Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1887, Page 1

-— "THE OMAHA DaiLy BEE SIXTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING., MAY 2, 1887, NUMBER 318 DBRIEN OFF FOR CANADA, The Editor of United Ireland Starts on His Provinoial Tour, WHAT HE HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH The True State of Affairs on Lord Lansdowne's Luggacurran Es- tate to Be shown Up— An Interview, After the Governor General. QuEENsTOwN, May L.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Brk.—William O'Brien sailed to-day on the Umbria. Bishop Ireland, of Minnesota, and Mr, ©O'Brien both arrived here at half past1l this morning from Dublin. Demonstrations proval greeted M r. O'Brien on the en- tire route, At Thurles, the president of St. Jarlath colleze welcomed him, saying: I am commissioned es) e cially by Archbishop Croke to wish you succe: A tremendous gathering of people and priests were there. When he arrived here several bands met him and addresses were presented from the mayor of the corporation of Cork, the Queenstown commissioners and five other public bodles, all wishing him success on his mission, HE DOES NOT GO ALONE. Mr, O'Brien, in the course of a long speech, said: *“I'hese addresses and this magnificent ‘welcome prove that 1 do not go alone on my mission, but that I carry the hearty good wishes and full approval of the Irish priests and people. Nothing has been left undone by the people to affect an amicable settle- ment, but the tenantry and those acting for ¢hem have been treated most shametully, and itnow only remains for me to place the whole case before the bar of public opinion in Canada and the United States. I teel assured that when the liberty loving Canadians have heard the true account oi Lord Lansdowne's cruelty to the tenantry they will not permit themselves to be governcd by such a man.” BTRAIGHT TO CANADA. Your correspondent subsequently inter- viewed Mr. O'Brien regarding his intentions towards the marquis, “Do you, as has been reported, on your ar- rival in New York, intend proceeding imme- diately to Canada?” asked the correspond- ent. “Yes, I shall go direc tly through,” was the reply. “I shall begrudge every day 1 spend out ot Lreland at 1ts present critical pass, and T am bound not to waste one sinzle unneces- sary day until I return. Itseems to be my fate to fly through the United States at ex- press speed, although it would be much vleasanter work for one to dally awhile among my blg-learted countrymen there. But mine is not a pleasure trip.” THE PROGRAMME. “What will be your programme in Canada and do you think the authorities there will try to arrest you?” ‘‘Meetings have been arranged in the four principal Canadian cities—Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa and Torgnto. Those I intend to pass, if possible, within eight days, by which time 1 trust Canadian public opinion will have suflicient material to judge between Lord Lansdowne and the hundreds of poor people he has left homeless in Luggacurran. I have no Information as to the inteutions of the Canadian government. I decline point blank to assume that it is friendly to the people whose parllament has just protested against freedom of speech being smothered in Ire- land. The Canadians would not tolerate any attempt to refuse me fair play in pleading our poor people’s cause, If Lord Lansdowne has no better answer to make mo than a war- rant of arrest, it would be a more crushing condemnation than I could pass upon him,” THE RESULTS HOPED FOR. “What good do you hope will result from an exposure of Lord Lansdowne's treatinent of his Luggacurran tenantry?"" “I am very certain that the people of Canada hold the fate of that whole humble community at Luzgacurran in the hollow of their hands. The mere apprehension of Canadian opinion being appealed to has already induced Lord Lansdowne's representative to solicit a settlement with his tenants, That settlement would have been, without doubt, ratitied by Lord Lansdowne if he had not misconstrued cer- taln manifestations of disapproval of my visit into signs of sympathy wtth him. Lord Lansdowne Is carrying out the first syste- matic clearances attempted in Ireland since the years following the great tamine. He now proposes to sweep his estate here of its whole population. I don’t believe the Cana- dian people will allow that if they can pre- vent it, and they seem to have the moral spower to doso. Lord Lansdowne was se- lected as the one landlord to carry out the first eviction under the plan of campaign, be- cause he was supposed to be beyond the reach of Irish public opinion. I propose to show that this is not so, and even at so great a dis- tance and even in his situation, no man is exewmpt from the responsibility of the cruel sufferings inflicted upon his poor Irish ten- ants. If Ican get the Canadian people to agree with me Luggacurran is saved.” PROBABLY A MISUNDERS NG, “What do you think of Archbishop Lynch's action, and the views expressed by certain Irish-Canadian politicians with refer- ence to your visit to Canada?’ “I will carefully abstain from expressing any judgment on Irishmen’s actions from the reports cabled to the London press,” said Mr. O'Brien. “Any misunderstanding that may have arisen in the midst of our iriends 1n regard to my visit was doubtless founded upon equally erroneous information with that to which the anti-Irish press at home has hab'tuated us. The return which Lord Lansdowne has made to Irish forbearance, has probably already saved me the trouble of dispelling any misunderstanding in the matter. [am pretty sanguine that Mr. Kil- bride and myselt will be able to convince our countrymen and al! others who may doubt, and will do us the honor of coming to listen to us, that in goine to Canada we have taken the sole means of saving an un- offending Irish community from total de- struction, upon the wost unjust and in- haman excuses.” ALL CONCESSIONS REFUSED, “Is it a factthat Lord Lansdowne abso- lutely refused to make any concessions on judicial rents to his Luggacurran tenants, and that