Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 18, 1891, Page 1

. ~ - - THE OMAHA HER LONG JOURNEY ENDED. Tillie Hammond Found Dead in the fand Hills. lo WANDERINGS OF THE LOST CHILD. Overflow of an Irrigation Canal— 1he Country Flooded—A Little Boy Fatally Scalded—The Weekly Crop Bulletin, Trenronn, Neb,, gram to Tur Be May 17.—|Special Tele- |—Tillie Hammond, the lost child, was found dead today about ten miles northwest of Dunning. An average of seventy men have searched for her constantly since last Monday. 'The rain obliterated her trail and she covered o distance far greater than what was thought possible, The most conservative say she traveled seventy-five miles and a part of the time carried her little sister, without food, water or shelter. Her heroic effort for life is descrving of & mouu ment. Weekly Crop Bulletin. Curre, Neb,, May 17.—[Special to Ter Ber.|—Tho signal service has issued the fol- lowing weekly weather and crop bulletin for Nebraska: The past week has been rather warmer and more sunshiny than average and generally favorable to farming interests: but prevail- ing high winds have dried the surface of the ground somewhat and rains would have been beneficial. Crops are reported generally in ood condition, but in some localities small grain ana grass are in need of rain, The rainfall is reported as everywhere he- low the average, except at Alliance, where 1.61 inches fell on the 11th. Throughout the " central part of the stats there has been none oratrace; in the southeastern part showers bhave been general. amounting in some cases 1o nearly an inch, which is almost the normal amount, but averaging only about half that much, A frost was quite general on the 11th, the temperature in some localities falling below B2 degre strawberries and grapes were injured in’' somo places, but damago was everywhere slight and nowhere the larger fruits or crops reported injured, Corn planting has proeressed rapidly dur- ing the week and is considerably more than haif done in most local s, More ground is reported as under cultivation this vear t 1 previously. Wheat is coming up slowly and unevenlyin the southwest. Too Much Irvication. 3eniva, Neb., May 17.—|Special to Tie Brr.| - The Chimney Rock irvigation canal which was almost completed, hud its head- gate washed out by high water this week d the ditch has been filled with an im- mense current of water ever since, not only flooding the country, but doing a great deal of _damage to the banks of the canal. The mouth of the ditch where the headgato was situated, is about fifty fcet in width, and there wus at last accounts from there, no definite, plan decided on for closing it. It may,bé that_sand bags will not wash out with tha éapreit, and that plan is likely to be triea,The Chimney Rock canal was begun last season, and tho farmers worked upon it more or less all winter, having just about, eompleted it for use this season.” 1f theawashing riffns the banks of the canal, it will bea serious catastrophe to thom, The headgate is fifteen miles from here. The flooded district resembles an immense lake, and the people are thoroughly excited. Ditch Matter Settled. Fuemoxt, Neb., May 17.—|Special to T Bre.|—Tho injunction which was issued from the United States court on application of the Union Pacific railway compauy to re- stain the contractors from crossing its right of way near North Bend with the large cut off diteh which the county 1s constructing there, has been withdrawn, and \Qw who are interested i the improvement arsrejoicing over the fact that the work 1s not to be delayed. The necessity of the im- provement to the public welfare was laid be- fore General Attorney Thurston of the Uunion >acific, and ho yesterday consented to the withdrawal of the injunction suit. atally Scalded. Fuemoxt, Neb,, May 17.—[Special to Tir Bre.)—A little son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A Davis was, last evening, seriously and proba- bly fatally scalded. Mrs. Davis had placed a small tub of hot water on a chair, aud while she had gone into wuother room the child came in, pulied the b over and spilled the contents' on itself. It was 0 badiy scalded that portions of the flesh dropped from the little sufferer’s body. The child is a yearand a half old. Traveling Men's Banquet. Frevoxt, Nob., May 17.—(Special to Tne Bre.|—The Fromont Traveliug Mor's usso- ciation held its first public meeting and gave its first banquet at Frahm’s hall last night, There was u limited numver of outsiders resent, and the local traveling men and heir wives wero out in full force, An en- joyablo literary programmo wus vendered and an evening of unalloyed enjoyment was liad. ANCHORED AT ACAPULCO, eralda Near the Entrance of the Harbor. Crry oF MExico (via. Galveston), May | The American war ship, Charleston, and the Chilian man-oi-war, Esmeralda are lying at anchor near the entrance to the harbor of Acapuleo, The Chilian captain says that his vessol has not called at_any American port, consequently, ho says, it is not probable that the United States authorities will interfere ith the movements of either himself or his el An oficer of the Esmerulda, in roply toa question put to him in the telegraph oftice at Acapulco as 1o the probability of un old fashioned sea fight between the Charleston and the Esmeralda, said in a )«)cu\ux' and rather ambiguous wa, *'Ob, the Itata is already out of danger. She has plenty of coal and provisions to carry her to her destin- ation.”” This remark has given rise to the roport that tho Itata coaled at sea and pry ceaded to hor destination, while the Cniiian war sk'p steamed for Acapulco to throw the Uunited States authorities off the track, El Umiversal, the only government ory that has so far made any mention of the rival of the Esmeralda st Acapules in addition to the Esmeralda other Chilian war ships are expected ut Moxicun ports. A telegram from Guatomala states that a schoouer captain, just arvived, reports hay- {ng seen two strange vessels under full sail proceeding in a southerly divection. SAN Frazcisco, Cala, May 17, Chronicle has received a disvateh from pulco from @ naval oficer on boara the Charleston, ~ The dispatch is dated Saturday and says in part: The Charleston arvived early this morning, passing close to the Ksmeralda as she entered tho harbor, the Charleston anchoring and clearing the ship for action, to be ready for emergencies. Lator in tho day a formal interview took pluce betwoen