Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 4, 1887, Page 1

SIXTEENTH YEAR. CHIVALRY OF THE SOUTH| Bouthern Military Companies Refuse to Participate in the National Drill, A SHERMAN-BLAINE COMBINE. Much Impatience Over Secretary Whitney's Delay in Organizing the Washington Navy Yard Gun Factory, A Question of Color, 0 ASHINGTON, April 8,—[Special Telegram to the Ber.|—Considerable importance is attached to the announcement recelved last night from Montgomery, Ala., that all the military companies in the south entered for participation in the national drill to be held here in May had determined w withdraw on account of two companics of colored men having been permitted to enter as competi- tors, Those most interested and who know most about it say that it will result almost disastrously to the exposition unless some compromise can be effected, and this they fear is beyond reach. To ask the colored companies to withdraw would likely result In keeping away northern companies, whilo to permit them to come will keep out south- ern companies, and great expectations have rested with the south, which has manifested more interest in the drill than any other see- tion of the country. Nota great amount of surprise is exeressed at the affair, since the action of whites in boycotting some of the hotels at Richmond, Va., last September be- cause the landlords at first said they would not entertain colored (delegates to the Knights of Labor conventlon, and later, the refusal by all hotel proprietors to enter- tain even delegates who assoclated with col- ored delezates; and the late action of & land- lord at Birmingham, Ala., in refusing Sen- ator Sherman the privilege to receive colored callers at the hotel where he stopped. It is believed that the same crowd that stood be- hind the landlord at Birmingham, has worked up this opposition to the drill. In any lightit is viewed this affair is a very se- rious one to the mana of the drill, PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN GOSSIP, Gossip about the presidential campaign is heard everywhere in Washinzton to-night. ‘The Bek correspondent has been informed by inth al politicians to-day that nego- tiations are pending between the Blamme and Sherman factions fora compromise, or an understanding by which the eampaigns for nomination are to be conducted with the most perfect harmony, so that the man nomi- nated by the republicans will receive the hearty support of the factions opposing him in the convention. There is to be no ground left for the mugwumps to nd on and the nominee is to be elected. To-day’s Herald, ot this city (demoerat), has a column of gossip on the subject of Blalne and Sherman, from which the following, showing among other things Senator Sherman’s wealth, is taken: The writer has talked with very many ans who are republicans and ‘they are ractically unanimous in expressing their be- ief that Sherman will get the nomination of his party. *“You ask why I believe this? Well, 1 will tell you,” said a tieman who was collector of internal 1e for the wealthiest district in Ohio undi ant, and part of Hayes' term, and is one of the mana- gers tor the republicans in Ohio, *"The busi- ness Interest wants Sherman, The national banks In this country are a power. There are about 2,00) of them and they have S 000,000 in the people’s hands. So earnest are they in Lis favor that 1 believe they would stand an assessment of 'y of i per cent to elect him. That would be almost $900,000, Then the great railronds are favorably dis- sed toward him. — He is a director in the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago. Its stock 18 50 per cent above par. ‘That is, 100 shares of §100 par value are worth $15,000. At the last election for directors Mr. Sherman was credited on the stock books of the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chiecago eompany with the owuership of 2,500 shares, worth $420,000. ‘The dividend is 8 per cent, which gives him £53,600 per annum from this source alone,” Vhat is Senator Sherman worth?” was asked, “Idon’t know. No one knows but he him- self, and perhaps another person. I know llomolllhl!( about his investments, though, Beosides tho railway stock I spoke of he has 1,000 shares in the First National bank in I\ev‘ %fir‘lf They were quoted last Saturday hat,"” said the writer, *'§1,500 for one! “That's about the size it,” calmly re- sponded t] speaker, They are worth $1,500,000, and could be converted into cash in an hour’s time, as could the railroad stock, This makes almost §2,000,000. Then he owns bonds of the Union Pacific Gs—how many I cannot say— but 2,000 or 3,000, besides stock in the bank at Mansficld and a large amount of real estate there. As you know, his hold- ll‘l'l in real estate in tliis city is enormous. Why, he has between fifty and and sixty houses, besides valuable lois, ete. Sherman’s income from his investments, and he hasn’t 8 nln‘;la bad one, is not less than §20,000 a wmonth, The only man except himself who really knows just what John Sherman is ‘worth Is Colonel C. W, Moulton, his brother- -law and confidgential legal adviser and friend. Moulton has an enormous law busi- ness, 80 large that he m‘ulras two partners. He has his oftices in Cincinnati and Naw York, and at both places they are over- run_ with business. But to return to Sherman. e would get the old Grant following solid in the convention, Heisthe only man [ know whom Blaine would really help. ' You see the Shermans are klnupeo\‘le of Blaine and John Sherman supported him loyally in 1884, While Sher- wan is somewhat close about money gener- ally, ho uses it with great liberality when there 1s really any great end to be attained by doing so, and would spend a million will- ingly to be elected. I dopn’t mean by that that he is corrupt, but he recognizes the votent truth that money is a_mighty factor now-a- days in polities.” Itoughtn’t to be s 15, and therefore it is important to I general election, Summing up, would have the railroad interest, terest, the old Grant following: the residuary legatee of Blaine; he would get the Pennsylvania interest through Senator J. Donald Cameron, whose wife is one of Sherman’s favorite niece, and "!mn says will be one of his principal heir n faet, L don’t know of any serious opposition he would have. Now I've told you what I think and why 1 think it. If there is any weak- ness in the logic of my opiuions, point it out, will you™ And with that he took a caband started on his wav to his Ohio home. THE GUN FOUNDRY QUESTION, Intense interest is evidenced by army and navy circles here and in the east, and in con- ressional circles throughout the country, in 0 conversion of the Washington navy yard into the great gun foundry which it is be. Much impatience is being expressed to the BEE correspondent, however, at the deliberato and slow manner in which this conversion is going on. Months ago, for in- stunce, Secretary Whitney announced that he would receive the names of applicants for 1l i of the gun foundry At first names n_was consid- Three weeks good machinists but it tina herman money ins he would be y, technical — one. ago about a score of actical gun founders recommended for the pla Now w: 18 kreatly augmented, and yet Secretas hitney does not act and zives no reason on. It is presumed that he is c ing about to make a political appointment. A number of applicants are apprehensive that they will becone too old for active duty ratary \Whithey does not show a little more activity in getting beyond the *‘con- sideration” stage of the question. Every week the announcement is made that the secretary “is about to do” this or that; that he “'will' soon actively enter upon the work of reorganizing the ordmance yard;"” that ho *45 considerivg the question of the foreman- ship,” and s0 on. It would seem about time for action of some sort if this administration hwllnunyllnn‘buznlk‘.’ Itis the purpose the depaitment to establish a foundry cap- of turning ont about (un{ completed argo caliber guns overy year, with their cars rlages and all weum\u. und at the sawme time keep un the supply of all ordnance stores for vessels in commission, This will involye, it is estimated, the employment of from 0 to 1000 men with a pay roll amounting to more than $50,000 per montn, At thetime the yard was changed from a general navy yard into a gun foun- dry, large numbers'of men employed under other burcaus were dischaiged. As a rule these men were very competent, skilled workmen, and when work is finally eom- menced on a larger scale in the gun foundry most of those who desire employment in the vard will be taken back. The secretary of the navy told them at the time of their” dis- charge that as soon as work was commenced othier things being equal, they would be e ployed in preference to new en. At p e force employed in the ishing up the guns now ing up the regular supply of terial, and it is probable th ad reduced still fu ¢l under the new tracts begins, Some very large guus are to be begun soon, DISSATISFIED WITIE THE LAW. Without doubt a strong effort will be made in the next congress to either repeal or at leas modify the new inter-state commerce law, ‘T'he very classes who were most clamorous for its pass: reamong the first to make complaint of the harshness of its provisions, Already the commission is lterally over- whelmea with communications asking for an interpretation of certain phrases in the law, the writers being desirous knowing if the same will not bear this_and that con- struction as will suit their own convenience, ‘The folly of trying to make iron-clad rules for the government of commerce is at once apparent, and yet the law does not go into effect until “to-morrow. ‘The Tailways in every direction ve been com- pelled to ake chang in their rates in anticipation of the carrying out of the statute, which make the burdfns to be borne by the people all the greater, and even for short distances prices of tickets for c ing passengers have advanced 25 per cent. in a few weeks there is to be a great national drilt in Washington, and during May also some centennialobscrvances are to take place in Baltimore, to which it was expected that large crowds from other cities would be at- tracted. But the railway people cannot hold out any encouragement that a_reduction of rates can be made until the commission gives its interpretation of the different pro of the law, and it may be that no relief can be granted y OVEI'S SECIE ‘The president has not yet made up his mind as to the commission to investizate the Pacitic roads, He has deterinned upon the class of men he wants, but his slate lias been smashed every time he thought he had deter- mined upon three persons to appoint. It has long been a mooted question who are the seeret advisers of President Cleveland. 1Lis cabinet scems to have no influence with him, nor have the democratic senators. It has lately been talked in political cireles that a Californian 15 one of the president’s chief ad- visers. During the past week it is said that this Californian lias been at the white house every daay and at hours when senators and ail other peovle are excluded. Inquiry as to who he is from one of the president's household, brougst out the reply: ~ *I cannot give you his name, that is kept ‘secret: but the president believes he has more informa- tion, better judgment, and isa truer triend :u him than almost any man in Washing- on,” 1t isalso said that this gentleman does not nay mueh attention to California matters, as he fears he is prejudiced,but that hi national polities and m the political affairs of states where he has no personal i I1E WOULD DISCOVER 1GNORAN( I 1t is thought that if Senator Cockrell, chair- man of the senate committee on investigat- ing the business of the executive department, instead of sending out a cireular, should per- sonally visit the bureaus of the departments and catechise the chiefs as to the business of, he would be edified at the amount of -anice which would be displayed by sume of thei TITE RAILROADS WILL WIN, One of the best things about the inter-state commerce commission comes from Senator Pugh, of Alabama. He said the other day: “The real question i3 whether the commis- sloners will own the railroads or the railroads will own the commission. IU's a pretty sate bet that the railroads will win in the end.” ‘The following Nebh discontinued yester county; Christena, Loup county: K Freewater, Harlan county: son county; Kendali, Dawes county Phelps county: Lydia, Custer county nence, Fillmore county: Rockton, 3 S mento, Phelps count uckolls county; Sazon, county: Sportville, Adams county Also the following in Towa: Le: hawk connty: Orleans, Appanoose count 'rnp}mn.mm-rs. Loup City, Neb, lagle Grove, Ia,, where the offices made presidential, were yesteday reappointed Other appointed were 11, P Neb., and Marckus Kane, S, ka postoflices were Cloverton, Webster ty: Crane, unty § )0, s e ey BOOKMAKERS BILKED, Crooked Telegraph Work Causes Chi- cago Gamblers to Lose. CuicAGO, April 3.