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THE OMAHA : DAILY BEE , NINETEENTH YEAK. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNIHG , SEPTEMBER 7 , 1889. NUMBER 80. Frightful Explosion In a Powder Magazine at Antwerp. STREETS STREWN WITH DEBRIS. FIre Ilrcnlca Out nnil Adds to the Horror of tlio Hociio SlMy- Ihroc Miners Meet Dentil in Kcotlnnil Tlio Antwerp Horror. HKOttuJ'Miica ( Inrito ANTWBitt1 , Sopt. 0. [ Now York Her- Aid Cable Special to Tun BnB.l A terrible catastrophe , the consequences of winch uro yet incalculable , look place at Antwerp this afternoon. At n quarter past 2 o'clock a terrific explosion was heard , oven HO far as Ghent. The wliolo town was stmkou and Immediately nf tor wards It facomed us if a rain of glass wns falling over the surrounding country. There Is not n wliolo window In Antwerp. The magnificent stained glass windows of the cathedral were ulso destroyed. The townspeople wcro panic-struck. It was first supooscd that an earthquake had taken place , but suddenly the sunwhich was shining brightly , wns obscured by an impenetrable cloud of dust , ringed oy a great glare of fire. It was near port and just behind the dry docks that the catas trophe took place in the powder iimgiizitio belonging to a Corvllaln merchant , who had recently purchased -lU.OOJ.OOJ of old car tridges , Intending to sell the powdor. Ills work people , ovcra hundred In number , more than half of thorn being women , were occupied in the task of opening these cartridges when the explosion took placo. To what it was duo thcro Is very llttlo hope of discovery , for not one of the Corvllmn's employes has yet boon found alive. In fact , not a single corpse has been found .vol. It was not only In the Cor- villun factory that lives were lost. A largo number of persons \voro also more or loss se verely wounded by glus ? , und the roofs of several houses fell in for u great distance all around. The ground was strewn with 'cart ridges und debris. All was not over yet , hoivovor. A few minutes after the explosion a vast sheet of flame leaped up into the sky , and It was soon that a petroleum warehouse not fur from the magazine was on lire. In the broad dayllgnt the blaze of 40,1X10 barrels of petroleum on flro was visible - blo ut u distance of over 1)03 ) miles ut Lirus- sols. sols.Then Then the Mixrson Hydrauliquo of Ant werp , which furnishes motive power for all trains and ether machines of the part , sud denly gave way and became a heap of ruins. Everywhere in the streets were wounded persons , &cd at frequent intervals ono came across parts of a human frame , such as legs and. arms. Tim petroleum mart Is still ablaze and tlio heat is so groat'that it Is impossible to approach preach within several hundred yards of the conflagration. The spectacle is terribly superb and thera Is nothing In recent history that can bo com pared to it MUVO the scene which Paris pre sented during the1 last days of the commune and the great Are In Chicago. The lira has spread in all directions and the city warehouses , in which from twenty to twenty-five thousand barrels of petroleum are stored , are on lire , as uro many of the vessels in the docks. . The Scheldt resembles a river of flro. The wbolo garrison ana a largo part of the male population of tbo town are aiding the flro- mpn , but tliolr efforts are useless. It is Impossible oven rougnly to estimate the number of persons killed , but supposi tion ranges from two hundred to four hun dred , while there are certainly thousands injured. The latest information is that them nro ir > 0 half-burned corpses in the hospital. The population is in n state of panic , for , though the tire nt present is confined to the neighborhood of the port , it can hardly bo prevented from spreading over the town wo.ro the wind to turn to the north. I With regard to material damages , it is needless to say that they nro enormous. F When the Corvillun sought permission to erect his cartridge manufactory the city au thorities opposed him with might and main. The provoncial counsel , however , was less far-seeing , and accorded the Corvltlan the authorization ho usuod for. The lire Is still raging. Many soldiers are dropping from suffocation. 1 have ascertained tnut the disaster is really the outcome of political bickering be tween the town council and the provincial council. The former is liberal njid the latter clerical. The latter only granted permission to the Corvohan to locate the powder factory in such n dangerous position to annoy the town council. This disclosure causes in I to u BO Indignation. Explosions are constantly occurring und ships are going farther back in the Scheldt to avoid the flames. 1 The Icing has telegraphed an expression of sorrow and a request for hourly Informa tion. tion.Tho The latest estimate Is that thcro nro 300 killed and 1,000 wounded. At the American docks all tlio ships have boon navod owing to tlio favorable direction of the wind. A DKAT1I ltOJjJ.010 HIXTV-TUHKK Torrlhlo Fnto of Workman In n Hcotliiml .Mine. lO ) ) > l/Hy7il / ISfOliu i/d i Gnntnn Riiintlt.l RiUNiiimnn , . Sept 0. [ Now York Her aid Cable Special to Tin : HitE.J Stxty- three men und boys Imvo perished througl lire In tlio Maurlco Wood pit , near Ponlcullc Midlothian. Twouty-ono bodies Imvo bcoi recovered. This flro U ono of HID most ills nitrous mining calamities that has ever befallen fallen Scotland , On Thursday morning xUty-llvo miners Including u contingent of boys , went down it thopit to prosecute their usual callluir und ul but two Imvo perished. Hi hnrto mining dis asters In Scotland Imvo boon cnnlincd to ex plosions of the flro dump , und those have all 1 been In the west of Scotland , where , us ut Blantyru und Udstono , there urn iiory bourne of 0911) ) , On the eiist coast tire damp In un ) dangerous quantity U a thing uuunown , urn' consequently uiininc has Hitherto been con- Hhlcred exceptionally safe. The presen' ' calamity , nowovor , shows that ether peril ) have to bo fueedund the disaster of Maurlci Wood takes rank with the tragedies ot lilantyro mid Udstona In tlio awful destruction .S . tion of human life. On Thursday night tholUtof dead consist cd of four una there were tlfty-ulno on tombed. Now there U not