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r " " B * "HM if * w * " \ m"m. . > w A "W "W 4 IHE OMAHA TWENTIETH YEAR. OMAHA , MONDAY MOANING , MARCH 23 , 1801 , NUMBER 275. I10\Y \ MR.PIMWS MURDERED Assassin Bilk's ' Gold-Blooded Oonfoiaion or the Orime. WHAT FRANK PAGE KNOWS ABOUT IT , llfiiiiflrknhtn Familiarity with Kveiits ami IMn < ! o < tTtir rounding Iho Mur der IJnrglnrloii1) ) Special * tlcH of a Creole. CHICAGO OFFICE OP THE RP.B. I ClllCAcio , March 23. f Prank Paso , the man who says Mike Silk confessed to him to the murder of Mr. Poor In Omaha last May , Is still bolng held by the authorities hero. A jury has declared him Innocent of complicity In the attempted robbery - bory of .Towolor Husstinder , but the police thought ho was too valuable to bo sot out In the cold world Just yet , nnd so they nro taking earn of him lu ono of the cages In the basement of the city building. "On what charge nro you holding him ! " 1 asked States Attorney Lougoneckor today. "Oh , vagrancy , or something of that sort , " ho replied with a smllo. Page says ho Is only eighteen nnd ho ap pears ( juito young. I lo win rather palo and looked at If ho was 111 when ho was Drought up from hit basement apartments today and asked to tell TUB HUB what Mlko Silk hnd said to him ubout the killIng - Ing of Mr. Poor. Ills lingers nro long and thin and they wandered from his blue shirt front , which wns open at the threat , to his chin nnd upper lip rather ncr vously while ho talked , There Is a strip of dark down on his lip nnd a tuft of similar color on his chin , lie has largo brown eyes and ho looked nt his questioner honestly and his manner wns frank. "Whalls your profession ! " I asked. Ills fnco flushed and Ills thin fingers strayed nlonir the down ns bo replied : "Oh , I ain't exactly a thief. lama luster by Undo , but I don't ' work at it much. " Ho spoke \vlth frank admiration of the skill of Silk as a burglar , though ho addcu in n tone of deprecation , "lint , when ho mnxcs a big haul ho Is like all the rest of 'cm ' , ho blows It in on bcerand women. " Ho said ono of Silk's specialties was to climb Into upper story windows and go through the bed chamber while the family wns clown nt sup per. .Then bo told how silk came to confldo in him. " 1 got introduced to him in St. Louis about four yours ago , " hi1 said. "It was In a saloon in the west part of town , I think. Wo got pretty well acquainted nnd then I did not sco anything of him until last February when wo were both run in for itho job at the Jewelry store on the North side ? . Wo took our exorcise together in the jail yard. Wo talked over old times a good deal , Ono day ho asked mo If I knew a man named Williams. I told him I did not. Ho said : 'Williams wns with mo when I croaked a man In Onuitm last May.1 Then ho told how they had gene to Poor's to rob him. They found out some way that lie was treasurer of the National Laundrymcns' association , and thought ho must have soiuo stuff in the houso. Williams was to kcop a lookout down below while Silk done the ] ob. It wns about 2 o'clock ' In the morning. SHI : said ho climbed up onto a kind of a low building thnt wns covered with tin. This was just below the room where Poor slept , and Silk made a nolso In stepping on the tin , unit Poor put his bead out ot the window. It wns a bright night und Silk saw a gun In Poor's hand. 'I thought If I moved ho'd see mo. " sai'd Silk , 'and shoot , so I shot. I saw his head fall and his arms straighten out , so I know I had hit him. ) Then Silk said ho jumped to the ground and got mvay through a kind of a park. Ho went to a private house nnd Htayed nil night. From thcro ho went to n place across the river , called Council Bluffs. There ho board that Poor hact been hilled. I don't Itiiow whether ho said ho saw it in n paper or hoard It. Everybody was talking about it. Krom there ho went to Lincoln , and after that I don't remember where ho went. I don't think bo said. " "Aren't ' you afraid Silk will got even with you when ho gets out I" I asked. Page stroked his cheeic a moment , uncrossed - , crossed his legs nnu replied , ' ! dou't think ho will get out. " DAKOTA TIN MI NCI. Mr. 11. C. Wickers of Hill City , 8. D. , nianngor of the Harnoy Peak tin mining company , passed through the city on his way east on Saturday. The group of mines at Hill City Includes the Gertie , Cowboy , Contcs , Nevada No. - nnd the Addle. "Wo now have some two hundred and fifty men nt * work sinking shafts and taking out ere , " ho said. "Wo have our mill practlrally completed nnd will begin crushing about April 1 , That will civ c oinnlo.vinont to llfty moro men. The mill will , humllo 250 tons of ere n day. As 9 par cent of this Is oxldo of tin , this will bo equiv alent to 10,000 pounds of osldo per day. " wisTiit : : > f rnoi'i.B IN ciuaino. Among the western people In Chicago today worn the following : At tbc-aramll'aclllo-.I. W. Bally , Sioux Falls , b. 13V. : . II. Cloninions , Kromont , Nob. : 10. lj. Uoiiinx , Onmhn ; Mi-s , anil Miss Merriam , Salt Lnko City ; Henry J. Morton , Lcmim , la. At the r oliiiul Mr. nnd Mrs. J. 1C. Towlo , Miss Hosocrnns , Montana , At the Auditorium U. K , Cole , Helena , Mont. At the Palmer Charles U , Souttor , Cedar Itaplds , la. ; ( J. II.Cunningham , Sioux Falls , S. 13.V. ; . II. Irvine , Salt Lake ; \V. \ W. I.OWV , Omaha. At the Trcinont G. S. Hurrls , Ponder , Nob. Nob.At At tbo Sherman C. Lcscur , Montana. ATKINSON. Tlio Jury HIIOH Not Tliliilc the of Murder Sustiiiinil. DnATitiru , Noli. , March i. [ Special Tele- grain to TUB Bun. ] The trial of David Lilly , charged with causing the wreck of the Union 1'uclilo train nt llolmisvilloln December lost unil the resulting death of Hrlilgo Inspector Mercer , came to an unexpected c-loio at 10 o'clock lust night by the Jury rcinlcrlng a verdict of acquittal. The brother : ) , iilso im plicated in the affair but who were hold as witnesses , were , with Dave , discharged from custody upon the olllclul announcement of Iho verdict. ( It'll nt Cniin y Hv.isxis , Nob. , March 2:2. : [ Special to Tug llKC.I Thousands of cattle from a distnnco wcro wintered iu this county. L. Sharp has Just received 'JOO head from ttio cast to feed for the spring. The B. & M , mllroau Is putting down a Well and building a water tun It at