Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1888, Page 1

B ity e e T THE OMAHA DAILY EIGHTEENTH YEAR. THE INTER-STATE COMMISSION A Summary of the Contents of the Annual Report. TOTAL MILEAGE OF THE COUNTRY The Operation of the Long and Short Haul Clause—Effect of the Law Upon Cor Car- ricrs, moy The Railroads of the Conntr; WASHINGTON, Nov ¢ annual report o the inter-state nerce commission is now In type and completed. The volu will be ready for distribution in a few days. The foliowing summary of its contents is n from the best information now avail- The mileage of the country, on the 30th day of June, 1558, 18 estimated at S1, of which 2,512 miles had been completed and brought into operation within six months preceding that day, The railway construc- tion in 1586 was 8,471 miles; in 1887 it was 12,658 miles, The number of corporations represented in the mileage is 1,251, but by rea- son of leascs or other contract arrangements many corporatious hold control of and operat one or more roads owned by other corpora- tions, and the whole number making regyrts of operation at the date named was 655 The summary of formal complaints is as follows: Of & total of 107 cases submitted, the ord is: and decided, 50; not ve cided, 6: hearing ot completed, drawn or scttied, 23; suspended 10; assigned for hearing, 9. Long and Short Haul—In the section of the country north of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Missouri the 5 in - which the greatest charge is made for shorter travs. portation are few, and their circumstances are such that a complaint is not often made that-they operate oppressively. In of the present year, however, the Chicago, St. Paul & Kunsus City railroad company, hav ing a line from Chicago to St. Paul and Min neapolis, announced to the dommission its purpose to reduce v lurgely its rates between the terminal of its road with- out reducing the intermediate rates. The company laid down two propositions as jus- tifying ‘its action: Iirst, 1ts rates to inter- mediate stations w perfeetly just and reasonable, and therefore there'was no in- justice in maintaining them. Second, the rates betweene its terminal points were forced down b the unfair competition of another, The reagoning scemed strong and was certainly plausible, but was a state of things that, at the pleasure of the ralroad com actin iily, or even of single companies disposed 1o act in hostility, might be made w_exist at any point of rail: road connection in the country, and if the greator charge on the shorter huul was ad missable in the case under investigation, the rule of the fourth scction would be of no practical value whatever. Auy railrond company might, by its action, absolve a com- petitor from its obligation, and thus be ab- solved in return. The legislature never in- tended this consequence. It did not intend, as the commission belicved, that carriers sub- ject to tho laws should at pleasire thus make the ruleof the statutc of no effect. The ier under investigation conformed to this con- clusion, and graded its rates accordingly, and the objectionable rates made by the ier complained of were alss soon discontinued. With some exceptions, resulting from ocean competition, the rule of the short haul provision of the law has been put in force upon the transcontinental roads, where its operation and cffect can be observed under what now appear to be favorable. con- ditions, In the southern and southwestern states the commission has had reason to think that the carriers were moving more slowly in bringing their tariffs into conform- ity with the general statutory pro- visions than in other sections. Not being satisied that this duty has been suMiciently apprehended and ob- served by the carriers, the commission has ordercd an investigation to be made of the subject on the 15th of December, at its rooms an Washinston, when it is intended to make @ thorough examination of the existing rate sheets, and to give all parties concerned an opportunity to be heard, e report then takes up the subject of the effect of the inter-state commerce act upon common _carriers, and says that although some railroad inauagers have declared it to have had o damaging effect, the commission is possessed of no evidence show- ing that the general result has been othe wise than beneficial. Railroad business has suffered in the past year not because of the inter-state comine but owing to Btrikes, nowmpaiallel nd_rate wars, With reference to the 5 in the north- west and among the trunk lines during the year, the report suy As'is commonly the case in rate wars, the trunk lines' difiicultics resulted from sus. picions on the part of earricrs, respectively, that their competitors were cutting the opon rates, and reductions were wmade to recover freight which parties to the agrecment claimed was their due, but which they were Hnm getting because of the action of others. rec de- with- by request, 'he efforts of the commission to ob- ain evidence of the:practices suspected ave been wholly ineffoctual, and the war of rates procecds without possibility of external muthority interposing to bring it to an end, The legal right of the carriers to reduce their general scule of rates to an extent under the law as it now stands is believed to be unquestionable; they have done so, and whetdier with any ultimate benefit to them- selyes i ab least very questionable. The making of unreasonably low rates, the report timates, 18 often for stock jobbing purposcs, orto compel the purchase of the roud by competing lines. The persons having con- trol of railronds may deliberately make in- suflicient rates in the expectation’ of profits to be indirectly and improperly derived therefrom. Kvery case of rate war may be regarded as one of this character. Present profits are sacrificed on a calculation that by crippling a rival or forzing an agreement or comproiise on some matter of contention the loss will in time be more than mude up, In the majority of such cases the losses exceed the gains, ~The sta- tute bhad not conferred upon the commission any power to order any increase of rates which it can sce are not remunerative, In + general, therefore, it may be said that ruil- road managers possess the power to destroy the interests not only of their rivals but of their own stockholders, if they will reck lossly muke rates that lead to bankrupte Good service and unreasonably low r antaginosticideas, The public will u Ject to fair rates, but it will never be enlight- ened as to what are fair rates, and be dis. posed steadily to assent to