FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. OMAHA. MONDAY MORNOTG , SEPTEMBER 21 , 1891. NUMBER 95. it * * I i cnii' ' I [ thnC i A * > 4- DEATH CLAIMS BALMACEDA , Driven to Despair the Ei-Prtsident Takes Bis Own Life. LAST WORDS OF THE CHILIAN DICTATOR. Illn Hcnrt AVnn All With Chill mid JIu Strove .to Make Her the First Kn > ul > lc ! of * South America. Mril 18)1 liuJamtt Gordon ntnnetU ] VAI.IMIUMO , Chili , ( via Ualvcston , lex. ) Sept. 19 [ By Mexican cable to the Herald Special to Tilr. DEE , ] Ex-president Balma- coda of Chill shot himself through the temple ID his. room at , the Argentine legation in Santiago at half past 3 o'clock this inorn- I" P. The story hecamo known hero this after noon and created the greatest excitement. Every port of the city this evening Is brilliantly illuminated and on every baud Is heard the sounds of rejoicing. Later accounts from the capital confirm the sensation und give details of his suicide. It now seems that Balmaccda left on August 20 last In the hop3 of making his escape from Chill ; but seeing every road cutoff ho returned there on September 2 anil went to the Argentine legation. The government and everybody else became convinced finally that the ex-president was In Chill. There seemed to bo a general belief that ho bad sought refuge In amonasieryand all in which It was supposed ho might be concealed were searched. I had meanwhile boon making every effort In my power to pot some trace of the ex- president. While keeping you informed of the rumora concerning his movements , I was all the time making efforts to llnd him. In common with many others I was convinced that ho would endeavor to cot on board one of the foreign worships , several of which were about to sal ) . IJnlmaeeilu'n Efforts to Escape. I learned today the route taken by Balma ccda. After the disastrous battle near Val paraiso and the surrender of .Santiago on August 29 , in company with ox-Alcado Vic tor Eshaurcn , bo took a carriage and drove to u point eight rr.lios outside of the city. Hero a special train of one cr.r and a loeomo- tlvo was In walling , lialmaccda disguised himself with a heavy Spanish cloak. Ho was recognized , however , by the driver of tno carriage , a Scotchman named Uilmoro. Tbo train went at a high rate of speed as far as uindvos , forty-Ova miles soutb of Santiago. There moru carnages were Jn waiting. Hurriedly alighting from tbo train they entered the carnages and were again driven rapidly away. The route was toward Sanbanlo bay. All traces of the fugitives were , however , lost. The police from Santiago learned of tbo route taken and searched for tbo carriages. They wore un successful , but I learn from a detective who was on tbo case that on September ? the car- rlaccs worn traced to the outskirts of Santiago. Just before the San Francisco sailed last Mondavi was informed by a gentleman in wham I had confidence , and who had on other occasions given mo important information which had afterwards been officially con firmed , that Baltuaccdn bad been smuggled on'board the war ship and would be safely at sea. It xvas too late to go on board the San Francisco and make personal inquiry. That vessel was Just getting ready to weigh anchor , out the story told mo of Balma- ccda's alleged dispuiso as a drunken sailor In n unform said to have bo < m furnished by Ad miral Brown , was so circumstantial and seemed so plausible that I fully believed It and sent it just as 1 had done other rumors. My Informant vras cither imposed on himself or ho dellocrately Imposed on me. Un fortunately for the now dead president be did not escape on board the San Francisco , but , desparinir of his ability to got away , and fraring the vengeance of bis enemies , took his own life today. Story of the Suicide. SInce his return to the Argentine legation in Santiago Bnlmaceda has been in on ex tremely nervous condition. No one , with the exception of tbo minister of the Argentine Henublic and one other man who was de voted to the unfortunate ex-president's cause , was permitted to talk to or to even see him. All the different schemes of flight were con sidered by the bunted ex-president. Senor Urriburia wont to the theater last night. \ \ hen be returned to the legation bo had a long and earnest talk with Balmaccda relative to the letter's Ideas , previously broached , about the advisability of giving himself up to the Junta. Balmaceda and Scnor Urriburia went to bed at midnight. Scnora Urriburia about S o'clock a. m. to day heard a pistol shot in the bed room that had been assigned to Balmaceda. She noti fied nor husband. Before ho wont to I3.il ma- ccda's room ho ran around to the bouse of Carlos Walker Martinez and brought that gentleman back to tbo legation. Upon breaking in the door of Balmacoda's room ho found thut ho bad shot himself. Tbe body was still warm. There was a gaping wound in the temple. The body was un dressed and lay on the bed. The revolver was still held in his right hand. Domingo Terre , Balmaceda's brother-in- law , and Arrletn Machelor Corellata. the minister to Chill from Uruguay , soon arrived at the legation. The Junta at Valparaiso was at once informed. A commission was promptly issued. It comprised Carlos Weal Ber Martinez , Senor Molchor , Senor Concho otd Judge Aguerra of the supreme court. They went to tbo legation Irora the oftlco of the Junta's representatives and viewed the body. They then drewupaprocess verbally certifying to the tacts already stated. The German minister , Gutschraldt , accompanied the commission to the legation as an old friend of Balmaccda. As the news spread about Santiago great crowds of people gathered around the Argentine - * tine legation. They cheered , hooted and went Into a frenzy over the death of their chief enemy. Above all the discordant shouts wcro heard cries congratulating the unfortunate Balmaccda that in taking his life ho had escaped a worse fute. linut Letter of the Dictator. Balmaceda loft a letter to bis mother and also a statement to the New York Herald. As almost the last declarations of n dying man they &ro of special importance. Ho cays : "I acted nil during the past eight months with the linn conviction that I was right. 