Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1887, Page 1

SIXTEENTH YEAR, IN SUNSHISE AND SHADOW | Plymonth Oburch Arrayed in Brightoess to Relieve the Inward Sadness. EULOGIES ON THE DEAD PASTOR A Tender Tribute to Beecher and His Catholicwm From Father Mc- Glynn—A Scoring For the Chicago Ministe Sunday at Plymonth, w Yonrk, March 13.—The church on Cranberry street, Brooklyn, made famous by the late Henry Ward Beecher, never pre- sented a more joyous and way appearance than it did to-day. Lt was decorated as for a May-day festival, instead of the occasion of Plymouth's late pastor’s funeral eulogy. 'The rays of the spring morning sun shown in throuzh the east windows of the chureh and reflected with exquisite effect the beautitul shades of color of the intermingling flowers and ferns, Nota sign of crape could be seen anywhere, ‘Ihe editice was crowded to its fullest capacity. Rev. S, B. Hpllday, Beecher's assistant, who isat present in charge of the church, assisted Roev. Dr. Lyman Abbott in conducting the services. Dr. Abbott spoke for over an hour, and the attention of tre audience was only broken by the occasional sobbiug of some of the chureh members, The evening service in Plymouth churen was remarkable from the fact that clergymen of almost every denomination were present and spoke in eulogy of the late Mr. Beecher. The building was crowded to_excess and the vestibules were entirely impassable, and dur- ing the services many people fainted and more than one remained where they swooned or could not be carried out. Rev. Mr. Halli- day conducted the services and read the fol- lowin letter from Dr. Mc(Glynn, the deposed priest of St. & s ehurch, New York: EW Y ORK, 1557.~Reverend and r Mr. 1 H uret very much that cannot’ be present this morning at the meet- ing in Plymouth church to honor the mem- ory of the ereat pastor, and to condole for the irreparable loss. L must, therefore, con- tent myself with & briefly in- writing what I should be glad to say more fully in n. 1t s the sign ot the dawning of a day, for which the world has so long arned, that such a meeting should be pos: sible and that you und yours should desire the presence of clergymen of that church ol seems so remote and—too many would say—so anta.onistic to ours, most in the work of hastening the eomin & better day was the great man_ whose d we mouri and for whose work we give thanks. None other 50 well as he sought for the 1 and land of his time to exalt e tial religion, pure and une all agree, and to minimize the ditfere that seem to separate us. ‘Lo him was gi to see with clearer vision, to veal with unequalled genius, with tireless energy to make com- mon among men the meaning of Him who taught of old on the mountaing by the seashore, the care of all religion, the brother- hood of man. 1 cheerfully confess that from Beecher I learned from the tirst days of my ministry a new tenderness and fulness of meaning in “Our Father,” and I am glad to be able here to state that the theology of the old church agrees with his in this—that the essence of religion 18 in communion with God, through the love ot for 1is own sake, and loving el men with the zest with which we love ourselves; and that while sacrifice and sacrament, creed and ritual prayer and sermon and song may be, and are, powerful helps and necessary ma tations of this religion, which is love, with- out itthey are but mockery and blasphemy. I thankfully count him among the masters from whom 1 have learned the fuller mean- ing of the prayer “Thy will be done on earth as it Is in heaven.” We must all agree with Mr, Beecher that the condition and duties and strifes of our temporal life are but signs and symbols of spiritual things, and that in the yearning of this whole world for “liberty, “equality and fraternity”’—made a relgn of justiceand love—if we piuck out the religious heart of it, the burden is not worth bearing nor the battle worth fighting. e and ot| giants of their time have cleared the field and illuminated the way for hizher vrogress and helped to give more perfect assurance of victory in the strife that is now beginning against a wider slavery than that against which he dealt s sturdy blows—the enslaving of the masses by the class—and to cement a union, not merely of the American states, but of the people of the world. Stimulated and encouraged by his suc , let us take up the burden of the rmula‘n wrongs where his tired shoulders have Iaid it down, and fight a new battle, if need be, till right it shall come and we, see- 1ng the burden fall from our shoulders and tho weapons from our hands, shall have a nearer vision than was given to the reign of the Prince of Peace. Aftectionately and fra- ternall; EpWARD Mcl N, Rev. N. B. Thompson, pastor of the Free Baptist church, took for his subject for this evening’s sermon “The I.ife and Character of Henry Ward Beecher.” Referring to the recent action of the Chicago Congrezational ministers in refusin send resolutions of condolencea to Mrs. Beecher, he sald: ‘“Their disgraceful action is simply a manifestation of purely denominational meanness and jealousy. They nothing more than midgetsand dwarfs to that great man. His mantle which has fallen is too Inrfiq for him and s capable of coveriug nine-tenths of such men who occupy Chicago pulpits.” MRS, NEEBE'S FUNERAL. The Anarchist's Dead Wife Buried Very Quietly. CiicAGo, March 13.—Extreme quiet marked the burlal of Mrs. Neebe to-day. Fully 40,000 people shivered three hours in a bleak wind waiting for the obsequies of the noted anarchist's wife to commence and were only rewarded by a sight of the proces- sion that, except in size, differed only in a few minor details from an ordinary funeral. Last evening the master of ceremonies esti- mated that 20,000 sympathizers would be in line. Whether the absence of the anarchist widower dampened the enthusia or the fact that the police were taking extraordi- nary precautions to quell disorder had a like effect, the demonstration fell far short of its promoters’ convictions. Ineluding the per- 8ons in 177 carriages and buggies there were probably 5,000 souls in the cortege, ‘e fu- neral services were held in Miller's hall, which, less than twelve hours before, had been the scene of a masquerade ball, Every vestige of the carnival trappines had been carefully removed. Here and there were lacarded printed appeals for contributions 0 the anarchistdefense fund. The stage and gallery ralling were tastefully draped in black and white, and ranged before the footlights and around the coflin were tloral emblems and potted plants in profusion. Nothing aymbolical of religion was visible, nor in the slmple services were