Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1889, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE NINETEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1880, THRESHING OVER OLD STRAW. Morley's Dreary Harangue to Bored Listeners and Empty Benches. JOSEPH'S SQUIBS AND CRACKERS A Certain *Mr. Josse Collings' Goes Into An Fostacy of Delight Over His Leader's Funny Bayings. Death of the Grants Debat [ Copyright 1889 hy Jamss Gordon B ) Loxpox, July 2).—|New York Herald Cablo—Special to Tne Bee.]—Rverything 1t would be possible to say with advantage on the royal grant question was said last Thursday and Friday. Why come to see Morley laborously threshing over old straw? The majority of the members stayed away. ‘Whole rows of benches ~were empty to-day ‘when Morley began. On the front opposi- tion bench were Chamberlain, Sir Henry James and Sir W. Harcourt, who were atter- wards joined by Gladstone and Hartington. On the other side were most of the ministers with a look of more complete boredom than usual on their intellectual countenances. Smith might have sat for a study of an carly ohristian martyr and Balfour for a memorial figure in the stained glass window. Below the gangway on the ministerial side were only four members present, Consul General New sat under the gallery. He vanished after n time. Morley was evidently too much for hira. Morley came to seta dead horse on his legs and make him run over the course again. It could not be done. Morley produced his essay and laid it on the box be- fore nim. It4s very convenient to have _box, for you appear to be only casting a re- flective glance at ity when in reality you are” searching for a catchword in your notes. But Morley does a good deal more than that. He reads sen- tences after sentences and page after page andit is certainly not too much to say that yesterday ho read fully two-thirds of Hhis specch. Itis impossibio to make this sort of thing lively for an audience, and Morley's style is littio adapted to carry off such a burden with good grace. He has a somewhat feminine manner and seems to be anxious to disguise the weakness of which he s con- scious by throwing a_tremendous emphasis on unimportant words, or cach half wora with many jerkings of the head and doub- lings of the body. Morley had a big weight 16 lift and he could not lift it, small blame to him, for nobody could have done it. Confident of success, with a munifest con- tempt for all who had preceded him, Cham- berlain udvanced gaily to the desk. He ro- quires very few notes. Moreover, he can answerpromptly and his argumeats, if not deep, generally have adupper appearance and ave pretty sure to go oft with a snap. Ho had no very difflcult task before him in showing up Morley’s inconsistencies, which ‘really have been almost too absurd for belief on this question. Why vote agaiust Labouchero's resolution on Friday night and then bring forward one of your own mean- ing precisely the same thing the following Monday! This qnestion aud others like it did Chamberlain pross upon his dear friend, “honest John, or finally Jack,” as the last playful nicknamo goes, until he ‘was almost out Zof breath. When Mr, Chamberlain went into the - humorous line and gave oxtracts from a diary of a per- plexed politician very carofully got up but nov at all entertuining, the conservatives opposite, good, nonestsouls, saw that their newly acquired friend, Joseph, seriously in- tendad to be funny and they geucrously ou- couraged him with a laugh aud a cheer, By this time, 1f not before, it must have become clear to everybody that the great royal grants debate was really and truly defunct and that the kindest thing to do with it would be to take it aside and bury it. At the beginning ofthe debate “‘a certain Mr. Jesse Collings” was seated comfortably on the front bench, but when Mr. Chamber lain began to speak he moved to the gang- way and there took his seat upon the steps ©loso to Storey, the member for Sunderland, 00 doubt with & view of intorfering as a sort of buffer between that member of the stal- wart party and Chamberlain. Should Stovey g0 for Joseph, he could only do it over tho prostrate form of the faithful Jesse Collings. There he sat on the floor lost in an ecstacy of delight, hauging breathlessly on every word that fell from his revered leader's lips and gazing into s face with simple and pathetic adoration. Presently he saw that the great man was gorting ready to lot off the squibs and craci- ers which Joseph always has at hand for the conclusion of & speech, and his spectaclos fell from his nose in the excitoment of the moment. Bang, fizz, went the fireworks in all directions, but especially among M. Chamberlain’s old comrades, tho radicals. He had evidently come down for the express purpose of having it out with them and re- paying some of the shrewd digs they nave 1ately been giving him about flunkyism and & manifest desire to creep into the tory fold. Chamberlain's attack, like his apologies of the diary, was overdone. He pumped him- self un into a fit of great indignation, but you could hear and see the pump at work. "Phe new radicals he denounced as good only for destructive purposes, not good in any way for constructive. They sought to puil down every thing. They wauted t throw the construction into the melting pot. Oge rubbed one’s eyes and looked around in ustonlshment. Were not these the very accusations whichi were brought not long ago against nimself | There was once & book published called **Who's Whot” The se Reant-at-arms should buy a few a fow copies for the house of commons. Now there 18 in- deed war to the knife publicly proclaimed between Chawberlain and the new radicals. A MENBER OF PAKLIAMENT. — - HIS IMMENSE SACRIFICES, ‘What the King of the Belglans is Dolng For 1he Congo State. LCopyright'18%9 by James Gordon Bennett,) BrusseLs, July 20.--|New York Herald Cablo—Special to Tuz Ber.