Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1893, Page 1

-~ ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871 KEPT IN REVERENCE e THE OMAHA DAILY BE OMAHA, TUES Anniversary of the Laying of the Corner £tone of the National Oapitol. WASHINGTON IN ITS* HOLIDAY ATTIRE Thousands Throng the Capitol Grounds to Witness the Coremonies. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S STRONG TALK His Short Speech One that Will Attract Much Attention. AFPEALS TO THE PEOPLE'S PATRIOTISM Vice President Stevenson and Other Elo- quent Spenkers Make Ringing Specches —Detailed Account tion—A Lay to be Remembered. { tho Celebra= ‘WasmiNGroN, Sept. 18.—Another centen- nial anniversary, that of the laying of the corner stone of the national capitol, was commemorated this afternoon. One hundred years ago today George Washington, s worshipful master of Lodge 22 of Virgini with Masonic rites laid the corner stoue of | tho building which, by slow stages, for se enty-five years thercafter, grew into one of the most magnificent structures in the world. Washington, on that oceasion, wore a sash and apron woven by Lafayette's wife, The city was then a mere village, but, escorted by a small band of patriotic citizens and a troop of soldiers, the father of his country proceeded from the white houso along Pennsylvania avenue to the cast front of the capitol over the same route taken today by President Cleveland and the great parade. Profusely Decorated. The impressive ceremonies wero held on a big platform extending out from the east front of the capitol into the spacious plaza. The stand was draped with bunting and formed an immense terrace, extending to the line of the second story of the main build- ing. Here and there were clusters of col- orca lamps, the columns were decorated with flags, tho statues on each side of the entrance were festooned, while from the Jantern of the dome flowed the stars and stripes. In fact, the entire east front of the capitol was a mazy, fluttering mass of bunt- ing. Long before 2 o'clock, the hour set for tho vexinning of the celebration, every win® dow overlooking tho platform was crowded with people, the porticos of the senate and house wings, which were freo to the public, were covered liko pyramids with gazers, the frieze of .the tympanum on the main building was crowded with & black line of people, while some more ven- turesome had even climbed to the dome to watch the spectacle from that dizzy height, The immense spaco on the plaza in front was a moving mass of surging, elbowing peoplo, extending far out into the radiating avenues The landscape was flecked with colors, Cavalry. with shining sabers and nodding lumes, red-coated artilleymen, blue lines infuntry, black stroams of parading civil- ains and coaches equipped with postillions uniformed with the white wigand three- cornered cocaae of a century ago, formed a moving panorama during the _exercises Conspicuous in the scene was the Greenoug| statue of Washington, opposite the plat- form. 1t looked as if, from the shadowy past. the father of his country was thero to give his benediction and his blessing to the celebration of today. ‘Warmly Greeted the President. President Cleveland, accompanied by his cabinet, 1ho speakers and the membors of the committee on arrangements arrived early. Mr. Cleveland was instantly recog- nized und was greoted with a great cheer, which he acknowledged by lifting his hat. The presidential party was followed by the menibers of the houseind senato, tho judgos of the supreme court and other ofticials of the government, There was a conspicuous absenco of tho members of the diplomatic corps. "The program of the occasion started off without a hitch. The president’s specch was delivercd, as all his_speeches aro, without notes. He stood with his_glasses carelessly hela bphind him, his left hand yesting easy _on the stand in front. As he faced the v audi- enco with his head bared to the breeze, the lock of hair which curls upon his forchead | was lifted like a feather and blown to the The rugged, healthy glow in his s and the firm, upright pose of his bearing did much to allay any anxiety on the part of those who have beon troubled about the rccent rumors concerning his health, His voice was strong and penctrating and his gestures vigorous, This was especially the case when he turped full and fair on the assembled house and senate and told them, “If the law makers ever for- get the duty of broad and disinterested pa. triotism and legislate in prejudice and pas- sion, or in behalf of sectional and selfish interasts, tho time when the corner stone of our capitol was laid and the ceremonies sur rounding it will not be worth commemorat- ing.” The added tone of defiance and warn- ing with which Mr. Cleveland said this and tho strong applyuse thut greeted it gave a pe- culiar significance to his words. Speaker Crisp and Justice Brown of the supreme court were the speakers who re- frained from the use of notes. Mr. Wirt Henry of Vigginia, grandson of Patrick Henry, who was the orator of the occasion, and Vico President Stevenson, who ro- sponded on behalf of the scnate, both read their spee “hes. "The Mariue band, divected by Prof. Fanceulli ud a swelling chorus of 1,200 trained voices, under the divection of Prof. Dushane Cloward, rendered the musical selections, which included in the course of the program all the national airs, Made a Great Purade. o ofieial, civic and military procession was lod by Chief Marshal Ordway und staf, with squads of cavalry acting as escort 1o tho president, followed by the orator of the dny. Willinm Wirt Honvy, a descendant of Patrick Henry: the governors of the various states, Chairman Lawrence Gardner ond invited guests in carriages, o troop of District National guards bringing up the rear as a furthor Then in the parade proper came the division the division composed of the Society of the Cincinnati,Sons of tho American Rovolution, Sous of the Revolution, Aztec club, veterans of the Mexican war, the Old Guard, Avmy of the Republic, Sous of Vet Nautional rifiesy then the Division of United Btates regulars, District and visiting militia and