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.)—The bookmakers doing business in this city have been victimized three or four times on the New Orleans races this winter and yesterday were cauzht again on the last race. ‘T'hey are about to institute a rigid investigation. They think the losses they have sustained are small compared with what they might have suffered had they not discovered the attempt being made to *‘do” themn. Yesterday afternoon, among the starters in the last race, were Hibernia and Telegraph, Odds of two to one were olfered against Hibernia to win, and even money against Telegraph for place. There was no betting of any account until after 5:: Then parties who had not been betting o 85 at a time for a month visited four shops and backed Hibernia to win and ‘Telezraph for place, At lorses at the post,” was received over the wires from New Orlean; and a few minutes later came “Hibernia first, Telegraph second,” On the transactions that occnrred at the different betting establishments almost at the same time the kers lost upwards of £2,000, T val between the report of the race and the report of the preceding one was unusually long. I'he peculiar betting, long wait, and the fact that they booked losings, made the bookmakers all around conclude there was something unnatural about the race, and they began investi ‘ating. One firm telegraphed their correspondent at New Orleans a: king what time he filed the “horses at the post.” 'The answer came back, “At ’ Usually a message filed at the track at New Orleans reaches the bookmakers by direct wires in two minutes. Another inquiry elicited the information that the wires between here and New Orleans worked all right, and the only explanation that the bookinakers could|tind for the delay was that there was something wrong and” they had been the victims of a well ecuted scheine toskin them. Certain telegraph operators are suspected, but nothing delinite has been ascertained, of course, -~ mpious Burglars. Newnviyrort, Mass., April 8.—Burglars entered St. Paul's Episcopal chureh last might and stole the silver communion service and other articles of silvervalued at several hundred dollars. One piece, of great histor- ical value, was given to Rev. Samuel Myles by King William and Queen Mary for the ;l,:'l:;u“e" majesty’s chapel in New Engiand ill Not Go. MoNTGOMERY, Ala, April 8.—The Mont- gomery companies, the Greys and Blues, to-night ofticially resolved to withdraw from the Washington drill. _ A tel m from the Atlanta ritles to the Montgomery military says they will follow Montgomery's example and withdraw, — An Unclaimed Corpse, St. Louts, April 3.—An unclaimed corpse lies at the American Express company's oflice hivre addressed to P. D. McKellar, It arrived by oxgreu from Cincinnati. No such person as P, D, McKellar is known in the ¢ ty and the authorities aro becoming suspi- cious of foul play, OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING. APRIL 4, ISS7. MORE TROUBLE 1IN CHICAGO Laborers Ask For An Advance of Wages and Are Refused. CARPENTERS TO GO OUT TO-DAY Over Six Thousand of Themm Meet on Sunday and Resolve to Strike —Urged to Vote For Nelson. Carpenters to Strike, CHIcAGo, April 3. employed by the various contractors and shop owners throughout the city and suburbs will cease work to-morrow morning and building operations in this county will be suspended indefinitely. The leaders of the carpenters, who, atter a long struzele last summer, failed to carry out their (e mands for eight hours and an increase of wages, de- cided then to renew the contest and think that now, when building enterprise is reviv: ing and carpenters are wanted, the time has arrived to make the employ vield. ‘Uhree months ago the council gave notice to the em- ployers that at the beginning of April the men would demand 55 ceats an hour, eight hours to constitute a day’s work, The wages have been averazin, cents, and the hours have varied between eight and ten. A conference to ai ge a settlement was formally requested from the employgrs, but ter carpenters have, to all appear- gnored the whole movement. To-day s meeting of carpenters was heid in Battery D armory to discuss the advisability of a general strike. Over six thousand men were present. William Klivera, president of the Chicago trades assembly, presided. [t Was a secret meeting, every man of the 6,000 having to present his carpenters’ trade card In order to gain admission, President Klivera made a long speech reviewing the situation. He claimed that the carpenters were the most abused men in the building trades, ‘They were paid the lowest wases while their work was as hard anda indispens ble as that of the bricklayers and mason who earned almost twice as much. A ar ago the carpenters’ striko was ~ a failure simply ~ because or.anization was weak in numbers and to- tally [acked funds, Now tiey were strong and should right t wrongs, Aft lar speech in € man, a resolution that all to-morrow unless the demands were granted was read. ‘Then arose . I tiley, a member of the Knights of district assembly theunited labor candidate for i T workman, Riley, in a rattling speeeh for the Ldly told the W listening men ory at the pol ‘Tuesday meant also v ters, and u to do their dut was enthusiastically applauded. Editor Al- bert Currlin, August Spies’ suecessor as odi- tor of the Arbeitér Zeitung, was the next speaker, ‘The gist of Carrlin’s speech was that the carnenters were foolish it they did not stk whe they had ‘such chance. His Gerwan heavers, he 1, addressing them in their native language, should do everything in their power to defeat Roche, the servant of the italists and the tool of temperance cranks. glish-speaking portion of the audi- to erow restive while Currlin ng in German and cut him short , though the At this moment I Milwaukee socialist, nlppfhuml tothe hall and applied for admission. He showed an invitation from the German unions to address the meeting, W his presence was made kuown to the stormof objections arose, ti speaking elements emphat protesting against any words from him. The Germans seemed enraged, but decided to avoid discord and Grottkau smilingly acquiesced. ‘They wera soothed with a_speech from Sceratary Brenuock and a French-Canadian named Beaudey. The motion to strike was then put and earried unanimously. With thres cheeers for Nelson and the eight hour mo ment the meeting adjourned. ‘The men understand that none of thein are to resume work till all of the employers &ive in or the strike as a whole is declare failure. ik A Reduction Ordered. Curcaco, Aprit 3.