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

RUSHING THE TARIFE BILL. The Finance Committes Expects to Finish Its Consideration This Week, SILVER LEGISLATION IMPROBABLE. The Federal and Anti-Gerrymander Measures Seldom Mentioned Now-— Washington Merchants Want Local Protection. 513 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wasnixarox, D, C., Junel An effort is going to ,be made without any show or bluster to finally complete the con- sideration of the McKinley tariff bill by the republican members of the senate committee on finance by the end of this week. If this should be accomplished the full com- mittee may be able to report to the senate some time next week and the debate may be commenced by the 20th inst. There is little desire so far as can be seen at present to dis- cuss the bill at length. If the measure gets into the hands of a conference committee by the second or third week in July it will be as far advanced as is generally expected, al- though the members of the senate committeo are now anxious to surprise the country with their ability to do rapid work. The senate being a very much smaller body, ought to dis- pose of a bill in a great, deal less time than the house, but it lubors under the disadvan- tage of having no rules with which it can imit or terminate debate, SILYER LEGISLATION IMPROBABLE, Although possible it is not at ull probable that there will be any silver legislation at this session of congress. The markets for bullion show during the ps impression is not, only prevalent in the most reliable congressionul circles here, but in Wall street. There has been an unloading of bullion within the past few days which h depressed prices and it is i will be a still further declit picions of a month since that there existed a combination in the senate to securea “corner’” on silver bullion and bull the market has been partially confirmed by the sales, which have increased as the circumstances and con- dition of business in both houses made the prot ubilitics of the final passage of a silver ill more remote, Neither house has yet passed a silver bill, Each house has beford it a distinet measure, At the least two very different kinds of bills will be passed.” If they shouid be sent to 'n conference committee it is doubtfu whether an agrecment could be reached which would meet the approval of both branches of congress. The house has not debated the question even a lttle, The senate has given it partial consideration, but before it can be completed the tariff bill'will come up for a long and tivesome discussion to the exclusion of everything else except ap- propriations. The tariff, appropriation, pen- sion and a few other measures will probably consume the time till the adjournment of this session, It is believed that the session will close within a very fow days after the taviff bill is siuully pussed unless the president should re- fuse to consent to an adjournment before a silver bill is adopted Interest in the silver bill just at this_time has materially waned from ‘the heat it ds- sumed a couple of months since, and as the campaign approaches and the hot weather in- ycreases, the possibility of silver coinage Iegislation becomes more and move obscur SELDOM MENTIONED, The anti-gerrymander and federal election bills, about which so much was said before the malarin of summer be- gan _ to make visible evidences of indifference in congress,are seldom mentioned at the capital. Questions of propricty have been raised which appear to have placed both of these subjects upon the retired list, Some republican members from Ohio raised the first question of propriety against tho anti- under bill by asking whether the adoption of such a measure would not be but the beginning of a new gercymamder of con- gressional districts every time one party had % control of the entire legislative branch of the X overnment, sceming to forget that it occurs but once or twice in a score of years that one party has both branches of congress and tho presidency. Some New England republicans n the house pulled back on the strings which promised to get an early and aflivmative action upon the federal eléction bill. They contended that its enforcement might vesult in sectional as well as race strifes, leading to _bloodshed and serious business ' sacrifices. *~!There has been efiective work against action Upon either of theso Dbills at this £Cssion with promises to friends of both that mext session after the clections are over and no specific object can be charged as an_excuse for the proposed laws there shall be favorablo action. 5 CAMPIOR GOING UP, o much camphor is being used for the ex- ‘mination or repression of moths and scien- tifie purposes thut o Washington druggist makes the interesting statement that the article will double in value during the next year. It is being used ities in ihe manufacture of smokeless powder, which has just been adopted for continental and oriental armies. A LOCAL PROTECTIVE TARIFF. The principle of a tavift for protection is about to be requested of congress by the merchants of Washington, This is not a tarift upon imports that they want. They waunt prohibitory license or prohibitive tariff imposed upon traveling auctioneers and “closing out’ salesmen, The national al has for many years had a drummer tax, but this has of late become a successful_field for non-resident auctioneers and merchants with “bankrupt” or “assignees” stocks. To morrow night the merchant residents will meot and frame a bill to protect the local field. The bankrupt sale fellows are the ones nimed at especially WAITING ON FARMERS AND LABOR. Tt is not likely that there will be any legis- lation intended to specifically reliev the farming or lubor distress, for the reason that there has been no systomatic effort in that divection, Neither the farmers nor the vers of the country have made any direct or specific demands for legislation. Both have asked for relicf, but neither has specitied what = raceded or expected, Congressmen have in- troduced a lot of bills; but none of them seem to have been prepared with any knowledge of the law or necessities. It has been a walk in tho dark and nosensible result will follow. 