Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

VOL 60 1SU5 AS TO CABINET CHANGES BAPTISTS kill Lanterns MUCH SPECULATION AT THE AND Alone the CONSTABLE JIctEE MCRDERED' RETVKX THANKS MJJVTIOVED MR CO His Many Deuioerutlc Erlends NVonhl REL RtT TWO DAYS OLD DECEMBER ORDINANCE DECEASED NVA a HIS CRISIS IN THE EAST ALL RIENDS SILVER JUDGE LONG ISA LOSER Major rincree Is IJarrd In a I'eeuH Claim AAIRS EIIST ILLIXOIS Square Piano COM JI I Co In about fourteen years from ThL Belief in ree Coinage Expressed by The Case AVIII Probably be Taken tu Al Chance WHITNEY MARVIN MUSIC CO 1 PARISIAN pnrtlnn of the THIS PAPER IS PRINTED WITH CINCINNATI BESTCAKE ON THE MARKET by the Court of Appeals the of pensions coming out victo the probabilities are that the be taken to the Supreme Court to get desirable sears in the senate which was to be the convention halt Michigan State Agents for Chickertng Hallet Davis and other fine pianos Pianos refinished and repaired at moder ate cost is the Store that Rightly New Upright Pianos $125 10 Used Upright 25 Square Pianos $15 to $75 convicted or PERjnir Terms So to $10 cash and $3 to $5 monthly WILL BE HIS WHEN THEIR CORPOR ATE LIE EXPIRES All In first class condition These prices are 50 per cent lower than any other dealer will sell the same quality for ARE XOT SATISIED Wil II THE PORTE'S ATTITIDE HE HAD A HIGHT TO REVIEW ACTS HI PREDECESSORS TO BE VXXT STATE OR AAIRS LEAKS OCT LX THE STOW HULSE DEMAND TOR REOKHS IX AH'IHt MIST be COMPLIED 11TTH IT WHEN HE members of committees on ere rules permanent orirarfixation and I resolutions "In many cases resolutions were adopted upholding the Democratic state central committee in its action calling the I silver convention These resolutions were distributed through the congressional com mittee meetings by representatives of the When the committees The ree Press Co win pay a reward of Ten Dollars (510 Ou) for the arrest and con viction of any one caught stealing The MONEY To Loan InsOr i 1 ane and Bonds ARTHUR HAYES 'Washington June 5 The pension case of udge Charles Long of Michigan which has been before the local courts in one form or another for some time was finally deter mined to day commissioner rious though case will now of the United States About'h year ago Com missioner of Pensions Lochren caused the pension of Judge Long to be reduced from $75 to fiO per month Subsequently the case came before Judge Bradley of the district Supreme Court and he decided in effect that the commissioner of pensions had no author ity to reduce the pension The Court of Ap peals to day reversed that decision holding that a pension is not a vested right except In a very limited sense as shown by the act of December 21 1S93: that the courts cannot interfere in matters of this kind and that the commissioner of pensions had a perfect right to review the aets of his predecessors Massillon June 5 The miners of Mas sillon met in the rain this afternoon and Voted to accept the new scale of 51 cents under protest and at the same time framed a strong appeal to Gov McKinley to send relief They ask for help on the ground that they are now physically weak from long destitution and that at the nw rate they cannot supply themselves with the necessaries of life even with steady work Klass meetings were held elsewhere in the district the scale being rejected at Na varro East Greenville Dalton and Pigeon Run In the southern Ohio field prepara tions are In progress for Immediate re sumption reads: the ordinance was granted ly body to the Detroit railway In a urnvisifin wia feeeien rnrtsi ordinance by which it was ex pre ssl XI EVERETT SAYS THEY WERE RHUHI'ED THE RIGHTS Havana June 5 The government author ities have Information of an expedition from Dauphin island and other places in the bayous of the Mississippi river which is being fitted out with a considerable armed force to aid the rebels here The United tales authorities at Washington and the apanish legation there have been notified are intormed of all the movements of tne expedition and the names of the ships in use They also have their eves on some suspicious movements about Mobile Ala in reply to direct inquiries the acting cap tain general says there is no truth what lar recent reports that Marti Is stille says the corpse of Marti has been Identified beyond the slightest question xo news concerning Maximo Gomez has been received since May 20 the day of the Dos Elds where Marti was killed ana Gomez reported as wounded The act ting captain general says that the reports that Marti is alive are being circulated bv Cubans for the express purpose of keeping up the courage of the people Interested inPdiHon now rendezvousing at Dau phin island dr HENRY LATHROP Jr HAS REMOVED HI3 DENTAL OICE TO Wfll'2 3 4 Chamber of Commerce Tenth loor THE WORST IRED he commanded democrats meet SPRINGIELD MILBURN COrtgrrsslve Druggist si Woodward OSCAR ISCH ER USED A REVOLVER WITH TERRIBLE EECT tlon by a ree Press representative countenance bore the marks of a hard battle and his shirt front and clothing were literally spattered with blood He had been struck on the bridge of the noee and the blow was so se vere that the skin was cut two perpendicular strips The wounds were half an inch in length and were eaping not having been