the faintest hop ; of unyona in the pit having escaped except the two men who brought the news of th < lira to tbo surface. Tbo pit belongs to the Shoot Iron company und was worked solely as an iron stouo pit Hut recently consldorublo check wus put ot the industry through an Interdict huvlni boon obtained by certain lauded proprietor ! t'ulnst the company carrying on calcine rorks In connection with the production of he raw material. Slnco that time no Iron tone has been convoyed to the shoots and athor moro attention lias been directed to- vnrd the production of coal , though the Iron tone wus still worked. The coal Is of good , imllty. The mouth of thopit Is situated on top of . hill , a short distance from the turnpike oad , The abaft descends a distance of Ighty fathoms. Running In n southerly llrcctlon from the bottom of the shaft Is ovol mine extending llftv fathoms , at he extreme end of willed the haft of the Groonlaw pit communicates , ( ranching off near the junction of the Green- aw pit is nn incline , which descends on a calo of nbout 80 in 100 feet for n dlsUnco of 00 fathoms. From the bottom of this in- ulino the workings run In opposite directions Ight mid loft. The mine has thus no second haft leading to tlio utmost depth , us the Jrnonlnw connection only extends down to ho olght fathoms level. The coal and iron vns convoyed up the incline by hutches run ning nn rails , and thcnco up the shaft in the usual cages. The coal sides of the Incline voro llnod with wood , but the roof , which vus of Iron ntone , win Uaro. It is this wood inlng which nppoars to have tiknn Uro , and hat , too , a point lower than the connection vith the Groo'iliuv pit , the consequence icing that the miners who wore engaged at ho lower level wore literally hummed in and could flnd no way of cscapo. 5.THOU ensued u sccno which , happily , is not often witnessed , and which is perhaps best Icscribcd In the words of ono of the aitr- , -lvors , David Ilobb. who was at the deepest iurt of the workings. Ho says : "I'lmmedlately shouted to the boys that he pit was on lire. Mitchell and a boy mmed Willie Uniuiiardt volunteered to go nto the workings to warn the men not far from the bottom of the incline. Two men , Hunter und Wright , were driving a new road , and a boy named Tolmio wont to warn thorn. Just at that time I got the bell signal from the top to send up the men's carriage. As jt was leaving empty , I went with It. 1 liad no idea of the sarions tiaturo of the flro and I thought if Pcould get to the eighty- fathom eiigino house I might bo able to turn the water on and put out the flames , but before - fore I got to eighty fathoms the smoke became - came so dense that I almost suffocated. I could sea nothing. I thought I should never como through it , and at the eighty-fathom station , where the carriage halted as usual , ill I could do was to yell , 'For God's saiio , boll away.1 That meant to ifo on. Fortu nately they board mo at the bank or I should not have boon able to tell the story. " From the titno of the alarm till now relays of men have worked at the task of rescue , bu without any result , aUhough last night there was kept up a struggle with ovarinas lerlug fumes In putting brattice work to ob tain ventilation. Two men were let down the incline in n trucic and besides having to jattlo with a current of smoke so thick as to obscure all vision , their efforts amounted to jut little. After a few minutes the nun would"como to the surfaca with with streamIng - Ing eyes and perspiring fuco. Their object was to roach the eighty-fathom level , from which it was hoped it might be possible to turn the current to clear the incline. At midnight there were still so mo four or five fathoms to bo bratticed before the eighty- fathom level could bo reached. From that time work proceeded at a rate of not more than u fathom per hour. Shift after shift went down , and the men oarao to the sur- fuca In despair at the slow progress they were making. Whllo working en the incline the men , about 3 o'clock this morning , came on the bodies of John Walker und Hugh McPhor- son. Lioth bodies were found in the vicinity of the eighty-fathom engine. It was part of the duties of these men to attend to it , and they seem to have died at their post. Dr. Bungor , who examined bodies on their ar rival ut the surface , states that the corpses worn frightfully scorched , not with flro , but the hot ulr in the pit , the temperature of which Is stated to have boon high enough to molt loud. The flesh adhered to their clothes nnd the ghastly spnctaclo was ren dered the moro hideous by the fact that on endeavoring to remove their boots the foot nearly parted from the logs. Shortly nftcrS o'clock It was found that the oust side of the pit had began to full , und in order to retain the sides und ropf n largo number of props wcro utilized. A' quantity of the stuff , however , fell , considerably hin dering the operations of tlio roscuora. About 4 o'clock Information reached the pit head that although six bodies were visible on the west side they could not bo approached on the cast side , and there was not a man alive. The rescuers made gallant efforts to got at the bodies , but were ropuUcd by tbo tire and foul air. Hy 7 o'clock it was soon that noth ing further could bo done in the way of re covering the dead. Meantime , In consequence of the flro on the east side of tlic workings , the explorers can not reach the bodies , altliouch they can see u number , and from their position It wouU appear1 that they had made a rush almost In a body togut out , but had been overwhelmed. Ono of the rescuers , named Anderson , ventured too fur und hud to bo carried to the surfuco in a helpless condition. ISXTKNDINCJ UK II SWAV. Two 1'aclflu Islnmts Annexed Hy Or ( nit llritnln. SAJJ FnxxciHCo , Sopt. 0. Advices from Honolulu by the steumer Australia to-uay , tate that the Ilrltish man-of-war , Csplopol , returned there August 23 , after un absence of a month. She hud visited Humphrey's island and Ulersou talund and annexed both to the British dominion. The islands are twunty miles apart and uro supponed to bo on tlio route of ono of the projected Truns- Puciflo cables. , Whllo ut Humphrey's' island the Eanie ol