Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 29, 1888, Page 2

DEAD IN HER LOVER'S ROOM. Tragic Result of a Young Iowa @Girl's Infatuation. HER SORROW ENDED BY SUICIDE. Assessments of Towa Railroads—Fow- ler Brothers Ready For Business at Sioux Olty—Commissioner Coffin's Successor. ; Weary of Life. MarsmaLeTows, Ta., March 23.—[Special Telegram to the Brm.]—Jessio Deitrick, a girl of oighteen, suicided to-day by shooting hersolf through the head in the room of a young man, Bert Emry, with whom she had ‘becoino infatuated. Bt He Left Numerous Oreditors. Masox Crry, In., March 28.—[Special Tele-. gram to the Ber.]—A. Evans, a colored bar- “ber, left Iast night for parts unknown. He is ‘wanted here by numerous oreditors. Fowler Brothers at S8ioux OCity. . 8toux Crry, Ia,, March 28.—[Special Tele- \gram to the Bie.]—The last brick was laid ‘to-day on the great packing establishment of Fowler Brothers, The establishment has a capacity for slaughtering 5,000 hogs and 1,000 cattle a day. —— Banquetting Capitalists. Drs Moixks, la, March 2.—The Des Moines club, a social organization of repre- sentative young men, tendered a reception this evening to 100 prominent capitalists of 8t. Paul, Minneapolis and Kansas City who are in the city as guests of the Commercial Exchange, The visitors are spending the wocek here and considering the advantages of Des Moines for investment. ——— Appointed Railroad Commissionor. Drs Moixes, Ia., March 28, — [Special Telegram to the Bex.|]—The governor to-day * appointed Frank Campbell, of Newton, rail- road-commissioner tosucceed L. 8. Cofiin, whose term expires March 81. Mr. Campbell has been lieutenant governor of the state for two terms, and was for several years a mem- ber of the state senate, He ran for congress ogainst James B. Weaver in the Sixth dis- triot in 1834, and contested Weaver's election, but was beaten by a strict party vote in the house, When In the state senate in 1874 Mr. Campbell was the author of tho celebrated granger law, which was then enacted and re- mained till repealed in 1878. Heis regarded asavery strong anti-monopolist and quite radical on railroad matters, quite up to Gov- erngy Larrabec’ tandard. * #owa Railrond Assessment. Drs Morxes, Ta., March23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.|—The executive council to-day finished the asscssmont of railroad property for the purpose of taxation. The leading roads doing business in Iowa aro as- gossed us follows: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, main line, 316 miles, at $12,500 per mile; the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, main line, 253 miles, at 14,500 per mile; tho Chicago & Northwestern, main line 355 miles, at $10,000 per milo; the Chicago, Milwaukeo & St. Paul, 840 miles, main line, at $5,000; the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, 230 miles at $,000; the Wabash Western, main lines in Towa, 111 miles, at $3,000; the Minnesota & Northwestern, 206 miles, at 3.500; the Illinois Central, Dubuque to Sioux City, 142 miles, ut §,500; the Union_Pacific about four miles. at §15,000 per mile. The total assessed valuation is about $42,500,000, an increase of about 4,000,000 over last year. This, however, includés tho assessment on 365 miles of new road amounting to 81,465,095, loaving the net increaso about 83,500,000 and ‘including the sleeping car company. Of the new roads built during the year the Cherokee & Dakota road has tho largest mileage, or 120 miles, asscssed at $3,000 per mile. The Santa Fo, for tho first time, has a track in Towa, having twenty miles of new road assessed at §5,000 per mlle. Notwithstanding the injunction from Judge Brewer, of the United States court, the coun- ol certified their assessments of ‘the Pull- nan company’s cars, the taxes from that source amounting to $12,000. This was duo 10 the fact that they had already made their assessment of the Pullman cars before tho injunction was served, nothing being left to dobut to certify the amounts to the county Doards of supervisor: e SOUTH OMAHA POLITICS. The Citizens' Party Hold Their Last Public Meeting Last Night. It was a meeting of the citizens of South Omaha last night, and about 200 of the ‘“cits” met in Hunt's hall to tell what they either Xnew or thought about the coming election. They came in response to a hand-bill that called upon all those who were n favor of “'good government, progressive and econom- {cal improvement, irrespective of religion, nationality or former political afliations.” In factit was & *John Ennis for mayor’ meeting, Thomas Norman took the chair and M. J. Downs slung ink as seccrotary. The first man to the front was the wrepressible Coun- cilman Hascall, who came down to telt what “he know about the city hall sites. Ho wan- dered from the subject, however, and spoke at somo length on the necessity of improve- ments in South Omaha, of the insincerity shown by Candidate Sloan, who was a o hibitionist in disguise, and who owned no roperty in the town of which he wished to o chief magistrate. Hewas followed by Elector Hull from Albright, who spoke feel- ingly about_the impressions a stranger visit- ing South Omaha for the first time would liave when ho encountered the mud holes that have now rendered the city famous. Tom Barrett spoko of what a city like South Omaha needed at the present stage of its existence, and gave some good pointers as to what was required. His advice throughout ‘was good, and when he finished John Ennis eclared ' himself. e bhad not gone to 4 6 papers to tell what his programme would e if elected, for he preferred tolling it to the electors himself. Heo was in for progressive- ness, and for all necessary improvements, even'if those improvements had to be paid r with every dollar that the law would al- w them to borrow. As to “'law and order” 0 was 80 far 1n favor of it, that if elected he would obey to the letter the law enacted in ancoln that placed the license for saloons b $500. He did not want to be a snakein the 'nuc. and under the cry of “law and order" “Wwork in.some other scheme, When the ma- Jority of the voters in South Omaha were ‘stigmatized as tarriers,” it was an insult to +the Irish eloment that had done so much to amake not only South Omaha but the country at it was, - Dr. Glasgow was next called for and said ‘rhilehe was. a thoroughbred republican he was a citizen of South Omaha, and as such itizen he bould not suppoit & man who put purty tirst, W, G. Sloan had doue this and had come out as a democrat, and a domocrat only, while the ' best torost of the citizens had called for a citi- sen—not a democratic—mayor. If the “tar- Fior question came up, ho was half a tarrier himself, but the only thing he was in favor of was booming South Omaha as it never had been boom fore, A call for B. Jetter brought out Mr. Ray mond, who advised the citizens not to look t litics but to the best interests of South maha, and that if they did this they would ‘elect John Eunis and his ticket. AV this proceedings od umlt: the 0 were _var a motion to ‘empower the ch;lrmu’n to appoint a commit- tee of three to nominate the candidates for the school board, The chairman was pre- pared for the emergency, and produced a slip ) ru\d"thc ot from which ne names of L , W. E Keefe and D, J, Kay, These e ret 1o the stairway for con- aud the sudience took ad- of their absence to call " who is on the ticket r, That gentleman finally made the front from the window sill on seated, and in a fow appropri- thanked those present for ————— “to entertain them with a few remarks.” He had atten the Iaw and order meetin on R-turdnfi, and had been (mpros: with the idea that ‘was an_ ‘‘un- gavory’ feeling exhibited towards his warm-hearted fellow countrymen, He referred to an episode in '54, and said that his blood boiled when ho heard the men who had fought for the Union called ‘tarriers.” They were the men that had built up the railronds, the stores and the boarding houses, and although the other party was afraid to call the Irishmen ‘‘tarriers,’”’ they ‘“‘implied by implication.” Some one interrupted the speaker at this thn. by saying, “We're all tarriers, What the h—L are you giving us!" Not reeding the interruption the chairman vised them each resolve himeelf into a committee of one and as such committes to go out and work both before und on election day for the suc- coss of their ticket. Throughout the Jvmmodinp were orderly in the extreme and the management were entitled to credit for the order preserved. There was one black sheep in the fock, how- evor, and he persisted in taking the foor whenever the thought struck him. Then Mr. Hill spoke about the wants of Albright and referred to the residents of that precinct’ as having been considered “pumpkin rollers," but thought that any of the other side would b “a 1y left elec- tionday. - . A voter of the Third ward then asked for a vote to see whether Mr. Ennis was the choice of the meeting or.not, and was ruled . out_of order, The chair reconsidered the ruling, however, and put the motion, and at the close declared that the ““ayes have it.” The committee came in and reported the following as the citizens’ school directors for the ticket: For a three-year term, J. A, MacMurphy and Dr, Glasgow; for. two rs, W. 8. Keefe and John Sauder; for one year, F. 8. Persons and John Yates. This was endorsed by the meeting _ and placed on file, after which Hascall gave o parting blessing, along with some advice of how they should act on elec- tion day. Cheers were given for the ticket, thanks were given to the speakers, and the crowd passed out, leaving the irrepressible before mentioned making frantic efforts to address the chair the chairman had just vacated, P Ninety Miles an Hour. Minneapolis Journal: There is now going on on the Burlington, Cedar ‘Rapids & Northern a test of a new me- chanical contrivance adapted to the railroad locomotives which, if success- ful, bids fair in its results to revolution- ize some of the most important matters in railway operation. This contrivance is known ag the Grime valve-gear and isthe invention of John Grime, a well known mechanic and once a manufac- turer of this city. It isdesigned to take the place of the ordinary valve- oar or “Ylnk motion,” and because of its importance and its abrupt departure from established ideas, degerves a some- what extended notice. Up to this time the link motion has roved to be the . best device for use on locomotives on account of its simplicity. Locomotive builders and master me- chanics have known for a long time that the liuk was not the most economi- cal valve motion nor one giving the 11 power of the steam, but at the same ime there was no other device which would answer their purpose. A locomo- tive is subjected to hard service, ex- posed to dust, dirt, rain and snow and a valve motion, to stand the test, must be simple, notliable to derangement, dur- ble, and something which an_engineer can readily understand and operate. Numberless attempts have been made by inventors to meet these require- ments, but so far, while immense strides have been made in improving on the valve gear of stationary and marine en- gines, the same valve motion which George Stephenson, the inventor of the locomotive, applied to his engines, with but few modifications, remains in use on ocomotives. The Grime valve gear was tried over two years ago the Minnéapolis & St. Louis at this place, but from lack of funds at that time a full test was not made. Since then the inventor has been working to overcome the vertical movement of the engine on the driving wheels, and finally has succeeded in reaching what he has so long sought. The mechanism is extremely simple consisting of but one eccentric on each side of the engine. The upper end of the eccentric strap is fastened to a block which slides in a guide attached to the reverse side of the locomotive. At a point midway on tho_ strap, between the eccentric and the sliding block, one end of the eccentric rod is attached and the other end is fastened to the lower end of the rocker. arm.. This gives to the rod a combination of the eccentric and slide block movements, which cause a quick port opening. The gear is car- ried on the main driving axle by means of two pedestals riding on it, held in po sition by means of two radius bars, These radius bars serve a two-fold pur- pose inasmuch as they overcome the vertical motion of the frame on the axle and thus the cut-off is neither varied nor thrown out by low joints or the roughness of the road. The B., C. R. & N., engine, on which the test is making, has been in service hauling heayy trains since December 19 and has developed greater hauling capacity by from oo 0 eight loaded freight cars and greater speed and fuel economy than any engine of the class on the road. By actual trial it has taken twenty loaded cars of coal, starting