Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1888, Page 2

PITH OF THE NEWS Omaha defeats Minneapolis—2 to 0. 1'wo steamers collide in Vinyard sound. Two men were shot and instantly killed in Chicago. Jute bagging manufacturers have organ- 12ed a trust. A fire destroys $5,000 worth of property at Grand Island. The Indians at Standing Rock refuse to sign the treaty. The Chicngo police have capturcd a six teen-year-old horse thief. Several important measures are to be con- sidered in congress this week. Woodsdale citizens are arming and prepar- ing for a raid on Hugotown. An eloper frustrated in an attempt to com- mit suicide at the Casino garden. James Cadonec dies suddenly in a base- mont on South Thirteenth strect. Western association games: Chicago 5, Bioux City 2; Kansas City 8, Milwaukee 1. An interesting interview with John Ander- sony detailing his nine days’ experience in the well. A fatal quarrel occurréd on board a train nn“;hu Kausas City, Springfield & Memphis road. A company has been formed in Pittsburg for the purpose of developimg Mexican tin mines, Rev. C. O. Brown preaches his first sum- mer sormon at the First Congregational church. The mystery surrounding the disappear- ance of Charles Jones, the New York broker, Mas hioon solved. P, YOUNG BUT TOUGH. A Youth Whose Achievements in Horse Stealing are Unparalleled. Cnicaco, July 20.—The police have suc- teeded in capturing a sixteen-year-old robber those achievements in the horse stealing line fre unpardlleled in this part of the country. His name he gives as Edward Brown, and he ¢laims to have come from Kendall county, Texas, about June. Brown came in with a carload of Texas ponies, and when his friends had sold their stock and returned home he formed the acquaintance of Charles Crane, aged nineteen, and also hail- ing from Tex: Brown soon proposed that they go into tho horso stealing business on_ & large scale, being convinced that it would be very profitable. A business partnership was formed between the two Texans, and a barn rented on the west side of the city that would hold about twenty horss Nightly forays were begun and were suct ul, Th Dboys hired five men as_grooms, bought hay by the ton and oats by the car load., In less than twenty-four hours after they started business they had stolen five horses and sold three of them at liberal price The boldness of their plans was remarkable. They would hitch two stolen horses to a stolen carriage and drive along Michigan avenue until they saw a team that suited them. To see a good team meant ownership for them, for they would follow it home and in _all probability secure it at night. Every foew days these two Texans would go into the suburbs to look for good horses. They stole them from Hyde Park, Grand Crossing, South Chicago, Englewood and other suburbs wost and south. Their stable became full of valuable horses, and the citizens began to frequent the stable for the purpose of buying stock. The business prospered excecdingly, and the whilom cowboys blossomed out in radiant raiments. All this time complaints were coming in to the police thick and fast, but they could mnot find the thicves. July 12, however, was a fatal ay for the adventurers. They stole a horse aund buggy from a north side citizen and drove to a blacksmith shop near by to have slight repairs made. While waiting one of them stole the blacksmith's watch, and was soon accused of the theft. Both drew revolvers and compelled the black- smith to u]ml()fi'lm for the charge. As soon as the boys had left the smith complained at tho Lake View volice station, giving a good descriptiqn of the bandits. A detective was detailed on tho caso. He was about to give up the search in the early part of last week when suddenly he saw the boys driving west on Washington boulevard. He secured a horse, followed them to their barn, and shadowed the place three or four days, as ho felt that they alone could not have been nmf of such & gmgantic scheme of horse stonling as was before his oyes. Crave became suspicious of the espionage and fled, but Brown was arrested. On hil Tuon was found $400 in cash. Twenty-five orses aud eighteen vehicles have already ‘been turned up, and more are coming in every day, Tho’ horses are uniformly fine and the vehicles range from a dog cart to a four-in-hand. Brown confessed everything to Captain Williams. The stolen property is being restored to the proper owners as fast as it ean be se- cared and identified. p i A The President's Trip. New York, July 29.—President Cleveland and party sailed from Bay Snore, N. Y., at 8:30 this morning for Rock Island, R.I. The party breakfasted at an early hour at tho Prospect house, whero they were the guests of the proprietor, Jenrsey Ciry. July 29.—A dispatch was ro- ceived from Secretary Lamont to-day, in- forming the Pennsylvania railroad officials that the presidential party would return home at midnight on Tuesday, and roquest- {ing that a special car be ready at 9 o'clock, e A Prominent Pythian. Past Supreme Representative John H. Meech, was born in the city of Albany, state of New York, April 20, 1840, and is now an enterprising resident of the city of Buffalo, of the samo stato. In theatrical circles, probubly few men are better known or more universaily respected than John H. Meech; he is the manager of the Academy of Music. He was imtiated in the order of Knights of Pythias in Enagle lodge, No. 09, Buffalo, New York, December 27, '1871, and three years after (July 31, 1874) became Grand Chan- cellor of the state by a unanimous vote tiring from this position he was clecte preme representative, attending the session: of the supremo lodge at Philadelphia, Peun,, in 1870, and Cleveland, O., in 1 Brother Meech has aiso been honored in many other fraternal orders as evidenced by the fact of his bewg grand master of New York in the A. O. U. W., deputy grand_com- mander in the American Le F“ grand chancellor in the order of U riends, past exalted ruler B. P. O. Elks, past president Empire Order of Mutuul Aid, t leader of Home Circle, treasuror of lect Knights. In every position to which Brother Mcech has been called ho has proyed