Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 15, 1891, Page 4

THE OMAHA® DAILY E, FRIDAY THE DATLY B. ROSEWATER ¥ ron, VERY MORNING. UBECRIPTION, )One Y PUBLISHED TERMS ¢ Dafly Ree (without Sun Daily and Sunday, One Bix monthe Three monthe day Bee, One Ve Baturday Hee, One Weekly Bee, Une LR 00 500 250 ® 160 100 South ¢ Counell Chioago Offic ew York, Hoc Vashington, roe, Buliding CORRESPONDENC unications relating to news and v should bLe addressed to the All com ditoriul ditorial I Al businessletters and rem(ttances should be addresscd to The Bee Pubtishing Company, Omnhn. Drafts, checks and postofice orders 10 be maude payable to the order of the com pany. The Bee Publishing Company. Provrigtrs THE I BUILDIN OF CIKCULATION. BEWORN STATEME Etate of Nel 3 x County of Douglas. { . Rob clerk for Tur Bre Pub. docs solemnly swear for the week 801, wus as L.28.070 Fednesdny, May 6 Thuradny, May 7 Friday, May 8 Baturdiy, Muy 0 verage Y oo 36, 4 o OBRERT MUN R, Eworn to Lefore me and subscriled in my ice thistth day of May. A, D 1ML Notary Publio. press Etateof Nebraska, 1 County of Douglas, { George ‘B, Trschuck, belng duly sworn, de- oses and siys that he'ls secrotury of THE Bek Publishing conpuany, that the actunl averag daily circulution of Tne DALy BEe for the nmnonth of May, 1800, 20,150 coples; for June, 1800, 20,001 = copless for July, 100, for August, 18, 20,760 copie for Octobe 0 coples; 762 copies; for Novem: ber, 1800, 2,10 coples; for December, 180, %ATL coples: for L 1101, 2,440 coples: for Februsry, 1801 oy for Murch, 1601, 24,005 coples. for April, isil, “3.028 cop'es, GEORCE B, TZ8CH0CK, ore, me. wnd sutiscribed 1o my 2d day of Muy, 18 7N, e, Notury Publie. High Water Mark, 26,299, Eworn 1o Te presence. th THE call for an extra session is still in the dim and distant future, and it looks very much as if it would not materialize until next winter. O Inspecror Henyron and Oil In- spector Carnes do aot spenk as they pass. Somebody will have to throw pe- troleum on the troubled political cea. Brai is very much like Bismarck, He is periodically on the sick list and confined to his house, but ho is always on deck about the time his cnemies are buying a shroud for him. —— Now that the grip has let loose of Chicago, it has fallen into equally bad health because of contagious diseases. In fact, the death rate has risen to such an alarming extent that an exodus may be expected. THE democrats, with tiresome fre- quency, announce the report that some one of the efficient cabinet of President Harrison is on the verge of retirement. As 80on as one has made any considerable record during a few months for marked ability “he is overworked” and ready to retire. THe administration is have another international trouble on its hands. The Austrian government is said to intend asking for an official state- ment in rogavd to the coke region riots, James G. Blaine is still at the helm of the state department, and the Austrian government can rest assured that the true state of affairs will be given, promised to THE Pennsylvania legislature has passed a bill establishing a Saturday half holiday. Similar legislation was adopted in New York two or three years ago, and while there was considerable complaint at first regarding its opera- tion it grew in favor, though we cannot say how generally it is now observed there. There is something to be said favorable to it, buv it is not likely to have the permanent good effocts prom- ised for it. The Pennsylvania act pro- vides for the half holiday only between the middle of June and the middle of September. A FEW wecks ago J. Burrows pro- claimed to all the world that he had been assigned by the Almighty to the role of archangel and that his special mission was to pursue General Van Wyck “with the flaming sword of truth” whorever he might go. The question which St. Peter has been wrestling with for the last 48 hours is changel Burrows when Van Wyck invaded his sacred preserve Wednesday night to address the Knightsof Labor.” If Burrows cannot keep Van Wyck out of Lincoln with his sword of truth how is he going to man- age to fence him out of Cincinnati next week when the big alliance and labor conference assembles to raise the standard of calamity and cance. Tie distinguished English authority on international law, Prof. Bryce, whose groat work, “The American Common- wealth,” has givon him u strong claim to the good opinion of the American people, thinks our government is in the right in the controversy with Italy. Discussing the legal and constitutional aspects of the question, he lays down the proposition that the government is not responsible directly for the ncts of private persons, but only for neglect on its own vart. He says that [talians cannot be in a better condition than Americans of another stute. He argues that Italy, when she made the treaty, must be held to have had notice of the limitations upon the treaty-making powers of the United States, of thoir constitution, and in particular of that provision which leaves the administra- “tion of eriminal justice to the separate states. But Prof. Bryce suggests that congress should legislate for the protec- tion of aliens and the full execution of treaties, and in this he will have a large concurrence among the citizens of the United States. A few English news- papers are offering the encouragement of their approval to the Italinn govern- went, but the most lntelligent opinion is against its position. ~ 100 | IBRASKA'S GOOD NAVE, President Harrison referred to No- braska ns a state of “magnificent capa- bilities,” and Secretary Rusk expressed a highly encouraging opinion of the pos- sibilities of the state. These are not to be cheaply regarded as more perfunctory ntiments, They are to be ac and appreciated as the sincere o tions of men who are not unacquainted