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I ILY NINETEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNING , AUGUST 8 , 1889. NUMBER 50. MRS , HAYBRICK MUST DIE , The Death Sentence Pronounced Upon Her Yostorday. SHE MAY POSSIBLY ESCAPE IT. Tlin Judge llnotr.tl nnd Jeered Upon J/cnvlnjf Court Crops In Ireland Promise tlio Ilcst Yield For ninny Vcnrs. Sentenced to Dontti. [ Copyright 1830 by Associated Press. ] LiVEiH'oot , August 7. f Now York Herald Cable Special to THE Linn.l At the con clusion of the Mnybrlck trial three \vomou Tainted while the Judge pronounced the sen- tcneo of death. "When the sentence was pronounced the prisoner , who nt the con- cludlne plmisn , "And tnny the Lord have incrcy on your soul , " hud clasped her hands convulsively tofcthcr , required for n moment the support of the two fomnlo warders , but , recovering her nerves , BIO walked down stairs with u firm step and unassisted. When his lordship , preceded by the usual rctlnuu of javelin men , chaplains and sheriffs , mnilo his appcaranco In the street , the crowd com menced to yell and hoot. Ills lordship tool : no notice of the disturbance , but proceeded to his carriage. The police , not expecting n demonstration of thin kind , were not In ox- tvoordlnnry force , nnd they only partially succeeded In keeping the crowd clear of the conveyances. The horses , being line spirited animal ! ) , became restive , but the policeman , seeing the position of ufTuirs , whipped them up nnd drove nt a rapid puce up the road toward. Nowshain house , the judge's resi dence , followed for some distance by the yelling crowd. This treatment was the less deserved because throughout the trial Mr. Justice Stephen had been even anxiously cnroful that no point told in favor of the prisoner should bo overlooked. As an instance of popular , fickleness , a somewhat similar sccno occurred in connec tion with the removal of a newly convicted prisoner. It was at 11 rat intended to sur round the prison van with an escort of mounted police , but this Idea was aban- boned , and when the van drove out of St. John's lane , the end of the private passage by which the prisoners nro taken to and removed from the courts , u largo crowd awaited Its appearance and indulged in hoots und groans for the prisoner , which continued until the van disappeared in the direction of Wnltou Goal. There is a rumor that Airs. Maybriek Is pregnant. If this wore so it would suvo her from the noose , but the report is not be lieved. When a woman under deatli sentence - tonco makes such claims she is placed in the hands of u jury of twelve matrons. If their verdlct _ is that the prisoner is with child , she Is resulted , which means imprisonment for life , otherwise she Is handed. 'Ihoy Feebly Concur. LONDON , August 7. A majority of the London papers feebly concur in the May. briolt verdict. The Times holds that thcro is enough on the woman's side to uiako it a case for the earnest consideration of the liomo ofllco. It is notable that the judco in passing sentence refrained from expressing nny agreement with the verdict. CHOI'S IN T4U3 GKEEN IStiH. They AVI11 Ho Hotter and More Abund ant Tliiiii For Many Yours. ICnpurlaM 18S3 liy Jainca ( ] onlanlle > inctt.\ \ DCIIMX , August 7. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to THE Bisi.l A careful sur vey of Ireland indicates that the harvests will bo more abundant und of better quality than for many years. In a few districts the crops will bo below the average , while In most of them they will bo far above. In the Dublin districts the prospects arc better than for years. In detail their condition is as follows : In Armagh it is admitted by everybody that the harvest will bo the best for many years. The potato crop in the best in twenty years ; oat crop heavy ; turnips doing well ; fruit crop good. In Athlono hay is un aver age crop ; oats an average ; tno potato yield largo. The general out look is satisfactory. In Bunghor the prospect Is promising the most abundant harvest In years. The district is mainly de voted to barley , which never looked liner ; cats fair ; rye could not bo .bettor ; potatoes never looked liner ; hay plentiful. Bonbrldgo Hay fair ; turnips poor ; a fair Hvcrago all nrouncl. Bray Hay abundant ; oats good ; turnips fair ; potatoes better than the average. Carlow Splendid crops ol wheat ; barley promising ; oats fair ; hurley und potatoes under the average und late planted promise to make up ; general pros pccU cheering. Carick-on-Shannon An av erage all-around yield. Custlobar Farmers nro jubilant ; the harvest will boone oneof the most abundant In twenty years. Cork Tlie prospects are considered favorable , and few com plaints nro heard. Down and Antrim Crops in ttio main will bo up to the average of the best of recent years , especially in Down ; farmers feel chipper. Droughda With the exception of turnips , crops In this district , which is celebrated for grass iiiuj corn , wore never In bettor condition. Potatoes premise to bo plentiful und cheap. Dungaunon Farmers are satisfied , which means much. Forma- unugh Indications premise an abundant harvest. Galwny The harvest Is likely to bo prosperous. A potato blight Is feared ; short oat crop ; hay middling. Kilkenny Potatoes abundant und first class ; outs , barley loy nnd wheat good ; turnips below the aver- ego ; general harvest not below last year's. Klllarnoy An overngo harvest Is expected. Limerick Not for many years has the district boon favored with brighter prospects for u bountiful harvest. Londonderry Tlio critical period of the ecusou has passed , No doubt is ontcrtalneO of the excellence unit abundance of the crops MurlDorough The outlook U fairly promts Ing. Monughun An average In all crops but turnips , which are fair. North Klldaro The outlook Is cheering , Uoscoiiimon Crops promise bettor than for years. Sllgo The general opinion is that there will bu an exceptionally good harvest , Tlpperary The prospects are Improved by the recent ruin , but the yield will bi below the avcrugo , Waterford Never did harvest prospects look moro chucrfu A AVolt ut Monopoly. Toi.uno , O. , August 7. When this city bonded