Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 12, 1895, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ISTABLISHED JU NE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY — o MORNING, OCTOBER 1 2, 1895—~TWELVE PAGES. GETTING NEARER TOGETHER! Episcopalian House of Deputies Reverses Some Actions Taken Earlier, DECIDED ON A BISHOP FOR ALASKA. Debnte Was monlous—W the Plnce Lively but Not shington Seleet of the Next. Con- ventlon Acri- ax MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 11.—There was an echo of last night's lively session of the board | of missions when the house of deputies of the Eplscopalian convention met this morning, | George C. Thomas of Pennsylvania moved that when the board of missions sit this even- ing it be with closed doors. Governor Prince of New Mexico raised the point of order that the two houses had noth- ing to do with the board of missions, which was an independent bedy and could not be dictated to. Chairman Dix colncided with this view and ruled the resolution out. Rev. Dr. Henry L. Jones of central Penn- sylvania moved that the convention adjourn on October 18, and the resolution was re- ferred to the committee on unfinished busi- ness, The trouble of last night came up again in the shape of a resolution of Rev Dr. F. P. Davenport of Tennessee, defining a quorum of the board of missions. The resolution vided that a majority of all members would be necessary to do business and that votes should be taken by dioceses. This was adopted as an amendment to the canons. Dr. Dix then stated that he had been in error in ruling out the Thomas resoluticn, and its mover brought it up again. He thought, | after reading the headlines and other state- | ments in the morning papers, there was abundant reason for the execufive sessions. | But the motion was lost by the narrow mar- gin of 133 nays to 125 yeas. Dr. Fairbanks of | Florida wanted all outsiflers excluded from | the body of the house at tonight's session, but he was voted down, 146 to A message from the house of bishops an- nounced the selection of Louisville as the ! place for holding the next convention and | asked for a conference commitiee, to which the deputies assented. There was evidence of the restive feeling in the house of deputles over the constitu- tional revision controversy in the resolution presented by Rev. Dr. John §. Lindsay of Boston, calling for the complete report of the commission by 3 p. m. today. Then Dean Hoffman reported that daily sessions were being held and a report would be presented at the earliest possible moment; probably Monday. The dean added that the commls- wion, he thought, did not expect the absolute adoption of the new constitution at this ses. sion, but hoped to get the matter in such shape that it might be finally disposed of at the next convention, Dr. Lindsay was willing to make Monday the ltmit. In the discussion that ensued Father McKim of Washington compared the new constitution to Jonah, and wittily ad- vised that it would be better for the conven- tion and better for the constitution to cast it overboard. “What have we accomplished in & week's discussion?”’ he asked. “We have pluralized a word and mangled a definition of the church,” whereat there was great laughter. The resolution as amended was then adopted. Section iv was then taken up and Judge Ben- nett's substitute of five sections was laid on the table, 153 to 121, The conference committee reported that it had recommended that the bishops recede from their opposition to the new diocese of Marquette, in noithern Michigan. The conference committee named on the next convention city consists of Bishop Pot- ter of New York, Bishop Nichols of Califor- nia, Bishop Gailor of Tennessee, Rev. Dr. 1. T. Perkins of Kentucky, Robert T. Paine of Massachusetts and Frank H. Miller of Georgla. Both the house of deputies and the house of bishops agreed on Washington as the place for holding the next convention, and one fight of the convention Is settled. The house of deputies this afternoon reversed some of its former actions when it got down to voting by dioceses. A majority of the in- dividuals in" the convention did not neces sarily rule then, and the laity had more show than during the previous debates. The vot- ing was all on the question of concurring with the bishops on the first six sections of article 1. The first two were concurred in, except that the word synod was changed to convention in designating the triennial meeting. The fight came on the third sec- tion, which contained the term primate, This section was changed by eliminating the ob- jectionable clause. The vote to concur failed to carry because the laity and clergy did not concur, a majority of elther being re quired. Considerable time was spent on the ques- tlon of allowing representatives of churches in foreign countries a vote in the conven- tion. It was decided after long argument that they .should not have the right, but the section was not finally adopted, The house of bishops this afternoon decided to elect another bishop to Japan, to be known as the bishop of Tokio. The election will occur nest week. The bishops have finished thelr discussion of the revised constitution. They laid the declaration on the table. This evening the board of missions held another large meeting to consider t! Alaskin question, and by a vote of 161 to 37 decided to ask the house of bishops to elect a bishop of Alaska. The debato was not as sultry as last night, but there were some spicy specches. Bishop Neely made another fight against Alaska, but he apologized for many of the things he had said about Missionary Chapman last night. Many of the promi- nent bishops of the church took part in the debate, and it was not until a late hour that the debate was closed Blshop Paret of Maryland was today driven, by the assertion that he had decided to choose the new diocese of Washington for lis see and remove from Baltimore to Wash ington, to make a declaration. He sent word to .he committee of the house of bishops that be had decided to remain in Baltimore, This action makes probable the election of Rev. R. H. McKim of Washing- ton to the new bishopric. pro- DEVOTED THE DAY TO MISSIONS. he Misxlonary So- Many Ministers, SYRACUS Y., Oct. 11.