Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 27, 1888, Page 2

- tanford, but for whom or through whom @ acts can never be told from the sphinx-like lobbyrist himself. Besides his railroad work, Boyd is employed in forward- ing a number of private bills. His favorite method of seeing congressmen is in their pri- xnl« rooms at the hotels, and he never in- ulges in nni protracted conversation in the capitol itself. e man who lookn after the Pennsylvania ilroad’s interests at the national capital is Hiah Painter, called_among the profession 4-Uriah Heep.” Mr. Painter was for years {he Washington correspondent of the Phila- delphia Inquirer, and is said to own "l“rf Interest. in‘hlfl paper at-the present time, He 1s also the sole proprietor of a telegraph line running between Germantown and Philadel- lia and his wealth is estimated at between mm,rm and £200,000, Mr. Painter is a very thickset man of perhaps forty-seven years of nge, with small side whiskers and a face which Jooks fot unlike that of George W. Childs, the Philadelphia philanthropist, He has the reputation of being the most d wire puller in the third house, Every day finds Rim regularly at the capitol, dodging in gand out among the corridors, insinuating himself on the floor before the signal for . elearing it is given in the moruing and the 1nst upon it when the order for adjournment s sounded in the afternoon. He has a com- fortable house in Washington but spends most of his ovenings in the hotel corridofs learning the lay of the land and making combinations for future work. Located in one of the handsomest apart- ment houses in ‘Nashington, in @ suite of Yooms luxuriously fornished and surrounded with the evidences of taste and culture, lives an ex-mewspaperman who for years directed the policy of one of the largest dailes of this country by his dispatches from the national capital. His business now is solely connected with the church of Zion at Salt Lake and his knowle of men in the jour- mnalistic profession and of newspaper writers who mould public opinion is used by him to advance the interests of the church and to create a sentiment in favor of the admission of the territory of Utah. During the presi- dential contest of 1876 and the ensuing strug- le of the electoral commission he was one of aw most caustic and viggrous democratic writers at Washington and published what . was considered & most scathing review of what he termed the conspiracy to steal the presidency, which appeared as the results of that momentous conflict. He is a tall, broad- shouldered and finely formed man of about forty-five years of age. He does good work for the wterest which he represents and well earns his salary of $10,000 a year, if hard work and unceasing vigilance can’ be taken into consideration in such a conuection, Two familiar faces around the capitol are interesting themselves in Pacific railroad Jegislation. The first of these, Littler, of Illinois, was one of the Pacific railway com- missioners who signed the majority report. Since the opening of congress Mr. Littler has been o constant visitor to the capitol and has been assiduous in button-holing repre- sentatives with tho avowed object of baving the majority report sustained. There are those who do not hesitate to sdy that, in spite of the wealth which Mr. Littler ac- quired by marriage and otherwise, he is not averso to turning an_honest peuny in the role of a lobbyist. In fact, Illinois politi- cians consider him a brilliant’ success in pro- moting or obstructing legislation, and his shrewd work at the capitol of the Sucke state has given him the requisite experience for pulling the wires at the national capitol. Another attorney who is intercsted in Pacific ralroa 1 legislation is Major Redding- ton who runs a bucket shop on F' street near the treasury, and who claims that he lost £40,000 or $50,000 by a deal in Pacific railroad tock some years ago when he was skinned Ey Jay Gould. He now thinks there is . an opportun ity to get even, and is said to be employed by various Wall street operators to manipulate stocks through representations that ho controls the oficial action of certain members of the house committee on Pacific railronds. Reddington was at one time em- ployed as confidential cleric in the. office of the commiseioner of railronds but was dis- missed, us i alleged, for trading in Wall street upon contraband information obtained ofiicially from government sources. All the prominent members of+ the third house which have been noted reside in Wash- ington and make a business of influencing legislation, but there are hundreds of others who flit in and out with each succeeding ses- sion and whose stay at the capital is limited by eircumstances. Advocates of private 1and claims, attorneys sent on to influence single votes in roll calls where anpropria- tions for special interests are coming up, the politicians of prominence who are supposed 0 be capable of directing the judgments of their political creatures, even ministers of the msrol whose appeals on the ground of sympathy are thought to be of sufficient in- juence to pay for the expense of a trip to the national capital, arrange themsclves in line ‘with the lobby at each_recurring session and work with energy and vigor to carry out their schemes, The female lobbyist, though not as numer- ous as in the year after the war and during the great struggle of the rebellion, are still found-in large numbers plying their vocation on Capitol hill. None of these, however, are connected with the great corporate interests whose wealth and standing provide a corps of advocates of brains in advancing their schemes. The female lobbyist is generally found working for special bills and individual appropriations. Many of them are in re- spectable umstances in the city and ex- tend a generous hospitality to members of congress in hopes of securing return favors in the line of votes in the house, Of the dis- reputable class, morally speaking, there is a yearly decreasing number, Russian Petroleum. WasuiNeroy, March 26.—[Special to the Brr.]