Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
SEVENTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY .HORNING , NOVEMBER 2 , 1887. NUMBER 137 <
K THE-CAUSE OF IRELAND ,
O'Connor and Esmonde Speak Before -
fore Ihe Lincoln Land League.
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ACCORDED A HEARTY RECEPTION.
Young Gitstaf-on Hound Over at Au
rora The Waterloo Murderer
Confcfsci Other Ncbraak *
and Iowa News.
A Gront Gathering.
LISCOLN , Xcb. , Nov. 1. ( Special Telegram
to the BEE. ] Funke's opera UOUMJ was
crowded to the doors to-night at the meeting
held bs the Iri h National lengue to Messrs.
Arthur O'Connor and Sir Thomas Grattan
Esinoudc , the visiting members of parliament
who arc guests of President Fitzgerald. On
the stare were Governor Thaycr , Judges
Maxwell , Cobb and Hesse , of the supreme
court ; Superintendent Lane , Auditor Babcock -
cock , Secretary Lavrs , Messrs. Fitzgerald ,
Sntton and Egan , of the Irish National
league ; Judce Fitzgeraldof Cincinnati ; Hou.
W. M. Neville , of I'lattsmouth ; Mayor Saw
yer , Postmaster \Vatkin * and a large number
of prominent citizens of the city
and state. The Philharmonic orches
tra opened the meeting with an
overture. Governor Thaycr presided and a
sons by the Lincoln Glee club followed.
Governor Thayer , In an eloquent speech ,
spoke of the struggles of Ireland for home
rule , of the sympathy of the American people
ple for the struggles and the approaching
triumph that was in store for down-trodden
Ireland through the struggle for better gov
ernment. He introduced Arthur O'Connor ,
who sj > eke for an hour upon questions of
Irish interest , Mr. O'Connor spoke
slowly and deliberately and was
given close attention. Mrs. A. Weber
then sang in a delightful manner "The Last
Hose of Summer , " and to the enthusiastic
encore sung ' -Twickenham Ferry , " after
which Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde
was Introduced. In introducing Mr. Es
monde , Governor Thaycr spoke of his illus
trious ancestor. Henry Grattan , who one
hundred years ago s-poke for the freedom of
the American colonies , ilr. Esmonde is
young man , bright , fluent and entertaining ,
his speech witty and pointed and was greeted
with the greatest enthusiasm. Following
Mr , Esmonde's speech thePlattsmouth Glee
club sang "The Irish Emigrant' ' in that cele
brated club's magnificent way that warmed
the hearts of every one present.
Mayor Sawyer introduced eloquent and ap
propriate resolutions upon the vital points in
the Irish question , the sympathy of America
In the struggle , and the premise of continued
material support.
Postmaster Walking , C. II. Gere and
others seconded the n. > olutions , which were
adopted without an opix > sing voice. Tomorrow
row night President Fitzirerald tenders the
parliamentary visitors a banouet at the Cap
ital hotel that will be one of the events of the
year. _
The. Three Judicial Spoils Hunters.
BLAIR , Neb. . Nov. 1. [ Correspondence o
the BEE. ] Balluu , Hancock and Estelli
have been engaged in a personal canvass in
this and Hurt county during the past week ,
and it seetns tnat their efforts have not been
altogether unsuccessful. Their visit seem' '
to have worked a remarkable change in thi
sentiments of the editor of the Blair Republican -
lican , who now says that "upon reflection
and a better understanding , the republican
party will rally around its nominees. " Ac
cording to the Republican's issue after th
convention , the nominees were unfit to b <
named on the same day with the "excelleu
ticket nominated by the democrats. " Jus
what could have induced Editor Sprague ,
upon "reflection , " to arrive at the conclusio
he has is somewhat difficult to understand.
Possibly it was the excellent and learned a ]
pearanee of thee gentltmen as comparer
with \Vakeley. Doane and Groff. Mr. Ballot
also succeeded m extracting a very flatterin
notice from the editorial pen of the unknown
editor of the Herman News a papci
about .three days old , and the size o
the oft repeated endorsement o :
Uallou. by the Omaha Third ward repub
lican club , to the effect that Ballou was
able , brilliant and overworked l jvyer , who'
practice compared favorably witlf any of the
Omaha attorneys , and who had spent five
years of valuable time in sustaining the me
chanics' lien law. Ballon ran a lumber yard
once. His extensive practice is confined
within the. limits of seventeen cases many
of them old out of i.UM , now on the bar
docket of the Douglas county district court ,
but is not equalled by Mr. Estelle's extensive
practice , who has Just two ca es on the list.
These are the experienced jurists that the
bumming element ef Omaha is trying to in-
fiict upon the bar of the Third district. The
l > eoplo of Washincton and Burt counties
stood ready to repudiate them at the poll * .
If the decency of Omaha will allow such an
outrage and farce to be foistered'upon them
a * the election of these men would be , they
will be the ones to suffer.
Burt County News.
LTOSS. Neb. , Nov. 1. [ SpeeiaUo the BEE. ]
One of the most heartrending affairs oc
curred near here yesterday morning at about
10 o'clock. Mr. Henry Miller , living a few
miles out of Lyons , aad his wife , went to the
corn field for the purpose of gathering a load
of corn , and while there their house took fire
and burned to the ground. Two children ,
little girls two and three years old , wcro
burned to death. Nothing but the back of
the head and shoulders of the youngest child
were left to identify what only a few minutes
before had been the j > ct of the household ,
while the other cnild had an arm
and perhaps a leg burned off. The parents
arc almost frantic with grwf over the tos * of
their dear one > , and they have the the undi
vided sympathy of this entire community.
The house and everything it contained are a
mats of ruins.
STOLES GOOIJ * .
A lew days ago the BEE was notified of
the burglary of Mr. E. D. Everett's store.
Mr. Everett in company with another man
started m search of the stolen property , but
finding no trace of it or of the thief , they re
turned home and began to closely scrutinize
the actions of individuals in this vicinity.
Suspicion seemed to indicate that the goods
were concealed at the livery barn
ot a Mr. Liudley , in I vons , and
a search being instituted , they were found
buried in a pile of manure Just north of the
livery barn. While it is not intuitively knbwn
Just who the thieves are , suspicion seems to
point to two persons , and the probabilities
are that in due courxs of time Justice will bo
meted out to the right parties. The goods
were all recovered , t > o that Mr. Everett's loss
Is but nominal.
