Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1890, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAIiLy BEE A VERY BRILLIANT AFFAIR, | Thousands Walk the Halls of the ‘White House. MANY DIPLOMATS ATTEND. The Gay Uniforms of Forelgn Cou Entiven the, Scene—Lavish Toi lettes Worn by the Lidics —uUther Recepti ns. The Harrisol Wasnisgroy, Jan, 1 with ¢ tinued a Receive, The new year be sable rain, which con- the day. The white house, 48 usual, was the central poirt of inter No une of its predecessors ex- ceeded in brilliancy the first ofiicial recep- tion given by the head of the presont aduiin istration, Certainly never before has there been at a white houss reception such a larg and distinguished representation from othe nations. This 18 dve to the preseuce, in aa- dition to the regular diplomatic and consular ofcinls of other countries, of the deiegates to the international maratime and Pan- American conferences. The mansion had been specially preparcd for the occasion and when the reception was at its height pre- sented a spectacle of unusual beauty and splendor. The full marine band piayed lively and inspiring music fzom the time the presidont entered to stand at the head of the receiving line in the blue parlor until the last of the callers had wken their departure, @ period of w little over three hours, Tae interior decorations, while not elaborate, wero very effective, consisting of a libe distribution of tropical and Howering plants and cut flowers. The reception proper did not begin until 1 o'clock, but the vice-president and the members of the cabivet with their ladi and their families arrived shortly befor and were shown directly into the president’'s presence in tho private parlor up stairs. When everytiinz was in readiness, th president_and party descendea to the biue parlor and took places in Line, The party entered the biue room iu the following order "Phe president and Mrs. MelCce, the vice- president and Mrs. Morton, secretary of Mate and Mrs. S. B. Elkins, Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Windom, Attorney General und Mrs. Miller, Postmaster Gen- {aud Mrs, Wanamaker, Secretary of the ‘I'racy, Secretary of the In- Noble, Secretary of Agr Rusk, and the_secretary of war and Mrs. L Colonel Ernest of the cold, disagr throughout terior and Mrs. culturo and Mr; army and Licutenant Park of the navy acted a8 musters of ceremonies, the former making the presentations to the president, except in the case of special preseptations, and the latter repeating the introduction to Mrs, Me- Kee, who occupied the place nextto the president. ‘Lhe other ladies assisting ranged next in order as follows: Mrs, Morton, Mrs. Windom, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Wanamaker, Mrs. Tracy, Mrs. Noble and Mrs. Rusk. Tne toilets of the ladies were singularly rich and becoming and were greatly admired on all sides, Mrs. McKeo were a beautiful dress of whito armure siik with square neck and full elbow sleeves. Her ornuwents were diamonds. Mrs. Morton, who stood second in line, wore a dress of pearl with gray satin, with a court train of satin lined with pink fetille, the body V shape, ths back heart shaped and in front edged with pink silk guuzo and blaok jor and sicelo passomenterio; elbow sleeves of satin edged with pink an trimmed with jet and steel crescents, She wore hier coiffure high. Mrs. Windom wore a snperb dress of violet velvet. The squarc opening was edged with point lnce and v jabot of the same extended 10 the edge of the body, sleeves puffed with velvet, the lover part of the brocade caged with lace and high collar of velve! Mrs. Miller wore a splendid dress of royal purple veivet and lavendor brocade. The train was of plain faille, bodiced open in uares filled with crepe. Mrs. Wanamaker's dress was composed of mouse colored silk, velvet princess back, and the train was of velvet pointed front filled with white net, Mrs. Tracy wore a tramed dress of helio- trope and white moire striped brocade, front of silver brocade, trimmmed with poivt lace that aiso fitted an open bodice. Mrs. Rusk wore a sweeping gown of green faille with pancls of brocade, with » square opening i the bodice in which she wore a diamond pendant. Vice President and Mrs, Morton held a large reception in their uew house this afte noon from 12 to 3 o'clock, 1t was practically & duplicate of the president's, us nearly ail paying their respects to the president” im- proved the opportunity of paying their re- spects to the vice president and Mrs. Mor- tou, who left the white house just after the army and navy officers had been presented. The other special receptions during the afternoon were as follows: Secrotary Blaine, to the members of the diplomutic corps and delegates to the inter- national maritime and Pan-American con- ferences; Secretary Proctor, 10 the officers of the army and Secretary and Mrs, Tracy and to the ofticers of the navy. “The members of the diplomatic corps were first received. They were presented by Sec- retary Bluine, assisted by other officials of the siate department, They were all in full court costume and added a briliisnt coloriag 1o the sceno with their jeweled orders and profusion of goid luce, The most striking costumes wero those worn by the repro tatives of Russia, Great Britain, France, China and Corea, All the legutions were represented, the Eoglish and Chinese being the Jargest in point of numbers. Judiciary wero next received and in- cluded Chief Justice Fuller and associates of the supreme court, Chief Justice Richardson of the court of claims and wssociat and Chief Justice Bingham of the district court and associates. ‘The reception of the officers of the army aud navy and of the marine corps which foi- lowed was probably the showiest feature of the day, they being i full dress uniform and wesplendant with brass buttons, bright epau- lettes, gaudy sushes, gold lace, ete, Mujor Geueral Schofield beadad the army aua Rear Admiral Jowett the vavy. Admiral Porter did not attend on account of the bad weather. [t was now 12 o'clock aud the re- ception became more general in its character, Indeed the callers bocame 80 numerous and followed each other so closely that the presi- dent was compelled to restrict his welcome to @ smgle shake of the hand and a simple “Glaa to see you" Those received in this manner included the oficers of the Smithsonian in- stitute, the