—A new period of alarm has broken out at the department of state over the strides Russian petroleum is taking in the Russian markets, and the threat it is making to drive out the product of the United Statbs. Itis found that last your Russia produced over 600,000,000 gallons of refined oil, and that thore are noless than six tank steamers plying between Balku, where the oiLis procured, and ports on the Caspian and other seas, Immense refineries have boen established at St. Petersburg, Odessa, Mos- ocow and other cities, where all grades of lubricating and illuminating oils are pro- duced from the crude petroleum, At St. Petersburg there is an immense refinery, Which besides making lubricating oils of various grades, manufactures vageline in quantities sufficient to supply the European. oceidental and oricntal countries. Mo this zefinery some of the tank steamer-ships run, but most of the oil is brought overland on tank cars. ’l‘{m proprietor of this establishment told me last summer that hisoils would never entor into competition with the American product as an {lluminator. He only aspired to lubricating oils and vascline. He suid fur- ther that there need never be any excitemant among the oil producers of the United States on aecount of the oil wells of Russia, as they could pot compete with this country, because there was not the'body substance in the Rus- sian oil necessary to make a first class illumi- nating fluid, \ The IRussians have, for some time, been :‘gimiug the construction of & pipe line, but o consul general reports that he does not believe that it will ever amount to anything further than talk, The line proposed is to only be thivty eight miles in length and five inches in_diameter—such an enterprise s would cause notthe slightest hesitancy on the part of the oil producers of this country, Less than 15 per cent of the entire produc- tion of oil in Russia is exported. Hut tho department of stuto has made an extensive investigation of the subject with a view to brotect American petroleum, and scems put a great deal of stres Oil producers of ti cise themselyes over a foar that the countr of the czar will ever bring yery much trouble upon them-tnrougl its oil enterprises. Consular Barnacles, Wasnixarox, March [Special to the Bie.|—The American cousul at Tangiers, Morocco, reports that he has encountered great obstructions in the form of proteges at his consulate. It has boen the prac- tice of the American consuls, in many of the foreign countries, to grant fay- ©rs to Americans aud natives i the way of oYoial recogunition, by which they become A ige-consuls or consul generals, and have a kiud of supernumerary supervision over the ©iport trade to this country. It was the policy of the present administra- tion in making cousular changes to weed out heso and to confice exclusively to the regularly authorized cousuls the work #loountersiguing imvoices wud supervising the expo™ _of meérchand a8 well as the goncrallodhink afide tho IRlorosts of Amort cau imports and e . The ponsul in Moroooo says that when these men were cut off from their connection with the United States government they became obstructionists, and, as far as possible, im- peded communication with the Moorish min- ter for foreign affairs at Tangiers, and other officers connected with that government. The Moorish minister enjoys the munificer.t salary of #500 a year, and our consul tRero says that this officer could not live 1f all the consular abuses in Morocco were done away with, He has become as much an obstructionist as pos- sible, and the refusal of our agents to bribe him and procure his alleged valuable services hins put him in a miff. The Unijted States government at three. fourths of the cotisular stations in the world has suffered immensely during the past twenty years by maintaining lobbyists and vico consuls, and clerks and messengers who wore both dishonest and unenterprising. The service has been at a_standstill for a quarter of a century, and if the present ad- ministration really intends to.weed out these men and infuse new blood and American ideas in forming our fterests fn the various parts of the world, it. will do a service, the benefits from which will' be felt more po- tontly every year in the fature. For a long time the consuldr service ds well as the diplo- matio service of the Ameriean government has existed only,in name, and_while it has been ornamental the expenditure of tho money has been wasted sirfce the service was not useful. The Canada Postage Frauds, ‘WasnixGToN, Mareh 20.—(Special to the Bee. | —The attention of the postmaster gen- eral has been called to the statements made in these dispatches regarding a fraud prac- ticod upon the governtent mails through the Canadian treaty, and he has taken action upon it. It has Geen a practice with a very large number of merchants and others to ship goods to Canada to be mailed there, ad- dressed to persons in this country, with a view to evading the higher rates of postay applicable to the goods shipped in the do- mestic matls of the United States. The postmaster general says that the for- warding of such packages from Canada being an “obvious error” under the articles of the postal convention in force between Canada. and the United States that post- masters shall rate up sych pack: sent from Canada at the postage they would have to pay if they were mailed in this country. Army Orders. ‘WasarxatoN, March 26.—(Special Tele- gram to the Bue.|—Major James P. Kimball, surgeon, granted five months leave, Lieutenant Colonel Francis H. Parker, ordnance department, granted two months leave on surgeon’s certificate, Major Jared A. Smith, engineer corps, ordered to proceed from Portland, Me., to Fort Constitution and Jersey's Point, N. H., for temporary service, Second Lieutenant’ Samuel D, Sturgis, First artillery, granted six months extension of leave on account of sickness and trans- ferred from light battery N to battery C. Second Lieutenant John A. Towers, trans- ferred from battery C to light battery K. Presidential Nominations. WasmiNaToy, March 25.—The president sent the following nominations to the senate to-day: Postmasters: James C. Frost, Anoka, Minn; Amos Coggswell, Owatonna, Minn; Minn, James Tiernan, Fort Howard, Wis.; Jomes H. Andrick, McGregor, Ta.; Nicholas Morper, South Evanston, 1il., and James D. Hubble, Fairbury, Neb. Ohicago Quarantine Rased. ‘WASHINGTON, March 26.—The commissioner of agriculture to-day sent out circulars giving notice that the auarantine as to pleuro-pneu- monia at Chicago is raised, to date from April 1. Representative Mills’ Condition. ‘WasHINGTON, March 26.