Captain Kemy of the Churles- ton and tne captain of the Ksmeralda, the latter stating that the Charleston should never take the Itata until the Esmerulda was sunk. Captain Remy replied: 1 have orders to take the Itata The fact that the Esmeralda is present will make no difference natever.” In Acapulco a fight 1s expected 1 the Itata appoars. an ar- ays that arloston Will Coal Up, N, May 17.No inferuiation has boen received at the navy department re- garding the Itata, nor have any further orders been seut 1o tho Charlestou, Secre- tary nothing new from tae Charieston for at least twenty-four hours reiains practicad terday, OMAHA, MO ND ] | i ! { AY MORNING, racy 1id tonight that he expected and that the situation the same as it was Commander McCann, he said, would remain as the senicr officer in command of the naval force on the Pacific until the Chil- inn difficulty was settied, and would ulti- mately retirn to his command of the South Atlantic section, when Commodore Brown would assume command of the Pacific sta. tion. It is thought the Cliarleston will take at least two days and perhaps longer to coal, as ships of her class cannot load fast_owing' to the location of some of the coal bins. This will depend, however, y upon the quantity of the (o1l she needs to fill her bunlk By the time she has coaled some new light may be thrown on the whereabouts of the Itatu, but for the next two days the Charleston Wil likely remain at Acapulco, in the meantime keeping a lookout for the Itata and watching her consort, the Esmeralda. An ofticial of the navy department said tonight that it was not likely the Esmeralda would seek to procuro voal at any of the sea const to s on the Central American or Columbian coasts, as these countries would undoubtedly act as the Mexican authorities have done in refusing to violate the neutrality laws by aiding the iusurzents to replenish their coal supply or procure munitions of war. Short of Coal. , Cala., May 17.—Purser Walter cific coast steamship Nowburn, when Interviewed today, said the Chilian man-of-war Esmeralda was short of coal when the Newburn passed her on the 10th inst. off San Lucas. Oficors of the Es- meralda visited the Newburn at San Jose del Cabo next day and said their desti- nation was some port in the United States neralda Was SAN Dikd where they could get coal, They also in- quired as to the quantity of coal the New- burn was carrying and seemed disappointed when informed that the steamer had only o small quantity. Walter says he has no doubt it was the purpose of the Esmeralda to hold the Newburn up at sea and take her fuel from her, but she rave up the idea when she found that the amount carried by the passenger steamer was so small. The purser corroborated tho eaptain's story about ing another war ship much larger than the Esmeralda on the night of the lst. He thiuks this also must have been an insurgent ship, for the officers of the Esmeralda knew of hier whereabouts and did not appear to be alarmed, s would bave been the case if the ship had becn Balmaceda's Imperial, The ofticers of the smeralda refused to tell the name of the other ship when asked, o AST WEER'S BU INE What the Returns from the Var ous Clearing Houses Show. Bostoy, May 17 —The statement of the clearing houses for the week ending May 16 is as follows crries. Cincinnatt Plttsburg. Kansas O Loulsville. Buffalo Galveston Milwankes . Minneaolu Providence. Dotroit ... . Cloveland . Omana... Denyer.. SEPaNL; L Indinnapoliy Columbus ... Memphis... Daling Duluth ", it 0 H 540.000 0612074 Washington. Peoria. St Joseph .0 Haven. ntor. Seattla. Norfolk ara Wil Syracu Los A, Wichita, Lowell f Hirmingham Tes Molnos . Chattanooga. New Bedford exington, Ky Jpeka ¥ neoln. . Montreni Halifux N.§ *Houston Total Outside ¢ tincluded in totals. It will be noticed in the above table of clearing house exchanges that Rochester, N. Y., bas been added to the comparative list, making sixty cities now reporting in with last year. A year ago at this time there were fifty-four cities making comparative statements, and two years ago the list was only thirty-six citics, A THIEVING DUKE. nbe les the Money of a Louisville Tanning Company. Lovisviiie, Ky, May 17.—Duke Alphonse Dethiorry of Frauce, for five years past book- keeper of the Conrad tanning company, has left this city several thousands dollars short in his accounts with the tanning company. His work las been very acceptable, his life quiet and no suspicion” attached to hun till a week ago, when Iresident Conrad of the conipany observed a suspicious entry in the books. ~ An iuvestigation showed "that Dethierry had unlawfully taken $1,500 of the firm's money. When cliarged with the theft Dethierry confessed and upon promise of exemption from prosecution began to go over the books and tell how he had accomplished the theft. While so occupied he became alurmed lest he should be sent to the peniten- tary and suddenly left the city with his family, He used Talse entries aud forged ohecks to conceal his stealings. Dethiorry «laimad to belong to the noble French family of thut name. —— COLONEL CODY A8 2 CIVILIZER, Hostiles Pleased with Their New Life and Saving Money. CuicrnGo, May 1 One of the officers at army headquarters here today received a letter from a gentleman counected with Buffalo Bill in his trip through Europe with aboutone huudred of the hostiles captured by General Miles in the recent Indian war, The writersays that tho red skins are all auxious to make money and some of them send thewr eutive earnings home, and they de- clare they will settle down and build bomes when they return, Kicking Bear and Short Bull, two of the worst hostiles, are par- ticularly economical. The great armies of urope are to them awe-inspiring, and they cluin: that General Miles sent such large numbers of soldiers against them that they became frightened and surrendeved and will never again fight becanse of the great num- ber of soldiers, The Indians will remain in kurope two years, and Buffalo Bill thinks b; that time they will Le so accustomed to eavili zation that thoy will never again go to war. - Horrible Suici Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, May 17.