Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1886, Page 1

SIXTEENTH YEAR. NITH SUSPICIOUS UNANINITY Washineton Pay « (ell Why Oleveland Purcha ed “'P ~ttv Prospect.” THE INDJIAN SUPPLY DEPOT. New York Endeavoring to Retain It, With the Chances in Favor of Omaha--Commissioner Glo- ver to Be Investigated. Cleveland's Contribution. WasNGTON, Dee. 2.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—Witha unanimity that arouses suspieion of preparation at the white house wll of the local pavers to-day publish very lengthy statements showing President Cleve- land’s conneetion with the purchase of his country place. The bent of it is to show that he was not a party to euchreing the real estate agent out of his commissions and it is 1n the form of an interview, ete., with Green, the recent owner of “Oak View.” It is the first elaborate and authenticated defense of the president on this subject and shows that that ofticial is aroused. ~The tenor of the articles and something of their uniform character can be scen by the head lines of two of them. One is headed thus: “All About Oak View. The True Story of the ident’s Purchase. 0. C. Green's State- nt. A Sure and Legitimate Transaction rom Beginning to End.” The other has these tines: “The Purchase of Oak View. A Plain Stralghtforward History of the W hole Trans- action. ‘The President’s Search For a Quiet, Elevated and Inexpensive Country Place, Oak View Meets the Requirements.” As a thorough refutation of the slanders connect ing the president and the District commis- sioner with the syndicate interest, a state- ment was prepared in Newspaper Row- showing the interest the newspaper correspondents have in dealing with this subject, and giving the lie to the assertion that they are blackmails, 1t shows that up- wards of twenty-five of the correspondents vay taxes on real estate in the District of Columbia, nearly all paying over $100 a year and several twice that amount; thatcom- bined they pay more taxes into the District treasury than the president, District commis- sioner and police oflicers.some of them paying twice as much as the president. NEW YOIK STIRRED UP, New York is becoming alarmed over the prospects of removing the depot of Indian supplies from that eity to Omala or some other western point. A delegation from the New York board of trade and transportation has laid before Secretary Lamar an elaborate communication on_the “subject, showing the aavantages i refaining it where it now is, It is claimed that New York is the headquar- ters for [udian supplies: that most of them wre either manufactured there or come there before they reach consumers, and that, there- fore, it is the best market for the covern- ment and one that must be patronized in any event, The Omaha delezation, expected here ‘early next week, is anticipated with enuine interest at the Indian office. The mpression at the interior department secms to be that Omaha has a good chance of being “uccessful 11 the depot Is remove GLOVERTO 11 ) “The secretary of the interior has addressed & communication of recommendation to the commissioner of the general land_ office rec- ommending an_ investigation of the alleged conduct of k. Glover, of Long Pine, Brown Nebraska, inaflixing his sig" nature and seal as Unifed States commis- sioner to timber culture afiidavits in_ whieh allezed entries in the Valentine district were made when the entrymen were not before him at the time of siich official attestations, the entrymen being in I1linois, The secretary recommends that the department of justice iake action to investizate WASIINGTON FULL OF SCANDAL, ‘There has been enough seandal in Wash Ington during tho last two or three days in :onnection with the real estate deals and the police mvestigations to fill all the newspapers u tho country. A very large portion of this, Fxcept being extremely intoresting, is untit for publication—uniit because it is 'so h sensational a8 to be almost improbable truth, There is but one theme of conversa tion, among politicians, statesmen and resi- denfs here, and that is this real _estate busi ness, the police investigation and the interest 1he president is now taking in it all. Al- though the statement made that the president would institute a_private investigation on Ihe case tc i st wno was interested in these real estate deals has been denied fiere at the white louse, it is true, everthe- less, that Mr. Cleveland is looking into tho matter. The charges made that the three ronmissioners of the District have an intercst in the real ostate speculation and that they ¢ interested an influential gentleman at the white house in whom the president the liveliest interest, has been told wresident by a board of gentle in the plainest’ manner possible so that there conld be no misunderstanding as to the condition of the affairs. It would e =rediting the president with the most intense stupidity tosay that he was not looking into the trath of the reports, Whatever of doubt there may be have been a week ago as to an tnvestization of the police and real estate matters, it has entirely disappared, and there is hut oie point at présenty it is that cony will begin an inyestization, probably at both ends of the eapital before the holidays. “Thie romova e Walker and Lieu- tenant Arnold ates this seandal and makes the cou nal inyestization pos sess many possibilities, Both of these men Are now arrayed against the District commis sioners, and both will be prosceuting wit- nesses, whereas on the recent trial neither implicated any official above them. There nre predictions that Major Walker will try wnd show a direet connection between the cowmissioners and the real estate syndicate, and to show that he did not originate the sugseation wade to Arnold that congressmen should be spotted for the purpose ot influ encing them in future lezislation. A con- gressional myestization willndoubiedly in- volve many important facts which a police investigation and a common court trial conld not bring out becanse the former s nega tively more potent thau the latter’s direct suthority 1 one'Is to judge by what he hears from representatives and senators, there will be a scrambling i both ends of the capitol next week for the precedents of introducing re wtions creating investization into the police and real estate transaetions in the Distriet “Ilie chief magistrate 15 reported to have to & number of his congressional friends that he hoped no stone would be left unturned for the decp probing of this question ; that he did not desire any smoke of & scandalous charac- ter to be hovering about the white house, the oflices of the District commissioners and superintendent of police, or any