took on board twenty men of the liritisli shin Giirton , from Sydney to Sun Francisco , which was wrecked near Starbuck island , July 15 , Tuc ship went aground during the night und was abandoned. The ofllccrs nnd crow , lu thrco boats , Kept near the ship for a duv or two , but llni'lug she could not bn saved they attempted to gonshoro but could flnd no pluco wbqra it wus possible to lund. The boat coiituiril Captain Pyo und eight of thu crow was lost sight of nud has not bou seen since. Gliniiihnrlnlii Mi-nun CIIAMIIEIU.MN , S. P. , Sept. 0. ( Special Telogrum to Till ! UcK.l Chambarluin Is in tbo capital light und will light to a llnish , all reports to the cent rary notwithstanding. A largely nttomlod uud enthusiastic meeting wus held horu this uvcnlng und $1U,00) ) moro wus ruUod in addition to the large sum al ready HUbscrlbod. Chamberlain Is thor oughly in earnest now , uud will tight for blood. llonvy Sim-inn in M llzerlunil. LONDON , Sept 0. Heavy storms nro re ported thtougtiout Switzerland , unit great damage lias resulted. Many farm houses were struck by lightning uud burned. 'J'liroo Nouroett Killed. ATLANTA , Gu. , Sept. U. At the Rising Fawn furnaces , to-day , tlireo negro convicts were killed by a premature explosion of dy namite , duo to Uiulr carolossut'Bs. WILL FIGHT IT TO A FINISH , The Monon mid Ponnuylvanla Pass- onsor Rate Wur. ANOTHER REDUCTION EXPECTED. AkAtivol Klcctcil I'rcsulont nuil Direc tor of tlio Atclilson Ho Will As * Hume Ills Unties Next Mon day His I'lnns , AVnr Still CincAfio , Sept. 0. [ Special Telegram to TUB UBC.J The passenger war between ho Pennsylvania und the Monon Is being prosecuted with increased virulence , In splto of yesterday's rumor of a settlement. There is no apparent intention or dcsiro on the part of cither road to yield nn Inch. The only outcome 'In sight Is a still further re duction in rate's , an event looked for by each road from day to day. In answer to a query by President Car son , of the Monon , to-day , to ono of his officials the following statement wns made : "Vlcc-Prosldent McCnllough , of the Penn sylvania , said in Indianapolis , and it socms to have been given out nlsawhcro that In former yours his road enjoyed 65 per cent of the business In competition with the Monon. Ho further said that because of the Motion's manipulations with brokers , his proportion hud dwindled from (15 ( per cent to 35. In other words , the lines had changed places. The ilrst state ment is absolutely untrue , and the rest mostly so. The records of the Ohio Hiver Tariff association show that at no time did the Pennsylvania do moro than 4o per cent of the business. Previous to the passage of the intar-stato commerce act n pool was In effect between Chicago und Louisville. Hy agroouicnt the Pennsylvania wus allowed 45 per cent , but it never earned it. Further more. Mr. MuCullough says , part of the decrease crease wus owing to manipulation of mileage books. Wo can nbsolutolv provo that the Pennsylvania was ns much bonoflttcd as the Monon from that cause. It is a fact that none of the passengers curricd on mileage tickets are Included in the report of the Ohio Kivcr Tronic association. In other words , the leport shows only the business done on regular tickets. Consequently nil our passengers who went on mileage tickets are that much taken from our regular traffic and still we do GO per cent of the business. " Miuivol TJiiniilmou'ly Blectad. Cmoino , Sept. 0. [ Special Telegram to TUB HKI : . ] At a meeting of the directors of the Atchison , Topaka & Santa Fe rail road to-dav In Uoston the company - , resig nation of President William B. Strong , was presented. A resolution wus adopted ex- pressingthoir appreciation of his faithfulness , integrity nnd ability , and their sincere wishes for bis future welfare nnd success. Alien Manvol , late vice president of the St. Paul , Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad , was then unanimously elected director and presi dent of the company and ho will assume his duties next Monday. It was announced that a sufllciont number of stockholders of each of the California companies had given their consent to the consolidation of the sumo , and the consolidation would go into effect forthwith. To meet the present situation of the road's affairs , the by-laws were amended so as to relieve the president from the supervision of the financial affairs of the company , thus leaving him free to give his entire time to the oocratioa of the railway properties in tno system. The board authorized the settlement with Hon. Lovl C. Wa'lo of the claim made by him ns counsel ; also the next of kin of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hart and their son Robert , who wcro killed in the accident lust April at Lorenzo. Ill , , upon the basis of $5,000 , for the death of each person. President Manvel stated this afternoon that ho expects ox-President Strong here by to-morrow nighl , in order that there may be a conference before the oftlco is formally turned over to him on Monday. The action of the directors in relieving him of any responsibility for tbo finances of the road is csnecially pleasing to him , as it will leave him perfectly free to manngo the executive business.Ho Intended making a careful study of the road , and especially the territory to which all ot tbo 7.000 miles of road In the system reaches. Ho can then toll which association alliances nro profitable nnd which are not. So many conflicting interests are mot and the Atchison is so hedged In by competitors in all the different western associations that It is at times difllcult and oftener Impossible to meet competition under tbo rules of the associations of which the Atchison is a mem ber. This inuttor will bo carefully consid ered by President Manvol , although ho said ho hud not yet thought of withdrawing from any association. It seems extremely likely , howovnr , that ho will withdraw from the Intor-Stato Commerce Hallway association. The defection of the Atchison would be nearly or quite a mortal blow to that body. A New Kansas Jtoatl. TorniCA , Kan. , Sept. 0. The St. Louis , Kansas & Southwestern railway company has filed its charter with the secretary of state. The line is to bo built from