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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , TUESDAY ftlORNESG NOVEMBER 29 , 1887. NUMBER 164 iMi ) A Discovery Which May Solve the Cancer Problem. WHY GOULD WENT TO EUROPE. An KiiKllsh NcwHpaper'H Statement Afraid ol'the WI/.ard-Orahain'H Murderer Arraigned How to Kxtvrmliiatc Hnhhltn. The Canc-i-r Germ. tr ) i/if/hf | / | JW > 7 till Jninrt ( innlimlriiwf.1 / Hmu.ix , Nov. 23. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the Hni : . ] The ruinortlmt a Berlin physician has nt last succeeded In isolating the bacillus which Is supiwscil to rauso cancer , has attracted much attention In Berlin. It Is generally thought such a ills covery might in some way be advantageous to the crown prince. The discoverer Is r young physician , lr. Scheurllne , an assistant - ant at the Itoyal hospital. Pending furthei experiments Scheurllne prefers not to explain plain his methods and the results of his re ftearch. A friend , who has witnessed some o the Investigations , explains them to me as fol lows : "The bacillus in question , which wit ! found In cancerous matter , is peculiar to it After a microscopical examination , to do tcrmlno that ho was dealing with a new fern of micro life , the family of the bacillus win carefully isolated , and cultivated according to the usual methods Injections into a dog of itortiotn of this cultivation bacillus broth , produced i chronic sort of cancerous typo. Such in vestlgatiuns with these supposed cance germs were much Impeded by a long pcrioi of Incubation during which , us in the crowi case , thoie may be-no decisive signs of dis faso. For each experiment at , least si : months will be necessary before any cor - tainty Is attained. There is also the difll culty that no animal is subject to cancel though some species of animals have disease closely resembling cancer. Even though th discovery is all that is hoped , it Is likely t < remain for a long time of merely scientill Witcrest. The utmost that can yet bo hopoi Is that omo substance may bo discoverei deadly to these organisms but harmless i the patient. Inoculation as practiced fo small-pox , nnd attempted for cholera am hydrophobia , is not to bo dreamed of , pnrtl , because cancer is not sufficiently common t imiki ) the preventing Inoculation of th masses practicable. Later , when the cance declares itself , inoculation would , necordin to present knowledge , be useless. " Sehourlino Is positive regarding his di1 covery , claiming that no loopholes for mis takes huvo been left , but before publishUi his experiments he wishes to submit them t the profession in Berlin for their Judgment Canccr'by the way , has long been suppose to have been the result of some micro-orgai ism. Several of the most eminent mien woplstshavo been at work on the tame prol lorn Scheurlino hopes he him solved. If tbl discovery is genuine it will in nil probability greatly aid the physicians in treating an a lied disease which is more common but as it curable as cancer. lector Scheurliiics supposed case c bacillus was to-night the sensation of met icaI circles. The largo hall in the Archi teuton house was filled to overflowing wit nearly all the physicians in Berlin. Undt half a dozen microscopes , the supposed cans of the cancer disported himself before sciei title eyes , though not before th greatest c > port , Prof. Virchow. Other specialists eitht wcro not present or left the room withoi paying their respects to Bacillus , the hero c the evening. "Not proven" was the verdh of the majority present. Several physician were itiito | enthusiastic over the discover ; Schuerline himself remains convinced of III importance and correctncsss of his invcstigi tions but the best authorities , who foliowc the explanation and discussion closely tel mo the announcement made was soinewhr premature. While there is probably con hldernblo truth in the claim made , ther U11 remains much work to do before Hi discovery can lake position as a recognize Hciontiilc fact. All agree that such discover could in no way directly affect the treatmci of the crown prince or aid in restoring him I health. "After the discovery of the cancer bacilli there might yet remain years of work befoi the means of destroying it can bo disco cred , " said ono expert. Mr. Scheurllo's paper and the dlscussic following it brought out little beyond win has already been telegraphed. In twent caies the bacillus was found between canc ( cells. The specimens were cultivated In seru taken from human cases of pleurisy und the injected Into six dogs. The injection yioldc In two cases , tumors , which proved to conta the same bacillus. The discussion has ralst doubts whether this bacillus Is not an ace ilental product of development or , at leas the result instead of the cause of thocancc DOIIKKTY AltUAIGNKD. HIM Lawyer Thinks Ho Can I'rovu Ciiho of Accident. ir < > ji/rf//i | ( / ( IfSi bi ] Jainc * ( ionttin Itauictt. ] Losiiox , Nov. 2 $ . [ New York Hem Cable Special to the Br.n.j Daniel Trave Doherty was In ought up this morning Bow street and duly charged with the muni of Graham. Solicitor Kalpli Kaphiiel a peared for him. The client looked fearful nervous , evidently at last appreciating th "In London , shooting with a revolver , whii requires the deliberation of drawing , eockii nnd firing , is regarded differently from wh It is in some parts of America. " I have bei now quoting what a court official whisper me. A statement made by Graham , in tl presence of Doherty was read , the substan of which has already been cabled to the Hi aid. The accused was then remanded , ban cuffed and guarded. Meeting Mr. Haphu in the corridor of the cells afterward , 1 nski him if his client would like any statcme made to his American friends through tl Herald , "Yes , " he said , "say from convi wuloii had with him , that 1 feel sure ho has clear ease and will bo abio to show that tli rcgrctablo affair which happened while bo wcro unfortunately under the Influence drink , was n pure accident. " 1 learned that Pat , Shecdy , who Is a mutu friend of both Graham and loherty was be f r by the former nnd entrusted wilh a vc lial disptCi'lon ' of his affairs. 