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BB "HB r " " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 The Omaha Daily Bee 1 _ _ _ b \ NINETEENTH YEAE OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING ' , FEBRUARY 19 , 1800. v \ . NUMBER 240. v * v DOWNS MGARTUY ' " Twenty-Eight Rounds of FurlouB Fighting BILLY FEARFULLY PUNISHED The Australian Gives tlio Nonpareil linr.t llnttlo Till Ntinr tlio Mulsh California Sports I3n- thuslnstlc .Tnclc tin Top A until Sam Francisco , Cnl „ Fob 18. | Spoclftl Tolr-gram to Tint Ueg.J Fully 2,000 ad mirers of fistic sport crowded the California Athletic clubs ' now auditorium to It * utmost limits tonight to witness the battle for the mlddlowolght championship of the United States bitweon Jnck Dempscy , the Ainori- enn champion of this cUrb , and Hilly Me- Cnrthy , the Austrnllnn champion , lha purse was * 1WW , of which the loser rccolvcd $300. Both moil had deposited J2.W with the club as a guarantee that they would not overtop mlddlowolght , 151 pounds Marquis of QuoonBbery rules governed the contest and the gloves used were of whlto • kid weighing five ounces In the hotting Dempsey reigned the favonto at odds of 100 to CO all day , and the wagers , prlvato and In poolrooms , ran far up into the thousands Dempsey mouoy was far moro easily found than was the Australians tralian's , • ilio contestants had trained conscien tiously for tholr meeting , Dempsey at Ncp- tune Gardens , Alameda , under the super vision of Donny Kollohornnd Denny Cos- tlKan ; McCarthy at Harbor Vlow , the club rooms aud the Golden Gate park under the watchful eye of his brother , MlUo McCar thy , the lightweight • The two mon were oontlaont nf success Bach had wagered goodlv sums on the chances of h's ' coming out victor in the on slaught of lists No ill fooling existed , in fuct Dempsey uud McC.irthy were great ad mirers of ono another and had ugreed Hint whoever came out on top of the pugilistic ladder they should ever rotnain friends * • Nearly all the celebrities of the bench , bur ana prlzo ring in tlio state were present Prominent among the latter contingent were Austin Gibbons , Gee La lilancbo , Jiin Fell Jack MoAuliffe , Mlko Oonloy and Light weight Jimmy Carroll After several preliminary bouts Dempsey entered the ring at 0:03 : oclock Ho was loudly choorcd McCarthy ontcrcd a minute later and also met an ovation President Kulda anuounced that the gloves haa boon tampered with since they were wcighod dur ing the afternoon and the defect ivould have to ho remedied Jucic MeAulliTo and Denny Kollohor acted v as seconds for Dempsey ; Jimmy Carroll of > ' Boston , and Paddv Gorman acted for 'Mc- 1 , Carthy Hiram Cook was the referee as The weights nnnouncod were , McCarthy , 152JV , Dempsey , 147)1 ) pounds Time was called at 0:30 : , after about twcnty-flvo minutes had been consumed in making the gloves acceptable to the police " McCarthy won the toss for corners and took the ono his countryman , Murphy , had when ho defeated vVoir and where Blllv lumsolf sat In his victorious battle with Kcllchor , First Houhd Dempsey opened hostilities with a llcht laf t on Muc's choolr The Aus tralian landed u good right banded swing on Jacks neck , The round ended In a rally with no advantage to either man Second Hound A corning body blow was landed by eucb man , then Dempsey let go his loll hand and got over McCarthy's guard and onto his mouth [ Loud cheers | A wicked swing was naatly dodged by Jack , who shortly uftcr sharply uppor-eut Mao With his right A clinch ended the round Third Uound Mnc's body suffered from n a loft-lnindcd half arm blow Dempsey then led , but fell short , but a moment later landed a luft-handed rib-roaster ; a rally with both doing good execution on the body with the left Mao at the end of the round Jabbed Jack with his loft in the stomach Fourth Uound A clinch in the llrst part , thou Mao caught a hot ono on the mouth \ Jack was dubbed in return on the wind i M basket Ho retaliated with a corking loft on _ ! the Australians ' ] uw Infighting with an in- H * offcutivo uppercut by McCarthy followed H In this round the Australian slipped to the M floor , but jumped up lively , H Fifth Uound liody blows were landed by , K Dempsey , the Australian uppercutting under H Jacks eye Curroll'ft swing was hero os- i H sayd with considerable succobs by McC.ir- < H thy on Jacks , cheek , Acorklng left was then H plumped on Jacks Jaw by tlio Australian < H after > . rush and u clinch y m Sixth Uound Hilly was Jabbed by Demo H soy in the stomach with the left This was j M followed a moment later by two moro in j M about the snuio ulaco Jack then-landed two * M right-handers on tho'Australian's Jaw The * W lattorthou ducked and retreated , 1 Seventh Uound The loft Jab was again , H seourod on Macs btomuch bv Jack , The , _ Hi Australian again slipped to the floor Billy's 1 nose hero suffered four left-handed Jabs and 1 /alloc ! to got a return until near the end of 1 the round , when ho landed on Jacks neck H with a half-arm blow with his right Ml Eighth Uound Cross counter op each fS P ; , _ _ muu's Jaw , u rush by McCarthy neatly T V dodged , the Australian then caught two lH ' * " * -rv lbfts , the llrst on the mouth , the second on l B tbo body ! Ninth Hound Jack Jabbed Muc in tbo I I stomach with the left This wau followed I l by n swinging loft by Mao in ubout tbo buiuo I place Macs nose then caught two tlgtit ; jabs , lie retallntod with the Carroll swing I on Jacks tnouth with interest , BW Thirteenth UoundJncK was here Jubbcd i In the stnmach and then ruBhed McCarthy without effect , A . loft cross-counter on euch ! mnn ; chest , nnoth' Jab scored by the Aus- H trnlian Jack returned on Macs mouth , fol- B lowed by another on the chin without return , ! H Fourteenth Hound A mutual rush , both ' _ K * securing body blows Muu then rushed , but caught a bard loft on his liurd Jaw Another ( j mutual rush , both landing on the body , Jack then rushed hotshot Into Mno's body ' - with the loft , following * with ' a Jab on the ; Jaw MB Tenth Hound Cross counter , then a rush JH by the Australlau nuutlv ducked Two body H blows worn secured in tbo infighting by Billy BJH on the NftupuroH's bread basket A rush ended round with no damage ' I Kloveuth Hound Muo's stomach caught a Jj left and Dempsey followed up with two J right-handed ones on Macs mouth A cork ( Jj