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. . . . ( ' . , ' , ' THE OMAHA DAILY ' BEE. " , , . - ES''AllLISIIED JUNE ] 9 , 871. OMAHA \ , DNESDAY , J\ORNING \ , . OOTOB1H 23 , 1S9. ! \ SINGLE OOpy lJ"'rv.rn ( N''S. ' ENGLAND MAY NOT USE FORCE - Circumstances Give it No Right to Bide ' Over the Venezuelnns I DIFFERS FROM TilE NICARAGUAN AFFAIR Jlm.t Plr"t I'rcn'e flint 11c'r ! ! oller" ' \c'rc , on Ic'r Owu SOIl Irfore Shc \ Ic' Alo"I,1 to lie- _ Jnluul tin All 0 111) ' . 'I WAShINGTON , Oct. 22.-0reat Drlaln's radical steps on the Venezuelan question continue to excie the lvelest Interest In oOclal and diplomatic circles. The demand hal not yet reached Caracas , al 18 evIdent from tim fact that Minister Andrade has not yet heard from hil government on the BUbject. PresIdent Crespo , who has . been absent from the capital on a vacaton , has start d back for the purpose , It Is believed , of fling the four vacancies In hlu cabinet which occurred recently. One of these new officers Is the minister of foreign afalrt. There Is no doubt entertained hero that Crespo's new minster will share the views of his predecessors , as no mInistry or ad- ministration could survive In Venezuela which dil not make resistance to British aggress' Blon its foremost polcy ' , Some of the latest reports from. London cause comment and criticism among officialsof hero. One of thesa statements attributes to Ambassador Bayard the declaration that the Uruan IncIdent Is Independent of the boundary queston , and that tim United StateB can take no part In tbo former Inc- dent. I IB pointed out here that the two questions are Inseparably connected. The Uruan Incident IB based on a claim that the Veuezuelan ! arrested Sergeant lehrens of the British constabulary on British sol , and that tills Indhnlty ( must be repaired. The Vozizueians claim that I occurred on Venezuelan - zuelan soil. The gravity of the case dc- pend on ownership of the territory where tile trouble took Illace. I IB , therefore , considered , Bldered to Involve the entire territorial ques. ton , although I I ! a specifc Incident arls- , Ing In the disputed territory. ( NOT LtE TI COnNTO AFF'AIR. , AB It becomes - more and more evident that the British government Is dlsposell to malee I appear that the Uruan Incident Is parallel to the Corlnto affair and may therefore be treated In the same fashion , without leading to the Interveuton of the United States , officials here arc pointing out essential points of dlrerenco In the two incidents , and ! r. Iayanl wIll doubtless be Instructed to emphasize - phasize these In further representations on the subject to the Britsh foreign office. In tile first caso. Great Briain demanded anti obtained an Indemniy from Nicaragua on the groll/l that her national honor had been outcr raged hy the summary expulsion of her rcpr.el sentatve , alhough the latter was only an humble consular agent. The United States conscnted to stand aloof on this occasion , on the theory that n nation had a right to re- dress ai Insult. hIlt In the Uruan affair I cannot II malntalnell for an Instant that the Britsh government has a right to demand redresl for the arrest of its olclals unless tt shall bo first establsh d that they were within Brllsh terrItory , and thus the whole Issue * Is raised al a Preliminary. I thes' 1rllsh ofcers were In Drltsh territory then Venezuela must apologize and make further t reasonable reparation , but before she can h rightfully expected to do this , that fact must ho clearly shown and 11U.lng but an agree ment , amicable or enforced , upon the exact location of the boundary lne , can settle thIs point. Therefore the attempt to shift the Issu , InvolvIng as It does prejudgement of the rights of Great Britain to territory , claimed by Venezuela , Is not likely to secure the countenance of our State department. ALWAYS hOES AGAINST NGLAND. LONDON , Oct. 22-The afternoon news papel's Qf this city again comment upon the .lsputo between Great Briain and Veno- zuela. and In Ih3 sal0 tone as yesterday The St James Gazete , for example , de- dares itself to bl opposed to arbiraton In any form , saying : "Arbitration not only does nut apply to the present dispute , but It Is the Uual thing , when there Is recourse ; to this kind or international tribune , for the bltrators to find against England and thc ; weIght of evIdence , ali In the few cases ; where the finding has been In our favor the .th'r side declines to 4ay. " The St. James ; Gazette then instances the Alabama , Delago : nay ali lerlng Be1 disputes In support of Its contention that International tribunals usually In < against England and the weight Ct t of evidence. Mere attention Is attracted ' . now than ( or - marly to the utterances , or the St. James Gazette against arbitrating the dispute , as this newspaper seems to have had somewhat of the ( Inoldo track throughout In Venezuelan , . ' lels here anti It Is therefore believed to . . . have been inspired by a high go\'erment of- ' tidal thoroughly familiar with the subject and aware of the ( policy to bo followed by the marquIs of Salisbury. ' . The Chronicle thIs mornIng IS the fore - ) . S o olgn office believes that overmuch haD been " . made of Lord Salisbury's tiit'pat h to the Venezuelan goverment upon the Uruan af- o fair , and tt Is probable that Venezuela wi make a prompt alolog " "XJ\\IU lI.tl ) A 10uun I'\SAGE. Isi.tI All the " 'oulworl/ the Sh'l ) for ' , . 1"11. , LO nON Oct. : 22-The steam yacht Wind - wrrll1 hlch conveyell the Jackson-Hernia - worth polar expoltlon to Franz Josef land und whIch arrived ut Bergen on October IG , IJaSSCI south tOllay. The Wlndwarll into r In the Gay was docked. The documents she brought from the explorer Jackson , who was left at Franz Josef lan , have been klpt salM In of the cabins UI one c and will not be opened -unt tomorrow. Aster repairing and embarking coal , provisIons , etc" , the 'Imlward will return 10 Franz Josef lanll In order to brIng the explorers home. I Is i unllcrstood Jaclson , on the journey norti , norh madl some unexpected dIEcol'erles. The \ 1lhvard hall a perilous voyage home , bat : tng with the Ice for slxty.lve days anll helng reduced to such an ext emlty for fuel that she was compelled to bur all the wool I- work ou board of her whlcb could be spare ti 1\11 In addition portions of her masts , spars and bulwarks , as well aB the 'tween dcclts I. which were consumed 11 the furnace. OUI.XSCCUSI D 01" " 'E.\iEXIXH. . ' ) ( rlr',1 .ch'II' " \'rt hint the lii I- 1II'"It" " 'Ilt l'i'iiet' . LONDON , Oct. 22.-A dIspatch to the eh Globe from lulld quotes a havana dlspateh to the In1erlale as saying thlt Habl , tbe ( chief lieutenant of Iaceo , tile Insurgent leader , has held a conrerence with hIs friends , the object of which was to point out that further resletance to the Spanish forces was hopeless , and In order to study the means to be taken to coil the war. The result of the conference was not known when the dIspatch was sent. 1"llrt COI'rllll lON" . DOllh',1. I.ONDON Oct. . I = , 22.