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THE OMAHA i DAILY EIGHTEENTH YEAR OMAHA MONDAY MAY 27 , 1880. NUMBER 346 A COMMISSION FOR IIAYTI , The . .TJltimat'oObjoot to Obtain Coaling Stations. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Jtar.r'son ' and Cabinet Flcolna to Olrcon Fields and Babbling Brooks PlnntlhiK for Swaltn Dakota Matters. WASHINGTON BOIIKAU , TUB OMAHA. BKB , I K13 FOUIITEBNTH STIIBET , WASHINGTON , D. C. , Mny k I The state department commission se lected to visit Hnytl will also pftbauly bo Instructed to visit San Domingo. The object is ultimately to obtain coaling or naval sta tions at Mole [ St. Nicholas and Samanu bay , and the commission will seek to obtain such assurances as will make it possible for the administration to establish coaling stations with the necessary territory for their pro tection nt those two points. The state de partment has all the means necessary not only to defray the expenses of the commis sion , but to negotiate for the future privi leges of nn important commercial nature. The greatest caution has been oxorclsod at the state department to keep the purpose nnd movements of the commission secret. The commission to Hayti has nt last been dell- nltoly agreed upon , it was at first Intended that It should consist of three members , but the refusal ot Congressman Robert Illtt , of Illinois , to servo reduces the number to two. The gentlemen who have sig nified their willingness to go nro Gen eral Low Wallace , of Indiana , ex- minister to Turkey , and Mr. Nathaniel Beverly Tucker , of Virginia. The political balance of the commission is thus main tained , inasmuch as General Wallace is a republican , nnd Mr. Tucker nn ox-confcdorato democrat. Secretary Blulno is desirous , of all things , that none of the great European powers should bccomo acquainted with the nature of the Instructions , lest the intentions of the American commissioners bo anti cipated nnd the poslblo results of their mis sion neutralized. PllEPAIlATIONS FOH SUMMnll. Lively preparations will bo begun at the whlto house mid in the families of President Harrison's cabinet to-morrow for the coming summer. Mrs. Harrison will get her sum mer wearing apparel and personal effects generally ready to ba moved up to Door Park , where she and the president are to have a cottage and are to enjoy the presence of ox-Senator Davis , of West Virginia , nnd u cumber of other friends. It is probable that they will spend next Sunday in their cot tage. At intervals they expect to have with them their son and daughter nnd their fami lies , and Mrs. Harrison will have some friends with her all the time when she is not in Washington. She will occasionally accompany the presi dent back to Washington on Monday morn ing , and'romalning a day or two for shopping or social duties or staying over till Saturday , will return to her place in the woods and mountains. Deer Park Is on the line of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad , Is reached in about five hours' ride from Washington , and tliero aroalx or eight passenger trains going each way every twenty-four hours. The president can leave the whlto house nt 2:30 : o'clock on Saturday afternoon and leaving the Baltimore & Ohio depot at R o'clock on the limited express , can take a lute dinner with his family ut an altitude of probably three thousand feet higher than tnc nation's capital. This spot is a most charming ono. Thqj > roporty is owned by the Baltimore & .Ohio Railroad company fo several miles cast und west of the tracks and the grounds have been cleared and sown to blue grass. When the tcmpcruturo is 100 = in the shade in Wellington It is from C5to75c > ntDcerPark , nnd often it is necessary for ono 10 change his underwear or don an overcoat in going to the placo. The president docs not expect to spend a Sunday in Washington from this tlmo on until about the middle of September , except when he has important and urgent work. Ho is in very good health , but is. of course , fatigued , and as the hot weather comos'onhls physical strength wanes with that of other citizens. Secretary Windom will take his family to the Adlrondacks very soon after the presi dent and Mrs. Harrison have taken their summer homo. Secretary Proctor has arranged to take his family to the mountains , but no has not do- elded fully where ho will go. Secretary Tracy will tuko n short crulso about n month hence and got some recreation. Secretary Rusk will escort his wife , son and daughter to the wilds of Wisconsin. Postmaster-General Wanamakor , having purchased a yacht , will spend his days In recreation during the hot weather n cruising. The yacht will bo anchored nt the wharf In Washington , ana ho will frequently make a run down the Potomac and into the Chcsa- pqako bay. * Attorney-General Mlllor has not yet de cided where ho will go with his family , but thin us of locating them nt Deer Park or Oak land , near the president. Secretary Blaine will again locate his fam ily nt Bar Harbor and will go there as often as ho can. The office-seekers will have to bo a llttlo lively u fortnight hence if they can make the rounds of the white house and cab inet und find everybody in at all times. A NUW ELEMENT. A now element will coma into congress this winter and demand n division of the ofliccs. It is the now states. Dakota will surely have three republican members of the lower and four republican members ot the upoer branch of congress. Washington will have ono in the lower and two in tliu upper houso. What Montana will do can not bo predicted , but it Is urobablo that she will elect republicans. These men will demand their share of the offices , and will make at least u puitlal reorganization of the senate necessary , VVfiother new men uro put Into the positions of secretary and sorgeant-at- nrms or not , from twenty to forty places of n minor character will bo demanded and se cured. These will require a very general shako up , and ot course the displacement of ns many men now In office , If the repro- Bcjitullves from the now states should join the southern representatives or any other faction In the organization of the house they will cut a figure which will bo felt. At any rate they will coma in for a dozen or more pretty good places and the republicans from other sections may as well begin to figure to tlmt end. The south is going to take some kind of united action