other fed- eral guardian, OF INTEREST T0 POSTMASTERS, In1gis annual report Vostiaster Gen Vilas ealls attention to & matter whicl caused & good deal of comuient a gressien, and whieh will undoubtedly ceive legislatiy ction very soon, It Is the matter of classiication of vostoflices and the allowances of those of the third class. Mr. Vilas thinks that the system whizh has been in practice for some time, by which third elass postoflices are graded 'is very poor; also, that those of this rank should - receive wore tnancial assistance at the hands of the gov- erawent. Lo recowmends that oflicers of the third class, getting $5.500 a year or more, should be’ given buildings to be occupied solely for postoftice purposes, and that th &l \inl be additional el¢ recomuiends that such oftices should | by the government and given allowances for fuel, light and clerical foice 1o an wwount not i excess of box rent and commission For seyeral years congress has been prae- ticlng & kind of by-play or_burlesque in the matter of providing butldings for third elass postofilees. It has been making an appropriation tor the leasing of buldings for tiese oftices, which has been equal to_about 5 per cent of the actual cost of buildings Jeased, ‘The object in providing that build- fngs for third-class postoflices ¢an_be leased And making an appropriation so inadequage to the required amount beont apd is now for the purpose of encouraging rivalries in the swall cities between localitics and busi- Desses, that the citizens, for the purpose of D, akes the securing & loeation of the offic tribute an amount suflicient to | The operation of this de: has been the leasing of buil figures and rent, An officer at the postottice department, who has much to do with leasing postoffice build ings, says that the government does not pay more than {5 per cent ot the rent for build- ings occupied by all postoffices of any other than the first-class, which are in the very largest cities. The consequence is that mercenary motives control the location of the postoflices of the second and_ third-class, whereas convenience to the patrons and falr business reasons generaliy stiould be the con- trolling spirit. Knowing then as well as it does, it is believed that congress will lake the matter in hand and afford a remedy. BENEDICT ON TITE RACK A spitited investigation is to be made by the senate committee on printing into the discharges made by Public Printer Benedict before action is taken on that ofticial’s nomi- nation. Lhis work will e coupli- cated. It “will require inquiry as to motive for removal in the dis- placement of over 50) employes, Heretofore the public printer has been in the habit of earrying from the second or third month im- mediately preceding the meeting of congress several hundred extra printers to pay whom he had no money, On several oceasions the printers have worked without any assurance of pay for several weeks, but they were of course confident that con gress would do fair by them and appropriate money to pay them, 1t is trae that the money setaside by congress to liquidato the expenses of tie government printing office was so nearly expended th the public printer could not insure the wages of employes from the st of October to tlie end of the year, but there was all the work which he could'do, and which must be done, spread out in the ' office, and the question arises now why did the government printer make this wholesale removal when work was 10 be done, in the face of the practice of his predecessor, unless it was to get rid of ) tisan employes, that partisans of another class might be émployed? 1t 10oks as though Mr. Benedict's nomination will not bo con- firmed, a8 there is a good deal of upathy on the subject, I0WA AND' NEBRASKA POSTAT, “To-day the postmaster general, on th quest of the postmaster at Des Moing allowed that office three additional lette carriers to commence Deceniber 1 Postmasters in Nebraska hay pointed to newly established offices, as fol- lows: Rovert I'. McKnight, serwin, Custer county: George Piters, Cairo, Hall county, Orders have been issued affecting the star iservice in Nebraska, as follows: Creigh- ton to Yankton from December 6, omit ‘Tal- bottand Sweden; decreasing distance two miles Paddock to Atkinson from December 6: for the discontinuanoe of Blackbira, decreas: ing the distance three and a half miles: Atkinson to Grand Rapids, permit contractor to perform side service between Belknap and Cleveland, provided full service by sworn carrier in locked pouches bo rendered and no complaint be made; Broken Bow to Wester- ville from December 13, omit Broken Bow, embrace and begin at Ansley dcereasing distance eight and a half miles: Triumph to Broken Bow, modify order November 15 to take effect November 20, in liew of Novem- ber 19, “The following postmasters were commis- sioned to-day: Joshua M. Snyder, Verdur- atte: Robert S, Randerson, Whittier; Frank- in 5. Will, Willow Sorings, The postofiice at Menote, Leuna Vista county, Towa, was discontinued yesterday. low sters _commissioned: Alex Charles, at Cedar Rapids, vice W. W. Smith, suspended; James P, Carleton, Towa Falls, gloe L B Knapp, suspended; Frank I’ Motle, at Odebolt, 'vice 1. 1. Hennett, su pendeds G. C. Scrimgeon, at’ Belle Plaine, vice W. A, ilunter, resigned: Joseph 11! Jumes, at Sac City, vice R, 1L Lamereauy, resigned. will con- y the rent, cable practice 1gs at nominal leeching the citizens for the been ap- ARMY ORDE “The orders of Kirst Livitenant Philip Powell, Ninth Cavalry, to rejoin_his regi- ment, haye been suspended until Febr ary 1. Assistant Surgeon 1. 8, Tesson has been cranted four months’ leave, Assistant Surgeon Robert R. Ball has been ordered to the Department of the Missouri. “The leave of Surgeon D. G. Caldwell lias been ays. Major Aln cwell, quartermaster, has been ordered to duty as ‘assistant to the chief quartermaster of the Department of Dakota. The feaves of Licutenant John J. Shuw, Sixth infantry, and _First Lieutenant Join H. Philbreck, Eleventh infantry, have been extended two months, ninissary Serces nd K. 1 James have been retired, BRIEF CAPITAL NEWS, A delegation of Boston, New York and Cliicago business men are urging the presi- dent o recommend in his message to con- gress the passaze of a bankrupt bill. Some agitation in political circles wa canser ening by the announcement that Ben Butler had been retained by ‘Thieobe in hiscontestof Speaker Carlisle’s ction to the Fiftieth congress. 