Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY
TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , MONDAY MOHjNJNG , MAY 4 , 1891. NUMBER 315.
HER MONEY HER SALVATION
An Alleged Conspiracy nt Lincoln to Save
: c Mrs. Shcedy.
THE NEGRO NOT TO FARE SO WELL.
IMcFarliind to IlniiKiiHii Menus of Snv-
liift the Woman 'I Ins ( July Prof-
llnlilo Coiii'HO Tor tin : Law-
J-CPH In tlic CIIHC.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Mny ! . - [ Special to Tin :
IKK.Tho \ \ great Shcecly intirder trlul com
mences tomorrow In the district court and
the air Is rlfo with speculations antl minors
ns to tlio probable result of It. It Is gen
erally known that the attorneys for Mrs.
means to secure her
Khccily are using every
Acquittal , because tliey will probably make
lomewhuru between $10,000 and S''O.OOO ' If
they win the case , but will not nothing If
they lose It. It Is reported that important
witnesses for the state are having every in-
'ducotniMit brought to bear upon them to stillo
their testimony. Even the colored police
men. Holts , nt whoso homo McFarland was
Just bofdro anil Just after the murderous
assault with tlio cane , has been offered trans
portation free to any pluco ho may wish to
go In ease ho stays away during thu progress
of the trial. Walstrom , Mrs. Shoedy's
lover , is reported to bo in Kurope. Mrs.
Carpenter , at , whoso house the guilty lovers
were wont to meet , openly declares that
she will not toll nil slio knows , and County
Attorney Snell has labored In vain with her
to Induce her to divulge what facts she maybe
bo in possession of. Mrs. Shcody's domestic
also feigns ignorance.
Hut the suppression of testimony corrobor
ative of Monday MoFarlund's confession Is
but a small part of the profoundly sensa-
tloniil actions of the defense , according to the
htorlcs now passing from mouth to mouth. It
Is now llrmly believed that , there is a plot
matured to haug the negro MeFurland and
thereby satisfy the publics clamor for ictribu-
tlon , while Mrs. Sheedy Is to go free. This
state of affairs was outlined in Tin : BII : : a
few days ago and no refutation lias been made
of the statement.
Today Tin : Br.n correspondent was met by
n prominent jurist whodeclaiod thatTiii : Bir. :
is on the right trull and In substantiation of
his statement , said :
"This Sheedy crime commenced in con
spiracy and murder and promises to end In
conspiracy'and murder. As stated in Tin :
BKI : , McFarland is to bo sacrificed , and the
woman who has been nt the bottom of the
bribery crime is to go scott free. Because
that Is the only course that can bo pursued to
get money out of the case. You know Unit If
Mrs. Shcedy is convicted she does not got a
' 'Ciit of her husband's estate. If she is
cleared she will coino Into possession of about
80,000 worth of property. It Is needless to
say that If she Is acquitted her attorneys are
to get a small fortune out of it. Strode bus
already roimirkod publicly that in ease ho
clears her ho will bo able to buy a line house
und lot. But whut Is in it for the darkey's
iittornoysi Nothing if ho Is freed. Ho isn't
worth a dollar , und never will be ,
-kw-tf kw/ho is hung and Mrs.
Sheody Is freed. I have most
positive proof that there will bo something
in it for his attorneys. You know the men
who represent him. They are no * out west
for their health. If they really intend to
clear the negro why have they pursued the
course that tliev have !
"It is their avowed intention not to put
him on the witness stand. His confession ,
however , ns made to the maycr and the po-
llco officers , and taken down in shorthand , Is
Q.bo used In evidence , but only that part can
presented which refers to his murderous
assault on Sheedy. The part referring to
Mrs. Shccdy's participation must bo exclud
ed , and what Is loft Is sufficient to convict
and hang the negro.
' The prosecution believes that Mrs.Sheoily
Is the person who conceived the crime
and consummated It , while all tlio
negro can really be arraigned foi
ls assault. Under the inlluenco
of this belief the state a week ago made a
proposition to the attorneys for McFarland
to grant the negro immunity , or in other
words to let him go free , if ho will go
on the witness stand and tell the truth.
What would an attorney do under such cir
cumstances ] Would ho not jump at such an
opportunity to save the life of his client ! If
ho was a conscientious attorney would ho not
go to the prosecution mid ask for immunity
for his client by having him tell the facts In
the ease , instead of waiting for such an op
portunity to no offered to him I A week has
( rene by and McFarland's attorneys have
under various pretexts evaded the question.
The attorneys for the prosecution have been
made to understand that their proposition to
Have tlio negro from the gallows Is not
to bo accepted and that the fellow
will not bo put on the stand. In
Cod's name what can this mean !
It means this : That McFurlund'st attorneys
nre after money. In ease ho is freed they
got nothing. In case ho Is hung nnd Mrs.
Shcedy goes free , might there not bo some
thing In it foi * them. Or to coino clown to
bedrock. Haven't the negro's attorneys u'ot
the cinch on Mrs. Shoedy's lawyer ? J All
that they have got to say Is this : ' ( Jive us
$10,000 or wo will put McFarland on tlio
Maud and have your clUnt hung. In case
r you como down vtith that amount wo will
hush the darkey's mouth and Mrs. Shcedy
will go free. ' 1 see that they uro to follow
the latter course keep the negro off the
stand and have testimony presented to hang
htm. This can cosily bo done. The darkey
hns no friends und nobody cares whether ho
'
Is strangled or not. Ills bunging means
money for his attorneys while his acquittal
means merely 'thank you.1 If this is not the
rase why have they refused to accept the
Immunity offered If the negro will testify !
'r ' and the Irish KIIVO.VM.
BOSTON , Mass. , Mny ! l. - General liutler , In
declining lo preside nt a meeting in Music
hull tomorrow night , called to welcome the
Irish envoys to Boston , had tills to say about
the Irish cause. "Tho llbortv loving people
of America should and will , I doubt not , do
everything in their power to aid their eauso.
1 must leavo'lt to the pivplo In Ireland and
their representatives to determine on the
manner and details of their movements. "
\VclcHMIK ! Itlllll.
