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1 The Omaha Daily Bee I I • ; _ _ _ I ' NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA THURSDAY i . . MORNING . , NOVEMBER . 14 , 1880. ' NUMBER 148. I M ; - JT.ni i i i - ONLY ONE MORE WITNESS , The Oronln Prosecution Will Pro nont Its Last Mnn Snturdy INTERRUPTED BY A DECISION Judge McConnell Holds Hint tie Blato Can Not Go Into the I'nit History or ilia Clrtn-iin- Oncl Society Knocked Out hy the Court CiiiOAao , Nov 13. At thd opening of the Cronln trial this morning Judge McConncll nn noli need Ills decision on the question of going Into the past history of the Clnn-na- Gncl The question was brought up by the examination yesterday ot cx'PoUcomnn Drown , nn ex-motnber ot that organization , ns to whether or not ho hoard the charges against Dr Cionln In 1SS5. The state attor ney explained thatbo proposed to show this was the fact , that Dun Coughllu was a mem ber of the trial committee , nnd that Or Cronln was expelled from the organization ' The court announced the opinion that the cvldcneo sought , to bo elicited from Oftlcor brown on the point named wns Incompetent , 1 and ruled It out | This decision rendered nny further at tempt to axamlno Ofllcor Brown futllo , nnd Ofllcer McKinnon , of Winnipeg , who wus on the stand yesterday , wns recalled Ho testi fied that Hurko told him ho hnd assumed tlio i name of J. W. Cooper because two men were ( wutchmg lilm The cross-examination of I this witness , whloh was postponed yosterilav ntthorcqucstof the defense , wus then begun After some unimportant witnesses were examined , tlio boards cut from the Iloor of tbo C.irlson cottugo were offered and ad mitted in cvldcneo In splto of the objection of tlio dufonso , Frank EnllclB , signal sorvlco ofllcer hero , was culled to the stand unci tcstlllcd that from midnight of May 3 to midnight of May ' 4 the sky was cloudless When tha exumin- I atlou of this witness was ilulshcd tbo state I attorney asked for an adjournment until 2 [ o'clock this nftornoon In order that the pros ' ccution might consult us to wbother or not they will conlinuo the line of ovldonco in view ot tbo courts decision this morning Adjournment , wus taken , ind It is generally i believed that the ovldonco for the prosecu tion is all in When the court convened nt 3 o'clock the states attorney announced that only ono moio witness would bo examined on behalf of tno state Tlio court then adjourned until Saturday morning , as the witness was j not hero now llio Cronln Jury was taken to tno Grand \ opera house this evening as a diversion from ! tbo tediousness of the trial I • j Till ! } W. O. T. U. Mrs Foster * Adherents Will Start a 1 New Union I' ' Chicago , Nov 13. At a meeting of the i executive board of the Women's Christian I' Tcmporanco union to-dav , at which Miss J Wlllard presided , the bolt of the Iowa dele i gallon was discussed Mrs L. D. Carhart , i * of Marion , la , who hnd been opposed to I Mrs Fester , was instullod a provisional j member In place of tbo bolter , and will bo j In charge until the now election is held The [ ' board adopted a plan of reorganization for | B ] Iowa SI About fifty ladies , dolcgatos to the nu- mf tlonal convention of the Women's Christian M\ \ Teuiperanco union , hold a meeting at the K Palmar house this morning in rcsoonso to a j B. , ' cull issued by Mrs Watson , of Pittsburg EH j The object of tbo meeting wus to organize a M j now tcmporanco society according to the I ideas advanced by Mm Foster uud-others ; { In opposition to the ideas of Miss Wlllard j and her followers A provincial committee ! Hi of Bovcn wus chosen to prcpuro nu address to M ] the country and to perfect a plan of oi-ganl [ g zatlon Miss Phlnnoy , of Cleveland , wns Hfl selected as chairman , it being impossible for jj Mrs Foster to accept the position , owing to / ' the largo amount of work on bor bauds K , Slio will give tbo movement bor most cordial - dial support in all directions | B i 'ihocommlitco will probably not Issue Its 1 address for several weeks , and after it has i B been issued a cull will be inado for a.uutloaul I Bconvention. \ . i K A local paper says tonight that the bolt j E * of the Iowuus und tbo now movement m ! created considorublo discussion about the l headquarters of the Women's Cbristiau | Tompcranco Union It was plain , It sa.vt- , I : from the expressions used that the delegates w to the convention weio sorry enough that V the 'rouble had reached the conclusion that m It did < W. Tbo vote on Miss Wlllard's ' ro-oloctlon ft < IoG3 not cPrcss the fooling of many on tbo S [ subject of partisanship and non-partlanshlp , f and It Is not unlikely that Mrs Fester may fret In tlmo qulto a following from ladies who invo provtously followed Miss Wlllard's lortunes and Ideas The split , bowovor , will not como until Mrs Fosters followers are thoroughly organized and their principles declared B [ } - Wlint Mrs , l < ester Snvs | Chicago , Nov 13. Mrs J. Ellen Fester , jH apeaking this ovoutngot tbo withdrawal of H the Iowa delegation from tbo Women's JH Christian Teuiperanco Union convention JK laBt night , said tbo members dcoply rein in grcltcd being compelled to take such a I Hi course , but none other was leit open to ( i them They are still constitutionally an ( ! auxiliary to the national union IHj aud must remain so until tbo next j K annual mooting of tbo Iowa society B' The committee today appointed by the non j partisan women will bourn aggresslvo work 1 at onoo Tbov will make no war upon ; tbo old society and wish It success In its 1 many Inlcs ot christian work Thera are , 1 however , largo numbers ot women who wish H to do legitimate tompcranco work nnd will H not consent to tbo inortgugo of their political j inllueiico , Hundreds of ministers who can H ] not glvo their support to a party orgumza- j Uon bavo urged us to tbo stop wo huvo W taken , " added Mrs Fester For myself , I 1 expect our action will greatly modify tbo 8 partisan course of the national union The H lines of partisanship and non-partlsunsbtD K being deflnlloly drawn , will force many H wouion to think critically und to como to K' logical conclusions " H * ' H Chicago , Nov , 18. D. Mary Weoks-Bur- .nett today Bued Mrs , II M. Darker , of tlio ( H | Woman's Christluu Tcmporanco union , for r $25,000 , It Is the outgrowth of thosamo j ] ( natter which prompted the suit against Mis * Jl Willara last week Bf A Visit tci SlibM Wlllnrd'a Mother