—The day's gessions of the national council of Congre- gational churches of the United States have been given over to the six missionary so- cieties under the supervision of that body. The first part of the worning was devoted to the report of tie Cengregational Church Building soclety. The next soctety to report was the Congregational Home Missionary soclety. Rev. Samuel H. Virgin of Pilgrim Congregational church, New York, spoke on the report. He eulogized the association, which he said has provided the atmosphere in which civie virtuo and patriotism has flourished and brought majesty of the law and the beauly of the guspel to mould human character. “It has," he sald, “furcished many a Parkhuist and many a Roosevelt, whose suc- cessful, though unreporled, toils have changed the character of towns and cities " Rev. Richard B. Foster of Oklahoma spoke on the work on the frontier in which he has been engaged twenty-six years. Rev. D. W, Bartlett of Utah said that the work in that territory had not been a failure. The com- ing election in November would furnish a crisls In Utah Territory. If the people vote for statehood the Mormons will control the For Kansas ReveeJames G. Dougherty re- ported in an Interesting manner, A dispatch from the pastor and congrega- tion of the First Congregational church of Portland, Ore., Inviting the council to meet there in 1898, was read. The council acted on the church question by adopting the following tions: 1. That a committee on Christian unity be appointed at -the session instructed to fnform all national bodies that are in fellowship with us that they are authorized to represent this council in call- ing an interdenominational congress when- ever any conslderable number of our sister churches shall have signified their readiness to co-operate in the call, and also to s ire them that we hope for great good from such a congress, especlally in the increase of mutual loy the multiplication of opportunities for practical fellowship. 2. hat we commend our breth have sought to promote comity by enominational organizations in the sev- | states, and request our committee to encourage similar movements in all parts of our land. 3. That we ought to show that we are tarian, not by undervaluing our prin- clples, but by cultivating and expressing the epirit’ of brotherhood toward all the lowers of Christ. Later in the session final taken on the subject. slon the reading of unity resolu- who inter- action will be At the afternoon ses- the reports was con- tinued In order were given reports from the Sunday School, Publishing, American Edueation and American Missionary societies. This evening, after the report of the Ameri- can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis slons, Samuel B. B. Cappen of Boston de- liveréd an address on hehalt of all the so- cleties on “The Missionary Obligations of Our Churches and the Reasons for Greater Actlvity in Supporting our Six Congregational Societies.” During the evening session Portland, Ore. was selected as the place of meeting for the next triennial counc Pl Yanany 8 TALK MAY COST HIM DEAR, Reported ¢ Herr Lichkn Be Arrested for Lese BRESLAU, Oct. 11.—Tt is reported that Herr Liebknecht, president of the socialist congress, will be charged tomorrow with lese majeste on account of remarks con- tained in his speech to the congress, delly ered last Monday. Herr Liebknecht re- marked on that occasion that no matter how nt win Majeste, who wished a trial of strength with the socialists, if the people wanted a fight, the soclal democrats were their men. He went on then with a direct deflance to the em- peror, referring to the latter's anti-soclalist speech In the following language: “The highest authority in the land throws down the gauntlet and Insults us. Let us take up the challenge. No matter who he be who casts this mud at us, he is incapable of touching us, for we are above his insults. The German empire would first collapse, but socialism will triumph. A violation of universal suffrage would be equivalent to the death warrant of the Imperial govern- ment."” Wholexnle, CATANIA, Sicily, Oct. 11.—A woman known as Gaetana Stomoli has been arrested here for the wholesale poisoning of children with phosphorus. She administered the poison by mixing it with wine and prevailing upon the children to drink it. Her victims already number twenty-three. It is stated that they all died in fearful agony. The woman has confessed to having committed the deed and offered as an explanation that she wanted revenge for the death of two of her children, who had been bewitched. A crowd of peo- ple attempted o lynch the woman, and were prevented with great difficul Death Lixt Larger Than Supposed COLOGNE, Qct. 11.—The Volks Zeitung says that fourteen dead bodies are still buried in the debris and ruins of the spinning fac- tory at Bechelt, forty miles from Munster, Westphalia, which collapsed yesterday and buried forty workmen in the ruins. The first report of the disaster placed the num- ber of those killed at ten, but the search of the ruins and the number of those known to have been in the factory who ar® missing shows that there are forty dead men. Regrets Over Suckvill cation. LONDON, Oct. 11.—The Chronicle says this morning, upon the subject of the pamph- let history of his diplomatic experiences in the United ates, issued by Lord Sackvlile, former minister at Washing- ton “The feeling existing with ref- cronco to the appearanco of the Sackvillo pamphlet s one of unqualified re- gret. This finds its strongest expression, per- haps, in diplomatic clrcl S h Troops Defeated. TAMPA, Fla,, Oct. 11.—Spanish newspapers report an engagement near the city of Santa Clara on October 2. Fifteen hundred regulars under General Valdez were attacked by the insurgents and defeated. La Quinta, in Reme- dios, was attacked by the insurgents, who took the port and set in on fire. Two thou- sand Spanish troops were quartered there. Recruits from Buenos Ayres. MADRID, Oct. 11.