HI-AIUVO , Pa , , May . The heavy shower
which foil this morning did moro than the
bauds of n.cn who have been lighting the tire
j on the Blue mountains could accomplish in
I the last three days. After dovastatltig over
fifteen hundred acres the llnir.es were ox-
tliiKUlshcii by the rainfall , wbiiu lasted two
hours ,
MtiritcrcNri Found Guilty.
Pint ? , May 8.Tho tiial at .Moulnlor of
Mine. Achet , a young widow , for the murder
of a notary named Lcl'lno 1m tilled the
court daily with a crowd of Intensely Inter
ested spectators. Tlicro was a conflict of
tcjtliuony lu the 1.10 actl the
failed to prove that the woman had an ac
complice , but it was shown beyond a douot
that she murdered t.uPino In order to rid
herself of u creditor. Mine. Achet. while
confessing to the killing , said that e\w \ hud
acted In self-defense , I.oPIno having at
tempted to assault her. The court Imposed a
sentence of twelve years ut hard labor upon
the prisoner and ordered her to pay the sum
of 'J.OUO francs to the relatives of her victim.
Drla ! H of tlio Trouble Heighten HH
Political Important. ! ! .
I * viii" , May a. The details of the labor
trouble at Fourmlos Immensely heightened
the political Importance of the Incident. The
fuel tiiat six women , several children and
eight men wore hilled on the spot , while
twenty moro were seriously wounded , sev
eral futally , gives the atTalr tno character of
n massacre. Iho soldiers wcro more exposed
to stone-throwing , but they replied with
successive volleys from their rifles , inflicting
frigh'ful wounds on the victims. Tlio houses
exposed to the iiro wore riddled nnd there Is
every sign that reckless anil uanlon Inhu
manity was shown by the troops. The local
popular commotion is Intense nud it finds a
response In the growing excitement in every
working center.
Fourmles tonight is practically lit a state
of siege. Cavalry patrol tlio streets and are
everywhere greeted with yells of reprobation
from oxeitod groups of men and women. The
tension of feeling may bo Judged from the
fact that the military are balled with cries of
"vivo Prussia. "
The funeral of the victims was fixed for
today , but tlio enormous number of workmen
arriving from other Industrial centers caused
the covornmont to send for reinforcements
and to order the postponement of the funeral
until tomorrow.
The prefect today refused to receive a dep
utation asking for the removal of the regi
ment that fired upon the crowd.
A suction of the left and ttio socialist and
Bouliiiigist deputies Join in demanding a vote
of censure against M. t'onstans , minister of
the interior , as responsible for the slaughter.
A motion to that olToct will bo made in tlio
chamber of deputies tomorrow.
A majority of the right and loft approves
generally the measures of repressing tlio riot
by M. Constans throughout the country , hue
favor instituting an inquiry as to the con
duct of ttie troops.
It is learned that the sub-prefect of Four-
mles ordered the firing on the crowd. It
would have been still worse had not the
mayor risked his life and rushed between the
combatants nnd Implored them to stop fight
ing. This Is the first time that the Lebet
rillo has been used against human beings.
A ovemcnt of the German and Austrian
government- isolate Franco commercially
beuins to alarm the French ministers moro
seriously. Dispatches from the French em
bassy nt \ icnnu state that Germany has
opened negotiations with Kussla with the
view of arranging for Hussian co-operu-
tlon in the piojcctcd communication.
Concessions with liussia at first
ulunco apixnirs Improbable , but under
the Gorman-Austria treaty is made to trout
other powers reciprocally. Uoth countries
can ofTor iUissiu the benollts of a differential
tariff. Swit/erland und Scrvla will send
delegates to the Vienna committee confer
ences. Russia has been invited , but has not
yet replied.
A significant ncml-ofllulal note in today's
Fromdcnbltttt of Vienna proclaims the wide
economic and political effect ol the German-
Austria treaty mid predict. " that other pow
ers will bo forced to muUu similar arrange
ments. Even Franco , the note says , will
find it impossible to remain isolated and will
bo comiiolleil to return to the trinity system.
Colonel Fred Grant , the United States
minister to Austria , and Mrs , Grant have re
turned to Vienna after a week's visit horo.
After Minister Held presented Colonel Grant
to President Carnet , Mrs. Held took Colonel
and Mrs. Grunt to u reception _ lvon by Mine.
Carnot. M. Carr.ot hnd a long talk with
Colonel Grant. Ilo spoke admiringly of Gen
eral Grant's career , which , ho said , was well
known In Franco and his methods largely
studied by the army. Mr. Held gave his
inicsts several entertainments and then took
them to thn opera , Mine. Carnot's box being
placed nt their disposal.
Among the tiotublo persons whom the
Grants mot were Lady Lytton , Countess
Kcrgoatty , Countess Diovnni , Count Xccby ,
Senator McMillan and Mrs. llradluy Martin.
Referring tn their residence In Vienna , Mr.
nnd Mrs. Grant expressed themselves as
highly pleased with their ottlcial nnd social
reception.
Mr. Henry Bacon , the Boston artist , is hero
lu behalf of the American committee who
will present to the city of Paris
a bron/o copy of Houd.n's statue
of Washington , now standing in tlio
eapltol at Klchniond. M , Ttuobuud , a well
known broir/.o founder , says 'touching ' the
objection of the governor of Virginia that a
broazo copy might damage the 'ornaments )
that there ii ) no danger it the work be care
fully do.io. Mr. 'Thiobiiucl will send work
men to Richmond to make a plaster cast of
the statue.
Curolius Durand is about to sturt for
America. Ho will send exhibits to the Chi-
oigo fair , mainly works now in t ho United
Stutes.
Joseph PuUt70r of the New York World
lias arrived here from n yachting expedition.
Ills eyes are still so weak that ho cannot
read.
lUucH.oN.i , May ! l. Considerable disorder
prevails hero. Five petards exploded during
the night , causing great alarm and doing
much damugn. A conflict between the polleo
and strikers has Just taken place. Pistol
shots were exchanged The ring-lcudera
among the Holers were arrested.
In Germany , Holland and Switzerland.
LOXIION , May M. Tlio principal towns of
Germany , Holland and Switzerland were to
day the scene's of demonstrations of work
men In favor of the eight-hour movement.