St. Louis in a Boutlierly direction through Missouri , Kansas , Indian Territory and Texas to a point on the Ulo Grande river. Its capital is , lined at $10,000,000. HUUNftO FIVIJ It LOCKS. Wlinlo OuslnuHri Portion or vlllo. Ore. , Destroyed. LINKVII.LI : , Oro. , Sent. 0. A flro broiioout buck ol , T. F. Forbas' saloon early this morn- ng and In two hours tlio whole business part of the town was in ashes. The loss will bo about $100,000. There was no loss of life. Five blocks on each side of Malu street were burned. A SA.N PKANOISCO 8HNSATION. Two Politicians Off-r to Hall a DooUlon. SAN FJIANCIBCO , Sept. 0. A sensation wan created in police court tills morning by Prosecuting Attorney James Long , who openly charged that Phillip Crimmlna und Fire Commissioner Martin Kelly , two well known republican politicians , had offered to soil Judge Jouchimscn's decision in the Kenny murder case for $1,0(0. The father and another rolatlyo of young Kenny , who stabbed and killed James Maso sev eral weeks ago , were placed on the stand to corroborate Long's charge. They testified that ox-Senator J. N , 1C. Wilson , who was retained to defend young Kenny , Hud told them this morning that Crluimins and Kelly had called on him last evening nnd otfurod for $1,000 to obtain a decision favorable to the prisoner , nnd also promised if the grand jury should take the matter up afterwards , that they would reach District Attorney Page , Judge Joachimsen ln- btructca Prosecuting Attorney Loug to lay the matter before the grand jury nt once und push un Investigation. Omniums anil Kelly botli deny the charges. Miller in Chicago. CIIICAQO , Sept. 0 United States Justice Samuel W. Miller was in Chicago to-day on his wuy to Iowa , where ho will hear cases on the regular circuit. Died of Hi-art Disease. COTTAGE Cirr , Mass. , Sept. 0. General Ilodnuy C. Ware , of Hrooklyu , diud this aft ernoon ol heart disease. A lIMi3 MUrtKU Miss May Mnrohnml Will Go Over Nlncnra Fnll $ . CIIIOAOO , Sopt. 0. [ Special Tolegrnm to TUB UCE.J Pretty Miss Mhy Marchand , who desires to go over NmgriYa falls in n barrel , started for Niagara Fulls this' after noon , with the Intention of performing the perilous teat next Sunday. Tie | young lady was scon nt her boarding house , on Wash ington boulevard , this morning , but was /cry reticent In speaking of her plans. Miss Mnrchund Is eighteen yaar old , of very pleasing presence , nnd is possessed of a great determination , that Indicates nn ability no whatever she tries. There Is nothing of the bravado in her conversation. She speaks quietly nnd with n reserve qulto In keeping with two strips of crape which cov ered the lapels of her basque , in memory of seine dead relative. "I shall Ic'avo Chicago this afternoon , " she said , after being pressed to talk , " nnd ex pect to reach Niagara Falls to-morrow , whcro I oxpeot to moot Mr. Graham. Wo will then desido on the particulars of the trip. " "Will vou go over together ! " "That will depend on him. I should like to make the trip with him , but if ho docs not care to have mo , why then I shall go over nlono. " "Docs not the fate of the woman wh .wont over yesterday makq you nervousand a little Inclined topostponeyourndvonturol" "Oh , no , " with a llttlo smile , "I have not the slightest four. Hcsidi's , I think that she intended to commit suicide. " "What is your object lu going over the falls ! " To provo that it can bo dono. There nro n grout many thin ITS In this world ono could do If ono would only try. " "How came you to think of making this trip ! " "Last year when I was at Nlairnra Falls I got the Idea that it could bo done lu a barrel. Hut I wns not of ago then nud I was not alone. Now , however , these conditions do not trouble mo , and there , is nothing to pre vent making the experiment , " "From what point will you enter the rapids I" "From the Canadian sfdo , nbovo the Horseshoe falls. If I went from the Amer ican side I might bo urrostod when I landed , but if I start trom the Canadian side nnd lund on the American , the Canadian authori ties will not care to go to'tlio trouble of ex traditing tno , nnd I shall not bu subjected to ariest by the American authorities. HI3K NAAIIO WAS MEAD. Tlic Younjr Lmtly Who' Wont Over * Niagara Fatfs. . Y. , Sept ; 0. The young woman who suicided nt Niagara Fulls yes terday Is believed to bo Anna [ Mead , of this city. Miss Mead loft her home Wednesday morning ostensibly to take a walk. Yester day morning her parents received a letter postmarked Niagara Fulls. There was no dnto on It and no name wns signed to the let ter , but the handwriting yus recognized as that of the missing girl. The letter read : " 1 bought a ticket for this place this morn ing , and if nothing happens to prevent mo I intend to go over the falls.The reason I came hero is that thcro la a'DOssibility that my body will not be found , and I hope it ntver will. No one is to blnnio but myself. " Mis1 * Mead was twcnty-llvo years of ago and well connected. No "reason can bo given for the foolish act. A CKLKI5UATEII OASJ3. Mr. aierrlll , of Boston , tlikccl to Deal in ninruins AVIiL-'n Hn Won. CIIICAOO , Sopt. p. [ Special Telegram to Tun HUB. ] A Boston'dispatch conveys the intelligence that the supreme court of Mass achusetts has just handed down a decision sustaining the defendant In the case of Will- Iain P. Harvey & Co. , of Chicago , ugalnst Z. Tuylor Merrill , a Boston raau who oouglit margins and attempted to escape the liabili ties. ties.Tho The action was brought by the Chicago firm to recover about -SlB.000 paid on account of Merrill in the purchase and sale of pork on the Chicago board of trade in 18S3. The defendant denied his liability nnd set up certain special matters of defense , including the claim that the plaintiff had paid the money not in legitimate trade , but on mar gin contructs , the matter being a gambling transaction in which the defendant's agree ment to reimburse the plaintiff was void. The case was tried in Boston last September before Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes , Jr. , son of the famous "Autocrat of the Break- fust Table , " und a verdict was given to the plaintiff. An appeal was" taken , the defend ant excepting to certain rulings