Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 14, 1888, Page 1

SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING MAY 14, 1888, NUMBER 331, CHARGES ACAINST FAIRCHILD. | Alleged Collusion Between Him and Favorite Bankers. THE BELL TELEPHONE SUITS. Little Prospect of Telegraph Legisia- tion This Session—Somebody Gave a Private Tree-Plant- Fairchild's Bond Buying Course. WasminaTox Bureav Tie OMana Bre, } 513 FOWRTERNTH STREET, ‘WasmiNetox. D. C.. May 13. There has been a report in circulation here for several days regarding an alleged combi- nation betwoen Secretary Fairchild and the otlier treasury officials and Mr. Conrad J. Jordan, formerly treasurer of the United States and now president of the Western National bank, which was organized for the benefit of the late Secretary Manning when he left the treasury. It is claimed that the policy of Secretary Fairchild in refusing to give to the public the names of those who offer bonds for sale each day has been adoptea in order to conceal the fact that most of the offers accepted come from Mr, Jordan's bank. There is no doubt of the intimate friendship between Mr. Jordan and Secretary Fairchild, nor is there any doubt that Mr. Jordan’s bank enjoys the same relations to the department at present that the First National bank of New York enjoyed while Mr. Sherman was in thetreasury, butanyone acquainted with Secretary Fairchild would not believe him capable of a corrupt mct, or think it possible for him to give greater advantage to one institution over another, It is probably the fact that the largest offers of bonds came from Mr. Jordan's bank. Mr. Jordan is actively en- gaged in purchasing United States bonds for this purpose, and may be making a little margin in the way of commission, but every other institutiou has an equal chance. The lowest bids are always taken and all are con- mdered unreasonable if above market price and not accepted. It would be better, how- over, and would prevent much of this gossip if Secretary Fairchild would handle the buvsi- ness openly and let the names of those who offer bonds for sale be known as the bidders for other government business. THE TELEPHONE CASE. The supreme court will to-morrow adjourn for the summer, and a number of opinions will be handed down. Among others will be the decision of the court on the appeal from the attorneys of Daniel Drawbaugh, who olaims to have been the inventor of the tele- phone, to have his case against the Bell com- reargued. Although the attorneys for ‘the Drawbaugh company, chief among whom are Senator E‘%dm\m s and Postmaster Gen- eral Dickinson, are very confident that the motion will be granted, it is more than prob- able that it will be denied. As has already been stated in these dispatches it will not be granted unless some member of the court who decided in favor of Bell has changed his mind or feels doubts as to the justness of the original decision. The only justices who can do this are Matthews, Miller and Blatchford, and it is not believed that either one will confess that he is wrong. NO TELEGRAPIl LEGISLATION. 1t is not believed there will be any telegraph legislation by congress this session. The stal telegraph bill, which was reported From the. houte committee on commerce by Representative Rayner, is on the calendar, but will probably not be reached. This bill is not endorsed by a majority of the commi tee, but Mr. Rayner of Baltimore, was per- mitted to report without prejudice. The Spooner bill, which [lvlncc(l the telegraph lines of the country under the jurisdiction of the inter-state commerce commission and was reported favorably from the sen- ate postofice committee and then re- ferred to the committee on inter-state commerce, has not yet been consid- ered by the latter committee, and although it will probably be reported favorably and may possibly pass the senate, there “is no probability of its reaching the house in time 10 be considered by that body. WHO GAVE 1T AWAY? There is great excitement among the arls- tocracy and the nobility over the disclosure of the fact that Mrs. Cleveland, during her recent visit to Mount Vernon. planted a vigorous young sapling just south of the oid mansion of Washington. The regents of the Mount, Vernon association, which comprises one lady from each of the thirty-eight states, were present, together with Miss Cleveland, illard, the school marm friend of the president’s wife, Mrs, Dickiuson, Mrs, Wh ney and a number of other ladies. The cere- mony was to be [:roserved as a profound secret and was not to be disclosed until re gen- erations should seek shelter under the um- brageous branches of the maple. The fact ‘was duly recorded in the journal of the Mount ‘Vernon association and the exact location of the tree was described in order that no unprincipled sapling might como forward in future years and claim the honor of having been planted by the president’s wife. No explanation is given of the reason why the performance was to be kept a secret, but it is supposcd it was_to prevent iconociasts from icking leaves off from the tree that Mrs. Cleveland planted, as they do off those that were planted by General Washington, Gen- eral Lafayotte and other famous people. But the question that is agitating the foundations of society is who gave the secretaway. There was a traitor present, and every one who par- +ticipated in the picnic is under suspicion, A QUEER WAY TO REACH CIHICAGO. . The Active Republican club of Baltimore, . which is composed of about four hundred of the most prosperous business men of the First ward of that eity, are going to make their journey to the Chicago eonvention in a novel way. They wiil start about three weeks in advance on a steamer, and go by the way of the Atlantic ocean, the St. Law- rence river and the great lakes. They ex- poet to leave about the 1st of June, and there . will be fifty gentlemen in the party. Prrry S, Heatd. Congressional Forec, WasnINGTON, May 18.