dressed There was also a large lump on the side of his head and both wound be attributed to the boot of McAfee "I was walking along the sidewalk with Mr he said when asked to relate the par ticulars of the affair we were met by McAfee who made a threatening remark of some sort and hardly half a dun words had passed till be had me by the throat I yelled and but nobody came to help me and then he kicked me the harder I said heaven's sake kill me' and his only reply was another kick Of course I had to take my own part I a fighting man and McAfee is twice as big as I 'There bad been some previous yesc Night before last McAfee was having a scuffle with Deputy Sheriff Head at rank place and I was looking on with others We were all making remarks of a joking kind A most remarkable document was pre sented to the common council Tuesday night by the Detroit Railway It came in the shape of a petition and was pierely referred to and then turned over to the committee on streets In It the railway claims an option on the streets of Detroit for the coming thirty years ami practi cally asserts Its rights to a monopoly of the street car business of Detroit after the expiration of the franchises of the Cit izens date The The general ccmralttev which had la charge the Memorial Day exercises returns thank to ail who partici paled in the functions and contrib uted in any way to its success decoration committee has rc ported that gifts of flowers were received in abundance from eity schools Sabbath and other schools that from two Sabbath schools and one city school were received in cash for the purpose of making purchases aggregating the sum of is 41 from GoL Green $11 used in the pur chase of a vase for the A lot Woodmere order from the ladies of the air banks Tor stone and stone foundation for the above vase $5 a from Comrade William2 express samv to lot lz from Comrade Heap Dean painting vase in lot Elm wood cemetery fl 5o Memorial Day in the future will probable be divided into two parts the memorial services being held in the morning and the parade in the afternoon or vice versa Maj Jaeklin sug gests having the parade in the morning and sending a special Invitation to an the civic or ganizations to i artlcipate Alalmmn Xegro Lynched Birmingham Ala Junp Near Stras burg Ala Monday night Jim Powell col ored entered the room of Mary Bussey aged 15 daughter of a prominent far mer and attempted to assault her She screamed for help Her father came but the negro escaped A posse was hastily organized and gave chase capturing Pow ell near Calera last evening He was tak en back to Strasburg and identified The fosse then left with him ostensibly for the countv jail at Clinton but Powell's body was found this morning hanging to a tree a mile from Strasburg THE DETROIT RAD JL4KE TO THE STREETS ff Lace Curtains to look like new 22 Gratiot Axe Ako 151 Shelby St TELEPHONE 32tv At prices right we have the risht line ot Piano? and busy are from morn till nlpht with customers who rightly Judge values Pnt this down for a fact no matter how low the quoted prices you will be sure to get satisfac tory and entirely reliable goods petition the time vour xumorwoie December ir in 1 stipulated as a consideration for the concessions made by the grantn that all future fine in the city of Detroit required by the citizen for the convenience of public traffic should be laid out and constructed by the Detroit railway The Inducement for the concession of the lowest rate of fare known in street railway traffic including universal transfers was tn consideration of this privilege petitioners have in good faith lived up to the terms of the original ordinance and are ready and willing to meet any demand of the public for additional street railway facilities The old street railway lines were then in exist ence and it was certainly understood that their franchise and privileges should not be extended and while we do not object and sincerely hpe that their lines may be equipped with electricity we must respectfully urge that additional privi leges should not be granted to the old com panies in disregard at the contract entered latn by the Detroit railway "We have been requested by the property bold er on Seventh and Lincoln streets and Hamilton boulevard to construct lines thereon and have repeatedly urged for the benefit of the traveling public suitable and adequate terminal facilities in the heart of the city for the travHng public would therefore respectfully petition your honorable body that a supplementary ordinance be granted to the Detroit railway upon Seventh street and Hamilton boulevard with suitable straddle tracks upon street tn the heart ot th city necessary to reach the ferries and depots and the right to occupy tire linee now owned by the other street railway companies upon such streets occupied by them when the franchises upon sueh streets shall expire giving thereby a three rent fare universal transfers and adequate street ear facilities for the entire city of De troit fSlmed) DETROIT RAILWAY Uail BAKERIES a morbid the mur that they When the facts became sentiment prevailed and SIGN MARKERS or Window and Show Card Wort DETROIT RUBBER STAMP CO council and may create a row to which the ones that have occurred up to date will be mere unpleasant