1f thp farmers through their alliance would sug gest some measures and lubor make sugge: tions through its national organization both could et legislation, for every man in con- gress would fall into line. What is needed is bill from the national organization of farmers and a bill from the national organization of abor, Where sugzestions are left to local organizations there is nothing but confusion DEMOCKATIC CUSSEDNESS, The aggravating position assumed by the @emocrats in both’ houses—that of opposing every general measuro proposed by the re publicins —will have the eftect of defeating a great deal of legislation which would be of fhent to the countey. A spirit of pure, uu- adulterated cussedness seoms to pervade the entire democratic party as_represented in congress, 10 a republican shoutd propose u ure democratic measure—one presented by fr, Mills or Mr. Carlisle ouly two years ago —it would meet with the solid opposition of the democruts, simply because 1t was pro- osed by a republican, The faculty of think ng, vested in individual as well as collective deniocrats, seems to have died with Messrs Rundall and Cox. The generyl legislation which will come from this econg will bo the result of 5o much hammering and *urbi trary rule” from the republicans. It will not show any of the hundiwork or common sense of democrats, CAREY (N OVERPRODUCTION T was talking today with Delegute Carey, who s to be one of ‘Wyoming's first United States senators, and ho said thot he believed the whole trouble with our finances at present aud the glut which depressed shie warkets for Wasnixarox Bureav Tue Owana Bee, } ¢ LA farm produce were due directly to overpro- duetion ““We have not only produced too much corn and wheat.” said he, “‘but we have produced too much in our factories, It is as easy to make too many breeches buttons as it is to raise too much corn, ' Whenever we exceed the demands for farm produce, however, there is a depression in all trade, for the rea- son that in our farm productions lie the basis of our principal operations. As soon as the tariff and silver coinage bills are passed times will get casier, for there will be more con- fidence iu trade, the manufacturers will know what the markets promise them, sud a greater supply of money will be assured. Delay is more damaging than anything else.” . MISCELLANEOUS, Only the proof sheets of the maps of Chica- mauga's battlefleld have been made at the war department, These have been placed in the hands of federal and confederate soldiers who participated in that desperate engag meat, and it will be some woeks after these proofs have been returned to the department and the errors corrected before any of the maps are issued for general circulation. Ttis | therefore a waste of time for those who want the maps to write to congressmen for them at this time; a month or six weeks hence will be the proper time to make such requests, o Chrles A Brooks of O'Neil is at the Amer- can, A leave of absence for four months has boen granted to Major James i, Randlett, Ninth cavalry, to take effect about July | General Greely has returned from ring inspection tour of the signal stations in the southwest, Edwin A. Blair of Huron, S. D., and Cas- per H. Conrad, of Fort Randall, S. D., have been appointed cadets to the West Point mi tary academy. Periy S, HeATH, o PASSED THE LIE IN COURT. Sharp Denial of a Witness' Statem of Attempted Bribery PAINESVILLE, O., June 1.—In October last wley Joues, propri of a cigar stor shot and killal Lawyer Andrew A. Ammi- down s the latter was alighting from his car- fage after a drive with his wife and Mrs, Jones. Ammidown was the attorney for Mrs Jones in asutt for divorce. There is no evi- dence that his relations with his client were anything more than friendly and professional, but Jones sought to justify his action by allegations of intimacy and alienation of his w affection. Jones has_ well-to- do connections, and every resource has been employed to secure his acquittal, mainly on the ground of insanity. The trial began” the first. weelk in April and has been in_progress ever since—fifty-three days inall. Yesterday Dr. Strong, superintendent of the insune as lum at Newburg, was e amined by the | defense and testified that he had been offered | £0 to swear that Jones was insane. “You are a liar,” shouted Lawyer Alvord, and in- stantly the whole court room was in a tumult. It was ten minutes before the judge and sher- iff could restore order, Dr. Strong reaf- firmed his statement, and, as his_character ahove suspicion, his isa hard blow to the defense. Pl Y LOST HIS MONEY AND GIRL. nt ci The Love Affair of a Young Russian and How it Resulted Meripey, Conn., June 1.—A curious story relating to a Russian family named Meaks has been disclosed here. The family con- sisted of the father, daughter and two sons. The daughter was a handsome young wom and had many admirers, In the same lage lived a rich man named Lapeu, whose son was infatuated with the poor man daughter and wanted to marry her. Tl girl’s father would not consent unless the young man paid him a certain sum of money. oung Lapen then stole £,500 from his wenlthy ~ father and gave it to Meaks as the price of his daughter. The youth wanted an carly wedding, and this was promised him, but meanwhile the Meaks family packed up their goods and came to this country, settling in this city. The money obtained from Lapeu was used to purchase a house. Lapeu came to this country in search of the Meaks family and avrived here a few weeks ago. He foiud where his sweetheart was living and_ealled upon her. She soon convinced him that she was not glad to s him, and that she did not intend to marry him! Lapeu then demanded his money back, but when it was not forthcoming he aftached the houso to recover his $,500. A plan was then arr to have him arrested, but the prosecuting attorney nolled the case. Lapeu will noyy briug suit for his moency. - Shot by Her Paramour, Eryira, N. Y., June 1. —Mrs. Gale Ferry was fatally shot at her home, half a mile from the village of Addison, Steuben county, this morning by Bmmet Crane, an inventor of a potato digger and stone picker, and who made considerable money out of his inven- tion, but speut most of it for liquor, The | woman took exception to Crane' . and a quarrel ensued. 