Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1891, Page 3

NG pa u u may tell NOT EVEN GUTLINED AS Y, 1aka's Now Pablic Building 8till Tingers in Arohiteotural Claos, MONTIIS WILL PASS BEFORE IT STARTS. a the What a “Bec" Man Lea On Visiting the Oftice of Supervising Avchitect at Washington, Wasnt , Moy Vw1 upon Crounse of the treasary 70N 1. [Spectol to Tur Assistant Sccretary departinent 1 make 1 10 the status of e Omaha sostoffice building, After tho usual greetings Judge anse said “Tur Bix is laboring under a misapprehon sion iu supposing that the plans have veen adoptea and that the building is to be so con struct s to mako th Seventeenth street sideof the block the back yard. 1 showed the editorial article on the subject to the supervis ing urchiteet’s representat the other day and he said theinformation upon which it was based was entivaly wrong, | down calied 1 I Vi tus g and see for ourseives,” In the oftico of the supervising arclitest wo met Colonel Lowe, whe has visited Omaha and knows the exact location of block 87 and the general situation He plunged into the subject at once ip the followine v “Phere has been notaing whatever about the Omaba huilding, No plan ki been considered and ne thought been wiven to the matter. Nothing will be deue, either, toward selecting @ plar or preparing its de tails until after we have fluishea the work on the world's fair buildings. ‘That wiil keepus busy for a long time. 1t is the pressing busi ness at this moment, and everything elso must wait , I'tell you the diaughting department has not 0 much as made pencil cutline of the building. Positively a diseussion of the plans is out of the question, for we have not &0 much as thought of a suitable gencral de shien, becauso we have not reached that point. Tho peoplo and the papers would better wait until we have sugzested somie plan of a building before they find fault with it. After the architect has taken \."th subjectelooked over the topography the ground nud ticured on the gercral style of a building which can be built ot of the - jted appropriation, then a plan can b Tt will bein order foe persone ake suggestions and Lo objeet Lo the plar they like. We can't do this business in com mitteo of the whole. Senators, congressnien citizens and office force cannot meet ot com- mon ground and discuss the question. The architeot must first think out the plan for himself, put it on paper, study it and submiy it to his superiors for suggestions and altera tions before anybody on the outsido can form an opinion of either its faults ot mevits, As fivst step 15 yet to be taken, 1t is a waste of time for all concerned to attempt to say what will be or ought to be done. “The department docs not feel inat should give the question of strcets auy atte tion. Iu my judgment, from actual obserya on, 1 am convinced that from an archi- tectural point of view the buiiding should front on Seventeenth strect. This I know would be seriously opposed, beeause I appre. 1 Siateenth street is today the be thoroughfare. Lam not favorableto the ide sotting the building in the middlo of the loek. It makes additions dificult and we will find after a while that enlargement nec v 1f the city grows. 1 think it wouid bo by to place” the building back some twenty feet from the street, muking tho win entrance on Sixteouth sirest, for instance, aud throw back two wings if money available and s0 make n compnet building and utilize the land to the best possibie ad- vantage. single structure 125x200, as sugges by Tre Brp, in the middle’ of the square would be extremely ugly and waste the floor spuce, unless the proposed wiugs were built at the same time.” “But that 1s not Tue Bee pl It is the dimensions roported as adopted. Tur Be: took merely the statement s given out ap. parently ou the authority of this oftice, and sought o save the ground for parking pur. poses at the four corners of the square instead of throwing all the vacant spa of the building,” said 1. “Well, nobody proposes to build a ure in the shape of a warehouse mensions can be suggested in advance, Tho style of building and its cost must be settled upon before the leagth or width can be a nounced. There is no authority whatever for intimating or suggesting the figures your por has used. We will give vou a nice out there if you will be patient our peoplé that it will be some time before wo can’ give anybody an intelli- gent idea of what is deemed advisable “Just keep your hands off until we give you something to talk about. Wa shall con- sult the interests of the government first and the surrounding property owners last, if ot all. We shall deal with™ the abstract quo tion and leave the concrete details to be wrought out later. If the Nobraska delega tion gets more money it will be easier to put up a pood buildivg. ~ Weare led to believe more will be secured, and shall probably base our caleulations on that idea. “Mr. I2dbrook, the new supervising arct tect, has not yet heard of the Omaha build ing uor given it o moment’s consideration, so faras I know. Any pencil outline which may have beon shown must have come from Mr. Windrim. We bave seen nothing of the kind in the draughtsman’s rooms.” Judge Crounse said that ho nad seen the roughest sort of a pencil outline similar to that mentioned by Colouel Lowe as a d sirable one, but knew that uothing defiuite was ever in mind. Ho should certainly r gard it as bad policy to put the building flush against Sixteenth street with the back vard fucing Seveuteeuth street. He thought venteenth street would eventually be an important thoroughfare and the building should front on both Sixteenth anda Seven- teenth. At all events uothing will be done very soon, and when the architect drafts the elevation or determines upon tho plan of the building he would take pains to notify Omaha people s they could he heard as to whether or not o satisfactory building was proposod. 1t will be months before the ini will be put on the plans, and after they leave the draughtsman they must please the supervis- ing architect. Ho refers them to Assistant Secretary Crounse, who in turn submits his conclusions to Secretary Foste Atter puss- ing muster in the treasury they go to the postmaster general, and finally to the presi- dent before final approval. All this takes time. Then comes the advertising for bids, the awaraing of contracts, the approval of bonds, finally resulting in the commence- ment of the work. It is very plain thata loug period will elapse before anything can be undertaken. 