1 had no one In the army in whom I could place any trust. My Kcneruls were falsu to mo. Tliuv lied nil through tl-o war. Had my orders been obeyed I believe the battle ut Concern would ha\o resulted In n decisive victory against the enemy , My heart all through this trouble has Ix't'ii wltn Clilll. I sought to rccuo my country from foreign domination I strmo to miiku bur the first republic In America. .My unomloi sity I was cruiL Circumstances coiupollud mo to sanction certain acts , but tiiauy bad donds thut hare been attrlbuton to my orders were never known to me until they Iiad been committed , 1'ntll the Dual battle ut I'laclllu I had htronu hopes of trlumuhlnK over my foos. Victory wa assured by my generals , Alcorrecu , llirbos.i : and Viol , The ) all lied. I now know tlioy only pretended friendship for mo because of tbo money that was to bo KUUCII out of me. Ail the money 1 have In my possession U I..WO. My wife save U to me on the night of AuiMist Vs. "Your minister , Patrick Esau , many times offered me good advice. Ho urged niu to innko IMMCO with those opwucd to mo and retire from Chill. I didnot heed his wlte udvlco for 1 thought he wa * under the Influence of the junta , who were then refugees In the Ameri can Ic'Kutlon. All through the trouble my cliikctt udvUers were always opposed to any overtures for peace. " Another letter was found addressed to Senor I'rrtblra , In it Baltoaceda says ; "When I taw the penrcutlou directed agalu t LUC by ueraoui who had supported my administration I came to the conclusion that the only way to put an mil to this persecution waitu take my life , 114 I wa ยง the rc t > onslblo one. Adlos. my good friend , Olve my fare well to my wife and children , Consigned to nu Unhonored Grnve. The J-jntn has the Argentine legation guarded by troops to prevent an attack on the p.irt of the populace , but everything is quiet at Santiago tonight. Balmaceda's body has been removed to the general cemetery. It was accompanied by the members of the family and friends. The widow of tbo dead ox-preildcnt was Informed of his trajrle ending by her brother , Domingo Torro. There Is a guard stationed at the cemetery and an attendant Is keeping order. Slnco the fall of Valparaiso and the sur render of Santiago there have been many rumors about the movements of Balmaccda. It was first thought ho had escaped from tbo capital and had mndo his way to the moun tains. Moat ocoplo thought ho had made his way through one of the mountain passes and that ho would bo heard from In the Argen tina Republic. This story was cabled you at tbo time. There was another rumor that the defeated and deposed president had gone by special train to Talcubuano , where ho was expected to embark on the Imperial and escape to some friendly nation. This report proved to bo without 'foundation , and inves tigation also showed it was not possible for him to have escaped through the snow blocked pastes In tbo mountains to the Ar gentine Republic. &t'/.vi.s or inituicisa. Snvnjjc-LIko Hilarity Over the Death oT the Dictator. fopi/rfoM JSOf t > i/ Jam * Oonton ttenndt , } Vu.PAim o , Cblll , ( via Galveston , Tex. ) Sept , 20. [ By Mexican cable to the Herald- Special to TUB BEE. ] The suicide of Bal maccda yesterday morning In bis bed room at the Argentina legation in Santiago , Is the one absorbing and exciting topic of conver sation in every part of this city. There Is n mingled feeling of savage rejoicing t bis death , and of bitter regret that ho should have killed himself Instead of falling Into tbo clutches of the Infuriated citizens , who would have been delighted to rend him limb from limb for the long list of cruelties for which they hold him responsible. It is Impossible for anyone not in this coun try or not a native to realize the intensity of the hatred that wits entertained toward the ex-president. The national holiday , which was to have ended on Saturday night , has been prolonged by the news of ; the suicide. Tbo foists , illuminations and other celebra tions in honor of the success of the congres sional party have been followed by tno marching of frenzied crowds through all th o streets , shouting songs of triumph" over the death of their former ruler. The Valparaiso papers are Just out with extras from Santiago about the suicide. Tbo news which they published Is not to bo com pared In completeness with tbo story I cabled you last night. Ono instance of this is the fact that the Argentine minister at Santiago absolutely refused to furnish any of the local papers with n copy of the pathetic letter written by Balmaccda a short time pre vious to his shooting himself , In which ho defends his course as president. As the Herald's representative I alone of all the newspaper men In this city or Santiago was able to get a copy of this interesting state- montjlt was through tbo indefatigable efforts of Minister Egan that I wns successful. It is the general belief that Balmaceda's death will hasten in a greater dejtreo the restoration of peace throughout Chili. Now that the chief enemy of tbo Junta Is no more , It Is likely that his followers will bo shown mercy , since with out Balmaccda to direct them they are very little to bo feared. Italy , France. Sweden and Norway have followed the lead of the United States in the official recogni tion of the Junta. Germany , it will bo re membered , was the second nation to do so. No official recognition bas yet come from England. This creates considerable com ment. _ CUKISTIAX Z.VB7.1.V.S J.V SCSSWlf. Important Work of the Body Many Queer Characters Present. GunEXWooD , S. D. , Sept , 20. ( Special to THE BEE. ] The largest oody of Christian Indians in the United States is now in con vention at Greenwood. The annual gather ing of the native Congregational and Presby terian churches brings together delegates from all the Sioux reservations in Nebraska , the Dakota ; , Minnesota and Montana. Over 200 delegates are In the meeting. The subjects for discussion are those which interest and affect the life of tbo Indian directly and Immediately. In the evenings the Dakota Young Men's Christian Association hold Its meetings. Mr , Fred B. Smith , general secretary of South Dakota , bas b'ccn in attendance. James Garvle , a Sissoton Indian and grad uate of the Santee Normal Training school Is to act as general secretary for iho Indian associations this year. Key. John Eastman , pastor of the Flan- droau