THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
.11 INT ? TO 1R71 .
OMATTA TTTRSnAV MfVR.NI\TO JITVR 90
nm > v invi ?
h DETAILED TO GUARD INJUNS
President Cleveland Draws a List of Officon
Who Will Act aa Agents ,
TWENTY PLACES FILLED BY THE ORDER
Montana < Jot the 1'rnnilso of K.-irly Survey
ol 1'iirt of Uor i'ulillo Uinntln Uoorvo
Agents DcMitiintoil for Xo-
briukn Jinnies.
WASIIINOTON BDIIKAU or Tun BDB ,
613 FouiiTr.KNTii STIIKBT , , }
WASHINHTON , Juno i 19. )
The following order has boon received by
the commanding general of the army from
the president :
KXKCIITIVI : MANSION , WASHINGTON , Juno 10 ,
JH'J.1. I'lirxitanl tn a provision m chapter
clxlvof ' tha laws ot thu IIret Mission of thu
I'lfly-hccond comtross , passed on the 13th day
of July , 18U2 , which roiidmis follows :
" 1'rovlilcd that from iind after the passngn
of this net the president.sliull dotall olllcort of
the United Status army to act an Indian iignnu
at nil nRiinctus wlioro vacancies from any
cauno may hen-utter occur , who , wlille acting
nKHueliwilts slmll bo under thu orders iind
direction of the si-crolnry of the Interior , erupt \ -
rupt nt the agencies where , In tha opinion of
thu president , the public service would bo but
ter promoted by the appointment of n civll-
I iicroby detail tno following ofllccrs of the
United States army to act us Indian agents at
the ixKcnclos not opposite their rospuctlvo
names :
Captain lioronzo W. Cooke , Third Infantry ,
ntthu llluckfoot .if-'cnry. Montana.
Cnptnln Homer W. Wfiuulcr , Klfth cavalry ,
nt the Chuyennu and Araiiahoo nguncy , Okla
homa.
Ciintnln Joseph Halo , Third Infanfry , at tlio
Colvlllo ncdicr , Stiito \Viishlnglon ,
Alnjor John II. Pattorhon , Third Infantry , nt
tlm I'on'Nt'lly agency , South Dakota.
Captain William II. Ulalip , .Sixteenth In
fantry , nt thu 1'ort DertlioUl agency , North
Dnkota.
Cnptnln Charles P. Hobo , Twenty-fifth In-
fantiy , ut tlio Fort Ilolktmp agency , Montana.
Captain John T. Van Ossdalo , Seventh In
fantry , at thu I'ort Hall agency , Idiiho.
Captain Ilenrv W. Spiole , Klghth cavalry , nt
Fort I'cck iiueney , Montana.
Captain William K. Dougherty , First In
fantry , nt thu lloopa Valley agency , Cali
fornia.
Contain Hush 0. Ilrown , Twelfth Infantry.nt
thu Kloiva agunry , Uklaliumn.
Captain I.ovl I. Darnell , Bovnnth Infantry ,
nt the Moscaloro agency , Nuw Mexico.
Captain William 11. llcck , Tenth cavalry , at
thu Oninlm and WlrinohiiKo agency , Nuhruska.
Captain Clmrlus A. Dempsey , Second In
fantry , at thu O-tnpo u oncy , Oklahoma.
Captain John li. Ilullls , Twenty-fourth In
fantry , atithu I'noblo and Jlcarlllu agency ,
Now Moxlcn.
Cnptaln Cyrus'S. Uoborts , Seventeenth In
fantry , u t thu Southern Ute agency , Colorado.
Cnptaln Henry AVygant , Twenty-fourth In
fantry , at thu Sliosluinu agency , Wyoming.
Captain Tlionms Sharp , .Seventeenth | n-
fiintry , at the Tongnu Hlvur agency , Montana.
Major James K. Handle , Ninth cavalry , at
thu Ulntnh nnd Uuray agency , Utah.
Captain William 1' . Koxuiu , Seventeenth In
fantry , atlhu Warm Springs agency , Urucon.
Captain Chnrlus U. t'ennoy , Sixth Infantry ,
at the 1'Ine Kldgu nguncy , South Dakota.
lillOVUIt Ol.EVl-.r.AND.
On receipt of this order the olllccrs named
will report at once by letter to the secretary
of the Interior and proceed direct to. their
designated agencies.
Or dors on the lliillotln.
By alrpctlon of the president Second Lieu
tenant Thomas Q. Donaldson , Jr. , Seventh
cavalry , is relieved from duty at the Patrick
Military institute , Anderson. S. C. , to ti\ke \
effect July 1 , Ifa'JS , and is detailed from that
date as professor of military sciences nnd
tactics at Clemson Agricultural college , Fort
Hill , S. C.
By direction of the secretary of war Second
end Lieutenant William K. Sample , Four
teenth infantry , will proceed to Little Hock rc ,
Ark. , nnd report for temporary duty with
the military of that Htato. ho
Leave of absence for six months to take ;
effect on or about July 1 , 181K1 , is granted
First Lieutenant Pierce M. B. Travis , adju
tant , Eleventh infantry.
Leave of absence for ono month nnd fifteen
days to take effect upon thu completion of
the annual target practice ni Fort McICin-
noy , Wyo. , or at such tlmo us his services
can bo spared by his department com
mander , is granted First Lieutenant John
Adnms Perry. Eighth Infantry.
Leave of absence for fourteen days to tnko
effect on or about Juno " 0 , IS'.U , is granted !
First Ucutonant John A. Johnson , Eighth
cavalry , recruiting olllccr.
Leave of absence for four months on sur
geon's certificate of disability is granted
Major Samuel \VhitosIdo , Seventh cav
alry.Leave
Leave of nbscnco for thrco months to take
effect July 1 , Is granted Second Lieutenant
George O. Galley , Fifth artillery.
AVIll Survey Mimtuim's Domain.
Governor J. E.
Uicknrds of Montana has
been In Washington for several days on
business connected with Montana's award of
public lands. Under thu enabling act this i
state was given by congress over 000,000
acres of public lands. After consultation
with Assistant Land Commissioner Bowers ,
arrangements have been mndo for the sur
vey of 103,000 acres of land in the north ,
western portion of the stato. This land lies
just west of the Blackfoot reservation rider
north of the Flathead
reservation. Governor
Klcknrds desires surveys to bo made this
season , na the land U
to be thrown open for
> alo. Assistant Land Commissioner Dowers
has consented to order n survey nnd it is
probable that a dotall of surveyors will ism
mence the work shortly.
Jtonerro Afronta Umlffimtoil.
Comptroller Eckels today designated the
following national banks to act as reserve
n gents for Nebraska banks : American Ex :
change National of Lincoln , for the Ne
braska National of Beatrice ; First National
of Lincoln , for the First Najlonul of or
City ; Chicago National , lor the an
Exchange National of Lincoln ,
Wititcrn IVnsloim.
