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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , FRIDAY MORNING , MAY 22 , 1885 NO. 236
FoDrtfiGQ SHOD Girls Burned to Death
at Their Places of Work.
Ono Young Hero Adds Sis Life
to the Fatal List ,
A Scene of Unbounded Horror
Lighted by the Midday Sun and
\Vltncisod by ThounnniTs ,
A SACRIFICE OP MPE.
IN A WORKSHOP ,
CINCINNATI , 0. , May 21. The fire on Sixth
street , No. 19 , this afternoon caused the
death of seventeen persons. It was nt firit
thought that only five women , who jumped
from the filth story window , were killed , but
when the fire was subdned BO that Iho firemen
could enter , it was found that ton bodies lay
In n heap on the fifth floor nnd ono on the
fourth , There were six who jumped from
the window nnd were killed , Ono man , after
saving two women by letting down n rope
from the roof , was himself killed by the burn
ing of the Kama rope bofora ha reached the
ground , This was Mr. Sullivan , brother of
the proprietor of the printing works , The
fira originated by the explosion of n gasoline
stove on the second floor. The flunoa en-
entered the elevator shuto , which was next to
the stairway , nud all chance cf escape was
thns cat off. The killed are mostly employes
of the dye works which occupied n portion of
the building , The list now obtainable of the
victims is as follows :
Mary Lowry , aged 17 , llvoa in Covington ,
killed ,
John Sullivan , ono of the firm of tha print
ing works , killed.
Emma Finchbock , of No. Ill Bullock street ,
badly injured.
Josie Hawker , 21 Miller street , severely
burned.
William Bishop , Coyington , badly injured.
Mamlo Shepherd , of 31 Harrison street ,
fatally injured.
Llzzio Meyer , curncr of Hunt and Broad
way , killed.
Dollio , aged 22 , jumped from , top
story , dashed to pieces ,
The two Funteu sisters , of Newport , were
killed.
Beontrim , aged 17 , of Newport , was
killed in leaping from the fifth story ,
Charles Branm made an effort to catch her ,
but'tho force was too great , and ftho was
dashed to pieces nt his foot.
Fannie Jones , of West End , was killed.
In addition to the above list of these killed
by leaping from the fifth story , eleven more
corpses wore found inside the building , and
the search is now being prosecuted ,
The filth story was completely burned out ,
but the -vail is still standing. The other floor
waa not much damaged , The building was
occupied by Sullivan & Co.'a printing works ,
Orth , Nessel & CO.'B dye house , the Ledger
postal news company , Fnrieiau dying and
scouring company , and J. II. Kinsley & Co.'s
gold , silver and nickel plating works. It was
not long before the fire was under control ,
The mass of telephone and telegraph wires
prevented the firemen from putting up ladders
promptly for the relief of the inmates.
This city has had its share of shocking dis
asters , but never baa ono happened where
such a pitiful loss of lifo has occurred as that
of to-day , with so little occasion , In less
than fifteen minutes
AKIEH THE FATAL BLUNDER
began sixteen or seventeen persons perished.
Looking over the scene after the event It is
plain that every lifo could have boon easily
saved. Short as the time was there were
displays of thoughtful heroism that saved
two lives , but one of the heroes lost his own
life.
At 1:30 : o'clock this afternoon Mr , J. A.
Green , city editor of the Times- Star , upon
going up tbeatnirway to his office , caw dense
clouds of amok i ietulng from the roar win-
Hews of the hulldiuR nt NOB. 19 and 21 West
Sixth f > treot and immediately telephoned the
alarm. The ocgines responded almost in-
stoutly nnd ns the firemen could reach the
building from the front and rear , it was not
fifteen minutes until tbo fire was so much un
der control th tt Chief Engineer Wisely was
able to roach the top floor. But ha was
TOO LATE TO RESCUE THE QIRL8
employed there , and to his horror he found
ten bodies with their hands to their faces and
their faces blackened and distorted in death.
The chief said , in Bpenkiug of it : "The
house waa not burned tut ; in fact , the fira
was chiefly in the fifth story. I counted
TEN GIRLS LYINO UPON BENCHES ,
tables and other things , some on the floor.
Their clothing was not burned , but the akin
on the backs of their hands was scorched. II
was n terrible Bight ; the worst I over saw in
rar oxpenenca , The girls lay where they had
fallen in their wild nnd helpless despair , "
It lias now been fairly ascertained that the
fire started from a can of ben/inn on the second
end floor near the elevator shaft. A boy on
that floor says ho heard a report , and instant
ly fire leaped Into the elevator shaft , and
tiartod upward , The shaft reaches to the top
of the building , and from the third story to
the fifth was encircled by n wooden
stairway which waa the only
moans of ncccess to these floors.
Tha elevator shaft , to add to its combustibil
ity , was encased with thin wooden lattice-
work. The second floor , where tha fire started ,
waa the press room , tha third the composing
room , the fourth the storage and wash room ,
nud the fifth was the folding room ,
Aa soon aa the fire started , Jehu Sullivan , n
young man , cousin of tha proprietor , ran til
the stairway to the fifth floor to give warning
to the girls. Instantly , almost , he found ho
was too late to got them down the stairway
and that
HIS OWN RETREAT WAS CUT OKF.
"What ho did for the frightened girls could
only be told by glimpses that could be soon of
him through the omoking windows whence
girls had already leaped to death ,
J. R , Kineey , his son and the foreman had
gouo to their rooms adjoining this on tha west ,
nnd knowing the girls were imprisoned on tha
iloor below , they procured n rope nnd
lowered it to the window where Sullivan
was , Ho instantly grasped it , and fastening
one of the glrla to it ho helped her out of the
window , and Kinsley and Shroeder lowered
licr safely to tha sidewalk. The rope was
brought up , and Sullivan quickly
FASTENED IT TO ANOTHEB OIBL ,
nnil Bant her down safely. It come the third
, me > 5ntl as " 10 otllor B'rla ' ty * Wa time were
nil suffocated or were alrald to venture , Sulli
van ( aitaoed the ropa to hii body and swung
off , When ho was half way down the flames
shot out the window , and ho fell
1IEAH FOREMOST TO THE SIDEWALK.
in the presence of the horrified crowd of poo-
jlo who had wituoiaed hla heroism ,
When the girls were jumping from the
window n largo colored man heroic lly tried
to catch them and break the force of the
fall , Ho nearly loit hid own lifo In thu at
tempt.