BKOKEN BOKE * .
Last eveningwhile Mr , Lindley , proprietor
of the livery bum where Mr. Everett's stolen
{ roods were found , and a Mr. Danner , were
running a horse race.Lindleywho was drunk
at the lime , was thrown from his horsa and
had his collar bone broken , and perhaps sus
tained other Injury.
TI1C HOC CnOI.ERV
Is raring to a considerable esteat in this
neighborhood , and. farmers are somewhat
discouraged ,
The Pawnee City Foundry.
PAV.VCK CITT , Neb. , Nov. L ( Special to
the BEE. ] The foundry of Goodale & Wash-
burn , of this place , b In ' .firslrcluss running
order. Ills how filling'an order for-9.0CO
pounds of. window weights , from a hardware
dealer at Lincoln , Neb. It 1 $ now prepared
to compete with any foundry la the. state ,
lli as-to Duality atid prices ct work ; This
> , /BI / ijiiJiBiaipiintfi Him i'n n in--1
I * an Institution the people of Pawnee City
have felt great interest in and they are pre
pared to encourage with great liberality any
manufactory that will locate here.
The Wounded Urakoman.
OAKLAND , Neb. , Nov. 1. [ Special to the
BEE. ] George Lyons , the man who fell
from a freight train last evening , is In a pre
carious condition. One of the wounds In his
lower extremities , which wa caused by a
spike , I fully two Inches deep , and It U
thought by the physician * , will LMVC serious
trouble. He has been on this road since the
last of September He Is from Galesburg ,
111.vhere he ha a sister His mother re
sides abont thirty miles from Quincy , 11L
Mrs. Traveller Acquitted.
NEnntsKt Cur , Neb. , Nov 1. [ Special
Telegram to the BEE. ] Mrs. Travener , who
wa arrested here sometime since at the In
stance of her husband , on the charge of ad-
mini terinsri > oi on and causing the death of
her daughter and attempting the life of her
husband , ha' been acquitted at Clarinda. la. ,
a the charce wa not sustained. The body
was exhumed and examined but no traces of
nr were found.
Gu taff-on Hou ml Over.
Action * , Neb. , Nov. 1. [ Special Telecram
to the BEE. ] Malcolm Gutaffon , thoyoung
Swede who was arrested last week for shoot-
in r the old man Andrew Dalke , had his pre-
iminaryhearing to-day before County Judge
-.incoln and was held to the district court in
he sum of J.VO. Dalke wa at the trial and
also the girl whom Gustaffson had married.
.ogether with quite a delegation of friends
on both sides. The girl defends her Uncle
palkc , and will send her husband to prison
'f she ca'n.
A Butter and Cheese Convention.
MANCHESTER la. , Nov. 1. [ Special Tele-
cram to the BEE. ] The Iowa State and the
National Butter and Cheese convention met
here to-day with a tine attendance , repre
sentatives being present from New Hamp
shire to Colorado. Boston sends twenty del
egates , New York twenty-five and Chicago
thirty-six. The delel-ates were met at the
depot by a large committee of citizens and
es -orted with music to hotels. President
Schermerhorn , of DCS Moine * , called the
convention to order. An addrc * * of welcome
to the delegates was delivered by Commis
sioni-T Sherman , of Iowa , and the response
was made by Hon. II. II. Slavton , of New
Hampshire , on behalf of the National aso-
ciation. The uual committees were chosen ,
one composed entirely of non-residents boinit
selected to pass upon the products
of low.i dairies. Among the reports
which xvere rendered by the states was
one from Chicago , which was very interest
ing. Eleven year * are the whole receipts of
the whole Chicago butter market were but
S2OUOOiiJ pounds , but during the past year
they amounted to li'j.OuO.lXx ) pounds. Forty
per cent of the immene shipments from
Chicago markets the past year came from
Iowa dairies and creameries. Colonel Lit
tler , the secretary of the national association
says that the average make of Iowa cream-
fries about 90.000 pound * each , at an aver-
ace pnco of ,2 cents a pound , making th >
revenues to the ' * * ) creameries of the state
la t year the immense sum of yWU. JOUO.
A Murderer's Confession.
WATEULOO , la.Nov. l.-WilliamMundafrom
who was bound over to court Saturday in
Waterloo for the . murder of Christian
Hemme , made a confession of the crime yes
terday. He said that while Hemme wa1
sleeping he smothered him with the bed
clothe * . Mrs. Hemme then assisted in carry
ing him to the door , and then Mundafrom
grasped him by the throat and drarred him
to the well and threw him in. Hemme was
not dead when he threw him into the water ,
but only * trurrled a short time. When
asked why hp committed the crime he said
that Hemme and his wife quarreled , and she
wanted to get rid of him so that she could d
as she pleased. He also said that he ( Mun
dafrom ) had been too intimate with Mrs.
Hemme. Officers went to arrest Mrs. Hemme.
A Grave Robber.
DES MOIXES , la. , Nov. 1. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] Further investigation
into the mystery of the dead body brought
in a small bos from Chariton yesterday ,
leads to no doubt that it was that of Mrs.
Jesse Corbet , of that place , Inquiry at Chari
ton disclosed the fact that the crave of Mrs.
Corbet , who was buried last week , has been
robbfd , and a young physician by the name
of .1. A. Gillespip was identified as the party
who had cheesed the box to thi * place. He
was put under arrest and to-day was taken
to Chanton , where ho will be held for the
crime. Great indignation prevails at that
place ever the affair and GUlespie is closely
guarded to protect him from violence.
Gave Them the Slip.
MASON CITT , la. , Nov. 1. Charley Lewis ,
alias Jack Holmes , a tramp barber , for sev
eral days has been shadowed by the police ,
suspicion pointing to him as being connected
with several robberies that have been com
mitted In this part of the state. Last night
he was'secn going to hi * room , on the second
floor of the hotel , and the officers attempted
to make his arrest by cending to one of the
front windows and effecting an entrance.
While they were getting into the window he
made his exit" through a bick door and es
caped.
Kire at Clinton.