there even the distant allusions to @& future A well rendered chorus or two, followed by brief orations from Georgo Schilling and Paul Grottkau, and the corvse was ready for the hearse. Neithor Captain Black nor Mrs. Parsons were pres- ent. Dr. Schmidt, the socialistic orator, who has been instrumental in raising a large &un of the anarchist defense fund, sent alet- r as a substitute for the address which he was expected to deliver. ‘The crowd carried & number of red flags, but they were caretully furled and covered with black drapery. There was but one band In attendance, ‘and the whole affair was sombre and decorous, most life, mage Suit, CurcaGo, March 13,—-The Inter Ocean's apecial from Wabash, Ind,, says: A sensa- tional damage suit, involving £20,000 worth ot property and the question of the forgery of two notes aggregating $!6,000, will be filed carly to-morrow morning in the Wabash cir- cuit court, The particulars of the case are as follows: On January 5, 1876, Jacob Christ- man, owner of 3,000 acrcs of fine land east of this city, died leaving two dlllglufl. whom Is now Mrs, mina ady, In Rosncke county, Virginla. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE "OMAHA, MONDAY MORNIY G, MARCH 14, 1857, R 0 A i NUMBER 268 Immediately after his demise, rah Christman ‘and Lewis Christman, a sister and brother of Peter, presented two notes, onefor 815000, dated July 15, 1573, and the otlier for 1,50, dated February 10, 1574, each y after date, drawing 10 per’ cent rest, and signed by Jacob Chiristman on April 10, Peter was _appointed administra- tor, and in a suitagainst him s adininistra- tor judgment for the full amount of the notes was rendered against the estate and realty, and personalty amounting to $21,000 was con- in'the payment of the judements on the order of the court being secured to sell real estate, Sarah Christman taking the farm for her claim, and the estate was scttled as insotvent, the two daughters obtaining nothe ing. ‘They now come forward with t legation that both the notes were forged ah, 1 wis i of their property, o are embodied in the complaint ¢ here, 1tis alleged merous witnesses can be produced to ntiate the declarations in the com- , and through the st ouneil pro- eedings demand is made f 0, Sarah hristman now holds the farm inher own right, Peter a year azo having failed and she taking it under mortgage, — by Tl facts AFTER ANNEXATION, It is Openly Declared For in Parlia- ment at Halifax, . March 13.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.| here is mutiny in the ranks of the provincial government supporters over the repeal question, Since the Domin- lon elections a few weeks ago the provincial cabinet have le(t the secession question se- verely alone, and when the legislature met on Thursday the great question upon which the two goneral elections had been run—the question which was declared to be of “‘trans- cendent importance,” and upon which *‘the very life of the province depended’—was only incidentally mentioned in a three-line sentencein the speech from the throne. T'his contemptuous treatment of the question greatly angered the honest seeessionists sup- porting the government and they have set to work to make the government position more uncomfortable than ever. These repealers ot up In the legislature yest and soundly denounced the hypoerisy and trie ery of the government which they were sup- porting, and den ded to know whether the government meant to o on with the seces- sion agitation or not. But both the premicr and attorney general refused to give any in- dication of “their future policy. The leader of the government supporters on the floor of varliament declared himselt not only a se- cessionist, but an annexationist. T'his open declaration caused a_cowmotion, as it was the first time in colonial history thata_inem- ber in his place in parliament has openly de- clared for annexation. The speaker did not call the gentleman to order and demand a re- traction, nor was the sentiment repuc the government. ‘The attorney wenera sa well-known annexationist, but ver declared himself in parhament. Another government supporter deelared that annexation to the United States was the only outcome of sece: ) from S ISTLY SPECULATOR, A Montreal Divine Has to Skip the Special Telegram ocial sensation was created in the best French Canadian Roman Catholie society in this city on the fact becoming known that Rev. Abbe Arachambault, a member of the Sulpician order, the wealthiest of all the Catholic brotherhoods in this province, and for many years past viear St. James’ church In St. Denis street, around which the aristocratic French Canadians principally reside, was obliged to leave the city abruptly and proceed to the United States to escape being arrested for a debt which he became responsibie for through a strong desire he has had to spec- ulate in city real estate. It appears this penchant for buying property de- veloped itself soon after he was ap- pointed by the authorities of his order L) the parish of St. James, and his speculations turning out adversely he became financially embarrassed, but soon wealthy members of his congregation and the authorities ot the order came to his aid condition that he would abstain in the futu: from speculat- i He gave an undertaking to comply, but year ago he purchased abuilding and land on St. [lubert street in his own parish, the payments for which, when they became due, he was unable to liquidats, The Sul- pician authorities on hearing of his later dif- iculties declined to assist him and called upon him_to_resign the incumbeney of the parish, whichi he did and left Canadian juris- diction immediately. ‘The amount of his liabilities is stated to be large, but his credi- tors will have recourse on his real estate, G THE THREAT EXECUTED, A Prohibition L Loses His I'rop- erty By Pire. Drrrorr, Mich.,, March 13.