Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 15, 1888, Page 2

~THE PARDON WAS IMPROPER. For Issuing It General Gibbons Receives Executive Oensure, THE TARIFF TAKES THE FLOOR. Long Winded Folks to Commence on Tuesday—That “Other” Omaha Bridge — The Youthful Suicide’s Funeral. General Gibbon Makes a Mistake. WASHINGTON BUREAU TIE OMATA |\n¢,} 18 FOURTEENTH STRERT, WasHINGToN, D, C.. April 14, A circular has been issucd from the war @epartment, giving in full the correspond- ence between the war department and Gen- eral John Gibbons, commanding the depart- ment of the Columbia, resulting from the pardon of an imprisoncd private soldier by 4. General Gibbons without referring the case 10 the adjutant general for action by the president. To the adjutant general’s request for an explanation, General Gibbons replied that in his opinion he had a right to grant a pardon. To this the sacrotary of war, through the sdjutant general, replied on November 19 that the explanation was not satisfactory, and that his action was unwar- ranted. This letter contained a severe cen- sure of the action of the general and ex- pressed a hope that the secretary would have 10 further occasion to use such terms. Ger eral Gibbons appealed to the president in December last, and the adjutant general sent to him in & letter dated March 24, the roply of the president, who upheld the action of the secretary and repeated the censure. 5 Secretary Endicott has again sustained the stafl in a_controversy with the line. Com- missary General MacFeely disallowed an ex- penditure ordered by General Stanley of the department of Texas, and charged the amount thereof against the oficer. An ap- peal was made to the secretary, who has ren- dered the followin® decision : hiefs of burcaus must disallow unau- thorized expenditures from appropriations for their bureaus, and if made by order of o commanding officer charge it to such commanding officer, without regard to any . question of relative rank. The action in- disallowing an expenditure from the appro- priation for subsistence of the army when such expenditure vas made by the order of a commanding officer, charging the amount to such commanding officer, was in accord with regulations, and in obeying them the com nissary general was obeying the instructions of his military uu“crh)r, and he would have failed in his duty had he not charged money which was improperly paid _out, as directed by the regulations. In addition to this he was, in auditing accounts for subsist- ence funds disbursed, performing the duties of a treasury official, 1 which no (\u\ssuun of military rauk was involved, and he would have failed in his duty, too, if he had allowed any question of rank to deter him, from sus- pending accounts improperly paid.” The senate military committee has agreed 0 report favorably upon the nomination of Brigadier General Crook to be a_major gen- erafand Colonel Brook to be a brigadier gen- eral, and they will be confirmed during the first executive session. This was anticipated by the Bk several days ago. THE TARIFF BILL TO HAVE FULL SWING. Inasmuch as the tariff billis totake the floor in the house Tuesday and hold it almost with- out imterruption till about Jude 1, there is a very discouraging outlook for the meas- ures on tho_calendar in the interest of the citizons of Nebraska and Iowa and other states receiving consideration at this session. The tariff bill will beset aside occasionally for appropriations, and possibly a few other measures which the country”is howling for, but these will be rare exceptions. When the taxiff bill is finally completed there will be such an accumulation of important public business before the house that public build- ing bills, private measurcs, and matters of more or less individual as well as public im- portance, will stand avery slight chance of consideration. There "will be much Jess opportunity en measures in the second scssion, which is only of about a week’s length and is almost entirely occupied Dy appropriation bills, For the rest of nextweek in congress there will be a medley of proceedings in the house. Jt has been definitely determined that the Mills tariff bill shall ‘come up on Tuesday, but a dozen measures will claim the floor on Monday. An effort is to be made to pass the river and harbor bill under a suspension of yules, and it is likely to raise a first-class disturbance, there bein uch objee- tion to. it. The Indian, consu- Jar and diplomatic, pension and other appropriation bills will demand the floor at the sume time, and a clamorous scene is expected. After the floor has been occu- pled a few days by the tariff bill, it will be ot aside from time to time for the’ consider- stion of appropriations and conference re- ports, but it is intended to forge the tariff to completion as rapidly as possible, the com- mittee on ways and joeans taking the bit in its mouth. The Dakota and pleuro-pneu- monia bills are to have the floor in the senate during the week, OMAHA'S “OTHE! BRIDGE, Although & unanimous report was submit- ?41 yesterday in favor of the passage of Mr. o Shane’s bill for the construction of a ridge across the river between Omaha und Council Bluffs, there certainty as to when it will be conside the house, ow- ing to the great press of important general business which is claiming recognition, The xeport wus written by Mr, Phelan, of Ten- messce, and 15 a strong arraignment of the ping and unjust Union Pacitic corpora- no fon. He shows how the company has gobbled up charters granted by congress 1o private parties and private and other corporations for the con- struction of bridges across the Missouri, and levying enormous tolls from the people. here wus such a strong showing a the practices of the Union Pacific in this re- pect that the action of the committee on &mmm‘ru was swift and unanimous. A fayorable report has also been made from the house committee on public buildings gud grounds on the bill making an appro priation for & public building at MRS, HILLYER BULKLEY'S FL The funeral services upon M Hillyer Bulkley, the bride who suicided with nic on Thursday night and threw ‘ashington society into an uproar, was very private to-day. The father of the dead girl, plthough enraged at the bereaved young m, permitted the latter and his parents ttded the funeral. Young Bulkley in an in an interview thisafternoon, denources the av:wr of the girl for his alleged coercion of or, and says the father is respousible for boin, driven aimost to insanity. Dr, Bulkley, father of the groom, says he also will make s statement. A large circle of . Ariends are shocked. MISCELLANEOUS, Henry M. Johnson was to-day, under the elvil service rules, appointed a clerk at $1,000 @ year in the surgeon geueral's office, war department. postoftice has been established at Sparks, Oherry county, and Frauk Bennett ap- inted postmaster. The time schedule on the star mail route Kearney to Minden has been changed 'y follows: Leave Kearney Tuesdays, ursdays and Saturdays at 2 p. m.; arrive st Minden by 8 p. m. Leave Minden Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 a. m.; arrive at Keatney by 1 p. m. Perey 8, Heara, — A Farmers' Trust. Torrxa, Kan., April 14.