was the cuuse of the mishap at Broken Bow. REV. NEW10ON'S DISCOURSE. A Sermon Calculated to Evoke Much Discussion in Keligious Circles. New Yonr, Muy 24.—Kev, Dr. Heber New- ton of All Souls church preached a sermon his morning which is calculated to evoke much discussion in religious clrel He made a statement of bis much mooted views. His text was “Hold fast to the form of sacred words." The reverend geutleman said in substance : *Tt has been said of the Nicene creed that it was fit only to be sung. On the other hand, it would bo hard to set the Westminster faith to music. The Nicene creed is the amplification of the apostles' creed. Scarcely a doctrine which s fn dispute in the churches round about us can furnish proper for dispute in our roomy charch. The only affirmation in the Nicene creed [ is the large, elastic declaration, ‘Ibelieve in one Catholic aud apostolic church.’ ~ We cannot judge of Catholicism when it ruled out the foremost man in the church for the bishopric of his opinion coucerning the Episcopal. *What must we believe concerning the Bible!' Nothing beyond the simply declavation ot the Nicene creed, who spoke Ly the provhets. You may hold to the plenary inspiration of the scriptures aud ~telieve every word dilated by the Almighty, or you muy hold that large und reasonable view which is spreading throughout our church so rapidly with cqual loyalty “to our only authority, tue creed. What does the church bid us believe concernng the of the creation? You are equally fre ad the story in Genises as histor or parable. What does the command us to believe concerning and origin of evil! The fall of man! Noth- ing, whatever. Concerning the atonement, thelanguage of the creedi Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven! Coucerning future punishment! Nothing. Not contained in the languave of creed. ‘He shall come again with elory to judge both the quick and the dead.’” All theories of the duration of punishment are extra creedless. The first form of the arti- cles contained an article of future punishment and that articie was afterward withdrawn. “What of the resurrection! That dead arise into life immortal, clothed in bodily form, I understana to be the teaching of our great creeds. The nature of the resurrected body is not aMirmed. You are free to believe this in a literal seuse. *‘Concerning the sacrament and the Lord’s supper we are free to believe most anything that commends itself to Christian conscious- ness, On all these themes on which creeds are silent it is natural that man should think. Opiions must be formed and held, and the Christian, be he layman or clergyman, is left free to form his own opinion. The Nicene creed is a charter of liberality. It frees us from the burning questions with which Protestantism is on fire today. Our great creed,” concluded the speaker, “is the rec ciliation of Christianity with itself. Chri: tiavity js_torn and dismembered before our eves, It is paralyzed with'doubt. The strife of creeds is seen on_every side. Man cannot find a shelter under the ‘reformation confes- sions of faith with their long drawn out metaphysics. He who reads the signs of the ground times sees the alternative! the creads or to simplify our Protestant churches. from their reformation cos and adont that great Cathalic creed which has come down through the éenturies, there would be an end of strife and contention. Dr. Bridgeman would not have to leave his church for his views on the question of fu- ture punishment, and Briggs could excite no contention in his church on the question of inspiration. Our great creed is the reconcili- ation of Christian faith and modern thought on theology and science,” e, Dr. Bridpeman an Episcopalian. New York, May 24.—Rev. Dr. C. D. W. Bridgeman, who resigned the pastorate of the Madison avenue Baptist church on April 20, toduy acceptep the Protestant Episcopal confession. Owing to thd prominence of the dontor’s fcrmer place Bishop Potter wished to hold a special service to feceive him into the Episcopal church. To thi, however, he would not consent. In accordance with his own desive, therefore, he was coufirmed today with more than a score of, girls at the little seamen’s chapel. Mr. B¥idgeman, his wife and her children, ana Dr. Alfora Loomis, the well known physician, wee also members of the confirmation class, Dr. Loomis was an ofticer in Dr. Bridgeman's church and de- termined to follow his pastor into the Protest- ant church, Baptists Occupy Cincinnati Palpits [ a11, O., May 24.