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: ES'J.1A1U.JISllED JUNE 19 , 1871. . OMArrA , ThURSDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 5 , 1895. - - - - SINGLE OOlY FIVE CENTS.
OUTWITED \ THE DETECTIVES
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redit of Oapturng Dr fraker Duo t a I ,
Traveling Man.
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' INDUCE A CONFEDERATE TO CONFESS
flint tnt SOle I'ron""nent " I'coille In
* 1""olrl Are Illlleule.1 In the
8sIsii1Ie-W'IoIe Story Iny
- Nc"er lie ICtUwn.
! ; . LOUIS , Spt 4.-J. S. Hackly , one of
the best known : Iquor drummer In the Unned
I States , whose terrItory extends from ocean
to ocean and tram the great lalees to the
gulf , whose buslnes address Is LouLIvle ,
1y. , an(1 ( ! whose resLence Is Ioberly , Mo. , Is
th' man who outstripped the best detective
talent In the country In "turnIng up" the
alleged ICe Insurance swIndler ( , Dr. Oeorge
W. Fraker. Mr lackley arrIved In St. Louis
today . and registered at the Planter
7 In speakIng oC the case he said : "Ono oC
. the most Important witnesses I dead. lie
. was drowned In Kansas August 13 , the day
' 1 after the Insurance companies paId the money
over to J. T. Lincoln for the Fraker estate
under the order ot court , and the other one
10 hOW In jai at Springer , N. M. , awaiting
trial for burglary.
"Tho frat man was drowned und2r the name
of l'hiliips. I have excellent reasons for
believing , however , that this was an alas
and thaI his real name was John Triplett.
George 10rry , who Is now In 1\ New MexIco
jai charged ! with burglary , and al old negro
who has since died , were with raker when
ho ! was supposed to have been Ilrowned. I
lave known both I-rakr and Horry for nearly
twenty years , and when. I read the story oC
Freker's drownIng while Qn a fishing excur-
sion with such a crook as Horry I was at
'olce struck with the strangeness of his corn-
IJnlonshll1 ( as evidence oC rascality. I have
been quietly at work on the case since.
Prom the frt I was convinced that Praker
was alive ,
"I came to the conclusion that George
Jerry was the only one with knowledge oC the
affair tram whom I could force definite and
conclusive Information So I began to track
him. After locating him I decoyed him to
Moberly , and wIthout letting him know that
I had had anything to do with I I had the
marshal oC the town , who Is a I
friend at mine , arrest him for
carrying concealed weapons. After
he had been In the lockup a day without
knowIng defnitely what charge would ovent-
t'ally bo lodged against hIm , I caled on him.
ITo recognized me at once and alter hours at
persuasIon and threats I got Crom hIm not
only all the details oC ralter's attempt to
swindle ( the Insurance companies , but also
the exact locality oC the Iloetor's hiding place
In the woods oC Minnesota.
"Then I hurried to Topeka , Kan. , and
\e told the officers oC the Kansas Mutual Life I
Insurance company all , I knew. Fraleer's I .
arrest soon followed , and that's all I will
say about the latter at present "
" 'Iiadn't the hnuran companIes been after
10rry and Triplett ho was nsked.
"Of course they had but they could get !
nothing from them. 1 know positively that
Mr. Herrlcle , attorney for the Kansas Mutual ,
not so long ago offered to lay $18000 In
$8,000
liorry's lap and guarantee him Immunity I
ho would tel him raker's . .whereabouts "
Further than this Hacldey would say oth-
big.That
That fcatum ot the story which Mr. Hack-
Icy refuses to discuss Is pronounced by others
A who have given the case close atenton
from the start , and who have InklIngs oC
what It Is , as th most sensatIonal of all the
clements which comprise the conslllrcy. I
1 : hinted that In It are Involved the names
oC two or three very prominent citizens oC
Missouri , which If mentioned would shock
the date. I Is probable , so It I said , the
huurance companies themselves have made
such terms with these men for obvious
reasons that "here wIll ' bo no sort oC action
against them which WQIII reveal theIr Iden-
Iy and tILe Important part they tool In
the cOlspl-acy. '
SPgNT A ImSTI.ESS NIGHT.
KANSAS CITY . Sellt. 4.-fter I night and
a day spent In the coUnty jai , Dr. George
'V I'-raker was taken to Ichloml on the [
o'clock traIn this e\'eulng. He left In charge
oC Sher11 Hlman and City Marshal [ flyeri
I : Ichmond , and In that city Prlter ( ( wIll
finally bo brought Into court to leet the
charges made against him. Whie some au-
thoriies say that the now famous doctor
cannot be sentenced ( for any part he has
' taken In the crime , the attorneys for the Insurance -
surance companIes Interested have ) relaxed
none of their vlcnr all declare as strongly
that the prosecution wIll be quick and Ilosl-
tive . and that they have the statutes to back
the case they wi make.
Dr. Fraker spent I rather restless night In
. jail , owing to the excitement of his journey
from the north ( ( lid the orleal passed through
here In meetng ! former frIends ! and answer-
lug the hundreds oC questIons fred al hIm ,
anti today has been none the less se\'ere.
Photographers ) , ' eager to get a snap shot at
the res\rrptel man , bored him to death In
their efforts to get him to sit for a picture ,
whIle reporters . friends and a strIng of curI-
als [ eolle kept him busy answering number-
less questions that ho ha'l 11I'rlell many
tImes beCore.
tmes
In all hIs Intervle\s last . night and today
Dr. Fraleer steadIly ( adhered to his former
p ) statelent that ho dill not conslllre to defraud -
fraud the Insurance companIes , nor ,111 any
of his relatives. This claIm howevEr , has
apparently been set at naught by a Ito In-
advertence on the Iloctor's hart. In a con-
veraton with several reporters In his cell
today he stated that while In Kansas City
shortly after hIs ( sUPP03ed drowning In ISn
ho bought the suit oC clothes 10 now wears i
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ntl local clothIng house. The admission was '
a joyous one for the insurance attorneys who
6lato posltlvo\ that the sui Wits bought by
George lerry , the convict whom they have
all along alleged was the Iloctor's aecom-
p11cc. It Is now bohkvod that Fl'akcr
lce. 1 bolwoll never
came to Ian"al City II all , but that 10rry
. bought the Illt ! ( I\I Iranserl ed I to him at
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In outside Iolnt. )
I MADE AN ADMISSION .
Dr. Fral'er ' , whcn n l.cl IC I did nol look
queer that le Could travel so Car away as
t _ MIlwaukee without rpcelvlng ali from out-
t sIde sources . et.l : "When I went on tht
fishIng excursion I WS preparIng 10 take a
trip to Cahlforni.t to blng back my nephews
LI I collected sonic outstrdlni debts In(1 ( hal
$540 ; In my pooluts t when I f 1 Into the river "
Ilri . Adle RanlalI. ( a dermntologilt , hal
added a Peculiar phase to the case by de-
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clarlng ! that a I eron who YI 1ed her rooms
when Fraker was supposed to bo In Kansas
City anti who atkelto lave some sup rlluoli
' hair relnond frain his face
CNI fco was none other
than th'l doctor traveling In thc guise of a
woman . lice description oC her wouhl.be Ila-
tlcut , whom ho says left without ihnallrc. .
' lent whol Ihe Icr wihout Inal- re.
t & ( colvlng , the tre'lnont , tallies exactly with :
- that of the docto M : , . Itandall . SU.lllclol (
at the sex 01 the person , Was 0 : the poInt oC f ,
callIng for the 110lco ! wh.n the PatIent lrft . .
