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Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
LAIRD'S CRITICAL CONDITION.
The Second District Congressman
at the Point of Death
AT HIS HOME IN HASTINGS.
Attacked BY a Severe Chill Thursday
Followed BY a Violent Fever and
Hemorrhages--Too Close At
tention TO Business.
Congressman Laird Very III.

HASTINGS, Neb., August 18.-ISpecial Tel
egram toTHE BEE. James Laird, member
of congress from the Second Nebraska dis
trict Is lying at the point OF death at his
residence in this city. For the past few
months his progress toward recovery has
been so favorable that his friends and physi-
clans have repeatedly expressed their ut
most confidence IN his ultimately regainng
his health. Since his arrival from Atlantic
City last June he has remained close at
home, but has transacted a large amount Of
public business. He daily received delega
tions of from ten to twenty politicians from
different parts of the district. The pressure
brought upon him by the clamorous place
hunters has been something enormous, and q
well man would lhave found the burden of
official cases almost too heavy TO
bear. HIS attendants have vainy tried
to stand between him and the men who have
persisted In forcing their claims for Office
upon him. With zeal that would have been
commendable had 1t been backed by health,
Mr.. Laird has listened to every appeal and
carefully examined every petition. In addi-
tian to his other troubles, Mr.. Laird has
been suffering from hemorrhage. On We'd
nesday, at his own request, an operation was
performed upon him by Drs. Van Sickle and
Cassell. He was placed under the influence
of anesthetics and the operation was evil
IDENTIFY successfully performed. On Thurs
day morning the patient was taken with
chill and later in the day violent fever set
In. All the remedies used to check the pro-
gress of the fever proved unavailtng, and his
physicians became alarmed They advised
consultation, and Drs. Cooke, Chapman,
Schaufelberger and IRWIN were called In and
their examination gave Mr.. Laird's friends
no encouragement The truth soon dawned
upon the minds of all that the congressman
was slowly but surely dying. Disease had
undermined the once vigorous constitution
and the patient was in no condition to rally
from this sinking spell. At this writing, 10
sure forerunner of death. There is no hope
Of his recovery, and death will undoubtedly
ensue before morning. Even the most SAN
guine Of his friends and physicians concede
this.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
TORN TO PIECES BY GLASS.
A New York Man Meets With
krIehtful Death.

A New York Man Meets With
ErIghtful Death.
New York, August 16.--At o'clock this
evening an explosion of gas in a crockery
store, at the corner of Grand and Clinton
streets, drove the contents of the store
through the plate glass windows into the
streets and shook the neighborhood. One
man was killed ana another probably fatally
injured, and about thirty persons wounded.
Immediately after the explosion volume of
flames poured out into the street, through
which men, women and children ran
screaming with blood gushing from cuts and
gashes. Morris JACOBS aged seventeen, bled
to death almost instantly. He was passing
the place when q huge piece of plate glass,
flying before the terrible force behind it,
tore his right side and back, so that the flesh
and clothing hung from him in chunks. Two
men dragged his body away from tue
flames and ran for an ambulance. Jacobs
agony was short, for he died almost imme-
diately. Jacob Seigle, covered with blood,
rushed frantically about. He had been made
insane and fought the police desperately
until he became exhausted. He was taken to
Bellevue hospital with q fractured skull.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
BEFORE THE HOME OFFICE.
A Conference Reported Held on the
MaybriclS Case.
ToxlcoLoelsrs ALSO PRESENT.
No Reliance Placed In the Rumor
That Communication of Her Sem
tcnce Has Already Been
Decided Upon.
Con cring the Maybrick Case.

