Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1895, Page 1

B 3 £ | ——— — ESTABLISHED JUNE ]97, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING; AUGUST 17, 1895, VOTING DOWN AMENDMENTS Trish Members Propose Them and the Con- servatives Dispose of Them, HEALY FREQUENTLY CALLED TO ORDER Exclusion of Canndian Cattle Brought on Therefor Given pnln Among the Animals a LONDON, Aug. 16.—A question of great in- terest to Canada was asked in the House of Commons today by Mr. Price, who inquired 1t the government was aware that the pres- ent exclusion of Canadian stock cattle had caused and was causing severe loss in some of the agricultural districts, and whether the restriction can be repoved. The president of the Board of Agriculture, Mr. Walter Long, replied, saying that late a& July 10 cases of cattle suffering from pleuro-pneumonta had been found among the cargoes coming from Canada, and the gov- ernment, in ‘onsequence, must maintain the restrictions placed upon such cattl Mr. Long added that the government was com- municating with the government of the Do- minion of Canada on the subject. The under secretary of the foreign office, Mr. George N. Curzen, replying to a question put by Mr. Edward E. Carson, said that the government had not deemed it advisable to ise the question of monetary compensation for the relatives of tie victims of the Chinese massacres until the culprits had been pun- ixhed. Mr. Thomas Lough liberal member for the west division of Isiington, resumed the de bate on Mr. John Dillon's motion for an amendment to the address In reply to the queen’s speech, declaring the necessity of fmmediate legislation on the land guestion in Ireland, In accordance with the recommend tion of last year's committe Mr. Lough said it was great mistake on the part each successive government to ignore the in- creased poverty, while the taxes had been increased one and one-half at times during the last century, while the population had de- creased. Sir Albert Rollitt, member of the south di- vision of Islington, and president of the soclated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom, progressive conservative, remarked that he did nct see any reason why the gov- ernment should not settle the eviction diffi- culty this session. GERALD BALFOUR CRITICIZED. Mr. T. M. Healy criticized the action of Mr. Gerald Balfour in obtaining an agreement from Judge Bewlay, one of the commissioners, to defer judgment in the land cases him pending the government Irish land legis lation. Mr. Healy said that any English judge would have been removed from the bench for making sich an agreement and de seribing the subland commissioners as not being Judges but day laborers. The speaker was compelled frequently to call Mr. Healy to order. The latter concluded with the re- mark that the big government majority repre- s sented the fluctuation in English political teeling, while the nationalists represented the permarent element of Irish naticnality. Mr. Dillon’s amendment was finally nega- tived by a vote of 257 to 123 Mr. John Redmond’s amendment calling upon the government to declare their policy in regard to home rule the reform of the land law, the compulsory purchase of land, evicted tenants and the industrial condition of Ire- land, was rejected by a vote of 243 to 113, John J. Clancy, the Irish nationalists’ mem- ber from Dublin county, moved an amend- ment in favor of reconsidering the sentences of the Irish political prisoners. He hoped the government would do something to close this old sore and to promote a better feeling be- tween the two countries by granting them amnesty. Sir Matthew state for home White Ridley, secretary of affairs, said in reply that it was his duty to satisfy himself whether there had been any miscarriage of justice. At present he was engaged in a search to ascer- tain this. If the accused were guilty, their crimes were atrocious and deserved the se- verest punishment. He was unable to prom Ise general amnesty. Mr. Clancy thereupon withdrew his amendment. s of Silver Meet. LONDO! ug. 16.—A meeting of the mem- bers of Parliament favorable to curréncy re- form was held in the House of Commons today. Sir William Henry Houldsworth, mem- ber from the northwest division of Man- chester, conservative, who was a delegate of Great Britain at the Brussels monetary con- ference, presided. Messrs. Lorne, Dorington, Valenta, Vesey-Thompson, B. Honnagre, D raell, Sam Smith and Provand were present. It was resolved to form a parliamentary com- mittee, its members being pledged to promote an international conference for the purpose of considering what measures can be taken “‘to remove or mitigate the evils resulting from the flsctuations growing out of the divergence in the relative value of gold and silver.” Clericals Gaining Ground. CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. 16.—El Diaro de Rogar, liberal organ, asserts that the clerical party is continually gaining ground and that in time they dream of sending a papal nuncio here, practically abrogating the reform laws directed against the clergy and governing the country by an alliance with the civil powers. A well known Catholic daily of Paris says that the sending here of Mgr. Satolli would complete the work of pacification, and he would joyfully give his support to Governor General Diaz. Dlaro de Rogar warns the liberals to be on their guard agalnst the ghemes of the vatican for annulling all that has been gained in past struggles against ecclestastical despotism. Entertained GRAVESEND, Eng., Aug. 16.—Ex-Mayor Arnold gave a luncheon today to Admiral Kirkland and the officers of the United States ship San Francisco and United States ship Marblehead. Mr. Arnold, in toasting the president of the United States, said the con- certed action of the United States and Grea: Britain in relation to the massacres in China, showed the two powers went hand in hand in upholding right. Admiral Kirkland re- sponded with a few appropriate remarks. Amer! omee Will Popularize Caledonia Games, MONTREAL, Aug. 16.—The annual con- veation of the North American United Cale- donfa association opened here today. Wil- Iiam Lietch of Philadelphia was in the chair, The routine business of reading of reports occupied most of the session. The main polnt brought out was that something had to be done to make the annual games more popular. Albany, through its _delegate, presented a beautiful silver pitcher as a gpeclal trophy and Philadelphia a loving TERSBURG The' Depart- ment of Commerce has issued a note calling upon merchants to send samples of their wares to the Russian consul at New York who is organiziog an exhibition of Russian goods, with prices, ete,, with the view to meet frequent inquiries upon the part of American importers Cholern In the Far Eust. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 16.—The Novoe Vremya says that advices recelved here from Vladivostock announce that cholera in serious proportions prevails in China, Corea and the island of Formosa. Several Rus- slan war ships will shortly return to Cronstadt from the far east. War Ships May Congregate. PARIS, Aug. 16.—The Figaro today, in re- gwd to the massacre of misslonaries in China, says: “We today are nearer to a collective expedition of European war ships to the far east than when the Japauese were marching on Peking." | of | As- | before | | ORGANIZING THE Made b Take Much of the Time. LONDON, Aug. 16.—The Irish party met again today In committee room fifteen for the election of a consultative committee. Mr. Healey's supporters appeared to be apathetic. and several of them remained in the House of Commons while the meeting wag procecding After three hours' of discussion of Mr. Healy's conduct in the Omagh affair the meeting adjourned, but was resumed at 9 a'clock, and sat until midnight. A strongly worded motion by J. C. Flynn, M. P., for Cork county, censuring Healy's conduct, was rejected_without a division. Acdording to a report of the meeting given out for publica- tion, John Dillon read the correspondence in | connection with the Omagh affair. A motion | by Mr. Healy that the correspondence be published was voted down. It will be remem- | bered that at the nationalist meeting at | Omagh, County Tyrone, on July 8, Mr. Healy | accused John Dillon of eelling the Tyrone | seats in Parllament to the English liberals | He produced a letter fron Bdward W. Blake | to Privy Councillor Dickson, asserting that | Tyrone ‘should be subsidized’ in the sum ot | | RISH MEMBERS, Charges aly Up 00 by the liberals. He asserted that lis, the then government whip, ted to this on conditfon that the seat be considered liberal and not home Thomas conse should ruls. The following were clected as the consulta- tive committee: Edward Blake, Michael Davitt, John Dillon, Timothy Healy. E. F. V. Knox, Arthur O'Connor, T. P. 0'Connor and Thomas Sexton. The meeting then adjourned until Monday. REE TRADERS MUST BE WATCHFUL Cobden Club to Issue a Man t cnglish People LONDON, Aug. 16.—The report of the com- mittee of the Cobden club, which is to be read tomorrow, will declare that the change | brought about by the recent general electi is calculated to stimulate the club to fresh vigilance, While the direct advocacy of pro- tection doctrines was less conspicuous during the election of 1895 than in 18! there are | elements in the new Parliament which de- mand speclal watchfulness in the interest of | free trade. In respect to the depression in | griculture, the report will say that nothing is =0 likely to hinder and defer a satisfactory and permanent solution of the problem as re- opening the question, a revival of the debate on_protection on foreign and colonial agri- cultural and other products. There will be an allusion to the importance of the Ottawa conference In the economics of commerce, the cutcome of which, it is asserted, must help in the direction of free exchange all over the | world, as contrasted with the more or less dwarfed operation of the ingenious fiscal shemes and treaties. The report concludes that the history of the tariff question during the last fifteen or twenty ars affords no gpecial o e for discouragement at the pres-, !ent time, and will assert that from almost every quarter the committee hears of the fallure of a protective policy to produce satis- factory results in connection with the general interests of the population. festo to Attick on Turkish Village Confirmed. LONDON, Aug. 16.—The Times prints a dispatch from Sofia, confirming the report of the attack by 500 Bulgarians on the Moham- | medan village of Dospel, across the Turkish frontier, before dawn on Saturday. The later reports received show 300 houses were burned and 100 persons killed. A dynamite bomb was thrown from a mosque into a crowd of refugees. The Times says that the village lies in the wildest recesses of the Rhodope mountains, southeast of Batak. It i« inhabited by Mohammaden Bulgarians, brave and warlike fanatics, who hate the Christian Bulgarians more than the Turks, and are, therefore, likely to take a terrible revenge. It is believed the attack was ar- ranged by the Macedonian committee in order to provoke fresh atrocities and thus incense Eurcpe against Turkey. The Bulgarian gov ernment has explained to the porte, in reply to a protest of that government, the difficulty of watching the frontier because a large con- centration of troops would be regarded with suspicion by Turkey. Arbitration Congress Adjourns. BRUSSELS, Aug. 1 he international parliamentary conference on peace arbitration today adopted a resolution declaring that when a state has proclaimed permanent neu- trality, such neutrality should be recogn'zed by the powers. The conference also adopted a_resolution introduced by Mr. W. R. Cremer, M. P., one of the British delegates, authorizing the pres- ident of the conference to ascertain whethar two or more governments were prepared to take the initiative in the establishment of an international court for the settlement of dis- pues by pacific methods. The conference then adjourned, after voting to meet next year at Buda-Pesth. Colombin Preparing for Tro COLON, Colombia, Aug. 16.—The Panama Railroad gompany today conveyed i Panama a detachment of 400 soldiers, which had ar- rived here from Carthagena, in order to strengthen the garrison of Panama. Precau- tions continue to be taken with reference to the southern neighbor of the United States of Colombia, the republic of Ecuador. Germans Celebrate a Vietory. BERLIN, Aug. 16.—The anniversary of the battle of Mars-la-Tour, near Metz, was cele- brated today by a reg'mental muster, which was attended by the veterans who were pres- ent at that engagement. Ten thousand vet- erans assembled, patriotic speeches were made and mass was celebrated in the open air. Socialists R BRUSSELS, ise u Disturbance. Aug. 16.—The education bill passed the second reading today by a vote of §1 against 52. The tumult caused by the socialists in the Chamber was so great that president was forced to suspend the sit- ting. d to the Command, 16.