—Representative Mills' condition is not quite so favorable this morning, The tariff bill will not be reported to the house until Mr. Mills has resumed his seat. River and Harbor Appropriations, WasmiNgToN, March 256 —The river and harbor bill will appropriate $2,000,000 for the improvement of the Mississippi river, about 50 per cent of the estimates for harbors, and the aggregate -appropriatton will be about $19,500,000. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Senate. WasHINGTON, March 25, —Among the peti- tions and memorials presented in the senate and referred were soveral from Iowa Patrons of Husbandry, asking that agricultural prod- ucts be equally protected with manufactured articles; that foreign immigration be re- stricted so as to keep out all paupers and criminals; and that United States senators be elected by a direct vote of the people. Also petitions for the protection of wool and woolen goods. Mr. Allison wtroduced a bill appropriating £5,000 to defray the funeral expenses of the late chief justice of the supreme court. Passed. Mr. Cullom, from the committee on terri tories, reported unanimously the resolutions declaring it the sense of the senate that new states should be admitted into the union only on the basis of equality with existing states and congress ought not to exercise any super- vision over the provisions of the consti- tution of any new state further than was necessary to guarantee to each state a republican form of government; that the proposed constitution for the state of Ulufi submitted to congress contains provi- slons which would deprive such state, if ad- mitted, of that equality which should exist among different states, and that it be the sense of the senate that Utah ought not to be adwitted into the union as a stpte till it was made certain beyond a doubt, that the prac- tice of plural marriage, bigamy or polygaimy bad been entirely abandoned by the inhabit- ants of that territory, and until it was like- wise certain that the civil affairs of the terri- tory are not controll by the pricathood of the Mormon church. The resolution was ordered printed. The bills reported from committees and placed on the calendar include the follow- ing To provide for the formation and admis- sion into the union of the state of Montana. Mr. Riadleberger then called up his reso- lution for the cousideration of the fishery troaty in open session. Mr. Shorman thought, the foreign relotions committee would 80 rec- ommend. After some debate the rosolution went over and the senate took up the house bill authorizing the purchase of government bonds with the surplus, Mr, Plumboffered an amendment in the form of a new section requiring the secretary of the treasury, wheneverthe circulation of national bauks rendered it necessary, to issue treasury notes to an equal amount, Messrs Beek and Farwell antagonized the amendment and on the mation of Mr. Sher- man it was laid on the table. Afterwards Mr. Plumb renewed it, modified in regard to the legal tendor quality -of the proposed treasury notes and argued in support of it. After discussion the smendment was adopted Yeas 28, nays 21, Mr. Stewart offered an_amendment allow- ing deposits ol gold and silver bullion of not loss than five ounces of gold or eighty ounces of silver and the issue of coin certificates there The senate adjourned without taking ac- House. 4 WasnINGTON, March 26.—Fhe house this worning adopted resolutions that the funeral ceremonies of the late Chief Justice Waite be held in the hall of the house of represen- tatives Wodnesday, Mareh 28, at noon, under an arrangement of the supreme court; that when the house adjourn to-day it shall be until 11:30 Wednesday morning; and, that the clerk of the house notify the senate and the supreme court of the passage of the reso- lutions. The senate bill passed appropriating £5,000 to provide for the payment of the finauncisl expenses of the late ehief justice of the su- preme court. Bills were introduced and referred : For the erection of a public building &t Mt. Vernon, 1L By Mr. Laird, of Nebraska—Tendering the thanks of cougress to Lieutenant Greely and others for courage, energy and fidelity T the conduct of the late scientific expedition to the Arctic seas. . District business occupled the rest of the session. . 4 B. & M. SWITCHMEN GET SICK. The Local Foroe Suffering With the Enginocers' Complaint. SAY THEY HAVE GRIEVANCES. But Very Little Work Being Done—A Small Sizod Riot in the Unlan Btock Yards at Chicego. Al the Mén Ont. The yards of the B. & M. prosented a Rravevard appearance last night, and: the flitting headlights of the busy * lochinotives when everything is, to borroly te &Xpressjon of a prominent railroad map, “moving smoothly,” were extinguished and: the iton horses slumbered in the roundhouss: - That watchman who keeps “Vvighl ' ovér the approach of troublesoma, . .newspaper scribes huddled closely up to the stove .in his shanty, and pulled complacently at his pipo. The old gentleman was civil, but: as. nfs;- ent as ever in his loyalty to the rules laid down by his superiors and was mum as to the stato of affairs about the yard. The reporter next wended his w taurant on Tonth street. frequente switchmen of the B. &mh.. ‘and there found a large delegation -of them enjoying themselves in - various tvays. Recognizing many of the boys, thereporter ch"b‘\';l’d fll:g question: q 5 “*“Why, boys you seem to be having a prott d time?" g i “Yes, and that's what we m‘o‘" was the re- ply from two or three, coupled svith the query, “were you down te the yards’ To this the reporter responded that he had been, and assured' them that 1t was very quiet d".