Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 11, 1886, Page 1

» SIXTEENTH YEAR. THE OMAHA DaiLy BEE "OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11. 1S3, MORE OPINIONS 0N QUAKES. The Charleston Disaster Discussed in Relation to 1ts Connection With Eruptions -Science in the Dark, | Volcani Fngl'sh Savants Interviewed. Loxbos 10.—[New York ller Chble—S 10 the BEr.)—British savants nd has been shaken by an earthquake that they are forced to depend on more fortunate foreign- ers for facts upon which to base theories Although thus redu; in- ed to the position ¢ utmost interest mani- terpreter, 1 fo fested in scientific circles in the period of earth tremors through which our globe is | nOW niss Prof. Kudd, president of the well recog- | pertaining to British Ge: nized auth on all matters earth mov I visited him to-day in | his study at the South Kensington sehool of | science. While waiting for the students to | gather in the lecture room we talked over the recent eartnquake. He said: “Periods of exceptional volcanic activity oceur oceasion ally and last from two to twenty years, I'he present period has already lasted six years. | No science is yet able to predict the oceur- | rance or duration of such periods, much less | the places where the substerranean forces | will show themselves at the surfa The | tact is that it is extremely difficult to trace | the relations borne to each other by earth | tremors near tozether as re:urds time, but widely separated in & TIE CAARLESTON SHAKE, t The Alaskan voleano eruption, for instance, ean hardly be considered as_connected with the Chiarleston earthquake. The sides of vault or earth split, over which Char ton is situated, ably been in slow motion for many vears. Suddenly something mo- memtarily interrupted the motion and the result is that Charleston is shaken. A slip of u few inches would amply account for all the damage done, and a vertical slip of ten feet would be so inconceivably destructive that nothing heretofore known will serve for comparison. 1t may be several thousand years before Charleston bas another violent parth slip, but even it it comes it will be along the line of weakness defined by the past earthquake. Sen waves are caused by earthquakes under the sea, hence Charleston need scarcely fear a destructive sea wave. | So far as it is known, all the future tremors | in that region are likely to occur under land. | Cyclones may be the canse, but pever the | effect of earth movements, Suppose a por- tion of the earth’s surface to be precisely in equilibrium. Then comes a cycione, sud- denly removing millions of tons of press off the ere here. The cvclone ma thus mechanically pull the trigeer, which lets off some frightiul conyulsions We expect great results from the investi tions of Ameriean astronomers. S0 ye Charleston will not have been nothing.” A NTW At tle col Julius Van Has New Zealand university and a leading scien- tific man in that y¥. In answer to a question as to the relations of the New Zea- land carthquake 1o the rest of the globe, he said “Certainly America hus a double interest in our voleanic eruption—tirst, through the Charleston calamity; second, because you are zoing to have soon a precisely similar outbreak in Yellowstone park. Soon, that is, geologically speaking. But 1t will hardly pay the Herald to keep a special correspon- dent on the snot, as the Yellowstone geysers may not turn into voleanoes for ten thousand years yet. Our New Zealand quake was purely local and had no connection with other earthquakes across the ocean. We had bot gevsers near a large lake The rock below was trachyte, of which 70 per cent was silicia. The steam gradually ate away this silicia, leaving great caverns below the lake. Suddenly the lake bottom dropped out, let- ting the mass of water into the heated cavity which fed the geysers. Of course explosions followed. We now have three mud voleanoes instead of our geysers and lakes. 18 is all quite simple. Hochstetter, the Austrian geologist, when he saw the geysers, predicted to me the whole of what has happened. Poor fellow! Before it oceurrrd he died and 1 was in England.” AN AUTHORITY INTERVIEWED, In auswer 1o a telegram requesting an in- terview with Archibald Geakie, director of the Brithish geological survey, he met me at the Surrey museum, in Jermyn street. Although one of the greatest living authorities in such matiers, he declareds “The more 1 study the less 1 know abo sacr ZEALANDER'S OP) al exhibition 1 NTON. found Sir , nrofessor of geolozy in the col¢ enrthquakes. As yet. they are totally unex- plainuble. Until someone knows the cause of the carth’s motions, an earthquake bureau to predict such bsolutel mities is 1upossi- ble. At present, seience has hardly taken the first stops toward the discovery of the origin, The s ecording instrume now being established at various points will give the facts and aid to classify the different Kinds of tremors. This done, it may be pos- sible to start inve ion into the causes leading to eithquakes. The various recent earthguakes and voleanic eruptions may re- sult from the same cause, but not be uiher- wise connected with each other. Even this is uncertain. The ¢ ston eartbquake was probably the result of the vast move ment which in the past elevated the Ameri can continent. 