The following pensions granted are re
ported :
Nebraska : Increase Aaron F.'Powers.
Ifoissuo Melvin Doom. Original widows ,
etc. Jennie M. Carson , B. Matilda Grlcc.
Iowa : Original James 1C. West , John 1C.
McCullougti. Kostoration , rclssuo and in-
crease Jesse M , Furrow. Increase John
W. Hunt , Jefferson Said. William C. Grogg.
Original widows , etc. Mary E. Hunt , Lizzlo
A. Sweet , Esther A , Hoovlor , Martha Good-
hue , Ll/zlo Smith. Widows , Indian warn
Mary Ann Tompklns , Increase James II
Kabrlck , Johnson Carey , Gonrgo W. Smith ,
Hclssuo Floyd Itossottor , Henry Wolbert ,
James House , William A , Simons , Original
widows , etc. Martha Goodhuo , Llzzio
Smith.
Nulirnikn I'ostmnilor * Appolnteil.
J. P , Spearman/was today appointed post )
master at Papllllon , Sarpy countv. Mind Pat
rick Tinan was commissioned at Woodlilvcr ,
Hall county.
Vincent Taylor Incnrucrntuil.
Vincent Taylor of Holdrcgo , Nob.yho
Arrived hero lust night In the custody : of
United States Marshal Wluln and his
deputy , Ixuls Boolimo , was today examined
nnd ordered by the attorney general to i bo
Incarcerated , Taylor , it appears , sent im
proper matter through the malls and was
adjudged by local courts to bo insane. To-
nigjit ho was taken to thu United States
Hospital for tite Insane , St. Elizabeths.
P , S. H.
Mndo u I'oiv ( ' ( linen * ,
' WASHINGTON , Juno 10. Some changes nro
announced ( n the composition of the depart
ment board in charge ot the government ex
hibit * .it the World's fair. Chief Cleric Hock- >
hill takes the place of Willl.im E. Curtis i ns
the representative of the Department of
Status Lieutenant Commander TiiurMg suc
ceed * ComnM..oro Mead as thn niprescuta-
livonf tlio Navy department and Frank utaW. .
C.'lur ! * will u present the Interior depart
ment In place ot H , A. Taylor.
Oululng Iliiltl.
Wiiui.o'OToN , June ID. G radually , nnd 1 in
the \ > . eDU > of ovport , the fold In the treas
ury U lucremlnr. Today it it { ' .UriU,5lO i easun ,
Increase slnr-0 Saturday of more than ? 700 ,
000 and n gain of nearly J-VXW.OJO during the.
past thrco wcous , The fact that American
grain la now finding foreign markets Is given
ns the reason for the cessation of goll ox-
irarts , nnd the fact that the west ls rccciv *
Ing largo quantities of currency irom the
cast accounts. In n largo measure , for the
building up of the treasury gold , us gold Is
being dciwsltcd In New York In exchange
for currency delivered by the government nt
western points.
wimt : UUII.TV or NKMMOKNOI : .
Itcsnlt or tlio tiiiir | t In tlio I'ord Theater
Illi'istrrnt Washington.
WASIIIXOTOX , Juno 1 ! ) . It was decided by
Coroner Patterson today that Colonel F. C.
Ainsworth should not bo summoned to appear
ns a witness before the coroner's Jury In
vestigating the cause of the Ford's theater
disaster. This decision was precipitated by
B , H. Warner , ono of the Jurors , in stating
that Bovcral of the Jurors would like the
coroner to Issue a subpcna for Colonel Ains
worth to give testimony at the Inquest , not
merely In regard to his own connection with
the theater accident , but with reference to
other parties concerned.
"I see no reason , " said Mr , Warner , "why
ho should bo treated differently from other
witnesses. Four of the jury favor having him
before us , the other two are indifferent. In
asmuch as statements that this jury is prejudiced -
diced against him have been made in the
public press nnd olsoxvhero wo think ho
should be mndo to appear. "
Coroner lntterguii'R Ruling ; .
Coroner Patterson said ho did not believe
that the presence of Colonel Ainsworth
would in any way assist in determining how
Frederick Loftu.s ( over whoso body the In-
iUbrt | is being held ) came to his death.
Nothing could bo gained by summoning him
In his ofllcial capacity and as Colonel Ains
worth was not willing to appear as an ordi
nary citizen ho thought nothing could bo
gained by calling him.
A. K. Warner stated that ho wished to
say for the jury , in reference to the state
ments of prejudice in the minds of several of
Its members , that Up to the tlmo the in
quest proceedings began the jury hnd the
highest regard for Colonel Ainsworth , but
ho had interjected himself upon them as a
defendant when ho was not accused. The
testimony this morning was principally in
reference to the character of the material
used by contractor Lanto in doing the work
beneath thu old theater building.
William Commack , dealer in cement , testi
fied ho had sold D.mto the cement used by
htm In the job. It was thu best on the
market and the witness had had It under
cover for nearly a year. Witness admitted
that ho delivered the cement at Ford's
theater. Ho was shown some of the sandy
substance used as mortar in underplnnim ;
the piers , and gave it as.his opinion that it
did not contain the kind of cement he sold
Danto. It was very poor mortar , ho said.
A buildcr.named Hobert Clarkson testified
that the building as it now stands is in a
dangerous condition.
Cnptuln Thorpe's Kvhlcuco.
Interest in the efforts of the Jury to tto-
tormlno where the responsibility for the col
lapse of the bulldlntr rested was intensified
when Cantain Thorpe , chief of the supply
division of the War department , was called
to the stand. From questions asked last
week by members of the Jtfry , it was appar-
rent that they had an idea that Captain
Thorpe was in some way responsible for the
work beneath the building.
Ho was questioned as to the bond given by
Danto. The testimony created quite a sen
sation. There was no bond. , suld Captain
Thorpo. Ono had been drawn up , but Dante
had come to him and
said the man who was
going on his bond was a brick contractor and
thought ho ought not to go on. Witness
had consulted with Colonel Ainsworth and
Dante had been told to go on without a
bond.
Mr. Warner asked a series of questions in
regard to Mr. Covert's duties and the wit
ness said that ho should certainly consider
that , as superintendent , Covert should have
reported any danger hi connection with the
building. Ho should have reported to Cole
nel Ainsworth. Ho did not know what
Covert's specific duties wcro. Colonel Ains-
worth , said the witness , was in charge of
the building nnd responsible for it.
Frank 13. Hopkins , a sand contractor , tes
tified that ho sold Dante the sand for mixing
the .nortar , Dante asked if that was the
best quality that was given him. When
some mortar taken from the ruins was
shown , Mr. Hopkins said it did not contain
the sand furnished by him.
Alimwortli Wns In Chnrgo.
James M. Connor , a newspaper reporter ,
said that Superintendent Covert had told
him that Colonel Ainsworth was directly In
charge of the work beneath the building.