-The report circulate ti In the United Stales that Mr. Chrles I. ) Hose has withdrawn his challenge , issue : .i through the Hoyal Victoria Yacht club , for ' a arles of races for the America's cup , or r that ho contemplates so doing , Is not cot 1- 4. ' frme,1 from any source here Mr. Hose Is I . out of town and Is clot expected back for n - \\'Nlt. anti Mr. ' nnt : Percy Ticeliuson . secretar 1 or tb" Royal Victoria Yacht club , has not heard the question of Mr. Hose wlthdra.lnJ his' ehalengo oven mentioned. Finally , . no : member DC the club could be foqnd who hall althlnl to say on , thc subject. Pit'iit.It Jlnll E.tlulh' " Ih.J..t'lr,1. , . i'Altls , Oct. 2.-Tie ( budget commIttee tot - % - da ) rejected alt the credls asked by Admiral t lesl3r < , the minister oC marine , on Oclober I. to carry out the naval program for 1691. I " IS95 atiti l98 , and which Involve ' ant ! ald an annul : expeadituro cf $6,00,00. exclusive of torpedoes - pedoes , nn Increase of 2.000000 annual ) ' . The entire program represents n total outl " ( $ : OOQOoooQ fur the next twelve outay . (1I LJ.tT SCA nA' \X ( ) Itt'JlAN.tH' : . Sit es nf the 3tuiicgt-rltitlletti 1111n - other Son 111.llntrl. SYRACUSE , N. Y. , Oct 22.-Tho Iprald ted ay publshel In substance the following : Charles Oberlander of San UeKo Cal . Is In con finement hEre , having been arrested In Irewerton on a warrant eight years old charglnK him with grand larceny. Ober- lan der , It I :1led , stole clothing from are ! store hero II which he was employed. lie ra n away , and the police did not know his whereahputs. Oberlaldpr cam east from southern California several months ago to prea a claIm for $ CO,000 against Mexico for having br.n kldnlell , anti Inhumanely treated , The State department at Washington - ton Is said to have regarded Oberlander's cuso a good one , and to have demanded that Mexico make Immediate reparation. Ober- lan der's father Is Hev. Alexander Oberlander who resIgned tile pastorate of the Zion Ev angelical Lutheran church or this city to de vote his time to 'rabor orphan Isylum as li superintendent. Another son , Hev ( , F' . E. Oberlander , lives with hIs father , who bas his dwelling II 1 part of the Institu- ton , Charles Oberlander has been In the habIt or visiting the home of his father and his brother. Four girls Inmates of the Tabor orphanage , were before the grand jury to tcstfy that Charles Oberlander bad taken lib erties with them while they were In the hOle of Hev. Oberlander doing the house- work to whIch they were assigned. TheIr names are I.oulse Dexhelmlr anti Louise Herring - ring , both 1 years old : Kate Kiehl , 1 years old , anti Nellie Dagwel , aged 15 years. The later II the niece of Chief of Police Dag- 101 of Utica. I was for fear that he might run away that Charles Oberlander was arrested - rested upon the old warrant. The girls who make the complaint tEl of a shocking state of things at the Institution . Two of them say that 11ev. F. g. Oberlander. brother of the prisoner , has been In the habit or giving the older girls their baths. The minister denies that ho bathed the girls. Ho says that le rubbed them with salvo to kilt lice. Charles Oborlander has been Indicted. lie makes a general denial of all tile charges. . 1. .AWI' ItTe o'gn .JIIX ) I\CCA Y. Jlllr"llh' . . Ser"e"1 itt the 1'lnerll nf the n"IIIII'rlell. PARIS , Oct. 22.-A funeral service with I high mass was celebrated at noon today at the Church of St. I enlnand des Tomes for th e repose of the soul of the late John \Y. M Iaekay , jr. , and his remains were then conveyed - eyed 0 to the crypt at the Church of St. Augustne , where they will remain pending t tramportaton to Havre. The body will be tallen to tile United States next weet. ) The chief mourt.c were Clarence fackay , , the dead man's brother , and Mr. Forman , M Irs. J. W. Maclt3Y'B secretary Princess Colonna , the dead man's sister , and Irs. Kessler were present. and manifested - fested Intense grief during the funeral serv - ser- ic e. The cure of St. erdlnand des Tomes I.'ather Lemonnler , pronounced the absolu- : ton.Tho The pal bearers were Messrs. Lynch , Fltz- gerahl7 Digby and anot'ler frIend. The mourn - ers followed the renlains. Those present In- chiled : lion. James D. EUEtS , UnlclI States ambasadcr : Henry Vlgnand , secretary of the American cmbassy : Newton 13. gusts , second i secretary of the AmerIcan embassy ; Lieutenant - ant n 1' , Rogers , naval atache to the Amor- Ical embassy : the marquis of Dtilferin lint Ish ambassador to F'ranco : Colonel Talbot , General Guzman fiance , ex-presIdent of Ven- czuela : the marquis do Carone , James Got : d eli Bennett , Mr. Howard or Galignani's Mes - senger , the comte and comtesse de Casteliane , Duc Noas Acquavivi . marquis de Mores , lane I do Cussaux , John Monroe , marquis do Chols- seul , comtc de Ponatvlc , De Heussey , duchess : do nocano , Mrs. Emily Wentord and many other peracns wel known In rench society. The Church or St. Augustine , where the bee ) ' was laid , was converted Into a chappele a ntiente . and the body will bo contunly America. watched by nuns until Its departure for : . XO' so 1.\n .s 'VAS EXI'EC''J D. C I , It'iig.p I..ter CII'rh'r" hove U Senre Over HUlor" of Ullllllni. ChICAGO . Oct. 22.-Postal tmployes here have been thor ughly stirred up for tile past t leek about ports publshe that charge a had been fed agaInst liG letter carriers snfclent to cause dismissal from the serv- ic e. I develops , however , Ihat when Postmaster - master Horsing received the official leter from the department enclosing li2 leters to carrIers as the rsul or the investigation by secret agents during September , only two are re- qulrell to show cause why they should be removed ; thirty-six are simply reprimanded a 11 tile rest are caled on to show C ity they should not ba punihed for loiter Ing l a minute or so on the street , taking ; glass or soda water 01 a hot day or waitin g t oo long for a bell to bo answered. Mi . answere. M Iachen , superlntEndpnt of the free deliver d\'lslon ( , WashlngtOwi be here Ionday ; n ext to give each carrIer a hearing and Iston to an ) " evidence he can produce that wi II wi exonerte lliifl nUlon 01. OI.Xgy's ' RETIIIFiML''J , . 1IIIIn'ec'mrnt ( hoer thc' l urrlln relic - Ie ) ' the . \1..AcI Cnule , ChICAGO , Oct. 22.-A dispatch to the Inttr Oceal' from Washington says : Ollng : probably to the fact that Secretary Oney did not go to Atlanta with the president and party , but did leave for Boston today , a rumor Is i afloat tonight anti will bo published to- morrow that Mr. Oney Is contemplating re- trenHmt from the cabinet. The alleged ox- c use for this Is a supposed disagreement between - tween himself all the president In regai ci t o foreign policy , and partcularly with I'e- gard to the Venezuelan mater , In which ti th3 rumor says Mr. Oney favors n 10re vigorous cour than does the president. The rumor , however , Is entirely unconfrmed , and owing to the absence of Mr. Oney and l'resl- dent Cleveland , as well as all members of tile cabInet , It Is Impossible to obtain any definite Information which wi confrm 01' disprove It. . UOILl:1 XIIOSIOX KlI.Iil ) 'rvo. ' 1'tt , ) Iore Jnl "roIHI ) ' InJlr"1 nn,1 Cut' Ptietiii i 111'111 i.Yrecleti. BURLINGTON , Oct. 22.