—The Daily Telegraph announces that General Lord Wolsely has been chosen to succeed the duke of Cam- bridge as commander-in-chief of the army. - Alleged Highwaymen Captured. LANDER, Wyo., Aug. 16.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Slick Nard, one of the notorious characters of the county, has been ar- rested and partially identified by Ewing, the sheepman, as the highway robber who shot him on the occasion of the attempted robbery near Theremopolis. The identifica- tion, it is thought, will be made complete at the examination. The victim, it is be lieved, will survive his injuries. The peo- ple in that part of the county where the rchbery and assassination was attempted are strongly in favor of lynching Nard. It is 200 miles to Buffalo, where the jail is lo- cated, and not wishing to make the dis. tance the deputy sherifft has his prisoner chained to a log while awaiting examina- tion, Wolsely to Sue LONDON, Aug. e al Ending of a Feud. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 16.—(Special Tele- gram,)—Newton Winn, a wealthy farmer of Clinton county, was fatally shot in the cireuit court room at Platte City teday by Wart Reed, a nelghbor with whom he was having a lawsuit about the possession of some hogs. John Cross, lawyer for Reed, made an insult- ing remark about Winn's son and the latter struck him, when Reed, who was sitting near, shot Winn three times, one bullet passing en- tirely through Winn's body. The feud be- tween Winn and Reed has been going on for several years. - Sued for the Value of Twelve Slay BLOOMINGTON, I, Adg. 16.—George A Hill, & colored lawyer of this city, com- menced suit to recover the price of twelve slaves, the sale of which was made thirty- seven ye:rs ago. Samuel Lewis, a wealthy slave owner in western Teunessee, died in 1853, and among his personal estate were twelve slaves. The heirs brought the slaves to lllinois and, it is alleged at Genevieve, 111, the negroes were rold to William Farrie, who is made the defendant o this law sult. SPAIN'S LARGE ARMY IN CUBA Taxing Tts Resources to Suppress the In- surrection Now in Progress, MORE TROOPS ENROUTE FOR THE ISLAND or the First Time the Government at Madrid Makes an Official Stat nt as to the Seri- ous Sttuatiol NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—The World says: The Novedades, an organ of the Spanish gov- ernment, makes the official announcement from Madrid that Spain will have 156,272 sol- diers under arms in Cuba by September 5. This total includes the 25,000 soldiers to be ispatched from Spain between August 12 and September 6, on fourteen steamships of the Spanish transatlantic line, chartered for that purpose. When those reinforcements arrive there will be 76,272 regulars and 80,000 vol- unteers. The regulars are classified as fol- lows: 50,000 infantry; 3,876 cavalry; 1863 artillery; 1,415 engineers; 2,700 marine in- fantry; 976 military police; 4,400 civil guards; 1,152 guerrillas. Passengers arriving at Tampa from Cuba report that on last Wednesday an in- surgent band, under Matagas, encoun- tered a band of Spanish guerrilias near Colon. Eight-five of the latter were Killed, while the insurgents’ logss was seven killed and thirty-two wounded., Eulogle Lobalto has appeared near Coco- drilias with_about 230 all well armed with Winchesters and ma Last Sunday the train bearing a large de- achment of Havana volunteers to the Santa Clara district was destroyed by dynamite at ondron - railway bridge. Very few volun- caped death. The explosion was insurg terr Campos has ordered troops to dress in blue checked goods, to distinguish them from insurgents, it having been discovered that s occasionaily kill one another through mistake. Hospitals are being constructed wherever anish troops are stationed, to care for the ow fever and wounded patients. he trial of Juan Gaulberto Gomez oc- curred Monday. He defended himself and was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment. Lopez Coloma, the Matanzas chief, who was followed to the fleld by his afiianced, re- ceived the same sentence. Ignacio Laziga, Agapito Echavarri, Pedro Viilamie and Ela- dio Arojola, charged as being custodians of insurgent arms and ammunition, were sen- tenced for twenty On the 6th inst surgents and Span at Montegordo, the in- sh forces, each number- ing 200, had an encounter. The Spanish loss was nine dead and about forty wounded; Cuban loss, four dead and thirty wounded. The revenue cutter Forward, with heat- quarters at Pensacola, and the cutter Merrill, with temporary headquarters at Cedar Key arrrived at Port Tampa last night. The Forward has b-en to Key West to secure a small steam launch for the purpose of navi- gating the small lagoons searching — for smugglers and filibusters. The Forward left this evennig for Pensacola. The Merrill leaves tomorrow for Anclote Key, where smugglers generally congregate on Sundays. LEADERS Some of T Object to the Destruc tion of Property. HAVANA, Aug. 16.—According to official reports, information which has been received by the government here and elsewhere shows serious dissensions exist among the insurgent leaders. This is said to be due to the fact that some of them are not willing to destroy, by burning or other means, the property of planters and others. In this connection, ac- cording to the government information, Chiefs Rabi and Maceo have had an angry dispute and the latter was slightly wounded by the former. Another revort from official sources is to the effect that some of the other Insurgent leaders are desirous of d posing Gomez from the position of general- in-chief on account of an order to burn all property belonging to those who are not in npathy with the cause of the insurgents. Information given out from official sources is that the insurgents attacked the column of Major Zumbia on the plantation of Natalia, in the district of Sagua la_Grande. The insur- gents were routed and dispersed, leaving three dead. The troops lost one Killed. An- other report is to the effect that the insur- gents atiacked a detachment of troops on the plantation of Corazon Jesus. The garrison within was surrounded, but made a valorous defense, and the insurgents were obliged to retire. It is stated they lost approximately three dead and two' wounded. CUBANS RE] RT A VICTORY, Lacking in Details, Reports from the Isla NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—President Palma of the Cuban revolutionary headquarters said today that a distinguished Cuban now in this city on a secret mission had received a let- ter dated August 4, from his brother, one of the best known artists in Cuba, describing an engagement that had taken place on that day. The letter in part says: ‘“General Gomez, with 800 Cubans, attacked a convoy of Spanish troops going from Guiyamaro to Port au Prince on August 4. The Spaniards, under Isaiz, numbered 1,600, and were well equipped. The fighting was hot, and at one time the patriots almost succeeded in captur- ing the convoy. A Spanish wajor and an- other officer were killed, also seventy soldiers. Cuban loss was trifling."” he letter, like afl advices from Cuba, is very indefinite as to details. It is reiterated every day at Cuban headquarters that the lack of detailed news is owing to the strict censorship by author- ities over the mail and telegraph line Spanfards Ragged and Hungry, BALTIMORE, Aug. 16.