Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHAJ DAILY
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IWENTY-SECOND YEAH. OMAHA , FRIDAY MOllNl' G , AUGUST 26 , 1892. NUMBER
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/ ELOQUtSCE AT CAMP LINCOLN
Veterans Treated to rv Trio of Splendid
, Speeches.
WORDS OLD SOLDIERS LOVE TO HEAR
mlRO Crmiini ! Jtccull * the lint , Unity
Miirchcit ot Thirty Yearn ARO Ocnoral
liclfrr Tel In of the Ouiintry'H
( iroxvth At iSrnnit Inland.
CAMP tiiNcot.s , Sui'Eiiioi' Nob. , Aug. 15. !
[ Special Telegram to TUB Br.u.J On the
Bland this afternoon were n number of dis
tinguished gentlemen , among thorn Hon.
Lorenzo Crounso , Hon. J. Warren Kolfor of
Ohio , ox-speaker of the bouse of representa
tive * ; Colonel J. S. Labuo of Governor
Boyd's staff , Lieutenant Gjvornor T. J.
Mulors , General Lilworth , department com
mander of tha Nebraska Grand Army of the
Hepubllo : Captain Lafayette Munsoll , n hereof
of both the Mexican and the late war ; J.
AVarron Koifer , jr. , son ot the ox-spaakor ; A.
H. Humphrey of Lincoln , aud others.
Messrs. Crounse , Humphrey , Majors , Lohuo
and Hastings cumo In at U:1U : from McCook
nnd wont Immediately to the grounds. They
wcro escorted to tno speakerj' stand by the
Blcomlugton , lied Cloud and Superior bands.
Not only in front of the stand , but all
oround it , us thick ns they could sit or stand ,
was an Immense crowd to greet them. Com
mander Adams introduced Judge Crounse ,
who was greeted with applause. Ho ex
plained that ho wus present partly by ac
cident , partly by design ,
JuilKU OOIIIIHU A < ldrc uI Thrill.
"I have been following Majors 'or a day or
two. " suid the Jndgo , "und I IInil bo is apt to
lead mo into n military cuinp at times , ns ho
Is the friend ot Iho soldier. Tom wants to
meet some ot the people , for ns you muy or
may not know , I nm n candidate for governor
of this state. 1 may bavo mot some of you
bcforo Hero at home , or possibly in tuo urmy ,
but thirty years have passed ' nway since wo
first marched through'tho heat and dust , and
1 would hardly rocogulzo you now. "
Further along in his speech , which brisllod
with witty illustrations in uiiudlue to tbo
rebellion , the speaker told iho story of Ihe
man who went up In a haloon and came down
c-foot , lighting too suddenly for the good of
his lugs. Said he :
"I earnn wound In ono of my logs , and
v , lien I am clone with it I mean to baud it
down to my children uf , the grandest legacy
I could possibly bequeath to them.
"You may bo glad your Hues havi > boon
ciiht in this counlry the best and greatoat
thib world over know. It is an undivided
country. That tM'uiid old hero , who stands
next to Washington , onuncialcd the funda
mental principle when be said a house
divided aenlnst itself cannot stand. But I
iliiln'tcnmo hero to muke n sp.-och and will
give Iho Urnto these prepared and can
entertain you bettor tbun I. " .
( Si'iiariil KuJle.-'K Koiirirics.
General ICeifer was next introduced and
delivered un able address. Said ho :
' 'Tbo march ot progress is so plainly indi
cated In mv visit hern ibat I cannot forego
fcppaklug of It. Twenty-one years aeo I was
hero , nut I saw not the present civilization
ofil.vXtt few renegade Indians marching single
illu , A lhal tlmo there was but ono white
Uuiii in the county. Wo are hero loday under
thc3o favored circumstances , on u spot or.43
„ marked on the maps as the Great American
desert , iov covered with rich Holds of cr.iln
ai.d peopled with the oo t and most intelli
gent and hnppy people on earth. Tbo great
nnd crowning glory ot tills country is , cvory
mar Is as good un his neighbor. The race is
an oven ono , und we always start forward.
Wo never go backward In u republie. Wo
nil have equal rights. There is no man so
high ns not to be iimouuulo to ibo law rioao
BO low as lo bo deprived of iho law's pro
tection. "
The speaker told the story of General Put-
iinm , who , when asked If bo was prcnarcd to
die. replied : "No. I never intend to die. J
will live forever in my children and my chil
drcn's children. " Applying it , the speaker
continued :
"Old comrade , you may say. as to your state
of preparation for death , thut you will never
die , but will live forever in posterity. "
Illtltlllgl ) Oil I'UllHlolIK ,
Attorney Uencral Hnslings made n lengthy
nnd eloquent speech , recounting tbu history
of this und other countries , speaking of our
own war und of present quosuona and condi
tions. The spealior said :
"I have read In newspapers and In maza-
zino articles , and on ono occasion I hoard U
proclaimed from a rostrum , that our govern-
mom puyn in pensions annually fl"8UJl\Ul)0. )
If It is true , don't you think It Is an almighty
good thing wo hnvo It to pay { When I bear
o man say wo have IftO.OOU veterans fraudu
lently drawing pensions , I undertake to say
thai I can tell what ticket he votes.
"Another thing , vou cannot get rich by
act of congress. Every dollar you own I
the icsult of your own labor or that of someone
ono else. "
Tomorrow General Dllwortli , Tom Majors
and Put O. Howes will do the talking. Tbo
nlmm batllo will also take place tomorrow.
The butteries are hero and Ibo sham cngnge-
iniMit will bring into action artillery , cavalry
nnd Infantry.
Jndgo Crounso took the evening train for
Omaha , General Koifer wont to the homo o
Ills son , J. Warren Kclfcr , Jr. , six miles west
of Superior , on ono of the best farina In the
itate.
Pyrotechnics , Xot 1'olltlcs.
A splendid pyrotechnic display from the
heights north of Cuinp Lincoln was wit
tiCBso'j this evening and will bo repeated
tomorrow night.
An Interesting campllro , presided ever by
Tom Majors , was hold this ovonlng , lasting
until midnight. Among the speakers were
Colonel Ciiik'o of Franklin county , Captain
Jucltson of Downs , Kan. , aud Cuptnln Stlcke
of Nobrastca ; tbu latter made the speech ol
the ovonlng. Ilm tribute to Iho greatness
nud fame ot Lincoln und Grunt was most
eloquently rendered in classical language und
choicest diction.
Colonel Schuler , master of ceremonies ,
bogged Icuvo to say that as one of til
speakers had alluded to a free ballot and an
honest count In iho south , ho hoped it would
not bo construed into politics , ' for , " stud ho ,
"they never will havenn honest count down
thcro us long as they raise nothing but cot
ton , cane and h 1. "
JIIADV i'ou VITIICANS. : :
Shoililnii I'rcmrml | Tor thu Annual
Htuto llminloii.
