Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 6, 1890, Page 1

INETEENTH YE CARPENTERS WIN THE FICHT, The Last Detail Settled and the Men Go to Work Thursday. COMMUNICATING WITH JOHN BURNS, The Stocky Trouble Likely to be Mad Interna- tional Affair—A Walkout in Denver. Ciricaco, May 5.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The great carpenters’ strike is finally settled 8o far as the new bosses’ asso- ciation is concerned. Fully four thousand journeymen carpenters will go to work by Thursday The arbitration committee of the new bosses’ association and the strikers met this evening and settled the last detail. The fourneymen achioved almost a sweep- ing victory. They made concessions on but two points. Phe only disappointment was that the stub- bornness of the old Masters’ association has left its members wholly out of the final deal. The official statement of the terms of settle- ment will not be issued until tomorrow, but it is reliably stated that the document provides for an cight-hour day. Over-time is only to be allowed between certain stipulated hours at night. The minimum rate of wages is fixed at 35 yents an hour up to August 1, and there- after at ¥ nts, Over-time will be rated at time and a half and Sunday time as double time, In the matter of apprentices concessions weye made by both sides, The emplo agree to employ union men even for foremen. among the flagmen stationed at ings of the Fort Wayne and Wester na roads is contemplated. y employes in_alland they Last week they [n'l-\vnl('d a the manager “of the od asking for an increase The demand has been ignored and { hence the talk of a strike. The men claim that the flagmen of other roads secure all the way from 10 $1.50 per day The tailoresses employed in the coat and vest making establishments ha elled against the g in their wages which have he 1 times dur- ing the winter, and have demanded an in- crease. The boss tailors are to give an an- swor tomorrow, and should the demands be refused the fair manipulators of needle and shears will strike, The movement will in- volve several hundred working women, and will be'by no means an unimportant phase of the great labor agitation. An International Strike Cnicaco, May, 5—Acording to the predic- tions of the sto rds coopers there isa probability of their cause being taken up by the English dock laborers, and the strike becoming international. At a meeting of the Brotherhood of United Labor, today a com- mitteo was appointed to communicate with John Burns, the English bor leader, and to request him to order the English long- shoremen not to handle any beef orother products shipped by Chicago houses, he committeo say Burns has taken great interest in the canse of the men at the yards, The men in an open letter say that by the terms of their agreement, signed after the great strike of 156, they are sub- ject to discharge without warning, while in case of quithiig they must give two weeks' notice or forfeit ten days’ pay, which the em- _ployers withhold. Sometime v Tonly given two or three 5 'k, but ure compelled to remain or los ir fors They are compelled to o man'is two minut is docked an hour's pay, finished before the close of d for a full day. A Denver Walk-Ou Dexver, Colo., May 5.—[S to T Bre.]—The quict of the labor tion in this city was broken today by a strike of the Machine Wood Workers’ and Turners’ union for nine hours work and ten hours pa, One hundred and thirty-five men went out, followed by 250 bench men, The Denver box and planing mill acceded to the demand and running as usual. The other five mills a closed. The employers say that they cannot grant the demand on account of the close com- petition with Missouri river factories, The men say they would have usked eight hours had it ot béen for this competion. There is 1o apparent ill-fecling. in tho morning h but if the work i the duy he is not p Planing Mill Men Organizing. Cnieaco, May 5.—Several meetings of the sash, doov and blind factory employc held this afternoon for the purpose of effe ing an organization. It is understood that the movement is backed by the carpenters who, it is said, have agreed to see that no work is turned out by the mills which refuse to concede the eight-hour da At one or two of the mills the men who went to work this morning knocked off when notified of the new movement, ew York Carpenters,Win, Yonrg, May 5.—The carpenters of this city did not have to strike today to enforce their demands for an eight-honr day. It issaid that 200 bosses had granted their demands and only thirty-five had ve- fused, In the latter places the men struck. . Losnoy, pers here com- menting upon yesterday's labor demonstation agree that it was of a very significant char- acter and declare that it will cause the day to rank among the . st aecisive in theindust history of England, The Bosses Win, ) May 5.—About three-fourths of the men employed in the planing mills, box factories, and sash, door and blind factories who went out for an eight-hour day, huve re- turned to work today at the terins of the bosses. Brickla, Crieas s and Masons Out. New HAvEN, Conn., May 5.—The masons and bricklayors, to the number *of 700, have one out on & strike for 45 cents an hout. The bosses offer 43 cents, Harnessmakers Quit. 1. Louis, Mo,, May Two hundred and AAfty harness mukers struck for 10 cents ad- vaice in their wages this morning, A General Strike Threatened. ScorrspaLe, Pa., May 5.—A general strike involving 14,000 coke workers fu the Connells- ville region is threatened unless the Frick company resumes operations at the Valley works, 3 Stato Railwa dmployes Win, ViExsA, May 5.-The strike of the em- ployes on tho state railways has been settled, theauthorities having conceded higher w to the men Coopers Continue to Work. CuIcAGO, May 5.—The coopers at the stock yards who had resolved to go on a strike this morning ovidently thought better of it as they went to work as usual. Coal Muners Strike. Prrrssurg, May 5—Six bundred miners struck at Bellair and Cambridge, O., todiy aguiust the use of the screen. Joined by the Plasterers. LouisviLLe, May b,— ters were joined today by the plasterers in their demauds for advanced pay and shorter | hour Bosses Coming to Time. Derroir, Mich, May 5.