from a dead stop, acd in the length of the train has developed a speed of thirty miles an hour on the spoed sheet in the way cas of the train. The driv- ing wheels on the engine ave only fifty inches in diameter. With thissame train it has also run five miles in six minutes and the engine wasnot worked to the atmost capacity owing to the bad state of the rails and road bed. With a driving wheel five feet six Inches in diameter, & locomotive equipped with this valvé motion has an estimate power:equal to fully the lim- ited express vestibule teain on the Pennsylvania railway, at a speed of nitety miles ap- hour, with ‘ease, In full economy vhis engine, while haul- iug heavier trainsat greater speed than any other engine of its ¢lass, has shown a decrense in the quantity of fuel con- sumed, equal to 25 per cent. Railway' men wero especially de- lighted at the performance of this en- gine during the late blizzard. While other engines had their links frozen up, making it almost impossiblg to handle them, the valve motion on this one was worked by the engineer with one hand with ease, as there was nothing to {reeze up about the motion. The est is being watched by railroad men with much interest, The engine is expected to arrive in Minneapolis within a few days, to make exhibitions before the managers of northern roads e Lol ol In the Politica ience Monthly for March, 188, Prof. Richimond M. Smith shows the urgency of the immigration question and the need of some sort of coutrol; Prof.” Munrde Smith discusses codification from a new point of view, that of the nation versus the state; A, C. Bernheim deseribes the actual work- ing of New York primaries under the law of 1887; Prof. J. W. Jenks (of Knox college) sketches the history and esti- mates the iufluence of the Michigan salt monopoly; Prof. W. Taussig (of Har- vard) shows how the tariff of 1828 was established; and President Francis A. Walker (of the Massachusetts Techno- logical institute) examines the basis of taxation. Prof, J. W, Burgess reviews and criticizes Prof, Labandls great work on the public law of the German empire. Other book reyiews are contributed by Prof, J. B. Clark, of Smith college; Prof. G, B. Newcomb, of the New York City college; H, L. Osgood, F. W. Giddings and the oditors, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 188 STATE POLITICS BUBBLING. Primaries Held in Lincoln and Other Leading Towns. AFTER A CLEAN GOVERNMENT Nebraska Oity Voters Ignoring Party Lines—Successful Test of Loup City's New Oreamery—Beate rice Will Buila Sewers. Lincoln Republican Primaries. LixcoLys, Neb.,, March 23,—[Special Tele- gram to the Bem.I—The republican pri- marles held in the different wards in the city to-day were uneventful except in the Fifth and Sixth wards, where a lively contest was waged over aldermanio candidates, Louie Meyer securing the delogation i *the Fifth ward and H. M. Rice, the delegation in the Sixth, In the First ward a compromise ticket was elocted that will test its strength between Alexander Halter and H: B, Vale for ocoun- cilman. In the Second ward a delegation favorable to Jobn Fross was elected and the Third ‘ward selected a delegation for H. H. Dean for councilman withoat opposition. At the city convention Saturday evenin, the police judge and members of 'hm schoo board will be nominated. There are a half *dozen candidates for the judgeship and the contest will bo spirited. Politics at Bennet. Bex¥ET, Neb., March 28.—[Special to the Bee.]—The following municipal ticket was placed in nomination here last night by tho democratic caucus as a ‘‘straight whisky" ticket: M. B. Deck, William Roggenkamp, George Crane, Enos Bertz and J. E. Vander- lip, The last named gentleman declares he is not a candidate, not a saloon man, and will not serve if elocted. 2aeh ‘The prohibitionists have not nominated a ticket, as they have no chance of electing one if they do, but they have enough votes in the vill to decide the election either way, so that their action in the coming election will be watched with interest. The republican nominees are supposed to be anti-saleon men, and it remains to be seen whether the pro- hibitionists care enough about keeping a finloon out of town to vote with the repub- cans, Endorsed the Citizen's Ticket. Nesraska Ciry, Neb., March 28, ~Special telegram to the Bre.]—The démiocrats in convention to-day endorsed the . entire citi- zen's ticket, numinated the 22d. Of the re- publican ticket nominated Monday, E. Over- ton for treasurer, E, Reiber for alderman of the Second ward and A. Heller, of the Third ‘ward, declined to-day, refusing to run aganst the citizen's movement. "The entire’ republi- can ticket has declared the intention of de- clining except Bartling, of the Fourth, and Donaldson, whose right to a seat is ques- tioned. The citizens are at last aroused and bound to have a good city governuient, The prohibitionists, in adjourned convention last night, distributed nominations indiscrimi- nately to any one who would accept. An Anti-License Ticket. York, Neb, March 23, —(Special to the Ber]—A very large and enthusiastic anti- license caucus was held here last evening for the purpose of nominating candidates for mayor, councilmen and other city offices. The Hon. Geo. B. France was chosen chair- man and Judge Bennett sccretary. Dr.A. D. Wykoff was then nominated by acclama- tion for mayor, and D. W. Hoyt, J. F'. Jones and Dr. Henry Reader for councilmen. Dr, Wykoff, after thauking the meeting most cordially for the honor conferred, made some very timely remarks in regard to the immed- iate and future wants of the city to insure its permanent growth aud_prosperity, . amon; which was the necessity for & most thorough regulation of its sanitary conditions, ~After passing the usual anti-license resolution the meeting adjourned. S Beatrice City Politi Beatrice, Neb., March 28.--[Special Tele- gram tothe Ber.]—A new hitch was made to-day in city politics, John Ellis withdraw- ingasa candidate for mayor, and E. O. Kretzinger, the preseut incumbent. announ- cing himself as an independent candidate. This ieaves Kretzinger and Harry Phillips in the field for mayor. At the different ward caucuses to-night the following nominations were made, For councilmen: At Rirst ward, John Shaw; Second ward, L. E. Walker; Third ward, J, T. Phillips; Fourth ‘ward, Gray Warren R Loup City's Creamery a Success. Lour Ciry, March 23.