Within tun minutes after the fire began the
patrol wigona were called to bring awny the
wounded and dead.
Aa well as can be ascertained there wera
about fifty occupants of the building , of whom
twenty or twenty-five were glrla m the fifth
story. The boys wera on the second and
third floors , and thia accounts for their escape.
All agree that the spread of llamoa waa al-
moit imtantaueoui , Mr. Kiniloy , who ran
to hla upper iloora In the rear where the
jUinea wera In danger of coming through
Jna window , found tha smoke BO dense that he
had to crawl ou the floor to reach hia window
: ind close It , All thia while there waa an nv-
tiiua of escape which the panic stricken B' ' 'S '
did not think of. There waa an opening in
tha roof which they could eailly have reached
Irom a bench ( landing beaida the wall , and
PUCO on the roof they could have reached other
buildinga with perfect cate , The lack of
ready access to thia place
LOST AtL THESE L1VKS.
The fire won almost Insignificant. The
wooden stairway around tha elevator shaft is
not burned to as to be useless or unsafe , yet
ho flames acem to hnvo pervaded all the
loora and to have ruined nil the paper and
other light combuitibto material ,
Mr. Sullivan places his loss nt $0,000 to
! 10,000. with nmplo insurance. The loss to
the building ia slight. The scenes nt Habig'a
undertaking establishment , where the bodies
were taken and where the friends nnd rein-
ivos came to identify them , were most dig
ressing. In ono place n policeman of Cov-
nrton , Ky. , identified hit sisters ,
"jizclo nnd Dollio Handel , who
rere twins , Mrs. Mellcr found the dend body
.f her daughter , and had to bo led away from
ho terrible Bight. Mra. Lcahnn had the
awful experience of finding her three datigb-
era among the dead.
7HE FATAL LIST ,
aa now made up , is :
ANNA BELL , aged -10 years , nifo of F. Boll ,
Vo. 20 Lock street.
DOLLIE and LIZZIB HANDLE , twin Bisters ,
ged J0 ! ycaMj No. 713 Scots street , Coving-
on.
FANNIE JONES , 22 years ; corner of Liberty
.nd Freeman streets.
DELIA , KATIE , nnd MARY LEAHAN , Bisters ,
ged2i : , 11 , and 1U years , respectively ; No ,
00 Sixth Btroet.
KATIE LOWRET , 20 years , Newport , Ky.
Li7m MEIER , IGyotrs , No. 317 Broadway ,
ANNIE MolNTiiiK , 20 years , No , ! )3 ) East
"ixth street.
FANNIE NORTON , 81 years.
KATIE and MARY FCTNAM , sisters , 1 ! ) and 22
cara respectively.
JOHN SULLIVAN , 22 years , No. 303 Broad-
way.
LILLIE WYMAN , 29 years , Xso. 88 East Fifth
treet.
The Injured are :
Will Bishop , printer , 23 yonrs , 203 Fifth
troot , Covington , Ky. ; crushed nnd burned ;
will probably die.
Josln Hawkcs , broken leg. Emma Finch-
jack , Covington ; sorlous ; will probably dio.
Nannie Snopard ; head badly cut ; lives on
larrlson street.
Already preparations nrs in progress for
.ho . relief nf families of the victims , most of
whom were supporting depending parents ,
FU13BD THE FINK AVOUKEUS.
SIACKIN ANDOALLAQHER TIlIUMrilllN THEJDI3A'
QREEMENT Of HARLAN AND ORE3HAM.
Special telegram to The BEE.
CHICAGO , 111. , May 21. Aa largo n crowd
of spoctatore were present in court to hear the
decision of Justice Uarlan nnd Judge Gres-
latn in the Mackin-Gallagher writ of error case
.his . morning na were in nttendanco during the
early and exciting days of the trial before
Judge Blodgott , when the sensational evi
dence nnd unexpected developments held the
: lese attention of the large audience witness-
ng the original presentation of the great crim'
nal drama.
Mackin and Gallagher were convicted of
rifling a ballot box in the Third piecinct o !
the Eighteenth ward nt the recent national
election , and substituting bogus bal-
ots for these cast by the electors.
Their prosecution waa based upon
, ho filing of criminal information against
bom by the United States district attorney
and the point was urged by their attorney in
.he . present instance that their offenses par-
look or the nature of an infamous crime in
meaning of the United States statutes and
, hat n criminal information was not adequate ,
but that the accused should have been regu
larly indicted by a grand jury. On this
loint Justice Hurlan and Judge Gresham
lisagree , the former holding that the coavic
; Ion of the men-was adequate nnd complete.
The prosecution of the two men has been long
and expensive and great interest centered in
.ho result , owing to the prominence of
Mackin in local political affairs. If the supreme
premo court should sustain Judge Gresham ,
: ho prosecution would have to bo renewed ,
[ n the meantime Indictments against Mackin
and Gallagher nro pondibg in the state court.
After hearing of the disagreement , Mackin
said : "I think I got the best they had to
rive. " As ha started out of the court room ,
after shaking hands with his counsel , he
voided : "It ia no more than I expected from
air judges. I think we have given them
points that will puzzle their big wiga a good
deal. Alter this I have no fear that the su
preme court will make any decision upon
.vlnch the partlzan verdict and sentence of
Ulodgett's court will bo confirmed. Nobody
: an ( ay that I haven't made a good single-
handed fight against large odds ,
Mackin shook off several persona who
crowded around him to shake hands , charao-
terixiiig them aside us leap-yoar friends , and
started for thu Palmer liouee to Inform his
wife of the result. Much indignation is felt ,
and freely expressed that these ballot-box
Btffers should have been granted n further res
pite. The feeling was so strong in the court
room that several men expressed a hope that
Mackin and Gallagher would bo lynched.
Tno states attorney of Cook county says
the rial of Mackin and Galligher under the
indictments procured In the criminal court of
Cook county is set for next Monday , and that
these cases will bo prosecuted without any
delay. The Indictments embrace the same
charges which they were convicted of in the
United States district court.
Kiel An American CHI/.on.