In Hamburg no.OOO persons , a tenth of whom
were wives and sweethearts of the workmen ,
paraded through the suburbs of Horn. Dele
gates from the workmen's societies kept ex
cellent order. In the lluo were many hands
and banners and a number of choral societies
tooit pun in mo procession. Aiier u snort ,
meeting in the park , nt which appropriate
resolutions wcro adopted , tlui crowd dis
persed and devoted tlio remainder of the day
to music and dancing. No disorder was re
potted unywheio.
In the llclglan mining districts disorder
still nruvalls and many telephone wires have
been cut und \\ludows smashed. Meetings
were held at Liege , Seraing and other places
to denounce the action of the Brussels labor
union , which sent delegates to various centers
to delay or prevent strikes. At tneso meet
ings It was decided to disregard the the advice -
vice of the union and commence a general
strike tomorrow. A state of selege has been
proclaimed in the villages around Diego.
Hitter StriiKKl" Pro jieot.
KvAXsvn.u : , Ind. , Mny 3. The minors of
the five m.ncs of this city went out for an
elght-hour day. They took their grievances
Into the Central Labor union , a body com
posed of delegates of all unions In the city ,
and requested that a committee be appointed
to wait on the operators and demand nil ad
justment o' ' .ho difllcultles. 'I ho operators
refused to treat with the committee , and after
several attempts to got together the matter
was referred back to u meeting held this
morning , ut which a largo body of miners re
solved to buck up the previous action of the
union. This indicates n long and bitter
strucrglo between the opposing forces. The
hurnessmakorH , saddlers , coilarmakers und
carpenters demanded a nlno-hour day May 1
and got It , The painters not long since 'de
manded und got the night hour day after a
short struggle.
London' * Hig Labor M
LONDON , May U. The attendance at the
labor meeting lu Hyde Park today Is vari
ously estimated ut from 200,000 to uOO.OOO.
The procession In connection with the meet
ing Included workers at all the trades and
was miles Ion ? . Us route was by way of
Westminster , Victoria street and Grosvenor
placo. It was intornpersod with bumU und
many bauntfis wcro carrlQd.
STRIVING FOR STATEHOOD ,
Effort ? to Bring the Remaining Territories
Into the Union.
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT FOR ALASKA.
Probability Tlint .limllou llradloyill
Ank to lie Placed on tin ; Ho-
tired Lint Colonel
1'olk'H PolltlOH.
WASIIIXOTOS Brup.u' TUB Bur , )
5111 FoniTi'.i'XTit Sruimr , >
WASHINGTON , IX C. , Mny : t. I
From the congressional delegates and other
prominent citizens of Arizona and Utah It is
learned that preparations are being made to
secure statehood for these territories at ttio
approaching session of congress , and it Is
expected that territorial government for
Alaska and probably statehood for Oklahoma
will come up at the same time. The admis
sion of Idaho and Wyoming at the hands of
the lust congress with not a very largo popu
lation and the well known position of Presi
dent Harrison of granting statchcod to the
territories which can pain advantages by
state laws , are the grounds of encourage
ment for taking these steps at this tlmo. The
liberals and republicans of Utah , it Is stated ,
will now take tholeud for statehood for that
territory. Heretofore they have opposed it ,
becausu they feared the Mormons under
stuto laws would run thii/gs In their old
way , but the anti-Mormon laws which were
engrafted oy congress Into the constitution
of Idaho are reported to work so well that
the gentiles of Utah are now willing to risk
them in laws which would glvo thorn state
hood. Utah would be republican by a largo
majority , with the voting qualifications
whli'h govern Idaho , and yet the democratic
house of congress could not refuse to adopt
such provisions if giving statehood to the
former. The political complexion of Ari/ona
as a territory is democratic at present , but
could bo made republican If there was any
special prlzo at stake. It Is said that both
Utah and Arizona will present regularly
adopted constitutions and will ask for state
hood tills winter , and it Is expected that Ok
lahoma may do likewise and that there will
bo another step toward provincial govern
ment asked for Alaska.
imuii.nr TO
The recent Illness of Associate Justice
IJradloy has brought out the fact , his friends
fay , that ho will usk shot tly after the court
assembles in October , to go on the retired
list where ho could have gone upon full pay
about llvo years ago. Mr. Justice Brudloy is
nn able Juiist , and stands high In the estima
tion of Ills acquaintances , But ho is almost
seventy-seven years old and is in enfeebled
health. Jt Is stated that Associate Justice
Field will usk to retire about the sumo time.
Ho ulso has passed the aeo limit some years.
President Harrison will have about fifteen
prominent Judicial appointments to make
within the next twelve months. The laud
court Is to bo named within this month and
It is believed that the men have been prac
tically selected.
TIIK GOVKHNMKXT'S 1'IllNTINO.
After a season of about four weeks the
Joint committee on printing of the two houses
of congress , directed to Inquire into the ex
penditures for public printing in all branches
of the federal government and report wrtys
and means for decreasing the cost and in
creasing the usefulness of the printing serv
ice , has adjourned. Some more Investigations
are expected in the autumn , and it is untlcl-
that considerable expert testimony will
Eated . The expenditures for government
printing through the government printing
oflloo nlono aggregate annually between
$ ; ilXK,000 and $1,000,000. There is besides n
great deal of work done at the branch ofllccs
in the various departments , accounts for
which are kept separate. It Is stated that a
superintendent of inibllo printing , who will
act in conjunction with congress and the pub
lic printer , and will dotermlro questions as
to quality und quantity of printing , will bo
created , and that an effort is to bo mudo to
suvo $ , " > l)0,000 or more annually in printing
hereafter. One thing at least has bcon
learned by the Investigation , and that is that
the Judgment of congress cannot bo taken ,
and political knowledge Is much needed lu
determining qualities nnd quantities.
COI.OST.l POI.K'S I'OI.ITIUAI METHOD ?
. . , . . , .
A striking figure has been about Washing
ton for several days in the person of ex-
Mayor Davenport of Kansas City. Mr.
Davenport Is tall , brainy and line looking.
Ho is ono of the most prominent republicans
in Missouri , and ono of the few who have
met President Polk of the farmers' alliance
on the stump m campaign debate.
