Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 26, 1886, Page 1

SIXTEENTH YEAR. , NOVEMBER 26. 1886, e e NUMBER 161, COAL DISCOVERY 1§ OMAHA A Vein Seven Feet Thiok is Struck Near the Union Pacific Bridge WHILE BORING FORNATURAL GAS The Foundation For a Tremendous Boom For Omaha—Cheap Coal Nearat Hand and Plenty or Ity Too. A Great Want Filled. Some three months ago while parties were boring a tube well at the South Omaha nmon stock yards to seeure an additional supply of water, they struck a vein of gas at the depth of about 200 feet, This gas was supposed to be natural gas, such as is found in Pennsyl- vania. An analysis, which was completed only a few days ago, showed, however, that it was nitrogen gas, and not the natural gas used for mannfacturing, heating and iilumi- nating purposes. Meantime a stock company was organized in this city for the purpose of Boring for natural gas, The capital was fixed at £20,000, The vrineipal organizer of this company was Mr. Peter E. Tler, who had be come an enthusiast on the subject of natural gas, and asserted that he would bear the ex- pense himself of boring for it, it nobody would join with him in the enterprise. But he had no dificnity in inducing others, among whom were such men as Herman Kountze, William A. Paxton and John Me- Shane, to unite with him in the project. Operations were accordingly begun some weeks ago at Fourth and Pierce streets, near the Willow Springs distillery, and only a few hiundred feet from the west end of the Union Pacifie bridge. Ata depth of 565 feet the borers struck A VEIN OF COAT, seven inches thick. Although this ocea- sioned some little surprise, it was not consid- ered of very great importance, as such thin wveins had before been discovered in various sections of the state, and would not pay to work. Infact, the discovery of coal was con- sidered of such little consequence that the men engaged in the work failed to niake men- tion of the tind in reports of their progress to outside The borers continued to bore natural gas, not ex- peeting strike any profitable bed of conl. Yesterday, however, a great surprise w casioned when they ran their drill through a vein of coal SEVEN FEET THICK at adepth of 511 feet just below a stratum of blue limestone. Specimens were secured and placed on exhibition. The coal is what is known as soft or bituminous coal, and of splendid quality, Those who understand coal mining say that this bed of coal in all probability underlies the whole of Douglas county. for to THE VEIN TO RE WORKED, A coal-mining company will be orcanized atonee with ample capital, and mining will be begun immediately I this connection it may be stated that the Union Pacitic a few years ago bored an artesian well near the west end of the bridge and struck a vein of coal at the depth of about six hundred feet, but every effort was made to keep the matter quiet. The public obtained but very little information about the matter, and it was generally given out in rather an industrious manner that the discovery really amounted to nothing. It looks very much now as if the valuable sceret had been kept with the intention of not destroying the Omaha market for the Wyonning coal mines of the Union Tacifie. But the great secret has at last been uncovered, and the era of chieap fuel in Omaha is near at hand. AN UNUSUALLY THICK VEIN. Increased value attaches to the discovery from the thickness of the vein. While it is true that in the immense coal regions ot Pennsylvania veins have been struck that have a thickness of from thirty toeighty feet, any find approaching this size is entirely un- known in the west. "I'he lowa coal ticlds, the richest yet found in the west, contain but few veins that are more than four or tive feet in thickne aud none that are more than six feet in depth, The wines in the vicinity of Angus and other towns along the Des Moines river have been giving an immense vield for years from veins that have not averaged more than four feet in thickness, U 0 PAY. The distance from the surface of the dis- covery is another good feature. Many of the Towa mines are all the way trom six hundred 10 one thousand feet in depth, and yet a vein of conl three feet in thickness at such a depth is worked at great protit. At Leavenworth a coal company has made a fortune from the operation of a vein of coal only one and a ball feet thick at adepth of over mine hun- dred feet, With the improved machinery of the present day the depth of a yein cuts but Jittle figure after the first L of reaching the bed has been met, By the improved 1 chinery the coal is hoisted by steam on an endless chiain on which are hung buckets— working on the prineiple of the once popular cham pump. This witl make the operation of the mine an easy matter. A REWARD FROM THE STATE, A number of years ago thestate legislature, for the purpose of encouraging prospecting for coal, passed an act otfering a seward of §2,00 for the discovery of coal in paying quantities within the state, Several times attempts bave been made to sceure this re- ward by parties who have discovered small coal veins in different sections of the state, but the fird as yet has not been suflicient to recoyer the bonus. The men wiid are inter- ested in the find of yesterday will be entitled to the money, TESTING THE QUALITY. Samples of the coal taken from the drill were examined yesterday evening by seve coal men of the city, who pronounced it of a first-class quality. Samples of the coal will be taken to the laboratory at Creighton col- logo to-day for an examination, REJOICING OVER THE DISCOVERY, The discovery of yesterday has caused great enthusiasm and rejoicing, It will supply a long-felt want, namely, cheap coal, which means a great boom in manufacturing enterprises of all kinds, and consequent won- growth and development of the cit 1 the discovery is regarded as having A more important bearing upon the future of the city than even the t South Omaha union stoek yai and pack house Iudustries, Big Libel Suit Continued, Fresmont, Neb, Nov. 25 — [Special to the Ber,)—-Distriet court has been in ses- sion for ten 5, Judge Post presiding. Business progressed slowly, The principal business has been the granting of two or throe decrees of divorce and the continuanc until the next term of the $20,000 libel sui brought by Martin Luther against George Wagrer. Both of thase men are rich farm- er3 who live in the vicinity of liooper. A fow weeks ago thers was' posted upon a bridge in their peighbortood a placard set- ting forth that Luther was in the habit of ad- ministering unmereiful abuse to his wife an also ebaoging Lim with other misdemeanors. Luther employed, at great expense, the ser- viees of Omalia detectives to ferret: out the wnibor of the publication, and it was traced to Wagner, When the case cawe on for trial eudant adinitted the publicution and | { will undertake to prove in conrt the allega- tions he made concerning Luther. — Both sides have employed the best attorneys and the matter will be fought to the bitter end. Township Organization in Dodge. FrEMoNT, Neb., Nov. %5.