‘f’{v‘ them‘i i » s, and it will bo a great deal guioter before we go back,” was the mn]mnslf *'All the boys have not quit, have' thoy 1" quizzed the reporter, g ‘Oh, no, none of us have quit; we areonly sick.” “The engineers complaint?” chanced the Ber man, “‘What have we to do with the engineers?” spoke up a knight of the switoh, supplement- ing the question with the words, ‘“We had complaints and erievances against the Bur- lington long before the engineers presented theirs, and the company had been made known of it. ‘l‘hgy didn't act square with us then and we did not grumble, Besides we acted loyal toward them when they were in stress, and had we gone otit when the on- gineers did they would have a- different song to sing than they do now.” Securing the attention of one of the switchmen the rc}mrlcr prevailed upon him to give the state of affairs just as they exist. Ho said: *“I'here has been no switehing done in' the Burlington yards since 8 o'clock to-day, ex- cept what little was done by the yardmaster, his assistant and a scab or two that were picked up somewhére, Just at present there is not much to be done anyhow, and it may be that the yardmaster and the scabs can do the work. We have laid our case before Manager Holdrege, and wo oxpect an answer from him Tuesday. I don't take any stock in stories to. tho’ eéffect that Mr. Holdrege said that new men would be given our places, but I may haye reason to change wy mind afier the conforence with im.” Forest hall, the meeting place of ‘the switchmen’s brotherhood, was in darkness at 11 o'clock, and rumors of a mecting having been held there early in the evening were de- nied. All of the Union Pacific switchmen were on deck, and when spoken _fo about tho walkout of their brethren on the' Burlington were unanimous to a man in saying that their action was justified, as the pay was not in conformity with thav of other roads. to a res- by the Condition of Affairs at Oreston. CrestoN, Ta, March 26.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.] —A meeting of switchmen was held here yesterday afternoon to vote, it is said, on striking. After an hour's sedsion they returned to work. EngincerJohn Snth- erland; one of the oldést employes i tHe eity, “was the first to break the brotherhood ranks here, He took the fiew fast mail’ ‘onst last night. None of the others have descrted. The company’s special police struck this morning for increased wages, and upon re- fusal went out. No steps have been taken to fill their places. Freight and passouger trafiic, the oficials say, has about reachod tts old standard. CnicaGo, March 26.—None of the Burling- ton switchmen roturned to worlk to-day Several new swit¢hmen were hired during the afterncon and the railroad ofticials sy they expect to have a full working force within forty-eight hours, The strikers have nothing to say. ) There was some disturbarice to-day at the stockyards, where a crowd of roughs at one time began throwing missles at a switching crew sent out by the Burlington. The com- has made apphication to the mayor for protection, which was granted. In on they have a large number of Pink- erton men, Two Men Go Back. GALESBURG, Mar .—T'wo of the striking tchmen returncd to work this morning. Six new men were hired, The Burlington's Meagre Earnings. Cu10AG0, March 20.—The official statement of the Southwestern railway association for the first and sccond weeks of March was made public to-day. It shows that the Bur- lington road earned in that period less than £1,000 on through and competitive business. 1t is estimated that the gross carnings of th road will fall off nearly 1,250,000 for the month, —_—— THE SLEET STORM. Lincoln Imagines She is the. State of Nebraska, Lixcory, Neb., March 26,—The storm that has been general over Nebraska the last twenty-four hours has been of unusual sever- ity, fruit trees and young timber all being heavily loaded with ice and sleet. Winter grains are undoubtedly fnjured;, and the outlook for frut in this state is poor. Cmicaco, March 20,—Dispatches frgm many points in northern {linois and Towa re- port the prevalence yesterday of a seyere sleet storm. Everything is-covered with ice, and in many places large libs haye,hroken from trees under weight. 'Great damagd to wheat and fruit is feared. 1In this city and vicinity the sleot which fell all- of' yesterdny changed this morning to- heavy rain. Tho signal service officer prodiots a continuation of the storm for at leust twenty-four hours longer. ! MISSOURI PAOIFIO STOOK. The Directors Declarg a Quaxterly Dividend of 1 142 Per Cent, New Youk, March 20.—The directors of the Missouri Pacific railroad to-day elected the old officers and declared a dividend of L4 per cent, which has been held . abeyance until the return of Jay Gould, After the meeting was over Judge Sidney Dillon said to a reporter that the stories which had been afloat for some days past about the Missori Pacific are all bosh and the dividend would have been paid ten days ago were it not for the absence of Jay Gould, who is a very large holder of stc Dillon furthier said ho wished all securities were as strang to-day as Missouri Pacific. i Sudden Death in Church. Cupvesxe, Wyo, March 26.-~[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—James Kerrigan, a young man twenty years old, while in attend- ance with his futher at the Catholic church last evening, suddenly foll to the floor and expired almost immediately. The death caused intense excitement in the congrega- tion. Heart disease was the cause of his death. e The Burlington Fails to Answer. , Omicaco, Maroh 26.—Contrary to expecta- tion, no answer was wade to-day by the Bur- lington road to the allogations of the Rock Island filed Saturday, the matter being ned until Judge Gresham's veturn fr ilwaukee. Phe postponement. was at the suggestion of the Burlington counsel, NEBRA W8, Another O Goes Wrong. Hastives, Neb,dMarch 26.—The Adams county commissioners have made an_investi- gation of the books' pfy ex-County Clerk, R. B. Tussey whioh hissded to the discovery thet he is $2,265.13, short in his accounts. The facts, when théy were made publio, croated considerabla excitement. M. Tussey had been, up tg the 5th day of last January, district clerlvof this county for four years, and althongh ofsoveral occasions seri- ous oharges weore pfolbrred against him for dereliction of duty ppt drunkenness, it was not thought that he was a defaulter. At the alection Jast fall it waasintimated by some of the opposition that his aceounts would not bear closo investigation, and this, coupled with the fact that he was so addicted to drink, defeated hirh. Shortly after his suo- cessor had taken possession of the office the county commissioners appointed a committeo to investigate the books and a shortage was found, but as Mr. Tussey had been taken sick about that timé and was then in a condi- tion from which he'was'neyer expected to re- cover, nothing was said about it, but a more thorough “examination made, and the facts were not made publje until Saturday, although there weére many rumors about. Mr. Tussey recoyered ‘and was before the board Saturday and asked that he be given a reasotiable length of ‘fime to scttle. His bondsmen, ton in number, were wiiling that time should be granted birh and so the board gave him ten days to settle, and if at the end of that time no arrangement shall have been made, suit to recover the amount will be in- stituted against himself and bondsmen. It is thought by his friends that he will be able to make a full settlement, . An Unprofitable Servant. DaxkoTA Crry, Neb., March 26,—[Special to the Bee.]