|—The Congo railway company will be regularly consti- tuted here Wednesday with & proposed cavi- tal of 35,000,000 fraucs. The Belgian state bas subscribed 10,000,000 francs and tho fouuders 5,000,000 francs, A public sub- seription will soon be opened simultancous)y &b Rrussols, London and Berhin for 10,000,000 fraucs 1n 20,000 500-frauc ordinary shares, It 18 believed here that it will be impossible for the king of the Belgians to coutinue his im- mense pecuniary sacrifices for the benefit of the Congo state and that the assistance of the Belgian government will soon become necessary to conduct the enterprise 10 a suc- cessful issue, e A Prominent bai Dies. Bax Fraxcisco, July 20.—-A dispateh from London sunounces the death there to-duy of George 5. Ladd, & well kuown San Fra can and president of the Pacitle Bell Telo- phone cowpany, BOULANGER 18 WEARY. How He Receives the Results of the French Elections. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.| Lonnox, July 20.—(New York Herald Cablo—Special to Tum Bre.]—Boulanger was in deep thought, apparently, when a ro- porter saw him this evening. He had denied himselt to everybody during the day, and evideatly expected news from his visitor. On his large offico desk, methodically ar- ranged, were piles of telograms from every part of France, telling of the result of the elections in the the cantons. Boulanger looked weary. In his hand he held a volume of statistics. They looked dull reading. His face showed un- mistakablo signs of disappointment. When ho was asked for his opinion of the elections. 1 had expected that you had brought me freshnews. I lave no means of torming ideas yet,” he said. He approached the desk and ran his fingers over a pile of telegrams, and said: “No, I have, as you sco, got o large num- ber of dispatches, but they only give me de- tuils of how the battle is waging.” He was shown @& list which gave the republicans 816, conservatives 100, Boulangists 18, revolutionists 6 and 47 cantons in which a second ballot would bo required. The general read it carefully, and his brows knitted over his heavy forohead. Then he looked disdain- and said: hose are only the results from about 500 cantons. There aro altogether wbout 1,550. The government bas inteditionally given out those adverse to me first, s0 as to influenco public opinion. They strive n-that way to harm me. It is an order of the prefect, but they will be compelled to declare the whole lot shortly, and then we shall see. I originally selected cighty dis- tricts, but delegates camo from thirteen others and said thatif I would not stand they would nominate me anyhow, and so I allowed my name to be put down.” The French Elections. Pants, July 20.—The latest returns show the following results: Republicans, 764; con- servatives, 419; Boulanger, 12. A second ballot will huve to be taken in 140 cantons, The Temps says the acfinite result will not be known until to-morrow. It is certain that tho repulican majority will only suffer in the department of Iile-Et-Vilaine. - Three Boulangists Arrested, Pants, July 20.—1T'hree persons have been arrested for stealing from the senate court the evidence published rogarding the case of General Boulanger. - S THANKS TO DUBL Lord Mayor Sexton Snys the Letter Was Tampered With, Dusty, July 2).—President Harrison has sent a lotter to Lord Mayor Sexton m reply to the corporation’s expression of sympathy for the sufferers by the Johnstown disaster. In it ho says: “I highly appreciate the exceeding kind spitit which prompted your action. Please accept the warmest thanks of the president and the American peoplo for the touching expressions of sympathy and the generous @118 of the citizeus of Dublin.” Sexton stated that the ofticial envelope in which the letter was enclosed bore plain traces of having been tampered with. The seal had been melted and the cnvelope had been fastened with another kiud of gum and the American crest on the enveiope was de: faced. HARRISON' e Harrison to Leave For Washington. Desn Pani, July 20.—President Harrison has definitely decided to leave Leer Park for Washington Thursday morning. THE DEITY'S NAME. A Heated Debate Over lts Insertion in the Washington Preamble. Oryyeia, W. T, July 20.—The convention svent the morning i the discussion of the proposition to but the name of the Diety into the preamble of the constitution. The pre- amble as reported reads: ““We, the people of the state of Washington, to breservo our rights do ordain this constitution.” Turner wanted inserted: “Profoundly grateful to Almighty God and invoking his favor and and guidance,” ete. It was opposed by several speakers as being unnecessury. Iach of them professed the Rreatest rever- euce for God, but some feared it might be construed to mean & union of churck and state. Sullivan, of Whitman, caused a scn- sation by declaring that although a good church member himself, he believed it all buncombe, insincere and done for political effect. The debate was very heated und the preamble was finally referred back to the committee to report @ new one. ‘The remain- der of the acticle passed with' littlo discus- sion. Woman Suffrage Dead. Bismarck, July 20.—A quorum was not present at roll call this afternoon, and the convention adjourned without transacting any busivess, Prohibition is maling no hendway, woman suffrage is dead, and rail- road taxation is the one question which will probably cause auimated debate. At Boise City. Bowse Ciry, Idaho, July 20.—The con- vention dodged the temperanco question by adopting a section saying the first concern of all good government is the virtue of the people and the purity of homes, and the legislature should further all wise and well directed efforts for the promotion nf tem- porance and morality: established com- missioners of immigration and labor statis tics; made oight hours m day on public works, and shut off convict labor outside prison grounds, Italians must not be em- ployed on state nud municipal or public works, The Day at Helona, HELENA, July 20.—Strenuous efforts were wade in the convention to-day to bring the capital question up again, bus it failed. The remaindor of the day was devoted to tne consideration of the bill of the exceutive d partment in committoe of the whole, soveral articles being adopted. Met and Adjourned. S1ovx Fars, July 20.—The constitutional convention met and adjourncd to-day, dis- pensing with the services of the chaplan and clerk. Only sub delogates were present. A Praspective Cittoaao, July 20.