—Word has been re- ceived that 835 Spanish volunteers have ar- rived at Santiago de Cuba, from Buenos Ayres, D COMMODORE SELFRIDGE TO STEP UP Father and Son Both Holding the Highest Naval Rank, WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Commodors Thomas O. Selfridge, president of the naval inspection board, has been ordered to report at the naval inspection board tomorrow for examination for promotion to the grade of rear admiral, ‘in anticipation of the retire- ment of Admiral C. C. Carpenter in Feb- uary next. ' The prospective promotion of Commodore Selfridge to the rank of admiral will result in a state of affairs unprecedsnted in the history of the United States navy: It will show father and son in the highest pos- sible grads of naval command. Ir this case, however, tho father is on the retired list Admiral Selfridge, sr., is a resident of this city and is a vigorous old man, despite his career of over four score years and ten. Ad- miral Carpenter is now in command of the naval forces on the Adriatic station and his early retirement wil make It necessary to cousider the selec- tion of his successor In that most important command, inasmuch aa he will have to be relieved in time to allow him to reach this country by. the date of his retire- ment. ROOF FELL IN ON THE WORKMEN, Three Men Killed and eral 0 Severely Injured, CLEVELAND, 0., Oct, 11.—The huge roof of the casting room at the river blast furnace of the Cleveland Rolling Mill company fell in without warning at 8:30 this evening, kill- fng three men outright and Injuring several others. The majority of the men escaped by springing through the many doorways in the sides of the building. Those killed were crushed to death and are: Charles Wakefield, laborer, 27 years old, unmarried; Joe Teerfis keeper of furnace No. 5, 40 years old, and man of family; Tony Gorman, keeper of fu n yea unmarried. The fuur men most seriously injured are: Joe Bealey, leg broken and back and head cut; Peter Rublaski, legs broken and hurt inter- nally: Joe Barrash, hesd cut; Joe Lockish, head cut and body bruised. It is feared that at least two of the wounded men will die. - Buying Up M DENVER ern nE Property. Oct. 11 —Dennis Sullivan, T, G. Burke, Scnster H. €. Bolsiuger and some castern capitalists have incorporated the Vendome Mining company and bought all the properties of the Herbert Mining company ome adjacent mines, comprixing about prineipal offices, including governor clvitization will be set back iive oi ieu years, Rev. Edward A. Paddock of Idaho spoke | Wittlly on that state. He said the politics | of the state and country must be purged by the Coogregationalists and the little school house. Rev. Thomas G. Lansdale of South Dakola brought the greetings of the slate und gave a report of the v acres in Giipin county. The price paid V the neighborhood of $480,000, ¥ - shing Machine r Explodes. SPRINGFIELD. Mibu,, Oct. 11.—A thresh- ¢ boiler near Mount Lake blew up yester Killiog four men. The dead are! Joseph Echumaker, James Mallett and two 1058 names are uwnkoown, fol- | f | many bayonets were at the disposal of those SHAEFFER 1S NOT GUILTY Pythian Grand Lodge Exonerates the Ex- Keeper of Records, ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS George Ford of Kearney Made Chancellor Without n Strug- gle—Inside Story of the Alleged Shortage. and GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct. 11.—(Speclal.) —Harry Shaeffer, the Pythian ex-grand keeper of records and seals, has been ex- onerated from the charges of fraud that were preferred against him, and the whole deal was settled at an early hour this morning, the session of the Pythlans lasting until 3 o'clock this morning. It has been the loigest session that has ever becn held by the grand lodge. The investigation into Shaefter’s records has taken up much time, and it evidently has been a wearisome and unpleasant task. The members | of the grand lodge have become anxious to get home, and, therefore, rushed matters last night, and remained at work for over seven hours in succession. A committee was at last appointed to see Shaeffer at the Palmer house, and it took the records and settled up all matters at once. Shacffer ad- mits that mistakes were made, but clalms, as do his host of Pythian friends, that they were corrected as soon as discovered, and { that there was no intention or evidence of | fraud. Shaeffer has had unusual misfor- | tunes by way of sickness in his family, his friends say, and that he made mistakes is not surprising. The ex-record keeper was quite fll last night, but was able to attend the lodge session this mornip | Resolutions passed in the grand lodge sup- port the finding of the committee which had previously examined into Shaeffer’s record | and reported a shortage of $2,500, called for the appointment of a special committee to make final settlement, and state that pos- | sibly the shortage was the result of care- lessness and negligence, The election of officers was taken up after the Shaeffer matter was settled, and resulted as follows: Grand chancellor, George Ferd of Kearney; vice grand chancellor, Gus Nor- burg of Holdregs; grand prelate, H. Boyd- ston of Nebraska City; grand keeper of rec- ords and seals, Will Lane of Lincoln; grand master of exchequer, J. B. Wright of Lin- coln; grand master-at-arms, George Spear of Norfolk; , inner guard, Walter H. Williams of Ainsworth; outer guard, Sam Lease of Bellevue; supreme representative, Richard O'Neill of Lincoln. The newly elected officers were Installed this morning by Past Grand Chancellor Dil- worth of Hastings. The business of the lodge was all finished up this afternoon, and the various delegates are rapldly leaving the city for their various 1ING TO PREVENT TALKING Cunnot Legally Assist Insarge WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Attorney Gen- eral Harmon, within the last few weeks, has recelved a large number of letters making inquiry as to the rights of American citizens under international law with respect to ex- pressing their sympathy with Cuba, either materlally or otherwise, in her present strug- gle. Tho following is a reply to one of thesa letters, and s substantially the same as all of the replies sent: T hasten to say in reply to your letter that the organization of a military force of any sort in the United States in ald of the Insurrection in Cuba would be in direct volation of the laws, section 5,286, Revised Statutes, providing for a fine of not exceeding $3,000 and im- prisonment for not more than three years for every person who in any way takes part in such expedition or enterprise to be car- ried on from thence against any prince, state, et€, with whom the United States are at peace. As the United States are not only at peace with Spain, but have with her a treaty whereby the extradition of pris- oners and many other benefits are secured, it behooves all” American citizens who have respect for the laws and obligations of thelr country and regard for its honor to obserye this law in spirit as well as in letter; to be neutral in word as well as in deed. While there is no law to prevent American clizens from speaking their sentiments on any sub- ject singly or together, taking such action as you mentioned in your letter would in my judgment be discourteous in the highest de- gree to a friendly power and tend to em- barrass and obstruct the government in car- rying out its determination faithfully to ex- ecute the laws and fulfill its treaty obliga- tions.” Newws for the Army. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Captain lenry F. Kendall, Eighth cavalry, is detailed as member of the board of survey, appolnted April 18, 1895. vice First Lieutenant James B. Hughes, Tenth cavalry, hereby released. Tirst Licutenant Thomas R. Adams, Fifth artillery, granted one month extended leave. The following changes in the Eleventh Infantry are made: Second Lieutenant Her- bert 0. Williams, company E, to company K; Second Lieutenant Edward A. Shuttle- worth, company K to company E. Second ‘Lieutenant John R. M. Taylor transferred from company G to company K; Second Lieu- tenant Willlam Wallace, company K to com- pany G, Seventh infantry, Patents to Western Inventors. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—(Speclal)—Pat- ents have been issued as follows: Nebraska William A. Lucas and L. P. Mooney, Fre- mont, thill coupling; Thomas D. Morris, Se ard, snap hock; Frank Reynolds, assignor one-half to A. B. Hunt, Omaha, apparatus for purlfying water. South Dakota—Nels Johnson, South Shore, windmill. lowa—John P. Anderson, Atlantic, fruit clipper; Rober W. Howell, Indianola, combined thill coupler and horse detacher; Hosmer Tuttle, Cedar Rapids, grain binder, grain binder band-mak- ing machine, straw band binder and means for msking straw bands for binding; Semer Q. Wells, Des Moines, printing press. Supplies for the Indians, WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—(Special Tele- gram.)—W. S. Buchanan of New York City has been awarded the contract for furnish- ing 50,000 pounds of dried apples for the Indian service at his bid of $5.53 per hun- dred, and the contract for furnishing 63,000 pounds of prunes at $5.20 per hundred, Heartway & Bennett of New York secured tho contract for supplying 60,000 pounds of at §5.60. The bids wers opened sterday. Meeting t n WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—The representa- tives of the British, Canadian and United States governments have arranged to meet at the State department next week to formu- late a treaty for the settlement of the claims of British owners whose sealing craft was seized by the Unted States revenue cut- ters prior to the announcement of the Paris arbitration and antecedent to the modus vivendi. Seeretary Stands by Hix Decision, WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Several days ago Secretary Smith decided that the state of California could not collect indemnity for losses of school lands where it had recsived the land fu the swamp land grant. The case was then ou review before him, and the state was not satisfied and asked. for a re- view. Toduy the secretary denied the mo- tion and the matter is settled for all time, Western Postmuste Appointed, WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)--Postmasters were appointe] today as follows: Nebraska—Spiker, Washington county John Skinner, vice J. M. Bovee, re- signed. lowa—Qsrman Valley, Kossuth county, F. A. Patterson, vice H. T. Jark resigned; Quincy, Adsms county, D, ! Swaln, vice I H., Walter, resigned, THROUGH Beyond Getting Mixed in Dates Made No Damaging Admisstons. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.—After a three days’ ordeal Theodore Durrant today left the witness stand. INstrfet Attorney Barnes tried again this mornug to draw from the defendant admissions that he was well ac- quainted with the use &f bromo-seltzer as it is used In medictne. Dhrrant's replies in- dicated that he had devote the night to a study of the compound, a8 he replied that he had conversed with Dr. Wet about it in the jail last evening. He was able to give its analysis and detailed its pathological ef- fect. For the first time during the trial Durrant today pleaded ignorance. In reply to a_question by Mr. Barnes, he said he did not know what an alibl was until after his trial began. While testifying today the pris- oner became badly confused at times, and when questioned regarding his experience at Cooper Medical college beeame so mixed in his dates that he also denied that he had told Miss Cunningham that he heard sus- picious noises in the belfry of Emanuel church on the afternoon that Blanche La- mont _was murdered. Several specimens of Durrant's handwriting were introduced in evidence for the purpose of comparing them with the writing on the wrapper In which dhe rings of Blanche Lamont ware mailed to her aunt, Mrs. Noble. The district attorncy closed his cross-ex- amination of the witneeg by trying to show that when he was at the ferries, ostensibly to search for Blanche Lamont, that he was In reality looking for Minnle Williams, who came over from Oakland that afternoon and was found murdered in the church next day. The defense fought vigorpusly against the admission of anything bearing on the case of Minnie Willlams, and after a long argu- ment Judge Murphy sustalied the objection. After Durrant was excused Charles T. Len- ahan, who was sald to have been mistaken for Durrant by Pawnbroker Oppenheim, was recalled to the stand for further examina- tion. Little progress had ‘been made, how- ever, when court adjourned until Tuesday morning. VICTIMS OF A BOLD SWINDLE. Arrest of Th Leads to In ce Young Englixh portant Dixclosures. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 11.—Three young Englishmen are under arrest at Wichita, Kan., charged ‘with being in this country in violation of the federal law. They are George . Eldred, Samuel Bstridge and B. H. Steele, and they were sent to Kansas by the International Immigration assoclation of London, England, under contract to work for Kansas farmers, They claim they paid A. L. Atkinson, president of the association of London, $200 each, for awhieh he agreed to give them first-class paksage to Kansas and guaranteed them work on farms for one ycar at $5 a month the first six months and $10 a month for the last six months. The men were brought fn. the steerage of cattle boats to Montreal, where they were met by an agent, who brought them to Kan- sas and turned them loose to shift for them- selves. Federal authorities, with the aid of Consul Burroughs of this city, have investigating the matter and are on the track of several besiles the three men- tioned, and their arrest will, it is =aid, soon follow. Consul Burroughs will forward his evidence to the English government and have Atkin- £0n and his association suppressed, while the agents of the associatign in this country, who, it is said, are known to the federal authorities, will doubtless {be prosecuted for importing alien contrack gabor, which of- fense is punishable by a fin 000, . en THE LANDS, Commiustoner Rules. Agninst the Northern Puaeific, OLYMPIA, Wash,, Octi 11.