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r BEE. NINETEENTH YEAB. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 10 , 1889. NUMBER 83. SEARLE CHAMPION CULLER , Tho" American Champion Badly Beaten by the Australian. IMMENSE CROWDS PRESENT. A I'lnlnly F.vident lncc ! of "Get Tlie.re" qu.illty Nntlccnblo in the Work of O'Connor The Unokmnkcrfl Win. O'Connor Outrowril. \CnrvrloM \ iSKlituJamn ( lnr < tnn IlcnutlC.1 LONDON , Sept. 9. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tins Br.n.1 Henry Ernest Scarlcs Is still the chnmnlon sculler ot the world. Ho gained thu title by defeating Peter Kemp on October 27. 18S8 , nnd in De cember following clinched his ricnt to the title by winning the Australian sweepstakes > at Brisbane , in whlcn ho had for competitors Beach , Kemp , Mutterson and others. In his boat Scarlo looks a champion wonder. On land there Is nothing particularly striking about him. Ho is simply u fine looking fellow with n fiico not a bit older than his years , which nro twontythroc. That Searlo is fit to bo the champion sculler of the world none who saw him defeat William O'Connor , tbo champion of America , to-day , will dnny. ticarlo not only defeated O'Connor , but ho also demonstrated In the most painful manner to O'Connor's frlcnas that there wns either something out of joint with the American chauinlnnshlp , or O'Connor ' has crept Into a cln&s in .which ho docs not bo- long. The race tolls its story , but the fact was so patent that it is but proper to give It pi nee. After Graver Steps had been passed O'Connor ' , barring accidents , was not In it. There has , perhaps , never been a race rowed over the Thames championship course In which the public wns so much intoiested nnd nt the same tlmo so much abroad regard ing thu result , Thu public Is generally gov erned by the betting on nil events to which suspicion of unfairness docs not attach. Professional events In nil Hues of sport nro in these days of hard common sense scanned with searching scrutiny. At no stuge of the proceedings bus any person of standing for n moment doubted that the race for the sculling championship of tbo world and 5')0 ) a side between Scarlo nnd O'Connor was n bona fidu test of strength and skill. On the surface certainly everything was fair and nbovoboard. nnd now that the race is over und O'Connor ' has been boated , not oven the men who lust their money on him and * some lost thousands of pounds insinuate that he did not do his best , all things con sidered , to win. To Putney boat racing will never grow tame or old-fashioned. At 1 o'clock to-day one-quarter of Putney was afloat , and the other three-quarters ashore , but certainly Putney could not in Its palmiest day lay claim to one-tenth of the people who were yesterday ut this particular hour within its borders , or , rather. Its river front. There were crowds on both 'banks of the river , but the difference between them was that while with-patienco uud porscvercnco it was possible to count thu crowd on the Mid dlesex shore , no account of parflcvorcnca and patience anu several other similar qualities , could enable anyone possessed of a smglu sclntillo of modesty to oven estimate Uic crowd on the Surrey sido. The shore seemed to bo paved with heads imJ half of the pavement wns iu constant mo lion. An army of people faced tbo river ana was only prevented from fulling.into it a'nd blocking it UD by ,1111 iron railing that was not visible simply because it was enveloped in waistcoats und other wearing apparel. The railing hud simply been driven into the front rank of the army by pressure from the rjur. rjur.Behind Behind this stationary army was another thut was not stationary. It moved up and down the road ns If practicing for a start. It wns , indeed , practicing for a start. It was at Putney to see n start , and Its intention , huvincrsoen the oarsmen go , to gather up its loins and start on a run nt a six-minute gait , cut across the common and strike the Thames * again ubovo Hammersmith bridge. There Is only ono aquatic course in the world whore this feat could bo performed , and this coursa is from Putney to Mortluko , for , although this course by water is fout end n half miles long , by laud it is about two miles shorter if u straight course Is pursued. Hud the wutur been perfect in its way as was the sun , Seurio uud O'Connor would have had nothing moro to dcstro except t stralghter course. 'Iho water , however , looked uneasy , prob ably because n fresh southwest wind per sisted in ruffling its surface to an extent known as lumpy , Americans , who know nil nbout O'Connor's record , looked at the water nnd grew suddenly doubtful. Thoj remembered thut ho novcr rowed h tide water and that a lumpish surface was fashionable In neither the United States not Cunudu , but their doubts were forgotten when O'Connor's backer and a small but sturdy und light-hearted contingency ol Cunnuolcs cumu aboard the umpire's stenmei and took several offers of cvci nionoy. They felt much easier , too when John O'Connor , ; his brothcj , wallcod ill ) to Joe Thompson , the big Australia ! bookmaker , und laid un even couplu of hun dred thut Bearlo would bn beaten. Coot bettors wore these Canadians , with th < chances ugalnst them , As those who were ir their confidence know , they sen ihoir own to the uost a favorite ito ut 100 to 80. This result wni not reached without un expenditure of SOUK cash , for when the Caiadluns came ubourc the Fuchsia at Putney the betting was even H was forced up to 11 to 10 und finally 100 ti BO on O'Connor. ' Suddenly tha mighty multitude took i full breath und then us suddenly lot it loose. All eyes won Instantly turned upon thu rive : mil toward the Surrey shore. Shoothif down the stream , thu sunlight glistening upon the dripping blades , wus O'Connor' ' ) cutter crew. It was a cutter crow to be prom of. Twelve men , ouch of them un expur with the oar , sat Iu that beautiful inventloi of man a racing shell and utmost lifted 1 out of his clement as they bout to theli oars. In thu bow sat Charles Gibson the man who wus to take O'Connor up Wallace Ross , n splendid bronze color , wui Etroku. Behind him sat Bubcar , East , Ton Leoa and Qlbion und six others , all gooi men , one acting as coxswain. There was another hoarse cry from tbi thousands ashore. It wus ulno minutes pas 1 o'clock , " 'Tis Searlo , " cried hundreds , " 'Tii