OTTAWA. May 21 , The following statement
Is made in regard to Kiel's citizenship : Kiel
took an active part late in 1882 or early in
1SS3 in tha Montana territorial election , hav
ing become an American citizen thoro. After
the elections bo was indicted on the cbarga ol
having induced several half-breeds to vote ,
although they had not the necessary qualifi-
catlonr. Before the prosecution was over he
fled to his old home nt St , Vital , Manitoba.
Later he returned to Montana and removed
his family to St. Boniface , Manitoba. In the
fall of 1883 , ho went to the Saskatchewan
count ) y , whore bo has boon over einee. There
is no doubt whatever as to hla American citi
zenship , _
Congratulating Senator
ALBANY , N , Y , , May 21. The following
IIM been eent :
To Gen. John A , Logan , Chicago : The
republican members of the New York as *
sombly in caucus send their hearty conpratu
lations on the occasion of your re-election ; to
the United States senate , and tender their
thanks to tlm republican representatives ol
Illinois for their united and unyielding sup-
part of ono whoso patriotism and fidelity tote
to public trusts have won the regard and
confidence of the republicans in all the states ,
Signed by N. M , Curtis , H , A , Barnum ,
committee ,
Attempt to Murder n Family ,
FmsDUllQ , Fa. , May 21. About 1 o'clock
thia af term on Franz Karlind , a Bohemian
18 years of age , ihot and killed n three-year-
old daughter of a man named Lepig and then
fired two thoti into his own heart , after shoot
ing twice at the child's mother. No motive
Is known for the deed , young Karlind boim
on good ternu with the Lepig family , Mrs.
Lepig waa not hurt.
A Presbyterian ' '
I'romohor'a Sulcldo
COLLIN-VILLB , 111. , May 21-TbeRov. J.
It Konsom , paitor of the fint presbyterian
church of this city , committed suicide tbia
morning by ihooting himself through the
head with a S.-callber pistol. Ho waa labor
ing under temporary insanity.
A Teller Skips the Country.
NEW YORK , May 21 John A. Vangelder
receWng teller of the Union National bank
fled. The examination of hi * books shows
Win to be a defaulter to the amount of § 33 ,
000 ,
ROCKETS.
The Cb.cago Grain MartatsJlasbnp
in Brilliant Colors ,
Declining Consols the Primary
Oauso of the Advance.
What tbo 'Wise Ones Say of Wheat
and Corn Cattle nnd Hogs
Mnko n Strong Decline.
A I.V * OP SUUWIISE.
TUIEAT BOOMS ,
Special Telegram to The BEE.
CHICAGO , 111. , May 21. Consols wore used
again to-day ns the lover by which to bull
vheat. At the close last night they
voro ollblally quoted at 99 7-1G cents. At
his morning's opening they wore OS 13-10
ents , from which point n grndtial recovery
was made to 09 1-10 cents , wheat in the mean-
imo being quotably firm and rather higher ,
Juno opening Jo up , at SOJc , and
\dvancing irregularly to OOJc. At the top
irotty much everybody let go nnd
or nn hour or two the situation gave promise
if being easy. Looking around for the causes
t was discovered that some British troops
rom Egypt on another way homo had been
mltod to await further instructions , nnd
trntghtway it wns inferred that tha late war
with Russia was not yet over , The sensitive
ness of the grain markets nt present to all
aorta of foreign influences is both surprising
and perplexing , ns neither side knows i hat n
day or an hour may bring forth. AB a rule ,
'lowover , prices movo.dowaward very slow
ly but go up like a rocket at the least induce
ment. The bulls are growing more
confident , _ and the bears hang
on to their old therorirs and tactics
with grim and stern tenacity. July wheat
closed yesterday at ! ) lic ; opened this mornIng -
Ing nt O-'c , advanced c moro and then do-
dined. The storm of selling which the sud
den rise evoked was moro than the market
could stand , though at the same time Liver
pool was 1 penny per cent , higher for Califor
nia club wheat , nnd cargoes on pnssago wore
quoted nt 6 penes par quarter higher for Cal
ifornia just shipped.
The crop reports were again bid , particu
larly from Kansas ,
The amount of wheat and flour on passage
to the United Kingdom was reported to be
about 150,000 quarters less than ono week
ago , nnd this was an additional element of
strength , but the boars fought stubbornly ,
[ irmly resisting the advance , nnd also believ
ing in lower prices for the future. Hence
the market was kept within n narrow rnnge.
By the balancing of power toward the close of
the session n part of the decline wna re
gained.
CORN.
Corn was less active than wheat but pro
portionately firm. Juno and July options
ipened about go higher than they closed yes
terday but there scorns to bo plenty of corn
'or sale nt the advance. Ono party cold
50,000 bushels of July at 4S@48c , and could
lave disposed of as much moro at the same
nice. The entire situation in corn hangs on
.ho receipts. Unless moro comes in the
narket cannot gn down , especially with wheat
irm. At the same time the present price of
corn is about on n par with SI.-5 wheat.
There are n Rood many shorts out in Juno nnd
July corn , and they feel quito confident in
bo safety of their position , but they do not
care to sell much more until they Bee car lots
ncreasing. There nro n variety of existing
opinions concerning the future of corn. Some
think the last crop was over-estimated ,
others that it has baon largely consumed
during the winter , while others still believe
; bat there are ' 'stacks of it" Iring back in
irst hands , which will come into market as
soon as planting is over.
PROVISIONS.
There is nothing whatever in provisions ,
Members sit around the outer edge of the
> it and do everything but trade. The close
n June pork was 5c over yesterday's quota
tions at § 11.174Lard was unchanged , and
only fluctuated 2ic.
THE WHEAT OUTLOOK.
The St. Louis crowd , alleged to bo ( lone on
wheat up to their eye-brows , nro making des
perate attempts to hold up their own and our
narket , but the success they meet with is becoming -
coming indifferent. Telegrams come in daily
&akiog tha showlnp worse throughout Kansas
, lian it was tha day bsforo. Local judeua say
that oven allowing n crop'damnpo of 331-3 to
35 per cent in winter wheat in the dla .ricta .
mentioned , it ia improbable , in the li ut of
13.0CO.OOJ m store here , that wo will have to
eatgour strawberry shortcake without the
shortcake part of it for the want of flour to
; o make ft out of. The longest heads on
'change are inclined to think that until some
thing very discouraging is heard from other
winter wheat states , which are largely in the
majority , capital will continue to cirry the
wheat as long as there Is ( peculation in it.