BJ CniOAOo , Nor , 13. Today tbo Milwaukee M & St l'aul extended an invitation to tbo M members of the Woman's Christian Temper BJ auco union and their friends to visit Evans H ( ton , tbo homo of tbo mother of Miss Wll- J lard , ' who it now elghty-flvo years old Miss Ml Wlllard was unable to attend , owing to m pressing busluoss connected with the closing of the prcscut congress The dclogatlou , however , nud their friends were on baud and TOO ot thorn shook bauds with the old ) HJ lady , { The Central American Union London , Nov 13 , The Paris correspond 1 ent of tbo Daily News says the Quatonialmn minister , in on interview today , stated that jjjjjjjjjja the draft of the protocol for the federal union of Guatemala , tiau Salvador , lion H duius , Nicaragua and C0310 Hlca will bo M clgnod , but It requires the ratlUcatlou of the H congresses of the live countries H The Itcsnlt of n County Boat War H \ViiuiTA ; | Kan , Nov 13. John Jackson H Was arrested this morning by two United l H States marshals as ono of the twonty-nlno I B men who m July 18S3 , murdered Sheriff \ , m Cross aud po e , of Btevvu * county , | lu No-Man's land ! Seventeen moro of the gang are now In Stevens county nnd the authori ties there captured thorn oil this nftornoon llio murder created Intcnso excitement throughout the western partot the state nt the tlmo and grow out of the Uugotin- Woodsdata county seat war m TUB PAN-AMIJKIOASS. Knil of tlio Most lixtcnslvo Trip Kvcr Mntlo Hy Ono Train Pitll.Annr.fittA , Nov 13. The Pnn > Amor- lcan delegates lott hero at 11 this morning for Washington by way of llarrlsbure Wasiiinoton , Nov 13. Just forty-two days after tbo morning of Oetobor 3 , when tbo special train bearing the international American excursion party pulled out ot tbo station In Washington , tbo sama train , headed by the locomotive which had drawn It nearly six thousand miles , rolled triumph antly Into tbo capital city and drew Up to the station , having successfully completed the most Interesting , nnd- from u railroad standpoint , the most extensive trip over un dertaken by ono train How the excursion has resulted in furthering the objects which the American conference was called to nt- tain has been eloquently told bv the dele gates thomsclvr-s through the medium of tha Associated press Fmokolem IMwdor Washington , Nov 13. The subject of smokeless powder for military uies occupies consldorablo space In tbo annual report of Brtgtidlor General llonot , cbiof of ordnance Ho says In lurti "No American has ns yet submitted for trial a smokeless powder , and experiments w 'lth compressed powders bavo shown the same eccentricity ns developed abroad , tend ing to destroy contldenco In the final pro duction of n sorvlceablo compressed powder cartridge There Is reason to hellovo from the application made to an ofllcer of tbo ordnnnco department mora than ten years ago , that tbo smokeless powder originated in America to bo brought to tlio attention of the worla In foreign countries ' 'In view of the present status of the pow der question , it is not deemed expedient to produce a small callbra rillo for compressed powder cartridges Such a rillo , however excellent in itself , would be Inferior to foreign arms using smokeless oowdcr nnd consequently unsatisfactory to the army and the country nt largo It is boliovcd , how ever , that all the elements entering Into tbo problem , except the powder , are toady for use the moment this powder is obtained " Killed for n Cigarette St Paui , , Minn , Nov 13. [ Special Tele gram to Tun line | Jamo3 Simpson lies dying from u knife wound nt his homo on West Third street Ho asked William E. Havcstick , a Maria nvonuo merchant , for 'a ' cigarette The lat ter refused to glvo it to hini , wherounon Simoson wont behind the counter and helped himself This excited Havostlck's ' ire , and ho seized Simpson bv the coat collar , throw him into tbo street , und kicked him Siinuson arose aud was about to light tha cigarette when HavosticK again interfered , blew out the match , knocked the cigarette from Simpson's mouth , nnd then dolioorately drew a pocltot knlfo nnd stabbed him in tha back , the blade Inllictiug a mortal wound in tbo loft lung A How nt a Prlzo PI tillt Nbw Your , Nov 13. A lively mill of eleven rounds with skin gloves was fought this morning at an east sldo resort between Charley Judge , of this city , nnd Joe Fowler ler , cx-fcatborwoight champion or Ens- land In tbo llrst 11 vo rounds Judge puncn < m his opponent nil over the ring , but after that the Englishman gained strength nnd began pounding Judge In the eleventh round be landed a terrific underhand cut on judge , who at once claimed that his Jawbone was brokeu Judges friends were in the majority and tried to ur-cp him going , A terrlllo din ensued Finally Stove Urody , the refugee , decided tbo match a draw , to prevent trouble A row ensued and revolvers were drawn , but the pugnacious ones were llnully subdued Judge was oadly puuisbed A Ilritlsli Sclmonof Srlzr-rt. New Onr.KASs , Nov 13. It is reported that the Hritlsh schooner Pour ] , of Nova Scotm , was seized by a Colombian steamer for trading on the San Illas coast und taken to Carlbupcna This is the first seizure over made under the act of fifty yours standing making the coast of Colombia dutiable to all foreign vesr sols on eoged In trading This will affect a largo number of schooners belonging In Now York , Unltimoro , etc , trading along the coast American Acriculturnl Colleges Washington , Nov 13. At to-day's session - , sion of tbo association of American Agricul tural colleges and experiment stations , reso lutions woro.adoptcd looking toward the co operation of the stations and the department of agriculture in tbo testing of the vdrltios of flax , hemp and Jute , and of flbro machin ery Tonight Secretary Rusk entertained tbo delegates at his house m "Of Ann-no i" Dropped Atlanta , Nov 13. At to-day's session of tbo Knights of Labor the words "Ot America ca" were droprjod from tbo name of tha organization at the request of Assembly , of Birmingham , Eng * Powdorly's address was submitted Several minor cases in dis pute were disposed of I'owderly addressed a public meeting to-uigbt. , niack Hurt * ) Trial Uessemkii , Mich , Nov , 13. In the Holz- bay trial today , after the oponlng address tbo taking of testimony began The pris oner was positively identified by several men who were m the stngo that ho robbed , und the relatives