himself to be o man of great executive abil- ity, and specially fittea for administering the affairs of fraternal organizations, e iy Novelist Roe as s Woodsawyer. New York Tribune: The late E., P, oe,whoso unselfishness and kindness of eart were proverbial, used to narrato with a good deal of pride an incident of his boyish days. He was at bhoarding school,when his father became involve: in serious financial difficulties. The latter would not allow thig, however, to intorfere with the education of his chil- dren, and Edward was told that he would be kept at school. He did not re- alize how many sacrifices this made mnecessary until he lenrncd that his father had s H:p«d the Tribune. He ‘knew that orace Greeley’s paper” was the apple of his father’s eye—that when he deprived Limself of this daily visitor he wus really making a great sacrifice, and the Loy could not bear the thought of it. Now, students who were anxious to earn a little money for them- selves were allowed a dollar a cord for sawing firewood. Young Edward went boldly to the principal and said: *“I ‘want you to lot me saw nine cords of .wood.” The principal looked doubt- ung lad, for the wood was boy was not, but gave his - conseat. Mr. Roe said, in telling the , that he had never scen since uite so bad as that, otted to the last degreo, 1t to make his task as hard as possi- The work nearly killed him, he , but he flllfl through, and a d and heart sent the oy 0 bis fathor, : THERE ARE NO FLIES 0¥ TOM Very Few of the Musca Domestica Linger on Winkleman. BOTH PITCHED A PRETTY GAME. The Usual Sunday Orowd Howls It self Hoarse When the First Named Shuts Minnne- apolis Out. ‘Western Association Standing. Following 18 the official standing of the Western association teams up to and in- cluding yesterday's games: Playea Won Lost Pr Ct St. Paul.... ) 42 A .66 Des Moines § Omaha, Milwaukee, . Kansas City Chicag Sioux City. Minneapolis. Omaha 2, Minueapolis 0, And still Omaha wears her hair, But say, did you sec that game of ball yes- terday afternoon? If you didn't you missed half your life. 1t was one of the neatest and the prettiest contests seen at the local park this season. After a vicious struggle Minneapolis was shut out, Patsey Gall Tebeau, his mouth, the lamb-like Davey Rowe, and the whole gana ‘Tho audience, one of the very largest of the year, was extremely enthusiastic, and when Mr. Gall, the last man out, was retired on a rattling long bard hit to McGarr, who had to run like a quarter horse to make the play, such a storm of cheers arose upon the sum- mer air that Tom Mulvehill's lemonade turnea sour. 1t was a great catch, and the Chippey has finally caught on big with the crowd. It was mainly a pitcher's game, both twirl- ers doing extraordinary work, but the inimit- able way in which the only Lovett rotated the sphere considerably overlaid that of Winkleman. You can just your life Tommy is & regular old chrysanthemum! There is no better piteher in the land. 0 Rowe, who has dwindled from an American ussociation manager to a right fielder for the tail-enders, never lost an op- portunlty to kick, and he was guyed merci- lessly by the audience. As a disturber, Rowe is worth his \\'mfi:ln, in scrap_iron. Tebeau, too, came in for large gobs of disfavor, and was roundly hissed whever he stepped to the plate. His bluffs don’t go in Omaha, conse- quently the young man lost his head. The umpiring of Joe Quest was an im- ovement over his first attempt, but the ns'’ did not seem to think so. They kept up & continued unmerited roast. Few people tuke into consideration the difficultics that beset the judge of a game of ball, and the one consolation he has is that he can die but once. One of the few occasions when an umpire feels happy, and even proud, i just before the opening of tho game, He fecls as gay as a lark when he marches out upon the field in his light-colored suit, the cynosure of three or four thousand _pairs ot cyes. He feels very different an hour afterward when the gang perched along the bleaching boards assures him that he is “rotten” and ‘“we'll slug you after der game.” Then it is he asks himseclf, “Is life worth living!? His pride is crushed. He walked upon the field happy, in possession of @ now suit, a mask and patent register, now he would give up all if to escape with his life. What a curious thing it is to see how the people who patronize base ball deal with an umpire, One inning he is the recipicnt of bounteous applause by hand and voice, and the next it is hisses and hoots and groans. Of all people, the umpire appreciates why it is the anaconda covers its prey with saliva be- fore devouring it. But, pardon this disgression, s'm’other day we'll tell you all aboutan umpire's life, Suf- fice it tn say, Quest is all right. After Wilson and Annis had been retired at first, bully boy Crooks got his base on balls, 'He was caught napping, however, by foxey Winklemun und the crowd shouted: “Well! Welll Welll” For the visitors Brosnan made a_hit after Hawes and Welsh went out, but was left by Winkleman’s little drive to O'Connell. In the second, Miller made_a safe hit, but, likve Brosnan, he was left, McGarr, Lovett and Nagle being quickly disposed of. Tebeau struck out midst a burst of deris- ive shouts, and Rowe and Jevne followed Buit, After Cooney and O'Connell went_out in the third, Wilson bunted the ball and got to second on & passed ball. He could get no further, for Annis flied out. McCullum then eame in and hit safe, but was doubled up on Broughton's arive to Lovett. Hawes then made a two bagger, but Walsh fanned out and he was left. Again in the fourth was Crooks presented with his base by Winkleman, and instead of being caught this time he mado @ beautiful steal of second. Then, after Joe Miller had flied out to Brosnan, “Well! Well;” crossed the plate on a clean Smash by McGarr., Lov- ett then managed to double himself up with MoGarr, Again the visitors failed to score. In the fifth all three of the Omahas went out at first. Again the visitors failed to score. In the next ning Wilson struck out, Annis made a hit, and gained second by a fumble by Brosnan of Crook’s hit, which error