breezes It was thought at the tune the bill requiring the consent of property owners before tracks were laid In a street was in the hands of the legislature that it was de bjr ibe Co to keep the Detroit Railway off Woodward avenue the ball in gala attire with bunting and flags in profusion The galleries filled rapidly Many members of the legislature were dele gates and occupied places with their delega tions wnet iv IT Hinrichsen chairman cf tne Democrat tv state central committee walked up on the stage there was land cheering which continued for some minutes After it iiad sub sided Mr Hinrichsen said Rev Tay lor wculd lead In prayer At the conclusion of the prayer Mr Hinrichsen adcressed tne dele gates says Henry Wise of Terre Haute not go into the next Demo cratic national convention with either a whole or divided delegation in favor of the nomination of one of her sons to the pres idency This will be rather unusual for Indiana Every four years for a long time past we have gone to national conventions singing the praises of one of our people but In 1S9C we will split up for' a half dozen men from other states Some will vote for Morrison others for Whitney or Gorman while a few will cling to Cleve land whether he is out for a renomina tlon or not Gov Matthews is not known over the borders of the state and we cer tainly would not ask for the nomination of a man who could not command out side strength Gov Matthews is a good Democrat an excellent gentleman person ally and all that but he is not presiden tial "What is the sentiment in Indiana regarding the next nominee of the Democratic he was asked a popular vote XVilliam Whitney would carry the Alfred 'Merritt Waut John Rock efeller to ield up 000' Duluxh Minn June The big struggle in which Alfred Merritt hopes to make John Rockefeller disgorge $12500Uu Is now on the jury "having been secured at noon At the opening of court this after noon Henry Harris began the opening argument for the plaintiff He gave a statement of the allegations in the com plaint and described the consolidation of the mining and railroad interests of the range into one great company He told of negotiations of the Merritts with Wetmore Gates and Rockefeller Lon Merritt would testify on the stand of his interview with Rockefeller the only one the Merritts ever had and of the latrer's proposal to ward getting In on the range Lon Merritt would testify that Rockefeller said Gates would represent him in his deals Mr Har ris then described how the Rockefeller Penokee and Gogebic Spanish American and other Interests were brought into the consolidation and of the subsequent bank ruptcy of the company His address con sumed something more than an hour HON EDWIN UHL MAY RECEIVE STATE REPRESENTED BY URGE DELEGA1 IUJ Washington June 5 Mrs Cleveland and her two children accompanied by Mrs Ol ney and her daughter left Washington at 7dX) this morning on the 'Colonia express for her summer home at Gray Ga bles on Buzzard Bay Mass At Providence Mrs Cleveland wifi take another train to Buzzards Bay while Mrs Olney will go on to almouth Everyone likes the best "Pro the best five ctu: cigar THE TWO MEN MET OX THE STREET AXD OUGHT IT ULT Evnngellet Hii eII Sentenced to Tltree Yen In the I'cnileuiiarj Baltimore June 5 Judge Dennis to day sentenced William Russell an evangelist from Savannah to three years in the peni tentiary for perjury Russell was tried in the criminal court on April 16 on a charge of bigamy preferred by Ida Hugel It was claimed that Russell had been married in Savannah Ga on the 50th of August 1S34 to Mary Hall Russell swore that he had never seen Mary Hall before the day of the trial and that he had never been in Savan nah but once in his life and then only to pass through the city He was Indicted by the grand jury for perjury The Rev Nesbit pastor of the Second Presbyterian church in Savannah swore that he had married Russell and Mary Hall on the even ing of that date in his church after a Christian Endeavor meeting He did not approve of Russell at the time and at tempted to dissuade Miss Hall from marry ing him Decatur Hl June 5 The National Ger man Baptist conference to day recognized the sewing society as legitimate in church work It is contrary to church usage for members to use the courts but it was de cided that they could petition for public improvements by special assessment The an(l tract committee reported received and £462 expended in mts or 12934 received and $2 exJnll in tract work Ipwas ruled that churches could raise money by col lections It was ordered that the law against members having likenesses of tne ipselves or others must be enforced aeainst jnembers who are authors or pub lishers It was ruled that no member can be a government gauger in a distillery or rent rooms to or otherwise countenance 5TSret scietles Magic lantern exhibitions were decided to be contrary to church law renert of the murder the streets were filled with who seemed ready to harts: many going so far a to say get a roie a different The claim set up In the petition is the more remarkable because It Is one of the claim by the company and one of the things that brought down Mayor wrath' on that company as expressed In his veto mejwnge to the common council That the claim is founded on rights