church and brother of Dr. Charles Uostman of Pine Ridge agency is president of the Dakota YoungMen's Christian asso ciation. The women's society of these churches has raised almost a thousand dollars for mission ary work among their own people. Among the pastors and elders present are quite a number wbo were condemned to death for participation In the Minnesota out break of IbiV' , but who have been in tbo Cbrlstiau ministry for over twenty-five years. This year a largo delegation is present from G rand River In the vicinity of Sitting Bull's old camp. Many of the Sissetons wcro detained from coming as they have been waiting for their pay for over four months. A few delegates are from the Omaha Indians of Nebraska. Amonir tbo wnito missionaries are Drs. Riggs and Williamson , Thomas Hicgs and Mrs. Martha Morris , al > children" tbo first missionaries to tbo Sioux and wbo have spent all their lives in the Indian mis sion work , The second generation of thcso old missionaries are now just entering the field , The meetings are held in tbo largo warehouse of the agency , which is crowded to its utmost at evorv session. 11'EAJJIKll FUttECAST. For Omaha and Vicinity Fair ; stationary temperature , followed by slightly cooler. For Missouri and Kansas- Fair ; southerly winds ; slight change in temperature. For Iowa Fair ; southerly winds ; slight changes in temperature ; cooler Tuesday. For Nebraska Fair ; variable winds ; slightly cooler in northern , stationary tem perature in southern portion. For Soeth Dakota Cooler ; fair ; variable winds. For North Dakota Fair ; cooler in south ern ; stationary temperature in northern portion tion : variable winds. For Colorado Fair ; variable winds ; slight changes in temperature. WJUUINGTOX. D.C. , Sept. 20. Weather con ditions and general forecast : There are In dications that n storm of considerable energy Is central in the gulf south of New Orleans. Tlia pressure is greatest , but bas decreased In tbo Atlantic coast , and low areas of slight Intensity are central over Dakota aud north of Montana. Clear weather was prevailing In all districts except on the east gulf coast , whore rains are reported. It Is clear on tbo Atlantic coast and In the ex treme northwest , aad warmer In the lake regions and generally throughout the central valleys. Tbo indications are that fair nod warmer weather will prevail In Nuw Ens- land , the middle Atlantic states and lower lake region Monday , followed by cooler weather and showers on Tuesday In the mid dle Atlantic states. Cooler weather will pre vail on Tuesday in the northwest. Steamship Arrivals. At New York Tbo La Champagne , from Havre ; tboSorvla , from Liverpool. At lluvto The La Touraiue , from New York , At Hamburg - The Fucrst Bismarck , from Now York. DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN PLAN , By Means of Investigation They Will Try for Favor. WILL BEGIN ON THE KEYSTONE BANK , An Effort Will He Made to Draw Postmaster General AVanamaker Into the Complications Sur rounding the Failure. \VASntKGTOV BOREltJ OF TltB BEB , FotMTBEXTH STIIEET , WASHINGTON , D. C. , Sept. 30. Arrangements are being made by the dem ocrats In the house of representatives to con duct a largo part of their campaign next sum mer by means of Investigations. This can bo done very easily , nnd tbo public funds will meet tbo oxponso. To conduct a campaign In a regular and legitimate way would cost somebody in the democratic party something. Then the constitution of the United States shields everyone from the course of the libel laws when they utter a libel In o congres sional investigation. It Is proposed to start out upon this career of investigation for political bun comb by tbo pension office route. A democratic mem ber from Indiana , who was scarcely known over his district , made a rep utation among the benighted denizens of his bailiwlcK in tbo last con grcss by assailing the character of Commissioner Kauri ) , und bo proposes to continue his war fare. This follow , like many others , creates in the minds of his sponsors at home , the im pression that ho is really n great man by getting his name Into tno daily prints by means of attacks on iho floor of the bouso erin in a committee room during an investigation , and thus he serves a purpose that of keep ing solid with his party workers who cry for scandal and malicious attack. Such men bavo not the genius or general ability to do honor to their districts upon the floor of the house in debate or by creating wholesome measures. They gloat in scandal and mud- throwing , and Investigations at the public expense for tbo purpose of personal glorifica tion is their forte. Then the failure of the Keystone National bank of Philadelphia Is to come in for an in vestigation. It is hoped by some puny demo crats thut something can be shown to reflect upon Postmaster General Wanoraaker , whoso only connection with the oank or its failure was in his having at one time , long before the failure , owned some stock , and tbo fact that wbon the bank began to get into deep water he went to the comptroller of the currency , ot the request of many of the best men of Philadelphia , and requested a careful Inquiry before the bank was closed some thing that is done almost every da } * hero by as good men as there are in tbo country , and something every public man must do when be is asked by any considerable number of respectable persons. The democrats hope also to show that the management of the bank from tbo moment it got into trouble showed incompotcncy on the part of the comptroller of the currency ; aad In this effort any quantity of libel may bo expected under the protection of the consti tution of the United States. There wouldn't bo one-fourth of these investigations if tbo constitution did not shield the investigators from the effect of the libel laws. There is no telling how rnanv investiga tions there will bo conducted before the ses sion is over. They will begin very soon after congress convcnoi , taut will be prolonged and the most sensational assertions reserved till the presidential campaign opens. Every reader is capable without further comment of passing judgment upon such business , which the country must pay for , and which bas no other aim than to besmirch good men for political purposes. SECHETAHV XOULE'S POSITION . The talk about cablnetchanges bas brought out ono fact prominently. It is that the sec retaryship of the interior Is not a much- sought position. It is unquestionably the most vexatious position in the gift of the president. Every secretary of the interior for many years has had poured upon bis bead the maledictions of the politicians. If be attempts to do his duty and make an officer for the people ho Is sure to make enemies. But It is not always for the enemies an officer makes that one admires him. The criticisms which have been passed upon Secretary Noble have been neither un usual nor various. Ho has managed to make as few enemies as any man who bas filled the place. He is vigorous and conscientious , and it is but natural that criticisms should bo passed upon him as an officer. His ad ministration will prove to have been clean aud above reproach , whether ho remains longer or a short tlmo where ho is now stationed. No ono can gainsay the lact that be knows his business and attends to it. No cabinet officer has so many rascals to run down , special agents or bureau officers under him , or near such a variety of work to look after. From pensions to railroads , pat ents to public lands , Indians to science , ex plorations to the church , education to war , the secretary of the interior is constantly drawn. It is Impossible for him to follow ono line of thought without Interruption an hour at a tlmo. Politicians , saints and sin ners , propositions straight and crooked , men pleased and reasonable to those onraeed and designing , ho is ever surrounded with envir onments which harass and wear ono. It Is n wonder Secretary Noble at times keeps his good humor and trlends. TEACHING THEM SOMETHING. In diplomatic circles much favorable com ment is now made upon tbo work of the agents of the great maize producing states of Iowa and Nebraska , wbo are in Europe vis iting the local fairs throughout the continent , carrying with them a kitchen outfit with which they cook Indian corn In all the differ ent nnd palatable ways known to the culin ary art , The products of their skill are dis tributed free to ull who can be Induced to accept and partnko of them , their purpose being to familiarize tbo people of Europe with maize as one of the best and cheapest bro : > d- stuffs. They feed their products of corn to the people who crowd about to see the latest thing from America. The Agricultural de partment also has Its agents over there help ing on the good work. It is said It will load to a demand for corn meal which tbo western and southern farmers will bo only too glad to fill. The reports being received from the agents are exceedingly encouraging. CIVIL SEHVICE C1I1SOK. There is very llttlo i f any douot now that President Lyman of the civil service com mission will soon bo superceded bj a good republican. It Is Insisted that President uyman has an abnormal head. His dis placement Is under consideration. Mr. Lyman , being a mugwump , has had little sympathy for the efforts put forth to make this an administration for the people , but his successor is difficult to select , Few capable men want tbo place. It has unof ficially been tendered to ox-Congressman McComas of Maryland , an able republican and u gentleman. Mr McComas docs not want the pluco , but may bo induced to take it , J' . S. II. J/.I.Vl * H'EltK CALLED. Grim Death llTipecl a Ho ivy Harvest Yesterday. PiTTsnt'BO , Pa. , Sept , 20. A freight wreck occurred on the Pennsylvania near Greens- burg this morning. A freight train parted on n grade and then came together , causing a wreck. Then an east-bound cattle train crained into It , finishing ono of the worst wrecks over seen. Engineer Koger nnd Drakeman WadsMorth wcro fatally and Fireman Stanley seriously injured. An un known tramp was burned to death. Twenty carloads of cattle wore killed. The loss will reach way up In the thousands. Sioux FALI.S , 8. D. , Sept , 'JO Workmen on the railroad saw a woman walk to the Great Northern bridge yesterday , throw an year- old boy in the river , her IS-niontbs-oid babe after Mm , then plungn in bon.clf. Boats reached tbo scene aud dragged the three ashore , but too late to sayo the mother and babe. Tbo woman TVUI Ihe wife of o con tractor named Ncprnsrh and was crazed on account of her husband's * business reverses. CHICAGO , 111. , Sept , M ) . Jack Thompson , a man nald to bo well known to Chicago police , last ulght shot Village Trustee Aaron Mm- nick ot Dcsplalncs , In that village , killing him , and also shot and wounded Officer Kobcrt Cain. They attempted to arrest Thompson , wbo was flourishing a revolver. JVIXSAU CiTr , Mo. , Sopt. 20. John Roth an employee of Armour * Packing house met a frightful death on the cloVatcd railway to day. Ho was Into m getting off the car at Wyoming street nnd running to the door ho Jumped from tbo car steps. The train bad pas < cd tbo station platform end Roth fell to the pavement below breaking his neck and causing Instant death. ICixsisCiTf , Mo. , Sept. 20. Thomas J , Steclo , an Inmate at the workhouse , com mitted sulcido today In a terrible and most deliberate manner. The prisoners each Sun day are allowed to shave themselves. When It came Stt-clo's turn today ho stopped bc fore tbo mirror , threw bis head bock nnd drew tbo edge of tno razor across bis throat from ear to car. Ho , was dead In exactly four minutes. LOUISVILLE , Ky. , Sept. 20. After a few words reviewing an old quarrel Chancellor Morris last night shot dead Jacob W. Ray , n storekeeper in the federal revenue service. Both arc colored. Morris says Ray charged him with robbing the Champion , a colored paper , of which Morris1 father Is editor , and in which Ray Is interested. He claims that Ray was sinking blrri when ho fired. Wit nesses donv this. Morris surrendered and is " in jail. ' , i BISMAHCK , N. D.'Sopt. 20. Word has reached hero that George W. Johnson and son , living about sixty miles north of hero , In Emrnons county , were burned to death while fighting ono of the worst pralrio fires over witnessed in that county. Owing to the unusually long grass this your the fire was uncontrollable , 'and swept over the country from Winchester , on the Missouri river , for fifty mlles _ outheast , destroying a largo nmount of grain , hey , buildings , etc. An estimate of thoclamago cannot yet bo made. q LOU.