Ilyannls station. Hav lands in this county prove to ho fully as vnlunblu ns the best farming lands. Baled hay liero U worth $3 per ton and is lu good demand. ' The sheriff of Uox Butte county was In Ilyannls securing witnesses in the Thornton murder caso. Urant county , or portions of It , will bo ro- curvoyod this npring , The old survey docs not sconi to "stlc.t , " A good physician Is needed hero. Dr. Plu- mcr resides twelve miles lu the country and docs not desire to practice. Ho is"Vau only doctor In the county , A bank Is another long-felt want In Hynn- uls. uls.Tho The Hyannls brass band , a nc\v organiza tion , Is making good progress. Tbo alllauco of II van nls numbers over thirty members and is to have u supper on next Wednesday. Thcro arc many cases of grip In this Vicinity. Business U fairly good hero , M cattle bavo generally done well this winter , Hentrlw ) UumocriiM. BEtTiucK , Nob. , March 2--iSpoclttl : ! Tele gram to Toe BEB.I Tto UeuiocvuUo city convention , held lost night , endorsed B. H , VoKKt l'10 ' nominee of Iho independents , for mayor , and nominated J. U. Oalrns for police Judge , \V. \ O. WiMhburn mm Joe \Vesslcr for members of the school hoard and N. Hcrron , H. .1. Smith and a. I' . Marvin for the council , Ono Tlukot Cm111 ui ! nujcSi'iusciH , Nob. , March U'J. [ Special toTinDiiJ : : SUto Dank Examiner W. B , Thorpe paid nu unexpected visit to our local hanks yostwday and wont through ttiom In the most approved stylo. Neither of our two banks Is afraid to receive visitors , oflldal or otherwise at auy tlmo. They do not , how ever , ndmiro puttinp up u § 20 fee to an unin vited guest so rmii'h as they might. At n citizens' cnucus held hero last night , under the provisions of the new election law , the following nominations wcro made : Mayor , William M. Youns : councilnien , T , Lowls , L. Ticl ; treasurer , W. W. Fullnnii dork , J. II. Cnsobon ; engineer , H. Sundrlt- tcr. It is not expected that thcro will bo moro than the ono ticket in the field. Considerable Interest is being taken hero in the boot sugar business , nnd considerable seed will bo distrlbuteu among farmers to test the adaptability of the soil , nnd if suc cessful a raw sugar plant will bo located hero. n.l WIKl.lt.JVCVV I'KVI ) KS fr'cttlCH a Vnndcttn of K con "X'rars1 IJiiratlon. WiiEnt.ixo , AV. Va. , March 22.-In a letter sent to the editor of the Wnyno Kews by Captain Anso Hatllcld ( "Devil Anso" ) he says that general amnesty has been de clared In the famous Itatllcld-McCoy feud , that the war spirit. In him has abated and lie rejoices at the prospects of peace. This letter will servo to quell all disturbance ns far ns the Hatllcld sldo is concerned , and It U thought thut a like letter has been pub lished In Kentucky. This stnto of affairs is tbo result of the marriage of ono of the Hat- fields to Miss McCov , and o truce and peace congress was hold shortly after. This feud has been In existence since 1STII , and thcro has been no loss thnn one hundred deaths among the participants. It AST WKKlVti JIVSI\KSfi , What Clearing HOIIHC Iteportw Show Tor tlio Volume of Trade. BOSTON , Mass. , March 23. [ Special Tele gram to TiiEBcE. ] The following tnblocom piled from dispatches from the managers of the clearing houses of the cities named , shows the gross exchanges for last week , with rates percent of Increase or decrease , as against the similar amounts for the corresponding week In 1S9U : K TWO'UEXT Hl'G.-ttt ItOVXTY. OoveiMior OKt ! ol1 Texas Vctwcn the lllll Accepting It. AUSTIN , Tex. , March 83. The state of Toxns owns and operates a sugar farm worked b.v convicts. Hccently n bill was passed hy tbo legislature to accept the 2-eont bounty under thoMcKlnley bill. Governor HOJTK bus vetoed it. The vote closes In p.irt as fol lows : "The stuto Is sovereign of her own affairs ana cnnnot ho disturbed in the legiti mate oxercisca ol her prerogatives. If she ilcslres to raise supai' by convict luhor , under no circumstances could she with propriety ask or accept from nny government n license todo so , nor could she yield toasupervlsionof bcr n ! Tu Irs by nn oflU-or not subordinate toner nor 6wn laws. Precedents by the govern ment's usurpation hceoino stronger than law. The worse they are tlio more dlfllcult they nro to ovcr'.lii'ow. When they nro erected on tlio destruction of the constitution , like this bounty act , the wrong which produced them stronKthens ns the fruits of the crimu Hnrcad , until they become fastened forever on tlio people , It la hardly decent to suppose that no nicasuro U too inonostrous to popular credulity. Whou It embrace * a proposition to dtspcnco money under the name of bounty amoing citizens such inothodn usually aro. No ono can deny that at heart , then , there Is corruption. Kcslstnnco to all monopolies and exclusive legislation for the bcnotlt of the few at the expense of the many , Is abeyance to the will of the people , comparts with the xintarnlshod record of Tcxtis anil cannot fail to nmlio the course of lior future- bright , except nt n sacrifice of her liouor or sovereignly as a state. Troy ItaliaiiN Titov , X. V. , March 22. While 1M Italians were holding n meeting tonight to protein ngnlnst the mob's action at New Orleans , thn building was bombarded with cobble Htonea , niut tuo meeting broke up by n mob outildo. I'istol shots were llrcu but no one was Injured. Tiio reserve of tlio police force dis persed the large crowd which guthcrod , Tlircu at a Birth. JtUiiTissviu.r , Ini\ . , March'.1. Mrs. W. II. Wooden of Gregg township , gave birth to triplets last night two boys and a girl. Their combined weight was twenty peundu , These were her tlrst ofTsprlnc. arji/i ni\'inin : FOiiui'ia ! ' aiiJ VfciuffJ KVifr ; cuMer , For XtlnvAa , Jotra and Smith Dakota t'tilr liiy lllilit ; ct'ldfr ; U'ludu Litvintnaeoutha fy. Tlio Death Itnll. i , O. , March 23. Johnny Mackoy , the actor , died of pneumonia at the Burnett house tonight. Ho had bean III omy n few days , The 1'Mre llconrtl. DKTROIT , Minn. , March ' . " .I , Holmes' oporn house blocV burned tbls morulutf. Loss US.OW , vtriirrmttvnT nrrn i\ 1 < Likely to Provo a Oauso for Serious Trouble to tha Ministry. 