voteran firemen of the District und sim- flar visiting organizations, “The streels were thronged with people, who cheered the prosident us he passed Arvived at the capitol the parade disbande and the vask throug witnessed the cere- monies, iucluding the wmembers of both Dhouses of congres .gmh{en of the supreme court, mewbers of Tagh diguitaries, who oc LU o oxercises began with music by the Marine baud, Then Bishop Paret of Mary- land offered prayer and a chor of 150 voices sang the *“le Deum, after which Chaivman Gardner delivered a brief address, skotching the remar vowth and development of the bnited ates during the past hundred veurs, clos- 04 by introducivg us chairman of the cere- cupled vlaces ou the | iy of the civie societios and organizations; then | 114 { Jobn Adums. the cabiuet and other | the president of the United States, Grover Cleveland.” He said: Ohatrman Gardner's Address. One hundred years ago George Washing- ton, the first president of the United States, standing on the hillside, then almost a wilderness, laid the corner stone of the per- manent home of congress, in whose majestic shadow we are now assembled. Our written constitution, the beacon light of cvery free- man, was then but an experiment, of _which tho creation of & national capital, under the exclusive control of the legislature, was the most novel feature, Washington city was a name; the United States a federation of fif- teen states, sparsely populated, bounded on the west by the Mississippi and with no port upon the great gulf. How conditions have changed since Wash- ngton last stood near this hallowed spot Today the population of the country exceeds that of any Englisn-speaking people; its arca has been enlarged from 957,000 to 3,604, 000 square miles; its boundarics are was by the two great oceans, Today we more than realize the lobe here expressed by Washington, before an_assemblage small in numbers, but strong in that faith that over- cometh all human obstacles. As the country grew so grew its capitol Year by year, stone upon stone, until, on this, its” hundredth anniversary, it shows forth the most magnificent structure of any age, crowning the most beautiful city of the world. entlemen of the senate ana house of rep- rescntatives, as wo now commemorate the laying of the corner stone of your legislativ home it is meat to give thanks for the pre eminent part taken by congress in the won- derful development of the systemof povern- ment to which the United States owes its sure and rapid advancement. 'o congress the country ie indebted for the fundamental acts which rounded out the framo of the organic law and gave hfe vigor to all 1ts parts, A study of the history of legislative bodies in all lands and times will disclose none the superior of the American congress, whether in intelligence, Patriotism or in purity of purpose. Ladies and gentlemen, 1 will not detain you longer, Under the direction of the joint committec of congress, I have now the pleas- ure of introducing to you as chairmun of cere- monies the worthy suceessor of Washington, the president of the United States, Grover eland. ¢ president was given an enthusiastic greeting and delivered a brief, characteristic and appropriate address, Ho said: Mr. Cloveland’s Addross, “While I accept with much satisfaction the part assigned me on this_occasion 1 can- not escapo the sober refloction which these cercmonies suggest. Those who suppose w are simply engaged in_commemorating the beginning of a magnificont structure de- voted to important public uses over- look the most useful ana improving I son of the hour. We do, mdeed, celobrate the laying of the corner stone from which has sprung tho splendid edifice whose grand proportions arouse the pride of every Ameri- can citizen, but our celebration is chicfl valuable and significant because this edifice was designed and planned by great and good men as a place where the principles of freo representative government should be developed in patriotic legislation for the benefit of a free people, If the repre- sentatives who here assemble to make the laws for their fellow countrymen forget the duties of broad, disinterested patriotism and legislate in prejudice and passion or on be- half of sectional and sclfish interest, the time when the corzer stone of our capitol was laid and the circumstances surrounding it would not be worth commemorating, “The sentiment and traditions connected with this structure and its uses belong to all the people of the land. They are most valuable reminders of patriotism in the discharge of public duty and stead- fastness in many a struggle for the public good. They also furnish the standard by which our people may measure the conduct of ‘those chosen to serve them. The inexor- able application of this standard will al- ways supply the proof that our countrymen realize the value of the freo institutions designed and built by those who luid the corner stone of their capitol and that they appreciate the necessity of constant, watchfniness asa condition indispens to the preservation of these institutions in purity and intozrtiy. “I believe our fellow citizens have fo bet- ter or greater canse for rejoicing on this cen- tennial than found in the assurauce that their public servantswho assemble in the: halls * will watch the sentiment and tradi- tions that gather round this celebration, that in the days to come those who shall again celebrate the laying of the corner stone of their nation's cabitol will find in the cital of our performance of a public duty no less o reason for enthusinsm and con- gratulation than we find in recalling the wisdom und virtues of those who preceded us.” At its conclusion the president was cheered with redoubled vigor. Wil fam Wirt Henry's Sperch. Then the orator of the day, Willinm Wirt Henry, delivered an address in which he re- wed the growth of the country in te tory and strength, and its infiuence on the government of nations. e detailed the growth of the capitol building beyoud the foundations first laid, and the development of the laws within its walls. The next speanker was Vice President Stevenson, who spoke on behall of the United