-A messenger has just arrIved with word of a terrlc explosIon which occurred at 4 o'clock at Lomax , Ill. , a few , mIles from here , In which John Hohnet , and James Whlo were Instantly killed and : two others fearfully cut and bruised The boiler of tIle Lomax pIcket fence ' factor exploded - ploded , demolishing the buildIng. The flues of the boilers were blown 150 feet and the smoke stacIe was thrown 2:0 feet way. John Holmes , one of the proprietors , lien dead , amass mu of broken bones anti torn ilesit. Janice Whie , a laborer , was killed instantly by being driven literally Into the plo of rlcleets In front of his 110U50. A , S. McGee Is badly hurt . 'Jellll',1 I ( lie 1,1'lh'llnt " 'n" nrnll , . CHICAGO , Oct. , -Tho general court martil ( Ol' the trial or Lieutenant Samuel F' . Pugle of the Fifteenth United Stutes Infuntr ehargel wih assaulting Colonel H. N. Crofon of the same regiment , con- vned today In the nsselbl' hal at Fort Sheridan. The court was calleil to order by Lleutennnt Coonel : John \V , Clouse , deputy judge Illvoeate , who will reside as judge Ih'oeatA of tim court thl'ouJhont the proceedings , The court sat In ( till dress uritorin. Captain 1' . K. lcGuuncglo was the Ir"t witness. lie testlti that on Ito ( 111) ' the shooting occurred Icutenlnt 11110 WI Intoxicated , und while on parn.le acted In u queer manner Lieutenant , T. May aim I's t f ell that LIeutenant Illue was Intoxicated on that da ) ' . Court then adjourned - I journed until tomomro' 1'tiit-st I"h' Stlrl'I" " tn n Tinyji , Jt'NC'ViON ( 'iT\ ' , WII" , Oct. 2.- Word . has been I'celwd here that Meadow . 'I'aiey ! , Li. smRI city on thl Volley division of the CJeaJo , lwaukee & . St. Ilul raIlway , has bien wiped out b ) ' tIre . The blaze orlginutcil In Ihl ( large cranberry marsh near IhU Inrsh village.Vortl was reCcve'l litter that the town or Babcock Is thn'atnnell with t.lestruc. lieu. Meallol Valley I" I village ll'Blrc- ) jolJulaton. anti Is situated In lnKstown tUWlhlp , Juneau county , tort ) ' miles from Mlusto 1. the county sent. GU I N IIAWis. " , Oct. 2. -This city Is . , ciy Flrrolule.1 by tomcat tires , which today are made II/u'tcularl / ) ' un.erous b ) ' I strong north wind TUUS { CONTINUE ASSAULTS Troops Have Been Hntiy Dispatched t the Scene of the Disturbnce , R EVOLUTIONARY AGENTS STILL ACTIVEm , ounl Armenlnl" lelll 1 lr01e,1 hull ! 11'lllc.,1 , , 'Uh Arm" ' . 'liIeii 11"e JI'C'1 Sitiuggi&'ti \ero" the Prolter , CONSTANTINOPLE , Oct. 22.-Ad\let rc- ceh'e,1 here from Imld and lendek say thlt tht Mussuhlan attacks upon Christians there conUnue. Troops have been hastily dispatched - patched to the scene of the disturbance. According to news received here from Adana and Aleppo , revolutionary agents are traversa Ing the country and are enroling young Armenians , while quanttes of arms , am- lunlton and dynamlto are being smuggled ac ross the frontier for their me. :1\100XS 111 Not' cu'r ' 111 " 'III S. Allllr'II'IHlol nt 1\11101 I'ro"el to II" ' " ' 1..1 tjiifiiiittileti. C , 189 , "reos . ( CopyIght by Publishing Company. ) KINGSTON , Jamaica , Oct. 2-Now York Worl Cableimani-Spcclal l Telegram.-Tho ) B lack River telegraph line has been down for two days , and aB the cause was unknown , the fact Inspired very grave apprehensIons unt today. I was suspeett1 that the Maroons had cut Ito wIres and were resisting the linemen. There was great eagerness among the militIa here to be sent to the scene of slPposed bloodshed , and their of- fcers pestered the governor of the colony ror marchIng orders. Today It was learned that the telegraph line was not cut by the Maroons , but was prostrated by a freshet. The Maroons are quiet. They lre not molested by the authorities at present , as It i Is proposed to secure a JudIcIal injunction upon their lEaders , commanding them to cense their trespass upon Pulerswooll Pe.n. Vorco will only bo employell against them In I thl event or resistance to tIle arm of Ito i aw. The government Is anxious to avoId doing anythIng that may unnecessarIly provoke - eke them to violence. SZECnUI : IH\IY 1 ! AT . : ENI ) . CCIIIlllr COllllINlol " 'II J.el'e ICu'heul Oi 'VIiiirsttiii ) ' . ( Cop'rhhlel ! , 189 . by Press Publishing Cmpan ) ' . ) 'OO CHOW , Oct. 22.-New ( York World C gram-Seclal Telegram.-Tho ) consular commIssion has completed Its work and will leave l Kucheng on Thuru1ay . . I IB expected hat t four more leaders In the rioting will be executed , and that thIs will end the infliction of capital punishment lt this tme , All the prlsonerB will hereafter be brought to Fee Chol for trial , and those who arc found guity of hs\lng taken pat In the disorders at Hwasang will slfer banishment. - The representatives or the Engll'h govern- ment have made the authoritative declaration that the measures of justice and retribution thus for taken are only preliminary to a defnite aettlemcnt. Quiet has been restored throughout the province. The missionarIes have agaIn begun to visIt the mlselonary bta. tons ( In the . Interior. CEX''J..UI llQUn'I IIXG , gnrth'JuI1.e Shocks F.1 nt Gitote- Illn , On. ' Quite Se'c'r. ( Coprllht. lE95 ity 11. " luLlshlnJ ) Company. ) GUATEMALA . , Oct. 22.-New York World Cablegram-Special Telegram.--Several ) earth quake shocks were felt here yesterday , one being Culte severe. No damage , however , was I done. The Ouatemalan ( congress has approved the contract entered Into by the minister of public works and Captain Alberto nrlalt , for the conS a truction of n port at Istapa. SAN JOSE Costa Rca , Oct. 22-New ( York : World Cablegrm-Special Telegram.-The ) Ouatemalan minister to Costa Rca , Rafael Shlndos , was receive here yesterday by the g\'eror and other officials , who met him at l'o railway staten and welcomed hll In the name of the president. " " 1111 to Shift the ) Iiirdesl. LONDON , Oct. 22.-The Times has an edItorial - torial this morning 01 tb3 situation In the I far eaBt. I expresses the opinion that Japan I might not be reluctant to escape 11lcultes I by placIng Corea under a collective guaranty of the powers. "If that wer done , " says the Times , "a great source of possible dan ger would b3 removed This oluUon ougbt L not to bo beyond the roach of dIplomacy. " lllicek 1 ' lnA Chlrftnln piles. HONG KONG , Oct. 22-The Daek 1.'lal chieftain ! \ , who hat born holding Tel Wan Fu , the Chinese capital of the Island of Formosa , against tie Japanese force , has ted. and I I IB expected that his folow's wi now . lay down their arms. The Japanese will prb- ably occupy Auplng today Jnllnl U'11 I I "tnnte Cocci. . ST. PI TERSBUlG , Oct 22.-1 Is learned I frol a god source that Japan has deeilled to evacuate Corea In order to avoId corn idicattons , antI In order to enable the government - ment to concentrate Its energies upon tbe subjugation of Formosa. . \lllrlll ieit'iisrjttii Coitveiit.it , VIENNA , Oct. 22.