with Nebraska and who are not in the habit of making statements they do not believe, What was said by the presi- dent did not in the least exaggerate the clmracter of Nebraska, and the reas: suring forecast of the secretary of ag culture can be fully renlized if the people of the state will have it so. "Such ex- pressions testify to the good name of Nebraska. No state enjoys at this time a better peputation for all those things which give strength and character to a commonwealth. Nowhere In the union is there a more industrious, luw-respeot- ing and patriotic community. The ma- terial progress of the state, especially during the past 10 years, every citizen may justly feel proud of. Few other states realized so great a gain relatively in population and so an increase in the development of "There is no reason why this shall not continue and the census decade now entered upon show a greater advance than the last one, if the people of Nebraska will apply them- selves energetically to the task of up- building upon sound and stable prinei- ples of attested wisdom and unive application. We have but passed through an experi- ence which ought to have con- vinced the people that they can- not violate the common laws of business, which are at the foundation of material prosperity, with impunity. An attempt 10 do this cost Nebraskn a temporary 10ss of prestige, and doubfless move sub- stantinl evidences of distrust, but the ill effects have been largely or wholly over- wnd now the state i iin on the onward march, If all indications do not fail sho will gather this y the most bountiful harvest in her history, and her people will realize a meusure of pros- perity greater than they have ever yet had. Nebraska is indeed a state of ma nificent eapabilities, which, when de- veloped, will make her the empive cultural state of the union. Her people have incentive to energy and en- terprise, and if these are wisely directed a generous rew cently come. evor, REOR 1E BOARD. The Omaha board of trade has been sars like the play of Hamlet with amlet left out. A hoard of trade should be an exchange and its members and munagers dealers in produce, provi- sions and merchandise. Our board of trade has never up to this time been an exchange. We have a chamber of com- merce but no barter of commodities and no functions that connect it with markets of grain, provisions or any other commodity. The only purpose the board of trade has really served has' been 1o erect an office building, rent the premises and provide its officers and a few members with oceasional junketing tours at the expense of the whole membership. Incidentally the board has been of service to the city in ini tors from abroad and serving as guides 10 them through the most interesting sights in the city. It is noarly time that Omaha have a real board of trade and a real chamber of commerce. The opportunity has prosented itself through the proposed grain exchange. The only thing in the way is the peculiar make up of the board of trade by which a controlling vote has been placed in the hunds of men who haveno relations to commerce and are inno way connected with the business in hand. Tt is all very well for villages and small towns to en- roll overybody including doctors, law- yers, real estate agents and people who live by their wits, into a board of trade 80 as to make a big showing of member- ship. Omaha has outgrown thi The only way tognke a board of trade in fact as well as in name, is to place its control and management into the hands of active business men. Let the grain dealers and elevator managors be given free swing so that they can maintain a geain exchange. This should be done even if it be necessary for some of the present directors to step down. Let the board revise its by-laws and offer to grain dealers the shares of stock which are now held at $500 per share at the oviginal subscription price of $250 per share. This may be a sacrifice, but it will bo tully justified. It is the only course left for the board if it wants to be of service and maintain a semblance of an exchange. —_— WHEAT AND CORN. A great deal of attention has been given to an article in the current num- ber of one of the magazines relating to the wheat supply of Kurope and America, in which the writer presents statistics to show that a few years hene the United States will becomo a buyer instead of a seller of wheat in the world’s markets. 1t is shown that while the population of Europe has increased during the last two decades nearly 20 per cent, the incroase in the productive pov of the wheat fields has been but 2 per cent. In the meantime there has been a decrease in the yield of the Furopean rye fields of more thun 2 per cent, o that the sup- ply o home-grown breadstufls is less now than it was 20 years ago. The wheat consumption of Furope at present calls for 1,400,00,000 bushels and her vroduction is 200,000,000 bushels less than this. The deficiency is sup- plied in part by importations from the United States and Canada, India, South America, Australia and some other countrics, but acconding to the statistics she receives from all these but 130,000,000 bushels, which is 70,000,000 bushels short of her actual need, The United States and Canada with an average yield, it is estimated, can spare for export 88,000,000 bushels an- nually, but our own consumption is in- creased yearly by more than 8,000,000 bushels, while the wheat growing area is not materially larger now than it was 10 years ago, so that obviously unless the wheal producing area is all larged we shall soon require the wheat grown here for home con- sumption, and in years of deficioncy would be compelled to look for supplies elsowhore. The writer who presents these statistics doos not attach much importance to the nssumption that South American countries