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I "V W " " \ m 1& M" 4 "V TTA I m A. "ww - "V I 9 T"\ " \ 1 HE OMAHA DAILY BEE TWENTIETH YEAB. OMAHA , MONDAY ttORINTXG , OCTOBER 13 , 1890 , = - , . 117. v JUSTICE MILLER'S ' CONDITION. The Distinguished Jaitioa Hovering Be tween Life and Death. HIS WONDERFUL VITALITY SUSTAINS HIM. The l'iy ! lelniis Sny "c h Beyond All Medical A < "ilstniice , and His lcutli Is Momentarily KxpCUtCll , WA IIJXOTOV , Oct. S2. There has been Ht- tle change In Justice Miller's rendition since early morning. AH dny phrslcttms and watcher- , have been gathered around the bed momentarily exporting the cad , anil it has only been owing to his wonderful vitality that he lias lived through the Jay. Toe physicians say that he has been dying all day and that the end la not far off. During the day his respiration has grown shorter , the pulse has increa < > d and the lungs were constantly tilled with phlegm , rendering breathing extremely difficult. This afternoon when Dr Lincoln relieved Dr Cook he noticed a marked change In the patient s condition and knew then that he was beyond medical assistance. During the day and evening a large number of persons called , but only the Justii es of the supreme court were admitted to the Mck room. A telepram was received iluring the day from MM. Touzalin and Mrs. Corkhill , daughters or the Justice , saying they had left Omaha and wo ild arrive here tomorrow night Mrs. Harrison and Chief Justice Fuller were among the callers today , each remain ing several hour ) . All o'clock this ( Mondaymorning ) Justice Miller wns sinking rapidly , and his breath ing had bei-omo more difficult. It was hardly possible at times to f 11 wh"ther he is alive or dcnd. so feeble is his respiration. At 'J n. m. Justice Miller w.is still alive. At 3 a. in. Justice Miller was sttll breath ing. The Supreme Court Opcim To lny. " \VASHIXOTOV , Oct. 12. The October term of the supreme court bepins tomorrow. The familiar form of its oldest member. Justice Miller , will be missing. Should he die before the court convenes tomorrow an ad journment will be taKen at once out of respect to hU memory. The coming term of court will be a busy one A number of in teresting cases will bo pressed for hearing. Notice has already been piven that an effort will be made to impeach the constitutionality of the New York electrocution law on the ground that It is "cruel and unusual punishment. " The appeal in the cases of the imprisoned Chicago anarchists will also come up. The liquor laws of this various states will furnish the lamest number of i-ases of general interest. The court will earlv be trivca an opportunity in a ease brought from Kansas to reaffirm the doctnne laid down in the original package decision. There arc also some from other states. A VttlTIVAX. IIALFSECUXD. How n Doctor's Penknife Saveil a .Mciilcnl .Student's Mfe. PlTTsncno , Pa. , Oct. 12. CcpUin J. A. A. nBrowu , assistant building Inspector , ! returned * today from Chicago and relates a remarkable story in regard to his brotner there. This brother , Lincoln Brown , went to Chicago a month ago to complete his medical educa tion. tion.Shortly Shortly before hewentto Chicago Lincoln found that a lump w.is growing in his throat , and it was cut out la Chicago. When left alone for a moment after the operation hu was seized with a Hemorrhage that caused a complete stoppage of the throat and threw him intoconvuLsions , during which he Jumped fron his bed and ran out into the comdor. The noise ho made attracted the attention of Dr Boucher , who w.is on the floor below , and wno ran upstairs and met the utmost strang led man in'tho hall. Realizing what was wrong the doctor in serted his linger iu Brown s throat to open the passage and giro him air , but the pa tient's teeth closed upon his ringer with a vice-liko grip Brown was by this time rigid and almost dead. The doctor realized that a heroic remedy was necessary , and , Icrking out his penknife , ho mndo a vertical cut in the young man's throat , penetrating the \NindpipeandalIowing the air to enter the lungs. The Immediate eilcct was to cause a relaxation of the muscles and a return of re.piratlon A silver tube wns then Inserted in his throat , and by the time his brother left Chicago his physician said he was out of danircr. .V JlEJKHtr f > F The Society of Daughters of the Rev olution. \V isnivoTov , Oct. 1An organization has boon perfected here to be known as the Dauphtcrs of the American Revolution. Its object U to secure and preserve the historical spots of America and erect thereon suitable monuments to the heroic deeds of men and women wno aided the revolution and served the constitutional government in America. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison has been elected president and General and Mrs. Flora Aaams Darellnir vice presidents at large In churpe of the organization. Other ofllcers were also elected The first undertaking of the society nlll bo the completion of a monument to Mary Washington , mother of President Gooruo Wa-hington , and every American Is asked to aenil a contribution to the treasurer , Mrs. Colonel Marshall McDonald of this city. A resolution was adopts ! favoring the passage - ago of the house bill urroncine for tha markIng - Ing by the covernment of historical spots ol tha revolution , setting apart October 11 as a permanent anniversary or mooting day for the society In commemoration of the discovery of Amoilco , and requesting that a special building onpuca be set asldu in the world's fair for relics and other thlnt-s Illus trative of the revolution , each exhibition to bo bought after tne fair aud made perma nent. THE J' lie Arrives In Indianapolis an'i SpeiuN n Quiet Day. iNTHiXArous , Ind. , Oct. i The presiden tial party arrived onrly this morning from St. Louis. The president's daughter , Mrs. McKce , and her husband , together with Baby McICee , welcomed the chief executive. Beyond the o nnd the reporters then. was no one to welcome ulin , the president having earnestly requested this , The president at once Inquired about Justice Miller , and teemed relieved to hoar that ha Etill lived. He went to tha homo of Mr. McKee , and the remainder of the party , excepting Private Bevretary HalforU , went to the Hotel Denl- on. After breoksast the president attended services at his old church , the First Presby terian , and after the serricm greeted many old friends , Ho dined with Secretary Tract-y and later the party , accompanied by ex Senator McDonald , drove about the citv. The party had supper at the Mclvae resl- donce , after which many visitors called In- fornmllv upon tha president. At 10 o'clock the party repaired to their private car and rvtirvd. The train loavoa ate o'clock in the morning for the wit. A Yoiinii > ew Yorker S YORK. Oct 12-Walter O. Korner- wealthy young man who occuplrd bachelor apartaienU in the Deltl Phi club , blew hw brilD * out in bis room at an enrly hour thu worninif Hi * friends think he wai tempf rarily 'tisane ' on account of Insomnia , from which he has been Mifferlnir for sen-mi weoiti He wns somfthinir of a hypochon driac an J for months has b en under treat ment for numerous disorders , most of which , hi * friend * say. were imairinarv His father , John A. Kerncrchen. who died three years aio , wiw a prominent financier of this city and owned bit ? milling Internet * Walton and his brother haw b en enpaced In various businixs industries and botn are very wealthy. _ _ * i\t ; or EH a U'hcatnnd PolltlcHOottlnu Dccitlcdly Jlixcd In Mlniicsot-a. MiNvu\mr.i . Minn , Oct 12. The mar keting of Minnesota's crop of wheat has brought with It the annual squabble over grades. The farmers charge that their viheat Ls being praded. not on its merits , but for the benefit of the millers and speculators. The millers say the very opposite is the cose and the state gram inspectors , standing between two fires , arc having a hard time of it. Charles A. Pillsbury , the mllline kinp , has been Investigating the matter of wheat grad ing In general nnd has this to say : "The quality of this crop Is very poor ; a large proportion of it will not make Hour at all suited to our usual trade. There Is no doubt that the farmers are clamoring for easy grades in Minneapolis , nnd as there will be an election in N'ovembcr , it is pretty cer tain that they will get what they want. But easy grades will not benefit the farmers , as a whole It will injure them. This grade busi ness does not work as it would appear on the surface. Prices adjust themselves to the grade whatever they are , and the price of grade wheat will always adjust itself to the lowest quality of wheat which is admitted into that gride. Low prudes appear to lielu out the holders of poor wheat , but they really do not help them 1 cent , while they do great damage to the holders of r illy good wheat. ' ' Speaking of the advantac-e of a steady and uniform grade he said ' The only market in this country where the crudes have been uniformly well maintained is Chicago , and this is the only market today where any buyer has suffi cient confidence to buy wheat on present prunes and uutit into Hour without a personal examination by one of his own experts. This is not as it should be , but as long as our In spection is a political one , and there Is the uaual pressure to be brought before election , and grades will be let down so that the miller can have no coufldcnre In them , it is Just aa well that thu truth be spoken in the matter There can , never be any reliable state grude as long as the com missioners are appointed on political prounds This matter of praJinsj Is a difficult matter to handle. There is not a miller in the town who would po across the street to get the present system of grading changed , but it is the farmers who are suffer- inu by it , not the millers. The millers can protect themselves by examination of every car of wheat that they buy , b t somehow the average farmer seems' be better satisfied to cet OS cents for a bushel of wheat and have It graded N'o. I hard than 1 * cents and have It praded No I northern If the farmers would only consider the fact that tne price Is bound to adjust Itself to the flour-producing quality of the wheat they would let tua mat ter alone. " * FOL'Il LirES LOST. Terrible Result of a Fire in a Chicago Hotel. CHICAGO , Oct. IU. Four lives were lost by fire early this morning in Putnam's Euro pean hotel , on Adams , near LaSalle street. The fire originated on the top floor and was supposed at first to have been caused by the explosion of a lamp , but as the proprieton assert positively that there was no lamp in the hall where the fire broke out the matter b , a mystery. The fire , which was confined to one floor , spread with great rapidity , and dense , stilling smoke filled the halls and rooms. The guests were awakened by the rushing of en- pines and a terrible panic ensued. The fire men quickly ran up ladders and succeeded In petting moat of the inmates safely out , most of them la night clothlnsr. Mrs. Minnie Robinson who with her hus band and baby occupied a room , became crazed with fnht , and instead of following her husband throush the hallwiy to find a fire escape , turned and jumped from a win dow , sustaining such tcmble Injuries that she died m a short time. The flrcmen soon got the flames under con trol and began a search ol the rooms. The bodies , of three men were found , the 5C of Ed ward Pnton. a colored porter , and Tom Dow- ler and H. Iv. Sarai , roouiors. The bodies of the last two were burned to a crisp. No others were Injured. The building was a fire trap. The halls are narrow and crooked and the stairway is in the center of the building Very little fire uas sufficient to make enough smoite to ren der the halls impas aole. A.1KCE.VT UASS'T JfE.lICO OF IT. He Knows Nothing ; OtHcialSy of the Trouble of the Kris Rmploye" . TEUKE H VCTE , Ind , Oct. I' ' . Relative to the trouble on the Eno road , Grand Master Frank P Sargent of the Brotherhood of Lo- motive Firemen , and chief of the supreme council of the Federation of Hallway Em ployes , said tonight that a meeting ot the supreme council had not yet been called to consider the situation , and that no request hid thus far been received by him for such a meeting. Such a request could only Do made after etery effort to amicably adjust the prlevances had been exhausted by tha or ganization directly interested. Then It would bo nocessarj- for Chief Sargent , before ho could call the supreme council together , to visit the scene of the trouble as tne chief ex- evutivo officer of the federation and us o his personal eltorU to briup about an adjustment. Chief Sargent said the rules of the federation were constructed so as to make it as hard as possible to brlnp about a strike He has had no information whatever concerning these difficulties except what ho read in thu news papers. Salvator tn Be Retired. NEW YOKE , Oct 12. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE.Salvator , king of the turf , is about to be retired to the stud , and It is not likely that thousands of race-goers will ever asruin see him on the track. J. B. Haggm , his owner , today directed John Mackay , who Is manager of his breeding farm at Sacra mento , to start with the horse for that place on Wednesday. In obedieace to this order Mr. Mickay will leave Monmouth Park with Salvator on the day mentioned in a car owned by Mr. Hugyin for the transportation of hla horses , and will accoinpanv him to the end of the jcuraey Salvatur" has the credit of Coin ; . ' the king of thorouzhbreds , both last year and this , and perhaps In the future some ofhispmgency will roac-h the same hlirh pis 11 ion on the turf that ho has so honorably heid. In his thnw years on the turf Salvator has-won for his owner HHtKi , divided as follows Two years old. $14NO. three years old , SOS.ttSO , four years , old , , . ! 00. The AVcathrp Forecast. For Omaha and Vicinity Fair ; colder. For Nebraska Col Jar ; northwesterly wines , clouily weather and rala ; fair Tuus- day.Foi Foi Iowa Cloudy weather and rain occa sionally , heavy winds , shifting to colder , northwtaterly. South Dakota-Colder ; northerly winds ; cloudy waathor and rain : fair Tuesday. A \ \Vido\\ Discovery. Afoi-STi , ( In. , Out. 12 Wednesday night a wreck occurred on the Savannah Valley railroad , near Loundcrvillc , In which several train hands were lu uivu. Tt- ) remains of Chester Williams , one of th rm > n who died from his injuries , were brought to Augusta and interred. The brinL'inr of the d > iul man's boly to Axi- pusUbnngs to the surfiu-o a pathetic suit brxrasht acainst the rniUrwul for * 1OUO a tevr months aao by a lady for Injuries to her daughter , who was run over and Iot an arm. She bought a hou w with the money The house was one that had been sold for taxes , and the laus owners swore venpeam-e against the pun-baser. Eleven weeks ape today they had Gforriana Willia-ns arrested and Masris- trate Hopkins required a peace bonu of her. She refused to rive itimtlent to jail , where she has remained since. Today , when she received news of her husband's death , she gave In and made the bond In oraer to bury her husband. When she pot home she found that her husband had been living with an other woman during her imprisonment and that bis DHramour had received his body and had already had the funeral and buried it ( ieorgiana's prief and Indignation knew no bounds and when she and her husband's paramour meet It Is probable there will be an other chapter in the story. Tin : ijM.i/c.i.vc/2 Finanel.il Tr.in ractions of the Coun try Dnrliip the Last AVeelc. BO TON , Oct II [ Special Telepram to THE BEE ] The following table , compiled from dispatches from the clearinghouses of the cltiei named , shows the pros * ex changes for last week , with rate * per cent of Increase or decwise , as against the several amounts for the corresponding week in IsjO : irrtt SOT ir / > . Her EnscaKcnicnt to Her Xew York IIOVCP liroken OIT. BOLOXI , iliss. , Oct. 12.A call upon Mrs. Yarina Davia at Beauvoir leaves no doubt that the entragcment of 'Miss Winaie to Mr. Wilkinson of Syracuse , N. Y. , has been hroken off. A card from the newspaper man hroucht a request from Mrs. Davis to be ex cused on account of indisposition. He sent her a note of inquiry regarding tne wedding. She replied by not * "If you please , I would prefer to say noth ing for the press , this beinc now a private household. I do not know of aay comlnp wedding. You may say I am. on the eve of leaving home for an indefinite period " It is understood around Beauvoir that the engagement is broken off. Miss innle hav ing severed it out of deference to ner moth er's wishes. Miss Winnie has not enjoyed good health since her return from Europe , and after her mother's visit to Xew York to look after their Interest in connection with the publishing of the hUtory of Mr Davis they -will po to Mexico , where they will re main several months In the hope of gaining complete health. HE SCOKED 1HK 1..UIOR C.V/OAS. Emphatic Language Used by a United States Commissioner. BALTIMORE , Md , Oct. 12.-Unitcd States Commissioner Rogers scored the labor unions in deciding the case of four sailors charged with conspiracy to intimidate a non-union sailor and refusing to work on the same ves sel with him. Tbe commissioner said. The great trouble with the unions is that they orcrsten their bounds and endeavor to force people to do as they direct , which is an au in direct violation of the very laws which grant an American citteen his liberty. You have ao ripht to interfere with the manner In which another mm conducts his business When a union attempts to interfere with or moleht a free born American or tries to pre vent hu earoind a living simply because he does not join that union it then becomes con spiracy and amenable to law. The man who endeavors to persuade yon to fihtg against cipit.il , except in a legal manner , is no friend. " The sailors were held for United States court. .1 3tVlll KltKU ATSEI'EX. How a Little "Went Virginian HeentcU Hishistcr'rt Interference. P tRKcnsnciio , W. Vo. , Oct. 12. The youngest mumorer Is the seven year-old bon of Albert Henckle , a well knowa stock farmer of Nicholas county. A day or two since , during the absence of the parents , the boy -v\as seen by his little flvo-year-old sister trying to pet his father's rillo on ! the hooks over the door. The Uttlo girl threaUned to tell her father , when the younc fiend became enraged and , snatching the pun from its place , deliber ately shot the child through , the head , scat taring its brains on the walls of the room He hid been punished