Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 11, 1890, Page 1

NINETEE ENTH YEAR. O\IAHA SUL\ DAY SUNDAY BEE \IOR\ ING MAY 11, 1800~TWENTY | PA(iL. JEAD SEA FRUIT FOR LABOR. imperor William's Reforms Being Doctored to Death. BISMAROK EXPECTS A RECALL. He Thinks Himself the Only Pilot Who Can Guide the Ship of State Through the Dan- gers Just Ahead. (Copyright 1890 by the New York Associated Press.] Benriy, May 10.—The reichstag beginning active labors Monday has only six weeks' work hefore prorogation, which has been fixed for June 20, No much will be heard of measures for the benefit of workmen before adjournment. Since the labor protection bill was issued Wednesday scrutiny reveals a number of riders to the main proposals tending to make illusory the best provisions of the measure by giving the em- ployers means of escaping them. Thus under special circumstances empl can « be authorized to break the rule limiting children under thirteen years to six hours and youths under sixteen to ten hours .work. The bill mentions spinning factories and similar occupations where exceptions may be granted. Another clause transfers the direet responsibility for breach of the law from the employes to the manager or foremen, thus opening the way for evasion and making men of straw answerable in- stead of the principals, Tho proposals relating to breach of con- tracts ave held by freisinnige party and the socialists to be disguised attacks upon the vright of coalition, lending further powers for the suppression of strikes. The opposition gathers force, the socialists declaring that the sup- posed new era of lubor reform differs little from the Bismarckism era and that the bill will be a_deception unless much modified. This {spirit od opposition promises a se- guence of irritating debates before the house can dispose of the labor bill. Another lubor conference having influence in molding the final form of the bill will be held here. The emperor intends to summon dele- gates from every trade in Germany to dis- suss trade questions and proposes to establish A special permanent operatives' council under the presidency of the minister of commerce, the members of the council to be elected for felogates to the conference, The project is sbviously in the sameline as the laborschemes. Aiming to give imperial control of working- men with a purchase power over the salaried leaders. Socialists like Vollman, Liebknecht and Bebel, who are impregnable to money considerations, will resent the emperor's offers, The military bill will be the first to lead to some definition of the party groups. ‘T'he socialist section, the friesfunige section and the center section are expected to oppose the bill, Still the government will have a large majority. The fresinnige party continues to be weakened through in- ternal dissensions, largely of @ personal character. Rickert, Barth and Schrader are still aiwing tgget rid of Richter's lead- ership. Prince Schoenach Karolath, whose ~imanitarian oration at the last session attracted so much attention has gone over to the national liberals. He has just become grand master of the grand ovient of Prussia. He will infuse a stronger spirit of liberalism among the national liberals. The white book of Enst Africa was issued todny. It gives a dispatch from Major Wissman stating that Emin Pasha strongly desired to place his experience at the dis- posal of the German service and begged that his offer might be placed before the emperor and Bismarck. Bismarck replied: “Emin’s offer is welcome.” Wissmun thepeupon ar- ranged the existing engagement with Emin, who from his first contract with Wissman hias been eager to escape from English in- uence. The whole book describes the ‘progress of the German power until the cap- ture of Kilwa. ~ Chancellor von Caprivi is expected to in- form the house as to the position of the ne- gotiations with England on the limitation of the boundaries in Africa. The Euglish en- voy, Sir Percy Anderson, declines to admit the German claims extending her frontier and influence fo the Congo free state. ‘He claims that the English influence extends from Victoria Nyanza to Albert Nyanza, including the whole basin of the ‘White Nile. Itdgobviously the aim of the Salisbury government to grasp a territorial line from south Africa to the Soudan. Bismarck during the week received communications from the emperor couched in friendly terms, but practically suggesting that his retirement from office should involve political inactivity. Barons Huchter and Pos days at Friederichshue and left impressed with the con ion that the ex-chancellor considered himself still the most potent in- fluence in the empire, believing the emperor ere long would be obliged to recall him to extricate the government from the difficul- ties into which he will have plunged it. He expressed his discontent because the emperor in his spoech from the throne omitted reference to his dismissal, The emperor says that ‘‘dismissal” is the vight phrase, If the prince had not several times offered to resign the emperor would not have taken advantage of the last threat to part with hin The threat was first made verbally und was not accepted; fien a re- quest for permission to resign was made in writing and was granted, OThe emperor will go to Silesia tomorrow to shoot on the estates of Count Hochbe A queer issue has arisen with the czar over the meeting with Emperor William at the coming maneuvres at Krasnoeselo, Last year at the imperial meeting thelr imperial majesties spoke French, Emperor William recently Instructed General von Schweinitz, oman minister to Russia, to ask the czar to use the German language. General Schwelnitz veferved