Nothing sensational was dovcloned after
this. Five witnesses testified , the last being '
Butler Fitch , an elderly , white-haired k
of the record and pension division , who Id
he came to the conclusion that the old
theater building was unsifo while the ex
cavation was going on on the day before thu
catastrophe , and asked and obtained live ,
days leave. When ho concluded his testi
mony the Jury retired to consider its verdict.
After being out two hours the Jury returned
a Verdict that Frederick B. Loftus came to
his death the disaster '
by at Ford's theater
building on Juno 0.1MW. It recites the fact
that George Dante was contractor under
the government for the work which caused ;
the disaster , and all the circumstances
connected with the accident , and
find that Frederick C. Ainsworth , in
charge of the building , William B. Covert ,
tlio superintendent , Francis Sasso , the en
gineer , and George W. Dante , the contractor > ,
are responsible for the killing of Loftu.s. The
Jurors further find that the failure of the
government of the United States to provide
for skilled superintendence of tiio work of
repair and alteration of its building in
charge of the War
department Is unbusiness
like and reprehensible , nnd are of the opinion
that if proper superintendence had been ono
pro-
\Idcd in the case of work on Ford's or
building thu awful tragedy might have en
avoided.
Coroner Patterson decided not to Issue
warrants for the _ committment of Colonel !
Ainsworth , Dante , Covert and Sasso until
tomorrow morning , in order to glvo them an
opportunity of obtaining bail. Colonel
Ainsworth has already secured a bondsman. ,
Contractor Dante Is very ill at his residence.
Two Ni'hr.isli nn Among Thorn.
WAsmxaro.v , Juno ID. The president has
appointed the following postmasters ;
Illinois J. T. Evans , Carbondale ; W. A.
Beck , Olnoy.
lowa-J , A. Minor , Bedford ; Phillip A.I ,
Bonaparte : L. A. Loffring , Cherokee ; J. I ! ,
Brown , Grlswold ; J , B. Lamom , Manson.
Nebraska Charles Nicolls , Alliance ; U. J.
Trant , Cambridfo. J.ck
The president also appointed Frederick
Trcon of South Dakota , Indian agent at the
Crow Creek and I/jwor Hriilo agency.
Will Send it Vemiol to Siimon.
WASHINGTON , Juno 1 ! ) , The Adams , now
at Honolulu , may bo sent to Samoa , as the :
crisis tlioro u causing the administration
some anxiety.
JMJ.V , tHTIMVl.lU.V
lCiiloiloni | < > ( Clnnt J'oirilor itt ICiplcl City
C'uutu H Miutrer ,
lUrin CITV , S. D. , Juno IP. [ Special Tele
gram to THE IEe.j--Tho ) power of giant
powder ns a rain , producer was tested today.
Five hundred pounds of dynamite donated
bj Thomas Sweeny of this city was carted '
to the sum in it of ono of the loftiest hills and
llred in small quantities at short intervals \ ,
The explosion * were started at 3 p. in. when
the sky was without a cloud and no wind
stirred and continued until 0 o'clock , During
thu afternoon heavy clouds were seen gath ,
ering over the cltv nnd surrounding country
and at 0 the clouds had totally obscured the
Bky. At 0 : 0 the wind began blowing ,
lightning Hashed and a light shower of rain '
full in the city , but to all appearances the I
precipitation was heavier several milca 1
Konthwrst of thocity. Itnupcars the expertt
meut was a siicix'oi uiul will bo tried again ; 1
some tlma tli Iscok. . o
FIGHTING HARD FOR A LIFE
Oounsol in the Borden Murder Trial Begin
Their Argument ? .
EARNEST ] ' PLEA OF LIZZIE'S ' LAWYER
* -tlovcrnor Itnhlnton llnliln the Attention
of the .liiry 11U I'xpltumtlun of the
Various Clrcunntitnctu Cou-
uootoit with the C. c.
Nmv BEnFonn , Mass. , Juno 10. The day of
arguments In the Lizzie Borden trial opened
with n great crowd at the court house ,
scarcely one-tenth of whom could gain nd-
tnlsilon , A large proportion of those in at
tendance wcro fashionable ladles In holiday
attire. The defendant appeared fresh and
smiling , Governor Hobinson opened the
proceedings with nn argument for the do-
fenso. Ho began by declaring the defendant
physically unable to commit the crime In
the manner committed , and that aside from
that it was only possible for n maniac-devil
todolt. Ho asked tlio jury tp bring their
homes , hearts and intellects into the decision
of the ( case.
. Ex-Governor Robinson then began a chron
ological description of the events connected
with the crime as they appeared from the
evidence. "It Is for us to see , " said he , "If
the defendant did it. I see no reason to con
nect n confederate with It. There sits the
defendant accused of the foulest and darkest
of crimes. Lot us see whore the chain Is to
be found which blmls her to these terrible
acts. Why must the district attorney show
a motive in this case ? Simply to explain the
evidence.
No Direct Kvldcnco.
"There Is no direct evidence against Miss
Borden. No weapon whatever and no knowl
edge of the use of ono has been shown. It is
not shown that she over used an Implement
of such a character. The evidence shows
she did not know where such n weapon
was kept. Not a spot of blood
was on her , from her hair to
her feet , on her dress or any
where. Thtnlrof It. Yes , there was ono
spot on her dress as biir as the jxiint of n
pin. That was not where you expected It to
be , if she had done it , in nn out of the way
place. I don't know oven of a Fall Hlver
policeman , from the top down , who believes
that the lly speck of blood had anything to
do with the case.
"Then there was a bundle of burned paper
which Mr. Phillip Harrington found. Then
there were mean assertions made that Dr.
Bowcn was doing something. Wo thought
they had the handle there wrapped up in
thu newspaper and that the handle had
been burnt up entirely and that the news
paper only remained. What a funny lire.
That handle is still flying through the air
somewhere. A poor Handle without its
hatchet. For heaven's salco get the 125
policemen of Fall Kivcr and chase it. Lot
them catch It nnd reunite it to its hatchet.
"Li/.zio Borden was at homo that day.
There was nothing strange in that. It was
hotter for hrr to bo at homo in her room
than out in the streets. "
The speaker said that if Miss Borden had
gene up stairs that morning and looked
under the bed she might hav , ! seen the body
of her stepmother.
"There is no evidence to show that the
door of that spare room was wide open. The
prosecution assumes that the door was open.
The door may have been only ajar. It may have
been closed. Miss Lizzie had no occasion to
go into that room. Slio would not bo likely
to do so , judging from the evidence intro
duced as to the family relations. It is true
that she went up stairs nnd saw her step
mother making the bed In the spare room.
I.lzzlo'tt MuvomonU.
"It makes no difference how many times
she went up and down stairs that day.
Grant that she did go up stairs nt 9 o'clock. r.c.
Mrs. Borden was alive then. They say she
stayed up there without offering any evi 1-
dence on that point. 10
"Thoro is the note. Bridget says that she
said the stepmother got n note from some
ono who was sick and that she hud gene out.