will become large exporters of wheat, nor does he considor woll-founded the sanguine views of some regarding the wheat- growing capabilities of the Canadian uorthwest. He doubts whether four years hence Canada will bo abie to ex- port more than 5,000,000 bushels of wheat annually o Burope. This writor thinks there are not onough available wheat lands in the United States to supply the home de- maand after 1805, and by that time this country will cease so export wheat, It is not necessary to give full faith to these estimates and opinions in order to veach the conelusion that an era of per- manently higher prices for breadstuffs has been reached, and that the Amer- ican wheat grow assured o future of unexampled prosperity., In any event that seems certain, But what is tho bread-eating world to do if such a state of affaivs s the magazine writers predicts shall be realized. The obvious answer is that if it cannot have all the wheat and rye it requirves for bread it must have recourse to corn. uropeans must learn to eat corn bread, and undoubtedly they will do so, though up to the present time they show veluc- tance to ncquire a taste for it. Inevita- bly, however, it would seem, corn must steadily come into larger use as human food, so that the corn growek as well as the wheat growe may safely look forward to permanently higher prices for his product. When- over the time shall arrive when this ceuntry cannot produce whe enough for its needs the American corn grower will not find it necessary to sell his corn at an unprofitable price, nor to burn it for fucl because he would - lose less than to sell it and buy coal. ative decrease in the wheat sup- nd consequent nugmented price of tstaple will not fail to operate favor- sly also to the corn producer, REV., WILLIAM FIELDER, prosident of the enforcement league of South Da- kota, states that *‘in no state in the union where prohibition laws are on the statute books are they better enforced than in South Dakota.” This may be true, but it is not ng much for Da- kota. There is not atown of any con- siderable size in the state where intoxi cants are not sold as beverages, and moreover there has not been a convi tion for selling since the law went into effect, The decision has been rendered there that according to the law the in- former who has bought liquor for the purpose of convicting the seller is equally implicated with the seller. In the hotel’ where the reverend gentleman stopped in Pierre, last winter, intoxicants were sold to a most disgraceful oxtent, and he knew it. Should his statement be made in good faith and founded on knowledge, it is & most discouraging admission for his party. — THE Pullman car company will here- aftor pay taxes in Pennsylvania. Tt re- used to comply with the requirement of the state law taxing the company on a basis proportionate to the total number of miles of railroad within the state over which ifs cars ran compared with the total number of miles of vailroad in the United States over which its cars ran, The Pennsylvania supremo court sus- tained the law and the company took the case to the federal supreme court, theret The re ply which has jusc afiirmed the judg- ment of the state court. The case is of very great importance as estab- lishing a principle upon which every state can compell the Pullman company to justly contribute to its revenue, and most of them, it can safely be assumed, will take advantage of it. Itis certainly time this wealthy and exacting corpora- tion was made to pay its fair share of taxation, —— Tie forest fires in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Minnesota have caused a destruction that will mount up into the millions, and the work of devastation still goes on in the last two states, Michigan has suffered most severely, a number of villages having bsen entirely swept away, leaving hundreds of peoplo destitute. There has also heen some less of life. Tt is a most serious calam- ity that has befallen these states, but they all have had a similar, though pos- sibly less severe experience before, and whether the lesson of the present one, in suggesting precautions against such visitations, will be effective, is question- able. Each of these states will have lost onough by these fires when they have burned out to have maintained for a gen- eration some adequate system for promptly extinquishing the fire when discovered. WouLp it not be well to make some organized effort to put Omaha in the field as a candidate for the next republi- can national convention? There need be no hurry, but it is not too sbon to begin to think about the matter, It ap- pears to be almost certain that the convention will bo held in the west, and if national committee so decide gether probable that the great advan- tages of Omaha as a central location would give this city a strong place in the consideration of the commitwee, should her people manifest an earnest desire to ve the convention. ONE of the advantages of the prosi- dential visit to Omaha will be an in- crease of postal facilities. Postmaster Goneral Wanamaker has been impressed with the fact that the accommodations for the postal service in the building ar entirely inadequate and the clerical force tco small. I is due to the police department of the city to say that it met overy demand upon it Wednesday with most commend- able intelligence and promptness, Every man knew his duty, and por- formed it faithfully and judiciously. Latest advices from Washington do not indieato that the new supervising architect has as vet taken a move on the Omaha postoftice building. At this rate the presont Gentury will not witness the completion 6 the building. THE nextudowortant event that will attract natiodu® attention to Omaha will be the generitl fonforence of the Metho- dist Episcopabi churoh, which will bo