CATTLE.
The heavy receipts , not only hero , but in
competing markets , waa moro than this mar
ket could stand , nnd there was a sharp down
turn of 10@15o on nearly everything that is
used in the beef lino. Th ro were but few
loads of choice fat cattle , but there was nn
unlimited number of rather rough but fat and
useful steers , and on thia class the decline
was greatest. The low grade of canning
stock was also lower and slow , with n larger
per cent among tha fresh arrivals than for any
day this week. A few loads of fancy dis
tillery cows made foncy prices , and a few
loads of tholco distillery bulls sold
well up , but in n general way
second class butcher's stock Bold
off a strong lOc. The Btockera and feepera
trade remains dull. Buyers are accumulating
and BO far for the week there has not been c
dozen country buyers on the market. laOC
to 1,000 pounds and over , § 5.-JO@5.i5 ( ; 1,2'JC , '
to 1,350 pound" , butchers' common , § 2ID ®
3.25 ; good , S3.30@ ICO ; slopped steers , $4.75
(35.40 ( ; cows , 8t ! , 75fe ; ICO ; bulls , 81.00 ; grass
Texana , S100@UO ; stockers , S3.CO@I.40 ,
feeders , SJ.60@1.J. ! )
HOGS.
The market opened with n drop of a strong
Go on all sorts , nnd us the forenoon wore away
low grade and medium packing sorts in many
instances sold at 10o lower , but on good as
sorted light or heavy the decrease waa only
about Bo. Low grade nnd common packers
Bold at S4.00Sl.lp ( ) and thereabouts , and besl
at S4.15@4 25 , with fancy assorted heavy o (
8130@4 35 ; packing and shipping , 2DO to
300 pounds , 81.15(34.30 ( ; light , 140 to 210
pounds , 84.00@4 30 ,
A Mexican Editorial Junket.
CHICAGO , III. , Mny 21. E. II. Talbot
publisher of tha Rnllway Age , says that
June 48 twenty-fivo of the leading editors nni
editorial writers of Mexico will leave the 011 ;
of Mexico for nn extended tour through th
United States in the Interest of the commer
clal relations of the two countries. Arriving
at Elpaso , June 2i ( , the party will visit In the
order named ; Las Vegas , Topelta , Kansa
City , St. Louis , Chicago Detroit. Buffalo
l chester , Boston , Now York , Fhiladolphia
Washington , FitUburg , Cincinnati , and San
Antonio ,
The Illinois legislature ,
SPRINQKIELD , May 21. Crawford offered . .
joint reiolution m the teuate thia morning
donating certain tracts of land on the lake
front of Chicago for the purpose [ of erecting
barracks for military companies. It was referred
ferrod to the committee. Tue general appro
pristlon bill was g 5n taken pp. Afte
unending to M to appropriate $55,092 , to put
k now roof on the clomo of tha itato house it
vaa sent to final reading. Loman'sbill to re-
Ise the military code governing organization
of Btato mllltin was read the second timo.
Consideration was temporarllly postponed.
Streeter's piggy-sow bill was made the ipcclal
order for next Wednesday.
In the house Crnlt'a bill proudlng for conn.
.yclorka asiessment rolls , passed. Willers
bill paised providing locomotives may
top within eight hundred feet
nstoad of two na now of n
drawbridge or railroad crossing , allows run
by junctions , the fine go to the county instead
ho informer and cumulative auita cannot bo
brought ngninst the rnilrooda. Boutello'a
oint resolution adjourning from to-day to
next Tuesday , was lost , tonrepubhcang voting
no with the democrats. Window's joint
csolullon for adjournment tlno dlo Monday ,
J uno 14th , was laid on the table. Colhoun'a
bill changing the 'namo Illinois Industrial
University , to University of Illinois , pnasod.
A joint meeting of the revenue coinmittoea
of both houses o the legislature was held thu
afternoon , when n long diicussion took place
as to the revision of the rovenua laws. It
was the goneraUmpresnion that l would to
letter to appoint n revenue commissioner to
nako recommendations , The mooting nd-
ournod till Wednesday , when some deunito
action will bo taken.
It is now understood that Gen. Logon will
eave for Chicago Saturday noon , and will
ittond the reception that night.
DEAD IN A HOO OAIt.
THE MYSTJimOUS DEATH OP JOHN COLEMAN , A
BTOOK BUYER , AT PONCA.
Special Telegram to Tha BEE.
PONCA , Nob. , Mny 21. This town is con-
lidorably exoltod over the mysterious death
of John Coleman , n stock buyer. Ho wns
oat Been nllvo on Monday night about 10
o'clock , when ho went with Mr. Crow , of
Crew & Martin , stock dealer * , to bed down
, ho cars preparatory to loading some hogs.
When this work was finished Mr , Crow left
lim. Cojoman'a absence from his hotel on
Tuesday was not remarked , ni ho often wont
out of town , Thia morning Mr. Martin
ipencd ono of the cars to load it with hopa ,
. , nd saw Colomau'a dead body lying on the
floor. The body had not been disturbed , ex
cepting his right hand with the revolver it it
bad been on his breast , but wna then by his
side. The body lay facs up , the lega out
straight. Dr. Hnssen said that if be had shot
ilmself where ho was found the lega would
naturally have been somewhat drawn up , and
not straight , unless the bullet struck the
spinal cord , in which casa there might bo in-
tan t paralysis , nnd the lega not drawn up.
The bulht wound wns in the left breast , over
.he . hsnrt. The hole in the clothing looked ns
f the shot had been at very close range.
A Murderer Hanged by a Mob ,
COLUMBUS , 0. . May 21. Marshal Henry
Auer , of New Straitaville , 0 , , in n quarrel
witii Albert Guest , at that place to-day , waa
shot by the latter several times in different
parts of the body , and cannot recover. One
ihot missed its aim , and hit
a boy aged 11 years fifty yards
nwny passing through hia spine. Ho cannot
recover. Guest loaded his revolver and en
deavored to fire on two Finkerton men who
'allowed him , but they compslloi him to pur-
ender , and he was locked up In jail.
Strong threats of lynching are indulged
n and trouble is feared before morning.