Bridget says , 'she did not tell mo where she
was going. She generally docs. She hurried
off. Lizzlo did not say anything about her
hurrying off.1
"Now both Liz/.io and Bridget'tell about ,
the note and both were told of It by Mrs.
Borden. Bridget said that Airs. Borden was
dusting the sitting room just before she
went away. The district attorney savs that
Lizzie lied nbout this noto. Now , Bridget
tolls the most complete story about the
note. "
The speaker drew the Inference that It
was Bridget who told Lizzie aoout the note.
She contended that the burning of the note ; |
was at the suggestion of Miss Russell and
not a statement made by Lizzlo. idV
"A person may say , 'where Is the note V ?
Wo cannot find it. The note may bo part of
the scheme of Mrs.
Borden. There arc
people around hero now who have not heard
of the cnso. "
The inference of the lawyer was that It
might have been written by some ono who
did not know the trial was going on , and If
they know would come forward and tell all .
they know nbout It. The visit to the barn
was taken up. Lizzie had told Bridget that
she was in the barn , heard a groan and went
into the house through the open screen door. '
Dr. Bowcn asked "
her : "Where have you
been ? "
Her Visit lo tlio Iarn.
"She said she had been nut to the barn for
iron. To Mrs. Churchill she said she had
gene to the barn for a piece of tin or iron
with which to flx'tho screen door. Mr. Fleet
asked her whether she had been out in the
barn twenty or thirty minutes. Ho had 10n
theory nnd was ferreting out a crime. She
said : 'I was out there twenty minutes.1 Ho
had not ordered her to bo silent then. She
still breathed , although Mr , Fleet was
there. Fleet said to her : 'Well , call
it twenty minutes. ' Kind of him wasn't
it ? Uo was willing to make it twenty
minutes. You have hoard about the plcnlu
at Marlon. There is water up thora Inch
which Ilsh swim. It la only natural that Ina
party of young women would want to catch
something fish , I moan. Now , did she KO
into the barn ? She saja she did. The CO
cream peddler came along. Ho had sold CO
cream to Bridget and had sold none to Lizzie.
So ho know Bridget. He went by , looking
into the yard. Ho saw a woman , not
Bridget , whom ho know , walking to the
house from the barn. If It was not Miss
Doruen there must have been a stranger :
thcro. Mullaloy ho Is ono of the knights of
the handle. Ho says that on August 8
Hubcnski told him of having seen a woman
walking from the barn to the house. Mul-
laloy comes hero and says Hubcnski told him
It was 10W ; ! when ho saw the woman in heat
yard. "
Counsel drew attention to the fact that
the stable keeper where Hubonski kept his
horse had corroborated him as to the tlmo
and so had Nowhall , the man from Provi
dence.
A recess for fifteen minutes was taken at
this time.
The summing of ox-Governor Robinson , so 1
far ns it had gene , was discussqd freely. 1e
Much disappointment was expressed about olsc
It. The cx-govornor'e efforts had not been
so great as had been expected of him. tibi
Action ! and Motives. bir
"Bridget , " thoox-governorsaiduftcrreccss.
when slid heard Mr , Borden was dead , salt : *
she would go to Mrs , Whltohead's and toll
Mrs. Borden If she was there. That was
corroboratlon of the theory of that noto. Q
"Now they say she showed no feeling cl
when her stepmother lay dead In the spare t
room , she stood at the head of the stair ? J1
and laughed. Well , if you ore down w
stairs in your own house and some ono g
cracks n joke you laugh nt it. n
But supposa your son drops dead V
in n room up stairs. Then you , who do not tl
know < he is dead , nro a hard hearted wretch g
because you laugh at the joke. The way the p
Hcrdens lived. Umv the house was furnished , , s
or wbat they had to eat each day , had notlib
Intr to do with the cane. The old fashioned
dinner Is just as goodxts the fancy things wo
got nt the hotels. " '
Ho then took up the question of motive.
"Now what sort of n combination nro you
trying to make of 'rthis woman. She kills
her stepmother because she did not
HUe her nnd killed her father whom
she did like because she wanted
his money. Miss Lltzlo said Mrs. Borden
was her stepmother nnd not her mother.
Tlio emphatic policeman Fleet told that.
She had said to Miss Gifford , the dress
maker , that her stepmother was a mean old
thing nnd that they did not have much to do
with each other. But Bridget Sullivan , who
for two years hnd been close to the family
had never heard n quarrel between them ,
I agree with you that Lizzlo A , Borden is not
a saint. "
Ho ventured the assertion that the mem
bers of the Jury wore not ( taints. Ho tnld
the jury that there were other men as handsome -
some as they. ,
"Tho girls did not come down to breakfast
with the other members of the family.
They remained nbcd late. That Was the
evidence. "
"Hero is nn old man , " ho continued , "who
wore no ornament of any kind except that
ring on his finger. When ho was burled It
was pill into the grave with him. A simple
old man , wearing that evidence of affection
for his little girl. "
As the speaker was running on thus Miss
Lizzie placed her handkerchief to her eyes.
That Illooil-Stiilnod I > ren.
" 'Sho told Miss Uussoll of her fears that
something would happen to the family. They
say that shows she had murder In her heart.
They say Miss Lizzie burned her dress. The
common way to get rid of old things Is to
bun them. The government says 'you gave
us this I dress , and It Is not the dross ; we
the"J Bedford cord.1 Wo say wo burned It.
There is n difference of opinion among those
who saw Misa Lizzie that morning. Some of
them nro mistaken , but all nro honest. Now
they ; took this dress , thought it had blood on
it , nnd accepted it ao the dress. But when
they : iind through Prof. Wood that there
was no blood on it nt nil , they say It Is not
the , dressand ask for the Bedford cord.
. "If , Lizzie killed her mother at 0:45 : , did
she come down and greet her father in that
bloc stained drcsst I would not bo sur
prised If they said she did this slaughtering
while nude. She did not try to got Bridget
out of the house. Don't you think she would
have sent her out on some errand ! "
The claw-headed hatchet was then taken
up by 1 the lawyer. Ho pointed out that Dr.
Dolan and the other doctors disagreed as to
what had been used to kill the Bordcns.
The handlelnss hatchet was referred to. Ex-
Governor Koblnson maintained that the
blade of the hatchet could not cut its way
cleanly through Mr : Bordon's eye balls , nor
could it have made n cut in Mrs. Borden's
hair as if it had boon made with a pair of
shears. : The hair found on the claw-headed
hatchet , which thc'irovernment had at first
called dog hair , was cow hair.
"If those are not the implements with
which the murder \yas committed where is
itt Fall Hiver appears to bo prolific in the
way of hatchets. "
Miss Ilorilon'o Actions.