1 then visited C 'vcrslty ' collcgo hospit where Ho Graham's remains. I saw , In tl nbscnco of the house surgeon , the niir : ? ai bister who had charge of the ward th Graham died 1m They said ho died ful conscious uud knew everybody present at li bedside . Thcro was there three gentlcnn friends besides the doctor and the nursi The names of tho. friends are not even knov In the hospital. Pat Shecdy , who call every day , was not there at the time but Mi Shccdy called atUOp. : : ! m. Saturday , short before the death , , when the doctors decid , that It wits not advisable to allow cu.y ono ecu hlui then. Ho had tnkcn food during V flay' both .from his mouth and by inject iu That by his mouth ho retained but not the othnr. Towards 5 n. in. Sunday , his friends being still present , ho shook all by the hand and spoke a few words to them In u low tone nnd two minutes nfter passed peacefully away as If going to sleep. His body lies in a coffin in the mortuary and anyone wishing to see him can do so. To-morrow the inquest will probably bo held or , if not , certainly Wednesday. I next called upon Father Pcnnlngton , 40 Clarendon square , N , W. , nt a convent near by. He said : "I have a cable dispatch yes terday from my friend Father Stewart , of Hochcstcr , asking mo to take charge of the funeral to-day. Pat Shccdy called and left a dispatch ho hud received to-day. It read : See Father Pennlngton , Clarendon square , and ask him to bury my husband and take charge of his effects until I write. ( Signed. ) Mus. GIIAHAM. " Acting ui > on those Instructions received I have ordered a coffin and secured n grave for five guineas In the best part of Kinsall Green cemetery and arranged fo the funeral to take place at 1 p. m , Thursday. The money found on Graham , which was about $100 , will defray the cost of the funeral. " On my parting , Father Pcnnlngton asked mo to remember him to his many friends in New York and Hochester , adding : "I have spent some happy days with the bishop of the iattei city. " Doherty nnd Graham were undoubted ! ) card sports , and the trouble arose In a dis into over the proceeds. Inasmuch as tin wife of Doherty , who was In court , cannot by the English law become a witness foi Doherty either , the case looks fatal to tin latter. The trial will take place next month Doherty's American friends must thcrefori bestir themselves. AVICSTIOUN UNION SIIAUKS. Gould WimtH Them Quoted on the London Stock Kxchnnge. | r jiroilHi7 | / / / /j / ; Jamts dimlon llciintH.\ \ LONDON , Nov. 28. [ New York Ilenih Cable Special to the , Hii : . ] The following appears in this evening's issue of the St , James Gazette : It is understood in tin United States and this country that oin motive of Gould's visit to Kurope was to ob tain the quotation of Western Union tele graph shares on the London stock exchange but the distrust of Mr. Gould is so inveterati that a strong opposition is offered to the pro posal. It is quite true the stock exchange in granting this , does not pass any opinion ate to the good or bad stock , but still grantini this a quoting does , as a matter of fact , giv n kind of status to a stock , and the fecliiij against Gould is so strong that probably th committee would not dare disregrad it. Yc it seems unreasonable that the shares of th greatest telegraph company in the worli should bo refused quotation by tin London stock exchange. A wa ; out of the difficulty seems easy. Ifiisyndl cute , such as bought the contract of th Baltimore & Ohio railway company , were t < be formed here in London to buy and contro Western Union shares from Mr. Gould , al reasons for refusing quotations would disuji pear. The control of the company woul pass Irom Gould to a syndicate of great caj italists who would inspire general confidence Assurance would bo given to shareholder that their business would bo properly man aged and the business community on boll sides of tlio Atlantic would at the same tiint feel a confidence that no tampering wit their messeges would be permitted. Assuir jug that the earnings really average CJi pe cent , the purchase , it would seem , could b made with benefit to all parties. Mr. Gouli would doubtless accept payment in the -I pe cent bonds of the company and the purchas ing syndicate would still have 1) per cent t < servo as a sinking fund or to represent it own profit. A Plan for Slaughtering Kahhitn. If'iijil/rfu/it / 1SS7 liu Jamrs Oiinlun Jlennctl\ \ PAIIIS ( via Havre ) , . Nov. 2 $ . [ Now Yorl Herald Cubic Special to the Hr.i : . ] Pasteur tour to-day proposes to free New Sout Wales and New Zealand of the rabbit plagu in n very original manner. It is well know that those colonies are so overrun with thos lively little animals that they nibble all th food away so as to make sheep raising in : possible. Pasteur propobcs to inoculate Ne\ South Wales rabbits with microbes o chicken cholera , which he says will proercat even quicker than rabbits procreate an finally exterminate all the rabbits from th colonies. This idea of the inoculation of nil bits with this terrible disease and causin the death of millions of these little nibblin animals , has opened a field for the rellectio of anti-cruelty to anlmuls societies. The HlRKliiH Controversy. LOi/r/ii/i ) ) | / / / ( ISSTbu Janut ( loiilun llcnnclt. ] LiVEHl'ooi , , Nov. 23. [ New York Hcnil Cable Special to the Bin : . ] Mark Higgim who is expected to reach this city in n fei days from the orient is believed to be the sul Ject of international diplomatic notes betwce Lord Salisbury and Secretary Bayax'd. have Just obtained what his story is likely t bo but it comes from English sources. Tlier was no opportunity to get the narration froi Amarican sources. It seems Higgins is Bri Ish , n native of St. Asaph , Wales , but sen ing on board the American man-of-wii Qninncbang , which bad recently been ai chorcd at Constantinople , coming thithi from Syiurna , nnd nt the latter port had bee sentenced to imprisonment for threatening a assault upon his superior officer , Higgir threatening to take a inarllngsplko and do ft him. Ho was not put in irons , for , when tli vessel was going through the Dardanelles on night , ho provided himself with llfo belt , T ? teJud : his opportunity an jumped overboard.Being n goo swimmer , after four hours Jmmersioi ho was rescued