Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 13, 1891, Page 1

~ TWENTY-FIRS GAGE DEMOCRATS ~ DIVIDED, Tnjunctions Will be Asked Restraining One Faotion's Ticket. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION INVOLVED. One Wing of the Party Would Follow the Independents But the Truo Jeflersonian Apostles Onject, Bratnicr, Neb,, Oct. 12.—|Special Tele gram to Tue Bee.)—A fis point has been raisca by the democratic iudependents of this county, which will bring Into dispute a at has never before been raised in question t this state under the operation of the Aus- tralian ballot law, In August the democrats of the county met in convention under o call the regularly elocted chairman and secre: The convention endorsed the inde dent ticket and the proper return was made to the county clerk to insure having the names priuted ou the tickets to be used, The action of the convention in endorsing what is termed a mongrel ticket was resented by the straight democrats, Last Saturday, under a call of a committee, another democratic conven ion was hela and a full simon pure democratic ticket nomi- nated, which was also reported to the county clerk. Tho strength und feeling mani fested in Saturday's convention rather surprised the other wing of the party which had gone, bag and baggage, into the fndependent eamp ard today notice was filed with the county cierk to the effect that an injusiction would bo asked restraining that officer from having the names of&tho candidates of Saturday’s convention printed on the ticket, holding that the convention was not legally called and that its actions wero not in accordauce with the law, As the focl ing is alreaay runuing high because of the out and out democrats daring to nomiuate u ticket o lively fight 15 in prospect. PYTHIAN GRAND LODG First Meeting of the Kind at the State House. Lixcory, Neb., Oct. 12.—|Special to Tie Bee.|—Tomorrow the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias of Nebrasia will mee in representativo hall. This fs tho first meeting of the kind ever heid at the sta house, and from the grand chancelior predictivas of it will, in many rospects, bea notable event in the history of tho Pytuian kuights of the state. Over 160 dolegates, ropresenting 152 loages, will be present. In addition to the del 00 ites will ve over prominent Knights who will att nd have more or less to do with the proceedings. The gallery of the house is rescrved for them. Nobody but Knights of Pythias will ve ad mitted to the meetings. The principal thing to be considered will be the revision of the stato constitution. Au attempt will be made to adopt the Ohio method of electing grand office ‘The representative chamber is in readiness for the delogates aud the names of the various lodges represented are emblazoned on the desks of the delegates. Nebraska City's Packing Houses. Nenraska Crry, Neb., Oct., 12 —[Special Telogram to Tui Bre.] —Nobraska City last year ranked eleventh in tho pork packing clties of tho United States and the fudi tions are that in 1502 sho will move up a few Do Both packing houses will run hera this winter, Secretary Dee of the Chicago Packing and Provision company was hero today and has directed Manager Hacnslor to increase tho cepacity to 4,000 per d: Tue s, option on 730,000 orick was secured today to e deliverod at once. The lumber has been bought and is now ov _its way and all the men possible have been enwaged to push the work, Tho now building will be located just west of the present buildiug and witl be 1125132 foet, four stories high and will give the house a killing capacity of 4,000 hogs per day. The work of removing the old ice houses was commenced this morning. Mr. Haensler was called to Chicago today but will return Wednesany, He said that he expectea to begin killing hogs by November 1 and would not wait for the new building to be com- pleted. ' Mr. Weare, owner of tho other pacs & houso, was huro'n fow days ago and his frionds say, his packing house will be in full blust shortly. Olay County Prohibitionists, Famriero, Neb., Oct. 12.—[Special to Ti B | —The prohibitionists of Clay county met in mass convention at this place on Sat- urday afternoon and piaced a full county ticket in the field as follows: Treasurer, C. E. Rockhill; clerk, Tra Titus; sheriff, N. k. Porry; elerk of the district court, Charle Moon; judge, A. M. Lathrop; superintondent, Mrs. A. B, Perkins; surveyor, William Carr} coroner, John Wobrick. “his makes four fuil county tickets 1 the field Will Open Today Svrenion, Neb., Oct. [Spectal Telo- geam to Tip Bee.]—Tne Republican Valley district fair commences tomorrow at S perior. Horses have boen arriving all day Phere are fifty head now on the ground The track is in good condition. J. H. Kos- terson aud A. J. Biggs have the magagement of “ffaivs. Douvell's imported stock is ex- pedted Lomorrow. stigating the Cause. Rusuviney, Neb, Oet. 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tup Bee.]—Senators Pettigrew and Manderson, members of the senate commis- sion to inquire into the causes of tho late Sioux uprising, arvived here this morning and aro at Pine Ridgo today engaged in the dischargo of their duties, L. D. Richards accompanies the part Iny An Editor Wants Damagos. Hanrrinatoy, Neb, Oct. 12.—[Special Tele- gram to T Bee,)—John P, Felbor, editor of the Democrat, filed suit today against the Heorald for £10,000 for libel, Tho alleged libellous article was an editorial containing an alleged notico of co-partuership between Felbor and the farmers alliance candidate for county Judge, Lutheran Synod Session Closed. NEWMAN Grove, Neb, Oet. 12.