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mmmm m . U HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. TART ONE . PAGES 1 TO 8 YEAH OMAHA , SIOTDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 14 , 1800 TWENTY PAGES. NUMBER 88. PilOUNCED 11PLE 1LLI4NE. ( Emperor William Acquiesces at tlie Request of the Austrian OoYerameit , COUNT KALNOKY'S ' FINE ITALIAN HMD. The llencHal of tlio Treaty Due In n Gicnt Meumirc to His 1C ( Tort a Couipllinents to 1'rus * Till or , UKIIIIV , fecpt. II 'Jho extension of the triple alliance to May , 1W7 , has been accepted hy Enperor William at tno request of the Austrhn government. The revised twity Increases tlio guarantees of both Germany nad Italy tctupport Austria In the event of Itussian Imoslotiof the Balkans. Modifica tions otthetreivti virtually conllrin Austria's possession cfBosnli and Ilerzegovlnln. The ane-vvnl of the treaty so long bufoio Its ox plratlon is duo to the assistance of Count , Kalnckywho feared tliat the Italian dec tlons would cripple SH'iior Oispl and cause a change in Italy's foreign polli.v. Ills proba ble that the Austrian priiuo minister also dreaded the cstahllshnicnt cf an euteiitobt- tivecnHnipcior Wllinmandthe czar. Signer r Crisplncceleiatcl the negotiations , luring iiasonto suspect that King Humbert , uu- ktto\Mi to his ministers , had ciehangcd views v.lth the crnt ndiurso to Iho droibund through the prince of Xnples during the prince's rercnt visit to St. Peters turg. Dnpeior William vIII \ there fore fcicet Emperor l-VaucIs Joseph ou the 17th hist , uilh increased corJUllty , the mu tual trust tending to induce Austrian assent to 32mpcror William's schemes to picl Russia Scmlofllchl communications iti St. Peters burg announce that liusslnn political drclcs are conlldcnt that Bmieror | William , in con ferciiM u ith ITrancls Joseph , will endeavor to prevail upon him to harmonize his pollcj In thoBalkin peninsula with th.it of liussia Slgnoi Crhpi , before agreeing to a prolongn lion of the trcatj , tried to obtain a pletlgo fiom Knlnoky that ho would tedo Italy part of Treutluo. Em peror William's refusal , however , to ptrnilt the triple compact to bo In an ) wi dependeiiton Italian Irredentist claimsintulc ICuluoky nioie rcsolutoln his refusal. 12mpres > s Augusta Victoria it enceinte The event U expected to Calces place caily in rebruary , The emperor has been witnessing the manciiveisof troops at cliUcrent points , but will ho at the grand review \Vednesday in the presence of Cuipcror rVaneis Joseph and the king ofSuxony. The movement of lioopi will extend over a country every part ct \vliiehls n historic battle lleul. - EmperorVIIlltim in Ida nftor din ner .toasts makes toustant references to the pas > t deeds of frusslans. Dining with the ofllcersof a rogitniut of cuirassiers ho nlluded to the buttles around llicalau dui in [ r tlio ptrlod of Prussia's deepest huntilia lion , when Silesli presented the mostsignnl example of the virtues of .fidelity , devotion and valornito death At the state banquet last night ho wont bnck tothodccdsof the Prussian ? under Frederick the Great In concluding ho tatd : "When I think oC the horole figure of that other Frederick ; , my father , my hcait Is full to "buratlng wltli cniotioi , aad especially vvhen I remember lio\v \ eight jeurs ago , looking In the full bloom of health , holed Ills corps past my Imperial grandfather. These horolcforns still Iho in the hearts of the army. " 1'no proposal , -which was approved at socialist meetings held here and in Kiimburg , to have Illuminations on the night of October 1 In honor of the ex piration , of the autl socialist Ian is opposed by the modeutcs. The government does not take tlio proposal scilousl ) , but will prepare for the rigorous suppres sion ol nny public jubilation j\n immensecffortto extend the socialist propa gunda to the smaller towns untl among rural populations will bottla on the first of next month. Over ono hundred small papers de voted to the cause ! ! ! appear on that duto It Is iutendol to penotnito Into dhtritts hitherto closed against socialism Lecturers will bo sent every where and elections for members of provincial diets and In lotal communes Avlll b contested when ever possible A protoatious anonymous pamphlet , which is supposed to hmo been issued -with imperial sanction , appeals to the workmen to guard against tbo socialist Utopias and affirms ( ho government's inten tion to rcfoim taxation in the direction of re lief for the working classes aud to ameliorate the condition of laborers us icgnrdj their dwellings aud reoipauizo every industry lu tlio Interests of the working ; men United States Minister Ihelps and wlfo sailed todiy ou the steamer Elboforhouioon a. vacation. 