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HE BEE. SIXTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA. FRIDAY MOENING , AUGUST 13 , 1880. NTTMBEK 48. il ORAXGEBEN AND CROPPIES , The Bloody Byways of Belfast Visited and the Victims Interviewed. FIGHTING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. JTalkH AVIth an Orange Leader on the JtloiH nnil Tliolr Hcsults Kaiuptc Cases of the Outrages. At the Orange Htreingholel. HRI.KABT , August 12. ( New York Herald Cable Special to the 11 KK ] Belfast has hael another day of perfect pence , rather , per haps , because the rioters have exhausted their funds and are forecel to worker starve than lor any lessening ot thu hatred between the paities. By common-consent botlt Catholics and Protestants nro hiisbaneling their ie- sources and ammunition lor what Is oxpecteel to bo a gicnt strutrgle. The Catholic anniversary of the feast of the Assumption occurs next Sunday. I had long talks to-day with some of the leaders , who say that they Will not permit the slightest approval to a Catholic proces sion on that day. Some show no hesitation In threatening to kill any Catholic cauglit riding In carriages then , or who in any wav celebrate the day. The Catholic leaders promise to use every etfort to prevent a proce&slon or other irritating display. Neither side expects a renewal of the rlotlnc uuvil Sun day. Keplaclng the police in the Shank Hill Protestant district when the troops were withdrawn is considered one of THU MOSTTIIIinATENlNO FKATU1IHS of the situation at present No police are allowed lo patrol the Shank Hill road. The men are confined In barracks there sur rounded by police nleht and day. Relief attachments are always escorted by troops. Such Is the danger to which the police are exposed In the Protestant quarters that the magistrates do not elaro to order them to servo the "early closing" order to the public houses there. Consequently quently throughout the Shank Hill road dis trict the saloons are open , while all the saloons - loons in the Catholic quarters are closed. 1 saw to-day Mrs. Pearson , of McDonald street , wliose husband. William , was shot on Tues day and will bo burled to-morrow. I found the usual \VAKEINPIiOOnr.SS. \ The pcoplo In the room 'were greatly ex cited and anxious to explain to the Ameri cans how outrageous It Is for an inoffensive man to bo killed while attending the funeral of n friend. Pearson's brother Henry works at the Barl-er mills , Patterson , N. J. To-day I examined into the case of Sarah Young , n Protestant girl living off the old lodge roael and who lias relatives of the same name living at an unknown address in New York city. The case will SKIIVi : AS A. SAMPI.K of many similar ones. She and four com panions were returning lioine trom work at s. Lindsay's factory. They were compelled to pass through the Catholle streets of Peter's Hill , aud passing every day became known as Protestants. After work hours they walked in their ordinary manner through the Catholic quarters and saw a little child who shouted "Orango" and called them by vile names as they ap proached. Immediately from every house a 'cro\yd of half-grown boys and girls rushed upon them. Three of Sarah's companions saw a woman standing by a door whom they knew , because they had stopped several times'to-praise ami posslp about her baby. They rushed to her and Implored her TO SA.VK TIIKin I.I VES. The woman took them in and hid them. The little girl who acted as leaeler followed Sarah and her other companions. It is worth 'mentioning that the party of three were es corted out of the Catholic district just In time to save themselves , as their Dtir- sners returned after beating Sarah Young , and wrecked the house in which they had taken refuge as a punishment to the owner for having helped Protestants. The crowd found Sarah and her companion up stairs In a house in which they had taken rcfueo without the consent of the owne-r. To get at them they smashed the doors and dragged them both down stairs by the hair. The Catholic elrls threw Sarah .down In the road , toro off part ot her clothes , blackened her eyes , toro out her hair , anel otherwise abused her until several men in terfered and saved her. She has since been con lined to her bed and her Ufa Is dls- paired of. The crowd afterward gutted the house In which she had taken refuge , and then returned to attack the house of the woman who had saved her three compan ions. This is n fair sample of the spirit shown on both sides , with merely a change of names and thu addition of various details Eucli as throwing scalding water , kicks ant blows , with paving stones used as ham iiicrs. It will as well represent one hundred other cases of attack ! by pcoplo of cither religion upon dotencdles * mill girls of the other faith. In every sucl case the cnlldren and women prove the mos merciless. A I'llOTESTANT MINISTKIt TALKS. This afternoon 1 asked the Itov. Dr. Han nn , a Protestant clergyman well known as ni Orange leader , why the Proles tants ajjow the regular ovenlni parade of the Orange workmen rcturnliij Irom thu Inland. He said : "This parade wil perhaps souw tlmo provoke rioting , but It I necessary for the protection of the workmen who must necessarily pass uightl ; through the Belfast Catholic slums which surround the Protestant dia trtcts of Shank Hill , old lodg ruad , etc. Before the workmen walked horn In a body they were Incessantly attackci with stoucs and bottles thrown over th houses fronting North street , Peter's Hill As the police always refused to arrest th stone throwers wo were forced to march tc gether in self-defense. THE I'WKSTfi AND TI1K JIIOTIIIIS. "The Catholic priests have been able , pci haps , to look after the rioting more closol than our clergy , because they live near th center of dUtmbance , while our clergy Hv far away. Our cleigy , however , have al way done their best to repress disorder. I hav several times prevented tno police fror lirlng on the rioters whom I persuade to disperse. It Is true , the saloons of Shan Hill uro not closed In the evening , but the are owned by Catholics , who take advantag of the U'chnlaUtty duo to the Inability of th pollen to serve Iho notice of the closing ordc In this district. It