-Tho Holchsrath re- openell tOdsy. Count nadenl , the new Premier , said that no radical change was proposed und that the government wou\l 'IIPOSO anything prejudicial to tile main- terance of peace. II'uzl n'nrN : othlnl from EIAlin" . RIO DE JANEHO , Oct. 22.-lt Is semi- officially stated that Great Britain has not malIc any communication recently to Brazil on the subject or the Island of Trinidad. No decision on tilts subject , I Is added , bas yet been reached. _ _ _ _ _ _ Jnlln " 'II Oii'is Ne'i 1'tn's. ST. PETERSBURG , Oct. 22.-A dispatch to the Novoo Vremya from Vladlvostock ba'S that the Japanes3 ports of Shlmoneekl , KOkokalchl , Toklo , Sendal ! , AOlorl and oarnal wl Isborty be opened to Interna- tonal trade. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ne'cl'nlol for l'r",11cnt flinz . I CITY 01 MEXICO , Oct. 22.-Tho quoen- I regent of Spain has conferred on PresIdent I Diaz the granll cross or the Order of Military ; Merit , In recogniton of the specIal service rendered by him to Spain. ' ( hollrn In 1'I'llt Iner'nlllA. I I CAIRO , Oct. 22.-At m Menzuleh anll In Its I . \Icnly : on Sunday and Monday there were thirty no\v cases of cholera and twelve deaths from that disease. ' - - - - OIiser . \ ll. I InH"11"n ) ' . I NORTH EASTON , Mass. , Oct. 22.-Ex- Governor Oliver Ames died nt his hOle here nt 2U ; o'clcck n. 1. after a long perIod of tailing health , although dealh at the last re- culled from heart tliscaso . uled frol dlscose. Ho was GI years of age. lie had become widely known through his connectIon with large business entaf1rlsE 3 well ns on account of ills long all honorable political record In this state A widow , tWE sons and four daughters . snr- vlve. _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ ittl , 'un"c' " t lit' 1101 or Ito ru Coni. NEW YORK , Oct. 22 -The New York anthracite coal companIes have sd\nced prices today to the ( following batls ! Grate , $3.75 ; egg , $ ,90 ; ItoV ! $1,15 ; rh ' stl' $ I1 ! These are f. 0 : b. at New York This II ; the highest whol(311 circular yet inaao . anti : anticlpateB the proposed advance antclpatB on Thur- day next by the Philadelphia companies. , . . . . . - - - . : _ _ _ . - lilLI ) l'I'S JIX.U , sSSIO8. Grrnt liiIserinlConfercner Closets its Three ' " 'eltt' Worl , MINNEAPOLIS . Oct 22.-Th two houses of the EpIscopalian convention tact In Joint Islon thIs afternoon a the' fInal act of 1 v 'ery busy three weeks' session The pastoral vle leter prepared by the bisiops ! was read by Isbop Litejohn of Long'Isiand. The docuA ment IB addressed to the clergy anti laity of the church and contains ! some 7,000 words. The bishops refer to the successful doIbera- tonB of tile conventon , to the progress In the work of revising the constitutions and cnons ct and to the need of more general con- cp trlbutol t for the work or the church A paragrph Is devoted to tbe heroic self- s acrifleta of the mIssionaries In ChIna and to a justification of the church' policy In keepIng - Ing i them hero and sending moro to Join them In the work. The flut ; that four now docec ! anti two hew missionary jurtsdlcti tons ( have been created Is IJolnted to a an evIdence or the healthy growth or the church at home. In discussing church unity the bishops are not hopeful of Immedlato or general results ave In tht spreading of the sentiment for unity throughout Christendom. The bishops' complaint that whie the theologenl ! schools are turning ! out many Klallltes and candi- dates for order are about as numerous as ever , there Is a lack of Ilf.sacrltclnl men wilng to spread the faith In foreign Ill heathen lanll8. The progress of the work among the Afro-Amerlcahs ! : , : ittd and Its needs pointed out. The woes of the Nster church In ArmenIa are sympathized with. The spirit or unrest In the land 15 commented on and the remedy for It Is declarell to be ae- cev31blo In the church. Fully a third of tile leUor l IB devoted to a dltuslon of certain tendencIes In the church toward ritualism , and on Ito other hand toward too great Iberllty l , Unauthorized mltbb9 of cele- brtng communIon and other ofces of the church are severely rebukcd , and the letter makes this significant stateulcnt : "Wo are Indee between two perilous tendencies. t On the one hanll there Is a demand - mand for concessions which will make I easy for member of Christian bodies not In communIon of the church to enter her min- Itry i , to transform themselves bodily as con- gregatons , with faint and feeble guards of Eundne In their forms oj worhlp. On the otiter there Is a plea 11t ! fC'th by some to enter Into negotiations ivlh the bishop of Rome with I view to reunion whIch Is now known to be possible only by abilute sub- mIssion to his unlawful lemands. The wlec ' wl' thing for us to do olB to h01 fast to our posl- ( Ion. " . . At the closing session of the house or dep- ulos of the EpIscopalian convention today Rev. Dr. Eliot of Washington gave assurances - ances or the welcome that WQuId b accorded the next convention by We new diocese , although - though he admitted that Minnesota . has been hospitable beyond comparp The doctor's half humorous speech was , \01 receIved l an Invlaton . , afer rather than before the acceptance or the corlventlon. The house con- curred with tbo houocof bishops In erecting the misalonary.juniedictlon of northern Texas Into a diocese : ' , HA'I'IBIIXl , OP 'l'lIIi t , Vl'VAltI.tN. ) hl'e 'hnn One 'J'hol"n..l Church J'nI"1' s Meet II Cufcre.u. WASHINGTON , Oct. 22.- ore than 1,000 lenders of the Unitarian churcb , Including sco'res of prominent divIne , were gathered In Mezerot's ( luslc hal today when the na- tonal conference or the UnItarian and other Christian churches was , ! onnaly openell United State Senator hoar oiJlassclusettB ) , ' ' Is the president of the confc'e9e , bat \ ! \as detained ut Worcbstcr , Mass.andHoli. . . , Dor- man I ) . Eaton of New ¶ 'ork ! pr slded over \ork' the sessions. A communion service , conducted - ducted bY.le , ' . Charles goeret or harvard , opened tlo day' proceedings , and Commissioner - sioner of Labor Carrel D. Wright followed In an address of welcome. Tie following telegram was sent to Itev. Edward Evoret Hale : "The natIonal eonferenc , sends affecting - Ing greeting In memory of his many dls- tlgulshcd services , all with tender sym- pathlcs for the anxieties and sOrrows which deprive ( lie conference or his presence and fellowship. " After some routine business Rev. George 'Jatchelor , chairman of the council of the : natIonal conference and secretary of the UnitarIan association , read an address : The work or " ' the "Nat nal Alliance of Unitarian III Other Liberal , Christian Wo- men" was discussed by Its I secretary , Mrs , Fifield or Boston , and 11ev. Dr. Brooke Here- ford of London , representing lie lrltsh and L Foreign Unitarian associaton" reported that religious thought abroad was advAncing more rapIdly than here on UnitarIan lines . Heolu- tons were adopted decr'lnl corruption In I politics and urging Unitarians : to light I and also tile liquor trafile. In Ito afternoon Imporl % t steps were taken looking to tile amalgamation of the i Young People's Unitarian societIes. "Tht Young Peplo's