Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1895, Page 1

. ‘Poetations scattered over the valley of _— DAILY BE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871, STORY OF PACAN ATROCITIES Whilo the Ohinese Mob Plundered the Mis- sionaries Officials Refused Aid. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN CHASED MILE Qoncerted Effort on the Part of the Lenders to Drive Christian Tenchers from that Section of the Emplre. NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Reports of the out- fages upcn missionaries in China have come from membeFs of the Americin Baptist Mis- slonary union to the Baptist Missionary mag- azine which show that the uprisings were more general than has been told before. In the last week of May and the first of June all the mission stations in weste:n Ch'na were looted by mobs and 146 missioniries, men, women and children, were driven away, barely escaping with their ii In the province of in the empire, zechuan, the largest there were many small the Upper Yang-tse-Kiaung river. Most of the missionarles had gone to the field in the past few years. While the natives seem to have tried, in some instances, to protect the missionaries, the only service they were able to render was to help them to escape. The miseioriaries fled hundreds of m!les the river, traveling on rafts and in house boats, hardly carrying o much as a change of clothing, and reaching places of safely only after two weeks of hardship, In Chen-Tu, the capital of the province of Bzechuan, a placard was posted, May 28, as- serting that the “forelgn barbarlans” were hiring evil characters to steal small children for them. The next day a mob of several thousand tore down the Canidizn Methodist ission and the property of the two Protestznt jocteties and the Catholic build:ngs. OFFICIALS REFUSED AI1D. The missionaries appealed to the magistrate of the cily, but he foll them he was power- less to help them. With the aid of some friendly natives they effected their escipe. Then the cry went up: “The time has come to turn all the missionaries out of Szechuan.’ A part of the mob divided into smaller parties and took the various roads out of town, enroute for all mission centers. In all cities the most fnflammatory placards were posted on the walls, Riots immed.ately fol- lowed. The Baptist missionaries think the riots were incited by members of the offic'al class. They kept in the background, how- ever, and to all appeirance the students were at the bottom of the mischief. They published a placard fixing a dale for the destruction of the missionar'es at Suichau- Fu and for kiling the magistrate, who was 4% suspected of desiring to protect fore guers. v MISSIONARIES IN HIDING. Tn most cases the missionaries, while thelr property was being dostroyed, left the cities and hid in the ne'ghbcrhond, awa'tng an opportunity to escape. They hid native friends who helped them to procure boats and <to put the women and children aboard At Sulchau-Fu Messrs, Warner and Well- wood and Dr. Finch got their valuable pipers and silver out of the town and secreted them. Here, as everywhere, the trouble came like a thunder clap out of a clear sky. Sunlay's services were well attended, qulet and ve'y qmpressive, and three candilat2s we e baptized by immersion. On Monday, June 3, the city was flooded with placards, The Jargest party, which numbered sixty-five, was crowded for eleven days in little hcuseb ats, suffering terribly, and but for the fact that they had money enough to pay the exorbitant prices asked them for everyth'ng, would bave per- hed. Many stories of individual escapes are 1d, but they are much alke in their main feature. LONDON, Sept. 2.—The Times correspond- ent at Shanghai says: Chin:se Christians are brutally treated near Hinghwa, province of Foklen. FHouses have been burned and erty and cattle stolen. One person w tally wounded. The magistrate ref Anterfere, although he was five times, re- quested 'to do so. He had published an ambiguous proclamation referring to the Ku- cheng massacre and Inciting a rising against the Christians. Werso troubles are expected. ROYALTY S A CHURCH, _Emperor Willinm Serviees at a New Edifice. BERLIN, Sept. 1.—Emperor William and the Eimpress Augusta and other members of the fmperfal family, the grand duchess of Baden, and numerous representat ves of Ger- man princely houses, ministers of st:te, ve erans and deputations, were present today at the consecration of Emperor William Memorial church. The empefor and emp ess ariivid at the site of the church with a miliiary escort about 10 o'clock. The dcocs of the church were opened to the accompan'ment of pealing bells, and their majes:ies were hanied the golden key of the church by a deputation When they arrived inside, The service of delication was commesced with the g'nging of a choral. Court Chaplan Faber pronounced the consecration address, in whick he alluded .to the strong faith, the cheerful hopefulness and the love of his people and his country, which charscterized the old emperor. He expressed the wish that faith, hope and charity mlight censtitute the maln pillars of the new church. At the conclusion of the service the troons and veterans, inciuding the German-Ameri- can veterans now visiting the city, marched past their majesties in review. The veterans sang patriotic airs as they marched, in which the spectators joined. " Stafl Attend LEGAL STOKE HAD A Indlentions that the Engli Not Hanged Without a Trinl. LONDON, Sept. 1.—The Associated press Jearned teday from a trustworthy source that the Englishmaan Stoke, hung by the Delglans, unddr Captain Lothaire, near the river Ar- umuwl, fu the Congo state, which was men- tloned in a previous eable dispateh to the Asso- ed press, had a legal teial, but that Cap- faln Lothalre acted illegelly in hanging him without allowing an @ppeal to the (ribunal at Boma. Le Matin cf Parls declares that the Cougo state authorities possess a letter which Lugard wrote to the chairman of the Eust Af:ican company, warning him that if e laid bands upon Stoke he would make ort work of him. The charge against Btoke was of sclling arms and ammunition to Chlef Kibouge, with whom the BDelglaus were fightivg. PRINCE COLONNA Court at N HEARING. an Was IVEN 19 RU plex Advises the U NAPLES, Sept. 1.