Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1888, Page 2

e THE ~ FISHERIES ~TREATY. Documents and Protocals Presonted to Congress. PRACTICAL RESULTS OBTAINED. It Becures to United States Fishermen Ample Enjoyment ot Treaty Priy- fleges and Hospitality —Other ‘Washington News. Dayard's Letter. Wasnrxarox, March 5<-The president has transmitted to congress the remaining docu- ments and protocols relating to the fisheries treaty, together with a letter from Sceretary Bayard, In his letter Sccretary Bayard says: “An inspoction of this documentary history will serve to demonstrate the prao- tical and inportant results accomplished by the treaty now pending before the senate by which the question of the interpretation and administration of the treaty of 1818 between the United States and Great Britain is trans- ferred and elevated from the obscurity into which it has suffered to lapse since the date of that convention, and its restoration from the practical control of the minor officials of Canadian maritime provinces. Until the treaty now pending was concluded no_avail- able remedy scems to have been supplied for the inconsistencies, incongruities and unjust- fiable construction of the treaty of 1818, to which our fishermen for year after year have been subjected, and which by the progress of gradual encronchments of Canadian legisla- tion and local port regulations, had almost converted their privilege, exprexsly reserved by the treaty, into sources of inconvenience and cxpense. Pretexts or eauses alleged for arrests, finos, detentions and other embur- rassimoents to American fishing vessels during the years 1586 and 1887, were bused upon allegod infractions of the treaty of 1818, or of Canadian laws passed in professed execution of that treaty, All such vexatious action as is recorded in the list of seizures, ¢ s met and rendered impossible of occurrence in the future by the provisions of the tremty now before the senaf d the amplest enjoyment by United States fishermen of treaty rights and eustomury hospitality due un- international law and comity is secured in the ports and harbors of eastern Canada and Newfoundland. The corres- pondence will serve also to establish the fact that prior to the treaty of reciprocity of 1854, and subsequent to its abrogution, aund in the years of 1570 and 1871, vexatious and har- russing administration by Canadian authori- ties was practiced and unchecked. As neither the treaty of 1854 nor that of 1871 contained any allusion to the wrongs thus inflicted upon Unitod States fishermen, and as neither convention contrived any remedy for provision ngainst their rencwal an tition, i became necessary u reme 0o longer be unprovided. It is bel a remedy is practically and_fully supplied by the treaty now pending, and that by its terms now and for the fir e since 1518, u just and joint interpretation is agreed to by both governments and placed upon the treaty of 1818, which wiil secure just and hospitable treatment to the United States fishermen, and secure to them unmo- lested the full measure of their rights and that under tho proposed arrangement every American fisherman pushing his_voca- the waters adjacent to British North can acquire & olear understanding of his rights and duties whilst within the jurisdiction of all waters of Canada, or to ‘h ports and narbors as casualty, neces- sity or convenience may suggest, without foir of encountering such havsh and un- friendly treatment us he was heretofore sub- d to, under uncertain, unwarranted and nt interpretation of his treaty rights.” The accompanying papers are made up of extracts from the diplomatic correspondence of 1587, Secietary Bayard's letter to Mini: Phelps of July 13,1857, and_proposals of ¢ Terences of negotiations. There is also th text of a lotter from Secretary Bayard to Sir Charles Tupper, under date of May 31, 1857, in ch Bayard briefly reviews the points at issue, deprecates tho circumlocu- . tion necessary indoaling with Canada through Great Britain, and proposes thata joint commission which is to be arranged for Canada’s colonies as represented. He spoaks at length of the interest involved, and of the necessity for prompt action to avoid disa- . greeable friction between the two countries, . @t the same time exrmning the most earncst _desire for an_ amicable adjustment of all differences. Sir Charles Tupper's letter in reply thanks Secretary Bayard for the sug- gestion mado, and says they haye been re- * ferred to the proper authority, and coiucides completely with the views of Mr. Bayard in the earnest hope for an early settlement of u vexed question. A letter from Bayard to Minister Phelps refers to a telegram from Lord Salisbury, refn:dhlg the appointment of a commission. In this Mr. Bayard pro- poses a convention similar in some respects 10 the new treaty, but which was not accept- wvle in other points to the British govern- ment. The remaining correspondence brings the subject to an agreement for convention. e Al A A SUBLIME DESERT DANCE, The Waltzing Sand Augurs Which Reach Miles High in Nevada. San Francisco Examiner: “You have henrd of the dance of death, and the dance of this, that aud the other,” said Jos, Grandlemyer, the White Pine mining man, yesserday. “Out in Ne- vada we have what we call the dauce of the giants,and any observer would think 80, oo, if ho leoked at them. They are no less than great cylinders of sand which waltz over the desert with graceful motion, and reach high in the sky. They are from eight to twenty feet in diameter at the bottom, and do mot widen or narrow as they go up- ward. “In this respect they are unlike the cyclone of the east, which, being also ++apiral, widens like a funnel toward the top, while its bottom bores deep into tho ground, often digging a trench and sucking up horses, houses, barns, trees and everything else in its path. “The sand column or cylinder, how- ever, has, like the iatter, both a circu- lar.and a forward motion. They start from a little or nothing, being a sort of * an inciptent whirlwind, while all the surrounding air is still. Then thoy develop to about the size I have said. They seem to ch. their start in the rather loose soil along someo old road, and from this grow to gigantic size and waltz miles over the desert. *In alluvial soil the cut very deep, < while in the gravelly soil they do not have so much offect; yet I have known them, in addition to taking up fabulous quantities of sand, to take up tonsof -geb{.uxh and good-sized stone. Tt is o strange slgxh'. coming along _on these deserts