is said that Call ollc houses In Protestant qua : tcrs hava been wrecked whll Protestant houses In the Catholic quartet have not been harmed. This Is duo to th fact that the houses attacked arc saloons , sui posed to bo renters of 'ribbon1 loelges. Th freedom of Protestant houses from Injury I hgnxtcredit to tha priests. It Is the tin . tlmo Uier.u houses have escaped during tb riots. roi.icr , SOT riiiNciri.v : . " 1 tliluk It is due mete to policy than I tjii ft c -i principle. The nationalists nto now vcrv anxious to prove tliclr capacity for self-gov ernment. " The facts may bo that the clergy are unable to exercise the same intlucncc overOraiiBO rioters that the priests exert over the Catho lics , nor have the clergy shown the same tireless energy in patrolling the disturbed districts which has nrailo the priests so imicii liked by all'.maslstrates. ' MANY ItKf.ATIVKS IX XJ'.W YOUR , Widow Strain , whoso son was burled yes terday , proves to have many relatives near New York , among them n son , David Strain , a mason at 49 Kast One Hundred andTwelfth fitrrct , New York , and Key. Hugh Strain , Pennlngton seminary , Now Jersey. Attempts arc now being made to repress the wild window tiring which has inado many streets unsafe.to both friends and foes of residents. Searches for arms nro also threatened on n large scale , but are hardly likely to bo carried out , as being ted diuigcr- ous at tills time. AMONtl Tlin WOUNDED , 1 find n considerable number or fper- sons who liavo relatives in the UnlteJ States , and especially Is this so among the Catholic ? . As the Belfast police regularly bring up for trial all persons who have been mentioned in the papers as suffering trom gunshot wounds during the distmbcd peace , the hospitals and private physicians have combined to prevent the publication of the names of the wounded. Americans anxious about their friends in Belfast will be rcas- suicd to know that comparatively few of the wounds are of n dangerous type ; also , that a great majority of the wounded have no near relatives in America. 1 saw , to-day , a great number of persons , mainly women , suffering irom attacks made upon them while return ing from work. I found the following who have relatives In America : Mrs. Cosgrovo and a daughter , aged nineteen , who were badly beaten by a crowd of Protestant men and women while returning from a linen mill. Neither Is dangerously hurt , but both had been savagely attacked with sticks and stones. They ha\o a biother and two sisters in St. Louis. Cotter ( married ) , Davis , a carpenter ; Kleley , n publican , and a man named McCiiilgon were among these who were beaten by the Protestants at the Island works. McGulgon was anxious that a brother in New York should know that ho had only a couple of ribs broken and that his face was smashed. I saw also a Mrs. Dovilyn anil the widow of n man who was shot by the police recently. Ho has just been burled. Ills daughter is Mrs. Hughes of No. SJ Kansas street , Chicago. A boy' named Glllan Is among the cases of persons severely beaten on thulr way home trom n brick yard , wli'irc they worked. Ho Is now recovering. tilllan has a brother named Daly at 823Third street. S.m Francisco. A Mls Becton was s-cand- ously treated by a party of Protestant girls while she was returning from her work at a linen factory. They jumped on her , kicked her , stripped oil her clothes and cut her head with her own scissors. She Is now recovering from her Injuries , She has relatives named GII- lesploand Prltclmrd In Boston. Another Miss Cosgroves was badly beaten on her way from work by a crowd of Protestant men and women. She had some cousins who arc servants In Now York. The saddest case of all Is that of the widow Strain , who was solely dependent on her sou Robert , a Pro testant He was shot without warning or reason by the police. Ho Had arranged to take his -mother to New York , where he worked previously , and was just on the point of sailing when ho was shot while stepping ficross tho'strect to meet a-frlend. The hor- ors as regards attacks upon work girls and other inoffensive work people were pretty equdlly divided between the Protestants and Catholics. Doth sides have shown the ut- nest brutality to women and boys as well as to men. AN INTKHVinW WITH A MAOTSTnATK. To-day I had an Interview with a Protest ant magistrate of many years scivico in Bel fast. In spite of his religion and social posi tion lie said : "I regard the Protestants as entirely In the wrong in this rioting. The lathollcs have done their utmost to keep the peace , and to prevent the exasperation of the Orangemen. The priests , at great personal risk , and by much exertion have kept the pcoplo from resenting insults.and night after night priests have watched until daylight the dangerous points , using the full Influence of the church to prevent outbreaks , and oven arresting rioters themselves , when necessary. The Protestant clergy have not do no this , and have made no effort to keeip the Protest ants quiet ; on the contrary the clergy have walked In processions and funerals , thus keeping up tno bad feeling. Look at to-day's funerals. The Catholics had only half a dozen mourners and took n route through the back streets In order to avoid giving cause for fresh rioting. The Protestants had a reg ular orange walca with great crowds of mourners , two ministers passing through tito most dangerous part of the Catholic district , as if In bravado. The wholc.troublo has been caused by a system of borough magistrates , which permits men saturated with local pre judices , to try criminals , and also Impede the action of the police when quick and sharp action is necessary. There are only eleven Catholic magistrates , as nsalnst thirty-live Protestants. As the majority of the board de cides the punishment awarded the C\tliollcf : have been out-voted. I have seen mnzlstratef frequently deal out punishment according ta the street on which a criminal lives leu slill- lines to 0110 ; six months to another. The rloiti were largely caused by the Orange re turn to the days of the old policemen , when the whole ferro was com posed ot Orangemen L think this wrong. I. think the Catholic re quest for the abolition of unpaid magistrates