herself for { 650,000 , to provide imtura ens that would knock out the monopoly , tin. titandurd Oil company declared It would be Impossible ) to buy any gas territory. The city got KOIUO luuO , however , at Vanburen nnd drllltid u well. Yesterday a gusher was struck which will yield ubout twenty million fuel ol BUS per day. Quito u HI mo. A TOO : , Win. , August 7 , DavU Hrothura mill , Charles Charles' residence , warehouse and a larKO amount of logs were destroyed by lira V JJrjaui y < m uluy ; lots (30,000 , .KNGL1SH Slllt'8 They Form n Grand 1'icturo Steaming Down the Channel. ( CoujraMSMbiJiitiM / / dinlm nn U.1 PORTSMOUTH , August 7. [ New York Hcr- , ld Cable Special to TUB Unc.l--Tho Gor man emperor , though expected at the Cowlos regatta , was too much Interested In the nixvy to leave It long for yachts , and the Victoria nnd Albert took him and the pnnco of Wales outwanl with the licet , which weighed nnchor yesterday morning. The two big squadrons went out In ampin column line. -The ships were too far apart in this , term to bo very 'impressive as groups , but after rounding Hanbrldgo E'olntthchoad shlpi slowed down , the after' ones caught up , nnd as the procession went down the Isle of Wight coast it was a grand picture that nobody living along the shore ermitted himself to miss. St. Catherine's I'olnt In n high cliff that rises hundreds of feet in precipitous shelves from the shore. From the summit the occmi was u Hat stretch of wide waters whoso distances were indell- nllu and Interminable. Five miles out in the blue the Immorlallto was steaming out Into the channel , iv snow-white , rapidly disap pearing spot on the blue. Three miles behind - hind her came the grand procession , far enough awuy froui the observer to gain for the first tlmo during the wcoit . the Duality of compactness. It sailed along in two long columns. Tno squadron was headed on the short side by the Northumberland , Vice Admiral Heals' flaeshlp , with the Rattlesnake on the star board beam. Behind came the Monarch , Hero , Mersey , Arethusa , Irish Conqueror and Grasshopper , Abreast of these was the ether line , sailing evenly , headed by the Auson , Keur Admiral Iroino's flagship , with the Curlew on her port beam. Uehind were the Iron Duho , Devastation , Collingwood Cul.vps , Cumpcrdown , Maalcouino and Nymphe. There was a wide stretch of sea , and then came n squadron following the same track. The Hercules , Uear Admiral Lyon'a flagship , headed the shore line , followed by the Noptuuo , Annex. Invincible , Balkan , Prince , Northampton , Undaunted , Galatea , Thames , Mercury , Mclpomiuo , Serpent and bandlly. Abreast of thorn were the IJodnoy , Admiral Tracy's ' liagslilp , the Howe , Huport , War Sprite , Shannon , Narcissus , Media , Muruthon , Mo hawk ana Spider. Over the glittering oven , dlamoned stretch of dcop calm ocean tlieso massive ships , transformed by distance into prutt.v tiny toys , passed slowly till lost to sight where blue meets bluo. The 1J squadron , othcrwiso the Aehtllo fleet , goes to Ulacksod bay In Ireland , thcneo to England , with the unreal ferocity of im aginary war. The A ( loot , chief defending squadron , goes to Milford Haven. The C squadron , defending , trees to Lumlash bay , and also defending to Plymouth. F. and G. will protect the vicinities of Hull and Lcith. Riiynl Yacht. Squadron Ttnirnttn. lC < ) | ii/ryM ( ISS'I l > u Jiime * Onnlnn flemiett.l COWKS , August 7. | New York Herald Ca ble Special to Tins BUG. ] For ttio chief event tq-dav In the regatta ot the Royal Yacht squadron the starters were the Val kyrie , Yarana , Ircx , Foxglove , Mohawk , Hyacinth and Paradox. A capital start was made , the Ynrana just leading the Valkyrie nnd Irex across the hue. The Irex was in the lead on the run back , when she run aground. The finish was : Valkyrie , 4:18 : 53 ; Yarana , 4:21.22 : ; Foxglove , 0J5.1S. : The Yaruna won the first prize and Foxglove the second by time allowances. TWO MILES A MINUTE. The Latest Triumph of tlic Electric Motor. ItAi.TiMoni : , Md. , August " . On a two milo circular track the startling spued of two miles n minute was this nftornoou main tained for about ten miles by n three-ton motor of the Electro- Automatic Transit com pany. of Baltimore. This speed equals thrco miles per minute on a straight truck. David G. Weems , the inventor , conducted the experiments. The company will build at once a fivo-milo circular truck on Long Island to demonstrate the practicability of their electric passenger system and also the automatic system which was tried to-day , and is intended only for light express pack ages , such as mail nnd newspapers. Edison has pronounced it the greatest conception since the tolugraph. The road will bo fenced In with barb wire to keep off cattle. The wires will bo used for telephoning and sig naling along the linos. ASIincitinn Story. BniMiNoiiAM , Ala. , August 7. A shocking story comes from Covlngton county by way of Garlnud. A widow and two grown daugh ters nnd a twelve-year-old son Uvo near a little place called McNeill. The other night thrco youug men wont to the house , outraged the women and demolished everything about the premises. They then went to the house of un old negro near by and found him sick. They shaved his head nnd bcut him RO ho died next day. His son saw them and asked why they treated his father fo. Their answer was four pistol shots which killed him. Ton dispatches gave no names. The place is remote from a telegraph ofllce. Ilncl | tlio Kmppror. LONDON , August" . The Prlnco of Wales gave a dinner to Emperor William and Prince Henry , of the royal yacht squadron , to-day , The emperor spoke In terms of high praise of the British licet , which , ho said , was the finest in the world , Germany , ho said , had an army equal to her wants , and if England had a fleet eq'iul ' to her wants , Europe would recrara them as most important factors in the pruscrvutioii of peace. Em peror William received 20,000 troops at Aldorshot to-day , "Wind , Lightning und Hall. H.U.LOCK , Minn , , August 7. At 2 a. in. Klttson county was visited by the most severe thunder and hail storm over known in this section. Houses