granted in the ordinance of the Detroit Railway for franchises approved December 4 1144 Is shown by a perusal of eectlcr Ifi of the ordinance It Is a long section and several para graphs are required to make a grant of the op tion to the streets The salient portion of the ordinance making the grant reads: said grantees (Detroit Railway) their associate sue cessors and aeaigna are also hereby authorised to construct maintain and operate railway lines on such other streets avenues and public places and upon such other route or routes as the com mon council of the city of Detroit or other prop er municipal authority may designate said grantees having the first right to construct said additional lines or routes provided they shall signify their xccejtanc of aid route or routes in writing filed with the city clerk of the city of Detroit within thirty days after the same have been lawfully designated by the proper municipal authority and due notice thereof given to said grantees their associates succes sors or The paragraph goes on to state that an exception is made in favor of the Wayne Belle Isle road and no right or option is given the Detroit Railway to operate street railways on streets now occupied by or hereafter granted tor lines of the NVayne A Belle Isle Railway Co In the petition It is set forth that the option on the street was grantej as a concession for 3 cent fares It Is also stated in another portion of the ordinance that the low fares were granted as a concession because the city paid for street paving between the tracks and because the De troit Railway was relieved ot the specific tax on its earning John Corliss and Charles lowers confidential advisers of Mayor Pingree drew up the ordinance of the Detroit Railway The Citizens' company likewise claim the op tion to the at reels of Detroit for street car pur poses by virtue of a paragraph in their ordi nance for existing franchises A soon as the Detroit Railway began laying tracks an injunc tion restraining them from so doing was asked for by the company but the Wajme Circuit Court declared such an opthm was con trary to' public policy and refused the permanent injunction The matter is now before the Su preme Court Manager Everett was asked wbat the Detroit Railway intended by its petition to the council He replied that the company be represent makes grant in tne it was worth that no court Some weeks ago the statistician of the department of Agriculture I eery A Rob inson wrote to eight different county clerks in as many different states and asked them to forward to the department the names of two persons in each township of their counties who they thought would be competent to serve ks statistical agents for the department The replies from these states and the persons mentioned by them were so favorable? that the same request was extended to the clerks of 1200 coun ties NVithln the past five days over 500 re sponded and the work of enlisting these agents is going on The duties of these township agents will be tbe Same as the county agents This it Is expected will give much more reliable and accurate fig ures on the visible food supplies than are now attainable Mr Robinson is also try ing to interest all the millers in the country in furnishing the department statistics and also the employment ot all the thrashers as agents for the department Louisville Ky June The Republican state convention met at to day at the Auditorium Hon NV Yerkes one ot the candidates for senator as chairman of the state committee xnahe a strong speech on the existing conditions in Kentucky and introduced as temporary chairman Judge George Denny who is con testing with Col Owens the seat of Breckinridge in congress After Judge Den ny's speech the usual committees were ap pointed Walter Evans offered a strong resolution for a gold standard It was re ferred to the committee on resolutions An Invitation to' appoint delegates to the free coinage convention at Memphis was tabled Ccngressman Evans was made permanent chairman and Samuel Roberts editor of th" Kentucky Leader secretary State Chairman Yerkes presented the name of Col NV Bradley for the nomin ation for governor The nomination was made by acclamation The platform de mands protection for every American in terest protection for the producer protec tion for the manufacturer protection for the laboring man and protection for the currency it denounces the heresy of the free unlimited and independent coinage of silver and it will protect th" people from the dishonor of repudiation It repeats now that every dollar shall Ae of equal value with every other dollar and that every promise to pay a dollar shall be as sacred as a soldier's grave and worth I'M cents wherever flies the flag It favors the use of gold and silver of equal purchasing and equal debt paying power and will preserve for every son of toil the same dol lar that is held by the rich and the million aire in the land Col Bradley tn accepting the nomination said: heartily sympath ize with the Intelligent business men of the Democratic party who agree with us on this question and ask them to stand by and help us in an honest effort to preserve the I frequent applause I desest attention The committee on resolution named include Keenan Richard Michaelis and 1 