— Special to the Bex. |~Dodge county has adopted township organization, and the new board of supervis ors, numbering sisteen, closed a five days' session yesterday, J. F. Dierks, of Fremont, was cliosen ehairman of the board. The county has been divided into townships in accordance with the governmental survey. T'he board sded in its deliberations up to the last session, wpon the theory that these new sub-divisions with their oflicers-elect wuld date from the 1st of January next. roe But at the last moment an opinion upon the subject by District Attorney Marshall, that it should not take effect until after the next general election, the old precinets to remain as the township boundaries in the meantine, ipset their theories and the board adjourned to the second Tuesday in January, Mean- while, they will earnestly seek more light upon the complicated subject of township or- ganizatic Gen. Brishin's Farewell to Niobrara VALENTINE, Neb,, Nov. 25.—[Special Tel- egram to the Bre.) —An informal reception was tendered General Brisbin here before Lis departure for Fort Robinson last even- ing, which was attended by a large number of citizen ‘Uhe farewell address on the part of the citizens was delivered by Judge Tucker, General Brisbin, in his response, dwelt upon thedevelopment of Northwestern Nebraska and the importance of large mil- itary strongholds, and congratul { the people on tho growth of Niobrara. Brishin takes the best wishes of the com- munity with bim. General Kautz, with lieadquarters and the Kighth infantry, will be here Saturday. General Railrond Developments at Fremont. Frisost, Neb., Nov. 25.—|Special to the |—Every indication points to railroad developments here that will be of vast im- portance to the city of Fremont. Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley offielals and con- tractors are quietly investing their spare cap- ital in Fremont real estate, while the pro jected lines from here to Omaha and south- west to Hastings, Seward and York, both of which will be built next year, will make this the center of the extensive system of the Northwestern in_Nebraska. lie temporary headquarters of Superintendent of Construe- tion Hall, the chict engineer and other of- neials are’ being abandoned for permanent quarters, which have been procured in the Biles block, up town, and which are being daborately furnished ‘for their oceupaney Ilhere is every reason to believe that chine shops suflicient in_ size to accommodate the road’s necessities will be built here in the near future. Succesaful Firemen's Ball. FREMONT, Neb., Nov. 25.—[Special to the Bek.|—The opera house last night was densely packed with participants in” the an- nual ball of the fire department. ‘The depart- ment clears $165, Another grand suce was seored by the managers. Died of His Wound CresToN, In, Nov. 25.—[Special to the B Nelse Hogue, who was shot by A. S. Hughes with a double-barreled shoteun, after suffering intensely from his terrible wound, died last evening about 7 o'clock at his resi- dence. Hughes was arraigned yesterda and_committed to jail without bail.~ There is mich excitement and the tragedy is the sen- sation of the hour. —— UNION SWITCH, Miners Abandon Their Organization and Join the Knights, PrrTssune, Nov. 25.—An important labor movement was consummated last night. It consists of the complete disbandment of the Miners’ and Mine-Laborers’ Amalgamated association of the Monongahela valley, and the railroad mines in the Pittsburg distriets, which supply all the lake and southern river ports with conl, Asa resuit, the organiza- tion of the Knights of Labor has an acces- sion to its ranks at one fell-swoop of 9,000 wen. The whole matter was decided upon in a hall in the little mining town of Banks- ville, near tuis city. A meeting of the miners’ organization was) in progress, and in the presence of about fifty men, the officers of the organi- zation tendered their resignations, surrend- ered the charter of the organization, and de- cided to at once invite the Knights of Lavbor authorities to send their organizers among the miners. There will not be the slightest opposition d by the miners, and they will soon be «d in Knights of Labor as- semblies, John tello, president of the disbanded organization, 15 elso president of the trades assembly of western Pennsyl- vania. To emphasize his loyalty to the Knights of Labor he will at otice o to the Connellsville coke regions and try to induce the amalgamated men there to Join the Knights of Labor also. “In that region the amalgamated men outnumber the knights three to one, they numbering about ten” thousand to threo thonsand knighits. P'resident Costello in a speech spoke of the rivalry that had existed hetween the two organizations in this vicin- ity, and incidentally remarked that for stumping the state during the late guberna- torial campaign inthe interest of the denio- cratic ticket he had been severely censured x.