and burns were struck by lightning , and the wheat fields are partially , if not wholly destroyed by the hull. Some Holds escaped escaped without any loss , as the storm went in streaks. Over two hundred lights of glass were brokcu In Hullock und vicinity , AVnnt u Hhl | ) On mil. WEST Summon , Wls. , August 7. In the water ways convention to-itay u resolution was presented petitioning congress for the construction of a ship ciinul twenty feet in depth , through narrows nnd rivers connect ing the great lakes , also that the harbors bo deepened as rapidly us practicable , eo as to accommodate vessels drawing twenty feel of water , Arrcstml on Seven Hundred NBW YOIIK , August 7Ebon S. Allen , president of the Forty-second Street Car company , was arrested to-day for forging certificates of stock on 700 charge * . Ho was locked up at police headquarters. Ho has boon president of the company for a long tlmo und bus boon connected with It for twcnty-ilvo years. A Colored Pnsiuihcr in Trouble. ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , August ? . [ Special Tele gram to TUB HEB.J The Rov. W. W. Stew art , punter of the colored HuptUt church , the leading colored church in St. Joe , for fifteen years past , has boon accused by Mary Jones , u BQvciitcen-yeur-old member of hU flock , of being the father of her baby , Stowurt is fifty yearn old and has a wlfo and family of grown children. Ha has left town. BouIani-lHta Out of Luck. PAIIIH , August 7 , The appeal court has continued the sentences imposed upon M , Dcroulctio nnd M. Lagucrro for rioting at Auolouo. ; ; HAD TO SEARCH HIS BAGGAGE English Customs OCQoers Go Through Senator Sherman's Trunks. EXPLANATIONS WOULDN'T DO Colonel New Calls It an Outrngr , But Fulls to Secure Satisfaction Depaw Mtikes a Witty It DlHRiiRtcd the Sonntor. ICaplirliiht 'SS9 Iiu Jitmei ( lonhn fieniifit.1 LOXDON , August 7. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tun Um.J : Senator John Sherman bus had but ono slnglo experience during his Europcun tour whioh ho remem bers with disgust. It occurred in London. A few days ago ho returned from Belgium with his buggago checked through to Char- tnp Cross station. The baggugo consisted of several trunks and some newly purchased dresses belonging to Mrs. Sherman , which had been hastily pao.kcd by the dressmaker in a wooden box. On disembarking nt Char ing Cross the senator loft his party a few moments to find the baggage porter. On returning he found the ladles surrounded by customs officials , who insisted upon scanning the contents of every piece , und were behaving In a manner con sidered outrageous by the senator. Ho stated there was nothing dutiable In the oaggago , and gave the chief official his card. Neither curds nor explanations had any oftcct. Every trunk was emptied , the wooden box brokcu opou and loft in that condition. That none of the oillclals were thrown under the wheels of the train during the performance , Shop man's friends cannot understand. Ho happened to mention the matter to Col onel New. The latter was rampageous. Ho went to the proper authorities , said Sherman was u senator and cx-sccrctury of the treas ury and described th affair us un outrage. Whnt were they going to do uuout lit The authorities expressed sorrow and would discharge the men If desired. This sort of satisfaction was not wanted and uono other could apparently bo obtained. Sherman said to the Herald correspondent that the affair was a queer com mentary on the tariff regulations of the great free trade country of the world. The snino baggage had cone through " Franco , Switzerland , Germany , Italy "and Belgium without trouble to the owner until free trade England was reached. It was proper , perhaps , to take precautions against the introduction of dynamite , but ho did not think the appearance of the pari.y or baggage warranted tlio assumption that n largo quantity of explosives was being intro duced by a United States senator. AVhen Dcpow heard tno story ho said the ofllcers might have been searching for old silver , ns Americans who visited the con tinent often mudo a point of purchuslng largo quantities und trying to smuggle. The cus tom oftlcors were ordered to sourch nil bag gage from the continent. A few years ago ho came hern from the continent armed with introductions and recommendations to the chief of the customs ofllcials by thejaianagcrs of ruilroads , the United States consul and others in authority. His baggage was ex amined all the same. Asked why , the chief ofllccr said it was donp for self-protection. Not long before an American lady , who occupies a high social position in London , was a pas senger on the same road. Shu had the sumo sort of introductions , nnd pretty and winning ways. Two subordinates chalked her bag gage. Thrco days afterwards both men were discharged. The American Indy had been taken to dinner at a social g.ithciing by a cubinot ofllccr , to whom she told , us a speci men of her cleverness , how aho had got her bnpgngo through with a lot of old silver aboard. Now nobody escapes the infliction uudercono by Sherman , and it gives rise to heapa of strong language. Sherman witnessed the review with Lin coln und tlio representatives of the foreign powers and many lords and commoners aboard the Tnmur. Ho speaks enthusiastic ally of bis treatment aboard and su.ys ho knew he waa not ut homo when ho discov ered that not u single newspaper usked how much the lunch cost. Ho will spend nnothcr month in England and Scotland. Ho bus been handsomely received everywhere. His manner is full of a genially unknown to many who come in contact with him at homo. Dopow made an immense hit aboard the Teutonic during the naval review. There were 200 guests , including cabinet ministers , members of both houses und ether high dignitaries. A number of toasts were given. Sir Charles Tapper responded to the toast of Canada. Ho denrccatod the idea of trouble between Canada and tiio States , sDoko of both nations as great countries , and put thorn on a par. Depow was called on to respond to the toast of the United States. Ho hud paid attention to Tuppor , evidently determined to moro thau square accounts