—A special from Streator, 11, saysthat William L. Scott, the Poun- sylvania millionaire coal baron, who owns nearly all the stock of the Spring Valley ("oal Mining company, is said to be figuring with an English syndicate for the sale of the eutire Spriug Valley (111.) mine including all the machinery and 40,000 acres of land. The price at which the plant is offered is said to e 4,000,000, Ml ki Caused By the Lewis Failure. ApELrura, July 20.—G. P. Denn propriotor of the Yeadon mills at Chester and tho Toduorton mills, Baucrofv's B, has dacided to close these industries in con- sequence of the failure of Lewis Bros, & Co. The general presumption is the sus- pension will bo brief. The worsted mills of Scheppers Bros. closed Saturday in conse- quence of the failure, e A Warning to Collectol Howyokg, Colo., July 29.--[Special Tele- gram to Tk Ber.|—A Mr. Bruin struck At- torney Kelsy about the vead, inflicting seri- ous but net fatal injuries. Bruin is under arrest. ‘The assault arose iu the collection of wn account against Hrula. A JOURNALIST'S HARD LUCK. The Hastings Gazette-Journal Plant and Building Burned. G STATEMENT OF THE INSURANCE. Fajrmout's Third Incendiary Blaze— Pender's Suspected Murderers— Nebraska City's Quick Thicves Niobrara's Tax Title Row. Hasting's Fire, HasTiNGs, Neb, July 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Ber.]—The Gazette-Journal printing, binding and manufacturing estab- lishment was burned this morning, and s almost a total loss. The establishment was the largest of 1ts kiud in the state outside of Omaha and Lincoln, and did a largo busi- ness. The origin of the fire is shrounded in mystery, 1t was discovered by the engineor who went to build the fire n the engine room at about 5 o'clock this morning. Be- fore entering the basement he found it filled with smoke and immediately turned in the alarm. The fire department responded promptly, but owing to the location of the fire and the arrangement of tho wnterior of the building, were unable to extinguish the flames until the building was entirely gutted. The Gazette-Journal establishment was owned by S. P. Rounds, jr. It occupied a large threc-story brick building, 66 by 100 fect. The press, job and bindery depart- ments were supplied with the best of machinery and mutorial, ‘'he Gazette Journal company was first formed in 1883 and incorporated under tho laws of the state. It was reorganized in 1855 ana the capital stock increased to $100,- 000. In Novemuer, 1888, the company went into the hauds of a receiver who sold it in January of the present year to the Nebraska Loan and Trust company, the principal mort- gagee. The plant was then bought by.Messrs. ston & Evans, who carried on the busi- ness until last June when they disposed of it to Mr. Rounds, The latter named gentle- man had put tho estableshment in shape, added largely to its facilities for doing work and was working up a large trade when to- day’s disaster overtook him. He has already leased another building and will put in a new plant as scon as tne insurance on the burned plant can be settled. “Phe building also coutained a_retail boot and shoe store and a gencral dry goods store. Hoth stocks are a_total loss. The insurance is as follows: On the_building, which is owned by the Nebraska Loan and Trust company, $0,000; on the paper and stock, $,000; on machinery and plaut, $10,5005 on the shoe store owned by Vail & Green,' £,000; on general merchandise owned by . D. Hollingsworth, $3,000, ‘The loss on the building will be $10,000. The total loss on the Gazette-fournal estab- lishment cannot be estimated at the present writing, but the insurance will not cover it. An Injustice to Smith. SeriNGriELD, Neb., July 20.—[Special to Tup Bee.|—Tho dispatch printed in Tne Ben Saturday from this place in regard to J. W. Smith has done that gentleman a great in- justice, Thero was no such an attempt made by Mr. Smith, aud he did. not leave Springfield on account of auy such proceed- ings us stated. The facts are that the young. lady in the caso is the one to blame in the matter if blume there is. She had been 1 the babit for some time of staying a great deal around tho depot in spite of often being told by Mr. Smith that he did not wish_her there, and that her repeated presence at the depot was attracting tention and much talk. There were many citizens of Springfield who were and are now perfectly willing to_testify to the facts us here given, that Mr., Smith had often used every means to induce her to keep away from the depot, but to 10 avail. It can also be proved that she told her own brother that she _would _visit. the depot as often us siie liked and that it was no one's business. Mr. Smith never showed any spirivexcent that of a friend towards the lady and there was never anything further than above stated to cause. trouble. Mr. Smith is a young man of good character and has hundreds of friends in Springfield and vicinity who would liko to see the mutter ex- plained in your columns properly. New Lodge of Masons. BexkeLuay, Neb., July 20.—|Special Tel- egrant to iz Ber.]—Grand Master Mason J.D. Mercer and L. P. Gillette, grand cus- todian, instituted Justice Lodge No. 150 at this place this evening. The following offi- cers were installed: J. W. Tompson, W. M. J. R King, S, W.; H. R. Edwards, J, W. L. Morse, treasurer; and F. W. Dawson, sec- rotary, ‘The installation was public, and the grandest banquet Benkelman has' ever had followed. About one hundred and twenty-five masons and invited guests par- took of a most bountiful ropast. The Masons have a strong lodgo composed of many of Dundy county’s best men. The Suspected Indians. Pexper, Neb, July 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bek.|—The four Indians Aus- pected of the murder at this place last Satur- day were safely lodged in juil here at 9:80 this afternoon and will have their prelimi- nary hearing Thursday. While the excite- ment over the case has materially subsided, thero is considerable quiet talk about town tonight. An Indian came in to-night and made numerous inquirics regarding the names of the prisoners, which created some suspicion that the reds might attempt to re- lease them, but. a careful wateh will be kept for them. Going Into Camp, Wrsonre, Neb, July 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tme Ber.]