THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MORNlM , , . NUMBER 328. ! NINETEENTH YEAK. OMAHA FHIDAY } OOTOBEE 25 1889. PEACE AND CONSERVATISM , * A Policy Which the French People Wish Carried Out DEMONSTRATED AT THE POLLS. Blggnrnml Dnvltt Appear Ilcforo tlic Pnrnnll Commission Prlnco or AV'nlcA Hniuiuctcd at the Greek 1'nlncc. Tlio French Pol It lout Situation. Iffy tin Jama ( Jonlin lltnnttt. ] Oct. 34. | Now York Herald Ca % Special to Tun Br.R.l The fifteen op liortimlst and radical Journals which criti cised and protested against the declarations of Leon Say have with ns much energy Applauded nnd approved the discourse an nounced by Rlbot on Sunday at Saint Omen , Leon Say had declared himself In favor of o resolute moderate policy , which , accordlnc to his Idea , would boot such a nature as n rally of n certain number of conservative members of therieht. . IIo declared himself nn adversary of any further concessions tc radicalism , but lie did not glvo as hit opinion that the wisdom of the radicals must not bo counted unon to sus tain n modcrato cabinet. Rlbot , on the con trary , was In favor of republican concon trotion. Ho rejected the Idea of any conces sion to the right , especially in concentration , with scholastic and military laws. He states that the future cabinet must rolj upon a united republican majority , and he expressed confidence that the radicals woulO temporarily renounce- the political portion ol their reforms and give adhesion to a1 busi ness nrogrummo upon which nil the republi cans could nfcrf'O. Rtbot's speech is an exact expression ol the Idea which actually dominates the op portunitit party. This party desires t ( continue the policy of concentration that li to say , the policy of the old chamber. Hi only hopes that the radicals , whose numbo will bo diminished , will bo lobs exigent that in times gone by ; that they will make the llfo of mlnlstorics somewhat less hard , and that they will no longer unite with the rish In order to overthrow successively al cabinets. This hope In the conversion of the radical to a modcrato policy has always ucon tin chimera of the opportunists , and all tin faults committed have not had any othc origin. Another trial will probably bo madi of-thls same policy. It is to bo doublet whether UiboJ , if ho forms part of the next ministerial combination , will succeed bottc In his attempt than Jules Ferry or Do Frey cinot. The Into elections were very slgnlll- cant demonstrations In favor of a moderate nnd conservative policy. The question i whether a cabinet composed of moderate oven would bo able to follow a conservutivi policy nnd seek fuvors of the Barodet. Cle mcnccau nnd Cntnillo factions. GUldEK. HOSPITALITY. The Prlnoo ol'Viilos Binqiictod. a the Athonn Pnluco , ( Copi/rfolit IffS l > u lamta Gordon nennetl. ATIHIXS , Oct. 34. [ New York Horali CabUj Special to THE Bnn.l The royu yacht Osborne , having on board the princi of Wales and Prince Albert .Edward , Princi George of Wales , Colonel Ellis and Captuil Ualford , and accompanied by war vessels will leave for Egypt next Monday morn Ing The princess of Wales nnd her daughtc will remain hero for a fortnight. A dinner to the prince and prln cess of Wales was given at the ro.vsi palace this evening. Among the guest were the British ambassador , Lady Monson Admiral Hosklns , and tbo captains of th English war ships Temeraric , Surprise Dredunught , Edinburgh , Scout , Colosius Benbow , Londrall and Carosfort. Th Prince of Wales and Prince Albert Edward accompanied by the princess and Priue George , drove through the town to-daj Thousands bf people are crowding mt the city and every house nnd hotel in thi place is filled to overflowing with stranger ! Any price asked is promptly paid for th most meagre accommodations. The now American minister , Snowdeu presented his credentials at tbo foreign ol flee to-day. Advance In Scotch Pic Iron. [ Cnr'I/r'o'it / ' ' 18SJ hijama Giinli-i f ! nntt.1 OtiutixaiiAM , Oct. 34. HScw York Horal Cable Sueclul to Tun BCB. ] Dlspatohe from Glasgow announcing an advancomon at Glasgow of 3 shillings in MIddlcsboroug nnd Scotch pig iron , has created great ox citcmont. Birmingham exchange consum ers who were una'olo to obtain supplies were almost In u panic. The now furnace can not be started ia the midlands , owing I n lack of fuel. Largo speculative purchase have been mado. * nnd Dnvltt. lu James ( Ionian LONDON , Oct. 24. [ Now York Horal Cable Special to THIS BKB. | BIggn and Davltt occupied the tlmo of the Parnc commission to-day. The burden of Blggar' ' ton minute- speech was thut thoTimcs waste a lot of good money in producing a mass c worthless testimony. Duvltt was dlsn ] pointing. Ho appeared with nn immcut pile of manuscript , which ho proceeded t rend in n monotonous tone at times. Whi ! he read the judges dozed. It is oxpecte thai the speech will use up n fortnight , * The Klnt : la n Stayer. iroci/rfp'it ' JSWIji ; Jamut Ounion litnnett , [ LuxiiMiiUHO , Oct. 34. | New York Heral Cable Special to TUG Buc.J It Isdonic hero , apparent ! } on authority , that there any truth in the story that the king of tli Netherlands Intends resigning the title c grand duke of Luxemburg to the duke ( Nassau. ' Oliiiuncer Sllirlit Possibly Snilln. ICnpj/rft/hf / JS.S9 btf Jamts ( Ionian lldiii'.U.I LONDON , Oct. 24. [ Now York Heral Cable Special to Tim Bcn.l Chauncc Depow might stnllo if Lo saw the cartoon < himself in next Saturday's Variety Fair , bt ho won't have it framed und huni , ' where h friends would bo likely to see it , A Dcflnornto RiigllHh Bank Hobbo LONDON , Oct. 21. At Dtdsbury , Lanci hire , to-day , an unknown mini entered bank and engaged In conversation with A len , the manager , pretending ho wished open on account. Suddenly ho drew a r volver and shot Allen , und then fired at tt clerk , but missed him. The man seized \ nnd ran out of the building , but was not overtaken. Finding all uioausof escape shi off , he shot and killed himself. Allen wounds are not necessarily fatal. > Straiushlp Arrivals. At London The Augusta Victoria , fro New York for Humberg , passed Scilly th Bfternoon. At Southampton The Saalo and Eldu from New York for Bremen. At Now York The Latin , from Brcuic kud tlio England , from Liverpool. FIVE PKOPLB CI.15MAIKI ) . Tcrrluln Knto ol a Party on n tinko Ontario Stnnincr. KINGSTON , Out. , Oct. U. