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OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , THTJKSDAY MORNING , MAKCH 24 , 1898-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FITE CENTS. < f' ST , PATRICK AND IRELAND Ber. Father Sheehan Takes Issue with Ecv , Oanon Doherty. WENT OUT WITH THE POPE'S BLESSING BlUnton < o < lic Cell * Undertaken Tilth the KnouleilKe nnil Count-lit ot 1C the Hi-nil of the Humnu Church * O'NEIL , Neb. , March 21. To the Editor of The BeeMy attcnttcn has been called tea a column In your leauo ot March 18 , under the caption , "St. Patrick and Ireland. " It purports to bo the report of a lecture de livered on "St. Patrick and the True Teach- log ot the Early Irish Church" at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral , by Rov. Robert Dohcrty , S. T. U. May I trust to your spirit of fair play for permission to correct two or three of the learned doctor's Inaccuracies for the sake ot historical truth ? The learned doctor la reported to have ald , "St. Patrick's father was a deacon , and his grandfather waa a priest. " I call as witness against Dr. Doherty ono whoso memory ' ory he , doubtless , reveni , the moat eminent Irish Protestant historian , Dr. Usher , who wrote : "St. Patrick was born A. D. 372 , end Ills father was called Calphurnlus , a cen turion. and a denizen of a neighboring city ot the Romans. " History tel'e ' ua his father was a Roman centurion , hut ot hla grand father It la wholly flllent. Dr. Doherty's assertion that ho was a priest la entirely gatultous , and I am euro the learned doctor Is too 'Well versed In. . dialectics to have for gotten that "quod gratia assorltur gratia negatur. " Again , heIs reported to have said , "Tho church of Rome had nothing at all to do with his ( Patrick' ' ? ) mission to Ire land. " Ozaciam , the greatest historian of those times , In his learned work , "Etudes Gcrmanlques" ( vol. II , page 99) ) , gives us the story of Patrick's mleslon to Ireland. Ho writes that Patrick , having proved hlm- Bolf worthy of the dignity by years of fitudy awl spiritual preparation at Tours , and also at the great sanctuaries of Marmoutler and Lorlns , wan raised to the priesthood. He had never forgotten Irelrnd , where ho had Buffered In slavery , and his consuming desire sire was to return to that country to preacl Christianity to the Irish people. Having re cclved credentials from his relative , St. Mar tin , bishop of Tours , and from St. Gcrmanua bishop of Auxcrre , ho set out for Rome to lay his desires before the pope , the eiipromo liead on earth of the Church ot Christ. The pontiff at that tlmo occupying the chair o Peter , Pope Celcstta , approved of his plans and , having blessed him , i-ent him as bishop to preach the faith of Christ to the Irish. RECOGNITION OF THC POPE. Dr. Dohcrty further asserts , "In his ( Pat rlck'fi ) confee-slor.a ho sajs nothing at al about Rome or Its Church. " In giving , be fore his death ( which the Protestant hla torlan , Ueher , places A. D. 493) ) his final In structlonis to his dlsclpleo , the hlshops am priests ot Ireland , ho blda them , In all case ot dllTlctilty and doubt , to go to Rome t appeal to the pope , whom ho calls the mi promo arbiter on questions ot icllglcti Again , ho afflrms to hie dlsclplca that to b Christiana they must bo followers of th hlshop of Rome. The very words wrltte by Patrick himself arc , "Ut ChrWIanl It ct Romanl sltte. " "As you are children o Christ , so bo you children of Rome. " ( E dlctls Stl. Pntrltll , Dook of Armagh , folio 9. Dr. Doherty continues : "The church o Ireland , which St. Patrick fourded , derive Its orders from St. John at Ephesus , throng others to the Gallic Church. " That asaer tlon Is disproved above by the very fact o Patrick having been sent to Ireland fcon Home by Pope Cclcstln , and by the furtho proof which I shall now adduce to dl > ? prov the doctor's moat alarming and original as eertlcn , viz. . "Tho Church of Ireland wai brought under the control ot Rome In thi Twelfth century. " To confute the learnci doctor I bring forward the most remarkabli Irish scholar and preacher of the seventl century , St. Columbanus. This learned Irish man left Ireland In the 30th yea ; of his age and began to preach ti the Franks In A. D. 590. Ho preachec throughout Europe to the Franks , and th Atamans , and Lombards , and , when ver ; old , received from Agllulf , king ot the Lorn bards , the territory of 'Bobblo ' , situated be twcen Genoa and Milan , where ho toundei the famous University of fflobblo. which fo many centuries had a world-wide reputatloi aa a citadel of Chrlotlan orthodoxy. Thl Columbanus Is my witness against Rev. Dr Doherty. Ho left Ireland to preach In con tlncntal Europe In the vigor und bloom o manhood , and ehpuld be , therefore , a gooi witness regarding .tho religious affiliation of the Irish people. In a very famous publl loiter to the pope of that day ( Pope Donl lace IV ) Columbanus .writes : "I speak t you not ua a stranger , but as a disciple , us i friend , as a servant. We Irish , who Inhabl the extremities of the world , are the dteclplc ot St. Peter and St. Paul , and of the otne apcetlcs who have written under the dicta tlon of the Holy Spirit. Wo ore bound t the chair of St. Peter ; for , however grea ami glorious Rome may be , It la this chal only which makes her great and glorlou among us. Although the name ot the anc-len city , tliu glory of Anaemia , had been eprca throughout the world as something supreme ! august , for us Irishmen , you are august an great only since- the spirit of God breathe upon us. lleeauso of the two great apostle of Christ , Peter and Paul , you are now t us almost celestial and Rome Is the lica of the churches ot the whole world. " EVIDENCE OF AN IRISHMAN. That IB the evidence of an Irishman , remarkable markablo In his day for learning , regardln the religion ot the early Irish church ( vld 'Eplst. ad Honlf. edltlo Gallaad. page 353 Ilut one other authority against Rov. Di Doherty and I am done. There Is still pre served In Ireland the famous Irish Stow missal. which w is used for mass by the carl Irish hlshops and priests. In that oncler oulssal there Is a mass which opens wit nn Invocation or short litany of the salnl thua : "Holy Mary , pray for us , " "St. Pelt pray for us , " "St. Paul pray for us , " on EO on. Then , again , la that same old mat book , In the nexit folio following this Htan of saints , there Is a prayer la which tb Irish acknowledge the primacy ot St. Pete ana Invoke his Intercession. The prayer I : "O Qed , who have Invested with the per tincal prerogative of binding and loosln eouU your blessed apostle , Peter , by glvln him the keys ot the kingdom ot heavoi mercifully receive our prayers und throus his Intercession wo ask , O Lord , for hd nnl freedom from the bonds of sin. " ( vld Stowo missal , folio 13) ) . Now there Is cxco lent authority for stating that this Iris nilssal was written In the sixth century , an jny authority Is a learned Irish protestan Dr. Todd. M. 11. I. A. , a man well verse In Irish history and haglology. The ancient Irish Ecclesiastical Repertor ; called In Irish the "Leabhar Ilreac , " provi beyond all doubt and cavil that the Iris church of St. Patrick's apostolate. the Iris church of the stall , ot the ninth , of tl twelfth centuries , laid sacred the ban ; faith and the game- sacraments that tt j ( spiritual children ot St. Patrick hold sacrc < oday. The motto ot their holy church Semper eadem , " and their own Is "Semp < ot ublque fidells , " "always and everywbei faithful. " Yours , respectfully , REV. M. F. JIEV. DIl , UOIIUIITY'S UliJOI.N'OCl lA .tver the Strletnre of Sir. I ot llronhy' * Itenly. OMAHA' . March 22. To the Editor of Tt Dee : Mr. Peter Drophy's criticism on my S Tatrlck'a lecture , delivered ID Trinity cath dral , has been called to my notice. Ills ui complimentary reference to myself may I permitted to p * s * i a mode ot reasonlc GCCMlonally adopted by icme ot IDc cemed countrymen. Aa to the prophecy of my fate at the hands of posterity I can only otiEolo myself in the conviction that not ven all the IrUh prophets are annotated. ly molest Individuality may thus be dis posed ot as not being at all germane to St. 'atrlck and the Roman church. 'Mr. Drophy's hargo that I am an Episcopal clergyman la rue. It Is the church of my birth , my aptlsm , my Intellect and my heart. In the course of my lecture I expressed my dmlratlon of the ministry and membership f the Roman church for their manifest de- otlon and fertility In faith , eclf-dcnlil and harlty , thus dally demonstrating among us ho power of the living Christ within her , nd I declared that If the time should ever omo when I should see her divested of all ave her ancient faith , her true devotion nd with all her faults , her renowned his- ory , she would command my confidence and ffc'Ctlon , as she now has my admiration , I urther declared my belief thit the courage , gcnlUf ) nnd devotion of the nons ot Erin and ho exalted purity of 'her ' daughters made rcland the one flawless Jewel In the Roman lara. Indeed , I suspect Mr. Drophy did not hear ho lecture at all. It Is not improbable that ibout the tlmo of Its delivery he may have icon engaged with the governor of Nn- braska , the mayor of Omaha and several ither local celcorltles In preparing rcsolu- .Ions and a rifle to blow the whole British empire to the kingdom come. Nebraskans are Interested In the extermination of the ingllsh. They are worse than the grass- loppers they not only devour our crops , > ut our cattle. If the governor , the mayor and my friend , Mr. Rush , can wipe them out with the resolutions ard the rlflo wo can cccp our corn and cattle at home. Hut Mr. Drophy wants history to Justify the assertion that the Holy Roman church Is In any sense responsible for the calamities of Ireland. Well , Mr. Urophy , you shall have the history , sir , and I did not make it , or discover It , cither. Indeed , I wish I were an Inventor , for then , like Saul of Tarsus , I could make my own living and minister as well. It was In the year 1153. A Frenchman named Henry Plautagcnet , possessed of the generally flexible conscience of the period , manaucd somehow through an understand ing with the church to take to himself the divorced wife of the king of France and with her a very largo slice of real estate. Now this eecma a little wicked I mean , of course , the taking of the other man's wife but In those days the pope could make anything right for a proper consideration. Cardinal Uaronlus says that what the pope does la right. .At all events , by strategy this Henry succeeded In adding to his real estate In Franco by homcateadlng- the whole of England. At that time almost every English man's property was confiscated for a French man and no Englishman hold any oillco of trust under the Government. The language of the conquerors of England was French. Now , In 1155 , Henry , having arranged matters with Pope Hadrian about the aforesaid mar riage business , the pope being In qulto good humor. Henry broached gently to him the project ot church exten sion. Ho suggested that It might ho a good plan for him to llmberclalm Ireland and the pope to pluck the persim mons. On this the pope sent Henry a nice gold ring aa proof , of his pleasure to bo part ner In the prog. IIo accompanied the ring by a bull , declaring that ho approved of the undertaking , that every country which named the name of Christ belonged of right to St. Peter and the Holy Roman church ; that ho could take possession of the country , but must reserve ecclesiastical rights Invio late and ono penny for each house to St. Peter. Thus were the liberties of Ireland In church and state bartered away by this pope to this Angevin robber. Hadrian had aa much right to donate Ireland to Henry as I have to endow Mr. Drophy with the moon. Henry was not ready to enter on the ex pedltlon to Ireland until he had arranged his little difficulty with Ttioma. a Decke by the translation of that saint , and by ttia tlmo Hadrian , too , died , and was succeeded by Alexander. This was Alexander II , no Alexander IV. I want to be particular Ir giving Mr. Drophy the history. This Alex ander gave Henry another bull , conflrmlm the previous ono of Hadrian. Now Robcr Fltzstcphens and .Maurice Fitzgerald , at tlv head of a few followers , came over to Ire land ostensibly to aid ono Dermot McMoroug ] to regain hla realm of Lclnster , and the nigh of them gave the Irish surh flta that they al took to the woods. Then came DeLacy , am lastly , Henry , with a few followers , and th two bulls came over and walked about every where unreslsted. If there were any Irlsl bulls In those days they could not have beci any good. Henry summoned tbo synod of Cashel oufftt the Irteh church Into ( subjection t the pope , after having enjoyed a separat existence as tbo Church of St. Patrick fo 720 years. Now 1 hold the pope responslbl for the after miseries of Ireland because b simply raising the cross In hie hand he coull have prevented the conquest , whereas ho li the eacred name of religion and with hi awful power was the chief actor la the cause leva crime. I held England In my lecture rcpponslbl for the woes of Ireland since Uio conqueal Irishmen now , however , are under Engllsl law as much as Englishmen. The