Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 20, 1893, Page 1

ESTABLISHED DETAILED 10 CUARD INJUNS President Oloveland Draws a List of Officars Who Will Act as Agents, TWENTY PLACES FILLED BY THE ORDER Montana Gets the Promiso of Early Survey of Part of Hor Public Domuin—Reserve Agents Designated for No= braska Banks. Tt STREET, 61O, June 19, The following order has been received by the commanding general of the army from the president: 3 ANSION, WASHINGTON, June 16, ~Pursuant to a provision ¢ hupter of the laws of the first sossion of the jaocond congress, pussod on the 1311 duy y, 1892, which rénds ns follow ovided that from and aftor ths passage of this act the president shail dotall ofcoers of the United States army to act as Indian agonts at all agoncies whore vacancies from any cause muy hereatter occur, who, while netliig as such agents shall bo under (he orders und d REAU OF Tre Bee, % rection of the secretary of the interfor, ex- | Dt at tho agencles where, i the opinion of sident, the pubiie service would be bet- {er promoted by the appointment of . civil- an, T hereby detall the following officers of the United States army to act, as Indlan agents at the agenclos set opposite their respective names: Captain Lorenzo W. Cooke, at the Blackfoct ngoricy, Moritana. Captain Homer W. Wheeler, Fitth cavalry, at the Chieyenno and Arapuhibe agency, Okla: homi. Cantaln Joseph Hale, Third infanfry, at the Calvillo ag Stto of Washington. Major Jol tterson, Third Infantry, at the Forest Clty ivzoncy, Solith Dkota. Captain Willinm If. Clapp, Sixteenth in- fantry, at the Fort Berthold' agency, North Dakota, Captain Charles F. fantry, at the Captatn Jol fantry, at th Captiin | Phird Infantry, Robe, Twenty-fifth in- tknap' agency, Montan, . Van Ossdale, Se th in- ori Hall agency, Tduho. ry W, Sprole, Elighth cavalry, at Fort Peck ugency, Montuni, Captaln Willlam E. Dovgherty, First in- fantry, at the Hoopa Vally agéncy, Cali- fornia. Captain Mugh G. Brown, Twelfth infantry,at the Kiowa agoney, Oklahona Captain Levi 17 Burnctt, Saventh Infantry, at the Mesealoro agu ¢ Mexico Captain William enth cuvalry, at he Omaha and Win geney, Nebrasks Cnpuatn Charios ‘A, Dempsoy Socond” in- fantry. at the Osage Oklulomn. Captain John L. Bullis, Tweniy-fourth ir fantry, atithe Pleblo and Jicurilin wgency, New Mexico. Captain Cyrus €, Robert fantry, at the Southorn Ut Captain e fantry, at the gency, Wyoming., Captain Thomas Sharp, Suverteontl fantry, at the Tongue Riye Major James the Vintah and Oiray o Captain Willlam 1%, Rojge fantry, at the Wari, 3 'y, Orogon. Captain Charles G. Penney, SIxth infantry, at the Plne Ridgo agency, South Dukot OVER CLEVELAND, On receipt of this order the officers name will report at once by lettor to the ary of the interior and proceed direct to their desiguated agencies. Orders on the Bullet; By direction of the president Second Liou- tenant Thomas Q. Donalason, jr., Seventh cavalry, is relieved from duty at the Patrick Military institute, Anderson, S. C., to take effect July 1, 1893, and is detailed from that date as professor of military sciences and 2;‘““: at Clemson Agricultural colie Fort ill, S. C. By direction of the secretary of war Sec- ond Licute t William R. Sample, Four- teenth infantry, will proceed to Lattle Rock, Ark., and report for temporary duty with the military of that state, Leave of absence for six months to take ffect_on or about July 1, 1503, is granted "irst Licutenant Pierce M. B. Travis tant, Eleventh infautry Leave of absence for one month and fifteen days to take effect upon the completi the annual turger practice ag Fort McKin- ney, Wyo., or at such time as his se can’ be spared by his department com- mander, is granted First Lieutenant John Adams Per) ighth infantr Leave of absence for fourtecn days to take effect on or about June 20, 1503, is granted First IMeutenant John A. Jonnson, Eighth cavalry, recruiting oftie Leaye of absence for four months on sur- eon’s certificate of disability is granted Major muel M. Whiteside, Seventh ca nlll'y. Seventeenth In- in- ve of absence for three months to take effect July 1, is granted Second Lieutenant George G. Gatley, Fifth artillery. Will Survey Montanw’s Domain, Governor J. . Rickards of Montana has been in Washington for s al days on business connected with Moutana's award of public lands. Under the enabling act this state was given by congress over 600,000 cres of public lands. After consultation with Assistant Land Commissioncr Bowers, arrangements have been made for tho sur. vey of 162,000 acres of land in the north- western portion of the state. This land lies Just west of the Blackfoot reservation and north of the Flathend reservation. Governor Rickards desires surveys to be made this uson, a8 the land is to be thrown open for sale. Assistant Land Commissioner Bowers has cousentea to order a survey and it is probuble that a detail of surveyors will com- mence the work shortly, Reserve Agouts Designated, Comptroller Eckels today designated the following nationul banks to act as erve agents for Nebraska bank: American F change National of Linceln, for the Ne- braska National of Beatrice; Fivst National of Lincoln, for the First Nggional of Beaver City; Chicago National, the American Exchange National of Lincoln, Waestern Ponsions, The following pensions granted are ro- ported: Nebraska: Tncrease—Aaron [, Poy 5 Reissue—Melvin Deem. Orviginal widow 8, ete.—Jennio M. ( on, B. Matilda G 3 lowa: Original—Jumes K. West, John K McCullough. Restoration, reissue i erease-—Jesso M. ow. lucrease ‘W. Hunt, Jeffe; . William C. ( Original A Hunt, L A, Sweet, her A, Hoovler, Martha hue, Lizzio Smith. Widows, Indian wars— Mary Ann Tompkins. Increase—James I, Kabrick, Johnson Carey, George \W. Smith, Relssue —loyd RRossettor, Henry Wolbert, James Rouse, William A.'Simons, Original widows, ete.-Murtha Goodhue, Lizzie Baith, Nebraska Postmastors Appoluted. J. %, Spearman was today appointed post- master at Papillion, Savpy county, and 1 rick Tinan was commissioned ut Wood River, Hall county, Vineent Taylor Tnearocrated, Vincent Taylor of Holdrege, arvived here lust night in the United States Marshal White deputy, Louis Bochue, was today « and ordered by tho attorney ge fncarcerated. Tuylor, it appears proper watter through the mails and was adjudged by local courts to be insane. To- night he was taken to the Uunited States Hospital for the Iusane, St. Elizabeths, P.S H gos. Wasminatoy, June 19.