by a Greek vessel whlc landed him at Hodesto , where ho gave bin pelf up to the British consul , explained tli case and was sent to Constantinople. Hci ho losLno time In giving the consul genera SIr'Henry Fawcctt , a full account of tl affair , claiming consular protection as British biibject. The local prints publisht a version which soon set the American ai thorities on his track. They made a formi application for the delivery of Higglns us convict and deserter but Sir Fawcctt d dined , on the ground that the offense fi Which ho was sentenced is not included in tl extradition treaty. The American consi suggested Unit tlio man bo led out Into tl street where the Quinncbang men could i what they pleased. This Sir Henry \vo\\ \ not do. After argument tlio British consul contention was virtually admitted by tl United States consulate. British Grain Trade Hevlew. LOXDOX , Nov. 25. Tlio Mark Lane E press , m its weekly review pf tlio Brlth jjrnln trade , says : Ynlues of En li8i ! when are steady. The advantage is rather" wil sellers owing to reduced deliveries. Tnu In foreign wheat dull and dragging ; r change In quotations. At to-day's mark' ' there were binall supplies of English wliea Values were slightly HtlfTcr. Foreign whea wcro slow of salc. Indian was Od dcarp Corn In sellers favor. Barley and oa steady. Lord Lyons Paralyzed. LONDON , Nov , 28. Lord Lyons has bet brought from Paris to London. He U suite luf from puralysla lit the left b'ldo. A MONSTER OF THE WOODS , Two Otoo County Mou Make tv Hideous Discovery. PARALYZED HIM WITH HORROR. SciiMitloiiH of u Woodchoppcr Who Stumbled on tin ; Animal in the Hriisli An InctTcctual Hunt Nebraska News. Neither Itcast Nor Human. NUIIIIASIJA CITV , Neb. , Nov. .2 $ . [ Special to the HII : : . ] Two woodehoppcra , John Huff and Lewis Mnnn , who have been at work on the bottoms near Peru , for several months , wcro in the city last night and related to the Hut : correspondent a strange story of their discovery on Friday night of a hideous wild boy. According to Hurt's story , which was corroborated by Mann , for some weeks past their shanty had been frequently entered during their absence and the greater imrtion of their oatibles either devoured or carried ,0ft * . At first they blamed several other woodchoppers - choppers who were camped near by , but their denial and the frequent repetition of the dep redations put them at a loss for a solution. They securely barricaded their hut and the annoyance ceased. Then their neighbors begun to complain of the same mysterious disappearance of their "grub. " A farmei near by accused the woodehnppcrs of robbing his hen roost and even said he at ono time at night had seen ono of the men running nwa.v from one of his corn cribs on his hands ami knees. Last Friday evening , as the men returneil from work , they discovered that some one had made ntte mpts to break open tin door of their hut and tracks in the frcsl : earth about the place indicated that theii visitor hud been there very recently. While Monn remained , Huff went in search of tin depredator , and having beaten about ii the brush and undergrowth for mort than an hour in all directions , was about tt gixe up his search and return homo when hi almost , as he says , stumbled over the fern of the most frightful and hideous lookini creature that ever met the gaze of humai eyes , He says the sight for a moment par alywd anil rooted him to the spot , and nol until the animal disappeared in the thick un derbush could he even find voice mid call foi his companion. Ho describes it as un doubtedly of human form in face and bodj but so frightfully deformed as to leave onlj a faint resemblance. The body , us far us hi could observe , was entirely naked and blacli and rough. Tlio head bore a slight resemblance - semblance to a negro , the eyes almost pro trading from their sockets , and fangs stood out from a horribly shaped mouth. Tin monstrosity in locomotion used its feet am what were undoubtedly its arms , using tin portion from the elbows to where the Inindi should have been , as tore feet. The two men notified their neighbors am together they followed the direction taker by the creature , but gave up the hunt whei night came on without finding a trace of it Owing to the thick and entangled brush thej say its capture is an impossibility unless c complishcd while it is out in search of food The cold weather and heavy fall of snow o last night will undoubtedly drive it out if i does not freeze or starve to death. Those living in the neighborhood of tbedls covery associate it with u colored famil ; ' named Jacksing who resided in the bottom' for several years and left sometime las spring for Kansas. They were known t < have had n boy of such horrible deformity a : to bo frightful in its ugliness , and the bo ; was often known to have disappeared nn < remained away for weeks at a time to tin utter indifference of his parents who oftei expressed the wish that he would never re turn , and It is believed ho was left behhn when the family went to Kansas , and tba this monstrosity and the creature seen bvtln woodchoppers are identical. Another 'bun will bo made. A Verdict For Damages. Nr.iuiASK.v CITV , Neb. , Nov 2.1) . [ Specia Telegram to the Hii.l : The ease of J. H Catrony vs the Missouri Pacific , in which th railroad was sued for damages for runnini across the property of the plaintiff , wasgivci to the jury Saturday. The jury was ou until this morning , when a verdict for $ l,0i > for the plaintiff was rendered. As the citi zens had given the railroad company an in demnifying bond , they will have to pay th amount. Threatened to Shoot. GHAXT , Neb. , Nov. 38 [ Special Tclegrar to the Hr.i : . ] A couple of roughs followed youngman by the namcof Jackson into Gran to-night and threatened to shoot him , statin ; that Jackson had made light remarks abou n certain girl. Sheriff Hnrney took the youn man under his protection and told the pair t keep quiet and take legal action. The Storm atStockhnm. . STOCKIIAM , Neb. , Nov 28. [ Special Tele gram to the HKI : . ] The storm here was quit severe and the cold intense , the thermomete registering'Jtl degrees below. A few case of loss of stock are reported. A Hrnkemun'8 Jit-g lirokcn. HAl'inClTV , Nov. 28. [ Special Telcgrai to the HIK. ; ] G. W. Lewis , a brakomiin o the Fremont , IClkhorn & Missouri Valle railway , fell from an engine while making flying switch at Hlackhawk , eight miles nort of here , this evening , and had his left le broken at the ankle. Ho lives at Chadroi and will be removed there. Itapld Clty'H District Court Closed. K.muCiTr , Dak. , Nov. 2S. [ Special Teh gram to the HII : : . ] The longest session c the district court ever hold in this count closed this evening. Over ono hundred case wcro tried and disposed of. Only two me will go to the penitentiary out of twenty-si indictments found. None of the cases wer of great importance. MUST PAY ITS TAXICS. An Important Decree Itonderei Against- the AVeslorn Union. Hoiiox , Nov. "SlWi'li * Western Unio Telegraph company lost r.sjimpojtnnt suit i the Unlted States circuit cuurt to-day , Judp Colfr'glving a decree for the complainant 1 the action of tlio attorney general of Mas' ? ; chusctts vs. the Western Union Telegrap company. This was an information filed b the attorney general under a public statut to collect a tax of $ lliiiK ) ) assessed in Ma.i IS-'s'i , on the corporate franchise of the con iany doing business in this state and to ci oin the defendant from further execution c ts business until said tax was paid. The Hli/.znrd Howling Hast. CHICAGO , Nov. 2 $ . At 0 o'clock this morr Ing the mercury was only two above zer and , although the sun shines brightly , ther Is little pereeptiblo decrease In the tcinpcn turc. Tha , signal service officer predicts tin the cold snap will lust through to-night , hi hopes for u rise to-morrow. Dubuquc , la dispatches say the thermometer was dow t l TV above yesterday. At Mowvaguo , 111 there was a fall of 40 degrees in thrC days. Galena , Ills. , rej > orts the mercury t have been 10 below last night. Fatal Jump From a IInrniuelluldln | ( PiTTSiiuito , Nov. 28. Guckert'schalran desk factory burned this afternoon. 'Fov employes working on the fourth-floor Juinpc from a window and two of them , John Wed and WHUam Shrimp , were fatally iujurci Twp other ate dangerously hurt. Till : V.OIj'lUB MlBl'AUKII. Twenty-Two Caplaticw.nut in CIINO An- . . aruhy Ilrcttkt * Loose. CniCA.no , N6v. 28. [ Scclal | .Telegram to ho Hut : . ] Forthwith criminal capiases arc out for twenty-two .anarchists whp were In- llcted for conspiracy jo murder by the Juno gYund Jury ot 1 ! . They , wcro issued No vember It ) , on the evening preceding the oxc- . ctttlon. They have not yet been 'served , and t Is not likely' that they will be unless the urbulcnt pel-sons against whom they are ex- ant attempt to make disorder. They are igalnst Christ Spto.i , Oscar W. Neebe , Hu- lolph Schnnubelt , William Sellgcr , William S. Suyder , John Aple , Thomas Drown , Anton llrsehbergcr , Lorenz Hermann , Victor Dlermont , Hombard Schnider , Gustavo Waller , Hermann Mucnzenbere , Otto Schman , William Hagcnmn , Peter Huber , Carncst Hubiier and a man named Green- wald. These indictments were reinstated at the request of Chief Ebersold at n secret session of the court held late In the after noon Just before the Imaging. The chief asked the state's .attorney to have It done , and ludgo Haker was hurriedly sent for and court convened ill the slate's attorney's > niee. On the motion of Mr. Grinncll the indictments' were reinstated and put for service into the hands of the central station detectives , who were watching the move ments of the suspected men. The detectives were Instructed to arrest the men on the least Indication of violence or organization against the authorities. As events have proved none of the capiases were used , though they are still out. and the indictments are yet on the criminal court's docket. "They were merely reinstated as a pre cautionary measure , so that if any of the hot heads showed themselves they could bo put down summarily , " said Mr. Grinnell this morning. "I don't think anything more will come of it , and the Indictments will , no doubt , bo stricken off next term. " XKW YOUK ANAKCHISTS. A Mooting in Hchalt'ol' tin ; AVidown and Orphans ol'Dead Hrellircii. Niw : YOIIK , Nov. 28. Cooper union was filled to overflowing to-night with people In response to n call from the federated trades for a meeting in behalf of the widows and orphans of the executed anarchists. It was an anarchist meeting through and through , red predominating everywhere. Sergius K , S. Shevitch was the orator and delivered n typical anarcliiul harangue , embracing all tht points usually made. John Brown was re ferred to and the hanging was denounced iif the worst crime in the history of America , The people , Powderly and Henry George , tht speaker said , have placed themselves in line with the hangman , The object of the tragedy was to intimidate "adva'nced workers in the labor movement. " "Let us stand together , " exclaimed Sheviteh , "and let us bo mow lierco in our language than ever before. Let the blood of the anarchists cry out through out the world. It is our Hag. We will raise it. We will carry it , through your streets , The tlmo is not far distant when a national monument will bo erected to these men. " The Most Trial. Nr.w YOUK , Nov. 28. The trial of Most the anarchist , was resumed to-day. Tin court room was thronged. Frederick Hart- ing , the first witness called , testified that hi went into the meeting out of curiosity nni heard Most speak. He said that Most did nol use the violent language charged against him He bad never seen Most before and was no ) an anarchist. Herman Strclitz , a reportoi on the Vollcs-Zcltung , testified that ho heart Most's speech" and that ho began with "Pol- low-citi/cns , " no ) ; "Hrother anarchists , " tu was alleged. Herald Most-threate'nci : no immediate .revenge , but accused Gary aui Grinnell as murderers of the Chicago anarch Ists. He also accused Powderly and Georgi of their murder for turning the Knights ol Labor from the uifarchlsts. Gustave , Stephen and Siegfried Hosen wcig testified that' they heard Most'rf speed and that it did not contain the incendiary language alleged. The latter said he did'noi know exactly whnt nnnrchy is , although hi has been studying the subject forcight years At thouftcrnoot | session Judge Cowing an nnunced that he had received a letter saying "If you charge against Herr Most you wil die. Death for all ofllcers is their due. Lib erty. " Another'letter , unsigned , and con tabling no threat , .reminded the judge tha Sharp should go to Sing Sing before Most i : again imprisoned. Chicago AtiartihlstH IHHIIC a Circular CHICAGO , Nov. 28. The anarchists of thii city have issued nrabid | circular for distribu tion among workhigmen hero. It is headei with the single word , "Fight 1" The circu lar denounces theanarchists' } trial and cxe cution , and declaiics that nothing but forci will win. It urges "preparation" for tin "revolution. " "Whoever joins us1 says tin circular , "must jtiiko all the consequence ! upon himself imdinust bo ready to saeritlci everything for thp cause even should it bi his life. " t AtTCHtcd I-"ir Making ThrcatH. CiucAdo , Nov. 