O'Connor , " cried other hundreds. U wus O'Connor. Ho shot from the boa IIOUSQ to mldstrcum before ho began padd Hug down thu river to the starling point Just uboyo Putney bridge. Thli rig contained the American colon red , white and blue , Around hu icia wns wound n red silk handkerchief. On tils body ho were n whlto Jersey , His trunks were bluo. Hisboautlful shell glided through the water ns If It , too , had trained for the contest , and salvos of cheers jjrootcd the American champion. As ho passed the crowded steamer nnd approached the crowded bridge ho nodded his head quietly to several friends whom ho rccocnlzod on the Fuchsia. O'Connor looked too fine , nnd the woras of ono of tils closest friends , spoken on last Thursday , "Ho ought to bo four or five pounds heavier , " came back to the writer , but ho looked full of grit nnd as If all his senses were on the alert. Another roar goes up from the multitude shore. This tlma it is Searlo. His boat , llko O'Connor's , Is of that reddish orange tints , which U varnish gives to cedar. As the Australian rowed to the startlnc point there was little to ohooso between him nnd O'Connor In style. Both rowed a long , swooping , clean-cut stroke that drove the boat forward without ruflllng the water. Soarlo's skin looked ns fair al most as a woman's in comparison with O'Con nor's. The Canadian is black-haired and brown-eyed. The Australian is blond from head to foot. His head was bare. His Jersey * sey was blue nnd white. Meanwhile the bookmakers yelled , "A hundred to eighty on Searle. " "A hundred to fifty on O'Connor I" yelled an enthusiast. A coldloodcd Australian grabbed the bet as If ho were afraid it would get uway from him , and ho grabbed it none to soon. Five seconds from the start O'Connor looked like a sura winner. Ten seconds from the start ho looked Ilka a winner. Thirty acccmds from the start ho looked llko an almost certain winner. Two minutes and thirty .seconds from the start he looked , to these who hud scon him row be fore , a beaten man. Not for u moment did Scarlc lose his head. O'Connor started with a strolco of thirty-six to the min ute , but ho hardly maintained it for moro than n moment , dropping to thirty-two and thlrth-throo. Scarlo , rowing a stroke a trifle slower , pulled up on him slowly but surely. The men had not gone loss than half a milo before it wus patent to ttfoso who knew them thnt Searlo was the xvinncr , und it was just ns patent to these who had seen O'Connor in other sculling mutches that ho wus not in championship form. Thrco hundred yards from the start both men were pulling a long , steady , clear stroke , but at every stroke Scarlo gained a few inches. The expression on Searlo's face told that ho is still ahoy. Even while ho wns behind his face was as composed as if thu race had been rowed days ago and ho hud been u winner. Ho did bis work like a machine perfect Iu all its parts and with a capacity that had not yet been tested. Ho kept his eyes on Georno Perkins , the man who was to take him up. Perkins knelt in the bow of the twelve oared boat nnd right on the left , as ho desired the sculler to go. More than once , however , Searle fulled to pay close attention to the signals of his guide , but this did not happen until ho hud taken the lead and probably felt ho wus a sure winner. Just as O'Connor wns approaching a point opposite Waldron's wharf ho made u mlsstroko with hU right. Ibis was followed by a stroke that was almost as bad. He was ahead when this ca tastrophe occurred. U'huu he had laid down to his work again Scarlo wus ahead , and , once abend , stayed there. "It's ' no racol" cried an Englishman aboard the umpire's boat. Ho was correct in ono sense , but a trifle ahead of time In the opinion of these who had money on O'Con nor. There wns ground for the complaint , however , when the crab tree was reached , for O'Connor seemed to bo simply exercising. His scull swept through the water gracefully and his style wus quite as finished as his most ardent admirers could have wished , but his boat did not glide through the water as if there wus life in the sculler. There was nu evident lack or "get thero" about O'Connor ; so evident , indeed , thnt about the time the crab tree was passed the bookmakers on the Fuschia begun shouting , "Thirty to twenty on Searle I" The Canadian contingent made no more bets. They began to look a bit anxious , but managed to smile when asked if their umu was in dlQlcuities. Mr. Uogers know when the men shot from Waldron's ' wharf toward the soup works that the money lutd on O'Connor was no longer his. his.At At the SOUD works Searlo was almost two lengths ahead , rowing about thirty strokes to the minute. O'Connor wa rowing about the same number , but was gradually falling more to the rear. Twenty to 5 on Soarlo was offered as the mon passed the soap works. The odds now told the true story. It was thought for u while that O'Connor was lying back in order to rig the market , but before the racu was half finished it was seen that there was something wrong with him , although what thatwus it was difficult to Imagine , us his stroke in the lust four miles of the race underwent scarcely uny change. Hammersmith bridge was a sight worth going a long distance to see. Everybody in nnd nbout Hammersmith was not on the bridge , simply becutiso the bridge was too smalt to accommodate them. The Surrey bank of the river was planted with people - plo from thu water's edge to the point ut which tha river wim inyisibls. Further back oven than this point there was nn army busily engaged m making a forced inarch from Putney to Mortlako , The people ple on the bridge and on the Surrey bunk cheered until the lumps In the water were driven out of sight by the dm. They were cheering Searlo , who shot by the bridt'O in ore than two lengths ahead. "Fifty to five on Scurlol" roared "Chippy Norton" on the umpire's boat , There were no takers. Soarlo's tlmo to Hauiuuirsmlth was 8 in. SS . O'Connor's was 8 m. 41 s. Ono und three- quarter miles had been covered. O'Connor looked tired enough to drop his sculls , but did nothing of tha kind. Ho kept up his steady stroke of thirty , dropplngocoastonnlly to twenty-eight , but showing no sign ot giv ing up until the race was rowed. At the Doycs , two miles from the start , Seurio was three boat lengths ahead , ' 'One hundred to ten on Searlo 1" roared Bookmaker Jarvoy. Searlo