—|Special to Tur Bee|—The Hange Evangelical Lutberan Synod convened at this placo logation from Today the ses- October 8, and with u large de Dakota, Iowa and Neoraska. sion closed Not Yet Doad , Neb.. Oct. 12, —[Special to Tus e unknown man who was hurt in run-away aceldent was Ed who has been working the ranch Millard, Ho is still Wren Ber.) yesterday's Chirlssman Woodwortt alive. —— Proposed It Arrast, Ga, Oct 12,-A movewent ison fool to buy up all the rico mills of the south. and throw tuem wto & pool. The Standard Oil company und English capitalists are sup- ool posed to ba bohina the enterprise. Between $1,000,000 aud 2,000,000 witi bo required and the working capital will be $1,000,000. Op tions huve heeq. secured ou the mills at New Orleaus, Savaunah, Charleston and Wil wingtou. ‘Tbo only aunoucement taude whon the options were asked for was that synoi cate proposed 1o buy all the milis in the coun ey and put in what is known as tho Dutch willing machine, which 1s the kind usoed in Iucia. Auagent of the syudicate says ibe ' YEAR., THE OMAHA DalLy BEE. new process will be cheaper than the old to tho planter, and the price of rice will be low- | ered 50 much that tho importers of foraign rice will not bo able to undersell the Ameri- can. isiilhiids BOYD AGAINST THAVER. Garland Will Ask That the Cause Be Advanced Next M Wasmixaroy, D, €., Oct. 12, Telegram to Tiue Ber,]—The suprome court met for the October term at noon aud ad journed for thu customary call on the prosi- dent, No motions were made, obraska’ guberatorial®contest will make its appearance in the supremo court of the United States on Monday next, when ex-At- torney nerval Garland will make a motion to advance the case on the ealendar in order that it may be heard and determined during the term which opened today. Mr.Garland ap- pears as the attorney for ex-Governor Boyd. He said toaay that hoe had strong hopes that his efforts to socure an early hearing would meet with su @ motion will probably be opposed by Johin L. Webster of Omaha, who is herein consultation with Juage Dillon, who is associated with him as counsel of Governor Thayer, The case creates great interest and will at Spocial wcoss, T tract the legal stars when the argument be- gns and as long as it continues, g IRAIN ROBBERY. of a Central Pacific Tram by Would-be-Robbers. Corray, Cal, Oct, 12.—The west bound fast mail train on the Central Paciiic left tho track three miles west of here this morning. The train consisted of four eleeping cars, one baggago and two mail cars, A sleeper broice from the t down an em- bankment of about fifty feet. The porter of this car was badly injured. The traiu had between eighty and 100 passengers, many of whom were seratched and bruised, but no fatalities ave thus far reported. The cuuse of the accident was the looseuing of a rail a curve, which is be ed to be the work of unknown parties, ATTEMPTED Deratlment Iuvestigation showed that an attempt had been made to wreck the train, Spikes had been drawn from seven of the outside rails on the outer edzo of the embankment, just at u point where the track makes a curve, No spot better adapted to the plot could bave been selected, and it was _evidently selected 1 the hope that the engineer, fireman and employes in tho baggage and mail cars would bo killed as soon as the forward part of the train struck the loosened rails, Then three cars coutd be looted, and as they carvied a great quantity of mail, the plunder would vo been very profitable. It was also found that the angle plate used to strep the rails togetner had been bried off aud jammed under the rail. The passengers in oue of the coaches caught u glimpse of one of the would-be robbers as he rushed off. Railroad Dectective True is already at work upon i wse. The Dalton gang ave supposed by many to have had a i in it. It was a miracle that no lives were lost. ‘T'ho track is now clear and trains are runming ou time. Among those mjwred were Mrs. Schenclk of Denver, whe had her forehead cnt; George Pritehard of Missouri, a_contusion over the eve: C. Coggswell, ewark, N. ., contusion of the back. The Contral Puctfic company offered a rewurd of £,000 each for the arrest and con viction of the party or parties implicated in causing the deraiiment. e SUFFOCAITED I errvible De; th of a Prominent Wyom- ing Physicis Casper, Wyo,, Oct. 12.—[Spocial Telegram to Tug Bee.|—Last evening the sheriff of Natrona county incarcerated Dr. Josoph Ben- n in the county jail for prescribing medi- cines while intoxicated. The sheriff arrested Benson about 8 o'clock, and he was very noisy and commenced soon after being locked up calling for help. Thinking that it amounted nothing, no one paid any attention to his ¢ About 4 o'clock this morning the jail was discovered to e on five, and citizens tried to putitout. It was beyond their control. It is supposed that Benson tried to burn his way out uud that the five ot beyond his cou- trol Before he could b gotten out he was suffo- ated, A hole was ciopped into the jail and his body taken 01t in a tere, ‘bl yborned con dition and totally beyond récogition. Dr. Bevson was an old-timer and when sober was a physician of considerable avility, but when drunk was a_dangerous man. Ho oviginally came from Nobscott, Mass., whero bis brother, John Riley, now lives. His name was Josoph Riley und he was a_gradu- ate of the literary and’ medical departments of Harvard college. Mo has a wifo now liv- ing in Pargo, N. . Ho has been all over the west and hus served two terms of enlistment in the regular army, Tho muest was held today. The jail was built of 2xi; pine planks, spiked togethor. - Melbourne's Latest Kain Scheme, Torks, Kan., Oct. 12.—A Goodiand dis pateh says that a contract by which Frank Melbourne agrees to produce a fall of rain in northwestorn Kansas during June, July and August of I3, has been signed meeting of citizens was called tee appointed to confer with Melbourne. The rainmaker stood by his first proposition, to furnish rain ut 10 conts an acre. A series of meetings will ve held in the various couaties of this state for tho purpose of awakening public interest. Melbourne will attemot to wake a similar coutract with twenty counties m Colorado, claiming that ne can eusily water every county in the state from one point. Tho irrigation compauies in Colorado will fight the me. Goonraxn, Kan., Oct. 12.—Melbourne not being satistied with bis recent rain expori- nts at this place, bogan another test S noon fu_a caboose in the Ro Island yards. When Melbourne began oper- ations the weather was warm, with no wind, nor a cloud 1o be seen. 'This moruing about S o'clock a drizzling vain bogan to fall. The heavens are covered with clouds, and the prospects ave that a coutinued fall of rain has set in -— Held the Fire in Check, Hiwos, 8. D, Oct. 12.