—A Howell special to the Free Press says: A little be- fore midnight Iast night fire was discovered in E. N. Monroe's hardware store by a couple of young men who were passing at the time An explosion occurred at that time, the store being baaly torn and the men knocked down. Inashort time the entire row of business blocks on Grand River street, be- tween Winans avenue and East street, three blocks on Winans avenue and a row of frame buildinzs on East street, were in flames. I'he caving inward instead of out- ward of the Greenaway block was all that saved the remaind the town. Mr. Mol county prohibition party committee and a hard worker for the proliibitory amendment, and the first of the month received the fol- lowing letter DEeTROIT, Feb, 27, 1857,—To F. N. Monroe, Howell, Micl 1 wish to inform you that you must stop your work in tho protiibi- tion cause or we will _burn you out root and branch. You way prepard for the worst as we are on your track. [Signed] MANY SAL.0oN KERPERS. ‘The prohibitionists consider this an ex- planation of the cause of the tire. As ihe fire engine made its appearance a pistol shot grazed Night Watchman Clark’s clothes, A revolver with one empty chamber was after- wards picked up in the {court yard. This fire, coming 8o soon after an incendiary fire of two weeks ago, has thrown the city into a fever of excitement, So far as kuown the losses aggregate £07,000, on which there is about §20,000 insurance. The Northw ern League, 87, Pavr, March 13,—The Northwestern Base Ball league held a specinl meeting here yesterday, President M. J. Roche in the chiy ‘The old constitution of the league was rescinded and that of the National league adopted. By this the arbitration com- mittee was abolished and a board of diree- tors was chosen by lot consisting of repre- sentatives from St, Paul, Minneapolis, Mil- waukee and Eau Claire, with President Ltoche as chairman ex-oflicio, The Spalding ball was adopted. ‘The secretary appointed John Brennan, of Indianapolis, as the fourth umpire and Steve Hagin and E. D. Clark, of Chicago, substitute umpires. 7The case of Bogg, elaimed by both St. Paul and Osh was refeired to the board of di new - rules ational American prevailing oninion racticable, eague and d, but the 4 y ' are im- P ‘The umpires are instructed to meet the president at Milwaukea April 16 to receive instructions as to the interpretation of the rules. I'he sehedule as adopted opens the season April 5 and closes October 15, with 120 gawes, s Cutting Down penses, WasimNGTON, March 13.—I'ublic Printer Benedict last night discharged forty-three employes of the government printing oftice, Including thirty-three compositors, ers and copy holders, and five book binders and five ‘lrl assistants. The reason assigned for the dismissals was thata reduc- tion of oxpenses Was Decessary, THE WEER IN WALL STREET, The Baltimore & Ohilo Deal Overs shadows Everything k| NEW York ch 18.—|Special Telegram to the Bre. |—Baltimore & Ohio-Richmond & West Point Terminal deal, which started out briiliantly and ended in smoke, at least so far as the Terminal people ara concerned, engaced the attention of stock operators during the week, almost to the ex- clusion of everything else, Aside from this deal, the factors at work were a decline in exchange and an improvement in foreign markets on the one hand, and an unfavor- able quarterly statement by the Western Union company and the tightening up of money on the other. ‘I'he changes in the usually active list were not so important as might haye been expected under the cireums stances, and, in_fact, outside of a few shares like Western Union, Jersey Central, Riche mond & West Point Terminal, Lackawanna, Readir and New England, fluctuations generally were smaller than have occurred in the past, when there was an utter lack of ex- Isting events. 1n the first half ot the week, a rise in prominent stocks of 1 to 5% points took place, but afterward this improvement was more than lost in a nuinber of instances, There were liberal realizations near the top notch, and the long stock which came out weighed heavily “on the market in late dealings. ‘When the Baltimore & Ohio negotiations failed there was a growing bull feeling on the early uward movement in Western Union, Jersey Central and Ter- minal, but this received a check when these stocks gave way, and operators once more were at sea in rezard to the future course of prices, A few exceptiony wide chauges were recorded among specialti stance, Morris & Es broke 25¢ per cent l\mls‘lmwrfi\wmlv‘reanw ed part of the de- cline, while Equitable gas ‘and American cotton oil cortiticates rose about 6 per cent, The week wasa dullone in bond markets and changes in prices were correspondingly slight. Inr v mortzages Hocking Val- ley issues w noticeably weak, dechning 23 points, A number of others yielded a pointor so, while 1n soma cases there was an advance of about as much. Dealings, al- thougn ageregating a small total, were well distributed, Operations for foreign account in both bonds and stocks were quite moder- ate. Governments were firm, but the market was entirely devoid of feature. The same is also true of southern states securities, prices for which were generally well maintaited. The foreign exchianges riled weak, anc the reduction in the Bank of Eng of discount from 4 (031, per cent, ures for demand sterling n eall was ace ng the greater y intervals the rate advan 3 Friday it was suddenly bid up to 7 per cent. The market on the whole was somewhat firmer and rates for time loans also stiffened, being quoted at 51,6 per cent, according to eollaterals pled THE Cl A Record of Financial Transactions the Past Week. March [Special Telegram to Tue following table shows the o leading ciearing houses in the United States for the week ending March 12, 1857, together with the per- centages for the corresponding week in 188 CITIES, CLEARINGS, New Yorl Boston, Philad Chicago C . Baltimore New Orleans Pittsbure.. Kansas City. Louisville A enpol Memphis Omaha. St. Joseph, Indianapolis Galveston. . Haven. . Springf Worcester. Portland N(nl‘f(‘;lxk B ot included In totals; no clearing house this time last year. e THE CROP OUTLOOK. Good Reports Received From the Winter Wheat Belt, Curcaco, March 13.—The Farmers’ Re- view will print the following crop summary in this week’s issue: ‘The weather for the past ten days has been very favorable for growing winter wheat, and reports from the entiro wheat belt continue encouraging, Rains and light snows In Kansas are reported to have caused an improvewent for the grow- Ing grain in certain portions of that state and an improved general outlook which was becoming discouraging. In sections ot Michi- gan and Wisconsin the fields ars still pr tected with snow, and nearly all of the re- ports trom these two states _continue to be favorable, In Ohio, Indiana, lllinois and Missouri the reports Indicate that the crop is in a very promising condition, and unless subjected to freezing weather within the next ecks promises to emerge from tho siege with unusually good prospects. ury come from White n Lllinois: in Clermont and Dela- ware counties, Ohio, and in Butler, Jewell and Rice counties, of Kansas, but these are only exceptions to the good reports from fully one-third of the winter wheat states west of Ohio ending with March 12, e A T Talk On the Big Canals. New York, March 13.—|Special Telegram to the Ber.)