their maintenance, 80 long as railroad managers, in their absurd and destructive wars, are verpetually aud in amost emphatio manner, by cutting their rates, informing the public that something less—perhaps greatly less—can be afforded. The danger of committing the rate making power to subordinates, whose training and experience have not generally fitted them to deal with matters that involve questions of policy, is touched upon, and the report says: ‘Tlie' question often becomes of high .00- ment whether it is wiser to make the re- duced rates of a competitor or to let the business go. Yet the decision of this ques- tion is left by important lines in the hands of subordinates, who apparently have no other notion upon the subject beyond the rule that every cut rate wmust b’ promptly ‘‘met Nothirg scoms more surprising than the fact that @ railroad mansger who will neither take steps by law to put a stop to secret cut- ting of rates whick he publicly charges, nor furnish evidence upon which others may do 0, will nevertheless sacrifice for his shidre- kolders willious of revenue to punish it. 1t 15 reasonable to expect that the carriers of the country will, where practicablo, make such joint urrangements so that the public shall fina an arvangement with oue person adequate for the purpose of all to a transaction There soould be some wesns of edforcing, among carrieas, obligations, moral or legal, that would grow out of such arrangements, 'he ouly effectua ) meauns by which good alth could be enforced was the pooling of e)ght or earcings, but pooliug is now out of “and g their power, being forbidden by tendency s ong rail in the di tion of law. The ouds seoms likely to be onsolidation as the oniy means of mutual protection against rate wars. But anything equivalent 1o the crea. tion of what is now tectinically denominated as a trust could hardly be supposed possible, even if the parties were at liberty to form it at pleasure. It the parties could come into harmony on the subject an arrangement o the sort would be so powertul in its control over the business interests of the country, and o suceptible to uses for mischevious purposes, that pubiic policy could not for a moment sanction it, unless by statute it were held in close lowal restraints and under public coutrol. Like arrangements in_other lines of business are alrcady sufticiently threatoning to public intercst, and the most ardent advocate of concentra tion of railrond authority cannot reasonabl expeet that anything of the sort will be pro- lnd for by ‘legislation. Lacking concen- wtion of authority, the railroads can do b towards better relations with the pub- s and do b by first establish. ing better rolations anong themselves, The need of this is very imperative. Iu cutting of rates the party boginning it clirges or insinuations against its co tors, Carriers cutting rates have proclaimed that tho reduced rates were all that could be justly demanded, when persons having ex- pericnee knew that persistence in-such rate would lead directly to bankruptey, An im- partial observer ‘s compolled 1o s uch methods do not belong to the pres age. To make an adversary feeland fi the power to inflict injury is often the first and principal thought, and the rate is cut, when, ruder age, it would have been a motive 1 to obtain a right or privilege, or punish a wrong, irrespective of any question whether there are not legal remedies which are adequat for all the purposes of substantial justice. While tho commission is not at this time prepared to recommend general legislation towards the establishment and promotion of relations be- tween carriers, that shall better subserve the public tuterest than those which are now common, it nevertheless looks forward to the possibility of something of that uature b commng imperative, unless a great improve- ment in the existing conditions is voluntarily inaugurated, The report next considers tho subject of the cffeetof the law upon cities, showing that the act has in some cases benetitted consum- ing interior cities, and mjuriously affected distributing points formerly favored in rates, ‘The commission believes that uniformity in clussitication ns far us possible, without se- rious mischicf, 1s desirable. ' Immigrant transportation is next considered, and vari- ous facts stated which were developed upon two investigations held in New York City. In view of all circumstances the commission recommends that a reception place larger n Castle Garden, from which those not cly connected with immigrant trans- portation shall be excluded, be established. Interior Tines should have agents there off an equal footmg. The payment cf commissions for routing immigrants, and for procuring the shipment of “immigrants from foreign countrics, should be declared illegal and made punishable. The commission should have power to fix immigrant fares. These objects cannot be fully accomplished except by the federal government taking complete control of the whole subject. The subject of the payment of commissions is treated ex- tensively. ‘The commission believe that the evils of the system exc i The subject i brought to the attention of congress. No recommendation is made concerning conclusive bills of lading. The subject of overcapitalization is recognized as an ex- ceedingly important one, but it is believed that it can be only handled gradually, and in detail. Tt has been found impossible to satisfactorily obtain immediate information which shall show the cost of railroad prop- erty, franchises and equipments. The re- quirement of annual returns from carriers by water has not been overlooked, and the commission renews the recommendations made in its preceding report. The commis- sion believes that notice of an_intention to reduce any rate ought to be published mnot less than three days before the reduction, There are provisions against wuy-billing, classification, weighing, or rcport of weight, or unrcasonable preferences or advantage, The commission be- lieves that penal provisions against wrongs of this nature should embr: 4iso the owner of the propert; ny party acting for the owner or cousignor of the property, who shall be a to any such unlawful con- duct, The s suggests that the question thus raised be settled by express provision, Another question of construction ought also to be rulea by legislation, m order to the pretense on which certain h lines are now claimed to be local, in or a_through line ouly in appearance. ‘The commission thinks that if a lineis in fact a through line by reason of ownership, the corporation controlling it ought not to be at liberty to make through rates, or to de- cline to make them, at pleasure. ' Tho com- mission favors joint tariffs and through rates, and recommends that carriers en- gaged independently in inter-state trafiic on the river, lakes, and other navigable waters of the colintry, be put, in respect to making, publishing, and maintaming rates, upon the swme footing with inter-state carriers by 1. so that the excuses now made by car- riers by rail for great disparities in rates for corresponding transportations, as between points, which are points not affected by water competition, would tuereby, to a large extent, be taken away. xtort a and is The Switchmen’s Strike, INpIANAPOLIS, Nov. 50.