—If the programme outlined by the democratic majority of the ways and means committee holds good, the comng week in the house willbe entirely de- voted to general debate on the tariff bill— even Tuesday, which has been set apart for consideration of labor bills, being occupied in that way, in pursuance of an arrangement by which the committee on lubor is to have auother day at & later date. Interest in the discussion promises to increase as the week which will end the debate draws to a close, owing to the fact that several of the leading spirits on both sides of the house are an- nounced to speak. g The pension appropriation bill, Cincinnati exposition blll,’pluuru pueumonia bill and the bill for the admission of Washiugton terri tory are measures which, more than any others, bid fair to occupy the time of the seu- ate in open session during the week, and they are likely, if reached at all, to come up in the order namad. The senate has for to-wmorrow the task of deciding in what way and to what extent, if at all, it will admit the public 10 ® knowledge of its proceedings upon the Aishery treaty. The treaty itself may come :{ on Tuesday, and will probably consume e greater part of the week, though if it be fl““m to sit with open doors, it is not y to be taken up until the lutter part of the weck. - Weather Indications. For Nebrasks and Iowa: Warmer, fair weather, winds growing light to fresh south- easterly. For Eastern and Southwestern Dakota: ‘Warmer, faw weather, light to frest variable winds becowing woutheasterly, THE CLEARANCE RECORD. Financial Transactions of the Past Week, Bostow, Mass, May 13.—[Special Telo- gram to the Bee.]~The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from rs of the leading clearing-houses Tnited States, shows the gross ex- changes for the week ended May 1 1888, with the rate per cent of increase or d crease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week last year: CITIRS, CLEARINGE, 630,013,918 RAT49,781 9,000 50,241,805 17,990,560 15,452,045 11,574,489 10,881,068 Cineinnati . Kansas City New Orlean: Lousville, Providence Milwaukee . Minneapolls Omaha §t. Paul Detroit. Cleveland Denver. 4,063,000 3,840,000 BK30,798 3,822,778 1,760,508 30 | O8R, BIR019 2 Portland. Norfolk.. Gloucester, Syracuse. Grand Ry Topeka W ¥ ork... Note—Topeka and Quincy not inc totals. S CCTLEES UNDER WATER. Alexandria, Mo., Flooded By the Bursting of a Levee. St. Louts, May 18.—At 11 o'clock yester- dny morning a levee situated south of Alex- andria, Mo., broke in several places and a vast volume of water began pouring into the town, which was completely inundated. A spasmodic attempt was made to chec the ir- resistible flow, but within a few minutes the laborers quit and accepted the inevitable, It required less than an hour to inundate the entire town, which was covered with water from two to six feet, submerging almost every foot of ground. When the water reached half of the houses the inhabitants sought refuge in the upper stories of build- ings, where they will be imprisoned until the subsiding of the flood in the main streets. The water s fully three fect deep, circumscribing the movements of the population and rendering transportation from one point to another possible only by means_of skiffs or rudely constructed rafts. The sidewalks are overflowed and s landed in_doorways of private residences. Business is entirely suspended. There has been no loss of life nor great damage to property within the town. Atthis point the Mississippi is fully seven miles wide, and within_ the range of vision one vast expanse of water greets the eye. The area of farm- ing land In_the Missouri bottoms that is submerged is estimated.at 75,000 acres, and the continuance of the flood Will result in an approximated loss to the farming community of that region of at least £300,000. A high wind is prevailing to-day which has caused to wash openings in_the Warsaw levee, which affords protectiou to some 60,000 acres of fertile Illinois Jand. Quarterly Whipping of Convicts Un- der the New Jersey Law. NEW CASTL May 13.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Beg. |—The quarterly whipping of convicts took place here yesterday morn- ing in a drizzling rain. Five men were lashed and two stood in the pillory for one hour. The number of persons present was about one hundred, half of them being boys under twelve years. Owen Dougherty, aged eighteen, white, was the first whipped. He received five blows for stealing, with two of his brothers, a quantity of rubber hose. His back was the color of a lobster when he was returned to his cell, His brother Patrick, aged twenty-four, fol- lowed and received the same punishment. He laughed as the sheriff reddened his back, and left the post with a grin, James Murray, agel eighteen, asorry look- ing darky, laughed also as the sheri him five lashes for stealing 500 2-cent. James Darius, a gray-bearded darkey, aged sixty, was given five cuts for stealing a set of harness worth $00. He never flinched as the thongs hit his back, and when through ran nimbly back into the jail. The fifth victim was John Pierce, a slim white man of thirty, who took twenty lashes for burglary. He did not move from his po- sition. but his legs quivered violently. The sheriff whipped gently. Pierce and Henry I, Haines, white, con- victed of swindling grocers, were then placed in the pillory for one hour. The atmosphere was close, and the men, who were covered with blankets, were sonking wet from per- spiration and the heavy drizzle. When wken 1o their colls they were so stiff they could scurcely walk, —— Suspected Train Robbers Arrestad. Nog iz, May 13.—This afternoon Mexican officials arrested two Mexican cus- toms guards on suspicion of being implicated in Friday’s train robbery, American officers also arrested an American named Taylor, cwing to the fact that a hat which one of the robbers lost was rece a8 one which Taylor wore here yesterday. This evening the Mexican officials, who have been in pur- suit of the rfibbers, arriyed here with four prisoners whom they had captured, The funerals of the dead conductor and fireman were held this afternoon. Express Messen- ger Hay and passenger French are still alive, but it is not believed they can recover. All places of business have been closed here to-day. Taylor, the man arrested yesterday on sus- picion of being one of the parties connected with the robbery, made a partial confession, He says a man named Conrad Roling was at d of the robbery. Rolling left town irty miles _ A a ing officers with mounts left to-day in pursuit of the robbers. A Gifford Will Run Again. Pigrig, Dak,, May 12.