lug half-arm loft en Mao's chin ended the 'MJK ' : rj round considerably In Dempsey'a favor JB 7 Twelfth Uouua Straight lofts delivered m on the Australians body , a clinch , then Jfl upper cutting by both at vloso range Juck H then caugtit a hard straight leu on the uoso W lullgbliug followed with no particular ud- vantage Cross-counter. Fifteen th Hound Two rushosand clinches with both lauding lofts on the cuek , Mc- Curthy hero landed lightly on Uciupsey's k. bouy and rushed hlui to his corner A mo- . incut lmor Mao sent a straight loft Into _ Dempsey's uoso and followed with that i awing again , this time landing on tbo cheek 4 with great force m Sixteenth Hound Mao caught a short loft SI I on tbo law nud then avoided uswingiugright • by ducking Two mutual rushes with both men doiug welL Hero Dempsey did great MB work at close quarters , lauding four hartl left hinders on Macs nose , drawing blood MJM and making turn groggy IJMJI Boventeenth Hound Jack lauded three [ MB hunl stri < iRht lofts oil Mao's uoso without a 'MM ' return Ho then uppercut the Australian M twlco with his right on the nose MJM * ' Klgbteontb Hound Dempsey was rushed Abh 4 to the ropes in bis own corner aud received Mf llrst u left bander on tbo nock and then ono MJMJT on the body Wlud sparring followed MMV McCarthy's nose than caught a light Jab , MM starting the claret again ; intlKhtrnj lol- MM loAtd Dempsey uppercut ivllti bis right , Mf Mao going for his tcaa's body MJ Nineteenth Uound Light left body Jabs MM secured by Juck without return , A rum by MJft Dempsey and a clinch with no damage two ' left-hnndors neatly ducked bv McCarthy Twenty-fourth Hound-McCarthy's stem ar.b suffered Hight swing followed on Dempsoy's nock Very hard loft-handor on Jacks ' JnV A moment Inter the Nonpareil responded with another loft body blow 1 wonticth Hound A straight , hnnl loft banded Jao on McCarthy's uocW"Knocking bis head back Cross counter Jacks fore licad here caught a straight lett ; infighting , lnudlng on body Light Jabs delivered by Dempsey on the brtwd basket ended * the round Twenty-first Hound Dempsey caught a hard loft haua undercut m the right eye McCarthy then made n rtish and rccotved a hot right uppcruit on the mouth Twenty-second Uound A right-hander on Macs Jaw , followed by a job In the abdo men Mao then lnndcd with a pivot blow on Dempsoy's chest and sent In hot shot with his r < ght at close quarters on Dempsoy's none Twenty-third Hound Hot body blows wcio landed on McCarthy A rush by Domppoy was neatly avoided Ho mndo a second rush , in which Jack lnnded llghtlv with both hands on the face at close range Twenty-fifth Hound Jacks loft ear caught it , but lie retaliated on the body with his loft Light tapping followed , Dotnpsay lauding on the body and McCarthy on the head Twenty-sixth Uound Light body blows secured by both the mon in oloio quarters , with Domnscy landing n dozen swinging lo 'tson McCarthy's nose The lattorgroggy and nearly out Twenty-seventh Round Jack followed his man , ttcUvorinc repented swinging lofts on the face McCarthy was knocked dowu three times , rising each tttnn in about eight seconds bloody as a pig and all but doao for apparently Twenty-eighth Hound McCarthy cling ing to the ropes throws up the spoago The audience went wild with ojfcltomont nt Dempsoy's victory and his ranny ad mirers nearly wrung bis hand oil congratu lating blm Once moro Jack Dempsey comes to the top of the pugilistic ladder McCarthy Is fearfully punished nbout the fnco , whlto his body Is covered with 1m- inonso welts Three cheers were given for the Australian , who acknowledged thorn with a prolound bow AVnntlwnrtl'f ) llorso Sale Lexixoton , Ky , Fob 18. Among Wood wurd's sales today were : Tbo bay colt Car bonized to Edwards & Sons , ' Evansville , III , $1,950 ; Grand Jim , brown stallion , J. D. Crcighton , Omaha , $575 ; Honona , bay mare , . Judson & Clark , Elmira , N. Y. , $4,100. Won by an Amorlcnn PiTTsnuiio , Pa , Fob 18. A special dis patch from SheDleld , England , announces that the great annual sprinting handicap In that city was won by Collins , the Amorlcan • 11113 WUItSI TUUV COULD SAW William O'Brien on tlio ItcDort nf the Iariu 'll Commission < Duumx , Fob IS William O'Brien has written a letter to the Freeman's Journal in which ho says ho nccopts the report of the Parnell commission as the worst that three bonorablo tories restrained by judicial pro priety , can say against the nntion- nllsts Yet the Times , ho says , ought to be olaccd on the pillory of history beside the most heinous propa gator of f.ilso charges O'Hrlon denies that ho ever joined the league to ' sccuro the separation of Irelnnd from England , but because - cause Pnrncll's action in purliamont induced Dillon nud himself to believe that the aims of Ireland could bo obtained by parliamentary - I tary methods A. Kccblo Course . Loxnos , F b. 13. The Pull'Mali Gazette says that a feebler course than that pro posed to bO taken by the government on the report of the Parnell commission could not be conceived ' 1 ho ministers are without opinion , yet they dnro not ba silent , CumplM'll Given Dntiiatrcfl Dum.i.v , Fob 18. Henry Campbell , mem ber of parliament and private secretary to Parnell , was nwaided JC200 damages today in his suit for libel brought again3t the Belfast News-Lcttcr. Campbell uas eharced in a speech at nn Orange meeting with having Drovidnd tbo knives with which Lord Fred erick Cavendish and Under Secretary Hurko were murdered in Phoenix park and tbo Nows-Lelter printed it In tlio Commons Loxdon , Fob 18 , Maurice Healy , mem ber for Cork City , asked the government in thn commons today whether , slnco the refusal - fusal of John Daly , a life convict in.Chat ! ham prison , to connect tbo Parncllltes with dynauilto outrages ho had been treated with enhanced soverlty Healy requested that a sworn Inquiry be mudo as to Daly's treatment or that members of the house who desired to investigate th i matter bo allowed the same access to the prisoners as is allowed the agontof the London Times Mnlthows , the homo secretary , said be had no authority to grunt the icquest for such an inquiry 11 n denied the allegations against the prison officials , and said Daly hud stuiod that lie had no complaint to make of his treatment llannerman , n homo ruler , resumed the debate - bate on tlio uddresst He summed up tno case against