—The switchmen's strike developed nothing startling to-day. “The raitroads were busily at work and trains aro moving in all the various yards with about the usual rapidity and regularity. The strile now exists practically only in name. All the roads have all thg new men they care to employ av present. 1t is noticcable that only about two-thirds of the places yacated have been filled. The roads ure getting along with this reduced force, even though they are green hauds, It is thought that the otuer places. are being kept open for the strikers when they shall ask to go back to work. The joiut committee of ‘the engincers, firemen and brake- meu did not meet the superintendentsto-day., The latter express the settled conviction that there is not the slightest dangerof a serious strike among the engineers. Tha conservative element wmong that brother- hood, they think, will prevent any rash measures by the “hot-heads,” as they term them, or at least will refuse to strike w.th them. ‘The brakemen have all along shown the most profound sympathy for the strikers, and the superintendents will not be greatly surprised if they yet join the strike, though they do not expect shem to do so. ‘The strikers appomnted a committee to-day to go among the business men and solicit money 0 help sustain them, but thus far the com- mittee has met with indifferent success, ———— Mrs, Sherman's Remains, Pirrsuura, Nov. 20.—-General W. T, Sher- man and members of Lis family were in the city this morning, accompanying the remains of hiswite to St. Louis. General Sherman was attended by s son, Father Sherman, Misses Lizie and Rachael Sherman and Mr, and Mrs. Thackery. Mrs, Lisutenant Fitch of Swiss Vale, General Sherman's daughter, and her husband, joined the party in this city, The meeting botween' Mrs. Fitch, her aged ief-stricken futher and other members of the fumily was extromoly pathetic, Ey- erybody about the station who recoguized the old warrior expressed their sympathy in the kindest terms. The party will leave St. Louis at b p. m. to-worrow sud return direct to New York. -~ Ohemical Works Destroyed. CLEVELAND, O,, Nov. 80.—The Boughton Acid works, located near Titusville, Pa , and owned by the American Chemical and Manu- facturing company, of this city, burned this worning. Loss, 0005 insu rance, §1,000, e A Plow Company Assigns. Daxrox, 0., Nev, 30.—~The Dayton Plow company assigned to-day to Vice President Rickiurd C. Anderson.” Assels §900,000, Liabihtics sot stated. OMAHA. SATURDAY. MORNING DECEMBER 1. 188S. EIGHT MINERS ARE MISSING And the Probabilities Are That They Are Burned to Death. THE CALUMET AGAIN ON FIRE. Desperate Efforts Being Made to Rescue the Unfortunate Men But the Case is Almost Hopeless. An Incendiary's Work, Canrwer, Mich, Nov. 80.—Firc was dis- covered at the eighth level of No. 3 shaft of the Calumet branch of tho Calumet and Hecla mine this morning. A large party of men were working at the time of the fire, which, when discovered, had made such headway that the smoke was terribly dense. Allmade a rush for the surface, but eight men are missing and it is certain they are dead. Christ Rule, one of the miners at work in the fourteenth level of No. 2 shaft, says that about 11 o’clock last night he saw and smelled smoke, Heatonce called the attention of others to it Charles G, Sarson and Henry Burkineynki, who were thoroughly familiar with the Calumet branch of the mine, at once started up the ladd#t as far as the tenth level and then wont south to the main en- gine shaft and rode up to what is called_the krand sixth level. They then crossed to No. 5 shaft, which was ablaze, The big plank and mill timbers on the top, bottom and side, looked as if they had been burning somo time. Burkineynki at once went to the valve of the water pipe, opened it, straight- ened out the hose and was ready to fight the fire at the risk of his life, but_ there was no water there. Hesays that, however, had there been water it would_havg helped matters none. Seeing this, Sarson, who narrowly escaped a a former fire, led ' the way back to the main engine shaft and warned the men to turn back. He piloted the way for them to No. 5 shaft, and then came to the surfa Nothing is known of the whe bouts of the eight men who missing. They were working feet decper in the main shaft, and it is supposed that, smelling smoke, they tried to escape and were swothered. ~Over one thousand men were in this portion of the mme at the time, but escaped. The missing men are: Joseph Masaler, Antonio Kattlarers, John Vanderbilt, Andrew Hanson and two others, names un- known, a Polander and a Finlander. The eight_hour shift men went throuth No. 3at 10 o'clock, but suw no fire. That it is the villainous work of an incendiary is be- lieved by all, The company is making most desperate efforts to rescue the miners, but it 100ks as 1f the caso were hopeless. The men are all married but two, and all but one are Cornish- men. The scene about the mine is heart- rending. Immense volumes of smoke are issuing from the burning shaft. The fire will not prevent work at South Hecla, and_that part of the mine is in shape to cmploy all the miners, and the product can be Kept up to the syndicate’s limit. WICHITA'S BISHOP. A Number of Distinguished Persons Present at the Consecration, St. Lotis, Nov. 30.—Rev. J. J. Hennessy was to-day cousecrated as bishop of Wichita, imposing ceremonies occurring at St. John's church, The bishops present were: Most Rev. Archbishop Kenrick, St. Louis; Arch- bishop Elder, of Cincinnati; Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Connor, of Omaha; Rt Rev. Bishop McCloskey, of Louisville; Rt. Rev. Bishop Cosgrove, of Davenport, [n.; Rt. Rev. Bishop Rademacher, of Nashville, Tenn.; Rt. Rev. Bishop Teaunel, of Concordia, IKan.; Rt. Rev. Hasch, of La Crosse, Wis.