5Ir.Mlliain Walker Phelps , the United States nduislcr , nnd airs. Phelps sailed today on the stoimer Ellw for homo This Is the minister's llrst leave of absence fora year. Ho will spend most of Ms vacation m Ne\v \ Jersey , on his estate atTeauak. On Sunday last Mr. and Mrs. Phelps visited Ohemnuncrgau to witness the Passion play. Tbo burgomaster assigned the minister and his wife to the rojal box vlth Count Poprenhelmvvho , recently married Miss Wheeler c ( Phila delphia Count Poppeaheim afterwards entertained .Mr , nnd Mrs Phelps at hU cnstlo of Ettcl , noarObcrtm. Diphtheria Is cpldcmlo lu this city , and thcro iiro numerous coses of typhoid fever. Uho hospltah are crovded with patients , aids condition of affairs ls largely attributed to the high price ol meat , driving tlio poorer poitlon of the populace to cut gixibago and dlscttbcd food. A. similar conditloa cilsts in other XK > puloua places. It is believed that the government will bo speedily foixcd tore&clud tlio prohibi tion on American fork aud other meat Im- poits. IIerr Von Ma hach , minister o ( publlo \\cries \ , Is ill. Ilaroa Wissinunhas wlthelraivn the con- tnet for building the vessel -which Is to bo placed on Victoila Nyunia from the llugllsh firm , and has eheu [ the contract to Ilerr Jtiiiscn o ( Hamburg. The admiralty liaidratvii up plans for the construction of t fortltlcd breali\\ator \ \ hi Tlio laito Ciirtllnnl [ CoKrtgil ) ISM ktiJliinanttnlan litnn'U * } LONDON , Bopt. U. [ Now York Ileuld Cable Spetlal to Tin Sec. ] Arrange ments are to ho nuuo for the publication of tclcctlons from the correspondence of the hto Cardinal Newman. Tlio Uev , "W , P. Jfovlllo of the oratory at Jllrmiuguam , In- Tiles all who tm\o any such lottorslu tholr possession to send tuomto him , tliat ho may have all the available material. IMr , Nc\lllo \ I ) justifiably anxious thatCurJIoal letters may not bo printed scpitrately in papers or imgazlnes , uhlchmodflof publica tion Is Unowii to ha\o l > cen contrary to his wiihos on the subject Cardinal Newman's Uollnivaszlveiia month boforohls death to the ( hug-liter of a friend vhom ho hod ever icganled vlth iiiiticubr auction. AItJTH.II'lMKtilK. . Tlicliottiluti Spectator lluasta Him to it Mum. lSi \ \ Jimts fljnfon/Jennrll.l Setit , ly [ New "York HeruM Cable Spalal to TUB HUB. ) Andrew Car- ncgle , I'ltLsbur/s nllliomlre , must luvvo passed sc eial sleepless nights if ho read tlio IZii llih piper's attentively since hi ° recent dlatrlbo against the country to wbich ho U Indebted / much generous hospitality , Says today's ' Spectator : ' 'tt'o ' should not think It ilghtto make aspeech ab Boston dcchriii | { a republic to bo the moat costly and most venal for the government , denouncing demo crats In genera ! as bcing composed of ings arid tatters , personally ridiculing the presi dent of the United States und exhorting Amcic.uis ! to Wile out their dtsrcpu table ro- publkansn'id establish arcsiicctablo mon archy. Should any Knglishnuin make such a speech , and wrc ho lynclicd In consequence , \ should bo the first to do- ploio his folly nnd confess that bo had pro- vokcd his file , but vo hope tioEtigllshmnn who con Id get people to listen to hi in would bo npableof such a want of prudence and good taste Tint , however , is pretty much the tone of the speech made at Dundee by the Siotch-Vineilcm millionaire Mr , Carnegie , bj . name so written , goes on for a column or more and many othcis are handled by the canny monopolist with n not inoro tender tomb. U is n meUnchol ) fiut that , as a rule , Englnuls real enemies In America are Britishers who ha\o ( .hanged their nationality , It is well to paint out that a native Ameri can r.irtlj Roes out of his nay to bo eritlcil of England except in matters of political coin- paiison. The queen nud loyul lainily are held lu tlio hljjticst respect and esteem through the states , and when the English publlo reads Carneglo's attnclts , as the woilc of an American , it becomes almost anAuicr- icnailutj to roinlud the Kn llsh people tbit Mr CaniCRie is not an American at all , any mow than Dalton , the sivlininor , ts-one is a Scotch nun anlthe other a German. " General iiooih Mill I'ublish < e Duok hi OctoUcr. [ Coi > i/rl07iJ / ISWljuJdmaOonlm nenntlt.l LOVUON , Styt. 13. [ Now York Ilerild Cable Special to THE Jkc. l Gencral Booth of the bdvatlon array lias undertaken to settle off hnml , tuabooitho Is about to pub lish , most of the gnat social questions -that tin\o \ perpletcd philosophers , theologian * md political economists for ages. Inn recent In- tculowln the Chronicle the giiieralsot forth at some length his Ideas , hx > m which I select the following ! "Yes , " remarked Geiuril Booth , "tho schemois n big ono and 1 hope also 0110 likely to do sonio good. Iain # 1 and cuiou raged to find eminent men sympathetic toward It. I ha-\ehudlnq.uii03 ! about it from men llko CardinalClaiming ; , the carl of Iloseberrj , Lord Wolsley , Henry George , Michael Davitt , Dr Clifford and others whose names I douofat this moment rcmcmbu1. The functions of our social ss- tcm , ivs they appear to me , seem to vork \\roiiKly. Tlio Idea oE reformation does not seem tocntci into the most of ourcaleula- tloashcn dealing with a vichus population. J.fa man falls and becomes a social wreck , it is either tbo icsult of his own fault 01 he is the victim of misfortune. 'Jho purpose of my scheinels tohelpthat man , whether ho has fa lion on account of ouo cause or the other. If a man's ' poverty and destitution uro the result oflce onhis part , you must change that man's nature , for if you do not he will most roadiljslnlibacUlnto his old condition. Likewise , If n man is the victim of clicumstances , you must lift him from these clKumstanccs and put bin in the ivay of beginning a new life It a man is starving , if he sees bU vvifo and children starving , ho flies to the gin cup to drown his caro. The result is Increased degradation. "In cities vo shall have hidustiiiil refuses and homos foi the Immediate reception olour people Prom these refuges aud liomes they svlll , titter a little time , bo gradual ! } distrib uted to rural settlement * , to agricultural v II- lagcs and eoiiimunltles wblth wo hope to settle In the country , and from tucso again to settlements iu the colonies nies settlements