1o continued his debauch, and this morning he went to the woman's house and demanded admittance, After h ed the door the woman opened it and or- dered him away. He became angry, and, drawing a revolver, fived, the bullet passing just_below the woman's heart. Crane then ran from the house and attempted to escape, but was finally captured. The woman can not recover. Her husband and four children knew nothing of her relations with Crane, The woman says Crane told her some time ago that if she did not leave her husband and live with him he would murder her, A Kansas Girl's Nerve. Lawnexce, Kan., June 1.—At Perryville, a few miles cast of here, Roe Griftin, a clevk in the store of Carver & Son, boasted that he was improperly intimate with Miss Pease, a young lady of excellent character and many personal attractions. The vile language came 1o the cars of the young lady and she deter- mined to severely punish the offender, She wrote a statement of the language Grifin had used, adding to it an admission that e word was untrue. She then went to the store and presented the statement to Griftin and told him to sign it. Heoffered an apol \ying that he meant nothing by it. Pease then procured from the folds of her dress n good, stout rawhide, and, being a healthy and rather muscular young woman, she gave him a very artistic trouncing, She laid the blows on thick and fast, and raised on his head and shoulders no less th twenty-five hard welts. Her coolness nev deserted her and she left the store in us dig- nitied o manner as she came in, e A Day Behind [Copyright 15890 by James Gordon Bennett.) Pamis, June 1.—(New York Herald Cable pecial to Tue By Owing to the un- fortunate concatenation of circumstances re counted in the Herald, Decoration day here was observed a day behind time. Colonel Gourand, wearing over his uniform the badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, pluced upon the tomb of Lafayette in Pichus ceme tery a massive floval token in the shape of a shicld on a ground of | which stood out the letters “G. A. R."" in white pinks, red roses and corn flowers, and the dates 1776 and 1580 in white piuks at the head of the grave. The colonel planted a lance carrying the stars and stripes and the French tricolor, N bers of the Lafayette family were pr Miunister Whitelaw Reid sent | o magnificent crown of s Buffalo Bill Astonishes the Natives. LCopyright 159 by James Gordon Bennett.) Dugsoey, June L—[New York Herald Special to Tue Bee.]—An immense to witness Buffalo Bill's today, which was a pro- The riding of the cow. 1 Cody's shooting on horse ation to the public of this day. - - Suicide of a Millionaire, Mawixerre, Wis., June 1.—O. C. Brown, the millioLaire banker of this city, committed lay by shooting himself. He had been il and was temporarily insaue, S5 sprc nsies on the coremony Cu audience assembled Wild West show nounced success boys and Colon back was areye | Towa | tributing the | rates th | man was dead, and is still | bardly | formerly lived at Tyner, OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1800. LIOUOR HAS THE WHIP HAND. The Whisky Element of Towa Laughing In Its Sleeve, DEALERS REAPING THEIR HARVEST. Lively Contest Imminent Between the Prohibition and License Crowd —The Anti-Saloon Idea Knocked Over the Ropes. Des Moixes, 'Ta, June 1.—[Special to Tue Bee]—The enforcement of the liquor law is just now in abeyance. Before the recent decision of the United States supreme court there was some at- temnpt at the enforcement by ambitious con- stables who were after fat fees, If they could get their fees without enforcing the laws, the laws were not enforced. But what liguors was sold was with some show of sec- recy. Now matters somewhat different. The obnoxious “'searcher” has disappeared, in a great degree, though in this city the bootleggers” and illegal *joints” are under the strict surveillance of the police. But under the new order of things the sale of liquor is almost absolutely free. A number of original package houses have been estab- lished in the vacant rooms about town, esti- mated all the way from five to twenty-two. The latter is Colonel Eiboeck’s estimate, and there is probably no one in the city in a bet- ter position to know. Everything is open and above board. There are no bars in these houses, but the original packages are placed around the room in an attractive style, the beer kegs being utilized as seats for custome 1d “gentlemen of leisure! who drop in. They are all agencies f eastern firm, desiznated by glaring signs and wagons are freely run about the city dis: goods.” Just now the liquor dealers ave reaping a harvest, the cities and towns are getting littie or no benefit, and most of the money, a large sum in the ag- gate, is going to envich manufacturers in Just how long this will con tinue is not known. The probibitionists are praying for relief from congress in the pas- age of the Wilson or a like bill, and are re- ceiving assurances from Washington that lowa will soon be pevmitted to control the file within its own borders, whether in nal or other packages. Meanwhile in many of the cities, ordinances | have been passed for the collection of licenses e houses and saloons, and in all cases o far as heard from the fee is being paid. In many of the smaller towns the attempts to establish package houses have been met by violent public oppo- sition and_indignation meetings have been held, so that prudence has kept the liquor sellcrs away. Should uo relief b afforded by congress question of an ¢ fon of the leg lature is bei i is comes not from the prohibitionists, as might be imag- ined, but from those who have heretofore ad- vocated high license and are honestly in favor of the control of the trafic by nicans which, while controlling, will give a revenue to the ‘trasurles and casé the burdens of tax- n. There is also a disposition among all shades of opiniou tow ving the money spent for liguor kept within the stateas much sible by permittiug the manufacture of liquor within its bovde is said Governor Boies would 1ot hesitato to call an extra ses- sion of the legisluture could he be assured that any relief would be afforded by that body. On the other hund it is claimed that under the present circumstances enough re- publicans could be induced to join with the democrats to wodify the present law in the rection indicated, "It is ulso pretty ally couceded that had the deeision of the su- préme court been made before the legislature ijourned it would have made a matcrial dif- ference in the action of that body on the liquor question. 