and the substitution of paid judges , rcspon slbio only to the crown and free from local and business prejudices , Is perfectly proper. This would likely do away with one greai source of chafing between the two religious , The Protestants would then depend letn upoi their friends on the bench , and Catholic ; would lose their sense ot Injustice. Itlihil thut If the Catholics were let alone they would not trouble the Orangemen in tin least. " ITS KFFECT ON TIUPE. The riots liavo been so entirely confined t < certain poitious ot Belfast , such as along tin Shnnk Hill aud Grosvenoi loads , that tbi general trade ot the city has bcnn less af fccted than may bu expected , Many tourists however , avoid the city. TherIs also a con slderublo loss In the usual traao of thy couu try customers , who are now afraid to come t < the city. The Belfast children have plckee up the prevailing mania and have mod riots as u regular play. Pebbles fly bctwcci opposing parties. Some have oven learncc from their elders that wheu they are cup posed to bo wounded they must give fafs * names taken from their opponents , so as t < conceal t > clr own Identity aud to add to thi apparent number of their opponents'In jured , "Gone to America , " Is , by the way the current slang for stating tlmt a tuan'i death 1ms beeu concealed In order tc prevent the opposite party from knowiuj of his death. There are many stories af.se cret burials In back yards , and of three o four bodies hurled In one grave for the satat object , but probably these stories are all uu true , IiKM'ASTi August l3--Urouns ot Idler coutluuc to hang al'ouU It Is ttlll necessar , o retain troop ? . The Inspector will continue o remain In command of the constabulary mill after the Catholle festival of the 10th nstant. The city has been quiet to-day. The pntiols are retained. The people ( Head the vlthdrawal of the military , 'llio Catholic ilshop has prohibited Catholic parades dur- ng the remainder of the year. Five bun- Ired more police fiom the south have come icrcln readiness for the loth lust , the day of lie feast ot the assumption. AKFAHIS If ) U Duelists nnil OUior Lnw Breakers Sentenced. Bnrssrci.i , August 11. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to the Bir..J : A court martial assembled at Liege to-day to try , together vlth the seconds concerned , Lieutenant ' 'rede.rlc Do Sauvage , who , on July 'JSQklllcel n a pistol duel his friend , the military slir- ; con , Henry Pralle. Sauvago admitted ho lad challenged Prallo because the latter had seduced Mine. Sauvage. Prailo maintained o the last moment , and even after two shots tad been exchanged without result , that 'his 'rlcnd's suspicions wet e unfounded. Sauvage , lowovcr , consldeicd the denial valueless. The military prosecutor In addressing the court admitted tlmtthcre were Important cir cumstances in extenuation of Sauvago's con- luct , but requested the court to punish him lovertheless , In order to uphold .ho law. The court sentenced dauvaizo to three months' imprisonment , and ordered him to pay n line of one hundred Vanes ponajty. Four seconds were con- Icmncd to one week's imprisonment and twenty six francs penalty , although it was shown that they had made every effort to conciliate the combatants and to avoid blood shed. THI : HAUDOUX CASI : . Judgment has been rendered in the Ban- loux case. Oscar Fallcur and Schmidt were condemned to twenty years penal servitude. Jf sixteen other prisoners one was sentenced o ( if teen ycars.two to twelve years and seven .o three months Imprisonment , while six were acquitted. The judgment was considered .erribly severe. s TIIK SOCIALISTS. It Is feared that there will bo an outbreak on the occasion of the great socialist demon' stratlon to take place here on August 15 , which the burgomaster has to-day authoilzed on condition that the socialists do not parade before the king's palace. THE TORY PJJAN. Comments on Premier Salisbury's Turtle Soup Speed ] . LoNnoNAug 12,4a. in. [ New 1'oik Herald Jable Special to the Br.E.l The Post coui incnting on Lord Salisbury's banquet speech , draws this fine distinction : "Coercion In the xceptloual sense of the word ho does hint at Coercion In the sense of enforcing the ordinary law and denying an illegitimate scope to agitation is in strict accord with the mandate with which the government maj fairly claim to have received from the country. " The Telegraph thinks that Salisbury's de claration about Ireland seems to Imply thai both as regards the extentlon of local gov ernment and the amendment of the lam' aws the Irish peonlo could afford to wait and that there was really not a very prcsslnj. question demanding instant trcatnicn beyond the question of securing the libcrt : of the individual. The Times rejoices that Lord Salisbury sees his duty in restoring social order ir Ireland more clearly than ho saw It a yeai ago. The Times interprets the plirase 'restoration ' of social order , " as the deliver- auco of classes and Individuals in Irelaiie from the restraints on their lawful liberty The Dally News says the Irish member ! cannot be expected to acquiesce in his pollco of mere negation and defiance. The Newt defines his phrase "want of social order" a : meaning "want of moro soldiers , mori police , more sailors and more hangmen. ' The only effect of such doctrines upoi Irishmen , " adds the News , "so far as it i not of one more exasperation , will bo t ( convert them from homo rulora into re pealers. " MUTUALLiY HONORED. Kaiser William Shakes Hands nut Greets American Citizens. SAI//.IIUIIO , August 12 , [ New York : Her aid Cable Special to the BEK. | Previous t < his departure the emperor , through his chain bcrlaln , expressed his thanks to these Ameri cans who hud scnthim flowers , and requcstci that they would assemble in the large hall it the hotel at the time of his departure. Th emperor , on entering the hall , addressed tli Americans in German , and Prince William translating his remarks , said In exccllen English : "The emperor is very much plcasoi with the courtesy paid him by the Amerl cans , anel ho has a profound admiration fo the American people. " Mr. Chauncoy M. Depow , on behalf pt th Americans , replied : "Three millions of Gei mans in America