—About three weeks ago there ap- peared a young man at the Eureka hotel and requested Landlord Ryan to let him do chores and make himself otherwise handy until warm woather came, for his board. This Mr. Ryan kindly consented to do. The fore part of last week Mr. Ryan entrusted him with $2.50 to go and pay some debts con- tracted by the house, but the young man failed to return at supper time and Mr. Ryan started in pursuit of him and caught him at ¢he depot in Sioux City waiting for the train to leave, he intending to as far as his money would carry him. He was in- diced too return but not for good. On Fri- day morning ho again disappeared mysteri- ously and after carefully looking over the house it was found that he had taken a $10 bill out of a roll of 38 which had been saved u}; by the dinin-groom girl in the em- ploy of the hotel. A%flin Mr. Ryan started in pursuit and arrived in Sioux City just in time to hear the culprit receivaa sen- tence of thirty days in jail for vagrancy. Sheriff Brasfield, of this county, was notified and he went over aiid brought the kleptoma- niac to this side, and he now languishes in Jail awaiting a hearing, He gives his name as B. R. Reddeker and claims to be from Grand Island. catighoss A Scrap Instead of a Settlement. Graxt, Nob., March 26.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bex.]—J. M. Houghton, a banker from Ogallala, cama here to-day for the pur- pose of making a settlement with Prof. T, J. Clotz, of Friend, to tiake foreible possession of certain papers hefd by the latter, but failed, and & rough-gnd-tumble scufiie en- sued. He was put under arrest on complaint made by the professor. ‘T'he hearing will be had to-morrow. L e il Jh Lost, & Leg. Nowri B, Nab., March 26.—[Special Telegram to the Brek ja-A ten-year-old-son of J. Newsom, our city:inhrshal, had his leg cut off this afternoon. Mhe boy had on a pair of skates and was holding on to a morning freight train when he glipped and fell under the wheels with the Au?)ovc result. Surgeon Elwood was summoned and amputated the member just below thekuce joint. A The 1eo Gorge. Dakora Ciry, Nebs,March, 20.—[Special to - the Bru.]—The ice still vemains fixed on this side of the river, bt on the Towa side a chan- nel s open, there being a sandbar formed in the center. Large chunks of ice and parts of the railroad winter bridge can be seen going down the river from this side, much to tho disappointment of many who usually reap a rich reward in gathering in the timbers. THE MYSTIC JAY. His Assertions Orcate a Panic, paperdom. New York, March 26.—[Special Telegram to the Bee]—Jay Gould's assertionoto a reporter, as quoted in the Bek di patches Tast night, to the effect that a new. paper, acable company, and a woman wer vesponsible for the wstigation of the suit, ete., started all newspaperdom to hunting the woman, It was at once surmised what paper and company meant, but the woman— there lay the mystery. Attorneys in tho case for the bondholders were of course seen. They were very reticent at firstand professed Finally one confessed that 3 v promiment_society lady in this city, No name was mentioned. it wasalso reported that Mayor Hewitt went to the district at- torney just before Gould went to Europe and told the attorney how things stood, and as a result Gould was not kept from taking the trip. John Shaw, president of the Hocking Valley coal com: pany, had hieard of Gould’s* statement and was anxious for information. *I can’t in- terpret it. The newspaper is probably Jumes Gordon Bennett's and the cable company the Commercial, but the woman, there's the rib! She's the mystery.” ~Could it be Mrs, Hetty Greent She s o railroad millionaire and as sharp as they make them. No, I don’t think s0. Mrs. Green’s intercsts could not run counter to Mr* Gould in any way to destroy his cquanimity. Youcan depend on it, how- ever”, concludod Mr. Shaw, *if Mr. 'Gould made the remark he knew exactly what he was saying,and intended to say it in just that way. He is'n man of deliberation and thought 2 to_conclusions hastily.” George Crouch, who is understood to rep- resent the Duteh bondholders of the Kansas Pacific, said: *Gould has given us a mystery time. I have noideato whom ho refe ybody was mystified, but there isu womin no doubt, or Gould would not have said 80 explicitly.” Mr. Gould and George Gould had nothing to suy.” Some of Gould’s inti- mate friends think the woman is the divorced wife of Amos Lawrence Hopkins, second vice president of thg Missouri Pacific roud compan, \vl.u?yu_. Hopkins be divorce proccedings ghe brought an action in this city for absolutd djvorce, alleging infi- delity. She asserted that the offense was committed with a megfer. of the household, who was employed tg prepare family meals. Gould espoused her JBgsband’s cause in the divorce proceedingsyhere and the case was tried in California, and’ a decree awarded on the ground of desertigny Could and Hopkins oceupied adjoining honses, and the doings in the Hopkins house pecited gossip among Gould’s servants, byt afl defended Mr. Hop- kins with affidavits. e ——— BROKE UP A I)Wfil'l‘]ll.