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—To-day was the date fixed for the final adjustment of the business between the stockholders and the George C. Holt Butter and Cheese Manufacturing _company, lately incorporated in this city. The cream- ery, a splendid $7,200 establishment, was thrown open to the public whon a tost was made. The weather boing unfavorable, only cream enough was supplied to turn out’ fif pounds of as fine an article as was ever tasted. The BiE correspondent was fur- nished a caariage and driven to the establish- ment, where the beauties aud perfaction of tho great concern were being explained to nearly iwo hundred visitors, The cuter- prise in every detail is pronounced pérfect, and furnishes great satisfaction to business men here who have lent their energios and capital to secure the factory for the city, Supreme Court Doings. LixcoLx, Nob,, March 28, —[Special Tele- gram to the Bex.]—The suprome court met pursuant to adjournment. The following gentlemen were admitted to pract; J. H. McCulloch, of Omaha; Wilham J. Bryan, of Lincoln; T, J. Clark of Broken Bow, State ex rel. Fuller vs. Martin. | Order of refe nce to take testimony. - v State ex rel. Morrison vs. Clark. Adternn- tive writ of mandamus allowed, refurnable April 4, 1888, at 10 a. m, X The following causes were argued and sub- mivied: Floatin vs. Farrell, Lincoin' Land company vs, Ackerman, Rogers vs. Thurs- ton, McCornick vs. Peters, Court adjourned to Tuesday, April 3, when the docket of cases from the Tentn district will be called, . Waiting for Requisition Papers. Graxt, Neb., March 28.—{Special Tele- gram o the Bex.]—Deputy Sheriff Cheadles, of Holyoke, Colo,, wrrived this morning to take charge of Dave McNell, who was ar- vested last night by Marshall Harney on tel- egraphic information. McNell is wanted in Holyoke for assaulting a man with a life and cutting him frightfully about the head. He had o proliminary hearing to-day before Judge Hastings and was ordered held until Papers of requisition could be procured. Sewers to Be Bullt, BeaTrice, Neb.,, March 28.—{Spécial Tole- gram to the BEg.|—The city council to-day completed a contract with Mr, Duffield for putting in sewerage. He will commence onday excavating for the main sewers and will employ 100 men to commence with, e - A New Enterprise, Beatrice, Neb,, March 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bez.] —Arrangements have just been made for the immediate opening of a tow factory in Beatrice to utilize flax straw and manufacture twine, The building will be located on the river just south of town. This enterprise will give employment to twenty men s 600N as runuing. s My, Jansen Did Not Bow. FJaxsex, Neb., March 26.—To the editor of the Ber: In the issue of your valuable paper of the 16th your reporter, in giving the description of tho banquet of the republican clubs held the evening before, says that when called upon to respond to the toast **Why we left the country of our birth for the coun try of our hope,” I simply arose and bowed to ‘e bouse. Please permit me, is justice to myself and to you; T, to ‘Feotity this mistake. T ol feol aghamed of myself, and my Fepub- liean friends throughont the state would have every reason to be ed of me if theabove were true. I was hohoted with an invitation to the banquet but circifmstances beyond my control compelled me to be absent; and on the day above mentionsd I was on my way from myer, and Mokt fortunately, in the company of your estéemed townsman, the Hon. L. F. Tower, a ' gonticmgn whose only fault, by the way,'is fo'bo a democrat; and who wiil gladly testifiy'to the above fact. hope at some other not far distant, to be enabled to tell m, ablican compatriots, as well as my democtatic friends, tho enemy, not only why we left a‘country of oppression, but also why we vote the ropublican tickot ‘which rantoes us’ ¥protection” in every sense of the word, Ayd why we are sure to elect the next presidént. Vory respectfully, P. Jaxsex, —e TESTING A FIGHTER. How the Oalifornia Club Tries Men Who Apply for Engagemoents, San Francisco Examiner A seloct party of directors and friends of direct- ors of the California Athletic club gath- ered in the gymnasium yestérday after- noon and were treated to a four-round exhibition of fisticuffs. It was merely a test of the physical powers of one man -opposed to another, Frank Kreller, who has fivcn himself the soubriquetof the**Michigan Giant,” has been calling upgn the secretary of the club daily for the past week, impor- tuninf him to make a match between him (Kreller) and Joe McAuliffe, the heavy-weight chumrlnn of the coast. Kreller looked like a likely young fellow. He measured nearly six feet in height in Michigan, where no stockings are worn, but out hers his head strikes the beam. Up in the lumber regions of the Wol- verine, state when gorged with pork and beans, he weighed 207 pounds, but in the California club room the scales balanced at 195 pounds. Kreller said he was certain that Joe McAuliffe is not the man he is supposed tobe. The ideaof Sullivan being a terror was exploded, and he wanted to explode the same idea entertained regarding the California bruiser. ‘When Director Philo Jsacoby heard Kreller talk so confidgently of himself, he came to the conclusion that he was either a good man or a chump, and Di- :-ector Fulda backed up Jacoby’s opin- on. Greggain, a heavy-weight boxer of the San Francisco Athletic club, was sent for to test the Michigander, and they encased their dukes in big mittens. Kreller stripped well, though -he was beefy, but he did not raise his_arms in the orthodox manner, or guard in the Sullivanese style, and before he was pre- pared to receive it, Greggain had landed is fist and the aspiring import was nearly turned over. He knew it wasa mistake on Greggain’s part, for acci- dents will happen, even in the ring, and he put himself on guard again, but was, . more cautious, It was Greggain’s duty to test Kreller 80 he feinted with Mis left hand. It was guarded tardily. Then quick as a flash his right hand glové carromed with his opponent’s nose, Kreller clinched and tried to push his adversary through the window, but Mr. Fulda made them break and saved & neck. For a time theffighting was lively. The men seemed 16 be heated in the second round_and punched each other merrily during thé three minutes. Kreller did the rushing while Greggain did the hitting. The former had one good guard, that of