are among our best pit ! /.ens , but though they do so much for us , the ; nnvor lose any of their love for fatherland and they have taught fifty millions of Amorl cans the deepest esteem and veneration fo their emperor and the great people ho s wisely governs. " The emperor then shook hands cordial ! with eacli of the Americans , holding in hi other hand their cards and saying , "Kartc karto , " as ho did so. Ho took the cards an ( lowers with him to his car. 1'roparlng an Irish Hill. DURUN , August 12. The Irish Times , cor Bervativfi , htateij that it Is reliably Informe that Lord Randolph Churchill Is engaged i drafting a bill intended to solve the Iris problem. The full text of the bill , the paw tays , .will nut bo completed before next r'el ruary. "but , " adds the paper , "so far as itlin none It has occn suhmitted to the Marquis o Salisbury , the Marquis of Hartington an others , and is broad enough to satisfy u moderate Irishmen. " Ijoulsn Michel Sentenced. PAIUS , August li Louise Michel was t < day sentenced by the city assizes to foi months' Imprisonment and a flue of 10 francs for "seditions language" and Incltln to murder duiing the rioting at Dcciizavlll in last May. Flro Destroys the Town. YIKXWA , August VI. The Hungarian tow of Slllen has been destroyed by fire. Tl property burned Includes 400 houses , as we as churches , a nunnery and a school , Tl : loss Is SittO.WO. _ The ICoyal Speech. LONDON , Augnst 12. The queen will pn sent thi ! royal speech to the council o mini ters at Osborneou Tuesday. Return of a Nebraska Crook. ST. PAUL , Minn. , August 12. MInneapol detectives leave here to-morrow with'tt youn man named Walter Morris , for whom tl governor of Nebraska 1ms Issued a irquis tlou. Morris was a ticket agentof the Unto Pacific rallioad at Sliver Creek , Neb. , an embezzled n considerable amount ot monc paid him for tickets. He lias already serve a term In the Kansas penitentiary. A fluid for Arms. DUBLIN , Augint 13. "While the police I the towns In the vicinity of KUlarelln wei engaged In keeping peacu at the fulr In tin town yesterday , a guard of men sconrod ill kerry county for anas. They , we re sjicces f ul in the search and carried away a larj number of weapons. Including lilies , also quantity ol ammunition. THE GR&ASERS'AND & CUTTING The Prisoner Again Appears in Court anel the Old Story Repeated. SOME OF THE STORIES DENIED. The Capture of Captain Lawton's Coinninnel Denied by the AVar Do- partnicnt I-'ovt Mctntosti Not Threatened ISncllsli Opinion. The Olel Story Hcpcatcil. DINVIK : , Col. . August 12. Our El Paso special this eveningsays , Cutting was again aken from his prison and dragged before Judge CaMarnxla's court , lie was merely .old that the appeal taken In his case by the awyerwholmd been appointed for him would x tried by the supreme court ot the state of Chthaulmu In a few days , and he was asked if lieelosiredto liavo an attorney to akocareof his interests before that court 'lo replied as ho has always elonu before that m did not leeognlzeftho jurisdiction of any Chlhauhau court , and that he left his case en tirely in the liauels of the American govern- ncnt. He was thereupon taken back to prison. An KtiKllnh Opinion , LONDON , August W. The Times , speaking of the' Cutting case , says : "Tho difficulty In ho way of a settlement of the matter lies In butting's appeal to the angry passions of 1'exasaud the dcslro of the dormant raider on both sides for an outbreak which would result In the restoration of contraband trade , [ 'resident Dlas of 'Mexico can have no wish for a collision with his powerful neighbor , and ho must b e wcll.awaro that there are en emies of Mexico on both sides of the frontier , who are clamoring for war. Mexico has been iiirprisiucly reasonable In dealing with Cut ting , considering the provocation lie iave , uiil although Sccretiuy Bayard has been a little too exacting , the action of the president inel senate Is all that could be desired. In that action lies assurance of peace. " The Danger ofDIaz. BKOWNSVIU.E , Tex. , August 12. In an In terview to-day General Ignaclo Martinez , di rector of the Kl Mundo , a revolutionary organ published here , said then : Is much dis satisfaction in Hex i u.i , especially in Isuevo Leon and other border states ard that ho- expects that within two mouths the country will be in arms against Diaz , as every day his gov ernment grows iuoro upopular. Among the masses and at an early day , there must be n new regime In Mexiijo. Private aelvices from the up-country state that the revolution ists have captured and holet Morehw. A Prominent lawyer from the eity of Moxlce > if In Brownsville tq sceuro the extradition ol Martinez. In view , of : the attitude of 'the United States In the.Ceittlng affair he maj silcceeel. i The Report Not' Authenticated , WASHINGTON , Ange'ist 12. [ Special Tele gram to the linv , ] The report contained Ir a special from Texosrtb tin Omaha paper anei transmitted by the. press association Ins ; night , to the effcchthatf a body of Mextcar troops hadsucceeetedjln-dlsarming Captair Lawton'scomuuUiel.tis jiol authenticated ni the war department&rhq authoritiesiito.no : believe jhero is anytbliiK in It anel assertfttia " ' it is a canard "startedby'some enterpsi'slnf n'ews-cntlieror anxious lo create a seiicntwr and perhaps precinltato trouble between-Mox ice and the LTiiUed-States. - , All a Mistake. ST. Louis , August 13. A dispatsh frprr New Laredo , Mex. , says the report seint , ou : from there a few days , ago stating that -401 fresh Mexican troops liad araiyi-d there'"ane that an artillery company hael planted it : cunssoas-tobcaron Fort ilclntosli on tin the Texas side of thc | river is false. The dispatch states that no troops have arrivee there within a mouth , that there are only SCK soldiers there , and that there lias not been i cannon of any description in New Laredi for three years. * Hoping a , icacerul Solution. CITY or MKXICQ , August 12. The discus slon of the Cutting case goes on in the presi anel among the lawyers whom it Interests because cause of the important question raised , bu there is no heat in the discussion. The hot ter class of people hope that the two govern incuts will settlo'tho matter either by