Net \'nU liCrroCt , , she SI # , tld she realize
that ho mIght ho Dr. lrk r. I wl ho re.
membered ht ! t the In'UrDleJ trIal It was
pN\'ell that Dr. 1.'raltor ehunged hIs sex at
stated periods , on mtanco ! remarkahlu In bls.
torr. The dcubcl hvo fill subsided and
now fully admit that . Fruler has been caught .
Interest ctnterb to I SH'lt' extent I\ Fraltor's
) 'oun. MInnesota ( oll'arlou , and many ( be.
hove Ihe . dctecth'u buy : Inllo : IIt31.0 In
lettIng hint go.
State Senator A. I , . LYlhan hal been rec-
oinncidut : 10 dMend l'rakcr.'hat his course
of I.ICI wi he Is not known
LIItCIt'FV , , 10. Sellt. . - ' \ checks Wire
toly l'ruenlcl at the Commerl'lll IVII/1
b3tk , wIre the Fralcr Insur\lo ; Ilfley Is
dpoIteth ; , but were not hunoretl , us Ihe bank
' IJ been enjoIned frl paying ont the funds.
On , II the 'chi'ks \\a5 for n.NI , an' ) vtts
cl\'cn to Mis . ( 'nllll tltteJ of Iaccn
calmlY ( % , liter of I"raker , by executor J. E.
LIncoln. The ether check was Cur $100 to
Olr e Mngrinhr . , 1 brother.ln.lnw - of rak'r. I
JIthllnl"ho1 Xllnr/lll Icnil.
STOCKIOL I , SPt 4.-Sven I.ven , the
dbtlgulslenal'lrl t II dead lt Ih' age
ef S nus.
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CHDlusnrn Tln i i ss x ext , it i is .
\'lcCro , ' JI IIugclinng Issue's 1\
I'rlelllltll I II Iht' Chinese.
NPW YOn , Sept 4.-R. E. Speer , secre-
try of the Hoard or Foreign Minion oC the
Presbyterian church In tbe United States ,
received 1 letter tOday from Hev O. W. llous.
ton of Nanking , China , dated July 12. The
letter contains a copy ff the proclamation Is-
sued by LI Hung Chang , the viceroy , whIch
not only requires the Chinese to desist from
molesting missIonaries , but spelks In tprms
oC praise of the work done by tbem. Mr.
Speer lays the procamatoD ! illustrates the
folly of forming jUdgment oC the whole of
China from condItions existing In one sec lon ,
and It Is more significant beC1Ue Nanldng has
been a more or less turbulent center.
The Colowlng Is the letter : "In Szechuan ,
200 miles to the west wholesale destructon
of'mulon ! Property has taken place : here we
were sought alter by the omclals. Three
weeks ago our district magIstrate Invited all
the men of our mission community tn dinner ,
treating them with nil honor , and now comes ,
unsolicited , one oC th best proc1mations
which has been Issued In Chll since the era ,
of modern mission. The translaton ! Is a follows - I
lows : 'Giveti by Li . by grace of the emperor ,
commissioner : oC salt revenue , expectant In-
tontant oC circuit and ' pref2ct of the Jlng-
Nlng ( Nanldng' cIrcuit , being advanced ( three
steps In olco and having one brevet rank ,
havIng thirteen times honorblo ! menton In
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omclal records. For the purpJo oC publcy :
and straighty cbargng ! the people concern-
ing foreigners wl0 have In whatsoever points
at the Interior esablshed chapeh schools or
like places I or a long time these have been
permlttd by the emperor's commands. ( Now ,
having examined the doctrine halls In every '
place pertaIning to this prefecture , weihtid
that there have been establshed : Creo schools
where the poor children may receIve instructions -
tons ; hcspltals , where Chinamen may freely
receive healIng : that the missIonaries ! are nit '
really good ; not only do they not tak' the
pe plo's possessIons , but they do not seem to
desire men's praIse.
" 'Already the prefect with the magIstrates
oC io Ilrovlnclal capital , bas personally vls-
Ite,1 , each hal and has commanded the mag-
Istrtes oC outside districts to personal ) ' visit
each outstation of the church and talk with
the missIonaries. They have personally observed -
served the hospitals , school houses , etc. They
are for good established with the sincere desire -
sire to save men . Altholgh Chinamen are
pleased to do good there are none which
exceed this ( missionaries ) . I thInk It right
there to put iortl this proclamation , plainly
charging soldiers and all people. lIe It known
that foreigners hero renting or otherwise
rentIng halls , to do so to help the poor , and
there Is not the least underhandedness. Let
I not be that you , on the contrary , wrongly
Invent false reports and even commit crimes
and misdemeanors. I there should ( be shameless -
less villains . who , thInking to fish for wealth
( I. e. , take by violence ) , Invent reports and
create distrbances. falsely accusing ( the mis-
sionaries ) oC , offenses , they wIll fIrst bo thoroughly -
oughly examIned , then strictly dealt with.
They will be punished to the fullest measure ,
certainly not leniently.
" 'You have been Informed and warned Do
not disregard this proclamation. Given on
the 12th oC the Intercalary , fifth month. twen-
ty-firat year oC Kuang lu ( Jllly 4th , 1895) ) , '
) "I had a very pleasant interview last week
with lion. Yung \Ving. lie will be remembered -
bored as the young man In whose charge 200
Chinese boys were taken to New England In
1872 to attend school In the late war they
were found to be the only omcers of the
navy who could be depended upon to lIght.
This las advanced them In favor with those
officials . who are Inclined to 10 progress've
and our viceroy , Jan King I"ung , cabled to
Ynng Wing who Is an American citizen and I
has been living at hartford for thirteen I
years , to come out. The object Is to consult
In regard to In educational system for
China. ' 11s plans arc very wide emb"aclng
the acquiring oC knowledge oC science and
Fngilsh I In the competitIve civil examinations - ,
tons which are the foundatIons oC China's
civil service ; compulsory education oC both
sexes the establishment oC hIgh schools and
unIversities , and ( the education oC large numbers -
hers oC Chinese boys In the United States ,
German 'and Great Britain . lie does not
inclddd France In the last list , because ho
fears the effect oC French thought uPon the
moral character oC his former countrymcn.
le believes the Chinese language Is too
cumbersome for the future needs ; that the
wIne of new thought must be put In new
bottles , and that English I wl 10 the vehicle -
hide oC the new education for this country "
INIUI.- IX W1'IIOSG I\SGU'GI .
lelnt. II the lIuiisi'uf Ipriis llrl.e.1
h ) ' S ( ' , ' eL'l ! Ciiiiiiiiii is.
LONDON , SO ! 4.-ln the debate In the
house 'of Lords today on the Icntl read-
log of the Irish land purchase bill . Viscount
CICden saId that the measure appeared to him
to bo one for the relief oC evicted tenants ,
who he said 'ver the scum of theIr clan
end who amused themselves by cutting off
the hall oC women , and shooting old men
lie hoped that the bill would be rejected.
Baron Ialsbury expressed ( regret that such
lan'uage should hay been employed th this
debate. The only question at Issue he said ,
\as tn contnuing In operation an act which
otherwise would expire with the lapse oC
tIme . The bill passed Its third reading.
The house of Lords has pa'sed ( on tnt reall-
log the bill to remove -doult a to the validIty -
Iy of the act oC the DomInion oC Canada
respecting the deputy speaker of the Canadian
senate.