--Some changes are announced fn the composition of the depart- ment board in charge of the governwent ex- hibits at the World's fair, Chief Clerk Rock- hill takes the place of Witliam E. Curtis s the representative of the Department of Btate: Lieutenant Covnnunder Lnussig suc- beeds Comnodore Mead as the representa- tive of the Navy department and krank W, Clark wil represcut the laierlor depart ment in place of 11, A, Taylor. ob., who custody of scnt fm- old, raduaily, and in gold iu the treas “Loday it is $43,716,546, an Galuiog WasvixaTon, June 14, the abseace of export, the ary s luoreasing. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE 19, 1871, increase sinco Saturday of more than 700, 000 and a gain of nearly &,000,000 during the past three weoks. The fact that American grain is now finding foreign markets is given as the reason for the cessation of gold ox- ports, and the fact that ¢he west is receiv- ing largo quantities of currency 1rom the east accounts, in a large measure, for the building up of the treasury gold, us gold is being deposited in New York in exchango for currency delivered by the government at western point: LGLIGENCE, Result of tho Inquest In the Ford Theater Disaster at Washington, Wasnixgron, June 19.—It was decided by Coroner Patterson today that Colonel F. C. Alnsworth should not be summoned to appear a8 4 witness before the coroner's jury in- vestigating the cause of the Ford's theater disaster. 'T'his decision was precipitated by B. H. Warner, one of the jurors, in stating that several of the jurors would like the coroner to issue a subpana for Colonel Ains- worth to give testimony at the inquest, not merely in regard (o his own connection with the theater accident, but with reference to other parties concerned. “I see no reason,” said Mr. Warnor, “why he should be treated differently from other witnesses. Four of the jury favor having him before us, the other two are indifferent. In- asmuch as statemeats that this jury is preju- diced against him have been made in the public press and elsewhere we think he should be made to appear.” Coroner Patterson’s Ruling. Coroner Patterson said he did not believe that the presence of Colonel Ainsworth would in any way assist in determining how Frederick Loftus (over whose body the in- quest is being held) came to his death. Nothing could be gained by summoning him in his official capacity and'as Colonel Ains- worth was not willing to appear as an ordi- nary citizen he thought nothing could be gained by calling him, A, R. Warncr stated that he wished to say for the jury, in reference to tho state- ments of prejudice in the minds of several of its members, that up to the time the in- quest proceedings began the jury had the highest regard for Colonel Ainsworth, but he had interjected himself upon them as a defendant when he was not accused. The testimony this morning was principally in reference to the character of the material used by contractor Dante in doing the work beneath the old theater building. William Commack, dealer in cement, testi- fied he had sold Dante the cement used by himin the job. It was the best on the market and the witness had had it under cover for nearly a year. Witness admitted that he delivered the cement at Ford's theater. He was shown some of the sandy substance used as mortar in underpinnini the piers, and gave it asehis opinion that it did not contain the kind of cement he sold Dante. It was very poor mortar, he said. A builder named Robert Clarkson testified that the building as it now stands is in a dangerous condition, Captaln Thorpe's Evidence, Interest in the efforts of the jury to de- termine where the responsibility for the col- lapse of the building rested was intensified when Captuin Thorpe, chicf of the supply division of the War department, was led to tho stand. From questions asked last week by members of the jury, it was appar rent that they had an 1dea that Captain Thorpe was in some way responsible for the worl beneath the building, He was questioned as to the bond given by Dante. The testunony created quite a sen- sation. There was no bond., suid Captain Thorpe. One had been drawn p, but Dante had come to him and d the man who was going on his bond was a brick contractor and thought he ought not to goon. Witness had consulted with Colonel Ainsworth and Dante had been told togoon without a bond. Mr. Warner asked a series of questions in regard to Mr. Covert's duties and tho ywit- neéss said that he should certainly consider that, as superintendent, Covert shiould haye reported any danger in connection with the building. He should have reported to Colo- Ainsworth. He did not know what Covert’s specific duties were. Colonel Ains- worth, s tho witness, was in charge of the building and responsible for it, Frank E. Hopkins, a sand contractor, tes- tified that he sold Dantoe the saud for mixing the mortar. Dante asked if that was the best quality that was given him, When some wmortar taken from the ruins was shown, Mr. Hopkins said it did not contain the sand furnished by him. Alnsworth Was in Charge, James M. Connor, a newspaper reporter, said that Superintendent Covert had told him that Colonel Aiusworth was directly in rge of the work beneath the building. othing sensational was develoned after this, Five witnesses testified, the last being. Butler Fitch, an elderly, wh haired clerk of the racord and pension division, who said to the conclusion that the old i unsafe while the ex- ation was going on on the day before the catasvrophe, and asked and obtained flve days 1 When he eoncluded his testi- mony the jury retired to consider its verdict, After being out two hours the jury returned a verdict that Frederick B. Loftus came to his death by the disaster at Ford's theater building on June 9, 1593, It recites the fact that George Dante was contractor under the government for the work which caused the disaster, and all the circumstances connected with the accident, and find that Frederick (. Ainsworth, in charge of the buildin, . William B. Covert, the superintendent, Franols Sasse, the en- gineer, und George W. Dante, the contractor, are responsible for the killing of Loftus. The Jurors further find th. the failure of the government of the United States to provide for skilled superintendence of tioe work of repair and alteration of its building in charge of the War department is unbusiness. like and reprehensible, and are of the opinion that if proper superintendence had been pro- vided in the case of work on Ford's theater building the awful tragedy might have been avoided, Coroner Patterson decided not to fssue warrants for the committment of Colonel Ainsworth, Dantd, Covert and Sasse until tomorrow moruing, in order to give them an opportunity of obtaining bail, Colonel sworth has already secured a bondsman. actor Danto is very ill at his residence, raskans Among Them., WasHINGTON, June 10.