{ President Harris, of the state organization of the Miners’ and Mine-Laborers’ Amalza- mated association, Costello smarted under the censure of his superior, and last night's action is believed to be partly due to this, e Secured His Pension. ATLANTA, G, Nov. 24,—Robert Woody, of Gilmer county, has stepped out of the penitentiary into the possession of a snug little sum, Woody is a typieal mountaineer, six feet tall, broad of shoulder, with long, black hair just tinged with gray, When the war broke out he was under twenty, but so strong were his sympathies with the union that he worked himself througi to East Ten- nessee-where he joined a federal regiment, fighting against the confeder until the end. When the war closed Woody returned to his howe in Gilmer county, The people W about equaily divided between federal and confederate, and between them many a hard encounter 'took place. Federal sp would inform the revenue men on confeder- ate moonshiners, and vice versa, in these un- pleasant affairs Woody always hore a conspie- uous part. About three years azo Woody felt that the tine had come 1o pay off old scores, protracted meeting was in_ progress in ickanetly, ‘The night was dark, and the mourners were in the widst of their fervor when a bullet erashed through one of the windows, followed by several others, The omgregation scattered. One party, which ran across ‘Lickanetly ereek, was pursued by the enemy, who finally winged one of its number, A pistol shot sent buek for an answer winged the pursuer, who proved to be Woudy. HMe was tried’ for shooting at another, and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary, On Friday last his time exvired, when he made for Atlanta, Here he was met by his lawyer, who had been pushing his claim for arrears of pension, with success. The evi- dence of this success was & eheck for $4,200, which Woody had eashed hwre, and at once started home, He says he is going to quit ug, and buy a little farm of his woounshiu own, Liberty Saved From Ruin, New York, Nov. ~The heavy cloth curtain, during the daytime covers the eleetric lonses on the Statue of Liberty caught tire Monday night, and fell on the light woodwork in the interlor of the statue. 1t was only by the hardest work that a bad :\‘m \n:ml:‘u-ucd aud the great statue saved uln. -~ A Furniture Factory in Flame PiiLapeLrmia, Pa,, Nov. 25, —"The four- story furuit ¥ of John D, Raggio wils butued this witesucon, 'L.oss, $60,000. A ROYAL BABE'S RECEPTION. Was Ushered Into the World. GOSSIP ON THE GREAT EVENT. The New American Church in Paris Dedicated Thankgiving Day With & n Ceremony— Other Foreiga Affairs, on ole Another Son is Given, | Copyright 185 by James Gordon Bennett) LoNnoN, Nov, 25.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the DBrr.—1 cele ted Thanksgiving day by exchanging London’s yellow fog for Windsor's bright sunlight. Thanksgiving pervaded the royal family over the birth of the thirtieth grandehild of the queen. Windsor is a loyal place. *“The queen does reizn” Is a universal proverh, The royal standard waveretl over five fresh cradles for the prozeny of the prince of Wales, six for the erown princess of Germany, five for the Princess Alice, two for the duchess of Albany, five for the duke of Edin- butgh, four for the Princess Christian, two for the duke of Connaught, and now one for the Princess Beatrice, But it never yet waved for the Princess Louise. CONTRARY OPINIONS, 1 found great differences in fhe feeling here and aronnd tie East End station, where 1 took the train. Said the porter at the lat- ter: Another German prince, eh, to inere ase rsto be the unlversal feeling among the masses. St. Giles and St. James disagree as to the new birthmark on the ex- chequer bag. “Yes; he's a bonnie prince, 1 hear,” said a Scoteh sentinel at the outer ate of the nur- sery. Gossip had already permeated the at- mosphere of the grounds and the village. 1 was told how the mother had only just re- turned from a drive in time for her accouche- ment: how the queen temporarily transferred her vigils from Frogmoor to the cradle, as it finding her best consolation in a domesti event that daily consoles hundreds of thou- sands of families in the civilized world: low the boy weighed well for his size, taking atter his father. A seedy looking apothe- cary, fit to appear in “Romeo and Juliet,” ventured to joke about the baby immediately dancing a German in his sumptuous blanket embroidered with the royai arms of his mother. gossip had the name lixed, o but no two agreed as to where the Henry would come in amid Victor, Albert, Leo- pold, ete., ete. THE BABY'S ROYAL PTION, 1 was told how a salvo of artillery had shaken thie trees and the dying leaves when unexpectedly fired in the long walk of Wind- sor park, and how the joy bells from St. George's chapel and St. John's chu seemed to take on a lullaby soun mayor, with the name of Simpson, instantly came to pledge his loyal wishes; how an equerry, with the ominons name of Bigge, guarded the door of the cham- bers in Augusta tower, directly ad- joining those of the queen. Within were the happy father and, at the prince request, cabinet ministers, Lord Randolph Churehill and Viscount Cross, another ominous name. Under pressure of legal and royal etiquette the queen anxiously waited in lier own privacy. Groups of yokels and rosy-cheeked maidens were found reading bulletins posted at the castle entrance, where ticured the popular name of “William Jen- ner, M. D.” NOT KINDLY 1 Outside of royalty, Windsor, howey under the pressure of labor and socialistic topics and feeling, this Battenburg-Guelph event was little rejoiced at. The Tory Stand- ard, ever voicing the general sentiment, when commenting on it, said: “The grandeh dren of the queen, might conceivably find it wise to betake them- selves to some occupation more practieal than that of participating in princely or merely ceremonial duties, and as they accommodate themselves to the present condition of things the feeling of the nation for them would fall into harmony with the new situation.” VING DEDICATION. EIVE it numerous enough, THANKS Consecration of the American Church in Paris, [Copyright 1856 by James Gordon Bennett.] Panis, Nov. 25.—[New York Herald Cable --Special to the Beg.