—All the,Protestant pulpits in the city were filled today by minis- ters attending the Baptist convention now 10 session in this city. There were also sermons at Pike's opera_house and st the armory, Rev. Wayland Hoyt preaching at Pike's and Dr. Hanson of Chicagoat the armory. Dr. Hauson had an audience of 5,000, His sub- ject was scepticism fn/ 1ts various forms. He elicited applause many times aud all the while kept his great audience widewake and smiling at his sallies of wit Rev. Burrell Installed. New Yokk, May 24.—Rev. David James Burrell, D.D., late of Migneapolis, was today installed as one of the ministers of the Col- legiute church of New York in tho church at Fifth averue and Twenty-ninth street. Rev. Talbott W. Chambers, D,D., presided. Rov. Dr. Dewitt Talmage delivered tho sermon, Rev. Peter Stryker gdve the charge to the pastor, and Rov. Dr. Elrendort of Harlem gave the charge to the péople. pledan’ sl WO iK OF TRAIN WRECKERS. Engineer and Fireman Killed on the Cotton Belt Road. Mewpuis, Tenn,, May #.—A Jonesboro, Ark., special says: The northbound passea- ger tri on the Cotton Belt road was wrecked in the yards hepe last night. The engine left the track and turned completely over aud the baggage caz was thrown eross- wise of the track. Engineer Williamson was badly scalded and Firemga Jugerman aud an engineer named Parsons, ¥ding with them in the cav, were instantly killed. The wreck was caused by a partially thrown and spiced down switch. The railread ofticials o offered a reward of §500 for the arrest of the parties who perpetrated ghe deed. e THE WEATHER FORECAST. For Omaha and Vicinity — Showers; follow »d by fair; cooler, WasiniNGTON, May. 24.—Forecast till m. Mond For South slightly cooler; north winds. For North Dakota—Falr; warmer by Mon- | day night; variable winfls. For Towa and Nebriska—F' cooler and north winds, For Missouri—Generplly fair; cooler by Monday night; south winds. For Kansas —Showers; slightly cooler, ex- cept stationary temperatyre iu extreme west; le winds, For Colorado -Falr “Monday; warmer in western partion; var ——— Well Known Lumbér Men Drowned. AND S10NE, Minn,, May 2t.—An accideat occurrell here Friday eveding, when Charles A. Magraw of Augusta, , and Thomas Barney of Chivpewa Falls,” Wis., two well own lumber lucn,.lm} their tives n the Kettle river. The men'were out on the river iu a sailvont and tried to run the Kettle falis, The boat capsized and both were drowned before they could be rescued. Mr. Magraw leaves a wifeand two ebfldren io Claik ville, Ia His father ives at Augusta. Me. Baroey leaves o family of grown up ¢ ildren. Their bodies have bewu reco: and sent Lowme, 8 p. Dakota—Fair; ir Monday; win BOYD CONFIDENT OF WINNING Grounds for His Belief in a Favorable Su- preme Court Decision, SOME KNOTTY PROBLEMS SOLVED. Questions of Great Importance Cone fronting the Republican Admin- istration—The Grow ng West ~Land Court Judges. 513 Fourr NTH STREET, WasniNGTo¥, D. C., May 24 Today's Gazette of says “It, having been stated that Ex-Attorney General rland, who has been retained by Governor Boyd of Nebraska toargue his case bofore the su- preme court of the United State’s had advised Governor Boyd that there was no question but that be would ultimately regain his seat. The Gazette asked Mr, Garland if he had given such advice. You must excuse me from expressing an opinion for publication,” said Mr. Garlaud. +1 refer you to my client, Goverunor Boyd.” There was a strong emphasis on the *'gov- ernor,’ which was the only indication of tho distinguished lawyer's opinion. Governor Boyd, however, is not so roticeat. In reply 10 an inquiry propounded him, he afiirms that he not only has no doubt himself of a reversal of the decision of the court against him on appeal. but that Mr. Garland has said that there will be no trouble in regainiug his scat.” Wasnixarox Bureav Tie Ber, } this it positively KNOTTY It President settling PROBLEMS SOLYED, Harrison satisfactorily the disputo he will have laurel to his cap in the way of dispos- ing of knotty questions, which he inherited aftor many "years of unsuccessful efforts on the part of his predecessors. ‘e seal fish- eries have made troudle for presidents almost ever since tha United States pur- chased Alaska, about a quarter of a century ago. The prospects the sealing trouble reminds that no president, in a time of peace, has ever been presented with so many knotty fons as heirlooms from predecessors is ident Harrison. Many of them camo through the department of state, but most of them had to be settled in congress, being terual affaivs. The Latin-American questions are fairly detcrmined by the ablishmeat ~of the _ bureau of American republics and the ratification of various commercial treaties, he international postal problems were taken up and disposed of in such a way that we now have foreign mails going and coming made up on the mail ships, ready for imuwe- diate transportation to