—President Stout, of the Nicar- augua Canal company, said yesterday that although they bad failed to secure a charter from congress his company expected within the next sixty days to receive the nec franchise and grants from the Nicara government for the prosecution of t It will not be necessary,” he said, “‘to have a charter from the Uuited States, as one can ze under the laws of the state, 1 re- he 'anamacanal as on its last legs, by et that Count Del.esseps has gone to the hereditary enemy of France for funds to go on with lis work, and he recently wade an appeal to German bankers for as- sistance, and If that means anything it means that his credit Is gone in France and other countries, ‘The American committee has cost about $300,000 a year, and 1 understand that they talk in Paris of lopping off the Amer- ican establishme! — - A Big Hunting Tournament. JACKSONVILLE, Ill., March 13.—([Speelal Telegram to the BEE.]—For weeks the nim- rods of the eastern part of Morzan county have been preparing for an extended round: up hunt for the purpose of bringiag foxes and wolves into an enclosure where they might be run down by dogs. An area over fitty miles in circumference was designated yellerd:{y. and about it were ranged 2,500 imen andboys armed with sticks and equipped with fox horns, which they blew incessantiy. Although a good Illlns of the animals were 'w"‘""d it was evident long before the hour for the grand tinale that someone had blundered, as but three foxes were secured. A thousand spectators were in at the death, HOW WOMEN SHOULD DRESS | Something About the Latest Reform Wave Which Has Swept Over Hawkeyedom, SUGGESTIONS FOR BOTH SEXES. Bustles to Become Obsolete—Knee Breeches Advocated For Men— Believers in the Mind Cure ~Freight Tariffs, Roform 1 Female Apparel. Dris Motxks, In, March 12,—[Special to the Brgr.)—The latest reform wave has swept over lowa, and left its impress upon the tair sex, at least. Mrs. Jenness Milier, the beautiful and talented “dress reformer,” who has been the reigning craze in New York, Bostonjand Washington for the past two winters, journeyed outto Des Moines last week to enlighten her western sisters upon the discomforts and burdens of their present costume, and the beautiful possibili- ties before them if they will adopt hers. In this caso the reform is particularly fortunate in the reformer who represents it. I'he great trouple with dress reformers heretofore has been that they have usually had the howme- liest, serawniest women in the country to ad- vocate their merits, and in consequence have frightened people out of sight. Why is it that ugly women always crowd to the front and insist on teliing ladies how to look beautiful. Dick Deadeye always wabbles un when “that remarkably fine looking young sailor is called fol But to return to Mrs, Miller, 1n this case there is an exception. The apostle of the new creed Is young, not over thirty, a handsome brunnette, with a form that would furnish a model forany sculptor. She is Boston bred, with a quick wit and a ready tongue, and a relative of Wendell Phillips and other agitators. So when she puts on a handsome gown, without bustles and corsets, of course, she looks well, and her theories are very readily received. Mrs. Miller doesn’t advocate any one set costume that.every woman must wear, but insists that each should adopt lher dress to her own style of beauty, and to her own convenience, discarding, of course, the bustle, the corset, steel stays of every kind, and having the weight of the clothing evenly istributed over her body, instead of resting entirely upon the hips. That is ber theory in @ nutshell. Women should dress for their work, according to Mrs. Miller, the same as men do, and it this requires adress for muddy streets that showssix inches of dainty feet and trim ankles, then the abbreviated dress is the thing. 1 ought not to say “dainty feet.” in this connection, Of course it i3 the proper expression to use ordinarily when re- ferring to the fair ones’ understanding, but under thenew reform the world will never suspect the existence of dainty feet, for thiey will beelad in shoes whose capacions re- sources will give opportunity for every por- tion of the anatomy to find standing room. It will take some timeto make the world believe that even a pretty woman can look pretty with tobozgans on her feet, even if they are comfortable, Mrs. Miller made se v- eral converts to her theory whil the effect of her teaching was plainly seen at the theatre next nizht. Rice’s “Evangeline” held the boards, and the pretty girls of the company all seemed tg he “'dress reformer: They adopted her ideas as to long skirts s completely that they discarded = dresses altogether and came out clad in smiles and pink tights without the suspielon of a bustle or other impediments which Mrs. Miller so eloquently denounces. There was one por- tion of Mrs- Miller’s teachings which partic- ularly interests the men. She bas arrayed herself on the side of knee breeches and ‘the costumes of onr “daddies” and she s y glowingly in fav vie. Mrs. Miller would only illustrate—that is it she were only a man and would put into practice her ideas of graceful and appropriate costuming for men, the dress would soon be very popular. On this subject she talks very sensibly. and k: USers are respo; ible for physical deterinution of the 1 What stimulus has a man to develop a good physical form, s this eloquent reformer, Mif 0t Qs to be lost sight of in a pair of big, baggy trousers?” Eeho answers “what,” Mrs, Miller’s theory is that if men were to adopt the knee breeches and long stockings in which a well- rounded leg would be conspicuous they would ake care that it should not be conspicuous by its absence, and so would take wore part in athletic sports and exercise that would de- velop tha physical form. Thus the average of the race would be materially improved phys- jcally and there would e retyrn to the manly beauty of departed days, She thi that the black dress-suit with™ its ghastly ex- panse of shirt front is the most hideous cos- tume for evening that wmen ever wore, So she advocates, in addition to the knee breeches, a bit of lace for the throat and sleeves, a bright colored waistcoat, and as much ornamentation without being gaudy as each man’s taste would faney. ‘“The male bird has nlwnL» the prettier plumage,” says Mrs. Miller, “but in man the condition of the sexes lsf\ls‘l reversed.” Where is the man who will have the courace to put on the bright plumage that nature intended this biped to wear.” It is evident that all that is needed isa few stout hearts to lead off in every community and the change is wrousht, Now is the time for men to rise in their might and triumph over the tellow