passed Chlss wick church in 15m. 53 la , pulling a long , powerful Btioko. At Dullsboud Searlo was a woeful distance ahead uud had only a milo to go. It occurred to him that ho might as well finish in good time , and ho quickened his stroke , shooting under Barnes bridge in 19 m. U a. Then ho pointed his boat for the finish as per. fectly as the course of the Thames would permit , aud when the gun was fired , denoting that ho hud finished the race and hud won the championship of the world and a few other littlethings , the watch showed ttiat hu hud made the journey In 23 m. 4 a. When O'Connor ' crossed the line u guu was fired ulso , O'Connor's tiuiu was 23 m. 8 s , FAITIIORS'S ' MISSION VAIN , The Eastern Roads Rofuao to Pro Rate With Northwoatora Linoa. WHAT WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW. Iho Logical Outcome nit All 'Round l'-lfcon : Cent Unto Prom OIil- cnjjo to St. 1'nul Sltui- vcl Installed. A. Tlnllronil Dilemma. CIUCACIO , Sept. 0. ( Special Telegram to Till : Bsn.J The trunk lines uiul the execu tive commlttoo of the Central Traffic asso ciation liuvo both boon hoard from and both positively refuse to pro-rate with the north western lines on through business. Tlicro was a faint hone on the part of the northwestern lines that the decision would bo otherwise , but as it was a very faint one , the decision is no surprises. Chairman Faith- oru read both decisions on the assembling of the Western Freight association this morn ing. The members arc confronted with exactly - actly the sauio situation which resulted a month ago In the 15 cunt ruto to St. Paul. The logical outcome of the present situation is consequently a 15 cent all around ruta from Chicago to St. Paul , bath through and local. It socms Incredible thnt this rat ? should bo made , us It is a reduction of 75 par cont. The Burlington & Northern still insists on com peting for through business , aud tills mentis a 15 cent rate or lower. The Burlington & Northern still hopes the eastern lines can bo induced to publish the 15 cent rate as a proportion of a through rate from Now York to St. Piul , ana by this mcnns keep up the local rate to the present 00 cent basis. Two things show this to bo a vain delusion. Interviews with a half dozen eastern traffic men show that they have no objection to prorating if tbo rates to intermediate points are proportion ately reduced. Chairman Cooloy's recent decision cannot bo disregarded. It did not refer exactly to the discrepancies between the proportion of lecul through rates and local rates , but its intent undoubtedly was that there could bo great difference. No one thinks that with a 15 cent proportion of a through rate that a higher local rate than 10 or 17 cents will bo tolerated. The Burlington & Northern must consequently take hold of both horns of the dilemma and make an all around reduction In rates of 75 per cent , or KO out of ttio through business. Hero again no chotco is left , us It will have to get through business to pay operating expenses. Its local trutllc is insignificant. The Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City is watching operations keenly and while not disposed to lower rates will meet any reduc tion made by any lino. No notion whatever looking to a settle ment of the difficulty could bo agreed upon to-day. The Burlington & Northern created a de cided sensation by a notice that it would reduce - duce the grain and flour rate from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Chicago to 5 cents from the present 7J < ? cent rato. The notice was simply a smooth way .of gaining anottier ob ject. It was successful , too , and Traffic Manager Humblln informed your represen tative to-day that the 7 } < J cent rate would not bo disturbed. The reduction in the soft coal rate from Illinois points to St. Puul , from $2. 5 to $1.75 a ton , will , however , bo made Mr. Hamblin , said President Manvol to day ofilcially assumed etmrgo of the Atchison - son system. There were in conference at the transfer , ox-President Robinson , Vice President Goddard , General Superintendent Sands and President Whilow Judson , of the St. Louis & Santa Fo. General Solicitor George f { . Peck was also present , but no ICKttl formalities were necessary. President Mauvei could say nothinir moro of his policy than has been quoted iu the dispatches. Tnoro is no question , however , that Mr. Manvel will give his early attention to the Atchison membership in the Interstate Com merce Hallway association. It comes from a perfectly reliable source that the old man agement and directors nro satisfied that their membership in that association has cost the membership dearly. The Atchison undoubt edly kept the agreement honestly , and by so doing mudo themselves the victims of the other roads , which they claim brolco the agreement and the national law every day. It is bolievcd in the Atchison offices that the road will withdraw before the middle of Oc tober. Another Friend Kor Abbott , OHIO too , Sept. 9. The Wisconsin Cen tral road to-day gave notice of its coinciding with the view taken by the Rock Island and the St. Paul& Kansas City roads protesting against the action of ttio Western States Passenger association in putting the socro- tarv in temporary charge of Chairman Ab bott's ofllco. A CHICAGO sTKUiar o.vrt STJIIKK Iho Conductors and Drivers Said to lie ntssjitlKfleU. CinoAoo. Sept , 0. [ Special Telegram to TUB BEE. ] It looks as though Chicago , just at ttio opening of the fall trade , is to DO plunged Into the periodical street car strike which stagnates trade and encourages law lessness. The west division conductors and drivers , as tbo result of a secret meeting , have decided , it is said , to present certain do- tminds to the companies , which , if not ac ceded to , will result In a general strike. Manager John It. Parsons , in an interview to-day , attempts to reassure thu public mind by insisting that the roads anticipate no trouble , but inquiry among the employes of the road elicited the fact that u strike might bo declared and that it him already been talked of to a considerable extent. One con ductor on an Indiana street car said that ho bad attended the meeting and knew all about the strike , which would likely hu declared. "Our reasons , " said he , "aro suftlclcnt to warrant such a step , und the grievances wo complain of are tnosu which the company ut terly rafuso