tCopptDh 1889 bp James Gordon Bennat1
LONDON, August l6-l New York Herald
Cable-Special to The BEE. Little reliance
is to De placed in the report in circulation to-
night that the home secretary has decided to
commute Mrs. Maybrick's sentence to i'm
prisonment for life. Had he reached such
conclusion not more than two or three per-
sons would be in his confidence, and this,
after the fashion of English officials, would
be close-mouthed to degree difficult for
Americans to understand. To ask a Judge
here question touching u criminal case tried
by him would be considered deadly insult, II
not cause for sending the questioner to Jail.
There was aconsultaton lasting four hours
to-day at the home office. Those who par
ticipated were Home Secretary Matthews,
the lord chancellor, Justice Stephens and
several toxicologists The latter were ad-
mitted singly. Lord Salisbury, the lord
chancellor is called the ''keeper of the
queens conscience" and as such is always
consulted upon matters touching the exer-
else of her majestys prerogative of mercy.
The rumor that Mrs. Maybrick's sentence ia
to be commuted rests on the lord chancellor's
presence at the consultation between the
home secretary and Justice Stephens.
The press is still filed with communica-
tions from people who claim that Mrs. May
brick is innocent. The London edition Of
the Herald is making splendid fgnt for at
least the semblance of such q trial as would
be granted person accused of murder in the
United States Mrs. Maybrck may be pos
sessed Of many desires, but one is pre-
eminent from morning till night-she
wi to be permitted to write to the
que. She has not been allowed to do so.
She is but wreck of her former self. Her
attire is blue homespun. Her food is the
regular prison fare. To-day her mail con.
sisted of eleven hundred letters. None con-
tanning any reference to the case are given
to her, so that she is not allowed to read
many. Baroness Won Rogue wanted TO give
her peach to-day, but was not permitted to
do so.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
AFTER THREE YEARS.

DIR. Bowers, of San Francisco, Dis
missed From Custody,
SAN FRANCISCO, August 16-Dr. j. Milton
Bowers was convicted in this city in 1886 of
poisoning his wife to obtain the insurance on
her life, amounting to about SIT, 1000 and was
sentenced to be hanged. He took an appeal
TO the supreme court of the state, and on Oc-
t3ber 23, 1887, before that tribunal had rem
dered decision, the dead body of Henry
Benhayon, brother of Bowers wife, was
found in a room in this city. A letter was
found purporting to be a confession of Ben
hayon that he, aud not DIR. Bowers, was the
cause of his sisters death. The circum-
stances led to the suspicion that the confes-
sion was forged and that Benhayon bad been
murdered. The supreme court granted Bow
ers new trial. To-day before Judge Wal
lace the district attorney moved for dis
missal of the case on the ground that not
enough evidence could be secured to convict.
The judge accordingly dismissed the case,
and Bowers was discharged from custody
after having been imprisoned in Jail for
three wears.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
THE CoNvEN TIoNs.
Bismarck Made the Capital OF North
Dakota.

BISMARCK, N. D., August 16.-The conven-
tion has completed the consideration of the
article on corporations. Any combination
between Individuals corporations or associa-
ton, having for its object the controlling Of
the price Of any product or article Of manu-
facture is prohibited, declared unlawful and
against public policy, and that any and all
franchises SHALL when the owners violate
this article, be null and void. The article on
education was adopted with few amend
ments. The article on public la nds was
adopted after being amended 80 that the
leasing OF the lands shall be under the con-
troll of the board Of university and school
lands. The article on county and township
organization was adopted after being
amended 80 that it is virtually copy of the
Illinois system. A section was added defin-
ing the county offices to be filed.
All this afternoon has been occupied In the
consideration Of the article on revenue and
taxation to be established by the Legislature.
The gross earning system was defeated.
property shall be taxed alike. The article
providing for future amendment Of
the constitution was adopted. The
section providing that all flowing streams
and natural waterways shall forever remain
the property of the state for rrigating, min
ing or other purposes was adopted by unani-
nous VOTE Parsons made another, and this
time successful attempt to incorporate an
nti-black-list section in the constitution. The
section prohibits the exchange of backli
between railroad or other companies or en-
ployers.
AT the night session Bismarck was made
the capital of North Dakota IN the constitu-
ton, and the other public institutions were
located as previously published. When the
vote was announced the immense concourse
of visitors shook the capitol with applause.
Hats were thrown in the air, ladies waived
their fans and handkerchiefs, and everybody
anf fut nj ha p1
candidates for the capital reioced over the
settlement of the vexed question.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
A TER RIsLE RAILROAD WRECK
Three Killed Outright and Twenty
five Injured.