the request to M. do Giers, the Russian prime minister, in the Russian language, promising that at the next visit of the czar to Germany gmperor William would speak the Rus: language and would cause every around the czar to use the same tongue. M. “de Giers pleads that the czar doesn't speak good Ger- man and says that if Emperor William ig- nores French he must have recourse to Rus- slan. The story that Prince Henry, the emper- or's brothor, was In disgrace and had been given & month’s enforced leave of absence, is untrue. He was prosent at the opening of the reichstag, and has stayed at'the Schloss in the friendliest iutercourse with his brother, He left with the princess tonight on avisit with the ducal familly at Hesse Friesberg. burg to visit his mother and thence to Eng- land where he and his wife will be the guests of the queen at Windsor, Miunister Von Berlepsch has called & meet- hengerstayed two From there ho will go to Ham- | | says: ing of inspectors of mines to assist in the preparation of a new miners’ law. The Freisinnige Zeitung is gaining a bad notoriety through its publication of the scan- dals in regard to Bismarck. It declares that a medical s list knows tha cellor is suffering from |||4u||n||'4||1_ marck's friends do not heed the: attacks, and even his enemies are disgusted by them. At Hamburyg 40,000 masons and carpenters are on a strike and at Stetten 8,000 masons and carpenters are out, At Cologne the brewers' workmen quit work. The shoemakers demand a minimum of 12 marks weekly and a working day of eleven hours, At Leipsic the employers have formed a permanent union to fight strikes. The Berlin iron masters and metallurgists have signed an agreement by which they bind themselves not to employ strikers. The Volksblatt denies that an international eommittee is keeping up the strike agitation, It says that in view of the solidity of the workmen there is noneed for such a com- mittee, Dispatches from Vienna of doubtful authenticity assert that M. Constans, tho French minister of the interior, has made overtures to the Austrian and German gov- ernments for united action against the anarchists. At the foreign office here noth- ing has been heard of the alleged proposals. g Rt STILL A MYSTERY. The Attempted Assassination of a Pretty Parisienne. [Copyright 1890 by James Gordon Bennett.] Panis, May 10.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tur Bee.]—Marie Gabnel, a demi-mondaire, better known under nom de guerre of Marcelle, whose asgassination was attempted yesterday, had not recovered con- sciousness up to a lato hour this evening. M. Gordon and his principal inspector, M. Jaume, were busily engaged today hunting for clues, but they were unrewdrded. They are of opinion that the murder was committed by an occasional visitor to the house, No. 11 Rue de Province, where Marcelle resided. Marcell did not see her visitor enter, The criminal appears to have begun his sanguinary work soon after entering Marcell’'s apart- ments; that is, about 1:30, when the woman discarded her outdoor apparel. Ho struck two heavy blows with a spiked knuckle duster or some similar weapon on the head, and, blinded with blood that spurted from the wound, Marcelle fell with a groan, which was heard by a woman living on the floor above. For about an hour silence reigned. Then this woman again heard Marcelle moaning. She knocked on the floor, and it is supposed that the murderer then struck his victim a third blow, which crushed in her right temple. The assassin remained in the apartment until daybrealk, sea) g for fruits of his crime. Marcelle's jewelry was not great in value. He did not appropriate it, contenting himself with her cash a8 less dangerous booty. He was heard moving about the room at about 5 4. m. by the occupant of the apartment next to Marcelle's, Marcelle is only twenty-three years of age, very pretty, with golden hair. She is well known in Paris, and was an habitue of cafes and other resorts. Her apartment is very coquetishly furnished. She has only occupied the Rue de Provence apartments for the last few months and previously lived in the Rue du Chatean d’Ean. She had the reputation of being of an economical character, having a snug little sum put by for a rainy day. The Seilliere Art Sale Concluded. [Copyright 189 by James Gordon Bennett.] Pans, May 10.—(Now York Herald Cable —Special to Tug Ber]—The Seilliere art sale was brought to u_conclusion this after- noon, the day’s total being 208,665 francs, a grrand total for the week of 1,543,122 francs. Speaking to the Herald correspondent at the conclusion, M. Mannheim, the expert jn charge of the sale, said: “I am more than satisfied with the result of the auction, which certainly is the most important that has taken place in Puris for a dozen years or more. Had it not been for the suit brought by Princess Do Sagan the receipts would cortainly have exceeded 2,000,000 francs. | What will become of the articles that have not been sold will depend upon the result of the lawsnit between Princess de Sagan and her brother, Baron de Selliere. In any case the articles will remain the property of the baron, who will be froe to sell them after the death of his sister, who, by her father’s will, has only the use of them during herlifetime. e A Work on Tonquin. [Copyright 189 by James Gordon Bennett.1 Panis, May 10.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tie Bee.]—While Dahomey is to the fore there issues from the presses work on Tonquin, for which M. Jules Ferry has contributed a lgug preface. “I am proud,” says the ex-premier, “of the title of “Tonkino, with which my enemies and idiots think to insult me,) M. Ferry then explains that the Tonquin expedition cost only 834,800,000 fances, and not a mill- fard, as is gencrally stated, and that the loss of French blood has been grossly exaggerated.