thew destiuation, the same as mails are ‘‘done up'’ on postal cars. This appeared to be an insoluble problem to the Cleveland postofiice authorities. Con- gress made an appropriation for the be- ginniog of this work and facilitating ocean mails, but Postmaster General Vilas could uot find a way to improve the service, aud so the money reverted back into the treasury. ‘fhe public domain, silver and various fi'.'h:: problems of the highest mfi,’nofi succeeds in Behring sea added anotner of the early settlement of 1e of the fact est - over,” as the lost president thought. . No sooner did this administration comwe in than these hoary problems were promptly taken up and aisposed of in a_way that has given general satisfaction. It is a remark- able fact that no partisan complaint has ever been heard about the disposition of any gen- eral problem disposed of by Preside: arri- son, with the exception of the tariff and sil- ver, and upon them the two great parties are divided, and probably will be dividea for the lifetime of parties. No one has ever charged him with treating a non-partisan question with a partisan_spirit. The administration has been andis for the prople, President Harrison and the republican congress which dizhanded on March 4 were confronted with one especially vexatious problem which is sure to come up again within eighteen month in the form of rehabilitatea perplexities. It was that of deficiencies in appropriations necessary to ruu the federal government, One of the greatest features of a brief dem- ocratic administration in congress or the white house is economy. To save the money of the government at the expense of the hon est citizen who has honest claims against the government and by appropriating only a por- tion of the funds absolutely necessary to run the government from year to year, soas to accumulate deficiencies for a succeeding party to make good, is the stronghold of the democrats. During the last session of con- gress millions upon millions of money imper- atively necessary for the operation of the government was not appropriated, the ob- joct being to make it necessary for the repub- icans to increase appropriations, thus giving the democrats a chauce to cry ‘extra gance’ and talk about *‘a_billion-dollar con- gress.” It is the policy of the republicans in congress and the executive brauches of the go* erument to fairly and squarely appro- priate all the money necessary evry year to pay al' honest claims of uil honest citi- zeus against the government and pay upon demand_all the ruuning expenses of tho same. To do otherwise is as deceiving and dishonest as i is for a banker to keep from his publsihed statements the amounts his institution owes and to charge as good assets worthless paper. Under a republican ad- ministration it is as easy for any citizen to get at a definite and faithful statement of the condition of the government as it1s to learn the condition of the bank where he kuo[)i s deposit He always koows just where he stanas. Under democratic administration it is like operation with a *‘ticker” bank, where tHe real obligations, liabilities, are unknown and every honest cebt is staved of as long possible, waiting for some unlucky customer. Shoula another democratic president ve electod the surplus will again pile up, if the tariff laws are not destroyed, and thero will be deficiencies agaln in’ the operating ac- counts of every executive department. But the next president, ve he Cleveland, Harr son or somebody eise, will find no deficien- cies, no false bookkeeping or accounts. The federal government will be readay for trans fer into other hands or a continuance of the present stewardship on March 4, 1503, in as clean condition as the best kept national bank-—all the books balanced, debts paid, money appropriated for the balance of the fiscal veur, und a statement laid upon the president's desk, showing him honestly and faithfully just how Uncle Sam stands. THE GROWING WEST. “It's the west in the future,” said P master General Wanamuker after veturning from his Pucific tour with the president, the other day, ‘and that section is going to attract the attention hereafter 1 thought | Kknew something of growing countries before I turued my f toward the scttiog sun, but 1 found before I got to San Diego that the west was doing more thau I conceived. Be- fore we got on the Union Pacific railroad to return, aud after we had spun around Wash: ington sta tangent, I was amazed, ‘The west must have better mail facilities- faster wails, more of them, and better post- oftice facilities. How quickly we make a big city in the west, with fino buildings, large factories aud beautiful streets, with all that vertalus to w wetropolis! No 'signs