of tbo murdered man identified tbo articles found on lllack Uart at the tlmo of his capture Kx-novpmor Kurtiu * Prpslilrtl Milwaukee , Nov 13. The seventh an nual convention of the International Asso- , elation of Fairs una Expositions began hero today , ox-Govornor Furnas , of Nebraska , in the olialr , Only routlno busluess wus attended to today , Nutlonal Untitling : AwHnclatloiis Ciiiuaoo , Nov 13. The ronrosontutives of cicbtcou national building associations mot hero today to perfect the organization ot a league of general building and loan associa tions for the purpose of harmonizing their business Interests All Hut Fornkr-r lectori Comjmuus , O. , t v. 13. The official re turns from all the counties In tbo state have been received Tbero Is a plurality of forty ono for Lampran ( rep ) over Marquis ( dam ) . With tbo exception of the governor all the republican tlcuet is oloctcd Another JjiMio Highway man ItosEnuitr , Ore , Nov 13. A lone high , wavmun held up the Coos Hay stage today , cut opou the letters nnd registered packages , rilled tboui of their contents ami luinded them back to the driver , thuuklng him po litely , Tlio Wentlicr Korocnst For Omaha and Viclultv Fair weather , For Nebraska ami Iowa Fair , preceded by light snow in northern Iowa , colder , decidedly soj nortt\wo torly winds For South Dakota Fair , preceded by light snow , colder , northwesterly winds Drncsoil Down by n IJriulur AvSTEnmu , N. Y. , Nov 13. Ex-Mayor John Carimchaol , of this city , assigned to day for the benefit ot bis creditors This was the result ot aiding the assignors of his brother Djutrl iu making the tatters forged paper good WESTERN ONIONS ' PROTEST , The Company Will Flaht the Post master Gonoral'o Order GREEN ANSWERS WANAMAKER Tlio Doctor Characterizes tlio Now Govcrnmont TclcRrapli Itntn nn a 1'nrtinl Conlksontlonnf tlio Corporations Property An Appeal to the Conn * . New YonK , Nov 13. The following cor- respondenca Is made public today : • New Yoiik , Nov 12. * Hon John Wnna- maker , postmaster general , Washington , D. C Dear Sir ! I bavo your favor of October 30 , enclosing your official order of the same date , purporting tex \ \ the rates for govcrn mont telegraph service for the fiscal year The order has had all tbo careful und do- llborato consideration that nn official docu ment from such a high source is entitled to receive , and after such consldoratlon tbo members of the cxccutlvo committee of the board > ot directors bavo exuressod them selves unanimously In a preamble and reso lutions , a copy of which I cncloso jou here with : From the fixed rates of last year , which were not remunerative , your present orders mnko an avcrago cut of a fraction over 40 per cent On messages transmitted less than four hundred miles , which embraces the larger number of govcrnmont messages , tbo reduction Is 50 per cent , nud on transconti nental messages tlio reduction Is from 50 to SO cents each on the minimum message , or CO per eont On the Blgtial sorvlco of thd war department , commonly known as the ' • weutho ' r icports , " the roductiou Is ono slxth , or sometiiiiigovcr 10 par cent Tbo statement upon which you presume that no questions can arlsu as to the fairness of these reductions is that , the reduced rates hereby determined arc practically the sauio us tbosu upon which ono of the divisions or departments of your company , as well as one of Its principal com petitors , transuded uuslnos3 lor tbo publio generally for * a considerable time " Tlio fact that tbo Mutual Union Telegraph com pany , a small organization bo'onging to this company , did for a time meet the liultlnioru & Ohio rolegrapli company In sending messages - sages short distances and between a very fe .w points at 10 cents is no evidence that no loVs of money wa * involved If tboso com panies , as you promise , gave a rate of 10 ceuts between all points less than 4U0 miles distant train o.icli other , tno iialtl- moro & Ohio telegraph system would huvo been sold out by the Uattl- moro & Ohio railroad company as a bad Investment long before It wus sold nnd that rate would have reduced tno tariff of the Western Union Tolegrjph company below its actual oxuonscs in that important depart ment of our business _ _ If the entire message business of this company for the fiscal year Just ended had been sent at thu ratns named "In your clrculur our total receipts from thut Boilrco would have been $1,0U0UU0 less than thu actuul cost to us of transacting that busi ness If the messages soul by tbo govern ment were cqunl In numbur for the several alstuuccs , tha rate named in your circular would average 15 cct-ts for the minimum message of ten body words , estimating ten words free for address and signature , but as very much the greater number would be sent distances under 1,000 miles and at the lowest rata established , it Is probable that an avcr ago ot 15 cents would nllow for two or three additional body words in each mess ago If the wbolo 54,108,3.0 messages sent dur ing the last Usual year bad paid us but an average of 10 cents , the aggregate revenue for transuiltting iessagos would have been $3,110,313.90. Our total expenses were S14fi05,15J.ll. ( After deducting from ex penses the amount paid ot nor lines , the re funded and uncollected items , the rental and operating expenses of our Atlantic and Cuba cables , the cost of maintaining loascd wires and the rental for and expenses of the gold and stock and commercial news department , tuoro uro still left as expenditures strictly pertaining to the handling of messages , $12,118,501.17 , which the entire revenue ot the rates you name would lack over $4,000,000 , of meeting Even If the government messages were much longer than I estimnto nnd should yield ( which Is scarcely possible ; nn average of'JO cents each and all our business were done at that rate , tbcro would still bo a do- ficlt ot $3OU0U'J0 la that department ot our sorvlco Commodore Vnnderbilt once met the at tack of a competing line of steamers by establishing a passenger rate of 10 ceat3 be tween Now York and Albany Nooody sup posed that 10 cents was a remunerative rate for so long a passage , but the moyo proved ofTootlve , cocuuso it onublod the commodore to buy the compotlng line without paying a speculative prlco for it Such a course is sometimes entailed by circumstilnccs on this company Competing com are somotlinos built not for Cunlcs profits , but to force us to buy thorn or retire from