to pay any attention to , lean- not toll uur grounds of complaint to the pub lic , however. " "Docs not the trouble come from the fact that souio of the mon liuvo been discharged without sufUcicnt reasons I" asked the ro porter. "Well , yes , it docs to a certain extent , but that's not our entire ease by any menus. " "II n strike is decided upon when will it begin ! " "About that I don't know. On Saturday night the matter was discussed to a consid erable extent , and finally was referred to the cxccutivo committee , which will moot on Wednesday niuht. Nothing will bo known or done about it until the committee has mot , und the action of the mon will depend upon the decision of that meeting. " All the otner mon wno were at the Satur day night meeting said in subatunco the same thing , but regarding the reasons for a BirlUe they were all reticent. It lit said , however - over , the question of long hours is not the least of the points in controversy , ( 'residential Appointments. WASIIINOJON , Sept. 9. The president to night made the following appointments t George W. Lyon , of New York , to bo sur veyor of customs for the porl of Now York ; Theodore B. Willis , of Brooklyn , to bo naval odicer of customs in tbo district of Now York ; Ernst Nathan , to bo collector of in ternal revenue for the First district of Now YorJf. i i Divorce Hncta in Death. Los ANGELES , Cat. , Sept. 0. John Mc- Guule shot und killed his divorced wife at San Palro yesterday and then mortally wounded himself , Tno refusal of the wito to live with McGuftla was the reason for the shooting. UKKW I\VKSTIG TIUN. Gov. Gllclc Gives Itrtbrcftttng Testi mony tirforatha MoniUo Committee. ICANSts Orrr , Mo. , Sept. 0. [ Special Tclo- Rram to TUB Ucc. ] Senators Vest , Plumb and Coke , the special committee on trans portation nnd silo of meat products , com menced Its adjourned session nt the Midland hotel In thU city. Many witnesses have been subpojned from among the cattle raisers and sellers , as well as from the eight pack ing houses hero. The rest of the coinmlttco Is expected this evening. The examination ot George W. Glick , of Atchison , ex-governor of Kansas , nnd Charles Durst , "of Atclilson , occupied the morning. Both were stockmen , Glick tes tified ho had boon In the cattle raising busl * ness for thirty years , during which time the prices ot cattle had depreciated IiO or 40 per cent , 'Ihocausoof this , the witness said , was the establishment in Kansas City of great packing interests , which hud developed at first great competition among sellers of cattle , and afterwards the combination utnong the uackcrs , which wan soon so pow erful thnt Its members could buy cattle at their own prices. "Huvo you any direct knowledge of the workings of the combine ! " asked Sonntor Vest. "Yes. I hnvo shipped caUlo to Kansas City nnd have nlucecl them on the market at the market price. The packers' buyers pro tested that the price was too high , nnd as sured mo thnt If I did not want to sell at their price 1 could roshlp my cattle and send them to Chicago. I did that several times , and found each tlmo Unit the Armour-Swift- Morris combination controlled that and of the route , too. I was forced in the end to sell nt their prices. " Witness , testifying further , usscr'cd that the effect of the depreciation In the prices of cattlohad been to drlvo many of the cattle raisers of Kansas out of the business alto gether. The packers also controlled the rates on railroads to an extent , and the pack er * of Kansas City bad almost ruined the butchers' business of Atchison nnd would have dona RO entirely had not the city coun cil passed nnd enforced an ordinance requir ing the inspection of boot on the hoof. Charles Durst , n butcher , corroborated the testimony of ox-Governor Glide. A recess was then taken until 3 : 10 this afternoon. In the afternoon ox-'Govurnor Glick , of Kansas , was recalled nnd asked regarding the suultnry regulations of the Kansas City stock yards. Ho said so far as ho Know there was practically no sanitary supervision of the yards. John J. Roe , of Saline counly , testified that prices of cattle bud depreciated fully Si or $4 per hundred weight within the past live yours. This had been caused , ho said , by the Incic of competition ) which ho believes is duo to a combination between a select few of the packer * who determined the price to bo paid for cattle. Before this combination was formed the competition was good. Michael Lynch , of Sallno county , said this year ho hud not sold cittloat suliloiont ad vance over the purchaser' price to pay for the corn ho had fed them. In relating his ex perience ou the Chicago market , 1m said two men came to him at tho.Raine time and made blus exactly aliito. HoVwas told they wore uijcnts of the "Big Four.1 ! Ho could find no other bidders , und had to soil to these men at their prices or ship his cattle homo. Several other witnesses testified to practically the same effect , soms of them asserting tnat the railroads favoroJ the packers , and that the p.-iccs of beef to the consumer are just as high as over. } A. J. Morns , of the pacnintrllrmof Morris , Butts & Co. , asserted that the dressed beef business was going tq the dogs quite as fast ns the cattle business. There was too much competition in it. None/if the packers wore making money , f Mr. Plumb asked if tho-pacUors nro not at tempting to drive slaughtering butohers out of the business , and the witness reluctantly udmlttod that his Customers had received threatening letters from one of the packers in the combine. The witness' flrai was not in the combination. Ho had personal knowledge of u comuination bdtweim Ar mour. Swift aud Hammond , by which the territory east of the Mississippi was divided among them in such u manner that neither would encroach on the territory of the others. CUKATI30 A aENSATlON. Blsliou Newman's Address BtucVi ON- ciisst-d In Ohiuii' o. Cmctao , Sjpt. 9. fSpo/ul Telegram to Tac Bui ! . ] Quito a sonjation was created to-day by the address of Blahop Newman , of Omaha , tn the Methodist ministers nt their meeting in the Methodist church clock on the subject of the racu problem In the south , and ihn woes of the Methodist c'lurch in solving it. The speaker , whoso address is much com mented upon by the Chicago papers , told of his late trip through the country and gave several graphic illustrations of his experi ence. Ignorance und fanaticism are to blame for much of the lll-feelmgho said , but contrary to general belief , thu ignorance and fanaticism were as much on one side as on the other. The colleges for the colored pco- pla were doing u wonderful amount of good , aud u prominent , southern statistician ad mitted that there were now moro illiterate people amontr the whites than umong the colored people. This was largely dno to the efforts of thu Methodist church is pushing education among the negroes , The speaker said ho called on the governor of South Carolina and had u long talk with him. Ho discovered for tbo firdt time that the Methodists wore not working for social equality for the ne groes , but for full political recognition. "Ho complained , " said Bishop Newman , "of the tcrriblo strain of the conflict cngondcrad by the raca prejudice. 