—The Consumers’ Gas- light and Coke company has notilied its 500 employes that they must submit to a reduc- tion of 50 und 20 cents per day—threatening, it is said, to 1 oil unless the men com Lvl) The ofticials of the company claim to ¢ able to make a profit when paying the present wages of $: nd $2.00 for an eight hour day. ‘They wish the men to work twelve hours a day at'an advance of 50 and 10 cents. The use of coal oil us fuel would dispense with 450 of the 500 employe ‘Ihis afternoon the men, who are members of the Knights of Labor assemblies 748 and 6755, met and de- termined to Insist apon the present scale of hours and pav. A committee was appointed to inform the company of the result of the weeting. e MYSTERIOUSL DISAPP EARED, A Lost Chicago Bride Said to Be in . Omahn, CHICAGO, April pecial Telegram to the BeE. | —The mysterious murder of an un- known young woman at Rahway, N. J., a week ago yesterday has been connected by coincidence in dates with the disappearance from this city of the six-weeks bride of C. L. Watson, a young landscape painter. Wat- sow's story is atonce romantic and_peculiar. ke says he first met Miss Snavely in a studio hiere where she was a pupil. 1t was, to use his expression, a love at first sight, and after a brief courtship of three weeks the young people were married, betng aided and abetted in the affair by a sister and cousin of the bride, against the wishes of the young woman’s parents. After the marriage the couple came to Chicago and stopped at the residence of Mrs, Duncan, a friend of the bride, and remained therea week. On the "Thursday following, Watson left for New York, intending, as he says, to settle up some afairs and retarn in a week or ten days, His newly wedded wife durin 7 his absence went to her former boarding place, where she remained till March 24, "She then went back to Mrs. Dun- can's and from that time and place Mr, Wat- son has no trace of her, She had, at the time of marriage, according to Watson’s state- ment, $500 in the Chicagzo Trust and Savings bank, and a check for $500, none of which fell into his hands, Mr. Watson is vositiy in the assertion that his bride has been spir ited away by friends or relativ ho elaim he married her for money, she bein ess, His wife answers the description of the woman murdered at Rahway, N. J., and he went there, but the body was not that of his wife, Then he came back to Chicago and found that she had kone, after havinz been told he had been married betore, e saystne story is untrue, Late this evening it developed that Wat- son’s bride is in Omaha, and has been there since leaving Chicago, living, it is thougnt, with friends, althouzh nothing can be learned here. ‘The story of Watson being a bigamist is revived, and otlier stories in re- gard to his actions after eoming here from New York. Faets are coming to light, nota- bly one told by a pretty servant girl, who claims she gave him $300 to purchase a wed- ding outiit for herself and him, Watson cannotbe found, an heir- -~ Mrs. Emmons Returns. NEWw YORK, April 5.—|Special Telegzram to the Bk, |—FEccentric Mrs, Emmons, wife of Prof. Emmons, of Washington, is with us again, She returned from London yester- day afternoon and was met by three gentle- men on her arrival. Afterwards she drove 1o the Pennsylvania depotat Jersey City and huhln ton. Mrs. Emmons looks the ofticers of th m{a h"hdnw r;i ::g @ vessel say she v self admirably on this ulp.y ‘The 6,500 car} .nters THE SCYTHIA SAFE. The Startling mor of Her Being Wrecked Proved False, BosToN, April 3.—The steamer Scythia ar- rived at her dock safely soon after 5 o'clock to-night, ‘T'ne startling rumor of the disaster on the coast at Scituate to the Cunard steamer Scythia, the ecirculation of which created a tremendous sensation in this city last night, has proven to have been false. Owing to the fact that telegraphic communi- cation with the south shore had been inte; rupted by the storm, it was impossible Ia night either to contirm the rumor or to dis- prove it. The circumstances were so pe- cullarly favorable to belief in the truth of the report, however, that Agent Martin ol the Cunard company, rather than endure his natural suspense, determjned to eharter a special train and go at onee to the locality of the alleged wr The train left the Old Colony station at 54, m., with Martin and thirty reporters on board, and arrived at Seituate at 415 ‘Then the party tramped through three miles of snow drifts to the beach, where, the sun having risen, a clear view of the long stretch of coast was obtained. There was no sign of a wreek in any L was tre- sly hi king over Having been ¢ falsity of the rumor con- cerning the Scythia, the party returned at once to Boston, How the rumor originated is not known, but there is no doubt it was d to be true last night. The liia was expected to arrive yeste nd fact, in connection with the terrible gale that had’ been prevailinz on the coast for forty-eicht hours, caused the widespread fecling of apprehension. —— ROGERS THE MAN, Doubt That the Wealthy Land Owner Is Kissan SAN Fraxcisco, April 3.—There seems to be no doubt among those in a position to know that the ement published yesterday in the California Demokrat (German paper), of this city, rezarding Kissane, telegranhed last night, is strictly correct and that William Kissane and Colonel William K. Rozers, a citizen of thisstate living at Sonoma, is one and the same person. This fact has been known to several people in this city for three days, but out of consideration for his family and 1 has not been known, The mokrat wa iirst to print Kissan but nothing further than that, beyond what was tele graphied from Cleveland last n mentiened on the subject. Kissane Lo onnections by marriage are amony the wealthiest and most prominent people of No ABOUT TS CRIMES, CrLeveELAND, April 3.