—The court Deen Reariug the controversy oty Colonna and his wife, who is the daughter of Mre. Jokn W. Mackay, has ordered that the sons be glven to the princess and that 48 pecessary, force is to be wsed, The prin- ess reccived the boys yesterday and it Is doubtful 1t the prince, who has recently bad poseession ¢f them, will ever have them BaiL. e acy COLOMIIA IN A TRANQU Rebel Leadors Seck Safety i the Fore COLON, Colombis, Sep formution is recelved he: faro’s troops have laken Quito. Baraetl, who led the government forec o the American legation and Salaar Nod the Poruvian legation, President Caio gives e assurance that Colowibia is In o trans quil fate, and late reports of an aro denled. l;'v-. Hundred . PETERSBURG, Sept. 1.—Offical ry show thal there have been 3,026 ATE, down | OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1895, cases of cholera and 718 deaths from that disease in the government of Volhynia, be- tween July 11 and August 17. LONDON, Sept. 2.—Two cases of alleged cholera have occurred at Grimsby. COLOMBIA'S PECULIAR CONDITION, Rebels Have Been Routed but the Tranguility 1s of a Doubtful Kind. (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) COLON, Colombia, Aug. 24.—It is true that tranquillity prevails in this country, but It is accompanied with much anxiety lest those dissatisfied in the country and those who were beaten in the recent revolution should again make an effort to overturn the existing order of things. It is well known and ad- mittd \at General Alfaro has among his followers a large number of Colombian lib- erals, and each victory he gains over the legitimate government of Ecuador but in- creases the fear of further trouble in Colom- bla. Should Alfaro arrive at power in Ecua- dor it Is confidently expected his ald will be extended to the liberals of this eountry to achieve their ends. He has over 1,000 men t Panama. The situation at this moment has a most depressing effect on business, Exchange on New York is at 35 per cent. Operations of the canal continue in thelr beaten path, con- fined, however, to Culebra and its immediate vicinity. The number of hands employed is about 1,100 men. One cannot say that much work is being done considering the number of workmen employed. The breakdown in machines, such as excavators, locomotives and cars, and they are frequent, offer serious im- pediments, The large number of these ma- terials at hand offer facilities in changing them, but the same mishaps are encountered. The repairs effected here are only temporary owing to the absence of any suitable machine shops. The strike, which commenced among the canal laborers at Culebra, continued up to Monday last, when the men resumed work at an increase of wages. Those who were get- ting 80 cents per day now receive 90 cents, and those who got 90 cents have been ad- vanced to $1. The wages of mechanics have increased 20 cents per day. It is reported there are now 260 soldlers stationed along the route of the canal. It is stated that the British government will grant a subsidy to the Halifax & Ber- muda company, which will enable their cable to be extended to the West Indles. It is re- ported from Attrato that during the early part of last month several strong earthquakes were felt in that province, completely destroy- ing the village of Cupica, and that all the houses have been demolished. Many land- slides took place at the same time, damaging the adjacent plantations. Sickness has broken out among the inhabitants. The governor of the department has ordered that funds be sent to the vietims of this catastrophe and asks the prefects of the other provinces to solicit aid for the sufferer; CR ATED A SENSATION IN MADRID. of a P Tin n Affair Ma ublic. MADRID, Sept. 1.—A Polish count, Hob- kirk, who was a passenger on the American steamer Allianca when she was fired upon by a Spanish gunboat off Cape May, Cuba, and who accuses the captain of the Allianca of suppressing his evidence that the Allianca carried contraband of war and was within Cuban waters, has arrived here and has secn the minister of war and marine regarding matter. The government, however, de- clines to reopen the-question. Count Hob- Kirk has published his story in the Spanish newspapers and it has caused a sensation here. Story n the ARMENIAN Emperor W Ady LONDO) pt. 2—A dispatch from Con- stantinople to the Daily News reports that meetings of the ministers have taken place at the palace on three successive evenings, lasting til} midnight, on the Armenian ques tion. It is also said that Emperor William has been asked to interfere, but declined because his advice in regard to reforms had been disregarded. Then President Faure was approached, but declined to act except In concert with the powers. Bull Fight in France Prevented. BAYONNE, France, Sept. 1.—The police invaded a bull ring where a fight was in progress today and stopped the first of an intended fight and conducted the celebrated toreador, Mazanita, to the Spanish frontier The populace of the town hooted the po- lice, and the municipal officers, senators and deputies of the town vainly pleaded for per- mission for the fights to occur. The mu- nicipal authorities thereupon met and de. cided to resign, which decision caused the Inhabitants to off>r them a great ovation. BUFFALO'S OLD PLAY HOUSE BURNED Academy of Music Swept Away with Many Rellies of Value, BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 1.—The Academy of Musle, the oliest playl e in the city, burned at 2 a. m. The fire is supposed to have started under the stalrway and smouldered for some time before discovered. The firemen broke their way into the ground floor and groped around for half an hour to find the seat of the fire, playing several streams with no avail. About 2 o'clock the flames burst in the Comstock store, and the prbgress of the fire from this time on was rapid. In a few minutes it had leaped through the floor of the stage, mounted the files and enveloped the scenery. The fire ate Its way through the roof at the rear, but did not make any ad- vance to the front of the house. The liquor store of P. C. Miller and the office above, which front on Main s'reet, were not damaged, except by smoke and water. The Com:tock store on the other side of the Main street entrance, however, was practt-aly gutted, and the loss in furs will bo heavy, about $40,000. The two small stores of Willlam Vavghn & Co., and Jacob Fried, on the Washington side, were gutted. The loss to the theater fs $75,000; tho loss of the contents s most lamenable, it not as costly, for the Academy stage was a store house of dramatic history for the past forty years. Several theitrical peope lose ward