1t is safe to make a wager that no dirt wili be thrown on block 87 until after next spring, if then. Tuk Bre's regular Washington corve. spondent says Senator Manderson gave him to_ understand the plans had been deter mined upon, and work had actually com euced upon them and would be prosecutod vigorously. Tne seuntor asked him to notif the people of this fact, It would seem that the senator was misied from the statements quoted from Colonel Lowe. B. GETTING DOV NESS, it o di 1ding N 10 nu esid Harrison Resumes His Of ficial | uties at the White House Wasimixaron, May 16, ~The president re. sumed bis ofticial duties at the white house today justas though nothing unusual had occurred. He was at his desk trom 9 o'clock until 6 with the excetiou of an hour for Junch, and a portion of this time was spent in shaking bands with party of ex- cursionists from Pennsylvania. He disposed of considerable routine business during the day and had conferences on important wat- ters with Attorney General Miller, Secrotary .. Secretary’ Foster, Assistaut Secre- Moore, Graut, Chandler aud Spaulding of the state, war, interior and treasury de- purtments, rospectively, Senators Hawley and Morrell and Joun W. Fostor, who had just returned from a special wission to Spain. “There are a number of important questions pending in cach of the executive departments, aud it 15 the presidont’s purpose to dispose of thow s rapidly as possible. The Behring sea_question requires immediate consider- ation, and the president will devote his at- | the gov fisherlos, so far s the present season is con ed clearly de- fined ponding flual settler, ent controvorsy by the slow process of ar- cation. It is probable that the sailing or 5 of the revonue eutte assigned to dut, in Hehring sca will be made out and fssu next week. Tho itliess of Secretary Blaine iy necessituto a slight celay in the prepar- utlon of theso fnstructiors, bitit will be onl, temporarily, bowever, as both the preside aud the secretary of the treasury A thoroughly conversant with views on tho subject and could act in wccordance therewith without further consultation with him and without the ing the status of his ves ast danger of disturb- with the British go Another matter that be dis- L 0f next week 18 1he & ut of the commissione: s ighi there Wity 1o meoting of the eabinot about eve cabinet ofticer in town calied during the ¢ and hud @ sbort chat over matters pertaining to the departi I1ATA REPORTED CAPTURED, The Cruiser O Have jeston Reported to Accomplished Tts Mission Lotv:s, Mo., May 16.— Dispatches from the City of Mexice say it is ru ed there tuat tho Itata hue been captured by the Charleston off the ceast of the state of Jelise »oand that st Dic the now retarning with ler 1t is impossibie to get a rumor. 1, Muy toward Su vertheation ¢ San Frave 16, ietin re. At cerved here announces the arrival of the eruls. er Clarloston at Acapuleo. A dispatch from Sanshicgo says: ‘The captain of the steamer Newbern, which arrived at this port at mid uighit Iast night, 1t is reported, on the way down the coast met the Chilian war ship Fs- meralda at Cape St. Lucas aud spuke with oMicer of that vesser, After leaving the alda, which proceeded morth, he passed a vessel supposed to be the Chil- e warst 1 A als0 north. On Lis return trip be reports seein were of those ssels, Ine captain stated that he is of the opinion that the Esmeralda aud itata have put into Mawdalena bay whero the cargo could without auy trouble, u 1kt kave passed by while this transfer wus Ve madc, Oflicial News of the Chy 16, 0 news e rieston, After a weck's was today re- the navy rtment from the First came a dispateh from Acapuico stating that the Chilian iusurgent cruiser Bsmeraida had put out of Acapuleo haruor yesterday and returned to port today Later, through the state department, a dis- patel: camie stating that the Charleston had arrived at Acupulco and that the Esmeralda was still in port, but giving no news of the Iata, May ne tangi WastiNaroy iting at rieston w ceived Ch 4t the next step is to be no one at the cpartment knows or feels free to tell, The Charleston is to take on coal, as her supply probably nearly run out during the s cruise. Whether the Esmeralda is to have th lego of taking coal aboard cau- not be learned here, as it is o matter entively witlin the control of the Mexican goveri ment, but the presumption at the department, is ngainst it, as the ity would be straiucd by the 2 government if it allowed auything beyond water and foed supplies to be furmshed a belligerent, Tho theory at the nuvy department is that the Charieston, whose commander, Captain Remy, has orders admitting largo dis retion- il movements, will now lie at or unear Acapulco for a short time, trusting that the itata, which is 4 slow seven-knot ship, has 1ou yot passed down the coast and will try to coal iu that neighborhood. If she s sighted the Charleston will doubtless try to seize her. She cannot do this in Mexican waters, so that it would be necessary to nhead her off outside the three = mile line, or if unsuccessful o that to fol- low ler to sea when she goes out. Whut the Ksmeralda will do in the meantime is problomatic. ‘The goneral prosumption is that the ofticrs of that vessel will rely more on strategy than on force to obtain the sup- plies carried by the Itata, though some ofti- cers believe that she 1s trying to turn the Charleston away from the Ttata's real course. Recourse to force to provent the Charleston from capturing the Itata, however, would, it is said, be the death-blow of the ' insurgent cause in Chili, as the entive naval force of the United States in the Pacific would, if nec- essary, be promptly called into play te destroy the insurgent navy. am received at the department from Admiral McCann this afternoon an- nounced that the Baitinore and San Fran- ciszo wers both at Tquique, Chili, today, soit uppears that the Baltimore has comé north and the San Irancisco hus been staved in her southern course just at the pownt wuere the Chilian wsurgent nayy is now neariy aito- gether assembled. This poiut is almost in the extreme north of Chili, sna is where the Itata would naturally find hev destination it she cluded the Charleston. Esmeralda Sec s No Clue Ciry or Mexico (via Gulveston), May Tho government deuies the trathof the published rumors that tho Chilian steamer Esmeralda succeeded in buying even & lme ited amount of coal at Acapulco, but that on the contrary she was ordered out of the port 16. and is now lying off the coastin neutral waters waiting, it is thougnt, for the steamer [tata. ‘The Esmeralda’s steam launen was patrolling all last night. The genoral opinion at Acapuleo is that the Itata has passed that place and gone south, and that the Esmoralda is waiting for th United States steamship Charleston. The ofticers of the Esmeralda have been using the telograph wires at Acapulco froely. At 5 this afternoou an unusual commotion was observed on the Esmeralda and persons were watching them through glasses at Aca- puleo, but a thorough search failed to show any signs of an approaching vessel. The Baltimore at lquique. IquiqUe, Chili, (via Galveston) May 16.