-[Special to Tns Bee.] ~It is uow a certainty that Judge O. 8. Gifford will enter the race as a candidate for a third term as delegate to congress from this territory, In a letter to a friend in this city, the judge says: *I have concluaed to let iy name go along with the names of the other statesmen who want the oftice of dele- gate from the territory and if I do not win, [ will keep within sight of them. However, I shall not leave Washington until the ad- journment of congress, feeling that the people of Dakota require my attention here wmore than 1o the political field, working for a re-nomination.” The course that Mr, Gifford is pursuing in this matter is making him more than solid with this section of the tervitory. -~ Two Men Drowned. Doruta, Minn, May 13.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]--Pete McMahan and Peter Lemelle were drowned at Tower this worning by the .upsetting of their canoce, Both were sober, Botl wen were single, WAS IT SUICIDE OR MURDER Status of the Investigation in the General Beem Case, A MYSTERIOUS DEVELOPMENT. The Wife Maintains That She Can Clear and Will Clear Herself of Suspicion—~An Interview With Her Lawyer, Investigating the Stanton Tragedy Cnicaco, May 13.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—The committee of the Union Veteran club, having in charge the irivestiga- tion into the mysterious death of General Martin Beem, met last evening in the office of the clerk of the appellate court and pre- pared a temporary report to be submitted to the club to-morrow evening. From the re- sults of the meeting it is evident that the committee is not satisfied with the develop- ments thus far made and are as douvtful about céming to a conclusion as were the juries at Stanton, Mo., and Alton, 1. That there are material facts yet concealed by either the widow or her specious attorney. the committee is well convinced, and it 18 probable that only a partial report will be made to the club to-morrow evening. Mrs. Beem promised to furnish the club with all the letters received from her husband since her arrival in Chicago and while she was residing with her parents at Stanton. Yester- day afternoon Captain John J. Healy notified Mrs. Beem that the committee particularly desired the production of these letters, but she replied by stating that all her letters were at Stanton and she had sent for them, but they had not yet arrived. As soon as she received them she would send them to the committee. A peculiar phase of this mysterious case was developed yesterday in regard to the ab- sence from town of Carlos P. Sawyer, who was named by the deceased general as the executor of his will. Mr. Sawyer announced that he was going “a fishing,” but it has been ascertained that he went to Alton for the purpose of securing consent of the heirs of the general to the appointment of Lavergne W. Noyes as execator of the will in place of himself. According to a state- ment of Willis Beem, a nephew of the de- ceased general, Mr. Sawyer had se- cured the signatures of the general's two sisters before he was aware of his intentions, but as it was necessary to secure thesignature of a brother of the deceased, who resided at DuQuoin, I11., the youne man telegraphed to his uncle urg- ing him to refuse his signature and to urge the appointment of the publicadministrator in case Carlos P. Sawyer refused to serve, Mr. Sawyer is evidently indisposed to accept the post of administrator and to attempt the duties of an investigation into the cause of the general’s death, and thus seeks to shift the responsibility upon the shoulders of Mr. Noyes, a warm and earnest friend of the widow. Mr. Noyes stated yesterday that he had not been consulted in the matter at all, and therefore could not say anything about the possibilities of his_acting as the executor of the will of the dead general. He did not de- sire the appointment, but if the court thought he was a proper person to take charge of the general’s estate he would accept all the re- sponsibilities nvolved in the mattes Mrs. Beem was seen yesterday. She stated that she had written to Stanton for all the letters forwarded by the general to her, and would not have the slightest hesitancy in making public every word she had received from her husband prior to his death, *“One thing is certain,” said Mrs. Beem, I am de- termined that Mr. Saw when he comes back. shall find that m, erious letter which is suid to have been received by Willie Wade, the office boy. From what I can learn, the letter was written by a lady and addressed to the boy.and I am determined to know what there'is in it. 1 know the letter is in existence, aud i 3 a1’s possession, and when he ¢ ay I shall de- mand its production and will submit it to the committee of the Veteran club. There is mo doubt in my mind that the letter was written at the dictation of General Beem, and I think I will be able to prove that fuct before many days. The very fact that a letter threatening to poison the general should have been sent to a mere boy in the office is absurdly rigiculous, and I shall endeavor to disc r the writer if it is possible to do 80, « Among the friends of both the deceased general and Mrs, Beem the opinion is fast gaining ground that the terrible condition of the finances of the deceased was the “imme- diate cause of his self-murder, but with a peculiar cunning born of his legal education he attempted to throw a cloud of suspicion over hisdeath in order thut his sisters might realize on the two $10,000 life insurance poli- cies which would be barred if the [Jtheory fof [suicide should be es- tablished. From all sources the general verdict that General Beem died from his own hand in order to evade the financial ruin that was impending ov him and this fatal act may have been hastened by the domestic complications in which he had becowe in- volved. Beem announces her intention of having a thorough investigation of all the effects of her husband. She desires that the entire public shall be appraised of her perfect vindication, and is alive to the fact that only the fullest disclosures of the lives of herself and her deceased husband canuccomplish the desired result of her completo vindication, . Arro, Ili., May 18.