Reports as to the trouble between the men are
conflicting , one being that Air. Auer was
ibout to serve a warrant for the arrest of the
Quests , and another that they were talking
over some troubles they had had in the coun-
ry on the evening previous.
Two hundred masked men Wjko into the
irlson to-night and compelled the constable ,
it the point of revolvers , to give up the keys.
A. vigilant mob then took Guest out and hung
ilm to a tree and riddled his body with
bullets.
[ owa and Kansas Brewers Get Aid ,
NEW YOBK , May 21. At the final meeting
of the Brewers' association here to-day the
committee on restrictive legislation reported
equeats for aid from the brewers of Iowa and
iCimaas. John Wahulf , of Leavenworth ,
ipoko of the nffaira in Kansas. The commit-
; ee's recommendation that the requests from
[ owa and Kansas be cranted when test cases
wore carried to the court of appeals was
adopted by the convention. Sin Erancisco
Was fixed upon as the place for holding the
next meeting.
Disastrous Forest Fires ,
NEWBEBHT , Mich , May 7 The forest fires
above this place have again broken out , and
along tbo eouth side of the Detroit , Mackinac
& Marquette railroad they are burning with
.reat fierceness. Back of Nowborry the ( or <
! sts are a perfect mass of flames. Eight build' '
ngs in the outskirts of town have already
pcen burned. The village of Dolhrvlllo , a
ew miles distant , is entirely destroyed. A
gang of men are gut fighting iha flames.
Sumncl Could not Hippodrome.
BI.OOMINGTON , 111. , May 21. Samuel Nutt ,
who began n forty days fast on the 8th in'
stant , saying ho was cammtmded to do eo by
, ho Lord , died nt 1 p. m , to-day. Ho was
somewhat widely known ns the publisher of a
curious religious paper entitled "The Spirit of
the Truth. "
After a Nortiiivcitern Outlet.
NEW YORK , May 21. The inspectors ol
llio Northern Pacific railway held n prolonged
session to-day discussing the contemplated
lease of the Oregon navigation company to
the Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific
roods. Nothing definite waa agreed upon.
Indians Force Stcclo to Retreat.
CALGARY , Man. , May 21. Major SteelO ;
with the advance guard , lias had a skirmisl
with the Indians near Fort Fitt. Ho hs
some men and had to retlra towards Edmon
ton. The reports of the affair EO far are ex
ceedingly vague ,
A Brute Meets a Just Donin.
BALTIMOHE , Md. , May 21. Howard
Cooper , n negro convicted yesterday of rap.
on Miss Katie Gray , of Baltimore county , WA
this morning sentenced by Judge Stewart tc
be hanged at such tima as the governor ma *
appoint ,
Monument , to Uen , lilftlr.
Sl.LouiB , Mo. , May 21. A bronze atatu
of Gen , F , F. Blair was unveiled in Fores
Park this afternoon , before 10,000 people , by
Mrs , Christine Graham , daughter of th
general ,
Miners Accept a Reduction.
COLUMBUS , O. , May 21. The union miner
at New Straltavillo have decided to work nt
reduced rate of 40 cents per ton , owing to th
slack demand for coal , Very few can ba accommodated
commodatod ,
Sohwal ) Kicapes by a Disagreement-
NEW YOBK , May 21. The jury in thecas
of Justus Schwab , socialist , under Indict
ment for inciting riot , have been diecharget
being unable to agree ,
Ohio ProiilhittonUts Organizing.
COLUMDDS , Ohio , May 21. The prohibltio
state convention will bo held at Springfield o
July lit anl 2d , and a full state ticket wl
bo nominated ,
Cuba Defeats the YaquU ,
GUATMAB , Mex. , May 21-Qeneral Carbo
engaged the Yaquia yesterday. A bloody
battle euiued , fifty-seven Mexicans being
killed and many wounded. He captured the
stronghold. Tha Joes of tbeYaquuhM not >
been Mcertainod.
STAND ASIDE.
Cleveland's ' Order To ReDnlflican Office
Holders in G&ncral- &
) omooratio Comment on the Oon-
fidontial Letter of
Gall for the Mugwumps A New
Order Instituted The Guillotine
at Work Now Appointments.
Bin , VlIiAS SPEAKS ,
HIS LETTER DISCUSSED.
pecial Telegram to The DKE.
WASHINGTON , May 21 , "Vitas roado n
fool of himself when ha wrote that con-
dcntlal latter , " said n veteran democrnt to-
ay. "Of courao the object ho had in view
was nil right , but there was no need of his
sailing n confidential circular on the atiblcct. "
Another democrnt who had been In public
fo said ' " I don't aharo the
many years : , opln-
on of the men who regard Vilaa'a letter , nud
ssentially the publication of it , a bad blunder ,
On the contrary , I consider the document a
rise production , and the publication of it , ns
, o managed it , ia n shrewd movement on the
art of Vilas. Just temember the ait-
ation of affairs when the latter was
vrittcn. The administration had been
oset for weeks with Importunities for tha re
moval of republican ofliceholdcrs , and with
omplalnta because the changes weronotmado
lore oxpeditiously. Inaomi quarters the
issatlsfaction had become so great na. in the
pinion of aomo of the president's advisers , to
hreaton party disaster. Now the president ,
s well as every member ot the cabinet. U n
borough democrat , who wishes above all
lungs to promote the success of his party , but
f course no desires also not to alienate the
mugwumps If ho can avoid it , and over
inco ho took his place at the helm ho has
cepthis weather eye open for mugwump
ircakers. From the first the mugwumps
were weak and innocuous , but the fact that
ho experiments were treated by the mug
wump newspapers as exceptions , or temporary
berratlona of the administration , BO to
peak , convinced the president that some-
ding broader and moro comprehensive was
locessary not only to test the fidelity of the
mugwump recruits , but also to show our lead-
rs that the administration meant business.