the day before for one of his uncontrolabld fits , and had threatened to kill both his father and mother The bov Is said to be perfectly fiendish when enraged. Ho displays no sorrow for the murder of his sister. A Sensation In C'hiirch. YORK , Oct 12. [ Special Telegram to TUB BER.J-A. man of lare frame and very well drowsed , except that ho was barefooted walked aown the aisle of thu Church of tbo Holy Cross , tlfty-ttrst street and Tenth avenue - nue , while mass was being said early thia inornlntr , puffing vigorously at a lighte * cipur. The sensation ho produced was o brief duration , for he was at once ejected Outside ho grew demonstrative and a police man tooli him Iu charge. He dascriood him self aa Frederick Staaten of AlDany. The county physician will examine into his sanity A. Protest From Farmer * . ST. Louis , Mo. , Oct. 12. Ten thousand fanners from Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Iowa , Missouri , Wisconsin and ether states wbt were herv during fair week , signed a memor ial to Vice President Morton objoctmsr to th McKmley bi.L , and which places a tax un compound lard , etc. DOUBTFUL ABOUT INDIANA. Senator Tooihees Not So Confidant of Dem ocratic Success in Hoosierdom. COMMISSIONER RAUM WILL NOT RESIGN. The Heiul of the Pension Bureau Not In tins Lea-it Saaretl by Hour- bon BlnfF * Xo Extra Session Probable. \VisniKOTOX \tjTrtiiOviiti Bss , 1 D. C. . Oct. 1r r A democrat who has been in Indiana for about ten weeks , working in the Interest of the state ticket , tclU your correspon dent to night that Senator Vorhoes is really alarmed over thJ outlook foe the success of his f nends on the legislative ticket. The repub licans In Indiana are d lng no boasting , but secretly they are confident that they will elect their state tlcket anilwill not be sur prised If they get a majority of the legisla ture on Joint ballot The derrocrats hnvo two-thirds of the holdover senators , and the districts for both houses were gerryman dered in their favor. The Issues national , state , municipal and county are strongly In favor of the republicaais. and besides the re publicans have made an alliance with the farmers in almost every county. The pres ence of President Harrison at his old homo just now bears somesirairlcance. His trip to the west was more for the purpose of taking ap cpinto the camp n in Indiana thaa anything else. IUUM WlLLMyr KE'IGN. There is not now nor has there been any foundation for the stAteinent that Pension Commissioner Raum intends to resign cither immediately or after the election. If Gen eral Raum re-enters private life such a step will bo anticipated herenftcr The fact Is that nothing was developed in the investiga tion by the house co'umtttco which threw any dfareputo upon him as an ofilcer or citi zen. Furthermore , the nhole affair was worked up by the democrats for the sole pur pose of depriving the republican administra tion and conere- of some of their credit for work in the interest of pensioners. Under General Rauia the eflHenev of the oKcj has be n brought up to a point which not even the most enthusiastic republican partisan ever hoped for , and tha recent reorganization of the pension forces , tocc-tner with the new laws mads by a republican congress , promise to win over the last union oldier and his friends forthonarty in power It behooved the democrats to do something to detr.ict from this record ana divert atten tion to that made by 'the administration of President Cleveland , so the assault on Com- misaioner Uaum was concocted. The report that he would soon retire from the office was circulated simplv to give Impress to the charges against the cowmissloner N'O EXTlll SEi'lOy PnOBABLE. Despite the continued talk about the proba bility of an extra session of congress tber 3 Is verv little If any reasoa to expect one. A cabinet officer would nit be better authority than that given today far sayintr that at least up totne present time the president has had no idea of calling the Fifty-first congress in extra session. Resident * \Vashingtonof course desire the prosnce oC congress as much as possible , but in oflicial circles it is stated that since butvo weeks or a little more would be gained bjgan. extra session to convene about tno iniddfo of November the president does not dcure to assume the re sponsibilities for such a. small advantage. IT HfRTi Tar BOtlUIO.NS. Democratic politicians in the various states are vrntmpto their friends here that the at titude of the administration during the finan cial crisis throush which -we have been pass ing fora month Is doing the democratic ticket everywhere more harm than any other , the work of the administration to prevent a panic having formed an issue in the campaign. This was probiuly the r t ijistaaca in the history of the government where the treasury department carao to the front and gave its in fluence , backed up by the entire administra tion , to preserve the business interests of the country and prevent disaster , and it has so far succeeded splendidly and promises to be a thorough success. It is well known that the several visits aade to > 'ew York by Secretary Windom were at thu direction o'f President Harrison anil that his consultation with those who control the money markets and his uuprecedented Uips relating to the interest on and redemption of United States bonds were taken after consultations between the president and his cabinet , and the result has been thoroughly sitisfactory to cverv Interest " terest and everybody except democratic "poli ticians. Beyond question there would have been a disastrous panic had President Cleve land's ad ministration continued in power , be cause , being a monomtftalUt and a Iriend of Wall -treet bankers , tha democratic adminis tration would hare refused to lend assistance for bridging over the charm. A COSTLY KXPEltlEXCK. \ Fanner Swindled Out of $1,500 by Contl'lenoo Men. BILTJMORE , Md. , Oct. 12. Confidence men have been very successful of late In working the farmers of Maryand Their latent vic tim is John Rhodes of TaJbot county. He had advertised a farai for sale. Ashaww about starting for Dentoa to draw * l.VX ) from hank to come to Baltimore to bay goods to et his son up in business at Hall's