—Forty-two bosses have sigued the carpenters agreewment, and it | by thie milita | is gener | and it is just barely possible that the fixing of | the valuation that should be placed on the two | in | coal | 'ho striking carpen- | R is thought a few will seo the ttled in the strikers' favor. Two sets Canadion carpenters wero headed off toc customs officers and veturned to € Want the Old Scale, . Lovis, May 5.—Four hundred employes of theoFairbanks soap company struck to- night for a restoration of wages, they having been eut 15 per cent last November h Strikers Riot, Panrs, M The strikers at Lille today assaulted the workmen and smashed some machinery in a factory. They were dispersed Fren Fresoxt, Neb,, May 4.—[Specfal to Tne Bik.,] -~ Congressman Dorsey arrived home from Washington yesterday for a few days’ stay. He comes ostensibly to look after the damage done to his bank by the fire which occurred in the building a week ago. But the effects of that little blaze have disap- peared and this is not believed to be the real purpose for which he comes, He is talking confidentially with his political friends and it ally understood that he is here to v the situation.” He is intercsted in the approaching congressional couvention its date and some idea of its work is what intorests him most just now. It is hinted that his purpose is to hold a meeting of the farmers at an early date in the central part of the county in order that he may feel of their pulse, shake the hand of the honest granger and prescribe for them. It is not yet learned that any date for such @ meeting has been fixed. Railrond Valuation and Assessment Nonrork, Neb., May 5.—[Speeial to Tit Beg.]—Dr. P, Schwenk of this city has ad- dressed the following letter to Governor Thaye svernor John M. v 1 seo by 10 meeting tatives of th in Nebraska, for Thayer, Lincoln, Neb.— night's paper that nference with the rep- us railroad companies e purpose of determining ds in the state in the assess- present year. As there is a great difference in aced on the same class of property in the various counties, as for iustance, Madison county on cash_value bi anton county one-half, Cuming county three-fifths of actual cash value, ete., would it not b just to the peopla the valuation of railroad and telegraph 'should bo- on.the Sam liasis s tho property of the people is assessed at in the various counties. 1t 1s desired that you set a day when the people can be heard before your Doard, and we will sce that a delegation from Madison county will meet you Hoping that this will receive favorable con- sideration at your hands, Tremain truly, P. Scuw different railre ment of the K. A New Barb Wire Factory. Fiiksp, Neb, May b.—[Special to Tie Brr.]—Len Hoffman of the firm of Hoftman Bros., this place, has invented a new barb wire ‘and a_patent was issued in Docember. A factory has: been started here and last weelc the first wire was put on the market. T. C. Callahan, a local dealer, says that it réadily sells at_one-half cent & pound in ad- vance of any other wire manufactured. The barbs ou the wire all point down, so that a horse cannot cut himself by running against it. New machinery has been ordered for the factory and a stock company formed, and the people of Friend expect to have it develop into a large industr. Appointed to Municipal Positions. HasriNas, Neb., May 5.—[Special Telegram BEg.]--At aspecial meeting of the city council tonight C. . Morey of the law firm of Tibbets & Morey, was appointed c torney, and Lizra A. Reed street com for the next t ears. The council also de- cided to advertise at once for sealed bids for #40,000 worth of sewer bonds, bids to be re- ed until June 2, 1800, Engineer Rose- water met with the council and made an ex- haustive statement as to the general outli of the work. The disposition of the council is to push the work us speedily as possible, Arrested on a Serious Charge. Nonrork, Neb., May 5.—[Special Telegram to Tue Brre j—A clerk for Maxwell, Sharpe & Ross of this city, by the name of A. D, Burright, was arrested lust night on a charge of attemptod rape on the seven-year-old daughter of W. Kahout, a cigar manufacturer this place, siated to havegtaken place one week ago Saturday. - Fromhe fact that the n caded and probably fifty ars of age, it is hurd to be i was brought before a justice and waived examination. at #8400, which he s plead not guilty bail w Sold Liquor Without a Licen Poxca, Nek [Special Telegram to Tue B ine, proprietor of the Commercial hotel of this «ity, was arrested Suturday evening on a charge of selling liquor at his bar without a license. He was taken before County Judge Reynolds, pleaded guilty and fined 100 and costs. saloons of this y ave all closed, as th 5 have ired, and some trouble is being experienced in getting them renewed, Stockmen Bound for W, HastiNGs, Neb, Muay am to Tue Bee.]—Governor Warren of oming and a party of stockmen, headed by vived on a special train to- ck over the B. & M. railw in chiarge of Assistant General nith, bound for Newcastle, imon Kelly and Kobert Tus® from Hustings. Miscreants. BraTRICE, Neb, May 5—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Brr—A paiv of miscreants who were out on @ bender early yesterday morning threw two beer bottles: through the large plate glass win in Emil Lang's grocery store, completely demolishing the windows. No clue has yet_been obtained of the wretche: . l0ss 1s about $200, night at 10 o from Deny ight Agent § Wyo. Colonel ccompan our-Year-Old's Fall, ~[Special Tele- gram to Tue tie, the four-year- old daughter of Ed. J. Buttler of the Buttler house, this city, fell from the front second story window of the hotel last evening und broke ner right leg in two places, Her in- juries will eripple her for life. A Newspaper Mortgage Foreclosed. Poxca, Neb., May 5.