? he circular of Vilas was not issued until nf-
er the subject had been maturely considered
jy the president and his advisers , nud it was
esigned to effect two objects. First , to draw
ho fire of the mugwumps , if they had tha
plrit nnd courag open one , and second to
onvey assurance the congressmen and sen-
tors of our party , and that the republican
ffico holders were to bo removed , and that
a the selection of their successors the wishes
nd recommendation of congressmen and
ther loaders of the party were to bo regard-
el. The plan has succeeded admirably ,
'he mugwumps have roared about as violently
uckling doves , BO that the president fools as-
ured that they will raise no outcry against any
olicy in regard to offices which ho may deem
ecessary to adopt , and nt the same time the
malcontents in our own party have been
ilencod. The administration has been re
eved by ono bold stroke of two serious
ources of embarrassments , and hereafter the
work of filling offices with men who are In
ill accord with the party in power will pro-
eod smothly nnd swiftly.
' The success of the new policy , in a party
ense , will depend largely upon certain medications -
cations of the civil service ruled , which it
eems are now under consideration by such
minent civil service reformers ns Daniel
ilannlng , Nicholas Bell , Eugene Higglns ,
) aniol McConville , and "General" Sparks.
Jy Associated Press.
The president announced the following
miscellaneous appointments this evening :
To be collectors of internal revenue W.
J. Thompson , for the second district of Iowa ;
Jyron W , Webster , for the third district of
owa.
To bo collector of customs Robert M. T.
Hunter , for the district of Tappannock. Vn.
To be surveyor of customs Daniel O. Barr ,
or the district of Fitteburg , Fa.
To be attorneys of the United Statoa
Henry C. Allen , for the west district of Vir-
rluia ; C. F. Black , for the east district of
Ilchigon.
To bo marshal of the United States Albert
, Gibbon , for the district of Louisiana.
Postmasters L. W. Caldwell , Warren-
on , Virginia , viceW. M. Fattlo , impended ;
Villlam F. Rlttenour , Harrisburg , Virginia ,
ice James Sullivan , suspended ; John A , K
Earner , Lexington , Virginia , vice 0. E.
) eaurff , suspended ; George B , Head , Lees-
mrg , Vliginia , vice O , Thomas , suspended ;
A. . P. Bibb , University of Virginia , vice R.
I , Fife , suspended ; Mrs , Mary H , Long ,
Charlottesville , Virginia , reappointed ; John
Reagan , Terre Haute , .Indiana , The
allowing explanations are offered for the
usponsions of the above noted : The suspon-
ions are made in the exercise of the presi-
lent'd power of removal , nnd removals were
nade becauto the postmasters were partisans
if such a kind as satisfied the president that
Jiey ought not to continue in the service
under the administration. In addition , the
losttnastor nt Leosburfj has threa times , upon
nspsction , been found to have applied the
noneya of hla office to personal use BO that hU
cash was twlco deficient in 1681 nud once
during the present spring , though in each in
stance it was made good. He had also re-
dated remittances in other cases.
F. A. Swltzor , of St. Louis ,
ins been appointed chief of the
jurenu of statistics of the treas
ury department , vice JoEeph Nlrn-
mo , resigned by request , The ap
pointment of United States marshal for the
southern district of Iowa is etlll an unsettled
question , The commission of Christopher L ,
Williams Is still suspended awaiting further
Inquiry by the president Into tbo case _ and
Iowa congressmen hero are confident it will bo
revoked and that Ed Campbell will finally get
the appointment. Representative-elect Hall ,
of the First Iowa district , In which Mr. Wil
liams lives , has arrived in thia city and brings
n protest against the appointment. To-day
Hall , Congressman Weaver and other lowi
democrats called upon the president and hac
n conference witli him on the subject. These
gentlemen express themselves confident of the
success of their labors.
Hanlun Oomiillmcnta llcach.
SAN FRANCISCO , Col. , May 21. Edward
IIanlan , the oarsman , has arrived hero from
Australia , Questioned regarding hla defeat
by Beach , IIanlan replied ; "I simply met n
better man than I waa at the time , I was
beaten fairly and squarely , I shall return to
Australia in eichteen months nnd try him
again , Beach is the best man I ever met and
I am authorized by his backer to tay that he
Is ready to row any man in the world for from
§ 5,000 to S25.00U and allow traveling ex
penses. " Haulan is in exellent health. He
will remain hero ten days , He then gooi ta
Toronto to train for summer rowing.
A Distinguished Dlvlno.
Munslgnour Cape ) , the dlatlngniahod
European dlvlno , will arrive in
Omaha Saturday , and a com
mittee /torn the catholic clmrcli
have completed arrangements fo ;
him to lecture at Boyd'a opar.t honae
Sunday night. Mgr. Oapel la noted a ;
being one of the greatest orators now
living. Some conception of hla oratorical
powers are afforded by an extract from
a description given of hira by the New
York Tribune of a recent date , which It
BB follows :
The speaker lays down his proposition !
With almost annoying simplicity and ell I-
roctncsi , nnd recapitulates nt every stop ,
M If distrusting the memory or receptive
Intelligence of the congregation , Bnt
ho clenrly bolloros with all his might
what ho has to sart nnd sets about with
all English grit and pluck to make his
hearers accept nnd share thoao convic
tions. The logic is close , simple , severe ,
cumulative , and that man who makes an
honest realttanco must look about him
In n lively way and burnish up his trust
iest ircapons. It makes for the preacher's
purpsso that ho usually approaches
mneson who think or care but little or
Indifferently about the central themes ho
discusses so not unfrcquontly men
awnko to the conclusion that this firsfo
deliberate , thorough exposition , la nn ox-
hauatlvo finality , and that notning more
remain ? to bo said.
Ho dieclalms the reputation and notoriety
riety of controversialist , is fond of de
veloping the postulate that life and man
are stronger and nobler at the heart than
the head , and IB habitually courteous and
considerate In the analysis of hostile the
ories and declines.
Kl'I DKMICS.
DOCTORS 1IAFFLSD nv UNKNOWN HIBKASIS IN
IOWA ANIJ PENNSYLVANIA ,
DES MOIOES , Iowa , May 21 , A very
peculiar and extremely fatal dlscaea of short
duration to the patient Is prevailing in Wnyno
township , Jones county , nnd mostly In On-
slow nnd Langworthy , The disease ia first
noticeable in n slight sore throat ; from there
It goes to the lungs , and finally lodges in the
the splno , when death Immediately follows.