—Michael Bran- non, a laborer, committed suicide at Indepen- dence,Mo.,0arly yesterday morning in ahorri- ble manner. While a Missouri Pucitic freight teuin was awaiting orders at the station, Branuon laid down between the two drive wheels of the engine so that his neck was placed across the track. When the engive started his head was severed complotely from bis hady, l SHIPPING GOLD T0 EUROPE, Millions of Dollars in Amarican Ooin Ex- ported Weekly, EFFECT OF THE HEAVY TRANSACTIONS, Alliance and Labo, to the Cincin nvention ~Will Try rvent a Nomination, Leaders Opposed Wasmivatos Brneav Tae Bee, % 3 Founrerxti STRERT, Wasmiyaroy, D, C., May 17. There is a good deal of talk just now around the treasury department about the exportation of gold which has been goine on so heavily for the past few weeks. Over £,000,000 fn gold was shipped across the Atlantic last week. The total ex- ports for the year aggregate something liko £37,000,000. This was all in our coin and 1s tobe recomed into the imprints of other nations, Most of it will soon appear with the mint stamp of Alexauder 111, and will pass current as the coin of Russia, The Rus- sian government is not, as reported, trying to get her finances upon a gold bass, for it has long been upon that basis. Russia with her vast teriitory, extensive military and naval equipments, and constant neces- sity of making large payments for armament, ote,, in all'parts of the world, has for many years kept on deposit in the three or four principal money centers of the world gold aggregating on the average atout §100,000,000, and so much of our gold as has gone to that country of late was for the purpose of recoin- age to maintain the Russian deposit. The exports of gold have been through the means of gold and legal tender redemptions. The foreign governments purchase these certifi- cates at the banks in New York city and take them to the sub-treasury there, whoro the coin is paid out upon demand. The certifi- cates are bought from letters ot credit pur- chased in London, un1 the effect of the tran: action is a constant draining of New York's gold coin supply and an in- crease of her credit in London, We do not receive any real money in rewurn We simply accept Loudon exchange. This would tend to decrease the rates for London aud continental exahange and increase the value of the coin and also our interest. It also has the effect of dumping in upon us some of our sceurities sold in European mar- kets, It retur.s to us our own paper. The result is not desirable. It doesn't require a philo-opher to foreses from the evenis in this line during the past four months what the result of the unlimited coinage of silver would be. We would soon have foreign coin instead of either our gold, gold certificates, or legal tenders, and a redemption day would be impossible if we would avoid bankruptey. To undertake to pay in gold when it could not be commanded, would be ruin pure and simple. To permit 'all the countries in the world to exchange silver for our legal tenders redeemable in gold, or our gold or silver certificates would mean disaster. All of our.customs and other dues would within @ short time be paid in the silver or foreign countries, and our gold would be under for- eign impresses. Already our gold is goin; from us at the rate of 75,000,000 a vear, an tho silver coin is pouring in from every di- rection and no one wants it. And yet silver is not regorded in the treasury dopartment a< a bad or undesirable mouey. On the con- trary it never had a higher standard than now, and never before was it more in the hands of its friends. The lesson being taught this country at this time is that it should throw around its gold vaults and supply of lowal tenders such restrictions and protection ns will retain them for the people they were created for, and not lay down the bars and in- vite the surplus of Eutope. THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION, Representatives Jerry Simpson and Featherstone, Senator Peffer, Dr. McCune and Secretary Beaumont, farmers’ alliance magnatas, have left for 'Cincinnati, where they wiil keep on the outskirts of tho national convention which is to be held there begi ning on Tuesday. They atteud the conven- tion, not for the purpose of lending their presence toward its success, but to try and still the tide which begius to carry the farm- ers' alliance off its feet and commit it to a third party movement. Just before they left Washington your correspondent talked with Dr. McCune, chairman of the executive com- mittee of the farmers alliance, and with Nelson A, Dunning, the editor of the National Economist, official orean of the farmers’ alliance, ana from them secured the attitude of the officials of the farmers’ alliance against this third party convention. Dr, McCune is the foremost man of the farmers’ alliance and is the executive heal who shapes its policy, although it has a nominal nead in President Potk. He said that the Cincinnati convention was the result of a call on the part of u number of radicals. The call bore the names of about a hundred men, many of whom never knew that their names had been signed. Editor Dunning interposed tho suggestion that the delegatos of the Cin- cinnati convention would bs made up largely of socialists, nationalists, Bellamists and other followers of political fads. Dr. Me- Cune continued that it would practically bo a rejuvenation of tho aefunct old ereenback party and would bring together some of the old tail twisters who used to make politics. luzid during the palmy days of greenbaciism, Although he is not goiug fo attena_the con- vantion, Dr. McCune and his friends will do all they can to prevent it from embarassing the alliance movement by proposing a dis- tineu political party and u presidentiai candi- date for 1862, “Thus far all of the alliance bodies throughout the country, except those of Kansas have repudiated this third party movement. Senator Peffer and Representative Simp- son, while not proposing to make war on the comvention, will endeavor to bring about & couservative course which will avoid pr tating a third party question. Ralph 1 mont, who is the heud of the citizens' al- liance, an offshoot of the farmers' alliance, will also take a conservative pos- ivion and endeavor to side track third party movement. Dr. MeCune says that this con- certed action is the result of a pledge entered into between Master Workman Powderiy for the Kaights of Labor, himself for tho farmers’ alliance, and Mr. Beaumont for the citizens’ alliance, and a member of the colored farmers' alliance. They have agreed to keep out of politics und let alone the matter of a presidential candidate for 1882 ‘The question was asked of Editor Dununing who ‘would be