—[Special Telegram to Tuk Ber.) ~The Ponca Mail, the only demo- cratic paper in Dixon county, has been placed in the hands of the sheriff by the foreclosure of a heavy mortgage held by 8. K. Bitten- bender. The proprictor, G. A. Frazer, is en- deavoring to organize a stock company and repurchase the plant, The paper still” con- tinues to be issued. Beatrice Club Oficers. Bratiicr, Neb,, M [Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The Beatrice club has elected the followiug officers for the enswing year: 8. C. Smith, president; D W. Cook, vice president; W. D. Cox, secretar I Woodward, tréasurer; executive S, E. Rigg, C. O. Bates, R. 8. Bec Statesdledical Society. Neb,, May b.—[Special Telegram ~The state medical society will | hold its annual meeting in this city May 13, 14 and The local wedical society will Spare 1o paius or expense toward the royal | entertainment of the visitors, Accidentally Killed by His Brother, Tosias, Neb, May 5.—[Special to Tue Bk, ]—An eight-year-old sou of Henry Most, a farmer living two miles west f here, was almost instantly killed yesterday by the | accidental dischiargs of a gun in the hands of | his fifteen-year-old brother, who was sboot- | | ing pigeons lu the barnyard, THE BECK SUCCESSORSHIP, Ex-Speaker Carlisle’s Friends Trying to Seoure Him the Place, THE ANTI-GERRYMANDER MEASURE. Some Ohio Repubticans Will Opposc it—Pettigrew on Silver Legislation —The Pension Outlook — Irrigation Matters. Wasmixaroy Buneav Tug Omand Ber } 513 FOURTEENTI STREET, Wasnixetoy, D. (., May 5. A very strong effort will be made by the friends of ex Speaker Carlisle to secure forhim the vacant senatorship in Kentucky made by the death of Senator Beck, and the principal argument used in behalf of the ex-speaker will be that he has for the sake of his 'ty oceupied a position on the tariff which has almost ruined him with his local constituency and made his re-clection this fall a very un- certain thing: that if he had not sacri- ficed his local intevests for the national cause of tariff reform he could have set his sails so as to have made his continuance in the house an easy matter, Representative McCrary and W. P, C. Breckenridge will also come into the field for the vacancy created by the death of Mr. Beck. While ex-Speaker Carlisle is popular in Washington, there is a feeling that some- body at home may slip in and carry away the prize, as Mr, Carlisle has been in congress so long that he drifted away from home in- terests and the people who make the politics of the state. Itis belie that the legisla- ture will eloct a successor to Senator Beck it adjourns; although it has but a few vhich to do the work* Rosecrans, daughter of General Rosecrans, to (Governor Toole of Montana, W quietly sol- emnized at the parsonage of St. Matthew's church at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. The wedding will be private. The bride will wear a traveling dress of dark green cloth braided in black with a small togue to match. Immediately after the ceremony Governor "Toole will take his bride for a fortnight’s so- journ at the seashoro. and from there they will go to their future home in Montana. Among the many elegant presents received i a st of gold coffee spoons from Mr. and M. Chauncey Depew, who are cousins of Miss Rosecrans. SOUTHI DAKOTA TIN. Senator Moody of South Dakota has deliv- ered to the senate committee on finance one thousand pounds of tin ore, and _one hundred pounds of pig tin and other specimens of tin, taken from the Honey Peak tin mines_in the Black Hills of South Dakota, e intends to use thesc as a tangible illustration of the possibilities of South Dakota tin mines in asking for an increase of duty on tin plate. enator Moody said this afternoon, that South Dakota alone would furnish all the tin to be used in the United States, if protection is givien sufficiently long to bring about toe development of the mines, THE ANTI-GERRYMANDER BILL. Interviews today with the republican mem- bers of the Ohio delegation in congress on the anti-gerrymander bill disclose the fact that three or four of them will ntagonize it on the ground of federal interference with state rights. General Kennedy does not believe the measure should pass; howeyer, a large majority favor it and say it will become a law but will not take effect until the cleventh census is ratified and a reapportionment is made upon it, so the democrats will get the benefit of their gerrymander in - Ohio, Mary- land and other states for the Fifty-second congress. TRRIGATION MATTE] The South Dakota senators sa; 000 will be appropriated at_this session of congress for the purpose of beginning the irrigation of the arid plains of North and South Dakota, Montana and the northw and that the money will be used in bo; artesian wells in what is supposed to be the W basin of that country, They s at North and South Dakota have already demonstrated a sufticient artesian power to make not only irrigation but the artesian process able, but that any quantity of power for manufac- an be obtwned by tapping Senator Moody says that the people interested in the irvigation of the arid plains will not be content with a simple survey of the country to be irvigated, but will demand a suficient amount of money to begin work on irrigation and will take a position whicn will make 1t next to an impossibility to accomplish anything in congress unless tue demand is granted, The conclusion of the sub-committee of the house committee on irrigation to accept Mr. Connell’s proposition to withdraw from the market the basin lands which supply basin irrigation for the arid plains meets with gen- eral approval and there is very little doubt that it will take the form of a’law. . It is the purpose now of congress to protect settlers against corporations which secure the w supply of the country and make free irrig tion an impossibility. The government in- tends to enter into” the irrigation business itself and will hold the water basins for thut purpose. PENSION OUTLOOK. The pension committee of the senate wil meet tomorrow, when it is expected the Mor- rill bill, which 'passed the house last week as a substitute for the senate dependent pension bill, will be considered and the measure put in form for a conference committee, I asked Chairman Morrill of