1 tnld him tnat ho had a comparatively eisy piolilom. 'You of the soutn , ' I said , 'huvo only your natlvo born peonlo to contend with , wliilo wo In the north luivo all Europe. ' I would rather a thousand times bo n southerner uud have the raca problem to grapplu with than to bo hero In Chicago nnd the north und bo confronted by the vast hordes of ignorant , uneducated foreigners , who urn swarming over to take possession. I look forward to thu time , uud I hopu it is not far distant , when wo can stand up and firmly say , 'No foreign barn citizen shall huncoforwaru have a place in the legislative conduefof tha country. ' " Bishop Nowou'i's ro'tnarki wjro roooivod with applause , but ware not discussed. A IJAKOl'A SALT FIN'I ) . Vnlunblo Duds Suppoa.iil to Kxlst In Uio Vicinity oi ; UluiiKtrck. BisMtuuic , N. D. , SJpt 9. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tun BUB , ] 1'ha discovery of a bo 1 of rode salt In this countmudo to-day , huu occasioned no Itttlo oxcltOmont , and pron- poctors nro quietly preparing for an early start toward the fluid where the discovery is supposed to have been made. The bed was found by Charles Chamberlain , a farmer , who noticed u white substanca on thu gnm , in the vicinity of a small hill. At llrst ho thought ho hud struck an alkali bed , but upon lusting a largo plbco of very heavy sub stance 1m was satisfied that it was .salt. The piece whtuh ho found weighed thirteen pqundb , and ha him ii hero on exhibition. Chamhcrluln will nutglvo the location of his lliid , but says it is in thU county , within twoiity miles of Bismarck. Thu salt is of a superior quality , and Chamberlain declares tbut the supply is inoxhuutblc. ( OaliCornl-iiu Culobrata Stutolino : ! . SAN Fiuxcisco , Sept. 0. Tuo thirty-ninth unnlvcraur > of the admission of California into the union U buhig celebrated to-duy. The duy Is u legal holiday , and the banks , exchanges , and u Jnrge nuruber of commer cial houses are closed , The \Vcjulier Forecast. Nebraska and Iowa Lilit rain , stationary temperature , except In southern Nebraska , slight cooler southwestor'y ' winds , Dakota Light rain , wartuor , easterly to southerly winds. THE CARLSDN COTTAGE FIND , Events Which Led to the Discovery of the Blood Stuina. THE TRUE STORY TOLD AT LAST. t'ollcoinnn Hob 1 in on Ilolntoi the Do * tails nnil How Ho Wnn .Snubbed By Superior Oflloora The Cronln Trial A New Story. CHICAGO , Sopt. 0. It scorns that although n great deal ot natter has boon published on the Cronln murder , the true story of the discovery of the evidence nt the Carlson cot tage is now told for the first tlmo. It is also singular that the reporters who were * working on the case never discovered thnt on the night of May 7 two men , noxv sup posed to bo Kunzo and Coonoy , were ar rested , tukon to Lake View station and dis charged In the morning by Captain Wing. A local paper stated lecently there wns a certain Irish oQlccr upon the Lake View po lice force suspected of direct implica tion in the case. Other similar state ments were subsequently printed and the ofllcor finally determined to tell ills story. The officer is A. A , C. Robinson. Ho has been on the Lake Vlow poltco force several years nnd has always berne a good reputation. Ho Was not n member of any Irish secret society. At different times be- fora the murder Hoblnaon noticed mon going in and out of the Carlson cottuco nnd asked Carlson about it. Carlson tld him ho had rented the place to two mon who expected to move in. One nlghtMay 8 , Hobtnsnn saw a man crawling out of the basement of the cot tage , whom ho now bollovcs to have been Burke. In reply to the ofllcer's queries ho said bo was ono of the renters nnd had been looking In the basement with a view to stor ing lurnlture. Robinson was not satisfied but hud no authority to arrest the man. The next night became upon two men talking to gether in front of a little real estate ofllco south of the Carlson cottage. They hud the door of the oil ) co open and wo-o talking about hidinc something under the floor. Ono of them , who spoke in broken English with a German accent , told the ofllcor they had lost their way and wanted to get down town. He said they were printers and lived on Iho West Side. Hobinson asked them some questions. The other man , who suokc with un Irish accent , answered evasively , liobin- son determined to arrest them , and ns ho started for the patrol box a man came from tno direction of Sullivan's barn and demanded to know what he was doing. Robinson recog nized this person as the man ho had seen crawling from the basement of the Carlson cotage and answered sharply that if the stranger said much ho woulu take him along too. The man said no more and Hobinson' took his printers to jail , where they repeated their story. In the morning they were released on Captain VVinp'n ' order , that officer sayins to Kobinson : "What use is there in saudlni ; them to the Bride well to cost the city 25 cents a day. " The two men thus discharged , it is now be lieved by Ofllcer Hobinson , were Kuiiro ana Cooney. Their description answers that of the two suspects very closely. At the time of their arrest it was not generally believed Dr. Cronin hud been murdorod. Two nights later Robinson said he saw ono of the men ho had arrested coming out of the cottugo nftor mliln'cht. Ho did not accost him because - cause ho considered ho had been rebuked by Captain \Vinp when the prisoners were dis charged. Robinson talked with the neigh bors about the mutter , and concluded there must havj been a