und go us u body , and whoever in elected speaker will bo pledged , unless a "dark horse" Is selected , to recog nize the now states and the soutli to the Bumo extent that other states and sections having un equal number1 of representatives uro recognized. CONCEUNIXO DAKOTA , When President Harrison wus inaugurated the Dakota republicans were loft in a very peculiar position respecting thn distribution of federal patronage in the then territory. Mr , Matthews was elected delegate , but by virtue of the omnibus 'territorial statehood bill ho will never occupy a seat m congress as.a delegate from Dakota because Dakota will come in as two states when congress convenes again. It hns been customary for thp delegate In republican administrations to be uccorocji tno dUir'bution of the federal .ofllces. Mr.MaUhows. despite the fact that lie will never 'occupy tno scat of delegate from Dfikotaijemnmjcd , bl prerogatives , and , Sinking a firm ttuud , was granted the cvclunlvo right to dictate all the appointtnenta in his territory , The , man who U to bo gov ernor of South Dakota and the two gentle- tacn who will undoubtedly bo the senators from that section have united In a request tbnt , In view of the peculiar situation , now Irrangomenu be entered Into. They have f reposed that the present member of the re publican national committee , who is to be inventor ot South Dakota , Delegaeloct Matthews and the gentlemen who will be lected to preside over the Rloux Fall * can < kilVuliouul vypVitBUim on July -1. n vt bo recognized as the committee to recommend nppolntmcn for South Dakota. The plan hat been submitted to the president , but no decision has yet been reached. It In feasible nnd just , and there Ii little doubt that it will bo accepted. A similar arrangement will likely bo effected for North Dakota. CIVIL SBUVICR nnroiiM. A , serious discussion of the rights nnd wrongs , advantages and disadvantages of the civil service law has again arisen. This question Is no longer confined to parties. Thcro are as many republicans who nro Op posed to both the totter nnd spirit ot the civil service law us there nro democrats. The spirit of civil service reform is much moro ponulnr than the letter of the law , nnd the extension of the spirit ot the reform where the law docs no good has made many ene mies of both the law'and the reform. Presi dent Harrison hns done nothing which brought about such universal commendation as the extension of the tlmo when the civil service law should include the railway mail service , giving six weeks , from the mid dle , of March to the 1st of May , within which to bring about n reorganization ot tha demoralized railway mail service without the Interference of the law. Thcro is uni versal complaint because the extension of the law over the secret service of the post- ofllco department has not been abrogated. A western senator , whoso name is n house hold word throughout the country , expressed the opinion of very many men when ho said the other day : "As n whole , the civil service law is advo cated by two classes only those who nro ig norant ot its actual operations , nnd those who want to relieve themselves from the procurement of positions for frionds. The only proper feature thcro Is about the civil service law Is tlmt it keeps back the rush of spoilsmen and has some regard for intelli gence and fitness In the employment of man to perform the public service. The intention of the civil service Is , it must bo acknowl edged by its most ardent friends , much bettor than its operation. If the law was faithfully enforced , It would wronk no injustice , and would elevate public interest. But there nro just enough men in every department of the gov ernment who oppose civil service reform to impede its best operations , nnd who keep down the best results which could bo se cured. " The above quotation .is from ono of the loading republicans in Indiana , and bo ex pressed them after n week's sojourn m Washington , looking into the various branches of the government where positions are supposed to bo located for party mon. This same gentleman stated to your correspondent pendent that an effort would boMnade nt the coming session of congress to cut off the ap propriation for the civil service commission. and that it would bo supported by n sufficient number of republicans to give it success if the usual quota of democrats stood by the opposition to civil service reform. The extension of the law over the railway mail service and the incorporation of the detective service of the various departments within the civil ser vice law have made icoro enemies for civil service reform and the law than all things else. PLKADINa FOK SWAIH. ' Several Ohio nnd other congressmen are interesting themselves again in behalf of Judge Advocate General Swalm. The sen tence of the court , twelve years suspension from rank and duty , was a very severe one. President Harrison has boon seen nnd prom ised to give the matter his personal atten tion. The power of mitigating the sentence rests alone with the president. The papers are now at the white house , and the presi dent will take up the matter at an early dato. MISCELLANEOUS. Mrs. Sheridan is still in the city. AS soou as the school session is over she nnd her children will go to their cottage at Nonquett. Colonel and Mrs. McMlchuol Sheridan will spend part of the summer with Mrs. Sheri dan. dan.Miss Miss Maggie Ncoley , of Iowa , was given cases lu the second division of the govern ment printing office on Friday. The marriage of ox-Secretary Bayard to Miss Mary Willing Clymor is announced to take place Juno 13 , in this city. Louis A. Dent-of this city , has been ap pointed private secretary to Secretary Blame , vice Thomas H. Sherman , tppolntod consul to Liverpool. Dent was formerly private secj rotary to Congressman Hitt , of Illinois. Mr. Michaels , of Kansas City , brother of W. H. Miohacfs , of Nebraska , clerk of the senate committee on printing * has boon ap pointed a clerk at $1,800 , and will assume his duties to-morrow at the government printing ofllce. PKIIUY S. HEATU. TURNED TO ASHES. Elnplnc Krtitor Moore Tires of Bis Paramour and heaves Her. ST. Louis , May 20. A dispatch to the Globo-Domocrat from Now York says : Henry W. Moore nnd Mrs. John W. Norton have parted. Ho left her last Thursday. According to his friends , when Moore loft St. Louis with Mrs , Norton , ho did it under the idea , whether right or wrong , that as ho had caused the woman's downfall , It was nis duty to stand by her. Ho was madly in love with her. Uoth expected that divorces would sot them free and then they Intended to bo married. On September 23 last , however , he came homo from his office about 10 o'clock in the evening , and found Mrs. Norton absent. Ho sat on the stoop and waited until shortly after 2 o'clock in the morning , wncn a car riage containing Mrs. Norton and a man prove dn about a block uwny and she got out und came to the houso. She hud been drink ing heavily of champagne. Moore got her in the house and a terrible scene ensued. The next morning ho demanded an explanation and' she said she had been spending the evening with n lady friend , whoso brother-in-law had brought her home. She offered to take any oath lie desired thut she had not been un faithful to him , and thereupon said : "I hope my mother's soul may be in hell and remain there f orovor if I um not telling the truth ; so help mo God. " Moore then believed her. Ho found later that film had spent tao evening with n steam boat clerk , whom she mot'when ' on her way to Canada to join Mooro. But on her pro testation that she would never deceive him again ho forgave her. Then ho detected her In n llason with n roomer In a flat , which they rented on East Forty-eighth street. Moore thereupon loft her , but yielded to her pleadings and * the intercession of friends , und went to living with her again , but on Thursday last , upon rosolvin ? renomxl evi dence ot her Infidelity , packed his trunk nnd loft , leaving Mrs , Norton to go her own way. Moore , It is said , never wrote of his troubles to his St. Louis friends , hut always told them thut ho wus living iiapplty. American ItalsliiH. NewYomc , May 20. [ Special Telegram to Tni : HUK.I ColonoJ Forsytho , ono of the loading raisin producers of the United States , has just returned from a careful In spection of nil the raisin growing districts of Europe , and says thut American raisins , in addition to supplying the American rnarliols , are destined soon to take a large share of the London business. Ho says phylloxera Is constantly diminishing the best crops of Spain In un Increasing degree , and thut oven if they should now got a rem edy for it , which in not probable , it will bo .live years before the Malaga district nun re cover its former position. A heavy con signment of Culrforniu raisins has been din- posed of in London this season , being the first shipment ot the kind on record. Colonel Forojtho ; wilt leave for California in a few days , - A Juvenile Defaulter. NEW YORK , May SO. Morgan , a thirteen- year-old eon of Alfred Spcer , president of the New Jersey Wine company , of Pa alc , N. J , , disappeared last night from Passaio with f 1,000 m money nnd chocks , which were to ha ve been used to pay off the employes of tbcrcompany yesterday. SuloldB of a Ileutor , DAI.TUIOIIB , May 20 Henry Greenfield Schor , the young aislstant rector ot St. Paul's Eplscopul church , suicided to-duy troubles are given the vmu3. DAKOTA'S COMING ELECTION , What the Farmers' Alllonco Pro poses to Accomplish. MINORITY REPRESENTATION. Opening Up Reservation Immls The Beautiful I'rospoctfl For Settlers Iho Good Ijlvo Indiana Ofllclal Spoils. A Wliolrsnlo Election. HURON , Dak. , Mny 20. [ Special to TUB BEC.J Dakota will elect a full sot of state ofllcora : Two congressmen , thirty-six state senators , ninety-eight representatives , nlno supreme and circuit Judges , and vote on the same day for ono of sqvcn candidates for the state's capital. And the legislature to bo chosen will have to elect United States senators. Whatever mixy bo the yield of wheat and garden truck , politics nro already waist-high , and wo will bo in over our heads lone before election day , October 1. THE BEE'S Black Hills corrospondo nt has given an account of how Mr. Loucks , presi dent of the Farmers' alliance , is antagoniz ing Judge Moody in that direction. Of course , that Is all nuts for Moody , because ho and fear nro strangers. In reality , ho succeeds best when ho is stoutly opposed. But there Is a method In Louck's' opposition to the judge , and ho li not working alono. There is a very well-founded report in this part of the stata that ho is working in con cert with Judge Hugh J. C amp- boll to combine with the nlllanco and the prohibitionists for the purooso of electing a full state ticket , legislature , congressmen and senators. Ho said m a speech in the Black Hills that the farmers ought to have all these ofliccs , and ho evidently meant by this thut he and those ho can influence in tend to strike for all the sugar and take what they can got. And hero's the proof. Thcso two gentle men nro traveling over the territory trying to combine their friends on Loucks and Campbell for United States senators ; Frank Aiuens for governor ; Abe Van Osdol for lieutenant-governorj JudgoC. S. Palmer and George A. Mathews for congress. No ono behoves that Alkons and | Mathews are in sympathy with a movement that , has such a paternity. For Loucks is known to bo a democrat and ho did all ho could to induce farmers to vote for Harden last fall when ho was the democratic candidate for congress. Two years before that ho opposed the repub lican legislative ticket , in Hroolciags county. In further proof that this schema is being worked Judge Campbell was in Aberdeen a few days ago , and said if the citizens there would help in this , move , they could have then oinlneo for governor and also the of the United States senators' Of course the Judge has any quantity of governorships and scnatorships at his finger tips , and can dis pense them "ad lib. " While there is nothing said about what part ttio democrats will play in this plan , there can bo no doubt of their being willing to aid and ubot it with all their votes. For Loucks helped them last year , and they will return the favor in,1889 , when it may put ono of their number in a high ofllco. and certainly will sow thorns In the path of the republican party. . . The Constitutional Convention. HOIIOK , Dak. , May 20. [ Special to THE BEB.J It was not fully known until this week who all the successful candidates were , in the election of the 14th instant. Now that the returns are in , it appears that fifty-two republicans and twenty-three democrats wore elected to the