sometimes to see three or four, or even more, of these waltzing ceand augers. Usually there is one great big auger and awhole lot of little ones, .!f dancing along at hort distances from other. “Some of these great sand oylinders I have seen reach from two to three miles high, inte the cloud It is a fantastic t to see them away out om the the @ deserts, time is the ouly "time they uin‘lnd they waltzalong for hundreds of miles. They ary thickest in July. n the White e valley, which runs rom the Humbeldt to Colorado river for a distance of over 83 miles, there timos many of them. ch is 380 miles many, and they to be from twenty to foet in diameter. oy are also seen in the Floche val- ley, which is about 280 miles long. All these v are from twenty to forty miles wide each. mg vary somewhat, b\l‘\ this is about how t| e‘y ru:i s ‘Every year a queer lot coloss: Ngm_o 'dhh'r.lu'n Spring Nalipy from Idaho into Peranogat I is an intensel STILL FIRM IN THE FICHT. [Continited From First Page.} are always sceking like. favors of the com- any. The real publio sentiment of Nelson is one of indignation that less than half a dozen men should 8o misropresent our town, and I know from personal conversation that nine- tenths of our people are in sympathy with the Brotherhood, and ‘hope they will be suc- cessful, NELsON, ings. HastiNGs, Nob., March b.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.] —~The Burlington 1sslowly gaining more strength in the moving of trains, All the passenger trains except the flyors are in operation. The freight trains are moving but not with 8o much regularity as the passenger trains. . The company is to- day taking freight for all poiuts on its lines and from present indications all trains will soon be running with their old-time regvlar- JA telegram received in Hastings this after- noon stated that engiucers on all lines cou- pecting with. the Burlington will leave their cabs to-morrow. Our citizens are somowhat wlarmed over the prospeot. An amateur engineer at this point neatly wrecked & portion of the round house by losing control of the engiue he was trying te take out on the road. Not the Man. Br.or Hiur, Nob., March 5.—To the Fditor of the Ber: In your issue of to-day you state that engine No. 76 was burnt while in my charge. Twish to say that I have not been on engine No. 75 tor the past yeur and think it is in good shape and on its regular run between Wymore and Red Cloud. Ocea- sionally an engine breaks down or has mis- haps but these happen to the old runners and I think the new men are dllhlf well. All trains on this division are running regular and on time, F. 8. Granoen, Trainmaster. The New Engineers. CresroN, Is., March 6.—[Special to the Bee.]—The testimony taken by the railway commissioners at Creston, in regard to the competency of the new engineors being em- ployed on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, has created no little stir. The striking en- gineers jubilantly point to it as corroborating their claims that there aremany now running engines on the road who do not even claim themselves to be competent. The following is a partial summary of the evidence given by various witnesses : J. C. Shoemaker, being sworn: Had been fireman two yeaars and elcven months. Run an engine to St. Joe, pulling first-class pas- senger train last Monday; was not a com- petent engincer; never run an engine except as fireman until that trip; had scen several men running out trains who had never been engineers nor had experience that he knew of; saw Richard Price, a brakeman, go out; he had fired but a short time several years ago; admitted he had no experience; Con- ductor Loughridge and @ section foreman named Worthley, had been running a passen- ger engine. W. E. Tompkins: Was a brakeman; Tues- morning pulled a passenger on Red Oak branch; had fired several mouths in 1385; nandled a freight engine with the engineer, but neyer & passenger; had no experience with air except as fireman, L. H. Stroud, sworn: Conductor since 1877; under ordinary circumstances thought he could handle passenger engine; pulled No. 8 Pebruary 28; was not an experienced man if the engine should break; was not ex- amined a8 to his ability before taking the engine. M. Connett, being sworn: Had been sman and baggageman for two years; February 25 had been running engine from Creston to Cumberland; never had ex- perienco as passenger engineer; fired nearly three years; thought himself competent to run engine on the run he had. Mr. Johnson, sworn: Cigar maker for twenty-five years; tended bar & year ago; railronded in yards in various capacities; never had had “charge of t'll)iln(‘. ut had fired some; did not consider himself a com- petent onrlmr. Hiram Roeckwell, being sworn: Had fired and run some for two years on an lndiana roud ; boen house painter for past two years; didn’t consider him a competent, first-class engineer, and never did. J. B. Goodwin, sworn: Resided in Cres- ton five months, and farming in Nebraska before; fired engine two years previous to that; been firing out of Creston for fonr months; made two trips, west on No. 7 and baek on No. 8, which was all the experience 1 had as engmeer alone. E. Sheridan, jr.: Fired nearly two years; since Tuesday had been running firstclass passenger engine, but did not call himself first-class passenyzer engineer, Charles McClelland, sworn: Fired two years and then went to braking; had run a freight engine since February all the ex- porience had as_engineer whore responsi- ility rested on him was this week; econsid- ered himeelf an average engineer, but not first-class. A. Burnham was wiper and cared for pile driving engine; fired over three years; was brakeman one or two years and conductor ten months; had been brakingifor last ten years; run an engine the past week between Ottumwa and Creston. A. K. Stone: Had been railroading thir- teen yoars, but run a farm before; had been running an engine the past week; was not a first-class engineer, and never claimed to be; never considered an engineer’s work skillod Inbor; it consisted of knowledge and experi- ence; he had knowledge enough, but not the experience of an old engneer. Richard E. Price: Had been breaking on the “Q" for nine months; this week had been running passenger engine; had some ex- perience switching, but had never run an en- Rive over o ion before; fired for nine months; considered himself capable of run- ning an engine. Master Mechanic Erickson was sworn: Considercd them agerage engineers; in some Cases many onginecrs ¥ unning to-day are no better than they are; in filling places had no supply to draw from; in keeping mail trains running sl the best men he had from the material to draw from; they took charge and no mistakes, blunders or accidents oc- curred; considered them ayerage engincers; no men employed but promised jobs only on condition thay could fill the bill; if not com- potent the company would not' keep them; every new man was being watched; a first- class conducter had gone out with every en- gine, as pilot, for the new men. One Weak-Kneed Engineer. Des Moixzs, Is., March 5.