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bek. |—The attitude of the Beem family toward the investigation now in progress t clear up the mystery surroundmg the gener- al's death is peculiar, Immediately after the burial, when the circumstances tending to throw doubt upon the suicidal theory were coming out, the relatives were disposed to resist the invest] ion, preferring that the Nebraska inquest should stand as a final set- tlement of the case. The question of insur- ance hus, however, entered largely into sub- sequent developmeuts, Each of the insurance companies having a risk on the life of the de- ceased has had an agent here for the purpose of protection. A guard was maintained at the grave in the Alton cemetery the first night after the interment. It soon became evident, although not 8o declared, that the payment of policies was to be resisted upon the theory of suicide. It was then not so much for the amount of money wvoived, as for the higher consideration of saving the dead soldier's name from dis- honor that his family called upon the cor- oner for a disinterment and & reinquest, ‘The result was the same as that reached in Nebraska, The physicians argued that while the course of the ball indicated noth- ing as to who fired it, the absence of powder stains was strong circumstantial evidence that the shot had not been fired by the de- ceased. 4 Miss Annie Beem, in whose favor one of the policies is drawn, expresses the opinion that it was the Milwaukee attorney, South- erland, who drove her brother to his death. Her statement, however, is entirely in con- flict with the supposition that the general anticipated any danger before his departure for Nebraska. The letters discoves i his oftice, dated the day beforg he ieft Chicago, and his memorandum to his executor named therein, expressed a fear of foul play. Miss Beem states that she and the family were in ipt of letters at about the same date, saying that the general intended to go to Nebraska, but saying nothing to indicate that he was not in his usual healtb, or that he feared expected any serious fatal res from the trip. said it his intention to y assured of it, mot ouly from the dead gen- eral's lips, but in his letlers'which, from time to time, she had recoived from him; and which, although not .preserved, or at least, not now ready to be put im evidence, could be well substantiated by herown testimony and that of others, ’ MiILWAUKEE, May 18—[Special Telegram to T Bre.|— ‘There is not a sorap of evi- dence that can imp) me in this unhappy Beem affair,”” said Atfrney George E. Suth- erland to-day. *“The story about there bein, certain matters which I wastrying to conceal {3 o lle from boginning o end, T am 80 pro- foundly convinced of Mrs. Beem's innocence and of my ability to prove it that I have nothing fo conceal. I am as positive she did not kill B as I am that I live. There is but ongfietter that throws any spicion upon Mrs, , and that is the one veferred to n 's will, and Beem examine 'into the cir- of his desth, as he had received a letter, which would be found in his vault, warning him that hé might be voisoned. Sawyer acknowledged to me that he had that letter. 1 asked him to let me secit; he re- fused. T asked hia If 1t was written by Mrs. Beem; he said it was hot. T asked him if it was written by myself: he said no. Then who could have written it? He wouldn't answer. But we know that it came from Berlin, and in all probability from the spy that had been sent to Germany to watch his wife. It was simply part of an infamous, damnable plot by whh-g Beem sought to ruin his wife. I haven’t s strong enough to express myself about it. The letter was probably dictated by Beem himself and sent th Berlin to be returned to Beem by his agent. “How will it all end!” “The Lord only knows. are doing everything they ean to have Mrs. Beem convicted of murder. Beem had his Iife insured for $20,000, and if it is proved that Beem committed suicide the \mlh:y be- comes worthless, as it declares in plain terms that it is not payable in case of suicide. Hence, if Mrs. Beem is declared innocent Beem’s heirs will got nothing, and she will likekewise lose her dower rights: 1f the charge of murder is fastened upon her she will also be cut off. 8o sie may not got anything in_any event. But she is not guilty, and will ‘stand by her to the end. If she goes to the lows I will go to the foot of it with her. I know every fact and circumstance connected with the case. A more cruel, malignant and uncalled for persecution I never heard of before. Beyond all doubt Beem was crazy. The superin- tendent of one of the Iilinois hospitals for the insane told me that after reading Beem’s letters and his will he had no doubts at all that the man was of unsound mind. It is one of the fallacies of insane people to be de- luded with the idea that some one is trying to Kill them.” Beem's relatives elr ALl A WALKING WARDROBE. How Lilian Lewis Succceded in Evad- Detrorr, Mich., May 13.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.|—Miss Lilian Lewis gave afinal impersonation of the very naughty Lena Despard in “As in a Looking-Glass” last night. She retired to her dressing room and gave an unexpected female imitation of Mansficld’s transformation scene, which was_the greatest effart of her life. A con- stable reached the door just after Miss Lewis had eatered armed with an attach- ment issued by & number of the company for salary due. “I'm dressing,” said Miss Lewis in a deflant tone, “and you can’t come in.) The sheriff had-a ‘brief view of white arms and shoulders. as the door slammed shut. angd then posted bimself on ove side of the door and Manager Marston on the other. The manager entertained the constable with explosive criticisms, on ‘his course and still Miss Lewis went on dressing. At the end of o half hour the drus!ag gong on inside was: d. apparently incomplef The border lights had been turned out, but Miss Lewis con- tinued her toilet. At last thoy turned, the door opened and aflood of light streamed out. Standing in the glare was the occupant of the room—not_the slim and graceful Lillian Lewis of the stage, but a woman of enormous waist and prodigious proportions. Three empty tranks made the setting for the tab- leau, which was secn only for a moment before the ponderous figure sailed majestic- ally away. Miss Lewis had donned every scrap of wardrobe she possessed and so kept it out of the clutches of the -~ High License and Cattle. 