constitutional convention. Thus .the democrats fell two short of getting a member from each delegate district. This is the only trial that minority representation will ever have in our stato. There was a marked oneness of opinion on rcadopting the constitution in a number of counties. For instance : This , Beadle county , gave 1,988 votes for it and 33 against ; Dav- isouGbltoll ; San born 590 to 10 ; Hutchtn- son county gave but 0 votes against it , wnilo Moody dropped but 2 against it. Kim ball , in Brulo , which is solidly democratic , is the only town thus far reported that gave a ma jority against the constitution. Party Spoils. HonoK , S. D. , May 20. [ Special to Tim BBK.J O. W. Blair , a younpr lawyer here , has been appointed receiver of the land ofllco in Huron. He succeeds Hon. Ezra W. Miller , of Elk Point , who has nmdo a very satisfactory oDlcial , Our people hope that ho and his family will continue to abide with us. Postmaster-General Wanamakor hold up the commission of J. W. Banbury as post master at Britton , on account of charges preferred by ono Shcrln , ho of unsavory reputation , whose name was connected with a scandal at ono of our hotels. When Ban- bury found out who was ttius bothering him ho sent a certified copy of certain legal proceedings to the postmaster- genera ! , Who at once forwarded his commission. Ho is editor ot the Britton Daylight , in Marshall county , and was sworn in as postmaster lust Tuesday. By the middle of June the commission of immigration will have several thousand now and lately corrected maps of the two Dakota Btatca. all for gratuitous distribution. Ad dress F. H. Hagcrty , Aberdeen. There 1ms been considerable Inquiry as to ox-Oolegato Glfiord being a candidate for the congressional nomination. I am author ized to say that ha will not refuse it ho has an opportunity. Sioux Falls is growing rich from her quurtzlto quarries and now Vankton finds tiiat her river front ot chulk stone is availa ble for the manufacture of a cement as ex cellent In quality us the Portland. They also have nil abundance of potter's clay , and uro looking forward to the near future when they will have manufactories of pottery , pipes and tiling. That old town is coming to the front. It is high time. Frco Imml In Dakota. SISBETON Aouxov , Duk. , May 20. [ Special to Tun BEE. ] Three million five hundred thousanu Tcrcs of the finest laud m Dakota , the Sissoton Indian and military reserva tions , are HOOU to bo thrown open for settle ment. There is no such rush here as oc curred when Oklahoma was declared ready for the homesteader , hut thereif a steady , quiet movement toward the now El Dorado by the farmers of adjoining Minnesota and Dakota counties , and when the time arrives for entering the reservations several thou sand sturdy boomers will bo on hand to inako early selections. The military reservation , set apart In 1604 for the use of United States troops , comprises 500,000 acres , and will bo proclaimed open on the 1st of Juno. The In dian reservation , which contains a llttlo more than three million acres , will bo ready to bo sliced UD Into tracts of ICO acres , it is expected , about the 1st of August. This de pends on the rapidity with which the red men are allotted lands in severally. There nro about eighteen hundred of the Sis- actons who have agreed to take 100 acres each and as span as they make their se lections too president will bo notified and ho will Issue on order opening the remaining portion to settlement. The military reserva - tlon Is a rectangular tract located In Mar shall county. ' It canbo cut up Into 8,000 farms , on which 15,000 people can gam a livelihood , The great Slsseton Indian reser vation is a tract In the shape of u wedge , the point of which rots on Lake KampeeKa , In nty , three miles uortb of Wu- tortown. The western bofandary rung through the counties ot Godtagton , Grant , Day , Marshall nnd Sargent flo the forty- sixth parollol. The northern. boundary lies In Sargent , Ulchland and Roberts counties. Lake Traverse , on the Mlnnosotn border. Is the eastern boundary for n'dlstahco ' , ot thirty mllei , the boundary lino- , running thence through Itoborts , Grant * rtrtd Codlngton counties to Lake Kampaoki * fljfain. The 1.800 Indians will become noisosscnV of less than (500,000 acres , nnd all the rest of the 0,000,003 acres will soon bo covered with vegetables under the ownership of the white man. This land Is not a wild western wilderness far re moved from the centers of civilization. The country is thickly settled with thrifty people ple on ovcry sldoof the reservation. Among the towns nnd cities located within a few miles of the borders of the great tract are Brown's Valley nnd Ortonvlllo , Minn. ; Britton , Webster , Mllbahk , Wllmot , Kut- land. Formnn and Watertown , Dakota. Ono railroad , the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul , runs through the Indian reservation , mid the Manitoba , Minneapolis' & Pacific , the Northwestern , the Burlington , the Cedar Rapids it , Northern , and the Minneapolis & St. Louis run along Its borders. The land is splendidly watered by numerous lakes and small streams , and BUfllolontly hilly to bo splendidly drained. The soil is D black loam which averages a foot in thickness , but at times reaches several foot. It is the most fertile on the eastern border of the territory , and largo crops of wheat , oats , corn and vege tables arc raised. Stock fares well also , as there Is excellent grazing both summer and winter. There is a pleasing difference between - twoon this and adjoining sections as to tim ber ; oak and cottonwood trees abound on both reservations. Building stone is plenti ful along Uio central ridged , and the Indians have utilized it to some extent. Excellent sand ana brick clay abound. The rainfall is usually frequent and plentiful , the average for several years being 17-B7 inches , 'iho single company of troops upw located at Fort Sissoton will bo ordered to some other post onrly In Juno , and the government buildings , twenty-five in number , will bo sold nt public auction Juno 0. Several hundred acres im mediately adjoining the fort are already under a high state of cultivation , the garri son having raised all its 'vegetables for a long period. Th.s and all thp other land on the reservation will bo subject to homestead entry only. The Slsseton Indians , a branch of the great