which may , who knows. bo the foundation of another cmpiio Again , an instance ou the other Hue on which the scheme would work I may mention the rescue - cue of women , u vork in which the Salvation , nrmy has already done much 'Hut work could bo extended indefinitely.rlho women could , by a gradual system of tare , protection and tiaiiilngbo , made rospcetn bio members ot society again Peihaps some of thorn mlghtgo nbroid and enter Into suitable scrv- ke , while others ral ht bei thoroughly re- chlmcd at home From the status of serv ants they might tiso to tbo higher level of wives and mothers , forgetting their | iastand proud ot their present. "Alj latest vork bos Icon upon a part of the scheme In which perhaps special interest will bo taken I mean a great luatri rnonlal agency , How many thousands of men tire there In far away parts of the earth who would be glad to got good wives and wliocan- not get them ) How many -women are there lu the ranks of home society who vvouldmake the best of wives , but who i-emaln spinsters ? Would it not be touching our social condi tions Intimately If these two classes , by some proper method , could bo brought vlthin roach ot each other ) This may seem a surprising notion to somopeoploutnrstslghtbut believe mo , thcro is a grcit deal In it. " Spcaklngof the nebTO tlio general said : "Tho negro personally U as jot anuulmown quantity. Ills character , intellectual ability and spiritual capacity nro as yet compara tively undiscovered. Wo sci him only In n savage state almost , Just emerging from slav ery , but oven now , where in lndi > Idua.l cases ho has had ciuml opportunities , lie will fa vorably compare -with the vvhlto man. It Is quite possible for us to argue , tlerofore , that after jcais of ilvllhation , education and Chilstlan Influence bo will equal. . If he docs not actu ally surpass , the vvhlto man In these things that now inaKo tlio latter so much his super ior. " Such are a few of the Ideas that General llooth will sot foith In a book , the title ot which , singularly well chos.cn , Isi "Darkest Unglind and How to Gel Out. " This cuiioui worlnvlll appear lu October. A JuMIco at lu < IIIMIBVyo , Sept , 13 [ Special Tele- graratoTiiB BEB , ] Tonight has been oao of jubilees for the republicans of Laramlo in celebration of their victory In tbo state and county , 'Jho parade was the most elaborate polit.ul dcmoiistmtlon over seen In the city , It conslst-cdof iloitsl mounted men and torch bearers and the air was IHled with muslo and cheers. J\s tU proccsbloa proceeded four rounds were flrcd at all the principal street corners in ton n , Speeches wore made by all the successful Bcandidite * who Iho la L.ar- THE STRISGBCK 13 SONET. Treasury Department Doing Everything Possible to Avert a Panic. . THE PRESIDENT ALIVE TO THE SITUATION. ScrretnryMudom Strongly Opposes tlic Proposition tol'ut Govern ment.Uoucy on Deposit In Jintioiml ltanl.8. , Sept. 13 Thcro was along consultation today byvUo between the prtsldtnt at Crcssou Springs and Acting- Secretary Batcheller and Assistant Secretary IN'cttleton at tbo treasury department con cerning the stilngency In the money market , duiitifiwhlchtho wholosituation was thor oughly gone over. TQ.O prc < Ident , It Is un derstood , stated tint It was his desire to mert a panic hi the money mirkct and that none shall -permitted to occur If the tieabtiry dcpirtment cm prevent It. The views of the president were telegraphed Secretary \\lndomut New York , who sent the following message to the president : 'Havehad a coiiftrencowith lenaiiiir finan ciers. Thcro appi-ars to bo coimldciablo stringency , but no icason to apprehend serious consequences. I am fully advised find Mill take Mich nctloa as I think the sltuntlon requires" The president tins also boon in consultation by who with Major Mdvlnley , chilrtnan of the committee on ways and means , and ethers Inrcsard to the propriety of extending tha date tlxed by the senate for the uuw tariff bill to go into effect. 'Iho matter , it Is un derstood , Is to bo the subject of a fin thereon- fueute. IVImloiii'sCimfcrotici Flurmclers NKV VOIIK , Sept. 13 Inferring to the conference between Secretary " \Vindoin nnd flnauclci-s an evening paiwr snjss "Tho question of putting government tnonoy on de posit In national banks vas brought up Secretary " \Vludom reiterated the position of the government and emphatically declared plusvvhlchcamo thcro by the navmont of custom duei , hcnco thcro is not a dollar which represents any ho.ii ding of currency during the last year. The : 53Uv)0 ) , X ) nbovo referred to has boon In the treasury for several years and this fund nlono during the last admin istration. amounted to about $110,000,000. The nbovo statement h not a theoretical exposition of the condition of the treasury , as it as an actual fuel thut them were in circulation on September 1 over MVOJU.OOO more tli.in thcro uero on Septem ber 1,1 , S > b9" Secretary Wlndom said ho would probably take steps ntonco to purchiso sotno 4 per cents , but how many he ueillneJto stito. Ho intends to remain la Jfow'Vorle sovciul dnv.s and take all necessary steps to relieve the stringency lu the tnonoy market. Will Ihiy Silver Momlny AVtsimatON , Sept. 18. The dlreetor of the mint announced his w Illlngness to buv largely of sliver Monday , if oCfersworo favorable , In oidcr to assistia , relieving the stiingeuoy lu money. VMIK XMTMIKIIAS Sl'XOU. Nebraska Germans Attempt to Form JIM Order of Their Own. Bisvri ! , Cole , Sept. U [ Special Tele gram to Tim HtK. ] At the session of the Lutheran synod yesterday moat of the morn- In g was spent in consldeilng the request of Nebraska Germans to fbitn a separate synod. The rest of thotltnowas dovotcd to the elec tion of clerical and lay delegates to the next Kcncr.il 3) nod. Tncro nro seven delegates of cadi class nnd n corresponding number of nltcrnnth es. lu each case the seven are composed of four Engltalin.on , two Qci nuns and one Scandlnavlin. 