Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 23, 1888, Page 1

-— - "EIGHTEE OUAY DEMANDS ~ VIRGINIA. | Certiflcates for Five Republican Candidates for Congress Wanted. THE REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL. Congressman McC Ree the I House nas Says Tt Wil nt of the Fancy Army Ape pointments. dorse WASTINGTOX Buneat 518 Fous WK NG Quay, acting committee, ha 1of 7 OMATIA Pinm, ENTISTRRET, o, D. ¢ r the } republican S, Helia eral nator national burger and Wils Edgar Allen, of hmon sisted by General 13, 17 tor Henderson, of Missonri, to appear bef 'rs, which rotained $ city, and I, who v the state board of election canvas: meets at Richmond on Monday, and claim the electoral vote of Virginia for Harrison, and eertificates of election for five candidates for ¢ Dete been at Qozens of them, it fram Pinkerton’s agency, all over the stute, and on their which have made to Senator Quay personally, the proceedings will commenced. The programme is, in case the board of can ers decline to hear the cvidence of f declare the result in favor of the electors and eandida probably will, to apply to the state and fed eral courts for a mandamus. Technically speaking, the procecdings will be in th ture of 4 Writ of quo warranto, under pov of which, it is contended, the judges applied to.may bring the requiring them to answer to all the complain- ant’s allegations, The proceedings thus wammeneed would go on in the e manner as any other contested election case. 1f the court should hold that the electors brought before 1t were entitled to be confronted by their necuser’s witnesses, the writ being i the natnre of a cruminal proceeding, then it would probably be necessary to lave the personal attendance of many hundred voters, !r\]l if not so holding, the testimony would be taken in writing before the magistrates and a notary publicof the state. There is sud to be but one case in the federal courts bearinge even remotely on any of the poiuts raised by the proceedings. This, it appears, is the case of the eleetorial board of South Carolina, in 1876, in the jreat Tilden-Huyes contro versy of that year, 'The state bourd of can vassers there wet in the time and - way pro vided for by the state law, and Ter can vassing the votes and cortifying o the r sults, el with notice of motions be fore the suy of that stute having for their object a re-opening of the proceed ings of the board. Under direction of the supreme state tribunal, the board of can vassers, denying the authority of the state court, were finally imprisoned for con tempt and fined inow sum of money. Judge Boud promptly assumed jurisdiction by 1ssuing o writ of habeas cor- pus, under which lie released the prisoners. He held that a state board canvassing the votes for were acting privarily, in_ pu constitution of the United St not be restrained i ther dut prohibition, mandamus, ete., state courts, DEMOCKATS ON THE SENATE SUSTITUT! Congressman Louis MeComas of Mar: land, who wus here upon the_appropriations committee of the house, of which he is a member, expressed his belief to-duy that the senate would rapidly dispose of the substi- tute for the Mills bill, as' soon as it meets in December, What, in your opinion, will be the fate of that measure in the house was asked. I believe it will receive the endorsement of the house,” was the reply “The reason I think so is that a number of tne leading members of the democratic side of the house expressed their dctermination some months ago to abide by the decision of the people at the polls on the question of tariff revision. The people scem to have ex. pressed their approval of the senate substi tute for the Mills bill, and this leads me to think that cuough_democrats will join the republicans in vouing for it, to susfain the amendment.” “In the event of an opposite course being taken, do you think therc is any likclihood of an extra session " was next asked. o, I think an extra_ session would be uscless, Nothing would be®lone, but you may set it down as a certainty, that in the eveut of the failure of the present congress to scttlo the question of revenue reduction that the first session of the next republican congress will settle it beyond a doubt. PANCY ARMY APPOINTMENTS. The president has a large number of fancy army appointments to fill just now, and there is naturally a corresponding amount of anxiety and agitation at tho war the clubs ropubli tives have work is said reports, been be democratic 8 for congress, as they accused clectors into court, of the es. and_ could s by writs of issuing from department and around amony SSSwiere military men do niustly congrogate, The delay is very vexatious, for every ofiicer intown has cither an application in for him scif, or is working for un old comrade, whil the social influence that is excreised in e act that pertains to the army or awakened as it seldom has been before, ‘But the president has given notice that he will not consider applications for any of the vacancies until his message to congress is finished, and that means a suspensc of two or three weeks mor Peiny S, Hearn, Will Sue For WasiNGTON, Nov. conference between Senator Quay, re heir Rights, 2. —As aresultof the General Mahone and Iy held in this city, it is announced that procecdings will be begun in the Virginia s nd United Ntates district court of Virginia attacking the right of the democratie electors of that stute cast their votes for president i the clector: coll The certificates of the electors wyill not be issucd until after a meeting of the stato board of canvassers m Richmond next Monday, and the contemplated proceding will be then immedi ustituted, THE WEST nd Day's Sessio tion at Chicago. Cnicaao, Nov. 22,—The second day’s sion of the Western Association of Architects opened this morning with a discussion of needed statutury rovisions relative to the fitness of architects. The opinion of the speakers was unanimous that statutory re- re needed. The work of incom tarchitects was said to be almost as dangerous to the health and welfure of the public s that of incompetent physicians, awyers or dentists, all of whom are carcfully exainined as o their fitness befor allowed to practice. It was resolved t tition the legislature to place such strictions around the profession as to guar antee the capability of any one who did business as an architect. 