mutu ally Irleudly adjustment or through equall ; friendly arbitration , Considered by tlm Cabinet. WASHINGTON , August 12. All the executive ecutivo departments were represented at tin cabinet meeting to-day. The session wa ; mainly devoted to the consideration ot tin Mexican question and the financial policy o the administration. BANKEltS AOAINST SlLiVKH. ' The Meeting at Boston Adopts Kcso lutlons and Adjourns. BOSTON , August 12. Notwithstanding tin extreme heat , Horticultural hall was wcl Tilled witli delegates when the second days session of the annual convention of the Na tional association of "American hankers wa called to order. Logan C. Murray , of Nev York , was elected president. Jndco Lowel read a paper on bankruptcy legislation ane suggested a bill which would provide that i salaried supervisory officer bo appointee under the governinent to supervise all bank ruptcy cases Just as Insurance commissioner servo. A communication was then read fron C. N. Jordan , trcasp.rer of the United States which showed that the number of silver dollars lars coined to Juno fib , 1880 , was 8233,723,280 estimated value of subsidiary silver , $70,000 , , 000 , making a total ef.poi,723 } : 30. . The executive council submitted the fol lowing report : "Whereas , The American Bankers' assc elation embraces , In Its immibershlp men o every political partyas well as those wh < acknowledge no party-obligations , It has ii its conventions carefully avoided all mor party questions ; reprt eatlng as It does , th business of the public niH well as customer and stockholders ott > ? nkB , it again cmplutt ! caliy elves warnlneofJiiipeiiding danger t the wliolo country in"tjie continued coinair of sliver dollaiBundw/ho act of 1878. Whll we tnlly recognise thvtiict ( thut both sllvo and gold are roqulrcil as the money of tin land , wi < believe thatlnbUher should bo colne in such rates Uiat'tbn cjttier Khali bo drive ; out of general use. Wo repudiate the Idea s < ottcn maintained thatibanks and banker oppose the conttnual.cqUmBo of silver dollar on account of tolf. iuteiest , but o : the contrary wo assort that wo have n special Interest In oiiDsklnel of coin mor tnan another us long uA > ceach discharges It legitimate purpose as money. We believe al persons having limited weans , and partlci larly earners of wages * ' will most lamely su : for when the threatened evils shall come Wo therefore earnestly appeal to all board of trade , chambers of commerce , and civ and political association's of every kind to si cure the repeal of the law for tlm suspenslo : of the colnaue of such silver dollars. " The report was unanimously adopted. A additional resolution was adopted nrginctht the coinage of silver be suspended and coi tinned efforts be wade to srcuie an lute : national uniform basis of value bctwee gold arid silver. The following resolution , which wa adoped last year , vras'reenactftd : Hesolved , That the executive IH horeb authorized and requested to continue sue steps as are found necessary , by memorial e otherwise'In-behalf p { the association to pr < cure such legislation , as ( n the future will si cure the return of fugitives from justice wh may be at large on account of defects In tl existing treaties. Tue convention the ai Journed sine die. THE ItASB AIjI _ < ItECOllD.- Lincoln Wins Its Sixth Consecutive Oaiuc Other Raines. LINCOLN , Neb. , August 12. [ Special Tele gram to the BKK. ] The seconel of. the Lcav- inworth-Llncoln series of games was won : o-day by the homo team In a score of 11 to 0. Tills Is the fifth consecutive victory for the Lincoln team anel Illustrates that the club Is ; ) laylugball. The following is the score by nnlngs : Lincoln f. 0021020 0-11 Lcavenwortli..n 10003000 0 OTllin' (1AMES. AT CHICAGO Chicago 0 1050050 0-11 St. Louis I ! I Pitchers Clarkson and Healy. First base ilts Chlcaco 8 , SI , Louis 0. Krrors Chicago 3 , St. Louls'lli. Umpire-Kllick. AT Piiii.AiiiM.i'itiA. Philadelphia 0 1 0 U 1 2 0 2 1-0 Washington 0 00000010-1 First base hits-Philadelphia 12. Washlnc- .on 2. Krrors Philadelphia ! ) , Washluton 10. Umpire Uaffnoy. AT PiTrsni'ua Pittsburg 2 0220010 0-7 Athletic 100021000-4 First base hits Plttsburp 7 , Athletic 10. Errors Plttsburg 2 , Athletic 0. Umpire Valentino. AT CINCINNATI Cincinnati 0 0002004 4-in Metropolitans. . . . ! 3 Pitchers Mullano Wnvs and Lynch. first base lilts Cincinnati 25 , Me-tropol- taiis 0. Krrors-Cincinnati , a , Metropoli tans 8. Umpire Kelly. AT DKTKOIT Dcunlt 0 0330000 0-0 Kansas City 0 0-2 Pitchers Smith and Wetdmau. Base lilts Detroit 13. Kansas City 7. Errore Detroit 0 , Kansas City ! ' . Umpire Powers. AT Louisvii.i.n Louisville 1 21873 5-27 Brooklyn 2 04211 1 11 Pitchers Hlcker , Toeiloandllnrklns. Base ills Louisville 21 , Brooklyn 10. Krrors Louisville , 0 , Brooklyn 11. Umpire Walsh. AT ST. Louis St. Louis 4 00234 0 13 Baltimore 1 000000 1 Only seven innings on account of rain. Pitchers Caruthers and Kilroy. Base hits St. Louis 15 , Baltimore 2. Errors St. Louis 4 , Baltimore 2. Umpire Bradley. AT BOSTON New York 3 100004 0-S Boston 0 000100 0-1 Game called at thu end nf the eighth InnIng - Ing on account of rain. Pitchers Keofo and Hadliourn. First base hits New York 8 , lioston C. Krrors New York 2 , Boston 11. Umpire Fuliner. At Moiimouth Park. MONMOUTII PAIIK , August 12. Handicap , seven-eighths mile : Vallisca won , Stone Buck seconel , Sutler third , rime 1:30. : Selling purse for two-year-olds , three- fourths mile : Maggie Mitchell won , Freedom second , Trill third. Time 1:17. : Omnibus stakes , for three-year-olds , milo and eighth : The Bard won , DCwdropsecond , Ben All third. Time 3I5 : ! > . 