five Injured.
PITrsBuRa, August 16--The south bound
train on the Butler branch Of the
Western Pennsylvania railroad, which left
Butler, Pa, at 2;35 o'clock this afternoon,
jumped the track at Sarver's station, and the
entire train, consisting OF two passenger
coaches and a combination smoking and bag
gage car went over the embankment and
werc totally wrecked Three persons were
killed outright and twenty-five others in
iured, number of whom will die. The
killed and injured are as follows:
Killed-W. Powers. Lawrenceville, Pa; a
child of Mrs. Farrell, of Butler; Mrs. Duff,
an old lady, residence unknown.
The wounded, as far as known, were: Ex-
Mayor Lyon, of Pittsburg, seriously, in
shoulder; Captain Lower, OF Pittsburg, head
badly cut; ID. A. Jones and wife, of Pitts
burg, seriously hurt and bruised j. A. Nc
Laughlin, OF Pittsburg, fatally injured; /;
Colonel Rowley, Pittsburg, slightly in
iured; Conductor Gray, Butler, seri-
ously injured internally; Brakeman Karns,
Butler, back broken: Mrs. Graf, Pittsburg,
injured; Bessie Fullwood, Pittsburg, cut in
head; Captain Grace, jamestown, N. Y.
painfully injured About fifteen others were
moro or less injured whose names are unob-
tainable at this writing.
The accident was caused by the spreading
Of the rails on small bridge. The rails
were on stringers which had rotted
with time and long service. The
engine passed over the bridge
safely, but the first car was
derailed and plunged down in the abyss
some thirty feet below. The rails ploughed
through the second car and the escapes were
miraculous. Ono lady had her dress cut
from wrist to shoulder; another lost a small
piece of her cheek; q third had her chin cut,
and many others in the second car narrowly
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
Kearney,s Great sham Ba,tle.

KEARNEY, Neb., August 16.-[Specal Tel
egram TO THE Bee This morning opened
clear and beautiful, with pr omise of larger
attendance than any previous day. Nothing
eventful transpired during the early hours
of the forenoon, there being simply stream
of people into the camp. The daily guard
mount, bald concert and infantry drew the
usual morning crowds. There seemed no
abatement of the large crowds coming on
specials Turing the day.. The sham battle in
the afternoon drew the largest crowd of any
entertainment. The Second regiment OF
regulars, in a well constructed fort. were at
tackled by battery A, National guard, the In
dustrial school cadets and few companies
Of the G. A. II. Many old soldiers who
watched the maneuvres nearly went wild
with ecstacy. The immense crowds began to
disperse after the battle, and this evening
the camp-tires of one Of the most successful
reunions ever held in the state are burning
low. breaking camp and goodb byes are the
features of the camp tomorrow and by even
ing Camp Brooke will have been deserted.
But the occasion, its pleasures and friend
ships will be an endless store for pleasant
"reminiscences. Each old veteran will, as he
marches on alone te the last encampment,
recall this event with thrill Of nialy happy
thoughts. Thousands answered to the roll
call, aged, infirm and war-worn, but with
light and happy hearts.
The following is General Van Wyck's
speech TO the old soldiers:
We come to this beautiful city, and amid
kind and generous people, to answer once
more to the annual roll call of the veterans
Of the Union army in Nebraska.
We come with Joy in our hearts and praise
on our lips. We come to live over again, the
march, the camp, the battle field, hospital
and prison pen, TO rehearse your and your
comrades par. in the grandest army and the
grandest results recorded in the Worlds his
tory.
You not only made the United States free
in theory, but in fact; established the uni
universal freedom. giving as you supposed,
the ballot to the humblest 70 govern and re-
strain the strongest.
You not only deepened and strengthened
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
Nebraska and Iowa Pensions.

WASHINGTON, August 16-TSpecial Tele-
gram to The BEE pensions allowed Ne
braskans Original invalid-George W. Be-
craft, Irael Adams, Charles A. Wintersteen.
Increase-Albert j. Stafford, John w.
Okane Horace A. Cowles. Reissue-Wil-
liam H. Monroe.
Pensions granted Iowans Original in
valid-Joshua Long, Henry b. Doolittle,
James B. Roach, Thomas w. Batten, Walter
G. Burgess, Newton Strobe. Increase-Au-
gust Soechtig, Henry B. Hawley, Joseph
ThraIllkall, Alvin M Poor, William Corr. Re-
issue-Alden Whitney. Original widows, ctc
Sarah, mother of Uriah FarlOW
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
Freight Wreck Near Columbus, Ohio

COLUMBUS, o., August 16-A freight
wreck occurred on the Cincinnati, st. Louis
& Pittsburg two miles west OF here at 2;35
this morning. The first section Of train
stopped to shift cars at siding. The ca
boose and most Of the cars composing the
train were left standing on the main track.
The second section ran into the caboose,
wrecking five cars ana the engine. James
Mears, stock dealer of Steubenville, was
sleeping In the caboose ana was fatally in
jured, his neck being broken. Engineer Ed
Stolz, OF Bradford, and Fireman John Gard
ner, of Columbus, were slightly scalded and
bruised. The company's loss will probably
exceed IS, ,00O
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
A Desperate Murderer.