G'rmnmn IhtlItL'mmder Arrest .
mml.IN , Sept 4.-lrerr Pfund , editor oC
the Vorwaerts , has been arrested and two edi-
tons oC his paper lave been confscated by
the government upon the ground that the
paper contained articles Insulting to Emperor
\\'Ihiiani.
W113m.
The Yorwaerts published the names of the
factories and ( business houses , which , having
closed on Sellal tiny , stopped their emplo'es'
pay. herr Pfld , editor oC the paper Is
charged ( with lese '
wih majete In writ'ng a
dispraging account oC the Inauguration oC
the William I memorial church , which Is
described ns the "Aegler" church The \Tor-
waerts article on the SeJan day celebra-
tion . for which It
ton. was confiscated . was
headed : "Tho Dynastic MIlItary Festjval . "
I.ONDO Sept. 4.-A lerln dispatch to
the Dali ) ' News says the articles In the Vor-
waerta were submitted to Emperor William .
and to the king of Saxony and that both e-
pcseJ their Ils/usl with them. The arti-
art-
des appeared ( o.n Auust 17 antI September 1.
The Vorw3erts contInues freely to crltclse
the emperor's speech In whIch he called for
the suppression of the Eocfal ts.
. \nx".t ' fur I JrltHh S11151
LOnON , Sept. 4.-Tho E\enlng Standard
today says that anxIety Is C(1 at lelt.lst
for the of the
safety ship Lord Downshlre ,
which left Iqullul last May , since which
tmo nothIng has been hpard of the vessel ,
There were thlrt.lwo persons aboard the
) !
Lord Downshtr I Is feared that this
may have been tl" ship sunk In the coili-
blon with BritIsh ship Prlnco Oscar on the
nIght oC JUly 1 : , ' about 500 mies southeast
of Capo St. ROfle.1 uf the crew oC the
ship with whIch the Prince Oscar was In col-
Ihlon are SUII10'e < 1 to ha\'c , been drowned a
were also four of the crew oC tll Prince
O&car whch ank soon alto the culiision .
Hot ' \'ul'l. fur .111'1" 'U l'orlu.n.
ST. PETEHSnUlO , Sept. I.-.Tho Novoe
Vrcm'a's orresronlent , Vlodtvestok
writes that the Forrnoan Insurgents are con-
Illctlng 1 successful warfare sgalnst the
Japanese tn whIch \omen share .qualy with
men In mkh1J e 'letermllE1 . resistance
Though the army I" decimated by sickness
the Japanese \11 grant 10 quarter and spare
nelth'r women nor chIldren.
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:111.111 : I'Ii'id Sails fur Iluimie .
LOm , Sept. 4.-r , Marshall Field oC I
Chicago In'1 Rev Dr. nrooke lerford wi be
passengers on board the Cunanl liner Galla , :
which sails for New York tomorrow.
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SI .TIE , Wuh. , Sept 4.-General A. V.
Iau'z died tonight oC paralysis ofthe atom-
aeh. I WI\ on the retired list with the rank
of ! rlldler gelleral.
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AR1OR WIHSTOOD \ TiE TEST
Istructive Experiments with the Plates of
the Battleship Iowa ,
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WILL BE A FORMIDABLE VESSEL
1Icni' , ' Shot Failed to ne"tro the
Armor or Serlol"I" InJnre the
Structure , \'hleh Incle.1 I UII-
: it'siI 01C111" highly 1'lcl"c.l.
WAShINGTON , Sept. -The new battleshIp -
ship Iowa wl withstand the projectiles of
the best twelve-Inch gun afloat. That was
the conclusion drawn today from one of the
most important tests ever made at the gov-
erment proving grounds at Indian Head.
Since the equipment of modern battleshIps
with . heavy armor there has been , In certain
quarters , a qucstlon as to whether the frame-
work oC ships so armored could resist the
crushing force of a blow Cram one of the
big guns , even though the armor itself was
capable oC keeping the projectile out 111th-
erto all tests of armor have been made
against unyielding wooden butts.
Today the United States , for the first time
since the Use of modern guns and modern
armor , began experIments to determine the
actual strain and Injury to which a battleshIp -
batte-
ship would bo subjected It struck by a
projectile. For that purpose a side armor
plate oC the battleshIp Iowa , now building at
the Cramps' yards In Philadelphia , was
fitted upon an actual reproduction oC a sec-
ton of the ship. I consIsted oC the Inner
and outer bottoms oC five-eighths Inch steel
forming compartments with lateral steel bulkheads -
heads four feet apart. Outside the outer
bottom was a skIn oC fveolghths steel and
between this and the fourteemi-Inchi
fourteelf-nch armor
plate were ten Inches of solid oak bacldng.
Above was the protecting deck , and below the
main deck , the whole being backed above
and below by oak oC the estmated strength
of the protection and man decks. The plate I
itself was sixteen feet by seven and
onc-hal feet fourteen Inches thick at ,
the top and sloping toward the bottom 10 a
thickness ot seven Inches. '
The Importance of the test was such that
Secretary Herbert himself went down the
river to witness It , and there were more
than the usual number of officers from the
ordnance and construction bureaus. The
shots were fred at 250 yards at right
angles to the plate , to secure the normal
impact . The first was a 600polll Carpenter -
ter projectile Cram a ten-Inch gun driven by
10 poulds oC Dupont's brown prismatic pow-
der. I struck the plate wIth a velocity oC
1.482 feet per second , or with an energy oC
741,000-foot pounds. The projectile was
driven Into the plate about six Inches , and
not a single Injury to the backIng was discovered -
covered , save the sheering oC nine bolts con-
fleeting tIme protection deck with the armor.
This was not considered serious at best.
The second shot was also from a ten-Inch
gun but the powder charge waR Increased
to 216 pounds , which Increased lime velocity
to 1,862 feet per second ; so that It struck
with In energy oC 931OOO-Coot pounds. This
shot also spent itself on the plate without
creating a 111 oC a crack or Injury or
straining the Cramowork. There was not a
bulge In the plate or frame oC the vessel
A single bolt , how5ver , was driven out
Having thus tested the fourteen-Incb
plate , It was decIded to subject the frame
worle to a still severer test and an 850-
pound Wheeler-Sterling shell , driven by 460
pounds oC powder , was fred at It from a
twelve.lnch gun. The projectile struck with
a velocity oC 1.800 teH or an energy oC
1,530.000-Coot IOU11 s. This shot should , according -
cording to all estimates , have penetrated a
slxtepn-Inch la1eylzet plate. Although I
cracked the plate already weakened by the
two previous shots and penetrated to the
Wood baclelng. It did not get through the
backing. The enormous recoil oC
the plate , however pulled It Cram the
wood about tlmree-fortleths of an Inch. 1
also struck close to a bolt and sent I with
tremendous force across the compartment
against the Inner bottom , which was bulged
but not ppnetrated. TIme outer bottom was
slightly bulged also and the bllellead where
the shot struck bucldel1 On the whole tie
result of the test with , the plate and framework -
work was considered remarleahlo.
TIme plate wihstood the government test
for a slxteen.lnch plate splenddly ! . and ( con-
structvely the test oC a seventeen-Inch plate.
The reslstlco of the frame really aston-
Isled all . Secretary Herbert was greatly re-
jolcell at the result and Captain Sampson
oC the Ordnance department says the In-
jury both to the plate and frame was the
very minimum. "The framework withstood
the shock better than wo hoped It would , "
said Captain Sampson.
NHV I'1lASI 0. 'I'IIi 'ALI.Ell CtSI1.
, \ ct'imss'l of QU"Htonl"le 'rrnn'-
thin"Jnll.t mime Amerlcln Citizi'mi .