of the triul judge , The appeal was argued before the full bench on Alurch 4 last and the case has been under advisement over since. The de cision just handed down docs not touch the merits of the case , and it will go back for a rehearing. "Wo will light the thing to a finish , " said G. S. Mclltiynolds , resident jpurtner in the llrm of William P. Iiarvoy & Co. , this morn ing."The "The case is a celebrated one and the Inter est In It is very general , as it involves the question of liability in margin operations. This man was qulto wlllingto take the money when bo won. bu' , when lo ; lost it was diff erent. He then squealed and refused to pay. Judge Holmes nnd the Jury said ho must pay , uud the question is still un open one , for this decision is not on tno merits of the case nt all. " GOI > .G TO WASHINGTON. Prominent Sioux CUtcfH Preparing to VlHlt the Crinxt Father. CIIAMPEULAIN , S. D. , Sopt. 0. [ Special to TUB HKI ; . ] The Indian office has given permission for all the iiromluent Sioux chiefs at Lower Brulo agency to visit Wushlngton , and the chiefs are now preparing for the trip. The object of their visit to Washing ton is for the purpose of conferring with the authorities in regard to their tribes being allowed to rnovo south of the White river , instead of north , opposite Crow Crook agency , us the Sioux bill provides for. This trlb < ) Is the only one thnt will.bo compelled to move owing to the openinjof the reservation , asvhat is now their Uje"ncy)8.4ncludcd ( ) In that to be opened under the provision of the Sioux bill. Much unnecessary trouble might have been sayod had the uromulgators of the bill Inserted a clause in itallowlnc these In dians drawing rations' ut Lower Brulo ngency who wished to take their lands in severally south of Wnlto riydr to do so. Most of tucso Indiana buvo always wanted to move below that river , whcro-thoy claim the land Is much better. The Sioux commis sioners were questioned in rcgurd to this matter , and Informed ( holuajans that they could take lund south ofVhitu river If they cured to do so , und it is probable that the de partment will allow themito 4 ° as they like. The Indians have selected 4111 interpreter , who will accompany them on their trip , A ItKGISPTlON 'JLO GOV. THAYISU. The Kmmot Associationsof .Mllf'onl , MOBS. , Will-Honor Him. MILFOIID , Mags. , Sept. 0. The Kinuict association , of Milford , next Monday evening will tender u reception to Gov. Tliuycr , of Nebraska , now in liollingham , In apprecia tion of his defense of Patrick Egan when that gentleman's appointment us mlnlbtor of Chill was assailed. All of thu Irish-Ameri can Hockiticfl in Milford uro invited to partic ipate , and over ono hundred prominent citi zens will be present , ' Tlio CoiikyCnidiir Fiulit Off. lU'iiLEr , WJB. , Kept. ( Wflio Conloy-Cur- did Hghf. announced lor * to-night has been declared off on account of orders from the governor to the sheriff to ( top it. < i Iluskinlh Hie . LONDON , Sent , 0. Prof. Uuslnn is 111. A CRUSADE ON CHINAMEN , The Troubles of a Matrimonially In- ollnod Chicago Oolostlnl. FINED FOR WANTING TO MARRY. A. Chicago Justloo Ilxoeoils UN An- tliorlty In liaw Itut U Sus- talnod By Thnt of Com mon Djconoy. A Mnncollnii Ijovor's Trouble * . CHICAGO , Sept. 0. [ Special Telogrnin to TUB BKI : . | 1'ho originality ot the nvorago hictigo justice's ' decision is only exceeded by Its llngrant violation of nil Inw. In his zonl to discourage the growing tendency of the American maiden to seek In wedlock the .nslnuuttng Mongolian liiundryimin Justice LaUuy has become a looal lion among indig nant mammas and Irate papas. Notwlth- itandlng this , however , his action In nsscss- ngflnnsof ? 100 each against Frank Lee , n Shinnman , and Jennie Engorbritzer , a young girl who wanted to marry him , has caused n 'groat deal of adverse ci Ulelstn. It may not bo a very wise or nlco thing for white girls to wed Cliluamcn. butthoro Is no law against t , and good lawyers uro at n loss to know upon what precedent Justice LuBuy would send them to" the bridewell. A reporter called on Judge LaBuy this morning to ask him what authority bo hml for his sentence , and the lustlco admitted very readily that ho had not tried to punish , lto parties for their matrimonial Intentions , which were the only real grounds of corn- plaint against them. "I sent the Chinaman to the bridewell , " ho said , "because ho had sworn to u mnrrlago license clerk that the girl was nineteen years old , when she was under ago. " "How long is it that perjury has boon a crime punlslinblc by a justice of the pcncoi" The question was rather disconcerting , but the justice contented himself by insisting that , the Chinaman deserved the sentence. "Why did you sentence the girl ! " ho was asked. "Because her parents said she was willful and would not mind them. " As a dispenser of sentences Justice LaBuy possesses a liberality that must sur prise those who como before him. In the ilrst place , if the Chinaman had really com mitted perjury in swearing out the license the most that the justice could lawfully do was to hold him to the grand Jury. In the second place there was no formal complaint against the girl , and to send her to a reform atory institution was a high hanucd outrage and a disregard of personal rights. But Chicago cage Justice shop law Is peculiar , and Mr. LaBuy's dispensation of it is as fair , perhaps , as that of any of his colleagues. Heavy as were the lines levied against the Chinaman and his betrothed , they were not large enough to satisfy the oilicers In the case. Onicer Enpstrom took out a warrant for Mrs. Delia Hello Leo Slug , in whoso house tt hud been shown that Leo mot the llttlo German girl. She was chureed with disgusting conduct tmd brought before the police magistrate this morning. Miss Sing Is n white woman , but has now been married six years to Leo Sing. Sing kept a laundry in Denver , Colo. , at that titno , and Delia Belle lived in the same block. They saw a great deal of each other , foil In love ana were married by a justice after the usual fashion. The evldonco showed th.it one day recently Miss Kuglobrotzen went to Mrs. Smcr and said : " 1 urn In love with Prank Lee. I think those eyes of his are the pret