also gave the batter first. Both were left by the retirement of Miller and McGarr, Again the visitors failed to score. After Lovett had been extinguished in the seventh, Smooth Mr, Nagle banged the ball square in the proboscis for three bags, and came home on a wild throw of Walsh's after the return of the ball, notwithstanding Patsoy Gall tried to hold him on third. “Thut was oue more run and again the poo- ple shouted in glee, Again the visitors failed to scove. It was one, two, three for Omala in the eight. Again the visito In the last Mill cGarr and Lovett es- sayod to do something but failed and the Flour City beys came in for their last dash out of the box. Walsh led off with a scrateli hit, which v should have squcezed, but didn't. sat down on u foul tip, and Winkie ewise to 1. O, Walsh going down to Patsey Oliver Gall Tebeau then came up with a real devilish look in his eye aud swipod the ball savagely. It went whizzing out to deud center, but Chippey spread his littlo wings and went for it and gobbled it in a way that set tho people crazy. And 50, you see inthe visitors failed to score. But read the official partie: OMANA. failed to score. g @ = Wi S Res ‘Wilson, 1f. Annis, m. 2b. Lovett, p.. Nagle, lecorsswas “mocccoce ol comoumommE #| commconco ' 5| Exmommmoo = el comocorecosr lw s g ol cmcoccwmmE|® = °lcl cococcocst Jevne, If., McCullom, ¢f Broughton, e.. Tot: Omaha. Munneapolis. Runs earned—Omaha 1. Two-base hits— Hawes. Throe-base hits—Nagle. Double )mg.—l.oun, ‘rooks, O'Connell; Walsh, Troboau. Vasés on balis—By Winileman 2, Struok ont--Lovett 5, Winkieman 8. balls—Broughton 2. Time 1:45. Umpire— Quest. e Kansas City 8, Milwaukeo 1, Kaxsas Civy, July 29.—[Special Telegram to Cux Bas. j—The Milwuukeps wero unable BlEcorboesay % et avd] T R e ¥ to hit McCarthy effectually, their hits being scatterod. Kansas City should have shut the visitors out, their only run being made on a wild throw by Johnson and & muft by Ardner. McAlleer was spiked by Lange while trying to steal second in the third in- ning. The visitors played a very ‘‘chump’ flelding game, their judgment being decidedly off. Foster played a fine game at short, how- pting nine chances without an error. 0401010 9%2-8 0100000 01 Karped runs—Kansas City 5. Two base hits—We! Double plays—Maskrey and Fuller, First base on balls—By McCarty 1, Grifith. 2. Kirst base on errors—Kansas City 2, Milwaukee 2. Struck out—By Me- 5. Passed balls—Warner 1. and Wells, Griffith aul as City 8, Milwaukee 8, 3, Milwaukee 4. Time essenden. ics Warner. Srrors—Ki of game— Chicago 5, Sioux City 2. Stovx City, July 20.—[Special Telegram to Tite Ber.]—The home clubwas fairly beaten by the Chicago club to-day. The game was witnessed by about four thousand spectators, many of whom came on excursion trains from neighboring cities and towns. Both clubs did some heavy batting, but that of the vis- itors was better bunched. Sioux City was forced to change catchers in the second inn- g on aocount of Schildknecht's injured fingers and thereafter the visitors became very bold and successful in baso running. The score : Sioux City. 00000101 0-2 Chicago... 0101018230 *3§ Eurned runs—Chicago 2. Three base bits —Hoover. Two base hits—Dwyer, Veach. Hases on balls—By Sprague 4. Hit by piched balls—Sprague 2, Fudger 1. Struck out—By Sprague 2, Fudger 8. Passed balls —Hoover 3, Schildknecht 3, Pranter 2. Wild pitch~Fudger 1. Left on bases—Sioux City % Chicago 1. Double play—Hanrahan, Hengle and Schoenek. Time—1:85, Um- pire—Cusick. A Game This Afternoon. The Minneapolis and Omahas will again cross willows this afternoon. It is one of the games postponed, and judging from the two exhibitions just given by these two teame, it will be a'struggle well worth see- ing. Moit, the new pitchor, will be in the voints for Omaha, Minneapolis’ last game on the local grounds will be played to-mor- row. OTHER GAMES. Yesterday's Winners in the American Association Contests CLEVELAND, July 2).—Result of to-day's game: Cleveland. 0002000 2—4 St. Louis 2000000 *7 BRoOKLYN, July 20.—Result of to-day’s game: Cincinnati 00010100 0-2 00210031 %6 Brooklyn . Two Games at Grand Island. GRAND [sLAxD, Neb., Juiy 20.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—Two extra good games of ball took place here to-day. The first was called at 9:30 this morning, the con- testants being the Hazard Bijous, of this city, and the Locals, of Phillips, Neb. The score: Hazard Bijous . 64100 1-12 Locals. . 0000426 The most brilliant game was called at 2 o'clock. The grand stands were well filled, there being an attendance of 1,000, The par- ticipants were the Union Pacifics, of this city, and the Columbus team, of Columbus, The score: Union Pacifics..2 0 5 5 2 1 0 1 *-16 Columbu 0110860 0-10 This victory for the Union Pacifics takes from Columbus the state championship for amateurs. —_— Chadron 7, Atkinson 6. ATkiNsoN, Neb., July 20.—[Special Tele- gram o Tug: Bee.|—The new base ball park was formally opened yesterday in the pres- ence of about 1,000 people, By 'a closely con- tested game between the Brownsof Chaa- ron and the Atkinson Rods. The scoret Chadron 7, Atkinson 6. Batteries: for Chad- ron, Kuhn and Dowd; for Atkinson, Butler and Blake. Umpire, Rierden of Fort Nio- brara. The park with its fine shade trees is said to be the best ground west of Omaha. B A Record Breaker.' Naw Youxk, July 20.