1t is said that Butler will work with some personal g in the case. Lle remembers with of vividness the treatment he receiy ts George P. Arling- dential canviss, retary of war has granted vecently made by General Hazen to allow Lientenant A, W. Greeley to remain on duty in the signal service as assistant to the chief signal officer.General Hazen’s health is not good at present and lie desired to be relieved of some of the duties of his position, Members of congress are arriving by every train and most of them will be here by Mori- day nextat the opening of (he session . THE NEW METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, Great importance s attached by the focal newspapors this worning i announc Licutenant James 8. Powell, of the signal office, has been detailed to ceed to Omalia to organize the meteorologi service of the Union Pacitic_railroad, which is to co-operate with the United States signal seryice burean, 1t is believed that this is to be the inauguration of a valuable epoch in meteorological utility General Miles' | New Yons, Dec. 2,—[Special I the Bk, |—The Herald's Washingtor says: ‘There is considerable gossip about the war department_concerning tho sudden re- turn of General Miles 1o the west on Monday last. When the general came 1o Washing: o’ aw 20 it was his intention {o main four months. 1tis learned that the distinguished army officer on duty here pri- vately informed Miles that it would be well for him to leave for the west at once. /pon making further inquiry Miles was told that I nies at the department,who were jeal oms of the fame he had wrested from General Crook, would make trouble for him it he remained. request 1t - The President's Message, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The cabinet meet ing to-day was of short duration, ‘I'he presi- dent’s messtge was the only subject consid ed, although there was an informal diseis: sion us th the probable course of congress at the coming session. The message is practi- cally comvleted, and the 1 force at the white house is v d - preparing coples for the houses of congress Big Conl Beds. OrTAWA, Ont, Dee. 2—A, \ber of 1 geologieal survey stafl who is «l in in- vestigating the coal deposits in the Saskateh- awan regions states that the coal supply in the northwest 1s absolutely inexhaustible, The whole district lying between the Rocky Mountain house and Fort 1itt is one vast series of coal beds, both havd and soft, of the bust The Carolin Mannip, Dee.2.— Spain,attera long diflicult diplomatie controversy, protracted largely throug h the hostile spivit of the German mill tary authorities.inally succeeded in indueing Bisumaek to abandon his proposal (o establish w naval station at the Caroline Lsland - Licutenant Gre WASHINGTON, Dec. war approved the reguest made by the ch g or that Lieutenant Greeley he o tained on duty in the signal oiliee as wsist- ant to Ge 1 Hazen, whao is in 1Ll health, - Light Shakos. CuanLusToN, Dee. 2—There were slight earthquake at Summerville last nightand this morning. There was a severe shabeat Columbia at ¢ight this MoFBIBK. No dawage reported, Dispute. y's Position. lhe secretary of shocks of OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3. | TERRIBLE OCEAN DISASTER | Frightful Experience of a Passenger Steam- ship On the Atlantic, STRUCK BY A MIGHTY WAVE The Deck Crushed in and Many of the Crew and Passengers Killed and Injured- Happened, A Fateful Voyage. JERSEY Crry, Dec. 2—A frightful disas- ter involving the death of six men and the in- fliction of serious injuries to thirteen others, was reported this afternoon, upon the arrival of the steamship Western Land. On Satur- day afternoon, November 27, a huge cross sea was suddenly encountered and it feil with terrific force upon the forward deck of the steamship. The Western Land was then seven days out from Antwerp, The deck was crushed in and buried the unfortunate passengers beneath a mass of wood and fron debris. The next instant the water swept ong the gangways of the wain deck, carry- ing several persons with it. ‘Lhe crash was territie, but before the appalling nature of the accident was realized by the passengers, the officers of the ship had all the men available engazed in the work of rescue. ‘The injured were carried to the intermediate eabin, which was transformed into a hospitin. Four sea men were found to have been killed out- right. They were: RAsMEES SoNDAGEY, aged fifty-seven, of Antwerp; his skull was crushed to a jelly. GUSTAV Dupanr, aged forty-three, of Antwerp, crushed to death beneath a heavy iron beam: leaves a wife and three cnildren, Eviie DE Cock, twenty-six years old, of Antwerp, unmarricd; e was found pinned to the deck by the jagged end of an iron stanchion, which had pierced his abdo- men. HENRY married; piins, aged twenty-seven, un- broken, and his throat was “Thie two others killed sencers, FRANKS, ny. pricn LIVADERIE, aged seventeen, of Constantinople. Franks' abdomen was cut skull fractured, ke died at 1:30 o'clock Suuday morning. Livaderic sustained in ternal injuries which caused nis death five fours after Franks expired. “The injured seamen are: Second Boatswain Neil Hanson, left leg and arm broken, Nils Olson, both legs broken. Javinnus De Jough, leg broken and rup tured. Ienry Verstracten, both legs broken aud chest bruised. Franeis Frank, Chr Bedo and Ferdi- nand Heitman eSeaped with slight bruises. The passengers mjured were as follows : Joseph Livaderie, both aris broken. e a brotiier of tho young passenger who dicd Trom his inyuries. Max Kagle, leg broken, Jurivs Wik, severe contusions on back and abdomen, FrANcis LAssaN, three ribs broken lungs punetured. WiLLiAM HARcoMn, of New broken and arm dislocated GENE S01MER, severe sealp wounds. GUSTAVE BRENY, severe contusious on K and thighs and Tace badly cut, JOSEPI CITRISTMAN, arm broken, Manriy Nugsen, ankle sprained and back bruised. “T'he dead were buried at sea. ing scenes were witnessed at the improvised hospital when the passengers inquired about their injured friends. Everything possible was done for the reliet of the injured. The cabin passengers showed their sympathy with the unfortunates by many kind acts, and raised a purse of 2,000 franes to be dis- tribated among the families of the dead and mjured. When the Wester 1 port the injured passengers were transferred to hospitals. An inspection of the vessel afforded some idea of the terrible blow she had recefy “The crushed deck was known as the forward whaleback. 1t was constructed of four-inch pine planks, resting npon massive iron beams. ‘Inise, in turn, were upheld by three-ineh iron rod stanchions. The vast vol- ume of water struck the whaleback about fifteen feet from the stern and crushed in a section twenty-nine feet in length and ex- tending the fill width of the stexmship Second Ofticer Ehoff made the following statement: *We left Antwerp on aturday, November 20, with sixty-nine canin and steerage passengers anda full cargo, At 2: o'clock Saturday atternoon, November 27, we were in Jatitudé 47 degress, 53 minutes, longi- tude 43 dexrees, 5 mMnutes. 