Sioux tribe , are the most peace ful and enjoy the highest civilization of any in Dakota. They have almost entirely dis carded the Indian language , ' and In their schools English is taught exclusively. The only Indian boarding school in the northwest is located on this reservation. This school has a boys' and girls' hall and employs flvo teachers , supported wholly by the Presby terian board of homo missions , and receives no aid whatever from the government. The schools are in charge of Hov. Dr. Adams , who , though eighty years old , is halo and hearty. The Presbyterian school occunios nine largo buildings , while the government school occupies but ono building and cm- ploys only three teachers. In the former all the industrial branches are taught , and the rod men are learning trades which will bo useful in gaining a livelihood. Many of the Indians are taking business courses , some bccomo line musicians and a largo class is preparing for the ministry. The Sissotons are nearly nil TPresbyterians , thcro being nlno Presbyterian and ono .Epis copal churcn on the reservation. John R. Kunvlllo , the oldest Indian * preacher in America , who many years ago assisted the missionaries in translating the bible Into the Sioux language , Is still < viorous and delivers a sermon every Sunday. The "Sissetons receive - ceivo no annuities from ; the government , beinir entirely self-supporting , and their homes compare favorablywlth those ot the whites in the counties bordering on the reservation. Tboy are industrious and honest , nnd , in marked contrast to those being supported by the government in idle ness , are increasing in numbers , THE CLEAIiANOfe JJECOJRD. .Tho Financial "Transactions of the I'nst Atfeolc. BOSTON , Mass. , May , 2(1. ( [ Special Tele gram to Tun BKB.J The following table , compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States , shows the gross ex changes for the week ended May 23 , 1889 , with rates per coat of increase or decrease as > compared with the amounts for the cor responding week in 1888 : * Not Included In total , No clearing house at this tlmo last year. WALICEHl'ri CONFESSION. Tlio Youthful Knobber Freely Admits Ills Guilt. OZARK , Mo. , Mny 20. ( Special to Tun BEE. ] The confession of William Walker , just made public hero , ' is regarded nsontfreiy correct , BO lar as the youthful Knobbor's knowledge of the tragedy | joes. Ho freely admits that ho was the principal actor In the fearful scene , but claims that his father , David Walker , was rbally. in Ignorance of the intention to nsaaui tlie Edons. How ever correct tills may bo.ilt'is clearly known that David Walker was-dctiorminod to make his band of regulators feared from ono end of Christian county to tha other , though bo was probably too cautious lo make the as sault on the Edens at tlio time it was precip itated by some of .hm less prudent fol lowers. , I Only u week before the .Edons massacre Wulker was reasoned with by ono of his Knobbor friends , aud'urgojl to desist from whipping raids , whiclnuud grown to bo of almost nightly occurrence"They'll never find us out , " said Walker.tf 'and we'll knock 'em right and left. " j Tbo story recently published about the eventful wandering of .Wiley Matthews , and his final drovvnjiiK > ln the War Eagle river. In Arkansas , U pare tionsunso , Wiley Mutt hows' wife U frequently seen at Dyke's store , a little-trading point pn the Swan river , In Tanoy couaty/a place whore she has neither relations .nor omuloymunt , and it is morally certain tnat Wiley is eccroted in bomo of tlio slnrp gqrgcs of the adjacent hills , where human footsteps seldom tread. TlioVentlier Indications. For Nobrattca and .Dakota : Generally fair northerly winds , slljjlft changes in tempera ture , f For Iowa ; Showers in cuHtern portion , .fair in wester. } portion and westerly winds , warmer in eastern lOrilon , stationary turn- pcruturo HI wet tern purlieu. CRONIN'S ' IMPOSING FUNERAL , The ProooBBlon vraa Three Hours In Passing. CROWDS JAM THE STREETS. A Canopy of American Flags Above tlio Bier High Mass In the Cathedral CoiiRhllti'a' Mysterious Smith. "With DirgCf ) Duo. CHICAGO , May 30. In nil of Its details the funeral of Dr. P. H. Cronln to-day was a most remarkable affair. From ono end of the big procession to the other through the endless crowds on the streets , among the throne In the great cathedrals , aboard the train , after the train that was passing the cottage sped toward Calvary cemetery , the dead man's fearful futo was present In every mind. Tbo corpse has boon lying in state in Calvary armory on the lake front , and there early this morning a morbid and curious crowd with the dead man's friends made their pilgrimage. Armed sentries from the Hibernian .rifles stood nrms-at-roat nt each corner of the raised platform on which reposed the catafalque and coffin. The crayon portrait of the dead man , draped in black , stood near the coQla. A hugo cross of white pinks and marguerites woven In with smllax was at the head of the bier , and a harp and a smaller cross stood at the foot. A candelabra with seven tapers flickered in front of the cross. Hopes of green smllax and white roses were looped from the coffin and about the catafalque , nnd potted plants wcro grouped at the corners of the platform. A canopy of American flags hung above the blor nnd festoons of black and whlto twlnod the bars above it. Largo crowds jammed the streets before the armory , and the police kept the passage way open for those who wished to enter the funeral hall. . fjFor three hours the procession in double file marched across the platform. Only a picture and a big silver plato on the cotllti lid testified that all that was mor tal of Dr. Cronin was within the caskot. At last the procession stopped and the pall bearers entered. At their head was Luke Dillon , of Philadelphia ; Edward O'McaKhor Condon , of New York ; John Dovoy , of New York ; and Thomas P. Dinto , of Detroit. Following them came a largo number of lo cally prominent Irish-Americans , represent ing friends of the dead man and the societies to which ho belonged. Leaving the armory , the casket was nlaccd in the hcarso and the procession formed. At its head was a platoon of police , followed by the marshal and aides. Then came a drum corps nnd the Hibernian rifles with arms reversed , and next the hcarso with its guard of honor nnd pall bearers. The