the government by declaring that it had wilfully resorted to coercion when coercion had boon proved to be worse than useless Halfoursuid that during the present debate - bate the administration of affairs in Ireland had been compared to the tyranny of Hus- sin , nltliough everybody knew the compari- son was nonsensical The endeavor of the I government was to frco Ireland from the hondago of au unscrtiuulous conspiracy , to suppress Intimidation , to give to the people the common rights that all people are sup posed to possess In civilized couutrlos Ho trusted the house and country would con tinue to support the policy that had done so much for Irotnnd , At tbo ouu of tbo debate a vote was taken on Paruoll's utuondmanttothouddrets which wus rejected by 807 to 210. Pnrurll Congratulated LosiKW , Feb 18. The couucll of the Liberal - oral Federation has passed resolutions con gratulating Parnell and his colleagues upon the result of his Investigation , regretting that alt porsnns responsible for tha forgeries were not called to account by the commission aud demanding that the govorumen offer reparation to Purncll O'nlien Iloln Up Loxnov Fob 18.C3ptain O'Suea , In Ills suit for divorce , has tiled a supplementary petition , which extends the period within which the alleged acts of udultory were com mitted Tim iisr iutks A.iMi.Ni < 3Tiiiii > . All Hones of Hlslinp O'Oonnor'u Ito onvnry Alinnilnnod r PiTTBiiuito , Pa , Fob 18. Hov , Ft.llor Ward , chaplain of Moruv hospital , today ad ministered tbo last rltos to Uislto'XJ'Connor of Omaha All hope of the blshop' j-ocov- cry has beeu abandoned , but a consultation of prominent Philadelphia physicians with the Pittsburg practitioners will bo hold to night Steamship Arrival ! . At Baltimore The Minnesota , from Lon don don.At At Boulogne The Edam , from New ' York At Now York The Lake Superior , from Liverpool At Uremerbaven Tha Fulda , from Now York • At Havre The Normandlo from New r York At London SightedThe : Circassian , from i Bultuuoro At Liverpool Tbo Bulgarian , from Bos- tou ' THEY WANT TO DRAW LOTS , A Democratic Scheme for Ending the Dondlock IT IS SUPPORTED BY PRECEDENT But Ccrtnln Mcml > orn Oltfect on the Ground That It In Gambling Preparing Another Proposition Thn limine Situntlon Des Moines , la . Fob 18. | Special Tele gram to Tun Uer.J The deadlock In the legislature has comu so near an end that the question of methods of the departure Is the only ouo dividing the parties The demo crats want to draw lotsfor the speaker Many of the republicans object , Including two or three former ministers , who think It would bo gambling The Iown statutes , however , recognize this method of sottllng tic questions in all elections , and It is fre quently employed Hut there nro n few re publicans whoso conscientious scruples rebel at the suggestion They say that it would bo wicked , and no bettor than gambling The republican caucus Is uroparing a prop osition to bo submitted tomorrow morning , giving the democrats the npoakcr and second assistant clerk , and the republicans every thing else in the wny of minor ofUccrs and a largo proportion of the committees Public sentiment is very Btrong through out the state in favor of ending the deadlock , and the party that stops in with a winning compromise likely to got the most glory in tbo end Senator Catch today Introduced in the senate a bill aimed nt the abuses which hnvo up under the prohibitory law It cuts grown own the fees in liquor cases , aud grants nonp nt all When warrants for searches are issued without duo occasion it makes It an offense punishable by line and imprison ment for any ofllcar to cntrago in searching for liquors without sufllciont evidence It strikes at the blackmailing constables , ono of whom is now under sentence to tbo peni tentiary Tlio House Des Moines , la , Feb 18. In the house this morning Holbrook offered a proposition for the interpretation of the agreement for the temporary organization to the affect that It should include any matter looking toward the scttlomcnt of the speakership It was adopted A joint resolution was passed authorizing the secretary of state to furnish the members of the legislature copies of the co do Hlchman offcrod a resolution calling for a settlement of the speakership contest by lot , and in order to give the republicans time to caucus on the matter , the house ndjournod till 2SJ. : The rcuublicans wont into caucus immediately after adjournment Tlie republicans in caucus rejected the nroposliion made by Hichman'B resolution this morning , and formulated unother It glvos the democrats the speaker , second as sistant clerk , ono paper folder and four pages , and the republicans have all the ether oQices As for committees , the republicans first choice and choosn five , tbo demo crats second and choose one , the rest to bo nlternutcly chosen When the house reassembled the resolu tion of ltlchman was lost by a tie vote Aftortwo futiln ballots tlio house-udjourned to allow tbo democrats to consider the propo sition . Died of li < > ccjiw ! : Missotmi VAi.t.Er , Ia „ Fob 18. [ Special toTiiE Uee.1 JohnT CofTman/n wealthy farmer " living near Mondamin , in this county , died yesterday of lockjaw , resulting from an injury to his hand in a cornshollcr about a weelc ago Mr Coffman was ono of Harri son county's ojdost and most respected citi zens and loaves a widow anil bx children Ho was a member of thu A. O. U. W. , In which order ho carried $2,000 Insurance AbindnntiiR tlio Smart Shnns Des Moinfs' , la , Feb 18.Sp6cinl [ Telegram - gram to Tub Bee ] Tbo announcement was made tonight of the Intention of the Hock Island road to tnovo all its division shops at Stuart and Brooklyn to this place About a thousand persons are depondanton the shops ut Stuart , aud nearly as many at Brooklyn Last Saturday tbo ltock Island bought 1G0 ucres near Valley Junction , four miles from town , wnero the now shops will be built The Salary Question Des Moines , la , Feb 18. Auditor Lyons has notyot maao a final decision on tbo sal ary question Ho regards the action of the scnato in merely filing a joint resolution passed by tbo house this morning as sus taining his position Ho savs the bouso can do nothing but permanently organize , and tbo senate has not yet recognized such or ganization , Until permanently orcanizod the certificates of presiding oQlcors cannot bo considered sufficient authority upon which to issue a warrant Heirs to Forty Million Kr.OKUic , la . Fob 18. [ Special Telegram to Tub Bee.1 Mrs Anna Middloton , wife of W. T. Middloton rosidlng near this city , is a local heir to the Moflltt estate In London , valued at (40,000,000. A dispatch from Sprinirlluld , O. , nnnouncod that Mrs Mlddlo- tun's ' brother , William MoQllt , a farm hand lesiding near that place , is ono of the princi pal heirs Mr Middlcton sonl a lawyer to England some time ago to look up his wife's I interests , Hull oT tlio Oovornor's Orfivp DumiQUE , la , , Feb 18. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tub Bcu ] The Governors Greys gave tholr annual mllitury bull lierq tonight It was the swell social event of the season , and was rendered still mora distinguished by tbo presence of Governor-elect. Bois and daughter A conspicuous feature In the deco ration of the room was the old battle * flag carried by the First Iowa in the Missouri cam paign In 1801. Ilroko Her Jaw to Gloso liar Mouth , Duiicque , la , Feb 18. [ Spsoial Tolegrnm to Tub Beb | Mrs Marshal of this city hud i laughing spoil and laughed so heartily that she opoued bor mouth so wide that bo was unabloto close it A surgeon bud to break ono of tbo Jaw bones in order to close tbo mouth , She Is now oatlng liquid food with n spoon , Initiated for l-'or orv Boone , lo , Feb 18 , [ Special Telegram to Tnc Bee J Lafayette Wshl , formerly city marshal bore , and the son of a promi nent old citizen , has been arrested under an Indictment for forging the name of bis father-in-law. William Mcintosh , for sums aggregating fj,000 , Ho has been relcasod ou ball until the next term of court Shot Mix Wile Newton , la , Feb , 18. [ Special Telegram to Tub Bbe " | Word ha * been rocclyod - that a farmer named John Tomlinson , living near Bear Grove school house , In Mound Prairie township , for some cause unex plained , had shot his wife through tbo head , the ball passing In below tba eye and coming out nt the back part of tbo head She was stiil alive when the messenger left Tie | Sennit- . Des Moines , la , Feb , )8.t-Iu tbo senate a message from the bouso containing the Joint ; resolution parsed by the bouse this morning was received and placed ou tile A large number of petitions relative to tbo senatorial I matter was presented and placed on tile Tbo senate then adjourned * THL2UH IS , DKSTlTUrlON I Tlio South Dnknta Houro Admits tlio I * iot ! PinnitK , S. D. , Feb 18. ' ho house passed a Joint resolution admitting that destitution exists in many parts 6f the state The reso lution declares that under lha state consti tution tbo state and county are powerless to render ntd , and all usslstanco must cotno from outside sources , l'lio whole matter Is placed lu the hands of Govtrnor Molletto , who will lssuo nn upi < oal for aid The action of the house is regarded as a complete en dorsement of Governor Mclletto's tiegging errand _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Killed In ttm llltoh PiEttnn , S. DFob 18 | Special Tolegrnm to Tint Bek ] Otto Llndoff , a young Gor man and foreman of the men laying gas mains through the streets of this city , was killed In the ditch this oVonlng whiloknool- ing to put n cap on tbo gas mpo , from whloh it was supposed the ens hal been turned oh , the gas being suddenly forced Into his lungs before bo could escapa from the ditch , From letters found oil his person It appears ho is highly conncctod in Germany , and quiton romantlo Btory develops of love and being an outcast from the old Gorman soli 1 hat liiitlcry Asaln Bismarck , N. D. , Feb 18. A rumor was current tonight that the ftjeuds of the lot tery bill will mtroduco a now monsuro to morrow to provldo for the payment to the state of $75,000 instead of (33,000. Ono of the strongest oppononfs of the monsuro said that ho thought the report was correct and feared the result , as ho did not think tbo lottery people would make another attempt unless absolutely sure of tholr ground , Others think there Is nothing In tbo rumor The Plorro Iiand Oflloo HimoN S. D. , Fob 18. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tun Bee ] Spoclal Agent William Bacus , from Iho Interior department , was hero this afternoon , going to Plorro to as sist in the opening of the United States land ofllco Transcripts of land In Hughes county belonging In the Plorro district nro being made at the government oRlco , here and will bo completed In throe weeks Tbo Pierre oQlco will bo opened about April 1 , Chainborlnln Iinml O ill op CnAMnEitLUN , S. X . , Fob 18. ( Special Telegram tOiTHE Bee ] Hon F. M. Goody koontz and John II King , who bavo boon in Washington working for the establishment of a land oflloo here , r "cturnod today aceom- panled by land ollloo bfliuials , who will at once place the laud ofllco hero in running order i A CUONIN SUfrPlifc- CAUGHT Important Arrest'Mndo by an Officer Krom Cldc/i-co. St , Lonn , Fob 18. jjotectlvo Thomas of Chicago , accompanied by two local detec tives , made aa important arrest last night which was kept very qulbt | until today The prisoner is believed lo bo one of tbo mon badly wantoil in connection with the Cronln case , and Thomas had been advised that par ties would nrrlvo from Chicago to fully identify the suspect The .prlsonor gave * , ba name of J. B Kelly He admitted that he was the man for whom Iho Cincaeo' ' authorities had been looklng'-but detilnd that he was binltti , Dan Coughlin's friend who was beiloved to bavo 'drlvan ' ' the buggy in L which CronlUwas convoyed frqm his home Ho' fprthsr donled- _ com plicity In the murder * - * Detective , , Thomas says lila prisoner Is known In Clilroco * J 't * . - Kelly , but Is sup posed to bo the ' iuan known as Smith If he proves to bo sb the arrest is ono of the most important made In the celebrated case ( ' Smith was the last person In whoso company the murdered physician , was seen olive by Cronln's friends When questioned by a reporter this after noon the prisoner wus very uglv Ho said he was J. B. Kelly of Chicago , but that bo know nothing of the Cronin case or the par ties Interested in it except Tom Desmond of San Francisco Ho never belonged to the Clan-na-Gaol and was not an active Irish Eympathizer Ho would not talk further except to sav that he bad been In St Louts nbout two weeks This statement was disproved of by the fact that detect.ves