—Camp Harrison was opened to-day and visitors are beginning to arrive and the camp presents a very lively aspect. A large gathering 15 confidently ex- pected and preparations have been made to accommodato 15,00 peapls. The difforent committoes have worked harmoniously and the result is one of the finest and prettiest parks in the west. A grand military ball in honor of General Thayer aud staff will b Riven on August 2. A Drummer's Escape. PraTrsmouTi, Neb, July 20— [Special Telearam to ‘Tug Bek.]—Geo Imel, a travel- ing man from St. Joa, Mo., nurrowly escaped a horrible death to-night av Pacific Junction, In. He attempted to board @ passonger train that had started from the station, and lost his footing and fell across the track be- neath the cars. He made & desperate at- tempt to roll out of the way, but his left foot was caught beneath the wheels and badly crushed. Too Quick For the Chief. uaska Ciry, Neb., July 20.—[Special to Tne Bee)—A. F. Riddle and Lewis House, two men suspected of haying burglar- ized soveral stores in the city several nights ako, were run dowa by Chief Abbey yester- day on the river near Aspmwall. The thieves threw their booty overboard when the chief approached, thus destroying all evidence against them. The officer retuged howme without them. Wrangling Over Tax Titles, onkARA, Neb., July 20.—[Speclal to Tue Bee. | —Senator Robiuson, of Hartington, has been in town two days looking into the status of a large tract of land in this county soid to Johin R. Markley and K. E.W. Spargus for taxes at a discount of fifty per cent. He will probably commence’ sui ainst the county, the land being now valu- able and the title clouded. An Old Citizen Stricken, Corumevs, Neb., July 20.—[Special Tele- years, one of the oldést and most re- spected citizens of Columbus, was stricken with paralysis while on i way home this evening, Medical ald Was summoned, and at this hour he is resting quietly and hopes are entertuined of his recovery, Porlodio Incendiary Fammyoxt, Neb,, July 20.—[Special to Tie Bee.]—airmont had another incendiary fire this morning at 5 o'clock. The fire was startod in a vacant dwelling house owned by Mrs. Burdick, a widow. The fire depart- ment extinguished the flames before much Aamage had been done. This makes Fair- mont's third incendiary fire within year and a half. Kicking Pedagoguca. KeAuNy, Neb., July 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Trx Ber.]—Tho annual session of the Buffalo county normal institute began hero this morning, and will be in session four weeks. The matter of low wages paid teachers in rural districts was discussed and the 1dea of pooling interests in the teachers profession provails. 1t Sobered Him Up. Grax, Neb,, July 2.—[Special Telogram to Tk Ber.]—A. §. Olds, traveling sales- man for Mostler Bahmann & Co., safes, of Cincinnati, got on a hilarious drunk at Grant, Saturday. He wanted to sober up Sunday and took an overdose of morphine, and had not brompt assistance been rendered would have died . He Liked the Motor. NenraskA City, Neb., July 20.—[Special to Tur Bee.]—The Nebraska City street railway company is making preparations for putting in an electric motor. President Zartling has been to Omaha to 1nvestigate the motor’s workings and returned perfectly satisfled. Knox County Teachers’ Institute. Nroniara, Neb., July 80.—([Special to Tie B, |—County Superintendent Clare has just returned from the teachers’ institute, which closed at Creighton Saturday. He says it was the best institute ever held in Kilox county, the average attendance being sixty. Forced to Drop His Plunder. Bratricr, Nob., July 20.—(Special Tele- gramto Tue Ber.]—Night Clerk Lewis of the Grand Central hotel discovered o hotel thief operating at 1 o'clock this morning. Lewis opened fire and made the fellow drop his plunder on tho strect. A Brawling Editor. KeArNey, Neb, July 2.—[Special Tele- gram to Tir Bre.|—Editor Carson, of the Gibbon Beacon, became eigaged 1n & brawl hera this ovening and exposed a gun. He was placed under police protection and fined $25 for the offense. Their Big Fair. Farmyoxt, Neb., July 20.—|Special to T Bre.]—The managoment of the Fairmont district fair is making arrangemeuts for the largest exhibition known in the history of theassociation. ‘he date has voen set for August 27, 25, 29 and 80. ot o G BURNING TIMBER. The Mountains in the Vicinity of Gun- nison, Col., Ablaze. Dexver, July 20.—All yesterday and to- day a heavy, smoky atmosphere hung over Denver, giving the sun the sppearance of & red ball of fire, Informagton received from all points 1n the state,“Wyoming, northern Now Mexico and weatord Kansas and Ne- braska indicate that the same condition ex- ists in those localities. A telogram from Guanison, Col., says: For two or three days the mountains of this vicinity are ablazo with burning timber. A fire was discovered Friday afternoon last at the head of Lost Gulch. To the north of the gulch the fire was seen raging along the tops of the well-timbered mountain. The air was dense with blaci smoke, and on the following morning the sun looked ruby in the dark sky. The fire is supposed to have been started by sparks frow a passing locomotive, Fires in 1daho, Borse City, Idaho, July 20.—Forest fires are sweeping the country about Banner, Idaho, destroying ome of the finest belts of timber in Idaho, The country is so dry the fires are liablo to_spread over a great ex- tent. Governer Shoup has telegraphed the sccretary of the interior, asking aid in ex- tinguishing the fire Fires Raging Near Santa Barbara. SANTA BAunana, Cal, July 20.—Fires have been raging in the foothills back of Santa Barbara, Twelve dwelling houses, a number of barns and a large quantity of hay wero destroyed. A number of horses and cattle also perished, Tho loss will reach $50,000. Qalifornia Forest Kires. Crico, Cal, July 2).