Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 11, 1887, Image 1
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 1 SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING. JULY 11. ' 1887. NUMBER 2 CREMATED IN A THEATER , Seventeen Persona Earned to Death in a Wisconsin Mining Oamp , HURLEY'S HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST Nine Charred Corpses Kccoveretl From the Smouldering Iliilns The Ilufllncfm t'nrt of the Town Completely Wiped Away. Frightful [ join of I Afc. Himi.nr , WIs. , July 10. Fire broke out on the stage of thu Alcamr tlicatcr at 8 o'clock last night , and within an hour the cntlru business part of town was In flames , while eleven persons had perished In thu theater. The charred remains of nlno people have been taken from thu ruins. The loss is fully SWu.OOO. The Alca/.ar was a variety theater , chlelly frequented by miners , and was one of thu resorts of unsavory rcputu associated with the notorious dancd housei of the min ing regions. Only a small audience had gathered wiion the II ro broke out , and they scrambled out In a hurry. Several actors , however , rushed up stairs to save their wardrobes , and when they sought to escape lonnd that they were hemmed In on all tides , the flames having spread through the wooden Dullillnir with Incredible rapidity. How they struggled to flee will never bo known , as none of them except Sadie Wells and Mablu Powers were ever been again. The former appeared at a second story win- Sow and called plteously upon the crowd outside to save her. Uofore a hand could bo raised the flames reached her and communi cated to her clothing. Shu made a fiantic Effort to Jump through the window , and won , with a piercing shriek , fell Into the turnaco below. Mabel Powers hail reached i third story window. She jumped and was 10 badly Injured that her recovery Is doubt- tul. Among those who perished In the theater were : , FRANK Tou.vo , SADII : McCAiiE and JACKSON , colored comedians , TII.I.H : Mooni : , song and dance artist. MAIH.K. GooDiucii , and husband. SADII : Wr.t.i.8. Mits. FKNTON. Two or three others whoso iiamcs arc not known , The Alcazar was In the very heart of the city. It was a mass of flames in a very short ( lino. The lire seemed to leap from building to building until several blocks became a roaring oven. It was not long before every building between Third and Fifth avenue was In Han-os. All efforts to set the fire un der control seemed futile. The lire depart ment , reinforced by scores of volunteer ? , sent Its puny streams against the approach ing wall of flames , but had to retreat as the lire swept reslstlessly on. It did not stop un til material for It to feed upon was lacking. Thu Individual losses are over 83,000- 000 , and are as follows : Moore , McF.irran * Co. , merchandise ) and clothing , 850,000 ; S. Moore , Agnew & Co. , eeneral hardware , 40,000 ; Melnomann Bros. & Co. , dry goods , IWi.OOO ; Cann it Minn , general merchandise , 810,000 ; Urlll & Lansdon , 530,000 ; Carrothors Uros. , stock of liquors , 55,000 ; J. 15. Lan- Klois , saloon and household goods. 35.000 ; Oscar Hanson , furniture goods fcO.OOO ; Lemon * Fester , drugs , 88,000 ; propiletors of the Fair , $ ) ,000 ; John E. Burton , sixteen buildings , 5.W.OOO ; Chas. LeClalro , Alcazar theater , 8r ,000 ; IX P. McNeil ! , saloon and household , S10.000 ; P. S. Blrlde , wholesale liquors , 55,000 ; A. E. Gallagher , law library , 5,000 ; Peasko Uros. , groceries , with build ing , 811,000 ; 0. Peraln , restaurant , 85,000 ; F. A. Day , hardware , S'i.OOO ; J. Kidgemau , saloon and restaurant , 85,000. ADDITIONAL . Ciiimoo. July 10. A special from Ironwood - wood , Mich. . across the river from Hurley , WIs. , says that seventeen people lost their lives In the Alcazar theater. The follovviiis additional names of the dead are given : J. W. VANQUIOK. BAJIUIL : HUAI.SV , LAUIHE BrtAiNiun. : It Is probable that John .Tarrdt , thoslaio carpenter , will ale from his Injuries. Jen nie Sheridan , an actress who leaned 1mm the third story. Is also severely hurt. Sue sajs that she tried to persuade several others to Jump but they delayed and the lloor fell in , taking them with It. A "WlEUn STORY. How a Ij.icly Hupposcil to Da Dead Was Almoflt Cremated , NKW YOIIK , July 10. ( .Special Telegram to the UKK. I A local paper prints a highly sensational story which purpoits to glvo the details of a narrow escape from Incineration of a lady living on Fifth avcnuo. According to the story , thu lady who Is the wlfo of a leading snear merchant has been suffering for A long tlmo from heart disease and on Juno SO apparently died. It was her wish that her body should bo cremated and the body was taken to the crematory at Frclsli Pond. Her mourners took a last look at hei dead face and then the remains were turncil over to tlui superintendent. That gentle man , according to his statement , began malt' preparations to cremate the body. While urttlne the slldiue apparatus ready ho heard n rustling sound In the direction of the coffin which stood a few feet away. The llil being still ouon , by glancing In the direction of the sound ho noticed a flower fall fron the casket to the lloor. "Just as I was about to wheel Into posltlor the carriage which supports the body beton It Is slid In the furnace , " continued the sn pcrlntondent , "I heard n renewal of the rustling sound , and tnrnlnc my eyes tovvari the. casket saw A number of tlowuis dropping from It. In the midst of which apooared r hand grasping the sldo of the cell ! n. No1 knowing what to think and pretty wel frightened 1 walked toward the casket. 1 wai liorror-strlckun to see the corpse sitting ui nnd gazing wildly about her. With no knees shaklnc my first impulse was to run but quickly taking In the situation I told lie ftho had been quite 111 and must keep quiet then I lifted her out of the coffin and carrliu her upstairs to my room ; then my wlfi helped mo out by telling the lady slip was he nurse , ami putting her own clothes on her. ' ' 1 ho lady's husband was telegraphed fo and after hearing the story cooly called 01 his wlfo as If she had been 111 for sovora days. No\t day the lady was so much botto her husband brought her to this city. Arrested Tor llruial Crlnin. rAusTi.