tiest I have ever seen. " "Why don't you marry him if you love him sol" uslccd Mrs. Sing. "Oh , ho is n Chinaman , and everyoody would talk. " 'Let them talk ; I guess if I loved a man I would marry him , " said Mis. Sing. That evening when the couple met at the residence of Mrs. Sing the marriage was ar ranged , only to be subsequently thwarted by the Chinuiuun'a. prospective mother-in-luw. After hearing the evidence Justice LaUuy said ho would line Mrs Sing $100 for allow ing such proceedings in her house. Ho said it was a dangerous matrimonial agency and ought to be squelched. ' \ ho Chinese are very much excited , and have joined together to secure the release of all three persons lined by securing writs of habeas corpus. KlfjIjUD THK Billy Blurphy , of Denver , Filled Full of Shot * DENVER , Sept. 0. At un early hour this morning Timothy Stocking shot and in stnntly killed Billy Murphy , an ex-convict from the Joliat penitentiary. The stony leading up to the murder Is something of a romanco. In 18S3 Miss Will iams , a beautiful young girl of whom Mur phy was enamored , rejected his suit and married his rival , Stocking. Murphy took to drink , and a couple of months after the wedding was caiight attempting to burglarize a residence und was sentenced to live years' ' mprlsonment , Stocking being tup principal witness of the prosecution , . Murphy swore revenge. After his release ho followed the couple over the country , finally locating them In Denver. He came hero a couple of months iU'0 , and meeting Mrs. Stocking on the street badly frightened her by threats of violence against herself mid husband. Blocking , however , tippoarcd to pay llttlo attention to the threats. The police had been notified of the state of affairs , and had repeatedly driven Murphy from Stocking's premises xvhero no had been found skulking around at all hours of the night. About 1 o'lock thin morning Stocking was awakonud by someone knocking at the front door , and going to the entrance ho asked who was there , und being informed it was Billy Murpliy , looUc'u between the blinds and saw the man with u Hugo knife. StocKing - ing picked up a shotgun and 11 red the con tents ot tbo barrel into Muruhy's fuco and neck. Murphy staggered out of tlio gate and fell u corpse on the wulk. Stocking wns arrested and locked up in the central station. The dccouBOil has relatives In Chiciiuo , all ol whom uro quite wealthy and influential olti zons. _ _ STAKING OUT TJllillt liO'KS. Speculator * Knorouolilns or. iho ( ( DUX llmorvntlon , PIKIIIIE , S. D. , Sent. 0.-SwJcInl [ Tele gram to Tun 11EK.I For HOI O time numerous - ous speculators have been tfolng across the Missouri to Fort Pierre and staking out lots which they expect 1 < soli when the foloux reservation opens Instructions have been icceived from loudquartors for the Indian police to koey nil such persons from going outside of ' "He Bquuro limit on ° a'l' " 'do ' of the m uth of the Had river , und they are now putroling for that pur pose , it being feured , picsumubly , that nt the present rate tlio encroachments would go bflVond the mlle sciuura upnn which white people are allowed to live. A party of gov ernment surveyors and railroad engineers are operating on the spot. A company of regulars from Fort Sully is sUlloncd here to preserve order m case of uny rush in the 1'u ture. ' MIIHC Kuun Out of I'ollllot. PAIUS , Sent. 0. Tlio minister of Justice has sent a circular to the bishops of Franco , reminding them that the clergy are pro hibited by law from taking part In elections. The circular says the government will un hesitatingly and vigorously proceed against rculcsluitlcs who may overstep the lines en joined under all governments emco the Con cordat. It was the violation of thin law which caused the dlnicultics between the civil power und the religious authorities ut the coiamcncemeut of the prctent retime , THIS sioux SUSPICIOUS. Stnmtlne ttnck 1ml In in Think Slttln Hull Poisonoil Joim < Jrns . CHICAGO , Sept. 0 fSpoolal Telegram to Tar. UBB.J A dispatch from lUnr\rolt ! ; , N. J. , states that the excitement at Standing lock ngoncy Is running high over the nl- cgod poisoning of John Grass by Sit ing Uult. John Grass , who Is the eador of the Sioux nation , Is said to bo n n precarious condition , and his followers bcllovo that Sitting Bull Is responsible , At army headquarters In this city , this morning , no additional information regarding the sit uation at Standing Hock was obtainable. "Wohnvo heard nothing , " said Colonel [ { aborts , General Crooks' ' aid , "further than what is in the morning papers. John Grass is sick of a fever , and It may bo .hat the Indians , always superstitious , Imvo got It Into their heads that Sitting Bull has Dcen plying some black art in luyiiig low the Sioux chief. Colonel Hoborts speaks enthu siastically of John Grass. "Ho Is a big brained , strong , capable man , " said the ofllcer , "us dlfl'urent from Sitting Bull as ho well routd be. Ha would make his mark in any walk of life. If ho were thrown Into Chicago oven , his native lorca would bring him to tlio front hero as it has brought him to the front In his tribe. " "Slttlnc Bull is a sort of ward politician. Ho is shrewd and bus a very small following which ho uses after the manner of n notty politician. Ho is a chronlo klckor. When ever anything is to bo done ho is found to be in opposition to it. He's against everything. In the tribe Ills influence is small. Ho's a dime museum hero. His in fluence 1ms always been overestimated by the papers and ho has made a pretty good thing of it , soiling his pictures and passing us a power to bo considered , .lohli Gnws , on the contrary , is < i progressive man. He in well to no , well educated and well drcscd. Ho Is a genuine leader and the Indians look up to him as such. It will bo a great loss to tlio tribe should ho die. " Other ofllccrs who know the Sioux chiefs glva the same estimate of their diameters and all of them expressed the hope that John Grass would pull through. NAGLI : ON TIIK STANI > . Ha Says Terry Ijoolceil Ijilco nil Infii- rlntcd lientu. Six FIUNCISCO , Gal. , Sent. 0. Deputy Marshal Naglo was examined In the federal court to-day and related the details of the tragedy la