civil service commissioners, in- terstate commerce commissioners, assistant socretaries aud the chief officers of the vari- ious departments aud tho faculty of the Co: lumbian institute for the deaf and dumb, ‘The next section of callers was headed by a few survivors of the war of 1840, closely fotlowed by a lurge representation of the Grund Army men and a smaller body of En\y haired veterans known us the oldest io- abitants of the District of Columbia, ‘The reception of the public generally was next in order and the gates of the grounds, which had been closed up to this time 10 o privileged fow, were wn open and the crowd thronged rapidiy into the mansion, The reception lasted untl 2 o'clock, sod it is estimated during that time the president shook hacds with nearly six thousand people. When it was over the president invited the ladies who assisted him and u number of others to join him in a luncheon which had veen pre- pared expressly for thew in the hallway up stairs Mrs. Harrison's absence was due to the receut death of her sister and Mrs. McKee resumied the respousibilitics of hostess on * this occasion. rs. Blaine was unable to assist because of the recent death of her sister, Mrs. Prootor is 1o bud health aud was also unable to be present. The followink ure the numes of the ladies the white house reception: Mrs. Logan, Mre, Hule, Mre, Gorwan, Mrs, MeMilan, Mrs, Pueh, 1liscock, Mrs. Platt, Mrs, Mrs, Quay, Mrs. Cockerill Mra. Reed, Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Burrow Mrs, Sprioger, Mrs, Lodge, Mrs. Butter- worth, the Misses Blaine and guests, Miss Wanamaker and guests, tho Misses Hal stead, the Misses Windom, Miss Ernst, Miss Glover, Miss Millcr, Miss Rusk, Mrs. Har- lan, Mrs, Drum, Mrs. Ernst, Mvs, J. V. I Findlay, Mrs. William T, Harris, Miss Maude (irosvencur, Miss Anna Wiison, Mrs Cha Emery Suiith, Miss Shepard, Miss Graco Davis, Miss Haiford and guests, Mrs Wilmerding, Miss Trucy, Mrs, and Miss Randall, Mrs. Carey, Miss Proctor and Mrs Emmons Blaine, lhere were a lurgo number of Nebrasians vresent av the president's reception, among them Mr. ana Mrs. Connell, Mr. und_Mrs, Watson Pickerell anda Mrs, George W, E. Dorsey. | Representatives Struble and Con- wer of 1dwa were also present with their laaies, - - LONDON GOSSIP, Topics of General Interrst From tho World's Metropolis. 1Coryrioht 1890 by James Gordon Rennett.) Loxpoy, Jan. L.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tie Brg.|—1 state upon the best authority that there is no founda- tion for the rumor that the government has the dissolution of parlament under consid- eration. “Tho dense fog of the past few days lifted and the strects aro dry and frosty. The London gas stokers tonight resolved 10 continue their strike indefinitely. Alfred Reed of the German Reed company il His place has been taken by Mr. Arthur Williamson. Mrs. Bernard Becre 18 also ill. Tonight hor part in La Tosca was taken by Miss Nethor . The New Year's honor always excites more murmuring than gratitude, but the medical profession will acknowledgo the fit- ness of conferring a baronetcy on Sir Will- fam Savory and giving a C. B, to Sir Oscar Dayton, Journalisis will admit that Mr. Thomas Sowler, editor of the Manchester Courier, thoroughly deserves koighthood. Munchester is & city of good newspapers and the Courier has ong boen one of the ablest representa- taves of the conservative party in London or it is by no means a matter of course in these days that the London papers are the vest. Sir William Long of the Shefiield Tel- cgraph is the only editor upon whom tho tonor of knightnood has been conferred. Lord Beaconstield and Lora Salisbury were the first to break through this wradition of neglecting the press. The statement has been made that it is now doubtful whether the queen will open parliament. There has never been any fn- tention of usking the queen to perform the opening ceremony this year, and considering the inclemency of the season during which the legislature usually resumes its work and her mujesty’s advanced age it can causo no surprise that parliament will be opened by a commission. Lord Dunraven’s committeo on the sweating system has mot yet presented a report, but a meeting of members will be hield shortly. ‘Ihe document is nat- urally looked forward to with interest by the vietims of the sweaters. It is quite probable that some of theJcommittee, and those strange to say of the liberal party, may object to interference with tie sweat- ers from deference to the supposed cluims of political economy. Tt their views prevail the report will cause great disappointment 1o thousands of poor and helpless work peo- vle. That a foreign malady should first k the foreign offce is strictly according to the fitness of things. La Gripne has made its appearance in England i a dig- nified and becoming manner, for it has begun with the diplomatic corps. Lord Salisbury and Lord Randolph Churchill have per- formed their penance already, but Lis former colleagues are waiting their turn, s LA GRIPPE, has is Saluini is Suffering from Severe Attack. Corumnus, O., Jan, 1.~The great Italian tragedian, Salvin, is suffering from a severe and dangerous attack of Russian influenza. a Very Moussn Bey's frial Prearranged LoN0OY, Jan, 1.—A Mohammedan writes to the News from Constantinople asserting that the trial of Moussa ey was pfearranged and that the tribunal acted under instruc tions received from the palace. The sultan has not become uneasy about it and will watch the debate in parliament in regard to Armenia m Crete with increased interest. 1t is reported in Constantinople thut he hus asked the British government to suppress the News and some other papers. Committed Suicide, Caxtoy, 1L, Jan. L.—Paul Youne, aged twenty years, son of Colonel J.J. Young, president of the Bolton steel company of this city, comaitad suicide last night. Ho has been suffericg with ioflucaza tne past few days and_the doctors think bLe did it while temporarily nsaae. arty Thousand Oases, Beruy, Jep. 1—The rapid increase in the number of cases of influenza at Wurzburg, Bayaria, has rendered necessary tho erection of several temporary hospitals, There are 40,000 cases in Munich. The epidemic is sproading in Dresden, A Possible Viedd Arnaxy, N. Y., Jan, 1.