anhart of Chicago: Attorney General Maloney the famous Pullman labor commission er Worthington of Peoria and ex Vnit ed State Land Commissioner A Sparks Thomas McNeeley of Menard county moved that all resolutions of political naxure which are to be offered here be referred to the com mittee on resolutions without beln read Thomas Merritt created considerable excite ment by opposing this method and characterized it as gag rule The convention was called for the purpose of considering a great question and he was opposed to all gag method Amid much cheering Mr Agnew of Cook succeeded in having Judge Miller of Cook add ed to the committee on resolutions and State Senator Mahoney did a like service for Hon A Hunter Several attempts to take a recess were voted down inally on motion cf Ma honey adjournment was taken until 2 Constantinople June 5 In a dispute here to day between a Turkish officer and the officers of a rench steamer regarding bag gage the former drew his sword and wounded one of the rench officers The Turkish official was arrested The rench embassy promptly demanded satisfaction from the Turkish government and the lat ter agreed that the Turk should be tried by rench law Springfield IlL June With every train that came into Springfield to day came large delegations of delegates to the Dem ocratic state convention Tne fear of lead ers last night that the attendance would I be small were allayed More eople came than anyone had expected and to day the streets were thronged with silverites from all parts of the state Blue badges bear I irg the inscription: Silver 16 to fluttered from the lapels of coats of in comers and many delegations carried ban ners proclaiming their belief in fr" coin age of silver on a basis of IS to 1 of gold I During the morning ghe different congres "turu cv xzxinLr uu xJN tr ruoAi QcH a they perceived McAfee coming tow ard fcional delegations held sessions the rooms them As tbe latter passed the store of i of the capitol building for 'the purpose cf jonn ocott a a rue gist ne spoke to mm 1 selecting and had a determined look on his face i The men met about half way between i unase and Moore streets and McAfee passed some uncomplimentary remark about ischer was retorted to by ischer and after a few hasty words the men clinched and were soon rolling on the ground Ben Glidden who was passing at the time pulled them apart but in a few mxxiuies lue men were ac axam vjira den again tried to separate them and while central committee he was endeavoring to do so McAfee cried concluded their work a stampede was made out tnat it ne uiu uui leave mem aione ne would fix bim too Glidden however man aged to again get them apart McAfee made another attempt to get at ischer when the latter stepped back and drawing a revolver from his hip pocket fired When he was hit ith the bullet Mc Afee threw up his hands and with a pierc ing shriek fell to the sidewalk He lay there for about five minutes when a party from the crowd that had collected carried him to his home where he expired a few minutes later While lying on the ground where he fell the murdered man suffered the most intense agony and was continually calling for his wife and chil dren McAfee lived in a little one story frame house directly in front of the Michigan Central railroad tracks After being car ried home Dr Carey was notified and at once hurried to the house but before he arrived the man was dead Dr red Clippert was also notified and the two doc tors held a post mortem examination on the remains Justice Moodie of Spring wells was also notified and at once im paneled a jury and set the inquest for Sat urday afternoon The doctors made a care ful search for the bullet but did not suc ceed in locating it until after 11 The ball entered the body between the third and fourth ribs passed through the tipper portions of both lungs and was found between the fourth and fifth ribs in his back After shooting McAfee tbe murderer walked over to the Solvay House which is run by Secord who was his companion at the time of the trouble As he passed the drug store of John Scott the latter asked him what was the trouble and he replied that he did not intend to be pounded to pieces and that he had shot McAfee in self defense He remained at the Solvay House for a short time when Constable 11 Read who had been notified arrested bim He made no resistance and was taken before Justice A Kurth where a warrant was sworn out for aasauit and battery At this time it was not known how seriously the McAfee man had been injured but the complaint was changed to murder ischer was then taken to jail McAfee was elected constable of Springwells at the spring elections but failed to qualify Tuesday however be was elected constable by tbe township board qualified and was sworn in He was about 35 yearot are heavily built and weighed about 170 pounds He was married and leaves a wife and two small children in straitened circumstances vv hen the beard crowd derer would known manv favorable things were said in ischer's behalf As stated above the murdered man was a butcher by trade but lately has been working for the firm of Carkin Stickney Cram drain age company The only actual eye witnesses to the shooting are said to be Ben Glidden John Nordstrum and the man cecord None of