1 was on the main bridge when T noticed an enormous waveon the starboard lee. The next in- stant another towering wave joined it from the port side. —I'hey seemed to leap into the airas they mingled. They must have been nearly forty feet’ high, ns L saw their united mass above the lower vard of the foremast. ‘Then came a erash of water upon tie deck. 1t sounded louder than adozen cannons fired at once. ‘The water swept from one end to the other of the main deck and earried everything before it.” The disuster was not met with in a storm., Merely 8 good strong brecze was blowing from the southwest, with a chopping sea The vessel was specding at sixteen knots an hour. ‘The day was clear. Most of the cabin passengers were below. A’ group of sailc were on the spar deck” under w nically known as the “turtle back.” Moving around among them were several steerago ssongers who were idly watehing the lors weaying *sennet,” a material for matting used for sails. The first ofticers was below. 1t was the starhoard wateh and the captain and second oflicer were on the deck, the latter being on the bridge, were steerage pas- seventeen years old, of open and his and York, leg ba Many affect- A Schooner Lo Warerrows, N. Y., Dec. 2, schooner went ashore at off Stony creck from Woodyille, waves br Anmknown 1:50 this morning about three and a half miles 5 on the rocks with Aking over her and is rapidly going to pieces. Three men and one woman are on board. ‘The life saving crew at Big Sandy station 1as gone to attewpt a rescue, 0swEGO, N, Y., Dec, %.—Waord has been re- celved here that an unknown schooner, thought Lo be the Ariadne, has gone ashore in Mexico bay, about twenty-live miles eust of here, and {hat her crew are in the rigein ‘The vessol reported ashore in Mexieo bay proves to be the Ariadne, Captain McKay, with & crew of five men, bound from Toronto 1o this port with a caro of barley, When off this harbor Iast night she lost her main mas t and drifted down the lake till 4. w. to-dav, when she went ashore. The prain 48 soon washed overboard and drowned and during the day two of the crew were frozen to death. ‘Ulie remaining three took to the riggine and were nearly perished whon taken off. ‘Their recovery is considered doubtful, Double Railroad Catastronhe, SHENANDOAN, Pa., Jec. % —Thomas Reddy, aged sixty-five, was instantly killed and Hugh MeGinnis, aged twenty-three, fatally injured at a late hour last evening on the Ashland branch of the Lehigh Valley rail road. Reddy was walking along the track d attemuted to cross a shart bridge ahead n approaching train. When the engineer saw Reddy be signalled down brakes sharply and McGinness, Who was a passenger, appre- hending a coll{sion. leaped from the train and jumped head foremost iuto a pile of stones, The engine struck Reddy and threw him a distance of forty fect. e was when picked up. of iteless Fatality of a PParlor Match, PITTSBURG, Pa., De T'he Commereial Gazette's Bolluire (0.) svecial says: There was a terrible explosion of powder in the store of Robert Hall, six wiles west of here, this afternoon, fatally injuring three and seriously bruising =4 burning five others, “The explosion was caused by some one step ping eu a parlor watch that was lying on the fluor, when the spark fgnited the powder in akeg and blew the whole end out of the store, Five men and two boys who were in the store were prostrated, Those fatally hurt were KRobert Hall, Jacob Weiss and George Williams, — e The Fire Record. Aven, Mass,, Dec, 2.~A large two-story brick building and contents, owned by Baeder & Co., glue manufacturers, burned this morning. The fire is supposed to be of incendiary origin, because of threats made against the company. _Loss, $150,000, Loxpoy, Dee, 2. —Thirty men were stantly killed by an explosion in the fery in Darliam to-day, The ancient chureh of St. Mary Magda lene in Knightrider street was partially burned to-day. 1he same fire completely ae: stroyed four warehouses in the same street, Total 10ss amotnts (o 500,050, EAst SAGiNaw, Mich., Dec, of Josse St Taymou was burned | Onie in the flames anotlier badly that enstd Stockford wife burned. Brockroy, Mass., Dec, About 10 0'clock to-nighta fire was discovered in the shoe store of 0.S. Sweetzer, in the opera Jiouse block, and it spread rapidly. 'The tire departments from Stoughton, East Stoughton and Boston were summoned. The building is of _briek, about 100530 feet and four stories in height. The Toss on building and contents 18 esti- at §165,000, The house h townshin, child perished was burned so this _morning. were also badly a dcath and his - AGAINST THE COMMISSION, A Celebrated Raflroad Case Decided by fowa's Supreme Court. Des Moives, Ia, Dee. L—[Speeial Tele- gram to the Bie, | —The supreme court filad to-day an opinion in the celebrated Glidden buggy case, which has been pending for some three years. ‘The case is the one in which Major Anderson, 10w congressman- cleet from the Eighth district, then railrond commissioner, held that the Towa counnission could regulate freight charges between a point in Illinis and a point in Towa, A man in Glidden, la, shipped a buggy by the Northwestern railroad from Morricon, 11l He complained of the tariff as greater than the Iaw allowed the road to charge in low Aunderson held that the commissione power over the matter and could re the charge between the two places, in different states. Commissionér Coftln agreed with him and the two, a majority of the board, ordered the road to reduce its charges. It retused, and st was brought in the lower court. anda final decision has just been reached by the supreme court. It d cides azainst the commissioners and holds that they hiave no power or control over the case eited which belongs to inter-state com- merce and is subject only to congressional regulation. The decision is regarded as ve important, as it wasin_this particular that Anderson endeavored to make political capital as an_anti-monopolist, and his ad- vocacy of this theory was one of the e he took to win the granger yote in his ¢ didacy for congress. - The Trial of Snellenberger. NEBRASKA Crry, Neb, Dee, 2—[Speelal Telegram to the Bep.]