crime commit ted In the cottage. He told Carlson , and young Carlson went into the cottage and saw thu blood stains. The thought that Cro nln had probably been killed in ttfe place suggested itself to Uobinson , and he told Captain Wingof hissuspioions. Thocaotain listened to the story , but flid nothing. Three times in succession the ofilcar claims to have told Wing of his belief that Cronin was killed in the cottaijo , but nothing was done unti' a week after Cronin's ' body was found , when Lieutenant Schnttlcr. who was sent from Lake View , heard of Robinson's sus picions und investigated the mutter , uud the cottage story was mane publiu. Another officer at the station nt Lake Viuw says he knows Kunio and that ho was not one of the two prisoners Robinson brought In on tno night of May 13. He also says the prisoners were released by a patrol sergeant , and not by Captain Wing. Forroht Got the Goro. CHICAGO , Sept. 9. There wns n sensational affair at the Carlson cottage , the supposed scene of the Cronln inuruur , to-night. Law yer Forrest , of the defense , drove up to the cottage early in the evening and , paying the usuul admission fee , entered. Mr. and Mrs. Llndgren , tha son-in-law and daughter of the old Carlson couple , were the only otner persons in the cottaeo nt thu timo. T'bov gave the visitors thu usual de scription of the suppositions Incidents of the murder , pointing out the blood stains. The latter arc enclosed by u wooden rallinc- to keep relic hunters out , Forrest asked Lindirron where the house of Ice Man O'Sulllv.in was und Limlgrcn accommodat ingly oscortcd him to u window and described the locality. While thus engaged Forrest's companions .jumped over a railing and with sharp tools proceeded to remove from the floor and wall pieces containing the hlood- swlns. Llndgron , after vulnly trying to make thorn desist , shouted for assistance. Old Man Carlson came running in with a cocked revolver , but Forrest's companions soiled and disarmed him. They then re-entered their carriage , carrying with them the coveted trophies of the expedition. Forrest has been endeavoring for some time to secure uossuHsion of these specimens from the cottage , urcsumubly to use us uu exhibit In the trial , but the Curlsons have persistently refused to let him have them , und Judge McDonnell lias declined to issue an order compelling them to do so , ' O oniii 'irlal. CHICAGO , Sopt. 0. The work ot finding a Jury for the Cronin trial was resumed before Judge McConnell this morning , and from the ruling soon after tha examination of talcs- men had commenced it would appear that the court is disposed to accelerate the work. Henry Sweet , a farmer from Olonwoo J , was examined aad cross-examined at length , and finally Forrest , for the defense , challenged the juror for cuuso , giving as reasons that ho had formed an opinion as to the existence of n conspiracy to kill Cronin and al o as to whether or not some of these defendants were members of the conspiracy , and thut Cronin was killed in pursuance of tha action of a supposed tml committee appointed by u camp of the so-called Cian-na-Gael society , The court asked the juror if , notwithstand ing oulnious formed upon these mat ters , ho could give the prison ers a fair and impartial trial , to which the juror answered ho could. The challenge was then overruled by the court , Forrest took exception to tbo ruling of the court , and challenged the juror peremptorily. The same process was followed with the next candidate , at the end of whoso exami nation Forrest challenged tbo juryman for cause , on the ground that ho had formed un opinion which he considered pretty firm , and which ho bad expressed. The luror , on being asked by the court as to whether ho believed the men guilty , said he merely stated that it looks that way. The court then overruled the challenge , but the Juror was peremptorily challenged by tha defense. At this rate tb > t cromptory challenges will soon bo exhausted , After the court had overruled tbo chal lenges for cause in tovoral other cases , in which the circumstances were similar , nnd the talesmen had boon peremptorily oxcdsod , Judge McUonnoll snld : "I want to say n word to the gentlemen on both Mdos In reference to these challenges. As I understand the law , nnd I think I hnvo taken It from very high authority , nnd from rules ot practice , well approved , In the Impaneling of n Jury in n case which has been so very much discussed and so very much published in the newspapers ns this has , and concerning which sheriffs bnvogono to nearly all p.irts ot the country nnd sum moned nrarly nil classes und conditions ot society , if It becomes apparent that un Ideal or perfect Jury cannot bo secured1 that Is , a Jury which has no Impressions upon the mat ter , then the court must take the next best jury it can got , so long as It Is n legal jury , fc'o , while great liberality will bo permitted , such ns this court hns permitted In the cnso In the early empaneling ot the jury , necessarily , the court becomes convinced that It can not bo so liberal ; that If It were to continue thnt course no jury could bo empaneled ; thnt liberality must bo limited So , whatever mlidit bo the ordinary rules of law which govern the em paneling of n jury In un ordinary cnso , they must bond to tbo exigences of a case of moro public concern , otherwise the result would necessarily follow that. In certain cases , no jury could oven bo ompniinlcd. Now , I moan to say by that , that where I Und that these opinions are simply founded upon newspaper reading , and men como hero In whoso Intelligence mitt diameter the court is bound to como to the conclusion thut , from what they say , they can fairly and impartially try the case on the luw and evidence , I shall not bo so lib eral ns I have been.Vo have already con sumed nlno days In endeavoring to empanel a jury. " In nil nbout twonty-flvo talesmen were ex amined during the day , nnd all ot them were excused , either for cause or by peremptory challenges. A now venire wns ordered for to-morrow. The Apparent Increase Explained Ry Secretary Wf nil nut. WASIIINOTOX , Sept. 9. Referring to cer tain newspaper statements that during the months of July und Aut'Ust of this year the public debt had been increased over $7,000,000 , while during the sumo months in 18SS the debt had been decreased over $11- 000,000 , Secretary Windom