the house committeo to- day how much time would be required for the conference committee to complete its work. He said that after the conference committee once began business there would be little, if any, delay. He did not anticipate any pro- longed dis n of the matter, but expected the conferces on the part of the two houses to casily agree upon a bill which would meet the approval of the senate and house, and that, in his opinion, the president’s signature will'be attached to the bill withiu the next four or five weeks. A caveful canvass of sev- eral other prominent members of the house pension committee developed the fact that they all expect to see an early agreement on the pension question and that not more than four or flve weeks at the very farthest will be re- required to get the measure before the presi- dent for his appro The Morrill bill_as passed by the house, provides for an addi- tional expenditure above the regular pension appropriations of about £0,000,000 a year, while the senate bill ouly calls foran extra outlay of £38,000,000. The disagreement be- tween the two branches of cougress is_not, hewever, over the question of expenditure. ‘ator Davis, chaivman of the committee, s that he expects to ses in the pension sure when it comes out of the conference committee a clause provid for dependents, and thinks the bill" will involve a somewhat {m‘uul‘ appropriation that the Morrill service il PETTIGREW ON SILVER LEGISLATION, Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota speak- ing of the outlook for silver legislation tuls afternoon: “Nothing but a bill wi will remonetize silver can be passed by congress. 'The friends of such a measu in the majority and they are more dete than those who contend for a coutinuation of the demonetization of silver. Formany years silver has been demonetized by the issuan of certiticates which are redeemable in silver v. We must have the ificate made re- deemable in lawful money of the United States and then silver will stand upon o par with gold. Any man who attempts to take a position against this proposition will be ve- tired to private life because the demon tion of silver is one of the most cogent rea- sons for the depression of the money market and the low prices for our produc Gold is now worth 30 per ceat more than silver be- cause the bullion in a gold coin is worth the face value while the bullion in a silver doliar is not worth more than 70 cents, We have 100 long permitted a gradual dex cireulating medium, 1 have no patience with | the coutinual retirement of national bauk | yards before the tr iza- | rease of the | DAY MORNING, MAY Areulation and the piling up of large sums in the treasury for the redemption of legal tenders or anything else. We must keep the money in circulation, on the silver question decides to pass a bill roviding that silver certificates shall bo re- semable in coin or silver bultion 1 intend not 10 be bound by the eaueus action and I know of a large number of republican senators who will not be bound by the caucus obligation it such netion is taken. I shall make this an- nouncement in the cavcus,” THE SENATE MUST SHOW ITS ITAND, Tt is stated by @ leading republican member | of the house tuat silver legislation must be inaugurated in the senate; that speaker Reed who is in thoreugh accord with the pres ident and secretary of the treasury, is deter- mined not to let the bill come up in’ the house until the senate has shown its hand by the passage of its bill, and if the bill so passed is not entively satisfactory to the administration he will block all silver legislation by the appointment of conferes on the part of the house, who will not yield to the senate propositions. MISCELEANEOUS, The effort is being 1 2 Lincoln to have a_pension agency established there so that the pensioners in Nebraska may draw their monev from a local agency instoad | of receiving it from the agency ut Des Moines, The proposition lacks the endorsement of cither the commissioner of pensions or the secretary of the intérior, and it is not likely that a pension agency will be established there, There is an inclination to abolish pension agencies wherever it is pos let the drafts for pensions go out office in Washington divect, Senator Manderson is pushing almost every day at the” treasury department and the dé- partment of justice” the closing act_for the acquirement, “of the Omaha public building but there s a drawback at the attorney 3 office which promises to delay the matter still further. The money to make good the deficiency has not yet arrived, it is stated, at the ofica of the aftorney general, and nothing definite can bo learned as to when the deficit will be made good so t the title can pass into the hands of the gov- ernment. The superintendent of the census reports that the clerks in Gage and Richards ties were the only ones in the state of N braska who refused to report on the bonded indebtedness, The presumption here is that these counties are carrying a large indebted- ness and it is stated at the census office that it is poor policy for the ofticers in any coun to refuse to report on the indebtedness with a view to keeping the public ignorant of the t that the counties are carrying a heav indebtedness as the failure to make such ports calls attention to the matter and arouses suspicion that the indebtedness is extraordinarily large, General Bowen of Hastings, isin the A. D. Colo was today appointed postmas at Cody, Cherry, Neb, resigned, and Mary Lynn county, Ia., vice J. N. s Citizens of Fremont have petitioned Repr sentative Dorsey against the 24th section of the proposed amendments to the interstate commerce law, which prohibits railroad ticket brokerage. There is a big fight being made against the proposition to do away with the business of ticket scalpers, and it looks as though the fight will be sugocssful. i ble and rom the PATRICK: CROW’S CASE. eelay He Will Plead Insanity—A Chicago Paper's Opinion. Ciicaco, May 5.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bee.]