} Rt. Hev. Bishop Katzer, of Green Bay, Wis.; Rt. Rev. Bishop Bonacum, of Lin- coln, Neb; R Rev. Bishop Burke, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Rt. Rev. Bishop Jansen, of Belleville, lis.;" 1tt. Rev. Bishop IRyan, of Adton; Rt. Rev. Abbott, of Atchi- son, Kan.: Rt. ltev. Bishop Ziniger, of ) waukee, Wis.; Rt. Rev. Monsignor Mun of Racine, Wis.; Rt. Rey, Funk, of Leaven: worth, Kan,; Rt. Rev. Bishop Hennessy, of Dubuque, and Rt. Rev. Bishop Machheuf, of Denver, Colo. Archbishop Kenrick smd a short prayer and the apostolic commission was then read by Vicar General Muhlsiopen. Bishop Hen- nessy then took tho oath of ofios. When the ceremony was comploted, Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, preached an eloquent sermon. ' This evening the Marquette club tendered the new bishob a reception. S St CHAMBERLAIN'S BAD BOY, He Flopes With the Wife of a New- ark Man, Who Commits Suicide. NEew York, Nov. 30.—Ernest Wunsch, a button manufacturer of Newark, N. J., com- mitted suicide to-day. He has been do- spondent for some time on account of the elopement of his wife in England with a son of Joseph Chamberlain. Wunsch's partner confirmed the statement that Wunsch's wife had gone from Birmmgham with a son of the gentleman who recently wedded Miss Endicott. Wunsch followed the couple to the Isle of Wight, where Chamberlain of- offered him £3,000 to relinquish his wife, He refused to take the money, and attempted to assault Chamberlain, . for which he was locked up, When he was released he started for this country. B Nebraska and lowa Pensions, WasHiNgToN, Nov. 80.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee,]—Nebr pensions: Original invalids—Milton Parkhurst Elton, Emery; W. Lynch, Virginia; James C, Harrywan, Crete; Uriah H. Henderson, Marauett; Richard Parker, Fort Robinson; George 1sest, Chadron, Increase—Lysanins L. Davis, Elgin; Evan R. Chandler, Cam- bridge Pierson Brackman, Cupid; Henry H. Copp, Brewster, Original, widows, ete. —Melinda A., widow of Willlam . Scott, Hastings. Mexican survivors (reissue) Philip Dorr, Omaha. Pensions for Jowans: Original invalid— James Wright, Elhott; George F. Downs, Lake View; Samuel Turkington, Wyman; So'omon McCall, Moingora; Alpheus W. Clugh, Burlington (deceased): William H. Hartley, Des Moine: Baker Mott, Ida Grove; Robert H. Dickson, Rose Hill; John Tevera, Oskaloosa; William Geager, Spirit Lake; Willlam H. Ketterman, Ottumwa, Frederick Brackenberg, Keokul; Lauden Taylor Keeney, alias Taylor Keeney, Andrew; Dorsoy Taylor, Sioux City; Lem~ uel Warford, Minburn; Harrison Post. Dav- enport; Jacob J. Hornback, Dean: H nry Goodlander, Deerfleld; Charles' P. Iteed, Cedar Rapids. Original, widows, etc., held— Frances A., widow of William H, White, Burlington; minor of Julius Schontag, Strawberry Point; Elizabeth, mother of William O. Joues, Columbus City, ——— A County SBeat Boomer Skip: RevrizLy, Dak., Nov, 80.—The aunounce- ment is made to day that County Treasurer C. G. Winchel has left for parts unknown, and isa defaulter to the amount of about $12,000, He was regarded as a man of strict business integrity, and was held in high esteem. He has held the ofice four years. It is thought that the mon in booming Ashton for the coun at. He is, no doubt, in Canada before this, His family s now in Chicago, e The French Budget. Paws, Nov. 30.—The budget committee has asseuted Lo the plans of M. de Freycinet and M., Peytet, ministers of war and fiuauce, respectively, for an extra budget of 1,000,000 francs. ‘The allotments for 1559 awount to 125,000,000 fraucs, are 1,700 engine NUMBER 170 THE LAWMAKERS ASSEMBLING. The Number of Arrivals at Washing- ton Rapidly Increasing. Wasnixaroy, Nov. #0.—There was a no- ticeable increase to-day im the numbor of congressifbn about the capitel. Senator Al lison was the principal agrival. He had come direct from Indianapolis, where he had an interview with President-elect Harrison, but nothing was to be learned from him. He ison everyone's slate for a cabinet position, and Representative Henderson is quoted as saying that Senator Allisan will not accopt any other portfolio than that of the treasury. Senator Morrill, chairman of the financ committee, who has been in poor health, 18 mych improved. Senator Sherman, who _came on from Ohio with his family to eat Thanksgiving dinner in their K street house, was called o St, Liouis to attend the funeral of General Sherman’s wife The house wing of the capitol was unusually quict to-day, the chamber being oceupied only by a few itinerant sight- secrs, a dozen or more employes figuring up the political complexion of: the new house, and a small number of republican congres: men exchanging congratulations upon the re- sult of the recent election, In the offico of the clerk of the house there was u small gather- ing of democratic members,fucluding Messrs. Milis, McAllen and Springer, who passed th time away in an informal ¢hat over the situ- ation, but in the absence of | Speaker Carlisle -=who will arrive in the city to-morrow— there was no formal agreement as to what attitude the democratic members should as- sume in regard to pending iegislation at the approaching session. Phere was much uncertainty expressed at the capitol as to the fate of the direct tax bill, which the committec on rules, by caucus action, was directed to make a special order for Thursday, December 6. The op- ponents of the mensure, who at the last ses sion made a successful fight against its con- sideration, evince an entireabsence of knowl- edge as to whether or not the caucus pro- gramme will be carvied owt, but say it is highly improbable that dilatory tactics will again be employed to compass the defeat of the measure. The members of the house committee on appropriations were busy in_completing con- sideration of the District of Columbia appro- priation bill, and expect to have it ready to report to the house during the coming weck. The sundry civil bill is also well under way. Other committees having approvriation bills for the curvent year say there is no reason to apprehend much delay in their preparation. asdatend e il The William WasHiNGroy, Nov. 30.—The United States consul at Port-au-Prince informs the depart- ment of state, under date of Novembeér 16, that the schooner William Joues, of Boston, Mass., whiel was captured on the 20th of Oc- tober and arbitrarily ordered to Port-au- Prince, has been released and that an in- demnity of $10,000 was paid to Captain Col- lins, the principal owner, and all port charges and customs duties on the cargo remitted. The consul says that this may be considered a very satisfactory disposition of the incident of ilidgal capture and detention of the vessel Another Journalist in Luck. WasmiNGroN, Nov, 30.