\E : , Tex. , July 10. Sarah Pace colored , \vlte of Henry Pace , came to towi yesterday and made affidavits against he husband for MI outrageous assault upon her coif and the murder of their Infant child u their home nine miles east of town , about si : months Ago. The woman alleges that sh was kept under strict survcillanca am terrified by constant tlneats of death If sh divulged the secret to the neighbors or an thorltla-s. It was no secret that the child vva burned to death nt the time , but the people litho the vicinity supposed It to bo accidental nntl the woman madu the nllitlaUt. Shu xtnte that her husband throw thu child In thu fir nftcr It was deml , li.'nt It with u stick , tli Hush adhering to the stick every stroke. Cm Mablo Stuvo L'rlst and Deputy bheritl I.ni Stockhrltlgenm slut P.icevvluM atorki Ids hL'Id. llu was I'otulcU'i-jhly agitate when told that thu ehnrmi midu , against lili Wits the murdt'rof his child. Cholera AIIIIIIIU Troops. LONDON , July ta Tboro 1m vo bocn fort cases of cholera and fifteen deaths from th Ulscaso UIOUK the troops at Catania. A REDSKIN AVAIL Fatal Plght With Indiana In South St. Louis. ST. Louis , July 10. About two wenka ace n band of six Klckapoo Indians appeared in South St. Louis and piled a brisk trade In Bclllnir moccasins and other Indian wares. They had a camp on the bank of the river Despares , Just outsldo the southern limit of town. On thu 4th of July one of the Indians attempted to whip a whlto boy who was pes tering and piquing them , when John Hose , a rolling mill hand , interfered and gave the Indian a threshing. About Go'clock this eventnp the Indian and a com panion met Hose on the street near the Star of the West hotel and made at him with knives. Hose pulled a revolver and shot ono of them through the bodv. The other hastened to camp and brought thn rest of the Indians Into town , armed with Winchester rllles. Koso and two or three of his filor.ds went Into a second story room ot the hotel , and when the Indians appeared near enough opened lire upon them with revolvers and brought two ot them to the ground severely wounded. The remainder of the Indians then began shooting promiscuously and nreil into the hotel nnd surrounding houses. Ciieat alarm sel/ed the people In the vlclnllv , nud almost immediately hundieds of thorn wiuo ItuuliiK from their houses , running to the hillside near by and taking shelter wherever they could. A few moments later a number of cltl/"ns aimed themselves and with the aid of Urn police dro\n the In- flans to camp , but they would not suriendur. Jray Eagle nnd another stalwart buck narchcd up and down bofoii1 thiilr tent , and with their sixteen shooters hold the crowd at jay. The Indians had carried two of their .vounded . to camp , and thev being so serious- y hurt , the others finally sent for or permitted a doctor to enter the tent. The Lvhole party thun surrounded them and the ivounded weie sent to tlio hospital and ( ! ray Sagie. Black Hawk nnd Mnosehead were ocked up. During the melee the Indians llred numerous shots , but luckily did not hit mybodyand the excitement which was lu- .i-nso tor a time gradually subsided. The Bounded Indians are Pavvnen Tom , Indian Hurtle nnd Little Chief , two of whom will robablv die. Kose , It is said , gave himselt , ii to the police. ANO'l'HKU yiiAO KPlSODIi. Ichcl Ranters AVunt the Natloti'n Iliumer Changed. ISKW YOUK , July 10. ( Special Telegram to ho Hun. 1 A special to the Tribune from iynn , Mass. , says : General Laudes Post of ho Grand Army , which has been at Gettys- urgand In the south forelght days , returned louie to-day. The organisation was hosplt- bly entertained by the 11. E. Leo camp of : onfederato veterans of Richmond , being In hat city from Monday night until Wednes- lay morning. They mingled with Pickett's ncn at Gettysburg and saw or hoard no ro- pulslvoUlk concerning Mio late unpleasant ness until they reached Richmond. On Tuesday evening a banquet on a largo sc.ilo was held at Sangcr hall In that city. Probably 400 people attended , Including nearly Ml the representative men ot Richmond mend , save the governor , who was In New Yoik , and the mav.01 of the city , who was con lined to his homo by illness. The speeches were all of a satisfactory tenor until 11. W. Flournay , secretary ot the common wealth ot Virginia , was called upon. Ills remarks concerning the w.ir and its results wore so objectloniiblo to many that thev loft the hall. Ho defended thu con federate action In the struggle in such a manner as to make him- lf repulslvu to the northern visitors Ho wanted the ArneiIron flag "amended" to the extent of placing the rebel stars and bars in n prominent position thereon. It was the most unreconstructed speech Imagin able , and the excuse oltered hv the few mem bers of the K. E. Leo c.iuip , objecting to the uxpressedsoutluitnt.was that "tho man mint bo Inflamed with wine. " The editor of the Richmond Times , who followed , made amore moro radical speech regarding the ch.tnirlng of the Hag than did the secretary of state , claiming that complete unitv and good teellng would never result until the old rubol flag became n portion of the stars and stripes. Thu latter speaker read his speech from manuscilpt , so that It could not bo said his was a hasty re mark brought on by an In.lulgenco In liquor. Ho dwelt nn the "new Hag" business at much length nnd thought it only fair that such amendments as were suggested should bo Im- niBilUtely made. The Lynn members looked at the Richmond p.ipors next morning and found tint thu rofttroucoa to Un s bulng changed had been cut out of the speeches. Aberdeen On The Irish. CincAoo , July 10. [ Special Telegram to the Hnu.J The Earl and Countess of Aber deen arrived last evening from Milwaukee. In an Interview Lord Aberdeen said the fate lu regard to the Irish quuestlou hcio which hud most favorably Impressed him was the entire nbsonco of that lire-eating , fanatic clement which Englishmen have been taught at homo was universal In America. Ho was exceedingly gratified to discover this nnd believed that If the English people generally were better Informed on this sub ject much good would bo accomplished. In regard to the coercion bill ho had no doubt it would become n law. How much value It would have ho could not say , but ho under stood that already there were certain ar rangements being i n ado In IieUtul that would practically niako the law Inoperative and n dead letter. Of course this was sim ply what ho had heard , but ho did not know in tliolc.ist how it was to bo accomplished. Carpontora Want lit ht Hour * . CmcAoo , July 10. The Carpenters coun cil has called a mass meeting of nil carpen ters at the Twelfth street Turner hall for