'J3. Paul Wolf was arrestei to-day charged wijh disorderly conduct am making threats. On Friday night Wolf , win is an anarchist , went to a saloon on the soutl side nnd preached anarchy and foretold tin violent death of Grinnell , Gary and nil tin jurors in thonmirijhist trial. Wolf was sobe ut the time. j The .Salvation Army in Quebec. QrinncNov. 28. [ Special Telegram to tin Hun. ] Thcro are grave fears of seriou riots hero In connection with the Salvatloi Army. For sonio'timo they have been sub Jected to grave assaults and yesterday an im mcnsQ mob-wns organized in the French portion tion of the city to prevent their parading Sympathizers numbering 400 , fully armed went down to the barracks to escort thi army and if the latter had turned out then would undoubtedly have been bloodshed The police board wrote to the army , however over , that they had been informed by detec lives that a large mob was to attack the Sal vationists if they turned out , tnat being a present unable to afford them proper pollei protection the army would march , if nt all at its own peril. They have promised not t < parade until Wednesday next , when seriou disturbances will undoubtedly occur unless i sufficient military force is called out to over awe the rowdy element. St.John Interviewed. Ciuc\fio , Nov. 28. Ex-Governor John 1' ' St. John , of Kansas , is in the city for th puriwso of attending the meeting of th national prohibition , committee next wceli called to till the vacancy caused by the dcat of Chairman Finch , hud to fix the .time on place for the next mitlonal convention. Si J'dhn declared that h would not be a cam ! date iCr the presidential nomination m IS-- under anyTireumstancos. Hoforring to th defeat of prolmiti ° U ut Atlanta , bo said i simply verified the position ho had alway taken that local option settto'iothing. Th cause of prohibition , as a whole , wu3 'Uiiklu most satisfactory progress. 1'lghtliiH Wheeler's AVI1I. Nr.w YOHK , Nov. 23. [ Special Telegrati to the HKK. ] Although ex-Vice Prcsidcn Wheeler was supposed , to have few kinsmen about fifty claimants for a share of his cstat of $75,000 or * 80ot > 0 have been discovered The will , which Will bo offered for probat The MlNhUslppi Closed. fbC , Wis. , Nov. 2 $ . Ice stopped nil ulng on tlio Mississippi river last night an to-day the river'is ciopi-U the earliest eve known. The thermometer marked 20 belo\ lubt niyht. NATE NEARING THE NOOSE , Sensational Day In the Ralnsbnrgor Trial at Marshalltown. A BAD RECORD MADE WORSE. Two More Kyc-Witnrs'sfM Show tip III tljo Haddock Cane and T in Arensdorl"H llclialT Iowa News. The HaliisharKcr Trial. MAIWIAM.TOWX , In. , Nov. 2 $ . [ Spceln Telegram to the.HIK. : ] This was 11 day of sensations In the Halnsbarger trial. Early in tlio day John Bunyer , the victim of then-cent shootllig , hobbled in on tlie arm of a deputy. His direct evidence was of an ordinary ehar- aetcr , but Judge Cole , who leads for the de fense , fell Into tluj trap set by tho'proseeu- tiou and on cross-examination tried to make Itunyer admit that lie had shot the horse and himself , but failed signally. .lack Heed , a noted outlaw and horse thief , who was recently sentenced to his third term in the Iowa penitentiary , created a sensation when brought into court today. He testilled that Kate Huinsbargor invited him to his house in August , 1SS4 , where ho remained two weeks , and Halns- barger unfolded to him a scheme for fraudu lently obtaining $7,000 , of insurance money by kidnapping Johnson , nnd , if the latter re sisted , the plan Was to kill him. Walbridgo Wesen , of Steamboat Hook , tes tified to having overheard threats made by Frank and Nate Kainsbargcr , the gist of which was to get the "Old Devil" Johnson out of the way. The evidence ngainst Kalnsbargcr , while chiefly circumstantial , is much stronger than it was on the former trial , when he was con victed. Two More Kyc-AVitnosses. Sioux CITV , la. , Nov. 2S. The most im portant witnesses introduced by the defense to-day were J. C. Peterson , alias Juhl , and Gus Schmidt , both claiming to bo eye-wit nesses. Juhl received an injury in the head a few years ago , since which time his family has not considered him responsible. He tells conflicting stories of the tragedy. Schmidt swears that ho witnessed the murder while lying on a bed thirty feet distant and that ho never rose from the bed after the fatal shot and never told anyone what ho saw till weeks after. Both Julil and Schmidt declare that Arensdorf is not the murderer. Hoth wit nesses claimed to bo positive that Arensdorf was not the murderer. Hoth were severely handled in cross-examination , A I'hariiiauiKt a Appeals. Dis : MOIXI : , la. , Nov. 2S. [ Special Tele gram to the Br.i : . ] C. K. Hooth , whose pharmacist cortilicato has been revoked under the ruling of the pharmacy commission because of certain alleged discrepancies , has declared his intention of appealing to the courts for redress. It was charged that his title to a certillcate was imperfect , and he was requested to appear and show cause why it should not bo revoked. Ho refused to dose so , and in consequence his parchment was re called. _ The McQueen Murder Case. GiXNtvnuu , la. , Nov. 28. [ Special to the BKI : . ] Isaac Hook and wife , who were ar rested on Saturday charged with killing a man named McQueen by striking him over the head with a hoc , were arraigned here to day. Hook waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over. Mrs. Hook was dis charged , there being no evidence against her. _ ' Docampcd AVith a Pluliwasher. CUNTOX , In. , Nov. 2S. [ Special Telegram to the Bin : . ] W. J. Peck , of the Jlrmof Peck & Prunk , restaurant-keepers , has decamped with a dining-room girl , drawing the llrm'i- balance in the bank , amounting to several hundred dollars , and leaving behind numer ous unpaid bills. _ Love CaiiKcK a Suicide. KCr.u.Mt KAi'iiH , la. , Nov. 28. [ Special Tele gram to the HKI : . ] Frank Hebeo committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a revolver last night about T o'clock , The cause of the deed was love troubles. 