17, Neb., May 11.—[Special to Tur :i.]—The remonstrance against license has been overruled and license granted by the board. The remoustrants have given notice of appeal, though they can scarcely hope to win. It appears to be the wish of the maj icense prevail as the late on clearly demonstrated. being shipped from this point to Omaha and Chicago in large num- bers. The cattle interests of this vicinity are worthy of more than passing notice. ~The Converse Cattle company and the Benjamin Weaver company together represent between 60,000 and S0,000 head on_their ranches here and in Wyoming. Bell & Rankin will ship upwards “of three thousand fat cattle this season and other feeders lesser quantitics. ATkINSON, Neb., May 11. Bee.]—We have been having for over a week asteady fall of rain. The grass and small gram is in splendid condition and farmers are getting their corn planted as fast as the rainy weather will permit. Our prospects for good crops this year are better than ever before aud the worlkers of the soil are m a jubilant state of mind: Many castern par- ties are investing in Holt county lands, and they are much pleased with our climate, soil, or and grand outlook. Atkinson is muk- ing great preparations for the Grand Army gathering of northwest Nebraska which wiil be held here for four days including July 4. Beautiful grounds have been selected for the encampment along the banks of the Elk- horn river, and a large assembly of the boys in blue and their friends are expected. —— Blazing Ofl Tanks. OiL City, V4., May 13.—An iron tank con- taining 000 barrels of oil, two miles up Oil creek, was struck by lightning Saturday at 11 o'clock. This marning the tank boiled over setting fire to anether tank on the oppo- site side of the cregk eontaining 34,000 bar- rels, The Keystone refinery, a short distance from the fire, is in some dauger. Wing dams are being built in the creek to protect property along the eveek. The oil and tanks are owned by J. B. Smithman, s The Conditien of Crops. WasniNGToN, May 15.—The following is an extract from the gevernment crop report: The weather has boen especially favorable for growing crops during the week in the central valloy. Raiuns, which were much neeled in winter .wheat regious, occurred during the week, and ¥eports from those sec- tions indicate that. the weather favorably affected cereals pasturage and fruit. e —— Don Pedro's Condition. Mira, May 18.—The chest affection with which the emperor of Brazil has been suffer- ing has abated, but the patient now shows symptoms of paralysis and is suffering from diabetes, A telegram from the princess im- verial concerning the abolition of slavery in Brazil has caused him to rall s The Fire Record, PHILADELPRIA, May 18—The large brick building which contained the steel works and rolling mill of Diston’s extensive saw works at Tacony was entibely destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. Loss, 000 insurance, $140,000, About two thousand ewployes will be more or less affected. o ———— Walked Into Death. NEWARK, O., May 18.—Thomas Johnston was nstantly killed ang John Skinner seri- ously injured by bei strugk by @ train while walking on the :?fch Lo-night. WHERE ENGLAND'S SAFETY IS Not in Her Soldiers But Her Men- of-War. CONCERNING THE QUEEN'S NAVY. Althongh Not 8o Hadly Off as It Might Be There is Much Room For Improvement—The * Tel- graph's” Sensation. What Lord Charley Says. [Copyright 1688 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxpox, May 13.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bre.l—1 found the gossip hotter to-day than ever at army and navy and united service clubs over the war scare. The conservatives were backing up Lord Salisbury’ssnubof “Adjutant” General Wolsely, as he was generally called, and others were partisans of the Daily Telegraph. ‘Will there conie, or ought there to come out of this scare, Lord Wolscly's resignation, was a current question. It was generally agreed that after all the military aspect of the scare was of not much _importance compared with the naval aspect. For, said cne veterfn generll, this is not a frontier country. Ifour navy is strong enough to sweep the seas and guard the ports and we keep to our policy of non-interference, sol- diers are of secondary consideration. Neither Lord Alcester, the Admiral Seymour of Alexandria fame, nor Lord Charles Beres- ford were at the clubs. When I sought Lord Charleé he had just left the Carlton. 1 then visited Lord Alcester at his residence in St. James. ¢ “My opinion,” said he, ‘is that the Daily Telegraph has greatly exaggerated the seri- ousness of the situation. The article which created such a stir is one of those sensations inwhich that paper is accustomed to indulge. 1 had a little experience with its methods while T was in Egypt, and although I would not impute unworthy motives to anyone, I am strongly of the opinion that this war scare is simply a clever device on the part of the proprietors to increase the sale of the paper.” “‘What would be the result should a French or Russian army succeed in gaining a foot- hold on English soil?"