them would give any particulars about the affair and all made efforts to have the facts suppressed Charles ischer the murderer's brother also re fused to say anything about the case The ball which ended McAfee's life was fired front a ri ce liber revolver Constable Read has tbe re volver in his possession and took it from ischer when arrested Oscar ischer is a young man of 27 single and lives with his father and mother who have been residents of Delray for the past twelve years He is a brother of Supervisor ischer cf Sprincwells Hl weight is 152 pounds and be Is 5 feet inches In bight He bas a frank open countenance blue eyes and light hair and nothing In bls make up evinces malice or malevo lence On his arrival at the jail he was placed PRICE: THREE CENTS Washington June 5 The mat ter of the secretaryship of state being con sidered practically settled ti attention of the gossips is directed to the new attor ney general The Michigan men who were mentioned for the secretaryship do not es cape discussion for tbe department of jus tice There are however no reasons for believing that Mr Dickinson would accept the attorney generalship and Mr Uhl is considered too valuable in his present posi tion to be ransf erred to another department Many friends of the latter gentleman are very anxious to see him advanced and the papers all speak very kindly of him The Star says: "All sorts of speculation is afloat In regard to cabinet changes One la that Acting Secretary Uhl is to be made attor ney general Another rumor promotes Solic itor Genera! Conrad to the head of the de partment of justice and Mr solicitor general Mr Uhl Is known to prefer a legal office and was a candidate for the solicitor generalship when he wa appointed as as sistant secretary of state There Is good reason for the belief however that unless Mr Uhl gets a cabinet position tie will re main where he The News says: "There continue to be suggestions that Acting Secretary UhL of the state department with whom th" presi dent was brought Into close relations during the Illness of Mr Gresham and who took Mr place at the cabinet councils during the Illness nay receive pro motion to a cabinet officer Mr Uhl was a leading member of the Michigan bar be fore his selection as assistant secretary ot state" There Is also a great deal of talk of the possible appointment of Senator George Gray of Delaware Mr Gray would hard ly be willing to rive up what he now jjos sesses for a term of two years as a mem ber of the cabinvt Th senators has four more years of his present term in the sen ate to his credit It is said by those in timate with Senator Gray that a far more Important reason restrains him He is looked upon as the next associate justice of i he Supreme Court and it is thought that the president would promptly desig nate him for that place in the event con gress should lass the bill authorizing the retirement of Justice Jackson or should that justice voluntarily resigfi LOCH REX CUltEi OUT VlCTOKIOl the claim under tbe ordinance but he did not believe I the paper It wsa written on and would sustain it the court should sustain the ordinance in curation would it not give your company a practical monopoly ot the streets?" but it would be at three cmt fares" Why was the paragraph Inserted in the ordi "1 suppose because it was In the citizens com pany ordinance and designed to give us as fair a chance as the not the paragraph in your ordinance have an effect to prejudice your interests In the Injunction suit now pending in the Supreme Court T' at all Our ordinance on the subject is worded entirety differently a promise made to you ot the franchises of the Citizens' company they expire in fourteen it waa represented to us that we were to have them No one supposed that we In tend'd to expend glAuOOUO in building street car fines on a lot of back streets without get ting the streets down town That would have been foolishness on cur part" Albert Pack secretary and treasurer of the company Insinuated that the petition in which tbe claim of the option wa made was sent to tbe council for the little effect it might have in tbe Seventh street matter for which street both companies are applicants Mayor Pingree read the petition for the first time when It was shown to him ysoterday after noon He said like the rest that he did not believe the grant of th" option would hold in law and that he supposed it was Pt the ordinance becastse It was in the compa ny ordinance He never knew though that any promise of the franchise of the Citizen com pany in fourteen years bad been made to the Detroit Railway rancis A Blades deputy city controller beard Mayor Pingree's statement and supplemented it with one of bls own lie said at the time the ordinance was given tbe Detroit PaHwgy it understood could hav anything they wanted The common council might have promised to use its endeavors tn securing sueh franchises to the Detroit Rail way at that time providing they had any In fluence on public affairs fourteen years from TK'ni" Straddle trade on Woodward avenue ask ed bv the Detroit Railway in the petition will wr the blc bones of coaieauoa Ln tne DETROIT MECITTCrAX THURSDAY Kansas City Mo June 5 School teach ers professing the Catholic religion have ben barred out of the public schools