— “The United States warship Baltinore, from Vaiparaiso, arrived here this moruing. The Baltimore and the San Francisco will remain on this const under command of Adwiral Brown. Admiral McCann, who is on board the Baitimore, will be transforred to the United States 'ship Peusacola, which is ex- pected here in a few days, and will then leave for the Atlantic. COMMISSIONER RAUM TALKS. Says Ho Will Resign if the I is Dissatistied, Cinicaco, May 16.—Commissioner of Pen- sions Raum in an interview today regarding the resignation of his son and the published statement that he himself would take like action, said: *If because of the unfortunate sident affuir about my son the president s at all displeased with me I fhall vesign. My son is innocent of wrong doing. The & was satisfactorily ac- counted for that was charged he bad appro- priated. Many enmities exist in a large de partment. Complaints unjust had been made about him to the secretary of the interior, wd to prevent further aunoyance to that official my son resigrel. I did not seek this ofice,” added Raum. *It came to me unso- licited, During my incumbency its uffairs have been conducted with honcsty and dis- pateh. 1 have nothing to conceal, and upon my record there does not rest a blot,” I dispateh from Louis quotes Noble as saying: “Young Raum's " resignation was demanded. The charge against him was selling offices and the falsitication of civil service examninations, 1, myself, discharged three men involvea. 1 cannot, in uuy seuse, hold General Raum responsible for the shortcomings of his son, He has acted the part of an honorable mau and a good oficer and 1 know of no charges against him. | warned young Raum iu time, but be paid no bead tome. [ felt that his conduct wus tarnishing the administration 1owed it to myself and to the president to take prompt’ and decisive action in the premises. e e A Canadian Bank Sensatic Moxtieal, Quebec, May 16~ The annual statement of the Bank of Moutreal just issued has caused a seusation in business civeles, The regular dividend paid this year amounted §1,200,000, while the earnings were ouly $00,000, leaving $400,000 W be drawn teution to that first, with & view of haviug ‘ frow the *‘rest’’ account, ment's policy in regard to the seal | HARRISON A GREAT TALKER. | Beoretary Rusk Grows Enthusiastic Over the President's Oratorical Versatility. CABINET MEETING SET FOR TUZSDAY. | Matters 0 Be Considercd—Young Haum's Successor Ohio Politics - Pointers for ¥ stonel Boyd's Case, Was 3 FOURTEENTII STREET, Wasiiatoy, D, C., May 16, that called upon President toduy congratulated him not only s of his trip south west, but his robust physical appear- > Henever looked healthier, Secretary is greatiy pleased with his trip. He xGrox Bureao Tie Bee, % Evorybody ison n tho comvlete succe K tuinks it the most important epoch in his e and declares that more uniform courtesy or enthusiasm was never displayed for any man thar was shown to President Harrison, He oday: “President Harrison's aisplay of oratorical ability, howover, was the most remarkable fe of the trip. He made a greater number of first class speeches in a mouth than many high grade public men could think ot and deliver ina lifetime. And his efforts were not all prearranged aud provided for. Some of the best things he said were spontancous.| He would be rest- ing in his car when our train would pull up at a water tank--we used a wood deal of water—and a couple of thousand people would surround the train and demand a speech. They knew from the railroad au thorities that we were going to stop there, so they put up a job on the president. To such unexpected audiences the president's remarks were extremely happy. CABINET PLANS, At the meeting of the cabinet Tuesday it is expeeted that the names presented for the land court and tho court of elaims to fill u va cancy on the latter will be taken up and determined upon. It is ex- pected that Ohio will get one member of the land court, probably ex-Congressman Thompson or ex-Congress- man Grosvenor and that lowa may secure another in the rson ot ex-Congressman Gear, Ex-Land Commissioner Groff is men- tioned as another and ex-Congressman Pay- son of 1llinois as yet another, Itis believed that ex-Senator Moody of South Dakota may be offered another one of the places on the land court, although he has not asked for it, and it is known that he would accept it. Itis confidently hoped Secretary Blaine may be avle to attend the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, so that the case of ex-Senator Blair, rejected as minister to China, may be disposed of. He may be offcred the Japanese mission or the superintendency of immigration. His friends doubt if he would accept so un- remunerative and undesirable a place as the latter, ‘although he is so enanently fitted for it that he has been urged to take it pro bono publico,”” us one statcsman put it. YOUNG BAUM'S SUCCESSOI Applications for the position of assistant chief clerk of the pension office, made vacant by the forced resignation of Green B. Raut, jr., are already pouring in, some coming by telegrapn, two were presented before the It office was formerly opened this morning. is probable that” the place will be fill by promotion. A great deal of sympathy is expressed on every hand for Commissioner Raum, and he has been elevated in public estimation by this unfortunate incident of his son, It is learned thav General Raum promptly demanded a full investigation of the charges, and when they were proven true, he demanded his son to resign. The impression prevails that General Raum, smarting under the disgrace of his son, will himself resign very soon after he returns here from Chicago. ONIO POLITICS DISCUSSED, The suggestion of ex-Represeutative Prank Hurd as the democratic candidate for gov- ernor of Ohio is in Washington regarded as & possiole solution of the disagreement over the renomination of Campbell. Mr. Camp- bell's friends are loyal to him to the last ex- treme, but it 18 assérted and reasserted with a good deal of earnestness that if he runs again he will fall short of getting the demo- cratic vote for the state. Hurd would get about the full democratic vote in the cities and on account of his outspoken free trade sentiments it is thought he would draw largely from the fariners' vote. He and McKinley are old time antagonists on the tariff question, going to op- posite extremcs. For years Hurd has been the champion of frée trade. The democrats claim that there is a_very strong tariff reform sentiment in the state now and that on the direct issue of opposition to the extremes of the McKinley plan they can win with the rigt sort of candidates. 