in spite of the surroundings. Ho said in such u little mutter as population , und such accumulations as population , energy , enterprise and marvellous inventive genius naturally resulted in , the United States might bo a llttlo In advance of Cnn- adu ; but In extent of territory Canada was certainly the equal to bur great neighbor | n pansoj though it must bo confessed that most of Canada's territory' was acres. Before - fore tlio pause came thu Englishmen were uuout to applaud. What followed froze them. A few hiseod. Depow remained unmoved and proceed to give his hearers an idea of how rapidly acres costing $1 , GO became worth $ 1,000 a front foot , und how a husband in the west oiico told him his chief pleasure was in removing his wife's remains from one ceme tery to another to nccommoduto the growing wants of the town , as she had been im mensely interested in its growth in life. It was such a speech ns would have suulcon Delmonleo'B walls , On the Tun'.onic on the following day It was considered tlio great speech of tlio trip. It had performed its mlsbion , though n lltllo slow in gutting there. OARSMAN O'CO.VNOU. Ho in Presented With a Testimonial hy Canndinn I'U James tlonlnn Hcnn'lt\ \ LONDON , August 7. fNow York Herald Cable Special to TUB HEU.1 William O'Connor , champion sculler of America , found himself unable to take u spin on the Thames until lute yesterday through the interference of some friends who insisted that ho should pay a visit to the ofllca of Sir Charles Tuppcr , high commissioner for the Dominion of Canada. Ho didn't discover the object of the visit until It wus too Into to back water. A pleasant surprise had been prepared for the American champion through the efforts of Mayor Edward T. Clark of Toronto and Mr. C , H. McLaujrhltn of the sumo city , ana alto members of tbo Now York produce exchange. A very pretty sum had been collected from the Americans who were stopping nt thu Hotel Mctropolo for the purpose nf making O'Connor a pres ent thut would uiaKu him leol that his fnonds were tuinktiiB of him , The present was n small white silk ( lag , upon which the coat of arms of Canada wus exquisitely imintcd In oils. The presentation wan made by Sir Charles Tup- pur in a most happy manner. Sir Charles said the Hag wus u token of the esteem in which the champion of America was hold on the ether sldo of the water. O'Connor reminded him , ho said , of Alexander , who had sighed for now worlds to conquer. The champion had an unbeaten record. Neither ho nor his competitor hud suffered defeat. In the coming contest Sir Charles hoped O'Connor would udd ono moro to his list of victories nnd bo champion of tno world. O'Connor Is In splendid form. His fuco Is bronzed , and his black ayes are sparkling Wltli UCttUu , HO niftao a brlc ( it lay within his power , ho said , victory would bo hit. Ho could only do his best. That ho would do that , his1 friends could rest assured. Two hours nfter the presentation was made O'Connor was in his boat. In n few days ho will begin to work against Wallace Hess nnd George Lne , who will pull double. Scarlo Is doing double Us much work ns O'Connor. ' Ho finds it difficult to got rid of flesh. I1AU1USON AT TUB HUB. The President KnttiUHlnstlcnlly Wel comed by the Hcnii Kntnrs. HOSTOK , August 7. The stonmor Pilgrim with Prosuleot Harrison nnd Secretaries Proctor nnd Wludom on board , arrived nt Full Hivcr at 4 o'closk this morning. The distinguished passengers -wore not aroused at that hour , however , nnd It was 0 o'clock be fore they appeared In the saloon , when they wore greeted In behalf of the commonwealth and welcomed to Massachusetts by Adjutant General Dalian. But llttlo tlmo wns spent In formaline * , and nftor breakfast the party disembarked and stepped into n special car. Shortly after 7 o'clock the train pulled out for Boston amid the cheers of tlio crowd thut hud assembled ut the wharf. The presidential party nrrlved hero at 0:05. : As early as S o'clock crowds began to gather about the station , and whou the train arrived tbo depot und udjiu-ent streets were packed with humanity. Immediately upon the arrival of the tram Lieutenant Governor Braehctt boarded the car and greeted the president. The party then left the train and moved alone the platform , kout free from the crowd by n cordon of pollco to the entrance nt Kneoland street , where carriages were in waiting to convoy the guests to the Hotel Vcndomo. Whan the president appeared at the entrance cheer after cheer wont up from the crowd , which enthusiasm was continued along the entire route from the depot to ttio hotel. The president bowed his acknowledgments. The party were escorted by the first battalion of cavalry nnd n detail of police. Mnny of the buildings nnd stores iiloug the route wore gay with flags , bunting aud appropriate mottoes , aud , tiio sidewalks , windows und streets were tfirouged with people uuxious to got n view of the president. After arriving at the hotel the presidential party aud others partook of breakfast. After a brief rest , following breakfast , the presi dent received the officers of the state and city , federal officers , ofllccrs of the United states array and navy , mayors of cities and others to whom invitations had boin sent. At the close of the reception President Harrison risen again retired to his private apartments , where ho rested quietly until 1U-15. ; when the party loft for Fanouil hall , where the popular reception begun nt 1)0. : ! Prlvnto Secretary Hnlford will be tendered n recep tion at the Press club between G aud 0 p. m. THIS STIIIKE aLA.I > 13 GI2N13UA.L. Over Fourteen Thousand Ovens Idle In the Coke Kculons. PiTTsnuiio , Pa. , August 7. The big strike in the Connollsvillo coke region was made general to-day and every one of the sovonty- six coke plants , ami ever fourteen tr.ousand ovens were idlo. As the situation appears to-night the probabilities nro that the strike will end soon and favorably to the mon. Strikers. PITTSHUIIO , Pa. , August 7. A mob of strikers assaulted a number of Hungarians who returned to work nt , the Carno. blast furnuco near this city this morning and drove them away. One of 'tho Hungarians