located him at tbo Peoples hotel , whorb ho registered the first time , August SO , last , and had been there almost continuously since He was shabbllv dressed , and to the hotel people pretended to bo a peddler of books Ho paid for his lodging regularly , but never scorned to have inuoh uionoy He Drove the whlto Horse CniOAOO , Feb 18 , Tha Journal quotes Chlof of Police Marsh as au thorlty fo ' r the stutomont that the man under arrest is a Cronin suspect knowmas Smith Ho Is the friend of Dan Cougblln who came from Hancock , Mich , , and for whom Coughlin hired Livery Stable Keeper Dinan's whlto horse , behind which Dr Cranio , with Smith as driver , was carried to his doatb Tbo arrest was made last night at Little Hock , Ark , The oDlcors have been on his trial for a month , Policqman Collins , who has boon sent there to- identify him , will not roach Little Hock till tonight , and it is not expected the prisoners idontlty will bo ostablisued before tomorrow morning , Cronin Jury Bribers Trial Chicago , Fob 18. The trial of the alleged Jury bribers was continued In tbo criminal court this morning A number of witnesses were oxaunued on behalf of tbo state A Cowardly Assault Eiue , Pa , Fob , 18. The residents of tbo eastern section of the city are greatly ox- citcd over a cowardly attack made upon Miss Emma FiRhor , a young lady of promi nence una respectability , last evening She went to tbo door In response to a summons , and a man wearing a musk threw vltrol in bor face and ran away k Dennis McCarthy , her accepted lover , started out to find the wretch Ho suspected icertain fellows , and tracing thorn , to an old building , attempted to enter , when ho was shot twlco and pain fully wounded'by the scoundrels , who then made tholr escape MIm Fistior's face is terribly disfigured j Judge KnlleyV BuoonsBor Philadelphia , Feb , jk There was a spe cial election today to , fllf the unexpired term ' of the late Congressman { Cello , The Indica tions latu tonight are tnpt John C. Hoyburn ( rep ) Is elected by a ; stlhtly reduced ma jority Tbo local election was held alto for receiver of taxes , the Jty solicitor , etc , in whloh the republicansrwero victorious by about the usual majority , Elections were hed | in a number of smaller cities through out the state , but were/without gpocial sig nificance I ; • Drijnk urlioonr Cuicaoo , Feb 18. ' ( Special Telegram to The Bee ) Uoy , J. J Strockfust , the pas tor of the Lutheran/church who was nr- rested by Lieutenant Ho bin last evening for stopping young ladles on the street , was be fore Justice Korslrou tbis morning Ho re quested that tbo cjse bo continued until Thursday in order that bo might obtain an attorney and witnesses as to his character , Tbo case wus continued id bonds of t-MO. It is said he hud trouble with bis congregation , and was under the Influeuco of liquor For two weeks he had been acting strangely and bis friends fear ho | s lesiog his uilud , The WUopiiain Onlrnl IVithdravt * , Milwaukee , Win , Fob 18. The Vyiscon- sln Central rullioad has filed with Chairman Walker of the interstate Coinmerco railway association a formal notice of withdrawal thirty days from date The circular states that it becomes ucressiry bocauie of tha withdrawal recently of ' tboChlcago& North western uud Chicago , St Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroads MR DORSEY EXPLAINS IT J Why Non-Kosldont s Got the Sid ney Imul : Oflloo PORTERS SCAPEGRACE SON The Admirals Incorrigible OfT-jprlnji Again In Trouble Investiga tion of the S landers Murder Ordered Washington HutiEto Tun Omaha Bee , ) C13 FOtmTEENTtI Stiieet > Wasiiinotov D. C Fob 18. | It hiving boon brought to the attention of the members of the Nebraska delegation that some criticisms are bolug made in refer ence to their ncllon in recommending for the Sldnoy land oft .co nonresidents of the Sid ney land district for the position of registers • and rcceivors , I asked Mr Dorsoy to say something in reference to the matter Mr Dorsoy said that as the appolntmonts to the laud ofllco were presidential the president had the right to appoint a citizen of Malno if ho pleased to a land ofllco In Nebraska , but as the members of the Nebraska delegation bavo boon united in making rocomuiondnttons citizens of Nebraska bavo been and would bo selected to fill the positions in the land oQlccs In that stito When the Sidue.v case was consldorod the delogntiou was unani mous in inference to the appointment of Mr , Noovos of Ogallala as recolvor The delegation desired to recommend the np- polntmont of n man from Cheyenne county as register , but owing to the fact that strong-remonstrances were made against his appointment and that delegations of citi zens from the Sldnoy land district visited Omaha during a meeting of the dolcimtion and protested ngalnst the ap pointment it was suggested that us the republicans of the Sidney district could not ngreo It would bo well to recommend some ono from outside that land district , and Mr Bianchnrd was unanimously agreed upon by the delegation There were some twelve ' or thirteen applicants from the Sid ney ' district for the position of register nnd receiver , and as there was a great deal of feeling manifested it wns thought best to se lect j some ono who bad the endorsement of the party in the state "Mv light has boon , " Mr Dorsoy continued , "to have residents of the Third congressional district appointed to the land ofllco within that district Other members of the district bavo felt that as j seven of their land ofllces were in mv dis trict , and as that was the major portion of the patronage , that 1 should bo willing to allow prominent republicans who hud boon faithful workers la the parly from other districts to have positions in this district So far I have been ' successful The delegation has never considered in making these appointments whether or not the ap plicant resided in the land district to which ho desired appointment Another thing thcro Is a strong 1661111 ? that when a town " ilka Sidnov has a land ofllco and also an im portant military post , for the continuance of which wo have boon working for slk years past , that the citizens of Sldnoy and Cheyenne - onno county should not domnnd ovorvthing ronTEIl's WAYWAllD SON JTho wayward son of AdmiralPorter , who has causcd'hltn so much trouble , Is again ' under arrest and appeared in the police