held here diring the month of May, 1802, a8 The, drmy Canteen, Koosas City Times, The canteen System now obtaining in the rogular army hig‘already shown tho bost of results. It hag'vory perceptibly promoted temporance and good order and reduced the amount of absenteeism, and therefore deser- tion. While these facts are very generally recognized, the cantoon is still subject to the viruleut attacks of the two eloments invari- ubly found allied in every temporance fight the liguor element and the prohibitionists, The soldiers and officers of the United States army aro, after all, human beings, and therefore, most of them, fond of liguor used in a proper and temperate way—and more- over the passage of sumptuary laws has as little effect with thom as it has in other por- tions of the country, Tho canteen has shown the way to control and render barmless this universal fondness for beer and the et cotras whick go with beer, Tho enomies of the canteon of the first class, which is to say the liquor element, wish its abolition in order to regamn their frreatest source of profiv—a profiv which now In its diminution goes to the soldier instead of tho sutler, The prohbitionist attacks the canteen on account of his alleged prin- ciples, forgeiting, as ho invariably does and sists in doiug, that the abolition of this huted canteen means the re-establishment of tho fringe about cvery military reserve in the United States of disreputable dens, beyond the coutrol of the authorities, that were first promoted by the intemperate zeal of the wife of one of our president: By army men it is devoutly hoped that this unholy alliance will not by its clamor and isrepresentation of facts do away with the greatest step toward temperance and comfort that the army has known for years. The liquor dealer svas in the saddle i. army cir- cles many years. Let him, now that ho is thrown, not be replaced by his tool, the pro- hibitionist, HIM CRAZY. Becomes a Raving ‘tions. failure of the which he a momoer, has made Augustus H. Levya raving maniac, and he is now under guard at his home at No. 160, One hund and sixty-seventh street. His brother Moses and his uncle Julius were his partners. The firm of T y Brother Co. was one of the largest en #aged in the manufacture of men’s and boy clothing. Th pied the stores at Nos 610, 612 and 614 Broadway, and they were rded as substantial until about six weeks ago, whan they became slow in pay- wents. The fivm had failed in 1883, when Samuel Levy, a brother of Augustus and Moses was in the firm, and then some of the creditors were settled with in full, und some only received fifty cents on the dollar, Six wonths ago Samuel Levy went to Europe, und sines then the firm in this city has ad- vanced him a sum of money said to bo £100,- 000 and this, it is said, has crippled the con- cern. y The troubles of the firm of Levy Brothers & Co. may resultin some peculiar develop- ments. When the firm failed in 1883 Moses Levy was a travaling salesman and Samue) Levy was the head of tho firm. Since then chauges have beew made and Samuel has gone to Lurope. Although nominally not a memper of the fivanit resources seam to hav o been ut s disposai, and only recently ho drew $100,000. Why he was so accommo- dated is not made plain, but the officials of the Park National bank believe that methods not exactly regular were used. In swearir out their attachments, the bank officers say “Inthe last two years the tirm of Levy Brothers & Co. has made unlawful payments of money to Samuel Levy of Frankfort, Ger- many,to the amount of $100,000, and'such pa; ments were made with the intention to de- fraud creditors.” The aidavit also says that, the firm made a statement of its condition to the Park National bank in 1890, and that that statement showed a surplus above all claims of 300,000, but that an investigation within the past three days shows that the liabilities oxceed the assets by more than $450,000, mak- ing a deficit 1n six months of §550,000, S - BRIGGS' HERES PROF. Less Than Half the Presbytery Voted on the Question. New York, May 14.—Over one hundred members of the New York presbytery were absent from the historic session in the Old school church in Fourteenth street when a trial of the Rev. Dr. Charles Augustus Briggs was ordered. But ninety were pres- ent to have their names countel on one side or the other of the decisive vote of this vital question. Ninety are not half the member- ship of the presbytery—not even hall the membership living in the neighbornood of New York city and within casy reach of the church. A fow members are away from tho city engaged in mission work in this and other lands, but deducting this, not half of tho availabio force of voting members were present. Barely a fourtn of the voting moembership havo placed Dr. Briggs under a cloud which may uotbe lfted for mauy years. There are 211 votes in the New York Presbytery. Of these 55 are pastors of churcnes ~within the city, 55 are elders of these churches and 101 aré selected preach- ers, reverend professors engnged in educa- tioual work, chaplains, assistaut pastors and reverend officars of the board having ness headquarters in Now York. The elders are usually busiuess men, bankers and law- yers, aud their time is very valuable, But in this instance an effort was made to have a large representation of elders, The church was in a critical position and a minister's character was at stake, yet when the session opened on the secona ' day but twenty-nine out of the fifty-five churches had reported to the clerk the name of the voting elder, and of these twenty-nino less than half, fourteen voted on the question of Dr. Briggs' neresy. SR AN OLD MAN'S SUICIDE. kes His Owa Life to rishment, Bostox, Massi, May 14.