—Tho town of Hitehcock, twenty-two miles from here on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, came near being swept out of existence by prairie fires yestorday afternoon. It was saved by vrival of a special train from here with v firemen wnd apparatus. Several farmors suffered the l0ss of buildings. The wind is blowing a gale. People are greatly alarmed about prairie fires and a careful watch is g kept. Found Sixty Thousand Short. St Lovis, Mo, Oct. 12.~New develop- ments In connection with the sudden disap- pearance of William Evans, secretary of the Morse Wool Scouring company, which ce curred sevoral days ago, place the amount of shortage discovered at $60,000. Ivans’ friends deny the defalcation and elaim t ans will uppear in good time aud explain the de ficlency - Teainmen Take a Rest. GALES Ik, Oct. 12.~The Brother- hood of Railway Trainmen’s coavention ad- journed this forencon until Wednesday to give the committee time in which to prevare reports. Grand Chief Couductor Clark of the Order of Railway Couductors is lere conferring with the oflicers 1 reference to the future relations of the two organizations. - - Banks and City Funds, WeST BUPERL Wis., Oct, 12.—The nine city banks of this city have agreed to form & trust and heveafter a maximum rate of 2 per | cent interest is to be paid on city funds, The city council has accepted the proposition and will divido tho finds proportiouately among the bauks according to the capital of the in stitution. | Irelaud should be contralied uud dlrected by ) OMAHA, TUE WILL CARRY ON THE BATTLE. | Parnell's Parliamentary Colleagues Tesue Their Manifosto. FACTIONAL STRFE WILL CONTINUE. Rumor Declares Pierce Mahoney to Have Been Elected to Succeed the Dead ader Dut it is Denied. [Copyrigh? 1891 by James Gordon Bennejt.) Loxnoy, Oct. 13.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tnp Br Parnell 18 dead and buried and the Parnellites are on their beam ends without their leader. They are like so many straws blown by the wind, they talk like schoolgirls when you ask them to explain what their future political course will be. At this hour, 7 in the evening, they are like a rudderless ship, Jolin Redman, admittedly the best man among them, has nothing to say. He wants the leadership, but probaoly knows that he is not strong cnough to quench the spirit of envy that his election as leader would create. Timothy Harrington, the noxt strongest man and head of the league, is m a lamentablo condition of indecision. He and his comrades bad a meeting this morn- ing to decide whether or not the Parnellite organ should continuo to live. They arrived at no decision and all Hurring- zon could say was that ho thought the publi- cation of the paper would be continued. Touching the future political course Harring- ton could only say “that will be decided at tonight's mectiug at the National club.” I said, “but su our speakers know what they would before the meeting will open” a hesitating way said, 1 tonight.” say Harrington 1n will tell you our decision at 1:30 Governed by Sentiment. Today the matter is tho Parnellites, rather than take the bull by the horas, prefer to bo quieted by the conduct of tonight's meeting, loping that it will show them a way out of their diMcultics. Cool headed and thoroughly informed_ men here deseriba the politic prospect this way: A week or month, per laps even three months, sentiment will play a strong part. Parnell has just. died His virtues will be remembered and his faults forgotten, then will come an inning for practicle poiities. The Parnellites, with- out a leader, u creed or a farthing, will go to the wall. Their leader and creed were taken from them at one blow and tneir source of revenue disappeared at the same time, The are penniless. Most of them never had any money and nearly all of them were and are paid servants and have made moro out of politics than they ever did out of any thing else. None of them are men of striking ability. They were never anything but fol- lowers. The general belief is that they never will be anything else. They can do nothing, even to the injury of Ircland’s pros- vects, without money. This they canuot get hore and they see little prospect of getting it from America. Tho coolest of them see but oue thing to do. ~to join hands with their former colleagues. Utterly Hopeless. They are divided, but were thev as solid as a rock they could make little headway. Their one hops now isin the memory of Parnell. They pomt to the size and charac- ter of his funeral. It was a fine faneral, but small in comparison with their hopes and their estimates, Parnell and his old followers are not in They aro of littla conse- he still is. Thousands went to Glasnevin cemetery today to look a his grave. ‘The weather was delightful. The spuce around the grave had been made secure by ropes and posts. A space fifteen feet square was covered with flowers. Many were under glass, Within a radius of 100 vards of the grave not a blade of grass is to be scen, the closely shorn turf has beev ground to mud and never grow again until it has bxen seeded. The Parnellites in parliament point to this as an evideace of popular favor. It may be for Parnell, butnot for them. They held a meeting this afternoon to decide upou the courso to bo taken at Wright's meeting. They talked and talied and came to no cor clusion. Are they animated by any personal motives! The mecting at the National club began at § o'clock, It was attended only by Paruoellices. the same boat. mounted to Nothing. The meeting amounted to nothing. Thero were no speal of prominence, in fact it wight be entitled a sort of tlind, for while it was in progress the Parnellite parliamentary part were holding a meeting in the vooms of tho National league. I called thera by appointment with Timothy Harrington at 10:30. He said a number of Dublin pressmen were standing about the To them he had paid no attention. In an hour he said he would huve something shortly before miduight. The Parnellites gave me tho following manifesto: Ireland has lost her leader. but the cause of door. Treland’s freedom remains. We have a duty to the living and the dead hat duty Is to maintain, erect and unsullied, the fluz of national independence. You, the people ot Irelund, gave into the hands of Charles Stew- art Parnell and his purliamentary colleagues, the charge of your political Interosts and the honor and safety of your politieal eause. You asked us by constitutional means to restor prosperity, peace and freedom to our country under the lead of our flustrious