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ESTABLISHED JU y THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 5 19, 1871 OMAHA, THURSDAY e —— MORNIN 3, MAY 10, 1891, SINGLE COPY FIVE CEN EXPLOITED IN OPEN SESSION Objects of the Ancient Order of Hibernians 8et Forth Publicly. ADDRESSES MADE AT EXPOSITION HALL #ather Shahan Talks of Treland and Bish Boannell on the Gaelic Language —Wendock Warms Up a Little—Pro- gress of the Convention, v Delegates and visitors to the Ancient Order of Hibernian conventlon were astir at an early hour yesterday morning. The early trains all brought large excursion parties into the city, and long before th hour for assembling of the divisions which were to take part in the parade the streets were filled with men wearing green plumes, green badges or shamrocks. At 9 o'clock the delegates met in Morand’s hall to hear the report of the officers. Reso- lutions on the death of Bishop O'Farrell of Trenton, N. J., were Introduced and referred. =~ The national directory was instructed to re- port amendments to the constitution at the sesslon this morning, and an adjournment was taken until afternoon. The parade was the feature of the day, there being fully 3,000 men in line. All of the streets designated in the program were covered, and the marching and counter- marching was viewed by the thousands from the curbstones, windows and housctops. It was 3 o'clock when the head of the pro- cession marched down Capitol avenue to Fourteenth street and around to the en- trance of the Exposition hall. The hall was quickly filled with people. The interfor of the hall was tastefully decorated with the national colors of Amer- fca and Ireland, and the shield and harp hung together all over the room, Great golden eagles held clusters of flags in their talons, and the birds made of brass secmed about to greet the immense throng with shrill screeches of deflant liberty. ON THE PLATFORM. The platform was occupied by local and visiting priests, local and national officers and members of the. Hibepnian order and olty officials. Among those who were on the stand were Congressman Thomas A. E. Wea- dock of Bay Cily, Mich.; Judge M. F. Wil- here of Philadelphia, John A. Creighton of Omaha, Bishop Scannell of this diocese, J. A. Kiiroy of Lincoln, Father Shahan of Washington, D. C.; Father Morarlety and Mayor Johnston of South Omaha, C. P. Sweatman of Ohlo, O'Brien J. Atki Port Huron, Mich.; John C. Weacock of Michigan, Father Doman of Owosso, Mich., and many other prominent persons. J. A. Kilroy of Lincoln, Neb., was chair- man of the meeting and after the crowd had been seated he welcomed the delegates and visitors in a cordial manner. He said that he would not talk much about the order of Hibernians, except to say that it was an Irish society born of a persecution dating back about 250 years. Their mission was not yet fulfilled, hence the vitality of the organiza- tion. They would continue to work for home rule for their native country. The order was born, as was this mighty republic, dur- ing the English persecution of the colonists who founded these United States. He re- ferred te the organization of the thirteen .~ original colonies and the declaration of in- dependence, saying that this was a home of the brave, and for the brave. Every true Irishman was a guard on the watch tower of American freedom, and in this great land, founded on the principles of freedom to all ‘men, every one was allowed to worship and adore his Maker according to his or her dic- tates. In behalf of the citizens of Omaha and Nebraska he bid the national delegates of the Hibernian societies and their friends a hearty welcome. After announcing a change in the program, the chairman intro- duced Father Thomas J. Shahan, D. D., professor of early church history in the Catholic University of America at Washing- ton. After a few introductory remarks Father Shahan said: In the history of the last seven centuries there is no tragedy like the slow but un- relenting despoilment of the Celt. His rob- ber conqueror stripped him, decade by de- cade, of peace and unity and joy: of land and learning and art; of progress and com- fort, and left him but two treasures which were unaccessible to his crass material weapons—his nationality and the power of song. He could not wrench from the Celt the sacred feeling that the soil he trod on was the immemorial inheritance of a hundred generations of heroes and legislators .and Ints. That was the mighty power which stained this Prometheus of the nations, the sacred spell which made the children of Banba forget thelr ineffable sorrows and cast a consecrated halo about their lives, and made them walk, as it were forever, in the light and atmosphere of martyrdom. PEOPLE OF ONE PEOPLE. ““That abiding sense of nationality, that in- effaceable knowledge that we were one peo- ple, with a common, glorious ancestry, with common _experiences and common institu- tlons, with common ideals and hopes, com- mon affections and common sufferings, was the oldest of all the Celtic traits. Long, long ago our pagan fathers lald the sdaman- tine foundments of this feeling, what time they went gallantly conquering on the Rhine, the Danube, the Po, and the Ebro, and in- grained it beyond the blood, into the spirit and the utmost attalnable recesses of the Celtic soul. Christianity only intensified this love, which never had a more id champlon’ than the noble and saintly Colum- kille as he stood on the prow of the little ‘boat which bore him Into life-long exile, and his grey eyes filled with tears and his bardic soul broke out into the tenderest and saddest of songs upon his beloved Erin. Time and misfortune may have obliterated all the acqusitions of the Celt, but they could never make him forget what he was, nor that & “Though fallen the state “of Irin, and chang’d the Scottish land, Though small the power of Mona, though unwak'd Lewellyn's band, Though Ambrose Morlin's prophecies ave held as idle tales. Though Tona’s ruined cloisters are swept by northern gale One in name and in fame Are the sea-divided Gael (L'Arcy McGee) “But what was it that preserved this spirit, this white ray of the consciousness of pational dignity in the dark and desolate centuries of oppression, when every other lght of the past was quenched In thickest gloom? Need I tell you what it was that sheltered the love of country beneath the rays of the peasant, within the lonely shiel- fng, on the moors and rocks of Connaught and on the mountains and bogs of Kerry Need 1 say what power stronger than love or death cast over the Irish nation its magl- eal proteciion from the hut of the