UnitarIan inion" was vir- tually organized and will . tualy probably . wi be per fected tomorrow having .a natonal scop i and embracing tIm general woni ! end prInciples - ciples of the present numerou organizations . Its objects are stated to 10 to strengthen I the young people of the denomination In I their work , "holdIng that practical relgion Is summell up In love to God and to man " Its cardinal principles are truth , service and I rIghteousness , as against the orthodox propo- sitons of "scrlpturo search : ' "sinner' save thyself" and "savEd by the blood. " The resolutions adopted at the meeting of the ; Joint commitee , which represontell Ore : r 25,000 young people , setting out their plan , appeals to the delegates lS practical , and was : adopted. Rev. Frederick L. Hosmer of St. Lout road a paper pr pard by Dr. E. g. hale of r Boston on "Our CongregatIonal Poly . " Dr hale gave an extended hIstorical resume of the growth or congregatonllsm and It S grallual revolution Into Uniarianim. ( Is "Our Young People and'helr RelatIon 10 Church , Denominaton and Life at Large" : I.rre" was the theme or the ( evenlng'B dIscussion. 11ev. Dr. Edward A. Horton of Boston , president - dent of the UnitarIan Sunday School society , , presided _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HUllol ) ' Sc'urNI the \V. C. ' 1' . U. CHICAGO . Oct. 22-The methods ot lie 'oman's Christian Temperance union , the church lS 11 Institution , the clergy n representing - , resenting the church anti nil Ioltcal par- : . tics its they exist lt thc prevent time , Were roundly crltclse < nt the national conference of Christians which opened today at the : Christian Fcderaton etmrllj' ! The purpolo : or tile conference as outlined by the speak- ors \t the putting down of tile liquor trulc , II anll the churches and Woipan's Christian ! WOlan's Christan Tempefnco union were roundly scored bo- I . cause of their alleged lack ot Interest In thel' 11l'gcd tcla"s gathering. .1 . \nHrllln tl llllonnr ) ' $ itt'ley ) Iet'l tiut.t. DETROIT , Oct. -Tile twent-thlri annual - nual meetIng or the Amcrcan Missionary association , which 19 devot ' primarily to mission work Imong the Indians , negroes anti ' Chinese In AmerIca , opened its four la's' session In "ho First Congregational church this nfernoon , Many DC the most noted missionary worler In' the country Ire here. Tills afelon's prceedingI In- eluded ito report or the trasurer of the executvo committee , the appointment of commitee ! and u concert of , , prnyer. tin , 'c'rMIII"t CoilfereuieetCtml'I " dat-N . EqlDEN , Conn. . Oct. : -'ho general conference of the Unlvefalst church or tile United States opened this afternoon. About 2 delegates are present. Thor , Dr. ' feDr. Pcrklns at this city colrb..Jed communion , anti the occasional sermon ' } . wets by fe\ " , Joseph K. - Mason . of reork. 'WISreached \ . ) Iini'rs' St riles , SirettiiIiag , PII1LTPS1II'RO , CClt l County I'a. , Oct. -The miners strike seems to bo growing growln In extent. WIlam p WIJn , who ha ! . charge ot the men antI who Is In attootianco nt the mass meeting of miners ' lt 10utz ale , makes . the ftatement nat In all 12 G men al'l out ti northern anti ( central lennb'I- ) \anla , anti that In the northern . district n1 the mines except the 10ra\o are nut , and this will . IUSIeml tomorrOw 'l'here hW been no change In the raining centers ot Houtzllal , OFceota and Pitsburg ( , \1 hero nit Limo IlneO nro lt _ wOrk , ni 1.111..11 Ol " 'nrks UlruCI , CIU\GO , Oct. 2-Tb works of the Crescent I.nsped ! OIl company ! 0' Goose Island were destroyed by fire toniGht. Loss , I fre U15O fully covered by Insurance. I - I COM C INCED TiE REBUTTAL Soverl ! Winesses Flatly Contradict the I Story Told by Durrnt , I - ; ATEMPTD TO BRROWSTUDENT'S , ' NOTES , gIert Clr'll"t ( U"C'I ' ' 111(1) ' 'hleh Conflicts , , ' 111 liii' lit-fend- icii's-Citse " ' 11 I'ruhnhl ) ' lie Clnelule,1 Next , \'eel/ , SAN FRANCISCO , Oct. 22.-At the openIng - Ing i of court this morning tl defense In time trial of Theodore Dnrrant nnnounced that I had fnished its case and the & taking of tesF tlmony In rebltal was at once begun by the p rosecution . The testimony was thl most luportant given during tile trial , us I conci fl eted with several vial statements made male by Durrant while bo was on time stand. The testmony of Dr. Gilbert F. Graham , for In- Btancc , Is considered by ninny to swoop away Durrant's entire defense. Graham , who Is a medical student and an Intimate frlell of Durrant , told of a sensational Interview that took place between himself and the prIsoner at the county Jai on April 20. Dr. Ora ham was accompanied to the prison by J. S. Dunnigan , 'a newspaper man , who was aske by Durrant to retire after he had been here a few minutes. Graham slid that afer Dunnigan stepped aside Durrant asked hIm I I ho would let him see his notes of D r. Chcney's lecture In order that he might eomparo them wih his own. Graham dB murred at first , after which , ho said , Diir- rant stated frankly to him that he hall no notes of tIme lecture. lie Bahl Durrant told him h I ho hal the notes of the lecture he could easily establish u strong alibi for hima s elf , and urge him to leave the notes with Mrs. Durran In order that she might bring them to him at the prIson. Dr. Oraham mid ho refused tlit- request and never afterward vlslll Durrant at the prison. Dr. Graham's story \as not shaken In any partcular on cross-examination. While ho was tttfylng the jurors watched Durrant closely , but he gave no sign to Indicate that he considered the tcstmony of any Impor- t ance. 1)r. Graham wi bo recalled tomorrow - row for further cross-examinaton. TRUSTEES CONTRADICT DURI1ANT The first witnesses called In rebuttal by the prosecution Were the five trustees of Emanuel - uel church. Whie Durrant was 01 the ( stand ho testIfied that he was asked to repair the sun.burner at Emanuel cllurch on April 1 by the trustees. The trustees denied that they had asked Durrant to make repaIrs of any Idnd at the church durIng March or April.Witnesses Witnesses were next called 10 disprove Dur- rant's statement that on lie ( afternoon of April 12 he was at the ferry for the purpose of searching for Blanche Lament , who , he salt , a .mysterlous stranger had told hIm would cross the ( bay that afternoon . C. W. Dodge , a medical student , said ho saw Dur- rant at the ferry and the prisoner told him ho was waiting for a number of members of the signal corps who were expected from Oakland. C. A. Dukes , a medical student , who accompanied Dodge , corroborated his : testimony . A. A. hobo , old an schoolmate of Dur- rant's , testified that ( he saw Durrnt at the ferry . the same afernoon In compau with a young wDlnnn' who ans\vered .tbe descriptIon L ot' 'lnnle WillIams. I Is known that : fn- Die Williams came over&frorir'her' home In I Alameda that rernoon , and the next day her body was fount In Emanuel church I II the theory of lie ( prosecutIon that Instead of being at the ferry to look for Blanche Lament , Durrnt was there for the purpose of meeting Miss Wllams and lurIng her