—The president has appointed James C. Saunders, of Arkansas, tn be Indian inspector, vice Morris Thomas. Three years ago Saunders was ppointed an executive cierk at the white house, and has neld that office up to the present time, He 18 a journalist by profession. THE STORM AT SEA. A Fearful Cyclone prerlenced by Vessels Off the Coast. PrirapeLriis, Nov, 30.—Captain Chabot, of the French steamship Panama, at this port, reports that November 26 the vessel was within 100 miles of Delaware capes, where she met the terrific cyclone which damaged so much shipping along the coast. The seas were mountainous and all efforts to keep the vessel's head on were fraitless, as the wind threw her around in the trough of the occan. At times she was completely en- veloped. Carpenter L. Franceous, who was at work aft, was swept overboard by the waves, which came over the starboard side, and was ynmediately swallowed up in the angry sea. At So'clock the same mght the signals of a vessel in distress were shooting up from a dark hulk which was nearlyslevel with the water. Captain Chaoot bore down on the craft as near as possible, but was un- ableto get close enough to rescuc the crew, He distinctly saw men clinging to the after house waving lights and begging to be taken off. He believes the vessel to ha been a full-rigged ship. She was deeply luden and doubtless foundered with all on board. When he left them they were wayving torcnes; but after a few moments all the lights died out. e The Dressed Beer Rate Wrapgle, Cnicago, Nov. 80.—A meeting of the man- agers of the lines in the Central T'raffic asso- ciation was held to-day to consider the re- storing of cast bound freight rates. There was no dificulty in reaching an agreement to advance rates on grain and proyjsions to the old tariff of 25 and 3@ cents, respectively, but when it came to restoring dressed beef and live stock rates the trouble began. The Pennsylvania management, whose opposition 10 the differential system was one of the causes leading to the dispute, does not seem to have changed its position on that question the lines which were formerty allowe a differential rate on dressed b feel that they are entitled now to the same privileges, the controversy was renewed. The meeting finally adjourned until to-morrow morning, without reaching a conclusion, but the sonti- wment seemed to be that all the dispute would be overcome to-morrow, and that all rates will be advanced, to take effect about De- cember 12, - The Bridegroom Never Came. NorwaLk, Nov., ~Edward H. Hopper of Easton and Miss Carrie L. Brady of Lyons Plains were to have been married Monday evening atthe residence of the bride’s pa- rents, While preparations were being made for the event the groom’s father drove to the Brady residence and informed the head of the house that the ceremony would have to be postponed, as the son had disappeared on the day previous and could not be found. The news was a terrible shock to Miss Brady, and for u time she was prostrated with grief, On the day of his disappearance young Hop- ver appeared to be in good spirits, and gave directions regarding the place where he was to take his brice, The woods were thor- oughly searched, the river and pounds were dragged, but all'to no purpose. e A Theartrical Manager Fails, CimcaGo, Nov, 80.—Thomas Baker, pro- prietor of Baker's theater, 1 his wife, this afternoon made an assig ient to W. W, Charles. The labilities, are about §15,000, with assets about the same figurg. The fail- ure, Mr, Charles says, was due to the fact that the bills incurred in building the thea- ter were heavier than the Baker's could pay, and their friends, whom they depended upon for financial backing, failed Lo come to time, The house will be kept open, and it is ex- pected that all financial tfoubles will be sat- isfactorily adjusted, e The Weather Indications. For Nebraska and Dakota: Fair weather, slightly warmer in eastern portion, station- ary temperature iu western portion; south- erly winds, For lowa: Fair weuther, stationary tem- perature in eastern portin ; slightly warwer in western portion, variable winds. e Damaged by Fire Br. Lovis, Now 80.—One of the ware- houses of Meyer Bros. & Co., wholesale druggists, was damaged by fire this mornin, 10 the extent of about $30,000, fully insured. WHY THE SOUTH IS SOLID. Ropresentative Oates, of Alabama, On the Negroe's Franchise. THE DEMQCRATS RESIGNING. Virtuous to Stay ceded a Majority in the House —=Who Will Be the Next Spoeaker? Republicans 3 FOURTEENTIL STREET, Wasnixaeros, D, C., Nov. 80 Nothing sinco the election has created such a sensation here as an interview with Representative Oates, of Alabama, that ap- pears in the New York World this morning. Colonel Oates is the allest and most in- fluential member of his delegation. He wears an empty sleeve to show that hel ost an arm in fighting for the lost cause on the Chickahominy. He is a member of the ju- diclary committee of the house, and led tho filibustering that defeated the direct tax bill in the last congress. In this fight he started out with seventeen men who were opposed to the bill. He managed hig small force so ubly that he kept the rest of the house at bay, and finally got enough reinforcements to secure a postponement of the bill until next Tuesday, when he intends to renew his op- position. He says that this bill, which re. funds to the northern states the money ad- vanced by them toward the prosecution of the war, shall not pass while he is in congress, unless the republicans will consent to add as an amendiment a clause refunding the cotton lected in the south during the war. But it was not of this that Colonel Oa tes was talking in the World interview. He was commenting on the supposed policy of General Harvison towards the south, and the suggestion that the new president would appoint a protectionist democrat and liberal members of “that party to oftice. Colonel Oates said that it would make no difference to the white peopie of the south who were appointed to otices down there by President Harrison; that every white man who ac- copted an appointment from a republican ad- ministration, whether he be a democrat or not, would be_ostracized by his neighbors. Colonel Oates further says that there will be no split in the solid south until the negraes e disfranchised, and declares that he believes that neither negroes, Chinamen nor Indians should be allowed