1'ollovilng Is a list of delegates elected ; English , Uobert AVelgcasall , M. r. Easter- duy , Dr. James Mi Her , Dr.Ivountze , German , P. S. Lclsenring , II , Sprlcic ; Scandinavian , II. W. Boarescn ; Dngli-ih alternates , \V. II. Haersc , W. A. Ilclmbeigcr , ( Scorgo Learner , G. S. llanmel ; German , Uriah 11 rnner , E.V. . Snjder ; Scandinavian , E. D. Christie. 'Iho clerical dolomites elected are as fol lows : English , Dr. C. Lutz , Dr , Eyster , Rov. W. S. Itclmsburg , 13. Eetwilcr ; berman - man , Revs. Rosonstcbcgclnadllubcr ; Scandinavian - dinavian , Uev. H. Hanson ; Kngllsh alter nates , Ifov. Crouso , J. 0. Giimth , II. W. THE FLOODS IN THE EAST Heavy Rains anrl "Waterspouts Do Great Damage to Property , THE RIVERS RISING VERV FAST. Several People Nnrrtmly Kocnpo Death lu Olilu Ilrnvy Frosts llr. ak the Kcoord of 1'tcvlous "V \V m-UTOW v , N. Y , Sept. 13. The win which has fallen In torrents almost continu ally for Iho dijs pist has swollen every stream In this section to spring freshet height and today the effects arc seriously felt here abouts by the almost complete tlclnc up of the Homo , \Vutcrtovvn ft Ogdensburg mllroul and Its brunches , obstructing mills and dolnf other damage to manufacturing and fuun pioperty. A big vvnshout occurred on the KonieVatcrtowti A. Ogueiisuurg uitlroid bet-vvccu Mnusvlllo anil Plcrrepont Manor In this county lust night , the Hood carrying nway the trade fiom nhout thiitv feet and making a deep channel across the Hue. A now Iran biidgo wnlch bad Just been completed ntOentievillo a inllo wostof Hlchland , on the Homo branch ivas ulso carried uxvity dm Ing the night Dirout nillroid and mall communication from north ern Now Yoikls shut olT with the south cast and \ \ cat. Many acres of good farm land nro under ivuter. Blaolc liver U rnglng1 bcinc within four Inches of Its usuallj high point which It reached list spilnc , and vlth frequent showers still loujinp and tbo water still llo liiK Into tbo valley fiom ycsterdftj's rains thote Is n probabihn that it will piss that high water mails and become dangerous. In I'cnns ) Mania and Olilo. PiTisnuuo , Sept. 13. lialn In this section 1ms at last ceased and this morning the shies were blight. Iho il\cis ate high and rising at the head waters , but no more damage Is icportcd fiom points nbo\e , and the water AN 111 not pitch twenty feet at miw/w 'jkN \ Mn\M $ # ? , THE A-SS BETWEEN TWO STACKS OF HAY. that sucli a proceeding vas Impossible. In regard to the proposition of the government paying a j car's Interest on $05,000,000 of cur rency Os bonds , Secretary Wlndom stated that congress -would have to authorize it. A proposition\vhichmetthe unanimous uppro\il : ot these present , including the scyetary , was to suspend the payment of customs du ties from November 1 to 1'ebrunry 1. Secre tary Windom said the present dlfllculty in the money inirkct ho belie > cdto be ono that extended all over the country and \\as not conllned to Wall stieet or oveu New Yoik H < $ > nid it would require a grett deal of careful consideration to soMlo upon the bestmetliod of relioiag the stringency and for that reason aothiug would bo done hastily. " In regard to the scare which Is based upon the belief that a largo amount of money ac cording to many not less than $50,000,000- will bo required iramedhtely la duties to take goods out of bond In case the Mclvlnloy bill goes Into effect October 1 , .Assistant TreasurerUoDCrts says : "It might bo sug gested iii the first place that this amount Is overstated , for the custom house authorities hao estimated that the amount of duty payable on goods now in bond does not amount to more than $ 10,000,000. In tbo second end place , If tbtso goods aio withdrawn in lax'go amounts and thrown upon the market It lUll hme a tendency to check imports so that the amounts of levonuo received will bo diminished. At any rate it should not In crease the stringency. It would bo wise , hovover.ln my opinion for congress to extend the time within -\\hich goods now in bond could be withdrawn This would tend to relieve lievo the market , but In any aspect of the c.iso I do not think thcio Is any serious ground for alarm. " a N. Wbltowontto Washington last night and has been in conference with members of the senate finance and the hoitho ways and means committees. Ho sa > s : "There is no doubt wliatovcr that the lima for the withdrawal of goods from bond will bo ex tended. The treasury department Is dolnu everything possible for the relief of the money market and will continue to extend all the relief which maj ho found necessary. " { shipments of currency have been header this week than any previous one this season. Nctrly nil the currency shipped went west and south Thcro lias been a heavy outward mo\ement of gold , SoOO.OOOgoing to San Fran cisco. Secretary AVIudom niiilo a statement to- nitfbt regarding the amount of money tied up in the treasury. Ho said : 'Comparisons ha\o recently been inadoef the suiplus now reported la the treasury ttlth the amount re ported ajoarago , fiomhiehthe \ cironcous conclusion