'I'he report of the committee on_consolidution of the Western Association of Architeets and the American Institute of Architects was favorably re celved and will become operative when voted on favorably by two-thirds of the wembers of both organizations, - or the Sake of Sunday. A ‘I'ne National Sabbath union held a mecting here this morning and deeided to hold a natiouul couvention in the interest of Sabbath obscrvance at Wushing ton, December 11 to 13. This National Sabbath union was orgunized by the omcial action of the recent Methodist general conference in conjunction with the 1wo Presbytorian general assemblios and the Tome Misslonary association und other cccles- justical bodi Thewmes will be presented by Chief Arther, of the Locomotive engineers neral Master Workman Powderly, of ghts of Labor; also Senators Blair nd Colquitt bave been nvited W make ad- ate courts . , SRN ARCHITECTS. s of tl ssocia- NTH YEAR. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, Private Sccretary Enters Uj His New Duties, A ate Secretary s, N INDIANAT alford formally ent i snew dutics to the r of g Both were with the tary Ha table 1 works. ient-clect and His up at ol day, leaving congratulations. Many tele wspaper and other friends cards of cor priams from 50 reac 0 al Harrison's ea nan Joseph G, Ca s, dohn F. Crav t Dakota General L1 tiner of t cral Harrison 18 gradually sys work the better to ac. also as an assucance to calle fiud hi © s set from 2 to 4 k having business w ers 10-da non of 1ii wnd Attor nati that the feach day to see those th hi others who call mercly to pay their respects, The obsery ance of this request is neccssary, not only that the president-elect may s tiie to advantage, but also to crable him to secure needly daily reercation. He had scveral callers this morning before broakfast, 1t is also announced that every Wednesday evening from 8 to 11 o'elock the General and — Mrs, Haveison will be wlad to receive all who may call. Mrs. Har rison will receive her lady fricnds from 2 to 5 o'clock on each Wednesday Congressman L. C. Houk of arrived tonight. Congressman Cant this evening for Washington The Journal to-morrow wiil nounce the sevecance of Mr. I connection with that paper by his recent ap pointment as private scerctary to the presi- dent-eloct. e M and will Tennesseo on left eral Sherman's View . Nov.22 ~[Special Telezram to AL WL T Shorman terviewed iast evening in regard to is spe of the night before at the chamber -of com werce banquet, in which he said he w of General Hur clection tthe American people would revresented in the cabinet and 1 for countries by those who fought for the try, and not against it cant every word of 1t,” he said. “If you were ayoung man in Vienna and a man should coue over there to represent this wov nment, who had onee borne arms against i, you would make up your mind that the canse he battled for coulid not have been a bad one. Lwait to keep the people over there edu- cated up to the fact that we erushed rebe lion. Iam not opposcd to ex-rebels holding office among their own people. Indeed, [ have recommended the appointment ot ex- rebels to local ofilees. But 'mopposed to sending them as our representatives to for eign governments.” Do you know G “Know him! I've he wore pantalettes. father and his fath He was one of my soldier boys, and we can all o to sleep for four years fully assurcd that we will Lave a SLEOUR union government.” he Michigan Keturna, DetroIT, Nov. The oflicial canvass of the vote of Michigan gives Harrison a plu- rality of 224 The total number of vote cast was 475,260, an_increase of 72,860 ove four yd livided as follows: Harr Ge WY Tk Bre.| —Gene, 1s glad it be son's because coun- eral Harrison well 2 known him ever since L knew his grand- ED. The Wonderful Answer to an Aged Blind Woman's Prayer. PUILApELPIIA, Nov. 22.—Scuderton, a quaint little vitlage in Montgomery county is cousiderably excited over the curious e perience of Mrs. Henjamin Meyer, a lady seventy-seven years of age. For five years Mrs. Meyer has been totally blind. On Sat November 10, after four days of con- finement in bed, sie opencd her eyes and suddenly exclaimed: “Mein Gott m himmel, T see. Her husband, whose age is seventy-three rushed to her and was immediately recog- nized. The whole household hastened to the woman's bedside and beheld a veritication of her statement, She saw the dishes through the glass cuse'of i cupboard which stood the end of the bed, and pointing 1 the dir tion of an old arm chair. said: “Oh, see, there is my old arm chair and its head rest with flowers painted on it. Ther is the picture of the German village scene with its laughine maidens and lovers,” Mrs. Meyer then asked to see her children and grandehildren, twesty-ive in number, and, calling them by name to her bedsid described minutely the articles and dresse they wore. She then told them that she hud prayed last summer as her last wish on earth to sco her children and grandehildren once more, and that she believed this was the ful fillment of her prayer. On Sunday the people of the neighborhood swarmed o Mrs. Meyer's house, were soon convineed of the truth of acle. Before the day had closed, howe xelaimed : Uhis is the last Sunday that T shall ever lave the use of my eyesight.” en the old lady awakened on Monday ming she found that her sense of vision again gone. Mrs. Moyer and her aint old” farm louse built about eighty years ugo, situated on the Scuderton turn- pike. They have lived together in the old structure nearly fifty years. Mrs, Meyer is perfectly contented since she was providen tially granted the privilege of - seeing her children and grandehildren before she dies, " husband live in a ught a Whole Army. HeLeNA, Mont., Nov. 22.