robes, property and scencry that had been stored there, The Academy was built In 1852 Meech, who died in 1870, since when it has been mansged by his fons, John H. and Henry Meech. The property fs worth about $250000, and was heavily morteaged. The insurance rates were high znd not halt enough to relmburse the manigers. It is unlikely that it will be rebuilt as a theater, as its location is too near down town to make it desirable. -— Chicngo Socialists CHICAGO, Sept. 1 he Chicago soclal- ists had tholr red flag procession today, but the pr ¢ the police and the know . at there was a large reserve c stallons made it a very tame he fla was presented to the so- {s yesterday by a daughter of Oscar Neebe on hehnlf of the wives and daugh- ters of th fculs of the city. It is blood bears the lnseription: *'So- arty of Chicago.” The po- {micnt was Informed that it was on to have a parade after the ntation corvmonios #nd that the flag u carrled at its head, but the ofil- med the soclalists that it would not be permitted, by Henry ave a Parade, Chaslng a Missourt Ceminal, §T. LOULS, Sept. 1.—The report from Gumbo this mornivg that John Wesley, the nexro who assaulted Mrs. Marmion Friday night at Manchester, Mo., had been cap- Aured fs untrue. A large number of mounted men are senrching the country for him 1t 1 belisved by many that his hiding place is known by some of the colored people and that they are ailing him to escape. Bold Swimmer Killed by Lightal; STAMFORD. Coza., Sept. 1—Samuel A. Searle was killed by lightning and his G-year-old son drowded near Greenwich Polnt beach yesterda Both lost their lives while Soarle wimming to shore from n capsized boat, with the liitle boy ou his ba The tloated ALL NEW YORK STARTLED Earthquake of Considerable Proportions Disturbed that Section, THREE DISTINCT SHOCKS WERE NOTICED Many of the Frightened Inhabitants Testity to the Disturbed Condis tions and Rocking of Resi- dences at an Early Hour, NEW YORK, Sept. 1—Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt by the residents of New York and Brooklyn about 6 o'clock this morning. No_ damage to life or prop- erty is reported from any section of the city. The districts of East New York and South Brooklyn received the greatest shock, but the rumblings were distinetly felt in other sections of the city. Contradictory re- ports are glven as to the severity of the shocks. The first shock, which was felt at 8 o'clock, was followed by a rumbling noise like distant thunder. This was followed by two other slight shocks, which, according to most of the reports, died away In a low grating tone. Superintendent of Police Wil- liam J. McKelvey telephoned to the police headquarters from his residence to the ef- fect that he had been awakened from a sound sleep. He said that the house oscl- lated and that the bed on which he was sleeping moved perceptibly. Deputy Commissioner of Police Croby, who ws stopping at Coney Island, also teles phoned to headquarters that the shock had been pretty severe in that section of Brook- lyn. He described it as a low, rumbling noise, and added that many houses had been shaken, all of the inhabitants being aroused from their sleep. James Jackson, a colored watchman at the municipal building, said that the residents of the Twenty-filth ward were startled by three shocks in rapld succession, followed by a rumbling noise. The houses trembled, and many pictures and other ornaments hanging on the walls were thrown to the floor. The conductors of the Atlantic Avenue railroad, who were dining in a restaurant on Washington street, reported that they felt the earthquake. The buflding trembled per- ceptibly, while the plates and other dishes on the table were moved. They said the shock was like the first of a distinct explosion. At many hotels the guests were so fright- ened by the vibrations that they hurried into the halls to find the cause of the trouble The guests at the Pierrepont house were very much alarmed and many of them went down stairs and asked the night clerk what had happened. They thought an explosion must have occurred in the hotel. According to Weather Forecaster Dunn, the earthquake reached this city at 6:11 o'clack this morning. The shock was slight and lasted for ten seconds. It traveled from south to north, But comparatively few per- sons in the city noticed the disturbance. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.—An earthquake shock was felt in this city about 6 o'clock this morning. Houses shook perceptibly, window panes were broken and pictures and other movables were torn from their fasten- ngs. SANDY HOOK, N. J., Sept. 1.—A shock, apparently that of an earthquake, lasting about three seconds, was felt about 6:08 a. m. today. FELT IN JERSEY CITY. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Sept. 1.—New Jer- sey felt the force of the earthquake, the tremor extending throughout the northern part, while the southern section appears to have escaped the experience entirely. From all of the cities and villages in the northern section the story received is the same. The shock was preceded and accompanied by the low rumbling sound. that marks the true earthquake. This trembling motion lasted for several seconds. In some places the estimate of time is as low as three seconds, while others place the duration at from fifteen to twenty seconds. The general course of the shock was from east to west. There is much difference in the reports of the true direction of the disturbance. The early hour is per- haps_ responsible for this difference of opin- ion, but the majority who felt and heard the shocl were awakened from their sleep by the sound and the vibrations, and the quake ceased before they had recovered conscious- ness and were sufliciently awakened to real- ize the cause of the trouble. The shock does not appear to have caused much-damage. In all places the effects appear to have been about the same. Houses were shaken and dishes were broken, but nothing worse than this was done. The mountain districts appear to have felt the vibrations most keenly. The shock came between 6:03 and 6:05 a. m. The towns along the ocean shore report littie dis- turbance. RATHER SEVERE IN PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.