—The president has appointed the following postmasters : Tlinois—J, T, Evans, Carbondal Beck, Olne; Towa —J. A, Minor, Bedford; Phillip Eich, Bouaparte: L. A. Leffving, Cherokoe; J, i, Brown, Griswold; J. B, Lanom, Manson lka—Charles Nicolls, Allisuce; I, J, mbridge. The president also appownted Frederick Treon of South Dakota, (ndian agent at the Crow Creek and Lower Brule ager W. A, Will Send & Vessol to sumon, Wasuinaron, June 19.~The Adams, now at Honolulu, may be sent to Samoa, as the crisis there 1s causing the aduwnnistration some anxiety, —— e ALLY PRODUCED, iunt Powder at Rapid City Cuuse & Shower, Rarm Ciry, 8. D, June 19.—[Special Tele- grom to Tue Bee]--The power of giant powder as a rain, producer was tested today, Five hundred pounds of dyaamite donated by Thomas Sweeny of this ecity was carted to the summit of one of the loftiest hilis and fived in small quantities at short intervals. The explosions were started at 2 P. . when the sky was without a cloud and no wind stireed and continued uutil 6 o'clock. Daring the afternoon heavy clouds were seen gath- ering over the city sud surrounding country and 4t 6 the clouds had totally obscured the sky. At 0:40 the wind began biowing, hightning flashed and a light shower of rain fell in tho city, but to all appearances the fon’ was heavier several miles st of the city, Itappears the experi- fment was a success aud will be tried again some tiwe this week. RAIN ARTIFIC Lxplosions of [FIGHTING HARD FOR A LIFE| Counsel in the Borden Marder Trial Bogin Their Arguments, EARNEST PLEA OF LIZZIE'S LAWYER Ex-Governor Roblnson Holds the Attentlon of the Jury—1is Explanation of the Varlons Circamstances Con= nected with the C. New Beoronn, Mass., June 19.—The day of arguments in the Lizzie Borden trial opened With a great crowd at the court house, scarcely one-tenth of whom could gain ad- mission. A large proportion of those in at- tendance were fashionable ladies in holiday attire. The defendant appeared fresh and smiling. Governor Robinson opened the proceedings with an argument for the do- fense. He began by declaring the defendant physically unable to commit the crime in the manner committed, and that aside from that it was only possible for a maniac-devil todoit. Heasked tho jury to bring their homes, hearts and intellects into the decision of the case. Ex-Governor Robinson then began a chron- ological description of the events connected with the crime as they appeared from the evidence. “Itis forus to see,” said ho, *if the defendant did it. I see no reason to con- nect a confederate with it. There sits the defendant accused of the foulest and darkest of crimes. Lot us sco where the chain is to be found which binds her to those terribie acts, Why must the district attorney show a motive in this case? Simply to explain the evidence. No Direct Evidence. *“There is no direct evidence against Miss Borden. No weapon whatever and no knowl- edge of the use of ono has been shown, It is not shown that she over used an impiement of such a character. The evidence shows she did not know ihere such a weapon was kept. Not o spot of blood was on her, from her hair to her feet, on her dress or any where. Thinlcof it. Yes, there was ono spot on her dress as bie as the point of a pin. That was not where you expected it to be, if she had done it, in an out of the way place. T don't know even of a Full River policeman, from the top down, who believes that the fly speck of blood had anything to do with the case. *“Then there was a bundle of burned paper which Mr. Phillip Harrington found. Then ther v mean assertions made that Dr, Bowen was doing something. We thought they had the handle there wrapped up in the newspaper that the handle had been burnt up entirely and that the news- paper only remained. What a funny fire, That handle is still flying threugh the air somewhere. A poor vithout its For heaven's et the 125 it. Let en of Fall ki teh it and reunite it to its hatchet. was at homo that day. There was nothing strange i that. It was better for her to be at home in her room than out in the streets.” The speaker said that if Miss Borden had gone up stairs that morning and looked under the bed she might have seen the body of her stepmother. “There 1s no evidence to show that the door of that spare room was wide open. The Drosecution assumes that the door was open. The door may have been only ajar. It x been closed.” Miss Lizzie had no occasion to £o into that room. . She would not be likely to do so, judging from the evidence intro- duced as to the fam clations. It is true that she went up s s and saw her step- mother making the bed in the spare room. Lizzie's Movemonts, “It makes no differcnce how many times she went up and down stairs that day. irant that she did go up stairs at 9 o'clock. Borden was alive then, he y she stayed up there without offeriug any eyi- dence on that point. “T'here is the note. Bridget says that she he stepmother got a note from somo one who was sicl and that she had gone out. Bridget she did not tell me where she wis goin She gencrally does. She hurried off. Lizzie did not say anything about her hurrying off, “Now both Lizzie and Bridget tell about the note and both were told of it by Mrs, Borden. Bridget said that Mrs. Borden was dusting the sitting room just before she went away. The district attorney says that Lizzie lied about this note. Now, Bridget tells 'lhu most complete story about the note,’ The speaker drew the inference that it s Bridget who told Lizzie avout the note, he contended that the burning of the note was at the suggestion of Miss Russell and not a statement made by Lizzi A person may say, ‘where is the note?’ We cannot find it. The note may be part of the scheme of Mrs. Borden. There are pc.T\o around here now who have not heard of the case.” The inference of the lawyer was that it might have been written by some one who did not know the trial was going on, and if they knew wovld come forward and tell all they knew about it. The visit to the barn was taken up. Lizzie had told Bridget that was in the barn, heard a groan and went into the house through the open screen door. Dr. Bowen asked her: *Where have you been?” Her Visit to the Barn. ‘‘She said she had been out to the barn for iron. To Mrs. Churchill she saia she had goue to the barn fora piece of tin or iron with which to fix the sereen door. Mr, Fieet asked her whether she had been out in the barn twenty or thirty minutes. He had a theory and was ferretiug out o crime, She said: ‘T was out there twenty minutes,' He had not ordered her to be silent then, She stll breathed, although Mr. Fleet was there. Ilect said to her: ‘Well, call it twenty minutes” Kind of hiin wasn't it? He was willing to make it twenty minuts You have heard about the picnic at Marion. There is water up thero in which fish swim. Itis only natural that u party of young women would want to catch something—fish, I mean. Now, did she go into the barn? She suys she did. Tho ico cream peddler came nlong. Ho had sold ice cream to Bridget and had sold none to Lizzie, he knew Bridget. He went by, looking into the yard, He saw a woman, not Bridgét, whom ho knew, walkiug to the i ho from the barn, If jt was not Miss Borden there must have been a stranger there. Mullaley— he is one of the knights of the handle. He says that on August 8 Rubenski told him of having seen & woman walking from the barn to the house. Mui- 4 laloy comes here and says Rubenski told him it was 10:30 when he saw the woman in the yard,” ¥ hascl drew attention to the fact that the stable keeper where Rubenski kept his lorse had corroborated him as to the time aud 5o had Newhall, the man from Provi- dence. A recess for fifteen minutes was taken at this time, The summing of ex-Governor Robinson, so far asit had gon discussgd freely Much disappoiutment was expressed about it. The ex-governor's efforts had not been 50 great as hud been expected of him, Actions and Motives, Bridget,” the ruor said ufter recess “when she hea Borden was dead, said she would go to Mrs. Whitchgad's and tell Mrs. Borden if she was there. Tha corroboration of the theory of that note “Now they say showed no fecling when her stepmother lay dead in the spare room, she stood at the head of the stairs and laughed. Well, if you are down stairs i your own housé and some one cracks o joke you laugh at it But suppose your son drops dead in a room up stairs. ‘Tuen you, who do not | know he is dead, are o hard hearted wretch because you lauzh at the joke. The way the Berdenslived. how the house was furnished, or what they had to eat each duy, had noth- | ing to do with tho eass. The old fashioned dinner is just as good-as tho fancy things we | get at the hotels.™ He then took up the question of motive, “‘Now what sort of a combination are you trying to make of his woman. She kills her stepmother use she did not like her and killed her father whom she dia Iike Dbecause she wanted his money. Miss Lizzie said Mrs. Borden vas her stepmother and not her mother, e emphatic policeman Fleet told that. She had said to Miss Gifford, the dress- maker, that her stepmother was a mean old thing and that they did not have much to do with each other. But Bridget Sullivan, who for two years had been close to tho family had never heard a quarrel between them. Tagree with you that Lizzie A. Borden is not asaing,” He ventired the assertion that the mem- bers of the Jury were not saints. He told the jury thas there were other men as hand-, some as they *‘The girls did not come down to breakfast With the other members of the family. They remained abed late. That was the evidence," ‘‘Here is an old man,” he continued, “who wore no ornament of any kind except that ring on his finger. When he was buried it Was put into the grave vith him. A simple 0ld man, wearing that evidence of affection for his little girl." As the speaker was running on thus Miss Lizzie placed her handkerchief to h eyes, That Blood-Stuined Dress. ‘‘She told Miss Russcll of her fears that somethinz would happen to the family. They say that shows she had murder in her heart. They sny Miss Lizzie burned her dress. The common way to get rid of old things is to burn them. “The covernment says ‘you gave us this dress, and it is not tho dress; we want Bedford cord.” We say we burned it. There is a difference of opinion among those who saw Miss Lizzie that morning. Some of them are mistaken, but all are honest, Now they took this dress, thought it had blood on it, and accepted it as the dress. But when they find through Prof. Wood that there was no blood on it av all, mo; say it is not the dressand ask for the Bedford cord. “If Lizzie killed her mother at she come down and greet her father in that blood stained dresst I would not be sur- prised if they said she did this slaughterin, while nude. ~ She did not try to get Bridge out of the house. Don't you think she would have sent her out on some crrand The claw-headed hatchet was then taken up by the lawyer. He pointed out that Dr. Dolan and the other doctors disagreed as to what had been used to kill the Bordens. The handleless hatchet was roferrod to, Iox- Governor Robinson maintained that the blade of the hatchet could not cut its way cleanly through Mr. Borden's eye balls, nor could it have made a cut in Mrs. Borden's hair as if it had been made with o pair of shears. The hair found on the claw-headed hatchet, which the zovernment had at first ed dog hair, wag cow hair, If those arc mot the implements with Wwhich the murder was committed where is it? Fall River appears to be prolific in the way of hatchets.” Miss Borden’s Actlons. During