3 The fail campaign upon_the action of congress in the matt Should the Wilson or a similar bill become u law, that will likely end the contest so far as this state is ied, Should it not, it is morally cortain that the liquor question will bocome an issue in the congressional clections, Should no relief law be passed, the republican state convention will be asked to restute its position on the question, and there will be o lively contest betweon the prohibition and license clements of the party us to what that statement shall be, It is conceded that the oviginal package decision knocks the anti-saloon idea clear out, and thut the issue must be clearly drawn between utter prohibition and license, and the license people will have the best of the argument, If u relicf law is pussed by congress, the pro- hibitionists will be on tap, and in that event the further supremacy of the republican party in this state will be fu doubt. THE RAILWAY COMMISSION, History is repeating itself concerning the railway laws of this state. Two years ugo, after the passage of the maximum rate law by the twenty-second gencral assembly, the commissioners were enjoined by Judgo Fairrell's court at Towa City from putting in ree maximum rates. ‘The history of that outest is familiar to all, and it finally ended in a vietory for the law and the commission. The Twenty-third general asscmbly ut its session lust winter passed o luw empowering the commission to establish joint rates over separate 1 roud which should not exceed the vate for the sume distauce over a single linc of road, This in most cases, would be Iess than the sum of the local rates over the lines affected by the joint rates, and on this ground the railways rotest, Pherefore the commission has ugain \ enjoined before the same court by the ngton, Cedar Rapids & Novthern road from “estublishing und promulyating joint rates of tarift between said Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern and other rous.” The casc will come up for hearing ou June 19 next, and in the_meantime no joint rates can_be’ estublished in_connection with that road. The commission immediately instructed Attorney General Stone to file a motion for a dissolution of the injunction, and if this is denied the matter will bo taken at once to the supreme court uud pushed to & couclusiou us soon as possible, Numerous complaints continue to come be- fore the commission. Amoug thoso the past week was one from citizens . of Keosauqua against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacitic, alloging that said roud is violating its_agrecment in mot furnishing requisite teain servico on the plug which connects Keosauqua_ with the Keokuk branch of the Rock Tsland at Mount Zion. Chittenden & Kastman of Burlington com- plain that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 15 receiving end tr tiug frelght from St Louis to points on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific in lowa via, Burlington at less n from Burlington to the same points and the board is usked to establish maximum rates which these roads may charge o these Rock Islaud points in order that no discrimi nation may arise D. H. Talbott of Sioux_City complains of unjust chavges for switching cars by th Sigux City & Northern company John Potter of Lynville complains that he wis ejected from a freight caboose which ho boarded upou information that it carried pas- sengers. 'The conductor refused to carry him, although he had purchased a ticket. -~ Killed by a Fist Blow. LA'Ponte, Ind., June 1.—Yesterday after: noon David Reagan, of this city, became in- volved in & quarrel with the couutry named William from the paci will depend largely Burl Blcke The | latter struck Reagan a powerful blow in the | fac Bi breaking his neck realized that the av lur It is that he will es. sheriff was promptly notified, close pursuit The murderer in Marshall county !hl\\ te, but has for some time been work: ingona farm in the southern part of this county, , which resulted kee fled as soon as in he probab! as the is in however, cape and b a young man from | SOUTH DAKOTA. The Venerable Susan Anthony on the Rampage in Yankton. Yaskroy, 8. D, Juné 1.—[Special to Tue Bre]—After two days‘of jutense heat rain commenced falling last nignt and is con- tinuing today, and it seelms to bo general throughout this whole seation of country. Rain has been abundantand all kinds of crops are us promising as could bo wished. If the rains continue as they have begun there will be 1o need of penetrating that great artesian basin of which politicians have had so much to say. For twenty years past the drought in South Dakota has been the exception and not the rule,and there areas few crop failures here for want of rain as anywhere in the United States, The persistent agricultural toiler in South Dakota is well I't‘]m‘tl.‘ There is a lull in politics just now, but tho aspirants are on the still hunt 'and the nomination convention will make things red not. Mellette will be nominated, no doubt, to succeed himself as governor, partly because he has a following and partly'to keep him out of the senatorial race, 'The governor has bitter cnemies in his own ranks, and many republicans would like to down him on account of his advocacy of woman suffrage and prohibition and because of the bad adver- tising he gave the state in the matter of des- titution and seed wheat. If ex-Chief Justice Bartlett Tripp would accept the nomination of the democratic state eonvention he would give Mellette a close call for clection. Trip) is a man of decided character and ability and would get a good many republican votes. The senatorial race is too far off to specu- late on or determine, but Moody is sure to have determined opposition, The venerable Susan B. has taken _ personal charge of woman suffrage campaign in Dakota is here and lecturcs this noon and ovening. This movement | but few advocates in this city and county, | but there is no telling what the outcome will be in the state. £x-Auditor James A, Ward of Sioux Falls, is in the city, and speaks of putting in a po toon bridge licre at once across the Mi ovided the citizens will aid the enterprise, \o citizens will take hold and the bridge will be put in. Mr. Ward is a prominent business man of Sioux Falls, and his atten- tion being called to the boast thit Minnehaha # county would be solid for Huron, for the permanent_capital, he offered to bet $1,000 that Minnehaha county would give Picrre a mojority in the capital race, and there were no takers. The trouble séems to be that Huron, like Sioux Falls, is too near the Munnesota line for South’ Dakota capital pur- poses. There is a large number of young people in the city in attendance on the annual meeting of the oratorical and athletic contests of the educational institutions of the state. The field sports were varied and interesting, A more manly looking set of young men or a hindsomer bevy of girls than thos now visiting in the cify were never assem- bled, and, what is_better than all, they are mostly Dakota product. SN SALOONS WIDE OPEN. who the South after- has, Authony, i Deadwood People Intend to Institute a Strict Warfare. Deapwoon, S. D., Junel.