—A pugilistic ruf fian, Mike Sullivan, created a great uproar at the Salvation army barracks last night and came ne Minating the entire out- fit. The meeting was just over and the au- dience was filing out” when Sullivan com. menced yelling at the top of his voice, Many amens and groans went up from the soldier: who thought that Sullivan had been smitten with “the power.” They crowded around o offer consolation when he began striking out from the shoulder, and within a few o ments he had the toor knee-deep in salvation and was wading through it. The army fought like brave men and women, but Sullivan es- caped. — He was afterward arrested, fined, and released, rext - Nebraska and lowa Pensio VasiiNGroN, Nov, 2 wTne Bee invalid—Eben B, Whitney, Omaha, Corwin Shepherd, Swanton; Thompson, Stanton, Towa pensions Boardman, Port Carbon; Jesse Belehe Hill, Mason City Richard J. Wilkinson, James H. Chambers, '1 King, Albia; Lyman Walters, Des Moines. Todd, Mauillu, 9 -Special Telegram Original tuer John braska pensions aso J. Original inyalid —Joseph smouth; Ephraim MeKee, New Market; Daniel King burg; cas stor M, Rudd; John John H. E. ither; . Mina Re-issue - Morton in Washington, oN, Nov. 22.—Vice President- Elect Levi P. Morton, accompanied by Mrs, Morton,spent the day in Washington, They cawe from New York last night and expect o return to-morvow. To an Associated press reporter Mr. Mortou stated that the visit was for the purpose of inspecting his large apartment house now approaching comple tion on the site of the residence occupied by bim during his previous stay in Washington, - Steamship Arvivals, Wasun ew York—The State of Georgia, from Glasgow, und tue Suevia, from Hamburg, Captured on the Norfolk Train Bound for Columbus, HE CONFESSES GUILT. — | Bank at \'l\||m-! raiso—Important by Sup Hand HIS Failure y Decision iad His o Sensational Usu e Courts Torn The Murde Corruns, h gram to Tne Bee.) —Sheriff company with Policeman €. M. Taylor, made a very important arrest this evening in the person of Albert 1. Haunstine, the murderer of Hiram Pater and William Ashley, in Cus ter county on November 9, and for the cap ture of whom £100 reward has been offered admitted his guilt upon his arrest and was placed in the county jail. He gave no reason for the murder, The sheriff of Custer county has been notificd of his to bo mornin When Captured. Special Tele- | Bloedorn, in Mhe prisonc ar s, nd sted rost, 4 woman claiming wife arrived here this will be placed under arre he was armed with two navy revolvers and a Winchester rifle, with plenty of ammuni tion, but was ov: wered by the ofticers be fore he could muk sscape, Tho o here received news that he was on the Nor- rr OMALIA. FRID. I WILLIAM HAUNSTINE CAUGHT | foik train bound for Columbus, so they we propared for his capture. Great credit s due to the above ofticers for this important arrest, Bank Failure at Valparaiso. Wanoo, Neb., Nov. 22.—[Special to T Bk, |—The failure of F. A. Scoville and G A. Crofts, president and cashicr, respec tively, of the State Bank of Valparaiso, yes terday, has proved to be more than a fail 1tappears to be the most gigantic wdle and defalcation ever known in Saunders county. 1t develops that Scoville has altered many of the notes payable to the bank, making the nounts much more than they originally were, and then depositing these notes with other banks as collateral, for currency, which he got. Notes that were paid, and should nave been cancelled, have been used n the sane manner. Scoville and his partner, Crafts, have bled their friends for every cent in every manner possibie, and then skipped for Canada, or some ot resort for bood lers. As near s can be ascertained at the present time the labilities will reach about £200,000. No statement of the assets can be made yet. Scoville deserts his wife, two invalid sisters and his aged mother, leaving them penniless 1d robbing them of all their carthly posses- sions. sw Alleg~d Brutality Neniaska Crry, Neb., to Tuk Bee|—Another case of alleged teacher’s brutality was brought before the board of education to-day. The teacher is rof. Suell, principal of the Third ward hool, and his vietim a twelve- year-old son of Mr. J. M. Wesner. The lad carries fright- ful welds wnd braises on his person, the re sult of a beating yesterday, during which Snell broke a whip over the boy's body. The cause for the whipping was several days’ absence from school. Numerous other com plaints have been made against the man, as taking particular delignt in_teasig and tormenting scholars by pulling their cars, hair and noses for tne slightest offenses, the result of which is that every pupil stands in mortal dread of Lim. Parcnts are very in- dignant and demand his dismissal, a Teacher. Nov. 22.—[Special Woman's Relief Corps Supp Ewixg, Neb., Nov. 22.—[Special to Tue Bre.|—The supper at G. A. R. halllast even- ing, givenunder the auspices of the Woman's Relief corps of this place, was & pronounced success. Captain W. C. Henry of Fairmont, department commander and state organi 3. A. R. posts, and Mrs. Emma ¢ department president of Woman’s Retief corps, were present. former delivered a very interesting addre which was well appreciated by all who heard it. He is an earnest speaker und & pleasant pentleman, aud is doing good work in his chosen field of labor. An Important Usury Decision. Lixcoy, Neb., No se of the Schuyler National banl vs. John G. Bolling, decided in the supreme court yesterday, is of unusual int to the national banks gener. ally. Bolling brought suit, under sections 5,197 and 5, United States revised statutes, 10 recover an amount of usurious interest paid. The court held that the state courts of record had jurisdiction: that whero usur- ious interest is taken from the face of a note by the national bank it ean recover only the face of the note, less the usurious inter. ud that where usurious intercst had advance the borrower can re. cover double the amount of intercst so paid. Had His Hand Torn Yonk, Neb. Nov. 22—|Special to Tne Bek.]|—M. J. Barker, a farmer living twelve wiles northwest of here, had his hand torn off in the gearing of a cornsheller yesterday The hand had to be amputated at the wrist This makes the sccond man who has lost a hand in the same sheller, on the same spot, within two weeks, The ‘sheller is new, and the neighbors begin to think it is hoodoed, ofr. urt at Wahoo, Nov, 22.