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bas.]—Railroad Commissioner Dey has returned from Creston, where he has been Investigating the charges that competent engineers had been hired to take the places of the strikers. He took a large mass of testimony concerning mineteen en- gineers and is now 'm{"f it with the com- mission. It will be submitted to the gov- ernor as soon as It is put in proper shape. Locally, trains are moving on the Albia and Chariton branches with nearly as much regularity as formerly. Engineer James Hickell, who has been out with the strikers, returned to his cab to-day. The Movement of Trains. Cnrcaeo, March 5.~Chicago, Burlington & Quiney trains ran into and from the union depot this morniong with pretty much the same regularity as they did the before the strike began. Early this morning & notice posted in the conductors’ room showed that all trains would run to-day on gehedule time except three through trains, which have been abandoned. All engines, both in and out,were maunned by new men, noue of the officers of the road acting as mechanics on any of them. About 100 men were being examined as engi- neers at the offices of the company this morn- ing. They were mostly men who arrived from the east M?&Y’; polie sust of the Miseinsivy Fiver. 86 101 or, - morrow it will be -m pointa up.to the Missouri. 4 Authentic” ‘information was brought to Chief Arthur's headquasters this morming that six e Crews, of wm. Knights of Labor, the intgg-- ton roed had boir engises ut Gales- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MARCH G 188, birg, Four other crews left at Aurora. Tho brotherhdod say they do not object at.all to seeing Burlh n ight trains for the west. “The reason is this," sai O'Brien, one of the leaders, ‘‘Just as soon as the rond gets traing running both ways, you will hear of a series of collisions which will astonish you.' It will show to the public that our claim that the Burlington is hiring in- competent men is & fact, The loss to the company by the destruction of their property will be immense." The Situation at Kansas ©fty. Kansas City, Mo., March 5.—[Special Tel- egram to the Bee.]—The first order for men not employed by the Burlingion to stop work that has been given by the brotherhood since the strike commenced was issued in Kansas City this morning. The ‘engineors and fire- men in charge of the Rock Island switch en- gines and tho Chicago, Kansas & Northwest- ern éngine at work in the yards kcre were 'ordered to leave their cabs. Tho reason for the brotherhood's action is the following tele- gram posted by the Burlington this morning: BuookrirLy, ‘March é,—Conductors: As we are now going to open up,business and will discontinue ruuning pilots, will expact yourselves, or one of your, brakemen, to show new engineers the road when necessary. P, HOULAHAN. The Burlington is under contract with the Rock Island and Chicago, Kunsas & Ne- braska to do their switching at _thi int, but when the strike commenced the l!urltnflan stopped receiving freight, the Rock Island and Chicago, Kansas & Neo- braska, with the consent of the strikers, put thoir own engines on the yards to handle their business. Now that the Burlington has sunounced that it bas opened up for busiuess the strikers insist that it shaul do all Its business, and therefore ordered the men on the switch engine not to handle any more cars in the Hannibal yards. The men re- ceived the orders after they had taken their enginea. The engineers at once reported to Mr. 8. M. Stevens who has chargo of the strike, for instructions. He read them the orders of Houlahan, and instruoted thom not to handle any more freight in the yards, but to remain with their engines and obey orders concerning any other work. The engineers at first did not understand why the had been ordered to , but as they read the notice that the Burlington was to open up busin thux at once expressed themselves sat witl the action of the committee. It is not prob- ablo that either of these roads will be al. lowed to run switch engines at this point uF.nln us long as the strike continues, As« sistant General Manager Fish, of the Bur- lington, said that he did not know what the B would do with the business of other roads. The Burlington has one switch en- gine at work in the yards to-day. One freight train loft over the Hannibal and one over the Kansas City & 8t. Joe this morning. Passenger t ‘are leaving about The Kansas City and St. Louis ex- press No. 4 was twenty minutes Jate. No. 8 on the Kansas City & St. Joe was abandoned at . Joe, as_ was also freight train No. 76. The Kansas City oxpress, due at 10:50, was about_thirty minutes late. No freight train arrived this morning. There is v little change in the movement of trains from last week. Mr. A. M. Stevens stated this morning that no word had been received from: Chicago in regard to any change in the management of the strike. “‘The brotherhood, as has been statod, does not wish to interfere with any other road,” said he. ‘‘The order for the engine men to stop handling freight here, which I gave this morning, was anly done to force the Burling- ton to fulfill its contract.” The members of the local committee report that the men are foeling very contented all over the system, and that not » man who went out has yet re~ turned to work. Some of the strikers, both here and at Brooktield, while excited about the shooting of Watt at Brookfleld Saturday, made threats of lynching. ‘The brotherhood, fear- ing that thése utterances might be mistaken for threats of wiolence by the brotherhood, has issued the following communication in the form of a hand bill, signed by the local committee at Brookfleld : To the Public—The unfortunate shooting of Engineer George Watt need not give the public any uncasifiess as far us the eng men are concerned. Vigilance, not violence. is our watchword. C. H, SALMON, J. H. Sxonoy, Local Committoe, Brookfield. The following is the account of the shoot- ing sent by the local committee