\'l‘l‘] GANG. The Leaders of nd of Kentucky Murderérs Confess. CuanLestoy, W. Vi March 26, —For two or three years past | thib people of Wayne, Cable and Logan countics, on the West Vir ginia side of the state line, and of Boyd, Lawrence and Martin counties in Kentucky, have been subjected to the depredations of a well organized gaug of robbers?who have comunitted a large number of offenses and have not hesitated to indulge in murder when pecessary either to gain their object or cover their retreat. The gang successfully defied all efforts at capture uutil a few days ago, when Stephen and Charles Kelley were cap- tured near the Keuntucky line. The men. confessed, stating that they were members and leaders of a gang of outlaws and robbers having a membership of twelve, some of whom reside in this state, some in Kentucky and some in ‘Ohio. Their mouto was: ‘*Never kill unless compelied to do 8o to gain your end.” Iu the confession the. Kelieys named as a nember of their band an old man named erida Workiaan, who has served time in the peniten The Kell further said they shat l«fia\’:{h near Cex‘ last year. That thay had robbed Lyman & Bros. store at Dunleith, J. B, Newiaan & Co.’s atthe mouth of the Berry Fork, and soveral private resi- dences and stores at Guyandotte. o gang robbed, upon information furnished by a woman named Melisha Badtram, the house of M. H. Bayard, near Guyandoote. This wwoman vas used as a decoy to find out that Bayard had money in h residenice. The . woman is under ar- At Huntington. The prisoners stated ' that on tho might Gert Walker was wounded near Huntington they wete on their way home from that place and shot at some one, supposed to be Walker. They recently ‘robbed a country store in Ohio, not far from the river, and in the neigh- barhood of Huntington, besides participating in various other robberies. Last Thursday night was the time set for robbing M. Lander & Co.’s store at Round Bottom, and Monday night they intendad robbing Cox's store al Cox’s Landing, Cable county, after which they would transfer operations to Kentucky. The names of the gang are _known and ar- rests will be made in a fow days, ——— DENVER SOCIETY TORN UP. A Prominent Physician Charged With a Serious Offenso, DrxvEn, Colo., March 96.—The all-absorb- fug tople hore is the prospective fate of Dr. James M. Walker, who at present awaits the verdict of the jury towhom his good namo was temporarily intrusted. FHis teial isa dl- rect result-of a preceding trial which ocourred here last December. The chief participants wore Mrs. Magill, who at one time conducted a den in Chicago, and a young bookkeeper named McKay. They were charged with conspiring against Miss Julia Bogon, a charm- ing young saleslady in the employ of Daniels & Fisher. After a speedy trial the pair wero convicted, One night in jail sufficed to make Mrs. Magill confess, and, sending for the district attorney, she made a remarkable statement, conerating Melay and_implicating Dr. Walker, The confession was published by the Republican, whereupon Dr. Walker en- tored suit for libel against that paper, claim- ing $100,000 damages. The article produced o genuine rensation, Knrtlculnrl y _among the wealthy poople, with whom Walker wus closely associated. The doctor is a good Presbyterian and the most prominent homeo- pathic physician in Denver. He is a member of a swell club and a great society favorite. His friends were indignant that such an im- maculate character should be_assailed, and when he was arrested ou an indictment 'they flocked to his rescue, His bondsmen repre- sented fully $3,000,000. The doctor was subjected to all the annoy- ance of a erimina) trial. After tho jury had deliberated for thirt; X hours they were unable to agree and vere discharged. Last. wock the second trial was ordered, and it completely eclipsed the first, teeming with disgraceful incidents in_which the wiln doc- tor had participated. When the defendant was examined he became terribly excited and lost his temper. The case has now been in the hands of the jury for forty-eight hours, and a disagrecment is confidentiy expected. The general impression is that Walker, and not McKay, is the guilty man. Walker's wife is one’ of the most prorginent society women in Denver, and_is overwhelmed with disgrace. A diyorce suit is expected. et Lt A REMARKABLE INVENTION. A Mechanical Device For the Pre- vention of Railrond Accidents. LovisviLie, March 26.—A romarkable and valuable invention in railroad mechanism which has recently successfully stood a se- vere practical test of efglit month's duration on the Kentucky & Indiana Bridge railroad was'sold here yesterday to the American Semaphore company for 150,000, The de- vice is an nutomatic electric block signal, the rails being used as clectrodes. 1t not only af- fords ubsolute and unfailing protection to the block section, but indicates the presence of a broken or spread rail, misplaced switch or obstruction on the track within any section. An.entirely novel scientific feature is the use of a chloroform compound; expanding in a partial vacuum, from which the power for the signals is obtained, the small electric ourrent being only an ouxilas Scientists and mechanical _cnginees as well as jmany prominent railroad men, . pronounce the invention a mechanical - phenomenon, and say that the wonderful results obtained from its use will effect o revolution in railroad oper- ations, as it reduces the chances of rai accidents {0 @ minimum, adinitting ximum speed with safety. Now sburg, Chicago and Louisville ¢ ists ure amoug the present owners of the do- vice, Alpasy, N. Y., March 26.—The Central Vortiont taiload has been recently experi- menting with u device for extinguishing the fire in a Baker heater in case of aceident, and also a contrivance for blowing out the lights. They have proved very cffective so far as tried. They depend their operation on the auxiliary mber und soon s the car begins to tip, valves in chamber arc ed automatically, and the airis communicated instar in' the one casc, to a machine which fo hemical composition into the fire, and, in the other, to the lights, extinguishing them. The rail’ road company propose putting the device into practical use. ATTEMPTED MURDER. A Boston Man's Systematic Prepara- tions For the Deed. Bostox, Mareh 20.—Luther H. Rowe, of this city, owns & small house in Malden, and has it advertised for sale. Ho received a let- tex on Friday, ostensibly from a ludy, asking his presence in Malden to consider a pur- chase. He was asked to meet her at a houso other than his own. This house wis unocou- pied, but in it Mr. found a woman, ap- parently engaged in cleaning. While con- versing with her he took a scat on the wall, and was alost immediately shot at from be- hind. Not being crippled by his wound Rowe rushed out of. the houso and saw his brother-in-law, James Cutter, with a gun ovor bis shoulder, running rapidly away. Rowe reported the case to the local police, and while he was in the station a rifle ball foll gutof his:coat, The police are hunting for Cutter and will doubtless catch him. The brothers-in-law have had trouble over money matters, and it appoars that Cutter had laid a miost elaborate plan for the murder. Ho hired the house two days ago and cut panels in the walls for loop holes. The woman who was in the nouse was Ann_Nickerson. Sho was hired in Boston yestorday to go out and clean the house. Sho stoutly declares entire innocenge of the attempted murder, and the police believe her. Cutter bears i har A Blizzard at Dulut Durumi, Minn; Mareh 26.