CLIXTOX , la. , Nov. 1 [ Special Telegram
to the BEE. ] The office and grain bins be
longing to the Chicago & Northwestern rail
way sfock yards burned here this morning ,
and about three thousand bushels of corn ,
twenty-five hundred bushel * of oats , besides
telegraph instruments , book * , the building ,
etc. , were destroyed. Loss
Shot in tliu Abdomen.
DE ? MOIXES la. , Nov. 1 ] Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] Henry JColeman , one of
three brothers removing from Hanlin county
to WUconMn , shot himself fatally tcAJay
while pullinir a rifle from hi * wagon. The
hammer i-aucht , and the charge was. emptied
into hi abdomen.
Court in Ser--ion.
Siocx. CITY , la. , Nov. 1. [ Special Telegram
to the BEE. ] Judge Waketield has gone to
Orceola county to hold court , and Judge
Ladd is holding court here. This Is Ladd's
first api > earance on the bench in this city.
The grand Jury is at work on the Jail cases.
This U equity week. Next week a number
of criminal cues will be disposed of.
A Packing House Opened.
Storx CITT , la. , Nov. 1. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] The season at the pack-
houses was opened to-day. The4Jooge pack
ing company commenced killing this mora
ine. The Silberhorn houc will not be ready
to begin business ranch before December 1.
AVoodlmry County Politics.
Siocx CITT , la. , Nov. 1. [ Special Telegram
to the BEE. ] Unusual interest is manifested
here in the coming election. Both parties are
working most determinedly and as the regis
tration books open arain to-morrow for the
last time bt-foro election , every effort U to be
put forth to secure a large registry.
OrMer Men Strike.
BILOU , Miss. , Nov. 1. Six hundred oys
ter opvners , boatmen and others , employed
by the. canning companies , struck to-day to
enforce the demand of the oyster openers
for an advance of pay. The employers re
solved not to accede to' the demand. All.will
soon shut down , throwing thousands out of
.employment.
.
A Steamer Safe.
NEW VOUK , Nov. 1. The icamer Panama ,
which was ashore-.fa ' the Ftorida coast , ar
rived1 safely at Havana .tit 11 o'clock to-day.
Her passengers are well.
A LABYRINTH OF RED TAPE ,
Confess Arraigned For Not Pro
tecting the Cattle Interest.
MR.COY'S PAPER ON MIDDLEMEN.
Some of Its Statements Meet With Op-
po-ition Asking For the Itemoval
of Cattle Quarantine * Papers
and Itc'oltitlotis.
A Cattleman's Kick.
KAXAS CITT , Mo. , Nov. 1. [ Special Tele-
pram to the BEE. ] The cattlemen were up
with the sun this morninsr , had their break
fast and were soon scattered all over the
city. Several hock-loads of the delegates
were taken to the stock yards , others were
driven to the fat stock show , and not a few
of the delegates found themselves at the ex
position and all were happy. The weather
was delightful and the reunion of old-time
friends added pleasure to a perfect day. The
hotel corridors \vere crowded with cattlemen ,
veterinarians , newspaper men and visitors
rom the country. The election of officers
comes up to-morrow , and there is
even now enough log-rolling going on
o make the convention look like a national
political convention. The pleasures of the
mornine were indulged in to such an extent
that at 10:30 there were not over one hundred
people at the Coates opera house , at 11 o'clock
there were double that number. Chairman
Funk then called the National Cattle
rowers' convention to order. Governor
Martin , of Kansas , was then introduced to
the audfence and spoke briefly , after \vhich
the legislative committee reported as follows :
For many years the legislative committee of
the association has faithfully endeavored to
have presented before congress some prac
tical and effective bill , providing for the
speedy suppression uf contagious diseases of
domestic animals. To persons not acquainted
with the methods of congressional
legislation it would seem to be an
easy thing to do , at least , to have
such a measure considered , aniJ your first
committees , encouraged by the friendly in
terest manifested by many of the most prom
Inent men In congress , essayed the task with
the most buoyant hopes of easy and tri
umphant success. Right at the threshold.
however , they were encountered by rules of
order , rules of procedure , rule < of precedence ,
rules of etiquette and a multitude of other
rules hedrinir about and obstructing all approaches
preaches to congress , to violate any one of
which was to invite almost certain ruin.
Under these circumstances -eemed to be
the part of wisdom and prudence to concil
iate and defer to those who held
the key to the particular avenues
through which alone it seemed that your
committee could rain acce > * to congress.
You are familiar with the disheartening
experience thronrh which we passed. It is
sufficient to say. that durins these years
your committee gained a > od deal of exper
ience , and secured very little legislation.
Having exhausted the arts of conciliation ,
your committee last winter came to the con
clusion that they would prepare such a bill
as they were sure would meet with the ap
proval of the live stock producers of the
United States and that if they could not gain
access to congress throusrh the rezrular approaches
preaches , they would attempt the feat of
climbing over some of the obstructions , that
were placed in the way. Acting unuer this
inspiration , the bill , known as the Miller-
Cary bill , was carefully prepared and sub
mitted to Judce Shellabanrer , who is recoc-
niz-d as the best practicing constitutional
lawyer in Washington , if not in the United
States. Under his sage advice the constitu
tional objections were all carefully guarded
arainst and your committee was able to pre
sent to the country one of the most carefully
drawn and practical measures ever presented
before concres before a torrent of populai
exprcsion. Red tape and paper rule * be
came a cobwebs ; the senate of the
United States , after three days
of debate , passing our bill In almost precisely
its original form by a vote of 32 to IP , even
voting "down several amendments that had
been recommended by the senate committee
on agriculture. It is not too much to say
that bur efforts would have been crowned
with entire success in the house , as in th
senate , but for the vicious course of onemanj
who by reason of his official position , assisted
by the rules of the houe and favored by the
speaker , was able to plant himelf s/juarely
across the road over which our
bill must pass. It is , however ,
pleasant to reflect that while there are a few
such men in congress , there are scores of able ,
conscientious and progressive men , who are
rapidly becoming educated to a proper appre
ciation of your needs and to the necessity of
K roper congressional legislation for the prohi-
ition of the great Industry which you
represent , aad upon which all others are so
dei > endent. Prominent among this class of
public men it gives us pleasure to
mention Senators Miller. Cullum ,
Dawes , Teller , Mahone , Riddleberger ,
and representatives Springer , Slorrison ,
Breckenridtre , Gary , and Henderson of Iowa ,
and many others. Your committee i * firmly
of the opinion that the increased information
gathered by members of congress during the
advocacy of the several protective measures
before them with the hope of creating success
in the practical operation of the legislation
and power finally secured from the last con
gress , and the assurance that renewed effort
on our present vantage rround will bring full
succes and long sought protection , make it
imperative that one more strone and deter
mined effort should be made to comoete
with the good work.