JACKSON, Tenn, August 16.-A terrible
tragedy was enacted this morning ten miles
northeast of this place. Henry Prewit, an
ex-cowboy from Texas, shot his young wife
through the neck, fatally wounde his
mother-in-law, and then shot himself
through the head, dying instantly. A war
rant was out for Prewit's arrest for moon
shining, and he was endeavoring to induce
his wife to accompany HIM to Weakly
county, which she refused to do on account
of i'll health. Prewit was desperate char
acter and had boasted to his wife that he
had been married four times and had killed
one wife and four men. The couple had
been married but four months.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
NEGOTIATIONS CHECkED.
The Cherokee Commission Can Do
Nothing Till November

MUsKoGEE, I. T., August 16.-All negotia-
tions between the Cherokee nation and the
commission is at an end until the council
meets in November, Chief Mayes holding
that if he had the authority to appoint a con-
ference committee their action would not
be binding without the ratification Of the
council. Judge Wilson and Governor Fair
child, of the commission. are being enter
tanned by the CITY, and after q few days rest
they will go to the Chickasaw country. Judge
Wilson said tonight:
"Chief Mayes objects very strongly, but it
is only question of little time when the
Indians will not only favor the sale of the
strip, but the opening of the territory, as the
power of the press cannot long be resisted.
Colonel Boudinot is preparing for an
exhaustive reply to Chief Mayes' letter to
the com mi ssiOn -
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
WANT A ooMPLETE VICTORY.
Connellsviile Strikers Resolve to
Continue the Fight.

Connellsviile Strikers Resolve to
Continue the Fight.
PITTsBURG, August 16.-At a meeting of
the miners and coke workers of the Con-
nellsville region at Scottsdale, this after
noon, resolutions were adopted to continue
the strike at those works where the scale
has not been signed and requesting those
working under the scale to contribute to
their support. A special from Greensburg
brought to Greensburg sixteen more Hun
garians and committed them to Jail. A
Hungarian woman, into whose house Sheriff
Byers entered by knocking the door off with
pick, rushed at him with hatchet, and
have struck him. There are now fifty-one
Hungarians in jail, connected with the re-
cent rioting.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
MINNEsoTA's MEAT MEASURE.
General Belief That the Bill Will BE
Declared Unconstitutional.

General Belief That the Bill VIII BE
Declared Unconstitutional.
ST. PAUL, MINI, August To- Special Tel
egram to THE BEE. 1.-The Minnesota meat
inspection law is doomed. AS previously
noted, the district judges of Duluth have
declared it unconstitutional, on the ground
that it restricts commerce between the
states. To-day the butchers of st. Cloud
formed a compact, refusing to have their
meat inspected by the state inspectors. 1t is
understood that meat buyers all over the
state will pursue the same course. This will
put the law TO test and the supreme court
will be called on 10 act at the September
term. So confident are the meat men that
the law will be declared unconstitutional
that the Armours, Of the Chicago and Kan
sas city firms. are already beginning to ship
beef into the state again.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
A supposed Counterfeiter.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, August 16-A deputy
United States marshal has brought here
from Howard county William Heffiing who,
it is claimed, is the leader of the desperate
counterfeiters who have their headquarters
in the Businesses of the mountains In the
southwestern part Of the state, where they
make bogus coin. 1t Is believed he will make
O confession and reveal his confederates.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
A Grain Laden yess.I sunk

WATERFOWL, N. Y, August l6.--The three
masted schooner A. Vlckey, with cargo Of
81, 600 bushels of corn, bound from Chicago
to Prescott, Ontario, struck u shoal near the
Rock Island lighthouse, opposite Thousand
Island park, last night and sank The crew
$4,000. The vessel was partially insured
and the cargo lntirely.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
The Northwestern wheat Yield.

MINNEAPoLIs August 16.--Telegrams from
various points covering the entire northwest
show that the yield of wheat is much above
expectations. OF the whole not one reported
single untavorable condition. At Huron,
S. D., where three bushels to eight bushels
was predicted, the threshing shows yield
of twelve to fourteen bushels. and in Grand
Forks county wheat is yielding an average
of twenty bushels, and that is claimed 10 be
the average of the county. bismarck, James
town and Fargo, in North Dakota, also say
the yield is above expectations.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
An Immence Coal Field Deal.