'OSITION ' TAKEN BY LORD SALISBURY. Sonic rca.ru That tie ! Colonists Muy TIi row Ofl"I'JngllHli Connection ! ) Tim MlsuiulcrHtaiiilliiB with France. tin Jamu fioruVin Ilmnctf.l LOXDO.V , March M. [ Now Yorlt Herald table Special to TIIB Bin.l : The Now- founillnii'l tllfllcultlcs nro likely to prove n cnuso for serious trouble to the ministry. "While everybody admits the awkwardness of the position In xvhlch Lord Salisbury was placed tlioro Is ti general fooling that nn at tempt to cocrco the colony on which the powers of government wore formally con ferred , must lead to serious mischief. It is unfortunate that this coercion should bo avowed and based upon n statute of George JU , an IH-omcnod period to choosofor n Justi fication of tuo repressive legislation towards the colonies. Newfoundland will find 1U ap peals for delay , If weed with moderation , backed up strongly In parliament. Many of my conservative fellow members look with profouud distrust on the at tempt to ovor-rulo colonial opinion for the sake of pleasing Franco. Gladstone's colonial secretary , Lord htlinborly , effusively welcomed the proposed legislation , but his views were not shared by Gladstone ) himself , Kimbcrly made a mess of everything when ho was in ofllco and Is not likely to bo fol lowed now by the liberal party. It is from that quarter that the attack will como , pro bably Monday , but certainly at nn early date , unless the Newfoundlanders nro satisfied with the opportunity given thorn to bo heard In this country before any concessions nro inado to Franco. The position tnknn by Lord Salisbury Is this : Wo have treaties with Franco which we uro bound to fulllll. If the colonies re fuse , our duty still remains clear and binding. If Franco attacked Newfoundland wo should go to war to defend the colonists. How Is it possible to avoid carrying out the agree ment wnlch we made la Franco ! Our re sponsibility for the observance of the trea ties Is not removed by our having granted self-governing powers to the colonies.Vo cannot go to war with Franco to sustain our refusal to carry out n solemn compact , such as the prime minister's ' contention , and nil sides admit that them Is much force in it , but the conservatives and liberals nlllto ob ject \o Lord ICiiutsford's ' suddnn and prema ture method uf applying coercion. Should It lead either to Newfoundland throwing off English connection or to further misunder standings with France , a most damaging blow will bo Inflicted on the ministry in the full ttdo of Its prosperity. Parnollism has destroyed the Gladstonlan party , and thorols no longer nn Irish party In parliament. At such n moment no ono expected toseo the ministerial ship tnreat ened with foundering off thS ( banks of New foundland. A-fcwmonths ago nobody would-havoibeon bold enough to whisper a word affecting the stability of the wealthy house of C. Demur- ! etta &Co. Its transactions extended all over the world. The partners , occuplod a high social position , and they were thought to bo rolling in wealth ; but the Argentine craze seized the firm about the same time as the Darings , and for wcolts past negotiations have been going on to keep it from disaster. This was accomplished by turning it into a company and the debentures taken up by leading city houses and a share of the capital by tlio present partners , whoso profits during the lust five years amounted to $1,500,000 per annum. Tho'now arrangement must in some degree depend for success on the recovery lu values of Argentine securi ties. Immense efforts to that end nro being made by the Rothschilds mid other eminent firms. Some smaller houses , which were caught in the Argentine hurricane , are re ceiving temporary assistance. Shrewd ob servers perceive that If the Argentine repub lic shows no greater anxloty toward the maintenance of Its credit than at urcsoiit. the combinations formed lu London cannot avert a great disaster. MEMBER. OP I'AHLIAMENT. A. Heavy-"Woljriit Walking JUntch. Ifopl/i'fflftt tSIt bn Jitmai Gordon HennctM LONDON , March 23. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to TUB HUE. ] Two promi nent stock brokers , R II. Cuthhortson and II. K. Paxton , walked a match today from Hatchom's hotel in Picadilly to Croyden , a distance of ton and tbroo-nuartors miles , for 50 n sido. Paxton weighs S70 pounds. Ho was given twenty-three minutes the start over his opponent and won easily In ono inln- uto-and sixteen seconds. I'axton bet 1,800 , to 1,200 , on himself. A great crowd of stock brokers and bankers saw thorn oil and fol lowed on the course , which created much .amusement. . Cutlibertsou continued his walk to Brighton on a wnger. The jose of Lord Lonsdalo , who was sum moned for "furious driving" at Horschnm on the occasion of his recant drive against time , was dismissed today because tboro wcro no crounda for the charge. Henry Arthur Jones' representative , Oeorgo Day , sails for Now York next Satur day to inako arrangements tor Mr. Jouos' visit next autumn. Cnptnlu A'oii Kan ( Turn II'H ' Snlciile , LONDON , March 22. A private letter from St. Petersburg asserts that the recent suicide of Captain Von ICauffman had no connection with politics , as suggested. The facts are , that ICuuffmnn and his friend , Count Tolstoi , who Is a relative of the novelist , entered a restaurant in a fashionable quartcrnnd found Naval Lieutenant Ovorschotzskl there with a company of. Russians whom ho had en gaged for his private amusement. ICauffmnn , who was drunk , made fun of the muslo and jeered at the mu sicians until Uvorschctzskl , a man of gigantic stature , lost his temper and slapped the face o ( Uis superior ofilcor , Tolstoi man aged to prevent a light and subsequently ef fected a reconciliation , all the parties agree ing to preserve silence. Dvorschctzslcl , however - over , broke faith und told the story to the captain of a warship anchored at 1'otorhaff , throi'gu whom it ultimately reached the cars of iioncral Hichtor. When next the general met ICnuflman and Tolstoi it was at the court ball , unil ho ordox-cd them to loavn the palace precincts. Kauffman went straight homo to nls mother's house and blew out his brains with n revolver. Tolstoi , less sensitive , called out Dvorsclictzskl , but the duel fought last Sunday was bloodless. Monte Carlo Lox POX , March 'JJ. The big players have mostly loft Mouto Ccrlo , after giving the bank the biggest scare it has hai } In twenty yrirs. The