holding his left arm stiff, permitting the latter to run ' against it with his nose. This was doné for some time, and was amusing for Kreller until he was found out. Then Greggain fafnted. and, asusual; his opponent’s left was held out, but it was let down again when no attack was made. As il.drnp{md Kreller went to the floor as though a fu.llqu meteor had struck him., He was slightly paralyzed. but managed to get up and finish out the four rounds. The opinion was that although he was about as clever as a snail, he could rush like a bull, The directors took his case under advisement and they will doubt- 1ess conclude by offering him a purse to fight some other heavy-weight than MeAuliffe, or to pose in the ring. Judgment like this is certain to make the club famous, for battles between men of Kreller's stamp cannot help but add to its reputation, and it has engaged several like him of late. e A Great Steel Cannon, A Pittsburg special to the TLouis Republican, gives this interesting ac- count of a big gun: “Itis not pretty is the exclamation of five out of every six of the many who inspect the big steel gun e Last week least 2,000 persons visited the works of the steel casting company 10 see the new canon and that number will prob- ably be exceeded to coming week. - The gun lies in the lathe to-day glistening like silver from end to end. It has not been trimmed down to proper circum- ference, but this part of the work will not be (‘uul})hztu(l for several days. The diameter of the bore is at present five and a half inches. This must be en- larged to five and three-quarter inches, leaving one-quarter inch to be cut by the government to bring it upto the v quired six inches. The gun will be ready for ship- ment several days before the 1st of April, the date which, according to contract, it is to be turned over to the authorities at Washington. Yes- terday morning severat tests were made of the steel weld in the gun, which fully bears out the claim of Mr. Hainesworth, A longitndinal piece of the steel taken from the breech showed ultimate strength of 92,500 pounds to the square inch; elastic limit, 5,000 pounds; elong- ation, 10 per cent in twoinches. A longitudinal piece from the trunnion gave ultimate strength 81,420 pounds; elastic limit, 40,700 |xxuudu; elongation, 27 per cent in two infhes; reduction of area, 45.41 per cent. , From the muzzle of the gun a longjtudinal piece gav Ultimate strength, 82,320 pounds; elastic limit, 45,470 pounds:’ élongation, 18 per cent in incHes reduction of area, 20.27 per cent. Comparison of these tests with the requirements of the contract shows that, Mr. Hainesworth has in every padticular furnished a bet- ter grade of steel thap was demanded by the government. THe manufacturers of the gun were required to guarantee nothing more than the following quali- ties in the steel: Ultimate strength, 80,000 pounds; elastic tens ile, 40,0003 elongation, 7 per cent in two inches; re- duction of area, 7 pef. gent. There can be no reasonable doubt now of the suc- cess of the gun., The'steel has stood the severest test that can'be applied and has proven that in every partof the gun, the center as well as the outside, it is absolutely perfe — A champion case of meanness is re- ported from Montreal. The employe of a concern accidentally fell into the water while in the performance of his duties and had his wages docked for the time lost while he was getting dry! A local paper thinks the man was lucky in not being rued for the water absorbed by his clothes. —— Fishing for sea gulls is an interesting winter time at Rochester, N. Y. Fish hooks are baited, then attached to & long line andallowed to float down the stream. The gulls capture the bait and are then landed. SPOONER'S TELEGRAPH BILL. Norvin Green of the Western Union Addresses the Senate Committee. OBJECTIONS TO THE MEASURE. Popular Errors as to the Cost of Maintafning Telegraph Lines— Oolonel Ingersoll Beforo the Committee, The Western Union No Monopoly. WasnineTc March 23,—~Dr. Norvin Green, president of tho Western Union tele- graph compony, addressed the sénate com- mittee on intor-stato commerce this morning on the Spooner inter-state telograph bill. His company was not averse to such enact- ment as proposed, with certain objectionable foatures stricken out. His company is an apparent monopoly, while in point of fact it has no exclusive franchlses, no legal privi- leges that anybody else cannot get. By the ocombination of telegraphs, rates have beén cheapened and the business greatly im- proved in its facilities and promptness of service. The Western Union company hoped to be able by a thorough investigation to dis- abuse the public mind of many great errors that bave been actively propagated, as to a number of things connected with the tele- graph. There were gross popular errors as to the cost of maintaining the property, He believed the Western Union company could not be duplicated for its cost. Senator Cullom—Do you mean to say your property eost $30,000,0001 Dr. Green—I mean to say it could not be reproduced for that sum, Another popular error was the belief that this great property was controlled by one man. Green took up on arbitrary section of the bill relative to handling of messages ac- cording to the time of their receipt. Tho section should be qualified by the addition of the words ‘‘as near as possible.” As to tho long and short line clauses no higher tarift was charged between points on lines from Now York to Omaha than between ter- minals, If the 'second section of the bill gave the inter-state commerce commission power to say what charges were unreason- able, it would amount to a confiscation of the company’s linés, He would substi- tute the ‘word “exorbitant” for “unreasonable)” The ~long and short line clanse should also be modifled by the insertion of the qualifying words, “under like citcwmstances.” In section 5, the bill provided that all parties, excepting a news service, should be charged like rates, The Western Union wanted a provision for exceptions like that in the railroad bill te cover its railroad contracts. The company would' like t0 have an amendment adopted setthng the question of liability of the com- pany as to the production of telegrams under a subpeena from courts and committees. He would like to seo a provision in the bill Hmiting damages to be paid for delay in the transmission of messages to say 500 times the amount for