The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
October 14, 1890

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MM Co (h G TOL. XIII, NO 127 WICHITA KAXSAS, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER M, 1890. "WHOLE NO. 2001. X J

JUSTICE SAMUEL F.3IILLER QUIET LY PASSES AWAY. End of President Ilarrison's Long Pleasure Trip to the Great West. The President Puts in a Good Word for Major MoKinley at His Home in Ohio. General William W. Belknap. Former Sec retary of War in President Grant's Cabinet, Found Dead in His Room Heart Disease the Cause Notes from the Capital "Washington, Oct. 13. Justice Miller died tonight at eight minutes of 11 o'clock, without a &trupilean(l apparently without pain. A few minutes before lie died the phlegm in his throat irradually accumu lated and his frame quivered. It was evi dent that the end was fast approaching, and the members of his household who were not in the sick room wero hastily pummoned to his bedside. J3esides Mrs. Miller and her sou, Irvine, there were present Dr. Cook, J. Woolworth, an old friend of thejustise, who had just arrived from Omaha, the family servants and Chief Clerk McKen ney, of the supreme court. Soon after denth the face of the justice, which had be come somewhat drawn during the last d ly of his illness, changed to a perfectly natu ral condition, and he looked as if in a quiet sleep. No arrangement for the funeral will be made until tomorrow, but it is cer tain that his remains will bo removed to bis home at Keokuk, la., where they will be interred in the family burying ground. HARRISON'S TRIP. President Harrison Returns to Washington After a Week in the West. Union' City, Ind., Oct. 13. Promptly nf. 1? nVInft- t.hifc. ninrnintr t.lin t4nfin) l.rin bearing President Harrison ami his party I pulled out of Indianapolis, on the return to Washington, The president spent last night aboard his car, and as he arose this morning he appeared much refreshed from the day's l est afforded him yesterday at Indianapolis. The schedule provided for a dozen brief stops, to enable old friends to have an opportunity to greet the presi dent. At Pendleton a brief stop was made, and a committee from Anderson, headed by Mr. Winlleld, the mayor, boarded the train. An immense crowd was assembled at Anderson, and the president made a ihort speech. AT MUNCIE. When the city of Minicio was reached, a large crowd had congregated. Congress man Brown here boarded the train. From the train the president spoke as follows: "Fellow Citizens I have known thiscity and the people of this prosperous county for a great many years. I have known of i rour development by almost yearly visits to Muncie, but it seems that in the two years J nave Deen out oi tne state you have made more progress than when I wa in the state. 1 think it whs in lssti, when I spent a incut iu Muncie, that my attention was drawn by home of your citizens, as darkness settled down, to a remarkable and unus ual, and what was then thought to be chiefly a curious, red glow in your hori Bon. "if I uncollect riglit about the devel opment of natural gas in Indiana, the ex tent of this great field was wholly un known four year ago. How rapidly events have crowded each other since you have driven into the earth and fouud the bupnlyof this most adaptable and extra ordinary fuel inexhaustible And what has it done- for you No longer are you transporting coal from the distant mines to feed your fire furnaces that con Mimed it. No longer are you send ing the choppers into the woods to rut your trees and haul them iu that thoy in.iy bring you winter heat and fuel. The factories have been coming to you. This convenient heat and fuel is found in the humblest home in Muncie. How it has iiddod to your comfort only those who have used it know. How much it has added to our prosperity aud development of manu- i lactures here here you have only begun to Cheers.! 'I he sunlight will not know more surel shed its beams upon us this morning than that this great tide of pros- parity which lias set in through this gas HMi in iimmiia siiiui go on im-reiis- tin: until those cities and towns w.tlthi its borders are full nf busy men and humming machinery. What does all this mean It means em ployment for men; it moans lumpy and VDimortahlp homes for an increasing popu lation; it means an increased demand at home for the products of your land j it int'MiiK that the farmer will have a choice 1 t'ropx, and will have consumers for the j j t'l-isiiahlc products ol ins lurm at ins very dour. It means that if you preserve the oiiler of your community if this good comity of Delaware continues to main tain "its reputation a a lnw-nhid-Ing, libert. loving and school-loving population (Cheers. thot you have that you shall have prosperity, increased riches and home comfort that we have bcatrely dreamed of. "Now, mj li lends, over all this, and nbove this, and better tlian all, let us keep higher things that make our country great. I do not forget that your good count v sent to the war for the union, in the km 1 Inn t regiment that went from this i jallMiit state, m multitude of brave men to Maud by the llHg. ILneers.l zxnnc ot i.iem are with you today. Applause. Now. Jet that love of the flag be still upper most in your hearts. Nothing has pleased me more as 1 passed through some of our western states tliNii to see that their children everywhere had the starry Hags in their bauds. Cheers. Let it be so here and everywhere. Teach them to love it and to know it beauty, iu order that wlieu the time of peril comes they may bo ready to defend it. Applause. Now to these friends; 1 am most grateful for your appreciative kindness, and if I shall be able in tin? discharge of my high and difficult duties to maintain the respect and confidence of my fellow citirotis of In diana, other things will take care of them s 'ves." Prolonged chews and applause. Tlie little children of DegnUl' crowded around the president to shake his hand. I wish 1 had time to shake hands with you ll." he said as the train moved off, leaving n few disappointed ones who had Ijcen unable to get within