to-day said : "Thoso statements convoy un entirely erro neous Impression. The fact is , as shown by the books of the treasury , that on the 80th of Juno , 1SS9 , tha total amount of the public debt , including bonds of all kinds , was $ S93iSS'JSr : , nnd on the 81st day of August It was only § 375,178,807 , showing u reduction of $ . ! ( > ,1I10.1SU durum these two months. The reduction during thu same months ut last year was only about ono third of that amount , viz : $70. > , nu. The reduction of the annual interest charge on the public debt during the months of July nnd August , IbSS , was only ? J01i01.10 : , while the reduction of the annual Interest charge during the same months this year was 0'J73OSO , Doing moro than three times as great u reduction UR that of lust year. In fact the reduction of interest on the public debt in the last two months has been equalled by only a few periods in the country's * his tory. The erroneous newspaper conclusion above referred to nroia doubtless from the peculiar form of the monthly statement of the special debt issued by this department , iu which the amount of the debt is given less the cash in the treas ury. By this form any increase of cish in the treasury snows an apparent decrease ot the debt , und disbursements for any purpose , othot than the purchase of bonds ut par value , show un uppafont in crease cquul to the umount of such disburse ments. During the lust two month ? , though the actual reduction of the de'bt-wus 520,910- 180 , the debt statement showed the apparent it crease of $ r,034.0J3. "i'lio increase of disbursements In July and August of this year , over July and Au gust ot last year , is accounted for by the lact thut most of the appropriation bills wore not passed in 18S8 until September nnd Oc tober , und money was not available , except to BUh ; limited nmounta as were permitted by the continuance resolutions of congress , while in 1SSO the appropriations for the en tire year were available on July 1. ' The largely increased puielmsns of bonds for the sinking fund dunnc the last two months over the corresponding month of last year , show an Increase in the premium paid of : iri75,920.-ta. All tnuso things figure in last debt statement as un increase in the pub lic debt , while In reality they have nothing to do with it. " A VfclUJICT AGAINSTPU1I3ST. . A \Vorrett. r Physician Secures Dnin- aic8 For Defamation of Cluiructcr. WoncKSTCU , Mass. , Sopt. 9. [ Special Tel egram to Tim BISB 1 In the superior court to-day the Jury returned a veruict against Ut. Rev. Mgr. E , Ely Brochno , u Catholic iiriest of Southbridgo , in the sum of $1,500 , with interest , amounting in nil to $ l,7 0.3i. ! This was the suit of Dr. Lanes O. Marusso , .1 practicing physician of the same town. Dr. Mnrassu was a member of the Catholiu church , und was divorced from his wife. He con tinued to attend services nt the Catholic church , and later was murrlcd to iiuothor woman , his first wife being ut thu tlmo still living. Ho was so mo tlmo after that ex communicated from the church , because , ns the plaintiff alleges , the m rriaga ceremony was performed by a minister not of the Roman Catholic order. The plaintiff fur ther alleged that the defendant tried and did injure him In his professional business nndsocial relations by fabsly nnd malic- iouftly accusing him of the crime of fornication , and of saying to his peonlo from the pulpit and confessional thut they need not send for him In case of sickness or for utiy cause if Dr. Morasse was present , fnr ho would not bo under the sumo roof with him. The accusations and declarations were uttered in the French language , and to Iho congregations generally , thereby Injuring him in his business to thu extent , IIH m claimed , of SI8,0JO. Thu defendant's uimver to this wus tint ho did so with no imillco , but as the pastor ot his flock , und they were justifiable und privileged , Ho wus censured in accordance with thu rule of the chinch , to which thu plaintiff , as u member , had become - come amenable. In the evidence It transnlrcd that thu doc tor's wife loft Soutbbridj/o nnd wus later heard of in Michigan , He sent his counsel to procure n divorce , und It was grunted on April 22,1830. In the meautlmo it wan 'told in evidence that thu doctor wus paying ut- tention to another young lady : that hu was engaged in Junuury und married May it , of Iho same year. U was not until February 27 , 1SS7 , that Father Broehne , after his re turn from an extended trip , made thu state ment for which ho Is held responsible. * Htono Knr iliu Ouinliu < "liy Hall. DUI.UTII , Minn , , Sept. 9 , [ Special Tele gram to TUB BKB.J Four hundred tons of brown stone for the Omaha city hull nnr- rowly escaped being wrecked on Lake Su perior lust night during a storm , but finally reached port safely. Homo of the stones are magnificent specimens and weigh thirty tons each , Engineer Rosewater nnd wife arrived hero to-duy , the former to oxatnlna Into nnd sug gest plans for un extended sewerage system hero. _ Fooled With u Dyiiiiinllo Cartridge. FAWMONT , W. Va. , Sopt. 9. An explosion of a dynamite cartridge on the now railroad between hero and Clarksburg , lust night , killed two unknown Italians and wounded two others. The men were not at work , but were loaling about the mud when they found the cartridge and began handling It care lessly. The explosion was the result. V * " Naval CadoU Admitted. ANNAPOLIS , Md. , Sept. 9. The following additional candidates have been lulmlttod us cadets to the United States naval academy ; C. fi. Fitch , of Illinois ; A , A , 1'ratt , of Illi nois. WILL WORK FOR FORAGER , Shormtra Propnrlugr to Tnlco th Stump in the Ohio IT SURPRISES THE DEMOCRATS Ben llutlor Ctmr mlVltti Hnlltlozlttg and Kor ery Ry n Former Client Stinsot Cox'n tiloknojs--lm- imticnt Ulltoo Heckors. WASUIXOTONHOUEAU _ , TUB OMAHA His , WASHINGTON' . D. C. , Sept. I Democrats and mugwumps who have boon , croaking about. Senator Sherman's determi nation to romuhi abroad nnd refuse to outer the Ohio campaign in behalf of Governor Foraker wcru almost startled to road this evening a list of comnnttcomon designated to receive the senator on his return bora on , next Friday evening and having chnrgo of the grand reception to bo tendered at the Shurumti residence on 1C street. Senator Shortnuu will go on ttio stump In Ohio 119 soon as ho recovers from thu fatigue