ISIAND , Nob. , Aug. 25. [ Special
lo THE Br.i : . ] It Is no longer proper to say
Camp Sheridan will bo , Camp Sheridan Is ,
nuu tbo half cocllon of tome of thu finest soil
of Nebraska now represents ono of the
busiest scones in thu state. A force of
twenty men are pitching tents at tut as
possible , Nine hundred of them temporary
nbod os uro ready for their Inhabitants , whilst.
another cur laid which arrived
this inornlnjf will soon bo pitched und tlttou
out for the. grund holiday ucolc. Fifty
bootlm nro in course ot erection und about
ton btiimls completed. The speakers' stands
nroaiilntr to be mounted. Wood , hay und
water uro on band In abundance. Street
car * are running to und from ttio ground *
inotutcgi , nooim nnd evening * for ihu con-
vcnlcnre of the 150 men now engaged on Iho
BixutidB. A laryu duiiclug pavilion has Deou
eld-ted , and thu building in genor.il is being
rapidly puihod to vmuplotto-i.
i'urtlea from Hotdtego have the manage-
incut of a uiiupornry BCI.SOII of uui > o ball
during iho reunion , The grounds formerly
occupied by the State league uro In good con
dition , enclosed nud provided with iho bumo
cram ) ulnnd und bleachers which were utej
by the State Icuu'uu. Broken How , Hast-
| UK , Hnldrogo , St. Paul , Kearney und jior-
baps Uraud J < lnud will ouutaJt lu the ua'-
tlonnl game. A largo number of bands nnd
drum corps will bo on hand. The latest ap
plicant for quarters Is the John M. Thurston
Zounvo drum corps of Omnuu. Quito a num
ber of visitors have arrived Iti wugons.
1'VTUl.lff HVl'ltKHK Ol'FlCKXS.
Itostilt oftlio IMcctKiii
niiMi Drill at Cuinp Slimv.
KAN'SXS Cirr , Mo. , Aug. 23. Tno supramo
lodge Knights ot Pythias elected the follow
ing ofllcors this afternoon : Supremocbiui.
collor , W. W. Black well of Kentucky ;
suEVomo vlco chancellor , Walter B , Kltculo
ot Ohio ; bupremo prelate , B G. Blackmor of
California ; supreme master of exchequer , F.
J. Wiley of Delaware ; supreme keeper of rec
ords anil seals , H. L. C. White of Tennessee ;
supreme nmstcr-nt-arms , J. H. Lyons of Kan
sas ; supreme Inuor guard , A. C. Gardonicr
of Now 1'ork ; supreme outer guard , John H ,
Thompson of Washington , U. C.
William Worth Blackwoll , the newlv
elected supreme Chancellor , Is n merchant of
Henderson , Ky. Ho has held In succession
all the oftlccs of his state's grand ledge nnd
Wus unanimously dented supreme vlco chan
cellor two years ago.
Walter B. Kltehie , the now supreme vlco
chancellor , is n lawyer cf Lima , O. , and is
recosnUed as ono of the foremost leaders of
the bar. Two years bonce , bv right ol suc
cession , ho will bo supreme chancellor.
Joseph II. Lyon , thu now supreme master-
at-arms , is general agent ot the Missouri Pa-
cilic railway , with headquarters In this city.
His hoitiois in Lcavcnworth , Knn. , and ho
is commander of the Kansus brigade ,
uniform rank. All Iho olher olllcors were
re-elected uud are well icnowu to all
Pylblani. _
v MIIA.SKV HOYS.
They Crciitp n Sciisutlon In Their Strik
ingly UiiliH" | Unirorii > 9.
Omahii No. Twelve , you see ,
iNebrankn's very best boys uro W9 ,
Always In It , out nf skin.
full of fun , both day and nlsht ,
Ta-ra-ra-booin-do-ayo.
This and much more tn the same lovlnl
strain sang perhaps a hundred of the merri
est ot men that ever turned out un n parade ,
suys the Kansus City Journal of Tunrsday.
tVnd such u parade ! Seizing an hour well
calculated to Iho deed , II o'clock nt night ,
they bore down on the Journal olllce from
the south with the Uiu of nn escaped raad-
"louse , nursery , u Uro or two und a school-
louse at recess. This was long before there
was anything or an\ body In sight but a
.inhccmaii heading off a crowd.
Then came the cans 9 of llio effect , a hun
dred men from Omnbn , Lincoln and olher
Nebraska points , drssscd In white stockings ,
"mi co breeches , red decollate shirts aud white
skull caps. That wus the crowd. Ahead of
Ihoso came twelve , men clad in Ihe liowing
robs of hobgoblins , trimmed with ears of
corn , and wearing a hat built of corn cobs ,
and ahead of tno onliro procession came the
very old Nick himself , ono man having clad
iimsclf in a blacl ; Jersey suit , tight filling
nnd decorated with the lines uf n skeleton.
Ho wore , also , a papier macho skull.
Every man wus armed with n bullfrog-
voiced irumpat , with the exception of ono
iiutn , nnd ho struggled with n drum , which
ho beat wilh more energy than good ilmo.
Mliiiiaii | > iills U'niits tlio JSuxt .A
Mixxi'.Aroi.is , Minn. , Aug. 25. Minneapo
lis is anxious to secure the next cncumpuient
of tliu supreme ledge of the Knights of
Pythius. The Jobbers union , the Business
Men's union , the Board of Trade , the Cham
ber of Commerce , llio Commercial club , nnd
olher organizalions , are unltintr for this pur
pose , The sentiments of nil of them are
voiced in the following tQl.cgram , which has
been sent lo Supreme Chancellor Shuw by
Ihe Business Men's union :
lNMiAl'oi.tsMinn. . , Au ? . " 3. 1892. Hon.
Clcoruo II. Shaw , b'npiomo C'lmncol.or of thu
KnighlH of I'yihlus of Iho World , Midland
Hotel. Kansiis Olty , Mo. : Sir Wo have been
Informed that miotfort is belli ? mudo
In uebalt of Minneapolis to hold the
next ineetln ; of thu supreme ted e
nnd national encampment of the uni
formed runic of your order In this city , and
this association , ax well us all llio represonta-
1 1o bus jicss iiicn of tills city , desire lo ex-
lend lo your order a most hu.ity invitation to
name thirdly us llio place of your next on-
cuiiipmcnt. with the assurance 111 it eveiy-
tlilii In the jiower ot our citizens Hill bo douu
to malio the occasion u sitcics ? In uvuiy nar-
tlcnlar. Vou , us well as iiio.-tt of the monition
of your order , sire nwaro of tlio manner In
which .Minneapolis fuilllls uny promises made.
lloplnz that wo may trivo the pleasnruot
duinonvlratliiK to the members of your order
our capibtlltles , ao ubove outlined , und that
llio next cue. impnient of your older will ho
held in Minneapolis , I remain very truly
yours. W. ( i. DVKON. Secretary.
Approved : J. 0. Er.icu President ,
I'ythlau .Sisters Uluct OIllcciM.
K\XSAS Cm ; Mo. , Aucr. 25. The supreme
temple of the Pythian Sisters of the World
bad u busy session tcdny. The morning was
devoted to the consideration of reports of
tlio supreme ofliccrs. In Ihe afternoon the
biennial election of olllceri tool : place with
llio following result : Supreme chief , Mrs.
Huttio A. Hoblnson ; supreme senior , Mrs.