WASHINGTON , Sept. 4.-A spice oC Inter-
est Is to bo added to the WaIler caB by an
investigatIon ! of the conuct of Consul Wetter : ,
who was WaIler's successor . and Is the pres
ent consul at TJmataye , Iadagarcar. This
investigation ! h the result oC charges made by
Charles T. Lyons , a resldcnt oC Brooklyn ,
N. Y. , who was tempJrarly In Madagascar on
business last Selltember.
Mr. Lyons went to the island as the agent
of a Boston firm of exporters , and It Is 01-
legeJ IncurroJ tIme enmity of tIme consul
through the fact that In takIng the place there
he necessary ousted a man who \as a personal .
sonal friend of Wetter's. Wetter had Lyons
arrested on the charge oC opening mal ad.
dressed by the consul to the governor of one
oC the provinces of Madagascar and at hIs
trial InsIsted upon sitting as Lyons' judge as
wel as acting as prosecutor. Lyons b came
so convinced that he was doomE1 to Imprison-
ment through this process that he forfeited
hIs bal antI left the island before the trial
terminated. He claims to have notified the
State department promptly of what he had
done , and to have flied charges against 'Wet-
tel and complains that his charges until re-
centy have received no attention .
The Stale department oUclais explain the
fact that no aeknowidgment has been made
oC Mr. Lyons communlcton by sayIng that
they did not know or his whereabouts until
notfed recently of his arrIval In Drooklyn.
I was stated at the same time that Mr.
Lyons h,1 now beEn notified that any charge
he might have to make would recelye due
consideration at the hands of the department.
! r. Lyons Is represented by hIs friends as
still determined to press time charges , but he
has'dec1led to await the return oC Assistant
Secretary Uhl , who ha : charge oC consular
matters In the departmct. : Is expected
that Mr . Lyons will then file a s\or claIm
In the case and press 'it to a conclusion 11 .
defense agaInst Wetter's original charges Is
that the letter he opened was addressed to
himsel and that time letter to the Madagascar
oIflcial was enclosed under one seal wIth various -
rlous other letters to hImself ( Lyons ) .
The investigation will bear directly upon
the Waler case. WaIler and hIs stepson ,
Paul Dray , sat with Wetter aw member oC
the court 11d It appears themselves gained
tie Iii wl of Wetter , because they resIsted
what they believed \\'etter's desire to unduly
punish I.yons. ThIs was one of the ' ques.
tons touched upon by WaIler tn One oC the
letters to his rife \1 hlch were Intercepted by
the French athorltes , and this fact It I
asserted accounts for Wetter' . alleged so-
plneness In defending Wailer's rights
Iutii IitmiI CI"e SeC lieu ,
WAShINGTON , Sept. 4.-Speclal ( Tele-
grarn-Actthg ) Secretary Reynolds today affirmed -
firmed the decision of the commissioner oi the
Ienerl land ofce In the case of the Ceds
Rapids & Missouri River R'uilroad '
& Rver Ihlr03d company
against the D. Stevenson estate In the name
oC his wIdow , latda Stevenson The lane
Is I time Council Bluffs serIes of the Des
MOines district , and was a part of the In-
demnly grant to the company , The acting
ecretary mIca that , although the land Is
within the limits of the grant , a the com.
pany hd never made a selection of I and
I has been restored to the public domain
November I , 18G7 , the company has acquIred
no right thereto. .
IsnlS - HI.JY - POit JUI.0TJI ST.
Mass :1CeIIJ of tht' thohITH to IH , .
CI" " the 8ubJt'I.
SOUTH I'ALISTEn , I. T. , Sept. 4.-A big
mass meeting of representative Choctaw Indiana .
diana took place at Atota 'today , there beng :
170 Indians by blood and abut 1,000 non-
citizens pr sent , The convent n was called
by a committee of cItIzens who realized the
danger of further delay and the constantly
Increasing encroachment 'ot the white len ,
who today outnumber the Indians five to ono.
The fuhl.blood citizens have also at last made
up their minds that congress will soon take
active measures In maters pertainIng to the
Indian territory , and have concuded : that If
they must dance they hal better assist In
the program , The exercises conited of
speaking by promInent men , followed by nn
old-fashioned barbecue. The prlncpal : speak-
ers were E , N. Wright , A. H. Durant , J. J.
Allen . Joseph Gardner and ( Judge Conner
( Choctaws ) , and lion. A. S. cKennon oC the
Dawes commission. ResolutIons ! were adopted
praying the Choctaw national council , which
convenes at Tuskahoma In October , to appoint
an Indian commission to treat with the Dawes
commission , and for the council to place the
mater beCoroJhe people In order that the de-
slro of the people may be known Itesou-
tons were also adopted recommending the
allotment of lands antI an equal disposition
of tIme public domain
: .
SIOCCJI : S'I'Ut''ISU . A VIGIl'S' .
Ih'mult the I1ejmi.piiI If tie lre"elt
leuIH" . Simile 1tlr.l.
TOPEKA , Sept. 4.-A big fight Is on In
Kansas between the stockmen and Governor
Morrill. Today the commission men at the
Kansas City stock yarls ; telegraphed the
governor , demanding the , reorganizaton at
the board. They gave amta reason the fact
that two membes oC the preset board ,
constituting a majority , ublsh broadcast
every report oC Texas fever In any com-
muniy In the state In order to justify the
collection of 2 cents a head Iuspqction fees :
'on all cattle shipped from Texas , New
Mexico and Arlzola through Kanas to the
market The present board , without authority -
thoriy of law , keeps two 'Inspectors In the
southwest territory , who 'make tie stock-
men pay 2 cents a head for all sblpment.
Into and through this state. The stock-
men of the state are alsd organizing and
will make a demand on Governor Merrill
tomorrow at Emporla to remove the present
board The stockmen oC Kansas buy their
cato In New Mexico and Texas , and they
claim the 2 cents inspectIon Is a Iake-of
for the board. The stockmen oC this state
represent one-third , of Its wealth. More
than on.thlrd oC the money on deposit In
the banks oC Kansas belongs . to stock raisers.
JAi DI I.I'NI Y - A' ! ' JlO'I' S1'ILINGS. ,
Four l'rlsommers Secure 'rhelr 1lherC !
h ) ' "I IIJl"ltl. Process. I
nOT SPRINGS . S , D" , Sept 4.-Speclal ( :
Telegrnlh-Darker ) amid Taylor , whf were
confined In the county jai awaiting trial for
larceny , and two hal breeds who had bean
bound over to tIme United States court for
cattle stealing on time reservation last nIght
made theIr escape. They procured an Iron
bar , which Is a 'part oC the apparatus for au-
tomatcaly closing the cell doors , and dug
Into the celent floor and under the Iron gratIng -
Ing which separated them from tie outside
WiflI0V. Crawling through this opening they
reached the window , and with the bar and n
chain trom one of the ots' bent .the Iron bars
to one side sufficiently . to allow them to
squeeze through. Their .esiIIIO was not discovered -
covered until this moring , and It Is thought
they arc now well on thc\r \ way to the reser-
vatiomm. The two prisonerscenialning In Jai
say they Imave known of tte plot to escape
for some tIme . but as I. was none of their
business said nothing about it. The sheriff
and his deputes , are scouring . tie country fertile
tile fugitives.