of his i trip from Kuropo. BKN nuTi.r.ii ciuuaii > WITH roitaitur. There was a fur flying scene In tnu equity court this morning , in which General Benja min F. Butler figured. Butler has for youra been the attorney ot Samuel Strong , who has n large claim against iho government. An award of ? IOJO wus recently given Strong on his claim , und Butler filed suit for $30,000 of the amount ns his share of money advanced , und ns part of tils fees. Ho pro * dueeil a contract signed by Strong , allowing him that sum. Strong said Butler had locked him up tn a room nnd forced li'm to sign the contract , which -ho pronounced u forgery. Strong's attorney ulso produced the contract signed by Butler , and the latter Instantly pronounced his own nnmu a forgery. The running comments between the attorneys toy Strong uud General Butler were caustic mid sensational. With tuurs mills eyes Butler's attorney pleaded for un alteration of tha record which would not show the charge of forgery ugninst him. Hu grew pathotlo , then hu denounced Strong in bitter terms , branding him us u forger , and declaring that ho ought to be behind the bard of n prison. Strong's atlornuv said thut the nates ot the penitentiary would open for Benjamin But- lur if hu had his dues. ' Sixty days' time was finally given for tha production of the desired testimony on th < * cnargo of forgery brought by both sides. AN ASUUDOTU OP COX. Great surprise was shown in every quarter of the national capital when the information came from Nuw York late this afternoon that Congressman Samuel S. Cox was dying. Ho was hero leas than two weeks aito , und ro- gulcd his friends with bear nnd ilsn stories wlili'h ho got while on his recent tour of the Pacific northwest. Ho was in apparently fine health and spirits for a man sixty-five years of ago , who has seen almost a third of a century in congrccs , und who has spent nearly a half century catering to the tastes uf the public us an orator or writer. These wire have known Mr. Cox best have ob served that during the past four years there bus been u gradual ebbing ot the efferves cence which has made him a remarkably bricht , witty , interesting and active man. He Himself knew that his health was lulling , uud it wns to restore his waning vitality thut ho resigned his seat in the house and went as minister to Constantinople. Hu tools a great interest in the arrangement of his now home here a year ago last , spring. Fop several days at one time ho wus absent from * thu house uf representatives , looking after his domestic household. When he roau- 1 pcured on thu 11. or of thu house ono morning u brother member exclaimed : "Hollo , Sun \ set ; where have you been that we should miss you so longl" 1 Cox married u snug pile of money with his good wife , nnd ho has never made uny effort to conceal the enjoyment , tins financial inde pendence nlToided him. His rculy was : "I have been up to my homo ut work. I am fixing up u new housa. I have recently come to the conclusion that I would makd uiy wife comfortable if I had to spend all of her money to no it. " Ho has for mur.y years been the most versatile and effective ail around debitor on , the democratic side of the houso. Ills largo fund of good nature und popularity will bo missed very much by everyone heiio. IMI'ATHINT 01TICiSiiiCIU9. A meeting of republicans representing tha various stutc organizations In thu district will be.heli ! ut Grand Army hall on Wodnod * day night for the purpose of protesting against what they term "tho slowness with which offices uru being dispensed by the ad- ininUtrathm. Thu movement was insti tuted by the Pennsylvania Republican usso- cmtion. It is understood thut when con gress convenes each republican member of thut body will be given thu names und par ticulars concerning thn men serving under the administration from their respective dis tricts. AND IOWA I'OSTMASTEHS. Nebraska Ashton , Sherman county , B , G. Taylor ; Mlnuturo , Scotts Bluff county , William ] ) , Swindell : Orailiio , Frontier county , J. Wilson ; Peru , Neinaba county , S. II. Glasgow ; Salem , Hichurdson county , M. II. Foil ; Wuimtah , Uawes county , Lewis K. Mote. i Iowa Frodenca , Brumor county , E. E. Daukolherij ; Mt. Etna , Adams county , U. H. Thomas ; Silver City , Mills county , I ) . C. Jackson. i MISCELLANEOUS. John Hyde , of Omaha , Is hero. Ex-Governor Charles Foster , of Ohio , Is hero In consultation fvith Secretary Noble in relation to the opening of the Sioux Indian rosiji vution in Nebraska and Dakota. Nothr ia ing can bo donu till coiiKrcsn enacts further k'Kuslatlon. Ihu opening , II is bellevod , will take placu In thu early bpi Ing. Meanwhile thu baomurs uru to bo kept out. PllllltV S. IIllATJI. A YOU.NO G1KL MUllDUUKD. Her Tliront Cut l < Vo u ICur to l ur A. a NoKro Arrested , CAMDHN , N , J. , Sopt. 9. A brutal and horrible- murder was committed this murnlng nt Leeono.v's mill , two miles beyond Mor- ' cliuntvlllo. Annlo Luconoy , twenty-eight yeurfl old , the niece and housekeeper of il Charley Leconoy , the miller , hud her throat d cut from ear to oar by u brute who first at iAI tempted to outrage her , and nftor the murder added robbery to his crlino Leconoy und a colored farm hand named Murray , early this inornlni , ' , wont out into the field to gather 'melons ' for the market. Ttio nlcco remained alone In the farm house waiting for another colored farm hand named Frank Llnqo to como to bro ikfust. An hour later Llizio O'Oonnul , u girl resid ing on u neighboring farm , catnu to Leco-r noy'H house und found Annie's corpse welter ing In blood on thu floor. Shu ran Into tha field and summoned Lcconey and Murray. Lingo was arrested this afternoon while ut work on u farm u mile from Ihu scene of the murder. Ho is married uud 1ms u family. Ho left his home nt , U o'clock thU morning to got to work on the farm , and claims that ho arrived nt 0:10 : und hud not loft until ur rested. The ofilcora think Lingo la no guilty. \ Ktu m lii | > Arrival * . Passed the Lizard The steamer Servlt , from Now York for Hamburg. At Havre La Gascogno , from Now York. At uong Kong The City of Poking , from San Francisco. ' At Now York The Furnessla , from Glas-1 ( row ; thu Wcrra , from lircmon. At Oucunstown Thu British Prince , from Phihibolphla , for Liverpool. At fjUsuow The Statu of Indiana , from- Nuw Yi ra At Southampton The Fulda , from Now Y11'ic for Urcmeu ,