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BEE. ] The steamer Qulnto was burned to the water's edge last night nciff Desoronto. Flvo lives wore lost nnd probably more. The following is u list of those known ! Captain Christie. Mrs. Christie , mother of tno captain. Cyrus Christie , the captain's son. John Christie , the captain's brother. A lady's maid. The origin of the flro is unknown. The boat was owned by the Rathburn company and M n total loss. The details ot tbo dis aster show that the flro originated in the Vglno room. The engineer managed to Imb out of the engine room , though not otll ho had been severely burned. The . cscuedinan is unnblo to taut. It is supposed hat Captain Christie nnd his brother were ) urned to death while trying to save tholr mother , who was nn Invalid , and the lady's maid and boy. Although It was early , mrdly later than 0 o'clock , the mother , ady's maid nnd boy had retired for the night , it is thought. The steamer was burned nbmjt three miles from Doseronto , she being on her way to Pleton nt the time. It Is now feared nne-ther man will have to bo added to the list of these burned , us n man mimed George Robinson , of Pleton , Ontario , was to tnko the boat for that place , nnd nothing can bo learned of him. The injured number eight , of whom some are terribly burned. Hurst ono of Her Bollc-ra. LONDON , Oct. 3i. While the steamer Ccphatonn , which sailed from , Llveroool to day for Boston , xvns oft Ilolyhcad ono of her ) ollcrs exploded , nnd the vessel was so se verely damaged that she , was compelled to return to Liverpool for repairs. The second engineer and four firemen wore severely in jured. THE PAl.NELiIj COMMISSION. Mlolmel Dnvltt Would Bo n Fcnlnn Asaln It'Nocossnry. LONDON , Oct. 24. The Parnoll commls- on resumed its sittings to-day. Josopl Blggar , a member of parliament , who ap peared in his own behalf , addressed the commission. Davltt addressed the commis sion nt the close of Blggur's speech , nnd was followed by counsel for tlio London Times. Michael Duvltt , in his speech , deelnred that although no longer n Fonlnn , if the condition of Ireland was the same ns it was twenty-five yours ago , ho would bo a Fenian again. Some of the aims of the Fenians , he said , had been fulfilled already. The land league , based on the same patriotic spirit , was fast removing the barriers which pre vented Great Britain from giving Justice to Ireland. No agency , ho declared , nad done nloro to keep alive the national antipathy ol the Irish in America than the brutal lan guage made use of by the London Times with regard to the extermination of the people of Ireland resulting from the great famine. Davitt said ho had not endorsed Ford's ' d.vnatnatic views and ho bellevod thut hohai converted Ford to constitutional methods , Ho denied the Times' allegation thut ho hut sturtoit the league with money subscribed In America for purposes of crimp nnd out rage. Ho road letters from Germans , from Frenchmen , Americana and Englishmen en closing funds mid virgincr him to continue the fight on the land question. A Tenants * I Jo fen so Leacuc. DUIIL.IN , Oct. 3J. A largo number of na tionalists met In this city to-day to establish a Tenants' Defense league. A council am secretaries and treasurers were appointed. THI3 lOUItlSfS AT ST. PAUU Signor Pernza at the Lnylns of the V IM. O. A. CornetStone. . ST. PAUL , Oct. 34. The All-Amerha dele gates rcachcil this city this morning am were driven at once to the location for thi now Young Men's Christian Associatioi building , where they witnessed and nsslstoi in the laying of the corner stone. Sonatoi MoMillcn laid the corner stone and Signal Peraza , of Venezuela , delivered the address Ho referred to the boundless hospitality of the' people of the United States "But , " ho oxoluimed with a sweeoinj gesture , "you have been more thun hos pltublo ; you have brought UB to this spol where you are to rear a building to religion to learning und to the refinement of your uuibitlous youth , and to-day you make us strangers a part of your history [ choersj und In generations fr > conic you will toll youi children how on a certain day a group o men from the far south stood on this spot- strangers , and yet brothers ; foreigners , ye' ' comrades gathered to pay the tribute o : their respect to your institutions , nni finally toll your children that In recognitioi of the greatness of your people , whlot is so much based on such institution ! as this will bo , tell them that m recognition of this , ono of these men iron the fur south in crateful pleasure touchoi this stone with his hand , " and as the spoakoi ended ho bent with bared head aud laid hi : hand upon the comer stone. A cheer simul tuneoutily burst from the audience supple mented by the applause of hundreds o school children clustered near. The party were then driven to the oil ; hall , where they were formally welcomed b ; the citizens and officials. The delegates tool lunch at W. H. Morrlam's residence. The afternoon wan spent in driving abou the city and un informal reccptlou wua heh ut the hotel to-night. Ptcrro's Oiipitol Site , Piiimm , S. D. , Oct. 34. [ Special Telegraii to TUB BEB. | Messrs. Whitman , Hollen beck , McCullough , Burke and other hlgl ofilclalc ot the Northwestern road arrived ii Pierre this morning on a special train. The ; are hero to close up u contract by which the Northwestern turns over in foe simpletheii reserve situated on Capitol hill as n 'jlft t the city for the erection of capltol buildings There are twenty acres valued at $150,000 Ii the honrt of the city , on a most convonlen site , ou whioh the city has never assessoi trixes under agreement-had for years will the company that should the capital bo lo uatod at Pierre it would bo deeded to th city , The officers also inspected their o the property , and have picked out locations foi a now depot and grounds for division head quarters , u now boat landing and a bndgi approach , on which work will now ba com inenccd. The New btainn * . WASHINGTON , Oct , 2-4. Postmaster General oral Wanamalter has awarded the contrac for furnishing adhesive postage stamps fo the four years beginning January 1 next , t the American Bank Note company of Not York. The now stamps will bo about ono eighth smaller than those In present use The 1 cent stump will continue to bo printei In blue , the 3 cent stamp now printed i green will bo printed in bright carmine uni changes will bo mudo in name