During the latter part of the summing-up
in her favor , Miss'Borden removed , her fan
from her face , leaned forward and looked
steadily at the jury1. She held her hands
somewhat to the Tight and waved her fan
gently. She nover-ffiniled when the govern
ment told what tho'lato Benjamin F. Butler
had said of the case. It was , "Why docs
not Dr. Dolan hold cm autopsy on Lizzie Borden -
den and find theihatehctt"
"Tho excluslVo opportunlty theory , " the
lawyer said later"was simply an anticipa
tion which was notreallzod. The side screen
door was unfadtenfcd from 0 o'clock that
morning until 11:151 The back screen door
was open. A person could got into the house
by simply avoiding- Bridget on .tho outside
and j izzio on the inside. A man could have
gene to the house for the tjurpose of killing
Mr. Borden /liid happatnhg to meet Mrs.
'
Bordeu. proba'bly some one she knew , struck
her down. Then ho waited for uorden
to come homo and killed him. It
would have been the most natural thing in
the world for the assassin to have left the
door of the spare room open. Then as to
the young man who was seen outside. What
was ho but the outside spy for the one com
mitting the deed. The Job was not done by
one man alone. "
At this point a recess was taken. Mr.
Kobmson had talked half nn hour longer
than the time which had been allotted to
him and had not yet finished. What ho
said and the way ho said it disappointed
his friends very much.
3T.lKl.-ff3 GOOD TIME ,
Cowboy Itncprs T.eavo Ncbr.islin fur Iowa
Mlilillctun Logon n Horso.
WAUSA , Nob. , Juno 19. [ Special Telegram
to Tun Bun ] All the cowboys in the great
race have registered hero and departed on
their eastern flight. After Middolton ,
Gillcsplo and Stephens had left yesterday ,
the rest of the riders came in and registered
as follows : Albright and Smith. 753p. : ! m. ;
Berry , 8:10 : p : m. ; Jones , 7 a. m. and Camp
bell at TM a. m. Campbell has only the
horse ho is ridiug. All arc still m the race
and each one is going in to win ,
i > anInS Through I'oncn.
PONCA , Juno 19. [ Special Telegram to TUB
Bnu. ] Doc Middloton , Slovens and Gillls-
pie , three of the cowboy racers to Chicago ,
passed through ho suburbs of Ponca this
afternoon about 2:80 : , they having gained a
lead over the others by riding the whole of
two nights. Dee Mlddloton had the nilsfor-
tune to lose his best homo , Homoo , at Cole
ridge , where ho became lame. The re
mainder or the horses scorn to bo In good
condition ) but are beginning to show a loss
of llesh.
During the first six days they have tra
versed 400 miles , , and are beginning to in
crease their speed as they advance. Stevens
Is endeavoring to save his horses by travel
ing half the time on foot , nnd in this way
proceeded forty 'miles ' yesterday. The re
mainder of the gang will probably roach hero
tonight ,
Arrival at Sioux City. a
Sioux CITV , Juno 19. fSpccIal to Tnn
BEU.I Sioux City's long-drawn-out
agony
isDC ended , Three riders , Hattlcsuako Pete ,
Doc Mlddluton and Gllllspio touched the
Iowa shore at 8:05 : and registered seven
minutes later. Mfddloton loft one horse nt
Coleridge nnd says the other , Geronlmo , is
good for a full thousand miles you The
horse ho loft wa Improperly shod at Chad-
ron nnd went slightly lumo before reaching M.
roO'
O'Neill ' , where tha shoes were taken off and
now ones put on under the supervision of
the Humane society ofilccrs. All the horses !
that arrived seemed to bo feeling good and
will : bo strictly examined by tno Humane
society officers ntalitod by the local talent t.
Covlngton wnga have kept tha people t.r. t.n
this side of the river in suspense all day.
They would have a rider como uo to the
landing loading a horse , then n shout would
gc up which almost created a stampede on
the prohibition side. Whmi the genuine
racers' arrival was mndo a crowd had col
lected , through wbich the riders had LoIn
press ' their way , that was fairly frantic. In
order to break nw.iy the boys pushed ahead
and a stampede. was caused which was
taken part in by every ono present , The as
citizens hnd to run or climb a telegraph )
polo < to escape the rush. The horses are in M.
good ! shape and the riders nro all confident
of getting through , having passed the n
scrutiny of the hum-initnrians without
trouble. Aftoragoo4 nlrht's rest hero the
boys Oipco-t to leave for" Galvn , the next
registering < place.
- I'repiirlun for u Strike ,
C.MDBK , Mo. , Juno 10. President Walters ,
of this district of United Mine Workers
; asso
ciation has called a delegate convention JOof -
tlio ! Missouri miners to meet in ICnn as City ,
;
July 1 to discuss thu Kansas strlko nnd take do
whatever action may BOCIII advisable. Dele M.
gates have already been selected by the
miners nt Hlverton/Hlchmond and this city. ho
President Walters will "visit all the mines %
this district and urge the men to send dele his
gates , This step is doubtless taken so as toke
prepare the , Missouri miners f ° 1' a strike
should thu Kansas troubles fall of settlement did
before July 1 ,
FAVOR A TRIPLE ALLIANCE
Ecuador , Venezuela and Colombia May Oom-
bine for Safety ,
PEACE OF ECUADOR NOW THREATENED
Folltlcul Tronlilrx DUturhliiK tlio Province
of i : mrrulIn MlnUtor 1'orlcr Kntor-
tnln nt I.lnm I'rolilunt I'cim
Declared Insane.
ri mei ( Jnrilon Jlttw.tl. }
PANAMA , Colombia , ( via Gnlvcston , Tex. ) ,
Juno 10. [ By Mexican Cable to the Now
York Herald Special to TUB Bcr. . ] Now
political troubles disturb Ecuador. Iho dldl-
culty this tlmo Is In the province of Esmcr-
nldas. La Patna the leading newspaper of
Quinto urges the government in view of the
fresh cumplicnlions to co-operato with Gen
eral Crcspo of Venezuela In the establishment
of the proposed triple alliance between Ecua
dor , Venezuela nnd Columbia.
The ' electoral college of Guatemala has
named Prospcra Morcnlcs for president nnd
Francisco Fuentos for vice-president. Pres
ident Barrios of Guatemala has sent con
gratulations to President Vnsqucz of Hon
duras on his success in the recent revolution.
Indian tribes in the province of Loja ,
Ecuador , near the Peruvian frontier , raided
the village of Zamora. They killed nearly
all the male Inhabitants nnd carried oft the
women. Troops have been sent In pursuit.
President IViinn Demented.
VAi.rAnAiso , Cnlll ( .via Ualvoston , Tex. ) ,
Juno 10. [ By Mexican Cable to the Now
York Herald Special to Tun BEE. ] The
Herald's correspondent nt Buenos Ayrcs
telegraphs that President Pcnn has been de
clared not to bo responsible for his actions.
Dr. Torlna announces that he is mentally in
capable. At a meeting of army chiefs It was
declared that In the event of a conflict with
congress the executive would support con
gress. El Herald of Valparaiso In an
un editorial states that the relations be
tween Uruguay and Brazil nro at a tension.
It also says that it is believed u revolution
is imminent in Argentine.