—([Special to Tie Bee.]—District court has been in session here since Suturday, Judge Post presiding, “The docket is & large one und contains many important cases, so that it will be a long and important scssion of court, District Wanoo, Neb., rtant Captu ntorfeiters, Burraro, N ough the an thorities refuse to talk abouv the recent cap ture of counterfeiters in western New York and Peansylvania, the few facts which huve leaked out show it to be one of the most im portant cases on record. IRichardson, who was brought here Tucsday uight by Spec Agent Lyons, is not only scemingly respe able, but'is in'more thau eomfortable circum- stances, He has a delightful home at Cunaseraga, and is the father of two estima- ble daughiters almost grown to womunhood. It is stated that the government has for years tried to get a case against Richardson, but never with success until now, - Admission, MixyEAroL1s, Nov. 2.—The Journal's Jamestown, Dak., special says a call been issued for a constitutional convention to be Leld at Jawestown, December 5, to further the early admission of Dukota into the union, Moving fo Palmer Withdraws From th AR, Ciicsgo, Nov. 22—A Springfield, 11, special says: John M. Palmer to-night formally withdrew from the Grand Army of the Republie. ‘The reason for this step given by ( | Palmer is that the order was used against him during the recent election, - The Yellow Fever, PERNANDINA, Fla,, Nov. 22.—~One new case of yellow fever is reported for the twenty four hours ending at 6 p.-m., November 20, There were four new cases of yellow fever under treatent in Fernanttiug yesterday. - The Weather Indications. For Nebraska and Dakota: Fair, stationary temporature, southerly winds. For lowa: air, stationary temperature in southeast portion, slightly warmer in souti- west portion, \Y THE HIBBARD-FRY CASE, The Defendant De f a Tender Nature, Pa., Nov. 2 BeE W pened this " wvor Special B Tn the morning pbard-Fry breach of ) case, the defendant was ted 1 by the plaintiff 's co s unshaken. He deniod ns of a tender nat made b luintiff. He did not say that his her was 8o great that if she com: manded him he would jump off the train, and he her at home, on the train, or anywhere el teferring to the Rock Point picnic, e said he had talked to Mrs, Hibbard on that did not notice ¢ wssment on her part, and had never scen her embarrassed 1 s life Laughter Sh told him the sad vy of life, and he felt sorry for her. *She then d he, “told me I was the only man sh ot Loy I was surprised, and suid it was T said 1 hopaed this subject would 1ot come up again, and shortly afterward 1 left her house, She afterwards, in April, 1858, asked him to call. Witness deelined twice, She wrote again, and he took the note in his land, went 10 her store, and asked what the meaning was, She invited him in, and said “What does this mean! You have been payi tention to e for tw ars, and have me Lo marry you two or three times,” said: “Stopright there. You an un mitigated liae and an adventuress, 1 know vounow: I have found you out.” ' He then feft, und went o shor: time Iater to Cinein natd, and upon his return saw a notice in the papers that she had brought suit against hin “The case will probably go to the jury to- morrow, and a verdict is expected by Satur- day morning at the latest 23y 5 A PANIC IN A SOHOOT. Several Children Braised But None Fatally Injured. New Youk, Nov. 2. —At 1:15 this after fire broke out in the irst ward pub lic school building at Long Island City. Over %00 children were studying at their desks in the vavious rooms of the building. When the children on the first floor saw the flames they aised acry of fire. Tustantly there was panic in every room of the school huild The children rushed petlmell for the nars doors, crowding, jostling and striking cach other in their efforts to got_out. The chil dren were piled up atthe foot of the stair ways in heaps, and_attempts to bring order out of the confusion were at first fruitless, but finally the police and_firemen were able to check the ciildren, although they had to itend with an excited mob of mothiers that had appearcd as soon as the news of the fi spread through the neighborhood. The fir itseif amounted to little, and as soon as it was extinguished an_examin of the in jured was commenc It was found that while hundreds budly bruised and shocked, no one hurt. se resumed ny and subje to a rigorous cross-oxaminat el but his evidence w never kis: occasion v em bar noon Rank Imbecility. Onicaao, Nov. 22.—A man on $he top floor of the Boston store was caught stealing a purse this afternoon, and the foolish sales- man yelled “Fire.” A panic was at precipitated. The ereat place was jammed Wwith shoppers, mostly women, and on the the five floors there wore probably not e than a thousand hupign beings packed tightly together. The flg,r wallcer turned in an alirm of fire, and th§ affrighted women and children, and shop girls, made a rush for the stairways, Soon there was u jam, and the weaker bosan to go down. A policeman and some of the more cool-headed employes went 1 work to stop the panic. Before they succeeded, however, a number of people wer seriously hurt and many more were nearly dead from fright. ——— A Thespian Severely Pummeled, ST. Louts, Mo., Nov., 22.—[Speciai Telg, gram to Tur Bee. ] —Harry Phillips, husband of Kate Castleton, the well known actross, and Frank Tannehill, jr., of the same com pany. beeame involved in a quarrel in Proebel's beer saloon this morning. The misunderstanding was about professional matters. John Russell, proprictor of an- other dramatic company, interfered as peace maker, wh Tannehill struck him a s ated by beating Tannehill's b abeer glass. The latter was 1 covered with blood, and was taken to his rooms at the Planters hou The doctors say that the injurics, while seri- ous, are not fatal. Russcll has tied. No Trouble in the Nation. Wasmixaroy, Nov. Indian Commis- sioner Oberly to-day received a letter dated November 19, from Robert L. Owen, United States Indian agent at Muskozee, 1. 