—The record in dis- tance for thos wing the sixteen-pound hammer was beaten this afternoon by Barry, of the Cork Athletic club, The distance thrown was 122 feet, 63 inchies. e, Sea-Faring Irish Women, The Woman’s World for August: The women of these consts and islands are as skillful as the men in handling the oar and rudder. They know every sunken rock and dangerous current of the intri- cate channels between the great island of Aran and the mainland, and take the boats in and out in all weathers. For many years a Grace Darling of this western coast, the daughter of a pilot who lived on Eights Island, went out in a storm and darkness with her old father never trusting him alone as she knew his weakness for the whiskey. This brave girl never flinched from facing the wildest fulol, fearing that disaster might befall her father, and the yessels he was to guide to a safe anchor- age, if she were not at the helm. Many aship’s crew beating about between Aran and Owey owed its preséryation to Nellie Boyle. Two sisters have taken the post boat into Aran for many years past, their father, John Nancy, being now old and infirm. The beetling cliffs and echoing caves of this dangerous coast have a weird charm of their own, and the simple peo- ple born within the sound of the Atlan- tie surges cling with a surprising ten- acity to their thatched and roped cot- tages, sheltered behind huge round- backed rocks, in the hollows of which they grow their patehes of potatoes and stunted oats and barley The number of these dwellings, start- ing up out of what from afar looks like a stony desert, both by tho sea, and for miles'inland, is startling to us who re- fect on the possibilities of subsistence afforded by theso-called land. 7The un- failing bog affords ample fuel, it is true, and the potato crop, when as good as now, will last throughout the winter. In a good season such as this the oats have a chance of getting stacked before the equinoctinl gales begin to blow, Well 1t would be if these oats, ground into meal, might form a larger part of the staple food of Donegal. Strong tea, boiled in the ‘‘wee pot’ beside the turf embers, with baker’s bread, have now taken the place of the wholesome bone- making porridge on which the canny Scot still lives. To buy groceries money is needed, and we wonder how this can be earned here. Kelp, or seaweed, burning used to bring them money; and this year, 100, thin pillavs of blue smoke are ris- ing all around by the sea,showing, let us hope, that trade in iodine is brisk. The fishing ought to be a fruitful source of prosperity to the Rosses,but on this ‘suhjucl a resident writes in 1884 as fol- ow: “To the north of Aranmore, stretch- ing away to the northwestof Tory, there is a fine fishing-bank, where all kinds of fish might be caught every day of the year with suitable boats and gear. In very fine weather our small craft often go out from four to six miles off Aran Heads. Next day they all come back laden, and after such a take all the other boats in the neighborhood will go out. It may be that a breeze springs up, the sea rises in the middle of a good cateh, then all have to run for home or shelter. Large, . well-fitted fishing- smacks could stay out there for days, and make plenty of money too; but facil- ities for the transit and sale of fish thére are none. OUR DEPLORABLE DIPLONACY The Admlnlq;r‘étlon‘s Uncalled-For Insult to the Swedish Minister. ) A A VERY PECULIA POLICY. It Te in Strong @ontrast to Secrotary Bayard's Cejuging and Fawning When Deajing With England’s Lordly Representative. Queer Dealings With Diplomats, Wasiixatox, July 20.—[Special to Tin B The vacillating foreign policy of the present administratiou has not had the effect of maintaining anything like an esprit du corps among the legations located at Wash- ington, so fur as the United States is con- cerned, It is probably not generally known, butit is nevertheless true, that for several months the Swedish government has had no representative af Washington. It is reported among the diplomats that the Swedish min- ister was so cavalierly treated by our sccre- retary of state that he asked for a leave of absence, and shortly after his departure he ‘was withdrawu. Then came the information to the department that Sweden had 1mposed a prohibitory duty on all American products of the hog. The effeet of this willnot only beto the disadvantage of the American pork producer, but it will turn every truc Swede in our country uagainst the administration which has been so haughty to the Swedish government, Just why the United States asa govern. ment should turn its face to Sweden, which ‘was the first in our early struggles, in 17 to propose and conclude with Benjamin Franklin as our representative, a treaty of amity and commerce, and whose former citi- zens mow form partof our bestand most thrifty population, it will be hard to discover. Some light is thrown, however, on that sub- ject now by the publication of the “Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States,” lately transmitted to con- gress by the president. Here we find the most_deplorable state of diplomacy in the communications sent by Secretary Bayard to the Swedish minister, rebuking him, when itis clearly shown by thesame document that the secretary was in the wrong, and ought to have kiown himself to be so. It is now plain that the Swedish minister pre- ferred to leave a country whereso little courtesy was shown to him. The corres- pondence referred to reflects the more se- riously on the secretary, since, in_his corres- pondence with England’ printed in the samo document, it is shown that he cannot only be polite but even cringing in his deferences In his letters to Mr, Phelps, ou i England, Mr. Bayard always refers to Min- ister Saulisbury, when speaking of him, as ““his lordship whose servant Tam,” that “‘his lordship's requests have had immediate con- sideration,” that “replies have been pre- pared forthwith to the note of his lordship.’ In perusing this_ correspondence one tempted involuntarily to exclaim with Milton : ““Who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored Heaven’s awful monarch" The situation, i3 it presents itself now, is taken from the officidl papers above referred to, and in which doubtless is left out as much as possible that mikht be said in favor of Sweden. After the treaty of 1783 the United States concluded anptner treaty with Swe- den in 1527, by which both parties, in article 8, agreed “'to impose no- higher rate of duty on the vessels of m%mr than were imposed on every other natidn.” It appears further that in 1525 it came to the knowledge of the United States that vesseles arriving in Nor- way from Italy and other parts of the conti- nent were requireil to pay a much less duty on their tonnage than vessels arriving from the United States, = Mr, Clay, then secretary of state, objected to this discrimination, while Sweden took the ground