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.]—Thero was a meeting held in the circuit court room this af- ternoon for the purpose of taking preliminary steps toward organizing what is known as an enforcement league. The principal object of the league is to enforce prohibition. There a state organization known as the South Da- kota enforcement league, and the meeting held yesterday was for. thepurpose of estab- lishing an auxiliary to the state socicty. Attorney B. W. Martif, - being a mem- ber of the state central committee of the league, presided. The room was packed with citizens of every turn of mind, and there were saloonkecpor: ministers, prohibitionists, capitalists, ladies, Chinamen and negroes in the throng. The majority of those present wore liberal on the whisky question and they had dropped in to listen.” In fact it had been whispered that the anti-prohibitionists would pack the con- vention and that some lively debates would tale place. But as to this_proposition every one was fooled. It was purely & onc-man show. Mr, Martin did alt of the talking, and after explaining what the league was_for he invited any one present who desired to speak. There /being mno 1 sponse, ho hurriedly| adjourned the meeting to a church arouyd the corner and proceeded to elect oftfee Twenty-si namwes were enrolled, a nifmber of them beings women. None of the sploonkecpers went into the church. Onefsaloon man said: What we ought to have gdone was to signed the coustitution ankl joined the league. We would then b dghrce votes to the prohibitionists’ one, and could have elected our kind of peoplé to fofice and run the league to suit ourselvey)” The league pro- poses to raise funds at onde and begin . vig- orous war tne fsale of liquor in od e county. The wide open and i One or two places dling odt drinks in original cleages, while others sdll it the same as when théy were liccnsod. The “original are filled by the saloon men here. of different sizes holding from one to a dozen drinks. The bottle is opened by the customer, who is furnished with the ciistomary soda drink. The bottles loft and refilled at the leisuve of the bartendel Mining Matters at Deadwood, DeApWOOD, D., June 1.-—[Special Tele- gram to Tne ]—Stocks and real estate demanded but little inquiry during the past week, A special telegram from Washington dated May 20 quotes Homestake at . The local brokers say this must be a mistake, as no such advice has been received here. The selling price of the stocks mostly in demand at Deadwood is as folloy Homestake 3,50, Iron Hill Cale fonin £2.10, Golden Re' 1 , Tornado 17¢, Double Harmony 10¢, Ruby Bell , Seabury umet 15¢, Retric s , Stewart s¢ and Unit Maggie 7¢, Monitor Sam lte, A Friendly Warning. Lean Ciry, 8. D., June 1.—T0o the Editor of Tur Bee: Ideem it my duty to warn any workmen of Omaha or ofher points who may contemplate coming to the Black Hills coun- try. Contractors will promise them §2 aud 2,25 perday, and when they get them hero pay §1.50 and §1.75. Five dollars a week is the vipee for board, & a month for blankets and £ for hospital, Therc are hundreds of men tramping around the nefghborhood unable to sccure employment. Twillhold myseclfstrictly accountable for the contents of this communi- cation, If thisshould prove a timely warn- ing to any one expecting to emigrate to this benighted region, my object will have been accomplished. Itespectfully, 3 H. SULLIVAN. Teams Wanted at Deadwood. Deanwoon, D, June 1.—[Speclal Telegram to 'Tne Bee. ] =Superintendent Car- penter of the D, & D, smelter ad for twenty teams to haul ore from the Oro, lino and Ruby mines, The men employed there | have struck for inereased pay, and " the smel- ter will not be in blast for a weelk at least, or until 400 tous of ore are on hand - 1 Singens. St, Pavi, Minn,, June 1 gram to Tue Bee The singers who came | here to appear in the May festival h | east—Perotti to Europe, Miss De Pittsburg and Misses Tuch, Fisher and Her- bert to New York. None of them reccived their money and Manager Mclachlin says they cannot collect it bocause in refusing to sing at the Saturday afternoon and evening performances they broke their contract. The loss is much greater than at t reported | The receipts from tho sale of seats amounted to but 700 a day, while the expenses sggte | gates §7,500, ‘t'he guarsuty fund footed up N, and this the guaranle refuse the i ful tises to pa | £11'5es ‘prow s08, A CHURCH FOR ALL CREEDS, The Scheme Which a Ohicago Clergyman Has Brought Forward, NO DENOMINATION WILL BE BARRED. He Proposes an Immense Temple For the World's Fair Grounds—Sun- days tobe Devoted ® Dif- ferent Faiths, Cureaco, June 1. he Rev. David Utter of this city has a scheme fora world's fair church, *“There should be on the fair grounds a great tabernacle, wheremn say 20,000 peoplo might assemble,” said he. This could be used week days as a concert hall, but Sun- days it should be used as a great temple for the religiously inclined of all faiths. The ser- vices might go on all day. Say at 9 o'clock Sunday morning a representative Scandi- navian minister might preach, and the hymns, prayers, and all be in that language. Then at 11 o'clock might be an English preacher of a particular denomination, At 20'clock there could bea French service, and so on all through the day, the difforent deaominations 1g their turn and the different languages a regular hour, I doubt if the Romuan Cath- olics would be willing to enter into such a compact, but it would undoubtedly be a at treat to hear Nome of their famous pul- t orators if it could be arranged so that they could assist at a celebration of the mass aeording to the Chaldaic rite or the Moza- rabic rite, or any of the v soen rites of the eastern Cathc in the Roman obedi ence, For my own part T should prefer to sce the whole exhibit open all day Sunday and the admussion fee reduced, so that the work- ingman could attend, Those who could o during the week would prefer to do so on ac- count of the crush there would be Sundays, so that there need be no fearof Sunday diminishing the attendance week days, If the exposition be closed on the only holiday in the week it will be the same thing as say ing to the men who toil in shops and factor jes: ‘Please stay away from our world's fair. You are not wanted.’ I don't think we have any right to forbid the useful mem bers of & community admission to the world’s fair. But not to auntagonize too large an clement of the religious people T would suggest a compromise. Open the ex- position from 1 o'clock, so that it would not interfere with the morning services in the churches, usually considercd the most im- portant. This surcly could not offend the majority of the people of Chicago. There would be a small but exceedingly obstrep ous migority who would object {6 opening the fair af*all Sun, ncy none but the strictest Subbathavian objects to the ton or the organ-blower or the stree driver doing common labor on the Subbath. At least those who ave not preachers do not. Certainly it is not just U 1 minority, though a noisy one, should interfere with the rational and innocent umuscment of the great bulk of our population on the only day whe they can take pleasure without having th all too scanty wages docked.” - LIFE IN A GULCH. A Place Where Modern Convenien ces Are Unknown. TiLvorn, S. D.. June 1.—[Special to T By ]—In Elk Gulch McDonald, Penfield & Co. have the contract of building and com- pleting the Homestake mining company’s wrow gauge railroad, which is an extension of their road, and futersects the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad at a point called Piedmont, between Tilford and Sacora, which is as nice a location for a town as the is on the whole line. The length of the road is fourteen miles and ha ga fallof 1 feet. A wall of solid rock lines each side the greater part of the distance. A solid wall of rock extends on both sides about half w: down the gulch, and the height is from 300 to 800 feet, with scareely room in the bottom for the road bed. A stream of water runs down it sufiicient to runa mill, and the current is Inagreat many places the bot- ton) is sonarrow that they have to blast out under those cliffs to make room for the grade. “The most of the work is done by blasting. The number of men employed in construct- ing and_ building the road is about three hundred, divided up in different kinds of work, Mr. Ellis of ' Deadwood has charge of the blasting, Bowman, formorly of Sloan, Ta., has charze of what they call the cribbing gang. They pilc up logs “on one side and cross-tie them and then get over them and put in a blast and the rocks roll down and fill up the eribs, To et the logs they go up on the top or side of the mountain anil cut them and then let them down with block and tackle in order to keep them from breaking to picees. "Choir camps are numbered commencing at Piedmont, and run up to six, No. 4 being the headquarters, that being as far up the gulch as they can got with theiv supplies, There they are distributed to their other camps, and some of the upper ones have to let their sup. plics down to the camp by means of a rope, it being impossible to get to them any other vay. 'They climb the mountain at _camp No. nd go around and come inover them, They expect to complete their work by August 1. : i a0 Congressional Programme. WasHINGTON, June L—Silver and politics are likely to be the topics in the house, Tuesday either the silver bill or the Me- Daffie vs. Turpin Alabama clection case comes up. The ovder is not yet determined, but if the leaders who are canvassing the republican representatives progress far enough to insure the adherence of & major to the main features of the caucus bill “they will call it up Tuesday under the sp: rule, which will limit the time for discussion and'final action. “The bankruptey andpostofiice appropriation bills are also among the probably subjacts for carly action In'the senate the sil question promises to be the principal topic: however, it is likely to be interrupted by the | ntation of con- ference reports on several measures, - - A Murderous Gang. New Yok, June 1,—James Foley, a driver, aged twenty-five, leader of a “village gang,” assaulted and probably fatally stabbed his stepfather, John Melntre, Saturday night. ‘When caught by the officer Foley showed fight and slipped his knife to his mother, who, aided by members of the “gang,” attempted to rescue the rufian. The oficer was cued from the mob just as Foley's mother was about to plunge @ knife into ‘his back, The policeman was badly cutand is in @ critical condition e Sam Small Changes His Spots, Oauky, Utah, June 1.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bee,]—Rev. Sam Small, the noted southern evangelist, has been elected presi- dent of the Methodist university of this city and will remove his family here aud make Ogden his futuro home. ‘This ving his conncetion with ithern Mothodist conference and affiliating with the uorthern Metbodists - - Death Roll, N. Y., June 1.