other aonoinl nations , the Squaw Men , ST , Louis. Oct. 24. The latest from th Cluckasaw Indian nation is that a conven tloa of squaw men called to mcmoriallz congress to allot the Chtokasaw lauds ii severally und to pivo the nation torrltorli government , has been postponed at the re quest of Governor Ulrd , who promises ti urge the Clnokattaw legislature to repeal thi disfranchising amendment ot the constitu tlon and restore to the squaw men all thol former right * If they will cease their agltc tlon of the question of allotment and terrl toriul government. Tha Cotton Hoed Trust. NEW YOHK , Oct. 21. The plan for chant ; ing the constitution of tbo American Cotto Seed trust and merging it Into a new Incot por.itcd company was mudo publlo toda ; Under its provisions the now company wi i.buo f'l , 000,000 in stock and $11,000,000 , in per cent ooudt. THE CHEAT TRIAL OPENED , Formal Beginning of the Oaso Against Oronln Suspects. CROWDS THRONG THE COURT. Stnto Attorney lioiiRoncokcr Mnlccs tlio Opening Address to the .Jury am ! Outlines Wtmt Ha Er- pccts to I'rovc. The Crania Case Bncun. CnicAao , Oct. 24. Long before the hour tor the convening of court in the Crontn trial this morning- hundred ! of spectators were clamoring for admittance , and It re quired a small army of bailiffs to keep at bay .ho eager ones who demanded to bo passed , Promptly at 10 o'clock the two hundred spectators assembled In .ludeo McConncll'a court were rapped to order , and as the de fendants filed in and the attorneys took tholi scats the clerk called the roll of Jurors , Every man responded to his name aud the Cronln trial formally begun. State Attorney Longonccker at once began tils opening address to the jury. Ho reviewed briefly the long-continued sifting of venire- men , which had resulted m the selection oi ho twelve before him. Ho then dcllnod the duties of n Jurymau , dellncd the moaning ol presumption of Innocence as applied In trials of persons charged with crime , tolling the Jury that the presumption of innocence was not u matter to bo weighed against evidence , It wus , ho said , a mcro negative which stood In the way of conviction In the absence ol evidence , but must not bo allowed to weaken the force of evidence given , LoiiRciieckor next took up and defined the meaning of a reasonable doubt as applied tc such cases. On thla ho said : "When you stated that you would not convict the men except as thov were proved guilty beyond s reasonable doubt , you simply .meant this : That if , after bearing the evidence , you arc satisfied us men of the truth of the charge , If you arc satisllcd ns jurymen sworn to dc your duty , that the men on trial are guilty , then you have no right to go looking around for doubts. You have no right to hunt around for an excuse to refrain from doing that which the law makes It your duty tq do , A reasonable doubt 'means a doubt that is reasonable. " Forrest , of counsel for the defense , inter rupted the speaker on this point , claiming that the definition of a reasonable doubt has no place in the opening address and should bo used only in the closing address. The court overruled the point and Forrest noted an exception. The state attorney then proceeded to do , flno murder , and set forth what were the material allegations in the indictment wind : it would bo necessary for the state to prov in order to Justify a conviction. They were ! That Dr. Croniu was killed ; that the killing was done m this state ; that It was done without adequate provocation , and that the rhrco defendants did it. The speaker thcc defined direct and circumstantial evidence , Ho thun spoke of the disappearance of Dr Cronin and the finding of his body eighteen days afterward , and said that the state pro posed to prove it a murder as the result of t conspiracy. The state attorney then proceeded to speali on the motive of the crime and said that , u order to show what the motive was , it became - came necessary to examine into the history in this country of the organization known u the United Brotherhood , commonly eallei ! the Clim-na-Gaul. But before doing this , In reminded the Jury they were not trying the Clan-na-Gnel , but the prisoners at the bar Longonecker then proceeded to sketch a history . Ho said that the tory of the ( Jlan-im-Gaol. triangle was supreme ; that the oaths ol members mudo their commands superior t < the laws of the nation. Forrest objected to this line of statemonl us inadmissible in advance of proof. Judgi McConncll said he did not know what would bo proved , but warned tno state attorney that ho was making those statements at hi : own peril. The state attorney said ho would prov ( what ho had said , and ho accepted the res ponsibillty. He proceeded to say that vvhor Sullivan , Feeley and Bolnncl got contro of the executive board , they changei the plan of work of tno organiza tion and Inaugurated n dyuamito policy and implanted in the constitution t clause commanding perfect and unquostion imj obedience to the commands of the board The defense again prayed for an exceptior to this line of statement. The states attorney then went on to saj that the memberships did not know whc constituted the triangle so secret was it , but nevertheless they obeyed the orders anc were sent on various missions to England in the way of active work , and under assumed names. Notwithstanding this secrecy these men were betrayed by the bodril to the Eug Hsh authorities , and twenty of them ho sale arc now In prison. This was , ho declared , to enable the board to steal the funds , nnc when the lust showing was made the boari claimed that the order owed them 13,0X when there was 1250,000 in the treasurj when they took charge. At this point th < state attorney Introduced lr. Cronln in con nection with the order , and proceeded to sketch the history of his flght against the triangle. Ho told of Cronln's expulsion , thi subsequent union convention , the trial ol Sullivan , Feeley and Boland by a score' ' cemmlttno , of which Dr. Cronin was a mcin bor , in Buffalo a year ago last August Th ( state's attorney wont on to say thut the committee mitteo was lu session thrco days hearing evidence which ho stated would bo intro duced during the trial. Ho declarot they would show that all thi denunciation of Dr. Cronin wss soni out over Alexander Sullivan's signature am that it was sent out after Dr , Cronln had dls appeared and in the belief that his bed ; would novur bo found. It was not sufllcien to malto away with Dr. Cron'n , but the same unseen hand that regulated the consplruc ; from its inception had to imiUo it appear alsi that Cronln was a traitor. "If Dr. Cronln had published his evidenci ngulnst the triangle , as ho was about to do , i meant the ruin of the triangle with the Irlsl people , uud to have it published to all the ! camps was to convict thcso men of embez zling these funds that had boon acoumulatinf for years. It would have proved then traitors to the Irish cause , proved thorn no only to be ouibezzlors.but violators of the law of two countries , traitors to the cuuso li which thcso people had enlisted , and instcai of doing that which was to benefit poor oh Ireland it woulu brand them the worst met on earth among the Irish peoplo. That xva the object. " The state attorney then wont on to shov how Coughlin had begun denouncing Cronli as a spy way back In February , how Becgi at a certain meeting of Camp ! ! 0 hud said Dr Cronln's denunciation of Sullivan and tin triangle had to bo stopped If It took blood. At the afternoon session Judge Longc nccker concluded his address. Then all tin lawyers of the defense waived the right ti address the Jury , and ox-Captain Vlllors , o Lake View , was put on the stand to tel what ho know of the trngpdy. The state attorney then went on to tel about the charges inado against Cronin li Cump 20 and that on the 10th of Fobruur , Senior Guardian Beggs wrote to Distrie Ofllccr ijpollmaii , of Peoria , that ho was dl rcctca to Investigate ! the matter and wantei the district ofllccr to do so. Tno latter on th I7th of February wrote to Bcirgs that hi know of no law or provision of the constitu tiou requiring him to investigate ana that b could not Investigate unless the charge were made directly to him. BoggI , on th ISth , wrote back that while there was n written law for this there was a law , nndth matter had to be Inventlgatod or there vroul bo trouble. On the following'day a man gh Ing the name of Slinonds rented a flat at 11 Clark street , opposite Dr. Cronln's olUcc bought furniture and a largo trunk an moved In , On the 0th of March Martin Burke nt peared at the Carlson cottage under th name of Frank Williams , rented the cottag and then , after talking w\th \ O'SulHvun.wen to 117 Clark street and moved the luroltur to the cottage. Some tlmo la April O'Sulliyau made ai ranRcmonts with Cronln by which If the lat ter received one of O'Sulllvnn's cards ho was to accompany the mcsscilgor , In order to attend professionally upfliliahy of O1 Sulli van's men who might bo hnrt in handling leo for him. ) The state attorney pointed out that this seemed a queer contract , for up to this tluio there never had been nn accident to ono of O'Sulllvan's men , and there were many doctors nearer than Cronln , Before that Daniel Coughlin had declared In n saloon that there was a ccrtnU north side man , a loading Catholic , that would soon blto the dust , or something to that effect , O'Sulllvnn ' was with Coughlin that night. Liongcncckcr told about Cotighlln's ' ar rangement with Llvory Stnblokccper DInan and Halt ) the state would prove that Coughlin was seen going Into the Carlson cottaga the night of the murder , and that the horse and buggy procured at DInan's livery stable was the rig m which Dr. Cronin was driven to the Carlson cottage. "At n meeting of Camp 20 , on the night of May U , Bonio ono Inquired whether that secret committee had reported , whereupon Bcggs said ) " 'That committee 11 to report to mo and not to the camp.1 'Wo will prove that Coughlin told other parties that Cronln was a spy ; that a year before ho tried to hire a man to slug Dr. Cronln. "Wo Will provo that O'Sulllvan , was soon at a certain point on the ulght of May -J , showing ho was in the neighborhood uud was not in his house at the tlmo. "On the Cth of May Martin Burke had a box , the contents of which were not seen , soldered up by a tinsmith. Where that box Is or what became of It no ono knows , but it is an Important circumstance In the case. "Wo will provo.that Kunzo was soon in the flat ou Clark street at the time it was occu pied ; that ho had boon Intimate with Cough- Hu ; thathannd Coughlin were ut Peoria together ; that Kunzo stated to a man when the papers were talking ntjout Cronln'n dls- nppoaranco that ho ( ICunzo ) know Cronin was murdered , "AfUr the discovery of Cronln's body and its Identification Martin Burke loft the city under an assumed uamo add was arrested in Winnipeg , having in hia possession n ticket to Liverpool. " Mr. Lougonecker wont on to say : "Any ono who looks nt the facts or evidence can BOO very readily that , the acts committed are of themselves conclusive1 that they are the result of a conspiracy. " Ho wont on then at considerable length to dellno the nature of a conspiracy and the liability of the accessories. Ho added that the stuto .would . present ovi- dcnco as speedily as possible. The counsel for the defense ona by ono waived tiolr | right to make each an opening address , and the taking of testimony began. The first witness was Francis Villers , ex- captain of the Lake View police. His testi mony was unimportant , except us to the one fact that ho know Dr. Cronin in his lifetime and that as the body was being convoyed from the catch basin to tbo morgue ho had identified it as that of the ! dead doctor. James F. Bolnnd. cashier in a coal dcslor's ofilcc , and an associate of Dr. Cronln in vari ous secret societies , also gave testimony as to the identity of the body , "and us to the lo cation of Cronin's ofllco. Lawyer Forrest , for the defense , elicited < from Uoland on cross examination the fact , that contrax-y to general belief , Cronln's offlpo was so situated that a view into Us wlndojvVcould not bo ob tained from the Clark streo flat supposed to have been hired by the .accused , Cronln's ofllco not fronting on Clark street , but being in the rear of the building and facing on the alloy. , Several other witnesses > vpro examined be fore adjournment , their' tes'timony relating wholly to the finding and ' the identification of the corpse. Nothing of importance was brought out. W. P. Dunne , who is indirectly connected with the prosecutiop lu th'Q Cr.pnm trial.said to-day that efforts had beciTmado and were to be further pushed "to obtain , if possible , from Parnell , or his counsel , Sir Charles Russell , a categorical