in London ana New York, who says one season they must wear trousers skin tight and the nextseason a pair of bazs that measure twenty-two inches Aro 1] ]q.kne& Will they rise? Echo an- SW 9 While talking about reforms, who can ex- plain the outcomings and ingoings of the mind cure and christian seience craze that is now sweeping over the country? it has swept & pretty wide sweep in lowa and any city withont one or more ‘“‘healers” is way behind the times. Here in Des Moines there are several estabiished aposties of the new faith and they are doing a thriving business, ‘The converts to the new doctrines include sowe of the most prominent people of the city, and among them some who are usually rezarded as possessing very level heads, but they are way off on the new craze, Ever, physician knows that mental confidence and a cheerful disposition have a great deal to do with health and disease. A good many of theills that worry humanity are unques- tionavly the products of u deémoralized im- nfllmll«m. and the assertion of a strong, Vigorous will power is generally suflicient to banish them, ~To that extent the mind cure lmiuhuswly works. Hbt when colic gets a grip on the infant it ‘wants hot water and peppermint a good deal more than it does the mind cure. A man with one lllfléflhep\l- tized and the other nsarly closed can told that there Is nothing the” matter with him, that if he thinks his lungs are all right then lhef‘ are, but all the e he will soon lis under the sod unlessother help comes and the mind cures will copsinue to lie above it, that's the difference, ut think of 1t! Here are good people in tidg city who would be eligible to any witness stand ordinarily, who have becomé so crazed on the christian ience notions that ‘they believe they can sit in Des Moines aad ‘“think” a sick headache out of ‘& fellow in New York, and he not even know that he is undergoing ‘absent treatment.” 1f that is 50 what is to prevent a few phi thropie “*healers” from taking all the pains and aches in the world outt of 1t? In some parts of the state there appears a little dispo- sition to treat the christian science people unkindly, and this is to be regretted. At two or three places the healers have been ar- rested for not having certiticates to practice as physicians under the new medical prac- tice law. But the law wasn't enacted to in- terfere with these folks. They are perfectly hariless. For them this is to be said to their credit, that if they do only imaginary good they certainly do ‘nobody any harm. They administer Do drugs, have nothing to do h the soalpel, and Jf they don’t help they surely don’t hurt their patrons, and if ai r, discouraged specimen of humanit) feels any better by being told by a sweet-tem g:nd lady that nothing ails him and he will all right if Le only thinks so, by all meaus let hiw have that comfort. One more chapier o reform will complete the iub}m‘t for this time. The last reform to which Tallude is a reform in freight tariifs, and the contract which the governor has on his hands, It wiil be remembered that the BEE some days ago published the decision ot the railway commissioners that the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney must not charge more for a short than a long haul, ‘This action was taken as the result of an investigation instituted by Governor Larrabee into the dis- erimination with which that treated Glenwood and Council Bluffs, two points at which state institutions are located, T iff on coal from the mines in Lu to Glenwood, the short haul, was . To 1 Bluffs, the long haul, it was $1.25, 2" reforined this rate in an unexpocted 0ot by dropping the higher rate, but by raising the lower rate to $LO%, and_ informed the governor that this was oniy a fair tariff, and that the former rate hardly cov- ered the cost of transportation. Ihe goveror, who is something of a railroad man himself, was very indignant at the action of the railroad. He has started out to reform railroad rates, and this letter has redoubled his zeal. He has called the railroad commissioners together and re- opened the case, diseussing the real issue, namely, the reasonableness of the rate charged, and proposes to show the railre that instead of €195 being a fair and just rate, it is exorbitant and must be lowered. e showed the comimission that the railroad received two and one-haif times as much for hauling the coal ten hours as the miners who mined it received for their ten hours’ work. He has presented a larze amount of informa- tion to the commissioners to substantiate his case, and he asks them to require the com- pany to reduce their coal rate from 20 to 25 per cent. He proposes to reform the freight tariffs or know the reason why, andas the governor is very persistent and thorough in following up a case, and as he has public sen- timent and. the general support of the com. missioners behind hiun, itis quite likely he will succeed, The “Q will probably con- clude that it s not best to fool with a reform ,'_r_u\vnmr who is londed on the railroad ques- ion. s WL PARDONS AOTED ON. President Oleveland Grants Scveral and Refuses One, WasniNGToN, March 13.—The president has commuted the five y ntence of 1m- prisonment of Douglas W. Vanderhoof, of Minnescta, who pleaded uilty to embezzling funds of the bank in which ho was clerk. His original santence was ten years' imprison- ment. The vresident's action is based upon apetition of the ofticers of the firm express- ing their belief in the conviet's penitence and showlng that his conduc such as toin- thy. vite confidenco and sy The president has granted a pardon In the case ot Jesse Houchins, convieted of passing counterfeit m and sentenced in N n- bery, 1S5, to seven years in the northern stale prison of Indian; i to pay a fine of $ The prasident’s endorsement of this case w; ranted, upon the grounds that this convict's brother and associate in crime has lately died in prison of consumption, and it appears that ihe prisoner’s Lealth is creatly impaired from the same cause. In addition to this his par- don is recommended by the judge who sen- tenced him and the present district attorney of the district, and the warden of the_ prison, together with'a number of citizens. The con* vict has already been conlined moie than ase of Lafayette Hopkins. convicted of counterfeiting and sentenced to three years in the Albany county penitentiary and to pay a fine'of $100, the president has de- cided that his sentence be commuted to imprisonment for eighteen months, expiring in May, 1857, and the iine be wholly re- mitted. Pardons were also granted in the cases of W. H. Holmes, confined in the Albany pen- itentiary for conspiracy to ue a United States prisoner, and Edward T, is, con- fined in the District of Columbia jail for con- spiracy. ) 'he president has refused to grant a par- don in tho case of James B. Doyle convleted 2, of passing counterfeit United ney and bonds and sentenced to years' imprisonment in the south 1llinols penitentiary. He endorsed_the ap- plication as follows: “Denied—The cir- cumstanzes surrounding this case appear so plainly to show that this conviet was en- %n!etl in counterfeiting and uttering United States bonds on a very extensive scale, and that he may be reasonably suspected of being a professional 1n this business as to prevent any interference with his sentence with what seews to be a due regard to official duty and public fnte: i Young Tiffany Deserts His Pret(y, But Poor Bride, NEW YORK, March 13.