—Hon. John suddenly this morning aged y-one. * He was o member of congress during the exciting time of the admission of Kansas, in which he ‘took an important part necessitates The POUGHEEEPSIE Thompson died = =< . Murket Olub Banquet, June 1 were many promi Home Market ¢ peaker men Dingl Hor BosToN nent ba sentleme 10t last 1 cretary P Greeuh 1 Congres - - Vo A\% RASK Glow™ Crop te. ANT, Neb y 81— [Special to Tne Bee,]—The pro for wheat in this county is tho most fli Yug ever known here There is an estiny \increase in the acreago of from 100 to 800", . vent. The rains have been timely and abundant, and the growing conditions could not be more favorable Accurate weathor reports show the rain- fall since April 1 to be over four inches, and it has fatlen whon it was most wheat is standing magnificently, present conditions continue the average yield can not fall far below twenty bushels per acre. Corn is mostly in, some of it up aud in fair condition, altholigh the season is unusu- ally late. he sugar heet test in this Gray of the an active interest. o sc ' of seed from Oxnard of Grand Island and from Prof. Nicholson of the state uni- versity also. Nearly every farmer in the county has been supplied with seed and in structions as to cultivation. Prof. Nicholson was hero some weeks agoexamining the soil and getting information, The soil here in his opinfon is a first class beet soil. He will visit us during the summer to test the grow: ing erop, and we shall know in the fall just what the beet will do in Perkins county. A Gun Play. Evknory, Neb, Juno 1 n to Tue Bre. | —Pat M Jf the Oukland farm, has got a sovious predicament by making a gun play at Harry Osborne, who took up some hogs belonging to McEvoy which were spassing qu Osborne’s land. McEvoy, aided and abetted by two or three hived men and a horse pistol, went to Oshorne’s place at 4 o'clock this morning, and at the point of the aforesaid horse pistol demanded the surren der of his hogs, ~ They were surrendored, but in all probability it will go hard with M- Evoy. tharough M. D has taken ured large quanti- he given a this yoar. Grant will untry ite bank of Special Tele- voy, lesseo and An Editor Meets With an Accident. Fauvoust, Neb,, June 1—[Special to Tue Bie.]~Joseph Frazer, editor of the Chron icle, met with a serious and perhaps fatal ac cident yesterda® afternoon. While attempt ing to break a fractious young horse, he was thrown from the bugey, sustaining a sevel soncussion of the Wain, and up to this morn ing has not regained con The at tending physician considers condition very critical, Races at Long Pine, LoNG Pixe, Neb., June L—[Special Tele gram to Tue Bus|—A special election to vote bridge bonds in Pine precinet was held here on & y and the . The bridge is to be built on Niobrara river. A jockey club was organized also, and the spring races will come off in Long Pine about June 26, ciousness, his A Proposed Amendment. McCooxk, Neb., June 1.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: 1 shoutd liko to amend your cor spondent’s report of the memorial exercises t this place yesterday by saying that the credit of the success of our exercises was as mueh, if not more, due to tho efforts of our noble auxiliary band of ladies, the Women's Relief corps, and their inimitable state de partinent president, Mus. Mary B. Morgan of Alma, Neb, Itis the universal expression that ' Mrs. Morgan delivered the most humorous and pathetic oration that it has ever been our good fortune to listen to. She kept the large andience alternately laughing and weeping for more than one hour and a half. She complimented our relief corps very highly and said wo had 3 fino o corps 15 wits in thé state, W. M. iy, Adjitant, K. Burnes Post 207, MRS, FANNIE 0 PHERSON DEAD. She Was Born on the Night that Washington Died. Barmivore, Md., June 1.—Mrs. Fannie Jenniugs MePherson, widow of Colonel John McPherson and a granddaughter of Governor Tnomas Johmson, the first chiof magistrate of Maryland under a republican form of govern- ment, died last night at orick City. She was born Decomber 14, 1799, the night on which Washington died.” During the admin- istration of President John Quiney Adams, who married her cousin, Mrs. McPher was one of the helles of the white house. She had been blind for somo time before her death, Among the valuable souvenirs in her possession was _the commission of Thomas Jefferson as ussistant justice of the United States, signed by President Washington, and a shirt and cap nearly one hundred and twenty years old,*prescited by the ladies of Philadelphia to’ Governor Johuson's first child, — “Christian Patriotism, Notxe Dave, Ind., June 1.—Hishop Keane of the Catholic university at Washington in a a lecture to the students here yesterday on “Christian Patriotism” said inpart: *Toler- ation is the watehword of American citizens ~Catholic and non-Catholivs, Catholics are not opposed to state schools, but to unchris- tian state schools. Americans, who are at least as keen as English andCanadians,” he said, “will find ways of making Christian staté schools.” Theé bishop urged students to be politicians—to vote from their convictions, He urged them to love America as they love CGod and to remember that duty to Curistian- ity was duty to onc's country. s RS R Knocked Him Silly. arly this morning Er Paso, Tex., June 1. a chartered train left the city with the pugil- ists and a number of spoctators to witness the long talked of battle between Charles Hearld of St. Paul, and Tom Standard, the colored hard-hitter of the southwoest Standard _led with o right hander on Hearld's side, made two ducks, when Hearld caught him in the neck with a \ging right hand blow and knocked him Standard failed to respond and the fight was given to Hearld. The battle lusted two minutes and ten seconds, rdlsh Deed of'a Jealous Man, Conrvs Cmistr, Tex., June 1.—T) Weidenmuller, who bas been missing sin Suuday weck, was tho victim of foul play His murderers were jealous of his popularity at a dance, and they sought a most terrible revenge. He was taken six miles from his panch, and his clothes were saturated with coal ofl and then st on fire. The body when found presented a sickening aspoot. Several young men iu the neighborhiood are supceted and are under surveillance. e — Ready the ¢ Wasiisoroy, Juno 1, Porter of the consus his ve from a number of supervisors they are thoroughly prepared to enter upon the work of taking the census tomorrow morning, and that overything is in readiness to push the work forward with accuracy and rapidity. - The Weather Forocast, For Omaha and vicinity : Fair weather. ska and Towa: Fair, followed by vith loeal storms; no change in temperature asterly winds, Hlinois Fair, followed by hower warmer, Southeasterly wil South Dak va Superintendent ived telog: stating that eby s, cver ta winds wers; - Walt Whitman Banquetted, PHILADELPIIA 1.