—A large and en- thusiastic farmers’ “trust” meecting was held this afternoon at Meriden, Jefferson county, An earnest and expressive set of resolutions adopted looking to the development of a inter-state meeting at Topeka on Tues- , May 1, 1583, in the interest of the move- t which has solicited the governors of states and territories in the valiey of the ippi to appoint each eight delegates to farmers' “‘lrust. . e .An Absconding Teller Caught. Prmsisa, Dak., April 14.--W. A, Comeron, the absconding teller of the Union bank at ‘Winnipeg, was arrested here ‘this afternoon . S 8 telographig order from Winaipeg. FIFTIETH CONGRESS, House. Wasnixeros, April 14.—The committeo on appropriations reported the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, and it was referred to the committee of the whole. The committee on military affairs reported a bill for the relief of soldiers and sailors who enlisted and served during the rebeltion under assumed names. House calendar. The committee on public lands reported back to the senate the bill to relieve purc! ers of and to indemnify certain stats swamp and overflowed lands. the whole, Bills were reported and placed on the cal- endar for the ercction of public buildings at Stockton and Fremont, Neb, The committee on invalid pensions re- ported the bill granting increased pensions 1o soldiers who have lost both hands. Commit tee of the whole The senate bill granting pensions to ex- soldiers and soldicrs who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, uml‘ for Commattee of providing pensions for dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors, was re- ported and referred to the committee of the committee on Indiun__depredation ported a bill to provide for adjudi d payment of claims arising from Indian depredations. Committee of the whole. The committee on rivers and har- bors reported o bill deciaring the Towa river below Wapello not navigable, House calen dar, The house went into committee of the whole on the Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Perkins of Kansas, said_the bill pre- sented no new legislation. but it did contain u provision for the payment of the Choctaw judgment. This judgment amounted to £2,- 800,000, was uow drawing 5 per dent interest and he'could see no relief for the government except un act of repudiation. Then, passing from the subject of Indians, Mr. Perkins addressed himself to the tarift question. He criticized the recent speech made by Mr. Nelson of Minnesota, and pro- cceded to argue that the present condition of the country was due in a great degree to the aystem of protection. He criticized the Mills bill because, vpon examination, ho found that almost cvery article raised by the Amer- ican farmer was put upon the free list, while whatever protection was left was left for capital. But this was not._remarkablo when the composition of the majority of the v and means committoe was remewmbered, The bill might be considered a report to the house by representatives of the southern states, and “when the antecedents of those gentlemen and the connections they have heretofore entertained were con- sidered, it was not remarkable that they had made no provision forlabor. A few years ago they had contended that capital should own its labor, should lash its labor, should sell its labor. He sent to the clerk’s desk and had read for the purpose of showing the southern sentiment on the subject of free trade and labor, extracts from the confederal nstitu- tion. ~ Continuing, Mr. Perkins cri ed the Mills bilt as striking down the products of the field and putting the laborers of America in competition with the laborers of the.old world, except, perhaps, in the case of the rice growers of the south and the cotton growers, who got their iron bands free of duty, while the northern farmer must pay duty on hoop iron for hooping hay. He hoped in the com- ing debate there would be no hypoerisy; that the mask would be removed and the hidieons face of free trade exposed with all its de- formities. While all the Townshends aud Springers had been allowed to indulge in platitudes the gentlemen from the south had been admonished to keep still, but he hoped that now they would de d to be heard, After they had filibustered against the biil which proposed to pay $17,000,000 to the northern states it was right that the demo- cratic house should surrender to them, Mr. Allen of Mississippi_thought it was a pity that Mr. Perkins could not get his head out of the dark cupboard and walk squarely up to the paces of to-day instead of going back to slavery and the rebellion. It was to the credit of the democratic members of the house that they had something better to talk about than issues which had been dead twenty-five years, and if any'democrat had nothing to talk about but dead issues he hoped he would be expelled from the demo- cratic side and mado to take a seat beside the gentleman from Kansas, where he could stick his nose into the cupboard, where Mr. Perkins had his. No man on the ways and means committec was in favor of slave labor, They had all had as much pect. for white labor in this country as the gentleman from Kansas or any other phrson who would vote against the bill “‘How about black 5. “Itisas free and independent as white labor in Kansas,” said Mr. Allen. “How about voting?" asked Mr. Mr. McMillen of Tennessee rephed: “They vote as they please.” Mr. Perkins—How about chain gangs in Arkansas and Te ] Mr. Atlen—There is no law in Mi ppi or Arkansas that does not consign white fel- ons to chain gangs just as quickly as black ones. Mr. Joseph of New Mexico addressed the committee in favor of the admission of New Mexico as a stato, Without finishing the consideration of the Indian bill the committee and house ad- journed, hor?" asked Mr. Per- Perkins, ey A SENSATIC SUICIDE, Simon Rosenfield a Chicago Dru Stabs Himself on the Street. CHieAGo, April 14.