—After two days and ahalfa jury was to-day noon obtained to try Lee Shellenberger, charged with the mur- der of his little girl Maggie. The following are the gentlemen selieted, all being far- mers, except A. H., Hill, who is in_the business at_Palmyra, Neb: R. T. Mcrhe son, T. i3, Williams, A. P. Hartman, John i . . S, Mabel, B R, Morgan, Charle: Mugey, A. [ Hill, W, E. | nith wnd ied Hapo, S pariies, at present unknown, got out a_hand bill last “night, and nad" v distributed thronghout the eity, » on _which was printed “Look “out foi J. O.and F, T: make short work of them. “By order of the As the above are the initials of tson and_Ranson_respectively, who are Shellenberger's luwyers, it is presumed that it was intonded to them for making their efforts in heir s belalf too strong. 1t Is needless to 4 and Ransom are not made of sueh stufl that would make them forsake a_client just be- cause of an excited public opinjon which is adverse (o their trast. They infend to zeal- ousty guard their client as far as the law e mits and their profession goes, and if they should be affected in any way by the eirculi- tion of this dodger jt would be to make them work harder for hifn, - Fine Stock Breeders, Masox Crry, Ia., Dee. 2.—Special Tele eram o the Bre. |—The state association of fine stock breeders, in session here to-day, adopted very strong resolutions on the su ject of wiping out cattle diseases. ‘They eall upon the national government to condemn and slaughter all cattle in the United Sta infected with the toot and mouth disease or pleuro-pneumonia and pay for the same out of the public treasury, ey also demand that the conzressional ‘delegation try to pre- vent the importation from any country to this of animals so infected, and they iirge the governorand stato veterinarian of Lowa to exercise unusual vigilance to prevent the introdmetion of the contagion to lowa cattle from the infected markets, especially Chicigo, requesting that no 1s be allowed 10 comie into the ‘state from Chicazo until thor- oughly disinfected. "This evening the eiti- zens of Mason City tendered the association abanquet. at which covers were luid for 500 ol asts were responded 1o by lead- 1z stock breeders of the state, including United States Marshal Campbell, Judge urse of Des Moines, Railroad Oommis- sioner Coflin, Tlon. J. B. Grinnel, Henry Wallace, editor of the Iflomestead, and others, Walson The & nta Fe's Movement, Fort MAD1SON, Ia, Dec | Special Tel- egzram to the BEr, | —One of the attorneys of the Atchison, Topel & Santa Fe railway was here to-day and perfected arrangements with the local company_holding the chartex for abridge across the Mississippi to transfer the same to the Santa Fe, work to commence within sixty days for the oonstruction of a railway und waion bridge across the river at this point, 115 generally thought here that the Santa’Fe veople ara arraneing to build an airline to Chicago from Kansas City by way Madison and the citizens are ve; jubliant. - Nel a City Waterworks. NEBRASKA City, Neh,, Dee, [Special Telegram to the Bee)--E. A. Rudiger ar rived in the city this morning from Chicago, and work on the waterworks will be com- menced to-morrow, Three car loads o1 pipe are expected o arrive this evening. A Confidential Thief. CHICAGO, Dec, 2.—~The Inter-Ocean, in o late edition, says that Miner T. Ames, the milionaire coal werchant, is the vietim of ‘Theodore 8, Mize, his eonfidential book- keeper and cashier and seeretary of the Chl- cago and Minonk Coal & Coke company, who perpetrated a vobbery that s estinated at 100,000 and may exceod that, Mize, who is one of the best known men in local busine cireles, anda member of the Union Veteran club end Apollo club, has been in the employ of Ames since 153, Within a couple of years from the time Tie entered Ames' en bloy, be began a systematie course of robly covering up his dishonesty by false entrics and by other schemes, AT first his stealings were comparatively small, but of late years it is rumored his specnlations frequently reached SLOO in a single month. About a weels ago Ames discovered sometling wrong with the “money accounts and it is said he taxed Mize with dishonesty. Mize couf lis guiltand said he had been e employer for year Ie mercy - and promsed restiii far as it lay within his power. Since then all Lis property which eould be found, including atine Housé, bus been turned over (0 Alies. Mize could Dot be found last night. but i lieved to be stopping with bis_father. Lo sides the travagent manner in which he and his wife lived jt is asserted that Mize at various times supported three other wonen on whou he lavished money. The father and mother of Mize admiited the truthof some of the charges, but said the amount taken had been greatly exaggerated They said h i when Ames veturned trom Europe, fessed and turued over lis reside employer, w his . 1856, (OUR TREATY WITH JAPAY | The President Proclaims the D the People at Large. ument to WHAT ITS PROVISIONS List of Crimes For Which the Body of the Offender Can Be De manded by the High Con- tracting Parties, ARE Jap and Yankee Extradition WasHiNGTos, Dee, 1,—The following is the proclamation of the president promulgat- ing the extradition treaty with Japan, which was ratified after being amended by the sen- ate last June: A PROCLAMATION tween the United Stat, Whereas, A treaty be- es of Amerien and the emperor of Japan for the extradition of criminals was concluded and_ signed at the city of Tokio on the 29th day of April, 188, which treaty was amended by the senate of the United States, and being inthe nelish and it D erative sixty days after exchange of ratifications thereof: and Whereas, The respeetive ratifieations the same 'were exchianged in the city “Tokio on the 2ith day of September, 1556, Now, therefore, be it known that 1, Grover Cleveland, president of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public to the end that the same and every artiele and clause thoreof as amended may be observed and tuliilled with good faith by the United Statesand tha citizens thereof. In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed Done at the City of Washington, sEAL] this third day of November, in' the year of our Jord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and ot the Independence of the Ubited States the one bundred and elev By the President: Groven CrLe I F. BAYARD, > SYNOPSIS OF THE The following is a synopsis of tlie treaty: I'he high contracting parties engage to de liver up to each other, under the circum stauces and conditions of the present treaty all persons who, being accused or convictéd of one of the following crimes or offenses committed within the jurisdiction of the one party, shall be found within the jurisdietion of the other: 1. Murder and assault with in- tent to commit murde Counterfeiting or altering money. or utfering or bringing imto cireulation ecoiinterteit or altered money: counterfaiting certifieates or coupons of pub- lic indebtedness. bank notes, or othier instru- ments of public eraditof cither of the par ties and the ntterance or circulation of the same. 3, Forgery or al ng and uttering what is forged of altered. 