—[Special Telegram to the BEE.|—Young Burnett Tiffany, the son of Charles L. Tiffany, the Union Square jeweler, whose sccret marriage to Bertha Pierson, a poor young seamstress, has made o great deal of zossip in the social circles of thiscity, ran away yesterday from his bride of a fortnight. He took the French line steamer La Gascongne for Havre, and if the plans ot his friends are carried out it will be a long time before he will be seen in New York again. His departure was ef- fected with secrecy, because it was feared if his wife knew ot her husband’s contemplated flight she would make trouble, So Friday night, on the pretense of going to seen friend who would reconcile him with his father, the young man left her, in the house where the couple have been boarding for several days. Young Tiffany went on board La Gascongne, and when his wife awoke her husband was on his way to Europe. Since the marriage the elder ‘L'iffany has resolutely declined to see his son, The mesalliunce was a terrible blow to the father, who had built great hopes for the young man’s future. ‘The old gentleman at once stopped his son’s allowance and had his will altered, cutting him off with the pro- verbial shilling, He declined to see the erring young man, but managed end him word ihat only the severance of the marriage tles could appease the paternal wrath, The young man stood poverty sweetened with love for two whole weeks, and then, taking the advice of his family friends, cut and run, Want Their Records Cleared. WASHINGTON, March 13,—[Special to the BEE.]—A flood of applications has been pour- ing Into the oftice of the adjutant general of the army for relief from the charges of irregu- larity standing against the military recordas of soldiers of the late war. It is said that more than 10 per cent of the records of sol- diers have charges of desertion, etc., on file and that not more than 2 per cent are justly there. Under circumstances and proof set forth by the revised statutes the adjutant general may correct the military record of any one. but in the great bulk of cases he Is powerless to act and refers the applicants to congress, The adjutant general cannot cor- rect the record of a soldier without prima facie evidence that the charge has been wrongfully made, For instance, thera were very many of the boys who broke out of the rank 0 move the charge of des One man made application the other day to have his military record corrected from™ the charge of “displaying acts of cowardice.” He cited no specifications and gave no proofs, He simply vehemently declared he “‘was no coward.”” Many ludierous letters are re- ceived with the applications for corrected records. Many -of the applicants ridicule the charges, while others seem to think their eorthly and heavenly interests are involved and miake most pitifil pleas, Congress has become very chary in its action in these cases, having come to the conelusion that the charges that enanot be removed under the prseent provisions ought to stand. ——— A Battle in Burmah. Loxnox, March 18,—Advices from Manda- lay say that Lieutenant Golightly’s mounted infantry surprised the rebel chief Boshway, dolia, Burmah, on the 9th inst. The 5 hept up & heavy fire for soine time and nally defeated, losing twenty-two Boshway escaped. Nebraska and lowa Weather. For Nebraska and lowa: Falr weather, warmer southerly winds, men, GARKETT IS TIRED. Reasons Why the B. & O, President Wants to Sell. New Yo Mareh 13, —[Special Telegram to the Bk, | —Much interest is taken here in the reported deal by which the syndicate headed by Sully proposes to purchase Robert Garrett’s interest in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. It is believed among financial men here that it Garrett does not now sell he will do so later, as he has discoverrd that he is not the man to take the place of his father, A wealthy gentleman from Wall street told me last night that he knew Garrett was heartily tired of the great responsibility which falls on him, and that he wanted to get out. “Gar- rett feels this way,” said he: “ ‘I already have more money than I can spend., Why rassed to death with this en sss when L might just as well be out of hfe the most there s to be had. lhis coincides with views expre: vesterday in the Financial News, leading ~ paper of its kind in don, After inz that Austin = Corbin is behind Suily in the present move, it con- tinues: “By securing control of the Balti- more & Ohlo Corbin puts himself in & posi- tion to medinte with Garrett, and all his quarrels. which have been to a large extent personal with Garrett, will disappear, They were the main <e or the war to the knite whicl the Baltimore & Ohio com pany has been waging against the Pennsylvauia, and of the tierce attack of the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph company on tho Western Union, Both Gould and the Pennsylvania railroad company people will be relieved of a doged and persevering antaconist when he steps down, and it is doubtrul it the railroad world will lose much by his retirement, Gal very estimable, as he isa very althy 1 but he has not shown himself to be a particu: Irly strong man as a raillway administrator, By “his tighting he has done more harm to railway property in the United States than he has done good by his tree expenditure of money. As he advanced in years he may have come to the conclusion that the game is not worth the candle, and hence his return to banking and respectabi RACERS OF TH Fastest Locomotive Yet Built— An Engine in the Sands. Providence (R. 1.) Journal: The lorgest and fastest passenger engine ever built was drawn out of the Rhode I[sland Locomo- tive works a few days ago and turned over to the New York, Providence & Boston Railroad company. The main driving wheelsare 6 feet In diameter, and set but feet, 6 inches apart. ‘This arrange ment will make her run