—A decision against the Northern Pacific rafiroad in a case {nvolving over §$1,000,000 worth of agri- cultural and timber lands in the Gray's Harbor country, gorth of Aberdeen, has been rendered by the commissioner of the general land office. On June 5, 1885, the Northern Pacific selected the lands In question, but prior to that date they had been scttled upon by twenty-eight bona fide settlers. On June 26, 1895, the Olympia officers were in- structed to notify these sgettiers that they would be allowed thirty days in which to enter the lands covered by their respective clalms. All of the twenly-eight applicants failed to make entries as aliowed, and John F. Soule and others made application to file upon the land, the rights of the others hav- ing been forfeited. The .railroad company claimed that as it had gelected the land prior to the application of the second list of settlers it was entitled to the land in the event of the original applicants losing their rights. The commissioner holds that the rights of the first applicants did not expire until July of this vear, and that the rail- road’s selection made prior to that date would not hold. The commissioner awards to Soule and assoclates the right to prove up on the land. SETTLERS AWARDE® Land HIGH TIME SOMETHING WAS DONE. Ex-Senator Dnwen Deplets the Condi- tion ndinn Territory MOHONK LAKE, N, Y., Oct. 11.—At the meeting of the Indian assoclation this even- ing Rev. Dr. Streiby, secretary of the Ameri- can Missionary assoclation, read a paper on Scotch Highlanders and ~American Indians, which aimed to show that these two races are closely allied. Ex-Senator Dawes of Massachusetts spoke of the Indian territory, depicting its strange and disgraceful condi- tion. The territory was a form of govern- ment by ftself, independept of the United States. The territory was pow surrounded by great states and Immigration was pouring in like a flood. Some 300,000 white people are now living in the territory, but they have no interest in 80 much as a foot of the soil and their children are excluded from the public schools, The Indians are no further ad- vanced than they were when they came to the territory and they are preyed upon by the white men. It was time that the govern- ment took a hand in,this matter. General Morgan, ex-commissioner yof Indian affairs, endorsed what the sanator had said. ——— Newspaper Men Up for Contem DENVER, Oct. 11.—A special to the News from Santa Fe, N. M., gays: Deputy United States Marshal Loomis" left here tonight for Albuquerque to arrest Themas Hughes,~ed- itor, and W. T. McCre!ght, business manager of the Albuquerque Citizén, on the charge of contempt. te-gleat to Congress Catron is to*be tried wy the territorial su- preme court Monday for alleged subornation of perjury growing out of the trial of the four assassins of ex-Sheri Chaves. The Citizen has been defending Catron and Wednesday printed an article reflecting upon the integrity and honer ef the court. e —— Belgic Hauled Off the Rocks. SAN FRANCISCO, ©Qet. 11.—The steamer Belgle, which has been ashore near Yoko- hama for several weeks, was floated today. Private advices say the vessel has been safely drawn off the reet and towed to Yokosito. There she will be placed in the government dry dock and temperarily repaired. When she 1s In a conditlon te go te sea again she will be brought here amd rebuilt. It wiil probably be six months before the steamer will be again ready for regular business. o e s s Silver Men Feel Jubilant. LEADVILLE, Colo, Oct, 11.—Mining men are fecling very hopeful and buoyant over the results of the rise in stiver. It is hoped here that the price will reagh 76 cents. There Is a great quantity of law grage ore in this camp that cannot be touched under 75 and 80 cents, and even at that price it could barely be worked at a profit. However, if silver should reach 75 cents, with a probability of staying at that figure, it Is lkely more mines would be worked. oo B8 Al Pay Inspector Dache Dead. PHILADELPHIA, Ogt. 11.—Pay Inspactor Albert D. Bache of the United States navy died today at his home in this city, after a briet illness, aged 63 years. QUESTIONING DURRANT. | BOUND TO SPEND THE MONEY Btate Board of Public Lands and Build- ings and the Penitentiary, EXPECT TO EXHAUST THE APPROPRIATION Beemer's Forty Cents a Day Relled on to Get the Cash Out of the ury Wh Leldigh ports the Priso cnne Sup= LINCOLN, Oct. 11.—(Speclal)—The con- dition of state penitentiary affairs is becom- ing decidedly unique. Prison Contractor Beemer walks the streets of Lincoln and the corridors of the capitol, doing absolutely noth- ing in the way of maintaining prisoners. But the Board of Public Lands and Buildings kecps strict tab on the number of convicts and prepares vouchers figured at the rate of 40 cents per capita per diem, which are al- lowed to Beemer and filed away in pigeon | holes. These vouchers aggregate about $4,000 a month. It the taxpayer will do a little | mathematical work he will discover that this sum will just about eat up the annual legis- lative appropriation. There Is every evidence that the board does not propose to allow any of this sum appropriated to ge® away from it. So far State Auditor Moore has refused to draw warrants against these vouchers, and up to date Contractor Beemer has failed to realize on them, The contract with | Beemer on file with the board provides, by amendment, that he shall “give back” to the state all unexpended money. According to the very wording of this curious doc ment the contractor should give it all bacl for up to date he has not expended a cent of it. As first drawn this contract allowed Beemer | the full 40 cents per day. It was upon this reading of the document that bondsmen wef secured and a bond filed with the secretary of state. Owing to an exposure of the condi- tion of affairs in The