the field When such compe tition occurs it is a transient und isolated feature of our message buslnoss To seize upon one such feature , und so fir ns your oldco ns un umpire may control , to mnlco that tbo basis of a rata to bo charged on govern ment busluess , seems to us not judicial , but vindictive , It Is this vlow you hafo taken that wo especially regret , Wo may sootn to deserve roprohenslon , but the statute under whloh you uro acting is judicial aud penal The uwurd made annually by your predeces sors has some times subjectodus to injustice , but wo could ascribe to erroneous judgment tbo fixing of a rata designed to romunoruto us for the service , but which la fact Im posed a loss upon us Wo have berne the loss in such cases without complaint , even yielding to the wish of the dupartmonts to have the messages sent by thorn not con fined to the dofiuition of tno statute , but to include all their official uuslnoss Upon tbo present occasion a course Is pursued which gives your high official sanction to on atti tude towards us which wo consider so unjust and so wall calculated to operate prejudi cially to our general telegraph business that wo fuel compelled to eater our earnest pro test against it The further course you suggest of a board ot arbitration Is within what wo have always proffered Wo have stood ready always to supply to tbo incumbent ot your oflico tha fullest opportunity for search into the cost of our tclcgraphlo business and to accept froolv his impartial judgment If you prefer to dclogato that judgment to a board , as you suggest , leaving the rates for tins year to be govoined by that result , we shall bo glad to meat It • Inspecting tlio personal Interviews re ferred to in your letter , I regret that tbero was a misunderstanding as to any positive engagement to boo you again after our last conference When wo separutcd , you asked It you should see mo again , I nnswerod that I did not know ot any good that could como of further conference , but that if I found tlmo in tbo forenoon ot the next day 1 would make you a short call The next morning I had tome business at our telegraph oflico and "on returning to my hotel 1 learned that you hud called and expressed rcgrotsut my being out If 1 hnd then the least intimation that you Intended to call on mo I should certainly have awaited your arrival 1 have the honor to remain , Very respectfully iours NOKVl.H ClIEBN President Western Uulou Telegraph com pany , | Action ot the executive committee Nov6m her 0 , lbS9. Whereas , On tbo S9th day of June 16S3 , the postmaster goueral ot the Untied t ulos officially announced.to all tolcgruph com panies lint under the provisions ot tbo act ot July L'l , ISO ) , they would bo required to transmit the oQlclal messages of tbo United States for u compcusutlon ot 1 mill for each word , without regard to distance , a prlco which aould In no sense ba said to compen sate the sorvlco ; and , "Wburpas , On the 30th of October , lbS9 , the postmaster general by publio clrculur set forth ns established tinder tbo provisions of aald act , materially below the necessary cost to this company nnd toothers of transmitting | the messngesof tbo United States ; nnd , "Whcroas , This eompiny is obliged to consldor the enforcement pi said rates ns a confiscation of Its property to that extent , nnd Is advised that the obvious lnjiistica under said uct is rcmcdlablo at law ; there fore "Hcsolvoil , Thnt this company will trans mit us heretofore With duo priority and dill genco all telegrams Dctwcon the several de partments of the government nnd their officers and ngonts , but this company will not take us final payment the rates ubovo estab lished until its rights inlhat regard have re ceived such further consideration ns it tnuv bo able to secure , and the president ot this company Is hereby directed lo lilo a copy of this , our protest , with the heads of the several executive departments of the United States " TltOUntiE AT POUT PiRimu A Ilattlo Imminent Hctwcon tlio Sol dlrrx nnd Siiunw Men Picniir , a D. , Nov 13. fSpodal Telegram - gram to Tun Dei : . ] The FortPiorro Herald , which was received hero tonight , contains a strong and earnest nppcal It says : "Wo are In a deplorable condition , " nud gees on testate state that a company of soldiois with bay onets In baud , together with a number of squaw men and a band of redskins , bavo ar rived on the ground Tbo Herald was printed in the evening , and this news , com ing in this fashion , is startling to the pco- plo In this city , who were uuuwaro that matters hnd como to such a pass It Is undoubtedly the outcome of the recent rumors from the government headquarters of orders promulgated to put ovcry Bettlorolt the rosoi vatlon , as was the case in settling Oklahoma , preparatory to giving every ono an equal chance to cross over when the proclamation Is issued open ing the land I'lns is the policy of the government , ns in Oklahoma , and the authorities will see thnt every settler has a chance with his fellow to get on first Trouble has boon expected on tha milo square for weeks , and tha people of Piurro nro awaiting with intense - tense anxiety for news from the ether side A big storm is blowing and no means of knowing the true state of affairs are at hand , but judging from the copy of the Herald which nrrlvod Just before the storm commenced , things nro truly in a acplorablo condition , with the prospect that tbo troops now there have instructions to put every nun and his family off at once It is supposed that the immediate cause of the trouble was tlio quurrels betwoca tha citizens of Fort Pierre nnd intending set tlers on one sldo and the Isquaw men on the other These quarrels were becoming - coming brutal and ruinous , and wcra caused by the avaricious greed of the squaw men and the intcnso hostility entertained by the settlers against tbem Tno government authorities have become disgusted with the state of affairs , and have , judging from the article in tbo Herald , ordered the wbolo outfit 'to clear It Is probable that tbero will bo some loss of life , as tbo squaw mon are 'a dangerous class , nud , bciag backed up by their dusky redskin wives , will fight a desparnto battle , and the soldiers , too , will bo loth to leave their homes , as many ot them have lived on the reservation around Fort Picrro for many years suffering untold hardships in the hope that when the reservation was.tbrown onon their pains and suffering would bo rewarded , and to thus bavo to leave , their homes and lands just at the timb th y. hoped for their reward , and especially nt this tlmo of the year , with no place to go/and / no moans of subsistence , will hove aMendency to " make tbom desperate and bitter In case they are all driven over this way the citizens of Pierre will ao all la their power to provide food and shelter for tbem , although it Is probable there Is bound to bo much suffering ENGLISH AKTlsTS ANGIIY Very Muoh Dissatisfied With tlio French Award of Medals lOwi/rffiM JS'Ohi/ ' James ( Innlnn Ittm\'U.