1., in response to an inguiry as to the truth. of the report of disturbance in the Chickasaw nu. tion over the eleetion of governor of that na tion. It states that there has been no such state of affairs in the Chickasaw nation s the sensational telegrams have reported. The letter itinues Lo exercise the functions of governor, and is_practici running the goyernment as such, and there is no present cause for interference on the part of the United os governument, Four Brothers and I LovisviLLe, Nov. 22, by unusual circumstances was celebrated yesterday afternoon at St. Johw's chureh ., e contracting part re George Rothen- berger and Louise Weigleb, both of Jefferson county. The singular part of the union is that the prospective groom will be the fourth member of the family to take a wife from among the clcb girls, Three of the groom’s broth are alrcady married to three of the bride’s sisters, and four of tne Misses Weigleb have become Mesdames Rothberger, once d United Irein Dy, Nov. 22 —United Treland makes a furious attack on the Parnell commission because of the heavy fine imposed on Ed ward Harrington, It says, whether it is guilty of contempt or not, it witl not abstain frouw commenting on the action of the judges, It then reiterates the charges madd by the KKerry Sentinel against the commission, asserts that the government, whose exist- cnce is at stake, has paid the court. is Angry. Triple Kini INGTON, Kan., ing Levi Mecker, wife and cight year old daughter, who live ten miles east of Oxford, in Cowly county, were found dead on the Southern ISansas railroad track by a son, It are struck whi crossing - George S, Knight stricken Down, NEW Youx, Nov. 22,—|Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|—~George S. Knight, the actor, is ill at his homein Orange. He is suffering with paresis, apparently from the same cause which resulted in death of John McCullough and Bartley Campbell, and which prostrated Tony Hart. It is said he canuot live long. Kuight's real nawme is George Sloan, —— Hayti Wants Peace. New Youk, Noy. onsul General Bassett, who represents the Haytien govern- nt here, has received information that > between the Haytien government and the insurzents is being arrangzed by ambassu- dors. The rebels are nearly out of money, and peace is confidently expected within a few days. e Wipea Out By Fire, Bautivone, Nov, 22.—A five has destroye the business part of Pocomoke City, Worces tor county. ‘The loss is nearly 860,000, No lives were losty her | " MORNING, NOVEMBER ien All Allegations | o9 THE « Charged With Practically Controll- ing the Cattle Trade, AND CRUSHING COMPETITION. iplain That T the Eastern Dealers C¢ Have Been D Busiuess by the Western Combine, ven From The Vest Committee, 8t Lorie, Nov. I'ne senate cattle trade investigat Again this ating morning. The first witness y Leouard, of 8 st He paralyzed men had competition in the yers, He advised usys on, which, he said, would wake innuy ma Lof two, as at present. In answer to 4 question as to what would be the effect of o law passed that no meat should be sold for consumption un less it w inspected, the witness said that such o law would prevent the Texas men from sending to market cows thatare as lean as hounds, The witness also said that the prices dealers eot for live beef does not Justify the price which the consumer pays Levi Samuels, a wholesale butcher of New Yorlk, formerly an exporter, testiticd that the cattle market is now depros He was familiar with the dressed bee business, With the exeeption of one or two towns in the cast all the beef sold thore is dressed becf. The local butchers have quit slaughtering or buying from wh sale slaughterer I reason for this was that western dressed beel men have gon n there andoffered them beef lower thy the local butchers conld buy cattle and slangiter them. In this way the local slanchterces were foreed to quit killing and buy dressed beef from the west, When the western men had secured control they put up the price high enoueh to justify their loss previous 1o obtaini mtrol. The prices in New York are the same as those of the local butehiers. They are content to keep us from making money in the hope that we will be forced out of business altogether, or be compelled to handle western dres veef. AW, Hilliard of Midland, that about i year awo hie was ne; the proprictors of w beef ref Paso to sapply them with ¢ potiations fell through b people were closed out. cifie railroad refused to supply portation of dressed beef to Angeles, having a contract with Chicago people which compelled them to exclude Bl Paso people. Lichard Gray, general freicht agent of the Paciticsystem of the Southiern Pacitic railway Compiny, with ofice at San Franciseo, was examincd at his own request. He wishod to wet on record a denial of the statement made Dy Hillinrd and auother witness with re ence to the company’s refusal_to furnish frigerator ears at Bl Paso. This stacement could not be true, as the company never had in its cquipment. Tue company had never refused to furnish box cars to anyone when it had them. snator Cullom thought he had Gray cor nered when the latter admitted that his com pany had refused 1o accent ears from other companics and compelled shippers to transfer goods from the original car to Sovtheru Pa- citic cars. Gray, however, qualified this statement by-saying that the Soutnern Pa- cific had only done this when the car was unlit to g0 over the steep grades and around sharp curves of their road. George PPeck, of Detroit, a butcher and cat- tle dealer for the last thirty years, testiticd that the dress beef organization had been the means of crushing out all butchers through outthe cast und concentrating the cattle business at Chicago. A few years ago at least fiftecu men in this city eame west and bought cattle to sell in_the’ east. Now they could not do that because the castern mar- kets were closed. His idea was that tne butchers of the east dare not cut up the cattle they got hold of for fear that the combine would close down on them and drive them out f business. About a year ago the witness and others organized ‘an association in De. troit and put up signs “*No Chicago beef for sale here.” They were occupying the prem iscs owned by one of the Hammond, who or ctionable | committoe mot 18 L, Missourt, one of the lar in Miss 1e county black importers of cattle i said that th by the contr sceured. Tl market betwe tem of local were beof cattle mark 1 the dressed re W n b 1 kots instead Tex., tiating w rrator in K the ne a trans. 