- The conclusion to which he comes is that French occupation must be maintained at any price. All the great powers of Europe are colonizing and France must not be false to her obyious duty and interest, kil General Cassola Dead. [Copyright 18% by James Gordon Bennett.] New York Herald Cable—Special to Tuk Bee.)—At an_ carly hour this morning Licutenant General Cassola died at his residence in the Calle de Goya. General Cassola served with distinetion in Africa, Cuba and the Carhst war. When Spain no longer required his services actively in the field he at- tained equal distinetion as a statesman, being minister of war under Sagasta and promotor of the bill for absolutely obligatary military service, The funeral, which takes place to- morrow morning, will be attended by mem- bers of both houses aud by mauy of the grandees of Spain, et LA Stanley Dined, [(Copyright 1590 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxboy, May 10.—-[New York Herald Cablo—Special to Tug Bek.)—Mr. and Bar- oness Burdette-Coutts entertained Stanley at dinner in Stratton street this evening, Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne were present and the company included the oficers who accompanied Stanley through Africa, -——— Aceepted the Principle of Arbitration. [Copyright 159 by James Gordon Bennett.\ Lissoy, May 10.—(New York Herald Cable—Special to Tug Bee]—The Portu- guese government stated today in the cham- ber of deputies that it had accepted the principle of arbitration on the Delugoa bay railway question, The minister of marine, it was stated, had sent an_ expedition to Gan- gunyuua to make un effective occupation, —— Senator Wolcott to be Marrled. New Youk, May 10.—An evening paper Senator Wolcott of Colorado, is to be nnn ried next Wednesday. His bride will be vs. Lyman K. Boss of Buffalo, the widow ol ux»l’mlduuv. Clevelaud's old law partoer. TERRIBLE TORNADO 1IN OHIO. Fully One Hundered Buildings Demolished in Akron, SEVERAL PEOPLE BADLY INJURED. Kansas and Pennsylvania Catch a Corner of the Storm - Reports from the Missouri Cyclone Tell of Great Damage. OLEVELAND, O., May 10.—An Akron, O., special says: At 5:30 this evening this city was struck by the worst tornado ever known hercabouts. The storm struck the southern part of the and tore through the Fifth, Fourth and Sccond wards, doing damay at this writing, but fully buildings were completely demolished. dreds more are badly damaged. The house of Dominick Greader was un- roofed and Mrs, Greader slightly injured. Passing along Browne, Kline and Wheeler streets a dozen or more houses were more or less damaged, some being moved bodily ~from their foundations and others completely unreofed. , The wind struck Gebhart Herman's house as the family, consisting of nine pers just sat down to supper, and the house was badly damaged. All the occupants werc more or less bruised. Hy down in the debris and only the ene: spair, when ho saw firo near cnabled him to extricate bimself. Re- covering, he found his little girl burning by an overturned stove and before the flames could be extinguished she was frightfully burned. The hurricane then struck the Burkhardt brewery squarely, wrecking it entirely. O, Caker’'s grocery store was torn to pieces, His wife and daughters were in the building, but escaped to the cellar and were saved. Baker is missing and it is feared he is dead in the ruins. E. S. Harrington’s house was crushed in upon his four children, but luclily all es- caped. Mr. Trish was probably fatally injured by heavy timber of his house falling upon him. The extent of the tornado is at this time unexplored, and the damage in dollars can not be stated. Itis, however, severe, as it falls on laborers whose allisin their homes. All descriptions of the storm show that it was rotary in its motion, by the skerving of buildings it struck and the twisting off of big trees in its path. Its track was between fifty and one hundred and fifty feet wide. one hundred Hun- Struck Kansas. FrEpoxta, Kan,, May 10.—Yesterda noon a heavy windstorm passed through the country, destroying J. Anderson’s barn, two miles from here. The storm again struck the ground ten miles further on, destroying much property, killing Mrs., Frank Glidden and Harvey Wiltze, and dangerously injuring Mr. Glidden and child. The storm originated in the western part of Wilson county and bore almost eastward, passing through Prairie, Guilford and Pleas- ant Valley townships. In the last named township the force of the storm was most dis- | astrous, the funnel-shaped cloud hurling into fragments houses, barns and other ob- jects. 1In addition to those already reported Mus. Sloat, Mrs, Peterson, Philip Stavo and Mr. Wood were injured. Terrible Cloud Bu GREENVILLE, Pa, May 10.— cloud burst passed over the city this evening A few minutes later the streets were flooded two feet deep with water. All the railroads are impassable below the town THE RI CYCLONE. People Killed and Houses Wrecked, BurLINGTON, In., May 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee. |-- Further information from the cyclone at Blythedale, Mo., confirms the first report of the extensiveness of the storm. Mrs. Jame Moore and Mrs. Henry Young wera fatally injured and a dozen or so others reccived more or less scrious injur- fes. At least a dozen houses were wrecked and as many barns and outbuild- ings, while fruit trees and fences were levelled to the ground. Most of the people in the track of the storm saw it coming and fled to thelr cyclone cellars in time to save them- selves, A uumber of families lost everything they had. The steamer Sydney had a rough time at Keithsburg, TIL, on the Mississippi river last night from this storm. The waves were so high that they threatened to overwhelm her, but by building a barricade of sacks of grain about her guards she was saved. Had she not been tied safely to shore she would have been swamped with all on board. A report comes from the vicinity of Mar- tinsyille that the storm was very severe. Three people were killed whose nidfies could not be learned and others injured. Numerous buildings were wrecked. A Fatal Fracas. CLEVELAND, () May 10.