—The Leader will to-wortow pubiish another imteresting install- ment of the story of Sidney C. Burton’s ef- fortsto run down William Kissane. It the case has been preseryed in manuseript and is now in the possession ot a daughter of Burton’s Mrs, n, of N 05 State street. pt of the book written by L a voluminous correspondence interested in the i story of Kissane's e «din_ print. Few pe s of Kigdane were instrun in cansing Burton’s “death. In the summ of 1855 He visited New York. and as had been the thronghont his travels in the United States and Canada, his every movement was watched by Kissane's azents. Eatly in the fall he bseame the victim of & mysterious illness and returned to bis home here. He linzered a few months but never recovered, dyinz on Degember 11, 185, The fact W tablished at” the time that Kis- sane’s friends had suegeeded in smuggling a subtle poison into his food and his death re- sulted despite the efforts of the best physi- cians to save him. Burton wrote during his travels a book eiving detailed accounts of the case, but it was never put into print. It was entitled * Che Drama of a Crime, or T dies in Real Lafe.”” According to the pre the book contains,” amonz other thing complete confession by William Kissane. ———— A Minister’s Great Break. Monmus, 11, April 3,—The trial of the al- leged train robbers, Schwartz and Watt, was given a most unexpeeted turn to-day by an incident that will probably destroy the worth ot all the work so far done. By consent of counsel and court the jurors were to-day per- mitted to attend divice service at the odist church, Dr. Axtell, the off clergyman ud of their presence, and taking as his, text the PO of little thines, and before the astonished congregation or jury could realize it, he was in the midst of an address upon the' importanes of apparently trivial cireumstances when rightly viewed As the train robbers’ convietion depends largely on clireumstantial evidence, the sur- prise was great, but Dr. Axtell ceded to tell’ how a celebrated criminal had once been convicted after long years by a tell-tale serap of _papel torn check figures largely in the Hock Island case and much feeling was expressed after the 5 at the singular remarks of the reacher, The attorneys for Schwartz and Watt will demand a” new trial for their clients on the gronnd of undue influencs upon the jury if the prisoners are found Legislation in Texas. AvsTiy, Tex., April 3 —The senate yester- day, by a vote ot 22 to 5, refused to adopt the ooncurrent resolution legislating Distriet Judve Frank Willis out of office. The reso- lution had pased the lower house on charges preferred by the attorney-general alleging that Judge Willis, by his rulings from the beneh and vnmplh-lt}' with ain large ranch owners in the Panhandle, had ren- ered negatory the operation of the land en- closure law. The senate’s action retains Judge Willis on the bench. ‘T'he case had been bitterly contested, ‘T'he housé passed the senate bill to carry into efect section 5 of the state’s constitution vrohibiting the consolidation of parallel or competing railroads. The bill assesses a pen- alty of from $1,000 to £4,000 and imprison- ment on manazers or_agents of companies w. Thebill now goes to the governor for approval. e ian Denunciation. > April 3.—[Special Tele- gram to the Beg.j--Baron de Struve, the Russian minister, sailed yesterday for France. He will spend some wmonths with his wife and childeen, but will not goto Russia. Mis wifeis ill at Nice. He would say nothing about a proposed extradition treaty between Russia and the United States. Saturday evening the Russian-American National league ~held a mass meeting at which resolutions were passed protesting azainst the “infameus action of Secretary Bayard in proteeting the c: a from tha consequences naturally resulting from his despotic and bloady rule,” and apnealing to the liverty lovin, cople of the United States to express ignation against the proposed treaty. —— Four Disastrous Fires, NAsuviLre, Aprit 8,—Clarksville, Tenn., to-day suifered the most destructive fire in its history, there being four betw 4a. m and 7 p. m, and losses aggregating $250,000. The first alarm was from a shoe shop between Second and Common streets, the wind sweeping the flames to Frank- lin_street before they could be checked. At 11 o'elock the second alarin was sounded, the smouldering flames leaping up again and several of the largest buildings were burned to the ground. = First street and part of Franklin street is swept clean, twenty-four buildings being burned. ‘I'ie origin of the ““.‘;u unknown, Great excitement prevailed ay, Nebraska and lowa Weather. For Nebraska: Fair weather; slowly rising temperature; northerly winds becow- lnfi variable, or flowa: - Generally fair weather, slowly rising temperature, northerly winds becom- ing variable, THE OLD SOLDIERS OF I0WA Great Preparations Being Made For the State Encampmont at Dubuque. NEW RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. The Latest Appointee on the Board an Anti-Monopolist—-A Demand For Lower Rates—Other News From lowa. The Coming campment, Dis Moives, In, April 3,—|Special to the Bie.|—The chief topic of interest to the old soldiers of lowa just aow, is the approach- g encampient of the Graud Army, which bezins its session at Dubuque, Tuesday, April19, The hospitality and social enthu- siasm of Dubuque are famous all ove: the state, and the city promises to goutdo itselt in the warmth of its welcoma and th on- erous entertainment it will afora. There were 80,000 soldiers who went from lowa to put down the rebellion. A good many of tiem never returned. Many who came back have since removed to other states, but there are several thousand yet rema who, atter a score of years have pa 1 the scenes of army life with all the good fel- hip they afforded, as if it wore but yes- It is probable that the Dubuque meeting will be the largest and most enthu- siastic state encampment that has yet been held. The grand commander of the G. A, R, national organization, Gen. Fairehild, of Wissonsin, with his staff will be present. The state commander with his full staff will be there, Probably all of lowa’s soldfer con- gressmen, ineluding the gallant Colonels Ttepburn and Henderson, will be on hand, and an unusually large delegation of the more prominent old soldiers of the state. Speaking with a well known old soldier who isone of the most infiuential men of the state, e said he thought there would be an unusual effert this year to extend and strengthen the G. A, R, organization. Cleveland’s brutal veto of pension bills, the fierce onslaught of several conperhead papers upon the old o ldi calling them paupers, tramps and seoundrels, have stirved the blood of tiie boys, and they propose to resent the insults by “every means at their command. 