1'KAUFUI , KXPLOSION. A Frozen Holler Wrecks the Kirhj HOIIKC in Milwaukee. MH.WAUKKI : , Wis. , Nov. 23. The boiler al the Kirby house exploded , killing two girU and blowing out one of the walls. The explosion , which occurred at 8:30 : this morning , was caused by thepipesof thoboilei freezing up. The rear end of the bulldinp was wrecked , burying several people in tin ruins. The wall , thirty feet in width ana extending tram the ground llooi to the fourth story , was blown out One "end of the dining roon was wrecked , all tables being knocked ovei and dishes smashed. Most of the guests IKK ilnishcd breakfast and escaped. There won a dozen girls in the kitchen and all were huriei beneath the brlckjand mortar. The tire depart incut was on the scene and put out the fin before it gained any headway. The alley Imcl of the hotel is piled to the depth of foui or live feet with debris from the wrecked building. Seven girls were taken from the ruins so badly injured thai the doctor said ho could not tell whether the. ) would liveor not. Frank Hempel , hcai cook , is missing , as is also Mrs. Gage , assist ant cook. The ruins are being searched it the hope of finding them and others whomaj bo buried therein. Those whoso injuries arc most serious are : Mary Arbncklo , Amu Kennedy and Carrie Olson , all of whom arc terribly burned , In addition to being badi.\ \ bruised. There is no hope that Carrie Olsoi will recover. RECLAIMING LANUH. Organization of a Company in Kansnt City For That Purpose. ' KANSAS CITV , Nov. ! ! $ . [ Special Tclcgran to the HKI : . ] The Kansas City Land He clumution company was organized this morn itiff with W. S. Tough , president-H. P Childs , vice president , K. K. Hlchardson , see rotary and treasurer , and L. W. Hates , man ager. The capital is & 1KMO. ( ) ( The companj has secured the exclusive use of the paten process of dredging by pumping from tin bottom of the river. A boat will bo bull this winter at a cost of f0,000 ! and prcpara tlons made for active operations in the spring Thcro are thousands of acres of land in tlii vicinity to be reclaimed , and its value mount ; ; ; i Into the hundreds of millions of dollars The i-M.'JW.v ' "IH taken a contract with tin stock ynruft company to 1111 li land bordering on the JC.uw river. Therfl fir ; about four acres of this land 10 bo reclalmet and it will bo worth from $12,000 to ? .X > , W per acre. The process which the compan ; will use Is the sumo which was utilized li Illling up the famous Potonmo Hats at Wash ington , and it has been in u o very success fully for six or seven , years on the 1'aciiii coast. Experiments Imva been liv progres' ' for Mime time on the Kawnciir the steel yards , the purpose of which was to develop ; process which would not Infringe on tin patented method , ho that the heavy royalt' ' on the use of the patent could bo avoided , bu the experiments have not been successful. The Elgin Dairy Market. KI.GIN , 111. , Nov. 28. Sales of butter wer < made to-day at 3K331X rents jwr pound. Th market opened t fiO ccntb per pound. Thei' were luric ; offerings , HUMMING TOWAH1) OMAHA. Tlio IlurlltiKton'M First 1'nst Train Loaves l ) Mivor Yesterday al Noon. DriNVii : ! , Cole , . Nov. W. [ Special Tele- train to the Hun. ] At noon to-tiny the Jurllngton's first fast train for eastern points eft this city with a peed Ifst of passengers ind a largo batch of through mail , Harrlng icclilents , thuf train will reach' Omaha early o-morrow morning. This fast service on Kith the Union Pacific and Burlington Is still in cxiHH'imcnt , and during this winter will no loilbt bo frequently Interrupted by snow storms on the plains. The slop forward will > o greatly appreciated by Colorado ivople. n speaking of the Union Pacific's fast train o-day , Frank Remplo , city passenger agent , aid lie believed that the time was not far llstant when the Union Pacific would have a Imlted train , conslstlngof sleepers only , with line reduced still further , and transeontl- icntal travel would bo entirely revolution- zed. The trains , as run now , are rather leavy , but witli additional trains the weight can bo reduced , and also the number of nec essary stops , so that in time the crack llm- ted trains of the east can bo equaled and even surpassed. 11(011 1111TION IN ATLANTA. Why tlio lllnc Law \Vat4 Hopudiated lly the People. Niw : York , Nov. US. [ Special Telegram to the HIM : . ] In a letter to the World , Evan P. Itowell , one of the editors of the Atlanta Constitution , and an unti-prolilbitloiitst , says of the election Saturday : "Tlio largo majority given for anti-prohibition was not only a protest against the law , but against Lhe strife and bitterness engendered in the ilrst campaign. I am certain that the con- bcrvalivo men on both sides will come to gether and throw around the retail sale of liquor all necessary restraints , nnd that it will be better for the city. There is 11 strong frcllng hero among leading men to settle nil further disputes on this line1. Tlio decided majority given against prohibition , and the further fact that a majority was given in every ward in the city , and every precinct in the county , except one , shows that the people were opposed to the present law without regard to class or condition. " Henry W. Grady , who has been espousing the prohibition cause in tlio Constitution , writes : "Prohibition was not beaten on its merits. The law was too extreme , it being impossible to get even medical or sacra mental wine without violating It. Its ad ministration has been often