of Brookfleld to the local committee here: “BiookrieLp, March 5—J. T. Murray, Chairman Committes, Kansas Clt{: Dear Sir— Bverything was working all right hiere until Sumrdfi morning. Poor Roxy Watt is dead. He had bought a ticket to St. Joe to visit his mother, and while waiting for the train he wauced up to the west ena of the depot and there got oft the platform, where one of the men the company had hired to gunrd the property came up to him and told im to throw up his hauds and at the same time shot and killed him before he had time to throw up his hands. You know what an inoffensive fellow Watt was. He never harmed any one. The man who shot him is a bridgo (*n'rrmlct by the name of James A. Bostwick. It was a cold-blooded murder. The coroner's Jury is in session, but we don’t know what the verdict will be. If justice is done we think they will hold him for murder in the first degree. They took him to Lin~ neus before the boys knew of it early Satur- day morning. C. H. O, J. H. Sxovoy. Mr. C, J. Ringe, who, together with Mr, Stevens, was sent here to aid the local com- mittee in the arrangement of the strike, has been recalled. He was & Rock Island man and was sclected as a member by the railway company, the understanding being that he should pay particular attention to the Rock Island yard business here, The Rock Island will continue to receive freight and unless some agreement can be made by the strikers to allow it to resume the operation of its switch engine, it will look to the Burlington to do the work under its contract, New York Kngineers Talk. New York, March 5.—At the state meet- ing of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bugi- neers, o long statement was issued to the public in relation to the condition of the organization and the Burlington strike. After referring to the financial resources which are ample, the statemeat says; - “We wish to say to the public that the brother- hood has not adandoned its conservative tdeas, while they will avail in obtaining justice. But in our present issue we are prepared to ge as far us neces- sary to obtain our just and .acknowledged rights. The statement thab the younger and more pugnacious element of the brotherhood has gained control of our destinies, is unwar. ranted and misleading. On the contrary it is the universal custom for veterans to do the talking in compliance with the habits of dis- cipline engendered by our profession. -In conclusion we desire to ask theso who may be inclined to doubt the wisdom of our present action the follow- ing question: Is 1t less unreasonable or fair for the engineers and firemen to make comInon Cause against @ stubborn corpora- tion, than for the managors of railways of the country to make common cause i us in this “particular case, by secretly sup- plying the Chicago, Borli n & incy managers with men in their tisie of need and thus conspiring for our defeat! Thanks are extended generally to the newspaper press, with one or two exceptions, for the 'courtesy and fairness with which they have treated the engineer's side of the case, All we ask 1 fair play sad no favor. Not Members of the Brosherhood. * PHILADELPHIA, March 5.—The report of Edward Kent, chairman of the exeeutive board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- ginecers, who has been in this city investigat- ing the charges that brotherhood mem had taken the places of striking Kuights of Lavor on the Reading railroad, shows they were commel had lost their tl.lul in the the strike on the Reading system in 1877, and had since been unable to obtain work on locomotaves, Mamy of them had then, he said, bel to the brotherhood, but since withdrawn or been expelled. Muss Not Haundle Burlington Cavs. DexvER, March 5.—Late Saturday evening the striking engineers and firemen on the Burlingten road served notice on the man- agement of different romde céntering in Den- “noutral lines claim ¢hik now move on the part of the strikers places their ronds' in & deli- caterposition. They, saintain that the pro- visions of the inter-dfate commerce law are mundatory upon this point and a refusal upon thetr part to aecept Burlington cars renders them liable to% fine of §5,000 for each violation of the law. ~Last night 8 number of ofticials of roads entering Denver held a meeting to consider” the matter, but when asked the result of A mm-mur they posi- tively refused to impart any .information, Some interesting deVelopments are expected here, if the roads coutinue to receive urd haul Burlington cars. Willing to Have It Investigated. Ciioaco, March 5—Grand Mastor Sar- gent, of the firemen's brotherhood, was shown the report of the proceedings in the house ot representatives, in which Mr, White of Indiana, proposed to send a con- gressional committoe to investigato the Bur- lington railroad strike. *You can say for me,"” said Sargent, “that’ we arc perfectly willing that any committee, composed of practical railroad men should examine and pass upon our domands any time. We havo been ready at all times (o meet the officials of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road and settle our grievances 1n an amicable way. ‘We aro not asking them to pay any moro wages than 1s paid by all lines running out of Chicago. We are perfeotly willing to have a congressional committee examine into tho matter and sec if they can bring about a_set- tlement. This strike is not of our seeking, but we know that the demands of tho men nmzunt’ and we can readily convinco nn{ in- telligent man of the fact, and would the Bur- lington officiais to-day accede to our demands, which are, namely, 3i¢ cents per mile for pas: sengor service and 4 cents per mile for froight service, and about 60 per cent of ihese rates to firemen, the wheels of the entirc sys- tem would be moving in twelve hours.” Chief Arthur sai “I heartily endorso Sargent's words." ‘Will Stand by Their Brothers. PHILADELPHIA, March 5,—A union meeting of the seven lodges of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Philadelphin was held to-night. The approval and endorse- ment of the strike in the west was enthusi- astic, and confidence expressod in its ulti- mate success. Resolutions were adopted warmly championiug the cause of the strik- ing brothers, and pledging support. The question of ordering all members of the brotherhood now in the service of the Read- ing compauny to go on a strike was informally discussed, but no official action was taken. P — THE VEILED WOMAN. A Scheme to Effect the Release of Preller's Murderer. In conversation with a