his reach. Sec retry Tracy was introduced here, as at all other points, but refrained from speakiug AT BKLLEFONTAINK. Bellefontaine was in gala attire when the train pulled into that city. Everv man and woman aud child seemed to bo iii tlie throng that turned out to honor the president, the president being introduced lv tlie mayor. President Harrison bowed from tho rear platform as the crowd cheered loudly. "My fellow citnsens" said the president. "I wish all of you could have seen what 1 havo seen in tins extend ml but bust v visit through some of the greatest states of the cent nil w est. The grand view which we Sot as we joiirnuy through this country of le capabilities of Its sofl, of the lxsauue, el its landscape, of the happiness of its homes, and, above all, of the sturdy man hood of its people, can but be useful to every public man and every patriot Ap plause. No one can make such a journey as we have, and look into the faces of hundreds of thousands of his fel low citizens, and see how in Indiana, Illi nois, Kansas and Missouri, thev are every where characterized by sturdy indepen dence and intelligent thoughtfulness and mauhood, and doubt the future of this country, of which they are citizens. Nothing can shake its repose as long as the great mass of the people in these homes, on these farms, in these .shops and city dwellings, are true to themselves and to their children. Not every one can hope to reaeh the maximum of human wealth or human enjoyment.bat nowhere else is there so general a diffusion of comfort, and the conveniences of life as in this land of ours. You must not then show unthankfulness to the framers of our great constitution or to God by indulging in gloomy forebodings or in unreasonable complaint. He has not promised that everywhere and in every season the Jields should give full returns. He has promised that the food of man shall not fail. And where else is famine unknown? Other countries have now and then appealed to philanthropic help from abroad to feed their people to a greater or less extent. The United States has always a surplus after its people are fed, and for this we should be thankful. I have been told everywhere that, though crops in somo respects and in some places have been short, the general prosperity is very great. Everywhere I have been told that no wheel is idle, and that no hand is idle that seeks employ ment, that honest bread may come to his household. I believe that we are on the upward grade of a prosperitv, if we will be hopeful and true, that shalllcud us. per haps, to a development and an increase of wealth we have never before attained. 'And now, my fellow citizens, thanking you for this friendly greeting, I bid you good bye. Applause.J Let me have the pleasure, however, of introducing to you my valued assistant at Washington, Secre tary Tracy." Applause. Secretary Tracy bowed his acknowledg ments to the crowd as the train moved out. AT CRESTLINE. After the playing of the band had ceased, the mayor introduced the president to the citizens of Crestline, and be spoke as fol lows: "My fellow citizens, already some seven or eight times this morning, beginning be fore breakfast, I have been called upon to talk briefly to my fellow citizens who have gathered at the various points where we made briof stops at their request. The story I must tell you. is the same old story I have been telling them: that I am very grateful for your Friendly expressions and presence; very thankful for the kindliness which speaks through those who address me, and for the kindliness which appears in all your faces. It is pleasant to know that as against all enemies of our country we are one; that we have great pride; just pride in our birthright as American citi zens; just pride in the country of our adoption as to those who have found a home with us. It is the people's land more than any other country in the world. Mr. Lincoln felicitiously expressed it to be a government of the people, bs' the people, for the people." Applause. They originated it; they perpetuated it. If it does not miss its purpose, it is administer ed for their good. Applause. And so to you, upou which the burden of citizenship now rests, you who have the care of these homes andtlie responsibility of woman hood; to these lads who will soon be citi zens and tliee girls who are coming on to womanhood, to all I express my thanks again for your friendly greeting. Ap plause. To even one of you I wish the most abundant success; that every home represented here may be a typical Amer ican home, in which morality and purity and love sit as the crowning virtues and are household gods. Our country is pros perous, though not all have attained this year the measuie of success which they iln(' hoped for. if there was any shortness Qf crop-, anywhere. Already the fields are green with the promise ot anotner year. Let our hearts be hopeful; let us be faith ful and true and the future of our country and our own comfort are assured." Cheers. At Mansfield another large crowd was assembled and the president spoke brieily. At a little coaling station named Miles brook, a crowd, headed by a red-whiskered man, marched up to the train, and their spokesman said: "Here are a lot of Ke publicans who want to see the president." To shake oil the gloom which bogan to settle over the crowd, the red-whiskered man cried: "Three cheers for President Harrison." They were given with a hearty good will, and this time the presi dent bowed Ins acknowledgments. The committee from booster hoarded 1 tho train at this point and remained aboard until that town was reached. At i the head of this committee was Prof. Stod dard, formerly professor of chemistry at tho Miami university when Benjamin Harrison attended that in t ion and now a professor in the Wi uistitu- iirotessor in tlie oo-ter University. The president warmlygreeted his former tutor. A stand had been erected near the track, and when the nresidenual imrtv arrived, the collcsre crv of the i .students of tho Wooster university joined With the cheer of the citizens in welcoming tlie uisunguisneu visitors, inis was mo first point at which the president spoke iu Congressman .uchjuley s uistnct. srnnni at wooster. "My fellow citizens," said the president, "if anything could relieve the sense of weariness which is ordiuarilv incident to j .1 i 1 l. il. V "S 'i,'". -it i IlLlUMlV ilt.u, nil' v 4 i-v vmu itM I ships ot early lite m Ulno; ot some j ?UhK&.X JJ i nose iituurs aim ii-ii-tn.