-SVILLE , Ky. , Sept. 20. Stephen Hlto stabbed to death Julius * Baurmann hero last night. Baurmann nnd Hlto had been drink ing together and Hito \ * > as very drunk. Some disagreement over throwing dlco for the drinks arose and Hito became ancry with Baurmann and so noisy that the barkeeper ejected him. As Baurmann started homo Hito engaged him in It scuffle during which Hlto thrust a knlfo Into Baurmann's stomach. Baurmann was the son of a well- to-do widow and was unmarried. Hlto is under arrest. ST. PAUL , Minn. , Sept. 20. Ton persons were injured in tno collision of last nignt on the Inter-Urban electric lino. All were com ing homo from the Minneapolis exposition. The most seriously injured ore : Minnto Peterson , Lillian Fitzeh und Gcorgo S. Ross but it is believed all will recover. The others are : Oscar EnOust , Mrs. Stevens , Mr. J. M. Stoll. Mrs. J. M. Stoll , H. A. Cap- ron , Miss Mary BUhoo nnd Mrs. Thomas. " DENVER. Colo. , Sept" 20. John J. Jennings shot and killed Henry Smith over o game of cards late this evening nt a road house on Broadway , about seven miles from the center of the city. Deceased leaves a family. The murderer is In Jail. BOSTON , Mass. , Sept ,20. Sadie and Mary Button , aged 7 and ' 5 , were burned to death at their homo this-morning. They had been locked In their bed room by their parents , while they went to church. PKOHIA , 111. , Sept. 20. Herbert Thompson , white , and Jo'.eph Harper , colored , were drowned near the uppefbridgo today while fishing. Th j men were rocking the boat and capsized it. WILMINGTON . DeL tSopt , 20. Mrs. Zelta Cooling , aged 33 yea.-tyf'went to church to night and upon arrlfItrtj nt her homo found her husband drunk , b'.ao reiilonstrated with hl.n nnd ho throw a m'ustard bottle at her. The missile struck her on the bead nnd she fell backward and tgrnlce her neck , dying nt once. Coolih-r'w"nt' ' tpr- doctors and then cave himself up to the police. Cooling , who is a carriage finisher , is aged 35 yean. TO DIE. Desperate Attempt of A. S. Urockway to Suicide. A man was found lying on Iho gross near a grave in the Forest Lawn cemetery about 9 o'clock yesterday morning with a great gash , , on each side of bis nock and a bloody knife near by. The gardeners of the burying ground lifted tbo almost lifeless form up and found beneath the head a great pool of blood. As soon as possible a wagon was procured and the man taken to the patrol box at Thir tieth and Spauldlng and the patrol wagon sent for. At pollco headquarters the man gave his name as A. S > Brockway , but declined to talk beyond saying that ho had attempted suicide. Dr. Gapen was called and the gashes In the neck sowed up. Brockway was then locked in a cell. In an hour or so he began to rave and.storm and beat his head against the bars of the coll. Before the jail era could tjnlock the door and bind him ho had succeeded in putting a long gash lu his head. Dr. Gapen was again sent for and dressed the second wound. While Officer Dibborn was putting the fin ishing touches on the bead bandages after the physician bad loit , , Brockway grabbed up a pair of surgeons' shears lying on the oper ating table and , placing the points above his heart , bit the handle a couple of sboip blows bcforo his arms could bo bound. Tbo shear blades went in between tbo ribs an inch erse so , making a painful flesh wound. All efforts to get tbo persistent suicide to talk proved futile , Ho gave bis name and that was all. Brockway la evidently n laborIng - Ing man about 35 years old , and It Is thought possibly temporarily insano. Tbe prisoner-was removed to the county Jail for safe keeping , . Found Dead In Bed. Samuel T. Robinson , wbo lives at CU North Eighteenth street , was found dead in his bed at T o'clock Sunday moraine by bis son nnd daughter , hnvfnp been asphyxiated oy gas. It Is supposed to bo a case of suicide , but no positive proof can bo found. Coroner Harridan vtaa called , viewed the body and ordered the remains removed to Heafey & Hoafey's , The doctor investigated the matter , but no cause for such action on the part of Mr. Robinson was discovered. The son and daughter eve prostrated with grief at the death of the fr.thor und declined to bo interviewed. " Tbo inuuest will probably bo hold at Hcafoy's at 10 o'clock this morning , ON THE MAIN LINE. nurllneton Freight Tralnw Collide with Considerable I'oroc. A B. M. extra east-bound freight and the tnlrd section of vcstbound freight No. 23 collided on the mala line about a mlle thin side of Soutb Omaha ftt 0:10 : yesterday morn- Ing. Both trains Were loaded with stock. Tbo extra was baiktng into the yard wbon No. 23 came around the curve and crashed into tbo engine of the extra before tbo brakes could bo set. Both engines were considerably smashed up and ono car containing a blooded stallion and George F , Tcahunbof Winnebago , Minn. , was mashed nearly to pieces. Teahuuo is a stock man and bad n narrow escape. When the " car he was in woi "mashed be was knocked down and rolled under one ot tbo engines. Ho was taken out and fortunately sustained only a few bruises. The engineer * and lire- men of both tralna Jumped aad saved them selves. Thrown from Ills Pony. Little 10-yoar-od ( Ben Williamson , who lives at 2TOO North Twenty-eiirhth street , met with a painful and possibly serious accident yesterday forenoon. The child was riding hia pony near Prospect Hill cemetery and was thrown off. Hanging onto the brldlo the bar was dragged against a Darb wire fence and frightfully cut. Doctors were railed and after dressing tbo cuts and brjlsei pronounced the boy to bo in a very critical condition. FAMINE RATHER THAN WAR , Shottago of Food Will flpire Europa the Horrors of Carnage. CONTINENTAL POWERS SUPPRESS FACTS , KnormoiiH Imports from America 1'rox-CH that Kurope Hc ; nrdH the Situation ns IVorjc Than It Has Uccn Painted. NEW YotiK , Sept. 20.