1t isa sart of growing plain, for you know that the coutinent is still grow- fvg. The Charleston earthguake shows nothing the Tuture. It wny have a ninnber of destructive earthquakes or it may not bave another for years. We do not even kuow that the recent earth phenomens will advance our knowlodge of such matters. You s0e how Ignorant science is regaring earth- quukes, Any half-educated man will give you muny facts and theories on such mitters. For my part, T hardly know where to lay wy band on a single fact regarding earthguakes,” | A NON-COMMITTAL SCIENTIST, Prot. J. R. Hind, director of the DBrithsh Nautical Almanac, willingly stopped Lis watheuutical work for a few wmin euss with e the astronomical side o i present oarihquake, but was indisposed 1o | commit bimselfl to any theory, as be Las been o closely onwark at the alwunac 1o investi- ] gate the present phenomenn. He expiassed | S0ie surprise that British astronomers were ! { i | | about tes to dis- the [ ashed to speuk concerning u science in whick the Awericans are, under the leadershipy of b men us Newcomb, Wi passing evers obe, Concerning Ihe woou's supposed IBHuence feit ou the production of earihguakes, nusble Lo speak, but thought that the relstl baiween (he pasilions 0f the plaucis and sun apots bad boen fairly well established. No sitempl bas yot heer made Lo exiend tiis heory W the onith's Volcanic pleloueun. THE LATEST THEOKY. AL e rooms of the goelagical survey In Jeomine street | found W. Tapley, presi- dent of e associstion. Taploy's | papai ob tuo carthquake, rend be- J - -~ t. We have one such district which had many tremors of Seotland is almost free n . 1t would be rash herefore, to SRV ere W be 1 further shaking at Charleston. On the contrary, earthquakes | show a marked tendency to oceur nlong such vaults rather than | fresh distriets. It is impossible to tell whether the eycle of great - voleanic activity whic b is now f idg has od of areatest violence. ASTRONOMICALLY CONSIDERED. At the Greenwich royal observatory 1 falled to find the astronomer, Reile, who is off on his vacation. Agsistant Criswick said “We do not know that there is anv con tion between atmospheric, astronomical and voleanic phenomena. 1t seems so improbu that we are not investicating the theories Yes, De La itue did, 1 b mpt 0 show some relation between position of the mewhat resembl i eruptions. 1t De La | correct, there- fore, there may be a similar relation between the moon or the planets and the earth’s vol- canoes. But certainly it is not yet recog- nized as true, No one has yet traced any connection between the weather and earth quakes. You ask about our recent extraor dinary hot weather. Well, there may be some counection between it and the recent earthquakes, 1 certainly am not avle to trace OTHER OPINIONE, Charles Harding. of the Royal Meteorolog- jeal society, near Westminister Abt thought atmospherie conditions were in no way related to volcanic phenomena. It is true the sea waves originated by the Krakatoa eruption, were alleged to have been recorded us having passed three times around the earth, but this is werely of scientitic inte est, as nodamage was done in their passag The recent hot weather in London is th warmest for this season registered since the but this ks no possible con- enrthquakes. Voleanoes cau local thunder showers, but never affect tl weathier over large areas, and never cause yelones.” William ne: he Murriott, secretary of Royal Meteorologieal society, was greatly amused at the idea that any one should th earthguakes or voleanoes were responsible for the recent warm weather. He saic History shows no general upsetting of Jospheric conditions during earthquakes There ure no relations between atmospheric conditions and the volcanic condition, These savavts, as 1 found, had a very high idea of the value of American scientitic work. Seve said to me: “‘America is fast becoming R more important scientific centre than either England, Germany or France.?’ AN EVENTS. Jailed —Scientific Socie- ties Organized. BrnLIN, Oct pecial Cablegram to the Beg. |—The Straubing tribunal has sent Herr Renner, editor of the Danube Mes- senger, to prison for two months for publich- ing an offensive articie against the Bavarian ministry. 1n both cases the criticism never passed beyond charging the ministers with clinging to power at the risk of the country and erown. AN ANATOMICAL ASSOCIATION. As a result of the recent meeting of Ger- man scientists in Berlin, an anatomical so- ciety has been founded. Professors Koel- licker of Wurzberg, Gegenbaur of Heidel- berg, Hile of Leipsic, and Waldeyer of Be: lin, bave been elected presidents of the new body, and Herr Bardleben, of Pena, has been appoluted secreta BIG TURNFEST. It has been decided to hold the next Turn- ers’ festival in 1889 at Munich. According to the annual report of the Turnerschatt, 8,146 socleties, with 208,568 wetbers, belonged to the organization at the beginning of the vear, and 150 branches have since been formed. ILINESS OF A DUKE. Advices say that the health of the Duke of Cumberland is declining. His complaint is nery debility. The duke’s relatives in England and Denmark feel great anxicty regarding his condition, GEODLTIC CONGRESS, An international geodetic congress will assemble here on the 20th inst. The adoption of Greenwich as the first meridian will be strictly enforced. It 1s proposed to blish the central geoaetic office in Berlin, ABEBE LISZI'S BOOK, GE! An Editor The late Abbe Lisz's partislly written “Method For the Piano” will be completed by Lis biographe ein Lina Ramano, AN ORGAN SSED, e socinl itsehe Wortenblatt edited by Herr s hoen suppressod, The Attempt to Blow Up Vienna. Viewsa, O 1 Vieuna police have 1t 1 aceount of the aiscovered anarehist plot 10 burn Atthoagh m detalls nre obyl- e plot ie shown to have surpassed in extent and diabolical nuity any dysunite plot hitherto conco Seventecn of the conspirators have been ar ted. An examination of the prisoners hows that the plot was hatehed § rected from Amwerica and London to be cariied ont by Viennose anare recently veturned from Aweri was cleverly orgauized. The ators were divided inio groups, one of which was detailed to s6t Lire 1o the town, snother 1o take ehnrge of the dynamite operatic end another to forge the necessuly official Gocuments an collh money for expenses, Parties were de- tailed to » @ to Pencing, Untermeidling, Hetzendort, Me 1 Favoriten. dling and —— Socialists Acquitied. Brrias, Oct. 10.