to ; death. death.a A. ( hIsser , a student at the mellcal college - logo , testfell that on the afternoon of April 10 Durrant asked hIm to reach ! aloud hLs note I of Dr. Chenes lecture. Gaser said he read Ihls i notes to Durrant , who devoted three- quarters of an hour to writing In his own note book _ The defenr tried to show that It I ws customary for students to compare t notes but Gaser said that Durrant read nothing that purported to be his own notes. WOULD hAVE BEEN UNCONSCIOUS. Thomas Price , a chemist , was caled to gIrt ' expert testmony on two or three polntD at ; Issue. , lie was asked practc Iy In what condition a man would bo who had breathCI : I Ihullntng gas for the length of time Dur- rant said ho waD working over the sun burner. To Illustrate the question , whlch ua I .as hypothetical In form , a blackboard drawIng l made by Durrant was used In whIch Durrant t wazi shown lyIng at full length on a pJank : with his head over a sun-burner , compricimit twenty-four ordinary gas jots , through which gaB was flowing under hal force. The witness - ness said a man would be unconscious In fve mInutes the length of tmo Durrant said he was engage at work over the burner Prof. Price was also aslee,1 , about the dark stain . on the sole of Rev Gibson's shoe , which i was found In lie paetor's study at Emanuet I ehurc11. The defense made a fight against Ito lueston , but the court overruled ( lit tlO objection. The witness said the mark was : only a grease spot. o An effort was made to have time wlno 3 : give the result of his examination of the bloodstalnell boards taken from the stairs : anti belfry In Emanuel church , but the court t ruled that the boards could not be Introduced In rebuttal . Charles Morrison and J.P. Cooper news paper reporters , told of an Interview they hall with Durrant In the city prison on the night of his arrest. Doth witnesses testl - fell that Durrant said ho arrived at the church on April 2. between 4 and 4:30 : In the afternoon. This testimony conJcts with the statement Durrant now make to the effect that ( he did not arrive at the church until 5 untl f o'ceclt. Morrson ! and Cooper , who were pres. ont at the interview between Reporter Mar- shal and Detectvo Gibson , also testified that It was untrue . , as alleged by Marshal , that Gibson said ho saw the print of a numbcr eight or nine shoe 11 the belfry near where Blanche Lamont's boy was found From the present outook the case will go to lie jury wit later than the dome of next week. after having been on trial since July 22. District Attorney Dares says all of the rebuttal testimony will be Introduced tomorrow - row , and as the defense has no more witnesses - nesses , arguments will begin on Thursday I Is expected that Assistant District Attorney - ney Pelxolo will open for the Irosecuton anti will be r lowed by General Dickinson or Judge Thompson for the defense. I Is new believed that Attorney Ieupry wi not again appear In the case , as his physIcian gives little hope of his speedy recovery. DIstrict - trict Attorney Hanes will make the closing argument for tile prosecution , and the case will probable bo submitted to the jury at the close of next welt. coso . - SII'I'II Ucn''r'd lie l'Iot ST JOSEPh , Oct. 22.-Sherll Amlrlano has discovered a plan on the part of the prisoners In the county Jai to escape On a window ledge , to which Pat Cro\e , the alleged diamond - mend thief all train robber had access , the ( sheriff found I package containing steel saws , revolvers , etc. These had been placed there by friends on the outside. Crowo Is under indictment for breaking jaIl and robbery , and the other prisoner are the toughest lotevcr . In Jai bere. - - _ - - . _ _ _ .hluth'r ICIIIII Rustle Cluseti . WELLINGTON , Kan. , Oct. 22.-The First National bank of this city closed Its done at 10 o'clock thIs morning by order or the II dlrctors The bank . has been doIng busl- . nes since 1883 , with I capital stock of $50,000. A grdual shrlnkago of business Is responsible for the suspension The deposits : amount to about $31,030. . - 'r'h'h",1 " ' . 'url uf n Urnll'n : lln , CIAITO = Is. , Oel 22.-Speelal ( Tele- gram.-Tom ) Tucker , I young farmer. while drunk attacked Wi T. Shannon with I knife ' and ( tured disemboweled him , Tucker was C1P- I' . ; , ' . . . . , - , r ' - - - ' - ' - - - a- _ t c L C.ttl'AI(1N OF' l1lFOhtf , M I Co I" ' Ilelshlncii Xhht from Noa- Until 1"1101 , this week the canwalgu of reform w ill 'Igorously pushcd throughout the ( e miti , . Speaker who are In earnet ta lil s the ( voters , who are waking up , a t ti 1 1 wing meetngs : On Wednesday October 23. lt Illellll ha1 h , corner or Grant amid Twent-fourth hh treeB , at 7:30 : 11. m. Speakers-C. F. WeI- ler h , W. S. Poppleton , Thomas 3. 1.'lynne ali E . liosewater. On Welncday. October 23 , at 1212 Park ' avenue , at i:30 : p. m. SpeakerB-W. S. Shoemaker , W. S. Poppleton , C. P. Woler and Thomas J. I"lynne. On Thursllay October 21 , at the ( ht at F arnam and Twent-nlnth streets , ol'posl ! the school house , at 7:30 : P. m , Speakers-C. F . Weler , I ) . Clem Deaver , L F' . Croloot anti W. S. Poppleton. On Thurday , October 24 , for Ito ( First and Stond wards , at Ietz hal , corer of Wilams and Thirteenth streets , at 7:30 : p. m. S penicers-E . Hosewnter , I. J. Dunn , I.to leMey , Thomas J. Plynno anti Ed P. Smith. Other meetings anti BpeakerB will be announce - nounce In tlnie. At these mcolngs the local siuaton will bo canvassed thoroughly and al classes of citizens Ire Invited to attend. p EX-SI X"rOI VAN "YCt S'1'i1lCiCi . SII'r" . \ lullrIIII / uf 1'lrnJ.111 ' . \ 'hll.IHltlll In " 'llhllltul. WASIINOTO = Oct. 2-Ex.Senator Van W'ck of Nebraska , who Is temporarily In the city , accompanied by his wife all ! daugh- ter. t sufered a stroke of paralysis yesterday. Since then II has been In a semi-unconscious state , being unable to speak or recognize those ( about him As this Is lie ( second stroke sufere by lie ( exsenator , and owIng to his admnced age , ij years , his physicians hold out but little hOl10 for . his recovery. - 10XOlS FOil Itl\XC S " 'II.AIU. , imrmuimi htt'-HIeu't-iil'repiltleii ( uf tie XI tU11 t " " . C. 'I' . II. BALTIMORE , Oct 22.