—The conseeration of the American church of the Holy Trinity, in the avenue de L’ Alma, came off to-day with great eclat, and in the presence of a brilliant gathering, including almost the entire Amer- ican colony of Paris. ‘I'lie bishop in ebarge of foreign churches, the Right Rev. Theo- dore B. Lyman, full Episcopal canon- icals, Rev, MHenry C. Potter, of New York, was received at the entrance to the church by the Rev, John L. Morgan, rector of the Holy Trinity, and the assistant elergy of the chureh, the wardens, the cathedral choir of young boys in snow white surplices, and by the vestrymen. The bishop and clergy then marchea up the center aislechanting and singing the twenty- fourth psalm. ‘I'he bishop placed the sentice of consecration upon the communion table, and after prayers pronounced the church sanctitied by the Holy Ghost, Prayers were then offered tor the president of the United States and for the president of the Freneh re- public. in sisted by the Right assistant bishop THE SERMON. The bishop, having ascended the pulpit, took for his text the words: *This is none other but the house of God"'—Genesis xviii, 17, The bishop, who is a very handsome man and hasan imposing appearance, and wears short gray wutton-chop whiskers, related the story of Jacab’s ladder and dream, and drew a par- allel between Jacob wandering in fol lands and young Americans wandering Europe. ‘The bishop then dwelt upon Lafay- ette’s timely assistance, without which the existence of the American nation would have been provented or greatly retarded. e said a good word for 'ere Lacordaire and Father Hyacinthe, and drew a paratlel between that new Awerican ehureh, built with unstinted outlay by Americans in Paris, and the Bartholdi statue, erected by French gen- erosity in New York, ‘The bishop illustrated the present greatness of the United States, that Franee had helped to become independ- ent, by saying that the state of Texas alone, if laid upon Europe, would extend over Nor- way, England, Denmark and Germany, coy- ering Edinburghon one and Warsaw on the | other, besides touching the North Sea and I the Mediterranean. The bishop ended his sermon with the words, “God bless the Freuch republic and all who live iu it.” A SYMPATHETIC CONGREGATIO The congregation w sywmpathetic almost ! to the verge of enthusiasm. They consisted niostly of ladies. In fact the whole house of ' the churell was & vast wilderness of many and queer shaped models of the milliner's art, Veivet and plush ¢osts, sealskin sacques, fur caps, costumes and coats of darkest hue,. and bonnets following suit, with just a buneb of white or yellow stand- 1 ing out bere and there like sea lights. Far ‘ up uear the altar steps L noticed the United How Queen Victoria's Thirtieth Grandchild | | States minister and Misa MelLane. The Post and Monroe families were grana somple. Pretty Miss Alice Monroe was dressed in sombre black, relieved only by her pretty face, her bright, wavy hair, and a bronze green bird in her large, round-brimmed hat. Near by sat Mrs, Lawson, Mr. and Mrs Dana, Miss E. Fairehild, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bacon, Mr. and Mrs, Lillie, Mr. and Mrs, Vanderhym, Colonel ITairison Ritchie, Miss Richards, Mrs, Bates, Mrs, Cleveland, Mrs, Loring Andrews, Mrs, and Miss Ware, Mrs, 1. Ware, Mrs, and Miss H. Edge, Mrs, Legay, Mrs. Facett, Mrs, Mygate, Mrs. Dundas, Prof. and Mrs. Yeatman, Mr. George Draper, Mr. John Monroe, and Miss Van Schaick NO ASTONISHING TOILETS, The toilets were not particularly ereditable to the Awmcrican colony, two or three red velvet and plush capotes alone attracting aitention by their rather vivid hue. Black was the order ot the day. Long black plush coats and rich broche velvet pelisses were most worn. The church was beautitully decorated with rows of chrysanthemums and palms, e Anti-Russian Feeling Growing. | Copyright 1886 by James Gordon Bennett.] Bupa-Prsti, Nov. York Her- ald Cable—Special to the Beg.|—1n the for- cign affairs committee of the Hunearian dele- gation the onondyne report, contrary to ex- pectation, caused a long debate whicn is still unfinished, Count Andrassy spoke about and against the Mingrelian candidature. The prospects of an agreement with Russia are more and more unlikely. Bulgarian Affairs, Sor1a, Nov. 25.—The regents, in an inter- view with Gadban Effendi, the Turkis envoy, stated that it was impossible to recom- mend the sobranje to elect the Prince of Mingrelia to the vacant throne. The cadots of the military school have been disarmed by orders of the commandant. The motive is unknown. ‘The Bulgarian government, replying to a note from the porte on the subject of the election of Prince Nicholas of Mingrelia to the throne of Bulgaria, refuse to accept Prince Nicholas as a eandidate and says that action in the matter is incompatible with the treaty of Berlin vother conspiracy against the government lias been discovered. Two oflic one of them a Russian, organized a plot to kill Col- onel Nicolaieff, Major Popofl and the regents, The erlme was to have been committed this morning. Major Popofl discovered the vlot and caused the arrest of the two ofticers and of two others who are implicated, hey will be tried in a few days. Forty-one cadets are implieated in the vlot to revolt against the goyernment. — All of them, including the captian, assisted in the disposition of Prince Alexander, but were subsequently pardoned, They have since been shunned by their comrades and it 1s probable that the sehool will pe_reoreanized. LoxnoN, Nov. 2%.—The Vienna corre: spondent of the Times says that ail the Luropean governments except the English have notitied Lussia that they are willing to ace ice of Mingrelia as a candidate for an_throne. Proposals for mediat ween Russia and Bulgaria are being suggested. BERLIN, Nov. 25.—1t is afirmed in Russian cles that the e willing to accept any rrangement that Ewmperer William advi for a settlement of the Bulgarian question. ViENNA, Nov. 25.--The Political Corres- pondenc that Bulgaria is willing to ac- cept the Prinee of Oldenberg as a ruler. SELLING TO THE TENANTS. London City Compaules Disposing of Property ingdreland. .0NDON, Nov, 25.—The London city com- panies have resolved to sell their lands in the north of Treland on easy terms to tenants. The Salters’ eompany will transfer 25,000 acres at the purchase price of £20,000 under the terms of the Ashbourne act. The Fish- mongers’ company will transter 20,500 acres at a yearly rental of £0,500. They offer to sell to the tenants twenty years' purchase on government valuation, thetenants paying 50 per cent. under the present rental. The Drapers’ company offers 27,025 acres at a rly rental of £12,500 at eighteen yi rchiase. The tenants accept the off he transfer covers nearly all the county of Londonderry. Opening the Reichstag. Brruiy, Nov. 25.