—In the presence of hun- dreds of people on the busiest thoroughfare in Chicago, Simon Roscnfield, a traveling salosman, stabbed himself to the heart with & penkuife this afternoon and fell to the ground dead. State streot near Washington, he center of the fashionable shopping dis. trict, was the scene of the tragedy. The pavements and sidewalks were blockaded in a moment by a erowd of excited and_curious people, mostly ladics, and it was with difi- culty that a lane was ‘made through which the corpse could bo carried. Rosenfield is a member o Detroit family He has been unable to retain his positions long for the past two years on account of his drinking habits. “He has recently been at work for a billiard table company and used 50 collected from a customer withs which to laye a spree, As he was standing on the street this after- noon & messenger brought him word that tho manager of the company wished to_see him and it is supposed Rosenfield killed himself fearing imprisonment for his shortcomings. e Obtained a Mandamus. NEw OkLEANS, April 14.—After the repub- licans were denied an_injunction in the elec- tion commissioner matter yesterday by Judge Yoorhies, they went before Judge Houston and obtained a mandamus compelling the r istrar to give the republicans a commissioner on each of the boards at Tuesduy's election. The democrats appealed and a decision will o rendered Monday mer —~——— Must Furmish Him Cars, Faneo, Dak., April 14.—Judge McConnell to-duy rendered a decision in the celebrated case of W. J. Hawk vs. thie Northern Pacific railroad company, begun to compel the de- fendants to furnish cars to plaintiff, the de- cision being in favorof the plaintiff, who will now bring swit for damages in cach case swhere he failod to got cars as demanded. - Afraid of the Brewers. New Youk, April 14.--The superintendent of police bas ordered the resorves out for duty on Monday for fear of trouble in couse- quence of the lockout of brewery employes. It was remarked that an unusual number of brewery wagons broke down for various causes, apparently accideutal, in different parts of the city to night. -~ Hattie Wolstein Acguitted, Los ANGELES, Cal., April 14.-~The jury to- pight returned s verdict of not guilty in the sensational case of Hattie Wolsten, charged with the murder of Dr, Harlan in October last. Miss Wolstein came here from Peoria, l’ll,, near which place hier parents veside on 8 arwm, A Heavy Failure. Bosron, April 14.—Ira A. Lowe, salesman, has gowe into insolvency. His liabilities are about $200,000, of which $146,000 is sccured by’ collaterials. Lowe was formerly oon- nected with the Lowe Cattle compauy, of, Cheyenne, Wyo., and it was then. his liabili- ties were contracted. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APRIL constituencies see the tories scoring heavily HE TACKS LIFE AND ENERGY., Gladstone's Followers See He Is ‘Weary and Disappointed. CONKLING'S EDNDII‘IDN. The Dootors sJe More Hopeful But His Friends Ate Despondent. New YORR, Aprilifg-Mrs, Conkling, who was scen at 4 quarter past 8 this morning, sald her husband passed another comfortable night. The only time he awoke was when called upon to takef medicine. Dr. Barker CAN THEY MAKE A COMPROMISE? | said the alarming s#mptoms which exhibited themselves yestorday have entirely disap- peared, and he feels very much reassured. Dr. Barker, in a bulletin at 12:80, said, if Conkling improves as much in the next twenty-four hours as he did since this morning his chances of recovory will be about. even, Everythin, if satisfactory. The patient has slopt well arfd has taken plenty of nourishment. Notwitnstonding the favorable bulletin of One Which Would Prevent the Bring- ing in of a Bill For an Independent Parliament For Two or Three Years to Come, The Gladstonians Dispiritod. Dr. Parker, Conkling's relatives do_mot [Copyright 1888 hy James Gordon Bennett.] soom to have the same confidonce. Judge Lownox, April 14— (New York Horala | Cox came from thesick chamber this after- Cable—Special to the Bre]—Mr. Morley | foon and said: ‘Conkling is the sickest Soved tent W0 the. 15N dev man Iever saw. Yes, we feel cncouraged moved an amendmen! ho loral gove and we always contintie to have some hope, ment bill, that its provisions ought to be ex- | but Conkling is very weak. He has lost tended to Treland. some flesh, A A good many people are asking why Mr. h‘;l\ll' xln«“!hu—(knr] lu-ulml'flm (.xl'h»\\‘nnz ) ome ha o 8 16§ The fact etin: “Mr. Conkling's temperature is Gladstone has not taken the lead. The fact | ¢ and his pulse 0. Fus has been found is that various things are going on beneath the surfaco which may possibly proveto beof great moment. T must therefore give you an nccount of them. A large section of the Gladstonians made up their minds that the cxisting state of affairs cannot last. They have not lost faith in the leader, but the conviction is forcing itself upon them thag he is weary and disappointed and no longer disposed to wage the battle in his old style. He is inclined toward inaction, but inaction is fatal to the rank and file. The evacuating ¢ from the wound and the r, and everything indicates a decided im- sment since Wednesday. There have Dboen some symptoms of the secondary stage of meningetis during the afternoon.” The doctor, in reply to questions, said this looked a little bad, but he added it was likely Conkling would bo all right to-morrow and that will be a convalescence which means his recovery. t midnight thore was no change in the patient's condition. pad T SR TOIN The Penitent Embezzler. KANSAS City, Mo., April 14.—[Special Tel- with theirnew measures, They are showing | egram to the Ber.]