of Kansas City Ks far the next term at least The board of education of that city lost mhtt after a lengrthy meeting in ap pointing teachers for the fall term refused to give a place to a single Catholic The board Is with one exception composed of Protestants Drink Koppltz Melchers Brewing Com a Pate Select bottled beer The best the market Call up 410 for a case or order from your grocer mil tees time to meet and formulate their reports The committee appointed to select four 3ele yates at large to sa national silver convention met during the recess John of Chicago and secretary of State Hin richsen were elected by acclamation Some dis cussion followed concerning other nominations made inally Hon George B' ithian of Jas pr county and Gen Iewis of Clay county were elected by acclamation John Warner of Peoria John Watson of Knox coun ty Gen Alfred Orendorff of Sangamon and Whitnell of Johnson county were chosen al ternates When the convention reassembled the report of the committee on credentials was received and adopted The committee on permanent jt gnni ration elicited vigorous applause by naming as permanent chairman Judge icCcnnell of Chicago the COURT or AI'PEIL4 DECIDES AGAINST HIM The measures referred to were quite re cently taken under severe pressure from the powers and at the instance of the Turkish International councils of health for the pur pose of cleansing the holy places frequented annually by so many thousands of pilgrims These sanitary Improvements began In April last at Jiddan and at other towns of the Hejaz or pilgrim district of Arabia and they include the building of hospitals the frequent disinfection of the places resorted to by pilgrims the selection by the health officers of the camping places furnishing wholesome supplies of water and provisions and general sanitary supervision over the pilgrims To this new order of things the latter have been strongly objecting looking upon it as an unwarranted interference'upon the part of Europeans in their religious cus toms and it is feared that the so called holy men are exciting the pilgrims against the Europeans lelleving that their old time privileges and profits will be swept away if the march of sanitarium is not stopped The envoys of Great Britain Russia and rance in this city are awaiting instructions from their governments in regard to the sit uation of affairs at Jiddah as well as re garding the refusal of the Turkish govern ment as exclusively cabled to the Asso ciated Press yesterday afternoon to agree to the reforms in Armenia which have been proposed by the powers In this connection the situation of affairs Is iichanged The porte's reply however is regarded as a momentary success for the military party On the other hand the policy of Turkey in this matter Is criticized by the Ottoman statesmen who regard the action as disastrous to Turkey London June 5 There was much excite ment in London and at the foreign office yesterday evening on the receipt of the official dispatches confirming the exclusive dispatches of the Associated Press from Constantinople announcing that the Turk ish government had refused to agree to the reforms in Armenia which were de manded by tbe representative of Great Britain rance and Russia All the foreign office officials including the secretary of state for foreign affairs the earl of Kimber ley were at their posts last night and have assembled again at the foreign office to day There is a strong belief 1n well in formed circles here that the reply of the porte was purposely drafted in unfavorable terms in order to gain time The sultan is invisible during tbe Balram one of the two great Mahometan festivals of the year which is now being observed Consequent ly the powers It is asserted here win ad dress a stronger note to the porte and in addition back this up by a naval demon stration Th" crisis In the east is alreadv regarded on all sides as being grave and this feeling is Intensified by the news from Constantinople to day telling of the panic at Jiddah the threatened attack of the Bedouins and th" flight of the Europeans who are seeking safety on board the ves sels in the harbor It is freely predicted here that an outbreak is inevitable There Is no question of the lowers abating their demands in any form although there is a growing belief that Russia is backing Tur key tn the latter's" refusal to agree to th" reforms demanded by the powers for Ar menia Th" full text of the demands of the powers will published here to day it makes over words and the main points of it have already been cabled The note of the powers in this connection makes twelve distinct suggestions or demands in regard to Armenian reforms as follows: 1 The eventual reduction of the number of vilayets: 2 guarantees for the selec tion of vails or governors: 3 amnesty for Armenian political prisoners 4 return of Armenian exiles to their homes 5 final settlement for common law crimes 6 the Inspection of prisons: 7 the appointment of a high commission to supervise the re forms creation of a permanent commit tee of control at Constantinople: 4) indem nity to tbe Sassoun and other victims of the recent massacres: 10 regulation of re ligious conversions 11 maintenance of the rights and privileges 12 po sition of the Armenians in other vilayets