—The Reichstag was apened to-day by Herr Von Boeticher, min- ister of the interior, who read the speech trom the throne, Among other things the emperor says: *“The object of the nolicy of the empite. which enjoys peacerul relations with all states, is to exert in tavor of the muintenance of concord among all the pow- ers, the influence which acerues to Germany the from her tone of peace from universs confidence reposed in the empire owing to the fact that Germany is not concerned in pending questions and from the emperor’s close friendship with the two neighiboring courts,” nnounces that a meas- .7 The speech ure will be introduced to raise the effectual strength of the German army, which is_jus- tied by the increasing neighboring states, The measure, he says, “Is indispensable to German secur{t T'he septenate biil fixes the peace ness of the nrmy until 1504 at not i of the armies of the ective- [ SA0D men, uding ‘the single year yolunteer The permanent expendituré of the army is placed at 25,000,000 mar| and special and non-recurring expenditire at 2,000,000 ks, ‘The preamble of the bill nger besetting Germany in the larce se of the Fronch forees, and says the postponement of strensthening the German army might be attended with fatal results, for which reasons it is urged that the im* portance of active service is absolutely in perative beeanse Germany 15 obliged 1o make com for numerical differ- ences by b eports on I trainin, Chief dustice Colerldge Acquitted. LONDON, Nov. 25,—A verdict has been sendcred in favor of Lord Coleridge in the libel suit bronght against him by his son-iu- law, Adams. Loxpos. Nc stantinople s eral Kaulbar 5—A dispateh from Con- s the sultan will receive Gen- to-day. - Manning a Veteran Carouser, New Yok, Nov, 25, al Telegram to the Bee]—The World's Washington dis pateh says the report of the alleged msd: inzs of Minister Manning at the City of Mexico, which has been well circulated here, was not received at the state department with any degree of surprise, though it keenly felt the responsibility for kis appointment and the disgrace he has brought upon the se vice, and particularly upon the secretary of state, whose friend he has long been, At the time of Judge Manning’s appointment it was whispered among nis most intimate friends that while on the benel 1 Louisiuna he was in the habit of becoming too con- vivial, and often was unable to hold court tor days. Since his appointment it is a well Known fact hare that while at White Sulphur Springs th day after Secretary Bayard notitied him of his uppointment the minister became very much intoxicated and while in this con- dition left for New Orleans. During the journey he beeame so unruly fhat the con- ductor of the train tareatenéd to but hin off at some obscure station, This, as told by a prominent member of the Louisiana deléga- tion in congress, would have been done bad not afriend of the minister intertered and fuevailed upon the conductor ol account of [anning's high position, 1o do notiing that could be wade publie. After he reached New Orleans it was sowme days before e was Seen upon the street, so extended was his ca- rouse, P Another Vessel Probably Lost. Derroir, Noy he sehooner Owase itis feared, has gone down on lake F ie with a crew of ning persous. She cleared Saturday Just trom Fairport, Ohie, with a cargo of 600 tous of coal for Detroit, She was iusured for §4,700, NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS. gan and Callom to Effect a Compromise Inter-State Commerce Bill, THE SPECIAL DELIVERY RECORD How the System Has Worked in Ne braska and lowa Citics—Comptrols ler Trenholm on National Banks--Postal Affairs, Inter-State Commerce Work, WaAsHINGTON, Nov, 25, —[Special Telegram tothe Bri.]—1tis probable that inter- state commerce bill o at the approaching session of congress. Last spring the Callom bill was passed in the sen- ateand the Reagan bill was passed in the louse, and both were finally referred to a conference committee, On Monday next the two authors of these measures will meet and work till they effect a compromise. Senator Cullom refuses to accept an arbitrary lay such as Judge Reagan proposes, and the lat- ter will likely agree to Cullom’s bill with a few modifications, giving directions to the railroad commission which it creates, THE SPECIAL DEIVERY RECORD. During the year ended June 50 last speeial delivery letters were received and delivered at postoftices in Nebraska as follows: Lin- coln—Letters received from other points, 15025 deposited for local delivery, 201 Omaha—From_ other points, #5273 local, Plattsmouth—From other points, 86; local, 14, Towa postoftices as follows: Burlington— From other places, 711; local, ar Rap- ids—From other places, 740; local, 210, Clin- ton—From other places, 5. Coun- cil Bluffs—From other wlaces, 717: local, 4 Creston—From other places, 1195 local, 42, an ne sort will be passed Dayenport—From other places, 7 local, 440. Des Moines—From other places, 2, local, 685, Dubuque—From other places, 704; local, 162 Fort Madison—From other places, 60; loeal, none. lowa City—From other places, 6; local, 16, Keokuk—From other places, 2333 local, 14, Lyons—From other plac 813 local, Marshalltown — From other places, 3 local Mount Pleasant—From other pl . 613 local, Museatine—From oth v places, 184} local, 20, Oskaloosa From other places, 3 loeal, b Ottumwa—From other places, 501: local, joux City—From other places, 474 loc Waterloo=From other places, ( COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS, It cost $10,333 to collect eustoms in braska during the last fiscal year, while Lowa it cost but 3504, A GRAND ARMY COMPLAIN and Army men hereare complaining that Dr. Dabney, recently appointed on the medi- cal board of the pension ofliee, was a guard at Andersonville prison. ‘Uhcy do not like the idea of such an ofticer passing upon the pension application of union soldicrs. Comptroller Trenholm’s Report. WASHINGTON, No he annual re- port of Hon. William L. Trenholm, comp- troller of the currency, contains suggestions for the amendment of the national bank laws in about a dozen instances, including the contingent liability ot stockholders, the requirements as to reserve, tie limit of the loans to individuals, a more thorongh exam- inatlon of banks,and their protection against unequal state taxation. The speeific charac- ter of thege suggestions 1s withheld for the present. 