—~The six socialistic dew- ocrats counected vith & party of 200 work- i tasons, who on Aseension day got into a teht with' the polioe, b quitted. The jury that_tried welkio-do eitizns, immense surpris was consni- e pesoe of the conutry. It was awerdict of guilty were found. #hio.ild be anur Fifty wtin ! fastod two da; were ex- tung says that Herr Wae! us singer ecn suficring frow enlargewent of the dropsy for several woeks, and was tie tows and otlize! L8t in n i akd nlghi lo Las res undersone ai operation whic, e ieved b and 15 now £iue o Jeave Lis o ipugh uot yol cut of danger. — - An Eduor Jaided. Beriix, Oct. 10.—Herr Fianta, ecitor of sbe Munich Framdenbladt, Lias been sentenced to four wmoutus imprisonment for baving L insult! mu#“:fi insu! 1 wrdele Klog Lous of Bavaria Jay Latest Mon | Ite t On | | HE MURDERS TRADE AND LABOR Coal Mines in Sonthern linoie and East —~Great Stri Pro rn Miss ri Within His Grasp e Feared—Bridge t Killed. Latest Monopoly Ontrage. Cricaco, Oct. 10.—18 the B A al dis Louls to alocal paper says Go I west has not been withos s | thous be only stopped 1n St. Louis one day | the time was sufficient to give him control | of the greatest coal monopoly in the Miss- | issippi valley. and to comy y knock out | the schieme to erect another bridee across the | Mississippi at the “Chain of Rocks in the | northern part of the city. Two vears aco | the excessive charges of the Gonld bridge | iced a number of eapitalists to orcanize to build a bridge at the “Chain of was before congress er was obtained e u larea por | southern Tlinois | which it was expocte Id pay expenses | onth ago thing move was made | rnation of the St. Louis Consoli ditied company con 6,000,000 capital I'he seventy coal mines lying within a radius of fifty miles of St. Louis were pur- chased and pooied, likewise & lar | of other mines at a rreater distance from the | city. Tue price of enal was then boosted, | and it was discovered that Gould furnished | nearly all the money to buy the mines and n the pool, thus killing off the new bride | company and fostering a monopoly. It is also suid to-day that he made an offer for | Wigeins Ferry company and_Belt Lin | which bas been epted. Thus Gol sole control of transportation by ferry and bridee neross the Mississippi, and every ter- minal tacility on_both sides of the river There is no escaping the inevitable, and St. Louis is occupying a horiz ot on her nech. the biz coal pool has ra conl several points within the last ¢ wages of the miners have received ponding increase. The result is general dissatisfaction and threats of an- otber big strike. The pool is conducting matters so that the miners work scareely half tal position with hou of ised the price month t! 10 corre their time, here is no competion and the uines, which were formerly worked, the ool lias purchased and abandoned. This was doue in order to kill off the slightest competition. Such towns as Collinsville, Staunton, Giliespie, Belleville and East St. Louis are already feeling the crushing effect of this monopoly. Trade has fallen of ent in many of these towns, and_the ure prospeet is even more gloomy, It is uid o be the design of the buv in the mines and extend its jurisdiction until it controls the whole coal production of south- ern 1ilinois and eastern Missouri, 11 it is designed 10 put ce of coal farther famine can be easily inangurat v the pool, and by this scheme a do eneit icerues to the re er and the nopoly The other large ho »f stock in the monop. oly is ed 1o be Russell Saze, The men who f e in it in this city e said 10 work 1o sularies and possess a few shares of stock. it Sl JACOB AND JAEHNE. Sharpe and the Convict Alderman Will Give the “Boodlers™ Away. NEW Yorg, Oct. 10.—[Special Telegram to the Bik.|—The World to-day says: Informa- tion came to the World last evening on the best of authority that Jacob Sharpe had made a confession, which is now in possession of Distriet Attorney Martine. The World's in- formant is a lawyer, who says Jacob Sharpe has turned state’s eviden and when the time comes his whole story of the Broadway bribery will be told. According to the state ment of this lawyer, who says there is no doubt of its authenticity, Jacob Sharpe is to be used the chief witness against the four ex-aldermen who are shortly to be arraigned before a jury. He will tell the amount of money paid to have the Broadway franchise given by the board of aldermen. The state- ment is also made that Sharpe will cive evi- dence against the bribe-givers as wi bribe-takers. The whole boodle transa is 1o be exposed Trom beginning to end. 1t may be well to remark in publis| above siatement that Jacob Sharpe has never been indicted and that District Attorney Martine has often said that he would convict all the boodle aldermen. The district attorney has also often rewarked that he had a suf- prise in store for the boodlers. 1t is rumored that ex-Aldermen Kirk and Sayles, two of the indicted *boodle” aldermen, have lett the city £ or parts unknown. Another report and one that comes with a_considerable degree of author- ity. is to the effcet that Convict Henry W. Juehne will make a clean breast of the deal- ings of Juke Sharpe and others, and thus secure for himself a commutation of Lis long sentence, and periaps an absolute pardon. 1t is known that District Attorney Martine bad a long and earnest talk with Governor Hill, Thursday night, and those who are in condition 10 know assert that the conference was in reference 10 a pardon for Jaehne, THE EPISOCOPAL OONVENTION, luteresting Reports From Missionary Bighops of Thewr W CmcaGo, Oct. 10.