States senate, and was accorded a greeting as hearty as that given the presi- dent. He delivered a masterly, eloquent ad- dress, in which, in the course of a review of the evidences of our greatness, he said: Vice Prestdent Stevenson's Adiress. F) cimizeNs: This day and tuis hour mark the close of a century of our natioual history. No ordinary event has calied us togethier, Standing in the presence of this august assembluge of the people, upon the spot where Washington stood, we solemuly commemorate the 100th unniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the nation's capitol, T'he century rolls back and we stand in the presence of the grandest and miost - Kmsiug flzure kuown to any nge or country, hington, as grand master of kree and Accepted Masons, clothed in the symbolic garments of that venerable order, we the apron and the sa-h wrought by the of the wife of the beloved Lafayette, im- pressively and in accordanco with the time- honored usages of that order, is laying his hands upon the corner stone of the future and permanent capitol of his count The solemn ceremouies of that hour wero conducted by Washington, not only in his oftice of grand master of I'rce Masons, but yet in the more august office of presi- dent of the United States. Assisting him in the fitting observance of these impressive rites were representatives of the Masonic lodges of Virginia and of Marylaud, while ound him stood men whose honored names with his in history, the men, who, on field and in the council, had aided, first 10 achieving indepcudence und then in The yet moro dificult task of garnering, by wise ghslution, the fruits of victory, Truly the centennial of au event so fraught with in- terest should not pass unnoticed, ‘The seven years of colonial struggle for liberty had terminatod in glorious victory. pendence had been achicved. The wrii- cles of confederation, binding the colonies together in a mere “league of friendship” had given place Lo the constitution of the United States—that wonderful instrument, 80 aptly declared by My, Gladstone to ve *the most wouderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose .of wan,"" Without a disscnting voice ir the electoral college Washington had been chosen presi- deat. The popular brauch of the cougress consisted of but 105 mewbers. Thirty mem., bers constituted the senate, over whose do- liberatious presided the patriot statesmau, The population of the entive country was less than 4.000.000. The village of Washington, the capital—-and 1 trust for all comiong ages the vapital—coutained but a few hund !lnhuhlumln Neleotion of the Site. After poace had been eoncluded with Great Britain, aud while we were yet under the articles of confederation, the sessions of tho congress were held successively at Privceton, Aunapolis, Trenton, and New Yok, Inthe presedce of both howses of Wovics a worthy successor of Washiugion, ICONTINVED ON UND PAUR. ) DISGUST AND DISCONTENT Weary Pilgrims From the Strip Express it in Every Word and Action. REACH CIVILIZATION GLAD TO AG\IN Thousands Arrive from the Strip wnd Tell Awfal Stories of tion Hardship and Priva- Fires are Sl Raging There, Prairio Anrgaxsas City, Kan,, Sept. 18.—~The dis- appointed booniers who got noither claims nor town lots are returning. ‘I'Ne trails through the Cherokee Strip are covered with them, and they form a regular proces- sion on the road running beside the Santa Fe tracks. Here and there on the prairie are the wiecks of vehicles which started in the race—wagons and buegies with their wheels off and the can tops of boomer wagons ragged and flapping in the wind. Dead horses ave found every few miles, where their owners have left them to tramp on to further disappointment. There were at least ten men to every claim on the Strip. Asa conscquence there will be contests without number, and there are reports of several murders committed on account of them. Deaths by prairie fires are reported to be numerous. The Strip was swept again by hot winds toda, The wind here reached a velocity of thirty-six miles an hour. It was laden with iutense heat and sand and made life a burden, It caused the rapid epread of praivie fires and the reports of loss of life in the flames are expected to be numerous. Nearly every town sfte in the Strip vival. Enid, one of the ofticial county seats, on the Rock Island railway, hus a rival with the same name two miles south of it. The government refused to locato the site at the Rock Island’s station because uu Indian allotment had been taken adjoining it. Now the Rock Island refuses 10 stop trains at the government site and 15 doing all it can to_aid the rival town. ‘I'he same condition of affairs exists on the Rock Island at Pond Creek, The government town of Perry is also being ignored by the Santa Fe. Trains avo stopped at Wharton, two miles north, and at the private town- site of Perry, two milessouth, but not at the government sit The Santa Fe is already equipped with stations and sidetracks at the former two stations, It is believed the government sito will be depopulated shortly, for the reason that it was occupied principally by “'sooners,” and titles will be badly mixed for some yeavs to com Louded with Returning Boomers. KANsAs Ciry, Sept. 18.—The retreat from the Cherokee Strip is still in full force. Each train which pulis into the union depot trom the southwest brings hundreds of the disconsolate boomers, who, only a few ago, went down to the Strip with hearts beating high and their minds fiilled with alluring pictures of weulth to be gained from town lots and quarter-sections. Their clothes are covered with the dust of the prairies, their faces are begrimed, but through the dirt can be scen disgust and discontent. Nearly all of them have porta- ble camping outfits,and they are returning gladly to the homes which they left in such huste. One and all tell the Same story of the management of the resistration booths and the mad race for land on last Saturday. The tale, as ever, is a reflection on the gov- gr‘m‘nlxcm'- wanagement of the opening of the rip. Among those who returned today were Alexander and Willinm Gillespie, from Argentine, Knn, They made the run from s Cit) Alexander lespia dis- from his horse on a valuable ant_claim, when another boomer armed with a Winchester rode up. “We will play ame of checkers for this claim,” said he. ve jumped aad it's your move." With the last words the second boomer pointed his Winchester at Gillesvie, who promptly moved. Swept by Hot Winds. Kaxsas City, Mo., Sept. 18.