—In Judge Hawes' div criminal court today the case of Patrick Crow, the young Omaha desperado under in- dictment for one robhery and attempting to kill two policemen and one citizen, came up. Crow will work the insauity dodge on trial with the assistance of Attorney W. A. Fos- ter, but he seemed more clever than crazy as he asked for a continuance on the grounds of the absence of his lawyer. “Can you get him here at 2 o'clock,” asked the court. I don't know,” said Crowe, with a_smile, “I'm in jail and can’t go for him very well, judge, you know." “That's true, W said the judge. The hiter-Ocean today commenting upon the ¢ “The fellow has influential friends, it is suid, y are straining themselves to secure for him an acquittal when the case shall come up before the crimi- nal court today. Eriends are useful or us less, according to the cause which they expo and surely no one will have the hardihood to assnme that Crow’s friends can aid him_in his extremity. H the enemies of the public when they themselves against the operation of “ju Crow comes from Omaha; so do his friends, and the rumor is that Crow’s lawyer will set up the plea of insanity for his client. Up- holders of the law in Deadwood, when it was a younger town, aml other places, have strung up blackguards like Crow when they exhibited symptoms of insanity analagous to this recent adventure of his, and no one ques- tioned the righteousness of the penalty. ~But in the more populous cities, bullies lke Crow have nced of the softening effects which the insanity dodge gives to their culpability, and it often serves the purpose of a stout défense. But Crow was not crazy, He was not cra When he stole the diamonds and had murder in his heart that he might successfully steal, He was not crazy whea e pawned the dia- monds and he wis not crazy when he held a crowd of infuriated citizons at bay with the znn with which ho hudshot two polico oflicers who attempted his capture. Mr. Pat Crow was not insane,” —_— e WORKED ON HIS FEEL 21l send for him for you,” GS. May Bangs Allowed Alimony, but Her Husband Says She “Worked" Him. JHIcAGo, May 5.—[Special Telegram to Bee.]—The alimony claim of May Bangs of New York, the spiritualistic medium, against her alleged husband, Hemry H. Graham, was decided today. Before the case is ended it is expected to develop some inter- esting features, not the least of which is an attack by Graham on the genuineness of Mi Bangs' mediumistic pretensions. Miss Bangs claims that Graham inveigled her intoa mock ma in New York, aud that she did not find it was not a valid union until a year afterward. Then she made him marry her regularly in Racine, after which she said he treated her cruelly and ghe left him. Graham's side of the ptory is a_denial that he ever engaged in o mock ‘marriage and he said that he married Miss Bangs in Racine while he was intoxicated and charged that she dfugged him. He claimed that she had worked on his gricf for bis first wife and had played the “spiritual “game on him, pre- tending to communicate with Mrs. Graham in spirit land. Graham characterized her as an imposto He intpoduced afidavits to show that Miss Graham was in no need what- ever of alimony or solicitors' fees, being in possession of @ competéncy of her own, - He also charged her with infldelity with . C. Morehead of New York. Judge Collins thought that Mrs. Graham had made a suf- ficient showing to entitle her to alimony and he allowed her $8 a week for support and $50 solicitors’ fees, Bl Crushed Between the Bu Rock Seiixas, Wyo., May 5.—| egram to Tus Bre. | —At8 o'clock yeste fternoon, as Frank Rosenquist was crossing tho tallroad track, he tried to pass between o cars over the bumpers, when the train started up, dragging him over one hundred conld be stopped sud his lifeless body extricated. Rosenquist was @ man about sixty years of age. It is sup- posed that he was under the influence of drink when the aceident occurred. o Two Girls Killed by Gas. Ciicaco, May 5.—Annie and Bessie Par- lick, two young Bohemian girls, employed us If the joint caucus | | gram to Tne Bee.) G EVERY ROAD REPRESENTED. A Meeting Held for the Purpose of Advane- ing Western Rates, ALL AGREE TUPON THAT POINT. It is Absolutely Necessary to P the Solvency of Many s —An Towa of )y ay 4. pecial Telegram to e Bep,]—The president of every western railroad was represented cither in person ov by proxy at today’s meeting. It was called solely for the purpose of advancing rates, as- sociation matters not being considered, be- cause a number of those present were not members of the Interstate Commerce Rail- way association, The meeting was organized by electing Vice President Howe of the Wabash chair- man, An informal discussion followed, and when the representative of each line had spoken his piece it was found that all were agreed that an advance in rates was ab- solutely necessary to preserve the solv- ency of many of the roads. It was, moreover, unanimously agreed that to bring about a complete and permanent restoration of rates it would be necessary to hew dangerously close to the line abolishing pooling in the interstate com- merce act. It was likewise agreed that it might be a matter of weeks to d the earnings or trafic acceptably, and after the passage of a resolution that present tarift rates should under no corcumstances be cut by any lino until a settlement was reached, and that Colorado rates be restored to the old basis on May 19, the following resolution was passed : That the managing officers of the traffic departments of these companies shall con- vene here on the Sth-inst. for the purpose of forming one or more organizations to govern the freight trafic which is covered v Western Freight a: ion (all 0 i reight o sociation, and such other business as it ma be deemed necessary to include, and for the further purpose of arranging at the e possible date for the restoration of fi Tates as nearly as can be agreed upon to the figures which were in effect on December 31, 1889, together with the rules and regulations to govern the conduct of this traffie. All the presidents agree that the prospect is brighter for the railroads than it has been in onths and that not only will there