\ \ London , Nov 13. I New York Herald Cable Special to The Bub ] Americans may bo dissatisfied with thu manner in which French juries have awarded medals and other decorations , but Englishmen are foam ing at the mouth In ( the first place , the picture on which Cbclmonski , the Husslan artist , was awarded his grand prlzo was painted and signed in the year 1875 , so that it turns out to bo altogether ineligible under the rules for competition Some persons are ' clamoring In con sequence for the with drrwal of the prize , but , I bo- llevo , with little obancu of success Again , Mr Bartlett , tbo American sculptor , was awarded a grand prize for his clever work , a lanol setting forth that the prlzo awarded to It was publicly affixed , but to tbo disgust of a certain soutiou ol the artlstio community the award has boon withdrawn by the rovis- lng jury Is not all this unseemly mismanagement sufficient to disgust oveuAho French them selves with their silly system of modal giv ngl Death of an Jtx-Jon fedora to lOoil/r/flrtt / ISS3 by Jama rtonlon n nni .l Pahis , Nov ; 13. I New York Herald Cable Special to The Hbe ] Colonel Ambrose Dudley Mann , who was assistant secretary of stnto under Presldont Pierce , died nt his residence at & Kuo Call today at tbo ago ot eighty-nine years Mann was ono of the Joint commiaslon sent to Europe by Jefferson Davis in March , 1801 , to secure recognition of the confederate Btatos Later on ho wa ? uppolntod commissioner to Uelgium and car ried a lcttor from President Davis to Pope Pius IX Slnco thu downfall of the confed eracy Colonel Mann has boon a voluntary oxlle A Match Arrunged ICopvrtaht llWhyJamti Qurditn iftnnett.1 London , Nov 13. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tub Deb I A marriugo has boon arranged between Clarence Sin clair , oldest son oft Sir J. O. Sinclair , of Thurso castle , Caithness ; and heir to the ex tensive Ulster estates , * nnd Miss Mabol Sands , eldest daughter ot tha late Mablow Sands , of Now York J " ; The Wlltl West Itrjwcs PnrM ICouvrlo'it I8S3 bu jamztunrinix1nii'K.I Paws , Nov 13. rNow York Herald Cublo Special to TriE Bee ] The Wild West show olosod its Paris engagement this after noon The American colony attended and shouted hoopla The show will open at Lyons on Sunday , thence goes to Marseilles , Barcelona and Naples , Hcnntor Cv.xris nulls'fur Homo ICnpyrlvM lbSJbu James Gordon JJjim'tt.1 London , Nov 13 , [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tub Hue | Senator Kvarts his wife and grand daughter , who bavo boon doing Europe , sailed tor New York today on the City of Paris , Mr Evarts , who is greatly improved in health , was ontortalnod at a farewell dinner , at which Lord Chief Justlco Colerldgp nnd Sir James Hanucn were present , • m Sixty noiilnngists Held Paiiis , Nov 13. All but sixty of tbo 15S persons arrested for Uklrig part In tha at tempted lioulungisl demonstration Iu the Place do la Concord yesterdny were released today Among those held was Anarchist Uoudals To Pill Out llnrt > p Turin lUmu-juima , Nov , 13. Governor Heaver today uppoluted William Llesoy state treasurer for thu unexpired term of the lute William D , Hart STIRRING UP THE SHORTS , Dodge Oouuty Suporvlsora Iuvostl- cntlup ; Some Ex-TrottBurors. A SCHOOL BOY WAR AT TEKAMAH Tim Itcntrtcc City Council I'nsscs a Modified Hnndny Closing Ordi nance Tint tsinoutli ltobliera Jnllcd State New * . A County Treasurers Slinrtncp Fukmont , Neb , Nov 13 JSpoclal to The Bee ] After three months work oxnmliiing the books und records in the oflico ot the Dodge county troasuty the oxnerts reported yesterday aftrrnoon on the four years ad ministration of John Grunkranz , from 1S79 to lSSl The report shows that the records during bis two terms were kept In a very loose manner , and the settlements between him nnd the county commissioners were n farce The report Is presented to the board of supervisors now lu session lu tbo shape of doblt aud crodlt errors and omissions The former amount to S,477.S0 und the latter to ? J , 115.73 , leaving the sum ot $5,033 03 unac counted for and duu the county on the fnco of the records Ex-Trcusurcr Grunkranz , who has since rcmovod to Seattle , Wush , , came hero a few days since and is still here to facllituto un adjustment of the discrepan cies Tno tnuttor wns made a special order for 2 o'clock this afternoon Attor considering the report ot the exports nil nftornoon , itaui by item , and giving Mr Grunkranz thu benefit ot his oxplauatlons and those of the ox-county commissioners nnd allowing him all credits which appeared reasonable from these statements , n net bal ance of $1,100 duo tbo county wns shown , and by u vote of 10 to 0 was charged to him It is conceded by all thnt Grunkranz is short in no particular from cmbozzlemeut or dishon esty A School Hey War Tekamah , Neb , Nov 13. [ Special to The Deb ] Snow ha3 como and with it a row among the high school boys of Tokamah It has neon a most dubious practlco of the high school boys here to perform a rather per nicious Initiatory exorcise upon all now members who lucklessly fall into their hands Principal C. F. Beck suggested that the boys lultiato tbo now members , and they accordingly put about their hnzlng " Among too members were Preacher Day hoff'a two sous , and that fact stimulated a special desire on the other boys part to vex these brothers , who stood apart from them and their sports Yesterday it was resolved o snowball the aesccdants of religious pa rentage After rceolvlng stinging blows from well-directed balls the brothers made a chargoon the group of aggravators , and bruised ones frontlspicco as n punishment The principal rusbod to the scene ot nctlon , and be , too , commenced the knock down pro cess In two minutes kulves were drawn , blows were struck und clubs were brought to diag onal and threatening attitudes The school board were summoned