8o it is probable that there will 9 nerease in the number of posts in 1 the old veterans will take means ert their dignity and manhood, and make their influence telt. ‘The leading can- didates tor the state commander seem “to be Colonel E. A, Consigney, of Avoca: General Jo AL is city, who became famous by the gallant chargo of the Second lowa al Fort Donelson, and it Colonel Hepburn would aceept, he would be the choice of thou- sands, INSON'S APPOINTAF the appointment ot ator * Robinson as railrond commissioner ses no one more than several gentlemen in_northwestern lowa, who are candidates for the nomination of supreme judge, The has been one of the leading candi- for that position himself, and ns long ned i the tield he ' led the rest. He was chairman of the senate {mlmmrv committee of the last legislature, and demon- strated his fine legal ability and judiei mind, and with a splendid record as a s It i he would L entered the y strong. His appointment as pailroad commissioner takes away a dan- «erous competitor and consequently greatly rejoices the hearts of the other candidates. Senator Robinson is known to be strongly in favor of railroad regulation and control, and while aman of great tairness of mind, is rather inclined toward anti-monopoly senti- ments, missioner Coflin, who 15 a good deal of a “Farmer” Coffin style of man, is in- clined the same way. still more so, and the prospect thus is that the railroads will have to walk a very straight plank in the next two 7 TS, hereis a zood deal of feeling now, that the pass system has been abolished, m fayor of requiring the rail- roads to reduce fares in this state. It is not improbable that one of the first bills to be in- troduced in the next legislature will be to this effect. 1t is proposad to require the roads to sell regular trip tickets at a uniform rate of 236 conts per mile, and round trip tickets for2 centsamile, [t is estimated that the discontinuance of the pass system will save the railroads hundreds of thousands f S 4 1 It will if the biz stories tofore when they didn’t are true, and the people i ng to the s be et with a saving to those who travel and pay fare, ‘T'he inter-state commerce law was not called out by any general demund to increase the earnings of railroads, and if the passes haye to zoand the companies are thus the gainers by thousands of dol the people will insist If everybody who now travel v fare, the roads can well afford to make a uniform rate of 2 or 21§ cents per mile in Iowa. One of lowa's greatest trunk lines just reports its net earn- for the past year to be over $8,000,000, and that, too, with thousands of Jeople car. ried free, Now if all must pay, the demand will be that rates come down, and the com- pany that gelears $5,000,000 annually ought not to complain it it is one of the first to be requested to divide a small part of its great earnings with the public, who has made its great wealth possible, THAT INSURANCE CROOKEDNESS, The arrest of B, F. Allen and F, M. Iub- bell, two of Des Moines' most prominent citizens, for misdemeanors in the conduct of the of the late Monarch Insurance company, opens the way for liti- gations that promises to be very much pro- tracted and will involve several other ques- tions of insurance business and state con- trol, 'I'he misdemeanor referred to s in con- nection with the investication of the com- pany’s accounts, when Auditor Brown was making his high priced examination of Towa insurance compauies, He refused to recog- nizo ts of the company notes held as securities and compelled the company to e up cash to supply the deficiency, This Mr. Allen, as president, aid out of his private funds, and after the investigation was over the directors authorized the refunding of this money to Mr, Allen. The lezality of both transactions and the authority of the auditor to demand such advances will probably now be thorougtly discoverad and some tinal con- clusion may be reached. ‘Tlere seems to be no doubt that the affairs of the Monarch were reckles not criminally manazed to the great ury of policy and stock- holders, but it will be left to the courts to de: termine who is responsible for the crooked- ness, demand WEEDING OUT THE QUACKS, The state board of medical examiners are having a larze contract on their hands their endeavor to enforce the new practice law, Some of the strangest cases come beto fm very frequently, the ignorance of the applicant for a certiti- cate to practice is only exceeded by the gall with which he fortifies himself. One appli- cation of this kind was received from a man who had been hostler for a physician, and having fussed around a doctor’s horses, dusted off his bottles, and learned the names of afew medicines,he really pretended that he was qualified to practice and wanted to be licensed to start out on his gory carcer, If there 1 one thing in the world that the peo- ple need to be protected against, it is the ig- norant charlatan and quack who assumes to practice medicine. Fortunately the nuin- ber of his tribe is rapidly decreasing so far as lowa is concerned, and ihe board of medical examiners and the new law which they en- force deserve the credit for that fact. What is Towa’s gain in this Instance 18 undoubt- edly some other state's loss, as Nebraska and Kansas have already bezun to discover, A VICTIM OF A VETO, One of the peculiarly unfortunate c: that have had to_suffer by Mr. Cleveland's }:euxlun vetoes, is that of the widow of John Brennan, who served as second lieutenant in Abraham Lineoln’s company in the Black- hawk war of 1512, When Old Abe was eap- tain of an Illinois company John Brennan was his second lieutinant and the records show that he served manfully through the war, Later he died, and now in old age, feebleness and want his widow applies for the pension to which she was entitled, Con-~ Kresgs gave it to her, but Clevelaud vetoed the bill, and the old lady is now In the Monroe county poor house at Albia, tn this state, AN IRISH MASS MEETING. To-morrow night the people of lowa will express their sentiments on the present crisis m drish affairs, A great mass meeting will be held in this eity to be addressed by repre- sentative speakers fcom ditlerent parts of the state, and ftis expected that the will of lowa be pretty loud and plain in denouncing land’s brutal tyranny toward Ireland, all for this meeting