At the conclusion of the reading of the re
port , President DewittSmith-chairman of the
committee , thanked the cattlemen for help
given the committee during it. * stay in Wash-
inirton. In the ab-enee of Mr. Irus Coy. of
Chicago , his paiK'r on "The Middleman
Is He to Be Regarded as a Necessary Evil ! "
was read by Mr. F. R. Baker , of Chicago.
The paper set forth that there
the object of all buine s is the net profit * .
AH the labor , toil , self-denial and hardships
l > erformcd and endured by the struggling
millions of human beings cm this earth U for
the same ultimate end , tha net profits.
Joseph became the most successful middle
man in ancient and modern times , and by
dealing , arose from a slave in prison to be
not only the first , but the wealthiest man in
Erypt. The capital of middlemen has plowed
the seas with the swifvsailing steamer and
joined continents with bends of steel to
lighten the expense and hasten the trans
portation of the world's commerce. At the
points where cattle are marketed , a class of
middle men , called live stock commissioners ,
are located , who have made the sale of live
stock their study for years. They never
speculate. They give no attention to any
other branch of industry , their whole time ,
their individual attention , the energy and ex
perience of their whole lives are devot < xi to
one object , that U to get the highest price
the market affords for the cat
tle entrusted to their care. This
is the end and aim of tceir ambition.
I am satisfied that what the live stock growers -
ers of this country have paid the commission
men for tiling their stock has yielded them
more net profit than any other money of equal
amount they ever expended in their business. "
In the course of the paper Mr. C y asked for
the repeal of the oleomargerine bill which he
claimed unjust and concluded by saying :
' The middleman is the legitimate offspring of
business cecer-sity and heir U ) a birthright as
enduring as time itself. " The paper war or
dered to be made a part of the procetnliogs
and a resolution of thank * , was voted Mr.
Coy.M. .
| M. Thotaas , of Illinois , said he was opposed
to some of the statements In the pair as they
were falseas he believed , and he would not
sit still and by his silence give eofc > ont to iu
opinion's. D. D. Wagner , of Illinois , offered
the f oUowln ? resolution :
'Whereas. The delegation has been instruct
ed by the live stock-exchangey of Chicago , to
use all honorable means to mitigate the evils
iccideat to the promulgation Of the orders of
the bureau of animal Industry touching so-
called contagious pleaaro-pneumonia , and ,
Whereas , The authorities of said bureau
have declared officially that the said con-
tarfous pleuro-pneumonia has been com
pletely stamped ou m all affected districts
except Maryland , Is ew York and New Jer
sey , now , therefore ,
Resolved , That the government be re
quested to promptly ral o all existing govern
ment quarantines in all districts west of the
Allegheny mountains , and further ,
Resolved. That it Is the sense of this con
vention that the quarantine regulation now
existing in Cook county , Illinois , and else
where west of the Allegheny mountains
should be raised on or before November 15 ,
lb7. Referred to the commLtce on resolu
tions.
J. R. Osborn. of Toledo , then read a paper
on cattle transportation.
Hon. I. A. Huzletene , of Iowa , offered the
following resolution :
Resolved , That the means of communica
tion and transportation shall be owned and
controlled by the people , as in the United
States .postal service , and equitable rates
everywhere established.
Resolved. That we are opposed to the
hoardine of the people's money in the
United tjtatt-s treasury , thereby contractlnir
the volume of money and causing low prices
of all products of industry.
Resolved. That we are in favor of a na
tional monetary system In the interest of the
reducer instead of the speculator aad
.surer.
Resolved , That a people's government
hall protect and encourage the industrial
: las.es by making loans to citizens at as low
rate of interest as to bankers.
Re.olved , That special privileges to con-
.rol the volume of money and all the great
ines of transportation shall not be granted
ly a people's government to capitalistic rings.
let erred to the committee on resolutions.
Mr. Clark , of Iowa , pres-ented the follow-
nc resolutions :
Whereas , American breeders have , during
.he last 100 years been importing from for-
; itm countries the best cattle to be obtained
jfthose countries , until at the present time
ive have a large and ample supply of the
most improved and best breeds and ,
Whereas , The most contagious and deadly
disease known to exist among tht-Vattle of
Jnited States are exotic diseases imported
.rom foreign countries where these diseases
are still prevailing , therefore
Reolved , That it is the sense of this con
vention that sound public policy demands
that , for the present , all importations of
cattle should be suspended until such time as
the rei > ective countries from which we have
been drawing our supplies have adopted and
enforced measures for the thorough era-
diction of those dieases known respectively
as contagious pleuro-pneumonia , foot and
mouth diseases and rindepest ,
Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions
be forwarded to the secretary of the United
States treasury anl fhal he be respectfully
urged to suppress , for the present , the im
portation of cattle from foreicn countries.
"
C. W. Baker , of Chicago , "offered the fol
lowing resolution :
Whereas , We believe that taxation of food
products in the United States is both unjust
and unnecessary , and that the government
should not imi > ese a tax : upon any artic5 ! of
common supply for the protection of some
other competitive branch of commerce , be it
Resolved , That this convention earnestly
protests airain-t the tar on oleomargarine and
"
butterine."and hereby urge such repeal af the
law which imOes | ! this unjust and unneces
sary tax upon the only article of food in the
United States which is taxed.