—Kansas and Oklahoma were swept by another hot wind today. The s was obscured by clouds most of the day, but the temperature rose to 05 degrees in this city, and in various points in Kansas the thermometer recorded s high as {7 and 08 degrees. Late corn, al- ready budly damaged by the long drouth, has been badly burned, and all vegetation has been parched to 'a crisp. The wind reached a velocity, varying in localitics, of from thurty-five 1o forty miles an hour, ' In the cities und towns slight damage is ro- ported by the blowing in of windows and the destruction of signs and awnings, Devasta GuTuRt by Prairie Fire OkL, Sept. 18.—A gourier just in from the Pawnee reservation states that a terrific praivie five is raging there and that hundreds of settlers have been compelled to abandon wagons, tents and outfits and flee for their lives on their horses. Severaldead bodies have been found and it s feared that many will perish ‘T'he boomers are returning today by hun- dreds, dirty, tired and sore, and there are lines several hundred long at the barber shops and bath rooms waiting their turn to get cleaned up, e SHARPSHOOTERS SHOW OFE. Murksmen at Fort sheridan Give an bition of Their Skill. ept. 18,—[Special Telegram to Tur Bie | —~Preliminary to the record work of the Unitea States army, marksmen av Fort Sheridan today was devoted to exhibi- tion and experimental firing, The first event was an exercise4n 1,200 yard shooting at bullseye targets, The wind blew too hard. Theresult was as follows: Outof a possible 50, Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Fifth infantry, 12; Fi ergeant M, J. Murphy, company D, Thirteentt infantry 17, and ' Scrgeant O'Rourke, company Fifteenth infantry, 8. This is the longest distance ever shot over by any: competition of the army. In the skirmishing contest with moving targets the cavalry troop Jed the infantry by nearty 7 per cent in the general ‘average. ‘Lheir rocords were 166 hits—50 in the stand- ing, 80 in the kneeling and 24 in the prone siliouettes. The troop numbered twenty four members, which gives a percentage of #2.2. ‘There were thiriy-nine marksmen in the infuntry and they made 208 hits—61 _in the stundiog, 21 in the prone ana 188, in the eling silhoueties, u total percentage of Exhi- CuicaGo, ‘omorrow forenoon the record firing at known distances will begin. The presenta- tion of medals and_ review of the troops at Fort Sheridan by Major General N i\l\lcl. will take place Wednesday ber 27. i B Mude an Assigninent, Dexves, Colo, Sept. 18.—Crippen, Law- rence & Co. filea a deed of assignment this afternoon. 8. H. Standart is appointed assignee. The firm is one of the ldegest loau concerns in the city or in the west. They Buve done business ruaning up_iato ihe wil- ions. No state of assets or liabilities bhave been made for the reason that the tirm found it impossivle to do The assets will reach very uearly a willion und the iliabilities are thought 10 be wuch less. lo order to tect thew creditors each member of the firm made an assignment of his personal effects and property to Mr. Standart. e Afier an Ex-Banker, Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, Sept. 18.—Banker | Charles H. Nichols, who hus been unaer iu- dictweut for two years for fraud in connec- - repre e DAY MORNING; SEP EMBER 19, 189 nection with the faitupe of the Nichols ban at Twelfth strect and’ Grand svenue three years ago. failed to af fn eriminal court today. His bond was deelared forfeited and an alias capias was jasued for his arrest. He is now proprietof of the Arcade Lunch corapany, which has several eating houses in Chicago. An officer will go to Chicago afrer the ex-banker., ¢ T BRAZIL REBELS HOLD THE KEY. President Pelxoto Uable to Do Anytaing Without Fareign Ald. [Copyrighted 1893 by Jdmes Gordon Bennett.] Moxtevipro, Urughny (via Galveston, Tex.), Sept, 18, —[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tur Brr.)— It is not yet known here whether Rio de Janeiro has beon ~ taken by the naval revolters or whother their bom- bardment of the capital has ceased All cocrespondence with Brazil has now been cut off by the - postal authoritics. Passengers who reached here from Rio de Janeiro by the steamer Mag- dalen say that when they left the city was 1n a state approaching panic. T'he rebel squadron was ‘attacking fortified points on the bay shore and all the forts oxcept Santa Cruz werd efther neutral or favorable to Admianl Mello. Ammunition and provisions for the Santa Cruz garrison had given out, There was much confiion and lack of dis- cipline in the army though it was yet nomi- nally faithful to Preskdent Peixoto. All vesscls aariving were kept outside the blockade lines. With the consent of the com- mandersof the warships 18 the harbor part of the cargosof thenew Weeivals were pur- chased and taken on ‘boagdt by Mello's squad- ron. This gave the rebels the provision which they badly neededli Admiral Gama, director of the naval schools, had refused to obey an order of Peixdbo, which was in- tended to turn his school into a hospital. Other naval ofticers on 8hore have declined commands offered them by Peixoto, de- claring that they could not fight against their former commander, Admiral Mello. Latest news received here from the scene of the rebel is to the effect that the rebel warships Aquideban, Primero, Marzo and Republica had steamed putside the harbor ast Sunday intending to make for Santos. Their mtention 1s to blockade that port, seize the custom house and cut off that important source of reveaue from Peixoto. The general cpinion of the Magdalena's passengers and also of Ruy Barboza is that Peixoto must succumb unless the for- eign powers urterféve, in his be- half. Ruy Barboza ays he had to seck refuge with the Chilian legation in Rio in