Clan-na-Gael guards , the uniformed rank of the Royal Arcanum and 1,000 members of the Ancient Order of United Workmen came noxt. The Ancient Order ol Hibernians , 1,000 strong , several courts of th6 Independent Order of For esters , 1,200 in all , and 3,700 Catholic For esters were in lino. Uniformed members of the Royul League , the Sheridan Rifles , the Catholic Benevolent Legion and fragments of other orders swelled the lino. Marshal Cahill said that over seven thou sand men wcro in the procession. Four bands and'half a dozen drum .corps played ' dirges or marked the alow tlmo of the'funoral inarch. Scores of furled flags draped lu black'and society banners edged with crape were carried by standard bearers. The line of march was black with people , the side walks , windows , stairways and roof tops being crowded. Reaching the Cathedral of the Holy Name an immense crowd was encountered. On the approach of the procession the bell tolled and the organ pealed forth the funeral march. The pall bearers with their burden moved down the center of the aisle and lowered the casket on the catafalque. Candles were placed beside it nnd the ceremonies of the high requiem mass begun. The sermon was by Rov. Father Muldoon. Ho spoke at length of Cronin's kindness of heart and his gener ous nature , but approached no nearer the tragedy than a few general allusions. After the church services the procession was renewed and proceeded through crowd ed streets to the union depot at Canal and Adams streets. Thirty-six cars were tilled. Hundreds of persons drove out in buggies nnd carriages and hundreds moro came to the cemetery from neighboring suburbs. Heavy black clouds kept muny persons away and vague rumors of trouble may have frightened others. Arriving at Calvary the marching orders were speedily placed in line and the body was carried to the public vault. No exercises of any sort took place nt the cemetery. A threatening spatter of rain warned the crowd that a storm was at band , and the three long trains were refilled with in fifteen minutes. Dr. Cronin's body will bo loft in the vault until his friends purchase u lot and arrange for public interment. COUGIII.I.N'S "SMITH. " If Williard J. Smith tells a true story , Detective Cougblin's ' ' 'unknown Smith , " for whom ho says ho hired the horse on the night of Cronlc's disappearance , is moro than over a mystery. At a socialistic meet ing at Wavorlv hall this attornoon a reporter was approached by an acquaintance and Smith was pointed out as the man implicated in Coughlin's story. The reporter accosted Smith. and the latter said ho didn't ' know anything about the white horse. Ho is feolng to see Chief of Police Hubbard about the story , as ho wants tno chief to know ho had nothing to do with Cronin's disappearance. Smith says ho came hero from Hancock , Mich. , three years ago. Ho know Cougblin in thut city and intended several tunes to look him up here , but never did so until last Tuesday , when happening to pass the East Chicago station ho wont in and talked with Couphlln. Ho saw Win again last Wednesday afternoon , accidentally meeting him on LuSallo street and hasn't heard of him since. Smith is at present employed by a real estate dealer hero , and refuses to givu bis oc cupation previous to entering his present position. That ho knew Coughlln ho admits and that ho was twlco with the detective im mediately proceeding the latter's assertion raado on Friday that the man for whom ho engaged the horse was Tom Smith , formerly of Hancock , Mich , , who had since gone to Now Mexico. Smith says ho has no relatives in thut city and no "brother. Ho does not know any ono named Tom Smith in Hancock. Smith's ' friends say that Coughlln finding It necessary to invent a , name for the unknown buggy driver , chanced to think of his newly found friend , and afterwards , to carry out the story , gave the mysterious individual not only the name , but the former address of his friend. ANOTHER LINK , An oxtraordlnory chain of circumstances In connection with the case was brought to light tills evening. Young Miss Murphy , who declares she saw Dr. Cronln coming down town several hours after ho left homo on the night of his disappearance , is the daughter of a saloonkeeper In whoso place it is said an attempt was once made to arrest Cronin for connection with an alleged woman Bcrupo. Miss Murphy is also re ported to bo a relative of , n detective , the partner of the suspected O nicer Coughlln. The street car conductor , Duyur , who cor roborated the story that Croniu was seen coming down town and presumably took a truin out of the. city , is said to buvo resigned bis position and disappeared. An ox-street car man named Tlernan , whoso whereabouts could not be learned to-night , has recently been in the employ at Ice Dealer P , O'Sullivau. it was one of the cards of this man that played such a part in luring Croniu to his deuth. KING AllltCSTED. v Another arrest has been made in con nection with the caso. The' man' King/ des cribed by Prisoner Woodruff as the person who hired him to steal a horse the night of Dr. Cronin's disappearance , was captured to-day In n liouso of ill fame. The nr- rest was mndo with great secrecy. In n number of particulars King answers the description given of him by Woodruff. It is somewhat of n mystery wliy King has not been nrroslod before , as It is understood from the officers that ho has at no tlmo ap parently manifested any deslro to Icavo the city. The arrest was kept secret until to- nlcht , as It was decided to confront Wood ruff with King. The Cronln Circular. PHILADELPHIA , May 26. The Public Ledger to-morrow will say : "At the Irish-American club last evening a prominent member showed a copy of n printed circular which , ho snUl , ho had received from Dr. Cronin about eighteen months ngo and copies of which have boon Rent by Cronln to his friends so they might bo nblo to defend his character in case it was attacked. The circular occupies twelve pages and Is headed : 'Is It Conspiracy t An Unpublished Inter view. ' "Itpurports to bo nn interview prepared by the reporter ot n daily paper , but with hold from publication by Cronln , based on n rumor , circulated November 27. 