'Three-thousand, five hundred and cighty national banks have organized in all, of which 2,858 are now in_operation. Of these 174 have been organized during the past year, with a canital of $21,000,000, cireu- lation $2,900,000. ‘Twenty-five banks went into voluntary liquidation during the year, one ceased to exist by expira tion of charter, and eight failed. Since the beginning'of the system, in 183, only 112 national banks have failed. Of th ty-three have paid their creditors in full, and twenty have paid interest, besid fifteen in full, and five in part. The contra tion in national bank circulation during the vear exceeds $56,000,000, ‘The average de- posits in banks have inereased from §522,.- 000,000 in_January, 1856, to $1,173,000,000 1 Oetober, 1856, while loans and discounts have risen from $300,000,000 to €1,443,000,000, The speete held by national banks in 186 was £10,000,000; in October, 1875, it was only 800,000, while iir July, 155, it was § . 000,000, and is now §156,000,000, The Encouraging Postal Outlook. WaAsHINGTON, Nov. 25,—Third Assistant Postmaster General Hazen, in his annual re- port to the posimaster general, refers to the encouraging outlook for the current year, and says that there 1s scareely a doubt that it will realize still greater improvement in postal revenue. ‘The reduction in the rate of postage of second ¢ matter and the in crease of the unit of weight of first class mat- ter have been in efiect since the st of July, 1855, and aceordinzly the revenuo will hotsuffer from these sources in the compari- son of the present with the past fiseal year. For the next fiseal year, ending June Ne- in ), 1857, he estimates the deticieney of revenue the eeneral treasury more ont of 3, which is only $524,014 than the amount charced 10 the treasy the year ended June 30,183, and $2,1 less'for the year ended June 50, 1585, From the tendencies shown it is evident that, with the prosperous condition in the busintss of the country to favorably influence the revenne, and with the continued excreise ot care in reguldting expenditures, the posial Service will again, at no distant day, becoue to'be supplied as S, a selt-supporting institution, e Rumored Attempt to Kill Cleveland. Wasmnaroy, Nov. 25.--The report reached Washington from the west to-night that an attempt had been made to kill the president to-day, but up to 11 o'clock ali was quiet and secure'at the white house, and the first intelligence of the attempt was conveyed there in the report irom the west, (hanksgiving, WASHINGTON, . Eresident Cleve land spent the day very quietly at the white house, entertaining no one, Several of the cabinet oflicers entertained a few personal The Presid triends but there was no formal dining, Rain, snow and slush characterized tho weather, - - Dastardly Assass . SAN AxTONIO, Tex,, Nov, 25, —Parties who arrived last night from Del Rtio, on the Rio Girande, in Kinney county, bring intelligence of a dastardly assassination which oecurred there the evening before about 7 o'clock. James Prewitt, a prominent-young man of the town, was standing in the store of J, Brown, talking with the proprietor, when some one fived throngh —a window, sending & load of buckshot ihrouglhi Prewitt, killing him in halt an hour, Just before he expired Prewitt —stated that he had three enewies, and he believed one of them had killed hin. One of tne three men named by the dylng man was Oscar Carnic a young and aristoeratic Virginian, who recently came to Del Rio. Ofticers immediately rode to Carmichael ranch, two miles distant, and found him in bed, but on searching the house founda shotgun that had been recently discharged Carmichael was arrested, and circumstances oint 8o strongly toward him as the assussin hat there are grave fears that he will be Iynehed, as Prewitt was very popular, e Rain and Sleet. Prerspu Nov. 25.~—1t has been snowing and raming here since daylight. On the mountains east of here a sleet storm is raging and all wires are down for thirty miles be- tween Derry and Conemangh on the ’enn- sylvania railroad. Telegraphic communica- tion has also been interrupted between this city and Washington, - Nebraska Weather For Nebraska and lowa: Fair | stigty cooler, U, weather | ™ Fort Scorr to-day with toa ton of pounds to a fc 10 the firsts, & in progress, o per the o first run of 1 per ton of can cane gave ation, and fal estimates, that the i to grain, but irst boiling, ful sug T is be LIVES N0 more Aluable D wholly 'y ol Goyernment second boiling ¢ mating the sug svGan Trial Proves a Failare. “of Car Kan., Nov, 25,1 ments conducted here agricnlture on 1,0 EXPERIMENTS rhonation e expert by the department of Nisiana cane sed here yield of second sugars, the iving nine pounds of sugar cane. The firsts were 15464 m of cane; the seconds, added ive 1434 pounds per ton, kst v from the third boiling, now t one-half of the seconds, as ual basis, isia This 18 ac st boiling to st practically giving thewliole st ity, than the old process, wih oduiet dustroyed Representatives | nxionsly inquiring wheths tr disappointment to the advoeates of Chief Cnemist Wiley, based upon b and the total yield of the na cane was 1439 pounds he tivst ran of Louisiana considerably less. Ihis a great carbon 1S far below the ostim ounted for by the fact was not only ving, s per proof, thus arerop in the xperiment but contirms Lureatly interests, ical and from by the re fron the sot ing the diffusi in he result of experiments with sorhium cane namely, that the diffusion extracts ate pr tically all sugar and is a suecess, while ear bonation, as a method of treating the jnice, isa faflure, And this again 15 only a con firmation of ‘like experiments on tiopical cane made in different parts of the world, extending over a_period of several years: The suceess of diffusion is a great point cained for sovghum. — Cushing's method gives a relatively larger vield from the firmer ~ stalk of tropical cane than from the more spongy sorghim cane s “The experiments that are being conducted by the Parkinson Sugar company give the most enconraging results in the matter of sugar refining. By reboiling and graining the Sugar i Vacutim pan a beauti- ing produ couragement of the sorhum industry, the government experiments were “designed to promote as wellus to demonstrate and pro