Colonel J. N. Osborn. of Ohio , next read a
paper on the subject , "Transportation of Live
Stock. " At the close of Mr. psborn's speech
a gentleman from Nrw Mexico moved the
thanks of the convention be given turn and
that a committee of VB be appointed to in
vestigate the subject'cf transportation. The
chair announced tha nnmittcc on transjwr-
tation as follows : Mi JTaylor. New Mexico ;
H. D. Leonard , NebrKka : L. R. Scott , Kan
sas ; S. P. Kady , lllintJis , and Mr. Holloway ,
Montana. *
Dr. Salmon , chief of the bureau of animal
industry , came next. " The doctor read one of
the most important papers so far of the con
vention. He c-ave a complete history of the
outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia and the final
suppression of the disease in Chicago and in
all places west of the Alleghenies. "He gave
a hUtorv of the live stock bureau of industry
"
and told" how vital it was to the interests of
the country. His paper wa * very interesting
and was listened to with deepest interest.
The convention then adjourned until 2 p. m.
Although the convention adjourned
until 2 " o'clock in order to give the
delegates ample thae for dinner , it was
nearer 3 when the afternoon session began.
Even at that time there were only about
fifty deleirates present. P. P. Elder , of Kan
sas , offered a long preamble and resolution ,
charginc consolidated capital , packmc : and
railroad interests with the responsibility for
the low ranee of prices now extant , and ask
incr the < ? attle men to fight the evil with cap
ital. After a spirited discussion as to the
proper committee to take charge of the reso
lution , it was finally referred to the commit
tee on resolutions , although the author
pleaded hard to have U go to the transj-orta-
lion committee.
Mr. D. G. Dean , of Hanover , Mich. , read a
lone and intereting paper on "Dairy Pro
duction. " Mr. Dean said that while it was
true that the gentlemen of the convention
were interested mostly in the success of beef
rather than dairy cows , he thought it appro
priate to make a few remarks on the products
of the cow. He then gave figures on th
amount of cutter , cheese and "milk produc
during the past year , showing that the im
provement of the dairy cow is a great ne
cessity. Judge Wilson , of Illinois , presented
a resolution empowering the executive com
mittee to go to Washington at the next session
of congress and lobby for the Miller-Care
bilL A resolution was submitted by C. M
Winslow , of Vermont , as follows :
Resolved , That the present United States
law reculatins : the manufacture of oleomar
garine i * needed in protection of the interest. "
of the dairymen of the United States , and
should be sustained , and that we regret the in
troduction of statements made in the paj > ei
of Mr. Coy on this subject. The resolution
was referred to the committee on resolutions.
Dr. Ames , of Montana , read an interesting
paper on the lmi ortaiice of national organiza
tion. He showed clearly that any opposition
to organization could only be considered nar
row minded. Organization enlarges the indi
vidual intellect and makes men more sociable
and confident. The paper was loudly cheered.
At the conclusion of Dr. Ames address thi
committee on resolutions made its report. Th
financial resolution of Mr. Hazeltine wa :
recommended not * o pas * , and , in fact , thi
only resolutions adopted were the Waime :
resolution raising the quarantine Novembe :
15 and the resolution regarding th
suspension of importation. Other resolu
tions will be considered to-morrow. Al
though the place of holding the next conven
tion of cattle growers will not be decided un
til next fall , an active canvas is beinsr mad (
by the delegates from Chicaro and St. Loui
in favor of their respective cities. Th'
Kansas City cattle men are als <
active. To-morrow the Oleomargarine
question will be vigorously dicussed , while
the pieuro-pneumonia idea also refuses to
down. The National Consolidated Cattle
Growers' association vrfll probably convene
to-morrow and elect officers. Lafayette Funk ,
of Illinois , and W. A. Towers , of Kansas
City , are the candidates for president ,
National Veterinarians Meet.
KANSAS CITT , Nov. 1. [ Special Telegram
to the BEE. ] The National Association of
Veterinarians convened here to-day. The
sessions were entirely devoted to a discussion
of the following resolution , which was finally
adopted this evening :
Resolved , That while we are well p'oaed
to know through Commissioner Coleman that
pleuro-pneumonia is stamj-ed out in Illinois ,
we deem it unwise to remove the nstrictkms
from the traffic of cattle from Cook county ,
Illinois , and respectfully suggest the necessity
of keeping a corps of experts at work in
specting all cattle in Cook county , aad ,
further , that it ivoqld be iinwis to remove
the quarantine from the traffic of Cook county
before next spring.
The convention will re * Jae US sc-ssion. this
morning.
.
For Gold.
.Loxnox , Nov. 1 The Greek government
-negotiating , with fbrVtgn1 bankers for -"a
gold loan ofKfO.OOO pxxuhd * . i . ,
THE VERM'S ' SOLE SURVIVOR
Only One Person Lives to Tell the
Terrible Tale.
IN THE WATER SIXTY HOURS.
Alfred Stone of Chicago Picked Up
By the Schooner Pomcroy Al
most Too Weak to Give M
Full Vccount.
Ke cned From Death.
STCKOEOX B T , Wi . , Nov. 1. Up to the
arrival of the schooner Pomeroy from Chicago
cage , which passed through the bay to-day , it
was supposed that not a single survivor was
left of forty or fifty people on board the
schooner Vernon , which went down off Sheboygan -
boygan early last Satusday morning. It is
now known , however , that at least one man
lives to tell the tale of that terrible night on
Lake Michigan. The Pomeroy has on board
the only survivor , so far as now knowu , of
that awful disaftcr. The name of the man
who thus has been rescued frdm death , after
he had given up all hoj > e of ever ac-aln setting
his foot upon dry land , is Alfred Stone , of
Chicago , one of the Vernon's crew. He had
been in the water sixty hours , exposed to the
bitter , piercing wind and without a
bite to cat. AVhcn the Pomeroy discovered
him on a raft last night about eight miles
from Sheboygan , it was a clear , moonlight
night. Stone was so cold as to be almost
helpless , and so weak from hunger that ho
could scarcely move. Although still verv
weak from the effects of his awful experi
ence. Stone was able to make a brief state
ment of the never-to-be-forgotten nirht. "I
ivas awakened in the middle of the night , "
he says , "by the cries of the pas = en rs and
crew that the vessel was sinking. I sprang
out of the window and found myself on a
life raft with sir other persons. I cannot say
now who my companions were. Part of
them were members of the crew and part
were passencers. It seemed only a moment
before the ves l had gone down and I be
lieve that all but a few of those
on board went down with her.