—Charles Winkler boatswain of the steamship Culmore, in the fruit trade with Cuba, has returned and tells of the half starved and ill-clad appearance of Spanish soldiers in Cuba. “There was plenty of firing around Baracoa when we were there, two weeks ago,” he said, “‘but it was a wild, disordered sort of a fusillade, such as gave the impression that neither the Span- ish soldiers nor the rebels desired to do much fighting. We could plainly see the soldiers and they were a ragged, half-starved lot. They seemed utterly lacking of all patriotism and a $5 bill would bribe a dozen of them They wore blue jeans and white duck uni- s, and were oftern seen in their bare —_—— Baden Ald Society Meets. CLEVELAND, Aug. 16.—The annual con- vention of the National Baden Aid society began in this city today. The session was devoted to the officers’ reports and in dis- cussing plans for the improvement of the disability and death benefit features of tne soclety. The maln objects of the soclety are to perfect the German tongue and per- petuate the customs of the fatherland. Eight Killed by an Explosion, DUBOIS, Pa., Aug. 16.—A dispatch from Clearfield says that elght men we:e killed and ten seriously hurt tonight by the premature explosion of a blast near Mehafty, on the Pittsburg & Eastern railway. The telegraph offices in the vicinity are all closed and no r details can be had tonigh e s for Spring Valley Rioters. PRINCETON, 1Ill, Aug. 16.—Warrants have been taken out here for thirty-eight Spring Valley men who are charged with participating ‘in (he assaults on the colored colony of Spring Valley. Sheriff Clark, with ten deputies, has gone to arrest the men, Movements of Ocean Vessels, At New York—Arrived—Bohemia, from Hamburg; Werkendam, from Rotterdan Fuerst Bismarck, from Hamburg; New York, from Southampton. Aug. 16, WORK OF ORGANIZING DEFERRED. Executive Committee of the Silver Conference Takes an Adjournment. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—The executive committee appeinted by the democratic silver | conference to effect a permanent organization met at the Metropolitan hotel tcday and de- cided not to attempt to complete the national committee for the present, The postponement was rendered necessary by the fact that the committee had not received the names of proper men for the national organization from many of the states representel at the con- ference. They consider it desirable that the best advice possible should be had in the selection of the committee, and after dividing the work of obtaining the necessary informa- ticn among the members of the executive committee, adfourned to the call of the chair- man. Colonel Young said today that it was the purpose of the executive committeg to complete the wational crganization as soon as practicable. 1t Is probable that the meeting for the announcement of this committee will be held in some western city, and St. Loui has been suggested as the place most con- veniently located. It fs also expected that permanent headquarters will be chosen at this meeting. There is some division of opin ion as to where the headquarters should be Some of the members of the committee ad- vocate locating at Washington, while others are of the opinion that a western city would be preferable, A large majority of the deleg: conference have left for their as es to homes, the ST OAVAL n Who W Chaa oy THEM NOTHING, pwn Into Jail at No Redress, HINGTON 16.—The protest the English bicyclists arrested at Neb., say they are going to make not arrived at the State department and it it should be received it is probable th would be promptly informed tha ent would take no action in a case where a municipality had punished any one fcr v ing a police regulation. American bicyclists frequently are arrested in England for viola- tion of loeal police regulations, which Shadron, has ports aud WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 agriculture has issued a publications of review It shows that notwith in 1804 the United 843,000, against $847,665,194 in 1803, Three fourths of the amount came from farms. Th Pnglish speaking people of Europe bought of Ameriean exports $451,000,000 worth, and, taking the British possessions altogether, they took §523,000,000 worth. The United States imported from Great Britain $107,- 000,000 in 1594. Almost 90 per cent of the total United States exports were to the Un ted Kingdom and British possessions, Germany, Canada, France, Netherlands and Belgium Of imports after the first place, held by the United Kingdom and British possessions, fol- lows Germ with a valuation of $66.000.- 000; Spanish West Indies, $52,000,000; Brazil France, $76,000,000 each, and Canada, 7,000.000. The circular ‘contains carefully prepared tables of our exports and imports by countries. in e sec )1 tary of supplement to the on foreign markets. anding the depression tates exporte Kurds Would Not Subinit to Search [INGTON, Aug. 16.—The State de- partment has received a dispatch from Min- ister Terrel in Turkey stating that for the past three months he has been urging the Turkish authorities to permit an investigation of the circumstances of the death of Lenz, the bieyclist killed by the Kurds, Mr. Terrel says that in order to comply with the requ of Mr. Sachtleben, sent by Outing to investi- gate the case, that he be given authority to séarch the residences of the Kurds for relics of the bicyclist and proofs of his death, an army would be necessary. These Kurds live in the hills and mountains and would not periit a stranger and a foreigner to enter their houses, even though armed with the authority of the Turkish government. Mr. Terrel says he expects to secure a guard of Turkish troops, who will accompany Sacht leben into the country of the Kurds for the purpose of recover'ng the remains of Lenz. Worst of the Gold WASHINGTON, Aug afternoon the treasury officials were advisel from New York that $300,000 in geld had been withdrawn for export, which leaves the gold reserve at the close of business today £102,151,968. The treasury officials were agreeably surprised at the smalln, of to- y's withdrawals, and this, added to the reduction of foreign exchange and the re- ported abundance of foreign bills now on the market, gives a hopeful aspect to the situation. Indeed, the opinfon is freely ex- pressed that the worst is over, and that there will be few, if any, more heavy ship- ments the remainder of the season. Marblehend Sails for Syria. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Acting Secre- tary of the Navy McAdoo received a cable this morning from Admiral Kirkland, com- manding the European squadron, announcing that the cruiser Marblehead had sailed from iravesend for Gibraltar on her way to Syria. It is probable that the Marblchead will make ouly a short stay at Gibraitar, whence she will proceed to Syria, where her commander will be expscted to co-operate with Minister Terrell in the investigation of the outrages on the American missions at Tarsus and Marsovan. The Marblehead will afford a place of refuge also for such of the Ameri- cans as desire a place of safety. Some Presid WASHINGTON, tinl Appointments. Aug. 16.—The president Las made the following appointments: Charles B. Simonton, to United States attorney for the western district of Tennessee; Charles L. Stowe, United States marshal for the scuthern district of Iudian Territory: Robert J. Ray, register of the land offics at Wood ward, OKL; John L. Richardson, reg of the land office at Topeka, Kan.; I g Hayes of South Dakota, Indian agent at Fort Belknap agency, Monta George H Cleaves, surveyor of customs, Greenport, N Y.; Frank Recd, postmaster at Bismarck, N D., and Willlam W. Shanks, postmaster at Odeboldt, Ta. Western Postmasters Appointed, WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—(Special Tele gram.)—lowa postmasters were appointed today as follows Calumet, O'Brien county, G. G. Relfstick, vice D. B. Harrington, re- signed; Groveland, Clarke county, N. T. Miller, vice Phillip Miller, resigned; Little Cedar, Mitchell county, 'Jacob Kindschu, vice F. P. Henderson, resigned. Iowa post- offices bave been ordered discontinued as follows: Golden, Delawire county, mail will g0 to Hazel Green; Lathrop, Warren county majl to Spring Hill; Reave, Franklin county, mall to Hampton; Vista, *Buchanan county, mail to Independence. Says 108 & Great Ship, WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Captain Samp- son, chief of the Ordnance bureau, returned this morning from Norfollk, where he went to inspect the new battleship"Texas, which went into commission yestefflay. Under his direction her machinery 'was operated and Captain Sampsgn expresséd the highest gratification over the results. “Everything worked admirably,” said he. “I have never seen a new ship In better condition go into commission.” Ca ot Fly a Forelgn Flag, SHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Consul General Ramon William at Havana, has sent the State department a copy of the D'aric Delamariana, containing a paragraph stating that the general government has issued a circular to the provincial governors of the island, prohibting the holsting of any for- eR flag on private buildings, commercial establisments or theaters without previous authorization, w to n October, Aug. 16.—Senator Carter of Montana, the chairman of the national re- publican committee, who fs in the city, says that & call for the meeting of the national republican committee will be issued early in October, and that the meeting will take place in this city in October. T COILS CLOSING 0N DURRANT| | Persistent Work of the Detectives at Last Bearing Fruit. LAST LINK IN THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM | dence DI Which Proves that He Entered the Church with 1 he Lamont 1 that She t Alive. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. in the chain of evidence Durrant has been discovered. A woman | who lives across the street from Emanuel church has reported to the police that she aw Durrant and Blanche Lamont enter the church at 4:10 o'clock of the afternoen of | April 8, the dey of Miss Lamont's disappear- ance. The woman's name is Mrs. Leake and she lives at 124 Bartlett street. She is 50 years of age and has been a member of the church a number of years. She knew both Durrant and Miss Lamont intimatel and therefore cannot be mistaken with re gard to the identity of either. She s she has remained silent since the discovery | of the bodies of the two girls because she did not wish to undergo the amnoyance of being a witness in the case, and did not con- | sent to divulge her information to the police until she became convinced that it was a duiy | | shie owed to the stat | | On April 3 Mrs. Leake sat at the window | of her residence nearly all of the afternoon looking for her daughter, wiom she expected to arrive om San Mateo. At 4 o'clock she saw a couple come up the street, one of whom she instantly recognized Durrant but at first she was puzzled over the identity of the girl. She first thought that the young lady was Lucille Turner, but as the coujle came nearer Mrs. Leake recognized the girl as Blanche Lamont, Miss Lamont wore a | short schicol gitl's dress and carried a package of school books. The dress and t school books were afterward found secreted in the | church. | Whei. the couple reached the church gate they stopped for a moment, Durrant opened | the gate and they passed through. Mrs. Leake, from her point of observation, was watching them, and when the girl step through the gate she sald to herself: *‘What an imprudent thing for her to do.” Mrs. Leake knew nothing detrimental to | Durrant. She had always considered him Patieh &n exemplary young man,” but not- | withstanding that fact thought it ex- ceedingly imprudent for the girl to go into | the church with him alone. She feared some one might have seen them and make unpleas- ant remarks. She imagined they had some | errand in the church and expected in a few minutes they would come out. She watched carefully, but the gate did not open. There 18 only one entrance to Bmanuel | church during the week, and that is by the side gate and rear door. Mrs. Leake knew the young people would have to pass through the ‘gate, and she wanted to them on the strcet again before she left the window. She