chief. In Sight of the ¥ Animated by his spirit a clear Intelligence and fivn carried the struggle to the pol; duwn of vietory was secn by unfortunite hour mised Land, a4 guided by his ness of soul, we tat which th Il men. In un majority of the Irish peo- ple, at the bldding of an English states- man, broke from our ranks, abandoned the flag of independence and arralgned themselves and becamo the sutellites of a British statesman. We who address you refused to becomo parties to thelr treason and, relying ¢ maintained 1 the natlonal convention being intact, our alleglunce Is to the independent nutlonal party of Ircland. We are convineed thut our people would justity and support usy Tho great leader is deud, but the cluso ives, and rely- ing on your devotion to Irish nationality, We propose to carry on the struggle while the prineiples for which ho lived and died have triumphed and the national unity has been restored In a parllamentary party, pledged to work for Ireland under the flag of indeper dent opposition und ubsolutely free from th control of any toreign power or party. Ready ior Sacrifices. This Is our re Its reallzation de- 1t involves sacrlfices aud strug- o them. Our olution, peuds on you gles. We call on you to ma principles are that we ure representatives and Instruments of the people. We have resolved 10 call together a convention of ropresenta- tive lrishmen to diseuss, in the name of the nation, tne means by which we can best carry out the poliey and programme which he bequeathed 1o our ranks. We shall wien who belleve that the ndylng weleome all honest political auffalrs of | SDAY MOR the representatives of the Irish people and by them alone, but with those fmmediately re sponsible for the disruptlon of the national party, who In obedience te foreign dietation ave loaded with calumny and hounded to ath the foromost min of dur rac wo oan have no fellowship and in thelr gulaance Ireland can have 1o safety. Botweon them and the men who stood true to the causs of national independ- ence, Trelund must choosg, Parnell's Me On the thresnold of the the leader whom we mourn defined. our dutles in these tmperishable words: “It [ were dead and g morrow, the men who are fiehting nglish Influence in Iri<h public life would fight on still. They would still be independ- ent natlonalists, they would still believe in the future of_Ireland a8 a nation, and they would still protest that It was not by taking ordors from an Englislt minister that Ire- land’s fature could be saved, protected or secured.” Fellow countrymen, let it be the zlory of our ace at home and abroad $o act to the spirit of this messaze. God save [reland, The manifesto Issigned by: Richard Power, L. Carew, E. Shiel, R, Ma fre, W.J. Corbett. J. J. Dalton,"T. Harrington, T, O'Hun- lon, J. E. Redmond, L. P. Hayden, E. Hurrington, A, Blaine, W. I Redmond, J. 0'Connor, Pierce Mahcney, J. B. Kenney, J. 1. Clancey, J. J. O'Keliey, J. G. Fitzzorald, Joseph Niel, McKenna, Patrick O'Brien, M. Conway, 1. Campbell, H. Harvison, E. Leamy Joseph Nolan, Richard Lawler, G. M. Burn, W. A. MeDonald. Rumors of a Lieade Colonel Nolan and James Leahy could not be communicatad with in time to have their ames appended in time for publication During the evening a rumor was in circula- tion thit the Parnellite party had held an election for leader, and that there were two candidates, John Redmond and Pierco Mahoney, and that Mahoney 1 won because his colleagues thought it wisest to keep the leadesship in the hauds of a Protestaut, The details were 50 porfect that if I had not beeu in Ire- land I would have bolieved tho story. Tim- othy Harrington saida ddad leader is better than a ivoone to us. J. J. O'Kelly said there is not a word of truth in tho story. ory. tomb Henry Harrison said the matter was not even discussed. Dr. Fitzgerald said, selt; you want to believe 1 was elected, all right. The whole affair was rather farcical. The Parnellites know they have nothing to stand on but are not big enough to throsy up their bands. Ivery Irishman of cominon sense admits there 1s but one thing to do, namely, combine and present a solid frontto the encmy.’ Evidence ' Dissolution. United froland today, lu & factional lead- ing editorial, appeals to Irsnmen in this rain: *Are you for Ireland and nationality or for Britain and degradation " The same paper says Miss Anna Parnell is soriously ill. She wos at the scaside trying to recuperate her health when the news of her brother's death was brought to her. Miss Parnell was greatly shocked ut the sad intelligence and is now entirely prostrated. At a meeting of the subscribers to the fund which was being raised previous to the death of Mr. Parnell with the inten- tion of starting two Parpellite papers, it was decided to proceed with (ueir production. A vrivate meeting of¥the parliamentary followers of Mr. Parueil’ was held today at which it was decided to contost the seat for Corlk, but to allow the North Kilkenny seat, recently held by Sir Johii Pope Honuessy, to &0 by default. L NES RAGE AT SE. CYCL Atlantic Liners Do Fierce Battle with the Elements. New York, Oct. 12.--This is a season of cyclones and life afloat is attended with peril and much physicul discomfort. The Alaska, a day overdue, has not yet been heard from, and the Augusta Victoria was not sighted till early this morning. ‘The Umbria, ono of the best storm defiers of the Cunard line, due vesterday morning, was not reported off idy Hook until last night. The two vessels report having met a number of cyclones, The Avgusta Victoria arrived at her dock shortly before voon. Her officers reported that from October 4 to 9 she experienced heavy westerly gales, with tremendously high seas, Tho steamer sustaied no great damage, but several passengers were thrown down and & number of them had their arms or logs broken. Iight or more were severely cut about the head. The Umbria also reported bad weather. The steamer sustained no damage, but a few of tho passongers wereinjured. During the greater part of the trip of the Augusta Vic toria not a passenger was allowed on deck. During the whole voyage her commander nover slept. Ho wuas on the bridge day and night and it was the unanimous vote of all on board that to his wonderful seamanship and skill in handling the groat vessel was due the safety of the ship and passengers. During four days her decks were under water most of tho time. The seas were like mountains and the vessel pitch=d and plunged violently with overy shock. 