the Lathrop dining room last month. Ho said when Judge Terry approached preached Justice Field ho had no idea ho was poing to make un attick , but boforc ho could interfere Terry slapped the justice in the face with his right hand turn repouted the blow with his left hand , striking the jus tice the second time on the back of the head. Naglo continued : "I was on my feet in an instant and throwing out my right hand to keep Terry off I shouted , 'Stop that ! lam a United States ofllcer.1 Terry then directed bis attention to mo. Ho had his right arm in position us if to deliver another blow and as ho turned his glance on mo ho looked like an infuriated beast. His clenched list imme diately sought his bosom. Believing my life in danger I immediately drew tny pistol with my left hand and catching it with my right , ilrcdtwo shots in quick succession and Terry fell to the lloor. I believe Terry would have cut mo to pieces and perhaps Justice Field too , if I-had not noted promptly. I know ho had always carried a knife and I believed ho had ono on him then. I know him to bo a giunt-in Blt-Cngth' and urbposed to take no chances with hint. " THE HAMILTON CASE. All the Conspirators IMoail Not Guilty KolR'rt K-iy IjRiilcnr. NEW VOIIK , Sept. 0. Mrs. S win ton and her son , Joshua Mann , were taken to the Tombs police court this afternoon. Robert Ray Hamilton , Inspector Byrnes and Assist ant Attorney Jerome were in court waiting for them. Hamilton afllrmod to bo the com plainant against the defendants. Mr. Hess , counsel for the defendants , said his clients pleaded not gujlty and demanded nn exam ination. Hamilton then took the witness stand. The charge ho made was n surprise. It was larceny in the second degree. Ho admits knowing Mrs. Hamilton since June , 18iO , und stated that they hud lived together as man und wife the greater part of that time. time.Ho Ho hud lived with Eva Mann three or four years previous to their marriage. lie never suspected that the child which now bears his name was not his own , but ho did suspect that Mrs. Swlnton and Joshua Munn were conspiring some time In Jiiiiu to obtain some of his money. The testimony of Hamilton in detail showed the sums of money ho has given Mrs. Swlnton. Inspector Byrnes told the story already printed nbout the babies. SIONATOU CAMj DISOMNES. Ho JJoce Not Cnro to Discuss Pcrson- nlltles With Clilonloy. jACKSO.NVii.ia : , Flo. , SepC. 0. Senator Call has addressed a live thousand word lottcr to < ; olonel Chipploy , chairman of the state dem ocratic executive committee , docliningtho lut- ter's ' proposition to moot him in u joint dis cussion before the people of Flondu , as con- tulncd in Clupplov's recent acceptance of Senator Call's challenge to tils alleged de- famors. Senator Cull refers to the railroad lobby in tno last legislature , and charges that a combine wus made to defeat his re election to the senate in 18'Jl. He also re fers to n combination Jto attempt to revive an obsolete land grant which resulted in the dls- posslng of thousands of rlcoplo of their homes. It wus to expose this plot , Call says , that ho proposed to canvass the state , not to make u personul dofcnso of his own record , Ho wishes to direct public attention to tlio extent , enormity und iniquity of the evil practices In which ho charges Chljipley and ills associates aru engaged , < hlio Wns UoarUml by the Hush. SAX Fit vNCinc-0 , Sopt. ( I. A dispatch from Victoria , B , C. , states that the schooner Lilly , belonging to that place , arrived mere from Behring sea last night fhu reports that she wus boar.i J August 0 , by tlio United St " revenue cutter Hush , tier Mio.n searched and ! 13-'J soul bklns conlls- cutud. She wus ordered to proceed to SItku , but no priio crow wus placed on board. The vensnl sealed for u few days after this , but finally sillied for homo. On the way down bho spoke to the Victoria schooner ICuto , The latter reported that she hud been or dered to heave to bv the Hush , which slio did , but the wind was blowing so hard the cutter could not lower u boat , The ICuto win ordered out of Hchring sou. She hud , r > .V ) skins aboard. The olllcers of thci Hush told the Lilly that seven schooners hud al ready been HcUed. A Kami i'1lht | With Trumps. PirTBiiuiio , Sept. ( I. There wasn light this afternoon between tramps and the crow of u local freight train on ttio Pennsylvania railroad , ut , Wall's station , eighteen miles from this city. The tramps refused to get off the train und the latter attempted to force them , Forstor Cox , a brakcmun , was slot und fatally injured. Jcbso Nicholas , another brakeman , who attempted to rescue Cox , was beaten nvor the head with the butt end of u lovolyor und very seriously Injured , The trumps escaped buforo usaistuncu ai'- rivcd , A Ksial Hntllo | 'or Him. MiMVAUKiie , Scot. 0. Charles Mottoshod. who wus injured by the explosion on the revenue steamer Foascndon during the naval battle a week OKO , died this morning , An Iowa Naval Cadur. AjJXAi'iii.18 , Md , , Sept fl. Claude V. Andrews , of Iowa , has been admitted us u naval cadet. EXFRA SESSION PROSPECTS , Harrison Seems TJnftwornblo to the Early Convening or Oongroaa. SAN DOMINGO HOLDS AUOOF. All Otlinr American Nations Will At * tend tliu International Congress fcolvlni ; the Army DC- Hcrtlon Problem. WASHINGTON Huiti'\u , TUB OMVIU llns , BIB FouiiTCBXTit SHIEST. WASIII.VUTO.V , 1) . O , , Sopt. o. I A prominent member asked Piesldont Harrison , n few days ago , if it wns his Inten tion to call an extra session of congress , to which the president replied that as the mom bora nnd senators from the now states could * not reach hero before the 10th of Nivombor ho thought it would bo foolish to oat I con- gi oss to meet Just two woolis In mlvancoof the regular time. 1'hu president is still in doubt , however , nbout the extra session , as Iho cabinet has not yet discussed the ques tion. SAX DOMINGO 8UI.KS. Tlio ofllclal statement uf the action nf the American nations ution thu invitation to par ticipate in n congress next month wns issued by iho state department to-day. It shows that every one accepted the invitation except Sun Domingo. Thu reason irlvcn by the gov ernment of thnt country for declining to participate