motethe best sig appliad tohoth troy tothe en whieh honation, as sorghum and that of poorer qual- e molasses, cane, both, foremer. ithern cane the on juice by arbonation will be prirsued by the agrieul- tural department in tie sugar experiments about to be underiaken by it Lonisiana. Chief Chemist Wiley construes the law mak- ing the appropriation suit of this s things are man, who, it abondonment expensive hobbie Justice S BroosiNG i o'elock th supersede Black, Swet purs court, ddasis purely any part by e Ocean tion as to th They treated of course and dent th their Jud or ofli¢ CmicaGo, N and Madison whole house, most of the the parlors trightened f The stair the latter in al fire penet second tlod It was ov s injured. cendiaiy,” st not fire in six dilf and disconnec for this r 011, racing of Oakland g tendanco. traek fast, i 1. second, At I'hree-fourt Tk ‘I M and won first hear and fourth, Prerspen left this eity a freight train a miles fro shortly after express train, of ( kitled outright the expr A,, died sud children, ously with Maxnax, | nane north of Two young W BANBORN, Hazletine was on the flam ing will by 1 bably re ch issned on Than When the holiday had_ ended, one minute after midnight, th re rtified writ issued. by the condemne: expressions of pleasure but few ‘of sury tart in room were froun to de ling xpected of Commissioner Col- 1 requiris 1y insane polic g the pur Better is believed, will require the adoption of the more rational system and the of LONGER TO LIVE, tt Grants a Supersedeas in the Anarchists’ Case. ON, Ottawa to have the clerk the increasing beliet that the court would grant them s they admitted having be 2 b Hotel on Pire. T'he Continental hotel, Wabash avenue t, was damaged early this mormng to the extent of ov. at the southeast corner st arsons’ brother, sons. was waiting at the telephone in the jail and was the first 10 convey the infor- mation to the prisoners, exploded -~ 1., Nov narchist cas ew trial by t Without al 1 L1, says. ( ved of havin; cord was file The news wi 1 quietly supersedeas new tr been still S5 rulings W -~ of heories and —At 11 s morning Judie Seott wranted the s in the nd Solomon started at « issue the order in nce of Judge Seott's instruetions. The cifect of the supersedeas is to postpone the date of execution until after the hearing of the motion for a n Me S8, ce to hie supreme Judge Scott’s order granting the superse forua aulars, OF giving any reasons, he tifies that in his_ovinton “there is able ground for granting the writ.” Cl1cAGO, No from Ottaw the condemned anarehists ar ing, but did not press the supreme court clerk to immediately issue the supersedeas by Chiet Justice Scott, zoing into b the Titer- “ounsel for this even- ordered There was a ques: g the writ al as with ndthe ceeived me ise, a matter d little except to intimate an Hlinois supreme ial, though wore conli- would be in General Par- by fire about §800. ‘The fire started in room 47 on the third floor in a lot of bed elothing, A panic ensued among the guests, Those who were first awakened hurriedly aronsed the ocespants of 100 add rooms.~ Many of the women rushed out sereaming in their night elothes or seantily clad at best. The fite burned rapidly and smoke silled the When the department arrived guests were assembled in and the oftice with aces and scanty dress, s were dittered with piles of clothing, perso | i ited and had to be fou v half was entirely extinzuished, SThe fi i et ted, Thanksgiving D SAN Prancisco, No to-d, hs mile: iison third Year second, Gavdner thivd sixteenth, Argo ; fost thne—1 141 O et B second, Cleyeland third. ash Noy on the Cleveland & T'ittsh: b 31520 t Con nid and two freight cars and the ¥i eveland, was hurled from Ne s were injured. Biad stopped 10 take on a when the express train cr Death of an Aviny V VANCOUVER BAURACKS, Major Frank E. Taylor, lieht battery I, U. S, ble condit rough the an hour b Lu Sweenie, alone. ‘T'ne he places on differ It w —~ The the Blooded [lorse assoc] Ay brought out ather was Burtle Trme (T ats: md. Ien Tine—1 Traing, 25.—The thro rg vail st night, ysstation, t it derailing t rewman Harry the e of the pa supply hed it e W, fine . won, cngine The freight eficets and trunks, ‘The ions, ceiling of the rom below, fore the blaze ily noone ¢ was undoubtedly in- S The fire did el was on ent floors a hard fire to light ces, xtra day’s tion at a fair at- and the Minnie 1:01%¢ Robson won, Leap Tline Miss (€ 1216, jurtuey nette third on. Nielzon 1zl express oud, which ran into a wenty-four n Pittsburg on the Fort Wayne road he caboose of the Burkshaw, o cab and engers on trin 0 it waler ran. Nov. 2. -~ nly this afternoon of vheunia- He leaves o wite and five tisin of the Leart, 1o was appointed antof the First Artillery in 1531 of seventeen years, and has batte men, ot Dak., lost night and when found w that her 1ccovery is doubtiu Wax W CLEVELAND, Nov.' 25 ment of the Standard oil way are burning, oy to this day. will be enbalined wud sent east tor b T'w bere while looking for been nud ieut the ape continii- Che budy urial, I o children Meisal were frosen to death ten miles lost stock brothiers, named Sims, th while returning 1rom Noy, Mrs. seph in the blizzard Monday 3 50 badly frocen - ks on Fire, The wax depart- works on Broad- Eight ex Tue 10ss cinos are. playing and it is feared that ahe build- a total loss, §9,000, Wil pros | bssays were found in his pocket: DESPERATE FIGHT AT SEA A Sbip's Crew Set at Defiance By a Spa Sailor, THREATENED 70 BURN THE SHIP, Secreted Among Barrels of Petrolenm the Mutineer Makes a Terrible With a Knife and Suicides, sistanc hen Fighting a Mutincer, NEW York, Nov, The American ship Granite State. which arrived lere yesterday after a passage of 13) days from Manilla, had an experience that has rarely been equaled | on the high seas, Ihe story told by her | <kipper. Captain EFritz, is a recital of dese perate deeds which would appear extraordin- ary, even in the pages of a dime novel. subject of the talo named Leon Salares of November that the man commenced ) murderous work, ‘Ilie ship was then s ing along in the south Atlantic with unfavor- able winds, On account of squally weather mucheare was required in the handling of the craft, and the crew had to remain constantly on deck, Salares was asked one morning to