transmission. In conclusion Green addressed himself to the Anderson bill, requiring Pacific railroads to maintain and operate their own telegraph lines. By such legislation the railroad companies would be losers, the government would be a loser, and nobody would be benefitted. Colonel Robert Ingersoll, representing the Postal and United lines, said to the committee that these lines are now substantially under one management. They meet the Northern Pacific railroad at St. Paul, the Union Pacific at Omaha, and the Santa Fe at Kansas City. At these pownts the lines ne represented had to stop. Lines over the Puacific roads were all operated by the Western Union. Conse- quently the contention was whether the lines of the company he represented should have equal facilities over roads built by the people under the various Pacific railroad acts, or whether they must pay tribute to the West- ern Union from these terminal points he had named. There was still another question: ‘whether his companies could even be allowed to put their own lines along these roads. The price of & message from New York to San rancisco was 8L It was also from Omaba to San Francisco. his lines could do would be send the message to Omaha and then pay 8L to have it transmitted to San Francis- co. Having by this arrangement been driven out of United States territory, these lincs had made connéction, via the Canadian Pacific, with the Pacific. coast, and had built from British Columbia down to San Francisco. He cited authorities to prove that Pacific roads had no right to make a contract by ‘which the Western Union, had a_monopoly of telegraphie facilities, and no right to refuse to transmit messages handed them by com- peting lines. There would always be two great telegraph companies in this country. The people would not submit to have the en- tire telegraph owned by one company and that company owned by one man. Dr. Green asked if after the statement he sreen) had made, Mr. Ingersoll couid still say the Western Union was owned by one man. know,” Mr. Ingersoll replied, “that you have stated that one man only owns 80 much, but I know something about that one man. I know that he is not in a corporation, and never will be iu a corporation, five minutes that he does not control it. The Western Union has a peculiar philanthropy of its own. It did not wish anyone to live if it conld help it. When the Western Union was in doubt as to the ab- solute health of a competitor, it sat down to wait until it died, and if it did not die in a reasonable time it proceeded to do what it could to hasten ite demise. The Postal and United lines was a promising company, it was healthy and could not be swallowed. If - the postal could secure equal facilities with the Western Union in the transportation of poles and supdlies and in the right of way over the Pacific rail roads, it would be satisfactory to it, if the people and governwment were satisfied, General Swayue argued in opposition to Ingersoll. Among other things he said if 1ngersoll wanted to build on the line of the Pacific railroads he did not need the help of condress to do it. There was on the statute books authority for any individual to compel the Pacific railroad companics, by ‘manda- mus, to do anything they were required to do under the statute or common law, e Saved by His Umbrella. Philpdelphia Times: There is a cer- tain down-town young man of a res- pectable family who always gets intoxi- cated on Sunduy nights. ~He went through the routine on the fivst day of the present woek, and at 9 o'clock yes- terday morning he was in just that happy frame of mind that it didn’t make any e S e T was five, ten or fifteen feet deep, He pussed through Evangeliststreet, looked about, saw a nice, pretty snow drift, and calmly lay down to take a nap. James McClarren, who lives at 721 Evangelist stseet, has an unsatisfied longing for fine umberellas, At 10 o'tlock he left his home, He sawa very respectable-appearing umbrella sticking in the snow bank., He walked in the snow almost up to his neck and laid hands upon the gold-headed umbrella, when hé® discovered that something more substantial, in the shape of the owner of the umbrella, an intimate friend, was also there. James thought that his friead would possibly catch cold, and told him so, whereupon the man in thesnow threatened to *‘dohim.” Not in the least daunted, James attempted to remove him by force, but, after being rolled in the snow and get- ting some of the besutiful stuff shoved down his neck, he desisted. James is also possessed of a very good lung, which he used with such effect that he soon brought several male friends of the hilarious individual to the spot, and he was taken home full of snow. e The consumption of coal at Pittsburg, Pa., has diminished 4,500,000 tons & year since the introduction of aatural gas. AMERICA FOR AMERICANS. Misstatements By Mrs. Oarrio Lane COhapman* Oorreoted. Omana, March 27.—To the Editor of the Brr: Mrs. Catric Lane Chapman delivered a lecture a few evenings simce at the First Christian church in this city on the subject America for Americans,” in the course of which she asserted that a majority of the immigrants who land upon our shores are ‘paupers, criminals or worthless ruffians." As the lecturer is a lady it is porhaps polite tosay that she is mistaken, and not to accuse her of deliberate falsification. The criminal records disclose the fact thatno larger percentage of those who emigrate to this country are convieted of crime than of those who are born here, Neither is it the lazy and indolent who, « olass, make their homes in Ameriea, birt it is the industrions and ambitious who by their energy and economy are enabled to accumulate enough to pay for their passage, and who sever their connection with their native land for the rmvgmm ’ bettering their condition, and not with the idea that onoe here they will adovt a life of crime. She further statod that “the great influx of !nmhan(\rn threatens all socialorder.” But that influx has continued during the past century and our social systom is still in ex- istence, And, by the way, it would be intor- esting to know how many 'genorations havo passed away since the lecturer's ahcestors were ‘‘despicable foreigners.”” 