Bee, Beemer, in his own handwriting, changed the whole reading of the contract by inserting a clause to the effect that he was to pay back all unex- pended money to the state. But the old bond was permitted to lie In the hands of the secretary of state, and has never been changed to meet the requirements of the new conditions of the contract. Nearly every law- yer in Lincoln says that this bond is not worth the paper it fs written on; Beemer knows it, and the Board of Public Lands and Buildings knows it. With a loosely drawn contract and a worthless bond this board is now drawing vouchers and approving them for Contractor Beemer in the name of the | state of Nebraska Down at the penitentiary Warden Leidigh is trying to run the institution on the mo economical plan possible. With an appropri- ation of $102,000 for the biennium lying idle in the treagury, and to which he is denied access by the board, he s conducting affairs in a manner that, if unhampered by the Board of Public Lands and Buildings, will, he 21ys, leave a sum In tho neighborhood of $50,000 In the state treasury at the close of the biennium. MRS. ELLA CROWE WAS POISONED. BEE BULLETIN. cast for Nebra L Fair; Weathen B A Warmer; Varlable Winde. Page. 1. Bishi e Harry effer Fully Exonerated. Penitd oy Ra Persistent, Repubi 2. Bald Koy the Half Mile Recor gilist Sromoters Defy Judge Duffie. . State Educators | Nebraski's Norther Seasl o 4. Editorial and Comment. 5. What Happens in a Har Justice in the Ozark Co 6. Council Bluffs Local Matt Some Incidents of the R f relal a e Sco n Omihi fist Wo ha. 0. Spain Worrics About America iang Return to Their Homes. en. Nesting Under th tine in Le Butter Murkot. Who Make Wordy Wi Hills, sinnn. FAIR, Increnses ~(Special.) Rather a startling statement is made by H C. Bright of the firm of H. Bright & Co. of this city concerning a certain member of the State Board of Agriculture. Mr. Bright made an exhibit of buggles, bicycles, etc., at the state fair. He says that a member of the board came to him and offered to place first premium tags on every one of his exhibits in exchange for a woman's bicycle. Mr. Bright refused to do this and the blue tags were glven to another exhibitor from out of the city, There Is somo talk of criminally prose- cuting him. y United States Senator Pettigrew was inter- viewed with regard to the recent action of tho Board of Agriculture in taking home with them money which rightfully belonged to premium winners. The senator spoke in no uncertain terms condemning the board, and said that if he had been a winner of a premium he would at once institute suit against the members of the board for the amount, and would not compromise on & cent less than the amount offered in the premium list. Senator Pettigrew continued: “I think a set of men who defraud the premium win- ners, as has been done in this case, are getting off very easily with newspaper criticism. It appears to me that the board did not mean to be honest at any time during the arrange- ments for the fair. Their refusal to allow a local commliitee to be present at the ticket offices and check the selling of tickets looks bad on its face. The day the board reported 6,000 paid admissions there were in my opin- fon over 10,000 on the grounds.” Senator Pettigrew deplored the fact that the board was a self-perpetuating body, as so long as this Is the case so long will the premium winners be defrauded. He thinks that the governor shoull be given the power to appoint the board, and that no member at the Crime. with the willtul murder of Mrs Crowe by strychnine poisoning at DeWitt on October 8. The hearing was continued until tomorrow morning. The deceased was taken sick Tuesday afternoon and died early the followlng morning, the cause being given by the attending physiclan as heart failure. Some circumstances surrounding the sickness aroused suspicion of foul play, and an in- vestigation was asked for and an inquest held. The stomach was sent to Lincoln for analysis. After the funeral had been held, on Thurs- day afternoon, the coroner's jury brought it a verdict of murder in the first degree against H. W. Crowe, the husband, and May Rambo, the sister of the deceased. Crowe is landlord of the DeWitt house, and the young woman has been staying there for some time, and it is their alleged intimacy that Is said to have led to the trouble, They are now in the custody of the sheriff and kept apart. The defense is that -the poison was self administered MANAGER MYERS D IES ARREST, Stands OF Twenty-Six T and Finally Goes (o the Ageney. PENDER, Neb., Oct. 11.—(Special Tele- gram.)—While J. F. Myers, manager of the Flournoy company, W. S. Garrett and George Myers were on tho reservation today they were surrounded by some twenty-six Indian police with instructions to arrest Myers and bring him to the agency. Myers informed them that he would not be arrested by them, and furthermore told them that he would not allow them to molest any of the set- tlers holding land under the Flournoy leases. As he was backed up by Garrett and George Myers, both having a Colts' navy in each hand, the Indlans concluded that they would heed the advice of Myers and filed back to the agency without accomplishing what they were sent out for. At this time: McKnight, one of the em- ployes at the agency, who has leased all the lands now claimed by the Flournoy com- pany, appeared on the sceno and asked Myers to accompany him to the agency, where he thought satisfactory arrangements could be made with the agent. Myers went with him and as yet has not returned. Hold the Killing Was Felonlous, NELIGH, Neb., Oct. 11.—(Special.)—The coroner’s jury, which has been holding an in- quest on the remains of Newton Black, re turned a verdict to the effect that he was killed by Rudolph Ickles with felonious In- tent. Ickles is now under arrest. The kill- ing was the result of a quarrel over cattle of the dead man trespassing on the farm of Ickles, Sl e Prexident Leaves Gray Gables. BUZZARD'S BAY, Oct. 11.—President Cleveland and Private Secretary Thurber lefi at 5:30 tonight on board the Oneida, Com- modore E. C. Benedict's steam yacht, which arrived here yesterday for the purpose of taking the president back to Washington, With favorable weather the party should reach their destination on Monday. Mrs. Cleveland and the children will leave Gray Gables for the whits house early next week. This, the last day of the president here, was spent in fishing, in company with Secretary Thurber. T LR Formed an Oratorical Association, ST. JOSEPH, Oct. 11.