S.irab J. Guff of Center Fulls , II. 1. ; sunromo
Junior , Mrs. H. W. Lodd ) of Fort Madison ,
lu. ; supreme mistress of records nnd seals ,
Mrs. M. D. Wood of Kansas City ; supreme
mistress nf 11 nance , Miss Emuri Bacon of
Dayton , O. ; snprni3 guard , Mrs. Anna
Hammond ; supreme protectress , Mrs. Sarah
Wolf of San Francisco. Supreme trusloes
will bo elected tomorrow.
ITUo Urllllng Iiiilnlguil In.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Aug. 25. The Pythian' '
Knights resumed Iho prize drilling at Camp
Sbaw promptly at 9 o'clock IhU morning.
The first drill was a battalion drill and this
was followed by regimental and division
drills. The drilling continued until late In
the afternoon , a 'id tonight tbeto was u grand
military display at the park in which the
Third regiment Missouri national guauU
and Pylhlans will participate. At U o'clock
the supreme ledge went into session at its
hall , nud tbo P > inlans' visitors started 0:1 : nu
excursion to Leaven worth. Tno scsslor. of
the supreme ledge of Pythin will be dcvoiod
to u further discussion of the ritual.
muux uiri' n u.t. i'uuitst ,
Her l'ucl < or < Dccluro 'Hint C'lilc.igo lloustis
Aru ( iivon Ituttor Katun.
Sioux CITY , la. , Aug. 25. [ Special Tele
gram to Tliu BBB.I J. S. Knox , traflle mana
ger of the Cuduhy Packing company , Ed.
HaakliiEon & Co. , packers of this city ,
and the Sioux City Jobbers association
are formulating u plan by which to interest
ail Missouri river packurs In nn action to bo
brought before ibo Interstate Commerce
commission to seem o un adjustment of rates
on live' stock and packing house products to
an cqultablo basis. They claim that the
charging of the sumo rate on both classes of
freight is a discrimination In favor of Chi
cago. They will nUo protest against what
they claim is u discrimination in favor of
CblcaKO In rates on products to seaboard
points , The rate of 25 cents on products
from Chicago to Richmond , against n rnto of
45 cents from bloux Cltv to Richmond , is
quoted as nn example. H Is claimed lhat the
dllfotonce In distance docs not warrant the
dllTerouco IP rates.
Lemur * ' ftutr hhou I'uctory.
Lr.MAits , la. , Aug. 25. [ Special Telegram
to TII K BIH. | Articles of incorporation of
the Lcjnnrs Shoo company woia lllcd today ,
The oftlcers are : President , M. Moore ; vlco
president , George U. Richardson ; treasurer.
J. W. My KM ; Beciotiiry , John Xir.nvskl. A
building Will bo commenced tonojrrow. Thu
capacity of iho now tuctory will be 1,000
shoes per day.
trf Dmimiidnl.
la. , Aug. 2i > . Robert S. Honoris ,
cxu'jutor-of the eslatu of Kdward Ii. Roberts
o ( Kui'inlugton , lu. , orouuht bult ngaiust tbo
Ki'okuk Stivut Uailwuy company tor $30UOO
dumugoi today , Tuo utcoased wai killed bv
u car while drunk July .
Another Antl-Triitt DUllllery.
Cnicino , III , , Aug. 23. Jacob VVoolnor ,
the Pcorla distiller , is In the , city In confer-
unco with u number of Chicago men with u
viovv to the erection of a lurgo distilling
plant , to bo operated lu opposition to thu
trust.
FOSTER'S ' REPLY TO HERBERT
Additional Correspondence of the Question
of Canadian Canal Tolls ,
CANADA HAD IMPOSED ON GOOD NATURE
I'roililciit Iliirrlinti U4ncil 'ills Tracliitnn-
tlciu an u Int : Hoflort Ciniiiilii Alotin
ItcipoiiHlblu for the I'fcscnt Trouble
An Interesting Stutu' 1'apur.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Au ? . 2 , " > . Additional
correspondence with reference to the ques
tion of tolls on vessels insstni ; through tbo
St. Mary's Falls canal in transit to any port
of the Dominion of Canada , w < is made public
nt the Djpartmont of State to lay. It Is sup
plementary to that gtvJii to the projs on the
Uth Instant , when the prasidont's retaliatory
iroclamation was issued , nnd consists of a
otter written by Mr. Herbert on thoovcnlng
of Auirust20 to Mr. Foster , and the lattor's
reply thereto under date of August 21. Mr.
Iiorbert says that the Canadian govornmon t
desires to point out that the Unltod States
; ovcrnmont may bo uniuvnro th.it the tolls
or the \Vollaud and St. Liwroncj canals nro
of a temporary nnturo only , nnd that It is not
ntondcd to ro-ostubllsh them in their present
orm lifter the expiration of the season of
SO ? . The foituro of the proto.it tariff ,
giving prolormant to certain routoi nnd
lorts and nrovldtng for traus-shlpnnnt nt
Canadian ports oulv , will not ba reaionted
iflcr the present season.
Con\py < ii Coirrt Threat.
This undertaking , however , will not bo
binding on the Canadian government if the
mosldont of the United Statoi should in the
ncanwhilo proclaim und enforce the pro-
libitlon tolls nn the Sault Sto. Marie : anal ,
ns 'tuthori/cd by the recent act of congress.
L'lio Canadian irovenimcnt'atatoi that grave
ilrdcultios present , themselves to an nltora-
lon of the tariff tolls during the present
eason. Contracts and cngagomonts have
icon entered into in various parts of this
country and Great Britain based on the con-
Inuanco of this tiriff during tbe whole of
ho pnfecnt season. The rights which have
been established under these contrncU and
engagement ! cinnot bD Interfered with
vitbout , great confusion and detriment and
apparent broach of faith.
lie believes , therefore , that the United
States government will recognize the Im
portance of the dlnicultios which stand in
the way of an Immediate repeal of the pres
ent , tariff and thai the assurance of its
termination at tbo end of tbe present season
will bo regarded as satisfactory evidence of
the dcsiru of the government or the Domln-
on to remove any ground which nab a len
iency lu disturb ifui friendly interchange of
trade between the two countries.
-Mr. Fmtcr Kepllcs to Mr. llc-rbort.
Mr. Foster , replying to the above , says
.hut , notwithstanding the mandatory cbarac-
: er of the act constraining the president to
taln action upon ascertaining the existence
of the preset ibod conditions in the
Dominion unavoidable or discriminatory
iigalnst the citizens of the United
States in their enjoyment of tbo
Canadian canals on nu equal footing with
British subjects , the president was well
disposed to .withhold lor a reasonable time
the Issuance of his proclamation , in the hope
that the disappearance of tlio-o adverse con
ditions mlgtit , indclinltely pojtpono such
action on his part. The stilril'of neighborly
good will which prompted the president to
delay its issuance , lor which the statute
contained no precise warrant , is the more
evident when the fuel Is considered that tno
season for which the Canadian provisions
wcro proscribed was already far advanced
nnd the movement of grain wus nt its height ,
so that each day's tleluy diminished tno
effectiveness of the remedy it was his desire
to obtain from the sense of Justice of tbo
Dominion government.