The disease is generally of about two days'
duration , and has so far ba filed all modioal
skill. It is supposed to have been
brought from the old country by John Claes-
sen and family , who arrived from Germany
about April 1 , stopping n while with Dick
Collman , Soon after the members of this
lamlly wera attacked by a disease which
caused an eruption of tha skin similar to that
which attends measles or scarlet fever. This
was followed by n sore throat mid swelling
and blackening of the tongue. Tola disease
soon caused the death of two of Olaessen's
children , a boy 4 years eld nnd a girl of 11.
In the meantime Collman's family
became afflicted , and his wife , aged 25 ,
and hla sister-in-law , n young lady of
18 , died. Anumber _ are yet sick , but have
been quarantined , and every effort is being
made to prevent the spread of what the phy
sicians call n contagious disease. The ravages
of the diaoato have been confined to those
places where the emigrant family visited.
How it became seated at Onslow is cho ques
tion. The Iowa medical association has
taken it in hand , and is alternating to ferret
out its origin and learn its cause and the
proper treatment. There nro four or five
now down with it at Langworthy. nnd n num
ber In Onslow. It Is mostly in Gorman fam
ilies. It is the opinion of oomo doctors that
it is a species of "ship fovcr , "
PITTSBURG. Pa.May 2t. A strange disease
battling the skill of phyeicana has broken out
in Fans , n station on the Fanhandlo road ,
eighteen miles irom Fittsburg. In ono fami
ly there has been five deaths , and the mother
la insano. Fight persons have died , nnd
eight more are sick. The local physicians re
fuse to attend the patients , and Steubonvillo
physicians are there. The dlscaso is eperading
rapidly , nnd all cases prove fatal ,
SMOOTH MR. FINK. .
ITHE
THE CHEAT COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES KAIL-
ROADS BEFORE THE SENATORS.
NEW YORK , May 21. At the mooting of
the United States senate inter-state com
merce committee to-day , Railroad Fool Com
missioner Alfred Finkj made n long state
ment , in which he said : "Thero is now very
little complaint of excessive railroad charges.
Many railroad corporations have been driven
into bankruptcy because their charges were
too low to pay expenses. I do
not believe in establishing by law
a maximum rate. The action of a road can
upset the whole system of tariff * . The West
Shore road has bceu the disturbing element
ef late. The question Is , 'shall one road by
adopting ruinously low rates bo allowed to
bankrupt others ? ' The roads are bettor able
to fix their own rates than any state or na
tional commission. Railroad men
make ratea the study of their lives.
There are hundreds of things to bo taken into
consideration which outsiders know nothing
about. Many interests can be controlled and
subserved only through such commercial cr-
ganizations as I represent , Railroad corpora
tiona should bo compelled to organize them
selves for thin purpose. A law to compel cor
poratlons , after they have entered into nn
agreement in regard to rates , to keep It
should be passed. The railroad property of
the whole country should bo managed as ono
property. Either railroads should bo gov
erned by the government or by associations
formed among themselves. " Mr. Fink prom
ised to prepare some suggestions which might
aid the committee in formulating bills.
A Shooting Scrape at 1'crsiii.
Correspondence of Tha UKE.
1'EitsiA , IA. , May 20 , Quito nn excitement
occurred hero over the supposed shooting of
Mr. Hell , the confidential clerk of the firm of
Bradley & Metcalf , of Milwaukee , Wis. This
morning Mr. Bell called upon Mr. , Bartell ,
ostensibly on a" friendly business call , and it
eeems that during this interview Home few
words passed , when Mr , Bartell procured n
revolver , as Mr , Boll saye , and told Mr. Bell
that ho ( Birtoll ) was going to Bhoot him. Mr ,
Bell rnada for the door , and Baitell shot at
him twico. Bell felt something strllco him ,
and walked to his hotel , a distance of three
hundred yards , bleeding profusely from n
wound in tlw head. Dr. Hill , of Persia , was
called ; also Dr. Van Ness , of Noold , Botl ;
failed to find any leaden missile beneath the
contused scalp , and no serious results are
apprehended in the case , as at this hour the
wounded man is resting comfortably , Mr ,
Bartell was promptly arrested , and will hav
Ilia trial on the 27th lust ,
Presbyterian 1'ronolierB Qunrrcl.
CINCINNATI , 0. , May 22. The general ns-
3somhly nf the presbyterlan church began its
session this morning in tha first prenbvtcrlan
church. The Uev. George F. Hayes , of
Denver , the retiring moderator , preached thu
opening sermon , after which the general as.
sembly was formally constituted by a prayer ,
and adjourned till afternoon.
{ jUpou reassembling the Rnv. Nicholas , in
seconding the nomination of Dr. Cravens for
moderator , made reference to former manip
ulations and letter writing in COD.
nection with this office. Moderator
Hayes _ said it was impossible
to manipulate this assembly. This brought a
number of of member ! to their feet. After
several speeches deprecating any recognition
of the references to wire pulling , newspaper
influence or manipulating of any kind , Drs.
Browmon , Monfart and Fomeroy'u names
were withdrawn , and tha election resulted ;
Hopper , 19 ; Dickey , 202 ; Cravens , 301. Di ,
Cravens was declared elected ,
t.Tho . Wenther , .
WASHINGTON , May 21. The upper Miss-
isiippi : Local rains , partly cloudy weather ,
preceded m tbo northern portion by fall
weather , variable wind ; , etationarj
temperature ,
The Missouri valley ; Lodal rains , partlj
cloudy weather , preceded in the soutben
portion by fair weather , winds blowing varia
ble , stationary temperature , except in the ex
treme northern , slightly cooler.
As iJBtinl ,
CLIVELAND , Ohio , May 21. Cleveland. 12
Omaha , 7.
MILWAUKEE , Wi , , May 2) , Milwaukee
- > C ; Indinnapoli , 0 ,
THE BEAR GROWLS
Russia Obstinate in Her Demands for
far with BOH ,
Gladstone Says no Aerooment
Therein Has Boon Reaohodi'
Iho Government too Bu y to Attend
to Ordinary Mnttora Troops
Ordered to Hnlt nt Cairo ,
THE AFGHAN SITUATION.
NOT OP SIGNIFICANCE.
LONDON , May 21. The Times this morn
ing , in speaking of the order issued yester
day detaining in Kgypt the guards who were
on their way homo from Suaklm , says : There
is no need to attribute thia nctlon to the posi
tion of the Anglo-Russian difficulty. There
is more than enough iu the affairs of Egypt to
enforce the ncccstity of precaution , if not to
justify positive disquiet.