school- master and the steps of the altar, and nursed in lonely forest and distant glen and on the savage inaccessible hills the sore- pressed spirit of the fatherland? It was “Phe language of old Erin, of her history and name— Ot her monarchs and her heroes, her glory and her fame— The sacred shrine wher shine and thro' gloom The spirit of her martyrs, as thelr bodles in the tomb, The time-wrought shell where mid centuries of wrong, voice of freedom, in annal and in rested, thro' sun- murmur'd, “It was the tongue of the great chief, he harangued his men on the eve of battle, the tongue of Desmond and Geraldine, of MeCarthy and O'Nell ana O'Donneli, as they recounted their wrongs to the brave tribe men, who held with them the narrow pas or slood within the bloody ford, or led some wild, sweeping, forlorn hope agalust their Rereditary foe. . “It was the tongue of the bard as he painted in burning thoughts and picturesque verse the anclent glories and the long, #plendid line of Irish herces, the sweetness and tenderness and unsullled purity of Irish women and the generosity, the bravery, the chivalry and the warm, full friendship of the mancient Isish leaders. The hunted priest from the rude altar of turf or stone breathed holy consoling accents upon tho broken hearts of the aged and the wid- owed and the fatherless, and it was the saving ark by which the Catholic religion was maintained in Ireland, for there was a day when the hated sound of the Sassenach's tongue would have turned the Irish even against that beloved faith for which they have let go all those treasures of earth that other nations apostatized to save. “The language of a people is the pledge of its perpetuity—it enshrines all the sweet- est sentiments and all the profoundest ex- perfences of its existence—the memories of home and family, of love and devotion and tender friendship. The sound of the native tongue in a foreign land will open all the flood gates of the heart and call back the soul of the dying man from the very threshold of paradise. The native tongue is the spiritual maugoleum in which are entombed all the glories, all the dead beloved hopes, and the ancient ideals of a race. It is the im- perishable God-given character of their in- dividuality, and while it lasts they may suf- fer; they may lie beneath a mountain of chaing, but there is that in them which will one day rise, and, unlocking the keys of their fetters, restore them to their places among the peoples. Yes! when our people had lost all, when all the lands and castles between the four bright seas of Ireland had fallen into the hands of the Saxon, there was still one stronghold, one aerfal spiritual fastness where the nation found shelter—its ancestral tongue. And if today there s spirit enongh to wrest from the hereditary enemy a little of ancient right, and to enable Irishmen to stand before the world with the unwonted flush of domestic victories upon their brow! it is to the dear old tongue they owe it. And yi “Through cold neglect ‘tis dying now; a stranger on our shore! 0 Tara’s hall re-echoes to its music as of yore No Lawrence fires the Celtic clans 'round leagur'd Athaclee, No Shannon wafts from Limerick towers their war songs to the sea. magic tongue, that 'round us wove its spells #o soft and deay Ah! pleasant tongue, whose murmurs were s music to the ear! ! glorious tongue, whose could ach Celtic heart’ enthral! Ah! rushing tongue, that sounded like the swollen torrent’s fall! The tongue that in the senate was lightning ashing bright, se echo in the battle was the thunder in its might! That tongue, which once in chieftains hall pour'd loud the minstrel lay, As chieftain, serf or minstrel old, is silent there tod. That tongue at Cong and Mullaghmast Like those who nobly perished thece is num- bered with the past!” LIVE IN A PIOUS AGE. “We live In an age which Is very pious toward the monuments of antiquity, and sends out special students to learn the lan- guage of the Indian or the patois of some Australian tribe. How passing strange that we do not recollect that the grandest monu- ment of European antiquity is the Irish tongue—in which are preserved better than anywhere clse the memories of the first im- migritions from the far orlent, and the habits, speech and beliefs of the first men of Aryan race who ever crossed the plains of Hungary or came up the Danube into the lands of Burope. Every Irishman rever- ences the stones of Clonmacnoise and the cloisters of holy cross, the crosses of Iona, the rude stone churches and forts of Aran more, the royal cemeteries on the Boyne, the grand old sites of Emanta and Tara and so many other royal raths and duns, but what are they compared with their living glorious tongue, the voice of their souls, the light of their eyes, nay in the sweet Irish phrase, the pulse of their hearts? Within its en- chanted circle live again the ancient Gaels, with all their superb and healthy animal nature, their passionate love for athletic sports, their devotion to the chase, their excessive fondness for daring adventure, their simple, affectionate, trusting hearts, their chivalrous tenderness, thelr sacred re- spect for the weak and the defenseless and thelr readiness to champion any cause against oppression and tyranny. “Men and brothers! you have a special interest in this memorable undertaking. The general interest of Ireland, her welfare, her gooa name among the world's peoples, and the spread of the Celtic spirit and in- fluence in all that they have of ennobling and clevating, such I take it, are the funda- mental ideas on which your ancient organ- ization is based. In the past you have been the solid nucleus on whom the motherland could count for sympathy and help; you have been the hither-Erin, the Ireland-over- Sea, where the dictates of the tyrant did not run, whence the eternal react'on went forth, and where the literary propaganda for free- dom was carrled on with such veliemence and genius that we have won with the pen and the tongue what our ancestors battled for in vain with the sword. But this is only the first step in the rehabilitation of that brave island people, which has so long with- accents hc e shout dismay'd the foe stood the shocks of adversity, just as its girdling granite walls have breasted for ages the impact of old ocean. There is an- other step now before us, and it is to give back to the Celtic race the world of anclent glory, of noble thoughts and glorious ex- ample, of which centuries of contempt and neglect have robbed it. Times change, and the day has passed when our name was a byword and a scandal in the haunts of me Slowly but grandly and unfailingly we have fought our way up the steep and painful heignts of hate and prejudice, and routed from their ancient strongholds all those powers once leagued against our name and fame. In all this you have had a large share of glory, and when the annals of the decline and fall of the cruel British imperial- ism of former days shall have been written by some Celtic Gibbon of the futur when we take up again - the Irish annals where the wearied hands of the Four Masters dropped the pen, the name of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will be emblazoned upon one of their brightest pages. What a spectacle for the world of the power of Celtic endurance, and the mighty strength that slumbers in organized manhood, when it is flashed across the wires that 100,000 men THE MOTHER TONGUE SHALL LIVE. of Irish blood have decrced that their mother tongue shall live, and live, too, in thelr midst a wellspring to ail time of the holiest and highest suggestions for mankind. 