that the claim set up by Mr. Clay was not the true inter- pretation of the sense of that article. Tha reply of Mr. Clay forms one of the most bril- liant episodes in our foreign relations. He traversed the ground thoroughly, and brushed the objections of Sweden aside as he might brush a cobweb, Mr. Clay after showing that different prin- ciples regulated tonnage duty imposed in the ports of Norway, and asserting that this mode of levying duty was inexpedient and inequitable, because it increased the charges on the objects of their commercial inter- change, and consequently lessened the mu- tual consumption of their respective commo- dities; that therefore it ought not to be aug- mented by an increase of tonnage or any other duty; that furthermore, long voyages were favorable to the acquisition of skill in mariners, and that by Lnkin(f higher either the vessel or the cargo employed in these voyages they were discouraged, considera- tions, however, he says, belonging exclu- sively to the wisdom of Norway; the United States being only concerned in the just terpretation and fair execution of the exist- ing treaty. He then goes on to say: “‘It is dificult to conceive any lmlg\ms'u more explieit than that which is employed in this article. It ex- pressly forbids either party from imposing on the vessels of the other any tonnage or other duties higher or other than those which shall be imposed on every other navi- gation. This language,” he says, *‘excludes altogethor the office of {nterpretation, which cannot make the stipulation clearer than the words plainly import. It leaves the parties but one inquiry to make, which is as to the stato of their laws imposing tonnage or other duties. According to the laws of the United States, of which the treaty now forms one, a Swedish vessel, whether” coming from the Mediterranean, or from tho jouta of any other portion of the globe, is liable to pay no tonmage or other ~duty higher than those which the American vessel is chargeable with. But according to the laws of Norway, American vessels are bound to pay other and_higher duties upon entering the ports of Sweden than the vessels ente: ing the same ports from all porta of Europe. This condition of the lawsof Sweden would soem to require that they should be altered, 80 a8 to place the navigation of the United States on a footing Which the treaty con- templates, 1t is said that the view now pre sented of the eighth article would have the effeet of compelling a Norwegian vessel to pay higher duty than an Awm sel, but the obvious remedy is a modification of the law, 0 as to adapt it to the provisions of the treaty, The governmeutof the United ftates does not desire that American vessels s.ould pay in those ports higher or other duties than the vessels of Norway or any other navigation.” Ho then asserts further that “the object of the treaty was to secure in the consumption of the respective countries an equality in the competition. But," he goes on to say, “if the vessel laden’ with the products of the United States is butdened on_her entry into the ports of Norway with higher duties than a vessel laden with- similar products and en- teriug the same port from any ports of Turope, that equality is as much disturbed in fact as if the unequal impositions wero directly imposed upoh the cargo instead of the vehicle which tratsports it.” To thns the Swedish government replied by hastening to inform the secretary of state that “in obedience, to the king's command the difference in the amount of tonnage duties claimed herq had been ordered to be returned to the Upited States, and that no further diwruuinn&o should take place.” In 1534 congress passed an act exacting a tonnage tax of thret dents per ton on all ves- sels coming from Céntral and South America, and six cents per thnon all vessels arriving from Europe. The Swedish government, on the basis of article eight of the treaty of 1 objected to this discrimination and claimed the same privilege for vessels com- ing from her ports as were extended to ves- sels coming frow South America and other ports. Mr. Bayard in his reply rejects this and suys “that the favored mation clause could not come into consideration here.” The Swedish minister replied that the secre- tary must have misunderstood his letter, as they had not claimed #uy exemption under the fayored nation clause, but under article eight. Upon that the secretary replied that “if Swedish vessels come from the ports where only three cents are charged they will enjoy the same privilege, and “it is expected that Sweden and Norway willaccede to thesa terms, Then a long correspondence followed, where Mr. Bayard accuses the Swedish goy- ernment of confounding ‘‘navigation’ h “commerce” as if the two words were equiy- alents of each other, notwithstanding - the terms commerce and Havigation were not synonyms, He states further that the article in question could certainly afford the Swedish government no ground having the slightest plausibility to claim the privilege of such ex. tended ‘‘navigation,” and his response might reasonably close with this statement, of the demand of the government of Sweden and his reply thereto founded upon the provisions of the treaty which were supposed to sustain it, ‘for assiredly,” he says, “it is not my province or my duty to pursue the constru tion of formulations as an answer to prem- ses 80 palpably in conflict with them- selves, attempted would fail and having no desire to prolong discussion uselessly, [ can only say that under the law vessels of the United States coming from Sweden being de- nied what Sweden claims for her own vessels would be absurd,” TIn tonclusion he says: “T must positively repeat the assurauce heretofore given that the provisions of the shipping act of 1854, which extended to the navigation of all na- tions certain generous and cqual privileges, do not, in the judgment of the government of the United States, conflict with the eighth article of the treaty of 1827 with Sweden, and express my inability to assent to a de- mand which would croate, under the cover of & supposed treaty engagement, a new sys- tem of discrimination of