Being well aware that the obnoxious tolls
of tha Wcllnud and St. Lawrence canals did
not in terms extend beyond the preset ) ,
season of canal navigation , U bocatnc evident
to the president that , nu present effoeUvo re
lief was to Do offered on the purr , of tha
Dominion nnU that the full measure of the
discriminations imposed by the Canadian
order of 1SU3 wus to Do continued unabated
during tbo full hfo of thai eider ; and inas
much as the net of congress pro cribrd his
duty , in view of the existing condition , and
not of conditions which may or may not
exist in future years , no recourse remained
open to him but to glvo Immediate effect tote
to the statute by issuing bis proclamation.
\Vhiitls Contemplated liy tliu I'roulitinnttoii.
Continuing , Mr. Foster says thnt all thnt is
contemplated by the president's proclama
tion Is to establish in tbo American canal the
saino conditions us now exist und have ex
isted In the Canadian canalb for years past ,
and that tbo president's proclamation will
remain in force no longer than the discrim
inations complained of uro maintained by the
Canadian government.
Mr. Foster says further : " 1 may observe
that the Canadian proposal embraces iwo
points , the tnnlT of lulls in the Dominion
canals , and the preferential treatment given
to certain routes nnd ports , and providing
for transshipment at Canadian points only.
With regurd to the IIrat point , the declara
tion Is made thnt it is not intended to re-es-
tablUh such toils 'in tnoir' ' present form'
after the expiration of the season of 189.2 , but
what future form the tariff of tolU may take
is left to tbo conjecture and does not nppoisr
to DO held subject , to any reciprocal
understanding. Such un understanding is
only suggested with respect to the provisions
govornlug preferential treatment und Iran-
shipment , which , Indeed , form Iho main
ground of complaint and constitutes the concrete -
crete conditions of dlsluvor to ttio clti/ons of
the United S'.atos which the president was
constrained to examine and not upon. But
this d.d not constitute our only ground of
complaint. The substitution of a moro
equally balanced arrangement for the pres
ent device , whereby r > 7 percent of ttiu total
American trufllu passing through tbu Wei-
land canal pars 7d per cent , of the lulls ,
could not full to glvo the president unmixed
satisfaction. I lament that grave illfUculUoj
present themselves 10 an alteration of ibo
tarilt of tolls during ttio present session , but
I tioir to rcmicd you that the government of
the United States is not responsible in uny
degree for these dlftluultlex , und its citizens
shall not bo required to suiter on thnt ac
count. For several years past the attention
of the Canadian government has been calloc
to its violation of article " 7 of the treaty ol
Ib71. and earnest remonstrance ! on the sub
Ject have been addr < snul to the British lega
tion by my predecessor. "
Ciuimlii linn Ilumclf to Illume.
Mr. Foster then cites several Instances in
which the matter was brought to the atten
tlou of tliu Canauiun government without
giving satisfaction , adding that if the Cana
dlan government has soon lit In the face o
tiio earnest remonstrances of the United
States to pursue tbo uiiuulghborly course In
dicated , II should find some uny to satisfy
the claims of unfulfilled centrums anil breach
of faith , if any tucu uro well fo/uudod , ivlth
out an appeal to the forbearance of tbo
United States.
Immediately nftor tbo conclusion of the
trouty of 1ST1 , whoa beuellcont effects In
promotl'ic piiiica between the iwo notions
buve been eo conspicuous , the United States
took stop * to curry out the Htipulutlons.o
tirtldo iT. ! and without unreasonable dvhiy
untu tno .can a 13 of tbe national and stale
government ) ! , roprejuntlni : u vast system con
Htructed at very great expense , \\ery tnrowi
open tn the use of Canadian cornmerco with
out any charge whatever. p < i tliu other
band , heavy tooU have continued to bo exacted
acted on American commerce pausing througi
the Wolland aud St. Lawrence canals nm
although the absence of reciprocity of trout
menl wus marked , it could not bo made a
cause of cotnplulut uador that treaty so long
ns the tolls were uniformly1 oxactcd from all
commerce.
I'nrlifiirniino Crn ct t'o > IJo n Virtue.
Not until the discrimination against Ameri
can ports nnd lines of trjiiiaporttUlon became
BO opprosstvo at to call foriun earnest pro-
cst from the carriers' associations nnd
boards of tr.Ulo ofcihocltioVof Mil wuuitco , Chicago
cage , Detroit , Cleveland , Buffalo , OAWOIJO ,
Oifdonsburg nndbthurlnko porls , did the gov
ernment of the UnllcdiStatcs taka action.
And not until Us Vopcitcd protons had
massed unheard bjVtho Oamullan government
, vns tbo cotmrrai of luoiUnltod States ap
pealed to by thoprovident. . The unanimity
with which congirfa clothed the president
with power to correct the unjust
discrimination must * , hard convinced
tnc Canadian untUorltics that the
complaints of the , , government of
the United States were regarded by the
people of this cnuniVy ns serious nnd well
loundad. When it bocafr.o known thnt de
sired notion was to ba postponed until
another season and the .president was con
strained to put tno ltiU'5 Into operation , his
spirit of conciliation lod-lilm to exorcise iho
minimum powers conferred upon him by
congress nnd merely to.bstablUh In ono of
the ennuis of the United Stales the naino
tolls ns are enforced In'yiQ canals of Canada ,
nud ho has coupled with this lenient notion
the assurance that the tplU in tliU rmo canal
will bo suspended conou'rrontly with tuo re
moval of tbo uujusl nrscrimiuatlotis main
tained by Camilla.
.Mr. Foster Conclude * .
Mr. Fester coneludostas follows : "I bavo
lakon pains to sot idrlli nt some length the
causes which have compelled the recent
action of the president , in order that the
Canadian people may , ' know that there is
every disposlion on Hie part of the govern
ment of tno United Sthtos to maintain and
extend the most Intltnalo nnd friendly com
mercial relations wituour northern neigh
bors , bound to us'by so many ties of race
and community nf ( interests , r yet cherish
the hope , which I havo'nlr ' > iady verbally ex
pressed .0 you , that'bbforo the president's
proclamation goes into effect lha Canadian
government will Uilre such action in the
direction nf tiu.kty observance us will mauo
Iho enforcement , of .the proclamation
unnecessary.
"I am hanpy to reciprocate , In the name of
the president , the ; Ueslro expressed in your
note , 'to remove nuy ground which has n
tendency to disturb the friendly interchange )
of trade bctwe'eii the two countries , ' but I
beg to suggest thUt'ri persistent violation of
treaty stlpulntions-\vhich vvero framed with
an express view to the promotion of 'friendly
Ititorchnnen of trade between the tuo coun
tries , ' docs not tcnd _ 'to thnt result. Unt 1
tbo Canadian government Is prepared to r -
sumo Its obligation ilndcr the treaty thcro
can bo found no safe basis of friendly com
mercial iniorcourse. ' '
\vmiti : Tiiic DANGKII MIS. :
How Cholera ,1Iiiy Ita' Communicated to
'llilH Country.