1. tKrqe handicap , mile and three-sixteenths : ( jonialon won , Peeksklll second , War Eagle third. ' Tlrao 2:05. : Purse for three-year-olds and upwards , mile : Lizzie Mack won , Queen Esther second end , Witch third. Tlme l:45. : Purse steeple chase , over short course : Judge Grifllth won , Endovcr second , Will Davis third. Time-3lO. : "Washington Park Races. CHICAGO , August 12. At Washington park the weather was very warm , the track fast'am ] the attendance larco. " "TlireeJourtlis of a mile : Fjnallty won , Jlo'elesty second , Frcd-Wooloy third. Time TT5J. Mtltuals paid St > 5. , Mi5wn l.oIglitn : King of Norfolk won , f.vaesectnrtl , Wahoo'thlrd. Time 1:58. : Mu- ttials-pntd § 22.10. ' Quickstep "stake , one-half milo : Foster won , Hlnda seconel. Vera third. Time -JS . Mutuals paid S2JJ.20. Mile'and'sixteenth : Little Joe won , AVar- reiitoil second , WarSign third. Time l :48J : . aiutuals paid M1.1K ) . Milo and fourth : Lizzie Dwyer won , Wnu- kesha. second , Leman third. Time 2:12 : % . -Huttmls paid SC.70. Racing at the SDrinrs. SARATOGA , N. Y. , August 12. Weather sultry and threatening , track fast and at tendance largo. Purse , mile : Mona won , Endured second , Sam Brown third. Time 1:44. Mutuals paid 511.3J. I'.irse. for two-year-olds , three-quarters milo : Connemara won , Bessie Jane second. Nellie B third. Tlmo-lU % . Mutuals paid S14.90. For three-year-olds , mile and half : Inspector specter B won , Solid Silver second , O'Fallon third. Time S:425 ! : . Mutuals patel S0.50. Purse , inllo and quarter : Elkwoocl won , Barmim second. Swift third. Tlme-2ll. : Mutuals paid 871.70. Selling purse , three-quarters mile. Little Mlnch won , Pattrocles second , Broit third. Time 1IO : ? Mutuals paid 814.20. Brighton Bouch Races. BIIIOHTON BKACIF , August 12. Mile : Poet won , Poverty second , Hob Itoy third. Time 1:45. : Seven-eighths mild : Bancro won , Mentor second , Barney third. Time 1:31 : } $ . Mile and eighth : Blizzard won , Ben PryorsecondKlngVlctorthlrd. . Time 2:00. : Sovcn-oiKthsmllo : Font won. Error second , Treasurer third. Time-1:8 : ! % Tliree-fjuartora mile : Kva C. won , Hu/ard second , Bohama third. Time 1-17.J THE COUPS IN TROUBLE. The Ilooslcr Cougrcflsinaii Called to Chicago to Bottle a Bill. CHICAGO , August 12. [ Special Telegram to the BuK.J Congressman Cobb , of In diana , prominent at this time from his recent listiculf encounter with Jim Laird , the repre sentative from Nebraska , will visit Chicago about tlm IQtli lust. His call to the city came about in Ibis wise : His wife and daughter liavo been in Chicago for the last six wcokn. They lodged In the homo of Dr. Mine. Finnoy , at the corner of Oak and North Clark streets , where Aliss Cobb , wlio is thu victim of Komo severe nervous disorder , underwent treatment of the woman physi cian. Several weeks passed , anil no note was maele of tlm fact that the items ot board , lodging and mrdlcalatieiidaucuwas running up to u good score until within a day or two , when Mrs. Cobb suddenly announced her Intention of removing to ( lie homo of her friends at 151 La Salie avenue. Dr. Finnoy then presented her bill , but Mrs. Cobb was not prepared to settle , whereupon restraint was laid upon her baggage. The congress man's ' wife at once lejmlred tohist Ice Knr- Btcn's aourt , wiiere , with the assistance of a constable and writ of replevin , she obtained the power to remove her luggage. Dr. Miller qualified upon the bond of Mrs. Cobb to the amount of 4.000. The case was set for thu Kith lust. , and Mrs. Cobb wrote her husband the facts. THE WISCONBIN FIRKH. The Conflagration Dying Down- Many FamlllCH HomolRiis , MirvwAUKKE , WIs. , August 12. The forest Ores In northern Wisconsin are dying out , material on which to feed having become ex hausted , The viqlnity of Green Bay is alone subject to dancer , but only In the event ol high winds. There Is much suffering In the devastated regions. Homeless people arc sleeping on the ground wltnscarcely anycov- eriiig. Many jteople barely escaped Witli their ! lvuaml arc wandering around v/ltl insufficient clothing. Public meetings arc being called In various pans.of tlumatotc provide liniuedlato relict for the sufferers lit the way of food and clothing. Cheap Itatcs to Sweden. NKW YOIIK , August 12 , The Amstcidait and Rotterdam steamship lines have reducer their steerage outward bound pussemger rate to Swcdvn to ? IX Increased Railroad Karnlngn. NKW YOIIK , August 12. Tlm Illinois Cen tral railroad earnings for thei past week h August , 16SO , 52 abOO , ; 1BS5 , 8WiS51. A -SHOCK FROM WASHINGTON , 3es Moincs Fcoplo Astounded at the Change- in Postmasters , CIVIL SERVICE-RULES BROKEN. nvcstljjntloti of the Murder of llcv. G , C. Haddock Temporarily Bus- ponded Down "With Saloons Pink Eye In Iowa. A Thunderbolt Pn.stinnstcr. Dr.s MOINCS , la. , August 1' ) . [ Special Tel egram to the Ur.n.j The announcement this ifternoon of the appointment of Colonel W. ' 1. Merrill as postmaster in place of John leckwlth , suspended , came like n tlrundcr- clap , to the great surprise of all. While no- htng Is said itc.ilnst Mr. Merrltt , who Is n gentleman of high character , the appoint- uent is a llagranl violation of the first princi ples of civil service reform. Mr. Bcckwlth Is elving his second term as postmaster , but us grown up In the postal service , having iiitcrcd thu olllci ! as mailing clerk over wenty years ago. Uy fidelity and strict at- cntlon to business ho rose tluouirh thu suc cessive grades to deputy postmaster , and lually was appointed postmaster by Pros- ! lent Hayes. Ho rose by sheer merit from lie lowest grade of the service to the highest , aud became , In consequence , one of the most capable and efficient postmasters In tliecoun- ry. Under his management tills ofllec ranked second in the United States In the relative proportion of its net earnings , which are larger now than those of any two other offices In Iowa combined. Mr. llcckwlth has alien no part In politics and has had no other business , having given his whole time o the work of the postolllce , so that lie would > o regarded as the Ideal of honest civil ser vice reformers , lint the local democrats uxvo been very clamorus for the oflice , and lavonaggea Mr. Cleveland till lie has con sented to a change. Colonel Merritt belongs to the old-timers , laving held a federal lauel ollico at Fort Dodge under Huchaiinn. He has no special justness , but Is a man of some little means , whoso chief services to his party have been rendered by presiding at political meetings as a dignified and impressive liguro head. The disappointed democrats are very mad at ds appointment. One of the leaders of the youni ; democracy is reported as saying to night : "If Mr. Cleveland Is going to au- point such old moss backs , then 1 know fifty young men who are through working