—[Special Tele- gram to ' —This afternoon Mrs, William O I\wvln of Washington street sent her daughter Kate to a neighbor's for a pail of water. The girl not returning, Mr. O'Keefe went to ascertain the cause of the delay and found his daughter at the hydrant with a neighbor, Mrs, Allie Duisey. Mrs. Daisey had O'Keefe's daughter by the hair and the father rushed to the rescue. This brought Jimmie O'Donnell, who had been watching the women, to the aid of Mrs, Daisey. O'Donnell struck O'Keefe three savage blows in the face, knocking him senseless to the ground. Thea jumping upon the pros- trate man the assailant kicked him viciously in the side, and leaving him upon the ground rushed down Winslow street and out of sight, O'Keefe is dead. The murderer has not been arrested. Mas Several Many n Heir Dissected CLEVELAND, O., May 10 pecial Tele- gram to Tug Ber.|—Thomas Edwmonds died of consumption at the city infirmary in Feb- ruary, and his body, according to law went on the dissecting table « of @& medical college, Today two attorneys, from Amsterdam, Holland, ar- vived in the city and upon investigation were inclined to believe that Edmonds' veal name was Hubert von Bamber, who, by the death of & brother, became an heir to 6,000,000 marks. ———— A Tru posed. MiLwAUKEE, May 10.—[Special Telegram to Tuk Bee.]—By a decision of Judge Brown of the circuit court, Joun H. Tesch, trustee of the estate of the late » Cyrus Hawley, has been deposed and ordered to account to the heirs for all sales of property made since 1881, amounting to about 00,000, The heirs charged that Tesch connived with his son-in-law, who | B with others purchased a large tract of the land in 1881 and profited by the sale. The case will be carried to the supreme court, which cannot be estimated BOTH ATTEMPTS ABANDONED, o Vestern Rallroad Mon Fail to Accom- plish What They Met For, Cricaao, May 10:—[Speeial Telegram to Complete faflire has attended s of the weStern general managers to reorganize the Interstato Commerce Rail- assoctation and also the attempt of the enger men 0 o¥gunize the Western Pas- senger association on the wreck of the West- ern States Passenger association. Beth at- tempts were finally abandoned toduy and both meetings adjourned sine die, Up to tho last moment it looked as though the passenger men would suc- cced. The agreement and rules of the new association were adopted unanimously, and the occasion looked 80 propitious that a motion to advance passenger rates on May 23 was made. General Passonger Agent Hal- ford of the St. Paul, who was in the chair, immediately announced that his line could not agree to an advance in rates as long as the Wisconsin Central refused to join the association. This action'was entirely unex- pected, as it overthrew the work of weeks and placed matters in even a worse condition than they have been haretofore, The moet- ing immediately adjourned, all the passenger men vowing vengeance on the Wisconsin and St. Paul. pecially were disgusted at the outcome. The Alton immediately adopted the only plan to bring matters toa focus, viz: To make the situation as bad as possible by cutting rates | tothe boney This it did by announcing arate of & cither way between Chicago and Kansas City. This reduces the rate between Chi- cago and Denver to $10.50 fnstead of the old figure of §30.65. The veduction will be ap- plicdon all through busiuness, and conse- quently the $ raté must be made Vi all. Missouri ' river gater The reductions become operative ne: Tuesday. All the passéngér agents are in a “let-the-tail-go-with-the-ide” frame of mina, and reduced ratesawill be made on all hands, Said General Manager Chappell of the Alton: “The other lifies are now paying #3 commisson out of the $ ticket and also 58 cents transfer charges.” We will give the public the beneflt of this and make an open rate of &3 to the Missourd, That also will be the medium on freight vates if after May 19, when the agreemént to maiutain rates is operative, we find any competitor cutting sales. We will reduce rates openly and im- mediately to any flgure. quoted by our com- petitors secretly. The figures quoted this morning on cattle traffic lare misleading, as they are lumped from Junuary 1 to May 5. In January the Alton carried 150 cavs of cattle and the St. Paul 854 cars, Siuce we reduced 4 the rate the traffic his been move nearly equal., The fizures published confirm all we have said and charged.against the St. Paul as to the Meyers deal.” - The general managers likewise adjourned sine dine after formulating a notice to the presidents that they found it impossible to unite on an agreement. The Northwestern- Union Pacific trafe ‘contract blocked an agreement at all points, the Northwestern in- sisting on monopolizing: 1l the Union Pacific east-bound trafic. As@n aftermath of the day’s excitement came § “imor that President Miller of the St. Pmfl#d Tesigued, but noth- ing confirmatory couls m}mmed hiere, Mr. Miller being in an South leot.. D. Mly Building. Special Telegram HQee F Harcn it zens had a conference today with D. W. Diggs, president of