—Delegates from the normal schools of Missourl, Iowa, Kansas and Illinols met here today and organized the Interstate Normal Oratorical associatica. Other states are exp:cted to join the assocla- tion. Oratorical contests will be held annu- ally by the association, and the organization was formed because of the action of the Interstate Collegiate Oratorical association in barring from its contests students of normal schools. ian Police AU Chicago Hangs a Murderer. CHICAGO, Oect. 11.—Harry Lyons was hanged today for the murder on the night of February 9 of Alfred B. Mason, a scenle artist, Lyons attempted to rob Mason on | the street and during the struggle which fol- lowed Lyons fractured the victim's skull with the butt of a revolver. Lyons was about 35 years old and had a long and ugly police record. He was nervy to the last, e Pardon for Floyd Brothe ST. PAUL, Oct. 11.—Th: Floyd brothers, sentenced to the state prison from Minne- apolis as accomplices of Philip Scheig In | embezzlcment from the Bank of Minneapo- | Uis, were pardoned today by Governor Clough, present serving should be allowed to continue to serve. The senator says Sloux Falls A private dispateh from Secretary Kelly says he will be able to pay a little more than 50 per cent of the premiums, and will be short about $1,500. Father Disposes of Hix Bablex. SIOUX FALLS, §. D., Oct. 11.—(Special.)— Abel Stafford, living near _Scotland, wis much surprised the other day, and he had reason to be. Five children, the oldest of whom is 7 years old, arrived on the train from Eureka to live with “their uncle,” although the sald uncle, Abzl Stafford, had received no previous word of their coming. It seems that their mother died recently near Eureka and their father, thinking them too much of a burden, shipped them to their mother’s brother, Mr. Stafford. Thelr uncle was too kind to furn them away or send them back to their unnatural father, so he has secured them comfortable homes among his neighbors, taking one of them him- selt. PR Did Well SIOUX FALLS, §. D., Oct. 11.—(Special.)— Alderman B. H. Lien and Judge 8. L. Tate of this city recently Interested themselves in a gold mine in the Black Hills, and now they are very glad they made the investment The mine is the Cutty Sark, and was pur- chased together with about 200 acres of valuable mineral land about it. The shaft 1s now down 125 feet, and a ten-stamp mill is turning out a profit of about $400 daily. The two Sloux Falls men own a controlling interest in the mine, which promises to make them rich in a short time, as the ore Is getting better as the shaft goes deeper, e e HILL WORKING HARDER THAN EVER Said to Have the Backing of the Deutsche Bank, TACOMA, Wash,, Oct. 1l.—Letters re- ceived here from St. Paul from men well posted in railroad affairs state that Presi- dent Hill Is working harder than ever to consummate his consolidation plan. They say that the Deutsche bank of Berlin, repre- senting a majority of the bondholders, is ready to advance the money necessary for the reorganization of the Northern Pacific, about $15,000,000, if convinced that the Hill scheme 18 the right one. Men here who have been quletly investi- gating, state that the eentiment of the peo- ple of Washington and Montana . is prac tically unanimous against consolidation, and that the Hill-Adams plan will encounter o serious obstacle in the constitution and laws of Montana. Railroad men here assert that the Northern Pacific will soon be earning enough to nearly or quite *pay the annual fixed charges of $9,000,000, and that this probability 1s fast putting (he Hill plan to sleep. Presént carnings are given at the rate of $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 above operating expences. Harry Hayward Pluns to Esenpe. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct, 11.—~The county au- thoritles admitted today that they had dis- covered a plot to effect the escape of Harry Hayward, the condemned murderer of Catherine Ging, from the county jall. Du- plicate keys had been made In some way Which fitted his cell door and the outer door. These keys have been found by one of the sheriff’s officers, and when tried fitted the locks perfectly. The sheriff had Kept the matter quiet and laid his plans to capture the conspirators in the act, bribe had been offered to one of his depu- ties to ald in the escape, a fact which the deputy promptly reported to Sherif Holm- berg. . The publication of the facts will prevent the attempt, but arrests are likely to follow. ‘ell Known Deteetive Dies PITTSBURG, Oct. il.—James J. Brooks, ex-chief of the United States Secret Service department, but of late years In charge of a local detective agency, died at § o'clock this morning of heart disease at his resi- dence in this city, aged 76 years. Mr. Brooks had made a'wonderful record hunt: ing down offenders against the United States laws and took an active part in sup- pressing the famous whisky insurrcction. - Wilk Inspect the Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11.—The regular annual inspection trip of the president and board of directors of the Pennsylvania Rail- way company will begin on Monday and it will last two weeks. In this time the party will have traveled nearly 2,800 mile - Movements of Ocenn Vossels, Oct. 11, At New York—Arrived—State of Nebraska from Glasgow. At New York—Arrived—Fuerst Bismarck trom Hamburg. At Glusgow—Arrived—Samariian, Moutreal, RESULT ABOUT A STANDOEF Fight Betwoen Broatch and Chaffoe at Re= publican Primaries, NEITHER MAKES HIS NOMINATION SURE Edwards for Treasurer ix Down In His Own Ward—Large Vote in Most of the Wards, ru Delegates to the republican tion, which meets this afte at primaries yesterday af city noon, were chosen rnoon. Tho main contest was over the mayoralty and the result of the voting leaves it unsete tled whether W. J. Broateh or C. L. Chaf- feo will the nomination. They wilt KO Into the convention with an almost equal backing, though the primaries hotly contested and everything was done by (he candidates to win Considerable sides, Mr, henchmen personally conven= recelve were possible money was spent on both Broatch had many of his old at his back and put in practice, and through his retainers, the same methods that have characterized former efforts to secure support. Prominent among those who were doing his work were police officers and