-uini? ui niiij nt- in the west; and in part of their sous, that gallant second generation, who in the time of the nation's peril in 1S51, sprang to its defence and brought the ll-ig home in honor; and in part of the young men here undergoing that discipline of mind which is to fit them for useful Amencan'citizenship. full of ambitions of eariy manhood and, I trust, rooted in the principles of morality and loyalty; Applause. and in part of t hese sweet faced children coming from our schools and homes to brighten with their proseuce this graver assembly. here else m the word could such a gath ering lie assembled Where else so much of tree individual life, where so much social orier as here The individual free to aspire and work; the community its own police otlicer and guanlian. But'l cannot .speak at further length. I must hurry on to other places where kind people are waiting our coming and to duties which will be assumed and undertaken with more courage siuce I have so often looked into the kind faces of the people whom I ondeavor to serve" f Applause). There were loud shouts of laughter at the president's rondin&ss as the train pulled out. AT MA5ILLON. At Masillon a larje crowd was as sembled, and Mayor Reed introduced the president to the audience. The president responded briefly. Iu the course of his re marks the president said: "I hope it is true here that everybody is getting a fair return for his labor. e cannot atTonl in America to have any discontented classes, and if fair wages arj? paid for fair work, we will have none Cheers, I am not one of thoso who believe that cheapness is the highest good. I am not one of those who believe it is to my inter est nor to yours to purchase anything in the market below the price that pys to the man who make it fair living wages. Great applause. We should all live and let live in this country. Our strencth, our promise for the future, our secunty for social happiness is in contentment ot the great masses who toil. It is in kindly in tercourse and relationship between capital d labor, each having its appropriate in crease, that we sball find the highest good, the capitalist aud employer everywfaore extending to those who work for human rights a kindly consideration with com pensatory wages. Applause and cheers. Now to these children and Grand Army friends who greet me, I thank you and God speed you and good bye. Cheers. ALLIANCE. Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 13. A large crowd greeted the presidential train at Alliance, which was reached at 4:45 p. m. A com mittee headed by the mayor and Mr. D. Fording, a prominent attorney, boarded the train. Mr. Fording introduced the president w! o spoke briefly. In the course of his remarks, he said: "This country of ours is secure and social order is maintained be cause the great masses of our people live in contentment and some good comfort. God forbid that we should ever reach the condition which has been reached by some other countries, where all that is before many of their population is the question of bare subsistence; where it is simply: How shall I find bread for to day.'' No hope of accumlation; no hope of comfort; no hope of education or higher things for their children that are to come after them. God be blessed that that is not our condition in America. Here there is an open chauce to receive fair wages for fair work. With education for the masses; with no classes or distinctions to keep down the ambitious young, we have a happy lot. Let us not grumble, if now and then things are not as prosperous as they might be. Let us think of the aver age, andif this year's crop is not .is full as we could wish, we have already in these green fields the promise of a better one to come. Let us not doubt that we are now, as I have seen the evidence of it in a very extended trip through the west, entering upon an up grade in all departments of business. Everywhere I went in the great citv ol rt. L.ouis, and in the smaller mau ufactuting towns through which we passed there was one story to tell and I nave no aoubc it is true in our midst every wheel is running and every hand is busy. Applause. I believe the future is bright before us for increasingly better times for all, and as it comes I hope it may be so generally diffused that its kindly touch may be felt by every one who hears me and that its beneficent help may come into every home." Prolonged cheers. At Salem the president had merely time to bow his acknowledgments to those who had assembled, when the train moved on. Up to this time the president had made thirteen speeches during the day. at canton. CANTON, 0., Oct. 13. When the presi dent's train rolled into Canton this after noon, over 3,000 people were assembled to greet the chief executive. The blowing of steam whistles and t ho music of the bands, joined with the cheering of the populace in the welcome to the president, lhe G. A. H. and other organizations were out iu full force. From the rear platform of the train President Harrison spoke as follows: "I am glad to be at the home of one with whom I havo been an associate in con gressional duties for a number of years, and who, in all personal relation with me, as I believe in all personal relations with you, has won my regard as, I am sure he has yours. Ch"eersT And without any regard to what may be thougt of the McKiuley bill, I am sure here today that you are all good neighbors, and friends of William McKiuley. Applause Kind hearted and generous as he seennd to me, I am sure he has not failed in his social relations, whatever judgment you may have of his political opinions, in mak ing the masses of the people proud of him as their distinguished son. Applause. You have here today the representative of men from the