- lss Frances \Vil- l ard was again elected lireeldent of the We- nina's Christian Teniporance union at tim annual election totiay wIth practically no op. position , altutougli comimphimnentary votes were cast for several other promlmiont workers. Other ofllcers were elected as follows : Vice president-nt-large , Mrz. L. M. N. Stevens ; correi'pondtng secretary. Mrs. Kathterlno Lento Stevenson , Massachusetts : recording secretary , Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman , Kansas City ; assistant recording secretary , Mrs. Frances J. Beachamp , Kentucky ; treasurer , helen M. Barker. The day's proceedings were opcnetl withi devotional exercises , contiucted by Miss Eliza. beth Greenwood. Tue renerablo Mother Thompson , the original temnpei-amico crusatier , offered a prayer. The report of ( lie committee on crethemitlajs showed ( lint forty-tlirce tsfates were repro- senteii , and that 42r ereomi were present and entitled to vote , Tue vote for presitient resulted as follows : Miss \Vliiard , 301 ; Mrs. Louise ltoumitis , liii- nols , ii ; Mrc' . Forbrmu , Mrs. iltiell , Miss Ack- erman anti Mrs. hoffman , 1 each. At the conclusion of tile ballot , the vice president , Mrs. Stevens , took the chair , amid the recording secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous rote of the convention for Miss Vt'iliard. The latter , made a brief and feeling ath- dross , thanking the cancerition for tic. honor and referring to tue long anti pleatta t p nlotl of association betweell herself and time rnem hers of the l'orneml's Christian Temperamice union. She also spoice of her recent ill health , anti the great boneflta tierived from her trip abroad. The balloting for other officers then proceeded , with tile result men- tioned. The committee on resolutions made its report amid the convention took ( atconsttieration imi sectlomms , As far as adopted It declares for : total abetinence , favors devotional services deplores the practice of deriving governmental - mental revenue from the liquor traillc , tie. clams against the legalized saloon anti in : favor of minion on tile "Staten Island" basis t to battle vitli intolnperance , reamr ilng allegiance - legiance to the prohibition party , conimentis I the action of tli Atlanta colillnissiomlers in closing the exposition on Sulitlay , tleclaree I for unffrmentetl vlne at ( lie s'icrament ' , , favors scientific temperance instruction in tilt 1 public schools anti aiflrlnc that the Wonien'r Chirlstiami Temperance umnion has never re . ceied ! any money for the endorsement of ami school physiology , condemns bird shootint tournanients , ( lie use of narcotics and lynch . ing , favors lemnalo suffrage anti deprecate . " ( lie use of weapons in school drills as foster . Ing a military splrit. ' lld'HLO1'tilONThlN 'i'iLid COl'l' C.tSE . Co-Respoiulesit i ; ti ; ; livtres'sIVI ft . ( Jr It Nt.i York llsiiileer , PROVIDENCE , R , I. , Oct. 2L-Tiiero vert I several new developments In tue Colt divorct m case today. First there came a statemmioni L from Mrs. Theodore Colt , mnotlmer of the wel known arms mnanufacttmrer , Colonel dolt , thai t time co-respondent In Mrs. Colt's ' libel for eli - romeo Is Mrs. L. 13. Becker , tue divorced vlft 0 of a prominent Icamilcer of New York. ilul L although sue adnmitted ( lint Mrs. Becker va t tile co-respouident , Mrs. Colt said : "I havi ta known Mrs. Becker very well , and t'e went a imi New York together mmot bug ago , amid I I lcmmw her too intlimiatciy to believe ally such I stories as have been circulated rcgardlmmg lie : I. relations with Colonel Colt. " Mmii , lieclter ii 5 26 years old and ( Ito tinughiter of a minister . lip to a iiionth ago she was registered at hotel In'tnrren. . it. 3. . hut at ( lie nresen * Gino itlie is in Vermont. A year ago timis aiim- iiier sIlo barded at hlristol , anti it was at that ( into ier miatno vams first comimiected withi that of Colonel Colt. It was statcd hero today that Mr Van Alen went to Shielhnmmno to obtain time advice of Ir. howard Webb , who Is connected by marriage with Mr. Vamu Aien , whose wife was one of tile Astor family , Colonel Colt is on terms of. intimacy with botim ( Ito Vammilerbilts emit ! ( lie Asters , mind it Is bolieveti hero that these two fimmniiics vlll endeavor to brimig about a settle. mont , a- ii.jorl I . l"sior I Iii Ci. maisi , TIALTIMOitE , Oct. 22.-Tho Munuitactumr- era' Record sent to every member of eon- press a letter asking : "It the slieciitl Nicar- aguami ennuI committee appointeti by act of corgres : makes a favorable report emi time feasibility of the canal will you itrobably favor govermimemit aid looking to its early construction ? " One liumioreti and cighiteon iiiies have been received. Of these ninety. eight are strongly in favor of the building of the canal , either by ( lie government old 01' Lii- government ownerstiiip , two vere op. 1)05011 , itmid t'enty are nomicommnittai. Arnttmig those time favor thin mnensllre nru Senators tlerrill , l'aimer , Frye , ilhiermnn , lamuitcl anti l'nneo , anti Congressmen Aciie. son , lYntlerwrcnd , lilt-Its. Hardy , Catchings , Morse , Stewartiind Robinson , Ni. tse ( tiL' fits. Ute's iii Csaloriiilo , IEN'EIt , Oct. 22.-Governor Mcintiro tonight 'rutO a letter to Oemmerai Frank Wheaton , commnandtng tue Department of the Coiuritdo. U. S. A. , denmntlluig that ito thrive ( ho Vies miow trespassing In ( lie northwestern hurt of ( 'olomatlo out of ( lie state , Tim Intiianiu ioiong In lltaii amid have lately been slaugliterlmig game incliscrim. mutely in Routt unit Rio Blisnea counties. ItF-emiiI'ii 114 tif Oc'i'ii mc Vessels , Oct. 2 , A t Marl lie-A r il veti-Mongol iami , from Momutreal for Liverpool. At New Yor1c4rrlvc'dFurimescia from Glasgow. At h1amnburg-Arriv ul-Normnanmiia fnomn New York , ila Ciiccbourno and Southamiip. ton , At San F'ranciscii-Departeti--Cbtna , for Hong Kong ami Yokohiania , t Bremiiomm-A rrlvetl-t'einiar , ( toni haiti. more ; Fuida , frorti Londummi , At New Yomk-Arriyed-Statc of California , fromn Glasgow ; \'esicrnlamiit , fromn Antwerp ; Ludgate lliil , fromn London ; Teuric , fromn Llvorponi. At London-Arnived-Ihlchiond Dill , front New York , ' - - . . - - - " B ROATCI ! AS A BUSINESS MAN S ome reattiros of the Administration of Which Ho zooms so Prowl , C ITY PLUNDERED BY POLITICAL PIRATES C ity hail JssI.hery , ( bus ilii ) Ilnbhiery' musitl 1't'nieuitiiir l'rmuutshuu ( hilt Porni tiis A , I' , A. Cuts- uilthntc's htee'srsI , _ Thin largest anti by all macens the most e nthusiastic political meeting of the Present c ampaign as hucid at i'attersomu hall last. n ight under the atispices of ( lie Citizens' l eague. When thie limit for tIm ineetiiig ar- r ivetl the imall was counfortably fihld and whien tim speaking hiati progreseotl a hittio viiilu every chair in ( lie reemit was occupied b y an imiterested citizen antI voter amid a hsrgo n umber of mmiemu stood during the tliscussion of' t ime Issues of thio caimipatgui by time several s peakers. Timero was nil absemuce of ( lie abuse a nti exphanatiomms ( lint constitute the chict e tock lit ( ratio of time imien who are hippo- d ronjing the city in ( ho interests of ( ho A. P. A. ticket. The speakers deait in cold f acts auth presented figures concerning ( tie m nsmnnmmagounent ! of municipal affairs tumider the nt imig rule that t'til keep tIme cantliciatep of ( Ito t iervisli ticket explaining until ( ho 1)0113 are c losed. 