was fatally beaten. A slierifv's posse then Inter fered nnd in the fight which followed. Dep uty Sheriff Sweeny was probably fatally shot. The strikers were finally driven off. The Arhitrntors Acrcc. CHICAGO , August 7. The arbitration committee mitteo of business men , to whom wus re ferred the wage dispute in the Streator coal Holds , rendered a decision to-diiy , fixing the price to bo paid the workmen at 72 % cents per ton. Thajloinnnd of the miners was SO cents , while the operators offered 70 cents. The stumbling block was the cost of "dead work , " or the actual expense of handling and loading the coal. The coal men in Chicago cage expect the decision will bo ratified by the disputants. The Mountain 3Ilne.ru Win. GALLIT/.IK , Pa. , August 7. The mountain miners' strike has boon settled in favor of the miners. Several thousand men have been out in this region for an advance in wages for over a month. THE Sl'OKANK PALiLS PIRI3. Grcnt Dlillciilty Experienced in Ascertaining the Exact Loss. SPOKANE FAIJ.B , W. T. , August 7. It Is impossible to estimate the extent of losses sustained by the Northern Pacific railroad. The value of the two depots , passenger nnd freight , may bo easily arrived at , but that of the goods stored there can not bo reached until nil claims against the company nro ad justed. With admirable oxereiso of energy A. D. Campbell , auditor of the' Western Union Tel- ccraph company , brought his ofllco back upon Its feet within two hours after the lines hud been burned down in the city. THK fUIISNULY "aOO. " It Mnlcc.i a Proposition to IIolp Out the Milwnulco * Knenmnmoiir. MINNEAPOLIS , August ? . A confcronco of Grand Army posts in this city was hold last evening to take action regarding the question of rates to the annual encampment at Mil waukee. A proposition was received from the "Soo" road to take the Minnesota nnd Dakota veterans from St. Paul or Minneap olis nil the veterans ot the northwest in fact , who could mnko thu sturt from either of the Twin cities , nt u rofcnd trip rate of $9.70. The "Soo" is able to reach Milwaukee by connection with the Milwaukee & Luku Shoro. The "Soo" also proposed to meet any rnto the Milwaukee roud chooses to make , t.nd will go down to the bottom figure , iu.70 , for the round trip If necessary. - - HIclcnesH at Johnstown. JOHNSTOWX , Pa. , August 7. Notwith standing that favorable reports are still sent out from the board of health , there is a great ' deal of sickness hero. Tha doctors are so busy they cannot attend to the calls made upon thoin. Typhoid foyer , malarial fovcr , dyientory and a case of scurvy have been ro- portcd to the Kcd Cross uospitul during the past two weeks. A Kntnl ST. Louis , August 7. A > Kensington gar den thu : morning , while Kicliard Llghtncr und John Smith were employed making rock ets to be used In n pyrotechnic display , an explosion took place and Llgbtnor wus seri ously burned. A moment Inter some chem icals exploded and John' Smith was fatally burned. _ _ DnnloH the p.-ttiloution. Nuw YOIIK , August f. Tne statement In several morning paportf that a clerk In the employ of the banking house of Brown Brothers & Co. wus a defaulter to u largo amount , Is declared to , bo untrue by that firm , 'I wenly-olirlit i } | ldlorH DsH Uociii'.i.M ! , N. Y. , August 7. H Is learned this morning that twenty-eight United States soldier * tlcscrto'l the barracks on David's island Monday night. The de serters were all privates enlisted for u rogu- lur term. Mrx. Ilnrrlson'H Hister Sick. NEW YOIIK , August 7. Mrs. Henjamln Harrison passed through the city to-day on her way to Nantuekct , where her sister , Mrs , Scott Lord , la nurlously 111. BUT THEIR FLOWING FANCY , Washington Correspondents Put Noble on the Supreme Bonoh. IT IS RIDICULOUSLY UNTRUE. Tlmt's Wlint tlio Secretary Snys About tlio Story Proctor , Matthews' Probable Successor UrofT Coming Home. WASHINGTON Himiuu , Tnn OM.UU IJRE , ] 613 FotWTEKXTIt STIin cr.\ > WASIHXOTO : ? , 1) . C. , Auuu 7. I Four or five Washington correspondents met lust night und hud a mysterious conver sation and parted. Four or ttvo newspapers 111 different sections of the country published this morning n dispatch from Washington to the effect that the question as to the filling of the vacancy on the supreme court had been settled , nnd that Secretary Noble was the man chosen. Thrco or four months ago President Harrison was absent for a day or two , anil during his absence It was settled with the utmost posltlveness , and upon no- cdlled undeniable authority , that Attorney Geucral Miller hud been decided upon us the successor to Justice Matthews. Two or thrco weeks ugo the presi dent was again absent , and uuring his absence a story was circulated with the utmost positivcness that Secretary Tracy was to go upon the supreme court bench. The president had only boon away from Washington about twelve hours yester day when the third und latest story was wired , and Secretary Noble was named for this important position , All of these stories stated , as n side Issue to the main fact , that Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson is to bo elevated to the cabinet as soon as the president makes the vacancy. It is barely possible that the president has some idea of choosing ono of his cabinet ofllccrs for a plnco on the supreme bench. Secretary Kusk would not do. Mr. lilalne Is not a lawver. Postmaster Guuer.xl Wananialtor has had no legal training. It Is therefore likely that in , ttio political game of chess , Secretary Proc tor will bo used to cbocKiimtc all other aspir ants for the vacancy on the supreme court bench. The president may have made up his mind on this subject , but it is very doubtful. Ho certainly has given out no in timation of his determination , and Secretary Noble said to-day that the report that ho Is to go on the bench Is absurdly false. NEIWASKA AHEAD. The report of the chief ot the railway mail service for the fiscal year shows that Ne braska is u long way ahead of any ether state in the union in the amount of mire- ago of now railway service established dur ing the year. The total number of miles upon which this service was established