to vaote. As long as tho negroes have the ballot, the white people of the south will be solid against them, and will prevent their exercising the right of suffrage as far as they ave able to do 80 Colonel Oates anno inced that the demo- crats in the next house of representatives will, by fillibustering, prevent the repub- licans from mcreasing their streagth, by ad- mitting contestants to seats, and that the republican majority in the house on the elos- ing day of the Fiff 'ess will be WasniNaToN Bunrav Tiue Ovana Bra, } DEMOCRATS RESIGNING, ic officials in the department are arranging to quit their places as quickly as possible. Few of those above the civil ser- vice classes expecl by any stroke of fortune to hold on later than the 4th of March. Resignatiors are received every day by the heads of the departments trom their sub- ordinate officers, Most of the resignations are Yo take effect as soon as uccepted, but some are not to take effect until March 4, and an arrangement has in nearly every instance been quickly effected by which the oftice- holder is not to be relieved until the end of the administration. These wholesale resigna- tions are in the main intended for oufward effect—to inpress the public that the demo- cratic officers are anxious to retire to private Tife, or are too virtuous 8o stay with a repub- lican administration. One of those who handed in his resignation to-day was a dep- ufy under Indian Commissioner Upshaw, who would undoubtedly be one of the first to go after March 4 if he did not voluntarily vacate. DEMOCRATS GIVE UP. The demecrats have given up all hope of obtaiing a majority m the next house of rep- resentatives and concede that*the republi- cans will have a margin of from threeto nine, WIO WILL BE SPEAKER. ‘Phe speakership of the next house is rap- idly getting down to a question of section, The New England men, as they come in, are declaring for Reed, and those from the west and northwest generally speak favorably of one of their own men. It is almost certain that Reod, McKinley, Cannon and Burrows will each make an active canvass for the place, and there may be some other man not yet mentioned who will carry off tho prize. INTER-STATE COMMISSION KEPORT, The_ statiscian to the inter-state commerco commission 18 now devoting his entire timo and attention to the compilation of his first annual report to the commission for the year ending June 30, 1855, It is the object of the commission to have its report for the secr tary of the interior by the 15th of Decembel but at present the outiook is not very flatte: ing. There are muny things which combine to make the statistician’s work tedious and slow, the greatest being his inability to se- cure a satisfactory system of cntering the various accounts called for from the rail- roads. He has a force of about twenty-two clerks upon his report, who hav ployed :}u_v and night since last Saturd There are about twelve hundred roads in the country that report, under the law. to the commission. Many of these roads, especially the smaller lines, iave caused the com sion much trouble by placing a wrong inter- pretation on instructions furnisied them. It 1as been necessary for the commission to keep up @ constant correspondence with var- ious lines, and even with additional expl tion the business is in & very confused stat r A funny little picce of independence comes from a railroad in Southern California. The official, after complying with the require- ments of the law, turned the blank over and on the back of it gave way to his feelings. After abusing the government awhile he added that the report would have been fo warded lier had not his “clerical force been stricken down and contined to bed for the last month.” PERSONAL. C. (G. Hoyt and Watson atrice, are at tne Ebbitt. Colonel L. W. Colby, of Beatrice, is in the city. Senator Manderson and wife arrived this evening from Philadelpnia. Senator Paddock is expected to-merrow. W. C. Strohm, of Beatrice, is in the city to remain several days. J. D, Kilpatrick, a well known Nebraskan, is here on railroad business. Perry S, Hearn, N e Pablic Debt. WasHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The treasury dis- bursements have been unusually large du ing November, the pension payments alon amounting to $22,000,000. In consequence of this it was estimated at the department this afternoon that the public debt statement, to be issued to-morrow, will show an appareut increase of #11,500,00 in the debt since November 1, instead of the usual monthly reduction. There is, of course, no actual in- crease in the debg itself; merely a reduction in the cash in the treasury avalluble for the payment of the debt, ————— Fallen Heir to a Million, O17AWA, Ont., Nov. 80.—A conductor on the Canadian Pacific railway, named James Vanalstine, has fallen heir to an estate in Scotland valued at over §1,000.000 through the death of a near relative. He leaves iu & few days, accompanied by & prowinent Kingston lawyer, for Scotland, to atiend to bis interests, Pickrell, of Be- AR Steamship Arrcivals, At Queenstown—The Republic, from New York, At Bostou~The Kausas, frow Liverpool, ANARCHY IS NOT DEAD. Alarming Evidences of Its Vitality Given Within the Last Few Davs Criicao, Nov. 8).—[Special Telegram to Tiue Bir]—~The News this evening says Onthe day of the anarchist exccution a small band, or “bund,” met in a basement under a Milwaukee avenue saloon, not f from Parsons' old home, and each individual present pledged his life blood to avenge the exceution of the four loaders. That little “bund" has now developed into a namber of societies, and when they mect the foreizn tongued members renew their vows and talk of the bloody revolution which they will some day bring about. Like the parts of tho mythical sorpent, which, when struck, would fly to pieces and afterward collect to form the body of the same snake, the anarchists, who wore seattered at the time of the execu tion, have returned, formed thomselves into and are banded together do the mischief they preach about. No one knows this as wellas In spector Bonfield, and he is wiving his un divided and sole attention to the socret and hazardous work of following up tho little socicties of anarchists and kecping track of the movements of their mein- bers. The recent demonstrations of the “reds’ at the mecting in Lake View the other nizht, and at the performance in Thalia hail’ last uight, where characteristic tableaux of anarchy trinmphant over law and the police were given, arc the boldest and most deflant demonstrations since the hanging of Parson “Are not the anarchists showing thefr neads and flauuting their colors more now 1 they were a fow months ago!’ was asked of Tnspector Bonfield this mornig, “Yes, Il admit that they are. But I think 1 keep as close a watch as can’ bo kept on their movements. However, | dou't care to tell all I know of such things." Bonfield then indicated that it mation was wanted on that sub porter would have to scek it elsewhore, “T have virtually taken my lifo in my hands for the past threa years,” said the i spector, “and all I get for it 1s'to have abuse heaped upon my head. | sometimes become so discouraged that 1 think Ul get out of the business and_become a private citizen, 1 wm accused of being an alarmist and oing un- warrantablo things. 