crossroids two strangers drove up behind a spanklnir team to see the farm. They were shown over the place , Farmer Rhodes meanwhile telling them what ho proposed to do at Denton. After some time spent in bargaining they agreed upon a price fur the farm , the money to be paid in cash. Thereupon the strangers told Mr. Rhodes , they , too , were going to Denton , and would taltehim in their carriage , and did so Mr Rhode * drew the H.JOO from the bank and the three started , bacii. When n earing Mr Rhode * ' place the men took out a watch and remarked that they must be at Cordovia at a certain honr , and would have to leave Mr Rhodes at his gate , to which he agreed. They then coanted out ! , OOJ to bind the bargain as to the farm and placed it in a tin box and suggested tz > Mr. Hhodes that he could put his fl"jOO hi there also , us they were goinc to leave theiboi with him , and ho did so. The strangers then locked the box , gave It to Mr Hhode and drove off. keeping the key and saying they would be at his house by "j " o'clock yesterday morning with the bal ance of the purchasa money , which they would pay him and have the necessary papers prepared and delivered. So far all had apparently been perfectly opt'n and satisfactory , but during the nlgat Mr. Rbodas grew uneasyand finally smashed the bos open and found that there was neither the ! , OO ] the strangurs hud put into it nor the f 1,500 of his owiubutin lieu thereof some puper and a chip , lift U coiiMxiujinly minus j 1WO. Of course , the strauger * have neb been heard of sinoe Mr. Rhoda * regrets tha lo * of his money , butao he is a man of means it mil not seriously affect him. A trick somewhat similar was attempted without suoc-esj on Lemuel Couraey , a neigh bor of Rhodes , only a short time ago , TJIEJK X..lSTOV.lKfl L. .VStoD-fnther and Step-sou febnot Each Other to Dentil ntl.lma , O.'iiu. LIMV , O. , Oct. 12. This morning John Schaeffer and his step-father William Schaeffer - fer , who live at VJiokliffa , near this city quarreled. John went up stairs , whan the old man , who hat-preceded him , drew a revolver and fired , the ball hitting him la tha head , making a bad wound. The yuuog icon drew hu revolver'and fired , hitting his father In the hand , Th > ! men clinched an 1 a hand-to-hand n'Ut ensued , during wh'oa they both fell dowantaiw Old man Svh-U-f- forwason top A jusser bs ha | pneJ m just then and p iLcd him off , thus gitn ; the son the advantage , John then deliberately fired three shots into his step-father1' h.'ii. He died almost Instantly \oung Schaefler can not live. _ Tit f. iro/rZj > ' > f i / it. I'almcr anil Secretary I3ut- terwortti SMnlt I'lalnly. Cnirvoo. Oct. 1. . President Palm'r is very frank in giving out the pahcy to be adopted by tha world's fair people. He snys : "All we want now is $ l.OJJOJs ) to n re his enterprise along. " " \S'hatuo you nnun by { 1.1.011.010 ! " "I mean that atnounc exclusive of what each state will furnish and all other outside source's , if we get along smoothly and attend to our business pro'porly we will pet the $15,000,000. " As to getting money out of eoagres' ' * Mr. Palmer said , "Congress , you known , 1s n xjcultar bo iy. It wont do to try to bully It. [ t might say "You have drawn up this net In such a wav as to sret us In a hole We will not have It that way. ' The proper way to tret along with oonirre is to gi\e it mo- lns es. ' We have got to use nmbwia and necUir in this mutter. Vinegar and aqua fortls are not the attractions with which to catch congressmen. We want the sympithy and co-operation of every eoneressmnti and stale legislature throughout the country " The cable dispauh stating that Italy \\ould not make a shoving at the world's fair In 1J was shown to President Palmer of the na tional commission and that gentleman was asked what ho thouzht about it , "Nonsenso" ' he exclaimed "Europeans xvlll come here on rafts If they can't tint ! any better way. They will send their exhibits where tht-j- can mike nwiey. ' "But suppose the tariff is too high for them to Introduce eoods at a profit I" "The tariff on wonts of art Is not too hich. If I remember risht , His only about 13 per cent ad valorem. N'ot withstanding the duty , America is a great field for the sale of Euro pean pictures , and the foreigners will come along with them without feur. There is money in it. " Secretary Butt rworth of the local board of directors was not so outspoken a * Mr. Pal mer. but aaid that he did not think the tariff vtould cut any appreciable figure so far asthe exhibits of foreign nations were concerned. "So far as business goes , " said he , "and of course the foreiimcrs will make their exhibits from purely business motives , the tanI will not be considered , because the e who make exhibits know very well that it Is money in their pockets to make a showing here. No matter now bign the tariff may "be , foreign merchants know what Is best to show here , and with the millions of money , particularly in the west , possessed by men whodon'thave time to go to Europe to see -\\hat there is for sale over there in the art line , the foreigners know very well this fair Is the only way of rvachinr this class of men. You needn't have any fears about the foreign showing at the fair It will be ten times greater than that made at the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia mlSTO. " JIEXICO H'.IATM KiT/JPKCC/n * . 3Ir. nl.Uno in Receipt of an Interest- In if Letter on the Sub.Jcct. WASHINGTON- * C , Oct. ll.