1s, promised to keep Swift and Armour out of Detroit, but saying he could not keep Nelse Morris out_because he was already eswablished there, what indicated to the witness the exist of 4 combine, ‘The witness said that 7 per cent of the butcel 8 cast of Chicago had been crushed out of the kulling business by the Chicago dressed beef men and compelled to take d becef. Senator Manderson and indulged in lengthy colloquy as to the methods for preventing the *big four™ from alling up more millions of money and ullow- ing the profits to go to small dealers and for the benetit of consume: The witness thought that state inspection would accom- plish_ the vurp Continuing, the witness said that whenever buteners were erushed dressed sold at a higher prico than th n supplicd by tho butehers.” About 60 or 70 per cent of the tle sold ostensibly for canuing purposes went to the people for beet. Simply the poorest cuts went into cans, The beef ran from 14 to 13 cents per pound retail in Detroit, Warren Bucumaster, & retail_butcher Akron, Ohio, testified that in 1357 the unions'of Akron passed a_resolution buy meats of Armour & Co. The of Akron were ¥, but in u few mour sent down a car load of meat and un dersold them all. The Armour concern opencd two stores in the heart of Alron and actually gave away the best meat in t lund. The result was the signing of an ag mentaby the butchers' association 1o give preference to the house of Armour & ), the latter agreeing to close thei il es tablishments in Akron. Armour & Co. then placed a local agent in Akron, but instead of closing thew two stores they sold themn to local butchers to be nto the great detri- of the trade, PPrior to this forced ar nent the cattle slaughtered for con. sumption in Akron weve purchased in the country surrounding the city, where the farmers ruised very catlle. Witness bought now from Ar the consumiers get their meat much than before Armour & Co. came in, cnt parts of the same city had different prices for the same meat. Senator Cullom-—-Are you correspond. ence with Armour & Co. at Akron now ¢ Witness —Yes, 1 wrote him, tellmg him 1 was coming here to testify before this cou- mittee, Senator Cullom essary to do that! Witness—Well, he w about it 1 am not herc in Armour's interest Johin Duff, of Detroit, a buteher of twenty BiX years' experience, testified that he was met at Cheboygan six years ago by Armour meat and closed out of the market there, At twenty-six places in Michigan, outside of D troit, Armour meat was 1 cont per pound higher than in Detroit. In those towns th butehiers who, six years ago. were weli-t-do, are now bankrupt. C. G, McDonald, of Che: boygan, Mich,, who buys a ton of meat s day, told the witness they would not sell him a pound of meat unless he belonged to the butchers' union. Witness said that Amcrica was not 4 free country so fur as mest was concerncd The committee then adjourned to § p. m. Ouly one witness was examined at the evening session, C. C. Cassidy, an East St Louis commission man. He' explained tho difference between Chicago and St Louis as cattle warkets on purely business principles, and lie claimed that if St. Louis did the right thing t cattle g uld come out all right. The comm resume b 11 o'clock to-morrow morning. e L nyention The long deferred n of the range association and the witness here of labor to not butchers ys Ar in Why did you think it nec to me asking me ™ 8. Louis, jvint convent butcliors was bield to-night iu the Exposition Joint ov. BIG FOUR™ OF CHICAGO | wore i onilding. Only 10 when Colone people prosent Arm he report nternat Ta, nger of of the \mble called the of the joint associat Thomas meeting to order committee of the Wby A M (I combination of the resolu of the markets o the was r nvor. report ¢ concentraf country in t tions f; the butcher of tradc th wh ts ou the part of to re such o slation as w two markoets re w owe of St ty of a seeret and rungers s providing for s on hoof only at regu he inspection of meat est of the exporter, Lexas, fo Ay tional htor, el d. O state inspection laws conference places the but in favor of the § thie on 0 lar stock yards, for export at the req i National Inspection, St While the joiut con vention of and batchers was in session in the Exposition building, a meeting of committees from the live stock exchanges of Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and Kansas City was held at the Southern hotel. Thoey were reinforeed by the from the and_ adopted a st of resolutions The preamble re In angen seceders couventi setting forth their views. cites that Whereas, Inspoction and approval of meat produ o command the confi of the consumer, and should al prejudic 18 is necesary as such inspee made under and in denee tion and authority free from torests of produc nd consi and alike demand the best facitities for the mar keting of the stock and the products thercof, it is Resolved, That we favor a national in etion law, providing that it shall be unluwful to transport from one state into another state or forewn country, any beef, pork, mutton or veal, to be sold for human food, which hus not been inspectea alive at the slanghtering plice by inspectors of the United States, and found nealthy The resolutions favor the appointment of ticul stockmen s nationul inspectors, onpose local or state inspection laws which shallhinder the free transportation and marketing of meat products; that such laws would tave atendeney to déstroy com petition, and would not command the conti dence i forcign countries national inspection would. A copy of the resolution will be wailed 10 each Senator and congressman in the United States approval ve - PRESHE Chic! 15 Nov. I HAYES Interest of EN He is in 2o in the n Keform. 