—An earthquake shock lasting several seconds was felt in this city shortly after 6 o'clock this morning. The disturbance by mother earth of the quiet of the Sunday morning was violent enough while it lasted to create a good deal of con- sternation and not a little damage. Buildings perceptibly swayed, windows clattered and clocks and pictures toppled from their places. The shock was more severely felt in the suburban_districts, and it is said that at one part of Georges Hill, in Fairmount park, a fissure was opened, permitting the entrance of a plummet, which extended down over 100 feet without touching bottom. A large plate glass window In the shade store of Michael Lett, in Germantown, was split from top to bottom. Similar cases are reported from other sections of the city. At the Zoological garden the vibration was clearly perceptible, but the excitement which followed among the animals continued for a g0od while after the disturbances. Head Keeper Manley asserts that the trumpeting of the elephants, the roar of the lions and the screeching of the birds was simply terrifl At Mr. Manley's residence, besides the break- ing of several windows, a clock was thrown from a shelf. No damage to life has been re- ported WILMINGTON, Sept. 1.—Quite a percep- tible shock of earthquake was felt in this city about 6:30 o'clock thi» morning. The vibration lasted for several seconds and was felt in all portions of the town. CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 1.—A slight earth- quake shock was felt here about 6 o'clock this morning. Houses trembled perceptibly and pictures and other things suspended on the walls fell from their fastenings. it ' S ik Sends Grecilng to Debs, TI, Sept. L—The three unions here of the A. R. U. today met and wired the following to Debs: “Eugene V. Debs, Woodstock, Til: Al though you are a prisoner, deprived of your liberty by a rotten administration of justice at_the bidding of the raflroads and their gervants, the fudges, the common people are today worshiping at your altar, The seeds you have sown will soon bear fruit. The time will soon come when labor will get its rights or will take them. You are to the laboring men an honest, fearless leader, You will vet pilot them' to a harbor of safety, just as the star guided the wise nen to the crib of our Lord at Bethlehem. God bless you.” To Recelve the Sons of Veterans, CINCINNATI, O, Sept. 1-The Sons of Veterans hold their annual encampment at Knoxville, Tenn., September 16 to 19, This is the first meeting of the national o ganization south of the Ohlo and Potomac and like the Grand Army of the Republic encampment at Louisville, marks a new era in “natiopal history. The commander-in chief, of this city, has made every tion and has been ably assisted by and by the people of Ti e Fire Ruging PANA, 1L, Sept. A fire is raging in mine No. 1 of the Pana Coal company. The Fhl miners are expected to escape through ne No. 2. —— Movements of Ocean Vewsels, Sept. 1. ew York—Arrived—La Bou Havre; Edam. from Amsterdam o " jucensiown—Arrived—Lucania, Havre—Arrived—! H La Gascogne, repara. is staft from from | people at heart | sist the tory government in the settiement of WHAT THE IRISH PARTY EXPECTS, er Sheehy Talks of Possible ng Leginlation. DUBUQUE, Ia., Sept. l-~(Special)—Rev. Father Eugene Sheehy of Limerick, Ireland, 18 the guest of Archbishop Hemnessy. Father Sheehy was one of the fifteen men, including Parnell, who met In Dublin in 1879 and or- ganized the Land League, with a program demanding fair rent, fixity of tenure, and free sales, and in 1881, following the passage of the coercion act, or law of suspect, he shared Kilmainham jfail for twelve months with Parnell, Dillon and Brennan. Speaking of the prospects of legislation for Ireland un- der the tory government, Father Sheehy sald today: “The torles have already Indicated a purs pose of eatisfying the judgment and con- sclence of England, Scotland and Wales, of raising up a conservative element in Ireland, and of destroying the liberals' hope of return- ing to power on the home rule issue. They have already indicated that we may expect a land purchase bill, a Catholic university bill, and a Dill substituting county gov- ernment for the grand jury system, The lanl court, established under the Gladstone act of 1881, couples landlord and tenant whose inter- ests are opposed to each other. It has sat- isfled neither, but has shown that peasant ownership, to be acquired by the govern- ment’s advancing the purchase money to tho tenants, is the only solution of the land question. The Irish party will not support a land bill unless it provides for the reinstate- ment of the ‘wounded in battie, the 5,000 evicted tenants supported formerly by the popular subscription, and now out of the Paris fund of £40,000, which s sufficient to maintain them for two years. The Presby- terlans north of the Boyne, and the non-con- tentious party, generally feel mo particular interest in these ecvicted tenants, but the ‘rebels’ of Cork and Limerick will insist on thelr reinstatement. “The establishment of a Catho'le university, which would have saved the Gladstone gov- ernment in 1873, is a growing demand in Ireland, and the demand for county govern- ment, is supported with the cry: ‘No repre- sentation, no taxation.’ The taxes are paid by the farmers and shopkeepers and dis- pensed by a grand jury, appointed by a lord tenant, appointed by a lord chancellor. This grand jury represents the lords, who pay no part of the tax, and not the people who in- sist that their funds shall be administered by their own representatives. The seventy- two McCarthyites and the eleven Redmondites will be united in support of these measures. If, as has been indicated, Lord Salisbury ac- cepts them, they will pass the Lords. The torles are not disposed to enter upon a tem- porizing policy, but aim at a finality in deal- ing with Irig affairs, and, with the agrarian, the educational and the local autonomy ques: tions settled, they look forward to an indefi- nite lease of power. “Tho land league movement was inaugu- rated in 1879, on the theory that the agra- rian question’ lies at the base of the coun- try's prosperity, and that it should take pre- cedence of political questions. The Irish party, therefore, having the prosperity of the is willing and anxious to as- this question, and will abide with equal con- fidence the effect of this seitlement on the home rule movemen TO Call of the Chic to th CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—The official call for the convention of the new Irish movement, to be held on September 24, 25 and 26, has been iseued from the headquarters of the ex:eutive committee of the new Irisit movement. It is as follows: The new Irish struggle for freedom has reached a momentous period. Ireland, abandoned in the crisis of her fate by the liberal leaders, Is told by the troy secretary to the lord lieutenant, that the British gov- ernment is sternly and unalterably opposed to the granting of any measure of home rule whatever. This s the old policy and the old attitude employed by Engl'sh governments toward Ireland. She has been alternately hetrayed by the whigs and betrayed by the torles. Nothing worthy of her acceptance is to be expected from either of the leading English parties. Ireland must, therefore, look to her own children snd thelr decend- ants for support in her great extremity. “Parllamentary agitation has had a long and patient trial, but has utterly failed to ac- complish its object. It remains for us to consider what other method of procedure or argument can be used to achieve her liberty. The Irish race in Ameriea cannot afford to be neutral or supine while the motherland is belng slowly but surely done to death by the usurping enactments of a foreign and hostile power. “In unison with thousands of our race dis- tributed throughout the United States, and after mature ~ deliberation, we, the under- signed, have decided (o call a convention of Irlsh-Americans in the city of Chicago to take into consideration the present status of the Irish struggle for freedom and to devise ways and means best suited to the achieve- ment of Ireland's independence. “Now, therefore, the sald convention Is called to meet in the city of Chicago at the hall of the Young Men's Christian associa- tion, September 24, 25 and 26, 1895. The qualifications for membership in the conven- tion are agreed upon as follows: “All Irish-American military, benevolent, athletic, social, religious and literary organi- zatiors that favor the independence of Ire- land and are willing to aid her righteous struggle for liberty are invited to send dele- gates to the convention of the new Irish movement, apportioned in the following man- ner: “One delegate for every fifty members and one additional for every fraction over fifty; two delegates for 100 mem bers and one for eny fraction over Any TIrish-Ameri- cans of sound patrictio repute, who endorse the object of the new movement and who are willing to give their aid, will be, on the recommendation of the secretary and the endorsement of the committee on credentials, admitted to the privileges of the floor. “All socleties eligible under this call are requested to elect the'r delegates im- mediately.” . The call is signed by Jobn F. Finnety, acting president, Chicago; John P. Su'ton, acting secretary, New York; W.ll'am Lyman, ucting treasurer, New York; John J. O'Cens nell, chairman executive eommittee, Chicag Jchn T. Meating, secretary executive com- mittee, Chicago, and many_athers prominent Carneg Inte: in the movement. ! ted! in Ircland. LONDON, Sept. A.;:gw Carnegie has a column in the Times thi§ morning, based upon the recent Irish convedtion in Pittsburg, and urging the Times to uselits power and in- fluence toward finding a softition of the Irish question, g e .—— Fish Co un i MeDonnld Dead, WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—=Marshall McDon- ald, United States fish commissioner, died here early this morning from puimonary trou- b He returned from the Adirondacks Fri- day feeling unwell. He was 58 years old and was a native of Virginia, He leaves a widow and two children, one a son, who is arranging the commission exhibit at Atlanta. His death was comparatively un- expected. Colonel McDonald was an appointee of President Cleveland, receiving his commis- slon and taking the office fn 1888. His life- time was devoted to #tudies of fishery que: tions, and he was the inventor of much of the apparatus now used by the pommission in its work throughout the countdy. He was never apprised of the recent attacks on the adminis- tration of the commission, the Dewspapers containing them being kept! from him. Ten Thousand A-k.x 1 « S P ST. JOSEPH, Sept, L+Miss Lille May Lansing has brought sult in the circuit court against Mary Dixié Hess for $10,000 because Mrs, Hess slapped her. Mrs. Hess owns a lar; amount of real estate. Lansing says she miffered mioh sin d wap compalied (o l“"fln‘fu account of PLEA S CAUSE. mnvention Given e == = SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. GET THE BEE AT BREAKFAST Nobraska Towns Given a Metropolitan Nowspaper at an Early Hour, ENTERPRISE THAT AIDS THE PUBLIC Special Train on the Missourl Pacifie Carries The Morning Bee to Many Town Hours Ahead of Former Time. Yesterday morning The Bee started an- other enterprise that will be of great serv- fce to the people of the eastern and southern central part of the state. It was the ini- tial trip of a special train on the Missouri Pacific railroad, which will daily carry The Morning Bee from Omaha on such a schedule that the residents of Springfleld, Loulsville, Nehawka, Union, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Holmesville, Certland, Pickrell, Beatrice, Blue Springs, Wymore, Havelock, Prairie Home, Alvo, Murdock, South Bend, Meadow, Richfield, Wabash, Elmwood, Eagle, Walton, Waverly, Greenwood, Ashland, Davy, Cer- esco, Swedenburg, Wahoo, Colon, Cedar Bluffs and Fremont may have The Bee for break- fast. By means of this train The Bee reaches these places many hours ahead of any other Omaha paper. It Is so arranged that the latest news of the night is printed in the edition, thus giving the people the completest paper published in the west at the earliest possible hour. It is an evidence of the advance in modern methods to de- liver at the doorsteps of a resident of an in- land town or village at an early hour in the morning a complete metropolitan news- paper, containing in detall and at large the history of the world of the day before, giv- Ing the rural districts the advantages of city life in the way of keeping posted. And The Bee proposes to keep right in line and at the front of just such movements. It is not alone In the train itself that The Bee has made special preparations for this service. For years it has been recognized that The Bee's news gathering facilities were the most complete of any peper in the west. This has gone without dispute even on part of competitors and would-be rivals, who have time and again attested their appreciation ot The Bee's enterprise by either imitating or trylng to belittle it. But with each succeeding week The Bee has gone ahead