1887 , to the effect that Cronln had been shot by n woman. Cronln says the rumor originated m a saloon on North Clark street , kept by the father of Annie Murphy. Annie Murphy is the woman who is rcportod'to have said she saw Cronln late on the night of his disappearance1. The circular continues with a detailed account of n certain attempt to gain information as to Cronin's character , nntocodanta , etc. " Another Arrest. PmiAi > nt.riiiA , Mny 20. The Record , to morrow , will say : "Peter McGohnn , who mysteriously disappeared from this city three months ago and was next heard of in Chicago , where It Is alleged ho threatened the life of Dr. Cronin , was nrrostod In that city yester day. The arrest of McGohan is thought to foreshadow other arrests because it Id known ho has been under the surveillance of PInkerton detectives over since the disappearance of Cronin. Though ho was constantly shadowed It was deemed not wise to arrest him until other important evidence was obtained to demon strate how far reaching was the conspiracy , which had for its object the murder of Cronin. IjE CAUON'S TUEACIIEIIV. Ilo Did Not Become a British Spy Until Lately. JOLIET , III. , May SO. [ Special Telegram to THE BF.E. | Great Interest has boon aroused In Jollot by the publication of portions tions of the testimony of Lo Curon , the spy , relative to his initiation into the Clan-na- Gacl. Lo Caron testified that ho was initiated by Alexander Sullivan in Chicago. In doing this Sullivan had broken the rules of the order , Lo Caron not being of Irish extrac tion. tion.A A local paper publishes nn interview with John T. Donahoc , ono of the prominent Irishmen of this city , concerning the reports of Lo Caron's initiation. Mr. Donahoe's answer was a complete refutation of the report. "Tho lender in question had nothing whatever to do with Lo Caron's in itiation in the Clan-na-Gael , " said ho posi tively. "Lo Caron was initiated into the Clan na-Gael in Braidwood , in the year 1880 , by William O'Callaghan of this city. It was the first Clan-na-Gael camp in that place , and was organized by Mr. O'Callaghan assis ted by John Ryan , of Jollot , then members of a Joliet camp of tho- same order , The first suggestion'of Lo"Caron , as an eligible person for membership came fronf ox-Justice Wil liam Stapleton , of Joliot. Mr. Staplcton has told mo of this himself. O'Callaghan and Ryan were the only members present from Joliet to organize the meeting. Fifteen or twenty of the Braidwood men , who had boon selected beforehand , were present to bccomo initiated. They were all supposed to bo true men , and no one entertained any suspicion against Lo Caron. When the work of orgnni/lng was completed Lo Caron was chosen president of the camp , by a unanimous vote , as I remem ber it. Ho remained its presiding officer for some time ; just how long I cannot say. I haven't belonged to the orgiuiizatlun for a long time. " Donahoo docs not believe Lo Caron be came a traitor until shortly before the Par- neil trial began. The fact that Lo Caron worked hard for a living , and at times was sorely pressed for money was evidence to Donahoo that ho was not receiving British gold. The last year or two prior to his de parture , Lo Caron was in very poor circum stances , and Donahoo Is of the opinion that he saw a chnnco to make a large sum of money by turning Informer r.nd so became a traitor. TO BE A IIOTELi KEEPER. John L. Tells Nolltn Bly His Hoai-t'B ' Desire. NEW YOIIK , May 20. [ Special Telegram to TUB Bun. ] Nellie Bly had nn interview with John L. Sullivan , In which the follow ing conversation took place : "Do you like prUo fighting ! " I asked Mr , Sullivan. . "I don't , " ho replied. "Of course , I Q\a \ once , or rather I was fond of traveling about andtho , excitement of the crowds , but this is my last light. " "Why I" "Well , I am tired nnd want to settle down. ! ' "What shall you do if you stop fighting } " If I win this light I will travel for a year giving sparring exhibitions , then I will settle down , I have always wanted to run u hotel in Now York and if I am successful I think I Bliall spend the rest of my life as n hotel pro prietor. " "How much money have you made during your career as a prl/.o lighter ! " "I have made ? ; > ( JO,000 or fWO,009 ( In boxliifr , nnd made ? 125.0UO from September 20 , 18b3 , to May 20 , 1884 , when I traveled through the country offering SI,000 to any ono T couldn't knock out in four rounds , which takes twelve minutes. " "How will you fight Kllraln with or with- outglovesl" "I will fight Kllrain according to London prize ring rules. " CINCINNATI SALOONS. Closed In Front But the Uncle Doors liivlto the Thirsty. CINCINNATI , Mny 20. With fewer than a dozen exceptions the saloons wore , to all out ward appearances , closed , to-day. The front doors were shut and locked and the blinds wore down. There was little or no dlfllculty in getting admission to perhaps one-third of them by the side or hack entrance. Thcro were live arrests , by the police , of the most doflant'propriotors of open hous'ia. In ono cuso a proprietor was arrested throe times before ho closed. The law and order league caused saloonkeepers In different parti of the city to be arrested und brought before magistrates , Antlcipiillnu Memorial Day. LBAVENWOUTII , Kan. , . May 20. [ Special Telegram to THE Hce.1 The annual Decora tion day services were held at the Soldiers' Homo , to-day , In order that the old veterans could uttcnd the celebration at Fort Leaven- worth Thursday. The exorcises wore opened with an oration by Protextant Post Chaplain Glllesplc , followed with musio by the homo band. The graves wero'then profusely dec orated with flowers by the S.UUU veterans at the home , and the citizens present. The me morial address wus delivered by Cuptuln J. B. Johnston , of Topcxa , who made an eloquent und feeling speech. Father Flyuii. the Catholic post chaplain , then pronounced the benediction , after which all present pur- took of u sumptuous dinner. AN OUTBREAK IN GOTIIRltf , Tonrlnc Down a House as a Mattof of Principle. SEVERAL PERSONS BADLY HURT. Driving off Carpenters nnd Dronlclnp Dp FonndntioiiH A. Sort of All Around Fl ht Arnica Ti-ooi)8 Appear. The Oklahoma Spirit Ilninjinnt. GuTjimn , I. T. , May Si ) . ( Special Tele gram to Tun HUE. ] The city of Guthrlo la In a ferment ot excitement over n not which occurred this morning and In which several persons were seriously injured. United States Deputy Marshal Hayes nnd Amos Burnett , of Nashville county , Illinois , James Sampscl , of Toala , Kan , , and