Is drawn that the present admin istration has pursued a polio } tcmaul con traction , In this connection the following statement will show the fallacy of this betier. Tlio amount of not cash , fractional silver and r.atlcmal bank redemption funds in the treasury September 1 , 1SS9iis about $141uoOOUO. The amount of the bamo lu-ms September 10. Ifc9) , vas f99,50ll,2JO. \vhlchiliimonstratesthofact that o\cr III- OCW.OOO . more money has been paid out since Siptemhcr 1 , bb9 , than vos received Into the treasury during that time. In other words , c\eiy dollar recel\ed \ by the treasury since Siptomber 1 , IBS'J. has been paid out and o\cr JH1UOOOUO besides. Tha apparent sur plus shortn Stptembor 10 , IfcOO , of | JJ,509aO , ! is inado up as follows : Fractional sihor coins , about ( J3.000.000 iunuvalluhlo ( fortho purthaso of bonds ) ; In national depositories. fcU,000OOi , ) ( now In clreulatlon ) . These Uo it ms , amounting tofl7OOOOOOdeducted , , from fW.OOO.OOO . , leaves about foi.OOO.Ootf , which represents tlio entire atallabla cush in the treasury , and that sum is part of $ .V5OOO,000 of the national bank redemption funds nada avallublehy the recent uctof congress. Thcro tvn tronsnrv sur- Kuhns , E. Llpu ; German , Uevs. Strokman nnd Waage ; Scandinavian , II , Thomson It was decided thut these should bo deemed eligible to net as German delegates \\lio served German consreRHiousor preached to congregations in both tongues. The icport of the committee appointed to consider the request of applicants of permission to organize ganizo a Uerman sj nod was then lead. Tbe report refuses to permit the German constit uency to organi/o in the territory now oc cupied bv the froneral Nebraska sjnod on the fiiouiidthatit is contrary toyn ° dleal jaw t0 do so ; that the organization of the German in Nebraska is nt present temporary nud lacks authority and that it is Impossible to dismiss from ono synod members whohao no regu larly nuthoiized sjnod to which to ally them selves After considerable discussion there- port was recommitted to the committee , which wai enlarged by tbo addition of Drs > . G , Lmtz , Ejstor and Rev. Thomson. At the altcrnoon session the report of the committee recommending that thcro bo no redistricting - districting of the confeienco was read nnd adopted. 'Jho committee appointed to con sider the application , of the now German synod was then read and adopted item by Item and afterwards asa whole.rXhe measure brought UD considerable discussion. Uev. J , N. Lcnker mido an earnest speech alleging the authorship of the movement todivido the synod by languages was to bo found in Hastings , .Neb. , among men who at heart were not general synod Lutherans. The movement was rebellious and disoidoilj , Dr. I.cnken's speech carried the measure thiough with little objection , Thoioport as adopted refuses to consider the request of the Ncbi.iska Clcrmans to separate Item the main sjnod This irioioracnt is alleged to bo unconstitutional , Irregular and Injurious to the interests of thochnich. In case of their persisting in tuo. movement through another jear , howeter , the synod promises to offer no opposition to their severing from the main body and organizing Into a body by thoni- stives. The report of the committee on the president's repoit was then read and adopted , In the evening Dr. Kountzo of Omaha de livered an eloquent addrnss on chuich exten sion. The synod is enjoying a trip to the Loup and will roasaeinblo Monday morn- Inj ; . A D.ll ! * ' KVLOGIVB. Deck and rCnndnll Remembered in Soiinto and lionm- . WASHINGTON , Sept. 13 In the senate to day Jlr. Quay offered a resolution of sorrow nnd condolence In regard to the death of Samuel J. Uandall and proceeded to address the senate. Messrs. Harbour and Plumb also eulogized the dead spcakpr. There were fur ther eloquent tributes , and then , us a fiat her mark of respect , the senate adjourned till Monday. liuimo. WtsiiiXdTox , Sept. U , In the house today the Journals of Wednesday , Thursday and Friday were read and unproved without ob jection and the bouso proceeded to pay Its last tributes of respect to the memory of the lute Senator Bek of Kentucky. After nd- dresses by Messrs. Itrockenrldgo of Ken tucky , Dunnoll of .Minnesota , McCieary of Kentucky , Stone of Kentucky , Illount of Georgia , Henderson of Illinois , Caruth of Kentucky. Mo.MHliu of Tennessee nnd Hooker of Mississippi , the house , as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased , ad journed. t Gorman SoUllcr * fiotitonueil , BEIIU.V , Sept. 13. Sixteen soldiers of the Seventy-eighth rcRlmeatbavo been sentenced to several years' Imprisonment in a fortress for refusing to obey tbi orders of the captain. AM of tbo malcontents are socialists. this point. At IS'ow Philadelphia , O. , there is a landslide on the Cleveland & Marietta railway , which will delay trains a long while. A cloudburst occurred last night ntlioudale. The water came down In toircnts , and in a few minutes tbo people livini ; In the lower portion of the town were compelled to Ilco to the higher grounds. Several people narrowly esc iped death , _ In West \iminla. PuiKuisnuio , W. Va , Sept 13.-Tho Llt- tlo Kannwha was twelve feet nnd ilslng last night at Grantsvillo. Tjgnrt creek is out ol its banks , 'iho Big nnd Little Hocking rivers nro rising very fast auU doing much damage. _ Hurt tlic Corn rep , WIVSIDF , Nob. , Sept , 18.