—Pierre Marain has committed suicide i jail to escape pun- {shment for his crime, bis partuer in which was a young Boston girl, Mary Reagan, The girl claims to be under sixteen yeavs of age and is now in tho house of the Good Shep- herdr April 20 Gowplaiut was made to the police that Mary, Reagan wus missing. A search found bardn the rooms of Pierre Marain. She sa she loved the old man and dia mot want''10 leave him. Marain lives in the Fpper floor of No. Oswego swédt, His ostensible oc pation was orgad'Erinding, investigation discovered the fadthat he was a French- man, & member pf:the celebrated Marain family, his father,bging a count of the old aristocracy. From the promiuent pact the family took 1n the opposition to the advance of republicanism, they met the inevitable fate of loss of titlo and ruinous depreciation of property. Pierre Marain cawe Liero years ago, und at the tme of his death was sixty years old, Notwithstanding his humble incomo he was able to stock his room with French wines, All of his visitors were girls of tender years. in the municipal court the parents of the girl declared that she was less thau fourteen years of age, and exvressed a desire that tho law should 'be exercised against the aged prisoner. The judge sentenced the girl to the house of the GGood Shepherd. He bound Marain over in the sum of 8,000, ———— Two Kilted and One Injured. LavviLie, Colo., May 14.—A freight train on the Midland road last evening ran into a push car near Florissant at the moment both were crossing a bridge. Two of the men on the car were killed and a third badly injured. iscape Pun- a | Linck, Mrs. THE CHRISTENER OF AMERICA. A Famous Book Which Has Been Secured for the World's Fair. SENATOR ALLISON TALKS ON FINANCE. Congressman Crisp's Chances for Speaker of ths Next House—Inger- soll Challenged to Debate Shakespeare with Donnolly. Cuicaco Orrice or Tre Ber, | Cuicaco, May 14, | Introductio.” the book that christened America, will be part of “Columbiana” for the world's fair, It has been bought by J. W. Ellsworth of Chicago for that purpose. The volume was published at St. Diez, in Lorraine, in September, 1507, It is in Latin and the portion devoted to geography contains a lefter written from Lisbon, Scptember 4, 1504, by Americus Vespucel to Rene, duke eof Lorraine, who 1 assumed the title of king of Sicily and usalem. The author, after speaking of tho other three parts of the world- Asia, Africa and Furope—recommends that the fourth be called Amerigo, for Vespucci, who, he claimed, was the discoverer of that terra firma. SENATOR ALLISON ON FINANCE, A local paper prints an interviaw on finance with Senator Allison. Tho seoator said: “There will still ba a surplus on the first day of July next of about £10,000,000, nov includ- ing the fractional silver, which, if added, I make $50,000,000 available on July 1. This will be sufcient, with the then current revenues, to provide for current expenses und redeem the £1,000,000 of outstanding 4'4 per cent bonds as ravidly as they will como in for redemption. The current revenues will be suficient afterward to meet current expenses of the fiscal year." 1 o the proposition to extend tne 4145 at 2 per cent the seuator said: “The national banks hold about. §25,000,000 of the cont us securities for circulation. In have their bonds redecmed by the treasury on September 1 it wiil be necessary for them to deposit greenbacks or coin in tho ¥ equal to their circulation, to sceure on of the bonds, If they do this, under a law passed last year, the greeubacks or coin thus doposited are covered into the treasury and at once become an asset for the redemption of the bonds so that only 10 per cent of these 25,000,000 of the money now in the treasury will be required to take up the bouds held by the national banks. It is true that the remaining 90 per cent will be noeded to redeem the nationul bank notes as they are paid into the treasury, But this is aslow process and will probably require at least two years to accomplish, so that in any event not more than $25,000,000 now in the treasury will be presently réquired to take care of the 415 bonds, So that, if the secre- tary does not see fit to suggest an €xtension of part of the 41ys, there will be funds in the treasury to provide for their payment with- out in uny way disturbing the funds held for the rederuption of greenvacks or using any of the funds hitherto counted ns unavailable for the payment of the public debt. But I have 1o doudt at least one-half of the 21,000,000 “Cosmographis ovder t of fraetional currency can be con- verted into available funds under the recent proposal of the secretary aud the $6,000,000 of silver bullion lying dor- mant in the' treasury resulting from trade dollars redeemed wiil soon be comed into standard dollars and added to the available funds. So you see the government has the means to take care of all demands made upon st Regarding the assertions made that there will be as large a deficiency for congross to fix next year as this, Mr. Alison said: ““There are always deficits and probably will be tosome extent next year, but no such large items as this year. The great deficiency this year was pensioners. There is not likely 10 bé any great deficiency, if any, for pen- sions next year, We appropriated for next year all that was asked upon a most careful and liberal estimate. This was not true of either Inst year orthis. No appropriation was made list year to meet the dependent pension bill; that was wholly provided for in the deficiency bill this vear, so that de- ficiencies next year are not likely to be an element of importance in any calculation. CRISP EOR SPEAKER. “‘Charles Fredorick Crisp of Americus, Ga., will be the next speaker of the house of representatives.” This was from Con- gressman James Buchanan of New Jersey. who passed through tho city journeying to Alaska for a pleasure trip. “Before I