—H chancolior of Regent's York, aged severty, 10 be the influenza. Keening its Grip o St. PETERSIURG, Jan. 1 conflued to bis room. plicatious. nry P, Parson, university, New s dead of what see; the Czar, The czar is still His doctors fear com- ——— An Italian Bomb Thrower. Romg, Jan, L—The king replying % the congratulations of the parliamemtary depu- tation today said: “There was a time when I would net bave ventured to guarautee peace for a fortnight, but now peace is as- sured by the good understanding between Germany and Russia. As the parliamen- tary deputation which had visited the king was leaving the paluce a man in the street threw wigong the deputies & copver box to which was attached a burning fuse. The fuse was extinguished and no damage was done. The man was arrested und said he was & Sicilian named Veto, and that tha motive for his act was revenge for injustice done him by the goverument. -~ Senator Vesi's Son Married S, Lovis, Mo, Jan, 1.—Alexander V son of Seoator Vest, sad Miss Catherine Servis were married at Bridgeiown last evening, Ounly a few friends and immediate mwembers of the family were present. Mr, Vest aud Miss Servis were engaged more than & year ago, but the watch was broken off by Mrs, Buck, the girl's mother, who did not approve of Vest's way of living. After this young Vest went 1o Montana and Aliss Servis to Europe. ‘The couple feft today for the west,where Vest 1s interested in a sineit- ing company. t, & St Dublin’s New Loaid Mayor. Dusuiy, Jeu. 1—Mr. Kennedy, the new lord mayor of Dublin, assumed his dutios to- duy, the body guard of Sexton retiriug, The lord mayor's guard cousisted of & number of national foresters utiired in Lincolu green instead of the usual body of dragoons, | SECRETARY BLAINE OMAHA, THUR Mr. Gladstone Makes a Strong Plea for Free Trade. IN REPLY. Some of th Ont Leading Points Brought by the Notabie tants Two Dispu- of Steam- ship Suvsidics, The Quoesti England va the United Statos, New Youk, Jan. 1 s Tribune prints extracts from tho remarkable discussion by Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Blaine, which fills fifty-four pages in the Januery number of the North American Review. M. istoue makes a strong ploa for froe trade and his argument is_embellished with all the graces of diction of which ho is so accomplished a master, Mr. Blaine's answer is claborate and covers the whole field of protectionist argument. 'Ihbe following extracts will con: vey an idea of the character and scope of the discussion, Mr. Gladstono says: But in America, besides tho jealously pali- aded field of dear production, there is o ast open expanse of cheap production namely: in the whole mass, to speak roughly, of theagricultural products of the country, not to mention such gifts of the earth as it als and oils, - In raising these the an capitalist will fiad the de of the world unexhaustod, how may ncrease tho supply. , is he to carry his capital abroad 13 profitable employment for it at If protection is nccessary to keep American capital at home, why is uot the vast capital now sustaining your dor agriculturo aud raising commoditias for s at freo trade prices, exported 10 other coun- tries! Or, conversely, sir teapital finds an unlimited teld of "cmployment in - cheap domestic production without protection, it i3 demonstrated that protection is not required in order to keep your capital at home. Let me assume, for tie purpose of trying the issue, that onc-half of ‘tho salable pro- ducts of the United States are agricultural and one-half manufactured, and that the manufactured molety ure covered by protec- tion, while the agricultural half, siuce they are articles of large export, bear only such u price as s ussigned to them by foreign com- petition in the markets where they are 1 tako this rough estimate for the sak simplicity, and in the sauie view I over the fact that the sugar which you grow issull covered, as it used Lo be eovered, by an oper- ative protection. One-half, then, of Aw can labor, enjoys protective wages; the other half of the products of the United States is furnished by mere “‘free trado toilers.” Now, I want 10 ask whether the wages of the agricultural half are raised by the exist- ence of protective laws which cover the artisan hulf. This you cannot possibly aflirm, because it is an_elementary fact that (given the quantity of labor in the market) th wages of the laborers are woverned by the prices of the commodities they produce, and that those prices ure free-trade prices. You huve “free-trade toilers” all over your coun- try, and by their side you have protected artisans, 1 ask, then, noxt 1his question: Is the remuncration of the “free-trade toilers,” ull things taken into account, equivalent to that of the protected artisansi 1F iv is not, why do not the agricultural men go where there is @ demand for manufacturing and mining labor, und, by augmenting the supply, reduce and equalize the rated Which 1s liko usking, how comes 1t that a man is content with one loaf when two are offered him? The answer would be: He is not content; whenever he can he takes the twoand leaves the one. It foilows that in this case there exists 0o excess of wages for him to appro- priate. nd home! AMERICA’S ADVANTAGES: T will theu proceed to sct forth some of thi causes, which, by giving exceptional energ. and exceptional opportumty to the work of production in Americu, seem to allow (in homely phrase) of her making ducks and drakes of a lurge portion of what ought to be ber accumulations, and yet, by virtue of the remainder of thew, to astonish the world, 1. Let me observe, first, that America pro- duces an enormous mass of cotton, cere- als, meat, oils, and other commodities, wh are sold 'in the unsheltered market' in the world, av such prices as they will yield, The producers are fined for the benefitof the pro- tected interests and receive nothing in re- turn; but they obtain for their country, as well as foc the world, the whole udvantag of vast natural trade—thatis to say, a trade in which production is carricd on at'a mini- mum cost in capital and labor as compared with what the rest of the world can do, 3. America invites and obtains in remark- able degree from all the world one of the great elements of production without tax of any kind—namely, capital. While securiug to the capitalist producer a monopoly of the protected trades, she ullows all the world to do 1ts bast by u free immigration to prevent ov qualify any cor- respouding monopoly 1u the class of work men, 4. She draws upon a bank of nawral r sources 80 vast that it easily bears those deductions of improvidence which simply prevent the results from being vaster still, MR. BLAINE'S REPFLY, Mr. Blaine 1n his reply says, among things: Protectionists owe many thanks to Mr. Gladstone for his outspoken mode of dealini with this_question of free trade. Ho gives us bis conclusions without qualification and without diseuise. The American frec trader i3 not 8o sincere. He is ever presenting half truths and holding back the other half, thus creating false impressions and leadibg to false conciusions. But Mr. Gladstone is en- tirely frank. 