22 —[Special Telezvam to Tur Bee | —Rutherford B. Hayes, ex-prosi dent of the United States, arrived at the Grand Pacific hotel this morning from Fre- mont. On the lappel of his coat Mr. Hayes wore a small Harrison and Morton button His face had a healthy, florid look, which gave him something of the appearance of an English gentleman fresh from his shooting preserves. His whiskers were almost white, but they did not tend to make im look older than heis, “I'm glad to sce you,” he said, heartily, shuking the reporter's hand, and motioning him to a seat. ~ “I_am here,” he id, ‘o mect the different prison dens the western states in order to write in a testimonial to Warden McClaughrey of the Joliet prison I'm interested in_the prison reform move- ment, and In_conjunction with the stat board of charities of Hlinois, which is a sort of association, we expect to accomplish some good *No, I never talk politics,” he swer to the reporter, as the' latter on the subject. To-morrow Mr. Hayes will go company with the wardens of the prisous of several of the western states, where they will inspect the penitentiary and bid adicu to rden MeClaughrey, who soon zoes cast to he position of Warden in the Prnnsyl state prison. To-night Mr. Hayes will c at Parwell hall on the prison qiestion x-President Rutherford B, Hayes was sted to-night by an audience numbering 00, which packed Farwell hall to suffoca tion. The ex-president was the guest of the state board of chavitics, and his address to night wes on “Prison Reform.” St d H. Wines, of [llinois, introduc with an_cloquenttribute. Mr. Hayes ex piained the aims of the National Prison Re form association o inpi the eriminal laws, 10 better the methods of procedure, to facilitate the execution of those laws, to bet- ter discipline in the state nstitutions, and care for prison ter dis-harge. AL the conclusion of the speeeh he received an ova. tion from the Grand Ariny men preseat, - A WONDERVFUL SLIDE, Thirty Acres of vorest Descend Into the Cumberland Valley, <0°s Mini, W, Vi, Nov, 22.—The lare- est lund slide ever known here occurred a few duys sinee on the side of the Cumberland mountain, where a scope of land, contaiming not less than twenty-five or thirty s, siipped Trom the side of the mountain, carry ing i1s forest of pine, chestnut, oak and other immense trees along with it intoa n oW valley below. The slip shot across the val ley pletely damming it from mountain the side 10 a purallel ridge four hundred yards distant, Tne small el which ran down the valley was dammed up, ana formed a small lake from 0 to twenty-five feet deep, and, perbaps, 4 hulf-mil in length I'he forést trees still stand on the slide, but atan e of forty or fifty degrees. ‘The moun tain side is bare, with the rocks stunding posed in i line four hundred yards wide and half aomile long, Altozether it was a most peculiar freuk of nature - The Natios Toreka, Kan., Nov. am to Tue B —The adjourned this morning. Cureaco, of saud, in an- bordered to Joliet in Be ange, Special national Te grange Its Jast act was the soluti pussage of the followin Resolved, That the commissio uiture be requested to inquire, through the cousulur system of the government or other wise, whal foreign nations are now import ing agricaltural products, and ascertain what sinilitics there would 1 stablish trade relutions for tne disposal of our surplus cricuitural products; also to inguire whit dieuttural products e now imported thiat our country and_eclimate would be capuble of roducing, and lay the sume before congress of and and publish for the information of furmers, -~ ur Aces Favalyzed Him, Avusta, € Nov. nuel Levy, a prominent aged citizen of this plac was stricken with while The party was poker and Judge Levy was taking hazards ouly on the game., His opponent in the Jack-pot when called,showed four uces. The Judge was noticed to bec suddenly ill, and ussistance was offered, When medical service arrived it was found that the judge had been paralyzed. Surprise at his oppoucnt’s hand is given as the prime cause of his illness, though he s very old an i ag the ailment wore potent.” He is not puralysis to-night participating in a sociul game of cards. playing m Houc New Youk, Nov. 22.—(Special Te Tur Ber.)-Dion Houcieault is in a se condition from an attack of rheumatic gout 1 dyspepsia. The doctors fear his heart 18 in danger and suy the chances of te play Wright's recovery y 1l n to fous A Strike at hndianapolis, InniaxaroLss, Nov. 22 —Threo-fourths the employes in the railroad yards of city went on @ staike o night, of this | — ——— 3 NUMBER 1t THE ASSETS OF THE N ATION, Unitod States Troasuror Hyatt Sube« mits His Annual Roport, THE AMOUNT OF THE SURPLUS. . Net Decrease Debt Year of crest-Boaring During (he Last Fiscal The Gold and Sil- ver Statement, The National Finay WasiiNaton, Nov, 22 - The the United States, Hon has submitted Seerotary annual report of the operation the ending June 3, the net troasurer of \W. Hyatt, airchild his the troas rovernment i James o v, The net rovenues of for the fiseal ye 074, and 24815 the sury ion of the public 3, an increase of year before, As compared reve W e oxpot cecipts available for the dobt boing 8111, $3,890,176 over ot with 1857, the erand the ox asury balanca 0 to uding The tr inereased during the year from & $120.504,242, and the total assets, i certificates of deposit incash, from 1,284 to $iti, 7 The uct chance of SO00T0,863 i the bulance was produced by an fnerease of #15,520,465 in the assets and a decrease of $24,053,50 i the libilities, The silver balance fell off more than 27,000,000, Ihe principal inere of ussets ‘was in United States notes and deposits in national bauks, and the principal docrease of - Hubili- ties in the publie debt and funds for the re- demption of uational bank notes, Phere was w onet decrease of TSSSO0 during the fiseal year in the principal of tie interest bearing debt. The total purehase of bonds for the sinking fund and out of the surplus revenues was £1A461H00, the net promium paid, exclusive of dcerued interest, being 3210842 Tho gold and_ silver and bullion in the country, and all kinds of notes outstanding dune 30, 1557, amounted to $1.4 i on dune B0, 1SS o 2,0 st of pold and silver 'ing from $1,007,513,001 1o £1,002,391,6090, mostly in gold. he inerease in the volime of paper eireu lation was £0,424,100, resulting from an in ase of #1100 the amount of cer- titicates und I 0f £20,503,554 in the total of notes and fractional curreney Some attention has been given to the ques- tion of the probable loss or destruction of pa- per currency, but without any very definito ssult. A table s given showine the course of redemption on the first issues of legal tens der notes. Until the notes arve collected in by the government, or some other course brings them to the treasury, the loss from destrue- tion must be more or less 4 matter of conjec- ture. Th reful estimate from the data at hand p it 1 ver contor loss, according to the denomination. “This is sups ported by the history of the carlicr paper is- sues of the government Certificates of deposit amounting to §24,- 110,000 were issued for United States no 000 were redeemed, leaving $1 outstanding. The treasurer attri- i the usc of these certifi- sinee 1556 1o a change in the manner of sing them, the holders now receiving the same notes (hat were deposited, instea W notes, as forn e volume of zold certificates outstanding ased 20,595,433, reachin, 2,02, 150, 't noted at the eud of any ear. Taking into account the de- c'of the amount in the treasury, the increase of circulation was 20,901,143, ‘The coinage of silver doliars during the year amounted “to §2,484,078, making the fotal coinage £200,424,700. The increase of the net distribution was only §0,150. Owinp to tho searcity of one and two dollar notes, and the demand for the movement of crops, nearly L000,000 were drawn into eirculation be- tween May and November, 1557, but when the not again to be had the dollars came b the treasury as fast as they had gone out. The treasurcr is ot the opinjon that the people have ali of these coins they want, or are willing o take, and recom- mends that i the purchases of silver arc to continue bullion be put into form by hieuvy bars or ingots, arguing that the present supply of dollars will be sucient for any demand there is likely to be for them, and that any mcrease of certificate circul tion could be based with perfect safety on the uncoined metals. ‘Ihenew silver vault in the treasury building having a capacity of £100,000.000, and said to be the largest treas- ury vault in the world, is being filled at the yaie of half a million w day. v will hold the totul coinagre of three years, but at the end of that period still further storage room will| probably have to be provided, unless the coinage is suspended. The amount of fractional silver coin in the treasury has not changed much since the first accumulation after resumption of specie payments. Of a little wore than $26,000,000 held June 30, 1556, £20,500.000 was in half dollars, oy $5.500,000 in other pioces, points out that Lhis proportion which docs not vary much from year to yc is_excessive, and that somrthing = like £15,000,000 in fifty-cent picees that are not needed for circulution will doubtless have to be carried by the treasury until they ave recoined into other denomina- tions or absorbed by the growth of business, The minor coin in Uhe Ureasury, smounticg to F112,920, is reported o be in‘good condition, and not in excess of what is needed. The treasurer states that the gold in the treasury is in good condition with the exception of a littie, Many of the silver half dollars are much worn, some being quite smooth, and that it has' b impossible to reeoin these because the loss would have been o great in proportion o the new coinuge, mostly dimes, which it was n o produce in the wwount of deduetions on account of mutilations from the face valuo of eurrency vedeemed, and in the number of counterfeit notes und coins rejected, show a pratifying improvement i the condition of the cireulation in this respect At the ) the year the treasury held £178 ol United States bonds to seeurs national bk civeulition, and 30,156,000 to secure public moneys held o des pository bunks. There was a de- crease” during the year of = §13,(54,050 in the amount of the former. and an mereaso of £2)642500 in the amonnt of the latter, There was $55,712,511 of public wey held by bunks, wn increase of 045, Tha semi-annual duty colleeted from’ national bunks wmounted to £1,616,127, making an geregate of $196,245,804 sinée 1563, The net procecds of the niational bink notes redeemed during the year was $05,246,723 The re- deniptions were $11,000,000 greater than those of the preceding years, in th of @ re- duction of £36,500,000 in amount outstanding, and greatér in pre tion o the circulution thau those of every Yeur save Lwo since 1879, - Washington Brevities, The navy departuent has invited proposals for the coustruction of machinery for the United States armored eruiser Maine, now building at the New York navy yards, They are to be opencd Februrry 15, 539, Propo- s will be reecived from every American builder und other persons who shall show thit withiu three months after the cons tract he willbe in- possession of the neces sury plant for the iance of the worlk, A committec of eight New York imperters of woolen goods cailed on Secretary May- vard at the treasury department to-day and preferred form wnst Assistant Appraiser Kdgar A i charge of the aivision of wool and woolén goods at the New York custom house, They ehirge him with unlawful discrimination in the appraise ment of their importations and complain general against his administraton of the affairs of that division. The collection of internal revenue during the tne first four months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1558, u ggrogate $45,741,985, - A Newspaper Man Doad, Wasiuxgron, Nov, 2-Captiin Ira M, Burritt, editor and proprictor of the Sunday Herald, of this eity, died early thiy morniug ut Gartleld hospital, of caucer of tbe blad- der, Ly