of hard tunes out there. Everything is progress, en- terprise. What nerve those people show! What profits real estate yields!" If the boomers in the majority of towns and cities through whicti the president passed vould hear him predict their business future and comment upon their enterprise and deserts they would print his words in red and make of them & ok, He js very enthusiastic of the growing west, and it {s safe to say the country through which ho passed will not suffer from the effects of his visit. But President Harrison 1s a western man with a good appreciation of the iw prove- ments golug abead sud what is due the coun- try—quite wide in coutrast 1o his immediate i Lis acty DAILY BEE e MBER 336 predecessor, who was so du M he went as far as the didu’t know what to say prehend. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF |} Today's Washington newsy that ex-Congressman Owen ¥ who is at the Ebbitt, is serid = for the position of superinten| = migration bureau in thi had a conference with th z unded when ippi that he iled to com- RATION. announce oansport, -onsigered [ the im- that ne o p subjeet of the appolutment y{ place is worth name was first these dispatehes two mont £H000 4 yoa connected with Owen's oflice in s ag LAND COURT JUDGES, At a conference between Attoruey neral stated conclusions w five land court apointmer have been sent to the Miller s reache fortunate | the president and on Fridny it is 1 in all of the nd that letters men deter- IS mined upon, tendering them the place, but no names will be made publie till it is known whether they will accept. well known practico. It is" expected The men are all awyers, familiar with the land that tho abpoint- ments will be announced within a week. MISCELLANE S. B. Nisbet of Lincoln, Ebbitt, Thie Sioux Indian comm affairs with those of that tribe in leave and South Dakota, labor on K'riday of this we Neb, Is at the rhitrate ebraska for their field of isston to Prrry S, Hearin, PRESENTED TO PELLEGRINL Dr. Bartellot Cordi the Argentine Wasnixaroy, May 24 American republics furnis The ue wspapers of Bueno "y Rec Republi The bureau of hes the following s Ayres contain wn d in elaborate account of the presentation to the vresident of the Argentine Republic of Dr. Bartellot of the Unjted States navy, commis- sioner to the Argentine Re terest of the world’s Col Bartellot made a brief and dress, setting forth the objects position, the progress o and the desire of the peop States that the Ar udequately represented, President Pellogriny, ulated the United States v of the preparations for autuorized Dr. Bartellot to assur dent of the United States ment of the exposition that the Ar fitly the greatest int would Ho expressed as well as ofticial enterprise and said that th the goverment of the Arge the invitation of the States will bo forwarded the proper channels. The newspapers of Beun ing a great deal of int the exposition and are urgi to provide such a represen sources and commercial the Argentine Republic cure the atteution this country. Tho public be erest in of spublic in the in- umbian fair. Dr. appropriate ad- of the ex- { the preparations ple of the United ntine republic should be replying, congrat- ipon the progress lie exposition and the presi- manag itine re- ssented, personal st in the ¢ official answer of avd the eutine Republic to 1dent of the United promptly through 08 AYres are suow- the affairs of ng the government tation of the re- advantages of as will se- capitalists in Beunos Ayres Herald, in an_editorial reference to the ‘pre- sentation of Dr. Bartellot, says: “The Ar- gentine government and the people are pass- ing through difficult times, , but there can be 1o doubt whatever that the part wo shall take in the exposition will our cousins of the north an: complete even that our contribution Paris exposition, be a revelation to d will be far more to the et LAST WEER'S BUSINESS, hat the Returns from the Var.ous Olea © Rostox, May 28 —The ring Mouses Show. statement of the clearing houses for the week ending May 23 is as follows : i : NewVork Boston Ch Philadelphia. St Louls. ..., Ban Francisco altimore New Orleans Clucinnatt... Loulsville... Buffulo Iveston’ . Milwaukes B Minneanols. ... Provide: 8 Detroft 2 Cleveland ...