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11 gl , 'g AGAIN AIO'I' : ' 111 IDIII.
iSomnl S'lll'ut. Ieiflsits ) : : ' ( , O ( (
' 'trth tf the Yellow Metti
NEW YORK , Sept. , 4.-The bond syndicate
today turned over to the treasury enough gold
to raise the receive above the limit. Y01torday
and the day before $2,800.00 was withdrawn
for shipment , but as the syndicate deposited
$2,500,000 just at the closet of business the
reserve Is again Intact. -
'V. Ii. Grossman & I3ro. , coffee merchants ,
wi sell way tomorrow $1OOO.OO ; Arbucde
DraB. . $600,000 . and Neslage & Fuller , bullion
brokers , $100,000 ; total , $100,000. The oil-
daIs at the subtreasury refused to say
whether the $2,000,000 wblch the Farmers
Loan and Trust company deposited on private
account on Tuesday wag used by the syndl-
cato In Its deposit , but the probabilities are
that It was. They intimated that the s'ndl-
cato had considerable Iold on deposit . In the
vaults of the government , and that tIme deposits -
posits were practically transCers. The bond
syndicate has deposited with the government
about $12,000,000 over and above the amount
which was paid for the bonds
. -
S'I'OItM , 'IBCC U MAN IULIHXGS.
Village of ItItIJ.lol , 'I'ell. , .1.lt. . '
I ) ' . St."t're Intl milmul , \ 'lmiii Sttl'l.
NASHVILLE , Tenn , Sept. 4.-Tho storm
which visited Huntngdon today 'was ' the
worst In Its Is tory. Its course was north-
west , and It was aceompanlell by torrents of
rain. The NashvIlle , Chatanooga & St.
Louis railway depot was completely wrecked
with the excopton of the telegraph olce , In
which several persons were seated. The
debris from the freight department tel In
such a direction lS to protect it. The roof
was blown from the laln Southern Normal
universiy building . On the public square
the large brick storehouse occupied by
Sarter's grocery ; Head & Son , dry goods ;
Karlan & Lusky , dry goods , and Scot &
BCwles , clothing , were unroofed and theIr
stocks damagel1 The public square Is almost
Impassable on account of the timber and
debrls The damage amounts to several
thousand dollars. No . lives were lost
CI'UGI \\'I'rl OA'1"l'id3 s'r . \IG.
\ \ 'cil IClown ' . " ) ' 01111 111,11. ' " ' III
. \rreHI.t ut Nen' CU"tL' .
CHEYENNE , Sept 4.-Spcclal ( Telegram )
- W. Smith , a well known W'omlng business -
ness man , was arrested by United States
Marshal McDermott at New Caste Saturday
charged by Captain Watso/- agent for the
Crow Indians , with killing . nOi stealing range
cattle belonging to hIs .waId SmIth gave
bonds for his appearance on September 10
before the Unie States commissioner at
New Castle. Thefts at cattle belonging to
the Crow have been Ilf on for some
tIme . and the agent now claims to have
evidence implicating a Imber oC white men
In northern Wyoming B the guilty parties
and their arrest 1f i exfiect \ d.
UUlt'hlll Cummit" Sulehle.
CIEnNNE , Sept. 4-Speclal ( Telegram. )
-Word was received by Coroner LInton ted : )
that Mark Martin , a ranchlnan of Merldan ,
had committed i'uicitle. The manner or
cause oC the suicIde has not been laarned I ,
Martin wal one oC the pioneers oC this .
county , and was at one time county auveyor. :
He was 65 years of age ! hdlea\'e no family , '
a
Iorll'r Ollnhu :111 CUIIU" Smmielule .
ICANSAS CITY , Sept " . - - - Wlllam S. Oood-
wIn , 38 years old , the son oC a well known
local l contractor , and ( hinielf 1 well known
clerk , eomnllUeJ suicide In his room lt the
Hudson house by IhootD himself through
the he3d. Sickness and the lack of employment -
ment II the cause. The act was committed
at 9 o'clock lat night In lila room In the
Hudson house , but was not known till today ,
when his room was broken Into. At different
times GoodwIn bas been 1 clerk In banks In
St. Louis , Omaha and San Francisco. He
leaves a widow
.
I'rubiib.hy . llmmtt'iu nl.1 l'Utl' .
nAWI.INt)0. : ; . , Iep' . 4.-'fwo men wear-
Ing shirts ot the Hockford bas b.l , ear
and givlnij their names ni Luk antI An-
Ierson w , " arrested In I box ear today
They embarked at Newcastle , Cob. . and tie
car sva destined to luebl1 , coo. : They
Were well provided with provlaI : : !
SHOT THROUCH TIE HEAD
Paul Miller is Instantly Souerein Killed , by August
HAD ASSAULTED TiE lATER'S ' MOTHER
'rroublo Cnu"e.1 h , , . Urlll1 anuS Slant
1'-ct-ll1 Crcn"-.I ly ' OIH."ltou
to 3iilhuir'ps hH'rIIJe " .lh IL
DUIJhter tf thc 1 ' lml" ' .
Yesterday afternoon at lG : o'clock August
Souerweln , 19 years of age , shot amI InsUlnty
killed hIs brother-In-law , Paul Miller , and I I
then walked to the nearest telephone , which I
Is at the corner oC Sixteenth and Manderon i
streets , and had the police notified of time I
crime and his willingness to give himself
up
up.Tho
TIm shooting took placc In a potato patch
In the north bottoms at Sixteenth and Fort
streets and was witnessed by five persons.
Five years ago Paul Miller , then a soldier
In the Second InCantry stationed at Fort
Omaha , met and marrIed Pauline Souerweln ,
the eldest daughter of August Souerweln ,
sr. The marriage was performed under protest -
test , as both oC the parents oC the young
and comely girl objected to the union The
relations between tIme two families had not
been of a friendly nature . and Miller rarely
visited his Cather-In.law except when In lq-
oar , at which times he was oC a very quarrel-
some ( hisposition . Three years ago Miller was
h discharged from the service , where
ho had served as clerk , with the rank oC ser-
geant , to the quartermaster of the Second In-
Cantry. After leaving tie army le opened n
student's lodging house In the building that
stood on the site of the present Schlitz build-
lIng , where ho remained In business until It
was razed. Ho then became attached to time
Prudential Life' Insurance company lS a so-
lcior , and left this position to accept a
place with Harmon Dros. , aDd was timekeeper -
keeper and overseer of the pickle farm and
worles when killed.
The Souerwelns are a highly respectable
German family and came from the fatherland -
)
land to Omaha eight years : go. They own a
comfortable . home at 4927 North Seventeenth
- - -
street , besides other property. The entire
family , two children , Caroline , 20 year old ,
and August , 19 , and the father and mother ,
who are both over G years oC age . follow
gardening as a means oC livelihood. They
have resided In this neighborhood for six
years and are spoken ot In high terms by
their neighbors for their Industry and thrlr-
ness. Miller was a good citizen , husband and
father when not In drink
BECAME CRAZED WITH DRNI .
All day yesterday Miller was drinkIng
heavily , and when ho was returning from his
dinner ho cut across the potato patch owned
by Souerweln. Young August bade him good
mornimig which seemed to anger him , and
one word brought on another , until Miller
Iecamo so angered that he chased the boy
oft the lot where he was working , and almost -
most to his hone , a block away
EI ( J. Cark , an employe of the Souerwelnl
and an ex-army corporal , tried to pacify the
excited man. Short ) after the boy , with his
sister and father , returiied to the feld , More
threats by Miller were made Mrs. Souer-
weln , an old lady 60 years of age , heard
Miler abusing her Camly and ordered him .
to leave the farm This was the climax oC
his insane anger , and he few at the old lady
with threats to kit Clark and the whole
family tried to hold the man , who chased the
frIghtened woman hal way across the bIg
field . He was caught by the son and daughter -
ter before he could' 'strike hor. Breaking
away again he was warned by young August
that his life would bo In danger IC ho assaulted -
saulted his mother. When within a Coot oC
his tnother-In-Iaw. and six feet away Cram
the boy , he received the shots that ended his
life ;
Io
STATEMENT OF TIlE PRISONER.