1t is be- lieved that either Campbell or Hurd would make gains in the country m consequence of this sentiment, but that Hurd could hold his party vote besides and make the issucs on the tariff question more sharply defined. POINTERS FOR PENSION SEEKEIS. Tt doesn’t seem to make any difference how tany rules, inflexible or otherwise, the pen- sion oMce adopts, or how many times those who are working in behalf of pension claim- ants explain and advise, myriads of requests pour into Washington every day for favors which cannot be granted. "The result is dis- appointment and often dissatisfaction with the pension laws and tho rules which govern them. An establishment with a million clients, a whole train load of briefs, abstracts, testimony a0d clatms, would b as aimies and resultless as a fleck in the sky if it did not have rules and tollow them. Pension claimants ought to know in the first place, as has been stated in_theso dis- patehes a number of times since the last pen- sion laws were passed, thatit is a cloar gra- tuity, an absolute waste of money, to cmploy an agent here to look after their cases, us they can do no more than the claimants themselves, and the great bulk of their work is in the direction of having their claimants write their representatives in congress and other influential friends in_ Wash- mgton to go to the pension office and hurry up their cases. When a case or a piece of testimony {8 received now it takes a certain course, and it would take no uther, and none quicker, if there were forty agents omployed to hurry it up. The only offico an agent here ever could perform was to tell a claimant what was necessary to make bis or her case complete. That is” all done now oy the pensions oftice as s0on as it can be reached. 'Therc is no such thing as “influence’ with a pension agent, or ‘“inside work’ which will get a case through any sooner than it would go through if left with the commissioner. There is some sense in employing an attorney or agent ot the home of the claimant r he can tielp to hunt up and securo neces sary testimony. Here the agent cannot do this for he is not at the place of abode of the person who gives the testimony. After all the claimant must furnish the testimony, the same as if he or she had a case in court. ~ A lawyer at a distatce of several hundred, or even forty miles, could nor secure testimony or conduct @ case 10 court with suceess. 1t is truethe on oftice is here, but the witnesses and claimunt are far away. Allhe can do is to ¢ u the case is complete or what testi- wony is ueeded and file the papers, The pen- sion offive employes do the formier and the ails do the latter now. nother thing, 1t seems impossible to make claimants comprehend. It requires an afi- davit setting forth that the claimaut is in & precarious coudition of heaith, likely to die at any time, or is in a condition of gréat need aud the object of public or private charity, to take a case out of its order and have'it made special and the certificate 1ssue earlier than in the ordinary course. There is no such thing any more as “influence” to huve cases made special without this afidavit. It is useless Lo Write your senator or representa- % ive or anybody else to have jyour case made special unless you send this afi- duvit from some reliable person proper certitied before a notary puvlic, clerk court, or other oficer authorized to adminis- ter an oath. ‘There is no use to get nervous and denounce the pension office or this ad ministration or anybody or anything for the conditions not being different. After many years of experionce, with millions of claims, these rules have been adopted s the fairest and most equitable to all, and although they may work hardships, the greatest good is ac- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. (.lgfiAY 1 [ 180I-TWENTY PAGES. far more for boILn claimants than r over hid WHAT A WISE CLERK LEARNED. Recently a wise clerk gn the office of the comptroller of the treasifty‘discovered in the accounts of the public peiptor an item of several doliars for ‘“‘music composition With *accustomed presumption the clerk “smelled a mouse' and returued the accounts to General Palmer with #'ddmavd for “‘an ex- planation.” He did not know of any law which warranted the public printer in pur- chasing “songs, poetry or musical composi- tions of any kind," and he did not understand how such a stupid blundérvouid be made. The public printer simply returned tho nc. counts with the explanation that the “music composition'’ meant the' Wtk of compositors in “'setting up" the music type upon which were printed the book music used by the fa- mous marine band. The clerk scratched bis wise head, ejaculated “oh, yes," and the war- rant was issued It is not geuerally understood, but is never- theless a fact, that” laree quantities of music are published at the government printing office, aloug with horse books, agricultural reports, congressional reports and other unin- teresting matter. The music is for the bands doing by any oth [HUTCHINSON'S VICTIM DEAD. Mrs, Greene Sucoumbs to th» Wounds In- flicted by Her Jealous Lovers MADE AN ANTE-MORTEM STATEMENT, Sensational T eatures of the Murder— Dead Womay Was o Pink ton Detective--Tramp Killed Plattsmonth. Lixcory, Neb,, May 16— ([Special to Tur Bee,|~The woman kuown as M Jeunie Greene, who was shot in the back by E. W. Hutchinson on April 2%, died this morning. The ball struck the spine, resulting in paral ysis of the lower limbs, and death was only in the army, navy and marine corps. It is in | & mattor of time. Last Wednesday shie sent the form of the ordinary band books. There | for Justice Foxworthy to make an ante Is a separate room o 8uit of rooms set apart | yortem statoment, but was too weak to say at the government printing ofice for music alone. The music for theso bands is as nec- essary as the blanks for the revenue office land oficers or anybody else conaected with the government. The government bands have regulation music and it is published in the regular place for government printing. Much of the music is composed or arranged by Prof. John Soussa, leader of the marine band. all she wistied to, and she did not rally sufti ciently afterwards to resume it. The state- ment, which was made public this afternoon, is as follows : “My name is Cella J. Greeno. 1 live now at 1323 O street in the eity of Lincoln in said county. 1 um in fear of death and now be o that | am dying, aud make this state- WILL HEAR BOY'S CASE went in fear of impending death. I am Henry D. stabrook has left for his home | 4¥ing from the effects of two gun shot at Omaha, It is expected that some char- | Wounds caused by K. W. Hutchinson shooting acter of proceeding will take place in tho | Me With a revolver here in this room on April supreme court on the Boyd on Monduy the 25th inst lik 1y tha court will entertain a motion of supersedas and hear the argument Pruiy S, Heari, "EATHER CROP BULLETIN, citizenship case 1t is more than the United States Sig Oflice, WasHINGTON, May 16.