statement that Cronin's name was not ono of the four handed in by the spy , LoCaron , ns ono of the men who were systematically betraying to the English government the secrets of the Irish move ment in America. Letters to this end have been written , ono at least , by Dunuo to the Irish leader , Matt Harris. It is now pro posed to forward to the other side as for midably signed a petition as can bo secured , demanding the desired Information and tak ing the cround that if Cronln's name was not on the list of spies no broach of trust will bo made by saying so. Threatened "With Cronln's Fntc. MINNEAPOLIS , Oct. 24. Ex-Mayor Ames , whoso remarks about "priest-ridden Ireland" on his return from Europe lately , caused such a revulsion of feeling among his Irish admirers , has received five different threaten ing letters signed "Irishman , " "Catholic , " "Cian-na-Gael. " etc. They warn him that If ho docs not leave the country ho will suffer the futo of Dr. Cronin. Ames' friends claim to know where the letters came from and promise to make it interesting for the authors. + - THE EPISCOPALIANS. Tlio Proposed Oanon'on ' Deaconesses Adopted. NEW YORK , Oct. 24. In the Episcopal con. vcntion to-day the proposed canon on deacon esses was adopted as follows : "Any unmarried woman of devout character - actor and proved fitness may bo appointed tc tboofllcoof deaconess by. any bishop of the church. " When tbo report of the committee on the petition of the colored clergy was taken up a warm debate ensued. The majority report was finally adopted. In tno afternoon Seth Low moved that the canon providing for a missionary oplfcopatc over the colored churches DO recommitted to bo reported to the next convention. Adopted. 'ilia report of the committee on amend ments to the constitution declaring it inad visable to consider the subject was adopted , A mandatory resolution pertaining to the clergymen's retiring fund and recommend ing that a similar fund bo established by each dloceso was passed and the convention adjourned sino dio. 'I bo triennial pastoral letter of the church was read to-night. Among other things II touches upon civil service reform , Baying tno church does not undertake the warfare of a partisan , but would ! Ipavo an important duty undone It it did not exercise euro foi the political as well as i the eccleslastlca welfare of the state , "Oftlcial place , " sayi the letter , "should not , .bo , won by vulgai incompetence. The honors ot ofllco are tin legitimate recompense bestowed upon cltl zens who have served tholr atuto , and shoulc uot bo distributed amoncjtjio corruptible. " Disciple Missionary Koolcly. LOUISVILLE , Oct. 2-jl.-tjiQ foreign mission nry society of the church of Christ ( DUcl plos ) hold two Bcssiorlsj to-dav. Various committees reported and much business was transacted , Resolutions .woro adopted re spooling missionary training m schools a homo and calling for ono great free will of forlng each year. Last' ijlght about $14,001 was raised at u slngla aubucriptlon , Jt wai there stated tbo students' of Druko unlver slty. Iowa , at a slngla' ' mooting recently pledged { 3,000 , and ono of them offered him self for the work. Iowa's contribution t ! missions is the largest In proportion to rium borpf members. President Charles Loul Lees , of Lexington university , to-day wai elected president of tbo society for the com ing year. anil lojva Pensions. WASIIINOTON , Oct 21. [ Special Tclegran to , TUB BED. | Pensions allowed Nobras kanss Original Ipvolld WilllamL. WurtB Franklin Shatter , Francis M. Graham. In crease George W. Todd. Uolssue Dounii Gaughan , Pensions granted lownoa : Original Inva lid Jacob Egger , Henry G. Luther , Alvii Balm , Chauncay ICcstor , William II. Fear Increase Uudolplu'Hoff master , Edward T , Wlloy , William Wallace , John M. Bishop , William 8. Uoontoti , Henry 0. Swallow Reissue William J. Campbell , Nelson A Geller , James A. SUllcs , Hcory I. Urichnor Original widows. te , America , widow o Bracket , O. Davidson' , Mary , widow o Joseph WaUraut. Mugwumps Howling Thohisolvcm Hearse at Blnlno. BAYARD IS THE GUILTY MAN. Tlio Restoration of Consuls' Foes .For1 tlio Verification of Involoas n DemocrMlo Act Harrison Busy AVIth Ills BtniRAU Tun OMXHA 513 FOUIITEBSTH STIir.ET , WASIIISOTOK. D. O. , OcU 3 The mugwump nnd democratic- newspapers of Now York nud Boston , which always work together like Journals of their two- headed party invariably do , have been howl ing themselves hearse this week over what they claim to bo n "republican restoration of the fees of the United States consuls for the verification of Invoices. " They charge Secretary Blnlno , for the purpose of favor ing his republican friends , with having ron - n owed the old practleo of permitting con suls to appoint notaries publlo from among the residents of the countries where the consuls nro located , who oh urge a fco for verifying the invoices of exporters. Thcso notaries charge about $1.50 for each oath administered and it is alleged the con suls only have to pay them a very small pro portion of this nmount , the balance of which goes into the oOlcer's packet. Your correspondent to-day examined the records nt the state department und found that the restoration was on February 3 , 1S8 ? , upon the suggestion of Secretary Bny- ard. ard.If If there is anything in it to bo criticised the mucwuinp nnd democratic newspapers should lay it to the administration of Presi dent Cleveland , where it belongs. HAHIIISON IIAIID AT WORK , It was almost 13 o'clock to-day before President Ha rrison got through with the dictation of his letters and opened the doors to his private ofllco for the reception of those who had busln ess with him. Not two dozen people asked to see him during the entire day. When half past 13 o'clock ar rived the d oors were closed and the presi dent resumed work on his message. IIo has the greater part of his recommendations already prepared nnd the review of the work under him , together with the statistics which ho will rccoivo from the reports of his cabinet offi cers , constitute the principal labor which ho has yet to perform. The president has adopted a very good plan for the preparation of his messuee. Ho keeps upon his table a scratch tablet , nnd whenever an idea occurs to him which ho wants to Incorporate into his message ho makes n memorandum of it and drops the sheet into a private drawer. Ho has received a