Jamoa Weed , of Connecticut , nro contest ants for n valuable corner lot. A ; weak ngo an arbitration committed awarded the lot to Snmpsol , but this morning Weed , wttli n gang ot carpenters , appeared and began the erection of n frame .louso on the lot. A mob ot Satnpsol's sympathizers at ) once collected and shouted : "Tear down tha house I" They picked up scantlings nnd made an assault nnd drove the carpenters from their work. They then , rafter by rafter , razed the building to tha ground. The carpenters laid anothen foundation but. it was quickly torn up by tha infuriated mob. Marshal Noodles appeared upon the scene and ordered the mob to dis perse , but they hooted and Jeered at him. Frank Longworth , of Chicago , made nn incendiary speech which incited n free-for- all fight in which sticks and stones wora freely used. During the iiioloo pickpockets were discovered at work and ono of them was knocked down and tramped on by the crowd. A rafter foil nnd broke his log. Meanwhile the United States troops ar rived upon the scene at a double quick. They charged upon the crowdwho , retreated. Ono of then , George Stevens , of Nllcs , Mich. , re fused to move beyond the cordon formed by by the soldiers and was struck on the head with a musket by n soldier and his skull fractured. The man Longworth was i fol lowed to the jail by n mob bent on scouring his release but ho spoke through the bars of the window and counseled moderation nod the mob retired. At 0 p. m. the United States troops nro putroling the street. A SLIGHT INDIAN SCARE. The You UK BiiclCH of the Rosebud Aacnoy Are Uneasy. VALENTINE , Nob. , May 20. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] The citizens along the line north of Crookston are in a state of terror , owing to the fear of nn outbreak ol the turbulent element of the young bucks on the Rosebud reservation. A party of citizens arrived here this afternoon nnd immediately . proceeded to Fort Nlobrara to beg General ICantz for troops to bo sent at once to their assistance. General ICantz came hero to night and , through Special Agent Lunz , telephoned Agent Spencer at the agency , but no particulars of the outbreak could bo as certained , and troops will not bo sent until something definite is learned. The scare caino from a party of friendly Indians going around among the farmers and advising them to move at once with their families and stock to Fort NIobraru , as thslr liv.os yrorn _ In great danger. Thfa is"'bcliovcd hero u only our annual ecaro of which nothing comes. _ _ _ _ _ Beatrice Chnittuuqua Ansombly. BEATIIICE , Nob. , May 28. [ Special to Tiitt BEE. ] The lirst session of the Beatrice Chautauqua assembly will bo hold in River side park , Beatrice , Juno 23 to July 8 , in clusive. The programme is a superior ono , ' embracing lectures , concerts , elocution readings - ings , etc. Among the lecturers are Peter M. von Fiuklcston , of Jerusalem , who will appear in his native costume ; Robert Mo- Intyro , "tho'HoosIor orator ; " Prof. John H. Do Motto , Ph. D. , ono of the foremost scientists of the laud ; J. B. Young , D. D. , _ the scholar , the orator , the traveler ; Gcorga W. Miller , D. D. . ono of the loading Chau- tauqua orators of the east , a pleasant , inter esting and forcible speaker ; Miss Ella Dillon , elocutionist. Rov. Sam Jones has telegraphed that ho will bo present and de liver an address. Among the instiuctors nro , director ot music , Prof. S. F. Cravens ; pianist , Mrs. S. Cravens ; Intermediate music class , Prof. Calvin. ' The special days arc. Old Settlers' day , W. C. T. U. and Tomuoranuo 'day , Y. M. C. A. day , children's jubilee , Independence day , C. L. S. C. Recognition day , Music und Mis sion day. Programmes of much interest-havo boon prepared for these days. That of the Fourth , of July is to bo ono of unusual interest , u part of which will bo : 10:31) : ) n. m. . senses ot the war , assembly chorus ; Prof. S. F. Cravens , director ; 11 a. m. , morning lectura ( speaker to bo announced ) ; 2iO : : p. m. , came lira ; hot black coffee , nnd plenty of It ; army songs ; bard tack , old style ; army jokes , ami sham battle ; 79 : ! p. in , , musical prelude ; na tional songs ; 8 p. m. , "Echoes from Round Top , " the stor.y of n great battle , Illustrated with largo diagram * of the campaign and battlefield of Gettysburg , by J. B. Young. Donne Collcsrn Field Day. CnETH , Nob. , May 2(5. ( | Special to Tun Bun/ ] The Doano college students hat\ their field day yesterday , A largo and varied performance had boon selected. The tennis tournament on the campus in the morning was declared off on account of rain the night previous. In the attornoon the students inarched to the fair ground , l > ro- codcd by the college band. A largo and enthusiastic uurtlcnco of the friends of the , college remained until nearly 7 o'clock , when the long programme had gone through with. The "tug of war" between the eoU lego and the preparatory oluss was won by the latter in good style. A Grand Islnnd llnlllht. ' GitANi ) IBI.AKD , Nob. , May SJfl. [ Spech Telegram to Tim BIJH.J W. A. Itourko , manager of the Grand Island buso ball cluU i was to-day the recipient of ft beautiful cold watch , presented to him by his mlmliwa nnd lovers of the gumo In this city. Rourko has , promoted bnso bull here und Is doing spleiu did work in the box uild ut short. Til JO ItNAl Jl'IUTJl. A MnK'Uflceiit Bhowlnicof fjnst Year's Work of tlio Order. NEW YOHK , May -Special [ Tolo-i gram to THE BKK. ] Representatives of seven of the nlno districts of the Hebrew order of linui B'rlth met hero yesterday. The two unrepresented districts were Gor- inuny und Roumanla. Thcso representa tives form the executive committee of tha , order , They met to make reports of the , work of last year , during which -tho order has spent nearly $1,000,000 for educational and charitable purposes , and to plan opeis utlotiB for next year. The foreign dlsti lets whicnvere not rep * roscntotl sent full reports , from which It up- pcurs tlmt the order Is spreading very rapidly in Germany , Rouinuula , I'alostinn and Egypt , und there wus even an applica tion for n permit to form a lodge ut tliu Cup * of Good Hope. A general convention of the order will b mild next year ut Richmond , Va. The rc poitsof the executive committee InUlcat that IU work In the lust your Ims far ex- , cccdcd thut of any previous your ,