--An exhaustive study of tbo world's food supply In the forthcom ing number of the American Agriculturist emphasizes tbo grave importance to both America and Europe. It declares that the half has not been told about the European shortage In breadstuffs , which not even n bountiful crop this year would have relieved. The continental powers , especially Kussiu , suppress tbo facts so far as possible. In any Husslau provinces the scarcity of food became - came pronounced as far back ns February last. In the Konstantinovka district many families have not coaxed a meal since. Easter , but subsist on bread , soaked rye , grain , etc. , bestowed In charity. The prohibition of rye exports Is followed by a ukase forbidding the shipment of bran and other cereal cattle foods. The astounding shortage in Uvssin's yield of rye announced a month since by the minister of finance , proves even greater than the most extrava gant estimates and effectually obliterates all possibility of Uussla exporting any of her scant wheat crop. That eastern Germany Is practically in the same plight admits of no doubt. Kuropean Itcserves Exhausted. The European reserves that have hereto fore leaked out In sufficient harvests ore everywhere exhausted. The parade made by Kussla of the existence of such stores in the Baltic provinces is doue for effect to convey the impression that military stores ore abundant. Such reserves are of small importance. In deed tbo danger of famine is destined to spare Europe the horrors of war lor fully twelve months honce. The largest estimates of production both at homo and abroad , and even assuming that the United States and Canada export 'Ji",000,000 bushels there is a deficit in the world's supply of at Isast 200- , 000,000 bushels of wheat and rye. with a possibility of tbo shortage being twice as great. Added to this Is the almost total failure of the potato crop in Ireland and a serious cur tailment In the yield of potatoes in the conti nent. Even with the utmost economy of distribution and an unheard of consumption of American inuizc , grave distress is before the masses of Europe. American Exports or Wheat. The enormous exports of wheat and flour from the United States in August proves that Europe regards the situation as worse than it has yet been painted. Otherwise why should she buy In u single month close upon the harvest nearly half as much wheat asshe took from the United States during the entire - tire first eight months of the year , following ono of obr largest wheat crops and a period ' of bed rocn prices ! Indeed , the A'ugust wheat exports were almost treble those of the same month last year und over four times as much as the average-exports at this season of lost year. For the first time In yean wheat , bran nnd middlings are being exported to England thus early in the season. These circum stances are accepted ns the strongest posslolo reason for believing that prices of wheat are today unnaturally low. It looks for n sharp advance in all cereals as soon as tno demand realizes the limited extent ofthe world's actuul supply. Every bushel of high grade wheat Is today worth fully $1 on the farm where it grow. One of the most marked features of the prosperity that is already upon American agriculture , noted by the same magazine , Is the extent to which farmers are planning to unite in co operative buying nnd selling. Original Copy of Handel's "Messiah" Discovered nt Dublin. LOXDOK , Sept. 20. The musical world of London is excited over a discovery made by Prof Edward Dowden , LL.D. , in an old bookshop In Dublin. It was a copy of the original book of words of Handel's "Mes siah , " printed for the first performance in Dublin in 1742 , of which not a sinclo copy was hitherto known to have survived. It shows the story that the "Hallelujah" chorus was written at the end of tno work and placed in its present position because Handel found the work was dragging to be unfounded. It changes several of tbo fixed ideas as to the proper allotment of the vari ous numbers. This copy of the boolc was Is sued by the University press for private cir culation. The V&udevlllo theater of Paris is to try anew now experiment. The management every Thursday afternoon will give a matlnco , and thcso performances will bo divided into series , for which tickets will bo sold at re duced rates. The plays to bo performed at tbeso tnatlnoes are all to bo now'oncs and In tbo main by new authors , men or women who are struggling for recog nition and who claim to be unable to obtain It through the usual channels. The actors who will assume tbo leading parts in these new plays will be experienced artists , but they will bo supported by ambitious begin ners. If Mr. Daily had the slightest misgiving ns to the wisdom of occupying a permanent place In London , the reception accorded his comedy , "Tho Last Word , " must , have com pletely dispelled it , The house last night lit erally "rose" at Ada Rohan in expreision of an enjoyment that any number of recalls would fall to convey. Henry Irving's-son has made his debut as "Beaufoy"'In Hobortson's "School. " Neither ploy nor actor made a great Impression. Mexican Hcvolutlonlntfi Captured. SAX ASTOXIO , Tex. , Sept. 20. Juan Macor- Ito , who has arrived from Nier , Mox. , says the Mexican revolutionists wcro overtaken north of that place Friday by government troops and that n battle ensued In which several on botb sides were killed and wounded. Catarino Gurza , the leader ot the revolution , was seriously shot nnd then banged to n tree. General Hutz Sandoval , Garza's chief lieutenant , escaped to tbo mountains with a few followers. Ho is being pursued and will bo captured. Irish Political Intelligence , Dunux , Sept. 20. Mr. Purnell , speaking at Cablutccly today , said that one of the dangers of tbo future was a diminished Irish representation in parliament. No English party , ho said , could bo trusted. The adop tion of tbo "Ono man , ono voto" principle would mean a grievous reduction of Ireland's electoral power. A man was killed In a fierce fight between Parnellites und untl-1'arnellites at Ncuagh ted ay. Germany and the Vatican. LONDON , Sept. 20. The Chronlclo'u Berlin correspondent savs : A prominent centrist Informs mo that Chancellor Von Caprlvl and the papal nuncio at Munich have arrived at an agreement wburoby the centrists will heartily support tbo government in return for concessions on tbu education question and the rcadinlssion of Catholic orders. ' Homo In Holiday Attire. ROME , Sept. 20. A feature of tl'o cele bration In this city today was the public reading by the mayor ot the Porta Pla of n telegram from KingHumbert received by iho former In reply to congratulations sent tbo Uing