1o tells the luborcrs on pro- tected articles that they would be better en- gaggd in “rasing more cereals and moro cotton at low prices.” Where does Mr. Gladstone suggest o market for the addi- tioual grain and cotton to be raised by Ame ican mechanics becoming farmers and in creasing the production of those great staplest The foreign market is filied with a competing grain supply to such a degree that already the price of wheat duly lowered to the western farmer, The farmer needs a still larger home consump- tion of his grain, whilo Mr. Gladstone thinks he needs a still larger home production, The legitimute conclusion of Mr. Gladsione's argument is that all mechanical and manu- fucturing enterprises in America producing articles of higher price than the same pro- duced in Europe should be abandoned and the laborers 80 engaged should be turned to the production of “more cercals and more cotton at low prices,” “The wostern farmer's instinet is wiser than Mr. Gladstone’s philosophy. The farmer kuows (hat the larger the home market the better are bis prices, and ihat as the home warket is narrowed his pricos fall, Mr. Gladstone's pregnant suggestion really oxhibits the thought that lies deep in the British mind: that the mechanic arts and the mgnufacturing prices should be left to Great Hritain and the vroduction of raw material should be left to America. 1t is tne old col- oniul idea of the lust century, when the es tablishment of manufactures on this side of the ocean waus regarded with great Jealousy by Hritish stutesmen and Brivish merchants, Mr. Gladstone, however, commits himself to the principle that *all protection is morally bad.” " If this has been bis belief ever siuce he became an advocate of free trade uis couscience must have recewed many and severe wounds, us session after aession while chancellor of the exchequer he carried through parliament a bouuty—may I not say a Jdirect protection (—of £150,000 sterling to a line of steawers running be- tween England and the United States—a protection that begau sixs years before freo trade was procluimed in English manufac- tures and continued nearly twenty years after. Inthe whole perioa of twenty-five years an averegute of wany inillions of dol- lars was paid out to protect the English line against all competition, . It may be “rEUJ that this sum was paid for carrying the Auglo-Americun wails, but other |GREAT TARIEF DISCUSSION. | | ow MORNING, DAY not availa froe trader, of other nationalities stood ready t carry e mails at_ o far aper rata. s 8 fow years ago, possibly whep Mr. Gladstone was premier of Bogland, publc bids were asked to carry the Anglo-Tudian mails, A French line offered a_lower bid than any English lin it the English government disregarded the Fronch bid ve tho contract to the Peniwul od by & well-knowh | company. Still later the German Lloyd company con tracted 1o carry the Anglo-American mails cheaper than any Fnglish Tine oftered, the German company actually bogan to form the duty, but K khinen did not want that kind of fred trade nud thoy broke the conteact with the German line and again gave protection to tho English skips. Does 1ot this justify tire opinion that the [Bnglish volicy of free trade isfurgod where Bngland can hold the field ogainst rivals and that when competition leaves her behind she re pudiates free teade and substitutes the most provounced form of protection | Docs Mr, (lndstoue's estimate of the im morality of protection apply only to protec- tion on land, or i8 sapremuacy on the sca so important to Brivish interests that it is b tor 1o throw morals 10 the winds and resort to whatever degree of protection may bo necessary tosecure the lend to inglish ships ¢ The doctrine of improving harbers in the United States by the national government was for many years sevor contested, the strict construction party maintaining that it must be confined to harbors ou the seacoast at points where forelgn commerce reached tue country, During oneof the many dis- cussions over this narrow construction an Ohio member of congress declared that he *could notthink much of a constitution thu would not stand being dipped in fresh wate as well s salt.” I fear that Mr. Gladstone's code of morals on_ the question of protection will not secure mueh respect in other coun- tries so long us it spoils in salt water. TROUPS AKRIVE, that argument wiil because steamers Matters Growing Very Interesting on the One=Mile S quars Pregne, S. D., Jan, L—|Special Teleg o e Bi Company A of the Twelith rogiment at Fort Sully, Licutenant Poore commanding, today passed through this eity bound across the river, where they have or- ders to remaiv indefinitely to preserve peaco and order, They are accompanied by enough commissary goods to last a lor while, which causes the belicf that they will stay at Fort Piorre on the “one-mile squure’’ until the land is oven and all danger of trouble is pust. It is learned that Lieuten- ant Poore’s orders from the war department are not to molest those people who are now established at Fort Piérre, hut to exelude all othiers from going there in the future. It leaked out today that the South Pierre boomers, since the arrival of the troops, have resolved to o back and attempt to take the town site by force, 1f necessary, in the next few days, thinking that if they go on peacefully in the night time the troops will protect them from attack by the Fort Pierre- ites, but if they aro ejected by the troops it will result in all the other inhabitants on the milo square being driven away until the 1and is opened, which would then givo them an equal chunce to geton. The excitement is intense und big developments are looked for at avy time. Dakota Satoons Sull Ranning. Sioux Faris, S, D., Jan, 1.