the probable presidential candidate in case the convention at Cincin- nati went off on o tangent and forced the farwers alliance and other kindred organ- izations intoa third party movement. He said that subject had be the allia '’ discussed among ce officials and it was the general that no man in the organization was suficiently conspicuous to commend artention asa presidential candi- date and secure anything like a decent fol- lowing. He laughed the 1dea of Senator Stanford being the alliance candidate. Ha sald Senator Stanford was not a member of the alliance and was not elizible as a member, The Stanford bill was designed to help rich farmers und rich men generally wlu\u the alliance was aftor law to help tho poor farmers. Senator Peffer would not do. = So far us the two old parties are concerned, re- cent events, they said, bave inciined the ofticials of the alliauce towards the republi- cans. Editor Dunning mentioned the letter of Jobm 8. Clarksou accepting the presidency of the repulican national league clubs, Editor Duuning said that ex-President Cloveland was _constantly widening the breach botween thealliance” and the demo- cratic party oy bis stubborn position against silver coinage. EXPORTS OF NREADSTUPPS, When the McKiunley tariff bill was under corsideration in congress last summer the democrats stated in every possivle form of language that if the measure became a law it would offend nearly all foreigu nations and they would refuse t0 patronize us; that our ' ———— exports of grain, meat, ete., would ccase. A practical demonstration of #he bperation of the new tariff law gives the Hie fo this state- ment, as usual. - ‘Tho special bulletin just issued from the statistical braoch of the #emsury depart- ment, showing the exports of beadstuffs for last month, April, discloses the fact that al- though our cereal em‘n lnst yeur were short and it was "m“m(y expecdted that our exports would fall below tnose of the crop grown in 188, thoy bhave been far above, The total exports of wheat from the principal ports of the country dur- ing lust month amounted in dollars to &1, 257 ana bushels 5,008,300, against &, 300, Avril, 1800, and’ 4,538,180 bushels' the same month The wheat four in Ap aggrogated $6,107,105 against §,07 April, 1800. The increase of exports in nearly every other farm article the past month was proportionately great over April of last year, It thus appears, as the republicans have declared, that the people of foreign countries will buy where they can do the best in spite of tanff law: UNFAVORABLE CLRCUMSTANCES, It is unfortunate for the postal clerks of the country who are leading 1n the movement to have alaw passed which will give dis- abled employes of thew, class a pension or pay their widows and orphans so much in case of accident which results in death, that other moves of a_kindred nature are being made by clerks in lines of duty under the government whose lives are the least endan- gered of any class of porsons to be founa in any walk of life. It all has caused congress- men in this city to inquire if there is not a movement toward centralization of tederal oftice power, The pension oftice clerks have inaugurated an fnsurance company among themselves which has a_preponderence of pension ele- ments in it. The members of the combina- tion pay so much a month and receive when they reach a certain old age so much annual pension—a sufficient amount to keep them from want. Should they’ meet with accident. or death there are fixed payments, It is on the assessment plan. A kindred organiz: tion is spreading in the other departments, Thero is already a Civil Service club, with a splendidly furnished club house, and the federal employes stand together to get all they can out of Uncle Sam, st they got all the salary possible, with as few hours of labor cach day as they can, with various holidays. Then they organize for self-pro- tection to retain their positions. And finally they arrange for pensions, first from their own resources, and finally ' from the gove ment. As stated, congressmen in the cit, view these organizations as having a tend- ency to creato prejudice against the mov meiit to pension the postal clerks, and say they emphasize the feeling abroad ‘that there is a trend toward the centralization of fod- eral office power. HOW ROUTINE I8 HANDLED, One of the greatest difficultios which every ineoming secrotary of a large department has to face is to learn us promptly as possivle the routine business beforé him. Administra- tions come and administradons go, but the government goes on foréver and questions arise day after day, irrespective of the ad- vent or departure of secretarics, Secretary Foster is the latest official to meet the neces- sity of mastering in a month the accumulated work of years. It has been suggosted that the best way to overcome this difticuity would bo the appointment in every department of one or two permanent’ under sccretaries. These men being permanent would natur- ally bo informed “always of all the business before the department, and being independ- ent of political chauge wonld devote them- selves entirely to their worl, so that the in- coming secretary would flud on assuming the duties of his office a thorovghty equipped as- sistant who could post him'on all the matter coming before him, and who would have no motive to uot otherwise stiin honestly in his advice. As a matter of A4y every incoming secretary rotains - for .‘lhlm a time the chief clerk of /s department, and in the state departmeént this principle is recognized even farthar. There are at present two assistant secretaries who have held over from past administrations, and the chief of the consular bureau, Dr. Sinclair, has held tho ofiice for at least a score of years. Nor will any incoming secretary ever think for a moment of demanding their resignations. Chief Clerk Fowler of the postoftice department has held his oftico for yeav after year. In other departments thero arc men in” important offices” who have been there so long that they have become abso- lutely indispensable to the conduct of the o Ithas been suggested, therefore, to make these men permanent officers, instead of making their permaneney depend. as it does now, on tho will of eadh succeeding secre- tary. Tho oftice would ‘hardly bea plum for politiciaus, because it would liave absolutely 1o patronago and would réquire a technical kuowledzo of its dutiés that no politician could possibly have. WILL