in the stuto was BSI2. It is said that there aru applications on file for the establishment of railway facilities on several other roads , and that tlio probabilities are that at the end of the present fiscal year Nebraska will again bo near the top in this rosuect. OUOn-'COMIKO HACK. Judge GrolT , who arrived hero on Sunday night , loft for the west this afternoon. He will stop off for a few days in Ohio before proceeding directly on to Omaha. Judge GrolT has no knowledge us to what the probabilities are in relation to the appoint ment of a member of the intor-stato com merce commission , but the Nebraska man has made a decidedly favorable impression upon every man in Washington with whom ho came in contact. IO\VA POiTMASTnUS APPOINTED. Malcom , Poweshiek county , B. 1J. Martin ; Windhuui , Johnson county , George Beck. AliMY NEWS. By direction of the secretary of war , Cap tain Harry O. Parley , assistant surgeon , now on duty ut Fort Wayne , Mien. , will report in person to the commanding general , Depart ment of the Plattc , for temporary duty with troops en route to and at the summer camp at. Fort Robinson , Nob. , nnd upon the com pletion of this duty he will return to his proper station. * THE SIOUX COMMISSION. Foster Announces Its Victory and Nohlu WASIHNOTO.S- , August 0. Secretary Noble this morning received the following tele gram , dated Fort Yates , August 0 : Wo have won the fight. We will leave hern to-inorrow morning for Chicago. Will write you fully from Chicago. CIIAIU.KS FOSTKII , Chairman. Secretary Noble sent the following tele gram to the commissioner : My congratulations and sincere tbiiuks for your ublo ofTorts and great success. You have done a great work for humanity , the In dians included. Have sent your telegram to the president , who is at Boston to-day. According to the act of confr.o is under which the agreement with the Indians bus been consummated , the unrelinquished portion of the Sioux reservation is divided into six reservations , as follows : Standing Rock , Cheyenne River , Lower Hrule , Crow Creek , Pine Ridge and Rosebud , so separated that a largo portion of the relinquished part of the reservation divides thorn intosetaof two- , one sot being on the northern end of the res ervation , another on the eastern und a third on thu southern end. The land thrown open to settlement will aggregate about eleven million acres , and will bo disposed of by the United States to actual settlers only at the rate of $1.25 par acre for nil lands taken within the first thrco years after the act takes effect , 75 cents per aero for lands dis posed of within tlio succeeding two years and 53 cents per acre for the rcsiduo of the lands then undisposed of. The net provides that tlio agreement as now entered Into must bo submitted to congress at its next session for ratification. Kind Ilourtod Iloync. WASHINGTON , August 7. There has boon received at the navy department from Lieutenant Commander Charles II. Stockton , In command of the Thotls , u report of the movements of that vessel In ttio Arctic ocean , and of the rescue of the survivors of the whaling barks The Little Ohio and Ohio Second , recently wrecked on Nanwok Island , liohrlng son. The report of llicso disasters corroborates the Associated press report heretofore published. Spoaklng of the euro of the survivors of The Little Ohio , Commander Stockton says : "It is doubtful if any would have survived the winter it left to the care of the natives. Great credit is duo to Captain Paul Uoyno for his generous care of the men though hln ostablismunt was short of provisions , and this is especially duo to him when It is stated Una this humane conduct was not tn accord ance with the verbal Instructions of the whuling establishment , a wealthy fine In San Francisco. Tlio Wenthcr Porocnst. For Omaha and vicinity Light rains fol lowed by fair For Nebraska Threatening weather nnd rain , cooler In western portion , stationary temperature In eastern portion , variable winds. For Dakota Local rains , cooler in south ern , stationary temperature In northern per tion. tion.For For lowu Threatening weather and show ers , warmer in northeast , btutlonury temper- peruturu in southwest portion , southerly winds. Oomocr.it lo GuliiH In Kentucky , LOUHVILI.I : , Ify. , August 7. The retu rns from the state election up to this morning show the democrats to have Increased tholr plurality 18 , 000 over the election of two years ugo , and that Monday's majority would reach 35,000. The last legislature stood 103 dcrnogruU and VI { or tUo TIIU TAXATION Waslilr Kton'a Legislature Left Krco to Settle It. Oi/r.MHA , W. T. , August 7.-Tho conven tion this : nornlnc In twcnty-flvo minutes passed the article on the amendments to the constitution that amendments must bo agreed to by two-thirds of the legislature and a ma jority of the poool * to bccomo a law. The convention tnen wont Into committee ot the whole on taxation. No limit Is sot to tlio right of taxation , which shall bo determined by the legislature. An all-day debate took plnco over the clause to exempt church property from taxation. The committro on federal relation * reported on the proposed compact with the United States by which the state guarantees religious free dom , waive * all right to Indian reservations , agrees not to tax laud in them or the prop erty of the Indians * , as provided in the ena bling act. Tlio committee on education re ported that the unliro revenue of the school fund shall be applied to tlio support of the schools , those fund ! ) to consist of appropri ations and donations by the state or by pri vate Individuals , of the proceeds of estate * reverting to the state by escheat or forfeit ure , the proceeds of nil prop erty granted for no specino purpose , of funds accumulated in the state tnusury not otherwise appropriated , or for the disbursement of which no provision has boon made , of money received from the sulo of school hinds , und of 5 per cent of the pro ceeds of the sulo of publiu lands lying within the state , which shall bo sold as provided In section 13 of the enabling net ufter the state is admitted. Sectarian appropriations arc absolutely