—When the house of deputies had spent an Lour in devotional exercises yesterday morning, the spe cowmitiee appointed at the last conventi 10 consider the question of the best means to promote godly discipline of the laity, reported that the existing laws are suflicient. A memorial was presented from the diocese of Wisconsin asking that the name of the diocese be ¢ to Milwaukee, A resolu- tion was submitted the convention to memorialize tue of the United | s o appoint nksgiving day | lier, 80 as to confor 10 the day appointed in the praer book and make ! it possible to have the harvest-home festival | in’ connection with it. A resolution was passed that all momorials bearing on the re- vision of the prayer book be taken from the table and referred 10 the general commitiee on revision, | A1 o'clock the house of di | journed and the board of wissions with Bishop Lee in the chai. Bishop Dun- 1ap, missionary bishop of New Mexico and Nobraska, reported that the resulls of three yeax's labor showed hD encoura.ing increase in ehurch wembership, notwitistanding the fact that eastern cities failed to furnishi their uties ad- nvened share toward the spread of the gospel. The financial prosperity of the ecnurches had been returded | by the paralyzed condition of business and the Indisn troubies. There were only four wis in the field and the annual ap- propriation of §.000 was divided equally among them. ‘T'he support from the board averaged swalier than that of any other de- ! nomination. The report of Dy, Brewer, of | Monta was similar to that of Dunlaj Bishop Paddock, of Washington Territory, also complained of the business depression. which was so severe that small miss onary stations had necessarily been abundoned. Bisliop Walker, of North Dakota, &0 encourging veport. I in population is remarkable. | thousaud schosl Bouses and eleven Episco- chies bad been built during the past The bishop spoke of the lument- tion of the Ojibway Indiuns in 10utitain, who are eantinually ou the 20 of starvation. He asked the ald of the urch in presenting the matter to the gov- neut. Iishop Boon, missionary bishop Shanzlal, said the work of the church in Ing was divided between themselves and the Bishaps of the Church of England. Not- witkstanding the discouraging obstacles met mluén China, spiendid resulis had been at- tained. S IR Sy Netraska and lowa Weather. For Nebrasks apa lowa: Fair weatber, followed by local ralus; decidedly coeles. UPON HER NECK!, OCTOBER'S FIRKST WEEK ouraging Condition of the Mar- kete and General Trade NEW Y Oct. 10,—[Special Telegram to —The first week of October proved bove a highet average than they had ttained for m two vear But overtrad n New Tk New England was made the foundat re wide range which the market takes. The jraprovement In its earnings had attracted attention to it, but rumors of some news tt was to enhance its value very much were persistently circulated and the street went wild over it and people boucht it for a turn who hiad ne d in it before. This is < at nearly all sules were i . and no big blocks seerued to change It is remarkable that with such enormous trading that fluctuations of 14 per cent should have brought with it only one failure. received from been with rather see The support that this market the west has ungnestionably rawn and western operators wonld e market lower than not. The difficulties In reorcanizing the traffic associat n the west appears to be increas ing instead of diminishing, id even the most sanzuine of mana e admit there are € ed s of a pos: ty of an aZreement Meanwhile they are afl N their ex tensions into new territory. Already the in- tions lic nroblem. and so making o settlement less and less probable. Trunk line affairs were very quiet during the week. nearly everybodv is away, 1 no mweeting will be held untll the latter part of the month, and weanwhile both the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania have become less belli Tuk the range of the market in detail ity rise was feverish and rapid 1 in three days advanced 7 per cent, Canada Western Union 48, Missour] Union Pacitic 5, and Manitoba rage decline has_not been New York New Eng- nd the market has shown more signs of weakness, and the disposition 1o realize a prolit appears stronger now than it has been for three wecks. The money market was quite feverish early Jast week, and_the bar statement is not quite so_rood. There an_increase in loans of over three milljons and a hulf during the week, brineing them nearly, if not quite, up 1o the largest total ever reported. There was a loss of £1 in legal tenders, the surplus reserve had begun to show an in €. Was nearly $1,000,000 below the figures of last week and smaller than for any correspondinz week since 18 There are indications of a sti further decline owing to realizations, and it looks as if the reaction mizht extend well into 1he coming week - CLEARANCES FOR THE WEEK. suba Still Oonmmues Its Splendid Finaneial Showing. Bostox. Oct. 10.—[Special Telegram to the o £.]—The followinz table, comjuled from special dispatchesto the Boston Post from the leading clearing houses in the United States, gives the clearances forthie week end- = Oct , with the rate per cent of de- crease and increase as compared with the clearances of the corresponding week last ve CITIES. cpamsos.| g | E S| 8 2|2 o I New York F 3 St Louis : Boston. B3,125,65%] = Chicago. 66,645,000 ol o3 B1I8; oo ansas City.......| Minneay Providenc Milwaule Louisville Omaha *Denver. . Detroit Indiananolis Cleveland. . Hartford Columbus Memphis New Haven Portland. .. ... Worcester Peoria Springfi St. Jose) Syracuse. Lowell. *Gulveston 6,200,000 655,500 Total .o ... 181,174,514,95 Outside Now York| 545,598,108 “*Not included in fotals. + Partly estimated i GOIN' TO THE HUSKIN'. Corn Turning Out Well-Big Yield of Potatoes—Wheat Seeding. CmcAGO, Oct. 10.