-Secretarv Elaine has received from Carlos Gns , a citi zen of. Miahnatan , Stata of Oaxaca , Mexico , and a representative of the agricultural com pany of Oaxaca , an interesting letter on the subject of reciprocity. Mr. Gris says : "The treaty of reciprocity between the United States and the Sandwich Islands has built up a trade which in the year lsS9 amounted to 8l6lS3,7s > 0. I do not know why a reciprocity treaty such as that negotiated for Tilexico by Messrs. Romero and Grant would not produce equal , it not greater , re sults. If so , the trade betmtiii Mexico and the United States if increased in the fame pronirtion as that with the Sandwich IslaLds , might in a short time come to amount to $1.500,000,0(0 ( or . ' ,01X3,000,000 a year The agricultural , com mercial and indiustrial characteristics of Mexico ice and the United Status are so different that the tw > nations complement each other so to speak. We Mexicans now purchase of every species of commodities manufactured In th'e United States. We cannot purchase in large quantities because wo have not the means of paying. It is unquestionable that such a treaty as that signed by Messrs. Ra- mcro and Grant would enable us to exchange products. I have hero upon my desk dot u- ments which would amply prove that all the North American products find a good market In Mexico. I must not In this letter point out the dissimilarity between the products of the two nations , since you are no doubt per fectly aware of it. As a journalist and merchant I have studied ilmust every portion of this country. and I believe I voice -tho general opinion In assuring you that Mexico desires the greatest possible freedom in its commer cial relations with the United States. I have likewise traveled in the United States , and it has seemed to mo to be entirely clear that that country needs and desires freedom in its commercial relations with Mexico. "Some American papers , ' continues Mr Gris , "urge the objection that Mexico can produce everything that the United States produces. This , 1s true , but it would not pay Mexico to proOuco what the United States produces , nor would It pay the United States to produce what Mexico produces It will never pay us better to make plows or make cotton cloth than to piant conTcu and cane sugar , and the United States will find greater profit in growing plantains than in sowing wheat Each of the two countries , is especially well adapted to produce wh.it the other lacks The importance of reciprocity is therefore evident. . \EATfiV SH'IXULKlt. An Ux-Hmptoye of a Chicago Concern Securrv $ UOOO. M \RION , Ind. , Oct. 11. This morning the sheriff of Plymouth , Ind , arrested J. F1. Williams on a charge of fraud. AVilllum ? came here from Plymouth last Wednesday , and represented himself as the agent of the Chicago loan and investment company. The officer who made the arrest states that Williams was discharged by the above com pany a year ago , but that hu has sir.ce been doin ? business In their name , pocketing the proceeds , and tnat in this way ho has swin dled the people of Indiana out of tl , > 00. The officer was accompanied by the proprietor of the Ross house at Plymouth , whu states that Williams left him owing a board bill of S * . The sheriff also states that hU pnspnerls guilty of bigamy , having not Jeas than three wives. nun it ous OF .1 Denver Detectives Clnrsoil with the fircate t Lruclty tn 1'rlsoner" . DEVVER , Colo. , Oct. 12. The grand jury yesterday completed Its investipation of charges of cruelty preferred ap'ams.t the city detective department by liberated prisoners who have been under their alleceopump - Ing" treatment One man named Sinks posi tively swears that he was taken into a room known as the "sweat box , ' where three de tectives assanlted him and applied a galvanic buttery to his nerves la an effort to compel him to confess to a crime of which b stoutly rousted his innocence. He says one of tbo S etectlves struc-k him over the head with a revolver. It U rumored tonight that indict ments will be found against the detectives In question. Avpnuinir a Murder. DILI-IS , To , Oct. 12. About 8 o'clock last evecli p "jtriagtown , " which IB inhab ited exclusively by colored people , Tias thrown Into a stata of great excitement by thu report that W. Carter Roberto had been assassinated. Invettijrauon developed the fact that an attempt Dad been made upon the life of Roberts oy Henry Hurruou , also col ored , and that the would-be murderer bad very nearly aoooaiplibbed his object Kob- 1 erU was engaged in doin ? chore * about his , premises , and after fwiding bin borfce stepped into the allev when Harrison stepped out behind him and ttcout a . wora drew a tc across tuo threat fhis unsunx-vting victim , making a terrible gnsh exte > ndinir almost from ear to oar The wound , wnilery bvl one. Is notrvirarded a * mortal Hniri on escaped. Lat April Uobwts shot a.id Wiled Kev Arthur .Iiu-k- son , pastor of a colored conpreimllon. After rcmrilaiiiK Iu Juil foi scvenil months he was a.'mlUod to bail In the sum of $5i ) , > 0 , prom Inent \vtuto citiienv of the city mine on his bond Membprs of Jackson's"chutvn wore at the time they would nevw rest un til they h < t avenirpd th.ItUHm ? of th"lr pastor The itteckon thelifeof Koo-rts last ni < ht hnl .is onctn In the troubles ot Inn sprlnir Koberts' ease will tx ! cilled in the crlmlnil court next week for thi * murder of JaAMW , that U if he lives to go to trial. * J/,1 It IMA It titf > it.s ftt.I/ / . 1'Ett lleiiilnl-ccMice * of Hit Cnroer AVhilca Tel.'jjrnph Operator. Srn v vrov. Pa , Oet 11. J.unes M. Doherty , the cnuy murderer of Dr. Lloyd , wiis a con spicuous fl.-ure In this section in IbM while in the employ of the Postal Telegraph com pany. In November l5 , Doherty was trans ferred to one of the postal company's ollices it Doylestown. While there a clmnire took place la the ainnigenjent , nnd the old employes had some dltWculty la obtaining1 their wages , Doherty was in a rage over this delay , as he wanted to go to Europe to see Mary Anderson. The money was not forthcoming a soon as Io- nerty expected , and , arming himself with a borsc pistol , he took posession of Iho tele graph oftice and barricaded the doon with chairs and tables and then o | > ened the twen ty-six wires nassinf- through the onice , coverIng - Ing the territory between Doylestown and ' New York and thus prevented'a word from going over them. Ho held the position for three dajs to the greit demoralization of the company's telegraph business. The manager of the Philadelphia otttco rinally * went to Doylestowa , burst the door in and closed the wires Doherty wns arreateJ , but was re leased on slgninc a paper releasing the com pany from all obligations to him. Doherty then wrote to Mr Cole man of this city that he was going to marry Mary . \nderson , who was worth 57,00 ) , ( > , anil that as soon as the weddlntrtook pi ice he would give Mr. Coleman - man enough