MlnlstcrH M cIConzlo nnil Porter nt I.him.
LIMA , Peru ( via Galveston , Tex. ) , Juno
10. [ By Mexican Cable to the Now York
Herald Special to THE Bnc. ] James Mac-
Kcnzio , the now United States minister to
Peru , and James 0. Porter , now minister to
Chili , accompanied by Secretary McGann ,
arrived in Lima today. They caino on the
steamer Mnphocho from Panama. All are in
good health , nnd expressed themselves as
favorably impressed with what they had
seen of Lima. Minister Maclvcnzio will bo
received ofllclally by President Bermuncz
some day this week. The new minister and
his companions were entertained at break
fast today at the Union club by tlio retiring
minister , John Hicks.
In a pleasant address ho welcomed his suc
cessor nnd wished for him nu enjoyable
ofliciat residence in Peru. An American
merchant hero , Mr. Davis , followed in u
speech , wishing Mr. Hicks continued hnppi-
ncss.T Ho expressed regret at his departure ,
saying that ho had won the goou will and
esteem of all who had met him during his
stay in this country. Ministers MacICcnzlo
and Porter will accompany a party on a trip
up the Croza railroad as far as possible.
They will return In the evening. Ex-
Minister Hicks and his family will leave for
Callao Juno -7 on thc.stcamcr bound for San
Francisco.
VIIICIIOW ON THK SITUATION.
Ho Thinks tlio Gcrmiin Government
Win In the Kml.
BEIU.IS , Juno 19. Eugene nichtcr , the
frelsinnigo Icaderls so much upset by his de
feat that when n correspondent called on
him last evening to obtain his explanation of
the disaster , ho sent word that ho was ill.
Even a request from Prof. Rudolph Vlrchow ,
politically his first follower , and scientific
ally , perhaps , the foremost man in Germany ,
thought he should speak , but failed to un-
car.h him. Prof. Vlrchow. himself smiling
philosophically , said : "Wo hav.o the sup
port of the other factions and , on tha second
balloting , wa shall bo nblo to bent many social
ists. But the other parties have bsen
frightened so much by the government's
predictions of war that our party will bo
small in the next Hcichstag. But some
day It will bo bigger. The socialists had a
perfect organization ; our party had none.
Germany has never had a liberal govern
ment since 1848 , therefore , tno voters cannot
tell what It would do for them. Wo uro
accused of being only negative , but put us
nt the head of the government nnd we would
bo positive. For the few years loft mo to
live it will bo n relief to bo out of politics.
The raising of the duration of a Hclchstag
to live years was had. During the coming
Hclchstag there will be so many causes of
complaint that our party will have grown up
again ut the end of the session.
"Tho military bill has no affect really to
numerically increase the army : it stands for
shorter service. . Its alleged benefits could
not bo felt in three years , yet the govern
ment parties talk of imminent danger. "
On being asked nbout the emperor's
health , Prof. Vlrchow replied : "I have not
examined him , but I know his trouble is
only one of the drum , of the car ,
which is not dangerous , for I have it myself.
Ho Is in excellent , vigorous health and lends
reasonable Hfo. " .
The professor fears a serious outbreak 9f "a
cholera in Franco , but thlnkx tlioro is little
danger of It in Germanv , though perhaps
there will bo some in Hamburg , bccauso
that city has not yet exterminated the ac
cumulated svlls of centuries there. $
THIICHTIKO FOR I1I.OOI ) .
. Cloiijeneonn of tlio IVnnoh Chamber of clt
Ilcpntlcii Wnnu to right Itiully.
PABIS , Juno 1'J. A lively scene was wit $ ' .
nessed in the Chamber of Deputies during
the debate on the electoral reform bill and W
the outcome was a challenge to light a duel 1 , As Co
which , however , was not accepted. M. Clem- AsI
cnccau , the well known radical republican ia , waGe
opposed the bill , nnd during his h Ge
against the measure ho was several IS by
interrupted by M. Paul do Houledo and ISI. da
Luclcn Mtllovoyo , leading Boulangista , who np
wcro strougly in favor of the adoption of the coiI
bill.Tho
The language employed by both M. do Lu
Houledo and Mlllovoyo was violent , nnd ac
finally M. Clemenceau , old parliamentarian pa
ho is , bccaina incensed and turning to bci
ward M. do Houledo called him an ' alien , 3it
. Millovoyo nt once sprang to his feet in of
ilofcnsoof his political comrade , and pointing
linger at M. Clemenceau who was speaking Co
from the tribune exclaimed , ' Coward ! " ce
This nplthot at once caused an uproar In $1.
$1.Tti
the Chamber , When order was restored the Tti
debate was continued , and Dually a vote was
taken on the bill , which the Chamber iso Hi
jected. orf. bll
This evening M. Clemenceau sent MM.
Mcnhtu\Morain and Sails , both of whom
wnro members of the Chamber , to the res >
denco of M , do Houledo with n challenge tto
settle the quarrel on the field of honor. M. of
Houledo received the representatives of thu
. Clemenceau and after reading the chal
lenge told them to inform the principal that
had decided not to grant .him reparation.
Ujxjn receipt of M. do Houlcdo's reply in.to
chiillcnt'o M. Clomenceau requested MM. the
Uiiblernnd Wlnkersheimcr to convoy a chal '
lengeto light a cluul to M. Mlllovoye. They He
so , and rcci'lt'o-J a refusal tn fight. Mill ]
Mlllevoyo said ho would not accept the dial-
lone but ho added that ho himself would
challonuo M. Clemenceau after the debate In
thai Chamber on the miestlori of the extradi
tion of M. Horz. who Is charged with having
boon Implicated In the Panama canal frauds
and briberies.
llnnnrrd liy llrlttMicrc.
LO.NMXW , June Hi. Richard M. Hunt of
Now York , received at the llo.val Institute of
British Architects today the Queen's gold
meilnl. This distinction was conferred upon
him In view of his work nt the World's fair
In Chicago. In presenting thu medal , Presi
dent Anderson of the Institute said that Mr.
Hun was the llrst American whoso nnino
had been inscribed on the Institute's Illus
tnoi roll of honor.
S Ut UtAfflt fVLtttt.
Prominent Inn-a llnhomlnn IHc * from the
KflccU uf Itoocnt Injuries.
lowxCiir , fa. , Juno 10. [ Special TeleUU"
gram to Tnit Unc. ] Frank Sulok , ono of the
niixst prominent Bohemians of ths | section
of the state , a lender in county jwlltlcs for
years nnd a member of the Board of County
Supervisors , died today from Injuries in-
cm-red by jumping from a moving train sev
eral days ago while temporarily insane.
I'lfflit In nn Inwu Sitlonn.