waited a long time, but household duties | finally called her to another part of her flat, and she was obliged to give up the vigil. Mrs. Leake's testimony completes the chain of evidence against Durrant. Three school glrls saw Durrant and Blanche Lamont riding on a Powell street car at 3:30 of the day that Miss Lemont disappeared. Attorney Martin Quinlan saw the couple a few blocks from the chiffch "4 few minutes before 4 o'clock. Now comes Mrs. Leake, who says she saw Durrant and Migs Lamont enter the chuch a few minutes later. George King, the organist, has already testified that he entered the church about § o'clock and saw Durrant coming down from the attic. Dur- rant’s hair was disheveled, his face was red, he was paniing for breath and was in a state of utter physical and nervous collapse. In answer to inquiries he explained that he had been engaged in repairing electric light wires in the organ loft and had been over- come by gas. An expert electric after- ward examined the wirs and testified that no repairs of the nature Durrant claimed to bave made had been made within six months. - EGRAPHER D 16.—The last link | against Theodore as she VETERAN AD. reved wi War of 3 CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—J. D. Conden, who for been late night manager of the Western Union in this city, with jurisdictlon over the vast territory of that system from this city to the Pacific coast, dled at an early hour this morning. Mr. Conden suffered an apeplectic stroke Wednesday night and never recovered consciousness, He had been connected with the telegraph service from his youth, having been an em- ploye of the Michigan Central in this branch of its service beiore the war. At the out- break of the war he enlisted in one of the Michigan cava'ry regiments, and shortly after- ward cbtained a commission. In 1863-64 he served as aide-de-camp on the staff of General Rosecrans and after the war was connected with the construction of the first 100 miles f the telegraph lines connecting Chicago with the Pacific coast, along the Union and Central Pacific railroads, Since 1873 Mr. Conden has been continuously in the service of the West- ern Union company in this city. He leaves a widow and four children, who reside on property in the vicinity of Pawpaw, Mich. -— ENTIRELY DE! ction During the Rebellion, vears has ONE TOWN ROYED. e Caroline Islands w y Harricanes. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.—The bark Helen W. Almy has arrived from Bataritari The vessel, since she left here, has been among thes Marshall and Caroline islands and while cruising about the latter islands the town of Yap was almost totally de- stroyed by a hurricane. The bark was at th opposite end of the group at the time and escaped the blew, D. D. O'Keefe, one of traders in the south seas, have lost all the way from $25,000 to $50,000 by the storm. His store and dwelling were completely demolished and considerable stoek was killed. O'Keefe is the owner of the St David group of :slands and has also large interests in Hong Kong. Would Free Ir PITTSBURG, Aug. —Five thousand Irishmen, representing the United Irish socle- ties of western Pennsylvania, met at Phoenix park last night and passed a set of resolutions advocating physical force in Ireland's cause. Mayor McKenna of Pittsburg presided. The convention called for September 24, at Chi- cago, was condemned on the ground that it was only intended to advance the political interests of its originators. The resolutions close with the statement that as there were prospects of an European war, all Irishmen should organize and arm themselves so that in any emergency they will be able to strike a blow against their hereditary enemy. Settle the is wealthiest reported to Sult Against Ex-Bunk Managers. TACOMA, Aug. 16.—The National Bank of Commerce has commenced an action In equity in the federal court against F. M Wade, J. C. Weatherred and A. F. McLaine who were formerly president, vice presiden and cashier, respectively, of the bank. Th are charged with incompetent and negligent management, whereby the bank’s capital was impaired to the amount of more than $70,000 d with Infractions of the national law in making loans of less than $2,000 to the Commercial Inyestment company and the Pacific Mail company. ok to D MOUNT STERLING, Ky., Aug. 16.—Jobn Johuson, colored, was hanged here today for Killing Policeman Charles Evans June 15, Johnson's neck was not broken and he did not die for twenty-five minutes after the trap was sprung. Nearly 10,000 people wit- nessed the hanging. While the negroes did ot lke to see one of their color hang, they were very qulet and made uo threats, | were th | but | to a WHERE THE Purchases Gold Then for Legnl NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—As a discussion Is now going on in the newepapers as to the government bond synd'cate’s source of gold supply it might be well to state that since its formation the syndicate has endeavored to secure for the United States treasury greater part of the output of the gold mines throughout the United States. They have not pald a direct premium for gold bars, but they have, as is usual with bullion dealers, paid the expenses of transferring the gold from the smelters to the government assay offices and some times have divded theso expenses with the seller of bulllon and have paid the usual brokerage to bullion dealers for securing the gold bars. By this means it is believed the syndicate, has secured bars to the amount of over $3,000,000 at no greater cost than the normal difference in value be- tween coin and bullion. The greater part of this gold has been represented by assay office checks given in payment for the bars, and these checks are now belng turned into the subtreasury, legal tenders beiug accepted by the syndicate in payment therefor. GOLD 18 ONTAL WYATT TROUR ) WITH DREAMS, thygw's Dying Hours Dis- 1 by Nightmores. INID, Okl, Aug. 16.—Zip Wyatt, mous Oklihoma outlaw, who was 510 the body by United States marshals in battle which preceded his capture, now in fail here with little or no hope of r For the last two days and nights mind hes seemed to leave him at intervals, when, in a half dreamy way. he imagines himself on the road again, holding up trains and going through the many lawless scenes of his life. He teems to think himself in command of train robbers and gives orders to the boys in a stern manner, cursing them when they do not obey orders. At one time he yelled out, ““That's the way to do it boys, make every last one of them c up—we will make more money out of this train robhery than we could make swiping horses all summer; cough up here, old fel- low—how much kave you got?" ete. Zin slnking fast, not eating anything worth speaking and it will not be long until the noted bandit will be compelled to umb to the inevitable and go over the range to meet the boys of his gang who have gone before, RAN the fa- through the lies sove Wyatt o THROUGH AN OPEN SWITCH, Severnl Boys Standi Cars Seriously nju AURORA, NI, Aug. 16.