—Max Morgansteen, who all the sigus of life and cnergy that are | attempred suicide by jumping from the Wy- visible in the fleld of politics, The | andotte street bridge Saturday night, visited liberals can make no movement. They | Armour's bank this afternoon and deposited look on helplessly at their rivals' pro- [ With Mr. Winans 8,000 of the $14,000 which gress. To drift like this is to go to | he stole while confidential clerk in the bank- pieces. All the local organizations are be- | g house of Bernardt & Rosenthal, of Vi- coming dispirited. The liberal candidates | enna. Mr. Winans has been handling the who are trying to keep the game alive abso- | case for over a week and has had an average don't know what to talk about. M. | of ono telogram a duy from Vieuna rolative 4 o the case. Morganstee pright, well- one praises ~government measures. | ujycatod Anstrian with a trimmed beard and is magnificent, but it is war, and his | very prominent featu He is vi much followers cannot and dare not imitate him. [ afraid of the detectives, and evinced much What are they to dof While Gladstono | dread when the reporters became interested g o AL BRI i in him. He desires to get away from Kansas e it winior leador can be hought | Giyy that he may carn his living. He ha of, but what s more exercising the | ggked Mr. Winans advice and the latter i minds of many is the possibility of | considering which is the most de- patching up some sort of a compromise with | sirable place to send him. The the sccessionists. Some liberal-unionists are | $3000 will ' 'be “remitted - to Byl anxious to come to terms with their old a e SR e i 0- ciates, Others could be won over on certain conditions. What conditions? Chiefly these, that no measure providing for an independ- ent parliament for Ireland shall be brought in at least for two 3 to come and that did not seem anxious to prosecute Morgan- steen, but merely to secure the money if any amount were left. Morgansteen spe Russiau, is an ac and a spiritual pt oughly versed in ks F'rench, German and uplished mathematician sopher. He is also thor- continental literature, 18 home rule shall mean un extension to Ire- | one of the most polished of men, and plays land of local government. If this ar- | the piano, Austrian zther and violin. He rangement can bo made a majority | Was & member of a band in the Austrian army before entering the banking business, and rapidly rose to the position of musical director. of the geceders would reunite with the main body of the liberal party, and the days of tory government would be numbered. 1know that these points are being di cussed, but I also know that a strong sec- tion of the radicals are opposed to any at. tempt at reconciliation with the unionists, and there is good reason to belicve the breach between the leaders is too wide to be healed. Chamberlam and Hartington will never trust Gladstone again, but is that the last word on the subject? Certainly not. The difficulty in the way is sr. Gladstone, He caunot now withdraw from his Ivish policy. His dissentint colleagues believe that if they went back to him he would spring a mine under thei feet, They think he would profess anything and everything to The Wounded Painter Improving. KANsAs C17v, Mo., April 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.] —Frank Schwoeenker, alias Myers, the painter who was stabbed by Frank Tinor Thursday night, is getting along splendidly. It is thought his recovery will be speedy. Tinor has not yet been able to secure bouds. Ty Jaeil The Waves Subdued. Wilhelm Meisgel, ysecond officer of the steamship Weérra'of the North Ger- man Lloyd, has irfjivented an oil rocket that throws oil over a very large arca. The inventfon capsists of the rocket proper and an oil cylinder with an ox- ploding chamber. The cylinder is entice them into the fold, and then | made of thin tin, soldercd at the bot- turn and rend them. The tories are | tom and top and the exploding chamber accused of attacking Gladstone with | is also made of tin and hasahollow tube great bitterness. I have heard his | reaching into the'center of the oil cyl- inder filled with powder. The rocket v be exploded under v, the oil ng lighter naturally ing to the surface, Interesting experiments have been made, provoking the practical value of the invention. In Novemb st, on a voyafe of the steamship Werra from New York to old political friends say much harder things of him. He undoubtedly occaioned a split in tho liberal party which threatens to doom it to long exclusion from political puwer. He alone can heal it, and is doubtless conscious of the fact. Tnathas inspired much of his recent policy. He has been studiously con- siderate towards the liberal —unionists. | Byomen, Captain F. Bussinstook ahand Their chancellor of the exchequor has | iy nscertaining how much benefit it been almost overwhelmed his com- A rocket with might be to navigation pliments. The attemt to drive Hartington, | an oil cylinder 4 inches high and a Chamberlain and Jumes out theiraccustomed | diameter of 17 inches was fired at an places in the house has been given un. Tnall | angle of 30 degrees. It flew 1,000 fect things, small or great, overtures towards re- | in front of the vessel, and the eylinder concilliation have been made to the seceed- | exploded at a height of 20 feet abov ers. There is only ono great difliculy left, | the water. The oil was distributed What T hear is that Mr. Gladstone himself | Over an arvea of about 2,000 square fect. is most anxious to remove that difflenlty, by | Another rocket—a five-inch eylinder— was fired at an elevation of 15 degrees in order to make it explode under water, The feat was accomplished, and the oil rose prompily to the surface and was distributed over a wide area. Many other experiments were made on the day mentioned, and cach was followed retirement, no doubt. He talked of this be- fore, and never with sugh good reason, as a man near eighty can not go on day after day fighting against hopeless odds. Everything has been tried and nothing has succeeded. The confederation of unionists hold the field and there is no sign of wavering in the alli- | hy" the spectacle of a comparatively ance. Mr. Gladstone sees all this and knows | smooth sea wherever the oil had what it means, he needs rest. He wishes to | spread. Experiments were also made on No- vember 15 and 18 on the river Weser in the presence of the imperial commi sion, Captain Welkmann and_Captain Noltenius, of Bremerhaven. rom the deck of the Werra five large rockets were fired a distance of N feet, and the oil covered an area of 2,000 of feet, As soon as the oil had spread the rolling complete work long since begun. One canuot be surprised that among his familier friends whispers of his withdrawal from public life arc often heard and are con- firmed by the very remarkable line taken by Mr. Gladstone ever since the opening of the present session. No doubt. the to whom this prospeet will be disag: but the nationalists perceive they are making U | the square sea quicted down. no