—[Special Telegram to Tur Brr,]—The licenses of the saloons of this city expired last night at 12 o'clock. But with one or twd exceptions they are open today doing busiyess as usual. The impression prevails among the liquor dealers that they will be permitted. to” ceatinue in business until the law, toBa peased by the coming legisluture anfoi 1z the prohibitory amendment, goes into eect. The chief sa- loonkeeper of the city, Lon Harris, has closed up his shop and 'announces that ho will not open under any conditions until the amendment is repealed. Under the omnibus bill, upon which South Dakota was admitted as a state, ull Iaws not repugnant to the con- stitution are still in force and effect. Thero is a law for prosecuting saloonkeepers with- out, a license, o the keepers are somewhat adverse to controversy in business and fear pros ecution Occupying the New Oap tol. Pienxe, S, D., Jan. L—[Special Tele- gram to T Bee. | —The varlous state ofticers moved into and occupfed the newly com- o | capitol building today. Preparations vout @ished for the comng legislative session exceot the puttingin of seats and desks, which have not awrived. Governor Mullette is working on hisfirst message. A South Dakoa Failure, Brusm, 8. D., Jan, 1.—iSpecial Teleg to Tne Br le Brothers, dealers drugs and general merchandise, made assignment to W. N. Meloon of Oneida. — PAYNE'S SUCCESEOR, Brice’s Managers Take Pleast Announcing a Walkover. Corunpus, O, Jan, 1,—The Ohio legisia- ture will convene Monday. The body is demovratic in both branches. Oue of the most mportant duties of the legislature will bo the selection of o United States senator to succeed Heory B. Pagne. The leading candidates ure Calvin 8. Brice of Lima, Johin H. Thomas of Springfield and Joha A, McMahon of Dayton. Several othiers are mentioned as possibilities. Managers for Brice baye been here several days looking after his interests and profess confidence they will be able to nomiaate him on the sccond ballot after the members have com- plimented their local candidates so far as they have any. Thomas' minagers claim they will show a strength of thirty on the first ballot and gain steadily” till their man 18 nominated. Brice's managers consider the claim ridicu- Jou McMahon's opened. e in headquarters are not yet et A LIVELY CONTEST, The Western O metcial Truvelers' Association Eleels .Oflicers, Sr. Lovrs, Mo,, Jan. L—After one of the most hotly contested and pxciting elections ever held in this city by the.business drgan- izations, Jawes Baonogpman of tho firm of Meyer, Bunnerwan & Cb. was yesterday elected president of 1o Western Commer- cial Tayelers’ association. " T'here were two tickets in the field and gilhe vigor and en- thusiasm of & heated paligigal coutest were manifested in whe sty . Bannerman headed the opposition ticket, the whole of which was elecled by & bindsomo majority. Of the outside candidates fames C. Miller of Chicago was elected sveond vice president and W. A. Gayer of Su Jaul, fourth vice president, A Railrord bawyir Resigns, CinanvestoN, W, Va., Jan. 1.—Judge James H. Fereuson, who fox several years held the position of ciief counsel of the Chesapeuke & Ohio railroad in this stdto, toduy tendered bis resignation to the road. The judge has been retuived as counsel in soveral suits against the road growing out of the wreck which ocourrcd near White Suiphur Springs last Saturda, - Relief for Kansas Sufferers. Wicuira, Kan., Jan, 1.= A train of eighteen cars left here last might for the suffering districts in Stevens, Morton and Hodgman counties, loaded with clothing and food which bas been cotlegied from this and sur- rounding count! Reports yesterday were to the scffect, that several hupdred: persons are suffering at present, e — City of Paris Disabled Liverpoor, Jap, 1.--Waile proceeding up the Mercy in & dense fog this morning the JANUARY | ADMINISTRATION FORTUNES. al line, | steamship City of Paris colliged with an out- ward bouna steamer, The City of Paris lost ner bowsprit aud one of ber masts, Great | right prevailed bat no ove was bart, D) ; ) Our Rulers Are Not aires. PLUTUS KINDEST TOWANAMAKER The Golden God Not Over Lavish With the Others—Reducing the Sue nment On the WASHINGTON BUREAU Tis Ovana Bee, ) 513 ot TI S TREET, Wasnixarox, . C.. dun. 1. § Isce a paragraph floating wbout the press to the effect that this is a 's ad ministration and giving an estimate of the combined wealth of the members of the cubinet, which 18 about as far out of the way as one could go. In the first place Mr. Blaine is not a millionuire, is Mr. Windom. The former is worth from $250,000 10 300,000 in real estate and miaing which is paying him agood iteome, and he hias an interest in a syndicato that owns a vast tract of country in West Virginia that will be immensely valgable some day when the railroad of which his son, Kmmons, is general manager, is constructed to the b posed terminus, and the timber lands and coal and iron mines can be worked. Mr. Blaine's property in the District of Columbia is as sessed av #110,000 and is probably worth 250,000 or §30,000 more than that fig Uhen he has his Augusta home; that is worth, per- haps, $25,000. but is not paying anything; and his Bur Harbor place, which is valuea at a little more, and i ratoer an expensive ¢ tablisnme up. In uddition to this hio has an interestin some conl and gas lands r Washington, from which he derives an income of $5,000 or §10,000 a year. Mr. Windom's weaith is about the same as that of Mr. Blaine, Vir. Proc:or is interested to the amount of 200,000 or §300,000 in_Vermont marbie quar ries, and has some valuable contracts which bring him an incomo of $,000 or 10,000 a year outside of his official salary, Mr. Noble said the other day mated his property at & out for 50,000, Mr. Miller is as poor as the president. He has scarcely anything av all. Indeed it is sald that be even had to borrow the money that brought his family to Washington und that Treasurer Houston kuows wonere he gov it, Secretary Tracy and Postmaster Cieneral Wanamuker are rich men. Mr. Tracy is worth something like £500,000, well invested in property that pays him 7 and 8 per cent a year, and \Wanamuaker has a number of millions, but he is not worth as much as ho gets the credit of ng, A Philadelphia banker told me the other day that Wanamaker was one of the largest bor- rowers in that city and that he knew where he had placea #450,000 of six month’s paper within the last few weeks, But he needs this money in his business and his credit is 80 £00d that he ean get all he wants from any of the trust compunies and banks of Puiladelphia at the lowest rate of interest without collateral or endorsers. 