"Colonel Polk is Just llko the other politi
cians In the alliance , " said Mr. Davenport to
your correspondent. "Ho can not bear the
light of truth. With cx-Congrcssman
Warner of Kansas City I stood
before Polk nnd his confrere , Livingston
of Georgia , and we discussed the bonded
warehouse and other questions in the pres
ence of a large farmer and townspeople
audlcnca. The trouble is" that these politi
cians in tbo alllunco either wilfully misrep
resent the truth in their arguments to the
membership of their order or they only tell
half of the truth.
"When 1 mot Polk on tlio stump in Mis
souri ho laid down the warehouse scheme in
something lllto these words : 'Tho republican
party bus built uondcd warehouses lor these
gigantic monopolists , the distillers , and por-
mlt them to store away tlioir products , upon
which they receive warehouse receipts , hear
ing the certilicatloii of a federal
otllcor , and upon ttieso any ono
can go to n bank and borrow
money. It Is practically a eovornmcnt obli
gation. Now why is it that these sumo re
publicans refuse you farmers a warehouse
where you can store away your corn , wheat ,
rye , potatoes and other products , upon the
receipt of which you can raise tnonoy to pay
oil your fiirm mortgages. Are not your crops
as legitimate as tlio productions of the dU-
tiller ! Are not you as much entitled to this
help and protection us the capitalists who
make whisky ) Where Is the Justice in
making a warehouse for one class and refus
ing it for another !
"This arcuincnt , " said Mayor Davenport ,
"this half truth , Isverv taking in theubsoneo
of anything more. Hut tlio farmers nro not
ignoramuses , us the politicians m their order
think. They are opening their eyes. I said
In reply to Colonel Polk that It was true the
federal government had bonded warehouses
for the distillers. They not only built the
distillers' warehouses , but they furnished
them storekeepers men who stood guard
over the deposits of whisky to see that none
was taken away. It furnished iruugers , who
measured the liquors. The reason this was
done was because it could not collect the taxes
\tpon the liquor in any other way. Some
place must bo provided where the whisky
could bo measured , and also stored , from
whence it could not bo taken till the tax was
paid. 'Would you llko to have your
wheat or corn or rye pay a
tax as heavy as whisky pays moro
than three times us much as it Is worth of it
self ! said I. 'If you nro willing to have your
corn taxed tit llfly cents a bushel or your
wheat at a dollar I have no doubt the govern
'
mcnt would give you a warchouso like thodis'
tlllergots. Hut would it bo fair to Issue a warn"
house receipt on corn nnd wheat and not on
coal , ice , clothing or manufactured articles !
And would it bo fair to charge tuo distiller a
tax of nearly four hundred per com and give
you warchouso facilities frco1 ! This over
turns the warrtuuso argument every time. "
Mayor Davcnportsuys the political wing of
the nlliunco is run for pelf , and to destroy
tno republican party , but that the light
which Is being tin-own upon it will destroy
thu politics of the organization before thu end
of this year. Ho regards thu farmers as too
Intelligent , too patriotic and too fair to bo
hoodwinked longer.
Interesting incidents often occur lu the de
partments in connection with appointments.
Secretary Foster Is encountering some of
them. Ono Is worth reciting.
During the vast wock a lltllo hunchback
cripple , who generally ROCS about In a chair
or upon crutches , called upon Secretary Fos
ter. She came from Ohio ycari ago , Is nn
artist of no mean ability , nnd Is well-known
In Washington. Sim palhtod a portrait of
Mr. Cleveland while that g'entlonmn occu
pied tlio white house , fin 1 because ho did not
pay her for It she has suffered not a llttlo In n
pecuniary sense. The lltllo hunchback
begged of tlio sei r Jtnry to itivo nor Rome
kind of n pluco where she couldvarn n living.
"I am Indeed sorry for you , " said Mr.
Foster , "nnd I would glvn you a position if 1
eould. The clerical places nro all within the
contiol of the civil service law. These outside -
side It nro too arduous for you. My hands
nro tied , I am afraid , and I can only give you
ray sympathy. "
The secretary , who is quo of the most gen
erous and kind-hearted * men on the face of
the earth , spoke the truth. Ho could sco
nothing for the llttlo cripple.
"Would you let n messenger take mo about
the department ! " inquired the llttlo cripple
as she was about to leave ; "I would llko to
fieo tliroiiL'h the department. "
"With pleasure , " replied Secretary Foster
and ho called n black man mid bade him ac
company nnd assist tils caller. About an
hour elapsed , when the door to the secre
tary's ofllco WUH opened und the little visitor
wheeled In , her face all ngluw with exulta
tion. She held a blank appointment paper In
her hands.
"Mister Sceretar.T. " she exclaimed , "you
could not Und a place for tno , no I have found
ono for myself. Hero Is the appointment
please sign It. "
The little creature had , sure enough , found
a vacancy on a copyist roll , where the work
was light and outside the civil service or
classified list , and had Rene to the appoint
ment clerk , secured a blank , tilled it out , and
only tlio signature of the secretary of the
treasury was necessary to make her Imppy.
Mr. Foster looked it over , inquired about the
character of the work , and with 11 heart full
of pleasure wrote at the end of the announce
ment the words "Chariot. Foster. " The little
tlo hunchback is now a treasury department
employe nnd is as happy as n lark on a May
morning.
Sergoant-at-nrms Valentino of the senate ,
who bus been laid up three weeks with n
very painful sprained ankle , is again able to
be about , although ho is still quite lame.
Mrs. Senator Sanders of Montana , who
has been critically ill for * several weeks , has
recovered sufficiently to take n carriage rule
today In tlio bright , warm sunshine. Sen
ator and Mrs. Satnlers will soon leave for
their homo at Helena. Pnituv S. HT.ATII.
SuperliittMiili'iil Porter Conilnu Wont.
WASHINGTON , May 8. The business of the
census office Is now In such n condition that
Superintendent Porter will take advantage
of the opportunity to nmko an extended tour
of the northwest. Accompanied by Mrs.
Porter ho loft Washington , tonight , going
direct to Chicago , where hoVvlll remain sev
eral days as the guest of his brother , Mr.