Brills' ' empire , upon which the sun never sets , 1 open to them , and every office under th government Is within their reach. They ca even como to this country and establish horn rule In our cities. It eeema aa If In a unite brotherhood ot common speech and commo Interests all past wrongs might bo condone and forgotten. If , however , my countrjmer or some of them , will not In this way b ' satisfied with the earth , they might per haps go with Jules Verne and try It at th moon. ROBERT DOHEUIY. TIIA1N GORS INTO THE CIIEEK Ilniikn AVnkcned liy IllRli Wntcr , Glv r 1'iiili-r It. ZANEBVRiLB , O. , March 23. Baltimore J Ohio passenger train 105 , leaving hero a 10 a. m. , because of floods at Newark , wa detourcd by way of C. & M. V. and Panhandle dlo track. Four miles west ot Trinway , o the Panhandle , the train Jumped the trac ! Into Wakatomlka. ' 'ho engineer and flro man and several passengers were killed. All the wires are down. The best Informa tlon obtainable now Indicates that the ere and passengers all have had a narrow e-ficapi It is stated that so far us la known all th railroad men and all the passcagers aboar are accountoJ for save tbo Baltimore Ohio fireman end the Panhandle pilot and Is reported tbat these ewain the stream an escaped to the west bank. As the train aj preached Wakatomlka creek Uio banki weakened by the floods , gave way and tli engine , followed by all the cars , rolled o Into the backwater that had prcad ) over tt flclda from the crock. The engine was con pletely submerged end all the cars excel the last went mostly under water. How an passcagera escaped from such a death tra Is not yet explained. CINCINNATI , March 23. The Pullma company's agent hero has advices from th Baltimore & Ohio wreck near ZancsvllU O. , to the effect that all the passengers ct caped. COLUMBUS , O. . March 23. A special t the Dispatch from Frasereburg , O. , sayi No lives were lost In Halt I moro & Ohio wrec and no one seriously injured. California Krult SAN FRANCISCO. March 23.-Reports r < celvcil from the interior valleys of the stal 1(1 show that severe frosts have done Irrepai Is nble damage to fruit. Apricots and nectt rlnes have suffered mot severely , nnd 1 many places the crop ha been ruined. I re the San Uoaquln valley It la declared the scarcely any fruit will be gathered , an the outlook for grain Is also very gloom unless there should bo abundant warm ralr II. in the near future. The Sant.i Clara valle ; the center of the prune Industry , makes tli best showing and In that part of the stal lair crops are expjte < i. - lllvrr .Mine Will Strike. IPITTSBUUO. March S3. A general strlk of rlv r coal miners will be Inaugurated o April I , unless all of conditions of tli Chicago agreement are complied with , b that date , or the operators agree * to pa the men upon a. run of nine basil , A strll will afttct about 5,000 men. BONDSMEN MOST MAKE OFFER Overture for the Adjustment of the City Treasurer's Shortage. CITY WILL NOT 'SUGGEST COMPROMISE Finance Committee Willing to Confer with llollii'H Snrctlc Con- ccrulnic Their Ueitlre , Vl , to Settle. * | The city officials will confer with the com mittee of the llolln bondsmern In regard to the suggested settlement of the claim ot the city , but It to pretty well understood that any definite proposition must come from the bondsmen. The communication from T. J. Mahoney , which waa referred to the finance committee of the council Tuesday night , merely suggested a conference with out committing the bondamcn to any. thing tangible. Chairman Burkley of the finance committee says he will certainly recommend that a committee confer with the bondsmen. If the bondsmen have a proposition to make , It will be no moro than courtesy to give It duo consideration. Neither Mr. Burkley nor any of the other councllmen are willing to discuss e. basis of settlement. They say that It is for the bondsmen to make a proposi tion , and then It will be time enough to consider it. It Is not expected that any action will bo taken in the matter this week , as the finance committee will report back to the council before further procedure. Serve * Notice on Xew York Ilrokor. City Treasurer Edwards haa telegraphed Bernard Thurman & Co. that unless he re ceives on or before Thursday an assurance that the firm will accept the refunding bonds It recently purchased ho will readvertlso the bonds and hold the firm accountable for all damages that may bo sustained by the city on account of its failure to back up its bid. It Is pretty well settled that the New York firm will not take the bonds , and In that case the bonds will bo sold regard less of the legal proceedings now pending , which refer only to the certified check put up by Bernard Thurman & Co. and which the bank has refused to pay. The city offi cials are confident that they can eventually hold the check and It Is expected that the $0,000 deposit will bo amply aufficlent to reimburse the city for any losa that may occur by reason ot having to sell the bonda a second time. The final hearing of the case ot Bernard Thurman & Co. against the City of Omaha is not likely to come up for final hearing until the May term of the district court. In the meantime the Injunction restraining the city from appropriating the proceeds of the $0.000 check will continue In force. nikhorn Vttlleyt House MM I ( or. The city council met Informally yesterday afternoon to discuss the matter of a settle ment with the owners of the Elkhorn Valley house for the damages alleged to have been sustained on account of the decision of the city not to carry out Its previous Intention of using the property for a city Jail. George P. Bomls represented the owners and after a coed deal of discussion the councllmen present Insisted that ho should make a definite proposition. Mr. Bcmts suggested that ho thought that his principal would bo satisfied If the city would put the building back In as good shape as it was before any of the floors or partitions were torn out. President BIngham Insisted that the proposi tion should bo submitted In writing In order that the council might have something definite to act on and this will be done at another meeting , which will be held at 9 o'clock this forenoon. Worklntr for Sidewalk * . The spring boom in permanent sidewalks Is on , and a largo number ot resolutions pro viding for permanent walka are in the hands of council committees. The most sweeping legislation of this sort was introduced by Ldbcck Tuesday night. It provides for perma nent walks on both sides of Sixteenth street , from Nicholas to Ohio , and on Seventeenth street , from Nicholas to Grace. The Board ot Education will also go into the sidewalk business