be a speedy restoration of rates, but that the out- come of the meeting, which willbe continued tomorrow, will be the formation of a new and strong assoviation to take the place of the Interstate Commerce Railway association. The passenger men 50 meet tomorrow, and unless the Wisconsin Cent, pushes its demand for a diffevential there will probably Dbe no objection to an_advance in passenge rates to the old basis and to the reorganiza- tion of the Western States Passenger assoc ation on an agreement even stronger than the original one. An Iowa Ct Des MoiNes, pecial Tele- gram to Tue B st formal com- plaint under the new railroad law for joint rates was made to the commissioner today by Mr. Robert Donahue of Burlington. Ho asks that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern roads be compelled to put in force a joint rate, aceord- ing to the provisions of the law. He states the case of a customer at Eldora, who had ipSt paid a higher rate for freight from Bur- ington than he would have had to .pay if he had shipped the freight from Chi Louis. He he can't nd it, and Mr, Donahue warns the commissioners that if they don’t enforco the joint rate law lowa jobbers will not be able to do any busines The commissioners received a_let today from Chairman Faithorn of the Western tra fie associution at Chicago, saying that so far s he kuew there was no triith in the report that the roads had decided that they would not obey the law and put in joint rates thinks that no decision on the subject b been rendered. Motion Temporarily Denied. Ciicaco, May 5.—Judge Blodgett today denied temporarily the motion to make Maur- ice D. O'Connell a party complainant in the suit of M. K. Jessup, trustee, against the Illi- nois Central, Cedar Falls & Minnesota and the Dubuque & Sioux railroad com- panies. The court, however, gave O'Connell leave to renew his motion when it is reached, for a hearing.” The motion was based on the petition, which contuins some serious al tions. Jessup some time ago began in h pacity of trustee procecdings to compel the Sioux City and the Illinois Central railroad to fulfill their contract on the made by the Cedar Falls & Minn road. The contracts provided th: should keep the road beds in re plauts in operation, The_ suits havenever been prosecuted. O'Connell’s tition alleges that neglect is caused by Je being interested in the Dubuque road, whic is aftiliated with the Hlinois central. '0’'Con- nell is the trustee of a mortgage executed by the Cedar Falls & Minnesota road and ms to be ready and anxious to push the suits, adding thaf th i v reason to believe that the Illinois Central can be held responsible, Not Allowed to Die ¢ Yaxngton, 8. D, May 5.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The Boston syndic sed to build the railroad from Sioux Falls to Yankton have backed square out, but Jim Hill, general manager of the thern (Manitoba system), says he will built it, and & meeting to arrange details is to be held at Sioux Falls tomorrow, 01a Oficers and Directors Elected CiicAGo, May 5.—At the annual meeting of the Chicago, Santa Fe & California road to- day the old officers and directors were re- elected, aplaint. ago or St. & —— Secretan’s Ingenious Plea, Panis, May 5.—~The trial of the Societie des Metaux directors opened today. All are charged with paying fictitious dividends. M. Secretan Is further accused of the illegal forestalment of merchandis > protested against the charge and had not wished to speculate, but o achieve a work of patriotism. *We desired,” he suid, “to create in France a market not proviously in exist- ence in order to be no longer at the merey of the speculators on the English mavket,” Sl Ly Dakota Republican Politics, Mirenery, 8. D., May 5.—(Speclal Tele- A. M. Bowdle, who has n mentioned s a candidate for dines to become such, The 1 can styte central committee meets on May when the time and place of holding the state convention will be decided. There will bo un by the Mellette and McCoy men to have the date fixed in June, This will meet with great opposition, be urer, d Fatal Affray Between Cowboys. servants in a Halstead street boarding house, | were found dead in their beds this morning, having been suffocated by escapiug gas. B Killed in Jail. Corvmupia, 8, €, May 5. —William Peak- hart, colored, was shot and killed in Lexing. ton jail last night. Peakhart was couvicted of rape on Rosa Cauon, a young white girl, and was seuteuced to be banged April 18, | ning for Pie LaraMiE, Wyo., May 5.—|Special Tele to Tuk Bek.]—Reports received today m Lauder, in Fremont county, state that on the Big Wind river last Fri > shot and fatally wounded Both were cowboys in the cattle companies. The trouble of a saddle which Pierc from him. In retaliation ft Plerce took saddle be- The latter then went gun- and found bim berdipg » (5 George B. Tate employ of large Was 0i) gecount claiins longing to Tw de either | bunch of horsess In the affray which ensued Pierce finally by a_quick manouvre got the dropon Tate and shat-*an, He surrendered to the authoritics. Tigg was found by cow- boys lying in the roa ™8 id cannot 1i = AN OMAHA L S TROUBLES, 5. Charles s“-m_E Husband fr g 5 Tur Ber,]—A young lag mourning was about in 3 day inquiring for Charled ssy, o tugman, who she said was her b and, he having rrfed herin Omaha last — ter, She came s from Omaha and has, en here for a week endeavoring to find him. Sweesy is well known on the river, but it is not thotight that he s theman, he haying shipped on some vessel. The lady seemed to be in deep dis- tress, Shesaid she would return to Omaha today. [Charles Sweesy is an old Omaha boy ing resided hero for many years, in fac thought, having been bhorn here, He w formerly an eagineer on the Union P roud and was always considered as one of the most eficient in his line pulling out of Omaba. Less than a year ago he met a Ire mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valle: train’ at the intersection near B mont in_which some damage was done, Sweesy then left tho road, und after some months went to Chicago, where, it was said, | he was to assume command of river and lake tugs at that plac known in this city that he was married former residence was 1324 Dodge street,] i D ITS DOORS. A Private Bank in Wisconsin Found- ers—A Trust Cowpany Shaky. MuLWAUKEE, May 5.