great many ideas by his frequent talks with publlo and private citizens and ns soon ns a practical suggestion is made ho stops his conversation or work long enough to get down a reminder. Thus ho has n great number of thcso little sheets of scratch paper containing ideas to bo in corporated into his message. When ho has covered aU..of the topics ho wants to treat on In his m'osaaifo' ho 'will tnko out his memo- "rauetnm hntrtlftor cla8Blfyinf ? the subjects will begin to put them together into perma nent , form. This last work ho will not do until all ot his cabinet officers have laid tholr reports before him and ho has carefully gone over thorn. Ho will not complete tbo last of his work on the message until the end of November , although ho will begin sending the first part of bis message to the publlo printer ten days bcforo the close of next month. For the next four weeks the president In tends to give up us little time us possible to the public unless ho finds that ho Is making such rapid progress with bis message that ho can spare the time. A HEIUN OP Tcnnon. A reign of terror.prevails in the pension bureau. It is believed that a largo number of dis missals from the office will bo made among the employes connected with the rerating of pensions , and that General Him in intends to make us clean n sweep as possible in reor ganization. The general refuses to say what ho intends 10 do , but there is very little eauso for the alarm existing. Some of the em ployes whoso pensions were reratod without authority of law. nnd without going through the usual formalities of application und ex amination , will bo compelled to refund the money received or retire from tboir posi tions , while others who were disreputably connected with some of the work under Commissioner Tanner will bo uncondition ally "fired out. " The changes which will toUo place by rea son of the appointment of a new.couirals- sionor will uot boBoneral , but there are many whose guilty consciences on account of the disreputable official acts or incapacity feel that the ax should strike them , whether it will or not , und who are therefore appre hensive ot danger hourly. NEUllASKA AND IOWA POSTMASTKKS. Nebraska Auslcy , Custer county , Charles S. Elison. Iowa Frankvlllo , Winnosholk county , Mrs. M. E. Chamberlain ; ICcnsott , Worth county , Edwin Clopp ; Ogdcn , Boone county , Karl Billing ; Sargoant Bluff , Woodbury county , J. A. Tnft ; Taurman , Fremont county. Perry Milllgan. AIIMY NEWS. By direction of the secretary of war , hos pital steward George Lander , now on duty at Fort Omaha , having boon placed upon the retired list ns of this date , in conformity with the law , will repair to his homo. The superintendent of the recruiting service will causo. thirty recruits to bo as signed to the Seventeenth infantry and for warded under proper charge to such point or points in the Department of the Platte ns the commanding general of the department shall designate. After arrival in that department the recruits will bo distributed as equally ns practicable among the companies of the rcplment. First Lieutenant Edgar W. Howe , of the Seventeenth infantry , Second Lieutenant Samuel Leay , Jr. , of the Twenty-first In fantry , and Second Lieutenant Harvey 13. Wllklns , of the Second Infantry , have boon detailed to Willott's Point for Instructions in torpedo service during the term commenc ing December 1 , 1889. At the wedding hero this morning oi Passed Assistant Engineer Warner Baldwin Baylcy , of the navy , to Miss Annette Wil liamson , Mrs. Buchanan , of Nebraska , n cousin of the bride , wus present In an ele gant tollotto of heliotrope brocade and black velvet. One of the topics to be treated at length In the forthcoming report of Secretary Proctor is thut of the army enlistment. An increased appropriation will be asked to carry into effect the suggestions for improve ment in the present system. The secretary will , whether the appropriation Is Increased or not , put Into practice next year a scheme from the working of which ho confidently expects a great improvement , thut Is to send to the encampments of the national guards of the several states a recruiting ofllccr who will bo authorized to enlist members of the guards , and this class the secretary believes will bo vastly superior to the ordinary re cruit , and not DO so suscantlblo to the temp tation to desert. An inducement to enlist will bo offered ( o militiamen in a promise to keep those of ono state In thosatno regiment , so that the feeling of lonoomoncss may be reduced to the minimum. By direction of the secretary of war Ser geants Charles P. Monughan , Goorga Slice- ban and Leonard Dorsh will bo reduced to the ranks for improper treatment of re cruits at Jefferson barracks , UI6CELLAXEOU8. J. 0. Evcrell , of Iowa , in at the St. James Tbo uamo of tuo postofllco at Frank , Phelps county , lias been changed tc Korneyn. Peuiir 8 , HEATU. OMAHA mntiS IN Ij Two Moilrst YounR Women n Iii To of Slminr * . Lr.AT > viun , Csl. , Oct. 21. [ Special Tele gram to TUB Br.c.J A most sensational affair developed nt a mnison do Jolo on West Fifth street yesterday morning. A city policeman , entering the dwelling at an early hour , when the festivities nro supposed to bo at their height , created n sudden panto evi dently , for ono of the youug women In the parlor made n rush for the door with the in tention of getting out of sight ai quickly ns possible. On being Intercepted by the man she had been talking with prior to the on * trance of the officer , she entreated : "Don't ' let him see inc. Let mo go. " The request was complied with , but the curiosity of the visitor being aroused , ho started nn investi gation , bringing to light ono of the most de plorable of all stories. Last week there arrived two girls , ono about eighteen yours of ngu and the other nineteen or twenty , The older was n blende and the younger n brunette , and both ex ceedingly attractive. They were of a retir ing disposition nnd evidently respectablonnd at once being taken tb the house referred to they entered upon a llfo of shame oven while the blush of modesty mantled tholr chocks at the rude remarks made In their presence. Both girls came hero from Omaha , and tholr stories , which they hesitatingly toll , nro sad In the extreme. The names given , undoubted fictitious ones , are Maud Sheri dan and Arabella Hussoll. Four mouths nco Maud lived in Omaha. While