- [ Special Tele gram to TUB BhE. ] This section was visited by a hard frost last night. Opinions vary , but probably one-third to ono half of the corn crop will ho soft. i I'rost at Vaiiktoii. YANKIOV , S. DSept , 13 [ Special Tele gram to THE Bur.J There was a blighting frost hero this morning. Not much damage \\ai done , as ciops gcuually , including coin , are out of thowuy. Waters Subsiding. PITTSIIUKO , Pa. , Sept , 13. Advices from all sources up the Allegheny nnd in the northern distilctshow that the high waters are sub siding , though not without considerable damage ago having been inflicted. A waterspout in .Akron , O , last night , gullied the hill streets vsbllo the sticets on the Hats have been b.idlj \\aihedandtholosHonnropcityhcro will bo so largo that a special meeting of tbo citj council has been called to devise means of ro- palling the extraordinary dnmaeo. No DaiiuiKO to 'Michigan Crops. DCTHOIT , Mich , , Sept , 13. No damage Is reported to ciops in Michigan Hain fcl pretty generally over the state last night but 110 frost U reported , from Washington , WASHINGTON , Sept. 13 , The signal service furnishes the follow ing special bulletin to the press : The signal borvlco reports of jester- day and this tnoiniug show an ad vance from the northwest over Da kota , Nebraska. Iowa , ICansis , not th em Texni , Missouri nnd nci thorn Illinois of a severe cold wuvo which produced unpicccdently low ternpoiaturo und unusual ly eaily ftosts tliioughout these sections. lolloping arosomoof the minimum temper- nturcs of this moinlng with their lolation to the lowest ever before recorded during the second week of September , viz : Coiuonlla , : H = > , b = > below j Wichita , 3b = , ! = below ; Davenport , 1)3 ) = , 1 = below ; Keokuk , 30 = , a = below ; Chicago. : is = , 2 = belli w : Sptlnglleld. 111. , ! te = ' ,2 * below ; Springfield , Mo , U ) = , a = below. Killing fiosts are reported this morning from central and northoin Iowa , two weeks earlier from Den ver und three weak * enrllor fiom northern Nebraska. Three days earlier tfiun any piolous iccord of light fiosls are reported from other portions of Iowa , No- braski and from Kansas und noithorn Mis souri. 1'rost warnings were sent yesterday to noi th western Iowa and Dikotn , and this morning Issued for the ccnuiberry and to bacco distilcts of Wisconsin and the tobacco districts of Missouri , -western Ken tucky aud northwestern Tvnni&sco. Ilnllruad Detect ivoKtnlibcd and Killed Ciiicioo , Sept , 13. D. M. Avcry , chief de tective of the Luke Shore & Michigan South * era road , -was stabbed and killed this mornIng - Ing by Lxmls Dycbman. The latter v > as flehtinedmnir. Iloth HIIHV 1'rrpnrltiR fur Their Coin- Ins ; Oiivoiiiitrr. ICoj'i/rfoM / ISMbiiJanifionion ( lennrfM LOMIOV , Sept 13. [ New York HoraM Cuble-Speelal to Tun lltr.J The o\nct dito of the approaching contest between Slavln and MeAullJTo has not yet been Iked , nor will It bo until shottly before the light. Iloth men aiM now practically icady and In cipltal health. The Amer- Kan has worked oft nbout fotty pounds of superfluous lleshhlle tlio Australian lias been adding slightly to his weight , as ho alwiis doe * before u tussle Slaviu Is luxuiioiHly Installed at Dover ootttt with his mnnnger , J.ick Lovvls. 1'rank's dally life is to liso only , walk a inllu or so nnd bithe , thin breakfast ; then ho reads lotteia and paper * nnd takes a quiet canter of twelv o or fourteen miles , then homo to be rubocd down ami dinner ; then ho fools nbout the Jivvn tennis nets und so on , then ho punches the bill nnd porlmps sp.irsvlth McCaitb ) . It is rather a sight to see Simla punching the ball , lie sola about It with gritted teeth , Justus If It mro an actual foe , and Itulvvajs comes b.nk to his list. OB one occasion ho punched It through tbe [ .iiuik roof. It Is a slgiililtcnt fact Hint Mnrxus Mayei's clullciie'o of i'JOOon McAullfle , as published In the London Herald , found no takeis There seemt , howevci , to bo no doubt that both men me in earnest and that the light \vlll bo perfectly on thosiiume. Cli/iiliotli Stuart 1'helps' llradc t alln Poitli Comment. LONDONSopt. . U [ New Yotk Herald C.tblo-Speclnl to Tin DnO 'Ihe thndoof Elizabeth Stmut I'hclps ( Mrs \Vnrd ) on decollete die slng has called foith consldor- ablocoiuincnt fiom the London pi-ess , iniiih of lik'h Is far fiom coinpllinentnij to the thin skinned American propagandist. Ono niittrsnjs , rofcningto Mra AVaul'snitiile : "People who talk and wuto In this stjlc nro either not \ety well Informed on their sub ject or they are constitutionally inc.ipihlo of bclicvlngth.it thcie Is moio cloudiness and sound health in the wet Id at huge than exists in their oun minds and untuio. Sonio of us aio unfortunately i > o constructed that wo must Hist cre.ito the vices wo want to de stroy and there is nothing that does so much harm to soclet y as this blatant outsailing by prudent mirists against evils that hive scaicely the shldovv ot an existence outside of their own Iniaghi'ltio is. Mrs. Ward Is sorry that ladies who go to the theater do not aveit their glances nnd blush -when tbo ballet comes on. Well tln.ro nra some \\lio do so , but they mo the sort ofomen who imiho ns- sigtutions w ith their lovu * in chuuh , ask French conundrums In whispus at the din ner table nnd rotd ano'iymoua rreiu.li MCU between the coveis of fnshlon prints 'Iho woman AV ho opens hei oycs when the billet conies finds a good deal leas Impropriety In that entertainment than she would bo likely to Und in occasional dhtrlboa agnhibt it In magazine at tides b } Butlsh or Auieikan matrons. " * QVEKX. She Has a Narrow IJ- cape Prom a Tcr- " - ( Copyj ( ( / ? ! ( < < ! 