1 the steerage compartment of the Au- pusta Victoria the misery was very great, Tho place was crowded o suffocation. At overy lurch of the ship the steerage passen- wers were thrawn to tie floor, and frequently, ¢ing Lo rise us the vessel righted hersolf, were hurled back again and nota few mved nasty bruises, Filomena Spieroch Anun Bartova, striking their heads There were eight- mily in the steer- und together, were stunned. cen members of the Kph age and not one of them escaped without a braise, On the Sth the storm was at its worst, and entire day tho main deck The passengers were not allowed on deck all that day and mauy more accidents occurred. A Mrs, White, a saloon passenwer, and her daughter, a young girl, were thrown aoross the eabin by one lurch of tho ship and both had thelr right arms broken. Nuthaun Solomon, a steerage passenger, had his right arm broken. Mr. and Mrs. John Schriener of th ©l weroe on board. M. Schrewer had bis arm broken. Frank Ru- dolph, a steerage passenger, had his shoulder dislocated. ‘There wero. some forty persons who received bruises of yarious kinds. They were ull attended to o board aud were able to move about today. Those who were in jured will be held” on landing at the bargo Oftice this afterncon urdess they can furnish proof that they will uot become public charges. during the was under water e e SHOCKED THE COMMONITY, Conduet of Marshal, Mo Mansiar, Mo, Oct. 12-—There was great excitement when it was reported yesterday that a dastardly outrage had boen committed avtne home of Thomas Langan, a farmer living about seven miles west of this city. An_ investigation, howover, developed the fuct that the girl tied hier hands and foet aud had painted bor limbs with aismond dye to represeut bruises. body is now dis- gusted, and the constables, deputy sheriffs 1d ueighbors feel outragedat her conduct, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE PEACE, Farnell's Followers Will Not McCarthyite Overtures. DunLiy, Oct, 12, ~The newspapers of this city continue theig eulogies of Parnell and on all'sides are heaitl expressions of regret a% his death, Itis reported here thatan informal meetiag of the Parucllite members of the commous was held this morning sud that iv was decided not to accept overtures for co. alition with the MeCarthy | butte continue the struggle for tho leadership on the lines laid down by Parncll iu bis efforts to gain the position, Outrageous a Girl at Accept NING, OCTOBER 13, 1 ARE ADVANCING CHRISTIANITY Work of tLe Eoumenioal Methodist Council Yesterday, INFLUENCES OF THE SECULAR PRESS. One Exciting Discussion—Duties of' Preachers—Uses and Abuses of the Religious Press—A Visit to the White House. Wastiaroy, D.C,,Oct. 12 the ecumenical Methodist council opened with Bishop Hood of the African Methodist Epistopal Zion church of Fayette, N. €., 1n the chair, The ovening services of the great were conducted by threo coloved men. topic for the morning session was Chburch and Her Agencies.” Bistop R. S, Foster of Massachusetts, pro- ceeded to nddress the council on “The Re- sponsibilities and Qualitications ot @ Preacher 1t was not his part to reiterate the story of the new testament. He may consider his vironments and the people ke addressed. The fifth day of couneil The “The e must be able to recognize the obstructions thatstood in the way of nis mission. The Chrlstlan pulpit was bound to muster all knowledge and approach the human through all its avenues. Preachers becor thmes imbeciie in their efforts by reason of a lack of knowledge us tohow to get at thelr misson. Noman could think of God under- standingly who did not understand 111s powe us manifested in His works. So, wilen th)se to whom he preached come to the teacher with doubts, he should be able to grap ple with those doubts; to overcome them and show them the ~way to the truths of the gospel. The preacher should eat of all knowledge; touch him where you would he should be electrie in his power of lighting up the minds of men. [Hear, hear.] The preacher came to new boru winds groping for the truth;bring trath toa man, and get Lim to velieve if, and he was conguered. The preacher was to unfold to young consclences the groat scheme of redemption; the myste fes of their own conscien How little preaching there was that brouzht men face to fuce with themselves: wo brought them face to face with their horrid sins, At this point the gavel fell and Bishop Fos- tor rotired from the platform amid great ap plause, Dutics of Ministers. Rev. John Bond of tno Wosleyan Meth- odist church, London, followed Bishop Fos- ter on the same subject. The preachers’ business (ho said] may some- times be like that of John the Baptist, to r buke the follies and sins of his generation—to warn evil doers of the wrath to come and bi them “bring forth frait meet for repentanc To teach nien to do justice and to_love mercy in relution to their fellowmen s well as their relition to Ged. But his first duty was to sive the souls of them that hear him. e may spend Wis time i elaborating his siekle, pol- fshing it to brightness, inlaying it with gews, but instead of cutting down the Lord's har- but flashe the sickle in the sun- He has constracted his life boat, di with flags, manwavered it on the nd won the appliuse of onlookers for the brave show, but thouzh the whole oceun is swarming with the drowning he ‘has not sought to gather them on bourd, Rev. Frank Ballard said that after listen ing to Bishop Foster he was willing to cor- vest has Deams. orated it waters rect his first statement and admit that America was in advance of England in Methodism. The modern and intellectual state of affairs should have, perhaps, more consideration frowm the chureh, -Our children were rising up to know in a few years more than wo know ourselves. It was possible that in somo themes those to be laughed at kuew more than the teachers. There was danger there. Rev. G. W. Clinton of Pittsburg held that the preacher was an ambassador of Chr and that he should give an adequate idea of his heavy respousibility. Singleness of pur- pose was a_preeminent qualification, He should be able to turn all knowledge into the singlo useful purpose which he must have in mind. itev. Dr. William Arthur believed that for a preachcr there was nothing more osscntial than a deep conviction in the tauth of his Many wen had not_the power of but conviction in the pereacher “They teachings. convincing was the wost powerful instroment, believed, and thercfore they spoke.’’ Rev. Dr. Leonard of New York, mission- ary sceretary, closed the morning session in o few remarks condemnatory of the preach- ers who invited doubt by ddlivering sermons on Darwinism and on Huxley, A recess was then taken, During the recoss the delegates were re- ceived at the \White House by Presideat Harrison. Whon the council reassembled, Rev. M. T. Myers of the United Methodist church, Rocbdale, Eng., took tqe chair, Religious and Secular Pre Thotopic for discussion was *“Phe Re- ligious Press aud the Religious Secular Press.” Rev. Hugh Price Hughs of London delivering the essay. Dr. Hugnes began journalism, sald] appeared in 1709 The 4,0 0 duily pupers. Was it not st that this great agency had rarely ecelved the consideration of the churches? Iv was now the fourth estate, the greatest en- gino of the world, and bocanio so without th ald of the chureh or its blessings. Christiun with a history of the birth of The first duily, [h were now hurehes must fuce the fact that this great ne was in the hands of men who were in some cases Indifferent to the ehureh, and in others absolutely fuil of hutred for it.” Wt wore tho trae functions of theso paperst First to cotloet news, and enormous were the expense and resuits, Through the telezraph Nt know whit transpired Tn thy whofe world, Christ condemned tho religious wen who did not know the sizus of the tines, A great function of the press wis the defini- tion of public opmion. 1€ was well to know the provailing opinion. no matter whit it wis Another function of the press was to iniluence every man o the publie; to lmpress upon it the views of the editor. Tt nad been said that the news- paper waus mightier than the pulpit and haps that estimute was not 0o hixh right slde le, The great mas Christiuns were so preoceupied powers of Journalism used Were enorinous and irresisti ity ever that they did not re the evils that ex- isted under the £ eyes. For the creation of public opinion in these swift diys tho press wus suprome. 1 so disposod the editors of iy pipers could render lncaleulublo o the cause of God, The religlous press should never bo used for political pue- s (hear. hear] and 1t should extend 1ts icin lewrning und recording the progress 1 lize of God's work on earth. It had been said that u - lurge proportion of the jurnalists Of Uhe SCCUILE Dress were ceptics or agnostics. This might boe so cortiin phases of the Chiristinn ven the agnostic Journalisy aid belieye. to bo good and worthy of extension. ~ Everybody re nized ~ the fact that the day of tho coming - of tho kingdom of heaven on earth was near. The proieher had learned from the list [(swia Dr. Hughes in con od crant that they may now a little from us. For united’ we and the hasten the creat'on of that nging to all lands in no room for or sign of yet thero wer religion t might ana loar journalists can tate which Christ 1s by which there shall be misery Influence of the Religious Press, The Rey. F. 1. H. Dewart, editor of the Christian Guardian of Toronto, Can., sald The state had not yet formed a sufliclently high estimate of the lnflucnce of the religlous pross and hid not used it to its full cupicity for good. Any Instrament that could be mad the Instrauient of earrying leht and trath to be used Tn the Muster's service by the saintliost hands. Tho samoe reasons which Justibie | the use of pulpit and piatform Just fie') tho use of church journils. Tue religious press should not bo rezarded as a rival to the pulpit. It supplemented and backod up the teachings of the prescher. The ehurch must havo hor Own préss a8 Woil as her own puls pits, but [ disfike 10 hoar the religious paper ealled the “organ” of the ehurch. as If ity inn business wis to volce the wuthoritative ALFUTICNL 01 v played in orde ¥, when tiie conscionce 15 paralyzed by selfish views of duty, tho ¢ Dress should feuriessly re Duke slus whelber it brloge popularity or opposition and _repronch. A time - serving press I8 the ourse of _any country. Uhe chiurch paper should be liberal in'spieit but loyal to Chris- thin trath. Whils apea to the feception of all duly attestod truth, whether in harmony with previous beliofs or not. the réliglaus paper that wiil be a power for good 1f , not be & temporizing woather cock. Z. Rov. Dr. Joseph Ferguson, prd . \t of the Primitive Methodist church of R ** ‘nd, fol lowed | - 1 can not suy amen toall Dr. K2 s had sald, and espoclully where o said %, 't relis glous papers should not take ¢ polities [eries of “Oh, no™). In T are thousands of people thit politics, not from. the the weekly r It becwms necessary thut religo-\ questions should e treated by murs of disypprovall. T will not go 10to that subjeet beei s L trou bees iy Wesleyan friends. [Cries of *Oh, no™]. Many parts “of thls great country, 1 have been told are nfluenced strongly by the itoman Catholie power. 1tmight be be- cause thut prver was concentrated, but might 1t not also be because of their use of the pross? Irejoiea thiat the secular press is EOUSubject to censorship, but in its_fréecon should that St recognize the fact that Chirist was £ forca of nationnl 1i @ churches should ally themselves with the Ily press: give the press thoir sympathy Very fow of the mon who stood at the head ot the great dailios would refoct that alliunce: Ihe great questions of the day; the questions of science, those of morality and religion, should be dealt with, not in the pulpit, but in tlic press. Rov. E.I3. Hossuck of Nashville, Tenn., said the religious papers had not kept pace with the sccular press 1n development, though the improvement had been great. ‘I'ho religious nowspapers should bo under tho control of _the church. Kvery argument brought for. ward to show that’ the church should put its hand upon the pulpit would apply with equal forco to show that it should put its hand upon the press. Religious papers should bave an expert corps of asaistauts to the chief editor. Attention should be given to the advertising columus; there had been much sinning, but there