the latter part of the summing-up in her favor, Miss Borden removed. her fan from her face, leaned forward and looked steadily at the juryi She held her hands somewhat to the right and waved her fan gently. She never smiled when the govern- ment told what thedate Benjamin . Butler had said of the case. It was, “Why docs not Dr. Dolan hold an autopsy on Lizzie Bor- den and find the hatchet?” The exclusive opportunity theory,” the lawyer said later, “was simply an_anticipa- tion which was not realized. The side screen door was unfastened from 9 o'clock that morning until 11:15. The back screen door was open. A person could get nto the house by simpl, nvouflnr Bridget on the ouuside and wizzie on the Inside.” A man could have gone to the house for the purpose of killing Mr. Borden and mmnnfig to meet Mrs, Borden, probably some one she knew, struck her down. Then he waited for tsorden to come home and killed him. 1t would have been the most natural thing in the world for the assassin to have left the door of the spare room open. Then as to the young man who was seen outside. What was he but the outside spy for the one com- mitting the deed. The job was not done by oue man alone.” At this polnt & recess was taken, Robinson had talked half an hour longer than the time which had been allotted to him and had not yet finished. What he said and the way he said it disappointed his friends very much, S S MAKING GOUD TIMZE Mr. Cowboy Racers Leave Nebraska for Towa— Middieton Loses a Horse. Wausa, Neb., June 19.—|Special Telegram to Tur Bee]—All tho cowboys in the great race have registered here and departed on their eastern flight. After Middaelton, Gillespie and Stephens had left yesterday, the rest of the riders came in and rezistered as follows: Albright and Smith, 7:33 p, m.; Berry, 8:10 p. m.; Jones, 7 a. m. and Camp- bellat 7:45a. m. Campbell has only the horse he is riding, All are stillin the race and each one is going in to w Passtng Through Ponea, PoxNcA, June 19.—[Special Telegram to Tir ze.]—Doc Middleton, Stevens and Gillis- three of the cowboy racers to Chicago, passed through the suburbs of Ponca this afternoon about 2:30, they having gained a lead over the others by riding the whole of two nights. Doc Middleton had the misfor- tune to lose his best horse, RRomeo, at Cole- ridge, where he became lame. The re- mainder of the horses seem to be in good condition, but are beginning to show a loss of flesh, During the first six days they have tra- versed 400 miles, and areé beginning to in- crease their speed as they advance. Stevens is endeavoring to save his horses by travel- ing half the time on foot, and in this way proceeded forty miles yesterday. The re- mainder of the gang will provably reach here tonight, Arrival at Sloux City, Crry, June 19, — [Special to Tnr oux City's long-drawn-out agony is ended. Three ride Rattlesnake Pete Doe Middleton and lispio touched the lIowa shore at 8:05 and registered seven minutes later. Middleton left one horse at Coleridge and says the other, Geronimo, is good for o full ‘thousand miles yet. The horse he left was improperly shod at Chad- ron and went slighily lame before reaching O'Neill, wherc the shoes were taken off and new ones put on under the supcrvision of the Humane soclety officers. All the horses that arrived seemed to be feeling good and will be strictly examined by the Humane sociéty oMcers assisted by the local talent. Covington wags ave kept the people on this side of the river in suspense all day. They would have a rider come up to the landing leading a herse, then a shout would £0 up which almost created a stampede on the prohibition side. When the genuine racers' arrival was made a crowd had col- ccted, through which the riders had to press their way, that was fairly frantic, In order to break away the boys pushed ahead and a stampede was caused which was aken part in by every one present. The citizens bad to run or climb a telegraph pole toescape the rush. The horses are in £ood shupe and the viders are all confident of gewting through, having passed the scrutiny of the humanitarians without trouble. After a good night's rest here the boys éxpect to leave for Galva, the next registering place, et B LR ¥repariug for a Strike. CaypEN, Mo, June 10.—Fresident Walters, of this district of United Mine Workers asso- clation has called a delegate convention of the Missouri miners to meet in Kunsas City July 1to aiscuss the Kansas strike and tak ever action may seem adyisable. Dele have already been selected by the s at Riverton, Richmond and this city, President Walters will visit all the miues in this district and urge the men-to send dele- gates. "This step is doubtless taken o as to prepure tha Missouri miners for a strike should the Kansas troubles fuil of settlcment before July 1, 1893, FAVOR A TRIPLE ALLIANCE Ecuador, Veneznela and Oolombia May Com- bine for Safety, PEACE OF ECUADOR NOW THREATENED Political Troubles Disturbing the Province of Esmeraldas—Minister Porter Enter= talus at nt Penn Dec ou—Presl (via Galveston, Tex.), June 19.—[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald pecial to Tue Bee.)—New political troubles disturb Ecuador. The difi- culty this time is in the province of Esmer- aldas. La Pawna the leading newspaper of Quinto urges the government in view of the fresh complications to co-operate with Gen- eral Crespo of Venezuela in the establishment. of the proposed triple alliance between Ecua- dor, Venezuela and Colnmbia, The electoral college of Guatemala has named Prospera Morcales for president and Francisco Fuentes for vice-president. Pres- ident Barrios of Guatemala has sent con- gratulations to President Vasquez of Hon- duras on his success in the recent revolution. Indian tribes in the province of Loja, Ecuador, near the Peruvian frontier, raided the village of Zamora, They killed nearly all the male inhabitants and carried off the women. Troops have been sent in pursuit. President Penna Domented, VArrarazso, Chili (via Galveston, Tex.), June 19.—[By Mexican Cable to the Now York Herald—Special to Tue Beg.]