1t will be told in the halls of Oxford, and on the banks of the Seine, and among the thoughtful students of the German: fatherland, to whom we own an indelible debt of gratitude for their sheltering care of our dear old tongue. It will be echoed in distant Italy, and in the Eternal City itself, that at last the children of the Gael are rousing themselves from the loug night of slumber and prepar ing for new and peaceful conquests in all the provinces of thought wherein once before they were the schoolmasters of the civilized world. But above all, will this noble act be told in every sweet valley and on every fair hill of holy Iveland, and it will infuse fresh ardor Into the brave, hard-battling people, and 1t will fire them with fresh respect for themselves and their cause, and teach them a monumental lesson of unity and make them feel, as few other acts could, that their brethren the wide world over are in decpest sympathy with them, and will cling, while blood flows and hearts beat, to the spiritual inheritance of the Celt—his Christian faith and his love of learning, of which 80 much Is imbedded forever In his venerable ancient tongue. “Send knowledge forth to scatter wide, and deep to cast its seeds, The nurse of energy and hope, of manly thoughts and deeds. Let it go forth: right soon will spring those forces in its train That vanquish pature's stubborn strength, that rifle earth ‘and main— ftself a nobler harvest far, tints with gold, A nigher wealth, ‘a surer gain, thun wave and mine enfold. Let It go forth unstained, and purged from ride’s unholy leayen, with fearless forchead Falsed to man, but humbly bent to heaven.' “Out of thelr Celtic heaven the ancient heroes, we may Imagine, look down upon than autumn (Continued on & STRIKING MINERS FIRED ON Wild Oharge on the Works Checked by a 8torm of Bullets, NINE RIOTERS KILLED BY THE GENDARMES Officers Guarding the Pits Wero Pelted with Stones and Retallated with Bullets— Fatal Labor Fight ln Aus trian Shies TROPPAUX, Austrian Silesia, May 9.— Striking miners made a desperate attack to- day upon a detachment of gendarmes who were guarding a colliery in Polish Ostrau, with the object of driving away the men who were at work. Many thousands of miners are on a strike in the mining dis- tricts of Silesia and a number of them have openly defled the authorities upon several occasions. The body of miners referred to marched upon the colliery carrying weapons of vari- ous descriptions, though nheavy sticks pre- dominated, Upon arriving at the colliery it was found that the ‘buildings and pit en- trances were guarded by a strong detach- ment of gendarmes. The rioters were warned to disperse, but Instead of doing so they be- gan pelting the police officers with stones, wounding, a_number of them. Finally the leaders of the mob became bolder and per- suaded the strikers to make a rush upon the police, expecting to drive them from the positions which they occupied. The gen- darmes after a last warning opened fire upon the rioters, killing nine of them and wound- ing twenty others. The mob then fled in all directions, threatening, however, to return in larger numbers and avenge the death of their comrades. The gendarmes are being reinforced and no further trouble is anticipated at that par- ticular point. CAUGHT IN AN AWKWARD HOLE. British Cabinet Minister Mixed in a Nasty Stock Jobbing Mess. LONDON, May 9.—Rt. Hon. A. J. Mun- della, president of the Board of Trade, has been placed in an awkward position, and the newspapers are calling for his resigna- tion. As a man of considerable prominence in the commercial world he had allowed his name to be placed on the directorate of a company which turned out to be a fraudu- lent concern. The company in question was the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile agency. In reviewing the public examina- tion of the comptany Justice Williams en- dorsed the official receiver’s severe strictures on the directors, and did not exempt Mr. Mundella. Sir James Fergusson, ex-parlia- mentary secretary to the foreign office, and Rt. Hon. Sir John Gorst, formerly financial secretary to the treasury, were also among the directors who came In for a share of the judge's strictures. Public sentiment in the city seemed to demand_ Mr. Mundella’s resignation on ac- count of the disclosures made at the public examination of the affairs of the company. His friends, however, urged that, though technically Tesponsible as one of the di- rectors for the frauds carried on by the company, he had not been directly mixed up in any irregularities, and that there was no intention on his part to do anything dis- honest. While admitting that he had been guilty of great indiscretion in allowing his name to be used In connection with a con- cern which turned out to be of a very un- savory nature, they acquitted him of any personal responsibility in the frauds. Ac- cordingly, after consultation with the law officers of the crown, Mr. Mundella decided not to resign. Small Balm for Woanded Feelings. LONDON, May 9.—The suit for slander brought by Mr. Robert Household, auditor of the Grand Trunk railroad of Canada, against Lord Claud Hamilton, one of the directors, was concluded today. Tho plaintift alleges that Lord Claud Hamilton accused him of dishonorable con- duct at the Grand Trunk meeting in April, 1893, when the plaintiff was a candidate for a .directorship. Mr. Household admitted that he accused the directors of the Grand Trunk railroad of issuing delusive and de- ceptive reports, but contended that his statements were made honestly, and he be- lieved them to be true. The verdict was 1 farthing cent) damages for the plaintiff. Crisls in the Hungurian Diet, BUDA PESTH, May 9.