for the party. " Sioux City's Sonsatton. Sioux CITV , la. , August 12. [ SpecialTele gram to the Bii.J : : Thu investigation of the murder of Uev. George 0. Haddock is just now lu statu quo. It has been discovered that Dr. U. E. ConnilT , deputy coroner , luXs no power to act In tne capacity of coroner , which ho lias been doing ail the time since the murder. The statutes of the stale mak ing no provision for the office of deputy cor oner , Dr. Conniff would have no powcf to compel anyone to attend the inquest either as a juror or witness , and hence , now that the question lias been raised by one of the papers of the city , nothing more Is being done and the investigation is awaiting the return of Coroner Waterman. Dr. Conniff was seen by the Bnn reporter to-day anel states that he has acted in good faith throughout the in vestigation tftfy that his appointment was made In good faith and accepted in tho-samo spirit and approved by the board of super visors. In answer to a question as to why the jury does not report , he staled that the voidlct was withheld upon the advice of At torney General Baker , Hon. M. D. O'Con- nell and the district attorney , A mass meeting of citizens was held at the court house to-night' to give expression con cerning the assassination of Itov. Mr. Had dock. The call was signed by a very large number of leading business men of the cltv who believe it to bo the duty of all good citi zens to obey the laws of thu.state and the pro tection of public sentiment should bo guaran teed all agencies legally employed in the en forcement of law. The interest manifested at the meeting was remarkable anel. sugges tive. The enforcement of prohibitory law in Sioux City was thoroughly discussed. It baa been evident since the- murder of Mr. Had dock that the salejons would bo closed. Itis not a litth * singular while but teu days ago a majority of citizens would have nothing to do wirh the question , so tew are now sound who are not outspoken and ready , in fact , to act on thu side of'prohibition. A committee on resolutions presented a betltion to bo circu lated through thu city pledging the city to the enforcement of the prohibitory law and the contribution of many anel assistance to bring this about. That thu closing of saloons in Sioux City will DO a fact seems now to bo the work of only a short time. Shutting Up Saloons. Sioux CITY , la. , August 12. [ Special Tel- .epram to the BKK. ] Permanent Injunctions have been granted by Judgn Lewis against about twenty or twenty-live Sioux City sa- loonists , Including the leadlne ones In the city. Orders for writs of Injunction are given to the attorneys who present them to the county clerk and then they are issued to thq sheriff for execution. The cases against the breweries of the city are not completed. The hearing of the arguments liavo been postponed until Augut 2S , when the Lemurs browry case will bo heard. A large number of cases. In which the Kev. Haddock was plalntlti , have been dismissed n.s It would take moro time to appoint an administrator to carry them on tliau to dismiss them and enter now tmits. John Orton closed his "Hank I5xchanjo" to-day uiulor an Injunc tion , the Ural to elo so. Others will follow In short order. A Prominent Candidate Declines. DKS MOINIS , la. , August 12. [ Special Tel egram to the BKH. ] Mr. It. P. Sears , of Mar * Blmlhown , who had been regarded aa the next republican candidate for congress in the Fifth elltitrlct , made public to-niglit a letter declining to bo a candidate. He says that his business Interests forbid his entering the contest and ucrvlng In congress should ho be elected. There Is much regret expressed hero that Mr , Scars will not run. as there was no doubt that he could defeat the'democratic in cumbent , lien Frederick , anel I HI could have had the nomination if hewould have taken It. This leaves the republican Held ( iiilte di vided , witli "Tama Jim" Wilson , Nichols , of llunton , null , of Linn , as the leading candi dates for the nomination. Pink Kyo In Iowa. DKB MOI.VES , la. , August 12. [ Special Tel egram to the UKE.J State Veterinary Surgeon goon Stalker came down from Ames tills morning In response to n summons from the governor to investigate the cases of alleged Texas fever among some bronchos anel American horses In DCS Molnea. After mak ing a very thorough examination , ho decides that the disease bit species of pink oyc , aucl Is liable to affect more or less all the horses In thei vicinity , ( lasnvs It Is not especially dan ueroim , the horses that liaviulleel having been In poor condition , and that animals in or dlnary condition will not be liable to die from It. Pushing Prohibition. DUUUQUK , la. , August -Special [ Tele gram.tq the HtfK.l Injunction Milts agalnsl fifty-Ms saloon keepers under the Clark Javt were tiled this morning for the Septombei term of tue d Is trlct cou rt. ' Thlnvcs Captured. MAr.VKRN , la. , Auitust 12. [ Special Tele gram to the UKK.J City Mai > ) ml Lough thli evening urrc'Htcd three strangers xupposud t < bo those wanted at Mount Pltiasaut. la. , fu stealing clothing , watches and guns August 0. Somoof the clothlne worn answers the description. A reward ot SM has been offered for the thieves and the same amount for the return of the guns. Crcston Knnkcel. Ciir.STO.x , la. , Aug. 12. ISpeclalTclegram lo tliolir..1 ! : A heavy rain this noon , the irst In six weeks. It was badly needed. A icavywlnd accompanied It , causing slight lamatjo to trees ami windows. A S1OCIC YAmiS STIUKK. Packing House Alcil Ucfuso to Lonel Imka Shore Curs , CHICAGO. August lS. | Spcelal Telegram lo Iho ltiK.J : llctweeu two hundred and ihrce hundred meat handler * In Iho packing house of Uobert Warren & Co. at the stock yards quit work at 0 o'clock tills morning. I'ho reason ftsslgnod Is that they \\ero re quired to load ears handled by linpoitcd switchmen. Kvcr since the strike of the Lake Sheiro switchmen trouble 1ms been ex pected from the men In tlm packing houses , "Who were regarded as natural allies of the strikers. The employes of several packing louses have given their employers to uueler- stand that they would not handle Lake Shore frolcht or load cars ot that com- ; > any. No attempts were made to oad such