the abatements offered on non-ju- dicial reuts were only from 10 to 20 per cent?” “Yes, Ile refuses any abatement to judi- cial tenants to this hour. They were willing toaccept 15 per cent. Lord Lansdowne's own arbitrator, Mr. Denning, suggested and recommended that figure, bnt Lord Lans- downe would not yleld a farthing. The Cowper commission reported that the prices of all produce had fallen 18} per cent since these judicial rents were fixed. Mr. Knipe, one of the royal commissioners, reported that judicial rents ought to be reduced 40 per cont M the Irish farmers are to live and thrive. Lord Lansdowne's tenants sought a leduction of only 20 per cent, and would lave paid even &t 15 but Lord Lansdowne prefers to depopulate Lug- gacurran rather than make them the smallest concession. e offers lease holders the priv- ilege of having their leases broken, a privi- lege which the tory land bill now before patliament gives them despite him."” FIGHT O STARVE “1 suppose the tenants are now more than ever determined to stand by the ‘plan of campaign,’ owing to the treatment which Father Maher recelved in necotiating for a settlement?”’ asked the correspondent, hey never wavered,” said Mr. O'Brien. “In fact the battle of the Irish tarmers is not a matter of choice. It is a matter of strong necessit; They must fizht or starve. But, of course, the gross duplicity vractised by Lord Lansdowno's representatives in the negotiations with Father Maher nas still furthier embittered the struggle.” THE QUESTION OF RENTS. “Am T correct in saying that if the princi- ple sketehed in paragraph 40 of the Cowper commission with reference to the reduction of rents were acted on, the farmers would be entitled to a reduction of 80 per cent on ju- dicial rents, whereas, under the ‘plan of campaign’ only 20 per cent is asked?” “So0 1 have already stated,” was the reply, “But Lord Lansdowne resists the recom- mendation even of the tory landlords’ com- mission.” ‘It is true that the non-judicial rents of the suggacurran tenants vary from 25 to 80 per cent over the valuation.” *T'hiat is 80, and the reduction made by the land commissioners week after week on similar holidays on surrounding estates amount to 40, 50 and even 60 per cent, when the non-judicial tenants on the Lansdowne estate were willing to accept 20 per cent if 15 per cent had been conceded to the judicial tenants.” “A WANGING GALE.” “Is the statement correct which appeared in the Dublin papers that most of the ten- ants evieted and being evicted only owed one year's rent?” “Technically they owed one year’s rent, but really they owed one-half year's rent. The other half year’s rent—which must be payable to make eviction legal—is what is called a ‘hanging gal ¢'—that is, an arrear of a half year’s rent, which has been kept sus- pended over the Irish tenants’ heads since the famine time, in order to leave them lia- ble to eviction at the landlords’ mere eaprice. ‘This Americans doubtless have not fully un- derstood.” PROPHESYING THE RESULT, “Do you feel confident that the governor- general of Canada will be brought to terms with his tenantry?"” *That,” said Mr. O'Brien, “rather tres- passes into the region of propheey. I do not disguise from myselt the fact that Lord Lansdowne has wealth and powerful friends, but [ am as certain as 1 am of my own exist- ence that we have justice and truth upon our side, with all the determination and re- sources of our race, and I am firmly per- suaded that Lord Lansdowne will uot long resist the tremendous force of American and English public opinion which is now aroused upon the question of Ireland in a matter in which he stands condemned even by his own arbitrator. In fact, Lord Lansdowne is only prevented from settling by the lanalords and conspirators, who are using him as their champion.” AMERICAN OPINION EFFICACIOUS. *Do you attach muen importance to the manifestation of sympathy by the Ameri- can press and people toward Ireland in the present crisis, as well as their protest against coercion?” “My journey is the sincere testimony to my belief in the eflicacy, I might rather say the omnlpotence of American opinion.” WILL BE GUIDED BY PARNELL. “Do you anticipate any increase of out- rages in Ireland as the result of tie manner in which the provisions of the coercion act will be enforced.” ““That will depend upon how its provisions are enforced. Ibelieve that we will be quite a legal match for Mr. Balfourand his act, it we get a show ot fair play in a mere trial of endurance. 'That being so, until weare struck down, 1 am confident that our people will be guided absolutely by the solemn in- junction of our incomparable leader, Mr, Parnell. Beyond that neither I nor anybody else can answer.” *In conclusion Mr, O'Brien said that the Irish people, especially the homeless Lugga- curran tenants, were indebted to the Amer- ican press for its sympathy and support and its enterprise in laying the case so fully be- fore the American people,” THE PARTING SCENES, The Young lIreland society of Cork pre- sented an address to O'Brien in the saloon cabin of the Umbria, Among those who came to see him off were Harrington, Deasy and Lane, all members of parliament. Hearty cheers were also glven for Mr. Kill- bride, Mr. O'Brien’s companin de voy age, an evicted tenant of Landsdowne, who has a true tale to tell the Canadians, A JUBILEE OFFERING. led on For a GIft Pope, [Copyright 1887 by Jimes Gordon Bennett.] LoxpoN, May L—|New York Herald Cable —Special to the Brg.