—The Chicago & Nerthwestern passenger train leaving at 4:20 this afternoon, bound for Chicago, ran through an open switch at the ble v, about a mile north of this city, and collided with some freight c on the siding. The passengel wn about the cars with great force, none received serious injury. Ten boys were standing on one of the freight cars. One of these was kilfed and five badly hurt. The car was loaded with sulphuric acid, which, spilling, burned all the boys more or less. The dead: Thomas Rush, aged 15, burned ath by acid and steam. The injured are: Charles die; William Farrel, Albert Holden, Arthur Robinson, Fred Robinson, all badly cut and burned; M ney Smith of Chicago, and Mrs. Vandervoort of Chicago sustained painful but not serious injuries. & on Freight chel Chilvers, will Hippe, Henry T™WO C. LYNCHED, Bedderly Brothers Said to ¥ Hanged in South Dak CHAMBERLAIN, §. D., Aug. 16.—(Special Telegram.)—A rumor I8 in c'rculation in Buffalo county that. the two Bedderly brothers have been hung by a vigilance committee west of the Missouri river for cattle rustling These are the fellows who did the wholesale cattle stealing in the western part of Jerauld county last sprin Wha CHAMBERLAIN, § —While membars of Government Meyer's party were surveying Lower Brule Indian r: ered a whole tree in an excellent state of petrification. It was sawed up in stove wood lengths and looked so natural that the finders started to gather it for fuel. They were tonished to find that the wood was petrified A number of fine samples have been brought to town. The men have returned to the spot to secure the stump and remainder of th tree. They we informed by Indian that the tree was cut down in 1 , and that since that time it had not been molested. In the locality of the tree several sna'ls, frogs and spakes were also discovered in a state of petrification. Another curious discovery was made a few ys ago by the son of C. P. Davis, residing Charles’ Mix county. While out on the ffs along Platte creek the boy's attention was attracted by what hie supposed to be a curiously shaped rock, but upon fnvest'gation it proved to be a bone.' The work of excava- tion was at once commenced upon the spot, and after digging into the hill a few feet the vertebrae of some extinct animal was found. The fossils are well preserved, being in a perfect state of petrification. The spinal col- umn was found and measured some twenty- five or twenty-six feet in length. Davis has carefully collccted the bones and ent them to Prof. J. E. Todd, state geologist and pro- fessor of geology and mineralogy at the Vermillion university, for examination. Gover ave Been e Petrified. D., Aug. 16.—(Special.) Surveyor land on the ervat'on they discov- in Surprixed th SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug. 16.—(Special.) Now that the supreme court has upheld President Shannon of the State Board of Re- gents, in that it holds that the governor has no right to remove members from the Board of Regents, a neat story is told by one who knows of a clever scheme of Governor Sh don's which miscarried. The governor issued an order removing Shannon from the board and immediately appointed Dr. Coller, who was displaced by a decision of the suprem court. This gave the governor a good work- ing majority on the board, and he and I friends went to Brookings to attend the mee ing of July 30 (n the highest state of spirits In the meantime, however, Dr. Coller had notified the governor that he would no' accept the position, and the governor has secrctly appointed Judge Mead of Plerre. The scheme was to keep the appointment of Mead a secret until it was too late to get an injunction against him, and then to have him come forward with b's ‘commission and sit on the board. This was rather suspected and a telegram to Pierre brought the information that Dr. Col- ler was the appointee. In order to make things sure, Shannon's attorney, Judge Pal mer, secured the sweeping injunction which restrained the whole board from dging any business. Sheldon’s friends were s of thelr ab'lity to carry the day and had ar ranged for a jolification. Music had been se- cured, and Governor Sheldon was down for a speech. Several traveling men tell the story that they were asked to remain in town take in the fun. In the board meeting all efforts of Judge Palmer's to be heard were summarily squelched, and the commission of Judge Mead had just been sprung on th opposing side when the sheriff served the sweeping injunct'on referred It is said by those present that the governor and triends were so taken aback that they never sald a word, but ieft the room, and dodged the people waiting to celebrate with them P ML Tied Up. D., Aug. 16.—(Special gine at the Golden Star owned by the Homestake broke down today, caused from the exhaust pipe not working, letting water in the cylinder. The engine was completely ruined and will have be re placed by a new one. The breakdown will lay oft men in the Homestake mine for a period of three months, and indirectly af fect the entire business interests of City. r. 110 Big St LEAD CIT Telegram.)—The 160-stamp mill Mining company, E Flgh DEADWOOD, 8. D., Aug. 16.—(Special Tel egram.)