I do not know just how many-
people were aboard at the time , but the num
ber could not have been far from fifty. We
passed through an awful nlsit. I think I
never saw such a sea as that which tossed
our little raft at its mercy. When daylight
came we hoisted a signal of distress , using a
coat tied to an oar. Tire vessels passed so
near us on Saturday that thty must have
seen our siznal , yet for some reason they
apparently made no effort to reach us. The
storm still raged and it may be that they had
all they could do to save themselves.
One after another of my companions perished
in the cold or was washed off the raft when
they become too numb with the cold to hold
on any loncer. We never saw any othfs
from the sunken steamer and 1 don't believe
that any others survived. The vessel went
down so suddenly that the crew hadn't time
toman the boats. "
When Stone was picked up there was the
corpse of one man on the raft with him , the
other four having perished several hours be
fore. Stone says this man was one of the
crew , whose name he does not know.
Two Corpses Found.
MILWAUKEE , Nov. 1. A tug to-day picked
up two corpses in the lake. The were evi
dently members of the crew of the Veraon ,
but are unidentified.
One orthe Vernon Victims.
MII/WACKEE , WIs. , Nov. 1. Edward B.
Borland , traveling agent for a wholesale drug
house of H , Bosworth & Son. in this city ,
was one of the victims of the Vernon
disaster. He was about thirty-five years of
age and leaves a wife and three children.
Down With All on Board.
MfJKEGOX , Mich. , Nov. 1. The small
schooner Augustus , Captain W. H. Reese ,
which left here October 5 for Milwaukee ,
has not been heard from , and it is believed
she has gone down with all on board.
GARBLED CHOLEUA ItEPOP.TS.
New York Health Otllcers Tryinjj to
Siippre-s Facts.
NEW YORK. Nov. 1. It seem * to be very
evident , judging from the latest develop
ments in the cae of the cholera stricken
patients at Quarantine , that-the health officer
and commissioners of Quarantine are not
keeping the public informed of the true state
of affairs. A sense of mystery and conceal
ment seems to pervade every movement of
the commissioners and Dr. Smith. Monday
night Dr. Smith sent up a bulletin announc
ing that all of the Alesia survivors were well
with the exception of two or three , who were
suffering with intestinal catarrh. The bulle
tin also stated that the doctor had removed two
small children , suffering from measles , from
the Brittania. To-day a reporter viited
Quarantine. An assistant of Dr. Smith's
was in charge , and. after ? ems hesitation and
beatinsr about , admitted that the two cases
named above were cholera and that they died
Monday night. Then he added : "I may as
well tell you that we have no cases of measles
down here. We have nothing but cholera. "
The reporter next went to the commissioner's
office. No one there knew anything about
the case. Dr. Smith's bulletin for the day
was on the desk. There was nothing in it
about the two patients who had die l and
were buried. But the bulletin did state that
five more ca es of measles had been removed
from the Brittania to the hospital. One
woman was rejorted dead from pneumonia
and a man removed from the Brittania suffer
ing from consumption and gastric irritation.
The Pitt-burs School Row.
PiTTiurr.r , Pa. , Nov. 1. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] The Ecv. James J. Mc-
Tighe , the Roman Catholic priest whose
election to the principalship of the Thirty-
third ward public school caused such a stir
recently in religious circles , has tendered his
resignation and has ordered the Catholic
children to return to the parochial school.
Father McTighe revises to give his reasons
for resigning , but it is intimated that he was
advised to do so by the members of his con
gregation.
A Dastardly Crime.
AIRMOI-XT , Miss. , Nov. 1. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] On Saturday Maggii
Sherman , colored , had a respectable whiti
man arrested on a charge of indecent assaul
on herself and her eifht-year-old daughter.
As she coucluded her testimony in the court
room the prisoner rose and shot her through
the heart with a revolver , killing her in
stantly. He then ran from the room , and
while a friend kept the crowd at bay with a
revolver , mounted his horse and escaped.
Job Printers Strike.
CHICAGO , Nov. 1. Two hundred and fifty
union job printers , over half of the whole
number in the city , went on a strike this
morning. The fight is for the nine hour day.
Members of the strikers' executive committee
said that several of the largest office * yielded
before the hour st for the strike. The em
ployers generally express confidence in a vic
tory , and intimate that their main line of ac
tion will be to fill their offices with non-union
A Chicago Axirinuly Withdraws.
CHICAGO , Nov. I. Local assembly 1,807 , K.
of L. , this evening voted by a large majority
to withdraw in a body from the old order.
A committee was appointed to confer with
the ' 'provisional committee" of dissenters ,
which Issued a manif rsto two -weeks aco. As
sembly 1,307 formally had for a member A.
R. Parsons , the condemned anarchist. While
they debated the question withdrawal
some days arq , definite action was-not taken
until to-night. So far aa is .known , ' this U
the ftrst'body' of. kuishu -withdraw freta
the order. .
THE STANDARD AXACOXDA.
It Winds It Cells Around Pennsyl
vania Oil Production.
PirtjBCno , Nov. L A gigantic shut-down
in the oil production went into effect to-day
for a year , hence there will bo a complete
stoppage of half the total petroleum produc
tion , based on the guages of wells during
July and August. No glycerine is to bo
used in the same time and no wells are to be
cleaned out. The general feature of the
plan is thnt the Standard Oil company has
set 5 , < XVMXX ) barrel * of oil nt 62 cents a barrel ,
the profits on this to be divided among those
praducers who shut in their wells and com
ply with all the terms of the contract * , In
addition to this the Standard and producers
have made a jxxjl of 2.U.flOrt > barrels , the
profits accruine from which i to create ware
fund for laboring men thrown out of em
ployment. The pureha es made yesterday
of the Saxonsburg Gusher property may be
taken as an indication that the Producers'
Protective association may be able , in a
measure , to control that field which l the
only one not obolut < ty controlled by the as
sociation. All the big producing firm , both
Standard and Independent , will shut in their
wells.
TOO MUCH MISSOURI WHISKY.
Sheriff Crank Makes an Indecent
As-null on a Young l ady.
ST. Jo-Em , Mo. , Nov. 1. 'Special Tele
gram to the BEE. ] John W. Grant : , sheriff
of Andrew county , Mis-ouri , came to St.