—The weekly weather crop bulletin issued by the signal oftice thday says in part: The weather during the past week was generally unfavorable for growing crops in the states of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, owing 10 the dryness of the ground, and reports from the principal wheat and corn states indicate that the continuation of present conditious during another week will cause a dranght likely to prove of serious injury to crovs. Small grain and grass are in danger owing to the absence of rain from Teunnessee north ward over the upper lake region and Minne- sota, Although more rain is needed in the Dakotas, Nebraskaand Kansas, the weather during the past week was more favorable and frosted wheat is recovering, but was prob- ably somewhat injured by frosts last night. 28, 1801, In the and io the pr svening of that hay he callod nce of Miss Rice and others we spent some time in conversation; he asked me something in regard to notes which he gave meto deposit in my own name and see if 1 could not collect the same at u reasonable discount and then after asking me where the money was, | repiied that [ had collected a certain amount of saia notes and had depos. ited the amount in bank payable to my order, and then he said to me: *Will you give m tue money # and | said that the notes we in my name, transferred to me und we will fix up the business umong ourselves in re gard to the notes, aud then he said to me ‘Didn’t you go to the Bond block and stay with some man a few nights 1 sad Ldid not. 1 was d to the Bond block to seo some lady friends: and then he suid: ‘I have been told by some parties that you are untrue to your promises to me and that you did stay one night with a man at the Bond block, und theu he said, ‘I am jealous of you, and 1'think you are betraying me, and L lave been told by several purtics that you have been guilty and have stayed with men at different places 1u the city,"and then 1 said to Hutehison, ‘the man that' told you that or anyone that has told you = that has told a falsehood, and I brand him as a liar, and I can prove by the ladies and iady of the Bond block that I did not stay with anv one or have anvthing to do with auy one K Favorable reports are also received from | n o Favors : in the hhek that ovening.’ Then he siid to Missouri and ~Colorado, where recent | 1 o you mean to call me a liar¢ Then I ralus hove greatly improved crop con- | i 1 "did not call you @ liar, but I say conditions, Wheat continues in fine cou- | thut the one or anyone who tola you I did L L, B it as | stay with somcono “in the Hond block that e e 0ot 8 ) 9 i 3! ¢ moment setting on Kansas state that fly und chineh bugs are | Sreling told i ice at that moment % damaging wheat in places. “Tennessce wheat and_corn are turning yel- low. Frost last week ifjured fruit and ga den crops and killed much cotton in Tennes see. A large area of tobdreo 1s wanting Plowing has been suspeuded and prospect. are gloomy. Tn Kentucky and the sofa beside me he aised up on his feet and me, ‘do you repeat that I am a liar s, 1 sald, ‘if you cay that, and then by commmencéd drawing B gun from his pocket and 1 started to run out of the room. He said, will shoot vou." I went through one room and then to the door of another, and in going to Texas reports that codl weather has re- | thyt room he fired two shots at me. I got to tarded the growth of cotton and corn, but | thegouth roou and tried to hold the door, but the outlook continues very favoravle. Small | b pushed the door open and came in. I tried grain prowmises well. "The oat harvest has commenced. Cereals are doing fairly well in Arkansas, but cool weather has in- jured the cotton, ard late planted cotton 1s not coming up. This is also the condition of the cotton crop in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, but should raiti and warm weather occur the coming weck the crop may be saved from serious injury, In North and South Ctohna and Virginia recent rains huve greatly Tmproved crop con- ditions, although some qgmage is reported from hail in the Carolfnas, The drought continued in the middle At lantic states until Friday, resulting in con- siderable injury to grass and small grains, although the recent rains have caused crops to improve and prospects are more encour- aging. Gressand oats were somewhat in- jured in Pennsylvania and dry weather has delayed plowing. Crops are greatly retarded in New York owing to tho absence of rain, oats and grass being most damaged. Like conditions are reported from New Eng- land, where fields and pastures are being in- jured by cool, dry weather. The prospects for fruit in New York and Pennsylvaunia are excellent. In Oregon the wheat prospects were never betier, fruit also doing well. In Cahfornia the cool weather greatly benefits growing crops, retarding the rapid ripeniug of feuits, to get away from hun by dodging under the table—he fired one shot” at me in the room where the table was: it hit me, but glanced off on the stuys of my dress. I put my head under the table, he rushed avound the side of the table and [ fell en tho floor and swooned. Hoe was at that time perfectly rational and sane and me seemed to be, and [ believe ne was, in his right mind and perfectly sane. | have known him for thirteen or~ fourtcen months and I noticed at this time no change it his actions so far as sanity or insanty was con- cerned and he at all tinies acted and seemed to be perfectly saue und vational and [ bo- lieve the shooting was caused by jealousy and the trouble over the notes. Some time ago he became very augry at me and drew a revolver. He aa been drinking at the time. He has frequentiy shown his vo volyer to me. “We frequently had slight quarrels. At thetime of the shiooting he did not seem ner- vous or excited until we quarelled about that man he seemed to be jeulous of. He sat with me on the sofa aud was pleasant and good natured, until ne asked mo the question about thut man then he became angry and made the assault on me." “This murder is surrounded with a number of strange and sensational features. Mrs. cer.c was & handsomo womau with a check- and hay cutting is in progress throughout | ered career. She was sud to have bLeen of the state, but curing retarded by partly | the demi monde at times, and cloudy weather once was arrested for prostitu- : e fon and . fined, Sho appenled the UNCLE JERRY PLE D. ase and cscaped the fine. At other times she lived an_appareutly respectavle life. [t Sccretary Rusk Enthusiastic Overthe | is known that she was cngaged i the Recent Trip. May Secretary Rusk ay if he had a good time on his WASHINGTON, was asked tod recent trip, “Did I havea good timer he replied. “Well T should say I did, and so did every- body else in the party. It wasa wonderful excursion and every day of it was filled with pleasant happenings that must remain fixed in our memorics. The people wore enthusi- astic from start to finish, and if the good Pinkerton service for spocial work several times, and she was pursuinz au original hne of investigation on the Sheedy caso at the time she was shot. Hutehinson was o man of means uad fu- vested some of bis money in Lincoln prop- erty. He met the woman over a year ago, and one of the stories afloat is that ske occupied one of his houses rentv free. There is