113(1 buJnm'i Cniilnn LONDOV , Sept. 13. [ New Yoik Heiald Cable Special to TIIB ULI : . ] Ono of the lions of the scison In this case n lioness Is Carmen Sylvl i , RoumanU's talented queen , now getting health nnd pleasure in pictur esque Llanduduno , the famous Welsh resort \\hcroJohnBrightuscdtolovo to pass his holidays. The queen's presence Is attracting ninny visitors , who look ndmhingly on the Roumanian's ensign of black , jcllownnd scar let displaced In front of her hotel Whllo visiting Conuny castle tbo other day the poet- queen and novelist had a vciy narrow cs cape. Whllo exploring the timouorii re cesses of the old ruins she espied an owl fast asleep in the ivy by the side of ono of the naked arches. Her mnjotv , with almost girlish glee , called the attention of the many members of her suite to the bhd of night. The owl , however , continued to slumber. Hero the nuecn stepped on the low wnll by the side of the path and did not observe that the Ivy , sl\ Inches In front of bar lect , cov ered a chasm at least forty feet In deiitb , In the nlok of tnno an attendant caught hold of the queen's aim and diew her hack , The major suited that some jcars ago a man had met with his death In the castle bj a similar mistake. Her majesty thanked the man who had grasped her loyal arm so unceremon iously and gave him a bandso no present. FATA * , \yiCKci. t.DAKOTA. . A Tree PiillH on a Kullnmtl Conch and KillH'Ihrcc I'CI'NOIIH. Dr.uvoon , S D , Sept. 13.-Speelnl [ Tele gram to Tin. Di.r. ] A fatal accident oc- curied today on the Black Hills .t I'oit Pierre road , In which Judge Ilclden aud Mrs. Snjder and ahoy of Lead City vcio hilled outright and many others seriously Injured. As an excursion tiiin fiom Dtadnood and Lead City to the Masonic picnic. In which thcro uero uboutthrpohmuhcd excursionists , passed along n high embankment , a heavy trco fell across the icar coich , killing the above named persons throwing the car from the tiuclt and itijuiln ' others to an unknown extent. _ A Notorious Outlaw Cuptinml. OOI > F.N , Utah , Sept. U [ Special Telegram to Tin : DIM. ] Thoiiiarsli.il of SmithllUd , a station eighty milts 1101 th of Ogden , on the Utah & Northern railroid , captured the no torious outlaw , Dick Rogers , who 11 red Into the passenger train at Hot Springs about two weeks ago. Ho wounded a Mis HcrsUunan in the back and it Is not jut duteimlncc whether she will live or die fiom the effects of the shot. A federal marshal has gene to Smlthlkld a ( tor Rogers. The Now Ontario Cabinet. TORONTO , Sept. 1 ! ) The Ontario cabinet has been orgnni/cd and ii now constituted as follows , ( J. U' Ross , minister of education ; O F. Kramer , commissioner of publics \vorks , A. S. Hardy , commissioner of crown lands ; Hlchard Hurunirt , piovinclnl treasurer ; Join Dryijeii , minister of agricultuio ; J. M ( Jib- son. provincial secretary ; 1II. . Uronson , \vltlioutu poitfolio. The Weath r I'oroo ast. Tor Omaha and Vicinity Fair ; warmer Per Nebraska 1'alr , exwpt local tains h ; noithcrn portion ; warmer ; variublo winds. Tor Iowa Pair ; sightly v\aimci , southerly Vtinds. Tor Snuth Dakota rnlr. preceded by light local ralu ; warmer ; vailahlo winds. A ICcL'OllIlt o WASIII.SOTOV , Sopt. 13-Supcrlntendent Poiterof the census today announced thut i recount of Minneapolis show an nopulatlou o IW.TsO , This , us compared with Ihe ceiist of 1850 , Is an Incteaso of 117.8.M , or'J51.3j T > cr ctut , . Mississippi ConstHutliiii ltvlscr ! . JAC.KSOK , Miss. . Sept , 10. In the coiiitltu tlonal convention today the committee on temperance und the llijuor trafllo roportci that it Is tbclr judgment that U Is imprac ticable and Inopportune to bring the subject of either the liquor traQlc or prohibition bo- fnro th < * fnnvcntlnn , This Week at Grand Island Under tb Sugar Pnlaco Manngcineut. COUNTY CONVENTIONS IN NEBRASKA. Detailed AcoouiitM Prom ll\crj Tor- lion ol' the State tu Uoguril to the IXlent ol the Iteernt I'rost. I ti\n , Neb , Sept , in rspeclal Tilogriini to Tin : Un * . | Anotlier piohibitloo dc'lmto Is on the boutls The stigiir palac * iinnageincnt annomu-o that on Tlitirsclny and , 1'ilday , September IS and U ) , lion 12 KobO \vaternndIlon.Johu \ \Velnterot Omaha will dcbnto the aincndtnoiit iiuostlon ulth At > torney Ocncral linidfoul of Kansas e\-.ov cinor Larrabco of Iowa nnd I'liiuuvllof Civlghtoii of Lltuolu. An { 1111110110 crv\\d \ la assured Incursions will bo HIM from th leading cltks , including Om ilia und Lincoln. Clroui Men Cmiso TiMiible. UitvMi ItiiAM > , N'ob , Sept I ! ) [ Special Telegmm to Tnc Hi i 1 List week tha proiHSity of n circus showing hi this city vvai attached l > \ n eouplo of l.iboiers for delta * ijuent wages , The next iliiy the iaseswcr dismlssod by the pliilnillT- * The lonstahle , failing to collect tbo i-osts fiom the n , elaimca n lien on thu property Tlio pioptictor coin' niciiLid a ixplevln iiLtion , but Cot stnbleUor' in in lefuseil to linn one horse over. A suircb ; failing to lev eal him , nn action \VIH brought ( barging ( Ionium and Mnrtoll.i Krotheia , llvei'jinen , with larceny , and to lav the > y wei-o bound over to the ilistilft louit In tui sum The tate nil-tin ( list Il\sns i , Neb , Sept 1. ! ( Special Tel * pram to Tnr Hi r 1 Iho fouith day of th Methodist confeiviiLO was opened this morn * Ing with dev otlomil exercises led bv Kev. J , C. H. Ilobln. 