the Duluth, Milbank, Huron & Chamberlain railway, and officers and directors of that road relative to its com- pletion. A proposition for constructing a line betwen Morris and Ortonville was con- sidered and for a line fourteen miles long between Ortonville and Milbank, The latter proposition is for the people of Mil- bank to grade the road, the present season, when the Northern Pacific will immediately ivon and operate. The proposition met with favor and it is thought. with a little outside aid the grading will be done. This will in- sure the construction of the remaining por- tion of the road. Judge Albert Hosmer of Detroit, Mich., was here this afternoon, going to Forest City. He is interested in the construction of the Omuba & South Dakota railway.,of which Hon. G H. Hosmer of Lockport, N. Y., is president. He a meeting of the company will be held in Blunt in a few days to cousider the preliminary survey, now nearly completed, and permanently locate the line and arrange for at onee securing right of way. The pro- posed line is from Omaba to Forest City and is backed by New York and Michigun rail- road men and capitalists. for right of way through Crow Creck Indian reservation is now before congress. - Condition of Winter Grain. Wasnixgroy, May 10.+The official report on the condition of winter grain on May 1 makes a reduction of 1 point in wheat, the average being 80, tained, being 93, 3 The areas in whicl were not too severely froz proved during the past month, in others the inj is shown to be greater than appearances inai The heaviest decline in condition in Indiana and Illinois. A pgrt of Ohio improved, while the larger part declined, causing a fall of 5 points for the state, he average for the states of principal pro- duction are as follows: New York 91, Penn- sylvania 06, Ohio Michigan 73, Indiana 63, Illinois 64, Missouri 82, Kansas @2, California 82, Oregon 65, The reported progrtsd of spring plowing and planting indicates the average state of forwardness of farm work: Itis evident that the depression in the priver of corn and oats and their products has nptaffected the wages of agricultural labor, appears e i Spain Loses a Bull Fighter. [Copyright 1890 by James Gordon Bennett.] Mapwip, May 10.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Bgk.|—The most re- tomorrow afternoon, when Trascuelo, who for twenty years has been before the public as the leading matador of Spair, {wnmml‘nll\ retires from the ring after killing his last bull. Trascuelo will autoff the locks of hair worn by all toreros and leave the plaza s o private . Guerrita Lagartillo and other eminent espadas will sexve as his mastodorsos, ——— e Company Closed. PuiLaveLeais, May 10.—A writ of quo warranto citing the American Life Iusurance company to appear in court and show cause ¢ its business shouid not be closed was re- ceivedl by the officials of that company morning from the attdruey general. arland says 'he effect will be to sto) &l at onc the time of tho recelpt of the writ, T pany can do no morelife insurance bus e fl—" A Defaulter's Olover Dodge. Duvurs, Minw, May 10,—The report that W. H. Pope, theLoulsyille defawlting bank r, had been drrested by a detective here correct. Itis beMeved that Pope had around heve, but the officers could not their hands on hinl. There 18 & belief that the supposed detective who chartered a special train to overtake the boat at Twin Harbors was Pope himsclf, in which eveut he is now safe in Canada, Life Insur; P from The Barlington and Alton es- | markable bull fight of the 'season takes place fnmediato | | RUMORED CORNER IN SILVER. New York Speculators 8aid to be Manipulat- ing the Market. ARE BUYING BULLION IN LONDON. The Government Going Abroad for White Metal-Not Much Inter- est in the Tariff Debate ~A Novel C WasmiNarox Buneav Tar Ovana Ber, l 513 FOURTERNTI STHEET, May 10, § WASHINGTON, D. Rumors have been flying about Washington today about a large corner in _silver that has been consummated in New York. The un- certainty which has existed in regard to silver legislation has helped the manipulation greatly and the government is now compelled to buy its silver from England. The amount of bullion held by the New Yorker i- mated by some of the most extrav- agant at $40,000,000 in bullion and cortificates, but the conservative and trustworthy accounts place the total amount of bullion at $4,000,000. At this season of the year this is a large amount, because the large mines in Colorado and Nevada are closed dur- ing the winter and the output is not great. While this figure would cover the bullion, it may be increased several millions of dollars by the number of silver certificates which have also been purchased by the manipu- lators. It is a fact that the govern ment has been compelled to buy its silver in London, and to complete the deal the New York people have been keeping even with the government in purchases abroad. They have almost cornered the market in London. The price there is higher now than it has been for years. Brokers thought the market would decline because it has in India, which is a great silver center, but to their surprise the market has continually gone up. The Englishmen who have not followed the silver legi in this country have been taken by surp and now that the work is almost completed they ave just recovering. It isalso a fact that the silver offered the govern- ment at the assay office in_New York within the last few wecks has been at a premium of from2 8 cents. You corresponen tealledd on Director of the Mint Leach this morning and guestioned him iu regard to the imatter. He did not deny the rumors of a corner, but he would say that no silver had been offered the