WASHINGTON Btmruu OP Tim BKR , )
fill ) FoxnrTKKS'Tit Sritni : , V
WASitlxttrox , D. C. , An jf. S5. I
It is not believed that the treasury ofllcials
will llnd it necessary to institute n general
quarantine ) against all passengers. The rep
resentative of all 'the. Iqadiug steamship
lines having agencies in 'Now ' York returned
to Washington today aftora conference wilh
the steamship authorities In .Now York. Ho
visited the Treasury department Und assured
them that the steamship companies were
ready to'cooperate with 'tho government
oftlcialb lu carr.t ing out all the quarantine
proceedings to llio wry letter in kccpinc
with tbo instructions ol the government.
Ho nl. o advised tha ottfrfals of the Ih'drcugh
disinfection lhati < is nr-.v. colng'on t Ilani-
burg un.dcr.tho order ct tuo steamship com
panies. , ' ' S ' j *
Later Tim "Bin correspondent had a talk
with George O. Glayis , who has been the
agent In Washington for all the leading
steamship lines lena number ot ycurs , nnd
who went through the last cholera epidemic
in ibis country. "There is moro danger , "
ho suld , "of cholera being communicated 10
Ihls counlry Iro'n Havre or i > omo of the In
fected ports tbun Humburg. Havre is a port
of landinc ot nil the steamship lines , while
Hamburg is ilxty unjes away from where all
the vessels slop , Ihe nearest port being Cux-
haven. Pasbongors nro carried between Cux-
liaven and Humburg on tbo Elbe river uud
by rail , and this intervening traflle Is under
a strict quarantine uy tbo local authorities.
It can readily bo seen that it-Is easier in
those circumstances to prevent iho disease
from being communicated from Ham
burg to tbo ships .going out of Cux-
buvon than it isto keep It out
.of these which .sail .directly from tbo port
of Havre , where the whole atmosphere is
supposed lo bo charged wilb Ibo poisonous
germ * . "
Dtlllcult to Avoid.
Speaking from experience , Mr. Glavls said
that the strictest quanmiino might not insure
immunity from cholorn In ibis country. Tbo
manner In which tbe disease make * its entry
is gcnurallv a mystery. . "Wneu it' was lirst
announced that'Ihcrq .was cholera in Asia1
said ho , "all the European countries adopted
quarantine measures to prevent its spread ,
and yet they have It Just the samo. "
Tlio hope of averting cholera lies In con
tinued temperate wc-pjher. Should another
extremely hot spell Intervene grout feur Is
expressed among thut-ofllcinls who are now
charged wilh the responsibility of keeping
the epidemic at bay , that it will appear In
some of tbe leading cities of tbo country.
Tbo startling statement was made today by
ono in authority that If next summer is as
hot us this season drawing to a close , the
cholera scourge wtll.mako its appearance in
this country.
country.Will
Will Ignortf .tlio Decision.
Senator Sanders of Montana tun found In
looking nftcr survey that u ruling by
Comptroller Matthews is llablo to affect
quito seriously expenditures of the appro
priation of thu last session. Con
gress appropriated $375,000 for sur
veys and added a proviso that
$1 5,003 of this sum iliould bo expended
'
within railroa'd limits. Matthews holds thut
under Its provisions ) none ft the balance of
250,000 can be expended within thu railroad
limits , but must bo used for surveys outside.
Acting Secretary Chandler saya ho thinks
ho will go r IK lit along and order the surveys
regardless of this duclslbn.
J. II , Nlghttnpale'tif ' Omaha Is at the Ox
ford. - J
1C. P , Holmes of r.iacoln is at iho St.
James , t l
TUO following postmasters uavo ooen ap
pointed : South imkott-Mrs. J. Frangon ,
Hat Creole , vice L. U. < J 'owoll , resigned ; A.
Marsh , Vundorbllt/vleii H. S. Seymour , resigned -
signed ; A. I ) , Knnis , lUrlcerville , vice S.
Potts , resigned. Iow-at-J. P. Siurr , Belfast ,
vice J. W. Matthewsresigned. .
Conunlsslnncr Mars no has appointed
Charles Goodman of Kansas supervisor of
the Indian schools Of Minnesota , North Da-
icotn , U'lsconsiii und Michigan , and uUo to
Include Pierre , > . U. Ills headquarters will
Piooibly be at St. Paul
As tha data when First Assistant Post
master General Wbllfiiilu.'s resignation is In
talto effect approaches .speculation about bis
successor U rouotvod , Jtuul ono of the numns
mentioned In connection with tliu place Is
that of Charles T. McCoy of Abordqeu , S.
U , Tbo appointment will probably no' , bo
uiudo until tbe president return" .
The buccosslon to Judge Crounso is also
under discussion , , lUis understood that No-
brusua can bavo the uppojntmeut , und the
niiino of ox-Conire siiiaii Oeorgo W. 12.
Dorsey of Nebraska Is monttocod In conuoc-
tlon with it.
In an lutorvldw published today Senator
Q my denies thut-ropubllaan K-adeis uro dls-
ntfeiited , Ho cvpienes conlld"iico In the
biK'oeas of the rcpubllrdti ticket and prodicU
that it will got IhUiVota Bf'iovoral southern
stutes. . / P. S. II.
' - -if J. 7i
TutT Dentil Jtoll.
lUimvoTOjf/tf1 Nob. , Auir. 25. [ Special
Telegram ,1'o'fjip BKK.J P.btor Jonnl , ono of
tbe oldest settlers ol Cedar county , died from
cautcs of the 'itiront In thit oily this after
noon , lie wai tbo llrift troaturor of this
county and has roilded In iho county tor
over thirty years , j
PLAGUE STRICKEN EUROPE
Cholera Eoaping an Awful Harvest in Many
Countries.
FEARFUL VIRULENCE OF THE PESTILENCE
Strict UuiirntiUtio inforcL : il Against livery
All'cctcil Locality Hot \Ycitthur Aids
the UUiNikO In Its Work of Death
Atiiurlou on Her Uuard ,
lUsmt'iio , Aug. 25. Considerable excite
ment has been caused among the military
nuthorillcs by the appearance of cholera
among Iho troops. Tbreo cases of the dlse.iao
nud one death have ocuuriod In a lognnoni
that was temporallly quartered heco. To
prevent. If possible , the spread of the disease
among iho soldiers , tliu rogliucnt has been
ordered to lonvo Hamburg , It will proceed
to some point lu the Interior , whore n close
watch lor the appearance cf iho disease
will bo kept on the men. They will remain
sohiicd uutil all risk of their spreadtni. the
nfoctlon Is passed. So strong uro the orders
that they will not bo allowed lo tuko part in
the coming maneuvers.
The weather continues Intensely hot , nnd
the sun unfortunately is favorable to the
growth of cholera germs. Tboro Is , how
ever , moro wind prevailing today , and this
adds somewhat lo iho comfort of the city.
So many warnings huvo boon given of tbo
danger lurking in water that thousands of
icoplo have abandoned its use n n beverage ,
juencliiun their thirst with oeer and light
wines. Lime Jutca mul lemons uro also in
demand.
Yesterday there were eighty-two now
cases of iho discasoviouortcd * , uud the deaths
amouniod to thlrty-oni .
The stcairfsuip service between Hamburg
nnd the Island of tiollojlanl : has been sus
pended in consequence of the cholera hero.
r.Ndl.AM ) AAHMii ; > .
Strict Uxnnilimtlon of Immigrant * mid Their
KllecttVlll llo MHCH- .