order to escape Peixoto's ven- geance. He finally got away in disguise and made good his escape to the place. The captuin of the Magdalena says Rio de Janeiro is practically in a scige of anarchy. The editor of the Rio Herald, a Spaniard, had been brutally nifirdered by army officers, owing to his outspoken support of Mello. The Brazilian migistér has received telegraphic dispatches ffom Rio de Janeciro today, but refuses fo divulge their contents, He hints / that the news they contain is grave. The Brazilian gun- boat which has been statfoned at Suntos and for some time remained 1 to Peixoto, has at last joined the-+rel vy. The re- port of the degertion of P by the Buhia, Pernambuco and the whol runde squad- ron is fully confirmed. A # ENTS. Auotner Interesting Day Before the Ways and Means Committer. cpt. 18, —John W. Stewart, asclling agent for a firm of 1mporters of seal plushes, wias the first to appear before the ways and meaus committee today. He declared that the present tariff rateson seal plushes are too high apd that the seal plushes made in this country were inferior 10 the foreign article. William H. Bent of Taunton, Mas repre- sented the Mason machine works and ar- gued for the retention of the present rates of duty on machinery. The agriculturisis of Long Island were ented by Messrs. Joseph Nimmo and Mr. Parker. who smid that the agricultur- ists of New York derived great benefit from protection Colonel W, W, Dudley wanted the duty on i salts reduced, us1tdoes not enter TARIFF ARGV, Mertz favored the continuance of the present duties on dye stuffs, ete., and claimed that under the protective tariff vhe ices of these commoditis have been re- F. L. Bodine of Philadelphia appeared for tho American manufacturers of bottle glass. He claimed vhat the ieast reduction in duties would make it uecessary to reduce the wages of American workmen, J. H. Eberhurd of Pitteburg, Pa., presi- dent of the Window Glass Workers associa- tion, made an appeal in bahalf of the glass workers for the rotention of the prcses dutics on window glass, He iusisted that the burden of reduction of tariff would rest upon the workman, as his wages would be reduced in order 'to allow the American manufacturer to compete on equal terms with the foreiguer, Alfred E. Hunt of Pittsburg appeared for the Pittsburg Aluminium company, which desives the continuance of the present rate of duty onaluminiurm. el Denath of Governor Getehell, OakLaND, Cal., Sept; 18.—Frederick Getehell, generally koown as Governor tehell, because he was once democratic candidate for governor of Iowa, died here at a hotel from the effects of blood poisoning, resulting from o broken finger, Getchell's first wife was u daughter of Justice Miller of the United States supreme court, and one of his brothers is now a prominent Bourd of Trade man in Towa, while another is presi- dent of a bank in Des Moines, Ia. e o 18 an Alleged Horse Thief, SAN AxTONI0, Tex., Sept. 18.—Charles Ruad, alias Charles Ragihond, a cowboy who has been employed o the ranches in Presidio county for tW0 years, hus been ar- restod and wurned over to Sheriff Campoell of St. Johns, Ariz. #e is wanted for horse stealing and is" aliéged to be a notorious iminal. His parents are wealthy and live near Springville, Arlz To Surronder Wisconsin Central, MiLwAUKEE, Sept. 18,—~This morning the receivers of the Northern Pacific appeared in court and agreed to surfender the Wis- consin Ceutral lines to the old manugement in view of the loss sustained by the opera- tion of the line and the peor prospect of im- provement. The detads of the matter are being argued 4 R Charged with Wife Beating, J. 8. Fischer of Albright wasarrested last evening by the South Omaha police. He is charged with wife beatiug. Fischer has been feeding his pet equine on bread and when Mrs. Fischer protested he gathered & club and emphasized bis authority by be- laboring her unmereifully, Theso are the charges she lodges agaiuss her husband. Not Muoch of # Robhery. DENVER, Sept. 18 —A rgport seat out from here this morning to the effect that the Pacitic Express compaiy hgd been robbed of | a lurge amount of money grew out of the | fact that the company had a money order ' book stolen on Saturday. Puyment, how- ever, has been stopped on all the numbers in | it and the company's loss will be nothing, WILLIAN'S DANGEROUS TOY @Germany's Emperor Again Puts His Costly Plaything in Motion, ARMY MANEUVERS ON A GRAND SCALE Troops Massed at Guenz and Pat Through n Perllons Performance—Many Troopers and Officors Are Injured the Evolutions. Guesz, Sept. 18.—Tho maneuvers of the German army began today in tho presence of a most brilliant gathering of notable per- sonages, The meeting is especially im- portant and will be conducted on a more ex- tensive scale than the recent ereat assem- blage of German troops at Metz, which was given extra significance by the presence of the Italian crown prince as the special guest of Emperor Willlam. In the exercises today all the latest devices in the art of warfare were put in use. These included the telephone. the field railway, the balloon ascension and bicycle, and very satis- factory results were obtained. The princi- pal figures on the field. the emperors of Aus- tria and (Germany, the duke ot Connaught and the king of Saxony, watched the move- ments of the troops with the greatest inter- est. The forces were divided into two armies and a battle was| fought on the same lines that would be followed in actual warfare. No knowl- edge was imparted in advance to either army of the proposed method of attack by the other and the only information that could be learned of the intentions of the enemy was obtained by scouts. The only order the commanders of the respective bodies had was to meet the enemy, to guard the supplies and prevent surprises as they would do in the case of contact with a real enemy. The town of Guenz was captured today by the cavalry division of the southern army which advanced from Syria and met the division of the northern army’s cavalry, con- sisting of 4,000 horses and three batteries, a few miles south of Guenz The northern forces were au first successful, but wero finally driven back by the infantry forces, which accompanied the southern division of cavalry. Twenty thousand soldiers of the southern’army advanced through Guenz and oceupied the' villages situsced a mile north of town. The engagement of the rival cavalry forces was intensely exciting. The emperors and their party were delighted with the action of the horsemen. The battle lasted six hours and came too mnear real fighting to please the participants, but it was vastly diverting to the spectators. Several serious aceidents occurved to the cavalrymen in the various charges that were made and a num- ber of the ofticers and men were thrown from their horses and tramvled upon. OT TO KILL THE EMPEROR. Discovery of a Plan to Assassinate Francis Joseph and His Suice. ViEsNA, Sept. 18.