to the extent of replacing the wooden walk on the south side of the High school grounds with a permanent walk. Omaha -Axkrd to Join. President BIngham of the city council has received a letter from the secretary of the League of American 'Municipalities ' In which Omaha Is requested to become a member ol the organization. The league was organ ized at Columbus , O. , last August and itc principal purpose is to disseminate Informa tion relative to municipal topics and im provements. When a city Joins the league ° each official of the city Is entitled to all the benefits of the organization and .receives . all 10 the matter that Is collected and distributed by tbo bureau ot Information , ni. Sanction * Street Itnllwny Extenxlon * i.'e The Advisory board ordered permits Issued yesterday afternoon to the Omaha Streel Railway company to extend its South Tentt street line from William to Bancroft streets and to build another track on Lake streel from Twentieth to Twenty-fourth streets Aside from this the only business transacted was the approval of eomo small bills for sup. piles and opening bids on 2.000 blanks foi water and sewer permits. The contract foi the latter was awarded to the Omaha Printing it ing company for $30. L3 IlnmngeN from Defective' Street * . Quite a number of claims for damages or account ot defective streets are now pend Ing against tbo city. Two moro were addec last night , and have been referred to a com mtttco for Investigation. J. K. Reynolds al leges that ho drove Into an open ditch a Sixteenth and Vinton streets a couple o : weeks ago and Injured his horse , be-sldci rd smashing tbo harness. J. B. Gibson asserti that his horse had a leg broken by stcpplni through a halo In the Courtland beach brldgi for which ho demands $110. Mortality StiitUtlo * . The following births and deaths were re. ported at the health office during the twenty four hours ending at noon yesterday : Blrthe Arnold Feror , 118 South Tentl street , boy ; Ashur Sokolopsky , 1944 Soutl Twelfth , boy ; Albert Anderson , 1421 % Nortl Twentieth , girl ; Jacob Brown , 2202 Clark boy ; Edward O'Connor , 2G08 Hamilton , girl Deaths Christine Harald , 31 , 827 Soutl Twenty-third street , consumption , Spring well cemetery. For the Krtijr Munlc Hall. A permit has been l&sued to the Frei Krug Brewing company for the erection o Its two-story brick music hall at 1314-1 : Harney etrcct. The building will cover i full lot , 66x132 feet , and tbo cost is cstl mated at $20,000. Shot by Holilicr * . KANSAS CITY , March 23.-Drury W Maunder , a butcher , waa shot and mortal ) ; wounded for refusing to obey the com inands of four robbers who Invaded Johi T. Ilurke's saloon at Independence am Lydla avenues. After the bandits hat robbed the till of $35. Maunder , who was ) visitor : n the saloon , thought ho saw i chance to escape , and as he Jumped to ward n door one of the gangshot him li the head. The robbers escaped. ConfeucM on the Scnffolil. NABHVILLE. Tenn. , March iq D in Har rls , colored , was hacked In the Davldsoi county Jail today for the murder of Llczl Edmundson , colored , two years ago. liar rls made a statement an the scaffold , con teasing bis guilt. He was X years ot agt , ADMITS IIECIMVIXU A IlltlllE. I'hllndcluhlni Councilman TentlfleN In Witter Work * C'nnr. PHILADELPHIA , March 23. There were sensational developments In the councllmanlc bribery Investigation this afternoon. Peter E. Smith , the republican city commlttceman , who Is charged with attempting to bribe Councilman Stevenson by an offer ot $5,000 It Stevenson would vote tor the ordinance leasing the city water work * to the Schuyl * kill Valley Water company , was given a " caring before Commbn Picas Judges Gor- on and Hregy , andlwai leld ' In $10,000 all for trial. ( j The district attorney * then , proceeded with ho investigation of th * Charges ot bribery icforo the two judges tamed , and a rensa- lon quickly developed > ln , the admission ot a member of the city couucll that ho had cccptod a bribe. Tlio . elfacciised council- nan was Louis J. Walker , who acknowl- dgcd having received 150ft In cash for vot- , ng In committee to reportahewater ordl- lance to the main body vrlth a favorable ccommcndatlon. Ho Implicated Councilman Edwin E , Smith and eald Smith received 500 cash at the eamo tlmo that ho was aid. The money was , paid , he said , by Councilman Charles S. Eggcr. Ho further icknowledged that ho was offered $5,000 In : ash by Councilman J. Emory Bryam to rota for the passage of the bill In council. "Upon leaving the witness ? aland Walker waa taken Into custody ! Further Important developments are expected. Councilman Smith , who was accused by Walker , de- lareil emphatically that ho had never been iffered or promised any reward for his vote. District Attorney Graham declared that ho knew that $25,000 In cash was paid for a avorablo report ot the rdln'tnce , and ho ntended to find out who received this money and also by whom it was paid. I.VVK A 1IUUSII WITH UUHVISHE9. Latter Driven Uncle liy the Annlo- IStfyntlun Force. AiBAlD'A'R ' , on the Nile , ( March 23. An Anglo-Egyptian cavalry patrol was In con flict with a party ot dervish horsemen on londay , eleven miles up the river. An en gagement took place In , which hand-to-hand mounters with spears .occurred and the dnrvlshea were driven back. The horse ar- lllery went to the support of the Anglo- Egyptian cavalry and shelled the dervlshrs at 1,500 yards , doing considerable execution. The Anglo-Egyptian IDES' was seven men Iclllcd and eight wounded. The patrol re- urned to Rashudl before midnight , brlng- ng the wounded. Mo British officers were wounded. A force ot 400 Cervlsh cavalry ap peared a few miles from hero on Tuesday morning. It WHS met by' ' a squadron of cavalry and a force of ( Soudanese who drove oft the dervishes with cllntos , following horn some miles beyond Abadar. Slam- houda's main force occupies the same posl- lon. CHINA DELAYS GIVING ANSWER. DeiuiiiiilH iMiulc liy France Arc Held In Alicjnuec. LONDON , March 23. The Pckln cor respondent of the Tlines saye : Clilna has not yet formally replied to the French demands. It Is passively awaiting further French action. LI Hung Chang and Chang Yin Haln have helped to represent China at the conference with M. Pavloff , the Russian charge d'afalrs , who has re ceived power. M. Paveloff's Intended do- pirturo from Pckln has been postponed until August. ' * The Times , co'mmtntlng editorially , regards the postponement of M. Pavloff's departure from Peklrii aa "tantamount to an approval by his government of M. Pavloft'a peremptory methods. " Hit * Canadian > 'urneryiitcn. OTTAWA , March 23. John