Washington Porter. Mr. Porter will stop
ut , all the princirnl cities * enroutc to the Pa-
cilic. coast and will spend considerable tlmo
with relatives in Pun Francisco. lie will
ulso travel through PUgct 'Sound. Ho ex
pects to return to Washington during the
early part of Juno. ' - '
KOJI.tXTIC FOKGRIt.
Failure of Kxpcotert i ItcinlttaiiCPH
Miule Him n Criminal.
Nr.w Yomc , Mny fl.A Syracuse , N. Y. ,
dispatch says that Dr. H. C. Goodwin , who
has bcon nrrcsted In Cincinnati charged with
' '
forging checks on various 'b'anks throughout
the country , ono of which signed J. P.
Klckmau had been lipjn'orcjci' at the State
Dank of Commerce of Htmiorsonvlllo , N. C. ,
has a local history of romantic interest.
Goodwin excused his criurt ) ' on the ground"
that expected re m Usances' from his
family in England having fulled him
ho was driven to desperation.
The occasion of his neglect by his family , ho
said , was his secret marriage two years ago
to Miss Babcock of Syracuse. Goodwin lived
in Syracuse a short tlmo previous to his mar
riage , which , as a matter of fact , was not to
Miss Uabcock , but to Miss Amy Clifford ,
nlcco of Jolid N. Babeock , an insurance
agent. Miss GilTord was the daughter of
Harry Gilford , formerly of this city , but now
of Chicago , and nleco also of Miss Glfford ,
the American sculptress- residing in Komo.
Her marriage to Goodwin was a hasty
affair and followed close upon a dl-
vorco with a former husband , with
whom she also eloped. Goodwin hud been
forbidden the house by the volatlvos of the
girl , but ho persuaded her to marry him
clandestinely , ho Delieving tliat she was an
heiress. The ceremony was performed nt
St. Paul's cathedral one morning by the
Kov. II. Fuller , the assistant rector. Good
win is u man of good uddniss and evidently
of respectable parentage. While hero ho
was in extreme impecunious circumstances ,
but hud a knack of making loans from
friends without exciting their suspicions.
After his marriage to Miss Glfford , ho
boasted of having made an alliance
with a leadinc family and at
tempted to trade on that fact. When
ho loft hero with his wife it was with the
announced intention of goinu to his estates in
England , thouch letters wcro subsequently
received from him po tmarkod London. It is
believed ho went directly to Hlchmond , Va. ,
where ho had previously sent letters from
London to bo runmllod. Ho pretended to bo
and may have been a doctor , and essayed to
practice bore. Ho win cniployed as a clerk
in the office of a local manufacturing com
pany. Since leaving Syracuse it is known
that ho practiced medicine ) In the south and
later In Chicago. Ilo bus boon golnp under
the namn of f { . C. Ilolsten. Ilo has been a
fugitive from Hendersonvillosinco February ,
when his forgeries wcro discovered.
.tt'HOSS TIIK VAHVA.UE JlOUXT.tlX
Tlio Knntft Dorlded Upon l y the Great
Northern Itoad.
TAIWU , Wash. , May n. The Great North
ern is said to have decided to cross the Cas
cade mountains through tlio Natchez puss.
This Information comes iron an authentic
source , although it could not ho corroborated
in this city today , When the Kortiicrn j-a-
cllio was making surveys fur its line through
this state , Natchez pass was considered ono
of the best places Ho construct a line
over the mountains. Surveys were made of
the pass and plans were carefully prepared.
Tlio surveyors of thn Great Northern
have been at work for ti&veral months in the
Cascades securing information to aid the
company In selecting n pass. It was said
that they had been unablcMo find u hotter
puss for the line than pJatehennd that
President Hill called Upon the Northern
Paclllc for such Information ns they had lu
reference to it. "Tho N9r'thorn Pacific lias
turned over its maps , surveys ami plans to
the Great Northern , " said Agent Lchnn ,
"nut how much trutli theru la In the report I
iln not tfnmv . " ' '
TIIK irfc'.l Tllltll JMHtKC.lH T.
- I J
For Omaha and vicinity-Showers } ; station
ary temperature.
For the Dakota's Fair'warmory ; by Mon
day night ; variable wind * . ,
For Iowa and Nebraska Fair Monday ;
slightly cooler.
For Kansas and Missouri Fair Monday ;
slightly cooler , except stationary temperature -
turo in extreme southern portions ; southerly
winds.
For Colorado Generally fair ; wanner by
Monday night : winds bccomlni. ' easterly.
SliiftKoil and Itolibeil.
Wti KI > IIA , Wis. . May U. Henry Schlay ,
a saloonkeeper , was found dead on the side
walk near his homo ut 2 o'clock Una morn
ing , tils skull fractured nnd otherwise badly
used up. Iris gold watch and f-WO , known tn
bo on his porsun. wcro gone. Ilo loft tils
saloon about , midnight with an unknown
companion , who has not baen seen binee.
Aiihtro-Uernian Treaty Kljiinil.
LOXDOX , May U. Tlio Austro-German
treaty has been signed for a period of twelve
years , bjglnnlng In February , l&W ,
PPPfM PTi/\\io TA isv nniiTPiin
SUGGESTIONS TO EXPORTERS ,
Extract from a Letter Written by a Mir-
chant of Honduras.
HOW TO SECURE SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE
Steps Taken looking lo an Interna
tional Ainerk'iiii .Medical Ton-
feri'iiuo DnrliiK < lie
WurldVt Kali' .