money to set him up In business. Doherty was also deeply engrossed In the development of n new force , which he snid was going to revolutionize all the generally accepted ideas of electricity. To secure pri ority of title therein ho published in a cranton paper the details of his invention , but they were so < .otnplic.ited and the Inn- guaee used sostiltedtii.it no intelligible idsu could be formed of its value. //IS f. The Ficiuli-,11 Deed of Clayton Llod of Ozark , Ala. OZ\RK , Ala. , Oct. U. The people of this vicinity were startled this morning by thcln- formation thit Clayton Lloyd , a farmer , about thirty-five years of age , had last night poisoned his wife and children with Roughen on Rats. The report was substantiated and found to be toi true. The poisou was placed in the meal , and when dinner was cooked the little children partook of It , three of them falling dead at the table. Mrs. Lloyd was taken deathlv sick and in a few hours died. Tne babv breathed its last this morning. Lloyu bears \ei-v unsavory rep utation , and has been in Jail several times or various offenses The cause of the kill- in e , it seems , ls another Dick Hawes affair Ho wished towed a beautiful young lady in Texas , where he has been for some tune , and to accomplish this end he secreUy slipped back : in the dead dour of the niirht anil ended thrltfe-of uis wiftramt-hmn riHttoehridrenr After the fiendish need wus committed he took a train. The people ncre nnd la New ton , the scene of tlw crime , aw Uirribtv-ex- cited Tue jury empaneled rendered the fol lowing verdict ; "We , the Jury , find , upon examination , that the deceased family t-ame to dt a.th by poison , administered by the hands of one Clinton Lloyd. " Lloyd's family have long stood in dread of him. He has on several occasions made threats to the effect that he would kill the whole turn-out , and but too well fulflUed his threat. ' Lloya was captured last night atDonald- sonville. Go. , a little station on the Alabama Midland railroad He arrived here today and threats are made that he will be 1 > nched. Ho denies evcrvthliiK , and says he left home at 9 10 o'clock Friday morning , and then his family were in peed health. Tha names of the chil dren are1 Cora Lee , aged ten ; Lambert , aged seven ; Dick , ag d five ; ana Emory , aged two. He is in the Ozark Jail under guard. TItJBO TO STKAL THE J'LAXS. Three * Ien Detected Matins Draxv- in a Pittslmrgted Works. ni no , Pn , Oct 11 Unprincipled mea are said to bo using the British iron and steel institute for their own purposes. Three men gained admission to ono of the largest works in the city yesterday and were fountl malting drawings. When asked to stop they refused , and it was only on the tnreat of beiup thrown Into the river that they desisted. The sketches , which vere very fine and almost eiual to engravings , were taken from them aid areiiowln possession ot the members of the nnn. Yesterday morning the three strangers visited , at th office of the preslden t of the company. The British and German mannfadurer * were oxcluaed from the Pitts- burg tube works in a body , but were talton in by sn.uads and shown around by the man agement. M"urtlercl AUUi anx. . CVMILLA , Go. , October 12. Today abaut H o'clock , on tha plantation ofV. \ . L. Bennett , Lear htre. Frank WaUer killed John Lind say. John heard that Frank had bam tulle- ing about him , and he went up to Bonnetfs yard , where Frank was , and asked him about it. Frank Ueaied it , ana afu-r a. few words John struck nun. Frank seized an ax that was near by and hit John on the bead , cut ting his brains out ana producing in-tunt death. Walker then told Dan lioblnson , Llmlsay's stepfather , that if ho had his pistol tel ha would "do him up as ha had done John. Ho then made his esoipe. Wnlkor Is a well-known character around Camilla uuil his been In several scrapes. Hu esoaped once by Jumping out of thC'Seoond story * of thu court houic Mhou he" was reciivinf sen tence. Ills .Motlior VMI1 Save Him. Ciitmvflout , Tenn , Oct U.rSpecial Telegram to TIIK B r.j The finance ctimmit- tee of the city council mad i their report to night on the result of an examination of ex- Citv Auditor Vcrnon Whitealde's books The examination is not v t finished , but the bulk of the shortage haw been discovered anil amounts toi vuo As soon as the amount w& % made kuowu Mrs B. L.Vtiite ide , the mot her of Vumon WuitesiJe , nt a letter to the mavor informing him that aha was ready ai < d willlotr to pay any amount the ox-city auditor owed to the city. The city will not lose a cent. S.t .E OF .1 .Vfiir JIEXICU JJ/.VJi ' , . The Aitiambrn I'lirolunetl by a Clil- uujo Com puny. SILVSR Cirv , N > I , Oct. 17 F & . .Morso of Chicago , who represent * the Chicago com pany which bay bdon negotiating for tn Alhambra - ; hambra for s v ral months , was here this i weak , uud tha aala MUJ concludttd. Thu \ mine wa formally turaed over to the purchasers - ' chasers Tneniay. Tha inln ha txim Ux-k d for SOOXW. aiwl th new oompnny will be ' known as the Alnumbn mining company. A new shaft will bo pat down t.nd work will be ; pro cuttMl on u mom exten iv cwl than formerly. S r rl tbou und dollur * , worth of rich ore U m ight in the mum and pros- petting for uthJ-r uiadu of ore mill bts ( arrud ua simu''anuus % Mith tac Wjrk of 'an. $ out tils urt ) m i i-- ' * E'OTA STATE ALLIANCE , It I M ct In Annual Oomention al Des Hoinas on October 29. IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION , > Iiuli > c Conrad' * Decision ttio Obligation of IUII ro.uls to Carry Miiuors Through tlicScnto Ottier town News , DES MOINKS , U , Got. W-fSpivuil To : * grnra to TIIK UKB J The pnwtdi'nt of tlia state formers' alliance hs * taued n call fo theannunl convention , to beheld in this * itjr October > , at Hiterniiii h.ill. Thi > ratio if representation will be one delegate fromoiKli looal and three dolojratc * from euoh i-ouuty alliance. 