commerce, as well as of navigation, not authorized by the stat- ute on which the claim_professes to rest and wholly at variance with the policy of the United States.” Upon seeing that there was no other way out of the diffienity, the Swedish goveri- ment submitted tae letter, alveady quoted, of Mr. Clay to the secretary of state, with the observation that nothine could be added to their claim which was not fully set forth in the claim made by his distinguished prede- cessor when a similar state of things existed, to the disadvan of the United States. Receiving no _further reply to that for seven or eight months, it is understood that the minister took his departure. —_———— Had a bilious attack and one of those indescribable cases of constant weari- ness. Took quinine and other reme- dies without ef. Took Dr. Jones’ Red Clover Tonie, am strong and well. AsSA THOMPSON, Logan., O. Goodman Drug Co. —— A GREAT CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN. Going Up to the Top of Shasta and Then Down Again. Overland Monthly Now that we were within a few miles of Shasta, it did not look so wholly wl Its snows were ploughed by many a rocky ridge, not perceptible at a greater distance. It did not, however, lose its supernatural appearance thereby, but rather gained an effect more startling by the sharp contrast of lava rock and sweeps of snow. Shasta avas named Russian travelers, the proper derivation of the word being Tcheste, meaning chaste, pure. It isthe culminating peak of the Coanst and Sierva ranges, and has an al- titude of 14,144 feet. Its glaciers extend for more than two miles down itsslopes. ‘We sut for an_houron the hotel porch ving to familiarize ourselves with this n, but its unearthly p ange for us. It is terrible to be up there!” said Hal, with almost a shudder. *‘One isin no danger of forgetting the exporience. As I was following that lava ridge this side of the Devil’s Thumb, I saw far off on the snow a black object about the size of my finger, wriggling and stag- gering about, falling flat oceasionally, and then resuming its fantastic gy tions. * I observed it careful covered that the object was forked; an- then it flashed through me that it was s man climbing the glacier. When oud party reached the cleft peak that forma the summit,we wera met bya perfect avar lanche of clouds that tossed and tum- bled about, giving a ghostly indistinct- ness to everything. We appeared to be in a world ‘of unrealities, peopled by shadowy creatures that lengthened and contracted, and flung about their vast, white wings above the sickening fumes that steamed up from the ing, spurting hot springs at our feet. A momentary parting of the clouds showed the sky blue as idigo, closing down in awful nearness. Through a revolving glare the blood-red sun swung in the frightful purple of the heavens. Fronting these unaccustomed elements a solemn dignity possessed the soul and gave a conscious feeling of in- finitude. The loss of all familiar land- marks lent an 1ndescribable terror to the scene. This dead volcano’s throat is choked with snow. On its icy rim one of the ladies slipped and fell head- long over the fearful chasm. The guide caught her by one of her feet. Her es- cape from a horrible death was almost miraculous, We were nearly frozen to death with the cold, and yet our mouths were parched and hotas in a desert. Our hearts throbbed painfully, and we drew our breath in gasps. “‘Before we commenced the descent a flerce blast tore the mists asunder, revealing the grandest picture we shall ever behold on earth. From the majes- tic temple we could see hundreds of miles of kualeidoscopic landscape. Mountains, rivers and valleys, with spurs of rocky ridges = cutting through tawny farm flelds far away; green meadows starred with lakes, and billowy ranges running toward the sea while fifty miles of dense pine forests spanned the McCloud and Pitt to touch t'lo snowy heads of the Sierras. And Oregon’s rich prairies, linked to ours by a chain_of silver-surfaced lakes; to the south, beyond the mighty Lassen Buttes, wo catch o glimpse of dusky Jlains, with isles of clustering peaks. llhl‘(\,o times [ have seen all this, and yet I feal an irresistible desire to go again. In spite of the labor and ex- haustion attending the ascent,the vis from the top is worth greater sacrifice.’ vly cended the gazing silently toward Mount Sh until the intervening silver firs shuv off our view. g The train was two hours late that night, and as I turned from bidding Hal good-by we saw a radiant mantle fall on Shasta’s head from the departing sun. ““And the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount! he quoted solemnly, and within its re- Hected light we parted hands. China Losing Her Tea Trade. London Standard: [t was an evil day for China when her tea merchants began to tamper with the quality of the commodity which has long formed her principal article of export to tho west- ern world. The progressive deteriora- tion in Chinese teas has encouvaged the production of that article elsewhere to such an extent that India and Ceylon have_ever r been growing more formidable rivals of the Celestials; and if the consumption of Assam and Cey- loneso tens goes on increasing in futuve as it has done in late yoars the tea trade of China will ere long be only of second- ary importance, so far as foreign tea drinkers are concerned. In addition to the East Indies, a new rival has appeared in the colony of Natal, in South Africa. It is onlysixor seven years ago that an IEnglish settler there ‘planted a fow acres with tea. His first crop, produced in 1881, amounted to only 500 pounds weight. Last year the production had so in- creased that Natal sent about 100,000 pounds weight of tea’ to market, The new industry is, in fact, proving so profitable that it is fast sproading in the colony, and ere long we may expect to find Natal teas competing with those of India, Ceylon and China in the London rket. m’l"he tea trade of China is, however, far from being yet irretrievably ruined; but unless the native uuthorities en- force with rigor the recent ordinsnces ainst adulteration, the exportation of Chinese leaf to the Anglo-Saxon na- tions will be inevitably doomed. BITTER DOSE FOR RAILROADS The One Being Prepared By the QOitizens of the Hawkeye State. SOME FINE POLITICAL MOVES. The Corporations Palling the Wires to Knife the People's Candidates at the Polls—Other Towa News, Hawkeye Happenings. Des Moixgs, July —~[Special to Tue Bag, |—The railroad war still goes on with no sign of abatement, For three wecks past the railroad commissioners have been sub- jected to a most searching cross-examination by railroad attorneys, led by Thomas F. Withrow, of the Rock Island, with the avowed object of proving by their own ad- mission that the commissioners are incom- petent and possess neither the knowledge nor ability to fix equitable rates for the rail- roads. It isthe prevailing impression that the commissioners got decidedly the best of the controversy, and showed the astonished attorneys that they had given the railroad problem more study than the attorneys themselves. The decision of Judge Brewer, sustaining the temporary injunction, while not unexpected, creates no sifall degree of indignity, and has awakened the people to & full realization of the contest that is before them. 1f the decision is sustained it will go @ long way towards nullifying all railroad legislation. 'he doctrine that the state is bound to fix such rates that a railroad built anywhere in the state can pay its running expenses, inter est on its bonds and a fair per cent on i stock, is in direct conilict with former d sions of the suprome court, and will n be accepted by the people of Towa. It is in effect an absolute guarauty by the state that railroad bonds and stocks shall be as safe and certain an investment as govern went bonds. It would require a special rate for eve railroad in the state, and wh woeak roads came in- competition with strong lines it would result in raising the rate on both. The people await with great impa- tience u further decision on this point by tice Miller on August 6. It is not belie that Justice Miller will disregard the deci supreme court ou the granger bsolute right of the state X but will d the question of u is not a matter for the courts, but is to be determined by the state in its sovereign capacity, Here- tofore the fight hus been upon the point whethior the state had the rvight to fix rates at all; now it is on the question whethes not it is bound to fix a reasonable rate $Should that point be decided in favor of the roads, the question, what is a reasonable rate, would have to be settle, and, in the pro cess, the water in railrond stocks would be squcezed out and the reckless and extrava- gant management of the railroads would ce tainly be laid > and many questionabl transactions by rond cappers unearthed. S0 1t seews that over way the question turns the railroads are bound to get a black eye. Should the people triuniph it will be a harvest for the lawyers. Hundreds of cases against the rouds are being prepared for dis regarding the present schedule, which the commissioners claim is already in force, and the penulties are severe, It would have been much better for the roads, and the managers themsel will soon begin to realize this fact, to have taken their medicine quictly and submitted to the reduc- tion. ab measure, have allayed th opoly feeling and postponed further restrictive railvoad legisla- tion for years. As it is, a two-cont fare highes sessment of 1 be demanded next battle will d the legisl round these is: L AND BAKER, The two men on the state ticket that the railroads seem the mostdetermined to defeat are Ralroad Commissioner Campbell and Attorney General Baker. A nice scheme to accomplish this end has been concocted by some shrewd political wire pullers, and tho racke being worked for all there is in it. Campbell lives in Jasper county, and Judge Winslow, of the same county, has been brought out for attorney general. The re- sult will be a bitter tactional fight betyeen the friends of these candidates n®hat county. Of course Jasper county cannot got both nominees, and in order to heal tie ‘breach both will be withdrawn in the nter- est of harmony. Campbell has proved him- selt a brave and courageous defender of the interests of the people, and this game may yet be blocked by the farmers of that couty. The Towa Homestead, the organ of the alliance, has taken up the fight for Camp- bell in earnest and is doing yeoman service in_warning the farmers of this scheme. While the fight for the Jasper deleg goes on the efforts of the anti-Baker fa are being united in favor of John Y. Stone, of Mills county, for attorney gen eral. Northeastern” Jowa is strongl in favor of Judge Grang of Alla makee, for the suprem bench, and a combination between the Stone and Granger forces would prove very formidable, Eastern Towa will support Hon. Jobn Muhin, of the Muscatine Journal, for railroad com- missioner—which, by the way, 18 a yery ex- cellent choice—and many think the north western part of the state should huve one of the commissioners. Several names have been proposed for this section, but so far no one has developed any positive strength, President Kennedy, of the State Farmers' alliance, who was an applicant for appoint- ment to the position last winter, secmes to have dropped entirely out of the race, al- though many expected he would eater the fleld and make & vigorous canyass as a special representative of the nterests of the pro- ducer. The anti-monopolists are weil pleased with the work of Attorney Gi al Balker, and the influence of the alliance will bo exerted in favor of his renomination. The prohibitionists also regard him 0s a strong champion of the prohibition law, and these two interests will lend him a powerful sup- port. It will require some tine polity - agement to defeat him. Twombly has incurred the displeasu corporations in the matter of railroad assess- ments, and the word has gone forth thut he must be slaughtered also, Hon. Byron A. Deeson, of Mg has been brought out and is working the sol- dier racket to accomplish this resuit. Both r and Twombly are candidates for the third term, and this is being urged against them. S y of State Juckson 15 ulso a candidute, with prospects of a unanimous nomination, so this objection to Twombly and Baker ought not to weigh very heavily against them. It is the custom in this state to elect minor st for three and even four termshwhen they give good satisfac- tion—that is, unless they offend the corpora- tions, and cause their opposition, when they shalltown, | arc almost certain to be bounced at the end of the second term. The democrats are stand. ing by and ready to take advantage of any disaffection among the republicans, They have no hope of carrying the state or _elect: ing anybody except by some sort of fusion, The greenbackers have given whem the cold shoulder, and a railroad possible combi all that is left them, If this is effe ¢, 80 the farmers may not vatch on to the scheme before election and spoil their little game, An 014 Soldiers' Reunion, Ia., July 20.