court this mornlncus defendant ngalnst tiie ohargo Of obtaining money under false pro tenses Davis Essex I'orter is a line lonlitng man and was formerly aa officer of the army , from which bo was cashiered for con duct unbecoming a gentleman some years ugo Ho has had various adventures in and out of prison ; and , the admiral hns several times declared that be would have nothing nloro to do with him , but when ho gets out of his scrapes and gees homo ha Is generally received as the prodigal son was and remains m favor until he gets caught in some disreputable act again Last summer ho tondorcd his services to the government of Hayti and it was announced that ho was to hi made admiral of the fleet of that little re public , but the Haytian minister hero , Mr Preston , knew his character and checked the gnmo Ho is under urrost now for persuad ing certain colored men to pay him money to sccuro them government positions TUB SAUNPRHS MUllUI' lt The recent murder of Deputy Marshal Saunders in Florida was tbo subject of an extended conferanca at the cabinet mooting today The attorney gcnoral nrosentcd the reports of United States Marshni Mizoll ana District Attorney Stripling of Floridu , do- talllng the circumstances of the affair and the causes winch led to lu Both gentlemen had previously seen the president nud the attorney general and bad given them oral reports Quiuo.v , the town near whloh the murder took place , is tbo county seat of Gassden county , ono of the northern tlor of counties and adjoins the Georgia line The next county seat is Madison and tbo history of those two counties since 18S0 shows a condition of lawlessness und terror Ism which the president considers wortbv of national attention Lawlessness bus existed in these counties for severnl years , the pur pose being to deprive the republicans of their votes Madison showed a republican major ity of over four hundred prior to the oloctlnn of lbSO , but slnco than it has gene demo cratic The democrats have refused to open the polls In precincts where too republicans had a'majority , and where the parties were moro evenly balanced their practice has been to stuff the ballot boxes , Three weeks ago the district attorney sent Deputy Mar shal Saunders to serve subpoonms upon resi dents of Gassden and Jackson counties Wbilo at Qulncy bo wns seized and overpowered by a gang of men and forcibly taken ever the * Btato line into Georgia Ho recoguizod W. W. MoFarland and another man as two of tlioso engaged in preventing him from the performance of his duties , and last week Marshal Mizoll with Saunders went down to Qulncy with warrants for the arrest of tha mon engaged in the outrage Wbilo thcro three men succeeded in • inducing Saunders to take a drive into the country and brought back bis dead body It is tbo opinion of both the district attorney and marshni that Saun ders was killed by those men to prevent Llm from testifying agnlnst thorn , and that bo was enticed Into the country for the purpose of putting him out of the way , Mursbal Mizoll reports that the statement which has been printed in damocratlo news tupors to the effect that Deputy Saunders had boon * drinking on the day ho was mur dered , and that the effect of his liquor led him Into needless danger , is an Infamous ftbricatlon There is no doubt that ho was as sassinated as the result of a plot The trouble dates back to tbo last election when an effort was inado to sccuro a proper return of the republican vote Mr Saunders was a brave and fearless man and active in trying to secure tbo enforcement of the law and ho was disliked as well as feared by Somocrutio loaders 'Iho result of/ho cabinet conference was a unanimous oxurcision of opinion that the attorney general should taite nil necessary measures to maintain the authority and enforce - force the laws of the United States In the counties mentioned as well as to secure the punishment of the assassin , but the mode of procedure was loft to bis discretion The i president is very much worked up over the i outrage and the attorney general will do i nothing without consulting him , moriTiATiso WASIIISOTOV The Wow York people nro trying to sccuro tbo votes of Ihoso who have been supporting Washington as tbo location for the fair by offering to assist in the passage of a bill to establish a memorial to Christopher Columbus - bus in this city The proposed memorial is to consist of a pcrmauent museum'for tbo display of the works of American artists Thcro Is very little doubt that something will ba done for a monument or memorial to Columbus In Washington , and as the Smith sonian institute and National Museum people ple uro urging upon congress the necessity ut doing something to relieve their over crowded rooms , it may taka this form , Tlio compromise between the Piatt and Miller factious of the republican party in # Now York brings S city again Into the race for thoworld' ' i with an oven ehnnco for success with Cbi. . The Chicago mon arc correspondingly " * eonrngod , for If the fight In New York 1 ontlnuod until afkr a vote wns taken In house the pralrlo city would have h cortnln cbanco nf getting the fair Not s Chicago against the Hold , The St Ia people nro trying to boat the bill , while l ods f Washing ton think their Interest is m helping Nuw York The Chicago poiplo claim , however , thnt they have 117 ! votes pledged and will b'i ' nblo to carry tbo duy IX Tiinyi n. Mr Dorsav proscntoli'ii resolution of Co rinth post Grand Army of the Itonubllc , department partmont of NebrJikn , fnvorlng the Hooy servlco pension bill ; also a resolution from the Grand Army of the Republic post of liartlott Neb , favoring the simo bill Mr Flick of Iowa Introduced n bill for the orcctlon of n public building nt Ores.Ion , la , to cost ( "i,000. Mr Picklcr of South Dakota Introduced a bill to nuthorizo the construction of n bridco ucro9 the Missouri river at forest City , S. D. I also a bill to erect n public building at Pierre , S. D. , to cost unt to exceed JJitOOOO Mr Glfford presented a memorial from the bo ird of county commissioners or Minno- halm county for the correction of government surveys in South Dakota IN THX SENATE Senator Fiye , from the committee on commerce - morco , reported favorably with amendment a bill to establish a port of dollvory at Sioux Cltv Senator Paddock , from the committee agriculture , reported bnckwlth amendments a