'Iho minutes \cstciday' * session wciv lead and adopted. Uhc chuiuo tcrs of the superiiiiincrary pronihersera iv.ul and p isscif Cluirios K. Glwlts , Mose $ Andeuon , Charlcd L. HnmllUm , A U Chad * wick and .lames II. Coblivcro admitted to tlio conference on trial JninesV. . I'rltch anl was nmdo n supi.riiiiiiioniiy. lllshop Itovvnuii then IntiodiiCLd to thccoufcivnca Kev. H. AVjkoft of the Dakota coiifeienco ( Kov Dr. CJcurgo T. Cii sninii of the Hiistingl I'resb.Mcrlan cliuu'h , Hev lr. ) Pnvno of ew Vork city and Kev Di. Oldham of Singapore , Mnlaj , Ash Thocominitteo appointed to examine tha Lhniges preferi-ed against Uev. Dr .lohnsott of Ostcola presented its ivpjit this morning and umipKtoly cvoueiatcd him ftwu allgullol The question submitted by the gcni-nil eonJ feionco to the annual conlurcncosas to a io < iluction of the ivpic&uitatlvos tothu general confeienco failed to moot approval on a votd of bO to 2J. The closing houi-s of the sessloa woio devoted to resolutions and leports ol cominlttces Sunday inoririiuHisliop Thomns liowin.iu of St. Louis will deliver u confer-l cncoseimoii at the now Pi'eabj'teilun thuichi A Hi iimnco I'roin Nebraska City. Ni'inushA CITV , Neb , Sept. 1,1 [ Special to U'IIK BnJeoige ] ( Baden , ajoung maUi a nntlvo of Ctcrninny , came to this elty about five years nip nud t ok hi' * rtiftt slops toward becoming an A mcriciin Utben. Two j cartage ago ho foil under the inlluuncu of the bulvo. tlon army , and from tnenco forth his mind ran wild on the subject of Kltgioii. llafiiudly became convinced that bn life sbouldTn devoted to missionary woik and with thai purpose In view hoictuincd to ( lOtmaiiy 4 ye.irngo and enteted a theological institution to prep u-o himself to po Into the w ihls of AN rlca to pi each the goipol. Fate , however , was against him and decided to make a sol diernutof the \vould-bo niKsionaty. A lottcj ] ust received f 10111 him stales that thoGcr * man authorities discovered that ho had never served his time in the lutny , nnd immediately impicssed him Into service , und hols no\V \ doing duty an n noldiur enlisted for thicd > ea in the nrmy of ICnlscr Wllbolm. Ho AVniitrd 3Io uj , Nut No tea. OUOIID , Neb , Sept. 11 ! [ Special to Trm Uiu. ] A tiavcllng bag belonging to Ir , Clew , a tiaveler for tliu Dccilng manufactur < ing company of Chicago , was stolen from tha B. &M. train. It contained o\cr .I.OOO la notes belonging to the compiny , besides other valuiblu pipoi-s. The thief retired tea a ravine near tlio liver with bis booty , but failing to find nny cash , left the grip by the roadside where it was found by nclti/oa today. The discovery was immediately repot pot ted to the depot olilduls and the property will bo htld till Mr. Clew iallb for it. AlTaliH /vinswuilli. . AIVSWOIITII , Neb. , Sept , 13. [ Special Tel * . gram to Tin : BKF. ] The icgular Septemboif term of the district court , Judge M. P. Kln kuid presiding. iulnuincd ] this evening after a week's hard woik. The case of the stata against Tom Hatching for the minder ol Charles Ilcaton on .Inly 4 , nt Long Pine , ro- suited in u verdict of not gulltv. Although , crime is steadily ou the decrease In the north * west , JudtfO Klnkald has live of these case ) ahcid of him. The corps of surveyors that have boon at vtoilt on the Pacific Shoit Lluohuvobioa called hack to O'Neill. A TlilcT Who Hteals Am tiling. BiHTitior , Neb , Sopt. 13. [ Special Tclo * gram to Tun Unr. ] The residence of A. ScdoriPS , on Noith Ninth sticct , w.is robbed of n carpet day bcfoio yesterday by U'lllirta. Nell , the blanket thief , who Is now doing ) tlmo In the county jnll for the last named or-J fenso. Ntll dcllhci.itely toio the eaiptt fiomj thulloomnd then sold it to a pivviisnop toy an InsigiiiuVant.suin. A I'utliciJlini't'cd with Itriitiilit y. Br VTitici : , Neb , Sopt. li ! [ Spechl Tclo- gram to Tin : Hi i : ] A teamster ot this city known as Hear Is accused of hiving tied a. rope to his toncarold boy's feet u day op tvvongo and sending the boy down a bored , well headforemost to tiring up a bucket tha hey had accidentally dropped in tbo well. The bucket was iwovead by thU means. Thocnsols being investigated and If as rep resented the unnatural father will ho clvtu a tcnn in the penitential y for inhumanity. rohibition. Neb. , Sept. 13. [ Special to Tim Bi r ] Tlio Danish dti/cns of riemont , fol lowing tlia oxnmnlo of the Gcrma'is ' , ha\j just orgunl/ed an untl-pinhlhltlou society and clotted the following ofllcerv C. II ( Jhrls- tenscn , president ; I , 1 > . Hanson , vlto prest- di-iit , I'tter Anderson , sociLtar > j Chris Hoiinusstn , trcasunr. It is the purnosnto oig.ini/u the Dane ) into siinilar orgunUtv * lions in ull the tou nships ot the county. Death or an Old TI.IV IMAII , Neb. , Sopt. 1,1Speclil ( to Tin , Dn ] ' 1 ho old settlers of Duit county will bo palnod to boar of the death of an old rcslJ J dent , Mr Olnoy llniilngton. nt thoiidviinccdl ago of clhtv-fiur ( { ) tats. Tlio deceased WHS the father of William Ilaiilngton , ono of the bankeri of this piarc , and has been u resldeub of Hurt county slnco ism. linportaiit Suit ot Hvyivos , Neb , Sept , 13 [ Special Tclr > ' gram to Tnh IIK ] IbaaoE Plorcoof thli city brought suit today In the district court against H Hostwitk and the Hastings dr/ pressed brick toinpaiiy for to , I'i ) . 'll > nt HI no lllll. ni.i i ! HIM. , Neb , Sopt. 13-SpctIul [ Tclft-r gram to Tins Bi'K.JTho Munion hotel bloctf burned this morning , destroying four larga frame buildings. One and a portion of an other \vero occupied by the hotel , the thlrtM i-nntaltnd thn Munson furniture store and