—(Special to Tun eat reunion of old_soldiers will August 23, 23 and 24; also a r union of the Kighth lowa nfantry, The citizens will bay all the expenses. phamdiherles: Why Eiffel's Tower Was Bullt. Dispateh to the London Times: M. Eiffel, the engineer, and constructor of the hideous tower which, if public taste does not sooner secure its condem- nation, is destined for years to distigure a whole quarter of Paris, entertained to-day the Parisian journalists at break fast. © His guests " mot on the f story of the edifice, height of sixty meters. Doubtless they kept cool and collected, or otherwise the descent by a narrow winding stair: caso might become a real danger, The object of the breakfast naturally was to direct the attention of the press tc the beauty of the conception, whick consists in placing a tower 300 meters }ugh in a hollow, and in dwarting by its exaggerated dimensions the normal proportions of the other exhibition buildings. Mr. Eiffel is an engineer of distinction, who has executed works well worthy of praise. It was he whe constructed the rotary dome of the Nice Observatory. The systom is said to be one which will be introduced ulti- mately inall similar institutions and the invention will of itself suftice to prevent the name of its author from being for- gotten, Siffel is the author of other useful inventions, but nothing he has done has brought him such reputation as the hidious iron maypole which he is about to erect to out taste of the Parisians. Nothing favors able can be said of its beauty, its pur- Dose or its use to any one but’ M. Eiflel and to the others interested in this un- dertaking, whic ublie has had the bad”taste to subsidize. It has pread the name of its eonstructor ta the ends of the earth, Tt will continue to exasporate men of tuste and sense, and to be an eyesore 1o all who live in or visit Paris when General Boulanger, and even Sarah Bernhadt, have been long forgotten, 1 shall continuo to say this until I meet some one who can giva a satisfactory explunation of the purpose of this metallic monstrosi certainly is not being constructe the purpose of giving brealfasts upon it 1 heightof 200 meters. It is not being built for astronomical obscrvations, 1f it had been so designed it would have on a been placed, not in a hollow, but 1t is not constructed to prove that st at a hill. aniron frame work 800 meters long can be made to form one solid fabrie. It will not benefit the exhibition, for it does not help to show off the exhibits, and indeed it can benefit nobody but M. Eiffel himself, —— Women Duelists. Asa general thing, women have been »pposed to duelling as preachers; yet. still there are some uoteworthy excep tions. Lola Montez was handy with the pistol and rapier. he challenged a journalist of Iron Valley, Cal.,to meet heér with pistols according to prevailing rules, and upon his vefusal to do sc threatened him with a cowhide on ¢ public strect. In 1845 she was a witness in the trial of M. Bonvalon for killing M. Dujarier, at PParis, and in her testi mony swore: I was a better shot that Dujarier, and if Bonvalon only wantec satisfaction, I would have fought hin myself.” Dujarier was the friend o Lola Montez, and in his will, written ¢ fow days before his death,he bequeatheé the afterwards countess of Lansfeld! 100,000, or #20,000. A Buffalo (N. Y.) paper of August, 1853, gives an account of the arrrest of Catherine Hurley and Ton Hall,who had met on the toll bridge, on Ohio street, in the presence of a vast assemblage, to fight a duel with Allen revolvers. Lady de Nesie and the Countess de Poligna fought a duel in the gar- ailies, rance. The ladies ged in a most disgracoful nings before at u grand e ich the Duke de Richilieu presided. Lady de Nesie lost all trol of herself, and, springing like a tigress upon her rivalattempted to take her dianmond necklace from her. Fail- ing in this, she snatched the blushin g roses from their nest in her snow-whita bosom and flung them in the face of her rival. The countess of Palignac now took a hand in the fray and attacked Laay de Nesie. Hair, diamonds and jewels were strewn upon the floor, and the enraged Amazons were finally separated by _ Marquis de Malbussion and Mlle. Nathalie da Condacet. Out of this quarrel grew th) duel, the Countess of Polignae being the challenging party. The ladies met atfoelock in July,1721,and fired oneshot atonchotl er withouteffects Theseconds rushed in to prevent further hostilities but the fair demons would not have it, but, calling for fresh pistols, blazed [ , this time with satisfactory effect, for the marchioness fell dangerously wounded by a bullet in the left side, while the countess was just touched by a bullet in the left A duel took place in Paris, January 81, 1772, between Mlle. de Guignes and Mlle. d’Aguillon, two ladies of quality who had quarreled about precedency at a soiree, and retired toa garden adja- cent to the scene of the disturbance and fought with knives until both were wounded, the former in the armand the latter in the nec It is said that Mlle. Moussin, the French prima donna, after killing three men in duels in the woods near Paris by q, quarreled with her fencing mas- t Serone, and killing him, fled to Brussels, where she becamethe nis- tress of the elector of Bavavia