Increasing its service, and even during the stringent times of the last two years, when almost every other business enterprise in Nebraska has curtalled expenses and prac- ticed retrenchment in every avenue, this paper has increased its outlay for news steadlly 1l today it is paying more money for the purpose of securing daily the news of the world than any paper between Chi- cago and San Francisco, and fs giving its readers day by day better accounts of cur- rent events. b HAS EVERYTHING IN IT. On this new train The Bee is sent out com- plete. All the news of the world, political, re- liglous, sporting, state, local, sensational and depressing, Is contained in the most accessi- ble form. No other paper printed in Nebraska can do this, for the reason that no other paper in Nebraska has or can obtaln the same tacilities for gathering the news. In addition to its speclal service, which covers every point in the states of Towa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming, with corre- spondents In every important city in the United States from Boston to San Franelsco, The Bee has the use of the Néw York World's foreign news service, the best ever organized, and the exclusive use for Nebraska of the great Assoclated press service, which is fur- nished over a special leased wire. This latter feature is one of the wonders of modern jour- nalism, and would require columns to ade- quately describe. It is only one of the feat- ures that combine to make The Bee a perfect paper. Such comprehensive arrangements for securing the news of the world are possessed by none of The Bee's rivals. While the route covered by this train is not In itself a most extensive one, it is such as enables close counections for polnts covering a great scope of territory reached by early trains, and thus The Bee is enabled to get into towns hours before they could be reached by regular mail routes. Yesterday morning the train left Omaha on time, at 3:40, in charge of Conductor Prince of the Missouri Pacific’s force. Other mem- bers of the crew were Engineer Abbott, Fire- man Mahany and Brakemen Dugby and Clark, with engine 909. Every point on the road was made on time. To show what a galn in time is made by the new arrange- ment the hour The Sunday Bee was deliverad yesterday morning, and at which The Morning Bee will be delivered every morning, Is printed here, side by side with the time of delivery previously: . Towns. Springfield Louisville Weeping Waler. Nehawka Union .. Plattsmouth Wabash . Elmwood Eagle ... Walton Lincoln | Havelock Waverly . Greenwoo Ashland Wahoo Holmesville Beatrice Blue Springs. Wymore Pacific Junction. Percival N, Hamburg 00d Hillsdale Malvern Hastings Emerson Red Oak Villis 3 Corning Creston ) . 20 HOW THE PAPER WAS RECEIVED. It was a decided surprise to the people In 10 | the towns named in the schedule given above to get The Sunday Bee at 5o unusual an hour, They had not known of the plan, but they were none the less glad it had been put in operition. Most of the towns were only wak- ing up when the special train whizzed through, but they were soon aware of the occasion and soon had the paper and were enjoying the feast it contained, One of the features of the afair is the hour of delivery at Lincoln, the state capital being ~reached six hours ahead of any other Omaha paper. This gives the peo- ple down there an opportunity to get a really first-class paper as soon as they have hitherto had the local publications. Sun- day Bees were eagerly sought for yestcrday morning in Lincoln, Many of the people at towns along the way expressed their satisfaction at the new order of things, which glves them The Bee In time 1o allow them to become familiar with events before the real business of the day is com- menced. This is of unusual advantage to the farmers, merchants and stockmen, as it gives them reliable news of the business world In time to be of service in the affairs of each day. SPRINGFIELD, Neb., Sept. 1.—(Special Telegram.)—The Bee's special train has been the talk of the town for the past week. There were a few old fogies who were sure the train would never run. But today when 16 hove in sight around the curve in the morning's gray dawn and deposited fresh coples of The Sunday Bee upon the depot platform all doubts were dispelled mist before the morning sun, and the praises ot The Bre were sung by every whirl of the wheels as the train sped on in its great mi: sion. Every one who wished to take the trouble of walking to the postoffice had The Bee well read long before breakfast, and not a few took advantage of Ils early ar- rival. A few disgruntied republicans and democrats hung around the office until 10 { a challenge by Bugene rive on a slow freight and would not be comforted by The Hee's enterprise. Every patron seemed well pleased and the univer- #al opinfon was that The Bee's enterprise would be rewarded by increased patronage. UNION, ~ Neb., Sept. 1.—(Speclal)—The starting of the new traln to bear The Bee to Its multitude of readers tar in advance of the regular time was looked forward to by a large concourse of citizens this morn- ing. The train was unavoidably delayed owing to a mishap occurring along the line, Novertheless, upon its arrival anxious readers eagerly surrounded the news agent and were soon devouring the news earlier than ever befors permitted to. Many com- pliments were heard on all sides, praising Mr. Rosewater for his indomitable energy in catering to the masses in the interest of his valuable and entertaining paper. Per- sonally Interviewed, a few of the prominent readers expressed themselves as heartily in _with the new service. i Eikenbary, cashier of the Union bank, says: “I barely had time to read my Bee when it came in at 1 o'clock and thought best to discontinue it, but now that it comes before business hours [ shall not glve it up.” R. A. Fleming says: “I am greatly pleased to get my Bee in the morning, as heretofore I scarcely had time to look it over unth evening, and then I felt as though the news was stale by being so long neglected H. R. Wills, agent of the Missouri Pacific, sald: “It does me good to be able to get a Bee In the morfng, as my time Is too h taken up in the middie of the day to D, Neb, Sept. 1.