Wednesday evening next , for the purpose of congratulating the bricklayers on the suc cessful termination of their lockout , and also to taku mcasuies to solicitor compel the muster carpenteis' association to ndont an eight hour day. The c.in.enteis stiongly ob lect to working nlneliouis vvlilio the brlck- lajersaio only obliged to work eight , ami they consider this the most opportune time to make tholr dom.uuls. So no of thu mo in hers of the master carpenters' association have expressed themselves as willing to ac cede to eight hours , but others will oppose- any such movement. The Constitution's Centennial. Piiii.AnET.rniA , July 10. Colonel A. Lau don Snowdon , marshal In charge of the civic and Industrial demonstration to bo held as a part of the celebration In coinmemora tlon of the centennial anniversary ot the adoption of the constitution In Septombei ne\t , has addressed lutters to the governor : of the several states suggesting that they ap point committees In their respective state : to which shall bo assigned the duly of direct Ing tha attention of citizens to the subject and the organizing of Industries for partlcl patlon in Hie demonstration , wnlch it Is pro- nowl to make. If possible , the most Impos ing of the kind over witnessed on this contl netit. Frnmhilont Mesmerist Scntoncod. SrmxiiKiKr.D , Mo. , July 10. J. I. Sarony charged with fraudulently obtaining money was convicted hetu In the circuit couit hen last evening , and sentenced to two jears li the penitentiary. Last winter Saiony nil \crtlscd himself as thu world's greatest mes merist and billed lilmselt lor an cxhlbltlni at Music hall , where he collected about § 3 at the door and then skipped out withou even appearing on the 6tage. Ho wan ai rested a few miles west of hern thu sann nUlit , brought back , und ban been In j < tl here vur since. At UU trial ha has beei nuHe III und had to bo assisted to and frou thu i-iiurt room. Working for JVlnxwell , br. Lous , July 10 , A morning panel Mr. T. W. Fauntlcroy , counsHl fo Hugh M. llronks alias Maxwell , says that h has not thrown up the ease , but on the othe hand will do his utmost tosavo thesent < ! iice < man. He says that there is no foundatloi whatever for the report that ho Lad turowi Up thO 6UOUKO , TflEY DIDN'T ' PLAY BALL , Tula Accounts for the Defeat of tboOmahas Yesterday. BAD PLAYING BUT FEW ERRORS. The Score Stands 15 to 11 In Favor of JlaHtlnjrs With Two Krrors Charged Against the Homo Team. Another Defeat. Wo know when moons shall wane , When summer birds from far shall cross the sea , When autumn suns shall tinge the ripening grain Hut who , oh I Omaha , shall teach us when to look for n game from theo ? Like Ixlon clasping the cloud , or Llsypus struggling upward , unrewarded to die In despair at last , Is thu Omahas tienztcd effort to down nn aggregation of country boys from the village of Hastings , wearing the uniform of a base ball team , lint It Is all of no avail. It Is only Porphyrlon assaulting Fate over again , and recoiling from the rock of its Im mutability , like the balls rebound from Kteli- meyei's chest protector. The Hastings boys didn't leave their corn- cutting and como over hero lor nothing I They Intend to exterminate the hated Ouialms , and Manatrcr Malone says by next Tuesday evening they'll all wish they wore never born. It's too IIM\ \ . Thai's just what It K And the people are getting tired , and Manager Phllbin will liuvo to put up some hammocks before long It ho expects to bold the crowd. Yesterday was the Sabbath , nnd the sky ivas robed In bright blue and gold , with an embroidery ot pearl , while the Him was hot enough to roast a tuikej , but two thousand Tieoplo never herded this , and heroically madn their way out to Association park to see the Hastings play with the Omahas. And they did play with them , ijlku a cat docs with a mouse. KunV They never had so much In their lives. And when they get through Hero they are going down toToneka , wheio they are booked to play a came ot ball. Hut pleasure butoro business every time. However , let's go over thu gamu biielly. Mopping liis classical brow with a very dlrtj liandkeichiet , Mr. Honglo called play , and Walsh , with his Inflammatory curls , stepped up to the plate. Everybody could see a losolve , strong as Lmbuncr ! cheese , and calm In Its veiy depth , planted all over his face. Hu braced himself. Ono ball. Hut no more , for ho caught the second ono pitched about six Inches trom the end ot his bit , and It went sebilntlng through tlin air out toward Washington territory , and Walsh came home amidstau iinroar almost , sufficient to wr ku up thn rust of the nine. Hut it didn't. Kor tlneo men were quickly retired , two of them. Kreymeyer and Handle , in a neat double plav. After Rulslng and Whltehead hnd been put out , Curtis b uiged thu stihere out Into center for three sncKu , trotting home on a passed ball. Then Welch smacked it for tlneo him self , and on Handle's tiimblu ot Peoples' lilt hucnme in , and he , too , scored a moment later on a hit and an error. Thu Omahas wort ) kalsomincd in the second end , but the Hastings , on three bases on balls , another fumble by Handle , and a scratch hit , the ball striking Hanson's lug , tallied tlueu more. In the third Walsh scored again , while the Hastings were goose-egged , as they were also in the fourth. In thu latter the Omuhas got In tlneo runs on throe singles , a three- Ingger ami a brace ot lotten errors. In the tilth , sixth and seventh the Omahas failed to accomplish anything , hut the Hastings onlv added nlno runs to tliolr Bide , on some good batting , clever base running and a bouquet ot beautiful errors. When too late the local team got down to work nnd slusged the ball to thu queen's taste , making two tallle.i in the eighth and four In the ninth. The latter vveio gatliered In this wise : McLatiglilm went out from second to lirst : Krehmuver cot his base on balls ; then Handle and Dvvyur hit sate , and Hador died at lirst. Messltt lined ono tc rlcht and Handlu and Uwyer came homo , Kielimeyer having previously scored on Handle's hit. Genius knocked Messltt home , and Uartson perishing trom second to lirst , the game was over. TIII : SCOIIK : o > i AHA , ro s A i i.n. _ in. in. in. 10. A. r. , Walsh . ss fl 'J 4 U 0 1 1 i McLaiuhlin..rf 5 0 2 2 0 'J 0 ( Krehmoicr. . .c 5 1 3 : i 0 5 0 : Handle . 'Jb 5 1 i 1 o 0 ! 1 : Uwver . Ib 5 1 : $ : i o 0 0 C Hader . If 5 1 : j a 1 0 0 ( Messltt . 8b 5 a 1 1 0 1 3 ( Genius . ( Hartson. . . . . . p 5 I 8 a 0 i ! 