to un ravel the Intrlcato problem At 8 o'clock this morning they met and expelled two aggi essors The principal , F. Beck , is a possiblocandi date for official honors In this county The brothers , victors ot the fight , are sons of Rev Dayhoff Though the board undoubt edly did what seemed best for them , soreness - ness will exist Modlfloit Sunday Closing Ordinance Beatiuce , Neb , Nov 13. [ Special Telegram - gram to The Bee.J The city council passed an ordlnanco last evening materially modi fying the Sunday closing ordlnanco hereto fore existing The new ordlnanco permits cigar stands , restnurants , fruit stands nnd meat shops to transact business on Sunday The mayor is of thd opinion that the ordi- dunce is Illegal ana has thus far withhold his approval SUould ho interpose a veto tbc council will In all probability pass it ever the veto The Plattimnutli ftnbbsrs Jnllud Plattsmootu , Neb , Nov 13 [ Special Telegram to Tnn Bee ] The three crooks Harry Johnson , Joe Daily aud Morris Will iamson who were arrested for robbing the City hotel yestcrduy , were arraigned for trial today Williamson plead guilty to the charge and was sentenced to thirty days in jail The trio were ulso charged with steal ing an overcoat valued nt $03 f ; om T , M. Whlttler , agent for Hammond Bros , of Omaha Mr Whltticr's coat was taken from him ut this place yesterday morning as he was returning homo from lied Oak , la The tbreo men were bound ever to the next tormpt district court under $500 bond oacb Being unable to furnish ball , they were returned to jail A VToll Iiirr r Scrlnuslr Injured PtATTSsiouTir , Neb , Nov 13. [ Special to The Beb.J A well digger named Wheeler miraculously escaped ahorrlblodoath today Mr Wheeler hud Just finished digging a well sevcnty-flvo feet deep for a farmer und bad descendea to the bottom toromovesomalong boards which had been used for curbing before fore the well was finished Having secured five of the boards , which were sixteen feet long , with a rope , ho commanded Ills follow workmen at the top to hoist them When they were no irly in ronoh of the mon the rope slipped and the mass ot timbers were precipitated to the bottom of the well Wheeler being warned by tbo men above ground , succeeded in avoiding all tlio boards except ono , which struck blm squarely on the top ot bis bad , Inflicting a ghastly wound several inches iu length and laying ba'o his skull Ho was hastily removed from the well and brought to this city for surgical aid His wounds are seriouB , but It is not thought will piovo fatal Wnnted in Missouri Kor Forgery Beatiuce , Neb , Nov , 13. [ Special Tele gram to The Beb.I Harry H. Cooper , n resldont of this city for about a year past , and cugaged In tbo real estate business , was arrested today under telegraph instructions from the sheriff of Buchanan county 'Mls- souri , charging him with forgery , Cooner was placed In the hands of a special otlicor , as ho Btoutly maintained his innocence , to be held until tbo arrival of the Missouri officials Tbis afternoon Cooper slipped away from his guard and has not slnco shown up All efforts to ascertain his whereabouts have since bocn unavailing Ho has evidently gone for good AStrpot Hallway Incorporated Beatiuce , Neb , Nov 13. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tits Beb.I Articles of Incorpora tion were filed with the county clerk yester day for tbo Glonovor Street Hallway com pany The company uroposo to project a line north from the corner of Sixth and Jackson streets to Glonovor addition , In the north part of tbo city The capital stock is 120,000. The incorporators are E. H , Slier man , O. O , Hates und others The road is to bo in operation by September 1 , 1690 , Itentrlco to llnvo a t-kutlnci Hluk Beatuioe , Neb , Nov 13. [ Special Telo- grain to The Bee ! ] A eynalcato of loading youogcapltalists of this city have organized v > .li a view to building a largo skating pond nud toboggan slide bore this winter , The concern will be very cluborato and lilted with every modem couvenlonce , The city granted the frco use of city water for the purpose ut tbo council mauling last night An Elcoilnn , r < iuaublr- . Chant , Neb , Nov 13. [ Special Tele gram to The Bee ] In issuing their tickets for the recent election the republicans are J said to have made the error of Inoorrcctly numbering the district from which n com missioner was to bo elected The democrats question the eligibility of the republican commissioner nnd threaten to contest his seat The republicans propose to defend the ciso upon the ground that the people knew In what district a vacancy was to bo filled and that the enndtdato lived In that district , A Star Clinntlicf Session KmitNEr , Neb , Nov 13. rspoclal Tclo- gram to Tin : , Hi.e.1 The city council resolved - solved Itself into n star chamber session this evening , admitting only the architect nnd builder ot the city hull Newspaper men mid a few citizens who were present nt the oponlng of the meeting were asked to lenvo without any explanation The now city hull , which has cost tbo city $ U. > ,0U0 nud Is the greatest architectural structuie iu the city , has been n prominent feature iu the council meetings for sovurnl weeks , and the inoiii- bor * ot the city government hnvo for the llrst tlmo gouo under cover lo adjust the nffulr The building has been in course of construc tion Blnco early in the spring aud will uct bo finished this year Is TIjIh "Coonu > , tli ( Pox ? " Beatiiici : , Neb , Nov 13. [ Special Tile gram to Tun Dei : . ] The lottcr hold.and ad vertised lu the Beatrice postofllco for Hank Coonoy , supposed to bo "Coonoy , the Fox , " ono of the wanted Cronln witnesses , was cnllod for yesterday by n stranger , who has since disappeared It is not known , ot course , that this is tlio snmo "Coonoy , ' ! but yet the coincidence of names is striking A Prohibition Spared KKAnNKY , Neb , Nov 1.1 [ Special Telegram - gram to Tun Uee ] The llrst guns of the amendment campaign In , ( Nebraska were fired hero this evening Hon H. II Wilson of Lincoln , addressed n largo crowd upon the prohibitory issues at stuite Kearney Is about evenly divided on tbo amendment AMIJHICA WUOIj aiAiucisr The Situation Monotonous KognrilliiR Salts nud ! 