—Large forest fires are raging on the Humboldt road, eighteen miles from here. The fire has burned overa district four miles in length and 1s sweeping overything before it. Much valuable timber has been destroyed. Peoplo are fighting the 1ire and expect to get it under control to-day. A Big Fire at Wiehita, WiomiTa, Kan., July 28.—A fire to-day in the three-story brick builaing occupied by the T. Cannon Fruit Commission company spread to the adjoining four-story brick building occupied by the Wichita Wholesale Grocery company ; 10ss, $170,000; insurauce, $75,000, R ——— A GHASTLY DISCOVERY, The Charred Bodies of a Half-Breed Family Found on Sun River, S, Pavl, July 20.—A Pioneer Press spe- cial from Helena, Mont., says: News has reached Helena of a ghastly discovery made last week on Sun river. From the meagre particulars at hand, it seems that a few months ago a - fawily of Flat Head Indians left their reservation, crossed the mountains and went into the Sun River country to hunt. Last week one of their relative, a half breed, found one of their ponies with a white man who claimed he had purchased the animal at Sun River. The half breed began a search for his relatives. Afterhunting twoor three days he found a camp which had been burned and the charred remains of his rela- tives, a family of three or four. There is no doubt that they were robbed und murdered. ‘I'he half breed at onee notified the authori- ties, who are looking for the perpetrators of the fiendish act. e A Well Known Kewtuckian Dying. LouvisviLLg, July 20.—Jawmes F. Buckuer, collector of internal revenue at this point for two terms under President Graut and one term under Hayes, is dying from a paralytic stroke sustained last night. He was speaker of the Kentucky legislature forty years ago, @ member of the state senate and the holder of other prominent oficial positions. He is soventy years of age and quite wealtiy, — ——— Three Months for Back Ta DusLiX, July 20.--Dr. Tanuer, wember of parliawent, was sentenced to-duy at Tipper- ary 10 a month's imprisonment for assault- ing a police inspector in May last. When judgment was pronounced he cried out: *I defy you: the magisiracy are the real crim- inals.” For this outbreak three mwouths was added to his sentence, o - Saloonkecpers Give Bail. CrxoyNaty July 20.—The cases of the saloonkeepers arcested for violating the Owen law yésterday, were called in police court to-day snd bonds were given for ap- pearauce {or trial, Most of Lhe cases were gram to Tus bLse[-Charles Wake, aged I not set for trial for any special day, WESTERN UNION'S PROTEST. ‘Wanamaker's One Mill Rate Pro- nounced Unreasonable. HAS OVERSTEPPED THE BOUNDS. His Power to Make an Unremunera- tive Tariff Denfed—An Increased Telegraph Toll Demanded In- stead of the Reduction, Monopoly's Plaint. New Yonx, duly 20.—The following I8 the substance of the protest of the Western Union Telograph company against the post- master general's great cut of the rates to be paid for telegraph service in the transmis- sion and delivery of government messages, giving the history and objects of the act of 1866, and the actions heretofore taken under it. The rate in forco for the past five years has not been a uniform rate of 1 cent per word, as many papoers have assumed, but increasing on a scale of distances above 1,000 miles, with & minimum of 20 cents per message and a maximum of 2§ cents per word, The telegraph _companic hold, and are legally advised that the lan- guage of the act does not give the postmaster general absolute power to fix any rate he may deom fit. That power is qualified by consti- tutional restrictions. In articlg5 is the lan- guage, “‘nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” The power depends therefore ou the ques- tion, is 1 mill per word a just compensation? Hon. John Wanamaker, Postmaster Gen- eral—Dear Sir: Title 65, revisod statutes, embracing the acts of July 24, 1866, and of June 10, 1872, was the outgrowth of the first efforts to induce congress to ostab- lish a government telegraph. A scheme was pressed before a committeo of congress to incorporate a new telograph com- pany by the gencral government, with which the government should contract’ to transmit telegrams at a price w be agreed upon, the government receiving and delivering’ tho messages, and being the only party known to the patrons of tho telegraph. This schemo was justified on the ground that the govern- ment had no right to take existing telegraph properties except at_prices and on terms ac- ceptable to the companies that owned them ; and the schema was objected o by the tele- graph companies then existing, on tho ground that the government entering upon tne tele- graph business at a_rate that would not pay expenses, would simply destroy existing telegraph properties, It” resulied in u com- promise between the telegraph companies und the committee of congress, of which 1 believe the lamented Garfield was chairman, giving to the telegraph companies certain franchises and privileges, and to the govern- ment certain advantages and privileges, in - cluding the prior right to telegraph services at the rates to be annually fixed by the post- master general, and what were deemed at the time of most importance to the govern- ment, the right to take the existing telegraph properties of the companies who accopted the provisions of the act, atan appraised vaue to be ascertained by arbitrators as de- scribed . in section 5207, This compromise agreement was enacted wmto law subject to the formal acceptance by the telegraph companies, and their acceptance flled with the governmeat rendered it to all intents and purposes a compact between the government and tele- graph companies, the operation of which was intended to be that the government should have the right to take all telegraph proper- ties, and that if it should elect to ostablish a government telegraph it should take the ex- isting telegraph properties on terms to be ascertained as the law dirocts. This section 5207, revised statutes of 1878, annotated as being enacted June 10, 1872, giving the gov- ernment the right to take telegraph propes ties s, in substance, the same language as the proviso at the close of * section 8 of the original