was not so much now, althougl ne did see an advertisement of quack medicino—consutiption cured--oppo- site an unctuous articlo on heips to higher life, [Laughter.] Scored the Secular Press, Rev. Dr. Buckloy of New York, editor of the Christian Advocate, told of tue trials of tue caitor of a religious paper and of tho necessity for aceur: He believed that the weekly religious paper had greater influenco in manufacturing public opinion than the daily. Gireeley had attached superior import anco to the wee The sccular press conld not bo trusted in matters not religions. He was severe in his eriticisins upon the sceular press for its light treatment of serious topics, laughing at suicides and publishing detailed reports of scandalous divorce cases. Mr. John H. Lile of London held that on this question the laymen should be heard. He had goue into many a store in New Yorlk, Boston and Washington and_teied in vaia to buy a roligious paper. The English religious press also needed improvement. As far the English dailv press was concerncd it was to be deplored that aliof the principle papers had the botting news |hear, hear. | Had the reports of cross-examinations in scandalous trials. He hoped that a religions duwily puper would be brought forth, The Loudon sporting paners nad a larger circuls tion than_all of the religious papers. The cditors of the religious papors shoald discuss social questions and uvoid politics. Mr. Atkinson, an Knghsh m parliament, thought that as all political parties had their organs the religious press should take no account of political things. In bis opinion religious papers had a higher mssion than politics. A man should do the thing he could do best. He was proud of Dr. Hughes asa preacher, but he was not and never should be proud of him ns an editor. When Dr. Hughes was invited to come down from his high placa as a preacher to aid in_the- decrepit papers he had said he would two or three times a week. When Lo got down there he had delivered himself of aseatence that was almost as near blas phemy es a religious man_could - have come, The gavel fell at this point, but Mr. Atkin- son called out, “It was nferoly a question as to how Jesus Christ would speak on the Irish question.’? Rev. Dr. Palmer of England was grateful to Dr. Hughes and said it might be that con- demuation by some speakers was cquivalent to the praise of others, This remark called forth manifestations of mingled appiauso and candemnation, and Mr. Atkinson, with some spirit, interrupted to ask, “If that sort of in sinuation is to be brought forward ou an otber brother.’ B nber of Mixing Politics and Relizion The chairman restored order and Dr. Pal- mer withdrew his remark, but immediately torward aroused Mr. Atkinson by refe to 4 remark made by Mr.Suape, to the effact that one of the Engiish political parties had ridden mto power on a beer barrel, and add ing: “We have never learned that their party was divorced from the beer barrel.” Mr. Atkinson replicd excitedly that the party was nover married to it. Mr. Palmer rejoined that he was 060 years of age and s competent to form a judgement as others, If the gentlomun was in tho Britisu varliament he would be ox- pelled. At this stage Dr. Morley of Now Zealand raised the voint of order that it was not competent to discuss English polities in the conference, Dr. Palmer replied that his allusions to politics had been called forth by the preced ing speakers. He hoped he would be allowed to occupy his full five minutes. I hopo you wom't,%” was Mr. parting shot, But Dr. Patmer was allowed to speuk a fow minutes and confined himself to bis sabject of the proper functions of the press Tho business committee reported back the memorial touching the coso of the World's Columbian exposition on Sundav and recom- mended the appointmont of the following committee to preparo an appropriate expres. sion of the judgment of the conference Bishop C. H. Fowler, J. H. Cariisle, Dr, L. C. Curtis, Dr. David ‘Allison, Bishop Fitzger 1, Dr. Stephenson, Bishop' Gaines, Mr. L. organ Harvey, Mr. Thowas Snipe, Mr Thomas Lawrence, The motion was carried and the coramittee will meet tomorrow. The council then adjourned, after a motion had been read to Atkinson’s for the effect that the fraternal delegatos from other denominations. including Rov, De. T, W. Chambors, RRev John Hall and Rev. Dr. the reformed | received W. H. Markliud, ropresenting Prosbyterian churches would be tonigat in the church - TICUT'S OFFICLAL CONNE MIN-UP, Another Complication Which May ' Up the State Taxes. HARTrORD, Conn,, October 12, —The troas and comptroller are requived by law to the treasurer’s office to fix the ur mweet tods value of non-resident stock in banks and in surance companies for taxation, This morning Comptrollor Staud, demo crat, appeared, nccompunied by M H. Sanger, democratic candidate for treasurer at the late election. Thotreasurer's oftice is still occupied by Honry, the republi can Lola-over, Sanger was rofused s10n0 @s treasurer, but was told he could enter as u citizen, He and the comptrollor then met as o board outside the treasurer oftice and adjourned until 2 o'clock to meet in the comptroller's office. His action is likely to complicate the collection of nearly all the state taxes, CATTLE — . WAN KILLED, Prominent South Dakota Citize Meots Death Accidently. Rarip Ciry, 8. D., Oct. 12.—[Special Tele gram to Tug Bee.