LONDON , Aug. 23. The Standard's dis
patch from Vionnii says : A recent , Inspection
of iho lower quarters of this city revealed a
shocking btuto of lilth and overcrowding.
Tons upon Inns of rotten meat , sausages and
fruit in piovision stores nnd markets wcro
seized. The law dealing with these offenses
is too lenient. Should cholera roach Austria-
Hungary the numberof victims will run into
tens of thousands.
None ot the railway companies running
slconiboals between London nnd Hamburg
nnd Antwerp consider that any necessity has
yet arisen for them to tnko measures against
importing the infection , except to moro
strictly enforce tbn rule that no paup'or im
migrants' shall bo curried.
The London municipal authoiitics have
prepared an Isolated hospital below Gravo-
iciul , to which nil persons arriving in iho
Thames , who aru suspected of being infected
with cholera , will bo sent.
Ono of iho first oillcial acts of the lit.
tlon. Henry II. Fowler , president of tno
local government board , Is to lake steps to
nrovent the introduction of cholera. A con
ference between Mr , Fowlor.aSir , , Hugh
O.von , permanent bec Otury"-iftUO'Jboard ,
Dr. Thorn , Lr. ) BrhJgQs aTid oth'orJ WM-fteid
today at the oflkea of the board at Whitehall
to decide upon measures for the protection
of the metropolis from choloru from eastern
ports.
Tno Lancet , the British medical authority ,
says it is prooaolo that thn metropolitan
asylum boards will provide facilities for Iho
isolation of all cases that occur hero , and
Will innko arrangements so that the hospitals
will bo ready lo meet uny emergency thut
may arise.
blil'ARATIXG TIIK J'ASSKNQKIIS.
Action Talcoii liy the JlHintiiirg-Aiiicrlcnn
l.lno to ( iiiaril AgahiEt the DUunKc.
LOSPOX . 25. The
, Aug. Hamburg-Ameri
can Packet company is the lirst of the trans
atlantic lines to separate Its 11 rst class pas-
Bcnccrs fiom its emigrant trnlllc because of
the mcvalcnco of cholera In Hamburg. The
company has decided to entirely withdraw
its fast Etcumers , Augusta "Victoria , Fuerst
Blsinarclc , Normnndla and ColuuiUu , frotn
the Hamburg service for the present , und
Henceforth until further notice , those vcs-
tcls will IIIOKU Southampton their port of
departure and arrival. Other steamers
of the line will sail from Hamburg and on
tbceo iho emigrant passengers will bo con
voyed. To have Ihe fast steamers subjected
to quarantine at Now Vorif would be nu ex
pensive proceeding. As it Is impossible for
them lo cot clean bllU of health from Ham
burg , they will not go to that port- but will
sail to and from Iho port of Southampton. At
Hamburg the company will endeavor by
ovcr.r known means to prevent cholera in
fected emigrants or baggngo getting ou
board their vessels. All baggage will bo
thoroughly disinfected before it Is allowed on
boaid und Iho passengers will bo subjected
to a rigid scrutiny by iho company's physl-
cluns.
AIIA.TINU IX r
Ulllclals Chiliu the Dlitouso ixlntnifir There
Is Mot oT 11 Virulent Clinnictcr.
PAIIIS , Aug. 23. The sanitary chief of the
war oflico in an interview declared that the
cholera in Paris , Hnvro und Houon. la abat
ing und will soon disappear. Ho pronounces
iho cholera In the three cities named to bo
quite disllnct from the epidemic at Hamburg.
Thus fur in August there havti boon recorded
305 cases of cholera and 101 deaths from the
disease in Havre. Medlcnl authorities declare
that the disease there is not of the Asiatic
typo , although mnny of the victims died Im
mediately niter tei/.uro.
The steamer Gallcia from Hamburg , which
arrived at Havro today with emigrants
aboard , was placed In quarantine. The
French steamer Saint Andre , from Havre ,
which bud bean quarantined at Pauline ! ! ,
bus four cases of cnoleru aboard. - > Ono dcntb
from cholera has occurred aboard ,
Heavy rains wtilch huvo fallen during the
past three days nuvo had the effect of lower
ing the temperature.
Twenty-eight cnsos of cholera and several
deaths were ropnited In Havre yesterday.
AT Ni\V : VOKIC.
Sanitary OMIcurn Do Not Aiitlnliiit | nu Jn-
vanloii of the Kpldcmlc.
NBW YOIIK , Aug. ' . ' 5. Commissioner Mullo
of the quarantine board was seen today nnd
stated thnt tbo quarantine board were taking
every precaution to keep the dreaded sconrpo
within iho prescribed quarters. Superin
tendent David H. Starln staled that every
thing is being done to ward off the disease ,
and that the quarantine commissioners would
visit the Island on Saturday next.
Dr. Cyrus Edsou , sanitary superintendent ,
says : ' Personally , I feel very soeuro ( u regard -
gard to choloru , unu dread un epidemic of
choloru much less tbun I would ono of iyplion
fever. In the lirst p'.acu ihero uro no inU-
takes mudo In diagnosing the disease , bu-
cause the diseasedoyelopi much more rapidly
Dmu typhus. It would bo absolutely liiinos-
itlblu for un Immigrant in come Into this
counlry with Intent cholera , which mlht
develop after ho hud passed quarantine.
"The choluru also Is not so ountuglous HH
typhus , Ii develops und multiplies with
marvelous runldity. but cannot bo curried
without the aid ot minimi Hfo , "
Order * I rum lViiliiiijtoii ,
WAHiu.Nuro.v , 1) . 0 , Auir. 25 , Thu Marino
hospital service Issued today , under dulo of
tbo 'JJth lust. , a circular , approved by tbu
secretary of the treasury , to collectors o
customs , medical ofllo.-rs of the United
States Munno hospital service , agents ol for-
* > steamship lines , local quarantine olllccrs
thors ns follows :
, % circular No.It. . dated August
21. relative to tliu disinfection of pcrsoiril
ilH if bujKimuot liniiilitriinls prior to em.
larl - , , i Is hereby extended to Include Iho
iiiiiK. st'tind ucriunnt olToels ot IminUranls
ro-iii.il tliu 1'iiropoiin nnd Astttlo p.irts , nnd
l Is further ontcro I that the provisions ( if
ho circular thus itmuiuled snail become
ooi'r.-UUo on nmt nftur this date oxocpt for
nrtii-los of ba'atrc. . ot" . , ullo t prior to the
irnimUk'ntlon nf this order , which must bo
disinfected on iirilvul.
OI.UAN til' TIIIJ 01 TV.
ImmlRriitit * from Chol rii-lnri > iit < Ml DIs-
trlots of llm li : iiirouto : to OiiniliM ,
Tbo Board of Health hit n desire to clonn
10 iho city , but It Itml * lisolf in u dilemma.
I'ha funds sot mUo for the support of the
health dopirlinunt uro not suftlctent.
Dr. Townu nf the bo ird said yesterday
thut ho rog.truod It n nutter of vital impor
tance that Om ilia should tuko stops nt once
toward putting the city in the boat pos lblo
sanitary condition. Cholor.i Imd not yob
reached the United Slates , but should itonca
get Into Now York , or other seaports , it
would bo almou sura to spread and roacti
Oinabn boforocold weather.