gov- crnment at New York and that the govern- ment had bought bullion in Loudon aud was oring it in the assay office in New Yorl The government is also storving silver which it had in the west and issuing corti- fleates. Senators a bill will be passed next week providing for the purchase of £4,500,000 worth of bultion a month and that the certificate will be a full legal tender. THE TARIFF TALK. Very little interest was shown in the tariff debate in the house today although it was ad- vertised that the closing hours of the general discussion were to be taken up by paragraphs, when no member will be allowed to talk more than five minutes on a proposition and amendmonts will be in order. Then, the local interests of individual members will be fought for and party lines will .not count for much. Tt will pe “every member forhim- self and bad luck to the hindmost.” 1t is be- lieved u final vote may not be reached befors th, or Monday, the 26th, al- though it is due on’ the 20th, A NOVEL CASE. A novel ease is pending in the police court. It involves duce dealer’s vight to slaugh- ter and sell chickens without the license of o outcher. The questions to be disposed of by t court are: “Is a dressed chicken meat?? “Is the man who slaughters a chicken a outcher?? The best law, and not meat. t week, NEW FOURTI CLASS POSTMASTERS, ebraska—London, Nemeha county, Mary E. Sim, vice J. Hurding deceased; Walton, Lancaster county, J. L. Wind, vice J. H Bobb, resigned. Towa—Conger, Warren county, Nuzum, vice J. F. Grisson, resigned. MISCELLANEOUS, Secretary Tracy's disposal of his beautaful residence recently partially destroyed by fire, located in Farragut square, a fashionable quarter of Washington, is accepted as an in- dication that he will never go to housekeeping here again. The death of his wife and one daughterin the five has taken from him every desire for society, although in a quiet way he is very fond of entertaining his friends, & retas acy finds more pleasure in the di charge of his official duties now than any thing else. He is enjoying excellent health, Lieutenant John M. son, jr., of the Fifth United States cavalry, and Mrs. Carson are with their parents at 1332 Vermont avenue, Lieutenant Carson has been ing with his regiment in the Indian territory for the past five years, He will leave for West Point on Monday, having been ordered to the military academy for duty as adju Mrs. Cavson will remain in Washington untit July. L. G. Geager of Gilman, Ta., president, and other members of the National Canned Goods Packers' association, have again been before the committee on ways and means to protest against the proposed increase of the duty on tin used in canning to 2.3 cents per pound, By direction of the secretary of war Cap- tain Johu Conline, Niuth cavalry, having been found incapaciated from active service by an army g board, will proceed to his home and report by letter to the adjutant general, Postmaster General Wanamaker is collect- ing information in regard to the practical working of the system of communication by underground pueumatic tubes, such as are now used in London, It is believed that such a system could be introduced with ad- say that chicken s poul- There will be a decision . Wi try to connect them with sub-stations. It could also be used to connect all the buildings of the executive departments in this city and the cupitol, It is claimed that such u system would not only facilitate business but would effect a saving of money in all the large cities of the country, | Senator Shermah seventh birthday annivs dinner to some of his friends. Among the guests were President Harrison, Vice Presi- dent Morton, Geueral Sherman and Geueral Beale, Pruny 8. Hearu, e Wanamaker's Answer, WasmiNGroy, May 10.—The postmaster general has made answer to the resolution adopted by the house inquiring what post- oftice Inspectors or special agents have been employed to investigate the standing of rival applicants for appointment as postmaster ‘ Hesays: *Ikmow no instance were an jo- celebrated his sixty sury tonight by @ vantage in the larger postofiices of the coun- | . [ Culla to suspension spector under |I||n mlmn.mn.-wm has been detailed merely to ascertain whether or not the applicant was a vepublican, democrat or member of any other party, unless it was, where the charge of deception had been made in seeking appointment.”” The general adds that the practice of oceasionally sending inspectors to report upon applicants is not new and has been followed by all the postmaster generals for years past, - ANOTHER DAY'S TARIFF The Duty on Silver Lead Ore Declared to be Ruinous to Smelting. Wasnixaroy, May 10, After the reading of the journal the house went into committee of the whole for the consideration of the tar- iff bill, Mr. Lanham of Texas, in a speech genor- ally critical of the measure, urged the im portance of reciprocity with Mexico. He declared that the United States could defy the efforts of Germany and England to con- trol Mexican commerce, He especially an- TALK' a duty on silver lead ore, declaving that it would have the effect of destyoying the smelting industry in Texas and adjoining states and would invite retaliatory legislation on the part of Mexico. Mr. McAdoo of New Jersey opposed the billand in the course of his remarks sa castically taunted the republican party with the failure of its ante-election promises. Mr. LaFollette of Wisconsin drew a com- parison between the Mills bill and the pend- ing measure, The republican bill favored protection to American agriculture, manu- facturers and labor, the democratic bill op- posed that policy. The republican bill pro- posed to save the home murket for Ameri- caus, the