—(Special)— The Omaha Bee, with its usual enterprise, was received here Sunday morning ms soon | as the postofice and news stands were | opened, about §:30 o'clock. It was not gens erally known that The Bee would be re- celved 80 early, as it has heretofore reached here on the 1 o'clock mail. But those who happened to be around at an earlier hour | this morning recefved it. Our people are greatly pleased over the change. No at- tempt was made to interview any of its readers from the fact that the sentiment was §0 unanimous. They all feel much sat- isfaction in reading The Bee, as they get | all the news of importance throughout the world. About sixty coples of The Sunday | Bee are taken here, and the Iist will increase now, as the paper reaches here at a more seasonable hour. Al R PROF. TERMINED AL TO DI, While Recovering from His Wound He S ows Carbolic Acid. BUFFALO, Sept. 1.—R. T. Allen, the Omaba musician who attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in a New York Central train from this city to the east/ Friday morning, was entirely successful in | killing himself this morning. He was a pa- tient at the Fitch hospital, where he had been taken to have his wound dressed, and last night got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid and swallowed such a large dose that he died within an hour. Allen was a man | of family, whose daughter is studying music in the New York conservatory and whose son is employed in the composing room of a New York paper. He would have In- herited a large estate in Belfast, Ireland, upon the death of his father. His body is at the morgue awaliting the coming of his relatives, SHOT HIS W 5 = rge P. Allen of Deentur, 11 % Revolver with Fatal DECATUR, IiL, Sept. 1.—George P. Allen | this morning shot his wife and step-daughter, | Minnie Diffenbaugh. The latter’s wound is fatal, but the wife will recover. Allen st on | the porch after the shcoting and Kept his | nelghbors off with a revolver for an hour. | Finally he called for tobacco and a match, They were taken to him and as he lighted the plpe he was overpowered. He is now In Juil. He refuses to say why he tried to kill the women. Friends say he is industrious asd peaceable. They say he was overhratad last week, and think he is insane. He moved from East St. Louis six months ago. OWN der Murdered { by n Herder. Wyo., Sept. 1.—(Special T:le- gram.)—Henry Vedder, a prominent sheep owner, was shot yesterday by a sheep herder named Koch in the employ of Crostweith & Melne, Tha killing took place in Converse county, just over the Natrona county line, near what is known as Deer Creek park. The killing was cold-blodded, Vedder being shot from behind, Koch fled. Officers are in pursuit. WYOMING SHEEP SR SHOT. Henry V. Cold Blooa CASPER, et St o o n Brutes Plead Guilty. SIOUX FALLS, S. D, Sept. 1 cial)—The surprise of the present term of court took place yesterday when the four young Indians who were indicted for crims inal assault changed their pleas from not guilty to guiity. District Attorney Miller sald ths offense was a most aggravated one. The plea of guilty makes the Indians liable to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than fifteen years nor less than one year. The person assaulted wes Louise Lud- Bpeth, a 15-year-old quarter-blood Sloux. The offenders are Burns-the-Prairie, Comes- Back-Again, His-White-Horse and John White Bird, all of whom are under 19 years of age. Phillip and Jacob Kost were fined $75 each for making false returns to the postal de- partment while they were postmaster and deputy postmaster, respectively, of Newport, Yankton_county. U. S. Pitts was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for robbing the Spearfish stage. If, as present (Spe- the district attorney thinks, the term here will be concluded next week, the Plerre term will doubtless con- vene on time, October 1, and not be ad- journed, as anticipated, Will Observe Labor D SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Sept. —Tomorrow will be a great day in this it the weather is good. All of the busi houses will close in honor of Labor The labor unions have arranged some for the afternoon, sp and grand | ball in the evening. The program of spor(s | is: Five bicycle races, prizes $150; two tugs-of-war, one team being made up of Indians here attending United States court; two foot races for good prizes, hoze race. Tomn Back fn risol SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept. 1.--(Spec —Leonard Hallonen, the Finlander, who es- ciped from the peritentiary on July 20, was yesterday recaptured near Dell Rapids | and after some more trouble was landed in the penitentiary. When taken yesterday he was placed in the jail. Within en hour he had broken off birs which others had failed to move with tools aud made his escapr. He 1) In . Sept. 1.—Jhe third port of the Colorado Fuel and Iron ¢ for the fiscal year made public, sho for the with $4, montk increase DENVE A AL L For a Home for Ex-Slayes. BT. JOSEPH, Sept. 1.—C. 8. Baker, col- ored, has given a tract of land here for a home for dependent ex-slaves, the house to be built of bricks given by the people of the United States. Requests for one brick hu been gent Lo the governors of every state in the union and many of them re- sponded. Hundreds of people are sending small sums, the price of u brick, o L cord Time on a Linotype. BOSTON, Scpt. 1.--G. W. Green, a com- positor on the Hoston Dally Stundard, today made what Is claimed to be the fastest hour record on the Mergenthaler linotype. He set 12,39 ems uncorrected and 10,720 ems corrected in one hour. Green has aceepted Taylor of the Rocky o'clock waiting for the World-Herald to ar- Mountaln News to a Mergenthaler contest, | have } wire SCHEMES T0 CATCH SUCKERS Some of the Side Features of the 'Mide way" at the Reunion, PETTY PLANS FOR ROBBING THE UNWARY Sure Thing Gam duced Under G DL ing Games Introe e of “Innocent Which Flours hed During the Week, HASTINGS, Neb, Sept. “You ought to have seen the roulette men la 1.—(Speclal)— us pluck one of night,” one of the state militla boys sald to The Bee's reprosentative one morning as he made the rounds of Camp Logan. “But they are not running a faro game here on the grounds, are they?” I ventured. “Well, that's about all you can call it,"” he replied. “There are three differ- ent fellows up the Midway who are selling cheap pencils at & cents apiece. You buy pencils from him and it you win you get double the number of -pencils, which you seldom do. He will buy back the pencils. A crowd of our boys were around the board and one of them shoved up against the man running the machine. There was a little bolt underneath the board just there, and when it was pushed in the whe:l would stop on the red; when it was out it would stop on the black. Well, the boys won $8 or $10 on the fellow's own game and simply set Wm crazy. 