'rioo < . Boston , Nov 13. [ Special Telegram to Tub Bee ] The Amertcan Wool Hcportcr , in its review of the market , tomorrow will say that the situation in the trade remains somewhat monotonous in reference to tbo sales and prices Domestic washed llceco is receiving rather less attention than ether grades at the present moment , and It is not easy to sell either Ohio X and above at 32K@3Jc , or Ohio XX at 31c. Tbo same istiuo of the best Michigan X at anything above 30c , though BOino persevering holders are still waiting for 31c. A fair move ment has continued in Michigan do- ialno sections nt 3)3io : nnd in Ohio dclalno at 34@35r , and the outside price ought certainly to bo obtained for Ohio delaine if tha XX is to bring 31c. For Ohio No 1 comoing 4Uo is the top of tha market and some uro putting tbo clothing nnd comb ing together ana gelling 33a for a choice lot For Ohio No 1 clothing wo quote 37@33c. Quotations , how ever , nro rather irregular for all descriptions of wool nt the present tune , owing to the peculiar condition of tbo seaboard markets , inllucnccd as they nro bv the manu facturing industry and the rising values of wool abroad Tlio eamo irregularity prevails - vails in territory wools as In washed llceccs , and while dealers expect generally to obtain tlio equivalent of COrt cloau for their sales ot line territory , yet some nro bought below that figure In tbo presenx condition of the market wo find very few dealers who do not doslra the reputation among manufacturers of being fico scllcrs"at present prices The California wools have boon largely taken by San Francisco scourers - ors and much wool which wusut first thought to bavo been sold outright in the grease in that market , uow appears destined to como to Boston on consignment us Date scoured wool Seaboard quo tations are : Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above , 33J @ , Ho ; Onlo XX , 30o ; Ohio No 1 , 3"ffi3So ( ; Michigan No 1. 350c ! ; Ohio unwashed , 2 ( < jJJc ; No 1 combings , 31c ; No 1 Michigan combings , 89c ; Texas fine , 2J@ 25c ; California pulled , -5@i. ; "ic : California northern , spring , & 'l(35c ( : ! ; eastern Oregon , choice , 20@J2c ; vullev Oregon , No 1 , 'JJJ ( 0c ; Montana line , " ( li llc A U1G GLASS SWALLOW The United Company , of Syracuse , Absorbs Llghieen Others Cmc\oo , Nov 13. [ Special Telegram to The Bee.J Tno United Glass company , of Syracuse , N. Y. , has absorbed eighteen other glass manufacturing concerns through out the country , and yesterday the main offices of the now combination were removed to Chicago and established in the mammoth Auditorium "Oh , dent call it a trust , " Bald President T. D. Catlin with aomo irritation to a re porter this morning "It is not a trust Tno United Glass company has simply bought out cighteon ether compunlos with thirty fur naces , wo having found that by associating together wo can cheapen tlio production Wo nro working for tbo ucoplu mid can glvo tboin cheaper glass , and are doing it " Are other companies to be absorbed ! " "I cant say as to that , but wo can soil glass a great deal cheaper than a single man ufacturer Wo are going to make glass so cheap that the foreign product will -bo shut out The tariff helps us iu that Wo are determined to secure the market for the United Slates if wo nan , but there isn't going to bo any underhand business or gouging of the people All wu want is a fair field und no favors " Where are tlio companies which have bocn bought locatodi" "In Illinois , Indiana , Pennsylvania and Now York " It Now Looku Like Murder Kansas Cut , Nov 13. [ Special Telegram - gram to The Beb.I The police have de veloped the fact that the man supposed to have been Moses Juckson , who died In the police patrol wagon a few nights ago from an alleged accidental shot , was named Moses Bray , and that thu man who shot bim was not Ins brother , William Jucitson Bald on the night of the killing that bo and bis brother were playing with a revolver , und that It went oft with fatal resuts It has been shown that tbo mon wcra not brothers , aud tbo shooting was not uccidontul It is believed that Jackson murdered Bray iu cold blood Will lliiitir On to the Boodle Kansah Oitv , Nov , 13. [ Speclul Tologrnm to Tub Bee ] Andy , Drumm , of this city , tbo promising young man wbo made awuy with $58,000 of Ills uncles money a few months ago , has determined to make a strong fight before coming back from Canada His uncle , Mujor Drumm , is In Toronto now for the purpose of getting the young uian to give up some of his Ill-gotten money Young Drumm bus retained first-class legal talcul nnd moans to Btuy with tbo Amoricun colony across the border if such a thing Is possible Mrs Dean , mother of Gertie Dean , who ran away from hur home hero to marry Drumm , received o lottnr from bor recreant duughtor to-dfty , The girl says it nlniost broke her heart "to sco Andy behind the bars , " but she says she will slay with him through thick aud thin AVII1 Take Land In Snvornlly , St , Paul , Nov 13. A special from Ver million reservation , in Northern Minnesota , says the llolso Forte Chlppewas huvo ac cepted the propositions of tbo government in regard to taking their lands In severalty , nud for that purpose huvo ceded to the United States their reservation , embracing about 110,000 acres A Komlitnky College Burned Louuyii.M' , Ky , , Nov 13. * The Kentucky Clabsicui aud Business collcgo at North Mid dlcton , ICy , , was outlroly burned this morn ing The pupils barely escaped iu their night clothes Loss , $10,000 ; partially In sured THE FIELD AGAINST REED A Conference of Woatorn Sponkor- j jfl ohlp CnndldiUoa Probable B THE FLETCHER COURT-MARTIAU H llni-rlsou Ktpcctod to Act Upon tin < j B rindlnir When His Mossngo U H I'tiilhhcd Inllueiilinl Inter H cession for the Colonel H Washington Huheiu Tub Omuu Hr.n , ) H i * 13 FotlHTEGSTIt STIIEBT , J- H Wasimniitos , l ) . C , Nov lit ) H A conference or tno four western candl- r H dates for tbo speakership , McKlnloy , Can H nan , Burrows una Henderson , of Iowa , It J H talkcdoflo take place when Major Ma _ H Klnlcy returns from Now York l i Tbo speakership fight is the field ngalnst ' H Heed , nnd Mr Cannons friends nro nolnllug H out with tolling effect the reasons why the H Illinois candidate may win If tbo other tbreo U western aspirants wlil only withdraw It is H understood that Major McKlnlcy will bavo a U decision in tlio matter ready when ho returns > H from Now York , where ho will ascertain H Mr Heeds eastern strength 4 | TUB 1-LUTCIlElt CASE | President Harrison is expected to act upon i B the Colonel Fletcher court martial finding as t VJ | soon as ho completes bis message to con BJ gross The impicsslon prevails that the vflJ verdict of the court martial will bo reversed --HJ orntloust militated very materially The . H | long delay ot thu president In taking nctlon HI is In Itself regarded by army officers us un S | Indication that tlio finding is to bo looked S | into very ligldly Then soma very promt- S | uoiit public men have Interceded In tub alt HI of Colonel Fletcher Uepiesentutivo Sainuul 9H J. Hatiilall made u speclul trip from his homo at Philadelphia to sco the president and no- \ llvcrcd his only request of this nduiiii- > istratlon Ho aUtcd that tha Fletcher i couit martull finding be looked into * carefully His colleague , Uupreson- talive William D. Kelly , familiarly M known ns thu father of the house nlso came here and called upon the president iu behalf of Colonel Fletcher Old Undo Joshua Fletcher , the fattier ot the colonel , was a wurm personal friend of Messrs Kan- s dull and Kcllv , and tlio son has the warmest l > support from these distinguished statesmen 1 AIFAM.E SECItEr.UlY HUSK } Secretary of Agriculture Husk ngnln 4 showed his democratic sympathy to good nd- vuntago today when bo received the tissoci- " * atlon of American agricultural colleges und u ; talked to tbem about the experiment ngrl- ; , cultural stations , crops , horses and catllo Thu general showed his familiarity Willi tlio farming business nnd his inexhuus.lblo fund of lnforinutlun upon the subjects which ho ; , treats oflhiully to splendid advantage He ; ] walked around the dep .rtment nud took tbo < J delegates out iu tbo surrounding grounds • \ and conservatory . ' General Husk is winning laurels on every band by his uniform courtesy und practi cable nduptubilitv to thu position ho occupies f- lie representedtho cabinet with Seciotary > Wlndom ut tha pontifical muss ut tbo open s infc ceremonies at tbo now Catholic unlvcr- , , slty to-duy , | EDOEUION'S ArrOINTMENT EXrEOTED Thu npuotntmunt of ox-Spnntor A. J , * Edgortou to bo United States district judge 1 for the stuio ot South Dakota Is expected j tomorrow , Ho bus been recommenced by nil of the Dakota men In congress mid every < , republican iu prominence In thb state His v qualifications uro of the highest possible , ' order aim no appointment will bu bailed - . more heartily by these most directly Inter if tsted * " % XKniUSKA AND IOWA POSTMASTEIIS % Nebraska Branch , Cedar county , A. "S ; Hcrschman , vlco G , Drcscn , resigned ; y lircno , Butler county , Mrs McDrunimoud , V vice F. J. 1'ossar , resigned ; Monroe , Plulto ( J county , C. C. Cummlngs , vlco E. S. Osborne , 4 resigned Iowa Lowner , Clinton comity , John L. ' j Hurskoll , vice Mrs E. Hnskins , resigned A AllMV Nuns * * Tbo leave of ubsenco granted Captain John 4 H. Calof , Second urllllory , September 17 , la .4 extended two mouths on surgeons certificate , / ot disability f The leave of nbseiico granted Second Llou- * t tenant Edward N. Jones , jr , Eighth infantry - < fantry , October 3 , Is extended two months 4 on surgeons certificate of disability j \ \ ith tlio approvul of the secretary of war * j the leave of absence granted Captain 1 homas Wltbelm , Eighth Infantry , September 17 , is S extended four months i Leave of absence of ono month Is granted -I Captain Frank B. Hamilton , Second ar- vf tillory / ; MISCELLANEOUS -fl Commissioner Groff will call upon the , president tomorrow and present most of tbo M Ncbrasicu delegates who attended tbo Cutho- • ' llo convention in Baltimore aud are now in , | Washington witnessing the opening of the | Catholic university Among tbom are John 5 B.Furuy , John liaumor , John A. Croigbton , "S W. A. L. Gibbon , Charles McDinuld , Dr J. -1 T. Klnsler und ex-Congrussuian John A. i MeShnno Mr " Croighton lott for Now ! York this afternoon and Mr McShuno goes , . ; j toChicago tonight Dr J. T , Kluslor and 1 Charles McDonald loft for their homes ut > < Omaha tonight t J Among the railway postofllco changes cr- X dered today is the following : Uailway < | postal clerks , oxtund run toend ut Crawford , 3 , Neb , an incicaso in distnnco of fifty-seven ] miloB , making the wbolo distance 418 miles , J to tnuo effect November 25. , j T ho line is to bo known ns the Lincoln and ' • Crawford Hullwnv postofllco a H , T. Clark , ot Omahn , is hero 5- Peiuiy S. Hbath A THIS WOllLD'S IAIH Jft Tlio Chlcngo Committee Suggests an % Innovation flj Chicago , Nov 13 , The committee called t j the worlds congress committee for lb93 , -Jl - issuca to-duy an announcement in which ' they set forjb that the crowning glory of the worlds fulr of lb93 should not bo ulono the „ exhibit then to be mode of the mdm trial ' 3 achievements and mechanical victories of \ man , but that something higher Is douinndod by the enlightened spirit of tbo present ugo y In connection with tbo worlds ' fair they say that u congress of all peonies , all nations r and all tongues should bo convened , the ob- 4 ; Joct being to bring nuout u real fraternity or * nations and to unlto tlio enlightened uooplo -j. of the whole earth in a general 1 cooperation for the attainment of tbo -I greni end for which uumun society ' - is organized Among tha great theme * that such a congress would naturally con i sider are tbo following ; 1. The ground ot a national union ot the • language literature , domestlo life , religion , ( science , urt and civil institutions of the dif J 1 orent peoples i 2. i bo immigration and naturalization 3 laws nud the proper international privileges of ' fjj alien governments and their subjects or J citizens .1 3. The most efficient and ndvlsablo means ? $ of provontingor decreasing pauperism , insanity - . ' % sanity nnd crime , and of increasing the productive - & ductivo ability , prosperity and virtue ; lt throughout the world f A uu mbor of ether subjects to bo placed \ \ before the proposed congress uro also mon ' tiuncd , 'ihocommlitco suggests this plan m of action icgardloss of the location of tha worlds exposition -jS A Now Cur for the nines % Kansas City , Nov IB [ Special Telegram < rate to The Bee ] Jumcs Kelley , a teamster , m luborcd for years und t > uccccdpd In buylug a hJK $ J,000 homo , Becoming dlscouragod a few ' -J- days ago , ho sold hit homo , and getting tbo -jP- cash , stuffed It In a long stocking , With Vt this ho paraded the streets to-ulght , mauling m pcopla right and left with his moneystuffedX stocking Ho was drunk wucn arrested , m Ho bud spent $900 ot the money , all lu a fair M hours 3