—It is expected that the House of Magnates will vote upon the civil marriage bill today, and the Wekerle ministry will resign if the bill is defeated. The Independence club this morning distributed circulars among the crowd outside the Parliament building urg- ing the people to get up a demonstration in favor of the measure. The supporters of the civil marriage bill were loudly cheered upon their arrival at the house, and its op- ponents were vigorously hooted. The house is guarded by a strong force of police. (one-half Investigating Canadian Boodling Charges, VICTORIA, B. C., May 9.—The royal com- mission appointed to investigate Into charges of boodling made against Premier Davis and certain of his cabinet in connection with the Nakusp and Slocan railway deal opened this morning before Justice Burledge of the Ex- chequer court of Canada and Chief Justice Sir Matthew Begbis. The inquiry was de- manded by Davis to clear himself of the taint of crookedness Implied against him by members of the opposition during the recent session of the legislature. New York Hank Wins the Appeal. LONDON, May 9.—The court of appeals today dismissed the appeal, with costs to the defendants, against Justice Wright's judg- ment, rendered in January last, in the case of the Western National bank of New York against Koppel & Schloss, the latter trad- ing as Triana & of New York. Koppel & Schloss disputed the claims of the West- ern National bank in regard to certain loans and bills of exchange. Justice Wright awarded the bank the sum of $178,100. Inspecting Canadian Cattle. LONDON, May 9.—The Officlal Gazette publishes an order directing that Canadian cattle imported to England be marked at the ports of arrival and that they be isolated and killed at special abbatoirs. The car- casses of such cattle are not to be removed without the permission of the president of the Board of Agriculture. In addition the lungs of these cattle are not to be touched until examined by the Inspectors. The order goes into effect May 16, England Considers Requests from Colonies. LONDON, May 9.—Mr. Sidney Buxton, parliamentary secretary of the Colonial of- fice, In the House of Commons, replying to a_question put by Mr. Howard Vincent, member for Central Sheflield, sald that the government was considering the request of Canada and Victoria and of other colonies to amend the Australian customs act of 1873, which prevents colonies where distant from each other from concluding preferential tariff arrangement Looking for Egypt. LONDON, May 9.—Mr. Donaldson Smith of Philadelphia, who explored Somaliland on the African coast of the Guilf of Aden In 1893, starts on June 1 on a sclentific ex- pedition to the unknown region between 200 miles west of Berber, the chief town of the coast, and Lake Rudolf, where traces of anclent civilization are believed to exist, Dr. Smith will be accompanied by Gillete, fbe. explarer, 5T VST helr Rescuer Suffering with Them. GRATZ, May 9.—The seven tourlsts res- cued yesterday from a cave near Sourach after haviog been Imprisoned over 200 hours are progressing toward recovery. The driver, Fischer, who was the first to reach the party, fa suffering from violent fits of shivering, due to the intensely cold water through which he swam. The only nourish- ment he is able to take is tea and brandy. Poltl's Girl-MWife Dead. LONDON, May 9-The girl-wife of Fran- cesco Poltl, the Itallan anarchist who was recently sentenced to ten years Imprison- ment, after having been convicted with Ferrari of being fn unlawful possession of explosives, died tn an infirmary today from the effects of maternity. Cotton Fallure in England. HULL, England, May 9.—The Kingston mills, a large cotton spinning company, has failed. There will be a maeting of the creditors at Manchester today. The unsecured liabili- ties are estimated at $400,000, MURDER CASE pRitah A DEVELOPMENTS IN Michael Smith Sald to Have Been Killed by His Wife. DES MOINES, May 9.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—There are startling develop- ments in the matter of the murder of Michael Smith, which occurred in this city about two weeks agd. Mrs. Scoville, Mrs. Smith's sister, has glven out the statement that to her certain knowledge the wife of the deceased deliberately murdered her hus- band. Three times she tried to poison him. The first attempt was by strychnine put into a pie, the second/was by the same drug in oatmeal. The thirll and successful effort was by means of & capsule fllled with arsenic. The first and second times the vic- tim vomited up the food containing the poison. Mrs. Scoville explains her former sworn statement implicating! herself by saying that sho was induced to do so to screen her sister, and thus prdcure the latter's re- lease, who in turn was to give bail for Mrs, Scoville with the proceeds of the life in- surance, and all hands were then to go to Honolulu. The life insurance amounts to $3,000, of which Mrs. Scoville says she was to get $1,000. Yesterday a warrant for her arrest was sworn out by Mrs. Smith and she concluded to go before the grand jury and divulge the whole proceeding. A man named Blair and Mrs. Smith’s two daugh- ters are implicated In the erime, Did Not Act in Se.f-Defonse. DES MOINES, May 0.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—The famous Cumberland mur- der case, which was carried to the supreme court on appeal from Shelby district, Is ended, so far as the courts are concerned, and J. K. Cumberland must hang, unless the governor pardons or commutes the sen- tence. An opinion affirming the judgment of the lower court was handed down by the supreme court today, being written by Judge Kinne. On the appeal the attorneys for the defense insisted that the testimony did not show that the defendant was guilty of mur- der in the first degree. The supreme court: says: “The evidence showed without dispute that the defendant killed James and- Jaspen Robinson with a deadly weapon in' a barn some distance from the house; that defendant, armed with such weapon, left the house and went to the barn for the purpose of meeting these men; that he Killed them, that he secreted their bodies, and later buried them and con- cealed all knowledge of what he had done. The defendant claims the kliling was in self-defense, but we think all circumstances disclosed_in the evidence fully warranted the court in finding that the defendant was guilty of murder fn the first:degree. His acts after the killing were not in accord with those .of a man who acted in defense of his own person or lfe. - The record shows that the defendantand his wife, Josie Cumberland, were indicted for murder in the first degree. The defendant filed his written plea of guilty, as charged, where- upon, on motion of the state, the wife was discharged.” Governor Jackson must fix the date of the execution, which will tike place in the Fort Madison prigon. Protected by the Martin Law. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, May 9.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—Today representa- tives of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing asso- clation of St. Louls closed a deal whereby the half block at the corner of Fourth street and A avenue, lying alongside the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern tracks, was purchased. A big brick cold storage house, stables, sheds and warerooms, to- gother with offices, will at once be erected. Mr. Tuchman of the firm sald that this city was to be ‘the shipping point of Towa, and a complete ‘beer depot, such as they put up in all the large cities through~ out the country, will be established. For many years they have been contemplating this move, hesitating only until such a law as might protect them would be enacted. He said that after mature deliberation they had come to the conclusion that the Martin law would afford them the required relief. Representatives of the Val Blatz Brewing assoclation of Milwaukee are also in the city. Towa A O, U. W. in Convention. SIOUX CITY, May 9.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—The session of the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen re- convened at 9 o'clock. A telegram of greet- Ing was sent to the grand lodge of the Da- kotas, now in session at Watertown. At 10 o'clock Supreme Grand Foreman Troy of Chicago arrived on an official visitation and made a brief address, The election of officers was then taken up. W. R. Graham of Cedar Falls was re- elected grand master workman; W. R. Har- rison of Shenandoah, grand foreman; Henry Michelstetter of Sioux City, grand overseer, and L. 0. Howland of Cedar Falls, grand recorder. This afternoon the visitors were tendered the use of a special train over the Riverside Park road, the freedom of the park, and were entertained there by the boat clubs, Fort Dodge was chosen as the place for holding the grand lodge in 1895, Judge Lewls Succeeds Judge Deemer. DES MOINES, May|9.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—W. S, Lewls of Glenwood was appointed judge of thi Fifteenth district to succeed Judge Decmer, who was made a supreme court judge by Governor Jackson today. Supreme court opinions: State against Patrick Enright, appellant, Howard district, affirmed; A. P. Packard, appellant, against Permelia Packard, Calhoun district, reversed; John Morrison against John Ross, appellant, Calhoun district, dismissed; state against James L. Willalms. et al, appellants, Mar- shall district, affirmed. Caught Firing s Sehool House, LEMARS, Ia., May §—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—J. Ly Briton was arrested at Seney today for firing a school house lust night. He was cavght In the act. Rags were soaked In kerosene and fired. The bullding was sayed, “DINK" WILSON'S FL) Governor Flower Investigating the Case of the Condemned Murderer, SYRACUSE, N. Y,, May 9.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—Judge Teller today made his final appeal to Gavernor Flower in the case of “Dink'" Wilsen. The governor at once Invited District Attorney Shove to lay before him a statement of the people's case. The executive has had both sides presented to him before, but now desires to go over the whole matter again In & most careful and thorough manner, Judge Teller 1s a close personal friend of the governor, and some think that will have a bearing on the cas The governor in his letter to Shove inti- mated that the warden of the prison has set Monday morning next as the time for the electrocution. “Dink' is cheerful and says he belleves Flower will commute the sen- tence. The govermor last year commuted the sentences of eight murderers. Will Pay Thelr Fare. ST. LOUIS, May 9.—Another Coxey army was organized tonight here. They will leave here Saturday for Washinglon, paying thelr way and ride in the cars, AL APPEAL, SHORT ON COAL AND WATER General fanders' Army Compelled to Go Into Camp for the Night, WARRANTS SWORN OUT BY WHOLESALE Missourl Pacific Ofcers Start West with an Army of Deputics to Arrest the Commonwenlers Who Cap. tured Thelr Train, PUEBLO, Colo,, May 9.—General Sander's Cripple Creek Industrials are still traveling east on the Missouri Pacific train which they captured last night. The seizure was rather neatly effected. While an engine of the Denver & Rio Grande rail- road was taking coal, the fireman being off the engine, it was suddenly surrounded by fifteen of the men under General Sanders who came in Saturday as a Coxey band, They took the engine and ran it down to the Missourl Pacific yards, where there were six coal cars that had been left there a short time before. The whole band boarded these cars, and attaching the Rio Grande engine, started for the east at a lvely gaif. Four miles out they met an en- gine which was coming in for the purpose of taking out a passenger train, as all roll- Ing stock had been kept out of the town since the Cripple Creek army arrived. The engineer reversed and Is keeping ahead of the Industrials. The latter stopped thelr train at Boole and took coal and water. In a cut at Olney an engine and car were overturned with the object of ditching the Industrials’ train and it was expected that if they did not stop before reaching the ob- struction there would be a collision in which many of the men might be killed. They succeeded, however, in_ getting around the obstruction and resumed their journey east- ward about 3:30 a. m. today. Superintendent Derby, when notified by wire that the train seizers were again in motion, ordered four engines, which had been awaiting develop- ments at Arlington, seventy-five miles from here, to go east rapldly as possible. He also ordered another locomotive to be ditched near Haswell, which is beyond Arlington. Not a train except the stolen one is now running on the Missouri Pacific in Colorado. The tank at Ordway, ten miles beyond Olney, has been emptied and water for the locomo- tive can be secured only from wells. No little anxiety was felt when it was learned that the track around the engine was com- pleted lest the Industrials should cut the telegraph wires, but the train went through without any molestation of the wires. It will be almost fmpossible to pursue the army from this direction, since to build their tracks around the ditch they have