abuundant evidence that he was sinitten on the widow, and the presumption is that she wus his mis- tress, although he is an elderly man with grown-up ehildren. folks on our route omitted any courtesy it | © The tragedy scems to have growii out of would be wore than 1 could do to discover | the haudling of the old man’s property. e the gap. Especially gratifying was our re- | owned a farm near Ashlund, which he sold coption fn tho south, Every greeting was | 108 on, J. E. Hutchinson, who gave his hearty in the extreme aud, beyond question, notes for #,000. Ihese were 'deposited in the vault of the Lincolu safety deposit company. honest, From thetime when we entered | Afterwards they were ~endorsed to Mr Tennessee the journey was an ovation, | Greene, and ‘she was wiven tho key and on every side there was heard | 10, the bired box in the vauit. The nothing but the broadest and most patriotic sentiments. Texas probably but on more paint than any other southern stae, and it is no exaggeration for me to state that they welcomed the appearance of the president. Governor Hozg and Seuator Reagan met our train at the state line and introduced us ina most eulogistic mauner to the many assem- old man said they were put into the widow's hands for safe keeping, but his family gou wind of the affair and conciuded he was squandering his substance on & heartless ad- venturess. A son, . W. Hutchinson, jr., got an injunction to prevent the removal of the mnotes from the vault, out Mrs. Greene learned of this move in timc to get the uotes away before the service of the court’s re- straining order. blages that laid in wait to capture apor- | Some of the subsequent procecdings tion of our oratory. Culifornia will | aro not wholly clear, but it seems always be remembered as the land of | that Mrs. cen and the other flowers. As soon as we entered the | son, J. E., met in Omata, and she surren- state we were bombarded with the most del- icate blossoms —bouquots were fired at us by the ton—and this continued until we got too far north for early flowews, The feature of the trip that impressed wme more even than the popular enthusiasm was the remarkale oratorical ability of the president. Ho mado a greater number of spezches in a month than many high grade public men could think out and deliver in a life time, And his efforts were not all prearranged and provided, for some of the best things he said were sponta- dered his'notes for #,000, receiviug £1,000 in cash. It is not clear why this was done, whether the old man cousented to it at the time or whether the widow mude a stake out of the deal. Apparently the old gentleman was nota party to this arrangement, for ho started for the farm near Ashlund with tho avowed purpose of making bis sou give him new notes for the balance of 1,000, The sou bad warning of s coming and escaped u mecting, Perhaps tho father throatened to do the son bodily barm. At any rate the neous. He would be resting i his car, wnen | young man swore out a warrant against bis the train would pull up st & water tauk—we | father, afleging tnat he was in fear of his used a good deal of water—-and a couple of | life, and the old man was thrown into jail at thousaud people would: snrround the train | Wahoo. His friends allege that this was and demand a speech, They knew from the railroad authorities that we were going to stop there, 50 they put up & job on the presi- dent. To' such unexpeeted audiences the president’s remarks were extremely happy." **Did you stick closely.40 your schedule!” “Wonderfully so," roplied the secreta “We arrived at every stopping place pun! tual to the minute and kept it up until we got homa yesterday evenhug. There was not a hitch in'the arrangements or an accident of even the most trivial description. It was good trip, but I am glad to be at work agaiu.” The Washington Critic spends, Wasminagroy, May 16.—The Washington Evening Crtic has ceased publication and has been placed in the bands of a recciver, —_— merely & scheme to keep him away from tie hearing on the injunction. Mrs, Greene vis- ited the old gentleman at Wahoo, aud fnally secured his release, Hutebinsou senior, after his release, canie to Lincolu, visitea Omaha and then returnca to this city on Tucsday, April 25, In the cvening he called on Mrs. (ireene us she ex- vlutos in her 8 atement he was Lving with the family of her brother, Gus Gilbert, on the secoud tloor of a busiaess block. Mr, G bert, Miss Rice, a young lady employed in a millinery stor¢ who boarded with the family, “and the children were present when = he called. ‘They soon left the room, leaving Hutshinson and the widow alone. They knew nothing of what trans- pired in the room, but their story of the shooting when Mrs. Green ran into the din ing room and sought refuge under the table, Re ult of a Boy's firve, corroborate her dying statement. Mrs GraNp Ravios, Mich,, May 16,—A small | Green persistently refusca to relate what boy’s borfire almost destroyed the village of | transpired iu tho f{ront room until she feit taining 5,000 bushels of wheat belonging to | Hutchinson walked out of the building un the Wing Milling company, two livery | polested and escaped to his home, Ho was stables, three houses aud the barn to Train's hotel were burned. The loss is about £0,000, B 5 Ohio's Glanders Epidemic, Dayros, O,, May 16, —~There is much alarm in Butler county over the appearance of glanders among borses, 8 number of which have been killed by order of tho state veteri- complished by thew, I'bis administration is | nariau, coucesled in @ piece of timber near by for several days, whoero his wile took him food under cover of darkuess. The cold nignts drove hiw 1nto the house, where he was cap tured. He has been keptin the county jail, in this eity, awaiting the result of Mrs, Greene's injuries The corovers jury met tonight, but devei oped nothing new and rendered a verdict in accord with the foregolug facts, After the shooting Mrs, Green was received into the Catholich chureh. All her property was given to that church to educate her dalghter {n its faith and for its service. Bound Over to Court. Nennaska City, Neb, May 10— [Special Telogram Tie Bre|--Lon Price, the negro charged with making a criminal as sault upon pretty Irene Trimble, was taken before Justice White and given & prelimi nary hearing today. A number of witnesses were oxaminea and Price took tho witness staud. ile had 1o attorney, out made a dis connected statement, admitting that thore was more or less affection ovisting botweon himself and tho child, he aamitting remain ing all night in the barn with hor, but denied having committed any assault, At the con clusion of the hearing ho was bound over the district court, his boud being placed at £1,000. This he was unable to furiish and he was placed in the county jail New Tevigation Company. Gering, Neb., May 16— Special to Tig Ber, |- The Laramie aud Scotts Bluff cannl ated B and water power