|]—The T i to-day to the churches a propa which is influentially supported for a jubilee offering from English Catholies to Leo XIIL It suggests that the gift should take the form of a library consisting of all the books written by Engzlish Catholies during the last fifty years. The Tablet will open its columns to the subscriptions and itself offers a contri- bution of 100 guineas. In giving its reasons for this offering in the pros. pectus it eays: “These rows of silent books will tell the story of the long struggle, the gain, the loss, the high hopes, and the many disapyointments which have checked the onward progress of Catho- licism in this country as it broke away out of the shadow and twilight of persecution into the perfect daylight of unfettered freedom. They will reveal the history of that gradual living down of prejudice and that ampler participation in the national life which is still carried on in our own day. The poetry, fiction, science, history and stories of every kind of achievement found upon its shelves will tell eloquently of the awakened life of Catholics in the land, and not less surely of the gradual giving way of the bouds that fetterea our fathers—the bonds earned In the far away past and welded by the hammer strokes of persecution,” 1t is possible that American Catholics will be called upon for American Catholic books, which doubtless surpass in number and quality all those ever issued in Great Britain, — English Tenants Eunlogize Him. [Copyright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett.| May 1.—[New York Merald Cable—Speel T papers this morning contain a eulogistic ad- dress from Lord Landsdowne's tenants in Wiltzshire, England, which is full of thanks and subservient work, and the first of which, if it is sincere, would imply that the nobvle marquis may be & beauty in England while heisabeast in Ireland. It also suzgests that if he is good to his English tenants, why can he not be equally good to his Lrish ones? Clearly the Wiltzshire address impales him ou the horn of a dilemma, DAN AND DAVID. Lamont and Hill Have a Conference Over Presidential Affairs, New Yok, May 1.—|Special Telegram to the Bee.|—Dan Lamont was in town yester- day. His visit was entirely unexpected. He came over on the midnight train to have a conference with Governor Hill, who came down from Albany Friday night. Governor Hill received him early in the morning and the committee on national polities at large went Into executive session just at breakfast time, Some democratic politicians got wind that & special meeting was being held be- tween President Cleveland, through his am- bassador ana Governor Hill. They strolled through the corridors of the hotel and watched for developments. A knowing politician who thought a combination was being formed between Governor Hill and the president, said there was no doubt that the talk published in the papers about Presi- dent Cleveland’s not wanting a secend term was trueand that the conference between Governor Hill and Colonel Lamont was the immediate cutcome. J. 8. 1y, supgrintendent of the capitol, who ne down from Alban ith Governor 1lill. was early on hand. Mr. went up stairs, Presently he eame down with Governor Hill and went into breakfast. The governor was looking very well. A few minutes after the s(n\'enmr had gone in to breakfast, Colonel Jamont came down as if he had s over to do a “littie shopping.” I 1o breakfast, too, but did not sit at the same table with the governor. He tinished his meal before the governor and came out hur- riedly. He seemed to wish to avoid being recognized and walked rapidly through the corridor into the barroom. He did not re- main long, and, coming back, he espied Mr. Backers, secretary of the demoeratic state committee, and lmmediately went out with nim. They walked mnmfy up Broadway engaced in earnest conversation. Governor Hill teft for Albany last evening. having en- joyed the pleasure he said he came for. Colonel Dan Lamont slipped away from Washington without anyone knowing 1t but the president. — SHE KNOWS NO MOTHER. Romantic Story of a California ionaire's Bride-Elect NEW Yonrg, May 1.—|Special 'Telegram to the BEE. |—A dispatch to the Herald from Philadelphia says: In March, 1870, two tashionably attived ladies registered at the Continental hotel. 'I'he elder one soon sum- moned a physician, Dr. Charles H. Turner, and later it was known that she had given birth to a baby. The mysterious behaviour of the two ladies attracted attention, and all the factsin the case were carefully noted av the time. The mother of the child was a woman of about thirty- five and slichtly above the medium height, with very dark hair, coal black eyes, ar complexion, of stately appearance, and i her whole demeanor, bearing, and con- versation showed that she was a woman of high birth, education and retinement. The second of the two strangers was classed as nald, sister or companion.” Both ladies spoke with a foreign accent, using the Eng- lish and French language with equal ease, $ it was impossible to detel mine to which nationality they belonged. Soon after the birth of the child, the mother asked Dr. Turner if she could not place the infant in one of the institutions of the city, and upon being informed that she could not, she asked if it was not possible to get some family to adopt the babe as their own. The doctor remonstrated with her, but on being informed by the woman that she had married secretly and would lose her Min- large fortune in Europé if it became know that she had® not remained he consented to insert in the an_advertisement offering 8500 to a proper person who would. adopt the child. ' From hundreds of applicants, David Watkins and wife were selected. - When tue couple called at the hotel, the foilowing con versation took you receive my child and take good * asked the stranger, ,”” revlied Mrs .\\'mfilus. nd will treat 1t as your own?” es, “Then you may take her,” were the mother’s next words as she kissed the babe and gave tho money and child to its pur- chaser and protector. Before leaving Philadelphia the foreign lady asked Dr. Turner for his ad- dress, admitting, however, that there was no probability of her wanting it, as she would mever desire to see her child again. The stranger also persistently refused to give Dr. Turner her name or address, and frankly admitted that the names entered upon the register of the Continental hotel were assumed for the oc- casion only. Since then no trace of ~the strangers has been found and the babe was named Julia WVatkins. At the end of six years Mrs. Wat- Kkins died, and for two years, because of the intemperate habits of the foster father, the child led a harsh life, drifting from lodging to lodging. Then the child was put in the care —of Mrs., G. F. Nolz, turough the efforts of Dr. Turner and the society to protect children from cruelty. Finally she was adopted by wealthy people and was taken to o new home. _She s now known as Bertha Woodbury, is described as beautitul and accomplished, and is said to be about marryiug an influential California millionaire, e Anamosa’s New Postmaster, ANAMOSA, la, April 25,—|Correspond- ence of the BEE.