—The Maggarhirlap, a newspaper published in Buda-Pesth, Hun- gary, gives the details of a plot to kill Em- peror Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary. The story is to the effect that a Roumanian boy overheard two men discussing the plot. ‘They were arranging to have the spikes re- moved from the rails at a certain pomnt on the road which the emperor wuas to travel on the way to the army maneuyers, wreckinz the train, when, in conclusion, the conspirators would kill the emperor and suite. Huaving heard so much tho boy became frightened, ran away and told his parents. After consultation they informed the police and an investigation de- veloped the fuct that thespikes had recently been loosened. Thereupon the road was care- fully guarded and spected througnon’, and arrangements made to send a private engine in advan of every train The boy and his parents were arrested and held as witnesses. One theory of the plot caused by the anti-Austrian preaching of a local pope of the village in Transylvania in “which the boy and his parents reside, where most of the inhabitants are Roumanians ovpressed by Magyars. Another theory is that 1t is the result of the recent agitation of the young czechs, who have worked up an anti-German fecling and svread revolution- ary1deas. The police are keeping the de- tails secret. The full facts will probably never be known. is that it was ANOTHER AFRICAN WAR. Englishmen in that Far O Country Threatened with Extermination, Care Towy, Sept. 18.—In consequence of the threatening attitude of affairs in Ma shonaland, 800 Englishmen have organized themselves into a cavalry troop and ave leaving the Transvaal in order to assist their friends who are reported to be in danger in Fort Victoria. On September 12 disquicting news was re- ceived here from Fort Victoria. It was an- nounced that large bodies of Matabeles had been seen in full fighting order on the fron- tier of the territory controlled by the char- tered company. As a result the Mashonas were frightened and stampeded into the fort, which was promptly put in a state to resist a siege, Reports received here show that the state of affairs on the borders of Matabel, and near which the beleaguered outpost of the British South African company, Fort Vie- toria, is situated, is worse than at first imagined. Indeed. people are mow begin- ning to fear that another African war will huve to be fought. Dispatches just received here from the front announce that a Matabele army is advancing and taking up a strong position near the Matapo Hills, and that it is feared that there is bloody work ahead for the chartered company. Matabele land” is the most important part of the territory controlied by the chartered company in British South Africa: it is ruled by King Lobengal. and meludes the counties inhabited by the Mashonas, Makalakas and other tribes, who pay tribute to him. Flehting in Ger frien. Benuiy, Sept. 18.—An ofticial dispatch re- ceived from Darres-Salaam (near Zanzibar), a port of German East Africa, says that the stronghold of the Wapehes, in Ugogo, has been stormed by a German colonial force The fighting was severe and Licutenant Fleisbach was killed and Licutenant Richter was wounded during the engagement, It is stated here that Dr. Zintgraff. the well known explorer, has been banished from the Cameroous for two years in conse- quence of criticisms he has made on German methods of doaling with the natives. The defree aguiust Dr. Wolff has been re- the Sen. Laverroor. Sept. 18.-A bottle contain two slipsof thin wood on which was wi *All hands lost Maronic: no time to more,” was found in the Mersley. It is thought t! may refer to the lost White Star steamship, but it is believed w0 be an alleged joke. Sentenced an Embezzler, LosxpoN, Sept. 18.-In the OIld Baliey today W, W. Douglass was seutenced to five years penal servitude for embeszlement. | lows s’z - lis om £25,000 Swift Beef company ot Chicag bezzlements amounted to the su Cnolern at The Hagal Tne Haaus, Sept. 18.~A caso cholera was discovered here toda —— OUNCED AS SECESN ) Nebraska's Governor Ronsta th Pan- Ameriean Bimetalilo O Laxcony, Sept. 18 — [Special T Tur Bee]--Some time since Crounse received a letter from the secrotary of the Pan-American Bimetallic associati asking him to send delegates to a congress 10 be held at St. Louis on October 3 governor this evening transmitted to the secrotary of the high sounding association a somewhat caustic reply in which his opinion of the proposed congres! exprossed in 00 untertain language. He said: STATE OF NENRASKA, EXECUTIVE MENT, LiNcons, Neb., Sept 18, 1 Mr Olney Newell, Denver, Colo.: Deur Sir Some timoe sl 1 recelved u letter from you transmitting n clreular purportl 1o be issued by the Pan-American Bimoet- allic_associntion, calling a convention of reprosentative of the southern states, cortaln numed westorn statos, old Mexico Illl|T||||lv' countries of Central and South Amerlen to convene at St. Louls on the 3d day of October next and inviting me to name representatives for Nebrasku. [ lave also your letter of more recent ¢ Apressing an anxiety that thisstuto bo r nted thore and nsking me if it is my purpose t9 appoint such deleg: Tnreply 1 appoint 1 Asiatic NEUTS DE. oposed a _ram to Governor DEPART- tvise you that Ishall o, Tor anything {0 put this stato {n tho attitude of seeming sympathy with the spirit_disclosed by the call o 15 Tikely 1o possess the convention. excludes many of the statos fre ipating in the consideration of & which concorns all alike, but its arrs of corta anong the el ns the £ yeott * Westion ment o engage in i her propositi I I my judg- Lam in favor of honest bimetallism and be- love that a system of finance cau bo devised by which both zold aud silver ean be utilized as the basis of our natl 1 currency, tho fornier, which 1s the world’s muusure, being the standard. 