bill to prevent the adulteration of food nnd drugs Ho also presented n petition from thu Hoinis Bag company of Boston , Omaha nnd Chicago , praying lor the repeal of the long and short hnui clausO In the interstate commerce merce- law , Senator Mnndorson presontcd a rosolutton from the boatd of tradoof Omaha praying that the name oi Arkansas Pass bo placed In tbo bill now before rongross for the Im provement or tbo harbor at Galveston also a petition f rgm the veterans of Sallno countv , Nebraska , praying for the passage of the service ' ponsiou bill MISCELLANEOUS " The house commlttoo on Indian affairs today authorized the chairman to make a fa vorable report upon the claim that linn been pending for ninny yoara and hns boon the subjoot of much discussion , The bill recom mends the appropriation of $13,4t0 ! to reward Jean Loulso Locaro , the famous Indian scout , for his sorvlcos in securing the sur render of Sitting Bull and his followers lo 1883. A similar bill has been % before con gress for many years , but this Is the flrjst time its passage has ever boon recommended , A strong effort is being made hero to in duce the president to nppoint John Dill , the present register of the land ofllco nlGuthrlo , as governor of the now territory of Okla homa Mr Dill is an Indiana uinn and this fact loads to considerable opposition on the part of residents of the territory , who olthor want a piaco for themselves or for some friend connected in no way with Indiana 'Iho commissioner of pensions bus ap pointed as members of the board of pension examining surgeons FromontI Crab , Ni S. Brown and H. s. McDonald Senator Ingalls , by request , today Intro duccd a bill to amend the lutei state commerce - morco law by providing that auy person shipping or smuggling intoxicating liquors into a state or torritor.v thus forbids tno sale of It Bhall be deemed to bo guilty of a misdemeanor meaner , and any railroad company that transports the same shall bo fined $101. for each offense Congressman Dorsoy has gene to attend the annual borso sale ut Lexinftton , ltv Mr P. F. Smith of Boston , who is largely intorcsted in Omuha , Is in thu city for a few days The comptroller of the currency today ap proved reserve agents for national batiks ns follows : The Commercial National bank of Omaha for the Merchants Natlinal blink of Nebraska City ; the Schuster-Hax National oanlt of St Joseph foi' the First National bank of Beaver City ; the National bank of Illinois at ChiC'igo for the First Notional bank of Columbus ; the Chemical Na- tlonul bauk of Now York and the United States bau.li of Omaha for the First National bank at Alliance For Iowa The Seaboard National bank of Now York.and the National bank of Illinois at Chicago , and tbo First National bank of Omnhu for the Foreign Exchange National " bank Sioux and ' National of City , the Merchants ' tional bank of Omaha forthoMorcbonts' Na tional bank at Fort Dodge Henry J. Funz the victim of the Abar- doon outrage , his been recommended.by Superintendent Porter for appointment ns a special agent of the eleventh census to 1 collect statistics rotative to recorded indebt edness Commissioner Groff of the gcnerrl land office has rendered an opinion in which ho hnldB that Valentino scrip Is not locatabla upon nny of the lands of tha Sioux reserva tion recently opened to settlement Major J. W. Paddock , who has been the i guest of his son-In law , Mr W. E. Annin , Blurted for tbo west tbis mnrning E. M. Cooley was appointed a fourth class postmaster today at the Santee agency , Knox county , vice J. H. Barker , resigned Pehiit S. Heath Nebraska , town nud Dakota PoiisIoiih Wasiiinoton , Fed 18. [ Special Telegram to The Beb.1 Pensions granted to Nebraskans - braskans : Original , invalid Jocob Sheaf stali , Pawnee City Increase Aliorf Barnes , Humboldt ; Gcorgo Miller , Falls City ; James M , Will , Mcphcnson ; Francis M. Smith , Omaha ; Ambrose H. Parish , Blair ; John Wilson Omaha ; Edward L. Curtis , , Wood Hivcr ; Alex Bradley , Bladen ; Satnuol E. Syson , Scribncr ; Jonathan J. Potts , Boa trice Huissuo John T. Gautzj Omaha South Dakota ; Original Invalid Miclinol Falls , HapidClty Restoration and IncroaBo William C. Chilton Whlto Lake , Increase Samuel Scott , Rapid City ; Ivory Lambert , Uco Heights Ponsiona granted lowans ; Original in valids-John . S. Ivors , Hod Oak : Elms Ashburn , Norton Mills ; William W. McCoy , Mount Auburn ; Stephen J , Sparks , Lyuu- vlllo Increase Clark McDonald , Ottumwa ; William F. Whlto , Princeton ; Issao N , Cnrdra , Seymour ; William N. Coltman , Brighton ; Alfred II Phelps Hlooniflold ; James T. Brickloy , Olm ; G. W. Scott , Weston ; Newman S. Preston , Delaware ; William M , Browu , Anarnosa ; John S. Lou gbury Pack wood ; Jora'no B. Davis , East Dos Mninos ; Celestius B. Andrews , Kale Original widows , eta Melissa Gurdonor , former widow'of John W. Sylvester , Hop kin ton ; minors of John W. Svlvostor , Hop kinton and Uvan Moxloan survivor John Moore , Allen's Grove Foul Play Suspected Evasstom , Wyo , Fob 18. | Special Tolo- grom to The Beb | Tbo rosidants of Pied mont are greatly exorcised ever tbo mys terious disappearance of Georgn D. Hague , Who loft that place on Saturday , February 1 , uccompanlod by ono Stevenson , for bis ranch , nhvi miles distant After imbibing freely p/Mquor at a Piedmont saloon , the two miu stnrtod for the ranch They traveled as far as Byrnes' place when a quar rel ensued nry/thoy separated , btovensou Btotes that nn Uo took the opposite direc tion , whllo ho continued on the Journey homeward A careful search was Instituted , nnd although Stovenson's trail was easily discerned , not the sligbtost clue to Hague's whereabouts has been rovealcd Consider nblo suspicion rests on Stevenson from the fact that ho was heavily armed , and tbo authorities are making a rigid Investigation of the matter The Woalhor Fortoist For Omaha aqd' vicinity I Fair weather For Nebraska : Fair ; warmer ; south easterly winds For Iowa : Fair ; variable winds , bocomini ; southeasterly : warmer Thursday morning For South Dakota ; Fair In eastern , local snows In western portion ; warmer , south , easterly winds Adopted thn Australian HyMoin Oltui'Ia , Wash , Feb 18. The senate today passed the bill establishing tbo Australian ballot system MARDI GRAS DAY IN PARIS , The Fronoh * Populaoo Enjoys thd . FostivlUos Imraouaoly STREETS FILLED