'The only true Americans are the red men, and the whites and negroes are, without exception, of very recent importation. Let us suppose for a moment that at the close of the revolution laws had been enacted which would have prohibited immigration, Will Mrs. Chapman 11 us whether or not there would be at the present day a town of any importance wost of the Ohio river? Again sho says, “‘We want fower Germans, Trish and French.” There is not a more peaceable or law abiding class of citizens_in the United States than the Germans, The Irish are industrious and good oitizens, and have always been foremost in defense of their adopted country. And if any one has a right to come here it is a KFrenchman, We must remember that - we would never have gained our independence had it not been for the aid extended by the French, and the very ground upon which we here stand was coded to us by France. And 80 we might go through the whole list, and no go0d reason could bo found why people of other nationalities should not seek a home in America if they so desire. And to all such I would say, come, and you will be welcome. Perhaps you are poor, but thank God honest poverty is not a crime in this country except in the eyes of a few lecturers like Mrs. Chap- man. And you will find that our laws are ample for your protection, and to punish criminals, of whatover parentage, race or color. And when yon arrive, please do not be deterred from landing because some “orank” shakes his fist at you and yells, “You are paupers, criminals and ruffians,” A. Bryins. LA Brother Gardner on Hard Times. Detroit Free Press: ‘As I was walk- ing out in the’ back yard,” began Brother Gardner, ‘‘Mister Darius Green, the white-man, came along, and there was nr{mwerml sad look on his face as he leaned over the fence and said: ‘¢ ‘Misser Gardier, this sufferin’ has got to come to a cease.’ ‘* ‘Has yer got the shakes and chills?’ I axed. ‘¢ “Wuss dan dat, Misser Gardner. I’ze working all de long week for ten shil- lin’a day, an’ whar de money goes I can’t tell. De ole woman wants new clothes, de chillin wants dis an’ dat, de rent runs behin’, an’ I’ze gittin’ des- prit.” “‘Sho! now let’'s make some figgers onde fence,’ I tole him. ‘Now, den,you chew terbacker?’ 4 "‘1\'05, I chew about 10 cents worf a ay. *‘Dat’s T drink lager? * “Well, of course, I drink a glas and den—maybe fifteen glasses a weelk.’ ‘“‘Dat’s 75 cents moah, sah. What Q’ye do on Sundays?’ 4 ‘Oh‘ go up to de beer garden.’ ‘“¢An’ you spen’ a dollar at least?’ ¢+‘T guess so—maybe two of ’em.” ' ““ ‘Say twelve shillin’s, an’ dat makes $2.95 per week. I reckon you throw uw;\a)yr ut least free dollars ebery week, sah. * ‘Frow it away?’ “Yes, sah. Dat money your rent and buy your flout." “But a fellow must have some com- fort.” b “De same, sah. De greatest comfort in de world am to see de rent paid up, de table loaded down, and. de ole woman able to go to church.” You frow away free dollars ebery week sah, an’ den you go roun’ ¢ussin’ .de times, do wedder, an’ de man who has saved his money.” “‘Gem’lem, dat white man called me an ole black fool an’ a dog stealer, but dat didn’t alter de case a bit. He is frowin’ away one-third of his weekly wages, an’ den blowin’ round dat he's gettin’ desperit an’ am ready to head a viot. Doan’let me heah eny member o' dis club spinnin’ dat _yarn, ’case if he does dar’s gwine to be a committee of investigashun an’ dat committee won’t whitewash wof a cent.” s andids A Proposed Submarine Railway. Halifax Mail: A Halifax inventor has brought to the notice of the minister of marine and fisheries a novel the construction of a subr railway toconnect Prince Edward island and the mainland. There is to bea single track of plate steel, in sections of 20 teet length, V-shaped, 24 feet wide at the top and 1# feet in depth, which is to be made hollow and air tight so as so float. From the lower point of the V- shaped track. two chains, running out obliquely and attached to heayy granite pillars “on the bottoms, will keep the floating, . track in_ its proper position at the required depth under water. On the top of the ek, and attached to it by wheels run- ning underneath flanges projecting on each side, there will move an air-tight gar-shaped submarine car, drawn by an endless chain,worked from the shore at each end, This car is to be cen- structed of sheet steel, 4 feet wide, 6 feet high and 50 feet long, and the main internal compartment will be fitted with seats on each side,.and & passage in the center. Bach seat will hold one per son. At the ends where the car tapers off there "are to be air-tight' compart- ments, which will.give buoyaney to the car and from which thé passenger com- partment will be supplied with fresh air. The car being light at the top and buoyant with compressed air, will re- sain its upright position‘’and make the passage of ten miles through the. water in about twenty minutes. The time to construct the railws is estimated by the investor at about two months, and the cost at $50,000, cents a week. An’ you 'wnuld pay - The average Russian is said to drink from ten to twelve glasses of tea por Every Russian merchant has a tea-urn in his counting room, and the lawyer or mechanic goes out to his cafe for tea as often as the German for beor or the Frenchman for wine. At the cafes at all hours of the day and night one can see crowds of people sipping tea. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. ‘When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. ‘Whea sho was & Ohild, she eried for Castoria, Whea sho became Miss, she clung to Custoris, ‘Whea she had Children, she gave thum Castoria. THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS. But Little Business Transacted In the Wheat Pit. CORN BUYERS NUMEROUS, The Refusal of the Burlington fa Restore Rated Encourages the Bears—Moderate Trad- ing In Oate, CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Curcaco, March 28.—[Special Telegram to the Bem.