—The Herald's correspondent at Buenos Ayres telegraphs that President Pena has been de- clared not to be responsible for his actions. Dr. Torina announces that he is mentally in- capable. Ata meeting of army chiefs it was declared that in the event of a confiict with congress the executive would support con- gress. El Herald of Valparaiso in an un editorial states that the relations be- tween Uruguay and Brazil are at a tension, 1t also says that it is believed a revolution is imminent in Argentine, Ministers MucKenzie and Porter at Lima. Liva, Peru (via Galveston, Tex.), June 10.-[By Mexican Cable to the New York Hera Special to Tue Be ames M Kenzie, the new Unitea States minister to Peru, and James D. Porter, new minister to Chili, accompanied by Secretary McGann, arrived in Lima today. They came on the steamer Maphocho from Panama. Allare in good health, and expressed themsclves as favorably impressed with what they had seen of Lima. Minister MacKenzio will be recerved officially by President Bermunez some day this week. The new minister and his companions were entertained at break- fast tod; the Union club by the retirmng minister, John Hicks. In a pleasant address he welcomed his suc- cessor and wished for him au enjoyable officinl residence in Peru. An American merchant here, Mr. Davis, llowed in a speech, wishing Mr. Hicks continued happi- ness. He expressed regret at his departure, saying that he had won the good will and esteem of all who had met ham during his stay in this countr Ministers MacKenzie and Porter will accompany a party on a tri up the za railroad as far as possibie. They will return in the evening, Ex- Minister Hicks and his family will lea for Callao June 27 on the_steamer bound for Sun Francisco. VIRCHOW ON THE SITUATION. Ho Thinks the German Government Will Win in tho End. BerLiY, June 19.—Eugene Richter, the freisinnige leader,is so much upset by his de- feat that when a corvespondent called on him last evening to obtain his explanation of the disaster, he sent word that he was ill, Even a request from Prof. Rudolph Virch politically his first follower, and scienti ally, perhaps, the foremost man in Germany, thought he should speak, but failed to un- ear:h him. Prof. Virchow. himself smiling philosophically, said: “We haye the sup- port of the other factions and, on the balloting,we shall be able to beat many soc ists. But the other parties have been frightened so much by the government's predictions of war that our party wiil be small in the next Reichstag. But somo day it will be bigger. The socialists had a perfect organization; our party had none, Germany has never had a liberal go n- ment since 1848, therefore, the voters cannot tell what it would do for them. We are accused of being only negative, but put us at the head of the government and we would be positive. For the few years left me to live it will be a relief to be out of politics, The raysing of the duration of a Reichstag to five years was bad, During the coming Reichstag there will be 80 many causes of complaint that our party will have grown up again at the end of the session. ‘“The military bill has no affect really to numerically increase the army ; it stanas for shorter servic Its alleged benefits could not be felt in three years, yet the govern- ment parties talk of imminent danger.” On being asked about the emperor's health, Prof. Virchow replied: *I have not examinea him, but I know his trouble is only one of the drum. of the ear, which is not dangerous, for I have it myself, He is in excellent, vigorous health and leads areasonable life,” The professor fears a serious outbreak of cholera in France, but thinks there is little danger of it in Germany, though perhaps there will be some in mburg, because that city has not yet exterminated the ac- cumulated evils of centuries there, THIRSTING FOR BLOOD, M. Clomencean of the French Chamber of Deputies Wants to Fight Badly, PARIS, June 19.—A lively scene was wit- nessed in the Chamber of Deputies during the debate on the electoral reform bill and the outcome was a challenge to fight a ducl, which, however, was not accepted. M. Clem- enceau, the well known radical republican, opposed the bill, and during his speech against the measure he was several times interrupted by M. Paul de Roulede and M. Lucien Millevove, leading Boulangists, who were strougly in favor of the adoption of the bill, The language employed by both M. de Roulede and Millevoyé was violent, and finally M. Clemenceau, old parlismentarian as he is, became incensed and turning to ward M. de Roulede called him an “alien,” M. Millevoye at once sprang to his feet in dofenseof his political comrade, and pointing a finger at M. Clemenceau who was speaking from the tribune exclaimed, *Coward 1" This epithet 4t once caused an uproar in the Chamber. When order was tored the debate was continued, and finally a vote was taken on the bill, which the Chamber re- jected, This evening M. Clemenceau sent MM, Menhard-Dorain and Salis, both of whom were members of the Chamber, to the resi- dence of M. de Roulede with a challenge to settle the quarrel on the tield of honor, M. de Roulede received the representatives of M. Clemenceau and after reading the chal lenge told them to inform the principal that he had decided not to grant him reparation, Upon receipt of M. de Iodlede's reply to his challenge M. Clemenceau requested MM Rubier and Winkersheimer to ey a chal- lenge to fight a ducl to M. Millevoye. They did s0, and received a refusal to fight. A Millevoye suid he would uot accept the chal- lenge, but he added that ho himselt would challenge M. Clemenceau after the debate in the Chamber on the question of the extradi- tion of M. Herz, who is charged with having been implicated in the Panama canal frauds and briberies. Honored by Britisl Loxvox, June 10.—Richard M. Hunt of New York, recoived at the Royal Tnstitute of British Architects today the Queen's gold medal. This distinction was conferred upon him in viow of his work at the World's fair in Chicago. In presenting the medal, Presi dent Anderson of the institute said that M Hunt was the first American whose name had been fnscribed on the institute's illus- trious roll of hono: - DEMISE OF ERANK SULEK, Prominent Towa Boheminn Dies fro Eftects of Reoent Injurie: Towa City, fa., June 10.—[Spocial Tele- £ram to Tue Bee.)