progress and can make none while | PRA roekots have been used in this the unionists remain undivided. They may | port iu the way of experiment and will well ask wnether it would not be better to | undoubtedly be of great value to life breal up the union party at all hazards, and | saving corps along the coasts in ealm- take their chal of other combinations of a more favorable kind. In forming themselves clearlyfrom the main body of the tories noth- ing ern be expected, The great aim must evidently be to find some deadly weapon to be used against them. Detach the fifty-two liberal unionists from Hartington’s side and the thing is done. One inducement, and one only, holds out the shghtest prospe of ac complishing this. Home rule, in the Glad- stonian sense, must be hung up for two or three years. ing the water bhetween the shore and vessels in distre - - Romance of a Mllion, Shamokin, Penn., Special: James Bail of this ecity has fallen heir to $1.600,000, 1eft him by the death of his uncle, William €, Muuson, of Newport, England. Bailey hasa wifeand seven children, and for the past four months has missed many o meal o appease the hunger of the littlo ones. He went on a strike with the rest of the Philadel- - Such are rosponsibilities now being talked | phin & Reading men in January, of in exceedingly important quarters. My | and did n secure his place own opinion 15 that something will come of | when the strike was declared off. them. The opposition all round are getting | He was compelled to ask aid from tired, Their ent, situation is | the poor district. T morning he re not pleasaut in itself and it | ceived a letter from an attorney in England informing him of his lucky windfull, Bailey tweaty years ago, was the deceased uncle’s private secretary in England. Falling in love with a comely young sewing girl, ho married her, despite his unele’s earnest protest leads to nothing. The liberal sceders are helping the tories to put a perpetual yoke on their necks. When Hartington, at the Dev- onshire club, dropped a few words, surely not by accident, about reconcilation, the whole company broke into & storm of cheers Which lasted several moments, Thosocheors | 400 threats of Asipheriiance, Al were an expression of the burning desire | \ide bade adien to England, which apimates ninetenthsof the liberal | gailed for the United States varty. They want to close up their differ- | and came to the . coal regions, ences. The alliance witn the tories was un- | where he has since lived. When Bailey natural, and could not last forever, Mr. | was apprised of his uncle’s legacy, he Gladstoue can break it up if he desires, and the method of doing it is one which would be congenial to his present mood. Apart from that the Gladstonians and nationalists must continue to languish and wither in many a long day to come. A MEeMBER OF PARLIAMENT, ———— An Oration to the New Commander. Avoca, Ia, April 14.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.—E. A. Cousigny, the new de- partment commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Iowa, was tendered a grand reception at his home in this city to-night. Members of the posts of the surrounding country were present. There were speakers simply remarked: *Well, this morning we had bread and water for breakfast, and we’ll eat-chicken for dinner for the first time in many months.”” Next week the ex-conl digger will sail with his family for England to take possession of his riches. He is an intolligent man, fifty-cight years old, and enjoys good health, —— Skim-Milk Conscience. Boston Transeript: The heirs of a merchant of Monson received the other day 30 cents, sent by & man in Pennsyl- vauia, who wrote that they were to pay for four apples that he took from the merchant's store when he lived there {:;:\u, ?:.WS"::‘,’E dumlxts:m‘:l“ ;hmu:: forty years ago. How unfortunate it is Wwas a camp fire and t enthusiasm. that the people with uneasy consciences oy never steal anything worth something! Weather Indiyations, o For . Nebraske: colder, fair The Fire Record, Eowagrpsvieie, 1L, April 14.—A fire burned the elevator .and flour mill-of the owder Milliig company, caysing a loss of $30,000; insurance $10,000 weather, light to fresh variable winds. For Iowa; Slightly colder, fair weather, ylh‘: h}g fresh northerly winds, begoming ari e e e 15. 1888~SIXTEEN PAGES. A COLLISION AT BEATRICE. A Switch Engine Demolished By a Freight Train. CAUSED BY SCAB CARELESSNESS, One of the Arrested Grant Men Bound Over—lowa Prohibition Constables Indicted—Horrible Suicide—A Murderous Blacksmith, A Collision at Beatrice. BraTRIOR, Neb,, April 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber,]—Everything was not run- ning smoothly on the Burlington to-day. About 5 o'clock a freight train from the north ran into an open switch, demolishing switch engine at work in the yard, Tho en gine men of both engines jumped. None were hurt. Only one engine was damaged, The train came in ahead of timo and the switchmen were not looking for it. e Bound Him Over. Mabrin, Neb, April 14— Tele- gram to the Bee, [—In the preliminary hear- ing of C. McWoolman, of the Grant Enter- prise, at Grant to-day, on the compluint of John McKenzie, of Madrid, for riot and as- sault at the polls February 25, the defendant was bound over to appear” at the next term of the district court. TIE GRANT 81D Guaxt, Neb., April 14.—(Special Telo- gram to the I3er.|—The tria 1 before Judge B. F. Hastings to-da Kenzie of Madrid, brough! ~itizons, charging them with riot and a: on election day, developed into a_ stupendous legal farce engendered and encouraged by the action of the judge, in showing a strong tendency in favor His rulings were 8o notor partial that the defendants waived examination after the prosecution had rested their case. The de- fendants are five in number and have a sep- arate hearin; All of yesterday und to-day was consumed in hearing the eviden against C. M. C. Woolman, who waived e amination and was bound over in the sum of 00 to appear for trial at the October term of the district court in this district, at which time developments are promised 'that will show without a doubt that the prosecution has acted in malicious manner, he gen- eral talk of the town to-might. is that action should b mmenced at onco to impeach the Judgs It is to be hoped, however, by all good citizens, that the scales of prejudice will drop from hi s sufficiently to allow the ning defendants to receive rulings that savor of courtesy, if nothing more. Nebraska City Republican Club. raska City, Neb., April 13.