WASHINGTON- , May ! l. The bureau of tha
American republics furnishes the following
extract from a private letter from an old i
merchant In Honduras , which contains sug
gestions to exporters in this country : "Thcro
exists another reason that could bo well added
to those you gave for the failure of the mer
chants of the United States to capture the
Latin American trade that they do not send
out reliable agents who can speak the lan
guage and are well acquainted with the hub-
its , tastes and wants of the people. I'Jnijllsli
and German houses avail thcinseirot of the
services of such men , and the consequence is
that they get business. As an instance of
this n few months slnco aconmiorcial traveler
came to this city. Ilo represented several
manufacturers and shipping houses
tlireo German and two Knglnh. Ho
stayed in the city two weeks
and sold f-13,000 worth of goods. Ho had
been about twelve months on his Journey
through Voite/uolii , thn United States ol
Columbia. Costa Hlca , Nicaragua nnd Hon
duras , and in that tlmo ho sold moro than
$ IKHI,0000 ( worth of ( roods , ns ho proved by
one of his order books. Ho was going from
hero to Salvador , Guatemala and Mexico and
ho said ho expected by the tlmo ho reached
the end of his route to have sold $300,000
moro. Thcro is a great request for such a
man ability to speak and write the Spanish
language , knowledge of the tastes , wants ,
manners und customs of the people , knowl
edge of the style , classes mid value of tne
goods suited to the various markets. These
nro very variable. Often In the same coun
try a particular pattern on a class of goods
that Is'profencd in ono district is unsaleable
in another. Above all ho must have all the
packing required for the different countries ,
as It differs with the transportation and
what .tho people have been accustomed
to. liven the colors' and stvles of lalols on
some goods have a great infliionco on the
sale. I have never heard of an American
commercial traveler visiting tills part of
Honduras , and many that I have met in
Mexico , Central and South Amincu wire
utterly unfitted for their position bv imper
fect knowledge of tbo langiiace , manners
and customs of the people and tlio principles
of business existing in these countries and n
complete i norunco of thu style of goods
most saleable. I think it would boa most
valuable and useful addition to your bureau
If you could establish a sample room ,
or what might bo more properly
termed n commercial museum of
display first , patterns of manufactured
articles and goods nro most saleable lu the
different countries and districts , with statis
tics of the average amount of each Imported
and consumed , tlio prices obtained and the
sources from which present supplies nro pro
cured , manner of packing , any suggestions
that could bo offered as to the host means of
diverting to or qbtalning for the United
States trade ; second , samples , specimens ,
etc. , of the products of the various countries
and districts , paying particular attention to
new and rare products at present little known
in the United States , prices and place of pro
duction , facilities for exporting , etc.
International Mcdlual Conference.
AV.ifeiuxoTON , Muv U. A movement Is on
foot by certain delegates to the American
Medical association which meets hero on the
Oth to bring about closer relations between
the members of the profession in the Ameri
can republics. Their position has the en
dorsement of the secretary of state and oilier
officials of the government. A resolution
will bo offered nt the conference , pro
posing first that the American Med-
lcul association extend to the medical
profession of the republics and colonies of
this hemisphere an invitation to assemble in
the United States in au intcrnulionul Amcr-
Ical medical conference during the Colum
bian exhibition at Chicago , and second , that
the committee on nomination bo instructed
to nominate ono member from each state and
tixvitory and ono from each the army , navy
and marine hospital service , who shall com
prise a committee with power to act , to
which shall bo referred all questions in ro-
lution lo the time and place of meeting and
the permanent organization ot the proposed
congress.
SnyB Hn Is of ARO and Can Do IIH Ilo
IMC'SIHI'H.
CIIICAOO , May 3 , U. P. Hutcuinson of the
board of trade , whoso disappearance from
Chicago caused a sensation , was toddy
again around his usual haunts hero. Ho
loft the train in the suburbs last night , und ,
going to a boarding house , eluded the re
porters until after tlio morning papers had
gone to press. Then ho cnmo down town to
his little sleeping apartment in the rear of
his business office. This morning ho was up
bright and early , and by 8 n. m. , and.
as is customary with him , cooked
his own breakfast. Then ho made tlio
circuit of n few favorite saloons and chatted
affably with the bartenders while partaking
of his liquid refreshment.
When asked who ho left the city in such a
mysterious manner ho replied : "I am
twenty-one years old and I guess I can go
when I plcuso without .nuking any one's per
mission. " .
In the afternoon ho was in company with
his son and a friend. Mr. Charles Hutchtn-
son says his father will probably not. resume
business for the present , but will take a long
trin for his health. H. P. Hutehinson's
financial affairs , according to his sou , are as
suming a much bettor aspect than was at
first suspected.
suspected.'I
'I In- Death Itoll.
Nr.w YOIIK , May II. After two weeks of
unparalleled suffering Kov. Dr. Gcorgo
Uotswell of the Congregation of tlio Covenant ,
Urooklyn , died tonight. Thn cause of his
death was the inhaling of a cork Into the
bronchial cavity. Several operation's fulled
to relieve the sufferer. Pr. Hotswell was
born forty-one years ago In Ohio and gradu
ated at Adrian college , Michigan. After
wards ho entered Yale.
ST. PAIL , Minn. , May R.-SUtor Mary
Agatha Kusscll , founder of thu convent of
the Sisters of Visitation in St. Paul , died
this afternoon of old ago.
WASHINGTON , May ! l.--.Ioromo C. Burnett ,
chief of the national bank division of the
treasury department , died of paralysis this
afternoon , aged fifty. Mr. liurnelt held thu
position for fifteen years , having boon
unpointed under ' 1 feature r John C. Now In
I > t3.
LONDON , Mny n. Ilarnoy Sullivan , the
tragedian , is dead. In 1-37 Mr. Sullivan
made u professional tour of the. United Stales
nnd met with prout success throughout the
country. Ho was born In lllrmlusham la
Smallpox from Spain ,
Crrv or MKMCO , ( via ( jalvtMtun ) , Maya.
--It is stated that smallpox Infests the
steamers cro > slng the Atlantic to this coun
try from Spanish ports.
Partook of I'olr-oned
xvn , O. , May II.A apo.'lal from
Springfield , O , to the Commercial-Gazette
says lu that city John French , his wife nnu
thrco chlldreu are all sufferiu. from the ef
fects of poisoning Two physicians are at
tending them and say that Mary , n child live
years old , und an Infant cannot recover. For
the othVy'Miuro nro hopes. Truces of arsenic
have be MIIIO } hi the cabbage of which the
family J - - . ok toflay at dinner.
jt. ' iri- : s ins t x KSH.
AVIial \f tctimiN IVoni llio Var OIIH
( \ "Ing IIOIINI'H Slimr.
UoSTON , V'l--Tho following nro the
statements the clearing house for the
week cndln , y-J :
.Sot Included 111 loliti. :
'JOHX.t DO IX
Itaio and Ila'l ' Do Great Hamate at
1'adncali.