easily on the curves. The cylinders are 18 inches in dia- meter, ~with 24 inch stioke, ‘The boiler' is 54 inches in diameter at the smokestack, with a wagon top. it extends to the v of ~the cab, and necessitates tl clevation of the engi- neer’s seat to a height 1ar above the fire door. The lire will call for three tons ot coal betore the engine can be pulled out of the round-house to make her trips, and four tons will be carrled on the tank of the tender, The tank of the latter will hold 4,000 gallons of water, and the total weight of the enczine proper is 93,000 to 95,000 pounds, ‘The weight on the driving wheel will be 66,000 pounds, or 4,500 more than the Connecticut. She looks to be enormously high as she sits up well in the air, and her short smokestack adds to her apparent height, Everything about her is ot steel. There is not a particle of brass or bright work about her. She is expected to make the run from Providence to Groton, Conn., a distance of 62,5 miles, including a dead stop at Mystic Drawbridge, as required by the statutes of Connecticut, in 625 min- utes, pulling at the same time elght cars, four of which will be Pullmana. A LOCOMOTIVE DUG OUT OF RAND. Albnguerque Letter in Globe-Democrat: About two vears ago, during the fearful over- flow that then took place in the Rio Grande vnlla{. an engine of the Rio Grande & Atchi- son line ran off the embankment at a place near San Marcial, that hag by the water, and dropped into the secthing flood. As the Rio Grande is full of the most treacherous quicksands, the recovery of the engine was deemed an impossibility until quite recElllli;‘ when the coastantly changing course of the river rendered it necessary to entirely give up the old roadbed and rebuild further away from the water, as this had been done at least three times previous to the present change. 1t was discovered that this removal placed the road on the other side of the river to that on which the engine had been lost two years ago. Upon this fact becoming known a Mexican contractor made terms with the company to recover the long lost en- gine, which has at Inst been accomplished, and a temporary bridge built over the river, on which'it will be placed and hauled to To- peka for repairs. Considering that the pon- derous machine has been imbedded in the wet sand for Lwo years, it 1s not in nearly the b:u:n;-,undulun one would imagine it ought to be. The een undermined e AN OUTSPOREN LEGISLATOR, His Suspicion of Men Too High- Toned to Accept Presents, A bill for the better prevention of bribery by railroad passes was before the le zislature, when Mr. Sandstone Knob, who represents an interior county, demanded a hearing, “Mr. Speaker,” said he, “'yesterday evening Mr. Buckley Brown, from Gum Bottol sald that I had accepted the present of a n hat from a railroad superintendent, and hinted, in a way to sting a sensitive man, that I 'had practically sold myself. 1 should like to know if there is anything in our cou: stitution that preveuts a man from acceptin presents. 1 say there s not, and, sir, ~ when our constitution arises and says that 1 shan’t take everything that is offered to me, then 1 will Constitution, attend to your own affal Mr. Speaker, 1 am a present taker, and as an encouragement to those who may contem- plate giving me something, let mé say that my capacity for taking presents, although well develobed, has not been overtaxed, I may also man who won't take a hat and thereby save himself the expense of buying one is composed of a mixture of fool, llar and thiet, I'd be afraid to meet such a man away out In the woods. 1 would feel sure that he would knock me down and rob me. I know of an atiair in my county that strongly illustrates the dishonesty of men who are afraid to nrc«\:l presents, A red- bearded fellow named Watson went to work for old man Clark and made himselt 0 usi ful that Clark, who well knew how to appre- ciate merit, went to him and said: ‘““‘Watson, 1L never had a man that I think more of than 1 do you,’ *“*Much obieeged to you ' replled Watson. *‘And I have decided,’ Clark continued, ‘to rive you my daughter lLorena,’ “+‘Much obleeged to you, said Watson, ‘but 1 ain’t acceptin’ any presents.’ *‘Well, Mr, Speaker, that man was so hon- st that he would not a tthe daughter asa tlvsenl. but the next day he ran away with Clark's wife, Since then ! have been ex- tremely suspicious of men who are too high- toned to accept presents, and to keep other (s nded men from suspecting me I have determined to refuse nothing." Ak S “The Telephone in Berli The telephone wires are daily increasing in numbers end length over and around the an capital. ‘I'be total length of the wires is, in round numbers, 12,000 kilometres, or yery nearly the diameter of the earth, There are nine exchange oftices in the city, and 10,000 speaking tubes, ‘The number of subscribers in Iterlin is about 6,000 who hold an average of 100,000 conversations daily. In the neighborliood the number of conversa- tions averazes daily between 1,500 and 2,000, The Berlin telephone system employs 500 ofticials. ‘T'he furtherest” point with “which Berlin is directly connected is Hanover, dis- tant 340 kilometres, or about 215 miles. Passenger Agents to Mcet, WasmINGTON, March ‘I'he national as- sociation of general passenger agents, com- vosed of the heads of the passenger depart- ments of all the principal railroads in the United States and Canada, will hold its an- nual meeting at the Arlington hotel on March 15, ‘The inter-state commerce bill, it is said, will be considered and an unusually large artendance is expected. ‘The president {vbl‘l‘: accord them a special reeeption om the A CONSULAR SERVICE KICK Our Minister to Sweden Tells a Talo of Insufficient Compensation. HOW EXPENSES ARE INCREASED A Kansas City Colored Man Ap- pointed Minister to Liberia—Death of a Victorlous Claim Agent ~~Washington News, Bigger Salaries Needed, WasmiNaron, Mareh bk, |="0nly old men, or those who have passed beyond the meridian ot life and who do not think of pursuing business avocas tions, ought to go into the diplomatic or cone sular service,” said the Hon. Rufus Magee, | of Indiana, now minister to Sweden and Norway, and who has been here on official business for several days, *“While the ser- vice gives one a great deal of interesting ex- pericnea and information it gives him nothing that he can utilize in the practical work of life, Lt uniits him for any kind of business, and after a season abroad he re- turns to nis native country lost to the av- enues of usefulness. Had I known before I entered the diplomatic service what it really was and how it incapacitates one 1 should not have entered it. But 1 am now in It, have hud two years of It, and intend to serve out my term, It I8 absolutely impossible for minister or consul to get ahiead, financially, in the service If he keeps up the popularity of his post and has any respect for the dig- nity of the position he occupies. It doesn’s make any difference what his salary 1s. The more salary he draws the wreater the dig- Il|lf of his oflice, the more his expenses, and the same result tinancially. Our minis- tor to Belgium, who draws a f of $7,500, tells mehu pavs 000 to live there. Nel- rium is & verv expensive’ place to live hif, T'hen the people in the diplomatic and con, alar service have to pay from 25 to 40 per t more for what they get than anybody else. My landlord charges me more than anybody clse, and when I go into the market or sendany one the denlers ascertain that it is for an Awmerican that the purchases are - made and put up the prices. They believe we are made of gold, and it impossible tb make them know we care for prices. Re- .