17 the public knew all that I do about this, there would be a differ. ent view takei of it.” After leaving tho inspector’s office the r porter obtained the following startling lun. guage, which was uttered at one of the s cret meetings held by a small group of an archists within the last week. The speech was taken by aman who attended a secret conclave: “\We must be guarded in what we say at public meetings,” said the speaker, whose full name, address and occupation cail be given if necossary. “It is_our aim_only to make “stud v the public mectings, So long s we don't talk openly about onr revolution, about our sceret iuteutions, ¢ dynamite, and such things, the police will not dare 10 molest us. Bouficld has his spies at every corner, and every radical word is taken, down and mavked against us on lis books But when you find a ‘student! at a public mecting, g0 to him aujetly and_ invite bim to come somewhcere, Let only a few whom you can trust be present, and then explain to Iim about the revolution which we are wo inig for. There is where he must be educate o believe with us, We dare not say in pul lic what- we do here; that you must never forget. After we have secured enough ‘students’ they must be divided and spread all over the city. Only a few can mect at time, but wheu the time comes for the revo- Iution three days will be enough to collect our ‘students’ in one place.”! This is only a sample of the inflammatory talk and plans of the anarchists. secret sociotios, once more to more infor: ot the re. Decrease in Railroad Capital, SpuivarieLy, 11, Nov. 3v.—In the office of secretary of state to day certificates were re- corded decreasing the capital of the Ateni- son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad company in Chicug from §10,000,000 to 5,000,000, and decreasing the capital of the Chicago, Santa Fe & California, railroad from $50,000,000 to 15,000,000 Ciicago, Nov. 30.—Inquiry here in regard to the forcgoing elicited the fact that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa I pany in Chicago 18 & termy whose name it bears; that the Ch Santa Fe & California_railroad is a line be: tween Kansas City and Chicago, over which the Atehison. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad proper gains_entrance to Chicago; that it having been decided that the two corp tions mentioned were capitalized for a larger sum than was necessary, it was dcemed as much as nine months ago to reduce the capital stock one-half in each case; that this was done, and that the filing of the certiticate of reduction was an_informal compliance with the requirements of the law of this state. — Coal Mines to Shut Down. Pirrsiung, Nov. 30.—The agreement of the coal operalors along the Monongahela river 1o shut down their mines for an in- definite period, will go into effect to-morrow. The operators have all signed the agreement, and say there will be no break, but that they will all stick together, and that the indica tions are that it will be a long time befor any coal is mined at any of the Monongahela works after to-day. ‘There are about one thousand bushels of coal loaded, which will probably be the only shipments made for the balance of the vear. The 6,000 miners of the river will hold a convention at Monongahela City to take steps, it necessary, 10 make the shut down gerferal, and to reap tucir share of the benefits to be derived om the shut down, ‘The river miners now have a splen- did organization. They will also make a move toward sceuring the co-operation of the miners of Kunuwa. - arnell Commission, —At the meeting of the Parnell commission to-day the counsel for the Parncllites asked the opinion of the beneh upon tne propricty of a placard which had been posted, calling & public mecting to hear addresses by o man named Mitehell, and Nora Fitzmaurice, who nad appeared as witnesses for the defense before the comiis- sion. Presiding Justice Hannen smd the placard was unjustifiable, He would serve notice upon the firm that published it, Land Agent, Hussey testified that tenants paid thew rents secretly, or did not pay them at all, because they were afraid of being shot, He said there were no moonlighters, sceret societies or outrages in County Kerry before the lcague was formed, - Youthful Depravity, GLASGOW, Mo., Nov. 50.—Mrs, Emma Jack son, aged twenty, was shot and instantly killed by ber brother, Harvey Ballom, a lad of fourteen, at o'clock 11 this morning. The woman had asked Harvey to get™ bucket of water, and ko refused. She thr ened to whip him, and went after the water herself. As she was entering the door of the rooin her brother shoved the muzze of o shot gun at her face and fired, tearing her left juw and neck 1o picces, D Oregon's Oflicial Keturns, PowrLaxp, Ore, Nov. 80.—~The official canvass of tge stuto vote is just completed, The followingd are the ofticial figures: Har- rison, 43,203; Cleveland, 20,624; Fisk, 1,617, Streeter, 363: scattering, 61, Total vote o the state, 61,615, Hurrison's plurality, 6,7 At the last presidential election Llaiue's plurality was 2,255 el Kentucky's Vote LouisviLie, Ky, Nov. 80.-The vote of Kentucky is as follows: C) 184,500; Harrison, 155, 14 5225 Belva Lockwood, 2 R California's Eleotoral Vote. Sacuamento, Cal., Nov. 80.—The electoral vote of California, us announced by the s retary of stato to-duy, is as foilows: Ha son, 124,500; Clevelund, 137,720 Visk, b, The 1 Loxnos, Noy. oficial THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY. Rudolph Capok's Wife Testifles For the Defenso. FISHER'S STORY OF THE AFFAIR. He Emphatically Denies That Chler boun Had Stated Thar Certain Explosives Were Fuenished By Yeonek, The Chicago Anarchist Cimcaao, Nov. 80.