taken up 100 feet of rails. United States Marshal Jones in Denver has been advised of the interfer- ence with the movement of the mails and counsel for the Missouri Pacific in Denver has been instrycted to apply to the federal court for an injunction to prevent further interference by Sanders and his men. AROUND ANOTHER WRECK. The stolen train encountered its second ob- struction at Haswell, twelve miles east of Arligton, where the four engines sent for- ward by order of Superintendent Derby had all been ditched in a bunch. On reaching the spot the Industrials discovered the over- turned engines in time to avoid a collision and at once s:t to work laying tracks around them. In a short time they had left the wrecked engines behind and .proceeded on_thelr_journey east. Before reaching Haswell they had been de- layed at Ordway by the water in their en- gine glving out. They were obliged to ob- tain a supply from a well, carrying it in thelr dinner pails and coffee cups. Another engine has been ditched at Diston, which they will encounter some time this afternoon. Diston is 119 miles east of Pueblo. Sheriff Moses was trying all morning to raise a posse to capture Sanders and his army, but so far canmot secure more than torty men. The railroad authorities here are in communication with Judge Hallett at Denver in regard to securing federal aid. KANSAS CITY, May 9.—A special to the Times from Salina, Kan., says: Informa- tion came late tonight that the army had reached Covington, near the western state line. Their coal and water supply was ex- hausted, and they had gone into camp. Word was received by the local employes of the Missouri Pacific from the officials at Atchi- son to prepare 500 warrants, and saying that a posse of 800 deputies from Leavenworth was enroute to'this city to place the army under arrest, ‘The local authorities state that they will not interfere with the train, but will permit it to proceed eastward. BAILEY WAGGONER TO THE FRONT. TOPEKA, May 9.—A special train bearing Bailey P. Waggoner and other officials of the Missouri Pacific came to Topeka from Atchison over the Santa Fe this afternoon, arriving about 5 o'clock. Tt waited here till 9 o'clock for the arrival of United States Marshal Neely, who is on his way to Fort Scott on a special. It is the plan when he arrives to gather a force of deputy marshals and start west over the Missourl Pacific to intercept the Sanders contingent of Com- monwealers, which {5 now on the way east from Pueblo with the stolen Missouri Pa- cific train. Mr. Waggoner has made application to Governor Lewelling for his influence in gath- ering together an effective force of deputy marshals, and has received the reply that the governor would take the matter under advisement. A writ of replevin has been sued out by the Missouri Pacific for the stolen train and it will be demanded of Marshal Neely that he exccute the writ. Warrants have been or will be sworn out also in each county in the state though which the Commonwealers pass, charging them with bringing stolen property into the state. On these warrants it is desired that the Coxeyites be arrested, The train bearing the Missourl Pacitic officials and the deputy marshals left here at 11 o'clock. DENVER, May 9.—The Missouri Pacific Railroad company applied to United States Marshal Jones today to capture the Coxey- ites who seized a train at Pueblo, The mar- shal was in doubt as to whether he had any right to act, and asked Judge Hallett to advise him. The judge has taken the mat- ter under consideration, Judge Hallett this afternoon advised Mar- shal Jones to take no action in regard to the stolen train. (8 woul KEARNEY, Neb., at Kearney. May 9.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee.)—A company of Common- wealers from Colorado arrived here shortly after dinneg time and camped in the west part of town. They came from Elm Creek in wagons and number eigity men. The sheriff got an order tor supplics from the eity council und took them out a large quautity of sugar, bread, eges and bacon. They are all pops and tonight are holding a public meeting in Journal hall. They were ad- dressed by Greene, McCarthy and others, They say they will stay here until trans- portation of some kind Is furnished them and prefer to go down toward Hastings. Teams will probably be provided tomorrow. ptured. May 0.—(Special % O D., Young Coxeyi CHAMBERLAIN, 8 Telegram to The Bee)—Three of the young- est Coxey recrulls in the country arrived here today on thelr way to join the Com- monweal army. The oldest of the three is only 13 years of age. They ran away from their homes at Oacoma, in the ceded Sioux lands, to assist in the bloodless bombard- ment of Washington. The prospective re- cruits were captured here by the sherlff and returned to their anxious parents. More Cash for Kelly Mayor Bemis has received a money ovder for $15 from Fort Kearney alllance No. 278 to be transmitted to General Kelly. he recelpt was_acknowledged and the order forwarded to the general at Keokuk, la. Every day the mayor's mail contains letters from per- sons of more or less prominence in literary and industrial circles complimenting him on the humane manner with which the city has treated the Industrial army. Very favorable comparisons are drawn between the action of Omaha in that respect and that of various other cities where the In- dustrinls have been met with marked dis- favor. 4 oy OUT ON THE ROLLI G DE Kelly's Commonwenlers Sall Out of Des Moines Harbor with Colors DES MOINES, May 0.—Kelly's army flotilla got under way today and at noon bid goodby to Des Moines from the pack- ing house, two miles south of the city, the boats halting altogether during the goodby cheers. Most of the boats in the flotilla were rigged with oars or sailing gear and sails were improvised from army blankets, Commodore Kelly expected to reach Run- nells, twenty miles away, tonight. The men were in good spirits and seemed glad to begin their cruise. Decause of the numerous sandbars the men were frequently compelled to wade and push the boats. The men have ample pro- visions for several days, and the towns along the route are preparing to contribute liberally. The start was witnessed by a large crowd. Kelly's boats were soon strung along the river five miles and made slow progress One boat with ten army men and a number of Des Moines women and children capsized and all narrowly escaped drowning. Fully 2,000 people straggled along the banks watch- ing the flotilla. Women and children from this city were in nearly every boat at the start, taking a short pleasure ride. LARED A NUISANCE, COXEY CAMP U wealers Ordered to Get Out Inside of Forty-Eight Hou, WASHINGTON, May 9.