} Columbus Memphi Dallng Duluth " Hartford hester Worcester, Fort Worth. SlouxCity Seattle. Tncomn . Grand Rapids. Wilmington .. Syrncus Los Angeles Wiehita, Lowell.... Birminghim, Des Molnes ... Chattanooga. New Bodford Lexington, Ky....... Topeka Lincoln. Montreni lifax . louston...... Total..... Outside of New York... *Not tncluded in totals. bds2, (00 6,050,020 B0.000 4401 EBS 00 22,1 §0,803 58428 976220 a0 ECHOES OF THE It Required Diple ling of Certain Dexvir, Colo., May 24. CONG RESS, macy in the Hand- subjects. The trans-Missis- sippi congress voted for the coluage of Ameri- can silver and then aljourned to meet iv Omala next October. day: It w was in session four Silver and irrigation to a large extent over- shadowed all other subject to discuss, and they wer s the congress hud mauy and va There was 0pposition to the first two on prin- cipleand on the dotails, aud this fact alone brought them into promine subjects the surface unrufiied. The sc tion was highly diversified unimportant propositions before the meating organis The moyement to urge tariff on Mexican lead bached by Texas and Kar but through the diplomac subject, was not, ¢ sion would mony _than resolutions. carried the convention b cultural states had only Heuce the result of the O mains problematical. adopt resolutions to be national congross, and w a more complete represe gates who were this week ver resolutions may be am for the colnage of America closeness of the vote demonstrates that the silve estimated their strength. have engen wiis Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska und were not in the 1058 in favor the presenc might have been different. uvention Sulcid s of a Trav Dexver, Colo., May 24, non, & commercial travel was @ unanimit; was 10 have en reforred to. evoked The extrome western delegation v storm and the agri That nce. Ou the other that kept the ope of the conven- d, although several were sidetracked tho repeal of been sas City smelters, oy of the west the A discus- more ucri the siiver dered by a feeble hearing. mana meeting re- meeting will submitted to tation from dele- in Cineinuati, sil- endod to provide u silver only. The before adjourninent er men have ovel Although Towa, Arkansas , the vote was 55 r of unlimited free coinage. With | of .avsent delegates the result —reegee ng Man. Alexander McKin- or representing & Pittsburg iron house, suicided here yestor- day afternoon b{ no word, nor is there any taking morphine, e left reason known for the | the | th the possibility of | gave SPILLED BLOOD FOR LOVE Chicago the Scene of a Sensational Denoue« ment of a Genuine Romauce, COUNT KALNOKY'S NEPHEW FIGHTS A DUZLs Becoming Enumored of an Opera Singer and Being Unsuccesstul in His Suit He Challenges Traducer, Cucaco, May 24.—Chicazo was today the scene of the denouement of o genuine ro maoce with all essential featuros—a wealthy nobleman, & disinherited son, a beautiful woman, a duel and a mystery Baron Rudolph Kaluoky de Korespatka, & nephew of Count Kalnoky of Vienua, made his first visit to Chicago about a month ago, registering at the Richelien merely as Ru- dolph Kalvokyf of New York. He was hande some and distinguished, appeared t bo the vossessor of unlimited means, avd, while evidently suffering from habitual melan- choly, soon became a favorite with the few to whom he gave his fricndship. The object of his stay in Chicago mystery to all except Manager Carlson of the hotel, to whom he partially told his story. Kalnoky, according to his own con= fession, was at one time the staunch doe fender aud passionate admirer of the erratio Natalic of Servia, during her sometimes ems parrassing visits to Austria. He had alsa been a chosen companion of the revels of the ay young crown prince, whose pranks shocked all Europe. That eveut only drove Kaluoky to wilder dissipations, & change in America, he accle dentally met Miss Mittie Atherton, a meme ber of the Duff opera company during the ast Chicago engagement. She was the poss sor of a voice of unusual power and mel- ody and a charming face. She led the baron a d oleful life, both here and in other cities to which ho followea ber. She constantly kept before bim the fact thatshe could never become his wife, as her heart was already given to one for whose sake she would shortly end her stage life. Kalnoky finally became convineed of the truth of this and re- mained behind when the compaay left Chi- cag Ten days ago ho weak flyiug trip to Louisville in conquer the pretty actress seems to have metone of hi though not the suceessful on Last 'rid morning he returned to the Richelicu, having given up his original idea of following Miss Atherton from Louisville to Pittsburg, The same night the man whom he had encountered n the south dined with him at the Richelicu restaurant, the two sceming to take a morbid interest in to- £e:her drowuing their mutuslsorrows. A too free indulgence in wine, however, quickly ended the friendly character of the meeting. In the parlor a fow minutes after dinuer & ery of rage was heard and a beavy fall, Kalnoky had knocked his compacion down for spe king disrespectfully of the woman he love: An hour afterward a friend of the southe eruer appeared