Joseph with suue pri oners and after lodginc
them in jail went out in town on an old fash
ioned drunk. He did not go to bed at all and
when on his way to the de [ < ot this moraine to
catch the early train for home he met Miss
Flora Meek , a youne lady who is employed in
a store on Francii street , he seized her as she
started to pass him aad was dragging her by
force along the street , when her loud screams
attracted a gentleman a block away who ran
to her rescue and routed Crank. The girl was
almost fric-htened to death and Crank was
soon after arrested at the dei > ot. He stoutly
denied ever seeing the irirl. But she Identi
fied him on sighfas her assailant. She de
clined , however , to swear out a state warrant
aeauist him and a simple charge of breach of
the peace was proffered airainst him to which
he plead guilty and was fined 23 , which he
l > aid and then left for home. Crank ha *
heretofore borne the reputation of a gentle
manly , capable official.
Mr * . Potter' : . Delmt.
NETYor.K. . Nov. 1. [ Special Telegram to
the BEE. ] Mrs. James Brown-Potter came
forward last night at the Fifth Avenue
heater , and in the presence of a numerous
and fashionable audience made her first
American appearance as a member of the
regular dramatic profession. She was re
ceived with that kindness which is the in
variable custom of an American audience ,
ocal sentiment toward Mrs. Potterfurther
more , has all along been generally propitious.
t was not surprising , accordingly , that her
irst entrance upon the scene should have been
3ailed with a prodigious outburst of applause.
The plaudits were often given to her in the
course of the ensuing representation.and her
audience endeavored by every means within
ts power to signify for this beginner thecor-
diality of a sincere welcome and enthusiasm
of fervent good wishes. The opinions of
dramatic critics are kindly but not favorably
disposed in an artistic light.
An Iowa Man's Suit.
CHICAGO , Nov , 1. The firm of Alfred Hey-
wood & Son , which Is claesed.aaithe largest
[ irovisioa importing house hi Liv3rpool , Eng
land , was made defendant in a suit for f5,000
in the circuit court to-day , by F. H. Whitney.
This suit is the outcome of on American ven
ture made by the Heywoods in ISN" , when
they purchased of Whitney a packing house
at Atlantic , la. , and commenced to pack hogs
and cattle and ship to Liverpool. The ver.J
ture was a failure , however , and the business
was discontinued. Whitney claim * that the
He.vwoods still owe him $3,000. Alfred Hey-
wood visited Chicago la t week and was ar-
"
n.'sted on a capias "issued at the instance of
Henry Meade , an engineer of No. Is St.
John's place , who claims thai money U due
Urn under contract for vrrices. Heywood
pent Saturday night in jail end was released
the next day.
"Whitney AVill Not Resign.
NEW YOKK , Nov. 1. Secretary" Whitney
was shown a dispatch from Wa'hmzton to
night which stated that he had determined
to retire from the cabinet , and that his sick
ness would be made the pretext for his resig
nation. He wrote the following reply :
"No , there is nothing in it. If I should not
get well I should resign , for the navy depart
ment is no place for a sick man ; but I am
about well now , aad expect to go back to
work inside of a week. In fact I am looking
over my letters and Soing more or less work
now. I have at no time considered the mat
ter of resigning. "
A Gigantic Coal Strike.
* RP.E , Pa. , Nov. 1. To-day the
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal company f truck
the great Baltimore vein of coal in .South
Welkesbarre ; nearly eleven hundred feet
below the surface , the deepest shaft in Penn
sylvania. The vein is between eighteen and
twenty feet thick. This find will net the
company fully $3,000OuO.
Coast Defenses Agreed On.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 1. The naval board on
coast defenses has agreed upon a system of
defense consisting of monitors supported by
auxiliary craft , such as rams and torpedo
boats , and has found that the t2.i-00uuO appro
priated for this purpose will b < j sufficient to
establish at least one unit of the system.
Su-piclou * Fever Deaths.
JACKSONVILLE , Fla. , Nov. 1. There were
two deaths from fever * under suspicious cir
cumstances yesterday in Sanford. Dr.
Daniel reports that no reliable diasmosis
could be obtained , but there is undoubtedly
room for great apprehension.
Not Enough Votes.
WILMINGTON , DeL , Nov. 1. The returns
of the election in this state to-day to decide
whether a constitutional convention be called
shows the vote falls 1)0 ) short of the votes
required by the act submitting the question
to the people.
The Plantation Strike.
NEW OULEANS , Nov. 1. The strike of plan
tation hands is progressing quietly in the
several jiarishes. There has been no trouble
yet ; but several companies of militia have
been ordered out in anticipation of a conflict.
A Broken Bunk.
MEDFOP.D , WU. , Nov. 1. The Exchange
bank of Medford made an assignment yester
day. Liabilities abont t30,0JO ; assets un
known , as everything i encumbered. Many
poor -ople have deposited small accounts in
this bunk.
Weather Indications.
For Nebraska : Fair weather , slightly
cooler , winds becoming light and variable.
For Iowa : Fair weather , light southwest
erly winds , rising , followed in western i r-
tions by falling temperature. *
Ne\v York Dry Good-
NEW YOEK , Nov. 1. For immediate want *
there ivas a more moderate demand , though
for sx > me speoialtw- was better. In tha
way of spring assortments there was more
doing.
The Freight Car Murder Mystery.
ROCHESTER , Pa. , Nov. 1. Additional evi
dence has been obtained to-day that is an
other strong lih.k in the chain1of pro J ttat
'is expecU-d to &olvo the mysterious 'freis-ht
KIT murder. . ' . .
GASOLINE'S ' GHASTLY WOR1L
A Building : Blown to Atoms In St.
Louis and Ten Persons Killed.
FIRE FOLLOWS IN THE WAKC4
Five Persons In One Family Atuonf
the Dead Other * Injured Be
yond Hope of Ueoovery
Other Particulars.
The Deadly Gasoline !