—The following crop re- view will appear in this week's issue of the Farmer’s Review: Gorn husking is prog ing in Missouri, Kunsas, Nebraska, lowa | w,cmweros, Oet. 10—Third Auditor and 11linois, and willbecome ceneral through || williums of the treasury department has u out the entire corn betl during the next ten | gr.ccad g letter to the governor of Indiana in s teports reneral ndicate tha 5 days. Reports generally indicate that the | wyjiol Le states that In view of the unsatis; grain is firm and sound, and prom'ses 10 | got0ry condition of the records of his office grade well. The average yield per acre | vonoerning the claims several states shows no epeclal increase over the estimates | gogingt the United States, which were tiled il made, g o 3 under the provisions ef an act of congress, 1 Re) ”":f“(‘,’“‘:“uu Booh Iilnaie unties | approved July 1561, to indemnify the | the acre in Jeflerson, Bond and Rienlund | States for expenses incurred by them in de- counties, while twelve counties place the | fense of the United States, and acts supple- average 10 50 bushels, and three counties | mental thereto, he had found it necessary to $530J0 0 igialn SBAKIn £e sousral o make a thorough examination of such claims age for the eightesn counties aboui Al o bushels. The poiato . yield ‘n Iiij- | b order to airive at an intelligent under- nois varies widely, the largest yield | standing of their bresent condition. The being 150 buslels to' the sere in Edwards | examination referred to, has just been com- county, The avergre yleld is placed at bushels in eleven epunfies, with price ing from 10 10 66 cents per bushel In titteen lows counties the avernge yield corn is 25 bushels #nd potatoes 45 bushels. Iu Obio the corn wield in counties report- in this weok is 3 Duslels, while the potato vield is estimatod g4 15 bushels, In Missouri the potsto yield is placed at 67 bushels. ’ 1n Minnesota the ptato yvield prowises to be nearly an average, Bad is fully 150 bushels. In Michigau the potato vield is placed at 74 bushels for countiss réporiing, and about the same vield in Nehi — Wheut seedin ¢ is ndaly complated in Mis- sourl and Kansas, sulithe grain is reported 10 be growing finely. |Seeding is In progress in Tndians and lowalwnd some portions of llinois. The acressein Ohio, Indiuna and Kansas will be larger than last year. o el Brakemen and Switchmen Petition CLEVELAND, 0., Ot 10.—A committee representing the brakswen and switchien of the eastern division of the New York, Pennsylvania & Obio road, presented o peti- tion to General Superintendent Sluter, in which the request is made that the pay of roundsmen and switchien be advanced to $2 per day, and of local freight men to $2.15 per day Some mipor Frievances were men- tioned, 1o all of which General Slater replied, saving hie would meet the men at Meadvill Pa.. on Monday, heping for an awicable w- rauzemeut. Itls cted that sinilar de- wands will be inade upoen every division of the road before Monday ight. el Extensive Railroading. Toreka, Kau, Oct. 10.—The Chicago, Kausus & Western yailway and the Atchison, Topeks & Santa Fe, last evening filed an suwebded charter with the secretary of state by which they 10 build and operate a number of lines in the state of Kansas. Toe capital is §154,000,000. and the combined deugtl of the line 18 7,274 miles. rang- ot 'THEY LIKE OLD ENDICOTT. t Want th War Department Oler | Massachusetts Man to Recign v . " a pleted GREAT GENERALS' JEALOUSIES. vater by t 2od | i afterno A duy were What Sparks Has Done in a Year— | v ST ¢ the Besk and | | Colman On Sick Cattle - The E ers of the statue, strik a blow here ] Binffe' Feaeral Ruilding | and ¢ g arivet A score of men | Capitoline Events, | Yysts sugaged kb | brick powde 1 within the ‘ ramparts of the ancient fort that en They Like Endicott, | the pedestal of the statue. ( \ WA GToS, Oct. 10.—~[Special Telesram | eling and 1 ne the grounds i1 to the BEr.]—War department clerks express | fron stairway, whic ead t | profound regret at the determini of | of the tigure, yet re s 10 be 1. ana | cretary Endicott to retire from public 1ife | this of course will take some e ris | They have found him unexacting and & firm | ing as it goes some I da feet | advocate of civil service law. Every man | In n perpendieular direct Then the | e nlident that hi tion is secure so | L R R | lone as Endicott is in charge, and has & | gtal electric lightning in and on the fizure | natural dread of a change. The secretary is | will amount to 4,500 candle power Dot in sympathy with the duties of his off corner of the baleony at the sumini and not having the positive chiaracter of his | JEACSR therel Wil be powertul | predecessor, Lincoln, he 1s greatly annoyed | wird instend of downward, and thue it by the petty jealousy of aruy ofticers, but is | nate the statue. The crown, which adorns strong enough tocontend with the hot-headed | the gaddess: hed, will contain fonrtesn sall weaple he has tempo co d of. The | electric lights, 8o s to send their ravs through people he has t uporary con s T i_'t}\yl ' | small apertures in the crown to give it the trouble between limselfl and General Sheri- { gpoarunce of being studded with jewels dan, and between the About ten thousand imvitations will be issued | Drum, an tween Gen for the dedication, A delecation is looked | Miles'and Drun had Ahe s | for trom every siate and tersitors in ihe ki At mion, and the various s nd business him against all s huving a military | et Hons of this oty will probably . i flavor. formally entertain the visitors. CHANGES IN TIE NAVY DEPARTMENT e Secretary Whitney will be afforded a good SUNDAY'S 81 opportunity to make a cliange in the depart- | Both Partios Preparing for War at ment in it approaching reorzanization. e | the T8 HGUNA, has been remarkably quiet so far as removals £60, O 15 G IBTHILS O ths are concerned, because he could not make vacking houses sicnileant prenarations many more than be has without raisiog a hue | yre naticed, Pinkerton's force at fhe yards The sunplies and cry among reformers transfer ¢ th vision ot from the old bureau to the bureau of provisions and cloth- ing, and placing the ofticers of the latter buresu in charge of all accounts of the de- partment will necessitate an increase of the foree controlied by responding decrease in other change, it 1t §s carried into e at the disposal of the secretar; Dlaces. TIE COUNCIL BLUFFS POSTOFFICE. lowingz were the names of the_ hid- ate