—Frank Sulek, ono of the most prominent Bohemians of this section of the state, a loader in_county politics for years and a member of the Board of County Supervisors, died today from injuries in- curred by jumping from & moving train sev- eral days ago while temporarily insane, Fight in an Lowa Suloo CRESTON, In., June 19.—)Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—As a result of a row last night John McDonald is lying 1 a precarious con- dition. It uppears that he and Barney Fitzsimmons got into an altercation and came to blows. Fitzsimmons was getting the worst of It,when John Jackson, a colored attache of the latter's saloon, came to his rescue with a base ball bat,which he wiclded with such offect that MeDonald was knocked almost lifeless. McDonald is now in bed and his aseailants are out on bond. o the Captured a Young Burglar, CRestON, Ia., June 19.— [Special Telegram to Tur Bee.)—Bert Charter, a jnvenilo burglar, was caught in the act of going through McMaster Bros.® grocery store this morning and Judge Davis sentenced him to the reform school. Towa Druggists Arrestod. CrestoN, Ta., June 19.—[Special Telegram toTue Ber.]—J. W. Bagley and A. B. Hen two of Creston's leading drugsists, were t day arrested for selling liquor as a beverage, itrary to the provisions of the lowa phur: macy law. Chlild's Body Re MaLvERsE, Ta., June 19.—[Special to Tie The body of Henry Abbott, the little boy drowned ia Lincoln creek Saturday even- ing was recovered yester The funeral oceurred this atternoon, A an the Mississippl. , June 19.—[Special Tele- ]—Charles Belken, aged 19, nming in the M rod. Drown Davesrvorr, 1 gram to Tue B was drowned w sippi this evening. — AL FOREST FIRES, Wisconsin Towns Wipsd Out—One Man Iturned to Deat Asnrann, Wis., June 10, ~ovest fires ave raging everywhere in northern Wisconsin and doing great damage to sta nding timber, No rain has fallen for over a month and the fires run through the woods with almost stible force. Iron River.a lumberit town twenty-eight miles west of here. was saved last night by strenuous efforts, Quy one school house and six dwellings were de- stroyed, At lasy- accounts this afternoon the five was approaching from thoe west and tho town is again threatened. The villagzo of nborn was wiped out yesterday, every building being destroyed. At Moguah John T, & prominent citizen, was burned to death while fighting the fire which burned his home. Other fatalities are rumored but details lncking. 37, PavL, Minn., June 19.—A Pioncer Press special from Virgima, Minn v The gross loss in the fire here yesterday” was not less “than $1,000,000, and the insurance is estimated at 2300,000. Awmong the heav los re: Burke Bros.. gencral store, § 000; W. B. Pratt, general store, & Corby's general store, £10,000, There is no positive evidence that any per- sons perished in the flames, but some bones were discovered in the ruins today which several people thought were the remains of a woman, All the leading busines cated on Chestnnt street. Today not a singlo building remains. Furthor north in the residence portion not a building is left stand- ing. North of Maple street, between the docks and the eastern limits, the buildings are standing. Of forty-two saloons all but three burned and thesc three were closed to- day by order of the mayor. Two or three fellows were caught kind- ling fires in several of the houses. In the confusion all escaped. Caprure would have been followed by Iynchi At the Commodor nklin mines the engine houses and oflices were burned, as were also those at Ohio and Mesaba moun- taln mines. Burke's camp was totally des. troyed aud at the Jones and Roucheliu'mines all the improvements were consumea. At the new England mine the boarding camp 1. burne Yesterday Virginia had not le than 2,000 inhabitants; last evening fully 700 peoplo went out on th i Quite a large number returned this morning and more followed at noon. All prac- tically homeless. Tents and provisions are badly vecded. There was another fire this «afsernoon. houses were lo- It started west of the Mesahu tracks, town, jumped the tracks and ran up the side towurd the passenger depot, No details of th at Merrill have been roceived, but 1t is said that two-thirds of tho town has been destroyed, e L GON BANKS FAIL, t of st ORE Stringency of the Money Market Lyan County Bank to Ciose, ALBANY, Ore,, June 19.—The Lynn County bank closed its doors this morning, J. I, Cowan, president of the bunk, says the deposits amount to about §100,000 and | that theassets will exceed the liabilitios by §80,000 or 100,000 A branch of the Lynn County bank at Lebanon this county, also closed its doors at noon and the Bank of Oreson of this closed its doors during the afternoon shier Blaine s the tabilities are about $220,000 and asse! 18,000. The assets of the Bank of Oregon are £13,000; liabilities, #45,000. The Bank of Lebanon, owned by Cowan,Ralston & Co., has £27,000 in deposits, Assets largely in excess of liabilities, Burraro, N. Y., June 19.—Mr, J. N, Adam was appointed temporary rceeiver of the Georgo L. Squire Manufacturing company by Juage Lambert of the supreme court to. day and his bond was fixed at £50,0X0. The appointment was made on application of the company. BosToN, June 19.—The Little Kanawhaw Lumber company, 4 lumber corporation sith a capital of £500,000, with $347,000 nerunlly paid in, s financially embarrassed and hay been placed in re Ihe assets are $1,100,000; liabilitic 00, consisting of negotiable paper, Prrrsnuia, June 19.The Oil Well Sunply Company today went into the hands of g re. ceiver. “The corporation is cupitalized at £1.500,000 and its assets aggregate §2,500,000, The total indebtedness is pla t §1,100,000, WiaiNgtox, N. C., June 19, ~The Bank of Hagover has failed,” Assets, £1,250,000; lia- bilities, $500,000, R Making un Tuvestigntion, Kaxeas Ciry, June 19.—Senator Poffer of Kansas, chairman of the subcommittee of the senate committec on agriculture and forestry, authorized to investigate the grain and live stock business of the west aud northwest, arrived this morning, Senators Hepburn and Roach, the other members of the committee, failed to uppear and Senator Peffer is conducting the investigation alone SINGLE ( ‘OPY FIVE CENT WILLIE'S MILD DISCLAIMER / Mr. Wilde Replies in Tomperato Language to Mrs. Leslie's Published Statement HE CHARGES HER WITH BEING UNFAIR One Verslon of tho Charactor of the Evie deace Brought Against Mim in Lone don—TInsists that Thore (s Much Unnecessary Publicity, [Copyrishted 1893 by James Gordon Rannetr.y LONDON, Juno 19, — [New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Bre.]