unwiseA con ference will bu held to-morrow to devise a plan upon which the people can unite. Not the slightest , ill-feeling survives the contest. which was without precedent in vigor and aggression. " - GiniSTKU'S FAILURE. Her Voice Fails and She Loaves the Stage Temporarily. Nr.w YOIIK , Nov. 2S. [ Special Telegram to the Hut : . ] The Tribune says : Tlio admir ers of Etclka Gorstor , from New York to San Francisco , will regret to learn that she has been compelled to abandon her projected concert tour owing to the breaking down of her voice. The failure foreshadowed at her recent New York appearance was empha sized at New Haven on Saturday night , and by her request all her dates with Mr. Abbey extending to San Francisco for the middle of February , have been cancelled. She will rest for a month in the hope that the trouble is only temporary , and she will then make a test of , bcr ability to reappear in public , Meanwhile Abboy's engagement with other members of the company will bo curried out , Gerster's misfortune has cast a gloom ovei musical circles. She Is not much over thirty years old , and no tangible cause has been as signed for the failure of her voice. It is be lieved. however , that it arises from nervous ness rather than from any specific difficulty with the voice itself. Abbey said last evening - ing that she can still sing with her natural strength and sweetness in a room where she is surrounded by only a few friends , but the moment she approaches tlio glare of the footlights / lights her courage fails her and she entirely loses command of her voice. A BANK IN TUOUHLR. The Ninth Avenue , nf Now York ; Nou g K.xa ml nation. NK\V YOIIK , Nov.3. . 1'ho Ninth Avenue bank is under examination by the state haul- examiner. A statement of the bank's con dition September 17 last showed resources of $ ; ) , ' " , and liabilities to depositors , bank ) and trust companies of $245,012. There won $ 'UHJO ( duo from certain directors. Hov much Cashier Hubbard has loaned withou consulting the directors is still unknown. I is known that he discounted notes made 01 endorsed by William C. Jones , one of tin directors , who was president of the Nortl Hcllevillo Quarry company , which went int ( the hands of a receiver last August. Then arc a number of judgments against him. Tin bank also has notes or endorsementsof M. E Ingcrsoll. late treasurer of the Poltier iS Stymus Manufacturing company. Directoi Arnold said to-day that the collateral sectlri ties on which the loans of Jones & Ingorsol were made nro sufficient to pay the claims The other directors say the depositors wil be paid in full , but that the director : and stockholders may huvo to make up i jHirtion of the capital. Nr.w YOIIK , Nov. 2 $ . Hillings & Wetmore tea dealers , made an assignment to-day They claimed a capital oflrKK ( ) ( ) . IN A FLOURISHING CONDITION. Vlhlt ol' I lie Manager * to Iiunatic Asylum No. 1 ! . ST. Joi-r.i'ir , Mo. , Nov , 'JS. [ Special Tele gram to the Hii : : . ] The annual visit of tin board of managers of the Missouri Stati lunatic asylum No. 'J was made to-day. J number of Invited guests were present am an elegant dinner was .served. In tlio pas year a mimbcr of valuable improvement ! have been made at ti cost of : ; oHK , ( ) . Tin Pope heating apparatus , capable of deliver ing to the different wards SOX ( > ( ) cubic t'eet o fresh air per minute is one of the improve ments. A cold storage house costing $ flii , ! ( ( ) has also been constructed. Thcro are in tin asylum -Hi ! patients. Employment is givei to seventy-six persons including thirty-foil attendants. The monthly pay roll is Jl.'IIKl not including the salaries of the officer * which nro paid direct by the state anil no through appropriations. The HiiKhian Hogiioi' Gallery. New YOIIK , Nov.'S. . [ Special Telegram ti the Hr.i : . ] The Moscow letter to the Time says that K. G. Van Hlper , who was. rcmavci about a year ago from the post of Unitei States consul because of alleged trading ii diplomas and medals of the New Orleans ex IHisltion , now has his photograph In the Hun shin rogues' gallery. Ho remained in Mosco\ after his recall , and the Russian govcrnmcn decided to escort him to tlio frontier with warning never to return again. That h might bo recognized by the police should h attempt to return his photograph was place in the rogues' gallery. Death OH a Pleamtre Trip. KAN S Crrv , Mo. , Nov. 2S. ( bjccial TeU gram to the' Hin.j Kmily Harrctt , RTiir.1 , daughter of cx-GoVcruo.r Higglns , of Nn\ Jersey , died of diphtheria dr. board a specin car nt the union depot this morning. ! " 5va one of a party en route from fos Angeles t Florida. The body was placed In a caskc and shipped to New York. Crushed in a Minn , WursiiAiiiu | : , Pa. , Nov. 28. Pntrle : O'Kiimlmn and Larry Culpln , miners en ployed ut the Sugarnotch mine , wcro caugli In a heavy fall of rocks and roiil thk , morning and crushed to death. Their mutilated bodiu were recovered this afternoon. REDUCTION OF THE Various Schemes Proposed By Mor- cormry Pnrty Men. MILLS FOR WAYS AND MEANS , The Trjvnn CongrcHHinnn 1'rophrslrt } ns tlio Coming Chalrinaii ol'That CommitteeTurplo'H Contested - ' tested Ktoutlon Case. Democrats Badly Muddled. _ 'WASIIIXHTOX , Nov. 2 $ . [ Special Telegram to the Hr.i : . ] The chief topic of discussion among senators and representatives' , who have arrived In Washington Is the surplus rcvenuoiind tho'means to bo adopted to dis pose of it. Democrats who control the house seem to be as badly muddled ns theywero two years ago. They are agreed on 'ono thing , namely , "that something must bo donate to save the party" next year , for it Is notice able that the more they consider the result of the late election the less confident do they feel of success. The iuost that any of them hope for Is to pass some kind of revenue bill which will bo " good-etiough-Morgan" until after the presidential election. The recom mendation of the president and secretary of tlio treasury will bo framed with that end in view , and the former will sign any maho-shlft measure which may be sent to him for his approval. .It Is settled that Carlisle is.to bo re-elected speaker and that Mills is to bo chairman of the ways and means committee. Mills is n