4. Embezzlement or eriminal malversation of public funds committed within the jurisdiction of either party by public oflicers or depositories. 5, Robbery. 6. Burgluy, 7. Aet of entering or of breaking and enfering an office of the government or the public authorities or of- fices of banks, trust companies, insurance or other companies with the intent to_commit a felony therein, & Perjury or subornation of perruy. 9. Rape, 10, Arson. 1L Piracy by the Jaw of nations. 12 Murder, assaul with ntent to kill, and manslaughtér on the high seas on board ship bearing the flag of the demanding country. 15, Malicious de- struetion orattempt to destroy railway trains, vessels, bridges, dwellings, public “edifices and otlier buildiugs, when 'the act injures huinan life. If any person demanded be Ueld for trial {n the country of which the demand is made, it shall be_optional with the latter to grant the extradition or to procecd with the trial, provided that unless the trial be for erimes or which the fugitive is demanded, the delay shall not prevent ultimate extradition, 1f it be made to appear that extradition is sought with a view to trial or punishment for political offense, the surrender shall not take vlace, nor shall any person surrendered be iried or punished for a pohtical offense com- mitted prior to his extradition, or for any offense other than that in respect of which the extradition is granted. Neither of the contraeting parties shall be bound to deliver up its owl citizens or subjects under the stip- ulations of this convention, but they shall have power to deliver them if deemed proper. DISSATISFIED WITH ORDERS. of of Trouble Threatened on Bastern Over New Rules. NEW Yonrr, Dec. 2—[Special Telegr to the B, |—The employes of the Philadel- phin & Reading and Jersey Central, with the different divisions of the system, are in- tensely escited over cirenlar notices, whieh have been sent to them individually. ‘There is widespread dissatisfaction among the men in consequence, as the notices are regarded as arbitrary and oprie The eirculars stat that a s are o bere turned at once, as none of them are good after November 30, 1835 second, that no em: ploye will be allowed 10 ride free after No venmber 502 third, that no employe will ater be allowed to Jive at a distance from his place of work exeépt by speeial per- wission from the head of his department or the division superintendent: fourth when such speeial permission s’ iven, specil rate season ticket, covering thene sary daily travel of each employe, iy be ob- tained under the recular ones ssued by the general passenger and ticket agent: 1if{h, the special rate will be one-lialt that of recular <o tiekets, good only batween places of nd work: sixih, i case an_em- ploye leaves his place of work, his ticket must be returned to the otice and will be re- red. Tho onder applics to every man in employ of the roads in_ the system. in cluding clerks, enginecrs, eonductors, train- men and all kinds of mechanics, even to la- ‘The orders are_considered a great the men, wany of whom are poorly paid and live' in suburban vill along the roads. ‘They cannot afiord to pay rentsin cities, Those who obtain special rates have about £10 to. $15 per wonth their expenses. It is claimed the orders unusual and that no other railroad in the country enforces similarrules. ‘heindigna- tion aiong the men is very strong and tron ble s feared, The engineers, it is feared, iave determined to'call upon their order of loco- motives engineers to aid them. ‘The other ployes of the roads are Knights of Labor i are sad Lo have called wcatings of thoir local assemblies in Jersey City to diseuss the situation. The requirement for all employes 1o live near their work is deemed an inyasion of their rights and arbitrary and unjust. The cmployes generally refused to talk about the cirenlars with outsiders., ‘They discussed the matter among themselvos and haye agreed to abide by the action ol their organizations. Another Railroad to Omaha. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec, 2.—(Special Telegram to the BEE. |—Arrangements have been made this week for the specdy release of the In- dianapolis, Decatur & Springfield ruilroad from the hands of the receiver through fore- closuré sale, As soon as Trustee Ashurst draws up a decree it will be approved by the court and the date of sale fixed. When the road 15 again placed in the hands of its owners it will soon become a link m an im- portant line from indianapolis to Omah Dreliminary arrangements for which are nearly completed. T line as provosed wil be about as follows: From Indianapolis to Decatur, 153 miles: Deeatur to Quiney, 151 il Quiney to Trenton, 1% miles; Tren- ton to Maryyille, by the Wabash,' to be built and “conneet with the 'Wabash from 5t. Louis Omahia, twenty-six wiles: Maryville by —the Wabash to Omalia, 144~ miles: total 520 miles. The Quincy, Missouri & Pacific division' from Ouiney to Trenton, lately released by the Wabash, has been piirehased by the Indian polis, Decatur & Springtield for 5,000,000, lalf of which has been paid, Messes, Ham: wond & Crawford say twenty-six miles of road 1o be built will be completed probably by the time the Indianapolis, Decatur & Springtield is released from litigation - The Vatican's Envoy. Roxg, Dec. 2.~—Monsignor Stranicro bas a0 apnoiirted speclal euyoy of the vatican in London, as to 18 IT TRUB? Wilson's Great Revelation Be- lieved to Be Untrue. Provinexcr, Re L, Dee. 2.="Doc” Levi Wilson was seen at the office of his counsel this morning. He appeared pale and hag: gard. Wilson said his alleged mother lived in East Thompson,Conn., and his two sisters in Birmingham and Ansonia. Wilson stated that the story as publistied is true, and that Moen's statement is false in nearly every particular. “Moen,” Wilson said, “knows that 1 am hisson, He 1san admitted per- jurer.” ‘Lhedates and all the evidence col lected to-day contradict the sensational story telographed from Providence last night that “Doc” Wilson is a son of Philip L. Moen. Wilson, by hisown statementand that of his friends, cannot be more than thirty-one or thirty-two years old. Moen was first married in 1546, forty years ago, and his st wife died before Wiison was born. Those dates alone contradict the story. Friends and lifelong residents ot \Worcester say the s Miss Simpson, an aged known Moen siuce his first year, and his first wife since her year, and lad nursed both of Moen's wives, contradicted the story as impossib! George S, Hobbs, of Bride, al one time counsel for Levi Wilson, asked to-night what dependence could be placed on Wilson's story concerning the lefters and papers in his safe. Hesaid: I emphatically deny the Whole thing. _From beginning to end it is false and o A par with other palpable lies told by Levi Wilson. “The onl 1 have had or now hold with his nan them consist of deeas of property which _ transactions 1 acted as ..