5 ( . _ - . . .5 _ li.ai . ! M 1 ! M 13 ! UA.ST1.VOS. I'OS. All. It. 111. Til. IIS. VQ. A. li Reisin. . ib c o a a o a o i Whitt < head.ib : 0 1 3 8 0 4 0 I Curtis . cf Welch . If n 1 3 4 0 1 0 l Peoples . ss Hiuhes . 'Jb 5 1 3 4 0 'J 8 I Lauiimn . rf 5 3 a 4 0 0 0 i Ehrlght . c Nicholson . p 5J 3 30 0 ( i i Totals . 4-3 15 if : a 0 ! i7 ! The score by Innings Is as follows : Omaha 1 0130002 4-1 Hastings 3 3003420 * 1 , Huns e.uiH'il UinahaO , Hastings 10. Two-base hits Hughes , Lauman ' . ' . Threc-baso hits Walsh. Genius , Curtis. Homo run-Walsh. Ebright 2. Loft on bases Omaha 7 , Hastings 9. Double plays Peoples , Hughes to Reislng Struck out Hy Haitson 4 , Nicholson ' . ' . Hases on balls-Hy liartsun 5 , .Nicholson C Passed balls Krelimeyer 1. Wild pitches Hartson 1 , Nicholson 1. Hases stolen Omaha 1. Time of tame 3 hours , 10 minutes. Umpire Henule. The American Association. CINCINNATI. July 10 The gam betweei the Clnclnnatls and Metropolitans to-da ; was postponed on account of rain. Cincinnati 0 8082010 1-2 Mfttiopolltan. . . . OOU022003- Pitcliers Sernd and Smith for Cincinnati Kosemand and McMullen tor Metropolitan Httse hits-Cincinnati 20. Metiopolltan M Errors-Cincinnati 5 , Metropolitan 13. Urn piro Kccnan. ST. Louis. July 10. Thn St. Lonls-Haltl more game to-day was stopped by the polici after thn nrst Inning , bull playing on Sundn : being in violation of the Sunday law. Louibvn.i.i : , July 10. The game betweet the Loi'isvllle and Urooklyu teams to-da' ' lesulted as follows : Louisville 7 00002321-1 Hrooklyn 0 02200300- Pltchers Chamberlain nnd Tcrrv. Has hits Louisville IS Hrooklvn 15. Errrirs- Loulsvillo 4 , Urooklyn , 0. umpire Curry. Diamond Notes. Every man of the Hastings got ono o moro hits. To-morrow's game will be the last on th homo grounds until July 80. Again Hunglo umpired iiuperbly. N kicking , no back talk or wrangling. Kusselbach will play third and Ilarpe pitch for thu Omahas In Tue.cla > 'a game. Although Ebright Is credited with tw homo runs , they were both ot the scratc order. The Hastings have no license to beat th Omahas. It has been dead luck , sir , in bet games. Walsh's homo run hit was adanny. H had crossed the plato before the ball coul bo thrown lu from the he-Id oven. Hartson Is a plucky little pitcher , and mo : of the hits made oft of him yesterday wei after chances tor outs had been offered. The boys bit hard enough yesterday , In fielded liku old women , notwithstanding tli ofllcltU score only elves them two errors. I Everybody go out , uud sco the now men t < morrow. They may turn the tide of disaster that seems to have ovcrttkon the local team. The Hastings left the field much elated last evening , as they hardly hoped to win the game after the Oraahas' brllllantoponlng. Krehmoyer was hardlr up to his standard behind the bat. Ho had several very expen sive parsed balls , and bis throwing to second was poor. Harter ami O'Lcary wcro spectators In the grandstand. ' 1 ho blind floundering of tholr old confreres made them smile audibly sev eral times during the contest. That piomtslng young player , Hader , has been away off lately on his judgment of fly balls. Ho appears nervous ana doesn't play with the same dash and spirit that marked his work ot a few weeks slucu. The eai"o was a poor one In all particulars , and many ot the audience departed before It was over. The deficiencies lu the team , however , will all be supplied ere many days , and Omaha will jet make u creditable show ing. * THE W IS IS It IN WAtLi STUUliT. Trail o Does Not Improve as it Was ISxpcotoit To. NEW YOIIK , July 10. | Special Telegram to the UKK. ) The week on the stock ex- chantre was a dull one compared with its Im mediate predecessor , but this Is not surpris ing lu view of a full holiday on Monday and a half holiday Saturday and the extreme heat of the weather , to say nothing of the fact that movements in the stock market were calculated to drive off rather than draw n the outside public. The bulls looked to iisler money and favorable developments In ho long talked ot telegraph deal to bring , bout a bettor condition of affairs. The ormer came , but tno latter did not , and al- houc.li London bought stocks until near the , lese , and the railway earnings were gen- Tally good , the market -was a sagging one , nd the rallies were so feeble there was very Ittlo support to anything and traders ook early advantage of this and 'or that matter U can be said hey maintained control of speculation hroiiL-liout the week. As a rule they were leailshly Inclined , and became bold In their attacks whenever they discovered weak pots. On almost every day lower prices were recorded than on the previous one. and lomo tired holders dropped their stocks , thus iclplng along the decline , which ranged up o 5 ; ! ; per cent on the regular share list , and even moro In American cotton oil certificates , although the latter afterward had a sharp re covery. Even tiling sufferedIncluding , stan- ilard dividend payers , and of these , Now York Central at ono time led the downward nnvemunt. The course of the market was n llsappointmenttomostof the leading houses , who had been looking for an Improvement after the national holiday , and the opinion Is becoming about universal that the suiest way out of the present unsatisfactory sltua- lon will bo lonnd in the advent of some bull eader w Ith coinage , brains and capital. Rallioad bonds were comparatively quiet , and the niancet was weaker than of late , io of thn speculative issues having de clined qultu sharply. Governments wore a fraction lower on small dealings , and the same Is tine of state bonds. Foreign ex changes , on the whole , were somewhat firm , chiefly in consequence of the easier con- .litlon of the money market Rates weio slightly higher , but they are oven now only a shade above the gold 1m- imrtlng point. The monetary situation was lellfcted In the treasury disbursements on ac count ot Interest , called bonds and pensions , and lower rates ot Interest prevailed. The liighosl quotation ! was reached on Tuesday , when there were a few transactions at 8 to 10 per cent , but later on 5 to 0 per cent were the ruling liirures , and exceptional loans wcro made at 1 to 4 per cent. Domestic exchanges were more favorable and at the close rateaat St. Louis and Chicago cage indicated alupmbTirs'of' currency toward tills center. Several consignments of gold from Europe , in nil about 3113,000 arrived dining the week. THE CLEARANCE