—A special from Ber- | lin, Wis., says the private bank of Cnarles A, | Mather & Co. closed its doors this morning, the firm having made an assignment. James M. Hawley, Sjunior member of the house, has disappearéd, © The assets are placed at £110,- 000 and the iiabilities £100,000. The news of the failure created intense excitement throughout the city. 1t is known that Hawley drew out £1,000 from the bank on his personal note before he disanpeared, but i is not kuow how his account stands with the bank. The business of the bank scems to have been carried on in a rec manner, many accounts being overdrawn and largd numfy appavently worthless, The checks are being held collate A hasty examination of the boc of the concern by the assignee g imp on that lie can pay 7 on the dollar, but the hopes of thie assignee are not shared by the creditors who are all Berlin people. unting for Her eago. fal Telegram to dressed in deep el Tt was not His A Shaky Trus NORRISTOWYN, Pa., M There was con- iderable exeitement ahout, the Montgome National bank this morning when the door of the bank were opencd. The bank and the Montgomery insurance, trust and safe de- osit company ave both in the same building, The trust company had & heavy rmn and about 10:30 suspended payment awaiting the arrival of cash. Later payment was resumed by the trust company. The impression ainong conservative financiers is that the bank is entirely sound, but that the trust company is considerably involved. AN lh\'l‘:»l" LLELED RU Remarkable Performance of the Tor- pedo Boat Cushing. WasmiNgtoy, May 5.—The torpedo boat Cushing arrived at the Washington navy yard yesterday afternoon at 6:30 o'clock, having made the run from New York in twenty-cight and one-halt hours, a perform- ance that beats all previous records. She used only one boiler with an average pres- sure of éighty pounds of steam, and notwith- standing the weather was thick and heavy made an average speed of fifteen Jnots, The naval officers are enthusiastic over the per- formance of the Cushing and sy her run from Newport to New York and then to Washington is unparalleled e et St. Paul's Municipal Con St. Paur, Minn., May 5,—[Spe gram to Tur Ber.]—Tonight ended the bit- terest fight in twenty years and tomorrow a large percentay of the 34,164 registered voters will express their wishes by the Aus- tralian s > scale in Minnesota, though the law was enacted in February, 1880, Tho candidates for m are Robort A. Smith, the present democ incumbent, Andrew R. Kiefer, republi and Newton R. Frost, prohibition and law and order. The fssucsare purely local, and the campaign has been ono of mud slinging from the outset. The Pioncer Press, the leading republican paper of the state, bolted Colonel Kiefer and boldly charged him with being a1 and dishonest in his busincss methods, printing a long lis Md to prove its charges, Mr. Kie ved himself and secured a committec of busine amine_the charges, and this body exonerated him. This set the tide of public feeling strongly in favor of Colonel Kiofer, and his chances of election are reported bright. The republican commit- tee mude a caveful estimate of the whole city by wards this afternoon and places Colonel Kiefer's majority at 1,000, This claim is based on the belief that the ans and the labor clement will stand_pret idly by the colonel. At democratic headguarters there s a decided feeling of uncertaiuty and 1o figures vre given out. IN CONGRE Both Houses Appoint Committes to Attend Mr. Beck's B Wasnixatoy, May 5.—In the formal announcement of Senator D death was made by Mr. Blackburn, Resolu- tions wero adopted for the uppointment of @ committee to superintend the funcral in the senate chamber tomorrow at 1 o'clock and the senate adjourned. “The presiding oficer announced the follow- ing commttee to attend the funcral and have full charge of the arrangements: Senators Blackburn, Harris, Vance, Venua, Dawes, Evarts and Manderson senate House WASHINGTON, May 5.—In the house today a number of bills were passed and a confer ence report on the Oklahoma bill was agroed to, “The formal announce ment of the death of Senator Beck was made this afternoon. The speaker appointed the following committee to take charge of the funeral arrangements on the part of the houso: Mossrs. Breckin- ridge, Holman, Blouut, Bland, Hatch, Wilson | of Kentucky, Bunks, Dunndll and Butter- worth, Theé house then adjourned. Senator Beck's Funeral, WASHINGTON, M committee on arvangements of the two houses of congress and the pall bearers will meet at the house of Representative Breckinridge tomorrow morn- ing. At 10 o'clock Senator Beck's body will be taken to the marble room of the senate and there remain to be viewed by the public | until11:30 o'clock, After the two houses have ussembled i the seuute chamber the body will b taken th At 1 o'clock upon the announcem presiding officer, Chaplain Butler and ex Chaplain Bulloek will' conduct the funeral omonies. The funeral procession wili then march to the Baltimore & Potomac sta- tion, from where a special train will convey the remains to Lexington, Buys Some Land, Prysovrn, Mass., May [Special Tel- egram to Tur Bre]—Two deeds conveying three lots of land on Braslow bluff, in this town, from William H. Brine and Hannab H, Brine to Grover Cleveland were today re- corded in the Plymouth county registry. I y lies on the shore about_cight ‘miles south of Plymouth village in & beautiful lo | cality not far from the line of the Plymouth & Bourndale railroad. ' | of Howell's “Dr. Greew's Practice | bere, t of the Grove is laid one of the | s him the | NUMBER | WAS FORMERLY OF OMAHA, Further Details of the Atrocious Murder of Mrs, Butterfield in Denver, THE POLIOE ARREST A PAINTER, He Cannot Give a Satistactory of Himsell and Bears didence of Being in o Hard Steaggle. Aos count Dexven, Col., May to T Bre. |- Mrs, Kate M. Butterfield, who was yesterday found outraged