Philadelphia News representative a prominent attor- ney of 8t. Louis gave the following bit of gossip in conneotion with Hugh M. Bi ~mfiku alias Maxwell tho murderer of eller. ‘*‘Maxwell, like mahy other interest- ing murderers, was the recipient of nu- merous feminine attentions during his trial. Although, so far as known, he had scarccly more than half a dozen ac- quaintances in St. ’Aou(en he was con- stantly in receipt of handsome bouquets and he rarely appaared in the court- room without a boutonniere. Many of the floral gifts were ithe fragrant bear- ers of perfumed biltetdoux, while dainty boxes, with daintiér presents of linen and high-priced hose gave a practical air to the admiratigh of his unknown friends. J ‘“Among the regular attendants dur- ing the trial was & slender, fair-haired young woman of twenty-five or less. She wore a shabby suit of black, made in a style absolute for half a decade, and her face was always partially veiled, She never missed a day in the early days of the trial, but attended with clock-like regularity, She tavely watched the witnesses or the court. She scomed to have no thought except for Maxwell, She came early and secured a front seat, and from the time the prisoner was brought into the court room until he was taken away her eyes rarely left his foce. He sat sideways to her and I think the observation of the unknown woman at first escaped him. The veil was over her eyes, but the bright orbs shene through the gauze with a strange, unnatural light, aud the reporters an court room officials came to look upon her as a crank. “But one day, just before the close of the trial, the veiled woman, with the bright eyes, failed to appear. So it was the noxt day and the next, and after a little brief speculation she was forgot- ten, at least by the major part of those interested in the trial. ut there was a story back of it. The mysterious woman had not sat through the weary hours of the trial for nothing. She had become infatuated with the prisoner, and her mind was busy weaving some plan by which she could effe: his escape. That plan was finally formu- lated, and she resolved t0 communicate with Maxwell. She did so, and the letter is a curiosity of cunning shrewdness, intelligently ex- pressed. She said she had been an amateur actress and had played male characters. She had studied the art of ‘make-up, and was satisfied she could so disguise herself as to make the guards believe she wae Maxwell, Her plan was to visit Maxwell disguised as a man, and dressed as near like him as ssfble. Given five moments freedom rom observation by the guards she could, she said, by a clever mako-up, dis- uise both of them so that each would ook like the other. Then Maxwell could leave the jail, and she would re- main and take the consequences. “It was a strange proposal, and one hardly to be conceived outside of a woman’sbrain. And Maxwell? He read the letter, smiled contemptuously, and handed it over to the district attorne Not that he was too honorable to at- tempt to escape through a woman’s aid. No one who knew Maxwell’s contempti- ble spirit would believe that. He simply saw too many difficulties in the way of its lwcmnklishmunl, and sought to curry favor with the state by reveal- ing the one-sided plot. Perhaps he thought, too, that ths scheme was too visionary. It certainly would have re- uired courage, while there was danger that the fair liberator might be searched and her carefully-prépared ‘make-up’ confiscated. § oty S “The apparent fgas ity the thing, however, surprised the state’s attorneys. They were more surprised when the ‘veiled womanr’ was ‘shad- owed’ by a detective ind the discovery made that she belongad to one of the best connected familles of St. Louis. Her father was an extensive merchant; her mother belonged to the best blue- blooded stock of Flarissant, the French settlement near St:<Louis, while the young lady herself hpd been educated in a convent, and was slike distinguished for her wit, intelligence, and attractive manner. “What there was in Maxwell to fasci- nate her was a mystery. He was, even with his _vicious ysigmy eov- ered, anything but ndsome. But she was taken with .the man,and in order to escape attention dressed shab- hly and visited the court room veiled. ““The story was kept quict. The un- fortunate girl was too well connected to had | admit of publicity being given to her attachment. Even the wrong she was about to commit wae . condened.. The few who unavoidably heard the story were pledged to seeresy, and the news- papers never told their readers what & singular romance had narrowly: d- being enacted in the amphitheatrieal Jodd ot th.:} mfi&l‘ c:l% Four Courts. Ti_:o ts. 1! vl, howevér, weve in- rmed. of the matter and the ‘veiled ‘WOmAL’ Was seen ho move. THE LITTLE WIZARD A FRAUD, Opinlons of Dutch Financlors on the Reoent Decislon. WILL HURT GOULD SECURITIES. Nevortheless Confidence in the Ultis mate Triumph of American Justice Remains Unshaken — Lord Charley Makes a Speech, The Grand Jury Fiasco. [ Copyright 1658 by James Gordon Bennett.] AMSTERDAM, March 5,—[New York Herald Cable—Speoial to the #ee.]—On arriving here this morning to ascertain what financial people tthinkj of the decision of the New York grand jury and the little wizard, I found the natives all excited over the elec- tions which take place to-morrow under the new suffrage bill. I first interviewed M, Amstel Straat, a pleasant, smiling, gray- headed banker, and M. Wertheim, of Wertheim & Gompertz, who 18 largely connected with American shares, bonds and loans, of which he has issued many, Mr, ‘Wertheii said: *“The result of tho affair was expected. The little wizard is far too clever and will doubtless try to evade pun- ishment through legal loop holes, Never- theless our confidence in American justice is unimpeached. Ihave made many dealings with it, especially with the supreme court and always found it honest and fair-dealing, The grand jury Judged merely on technical ground. 