forbidden. All losses to the school tund by the defalcation of nny public oniclul are to constitute a debt against the stuto drawing 0 per r.cnt interest nnd not to bo included in the limit to the state debt. Uailrond Tnxntion Settled. K , N. D. , August 7. At last even ing's session the convention adopted the sec tion providing that railroads shall bo taxed nt not less tliun $0,000 nor moro thun $7,000 per mile. At the afternoon's session the only business considered vwas the report of the committee on publto institutions , locating the capital and other state institutions. The article ns yesterday published was adopted without change. IT MADK THISM HUSTLE. A FnlHO Humor Starts a nig Hun on WiiHliluntou IJnukH. NEW YORK , August 7. [ Special Telegram to Tin : UBI : . ] A Washington special says : The oillcors of several prominent banking institutions In this city are just catching their breath after a scare that for several hours one day last week threatened a panto in the local money market. For several weeks rumors have boon ourront hero of a stringency In thu money market , and Secre tary Windom has even felt called upon to do his best to dispel the cloud. Ono morning a report reached tno treasurer of a Catholic institution that a panic was threatened. Ho promptly warned other Catholic institutions , and within two hours , it la said , checks for the full amount of all deposits ware pre sented at tlio banks by officials of the vari ous churches , convent ? und academies , with peremptory demands for payment. Those demands created consternation in uioro than ono quarter. In suvoral Instances the deposits - posits reached $75,000. Tlio run uiado a great flurry , but the bank uflicials hustled around and serapcd tlio cash together. Be fore the close of banking hours over gl.OOO- 000 had been paid out and the institutions had their cash under private lock und key. Money is now a littlu easier , but the bank oflloials are looking for the man who started the run upon thorn. KILLED FOIl CLAIM JUMPING. Tlic ftlystory Surrounding the De.ttli of n Kmielimaii Partially Cleared. LAUAMIE , Wyo. , August 7. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BKH.J The mysterious dlsnnj penranco of Robert Burnett , the Polo moun- tr.in ranchman , was partly solved by the discovery of his bones two miles north of his ranch. Thcro Is every Indication that ho was murdered , alter which thu body was cremated , all that remained being a hcn | > of bones in the midst of a burned spot a milo from tlio traveled road. His death , like the recent Swectwuter lynching , is believed to bo traceable to land troubles. His ranch was on the Fort Sunders timber reservation , and he had outaiued it by jumping a claim previously hold by n family named Black. Ho has con stantly had trouble with the Blacks , and the day after his disappearance they took pos session of his rancn , and have slnco defied these who insisted that LSurnctt hud been murdered , and threatened them if they searched for his body. They assorted that ho hud gone cast on u visit. Burnett was eccentric and inoffensive , but hud once scon prosperous days. Oflicors have gone out to night to further investigate the uffuir. lie Hud Too Mnny Wives. JErrniisoN CITV , Mo. , August 7. Sheriff Matson , of Chicago , arrived hero last even ing with a requisition from Governor Flfor for the arrest of Edwin Ellinghnui , alias Edward Allinghnm , under indictment for bigamy. Governor Francis promptly honored the requisition. Elllnghnm is book keeper for Morris & Bros. , St. Joseph. Ho was lormorly in the employ of Armour & Co. , of Kansas City , where ho has a wife. His second wlfo is nlso living in Chicago cage , and it is tlio latter that in supposed lo ho pro&ccutlng the bigamist. Ellinghum is also wanted by the Union League club , of Chicago , for some crooked ness in the tnanpgcmeiit of the funds of the club wlille acting as secretary und treasurer. Rnlllvnn Itcnolii'H Now Orlonim , Ni\v OIII.KANS , August 7. [ Special Tolo- grum to Tim HKB.J John L. Sullivan ur- rivcd he.ro this morning from Mississippi , After a short stay ho left for a suburban resort sort near Pearl river called English Lookout , where he will stay until the date of tlio trial. Sullivan looks well. To a Bii : : reporter ho said ho felt no apprehension ns to the result of the trial. Beyond this ho would not talk , Steamship Arrivals. At St. Ettln The Polynesia , from Now York. At London Sighted , the Italia , from Now York. At Southampton The Luhn , from Now York , for Bremen. At Now York -The Queen , from Liver pool ! tlio State of Georgia , from Glasgow ; the Wilkommon , from Bremen , anil the Obordnm , from Rotterdam. At Glasgow The Phoenician , from Phila delphia. A Hunaldlnry Illuli Court K LONDON , August 7. The high courtof the order of Foresters , assembled at Bourne mouth , has granted the demand of the royal courts of America , establishing u subsidiary big ! ; court in that country. Thought to Bn TivHcotf. LUIEDO , Tex. , August ? , A man has been arrested hero who is thought to-bo Tusoolt. The sheriff Is holding him awaitlug orders from Chicago. TroubloH , BOSTON , August 7 , It is reported thut the wool firm ot Brown , St c & Clark Is finan cially embarrassed. The tirui any they will not assign to-day , An Ovation to I'nutenr. PAHIS , August 7. Two thousand students nsaetnDled before the residence of M. Pun- teur to-day nod iravo uim uu gv Uoa. Horrlblo Eliding1 of n Proposed PlotiBUro Trip. FIRE COMPLETES THE DISASTER. The Tlii-co LHtlo Children of the Owner nnd n Carpenter Hoastod in ( lie Flames In Plain Sight of the Onlookers. Two Young Imdles Hndlv Scorched. UVFFAI.O , N. Y , , August 7. This afternoon the bystanders near the boat house at the foot of Ferry street heard two explosions In quick succession from the boat house of L. 13. Crocker , superintendent of the Now York Control dock yards , In which Inn pleasure yacht , the Cedar Ridge , was stored. Invi mediately following the boat burst into flames , which soon made n furnnca of the Interior , Simultaneously with the explosion two or three persons were thrown Into the water us If from the force of the clmrgo. Caleb Tolsma got a