left Washington,” he went on, *‘a canvass of a majority of the votes showed Crisp's strength to be much better than all tie aspirants. While any number of changes may be made between now and next antumn, Crisp is prac- tically elected tod: His cause had a hard fight at fivst, but this was moro than made up on the home streteh.” DOB INGERSOLL CHALLENGED, A local publishing firm has addressed an open letter t> Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, reciting some allusions made to the Baconan theory in his lecture on Shakespearc Monday night and challenging him to meet Ignatius Donnelly in debate on the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays at the Auditorium any night during the present year. The publishers agree to pay Colonel Tngersoll $1,000, and in case the proceeds, after deducting a like sum for Mr. Donnelly, exceed the sum named, the excoss will bo divided between Colonel Ingersoll and Mr. Donnelly. POSTED A FORFEIT. Tom Ryan depositea a forfeit of $100 with L. Houseman last night on behalf of George Siddons to ogain fight Tommy White for £00 aside. The same conditions as previously governed at Fort Wayne are to rulo. CALIFORNIA WANTS MAXWELL CONFIRMED, The California world's fair commission has decided to meet at the Auditorium at Chicazo ou June i The commission adopted the fol- lowing: Whereas The director general of the world's “olum bian exposition bus appointed Walter 8. Maxwell as the head of the department of hortfeniture, and his nomination lias been ap- proved by the bo vrd of control and Is now be- foro tio local directory for its upprova therefore, Resolved, That this commission express its appreeiation of the compliment paid the state oFaliforntn by the Appoimtmont of ME: Sax Wll, whose naio’ hus_had DHOF Indorsoment of this commission, and it respectfully potl- tlons for his con firmation. ANOTHER SNELL SENSATION. Two suits were filed In the superior court this morning which may bring out some sen- sational dota'ls concerning the private af- fairs of the Snell family. One suit is brought by Hattie Juerst, a former nurse girl in_the Snoll family against Mrs. Celia B, Snell alone, and alleges slander and claims £25,000 damages, [n another suit William 1. Davis and Mrs, Ellis alius Johnsou are joined as do- fendauts with Mis. Snell, avd the charge is malicious prosecution, asking for §25,000 damuges. Both suits are the resultof the urrest in Mafch of Huttie Jeurst by Mrs. Snell, who charged the girl with having stolen some property belong- ing to her. The girl's lawyer said today: “We_ have facts in our possession to show that Mrs. Snell had talked to the girl a great deal about the Snell murder, and was afraid of her testimony in the suft brought by Mr, Stone. Our theory is that she attempted to blacken her charac o destroy the foree of whatever testimony the girl might give, Auother is that she wanted It to appear that Stone bad hired the girl to poison her, and to make it appoar that the girl was capablo of doing such athing An attempt was made to prove her a thief.” WESTERN PEOPLE 1N CHICAGO. Among the western people in Chicago to- day are the following: At the Grana Pacific—J. H. Reynolds, Wy- more, Neb.; J. D. Clarke, C. L. Hover, Papiliion, Neb. At tho Auditorium—Mr. and_Mrs. Thomas H. Smith, W G. Huuter, C Maginnis, Mortana w. ¥ Utat At the Sherman—R. M. Wilson, Neb.; J. M. Coe, Sioux City, la, At the Tremont—Mr. and Mrs. F. Hodgins, Butte, Mont At the Richolicu—Evan S N.D. Atthe Leland--Harcourt Vernon, City, Ia. At the Wellingtou—H. T Lally, Omaha, At tho Palmer—John W. Barry, Fairbury ; Mr. and Mrs. John Treler, Mrs. H. Frankiin, Deadwood, S, D, Livingston, Mont.; F. M. Huuter, ouncil Bluffs; Martin Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Phillips, Salt Lake, Lincoln, M. Tyler, Fargo, Sioux . be hel CHILIAN REPORTS DOCTORED, Insurgents Have Not Been Gaining Such Glorious Victories. New Yonk, May 14.—~The Herald says: A raiiroad engineer and coutractor just ar rived from Chili said that nearly all of tho cabled accounts of battles in Chill between the governmont forees and the insurgents wero “‘doctored’ by the English. The insur- gonts hud not gained a singlo battle of any consequence, he said, since the robellion was begun. The only territory controlled by the insurgents was that of Iquique, Antofagasta and “two other places. Tho peoplo there wero in sympathy with tho insurgents. ‘The insurgents nhave no foothold in Chili proper. *“The insurgents,” he added, “‘can got no volunteers. They are fighting discipiined soldiers with a disorgan. ized mob. They are mnil\l{ supported by Millionaire Edward knglish in Valpairaiso and Colonel North, the nitrate king. The in- surgents get coal and cattle from tramp consting steamors, I dou't believe the ro- bellion will last sixty days lonwer. 'The government has 40,000 soldiers iu the field, well equipped and with abundant supplies. The insurgents have about eight thousand. Thesc are not well drilled or organized, are poorly equipped and suffering from lack of the necessaries of life.” —_— NEWSPAFPER ¢ ISORSHIP, It Results in a Texas Postmaster Getting Into Trouble. Paso, Tox., May 14.—The entire mail edition of the El Paso Times was confiscated and refused transmission through the mails yesterday morning by the postmaster at this place because the paper contained a synopsis of the Louisiana suprenie court decision to compel the Louisiana secretary of stato to submit to the peoplo of that state at the next election the amendment passod by the gencral assembly extending the charter of the Louisiana company. The same decision was published in republican paper here and it is said no protest was made against it by the postmaster. Tho business manager of the Times has sworn out u war- rant for the postmaster's avrest on the charge of unlawfully delaying mal matter and re- fusing transmission through the mails. Tho postmaster was taken before a United States commissioner, who bound him over to appear for hearing today. PRIC yuore Report on the Yarket V. and Meats. WasiiNGtoN, May 14.