shops, from the railroads, from the stores and from the offices of your city. You are living together in these helpful and interchanging relations whicn make an American life pleasant, and which make an American citizen's life prosper ous. The foundation of our society is the motive that every man shall have such wages as will enable him to live decently and comfortably, and to rear his children as helpful and sate and useful American citizens. We all desire, I am sure ever' kindly heart does, that all the relations be tween the employers and workmen shall be friendly and kind. I wish that every where the associations were closer and em plovers more thoughtful of those who work for them. I am Sl! r? mere is one iiuug in wmcii wo an i ree. whatever our views may be on the tariff or finance, and that is that there is no prosperity that, in the wide liberal sense, does not embrace within it every deserving maa and woman in the com munity. Anplause. We are here all responsible citizens, and wo should all be free from anything that detracts from our liberties anil independence, or that re- ,i..l i 1m ?itfln,iifii t. fif lift 1 tlf-!! irlTWi 14UMS lilt um.iuiimvi. vi ....v.u.v,.., moralitv and patriotism. I am glad here t .,..,l- to snmi who were nnmrailfs in the great struggle of the civil war: glad fi,. r.h..rn -atp uri soldiers who hud nm-fc in the reat success by winch our institu tions were preserved and the control and sovereignty of the constitution and the law were forever established." Great ap plause. bowed to the hearty cheers that greeted i.;. l'-m-cnrr,- n., rf iq Aft,,.. i,-; pniem Ohio a rapid rim was mKde to this cj'tv pne train arrived here ami was at once transferred to the second section of theeistern train. The president was seen for but a few minutes, and remained seated iu his car, observed only by a lew curious trainman, it not being generally known that he was to pass through tho city. At T:IW the train pulled out for i Washington. On the some train was sin. it ?l'nv,ll- opined they will not long remain in sepirate cars. rr !:t. f r T Ttr-n ir'SeVnSsHys President Harrison lias lwen gone but eight days on his trip, and in that time he lias traveled a distance of over 3.000 miles. During those eight days he made forty speeches, just one-half as many as he made during his entire presidential campaign. Nine speeches out of ten touched on the war, and but one touched on politics. WYOMING RETURNS. Washington, Oct. 13 A private dis patch from Governor Warren, of Wyom ing, gives the following results of the of ficial canvass of the vote of that state made at Cheyenne today. The Republi cans elected e'very state "officer and their memlier of congres-. Following are the majorities: Governor, Francis E. Warren. l.TJt. member Fifty first congress, Clarence D Clark. 2.o'J7: memlier Fifty-second congress, Clarence D Clark, 2.532, secretary of state, Anio W. Barler, 1,744; state auditor. Charles W. Hunieck, 1,445: tat treasurer. Otto Gram ma. 2.0&4: sppenutendent of public schools Stephen J Fnrwe.l, 2.0 justice of the su preme court. Asburv B Conway. Mem hers of tlie state senate. 14 Republicans, 7 Democrats. Member- of the house of rep resentatives, 'It Republicans. 6 Democrats. A HOLOCAUST. London. Oct. 13. A fonr-story building on Middle street, occupied by "Rowley Brock, bat. cap and helmet manufactur ers, and government contractors for mili tary headgear, was destroyed by lire this afternoon. Six per-Hm were burned to denth and thirteen sennnly injured. Th premises occupied a frontage of thirty feet on Middle street and tne same frontage on Clearfair, ami extended back fifty feet to to Newberry street, where was situated the entrance for the people who worked in the building. The fire broke out at 11 o'clock in the work -hop on the upper floor. There were thirty per-oas in the building. Tea minute- after the fire w discovered the whole buildiac was a maos of flames. The spread of the fire was so rapid that the work people found evucx avenue of escape, even um windows, cot otf, aud through these some of the em ployees jumped. Five women employed in Us firm were kilted by jtraifwas frota the wiadowa. SENATOR INGALLS TO TAKE THE STUMP THIS WEEK. Progress of Col. Jame3 R. ITallo- TYell's Canvass of the Big Seventh. Governor Humphrey Reconstructs Leavenworth Police Board OoL Anthony Removed. the A Member of the Present State Senate Takes His Own Life Mayor Clement at Parsons The Benson-MeUman Murder Case. TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 13. The Republican state central committee has billed Senator Ingalls for three speeches, as follows: Bellville, October 15; Seneca, 'October 17, and Forest Park, Ottawa, October 20. HALLOWELL'S CANVASS. Sp3al Dispatch to the Daily Kale. Anthony, Kan., Oct. 13. Col. Hallowell spoke this afternoon in the opera house to a full house. The Alliance tried to draw away the crowd by a meeting at another place but the crowd stayed with Hallowell. He spoke three hours, and handled con clusively the financial, pension aud other questions. The effective work done today cannot be effaced by Jerry .Simpson, his guns are spiked in advance. Harper coun ty will give Hallowell a rousing majority. AT STAFFORD. Stafford, Kan., Oot. 10. Special Cor respondence "Prince Hal," our next congressman, paid this city a visit today, and we had one of those grand old Repub lican meetings which will long be remem bered. During the forenoon people com menced flocking in from all directions, and zealous Republican workers were busy everywhere preparing for the occasion. By 2 o'clock the city was alive with people, who witnessed and heard the Hon. James R. Hallowell at Clyne's hall, who made a clear, logical defense of the American pro tective system. He perforated all the weak poiuts, aud paid special attention to the inconsistencies and the silly vagaries of the Democratic, Union Labor, Mugwump, fili busters and of anything for the coon party. His speech was interspersed with sallies of wit and humor, aud he was frequently ap plauded from the stand that he has always taken in defense of the old soldier, aud