Ciinstox , la. , June 10. JSpcclnl Telegram
to THE Bnc , ] As a result of a rowlastlilght
John McDonald Is lying in a precarious con
dition. It appears that ho and Barney
Fitzslinmons got Into nn altercation nnd
came to blows. Fltzslminons was getting
the worst of Itwhen John Jackson , a colored
attache of the latter's saloon , came to his
rescue with a base ball batwhleh ho wielded
with such effect that McDonald was knocked
almost lifeless. McDonald Is now in bed ni'd
his as allants nro out on bond ,
Captured n Young lliirRlnr.
CRESTON , la. . Juno 10. [ Special Telegram
to Tun BBE. ] Bert Charter , n Jnvcnllo
burglar , WAS caught in tlio act of going
through McMastcr Bros. ' grocery store this
morning nnd Judge Davis sentenced him to
the reform school.
Iowa UriiKclntB Arro toil ,
CIIESTO.V , la. , Juno 10. [ Special Telegram
toTnn BEE. ] J.V. . Bagley and A. B. Henry ,
two of Creston's leading druggists
, were to
day arrested for soiling liquor as a beverage ,
contrary to the provisions of the Iowa plmr-
macy law.
law."I
Chllil'H HudRecovered. .
MAI.VKR.NC , la. , Juno 10. [ Special to THE
BEE.J The body of Henry Abbott , the little
boy drowned in Lincoln creek Saturday even
ing was recovered yesterday. The funeral
occurred this altcrnoon.
Ilroirnoil in the MHalailppl.
DAvnjfi-oiiT , la. , Juno W. [ Special Tele
gram to Tnc Ben. ] Charles Bolken , aged 11) ) ,
was drowned while swimming in the Missis
sippi this evening.
\Vliconsln Towns Wlpsil Out Ono Mini
Itiirnril to Death.
ASHI.ANII , Ws. , Juno 10.Forest flrcr arc
raging everywhere in northern Wisconsin
nnd doing great damage to standing timber.
Xo rain has fallen for over n month and the
fires run thiough the woods with almost
irroslstiblo ; force. Iron Klvcr , n lumb'orimr
town twenty-eight miles west of here , was
saved last night by strenuous efforts. Only
one school house and six dwellings were De
stroyed , -
At lust.- accounts this afternoon the v flVo"
was approaching from the west anil the
town is .igain threatened. The villau'o of
Sanborn was wiped out yesterday , every
building being destroyed. At Moquah John
Meager , a prominent citizen , was burned to
death while fighting the lire which burned
his homo. Other fatalities are rumored but
details : lacking.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Juno 19. A Pioneer Press
special < from Virginia , Minn. , says : The
gross ! loss in the lire hero yesterday was not
less -than $1,000,000 , anil the insurance Is
estimated at f ; )0,000. ) Among the heavy
losses are : Burke Bros. , general store , $18-
000 ) ; ; W. B. Pratt , general store , $15,000 ;
Corby'a general store , ilO.OOO.
There is no positive evidence that any per
sons ! perished in the ( lames , but some bones
wcr discovered in the rums today which
so vi people thought were the remains of
a woman.
All the leading business houses were lo
cated ( on Chpstnnt street. Today not a single
building remains. Further north in tlio
residence I portion not a building is left stand
lug. North of Maple street , botwci'n the
docks and the eastern limits , the buildings
are standing. Of forty-two saloons nil but
three burned nnd Iheso three were closed to
day by order of the mayor.
Two or three fellows were caught kind
ling Hres in several of the houses. In the
confusion all escaped. Capture would have
bee followed by lynching.
At the Commodore ana Franklin mines the
engine houses and nfllccs were burned , as
were also those
at Ohio and Mcsaba moun-
tulr mines. Burko's camp was totally des
troyed : and at the Jones and Kouchcllu mines
all the i improvements wcro consumed. At the |
nov England mine the boarding camp was
burned. Yesterday Virginia had not less
than 'J)00 ( ) inhabitants ; last evening fully !
TOO people went out on the Mesaba train ,
Quito a largo number returned this morning
and inoro followed ut noon. All are prac
tically homeless. Tents and provisions are
badly needed.
There was another fire thl * aWcrnonn. It
started west of the Mcsalu tracks , west of
town , jumped the tracks and ran up the cast
side toward the passenger depot.
No details of the lira nt Merrill have been
received , but it Is said that two-thirds of
the town 1ms been destroyed.
OHMW.V H.IXJCS FAIL.
Stringency of tlio Money Mnrlcrt Cauac * tlio
I.MM County Itnnlc to Clo o ,
AUIANV , Ore. , Juno 10. The Lynn County
bank closed its doors this morning , J , L.
Cowan , president of the bank , gays
the deposits amount to about $100,000 and
that the assets will exceed the Jiabllitloi uy
$50,000 or 100,000. , A branch of the
Lynn County bank at Lebanon this
county , also closed its doors nt noon
nnd the Bank of Orct'on of this
city ; , closed its doors during the afternoon ,
Cashlor Blaine says the liabilities are about
.130.000 and assets Wl8,000. The assets of
the Bank of Oregon nro (03,000 ; liabilities ,
M5,000 , , , The Bank of Lebanon , owned by
CowanItalston , VCo. , hasfJT.OOiiindeposits.
Assets largely In excess of liabilities.
BUITAI.O , N , Y. , Juno 10 , Mr. J , N. Adam
wa appointed temporary receiver of the
George L. Srjniro Manufacturing company
Judge Lambert of the supreme court to
day ; nnd hU bond was fixed at JiO.O'JO. The
appointment ] was made on application of tlio
company ,
BOSTON I , Juno 10. The Little ICanawhaw
Lumber company , a lumber corporation with
capital of $500,000 , with fUr.OM actually
paid : in , is financially embarrassed and has the
been placed In receivers' hands. The assets
an $1,100,000 ; liabilities $735,000 , consisting
negotiable paper.
PirrsnuHfl 1 , Juno 10 , The Oil Well Supply
Company today went into the hands of a re
ceiver. : The corporation is capitalized at
$1,500,000 nnd Its assets aggregate f..fiOO.OOO.
The total indebtedness Is pluccd at $1.100,000.
WII.MIXOIOX. 1 N. C. , Juno 19Tho Bank of
Hanover has failed. Assets , ? l , 50,000j lia
bilities , 1800,000.
las
Making mi
CITV , Juno 19. Senator Poffer
Kansas , chairman of the subcommittee of \V
senate committee on agriculture and
forestry , authorized to Investigate the grain
live stock business of the wm and J ,
northwest , arrived this morning , Senators
Hepburn and Koach , the other members rsof
committee , failed to appear and Senator
1'offer is conducting tha Investigation alone. .
examined a number of pacldng house
managers today and tomorrow the cxamlna- . 080
tlon of live stock and grain wen will Degln.