act of July 24, 1860, and therefore a part of the compact accepted by the Western Union Telegraph company in June of 1867. ‘The fixing of raies by the postmaster gen- eral does not appear to have been considered an imperative duty on the postmaster gen- eral, for no action seems to have been taken by that ofticer in the direction of fixing rates till July 1, of 1871, when the necessity for it was alleged to have arisen by reason of the complicated character of the service in trans- mitting the original weather report. A con- ference with the telegraph companies was involved by Postmaster General Croswell through Captain Howgate, the acting head of the signal service, and a decision of the subject was had in Washington, President William Orton representing the Western Union Telegraph company, and the post- master general having the assistance of As- sistant Attorney General Whaling and the head of the signal bureau; and the rates were fixed satisfactorily to'the telegraph companies. They were not annually revised until some years later, and in almost every instance the telograph companios wero con- sulted as to what they could afford to do the service for. Intwo Instances Postmaster General Jewell and Postmaster James, at the instance of the telegraph companies, re- called and moaified their orders after they had been officially proclaimed, The language of the act, that messages between the several departments of tho government “shall have priority over all other business at such rates as the postmaster general shall annually fix,” may be construed as con- tempiating the fixing of a higher rate than is [mul by other patrons because of such priority n transmission over all other business. Cer- taluly it never contemplated conferring the power to fix the rates below the actual cost of the service. Such action is nothing short of confiscation, an ex-propriation of the broperty and service of employes to the use of the government without just compensa- tion therefor. THE RATE AS LAST FIXED, Twenty-five cents for twenty words orless for distances of 1,000 miles or less, and 1 cent. for each additional word and 1-10 of a cent per word for each additional 100 miles or fraction thereof, is for distances of about 1,000 miles (as between Washington and New York and St. Lous, or Chicago), scarcely one-half the rate paid by, the public on current messagos, For distatces of 300 miles and under it is about three-fourths the commercial rate. Our gross receipts for the last fiscal year, as shown by the annual report were $19,711,104.12, and the current working expenses were $14,640,502.15, leav- ing the profits $5,070,57L.94, out of whic £530,258.30 was pald for interest and the sinking fund on the bonded debt, which 18 part of our capitalization. It will be readily seen that the working expeuses, without any return for any part of the capital, costs within a fraction of 75 per cent of the total earnings. If, therefore, the government rate averages less than 75 per cent of the rate to the public (as 1t undoubtedly does), then the government business is now done at a loss, . The anuual report shows the average cost to the company of handling messages to be 2.3 cents per message, 1f the government business does not pay something more than this average then it 10ust be done at a loss, for the messages, in order to yield such an average, must be con- siderably above the average length of bus ness messagos (about seveuteen words) and it {s a very exacting service, having pre- cedence over all other business and requiring prompy and often long distance messenger deliveries, or rewriting in some cases to de- liver by 'special wires, These exhibits demonstrate that the rate as fixed for the past year s @ great injustice to the telegraph companies and not on & fair business basis of living profits awarded to railroad companies und othier corporatious for services rendered, The rate ought, therefore, to be incre; rather than dimivished. By the present rato the government is saving a large sum, probably #100,000 annually by the reduced cost of its telegraph service below what other patrons have to pay, and that saving is necessarily wade from other custowers, Iu all justice and falr doaling the rato should therefore bo inereased. To do the government's work for nothing nocessarily imposes heavy burdens on the people who sustain tho telegraph, If tho railronds hauled the mails for nothing they would have to collect more for other sorvices to sustain the expenses of oporation and pay a moderato return for the capital employed. The government is able to pay, and overy business consideration demands that it shall pay a fair and reasonable consid eration for whatever services it may require, As instructed by the executive committes of the boa-d of directors, T most respootfully make this the protest’ of the the Western Union Telegraph company and of the subor- dinate telegraph companies which it controls aganst any furthor reduction bolow the rates in operation during tho last fow years as a wrong and injustico to the company, to its 8,600 stockholders and to its 1,000,000 of othor customers. [ have the honor to re- main, most respectfully yours, NonviN Gree, President. ——— WELDED INTO ONE. 8ix Roads Oonsolitated Into “Wabash Railrond Company." Citicaao, Jnly 20.