—The district health officers have decided the Coxey camp to be a nuisance and dangerous to health. The district commissioners have given Coxey and his followers forty eight' hours *‘to abate the nuisance.” This doubtless means that they must break camp within that time. Com Galvinites Arrested for Capturing a Train, PITTSBURG, May 9.—A section of Gal- vin's army landed in the central police sta- tion at 2:15 this morning. There were twenty-four of them, They were arrested for taking possession of a Baltimore & Ohio freight train at Bissel last nignt. The twenty-thres members of company B of Galvin's army, who were arrested at Bis- sell at midnight, were held today on a charge of trespass preferred by the officials of the railway company. Colonel Galvin says the men are deserters and will be court- martialed. They all gave Los Angeles as their addres Galvin's army is still at McKeesport, but will make an effort to get away before night. At the hearing held later the entire com- pany was sentenced to twenty days in jail The remainder of the army left McKees- port on foot and marched to Eiizabeth. Having failed to secure railway transpor! tion, Colonel Galvin has decided to march his men over the naZonal pike. Californ] rs Out on Ball. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal,, May 9.—Colonel- Vinette of the second Los Angeles regiment of the Commonweal and his seven comrades were taken before Justice Knox (n a com- plaint charging them with attempting to evade the payment of railroad fares and they were held to answer, bail being fixed at $100 each, in default of which they were re- manded to the custody of the sheriff. The company s going to pieces, Steallng Rides on the Northern Pacil ELLENBURG, Wash., May 9.—The North- ern Pacific railroad officials lere say there is no truth whatever in the report that a fight has occurred at Lester between com- monwealers and United States deputy mar- shals. Everything is quiet in this v though squads of men are stealing ri on freight trains whenever they can. Randall is Free Again. LA PORTE, Ind., May 9.—General Ran- dall and staff were released from custody this afternoon, e e DOUBLE LYNCHING I KANSAS. Father and Son Strung Up for Assisting in n Murder, TOPEKA, May 9.—A special to the Capital from Sharon Springs, Kan., says: Oae of the most determined mobs that ever congre- gated in this portion of the state on Mon- day lynched William MeKinley and his son Lewls for the murder of Charles Garley, committed one week ago. The news of the double lynching reached the outer world for the first time today. The crime which led up to the hanging was cruel and revolting. About a week ago Charles Garley, a son- in-law of William McKinley, was murdere Aninvestigation revealed “red, the 17-year-old #on of McKinle: committed the crime. The boy, when arrésted, made a confession, stating that he had been in- duced to Kill his brother-in-law by his father and his older brother, Lewis. The motive for the murder seemeéd principally revenge and hatred, murdered “man had only a few weeks before married N Kinley's daughter. It had been stipt before the marriage that the groom was to pay the bride’s father $200 for the privilege of marrying her. The groom refused to pay this money after he was married, and thus ineurred the enmity of his wife's father und brothers. The boy surprised Garley while asleep, cutting him horribly with™ a garden hoe. He Was' found " dead and horribly " muti- ated. OnMonday the three were arraigned in court, where Fred pleaded guilty as charged, but his father and Lewls pleaded not guiity, waived trial and were placed in the county juil. Late Monday night a mob of several hundred men took the father and son to a railroad bridge about a half mile west of town and lynched them They both begged pitcously for mer Fred would probably have been hanged with the others, but instead of taking him to the jail he was kept under guard in the nouse, The people the dispositic of the country are aroused juries have shown to tui criminals lo and say they intend justic shall be done 'in somé manner, if not by the proper course of law. Sl LIEUTEN MANEN'S TROUBLES. Demanded Satisfuction of a lrother Oficer and Recewved a Thrashing. CHICA May O.-Licutenant James Maney, recently murde acquitted on the charge of ing Captain Hedberg, has furnished Fort Sheridan with another sensation. The story current tonight is that since the shooting of Hedberg that there has been much 11l feeling between Maney and Major Baldwin of the Seventh cavalry, Maney at last called at Major Baldwin's quarters for an explanation. 1 have called to see you, major,” he said, “in regard to tain ks 1 have heard you have mude about me in relation to the Hedberg affair. “¥es? sald the major, interrogatively “Yes, sir,” continue the lleutenant 7 undertand you have expressed the opinion that the Kkilling of Hedbery was cold blooded murder, and to huve adyised my ostracism by the officers of the post, Is th true cry word of it,” was Major Baldwin's rompt reply, “and now that you are here, P 15t Tl You to 'your face’ that 1 think you' were in big luck when you were ac Quittes Some versions are that the lieutenant's right hand sought his hip pocket in arch of his gun, whi others deny that th lieutenant was armed. In any event iald win landed vigorously with his right and followed up the blow with ar cnthusiasm that landed the lcutenant in u heap. He was game, however, and getting up guickly he landed upper cuts with science and precision. Hut Major Baldwin was pugllistically the bettér man, and after a ct, harp struggle clinched with his sary, choked him into submission and pitched him out doors. But Maney falled to materialize at inspection today and the story leaked out despite the efforts of the officers to maintain secrecy. He was found in close communion with raw beef- steak and bandages, but refused to talk about the affair. A possible court martial 15 hinted but it is not thought that the lieutenant wiil prefer charges, OTHING TO DO BUT FIGHT Western Freight Association Lines Canno® Agree on Rate Questions, UNION PACIFIC PREFERS HARMONY That Company Will Enter the Emigrang Clearing Houso at Once In the Inter- est of Peace In Passens ger Affalrs, CHICAGO, May 9—The Western Freight assoclation is in a very bad way, and it would not be a great surprise if it went to pleces entir The Atchison today gave notice of withdrawal from the Western Trunk Line committee and also from the Western Freight assoclation, the formen withdrawal taking effect at once and the latter within a few days. A general meeting of the