of Asiatic Turkey to be regulated on the same basis "In everybodj mouth" "Pro the new flve cent cigar A shooting affray occurred between Chase and Moore streets on River road Delray last night as the result of which Con stable Hugh McAfee now lies dead at his home and the murderer Oscar ischer is lodged in the county jaiL The deed was committed about 7 o'clock and is the direct outcome of some trouble between the two men last Monday night ischer is one of the firm of ischer Bros glue manufac turers and has borne a good reputation McAfee was a butcher by trad" was gen erally of a quiet disposition but at times inclined to be very quarrelsome The direct cause of the murder was due to a dispute in which McAfee was one of the principal actors at rank saloon on NVest End avenue Last Monday night McAfee entered the saloon and after a few words with Hall pulled off his coat and started to whip the latter At this demon stration of hostilities ischer who was in th" saloon and who is a particular friend ot Hall's interfered A tussle ensued and McAfee was given a thrashing He left the saloon vowing vengeance it is claimed on ischer and during the past two days was frequently hear' to say he would isch er up on a a uiu HUt lllffVl til last night ischer and a man named Secord were walking up River road when I Constantinople June Advices from Id Jali Arabia the seaport of Mecca and the scene of the recent muderous assault on the consular officers of Great Britain Russia and rance anonunce that a jjanlc prevails there and that it is feared the Bedouins will attack the town The latter are held responsible for the attack upon the consuls which resulted in the death of the British vice consul and a number of them wre arrested in oonsequenc This has caused an angry feeling among tbeRe doulns who demand the release of those ap prehended and threaten to use force if their demand is not complied with The situation is so serious that the Europeans of Jiddah are hastily seeking refuge on board the' merchant vessels in the harbor taking with them all they possibly can of their belong ings It is also stated in the advices from Jiddah that the arrival thereof the British Mediterranean squadron numbering seven teen warships of various classes Is anx iously expected even by the Turkish author ities as the garrison is very weak in ad dition to the arrest of those supposed to have been connected with tne assaults noon the foreign consuls Bedouin animosity has been aroused by the quarantine measures which the Turkish government has been compelled to take at Mecca at the instance of the powers to prevent the introduc tion pf cholera in northern ports by the re turn of infected pilgrims from Mecca In fact it Is believed that these sanitary meas ures were the real cause of the attack upon the consuls and I said That's right ffiie It to him' Axee retorted I'll yes I have no fighting quality In me and shot him in s4r dii you eo after the I went down the street about a block and washiDvr the blood off my face when Eeputy Sheriff Read came in and I told him I ruing to give myself up was called upon to address the convention appearance was the signal Tor tremen dous applause His speech was facetious and cutting and occasioned atmont continuous ap plause the delegates throwing their hats in the air said that this was the most democrat ic audience he had seen in a lone time No party is tit to be a factor in politics which has no opinion on every public question He said there were men in the party who wanted the party to straddle a question Me said that there was a time wjien Cleveland had to face th4 ques tion of turning either to the plutocracy or the democracy and said had he been a Jackson or a Jefferson he would have turned to the oimmcn people and there would be no need of your con vention here to day to repudiate republican prin ciples Applause) If he had not faltered th Democracy would have continued in power for years to come No man who 1 in fa ver cf the gold standard can talk bimetallism and be hon est If the double standard Is rifrtt then mono metallism Is a crime against society (Applause You had just as well have an English general at the head of our army an English admiral at the head of our navy as an English bank at the head of the treasury department When Mr Bryan nad concluded Judge Hunter spoke and then Gov AltgeM spoke at some leng th Gov Altgeld was followed by Mr Michaelis of Chicaso and Gen John A of Sprinetieid Then the committee on resolutions reported Chairman ithian reading the following resolu tions: Whereas Silver and gold have been the prin cipal money metals of the world for thousands ot years and silver money is recognised and used as honest money between individuals and be tween nations notwithstanding the varying ratio between silver and gold and Whereas Tbe demontizatkm of silver has de prived the people of tbe free and benefit of an invaluable and original money metal and has increased debts and added to the burdens of the people by lo ering the value ot labor and labor oducts and Whereas The constitution of the Vnited Continued on fare our Wild Howers of India Moat Oellrbtfni and sscfnatfsr rt all LOWER PERUMES $75 3 MlrvChase Great Sale 1 Turnovers ilby the AM SGHWANKOVSK insic Bouse 233 240 waodiTl.