In Chicago n young man of estimable family waited on Muud , showing her every polite attention. Ills intentions were , it proved , of the basest character , however. One night the young people wont to tlio theatre , afterward taking supper. The unscrupulous young man drugged some wine , of which his companion partook rather freely , nnd next day she nwako In a road house some distance from the city , n ruined woman. The ruin of the girl known as Arabella came about In'a sim ilar manner , in this Instance a drug clerk taking tlio girl In the country and drugging her. her.A short time niro the two eirls ran awny , their sense of shame being two great to boar nmong familiar surroundings. The sister of Muud hud known In her girlhood a woman now residing in Leadvillo and hooping one of the most widely known "resorts" In the city. Becoming possessed of this fact , the two girls decided to come to Leadvillo , and did so , writing the woman they were coming to visit. The latter met them nt the depot , nnd stilted that she had secured them quarters at the Hotel Kitchen. They insisted , how ever , on going ' .o the residence of tholr new found acquaintance , and were , after much hesitation , taken there. M.11S. TOUGH. She Goes After n Itlnn With Vitriol , lla/.iir.u , licvnlvct" , l'tc. WiNNirr.o , Map. , Oct. 34. A Calgary special says : Some tlmo ago Robert Scott , a general merchant at Moroy , forty miles west of here , received information that n woman named Mrs. Tough , who resides hero and alleges she is Scott's wife , was going to make nn attempt on tils life. Scott notified the police. Last night Mrs. Tough got oft n west bound train nt Moroy , dressed in man's ' clothing , and started for Scott's store , a po- licemnn following. When she was about to dash vitriol ou Scott she was seized from behind and handcuffed. On her person were found a uottlo of other , a bottle of vitriol , a gag , two razors and two self-cocking revolvers , It washer intention to burn out his eyes with the vitriol und then trim off his Oars and uoso. A DISHONESTSTKWAKO. . The Iloirs of a Gnld Hunter Come Into Tholr Inheritance- After Yonrs. CHICAGO , Oct , 34. In1849 William II. Price was slezed with the gold fewer and went to California , leaving a planing mill nnd other property in Chicago In charge of George W. Noble , the latter to take care of Price's family during hia absence. , Some time after u report , was received of Price's death. Noble induced the widow to turn over to him all deeds , etc. , and there after failed to provide for the family , which was reduced to poverty. About a year ago the only surviving heirs of Price , Henry W. Price , nnd Charles II. Fox. of Roukford , Ills , began suit against the heirs of Noble , the latter having died in 18SO. The suit alleged fraud.Tud.io Tuloy to-day rendered a decision in favor of Price's heirs. They will get property worth 100,000. Noble's heirs will receive 51,000 us Halary for the tlmo Noble was actually to have had charge of the property , and must render an accounting of the proceeds. "WRECIClillS' AVOIUC A Pass oncer Truiu Partially Derailed Snvarnl Employes Hurt. LA FATKTTE , Ind. , Oct. 34. The cast bound passenger on the Wabash road was partially derailed this afternoon near Jvcllars. The express messenger , engineer , fireman and baggngo .master were seriously , but not dangerously Injured. The passengers es caped with a slinking up. There is a heavy grade where the accident occurred nnd the train was running forty miles nn hour. When the engineer saw that tlio switch was partly thrown ho immedi ately applied the air brakes , but there wua no tlmo to check the train. After the accident un Investigation showed that the switch lock had been broken b.\ wreckers , thn boulder with which the loci : was pounded being found near by. A Fatal Freight SmnNlmn. HOUSTO.V , Tex. , Oct. 31. In a freight wreck on the Houston & Texas Central yes. terduy , Conductor Allen was killed and Brukoman Cameron fatally Injured. BOB FOKIJ TO 'flltS PJtONT. IIo Wounds u Colorado Gambler Who 'Irliis to Do Him Un. WALBiiNiiKito , Col. , Oct. 31. [ Special Tele gram to THE Be B. ] A shooting ufTray took place in n dance hall hero kept by Bob Ford , of Jesse James notoriety. Ernest Kurry , a gambler , had announced his intention oi doing Ford up , und early this forenoon , arm ing himself aud taking several drinks , he entered Ford's ' place and begun shooting at him. Ford dodged behind the bar , drew n revolver and fired throe shots , hitting Kurr.V in the neck , left breast nnd arm , neither wound being dangerous or fatal. Ford gave himself up , but was discharged by u Justice of the peace on the ground of solf-defonsc. Ford lias been In WalsonDurg about a your. * ATTACKED 1Y HOJUJIOItS. The Treasurer of the Cliurokeo Na tion HUH u Narnvv IJNGiino. TAULKQUA , I. TOct. . 31. This afternoon as Colonel Ross , treasurer of the Cherokee Nation , was returning name from town , n mlle distant , with a largo amount of money , thrco masked men attacked him. Colonel Ross , after a desperate btrugglc , succeeded In breaking nway and escaping. IIo re turned to town uud a posse of UOO voluntcere immediately blurted in pursuit , of the rob bers , but up to a late hour had uot captured them. Killed By n Dynumlto ISxpIoilon. MoNTia'AL , Oct. 34. This morning a work man named Chartrand , employed with u number of others In making a drain , was killed by the explosion of several primed dynamite cartridges. Five other person * were seriously Injured , The houses in the neighborhood were badly shattered. . o 'JTho Polish Church How , \Vii.KB8iiAiuiK , Pa. , Oct. 34. There nn no now developments in the I'lymoutl church flght to-day , The .hcrlff hu do cllued to Interfere , A FREE TRADE ASSEMBLY The Wheat Growora Don't Wnnt SO Much Protection. THEY ASK FOR LOWER DUTIES A Petition to Congress nnd tlio Prcsl * tjont Asking Itculpi-oulty Trotu Ics In Order to Ilainu tlio Prloo ol' Fnrni Produce. Kreo Commrroc Asked. ST. Louis , Oct , 2t The Intcr-Stnta Wheat Growers' convention mot ngaln to * day. day.Robert Robert Llntlbloom , a Chicago wheat spec ulator , made n speech in which ho cave the speculators' skto of the wheat question. Ho said the monopolists had taught the society u lesson that would in tliuu mnlca monopoly an Impjaslblllty. That lesson was the lesson of co-oporalton. The lesson taught by the trusts was co-operation. ' There xvas no