—A special from Spring- field, Ill., says articles of consolidation were filed with the secretary of state to-day com- bining the Toledo Western Railroad com- pany, the Detroit and State line, the Wabash Railroad company, the Wabash Eastern Railroad company, of Indiana, the Wabash Eastern Railroad company, of Illinois, and the Wabash Western Railroad comp undor the general management of Wabash Railroad company.” The capital stock is 000,000, ‘I'he first board directors is constituted as _follows £\ Joy, of Detroit, Mich.; Ossian D. Ashloy, of New York: Thomas H, Hubbard, of New York; Edgar T, Wells, of Hartford, Coan. George W. Smith, of 'Chicazo; Abram M. Pence, of Chicago; Charles ilonrotin, of Chicago; John W. Buun, of Springfield, and John Maynard Harlen, of Chicago. The Union Pacific’'s Demand. Crioaco, July 2.1t is understood that one of the matters laid beforo the executive committee of the Transcontnental assozia- tion to-day was o demand by the Union Pacific that it bo permitted to share Puget Sound business with the Northern Pacific. This claim was made by the Union Pacific 8010 time ago, but 1t was decided against it, Now, it is said, 1t threatens to withdraw from'the assoclation unless allowed part of this trafl The controversy over the Puget Sound business was afterwards referred to the castern ofiicials of the Northern and Union Pacific roads, who will meet in New York this week to see if_an amicavle adjustment can be reached. The remainder of tho day was occupied in the discussion of the South- orn Pacific and Canadian Puciffe dispute. Early in the discussion General Manager Stubbs of the Southiern Pacific left the meet- ing in disgust und refused to return during the day. the — o A FURIOUS RAIN STORM. Worcester County, Maryland for Its Crops. SxowmiLy, Md., July 20.—A rain storm surpassing all previous ones that have fallon this yearin Worcester county began here early Thursday morning last and continued through Friday. All raitroad communica- tion has peen cut off in consequence of the numerous washouts, and it will be probably several days beford trains can run again. Purnell's mill, vear here, was completely swept away, togother with the bridge aud part of tho dam, With this storm is swept away the last remnant of hope for growing crops in Worcester county. A tew furmors most favorably situated will perhaps raise half an average crop of corn, while others will raise none~ Mourns The Arkansas on a Tear. LirtLe Rock, Ark., July 29. —Specials to- night give damages wrought by the destruc- tive wind and rain storms which swept over this section last- might. At Clarksville the stroets were flooded and the town was in dunger of being swent away by Spadia creck, which was out of its banks, Many psople took to the hills, All the creeks weic out of their banks and overflowing tho bottoms ad- jacent, ruining crops, and 1t is very naturally supposed that the Arkunsas river will ove flow its banks and rum the fine cotton crops in the bottom lands. The river had risen fourtecn feet in nine hours up to 6 b. m., and was still rising. Twenty Miles of Trac Sauisuuiy, Md, July 20.—Yesterday, be- tween Laurel and Seaford, a clond burst oc- curred, flooding the country. The corn fields and strawborry fields are under water, and the railroad tracks between Seaford and Delaware for twenty miles are flooded. F'rom yestorday morning 113{ inches of rain bave fallen, A Terrific Thunder Storm. KANsas Ciry, July 20-—A special from Springfleld, Mo, says a termfic thunder storm accompanied with hailstorms occurred in that vicinity early this morning. The fruit crop was badly damaged. Corn suffered somewhat. A Rogular Cyclone, Bostox, July 2).—A cyclone storm of wind and rain this afternoon uprooted orchrrds, plowed a furrow fifteen fect wide for a long distance and throw water out of Chico pee river fifty feet high, The streaws are ris- ing rapidly. Flooded. Tovacco Crops Ruined. MiLwAvKEE, July —Specials from points in Rock and Jefferson counties say that the tobacco crops in those scetions were completely ruined by a hail storm Saturday afternoon. ‘The plants were ready to be topved and the loss i’ irreparable, = Other crops are not much damaged. ——— A Mad Dog Huns Amuc HouokeN, N. I, July 20,—A mongrol black ran wto the stable of the street car company this morning and bit Frederick Brubn, a hostler, on the hand and arm; he then ran to the corner of Washington and First strects where he bit Nicholas Crozeuti, aged twelve years, ou the arm, and the dog belouging o Crozettl, The supposed rabid brute then ran to the Hamburg steamboat dock, dashed into the office of the custom bouse ofticers, bit Charles Basso, check clerk, on the right fore- arm and ran down the dock and bit Peter Joppa, fireman on_the steamer Gellert, on the left forearm, The dog was killed on'the dock by a policeman and a stevedore, i L The Offense Indictable, Muscoae, L T., July 29. —When the Creek nation desired to negotiate for the sale of the Oklahoma country Messrs, Ples, Porter and B, M. Hodges were chosen aelegates to rep- resent the nations, They diew 10 per cent of the purchase money, and claimed that they had paid that as per agresment to ex Governor Crawford for attorney’s fee The 10 per cent drawn amounts to §228, 0 On the other hand 1t is claimed that Secretary Vilas cancelled the contiact with ex-Gov- ernor Crawford. 1o receive Indian money without the sanction of the department is an indictable offense. The matter was brought 10 the notice of the auttorities at Washing- ton and Geuneral Gardner is now here inves- tigating the matte S DN Supposed to He Drowned. 1lls,, July 89, ~Last night at eight o'clock Frank Kowaltz and Hannan Shearer went boating, This morning the boat was found upside down. Kowaltz's hat and coat were in it, wud as neither of the parties can be found, they are supposed to have been drowned.' The river s being dredged. . - w ther Indications. For Omaha and vicinity—Far weather, For Dakotaand Nebraska: Fair, warmer, northerly winds, becoming variable. For Wisconsin, Iowa sud Ilinois warwer, northerly winds, Fair, — NUMBER 41. ARMY CIRCLES INTERESTED, The Fort Omaha Case an Absorbing Topio AMONG WASHINGTON OFFICERS, Nebraska's Internal Revenue Col~ lections—The Geodetio Survey—A Bupposed Defaultor—Now Poste masters Appointed. 