managers of the association lines was held this afternoon ta prevent the low rates put into effect to the Missouri river from being extended to Omahw and Council Bluffs. Before the meeting had made any progress the Burlington tipped over the apple cart by announcing that it would make the same rate on first class matter to Council Bluffs as now prevails to the lower Missouri river points. The general managers then decided to put the question of meeting the Burlington's rate over until tomorrow and took up the mate ter of making the low rates effcctive easte bound as well as to the west The Alton announced that it was going to reduce the rates on live stock and dressed beef. Then they decided to take up the question of rates through Omaha again, and met the rates of Tuesday on all things save live stock, and that will be considered tos morrow. The Atchisom also threw a_bomb into the camp of the Southwestern Freight associn= tion, which has been patiently holding ses- sions all week, by declaring it would not at- tend any more meetings of that body. This virtually means the entire disruption of tha Southwestern association. The affairs of the Western Passenger as- soclation took a favorable turn today and there is a prospect that the Union Pacifia will come into the emigrant clearing house, although it is not expected to come into the association just now. A plan is being dis= cussed of dividing the association, locating one-hulf east of the Missouri river and the balance to the west of it. This may receive consideration at the meeting of the associa= tion to be held tomorrow. The annual election of the Burlington was held today and all the officers and directors were unanimously re-elected. The annual re= port, figures of which have already been pub- lished, showed the total gross earnings of the road to be $31,042,969; expenses, $28,- leaving the net earnings for the . $2,104,204, a total decrease of $1,135,681, as compared with the statement of* 1893, Passenger earnings increased nearly $1,200,- 000, while frefght earnings fell off $3,078,511. The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee & t. Paul for the first week In May wera 35,545, a decrease of $109,179, compared with the same week of last year. S GOING TO SMASH RAPIDLY. Rate Controlling Associations Falling ta Preces Along with the Tariff Sheets. CHICAGO, May 9.—(Speelal Telegram to The Bee.)—In further correspondence”regmrd= ing the withdrawal of the Wisconsin Central from the Western Passenger assoclation General Passenger Agent Pond assures the assoclation that his line will inaugurate no demoralization, He will notify the associa- tion of any changes in rates his line may make. 1t also will remain a member of the im= migrant agreement, with which the Wiscons sin_Central is fully satisfied. otice of withdrawal from the Western Freight association on May 19 was given today by the Atchison. Ordinarily such an announcement would be an all day's sensa= tion among western lines, but the rate situa= tion is so hopelessly bad that it hardly cre= ated a ripple. The notice by no means ans ticipates a policy of demoralization on th part of the Atchison. It simply means that it wants to be in a position where it Is un- trammeled by association rules in meeting opposition. The competitors belleve it will not take the initiative in further demoraliza= tion, It was hoped that the day's meeting of the Western Freight officials could do something toward improving the situation, but that hope was blasted before the meeting was two minutes old. The first break came in the announcement of Omaha lines that they, would adopt to and via Omaha the reduc= tions glready announced to Colorado and lower Missouri river gateways. Then came the break foreshadowed In The Bee yester- day morning on dressed beaf, packing house products and live stock from the Missourl to Chicago: It became so manifest that one or more lines would announce the reductions that it was agreed to cut the eastbyund rates In two, making a 15-cent rate on dressed beef and a 12-cent rate on packing house products from Kansas City and Omaha to Chicago. This forced corresponding reduc= tions in live stock rates, and proportions of through rates from the Missouri to Chicago were made of 15 cents on cattle and 12 cents on hogs and sheep. Other reductions in mer= chandise rates would have been made had there not been a rather hurried adjournment to at least postpone the announcement. They, are certain to come, however. In their present temper traffic officials wilk let the tail go with the hide, and allow all rates to seek their own level. The worst feature of the situation from a railroad standpoint is that no concerted attempt is being made to improve matters. No twa roads are acting in harmony. The situation may improve fully as soon if no attempt is to restore rafes until they have reached rock bottom, but the walt le apt to be a costly one, 'ON ANNUAL MEETIN BURLINC Stockholders of the € 0ld Bonrd of Directors at ¢ hicago. CHICAGO, May 9.—(Speclal Telegram to The Hee) — Stockholders of the Chleago, Burlington & Quines road held their annual ting today, with . W. Barhydt of Burs . & Q. Choose the ton as chulrman of the meeting and L. O. Goddard as sicr were 175,406 shares of stock re The old board of directors was re-elected without It i8 constituted as follows: John M, toston; Charles J. Paine, Bogs ton; J ton; 1. W. Hunne- well, Thoston; William Bndicolt, jr.. Bostong Rickurd Olney, Boston; T. J. Coolidge, Man= Mass; Bdward W, Hcoper, Came John N. A, Griswold, New iith, New' York; Charles K ton, la. y submitted shows the ration to he 5 the previous yeur. v mile of ‘road st $5,002.2 the rating expenses, The carniy operated were 30,0 previous year. Th 1gH Including “taxes, per were §3,816.67, against $4,114.45" the previous year. = The percentages of operating expenses, fnclud- Ing taxes, to gross carnings in 1803 was 08,37, against 3,08 in 184 The tons moved one mile decreased I per cent, while frelght earnings decreased 13,63 per cent, Passengers carried one mile incréased 2577 per cent, while pas senger earnings Increased ‘1656 per cent. The percentuge of operating expenses o Kross earnings increase of earnings and expenses those of the previous yei 9. A summar compared wit r owas as follows 156 1502, Docrease, ssenger earninga.$ 8,419,070 § 7,228,143 94), 198, Freight earnings... 19,689,495 22,768,000 8,078,61 earnings......$91.002,99 $33,002 Chigh. . 28,818,765 & 04,200 § 330,886 u 35, 6 por cent. v 48000 paying dividenas,.. il 2 Is Route to l;n ¥Front. that Chicago furnishes th New York and the east St La The assertion shortest route to