—John Tlerney, proprietor of the Bod- ega saloon and gambling house here, had his nose bitten of in a street fight tonight by Tom Seaton, a saloon rounder. The trouble Wwas the result of an old grud, NOW RESTS WITH THE COURT Omaha Police Commission Matter is in the Hands of the Judges, FILED THE STIPULATION FOR HEARING clr Acceptance of Quo Warranto Petitl LINCOLN, Aug. 16 Brown and McCulloch Lincoln today the fire and polic were both at the attorney general's office and the office of the clerk of the suvreme court. With the latter they filed the follow stipulation, in accordance with the terms of the supreme court, announced yesterday: In the matter of the police board coms mission, in the supreme court, State of Nebraska: It Is horeby agreed between the board under the net of 1885 and the 1t under the act of 1868 that the conditions upon which the supreme court agrecs to hear the case ure ecepted. It |8 further agroed thet the attorney general shail flle the Bl of auo' warranto against both boards. That to the quo warranto ench Lour 1 shell answer for 1se's on August 16 1835, That each party shall file its Urief and serve the same upon the opposing board on or refore Auwust 0, each Board shiglt be entjtied to file @ Fiof to the brief sorved upon each o ore August E W (Special) of Omaha business conne commission case. Attorney were in with They at ¢ for Bemis ot CLARKSON, Broateh ¢ ito by answer of of Clerk of inbell, but not filed 1l L. ey ne Attorneys for W The petition in quo w neral Churchill, and the old board are in possession Suy e Court Ca can_they before an order to suc is received from the supreme form the title of the quo wdrranto . it is follows “Arthur 8. Churchill torney general of and for the stiie of braska, plaintiff, against George P. Charles H. Brown, D. Clem Deave liam J. Broatch, Paul ndervocr Albert C. Foster, defendants.”” The b sets up the facts with which the public is familiar, relating the status of the two opposing boards, and stating the facts cons nected with the election of Ma s and his connection with the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, It quotes largely from the new law passed by the last loglse lature, and in conclusion calls upon each board to show cause why it should not be declared invalid. The joint and separate answer of the ree spondents, Bemis, Brown, Deaver, Broatch, Vandervoort and Foster, set up that the re- spondents are citizens of Omaha, a city of the metropolitan class. It is claimed that Bemis has been mayor of the city for more than two years, and shows his present rela- tion to, and connection with the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. It says that for several months prior to Augnst 1, 1895, V. 0. Strickler exerctsed the functions and performed the duties of commissioner on the fire and police board. It says that respondents Bemis, Brown and Deaver are now in possession of the office and will cons tinue to act as commissioners until thein successors are legally elected and qualified, It shows that an attempt was made to amend the law under which they were appointed, but that this pretended law did not bocome operative until August 1, 1895. Under this alleged new law it is cla'med fa the answer that the appointive pow-'r can only be exercised through concurrent action of the appointing hoard, consisting of the governor, attorney general and land commiss sioner. The sole authority to call this board together, it fs claimed, is vested n 1> gove ernor, who is authorized by the pretends1 law. to call the board meeting at any time within thirty days from August 1, 1805 The ane swer then cites thit on August 2, btween the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock a. m., Ats torney General Churchill and Land Commisa sloner Russell asked the governor to meet with them for the purpose of appointing three members of the Omaha Fire and Pol c: com= mission, which the governor declined to do, whereupon they went ahead and m the appointments _on August 2, without further reference to him All of this action is held to be null and void under the alleced law. passed by the legislature of 1895. For this reason it is held that the appointments of Brown and Deaver do not expire more than a year hence. Section 145, chapter x'f Statutes of Nebraska, 1893, governor to appoint the members of the Omaha Fire and Police commission. This act, it is claimed, has never been rep.i%ed by any subsequent act. In conclusion the 2nswep holds that the new act, passed by tio last legislature, under which the appointu uts of Broatch, Vandervoort and Foster were madeg is unconstitutional. Attorney General Churchill sa'd to a res porter for The Bee that he did not apprehend that the supreme court would come togzether until August 22. There would be notiing fon them to do until all tho briefs and pipers in the case were filed. W. J. Broateh and A. C. Foster came down from Omala on the noon train. They were in consultation hothe ate torney general for some time this af'enoons The nature of thelr mission remains undise closed, o far, as they were very retic:nt. or eftoct Pomis, L Wil and ition of the Compiled authorizes the wit New Wh will Be 0 CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—Attorney General Moloney returned to the city today from his vacation and that he wou'd take up the investigation of the American Spirite Manufacturing company, to the 0ld Whisky trust. Ex-Judge Moran, counsel for the reorganization company, las asked the attorney ge 1 to hear argument n the legal status of the new cempany before begine ning proceedings and this privilege his been accorded ) far as T am at present advised Attorney General Moloney, “I do not under- stand that even a United States court by any legerdemain can make legal in Ilmois what the supreme court of Illinois has declived fls legal, and I am free to say that I do not look§ upon the new concern with favor." WAS A FAMOUS CAVALRY CH h of One of th [ e Confe oy RICHMOND, Va., Aug General D. Imboden, the famous confederate general who died yesterday at Abingdon, Lo southwest Virginia, was a native of Augusts county, Virginia, and a graduate of tho Vird ginia military institute, He represented th county in the legislgture and at th: begine ning of the civil war raised a company and entered the confederate army. He rose rapidly to the command of a cavalry brigade and participated in all the principal battles After the war he engaged largely in mining and rallroad enterprises. He met with free quent reverses, however, and died a poor man. He was 756 years old and had beem married four times. His last wife and seve oral children survive him, \ HAVED COMMENCED THE INQUEST, Wl Inquiry Into the Bz Building 1 NEW YORK, Aug. 15, case of the eixteen men who lost thelm lives through the collapse of the Ireland bullding at West Broadway and West Thirg street, was opened today before Corones Fitzpatrick and a fury of experts. Coroned Fitzpatrick has taken great care in the sos tection of the jury and is determined th the investigation into the cause of the dise aster should be thorough At present there are' three wen undes $6.000 bail each charged with t(he responsle bility. They are: John H. Parker, the builder; J. E. Silleck, the foreman, 4nd Jos seph Guilder, who bad the coutract for the * plastering. Investls announced the success ' sald ALY De; Riders of John cavalry Colln New ¥ b The inquest in thé