1 mistrust, however, t the Dimetallism your association professes is hut the pretext for the free coinage of silver, with silver monometallism and conscquent debase- nent of tho currency us 148 object. 1 can sce why a silver producing state like Colorado should advocate the free col o of silver, but T have no patience with those who would invoke jealousy and sectional hostility to advance thivt end, while I deplore the igno- 1 be caught by pleas of that Newell, Nebraska, through no con- senvof mine, will joln in sowing the seeds of secession at St. Louis. If sho appears there it will be through volu Not unlike neigh 00d, she has puld no' doubt de- ey are for the n aried u place on o and who, who ha assessment rolls, demonstrated — théir inability ' to con- duct” thelr own a successfully, think themselves qualtfied to join Florida, old Mexico and Argentine i Instructing the world on the subject of finance. These gentlenmen, whose financial ability holds no parity with their abilit K, would gladly en wordy cruside up to_the “bridle bits™ w the Imaginary conspirators of London, Borlin, v York and Boston. Yours since: READY FOR A RIOT. Hot Headed Mon W o Patlence Wi to n Tests Thero caine near being a riot at Twenty- fourth and Blondo strects yesterday morn- ing at 7 o'clock, and if cool heads and wise counsel had not prevailed violence would have' been resorted to. The trouble arose from the fact that several hundred of the unemployed of the city were .there at thut hour expecting 10 be put to work on the streets, and be- cause they wero not, some of the hot-headed and moro” desperate oucs wanted to show their feelings by a display of violenco, Whon tho council sot aside 10,000 the other day for the use of the stree i sioner i putting the unpaved stree pair and to vroy employment for the idle men and toams, the idea went abroad that every man without work was to be imme- diately given employment. With such an iden prevailing Saturday morning not 1 than 600 men showed up for work, o larg number of them with teams. Ot this num- ber nearly 150 and & third as many teams re organized into forcos and pu to work. The others shouldered their disappointment and went their way. Chairman Winspear of the Board of Public Works putas many men to work as he could organize into forces and handle in onc day. Yesterday morning 1t was known that more men would be put on and this aused the crowd of unemployed to ather at the recruiting Lution, But a_ very few men were chosen, as Mr. Winspear finds that the force is as vge now as can bo nandled to any advan- tage, This being the case it caused the horny-hunded sons of toil who are without work to do a vast amount of grumbling, and the same was rapidly developing into the volume of thunder, when it was explainod to the men that 1t was impossible to take more men on the force. Kven the explani- tions did not satisfy them and the crowd was a long time in dispersing. Chairman Winspear, who is looking after the street dopartment during tho absence of Street Commissioner Balcombe, says that he can ot provide work for any' larger force thun Is now employed, and 1t is useless for the unemployed to show up unloss the coun- cil makes other provisions. It is not possi- ble to emplov an urmy of several hundrod men In making repairs on the streots where the demand for repairs is not ereat. At present the number of men employed is not short of 200, and it will require but a fow days for such a forco to make all of the vepairs required. Pope Leo Very Much Pleased with the Re- mults of His American Trip, Rome, Sept. 18.—~The pope has sent a lot- ter to Mgr. Satolli in which he treats of American religious questions and expresses satisfaction at the umon of the American clergy through the efforts of Satolli. Owing to renewed pressure by the Italian government the question of tho remoyal of the pope to some other pownt is again being agitated. An application for an asylum for the pope has already been made to Spain, —o e Tramp Incendiaries nt Waterloo, WareRLoo, N ept 18, —[Spocial Tole- gram to Tug Bee. ] =The dinmg hull on the Waterloo picnie grounds was burned last night. It is supposed to have been the work of some tramps who have boen living thero for the past week. Aftor the fire some twenty citizens patroled the strcets all night but could find no trace of them. In future it will go hard with any tramp stop- ping in this neck of the wood an Liberty Bell Ran Dt. 18,— At noon the great bell at the World'sefuir rang out in houor of the uuniversary of the adoption by congress of the constitution September 17, 1787 As the anniversary fell on Sunday it was thought best to hold the exercises today. The exercises on the ocea- sion also included addresses by Preswent Palmer of the uational commission, Director General Duvis and others, - Lotter Carriors Assocktion, Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, Sopt. 18.—~The annu convenuion of the National Letter Carriers association will meet here tomorrow. Four hundred delegates from all over the country arrdved toduy, including Presudent 1. i Swith of 8an Kraucisco. The object of the convention is Lo discuss meuns Lo secure the doption of more effective civil service rules and to appeal for higher wages for carriers - hange Quotat 18, (Special Telegram Exchange was quoted as (ol Chieago, Sk premium: Boston, 8@ #1 discount pur §1,000; Bt. Louis, We prem= Coluy CHICAGO, S lumbian Liberty New York ¥ NEW YOuK, S to T'ue Bre. | l Douglass was formerly the agent here of the | luw, E COPY FIVE CENTS, - — —— CAME BACK WITHOUT SCOTT Oounty Attorney Murphy Returns to 0'Neill Minus His Prisoner, DEEP MYSTERY COVERS HIS MOVEMENTS e Doclined to Make Any Statement, bat Secared Another Appropriation—Grand Jury Tukes a Recess Withour Making Any Report, O'Nen, Neb,, Sept. 18, gram to Tur Bre.]