|—The Jones coumty demo- eracy is still in a fevered heat of excitement over the postoflice disposals at Anamosa and Monticello. At Anamosa there were two factions prominent, each advocating the ap- pointment of their candidate, Mr. N. S. Noble being the successful one. His rival, Mr. Wilham Cunningham, is a young man and well to-do. The successful man at Monticello, Mr. Al- exgnder, editor of the Jones County Times, is has only been a resi- dent of that city for three years, and the idea young upstart would come into Monti- nd lead oif in advance of the old war- s of the Jones county democracy and secure the prize at the hands of Mr. ‘Cleve- land is a fact that fairly makes the old bour- bons wild with rage, and the rumors that Mr. Alexander was formerly a republican adds still heavier weight to their already breaking backs. “Verily, when a house is divided amongst itself it shall notistand.” M. . Conway, a leading dry’ goods mer- chant of this place, died lcc\:lldy of Bright's disease, James F. Laude, of this county, hasa cow that recently gave birth to three large, living Durham calves. Last spring she gave birth to twins, e Royalty Pa Through Lincoln. LINCOLN, Neb., May 1.—Special Telegram to the Brrk.|—The queen of the Sandwich islands passed through Lincoln this after- noon on the Burlington east bound train. The queen occupied a Pullman coach, to- gether with her retinue of attendants, and when the representative of the Bek ap- roached her royal highness, she stated that he trip across the continent was every way enjoyable. The attendants attempted to keep the fact that the Jueen was onthe train as quiet as possible, 'The queen does not converse in English, Sulcide at Springfleld. SPRINGFIELD, Neb,, May 1.—[Special to the B —Herman C. Slunch, a young Ger- man living one mile north of here, com- mitted suicide last night by blowing his braius out with a shotgun, No cause can be assigned for the rash act. A Prominent ock Man Arvested. O'NE1LL, Neb., May 1.—[Special to the Bee.]—S. H. Elwood, a prominent stock man, and formerly a resident of North Bend, this state, has been arrested and placed under $1,000 bonds for disposing of “mort- r:ed property, and obtaining money under alse pretenses, FRESH QUESTIONS ARISING, Many New Problems For the Inter-State Board to Bolve. BIG INCREASE IN INVENTIONS, The English Sparrow to Be Dissected by the Agricultural Department ~Number ot Patents I sued—National News, Inter-State Complications, WAsmsaroN, May 1.—|Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—One of the most compli- cated questions which will vex the inter- state commerce commission and which is destined to make the most trouble and cause the yreatest dissatisfaction is that of the ter- minal expenses or charges. Is is believed by those who have given the question thought to be more perplexing than the long and short haul. An eminent attorney who is working with the commission for various roads says of it: ‘“I'he terminal charges in- clude the cost of loading and handling the car at the place of shipment and at the place of delivery. This railrond question could be ereatly simplified and the situation greatly improved if the railroads would make a dis- tinction between their charge for terminal expenses and their charge for moy- ing nm]:ony along the line of their roads. ‘The "just and equitable differ- ences which™ should be 'made are the cost that the railroad companies incur in getting car loads together. They should eep the charges separate, at least in their estimates if not in rendering their expense bills. 'The charzes should be kew‘!(‘.m\nl.. 80 that for a thinz uolnfi from hington to Baltimore, forty miles, the same price would be charged for taking it into the car and putting it out a8 if it were one thousand s. The creat advantage the shipper would get would be simplicity and uni- formity, and with these there could be n. reasonable complaint that the railroads we beating or unjustly discriminating against shippers. ‘This is_where discrimination is just and warrantable, and is claimed to be the only kind of discrimination between the short and long hauls that ought to be al- lowed. That is the terminal expense or charge for the same kind and quality of prop- erty. 'This matter bears directly upon the question of the long and short haul. Tt is not expected that the Inter-state commerce comn- mission can cover the whole ground, but it can remedy many of the difliculties, elucl- date the railroad problem and point out many of the difticulties which ought to be eliminated.” A Treatiee On the English Sparrow. WASHINGTON, May 1.—[Spacial to the Brn.|—The forthcoming report of the de- partment of agriculture on the English spar- row will be a very interesting document. It will contain about 400 printed pages, in which will appear the experiences of abont 3,200 veople with this destructive little rascal. It is doubtful if there is another bird. in the world 50 unanimously condemned as & nui- sance as this alien, Dr. Merriam, the or- nithologist of the department, who has charge of the preparation of the report, says that the indictment against the sparrow is a terri- ble ove. He has searcely a friend in the whole country. In California he is hated as cordially as the Chinese; but while it is ad- mitted that the Monealian may be made a useful citizen, there 18 not even a monopo- listic emplover of cooile labor who can see the slightest use in the sparrow. He s ac- dof doing frightful damage to the vine- vards of the Pacilic slope. He always solects the most luscious bunches'of grapes and he