|—About the only bearish infid: once in the wheat market this morning was the worease of 1,800,000 bushols in the atount on passage. Otherwise the nows was rather bullish. Receipts were smaller ahd oxports fair, Cables were steady, Exportets worg buying wheat in New York. Crop damage reports were numerous and the damagoe way reported to bewerious. It was soon discovs ored that thers were almost no buying orders at the opening and a fety local tradors prossed the market down to 3¢ almost immediately, Here a good demand was met and the ro- covery was almost as sudden as the decline, and when some of the early sellers bogan to cover their shorgs there was even a small ad: vance. May wheat opened at 775c, and seld straght down to 771{c,then advanced to T7i@ 775 foll to TT3go,advanced to TT3{c and down to Ti}0. Thereafter the fluctuations were be- tween 775c und 77%0, closing at 1 p, m. at 730 bid. Juno wheat opened at 78ic, sold at 7730 aud 733(c, and closed at 1 o'clock At T4 Recerpts of eighty-five cars less of corn than haa been estimated might have been expected to make the corn market strong about the opening, but it did not work that way. On the contrary, the first thing that happencd was a sharp de- cline of 5¢o. But nearly all of it was re- covered almost as quickly. It looked as if the people who were buying corn were per- mitting the crowd to sell it down before they began the day’'s work. Encouragement for short sellers doubtless came from tho re- fusal of the Burlington to restore rates. for the present, and this, it was lhnuxhthw!)\lld compel the other roads to continue the low rates. As expected, higher rates had been looked to for lessening receipts and making the danger of a squeeze greater, so the failure to advance rates worked as an encourage- ment to the bears. However, if they looked for a decline in prices of any extent or per- manency they were disappointed, as on the up-turn higher prices than the opening were reached. Evidently there wero good buyers of corn, but. they did not follow when the frightened shorts bid the price up, but were ready every time a reaction followed. May corn opened at ¢, s0ld down to 51340, up to 5340, down to 513¢0, up to 523c, down £0 52%(@;{0, up to 5250 again, then down to 52c and the 1 o'clock close was at 52}g0. There was only a moderate speculative trade in oats, and as a result of the morning's trading prices were left very much as they were at yesterday's close, al- though there was a weakness early in 8vm- pathy with the early decline in corn. Mui oats opened at 3134¢, June oats at 8Li5c; both deliveries sold down to 31@313g¢, up to 313{ec, and closed at the last named price at 1 o'clock. July oats ranged from, 305¢c ta 303 a and closed at 80kc.. August oats sold at 274ce. hx provisions the feeling was nervous. The market opened strong at about last night's closings, but before the day had progressed far the shorts became frighten over the light offerings, combined with the liberal purchases of pork by leading houses,and prices sharply advanced. Before any reaction to sgmfi of occurred, pork scored an improve- ment of about 20c, lard of 10c and short ribs of 7i{c. Subsequently, however, the shorts in a measure recovered from their uneasi: ness, and the advance obtained was practic: ally lost. Pork at 1 o'clock stood at the opens ing pricos, and lard and short ribs only 2}§(@ 5¢ higher. 7 ArrERNOON SresloN—Wheat ensjer, May i @77%c; June, 77%c. ' Corn igc on the split for ) 50| oft to 52c, closing at 53¢ bid; "' July, 5l3c. Oats quiot and Pork ‘was 2i{c higher; closed at 59i¢ for March, $13.623§ for May, and 18.67%¢ for June. Lard adyvanced 2Wc; farch closed nm_s;‘.m; May, $7.6215; June, 33 July, § CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Cricado, March 23.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.|—CATTLE—On account of the light run and the falling off of 8,000 as compared with last week, the outlook at the opening was decidedly in favor of owners and sales- men, but as the forcnoon wwore away it was found bugors were not as anxious us at the opening, and many well known Wednesday buyers were not on the market at all. Then, again, buyers who did not hold urgent orders held off for to-morrow. Henoe, we can only quote the market firm at the advance noted yesterday, or say 25@30c higher than last weock, Butchers' stock remains steady and in fair demand. No Texans reported among the arrivals. Canning stock scems more plentiful, and common old cows sold down as low s ot any time, Stoers, 1350 t0 1500 Ihs, $4.50G5.20¢ 1200 to 1850 1bs., $4.00@4.60; 950 to 1200 1bs., $3.30@3.00. Stock- ers and fecders, §2.40@3.75; cows, bulls and mixed, §1.70@3.50; bulk, $2.85@2.80; slop. fecders, $4.20@4.70. Texas fod steers, $4.05, Hoas—Business brisk, with a strong 5o ad- vance in medium, mixed and choice heavy. Light sorts scarce and in good demand. Buyers of ayerages of 170 t0 150 1bs had to take mixed lots, and make sorts as best they could, Primo heayy made $.50@5.55, one lot of fancy #5.60: selected butchers' welghts, $£5.45@5.50; prime mixed, §5.35@5.40; com- mon, £.25@5.30. Selected light of 150t 190 1bs cost §5.85@5.40; 160 to 170 1bs, $5.50@5.85; 180 0 150 Ibs, $5.10@5.15, LIVE STOCR. Chicago, March 28, —The Drovers® Journal reports as follows: Cattlo—Receipts, 6,000; slow, firm; steers, £3.30@5.20: stockers and feeders, 45 cows, bulls and mixed, $1.70@8. tod steors, $4.05. 000 & ixba Hogs—Receipts, 15,000; strong; mixt ) 85.000 $5.20(05.50; heavy, $5.35@5.00; light, steady; natives, 5.50; skips, §3.50(b.15, Sheop— Receipts, 54007 £5.0020.10; westerns, 85.40@0.00; ' Texaus, $4.00@5.00; Tambs, 85.50@0.50, National Stock Yards, Bast 0%’ Louis, March 25, —Cattle—Reeeipts, 1,000; shipments, 500; market stroug and higher! choice heavy native steers, $4,50@5.50; fulr 1o good stecrs, medium to cliolce, $4.0004.60; butchers' steers, medium to_choice, §4 aog 4.0; stockors and fecders, fair to good, $3. (@3.45; rangers, ordinary to good, §3.25(@5.90. Hogs — Receipts, 5,000; shipments, 8005 market active and 10@l5c ligher): tholve heavy and butchers' selections, $5.40@d.50; packing, medivm to prime, 85.20@5.45; light grades, fair to best, $5,0065.50, 28, —Cattle— 5003 - murket Kansas Oity, March pts, 8,000; shipments, strong and active; good to_choico corn-fod, #4.6005.00;_common to medium, 83,3045 § wkers, § shipments, 5,0005 hade higl { common ; skips aud plgs, $5.00 (@500, e FINANOIA L, New York, March 28.—(Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Stocks-—Reading was the feature on the stock exchange. Stock again came out in large blocks and met with no supporting orders, London, which has been a buyer of late, sent selling orders, Rumors about the company being unable to satisfac- torily place its new 4s and the bad showing of earnings the past three mouths, the net decrease being $1,220,000, had & telling effect on the poo! that has been supporting it, and a drop of 1% per cent was recorded. The weakness in this stock caused u general sell- ing of the entire list, excepting Missouri Pacific. Graugers were especlully weak,