Detective Dunn happened to be In tie
locality where the crime was commited and
Col owed the boy to tIme Portland Cement
works , where he had gone to telephone , and
placed him under arrest. Captain 1ostyn ,
with Sergeant Ormsby and Detective Davis ,
arrived shortly afterward and took the pris-
oner 10 the city jail.
The bOdy of Miller was taken In charge
by the coroner and removed to the morgue.
Upon examination two gunshot wounds were
found One shot passed through the upper
port oC the left shoulder and ranged upward
through tIme left jaw. The other bullet en-
tered at the base oC the skull , under the
rIght ear . and passed through the head.
The pl5tol used was a cheap pattern 38 cal-
Iber. The coroner's Inquest will bo held at
10 o'cloclt this morning.
The prIsoner says that ho only Intended
to wound Miler to save his mother lie says
that Miller , when drunk , has often abused
his parents and once threw them out 01 a
window because they refused to give him
money.
Ed Cark , Josephine Souerweln and her
mother and ! rs. Gibson . 4906 North Sixteenth -
te.nth street , testify to the facts respectIng
the shooting as narrated.
When the news oC tl shooting was carried
to ! rs. Miller she went Into hysterIcs. When
she became calm she , with her two chil.
chi-
dren age 2 and . .4 years , wer taken to
her Cather's house and cared Cor.
SHE GOT TO TIIJ . SAVF3 FIlLS'S' .
Miss Greell' Blocks ' the 1'111 of 1
Negro ltuIher.
An attempt was made yesterday afternoon
to commit a robbery In the very heart oC the
city. I was a fevl mInutes after 4 o'clock
at tile ofce oC the Nebraska Ice company ,
30t South Twelfth street , In the basement
of the United States National bank building.
The objectIve point oC the thleC's raid was
the safe . The robber was balked In 111
attempt by time 11rcsenco oC mind of the
clerk , Miss Maggie Greeley , who was alone
In the office . She was busy at her work
when a negro entered the omce shortly aCer
4 o'clock Time lan did not say a word to
her , but walkel , straight toward An open
safe , which wai-standing at lie ( end oC the
desk at which Miss Greeley was workIng.
Time young woman was surprised , and demanded -
manded what he wanted. The negro , with
a profane exclamation , told het that It was
none oC her business and commanded her
to keep quiet , at the same time contnuln
on his way to the safe. Miss Orceley ! I
thoroughly frigimtened , but retained sufficient I
presenCB of mind to rush to the safe . the
door oC which she clord and locked Then ;
she ran out oC the office , and tie negro was
not slow tn following her example
Miss Oreeley toud a policeman , and wIth
bUn returned ( to the office , but the thief
bad deeampell wIthout disturbing anything.
Mils Greoley was not able to give a good
description of imimmi alhough she Celt confident .
/dent that she would he able to recognize
him If she saw him again. She paid that
he wore a black slouch hat , and was attired -
tired In dark clothes , and was a large mum , .
Shortly after the officer departed another
negro entered the office \ \ hiI Miss Greeley
was there alone. lie said that 10 was look-
log for a job , but his object In entering
time ofce appeaed to be an investigatIon ,
for he Iep lookIng about continually . Miss
'Greley noticed thIs and ordered him out
with the threat that she would cal the
Iiolce , and he leCt. Time second man was
smaller than the frt , and was dressed In
blue clothes. Je had been noticed hanging
about the building for some time. I 1
supposed that the two men were partners
and ( that the second man lent into the 01.
flea to see bow time first was getting along
Al the hour oC tha day when the robbery
was attempted Miss Groeley Is usually the
only one In tie office. The safe II cims-
tomarly left standing open Yesterday
'afternoon the open money drawer contained
only $8 In smal cimango . but there was a
larger amount In other draWers.
Jlt"elelCM tf Ol.t11 Sh'llt'rM , Sept .t
, At New York-Arrlvej-Wlehad , fro' I
Dremen : Auranla , from Lverpool : ; L'hn , from
Dremen.
At Gugow-Arrlyed-Clrclnla. from New
York.
At Southampton-ArrIved-Steamer Paris ,
from New York
,
1d'1'Ih : ; n : : MELT 10111r UI . \-I
All Were Aslmhm-xlntt'ul 11" R Large
.
\01111 of I "tnllhll ni" .
PS1OVIDENCE. R. I" , Sept. 4.-Five em-
plo'ea oC the ProvIdence Gas company went
to their death In the cellar of time Westfell
street gas holder about 1:30 : o'clock this after-
noon , asphyxiated by gas being the cause.
The names of the dead :
COTTON , 26 ) 'ear single.
ILJY , 45 years , married , with sIx cliii-
dren Thornton Pike street ,
l\1ANUS , married , Borlen street.
BURNS 19 ) 'enr last I'rovilence.
! 'NA ml , 36 years , single. Brook street.
The accllent was a pecular one For
several days leaking gas las been detected
In the holder , and today the eOmlMn sent
six men and 1 foreman to repair time leak ,
which proved to come from the IleCeclyo
valve connecting the Cour-Inch main , which
supplies the Westfeld street holder with gas
Crom the laln holler on Globe street The
men lied Just returctl from dInner at 1
o'clock , a 11 going down the wooden stairs
which Ic Crom he entrance oC the hohler
to tha cellar below , began to work on time
broken valve. They disconnected it and tied
a. cloth bag about time large mmiain extend-
tog in frotmi time street , whmemi tIme bag gave
vay flhil an inmmemlao volume of'gas rushed
out ,
In less time than it takes to tell It all
were overcome , with the exception of one
man , who managed to gropu up time stairs ,
where tIme freshm air enabled him to recover
smmtllciently to roach a place of safety. Immediately -
mediately after it became kmmown thmat the
nmemi were there and unable to get out willing
hmamids attempted to go to tIme rescue , but
notlming could be done whIle thrn escaping gas
rushed imp the stairs. F'oremnan Cimarles
Allen did all he could , but thmera was no emit-
01 ! in the street and lie knew not whmcli ! way
to turn , The police were qimickly on the
spot and roped off Westfield street , and
Medical Examiner Palmer steed in tIme door-
WA ) ' to prevent anybody frommi going down ( ho
stairs , At the foot of the stir lay one of
the men who had almost reached the bottomim
stair when he was overcome and sank back ,
a hook of nguah ! on his cotmntenince.
Soon after 3 o'clock the gas company sent
a gang of men to dig up ( lie street to get
at the malmi shut-off further aiomg , it beIng
rnmderstooci that no other mmleans of shutting
off the gas could be attaIned , ammd even ( lien
It meamit two hours' work , Foreman Allen
took a hand in the excavation , but vas overcome -
come before the digging proceeded tar. lie
was taken to the 11110(10 Island lmospltal In
thmo ambulance , whmichi arrived a short time
before , Ills life is despaIred of.
UUILIEI ) UNIEIt ' 1'OS OF IEiiItlS ,
'Iover of One ottlie Illinois State
Fair lmmmiiulimmg Cetiapsepi ,
SPRINGFIELD , Iii. , Sept. 4-A horrible
accident occurred at time state fair grounds
timis afternoon , The west tower on the great
machminery imali , wimich is now being roofed ,
collapsed and fell in , burying several mmmen tic-
neath Its ruins. Charles hlobson and Janmea
l'arker , both plumbers of Lincoln , Neb , , who
were at work on the ground floor were killed.