Charlton. lib eral , attacked the government In the House ot Commons for the bill prohibiting the Im portation of nursery stock Into Canada. He reid telegrams and letters from a number ot flrjrs in the Dominion , showing that thelt business has been ruined. In many cases nursery stock bad been bought and paid tot weeks ago In the United States and was waiting In cold etcrage to bo'shipped tc Canada when required. Now Jt cannot be Imported. Several urged that these parties should bo Indemnified for their losses. Cnlltt Up the Luttlracr Sliootlnpr. VIENNA , March 23. In the lower hous ( ot the Diet today Dr. Mayrleder addressee en Interpellation to Coupt von Thun-Hohea stein , prims minister , asking what steps hi proposed to take toward getting the Austro Hungarian government , to adopt a vigorous . attitude respecting the acquittal of Sherlf Martin and ( do deputy sheriffs at Wllkes barre , Pa. , who were- charged with shootlni a number of striking miners. Includlnf Austro-Hungarlco subjects , at Latttmcr 01 September 10 lost. I'rlnceon Elopes to America. LONDON , March 23. The continental pa pers publish sensational stcrles of a prln cess who eloped with her lover , lost all he money at Monte Carlo , ! eot more from mys tcrloun sources and Is now ( supposed to havi gone to America , The emperor , Francf Joseph , baa asked the pope to tonul the mar rlagc. i Ccnnnrc , Kx-l'rcmlcr Crln ] > l. ROME , March 23. The Chamber of Dcpu ties today adopted by a vote of 207 to 7 th commlttce'a report recommending"polltlca censure" against former Premier Cclspl , wh has been accused of complicity In the Dan ! of Naples scandals and , of alleged trafllcklni In decorations. Honvlll mot be prosecuted. Tanner OIiiUc * n CHICAGO , Mnrch 23. Governor John K Tunncr makes the following- statement re gnrdlnp hla action In removing- from olllci nnd plnclnjr under nrrest Colonel Mnrcu : Kavnnngh for parading with the Seventl regiment , Illinois National Guard , on St Patrick's day : "There Is a law In Illinois prohibiting every one other than the reculai organlzsd volunteer militia. ' the troops o thn United States , Grand Army of the He public posts or campa of the Sons of Vet trans to associate themselves together ns i military company to parade with arms , will the exception of studunts in educational In stltutlons. ' Representatives If the Clan-Nn Gael asked me for a permit to carry arm : on St. Patrick's day , After an examlna tlon of the law , I came to the conclusloi tlmt to grant such a permit would prnctt cully abrogate the lawI thcrcforo dccllnci to do It. "To my fiurprlse I learned later that thi Clan-Na-Gacl had paraded with arms , nm that the Seventh regiment , commanded bj Colonel Kuvanugh , also appeared in the pro cession. " * * Slap * n Novel" IiKluxtry. CHICAGO , March 23.-BV a decision of th United Statea circuit court of appeals toda ; a rather novel Industry , that of extractlni alcohol from old 'spirit barrels , recently en 'tered Into by , a Peorla. 111. , llrm , wll probably como to nn end. It was held b ; the firm , nnd the contention was sustalne- by the lower 'courtv that alcohol thu obtained was exempt from , taxation on th ground that the > tax had been paid on th original package. The court of appeals , how ever , reverses this decision , holding that th spirits thus extracted formed the soakag which \va allowed far In the first place an therefore never had fat-en taxed. Hold * Owner * of'Haliainir ' IlciponnlM. . CHICAGO , ilarch 23.-The coroner's jur which tma been Investigating- causes o the recent Wabash avenua Jlro In which score of people are supposed to have lo ; their lives , today censured the owners of th building- , holding that the structure wa faulty In construction and Insunictently sur piled wtth tire escapes. It recommends tha the matter bo taker ) up by the grand Jury. Jlurlrii In * Snml Hank. ST. LOUIS , March 23-Louls J. Koehlc of the Kochler Sand company and Noa Leroe , a laborer , were burled In a sand pi today by a caveln , and both were Instant ! killed. One body was burled under elgh feet of Band , wblle the pther was covere . with fifteen feet. Both. men. loft famlllei 7 < erol cam * here recently from Trenton , II ACTED ON CHIEF'S ' ORDERS Explanation of a Matter Concerning tin Escape of a Frisoner , CAPTAIN HAZE AND BRONSON'S ' BOND Chief GnllnRhcr Accept * IleMioii llill- Ity for the Sure ThingGniublcr Clotting on on Such Light llnll. Captain Haze of the police department disclaims responsibility for the disappear ance of Thomas < Bronson , the "pure thing" gambler , who failed to stand for his pre liminary hearing In police court on a charge of setting up and maintaining gambling de vices. He shifts the blame for the inadc- " quato bond of $100 In the case to Chief of Pollco Gallagher , who eays In explanation of it that his shoulders are broad enough to carry It gracefully. "When I accepted Bronson's bond , " ex plained the captain to The Bee , "It was un der direct instructions from the chief ot police. I only obeyed the order of a su perior officer , which it was my duty to do. " "Captain Haze tells the truth about that , " said Chief Gallagher , when uskcd afterward about the correctness of the statement , "and I think It U an Injustice to him to lay the blame upon him. I think It Is a mighty good thing for the city that wo have got rid of Bronson so easily , and for my part I am entirely satisfied with the whole trans action. He is nothing but a swindler and his presence hero would only be a source of constant annoyance to the police. " Thus it will bo eeen tlmt the chief has "Investigated" the case partially , at least , to his own satisfaction. Captain Haze also says that It was not through any carelessness on hta part that the "holdout harness" which waa taken away from Bronscci was stolen from the desk In the captain's private office nt the central station. Captain Mostjn was In charge when the theft was committed , he states , and as tbo "harness" disappeared In the night tlmo ho claims that he could not bo blamed. Whoa he retired for the day the dcvlco waa still on the desk. "I want to say right here , " said he , with dramatic earnestness , "that I am not In league with any gambler or clique ot gamblers. As a captain of police I am ready and anxious to perform cuy duty that may devolve upon mo without fear or favor. In all affairs pertaining to my offlco I purpose to act upon orders from my su periors. There would be no use In my at tempting to buck the powers above me. If they have a certain defined policy relative to gambling In the city It would bo foolish on my part to bo obstreperous and attempt to enforce mother policy over their heads. Personally , I am ready to go out and arrest every gambler in the city , but as a subordi nate officer I must , In the line of my duty , obey the orders of my superiors In author ity. " Captain Haze eays ho Is Informed by Bron- fion's bondsman that the fugitive gambler has gcao to Seattle with the Intcntkn of returnIng - Ing to Omaha about May 15 to remain during the summer. I'OSTOFFICUIS ISIIOHT OF HELP 1'rcHcnt Farce LVIrcnity Sirninpcil nuil the HiiMli lit \ot llriiiin. Postmaster Martin Is becoming gradually confronted with a big problem In the matter ot handling the malls received and distrib uted In this city during the coming year , Indications are that the present force will be ewamped In the months to come with the constantly Increasing flood of letters , paperc and packages which will flow throup.h the office during the exposition period. No othci course seems to bo open to the postmaster except to make a requisition upon the Pest- office department for more help a very un- 3 satisfactory sort of a proceeding from the } fact that the Washington authorities are do. 3 lug all in their power to keep down the post- 5 office expenses and have written to the local offlco several times regarding the advisabil ity of cutting the force which Is now em. ployed. The amount of mall now being handled k the postofflce hero is 60 per cent greatei than a year ago , according to the estimate ot Postmaster Martin. One-half of this In crease Is the result of the revival of bus'nces This Is fully proven by the estimate of the . local officials ot the railroad mall service who say that the amount ot mall handled 'bj the postal clerks on this division la fully 2 ! per cent greater than a year ago. These clerks are having all they can do now , am If the Increase continues the number o clerk.3 on the division will have to bo In creased to properly look after the service The remaining halt of the Increase it the city Is the direct result of the exposition The population of the city has largely In. creased during the last few months , and till ! will steadily continue until the exposition ii over. The amount of mall received and de llvercd will proportionately Increase. In ad dltlon , the exposition has considerably ex tended the correspondence of the people al ready residing hero , and especially of thi merchant class. The rush haa already com mcnced , but It will not bo In full flood untl the pates of the exposition are opened. The present force In the pcstoffico Is al ready being rushed. The mall clerks , whi r have been working eight hours , have hat another hour added to their day , and an 8 compelled to keep busy nlno full hours to ac coramodate the public. Under the rules o the government the carriers cannot b worked more than eight hours , without draw Ing overtime , and they are still worklni an eight-hour day. They are finding grea difficulty In distributing mall In the re quired hours. Carriers who have been on tin force for years say that never In the his tory of the local offlco has such a heavy mal passed through It as at the present time. As has been said , Postmaster Martin sec no other way out of the difficulty at the prcs ent time than to request moro help and i requisition for a greater force will soon b sent by him to the Washington department OXU HUXUREU IMJIt ( JIIXUTr Street IlaJlwny Cnniimny'H Plan fo the HvpoKltlon Trnvcl. The Omaha Street railway will have thrc main lines running to the exposition ground during the summer and will put on extr service on busy days. Superintendent Smll says that the park commissioners object t the extension of the Tv.'cntlet street line alongtho 'boulevard , E It has been decided to run th line from Twentieth to Twenty-fourt along Lake street. This line , together wit the two other main lines , Is capable ot car rylng 100 people a minute to tbo ground ; In addition to thcao a special service wl be run from around the loop to the groundi It has not been determined yet what Un the special cars will pass over , . The objec of this extra service Is to accommodate , th largo number of transient which will conge : down town. Mr. Smith thinks that In a emergency the capacity of tbo lines can b forced up to 200 , and In bis estimation thi will be adequate to accommodate the crowd during the exposition. Mr. Smith think the travel this summer will be very dlfteren from that ot state fair tlmo In that peopl will not want to all go at Just the sam time. The attractions at the grounds ar auch that travel will continue In both dl rections during the entire day , thus avolc ins rushes. Poitnouei Ofrtt-r' * Cnne. The preliminary hearing In the cas against II. N. Ocrtcr , charged In pollc court with running a gambling house an maintaining gamine devices at 1409 DougU street , was postponed this morningb Judge Gordon until Friday morning at ] o'clock. Counsel for the defendant was er Kaged with a case In the district court , an U was at hlti request that the contlnuanc waa given. i IXTKIIKST OP niVOUCKU WIKK. Hold of n Womnn on the Property of Her Kx-Siioae. The disc ot Katlo Llngonner against the Omaha Plattsdcutecher bund , on trial before County Judge Baxter , Is attracting name at tention In legal circles , not on account of tha amount Involved , but because ot the conditions and circumstances surrounding the suit and the matters loading up to Us Inception. Henry Llngonner waa a member of the Plattsdeutschcr bund and carried a policy in the order , the Eamo having been made payable to his wife , the plaintiff In the prcs. cnt eult. Some years ugo the Llngonncrs i < ad some domestic difficulties which re sulted In a separation , the wlfci suing for a decree , whldi was granted by the district court. From the I ! ml In EG ot the district court Llngonner appealed , but before the case was finally passed upon ho died and ho suit wan allowed to go by default , there jelriB no ono to prosecute the appeal. After ho death of Llngonncr , Mrs , LliiRonncr filed icr claim for the Insurance money , con- ending that as her husbaud had appealed , but had not perfected hU appeal and se cured a. final decision , she wae legally cn- iltlcd to the 'money and other property ot : ho estate. She contends thut she Is the .cgal widow and that as such no other per son can lay legal claim to any of 'tho as sets ot the dead man's catate. Considerable evidence has been taken on both aides , but a decision Is not looked for for some time , as Judge Baxter has post- oned the arguments until the last ot the week. Apenntcil of StcnlliiK a Illnmoiul. The case of the State against Harry Jones , colored , lu on trial before a Jury In Judge Slalaugh's court , where the defendant Is charged with