—I saw W, C. Kingsbury Wilde, familiarly known as *“Willie,” today and showed the article which appeared in Sunday's Buropean edition of the Herald, embodying the various major and mifor charges made against him by Mrs, Leslie. Tam bound to say ho treated the matter with becoming dignity and was a first disinclined to say anything whateves on tha subject of their matrimonial differe ences. Eventually, however, he consented to speak, though at first he confined himsolf to what he termed the legal aspect of tha case, “Ido not share Mrs. Teslio's publishing vulgar indelicaci untrue as they are in bad taste, but the fact that this article has appeared in so importe ant a journal as the New York Horald come pels me tospeak out. When the divorce action was first sot on foot I was perfestly willing to let it go by default, and it {s not through me ft has been dragged into such rogretable prominence, in violation of all laws of good taste. When the complaint was first served on me in October last, the only charge alleged was that I had been guilty of infidelity with a woman I had never scen inmy life, whose name was stated to bo ‘Carmen’ and who, I am given to understand, is a notorious person of ille repute, His E desire for which are as © With Witnossos. “Later I r ed aletter from Ioss & Ledsan, English agents of M Leslis attorneys, informing me that mission had been appointed to t at the American consulate, and that T was at liberty to attend und cross-examine the T did attend and cross-examined to good purpose a number of private detece tives who had been employed by the inquiry agent, who was humorously named Jolly Death. This is no joke, but his real name, The detectives swore that since May, 18 3, thoey had dogged my overy movement, and informed mo of much concerning myself which previously was absolutely ignored. The other witn cousisted of two keepers of a house of bad repute in London, who swore that on September 16, and fre- quently aftorward, I had visited their house with the mysterious Carmen. It is intereste ingto note that onc of these delectably creatures absolutely failed to recognize me when I spoke to | 1d cross examined hor, Naturally I wanted to cross-examine the mysterious Carmen, but she was not pro- duced, neith uld I, after repeated efforts, prevail on the opposite side to bring her forward, though Mrs. Leslic wrote by her express insistence I was to be present at this creaturc’s examination. Cut O “Judge of my surprise, when aftor waiting, several weeks for the production of this vitally important witness, 1 received a letter from Foss and Ledsian, informing me that they had received perempt instructions from New York under no circumstances to give me any information about tho case on to communicate further with me. Thesa letters are in my possessiou. This cut me Ooff from all touch with the matter. I took no further stops and kuew nothing of what' happened until the news of the divorce was cabled from America. Mrs, Leshe alsa cabled my mother, *I have done my best ta avoid publicity.” Tassure you this is fact, and no pleasautry on my part, They Had Paried Friends, ‘*As regards the other trivial gossip with which the case is overlaid I con only say that being in atrociously bad taste it is by solutely untrue. Mrs. Leslio and T parted atv Brussels on perfeetly good terms last August, she going & America and I roturn- ing to my mwother's hou We had baen on a tour through Italy and, returning, had spent two weeks in Belgium. I hgve Lady Wilde's divect authority to stute that Mrs. Leshs never returned to London nor had o long, carnest conversation with Wilde in the presence of his mother. She sailed divect from Havre, and therefore no interview of any sort took pluce. I never wrote her X had ‘burned ships behind me,’ “I never tried to induce her to buy me Stanhope: 1 n ed her to be taken buck into her affections; I never cansed bills to the amount of §20,000 to be sent her, All her other statements are equally untrue, > For Hix Friends’ Suke, “In justice to such friend I have in America, France and England 1 have thought right to tall thus freely to you, and am exceedingly obliged to the Herald for giving me an opportunity to say once and for all what my own clinations would have prompted me to koop to myself. 1 cun now only trust that the whole unpleasunt subject may disappear from the sphere of public eriticism. Butlmust finally expross some amazement that in the long artiele in the New York papers, to which she sa obligingly furnished her own portralt and mine, she should have mado no mention whatsoe of the real ground upon which she brought aganst me the third divorca suit of her carcer,” It may be of intorest to add that when { saw Wilde he was on his way to fulfill the duties of theatrical critic on s London weekly paper. tho Case. R WYOMING METHODISTS MEET, Appolntinents Throughout the State Ans nounced by Bishop Joyae. Wyo., June 19—[Special Tele gram to T Bishop Joyce anoounced the following appointments today at the close of the Methodist coufecence, for the mission of Wyoniing which nas been in sess sion in this city during the past four dayss Superintendent of the mission, Dr, A, Chamberlain; Almy, to be supplied; Big Horn, Rev. Benjamin Youngg Cambria_gpd, New Castle, Rev. John K. Wood; Carbon, Rev. J. H. Smith sper, Rev. R. J. Duvens port; Chieyenno®Res. J. A, Johuson; Dougs las, Rev. O. D. Shockle nston, Rev, W.H. Pierce; La ( Pucketrg Lander, to be suppli , Rev. J, W. Taylor; Lusk aud Manville, to be sups plied; Otto, Rey. L. C. Thompson; Kawling, lov. G. A, W. Cage; Rock Springs, Rev. S, J. Rogers; Sherldun, Rev. J. H, Gillespleg Tongue River, to be supplied, ) - Elgin Batter Murket, Lanan He examined & number of packing hous managers Loday and Loworrew the examing tlon of live stock aud grai wen will vegin, Ere1y, Juae 19.--Butter quiet. Sales, 1 M0 pounds at 1035 ceuts; %40 pounds at 19 conts; 10,200 pounde at %0 conts,