REST THIS SUMME President Harrison will remain here only a short time before going td the summer cap- ital at Capo May, Mich work has acoumiy: lated in his absence whieh must be attended to, but after he has cieared his desk with his customary promptness he can devote the summer to vest at Cape May. All of the secretaries are expected to do much resting this summer, so as to have plenty of energy for the oxtraordinary duties which will develve upon them by a long and tedious session of congress, begin- ning in December, and the campaign which opens early next spring, All of the cabinet confidently expect a con- tinuance of the present admibistration, and all of thew, including My, Blaine, anticipate extra demands_upon their time during the uext summer, Moreover, the next session of congress will be unusually interasting and important, not to say lively, and with au ad- verse house all the secrgtaries expect that it will be impossible fop them to leave their desks for any length of ‘sime during the next summer, and they ave thereforo determined to thoroughly rest and pecuperate for the im- pending worlk. PeRny S, Hearn, Secretary Blaine Much Improved. New York, May 17,8Secretary Blaine is improving. The outs {s less troublesome and his general condition is such as to give rise to hopes of his leaving the city this week. He left his bedin the afternoon and reclined on the lounge reading the papers. Dr. Dennis, the attendfag physician, did not visit him at all duringithe’ day, Mrs. Dam- rosch looked very chegrful and satisfied as she spoke of Mr. Blamne's condition. At Dr. Dennis’ house ear!y this evening, it was stated that the doctor had gone over to the Damrosche residesce simply to make a social call. Mr. Blaine’s condition was so much improved that & prpfessional call was not considered necessary. . e Ll Frost in Nopthern Ohio. C ND, O., May 17, Dispatches from towas in northern Ohio report a pretty gen- eral frost last night, which Md cousiderable damage to small vegetables and fruit, Cixersyari, 0., May 1%,—Commercial-Ga- zette specials report k Hngnt:csu in Huron, Seneca, Wyandotte, Fuyi and Licking counties in this state. " Phe damage is to apples, peaches and pears, and all small truits in these sections” are reported com- pletely destroyed. Gpowlng corn has been nipped and wheat badly frosted. Tn Huron county the thermometer dropped as low as 2% There was ‘mo fipst i the immediate vicinity of Ciucinnati, and no reports nave come of it from other parts of Hamilton county. pris . WS ngineer Killed and Fireman Hurt. Hestixaros, Ind, May 17.—At 1 o'clock this morning passenger train No. 1 on the Chicago & Atlantio had a front-end collision with a freight at this place. Both engines are almost a total wreck. The passengers escaped serlous ijury. Engineer Lyons of the passenger traigwas killed, and Fireman Griffin of the rmeight was seriously hurt. The wir brakes of the passenger refused w work. ——— Arrival of the Aurania. At New York—The Aurauis from Liver- pool, CINNATI IS THEIR MECC Many Delogates to the Great Conferanco Already on the Groan1, SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE ARRIVALS. Some of the Southern Contingont Kicking About Representation— Everybody at Sea as to the Outcome, CixcrsyaTi, 0., May 17.—The coming week Will bring to this city a political gathering of uniaue form, in whose action there is a wido interest. Tt is not a convention in the usual sense of the term, for it has no party call as a basis, It is perhaps best described as & na- tional union conference, Originally it was called, not by the farmers'alliance convention at Ocala, Fla,, last year, but by members of the convention, and the time set for Febru- ary 23, in this ci That call was addressed toall who have stood up for independent political action on the question of finance, transportation, labor and land, and asked for delegates to'n na- tional conference from the following crze izations: The mdependent party, by its rep- resentatives; people's party, by its repre- sentatives; the late federal aud confederate soldiers, by 1ts representatives; farmers’ al- liance of the north and south; ‘Farmers’ Mu- tual Benefit association; the Knights of La- bor; the colored farmers’ allianco and all other industrial organizations that support the principles of the St. Louis agreement of December, 1880, The ratio of representation was one delegate from cach con- gressional ~ district by state organiza- tion and two at large from the state ,uot les three delegates to each district ory tion, and not less than one to each county organization. In addition to this the editor of each newspaper supporting can- didates nominated on the St. Louis agreement was invited to become a gelegate. This call was signed by about seventy persons from seventeen states, It met with objection from various sources, partly because its purpose was announeed 1o be for a mnational union pirty based on the fundamental ideas of finance, trans- portation, labor aund land. This op- position had the effect of unecessitating a delay and the date of tho couference w changed to May 10. The state executive committee of the people’s party of Indiana, composed of some of the original signers of the call, enlarged the representation 5o as to include the Awmerican federation of labor trades unions aud trales assemblies, the fed- eration of railway employes and the nation- alists by their representatives The citizens’ alliance of Kansas, at a con- vention at Topeka, February 7, reissued the call, stating the object to be to' adopt _a plat- form and_make such arrangements for the conflict of 1802 as the conference may deem fitting. From this outline of its call it is plain that dificulty will arise in settling questions if any arise upon credeutials, and also that the real purpose of the conference Is not clearly defined. Already two views are being urged in various quarters upon the question of forming a third party, and it bas gone so far in some places as to cause organizations op- posed to the third party to refuse to send delegates, while others” are electing dele- gates for the avowed Jurmscol aefeating the formation of a third party. ;{:‘:e :wnlomn?e prman wl n: ong nov without a difticult task before it, but y o call Tor the bast wisdom of its delegates. The advance guard of delegates has been straggling iu all through the day, and about two hundred of the thousand or more thut + re expected to participate in the