—Tho report of the statistician of the department of agriculture shows an increase sinco April of last year of more than 100 per cent 1n tho prico of corn and oats, 30 per cent and more in wheat in primitive markets, 32 1 Chicago for choico boeves aud 44 for Toxans, and advanced values of ail coreals and meats. The olimi nation of the surplus corn and oats through under-production last year insures good prices for those crops, aud the shortage of tho wheat crop of the world for two yoars, with the low foreign prospect for the grow. ing crop, promises the largest foreign demand for ten years at lue of Cereals Ex-Secretary hild on Silver. PROVIDENCE, R, L, May 14.—The Young Men’s democratic club here gave a compli- mentary dinner to Hon. Charles S, Fairehild, ex-secretary of the treasury, who spoke upon silver and currency. After discussing the function of currency and pointing out the importance to the business world of muin- taimng a gold basls, the ex-secrotary said: “*My proposition is that the socretary of the troasury should be aliowod to buy silver bullion to an unlimited extent, then to issue silver cortiticates agalust it or coin cortifi- cates,but 1o have a safety valve which would stop the process when tho business of the country demonstrated that the issue of silver | had gonoe far enough. The maximum of sil- ver beyond the outstanding certificates might by the treasury. ~ When 10,000,000 of silver had accumulated it would be a warning that the business of the country was getting more silver than it needed. Then let the purchase of bullion cease until the sur- plus is diminished to €5,000,000, when the purchase might begin again, Itis not a question of seutiment, but what kind of tools should be used in the transaction of business.” S St Steamers Collide Off Gibraltar, GinraLrAR, May 14.—Last night the Brit- ish steamer Buekaneer collided near Europa Point with the Italian steamor Stura, on board of which were a large number of Italian emigrants bound for the United Sta es. A scene of wild confusion followed and it was with difficulty that somo of the cmigrants were restrained from throwing themscives into the water, An investigation showed that the bows of tho Stura were stove and the side of the Buckaneer was baaly damagod. Nobody on cither steamor was seriously hurt. . The Rio Grande Receding. ArvuQuenke, N. M., May 14.—The waters are slowly subsiding, and news from the state above and below this city say that the river is falling. No damage has been done in this city and _the volume of water in the river has 50 decreased that 1o possible dam- age can ensue. The village of Vailencia was almost wiped out. The bridge across the Rio Grande at Los Turas is impassable, and thousands of acres of crops have been de- stroyed and a number of poor people along the river rendered homeless, — - To Buy California Wineries. Sax Fuaxcisco, Cal, 14.—The Examiner says a company composed of British and French spiriv dealers has been formed in London to buy the principal wineries in Cali- fornia. The syndicate is called the “Grape Brandy Distillers,” and has an ostensible capital of £120,000, but the real capital is many times that amount. The scheme is to ship grape juico from California to England and France and there distill it. ———— Wholesale Bribery Charged. Derroir, Mich., May 14.—-A sensational | indignantly denied. story is published from Lausing of wholesalo bribery by the Michigan Bell telephono com- pany of state logislators, Several bills favor- ing the reducing of telephone rent had been introduced in the senate this session. An offciul of th telophono company 1 said to have theso bills killed by a distribution of valuable telephone stock. ~ An investigating committee will be appoiuted to look into the wmatter. —_— Fatal Fight Between Ranchmen. Heiexa, Mont.,, May 14.—News has reached here from Red Lodgo, Mont., of a fatal shooting affair on Pat O'Hara creck, just over the line of Wyoming. Alfred Cail- lette, @ young ranchman, aud Hank Chap- man, a_wealthy rancher,” had trouble over the killng of “two of Chapman’s sheep by dogs. In the quarrel Chapman shot and killed Caillette and then gave himseif up. He claims self-defense, - Sixty Miles of Fire. PUNXSATAWNIF, Pa., May 14.—A great fire is raging in the movntains between here and Bellwood. Tt is sixty miles in length. Many people are homeless, ———— Another Advance in Disc LOXDON, May 14, he Bauk of unt. “ngland has advanced its rate ot discount from 4 to 5 per cent. FIENDISH TRAIN WRECKERS. They Blow Up the West 8hore Track with Dynamite, INTENDED TO DITCH THE FAST EXPRESS, But a Fortunate Delay Occurs and o Passenger Train Derailed With- out the Loss of a Single Life, but fortunate delay to the Pacific express train leaving this city last Monday night on the West Shore railway, the passengers who crowded its many cars were saved from what might have been instant and terrible death to some of them by means of a dynamite cart- ridge placed upon the track by one or more assassins. As it was, a lighter tean, running at a much slower rato of spoeed, rushed upon tho engine of death, but checked its course before going over the high embankment down which the fiends who planned the wreck in- tended the fast express shoald be hurled. But it was only due to a kind providence that even this train, filled to 1ts utmost with commutation passengers bound for their suburban homos, was not thrown down an ombankment twenty-five foet high, carrying the big boulders and wreckage with it, The scene of the wreck was about a mile from the little town of