518 FoUKTRENTH Wasmixaroy, D, July 29. Tho court-martial case now in progross at Fort Omaha is attracting a great deal of at- tention in army circles here. All the news that can be leaned in relation to it from the papoers Is eagerly scanned, and army officors froquently come to Tur Bre oflco to ascor= tain whether any aaditional information h boen received at this end of the wire, Every copy of Tne Bee received hero is read by at least a dozen sMcers anxious for the details of the court-martial, A SUPPOSED DEFAULTER. ‘The Associated pross dispatelios this morn- ing from Kansas City stated that Charlos 8, Crysler, a prominent lawyer of Independ- ence, is a dofaulter. in the sum of 50,000 and that he has been missing from Lis home for some days. Crysier has been in Washington since last week and was stopping at the Eb- bitt house until this morning. Thoso who know he was here attempted to_see him as s00n ns the paragraph appeared 1n the pae pers, vut it was discovered that ho had left oarly in the day and no_one about Washing- ton has any iden s to what direction he toolk, It is about a twenty hours’ ride vy the most direct route from Washington to the nearest point on the Canadian border. INTEKNAL REVENUE REPORT. The annual report of the commissioner of internal revenuo for tho fiscal rear just closed was 1ssued to-day. 1t shows tho fol- lowing receipts in the states of Towa and Ne- braska from all sources: Collector Byron Webster, of the Third lowa district” col- lected §149,082, and August H, Kuehlmeser, of the Fourth Towa district, reported $248,- 404, During the year two_inen have seryed as collector of the Nebraska district, Dur- ing his term Simeon H. Calhoun gathered in §2,914,702, while John Peters' reports show thiat bis collections were $33,852. THE GEODETIC SURVEY. Prof. 8. C. Mendenhall, of Indiana, who was recently appointed chief of the' coast geodetic survey, has arrived and took charge of his office to-day. Prof. Mendenhall does notintend to make auy immediate changes in the force under him, and will probably re- tain ull, or nearly all of his subordinates, The force in the court su 1s an excellent one, and the work performed is so sciens tifically accurate that when two lines were brought together, one from the coast of Maine on the north and the other from Charleston on the south, there was less than half an inch in variation, TAS 1S CHOICE. Mr. A. B. Bail, of Tecumseh, who was re- cently apvointed timber agent of the general nd office has been in Washington a_day or two for instructions. Mr. Ball has his choico of three locations. He can go to the Black Hlilis in the vorthern portion of South Da- kota, to Arizonu or 10 Washington territory, He lLus not yet fully determined which of the assigniuonts he will accept, but at the present tiwa is inclined towards Seattle, and will probably make up his mind to go there, TUE PENSION OFFICE INVESTIGATION. vestigation into the methods pre- vailing in the pension ofiice is progressing rapidly. It pro; to be moce searching thun it was expected at first, and the chances are that it will extend buck to the period where the last investigation left off. "Comse wmissioner s supplied the committes with every fucility for carrying on the in= quicy, and among” the data” furnished is @ bateh of papers upon which cases were made ? Pheso papers extend over a perl- od of several years, and among them is a pils, occupying u space of about four cubic feet. 1t is reported that this pile accumulated during the administration, and that nearly all of them wer s in'which Civil Service Com- Tohn H. Oberly set forth excellent some fifteen hundied cases should be taken out of their regular order before the democratic national convention wet in St. Louis last summer. There is no question that Commissioner Black made hundreds of cases special during the last months of his administration, and, it may ba proven, that in matters of this kind Civil Service Commissioner Oberly was the most powerful mun in the country with the pen- sion ofice, 10WA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED, Canna, Scott county, Joo Henderson; Moingoua, Boono county, Mrs, J. 5. Guber Wheatland, Chuton county, Jerome Dutton. NEW NEDRABKA POSTMASTERS, Elwood, Gosper county, M. B. Reid: Una- dilla, Olive county, Henry Hucking; Oxford, Furnas county, J. M. Lea, MISCELLANEOUS, ‘The secretary of to-dny published the retirement of Major Alexander Snarpe, pay- master. The retirement of Major Sharpe re- duces the pay corps to forty, five more than the maximum fixed by a recent act of cone ress, TRERT, WasmixeroN Buneav, Tie Oxana Bes, } —_— INTERNAL REVENUBE, Preliminary Keport For the Fiscal Year Ended June 80, WasmiNgroN, July 20.—Commissioner of Internal Revenue Mason made the following preliminary report of the operations of the internal revenue service for the fiscal year ended June 80, last: The total collections for the fiscal year just ended were $130,005,482, an increase over 1833 of §6,508,057. The cost of collection for the fiscal year just ended will aggrogate about §4,155,000, being a frac- tion less than 8.2 per cent, which s exuctly the saine as in 1858, The'total recoipts from the cifferent objects of taxution were: From spivits, §4,313,206, o increase of £5,007,050 over the previous fiscal year; from tobacco, $31,807.00, an incr $1,204,420; from fermented liquors, §23,723, 5D, an mcrease of £309,617; from oleoma rine, #504.215, an increase of §30,108; banks, §6,214, an i miscellaneous, 1,009, & deerense of § Taxes were paid on 3,050 Reigars, 1,862,726,000 clgarettes and 32,607,785 pounds of oleomargarine. Amon sontributions by states were 2 llinois, §31,007,410; Indiana, $5,758, 230 4 0; Kentuck £16,910,814; Missouri, $; £2.248.624: Ohilo, 811,54 000,405, The report’ also ment of the collections shows the collections to bo districts numed as follows Fifth Tllnois, $10,422,205; First Illinofs, $0,134,850; Iifth Kontucky, $3,860,552; Pirst Oliio, #3,602,251; Iirst Missouri, §6,416,077, Nebraska and lowa Pensions, WABIINGTON, July 20,—|Special Telogram to Tue Bee|-Peusions granted to Ne- braskans: Original invalid—Theodore ¥, Barnes. Increase—Jobu L. Curtis, George V. Wells, Towans: Clure, Philip from caso of §2,011, and from v 1sconzin, §3,+ tains & st by districts, which heaviest in the Original invalid—John A, Mo H. McCartney, Asi Brown, Daniel W, Lutmans, lucrease—William I, mcLean, Peter Kline, Samue! Morrison, Samnuel Moffatt, Smith M. Wax, Clinton De- witt, Andrew J. Barr. Relssue—Joseph Baule, Seldon if, Stacy. Origiaal, widows, ete. —Lucrotia M, widow of Joxiah ' W, Mo Cadden What Ails the Pexas? WASHINGTON, July 20, —Reports from Nor- folk respecting the coustruction of the Texas at the navy yard there have oceasioned some disturbance in the equanimity of the ofcials about the nuvy depsriment. In the absence o1 Becretary Tracy uothing deinite oau be leurned