conference are on the ground tonight. Many of thom are men whose rough attire, bronzed faces and horny hands betoken long acqaintance with the’ plow and harrow. Others bear names that are prominently identified with economic and radical movements. Among theso are ex-Congressmen Weller of lowa, more familiarly known as -Calamity Weller;” General Secretary Hayes of the Knights of Labor; W, G. Crumony, editor of tho Wall Street Farmer, ' and president of the recently forme dNational Union league; G Washburn of Boston, president of tha North- ern Industrial alliance; M. A. Green of Boston, Colonel K. Norton of Chicago, W. T. Wakefield of Lynn, Mass., Nationalist club, John H. Couch'of Iort Scott, brother of the deceased Okluhoma boomer, and C. H, Post, of Georgia, the alliance leador of that _state. ‘The temporary tion of the hour is Farmer H, L. Brian of Winn county, Louisiana, whose acceptancy of a delegate’s mission necessituted his riding tifty miles on a planta- tion pony to the nearest railroad station. His credentials vear the signatures of 1,200 grangers out of a total voting strength of all parties of 1,700 that are in tho county, A good many of the southern grangers are kicking over the existing condition of affairs contending that it is unjust after having tr eled long distances 1 order to represent the views of their respective organizations, their votes and consequent influence in shaping the gathering should be swamped by what is termed packed delegates from uear-by points. An effort was made tomight to bring about a feeling in favor of the adoption of the umt rule, and unless some such solution of the rules is found there will seemingly ve trouble ust as sure as the body gets down to bus- ness. As to the outcome of the conference, there was not a delegute found in town toni who was willing to express himself anything of confidence or certainty. There are two elements of widely diverging ten- dencies. Oneis desirous that the confc ence spall bring a new party into existence give its name and erect a platform of decla ation and principles, These are mostly from the north and west. The southerncrs on the other hand deprecate hasty action and urge that it would be more politic simply to. reaf- firm the views ennunclated 1n the ‘St. Louis and Ocala platforms, appoint an executive committee to continue the propaganda und assemble again next spring to determine whether a third party can be brought into existence, and, if so, christen it and place its candidates in the field for the uext presi- deutial election, Stragglers also are here from Maine, Ken- tucky, Texas, Tennessee, Minnesota und otuer states, but the full 'delegations will not begin to arrive until tomorrow, The Kansas contingent is enroute on a special train of ten cars and will be met in the morn- ing by the reception committee of all the delegates fn town and with a couple of brass bands escorted to headquarters in triumph, Despite the fact that 1t is styled a conven. taon, 1t is almost apparent thus early that this' coming gathering will be & big mass meeting. Thers has seemingly beeu no idea of conforming to a basis of ripresen- tation. While it is anticipated that two- thirds of the states will be represented, yet Kansas with hee 500 and Obio with nearly” as many more will control, according to present indications, at least a third of the total votes that wi:l be cast on every proposition, Hum: ilton county alone furnished credentials for over one hundred participants, repre such elements as the Kunights of Labo alliance, Railway Kmployes' assoclation, municipal congress, united labor party, com- posed of adherents of Henry George, and the Jellamyites. Messrs. Polk of Georgia, and Brian of Ala- bama, swy that the alliance men of there states and who hitherto have been allied with the democratic party are not yet prepared to change their political couts and go into a third party movement. On the other hand such delogates as Weller of Towa, and Green of Boston, are working hard to bring about the forwal inauguration of u third party ana are asking, *What clse are we here for(" Itisan open secret that she Kulghts of Labor men, who_will be reinforced tomorrow by General Mister Workman Powderly, Lecturer Raiph Beaumont and Jonn Deviin of the executive board, are nere to fight for time, with the view of putting off definite action until after the meetiug of the farmers' alliance in February next. Colonel 8. F. Norton and Lester (. Hub- bard, publishes of te- Warmers’ Voice, will voice the demands for a new party in namo and platfcem, The southern element with | its Kni~h. of Labor ailies will, according to opponer, e willing to build a platform out of every'y, ak and “ism’ that may be handed fu if pern% ut organization is deferred. Spoaker g ler of tho Kansas assembly seems the 1imous choice of the delegates on the gr's for temporary chairnan. Sither Con, sman Simpson” or Senator Pefter will, is reported, be permanent officer. Simpson ana Goneral James B. Weaver of lowa are among the late arrivals tonight. | The former is against a third party at this Juncture, while the ‘latter is waitiug to see how the land lays, - ALIEN CONIRACT L BOR L Superintendent Weber Determ ned to inforce It if Possible, New York, Ma 17.—~Superintendent Weber has determined to ascertain whethor itis possible to enforce at this port that por- tion of the immigration laws which prohibits the importation of alien contract labor. On Monday, last, ho detained at the barge ofice cleven immigrants of that kiud, who, accord- ing to their own statements, had been brought here undera contract to wock for two companies in Chicago. Their passage to this country had been paid by an agent or contractor, who had agreed with them tha they should get a certain fixed rata of daily wagos in Chicago. As in theso cases thero secmed to be a clear violation of the law, Mr. Weber gave orders for the detention of tho men. They were not shipped_back to Aus- tria at once, The secretary of the treasury was notified of tneir arrival and of the ad- visability of keeping them here as witnesses in asuit to be brought againust the violator: of the contract labor law. Mr. Weber de sired that a trial might be held in prder that an exact apolication of the provisions of the law mizht be obtained for his guidance. It is probable that the cases will be tried in_Chicago, whero the compauies charged with illegal practices are to be found. There have recently been other cases of & similar nature at the barge office, but the law has not yet been applied to them. Tlie treasury department has been apprised of the fact that seven braidworkers were brought here from Bromen under contract to a factory in terson, N, The testimony of one or more of the men has been obtained that their passage to this conntry was paid by anagentof the factory, with wiiom they had mudc a contract theve, by which all arrange ments were made, I ts have also been sent to the treas ury department of the arrival of iron pud dlcrs under contract for work in Louisville, and of elass cutters and mirror makers under contract for Philadelphia, and of giove makers for this state and of miners for the coke and coal regions of Pennsylvania, Iu view of the facts already collected it is understood by Superintendent Weber that that enforcement of the alien contract labor law will be a difficult business at this p Negroes to Superscde White Men. Searrie, Wash,, May 17.