beat and picked up a young woman , Miss McLean , aged tweiity-olght from the water. Sco was baii- ly burned and was taken to the hospital At this tlmo the form of Mr. Crocker's ' young son was seen standing on the boat dock against n background of flro. Charles Schwuigols seized a pike polo and extended it townrds the littlu fellow till it almost touched his breast , at the sumo time crying to him to grasp it and ho would rescue him , but the little follow seemed paralyzed and in a mo ment fell back into the flro and was burned to a crisp before the horrified gaza of the onlookers. Schwoigols1 faea was burned from his attempt to rescue the boy , but now attention was di rected to u carpenter clinging to a rafter just over the bluzlng boat. Fora few moments he lump desperately on his porch , nnd then , as If stuucllcd by the heat and sullocutcd by the smoke , loosened his hold nnd dropped below. Ills uiuiio was John Rugucnstcln , thirty years old , married. Ho leaves a wlfo and five small children. The other children of Crocker , Leonard Lemuel , u sou nwd nine years nnd ton months , ana Ethel , n daughter aced elcht years and nine months , also perished In the fhiuios. Another girl , Charlotte , aged fourteen , was blown into the water and rescued therefrom mid sent along with Miss McLean to the hospital. The yacht is what is known us a nat > tha launch , run by naphtha for fuel. It is sup posed the accident was caused when the en gineer lit the mutch for the ignition of the fuel , by the explosion of some gas which hud leaked out. The family was preparing to go on n pleasure trip , nnd Mr. Crooner had taken his four children nnd Miss MoLcuu , a lady friend of Detroit who is stopping with the family , to the river for tin excursion. Crocker himself barely escaped with his life. Ho is almost insane with griof. Ilia wlfo has been 111 for some time , und this grief will probably kill hor. The condition of the ether daughter and Miss McLean was re ported as serious , but not necessarily fatal , at u lute hour to-night. TI1K ONLY GKNU1NK EHAND. iV Ken ) Trnin Rolibsry on the Rio Grand Western. DENVKU , August 7. The Rio Grande Western train , known as the "Modoc , " waa held up near Crevasse last night by train robbers. Two of them boarded the buggago car at Thompson Springs , eliinbed over the car to the engine , pointed revolvers nt tha heads of the engineer and fireman , und com pelled them to stop tlio train. They forced the liromcn to attempt- chop through tha doors of the express car , und made the en gineer bring a bag to hold the plunder. Messenger Willis was ready with n maga zine Hhotgun and two self-cocking revolvers. The fireman was unable to chop through tha boiler iron door , so the robbers llrod a dozen shots through the car. Messenger Willis lay on the floor nnd was not hit. The robbers dared neb show their heads nt the broken windows lost they should get shot. They gave it up and joined two other robbers back in the ether cura. The fnur wont through the train with , tholr revolvers drawn und gathered up $900 und twenty watches. Olio passenger put his head out the window to sea what was going on and the robbers sent a bullet through his hat. Most of the passengers hid their valua bles successfully , these losing them being too frightened to hide them. A posse has gone from Green Hlver. Two deputy United. States umrxhals went out this morning from Salt Lake with blood hounds. Voting On tlio Capital. HKI.KNA , Mont. , August 7. The conven tion to-day took up ho question of the tempo rary location of the capital. A motion was made to strike out tlo clause locating the capital , which failed. The forenoon was devoted to antagonizing Helena. The afternoon was occupied with voting tor vari ous cities in committee of thu wholo. Tlio section was dually amended to read "atHoz- cmuu , " and tlio committee rose und recom mended its adoption. Amendments were kept flying naming every town in Montana. It is thought Helena will bu the temporary capital. Four outside delegates have been won over nnd are voting solidly for Helena. Station Aic > nt Itltoliny TIII-IIH Up. NIOIIUAIIA , Neb. , August 7. | Special to TJIB Buii.l J. E. Kitchoy , tne agent nt Uun- nlng Water station , who mysteriously disap peared last Tuesday morning , found himself on Saturday night about 11 o'clock at u farm er's ' six miles northwest of hero. He claims that ho had been taken witli u lit of Insanity and went into ono of the deep ravines along the MUsouri , where ho came to himself on Tnursduy , after fulling from n precipice. Not knowing the lay of the country , ho had been traveling for two days among the ra vines , looking for a way out. Finally bo cama upon this farmer und is nowthoru rest ing up. Save a few scratches and mosquito bites , ho is all right. It cannot bo learned positivelv as to the condition of his accounts , The auditor of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul comimny is still investigating , but no ono hut hu knows the condition. At any rate , Uituhoy is out a job that averaged him over f 100 a month , 9 A Mltlo Itoulc Uupiihtlcnn Dully. LITTUS ROCK , Ark. , August 7. The Ar kansas State Register made Its initial tip. . pearanca In this city to-day. It Is u republican dally , owned und operated by M. A. Hull , of Inwa , brother of Lieutenant Governor Hull , of that htatu. Thu pupor takes thu full Asso ciated press reports , and will lead thu repub lican party In the state of Arkansas. A Twc'lvo-Yoni'-Old Drowned. NKIIIIABKA CITY , Nob. , August ? . [ Special Telegram to Tin : Hiiis.l A twelve-year-old boy pf F , Cramer , working at the Nebraska City pat-Icing house , fell In n crook about noon to-day nnd was drowned before help reached him , _ _ A CIIHI ) Sottlnil. NBIWAHKA OJTV , Neb , , August 7. [ Special Tclogrum to TUB Hue. ] The case of traud ngulnst F. B. Stone was settled to-day m tha county court by his bondsmen pavlnc ( MO , und tlic case for damages was withdrawn. Thought to Un Inaoiullnry , ( ! > , AiiK8 , Nob. , August 7. Special Telo- cram to TUB BRU , ] Albert Colo'n new rc - Idc-iifii was burni'd tn tha ground this morn- il ) . ' U - 'undoubtedly ' the work of an ia >