asist in some work., e turned to Captain Fritz and saia: “I'libe — it Ldo, This is a tloating hell, and 1T won’t allow you to kill me by work.” ‘T'he cantain spoke to several of lis wen and asked them to advise Salares to obey instructions, They w woing for- ward to try persuasion when Salares stepped toward the fore-hateh, whieh was parily open, and shouted: “If you come near me 1 swear by all that's good Ul set five to the cargo in the hold, 1 am well prepared for this attack, and 1 will stand no nonsense.” Uhe men did not heed his threats, but cons tinued to move forward. They had just reached the after end of the fo tle when Salares pulled a box of matches trom his pocket, and, after igniting one, held italoft to show he would carry outhis designs, The men stopped short and Captain Fritz called ont: “For God's sake, come baek; the man is mad.” he vessel was loaded w raged Spaniard then lovered himselt down through the hateh on to the top Gier of case- oil, amd erawling up torward into the eyes of the ship scereted Limsell between the eargo. Tho was a Spanish sailor It was in the middlo oil. The en- The wite and daughter of Captain Fritz were on o board, and - they, fear- ing the man would Set fire to the ship, besged the oflicers to o and promise hin ity from punishment if he wonld return to work. ‘The captain_ in- dorsed the order, but thoush the mates called to the Spaniard throuzh the hateh, he retused to come back to the deek. Al that night the captain’s wite and danzhter paced the cabin, expeeting something to_happen every nins ute. On'the early morning of the foliowing day the crew agroed to co below and try. to capture Salares. ‘Their last order from Cap- fain Fritz was to take him alive if possible, and not harm him. Captain Fritzled the men . Itwas very dark between decks, and that they wight not have a strugele in the dark lanterns were procuved. ‘They had erawled along on the casce of oil for only a few see- onds when the voice of Salares made them forward halt. *Go back,” he shouted, “or I'l1 kil you Cavtain Fritz was the nearest to him, and urally proved the object of his wrath. With a sheath knife which he had fastened to the end of ashovel he made a lunge at the aptain. The knife landed on the wrist of th nd which held the lantern. [t was al- most fevered from the urni by the blow, and the lantern fell to picees on the oil cases, The flames from it burst up, and but for the cantain’s presence of mind a frighttul disaster would have occured, The captain, wounded as he was, sueceeded inextinguishing the fames, whil the men retreated to the deek. was game, however,and insisted that the man should be'taken, A few hours_after this a second attempt to capture the Spaniard was made. Two of the sailors now carried pis- tols, but though they fired nearly thirty shots in all direetions the Spaniard escaped injury .. After the charges had been exhausted Silares in dismay began his work. He erawled silently up to the men, and with the sheath-koite on' the shovel-handle, nearly eut_in twain the back of one of the Danish = sailors. Following up the onslanzht he stabbed Robert in the left eye. and Alexander ( on the right arm. ~He then moved furthe forward. ‘Ihe blood was pouring from the wounded men, but they detenmined to take Salare: irst tried to break the lanterns by tiring quoins which were used to stow the cargo, bt when that had failed he becamo quiet. For an hour the crew scareled about urzo without falling across Salares, but finadly found him wedged between two boxes. e was dyine, having eut his throat. Ten minutes after being brougit on deck he an died. The body was buried at sea, - Ruinea By Politi S, Lovis, Mo, Nov. Franklin Acord, of Paris, Mo.. was found yosterday in a room of the Mona louse with his throat cut and his head nearly severed from his body. ‘The razor With which the bloody deed had been done lay at his side on the bed. Acord was forty-two years old and un- married. Just before eleetion he resigned a position in a dry goods store to run for sher- 1if of Monroe county. This county is so strongly democ that 1o conventions were held, and candidite vuns on his own merits. Acord was defeated by i small majority and was greatly depressed. . 1o sotight work here but failed to fina employ- ment. On Monday be reccived a letter froin phy'sician in Flotida, Mo, refusing to lend Bim money, and was fust seen alive Monday fght. It15 probale that in- despair e took i 0w Life, Hewas a prominent Odd Fel- Tow and Free Mason, and wis o contederate veterin, - Anarchy in a Saloon, New Youk, Nov. Joseph Daman, a erazy tailor and an avowed anarchist, entered Prafl’s s saloon on - Allen strcet, six-shooter in hand, and yelling: “The social revolution has come, Blood! Blood!” began firing, Pratt dived under his bar and eight customers followed suit, hiding behind tables and chairs. I'lie pistol-shot which Piaff dodzed shate tered the glassware of the bar Kuntzman, a painter, was struel that furrowed the top of his hea Policeman Sparenbure ran in, “knoek down the anurekist and e s the pistol, “The prisoner was diagecd 10 @ police station velling “blood” all the way. A nmber of denouncing and praising WHs Comig » Lospitaly Sebuastinn by a bulleg L st then the Jews as natural eviminals, the social revolution which Kuntzman is badly hwt and is - Entertaining the Ol Traitor, Meawins, Tenn., No Jefl Davis res wained over to-day and received calls, He attended the Memphis theater to witness 1ha rendering of the “Chimes of Normandy” by Ewmma Abhott and her opera tro Miss | Abbott, “by special reaucst of the distings 1 Wished visiton,” who oceupied a box, sanig SThe Last Rose of Suminer.” Mr, David ained with the Jarge audievee present | wanifesting his appreciation of Ler superh effort, He departs carly to-morow worning tor his home in Mississippi - Whipped to Death By His ther, SPINGFIELD, Mass, Nov, 2 There 18 mich ¢ ement in Jolyoke over the death of Peter Carey, aged nine years, prestumably from the effects of a whipping administered by his father, It seems that the boy got hold whisky Sunday and went howe drunk, Wi father punisicd biw so severely 1 owith a lath that some of the neighbors inters fered, ‘The boy was put 1o bed and died Mouday, of - b oof Erastus Beaoks Nov. 25 Brooks dicd this Loy 08 n New You uing 4l