was signed by the governor and other state oflicers, by meubers of congress and the Jezislature, by judges, preachers, lawyers, the entire city gover tand leading business men of this eit representative of the character, humanity of Towa, and thus refu slander that the cause of home rule had no supporters in America exeept a fow renegade Irishmen, BASE BALL AFFAIRS, The Des Moines ball team have been doing zood work on their southern trip, and are il in the time to good advantage before the onening of the leasue season. They were much disappointed that snow storms pre- vented their meting the St. Louis Browns for after thair eood vlaying with the Ch cagos they had reason to expeet an Interes ing game. The prospect of making the Northwestern ue permanent seems pretty good. ‘The boys are expecting a good game with Omaha, and creat interest is b ing taken nere in the series between the two cities, AN IRISH 1 STRATION. The Twentieth / Shooting ¢ [Copyright 1 ersary of the Crowley Celebrated, by James Gordon Bennett.) —[New York Her- iB.|—A remarka- bie demonstration, in which over 20,000 per- sons took part, was held to-day at the ceme- tery of Yanghal, in the county Cork. The occasion was the twentienth anniversary of the shooting of Peter O'Neill Crowley, who, during the rising of 187, in company with Captain MeCure, was surrounded by the mil-- itary and police in Kilelooney woods, outside Mitchelstown, and subsequently shot dead as ho was making his escape across the river. A Dbeautiful and costly monument had been erected 1n the cemetery to Crowley’s memory, and to-day it unveiled. Special trains brought peo- ple from all parts of the country and over twenty bands were present, Only Irish and American flags were displayed. Michael Davitt delivered an eloquent address, in which he denounced coercion but counselled calmness and forbearance. The mayor of Cork and other corporate dignitaries were vresent and also a large number of police. ‘The government had intended to stop an; demonstration, but evidently feared the con- sequences of interferonce and all closed quietly. Still the feeling displayed by the crowd present was a very determined one, e e Frightful Calamity in Church, Loxpox, April he chureh at Ling- uaglossa, Sicily, fell without warning during the services erday, burying beneath it 100 persous, forty of whom were killed and injured. - A Doctor’'s Deadly Doses, DonGEVILLE, Wis., April 5.—|Special Tel- egram to the :E.|—Dr. Charles Bruil, a prominent physician of Avoca, has been placed in jail here to await examination on the charge of havine caused the death of his wife. It seems that Dr. Bruil's wife died rather suddenly and under circumstances that gave rise to rumors that her death did notresult trom natural causes. It is alleged that the nurse who attended Mrs. Bruil dur- ing her last ill nef eived from Dr. Bruil, who treated his wife, a quantity of powders to be administered to the patlent. The nurse states that the powders put the sick woman in violent spasins, their operation so exciting her suspicion that she concluded to preserve one of the powders, whicl: she did. 1t was afterwards sent toa chemist at Madison, who made an analysis of it, and who claimed that itcontained poison, A warrant was sworn out for the arrest of Dr. Bruil and he was taken in custody. ‘The body of Mrs, Bruil will be disinterred and a_post mortem made. 1t1s reported that Mrs. Bruil earried an in- surance poliey on her life for §10,000 in her husband’s favor. —_— Progress in Honduras. PANAMA, April .—The following is from President Bograns' message to the congress of Honduras on the opening of that body: “The results of my poliey of progress and improvementsare already visible. Qur sales of fruit alone along our” Atlantie coast now leave us over $1,000,000 per ansum, By in- creasing that production and with thecoin which the opening up of other branches will brine in, should war, that continuons enemy ofall progress, not prove a bartier, I foel convineed that withbn a very short time the commercial crisis from which we are now sufferi isa 1 also feel convinced treaty now proposed wit the ports of Cuba for the sale of all our meat products,” 1n his closing remarks President Bo:rans al- ludes to the possibility of effecting some ar- rangement with European holders of Hon- duras bonds, the necessity of pe; g in the erfort to terminate the Inter-Oceanic rail- road, and of modifying several existing laws which place unnecessary restrictions on in- dustry and commerce. —— Bloodhounds on the Track, GALVESTON, April 3,—A News special from San Avgustine, ‘T'ex., gives further particu- lars of the fight between the state rangers and timber thieves. It says Andrew Newton, a ranger belonging to Captain Scott’s com- pany, arrived here this morning and tele- Kraphed for bloodhounds. The dogs arrived here this evening. Nowton is now on his way back to the scene of action in Sabine count, Newton stated that Captain Scott, thouga seriously wounded, is doing well and will brobably recover. J. H, Moore, one of the rangers, anda Will Conley were killed in the fightof March 1. Fred Connell was re- ported badly wounded. Saline county is thoroughly aroused and without doubt all the Lc"nmi ws will be captured or Kkilled in a few ays. il ey Texas Very Dry. GALVESTON, April 3.—Special telegrams to the News, Houston Postand FortWorth Ga- zette during the past week from nea county in Texas indiea serious drouth throughout the state, affect- g in large s agricultural as well as its live st I The drouth may be said to be a continuation of last year's dry spell, and no weneral rains have fallen through the interior sineo last September, while local showers have been few and in- adequate during the past six months, WL . Explosives In Spain, MaprID, April 3.--During the sitting of the chamber of deputies yestertlay, a parch- ment case containing gun powder, within which was a metalic cartridge with a fuse at- tached, was found in the doorway of the president’s bureau. Later in the evening apetard was exploded in the vestibule ad- joining the oflices of the ministry of (inance and the windows were shaken by the con- cussion. Nobody was injured buf the two events have caused much - A Dishonest Clerk Confesses, New Yonrk, April 3.