1 he call says "It is of the utmost Importance thai the r should be a full reprwi-ntatlon from e.rr local alliance "The ptut yenr hm been one nf thn moil eventful , not only in the history of the tvv alliance bin in the alliance work oivr the i n- tire VrittHl Stau-s This work of ornnl..i. tiun hu b H'n pushed ulth great energy a-id rapidltv everywhere , and espooully In thu lowu alliance. "Several hundred new ulllnnce < will bo pre sented for the tint time In our ann u.il moot ing and it is therefore important that tliii new element should be fully represented .mil that , as a rmultof thai niwotln . thi-rc should \ xu unity of senliuient , both in mutters o ( belief and policy , that i\ ill enable the all aruM to move onward to greater nchicroinrats In the future tnna ithuismadein tlii piust "To this end the locil alliances should c'on- suit and select truly tviiresentatho won uv whose mnturtHl and well ouusideruil juilff"jonl they are williiiK to bo guided. "In addition t * > the usual dlscii'.siijii of pub lic measures and | > olicies uml the d > lion of oSlceri , the question of srivlng iho 1 xnl .nil. acces power to alopr secret \voru xvhi'n the/ ueem it expedient will b bmught In-f ire tnu alliance in nivordumolth a roiojjuoti adopted by the c\ecuti\c boiird. Other uicas- ures of great impor'mico will iiitm bcft.ro the rceetin ; , and therefore a full atten Is of the -itinost laipoilauco " The lipirortti Ijcnsiic" DCS MOIN-F.S , la , Oct.i \ to Tun BEU.l-On Xovembor .1 a sUta convention of all the Epworth league * la Iowa will be held here. Tlu-ro are 'TO' chapters m the suite , and representative * from all of them are expectjd. M.innoted men \\ill - < penk bi'foro the assemolv amoiiif thenibeiii ' Pre > ililent Holmes of Simpson collect' . Inilmnoli. Dr Oillett of C'inilnunU ; Dr. Btfnz of ChiKigo , wiitor of the Epworta HeraM. and 1'rof. Ellenwoo.1 of Lincoln , Neb Tlicstatonfticeisof the leig o aroJ. C \V Coxe , pnident. H C ? Exerftt. set re- tary. and Miss Mary Kennedy , correspondtnir secrtUry TheconvctiUon will Lust several days and amp'e ' arrangements mil be for the entertainment of its members. Anutlirr L.liiior | Decision. Dei M-HVB4 , in. , Oct. U.-Special | to- THE Bur | Judge Conrad of the dis trict court has made an imuortant ile- cihion retrirdins the oblitjatious of railroads ty carry Idiuora when oEforcd by persons vbo are authorized by law to sell and ship the same. Since the liquor question has reached Jthcsoracwhaijjijutitijl | , > tagc brought ahout by the original package decision and the resultant law recently enacted , the Hock Isl and rmulJia.s < rcfu8cd toc ny JIiuoM ( under any circumstances in this state. A test case was , brought by Des Moinus parties askln ? a mandamus to compel the road to carry liquoH , ana JudRe Conrad eranted the writ. This will probioly be accepted by all tha ioads us the law. Found Dead on the Track. DES Moivss , la. , Oct. 12. [ Special to Tun BEE. ] The dead body of a man was foundou the Rock Island railway tr.v.lt In Est De3 Moines. He w.is evidently about forty years old , dressed as a laborer , and hid not the ap- penranco of having been ill. The llnirera of both hands were gone. Ho was identified as M. H. McCormlck , lived nenr uuero ha was found , and leaves a wife ami Uuairhtvr A. few days auo he called upon the mayor and , asked for worlc that n mm without hands could do. He said his hniids had l > ocn frozen , off. while driving stture m Dakota. Tha family came here from Sioux Falls. Lent $1.IOO and Her Htilin < l. FT. DODGF , la , Ovt. 12.- f Special Telegram to THE BEF..J Mrs. A. P Nelson of Wesley township , Kossuth county , is minus Jl(00 and a husband A few days nsjo Mrs N"cL oa was notified that she had Inherited 11,000 by the death of her father. As soon as tho- money was received she turned it over to her husband to pay off i mortgairo on their farm and other smaller debts. The mortfatro r j- malns. but Mr N'ebou has disappeared , tak ing not only his wlfi s legacy but several hundred dollars that ho ralicd undone ? his f nenda on the strength of it. ritriitliiii Clmruli Convenclon. DES MOINCS , Ii. , Oct. U.Hpoiiil to TIIE BEE.Tho | general con.-cntion of Chnstinn churches in Amcrioa lll bepin , itssessionin this city Octob r20 and c.n- tinue. fl e days. Representatives from. foreign , kinds are e peotod , and the mrir.Dr r- shipof the oonvention will Uffgrejjato nearly a thousand persons TIIK t KSLi : Wit IsIS Description ill" n Statue Orl riiuilt y lu- t nilcil fi r tins World's Pair. Nm YUP.K , Oct 12 A private v.ew c DedericlHon's statue , "The Struggle for Lib erty. " was afforded artists of tins city and momben of the press this afternoon at the exhibition room at No Ss Fifth avenue. Tha stutuo , flblch wigh. over 4,0X ( ) pounds , 53 mounted on a boae Of solid granite. The ork In marolo proents flve years of constant up- pliwtioa on tbo part of iho downer and. sculptor. Its value is placed at Siu.oOO , though It has never yet boon put upon the market. The cc-ntml figure of ttia group is a mau of magniflount form an I face , stngsllng to free hitnsolC frcitn the coraa thit blna him. Every muscle and sinew brought into play U represented in thu mar- bio , the deutil wo-rk forming one of the ctticl points of exi-ullcnco This tsintral dguru r-p- reaontfi America tru Kbng to f n-o fcrs' 4f from kintrtloiq and slavery. Kni ung .it his side U tha fJoiidts * of Liberty hcrfai'o bcnminz admiration for hop ro > upin < n at whom she U looking At thctt l > c t u the HKureofun Infant chill , rcir | s .n'itig tLa United Staui In the days when it tir-.t her- allied to the uorUl Iu b irining as a f n-o n.i- Uon. The sUtue mut brought t < > ihih coin- try thna W AI ajo. and will probably lind it pernnuem pltitv here It wns onglnaiiy intended for the viorld'H fair , t > ut thut iJca > * , is abanUunudvhon ChiciiKO wu rhoscu aa the site , the diugvr of trantfportu'ioa too great , it ua * thought. 'Ihc I'uinnia Can 1 1 , PAKIS , Oct , 12. It Li understood mat t fl Colombian goveran.ent aks the Panama canal company fora v ry h i\y payment for the extension of time in Colombia s canal con- ceuion. which the company tlesiri > s It in thought that if Colombiii poratHVi In thu ciu- inand thu reult v\lll betne tinal winding up of lncreai o In tliu Coroan \V VOIIIXATOW , Oct. 12 , ThuOorean wiis honored ihU mornidf ) by the arrival of a li'ile < itmnKer in tha penonaf a ton to Mr. ani Mrs YeCnuYun , rbarxed affulres , TU tf i tli TWO is the tirt nauv bora ( " -c i. i 'co LiiiteU htatea.