—At 1 o'clock this morning 400 negro miaers with their families arrived at Stone Siding, & smull station on the Northern Pacific, about fifty miles from here. The negroes will immediately march 1o the coal mines of the Oregon improvement company at Fraukiin, They wero recruited in Hannibal, Mo ,it is said, by Superintendent T. B. Correy, of the Oregon improvement company’s mines, and brought here to take the glace of white miners, with whom the company had been having trouble. About six weeks ago Superiutendent Cor- rey attempted to force the miners to sign a contract displeasing to them and a strike was the result. The company then withdrew the contract and Correy rosigned, ostensibly to take a position with tue rallway company elsewhore. Another superintendent was ap- pointed and the meu returned to work at the old terms, When it became koown among the miners that the negroes were on the way to the mines every camp was notified and all miners went out on a strike. At Franklin thero is intense excitementand it is thought serious trouble may result. Manager C. J. Smith of the Oregon im provement company smd: *“The comnpany has determined to get rid of the necessity of bowing to every caprice of the labor unions The negroes will be put into the miues and will be protected if it takes move guards than the miners.” A force of Pinkertons will ac- company the negroes frow the railvoad to the mines, Toward Trainmen Cnicaco, May 17.—By rofusing to call out the tramen on the Northwestern road the supreme council of the unitcd orders appear to have possioly opened the way to the ulti- mate disruption of the federation. The coun- cil's action was severely condemned at a meeting of the switchmen held today. It was at a session of tne grand lodge of switchmen, ana the members discussed the proccedings of the council at length, At ono time the lodge determined to withdraw from the federation, but eventually decided to let matters rest as they are at present, trusting to time and op- portunity to bring about an improved condi- tion of things. Grand Master Sweeney of the switchmen's association said the switchmen had been vic- tims of a diabolical conspiracy. *“The train men and firemen by the connivance of their officials,” said he, ‘‘conspired with the Northwestern railroad to drive out the switchmen, and they did so temporarily, We shall bide our time, however, and will pay them back with interest before we get through with them.” The Chicago switchmen’s union was busy debating tonight whether or not to anply to be taken back. 1t was finally decided that all should apply for work tomorrow. About 50 per cent of +he wen will probably be reinstated. Switch Bitte, Undesirable lmmigrants, ew York, May 17.—Up to th ime since April 1, about one hundred undesirablo im migrants have been debarred by the inspect- ors at this port. The number is not large, but it is large enough to serve as a warning to all steamshio companies o be careful about bringing over passengers whom they will be compellad to tako back, More Than an Ordinarvy Roll. W Yok, May 17.—Armisteed Chronin- berg, an ordinary looking immigrant, was landed at the barge oftice today enroute from Belgium to Asheville, N. €., and when asked if he bad any money produced a roll of &0 and §100 bills, amounting in all to §10,000, Long and Bitter Fight Inaugurate. Evassvitie, Ind., May 17.—~The coal min- ers! strike hereis still on and the fight will be a long and bitter one. There is only oue mine here in operation and that is worked by v. The strikers have received sub stantial financial aid and will at once vegin the operation of @ new mine on the co-opera uye plan, THE WEATHER FORECAST, For Omaha and Vicinity WAsHINGTON, Muy 17.—Fo Monday: For' North and Fair; cooler by Monday night For lowa and Nebraska slightly warmer; south winds For Missouri and Kansas cept fair Monday in western | For Colorado--Fair Monday; south winds, Fair: warmer. scast il 8 p, m outh Dakota-— south winds, ir Monday; warmer; Los Angeles Man M ssing, Cuicago, May 17.-H, J. Hanchett, secre- tary of the Los Angelos chamber of com. merce and manager of the Califoruia orango carnival which exhibited bere, is said to be missing in Chicago since the 7tn inst. The matter bas been reported to the police who bhave been instructed to lock out for the missing mau. C. D, Hanchett, the wissing man's brother, is of the opinion that be has fallen & victim to foul play, He intende leave for Los Angeles on 1'rid urday a telegram was roceived from Aungeles stating that uo uews had beea re- celved from him in nine days and that bis wife is terrified. NU 9. REQUESTS CORTE'S RECALL Ttaly's Repr.sentative at New Orleans Ine curs the Mayor's Displeasure, SHAKESPEARE TO GOVERNOR NICHOLS, The Consul's Communication to the Grand Jury Characterized as an Exhibition of Rank Impertinence, New Onieass, La. May 17, Yesterday afternoon Mayor Shakespearo addressed the following letter to Governor Nichols : MAYORALTY 0F NEw ORLEANS, Crry May 16, 1801, To His Exc Nichols, Governor of Louisana, (iovernors Under date of May 6, 1801, the consul of Italy at this port, Mr. P, Corte, saw fit 1o address to W. H. Chaffee, foreman of the and jury, then in session, & very remark- avlo letter, On tho eveniag of the day on which it was written tho consul seut copies of the lotter by the hands of his secretary to tho daily pross for publication. 