“““" ney. Wilson 15 an inveterate linr,” Mr. Hobbs hete gave thealleged secrct of Wilson's successful_biackmailing scheme. Nothing that Moen had said or done of a criminal na- ture was known to Wilson. Tlobbs was led to believe that Wilson claimed to have seen Moen's son in the commission of a flagrant offense, the details of which cannot be pub- lished. ' But the son, when he learned of Wilson's assertion, lad denied that he was guilty, and Moen’s own declaration, made under oath, would indicate that he had as- certained that Wilson had lied. BosTox, Dec, 2—Commissioner Hallett, of the United States’ eourt, has refused to issue a warrant against Philip Moen for perjury pmplaint of Levi Wilson, WoRCESTER, Mass,, Dee. 2.—Tha records of the laws of Oxford, Mass,, show that Leyi Wilson was born there on ecember 1, 1853 cleven months after Mrs, Moen died. OHANDLER, What the Chairman of the Nat Committee Has to Say. Prrrsnuno, Pa., Dee. 2—In his letter to the Boston Herald [printed in yesterday’s Brr| ex-Secretary Chandler said: “After the presidential election the chairman of the national committee was indis- creet enough, in a published interview, to fmpute to President Arthur and the members of his cabinet a want of fidelity and zeal in the canvass, This charge was baseless, and was so declared by me at the time. All pos- sible and appropriate assistance was ren- dered. 1t could not have been expected that we should supercede the chairman or do nis work, although it would have been better if some one had done s0.” A reporter of the Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette cailed upon B. K. Jones, ehairman of the natiohal commit- teey and asked him what he had to say in re- DIy to this paragraph. Jones said: *“The statements made by me in the interview which Chandler reterred to 1 then consid ored necessary and proper to make, and now, as them, know them to be true. The purport of these statements was that §f Arthur and the members of bis cabinet, with a few exceptions, had been as loyal o I3laine, as Blaine would have been to Arthnr had the latter been nominated, Blaine would have been president, 0 far as Chandler's reference to me, personally, is concerned, 1 do not feel called upon to de- fend myself. | have no taste for, nor do [ see any present oceasion for, a discussion as to political methods with “ong whose plans and proposals during the brief intercourss 1 had with him 1 the campaign of 1881 were not sich as to commend hin 1o those having the suceess of the republican party at heart, His eriticisis at that time of the” men then most prominent in the party” do not scem to me quite consistent with his present expres- sions of regret in regard to the bad feeling between public men, 1 would not like to feel called upon to 'make public the facts upon which my opinion of Chandler is based.” Doe documents upon and in Union Pacific Lobby. New Yonk, Dec, 2.—|Special Telegram to the BBer.|—The World’s Washington special savs: The Union Pacific railroad lobby is confident this year that it will be able to carry its funding bill throuzh congress, It will enlarge upon the influence of the inter- for department, whieh has already been se cured in favor of this measure. The lobby has tried to get favorable action in the presi dent's but have thus far failed. Secretaries Manning and Whitney are op- posed to the refunding scheme. 1t is not probable that anything will be said about it in the message, * There is no probability of the funding bill being passed this winter Springer and Holman ‘will fillibuster day in and day out rather than have this meessure foreed through withont disenssion, and any- thing like fair discussion will certainly kill it Landall is also opposed to the measute. Signal Service Pl @WasmiNGToN, Dee. 2—General W. B. 1azen, chief signal offieer, Las submitted to the secretary of war, with a request forap- proval and recommendation, a bill providin for the reorganization of the siznal service and its incorporation as a regular bureau of the war department, having charge of weather predictions, army siznallng and maintenance nd the repair of army tele- raph lines. The bill provides tnat the bu reau shall consist of one chiet signal officer, with the rank of brigadier tal, and wen enlisted for four years and classill twen- Ly-five first class’ sergeants, at $1,600: fifty second ciags sergeants, at 31,4003 fifty-tive third class se pants, at S1.80: thirty cor- porals H0: 120 privates, at $1,100, and 130 privates, at $1,000, R al Revenue Receipts. WASHINGTON, Dec. %—The total reccipts from internal revenue during the first four wonths of the present fiscal year wero §5,- 485,000, an inerease of $1,463,000 as compared with the receipts during the corresponding veriod last year. There was a decrease of $2741,000 in the collections from spirits, an inercase of 508,000 from 1o co, an Inerease of $510,000 from fermented wines, and an in- crease of 877,000 on miscellancous items, Commissioner Miller gaid_yesterday that tha receipts for the present fiseal year will bo about $1,000,000 In excess of thé receipts for last year, notwithstanding the larie de- crease shown for collections the first quarter, message, Inte in - A Pather's Hor PiiLADELIIIA, Dee, Alice Hughes, aged twelve and one-hall years, living in Franklin township, Glouster, N. J., became the wother on Monday of a female infant weighing eight pounds, the father of which I5the girl’s own father, Henry laboring man. Investigation reveals th that the father had committed the same crime \ an older daughter tiree years ago. Buth children are still Jiving. No action has been taken by the authorities: “Ihree older daughters of Hughes' were compelled thiee or four years a£o L0 leave home on account of improper conduct on the part of the pareut. ble Crimes, —e The Passenger ool CHICAGO, Dee. 2, lepresentatives of the lines from Chicago to the northwest et hiere to-day to begin th of senger pool on competitive business. journment was taken until to-mor "Phiere being three new lines to St Paul, con siderable doubt exists as Lo whether the i agers will be able 10 conclliate all interest sufficiently 10 get the wool in waiking 4 order, work of forming a pa Ad Hughes, a | NUMBER 168, A CRASH IN MINING SHARES 8an Prancisco's Big Day in Speculation Knocked in the Head, LARGE FORTUNES SWEPT AWAY Disaster After Disaster Cast a Gloom Over Biilliant Prospects to Re« alize Immense Profits—A Sudden Collapse. Pine Street Paralyzod SAN FRANCISCO, Do, 2—[Special Teles &ram to the Bek.]