—[Speetal Tele- gram to the Ber|—Duluth gnd northern Wikconsin and Minnesota are experiencing another severe storm, with the snowfall over a foot uud @ half and dnfting badly. But one railroad, the St. Paul & Duluth, managed to get trajus through, all the others being from fifteen to thirty hours late except the Tron Range, which was delayed several hours, "The storm set in at 3 o'clock yestorday after- noon and increased ‘in violence until 6 this evening, when it suddenly ceased, only to start up aga under a flerce wind at 10:30, Street cdrs ran with extreme dificulty, with double relays of mules. Work at the iron furnaces, ship yards, new docks and many buildings was stopped all day. Snow cuts on all the railroads are in bad shape and large crews of men and many snow plows are at work making @ passage for trains. The weather is warm but very uncomfortable. The Chicago express on the Omaka road has just arrived, fifieen hours late, and the North ern Pacific lias juswstarted yestorday's west- ern express out of here, thirty-one hours late. 1t is now blowing flercely ggain, - The Women's international Council, WasniNaToN, March 26. —The international council of women was formally opened to- day in Albaugh's Grand opera house. It was assembled by the Natioual Woman's Suf- frage Association of the United BStates to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the flrst woman's rights couvention. Susan B. An- thony called the council to order. Edizabeth Cady Staunton delivered the address of wel- cowe. . At the conclusion of Mrs. Stauton’s address Miss Anthony introduced to the dience, fn the order named, delegates from orway, Finland, Feanoe, India, Ircland England and Canada.: Each was greeto with hearty "iX"“"‘ to which briof re- sponses were mado, Tho evening session tvas opened by prayer by Rev. Aunie S, Shaw. ~May Wright Sewall, of Indianapolis, read a paper on the subject, “The Higher Education for Women in the United States,” Sho_said in part: “The demand at first made that women should not soek education unless they would make practical use of it as teachers or missionaries, ote., reveals a very low conception 'of the purpose and best resalts of culture, but it has boen of ines- timable advantage to women in spreading the gospel of usefulnoss. The number of oung women who seck a higher education ot its own sake is now large and is steadily increasing." Sundita Camabai Sarasvati spoke upon the subject of “Women of India.” Papers wero also read by Lowisa Reed. Stowell, Rena A, Michaels, Cora A. Benson, Martha McLellan Brown and others, BREWERY PROPRIETORS, They Tssne 4 Strong Anti-Union Oir- cular to Thelr Employes. New York, March 90,—The United States Browers' association has issued a ciroular to the men. In it they say that tho -false posi- tion into which the brewers were forced with the workmen's union, much agalnst their in- clination and better judgment, has becomo unbearable. They are therefore daotermined as a body to throw oft the onerous burden and again to assume legitimate control of their business affairs. The circular claims that the powers conceded to the unions have been abused and the stipulations broken with impunity by the men. It protests against the anarchical tendencies of the leaders of the unions as abhorrent to loyal citizens, The circular then gives, in extenso, a sot of roso- lutions passed by the brewers' association, declaring that at the expiration of the exist- ing contracts no new agrecements shall be made with any brewers’ union of working- men, assur Izlhe men at the same time that there is no intention to reduce wages or lengthen the hours of labor. They recognize the right of labor to combine within the limits of non-infringements of rights of others, The members of the association pledge themselves to stand by each other in caso of a strike and to refuse to sell beer to customers of any member of the association Whoso brewery Is ¢losed by roason of a strike, boycott or lockout. L Uit SEARCHING FOR A DEVIL CHILD, A Freak of Nature That All the Dime Museums Want. CrLEYELAND, O,, March 20.—Friday a local paper published a sensational article about a deyil chila said to have been born in the Po. lish settlement southof the city. The article was headed, “Satan Incarnate—A Demonia- cal Monstrosity in a Polish Family,” The infant was described as red in color, covered with hair, having incipient horns and tail, and claw-like bands, and wing} like protuberances on the back. The freak is accounted for by the fact that its mother was frightened by a stage devil in one of - the local theatres'and had to be car- ried from the house. The Polack settlement has been visited by crowds sinco the publi- cation of the story, which created a great local sensation, and every family in tha sub- urb in which there has been a recent birth is suspected of harboring the devil. The Po- lacks finally selected a German laborer as the father of the monstrocity, and Jast night a threatening crowd gathered about his house and had to be dispersed by the pol > Polish pricst denies that any such child ex- ists, and no newspaper man has seen it, though several local parties claim to have dore so. Detroit, Cleyeland and Chicago dime museums are hunting for it. — - A FIFTEEN-ROUND FIGHT. A Rattling Scrap on Long Island Declared a Draw, NEw Yonrx, March 26.