foundation for the cry about over product Ion. In flvo yours , while the production of wheat decreaicd 2J4 per cent , the price de creased 23 par cent. The speaker than wont on to show Hint there had boon no over pro * ductlon In other countries. President Column , ex-commissioner of ag riculture , then addressed the convention from the free trade standpoint. Ho de nounced the way the furmsrs are used by the present administration and the pro- tcetlvo policy , anil said the only way to pro tect their interests was to adopt frco trado. Ho assailed the elevator combines , pools , commission men nnd speculators us robber * of the farmers. Tno committee on resolutions then pre sented n resolution "that the farmers of the states lying in the Mississippi unil Missouri river valleys , and of the states of Oregon , Washington and California , In national con vention assembled , hcraby memorialize con gress and the president of the United States , and most seriously petition them to mnka such reciprocity treaties with those foreign nations to whom we slii/ ; our surplus farm products as will cause such foreign nations to remove the customs from our farm products shipped abroad , thereby caus ing us to roecivo u higher price upon nil that wo sell nt home ; that wo ask that such stops bo taken by our national congress ns will destroy the present existing monopolies nnd prevent the lormntlon of others , so that wo may got our farming implements cheaper ; that the present laws bo repealed that place a duty upon farming Implements or the raw materials used in their manufacture , " An unlimited debute followed , which wua decidedly political in Its character. The free traders greatly outnumbered the protectionists and the resolutions wore dually adopted by a larco majority. During tl'o afternoon u perm meat organi zation to bo known us t.ho Inter-Stato Whoak Growers' association was formed with N. J. Colmun ns permanent chairman. Among other resolutions adopted was ono request ing Superintendent of the Cousin Porter ter to colUct data to show in the next census what percentage of the people in this coun try occupy tholr own homos nnd whut per contugo are tenants. THE MINNESOTA. UKOUEH. Farmers DiiiiliiiR Water Ton Mtlns Font-I'll I Ji'lrr.s. SiiAicoi-cn , Minn. , Out. 21. [ Special Tele gram to THE Bnn.1 Thogreat drouth is driv ing the. farmers to their wits end to ucop tholr Block from perishing. T hey are having to haul water from eight to ten mill's. Tha sum 11 lakes and sloughs are drying up and tun surface wells are nearly all dry. To add to their perplexities llrcs have broken out In the timber and ou the prairies , north and west of hero , nnd buy , fences , small build ings and valuable plno are being burned with great rapidity. The losses will foot up many thousands. Itoliol' For Dnlcotnna. DuuiTir , Minn. , Oct. 21. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tun Bui : . ] The Duluth board of trade nt a special mooting to-day appro priated S.MJO for the relief of the Ramsey county , Dakota , sufferers. Individual moui- bers increased this nmount to $1,000 , which will be forwarded at onco. Inspector of Ktnnm Vessels Itoporr. WASHINGTON1 , Oct. 31. The annual report of the supervising Inspector of steum vessel * shows that during the fifteen years past the number of steam vessels in the United States has Increased from 3,835 in 1873 to 0,723 in I860 , and the gain In the license of officers in the same period li 11,751 to 83,073. During the past fiscal year there were thirty-two accidents to steamers resulting- the loss of 301 lives , of which ninety-two were passengers and 309 employes. General Dumont culls attention to the great inequalities of salaries paid to officers. and savs the law should bo remedied cither by paying all salaries alike or in pro portion to the number of steamers inspected , IIo ronovvs the previous recom mendations fora change in the manner of ap pointing local Inspectors us now provided by law , and says if the mutter is not soon remedied by proper legislation public inter ests will sooner or later bo seriously Jeopar dized. IIo would have the nomination of Inspectors specters mudo by tlio supervising inspector alone and the latter would then bo faolely ro- sponslblo if unsultuiilo appointments were mado. Culling attention , to the class of vessels using nunlithu gas , ns a motive power , and the appalling accidents which have befallen some of them , ho recommends that all ves sels using such and other dangerous motors be brought within the provisions of the law govornint' steam vessels. r TIlllI-HIOII IO I It ) KUSOIIO , SVN FIUNCISCO , Oct , 24 The members of the senate commlUu3 on Pacltlo railroads narrowly escaped u serious accident yester day afternoon while bowling along at u rapid rate through tlio Son .Tojquin valley on their way to Los Angeles. The train was making about fifty miles un hour when n heavy Jolt was felt in the Union Pacific palaeo cur , oc cupied by the committee. Judge Thurston , who was near the door , nnd who graduated from the railroad , put on with all his force the big automatic air brotik , and utoppod the train so quickly Unit many were thrown , from their scuts , The conductor rushed back , and then it was found that ono of the axles of the palace car wu broken and that the loose ends were hanging down. But for Mr. Thurbton's prompt action the train would have been thrown froiiL.tho track. Tlio Colloni On'O. Mi.VNiurofcis , Oct. 34. In the Collom trial to-day John T. Blulsdoll contradicted liln tes timony of jestorday. Kx-County Attorney Davis , In testifying , said Collom repeatedly confessed that not ono of the sixty notes out was t-cnulne ; thut whbn reminded by the cashier that nt least ono was genuine , an ho hud hoen Blals- doll sign It , Collom confessed ho IiuU de stroyed the genuine and replaced it with a forged noto. Klllormtiim Killn WATKKTOWN , Wls. , Oct , St. Louis Klller- inann , who shot and fatally wounded hit wife yesterday , concealed himself in the lott ot his mother's burn after the uhooiluff. Hearing his young brother below this morn * Ing uud supposing o Ulcers hud discovereil his hiding place , ho sent n bullet through his own bruin , dylnii Instantly. Mm. Killer * munu ib still ollvo , but very low. . Tlio Weather Forcoant. For Oinalm nnd vicinity i Fulr weather. For Nebraska , Iowa and Dakota i Fulr , preceded by light ram lu Iowa , cooler becoming northerly ,