ST. Lon * , Nov At 'JtH : this morning ait
explosion of pu-oliuo in the rear of the collar
of Michael Newman's grocery store , 13 South
Fourteenth street , lifted the two-story buildIng - '
Ing from its foundation and dropped It bacl <
again in a mass of ruins , beneath which wcro
buried seventeen | < oren . They were I
Michael Newman , aged fifty -two ; Mrs. Annla
Newman , aged forty ; Mis * Mamie Newman ,
aged eighteen ; Nellie Newman , aped fiftecnj
Kate Newman , aced eleven ; Eddie Newman ,
aged thirteen ; Charles Deverf , Mrs. Charles
Devere. Miss Hattie Brown , of Colum
bus , Ky. ; Charles GilTord , Miss Patty
Bryant and Mrs. BeoMey. The esploslou
was followed by a fire , , which was with great"
difficulty put out by the firemen. Then began
gan the search for the dead. AH of the up |
stairs was occupied as a tenement. Newman ;
and his family of seven children lived overf
the store. The force of the explosion wa
terrific. The entire block of buildings nort )
of and acres the alley from the building In
which the explosion took place was gutt d\ \
by the blast. The Newman block crushed
In and was covered by the roe
which had settled down upon the
ruins and formed a barrier through
which the rescuers hod to cut away. The
beams and Avails lmi > eded prosrress. New
man's two daughters were taken out alive.
but they cannot recover. The .rest of thd
Newman family were dead. In the sama
building lived Charles Devere , a traveling
sales-man , and his wife. Vi-itmg them waa
Mi s Hattie Brown , of Columbus. Ky. Sha
wns badly injured , but miraculously escaped
death , the only person who paed the tcrri *
ble ordeal and lives to tell the story of hep.
escape.
The corrected list of dead and wounded tfl
eight dead and three wounded seriously. SW
other , who lived in the building and re *
jiorted mi rinr. have been found , either
uninjured or lightly bruied. Five of tha
Newman family nro dead. Mamie is horribly
mansied and burned and beyond all hoj > es ol
recovery. Nellie litin a terrible oonditipa
but may recover. Charle * . N. Deverevifq
and Mrs. Beaselcy are dead. The others are
badly bruied.
The financial lo * * caused by the ei-plo ion >
will aaiount to about s-'O.OOO and is fully cov
ered by insurance.
LOCOMOTIVI : EXPLOSION
An Knslnecr , l-'ircmnn and Hrakeman
Killed Near Huckuerry.
NEEDLE * . Cal. , Nov. 1 An engine ex
ploded near Hackberry last night , killing En
gineer Schroeder. Fireman Long and Brake
man Trapp. The bodies were found 300 f ectf
from the track.
A DASTAHIHA DKKD.
Poison at a Ix > uielana Banquet Cause *
Seven Death * .
DEMII , La. , Nov. 1. George King , wha
resides In Franklin parish , gave a dance andj
supper at his residence. After supper nearly
all the guests were taken violently ill. A
doctor was sent for and said they were poi
soned. but did all he could for them. Since
then sue whites and one colored person hava
died , and all the others are seriously 111-
No motive-can be assigned for the dastardly ,
deed. The cook is not su.-i > ect d. as she i
dangerously ill , and her husband and child
dead. '
llearinji Complaint * of Shipper * .
NEW Yonx , Nov. 1. The joint committed
of the trunk lines , central traffic association ,
and railroads west of the Mississippi river , l
holding sessions in this city , considering
amonc other things the complaints of eastrj
em shippers about the classification mada
after the enforcement of the inter-state law.
This made the classification for west-bound
the same as for cn t-bound freights , anil
fixed relative rates between car loads and
less than car load lots. Eastern shippers
claim that a great injustice has been dona
them in this.
Scuttling the Ship.
P.uii , Nov. 1. Dr. Salter , of the .vrockedj
ship Menzlah , accuses the master of the EngX
Ush ship Glenshiels of having compelled the ;
captain of the Menzlah , which was wates
logged , to hand over the ship to him at tha
risk of being abandoned on the ocean , Thq
English crew boarded the Menzlah and laid !
bunds on rerytbmi : of value. He hint4
that the Mezlah was Mink deMimedly. Tha
French crew , he said , were treated with th l
utmost rudeness.
O'Brien in Jail.
COHK , Nov. 1. The mayor has informed ,
the municipal authorities that O'Brien ,
ing promised to resist fo the death hi *
jection to the treatment of an ordi *
nary criminal , the governor of tha
prison in which he is incarcerated , '
at the mayor's request , has telegraphed to tha
prison board. akmg advice as to the course
he shall pur ue. The mayor will s-.ee O Hriea
daily and report to the municipal officers.
Reformer * CJue-tioii Candidate * .
NEW YORK , Nov. 1. The civil service re *
form association has addressed a circular ta
all the candidates on the various ticket" ,
asking from them for the information ot
voters whetheror not they favor the reform
system of non-partisan apiKjintments in tha
subordinate civil service ui on m'etits only/
Replies expressing approval of the reform
sj stem have b en received from many candi
dates of the different parties.
Steamship Arrivals.
HAMBURG , Nov. 1. [ Si .vial Telegram to
the BEE. ] Arrived The Lessing , from New
York.
GKEEXOTK , Nov. 1. Arrived The Circas *
sia , from New York.
QCEEX-TOWX , Nov. 1. The Nova Scotian
from Baltimore , ha not arrived , as befcr
reported.
NEW YORK , Nov. 1. Arrived The Wyon *
Ing , from Livcn > ool.
Severe Storm. .
LO.VDOS , Nov. 1. A severe gale prevail *
throughout England. Seven vessels wera
wrecked at Cardiff and many more are re
ported at other places. The gale has stopped
bathing at Brighton. The gale , which U
teriffic , extend * around the the entire coass
of the United Kingdom and is accompaalsxt
by rain. Heports of stranding of vessels
continue to be received and an
amount of damage has bwn done.
The London Cops.
LOXIKIX , Nov. 1 The prosecution of
stable Endicott , who arrested Miss Ca s on ,
the charge of being an improper character ,
and who .wna mdioted by the Middlesex
grand Jury for perjury because of the evi
dence he gave against her , bos collapsed ,
The Judge before whom the ca&o was heard
held that the evidence "f Miss Ca s vs no
corroborated and discharged the consUbe.- !
. , A Hurricane Haglng at
Bnt T , Nov. I. A hurricane has been rag *
is ? here Kinoc saaruing and vessel * areunabld
' tp leave the road * . Muiy shin ; ' smacke uiA
piilutetscii foundered. . . . ,