—A very fow persons met ata resort on Long Island carly this morning to see a prize fight for a purse be- tween Juck Docherty, of Philadelphia, and George Reynolds, of New York. Docherty stands five feet seven and a half mches high and weighed 122 pounds, while Reynolds sealed 133 pounds and stands five fect six and a Lialf inches high, Docherty showed right from the start that he was the more scien- tific, and kept upa regular fusilade of blows, whi¢h landed with great offéct. Reynolds away when he was hit, and got in an oc- 1onal blow on Docherty's stomach, After fighting fifteen hard rounds both _mien were willing to quit, and the referee decided the fight a draw. The spectators offered to raisc a new purse if the men would fight five more rounds, but they could not be induced 10 do so. ATl A KANSAS TORNADO, Two People Killed Outright and Sev- cral Others Injured. IKAN8AS CiY, Mo., March 26.—A tornado destroyed three-fourths of the town of Nin- neceah, Kingman county, Kansas, Saturday ight. Two people were killed and & num- of others more or less injured. A heavy ainfall which has continued since has ¢ casioned great discomfort. Few house left standing. The heavy y has started a union depot, which thre culable injury to properf for three and a half squires. A tion of the cable roud, eral factorics are thr tion. large por. i1r00d yards and sov atened with destruc’ sl BT The Visible Supply Statement. Cinoaco, March 19.—The visible supnly of grain for the week ending March 24 a8 shown by the computation made by the sceretary of the Chicago board of trade, is as follows: Bushels. 135,442,000 0,175,000 4050000 355,000 2,019,000 AL O Steamship Arrivals, PriapeLTins, March 26.—|Spocial Tele- gram to theBeE,] —Arrived—The Manitoban, from Glasgow. New Youk, March 26, —Arrived—The An- choria and Arizona, from Liverpool SoUTUANMPTON, March 26 —Ar Werra, from Now York for Bremen. QUEENSTOWN, March 20.—Arrived—The Roman, from Boston, and British King, from Philadélphia. ed—The Sale of a Yankton Hotel, Yaxkroy, Dak., March 20.—[Special Tele- gramto the Bee.| ~A deal was closed to-duy whereby the Yankton pork house, owned by Harris, Beadle & Co., was transferred to Dan Marratta, Commodore Coulson and J, H. Evans, of Pittsburg, Pa.. The price was £30,000, ————— Satisfactory Railroad Conference. YANKTON, Dak., March 20, —(Special Tc gram to the Bee.]—The committee of lead- ing citizens that weunt to St. Paul to see the ofticials of the Mauitoba. railway company have returned. The conference was most satisfactory and arrangements were made for securing right-of-way for the Manitoba extension from Sioux Falls to Yankton, and the line will be built this season, - Johu and Peterson. Several weeks ago there appea Bee an article in regard to the exploits of Christisn Peterson, the seventoen-; son of Edward Peterson, of this o connection with the disappearance of young Peterson the name of Ed Johnson was men- tioned in anything but complimentary torms, Mr. Johnson writes from & Diego, Cal., that the reflections upcinfs integrity are un- just; that he bas been aud is an industrious man 25d that he is entirely innocent of any wrong in leaving Omaha with - young Peter- son. Mr. Johnsou says young Peterson told him that his pareuts wanted him to leave and offered to pay his (Johnson's) fare if he would accompany Lim. Mr. Johnson threatens to make some ‘interesting dis closures if his Omaha enemies continug thoir @ssaults ou his character. ¥ PERILS OF RAILROADING, Accident to the Union Pacific Flyer— Other Casualtios, The overland flyer due from the west daily at 2:55 p. m. over the Union Pacific railroad had not reported on schedule time yosterday and was bulletined as not being expocted much before midnight. From all accounts tho train had an exciling voyage, couplod with wind, sleot and snow and_ other annoy- ances, which culminated at 11:30 last . night ina disastrous smashup at South Oumba through the agency of a misplaced switch, tho second exporience of tho kind sinco coming into Nebraska. A halfhour before the accident at South Omaha the train ran on to an open swith at Papillion, but escaped uninjured. After tho Papillion escapade the train again darted on towards Omaha, The engine was 771, a now one that had been on duty since the first of March only, and was manyed by Paul Getschain, engineer, and George Weeks, firoman, While pulling into .un’l‘h Omahn the engineor failed to notice that the switch was open. The first indica pion the engineer and fireman had of tho mis- tlacement was the tremendous swaying of their engine and the mail car. ~Grasping tho situation the engineer reversed the lever and ho and tho fireman jumped, none $0 soon ‘o escdapo being buried under the engine, which toppled over, breaking away from the tendor, which landed crosswise of the trick, In jtmping Gotschain sprained ong of his legs, and Weeks loosened every tooth in his mouth The mail car, which was next to the te der, was badly wrecked, and the chief mail clerk, N. B. Woods and his aasistants, A. H, Fullerand A. G. R. Calboun, had narrow escapes from being killed outright, They fortunately escaped with a few bruises, They spouk words o praise for tho broke- man illy Guinane, who assisted them greatly in a trying moment at his own paril. Added to theil compliments of him are thoso of the passengors, nono of whom were in- Jjured, for attentions received at his hands. Theé wreck completely blocked tho track, and passengers were transferred to the dum: wy, which brought them to the Tenth street depot, together with the registored and other valuable mail matter. A wrecking dispatched to the scene of the disaster, and it is expected that the road will be ready for trafic this morning. ACCIDENT ON TIE BURLINGTON, The passenger train from tho past over the Burlington was thrown: from the track at the Soventh stroot crossing last evening by a broken rail. A switch engine that weni to the assistanco of the derailed n also left the tracks,-and considerablo dificulty was expericnced in clearing away the wreck. TIE MISSOURT PACIFIC LATE, The Missouri Pacific train -from Kansas City, due at 5:45 last night, did not get in until miduight owing to ‘n washout near Atchison. Conductor Wilson spralned: his ankle while in the discharge of his dutids. iy At HAKE"! OTHEN ¢ EITICIENT A (3TN, 800d the Tert of Yoara, all Tisehses of tho BL.OOD, LIVER, STUK AOH, RIDNEYS,BOW H,l, lg. It Purifios thy| ood, Inyigorates and) I 08 tho Bystem, BICKHE, 10US COMPLAINTH, &o| disappear atonce under, its beneficial influence. i PRICKLY ASH BITTERS CO| Bole Proprietors, BT.L0U18 and KANSAS OfTY| OH! MY HEAD. The pain from Neuralgia and its companion disease Rheumatism is excruciating. 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