* “Personally I don’t believe they would get very far, but we scamen do not like to con- sider such a possibility. We want to put it out of the question for a hostile army to ap- proach our coasts. In other words we would have England rely for protection rather upon her fleet than upon any elaborate system of coast defences,” “But supposing the flect was vanquished?” “Even then, said the admiral, making the supposifion unwillingly, “it is an undisputed fact in military science that earthworks make the best kind of fortifications. The essential point in our preparations should be the strenghtening of our naval force. It is unfortunately true that as regards large breech-loading cannons our fleet is inferior to those of other European powers. We have plenty of breech-loaders of five inch or six inch bore, but in these days such pieces are little better than toys when cannon are made ‘which will carry twelve miles as was demon- stefated the other A&y &t Shi plain that no precautions must be neglected to keep such monsters at their distance. As to speed, we have little to fear, on that score.” I next visited Lord Charles Beresford, who was no better pleased with the Daily Tele- graph than Lord Alcester. “That is not the way to help the naval cause,” he said emphatically. *“The English navy is not in as good condition as might be desired. If it were I should not have re- signed. but there is not the slightest neces- sity for getting scared about it. There would have been excellent reason for such ascare two or three years ago, but an im- mense amount has been accomplished since then. Our fleet is as well manned and officered as any fleet in the world and its or- ganization has already been brought to a high degree of excellency. The system should be 80 perfect that were war declared against England every man-of-war and every cruiser in her majesty’s service, in whatever corner of the world they might chance to be, would know in an instant exactly where to go and what to do. Although it has not yet reached that degree of excellence, even as things stand to-day we have no cause to doubt the ability of our fleet to defend us. It would mean a little harder fighting. It might mean the abandonment of the Med- iterranean, but I do not for a moment ques- tion the result. In this respect we suffer the same ‘annoyaunce experienced by the United States. That is, the delay in receiving our naval equipment from contractors. This might become a serious matter. They arc making a great fuss in the house of commons about the defencelessness of London, but T insist that England must rule the seas if she expects to rule anything. In the house of commons for or five of us from the navy stand against twenty times as many army men, and 50 we have hard work to make ourselves felt, but is it not evident that were England beaten on the waters* which form her only frontier, the enemy would have only to block her food supplies and let her starve? They would conquer us without striking a blow. England can never be saved by her army, therefore as is it our sole hope, our navy must be very strong, very much stromger. I maintain now as I have always maint we want five more men-of-war and twenty-three more cruisers, Then we will be safe, and not until then.” —— Little Love For Jay Gould, LCopyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxpox, May [New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue B —The following extract from the current Economist, which is much regarded by financial circles, cannot fail to interest American bankers and brok- ers as reflecting the English sentiment lately focused upon one whose apt alias of the Cor- sair Capel court is rapidly adopting, and who has become its fiscal Pariah: This slackening may be due to circum- stances likely to lead to permanent resuits as regards Mr. Gould. There can be no doubt that the light which of late has been constautly thrown upon his past course has at last bhad its proper effect upon the public. Nearly every one now knows something of Mr. Gould’'s operations with such com- panies as the Erle, Union Pacific, Wabash and the allied lines of the Missouri Pacific, of whick the Missouri, Kansas & Texas is just now an uufortunate example. In all these cases it "“‘{ been effectually demon- strated that Mr, Gould works only for his own hand, no matter whether he holds & po- sition of trust or not; that his unscrupulous- ness is only to be matched by his consum- mate skill in wanipulation, and that his transactions have frequently been only just within the bounds of law, although very con- siderably beyond the hmits of ordinary com- mereial morality, As aresult Mr. Gould has amassed great wealth while most of the undertakings with which he has been con- nected have become mere derelicts, Of Mr. Hurtington the same cannot be said, but at the same time he, as chief of the well known Southern Pacific clique, has worked 1n an atmosphere of mystery which has been extremely injurious to all interests except his own, However, the public here and in the United States are now well aware of the risks they run in having to do with these gentlemen, and as a consequence they resolutely refuse to have anything to do with their projects, except, of course, where old investments made in the time of ignorance are still being clung 1o in the hope that they may be re- trieved. With the investment market thus closed to them these operators find their sphere of activity greatly curtailed, as a re- sult of which they may ultimately be forced to withdraw very largely from what is rather euphoniously termed railroad man- agement. Scarcely anything has been more characteristic of American railroads than their autocratic mavagement, but in the past. few years a very marked change has taken place in this respect. For instance the deathof Mr, Vanderbilt led to the division of his enormous fortune. Again the death of Mr. Garrett placed the control of that line in the hands of his son, who speedily found it advisable to leave the com- pany to be controlled by representatives of the shareholders, The removal of these op- erators, who, by their interests were unusu- aily the leaders of the bull party, has had the eftect of greatly restricting the scope of the great bear speculators. There still re- mains, however, two railway operators in the United States who, from their skillin manip- ulations, have long stood in the front rank. ‘We refer to Mr. Jay Gould and Mr. C. P, Huntington, but to both of them the last few years appear to e been unfavorable. e il A Boodler in London. [Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxpox, May 18.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to T Ber.]