sincere and earnest free trader , between whom and Kan- dull there exists the most bitter antagonism. Springer and some other democrats expeot that the report of the secretary of the treas ury will be accompanied by a draft of a bill to reduce the revenues & > lHXHHor , * HH,0H- ) IKX ) a year , among provisions of which will bo repeal of the internal taxes on tobacco , radi cal reduction of duties on metals , pottery and earthenware , cotton 'and woolen goods and _ the transfer of several hundred articles , in cluding salt , lumber and wool , from the duti able list to the free list. Senator MePhersoii. is certain that "something must btdone ! , " iul ho says : "For myself K would favor a bill taking olT the tax on tobacco and making the balance of the reduction on other article * on the tarift schedules. New Jersey is protection state and the democrats can't af ford to advocate free trade or any sweeping tariff reductions without losing her vote ' , and they will need that vote , for I can't see' how a democratic victory is to be figured up with out New Jersey anil Connecticut. Tlio re duction advocated must bo moderate , nnd above all must not reduce the wages of work- ingmen. Any tariff bill that does that 1 shall oppose. " Randall agrees in the main with Senator MoPhorson , although ho would cutalittlo deeper into the Internal revenue and would transfer to the free list only lumber in thorough rough , Jute butts , bristles , and perhapa two or three other articles. Mr. Carlisle wants to enlarge tlio free list by the transfer tllcreto of "raw material" Including wool , so us to reduce the yearly revenue from customs about $ , " > 0KH,000 ( ) , and favors the repeal of the internal taxes on tobacco to the extent of some . * 18 , < KKXX ) , ( ) a year. Senator Sherman favors the revival of the distribution act of 1 Sit" , by which the surplus could bo distributed to the states upon the basis of population and Internal im provements. The abolition of the tobacco tax , free sugar , and ji bounty to sugar makers would not do it. Ho thinks the que - ' tion of reducing the surplus , will come upt with the tariff , and that the senate will bring' in a now bill when it receives the work of Urn house. Judge ? Tiirpie- WASIIINOTOX , Nov. 28. [ Special Telegram to the Hi'.K. ] Judge David Turpio , who1 arrived here from Indianapolis last night , , told u reporter to-day that ho had no fear qf i not being seated , because ho held the ccr-1 tillcato of election. . A member of the senate committee on privileges and elections says that it has been the rule of the senate for very many years to refer to the committee ' all certitleates of election which are not rcg- , ulur and complete In every particular , and' where there are contests , that no mail is sworn in , bo ho of ono political party or another , who presents a certificate not aignod ) by not only the presiding olllcer at the joiiitl assembly of the legislature , but by the re cording officers of both houses and the score * tary of state , as well as the governor. Ho does not understand that Tur lie's certillcata' contains these signatures , making a complete' otllcial record of the action of the legislature and that therefore it must ho examined by the senate committee when at the same time ) the circumstances attending tlio election and the actions beyond it will bo enquired into ! * It is not generally believed that David Turpio will tuko the oath of a United States senator ono week from to-day. , NehraNkn and Iowa I'ciiHloiiN. WASIIIXCITON , Nov. 2S. ( Special Telegram to the Hr.n.l A pension has been granted tq Frances , widow of John Heaton. Falls Cltj\ Neb. . Pensions granted lowansi Ilcziah E. , widow of 1C. H. Welch , She'nandoah. Mexi can war John \l. \ Eddy , Sage ; -William Dunn , Waukeen ; Klisha Kendall , Orinnn- villo : Anthony Wilkinson , Chelsea : HanlstOP Hond , West Grove , Original William H. Morris Monroe 1C. H. Welch deceased [ ) ( J li. in i. , . ,1 r.l. 1. < 1.V1 ; ! . . . . . . . . . 1 ) i .1 / \.i- . * , Burey , Walker ; James S. Jones , Plum Hollow : George Moore , Grinnell. Heissuc- ' C. G. Tlnkham , Mllford ; Job Carter , Eldou ; limner Fowler , Cincinnati ; Harvey Hunshcn- bcrger , Morning Sun. Army News. WASHING N , Nov , 2 $ . [ Special Telegram to the Bii.l : : First Lieutenant James E. Eastman has been transferred from battery C to light battery A , Second artillery , and First Lieutenant M. 0. Hichards from the light battery A to battery C. Corporal Charles Cluster , Fifth infantry , now at Fort Monroe , has lieen ordeml to Join his company at Fort Totter , Dak , Lieutenants Ayers , Ward and Davis , nil ot tbo Tenth cavalry , nro at present- undergoing trii'l by court martial. A general court maf- tial , composed of officers of the Fifth artil lery , Major Abraham Wildr.lck president , has been ordered to convene at Fort Hamilton , New York harbor to-morrow. Additional Second Lieutenant Herman C. Schumm , Third artillery , has been promoted to' bo second lieutenant Second artillery , which transfers him from battery 1C of tlio former regiment to battery M of the latter. The following promotions huvo been muo in the Second artillery ; First Lieutenant George S. Grimes to bo captain and trans ferred from light battery A to battery H ; Second Lieutenant Mel/or C. Klchanls to bo first lieutenant and transferred from battery M to light battery .A. A general court martial detailed from the Third artillery will conveneat FurtMclIcnry to-morrow , composed of Captain Edward O. Kmnvcry , First Lieutenants James O'Hera , Christopher W. Harold , Churlet Sellmer , I hn H. Williams and Wilbur Loveridgo : Second Llvi'.itemints Gcorgo O. Sqnlro umi John 1C. Oreo , TliU'd artillery , Judge ml- ' voento. Lieutenant , ! ' ' . M. M. Henll , of the sit-ual hcr7i : ' . Las been detailed to duty as chief 01 publications d'l'lijlons ' to succeed John JSJ. Klliets , resigned , vJ"rul Grccloy pro- fi'iTfd to assign an officer to thin" ( JulV'nithor than till tlio position through the civil scrriou commission , which would have necessitated the discharge of three ladies employed at small salaries , who can now be rctulninl through the year. None of the war department officials seem Informed ot Secretary EndipjU's wucre *