cars at the Warren house mill this morning , when half a dozen empty Mot cars weio run up to the house and the men ordered to load them. The refused pro- emptorlly and threatened 10 strlte If the > rder was renewed. The llrm again oulered iheicars loaded and the men stopped work ing and went out ot the house. The ncwn of tlm Htriku In the stork yards caused great ex citement and a rumor was circulated that seimo of llateley Uio.'s employes had quit work for the same reason , 'tthl.s was found , upem Investigation , to be untrue. The action of Warren & Co.'s employes is likely to i > re- clpltato a Kcneral strike as the men employed in other houses are said to bo reaely to strike If they are asked 10 lewd Lake1 Shore cars or have anlhiiig to elo with the "scab" switch men who took the strikers' places. "I liavej ordered my house closed , " said Uobert Warren. "Wo sold out our hoes that we bought this morning and have closed down. There Is no money In running , and now the men can have all the strlko they want. If our packing liousu was in Peru or Mexico wo would get some prote'ction , but In the town of Laku we get none. " A PECUIjlAK SUICIDE. A Boycotted linker Knels Ills lilfo in Chicago. CIIICAOO. August 12. [ Special Telegram to the BKK.I A peculiar suicide was com mittee ! hero to-day when E. N. ICabok , n yery prosperous baker , killed himself. In his bakery ho employed nine or ten men , and Friday last when they came for their pay ICabok elceluctcel a sum of money from their wages to pay for some batches ofdougn which lie claimed had been spoiled by them. The men remonstrated , got angry anel threatened to demolish the entire establish ment. Great excitement ensued. A day or two after the indignant employes put an aii- vertlse-ment In the Arbelteroitunsr , warnlnc all bakers not to work fe > r Kabok , as ho would not pav them. This advertisement yaa cut out and posted on n card and forwarded to the boycotted baker. The missive evi dently all'eote'el his mlnel. He became violently lently excited and talked in .disconnected strains and often in tin incoherent manner .for.sqvcrnl days prior to the shooting. Ho probably brooded over his trouble and mag- nilied it to such a elegreu as to make him think the world was not worth the trouble 'of livingMhrongh his imagined mountain of troubles. Mr. .Kabok 'leaves a hvldow- and tlnce children. Mrs. Kubok Is at the present time in n verycriiic.il condition. Thesuddon shock has seriously affected her mind. She goes Irom one lit of hysteria to another , be tween -whiles saying tliat she does not care to live , and that she will kill herself. TKXAS DIOatOUUATS Have a Strong Convention A Stereo type Platform. GAI.VKSTON , August 12. The third day session of the democratic convention was a strong one. The report of the committee on credentials was adopted , after a sharp debate , in which the Farmers' Alliance and Knights of Labor succeeded In seating their delegation from'Cook county. The platform upholds the administration of the president ; favors the best system of edu cation for white and colored children sep arately , but by state , not national aid : favors' Internal Improvements and the de velopment of manufacturing Interests ; protests against the acquisition of railway property by foreign companies , opposes the consolidation of competing or parallel lines of railway ; favors the making of. u compre hensive1 mechanics' loin law ; denounces con- vie labor system ; declares that members of the party may have wiiat views they cheese on local option without forfeiting their rights to bo known as democrats , and lastly declares it to bo the duty of the gov ernment to protect the humblest American citizen against the unlawful acts of any or all nations. Balloting for governor resulted In the elec tion of General L. C. HOHS , whoso nomina tion was unanimous. The convention then took a recess until a p. m. A Itobucr Murder Hanged. , PiTTsnuna , Pa. , August 12. Michael Mela was hanged at 3 o'clock tills afteinoon in thn county jail yard at IJnlontown. Two hundred persons witnessed the execution , Death resulted from strangulation. The crime for which Metsulfered was for the murder In September last of a man named Cnssldont , who worked with him on the Bal timore A ; Ohio railroad near Fairmont , W. Va. Casslelent saved wivoial hundred dollars lars , which ho hael drawn Irom thu hank the day of the murder and then stalled for Italy , He was accompanied to the Unlontown de pot by Mete , who murdered him on the way. Walling for Nebraska City. CmcAoo , Augufit 12 , " Buffalo " Miller presided over the called meeting of the West ern Export association to-day to hear from the atithtanellng dlstllleis at Nebraska City , Neb , , and the International of Des Mojiuis , la. , which last week refused to go into the now pool. There was a full representation , and the meeting was comparatively quiet. Mr. Kldd. of the DCS Molnes International was pre-scnt and Dually agreed to enter the pool , thereby leavlnir only fhei Nebraska City distillery an n stumbling block in the way of completion of the syndicate. An adjournment waa taken until to-morrow to see whether ( ha Nebraska City house will llnally decide to como in Cleansed by the niooel , TT , Neb. , August 12. [ Special Tele gram to the Bi-.K.J The Bonne-It camp- meeting has started gloriously and I * In creasing In Interest and power. Already ono hundred have been converted to Gnd and an canal number have been cleansed by the blood. Thciu : uo over one hundred lents on the ground. Three thousand Avcro in at tendance on Sunday and still the Interest Is Increasing , and it will bo held over next Sun day. FiciiillHh Hui-ah .Tnno. BQSTOX , August VI. It Is indei'i : > tend that the Somervlllo police have Information of the suspicious death of at lua&t eleven per sons , directly or Indirectly , minted to Mrs ; .Sarah Jane lloblnson , who Is undci in rest. The clecoastel parties wuro Insured l i benefit orL'iinizatlons anel whe'ietiiu moneiy in mobt c\leii : \ frit Into this woman's hands. * dh Democrat * ! Nominate. XAXKMCKB , III. , August 13. The dome cratf. of the * . Sixteenth Illinois' senatorial ell trict noiiiluntvd at Gllmuii to-day , for reprc * milutlve , Tiumau Hutlug , ot. i