looking after their interest on every occa sion. Ho pointed out and proved to his very attentive audience the imposition that Simpson was trying to intiicton them, he (Jerry) endorsing a doctrine to put the crippled soldier on equal footint: with the boys that were fortunate enough to get home without a scratch. Jerry's war record was shown up in good shape. He enlisted in May. 1861, and never was outside the state of Illinois, and was discharged it three month's time after the date of his enlistment, and for fear of being called on to serve his country, he shipped as an able-bodied ser-.u under the English flag and sailed on tnelr waters. Mr. Hallowell made other denunciations which are too numerous to mention aud was not denied by Jerry's warmest or sup posed friend. The platform was crowded with old soldiers and farmers who have been con vinced by his clear way of defining him self, and stating and proving that a Re publican congress and .a Republican presi dent has done more for the American peo- l''e tmin anJ" otner political party on the f f h The very successful meeting was closed by a few remarks from some of the county candidates, who for fifteen or twenty min utes spoke elegant words ot wisdom and argument on national and count' politics. It was dark before Republican day closed in Stafford. Tlie Republicans of this and adjoining counties wish to extend their heartfelt thanks to the state central com mittee for the speakers sent here for onr rally. They are gentlemen in every re spect, and did an immense amount of good. They stated ficts and confined themselves to the issues of the day. The People's party is fast losing ground here; in one township where there were two weeks ago only eight Republicans, you can now count forty-nine. They say they will stay by tho ship and flag that has safely brought them ashore. LEAVENWORTH'S NEW BOARD. Topeka, Kan.j Oct. 13. Governor Hum phrey has appoiuted an entire new board of Metropolitan police commissioners for Leavenworth, as follows: Dr. T. J. Weed, president, vice W. M. Fairchiki, resigned; Thomas L. Johnson, secretary, vice P. G. Lowe, resigned; and Frank O'Donald, vice D. R Anthony, removed. O'Donald is the Democratic member, the other two being Republicans. All three are prohibitionists. The old board has failed to work iu har mony for some time, and finally two of the members. Fairchild and Lowe, requested the governor to reorganize the board, ask ing him to accept their resignations, and to remove Ant bony. SELF MURDER. A Member of the Xansa3 State Senate Commits Suicide. CoNCOP.DIA. Kan.. Oct. 13. Senator E. CV Swaringer committed suicide at 11 o'clock thU morning, by shooting himself in the abdomen, the bullet glancing upward and penetrating the heart. It is thought that financial troubles were the cause. His dome-tic relations were of the best character. Just before committing ttie deed, he put his arm- around his wife's neck, Kis-ed her. and said he would go to the barn and feed the horses. When near the stable he looked back to the kitchen where his wife was preparing the morning meal, and went into the barn and committed the deed. He located in this county in 1S1P, and has been county clerk and treasurer, and, for two j ears past, state senator for Re public and Cloud counties. He was an oki soldier and a highly respected citizen. THE LEAVENWORTH MURDERS. LE vvevworth, Kan., Oct. 13. The fu neral of Mrs. Mattlda Davis occurred thb morning. Her daughter, of St. Paul, who has been under the care of the physicians since her arrival, attended the 'unerai re gardless of the advice of th- physicians. Mrs. Davis has a dauehter who is in the insane asylum. Mr. Davis is said to be the cause' of berinsanitr. Dunngavis't nere she became afraid of Davis, and feared that he would ome time kill her mother. So wild did sbe become with the id that she lost her raind She would -it up whole nights to prevent him killing her. Benson was committed without bail thi morning. He will be taken before toe United States court this week, and the quemjoa of jurisdiction will be settled. Benson seat for a lawyer this morning. DICKINSON REPUBLICANS. ABILENE, Kan., Oct. IS. The RepubH-old- ol the Sixth representative district in convention at Hope nominated ex-Mavor Martin Pease, of Hope, for reprsvrnuaaTe. and C. IL Keeke, of I.J&a, for cootrafcs--fcmr of Ue ftrst ditxfci- The eonven tio w&s well attended and very harmtmt- Ofts. REUNITED. Chicago, Oct. 13. After thirteen years of separation, WiUiam F. Nast and his wife met yesterday and were reconciled. The wife arrived from St. Louis yesterday morning, and was at once driven to the house where her husband is visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Nast will return to St. Louis to morrow. Owing to the social prominence of the people the affair has created consid erable of a ripple at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Nast were married twenty-two years ago. She was Esther Bennett, daughter of a millionaire banker of St. Louis, who at his death left $3,000,000 to Imj divided among his heirs. Mrs. Nast had $300,000 in her own right, and Nast was a success ful New York broker. The wedding was one of splendor. They lived in New York awhile, but the market went against Nash. and his business was gone. They then took up their abode in St. Louis, living at the beautiful old Benoist homestead, a few miles out of the city. Nast's commercial ventures all proved" disastrous and it is said that the rupture between himself and wife was caused by her openly expressed lack of a desire to back him in business. But whatever the cause was, they parted after eight or nine years of married life. During such time three c dldren had been born to them. Previous to settling in New York Nast had been an attache of the United States legislation in Germany, and upon the outbreak of domestic infelicity he started for Europe. He prospered on the other side of the Atlantic, and is now owner of a paper mill in England. A short time since he came to America for a visit and opened correspondence with his wife, with the result as stated. Mr. Nast will