Granton, N. J., and thoe same distance from Fairview., Granton is eight miles and a half from New York aod is the second station on the road after leny g Weohawken. Dynamite was used and the detouation from the explosion ‘was heard two or three miles away. That it wasn fully and cunningly planned attempt wr doubt in the minds of th iar with the time table of the West Shore rond. There is also but littie doubt that the object of the men who almost succoeded in their wicked effort was re v, since it is well known that the Pac xpress always car 3 his partic Iar night it was reported thiat there was just 15,000 in_tho safes of the exress company on_the car, The fortunate circumstance which sa wreek was this: The Pacific duo to leave Weohawken ut 8:30, Thero was considerablo delay in dispatehing it and it did not leavo till after 9. Inthe meantime the Haverstraw local left on time—9 o'clock Instead of preceding tho loeal, tho heavy s, generally composed of tive to elght nger and baggage coaches and a couplo pers, followed it. The wrecking party could not know of this change and tho conse- quence was that they placed their infernal wackine on the track when they heard the | rumbling of the train which they supposed was the heavy express, touched the fuse and hid themsely es to await dovelopments, The local consisted of two coachos to ok the Pacific express there is but little se who wore famil- and an engine, at the throttle of which stood Engineer West Klliott “Billy." of aud a fireman uamed Conductor Williums was in charge thie local and thero was the usual full con- ment of passongers, this beng one of the t patronized local traius on the road, ingineer Elliott was lifted oft his seat and ched to the floor of his caband the fire- man fared no better. Tho headlight was smasiied and all the cab windows wer broken, thrown ribly about and there and shaken was a up tor- throtti it hud gone the length of the two cars which had been dragged across a gap in tho track from which four foet of rail [md been blown by the dynamite, Examination proved that the windows of the cars had been shattered and some other less danage done. Beyond a severe shaking +up no 1njury had been sustained by tho passengers. Engincer Elliott was so severely I shocked by the force of the explosion that he was deaf” for forty-eight hours. After a short delay the local, which had been draggod safely over the gap in the track, went on its way, 'he Paciflc express, which arrived soon after, was delayed a considerable time, It wus hinted that the reason that the ex- press did not go on time was boeause tho railroad people feared an attempt would bo made to wreck it, and the local was sent out first as a blind. ~ This rumor, however, was The reason of the delny was said to be on account of an excess of baggage, ‘1t was the closest call T ever hud,” said Engincer Elliott to a friend, “and was so sudden I did not have time to think. It was seat when there was aloud report and f] window glass flew around thick and I knocked down to the floor of the cab. I got up as quick as I could and shut off the steam and stopped the engine just as she was about to run on the bridgo. Tt did not take asecond, but I never heard a thing for ten hours after the explosion.” —_— Peruvians Want a Square Meal, WasiiNGToN, May 14.—The president of Poru has issued a decree admitting free of duty into that republic, live sheep and cat- to get frightoned. I was sitting upon n?/’ 4 tle, dried meats, salt beef; dried, smoked or ——y pick led fish, wheat or corn, potatoes aud all other vegetables; eggs, cheese, chestnuts, P beaus, rice, rape seed, herbs and spices, and hns decreed expory duty of 20 soles of silver per head of cattlo exported,and 2 soles por head on sheep exported. tion is in consequence of the scarcity and con- sequent bigh prico of food in Peru caused by floods and enormous demands for all torms of food caused by the war in Chill, —_— Michigan Railroad Legislation, LANSING, Mich., May 14.—The house has passed the bill increasing the specific tax on railroads by a vote of 81 w0 10. The terms of the billgive a rateof 2! per cent on the gross income not excoeding $4,000 a mile ana 4 par cent on gross income in excess of $1,000 amile. The increase is” one-half of 1 per cent in the first mentioned class and 1 por cent in the other. The increased revenue to the state will be §58,000, figured on tho earn- ings of the railvoads in 1539, The senate, by a vote of 14 to 15, defeated the bill conterring upon women the right to vote at municipal elections. - Unknown Found Hanging. KANs3 Crty, Mo., May 14.—The dead body of an unknown man was found hanging by the neck from a trec near Harlem, jusT across the river from the city, today. Noth- ing on the body revealea the man's identity He 18 a small man, a German about fifty tive years of age and dressed in cheap clothcs, Taft Going to Washington, Los Axarres, Cal., May 14.—Solicitor Gen- eral Taft will leave for Washington on Mon- day, as he is ordered by the attorney gencral to bo thero on the 23th. He says he is not here to take charge of the schouner Robert and Minnie cases, but came only to consult with the district attorney, e e To Locate S Francisco's Post. Sax Dikgo, Cal,, 14 neral MeCook, Colonel Wendall, Major Kimball and Colonel Bartlett, the commission appointed to select the site for the ten-company post near this city, have arrived here and will select the lo- cation from the various tracts offered tha government, Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report., ol Baking Powder - ABSOLUTELY PURE 4 4 New Yonx, May 14.—By an unavoidablo__ I The passengers in_the cars wero ~—e scrapin and grating sound as though the cars hag lefu the track. Engloeer Klliott grabbed tho 1d stopped his engine by tho timo ; all over in a moment and I didn’t huve timo _#*