WITH MASKERS Itcmnrknbln Order nnd Good Nnturo Prevail HviMyulKTC-Dentil or Count Andijmsy , Ex-Pro. liner ut Hungary A Itrd Iiotler Iny lu l nrl . ( Copi/rfi/M / 1800 hiJdiiiM fj.inldii . liiiinet ] l'Aitts , Fob 18. fNow York Hcr.ila- Cnblu Special to Tun Hcu.l The carnival today was one of the boat nnd heartiest Franco has enjoyed in ycnis The weuthor was perfect , the crowds uero tremendous , the costumes were striking uud abundant and the fun universal 'Iho sun bIioiio warm and bright and Paris rolnxod Its features , which have boon darkened these pist weeks by the inlluonza and gloomy weather , Into ono vast , comprehensive metropolitan smllo , which spread far and wide ulong the broad boulevards and up nnd down the nnrrowest alloys , bringing gnloty to every house and heart , uvon of the poorest , nnd making little chlldron dnnco for Joy , whllo all the futhors nnd mothers and grand mothers of the city and all the prosuactlvo futhors nnd mothers and grandmothers Buddouly awoke to tbo fact that there were still a few things in Una world to maUo.Ufo worth living , and ono of these was the inardt gras , The clown musician is ono of tbo great features of the Parisian mardi gras Just as the innrdt gras is ono of the rod letter days in tbo exl tenco of the Parisian clown inusioiau On tlio day preceding Lent the entire population Is di vided Into two classes Uiobo who sing songs they dent know into accompanying instru ments they can play , nnd ahoso who can dele out copies with good-naturod roslguutlon to these decorative members of society who make fools of themselves to suit the publlo taste , nnd who are not by any means such fools us they look In the course of the ovenlng the ' writer got into n conversation with a gentlomnn whoso loft eye was heavily dressed In black , the rest of his face Point whlto with the whltonoss of ckalK , aud whose raiment was variegated in a manner calculated to make Joseph's fa mous coat retire from public life ' 1 his con versation took place in n cafe on the boule vard lu which he of the mournful eye had marched with great twanging und tooling , followed by two other gentlemen dressed as young ladies of the most advanced dccolleto school that is , decollete Irom the neck down aud from tlio ankles up After the chalk faced leader bud concluded a solo about cor- tnin blondeset tins llllettes , which wound up with a touching tra lnco do tra lacodou ho volunteered the information that tbo days total receipts had so far amounted to ever 300 francs , and the night was still young As there must have been ou duty sovcrul hundreds , if not soverul thousand similar sets of itinerant twangors , each moro accomplished than any other nnd moro fantastically attired , it is easy to sco that Purls pays handsomely on murdi-gras for the privilege of indulging indefinitely in mu sical monstrosities Moro interesting than these unties were these of another contingent who were costumes and disguises , uud numbers of young men and womou had decked themselves out , In quaint or amusing fashion from pure love of the thing Such were to ba seen ovury where , vieluz with ono aaother in ut- trading attention to tbo crowds , making every one laugh and luughipir themselves - solves us heartily as uuy ono ut their own absurdities Egyptian sirens impersonated by ugilo farceurs from thu batignollcs quarter , dancnl the dauco du ventre in a manner calculated to scandnllzo the perforators of the Hue del Cairo Wild Indians In feathers nud paint cavorted about in orthodox manner , pluy- fully attempting to scalp the Spanish bull lighters , who , drawing their littla swords , valiantly refused to bo scalped Negroes , whoso bonny fucos contrasted sharply with thu whlto skin of tholr arms , flirted dosparntoly with tripping damsels wearing brilliant robes and Bonding mis chievous glances through eye holes of their black vclyot maslts Dashing troubadours Btruttod nbout with guitars , whllo all sorts of old-tlmo characters , with queer wigs and trousers and moro or loss exaggerated noses , lived again for tbo inomont and lived right merrily Particularly happy were thu little children , for whom numerous fi.ncy balls were given In tbo afternoon and evening Strangers in Paris must hnvo boon struck by the remarkable order and good nature which prevnilod everywhere Thcro was no fighting , no drunkenness and hardly a shout , though thn great streets were so blocked by the crush of humanity as to bo all but Impassible , Parisians nro cer tainly a race of philosophora , who bollcvo In taking life easily and oujoying its good tilngs as they come , so they did today , * COUNT ANJHtASSY IUAI > . Hungary's ICx-l'r.'inler Pinnies Awny Al'cpr it Louie IIIiichs , ICopi/rfohf / lVMh'i .lain'.t ( Jnrhn lltnii"\ \ Vienna , Fob 18. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tub Bbu.I Buda Pust Is today a mourning city Count Julius An- draBsy died this morning at a oclock All buildings have been hung with bluck , and tha nppcaranco of the city recalls the doatb of Francis Deck , tbo great Hungarian min ster , to whoso party tha deceased belonged The deceased remained conscious up to a few minbtes before his death , and was nblo to re ceive tbo last sacraments The cause of death was discaso of the bladder , from which for some time previous to his demise ho suffered the most Intense pain At the opening of the session of the cham ber the president nnnouncod the death of the count , recalling to the memory of the depu ties the eminent services the dcceuiod had re turned to bis sovereign and empire The chamber then , as a token of grief , adjourned after ordering an entry of thucircutnstauco * to bo made on tbo minutes , It has boon decided this afternoon that tbo funeral of the former Hungarian premier uud Austro-Hungarian minister for foreign affairs should bo a stuto affair , conducted at tha expense of the government The em peror is deeply affected and bus signified his Intention of personally participating in the coremonles The bed } will lie la stuto for several days In tbo rotunda ol the academy of science Count Andrassy's long Illness seems to have accon- tuuted rather than discounted the great popular grief whloh is fell at the death of the popular typical Hungarian Tba transfer of tbo remains takes place tomor row It ! probable that they will be fiually interred at Tcrrobeg , in tbo vuult of th * Andrussy family