1f the supremo court of the United States renders the decision that is expected in what is known as the siik-ribbon cases when it meets next week it will put $1,000,000 of cold cssh into the bocket of the post- master general. For the lust ten yeurs. the importing merchants of the United . States have been paying under protest a high rate of duty upon silk ribbons, and have appealed to tho courts to recover what they consider the ex- cess from the government. The lower courts have invariably given judgemeut in their favor and it is expected that, the subreme court will sustain them, which, if it does, will reimburse Mr. Wanamaker all the way from a willion to a million and a half that he had paid in excess of the lawful duties, REDUCING THE SURPLUS, The republican majority of the committeo on ways and meaus seems determined to take the duty off sugar or at least to reduce it to & very low sum, und remove the iuter- nal revenue tax on tobacco aud alcohol used in the arts, and thus reduce the revenues so that there will be no further excuse for changing the schedules of imported goods. It secms a foolish thing to cut the govern- ment out of §5),000,000 or $60,000,000 of rev- enue by taking the duty off of sugar when no possibly good can be accomplished thereby, and the profits of the sugar ring will be in- creased just 80 much without lessening the price to the consumer. The sugar trust con- trols all the importations and can regulate the price as it pleascs regardless of the duty. By entering into reciprocity treaties with the South American countries it would be possible to secure immense reductions of the duties they charge on the goods they import from us, and thus bring those goods within reach of the common people Who are now prohibited from using them because of the high tariff. They would reduce the duties on our flour, meal and other breadstuffs, our hams, lard, bacon and other pork products canued froits and other #rovisions, our re- fined petroleum and lumber, our furniture and all sorts of woodenware, agricultural implements, farm wmachiner and other merchandise upon which they now charge duties of from 1 t0 500 per cont. In almost every case the duty is greater than the value of the article, and the great masses of the people cannot afford to buy them, as they might do if the prices were reduced 50 or éven 30 or 25 per cent. Forty willions of people on the contiments of Central and South America are enzaged ia the cultiva- tion of sugar, but it is nota profitatle crop with them as long as they are compelled to compete on even terms with the siave labor of Cubu or with the coolie labor of the Guuy mas, Trinidad, Jamaica and other of the West India islands, but let the Unitea States, which is the greatest sugar consum- ing nation on earth, grant o discrimination in fuvorof the South American product and then the industry will spring up there with im- mense activity and not only bring great prosperity among the people but greatly in- crease their purchasing power. President Arthur's policy was w0 cut down the reve- nues by trading, to revise the wriff, through the diplomatic branch of the government, and 10 ask concessions in returu from the governments which would be benefitted our duties were cut down. If the re- ity treaty which Johu W, Foster ms with Spain for the Cuban trade had been ratified by the senate of the United States, in 1835, und the house haa pa the aec sury legislation to carry it into effect, our wrade with Cubu would have been increased from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 & year in vx- actly the articles of which we now huve on hand such a great surplus t We cannot dispose of it millionai nor 1t he esti- ,000 and would sell MISCELLANEOUS. In the Evening Star, among the marriage notices, is +this unexplained announcement : Married—French-Ward, on- March 10, 1535, at Laurel, Md., by Rev, MacCabe, Ida Den Wara of Virginia to James H. [reneh of Omaha, Neb, PERuy 5, Heat, s . The Philadeiphia Pre Puiraverruia, Jan 1, ~The business man- agerof the Press, in view cof impending trouble with its compositors, posted up a notice today that the paper had been obliged to contract with the National Printers’ Pro-~ teotive fraternity for a new fore but will retain in its employ any of the present force who see fit to remain under the organization. Those who do not will be paid off tomorrow. The notice calls attention to the agreement of the printers’ committee, made last April, in which they said: *'We do not propose to make any alteration in ouw scale of prices except with the consent of the employers.” s - Watergorks Completed at Dougls, Dovaras, Wyo., Jap, 1.—|Special to Tng 132k, )—The people of Douglas are rejoicing over the completion of one of the wost per- fect waterworks systews to be found in the west, The plant cowprises @ reservoir of 8 Rats, 200 0, o8 vo [ stone and comont at an clevation fect above the city, with a capacity 0 gallons, a Knowies pump which 00 gallons of water per minute, © s of main pipo and th nhydrants, affording tire tion to _every t @ an the city with ) “feot of hoso, a 'well sixtoen foot in diameter on the bauks of tho Piatte: boiler, engine house, otc tract was let September 16 to the Statos \V Eugine and Pump company, Omnlia, and actual work be Uctobor Douglas b company No. 1 Las been or- ganized and 750 foot of wd A cary are expected t Vo 0n ever ern ratlroad will bo oxter Douglas in eurly spring—ono of the conditioas of the ree Ut Pacific and Denver, Fort Worth & Guif deal sorved t livon ub the real estate market somewhat, und to brignten the future of the eity There has been absolutely nc weather thronghout central Wyom far, and live stock is in splendid co PHE PLATTE, Conseeration of Rev, Anson at Minneapolis 15, Minn., J Special Telegram to Tne Ber ov. Auson R Graves, the Episcopal bishop of the Platto, was consecrated at Gethsomane chureh this morning. It wanted twenty-five minutes to 11 when the procession moved. Among those in the line were Bishop Knight, Dr. Oliver and Rev. W. T. Whitemost of Nebras On entering