roofing for the public building I Bluffs, 1a., which were opened by the paviuasters and a ¢ wreans. This ect, will pluce bout tweniy the Supervising architect of the treasury yes- terday 3 35 J. R Willinms, of New Canton, Va., $14.75 per hundred yards. William Williams, of Hyattsville, Md., $12 per hundred yards, % L. Williais, of Counwil Bluffs, Ia., $21 per hundred yards. OMATIANS IN WASHINGTON. Mrs. A, U. Wyman, of Omaba, with her daughiter Millie, is visiting her sisters, the Misses Sanderson, on C stree ——— LAND OFFICE WORK. Exhaustive Report of Commissioner Sparks For the Last Year. WasminaToN, Oct. 10, — mmissioner Sparks, of the general land office, has sub- witted to the seeretary of the interior his report of the operations of his office for the last fiscal year. The sales, entries and selections of public lands under varions acts of congress, says the report, embraces 20,491.957 acres, and of Indian lands 1,132,506 acres, anaking o fotal of 22124568 ncres. being an increase over last year of 1,121,650 acres, The public surveys reported during the year embraced 2,302,576 acres, Speaking of surveys the report says: In Dakota the eastern half of the territory has been surveyed escept in portions along the international boundary line of the Turtle mountaln region. The surveyed area of this territory is about 47,000,000 acres. The work of tne office is reviewed at length, showing that 85,087 cases of entries were investizated, of which 1,165, embracing 175,000 acres, were cancelled as fraudulent and 1.48) cases, containing 225,000 acres, have been held for cancellation. The commissioner ssys his attention hae been called 1o 875,000 unlawful enclosures, containing 7,410,000 acres, and that the pro- ceedings to compel the ‘removal of fences have been commenced in eighity-eight_cases, involving 2,250,000 acres, and final decrees ordering removal bave been obtained in thirteen cases, involving 1,000,000 acres Twelve hundred and nineteen cases of timber depredations have been reported. involving a value in timber and timber prod- ucts amounting to $9.7 ) Tecov- erable to the United Statas. “Depreda- tions upom pnblic timber by powerful corporations, wealthy mill owners, lumber companies and unscrupulons monopolists, though, to a certain degree checked. are still being committed to an_alarming extent and great public detriment.” The commissioner recommends an act be passed making false and fraudulent returns of public surveys and of surveye of private land claim offcnses punishable by nne and imprisonment. Rex ommendation is also made that the law Authorizing surveys to be made under the “special deposits” & stem be repealed. —— INDIANA GOT TOO MUCH. An Excess of Legal Paym "nts by the United States to That State. vleted. aud he encioses for the’ governor's in- formation and such action as he way de advisable, an abstiact showing in detail the amounts which, Lie says, have been errou eously, improperly und unlawfully allowed that stale: first—in excess of vouchers, pre- sented : second—twice for the sume service, and third—amounts allowed without vouct €rs, amounting in all to $46,123, The ab- strict, he says, serves to show gross cureless- ness, or something worse, in the settlement and adjustment of these accounts, for whic! SOME PErson or persons, then 1n the third auditor's oftice, are responsible. — 1t is Certainly Pleuro. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10,.—The coumissioner of agriculture, in a Jetter to the svcretary of the Massachusetts Cattle commission, that Dr. Salmon. ehief of the hureau animal industry, and Drs. Murry, Tni and Roland, veterinurians of long sery of ertai Clicago pleuro- City, New Jersey, Pennsylva Delaware *and in Baltimore, Virginia and Maryland He advorates the passage of & law by ¢ gress giving ibe depariment authority sluughier diseased and exposed animals and afund suficient to at least partially indem- nify the owners. He elaums thut sich a law waoiild confine the plague within Its prosent Liwit, but 1t would not expirpate it - Death of an Old Journalist. WASHINGTON, Ool. 10.~George W, Adams, president of the Evening Star newspancr company, died at Lis huwe in this city this worning. Mr. Adams was 8 well known and prominent newspaper correspondent for wany years and was always popolar and ps wuck h‘.bd by & large clicle of acquainiapces. pneumonia ne. The estue | department s doing kil that s possible loward exterminating the disease. TSl prevails in and aronid New 3otk THE GIGANTIC GODDESS Preparations for the Dedication | Barfholdi's Big Liberty Girl. NEW YORK, O of has been increased to 400 men and each one of them is armed with a repeating rifie and revolvers. The packing establishment of Washington & Sons were converted into a barracks and will b detective force. been connected the headquarters of the These wrters have by wires with a number af sections in different parts of the yards. To- night a number of patrol wagons were stand- gabout the barracks. Pinkerton’s force gets rations at the Transit house, but to-mor- 1Tow will go elsewhcre, as the waiters have decided to serve no meals o the detectives. “The Anglo-American Packing company has made preparations to withstand the siege. Thera is a high brick wall about the building and precautions have been taken to prevent the admittance of turbulent indi- viduals. Yesterday the company killed 1,200 Logs. which were feft on the hook and_must ve packed to-morrow 10 prevent heavy losses. The Armour packing houses are in the sume fix. He has a large number of cots in, placed in one of his buildings, and the in. ference is that men are 10 be imported to do the work. There were no formal meetings of the strikers to-day. A e Taking Lives In Texas MoUNT PLEASANT, Tex., Oct. 10.