batik has been broken half a iloien times , but it still remains a big winner , The earl of Uosslyn , who won IGT > ,000 fnuu-s attrcntoot quarauto , came bacfc to London thlt week , Sam Lewis , "the king of money- leuctors , " > vh v.'ou over SOO,0W ( francs - at ono sitting , lost ] th'ift back , and onougli more , lie BOTH ) tohulld a now casino. Henry lloscnield. a Chicago youth of twcnty-tlvo years , vfrhowon ,175,00) francs on the almost unprecedented ovontof a run of seventeen fotirtlmos in succession , in each of watch Instances ho played the bank's maximum of 12,000 , francs , came back to Lon don this week i'0,000 out of pocket. Otlior big players were Prlnco ( latzfeld , who married the daughter of ( J , P , Iliinthigton ; the Due Duzccs and Baron Schneider , the Berlin banker , nil uf whom left part of their mouoy at Monte Curio when they came away. Tlie Dmontry UICCH. : Lovr > oN , March 23. [ Special Cablegram to Tins HBK.J The annual house of com mons point to point steeplechase took plnco today at Davontry , The prizes consisted of two cups for light ami henry weight re spectively. The course was three and nhalf miles long over a stllT hunting country , but the racers had to cros.t' brook out and homo. In the heavy weight claw Air. Alfred Pcnso's Harmon Hedge wns the victor. In the light weight clnss Lord llcntmck's Long won. Statement of thn Utop a's Captain. dinuALTAii , March ' 22 , At the Inquest over the second batch of bodies recovered from the wrecKoil stennier Utopia Cnptain McICeaguo inrulo nBtrTr.cmont. Ho said that owing to the thickness of the weather ho could not calculate prbclsoly the length of the Alison's fore dock and Ignored the ram. Ho did not know the Moot was In the bay. None of the men m * the lookout saw the Curlew and the condition of the anchorage until the helm was starboarded , The jury unanimously decided that the cause of the disaster was accidental. Ono hundred bodies wcro recovered todnj' , Ono hundred and thirty-two of the survivors hare been re turned to Naples. IU. Kerry's Spcrcli. PAIUS , March 'JI.T-bpoclal [ Cablegram to TUB Br.n.J M. Ferry , in a speech nt the meeting held In his honor In this city today , pointed out the necessity fora regrouping of the political parties'in order to give stability totho government. This work , ho declared , should bo performed by the youth of Franco who wcro Imbued with ideas of political and social progress. The people , said M. Ferry , often misunderstood the character of the ser vices rendered to the Country , but that could bo forgiven If those services added to the greatness , enlightenment and strength of Franco. There was no disturbance at the mooting. A largo force of police easily controlled the knots of Boulanglsts present. President Carnol today visited the panorama rama of the cznr's coronation. During a visit the president Mild to the proprietor : "I nm delighted with yo'Jrwork. It will show Kussin how mucb 1 understand her. " Tnis. remark has attracted notice to the rumors of a Franco-Russian alliance. Ho Commits Kiiloltlo Because Indicted for Monllii. Forty CcntH. WACO , Tex. , March 23. A. P. ICoenior , In dicted by the United tates grand jury nt Dallas , committed suicide Saturday nt his homo In Grcenock , . Dosquo county , Tex. While ho was postm.istrr in that town , B. T. Swilling and W. A. BiaJlngamo came to him nnd asked his assistance in procuring them contracts forcarrylngaiail on two star routes. Ho advlsc'd thorn to forward blank applica tions to Austin , the stato'capital ' , to bo lllled out In legal form. TMs the two men did and each paid Koohlcr SOctuts for registration fees on these blanks. ' 'It npprfars that for some cuuso Koonlcr.njflectod to forward tha' blanks , at any rate tli.-chargo of 20 cents for onvelopo.in.lhe T * l'3i , vas.excosslve.thero- fore tboVrand"jury found two b'ills'of Indict ment charging Kochlcr with extortion This and his removal from the postofllco at Greo- nook prayed upon his. . mind and brought on the suicide. Those host informed nt- tribute ICoeldcr's ' irregularities to ignor ance. Ho was a Gorman poorly posted in American usngos. Some time ago ho created n .sensation in Waco by filing a pauor in the county court making Miss Sarah A. W. Houghton his adopted daughter and heir to his estate , which Is con siderable. The young lady Is proprietress ot tlio news stands in the McClelland hotel. She left today for Bosque county to assert her rights. In the knowledge of the exten sive property owned by ICoehlor the two in dictments scorn queer. They nro counter parts , with no difference except the name of complainant. The man wnschargcd with the theft of 40 cents , or in effect that was the charge. ItUSXIXG FIGHT IflTIf ItAXDJtTS. Attempted Capture or Oklahoma Desperadoes uylKeeleral Officers. OKLAHOMA CITV , Okl. , March 22. Information mation reaches bore that Deputy United States Marshal Pros Armstrong of. Shaw- iicotowu , with apossqof six or eight men , armed with warrants for the arrest of the notorious outlaw , BobOonnalllsaud his band , are now in hot pursuit of the band , in the Canadian bottoms , in 1'ottawatoinlo country. On Thursday the posse came unexpectedly upon three of the band as they wcro In the act of preparing to dine upon n hog they had justkillcd. Immediately upon sight ofthoofll- cors , at a range of about ono huudred yards , nnd before their identity was ascertained , the desperadoes opened lire upon the posse with Winchesters. Ono shot passed through .Armstrong's cheek , making n pain ful but not serious wound. About a dozen shots were exchanged nnd two nf the bandits succeeded In making their escape , but ono was secured , together with six or eight head of stolen horses which they hnd in their possession , Ho was taken back to Shawneo- tnwn with tlio captured animals nnd word sent for moro helix A bloody time Is likely to follow nt the next encounter , ns the ofllcors are bravo and determined , und Connallis swears ho will never DO recap tured alive , and ho has u largo band of out laws at his back. The pcacoauU safety of the territory and a vigilant enforcement of law Is anxiously awaited by nil ttio good ele ment of the Pottawatomlo country , which moans the nrrost and destruction of the bandits who now Infest t.hat country. This Is the satno Connallis Mr ; Armstrong nnd his partv supposed they Hvoro approaching the night of February 6 , when the shooting oc curred which resulted in the death of Steve Ponsaunw , for whoso death Armstrong is now under bond , awaiting the action of the grand Jury. . _ . Clifford Convicted of Manslaughter. INPEPHXIIKNCK , JIo. ( March 22. The fa mous Clifford murder trial was concluded hero last night by the Jury returning a ver dict of manslaughter In the fourth degree. The rgumonts \ \ orO' completed at 12 o'clock yesterday , when the case was given to the Jury , which was composed of twelve gray- headed men , ranging m ago from flfty-nlnoto sixty-live , When the verdict of the Jury was announced Mrs. Clifford broke com pletely down , but Clifford was not affected. The verdict was a complete surprise , as nearly every ono bellovcd It would cither bean an acquittal or murder in the tint degree. The Jury loft Judge \Vhlto \ to assess the punIshment > Ishmont , which ho will do March SI , Ilurglar Mty liiiiiinna Captured , PiTTSiiuito , 1'a. , March 22 , Burglar Fitz- slinmons , or .Andrews as ho is hotter known , with a dozen ether aliases , who killed Chief Detective Gilklnson nnd badly wounded two others last night at Paters Hun , was cap tured at Hraddock tonight. A satchel full of jewelry wns found near Atulrows' house and on his person watt found a largo amount. Ho feared lynchlui ; and had a inked knife In his breast , mtoiidhirf to sulcldoU ho was eur- rounded by a mob. HMgluecr null l''lroirau ) Killed , KOSKDU.C , Miss. , March 2J , A wreck oc- currccl tonight on the Valley road near here , The engineer and flroinau woio both Wiled , No passengers wcro hurt. EXPECT MCH FROJ PALMER , Fnrmora1 Alliance Oont'.ngant ' iu Congress "Will Look to Him for Help. WHAT AN EDITOR OF THE ORDER SAYS , Anot'icr Man AVho Thinks TliTO is Ton Muuli ISntraviiKiuiuo In Oov- eminent I'rliitinj ; 'Iho 1'rcHl * dnit tu < ) ndgo Or on' . \VAsiiixoTONBuuiuuTiir : DUE , ) > < HFounTiiNri ! ) ! Srnnir AVAsiiiXQTON , D. 0. , March ! , , . J f The farmers' ' alliance contingent In con gress expect much aid nnd comfort from Son. ntor-olcct Palmer of Illinois. Dr. McCutio , the editor of the loc.il organ of the order , said today that the farmars' alliance move ment was growing every day. "It grows upon what It feeds , " said lie , "and Its strength Is constantly Increasing. In ono sense of the word Palmer's election Is a big victory for the alliance * . General Palmer , no doubt , will support measures advocated by the farmers , and I twllovo ho will prove a friend of the alliance. It was hotter that the alliance men support Palmer than an ulllanco man stultify Ing himself In order to receive the vote of the republicans. As the dead lock ended , the alliance , I think , won n vic tory. Another reason why the election of Palmer wns a gain to the alliance is that it reduces the republican majority In the son ata and therefore increases our prospect of securing a foothold In the upper liouso of congress. The third party movement may cut something of a llguro in the next cam paign , huC tno farmers' alliance as an order will continue , ns It Is outside of politics. If it were to become a thlril party It would bo the death of the order. Some of the mem bers of the order are getting restless and may encourage a third party movement , but any such course would bo ns individuals. " THINKS THEltD IS ItOO.M roll VCONOMIT. "A.s n result of the investigation which is to bo made into the public printing this sum mer by the semite committee , I think tbo government will save about $ . " > 00,000 n year , nnd the service will bo improved. I can es tablish a bureau of public printing , with n chief nnd n clerk or two. the entire expense of which will not exceed $10,000 a year , and I can save tbogovcrnmcnt ? TiOU,000 annually , " said an cx-mombcrof tbo house committee ) on printing to your correspondent. "Tho great trouble now Is wo put ton much upon the senate and house committees on printing. When anybody wants printing done nt the expense of the government ho simply has a resolution introduced In con gress and gets his friend In that body to urine pressure upon the committees , anil it Is ordered. Either house can get u job done to cost not exceeding S.VW without the concur rence of the other body. No social effort Is made to keep down the expenditures , nnd no one on the committees wants to take the brunt of the burden In lofuslng to print things rctpjestod by senators or representa tives. "Certainly an estimate of cost is made In each instance by the government printer1 continued the representative , "but that Is done in the most perfunctory manner. No suggestion Is mndo or asked as to whether some other or cheaper form , a less number of .conies or any other change would not bo suf- flciout. Tbo public printer has moro executIve - Ivo duties to perform than ho can well do. The committees in congress have no exports tin'd"cannot cxorclso tlio' best of judgment. \Vo \ must have nn expert , an arbiter , whoso solo duty Is to preserve the best Interests of the government and the people , nnd see that there Is proper economy in the enforcement of the laws. No one looks after the branch olllcos In the department , economically speak ing. " nir. niE inEKTTo JUOOK OUOFF. The following Is a copy ot the president's ' letter to Judge Oroff lu accepting his resig nation : Bin-Yourletter : of the lllh ult. , tendering your resignation of the ollleo of commissioner ot the general land olllce , to tuko olfcct nut later than the 13th hiit. , lias been received. Afturour recent Interview , In which you ex plained to mo how Imperatively your health required an early dlsclmreo from olllcliil re sponsibility , 1 have concluded to accept your resignation , without awaiting the suloo- tloii of your successor. I cunnut permit our olliclal relations to be severed without ex pressing to you my lilgli npprcclatton of the faithful , diligent and Intelligent niiumor lu which you have discharged your duties. Hoping that you may Hnd restored health In this rest you anticipate , lam yours ruspcct- BF.NJAMIX IlAiiinsoN. It Is still thought that Judge Groff will bo tendered a place on the federal bencli when the now appointments nro made. AOlUCUl.Tl'IlAt , UKrORT OS IOWA. The nRricultural department's monthlv report - port , out today , says of Iowa : The winter has ticcn very mild , farmers have econo mized In feeding and bavo reduced their stock in numbers , especially in hogs. In parts of the state there is not sufficient corn for local supply , while in others there Is a good surplus. That remaining on buna is fair In quality , HKVKI.Ol'MKNT Or fOUTIICHX IKDUSTIIinS. I had a talk the other day with General Wilder , who made himself famous during the Into war by commanding tbo original and only brlgndo of mounted infantrymen. Gen eral Wilder was a resident of Indiana until some years after the close of the war , when ho moved to Chattanooga , Tonn , , nnd was the first man In tliat section to attempt a develop ment of the east Tennessee iron mining In terests. General "Wilder , being a man ol enterprise , is of course nn ardent republican and a protectionist. "Five years moro of protection , " said General Wilder , "and our iron interests in the south will be as valuable as they over wcro In the north. Alabama or Tennessee has as much iron as Pennsylvania over had. Tlio mountains about Chattanooga have as much mineral as those lu any part of the country. Without protection wo never coult develop Iron Interests. Four-fifths of the outlay is In labor , and wo never can compote with the labor of Europe. Americans nro born wltn a higher sense of living , and they never would submit to pauper Ism. ft is wonderful how towns and cities como into existence by virtue of Iron development. Wo can build i good city of ! > , UOU inhabitants in n single year Millions and millions of dollars are coaling to us from Kuropo. Sinca the Ilrltlsh canno wreck our protective system they nro coming to us with capital and investing in our manufactories , " General Wilder lias shown his confidence lu republican protection by Investing huu drcds and hundreds of thousands of dollar at Johnson City , Toun. , whoru 'wouderfu Iron Interests havit been developed. Ho i justcotnplctinguu Immense hotel ntCruwllsl Springs , a fotv miles west of Chattanooga and Just over the line into Georgia , where ho expects great Iron developments. The hotel Is to bo used nJ a sum mer resort. It Is nt the head of the range of battlefields , Including Lookout. Mountain , Missionary Kldgo , etc. , and where the fouor- als got their watei' supply for some days bo- fora the eroat battles of the late war , General - oral Wilder was a prominent llguraln thosn struggles and was attracted there after the war closed by what ho learned during the contest. ijcnatorMandorsou of Kobraska , who has Just returned from Tennessee , Alabama , Georgia nnd other southern states , and who was an ardent supporter of the elections bill when It was before the senate a few weeks ago , say * : "These northern business men will settle the southern question in timoby the support of patriotic southerners who are Investing largely lu manufactories. When a nnti Is touched at his pocket book politics disappear 3 , Ho Is for the party that stand * by tils busi ness Interest. The upbuilding and porpotuii- tlon of southern Interests depend upon tbc elevation and maintenance of republican ki te rests and policies. If wo were to adopt a Mills or Morrison tariff bill this woudcrCal irogross In tliV utli would como to nn Inv iiedlntocud , Wstv" ° ° ' themselves wo nro orclug prospcuS-auml development upon the outhern stnttyj nils .thing musthnvo Its nllucnccupon rgS politics there sooner or ntor. Once thl SjMtnl and enterprise got n ootholiltbe llouVj-is will not suitor It to bo destroyed , Aftiurfttho ) flnnnolnl and buM- icss nollctcs of ti. ' ; , apubllcau party nw the dividing lines bottho two nnrtlcs. " Pcmiv S. 1 1 mm. . . .t iiits. : lii llio l * * iii" ir tlio Speelnl Tux Stamp. WASHISOTOX , March 'J.1. Acting Secretary of the Treasury Nettle ton hai Issui'd tlu ) fol- owing clrcuhr , .umounetuK the chaugo In .ho form of the special tax stamp for retail iquor dealers : Trotters are f"cquontly re ceived stating that in ninny parts of tlio country rotnll liquor dealers claim to hold a icrmlt or license from the United States for carrying on their business ; that In many cases where the local law prohibits public drinking places , the law Is openly violated by icrsons who claim to do business muter nt east tbo moral sanction of a federal license , and that the fact greatly retards the enforce ment of wholesome , restrictive laws and > remotes disorder , It should bo uunecosHnry to state that the United States government docs not issue ti license or per mit to any person In any stnto to carry on the business of a rotnll liquor dealer. Congress having levied a revenue stamp tnx of $ i5 per annum on tlio business of retail liquor dealers , the com missioner of liilornal revenue endeavors to collect this tax , wherever nnd by whomso ever the business Is carried on , but no sem blance of permission is given by the United States to bc'in ( such business in any plnco contrary to local legislation. A chaiigo has been made In the form of tbo United States stamp Issued to retail liquor dealers us ovl- donco that they paid such tax , Tlio now form , which ROCS into effect .July 1 next , reads : "United States stamp for special tax i internal revenue , received from - the Bum of - dollars for special tax on the business of retail liquor dealer at - for the period represented by the coupon or coupons hereunto attached. " And across the face of tlio stamp Is inscribo.l tbo substance of section ! ! 