was that n treaty negotiated by the representatives of the laltor country several yearn ago failed of ratillcatlou by the senate of the United States. WANT TO m : UAIMVAY MMi. etr.uKs. Application papers uro being received in lurgo numbers by tlio civil service commis sion from people nil ever the country who aru anxious to secure clerkships in the rail way mall service. From nn examination of the register kept nt the commission hoad- quurturs , it Is learned that in thu number of applicants for position in this service Ohio und ImUaim lead , followed by Illinois nnd Iowa , while Kansas , Nebraska , Michigan , Now York and Pennsylvania uro about even in their demand for place nnd salary. Many uf the northwestern states. ana terri tories have only ono application recorded , whllo otliqr states und territories In that section have hardly a < citizen within their borders who is not anxious to attempt an ex amination. IOWA roSTMASTCUS AI'l'OINTl : ! ) . Mattock. Sioux county , 13. B. Wilson ; Sully , Jasper county , Louis II. Sherman. MiticiutNious. : Dr. W. U. Holding wus to-day appointed a mcinucr ot tlio board of pension examiners at Neligh , Neb. Luvi W. Naylor , of Wisconsin , has been appointed postofllco Inspector in the money order aorvico by transfer from the treasury department. The following consuls wcro appointed to I day. Joseph T. Mason , Virginia , nt Mann heim ; Bernard G. Macuuloy , Now ; York , at I Managua , NIcaraatm ; Aleck Palmer , Dis trict of Columbia , at Dresden ; John D. Do- Little , Texas , at Bristol ; Tnoums H. Adnor- son , Ohio , minister resident und Consul gen eral to Bolivia. THK Bcot-otnry Proctor , anil Ai npf ' ' - - - - WAsmxaTox , Sept. 0. The subject of de sertion fromtlo \ army will be treutcd at , length In iho forthcoming report of the soo- rotary of war. It is ono that hits hud Secre tary Proctor's earnest consideration from tlio beginning us well us that of the adjutant general's stuff. Various changes in barrack I life , with a view to increasing the soldier's ' comfort and interest In his command Iiuvo been Instituted , notably the consolidated mess and canteen systems. These have worked well where tried and the rcsiltlms been that the Dorcontaco of desertions has bean decreased siuwi Ib83. Of the desertions 'Jj per cent occur among the men snrvmg their first and second your of enlistment. In May lust Major Theodora Schwan , assistant adjutant general , under instructions from Secretary Proctor , nmde u tour of inspection of the recruiting depots at Davids Island , N. Y. , Columuus , O. , and Jefferson barracks , Mo. The major is him self a soldier who came up from the ranks , and his report to the adjutant , general con tains numerous suggestions , including tbo draft of u bill prepared by him last winter utter a close study of the situation , calcu lated In his opinion to lesson tlio evil of do- sertion. Mujor Schwan sny.s : "Whatever causes of discontent hnvo nt onetime time existed , nucli as the luck of provisions or care for the physical comfort und needs of the unlisted soldier or unreasonable demands upon nud unfair or harsh treatment of him , hnvo beau removed so fur us It is' in the power of the military authorities to do so , und the cases are rare where the failure of the government to make good its obligations can bo truthfully aliened ns affording even the semblance of a justification for deser tion. " Among ether things Mujor Sell wan's bill provides safeguards against readmlsslon to the service of "repeaters" or professional deserters. Another provision of the bill Is that one-third of u soldier's pay for iho first year shull bo retained until discharge , and forfeited if ho does not servo out ills term. It also provides for the adoption of the British custom of permitting oulisted men to purchase their discharges. Acting Adjutant General McKcevcr and other ofllcurs of the stuff have , ut Secretary Proctor's request , submitted memoranda on the subject of desertions. ActIng - Ing Adjutant General McKaevcr says , in ills opinion , the chief causes of desertion ure : Disappointment ut the realities of military lifo ; the employment of tbo soldier on laborers' work without extra pay ; tno Inequality of punishments as indicted by courts-maitinl ; bad company administration : tliotyirany sometimes pi noticed on onl'/itea ' men by otllcers , und moro cm xjtuny bv first sergeants ; und nbo > " " "i thu too often un necessary rp"l""llt8 Imposed on soldiers. ] Ho alB" i mioves the largest number of del ptcrs are American born. The following remedial momuics uro sug gCHtodi Limit th term of service in the Ilrst enlistment to three years , in ru-enllst- inont to II voyeurs ; grant discharges on pay ment of certain sums , grudea according to the length of service ; discharge men found to bo Incorrigibly bad , without character , und thus bar their re-entry into the sorvlco ; secure a grudod code of punishment for thu guidance of courts-martial ; secure u hotter class of non-cornmlbsioned olllcois , and es- pcclully flrat sergeants , by Increasing tliolr pay ; muku the urrcst und punishment of deserters - sorters more certain than ut present by in creasing the reward , Nebraska nnd loivn Pension" . Pensions granted Nebruskans : Original invalid John Stabler , Nathaniel M. .Illco , Aimer iUimmons , Levi S , Hartlott , OwonD , Wilson , Dwight B. Hull. Incronso Samuel N. Link. Thomas J , l-'iscn , James II. Fee , Milton J. Spry. Pensions allowed lowans : Original Inva lid .lull n D. Forgy ( deceased ) , NoUon II , Shaver , John H. Leonard , Nathan G , Osiner , Floyd Kossettcr , Murk Whitman , Marion Morgan , William M , Bledsoo , Edward Ham ilton , Charles K , Klugs , llclnrlcli Ullmcr , Daniel ConUlln , William Golding. Hi-Htorutlon Oliver II. Smith. Increase John Mensch , Ibaau C. Hill , Jntni'H H , Weaver , Klljuh Hogno. Kolssiio Noah Morrison. Original widow Murgurot A , , widow ot John D. Forgy , 11)0 ) Woilh. < r I'ornoasl , For Nebraska und lowui Fulr weather , followed In central Nebraska by light rnln and wanner In lowas cooler In Nebraska ox- coptin eastern portion ; stationary temperature - ture , southerly winds , For Dakota : Fair wcathor , followed by light rain , cooler , southuily to westerly winds.