in- variably sticks his bill into the very best Lerries on the bunch, Karmers who devote their time to the cultivation of grain report that the sparrows, wherever they are thick, do frighttul damage to cereals. Market gar- deners and the raisers of small fruits, in the vieinity of cities. say that since the sparrows began to multiply the profits of market-gar- dening have almost vanished. The only known uso for the pest is as a substitute for reed birds. One man in Albany, N. Y., re- ports that he sells hundreds of dozens of Sparrows every month to the restaurants in that city where they are served up to the New York lezislators as the toothsome little thief of the southern rice fields. Sparrows make excellent table birds and it 15 thought that the only effectual metkod of curtailing their increase will be to induce the small boys to catch them for food purposes. Mrs. Cleveland in Retirement, WasmINGTON, May 1.—|Special Telegram to the Bre.]—In answer to many news- vaper paragraphs, intlmating that Mrs, Cleveland had retired from society for some time, and that she is looking forward to closer domesticity, to-day’s Herald (admin- istration organ), says: “There has been no fashionable occasion in the city for Mrs, Cleveland’s public appearance, but it is bardly probable that she would have changed her consistent action of the past two months under any circumstan: She drove her triend, Miss Banks, over to Whitneys coun- try hotise to see the'paper hunting cavalcade on Wednesday, and has driven almost every afternoon wit: some one during the week. Mrs. Cleveland tol wife of avery promi- nent Missouri politician that both the presi- dent and herself were anxious to pay the west a visit and would probably do so this autumn. Beyond that nothing is known of the president’s summer or autumnal plans. In her fondness for country and nature Mrs, Cleveland is very like southern ladies, who live where a coniparatively mild elimate will allow the better part of the day to be spent m the open “How I should enjoy a clim; i she said to the wifé of a jana representative in_congress, who s speaking of the charming hy Febrnary and March on the twenty-ninth parallel, “Iam never as well as when 1 can be out of doors, and I have oiten wondered how women existed who never veunture be- yond the artificial heat of the furnaces and conservatories from week to week in winter. 1 feel better in body and mind when 1 can be in the open air part of every day.’ Increase in Inventions. WasmniNagroN, May L-—|Special to the Ber.|=The number of inventions which are patented each week would seem to indicate that the inventive genius of Americans 1s still as active as ever. 'The weekly list is- sued by the patent office every Tuesday, con- tains the names of between 400 and 500 men and women who think that they have dis- covered the one device for which the coun- try has long felt a gnawing need. Yet it is said at the office that not one in _five of the devices patented ever pay the patentee the cost of the fees, [tis found that the most successful inventions, from financial stand- point, are the comparatively simple affairs which can be manufactured at a very small cost. There is scarcely a new device of any kind invented in the present age, Nearly everything on which the pretection of the patent laws is asked 18 in the nature of an improveinent on something which bas been devised before. The issue of a patent to one inventor and the publication of the descrip- tion of the invention is certain to bring to the office at least one, and often fifty appli- cations for pateuts on improvements on the origiual invention, Army News, WasuiNaroy, May 1.—([Speclal Tele- gram to the BEe.)—It is understood that the new staff of the Third artillery will be as follows: First Lieutenant C. B. Latterlee, adjutant, and First Lieutenant Constantine Chase, quartermaster. The following changes in the ordnance department have been ordered to take effect July 1 Captajn John E. Green is relieved from duty as ohief ordnance ofticer, Depart- ment of the Missouri, aud the command of the Fort Leavenworth ordnance depot and ordered to duty with the ordnance board and the board for testing rifled cannous, with itation at New York; Uaptain Charles W, Whipple is relieved trom duty with the ord- nance board and ordered as chief ordnance oflicer, ~Department of the Missouri, and to the command of the Fort Leavenworth ordnanee depot; Captain Charles ¢'. Morri- sou is relieved from duty at the Watertown arsenals and ordered to daty with the ord- nance board, with station ai New York ('u‘\- tain Victor Biart, assistant surgeon, 1is granted a year's extension of leave of ab- sence for sicknes First Lieutenant H. L. Barley, ‘I'went infantry, is granted four months lea’ absence. Improving the Capitol. WasniNGToN, May 1.—[Special to the The architect of the capitol is mak- ing rapid progress with the work ot improv- ing the cast front of the structure. 1t is thought that by the time congress assembles the squatty appearance, which has been the chief drawback to the architectural design of the building, will have been overcome, and that the capitol will look as though another story had been added to its height. Last week some of the workmen, witiout con- sulting the architect, planted a row of ever- greens along the top ot the esplanade. 'This naturally had an exceedingly bad effect and they have been removed. ‘The improvement will materially enhance the beauty of the building, and every visitor to Washington will appraciate the cha A Good Tilea, WasmiNgToN, May 1L--[Special Tele- gram to the Bre.]—Whenever Secretary E dicott goes away from Washington it is ob- served that General Sheridan also finds some business requiring his attendance elsewhere. Mr. Endicott usually appoints General Benet to act as secretary of war while he is out of Washington. Last autumnn_General Lenet was 1n Kurope and General Drum was acting secretary. General Sheridan does not like to take suggestions trom an ofticer whom he re- eards as his own subordinate and so he has adopted the practice of going out of town whenever Mr. Endicott does. Last weelk he was on a social and shopping excursion in New York while Mr. Endicott was in Bos- ton and they arrived on the same train on Thursday afternoon, Bell to Be Superseded, ToN, May 1.