1 tell you he was thankful when we moved on,"” That was the first Intimation I had that there was any systematic gambling going on. Perhaps it would be nearer right to call it systematic robbery, because there was hardly a game on the grounds where a man had any chance of recelving any return for his money. There were the usual number of knock- down-one-baby-geteone-cigar-games, but those were usually merely an excuse to get a per- mit and the men were running some other gamo on the side. 1 determined to make a thorough investigation of the various meth- ods which were satisfying the gambling in- stinct in the American people on the re- union grouna at Hastings. It did not take long to convince me not only that there was not a game on the grounds which, if worked squarely, would bring a handsome revenue to its owner, but that there was not a game on the grounds that was being worked squarely or was not a swindle SURPRISED THE PRESIDENT. But it was not until Friday, which was practically the last day of the reunion, that I had a chance to talk to the management of the reunion on the subject. I approached President Dutton of the local committee and asked him who fssued permits for places on the grounds. “Our committee has issued all of them," he said. “And those permits specify the business carried on?" I asked, “‘Yes, they are specifl “What about the permits for games?” “None have been issued to my knowledge, except to a few innocent games, where they play for cigars or pencils or peaches, and in those games you always get something for your money.” “But suppose, President Dutton, you walk down here and see a wheel of fortune, where there are alternate red and black spaces, and you buy five pencils, which retail for a cent aplece, and pay a quarter for them? You bet them on the red and the arrow stops on the black, and you lose five penc! You merely lost a quarter, haven't you? Suppose you win, which you never do, unless the shark wants to draw you on to a bigger game, and you sell your pencils back for money.” “Why, by Jove, those pencils are nothing but a substitute for chips!” exclaimed Mr. Dutton, “Now, on the other hand, suppose you go to a more innocent appearing roulette wheel, where you Invest a nickel and get a chance of winning from one to six cigars, which are tho cheapest on the market and wholesale from $7 to $10 per 1,000. It may seem queer that you always get one cigar, but if you knew the wheel could be stopped any place on the table by means of a wire, there would be nothing strange about it. “Why, those are clean steats, all of them, Now, at the beginning of the week we hired a man who claimed to be an expert, and he was given instruction to stop the sale of liquor and prevent gambling on the grounds He must either be blind or has been fixed. 1 thought we had taken cvery precaution, and it I bhad known this we would have had those people run off. But it does seem that Barnum was right when he said that the American people like to be humbugged.” t you would like to see just how they are humbugged,” I sald, “walk down here behind mo and you can see for yoursel and we turned down the street to the left of the Presbyterian dining hall, past several fruit and lunch stands, an alleged blind man, who had lost his sight “by paralysis of the optic nerves caused by measles,” past a num- ber of fakirs, one selling a glass bulb filled with water, which he claimed would rise in the tube If immersed In adulterated or Im- pure food, be it milk, sugar or turpentine; or another selling & cheap plece of glass, which ho claimed to be a powerful microscope; not to mention other frauds selling cheap jew- elry, brass spectacles, corn remedies and otlier nostrums. The first wheel we came to had a tempting layout of cabbage leaf cigars and I put down a nickel and gave the ar- row a vigorous whirl. It began to slow up and finally stopped on one cigar. “Hard luck,” said the fakir, and handed me & tempting weed, made of tobacco stems and cabbage leaves. But it wasn't hard luck at all. When the arrow began to slow up sufficiently the operator put his foot down on a pile of handbills which seemed care- lessly dropped underpeath the table, but which covered a small board to which a as attached, which controlled the ma- chine. I played six of those wheels of for- tune and for an outlay of thirty vents re- celved in exchange five alloged cigars and & very miserable looking hanana. “Those wheels all stopped on one cigar or on one banans,” I remarked, showing my outlay to Mr. Dutton. “That seems a liitlo more than a coincidence.” The truth was that every one of the wheels was worked with a wire or a bolt. NO CERTAINTY IN THIS GAMBE. Just at the corner of the avenue was & fruit and lemonade stond that had two elot machines. Above one W ed several watches aud some tep right up and put a nic a you al- othing. Watches or revolvers, ent to a4 dollar,” yelled the pro- five nickels dropped in the man recelved a small ticket p0d for 1 cent in loaded the machine siest Xind of a game » peopl he other slot hine contained a deck of cards on re- volving bands, aad it cost a penny ouly to take @ whirl at the machine. Dut nothing 3 than a flush would win a clgar, and b icvested did uot yield a’ high engugh d. Just below this corner had Leen three roulette wheels, which were werks ing on a poncil basls the night before, but an they were not woiking in the daytime we walked over to the next Here wero weveral knock-down-the-baby gumes, but imost of them were, or haa been, running some atber game on the side. A favorite ruse secmed to be the barrel game. A barrel fs baif burled in the ground abou four feet from tho ropes, so that the head at an angle of 46 degrees to the ground, A triangular hole s cut fn the hesd of the barrel. and the ubject !s to throw (hree basa balls Inte the barrel, for which privi- lege you pay 6 ce with a chance of ting from one o five cigars. I paid my 5 conts. and, pickivg up three balls, was fust ahout to throw than, when Lefore the could what 1 was dojug, 1 Ind tha rope to xe: how much larger the L was thin the base ball. Al though the hole looked big enough, thers was barely 10om to furce the ball In with your hands, to may nolhing of throwing it in. Naturally I was not very successful at the e. This cauglit lots of suckers bes cause the barrel was 50 ngar the rones thas