|—Algernon L. Holcomb, r koown as “Bud” Holcomb, 1 from his horse at 5 o'clock yesterday iries from which he died in wis throw and received inj 1 slightly five hours. The ed whilo he pper was rounding up cattle on the reservation sixty-five miles east of bere. Mr. Holcomb | wits 0ne of the most promiuent and wealihy cattle men in South Dakota. He leaves a wife and two children e Ex-Gove Bigelow Dead, New Havey, Conn., Oct. 12,—Ex-Governor Bigelow died bere this morning, =—xrem NUMBER 117, WILL PROSECUTE THE MOB, County Attorney Mahoney After the Leads ers in Friday Night's Lynohing, COMPLAINTS AGAINST FIVE MORE MEN, Would Mave Plead an Alibi= Workmen Repaiving the Dame age Done by the Mob at the Jail, Smith County Attorney Mahoney has announced that he proposes to make the most searching investigation wto Eriday night's lynching, and will prosecute to the full extent of his ability those who participated in it Hesay he will not spare any expense to securo evidonce, and will follow the case through the polico and district courts and land those who are responsible for Smith sudden taking off in the penitentiary if such a thing bo possible. RRight on top of this assertion came the adding of five more names to tho origlnal complaint yesterday moruing, and before noon “Uncle Jimmy" Caunon, the' voteran scout, al th, son of James McGath, and George Greevey, a switchman, were ar- rested, charged ns wero tho othors, with murder in the first degrce. John Hudsor was urrested lato Saturday might, charged with vagrancy and sieeping i a box car, but itis intimated that he is one of those in- cluded in the information against the lynchs ers, and the charge of murder will bo placed against him, coroner’s jury ¢ lled to sit on the case orgo Smith wet at Heafoy & Heafey lay ‘afternoon and upon roquest of 7 Attorney Mahoney adjourned until Octover : Mr. Mahoney stated that he expectod that the inquest would last fuily three days. At 2:30 p. m. ‘Laursday of this week County Attorney Mahoney says he will be prepared to go on with the preliminary hoar- ing_of those uow under arrest and charged with murder. Mrs, Smith, wife of the mob's vietim, ap- peared at police headquarters yesterday morn- ing and asked for the clotlies belonging to her Sband, that wero secured by the officers after the assault ou the little Yates girl, Whon Smith was arfosted on_ the wnoruing after the assault he bad on a suit of old clothes, and the oficers found tho suit he had worn the preceding afternoon in u trunk at s hous These clothes answered the description of those worn by the child’s assailact, and (hey were taken by the police to hold as eyidence against Smith when the case was called for trial. As they will never bo wanted for that purposo Mrs. Smith was allowed to take them this morning. In this connection it may not be out of place to mention tho stories tola by the three persons who were to have been Smith's prin- ipal witnesses had his caso ever gono to trial, His intention was to have proven an alibl. The wifo of the dead man stated most poaitively to Judige Helsley this moruing that at the time the assault was committed, bo- tweou 2 and 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, ber husband was at bomo helping ber to wash. Smith's mother statos with oqual certainty that at that time ho was at_her house asleop, and a neighbor woman 1s just as suro that ne was at her house to clean a carpet, but she wouldu’t let him begin work becauso ho was acting strangely and didn't seem to feel well. Repairing the Damage. Tho county jail is in the nands of a gang of mechanics who are rapidly bringing order out of chaos, e implements of destruction, consistiag of tolephone poles, railroad irous, crowbars, hammers and sledges that werestrewn about the grounds have been taken aw On thé outside of the building the battered door, the new grating ov the oNice window and the numorous deep holes in tho walls are all that remain to re ud the idle spectator of the feariul tragedy that was euacted lust Friday night, the inside of the building there is bustle and confusion. Skilled workers in_iron are straightening out bolts aud bars, putting new locks upon the doors and repairing the cages that were cut and broken by the members of the infuriated wob. Asido from being_bent on hanging some one, thd members of the I'riday night mob were thieves to somo extent, as woll as being relic hunters, Jailer Horrigan was the owner of a dozen new handkerchiefs, a stock of collars, cuffs and ties. Tnese were in & box in the ofice, but they are there no move, as they were all stolen and carried away. 1d Neal's ola cell, from which Smith was taken was robbed of its contonts. The ceil had not been cleaned sinco being oceupied by Neal, and when Swmith was huceiedly placed behind the bars for safe keepiag, everythin had been left i tho samo condf- tion as placed by the murderer just prior to being led to the seaffold. I'he books, papers and little trinkets wore in a corner, “Tho holy candle sticks and the blessed linen were upon the tablo just as loft thero by the Sisters of Mevey a few hours before. Neal's clothes lay upon the chair and everything was 10 the place where it had been loft when ile walked out of the iron cage. Now noue of this remains, it all aving been carvied away by the' relic hunters who were in the mob, Last of Neal, in_the Noal exceution was herifl Boyd yesterday. This consisted in makifg the rcturn upon the death wareant. ‘The roturn was short and simply stated that tho sheriff has carvied out the instructions of the court; that the man hud been hanged at 12:06 p. m., Friday, October, 9. fa the court yard, the plice desig: nated, and that the body had been turned over to the oroner. The document was filed in the oftico of the clerk of tue district court. The final a performed by — 5 WEALUER FORECAST, Por Omaha and Vicinity —Clearing weather, oler, For Missouri—Fair, except light ram in northern portion; slightly cooler in west, stationary temperature in east, southeasterly winds becoming northwesterly, For the Dakotas—Light rain or snow; westerly winds, cooler, oxcept stationary temperature in extremo northwest North Dakota, 1Por Towa riable winds, For Nebraska—Fair Tuesday, tew porature in west, slightly coole winds bacoming northwesterly, Light rain: slightly cooler, va stationary 1n eust, 1Por Kunsas —Light rains; stationary tem- perature in west, slightly cooler iu east, northwesterly winas. For Colorado—Fair Tuesday, - stationary tomperature, northwesterly winds, - Steame Arcivals At London-— Sighted, Vendaam, Rotter- dum; Brittanic from Néw York, British Eme Munchen from Baltimore, assia from New York. Wosternland from pire from Hosto; At Movilie—Clr At Antwerp York At Livernool New Bothnia from New York, At Copentugen—Holila from Now Yor At Glasgow -~ Stato of Nebraska from New York, Prussian from Hoston, cape for the Stanleys. Brindisi Exprisi, ou board and Mrs, ilenry M. Stane Rose, Oct. 12 of which were Mr ley, was complotely wrecked at Carovingos Tho Stauley party, with all tho othor passer gors, eseaped. 1t s thought they had @ ua Yow escape from doath, Bark Sunk but Crew saved, Liverroot, Oct, 12.—Tne British steamer P which trom New Youk, ha rd the of the Dutch Y p Q v Groonwicl, wslnking cous