on the twentieth anniversary of the \ entry of tbo Italian V " * . \ Into Rome. Tbo king lu the dispatch ? Id ho felt happy that the commomorati ; , f the day had be come a tradition t tire I , Vnly nnd added : "May God old thostni id persevering. By our dignity nn.l . valor thall always bo ready to defend our rish Uy firmness of purposa and a high senst luty wo shall surmountr the difficulties tpodlng the nation's economic progress. j iniOM.VI.I I.K citKM.t T/OY. llodlcH or the ConsucKi-a Victims He- dnced to Cinders. MAnnin , Sept , 20. Thcrtf Is no longer dan ger of starvation In the afflicted cltle ? . The workmen who struck on account of the dangerous stench encountered In handling the dead have been prevailed upon to resume work. A liberal supply of disinfectants has reached the stricken town nnd the work of opening the street nnd clearing nway the ruins is again progressing. The bodies of the dead , as soon as recovered , are taken to immense crematory bonfires and are there soaked In petroleum nnd reduced to cinders. Petroleum is nlso being largely used in fcodlnc the fires used for con suming dead bodies. The c.ircasscs of iwttlo which arc found almost everywhere are dis posed ot in the same manner. The grcalest misery has been caused by the floods at Camunas and Villa Franca. The crops ha.-o been lost and It Is feared riots will result If relief Is delayed. At Consucgra there Is n demand for more disinfectants. Many marauders hnvo been imprisoned there. At Almerio the bodies of l,7sl victims of the floods have been burled. Many houses un dermined by tbo floods continuo to fall. Fearlessly Awaiting the Future. PAIUS , Sopt. 30. The Tempts , criticising the recent army maneuvers , says : "Every thing was not perfect. The cavalry was not utilized as it might have been. Yet it was shown that the frcnch army is a veritable army , with clever chiefs. General Sausslor has shown himself to be in reality the head of the army. It is , however , necessary to free the army of ull systems which encum ber it. The troops ore full of confidence iu their chiefs and wo can fearlessly await the future. LAST C//.MK/.VGS. Gross Kxohnu es of the Country as He- ported by the Hanks. BOSTON , Mass. , Sept. 20 The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post , from the clearing houses In the cities named , shows the gross exchanges for the weok. -ending September 12 , witb rate per cent of Increase or decrease ns compared with the corresponding period last year : Not Included In totals. The gain in Boston last week of 13 per cent after a long line of decreases and ulso tbegaln of 3.4 per cent outside of Now York are favorable indications. In the foregoing table thirty-two cities Increased nnd twenty- eight decreased as compared with last year. In comparison with tbo previous week tbo total exchanges increased 1-1.3 percent and outside of New York the exchange in > reused 10.9 per cent. , DEATH ISECOlll ) . Ex-C mfirefisniaii Scott Olos nt New- from Hcnrt Kailuro. NnwroiiT , U. I. , Sopt. 20. Ex-Congressman W. L. Scott of Pennsylvania died suddenly near midnight last night. Ho was brought hero about two weeks aio from his homo : in Erie suffering with ncuto gostro-intestlnal catarrh. . A slight throat trouble occurred Thursday. Friday nnd Saturday afternoon bo bed an attack of heart failure. Another attack occurred at 11 o'clock last night from which ho could not be revived nnd death cnmo. Dr. William Pepper of Philadelphia stated today that Mr. Scott's death wa very sudden and unexpected , and was duo to re peated heart failures. The family leave with the remains in the morning for their homo in Erie. EIIIB , Pa. , Seot. 20. The news of William L. Scott's death created a profound sensation in this city , ns a bopo had been created that ho would ultimately recover. Informa tion of his death fortomo reason did not reach his household until almost noon today. Dr. Brandies , who has been bis physician for years , says Mr. Scott's disease was heredi tary , as his father died of consumption of the bowels. The illness which terminated in his death became manifest about twenty years ago , The great sorrow which bas come upon his family and close business friends is shared by the entire city. Tbo Board of Trade will tnko action tomorrow. The remains are expected to arrive Tuesday. The mausoleum In which they will bo placed was only recently com pleted. Mr. ScUt's estate Is estimated at r O , 000,000. _ .Mrs. Kliznbotli Hliltllc. Pmi.AUKi.i'iiM , Pa. , Sopt. 20. Mrs. Eliza beth llordon Biddlo. widow of William S. Blddlo , died this evening at her homo of heart failure In her 9M : year. Mrs. Blddlo was a descendant of M distinguished family , her father being Judge Jo seph Honkinson , author ot "Hail Co lumbia , " her grandfather Francis Hopkin- son , a signer of the Declaration of Independ ence , and her great grandfather Thomas Hopklnsoit , a member of the Provincial Councli and judge of vice-admiralty under Cieorgo II. _ _ _ _ _ _ General J NEW YOHK , Sept. 'Jl , Joseph Knupp , pres ident of the Metropolitan Insurance com pany of this city , died on Monday last aboard tbo French steamer La Cbampalguo , which arrived hero today. Ira Ilerry. PoitTMvn. Me . Sept 20. Ira Berry , grand secretary of Musous of Maiuo , died today , aged 10 years , WILD SCENES IN OKLAHOMA , Thousand ? of Ilomeseokers Preparing fol Tuesday's Mad Rush , SUNDAY LOST ITS SANCTITY AT GUTHRIQ Ucdlnni In the Streets and Confuslo Kvcrywnorp < No ScrloiiH Conlllutu Anticipated Next Tucmlny by the Authorities Grrrtiiir. , Okl. , Sept SO. Sabbath lost it sanctity in Guthrie today. Tbo date set fo the opening of the now lands Is only two days In tbo future , nnd In the face of thai event affairs sacred are almost Ignored. The Santa Fo's four regular passcngei trains , two from the north nnd two from tba south , nil en mo in today in four or live see. tions of ten nnd twelve curs each , each scc'.lon carrying hundreds of homo , seekers. The latter were hustltofl around buying outfits and bargaining for conveyance to the border ol the now lands. Others were preparing to start nnd still others were Just celling nwoy. There was bedlam In the streets and confus slon everywhere. The churches nil held the usual services , but they wore sllmly at * tended. Nearly every ono wanted to obi