the church Bishop- elect Graves and his attending vresbyters took their places at the hoad of the center aisie. Rt Rev. Bishop Gitbert of St. Paul preached the sermon of consceration, speak- ing from the texv: “Hehold, I have set be- fore thee an open door.” Turning to Bishop Graves near the close of his addross, Bishop Gilbert said: “Lead men to believe in the chureh by the very confident assurance of your own betief. Apologetic churchmanshin is always decadent churchmanship, Roealizo that you are to mold by your example and influence to a vory large extent the future destinies of thousunds in that distant i Let the name of the first bishop of th d - for all that makes for thoe for the church thercin, Ono am done. Sorrowing hearts you today, sorrowing most of all because they will see your face no more a8 their loved pastor. Within many s heart rises the memory of your hours of patient service, of tho watching by the couchbes of suffering and sorrow, earnest words of entreaty that led them into the fold of Christ.” If you could look into theso sorrow- ing hearts you would sce only thaukful love Their pravers are with you now and they will not forget you in the years of separa- tion, We shall miss you in ‘the diocese, You have always laithfully served its best inter- ests.” After the presentation by the presiding bishop to the newly elected bishop of & bible and pastoral staff the Te Deum Laudamus was sung, followed by the offer.ory and anthem **Hark, What Means those~ Holy Voicest” Holy communion was then admin- istered. Bishop and Mrs. Graves held a reception in tho church from 7 to 10 p. m Bishop-clect Auson K. Graves was born at Wells, Rutland county Vermont, April 13, 1842, When ho was five years of age his parents moved on & farm’in northern Illi- uois, which was theo a frontier country, Here he lived through his boyhood, atten ing the country school, and spentone term at the academy at Marengo, At eignteen he returned to Vermont and fitted for college at the Rutland high school. He entered Ho- bart college in 1562 and graduated —in 1866, ‘While at colleze he was baptized by Bishop Neely and confirmed by Bishop Dé Cancey. In his junior year he took both the White and Cobb prizes for essays. In his senior year he studicd law while acting as prine pal of the Ury House school, Puiladelphia. He graduated from the general theo- logical seminary in 1870, having taken the full course in two years, and was then ordained deacon by Bishop Horatio Potter in the Church of the I'ransfiguration, New York. The year 1 he spent in travel in Europe. Bishop Lattlejohn ordained him to the priesthood in 1871, in Holy Trinity charch, Brooklyn. Oa his' return from Eu- rope he took the church at Plattsmouth, Neb,, and then went to assist in the missions of the Gethsemane church, Minneapolis, under Rov. Dr. Knickerbocker. For two years after that he was rector of "All Saints' church at Northfield, Mian. While visiting in the east m 1 he was induced to take missionary work in morthern New Hamp- shire, where he labored for four years, T next three years he was cector of St. Peter's church, Beunington, Vt. From Bennington e was called to Gethsemane church in Min- neapolis in 1883, During the six years of his rectorship @ new stono church has been erected ata cost of §2,000. This is main- tained as a free church and the number of communicants has increased from 274 to 705, -~ ) KOR BURGLARY. winter thus tition, BISHOP O . Graves Misxearo Rest d and I throb around ORGANIZE A Former Omaha Youth Distinguishes Himself in Colorado, Dexven, Col., Jan, 1.—|Special Telegram to Tue: B rsome time past the town of Golden has been mystified by o series of attempted sufe robheries and burglaries, Lastnight an attempt was made to crack the safe of the Jeflerson County bank and the burglars were arrested. One of the parties arrested was Jim Nickols, a young blacksmith who came from Omaba about soven months ago. It has been developed that there was a regularly organized gang of young fellows of which Nickols was leader, for the parpose of robbery. Scveral of the members ure sons of highly respecta- ble residents of Golden. The secrets of the gang wore revealed by a young man named Fetlows, who nad beén invited tojoin, but who put’ the officers on the track of the pro- posed robbery, ——— Back From Canada, Hostox, Jan, L—Cideon P. Brown, for- merly senior moember of the failed firm of Brown, Steese & Clarke and treasurer of the Riverside and Oswego mills, returned here from Canada yesterday. e disappeared mysteriously from Ioston August 6 last. Ho said today to a reporter that he had re- turned voluutarily to do all he eould to aid in the settloment of affairs. He feels that his leaving was o mistake which he would not have wade but that the blow came on him so suddenly that he found himself going away from Moston almost without knowing it. His heaith was 80 affected that it was some time before he regained complete possession of bis facultics. He cever at heart intended to wrong any one. -— Sanders thy Kepublican Cholc HeLexa, Mont., Jan, 1.—The republicans of the house und sonate met in joint. session atnoon today to ballot for senator. Colovel W, £, Sanders was elected unanimously on the first bullot. Kor second senator the first ballot stood: Mantle 11, Rickards 11, Leav- it s, dersnfield 4, Power 3. Carpenter 1, ‘'he Joint session thes dissolved until tomor- row. ‘'he democratic house and met at noon for joint session, quorum present.” Informal bullots take United States senntors indicate W. A. of Butte and Martin Maginnis of Heles o £he Took ths Hint. NeW Youk, Jan, 1.—The Steamship Spaiu from Livernool, lunded sixty-three passen- five senators There was no gers at Castle Garden today. When the ves- sel came up this morning anchor was dropped in the middle of the chaunel opnosite Hed- loe's island. The uuchorage boat ordes ber 1o lesve the chanuel and take prope aochorage. The cuptain showed no dis- position 0 obey until the anchorage boat fired & blank cartridge across the Spain’ bows, when he speedily moved up to proper grounds. SIS Salisbury Hecovering. LoNvoy, Jan. 1.—~Lord Salisbury, who Las been sufferiug from influenzs, is making fa- vorable progress loward recovery, NUMBER 195, B e e—— gl\ TERRIBLE LONDON FIRE, — | Twenty-six Schoolboys Loso Tholr Livea. BELGIUM'S PALACE BURNING, Tho Flawes Beyond Control and ready Great 1ab Valuable Works of Are Door Ale the ry and Art ed. A Sorrowful New Yoa-s Loxnoy, Jan, 1.