compay w here yesterday by Martin Gering, Jonn Audersor, Charles W, Johnson, Poter Gerhart, John H. Abbott, Nels B.'Andorson, Andrew F. Froid, David C. Onstott, Miles J Huffman, Oscar Liddle us incorporators Lstock s placed at §5,000,000, and the principal place of business’ at’ Gering, Scotts Bluff county, Nebraska. Thic is not 50 much a new corporation, us itis intended to protect thie rights of the ditch company, in Nebraska, which is alveady orcanized under fucorpo the laws of Wyoming. A party of fifteen surv left this morning for the hoad of tho 10 nssist in pushing the work along. s Work, PALMAGE, y 16, Special Tele- gram to Puk Bee, -Last November B Manuigan offercd for the Bauk of Talmage notes amounting to §25, swned by | Peter and John Albright, wealthy German farmers of this locality, which wero readily purchased at w liberal discount, Mannigan leaving immediately for raunce. Later Messrs, Albrigut and son heavd of the notes, and upon examiuation pronounced them for geries. Tho bank brought sut for the amount, the trial coming up yesterday be. fora Judge Wathan, and resulting in a ver dict for the defendants, Mr. Berlett, presi dent of the bank. says au appeal will bo taken. Run Ove and Killed Nob, Mav Prarrsyovt, Telogram to Pk Bre.| - This norning the 8. & M. passenger train, No. 4, struck and instantly killed a man near the waterworks engine house, The vie bo an 16, Special o old man who had lodged in jail last night and m proved gave his name as Peter Neider. While here it was learned of him that he was enroute to his home in Holt county, this state, where his family reside. He' had tramped from Baltimord, where e had beea in the hos tal for some months suffering from & para ivtie stroke. Holt County Agriculturists O'NEiLt, Neb., May 16, to Tue Bee, |—The Holt county society held its annual meeting and elected oMcers as follows: Noail nnan, president; rank Campbell, secrotary; J. L. Mack, treasurer. \V. J. Dobbs, Milton Doo little and W. 12 McRoberts were clected a committee 1o preparc exhibits to be sent state fairs throughout the entive eas states. ‘The faiv in this county promises to be u grand success dent to Picni Tatmacr, Neb., May 16, gram to Tur Bee]-The Talmage high school closed yesterday with o picnic at which several accldents occurred. Willie, son of A, Engber, fell from a tree, breaking bis collur bone. Willis Holbrook fell into the Nemaha river and was saved from being drowned by the excrtions of his larger com panions. This was followed by Mrs. Peter Berlett's team running away, demolishing the buggy but hurting no one. [Special Tele Heaviest of the Season. McCook, Neb, May 16.—[Special Tele- gram to Ti: Bee.|—This part of the Ro- publican valley has been visited with the beaviest rain of the season. Ivcommenced o rain about 7 o’clock last night and rained uard all night aua has rained all day. This will insurc a crop of small grain of which this county has nearly double the acreage of last year. Broken Bow Graduates, Brokes Bow, Neb, May 16.—[Special Telegram to T Bee.|—The public schools closed theiv year's work yestorday, but owing to the rain the graduating oxorcises were postponed until this evening. Hon. James Whitehead delivered the addross. The grad uates were Misses Eya Weimer, Cora Graw- ford und Sarah Snyder. Rain at Culbertson, Cutnrnrsos, Neb., May 16.—[Special Tele gram to Tur Bee,|—This section was visited last night and today by the heaviest rain of the season. Fully two inches of rain fell from 7 o'clock last evening until 7 o'clock this evening. Crops of all kinds, and especially wheat, Is fooking splendid Crops in Fine Ct ton. Crnris, Neb., May [Special Telogram to Tk Ber.)—Thero bas been twenty-four hours of hard rainfall all over this section of country. Everything is in_fine condition for crops.” Corn 18 coming up finely, small grain is in prime order and the veople are jnoilant ng Plattsmouth, Prarrsvoutn, Neb., May 16, —[Special Pelogram to Tk Ber.|-—-At the close of toduy’s work on the Plattsmouth and Omaha extension of the Missouri Pacific the track was luid to within five miles of this city. By Thursday the city will be reached eal Safe from Drouth, BENKLEMAN, Nob,, May 16.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Ber,|—A heavy rain has been falling here for twetve hours and it is still cloudy tonight and mieting. The small grain crop assured safe from drouth and the corn wilt now come rapidly ol PREYING ON OLD SOLDIERS, A System of Brigandage Discovered atthe Milwaukee Home, MiiwaUKEE, Wis,, May 16, Phe murder of Aulfuss, the old soldier whose body was found Sunday night in a creck near the sol diers' home, has resulted in the discov that a regular system of brigandage has flourished in the neighborhood of the grounds. All about the grounds and as close to the groun the law will allow them to locate are low dives and groggeries in which for ars the veterans have been plied with liguor and then robbed. ‘The competition zrew so brisk, however, that enterprising robbers favored the plan of ateling or 15 on the outside. The grounds of the national home ere extensive and are heavily wooded, and about them arc other patehes of heavily-timbered laud. The grounds are five miiés from the center of the city and b s0 that the police prot best. In these woods yond the city limits, tion is none of the and along the road- ways and lanes leading into the grounds small bands of hichwaymen, many being composed of old soldiers who have been dis charged from the home, have mide o practico of lying in ambush for belated veterans ve- wrning from the city. The investigation brought about by the Aulfuss murder has de veloped the fact that hundreds of men have been waylaid and robbed within the lust vear. Governor Hathaway of the home has been enlisted inthe crusade with the local authorities and they propose to rid thoe dis trict of the robbers. - A large foree of special ofticers are out there und they will prompily :!ur:-‘\\ any suspicious parties in the neighbor. Passenger Minu., May i6. and St. Paul railway lines alarmed over the action of the 'S00 inga round trip rate to New Boston which is 1ess than the one way, and telegraphed of the western senger association for permission to meet the cut, he “Soo’ added fuel o the flame by malking a round trip rate of £24.25 to Toronto, which is §11,20 under the tourist rate sheets Cut St Pauv Rates, The six Chicago very much "in mak York and ordinary farc Chairman_Finley ' LOST IN THE SAND HILLS, | Frighfal Exporience of Twy Themac County Childron Who Wandersd Away, ALMOST A WEEK WITHOUT FOOD OR DRINK | Mundreds of Men Scouving the & ry o search for (he 1 Missing Babies-One of Ihem Found, Mr. € N. McKuight, & special penston agont wemploy of the governfent, came in | yestorday from Thedford, Thowas county, | where he found the entire wale population | out searching for two lost children, Mr. Me- IKnight said ho did not find a solitary man in tho town