—Among the enjoyers of the bright sunshine to-day around Trafalgar square and watching the splashing fountains this morning, were William H. Moloney and his son. He was looking in excellent health and as jaunty as when I last heard him rattling off unfinished business in the aldermanic chamber. He was wearing mourning for his father. *I have just left Ttaly,” he said, *“where I hobnobbed with the Neapolitians who supply New York with streot sweepers, and I lingered a few days in Paris.” He asked me what the Herald knew about the Kerr trial, to which the an- swer came, “I ean tell you all about it if you will tell the Herald all you know about " its merits or demerits.”” Stroking his bushy gray whiskers like a sleek alderman when called upon suddeniy to vote on a momentous question, Mr. Maloney responded, I don't know anything about the matter, and if I did T should not tell.” He resolutely but politely declined an interview, and resumed his fountain-gazing as if internally saying with Hamlet to the vanishing ghost, “Rest perturbed spirit.” Gillig Will Get There Again. [Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.] Losvoy, May 13.—[New York Herald Cable—Specinl to Tue Bee.|—I met Mr. Gillig on the Strand this morning. In con- versation he said: “Whether the liquidation ,tho creditors 10 cents or 50 cents on the dollar, I stand pledged to them if I live to repay cvery penny of their claims. If I could have time now to realize the full value of the assots of the exchange I would guar- antee to pay the debts in full, but if they in- sist on wrecking everything by selling the securities in a lump regardless of the market, why of course we will come ont behind. Whatever may be the result you may be sure that I will never again be the ‘Gilligen’ of the concern. I would not accept a position such as I had for half a million dollars a year: the responsibility was overwhelming. ‘All the same I shall make more money than 1 have ever made before. Iam not discour- aged and I am notsick. Furthermore my old friends in London are treating me with it possible increasing kindness The Fope Orders Answers Made. [Copyright 1888 by James GGordon Bennett. | RoME, May 13.—|New York Herald Cable— Special to the Bee.]—The vatican gave orders to all the Catholic papers in Rome answer the speech of Parnell. The Moni- teur de Rome says that as Mr. Parncll is a Protestant he is not thoroughly qualified to De the spokesman of Ircland, and adds that he is ignorant of the real sentiment of the Irish people, as is proved by numberless ad- nesions to the vatican circular which are coming from the clergy and laity alike from all parts of Ircland. The Moniteur concludes by expressing the hope that the act of the pope will soon be acknowledged as made in the true interests of Ireland. The Asservatore Romano confirms the statement that numberless adhesions have been received, and states that Mr. Parnell, by denying all connection between the league and the plan of campaign, implicitly condemns the latter. 1t is believed that the pope will not insist upon any collective adhesion of the Irish episcopate at least for the present, unless any symptoms of resistance are shown, in which case very vigorous action would be taken, Davitt On the Rescript. Loxpoy, May 1 uvitt, in a speech at Liverpool to-day, soil that Irish- men would not be one ota belind O'Connell in resenting the papal rescript. Ireland had done more for the church among the people throughout the English speaking world than any country, and if this was Rome's grati- tude Irishmen would be likely to usk them- selves questions in the mutter. Without wishing his remarks to be construed as an attack on, or as showing disrespect to the church, Ne said that whether the rescri was intended us a political pronunciun or not, it would be 0 regarded, and already had béen held as such by every coercionist paper and the meanest unionist rag, He was confident that the rescript had added three months to Dillon's sentence, Irishmen were compelled to believe that the rescript was due to English intrigues, and Ireland would not accept political dictation from Rome. - Our Trouble With Morocco, LoNDON, May 14.—A dispatch from Gib. raltar concerning the settlement of the dis- pute between the United States and Morocco says after the withdrawal of the claims for money indemuity an apology was tendered to the American consul, and orders wero given for an immediate release of the per- B0ns WLOSC arrcst gave rise 1o the trouble. Vb SRY0S10 0 The Emperor's Condition. BenuiN, May 13.—The cmperor was much better to-day. He will s00n be visited by Prof. Virchow. Al e Steamship Arrivals, New York, May 18.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bie.)—Arrived—The steamers La Bourgoyne from Hayre, Sorrento from Ham- burg, France from London, Newport from Aspinwall, Powhattan from Mediterranean ports. LoxpoN, May 13.—[Special Cablegram to Tug Bek, |—Arrived—The steamers Aurania from New York for leer}mul at Queenstow to-day, La Chumpague from New York at Havre to-day, - been NOTHER METHODIST MATTER Novel Suit Brought Against 8 Minister. GENERAL WEAVER'S ASPIRATIONS Women Filling Official Positions—The New Railroad Law Proving a Puzzle—Des Moines' Strect Railway Priviloges, Can a Methodist Minister Vote? Des Morses, Ia,, May 13.—[Special to Tug Bee.]—Tho supreme court now in session hero has several vory important cases before it. One of these involves the question of cits izenship of Methodist ministers. The case is brought from Emmettsburg, where a clergy- man of that denomination has been actively engaged in closing the saloons. When ho at< tempted to vote his voto was challenged by saloonkeeper on the ground that as he w subject to change and removal by the bishop of his church, he had not acquired a resis dence in that town, however long he might live there. The proposition is so ridiculous that it is surprising any lawyer was found to entetain it. But the case was carried through the courts up to the supreme court, and is mow nwaiting a decision. As every minister in that church is appointed to his charge for a year at least, he is sure to stay longer than the time required for legal citi- zenship in Towa, But the supreme court will have an opportunity to put itself on record ag to the itineracy in a case that has attracted considerable attention. There ure growing indicatious that Gen- eral Weaver, the groat apostle of greenbacks ism, has serious designs of running for pros- dent again. He has found the democratic pathway a hard and thorny road. Although elected to congress by a fusion with the dem- ocrats in the Sixth district, he has not dared surrender