—The pauper sehoo 1district of Forestdale in cons vection with Whiteehapel and Popular Unions took firo last night while the inmates were asleop and burned with terriblo results. Twenty-six of the boys in the upper stories were snffocated and fifty-eight were safely tuken from the burning building amid ters rible excitement, Two mutions escaped by shiding down tue water pipss. Several boys escaped i the same way I'he superintend- ent satedly rushed through the flames and brougnt out number of the inmates, 'hiero were 00 persons in the institution The bodies of those suffocated wera carried to the main hall, which is still pro- fusely dec oa with Christimas groeus, Tho fire was cansed by an overtieated stovo in the female depurtment, in which wero 350 wirls, who all escaned, The boys retired lust Cvening in the highest spirits, having been promised presents and a Now Year's fote tos day. The scenes i the main hall where tho bodies of the dead boys liv were harrowing, Further reports of the firo show that it originated in the clotuing room beneath the boys' dormitory. The smoke aud flames issuing from the stove flae alarmed those » floor and they esc engines wero promptly on - the spot. Buwloyes of the udjucent railway station rushed to the scene and rendered valuable assistance. The cries of the boys unablo to escape were terrible. The bodies of two boys were badly burned, but iv is beiioved thoy were suffocated before they wero birned, The azes of tho dead range from seven to twolve years. boy's section of the Belgium's Royal wco Bur BResseLs, Jan, 1,—ALS b, m. the royal palace at Lacken, a suburb of this « is burning. Princess Clementine had a nurrow escape from being burned to death and her governess was burned. All the royal art collection is de The fire was pre- vented from the king's private rooms. AU 10 . m. the palace had the appearance of a huge furnace, and there came from 18 constant crashes and voleanic bursts of flame and sparks as portions of timber, stone or other masses of debris fell into the fire. The heat was 8o great as to totlly prevent the approach of the small fire brigade, which av best could have done but litle, The queen’s apartmeuts { the most. Much plate has been Jle pietur obelin tapes- and the great library are all consumed. The king is anxious about the stauuary in the rotunda, ‘There is little hope that any of it is saved. ‘The only occubunts of the palace at the time of the breaking out of the fire wore Princess Clementine, aged seventeen, a lady attendant and her governess, The governess baving escaped with the others red turued to the princess' apartments und we- cured some valuables and was suffocated. ‘fhe lows is immeuse in money value and the destruction of art treasurqs cannot be replaced. ing. troyed. reaching Silk Works bestroyed. New Youk, Jan. L—The Liberty silic works were destroyed today by a fire that involved losses to a number of manufactur- ing firms aggregating $225 000, It is fearcd the engincer of the buildiug has peris BROK HE BARGAIN, Erratic Dr. Coates Leaves His Wife aless. Sr. Lows, Jan. L—The Interest in the scusational divorce suit of Coates vs Coates was renewed today, when I, H. Coates re- ceived a letter from Dr. Coates, her former husband, announcing that he had left for parts unknown, taking with lum two of their children, Emma, aged seven, and Marie, aged five years, When Mrs, Coates was first, granted a divorce it was stipulated that the father should have the children with him at certain intorvals, Dr. Coates caine to St. Louis from Montgomery, Mo., shortly bo- fore Chrismas and seat for his two chilaren, This morning the mother received a lewer from Coates stating he and the children were tundreds of miles away and that sho would not sce them again for four and a half years, Mrs. Coates is prostrated with grief, Coates shot and killed Dr. Keith on uth and Pine streets a couple of He clained the shooting was brovoked by Keith's attentions to his wife, Keith was a man nearly seventy years of age, and Coates’ assertions are not credited by the friends and acqaaintances of the old doctor and Nirs, Coutes. Coales was put in Jjail on the charge of murder in tho firsy de- When the triul came up the defense as nsanity. The plea was sustained by the jury and Coates was acquitted, but was sent to the insane asylum, After romuining in the asylum three months ho was set fred on the grounds that he was thoroughly re. sLorod, -— Bellicose Newsboys, Prirsuvie, Pa,, Jan, L—Several hundred pewsboys returning from the annual nowss boys' dinner almost created a riot on Fifth avenue this afternoon. They first attacked a crowd of Italians and Hebrews and then turned their attention to the nou-union grip- men and conductors on the Pittsburg trac- tion road. Sticks, stones and wul were thrown and o zonorai gt followad. inally the boys wore driven off and quiet restored. No one was injured. et SRl Royalty Gves Thanks. Benreis, Jan. 1.—All the menbers of the imperial family, the court oficials and the members of the diplomatic corps attended thanksgiving service in the castle chapel to- day. Afterwards a grand reception was held in the white hull. Later the imperial family drove to the residonce of the dow- ager empress, Augusta, and exteuded New Year's congratulations to her, The em peror attended family diunor in the evening. —-— The Woather Forecast. For Omaha and Vielnity—Fair weather.} For Neoraska—Kair, northerly winds, colder in soutbiern portion; stationary tem- ature 1 northern portion Iox Towa—Fair, except light rain or snow in eastorn portion; colder northerly winds; cold wave, For South Dakota slight change in b Fair; northerly winds, uperature, 1 to Miry a Bar Maid, New Youk, Jan, L—Richard K. Fox has a cablegraw from London stating that Slavin, the successful pupilist, is about to marr Edith_ Slater, # Margate bar maid, and wii) bring his bride to this country. Aheaper Afier the Holidays. NDo¥, Jan. L.—The Star says the mar- of Gwendolyn Caldwell of America and Pringe Muvat has been again arranged, Prince Murst will accept any asllowance Miss Caldwell may graot bim, - The Lesth Record. Hawrrown, Conn., Jan. L—Euppate Kim= ball, aged ninety, & veteran of the Texas army of Inaependence, died hero today, He has been dependeut on charity for a puwber of years,