1 a printed copy of that lotter leney, being a vesident in- New Orleans, 18 fully aware of the fact that ever since the assussination of Superiatendent Honnessy on October 16, 1800, the papers have teomed all manner of vaporings from Mr. Corte in tho po of interviews, ete. For those reported sayings he could not properly be held ns an official responsible, and ‘since he was searcely credited with one statement bofore another was made, either exactly the op- posite of or largely qualifying the first, his Havr, ellency, Francis T, o encloso Your excel- vagaries and vlusterings were regarded by all but his own people as either laughable or contemptible. 'This lotter of May 6 was seut to the foreman of the grand jury and very propel sturned by that body to the wrilcr as being impertinent. Besides being fmpertinent the lettor absolutely false and beyond question known to be false by Mr. Corte. If, us Italian con- sul, Mr. Corte hus over had auy usefuluess here he has outlived it and has become, through his own acts, not ouly an unues coptable person, but an’ element of danger to this community in that by his utterances he incites his inflammablo peoplo to riot or sullon opposition o "the luws and_cus- toms of a country they have sought as an asylum. Being the depository, as he confesses himself to bo, of criminal ‘secrots relating to the indiviauals of his raco resi- dent among us, he u: to give to the de- partment of polico and justice the informa- tion he has and thereby increases the danger 10 the community from these criminals. For theso reasons I have the honor to request that vou nsk of the honorablo of state at Washington the recall of ( Corte by the president. This application would have been made to you sooner, but for the reason that T desire to place in your hands, to ac- company your noto to the secretary of state, containg statements a report’ made to the mayor aud council by the commitzee of fifty. I inclose a copy and beg leave to call your excellency’s attention to that part of it velating to Mr. Corte. I have the honor to bo your obedicnt servaut, JOSEPI A. SUAKESPEARE, e ISKEGON'S RUINS, Homeless People Give Iter by Those More Fortunate. v MuskeGos, Mich., May the smouldering ruins of yosterdny’s five il- luminated the heavens for miles around until the carly hours of this morning. Fivemen continued to battle with the flames till day- light, when ahoy were practically ex- tinguished. Men, women and children continued to search in the neighborhood of their recent happy homes for whil t have escaved five and water. P’eople WhoSS s homes were saved stood in their doors and welcomed the rich and poor alike, providing quarte until others could be secured, ‘There was open-hearted sympathy on every band, and nearly all the homeless were pro- vided with shelter, A few ho. eless peole slept in tents, As yet, there has been no movement as to the raising of funds for the distressed, but it will be doue tomorrow as s00n as the excite- t subsides. There is room for much charitable work, as many of the poor fami- lies ave destitute, The Muskegon water system held out well, but the high winds from the north baffled all efforts of the firemen, ana the ouildings caught and fell like chaff before the wind, All the stores except eight were of frame and two stories. None of the safes have been ovened, so 1t is not known whether valuable pipers e saved The most costly building burned was the stone court house. It was of brick and stone and contained the jail, shevift’s vesidence, ofticgs of tho treasucer, clerk, judges of pro- bate! register, aud rooms of the circuit court. It was valued at $50,000 and insured for 5,000, The large vaults, containing all’ the important documents are sup- posed to have swod the ordeal, A call has been issued and the board of su- pervisors will meot next Tuesday morning to arvange for the immediate erection of a new court house and arrange temporary quarters for the county ofticers. ‘The Daily Chronicle has started a relief fund for the destitute, and sums forwarded to that paper will be acknowledged and turned over to a velief committes to be ex- pended among tho destitute, One thing over which all people rejoico is that no human lives were lost. A large number of liorses, cows, etc., which wero in the barns, could mot be saved. Several explosions occurred iu the buraing buildings, but no one was injured. Today those famities who were just oute side the burned district and who had ro- moved their goods are busy moving back. 1t is simply impossible to give any accurate figures on losses and insurance, s the figures have not been cowpiled, It is thought the loss will be 00,000 aud the lusurance £300,000, The latest estimates placo the loss at nearly £#70,000, with insuranco for about a third of that amount. Many of those burned out were poor people, who have lost their all, The sec buried is about three-quarters of a mile long and two blocks wido and con- tiined twenty blocks. 1o this entire territory not a building was saved. Rents have much increased sines yesterday and tonight there is not a vacant house in the eity. Fully 1,500 peoplo have been rendercd homeless by tne fire and hundreds are temporas billetod upon the more fortun- ate citizens, who in humanity have turued their homes into barracks The i Rec vd, LiaCrosse, Wis,, y 17.-The saw wiil of P. 8, Davidson & Co. was totally destroyed by fire tod The 10ss is abont $75,000, with 10 insurance. ‘The fire is supposed to be of incendiary origin, Lirrie Rock, Ark., May 17, the Gazette from Parsgoulg, Arvk., says: The heading factory here burned at | o'clock yesterday afternoon, Loss, 20,0005 insur- ance, #5,000, Fifty hands are thrown out of employment, MEiiniaN, Miss,, May 17, noon destroyed the cotton Planters warehouses and 300 b Loss, $16,000; insurance, $10,000 sespis, Teun., May 17.—The stock of VanVieot & (o, wholesale druggists at 631 Main street, was damaged to the extont ot 6,000 by fire ut 3 o'clock tonight. Mrs, John 5. Koke loses £,000 on the building, Iusur- ance no. known, A special to Fire this after- «ds of the s of co e Sunday Ol Pumping Stopped, Prrrsint Pa., May 17. A special from Findlay says: Beginning today the 0. Standard oil company will pump uo wells on Sun their wells throughout the Ohio oil field being all shut dowu last night. Some praise this action, though certaln pessimists declare the monopoly desires to curtail the Olio production one-seventh - Gladst ne Able to Fe About. 0xvov, May 17.Gladstone is now well enoush to be about the house, but be s noy periitted 1o go out doors,