4iii : of the revised statutes : "This stamp Is simply a receipt for tax paid the government , .and does not exempt tno holder from any penalty or punishment provided for by the law of liny state for carrying on said business within such state , nnd does not nuthorizo the com mencement nor continuance of such business contrary to the laws of such state or In places prohibited by municipal law. " It Is believed that this action will leave no ground for further misapprehension. I'rcsliylcrliiiH U'aiitn Change WASHINGTON" , March 23. A report In the department of state from the late United States minister to Japan says that after long deliberation the native I'resbytcriau church lu that country lias seen lit to recast the time-tried doctrincos of the 1'rcsbytcrlan church and oven to make additions to tlio apostles creed , lie further says that His a frequent and common claim by Christian converts that the spirit and meaning' of Christianity iu its broader scope has novcr been properly presented among the western nations , and that faith Is needed to ba trans ported to Japan for II mil development and perfection. Consequently ho apprehends that the changes noted will bo followed by other and more radical changes. General Johnston's Funeral Tii'mlny. WASHINGTON' , March 'JO. Funeral services over the remains of General Joseph U. John ston will bo held in St. . John's Kplsconal church Tuesday morning at II o'clocK. In terment will bo In Green Mountain cemetery , Baltimore. There were a'groat many callers today at the residence of the late general , ir.cludlni ? Generals SchoIIcld and Kosccrans and Ad miral Uogcrs. A largo number of telegrams of condolence have been received , P. T. Sherman , 011 behalf of the family of the late General Sherman , sent the following from Now York : "Family of General Sher man desires to vender to tlio relatives of Gen eral Johnston assurances of their profound sorrow und sympathy. " Inspcuti n ol'Ilogs. WA&IIINOTOX , March 2i An application has been received by Secretary Rusk from a Chicago firm for the inspection of hogs de signed for export under the recent act of concress providing for such inspection. In referring to this law and to that which provides for regulation by the secretary of agriculture of cnttlc-caiTviiic vessels the firm declares that thesolaws will help the farming and cattle Industry beyond any thing it is now possible to estimate , foreign countries , it is believed , will not take our animal products for humaa food without In spection , and ills persuaded that by this act millions will bo saved in this country. JJS.ltiTlt < > llX SVIUKCT. \ Sermon on Newspaper Men Almost WrcckH a Clint-till riulUMni ; . SALT L\Ki : , Utah , Alarch 22. [ Special Telegram to TIIK BEK. | Two weeks ago Hov. M. M. Lane of St. Paul's ' church an nounced that ho would tonight preach a ser mon on "Newspaper Men. " In consequence the edifice was lllled to overflowing. At the conclusion of the first hymn tlio supports of the building pave way lu Iho center nnd the iloorsankto the basement , a distance of eight feet. The presence of mliiil of the news paper men themselves saved n panic. No ono was Injured , though several ladles fainted. The choir aldod materially in quelling the tumult by singing "Nearer My God to Thee , " during which the audience filed out. i Soot lid I tin ) Aiulloncc. Sricixariin.n , O. , March ! ! 3. A panic that came near resulting In several fatalities oc curred tonight at a religious meeting nttho C ! rand opera houso. Miss Uerry wns overcome - como by the heat nnd fainted , The house wns crowded and several rushed to her side. Some ono foolishly shouted tire und a mad rush for the door ensued , At this point the choir struck up "Woaror , My God , to 'J.'hco. " This had the eltect of quieting the congre gation. A score or moro persons were In jured , _ _ ' TJtVSTEn KHI'LOVi : It'lS.l 1'1'JIMIS Given Full Swing on Account oflCx- oollciil Kticniinncndal IOIIH. TACO.MAVash. . , March W. The latest cb- scondor from Tucoma Is Walter 11. Qualfo , who has been In the employ of 1'h II H. Wood , wholesale liquor dealer , as bookkeeper and confidential clerk only alnco tha Jlrst of the year , but his rocommon Utions were of such nn excellent kind that ho gained tbo confi dence of his employer and handled ml the linn's money. March 12 ho obtained uhalf day's ' leave of absence to move his furniture and lias not been seen since , Tlio researches of the export ac countant show thnt Qnaifo Is at Icnst sW.OOn beliliid in his accounts. Those defalcations wcro nccomplishod by making fulso entries of bank deposits , About a year ago , in Heattlo , ( juaifu was sent to Jail for heating his wlfo , but on her account the Wo men's ' Christian Temperance union In Seattle took hold of the matter and sent u petition to the governor praying that a pardon bo granted. The Masonic fraternity also interested - torostod tbomsolvcs , and his pardon was se cured. During the la.it six weeks ucrc ha spent o great deal of money on women and wine , and has been scum nl vmlous times very much intoxicated. It is thought Qualfo has goiio to Canada by way of Chicago , " Ilendlcy Oullly of MnnRlaiightnr. HimoN , S. D. . March 2'J. This mornlnc the lury In the Hondley murder case returned - turned a verdict of mnnslaughturln the first degree against Fred lli'iulley , who killed his fiithur last Juno , llonilloy WHS thu leading democratic editor of tbo fitfUO uuJ chairman of the > Ute committee. i SUNDAY WITHOUT A SERIN7 , Senators Pass the Dny In Silent Medita tion or Qulot ( bnvcrsatioi ) , PROPOSITION FOR A COMPROMISE , OfTors to I'usM a llonsoitAliln Hill tlio Independent * ) AVIII KnuoiiriiKCd to Slay All Kinnmrr. LINCOLN . Xob. . March 122.-Special [ to TUB Ur.K. ] The senators in the do'idloclc nwolJ { this morning In butter humor thnn they did ycstordiiy. They had pnsjod the night on comfortable cots nnd slept ni only weary men can sleep , It had been Intended to hold religious son-lees In the chamber this morn , ing , but the minister -svno win to oftlclulrwn4 Informed that the services would have to ba dispensed with. The sonata was lu session nnd no outsider could bo permitted to Inter fere with Its business. The religiously inclined senators were , therefore , compelled to commune with their Muhcr In private. As n recognition of tha holiness of the day. the Independents made no motions to kuoclt out tbo call of thu house. Some of tliom walked around In n meditative tnimucr , others read their papers and bibles , while others gathered In tlio cornor.satul passed the time conversing in s"ubduod tones , All scorned to be In good hoalUi , though n num ber are becoming anxious regarding the out come of the session. They nro not Idle , how ever , nnd It Is thought tomorrow will witness several novel nttcmpU to obtain control of the body. Ono of these attempts It Is believed , will bo to unseat Lieutenant Governor Majors and in his place Install Senator 1'oynter , president i > ro torn of the senate. The plan seems to bo to bring Senator Coulter lo the chamber , 1 f necessary , on a cot. Tlio scuntor has been confined to his bed for nearly a week , ills presence