—The excitement which prevailed today in mining shares has not been squalled since 1573, O1d stock specus lators who thought the glory of the golden state haa departed with the new constitution braced up and looked on with amazement at the crowds that besiezed the brokers’ offic The fact that Consolidated Virginia had reached nearly 50 scemed only to whet their appetite to get more and more. ‘The prudent ones told them the tide was about to turn, They only laughed in their faces and sald: 0; it's good for a hundred.” When the morning board opened Ophir was sent to 811, the highest price reached since the big Sierra Nevaaa deal, when it sold for aneven 100, Gould & Curry, not {0 be out- done, went to 135, and then Consolidated Virginia, which closed last night at 401, opened at At this moment everything boomed. Fortunes were to be had for the asking of them. The session, however, had hardly closed when the news arrived trom Virginia that the Frankels had gone up for a million, This was a staggerer and the weak oneswent oft. Uardly had they recovered from the blow when tho unnouncement was made that R. C. Hooker, one of the staunchest brokers of Pine street, and son-in-law of ex-Senator Stewart, of Nevada, had pulled down his blinds with liabilities running up in the hundreds of thousands. Had this latter announcement been quickly fol- lowed by another of an equally grave character, the result would have been a zeneral stampede all along toe line, bringing ruin to many, Fortunately none took place and those who were playiny for their all were given a minutes’ breathing time betore the waorst overtook them. Owing to these failures, the S board resolved not to hold any session at 11:30, but to have the next one at 2 p. m. This'was to allow brokers to overhiaul' theit books and give them a chance to seo where they stood. When the second session opened, Consolidated Virginia dropped to42, T'he news was quickly communicated to the street, and for a sécond time during the day aserious panic seemed imminent. — The agony was rendered still more acute when tne annonncement went forth that Grec baum & Strauss had suspended for nenrly a million, They were correspondents = ofl Irankel, of Virginia, whose failure had been announced in the worning. When, on ton of all this, it was publ| l‘v stated that two other prominent speculaors—R. I, Morrow and Maurice Schinidt—had gone under, it was generally believed that the beginning of the end had” come, and thit by no means improved when it was learned that Consalidated Virginia, after rallying point, had closed at 40, the lowest touched during d n Francisco theday. The statements that Morrow an Sehmidt are embarrassed are positively denied, and as far as can be learned the liabilitles of each have been promptly met, First Cauce of the Panic. VirGizia Co., the oldest mining stock firm in this state, failed this morning. Liabilities, 8950,~ 000, 'T'he ercditors include many of the most prominent shareliolders in the Comstock mine, ‘The following are the heaviest losers: L. Jones, superintendent of Crown Beleher, $205,000; tendent’ of Savage mines, $50.0003 $20,000. ~"The 'li ankel & Pomt & eneral Keating, superin- & Hale and’ Noreros D. Boyle of Alta mine, includés a number of elerks of mines and a number of Iadies, 1. B. Frankel, the senior partner, retired from business several yoars ago. He'is reported to boa millionaire, and as he still lolds an in- terest in- the firm the creditors hope 1o re- cover a portion of their losses. ‘Ihe threo younger brothers, active members, fled early this moaning. “Ihey are said to have secured alarge fortune by retaining every cent de- nosited with them since the rise in mining shares began. Their business was cnormous, the receipts being abont $60,000 n day. Great. excitement prevails over the suspension and it the three members of the firm had not zot away inpleasint’ conseqtiences might- luve resulted. The Bookkeeper Gayve It Away, NEW Youx, Dee. 2—-Judge Donahiue, of the supreme comrt, granted attachments against the property of Anton Rives, of 50 Lispenard who was arrested lnst vight on the complaint of his former hook- keepcer, Clifford Kemp. — Kemp charges that Rives ordered him, as bookkeeper, to_ changoe the account of the business so s to show assets (o the amount of S500,000, when in reality theye was only $5,000 worth, Kewip alleges that this was” done with intent to obtain $56,000 insurance by setting the place on tire. Kemp was tor $3.000 for the job, and_he claims that the insurance ad juster was paid $4,000t0 give a favorable Teport. street, Business Embarrassments. Ricinioxn, Va., Dec. 2.—1he rumor of the failure of Cardozo & Co., retail dry goods merchants, was in eireulation last night. n- vestigation proves that . I Lyons; finior member of the firm, 15 in~ New York newo- tiating for a 50-per cent compromise with the creditors. No deed of assigninent has been filed here, and _Cardoza_says none will be, ‘The assets are $52,000; labilities $20,000, - Spain and Cuba, [Copyright 185 by James Gordon Bennelt,] Mapmin, Dee. 2—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre)—In reply to several senntors the minister of the colonies announced that he would soon ask the queen recent to slgn a deeree regulating and encouraging free immigration to the West Indies. Ile also would carefully examine the petition from the Philippine islands asking for measures to check the Chinese immigration to Manila, but the government must treat with prudence so delicate an in- ternational question, ‘The minister declared ne could not reduce the import duties Spain inflicts on her own West Indian sugars, becanse the treasury could not afford to loso the revenue of 5,000,000 pesatas, nor could she \tirely negleet tho interests of the penin sular sugar growers, ‘Uhe real remedy for Cuba would be found in the improyed trade by the treaty which the governient hoped to so0u with America, any's Naval Demonsteatic BenrLIN, Dee, 2—The Tagblast stat the proposed Gerwan naval demonstration at Zanzibar bis the assent of England, Three unboats and the ironclad Bisinarek Wil pi ticipate. The sultan of Zanzibar will wared that the demonstration precedes ue tive reprisals if he contin anti-Ger 5 that - The Schieme § 1AREST, Dec, 2 1 Throng Ihe plot forme o Russian from Bulgaria, headed Zankotr, ) e over nd tho ed Bic red by of arian regeney Woney } Massacre in Tonguin | e Advices' from Hanol; (he | i tate that pirates at ol two luterprelers and