democratic bill proposed to invito all other countries to take this market from our Yeople whenever it was in their powes to do so. The issue was made and heas a republican wel- comed it. The republican policy would strengthen the alien labor law; the demo- cratic would nullify that law, because it wa cheaper to import the product of cheap labor than to import, cheap labor itsclf. He then entered into a detailed explanation and de- fense of the various schedules of the bill. In conclusion he said: “What does the demo- ystem offer? The gentleman from as (Mills) has- told us. 1 Jistened to his plm'f\ll deseription of the world's market our farmers weuld find if the blinders of pro- tection were removed from their eyes. He descanted in an enthusiastic speech of the government soup houses in the old world, established to feed hordes of hun- gry poor, and mounted to his supreme climax with the declaration that ‘men were starving for bread there,) I waited breathlessly for more, but in vain, In God’s name, is this the market you ask American farmers to sell their wheat in? Ave they to trundle their grains from the Dakotas to the old world and wait for the aristocratic patron of government soup houses and other subjects, ‘starving for bread,’ to bid against each other and fix the price? M. Springer of Tlliuois opposed the bill. He denounced the granting of bounties on sugar aud raw silk and then in o facetious manner proceeded to point out the benefits which would inuve to the favmers of Illinois from the provisions of the law. Cabbages were now taxed 10 per cent advalorem, It was proposed to tax them 3 cents a head, equivalent to 30 per cent. According to th@® agricultural veports no cabbages were im- ported at 10 per cent. laughter.] After ridiculing the iraposition of a duty on eggs a3 a measure of protection to ex-Presi- s, who had gone into the echicken he veviewed the free list and de- American hog was discriminated against, in that bristles were placed on the free list while a high duty was y wool. Was it for the benefit of the farmer that his sleek fat. hogs were placed on equality with the razorbacks of Mexicq! |Laughter.] The democratic party roady to meet, the issue tendeved in the bill and he predicted that the house iu the Fifty- second congress would havea democratic ma- Jority of fifty. 1In 1892 there would be a dem- ocratic congress pledged to repeal this bill if it should become i law, Mr. Dingley of Maine supported the bill and M . Burnes of Georgia, Andrews of sachusetts, Cummings of New York and Brickner of Wisconsin opposed it, The committee then took a recess until vening] Atthe evening session the tavift debate was continued, Messrs. Walker of Massa- chusetts, Grosvenor, Hayes of lowa, Bliss of Michigan, Wade and Henderson of Towa fa- vored the KeKinley bill, while Chipman of ichigan, McKee of Arkansas and Mansur of sed the measure, Mr. Henderson was opposed to free hides, He was not in favor of aveduction of the tax on tobacco. The United States was not ripe for such legislation. He attacked the beef trust of Chicago and declared that the hand that struck down its despotism could lift up the agricultural interests of the country. At 7:15 the house adjourned, aced on IHinois Senate, WasmiNgroN, May 10.—In the senate today Mr. Dawes presented a communic delegations of the five Indian monstrating against the numerous g rights of way for railroads through Indian territory. The remonstrance was referred to the committee on Indian affairs, The army appropriation bill was then | taken up. Mr. Hale's amendment providing that no alcoholic liquors, beer or wine be sup- p]w(l enlisted men in any canteen or building post was agreed to— Mr. Cockrell's amend- ment striking out the words ‘‘beer or wine" was not agreed to. The bill then passed, Thecalendar was then taken up and following bills, among others, passed: senate bill authorizing the s stary of the or to ascertain the dama ulting to any person who had settled upon the Crow Creck and Winnebago reservations in South Dakota between Februavy 27, 1885, and April 17, 1885, . The senate then took up the individual pen- sion bills on the calendar and passed all of them (185) in an hour and a half, After an exceutive session the journed. re- ants of ; nays, 18, the The seifate ad- Ao y Publish a New Book. 169 by James Gordon Bennett,) Brawis, Miy 10.—(New York Herald Cable Special to Tue Bre,]—The long visit of | Horr von Roschinger at Friedericherube is regarded as indicating Prince Bismarck's in- | tention to publish a new work bearing upon bis policy as chancellor, Herr von Roschinger is the author of two important works on the subject. In court circles some anxiety pr vails regarding the supposed intentions of the ex-chaucellor. Bismarck [Copyrighte e The McCalla Case. WasHINGTON, May 10,—Lieutenants Garst and Slayton armved here today with the ro d of the proceedings and findings of the | court-martial in the case of Commander, Mc- | Calla, The impression prevails among the | naval officers thet tho court sentenced M from duty and w0 be postmaster- | tagonized the feature of the bill which places | o 892 i IN' LABOR CIRCLES, Momber of the wsed of Treachery, STRIL: A Prom K of Ty THREATI TO BE A SERIOUS AFFAIR The O1d Masters' Association Wagdlng Relentless War on the Union Oarpenters and the Now Contractors, Cireaco, May 10, [Spocial - Telegram to Tre Berk.]