dispone of his English interests and reside in St. Louis. SUDDENLY SUMMONED. Sudden Death of Ex-Secretary of War Belknap. Washington, Oct. 13. Gen. W. W. Belknap, secretary of war during Presi dent Grant's first term, was found dead in his bed at 9 o'clock this morning. It is believed that death occurred be tween 1 o'clock Saturday night and 9 o'clock Sunday morning. From John W. Cameron, Gen. Belknap's business asso ciate, it is learned that for some time it has been the general's habit to meet friends at the home of Dr. Hill, who lives less than a square away, for n social game of cards. Last Saturday night he was with them as usual aud remained until nearly midnight, when ha returned to hi apartments at the Evans building at 1420 New York nv enue, and, presumably, retired immediate ly. He was never again seen alive. At about S:30 o'clock this morning Cameron arrived at the building, and, taking the mail for himself and the general from the box from the first floor, proceeded to the second floor where the oflice and the gener al's apartments are located. Ho had sep arated the mail of the general from his own, when the servant rapped at the door and inquired if Gen. Belknap was out of the city,sayiug that several times since Sun day morning she had tried the doors, but found them locked. Mr. Cameron, startled at what the girl had said, immediately tried the doors himself, but they wero locked. The janitor was summoned and got a step-ladder. Over the door leading from the public hall into tlie general s sit ting room, he could see the general's table and his coat and vest on a cnair standing near. The step-ladder was then placed against the door lending into the bedroom. The bed was there smn with the general lying partly undressed upou it. The left n'rni was bent rigidly townrd his head the right was tightly clinch ed, just as if he had died when in convulsions. The bed clothes were somewhat disarranged as if there had been a slight struggle for orcath. A phy sician was summoned, and, after making a brief examination, he expressed tho opin ion that death had resulted from a stroke ot apoplexy. Xno coroner soon aiterwarus arrived, and tho body was taken in charge. An atopy will be held later. Mrs. Bel knap, who has been at the seaside and other summer resorts during the summer mouths, but in New York during the lost few weeks, was summoned b telegrams, nnd also the general's son Hugh, from his home in Chicago, where he is employed in the oilice of the Balti more anu unio ranroau. ror several jraii nnst. General Belknan has been almost constantly a sufferer from gout, and in February last he had so severe an attack that he hardly left his room for three months or more. Dnring that time he lost iu flesh between thirty and forty pounds, and since then he has been in poor health. In consequence of his illness, his business has suffered and this worried him at times. Mr. Cameron lat saw the gentleman at about 3 o'clock Saturday att rnoon. He hnd been thinking of his business, nnd was somewhat depressed. Before Mr. Cameron ieft he had gained his usual cheerfulness. The autopsy on the body of ex-Secretary Belknap disclosed the fact that the im mediate cause of death was inflamntion of the inner lining of tho heart General William W. Belknap was the son of W. C. Belknap, of the United States army, and was born in Hudson, N. Y.. in 1S31. He graduated at Princeton college in ISIS, aud adopting the profession of law, settled at Keokuk, Iowa. He was elected to the Iowa legislature in 1S30, and at the becinningof the wnr of the rebellion in 1S1, he entered the military Bervice as major-general of volunteers He fought in the battles of Shiloh and lcksburg, a m1 was with General Sherman in hid great campaign, aud for his bravery and gallant service he received promotions until he was given the command of a division as major-generaL After the war he was ap pointed a collector of internal revenue, which position he held until he entered President Grant's cabinet, October 18, 1SW, as secretary of war. After his resig nation as secretary of war. in 1678, he re sumed the practice of his profession in which he had been so conspicuously suc cessful." As soon as the death of Gen. Belknap was known at the war department Acting Secretary Grant ordered the flag on the building to be put at half mast m honor of the ex-secretary, and cave direction-i that the buildings be draped in black for the customary period. He also communicated with the family of the deceased, to otfer whatever assistance they might desire from the department in the arrangementi for the funeral. As soon as the funeral ar rangements are completed an order will tw issued closing the department on the day of the funeral. The order announcing his death to the army, with Instructions &a to the proper observance of toe dAV of his funeral, will probably be hwucd this aftor- LONDON GOSSIP. LryrDON. Oct. IS. The activity bown by the government in scouring Qoeem- town harbor for the mbMns Nationalists excites much ridicule. It would be incred itably stnpid for Mers. O'Bnen and Dil lon to remain m Ireland several days after tbexr flight from Tipperary became known, and then attempt to loave the country by the regular steanvship route. The order compelling the Jews to leave Seb&stopol was ued. it is explained, be cause sbastopol b&s become a naval port of Kn-ssut, awl. according to l- custom in soch cases, t neary to exclude Jews &s foreigner;, from toe limits. REED AND M'KINLEY. Utita, N. Y, Get. U Tke polhfcn CAsapaign in Nw York stale w opened in L tica thi evening by a speech by Hob. Thomas B. Reed, of Maine. The ootAoloa to, a Republican ma reeizg at tke Uticn opera hooe. in whie afcoet im people were packed like sardine. Kalamazoo, Mica.. Oct 13 -Mai Mc Ktnlev opeatfi tke enmfmtxa for Coa greman Borrows in tab city tOBis-kt. lie spoke with Mr. Burrowh tit tke after at Dow&gfec, aad dssfrfte. sain .t totk Dtaee. had Jarre actt THE BE TOOl GOVERNOR STEELE VETOES THE OKLAHOMA CAPITAL BILL. Uncertainty as to the Ultimate Boundaries and Center of Population. The News Received With the Wildest Enthusiasm