1 firmly belicve that, though tho result will not generally make Dutch bondholders de- spair of American railway credit, it will damage speculation in all the little wizard's concerns.” I afterwards saw Mr. A. L. Wurfbain, presidont of the Societe Itbuers, well-known on the Amsterdam stock exchange commit- tee. Mr. Wurfbain believes if the grand jury’s finding is not roversed it will injure all American bonds besides the little wizard's, although there is not any excitement yet. Many financlers interviewed declined to say anything for publication, as the case was too technical, but freely expresscd their disgust and indignation in private. KEven the most reticent have a con- temptuous smile on their lips as soon as the little wizard’s name is mentioned. One said: “When I hear that name I uncon- sciously put my hand on my pocket to protect my purse.” Mr. Van Mierop, manager of the Amster- damsch bank, connected with the Boissevaen and president of the committee recently formed to protect the interests of the im- mensely numerous duty holders of 5 and 6 per cent Missouri, Kansas & Texas, declares that confldence in all the little wizard’s concerns will be finally shaken here, H. Oyens, an important banker believes the Dutch will try composition or endeavor to oust the little wizard from the control of of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas. It is im- possible to get at the names of the Dutch committee which instituted the prosecution in the first instance. Messrs. Stoop & Rens, Dordrech bankers, headed the committee but they have siuce, for obscure reasons, backed out. Iam starting for Dordrecht to seo them. Amsterdam opinion emphatically pronounces the litule wizard a fraud. At Dorarecht. [Copyright 1833 hy James Gordon Bennett. | Dorprecut, March b.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.]—I found Stoop & Rens in their counting house in the dark- est, narrowest, oldest strect of this oldest of Dutch cities. Neither Stoop nor Rens would state why they backed out of the committee 1ast Octoher or state an opinion as to the general financial effects of the grand jury de- cision on the Netherlands. They said, how- ever, “You won't find one golden opinion of the little wizard throughout the Nether- lands. He has cost this country too much.” Mr. Stoop says of course the Dutch would like to get some of their money back or even, in default, to see the offenders in jail. s PROSAIC SPOUTERS. A Very Dull Scssion in the House of rds. (Copyright 1538 by James Gordon Rennett. | LoxnoN, March 5.~~[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber.|—The house of lords scldom offers sttractions to a stranger or even to its own members. The real work of the country is done in the much plainer chamber of one side of the building. The great desire of every peer who has brains, 1s to be set free and get @ seat in the house of commons, A scheme to effect this change is shortly to be produeed by Lord Dunraven. A little incident this evening will perhaps open his eyes to the aifficulty. Lord Stratheden-Campbell, son of the celebrated lord chancellor, brought forward a modest proposal to cnable the lord chancellor to designate the speaker when two or three members rise at the same time. At present the noble lords do as they like: If half a dozen get up no one has authority to single out one of their number and they may all remain standing until they have tired out or the house calls by name for a partic- ular person. ‘The lord chancellor sits down in solemn state with mace before him, but he has no right to interfere in any way., If we had sueh m custom in the commons there would be a free fight every night and the best bruiser would hold the floor. There was o fair audienco to choer Lord Campbell this evening. The prime minister sat as usual with his head leaning on the back of his seat, gaz- ing up fixedly at one of the stained glass win- dows. He mever scems conscious that any one is in the chamber but himself. He was oblivious of poor Lord Campbell, who is at the best ene of the dullest and prosiest moen in Eugland énd, who never speaks for ten minutes without sending most of tho people to nsleep. He ought w be Jet out on‘ hire to persons suffering from insomnia. Ho held forth for some time in his dreapy fashion, his fellow peers slum- bering peacefully, except Lord Roseberry, who hae & plan of his own for reforming the house of lords, and who who was perhaps curious to see Lord Campbell make a mess of & small branch of the sub- ject. On the beuches sacred to the bishops was the primata of all England alome in his glory. His Grace of Canterbury is very reg- ular in his atfendance, pending the time when Durizaven or Roseberry will abolish him and be the entire episcopal body. The lord chaneellor, on the woolsack, tried to make a show of listening to Campbell's bag- pipe like a droue, but {# was evidently hard work. At last it ended and the gov- ernment scoutéd the revolutionary pro- possl. Lord Kimberly, on the part of the opposition was equally firm in rejecting it. Roseberry cynically looked on at the dinner hour, the firebrand Campbell withdrew his resolution, Lork Salisbury ceased studying the window, the lord chancellor leisurely rose aud walked off, and the other noble lords ssuntered slowly out, for the fatigues of the high snd mighty branch of the legislature were over and the constitution was saved. In.the commons the military men had & grand fleld night, one after auother, proving that Eigland is undefeatod and that nothing " can save her but more men and above ali moramoney. THe house was laft entirely to them, scarcely any Gladstoniaus being pres. ent. Their. venerable chief lgoked iu for. & few minutes but scon ' goj . horribly . bosed snd judlolously - went . home. Net s ¥ dozen Pewuellites waze t0 . Be scon but among thom was the geuial Joscph Cox fresh Trom the Irish prison, cheery ana bearty as cver, Balfour scarcely conde- sconded to appear. Closchien was - busy over his budget tie chiéf foature of which is to be the conversion of 8 per cont consols “into 2'¢ per cents. This reduction of interest will be a heavy blow to people with limttoed incomes and T anticipate a great outery and perhaps stubborn resistance, ‘While the treasury bench was doring Lord Charles Beresford rose and delivered a rat- tling speech denouncing the present aystem at the war offico and admiralty and pauring in a rattling fire of shot and shell at the land lubbers who bungle our affairs. Ife struck out right and left and sot overybody laughing except the ministers and declared the public were kept in ignorance and a sea of blue dust, in which amentable state ho loft them. No cruiser Inasort of fancled security ever raised greater constornation. Charley dashed on under full head of steam and capsized half the government oraft around him, but all of a sudden he pulled up short and W, H. Smith announced the gov- ernment could not consent to the royal com- mission, which was demanded. «'hen rose Lord Randolph and further dis- concerted the ministers by moving the ad- journment of the debate until Thursd. That means more