—An internal war has begun in labor circles growing out of the carpenters’ strike that promises to creato o new split. be- taveen the trade and labor unfons on ono hand and the Knights of Labor on the other. LIt will bo remembered that ten days ago it was given oub by the carpenters' council that there was a traitor in that body who had been reveajing strike socrets to Mr. Goldie, presi- dentof tho Mastor Builders' association. It turns out now, however, that no less a nian than Winfleld Scott, a millwright and draughtsman by trade,secrotary of Carpenters’ assembly 6370, Knights of Labor, delogate from that assembly to the carpenters’ couneil and a member of the strike committee of the latter body in the®lately endod strike until deposed by his assocfates on the alleged grounds mentioned * is the person sus- pected of betraying his union and knightly - tiusts * and now under charges by his brethren of the carpen- council, which charges aro soon to be tigated both by the council and by his “own assembly. Winfield Scott s a veteran in labor circles, hus always held a very honora- ble name and was considered one of the most active workers in the recent re- vival of the Knights of Labor in this city, He indignantly asserts that the action of the carpenters’ council in expelling him is unjust and he is backed up by hi nbly, which will withdraw unless Scott is exonorated. Scott, in an_interview, s “Yes, Tam the man th at the earpenters charged with di vulging strike secrets, but the charges are fulse. I wus ordered to leave tho carpenters’ council and did so, but T have awaited the settlementof the strike before taking netion in vindieation of myself. Un< less tho carpenters’ council brings specifio charges and pre to have the case properly disposed of before Tuesduy, the caso will be taken upin my assembly. Some of those fellows over there are making war on me in order to injure our order.” If Scott’s side of the oasois taken up by by the Knights the fight may create a new split. about Citoaco, May master car penters’ association, which refused to take part in the arbitration proceedings with tho striking carpenters, is making a strong fight to sccure men. 1t is forming & union of non- union men in opposition to the regular union and has agents at various points in this country and Caua endeavoring toget men. The carpenteis’ council has se- cured the presence here of a government agent to look out for Canadian cavpenters im- ported under contracts, and has pickets out watching all contracts in the hands of the association. The new bosses association is receiving daily accessions to its vanks and mearly all tho union carpenters aro at work, The old masters association is making @ strong fight on the new hoss ing made an arrange- ment with dealers in lumber and other sup- plies by which 508 cannot, secure material except' for cash, while the old mas- ters get thirty to six duys' time. This will pple many of the sumall bos usly. The old a fon has also decided to bid for all contracts in competition with the new. bosses at prices which will allow littlo or no profit. The union carpeaters will rely chicfly upon theiv ubility to call out other building trades from jobs where uon-union men are employed and upon keeping carpenters from accepting service under old bosses, In viow of all things it would seem the cight 1%y fight has only just begun in this city. A Test Case. Ciicaco, May 10.—[Special Telegram to Tir: Bek.)—The responsibility of the oftlg of a trade union who, during u strike np])\x pickets to prevent non-union men of the i from taking employment will probably be decided soon in the criminal court. of this county, The adjudication of this issue will grow out of the arrest of M. V. Britzius, chaivman of the exccutive committee of the Chicago branch of the Tnternational Cigar Makers' union. He, together trikers at the Columbia factory, was ar- rested on & charge of couspiracy preferred by Bugene Vallens, tho proprictor of that establishment. The war- rants chavge conspiracy on the par Britzius and his associates to injure th plainant by intimidating his employes to pre- it their continuing in his ployment. Warrants were sworn before Justice Bberhardy Thursday. Britzius today said he had doubt that he would be held to the grand jury on the chai He asserted his inno- cenco of any eriminal Intent and says he has 1o fear of the issue if the witnesses against him tell the truth. e The Aller Arrives Slightly Damaged. New Youk, May 10.—(Special Telegram to Tuk Bre.]—The American steamship, 1llin. ois, which arrived here this morniug from Antwerp, via Plymouth, into which place she put with her stem dama after colliding with the steamer Genoa, from Baltimore, for Leith, re rts that on the Oth inst, she passed the North German Lloyd steamer Aller, which was broken down and proceeding to New York. The Illinois offered to tow the Aller, but the captain de- clined any assistance. The Aller sailed from Bremen April 80 and from Southampton May 1 for New York. She has 147 cabin and stecrage passengers. The Aller was sighted off Fire Island at 10:45 o'clock this morning. She was then procceding ut her regular The steamer arrived at quarantine al dlock this afternoon and it was then learned that th deluy was caused by the breaking of @ pin in one of the engines, em- out Mr. no e -— Southern Methodist §1. Louis, Mo ¢ 10.—In the Southern Methodist cofiference today Judge Kast of Pennessee introduced a resolution condemnn: ing the traffic in and the use of liquors and holding that legal prohibition is a duty of the government. Dr. Whitehead of Virginia ope posed it. “We have no right,” said he, “under the law and the constitution of the church to take any position in regard to eivi) laws. While I am as flrm in my belief fn temperance as many men, I do not believe that as a church we have the right to make uny utte 8 on the subject.” After i lengthy debate the resolution wa | oe. reprimanded by the department, ’ referred Lo a committee,