The board , the doctor staled , had boon no-
Ill eel by Sacretary of Suto Allen thai
'oriy tickets to Lincoln , Ibis slate ,
md been sold from Sumovn , Sar-
Uolt' and other cholora-ln fected ( II-
tricls of Htisslii. Tbeso people , ho had
10 doubt , hud sailed and wcro llablo lo reach
icro uny day. They might not huvo cholera
.hamsclvc.s , but the gormsof thedisoaso wcro
lublo to bo In their clothing und personal of-
'ects. If Iho disease did not reach thU city
.Ins season it mlu'lit bo looked for next spring
f the most rigid sanfury discipline was not
enforced. Cold woalnor. would stop Its
ravages , hut It would not kill the germs.
This bolng Ihe case , the doctor thought
.hat if it got a fast hold on the Atlantic coast ,
t would sttoip ever the country next year.
The best preventive wus I'louulincss. All
wells of impure water should bu filled , cess-
tools nnd drainpipes should be disinfected
ind strict attention should bo paid to the fre
quent curling uvriiy of gurtugii. At this
lime the doctor said lhal ihoro were but two
sanitary inspectors in the employ of the city ,
whan there should bo at least n dozen.
L'hcso men wcro doing the bou they could ,
but they could not cover und look after iho
entire city.
AUSTRIAN'S ON QUAKD.
Its 1'rontlcr Cnrcltilly Wiitohril to Proicnt
tliu liilrocliiutlciu of I lie M-oiirgc.
VIUN.VA , Aug. 23. A strict watch is kept
nt the Austrian frontier on all passenger *
ntrix'lng from Hamburg. When the passen
gers arrive nt the fionlicr they are compelled
to change railway carriages , to undergo a
medical inspection and to have their clothing
and luggage fumigated. Upon reaching Vi
enna they arc accompanied lo holds by llio
ooHco and are kept Isolated until physicians
pronounce nil risk of their importing Iho in
fection is over.
1'our hundred nnd eighty doctors have of-
fnrcd to attend cholera patients on the con
dition lhat in ttio event of death while In
.ho dlscharco of duty ihcir families shall
3C provided for.
The Austrian nulhorllic.s , in apito of the
protestof members of the Produce exchange ,
tmvo decided that in view of tliu present ex-
ctHent sanitary condition of Vienna , the
annual intcrnallonnl pram market shall bo
icld on the dales originally fixed.
MAY VISIT US VIA MONTKKAL ,
Imtnlc > iiii ( und freight Arrive There
WiTlilj-from ChoIeru-SlrlcktMi ICxmlnirg.
MOXTIIBAL , P. Q , Aug1. 25. Cpushlorubl6
uncosinojs is felt hero with reference to ' .lio
[ > rovalonco of cholera tn Hamburg. Mon-
.real is in direct communication with thut
iort nnd steamers ot the Hambnrc-Amorlcan
L'ackot company urrlvo weekly from there ,
sn that cholera Is lluolo lo bn imported into
Montreal by those vessels any week. Citi
zens uro uneasy and nil eyes are turned to
ward the federal authorities. Quarantine
arrangements nt Grosse isle are admittedly
inoltlciont. The provincial hoalili author
ities are fully alive to the risk und iti consequences
quences , but the power to net is not in their
liands. The importation of rags from Iho
lillhlcst quarters of Europe Ihrough Mon-
Ireal is extensive.
OIIULUKA'S AWFUL IIAKVKST.
I'eiiilul Itrcortl of the I'riiRross of the Dis
ease In Kuropn mul Atilik.
WASIIIXOTON' , D. C. , Ausr. 25. The vlco
consul general at Teheran telegraphs that
the estimated deaths In Persia Irotn choloru
are 35,000.
The United States consul cables the State
department from Hamburg this morning as
follows ' 'Tho authorities
: Hamburg lodny
admit that Asiatic cholera has lioun In Ham
burg since August IS. Alt vessel : , uud oai-
gaue leaving Hamburg after that date ought
lo bo disinfected. UP to August 23 , 201 cases
und seventy-live deaths oceuired. "
A dispatch from Antwerp says the excite
ment caused by Asiatic cholera In that city is
Intense and these who dun are preparing lo
leave the city. _
Itusslu'n Cholera Kccord.
ST. PnTniisiiuito , Auir. 23. The now cases
of cholcru yesterday wcro 174 in excess of
tboso reported Tuesday and tbo deaths wore
84 in excess. Yesterdays now cases were
f , ( itl and deaths 2,7411. These figures nro of
couise for the whole of Uus&ln , HO fur os re-
purts are received. The Jiseaso Is spreading
in this city , but the death rule is smaller ,
though tbo now cases are larger dally.
I'ortn.
LONDON , Aug. 25. The local government
board has sent inspectors 10 all iho chief
English ports empowered wilh full authority
to use all means short of quarantlno to ex
clude cholera frotn thu country. In addition
to the sanltury board a special prevention
committee U being formed. The greatest
precautions are taiten ut Grimsbv , tnrough
which port nn averngo of iKJJ emigrunts ,
cbielly Russian Jews , pas. weekly.
Its Virulent Chur.icNir.
Bicm.lX , Aug. 25. The carriages of all
trains arriving ut Berlin nnd Cologne train
Hamburg are looked until tbo pnsscnucrs
have been examined'by physicians "Prof.
Koch is reported to have said that the num
ber nf cuscn of cholera in Hamburg is not
great In proportion 10 the population , but
that the virulent character of the disease
gives ground for the greatest possible
anxiety.
hocldni ; it I.nnd of Liberty.
PAIIIS , Aug. 25. Jewish commissioners
hero statn that within tha month 1,000 Jew
ish refugees b-avo passed through Purls , most
uf them on tholr way to the United States.
These recently arriving bavo been In upmost
flllby condition , and should cholcru bioak
out among them it would Had a fertile Held.
Omiranlliiml AKiilnnt Iliiiiihnrg.
TUB HAOUI : , Aug. 25. An uftlclal procla
mation was issued lotiuy declaring that Ant
werp is Infected with Aslatlo cholera nnd
ordering n strict quarantine against all nr-
rivals from thai port.
Bleeping Our brrOco hiujicndcd.
11 til i.i. v , Aug. 25. In conscquunco of the
facilities for the transmission of cholera by
meanb ot sleeping cr.r. , that service has been
suspoiiaed belweun Hamburg und Berlin.
A 1,1'llw Irnni l.l/tli ) II o rd iMi.
FAI.I , HIVIIII , Mass. , Auc. 25. Eminu Hor-
don Atiys that sin ) uai received from bur sla
ter r zclo , now charged with the murder of
Mr. ami-Mr * , liordun , a letter describing the
appo.irnncv , of a susnli'ious-looklni ; man in
Itio back yard of the Bord n plnco on the
Monday buforo the murder , Emma Horden
says blio showed the letter to friends In Fulr
Haven , where iiho wu * visaing , und then de
stroyed It.
J'lie I'lrn Itfunril.
Mo.NYHBd , Aui . S3 , Abbott & Co'n.
Motropolilun rolling mlllt wuro tiuruod mat
uight. The lose u heavy.