RUSSIA WANTS WAIl.
Stockr , homo nnd foreign funds , nro de
pressed in cousoquonca of the general feeling
that Rusein will permit no peaceful solution
of the present troubles , but that she Is bout
on having war. The delaying of the return
of the guards of Egypt nnd the news from
India m regard to continued war prooaratious
there has caused the most uneasy fueling upoa
the various exchanges.
HAllTINQTON REFUSES TO EXl'tAIN.
In the house of commons this afternoon the
Marquis of Hartington , in reply to an in
quiry by Sir Stafford Northcoto. stated that
it was not thought by the government dosir-
nblo to give the reasons for the detention of
the guards at Alexandria. It was stated by
the government some time ago , said Harting
ton , that it was desirable to concentrate the
British troops then in Soudan for possible
service elsewhere. That operation is not yet *
suspended.
GLADSTONE ABSORBED WITH RUSSIA ,
Gladstone said the government would bo
unable to speak definitely concerning the
datloa on wino. spirits and beer while the ne
gotiations with Russia still continue. The
government , he said , would give native of
their intentions with regard to these duties.
NO AGREEMENT WHATEVER.
"Nothing is yet settled" , said Gladstone in
the commons this evening , "in regard to tha
arbitration between England and Russia ,
nor has it been absolutely settled who shall
bo the arbitrator , "
CABINET. MEMBERS TO RESIGN.
It was rumored this evening that Chamber
lain had resigned his seat in the cabinet , but
the report proved untrue. It is stated , how
ever , in well-informed circles that his resigna
tion la certain with , perhaps , that of Dilko ,
the dlssnnion in the cabinet over the crimes
act having become acute.
In the house of commons this evening Glad
stone stated that tbo time was inopportune to
explain the grounds for the renewal of the
crimes act.
BRISTLES ARISE.
Replying to numerous criticisms of the gov
ernment's policy and charges of withholding
information , Gladstone retorted that ha
feared ho had already given lee much in
formation. Ho warned the members against
making utterances and criticisms whlch tended -
ed to strengthen the hands of the Russian
war party.
OFFICERS OF THE POWERS CONFER.
Baron Do Staal , the Russian minister to
England , after consulting with M , Loaaar ,
the special Russian agent here , had an inter
view with Earl Granville , foreign minister.
The Earl of Kimberiy , secretary of state for
India , had a conference to. day with M , Lesear
and Baron Do Staal ,
RUSSIA EQUIPS STHATEflETIOAL POINTS.
Russia is consenting batteries at all strato-
getical points along tha gulf of Finland.
Largo orders have been issued to gun carriers.
MERELY RUMOR.
ST. PETERSBURG , May 21. Rumors are current -
rent hero to the effect that the Anglo-Russian
negotiations have collapsed. It is believed ,
however , that the rumor originated with the
war party.
RUSSIA AND THE PORTE.
VAIINA , May 21. Russian influence with
the porto has been increaiing since Greece de
clared her intention to tuppoit England in
the event of war with Russia ,
1'EIISIA AIDS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.
TEHBUAN , May 21- The governor of Persia ,
Sariklis , has granted the request of the Rus
sian commander at Morv to allow two bat
teries of Russian troops to march through
Fersiaon the left bank of the Tojan river , Uio
roads on the right being Hooded ,
Gladstone Objects to Denmark.
Si , PETERSBURG , May 21. It is stated that
Gladstone has refused to refer the Afghan
dispute to the king of Denmark , and h n
asked Russia to nnmo some other arbitrator.
GENERAL FO11KIGN NEWS.
DERNIIARDT'S PERFORMANCES.
PARIS , May 21. The German authorities
have forbidden thu proposed performance of
Mmo. ISernhardt in Metz and Strasburg in
Juno ,
VICTOR HUGO'H CONDITION.
Victor Hugo passed the night fairly well.
His condition this morning is unchanged ,
A SLAVIC WAR.
The prediction is made that the outbreak in
Macodooa and Bulgaria against the Turks
and Greeks will sot the whole Slavic world
in llamos ,
THE HIATUE DEI'ARTS FOIl AMERICA.
ROUKN , May 21 The steamship Isero , with
the Bartholdl statue on board , started to-day
for Now York. Itu departure was made the
occasion for a demonstration of all civil and
military authorities of the city assembling at
tha pier to witness the event.
THE DYNAMITERS I1KGJN THEIR SENTENCE.
LONDON , May 21. The convicted dyna
miter * . Cunningham and Burton , were re
moved to day from Nowgato to the convict
prison at Chatham ,
liotol Arrivals ,
At the Metropolitan ; J. K. Vandemark ,
Valparaiso ; D , C , Ireland and wife , Grand
Island ; A. E. Willis , Lincoln ; L. D. Wood
ruff , York ; A , Beckman , Oakdale ; J. N.
Soulbgato , Blair ; G. C , Houck , Ainsworth ;
D K. Rinehard , Aurora ; W. D , McKay ,
Weeping Water ; G. W. Gulp , Nornahn , Neb. ;
AVilliam A. Johnson , St , Louis ; J , H , Uull-
ard , M , D. , Foci fie Junction ; E , D. BervcBon ,
David Endrea and wife , Albany , N , Y , ; Mrs.
J. Heins and daughter , Chicago ; 0 , R. Will
iams , St. Louis ; John Whitcloy , Chicago , O.
B. Buckingham , New Mlllford , Conn , ; Fred
W , Eaton , Boston ; 0 , F. Fah , York , Pa.j
Henry 1' . Green , New York ; C. 0. Bailey
and wife , Akron , Ohio ; Mrs , J , Woodwortb ,
Dea Molnos ; Iowa.
Dofipornto Battle With Uurfilara ,
BuBTOKOnv , 0. , May 21 , A clerk Bleep
ing in James Connor's store awakened this
morning and saw several men working at the
aafe , Ho nrouied his employer who , with
hla sons , attempted ta arrott the burglars.
The latter made a desperate fight. Four of
; them oicaped and one waa killed. Connor
was fatally wounded. The dead burglar had
on his perton bearing the name ef H ,
Eapera . , The thieves ejured 93,000 ,