—[Speef 1o the Bik.]—The Nebraska City republican club was organized last night at a large and enthusiastic meeting of republicans, and a e number of names were enrolled. A strong effort was made by the anti-Van Wyek faction to down the Hon. Paul Schminke, but made a miserable failure of it, and Schminke came out on top, as usual. Tt was then attempted by the machine ele- ment to organize under the constitution of the state republican club and John M. Thurston et al., but the effort was voted down, and it was decided that the Nebraska uit against G T City club could stand and work alone. The following ofticers w elected. President, Hon. Praul Schmink i ident, Hon. M. L. Hayward presi- dent, Hon. David Brownj; tr Lewis Dunn; corresponding seeretus Seymour; recording secretary, Frank Hel- vey; executive committee, H. L. Wood, Geo. Donaldson, Wm. Pllalging, H. C. Freeman, Calvin Chapman Fire at Holdrege. Hovouear, Neb., April 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Brr.]—The office of the Bogue & Sherwood lumber company eaught fire at 20 o'clock this evening from a defective flue. The prompt action of citizens and the hool and ladder company averted & scrious conflagration. P Oakland Licenses a Saloon. OakLAND, Neb,, April 11.—[Special to the Bee.]—The newly eleeted town board con- vened lust mght, and granted John . Nelson license to sell liguors in Oakland for one year, paying down $1,000 for the privilege. There were two other applicants but their bonds did not satisfy the bourd. Rty A Competent Collision, Crere, April 14.—[Special to the Bee.|— As Train 93 was crossing Main avenue yes- terday Train shed into the caboose of 63, disabling temporarily the rear truck. No damage done to E 7 and_ nobody injured. s running slowly at the time. The Crooked Constables Indicted. Des Moises, Ta., April 14.—|Special to the Bee.|—The grand jury to-day returned indictments aganst Constables Potts and Hamilton for receiving bribes and entering into conspiracy to obtain bribes. These are the prohibition scarchers who were arrested some weeks ago charged with having taken marked bills from wholesale iquor dealers to givo as an inducement for them to with draw suits against the dealers, The marked money was found on one of the constables, and thie trap was set 0 cleverly for both that they walked into it and left the evidence in sight. As soon as the grand jury had re ported to-duy the constables were bound over to the district court, which will begin session next . This is the first case of indict- ment for bribe) that has been obtained here, There is evidence that for some time some of the prohibition searchers have been tuking money to buy their silence, and have resorted to blackmail methods, Cut His Own Throat, Drs Moixgs, Ta, April 14.—[Special Tel gram to the Bee.)—Mr. W. A. Oermier, a prominent merchant of Templeton, Carroll ton county, while temporarily insanc to-day, committed suic in the presence of his brother and other members of his family. was invited to go for a_ride and suid, L will,” and drawing a kmfe, cut his ing like & maniac throat, Cleveland Democrats, Masox Crry, April 14.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.]—The democrats of Cerro Gordo met in couvention here to-day. Delegates were ehosen, and_all were in harmony for Clevelaud as their next presidential nomi- nee. A Murderous Blacksmith. Masox Crry, la., April 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bew. | —George Peters, @ black- smith at Shefeld, to-day struck James Rankin, a farmer, over the head with a sledge hammer, and the latter will probably die The was the result of a quarrel arising over shoeing of a horse. Peters was bound rin £5,000 bonds to await the action of the grand jury B An Ant Bear, ow York Sun: An ant bear is the latest addition to a New York menag rie. The animal came from Brazil and is about as large as a good-sized New- foundland dog. Its head isa foot long, tapering from a diameter of four inches at the base to about half an inch. The tail is composed of long, stiff snd some- what curly bristles as extensive asa peacock’s. Its feet, which it sets upon the ground side- ways, are supplied with long and powerful claws on the side whigh does not reach the ground. From tRe ends of its snout it darts from a mouth which could hardly swallow a cherry a tongue which looks like nothing else in ani- wated nature than a rat’s tail, The ani- mal is the natural enemy of the South American ant. With its powerful claws it tears down their immehse hills, and when their tunnels are exposed it darts its slimy tongue down them and draws it back, covered with the ants and their eggs.. When'the auts attack its *eader N, parts h*wn_\* of retaliation, it brushes them off with its featherly tail. plet s -k A Californin Problem; San Francisco Chronicle: Who is go- ing to pick, gather, sort, dry, pack, cau and box the fruit which will load down our trees and vines the coming season? Where are the laborers to be found who will do this most indispensable work and enable the fruit-grower and the raisin- maker to harvest and prepare his crop? It is ovident that our fruit and grape crop is going to bo a very large one,and where can we find a sufficient force of laborers to handle it and make it avail- able fer the market? It is time to look about us and try to find an answer to this very important question. Last year the children were taken from the schools in a number of the counties in the state and sent into the orchards and vineyards; but even then tons of fruit were fost for want of persons to handle it. What is going to ho done? s there any remedy for this searcity of laborers? Lot us seo. We may assume that Chinese are out of the question, that is except so far as those now in California arve concerned They. so long as they remain here, ar entitled to earn a living, and if any fruit-grower or vine-grower chooses to employ them he is at liberty to do so, especially if he caunot procure whi labor. But how about white labore Are there any inducements offered them by our orchardists or viticulturists which should persuade them to work for them? Asarveply to this query, a re- port made ince by the chic viticultural officer i ly 1 point. Speaking of this question, ho said: “The proprictors of large estates have been content to herd their workmen as they would their ecattle;” and