—[Special Telegram —Supervising Architeet Bell, it is announced by to-day’s Washington news- papers, is to be superseded by Charles Ed- ward Parker, a Boston mugwump. Bell was appointed by President Arthur and came [ He has planned ive buildings con- structed by the government in different parts of the country, g WEE WALL STREET. A Generally Downward Tendency in Prices Prevalls. New York, May 1.—[Special Telegram tothe BER.]—A very strong pressure was brought to bear against share speculation on several days of the week, and afte repeated efforts by Cammack room traders and some of the old bulls, prices gave way under the leadership of New England, which broke 85 points. The heavy inside swing of this stock, and the unfavorable reports about the property which followed the sawme, together with rumors of dissensions in the board, finally exerted their intluence, and, as the price movad downward, many of the smaller holders became frightened and added their quota to the sales. All this made New Eng- Iaud the pivotal stock of the market, and its subsequent rallies and reactions caused a very feverish and unsettled market fora time and the bull sentiment received quite a damper. As the days wore x\ll)n?, however, strong features began to develop in different parts of the list, and New England was rele- kated to the background. In the late im- vrovement Fort Worth & Denver City ad- yanced about 6, Milwaukee, @ Shore & Western 5, and Chlcago, Burlington & Quiney, Northwest, and Omaha preferred, Li@dig points. All these and some other gtocks ~ reached the highest _price of the week, and the market afforded an- other demonstration of its rallying power and also of what had been frequently sald, that it requires much stronger exer- tions to put the market down than to ad- vance it. 'The varying phases of the political situation abroad caused london to buy and sell atintervals, but foreign purchases were wmuch larger than the sales, and wita more eaceful reports of the relations between ‘rance and Germany the London market acquired more decided firmnen: Generally speaking, railroad bonds were not active, but the quiet in some directions was compensated for by special movements in a number of issues. The tone of the mar- ket was strong throughout, the reactions which usually occur when stocks decline having been less important than usual. The foreign exchanges were influenced to some extent by arbitrage dealings in securities. Commercial b}l were ? rce and heneo the market ruled firm ifi- when bankers’ bills became more plentiful. I'he latter was the case near the close, and accordingly rates eased off, Money, except on one day, when the banks paid their taxes into the city treasury, was accessible at 4 r cent. ‘The currency movement was in favor of this center, ex- cept at Chicago, where the rato of exchange on "Itl.s suddenly dellned to 50@60 cents dis- coun — McGlynn's Democratic Pope. NEw YorkK, May 1.—The anti-poverty so- ciety, of which Dr. McGlynn is pres1dent and Henry George vics president, held its first public meeting to-night at Chickering hall. ‘Tho hall was pre'sed to overflowing and on party. sided. While he was speaking, | stepped upon the pl Every m womnan rose in th kind of enthusiasm reigned for several min- utes. In the course of his address Dr. Me- Glynn said: “Religion will never be right until we shall see u democratic pope walking down Broadway with a stove-pipe hat on his head and carrying an umbrella under his arm, In my opinion that man will be the greatest of popes.” A Heavy Defalcation. PmILADELPIIA, May L—James N. Tag- gart, who for several years las been paying teller of the Union Trust company at No. 613 Chestuut street, has absconded and an examination of the books of the company shows a deficit of something less than §100,000, Exactly what the defaleation is has not yet been ascertained. Up to a late hour to-night Paying Teller Taggart failed to show up and the officials of the bank have given up all hopes of lus returning, N A Heavy Encounter, Loxpos, May 1.—Advices received hero say that the governor of Soo Loo islands and a forces of 900 European and native tioops aided by Spanish ships, attacked several thousand native rebels at Maiburg and took many prisoners. A larze number ot guns also fell into the hands of the Spanish. Maiburg was burned atter it had been looted. Only the Chinose were spared. Thero were heavy losses on both sides. The native chiefs bave fully submitted. N ——————— Hod Carriers to Strike, CiicaGo, May 1.—To-morrow about 8,000 hod carriers and laborers will be idle here, having been ordered on a strike by the Hod Carriers union. The number would have been fully 5,000 had not over 100 employers granted the demand for an advance of three to gve cents here. Four thousand members of the union of all nationalities attended a meeting to-day at which this action was ratitied. e Four Boys Drowned, BurraLo, N. Y., May L—Jay and Lee Moore, aged eizhteen and twelve years, and Ira and Bertie Hotchiss, aged eleven and eight, sons of well-to-do farmers, of South Valley, Cattaraugus county, yesterday went fishing along the Alleghany river,” When about a rod from shore the current capsized the boat and all were drowned. B The Blockade Proclaimed, —Advices from Massowah say that General Saletta, the Itallan com- mauder there, has proclaimed a land and sea blockade. THE BELFAST SPIDER WINS, Clark Trows Up the Sponge in the Twentieth Round. LoNG [SLAND Ciny, N. J., May 1.—The fight between Ike Weir, of Boston, better known as the “Belfast Spider,” and Willio Clark, of Philadelphia, took place last night up Long Island sound. Tiie fight was toa finish, Queensbury rules, with undressed Kids, for $1,000. The fight was in twenty- three minutes. At the end of the twentieth round Clark’s seconds threw up the sponge, as thelr man was unable to sce, one eye beiny_ entirely closed and the other eye nearly 5o, and too week to come to time, Snow Stops the Game. Doy May 1.