They were covered with several tons of brick
and mimortar.
The lnjmmrcd are : Fred Berd , a carpenter ,
badly mashed ; N. Wihilanmson , a carpenter.
both aflkies lmroleen ; Samuel Davenport , of
ChIcago , boss carpenter , badly Injured about
the back by faUing debris ; John Gethard , a
carpenter , gash cut in the hmead , will probably -
bly recover ; Charles Brownehl , water carrier ,
both legs and arms b'oken , also burned by
mortar and fearfully lacerated , will die ,
Neither buIlding nor tower was braced ,
but whether this caused the acciJent or not
is not known , It is the general opinion thmat
time hmard rain last night loosened the mortar ,
wimicim had no time to dry , work having been
rushed on the bmiilclthg in order to hmavo it
completed In time for'the fair , and that thml4
caused the accident. The' loss will amount
to several thousamid dollars.
Jammies Ciancey , a slater , fell froni the roof
iftto a mortar bed , striking on lila head , hut
escaped with a fes' bruises. All the .ini-
prlsoned macn had been gotten by 9 o'clock
tonight. Several were umii.r.jurecl ,
MflIICO-LEr.AL ClLESS UiIE'S'S ,
W'eicosimesl to NevYorl ( l. ' ' Ex-Judgi'
Nomili lnvis ,
NtV YORK , Sept , 4.-The first session of
the Internatonal ! Medico-Legal congrema wai
held in the United States coimrt room In
the federal buiidlng this mormilug. Ex-Surro-
gate Rastus S. Ransomn presided .and mmiadt
tIme opening address. lie varmy welcomed
time visitors imi the nammie of New York end
Brooklyn. lie also paid a hmigim tribute to thma
gemiitms of Clark Bell , the PresIdent elect of
the society , for tIme Interest he has always
taken in mnaimmtaning ! its promtige , and for
giving It a name and a fame in this and ethem'
lands ,
ho thmen Introduced ox-Judge Noah Davis.
Ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower waa to hmavo
spoken first , but at time last. momemit lie hail to
send his regrets. Ex-JucIgo Divis saul that
tIme first irofession In time vord was that of
medicIne. Ito would place tIme churclm next ,
and tIme law in the- thIrd place , lie maid that
those who had devoted their wisdommi to the
development of truth ere time real benefactors
of immankind. lie thanked tIme congress for its
courtesy , and was followed by Dr. Forbes
Winslow. -
Dr. Wimistow said : "I (10 not regmrd nmysolf
as a stranger to America or her cl.lzen , O.'o
of my ancestors caine over wtth the pilgrims.
amid ycstcrday I tact one of his detcendants
in this city. So you see I am almost at hmome ,
Graduates in law and mnedlcino have a top-
rlble responsibIlity. It is well that the two
professions shah establish a sort of twn- :
ship between them. " Dr.S'insow then mo
viewed time lunacy laws of Engiani and argued
that a connection between law and meJic'ne
is invaluable , Dr.'inslow in conclusion
said : "hlypnotsnm ! will play a most important
hart In time question of responsibilty Imere-
after. I wish you success and am glad to be
hero. "
Senator Charles Z. Guy of New York spoke
of what medicine and law have done for
lmimmanlty and organized society. Prof. It.
Ogden Doremus of New York spcke of time
great change which chemistry lmad effected In
jurisprudence. lie was followed by 1)r.'il -
11am J. o'Sullivan , who said thmo far-reaching
importance of the commgreas could not be overestImated -
estImated ,
The following officers wore unanimously
elected : Prof. Clark lieu , presIdent ; legal
vIce presldemmts , Judge Abraham II. Daly ,
Judge Noah Davis , lr. W. J , O'SullIvan ,
Jmmdgo Pratt , Judge A. Z. Palmer of Now
Brunswick , Judge Ransom and Senator
Charles L. Guy ; medical vice presidents , Dr.
D. T , Crothers of Hartford , l'rof. Ogden
Doremnus , Dr. l'aui Glbier , Dr. hubbard V. ' .
Mitchell , Dr. W. B. Outten , all of New York ;
Dr. Irving C. Rose of Waahmlngtnn , Dr. L.
Forbes \Vinslow of London and Mrs. M.
Louise Thiomnas of New York ; secretaries , Dr.
Moritz Elhinger o1 New York , Pr , F. 13.
Downs of hartford , Dr. Albert flaclm of New
York , Dr. Clarence A. Llglitner of letrolt ,
Prof. Charles Doremus of New York and Dr.
George Ciupper of New York.
. When the congress resumed Its sessIons
this afternoon the congratulatory proceelIngs
of the morning were supplanted by the regu-
tar business of the program. Clark Bell ,
president , said that the departmnent of
psychology and psychological medicine and
been subdivided into four departments-A ( )
insanity and mental medicine , In cimargo of
Forbes \Vinsiow , M.D. , . London , chairman
and a number of vice chairmen ; ( II ) Inehmri-
ely , T. B. Crothers , M.it , , chmairmamm and
seven vice chmalrnien ; ( C ) sociology and crimo-
lnology , lion. Moritz Rilinger , chairman and
aIx vice cimairnien ; ( D ) oxperhmmmemmtah psycho- !
ogy , I'rof V. . E. Suddutli of ChIcago and
five vIce chairmen.
Time cimairmami introduced Br , Taicott , superintendent -
intendent of thmo Middletown insamma asylum ,
whose imiterpretation of insanity was that it
was when time imagination got the better of
thus judgment.
Forbes Wiusiow , M.D. . of London , the ceho-
brated alienist , was then called upon to react
'imia paper on "InsanIty. " lie traced the history -
tory of legislation for the care of lunatics In
Great Britain and the United States. ir ,
Albert Bach , ax-vice president of thin soul-
ety , read a paper on thme "NecessIty of
Amendment of the Law of New York Aper.
taming to the Commitment of tue inmms.c. "
Dr. Crothera road a paper on "Legal ito-
uonslhility In Inebriety. "
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s.0UTII SIIERS ) ARE \VAIiINC \
Fiit and Second Ward People Join the
Movolnont for Reform ,
BUSINESS METHODS IN CITY AFFAIF.S
Subject lhiuemisse.i at a Imirgi' 31eetimm
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at Nmm tionmet himll-1'u ' % ' . 'nnsl
Lemigimes trgmeamiwest
mummut Olfluer'uI ,
Voters of the First amid Scc'omid wards
filled National lieU , at tIme corner of Thir-
teeimthm amid \'Ihhinmims streets , last milghit to
listen to a diseussiomm of thmo issues of tIme
comnimmg iiimmmiiclmial camnpaigmm by mmmemm who are
idemmtiflost witlm time work of mmitmmmlcipal reform -
form as planned by the Citizens' League.