RECORD. Monetary Transactions In the Coun try During the Pat Work. BOSTON , J uly 10. | Special Telegi am to the KK. ] The following table compiled from dispatches totho Post fiom managers of the leading clearing houses of the United States shows the gross exchanges for week ending July 10 together vvitU rates per cent , of in- ciease or decrease , as compared with gross exchanges for corresponding week In 18SO : AN ODD NKWSPAl'KR WAR. The KuslnCBi Offlco Unsuccessfully RuukH the Editorial Room * . NEvvOui.EA.Ns , July 10. | Special Tolo- grarn to the UKn.j An odd sort of newspaper war has brun going on at Shrcveport , A blight young fellow named Piickette formed a partnership with a fellow named Johnson to lease and carry on the old Shreveport Daily'null's. Tha former was to manaco the editorial and the latter the mechanical de partment. Puckette promptly and vigorously swung the paper Into the support ot General Nicholls for governor and the reformed de mocracy. Inspired by the owners , who are friends of McEnery , present governor and a candidate for re-election , Johnson threw out Pucketto's political articles. Puckette went Into court and obtained an Injunction preventing any Interference with him. The Johnson party went before a judge of con current jurisdiction , who dismissed the In junction. Pucketto then appeared before the supreme court of the state , which re versed the last decision until a hearing can be had on the merits of the caBO next Octo ber. Pncketta Is now at the helm and Nlcli- oils' CUUBO has scored a triumph. A Terrible Aoclilnnt. ST. JosKi'it , Mo. , July 10. Tnu news of n Bad accident come- ) from the farm ot Martin Wagner , some eight or ten miles southeast ol Skidmore. While cutting rye his little three- year-old boy came to him In thn Held and wandered Into tiiu grain and full nslcup In such a position tliut ttio rusper , in nmsinf ; over It , cut one let entirely off , Mr. W.igner , when ho saw what , was donf , fell from hi' seat In an unconscious condition , and i\a picked up In that way. 1'ho little sulferci was tenderly cared lor and wUI probably re cover. Death of Bon Halliday , the Great Fionoer of the West. KING OF THE STAGE COACH ERA The Duuntlem Courier of the Pathless Pralrlo , Who Mnde Millions Al most In a Day , Dies In Poverty. Dun Jlnllldny'rt Dentil. Portland ( Ore. ) Dispatch to the St. Louis Globo-Democrat , July 8 : Hen lialllaay , ono of the best known characters In the western country , died at St. Vincent's hospital In this city to-night at 7:45. : The Immediate cause ot his death was paralysis , from which he had been suffering for some time. Ho had bcou unconscious for several davs , and up to his last moments was uuablo to recog nize his wlfo and chlldiou. A VAIIIKIIATEI ) CAltr.nil. The career of Hen Halliday was that of n remarkable man. Ho was a native of Kentucky - tucky , and was probably sixty-live years of ago. lie moved from his native statn when fifteen years of age , and located In Mis souri. In Ib49 or ' 50 ho settled at Wcston , nnd for several years was engaged In the drug business , lie finally abandoned that prosy pursuit for a more exciting life still further on the fron tier , and In 1852 made his first overland trip to Salt Lake City lu charge of a train of goods , lie found no market in Salt Lake , and moved on with the train to California , wheio thn value of his goods ( trnvr as If by magic. Ills venture was far moro profitable than he had anticipated , even In his wildest dreams , and the result was the foundation of a fortunn. Becoming interested In San Francisco property , he soon grew wealthy and Influential , and finally secured a con tract to supply the Pacific Mail company with fiesh hoof. This brought him an Income ot from SU.OOO to 84,000 per mouth , and was fol lowed by other contracts even more pro a ta ble , In which the government nnd various overland companies contributed to bis In creasing fortune. FAI1UI.OUS KAIININOS. Ho eventually became Interested with W. H. Kussell , a well-known Mlssourlan , In sev eral government contracts and cleared fabu lous sums of money. Hut Halliday , who was on the western end of the continent and manipulated the various deals , managed to capture the most of the profits , while llus- scll and his copartners In Missouri and the cast furnished the principal portion of the capital. The ilrm of Kussell , Majors & Waddell - doll , of bt. Louis , ilually failed at the openIng - Ing of the war , and Hallidav generously kept everything which the firm owned west of the Missouri. THE OVEHTvAND COMPANY" . A reorganization was finally affected and the firm oi Kussell , Joaes & Cartwiluht anil Alexander Mayers became solo owners of the Piku'.s Peak Express company from Atchlsou and Leavenworth to Denver. The government beinjt behind in pay to the com pany , KussHll , a democrat , deemed It pru dent to make Halliday president of the Overland company. Halliday accepted , and advanced SHO.OOO or 540,000 to lit up the line , ana took a chattel mortcago on the whole concern. Tills was made payable at some obscure town in Kansas , and llalllday soon captured the line which had previously been invoiced at about $700,000. He afterward sold it to tha Wells Faryo Express company for 82.000,000 cash. Ilalllday's lirst wife and four children by her are all dead. Thn wife was an estimable woman , chat nilng in appearance , and character. Their two dan-Mitem , Pollio and Jennie , each married a Frencli count with more title than anything else. IJoth were beautiful woman but both had been sought anil wedded tor their wealth and their married lives proved uniiappy. Jennie the oldest , died on a Pullman car on her way east trom California , The doctois said It was lu-ait disease. The other died at a New York hotel. The two bovs , Joseph and Huniaiuin , who were well known in St. Louis , among the young bloods of their day , died \\hlle they were yet you lie men. All the children were buried on the Ophir farm , in Westchester comity , N. Y. , beside their mother , In a pilvato clianel which she had built. Ouhir farm embraces about 1OOU acres which is finely improved after thu Frencli chateau style , and In her will the mother left It to herdaiightors with the stipu lation that'it their death it should not go to their French husbands. This provision was the cause ot long litigation , the Fienchmun making strenuous efforts to secure Its pos session. U finally passed into the possession of John Koach , the ship builder. [ From the Denver lletialillenn. ' ] There is much lu Hen Hallluay's history and a great deal that is of Interest to Colo- ladans , as Mr. Hallidav was the man who brought the first stage-coach to Denver and occupied very much the same rank in the early days that lallroad presidents occupy now. Hen Halliday was a bluff old fellow , very hearty with his friends and very blunt with those not fortunate ( inoucli to have secured his good will. He had many ot the eccen tricities which seem to bo natural with rich men whoso caieors have sprung from small beginnings. He could be very aibltrary with his employes if the fit seized him , and "again he could requite a favor In a generous , whole- souled fashion , which often made him a lion among thost ) by whom ho was feared. Ho was ono of those men who seem to take n grim delUht In surprising people who do the most unexpected things at the most unex pected moments. Hu was often atl'ahlo and occasionally ho was bearish , just as nil men are who are as heavily burdened with busi ness caies as lie was , A HOLD spKcur.ATon. VLIke most ot his class , ho was a bold speculator later and would take almost any risk where ho thought there was a chance ot making anything. Altogether tltoso who knew Mr. Hallidav In Dunverln the early days remem ber him as a kindly , eccentric man , fond of a jokoand always willing to help along any worthy public scheme. It Is concluded , however , by those who knew him best , that although there was much that remarkable In Hen ' was Ualliday's his tory there was llttlo that was in Itself ro- niarnablK about the man , Thu greatness in which riches envelop a man woie rather thrust upon him than otherwise. He began his career in a most propitious time for men to make money. Ho was so situated that ho had every opportunity to make It , and his would have been a densely stupid mental or ganism Indeed had ho not followed up his advantage as far as U led him. A OK.VIUS AND A IIK.NKKACTOII. Ho wasa geulus and a benefactor , Inas much as ho was progressive. The million1 ; that he once owned wore kept In active cir culation , and for that icasou thu world is butter that Uuu Halliday was once a rich man. There are those perhaps who will bear Bonio yet tenderer memories of this erst while hero of the famous Overland Stage line. Little Is now known in Denver of Hen Holtlday's family relations , which may have been somewhat broken up whan some year.- ago Mrs. Halliday went to Europe to reside side with her two daughters whom she tnir- rled to German counts , after tha most approved fashion , which even tnc wives of the bonanza klngd of the piesent day cannot excel. Mrs. Hallldaj is said to have queened It for a tlmo In En rene , just as Mrs. Mackay does to-day , bill her judgment In the matter of the choice o ! titled husbands for her daughters proved bill Ill-advised , as both Hen Hulllday'a daugh tots dird nf broken hearts , their royal hus bands doubtless proving little more than for tune-seekers. At one time Halliday brought his inIbtocratlc sons-in-law to America am gayu them employment.butthlaproviid rathei tin unsatisfactory proceeding , and U I : thought that the old limn was glad enough t < pay their passage back to Germany lu orde to get rid of them. Ills KAllt.T nKUIXN'I.Vd. \Vais a ii Hen Hollnday kept a llttlo urc eery store in western Missouri. Hi fact it I claimed by some that It was not erocerle which ho sold , but bad Missouri whisky However this may havu been , Holladay was a good natured , ordinary kind of country merchant whom everybody liked aud whc was not a bad follow by any means. In the year 1S5S circumstances and the voice of a friend called him further west and ho soon became concerned lu the government pur chase of Hour , which WAS to supply John son's army at Fort Hrldges In the nays ot the Mormon war. Hero he madu large sums of money by buying flour for n very llttlo money and soiling It for a great deal. It was hero ho got his "start lu life , " as It Is called. The first trip Halliday made ho left Fort Leavenworth In an ambulance , making the trip to Salt Lake In six or seven itavs by the assistance of the government olJlcers , ono of the quickest trips which had over been made at Hint time. The stages ran between Atchl- son , Kan. , and Salt Laku City , Halliday ic- celvlng S'iW.OUO for carrvluc the mail be tween those two points. The stages were the thnrouch-hracu Concord coaches , Invariably painted a bright red , thoroughly equipped for service nnd drawn by four spanking horses , the whole making an Imposing spectacle. IIISSTAaK-COACH DAYS. The accommodations of sta.'e travel of fered by Mr. Halliday wnro of the very best. I no horsiis wcro without exception line , spirited ikiilinals , ami the st\nes were the best that could be procured. Tliu stages were run on platform time. The end of thu route was Plaeervlllo , Nevada , and It was to tills point tliat Horacu Greeley was hastening to deliver his lecture when Hank Monk , thu famous staKU-drlvcr of western ro in mice , who was driving along a fearful precipice at an alarmingly rapid gate , called to tlin af frighted journalist , who had stuck his head out of the window to protest : "Keep your seat. Mr. Greeley. I'll get you to Plaeervlllo in time. " HUN OUT IIY TIIK ItAlI.ltO Mil. Halliday ran the stage line from IbCl until Ib07. When the Union Pacific road was fin ished to Cheyenne he found himself out of business , to bo took a great deal of his money and bo/an building a railroad from San Francisco to Portland. At one time It is estimated that Halliday must have been wortb five million dollars. Hu devoted him self to the object of developing the Pacific coast , and soon lost a great deal of his money In railroad schemes. Between 1809 and 18J he last nearly everything that ho had in con nection with the building of the Oregon rail road. H seemed from the government between 8250,000 and 8400,000 for carrying the malls between Atchlson and Salt Lake. When compelled to Klve up the stage busi ness ho settled In California and there erected one of the grandest mansions on the Pacllic coast. Ever since lie lost his money , which hap pened somu yeais ago , Halllilay has been planning to complete his rallioad to Port land. When ho became Involved , ho deeded the remnant nf his property to his brother , and when In thu course of tlmo Ills brother refused to lestoru it to him , Halliday de manded restitution in the courts and re ceived therefrom three-fourths of what ho deeded away. 1I1H