with a_respectful note de- manding meeting, Kaluoky at once acs m«l note which he seat toa friend llmflncaflho Richelien and to which the southerner’s second was reforred. With the exception of the rash act Which the excuse for a challenge the affuir was carried out with regard to every nicety. On Saturday night the baron was informed that all the details had been arranged and that the meeting wonld take place at Jackson park at dayoreak of the following morning. Kalnoky's second, baving the choice of weapons, had selected rapiers, the baron being unfamiliar with the use of pistols, and the arrangemcnt being satisfactory to his opponout, who was familiar with fevcing through stadent life, That night Kaluoky expressed his satisfacs tion at the coming of the morrow. If bhe bad the luck to fall, he said, his opponcnt's blade would but take the place of a weapon in his own hand, as s wild life had caused bim to be disowned by his family, and suicide alone vemawed for Lim. Carlson, believing tuat the affair would not end seriously, begged tolet the matier take its_course, The baron settled his bill and left word that if he did not survive all his belongings were o be sent to the woman ‘or whose hoi.op be had fought. At 4 0'clock this morning he entored @ waiting carriage and was immediately joined by his second. On Prairio avenie the stopped to take in & prominent young physf- cian, whom the baron had known when the former was a student in the hospitals of Vieuna, At Jackson park they found the opposite party. The seconds walked ahout for some time selecting the most favorable fighting erounds. This was at last found close to the Forty-ninth street entrance to the pari, ]usl west of the small bridge, It was an deal spot for au affair of honor. On one side it was snielded by a bigh board fence, which separates toe improved from the unimproved portions of the park, aud on the other by a Eren knoll surmounted by a heavy growth of ushes, At ten minutes past 6 the adversaries were facing each other, sword in hand, and bared to their shirts. A moment luter the word was given and, like o flash, the southerner commenced the attack. After some sharp fighting the southerner succceded in inflicts inga slight wound in the right legof the bavon. A little later the baron made a clever lunge which pricked the skin on the right shoulder of his ad The latter. how= ever, parried admi and at the same moment, to the horrorof the seconds, the baron anpeaved to slip and literally fall on the point of his mR’uNm'_v'\ sword. It entered his neck. A stream of blood gushed from the woun The seconds at once stopped the combat. Baron Kaluoky was assisted to an adjoining kuoll and his wound hastily dressed. After ascertaining that the result would not be ",“fl the southeruer and his fricnds loft the fleld Every effort to identify the man has failed with the exception of Kaluoky. Ho uppears to have been unknown to all concorned. His disappearance, however, leads to the belief that he is the son of a prominent citizen of Atlanta, G, who, though quite young, bas taken un active part in several affairs of bouor. He is known to have hoarded the Cincinnati teain on the Big Four which lefe the Hyde Puark station at 9:45, two hours after the termination of the combat, Baron Kalnoky's whoreabouts are kept secret, but unless he was able to go east tonight he is still at the residence of the attending physician or with friends in Hyde park, Mauager Carlson of the deeply regreeting the noyed that it should kuown, is assured that the has been well cared for and that his life is not in immediate dang: rom conversations with him, however, he fears that the baron's display wus uot ' meve c- dent, but that, finding himself facing one not his equal in swordsmanship, he took that meaus of honorably ending his' life. If this was the case Mr. Carlson fears that KKalnoky may follow the failure of this by a successful attempt upon his own life, - - Clindburst Near Boise Bity. Boise Crry, Idato. May 24.—A cloudburst oceurred oue mile north of this city last evene ingin Culver Gulch, A g volume of water ten feet high guthered in the deep and narvow hed of the old creck and swept down in the town, flooding n great portion of It with soveral feot of wator, Con:derable Gumuge was done to the United Stito. gove erument bulidings and parads grounds, Heary Rossbuck, living in Cuiver Guloh, saw the flood coming and only had time to take his fuwily to a place of safety when the flood carried away his bouse. The city loses heavily by the destruction of the flume, I i3 vstimaied tue loss will reach §0,000. was 8 10l and made & last effort to While there he numerous rivals, Richelieu, while affale and an- have become young Austrian