~|Special "Tel§, Tnr Bre|—Hronck, the innocont and mild-mannered anarchist who, leged, wanted to blow up President Cleve- lard along with the administrators of the law who convicted Spics and his co-conspir- ators, ate Thanksgiving turkey in the jail yesterday, with the other prisoners. He took his place in Judge Colling' court this morning looking better than he did Wednes- day, and more at casc. ¢ court room was tilled with a crowd cager to hear the testi- mony. The first witness this Catherine Capek, wife of Rudolph Capek, who was indicted with Hronek. Sho denied the testimony of Chleboun in rogard to the meetings between Hronek and her husbana. Hronek was then recalled to the stand by the defense and ho denied that in his stato ment to Inspector Bonficld e had said that he made the Lombs with which Lingg had suicided, Mr. McGaffey read the ant's alleged © confession to as it was taken down by 1d's stenographer stimony impeaching brought out when Edward justice of the peace, was sworn. 1ty Mr, Pisher that Chlehoun went with the story of the plot, and he, in turn, went to Judize Grinnell and put Wim on his guard. Mr. Fisiier told about his conversation with Chlcboun. ‘Ihe latter did not tell him that Hronek or Capek had given him bombs, but 1the explosives camo from Sevic. Frank Capek was a - most inoffensive look- ing man when he was sworn, and the inters preter began to question him. His bald head and long brown beard, tinged with gray, and his benevolent countemance made hini look like anything but an anarchist. He said that he was a carpenter, forty-four years old, and had been in this country nine yoear He entered a conplete denial to all that Chleboun hid said about him wond Hronek., He ad- mitted that he and Hronek and Chleboun hud gone to visit Aldine square, but said that not to see Judge Grinnell's house, but a bath in the lake. When they got ileboun changed his mind about the 1d they went back home, When Jidge Loncenceker began 10 cross-examing him, Cupek said he only knew Hronek by sizht. He was at Mronek's house only twice, and once to attend the funeral of his child. He belonged to the same Bohemian benevolent socic The state's uttorney produvced a photograph, up of four, among whom w ud- ing side by side. Canek said he happen meet Hronek and some friends one da; they had their pictures taken, Joseph Mikolanda was the first witness called in the afternoou. He had been at Cr- pek’s house, where, it was said, Hronek dis- played dynamite bombs, but’ he saw no bombs, and had never seen a bomb in Hro- nek’s possession. He had also visited River- side with Hronek, but nothing was said about avenging the deaths of the anarchists, Anton Kozell testified that he had known Chleboun since 1584, and that his reputation for truth and veracity was bad, and the wit- ness would not believe him auder oath. John Drorak also expressed his belief that Chleboun’s statements were not reliable. This ended the evidence, and Assistant State Attorney Blliott began the opening specch for the prosceution. The court ad- journed before Elliott had concluded. An Inflammatory Cir Ciicago, Nov. 50.—A new anarchist cir- cular, it was found to-day, has been sceretly distributed in various sections of the city. The dodgers were shown on the sly by bare keepers in anurchist saloons on Clybourne, Blue Island and Milwaukee avenues and West Lane and West Randolph streets. It is printed in red ink, and the matter is ot idedly fiery charact At the he: large display line, “*Riciter.” The cir is issucd by the Arbeiter Bund, the same society that organized Sunday schools hera in_which some hundreds of children are being taught the doctrines of anarchism, After telling the workingman that ue i trampled into the dust; that he has 1o recog- nized rights, and that he should assers his independence, the cireular proceed to state that capital, and all who cont capital, must be destroyed, and de quickly, and that the only eficacious method of vemoval i the one adopted and carried into exceution by “the martyred advocates of freedom, who gave up their lives so thut the principles they udvocatod might be pe % SOur time is coming,” the cir- ar continues, “All that remains for us to do is to forget petty differences and band toge for our one_common object, What a few men cannot achieve, many can. They can throttle the capitalistic tyrant. They can surround him witn firc and bloodshe and compel bim in war Lo recoguize our rights, a thing he will not do in p » ‘the belicvers in anse are pressed to give all aid in their power toward the or- ganization and success of the various socies ties now springing up. Aid s a asled for Sevie, Hrouek and Chlehoun, and the in formation volunteered that conteibutions can Lat No, 74 West Luke street, “The fact of the matter is this,” said Al bert Cur leader of the Arb Bund, in speaking to-day to n group whom ho thought were all sympathizers, *capitalism is in the pride of its strength, and is too ar- rogant to yicld a point that meins concession to humanity and popular rights, but in an- archy itas ‘listening 1o the tramp of thous sands and its menace it had better heed, Wihen the cupitalists become oo aggressive will fiud there is still dynamite manu- fuciured in this country.” - THREK MURDERERS. Two Given a New Trial and One Must am to looking it is ale morning was Mrs defend- the Tuspector Chleboun Fisher, was Iar. ov. 80.—The news of the appeal to the supreme court in the cases of Olsen and Drager, who, along with Jambs Meyer, were sentenced to he huuged to-day for the murder of John Lowoll, was con- veyed to the prisoners yesterday morning, Olsen received the news with o great mani- festution of joy, while Drager said he did not care what' the result of the appeal was, as hie was ready to die. Drager and Olsen have cmbraced the Catholic faith, bub Meyer refused any spivitual consolation, Mcyer wmade lis final confession, a8 follows: I am very sorry abeut the li I h told, and” I did wrong in accusing Olsen and Drager of the crime, ‘They never knew about this crime bofore, and Drager took no hund in the kill- g whatever, 1 am now about to €o to m grave and to die, and will take my dea with pleasure, so I say my lust farewell to all. This is my last and true statement fo¥ good, Good-bye forcver, Hanny Meves. Moyer was hanged this afternoon. He! had o be almost carried to the seaffold, and’ was 80 weak that two deputios held himn ig an erect position till the Uap wes sprang. Diary. that Em- 18 in tho Who hat & Loxpos, Nov. rederick's orig peiox Victovia, Possession of Quoen copyright on it, My, Upshaw Kestgns, Wasminatox, Nov, 90.—~Assistaut Couiruigsioner Upslinw has resigued, Indlan.