SPRING VALLEY, Ill, August 16.-Forry
thousand acres Of coal fields in Bureau. Put
nam and LaSalle counties has just been pur-
chased by the Spring Valley Coal company,
one of the northern Illinois corporations
whose workmen are on strike against re-
duction of wages. All bottom coal lands
lying along the Illinois river for about six
miles on each side have been purchased.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
Postal Card Contract Awarded.

wAsuIScToS, August l6.-Acting Post
master General Clarkson to-day awarded
the contract for furnishing postal cards to
the postotice department for four years, be-
ginning October next, 10 Albert Daggett, of
New ford, the lowest bidder under the re-
cent calls for proposals.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
The BouIanger Manifesto Issued.

LONDON, August 16.-The manifesto
signed by General Boulanger, Count Dillon
and Henri Rochefort Is published. 1t calls
the action of the senate court an orgie of
arbitrary rule, calumny and mendacity, and
declares that in spite OF fresh coup d'etat
preparing in the dark, the signers have con-
tinued confidence in the electorate of France.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
A Brief Session at Helena.

HELENA, Mont, August l6.--The conven-
tion had but a brief session to-day. The
work is finished. Adjournment is expected
tomorrow. Three thousand dollars were
appropriated from the state funds to pay the
extra expenses. A memorial was sent to
congress asking tor an additional $1,000. that
being the amount of the mortgage The con.
vention adjourned to allow the revision COM
mittee to finish their work.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
Steamship Arrivals.

At Hamburg-The Gellert from New
York.
At Gravesend- The Colorado, from New
York
At Glasgow The HISTORIAN, from Phila-
delphia.
At New York-The Amsterdam from Am
sterdam; the Augusta Victoria, from Ham
burg; the Saale, from Bremen.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
zinc Wenther Eorecast.

Local forecast for Omaha and vicinity
Fair weather.
For Nebraska-Fair, cooler in northwest,
stationary temperature in southeast portion,
southeriy winds.
For Iowa-Cenerally fair, warmer except
in extreme northwest parts, stationary tenn
perature, southerly winds.
For Dakota--F'air in southeast, local
showers in northwest portion, cooler, west
erly winds.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
sullivan Found Guilty.

PURvIs, Miss, August 16.-The jury at 8
p m. returned a verdict finding Sullivan
guilty of prize-fRhting A motion in arrest
of judgment was made and will be heard to-
morrow.
A petition is being gotten up by the grand
and petit jurors, and others, to the Judge
asking that only fne, and no imprison-
ment be found against Sullivan.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
Alone I'm a Strange Land.

NEW York August ia young Hunga-
rian woman with two children is being
cared for by the Castle Garden authorities.
She has learned that her husband. who sent
in the Johnstown calamity. Her grief on
hearing of his death was terrible.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
IowA's CIrlzisN soLDIERY.
Governors Day at the Iowa Falls
Encampment,

Encampment,
Iowa FALLS. Ia, August 16-[Special Tel
egrnm to THE BEE. This was Governors
day at the encampment of the Sixth regi-
ment, national guards, here Governor Lar
rabee and staff, headed by General Alexan-
der, arrived on an early train and reached
the camp about 10 o'clock. The review was
conducted very credltably under the direc-
tion of Colonel Boutin. After the review
the battalion of the regular army from Fort
Omaha gavea bayonet drill and skirmlsh
review, which was greatly admired by the
large number Of visitors at the camp. The
city was gaiy decorated, and the people of
this vicinity have been greatly pleased with
the encampment. The troops break camp to-
night and tomorrow, and the regular army
detail go from here TO Vinton for weeks
CAMP
Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
The Nebraska Turnerfest.

FREMONT, Neb., August 16.-TSpecial to
THE BEE. 1.-The public and private buildings
of Fremont were to-day gaudily bedecked in
honor of the German Turnerfest, which
opened for three days session. Handsome
banners are suspended across the streets in
many places many OF them bearing appi o.
pirate Inscriptions; nearly every business
house is profusely decorated with flags.
German and American,) bunting and de-
signs in evergreen. The decorating commit
tees of the local Turner'S have been efficient
in creating general interest in the work
and the result is Fremont never presented
such handsome appearance. Turn hall,
which will be headquarters during the fes-
tlvities, has been embellished in q manner
becoming the occasion. The first delegations
arrived this evening, but the big crowd is
expected Tomorrow and Sunday when, 1t is
anticipated, there will be two or three thou
sand visitors in the city. Tonight grand
banquet to the Turner'S was given at Turn
hall. +. Schurman, of this city, made a
neat address of welcome and several toasts
were appropriately responded to.