CiNTiN'VATi , O. , May 3.--A Paducah , iCy. ,
special to the Commcrcial-Gtii'etto says thai
between 5 nnd 0 o'clock last evening n hurri
cane with heavy rain and hail swept into
that town from the west. The funnel-shaped
cloud characteristic of a tornado was pics-
ent. In a few minutes the streets were
rivers of water. The first work of destruc
tion by the tornado was the unrooting of the
Newport News and Mississippi Valley rail
road freight depot. After this the tornado
cut a zigzag swath through the city. Thereof
roof of the colored people's school house was
torn off , ns was that of the freight
house of the Paducah , Tonne , see
& .Alabama railroad. The third
street Methodist church was swept up nnd
dropped Into the middle ot the street , a con
fused "muss of debris. It had Just bcon
newly built. Several mills were moro or
less damaged. The steamer Clyde was
blown into the river with such force against
a barge as to sink the barge. Ono hundred
buildings wcro either totally wrecked , moved
from their foundations or unroofed.
Mi's. Henry Meyers and her three children
wcro badly cut by flying glass and debris on
Third street.
Wesley Orr was buried under nn over
turned wagon and suffered Internal injuries ,
and bis little son was also badly hurt. Sev
eral others are reported injured.
The street car service was interrupted nnd
the telegraph wires were damaged so that no
communication Is to be hnd with the rosl of
the world until morning.
Hundred Thousand Dollar Itlu/.u Vis-
UN Alioona , I'a.
AI.TOOXI , Pa. . May 'I. This place was vis
ited by a destructive llro at an early hour
this morning. The first alarm was a little
after 1 o'clock , when the largo hardware es
tablishment of Wolf lirothers was totally
consumed by the Humes. The Heoiwm and
Rising Sun and Arlington hotels , just across
tlio way , were also badly damaged by iiro.
Dougherty & loke's tobacco establishment
adjoining the Wolfe place had their entire -
tire stock destroyed by water , While the
first llro was raging u second alarm was
sent In and in a few minutes the stables con
nected with iho Whitehall hotel were a muss
of flumes. Two dwelling houses and the hall
of the St. Patrick Sons of An.erica were al
most totally destroyed. Tlio loss of Wolfe
brothers will reach $ .10.000 , with an insurance
of $ UI,01H ) , und the total loss on tlio t'.vo fires
will reach 8100 , < Xil. ) with a total Insurance of
about t4i3,0K ( ) . It is known that tlio two ilros
was the work of incendiaries and the polleo
have arrested several .suspicious characters
who are supposed to liavo applied the torch.
Pim.uinu'iii.t , PA. , May : < . -Tlio building
and machinery of Jnmos 10. Hinge's brick
yards were destroyed by iiro today. Loss ,
f"iOKK ( ) ; partially Insured ,
MILWAI-KI : ! ! , WIs. . May H. The loss by
fire nt Kiliann , a little villauo in Washington
county , was about Sl",000 , of which Joseph
Xie/.el loses about iti.OUO.
Nr.w Oin.r.vxs , t i. , Miy : ) . Fire this
morning destroyed the Orleans collln manu
' establishment. LO-.S ,
facturing company's . .
& 'JO.O)0 ( ) ; fully Insuied.
ArsTiN , Tex , , Muv ! l. The cotton compress
hero was destroyed by Jlro lust night. Loss
MU.OOO ; fully Insured.
I'cMiiis.vlvanln I'Virom Pli-nq.
Kim : , Pa. , May It. Forest Ilros are raging
with great severity along the line of the
Pennsylvania it F.rle road , and It is almost
Impossible for the trainmen to endure the
suffocating smoke along the mountain passes.
At Sheffield the owners of oil derricks are
fighting the fires und so fur have managed 10
save everything except ono or Iwo durricks.
At Ludlow the mountains nro full of lire.
Around Johnsonburg and Kldgoway the fires
are railing furiously , bit the timber and low
mountain growth does not coma in closri to
the towns and they uro nut in danger. Down
on tbo middle division of the Pennsylvania &
Krto the mountains uro full of tire , duct , while
it IH disagreeable traveling , it Is a weird
sight.
, fnilK Tal'I'H Condition.
S\x Diiicio , ( 'al , , May ! t. For several days
past Judge Alphon/.o Tuft has been cjuito 111
at his homo In this city. His physic ! an re
ports him much Improved today. Jud e
Tuft's Illnois is the result of 'inllrmitlrs
brought on oy years of very uctlvo lifo.
To ri-lcltrato Ainurlua's Discovery.
HiMiiiJiKi , May : > . A committee 1ms been
formed to organUe n festival In colubiutlou
of the fourth cnniemmry of the discovery of
America. All prominent persons In the
empire will bo invited , In addition to lepro-
tentative Germans in America.
Kxploilon ol' a Holler.
Hoc IIE < TIII , N. V. , May : ) . The boiler at
the Grlegsvlllo salt shaft near Mount Morris ,
N. Y- , exploded tonight , with a concus
sion that was fell six miles away. It cannot
bo Icarued wuuthcr any ouo was killed ,
KILLED THE CREW'S FOREMAN
Another Fatal Wreck Happens the 111-
Starred Union Pacific Hill Train ,
ENGINE AND FIVE CARS DITCHED ,
< ioorK GleiiNon CriiNliod I'nder Ui
IMIo ol' DolirlN Narrow K
ol' KiiKliicrr nnd
I'Mroinan.
There was another freight , wreck in the
Union Pacllle yards last evening In which
ono man lost his llfo.
George Glouson , foreman of the hill crow
was the unfortunate victim.
Knglno number 1171 left the lower I'lilou
I'acillc yards at 7U : ! ) o'clock , bound for the
tipper yards In South Omaha. The train
consisted of twenty-two box cars loaded with
ice , lumber nnd coul.
Whim crossing Jucu.son street at Sixth the
engine , which was running under a full head
of steam , suddenly Jumped tlio track and
was turned completely over. The llvo cars
following were telescoped and piled up on the
cast side of the track.
George Glcason win standing In the gang
way of the engine when the accident hap
pened and was burlnd under the water tank.
The body was frightfully mutilated ami
deiith must have been Instnntuneous.
Glcusonvas a married man and lived at
-0li ! South Thirteenth slrcut.