of ‘Ihedtord, which usually contaius a population of about two hundred people L'yyo children named Hamiiond, ono oight years old and the other ouly four, went to visit their sister, who lived about six miles aorth of Thodford, last Sunday, and beween 4and 3 o'clock thoy started home, They had ouly togo aboat a mile and a balf, but the | rond led through the dreary and bewilder. ing sand hills Ihe chilieen lost their way and nover reachiced hot the iinmedinte uel Their parents and searched the hills on Mouday morning a general Then the citizons of Thed- od out s the s all night and ala ford and the surronnding country tur and two trappors leaders, 0 was givon, old were chosen They took the trail and soon found whero the childven had waudered from the path to pather flowers, IProm this they wandored on and on, over the desolate hills and gulches of shifting sand the tracks of In many vlaces tho little feet were entively obscured, The wind had drifted the sand across the trail I'he search was continued all day Monday il dark 1 the scarchers camped on the el A velief went after provisions and couriers were kept in_communication with the seavchiers all duy Tucsday as they went on_over the dismal streteh of barre sands, Al day Wednesday the search went on, and Thursday 1t was renewed. They came to a place where the youngest one had 1ost one shoe and could see whero the older one had carried her littlo sister short distances and then they both teidged on to- her in o desperate, pitiable search for home, Thursday at voon the youngest child v found at the foot of a bigh fll, haif covered 1 the sand, where she had fallen, completely exhausted. ‘The little one was dnconscious, and her tongue was swollen so that it pro- | truded from her mouth. Sho was soon re- stored, however, so that sho could recogmze ner father and brother, wnd when asked where her sister was sho Said: “Sister went on_home." Thoe youngest ehild was found nearly fit. teon miles from the point where they fivst left the wagon rond to pici flowers Then the searcn went on, The oldor ehild seemed from the tracks in the sand to still possess considerable strength, Tho sear ars noticed where she had vun a siort dis- tance, as thougn fright object near her. She few hundred yard wed by some noise or pproached to within a soveral places of tho Loup river, but did not go to itat any voint whero the searcters had traced her steps up to Friday morning. Her steps were then di- rected away from the rmiver and out into the sand hills again, Pne sewvening party had followed the child’s tracks wbout thivty wiles up to Fri day morning, aud i ull that distance there was no evidence of her having luin down to sleep or rest. Some places she had fatlen in the sand, but tho indications scemed to point 10 the fact that she had serambled up and had trudged on her weary way, doublless almost crazed with the fearfulness of her sit- uation, The seareh was still on when Mr. Me- Koight left Thedford, every able bodied man who could find a_horse or could walk had wone to the sand hills ta help tind the wan- derer. Fully one hunared and twenty mon were out scouring the hilis and yulches. The youngest child was slowly recovering from the terrible experience she” had under- one. e INSURGENTS, Obtain Funds to Continue the Warfaro. Niw Yonk, May 16.—r. Edward Byre, o nephew of ox-Mayor William R. Grace, has arrived on the steamship Colon from Aspin- wall. Mr. Iyro is a representative of the firm at Callao, and this is Lis first visit home i twenty-four years, Speaking of the Chil- fau disorders Mr. Eyro was asked: “From what source do the tain funds to continue this warr, “They have secured control of all the ports from which nitrate is shipped, they veceiving the export dutics, payable to the Chilian government, which amounts to fully 10,000, 000 silver dollars annually.” Tow does Balmaceda get carry ou his warfare!” “From the general revenues of the country, principally the custom houses at Valparaiso and Talacahuue, but as these were not sufi- cient to mect his requirements he issuod $12,- 000,000 worth ot money, which was taken by th and used to pay the army. The currency of Cuili consists of ‘notes’ issued and guaranteed by the govern- ment. This currency was worth 50 cents on tho dollar when the revolution broke out according to my last advices has declined 0 cents,” ‘Do you know of any firms in New York that are supplying the iusurgents with arms " “No, I do not.” How long do you think the struggle will 1 Itis very hard to say, but Lam afrad it will last for many monthis, as the opposition is not likely to accopt as a solution of the dif- ficulty the man whom Balmaceda proposes shall succeed him as prosident (Senor Vicuna, when his term expires oo Septemoer 1 next."” “How s the credit of Chill with foreign nations " Chilian bonds owing to the r that might CHILIAN How The, insurgen ob- the funds to havo declined a littlo volution, but ot 1o the extent, been expected. Chili has enjoyed such an excellent reputation that the effect has not been in her case as it would have been in_others aud her total ex- ternal debt is only about £35,000,000, which is 10 doubt in any case perfectly good." “If nccossary, could Chili get any material assistance from London in the way of loans “Under present circumstances it is not at all likely that she could obtain any assist. ance in the London market, but i normal times she could have had all the money she | desived for public works and other uses, Her loan, which was £1,000,000 was placed at par. 'To speak uceurately, | it wus 49, and 1 understand s held® prineipally by the Rothschilds.” What interest is taken in the affu Poru, and what sympathy, if an toward the two parties in’ Chili “In Peru the general desire is that a peace- ful solution of the diMcultics stould be reached, as it effects the business of that country considerably, but beyor.d this neither the people nor the government have any in- terest in cither side. 'The government has observed the strictest neutrality, and i know { Positivoly that that s tho_policy which the Joruvian government proposes to follow. ‘This can I afirm, as | have it diveet from the president of Pevi and his ministers, What the commeree of the coast needs is poace, and the unanimous feeling is one of the deépest cvet that Chili sbould have become i volved in such a condition of internal strife - 1ot Stond Rheumatic Pain, Misxearoris, Mina., May 16, Charles H Champlin, superintendent of the North Star woolen mills, shot himself through the head this morning. Champlin bad been contined in bed two weeks with rheumatism and it is taought distress overbalanced his mind, r in ,is extended Cou - - Nobody Was Injured, Cinicaco, May 16.—The oficial report of | the accident to the Chicapo-Minneapolis express train ou the St. Iaul railroad last evening near Columbus, Wis., states that no ! damage resulted except ' dolsy of four hours Nobody was injureds