mischief, for the ministry must either offond many of its followers by finally refusing the commission or yield and acknowledge itself wrong. Lord Randolph will resume the debate and somobody or other is proetty suro to get & romst- ing. The government s in A fix and unless the naval and military wen back down the government must eata dish of humble pie to which Charley Beres- ford has imparted a fine flavor of the sea. The requisite cayenne pepper will be liberally sprinkled overit by Lord Randolph. Here, then, is & new turn of affairs which will keep overybody agog till Thursday. A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. e Denver Correspondence Chicago News: Dunk Blair, a big Scotchman, who, with his squaw and half-breed sons, lives midway between Meeker and the Utah line, on the White river,at a point where it presents its most sinuous topography, is noted all over the White river country as a man whose word is us good as his bond. He has been in the heart of the Rockies for thirty years, and, having a squaw wife, who is u cou- 8in of Chepta, the widow of old Ouray, is hand and glove with the Indians, par- ticularly Colorow’s outfit of renegade Utes. During the disturbance last year he was held under arrest, and was used as a decoy to entrap the Indians. The correspondent visited Dunk at his ranch, at the base of a big mesa, and, although he rejected my proposition tolead me to Colorow for newspaper purposes, he told me, when I had opened my sample case, what I have stamped the chef d'wuyvre of western fairy stories. ‘‘See that big black hog-back that runs to the mesa,” he said, in developing his ro- mance. ‘‘Well, from here it looks as if there was not a break in it. But there is, and a big one, at least a big aroya, probably twenty feet deep. There’s where T'got my wife or squaw in the winter of 1869, Let's see, that's nearly twenty y ago. Johnny, that’s my son, he’s eighteen now. I was hunting up on the range_with my brother; who runs a store at Rock Creek, Wyo. We started out from my place down the river a few miles to hunt elk and bear. One day a big storm comes up and we discover tracks of Indians. They were not friendly then, and you bet we kept out of their way. Night was coming on and we had struck that hog-back with- out starting any deer, and were about to come down to low ground for the night, when I saw a dozen clk eating the sage bush a hundged or two yards away and siarted after them. I struck the aroya, which was between me and the deer,and was about going to the lace, where it was not very deep, when saw just before me, in the bottom, a horse, lying on the prostrate body of asquaw. Springing tothe bottom of the hole, T walked up to her, with my gun ready for use, to sce what was the matter. I goes up to her, and pulling round my ean, souses her with water. She camo round all right, and I found she had been badly hurt by her horse falling on her. She told me, in Span- ish, that her horse had gone of the aroyo and fallen on her. Hor people, with whom she was traveling, believed that she was dead,and left her there. Well, the squaw was young and good-looking, and T took her with me. She’s making the coffee for you now, and though her skin’s not white, and she's wearing out, T'll stick to her as long as I live. She’s been worth more to me than most wives to their hushands.” The point that Dunk describes is one of the most desolate in the Rocky moun- taing, and in 1869 the nearest settlement was Denver, over four hundred miles away. Blair, Bill Baker and a few of tho pioneers were the only white men in the mountains for hundreds of miles, Blair is now a rich man, or, at loast, has a good ranch.and thousand of head of cattle. His nearest neighbors are at Rangeley, six miles from which the en- gagement between the Colorado state troops and Utes occurred last summer, ——— How Jumbo Came. The Epoch: ‘‘Jumho’ had never been out of the garden since the day he en- tered it, twenty years before. When my agents attempted to get him out he would not stir; he seemed to know in stinctively that something extraordinary was going to happen. My agent eabled me: “Jumbo is lying in the garden and will not stiv. What shall we do?” 1 replied, “Let him lie there aslong as he wants to.”” All this, 1t will be ob- served, kept up public interest. Then we built a cage on wheels and, sunk the wheels into the ground, leav- ing both ends of the cage open. It was many days before he could be induced to walk through, We let him get used to going through for several days and finally shut him in. It took a score of horses to pull the cage out of the earth, after we had dug around the wheels, and we dragged tho cage down to the wharf. There Jumbo met a whole erowd of his admirers, including such fashionable people as Lady Burdett- Coutts, who brought him cakes and dainties. One enthusiast testificd his affection by sending some champagne and oysters. On the vessel we had to cut away a part of tho dcck above his lodgings to make his aparvtments large enough. The original cost of Jumbo was 810,009, his final cost was $30.000. He pnhi for himself the first ten days after his arrival. bl AU EN He Did Not Find Out, Philadelphia News: ‘“‘Several years ago,” said a railroad man, ‘‘when I was running on the Memphis & Charleston road, we had a superintendent who hadn't the slightest practical knowleage of railroading. One day he telegraphed to Huntsville, Ala., for ayj engine, The engineer was about to comply with-the order when the discovery was made that the ‘spider,’ a vital part of the ma- chinery, was broken. The engineer telegraphed to the superintendent: “iCan’t take out engine; spider b roken.” _ “The superintondent telegraphed back: “\What is & spider?’. #And the engineer responded: 1A spider’s o spider;. that’ all T ose to teach es.” *“The engineor didn™ gro the superiutendent kis bus! THE SPECULATIVE MARRETS. COorn By Far the Most Active Dure ing’ Yestorday's Trading, ONLY MODERATE DEALS INWHEAT A Good Business Transacted in Oate= The Bears Make Some Improwe sion on Provisions—Little Change in Cattle. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Citeago, March 5.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.]