—[Special ‘Lelegram to the Bk, |—The game between Denver and Omaha was postponed to-day on account of snow. Sunday Ball Games, St. Lovis, May 1L.—The game between 8t. Lonis and Cleveland to-day resulted as follows: Cleveland. 1040223 1-13 St. Louis 42300060 014 Pitchers—( and Crowell, Base hits—St. Louis 21, Cleveland 16, Srrors— St. Louis 16, Cleveland 6, Umpire—Cuth- ert ruthe! LOUISVILLE, May 1.—The game between Louisville and'Cincinnati to-day resulted as follows: Louisville 10108008 *8 Cincinnati 1000010 2 0-4 Pitchers— and Mullane, Base hits—Louisville 15, Cincinnati . Errors— ille 1, Cincinnati Uupire—Mike The Inter-State Regatta. GALVESTON, Tex., May 1.—Yesterday was the opening day of the inter-state rigatta held at Jones Lake, seven miles from this aity, ‘The principal event of the day was the senior single scull race, 1t had five entries, as follows: Korf and Winan, of the Delas ware alub, of Chicago; Crotty and Baker, ot the Galyestons, and Fleming, of the Sylyans, of Moline, 11l Korf was first, in 11:08; Crotty sccond, in 11:09, aud Baker third in b — THE OLEARANOES, Record of Financial Transactions the Past Week. BostoN, May 1.—{Special Telegram to the Ber,)—Table compiled from specials to the Post from leading clearing houses in the United States show gross exchanges for tho week ending April 50, and perceutage in- crease and decrease frow corresponding week last year: CITIES. CLEARINGS, Increase. Decrease. New York St. Louis. Baltimore. Cincinnat Pittsbur: Kansas City New Orl a Cleveland.. Denver. Columbus, Indlanapolis Memphi: Hartford . *Duluth St. Joseph New Haven. . Worcester. Peor Springfield. Portland. Galveston. . Wichita Lowel Norfolk. Syracu Grand Ra Total. Outside T*Nctimeluded in totals, —————— THE CROP OUTLOOK, A Favorable Showing in Nearly the Winter Wheat States. CHicAGo, May 1.—The following is the weekly crop summary of the Farmers' Re- view: The conditions in the main have been favorable for the growing winter wheat. Durinz the past week raing haye lqllgg in all of the stat es, though in portiéns of Kansas, Missouri and Illinois the need of rain is still said to be urgent. ‘The average condition in twenty L1inois counties reporting this week is S0 per cent. In Cumberland, Kdwards, Mercer and Macoupin counties the condition is placed at 110 per ecnt, In Carroll, Fay- ette, Hardin and Warren counties it is placed at100. In Adams, Clay, Heury, Lawrence, La Salle, Marshall and’ White counties, it ranges from 60 to per In = Franklin, = Jefferson —and son counties ' the percentage is placed as low as 50 per cent. The averages for In- diana are about the same as in Illinois. In Ohio the average ranges lower, very few of the (ounties reporting a full average of con- dition, 'The average of condition in twenty- one Kausas counties is 84 per cent., a num- ber of counties noting improvement in con- sequence of recent rains. ‘The condition of sprinz wheat in Iowa, Minnesota and Ne- braska is reported to be good, though ra are needed. The acreage in lowa promises to be fully as laree as last year, it not some- what larger. ‘T s in Illinois, In- diana and Ohio are thin and slow in start- ing. Widespread injury to clover fields in [llinois is reported, owing to injury from freezing. All ceat. John- i Brutal [Outrage in Kansas. KANsAs Crry, May 1.—The Times special from Fort Scott, Kan., reports a horrible out- rage which may culminate in a traged Early yesterday morning Mrs. Alice Fow! a widow with six children, living in the out- skirts of town, awakened by a burly negro, who demanded money. She gave him ail she had, 0, and he “then choked her into insensibility and outraged her twie Later in the day “lifu« Jay” Willlams brought before Mrs, Fowler and she ident fied nim as her assatlant, He escaped from his custodians, however, and barricaded him- self in a house in the vicinity. He was heavily armed and defied the officers. No man ventured to capture him and during the night he escaped. Ho will be lynched it caught, His victim is in a precarious con- dition. — Murder and Suicide. PrrrsnurG, May L—This morning when Jennie Oswald, a girl of eleven years of age, came from her bedroom to the dining room in her home in Thaler township, near Et bnrunluh.djmz beyond the limits of the e she found her father, Charles Oswald, s ting in a ehair with bis throat cut and h 30 inzer sister, Bessie, lyin the lounge dead. It was a case of suicide on the part of Oswald, and all signs indicato that he murdered his daughter before cutting his own throat. It is supposed that constaut brood- ing over his domestic and tinancial troubles had turned his brain. Incendiary Wou at Kankakee. KANKAKEE, Ill, May L-An ince fire discovered here at 1 p. . to-day res: in losses aggrogating $0; by insurar ez The heaviest loser i5 the £1,,000, ‘The other lose £2000; B, I, esbyterian church, $1,000; 2 v, thren dwellings, £5,000. An eghi-year-old child is missing and 1s belle burned to death. An i@ to start a fire in another portion of town was discovered this evening aud frustrated., In- tense excitement prevails, 00, wostly covered | WHAT MR, POTTER WILL DO, Union Pacific Extensions Which He Is Saif§ Already to Be Contemplating. AFTER A LINE TO CHICAGQ Prospective Change in the Presidenqy of the Northwestern Which May lLead to a Lively Weste tailway War, After an Eastern Outlet. CnicAco, May. L - [Special Telegram to (5 1@ BEk. |=The Tin e says t iy sad thad with the developu e s of the Union I' o tia under M Pot’s mani g ment will come certain extensions and tiaftic a rangen @t which will virtually cive the systen: ¢ ntrol of a line from Council Bluffs to Chicaco. Adf the Atchison, Topck: & Sinta Fe found 1t- self hampered and blocked at the Missourl river, where it was forced to yield up freight it had gathered thioughout its territory, so with the Union Pacite, which is compelled to hand over 10 its riva's and competitors its busire:s and feed their systems with traffie whie it secures in the west. It