and murdered, resident of Omahn, She was od in New York to o man named Brant, who was killed fn the battlo of Gettysburg. Subsequently she lived in Chicago and Muse catine with her danghter, now Mrs, ¢ H. Jacobson, of this city. In the cavly enties she was married to Mr, Butterfield, | said to bonow a jeweler in Omaha, from whom _she was divorced in 1879 or 1880, come ing to Denver about 1581, She was a quiet, iring lady, about forty-six years of age and rospeeted by all who knew he MThere is now almost o certain clue to the murderer, Last Thuvsday a gentlomanty looking stranger catled at ihe house of Mrs. Baker living where Mrs, Butterfleld died, who had furnished rooms to lot. H aroom and asked Mrs, By some towels. When she returned with them ho was standing entively nude in the room, Mrs, Baker rushed back down stairs and the stranger soon departed. On Saturday he res turned, but Mrs, Buk ed toadmit him. He then d stion of Mrs, Buttertield's, This is the party who is sups posed to huye committed the erim > teetives have an adimirable de and are scouving the city for him. has created great e . [None of t severul Buts terfield families in this city claimed the Gead woman as s a relative Special Telogram stion of him The crime A Suspect Ar Dexver, Colo., May 5.—[¢ \L Telegram to Tue Bee.|—The man suspected of having murde But fld walked into the police station this afternoon and submitted to an examination by the police. He explained caught disrobed room at Muvs s as an aceldent Ay, apologized for the supposed insult of- ablished that he had nothing tc 1 the murder. In the mean- time the police have arrested one Charles Munson, a painter by trade, who cannot give any very clear account of himself, whose faco is hadly seratched, and_who bears evidence of having been in a conflict of some ki He is eld on suspicion, The case continues to attract widespread interest, - SUGE HIL TION. A Proposal to Let the Courts Settle Contested Elect Aupaxy, N. Y., May b.—Governor Hill to- day sent the logislature a message sugiesting * a change in the method of contested elections, He suggests the passage of a concurrent resolution subumitting to the people an amende ment to the state comstitution which will take from each house the power of judging its own clections and confer the jurisdiction upon the courts. He would also recommend such_action on the part of the leglslatuy is likely to bring the subject to the attontionof congress with a view of soo ultimutely o _similar adment to the federal constitution. his,” says the governor, ‘“would ¢ contests to he de 1 upon their own me and relieve legislative bodies from the stands ing temptation to do injustice.” Atihiaebiidy g WESTWARD THE ELKS. Justern Membe, to estrai Niw York, Ma, granted a temporary the Ells from holdins year in Cleveland, 0. The organization was formed in New York in 18571, and the buiance of power used to be i the cast, but now the west has the majority. Several years aso the crand lodgze went to Philadelphii in st objection on the part of th Finally an_mnendment 1o the con- stitution was _adopted, providing that by ty vote the grand lodge meetinge mig held outside of this This tim sveland had a pluvality, but the mujority ainst it, and Trensurer Mendel sied n, contending thit a pi Avguments will be hear Get an Injunction 1ts Course. Justice Barrett today injunction rest " annual mecting this S ot w najorit lter. - Honors (o a Dead China New Youk, May 5. (Special Telogr Tue Bee.|—The body of Dr. Yun Ciice Yung, a Mott street. Chinese physiclun, was today bur 0 cometery with wll the honors of Chincse Musonry, He was a Tsa Yaurte; that is, o had lived up to the highest Mongolian I of what Muson should be, and he was the uncommon honor of huving s mtaining the Masonic creed w in Chinese characters hung at the hoad of his coftin before its removal and buried with him when it was tulken to the conet 1t is said this s the first time any Celestil in Amevien has been so honored. it is a rare oecurrence even in China, The body was bovne in o hearse to the cometory b black and was followed by a procession of 1 two thousand Clinair Muny of them hid come here for the oc m. - —— No Pay for Special € Ciieado, Muy 5, —The count ers today decided by a vote of § t0 7 to re to pay the bills of the special counsel engaged for the prosecution in the Mills & Inghan's bill and_ W. S0 Hynes' bill §1,500, S0l said that these liwyers od by private partics, though the ¥ board at the time of the teial mide all the appropriations asked for and was willing to grant all the money necessary. The (ues- tion, he said, was whethor the board <hoild now pay the balauces outstandiug ou bils contracted by other partics g ~— German Militavy Tmprovements. Benuy, Muy 5-The Reichsanzeiper ans nouncing the prepurationsof the bill to ine crease the field urtillery by seventy batt and the army corps by special troops, the state of things amoug the neighbors of Germany does not admit of Gevinany contini- ing the present m tem, under whi h the artillery is strengtiened at the exponse of the infantry. 1t is therefore nece-siy 10 fix u new efféctive strength for the ar - Crispl Says He Will Resign. Rome, May 3. The senate today, in the des bate on the chavities bill, vejected the cliuse providing for church expenses. Prenier Crispl theteupon declured thut he would ro- sign in order to decide the question of the dissolution of the cabinet or its reconstrucs tion under Signor Suvacco. His announces meut caused great exeitoment - | Dr, Peters. tio Kuln rollefy commite tee hus recelved a lotter from Dr, Peters in which he says thut be ascended the Tana river und camped from November 10 to Noe vertber 26 iu the Mamoni mountaius, He had frequ sements with the natives | and defeated thew. Ho started for Victoria Nyanza ou January 13 R Train Wreckers Foiled. CLEVELAND, May b.—An attempt was mile to wreck th bound train on the Cleve. Jand & Canton vailvoad near Middlo Branch, O Saturday night. Five ties steapped to the ralls on curves wero discovored by the e | gineer just in time to prevent @ wreck, m to connmissions A Lette BERLIN, May b