—[SpH ial Telegran to the BEL.J—A shooting ray occurred here last evening in which John Dillard and Jumes Reed were killed. George Reed was cutting a diteh to turn water from under his house. Some words passed when Will Dillard, brother ot the de- ceased, eame out and began shooting at Reed. Iieed themran inte his house, got his Win- ehe: fer, and Tettirned the fire. John Dillard then ran_and_ began shooting, killing Jim Reed. The firing continued, George Reed killing John Dillard. The Dillard boys are saloon keepers but are very well thought of he Reed boys are well connected and are promivent business men ot this place. Much excitement prevails over the affair. Reed leavesa wife and three children, Dillard W n~‘u single man. About twenty shots were tired. | —— A Very Sad Accident. A1LBION, Neb., Oct. 10.—[Special Tele 10 the BEE. |—A sad but unavoidable ac occurred about 8 o'clock this morning be- tween here and St. Edwards. An encine on the way to Columbus, while running down a grade, ran over and kilied a litile two-year- old daughter of Cha Livesay that hap- pened 10 be on the track. The engineer tried 10 stop his engine but ihe grade prevented Going 0 in time to avoid the accident. ANOTHER ACCOUNT, CoLvnmers, Neb., Oct. 10.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEE. ]—The eighteen-inonths-old child of J. C. Livesay, living eight miles this side of Albion, was run over and instantly Kkilled this morninz by engine No. 578, The sittle one was [laving on the track and did not notiee until too late the approach of the iron monster. No blame is attached to the engineer, who did all in his power to stop the engine. R Van Wyck in Ainsworth. Arxswonri, Neb., Oct. 10.—[Special to the Bre.)—The Sutton band and a large concourse of people met Senator Van Wyek at the tralu on the oceasion of his late visit here. The senator was met by the largest audience ever assembled in Ains worth for any politi ers from all_the nd Al purpose. The farm- cent country were in at- tendance ¢ laige crowd and the enthu- siasin and attention showa by the people indieate conclusively the senator's strength in this part of Nebraska. The transnortation question, which is the vital question with all clusses, was spoken of at length, and the “ring™ papers were made ridiculous by the senator's pointed sareasin, it Ay Meiklejohn for State Senator. FULLERTON, Neb., Oct. 10.—[Special Tele- eram to the R —The re AL CONYVOD tion in the Tweniy-seventh senatorial dis: et convened yesterday at Oedar ids D. Slaughter, of Nauce_ county, was rman, and Dan Hopkins, of Mer- secrctary, On motion of Hon | of Boune county, Hon. George was pliced it nominatio niw sly elected the nowines, — ——— EMiles Makes a Eig Blow, ALBUQUERQUE, O Mile 3 ued & co: mally closing th paign on troops on the one small thieving Mexico, all the Lostile Inainus hnve been rewoved 10 o ) of safety, This docu- went will doubiliess remove tie talse impre | #ion that is tried to be created in Washing ton thiat the Apache war is not yet over, - Wasing Willis, Lovisvirig, Oct, i0.=T'he tierce and excit- ing congr ul contest waged in this dis- trict for the past three months against Albert racor lating the exception of With the now in Cl:huahua, S, Willis, for lus nppointment as republi | can postinasier 8t Louisyi the Courier- Journal and the Tines, senting the i acy of ihe ity a inty, terwineted EUU Bt the primaries by an overwhelm. s defeat of Wi shiér G, Caruth, Ll 2 Striking Hrewer | Dernorr, Oct. 19.--1n aceord; with the | | | | | | | man aud won | decision brewers, ancounced ftast | | Bight, weu vy M0 have been locked | out. ‘Tlie propr say they will not allow | | dictation by any union 3 sunced them- selves Toady dor a continuod fiht. | They have a tar_e stock hand i | Beciired the prownse of viany ouiside | corns 1o shiv o beer 10 Debroit duting trountin, | { s saf ] Friends of the Indiar | New Youk, Ot 10.-The fowth annuul | | eonterence of the advocates of ludian eivili- | | zution will be held st the Luke Moliouk | | Mouiain bouse tiis w Inyi luve | | been sent to more than & hucdied prominent citizens iuterested in the work of e Judian | \x.zm. ssociation, including senatars, con- | gressimen sud 2 of ihe Jadiab Surcau 1 at Wasbington, | LEFT AN ODOR OF SANCTITY Towa's Oapita d Afier the A REVELATION TO THE Doctor Takes ne and Dies—The Hailroad Test—Other lowa Ine telligence. WEST A Confident Medic Law His Own The Church Convention Drs Moives, la, Oct. 10.— [Special to the | B —The great Congregational assembly has come and gone, and pe are still talk- ing about the questions of faith and doctrine rused then. The town nas still lingering ol wnctity about it, which may keep 1t sweet during acerbitics of the politieal campaign, one great question which most interested visitors, and the outside world,—to-wit, future probation—remains still unsettlea, though it is to be said thut it i now manifest that the governing members of the Congresational church are generally opposed 10 it ‘lThe discussions have disclosed the surprising fact that in Congregational theology at least the west is conservative, and the east it perhiaps fairer radical or, to put the radicals on this question are in t d the in the west. The Chileago elergymen, including some of the strougest men in the demonination, o servatives were the most outspoken und severe 1n con- demning the New Departure people. 