would be in line with the old policy of the general man- ager of the Burlington when he assumes the reins of the Union Pacitic to lend his ener- gies toward securing the desired Chicago out- let. The Union Pacitic would have nothing to lose and everything to gain in making the move. Sub rosa hints and guiet intimations point to the lease of the St. Paul's Omaha line, if the desired congressional leislation can be procured, and there are many shrewd operators tirmly grounded in the belief that if all goes well, and the Union Pacific’s ob- ligations to the government are clearly de- fined and rationally settled, twelve months will see the scheme carried to a successful cor e'usion.” Predicted Western Railway War, NEw Yourk, May 1-—|Special Telegrsm to the Bre.J—A writer in the Times says that President Keep. of the Nortawestern road, is about to resign, and those who are posted say that this means a more aggresive policy on the part of the corporation than it has heretofore pursued. Mr. Keep is a man of peace, but if Mr. Hughitt succeeds him, which is thought to be likely, the North- western will be in war paint. It may be urged that the war will be strictly defensive, but that will not make it less damaging to those ~with whom it fichts. A regular “trunk 1ine” fight will and must coine 8 joner or later amony these far western roads, for they are building against each other to an extent equalled only by the paralleling which was done some “vears ago in the east, and which 8o prostrated t1e roads between ew York and Chicago that they have not covered yet. ‘They are slowly crawling up again, while the conflict is transferred fur- ther west, and when the next great crash does come it will bezin west of Chicago. The mending process is going on east of it. Even somo kind of a settlenient is under way there which is sendinz all bonds of the sys- tem to higher quotations daily on the tae. THE CATHOLIO CONTROVERSY, An Expression Expected From the Pope on the Land Question. New York, May 1.—[Special Telegram to the BEE. ]—Archbishop Corrigan has con- cluded not to make any statement in regard to the existing controversy between Dr. Me- Glynn, Henry George and others and the Catholic churen, in view of the fact that an encyclical letter from Pope leo XIIL, bear- ing upon the land theory, 15 expected daily. From private sources it has been ascertained that the George theories have been subjected to a critical examination at Rome and that the final report thercon is most unfavorahie. In this case the controversy will be ended at asingle blow. ‘The condemnation of the doctrines of lenty George by the holy see will make it heresy to teach'them. In this case, all who do so will suffer excommuniea= tion. Dr. McGlyun will then either have to recant or suffer the consequences of his ac tion. It is thought 1 in will not surrender his conviction, Catholies are talking about the implied re= buke said to have been adinistered recently by Bishop Laughlin, of Brooklyn, to arch- bishops. "The story is that Archbishop Cor- rigan had wristen to the bishop complainin of Father Malone, of St. Peter and Paul's chureh in Williamsburg for attending Dr, McGlynn’s lecture “The Cross of the New Crusade” at New York some time ago. ‘I'he venerablo Fatlier Malone is a supporter of Dr. MeGlvnn against the arehbishobs, Areh- bishop Corrigan, it is said, was greatly annoyed I)K Father Malou course, and suggested thatthe bishop ought to reprimand him. Bishop Laughlin, 8o the story goes, declined to accept the suggestion concerning Father Malone, whose honorable career, he said, began in 1844, four years alter the arche bishop was born, —_—— A BATTLE TRAMPS, East St. Louis Police Use Revolvers on a Bad Gang. ST. Louts, May 1,—For some time past the city of t St. Louis has been infested with alot of tramps and idle, worthless fellows, who spent most of their time peddling small articles which the police were satistied were stolen. ‘The tramps had acamp in the eag- tern outskirts ot the ecity, and to-day Chief of PPolice Walsh, ordered it to be broken up and the tramps driven out of town, Lieu- tenant Erwin, with fifteen officers, went to the cawp this afternoon and ord tramps to disperse and leave the city. paid no attention to the orders and the police then advanced arrest them, tirin, two or thiee sho in the A to intimate th T the police the tramps retury Tuekily without effect, The police them charged the camp in force, fiving as y ad- vanced, and the tramps fled in all dir Some of them plunged into a slough n y and swam for their lives. All of them finally got outside the city limits and joined anothier camp, where the cousolidatod forces defied the police. 1 authority outside the city, efforts fo arrest the fusitiy but lett a strong guard on tho spot to prevent them from re-entering the city On going over the field again the police found one of the tramps lying on the ground with a pistol ball in his spine, He was taken to the county hos« pital and will probably die. - -~ MORMON R uirs, Three Hundred Norwegian Emigrants B 1 For the Promised Land, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May lL—[Special Telogram to the By ~I'hree hundred Nor- wegian emigrants passed through this eity last night tor Salt Lake City whither they go to join the Mormon colonies in the west, I me by way of Norfolk and are the most respectible cmigrants who have arrived in this city for many day, ‘The party is composed” of wen, women and chils dren, aund y all seemed intelligent, were well d and appeared to have money, ‘They seem 1o regard Ut has pog= sessing all the richies of the promised land. “They are accompanied by several Mormon leaders who have been in Nerway on o yting tour ny of them, however, and the 'ml)gl\ululln taith, and several of they were liable to be- of men aleady wedded to opened their eses and res ntons of ¢ e submitting to . Many ol them Lave been Jning to America and espouds 1 it Th Loler Maicers to Strike, May L boiler miakors of this City Wil 20 0ut Lo Iorrow morning in conses quence of a refusal to advance wikes MW par ! oenty