—Poot Walt Whit man was entertained at dinucrlast night by a number of literary friends, the oceasion heing his seventy-first birthduy - Powell and Bcott M WaAsHINGTON, June 1,~The nutiona ative ¢ mittee, at its session ovening, clected Hon, Powell ( Avkansus und Hon, N, D. Scott of W members of the commitice. June de Members, repub lican exc St West NUMBER 343. A COUNTER PROCLAMATIO, @overnor Thayer Rescinds and Rovoked: His Bxtra Session Call, STATE-SAVERS OAN STAY AT HOMB The Farmer Legislators ~d Nok Forsake the Plow, and Oil-Room Boodlers Must Look Else- where for a Job. Lixcors, Neb, Jfune 1 Telogram to Tue Bre.] Wwas ero ated late this evening by the announcement that Gove Th lad positively re scinded his call for an extra session of the legislatare June 5. The governor had beseiged up to a last night by politicians both for and ogainst revoeation, but it transpired that finally eached the conclusion that the best interests [Speet Quite a commotion nor been late who hour were he of the state, as well us the party, demanded a revocation, Text of the Proclamation. LixcoLy, , . dune 1. Ber.)—The f oflicial copy of Governor Thayer's ion revoking the gxtra session Neb, Tele- is tho [Special gram to Tig owing procluma A PROCLAMATION State of Nebraska, Executive Depar o the Members of tho Twenty-first cral Assembly: A legal question has arisen which may effect future results ns to legisla- tion to be enacted by the legislature at the proposed speclal to convene on tho 5th day of June noxt. T am advisol by cmie nent authority, among the very highest logal authorities of the state, that grave results follow tho passage of laws by the legis- lature in its present condition, and that such laws may be declared void. This opinion is wost pronounced and emphatic. Another opinion, equally eminent, is that the ques- rrounded with very grave doubts. ause of these opinions is found in the tseveral districts in the state will be without representation. The spirit, intent and purpose of the constitution is that all the people of the state shall bo represented, In the distriets reforry ple have had 10 opportunity to o s representatives for the purpose of filling vacancies, and therefore they are deprived of the rignt of representation frogn fault of theiv own. The difticulty has arisen from the fact that a number of members have been appointed ta lucrative positions i and counties, and others have removed from their dstricts, which fact disqualifies tiiem from holding seats in the legislature, Thoy had not ten- dered their resignations and the exceutive had no official knowledge of such vacancies and therefore could not order them to be filled. The statute requires that, before the convening of the legislative body in special session, the vacancies shall be filled by special election: the command is imperative., “Therefore, fn orderto remove tho diMiculty, it would be necessary to postpone the time of the mecting of the logis aasubsequont. date and to order elections in tue vacant dis- tricts, which might extend the session to midsummer. Rather than to prolong the agi- tation of this special scssion and to cause elections to take place at this time and to to the state, and in view of the cind the sossion no save expense legal dificulty, T have decided to re call fo 1 session Now, therefore, 1, John M. Thayer, gov- ernor of the state of Nebraka, do hercby issuo this, my proclamation, revoking the call for al session of the legislature contained in my proclamation of date, the 2dth day May, instant, convening the legislatu the 5th day of June next, and do her clare that there will be no special session of the legislatu In testimor unto set m; aflixed the g s whereof I have here- nd caused to be of the state, Done at Lincoln this #1st day of May in the year of our Lord one [sEAL.] thousand cight hundred and ninety, of the state the twenty-fourth, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and fourteenth. v the gove Joux M. THavER R. Cowbery, of State. 10 -~ FILLED WITH SHOT. r Assassinated While Dis- charging His Duty. Lirree Rock, Ark, June 1.—Word shooting of Oficer Novris in Sharp was received today. The tragedy companied by many sensational fe appears that a young man named Ford was charged with, having led astray Miss Cora Davidson, azol twenty, who lives near Batesville, The girl is a daughter of Dr. M. J._Davidson and grand-daughter of Hon. L, M. Sinms, who, in his lifetime, represonted @ distriot incongress from Tennesseo and Missouri respective and who was & member of the A kansas state scnate. Tho relatives of the wronged girl decided to force Ford to marry her. Accordingly lier cousin_and - brother, Swepson Simus and Isaac Davidson, together with three other young men, went to tho houso where Ford stayed, took him to_the county seat, procureda license, and taking Ford and Miss Davidson to u justice of tho peace ut 3 o'clock i the morning, had the marelage ceromony performed Ford disappeared und swore out warrants against his captors, charging them with ab- duction. The papers were given Oficer Nor- 5 to sorve, who with o | procecded to avidson’s house, urriving at r ofticer called for a light and told his busi "The Simms boys, thrce in number, and Is Davidson were hidden in the They advised the posse to | operied fire Noveis received fifty his head to his fect. sald cunnot recoyer, An O of the county wis ac- tures, It Reuben 1o front vard. ¢ and then, shots ranging from Ho s yet alive but it is e it to O a Vinkiaxn, N, J., June Special Tele- gram to Tk Bee)—The wifo of Daniel Lockwood, & well-to-do farmer residing on Viue road, has been arrested on o charge of trying to polson her morphia in his teacup. the powder as his wifc Did She Wi Vacancy? hysband by Lockwood discoyered was about to pourout cup of tea for him. He snutehed the cup away from her and took the pow der and gave it his daughte who took 1t to a physician to have it analy 1 N Lockwood has been se verely prostrate s her aerest and refuses to say unythin t ward to the mor- phia, which she ud for herself somd time ago suffering from la grippe. Her husbal isited her today in the lockup and there was & scene, He had & long tulk with her, and when he came out he Ad he did not believe she tried to kill him, Mr, Lockwood has been married to this, his ond wife, about a year, He iy sixty-six is w 5 forty five years old,” She 1o Vineland from V irginia. -~ The Burning M Pa., June 1,—1Tho situation av t mine Is unchanged, Men ng shafts, It impossible tatement of the extent of s part of it can be scen, plisc ne.