The enuinn was in charge of Knglncer
Charles Whitney. ( Jus Hamburg was his
Ilreman. Whitney was thrown through the
window of his cab and quite badly cut about
the head besides being considerably
hrulsod. Hamburg was also thrown
to the ground and sustained n number
of bevei-o injurses. Ho was cut
about the head. The patrol wagon removed
Hamburg to St. Joseph's hospital , where his
wounds were dressed.
A wrecking crew In charge of Hobert Me-
KInley was promptly called out nnd at ouco
commenced the work of removing the body
of Gleuson from under the water tank. It
took over three hours' hard work to remove
enough of the debris to get at the body. The
remains were ut once taken to lloufy &
Ilenly's undortuuing rooms.
George D. Kills was the rear briihenmn on
tlio train and .said that he was riding on top
of the last car when the train went into the
ditch. Kills said that the first thing ho
saw was the engineer and fireman
being thrown from the cab windows.
Kills lumped to the ground just as the cars
piled up and ran to the head of the train.
Ho assisted the c'l-inccr irul Ilreman to a
place of safety und then notified thu yardmaster -
master who telephoned for the patrol wagon ,
The engine , tender and llvo curs wcro sv
complete wreck. Tno cars were piled up on
their ends , but , afterwards fell over , com
pletely demolishing them and scattering
their contents oor quite n sp.ico of ground.
A largo crowd soon gathered to witness
the clearing away of the wreck , but was hold
In cheek and hupt , from crowding thu wreck
ing crew by a squad of police under Sergeant
Onus by.
Gleason was a member of the switchmen's
union and also a mouther of a Masonic Icdgo.
Coroner Hnrrigun was telephoned for and
was on the ground before the body of the
dead man was taken from the ruins.
It was a bad wreck nnd will cost the Union
Pacific at least ? 5,000 or $ li,000. Investiga
tion at n lute hour lust night failed to dis
cover any cause for the unfortunate accident.
The trade was comparatively 11 now ono'but ;
hud been In constant use for some tlmo.
Coroner Harrigau will hold an inquest
over the remains of Gloason today.
Wurlc of Wroukci'N.
Robert McKinley , foreman of the wrecking1
crew stated this morning that cvldci.co had
bcon discovered which tended to show that
the train had been wrecked by placing ob
structions on thu mils.
The foreman claims to have found half a
dozen spikes laying close to nnd on
'
the ra'lls mid claims that an
engine striking an obstruction of that
kind would ditch the train. The spikes found
by the side of the track arc now In the yard-
master's ' possession , and a couple ol them
show evidence of having been struck by
something heavy.
No opinions could boobtalnol ns to who
the truilty parties aro. The imittor will bo
fully Investigated to-day by the railway offi
cials.
ITALl'S GHUKX 11UHK ,
From tlio Start UK ; Government In-
Nlstod on Indemnity.
KOMI : , May 3. Tlio green book on the Now
Orleans lynching comprises twenty-four dis
patches dated from March to April " 8. It
shows that thu Italian government from the
commencement persevered that union betaken
taken against the l.vnchors and an Indemnity
be paid to iho families of the victims. The
expression , "brought to Justice , " occurs in
Iho official dispatches us well as in liaron
Fuva's private loUor.s. The principal com
munications have already been published.
After Mr. lllaino's note of April M the
volume concludes with thotolcgrum from the
Marquis iiudinl to the Marquis Inipc-riull , thu
text of which Is as follows : "I have
now before mo a note addressed to you
by Secretary Ulaine , April H. Its peru
sal produces u most , painful impression upon
me. 1 will not stop to lay the stress upon
the luck of conformity which diplomatic
usages display In making use , as Mr Blalna
diit not hesitate to do , of a portion or u telegram -
gram of mlno comimmii'utcd to him in strict
confidence , In order to got rid of a question
clearly defined in our official durumcnts ,
which alone posse-sea n diplomatic value ,
Nor will I stop t > > puint out the ref 'renco in
this tck'gi-am ' of mlno of March 'J < 1 thai tha
words "punishment of the iui\ ! : ' in the
brevity of telegraphic language nct-mlly sig
nified only that prtseditions oiiirnt to b
commonccd In order that the individuals rcc-
O til7cd us entity should not escape punish'
mcnt. Far above nil ar.tuto ari.Mimunts romania -
mania the fact that henceforth the federal
government declares Itself conscious of what
wo have constantly asked , and yet ll does not
grant our legitimate demands. Mr. lilaino
is right when ho makes thn payment oi
indemnity tn the families of the victims de-
upon proof of violation of the treaty ,
Cemlont shrink from thinking that hi consid
ers that the fact of such violation stll needs
proof. Italian subjects acquitted by Amorl *
can Juries were massacred in a prison of the
; til to without measures buing taken to defend
them. What ot hur proof docs the federal gov
eminent expect of a violation of a treaty
wherein constant protection and security ol
subjects of the contracting parlies is cx <
prossly stipulated I Wo have plaied on ovl
dcnco that wo have nnver iisltcd anything -
thing else but the opening of regular
proceedings. In regard to this , liaron
F.iva's first note , dated March lo. omtamed
only the formula of ltu > telegram uditrossod
on Iho same day by Mr. Hlulne , under thd
order of Proiidont Harrison , to the ov-
ornor of Louisiana. Now , however ,
in the note ot April II Mr. Blinna
Is silent on thn subject which
Is for U * the main point of conti"Vnrsy SVfl
are under the sad necessity of cuiieludinc
that what 10 every other government would
nnpoar to bo the nccomplUhiii' i ' < f strict
civil duty Is imp issililo to the federal govern
ment. It U linn ) 10 bruik : off th'i bootless
controversy. Public opinion , ttie sovereign
judge , will know how to Indicate an nqultablo
solution of this grave problem. \ \ t > have af
firmed , and wo again afflrn , our first right.
Lot the federal government roller ! upon its
sl/.ii If It is expedient to Icavo u > the moroy of
each slate of the union , Irresponsible to for
eign countries , the efficiency of treaties ,
pledging Its faith and honor to entire nations ,
iho present dispatch U addressed to you ox
clu'iveiy , not to thu fodorul government.
Your duties hencufnrward nro solely ra
ilrlctcd to dcu'.lug wllu uurruut builtms.- .