he added, “if” to-day n dozen Italian, Belgian, iss, German, I'rench or Scandinavian should apply for information as to where they might go to settle in a i ard or orchard community, I could not advise them where to go.” On the 9th of April the state conven- tion of fruit growers is to meet at Santa Barbara. They have prepared an elab- orate programine, including essays on rious subjects, but do not appear to ve touched the labor question, Tl ainly do not think their fruit crop will handle itself, and yet they have not on their ¢ list asingle paper on this all-important subject. It is not necessary for us to do more at this time than to calt the attention of the fruit and vine men to what will surely huppen unless they take up this question and treat it intelligently and understandingly. They must lay aside, once for all, the 1dea of relying on 8% the tramp labor which has been quite abundant in some years here- tofore, for all 1l ladbor would not suffice to handle one-tenth the erops of the state this year; and in laying it aside they must™ consider the question of sceuring permanent labor for their necessities. How this is to be done they must decide; but we can assure them that 1t cannot be accomplished by treating men like brutes, and by cor- raling or herding them like so v mf' cattle. The orchardist or the vineyard- ist must offer some inducement to the laboring man, not merely to come and work afew weeks, sleeping in a bavn or ina pigpen, and then taking up his line of march again, but to make his hame in the community, where the labor of himself and his family may be made available when needed. We earnestly recommend the consid- eration of this question to the coming convention, and we feel sure that the will at once recognize its importance, and will sce the necessity for devising something like a labor system for Cali- fornia, and not trust to chance or Chi- nese coolies for the help they need. Realism on the Stage. Tarpers Mugazine: Terror and pi are the mainsprings of the dramaticart, but not horror and diszust. The stage is a school of manpers; it ought. not to be school of medicine. Furthermore, the repetition of realty is impossible. Truth, it is said, may sometimes seem not probable. This is peculiarly exuct iu the special conditions of the foot- lights, where the light shines up from below instead of striking down from ahove, and where, as if in i sort of mag- nifying apparatus, the measure of " men, of things, and eve of time itself, is changed. [ have been guilty of uralism only once in my life—mvoluntarily— and yet I shall always feel remorse, ¥ was fceting with a traveling compan) had passed the night in the train, the rehearsed in the hearsal 1 had gone on some e or another, so that I was tired. In the evening 1 pl tho roll of Annibal in Augier L’Aventurcre. The reader will re- member that at the end of the second act Annibal, whom Fabrice has been enticing to drink in order to make him talk, gets drank and then goes to sleep. I pliyed the drunken scene as usual, neither more nor le hut when it came 10 the sleeping part the act that I was feigning seemed to me so sweet, and 1 wanted to sleep so thoroughly that un- consciously I yielded to the temptatton. I went to sleep on the stage in the presence of the publie. and with sl he it recorded I even suo; ding orders, ce n'etait pas ia don- . but the public heaving me snore, d that iv was in my role and that, endeavoring to make a point “busi and there were and after the re- urgion very I was Some laughed, others found th ness” in doubtful taste not wanting some whosi without naturalness, without gr I forced the notes, in short, that snoring was not like real snoring. Al I was as indifferent to applause as d that I snored ce, that my I was to criticism. T think that even a of hisses would not have me. And when the curtain fe companions had some difficulty ing me tou sense of the realit, However this little nap did me much good, and I played the rest of my part with alacrity, Never- theless, this ceping was a mistake, and a mistake which might have turned ‘out badly. Of course, if I had bhad to wake up before the end of the act, I should not have yielded tothe temptation, my baseness lies in the fact that | knew I had nothing more to do until the curtain fell--except tosleep-— and instead of making believe to sleep, 1 went to sleepreally. This, I repeatto my shame, was rank naturalism. And yet, vou seel—for from our mis- takes it is fitting that w should draw lessons — some spectators thought that my sleep was badly acted; they found it unreal. We have here another illustration of the story,so of verified, of the peasant and the mounte bank. The mountebank imitates the squealing of a sucking pig, and he is at once applauded, The peasant who has made a bet that he will squeal as well as the mountebank, and who has be neath his coat a real sucking pig, pinches the animal on the sly; the piyg sals; the peasant is hissed, and lose his wager. Why is thisso? Because the trial was made on the stage; be- cause the point of view is differcnt s cording as one looks at things from the public street or from the auditorium of a thezter. Que voulezvous? Of course, the peasant’s pig squealed very well, but he squealed without art, -~ Snow in the Mohawk Valley. Caxasanonis, N, Y., April 14,—In the hawk valley the ground is covered snow, aad it is fallicg fast, WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW, Money Easy But the Demand Not Very Extensive. INTEREST RATES REMAIN FIRM, Foreign Money Markets Quiet—New York Stocks Somewhat Unsettled— An Unusual Activity Witnessed In Grain and Provisions, The Conrse of Commerce. Cricaco, April 14— [Special Telegram to the Brr,|—The gradual revival of business, especlally in speculative and wholesaloe mer- cantile branches, Jas turned a little more attention towards banking institutions, and produced a slightly improved demand for money, but not to such an extent as to causo any important change in the market gener- ally. Bankers are well supplied with loan able funds and borrowers in all departments of trade are able to obtain all the funds re quired without difficulty. As a rule, bank- ©rs are pursuing a very conservative courso by requiring ample security and insisting on comparatively wide and safe margins. Spoc ulators in grain and provisions presented rather more paper for discount at banking institutions and were readily accommodated. Margins were called