ROMANCE OF COLONEL SHIEED
Prolabilitics of Eomo Sensational Dis
closures in a Fromisotl Suit ,
HIS LAST WILL IS TO BE CONTESTED
.Mrs. c. S. Crnsn of iiiiiiirln , Knn. , DaiiRhtoJ
ul tint Dciul .Man , Will Not DIUilo
ttllh I ho "AlllinceilV.lo"
Of tllO
The ilentli of Colonel 12. C. Smeod , chid
engineer of llio Union Puelllo Ualhvny com *
puny , ptomlsos to loud to a highly sonsa-
tior.nl law suit tn nn attempt to broiik tha
will of the deceased , by the tonns of which
the properly Is to bo divided equally
between his daughter , Mrs. C. S. Cross of
Emporia , Kan. , nnd llio woman who wus re.
ferred to In the Associated ' Press dispatches
ns "his nllluncod wife , Mrs. Jcannotto II.
Nicliolns ol Oiual.n. "
No papers In the cnso will bo filed until
nfier Monday , on which day the funcrnl will
bo held at Emrorlu , but the faintly
bus nlroady secured attorneys ntul
will light the case to the bitter oml.
The contestant will ullcgo thut Colonel
Smccd was not In condition to innko a will
nt the tlmo that Hie instrument , was oxa-
cutcd ; thnt ho was unduly inlluonccd in lha
matter , nnd will aUo muko uhurgui of a very
sensational nature.
I'uoji.oVlui ricuro In It.
The family is very highly connected , nnd
from the prominence or some of Iho member *
much interest will attach to tbo oaso. Mr.
C. S. Cross , the son-in-law of the
deceased and husband of the con-
contestant , is the president of the
First National bank of Kmporln Kan. ,
and his Jnlhor la H. C. Cross , presi
dent of the Missouil , Kansas & Texas
Hallway company. The soiilor Cross war
the receiver of that company and
successfully engineered it through its
troubles , and was placed at Iho head of the
new company tbat assumed control of It , Mr- ) .
Cross Is a loader In Emporia socloty , nud is
one of the most popular aud respected laulcs
in eastern Kansas ,
Mrs. Nicholas , the woman who is to lijzuro
very urouiincntly in the caec , has boon u res
ident of tuls city for a r.utnbor of years , nnd
is the divorced wife of A. P. Nicholas , from
whom eho secured u accrco In 1880 on the
ground of uonsupport.
Although JiO years of ago she Is still u vary
handsome woman , with n wealth of pre
maturely ftllvcicd hair , nud tins t'oon nn ob
ject of much interest about the Murray hotel ,
whcro sbu has made her homo. Colonel
Smet'd , who was ten years her senior , bad
elegant quarters in the Wilhnell bloclc.
Some Uii rUtuii History.
The divorce of Mr. nnd Mrs. Nicholas was
secured by mutual consent , and on the day
that the papers in the case were filed , nu
agreement was also lllod in the ofllco of the
register of deeds by which all the property
was conveyed to Mrs. Nicholas , witli the
stipulation that ll should bo turned over tb
Mr. Nicholas at any time tlat ) bo bad $50,000 ,
with wbipjj he desired to part. This pay'-
raent , bowover , was never made , dud-Bomo
time afterward Mr. Nicholas quit-claimed all
bis interest in the property.
This property Is still In Mrs. Nicholas'
name , nnd there is on it a mortgage for
$3,000 in favor 01 Colonel Smcod for money
advanced Mrs. Nicholas. During the years
slnco tbo divorce was gran ted , Mr. nnd Mrs.
Nicholas have sustained very friendly busi
ness relations , and ho has called upon her at
uer rooms.
Several months ago Colonel Soloed loft for
tno onst for a purioJ of rest In the hope of
benefiting his health , and Mrs. Nicholas
went with him.
Thu relatives in Kansas did not learn of
bis illness until a few days ago , and Mr.
and Mrs. Cross started at once for Philadel
phia. They aid not Ure.im that the illness
wa a serious one , and not until they wore
about , to talto Iho train did they Know of tha
prcKcuco of Mrs. Nicholas in Iho oast.
Tito I'lunoeo Will Not lie In It.
They did not reach Philadelphia until S
o'clockyestorday morning , twenty-four hour *
after Colonel Smeed's ' death. They will tak *
tbe remains back to Emporia , but the nU- (
mired wlfo will not bo ono of the party.
Mrs. Cross Is well known In this city , and
is much esteemed by a wide circloof friends.
During ber visits here the devotion of her
father WOP much remarked , but for the lost
two or three years she has renamed away
from Omaha much mora than sbo otborwiso
would , because of Mrs. Nicholas and the
manner in which she interested herself in
Colonel Smeod and his affairs.
Colonel Smocd's estate Is varlouily esti
mated nt from $50,000 to $100,000 , and the
suit that is to decide where li will go will beef
of the nature that always attracts largo
courtroom uudlon s.
I'lrtty I.lttlo lowit Town Almoit Ucitroycil
liy J'lre.
( ji.isxwoon , la. , Aug. 25. [ Special Tele-
grain to Tim BCK.J A'n incendiary flro de
stroyed half of the business part of the
town tonight. Flames were dlscovorod at
12'iO : breaking out of John Carter's grocery
store , and although the volunteer flro com
pany responded at once n.l the frame build *
Ingti south side of tbo square were destroyed.
Losses : John Cartnr , groceries , t < ! ,000 , in-
Huranco ? . ' ) , UOO ; H , L. Hacnnler , confoctlonor ,
Jl.COO , insurance $1)00 ) ; L. li. Turner , furnl-
tuni. ? 5,000 , Insurance ? 2,500j J. E. Scott ,
inllllucry , $1,000 , insurance $500 ; John
O'Drien , hardware , $5,000 , Insurance f : ! , 500 ;
William Edwards , barber , WOO , no lusur-
an co.
The lira was not , extinguished until 3
o'clock. _
NU JUlHiKlb Hid II T.
Cuiu | > Ilciitlonii ofuhmitii Dnliotu Judicial
DUtrlut.
HOT SrniNOs , B. D. , Aug. 25 , [ Special to
Tin : HUB. ] There is a question about
whether this district , has a Judge or not ,
Two yean ago William Cinrdnor was olootea
to the legislature from Penuingion county.
Last fall there wus a vacancy in the
circuit judgosblp In this distriot ,
caused by the resignation of Judga
Nowlln , and Governor Mollotto appointed
Mr Cinrdnor to Jill the vacancy , although
Mr , Gardner' * term us member of tbo lotfls-
laturo would not expire { until January , 1WU.
Now It la discovered that a inombor of tbo
legislature would | uot bo cllirlblo to the po
sition according to section 13 of article 111 of
the constitution. Trie lust legislature failed
tn iniilco any provisions for the election of
Judges. It will tbcieforo doubtless devolve
upon Govori'or Mellotto to make another
appointment.
Now York
New Yoiu ; , Aug. 25. ( Special Telegram
to run BinKxchango ] was quoted an fol
low * : Cblcuiro.tiuto 70 cents a cauntUoiton ; ,
lull , to 10 cents ai&couutj 8fc LouU , M
cotiU discount.