CLAIM AOAINST THE OOVKUXVENT. In 1804 and Ib05 , Holladay lost great num bers of horses , mules , Btagus , stations , hay and grain by the ravages ot the war between the bloux and the Cheyenne Indians. At this time It is estimated that ho lost one-half a million dollors clear. Ho immediately nut a claim before congress for that amount but has never recelxed anything to compen sate him for Ids loss. Halliday has been In terested In ono of the Pacific steamship lines and In a great many other largo con cerns In and about the Pacific coast. Halliday street In this city was named after lien Halliday because of the stage office which was situated at the corner of Fifteenth and that street. The old barn where the stages were kept was located in the block now occupied by the postolllco on Lawrence street. TRIj BEUCHUR RUS1NUSS. KITortH of the Department to Squelch the Matter. WASHINGTON , July 10. [ Special to the Hr.R. | The attempt to belittle the effect aud value of the affidavit and lists of charges against A. F. needier found among the ef fects of Alver M. Black , which the treasury department Is making at this time , seems a llttlo curious in view of the necessity for his rejection which the sunato found upon thorough Investigation of lieccher's case last winter. Every possible opportunity was given Deecher to pro o the falsity ot the charges madn against him , and his excuse was so lame that the senate found Itself un able to confirm him for the office to which he had been nominated. Martin , supervising special a ent ot the treasury , says that ISlack's chatgos had been fully Investigated and found to bo without foundation. Ho further asserts that Hluck was demented aud actuated by a Kludge. Martin is chief ot thu division to which Beecher now belongs and probably appreciates thu desire ot the administration to keep Hueclicr in olllee. The failure of the deportment to taku any notice ot his charges aside from the "Investigations" alluded to by Martin proba bly lud Black to secnio stronger evidence and to start for Washington personally to prosecute thu charges. Of this now evidence thu ticasury officials know nothing , and their hastu to deny that there wan anything In them has raised considerable comment among people who know of the administra tions efforts to get Heechor confirmed as col lector. The slipshod method ot the ticasury Investigation also lays the department open to the suspicion of knowing littlu about ttic matter. Dill Hnrvoy Hnve Conl'oileratoH. WASIIIXOTON July 10. | Special Telegram totho Jlnn.1 There me grave fears amoiiL of the ofliclals ot the treasury a-nd war de partments that Harvey was not entirely alone in his fraudulent operation by whlcli ho secured so much money. It Is though ) that ho must have had accomplices , as the papers upon which the cheeks \voie Issued had to pass through a great many dltrerenl hands. It is believed to bu impossible tin ono man to have successfully forged all tin necessary rheck maiks , signatures anil stamps without aid of an accomplice. A rigid investigation is In progress which maj develop much more corruption among semi of thu trusted clerks than has uvor bcou bus peeled. The Ilnwnlt Revolution. WASHINGTON , July 10. Nothing is known at the state department of the revolution li Hawaii beyond what was printed In till : morning's papers. The Adams , Vandalh and a third naval vessel are known to be litho the neighborhood of Honolulu It not at tha port and It Is believed that they are fully ahlt to protect the Interests ot thn United States It Is thu general opinion in Washington tha the affair has no slinilllcanco trom any Inter national point of view , but Is simply the pie test ot the business people ot the Islam against the llnancial mismanagement on tin part of the ministers and the klni ; and con tieiuient oppressive taxes. Where Clovclnm ! Will Go. WAsiu.vmoN , July 10. The president am Mrs. Cleveland aud Colonel Lament wil leave Washington to-morrow for a stay 01 about a week In New i'ork state. The part ; will proceed over thu Pennsylvania rallroai direct to Holland Patent , where the presl dent will spend Tuesday with Miss Clevu land. On Wednesday hu goes to Clinton ti attend the centennial anniversary ot th settlement of the village lu which his lathe lived. From Clinton thu pretlilent will go ti Forestport , whom he will stop several clay with his biother , Kev. William N. Cleveland KAUNAS Farmcri Rnttlo. LAKVKP , Kan. , July 10. Silas Clark an < W. M.Weaver , living near Macksvllle.twelv miles south of hern , claimed a quarter seetlo of government land , and upon meeting eac other on the laud yesterday morning Clarl opened lire upon Weaver with a ruvolvei shooting at him tlireo UIIHH without nlfecl Weaver thun perforated Clark's facu an chest with H charge nf shot trifla a shntgtu Inflicting fatal wounds. Hu snneinlered t thu authorities and claims that thu shootin was done In sclf-dufenso. Tnc Kxonntiuiiiilaurlnu Nut Knnil. NEW YOUK , July 10. It was expected tli ; the excommunication of Hev , Dr. McGlyn would be announced to-d ly from the piilpil of the several Catholic churches throughni the dloceie , but no Mich nlinoiuie muiit was mado. A number of thu imrlsl loneis of St. Stophen'e chinch , of which D .McGlynn was pastor , said that It the ai noimcement of his excommunication 'NVI made they would rbo and lea > e the churc ! ROME'S ' EDICT NOT SUPREME In Matters Political Oatholio Allegiance is Duo to the Constitution , DR. M'GLYNN'S RINGING SPEECH. Ho Declares That a Alan Should Slid for ImprlMoiiinoiu anil Mnrlyrilotu Rather Than Sin Against HU Conscience. A Alau'H Conscience. NEW YOUK , July 10. The anti-poverty meeting to-night was the largest yet hold , many persons being drawn thlthur , nodoubt. In view of the recent ux-coinmunlcttton of Dr. McGIynn. James Kalian , of the Catholio Herald , piuslded over the Academy meeting , nnd John Keenuy over the Irving hall over- How meeting , A choir , composed of mem bers of Dr. McUlynn'sold church , struck up "Marching to Freedom" to thoalrot "March- lug Through Georgia" as the the doctor en tered the Academy. The olHct wits electri cal. The burst of applause from 4,000 throats was can led to the crowds In the stieots and thciico to the Irving hall meeting. Clialmiaii Gahan saht in his Introductory spijechVo : \ are hero to-night to lot Rome know that , In mat ters political , not ono jot of our allegiance Is ronduted to the power of the potentate , but lu Its entirety Is given to the laws