—Of tho grain markets eorn was by far the most active to-day and in fact the excitement there drow o many away from the wheat pit that at times there was only a nandful of wheat traders altogethor. Tho first advance in corn helped wheat o little, but it was not until the last few minutes of the session that tho buying fever spread enough to include the wheat pit. One ad- vancoe of nearly }4¢ in corn did not move wheat a sixteenth. The visible supply state- ment showdd a decrease in wheat of 047, bushels, but it was without effect on the mar- ket as {t was very nearly what was expected. Trade was only moderate in volume and early in the session the market was rather weak, due as much as anything to a lack of specu- lation. May wheat opened at 803 @804¢c and after selling at 80}¢c stralght, fell to S0@ 80%¢¢, advanced to S0!e and fell to 803 @803 0 a sccond time, then improved to 803{@803¢c, and held at 803 for a long time, but just before the closo © advanced to Blc, which was the price at the 1 o'clock adjourn- ment. Juno wheat opened at 80j¢c, and at the lowest point 80%c was asked. The high- est point and 1 o'clock close was at 81%o asked. The corn market showed the same sort of temper as Friday last, but more of it. The ex- treme range of fluctuations was 13c, and the close was almost at the highest price of the day. The local receipts were 417 cars, when but 256 cars had been expected. This was enough to muke a rather weak fecling_about the opening, but it was short-lived. Not one of the cars arrived graded No. 2, and moro than that, two hundred and twonty-five cars of the reoeipts wero “through shipments,’ leaving only & moderate amount to' como to this market. This state of things discour- aged the bears. When the shorts attempted to cover they found very little corn for sale. Moreover, some of the foreign houscs were ‘wanting corn an there was good buying by commission houses. Hutchinson was u_vin;s corn and there were enough frightensd shorts to send the prico up sharply. May corn opened at 523¢c, sold early at 521¢ and 523 c,and then ad- vanced with scarcely s halt to b27¢@dsc, Inter advancing to 5814c, then fell back to 53c, and on tho noxt upturn touched B33c, closing at | o'clock at Big@Bdje. June corn opened at 513@b2c, sold down oarly to 513¢c, advanced {o'and closed at 1 o'clock at Thero was quite active speculative trading in oats and the market was strong and higher, May oats opened at 81%c, sold early at 311{@ 819c, then advanced in sympathy with dorn to 82140 aud closed there at 1 o'clock. June oats opened at 81%c, sold up to 83%c and closed with that price bid at1o'clock. July oats sold at 3035 and August at 28c, In provisions the week opened with the old bear element inclino ive more attention to the market. Initial sales wero made at Saturday's closing prices to a shado casier, but beforo trading showoed much life a de- prossion was forced by excessive offorings. Undor the lead of pork, which was sclec by the bears to feol thelr prowoss, tho mar- ket suffered a \vmlkmunr{ te dom‘f and rujed lower. Pork sold off 171gc from the opening rices and short. ribs ¢, Lard was over- looked practically in the bear raid. As tho day advanced pork and short ribs recovered from the break, and ruled strong. At 1 o'clock short ribs and lard stood at Satur- day’s final prices to 2140 higher, whilo pork showed a decline of only be. ArTERNOON SEssioN—Wheat oponed at 81c for May, sold to 8115c and foll o 808{c, -oloss ing at 803¢c. Corn opened at 53%¢c for', May, sold to 535¢c and fell to 58%c, closing at 58 5350, Outs lower; May 13§@sde, 81 ork deolined 21¢c; May closed at $13.571¢, June -$13.95 i, Lard quict] closed at §7.09 , $7.10 for Jupe Short rit i Marchclos at Curcaco, March the Beg.]--CarrL at the opening sold a shade higher tham Fri- day, but the bulk of good and useful stock showed no particalar change as compared with Friday, most of the salesmen quoting values about the same as last Monday. There was a fair demand for big steers, There were no Texans and prime native butcher's stock was not over plentiful. Common and canning cows unchanged. Bulls wero in fair demand, the best making as strong as last weok. Fancy, $5. 850 10 1500 1bs, $4.5505.00 5503 930 10 1200 1bs, $3 feeders, #2.10@3.45; cows, bulls and mixed, #1.50@3.30: bulk, 82.40@2.65; corn fed Texas steers, §3.00(24.00. Hoes—Business was active, with o slight other shippers bought 5@5.50, One load of fancy ht hutcher weights (se- lected) sold at #5.85(@5.45, to average $2.25(@ 2.5. Most of good mixed sold at $5.80@b.40, and light mixed at $5.15@5.25. Light, as- sorted and trimmed up to average 160 to 170 Ibs, made $5,20@535, and light avorages #5.10@>5.15. b LIVE STOCK. Chicago, Ma reports as follows —The Drovers' Journal 5,000; markot strang; ers, §3,5005.00; stookers . cows, bulls and mixed, $1,903.30; Texas stoevs, §3.00a24.00, Receipts, 13,0005 market strong and mixed, $5.1005.36; heavy, $6.20@ 711q: light, $4.95@5.50; skips, $8.50@4.90. Sheep—IReceipts, 3,000 market strong and 10c higher: natives, 3.75@5.50; westerns, 50; Texans, $5.50@.500; lambs, $5.00 shipments, 1,30 i H choice heavy native steers$+.50@5.40; fair stoers, medium 0 good, $5.10@4.20; stock- ers and fooders,, fair to . #2.10@8.30; Hogs—Receipts, #,400; shipments, 3,300§ market activo and stronger; choice heavy ing, medium to prime, $5.10@5.40; grades, fair to best, $4.00@5.15. 600; shipments 400; markot strong, active, firm and 5@10c higher for good of all clasnes ; um, $3.30@4.25; stockers, feeding stoers,$3.00@3.60; cows, §1 market opened strong closing 3 to choice, $4.70@5.80; skips and manfi 460, FINANCIAL. NEw York, March 5.—[Spevial Telegfam exchange was quite lively this morning. Holders appearcd considerably excited 'over commenced as soon as business opened. Lon- don sold considerable Reading and Louisville was decidedly weak with heavy transactions, The dedline extended to Lackawanna also considerably demoralized, In the aftermeon hour covering by shorts caused & rally, was not adoubt but a good deat of liquidation - has beeu going on all day aud it is u question whetherany improvement in the market would be anythitg. but femporary, There is of - eral propertios, but the bears do not frighten eatily and. the more prominent onge would. Louis, ' March 5. to good native steers, $3.00(0460; butchers' rangors, ordinary to good, 2. 15@8.50. d butchers' selections, §5.35@5.45; A and butc . m Kansas Oity, March 5. —Cattle—] to_choice corn-fed, ®4.: .00; me g‘wtm; .60(@8.50. Hogs — Recoipts, 4,000; nngmnu, 540; gty to the Bre.]—Srocks—Trading on the stock the situation in Chicago, and free seiling & Nashville: The feeling in the former stock and during the first hour the wholo lind was though the recovery was not important. There even if the lsbor troublew -were settled. course quite & Iarge short mterest in the sev. probably beil wish delight a good resction on