servo tbo scones on the streets und learn the latest news concerning the opening. Those who waited until today before tak ing their positions for Tuesday's race have a decided advantage over those wbo rushed , pell moll for the border when the president's proclamation was first promulgated. They have gained from official publications which wcro first made hero today much important information. The list of tbosa sections of lauds reserved for school purposes aim those allotted to the Indians , all of which are exempt from pre-emption , was published today. This will be an Im portant guide to all homeseokors and assures them ngalnst failure to find a homo which might easily result if they should choose ex * cmptod lands. Important Piece ofCWR. . The publication of another important plcco of official information was also made today. It was contained In the following telegram from Land Commissioner Carter : "In answer to your dispatch I have to say that settlers can enter tbo lands from tbo Klckapoo reservation. " The Kickitpoo reservation is not included in the lands to bo opened to settlement Tues day nnd lies in the very heart of those that are to bo opened. North of it is the Iowa reservation. Soutb of It U the Potawiittamle , and cast the Sac and Fox. This permission will be of Immense advantage to tno houio- scokcrs for it gives them many more miles of available border. When the contents of the telegram became known hundreds of boomers hurried into tba Kicknpoo reservation and have taken up posi tions to wait for Tuesday noon. Hundreds ol others are on their way to the latter border aud will arrive there some time tomorrow. The effect of this permission from the land oftlro has been to lessen the homo- secuers around the other borders nnd to spread tnem out over n greater area. This will decrease very materially the confusion which was expected to accompany Tuesday's race and will greatly lessen the chances ot serious disturbances and conflicts between settlers. Much satisfaction Is expressed over Secre tary Noble's order to the registers nnd re corders of tbo land offices to prevent , so far as , may be In their power , fraud in connec tion with the filing of tbo declaratory state ments of old soldiers. Tbo traffic it : thcso declaratory statements bavo boon sus pended , the homeseekcrs regarding them as an extra , hazardous invest/- ment. Nevertheless , the line of old soldiers and old soldiers' attorneys which , formed Friday at the door of the land offica hero has lengthened itself out fifty yards since yesterday , and every hour adds to its length. There bare been a few disputes und disturbances in the line , but none of them has been of a serious nature. No Serious Trouble Kvpccted. Ono notable feature of the preparation for the race Is the quiet which attends it. Tba only serious disturoanco so far bns been at L.angston , where the cowboys object to the negroes massed tbero taking possession of the Cimarron valley , an extremely fertile country. A serious conflict threatened there at onetime time , but the prompt arrival of u largo force of deputy United States marshals from Guthrie bas EO far prevented an outbreak and it Is believed all danger of disturbance there has now passed away. Toe officers will remain there until the Wednesday morn 's utter the rush to see tint the peace is preserved and that all losal claimants are protected from violence. The sending of this force from Gutbrlc bas depleted the supply of officers'In this city , nnd there ore not cnnuch officers hero to enforce the laws. Saloons nnd gambling houses are running wide open tonight in di rect violation of the law , but the authonties prefer to submit to the violation rather than , run tbo dangers that would attend an aU tempt at their enforcement with an insuffi cient force. Surveyors have been at work ever since Friday on the town sites of this now county scats. It is Governor Stclco's desire that thcso surveys should bo completed bcforo Tuesday. None of the lots in the sites can bo claimed until tbo survey is completed and a delay after Tuesday would causu the con gregatlon of eager crowds around the sites aud would doubtless bavo a much serious dis turbance. Al'TEIl JIM .VI" VK.I .S. Peculiar Condition ol a Veteran' * rtrnln Produced by a liullct. Sioux CITV , la. , Sept. 20. [ Special Tele- pram to TIII : BKE.I Ono of the most remark- abio coses in medical history was discovered today at the postmortem of Charles O , Baroskl , an old soldier who died last Friday. Ho was wounded In battle twenty-nine years ago , a musket ball entering his cheek and never being roco"erod. The wound never hurt him oxcont when ha stooped , nor interfered with bis work as an engineer. At his request before his death n post-mortem was made In the presence of fifteen pbysl' clans , The examination disclosed tbo fact that the ball went through the loft orbit , Im pairing but not destroying his sight , then passed back and down four inches , through the Vital part of the brain and lodged In the posterior horn of the loft lateral ventricle. Tbo channel cut through the brain could bo distinctly traced and the ball was found slightly flattened and enclosed In a mem branous back. The doctors say that many cases have been known of survival of Incora * tlon of the upper part of the brain , but that this is the only case on record where the lower or vital part was involved , IOUM nnd Illinois Crops. Bnti.iNOTO.N. In. , Sept. 20. [ Special Telegram - gram to THE BKK , ] Specials from all parts of low.- and Illinois glvo the moil flattering reports of tbo corn crop. Corn , as a rule , is now out of danger of frost and will make a greatly increased uverage crop.Vh5nt and oats harvest Is about over , and iho yield In soma cases is phenomenal , running from fifty to seventy-five bushels per ncro. The weather generally has been excessively hoi aud ruin Is needed. Citnadn'H Hallway Mmndnl. QumiEC , Sept. SO. From official sourcri it Is learned that the Royal commUxIon to In- qulro Into the Bale Des Chaleuri railway scandal will consist of Judges Jotto , Baby and Davidson. A meeting of tbo cabinet was held todav at which the lines upon which the commission will work were Uiv cldod. 1'ho commissioners , who It U under stood will all accept , are lu commence their labor * in two wooki.