patrolmen, who, in uniform, legged for him at the polls and busied them- selves in all places to get voters of their kind to the polls. In the interest of Chaffee the same tactica | were used as in the county republican prie | martes u week ago. On the previous occas | slon tho ranks of the water works employoes were padded as much as possible durlng the | days preceding the primaries. The men were glven their time and trangportation to and from the polls, where they were presumed to vote solidly in the Interests of the water works candidate for the district court clerk- ship. The scheme worked to perfection, and the company repeated the maneuver. Thurs- | day fitty men were added to the water works force, making nearly 400 men employed on the extension of the system, ail of whom were availablo as Chaffee voters. This xolld vote was expected to cut a wide swath when launched fnto the primaries and the opposition candidate carried out his plan to watch the water works voters closely, having them chale lenged on any excus: HOW THE WARDS VOTED. Probably the most Interesting was the contest in the Ninth ward Edwards and Dumont for city tre which resulted in the burial of his own bailiwick. The delegation in the First ward is a mixed affair, it being composed of five of the candidates nominated by the caucns and four who ran on petition. Regarding the mayoraity, it 1s much in doubt and is claimed by both the supporters of Chaffes and Broatch. It {s considered, however, that a majority, at least five, is in favor of Broatch, and it is possible that he has one more, The average First warder, theug!, is not gambling on the ticket. The delegation comprises A, M. Back, Harry Brandes, B. J. Cornish, Lee S. Bistelle, W. H. Hancbett, Morris Morrison Henry Nelson, 8. W. Scott and John Butler, de issus between surer, and dwards in counclimanic fight .wag hot, but Dubois re. celved the preference over Bandhauer, re< celving 197 votes, agalnst 136 for Bandhauer. The total number of votes cast was 403, Tho Second ward elected an almost solld Chaffee delegation, eight of the ticket fayor- ing him, whil> only one is for Broatch. It is understood, though, that if Jenkins' name Is presented to thé convention he will recefve two and possibly three of the Chaffeo votes, The delegation 1 as follows: George Anthes, H. H. Boyles, Frank Francl, A. C. Hart, Fred Hoy, Charles Kessler, Anton Kmnent, Charles Norberg and Fred Pycha. Kessler polled the highest number of votes, 320, and Kment the lowest, 235. There were three candidates for councilman and the fight of the day was bes tween two of them, Bingham and Cott. Bing- ham came out ahéad with 210 votes to his credit, while Cott received 189, Alstadt, the other candidate, received only There Wero 528 votes cast. Third Ward—Solid Chaffee delegation and in favor of Lew Burmaster for the council: Frank Anderson, Nato Brown, Lew Burmas- ter, F. B. Heacock, Leon Levy, J. T. McVits tle, William Reece, Henry Rhode, G. R. Young. Fourth Ward—Solid Broatch delegation: J. J. Boucher, T. C. Brownlee, K. S, Fisher, W, B. Howard, Frank B. Kennard, Frank O, O'Hollercn, Frank Planck, Richard Smith, J, T. Wertz. This delegation wants Edwards for treasurer and Higby for clerk. Fifth Ward—Jim Kyner put up a ticket pledged to Chaffee for mayor and to J. P, Hen- derson for the council. It were charity to Kyner to suppress the figures by which his list was snowed under. Dave Christie se- cured the endorsement for the council and the delcgates elected will support John Jenkins for mayor and then go to Broatch if there is no chance to make Jenkins, There were 421 votes polled end the delegates who re- celved nearly all of them were: O, A, Ask- with, Dr. Blythin, J. S. Bryant, W. B, Christle, William Edmunson, W. T. Graham, C. M. Rylander, W. E. Stockham, D. O, Yates, Sixth Ward--Jim Winspear came out as a clean republican yesterday afternoon and spent the day in directing the movement of the Chaffee forces at the Sixth ward pri- marles. There were 666 votes cast. ©. H, Gratton recelved 291 votes for member of the Board of Education and F. J. Burgess 285, Carr Axford had it all his own way for the nomtuation for the council. John Westberg gets the endorsement of the ward for comp- troller, while the delegation stands seven for Chaffee and two for Broateh for mayor, The anti-Broatch men elected are: B. S. An- derson, W. S. Askwith, William Bell, George 3. Colllns, T. J. Davis, J. L. Kaley and orge B. Wilson. The Broatch men on the delegation are H. C. Brome and John Care naby. SEVENTH. LIVELY TIME IN Tn the Seventh ward there were 409 vote cast, and the count was still unfinished at midnight. At that time, however, thers wai 10 room left for doubt that the Chaffee dele- gation was victorfous, There was a good deal of seratching. There was no particu- lar fight on Chaffee, but the opposition ticket was in the interests of A. E. Baldwin for police judge, and its delcgates wore unpledged for mayor. ' The Baldwin ticket made a much betier showing than was expected, and the regulars who were claiming their election by two and three to one were obliged to ma~ terlally modify thelr figures, The Chaffe delegation conslsts of Howard H. Baldridge, Charles F. Relndorf, J. W. Eller, John Grant, Louls Peterson, George Sabine, John W. Stone, ‘George B. Stryker and B, F. Thomas. There were four candidates for councilmanie lonors in the persons of Q. S, Ambler, Willlam C. Goss, Joseph H. Taylor and Lec Yates. It was uip and tuck between Taylor and Yates, and at 12 o'clock the In- dications were that Yates would pull out ahead by a very small wajority. A. B, Baldwin, H. E, Cochran and James Powers wera rival candidates for the support of the delegation for police judge, Baldwin had clear majority, but It is considered doubtful whether the Chaffee delegation will support him after his action in putiing up a rival ticket. If they should choose to retaliate by turning Baldwin down Cochran will be thelr choice. Efghth Ward—Doc Saville engineered the Chaffeo campaign in the Elghth ward, aided and abeited by Prof. W. H. Allen, who dise missed his school early to get his flnger in the muddle. These eminent statésmen seomed 10 have got their wires erossed some place and made a mess of It. Thore wore 618 votes polled, and the Broatch delegation got healthy majority of them. The delegates are R. T. Bildwin, Frank Burman, €. L. Boyd, H. F. Cl 1. W. Furnas, Van B. Lady, — ? (Coutinued on Third Poge.)