freely, and this in o measure increased the demand from that quarter. Lumbermen were moderate borrow- ers, but their demands were not pressing, and were generally for small amounts. Shippers of grain and provisions were vir tually out of the market. Wholesale merch- ants asked for rather free accommodation, owing to moderate collectious in the interior, The movement of money to the interior was only faiv—rather lighter than during the past two or three weeks, Rates of interest are stoady, ana well maintained ot 51,@0 por cent for gilt-cded names and 6 por cent for #ood to ordinary names, Regular customers of bunks command the proference. Some paper was accepted on the street at slightly reduced rates, In castern financial conters the demand for money continues good, and the supply is sufficient to mect all legitimate demands. Rates of interest are steady at %@ 21g per cent on call and b@7 por cont for mercantile timo loans, In foreign money markets there are nonew nor important foatures to note. The bal- ances of leading banke are incrensing to some extent, and there is no particular pross- ing demand for loans at the low rates of in- terest prevailing, New York exchange was in limited supply during the past week and the demand was fair. The market ruled firm and sales woro mml}fl at 00@70c premium per $1,000 and closing steady at 60c. Foreign exchango was in good sunply, while tne demand was only fair. Increased shipments of bonds, bread- stuffs, cotton, provisions and petrolenm have enlarged the' offerings and the market has ruled easier. Shippers' sixty days docu- mentary bills on London chunged hands at &1.81@s 843 and closed ruther steady ut $4.64 @48 The New York stock market was some- what unsettled during the past week and rices fluctuated considerably within a mod- erate range. The firmness exhibited at the close of theweek provious was of short dura- tion, but was sufliciently long to enable some of the lnrger operators on tho “long" side of the market to dispose of & g0 sharo of their lioldings. As offerings incrcased, however, the market gradually weakenea, an prices for most of the leading’ prog- erties closed lower than one week ago. Foreign operators purchased rather frecly of honds, but sold shares of leading rail- ronds. The prospects of low rates of freight from |lw.\\'r‘»t. owing te the competition with lake navigation, the unsettled feeling relative 1o the strike and the decreased carnings of many of the prominent railroads, tended to weaken the market for stocks it a_general way, and to curtail trading to a great extent, especially wmong outside operators, The professional traders of Wall street are wedded to operations in stocks, but outsido operators are not 8o attracted to them that they cannot siacken their business should they so desire. The aggregate sales on the New York stockexchange for the week were 1,337,000 shares, The past week has witnes: usual activit, graiu and pro ed more than a in the speculutive markets for sions—in fact, the volume of business was larger than reported for many weelks past. Free selling by the short inter- est during the previous two or three weeks gave buyers an opportunity to obtain control of the markets, and the general surroundings being favorable, they were cnabled to squeeze unfortunate shorts und realize handsome profits. The great bulk of trading centered in May and June deliver- ies and the supposition at the close is that trading is well evened up. Outsido of the government report of the condition of crons ich was rather unfavorable for this sea- son of the year—th Wwas no pronounced featuro on which to advance prices, except such as have prevailed for somo time past. Political affairs abroad are somcewhat un- settled, but appear to have no particular in- fluence on the course of the markot outside of making operators guarded and coy 4 tive in their spe their purchases of arti s required for immo- usc. The supplies of u are nov ze and gradually diminishing, Ro- ceipts have fallen oif ut all western points, which may be due to the bad condition of in: terior roads in some sections, and the fuct that farmers are now engaged in their usual spring work. Shipments to seaboard points have been moderately free, encouraged to some ext fact that some of the n undergoing squecze.’’ The export demand for grain, flour and provisions was fair and the in- ereased purehasces were made in a quiet way. While prices have ruled waterially higher on all the leading arti vet outsido pricos elose. v ere not supported 1o th Supplies of provisions are moderately large, but aro wradually decroasing. Arvrivals of live stock were only fair and the packingof hogs in the west is progressing rather slowly. - THE NORTHW Sl Risin, oux Faus, Dak. April 14.—[Speeial Telegram to the Bex, |- The Big Sioux river has overflowed its banks and done considera- IST FLOODS, ble damage. The Tllinois Contral railroid bridge, east of this city, has been car away, also the Milwaukeo bride n miles north. The flood at wh r two thousand feet of the Milw.u- ke has becn carried away,has entiroly cut off communication with Sioux City. The river is still vising. At Bloomer, Crirrewa PaLL, Wis,, April 14.—[S)ecial Telegram to the Bek.|—A dispatch just ro ceived from Bloomer states thut Duncan creck is rapidly rising and will be much higher. The water is cxpectod to reach tiere about midnight. People living aloug the creek huve boen notiticd. At Morcheaa. Moneneap, Minn, April 14, — [£pecial Telegram to the Bee.|—The Red river still continucs to rise steadily at the rate of an inch and @ hulf an hour, Several houses on ke point are submerged and the occupants forced to leave, as & part of “Shanty town" on the Fargo side is mnndated. 1L uow looks like ain and the river has risen twenty foot. Itis reported that the railroad bridge et Wiupton was carried away this morning An Attempted Rape. Durury, Mian., April 14.—(Special Tele- gram 1o the BBee.]—An atrocious attempt at rape on the person of Mrs. Allard, a well known and estimnable lady, by a tough named Jumes Moore, wus frustrated by the tim.ly arrival of the captain of the police, who Bap- pened to be passing the house and heard the eries. The villain was promptly jailed nd will be tricd Monday. NI Brained His Wife and Suicided. Asr 0., April 14 his evening Charles ts, a German tailor, beat his wife's brains Jutavith a base Dall bat, and then suicided :‘ winiig au the canal, | They .quariel 0712y LTS, : eighte