and con stitution of the United States. ( Cheers. J Allot you wont to your several churches this morning. In not one church did any ono dale to stand up and read ttio decree of Michael Augustine Corrlgan. [ Hisses and' catcalls. ) When church authorities attack and depose a holy man , whoso very shoo latchet they are unworthy to untie , they go to the dally press to promulgate tliolr edicts. They do not publish them from tliolr holy pulpits. Dr. Mcdlynn was received with vociferous applause. During the course of his speech lie said : "Our ( iod Is a merciful as well as a wise ono. Ho will never condemn any bidntt who follows the dictates of his conscience , even lie that conscience an cniuir one. In obeying It hols forever obeving the will o ( Coil as Is the dogma of thu Catholic faith anil according to all Christian philosophy and .caching the man who goes against his con- iciunco sins against the Holy Uhost ; and lesplto the power of any authority , even ot ho popes , If a man deus or says anything In ibcdloncu to that power , If in so lolng ho goes against his con- cienee , ho sins , evun If the ilgli Roman tiibuiial summons the nan before them for teaching the truth vlileh ho knows to exist and If that tribuuaV hould condumu his doctrines without giving hem tilnl , and command him to retract them t Is Ills duty before God to refuse to do so. Piolonged chuurs.J And If It was In his .lower , as It at ono tlmo was , but thank God no longer is , to Imprison and martyr the 'rntli lu the persons ot those who hnvo oad God's word In nature before they3 lave been aule to see It. should thuy snwi- iious htm and command him to retract uu- .ler penalty of immhunmunt or inartyidoin. It is his duty to resist and even ho burned alive at the stake rather than commit the unpardonable sin against the Uoly Ghost of. leclarlng what In his conscience he believed to bo false. As long as Catholic pcoplo continue to lo he pope do as he pleases , In politics as wel as In religion , allowing the cardinals to bo elected to assembles and darhiK to forbid an American'priest from making any speeches or'attendlng any political meeting In future without permission of the propaganda , which thinks that Florida Is n suburb of Now York and Mobllu a street in San Fran eisco ; so long ax such Is allowed , so lontc uill thu Irish , Gorman and American poor tie sold out for any price that Koine can set 'n rutuiu. CROP PROS PHOTS. iummnry of the Situation In the WeHiurii Hinics. CIIICAOO , July 10. Thn following crop summary will appear In tills week's Issue o ho Farmers' Review : During last week ro- resiling rains w.eiu expcilenced quite gon- 'rally ' throughout the states of the Missis sippi valley , though ninny unvlsited locall- lus Biilfered fiom drought. The western wheat Imivost Is now so neatly completed as to furnish a sale basis of thu estimate oC the yield. The estimates of the yield per aero readied by sumnmr/.ing ! the ropoits of ; our correspondents in this issue aiu as follows : i'or seventeen counties In Illi nois , 17 bushels ; nlno counties in Indiana give an average of llt f bushels per acre ; twelve counties in Kansas , lii bushels , which , from former ropoits , incline us to think is too hluh ; lour counties In Kentucky , UK bushels ; thieo counties In Michigan , lii , bushels ; seven counties in Missouri , IB 4-7 bushels ; twelve counties In Ohio. 1(1 ( bushels , and four counties In Wisconsin. HIJbushclh. . Reports on the condition of spring wlie.it are uniform tiom Dakota , Nebinskn , Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin. The lowest per ceritago of condition , as compaied with thu average crop , Is 70 from .Nebraska , and the highest 78 from Wisconsin. Spring wheat is rapidly approaching maturity , and now , in spltu of the drought and Insect In jury , gives promise of iionut three-quarters oi an avorazo crop. Thu same condition will very nearly npply to the condition anil prospective yield ot oats. Corn L'uneially ia In a veiy promising condition and fully two weeks ahead of ttio season. Tlieru Is al ready HOIIIU complaint of chinch bug depre dations , and there is danger that us spring wheat and oats tire harvested , the bugs will move In foieu to thu adjacent cornfields , doing much injury. Government Wrathi-r Crop Hitllctin. WAsiiiNinoN' , July 10. The following Is thu weather crop bulletin ot thu signal olllco tor the vvcuk ending July 9 : There lias been nn excess of rainfall In the southern states and tlienre northward to thu laku region , in- clndln K the southern portions of Now Eng laud nnd thu middle nnd thu Atlantic states , vvliilu tlieiu has been less than the usual amount of rainfall In thu states ol the Mis souri valley. Numerous and abundant tains liavo occinicd In the cotton icginn and in that portion ot the corn region east of the Mississippi previously Unearned with drought. For the season from January 1 to July v , the lanio uehciency of rainfall con tinues throughout the southern state.s and Mississippi valley , but the rainfall during thu past two weeks has greatly reduced the season's deficiency , and occurring at critical periods , have probably affected most bonc- liclally corn and cotton. Thu weather gener ally during thu past wuek has greatly im proved thu condition of growing erops. Both grain and hay harvesting aru well advanced in the extrumii northern portions ot the country , although It has been retarded In some sections by neveru local storms. A Ijynohlni ; Kcipiel. TAIIHORO. N. C. , July 10. Them Is much excitement in the vicinity of Whitlakur'a over thu recent lynching of a colored limn , Austin Hart , lot assaulting a > onng vthlU woman. Hart was popular with thencgroe ? , and they nlluuu that ho waslUnched on In- bulllcient evidence. U Is claimed that tha negroes havu planned , as n retaliatory meas ure ttio Ivnchlng ot tnu voung liuly , thu vic tim of Hurt's assault. In consequence , tha whltu men liuvu placed a guard about tho. hoiisu In vvhicli the joung lady lives , auiV trouble Is leared. Kour Itlotr.rs Illlldl. M.umm , July 10. Tlicro was no further rioting at Valencia to-day In conseqiionco ot the attempts , to collect the octroi tax. Thu military tiitul Into the crowd , killing lour persons. Reinforcements have been sent to thu IOIMI. Kl. I.oiiiN SulooiiHVlilo Oprii , hi. J. < u is , July 10. All the saloons ant } , b-er ( g ! rdon' , were open as usual to-day , but ) ever ) thin * passed elf quietly , very fuw ii rests foi drunkenness havlui : bcuu tuaue.