—County Attorneg Phy has returned from Mexico, wher went for the purposeof escorting Barrett Scott back to tho scenes of his earlier Joys and later sorrows in Holt county, But Scott didn’t come back. Murphy took with him 2,000 to reward the man who is said to have placed Scott under arrest in Mexico and $800 for personal oxpenses, Whother or not he brought this sum back with him is the leading question here, and Murphy is very mum, refusing today to make a statement when callod upon by the supervisors, although he states that Scott was taken away from him on habeas corpus. 1f this was the case it would look as though he had paid the reward to ot possossion. On tho other hand, it is stated that Cun- ningham, the New Mexico sherilf, demands $300 for Scott's release, but, however this may bo, the county supervisors in session today appropriated an extra $1,600 t be added to that already appropriated to ald im effecting Scotv's forcible return. Tho total amount now appropriated, including that already spent under the head of exponses, amounts to §4,400. Mr. Murphy was absent from C'Neill only seven days; that would allow him a lay- over of but one day in Mexico, as it takes six days to make the trip. Scott's frionds don’t scem to care whother he is appre- hended or not, while his enemies will leave no stone unturned in their effort to capture him, providing the county’s credit holds ous and warrants can be sold to raise the money, Frank Campbell, the county’s authorized agent in the case, is now down in that coun- try, but what he is doing is a mystery. 1n fact, a pail of mystery hangs over the whole affair. The grand jury has adjourned after two weeks deliberation without making any public statément. 1ts investigations were confined mostly to the Scottaffair. The jury meets again on the 20th instant. s e WORLD'S FAIR ATTRACIIONS, [Special Tele- Mur- he Sunday Attendunco Becoming I d's Day. Cuicaco, Sept. 18.—~The question of exe tending the fair until January 1 came up for discussion at the meeting of the directors this weok. They will also consider the question of reducing the Sunday admission 10 2 cents. ‘There is much opposition to ex- tending the fair beyond the time fixed by congress. The Sunday attendance at_the fair is in- creasing. Yesterday’s attendance is deemed encouraging, and it is believed the numnber can be swelled to 100,000. The Irish are determined to make thelr day, which is tho last of nexv week, a record breaker. Archbishop Feehan his announced himsclf in hearty sympathy with the moves ment, ‘I'he Society of Western Engincers gave an claborate banquet this evening av the Unica League club in honor of tha visiting French engineers. ! Tomorrow will witness the parade of the fisheries people. There will bo prize con. tests Wednesday, and a_couvention of com- mercial and industrial Hshermen and anglers is to bo hold. The fotlowing awards In the department of mines and mining were announced toduy: Arkansas — Morning Star Mining compuny, Itush, Marion county, carbonate of zine ore, Colorudo-Anierican Zine and Lead com= |n:{lhy‘<'1|uu|| Clty, crude and refined products of zite. Alissouri—Empire tallic zine, products Zine ore. Oregon—Tntorn pany, Riddle, sil Wisconsin—\W tion of 4 new h products, Southwest Wisconsin e of zine ores, iada—Canadian Copper bury uickel ingot burs, Grenter— /Ane company, Joplin, mes - concentrations of tlonal Nickel Mining coms e of nickel monnes| sating furnaco and Collective exhibit of company, sud- PESTRIDD. ICK, New Cases of Yellow Fover Roported From There Yesterdn; SavasNan, Ga., Sept. 18.—A Brunswick special to the Morniug News says four new cases aré reported today, but no deaths One is a serious case, all the rest are favors able. The Brunswick Board of Health is now n session. The board bas not given out the number of cases. It is stated, howaver, that the outlook is bad. Surgeon Magruder opened Camp Haines this morning. A train load of refugees venched Waynesvillo from lirunswick last night and Waycross has quarautined sgainst Waynesville, which is close to Camp Haine WaAsHINGTON, Sept, 18,—News has been received from Bruuswick, Ga., that the yel- low fever is dangerously epidemic there, The surgeon general is taking active meas- ures to combut it. A large force of yellow fever experts huve been sent thero and o plague camp on the outskirts of the city has been establish Nine new cases were re- ported this morning, The situation is very graye. e e ROBBERS MAKE A BLUNDER. Seventy Thousand Dollars Stolen from the Mineral Bange Traiu Recoverad, HANCOCK, Mich,, Sept. 18.—The entire #70,000 secured by the train robbers on the Mineral Range road on the way to pay off the employes of the Calumet and Hecla mine have been recovered. After securing the booty the robbers put it in a small trunk and sent it by oue of their number, dressed as & miver, to Houghton, He induced the bag- gageman of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic to check it through for him for a consideration of 50 conts, It is not kuown whother he was aware of the contonts, The officers learucd of the transactlon, took a special train, overhauled it some dis- tance from Houghton and recovered the en- tire suw, Itis bacoming evident that the robbers had coafederates umoug the train men, aud cn have been arrested on su picion. ———o Breathing the Air ol Liberty, Latourienn, Ky., Sept. 18, —Five prisoner all white, escaped from the county jail Ia night, by gaining access to the bath room, then cutting through a brick wall aud letting themselves down by means of blankets tie together. They were Dave Hutohinson, under sentence of three years for walicious Jack Skiggs und Tom Miuton, one ry; Noah Burden' and . under sentence for minor offenses. R Wheat 10 the Northwes OMixxEarons, Mion., Sept. 18.—From re- ports w the NorthwesternsMiller sud the Market Record it is cstimated that the stock of wheat fu the northwest is 1,528,000 bushels, & gaiu of 518,000 bushels duriug the past weok.