the larceny ot a diamond stud , valued at $150 , the property of Charles M. Branch. According to the proof In the cano , Jones was a porter for Branch and during the day of January 18 last , while making up the bed In Branch's room , ho picked the diamond mend from n shirt and a few moments later gave It to Madge Edwards , a Ninth street woman , who turned It over to the police. Jones admits that ho came Into posses sion of Branch's diamond , but declares that ho found It nnd did not know to whom It belonged and , moreover , he avers that he thought that It was a glass affair , of little or no value. .Mniiyhnti Guilty. The case of the State against Henry Monyhan has been disposed of by a Jury In the criminal court , the twelve men having returned a verdict , finding the defendant g'ullty of cutting nnd stabbing the com plaining witness. They have also found that the cutting was done with the Intention of wounding Patrick Desmond. On November 1 lust , Monyhan visited DCS- rnoml'u saloon and demanded a drink. He did not liavo the cash to pny for the liquor and waa refused , aftcp which ho used some very ubuslvo language. lie was put out ol the ealoon and eoon after this , when Dca- mend was out on the street , Monyhan made a lunge at him with a knlfo and succeeded In wounding him in the neck , cutting a gcsli that required several stitches to close. Knrr AH.N n XCMV Trlul. Burton Karr , the divorced husband ol Mabel Karr , who had a legal round In Judge Scott's court last week and waa knockei out , has filed an application for a now trla , and In support of his motion , ho has fllci the affidavits of himself and a rouplo ol witnesses. He says that he was prevented from Introducing teatltnony in support of hi : defense , ttlo says that If ho had been al lowed to Introduce this testimony It wouli have thrown a different light upon the con. dltlons of his homo life and that It Is prob able that the alimony would not have beer allowed. Karr Intimates in his motlor that If a new trial Is not granted ho wll appeal to the supreme court. AVlidun AKHliixt .Mullinll. The case ot Joseph Whelan against Wll Ham Mulhall Is on trial before Judge Dick Inson , where the plaintiff seeks to rccovei the sum of | 2,000 , alleged damages to hi : reputation. William Mulhall Is a special officer a Hoagland's lumber yard , and some monthi ago Whelan nnd some other parties wen passing through the yards. Mulhall stoppei them and questioned them as to whore the ; were going. They refused to answer an ! , ho placedWhelan under arrest. Whelan fel that his feelings were hurt and his reputa tlon as well , consequently ho brought hli damage suit. from the Court * . Judge Powell has returned from holdlni court In Sarpy county. Judge Keysor Is holding court In Judg Baker's room during the absence of the lat ter , who Is holding court In ono of the north ern counties. Sherman Klrkhart has been granted a dl vorco from hla wife , Amelia Klrkhart. H succeeded in proving desertion. Joseph Benson , tried on the charge o burglary , has been convicted of the crlm of petit larceny. The state proved that th defendant stole garden lioso and on ol overcoat from Abner Travis. Attorneys In the Yager-Page criminal can have presented a bill to the county , asklu the raymcnt of the fees , aggregating som $300. ID the case of Letltla Goodrich agalns Victor Goodrich , tbo court has granted a decree creo In divorce. The plaintiff proved do scrtlon and failure to support. Kotherlno Sip has sued the Modern Wood men of America In an action to recover th sum of $2,000 , the amount of a policy car rled by her husband , Vaclar Sip. Ho Jolnc the order on May 22 , 1SD7. and died si montha later. Payment of the risk has bee refused. IXS.l.VB .MAX hllOOT.S 'A 1'OLICEMAR Only Cniitnreil Wlieii III * Aininiiiilllo : WIIH All < ! one. SAN FRANCISCO , March 23. Pollc Lieutenant W. F. Burke was shot and kllle by Park Haynes , alias the "Irish Tinker , e a maniac , today , while attempting to arrcj hl.n for disturbing the peace. Haynes an a neighbor quarreled about a fcnco bctwce their lots and the former became so abuslv that the pollco were summoned. llayne flourished a revolver and acted In such threatening nunncr that the officers retire fl and notified their superior officers at tli station. Lieutenant Burke at once went t tire scene. Haynes fired two shots at hli point blank , both taking effect in the abdc men. Burke fell and Haynea retired inl bin house , where ho barricaded himself , posse ot policemen surrounded Haynes' hout and fired several volleys Ic'to ' It , but Haync returned shot for shot for some minute and finally surrendered when h ! ammun /tlon was exhausted. Ho Is now in Ja charged with murder , but will probably 1 committed to an asylum , aa ho Is evident ! not accountable for hla actions. For SellliiHT Liquor to Indian * . Deputy United States Marshal Allan hi brought the follomlng prisoners to the ell for hearing or arraignment In the feden district court : James Willis of Dakota Clt Louis Ebey of Hubbard. and Horace Wllkli son of WInnelwigo agency , charged with eel Ing liquor to Indians ; H. U. Smith of Erne sen and Louts Kllng of Blyburg , under li le dlctmcnt for selling liquor < to Indians. John Wright nnd John Cross of Wlnne-bnf agency were given a hearing- before Unlti States Commissioner Bloano of I'cnder c the charge of selling or giving liquor i Indiana and were held to the grand Jury : the sum ! of $ uOO each. They gave bonds. Voluntarily Increased. riTTSBURO , March 23.-A voluntary a < v.incc of 10 per cent In the wages of f employes nt the Carrie furnaces has bee : ordered , to take effect on April 1. Tr Carneglo Steel company haa purchased thei furnaces , but will not take control unl May 1. The new wages were inado to coi form with the rate paid at the " ' Thompson furnaces at Draddoclc. ARTIST IOSES HER REASOfJ Hereditary Disease of the Brain Manifestt Itself Most Plainly , MISS JESSIE WALKER BECOMES INSA ( § YOIIIIHTVoninn lof Tnlent the Stutlnit Wultlntr lloniovnl j < liy Frlcniln Story of . . - Her Condition. \ " \ Mlsa Jessie Walker , an artist and stutleHI of thecsophy , was In charge of the pollc * matron at the central station yesterday. Ap parcntly she Is Insane. She la ubout 23 year * of nge ; tall , slender and graceful , a brunottd of more than ordinary beauty and her con * duct Indicates refinement as well 04 cduca tlon. Her mother , Mrs. John A. AVulkor , whd resides in Council Bluffs , at the corner of Broadway and Rldgo street , with the family ot < M. S. Hoop , was notified ot her daughter' detention and came over the river to tak charge of the unfortunate young woman. Sh flatly refused to go with ( Mrs. Walker until a police officer wus assigned to accompany them to the Bluffs. Dr. Gcorgo Tlldcn , county commissioned of Insanity , called on 01 Ira 'Walker ebortlg before she was taken away and pronouncccf her Ireano. IIo was Informed by the younM woman'o mother that there vua a stralil ot Insanity In the family of 'Mls.i ' 'Walker' ' * father , a sister and brother of the latter , and also his father , having died from dlpcaeo ) ot the brain. The physician ald there , vr 4 no doubt but tl.nt Miss Walker's mlsfortund waa hereditary. ' The young woman arrived In Omaha abou two months ago from San Franclsea , when her father la a portrait nrtlct , to take up h residence ami open a studio. Her father an mother separated about ten years ago Claytcti , 111. , where the family then rrsldodV Slnco Id en Miss Walkcf ha * hccei living with first one parent and then the other. Hofl mother came to Omaha from Des MolncA several months ago and was hero at the Urns Miss Walker arrived from the west , living then at the Young Womcn'a Homo at 823 South Nineteenth etrcct , which la conducted by MUo Nellie Enrlght. The daughter toolj up Cier residence nt the same place , and1 lm mediately nftcrwarda there was a vloleril scene between the mother and Miss Walking growing out of the former's attempt to advlsi wild her daughter about the future. OJ this occasion Miss Walker ecttlcd the mattei by telling her mother most emphatically thll she would not bo controlled by anybody much Icea her mother. She said che- was ubja to provide for herself nurt tliat It woiila plcaso her If her mother would not attempt to Interfere In any way with her affair * Thin so grieved Mrs. Walker that cue decldtjfj to leave , going to Council Bluffs. BECOMES VIOLENT. " 'About two weeks ago the young nomalj began to develop strnngo fancied and her aw tltmle toward .Miss Enrlght and the ethel occupants of the homo bccnmo haughty ana at times violent. Tlio slightest attention that was paid to her or any effort towarcl kindliness would throw her Into a mosl violent passion. The other young wornctj at the Institution feared her and Miss Eh right was constantly worried for fe-ar Mlsi Walker would do some Injury ( o herself Despondency , and melancholia followed at a physician was called to take charge o the case. The young woman would hav < nothing to do ulth the doctor , and Mis Enrlght states It as a fact that to ho personal knowledge not a morsel of too has passed the artist's lips slnco she firs 'began to develop symptoms ot a detlironel mind. All offers to Induce her to eat wor refuted In a most violent manner. . Tuesday morning Miss Walker receive her trunk from San Francisco , and then a'nV nounccd to IMlss Enrlght that she intcndMJ to leave the homo and go to her mother in the Bluffs. Packing two small valises wltkf wearing apparel and other articles , she left the homo without a word to any person an * started over the rlvor.But she changed h6 mind about going and returned to the in stltutlon. She went to her room and threj herself upon the bed without disrobing y Nothing moro was known about her movt ,1 ments until yesterday morning , when b.6 t room was found vacant and the front dee the Homo wldo open. Ollsa Walker left house again with her valises after Institution was closed for the night. Among Mica Walker's effects In the vallf she carried were a complcto outfit for art g Ists and several specimens of her work oil la the shape of retouched photograph In colors , and three books treatises o ! . thoofophy "Tho Volco ot the Silence,1 "Batmgavad Glta , or the Book q Devotion" and "Letters that Hav Helped ( Me. " The pages of all o the volumes were profusely market at passages. iMlss Walker's friends an acquaintances express deep sympathy for ho and some of them have expressed thel Intention of advising the young woman' mother to send her to a retreat where sb can secure complete rest and proper treat ment. The probability Is that Miss Wallc will bo taken back to her old homo In Il nols and placed In a private asylum. MUKIIAY .MAY HAVI. ; HIS PUOI'KR Stipulation IlelTvc'cii the- nnil tin * A somewhat peculiar stipulation has bcctf made in the forcclcauro proceeding ? over th Murray .hotel In the federal court. The ao > tlon was brought by George Warrcu SmltW and Frances Smith. A decree amounting to ( some $ G2,000 wa rendered In their favo % and the property was ordered sold and wag sold to satisfy the Judgment , being bid la by the mortgagees. * < The stipulation mode by the partlffl to thk null waives all objections to the confirma * tlon of sale on condition that the conflrmA tlon Is deferred until January 1 , 18&D. IB the Judgment Is paid by Murray In that tlrna the sale will bo declared off and the prc/2 ccedlriKfl will bo dropped. If the money lA not forthcoranlg by that date , Murray agree ! to turn over the property without contest * In the meanwhile the deed for the property In favor of the plaintiffs Is placed In th ( ) .hands of Clerk Hlllls until January 1 , 189X Ho will turn over the deed to the mortgst gees on that date It the judgment la not paid ; It It Is paid ho will destroy It. This stipulation has been presented 111 court and Judge Munger has signed order along the lines c * the agreement. Farnam Smith Is put In charge ot the until January 1 , 1S99. Why Cuinu'ii-ll U In Jnll. . John Campbell , who IH better known 18 " the world as "Shanty , " writes to The Bel from the county jail to correct a mlstakf made In connection with the report of hi urreht and Incarceration , It was stated tha Mr , Campbell was held as an accessory ta the burglary of Elllo Kelly'H houso. Ho nlrr this , aa well aa the other charge t 1 > 3 was ) an accessory to the burglary Quinn's Huloon. On the contrary , Mr. Car bull Is deprived of liberty merely "for elating a man to get away. " Will Hew for-lhe Cuhan * . Mlsa Dundy will head a movement to < slst the suffering Cubans by providing fo ; them garments , etc. She will open her e Ing work Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. at home. Twenty-ninth and Loavenwortl streets. She askx her friends to Iielo hoi with contributions of money , wuuli inalorla or ncddlework. All ( torts of clothing- ( needed by Cuban women and children , on < MUb Dundy hopes to provide for uomo , Joliher * anil Supply Depot * dW Tha Jobbers and manufacturers of the e W nro receiving lottera from Secretary UH n the Commercial club announcing the ie peeled arrival of Commissioner Jones of HO Indian department In < ho city this we. . " til connection with the Indian Supply i matter , and urging upon them , the neco of meeting hero with him. The date of . commissioner's arrival Is not yet known * i _