would glvo the Independents seventeen men or ono moro thnn a majority. Tins would enable them top.iss nny motion or measure which might come before tto body. A motion will bo mndo to dhpeiuo with further proceedings under the call of the houso. To this , the opposition members will undoubtedly object , nnd the chnir will , of course , sustain the objection. Tholmlo- jiondents 'will then , acting1 upon thu theory of Senator ICclpor , .is referred to In Tu i ; Hii : of yesterday , iippo.d . from the decision of the chnir. This motion will not ha entertained by the president. "NVlth thonldof several members of the opposition who , U is claimed , nro in favor of the maximum rule bill , Sen ator 1'oyntcr wilt bo Inducted into the ch-ilr , and. under him , an attempt will baimtdoto I'ontiuuo the reuular order of business. Ono of the Independents snld to TUB Den today that it would bo Impossible to do- tcrmlno what would bo clone tomorrow. Ho claimed , however , that , so fur us ho was con cerned , ho would , in 110 manner , countenance ) any scheme borderingou revolution. Ho said that It was entirely unnecessary , because If they lielil out two or three days longer , tboy would bo ablu to discournin ; the opposition minority , and finally brcalc it up. Before next Wodnosdiiy , ho cluhnud , the capital would bo full of people from nil parts of the , state , who would aid them In their work. Kvcn. now , ho said , influence wm bchiff brought to boar upoa tlm innorlty by their constituents , who ure clam oring for the passage of bills which uro before either ono or thoothcror the bouros. Unless the minority gives way , no appropriation bill can bo passed. How can the stnto nnd its Institutions got along with out nppropilatlons ? The Oiniiha charter la also locUcd up. People would como hero from Omriha Alondiiy to ask the opposition to elvo way. What is true of Otmilu , in tills re spect , is true of a dozen other cltlos and counties ; und the influence which they will exercise over the minority cannot bo with stood. The Iu dependents are making inquiry to ascertain under what circumstances Senator Taylor loft the state. They hold that If ho went awnv Intending to not return ho is no longer n citizen of Iscbroska mid. therefore , forfeits his seat as u mom bur of thobonato. When they ascertain this to bo a fr.ct they propose to' declare his sent vacant. Tlioy claim thnt that will open the deadlock , nud enable legislation toga on us formerly. But tlio opposition has not yet exhausted Its expedients to bring the alliance people to > time. Wlint iliu OPJIOH tlunVnnt < * . T-.INTOLX , Heb. , March 22.-Special [ to Tnr BII : : . | U'do following proposition has been prepared by the opposition senators nnd will bo submitted to the inclepcndcnts- tomorrow ! "To Independent Senators i Gentlemen i As u result of the demand for u call of the house made by your side of the sennto wo live In u dead-lock on the railroad tariff bill. Although the absent member , who is one ot your number , lias not boon produced or ex cused , wo lira willing to proceed nt once to the passage of a tariff bill which will bo legal m form nnd reasonable inlt.s provisions. Although some of us represent constituents whn do net ask for such a law , und other * who protest against such legislation , wo are nevertheless willing to join Imuds with you. In enacting such a bill ns will stiuul the test of the courts of lutjulry and tlio governor's vote , in order that those who m you specially represent muy get their demands nimvorod. " \Vo \ bellovotlintolthcrot the two bills now pending In their entirety would bo unconsti tutional and Illegal , and would not stand Judicial or gubernatorial1 Inquiry. The con stitution of the state provides "that the legis lature may pass laws fixing trnsonublo maxi mum freight rates.1 This Is the duty wo lira trying to perform , To'ili'Uio7i ' | . , 't.iwilil ' bo "ruasonuulo rates" article on any by mon who ore , nt best , lilllo informed in such matters - tors , la largolvguess-work ; nnd when you run thcso articles into tbo thousands , the mntter of Knosslnguuuer such circumstances becomes exceedingly hazardous. Wo nro , therefore , of opinion thnt as loni ; as tlio bill , if passed , would have to stand tills test or full , the safer and wiser course is tolunvo In the Dill only the main nitlcles of commerce which would bo a long ttrldo in the right di rcction and meet nil the demands of your people , rather than load down tha measure wltn all the thousands of trilling Items which , In the aggregate , would simply kill It. Kor It must bo understood that If cither of the two tariff bills passes , It would lit ouc J become a nullity If the courts find , as nhowh ' by the railroads or anyone else , that it wurkcd discrimination or Is in nny respect unreasonable , "lioliiivlng us iva do that neither of th' bills offered will stand Judicial sunitlny , am dodlrliig thnt the people of this H lute , an I your own constituency especially , blioulo know our exact position lu this matter , wo thus .state to you Inn formal \\aythaiwa Ktand ready to glvo you our hearty aid and support in passing tome bill which provides relief to the lunnlnir classes , J n other words , wo favor the rates there pro vided on tha following aiticlesi "Whout. flour , millet. , flax&cod , corn , oats , barley and other grains , mlllstiiff , hard nnd soft lumber , lath , shingles , doors , easti and blinds , salt , lime , crm'Jtit , stucco , horao.1 , mules , cattlo. hogs , Hhcep and hard nnd soft coal ; also for a provision against increasing thu Uirousrh frulght. and that on all tullclcs not men' ' tioned the rnto slwll not exceed the tariff In existence on January 1 , IB'.M , And this dec- Inratlonwu makoto you now , which Isonly the repetition of offers heretofore made on the floor of the senate , that , you may fica vvq mean to bo fair and Just in this matter , ami furthermore to settle once for nil tlio unjust and I'ntrutliful Impression created In certain ucctions of tha stale that wooupoicd u maxl' mum freight rate bill , wliilo nt thosams tlmowohavo boon trjmg to form one that \vouldcovor nil the demands of your people und be free from fatal errors. "Tho people of this stuto do not demand a reduction on the thousand Inelgnlttcaut articles of commerce which , If roJuced ,