in the Oity of Guthrie, Negotiations "With the Indians Proceeding Successfully-Over Three Million Acres of Land to be Thrown Open to Settlement-A Gambler Killed at El Reno. Special dispatch to the Dattr Ear'e. Guthrie, Ok., Oct. 13. Guthrie Is all excited over the capital question. Council bill No. 7, was returned to the council oy the governor without his signature. Bon fire blnzing and tiring of guns indicate their jov. COUNCIL. The largest crowd of the session was as sembled in the council chamber this after noon, to learn the truth of the rumor cur rent on the streets that the capital bill would be returued without the governor's signature, The emergency school bill was returned signed by the governor. The capital location bill was returned with a veto message. In his message the governor reviews at some length the legal points that have been brought to his uotice. He said that he would not stop to inquire whether sec tion 1 or 2 referred to the location of the capital, or whether section 5 conformed to section 1, nor whether this was the exact bill. But after reviewing the devious and troublous history ot the bill he did not seem to coincide with current opinions of its illegality. He would not inquire into the question of combines, or whether improper influence had been brought to bear upou members of the legislature. But an editorial m the Norman Advance would seem to indicate that such influence had been Used. He thought that a capital located by art of the legislature, with the concurrence of the governor, would be legal, otherwise, many capitals would stand on tottering foundations. He thought that iu locating a capital some opportunity should lie given for competition by donations of lands or money. Nothing of this kind is now sug gested. It is not urged thnt Oklahoma City is a more healthful location or more central. "It does not pretend to establish u perma nent cupitol by a donation of lands. The message continued: "It is expected that the territory of Oklahoma will short ly bo enlarged by large additions of terri tory. At the present time the desirability of any location for the near future caii bo determined, nnd the location of the capital should be deferred until the time when the permanent geography of the territory and the center of population can bo more easily determined. For which reasons I return the bill with my diaapproval. 8 "GKO Vi. StkKLE." axotiiek account. OtmiRlE, Ok., Oct. 13. Governor Steolc sent a message to the council today iu which he vetoed the bill locating the capi tal at Oklahoma City, and Guthrie will now remain the capital of the territory. The veto is based on tho ground that suf ficient reasons for a change do not exist, and because of his belief that large areas of territory will be added to what wo now have before long, in which the cen ter of population may be materially changed and thereby furnish better rea sons than it Keems to him are now pre- sented for changing the present temporary site. Rumors that the governor would take some action on the bill today had been noised abroad and the council chamber was overflowing, and the crowd around the building was so great thnt access was difllcult. When the final words of the meAMtga worn read, saying: "T mut return council bill No. 7 without my approval," a yell w.is raised in the room, which wm caught up outside, and the next moment whistles began to screech, gun werehot. crackers, romnn candles and rocket flrwl and tho excitement of thiscity Iiok never been surpassed, even on the opening day. The scenes on the streets cannot be pic tured, men and boys arc tiring pttol, and a shot gnu brigade just organized ho be gun to tire their guns and make timt-s lively. There is hardly a man in Guthrie who does not have a lot or two. Some who thought the governor would sigu the bill had given their lots to real etaU agitts to sell at any price, but they were hurriedly withdrawn this afternoon. Soon after the veto had been announced a procewon of at least two thousand formed in line and marched to the governor's ranldeore. Here, after repeated cheering and callinK. the governor appeared at a window. H was introduced by E. I'. M-Cab-, who said. "I present to you the saviour of your firesides, George W. Steele." Th governor spoke briefly and said he whs glad to ee them, yet while tbey rejoiced, others vrere c'. ilown; Guthrie wimi not all of Oklahoma, but that he rrns the gov ernor of Oklahoma, ami not of Guthrie. At a late hoar tonight the city i- Mill celebrating, ami bonflraa are Mn oh ail the surrounding bills. hOUSE. The noHe met at 3 p, m., with evojttwi members present Prayer ws offered by toe chaplain. House bill No 85, nrondiax for rafgiaitnt tion and to prevent (mod iu elections con sumed th time of the s9MO. Adjourned. The Democrat hMChanzM kutad. Step son and Dealberage are now editon. THE DfDIANS SIGlflKG. Three Million Acsret f Land to tw Tbrora Opes 19 BeuktoenL SpeU PSngatell to U 0I1t JUtfte. D.VBLWOT'i'C. I. T Oct VI Tk ebfefe aod bead. of the foreouMt Iadiaa ifuatltwt I were gives a fest At tbe res&iooce of tke Hon. torse Bene TMmUr. ThT at toe hall opposite tke Dftrlmptow lw hat. and. after coating to a ipod aaoW- staoiing to th of their Uwla. W gitn .wrmng the trmty at 1 s'dock. Com- miMMoner Jerome mys it ia mt to My that by night fully wil hve ised. It hi a matter of fact that widows, aad women above tke ae of Is, cm fa and are of eqnal iraportaaer. Tbt board of eoaunkv looers are dotag Mne excellent work aad store h"rin to e tb fraiU of tke-ir Uftor. SjevenM of the chirft wanted om. par ts who are here frota th to my to the "Great Patker. President HarrtMMi, when thy went back, that tky aw tkm drill-ax wheat jn like white ptopjr: aad. ia fact tbey wimi ta b wait pr-opfe. and kave nulc ap tktr artad to traal for tke l,0OXt aer ol a iaad, axui apca wide tho sl of etvlUmtloa. A GAM3tR SHOT. Sp nrti t Vbm tmar Kn. Et lUatn. Ok.. Ot. IS la a draakoa qaarrel taa rvaatotv a ymum; foUow mawni Doty, akot a yoaaa; aaaaaVar kaora A -Oaat KM," ra lhe him, a wIS svove fitel FOUND DEAD. Special DUpateb te U Dally Eacte, Kingfisher, Ok., Oct. 