completely to them, and conse- quently has made enemies without gaining friends to offset them. Already signs of @ revolt are being seen, and the democrats are saying that it would neyer do to renominate him for congress, He realizes that it will never do for him to be left without a job, and s0 is casting around for a position that will bring him some support, if not honor. The Seventh congressional district greenbackers, at their meeting in this city last week, recs ommended him for nomination as president by the greenback party. The Michigan state convention of greenbackers have formally instructed for him, and there seems to be ax attempt to work up a boom for our Jeems for president. He is the publisher of a greens back paper m this city, and_for several months past it has been sending out his picture as a_premium, and thus helping on the boom. So it will not be surprising if tha gallant_general appears on the national ticket this fall, though without any expectas tion of being elected. It will at.” least give him employment for some time, and mitigate the disappointment which is _inevitable ffhie tries again to run for congress. While the woman question is being dis. cussed in various parts of the country it id receiving a little attention in Iowa. There has been a conservative feeling heretofora against putting women in positions of great responsibility in the state. But some hon- orary as well as exccutive positions haye been given them. Mrs. Hutchison, ol’H&- tumwa, who was last week appointed a trus- tee of the soldiers’ orphans home, is the third lady to hola a similar position in the state. ‘The other two are Mrs. Maggi» Appleton, of Sioux City, who is a trustee of the industrial school, and Mrs, R. R. S. Woods, of this city, who is one of the official visitors to the insafié asylums. So little by little cthe dear womén are receiving recognition by this state, and 80 far it must be smd _that they have filled the positions assigned them with great effi- ciency and success, The new railroad law which has just gone into effect throughout the state is proving quite a puzzle to all classes of people. Ths railroad men especially are having a great deal of work to adjust their tariffs to the new order of things, The public which is ex- pected to be benefitted will find in man respects much inconvenience by the changé, ‘This is particularly true in the matter of passenger rates. The new law forbids any discrimipation by competing roads, and the basis of fare is fixed on the exact mileage of the shortest road. The short road therefore will_get the business, and destroy all compes tition and deprive the travelers of any bene- fits from rival lines, unless they wish to_pay a higher fare. The people in' this vicinity complain also of the abolishing of excursion rates, which they have herctofore enjoyed. Colfux Springs, o summer resort about an hour's ride from this city, has heretofore patronized during the season, and the railroad com- pauy 'made an excursion rate for the round trip which was an inducement for many. That privilege is now taken away, and every pussenger to Colfux must pay fuil fare each way. Another advantage whic existed heretofore has also been abolish by the change in the matter of coupon tickets, Now if u trayeler wants to go over two or three lines in the state he can only buy a ticket from the starting point to the first change of cars, He must there get off, even if it bein the middle of the night, and buy a new ticket which will take him to the next junction, where he has to repeat the process, This is liable to occasion great - convenience to travelers and there will be great complaint if the old privilege of buying coupon tickets from the starting pomnt through to the destination is to be prohibited. It is apparent that the railroads are dis- posed to respect the law to the very letter, and make its provisions as burdensome and oppressive to the people as possible with the hope that it may be repealed, The people ‘of this city ure greatly inter- ested in a suit now pending in the supreme court regarding the street lway privileges of Des Moines, The old charter ‘which was granted to the narrow guage company some twenty years ugo, giving them an Tight to'the strects of this city, is the question in iss) It has been held that the city had no right, at thut time, to grant an exclusive charter to the public streets to the detriment of the public interest in years to come, the time that the chartor was Moines was a small town hard] a village, and it was scarcely thought that the time would come when the needs of the city would outgrow the railroad facilities then proposed. But the slow methods of the old street car monopoly will not at all do for the mnecds of the pre ent. There has been a great demand for rapid transit, and an elcetric street rajlway company stands ready to furpish it if the court will permit. It is claimed by the friends of the new company that the old charter in its narrowest and most liberal con- struction could control only cars whose mo- tive power was horses. ‘That an electrio motor cannot be construed within the provi- sions of thut act any more thuu could & 'bus line or hack line. if the supreme court shall s0 decide, Des Moines will have an electrio street railway in operation s soon as the motors can be sccured, and tho city will have much needed relief from a monopoly that fulls sadly below the public need. 5 The action of the Stute Pharmacy associa- tion in deciding against uking out permits to 1 liquor is being generally followed by gists throughout the state. As fast as thelr permits expire they secm to be unwils ling to renew thew, and it is belicved that within three months time there will be very few druggists in the stute that will sel liquor even for the purpose allowed by law, The reason for this is the very stringent measure passed by the last lcy;nlulurl.',wg‘l’uh makes the taking of a permit a matter of so wuch trouble and responsibility that self- respecting druggists are unwilling to ineur the annoyance and the hazards involyed. For au iron-clad measure that wonld make ch a8 @ drugeist’s business was ) within the letter of the Jaw, even by one who tried to, the mun-mwyla is an undoubted success. largely