At 8 o'clock every seat in tIme hail was
occupied , amid as soon as time speakIng was
commenced time standing rooni was all ap-
iroiriatetl. The atmdienco was composeil ci-
imiost entirely of resiilemmts and voters of the
wards , imiemi who take a slceii immtorest " 1mm time
affairs of immimnlcipal govcrmmmmiemmt , amid timey
showed by their emmtlmmmslasm thmat ttmey care
mmore for ami lmomiest and economical admmlin-
istrntiomm o inmbllc uillces than they do Iii time
simecess of tlio canihlilmites of amiy particular
party , 4
Time immeeting was called to order soon
after S o'clock by George Bertrand , anti
Joini ltosicky selected as chmairmmian , Iii as-
eimmmming tlme chmalr Mr. Itosleky stated timat
time nmceting had been calted for a purimose ,
The Voters of time First and Second wards
had moot with the knowledge amid cemmviction
that time tinmo was ripe for tIme citizens of
Oniahma to get tngetlmer and joimi hmamimis in
au effort to secure better gcmvormmmmmemmt for
tlmo city of Omnahma and tIme commimty of Douglas.
Charles hloeppner was called imporm as tha
first speaker , Mr. iioeppner is an earmiest
advocate of good govermimmient emi non-partisan
lines , amid mmindo a hmrief but Icointed address
in support of imis belief of the need of re.
form in local matters. Questiomms of fact ,
ha stated , hmal beemm tint before tIme ieople
of Omimahma whicim mmiust convince thmemmi that
it was necessary to put mmmcmi on watch In
time city and county othices who wotmitt atimnin.
istor the affairs of governimient in a businesslike -
like manner and mint rob the Imeohcie. With
deficiencies In every fund set aside for time
carrying on of the city's husimmess ansi with
a slmortago in time school fimnil it was mieces-
smiry for thici voters , regardless of party , to
see that time managemiiemmt of iumbhic affairs Iii
placed in time Imamids of ( mien who slmould be
chmosoti for their honesty and imitegrity and
not on account or theIr stammuhing in any
secret political society or in any political
party.IT
IT IS A MOVE FOIL BUSINESS.
lIon. It.V. . Rlchardsomm was tlmen Intrc.-
duced by Chairman Itosicky anti was warmmily
welcomed. ito spoke substantially as fol-
iows : "The lmresemmce of tlmis aimlemmdld
audience denmonstrates the fact that you
are Imidividimaily intem-ested in the citizens'
reform movement , a mnovenient that takes
a course for better timings for time people ,
both for the taxpayers and the wage earners
wimo are not so fortimnato as to be emirolled
In thme list of owners of property a muovo-
muent for time bettermiient of all who are in- m
tereated in all timat concerns the welfare of
time ieoiiio and time city. Some weeks ago
more than a thousand of you expressed
yourselves as taking the position that it
was desirable to stand together to correct
the abuses and rmecly the evils of the pres-
nt city and county governmneimts. ,
"This is hot a hackneyed reformmm movement ,
having for its object the getting of one class
of Immen oimt of office just to get another class
lii. It aims to strike at the foummilatlon of
the wromig and to put in force such imrincl-
plea that thme results must he to the best in-
( crests of the city. Ocmr piatformn declares
the need of a nonsectarian , nonpartisan move-
nment to put business principles Into our gov-
eromnental affairs , and to ulemmammd , time sanmo
hio0esty , capability amid accountabilIty from
our public oillclals that is demamicled from officials -
ficials amid eimmployes by business firms and
private corporattons. We are all familiar
wittm the struggle we hmnve gone through during -
ing time past few years to keep even in our
business affairs. Every buslmmesa man anti
every corporation has beemi compelled to re-
dimce the forces of men antI to cumt salaries
to meet tIme depression in bucitmess. In oimr
city affairs tumid In the county government
amid 1mm tIme school board we still bmave the
i-nine old system of extravagance and disregard -
regard of time wishes amid comiditlon of time
people svlmo pay ( tie taxes for time conduct of
timeso public trimsts. Time olilcers elected have
not been true to their trusts. Time failure of
( lie last legislature to keel ) its trust
with tIme people has given Omaha
a disrupted irniIre force , strife In all depart-
mnents of busimiess , when the people had do-
mnamulemi the right of Imomne rule amid civil
service In official circles. Timis time CitIzens'
league demands , a civil servIce that will
mmiake hmomiesty , fidelity and capacity time sole
tests of fitness for public omce The reform
Is not a new idea. 'rle cities of the old country -
try , recognizing tIme necessity of better gov-
ermmment 1mm local affairs , have adopted tIme
citizens' plan of government and have tIme
best governed cities in the world. In this
country New York , Boston , Brooklyn , staId
old l'lmilamlelphla , St. Lotmis and Chicago hmavo
thrown off party rule in mimnicipal matters
and have made great strides toward purer
and better government , and tIme time is ripe
for Omaha to follow their example. "
EVIL FROM ThE A. P. A.
Mr. ltichiardson discussed tIme A. P. A.
mimovenment anti denounced time aim , plans
and vork of time organizatIon In no uncer-
tam terms. lie pointemi omit time Ills that have
arisen trommi the work of tIme oriler in niunicl-
ijal matters ammd tIme harm that was being
done by Its Pernicious practices , and closed
hmiis atltlress with an lmnpassiotmed appeal to
his fellow citizens to stick close to ( lie landmarks -
marks of time constittmtion , wimleim gmi-mrantoea
eqtml rights to nil mmien , spacial privileges to
nomie , and religious liberty to time imumublest
ci t iran .
Time speaker's denuncIation of tIme vork of
time oatumbound order mi.mmd lila appeal to time
mmmen before hmimmm to assert tlmeir mimammimood ammd
unIte for reformmm In local government aroused
time audience to a fine cmmthiusiasmn , which was
manifested iii lirolociged applamise.
After a selection by the band Cimairman
Roslcky arose to Introduce Mr. E , ltosewater ,
time next speaker. lie found time act wlmoily
UI m.ecessary , When Mr. Itosewator heft imis
chair time audicmmce set up a dicer whlelm was
Iept imp for several mnlnmmtes. Mr. itosicky
finally got in a word to the effect that ime
found it unnecessary to Introduce thmo next
slmeaker , and Mr. Itosowater stepped forward
whIle time aimdiemmco again vented its entimusi-
asm withm another round of applause.
"The Amnerlcan peolmie , " said Mr. nose-
water , "have , mmever yet been confronted by
a problem with whIch they were unable to
successfully grapple. In time early days , when
tIme people of the colonies were denIed time
right of reimrcsentatlon in I'arhIamnemit , ( boy
raisemi their imands In revolt anti cried : 'No
taxation without represemitation. ' So we to.
slay proimose to raise ommr lrtnds to time people
wimo dommminate Ims and cry no taxation without -
out representation , We imave been taxed , but
% -c tmcuve not been represented. "
Mm , ltoeewater told 'of a dehmato he had
held wIth a Imopullat up in ( lie Platte valley
three years ago. TIme populist had declared
that lie was not golmig to vote tIme repubilcaim
ticket any more , because his veto did not
count , lie exphaimme4 that time people of hmis
county hail electeml a cmiemmmber of the leglala-
( mire , who hail gone to Lineolil amid voted in
direct violation of tIme vlalmes and iimstruc-
tions of his constittmemmta , anti time neoide Iio
tied sent hmlrn there tiami ihcmcartcd the party
soil would ( IQI retumeim to It ummtii they hiatt
some assurance that their votes would count ,
"Timat's time shape we are In itt this city today -
day , " saId time apcker , "Our vct--s don't
count. We sent a rlegmmtiLn to Lincohi last
winter , but they dkl not m-present mmi , Wu
elect moon to time coumicil arid to the Board a ! ' '
Etimmeaticn , but out 'Votes dcn't couimt Tey
1-sy no at'entfon to tIme waimta anJ needs of time
P'iJiQ Who elect timem , but they lake their
Instructions amid pay their aileglance to Coa4-
CII l2 ef the A. P. A , There's your guy-
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