13. Yesterday the body of a man by the name of Jim Hasty was found at tho Cimarron bridc where the Rock Island crosses. The sher iff was notified, and in his absenco W. S. Hurt, deputy sheriff, left for tho rccue. Tho body was found and taken to Dover, where an inquest was hold and a verdict brought in that he committed suicide by drowning. He was man about SB yean old, and Jived on a claim nine mllos from this place. He had been in bad health for somo time. When found he bad on his person ?3B. He was a bachelor and well known in this city. A NEW ORDER. WAsniXGTON. OcL 13. An organization Una been perfected hero by the niitno of the "Daughters of the American Revolution. The purpose of the society is to secure aud preserve the historical spots of America aud to orect thereon suitable monument to perpetuate the memories of the horoio deeds of men aril women who aided tho revolntion and rr -?ed constitutional gov ernment in Ani-ricjv Mrs. Benjamin. Harrison hns h-! iectd peeaidnt gen eral of the soeietv rid Mrs. Flora Adams Darling vice prr-itriit general at large, in ebnego of ;he organhMtiou. A list of vice prttstricur aanentl and a Bum bor of otlicer. rTmiiM an advisory board, wns !nt. rd The drst UHder taking by the will be the comple tion of tne mocuu-t-nt to the memory of Mary Washington, mother of Georgo Washington, and every American is asked tosend 111 a contnbiitkm to the treasurer. Mrs. Col. Marshall McDonald, of this eity Besolutlons were Adopted favorine tho passage of the mil introduced iu the house by Keprasontatlve Sher man, of New York, arranging for the marking by the government of the historical spot of too revolution setting apart the 11th of October as the permanent anniversary or meeting day of tho society in commemoration of the dis covery of America, and requesting thnt special building or pac In set M4do in the world's Columbia exposition for the exhioltiou of relit-. mi t nrr nnngs illus trative of the period f th- AiufriuiH revo lution, under the care of the bdy mnnn gei, which exhibit ska.! afterward b brought to this city aud b )Htrmunonily continued hero. CLEARINGS. Tho Business as Evlod by tke (Hairing House. Boston, Mas., Oct I. Tho following table compiled from dispatch front th managers of the leading clearing nunttts of the United Status hIiovvh tiw srows t-x change for tho wetik uuding Oct. 1.4, lsw, with rates iK-rcont of btcrww or jle create, us compared with tlm eornispoud hue week in lsc: CtUe. AmeoaL j It De. New York.. llt Cfckui.li l-lu5ehM.i. St. tyjota Sad Fmacfcsat I'tttMmnr lMttonorr. (lnrtnwul KBHto (It... Mllwaokm. Huffklo New Orlwfw. (tKlVWtOA.... !.otrtU Detroit. !liuiKiens. nHVtrfnwt Demrer OwmIm St. Fiut I'rwrW CotaMlwx. Dalttk IMUWi PartbuMt Ore.. lib hHMMHl IfwtfcMMtpttti.. Fori Worth.... l'ewrfci lUrtfortl. WimhtmfMw.... St Jh MwopW I'nrUfiad. .Mn WorwwT New a. HprtMHtoM Norfoh m iMtkMt iJOtJHl !jES S$ :5 Settle TsiM Sioux l Ity Wtlnttncum. 1W Wichita Hlrnrisfflutaa Ix.wHI Ie Matoe ItHUttttOMm IO. amIm New Bmtfani hitnitum. Kr Tov1"- XwUmU Total OwUM New Trk CLEMENT AT PAR30W8. T'AW!05. Kaa Oct ll-(fWhl Cor respondence. The largnvt atMl moat en thwuAHtic political meeting of tain earn paign aweHi'ied in the opera knt) lat evening to lltn to I'o i G W. Clawent, mayor of Wichita, ar.d Hon J Vf. Stewi, of Kingman, npon the one jcrHHt fswie now before t he people of KaaMM. Mr. Chjment spoke for one hour and a half, aad Mr Sten for one hour, loth oointnamUag th clmeat nttentioH. howlnjf no Um iajurt ounen"Vt of prohibition, both tnornJly anil nnanrially, npoB the UU of Knaaan. The telling fart and ttjrure earetly nx prwed int with the hearty Approval of the larife andienc, and the appbtOMi nm loud and fronnt. Harney Keller had. but Bunday aittbt. under the pretemne of a reiiiou taatimr ac lecture, um&i in xuing the eVr gymra of the aty to fibnaaoa their nrr rice and aasemble their cotigr-ffwtionu 4 tho opra hoojke After Hitting tke bnapat to gether in thi frftuduUat way. Killer am eeeded to open np in a rejruUr potitiral fcrHnsra for Hamphry and proof btdon He cited Wichita ah a "frifthtfal vxamala" of rublUA ami charjtd tho naayor with violHtiax bin oath In uoi wtupraawng the joint M 4 yor CVaieat tard bis attentfo for a i-r moment to thin ebrkwl amat hDk aad literally "Haytd aim attvo." showing np hi BTpoertwy aad hnaiba (pry ha trae color, much to tke apanoiAi of the aitaieae. Tk larar ootor! vote: of tki city to Mrftd for Kotaaaoa. aad ke wfil carry tk conaty. Ninety par oeat of Um Kepobltcaa era for KoMoaon. T a people- ia tkl part of tke atat- want a caoaa. A MEXICAN OWNIOM. WAMirtoTo. Oct W Herretary Mnino ha received an interesting letter from Carlos Erie, a eitlaoa of Mlaknatoa. Kate of OaxacM, Mexico, apoa rodprocay. Mr. Krv wtyh. "A jocrnail't aad aatrrkuit I kave atodled lBMBt very port too of tki roan try. aad I believe I voWw tke aaaeral opin ion ia aaeorlng roo that Mexico dtfi 1 tke greatest poaeible fmedoo in ite oaja j mttrdmi relaUona with tke Lot ted Mae. I bare also traveled la tOe LaKedt Btatea. aad it kaa u'laawd to ate W be entirely clear that tke country aotelit aad rfodreg freedom ia it eoumerefciJ ro tation wttk .aexiro Rom Aavwtesa papers." eonttaaea Mr KrU. "urge tke ofc jectkaat that Mexico eao orodace rverv tkat tke L'niUd rfeata pndoua Tkie li tro. not it would aot jmy kteaaw to pro dace wkat tke L'ait"d tete prudaeea. aw wooid it pay tke I sited Htat-ea to arfftam wkat Xexiro prodoce. It wlJi aseer par a better to bmJu piowt or eoaVua data than to plaat ooZe aad eaae opwr, ad tke r aited Steniee wdl aot Aad raeeer profit ia gtowiac ptoatetioa Ukaa fa Mr ta; wheat. ea of tke two ooaoM-ka i pctai!j well adapted to peodaee wat tke otaer laeaa Tar tatportaao of rodty U, tkorefore. rrtdeaa.' TH PrlA8YTf)IArta Prrnocat.. P.. Oct. U Today eioa of tke Prwifcytartaa rerlekalatu mm devoted to tke eoaaiderwtioa ot tfm wW, arobaaiT ta aaaat uaoortwot eaaptar n tko roafaadoa of taita. lacad ta aAoraooa taat lac aroaJd htjdr adiaara aoa mm waeaaar tae Maort woM be oftn sltiadorsoc ill it gfSlfi Mg3ji it'll -3l::

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