1
WILLIE'S ' MILD DISCLAIMER
Mr. Wiltlp Roplioa in Tcmpcrixto Language to
Mrs ! Leslie's ' Published Stateuiont ,
ji
HE CHARGES HER WITH BEING UNFAIR [ |
" "
L *
One Version of tlio Clmrncter of the ivlf : \j \
tlonro Ilroncht Ag.ilnst Him In I.on- U
don InnlsU HIM There U Much M
VnnrocBtnry Publicity. , ,
| CoijH3Mr | ; < r tsn hu Jiimtt ttonlnn ntnn'tt. ] > |
LONDON . . , Juno 10. [ Now York Herald *
Cable-Special ! to TUB Bnn.l I saw W. , II
C. Klngsbury Wlldc , '
. familiarly known ns 'VI
"Wllllo , " today and she wed thn nrtlclu which * '
appeared in Sunday's European edition oi
the Hei'nld , omboJying the various major
.uui nilrtur charges mndo
tigalnst him by Mrs ,
Leslie. I nm bound to say ho treated the
matter with
becoming dignity nnd was nt
first disinclined to say anything whatever
on thn subject of their matrimonial differ *
cncc . Eventually , however , he consented
to speak , though at first fie confined hlmaoU
to what ho termed tno legal aspect , of tha
case
"Idonotsharo Mrs. Leslie's dcsiro for
publishing vulgar
indelicacies which nro ni
untrue as they are in bad taste , but the faoi
that this article has appeared In so Import
ant a i journal as tlio Now York Herald com- * r
pels ino to speak out. When the divorce
action was first sot on foot I was perfectly
willing ! to let It go by default , and It is not
through mo It has been dragged into such
rogrotablo prominence , in violation of nil
laws of good tasto. When the complaint ,
was first served on mo In October last , the
only charge alleged was that I had been
guilt of infidelity with a woman I had
never seen in my life , whose n.iino was
stated to bo 'Carmen' and who , I am given
to understand ; , is n notoi ious person of ill'
roputo.
Hin Ilxprrlonco with Witnesses.
"Later I received n letter from Foss ft
Lcdsan ; , English agents of Mrs. Leslie's
attorneys : , Informing mo that n special com
mission had been appointed to take evidence ' ,
nt the American consulate , nnd that I was * J' '
at liberty to attend and cross-examine the ai
witnesses. I did attend and cross-cxamlncel < |
to good < purpose a nuinbar of private dotoc- lj
live : who had been employed by the inquiry ( . v
agent : , who was humorously named Jolly >
Death. This Is no Joke , but his real namo.
The detectives swore that since May , 1S03 ,
they hnd eiogged my every movement , nnd
Informed mo of much concerning myself
which , . . . previously was absolutely ignored.
"
"Tho other witnesses consisted of two
keepers . * of a hnuso of bad repute in London ,
j
who swore that on September 10 , and Jro-
qucntly , . , , afterward , I had vlslteet their house
with the mysterious Carmen , It Is interest
ing to note that one of those dolectablp
creatures absolutely failed to recognize"
when I spoke to bur and cross examined hor.
Naturally I wanted to cross-examine the
mysterious Carmen , but she was not pro-9
duced , neither could I , after repeated efforts ,
prevail on the opposite slJo to bring her
forward , though Mrs. Leslie wrote by her
express insistence I w.is to bo present at this
creature's examination.
Cut Oirrrom the Case.
J'Judpo of my surprise , when after waiting"
several weeks for the production of this !
vitally important witness , 1 received n letter
from Foss nnd Lcdsian , informing mo that
thci had received peremptory instructions
from New-York under no circumstances to
give mo any information about the case OB ,
to communicate further with mo. These )
letters are in my possession. This cut mo
off from all touch with thu matter. I took
no further stops and knew nothing of whab' '
happened until the news of the divorce waa
cabled from America. Mrs. Leslie also\ \
cabled my mother , 'I have done my best to
avoid publicity. " I assure you this Is a fact ,
nnd no pleasantry on my part.
They llixl rarlod Friends.
"As regards the other trivial gossip with
which the case is overlaid I can only say
that being in atrociously bad taste it is nli
solutely untrue. Mrs. Lcsho nnd I parted
at Brussels ' on perfectly good terms last
Augns't , she going to America unJ I return
ing to my mother's house. Wo had b cn on n
tour through Itily and , roturnim ; , Irid spent
two weeks in Belgium. I have Lady Wlldo's
direct authority to s'tnto that Mrs.
novcr returned to London nor had a
earnest conversation with Wilde in the
presence of his mother , She sailed direct
from Havre , and therefore no Interview of
any sort took place. I nnvor wrote her I
had 'burned ships behind me. '
"I never tried to induce her to buy mo
Stanhopo ; I novorcoaxed her to bo taken
back into her affections ; I novcr caused
bills to the amount of f'20,000 to be sent her.
All her other statements are equally untruu.
Tor Ills rrlunds' Suite ,
"In Justice to such friends as I have in
America , Franco mid England I have
thought rlpht to Ulk thus freely to you ,
and am exceedingly obliged to the Herald
for giving mo an opportunity to say once
mid for all what my own inclinations would
have prompted mo to keep to myself. 1 can
now only trust that the whole unpleasant
subject may disappear from thu splicro of
publics criticism. Hull must finally cxprosa
some amazement that in the long article in
the Now York paperrt , to which she BO
obligingly furnished her o\vn portrait unit
mliio , she should have made no mention
whatsoever of the real ground upon which
Him brought against mo the third divorca
suit of her career , "
It may bo of Interest to add that when X
saw Wilde ho was on his way to fulfill tha
duties of theatrical critic : nn u London
weekly paper.
TO.M/.V MHTlWItlHTH 31RKT ,
Appointment * Thriiiicliout the Nluta Ant
iiiiiiiici'il liy lsi liu | > , ) n > uc' .
LIRAMII : , Wyo. , Juno 10 [ Special Tele-
grain to TUB HUB. ] Bishop Joyce announced.
following appointments today at tha
close of the MeUiodist conference , for ilia
mission of Wyonilng which lias been In ses
sion In this city during-tho p.ist four days ;
Suporlntendont of the mission , Dr. N. A ,
Chamberlain ; Almy , to bo supplied ; Big
Horn , HOT. Benjamin Youngi. Cambria ftp * ,
Now Cnstlo , Kov. John H. Wood ; Carbon ,
llov. J. II , .Smith ; Casper , Ilcv , H. J. Dirou <
port ; Choycnnof Keif. J. A. Johnson ) Doug
, Kev. O. D. Sliockloy ; Evaniton ,
W.H. Pierce ; La Grange , llov. W.T. PuokoU {
Lander , to bo supplied ; Larainle , Hov. J" ,
, Taylor ; Lusk and Mnnvlllo , to be sups
piled ; Otto , llov. L. C. Thompson ; llavrllnii ,
llov. G. A , W. Cage ; Hock Springs , llov. S ,
Honors ; Sheridan , Rev. J. II , Glllcsploj
Tongue Hlver , to bo suppllcJ. i
Klein llnlter Miirket.
EUUN , June 10 , Iluttcr quiet. Salw , 10 ,
pounds at 10 ntuts ; V40 pounds at 10 ,
cents ; 10'WO , "uuufc at ! W cents. ) 1
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