—W, A, Clarke, the postoflice clerk arrested for stealing £10,000 in a registered package from PPortland, Ore,, to this city, confessed yesterday that he had stolen a kage eontaining $10,000 in cur- rency and sent it to Charleston in December, 1881, ‘T'he money was sent by the Park Na- tional bank of this eity to the [irst Natlonal bank of Charleston, 5. €. Clarke also ad- mittea that he was interested in & gambling house in this city. A Prominent Lawyer Dead, WasmNGroy, April 8.-Mr, Joseph H, Bradley died at his residence i West Wash- ingtor this afternoon of general debility, aged eighty-four years. Ile had been en- gaged in the conduct of wany of the most celebrated cases in the District, including the trial or Surrat for_ conspiracy in the Lincoln assassination plot, NUMBER 290 TUE WEEK IN WALL STREET A Strong and Healthy Market For Stooks of All Kinds, ENCOURAGING MANY SIGNS. Good Showing By Varlous Railro Increase Confidence, and Sever Fortunate Deals Help Thingy Along—Money Easy. Among the Stock Specunlators, New York, April 8.—[Special Pelogram to the Bre.|—No one except active operators ta decline uvon the stock market can have reason to complain at the exhibition 1t teadily gained in activity, it has been a gooa market for trading, and a very healthy one, giving signs of great strength without excitement. Prices have been allowed to take their own course, and there has been less scalping on orders than for any week of the year. The specialists a deelded mo 1 blood through- out. There was enough to encourage anyone. In the first place, woney never went above 9 per cent, and all apprehensions of trouble on account of want of enough to go around among those who had collateral to put up proved to be unfounded. In the second place, the Rock Island sold outright $6,000,000 of bonds with which to push their extensions into Nebraska, showing contidence in the growth of the western country that is felt by this rich and prosperou though always conservative company. In the third place, the Atchison, ‘Topeka & Santa Fe closed a contraet through its Chicago, Santa Fe & California line with the Chicago & Western I[ndiana for an entrance Into Chicago, and there comes along the rich and powerful Flower of the Rock Island syndicate and buys out the cons trol of the Chicago & stern Lllinois, thus securing for the new Chicago & Indiana Coal railroad o very strong position. Then the Union Pacific made the best snowing it heg for three or four years, and all the roads had to tell of very large inereases in net earnings, The purchase of the Chicago & Eastern 1ilinois is the most important. he Ch feago & Indiana Coal railroad company was quietly organized by a party of capitalists, who bought this valuablé coal property in the Brazil fieids, already developed, and only waiting for capital to give it proper connecs tions, The mines were in good condition and a large lot of coal cars were ordered at A connection was built toward Ft, Wayne to enable it to reach an important coaling station, Meanwhile the Atchison, ance into Chicago for its 20, nta Ko & California line, after over the Wisconsin Centr Chicago & Wes! which is jointly owned by anun s entering into the city. of which the Chicago & Eastern [llinois fsone. 'There is thus three powerful Interests having something in common and assuring a traflic to the Chicago & Western Indiana which will make it a very profituble road ands enable it to give something to its stockhold-g ers. he Chicago & Eastern lllillulsf)l?’l something now and has grown r“"“"hfl the last few years, 1ts improvement will even more marked with the traflic of the Chi cago & Western Indiana pouring over it. Al this makes the Wabash more valuable, for the Chicago division is one of the partners in . the enterprise, and the Atchison is likely to eive the Wabash traffic rather than take It ‘The Union Pac has increased the r of its friends largely since President ams showed such large Improvement in editand financial position, and there : was even good buying from London. What puts up New Yor New England is{ another of those conundrums of the stock market. Th ay it was the dividend on preferred stock and the ¢ood showing of the 'ebruary earnings, That may be, but this 18 one of the roads that stands to suffer a great deal from the operation of the inter-stato commerce act. The rapld prozress made toward reorzanization "of “the Indiana, Bloomington & Western helped these securities, and the Wabashs have beem doing very well on account of the vigor which the purchasing committes has shown. As for money, it has not been half as stringent as it lool I'ie banks look forward to a summer in which thera will be enough mon 0 go around and much more, ¢ been trying to getout all the time money they could, ~When thoy wera king up the rate of intérest on some loans to 7 per cent, they were lml%‘ too ready toloan it at 5 per cent for three or four months, The extreme was 9 per cent, the minim the average 6. ‘T'he loss o nearly 000,000 in the r ve yesterday looked a little rocky” to some, but we had almost as much pecie on hand as we had at this time last year, with heavier deposits now, and it is to he noted that governuient checks for over $7,000,000 of interest due on Friday had not yet appeared in the banks, This is shown by the fact thut Saturday the sub-treasury was & debtor to the clearing house nearly $3,000,000. The payment of that balance would have made the reserve good. At the same time 1t 1s to be noted that our imports are very heav, and the treasury is taking In a great deal of money. We have to call more bonds in order to get it out agal! THE Ol A Record of Fi 3 and ncial Transactions the Fast Week. BosrtoN, April 3.—([Special Telegram to the Bek.|—The following table shows the gross exchanges at the leading eclearing houses in the United States for the week ending April 2, 1887, together with the per- tages for the ¢ ponding week in 1586: CITIES. CLEARINGS. New York Boston Chicag Philadel San Francis 8t. Louis Baltimore. Cineinnat Pittsbur New Orleans. . ¢ Kunsas ity Vi Cleveland. . Omaha Minneapolis Columbus Gnlyeston Springhield. Norfolk Lowel Syracuse.... Grand Rapids. REln) i cangsnaslh Outside Neiv Vork| *Nctineluded in total - Fursch-Madi Victorious. New Yoni, April 5.--Madame Emy Furseh Madi Verla, the songstress, who re- cently bad trouble at St, lLouis with the American Opera company, yesterday obs tained in the eity court an attachment againss the property of the company here it & suig to recover $1,200 which she claims is sti'l dug@ her for services rendered between November, 1856, and last February, §