-mu{ I went into astore in Sweden and asked the prices of some articles, \\hfn they were named I refused to buy, saying the prices were too high. ‘The merchant looked at me ineredulously a woment, then | exclaimed: *What?' an American care! for the price. Why, Amerleans hav enty of money, and lie doesn’t care for price.” In most parts of the world it is be- lieved that we are veritable money kings, and won't believe anything else. Minlster Phelps, who is at the court of St. James, gots 817,500 ' a year, but I am told that his living costs him | a great deal more, and that, being comparde tively a poor man, he will leave the ufllc? with no money, ‘The representatives of all the countries at my post receive, 1 lLelieve, more sal and “contingent appropriation than 1 do. “I'he tendency of our own forelgn service is 1o restrict representation to men of wealth, and men who are not in the young vigor of lite. Only those who are very, wealthy and who can afford to spend twics | or thrice their salary, or are too old to care for the activities ot life, and are obvious of loss of business identity in their unative country can afford to.) enter the service. Many a good young lnwKu. or business;man has lost what might hive been a ilfe of usefulness by entering ou foreign service. Butit is & lelsurely “ t pleasant life, do not look beyond | two years of oflicial life allotted to me, but should be glad to see congress elevate the standard of our tnmlfin service by showin, degree of liberality. 1f congress knew the importance of the service, and how necessary | {huse expenses wero (o the maintenance of the standing ot the representatives, it would | unhesitatingly come to the rescue, and we could have a better class of serviceand men.” | CLEVELAND RECOGN SAS CITY COLOR, ‘I'he president has deeided to appoint C. H. J. Taylor, of kansas City, as minister to beria. ‘Laylor is a mulatto and only thirty- years of age. lle was born in Alabama and in 1563 removed to Charlotteville, where he remained for a period of seven years, the last year of which he taugit in the L-ublk school “there, In 1875 he went to South Carolina to stump the state for Gieneral Wade liampton. ‘The following year, before he had attained his majority, "he went to Oberlin, O., where he attended college an ted. He then entered the law school ere and, after huving received his diploma, went to Leavenworth, Kan., where he en- gaged in the practice of It yon after he moy ed to Kansas City, where he has stn mained. In 1852 he was olected ass ity attorney, which position he still retal havinz left for Kansas City only yesterday to tender his resignation. {le will” probably sail for Liberia as soon after as he can qual= ity and tile his bond, which is ,000, ! DEATH FOLLOWS VICTORY. John B. Luce, of Arkansas, died yesterday after nearly two month's illness, from gens eral debility and exhaustion constquent uvon the long struggle over the Choctaw claim, His brother, Admiral Luce, and his wife and daughter, who came hero from Eureka Springs, Ark,, to attend him, were at his bed side “when ho expired. Dr. Stan- ton was the attending physician, Mr. Luce was the principal uttorney for the Choctaw nation in the claim brought by the latter halg acontury ago against the United States for the value of certain lands. BDe entered the case us far back as 1832, and persistently pushed it until the United States supreme court gave a judgment of nearly §: lasi N ber in favor of the Choctaws. Mr, Luc , under a written contract which | amounted to nearly $150,000. The tedious and protracted contest with the ex- citement of victory broughton a nervous prostration from which, in” his old age, he could not recover. MIt, MONTGOMERY'S SUCCESSOR. ‘There has been considerable speculation as to who would be the next commissioner of patents. Mr. Montgomery says he hopes the president will determine upon his successor 50 that he ean be relieved from duty hy May 1. *1 would not embarrass the president in any way,” continue , “'and would remain for six months if n 'y. but I should like to get away by the time I "have mentioned.” +llave youany idea who your suceessor be?’ wil “None in the world, Both the pre and the secretary of the interior pro me that I should be ednsulted in that rezard, but I don’t think either have considered the matter yet.” TIAT COLD DECK WORKER, Referring to the poker game in whi attache of an Omaha paper worked di ty of diplomats, S the Sunday Capital to-day says Ty of a poker game at the rooms of one of the legation attaches, at which an alleged news- paper man was kicked out for cheating, has caused no end of exeitement, It is learned that while the occurrence did happen as re- lated, the location of the incident did an ine justice to an attache of the Japanese lega- tion, who says the affair did not take place in liis roo The man ejected has not heen able to getinto any other respectable game s0 far as henrd from, and it is not likely that he will try again in & hurry, Bold Tex Kobbers, ST. Louis, March 15.—A speeial from Coles man, Tex. About o'clock this morning the Gul anta Fe rail- road oftice here was robbed of over 83,000, James \lllsl‘r. the express messenger, Hemy Brien, the night rator, atsd two other men in the depot being rs. verpowered by three rob= - — Tried to Assassi Loxnox, Mareh 1 lie Standurd has & cipher dispatch from what it considers & trustworthy source saying that an unsuccess- tul attemnpf has been made to assassinate the czar, No details are g o the Czar, - Seab Colored Miners, Proni, 1L, Mareh 19, -One hundred and ten colored wen arrived in this city and will go to work in the places of the striking coal miners in this vicinity,