8o it seems just a little strange that radical New England should find a balance wheel in the conservative west, quite reversing the usual vrocedure. AS the case now stauds, 1o suim up the result, it way be said that the men who represent the new ¢ bly not find their private hauled very rudely ag board, not “that the boa ideas on the subject of f because there i an unmistakable demand that the discussion of sueh matters shall be kept out of the board, whose business is of & diffcrent character thin settling mixed theo- Jogical questions. So Conzregational min ters who believe in future probation, or who have doubts on the subject, will keép on s before and if their local cliurches are satis fied, nobody else is called upon to object. If missionary candidates have any doubs about the Liear of the hearafter, so long ws they do not reinte 1o the cardinal principies of faith, they will probably continue to entertain them, though the Jéaders in the church are quite clear in their own minds that the en and pagans will stay torever in the lace, if they tail to see n missionary in this 1if arture, will proba- speculations over- in by the American d has changed its are probation, but THE SWENEY RAILROAD LAW. railronds are in a fair way to have the ey luw tested quite soon. The last leg- islature, ielding to a very gene of the puople, passed the following “Auy foreign corporation that shall carry on its business and transact the same on and demand after September 1, 188, in _ the state of lowa, bv its officers, agents or otherwise, without having com: lied with this statute and taken out und iaving a valid pe mit, shall forfeit and pay 10 the State for eve v duy in which such busi- * ness is transacted and carried on, the sum of §100, 10 be recovered by suit in apy court liny urisdicton, and any agent, ofticer or ewmploye who shall’ knowingiy aet or trans- act such business for such cor tion, shall be ti ed in the county jaul not to exceed thirty days, and pay all costs ot prosecution.,” - The statute refcrred 1o is one requiring all corporations doing business in. the staie to incorporate nuder the laws of the state. Act- ing under this statute and law, the attorney general has secured tne arrest of Mr. Win- gate, the local azent of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy at this place. Mr. Wingate was, of course, released on bail, and an appli- cation for a writ of habeas corpus for his case will be argied before the superior court on Tuesd i railroads—the 1inois Central, the Milwaukee. the Northwestern and the “Q."—refuse to vect the statute, claiming that it is unconstitutional, inas mucy as they are engaged in interstate coms- merce, and cannot be rogulated in that re- spect by the state. The outeome is waited with great interest by other corporations and the people. Ti The new cities in the NEW REGISTRATION LAW. registration Ikw applying to all tate baving 2,000 or more popu- lation, goes into effect, and will have its first trial in ‘this and most cities Manday, Da- venport and Council Blufls nave already had 10 register for ial eity elections, and the result showed a large falling of in the vote, partly due to the lack of interest in the sub- Ject of the election, und partly to the Testrictions which the new law imposed, All the opposition 10 the law comes frou the democratic party, but inasmuch as the Iaw provides that men who caunot write can reglster by making their mark, it is a litle aifiicult “to see why all the democrals should so loudly cowplain, The law is cer- tain to cut off 4 larze number of frandulent votes that have been heretofore east. if for this reason it decreases the democratic vote, 50 much the worse for the dewocratic party. GENEBAL WEAVEL'S COWALDICE, The union soldiers in the Sixth district are very nt at General Weaver, {he fusion from that district,bacause of a discovery recently made. He was & ga lunt soldier during the war, retiring with the rank of a brigadier. When he was sent to 0! ess in 187U, & republican administration wis in power, and the record of & uniom { soldier wis conlited an honor in Washington, — S0 in handing in bis biography for the e gressional directory, he mentioned eve military rank ne had held in great detail. But when last winter he took his seat aguin in congress, this tune with the “solid south” in control, and the rebel brizgadiors in the saddie be shamlessly and cowardly left every word of his military record out of the directory s0 as uot 10 prejudice himself with the adufniss tration. To'say that the old soldiers here in lowa ure “mad” at the insult, puts it very mildly. They are after “Mr.” Weaver's sealp, and pronose 1o bring him down tiig time sure. The republican candidate m the Sixth district, Mr. Dounell, 15 making & endid fight, and every indication points to lection. and the wily Weaver's defeat. @ MISPLACED CONFIDENCE There is one wa physician who will never in taste his own medicines even 1o sumpie them, Dr. Stephen Greenleaf, of Milion, ) Buren county. recently zave a patieut nux vomica instead of a milder medicine thag he meant 1o prescribe, The wan 1ok it home and Juek take that had | 1y discovered in tine the m en made. When be returned to the nhy the lattmr 1o show that Le Was quité certain that he had made no mis- take, 1ok up the bottle and drank some of the contents. In a few hours the doctor was m great agony and died immed lutely. WAITING FOR GOD'S ORDER. Strange Beliefof a Mam and His Wife - in Frovidential Command. Troy, N. Y., Oet. 10.—[Special Telegram to the Bre. |—David Hawele, a German, with bis wite and three children, cawe here from Florida about three months ago and rented & hous He has done no work since, but Lag been well supported by bis countryinen, For the past week neighbors Lave kesrd strange poises in his house ut uignt, and as none of the fanily uppearcd the police wera ta-duy 1o They found the fanuly had eaten nothing in several days, ale 2 there were plenty of good provisions s GuAe, niele and bis wite said would neither eat tor sleep wutil God 10l g thei to, end both suid they were not hungay, The | was neat, bt bad air permest 3 everything, as the people said God told them i not 10 of the doors or windows b a@e P98 Bu ot 10 Guesiions, the children sald they wese not vers hungry. The whole Tawily spe A the time in pray ing and shouting ail das all vignt, Hal aid be would kil whale Taily and 111 the Lord told nhm. o do sa. Ou an k' be and bis wife but intedlizently by the authorities 1o the ‘mlu-c slution u stood ou their feet in rlect, other thaw redlal huve been cared for ane position for nearly four hours, and had 10 be used 1o compel thew 1o ba They said God bad told thew ueb duwiy F—— ————