'rho meetIng wan' called to order by Mr. P. C. I'attorson , wimo imitrocltmcctt Mr. II. linac- u'tttcr as the first speaker. Mr. Iosewiuter'a ( S PeechV5S , in substamice , as follows : "Nattmmnl historians tell tus that ( lie cut- t lellahi , t'hon it flnila itself vlireucti , sheds a d arle fluId ( hint becloutla tue water and covers ifi i ts ei'COPL' . There utro a good many cuttle- fi sh iii ( hits cautipaign. ( Laughter. ) They alt s hied one kinci of Ilulti , munch oiie emily , anti t hat is llosewater , ( Ltimghiter , ) Each ennUi- d ate Is crying 'lhocovater' anti imnaginimig tlimut. ho is covering lila weak spots fmnmn pubhie gaze icy so thoing. limit tile issues of the c ampaign cannot ho hiidtlcn. They are clear aitl entitled to time consicieratiomi of even c itIzen. Thu issues are : host' cati ( lie taxation be retluiceth anti better government furnIshed t hus city antI cotmnty , and above ( list time all aa brorbiimg issue Is , shall tiic people of Oniahma a mid of Douglas county static ! arm a lterfec& e qtmahity , every man entItleti to tli enjoyment of tile privileges guarant e4 hilni b' tue con. , - m stitution. - 5 - OMAhA'S ' " ' h'itESIINT IN1)EUTEflflES" - "Two days ago I recelycd mu letter member of the IloaniL bi l'ublic Worki a Kamira City , askimmg.for astatemnent of tli' , debt of time city of Omaiimi , The writer aiaI that lie hind tried lit vain to secure the In. - formation from the proper official sources , I turned time letter over to City Treasurer Dcumomi anti I have luis amiswer. I liavokept pretty well Immformned in a general way of ( he inciebtetimiess of the city , but I confess . - ' that I was startled at ( lie showing fumnisiaet1q. . -t. . by tile treasurer. Hero it is : Long ( line : ' ' , c bonds and gcnerai imulebtedmiess , $3,0lI,1O0 " short timne special assessment bonds , $1,646- 630 : school district bonds , $5S5,000 , total of' $5,242,750.'hmen you remnemnber timuit the assessed valuation of ( lie city Is about $20- 000,000 , 'amid time debt nearly $5,250,000 , you must be startled at time amnoitnt of Interest timat you are coliipchieti to provida for by taxation - ation , The long ( line bonds wIll run for 4 twenty or thirty years , and only Jiio Interest must be provldoti for at th ptesent ( ( me , ' from year to year , but ( lie short timno bontis , - ' " the special assessment bonds , , rnuiet be paid within six or seven years or yommr property will be cold for taxes. That Is ( lie issue that confronts us amid we mmiust face the music. This ciUCSttOlt is thou , who are you going to select to mnanago time affairs 'of time city and county , to iireiiaro to meet this col- basal debt that must be paid , and that soon , Every intelligent citizemi knows what has happemied in tue last two or ( hires years. Tue council , ( lie barth of Education , an& nearly every ofilco Iii the bity ball has been in ( lie hiands of men who have disregarded ( lie wish of tIme people and administered the affairs of the city witiiommt reference to the rights of time taxpayers. " - INCIDENTS OF' III1OATCII'S ItEIcIN. After a dIscussion of the hopelessness of ( ho camiditlacy of Dr. Peabody for niayor , Mn , Rosewitter coumtinued : "Time race is bewepn ( j , llroatchc anti Charles Ii. llrowli , In which would you hut Y0tl trtt 7 110th uiavti been mayor of Oniahia and have niaths records. Broateb says lie will be as good a mnayoz' as lie was before. 110 might anti then not h mumchi. Ho boasts of his record anti tells you that wiien lie left the omce hie left a balance of $234,000 In time funds of ( lie city. \S'ell , I'imi glad lie left It , ( Laughter. ) That sum was the reninnmit of the bonded lndebt- etiness of ( lie city to whit-hi I have referred , anti whIch was mostly incurred during the admitmistratiomi of W. J. Broatch. lie left $234,000 end wouitt loire left morn If lie hat ! been honest. If he iiati heon honest lie would have saved time city $40,000 whiicim was paid for ( ho tearing up of the fouindatiomi of the city hail under lila admninistmntion , anti at lila dictation. It cost that amount to tear' UI ) tim fouimdation of the city imahi as It was originally planned smith to give a job to an archmitect of llroatcli's selection. lie and his council , iicaded by Mr. Chaffer , whmo vouches for lhroatchi's iuiegrity , anti B. I' . Davis , who vouches for Chaffee's Integrity , paid an architect - tect $12,000 for plans before any of thio work Ilati been done. Mr. ChalIce brought granIte from Maine at a cost of $5,000 more than an equally good and more suitable graoito couhtl have heeia secured from Missouri , TIte entire btulitliutg froiii top to bototii ( is a monument - ment to tile rascality of Broatch and ills cIultt supporters. When they haul finished tin , building they paid $3,000 to an artist to frescoo time council chamber. naiti it to thus c ame artist who hati done a more extensive anti better job In Time lice buildIng for $800. ( Cries of "Shame. " ) Yes , amid they paId 5 h er cent of tue amount ( a the architect lot' specilicationg , Then they bought a set. of f smrnittire , made according to specifications , on wliicbs the arciiitect drew lila 5 iier cent , ' lucre was notuiimig good enough for ( lie city l it thin bIg fuirmsiture stores of tim country , ' lucy hiati to speiid a fancy Ilgure for specially desigmied furniture that was put in only after m u scamithal ( hint iias not yet been explained. "Mr. liroatch talks aboult his record , On limo very night itelore ito retired from hmi office hie signed an order for ( ice city attorney - noy , Mr. Webster , vimo is now a great friend of Itroatch , to confess judgnient in time courts for $40,000 in favor of the gas comnpamuy OIl a ciaimti timat time gas inspeotor and ( hue best posted attorneys asserted could iiot. have been secured in omiy court of jus. ( ice. I met the oiilcers of ( lie gas company. in Chicago u'hien their claini was pending heforo the council , and they told mite tiiat the council wanted 50 per cent of ( lie claim foe passing it , I rettmmned home anti wrote sq article in The Iheo , charging the councilmen with trying to hioltl tip the gas conipany for 50 per cent of its datum. Before ( his article was vrinted I was approached by a slick gentleman , who promised if I would not prln the article the fight for ( ho relocation of tile city hail would be called off. I primmted the article , however , and had to light for the location of ( lie city hail at its present site. Broateis bad entered 'Into a iiarg3in , anti had to sign time order to confess jucignient to the gas company , bven alter ( lie case hind found its way into the courts , whore it be- longed. anti where it would imavo doubtless been decldcti in favor of ( lie city , ViP. J5 JOB O1 APPRAISING , "Only a few weeks ago Broatehi vas m4de an appraiser hiy Churchill and ilusk'cll to ap. praise the property of the pemuitentiary CQp. tractor. This contractor had often exprested mc willingness to turn over all of ( ha property to ( lie state or to any other contractor fo $15,000. The legislature appropriated 35,000 , or so much of It so nslghit lie necessmy for the purchase of tIme proprLy. ilroatelt was ap , pollited as ( lie appraiser for thin state. lIe at ouice entered into an agreemutent with the ap pratber for tbio contractor anti they useti u all of the approprfation moatie by ( ho hegiela ture except $1,500 , which they put In their own pocicete fur their eniiument servIces. II , 1' Davis was called n by liroatehu as me- ehanical expert , amid put In every old trap In the peiiit"ntiary at list price and ( lien took . . . _ _ , . , . _ _ -m _ . , . , _ = - - - - - - - - - - - - -